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'ttsif nio4 tH-^iA p „■ • i • r W» '/«•«* wA» wytol not well unto oZ Sior t'l' ^ f" rwhereas " «><" *** &»& - dental Star, Queen Elizabeth ofmoflhZv^ r ^^^ finB^OftAr ■were to walk, and that it ihoidd hardlv be kn»v,r {?uUUjt'°ee,i; "E>oubt which Way they Abearance If Your Majely, as fh^t i^'s^ ZSS t ***** **' * dally when we beheld the Government ^aSZiS^Z^f^l ^f^mfort , ,; Treafure which excelleth alUlAil oft In t&% t T*r 7?**? ^ *&&*"* Mf, not only to the T indent in tfft ^S^^^^I^I^ that eternal Happinefs which is above in Heaven. *"* ^f1 Mcn u>il* Then, not to fuffer this to fall to the Ground, but rather to tnt>, i i* " a that State wherein the famous Predecelfr ofYc Z ttlJrTu P' "** '" ?"***■ * & fththe Confidence andiejolution ofa^I^Zn^M^ J&k * ¥°^* ■ Ungitfar and near, is that which hath fo bound and firml ^^//^ffif^^ loyal and religious People unto You, that Your veryNaZlst't °f ^ ^ **#&*, doth behold You with Comfort, and they blefs You Ith^TnLf 7 T* ** l ** ur,ler God, is the immediate Author of '^^S^^^^^^^^ not diminijh or decay, but every Day increafeth andM ^ :" C,°*""t%x«i dot* 11* Zeal of YourMafcJty toward ihl Houfe ^2T£j£?£ T'l *»*«*> ** mdmore kindled, manifefing it/elf AbroaL tl, far^/p^TJ^X^ 1"' *°", in Dejence of the Truth, [which hath given fuch a Elm Into that ££ hril*elldom' ****rf healed,) and every Day at Home, by relics adlZldtr" £ fT ' ™U »*** toufe of God, by hearing the Word ^1^ by Ml^t^Tt. * £**"**»* '** the Church, as a mojl tender and loving nwfing Fatter "^ *?* *? * ««/* There are infinite Arguments of 'this right Chrifiian andrel-Wow S,Fph- • r ■„ but none is more forcible to declare it to others than SKSS #f "*'*W^%#W momptiflung and publifung of this Work, vhich l£*tiT£ "ZPT*?^ "f YolLr Majefiy. For when W Highnefs had6nce, ouVoftf^^ *" &<*»* *** convenient it was, that out of the OtLnal fj%££f <*1m a&rehe** Labours, both in our own and other fre^I^a' f' % ' *, "^ ^"^ °&* us, there jkould be one more ,,,,.7 LnHnotofT^^ TP Men »*> »** ^forc Your Majefy did >ievc, dcjijt to ^ ^Z^^^^ U * *W* T+t pJfiruit thereby, we hold it cur Duty to til 1 uTyc^t r &*"&»* ** »W Sovereign, but as to the principal Mover J^X^ r^W^" " " ' meaning and difcontented Per font, it ??. > obation ar.d Patronage from fa Icr.i ncd and judicious a Prince as Your Highnefi is; whofe Allowance and Acceptance of our Labours JJiall more honour ar.d encourage us\ than all the Calumi. rations, and hard Interpretations of ' ten, Jhall dij'may us. So that if] on the one Side, we /hall he traduced by Polilh . I te or Abroad, who therefore u ill malign us, becauft we are poor [nftruments t God's holy Truth to be yet more and more known unto the People, whom tliey dejire jitll to keep in Ignorance and tiarknefs j or if, on the other Side, we Jhall be maligned by J'elf '-conceited Brethren, who run their own Ways, and give liking unto nothing but what is framed by thetn- jelves, and hammered on their Anvil ; we may tejtfrcure, fuppotted within by the Truth an:. Innocency of a good Confidence, having walked tlieWays of Simplicity and Integrity, as before the Lord; andfujiained without by the Powerful protection of \ our Majejly }s Grace and I . which will ever give Countenance to honcjl and Chriflhm Endeavours againjl titter I I and uncharitable Imputations. The Lord of Heaven and Earth blefs Tour Majejly wit': many and heavenly Hand hath enriched Yow Highnefs with many fingvJar and extraordinary Graces, Jo You may be the Wonder of the World in this latter Age, for HappincJ's and true Felicity, to the Honour of that great G 0 D , and the good of his Church, through JeJ us Chrijl cur Lord and only Saviour. «f The Names and Order of all the i^coks of the Old Testament, with the Number or their Chapters. GEnefis hath Chapters Exodus Leviticus IS1 umbers Deuteronomy Joihua Judges Ruth I. Samuel II. Samuel I. Kings II. Kings I. Chronicles 53 II. ChronkleshathChap • 36 Daniel hath Chapters 12 40 Ezra 10 Hofea 1 j. Nehemiah 1 3 Joel 36 Efther 10 Amos 9 34 Job 42 Obadiah 1 24 Malms 150 Jonah 4 21 Proverbs 3' .Mi call 4 Ecclefiaftes 12 Nahum 3 ?' The Song of Solomon S Habakkuk - 24 Ifaiah 66 Zenhaniuh 2 22 Jeremiah 52 Haggai 2 25 Lamentations' 5 Zechariah 14 29 Ezekiel 4* Malachi 4 11 Th 1 Books called Apocry P H A. I. "C1 Sdras hath Chapters 9 Ecclefiaftkus hath Chap- The Story of Sufanna. 11. Hi Efdras 16 ters 5 1 The Idol Bel and the To bit 14 Baruch, with the Epiftle Dragon. Judith The reft of Efther 16 ot Jeremiah 6 The Prayer of Manafles. 6 Tin Sons of the Three iC Wifdom '9 Children. 1 - ^ The Books of the New Testament. MAttbe.v hath Chapters 28 Mark 1* Luke 24 John 2 i The Arts of the Apoftles 28 The KpiltleU) the Romans |6 I. Corinthians 16 II. Corinthians 1 3 Galatian. 6 Ephefians hath Chapters 6 Phjlippiana 4 1 ns ■■ I. Th( 5 II. Thi 1 I. Timothy 6 II. Timothy 4 Titus Philen X Hebrews hath Chapters The Epiftle of James I. Peter II. Peter 1 . John II. John III. John hide Revelation 22 If The «f The Firft Book of MOSES, CALLED GENESIS. CHAP. I. I The creation of heaven and earth, &c. 26 of ntan in the image of God. 29 The appointment of food. N b the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was with- out form, and void ; and dark- s''-• neis was upon the face of the deep : ^r-ois.5' c and the Spirit of God moved upon »L-3t 24. the face of the waters. £*/*/*■ 3 1j And God faid, d Let there be 7. a. \1 1. light : and there was light. &%A±' 4 And God favv the light, that it was good : and God divided f the icuah 40. ' Tight from the darknefs. ^3*6.' ther unto one place, and let the dry jcr. 5- 2:. land appear : and it was fo. ^ ro And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas : and God faw that it was good. 1 1 And God faid, Let the earth bring forth f grais, the herb yielding feed, and the fruit-tree yielding fruit after his kind, whofe feed is in itfelf, upon the earth : and it was fo. 12 And the earth brought forth grafs, and herb yielding feed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whofe feed was in itfelf, after his kind : and Cod faw that it was good.. 1 3 And the evening and the morn- ing were the third day. 1 4 ^ And God faid, Let there be h lights in the firmament of the hea- ven, to divide f the day from the • night : and let them be for iigns, and for feafons, and for days, and ye^rs. nig uaj, e Plalm 13O. 5. Jer. iO. 12. fe 51.15- T Hch. enpanfim. i Claim KS. 4. fkr graft. tl Dc.lt. Mal.136. 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth : and it was fo. "~~v ' 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light f to rule the "day, ' and the leffer light to rule the night: he made ! the ftars alfo. . ' Job 3i- ?• r 7 And God fet them in the firma- ment of the heaven, to give light upon the earth, 18 And to k rule over the day and * /Tr- over the night, and to divide the light J ' ° ' ■ from th% darknefs : and God faw that it was good. 19 And the evening and the morn- ing were the fourth day. 20 1 And Gcd faid, ' Let the waters <* ■*»• bring forth abundantly the || moving ifor," creature that hath f life, and f fowl cra*inf- that may fly above the earth in the l^h'J<^' f open firmament of heaven. 21 And m God created great whales, y and every living creature that moy- jg?«w>' >/ eth, which the waters brought forth ., abundantly after their kind, and every I0+ <-°- winged fowl after his kind : and God faw that it was good. 22 And God bielfed them, faying, z Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill i7^.% the waters in the feas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23 And the evening and the morn- ing were the fifth day. 24 fi And God faid, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind* cattle, and creeping thing, and bcalt of the earth after his kind : and it was Co. 25 And God made the bead of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creep- e.th upon the earth after his kind: and God law that it was good. 26 ^ And God laid, u Let us make j^^tas m- man in our image, after our likenefs; wia.i.»j. and '' let them have dominion over the ipb?'£i£ fith of the fea, and over the fowl 0fCot3l°- the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepcth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image ; ? in the ini3ge of God created J,' S;r- he him ; *" male and female created re he them. %% 28 And God bleffed them; and M"*'0-0' God faid unto them, ' Be fruitful, *$*»fi9>U and multiply, and repleniih the earth, A 3 »n4 f fabbath. GENESIS, .nd fubdue it : and have dominion over the i.lh of the Tea, and over the 9 ' fowl of the air, and over every living thing that •!■ mover!-, upon the earth. 29 \ And God faid, Behold, I have • given you every herb \ bearing Cecd, ts I'l'on the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the it of a tree yielding feed ; ' to you U (hall be for Hit. it. 30 And to every beaft of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the •| life, / have. •Given every green herb for meat : and it was fo. 51 And " God fiw every thing that . lie had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and tfic morn- ing were the fixth day. CHAP. II. 1 The firfl fo.bbath. 8 The planting of Eden, tj The tree of kitov: 19, 2c The ofeatitres named. 2\ Wa- nton /;;.'.Il\ izndmarria THiis the heavens and the earth were hnilhed, and '- all the holt of them. 2 b And on the feventh day God ended bis work which he had made : and he relied on the feventh day from ail his work which he had made. 3 And God blefled the feventh day, and fanctihed it ; becaufe that in it he had relied from all his work which God + created and made. 4 *j Thefe are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created; in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, 5 And every plant of the field be- fore it was in the earth, and every herb of the held before it grew : for the Lord God had not caufed it to rain upon the earth, and there WW not a man to till the ground. 6 But || there went up a miff, from ' the earth, and watered the whole ■.mid. od formed man f qf ther aund, andbri his noth-ils the breath of life :j . m became a living foul, nd r lie l.o a o God planted agar- den. e eaftward In ' Eden ; and can he bad formed. 9 Am! oqt of the ground made the Lokd God to grow 1 rery tree that is . and good for food ■ alio in the 2 m'ulll ofthe garden, u and the tree of j -vil. 1 *irf/r. 4.4. - \ t Hch. Adam nameth the creature*. 10 And a river went out of Yxkn to water the garden ; and from thence 4004. it was parted, and became into four ' ^"^ heads. 1 i The nam? of the firft is '• Pifon : that is it which compaiieth k the. whole laud of HavUah, where ther is gold. \nd the gold of that land is good : ' tliere is bdellium and the . onyx-Hone. 1 3 And the name ofthe fecond ri- iihon : the lame is it that com- paiieth the whole land of f Ethiopia. 14 And the name of the third ri- ver is m Hiddekcl : that is it which goeth || toward the ealt of Alfyria. |(or, «*. And the fourth river is Euphratc , 15 And the Lord God took || the man, and put him into the garden of " Eden, to drefs it, and to keep it. ['6 And the Lord God command- ed the man, faying, Of every tree of the garden j- thou mayeftrreely eat; 17 " But ofthe tree of the know- ledge of good and evil thou (halt not cat of it : for in the day that thou eat- eft thereof ° f thou Ihalt farelj 18 *[ And the Lord God faid, ft is not good that the man (houlc! be alone : ''I will make him an help • f meet for him. ;",)",; £l 19 "* And out of the ground the Lord God formed every Dealt of the field, and every fowl of the air, and 1 brought them unto jj Adam, to fee what he would call them : and \\ hat- foever Adam called every living crea- ' ture, that was the name thereof. 20 And Adam f gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl ofthe air, and to every beaft of the field : but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. 2 1 And the Lord God caufed a deep fleep to fall upon Adam, and he (lept : and he took one of his ribs, and* l< up the ftelh in! 2:a And 11. Cod had taken from man, -j- ma ill in, and brought her unto the man. Ind Adam laid. TbU it now bone of mv 'i.-lh of my i! ; be- caufe (he was ■ taken out of man. 2 ; • --all a man I: He (ft. 25 " All:! ' the man and I Mam Jliamt fid 'ftvh C H A P. CHAP. III. I The ferpent deceiveth Eve. ft /Maris fall, xs^hepromifedfeed. tSMttHs piiuij'hment, 22 dndlofs offqradifi. NOw a the ferpent was '■ more fub- tile than any beaft of the field which the Lord God had made. And he faid unto the woman, -j- Yea, hath God faid, Ye fhall not eat of e very- tree of the garden ? 2 And the woman faid unto the /«,&"■ 8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the f cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themfelves from the pre- fence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and faid unto him, Where art thou ? 10 And he faid, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, f- ''becaufe I was naked ; and I hid mv- felf. 1 1 And he faid. Who told thee that thou xytt/i naked ? Hall: thou eaten of the tree, whereof 1 commanded thee - that thou fhoulrieft not eat ? "■ 1 2 And the man faid, !i The woman, whom thou gaveft to be with me, (he gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the Lord God faid unto the woman, What is this thnt thou haft done ? And the woman faid, The ferpent beguiled me, and I did eat. ; -•' \.\ And the Loy God faid i unto the ferpent, feecauTe thou h aft done ;'!':'. thou art Curf I cattle, u;;d above every bcifft of ;!;•-• ;:eki : III, IV. his pv.-iijlmient, *p:a. alfo of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever ; 23 Therefore the Lord God fent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man : and zCh9^ he placed, * at the eaft of the garden - ■*• ' of Eden, cherubims, and a flaming fword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. G H A P. IV. 1 The birth of Cain and Abel. 8 The Murder of Abel- 1 iThtrcurfeofCfun. 19 Lamech and his two wives. ANd Adam knew Eve his wife : and 4003; (he conceived, and bare and faid, I have gotten a man from the Lord. 2 And fhe again bare his brother | Abel. And Abel was f a ke< pe dul Cain was a tiller of th ground, A 4 g Am Cain k II Or, ftibjeB unto tt ,-. eVif.io. ■». Mat. 23. i i. ■J Ilcb. llocdl. ■"• 1 The wickednefs of the world caufeth the flood. 8 Nuah findeth grace. 14 The order, form, Sec. of the ark. ANd it came to pafs, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, 2 That the fons of God faw the daughters of men that they were fair ; and they took them wives of all which they chofe. 3 And the Lord faid, a My Spirit ■£** ;* fliall not always ftrive with man, b for 1, p&im that he alfo is fieih : yet his days lhall ''" iy- be an hundred and twenty years. 4 There were giants in the earth *¥* :< in thofe days : and alfo after that, when the fons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the fame became mighty men, which were of old men of renown. 5 If And God faw that the wicked- nefs of man was great in the earth, and that || every imagination of the ^•••'^ thoughts of his c heart was only evil -rcontinually. 6 And d it repented the Lord that !' he had made man on the earth, and j it grieved him at his heart. 7 And the Lord faid, I willdeftroy :'■ man, whom I have created, from the c,<\\i? face of the earth, f both man and iviat.is-i* beait, and the creeping thing, and U^,. the fowls of the air : for it repenteth u see Num. me that I have made them. J^; 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes »*»> *»■ of the Lord. uiife 9 if Thefe are the generations of jam. 1." 17. Noah: e Noah was a juft man, 0"^L^un || perfeft in his generations, aw/ Noah umtttttn. walked with God. 1++8- 10 And Noah begat three fons, IS*^*" f Shem, Ham, and [aplieth. \^:Z 1 1 The earth alfo was corrupt be- +4 • <■ fore God ; and the earth was filled " with violence. JJ,^,. 1 2 And God looked upon the earth, , C..»P. and, behold, it was corrupt : for all 3- J-- fieth had corrupted his way upon the earth. 13 And The form hf the ark : G £ N 13 And God faid unto Noah, The end of all flefh is com;.* before me ; * — * — ' for the earth is flilcd with violence through them : a:;d, behold, I will deftroy them H with the earth. ttlc alio. i _ _ , , ,. , 14 % Make thee an ark of gopher- tBcb.iKti. wood : f rooms fha'.t thou make in the ark, and (halt pitch it within and without wfth pitch. 15 And this is the fajhim which thou (halt make it of: the length of the ark jiiall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. 16 A window iha't thou make to the ark, and in a ci'bit fhalt thou fiHifll it above ; and the door of the ark fnalt thou fet in the fide thereof : with lower, fecond, and third Jtories fhalt thou make it. 17 And behold I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to deltroy all flefh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; and every thing that is in the earth ihall die. 18 Hut with thee will I eftablifh my covenant : and B thou fha'.r iifeua-s- into the ark; thou, and thy Tons, and thy wife, and thy fous wives with thee. 19 And of every living thing of all fleil , two of every fori Walt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee ; they Avail be male and female. 20 Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping ehhig of the earth after his 3,:'C.C!"P' kind : uvo °* every fort '• Ihall come unto thee, to keep them alive. 21 And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou (halt ga- ther it to thee ; and it Ihall be for food for thee and for them. iH-br.11.7. 22 ; Thus did Noah; '-according to all that God commanded him, fo did he. CHAP. VII. x Ninh, vtitirKit family, ark- i" i ■ inereafejand -ho- A Nd the LOUD (aid Unto Noah, l**jj*- x\ a Come thou, and all thy houfe, ' into the ark: for "thee have I i'cen 1J' righteous before me in thir, generation. 2 Oi every clean be alt thou fhalt take to thee by f {evens, the male ; and of hearts that are not clean by two, the male and j'ale. 3 Of fowls alfo of the air by fevens, the male and the female; to I :; the face of all the earth, a Pet. 2. 5 hl'hip. 6.9 i Heh. Ja* iifivtn. E S I S. 4 For yet f^ven dlrys, and I whl caflfe it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights : and every li- ving fubit.mce that I have made will I !■ deltroy from off the I earth 5 cAnd Noah did according unto v all that the Lord commanded htm. 6 And Noah was ii>; hundred old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. 7 *i -'And Noah went in, and hi...: fons, and his wife, and bio fons wives with him. into the ark, becaufe of die- water:; of the flood. 8 Of clean beails, and of beafts that are not clean, and of fowls, every thing that creepeth upon the earth, 9 There went in two and two un- to Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. ro And it came to pafs, I1 after; feven days, that the waters of the ! flood were upon the earth. 11 % In the lix hundredth 3 1 Noahs life, in the fecoud month, the feventeenth day of the month, the fame day were all the foun- tains of the great deep broken up, and the || windows of heave;1. - 1 2 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. 1 3 iiuhcfelf-fame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, aiidjapheth, the funs of Noah, and Noahs wife, and the three wives of his fons with : into the ark: 14 They, and every bead after has kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thin creepeth upon the earth after h;a kind, and. every fowl after his kind, every bird of every f fort. : \nd they went in unto into the ark. two and two of all flefh, wherein is the bre . ■ male and female of all -: had commanded him : and the Lord fltut him in. \nd the flood was forty upon the earth; and the water:; in- •u the ark, and it ted up above the earth. 18 \nd the waters prevailed, and •".the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the tnd the w..- I ex.- ly upon the earth 3 and all the high c Luke V/ila. 10.4 The world drowned. CHAP. VIII high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered. — * — ' 20 Fifteen cubits upward did the water.; prevail ; and the mountains were covered. 2 1 e Aud all flefli died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of. cattle, and of bealt, and* of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man : ■ 22 All in whofe noftrils was f the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. 23 And every living fubftance was ck ftroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping tilings, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were deftroyed from the earth : and f Noah only re- mained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. 2 \ And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. C H A P. VIII. 1 The waters ajjwage. iS Noahgoeth forth of the ark, 20 huildeth an al- tar, and offer etkfacrifice. 21 Gods promife to carj'e the earth no more. A Nd God remembered Noah, and j~\ every living tiling, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark : and God made a wind to pafs over the earth, and the waters allwaged. 2 The fountains alfo of the deep, and the windows of heaven, were flopped, and the rain from heaven was reftrained. 3 And the waters returned from off the earth f continually : and after the end aof the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. 4 If And the ark reited in the fe- venth month, on the feventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 5 And the waters f decreafed con- tinually until the tenth month : in the tenth month, on the firft dayot'the month, were the tops of the moun- tains l'een. 6 ^f And it came to pafs, at the end of forty Says', that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made. 7 And he fent forth a raven, which went forth f to and fro, until the wa- ters were dried up from off the earth. 8 Alfo he fent forth a dove from him, to fee if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground : 9 But the dove found no refl for the fole of ner foot, and Ihe returned unto him into the ark : for the wa- lutrt CviJ..: Noah goeth out of the ark ters were on the face of the whole ft*™ earth. Then he put forth his hand, "^J! and took her, and f pulled her in s — « — ' unto him into the ark. cmS/mut 10 And he ftayed yet other feven ""•"'• days, and again he fenL forth the dove out of the ark. 1 1 And the dove came in to him in the evening, and, lo, in her mouth wets an olive-leaf plucked off. SoNoah knew that the waters were aba.ed from off the earth: 12 And he ftayed yet other feven days, and fent forth the dove ; which returned not again unto him any more. •13^ And it came to pafs, in the fix 1348, hundredth and firft year, in the firft mouth, the firft (toy of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth ; and Noah removed the co- vering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. 14 And in the fecond month, on the feven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. 15 1 And God fpake unto Noah, faying, 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy fons, and thy foiis wives with thee. 17 Bring forth with thee every li- vingthingthat ?j with thee, of allfleiii, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth ; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. »■ '• 18 And Noah went forth, and his fons, and his wife, and his fons wives with him : 19 Evervbeaft, every creeping thing, andeveryfowl, nwrfwhatlbever creep- eth upon the earth after their \ kinds, }™;e„ went forth out of the ark. 20 *\ And Noah builded an altar unto the Loud, and took of every clean beaft, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt -offerings on the altar. 2 r And the Lord fmelled j a fweet t h«*^ favour ; and the Lord faid in his S/><* heart, I will not again curfe the ground any more for mans fake ; || for IJJjjk the ° imagination of mans heart is evil tCh:i?'. from his youth : neither will I again £Iasrt;u fmite any more every thing living, as 15 «?■ I have done,. fec-d-ti.r.e am! harveft, and cold and T* heat, and fummer and winter, and'''' d day and night, lhall not ceafe. U" CHAP. c Chip. I. 29- d Lev. J7-H- ,v 19. 26. Cods 1 voeuant with Noah, G E N C H A P. IX. 1 Cod blejjeth NoaJi. 4 Bl murder are fur hidden. 8 Godi cove- -.', 13 figuificd by the rainbow. 21 Noah is drunken, 25 cwjei'i Ca- naan: 29 he dieth. Before A IN d God blefied Noah and his Tons, sails! -^ a and fajd unto chem, aBe fruit- —" — "' ful, and multiply, and replenish the c2%. earth. '•"• 2 And the fear of you, and the dread of you, Jhailbe upon every beaft of the earth, and upon every fowl of tlie air, upon all that move[.li upon the earth, and upon all the fillies of the fea : into your hand are they de- livered. *. 3 b Every moving thing that liveth {hall be meat for you ; even as the egreen herb have I give a you all things: 4 dBut flefli with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, fliall ye not eat. 5 And furely your blood of your lives will I require : e at the hand of every beaft will I require it, and f at the hand of man ; at the hand of every mans brother will I require the life of man. 6 c Whofo fiieddeth mans blood, by man frail his blood be lhed : h for in the image of God made he man. 7 And you, * be ye fruitful and multiply, bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein'. 8 % And God fpake unto Noah, and to his fons with him, Crying, 9 And I, behold I, eftablifli my co- venant with you, and with your feed after you ; 10 And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the tattle, and of every beafl of the earth with you ; from all that go out of the ark to every beaft of the earth. 1 1 And k I will eftablifli my cove- nant with you ; neither fhall all ticlh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood ; neither lliall there any more be a hood to deftroy the earth. 12 And God faid, This is the token of the covenant which I make be- tween roe and you, and every living creature that /. with you, for perpe- tual generath 1 3 I do fet my bow in the cloud, and it mail be for a token of a cove- nant IxtweuMiu and the earth. 14 ' And it ilia.Il tome to pals, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow (hall be feen in the cloud: 15 And I will remember my cove- nant which is between me and you, g Exnd. Zl, 11. Le».34.U7 Mat.i6.52 Kcv.13. 10 li Chap. I. 27. E S I S. jellified by the rainbow. very living creature of all flelh; and the waters lhall no more become a flood to deftroy all flefli. ' — w — ' 16 And the bow fliall be in the cloud ; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlafting co- venant between God and every living creature of all flefli that is upon the earth. 17 And God faid unto N03I1,. This /'; the token of the covenant, which I have cftablilhed between me and all flefh that is upon the earth. 18 *\\ And the fons of Noah, that 7^~- went forth of the ark, were Mi cm, and Ham, and Japheth : ;:; and Ham raC<5.ip' is the father of f Canaan. 1 9 Thefeare the three fons of Noah : and of them was the whole earth over- fpread. 20 U And Noah began to be an huf- bandman, and he planted a vineyard .- 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. 22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, faw the nakednefs of his father, and told his two brethren without. 83 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their flioulders, and went backward, and covered the nakednefs of their father ; and their faces were backward, and they faw not their fathers Baked 24 And Noah awoke from hi* wine, and knew what his younger foil had done unto him. 25 And he faid, Curfed be Canaan ; a fervant of fervants lhall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he faid, Bleffed be the Lord God of Shem ; and Canaan lhall be j| his fervant. 27 God (hall || enlarge Japheth, and he (hall dwell in the tents of Shem ; ant! Canaan, lhall be his fervant. 28 ^i 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 iovs- died. CHAP. X. I Noahs, generations. 2 The-fon hetn, band of Ham. 8 .V. . ... of Ntbefeord the generations of the fons of Noah ; Shem, Han;, and Japheth : and unto them were fons born after i V The fans of Japheth j Comer, ; and Magog, and Madai, and Javau, and Tubal, and.Meihech, and Tiras. 3 And Kedan cMic. j. e The generations of Noah, CHAP. Before 3 And the fons of Gomer ; Afkke- "o«£ naz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 4 And the fons of Javan ; Elifhab, and Tarfhilh, Kittim, and j| Dodanim. 5 By thefe were the iiles of the Gentiles divided in their lands ; eve- ry one after his tongue, after their •families, in their nations. 6 f b And the fons of Ham ; Cum, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 7 And the fons of Cum ; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtecha : and the fons of Raa- mah ; Shcba, and Dedan. 8 And Cum begat Nimrod ; he be- gan to be a mighty one in the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it isfaid, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord. 10 c And the beginning of his king- dom was f Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. ll or, 11 Out of that land j| went forth f^'Z'- Amur, and builded Nineveh, and yor, ^ II the city Rehoboth, and Calah, m • f,;/!'' r/ 1 2 And Refen between Nineveh and Calah : the fame is a great city. 13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtu- him, 14 And Pathrufim, and Cafluhim, « 1 chrou. ( out 0f vvhom came Philiftim, ) a and Caphtorim. i** 1 5 If And Canaan begat f Sidon his firft-born, and Heth, 16 And the Jebufite, and the Amo- rite, and the Girgaiite, 1 7 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, 18 And the Arvadite, and the Ze- marite, and the Hamathite : and af- terward were the families of the Ca- naanites fpread abroad. 19 And the border of the Canaan- ites was from Sidon, as thou comeft iH*'t to Gerar, unto + Gaza ; as thou goeft unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, andAd- mah, andZeboiim, even unto Lalhah. 20 Thefe are the fons of Ham, af- ter their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their na- tions. 21 If Unto Shem alfo, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother ef Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. t nzhron. 22 The e children of Shem ; Elam, t'm*. Ar. and Asmur, andf Arphaxad, andLud, sachjhc*. an(j Aram. 23 And the children of Aram ; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Main. X, XT. and of his fons. 24 And Arphaxad begat f fSalah; Befow and Sal ah begat Eber. %£&. 25 sAnd unto Eber were born two ' — * — ' fons; the name of one was Peleg ; for ImII. in his days was the earth divided ; 2;-*7- and his brothers name was Joktan. fn.hii: 26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and g i chron. Sheleph,andHazarmaveth,andJerah, *' '"' 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab : all thefe were the fons of Joktan. 30 And their dwelling was from Mefha, as tliou goeft unto Sephar, a mount or the eaft. 31 Thefe are the fons of Shem, af- ter their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. 32 Thefe are the families of the fons of Noah, after their generation*, in their nations : and by thefe were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. CHAP. XI. 1 One language in the world. 3 Ba- bel built. 5 Languages confounded. 10 The generations of Shem. ANd the whole earth was of one ^language, and of one ffpeech. **•*•«* 2 And it came to pafs, astheyjomv XOZdl neyed || from the eaft, that they found 11 or, a plain in the land of Shinar ; and ucig£* they dwelt there. IJ\ ; ^ 3 And fthey faid one to another, f&^H* Go to, let us make brick, and -\ burn 13- o. '* them thoroughly. And they had brick **e*/4^ for ftone, and ilime had they for '*>*«, morter. +Hel). 4 And they faid, Go to, letus build »«rn»an us a city, and a tower whofe top may \n\. "r" reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, left we be fcattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. 5 And the Lord came down to fee the city, and the tower, which the children of men builded. 6 And the Lord faid, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language ; and this they begin to do : and now nothing will be reftrained from them, which they have imagi- ned to do. 7 Go to, * let us go down, and £«£* there confound their language, that they may not understand one anothers fpeech. 8 So the Lord fcattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. 9 Therefore uvs ftute aisj. F 1 • ■...: Jij (h. The generations ofSht GEN 9 Therefore is tlie name of it call- ed || Babel; "became the Lor.o did there confound the language of ail the earth : and from thence did the Lord fcatter then) abroad upon the face of all the earth. io ^1 ° Thcfe arc the generations of Shem : She:;. ; years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood. 1 1 And Shem lived, after lie begat Arphaxad, five hundred years, aad begat fons and daughters. 12 And Arphaxad lived live and thirty years, and begat Salah. 13 And Arphaxad lived, after he begat Salah, four hundred and three years, and begat ions and daughters. 14 And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber. 15 And Salah lived, after he begat Eber, four hundred and three years, and begat fons and daugh 1 6 ll And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat e i i 7 And Eber lived, after he begat Peleg, four hundred and thirty years, and begat foi 1 8 And Pel eg lived thirty years, Lt Reu. 19 And Peicg lived, after he begat Reu, two hundred and nine y and begat fons and daughter's. 20 And Reu lived two and thirty years, and bej 21 And Reu lived, after he h Serug, two hundred and feven - and begat ions and 22 And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor. 23 And Serug lived, after 'he begat Nahor. two hundred yea: . 1 fons and daughters. 24 And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat 8 Terah. 25 And Nahor lived, after he be- gat Terjh, an hundred and nineteen year?. and begat for titers. 26 And Terah lived feventy years, and ''begat Abram. Nahor, and Haran. 27 \ Now thcfe ere the genera- tions of Terah : Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran ; and Haran be- gat Lot. 2S And Haran died before his fa- . iah ia the land of his vity, in [ look them wives : (he name of &hl wife was Sarai ; and the name of N.ihorswife, lMilcah, the dan of Haran, the father of IjklUcaJi, E S I S. Code: 30 But k Sarai was barren 3 fee had no child. 31 And Terah took Abram his foil, — ^— ' and Lot the fon of Haran his fon andSar iter-in-law, bos fon Abram.-, w're ; and they went iorih with them from ' Ur of the Chaic they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. 32 And the days of Terah were two hundred and live years : and Te- rah died in H CHAP. XII. 1 God calleth Abram* and bleJfttJ? him with a promife of Chrifi : 4 - parturefrom Haran. 7 Canaan is promifedf NOw, the a Lord had faid unto ; c Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and > from thy fathers hqufe, unto a land.11'8, that I will ihew v.. 2 And I will make of thee 3 nation, and T will blefs thee, make thy name great; and thou (halt be a bleffing. 3 J And I will blefs t!iem that bli thee, and curie himthatcui c and in thee [hall all families of 1 earth be blelied 4 had fpoken unto ii with him: and Abram was feventy''' and Ave years old when lie departed out of Haran. 5 And Abram took Sarai his and Lot his brothers fon, and all their ce that they had gathered, and ,, IJa- ilCbapi t forth to go into "' the land of Canaan, and into die land of Canaan they came. 6 1i And Abram pafled through the land unto the place of Sichem, 'unto the phun of idrivh. *' And tiie Ca- j naanite was then in the i 7 And the Lw r ba . and faid, s Unto th) I will I give this land • luildn ' ed he an ''altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him. 8 And he i\ mow d from thence unto a mountain on theeafl of Beth-eL and pitched his tent, & the weft, ami Uai ontheeaft; and he blrilded an altar unto the . and ' called upon the Ut I of the Lord. ,3--* y And Abram journeyed, f *gbi : the fouth. * And there whs a famine in the . . ■ went down imo ' . SoAbramdeparted, asthcT.ORD ■'■ ■ Abram goeth into Egypt. CHAP. ,,,.,.,.. Egypt to fbjourn there; for the fa- ' , ' mine was grievous in the land. -v— ^ n And it came to pafs, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he fold unto Sarai his wife, Be- hold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon. 12 Therefore it mall come to pafs, when the Egyptians mail fee thee, that they fl lali fay, This is his wife : and ihey will kill me, but they will fave thee alive. rh^. 1 3 ™ Say, I pray thee, thou art my ccn'ap. filter: that it may be well with me • ?- for thy fiike : and my foul fhall live becaufe of thee. ir.1920. 3 14 II And it came to pafs, that, when Abrani was tome into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld tiie woman, that fhe was. very fair. 15 The princes alfo of Pharaoh faw her, and commended her before Pha- raoh : and the woman was taken into Pharaohs houfe. :hr.P. 16 And he "entreated Abram well ••'•*• for her fake : and he had iheep, and oxen, and he-afies, and men-fei vaiut, and maid-fervants, and me-aiics, and camels, chap. 17 And the Lord "plagued Pha- chrok. raoh and his houfe with great plagues, ;-41' becaufe of Sarai, Abrams wife. >s- 14. t8 And Pharaoh called Abram, and faid, What is this that than haft done unto me ? why didft thou not tell me that fhe was thy wife ? 1 9 \\ hy faidft thou, She is my filler ? fo 1 might have taken her to me to wife : now, therefore, behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. 20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him : and they fent him away, and his wife, and ail that he had. y CHAP. XIII. 1 Abram and Lot return out of Egypt: 7 by difagreement t.'.'ty part afundtr. [4 Guds proj>uj'e renewed to Abram. Nd Abram went up out of Egypt, k. he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the fouth. 2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, in iilver, and in gold. 3 And he went on his journeys "from the fouth, even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth- el and Kai ; 4 Unto tiie h place of the altar which he had made there at the rirlt : fi.Ki there Abram called on the name eftiie Lord. A1 XII, XIII. Abram and Lot part. 5 «j And Lot alfo, which went with Before Abram, had flocks, and herds, and cir. 191R. tents. " ■ 6 And c the land was not able to cjCctl".p' bear them, that they might dwell together : for their Jubilance was great, fo that they could not dwell together. 7 And there was a ftrife between the herclmen of Abrams cattle and the herdmen of Lots cattle. d And «.&w the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, dwelt then in the land. 8 And Abram faid unto Lot, Let there be no ftrife, I pray thee, be- tween me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen : for we be ■\ brethren. 9 e Is not the whole land before thee ? Separate thyfelf, I pray thee, j*g*-\\s' from me : \i thou wilt take the left^cLp. hand, then 1 will go to the right ; or *°; £& if thuu depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. I o 1j And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it zvas well watered every where, be- fore the. Lord deftroyed Sodom and c,r-w* Gomorrah, F even as the garden offlia,SI-3' the Lord, like the land of Egypt as thon comeft unto Zoar. I I Then Lot chofe him all theplain of Jordan ; and Lot journeyed eaft : and they feparated themfelves the one from the other. i2 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent to- ward Sodom. 1 3 But the men of Sodom g were^ ff^g wicked, and finners before the Lord' •'■/-''■■. .. , lC-49. exceedingly. 1 4 f And the Lord find unto Abram, after that Lot was feparated from him, Lift up now thine eyes and look, from the place where thou art, northward, ^hap. and lbtithward, and eailward, and is! j8. & weftward. B4.7.& ts For all the land which thou i%£34 .4. feefit, h to thee will I give it, and to *6*7-s- thy feed for ever. fca&££ 16 And '' I will make thy feed as ;:S;t4.\ the dull of the earth : fo that if a g»" la'-^ man can number the duft of the earth, then lhali thy feed alfo be num- bered. 17 Arife, walk through the land, jCh™ in the length of it, and .in the breadth 1 of it : for 1 will give it unto thee. 1 18 Then Abram removed his tent, { and came and k dwelt in the f plain of Mamre, > which is in Hebron, and j;;'-; built there an ulur twito the Lojuj. C 11 . Brf( n Clirilt cir. jyi6. a Chap. JO. lu. Sc II. 2. 77tf 0o///? o///;e> kings. CHAP. XIV. i The battle of the kings. 1 2 Lot taken, 1 4 is rej cued by Air an?. 1 8 A I zedek blejfeth Abram, 20 who givetu hitn tithes. ANd it came to pafs, in the clays of Amraphel king a of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellafar, Chedorlao- mer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations ; 2 T/iat thefc made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birfha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemcber king of Ze- boiim, and the kingofBela, which is b Zoar. 3 All thefe were joined together in the vale of Siddim, c which is the fait fea. 4 Twelve years they ferved Che- dorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and fmote d the Re- phaims e in Afhteroth-karnaim, and f the Zuzimsin Kam, 8andtheEniims in || Shaveh-kiriathaim, 6 '' And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto || El-paran, which is by the wildernefs. 7 And they returned and came to En-milhpat, which is Kadeih, and fmote all the country of the Ama- lekites. and alfo the Amorites that dwelt 'in Hazezon-tamar. 8 And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, (the fame is Zoar,) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; 9 With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of "na- tions, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellafar : four kings with five. ro And the vale of Siddim r of {lime-pit;, ; and the kings, of So- dom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there : and they that remained fled to the mountain. 1 1 And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. 1 2 And they took Lot, Abrams bro- thers fon, (who dwelt in Sodom, ) and his goods, and departed. 13 And there came one that had efeaptd, and told Abram the He- brew : for khe dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amoiite, brother ut'rfn- rt Chap. 15.20. eJofh. 13. 12. f Dcut. 2,10. E Eeut. 1. 10, II- cir. 1913. || Or, the thrylun oj 12. ici. cc 13- 3- i 1 cbroa. 20. 2. GENES IS. Melchizedek bleffeth 4b col, and brother of Aner : and the!" were confederate with Abram. r4 And when Abram heard that v — ■"-"*' his brother was taken captive, he || armed his |j tr&inedferv&its, born in his own houfe, three hundred and eighteen, and purfued ///?;« ' unto Dan. • 1 5 And he divided himfelf againft them, he and hisfervants by night, and ,:' fmote them, and purfued them "> ifc- unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damafcus. 16 And he brought back all the goods, and alfo brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women alfo, and the people. 1 7 ^ And the king of Sodom went out to meet him, (after his return from the {laughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, ) at the valley of Shaveh, which is the n kings dale. 18 And "Melchizedek king of Sa- lem brought forth bread and wine : and he was the prieft of the moil high God. 19 An<3 he blefTed him, and faid, Blelfed be Abram of the molt high God, ppofTeuor of heaven and earth : pVe -.- 20 And blefTed te the mod high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. Andhe gave him '' tithes of all. 2 1 And the king of Sodom faid un- to Abram, Give me the f perfons, i»* and take the goods to thyfelf. 22 And Abram faid to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up mine hand unto the Lord, the molt high God, rthe polTeflbr of heaven and earth, J 2 3 That s I will not take from a , su tatl. thread even to a fhoe-latchet, and D' :5> iCu that I will not take any thing that is thine, left thou fliouldeft fay, I have made Abram rich : 24 Save only that which the young^ men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Efhcol, and Mamre ; let them take their portion. CHAP. XV. 1 Abram is encouraged. 4 A fon is promifed: 6 he is juftified by futh. 7 Canaan is promifed agai: 1 , AFter thefe things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a viiion, laying, Fear not, Abram : I am thy u fhield, and thy exceed- ing b great reward. ' B4-H& id Abram faid, Lord God, what j wilt thou give me, feeing I go child- 1 d the fleward of my houfe is zer of Damafcus ? -x And Abraham juflified by faith. CHAP. Before 3 And Abram faid, Behold, to me Wit thou haft given no feed : and, lo, one *"' V ' born in my houfe is mine heir. 4 \ And, behold, the word of the Lord c&me unto him, faying, This fliall not be thine heir; but he that fhall come forth out of thine own bowels ihall be thine heir. 5 And lie brought him forth a- broad. and faid, Look now toward cjcr.33-"- heaven, and tell the cftars, if thou be able to number them. And he faid unto him, d So mail thy feed 2i. be. 27. 23- K-m.4. IH Het>. 11.12 See Chap. 13. 16. eH.om.4. 3.9,22- i;*l. ;.6. i f Pfalm 100.31. gChap. 11.23. b Pf?lm 6 And he c believed in the Lord ; and he f counted it to him for righ- teoufnefs. 7 And he faid unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of 8 Ur i"2j of the Chaldees, h to give thee this land to inherit it. 8 And he faid, Lord God, ! where- by fhall I know that I fliall inherit it? 9 And he faid unto him, Take me •4-13 : Chap, •2+-nI3. 14. an heifer of three years old, and a fhe- 6*17^37. goat of three years old, and a ram of i4?9,'io- three years old, and a turtle-dove, 5£af and a young pigeon. kjer.34.i8. f o And khe took unto him all thefe, and divided them in the midft, and laid each piece one againlt another : u.ev.i.17. but > the birds divided he not. 1 1 And when the fowls came down upon the carcafes, Abram drove them away. 12 And when the fun was going down, a deep fleep fell upon Abram ; and, lo, an horror of great darknefs fell upon him. 13 And he faid unto Abram, Know of a furety, m that thy feed ihall be a ftranger in a land that is not theirs, and fhall ferve them; and "they fliall afflict them four hundred years : j 4 And alfo that nation, whom they fhall ferve, will I judge ; and after- ward °fhall they come out with great fubftance. 1 5 And thou fhalt go to thy fathers in peace ; p thou fhalt be buried in a good old age. 16 But q in the fourth generation they fhall come hither again : for the iniquity r of the Amorites * is not yet full. 1 7 And it came to pafs, that, when the fun went down, and it was dark, behold a fmoking furnace and f a burning lamp that pafled between thofe pieces. 18 In that fame clay the Lord 1 made a covenant with Abram, fay- t m Exod. 12.40. .ACts 7.6 n Exod. 0 Exod. 12. 36. Pfalm 105-37 p Chap. fHeb. a lamp of fire. XV, XVI. Hagar s flight and return, ing, " Unto thy feed have I given this Before land, from the river of Egypt unto §!Jjj? the great river, the river Euphrates : v V •* jtjTheKenites, andtheKenizzites, V^u and theKadmonites, ai'.JJ"* 20 And the Hittites, and the Periz- J?***Ig zites, and the Reph aims, Nu'a*.' 2 i And the Amorites, and the Ca- StntVi. 7. naanites, and the Girgafhites, and the * ^-.^' Jebulites. ]*'■*• CHAP. XVI. tSL 1 Savai givcth Hagar to Abram, 6 -who, u- ™n' fleeing from her mijlrefs, 9 is fent uE'zj'.'j, back by an angel. 15 IflmiaeL is born. NOwSarai, Abrams wife, bare him 's*1* no children : and fhe had an handmaid, a an Egyptian, whofe name *2fh?p- ivas* Hagar. " h 0,1.4.24. 2 c And Sarai faid unto Abram, Be- c chap. hold now, the Lord hath reftrained 3°*3' me from bearing : I pray thee d go Jo.°f^f* in unto my maid; it may be that 1 may f obtain children by her. And J,1"*'^ Abram hearkened to the voice of^aw-, Sarai. 3 And Sarai, Abrams wife, took Hagar her maid, the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her huf- band Abram to be his wife. 4 If And he went in unto Hagar, and fhe conceived : and when fhe faw that fhe had conceived, her miftrefs was defpifed in her eyes. 5 And Sarai faid unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee : I have given my maid into thy bofom ; and when fhe faw that flie had conceived, I was defpifed in her eyes : the Lord judge between me and thee. 6 But Abram faid unto Sarai, Be- hold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her f as it pleafeth thee. And when ^"ftwe* Sarai -j- dealt hardly with her, fhe hed }£&£_£,, from her face. 7 f And the angel of the Lord-"'"""'- found her by a fountain of water in the wildernefs, cby the fountain in \f.'T. the way to f Shur. $S£j 8 And he faid, Hagar, Sarais maid, ' whence earned thou ? and whither wilt thou go ? And fhe faid, I flee from the face of my miftrefs Sarai. 9 And the angel of the Lord faid unto her, Return to thy miftrefs, and fubmit thyfelf under her hands. 10 And the angel of the Lord faid unto her. s I will multiply thy feed \ 7 exceedingly, that it fhall not be nuin- "' Is' bered for multitude. r 1 And the angel of the Lor b faid unto her, Behold, thou art with child, B and Abrair.s name changed. Hrf.;re Chrift God ibtil fCM>. as- ii- and (halt bear a fort, and flnlt rail his name j| lihmael ; becaufe the Lord hath heard thy affliction. 12 ''And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be againff every man, and every mans hand againlt him : ' a id he mall dwell in the prefence of all his brethren. 1 3 And k fhe called the name of the Lord thatfpake unto her, Thou v. oil feeit me : for (lie faid, Have I alio here looked after him that feeth me ? 14 Wherefore the well was called 1 j| Beer-lahai-roi : behold, it is "'be- tween Kadelh and Bered. 15 H And " Hagar bare Abram a bimtbas fon . ailci Abram called his fons name, hvtlb and ' (cctom,. which Hagar bare, Ilhmacl. "\,.Ni""L'" ' ° And Abram was fourfcore and fix »Gii.4.22. year* old when Hagar bare lihmael 1910. to Abram. CHAP. XVII. 1 The covenant is renewed. 5 Abrams na./it- changed. 10 Circumcifipn inftituted. 1 6 Ifaac promij'ed. 1898. a >jtj when Abram was ninety years ■tx old and nine, the Lord appeared a chap. to Abram, and faid unto him, a I am bc'ba'p. tne Almighty God ; b walk before me, s-^-'ee. and be thou j[ perfect. 2 And 1 will make my covenant be- tween me and thee, and c will multi- ply thee exceedingly. 3 And Abram fell on his face : and God talked with him, faying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou (halt oe af ather of f many nations. 5 Neither ilia.ll thy name any more be called Abram ; but d thy name ihall * K,°7"'- be Abraham : c' for a father of many nations 1; ■ ve I made thee. 6 And 1 will make thee exceeding rchan. fruitful, and I will nuke f nations of 3's*11- thet •; and kings ihall come out of thee. 7 And I will eftablifh my covenant between me and thee, und thy feed after tier, in tneir generations, for an everlafting covenant; to be a God unto >.':!ee, a'ul to tiiy feed after thee. fiwp^ 8 And ^ I will give unto thee, and 1 • ' ■ to thy feed after tliec, the land f ''whereiu thou art a Itranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlaft- 17 4 p' ing poflemon ; and I will be their God. 9 U And God faid unto Abraham, Thou (halt keep my covenant there- fore, thou, and thy fled after thee, in their generations. jo This is my covenant which ye Avail keep between mc and you, and 8.2s. i;or, npi igbt, or. J c Chap. 12. 1. & .13- ie. GENESIS. Ifaac is promt fed. thy feed after thee; ; Every manchild Befotfe among you ihall be circumcifed. u''J«. 1 1 And ye Ihall circuincife the flefh "* — ' of your fo reiki n ; and it ihall be ka j token of the covenant betwixt me and 1 you. 12 And flie that is eight days old 1 ' (hall be circumcifed among you, ,'. every manchild in your generations, 1 he that is born in the houfe, or bought j with money of any itranger, which is not of thy feed. 1 3 He that is born in thy houfe, and he that is bought \\ ith thy money, mult needs be circumcifed : and my cove- nant Ihall be in your Heih for an ever- lafling covenant. 14 And the uncircumcifed man- child, whofe rlelh of his foreikin is not circumcifed, that foul mall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. 1 5 "j And God faid unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou (halt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah Jiiall her name be. 1 6 And I will blefs her, and give thee a fon alfo of her : yea, I will blefs her, and j-ihe Ihall be a mother t"*j ^ '"of nations; kings of people ihall be "»*»*■ of her. ™ 17 Then Abraham fell upon his 3$j "•' face, "and laughed, and faid in his ire . ;' & heart, Shall a child be born unto him J^U" that is an hundred years old ? and ihall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear I 18 And Abraham faid unto God, O that lihmael might live before thee ! 19 And God faid, ° Sarah thy wife "HCh,'0r.\v ihall bear thee a fon indeed; and thou *'•-" (halt call his name Ifaac : and I will eftablifh my covenant with him for an everlaiVmgcovenunt, o/idwith his feed after him. 2oAnd as for lihmael, I have heard thee; behold, I have bleifed him, and will make him fruitful, p and will [£!%$: multiply him exceedingly: 'twelve m?- =5. princes Ihall he beget; r and 1 will \:.' ' '_ make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant will I eftablifh with Ifaac, ' which Sarah ihall bear *cl^ unto thee, at this fet time in the next ' year. 22 And lie left oiftalking with him, and God went up from Abraham. 23 ^i And Abraham took lihmar! his ion, and all that were born in his houfe, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abrahams houfe, and circum- cifed the ileih of their foreikin in the fell- Abraham entertaineth three angels, CHAP Before felf-fame day, as God had faid unto 1S9K- nun. * — ij — ' 24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine when he was circum- cifed in the fiefh of his foreJkin. 25 And Ifhmael his Ton was thirteen years old when he was circumcifed in the flefh of his forefkin. 26 In the felf-fame clay was Abraham circumcifed, and Iflimael his fon. 27 And all the men of his houfe, born in the houfe, and bought with money of the ftranger, were circum- cifed with him. CHAP. XVIII. 1 AbraJiam enter taineth three angels. 9 Sarahs laughter. 1 7 Sodoms de- J traction revealed to Abraham : 2 3 his inter ceffion. ANd the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he fat in the tent- door in the heat of the day. fEeb.13.2. 2 aAnd he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men itood by him : and when he faw them, he ran to meet them from the tent-door, and bowed himfelf toward the ground, 3 And faid, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy light, pafs not away, I pray thee, from thy fervant. *P2a£ 4 Let b a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wafli your feet, and reft yourfelves under the tree ; XVIII. and interceedeth for Sodom. 1 1 Now h Abraham and Sarah were Before old and well ftricken in age : and it $£& ceafed to be with Sarah after the man- h~;r^r~' ner of women. J7'17' 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within h'Z'.V'.0' herfclf, faying, ! After I am waxed old "'^ i8_ fhall I have pleafure, my '-lord being kl^ ,^u] old alfo ? 13 And the Lord faid unto Abra- ham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, fay- ing, Shall I of a furety bear a child which am old ? 14 'Is any thing too hard for the ^"'h3.l'zl: Lord ? mAt the time appointed I will £1ua£,'I5/:f>; return unto thee according to the mchaP.J " time of life, and Sarah (hall have a .'^J,; fon: 4. ic 15 Then Sarah denied, faying, I laughed not ; for (he was afraid. And he faid, Nay ; but thou didft laugh. 16 1[ And the men rofe up from thence, and looked toward Sodom : and Abraham went with them, n to jR<>«; bring them on the way. 3 j'ow» 6. 1 7 And the Lord faid, ° Shall I hide $£«*£ from Abraham that thing which I do ; 18 Seeing that Abraham (hall furely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth ihall pChap< be p blefled in him ? rz-3-Sc 19 For I know him, that he will JKuf.'as* command his children and his houfe- C4U3.«a hold after him, and they (hall keep the way of the Lord, to do juftice and 5 And c I will fetch a morfel of judgment; that the Lord may brim 19. 8 33-10. |Heh. poffed. 13'. 15. bread, and f comfort ye your hearts ; iutb.jtay. after that ye fhall pafs on: d for therefore f are ye come to your fer- vant. And they faid, So do as thou haft faid. 6 And Abraham haftened into the tent unto Sarah, and faid, f Make ready quickly three meafures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man ; and he hafted to drefs it. 8 And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had drelfed, and fet it before them ; and he flood by them under the tree, and they did eat. 9 1f And they faid unto him, Where h Sarah thy wife? And he faid, Behold, in the tent. jo And he faid, I 'will certainly return unto thee f according to the gchap. 17. time of life ; and, lo, B Sarah thy wife &ii2ri. fhall have a fon. And Sarah heard it Kom .3.9. ;n the tent.door, which wa; behind him. cVcr. 14. f2Kini;s upon Abraham that which he hath fpoken of him. 20 And the Lord faid, Becaufe ch3 qthe cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is 4.10T& great, and becaufe their fin is very jfii3;.^ grievous; 2i r I will go down now, and fee \f**' whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. 22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom : but Abraham flood yet before the Lord. 23 % And Abraham drew near, and faid, Wilt thou alfo deftroy the righ- teous with the wicked ? 24 "Peradventure there be fifty righ- »J«< J *« teous within the city : wilt thou alfo deftroy and not fpare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein ? 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to flay the righteous with the wicked ; and that the righ- teous fliould be as the wicked, that be far from thee. • Shall not the Judge $*?# of all the earth do right? £ 2 26 And ii Chap. a- 1»- t«wr. 12. 7. I Cor. ij. 47.48. a Cor. 5. /.o/ entertaineth two angels. G E N tefr« 26 And the Loud faid, If I find in «98. Sodom fifty righteous within the city, ** ' then I will fpare all tlie place for their fakes. 27 And Abraham anfwered and faid, Behold now, I have taken upon me to fpeak unto the Lord, which am "but dud and afhes : 28 Peradventure there fliall lack five of the fifty righteous : wilt t'.:ou deftroy all the city for lack of five ? And he faid, If I find there forty and five, I will not del troy it. 29 And he fpake unto him yet again, and faid, Peradventure there (hall be forty found there. And he faid, I will not do // for fortys fake. 30 And he faid unto him., Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will fpeak. Peradventure there fliall thirty be found there. And he faid, I will not do /'/ if I find thirty there. 31 And he faid, Behold now, I have taken upon me to fpeak unto the Lord : Peradventure there fliall be twenty found there. And he faid, I will not deftroy it for twentys fake. 32 And he faid, " Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will fpeak yet but this once : Peradventure ten lhall be found there. And he faid, I will not deftroy it for tens fake. 33 And the Lord went his way, afibon as he had left communing with Abraham : and Abraham returned un- to his place. CHAP. XIX. 1 Lot entertaineth txvo angels. 24 Sodom and Gomorrah deflroyed. 26 Lots wife punijhed: 31 his incejl. Nd there came two angels to So- dom at even ; and Lot fat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot feeing them, rofe up to meet them ; and he bowed himfelf with his face toward the ground ; 2 And he faid, Behold now, my lords, 'turn in, I pray you, into your fervants houTe, and tarry all night, and h wafh your feet, and ye (hall rife up early, and go on your ways. And they faid, c Nay; but we will abide in the ftreet all night. 3 And he prelTed upon them great- ly ; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his houfe : and he made them a feaft, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. 4 *l But before they lay down, the men of the city, cren the men of Sodom, compafied the houfe round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter. A! E S I S. The Sodomites flricken blind. 5 And they called unto Lot, and faid «rf«;je unto him, Where are the men which "o'a. came in to thee this night ? d bring ,^£7" them out unto us, that we may know »e- "• them. 6 And Lot went out at the door un- to them, and (hut the door after him, 7 And faid, I pray you, brethren, do not fo wickedly. 8 c Behold now, I have two daugh- "|"£d8W ters which have not known man ; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto yon, and do ye to them as it good in your eyes : only unto thefe men do no- thing ; ffor therefore came they under ^"f113*' the (hadow of my roof. 0 And they faid, Stand back. And they faid again, This one fellow came in to fojourn, 8 and he will needs be l*%£' a judge : now will we deal worfe with thee than with them. And they preiled fore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. 10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the houfe to them, and (hut to the door. 1 1 And they (mote the men h that *™j%'. were at the door of the houfe with blindnefs, both fmall and great: fo &tu»3.llJ that they wearied themfelves to find the door. 12 t And the men faid unto Lot, Haft thou here any befides ? fon-in- law, and thyfons, and thy daughters, and whatfoever thou haft in the city, bring them out of this place : 13 For we will deftroy this place, becaufe the ' cry of them is waxen \^o, great before the face of the Lord; andtheLoRDhathfentustodeftroyit, 14 And Lot went out, and fpake unto his fons-in-law, which married his daughters, and faid. Up, get ye out of this place; for the Lord will de- ftroy this city. But he feemed as one that mocked unto his fons-in-law. 15 % And when the morning arofe, then the angels haftened Lot, faying, Arife, take thy wife, and thy two daughters which fare here; left thou J^yw. be confumed in the II iniquity of the 11 or, dty l fur.ijbmmt. 1 6 Andk while he lingered, themen *£$• laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters ; theLoRD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and fet him without the city. 1 - And it came to pafs, when they had brought them forth abroad, that ivct.j«. he faid, Efcape for thy life; ' look J£'{*; J£ not behind thee, neither (lay thou in all 1 He/ore Chrilt I8y3. The definition of Sodom. CHAP, all the plain : efcape to the mountain, left thou be confumed. 1 8 And Lot faid unto them, Oh! not Co, my Lord. 19 Behold now, thy fervant hath found grace in thy fight, and thou hart magnified thy mercy, which thou haft fhewed unto me in faving my life ; and I cannot efcape to the mountain, left fome evil take me, and I die. 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one : Oh ! let me efcape thither, (is it not a little one ?) and my foul fliall live. 21 And he faid unto him, See, I tllih- have accepted + thee concerning; this thj fact. , . , ,. * , 't • 11 ? thing alfo, that I will not overthrow this city for the which thou haft fpoken. 22 Hafte thee, efcape thither ; for ™2?^Zl\ m I cannot do any thing till thou be Deit3.e.i2l come thither. Therefore " the name Mart's. 5- of the city was called Zoar. i:°.hiac.' & 2 3 t The fun was f rifen upon the 14, 2. earth when Lot entered into Zoar. gJnefortb. 24 ^f Then ° the Lord rained upon oDcut. Sodom, and upon Gomorrah, brim- i& i3*. i5. ftone and fire from the Lord out of &'40, heaven. HoV.'?i.8. 25 And he overthrew thofe cities, Am^4*.u. and all the plain, and all the inhabi- i..;. i;.2q. tants of the cities, and that which jud?^"6" grew upon the ground. 26 f But his wife looked back from LSei7?3«; behind him, and flie became pa pillar of fait. 27 If And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where ** he flood before the Lord. 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the fmoke of the country went up as the fmoke of a furnace. 29 And it came to pafs, when God deftroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and fent Lot out of the midft of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. 30 ^ And Lot went up out .of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him ; for he feared to dwell in Zoar : and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 If And the firft-born faid 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 c\ Chap. XIX, XX. The birth ofMoab and Ammo7t. him, that we may preferve feed of Before our father. "98.' 33 And they made theirfather drink v — * — wine that night : and the tirft-born went in, and lay with her fiither; and he perceived not when fhe lay down, nor when flie arofe. 34 And it came to pafs on the mor- row, that the firft-born faid unto the younger, Behold, I lay yellernight with my father : let us make him drink wine this night alfo ; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preferve feed of our father. 35 And they made their father drink wine that night alfo : and the younger arofe, and lay with him ; and he per- ceived not when flie lay down, nor when flie arofe. 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. 37 And the firft-born bare a fon, ib**, and called his name Moab : the fame is the father of the Moabites unto this day. 38 And the younger fhe alfo bare a fon, and called his fon Ben-ammi : the fame is the father of the children of Ammdn unto this day. C H A P. XX. 1 Abraham dehietk his wife, and lofeth her. 14 Abimelech rejloreth her. ANd Abraham journeyed from <*■■ ^os. thence toward the fouth coun- try, and dwelled between a Kadefli i0c.h;ap" and Shur, and fojourned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham faid of Sarah his wife, b She is -my lifter melech king of Gerar fent and took Sarah. 3 But c God came to d Abimelech ewaim in a dream by night, and faid to him, j J0V33. Behold, thou art but a dead man, for K+i is- the woman which thou haft taken : for fhe is f a mans wife. V%%edt» 4B1U Abimelech hadnot come near *nd her : and he faid, Lord, wilt thou flay alfo a righteous nation ? 5 Said he not unto me, She is my fitter ? and flie, even fhe herfelf", faid, He is my brother : in the |) integrity 11 or./m- of my heart, and innocency of myjnctrh?? hands, have I done this. 6 And God faid unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didft $wT«e this in the integrity of thy heart ; for bx'.-U.^. e I alfo with-held thee from finning »j,J™;- f againft me : therefore fuliered I thee ,- ChaP. not to touch her. ^v?h. u 7 Now, therefore, reftore the man wa-'S*-* his wife ; s for he is a prophet, and ^.Iss."n" he fliall pray for thee, and thou (halt »~p» B. 3 live : job**.** Abbnelech rehiketh AbrcJiam. GEN '■ J ; I've : and if thoureftore /tfrnot,know thou that thou (halt furely die, thou, "v ' and all that are thine. 8 Therefore Abimelech role early in the morning, and called all his fervants, and told all thefe things in their ears : and the men were fore afia'ui. 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and (aid unto him, What haft thou done unto us ? and what have I of- «? fended thee, that " thou haft brought on Die, and on my kingdom, a great fin ? thou haft done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. iq \nd Abimelech laid unto Abra- ham, What fa welt thou, thatthouhaft done this thing r 1 1 And Abraham faid, Becaufe I thought, Surety the fear of God is not in this place ; and they will flay me for my wifes fake. 12 And yet indeed fie is my fifter ; {he is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother : and Die became my wife. i ; And it came to pafs, when God caufed me to wander from my fathers houfe, than I faid unto her, This is thy kindnefs which thou fhalt (hew unto me ; At every place whither ;hJ£ we Ihali come, ; fay of me, He is my brother. ;*>$;. 14 And Abimelech k took fheep, and oxen, and mea-fervants, and women- fervants, and gave them unto Abraham, and reftored him Sarah his wife. 15 And Abimelech faid, Behold, my land is before thee : dwell -f-where nttfti. i£ picafcth thee. i 6 And unto Sarah he faid, Behold, I have given thy brother a thoufand pieces of iilver : behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes unto all that are with "thee, and with all ot/wr. Thus (lie -was reproved. 1 7 U So Abraham prayed unto Cod ; and Cod healed Abimelech, and his wife, andhismaid-fervantsj and they bare children. 1 8 For the Lord had faft clofed up all the wombs of the houfe of Abi- melech becaufe of Sarah, Abrahams wife. € H A P. XXI. i Ifaac is born. 9 Ha^ar a/id Ifimael are caft forth. 22 Abimelech* cove- nant with Abraham. ANd the Lord vilitcd Sarah as he had faid, and the Lord did unto Sarali ' as he had fpuken. 2 Tor Sarah b conceived, and bare Abraham a Cvn in his old age, c at the E S I S. The birth of Ifaac. « CI .-p. 17. i'). Be IR. 10,14. • fet time of which God had fpoken to 1 him. 3 And Abraham called the name of * — ' his ton that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, «! Ifaac. *£*/£ 4 And Abraham circumcifed his fon Ifaac, being eight days old, ' as God cC\T- 17> had commanded him. 5 And f Abraham was an hundred cir-'8o7- years old when his fon Ifaac was born ,. unto him. 6 H And Sarah faid, gGod hath made !*&*** me to laugh, jo that all that hear will ^■+-:;. laugh with me. 7 And ihe faid, Who would have faid unto Abraham, that Sarah fhould have given children fuck ? for I have born him a fon in his old age. 8 And the child grew, and was weaned : and Abraham made a great feaft the fame day that Ifaac was weaned. 9 If And Sarah faw the fon of Ha- gar h the Egyptian, which Hie had \£*l? born unto Abraham, ' mocking. iG»i'.+.28« 10 Wherefore (he faid unto Abra- cu. taps, ham, k Caft out this bond-woman ^j*3*^ and her fon : for the fon of this bond- 2s-e.« woman (hall not be heir with my fon, 3C'-6"' even with Ifaac. 1 1 And the thing was very grie- vous in Abrahams light becaufe of hi j fon. 1 2 1[ And God faid unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy fight becaufe of the lad, and becaufe of thy bond-woman ; in all that Sarah hath faid unto thee hearken unto her voice : for ' in Ifaac (hall thy feed be | called. .V."' 1 3 And alfo of the fon of the bond- woman will I make m a nation, be- chTus.'ro, canfe he is thy feed- & 17 ' -°' 1 4 And Abraham rofe up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Ha- gar, (putting;/ on her (boulder, ) and the child, and fent her away : and (he departed, and wandered in the wildernefs of Beer-fheba. (5 And the water was fpent in the bottle, and. (he caft the child under one of the flirubs. 1 6 And flic went, and fat her down over againft him a good way off, as it were a bow-lhot : for (he laid. Let me not fee the death of the child. And (he fat over againft him, and lifted up her voice, and wepr. 17 And Cod heard the voice of the lad : and the angel of Cod called to Hagar out of heaven, and faid unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear. not j aVer. 13. q Chap. so. 1. i 20. 26. i Heh. if iU unto m. Abimdechs covenant, &c. CHAP. Before not ; for God hath heard the voice of m5»z, the lad wiiere he /j\ -v — ' f8 Arife, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand : for n I will make him a great nation. oKumb. 19 And ° God opened her eyes, and Eel Kings flie faw a well of water ; and fhe went £5*2*,** and fii,ed the bottle with water, and ic.'n. gave the iad drink. 20 And God was with the lad ; and he grew, and dwelt in the wildernefs »<5Ci^' P ant' became an archer. 21 And he dwelt in the wildernefs ofParan: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. 22 "T| And it came to pais at that time, that q Abimelech, and Phichdl the chief captain of his holt, fpake unto Abraham, faying, God is with thee in all that thou doelt. 23 Now, therefore, fwear unto me here by God f that thou wilt not deal falfely with me, nor with my fon, nor with my fons foil : but ac- cording to the kiudnefs that t have done unto thee thou lhaltdo unro me, and to the land wherein thou halt fojourned. 24 And Abraham faid, I will fwear. 25 And Abraham reproved Abime- lech becaufe of a well of water, which Ahimelechs fervants r had violently taken away. 26 And Abimelech faid, I wot not who hath done this thing; neither didit thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it but to-day. 27 And Abraham took fheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abime- lech : and both of thtm made a co- venant. 28 And Abraham fet feven ewe- lambs of the dock by themfeives. 29 And Abimelech faid unto Abra- ham, What mean thefe feven ewe- lambs, which thou halt fet by them- feives ? 30 And he faid, For thefe feven ewe- lambs malt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witnefs unto me that I have digged this well. 31 Wherefore he called that place |] Beer-iheba ; becaufe there they fware both of them 32 Thus they made a covenant at Beer-fheba : then Abimelech rofe up, and Phichol the chief captain of his holt, and they returned into the land of the Philiftines. 33 ^ Afrd'jtfriaA&fe planted a || grove in Beer-fheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlait- ing God. rSeeChaj' ?fi. IS, 18 5.0,11,21 That it, XXI, XXII. Abrahams faith and ohzdisr.ee. 34 And Abraham fojourned in the £ Philiftines land many days. C H A P. XXII. —- — ' 1 Abraham, offering If aac, 1 1 is fayed by aii angel : 15 he is bleffnd again. 20 The generation of Nahor unto Rebekah. ANd it came to pafs, after thefe _ i*rt. things, that a God did tempt Abraham, and faid unto him, Abi'a- !I »;• ham. And he faid, f Behold, here I am. 2 And he faid, Take now thy fon, thine only fon lfaac, whom1 thou lo- veft, and get thee " into t! e land of J"*?" Mori ah, and offer him there for a burnt -offering upon o \t oft ie noun- tains which 1 will tell thee of. 3 *l And Abraham rofe up early hi the morning, arid Paddled his afs nd took two of his young men with him, and lfaac his fon ; lace II Jehovah-jireh : as it ''.'.•, or, is laid to this day, In the mount of *** the Lord it fhall be feen. 1.5 «j And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the lecond time, J*j" 16 And .aid, d By myfelf have I fworn, faith the LORD ; for becaufe uice i. 73. t'.iou haft done this thing, and haft esc' °' ,3' not with -held thy fon, thine only fon ; 1 7 That in blefling I will blefc thee, and in multiplying 1 will multiply thy feed c as the ftars of the heaven, '"and as the land which is upon the fea f fliore ; and B thy feed fhall poffefs the gate of his enemies : 18 ''And in thy feed fhall all the 1Cih.h(.3' nations of the earth be bleiled ; be- caufe thou haft obeyed my voice. $%""25 '9 So Abraham returned unto his cai3-i,6, young men; and they rofe up, and l0' lS' went together to Beer - lheba : and Abraham dwelt at Beer-fheba. 20 H And it came to pafs, after thefe things, that it was told Abra- icmp. iiam, faying, Behold, * Milcah, (he XI"'J' hath alio born children unto thy brother Nahor ; * job 1. 1. 2t * Huz his firft-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father :;.t ».* 1 of Aram, 22 And Chefed, and Hazo, and Fildafh apdjidlaph, andBethuel. »ch»p. 23 And m Bethuel begat " Rebe- ^o'k!, I"'1 : thefe eight Milcah did bear to R.m.y.'ic. Nalior, Abrahams brother. 24 And his concubine, whofe name was Reumah, fhe bare alio Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahafli, and Maachah. CHAP. XXIII. j Sarahs age ami death. 3 The pur- chafe ofhlachpdaJiy iqyjhere Sarah was buried. toco- A Nd Sarah was an hundred and fe- l\ veil and twenty year., old : thefe were the years of the life of Sarah. tf°?T ' 2 And Sarah died in a Kirjath-arba; I** «« I0- the fa;nc is riebron in die haul of Ca- naan : and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. incc «/ The piirchafe of Machpelah. 3 «i And Abraham flood up from Before before his dead, and fpake unto the "£* fons of Heth, laying, — ■ — 4 b I con a llranger and a fojourner b chap, with you : give me a poifeliion of a Jut.?.' burying-place with you, that I may 1L-12' bury my dead out of my fight. 5 And the children of Heth an- fwered Abraham, faying unto him, 6 Hear us, my lord :'Thou art f a t hi*. mighty prince among us; in the choice U of our fepulchres bury tiiy dead: none of us fiiall with-hold from thee his fepulchre, but that thou mayell bury thy dead. 7 And Abraham flood up, and bow- ed himfelf to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. 8 And he communed with them, faying, If it be your mind that I mould bury my dead out of my light, hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the fon of Zohar, 9 That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his held ; for + as much t iicb. , . „ ,, . full mo'ify» money as it is worth he fhall give it me, for a poii'eiiion of a burying-place among you. 10 And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth. And Ephron the Hittite anfwered Abraham in the f audience of the children of Heth, tHeh,w«, even of all that went in at the gates of his city, faying, 1 1 c Nay, my lord, hear me : The eseessam, field give I thee, and the cave that is *4,2Ir*2* therein, I give it thee ; in the pre- fence of the fons of my people give I it thee : bury thy dead. i 2 And Abraham bowed down him- felf before the people of the land. 1 3 And he fpake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, faying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee hear me : I will give thee money for the field ; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. 1 4 And Ephron anfwered Abraham, faying unto him, 1 5 My lord, hearken unto me : The land is worth four hundred d fhekels a**^- of Giver ; what is that betwixt me t«t.3" and thee ? bury therefore thy dead. 4j' {Z' 1 6 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron ; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the lilver, which he had na- med in the audience of the fons of Heth, four hundred fl^ekels of lilver, current money with the merchant. 17 '', And ' the field of Ephron, *Cb*i>- which was in Machpelah, which was before Manure, the field, and the cave " which 18 S 7- f Huh. gone intD dtiyi. Abraham fweareth his fervant. CHAP. Befrre which MWW therein, and all the trees "oa that were in the field, that were in all -v— ' the borders round about, were made fure 1 8 Unto Abraham for a poffeffion in the prefence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gates of his city. 19 ^| And after this Abraham bu- ried Sarah his wife in the cave of the fieui of Machpelah, before Mamre : the fame is Hebron in the land of Canaan. 20 And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made fure unto Abra- ham for a pofieffion of a burying-place by the ions of Heth. C H A P. XXIV. 1 AbraJiam fendeth his fervant to get a wife for his Jon Ifaac .'58 he ob- taineth Rebekah. 62 Ifaac meeteth her. ANc! Abraham was old, and ■[ well ftricken in age: and the Lord had blelled Abraham in all things. 2 And Abraham laid aunto his eld- li'" eft fervant of his houfe, that ruled bchap. over all that he had, bPut, I pray tctfron. thee, thy hand under my thigh : UunXc. 3 And I will make thee fwear by the Lord, the God of heaven, and c chap. 26. the God of the earth, that c thou I}' t- l» '2 . ihalt not take a wife unto my foil tew3 7'. jf ' of the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I dwell : 4 But thou (halt go unto my coun- try, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my fon Ifaac. 5 And the fervant faid unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be Willing to follow me unto this land : rnult I needs bring thy fon again unto the land from whence thou camelt ? 6 And Abraham faid unto him, Be- ware thou, that thou bring not my fon thither again. 7 The Lord God of heaven, d chap. 11. which d took me from my fathers ■' 7' houfe, and from the land of my kin- dred, and which fpake unto me, and 7.C^t3.is'. that fware unto me, faying, 'Unto &1S.18.&: thy feed will I give this land; he Kx.3'1. n. (hall fend his angel before thee, and 5yas*7.4i.4' thou (halt take a wife unto my fon from thence. 8 And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou (halt be clear from this my oath : on- ly bring not my fon thither again. 9 And the fervant put his hand un- der the thigh of Abraham his mafter, and fware to him concerning that matter. XXIV. Rebekah meeteth him. 10 *[ And the fervant took ten ca- B«f.«wi to draw water. u>»icMravi 12 t And he faid, O Lord God ofj£;"s" my mafter Abraham, I pray thee n-^ is. fend me good fpeed this day, and'" ftiew kindnefs unto my mafter Abra- ham. 13 Behold, h I ftand here by the J»ver. 43. well of water, and '' the daughters of 'a£h*?- the men of the city come out to draw *«*!.*. 10. water : 14 And let it come to pafs, that the damfel to whom I ihall fay, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink ; and (he (hall fay, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink alfo ; let the fame be fhe that thou haft ap- pointed for thy fervant Ifaac ; and k thereby fhall I know that thou haft o.^* {hewed kindnefs unto my mafter. &s?f «£ 1 5 Tf And it came to pafs, before he 20. )'. had done fpeaking, that, behold, Re- 46. ac' s' bekah came out, who was born to Betlmel, fon of1 Milcah, the wife of i^aTa"' Nahor, Abrahams brother, with her 23' pitcher upon her moulder. 16 And the damfel was \ very fair l^T.* to look upon, a virgin, neither had nance' any man known her : and fhe went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. 17 And the fervant ran to meet her, and faid, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. 18 And fhe faid, Drink, my lord : and fhe halted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. 19 And when fhe had done giving him drink, fhe faid, I will draw w a- ter for thy camels alfo, until they have done drinking. 20 And flie hafted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water ; and drew for all his camels. 2 1 And the man, wondering at her, held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his journey profper- ous or not. 22 And it came to pafs, as the ca- mels had done drinking, that the man took a golden || ear-ring, of half a l°§£n<*' fhekel weight, and two bracelets fovyZ^j. her Rcbekah Jlxeweth her kindred. GENESIS. :; her hands, of ten Jliekels weight of gold ' — " — ' ?3 And faid, Whofe daughter art thou ? tell mc, I pray thee. Is there room in thy fathers houfe for us to lodge in ? ?S'£- 24 And fhe faid unto him, ni I am the daughter of Bethuel, the (on of Milcah, which (he bare unto Nahor. 25 She faid, moreover, unto him, We have both ftraw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. •rer. 52. 26 And the man " bowed down his head, and worlhipped the Lokd. 2- And he faid, Blefled be the Lord God of my matter Abraham, who hath not left deltitute my mailer of his mercy and his truth : I being in the way, the Lord led me to the houfe of my mailers brethren. 28 And the damfel ran, and told them of her mothers houfe thefe tilings. 29 1{ And Rebekah had a brother, o c;ip. and his'fliame was ° Laban : and Labau ay"i- ran out unto the man unto the well. 30 And it came to pals, when he faw the ear-ring, and bracelets upon his filters hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his filter, fay- ing, Thus fpake the man unto me ; that he came unto the man, and, behold, lie Hood by the camels at the well. ;i And he faid, Come in, thou bleifed of the Lord; wherefore ftandeft thou without ? for I have prepared the houfe, and room for the camels. 33 *f And the man came into the houfe : and he ungirded his camels, and gave ftraw and provender for the camels, and water to wafh his feet, and the mens feet that were with him. 33 And there was fet meat before him to eat : but he faid, I will not eat until I have told mine errand. And he faid, Speak on. 34 1j And he faid, I am Abrahams fervant. 35 And the Lord hath blefled my matter greatly, and he is become great : and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and Giver, and gold, and men-fervants, and niaid-i'ervants, and camels, and a lies. 36 And Sarah, my mailers wife, bare a fan to my mailer when Hie lyl? was olcl : ancl Puiuo him hath he given all that he hath. 37 And my mailer made me fwear, fayjilg, Thou (halt not Like a wife to my foil of the daughters of the Ca- jiaanitc, in whole land I dwell : Abrahams fervanU prayer. 38 But thou (halt go unto my fa- Before thers houfe, and to my kindred, and ib$j. take a wife unto my fon. * — *-— 39 And I laid unto my mafter. Per- adventure the woman will not follow me. 40 And hefaiduntome,TheLoRD, * before whom I walk, will fend his 5**JH angel with thee, and profper thy way; and thou lhalt take a wife for my fon of my kindred, and of my fathers houfe. 41 Then (halt thou be clear from this my oatii, when thou comeft to my kindred ; and if they give not thee one, thou lhalt be clear from my oath. 42 And I came this day unto the well, and faid, O Lord Cod of my mafter Abraham, if now thou do pro- fper my way which I go ; 43 r Behold, I ftand by the well ofrVer. j^ water : and it liiall come to pafs, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and 1 fay to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink ; 44 And fhe fay to me, Both drink thou, and I will alfo draw for thy camels : let the fame be the woman whom the Lord hath appointed out for my mailers fon. 45 And before I had done fpeaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her lhoul- der; and !he went down unto the well, and drew water : and I faid unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. 46 And fhe made halte, and let down her pitcher from her \limdder, and faid, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink alfo. So I drank, and flie made the camels drink alfo. 47 And I allied her, and faid, Whofe daughter art thou ? And Ihe faid, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor* fon, whom .Milcah bare unto him : and I put the ear-ring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. 48 And 1 bowed down my head, and worfhipped the Lord, and blefled the Lord Ciod of my mailer Abraham, which had led me in the right Way, to take my mailers brothers daughter unto his fon. 49 And now, if ye will deal kindly and truly with my mailer, tell me: and if not, tell me ; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. 50 *| Then Laban ami Bethuel an- fwered and faid, The thing proceed- eth from the Lord ; we cannot (peak unto thee bad or good. 51 Behold, Jfaac meeteth Rebekah. CHAP. XXV. Abrahams death and burial. Befbte 5 r Behold, Rebekah it before thee, kah, and (he became his wife ; and he Before $3?"" take bet; and go, and let her be thy loved her : and Ifaac was comforted ?8j£ -v-i-' mailers fons wife, as the Lord hath after his mothers death. ' — *— -* fpoken. CHAP. XXV. 52 And it came to pafs, that, when 1 The fons of AbraJiam by Keturah : Abrahams fervant heard their words, 7 His age and death. 24 The birth tcr.ac, he * worfhipped the Lord, bowing of Efau and Jacob. 29 Ejaufelleth himfelf 'to the earth. his birthright. 53 And the fervant brought forth HHHen again Abraham took a wife, cir. xgjji nl'. + jewels of filver, and jewels of gold, 1 and h.er name was Keturah. and raiment, and gave t/tern to Rebe- 2 And afhe bare him Zimran, and a*ctH-an. kah. He gave alfo to her brother, Jokfhan,and Medan, and Midian, and ' "3" and to her mother, precious things. lihbak, and Shuah. 54 And they did eat and drink, he 3 And Joklhan begat Sheba and and the men that were with him, and Dedan. And the fons of Dedau were tarried all night: and they rofe up in Asfhurim, and Letulhim, and Leum- 50. s ' the morning, and he faid, c Send me mini. away unto my mafter. 4 And the fons of Tvlidian ; Ephah, 55 And her brother and her mother and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, faid, Let the damfel abide with us || a and Eldaah. All thefe were the chil- few days, at the leaft ten ; after that dren of Keturah. 5 1 And b Abraham gave all that£c,$"' he bad unto Ifaac. 6 But unto the fons of the concu- bines which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and fent them away from II Cr,r-fuU tear.otften months, (he fhall go. 56 And he faid unto them, Hinder me not, feeing the Lord hath pro- fpered my way ; fend me away, that I may go to my mafter. 57 And they faid, We will call the Ifaac his fon (while he yet lived) eaft- damfel, and enquire at her mouth. ward, unto the eaft country. 58 And they called Rebekah, and 7 1f And thefe are the days of the faid unto her, Wilt thou go with this years of Abrahams life, which he lived, man ? And fhe laid, I will go. an hundred threefcore and fifteen 59 And they fent away Rebekah years. their filter, and u her nurfe, and Abra- 8 Tiien Abraham gave up the ghoft, hams fervant, and his men. and c died in a good old age, an old eif*?l'i 60 And they blcfled Rebekah, and man, and full of years j and was ga- 49"%' faid unto her, Thou art our lifter, be thered to his people. thou the mol/ier of thoufands of mil- 9 And Ins fons, Ifaac and Ifhmael, lions, and x let thy feed pofTefs the buried him in the cave of Machpe- gate of thofe which hate them. lah, in the field of Ephron, the fon of 61 t And Rebekah arofe, and her Zohar the Hittite, which is before damfels, and they rode upon the ca- Mamre ; mels, and followed the man and the /o d The field which Abraham pur- ^l* fervant took Rebekah, and went his chafed of the fons of Heth : there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. 1 1 1j And it came to pafs, after the death of Abraham, that God bleifed his fon Ifaac : and Ifaac dwelt by the,,r. „ c well Lahai-roi. «*■ m & 12 T| Now thefe are the generations "*' oflfhmael, Abrahams fon, whomHa- gar the Egyptian, Sarahs handmaid, way. 62 And Ifaac came from the way of the > well Lahai-roi ; for he dwelt in the fouth country. 63 And Ifaac went out Ij to medi- tate in the field at the even-tide ; and he lifted up his eyes, and faw, and, behold, the camels were coming. 64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes; bare untoAbraham. and when fhe faw Ifaac l fhe lighted 1 3 And * thefe are the names of the \'.^n' off the camel. fons of Ifhmael, by their names, ac- 65 For flie had faid unto the fer- cording to their generations: The""-- isoo. vant, What man is this that walketh firft-born of Iihmacl, Nebajoth ; and in the field to meet us? Andthefe<-vant Kedur, and Adbeel, and Mibfam, had faid, It is my mafter : therefore 14 And Milhma, and Dumah, and Malfa, 15 IJ Hadar, and Tenia, Jetur, Na- j ■'''• philh, and Kedemah. 16 Thefe are the fons of Ifhmael, and thefe are their names, by their towns, flie took a vail, and covered herfelf. 66 And the fervant told Ifaac all things that he had done. 67 And Ifaac brought her into his mother Sarahs tent, and took Rebe- The birth of Efau and Jacob. towns, and by their caftles ; E twelve princes, according to their nations. 1 7 And thefe are the years of the life of llhmael, an hundred and thirty and feven years : and he gave up the ghoft and died, and was gathered un- to his people. » i s»m. xg h Ajui ,-hpy dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as b/(), thou goeft toward Aflyria : and he rr. -z. $i. idied ' in the prefence of all his bre- \C6hll thren. r9 ^| And thefe are the generations kMat. x.». 0f ifaac, Abrahams fon: k Abraham begat Ifaac. I857- 20 And Ifaac was forty years old lctnp. when he took Rebekah to wife, 'the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan-aram, the filter to Laban the Syrian. 1838. 21 And Ifaac entreated the Lord for his wife, becaufe fhe ivas barren : and the Lord was entreated of £?c.m- him, and "' Rebekah his wife con- ceived. 22 And the children flruggled to- GENESIS. Ifaac fojourneth in Cerar. 32 And Efau faid, Behold, I am \ at » fiwe the point to die ; and what profit fhall . this birthright do to me ? * — I*""- 33 And Jacob faid, Swear to me this L'^oX". day ; and he fware unto him . and c he fold his birthright unto Jacob. '*" l& 34 Then Jacob gave Efau bread and pottage of lentils ; and he did eat and drink, and rofe up, and went his way. Thus Efiu defpifed his birthright. CHAP. XXVI. 1 Ifaac goeth to Cerar. 2 God bleffeth him. 20 Abimele:hs covenant with hint. 34 EJaui vfiHe r. ANd there was a famine in the land, cir- J*°4' beiides athe firft famine that was j£bJ£ in the days of Abraham. And Ifaac went unto "Abirnelech king of the j"tP" Philiftines, unto Gerar. 2 And the L»rd appeared unto him, and faid, Go not down into Egypt ; dwell in the land which I fliall tell thee of. 3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will blefs thee : for unto thee, and unto thy feed, CI will ^P1??; gether within her : and (lie faid, If give all thefe countries ; and I will p Ctup. a?. iy. Mil. I. 3 /'/ be fo, why cvn I thus? "And (he went to enquire of the Lord. 23 And the Lord faid unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people lhall be fepa- rated from thy bowels : and "the one people fliall be ftronger than the other people ; and p the elder fliall ferve the younger. •"•»•"' 24 t And when her days to be de- livered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. 4 cuap. 17. 25 And the firft came out red, q all ii, 1 ,«. over jj^g an hairy garment ; and they called his name Efau. 26 And after that came his bro- rH'f.11.3. ther out, and r his hand took hold on a7.h3 »3> my wife ; left, faid he, the men of the place fliould kill me for Rebekah, becaufe ihe was fair to look upon. 8 And it came to pafs, when he had been there a longtime, that Abi- melech, king of the Philiftines, looked out at a window, and law, and, be- hold, Ifaac was fporting with Rebe- kah his wife. 9 And Abirnelech called Ifaac, and faid, Behold, of a furety Ihe is thy wife : and how faidft thou, She it my lifter? And Ifaac faid unto him, Becaufe I faid, Left I die for her. 10 And Abirnelech faid. What is this thou haft done unto us ? one of the people might lightly have lain with thy wife, and "thou lhouldeft *£*•»■ have brought guiltinefe upon us. 1 1 And Abirnelech charged all his people, laying, He that toudieth this Ifaac ■ Before thrill I8O4. lit*) i Chap. a 1. 30. of Abraham his father, the Philiftines had flopped them, and filled them with earth. 1 6 And Abimelech faid unto Ifaac, Go from us : for k thou art much mightier than we. grcnveih rich. CHAP. XXVI, XXVII. Abimelechs covenant with Ifaao. man, or his wife, fhall iurely be put friends, m and Phichol the chief cap- Before to death. tain of his army. cirC!iao4. 12 Then Ifaac fowed in that land, 27 And Ifaac faid unto them,' — « — ' and f received in the fame year an Wherefore come ye to me, feeing ?,?„?" hundred-fold, and the Lord blelfed ye hate me, and have fent me away him. from you ? 13 And the man waxed great, and 28 And they faid, f We faw certain- ? Het>. *tc f went forward, and grew, until he ly that the Lord was with thee : and '***"*"*• became very great : we faid, Let there be now an oath 14 For he had pofleflion of flocks, betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and poifeflion of herds, and great and let us make a covenant with thee; ftore of i| fervants. And the Phili- 29 f That thou wilt do us no hurt, fH«*. if ftines envied him. _ as we have not touched thee, and as '£°*JbJltt 15 For all the wells ' which his fa- we have done unto thee nothing but thers fervants had digged in the clays good, and have fent thee away in peace : thou art now the blefTcd of the Lord. 30 And he made them a feaft, and they did eat and drink. 3r And they rofe up betimes in the morning, and fware one to another : 7 f And Ifaac departed thence, and Ifaac fent them away, and they and pitched his tent in the valley of departed from him in peace. Gerar, and dwelt there. 32 And it came to pafs the fame 18 And Ifaac digged again the wells day, that Ifaaca fervants came and of water, which they had digged in told him concerning the well which the days of Abraham his father ; for they had digged, and faid unto him, the Philiftines had flopped tliem after We have found water. the death of Abraham : and he called 33And he called it ]|Shebah: "there- ^J^V' their names after the names by which fore the name of the city is || Beer- nciap." his father had called them. fheba unto this day. "■ 3I\ 19 And Ifaacs fervants digged in 34 \ "And Efau was forty years rlXVu'^ the valley, and found there a well old when he took to wife Judith the 'te™'*- of f fpringing water. daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and „ ct%.' 20 And the herdmen of Gerar did Bafhemath, the daughter of Elon the 36. 2. Hittite : 35 Which p were f a grief of mind £,™qp- unto Ifaac and to Rebekah. *Heb. CHAP. XXVII. ™$g 1 Ifaac ft ndeth Efau for venifon. 6 "Ja- cob, inftrufied by Rebekah, obtaineth the blefjing. 41 Efau threatening him, is prevented. ANd it came to pafs, that when ^6o- Ifaac was old, and a his eyes were ^"ta dim, fo that he could not fee, he call- ed Efau his eldeft fon, and faid unto him, My fon. And he faid unto him, Behold, here am I. 2 And he faid, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death. 3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, him the fame night, and faid, I am thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, the God of Abraham thy father : fear and go out to the field, and f take me \*$j not, for I am with thee, and will forne venifon ; blefs thee, and multiply thy feed, for 4 And make me favoury meat, fuch as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat ; that my foul may blefs thee before I die. 5 And Rebekah heard when Ifaac fpake to Efau his fon. And Efau went ftrive with Ifaacs herdmen, faying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well j| Efek, becaufe they ftrove with him. 21 And they digged another well, and ftrove for that alfo : and he called the name of it || Sitnah. 22 And he removed from thence, and digged another well ; and for that they ftrove not : and he called the name of it [| Rehoboth ; and he faid, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we fhall be fruitful in the land. 23 And he went up from thence to Beer-fheba. 24 And the Lord appeared unto my fervant Abrahams fake 25 And he ' builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there; and there Ifaacs fervants digged a well 26 If Then Abimelech went to him to the field to huat for venifon, and from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his to bring it, 6] And Jacob obtaineth the bleffing. GEN ch-ift6 ^ ^ ^nc* ^•et)ekah fpakc unto Jacob i;fio.' her Ton. faying, Behold, I heard thy ~v ' father fpeak unto E(au thy brother, faying. 7 Bring me venifon, ant! make me favoury meat, that I may eat, and blefs theebefore the Lo no before my death. 8 Now therefore, my fon, obey my voice, according to that which I com- mand thee. 9 Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats* and I will make them fa- voury meat for thy father, fuch as he loveth. ioAnd thou (halt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may blefs thee before his death. 1 1 And Jacob faid to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Efau my brother if a hairy man, and I am a fmooth man : 12 My father, peradventure, will feel me, and I lhall feem to him as a deceiver ; and I (hall bring a curie upon me, and not a bleffing. 13 And his mother faid unto him, Upon me be thy curfe, my fon ; on- ly obey my voice, and go fetch me them. j 4 And he went and fetched, and brought thent to his mother : and his mother made favoury meat, fuch as his father loved. * 15 And Rebekah took + goodly rai- ment of her eldelt fon Efau. which were with her in the houfe, and put them upon Jacob her younger fon. 1 6 And flie put the fkins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the fmooth of his neck. 1 - And fhe gave the favoury meat, and the bread which (he had prepared, into the hand of her fon Jacob. 18 *1 And he came unto his father, and faid, My father. And he laid, Here am I ; who art thou, my fon ? 19 And Jacob (aid unto his father, I am Efau thy firft-born; I have done according as thou badell me : arife, I pray thee, fit and eat of my veni- fon, that thy foul may blefs me. 20 And Ifaac faid unto his fon. How is it that thou halt found it Co quick- ly, my fon ? And he faid, Becauie the h- Lord thy God brought it f to me. 2 1 And Ifaac faid unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that 1 may feel thee, my fon, v\ hcther thou be my very fon Efau, or not. 22 And Jacob went near unto Ifaac his father ;, and he felt him, and faid, The voice is Jacobs voice, but the hands arc the hands of Efau. E S I S. Efaus complaint. 23 And he difcerned him not, be- Before caufe his hands were hairy, as his "££ brother Efaus hands; So he bielled — * — ' him. 24 And he faid, Art thou my very fon Efau ? And he faid. I am. 25 And he fad, Bring // near to me, and I will eat of my fons venifon, that my foul may blefs thee.. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat ; and he brought him wine, and he drank. 26 And his father Ifaac faid unto him, Come near now, and kifs me, my fon. 27 And he came near and killed him : and he fmelled the fmell of his raiment, and bletfed him, and faid, See, the fmell of my fon is as the fmell of a field which the Lord hath bielled : 28 Therefore, bGod give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatnefs "" of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine : 29 cLet people ferve thee, and na- ecjup. tions bow down to thee ; be lord over I's""^ thy brethren, and a let thy mothers Jch. 49.8. fons bow down to thee: "curled £peci».i*.3. every one that curfeth thee, and blefs- Nu,",::4*' ed be he that blelleth thee. 30 ^] And it came to pals, afloon as Ifaac had made an end of bleffiue Jacob, and Jacob was yet fcarce gone out from the prefence of Ifaac his fa- ther, that Efau his brother came in from his hunting. 31 And he alfo had made favoury meat, and brought it unto his father; and faid unto his father, Let my fa- ther arife, and eat of his fons venifon, that thy foul may blefs me. 32 And Ifaac his father faid unto him, Who art thou ? And he faid, I am thy fon, thy firft-born, Efau. 33 And Ifaac + trembled very e»- t "_<■'.': , ceedingly, and faid, Who ? where is '.'. he that hath + taken venifon, and ' brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou earned, and have bielled bwl,a- him ? yea, f and he (hall be blefied. f chap. 34 And when Efau hoard the words * ' 3'4" cf his father, Bhe cried with a great !J"c,br" and exceeding bitter cry, and laid unto his father, Blefs me, even me alfo, O my father ! 35 And he faid, Thy brother came with fubtilty, and hath taken away thy bleffing, 36 And he faid, ll Ts not he rightly *<»«£ named || Jacob ? for he hath fup- ' planted me thefe two times: ihefgJ^"r' took away my birthright; and, be-u.33. hold, Vtr. 19. It Or, jlipliol ted • Hcb.II.2 IIOr.tfM threateneth Jacob. hold, now he hath taken away my blefling. And he faid, Haft thou not referved a blefling for me ? 37 And Ifaac anfwered, and faid , untoEfau, k Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for fervants ; and with corn and wine have I || fuftain- ed him : and what fhall I do now un- to thee, my fon ? 38 And Efau faid unto his father, Haft thon but one blefling, my father? blefs me, eveti me alfo, O my father. AndEfau lifted uphis voice, 'and wept. 39 And Ifaac his father anCwered . and faid unto him, Behold, m thy dwelling fhall be || the fatuefs of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above ; 40 And by thy fword fhalt thou live, and " ihalt ferve thy brother : and °it (hall come to pafj, when thou (halt have the dominion, that thou Ihalt break his yoke from off thy neck. 41 U AndEfau hated Jacob, becaufe of the blefling wherewith his father bleffed him : and Efau faid in his heart, The days of mourning for my • father are at hand, ''then will I flay my brother Jacob. 42 And thefe words of Efau her elder fon were told to Kebekah. And fhe lent and called Jacob her younger fon, and faid unto him, Be- hold, thy brother Efau, as touching thee, doth comfort himfelf, purpojing to kill thee. 43 Now therefore, my fon, obey my voice ; and arife, flee thou to La- ban my brother, q to Haran : 44 And tarry with him a few days, until thy brothers fury turn away ; 45 Until thy brothers anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou haft done to him : then I will fentl and fetch thee from thence. Why fhould I be deprived alfo of you both in one day ? 46 And Rebekah faid to Ifaac, rI ' am weary of my life becaufe of the daughters of Hetii : if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, fuch as thefe which arc of the daughters of the land, what good fhall my life do me ? CHAP. XXVIII. 1 Jacob is blejj'ed, and fent to Padan- aram: 12 his vifion. 18 The Jt one of Beth-el. 20 Jacobs vow. ANd Ifaac called Jacob, and bleffed him, and charged him, and faid unto him, "Thou fhalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan, CHAP. XXVIII. 2 b Arife, go to Jacobs v'fton. Padan-aram, to father, and take thee a wife from — « — * thence of the daughters of c Laban, Vz°lf. thy mothers brother : c chap. 3 f And God Almighty blefs thee, 'a°; and make thee fruitful, and multiply "-23, thee, that thou mayeft be f a multi- l^fg. tude of people : f en. n. 1. 4 And give thee sthe blefling of *Jj*£2, Abraham, to thee, and to thy feed #»/£. with thee ; that thou mayeft inherit *>ct,-12-»« the land + h wherein thou art a ftran- l/lr^/o. ger, which God gave unto Abraham. ■>'<"" '"'«?•'• 5 And Ifaac fent away Jacob ; and h"-I"-«- he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, fon of Bethuel the Syrian, the bro- ther of Rebekah, Jacobs and Efaus mother. 6 f When Efau faw that Ifaac had bleffed Jacob, and fent him away to Padan-aram to take him a wife from thence ; and that, as he bleffed him, he gave him a charge, faying, Thou fhalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan ; 7 And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Pa- dan-aram: 8 And Efau feeing that the daugh- ters of Canaan fpleafed not Ifaac his t *&*).»** r _ 1 evil in tbe lather: y«,&e. 9 Then went Efau unto Ifhmael, and took unto the wives which he had, > Mahalath the daughter of Ifli- j^'a&J mael, Abrahams fon, k the lifter of-0-'' •-■ - Nebajoth, to be his wife. *£.*??. I o \ AndJacob ' went out from Beer- 1 Hof« fheba, and went toward m Haran. "'".V II And he lighted upon a certain -va, 7.2. place, and tarried there all night, be- L"""'' "'" caufe the fun was fet : and he took of the ftones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to fleep. 12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder fet upon the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven : and be- hold n the angels of God afcending \}f£ and defcending on it. j Kcb- »■ **• 13 °And, behold, the Lord flood ^"J^j. above it, and faid, I am the Lord '" 4 '"' God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Ifaac : the land whereon thou lieft, to thee will I give it, and to thy Cced. 14 And ''thy feed fhall be as the ^Xol duft of the earth ; and thou fhalt f fpread abroad q to the weft, and to iJ''^'Mli^ the eaft, and to the north, and to the And Jacob awaked out of his deep, and he laid. Surely the Lord is in this place, and 1 knew it not. 17 And he was afraid, and faid, How dreadful is tins place ! this it none other but the lioufe of God, and this is the gate of heaven. 18 And Jacob rofe up early in the morning, and took the Itone that he i3?«.ae' nac* putybr his pillows, and c fet it up 35- 14- for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. u Jo^jM' 1 9 And he called the name of " that 11, f. 4 t ;• place || Beth-el : but the name of that t™«Lji* Clty was called Luz at the nrit. tfr.oci. 20 "And Jacob vowed a vow, fay- 3K i?." ingi If y God will be with me, and yvcr. 15. will keep me in this way that I go, «.V.nm' and will give me 2 bread to eat, and raiment to put on, 2 i So that I come again to my fa- thers houfe in peace ; then ihall the Lord be my God. 22 And this ftone, which I have fet •P-p- for a pillar, a (hall be Gods houfe : bLerit. ' band of all that thou (halt give me, I »7- 30. wju furely give the tenth unto thee. CHAP. XXIX. I Jacob, coming to the well ofHarav, 1 3 it entertained by Laban, 1 8 co- venant eth for Rachel, 2 3 and is de- ceived with Leah, 28 bat marrieth alfo Rachel. ^Vbhtfl,i T^Hen Jacob + went on his journey, • N^'mb.'' -*• a antI came into the land of the *3- 7- -|- people of the eaft. ulidrcn. 2 And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of fheep lying by it ; for out of that well they watered the flocks : and a great itone was upon the wells mouth. 3 And thither were all the flocks gathered : and they rolled the Hone from the well's mouth and watered the fheep, and put the ftone again upon the wells mouth in his place. 4 And Jacob faid unto them, My brethren, whence be ye ? And they faid, Of Haran are we. 5 And he faid unto them. Know ye Laban the fon of Nahor ? And they faid, We know hivi. tHch.n 6 And he faid unto them, \ h he *w»7" well ? And they faid, He it well : and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometb with the flieep. ■ - ESI?;. to entertaineth kini. 7 And he faid, Lo, \ it is yet high day, neither is it time that tiie cattle fhould be gathered together ; water ye the flieep, and go and feed them. _ 8 And they faid. We cannot un- "*""' til all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the ftone from the wells mouth; then we water the flieep. 9 ^ And while he yet fpake with them, Rachel came with her fathers flieep ; for (he kept them. io And it came to pafs, when Jacob faw Rachel, the daughter of Laban his mothers brother, and the flieep ot Laban h's mothers brother, that Jacob went near, and h rolled the ftone from \flfi' the wellsmouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mothers brother. ir And Jacob killed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. 12 And Jacob told Rachel that he Was her fathers brother, and that he was Rebekahs fon : and fhe ran and told her rather. 1 3 And it came to pafs, when La- ban heard the f tidings of Jacob his '"^ fillers fon, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and killed him, and brought him to his houfe. And he told Laban all thefe things. 14 And Laban faid to him, c Surely «c*w thou art my bone and my flefn. And be abode with him f the fpace of a •'• ;^ month. 15 7 And Laban faid unto Jacob, Becaufethou art my brother lhouldeft thou therefore ferve me for nought ? tell me, whztjiw/i thy wages be? 1 6 And Laban had two daughters : the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger wat Rachel. 17 Leah was tender-eyed, but Ra- chel was beautiful and well-favoured. 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and faid, I will ferve thee feven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. 19 And Laban laid, // is better that I give her to thee than that I fhould give her to another man : abide with me. 20 And Jacob d ferved feven years J/Yz* for Rachel ; and they feemed unto him lilt a few days, for the love he had to her. 2 1 * And Jacob faid unto Laban, Give 7iic my wife, for my days are i;s3 fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. 2a And Labaa gathered together all the men of the place, and made afeaft. ' 23 And it came to pafs in tiie even- ing, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him ; and he went in unto her. 24 And Jacob is deceived with Leah. C H A wore 24 And Laban gave unto his daugh- ^/j1' ter Leah, Zilpah his maid for an hand- "v — ' maid. 25 And it came to pafs, that, in the morning, behold, it was Leah : and he faid to Laban, What is this thou halt done unto me ? Did not I ferve with thee tor Rachel ? wherefore then haft thou beguiled me ? 26 And Laban faid, It muft not be *' fo done in our f country, to give the younger before the firft-born. 4g. 2j e j"uifji jier Week, and we will give thee this alfo, for the fervice which thou (halt ferve with me yet feven other years. 28 And Jacob did fo, and fulfilled her week ; and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife alfo. 29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his handmaid, to be her maid. 30 And he went in alfo unto Rachel, and he loved alfo Rachel more than Leah, and ferved with him yet feven other years. 31 ^f And when the Lord faw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. 32 And Leah conceived, and bare a fon, and lhe called his name || Reu- ben : for fhe faid, Surely the Lord hath looked upon my affliction ; now therefore my hufband will love me. 33 And fhe conceived again, and bare a fon ; and faid, Becaufe the Lord hath heard that I was hated, he hath " J/51' therefore given me ihhj'on alfo : and Srfog.' me called his name || Simeon. 34 And fhe conceived again, and bare a fon ; and faid. Now this time will my hufband be joined unto me, becaufe I have born him three fons : Thin?' therefore was his name called || Levi. ,ined. see 35 And fhe conceived again, and Xul'.l'. Dare a f°n; and fhe faid, Now will r. 1745. I praife the Lord: therefore fhe Thatis, called his name f iljudah, and f left Heb." bearing. ££™ CHAP. XXX. 1 Rachels barrennefs. 22 She bcareth Jofeph . 2 7 Jacobs new covenant with Laban. 37 His policy to become rich. ANd when Rachel faw that fhe bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied herfifter; and faid unto Jacob, Give me children, or elfe I die. 2 And Jacobs anger was kindled T— ' 22 H And God remewi < :dR&chel, •tubmen), atid God he.i'.ke:;e'.i to her, andopen- ed her womb. 1745. 23 And fhe conceived, and bare a Con ; and faid, God hath taken away litem. ' my reproach : ^'tt'-\: 2 4 And fl»e called his name ||Jofeph; liThwto,' and faid, hThe Lord (hall add to me another fori. 2 s 1 And it came to pafs, when Rachel had born Jofeph, that Jacob raid untoLaban, Send me away, that 1 may go unto mine own place, and to my country. 26 Give me my wives and my chil- dren, for whom I have ferved thee, and let me go : for thou knoweit my fervice which I have done thee. 27 And Laban faid unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine ictup. eyes, tarry: for '' I have learned by 3y* 5* experience that the Lord hath blefs- ed me for thy fake. 28 And he laid, Appoint me thy Wages, and I %vill give it. 29 And be faid unto him, Thou knoweft how I have ferved thee, and how thy cattle was with me. %oYoritwas little which thou hadft kHf/o'nr3.' before I came, and it is nmv -j- increa- fed unto a multitude ; and the Lord t Heb. hath bleffed thee f ftnee my coming : **m'f"t' and now, when lhall I provide for mine own houfe alfo ? 31 And he faid, What fliall I give thee ? And Jacob faid, Thou (halt not give me any thing. If thou wilt do this tiling for me, I will again feed and keep thy nock. 32 I will pafs through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence all the fpeckled andfpotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the lheep, and the fpotted and fpeckled among the goats; and ofj'uch fhall be my hire. 33 So fliall my righteoufnefs anfwer L-TOrVw ^or me 1* in t'me t0 come, when it lhall ' come for my hire before thy face : every one that is not fpeckled and fpotted among the goats, and brown among tho ftieeo, that lhall be ac- counted ftolenwith me. 34 And Laban faid, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. 35 And he removed that day the lie-goats that were ring-ltraked and fpotred, and all the flie- goats that were fpeckled and fpotted, and every one that had fnne white in it, and all the brown among the lheep, and gave t/iem into the hand of his foils. E S I S. Jacobs policy to becom: rick. 36 And be fet three days journey betwixt himfelf and Jacob: and Jacob fed the reft of Labans flocks. ' ' — v — ' J7 f And x Jacob took him rods of \Zg3i green poplar, and of the hafel and chefnut-tree; and pilled white ftrakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. 38 And he fet the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering - trough-, when the flocks came to drink, *h*t they fliould conceive when they came to drink. 39 And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought fort h cattle ring- ftraked, fpeckled, and fpotted. 40 And Jacob did feparate the lambs, and fet the faces of the flocks toward the ring-ftraked and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themfelves, and put them not unto Labans cattle. 41 And it came to pafs, whenfoever the ftronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. 42 But when the cattle were feeble he put them not in : lb the feebler were Labans, and the ftronger Jacobs. 43 And the man increafed exceed- ingly, and had much cattle, and maid • fervants, and men-fervants, and ca- mels, and alTes. CHAP. XXXI. ijacobdeparteth from Laban: 2% Laban purfiseth him: 43 their covenant at Galeed. ANd he heard the words of Labans :~ * fons, faying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our fathers ; and af that which was ou-r fathers hath he gotten all this glory. 2 And Jacob beheld a the counte- £*?** nance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him (• as before. 3 And the Lord faid unto Jacob, ; Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred ; and I will be with thee. 4 And Jacob fent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, 5 And faid unto them, I fee your fathers countenance, that it is not toward me as before : but the God of my father hath been with me. 6 And ye know, that with all my power I have ferved your father. 7 And your father hath deceived I me, and h changed my wages c ten t tim*s: but God iunlved him not to &•„*£„, hurt me. };\!v'- g If ****** J,:, r,b deparleth from Laban. 8 If he faid thus, Thefneckled (hall be thy wages ; then all the cattle bare fpeckled : and if he faid thus, The r'mg-ftraked fhuil be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ring-ltraked. 9 Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given ttieni to me. ' 10 And it came to paf>, at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lift- ed up name t-yes, and law in a dream, and, behold, the || rams which leaped upon the cattle were ring - ftraked, fpeckled, and grilled. i r And the angel of God fpake un- to me In a dream, faying, Jacob. And I faid, Here am I . 12 And he faid, Lift up now thine eyes and fee, alt the rams which leap upon the cattle are ring- ftraked, fpeckled, and grided : for I have feen all that Laban doeth unto thee. r3lrt;;;.theGod of Beth-el, d where thou anointedft the pillar, and where thou vowedft a vow unto me : now earife, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. 14 AndJlachel and Leah anfwered, and faid unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our fathers houfe ? 15 Are we not counted of him ftrangers ? for f he hath fold us, and hath quite devoured alfo our money. 1 6 For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our chiidrens : now then, what- soever God hath faid unto thee, do. 17 H Then Jacob rofe up, and fet his fons and his wives upon camels ; 1 8 And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten ill Padan-aram, for to go to Ifaac his father in the land of Canaan. 1 9 And Laban went to fhear his fheep : and Rachel had ftolen the \ images 20 Andjacobftoleaway \ unawares CHAP. XXXI. Laban purfueih Jacob. 24 And God came to Laban the Befog Syrian g in a dream by night, and faid \~V^ unto him, Take heed that thou [peak v iu«im?' s* tIlat u'ere ner facers. 19- >3' him not that he tied. 21 So he fled with all that he had ; and he rofe up, and patied over th« river, andfethisfacercTyari/themount Gilead. 22 «j And it was told Laban, on the third day, that Jacob was tied. 23 And he took his brethren with him, and purfued after him fevendays journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. »5 1f Then Laban overtook Jacob, ismwab* Now Jacob had pitched his tenr. in the mount ; and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. 26 And Laban faid to Jacob, What hall thou done, that thou halt ftolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters as captives taken with the fword ? 27 Wherefore didft thou flee away fecretly, and f Ileal away from me, }"£'£? and didft not tell me, that 1 might have fent thee away with mirth and with fongs,withtabret and with harp j 28 And haft not fuffered me to kifs my fons and my daughters ? Thou haft now done foolifhly \i\Jb doing. 29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt : but the God of your fa- ther fpake unto me yefternight, fay- ing, Take thou heed that thou fpeak not to Jacob either good or bad. 30 And now, though thou wouldeft needs begone, becaufe thou fore long- edft after thy fathers houfe, yet where- fore haft thou ftolen my gods ? 31 And Jacob anfwered, and faid to Laban, Becaufe I was "afraid: fori faid, Peradventure thou wouldeft take by force thy daughters from me. 32 With wbomfoever thou findeft thy gods, h let him not live : before ^f.eu.cha|" our brethren difcern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee : for Jacob knew not that Rachel had ftolen them. 33 And Laban went into Jacobs tent, and into Leahs tent, and into the two maid-fervants tents ; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leahs tent, and entered into Rachels tent. 34 Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camels furniture, and fat upon them. Ant\ Laban f fearched all the tent, but t '*<*• />•''• found them not. 3; And (lie faid to her father, Let it not diipleafe my lord that I cannot rife up before thee; for the cuftom of women is upon me. And he fearched, but found not the images. 3A J[ And Jacob was wroth, and ehode with Laban : andjacob anfwer- ed, and laid to Laban, What it my trefpafs, what is my fin, that thou haft fo hotly purfued after me ? 37 Whereas thou haft fearched all my ftuff, what haft thou found of all C 2 thy Labans co-tenant with Jacob. G E ib&re thy houfehold-ftutf ? fet it here before tof. my brethren and tMy brethren, that -v — f they may judge betwixt ns both. 38 This twenty years have 1 been with thee; thy ewes and thy (he-goats have not call their young, and tiie rams of thy flock have I not eaten. h>,'w«. ^0 ' That which was torn of be a/Is I brought not unto thee •, I bare the JJJ- lofs of it : of k my hand didft thou re- quire it, wiielher ftolen by day, or ftolen by night. qaThutl was; in theday the drought confumed me, and the fro ft by night} and my deep departed from mine eyes- 41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy hemfe : I ferved thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and fix :r.r. years for thy cattle; and ' thou haft changed my wages ten times. 42 Except the God of my father, the God of Ab rail am, and the Fear of Hake, had been with me, furely thou hadft fent me away now empty: God hath feen mine affliction, and the la- bour of my hands, and rebuked thee yellernight. 43 H And Lab an anfwered, and faid unto Jacob, Thefe daughters are my daughters, and thefe children are my children, and thefe cattle are my cattle, and all that thou feeft is mine : and what can I do this day unto thefe my daughters, or unto their children which they have born ? 44 Now therefore, come thou, let J0*; us make a covenant, I and thou ; '" and let it be for a witnefs between me and thee. •^p- 45 And Jacob " took a ftone, and fet it up for a pillar. 46 And Jacob faidunto hisbrethren, Gather ftones. And they took ftones, aiid made an heap; and they did eat there upon the heap. £im. do thee good, and make thy feed as. an. 28. the fand of the fea, which cannot be 4' numbered for nuiltitude. 1 3 If And he lodged there that fame night ; and took of that which came to his hand a prefent for Efauhis brother ; 14 Two hundred Ihe- goats, and twenty he-goats.; two hundred ewes, and twenty rams ; 15 Thirty milch camels with their colts ; forty kine,andten bulls; twen- ty fhe-alfes, and ten foals. 16 And he delivered them into the hand of his fervants, every drove by themfelves ; and laid unto his fer- vants, Pafs over before me, and put u ipace betwixt drove and drove. 17 And he commanded the fore- moft, faying, When Efau my brother meeteth thee, and afketh thee, fay- ing, Whofe art thou ? and whither goeit thou ? and whofe are thefe be- fore thee ? j 8 Then thou flialt fay, They be thy fervant Jacobs ; it is a prefent fent unto my lord Efau : and, behold, alfo he is behind us. 19 And fo commanded he the fe- cond, and the third, and all that fol- lowed the droves, faying, On this manner lhall ye fpeak unto Efau, when ye find him. 20 And fay ye moreover, Behold, thy fervant Jacob is. behind us. For he faid, I will appeafe him with the prefent that goeth before me, and afterward I will fee his face ; perad- vtfau. venture he will accept f of me. 2 1 So went the prefent over before him : and himfelf lodged that night in the company. 22 And he rofe up that night, and took his two wives, and his two wo- men - fervants, and his eleven foas, e and pafled over the ford Jabbok. I k|eb. 23 And he took them, and -Kent them over the brcok, and lent over that he had. 24 If And Jacob was left alone ; and there wreftied a man with him until i/Jrtirt f01" tnS ^ilof.u.4. day breaketh. And he faid, k I will not let thee go, except thou bid's me. 27 And he faid unto him, What is Before thy name ? And he faid, Jacob. i7'v 28 And he faid, j Thy name lhall be ^T^ called no more Jacob, but Ifrael : for 3*^2* as a prince haft thou power with God h- 34. and with men, and haft prevailed.^ 29 And Jacob alked him, and faid, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he faid, m Wherefore is it that thou "fgf doft afk after my name ? And he blefs- ed him there. 3p Andjacob called thenameof the n ^ v ' place || Peniel : for n I have feeii God p,/;:^} face to face, and my life is preferved. -^ 3 1 If And as he pafled over Penuel' "0. if. the fun rofe upon him, and he halted et^U^ upon his thigh. fSfcklZ 32 Therefore the children of Ifrael'* J£*»; eat not of the finew which fhrank, ' '" which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day ; becaufe he touched the hollow of Jacobs thigh in the iinew that fhrank. 1 C H A, P. XXXIII. 1 The kindnefs of Jacob and Efau at their meeting. 18 Jacob buyeth a field, and buildeth an altar. A Nd Jacob lifted. up his eyes and looked, and, behold, aEfau came, 3Ch fr-tf* and with him 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 foremoft, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Jofeph hiudermoft. 3 And he pafled over before them, and bowed himfelf to the ground le- ven times, until he came near to his. brother. 4 And F.fau ran to meet him. embraced him, and fell on his neck, - , and kifled him : and they wept. 5 And he lifted up his eyes, and faw the women and the children, and faid, Who art thofe \ with thee ? And he \X%\ faid, The children which God hath' gracioufly given thy fervant. 6 Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bow- ed themfelves. 7 And Leah alfo with her children came near, and bowed themfelves ; and after came Jofeph near, and Ra- chel, and they bowed themfelves. 8 And he faid, f What mewtefl '&,£% M thou by all this drove which I met ^«»°rt* And he faid, Thefe are to find grace- in the light of my lord. 9 And Efau faid, I have enough, my brother; fkeep that thou hait\*."0f<. unto thyfelf. C * And bJurfR.f.1 i unuel Jacob buildeth an altar. GEN i o And Jacob faid, Nay, I pray thee ; : ~ i0. if now I have found grace in thy fight, "" then receive my prefent at my hand : • for therefore I have feen thy face, as though I had fctn the face of God, and thou waft pleafed with me. !• i i Take, I pray thee, b my blefiing that is brought to thee ; becaufe God hath dealt gracioully with me, and becaufe I have f enough. And he , urged him. and he took :"/. 12 And he faid, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. 1 3 And he faid unto him. My lord Rnoweth that the 'children are ten- der, and the fiocks and herds with young are with me ; and if men ihould overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pafs over before his fervant ; and I will ., lead on foftly, according \ as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord c unto Seir. j j And Efau faid, Let me now \ leave with thee/owtf of the folk that are with me. And he laid, \ What need- eth it ? d let me find grace in the light cf my lord. 1 6 % So Efau returned that day on his way unto Seir. 1 7 And Jacob journeyed toSuccoth, and built him an houfe, and made booths for his cattle : therefore the name of the place is called || Succbth. 1 8 % And Jacob came to Shalem, a city cf || Shechem, Which it in the land of Canaan, when he came from Pauan-aram, and pitched his tent be- fore the city. •> 19 And c he bought a parcel of a field, where he had ipread his tent, at the hand of the children of [| Ha- mor, Shechems father, for an hundred j| pieces of money. 20 And he erected there an altar, and 'called it || El-elohe-Ifrael. C H A P, XXXIV- 1 Dina'i ravijited. 20 The Shechemites are circ\tmcif*L 25 /lain by the fans nf Jacob, 27 a::d their city /boiled. ANd a Dinah the daughter of Leah, which (lie bare unto Jacob, went out to fee the daughters of • the land. 2 And when Shechem the fon of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, faw her, he took !ier, and lay with her, and -f- defiled her. 3 And his foul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob j and he loved lb' ftOl of T- r'fnrt . Ibi/t d Chap. 34- U. V CiHe4, A&*7<(fl I Called. A&* 7- 1(5. Cmnur. II Or. E S I S. Dinah raviJIieJ. the damfel, and ipake + kindly unto fce>.-« thedamfel. <&&. 4 And Shechem fpake unto his )^&£* father Hamor, fayint', Get me this »'«*•<•«,( */ damfel to Wire. bxYh. 5 And Jacob heard that he had de- g£r.% n. filed Dinah his daughter, (now his (oris were with his cattle in the field, ) and Jacob held his peace until they were ccme. 6 •[ And Hamor the father of She- chem went out unto Jacob to com- mune with him. 7 And the for.s of Jacob came out cf the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, becaufe he bhad wrought \y~ folly in Ifraei, in lying with Jacobs '' daughter ; which thing ought not to be done. 8 And Hamor communed with them, faying, The foul of my fon Shechem longeth for your daugh- ter ; I pray you give her him to wife. 9 And make yc marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. 10 And ye fhall dwell with us: and the land (hall be before you ; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you poileiiions therein. 1 1 And Shechem faid unto her fa- ther, and unto her brethren, c Let me *£iuj find grace in your eyes, and what ye J (hall fay unto me I will give. 12 Afi; me never fo mv.di dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye (hall fay unto me : but give me the damfel to wife. 13 And the feds of Jacob anfvverfd Shechem and Hnmor his father de- ceitfully, and fir.d, (becaufe he had defiled Dinah their lifter, ) 1 4 And they faid unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our filler to one that is uncircumcifed ; for d that were a reproach unto us: *Jon». 15 But in this will we confent unto you ; If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circum- tiled, 16 then will we give our daugh- ters unto you, and we will rake your1 daughter.- to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. . 11 But if ye will not hearken unto OS, to be drcumtifed ; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. A nd their words pleafed Hamor, and Shechem, Hamorsfon. 19 And The Shechemites /lain. CHAP. XXXIV, XXXV. Jacob bletfed at Beth-el Befon; i 9 And the young man deferred not CHAP. XXXV.. to do the thing, becaufe he had de- i Jacob fent by God to Beth-el: 2 he purgeth his houfe of idols, 6 and luildeth an altar at Beth-el. ANd God faid unto Jacob, Arife, go Before up to Beth-el, and dwell there; cu'.ihi> and make there au altar unto God, 1 light in Jacobs daughter : and he was more honourable than all the houfe of his father. 20 1| And Hamor ?nd Shechem his fon came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, faying, thou fleddelt from the face of Elau bc^, 21 Thefe men are peaceable with thy brother. 27"u* us, therefore let them dweil in the 2 Then Jacob faid unto his houfe- land, and trade therein ; for the land, hold, and to all that were with him, behold, it is large enough for them : Put away cthe Arange gods that are c,,c^j4. Jet us take their daughters to us for among you, and be clean, and*1 change J°fl».»4-*« wives, and let us give them our your garments : isf.Yo,' daughters. 3 And let us arife, and go up to 22 Only herein will the men con- Beth-el ; and I will make there an fent unto us for to dwell with us, to altar unto God, who anfwered rae in be one people, if every male among the day of my diftrefs, and was with us be circumcifed, as they are cir- me in the way which I went, cumcifed. 4 And they gave unto Jacob all the 23 Shall not their cattle, and their ftrange gods which were in their hand, fubirance, and every beaft of theirs, ^ and all their ear-rings which were in ours ? only let us confent unto them, their ears : and Jacob hid them under and they will dwell with us. * the oak which was by Shechem. a£??S. 24 And unto Hamor, and unto She- 5 And they journeyed : and f the J"**- ?• "• chem his fon, hearkened all that went terror of God was upon the cities that i5Exi'c?.'st out of the gate of his city : and every were round about them, and they did |£ III * male was circumcifed, all that went not purfue after the fons of Jacob, f,^ out of the gate of his city. 6 «[ So Jacob came to Luz, which Joi-z-9. 25 ^1 And it came to pafs on the third is in the land of Canaan, (that tVis&uii day, when they were fore, that two Beth-el, ) he, and all the people that JfeuS'u. of the fons of Jacob, Simeon and were with him. ,+,I*% Levi, Dinahs brethren, took each 7 And he built there an altar, and ^called the place || El-beth-el : be- ech.j. caufe there God appeared unto him, g Thstfa, when he fied "from the face of bis^f* brother. 8 But h Deborah, Rebekahs nurfe, !jch»p. died, and (he was buried beneath 2+' 50' Beth-el under an oak : and the name 27 The fons of Jacob came upon of it was called || Allon-bachuth. ii T^*io5* fhe flain, and fpoiled the city; be- 9 f And "'God appeared unto Ja- ™,4 cii»P. Abraham and Jfaac, to thee I will ",'.VS&& give it, and to thy feed after ri::o\vi!l s<5.3»4? I give the land. i 3 And Gbd went up from him in tfie place vdiere he tdj-fd with him. 14 And Jacob ° let up a pillar in-.H - the place where he talked with him, 7 C a, even The age mid death of lfaac. GEN Before even a pU'lar of ftone ; and he poured cir".hi732. a drink-oiferingthereon, andhepour- * — " — ' ed oil thereon. 15 And Jacob called the name of the place where God fpake with him, & p Beth-el. 16 1J And they journeyed from luau'pitcc Bethiel ; and there was-but + a little ?KiZ£'d' way to come to Ephrath : and Rachel s.19. travailed; and fhe had hard labour. 17 And it came to pafs, when fhe mr.1729. was in hard labour, that the midwife faid unto her. Fear not ; thou fhalt have this. fon alfo. 18 And it came to pafs, as her foul was in departing, (for fhe died, ) that •r*T/o.'£' me called his name || Ben-oni : but his myfirr-'v. father called him || Benjamin. I^KlJ x9 And 4Rachel t!ied> atld was bu- ried in the way to r Ephrath, which is qai.48.7. Beth-lehem. rRuth 1. 2. 20 And Jacob fet a pillar upon her *4'11' crave : that it the pillar of Rachels 10. 2. grave unto this day. 2 r And I frael journeyed, and fpread tjiic.4-8. his tent beyond : the tower of Edar. 22 And it came to pafs, when Ifrael dwelt in that land, that Reuben went ichron!4, and "lay with Bilhab his fathers cou- -«i?jm. cubine : and Ifrael heard it. Now 16. w.'«t the fons of Jacob were twelve. ie<£ 5, i- 2 3 The fons of Leah; "Reuben, Ja- >cb.4A.«. cobstirfl-born, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Ifiachar, and Zebulun. 24 The fons cf Rachel; Jofeph and Benjamin. 25 And the fens of Bilhah. Rachels handmaid ; Dan and Napbtaji. 26 And the fons of Zilpah, Leahs handmaid ; Gad and Afher. Thefe are the fons of Jacob, which were born to [>':m in Padan-arani. 27 ^j And Jacob came unto lfaac his father, unto yMamre, unto the *8,flc ' " ' city of Arba, (which it Hebron, ) where Abraham and lfaac fojourned. 28 And the days of lfaac were an hundred and fourfcore years. t7 16. 29 And lfaac gave up the ghoft, •/.cmp. i|. and died', and ' was gathered unto his IS&2S-8- people, being old and full of days: ncnap. antj jjis fom £fau ajKi Jacob a buried him. CHAT. XXXVI. 2 Efaw three wives : 6 his removing to mount Seir: 9 his Jons. t>. i'oo. VTOw thefe are the generations of IN Efau, who it Edom. »ch»p. .- »Efau took his wives of the daugh- ters ol Canaan : Adah the daughter of, Elon the Hittite, and bAholiba- ipah the daughter of Anah, the d< ter of Zibeon the Hivite ; E S I S. The generations ofEfau. 3 And r Bafhemath, Iihmaelsdaugh- Before ter, filler of Nebajoth . *5$o. 4 And dAdah bare to Efau Eliphaz; ^c~^; ^. and Bafhemath bare Reuel ; I , c^. ' 5 And Aholibamah bare Jeufh, and «-3s- Jaalam, and Korah. Thefe are the fons of Efau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan. 6 T{ And Efau took his wives, and his fons, and his daughters, and all the + perfons of his houfe, and his cattle, \ Hcb. and all hb beafts, and all his fub-/,!"' fiance, which he had got in the land of Canaan, and went into the country dr. 1740. from the face of his brother Jacob. 7 e For their riches were more than %c**?' ,s" that they might dwell together ; and f the land wherein they were ftran- BffcS'8*£ gers could not bear them becaufe of their cattle. 8 Thus dwelt Efau in "mount Seir. gjo&.24-»- Efau is Edoni. 9 t And thefe are the generations of Efau, the father of f the Edomites, i J^».' in mount Seir. 10 Thefe are the names of Efaus fons; h Eliphaz the fon of Adah the J^JJ; wife of Efau, Reuel the fon of Ba- fhemath the wife ofEfau. 11 And the fons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, || Zepho, and Gatam, 1 o , s -,-, and Kenaz. i.:r>. 12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Efaus fon ; and fhe bare to Eliphaz Amalek : thefe were the fons of Adah, Efaus wife- 13 And thefe are the fons of Reuel ; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah : thefe were the fons of Ba- fhemath, Efaus wife. 1 4 ^ And thefe were the fons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Efaus wife ; and (lie bare to Efau, Jeulh, and Ja.- lam. and Korah. 15 1| Thefe -were dukes of the fons <.r. i.-ic . ofEfau : the fons of Eliphaz, the firfr- born yo« ofEfau ; duke Tcman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, 16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, a; A duke Amalek. Thefe are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edoni : thefe were the fons of Adah- 17 *j And thefe are the fons of « Reuel, Efaus fon; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Miz- zah. Thefe are the dukes that can.t of Reuel in the land of Edom : the'.'e are the ions of Bafhemaths Efaus wife. 18 t And thefe are the fons of Aho- libamah, Efaus wife ; duke Jeufh, I 'alam. duke Korah: tbefewerji the I Or, Mitn I. 40. It Or; Hhepbi, The kings and dukes of Edom . C H A P . XXX VI , XXXVII the dukes that came of Aholibamah, 38 And Saul died the daughter of Anah, Efaus wife, 19 Thefe are the fons of Efau, (who is Edom,) and thefe are their dukes. 20 f " Thefe are the fons of Seir k the Horite, who inhabited the land ; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, 21 And Difhon, and Ezer, and Diflian. Thefe are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir, in the land of Edom. 22 And the children of Lotan were Hon and || Heman : and Lotans filter was Timna. 2 3 And the children of Shobal were thefe ; || Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, j| Shepho, and Onam. 24 And thefe are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah and Anah: this was that Anah that found the 'mules in the wildernefs, as he fed the afles of Zibeon his father. 25 And the children of Anah were thefe ; Difhon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah. 26 And thefe are the children of Difhon ; \\ Hemdan, and Efhban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 27 The children of Ezer are thefe j Bilhan, and Zaavan, and [| Akan. 28 The children of Difhan are thefe ; Uz and Aran. 29 Thefe are the dukes that came of the Horites ; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, 30 Duke Difhon, duke Ezer, duke Difhan. Thefe are thedukes that came of Hori among their dukes in the land of Seir. 3r f And m thefe are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Ifrael. 32 And Bela the fon of Beor reigned in Edom ; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. 33 And Bela died ; and Jobab the fon of Zerah of Boziah reigned in his (read. 34 And Jobab died ; and Hufham of the land of Temani reigned in his ftead. n Or,« 'Ji'.uir, 1 Chi on I.42. cir. 1676 jfofephs two dreams. and Baal-hanan mm the fon of Achbor reigned in his ftead. ^Ss 39 And Baal-hanan the fon of Ach- l — « — '* bordied, and "Hadar reigned in his ?.'So.'run" - ftead ; and the name of his citv was «V^pji.' Pau ; and his wifes name was Me-,*™**™ hetabel, the daughter of Matred, the *£T°~ daughter of Mezahab. Ex- ts- IS- 40 And thefe are the names of ° the 0*5cto2f" chikes that came of Efau, according "• si- to their families, after their places" by their names ; duke Timnah, duke || Alvah, duke jetheth, uor,^*. 41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, 42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, 43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. Thefe be the dukes of Edom, accord- ing to their habitations in the land of their poueffion ; he is Efau, the father of f the Edomites. t neb. CHAP. XXXVTI. Edcm- 2 7°fcph is hated of his brethren : 5 his two dreams : 18 his brethren coit- fpire his death : 36 he is fold to Po'i- phar in Egypt. ANd Jacob dwelt in the land f a wherein his father was a t ifeb. ftranger, in the land of Canaan. $$£&. 2 Thefe are the generations of Ja- ach.36.7. cob; Jofeph, being feventeen years ™£l\9' old. was feeding the flock with his brethren ; and the lad was with the fons of Bilhah, and with the fons of Zilpah, his fathers wives : and Jo- feph brought unto his father their evil report. 3 Now Ifrael loved Jofeph more than all his children, becaufe he was the fon of his old age : and he made him a coat of tnany \\ colours. ]^iH'"'' 4 And when his brethren law that iV™^' their father loved him more than all '3' ia" his brethren b they hated him, andbChfr- could not fpeak peaceably unto him. 4 ' 5 t And Jofeph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren : and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he faid unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed : . For, c behold, we were binding *Ch0ap- 35^And Hufham died ; and Hadad (heaves in the field, and, lo, my fheaf & 43'*& arofe. and alfo ftood upright ; and, be- &44" U' the fon of Bedad, (who fmote Mi dian in the field of Moab,) reigned in his ftead : and the name of his city was Avith. .16 And Hadad died ; and Samlah of ivialreican reigned ... his 1 id. 37 And Samlah died ,1 Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in |iis ftead. hold ;our iheaves ftood roundabout, Je obeifance to my flieaf. 8 And his brethren faid to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us ? or flialt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and fpr his words. 9 t And Jcfephs brethren hate him, GEN Before 9 ^f And he dreamed yet another tjto, dream, and told it his brethren, and * v ' faid, Behold, I have dreamed a dream ^Igl more> a°d, behold, d the fun, and the moon, and the eleven liars, made obeifance to me. 10 And lie told ft to his father, and to his brethren : and his father rebu- ked him, and faid unto him, What is this dream that thou halt dreamed ? Shall I, and thy mother, and thy brethren, indeed come to bow down ourfelves to thee to the earth ? , Afts 7-9. 1 1 And e his brethren envied him ; ivA'c'Z'20' bwt liis father f obferved the faying. f?fSt. 1 2 1 And his brethren went to feed their fathers flock in Shechem. 13 And Ifrael faid unto Jofeph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem ? come, and I will fend thee unto them. And he faid unto him, Here am I. 14 And he faid to him, Go, I pray pffbc'ptaci thee, f fee whether it be well with %r%,sil. tlly brethren, and well with the flocks ; and bring me word again. So he fent him out of the vale of He- bron, and he came to Shechem. 1 5 *[ And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field : and the man allied him, faying, What feekeft thou ? 1 6 And he faid, I feek my brethren : tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. 17 And the man faid, They are departed hence: for I heard them fay, Let us go to Dothan. And Jofeph went after his brethren, and found S?£ng* them in8 Dothan. 1 8 And when they faw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they confpired again!! him to (lay him. 19 And they faid one to another, tueb. Behold, this + dreamer cometh. drfam°{ ~o Come now, therefore, and let us flay him, and cart him into fame pit ; and we will fay, Some evil bealt hath devoured him : and we lhall fee what will become of his dreams. tichip. 2t And '• Reuben heard it, and he 42. 22. delivered him out of their hands ; and faid, Let us not kill him. 22 And Reuben faid unto them, Shed no blftod, but call him into this pit that /'/ in the wildernefs, and lay no hand upon him ; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. 23 ^ And it came to pafs, when Jo- feph was come unto his brethren, that they Gripped Jofeph out of his coat, his (ior,/*c«. coatof many ||colours,that?t'tf/onhim. E S I S. and fell him into Egypt. 24 And they took him, and call mm him into a pit : and the pit was V'w. empty, there was no water in it. * * ' ' 25 'And they fat clown to eat »*"»• «•«■ bread : and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of k Ilhmeelites came from Gilead, ■'"}."' with their camels bearing fpicery, and 'balm, and myrrh, going to carry ij«.8.«. //down to Egypt. 26 And Judah faid unto his bre- thren, What profit is it if we flay our brother, and conceal his blood '■: 27 Come, and let us fell him to the Ilhmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him ; for he is our brother, and our flelh. And his brethren f wer/e l"rika, content. 28 Then there palled by m Midian- » *><<* ites, merchantmen ; and they drew and lifted up Jofeph out of the pit, " and ibid Jofeph to the Ilhmeelites I for " twenty pieces of (II ver : and they a brought Jofeph into Egypt. 29 ^ And Reuben returned unto "'" the pit; and, behold, Jofeph was not in the pit : and he rrent his clothes. ( 30 And he returned unto his bre- thren, and faid, The child is not ; and I, whither fhall I go ? 31 And they took Jofephs coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dip- ped the coat in the blood: 32 And they fent the coat of many colours, and they brought /"/ to their father; and faid, This have we found: know now whether it be thy fons coat or no. 33 And he knew it, and faid, // is my" fons coat; an *' evil beaft hath ^2; devoured him : Jofeph is without doubt rent in pieces. 34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and put fackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his (on many days. 35 And all his fons, and all his daughters, rofe up to comfort him ; but he refufed to be comforted : and f he faid, For 'I will go down into the grave unto my fon mourning. Thus44 his father wept for him. 36 And s the Midianites fold hinj • Ch- »• !• into Egypt unto Potiphar, an \ o(K- Lnwi,- cer of "Pharaohs, ami \ || captain 01". the guard. CHAP. XXXVIII. r Judah begetMh Fr, Qnan, and She- 1 'lah. 6 Er mafrieth Tarnar. ti The y, trefpafs of 0 nan. Nil it came to pafs, at that time. A brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullaniite, whole name was Hirah. a And Ttvnar deceiveth Juda/i. C H A p. *f"^ 2 And Judah law there a daughter r-»7?9- of a certain Canaanite, ■whole name ~^£^ ivcis a Shuah ; and he took her, and 3. ' "(vent in unto her. 3 And (he conceived, and bare a fon ; and he called his name Er. r- 17:7- 4 t>And (he conceived again, and ';/,."" bare a Ton ; and ihe called his name Onan. 5'And fhe yet again conceived, and run*. jjare a (-on . an[] ca]]C(j h^ name * She- lah : and lie was at Cheadb when (he bare him. 6 And Judah took a wife for Er his nYft-born, whofe name was Tamar. [""*■ ' 7 A"d ''Er, Judahs firft-born, was wicked in the light of the Lord ; and the Lord flew him. 8 And Judah faid unto Qnan, Go 7.'" in unto e thy brothers wife, and marry her, and raife up feed to thy brother. 9 And Onan knew that the feed fhould not be his; and it came to pafs, when he went in unto his bro- thers wife, that he fpilled it on the ground, left that he Ihould give feed to his brother. 10 And the thing which he did wit in + difpleafed the Lord : wherefore he 2oiu>. liew nnn a^°- n Then ("aid Judah to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow at thy fathers houfe till Shelah my fon be grown : (for he faid, Left perad- venture he die alfo, as his brethren did. ) And Tamar went and dwelt in her fathers houfe. 1 2 *jj And f in procefs of time the dai.j.-hter of Shuah, Judahs wife, died: and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his fheep-fhearers to Tim- nath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 1 3 And it was told Tamar, faying, Behold, thy fcner-hvlaw goeth up f to Timnath tc 'near his (beep. r4 And flie put her widows gar- ments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herfelf, and fat hi f an open place, which is by the way to Timnath : for fhe faw that Shelah was grown, and fhe was not given unto him to wife. 1 5 When Judah faw her, he thought her to 'be an harlot j became ihe had covered her face. r6 And he turned unto her by the way, and faid, Go to, I pray ibee, let me come in unto thee-; (for he knew not that (he was his daughter-in- law.) And die faid, What, wilt thou give me, that thou maye'ft come in unto me ? 1 !?<••>. tbt XXXVIII. The birth ofPkanz and Zarah, 17 And he faid, I will fend thee fc££ f a kid from the Mock. And (he temptation: 1 3 he ii falfely accufed, 1 9 and cajl into prifon. '7*9- \ Nd Jofeph was brought down to \7- 30. X "*• cer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard Egypt : and * Potiphar, an offi- bCbap. an Egyptian, b bought him of the 3?-'b' hands of the Iihmcc'litcs, which had brought him down thither, c ver.ai. 2 And e the Lord was with Jofeph, .'-.Ti'i'.V and he was a prolperous man ; and Aa^.'p. he was in the houfe of his mailer the Egyptian. 3 And his mafter faw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to pro- fper in his hand. 4 And Jofeph found grace in his fight, and he ferved him : and he made him overfeer over his houfe, and all that he had he put into his hand. 5 And it came to pafs, from the time that he had made him overfeer in his houfe, and over all that he had, that '3^27- d the Loud blefled the Egyptians houfe for Jofephs fake ; andtheblefs- ing of the Lord was upon all that he had in the houfe, and in the field. 6 And he left all that he had in Jo- fephs hand ; and he knew not ought he had, fave the bread which he did eat. And Jofeph was a goodly perfony and well-favoured. 7 f And it came to pafs, after thefe things, that his mailers wife call her eyes upon Jofeph ; and fhe laid, Lie with me. 8 But he refufed, and faid unto his mailers wife, Behold, my mafter wotteth not what is with me in the houfe, and he hath committed all that he h:ith to my hand : 9 There is none greater in this houfe than I ; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, becaufe thou art his wife : how then can I do e ch. 20. rs. this great wickednefs, and e fin ajjainft fial. 51- 4- Ood r i o And it came to pafs, as fhe fpake to Jofeph day by day, that he hear- kened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. 1 1 And it came to pafs, about this time, \.\v.\t Jofeph went into the houfe to do his bulinefs ; and there was none of the men of the houfe there within. 12 And fhe caught him by his gar- , ment, faying, Lite with me : and he , ':-?•, left his garment in her hand, and * fled, and got him out. 1 3 And it came to pafs, when fhe faw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, 14 That fhe called unto the men of her houfe, and fpake unto them, faying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us ; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a \ loud voice : pw. 1 5 And it came to pafs, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me and fled, and got him out. 16 And fhe laid up his garment by her until his lord came home. 1 7 And fhe fpake unto him accord- ing to thefe words, faying, The Hebrew fervant, which thou haft brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me : 18 And it came to pafs, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out. 19 And it came to pafs, when his mafter heard the words of his wife, which flie fpake unto him, faying, After this manner did thy fervant to me ; that his wrath was kindled. 20 And Jofephs mafter took him, f prilw and fput him into the s prifon, a 105. place where the kings prifoners were bound : and he was there in the 41. u. prifon. 21 \ But the Lord was with Jo- feph, and \ fliewed him mercy, and *r[gffirf h gave him favour in the light of the £££■££ keeper of the prifon. 22 And the keeper of the prifon «'f* ;»-i committed to Jofephs hand all the ^m" prifoners that were in the prifon ; and Ini.nLj whatfoever they did there, he was Usn' l'9' the doer of it. 23 The keeper of the prifon look- c;r. 17:8. ed not to any thing that was under his hand ; becaufe the Lord was with him : and that which he did the Lord m;:Je it to pro/per. CHAP. XL. 1 The butltr and baker of Pharaoh are imprifoned : 4 *J*feph hath charge of them: she intefbreteth their di-earns* ANd it came to pafs, after thefe things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had oi- fended their lord the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was wroth againii two of his officers, againft the chief of the butlers, and againft the chief of the bar en - 3 'An J Pfiaraoks butler and baker : C H A F. XL, XLI Before 3 a And he put them in ward in the CT.V1720. houfe of the captain of the guard, in- Vi~,'' — ' to the prifon, the place where Jofeph 20?23-.39- was bound. 4 And the captain of the guard charged Jofeph with them, and he ferved them; and they continued a feafon in ward. *7*« 5 If And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream ; the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the pri- fon. 6 And Jofeph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were fad. 7 And he afked Pharaohs officers, that were with him in the ward of his Uc?,'ur ^onh houfe, faying, Wherefore -j- look jacotvii? yef0 fadly to-day ? 8 And they faid unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no in- terpreter of it. And Jofeph faid unto fciS"£hap' them, hDo not interpretations belong ea'mcu. to God ? tell me t/iem, I pray you. 9 And the chief butler told his dream to Jofeph, and faid unto him, In my dream, behold, a vine was be- fore me. 10 And in the vine were three branches : and it was as though it budded, and her blolfoms mot forth ; and the cluiters thereof brought forth ripe grapes. i i And Pharaohs cup was in my hand : and I took the grapes, and preifed them into Pharaohs cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaohs hand. 12 And Jofeph faid unto him, This is the interpretation of it : The three branches are three days : 13 Yet within three days fhall Pha- raoh c || lift up thine head, and reitore thee unto thy place : and thou fhalt deliver Pharaohs cup into his hand, after the former mapner when thou waft his butler. t H«b. 14 But f think on me when it fhall mt'wiJr be well with thee, and fliew kind- '*"' nefs, I pray thee, unto me ; and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this houfe : ■ 5 For indeed I was ftolen away out t>'*& °* :he lanc' ot the Hebrews ; d and iere alfo have I done nothing that they fhoultl put me into the dungeon . 16 WHefl the chief baker faw that the interpretatfec was good, Kevfaid unto Jofeph, 1 tAfbHaai in my dream, and, behold, / iiad three || white baf- huffMei- kets on my head ; Pfal-V3- Jer 52.31. (I Or, r«t»». their drea)ns interpreted*.. 17 And in the uppermoft bafket Before there was of all manner of f bake- 171s! meats for Pharaoh ; and the birds ^^ ' did eat them out of the baiket upon meat'ef my head. ££& 18 And Jofeph anfwered and faid, £•%£?' This is the interpretation thereof: The three bafkets are three days. 19 Yet within three days (hall Pha- raoh || lift up thy head from off thee, ]!,?/;„ tbte and fhall hang thee on a tree ; and j£d^e the birds fhall eat thy flefh from off filmtoce. thee. 20 ^ And it came to pafs the third day, which ivas Pharaohs birth- day, cMart that he e made a feaft unto all his fer- 0. 21. vants : and he || lifted up the head of l^d- the chief butler and of the chief ba- ker among his fervants. 2 1 And he reftored the chief butler unto his butlerfhip again ; and he gave the cup into Pharaohs hand : 22 But he hanged the chief baker ; as Jofeph had interpreted to them. 23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Jofeph, but forgat him. CHAP. XLI. 1 Pharaohs txvo dreams .'25 Jofeph in- terpreted them : 33 he gtveth Pha- raoh counfel. 3b Jofeph is advan- ced: 50 he beget teth Manajfeh and Ephraim. ANd it came to pafs, at the end '*** of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed ; and, behold, he ftood by the river. 2 And, behold, there came up out of the river feven well - favoured kine, and fat-flelhed ; and they fed in a meadow. 3 And, behold, feven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favoured and lean-fkfhed ; and ftood by the ether kine, upon the brink of the river. 4 And the ill-favoured and lean- flefhed kine did eat up the feven well-favoured and fat kine. So Pha- raoh awoke. 5 And he flept, and dreamed the fecond time : and, behold, feven ears of corn came up upon one italk, frank and good. *^ 6 And, behold, feven thin ears, and blafted with the eaft wind, fprungup after them. 7 And the feven thin ears devour- ed the feven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. 8 And it came to pafs in the morn- inga that his fpirit was troubled ; and » Dm. 2. 1. he fent and called for all the magi- cians Pharaohs two dreams : GENESIS cSS cians of Egyp^ and a11 tne wife men ^>7i5- ^ thereof: and Pharaoh told them his * ' dream ; but there was none that could interpret them untc Pharaoh. 9 if Then fpake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, faying, I do remem- ber mv faults this day. h 10 Pharaoh was wroth with his 3s». io. fervants, band put me in ward in the captain of the guards houfe, both me and the chief baker : r i And we dreamed a dream in one \o^%>' "'Sht? I and ne > we dreamed c each man according to the interpretation of his dream. 12 And there was there with us a' young man, an Hebrew, fervant to . the captain of the guard ; and we told ii, $t" him, and he d interpreted to us our dreams : to each man according to his dream he did interpret. 1 3 And it came to pafs, as he inter- preted to us fo it was ; me he reftored unto mine office, and him he hanged. 14 V Then Pharaoh fent and call- ed Jofeph, and they f brought him haltily out of the dungeon : and he fhaved himfelf and changed his rai- ment, and came in unto Pharaoh. 15 And Pharaoh faid unto Jofeph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it : and I have K™ neard *~ay of thee that || thou canlt u»'<\;tZi understand a dream to interpret it. e rralm IOS> iO t iicb. t6 And Jofeph anfwered Pharaoh, faying, // is not in me : God (hall give Pharaoh an anfwer of peace. 1 7 And Pharaoh faid unto Jofeph, In my dream, behold, I itood upon the bank of the river. 1 8 And, behold, there came up out of the river feven kine, fat - Hefhed and well-favoured.; and they fed in a meadow : 1 9 And, behold, (even other kine came up after them, poor, and very ill-favoured, and lean-Hefhed, fuch as I never faw in all the land of Egypt for badnefs. 20 And the lean and the ill-fa- voured kine did tat up the firlt fe- ven fat kine. 2 1 And when they had f e2ten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them ; but they were (till ill-favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. 22 And I faw in my dream, and, behold, feven ears came up in one (talk, full and good. 23 And, behoid, feven ears jj wi- thered, thin, and Mailed with the eaft wind, fprung up after them : yi 32 And for that the dream was *"* doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is becaufe the thing is \\ eftablilhed by ' -• God, and God will lhortly bring it to pafs. 33 Now, therefore, let Pharaoh look out a man difcreet and wife, and fet him over the land of Egypt. 34 Let Pharaoh do t'l/s, and let him appoint || officers over the land, and I <* take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the feven plenteous years. 35 And let them gather all the food of thofe good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. 36 And that food (hall be for (tore to the land againlt the feven years of famine, which (hall be in the land of Egypt ; that the land f perilh not L'/fui^. through the famine. 37 f And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his Servants. 38 And Pharaoh faid unto his fer- vants, Can we find fitch a out as this is, a man 8 in whom the Spirit of Odd is ? "."-. '." 39 And Pharaoh faid unto Jofeph, Dln-J-»« Forafmuch as God hath (hewed thee all this, there is none fo difcreet and wife as thou arts 40 hThou H QT,Jllk k 1)3!.. J, lEfth.6.5 «Or,r«j. [•Or, yofiphi advancement : C H A P. ^".r,. 40 hThou (halt be over my houfe, "7is- and according unto thy word fiiall all i>pfa£r""' my people f be ruled : only in the WtJ.1' throne will I be greater than thou. ?\«"7.io. 4I Aml Pharaoh faid unto Jofejtfi, 4 Heb." See, I have fet thee over all the land fe-gj* of Egypt. i Kit-,. 3. 42 And Pharaoh ! took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Jo- fephshand,andarrayedhiminveftures of |j fine linen, k and put a gold chain about his neck. 43 And he made him to ride in the fecond chariot which he had; Jand they cried before him, || f Bow the knee : and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. 44 And Pharaoh laid unto Jofeph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee ihall no man lift up his hand or foot in all •nip land of Egypt. 45 And Pharaoh called Jofephs name Zaphnath - paaneah ; and he gave him to wife Afenath, the daugh- ter of Poti-pherah || prieftof On. And Jofeph went out over all the land of Egypt. 46 *j (And jofeph was thirty years old when be flood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. ) And Jofeph went out from the prefence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. 47 And in the feven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. 4H And he gathered up all the food of the feven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and hud up the food in the cities: the food of the field which was round about every city laid he up in the fame. 49 And Jofeph gathered corn as the fand of the fea, very much, until he left numbering : for it was with- out number. 50 \ m And unto Jofeph were born two fons before the years of famine came ; which Afenath, the daughter of Poti-pherah || prielt of On, bare unto him. 51 And Jofeph called the name of the firft-born || Manafieh : for God, faid he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my fathers houte. 52 And the name of the fecond called he || Ephraim : for God hath caufed me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. 53 •{ And the feven years of p!en- teouihefs that was in the land of E- gypt were ended. 54 "And the feven years of dearth began to coniv', according as Jofeph Aas7.3« XL II- his brethren come into Egypt. had faid : and the dearth was in all |eto^ lands ; but in ali the land of Egypt , 17C*-_^ there was bread. 55 And when all the land of Egypt was famifhed, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread : and Pharaoh faid unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Jo- feph ; what he faith to you, do. 56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth. And Jofeph opened ■\ all the ftorehoufes, and fold unto £,f*^rL . the Egyptians ; and the famine waxed *«. fore in the land of Egypt. 57 "And all countries came into "f^* Egypt to Jofeph for to buy com ; be- caufe that the famine was/b fore in all lands. CHAP. XLII. 1 Jacobfendeth his ten Jons to buy corn in Egypt : 6 they are imprifoned by Jofeph for J pies. NOw, when a Jacob faw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob faid unto his fons, Why do ye look one upon another ? 2 And he faid, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt : get ye down thither, and buy for us from thence ; that we may biive, p,^43,8' and not die. *{*• »?• 3 ^[ And Jofephs ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. 4 But Benjamin, Jofephs brother, Jacob fent not with his brethren : for he faid, Lett peradventure mifchief befall him. 5 And the fons of Ifrael came to buy corn among thofe that came : for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 6 ^ And Jofeph was the governor over the land, and he it was that fold to all the people of the land : and Jofephs brethren came, and c bowed down themfelves before ^hi^ him with their faces to the earth. 7 And Jofeph faw his brethren* and he knew them, but made him- felf ftrange unto them, and fpake f roughly unto them; and he faid Hlf;^ , unto them, Whence come ye ? And w/(6?e«»o, they faid, From the land of Canaan to buy food. 8 And Jofeph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 And jofeph d remembered the \f^ dreams which he dreamed of them, and faid unto them, Ye are fpies ; to fee the nakednefs of the land ye are come. 10 And they faid unto him, Nay, iny lord: but to buy food are thy fer- vants come. 11 We e Lam. 5-7- Sec Chap. Jofeph imprifoneth his brethren : icfore 1 1 We are all one mans fons : we 1707! "re true men, thy fervants are no ~v — - fpies. 12 And he faid unto them, Nay, but to fee the nakednefs of the land ye are come. 1 3 And they faid, Thy fervants are twelve brethren, the fons of one man in the land of Canaan ; and, be- hold, the youngeft is this day with our father, and one c is not. 14 And Jofeph faid unto them, That is it that I fpake unto you, fay- ing, Ye are fpies. 15 Hereby ye ihall be proved ; f By the life of Pharaoh ye mall not go forth hence, except your youngeft brother come hither. 16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye fliall be -f- kept in prifon, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you : or elfe, by the life of Pha- raoh, furely ye are fpies. 1 7 And he + put them all together into ward three days. 18 And jofeph faid unto them the third day, This do and live : *for I fear God. 19 If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the houfe of your prifon : go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houfes : 20 But h bring your youngeft bro- ther unto me ; fo ihall your words be verified, and ye fliall not die. And they did fo. 2 1 H And they faid one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we faw the anguilh of his foul, when he befought us, and we would not hear ; therefore is this diftrefs come upon us. 22 And Reuben anfwered them, faying, * Spake I not unto you, fay- ing, Do not fin againft the child ; and ye would not hear ? therefore, behold alfo his blood is required. 23 And they knew not that Jofeph underftood them ; for f he ipake unto them by an interpreter. 24 And he turned himfelf about from them and wept ; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. 25 f Then Jofeph commanded to fill their facks with corn, and to re- ftore every mans money into his fack, and to give them provilion for the way . and thus did he unto them. 26 And they laded their affes with the corn, and departed then;e. GENESIS. tkeir return to their father. 27 And as kone of them opened hia fack to give his afs proveuder in the ?$j£ inn, he efpied his money ; for, behold, ' — «**" it was in his facks mouth. \£*i? 28 And he faid unto his brethren, My money is reftored ; and, lo, it is even in nay fack : and their heart hCbap. 4J- S-ic 44- 13- faying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us? 29 f And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Ca- naan, and told him all that befell un- to them, faying, 30 The man, who is the lord of the land, fpake -j- roughly to us, and took ■ : us for fpies of the country. a*%r. 31 And we faid unto him, We are true men ; we are no fpies. 32 We be twelve brethren, fons of our father ; one is not, and the youngeft is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. 33 And the man, the lord of the country, faid unto us, Hereby fliall I know that ye are true men ; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your houfeholds, and be gone : 34 And bring your youngeft bro- ther unto me ; then fliall I know that ye are no fpies, but that ye are true men : fo will I deliver you your bro- ther, and ye fliall traffick in the land. 35 Tf And it came to pafs, as they emptied their facks, that, behold, every mans bundle of money was iu his fack : and when both they and their father faw the bundles of mo- ney they were afraid. 36 And Jacob their father faid uiro them, Me haveyebereaved of my chil- dren: Jofeph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin awa) thefe things are againft me. 37 And Reuben fpake unto h's father, faying, Slay my two fons if I bfinj not to thee : deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. 38 And he fait!, My fon Hull not go'down with you : for his brother is dead, and he is left alone ; 'if mifchx I befall him by the way in the v ye go, then fliall ye "'briny; do\» 1 1 ng, The man \ did folemaly proteft unto us, faying, Ye fhail not fee my facej except your a brother be with you. 4 If thou wilt fend our brother with 11s, we will go down and buy thee food ; 5 But if thou wilt not fend him, we will not go down : for the man laid unto us, Ye ihall not fee my face, ex- cept your brother be with you. 6 And Ifrael faid, Wherefore dealt ye fo ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother ? 7 And they faid, The man f alked us flraitly of our Hate, and of our kindred, faying, Is your father yet alive ? have ye another brother ? And we told him according to the f tenor of thefe words, -j- Could we cer- tainly know that he would fay, Bring your brother down ? 8 And Judah faid unto Ifrael his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arife and go, that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and alfo our little ones. 9 I will be furety for him ; of my hand {halt thou require him : b if I bring him not unto thee, and fet him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever. 10 For except we had lingered, ' furely now we had returned || this fecond time. 1 1 And their father Ifrael faid unto them, If it mnji be fo now, do this ; Take of the bell fruits in the land in your veflels, and carry down the man a pre fen t, a little balm, and a little honey, fpices and myrrh, nuts and almonds : 12 And take double money in your hand : and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your facks carry it again in your hand j peradventure it was an overfight. 13 Take alfo your brother, and arife ; go again unto the man : 14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may fend away your other brother, and Benjamin. c || If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. 1 i II And the men took that prefent, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rofe up, and went down to Egypt, and flood before Jofeph. T cErtticr 4-iC II Or, and I, .71 1 l-nv XLIIT. Jofeph entertaineth them. 16 And when Jofeph faw Benjamin with them, he faid to the ruler of 1707. his houfe, Bring thefe men home, and " f flay, and make ready ; for thefe men t h*.*}/ ihall f dine with me at noon. ? iu>",fl( 1 7 And the man did as Jofeph bade ; and the man brought the men into Jofephs houfe. 18 And the men were afraid, be- came they were brought into Jofephs houfe; and they faid, Becaufe of the money that was returned in our facks at the iirit time are we brought in, that he may f feek occafion againit t«e6. us, and fall upon us, and take us for V^'-Z. ": bond-men, and our affes. 19 If And they came near to the fteward of Jofephs houfe, and they communed with him at the door of the houfe, 20 And faid, O fir, d f we came H 01.41.0 indeed down at the firft time to buy tmi»g food : <(«£•», w 2 1 And c it came to pafs, when we ecuap.+j came to the inn, that we opened our 27,3S" facks, and, behold, every mans money was in the mouth of his fack, our money in full weight ; and we have brought it again in our hand. 22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food : we cannot tell who put our money in our facks. 23 And he faid, Peace be to you, fear not ; your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treafnre in your facks : f I had your money. . "e*. And he brought Simeon out unto '"«/"«'. them. 24 And the man brought the men into Jofephs houfe, and f gave them f ch™. water, and they warned their feet; 14- %* and he gave their alfes provender. 25 And tlvy made ready tiie pre- fent againft Jofeph came at noon : for they heard that they fhould eat bread there. 26 If And when Jofeph came home, they brought him the prefent which was in their hand into the houfe, and g bowed themfelves to him to eeiKip it. the earth. 7>lw 27 And he alked them of their f welfare, and faid, f /; your father <"«».?««. well? the old man h of, whom ye -r fpake, is he yet alive ? 'Vfi'"' 28 And they anfwered, Thy fer- hcim? ;... vant our father is in good health, he u':-' is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeifafflce. 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and faw his brother Benjamin, his mother-: fon, add faid, Is this your younger D brc. I k Chap. .;:•■ 3+- Exod.6.3 - Heh. :■ 6. Jofeph fiajbth hit brethren. GEN brother, ' of whom ye (pake unw ircv^ me r And lit- faid, God be gracious into thee, my Ton. Aud Jofeph made hafte ; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: • and he fought where to weep , and he eijtcred into his chamber, and wept there. 31 And he walked his face, and went out, and refrained himfelf, and fa'ni. Set on b "•.2 And they let on for him by him- felf, i'.h'i for them by themfelves, and ie Egyptians which did eat with hunby themfelves: becaufe the Egyp- tians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is k an abomination auto the Egyptians. ;; And they fat before him, the firit-born according to his birthright, and the younge't according to his youth : and the men marvelled one at another. 34 And he took and [cut mefles unto them from before him : but Benjamins ni As was five times fo moch as any of theirs. And they drank, and + were merry with him. C H A P. XLIV. Jafephs policy to flay his brethren. h""/"t \ Nd he commanded -\ the fteward j\ of his hi , i;li the mens bUlXUfi. foC^St With'toOft, ;;.: y.y^h Hi thCVCUU carry, arid put every mans money in his lacks mouth. 2 And pat my cup, the filver cup, in the lacks mouth of the youngeii, and his corn-money. And he did ac- cording to the word that Jofeph had fpoken. 3 Allbon as the morning was light the men were lent away, they and their ailes. 4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Jofeph faid unto his fteward, Up, follow after the men ; and, when thou doft overtake them, fay unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good ? 5 Is not this it in which my lord driukerh, and whereby indeed he t''i,7".'f lldivinethr ye have done evil in fo doing. 6 l And he overtook them, and he (pake unto them tfiefe Came word , 7 And they laid unto him, Where- fore faith my lord chefe words ? God forbid that thy fervants fliould do ac- cord h Behold, tlw money which we found in our fac ks mouths we brought .; uiiLj thee out of the laud of E S I S. Jttdahi humble /application. Canaan : how then fhould we ileal %g?g out of thy lords houfe lilver or gold ? »?'-?• 9 With whomfoever of thy fervants it be found, both * let him die, and 3Jv^! we alio will be my lords bond-men. 10 And he faid, Now alio let it be ng unto your words : he with whom it is found ihall be my fervant ; and ye ihall be bbmelefs. 1 r Then they fpeedily took down every man his fack to the ground, and every man his r a And he fearched, arid began at the eldeii, and left at the youngefl ; and the cup was found in Benjamin:. I 1 3 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his afs, and returned to the city. And judah and his brethren came to Jofephs houfe: (For h< yet there .) and they fell before him on the ground. 15 And jofeph faid unto them, What deed is this that ye have done ? \\ ot ye not that fuch a man as I can certainly || divine ? 16 And Judah faid. What fliall we fay unto my lord ? v. hat (hall we fpeak ? or how ihall we clear ourfelves: < »od hath found out the iniquity of thy fer- vants : behold, we are my Ion vants, both we and fie alfo with w hum the cup is found. I- And he faid, God forbid that I mould do fo : but the nun in whofe hand the cup is found, he ihall be my fervant ; and as for you, get ye up in peace unto your father. 18 *! Then judah came near unto him, and faid, Oh, my lord, letthj vant, I pray thee, fpeak a word in my lords ears, and let not thine anger burn again ft thy fervant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19 My lord alked his fervants, fay- ing, Have ye a father, or a broth 20 And we faid 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 faidlt unto thy fer-^ vants, b Bring him down unto n that I may fet mine eyes upon him. 2: And we faid unto my lord, 'I he lad cannot leave his" fai her : lor// he mould leave his father, his / would die. 23 And thou faidlt unto thy fer- vants, 'Except your youngeii bro-ectup. ne down with you, ye. (hall43' ,; fee n •■ face no more. 24 And Jofeph maketh himfelfknorvn, CHAP Before 24 And it came to pafs, when we came up unto thy fervant my father, * — v~ "* we told him the words of my lord. d chap. 25 And Jofeph mall put his hand upon thine eyes. a t-r J-- s «; And c Jacob role up from Beer- fheba ■ and the fons of Ifrael carried A; E S I S. the number of his family. Jacob their father, and their little ones and their wives, in the wagons «70 • which Pharaoh had fent 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, d Jacob, and all his feed with Jfifr14-4 him : 7 His fons, and his fons fons with him his daughters, and hisfonsdaugh- ters, and all his feed, brought he with him into Egypt. 8 TJ And ethefe are the names of J**** the children of Ifrael which came >>•'+- into Egypt, Jacob and his fons : f Reuben, Jacobs rirft-born. 9 And the tons of Reuben ; Ha- ic-nron. noch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and5'1' Carmi. 10 ^ And -the fons of Simeon ; be*. r,.zS. || Jemuel, and Jamin; and Ohad, and 4.24. || Jachin, and || Zohar , andShaul, the L0*, fon of a Canaanitilh woman. 1 1 ^J And the fons of "Levi ; || Ger- ■' (hon, Kohath, and Merari. 12 1 And thefons of 'Judah; Er, ; and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, • and Zarah : but kEr and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And ' the fons of Pharez were Hezron and ', ' Ch.ron* Hamul. XXu 1 3 «| And m the fons of Iflachar ; J,****- Tola, and || Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. ia^lAndthefonsofZebulun; Sered, :- '■ andElon, andjahleel. 15 Thefe be the fons of Leah, which (he bare unto Jacob in Padan-aram, with his daughter Dinah : all the fouls of his fons and his daughters were thirty and three. .6 If And the fons of Gad ; n Zi- phion, and Haggi, Shuni, and || Ez- bon, Eri, and J Arodi, and Areli. 1 7 «j ° And the fons of Afher ; Jimnah, and Iihuah, and Ifui, and Beriah, and Serah their idler : and the fons of Beriah ; Heber, and Mal- chiel. pC!.JP. 18 p Thefe are the fons of Zilpah, so-1* q whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter : and thefe (he bare unto Jacob, even fixteen fouls. '"■>:• 19 flThe fons of Rachel, r Jacobs 44' 2" wife ; Jofeph and Benjamin. 20 And unto Jofeph in the land of Egypt were bora ManafTeh and Eph- f<:bA?. rami, ' which Afenath, the daughter • of Poti-pherah || prieft of On, bare unto him. 21 If c And the fons of Benjamin V'rC.h^D' Belah, andBecher, andAfhbel, :- <• Gera, 1 N'um. lfi. ■Jofeph meeteth his father, CHAP, gjf™* Gera, and Naaman, uEhi, and Rofli, 1706. x Mnppim, and || Huppim, and Ard. Jn^*«s. 22 Thefe are the Cons of Rachel, '"',?% which were born to Jacob : all the l Numb, fouls were fourteen. Mup&m, 2 3 1 yAndthefons ofDan; ||Hufnim. icimm.' 24 H * And the fons of mphtali ; sMtpim. Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and fem. Shillem. yichron. 25 'Thefe ore the fons of Billiah, 7-<*. i> which Laban pave unto Rachel his liuAam, daughter ; anr! (lie bare thefe unto Ja- rnSftz. cob : all the fouls were feven. 7. ichron. 26 CAU the fouls that came with »a?« Jacob into Egypt, which came out of 30. s.' his f loins, beiides Jacobs fons wives, |5%; all the fouls •rwig*.' fouls : J all the fouls of the houfe of IbSm! Jacob, which came into Egypt, W7tre bet /Uis threefcore and ten. '" '4' 28 and give us feed, that we may live and not tlie, that the land be not defoiate. ' ":- 20 And Jofeph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh : for the Egyp- tians fold every man his field, becanfe the famine prevailed over them : fo the land became Pharaohs. 2 1 And as for the people, he remo- ved them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. 22 ""Only the land of the || priefts II ... btittght he not : for the priefts had a ' • portion affignei them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them ; wherefore they fold not their lands. 23^ThenJofepli faid unto the people, Behold,] have bought you this clay, a#d your land, for Pharaoh: lo, here is feed for you, and ye (hall fowthe land. 24 And it (hall come to pals, in the increafe, that ye lhall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts lhall be your own, for feed of tlie field, and for your food, and for them of your houfeholds, and for food for your little ones. 25 And they faid, Thou haft faved our Lives.: let us find grace in the light of my lord, and we will be Phftraohs fervants. 2'> .And Jofeph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, th.it 7. S I S. Jacobs charge to Jujep't. Pharaoh (hould have the fifth part ; except the land of the || priefts only, w/iic/i became not Pharaohs. 27 H And Ifrael dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Golhen; and they had polfeffions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. 28 % And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt feventeen years : fo \ the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and feven years. 29 And the time drew nigh that Ifrael mull die : and he called hisfon Jofeph, and faid unto him, If now . I have found grace in thy light, f put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me ; a bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt : 30 But I will lie with my fathers, and thou (halt carry me out of Egypt, and Mmrv me in their burying-i And he faid, I will do as thou halt faid. 3r And he faid, Swear unto me. And he fware unto him. And ' Ifrael bowed himfelf upon the beds head. CHAP. XL VIII. n.bai? 1 Jofeph vifiteth his J'uk father. ^Ja- cob rspeattth tke prvrntifi, 21 and pr.vphefwth their return to Canaan. X Nd it came to pafs, after thefe, 1 a tilings, that one told Jofeph, Be- hold, thy father is lick : and he took with him his two fans; Manaileh and Ephraim. 3 And one told Jacob, and faid, Behold, thy fon Jofeph cometh unto thee : and Ifrael ftrtngthened him- felf, and fat upon the bed. :id Jacob laid unto Jofeph, God Almighty appeared unto me at a Luz " in the land of Canaan, and bleiled 35- 0. me, 4 And faid unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy i'ced after thee for an everiafting pofleffloh. 5 <\\ And now thy btwo fens, Eph- raim and Manaileh, which were ^jt10- born unto thee in the land of Egypt, before I came unto thee Into Egypt, are mine; us Reuben and Simeon, they (hail be mine. 6 And thy ifliie, which thoubeget- tcft after them, fliall be thine, and (hall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. 7 "[ And as for me, when I came from Padati, ' Rachel died by me in ' the laiAl ofCanaaa, in the way, when J" y«* Jacob lleflethjofephsfom: CHAP. XL VIII, XLIX. he blefleth his own fans. I), fare fuln-fi. i RoRul yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath : and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath ; the lame is Beth-lehem. 8 % And Ifrael beheld Jofephs Tons, . and faid, Who are thefe r 9 And Jofeph faid unto his father, They are my fons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he faid, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and 1 will blefs them. 10 (Now dthe eyes of Ifrael were f dim for age, Jo that he could not fee. ) And he brought them near unto him; and he killed them, and em- braced them. 1 1 And Ifraelfaid unto Jofeph, I had cot thought to fee thy face ; add, lo, God hath i'newed me alfo thy feed. 12 And jofeph brought them out from between his knees, and he bow- ed himfelf with his face to the earth. 13 And Jofeph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Ifraels left hand, and Manafleh in his left hand toward Ifraels right hand, and brought them near unto him. 14 And Ifrael ftretched out hisright hand, and laid //upon Ephraims head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Muuaflehs head, guiding his hands wittingly ; for Manajieh was the firft-born. 15 H And £he blefTed Jofeph, and , faid, God, f before whom my fathers Abraham and Ifaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, 1 6 The Angel £ which redeemed me from all evil, blefs the lads ; and let myname be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Ifaac; and let them f grow into a multitude in the midft of the earth. 17 And when Jofeph faw that his father laid h«s right hand upon the head of Ephraim it difpleafed him : and he held up his fathers hand, to remove it from Ephraims head unto Manaflehs head. 18 And Jofeph faid unto his father, Not fo, my father : for this is the firtt- born ; put thy right hand upon his head. in And his father refufed, and faid, I know it, my fon, I know it; he alfo mall become a people, and he alfo ' mail be great; but truly bhis younger ,. brother (hall be greater than he, and •his feed (hall become a -j- multitude of nations. 20 And he blefTed them that day, faying, ' la thee lhall Ifrael blefs, fay- ing. God make thee as Ephraim and ] as Manafleh. And he fet Ephraim 1 1 ■ before Manafleh. * v 21 And Ifrael faid unto Jofeph, Behold, 1 die ; but God {'nail be With you, arid bring you again unto the land of your fathers. 22 Moreover, kI have given tokjo*. riiee -one portion above thy brethren, j.4.;^; s. which I took out of the hand 'of the icnap. Amorite with my (word and with 3+. as* my bow. G H A P. XLIX. I Jacob calk't'i hit fens to blefs them: 3 their : ■ :irtiat!ar: 29 he chargeth t:,ent concerning his burial: 33 his . ANd Jacob called unto his fons, rmd faid, Gather yourfelves together, that I may tell you that Which (hall befall you a in the lad *"c^ days. 2 Gather yourfelves together and i(V.i.'i.it hear, ye fons of facob ; and hearken ?«.£*;*&. unto Ifrael your father. SSS t \f. 3 *i Reuben, thou art h my firft- |: '"■•>• *- born, my might, cand the beginning b^'e^(9'32, of my ftrength, the excellency of dig- ' nity, and the excellency of power : " ''° iU 4 Unliable as water, f - thou fhart • h*. not excel ; becaufe thou eWenteft up ««** 1 to thy fathers bed, then defiledft thou dicuron. it : I! he went up to my conch. . '.., i2. 5 ^j f Simeon and Levi are brethren ; [| 6 inftrumeflts of cruelty are in their habitations. 6 O my foul, come not thou into their fecret ; unto their srffenibly -j^V3*' II mine honour be not thou united ! for ' in their anger they flew a man, .. and in their felf-wiil they II digged feca.34.i5. down a wall. 7 Curfed be their anger, for it mas fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel : lT will divide them in Jacob, , 1 . ,. and fcatter them in Ifrael. 8 t "Judah, thou art he. whom thy :' brethren (hall praife ; '" thy hand (hall be in the neck of thine enemies ; • '" thy fathers children (hall bow down before thee. s-*- 9 Judah is a lions whelp : from the prey, my fon, thou art gone up : ,J he m-&*4»o. Hooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old iioa ; who (hall roufe him up ? iJijonib to pThe fceptre fliall not depart . from Judah, nor qa lawgiver from between his feet, 'until Shiloh come ; 5 and unto him ftialt the gathering of 0 the peO| rEaifc. 11 Binding his foal urttp. the vine, - and his alles colt unto tne clKuce vine ; , ( O 4 he !1- ■■• - : Jacobs fons particular blejjings GEN - - . I -- : he wafhed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes : 1 2 His c eyes (hall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. 13 V'Zebulun lha11 (Kvcil at the haven of the fea ; and he Jiiall be for an haven of mips-, and his border Jhall be imto Zidon. 14 *\\ Iffachar is a ftrongafs, couch- ing down between two burdens: 1 s And he faw that reft was good, and the land that it ires pleafant ; and bowed * his ihoillder to bear, and became a fervant unto tribute. 16 f ''Dan fhall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Ifrael. j 7 lDan (hall be a ferpent by the way, fan adder in the path, that bitclh the horfe-heels, fo that his rider, (hall fall backward. 18 a I have waited for thy falva- tion, () Lord ! 19 *[ "Gad, a troop (hall overcome him : but he hull overcome at the lait. 20 U. y.u wi10 fhall help thee, kand by the Al- kChVi7.'i- mighty, ' who (hall blefs thee with bit Rings of heaven above, bkirings 5J' u' of the deep that lieth under, blef- iings of the breads and of the womb : 26 The bleflings of thy father have prevailed '"above the blcilings of my progenitors unto the utmolt bound of the evcrhfting hills ; they (hall be 011 the head of Jofeph, "and on the crown of the head of him iii.it was from hi? brethren. enjamin (hall ravin as a wolf: 0 in the morning he (hall devour the •.d at night he (hall divide the fpoil, 11 thefe are the twelve tribes of Ifrael : and this is H that their fa- ther fpake unto them, and blefled • .cry one according to his he (defied them. 29 And he charged them, ami faid tp be gathered unto my people ; 'bury me with my 1 V- *■ p Pfalm lljb. s u *o. E S I S. his charge about his burial. fathers s in the cave that is in the held of Ephron the Hittite ; 30 In the cave that is in the field of ^ch.^.-.;. Machpefah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, 'which Abra- tct.a3.x9, ham bought with tl , iron tiie Hittite, for a poileiiion of a bury- ing-place. 31 ("There they buried Abraham ' and Sarah his wife ; "there they bu- ried Ifaac and Rebekah his wife ; and there 1 buried Leah.) 3: The purchafe of the field, and of the cave that is therein, was from the chil Iren ofHeth. ind when fa< ob had made an end of commanding his fons, he ga- ■ up his feet into the bed, and yielded up th id was ga- thered unto his people. A P. L. 1 The mourning for Jacob. 7 The funeral. 2., Jofeph prophefieth t<> his brethren of their return : 20 his A Nd Jofeph 'Tell upon his fathers *%**<>• -I a face, and went upon him, and killed him. 2 And Jofeph commanded his fer- vants the phyficians to b embalm his .,. father : and the phyficians embalmed J°mi Ifrael. 3 And forty days were fulfilled for him ; (for fo are fulfilled the days of thofe which are embalmed ; ) and the Egyptians f mourned for him three- fcore and ten days. 4 And when the days of his mourn- ing were paft, Jofeph fpake unto the houfe of Pharaoh, faying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, fpeak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, faying, 5 c My father made me fwear, fay- ' ing, Lo, I die : in my grave d which 1 have digged for me in the land of - Canaan, there lhalt thou bury me. Now, therefore, let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. 6 And Pharaoh faid, Go up and bury thy father, according as he made thee fwear. - *, And Jofeph went up to bury his father : and wi'.h him went up all the fervants of Pharaoh, the elders of his houfe, and all /the elders of the land of Egypt, .S' And all the houfe of Jofeph, and tbren, and his fathers houfe: only their little ones, and their (locks, ami their herd:, they left in ihe land of Goilica. 9 And Jofe.ph comfor'eth his brethren, CHAP. L. \, ? - 2 4 And Jofeph faid unto his bre- thren I die: and "God will furely £*J-,3;*£ vifit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land p which he fware Jf^g'f; to Abraham, to Ifaac, and to Jacob. &'I:,'i\'.' 25 And 1 Jofeph took an oath of*fe^dw*" the children of Ifrael, faying, God ]i- 's>- wdl furely viiit you, and ye lhall 24. 3*. carry up my bones from hence. A4ls 7" l0* 26 So Jofeph died, being an hun- dred and ten years old : and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin "m Egypt. 1 The Second Book of MOSES, called EXODUS. ■I ttcb. tbiSb. h Gep, CHAP. I. 1 The children of Ifrael multiply: 8 they are opprejjed by a new king. 15 the gndlinej's of the -midwives. NOW athefe are the name3 of the children of Ifrael which came into Egypt ; every man and his houfe- hold came with Jacob. 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Sllfachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and After. 5 And all the fouls that came out of the f loins of Jacob were bfeventy fouls : for Jofeph was in Egypt al- ready. 6 And c Jofeph died, and all his brethren, and ail that generation, 7 d And the children of Ifrael g*g were fruitful, and increafed abun- jc<\t- dantly, and multiplied, and waxed . ~w exceeding mighty; and the land was ae. s- filled with them. Acts ;" ' 8 ^ Now, there arofe up a new king over Egypt which knew not Jofeph. 9 And he faid unto his people, Be- hold, ethe people of the children of ££**■ Ifrael are more and mightier than we. 10 Come on, flet us deal wifely fAa, with them, left they multiply ; and "'' I9' it come to pafs, that, when there fall- eth out any war, they join alfo unto our enemies, and fight againft us, and fo get them up out of the land. 1 1 Therefore they did let over them talkmalters s to afflict them e oe«. with their burdens. And they built ls" n' for tittj, ace 5 rfilr: The IJVaeUtti o$pretfeJ. E X O ft treafurc-cities, Pithom ^ ■ j'- A !,and Raamfes. hGn. 12 f But the more they afflicted them the more they multiplied and And they were grieved be- caufe of the children of lfrael. 13 And the Egyptians made the children of lfrael to ferve with rigour. 1.; And they made their lives bit- ter with hard bondage, 'in morter, raid in brick, and in all manner of fervice in the field : all their fervice, wherein they made them ferve, ivas with rigour. 15 1j And the king of Egypt fpake to the Hebrew midwives, (of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah :) 16 And lie faid, When ye do the of- fice of a midwife to the Hebrew wo- men, and fee them upon the ftools ; if it be. a ton, then ye fhall kill him ; but if it be a daughter, then (he (ball live. < 7 But the midwives feared God, »nd did not as the king of Egypt com- manded tnem, but laved the men- children alive. 18 And the king of Egypt called for the midvyives, and faid unto them. Why have ye done this thing, and have faved the men-children alive? 19 J\m\ fcthe midwives faid unto Pharaoh, Bccaufe the Hebrew wo- men arr not as the Egyptian women, for they are lively, and 1 ' .• delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. 20 Therefore Gc I \.vith the midwives: and the people mul- tiplied, and waxed very mighty. 21 And it came to paiV, becauffe the midwives feared God, Jthat he made them houfes. 22 1j And Pharaoh charged all his people, faying, m Every fon l born ye Qiali cafe into the river, and every daughter ye fhall lave alive. C HA P. II. 5 he is found a i A went a man of the home of Lewi, and took ;er of Levi. 2 And the woman conceived bare a Ion : and v. lien Ihe law him that he vmi a goodly child, (he ^ hid him tlir- tad when ihe could not longer hide him. i n an ark of bulru I Id 1 «d it with (lime ■ tiierein , and fhe hud it in the bj the- : . iy, io- 1 Sate. 7. 2J. 14- D U S. Mo/is Jlayeth an Egyptian. 4 c And his filter flood afar off, to ' " wit what would be done to him. ' J_^ 5 *' And the daughter of Pharaoh *~^~ came ('own to walh herfelf at the river, and her maidens walked along by the rivers lide : -cm\ when Ike faw the ark among the flags Die lent her maid to fetch it. 6 And when flie had opened it fhe faw the child: and. behold, the babe Wept. And (he had compaflion of) him, and faid, This :'; one of the He- brews children. 7 Then faid his filler to Pharaohs daughter. Shall I go and call to thee a nurfe of the Hebrew women, that fhe may nurfe the child for thee ? 8 And Pharaohs daughter laid unto her, Go. And the maid went and called the childs mother. 9 And Pharaohs daughter faid unto her. Take this child away, and nurfe it for me, and I will give thee thy wa- ges. And the woman took the child, and nuriVd it. 10 And the child grew: and me brought him unto Pharaohs daugh- ter, and he became her fon. And (he called his name J| Mofes : and (he faid, Becaufe I drew him out of : Water. 1 1 c And it came to pafs in th rown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and hefpied "' **' an Egyptian fmiting an Hebrew, one of his br« I 12 And he looked this way and that way; and when he faw that there was no man he flew the Egyptian, isji. and hid hi in in the land. 13 And 'when he went out the' fecond day, behold, two men of the Hebrews drove together : and to to him that did the wr »ng, Where- fore fmiteft thou thy fellow ? r4 And he faid, Who made thee f a prince and a judge over us? In- tended thou to kill me, as thou I II- Vlofes fear- ed, and faid, Surely this thing is known. 1 5 Now, when Pharaoh heard this thing, he fought to (lay Mofes. ]>ut • Mofes fled from the face of Pharaoh, 1 and dwelt in the land vi Midian : and he fat down by a vycll. 16 eNow the || pried of Midian "'"• 3- '• bad (even d ' • , and filled the troughs to watei their fathers floxk. d 1 (herds came and drove f.'cii) away : but Mulls flood Mofes marrieth Zipporah: CHAP Befoi.- up and helped them, and watered »53i- their Hock. . f^T 1 8 And when they came ' to Reuel ic '.j. ,-heir father, he faid, How is it that ye are come Co foon to-day ? ic) And they laid, An Egyptian deli- vered us out of the hand of the fhep- herds, and alio drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. 20 And he laid unto his daughters, And where is he ? why is it that ye- have left the man ? call him, that he mav eat bread. 21 And Mofes was content to dwell with the man : and he gave Mules Zipporah his daughter. 22 And ihe bare him a fon, and I • lie called his name k Gerfhom 5 for . he faid, I have been ' a ftrahger in a [3. 14- ftraiige land. ,„c',;.-. 32, f And it came to palls, m in Acts--30- procefs of time, that the king of Egypt died, and the children of Ifraei n Numh. n fighed by reafon of the bondage, r&n.' and they cried ; and ° their cry came . : ;,. up unto God by reafon of the bon- r,':;- dage. £T«. 2; And God heard their groaning, sgTb \'s*' ancl ^0<-1 remembered his *' covenant ■ with Abraham, with Ilaac, and with Jacob. 2; And God looked upon the chil- tjj£" uii. of Jacob. And Mofes hid "A2' for "he was afraid K> look upon ••- 7 % And the Lord laid. I havd Purely feen the affli&iou of my pe< ■,.'..• which are in Egypt, and ! have hi their cry by reafon df their tafktna • • •• iters • for I know their ionovs ' '- •*> 8 And ; I am come down Co deliver £*.'£' themoutofthe fan** of the'Egypti; and to bring them Up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with mUk and honey} unto the pla t of l; the Ganaanites, *SG^; and the Hiit'ite-.. and the Amontes, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the jeoufites. 9 Now, therefore, behold, the cry of the children* of Ifraei is come unto me ; and 1 have alfb Ceen tin oppref- fion wherewith the Egyptian- ppprefi them. id 'Come now, therefore, and I ff'^. will fend thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayeft bring forth my people, the children of Ifraei, out of Egypt. 11 ei And Mofes faid unto God, mWho am I, that I Ihould go unto n Pharaoh, and that I fhoilld bring forth J£r* •• ■• the children of Ifraei out of Egypt ? 12 And he faid, "Certainly f. Will bJ *- be with thee ; and this fall be a to- ken unto thee that I have fent thee J When thou halt brought forth the people out of i'-gvpt, ye ihail ferve God upon this mountain. [2 And Mofes faid unto God, Be- hold, when I come unto the children of Ifraei, and (hall fay unto them, The God of your fathers have fent me unto you; and they (hall fay to me, What is his name I what fhall I fay unto them ? 1 .1 And God faid unto Mofes, I A M THAT I AM: and he faid, Thus (halt thou fay linto the children of Ifraei, °I AM hath fent me unto " ; 15 And God faid moreover unto Mofes, Thus (halt thou fay unto the children of Ifraei, The Lord God of your fathers, the God 0 ' Abraham, the .od of Ifaac. and the God of Jacob, hath fent me unto yen: this rs "my name for ever, and this is my 53j memorial unto all generations. 16 Go and "• gather the elders ofq4.c2^' Ifrad together, and (by unto them, The Lord God of yo.nr fathers, the God of Abraham, of Ifaac. and of Jacob, appeared unto me, faying, have ' p rr.iim |l Or, tut I' _ irong v Gen. an*.4' x F.7.ek. 30. 10. '.tjlii mejfage to Ifrael: E X O have furely vifited you, and feen that which is done to you in Kgypt : 17 And I have faid, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt, unto the land of the Canaanites. and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites. and the Jebulites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. 1 8 And s they fha'll hearken to thy voice : and thou lhalt come, thou and the elders of Ifrael, unto the k'ug of Egypt, and ye fhall fay unto him, The Lord ' God of the Hebrews hath met with us ; and now let us go, we befeech thee, three days journey into the wildernefs, that we may facriftce to the Lord our God. 19 And I am fure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, || no, not by a mighty hand. 20 And I will Itretch out my hand, and finite Egypt with all my won- ders, which 1 will do in the midlt thereof: and after that he will let you go. 2 1 And I will give this people fa- vour in the fight of the Egyptians : and it {hall come to pafs, that, when ye go, ye fhall not go empty : 22 "But every woman mall borrow of her neighbour, and of her that fo- journeth in her houfe, jewels of fil- ver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye ihall put them upon your fons, and upon your daughters ; and x ye lhail fpoil || the Egyptians. CHAP. IV. 1 Mofes rod is turned into a ferpent : 6 his hand is leprous. 21 Gods menage to Pharaoh. ANd Mofes anfwered and faid, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice : for they will fay, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee. 2 And the Lord faid unto him, What /; that in thine hand ? And he faid, '.A 'rod. 3 And he faid, caft it on the ground. And he call it on the ground, snd it beLame a ferpent: and Mofes fled from before it. 4 And the Lord faid unto Mofes, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand : 5 That they may believe that the Lord Clod of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Ifaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. D U S. his hand leprous. 6 \ And the Lord faid furthermore nnto him, Put now thine hand into ^1. thy bofoni. And he put his hand into v his bofoni and when he took it out, behold, his hand t'.w leprous "asfnow. 7 And he faid, Put thine hand into t!>; bofom again. And he put his hand 5' "'" into his bofom again, and plucked it out of his bofom; and, behold, it was turned again as his other flefh. 8 And it Ihall come to pafs, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the iirft fign, that they will believe the voice of the lat- ter fign. 9 And it fhall come to pafs, if they will not believe alio thefe two ligns, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thon (halt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry laitd: and c the water, which thou tukeft out c Cfc- :- '** of the river, -(- Ihall become blood up- on the dry /. 10 ^f And Mofes faid unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not \ elo- * "^I>/ quent, neither \ heretofore nor iince thou haft fpoken unto thy fervant : but d I am (low of fpeech, and of a flow tongue. 1 i And the Lord faid unto him, *«*■«.«• eWho hath made mans mouth? QP%?^ who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the feeing, or the blind ? have not I the Lord ? 1 2 Now, therefore, go, and I will be f with thy mouth, and teach thee nr*. 5o.+, what thou fhalt fay. To^io'. 1 3 And he laid, O my Lord, Ccn,\, . I pray thee, by the hand of him whom Luke12.11. thou'jl wilt lend. 14 And the anger of the Lord was' kindled againft Mofes, and he faid, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother ? I know that he can fpeak well. And alio, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee ; and when he feeth tlKe he will be glad in his heart. 1 5 And Hhou lhalt fpeak unto him, s c*»* and put words in his mouth : and ' I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye Ihall do. 16 And he fhall be thy fpokefman unto the people : and he ihall be, even he Ihall be to thee inftead of a mouth, and hthou lhalt be to him inllead of fccnap.-. God. , 1 7 And thou fhalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou lhalt do figns. r8 *; And Mofes went, and returned to f Jethro his father - in - law, and 18. »y. uir faid unto him, Let nie go, I pray tnee. 1 Chap. 7 3, 13- .X i:. A: 10 tc 14.8. lletit. 2. Jar on meeteth Mofes. C H A eft"',! thee, and return unto my brethren 1401. which are in Egypt, and fee whether ~v they be yet alive. And Jethro fuid to Mofes, Go in peace. 19 And the Loud faid unto Mofes in Midian, Go, return into Egypt : hap. 2. for ; all the men are dead which 't.i'.ic. fought thy life. 20 And Mofes took his wife and his fon.;, and fet them upon an ais, and he returned to the land of Egypt. '™£: And Mofes took kthe rod of God in his hand. 2i*And the Lord faid unto Mofes, When thougoeft to return into Egypt, fee that thou do all thofe wonders be- fore Pharaoh which I have put in thine hand . but 'I will harden his heart, that he fhall not let the people go. 22 And thou (halt fay unto Pha- i.^g>!-.' raoh, Thus faith the Lord, m Ifrael EH"^ is my ^cn' "***» myfirft-born: BiRom.0.4! 23 And I fay unto thee, Let my fon james31'-" S°: t'1at he may ferve me ; and if thou o'ck.it.5.' rerule to let him go, behold, °I will & 11. 23. fiay thy fOIli even tjjy rirft-born. 24 *[ And it came to pafs by the pN.;mb. way, in the inn, that the Lord pmet him, and fought to kill him. |jrfhua 25 Then zipporah took 'a fharp li or>kn.ft. |] (tone, and cut off the forefkin of her t"u'U ^on' anc' tcaft ft at his feet, and faid, tomb. Surely a bloody hufbandarr thou tome. 2(1 So he let him go : then ihe faid, A bloody hufband thou art, becaufe of the circurncifion. 27 % And the Lord faid to Aaron, Go into the wilderriefs to meet Mofes. rchap. And he went, and met him in 'the mount of God. and killed him. 28 And Mofes told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had fent him, and all the iigns which he had commanded him. 29 *fl And Mofes and Aaron went, and gathered together all the elders of the children of Ifrael. 30 And Aaron fpake all the words which the Lord had fpoken unto Mofes, and did the iigns in the fight of the people. 31 And the people believ'ed : and when they heard that the Lord had vifited the children of Ifrael, and that he had looked upon their afflic- unup. tion, then 5 they bowed their heads, and worlhipped. C H A P. V. 1 Pharaoh chideth Mofes and Aaron: 6 he increafeth the [fraetitei tafn. ANd afterward Mofes and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, Thus faith the Lord God of Ifrael, Let my P. V. Pharaoh chideth them. people go, that they may hold a feaft Befcrt unto me in the wildernefs. f^ 2 And Pharaoh faid, a Who is the a~-^ — J Lord, that I Ihoukl obey his voice to «. 2:'] let Ifrael go? I know not the Lord, Jub21- iS" neither will I let Ifrael go. 3 And they faid, b The God of the \c^- Hebrews hath met with us : let us go, we pray thee, three days journey into thedefert, andfacrifice unto theLoRD our God ; left he fall upon us with peftilence, or with the (word. 4 And the king of Egypt faid unto them, Wherefore do ye, Mofes anci Aaron, let the people from their works? get ye unto your burdens. 5 And Pharaoh faid, Behold the people of the land now are many, and ye make them reft from their burdens. 6 in ° 14 And the officers of the children bhdaj' of Ifrael, which Pharaohs tafkmafters had fet over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your tafk in making brick, both yeiterday and to-day, as here- tofore ? 15 \ Then the officers of the chil- dren of Ifrael came and cried unto Pharaoh, faying, Wherefore deulcit thou thus with thy fervants ? 1 6 There God renexoelh his covenant. a ftraw given untu ^ r<^-- thy fervants, and they fay to ns, Make brick : and, behold, ihy fervants are b -ii ; bvk the fault is in thine own people. i - But he faid, Ye are idle, y» . therefore, now and work: for there shall no ftraw be given you, yet (hall ye deliver the tale ofbrit ks. ■is or* the children a d d fee that they -uv;v in evil t t it was faid; Ye fhall not .■ from your bricks of your 20 ', /'..ui they met Mofes and Aaron, who ftood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh ; cshap.5.9. 2t cAnd they faid unto there, The Lord look upon you, and judge; be- caufe ye have made our favour + to o.be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his fervants, to put a fword in their hand to ilay us. E2 And Mofes returned unto the Lord, and faid. Lord, wherefore haft thou jo evil-entreated this people ? •why is it that thou haft fent n 23 For fince I came to Pharaoh to fpeak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people : \ neither hail thou 'delivered thv people at all. C H A P. VI. 1 Godr prow:/} by fits name J E H U VA H. 1 4 The genealogy of Reuben, is of Sinze-;,!, 16 of Levi. den the Lord faid unto Mofes, Now ilnit thou fee what I will «ch.3.io. do ro Pharaohs for a with a ftrong hand (hall he let them go, and with i. a ftrong hand b!ha!l he drive them out of his land. b And God (pake unto Mofes, and (kid unto him, I am the Lord : 3 And I appeared Unto Abraham, unto Ifaae, and unto Jacob, by the name of - 'God Almighty; but by my name d J E II Q\ A II was I not known to them. :- 4 eAnd I have alfo eftablilhed my coven i'it withthem, t to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pil- grimage, wherein they were ftrangers. ilfo heard the groan- ing • a of Ifrael, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I ii 1 red my covenant. 6 Wherefore fay unto the children of Ifrael, I am the Loan, and I will bring yon out fmm under 1 1 den and I will rid yon ou: of . ge ; and I will EXODUS. The genealogies of Reuben, See. rede-em you with a ftretched-out arm T and with great judgments. 7 And I will take you to me for a ~~v people, and I will be to yon a God ; and ye (hall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringethyoti out ''from under the burdens of the » <'jmP. Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did -f ' fwear to give it to Abraham, to Ifaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage : I am the Lord. 9 *\ And Mofes fpake fo unto the Children of Ifrael : kbut they hear- kened not unto Mofes for f anguiih of fpirit, and for cruel bondage. 10 \ And the Lord fpakc unto Mofes, faying, r 1 Go in, fpeak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Ifrael go out of his land. 12 And Mofes fpake before the Lord, faying, Behold, the children of Ifrael have not hearkened unto me, how then fliall Pharaoh hear me, 'who am of uncircumciftd lips ? r3 And the Lord fpake unto Mo- fes and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Ifrael, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Ifrael out of the land of Egypt. t4 \ Thefe be the heads of their fathers houfes : mThe Ions of Reu- ben, the lirit-born of Ifrael : Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi : thefe *3 be the families of Reuben. 1 5 \ "And the Ions of Simeon ; Je- ■ '<»" ■■ muel, and Jamba, and Chad, and ja- 4' chin, and Zohar . and She.nl, the RSn of a Canaanrtifli woman : thefe are the families of Simeon. to f And thefe are the names of "the fons of Levi, according to their generations ; Gerfhon, and Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the",' life of Levi were an hundred thirty and ("even years. 1 7 rThe fons of Gerfhon ; Libni and £ .'/v?™- Shimi, according to their families. i8 And qthe fons of Kohath ; ram, and Izh;.:\ and Hebron, and Uzziel. And the years of the life of 6'1,ie" Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years. 19 And ! the fons of Merari ; Mahli are the families of Levi, according to their genera- tions. 20 And 'Amram took him Joche- bed his fathers filter to wife ; and (he bare Kan Aaron and Mofes. And the years > Ruth 4. 1 1 : 1. ii. 2. IC. Cir. 1 53O. y Numb. 3. 2. & •horn came Mofes and Aaron. C H A years of the life of Arnram were an hundred and thirty and feven years.. 21 11 And 'the ions of Izharj Ko- rah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 22 And "the Tons of Uzziel ; Mi- fhael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri. 23 And Aaron took hini Elifueba, daughter of "Amminadab, lifter of Naalhon, to wife ; and ihe bare him * Nadab and Abilui, Eleazar and Ithamar. 24 And the Tons of Korah ; Affir, and Elkanah, and Abiafaph : thefe are the families of the Korhites. 25 And Eleazar, Aarons fon, took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife ; and ' Ihe bare him Phinehas : thefe are the heads of the fathers of the Levites, according to their families. 26 Thefe are that Aaron and Mo- fes, to whom the Lord fud. Bring out the children of Ifrael from the land of Egypt, according to their armies. 27 Thefe are they which fpake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Ifrael from Egypt : thefe are that Molts and Aaron. 28 % And it came to pafs, on the day when the Lord fpake unto Mo- fes in the land of Egypt, 29 That the Lord fpake unto Mo- fes, faying, I am the Loud : fpeak thou unto Pharaoh Icing of Egypt all that I fay ubeo thee. 30 And Mofes laid before the Lord, Behold, a I am of undrctimcifed lips, ' and how fhall Pharaoh hearken unto me ? CHAP. VII. 1 Mofes is encouraged to goto Pharaoh : S his rod is turned into a ferpent. 1 3 Pharaohs heart is hardened. 19 The river is turned into blood. ANd the Lord faid unto Mofes, See, I have made athee a god to Pharaoh ; and Aaron thy brother (hall be thy prophet. 2 Thou lhalt fpeak all that I com- mand thee ; and Aaron thy brother Hull fpeak unto Pharaoh, that he fend the children of Ifrael out of his land. 3 And b I w:ll harden Pharaohs heart, and multiply my iigns and my wonders in the land of Egypt. 4 but Pharaoh lhall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Ifrael, out of the land of Egypt c by great judgments. 5 And the Egyptians fhall know that I am the Lord, when I ftretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and P. VII. Mofes rod turned into a ferpent. bring out the children of Ifrael from among them. :«;■' 6 And Mofes and Aaron did as ' V~~J the Lord commanded them, fo did they. 7 And Mofes was fourfcore years old, and Aaron fourfcore and three years old, when they fpake unto Pha- raoh. 8 \ And the Lord fpake unto Mofes and unto Aaron, faying, 9 When Pharaoh (hall fpeak unto you, faying, Shew a miracle for you : then thou [halt fay unto Aaron, dTake d c: :?• 4. thy rod, and caft it before Pharaoh, and it fhall become a ferpent. 10 And Mofes and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did fo as the Lord had commanded: and Aaron caft down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his fervants, and it became a ferpent. 1 1 Then Pharaoh aifo c called the e oenefe wife men and fthe forcerers : now , the magicians of Egypt, they alfo did 3- s- in like manner with their enchant- ments. 1 2 For they caft down every man his rod, and they became ferpents: but Aarons rod fwaUowed up their rods. 1 3 And he hardened Pharaohs heart, that he hearkened not unto them; E as ^"i?' the Lord had Paid. 14 Ii And the Lord faid unto Mo- fes, ''Pharaohs heart is hardened, he *c*JP'aj refufeth to let the people go. xoj i^'u 15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning •, lo, he goeth out unto the water, and thou lhalt Hand by the rivers brink againft he come ; and the rod which was turned to a ferpent malt thou take in thine hand. 16 And thou fhalt fay unto him, The Lord God of the Hebrews hath fent Mie unto thee, faying, Let my people go, 'that they may ferve me ic*»P»- in the wildernefs:and, behold, hither- "i|* " to thou wouldeft not hear. 17 Thus faith the Lord, In this thou fhalt know that I am the Lord : k behold, I will fmite with the rod * ch .-.?,. that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they fhall be turned to x blood. ic.T.'i- 18 And the fifh that is in the river fhall die, and the river fhall ftink ; and the Egyptians ihall loathe to drink of tiie water of the r:\or. 19 % And the Lord fpake unto Mo- fes, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and ftretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their ftreams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds . The river turner! into blond, E X O ponds, and upon all their f pools of t »•»'• ^ water, that they may become blood; ■ . it there may be blood through- put all the land of Egypt, both in «*<«•>. yjffijs "/"wood, and in vejjels of (tone. 20 And Mofes and Aaron did i'o, as mcwp. tyie l0 llD commanded ; and he '" lift- ed up the rod, and fmote the waters that were in the river, in the light of Pharaoh, and in the light of his fer- vants j and all the n waters that were ios. 19. in the river were turned to blood. 21 And the filh that was in the river died ; and the river flank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river : and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. owiia. 22 "And the magicians of Egypt 1'"' did fo with their enchantments : and Pharaohs heart was hardened, neither pver. 3. did he hearken unto them; pas the Lord had faid. 23 And Pharaoh turned, and went into his honfe, neither did he let his heart to this alfo. 24 And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. 25 And {even days were fulfilled, after that the Lord had fmitten the river. CHAP. VIII. 2 Frogs are J cut. 16 The dufl Warned into lice. 20 The J warms of flies. 32 Pharaoh is hardened. ANd the Lord fpake unto MoPes, Go unto Pharaoh, and fay unto him, Thus faith the Lord, Let my people go, that they mayferve me. 2 And if thou refufe to let them go, behold, I will finite all thy bor- XExt ders with a frogs: 3 And the river (hall bring forth frogs abundantly, which ilia.ll go up, and come into thine houfe, and into thy bed-chamber, and upon thy bed, and into the honfe of thy fei and upon thy people, and into thine %OY,a„uSb. ovens, and into thy |J kneading- troughs. 4 And the frogs fhall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy fervants. 5 'i And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, fay unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the ft reams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and caufe frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. 78^55?* 6 And Aaron ftretched out his hand ivj-jo. over the waters of Egypt ; and b the D I r 5. ami the dufl into lice. frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. 7 ''And the magicians did fo with -1^ their inchantments, and brought up frog upon the land of Eg; I hen Pharaoh called for Mo- fesand Aaron, and faid, d Entreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people ; and I will let the people go, that tiiev may do facrifice unto the Lord. 9 And Mofes faid unto Pharaoh, || Glory over me ; || when (hall I en- treat for thee, and for thy fervants, and for thy people, -f- to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houfes, that . they may remain in the river only . 10 And he faid, || To-morrow. And he faid. Be it according to thy word , that thou mayeft know that there is none like unto the Lord our >..;od. 1 1 And the frogs (hall depart from thee, and from thy houfes, and from thy fervants, and from thy people ; they (hall remain in the river only. 12 And Mofes and Aaron went out from Pharaoh; and Mofes cried unto the Lord becaufe of the frogs which he had brought againlt Pharaoh. 1 3 And the Lord did according to the word of Mofes ; and the frogs died out of the houfes, out of the vil- lages, and out of the fields. 14 And they gathered them toge- ther upon heaps, and the land (tank. 15 But when Pharaoh fiw that there was refpite, c he hardened hisr/':"p- heart, and hearkened not unto them; ' "'' as the Lord had laid. 16 \ And the Lord faid unto Mo- fes, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and liuite the dult of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. 1 1 And they did fo : for Aaron ftretched out his hand with his rod, and fmote the duft of the earth, and •it became lice in man and in be all the dult of the land became lice ' ' lj' throughout all the land of Egypt* 18 And the magicians did fo with their inchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not : fo there were lice upon man and upon bealt. 19 Then the magicians (aid unto Pharaoh, This is gthe finger of God. g> s^m- And Pharaohs heart was hardened, pr»lm8. 3. and lie hearkened not unto them; as the Lord had faid. And the Lord faid unto Mo- fes, Rife up early in the morning, and iiand before Pharaoh, (lo, he comcth forth ie the v. ater, ) and fay unto him, Thus Tkh.re Chrilt h Chap. 9- 4, 8<5- ik 10.23 7 he plagues of flies, C H A Thus faith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may ferve me : \\ 21 Elfe, if thou wilt not let my peoplego, behold, I will fend ||fwarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy fer- vants, and upon thy people, and into thy houfes ; and the houfes of the Egyptians fhall be full of fwarms of flies, and alfo the ground whereon they are. 22 And h I v.'ill fever in that day the land of Gofhen, in which my people dwell, that no fwarms of flies lhall be there ; to the end thou mayeft know that I am the Lokd hi the midit of the earth. 23 And I will put f a divifion be- tween my people and thy people : j| to-morrow lhall this lign be. 24 And the Lord did fo; and * there came a grievous fwarm of flies into the houfe of Pharaoh, and into his fervants houfes, and into all the land of Egypt : the land was || cor- rupted by reafon of the fwarm of flies. 25 IT And Pharaoh called for Mo- fes and for Aaron, and faid, Go ye, facrifice to your God in the land. 26 And Mofes fald, It is not meet Co to do ; for we fhall facrifice k the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God : lo, lhall we facrifice the abomination of the Egyptians be- fore their eyes, and will they not done us? 27 We will go > three days jour- ney into the wildernefs, and facrifice to the Lord our God, aslnhe lhall command us. 28 And Pharaoh faid, I will let you go, that ye may facrifice to the Lord your God in the wildernefs ; only ye fhall not go very far away : n entreat for me. 29 And Mofes faid, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat the Lord that the fwarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his fer- vants, and from his people, to-mor- row : but let not Pharaoh deal de- ceitfully any more, in not letting the people go to facrifice to the Lord. 30 And Mofes went out from Pha- raoh, and entreated the Lord. 31 And the Lord did according to the word of Mofes ; and he removed the fwarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his fervants, and from hispeople: there remained not one. 32 And Pharaoh ° hardened his heart at this time alfo, neither would he let the people go. t kGenefis 43- 32- a a6. 34. Chap. 9. 28. I Kings , »3. 15. P« IX. murrain, boils and Haiti** CHAP. IX. 1 T lie murrain of beaft s. 8 The plague of boils and biains. 7^Hen the Lord faid unto Mofes, Befcia Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell m?'k him, Thus faith the Lord God of the v — *""— ' Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may ferve me. 2 For if thou cefufe to let them go, and wilt hold them ftill, 3 Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in, the field, upon the horfes, upon the afles, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the llieep : there Jhall be a very grie- vous murrain. 4 And * the Lord lhall fever be- a Clil* tween the cattle of Ifrael and the 8' "' cattle of Egypt : and there fhall no- thing die of all tliat is the childrens of Ifrael. 5 And the Lord appointed a fet time, faying, To-morrow the Lord lhall do this thing in the land. 6 And the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and b all the cattle of^rwm Egypt died ; but of the cattle of the 78' 5°' children of Ifrael died not one. 7 And Pharaoh fent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Ifraelites dead. And c the heart of^?' Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. 8 f And the Lord faid unto Mofes and unto Aaron, Take to you hand- fuls of afhes of the furnace, and let Mofes fprinkle it toward the heaven in the fight of Pharaoh ; 9 And it fhall become fmall dud in all the land of Egypt, and fhall be d a boil breaking forth -with biains, \*Z' upon man, and upon beaft, through- out all the land of Egypt. 10 And they took allies of the fur- nace, and flood before Pharaoh ; and Mofes fprinkled it up toward hea- ven ; and it became e a boil breaking \%™\- forth -with biains upon man, and upon beaft. 1 1 And the magicians could not ftand before Mofes becaufe of the boil : for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. 12 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; f as the Lord had ^i?' fpoken unto Mofes. 13 \ And the Lord faid unto Mofes, Rife up early in the morning, and ftand before Pharaoh, and fay unto him, Thus faith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may ferve me. E 14 For THe plague of fail. £ X O cbnu M For I will at this time fend all % I*Q'- , my plagues upon thine heart, and upon " thy ferrants, and upon thy people ; that tliou mayeft know that there is none like me in all the earth. 15 For now I will ftrerch out my hand, that I may fmite thee and thy people with peftilence ; and thou fhalt be cut off from the earth. I Rj°7?- 1 6 And in wry deed for g this caufe i"?7hT ^av« I f raifed thee Up, for to fhew *rov. 16. 4- tn thee my power ; and that my name tHeb.-9 may be declared throughout all the fi^VkM earth. 1 7Asyetexalteft thou thyfelf againft my people, that thou wilt not let them go? 18 Behold, to-morrow about this time I will caufe it to rain a very grievous hail, fuch as hath not been in Egypt fince the foundation thereof even until now. 19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou haft in the held : ftir upon every man and beaft which (hall be found in the field, and (hall not be brought home, the ha'n (lull come down upon them, and they fhall die. 20 He that feared the word of the Lord among the fervants of Pharaoh made his fervants and his cattle flee into the houfes -. /Jw1/'*; 21 And he that + regarded not the btanunto. wor(j 0f tjie Lorn, left his fervants and his cattle in the field. 22 *] And the Lord faid unto Mofes, Stretch forth thine hand toward hea- ioRsj'. ven' that there may be h hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beaft, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. 23 And Mofes ftretched forth his alongupontheground ; andtheLoRD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. 24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grie- vous, fuch as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt fince- it be- came a nation. 25 And the hail fmote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beaft ; and the hail fmote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. £.*?!& 26 kOnly in the land of Golhen, i?.'*V where the children of Ifrael wen; 1*. 13" was there no hail. 27 1i And Pharaoh fent and call- ed for Mofes and Aaron, and faid un- to them, I have finned this time : the D U S. The thunder and fiail ceaf;. Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. mul' 28 'Entreat the Lord, (for it is m^TsT' enough,; that there be no more\m\g\\- \£f7* ty thunderings and hail; and I will let «*•«"•»* you go, and ye fhall ftay no longer. -!„"^ 29 And Mofes faid unto him, Af- G"1- foon as I am gone out of the city I will fpread abroad my hands unto the Lord and the thunder fhall ceafe, neither fhall there be any more hail ; that thou mayeft know how that the m earth /"; the Lords. «" W"«&» 30 But as for thee and thy fer- "4 '' vants, I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God. 3 c And the flax and the barley was fmitten : for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was boiled. 32 ■ But the wheat and the rye 1T^l\ were not fmitten : for they were \ not - 2->- grown up. wSto.8% 33 And Mofes went out of the city ''•"■*• from Pharaoh, and fpread abroad his hands unto the Lord : and the thun- ders and hail ceafed, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. 34 And when Pharaoh faw that the rain, and the hail, and the thunders* were ceafed, he finned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his fervants. 35 And °the heart of Pharaoh was °(^«* hardened, neither would he let the children of Ifrael go ; as the Lord had fpoken f by Mofes. CHAP. X. ■ " 12 The plague of locii/ls, 21 of dark - nefs. 27 Pharaohs heart hardened. ANd the Lord faid unto Mofes, Go in unto Pharaoh : "for I have ; ^d reded m all the coafts of Egypt : very grie- *> *• vous were they ; f before them there were no fuch locufts as they, neither •after them fhall be fuch. 15 For they covered the face of the whole earth, fo 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 in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt. 16 1 Then Pharaoh trailed for '■'* Mofes and Aaron in hafte; and he . X, XI. The plague ofdarb:efs. faid, I have finned a^ainit the Lord £-*'* your God, and againft you. ■«)(• 1 7 Now, therefore, forgive, I pray (/ thee, my fin only this once, and °en- !?c^* treattheLoRDyour God, that he may take away from me this death only. 18 And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the Lord. 19 And the Lord turned a mighty ftrong welt wind, which took away the locufts, and f caft them ''into the ; I: h , Red fea ; there remained not one lo- „ ,.'."," cuft in all the coafts of Egypt. *• -0- 20 But the Lord 'hardened Pha- ^"Jfjj raohs heart, fo that he would not let "• 'ti- the children of Jfrael go. 21 1l And the Lord laid unto Mo- fes, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darknefs over the land of Egypt, feven dark- t"^e nefs which may be felt. "J"-*;"1 22 And Mofes ftretched forth his hand toward heaven ; and there was '•a thick darknefs in all the land of ^!;... Egypt three days : y>''-, ■» 2? They faw not one another, nei- ther rofe any from his piace for three days; 'but all the children of I frael \^ had light in their dwellings. vnam 24 1 And Pharaoh called unto Mo- fes, and faid, Go ye, ferve the Lord ; only let your flocks and your herds be ftayed : let your little ones alfo go with you. 2 5 And Mofes faid, Thou muft give + us alfo facrifices and burnt-offer- cfJff';;.;;:' ings, that we may facrifice unto the Lord our God. 26 Our cattle alfo fhall go with us; there fhall not an hoof be left behind : for thereof muft we take to ferve the Lord our God ; and we know not with what we muft ferve the Lord until we com? thither 27 T[ But the Lord ra hardened \+.'.?X Pharaohs heart, and he would not let them go. 28 And Pharaoh faid unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thy*, (elf, fee my face no more : for in that day thou feeft my face thou fhalt die. 29 And Mofes faid, Thou haft fpoken well ; n I will fee thy face again no 'l"f7\ more. CHAP. XI. 1 Gods mejfage to t/ie Ifraelite\ to borrow jewels of tiieir neighbours. 4 The death of their fir Jl- bom is threatened. ANd the Lord faid unto Mofes, Yet will I bring one plague more uponPharaoh, and upon Egypt ,, after- E 2, ward The taji plague threatened. E X O chr'n Ward he will tet you go hence : 3 when H9i'- he (hall let you go, he fhall furely thruft TXTri. you out hence altogether. '33.39- 2 Speak now in the ears of the peopW, and let every man borrow of his neighbour, and every woman of ■hap- her neighbour, b jewels of filver, and "s- jewels of gold. 'h»g- 3 c And the Lord gave the people favour in the fight of the Egyptians. :ccius. Moreover, the man d Mofes was very- great in the land of Egypt, in the fight of Pharaohs fervants, and in the light of the people. 4 U And Mofes faid, Thug faith the *»• Lord, 'About midnight will I go out into the midft of Egypt : ■^p; 5 And f all the firft-born in the land of Egypt fhall die, from the firft-born of Pharaoh that fitteth upon his throne, even unto the firft- born of the maid-fervant that it be- hind the mill ; and all the firft-born of beafts. 6 And there fhall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, fuch as there was none like it, nor fhall be like it any more. au». -, sgllt againft any of the children jott. of Ifrael h fhall not a dog move his '• "• tongue, againft man or beaft ; that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyp- tians and Ifrael. :h=?.n. g ^d 'all thefe thy fervants fhall come down unto me, and bow clown themfelvesuntome, faying, Get thee "e,1 '„, out, and all the people \ that follow thee ; and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in + a great anger. 9 And k the Lord faid unto Mofes, neb. beat Pharaoh fhall not hearken unto you ; kchap!" that 'my wonders may be multiplied ;;. iv.'& in the land of Egypt, ich!'-. 3. IO And Mofes and Aaron did all luchapic thefe wonders before Pharaoh : '"and 40':7' the Lord hardened Pharaohs heart, fo that he would not let the children of Ifrael go out of his land. C H A P. XII. 3 The pajfiver is injhtutad. 29 The firft-born are [Lain. 31 The Ifrael- ites are driieu cut af the land. ANd the Lord (pake unto Mofes and Aaron in the land of Egypt, faying, 2 This month {hall be unto. you the beginning of months : it fhall be the firft month of the year to you. 3 *\ Speak ye unto all the congre- gation of Ifrael, faying, In the tenth day of this month they ilta.il take to D U S. The paffwoer inflitute.i. tbjfta: A- IO. & £. <. . King! ID. IO. 1 Kmr.33-9 to the houfe of- their fathers, alamo !*'j for an houfe. \6t,ku. 4 And if the houfehold be too little for the lamb, let him and his neigh- bour next unto his houfe take it, ac- cording to the number of the fouls ; every man according to his eating fhall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb fhall be * without loflu1' blemifh, a male -}- of the firft year ; uel'.g.u. ye (hall take it out from the fhecp, or > **« from the goats. \'££. M 6 And ye fhall keep it up until the tf •/**■■ fourteenth day of the fame month ; and k the whole afiembly of the con- h i.er. gregation of Ifrael fhall kill it fin Nu'nf.V 3 the evening. feSuS 7 And they fhall take of the blood, t Heb. and itrike it on the two iide-poits, j and on the upper door-poft of the ; houfes wherein they fhall eat it. g.m. 8 And they fhall eat the flefh in thai night-, roai: with Ere, and ' un- ]'^' leavened bread; and with bitter fierbs they fnall eat it. 9 Eat not of it raw, nor fbdden at all with water, but roaft with fire ; his head with his legs, and with the pur- tenance thereof. 10 d And ye fhall let nothing of it ^f. "■■.■; - remain until the morning; and that 34- *s. which remaineth of it until the morn- ing ye fhall burn with fire. 1 1 % And thus fhall ye eat it ; With your loins girded, your (hoes on your feet, and your ftaff in your hand ; and ^ ye fhall eat it in hafte : e it is the \o.']'.' Lords palibver. 12 For I will pafs through the land of Egypt this night, and will finite all the firft-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beaft ; and »" againft all j*"*/*' the |j gods of Egypt I will execute gor, judgment : I am the Lord. !»»*«• 1 3 And the blood fhall be to you for a token upon the houfes where ye are: and when I fee the blood, I will pafs over you, and the plague fhall not be upon you f to deitroy _tjrH; *• you, when I finite the land of Egypt. /»» *•■'««• 14 And this day fhall be unto you for a memorial ; and ye fhall keep it a feaft to the Lord throughout your generations : ye fhall keep it a feaft by an ordinance for ever. 1 5 * Seven days ihall ye eat unlea- 1li^ vened bread ; even the firft day ye *s- ;J| ■* (hall put away leaven out of your J houfes : for whofoever eateth leaven- ed bread, from the firft day until the ftvuth day, ''that foul fkall be cut »c«u off from Ifrael.. 16 And The feaft of ' unlenveneil bread. 88K i 6 And in the firft clay there fhall t '-ytf1- J be an holy convocation, and in the v feventh day there (hall be an holy convocation to you j no manner of work (hall be done in them, Cave that i uch.Mi. wnich every f man mult eat, that only may be clone of you. 1 7 And ye (hull obferve the fend of unleavened bread; for in this felf- fame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt : there- fore (hall ye obferve this day in your generations by au ordinance for ever. IL».23-s. 1 8 *i !" In the firft month, on the »8. i6. fourteenth day of the month at even, ye fhall eat unleavened bread until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. Jl!8*0^ l9 k Seven days fhall there be no 34. is. leaven found inyour houfes : forwho- Dcut.i6. 3. roever eateth that which is leavened, f^™"' 'even that foul fhall be cut off from the congregation of Ifrael, whether he be a ltranger, or born in the land. 20 Ye (hall eat nothing leavened ; in all your habitations ihall ye eat unleavened bread. 2 1 <| Then Mofes called for all the elders of Ifrael, and faid unto them, i; or, kid. Draw out, and take you a || lamb, according to your families, and kill the paifover. mHebr. 22 m And ye fhall take a bunch of hyflbp, and dip it in the blood that is in tile bafon, and ftrike the lintel and the two lide-pofts with the blood that is in the bafon : and none of you fhall go out at the door of his lioufe Until the morning. 23 For the Lord will pafi through J\> finite the'Egyptians: and when he feeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two iide-poits, the Lord will n Ezck. pafs over the door, and a will not fuf- |W;. 3. fer "the deftroyer to come in unto your houfes to fmite you. 24 And ye fhall obferve this thing ' for an ordinance to thee and to thy fons for ever. 25 And it fhall come to pafs, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promifed, that ye fhall keep this fervice. 26 p And it fhall come to pafs, when your children fhall fay unto you, What mean you by this fervice ? 27 That ye fhall fay, It is the facri- fice of the Lords paffover, who pafs- cd over the houfes of the children of Ifrael in Egypt, when he fmote the Egyptians, and delivered our houfes, C II A P. XII. The firfl-born flain. And the people q bowed the head n I Cor. IQ. 10. i .'6(h. 4. 6 and worfiiipped. 28 And the children of Ifrael went q'ciiii,"1'" away, and did as the Lord had com- 4 JI manded Mofes and Aaron, Co did they. 29 ^ rAnd it came to pafs, that <• <">"* at midnight s the Lojrd fmote all "n^. the firft- born in the land of Egypt, !?-17-* c from the firft-born of Pharaoh that i fat on his throne, unto the firft-born & [3£ «J' of the captive that was in the ■]■ dun- ac,3<5- lo- geon, and all the firft-born of cattle, witis.!?; 30 And Pharaoh rofe up in the i !; £ *»«# night, he, and all his fervants, and all '" *' ' the Egyptians ; and there was a great cry in Egypt : for there was not a houfe where there was not one dead. 31 «[ And u he called for Mofes and ?0**£. Aaron by night, and faid, Rife up, and get you forth from among my people, * both you and the children * ciu?. of Ifrael ; and go ferve the Lord, l '9' as ye have faid. 32 y Alfo take your flocks and your {<£«£ herds, as ye have faid, and be gone : and blcfs me alfo. 33 And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might lend them out of the land in haite : for they faid, We be all dead m?-.. 34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their || knead- U0r, One law fliail be to him that Is home-born, and unto the ftranger that fojourneth among you. v 1 Thus did all the children of lf- rael ; as the Lord commanded Moles and Aaron, ftj did they. 51 And it came to pafs, the felf- fame day, thsti the Lord did bring the children of lfrael out of the land ch.e. 26. 0f Lgypt ' by their armies. CHAP. XIII. r The fir 1} !•>:■!■ are fanttified to GW. 3 The memorial of the, paflbvtr is commanded, ji Cod gui(U-th them by a pillar of a clottd and of fire. Nd the Lord (pake unto Mofes, faying, 2 a Sanctify unto me all the firft- born, whatfoever openeth the womb among the children of lfrael, both of tc fe, is." man and of bcr.it •. it is mine. Lute 2. 73. . 3 «| Ap(, ^IorCK naid unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, 1 Cor. 10. chariots, and all the chariots of , nv1 t Egypt, and captains over every one of t hem. 8 And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pur- fued after the children of Ifrael : and f the children of Ifrael went out with (£%?t an high hand. 9 But the £ Egyptians purfued after j$£;?4t£ them, (all the horfes and chariots of ■ Pharaoh, and his horfemen, and his army, ) and overtook them encamp- ing by the fea, befide Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. 10 If And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Ifrael lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them, and they were fore afraid: and the children oflfraei cried out unto the Lord. 11 hAnd they faid unto Mofes, Be- *™T* caufe there were no graves in Egypt, haft thou taken us away to die in the wildernefs ? wherefore haft thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Fgypt ? 12 ; Is not this the word that we \c^\ did tell thee in Egypt, faying, Let us fiip.' alone, that we may ferve the Egyp- tians ? for it had been better for us to ferve the Egyptians than that we fliould die in the wildernefs. 13 f And Mofes faid unto th£ people, k Fear ye not ; ftand ftill, and ^ulTj. fee the falvation of the Lord, which he will Ihew to you to-day : j| for the /U0«fer*«j Egyptians whom ye haye feen to-day, ■]le'"£^.f:'t ye lhall fee them again no more for 2? '£, ever. 14 ! The Lord lhall fight for you, 1Nc"-+^ and ye mail hold your peace. 15 If And the Lord faid unto Mo- fes, Wherefore crieft thou unto me ? fpeak unto the children oflfraei that they go forward : 16 But lift thou up thy rod, and ftretch out thine hand over the fea, and divide it ; and the children of Ifrael lhall go on dry ground through the midft of the fea. 1 7 And I, behold I, will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they lhall follow them : and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his hpft, upon bis chariots, and upon his horfemen. 18 And the Egyptians fhall know thatl am the Lord, when I have got- ten rne honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horfemen. 19 1| And the angel of God, *" which ^% Went before the camp of Ifrael, re- *3- -~ K 1 nioyed. The Egyptians drowned. EXODUS. Thtfong of Mo/eh ^ -■*■''■ _. the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and ltood behind them : 20 And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of If- *!'« rael ; and n it was a cloud and dark- a cor'. 4-3- nefs to them, but it gave light by night tothefe : fo that the one came not near the other all the night. 2i t And Mofes ftretched out his hand over the fea ; and the Lord caufed the fea to go back by a ftrong oPfli.G6.6. eaft wind all that night, and " made the fea dry land, and the waters were 5eihi3.lfi' p divided. N**: 9.1x. 22 And , the children of Ifrael went ,3' ground: and the waters were a wail Vs unto them on their right hand, and Xcol\o.l on their left. iicDr.n.ip. 23 f And the Egyptians purfued, and went in after them to the midft of the fea, even all Pharaohs hories, his chariots, and his horfemen. 24 And it came to pafs, that, in S7.ei7,ftrf. the morning-watch, rtheLoRD look- ^ ' ed unto the hoft of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the hoft of the Egyptians, 25 And took off their chariot- mutlvuie wheels, f| that they drave them hea- *£"££«« vily : fo that the Egyptians faid, Let .-tvtij. us ^ee from the face of Ifrael ; for the Lord fighteth for them againit the Egyptians. 26 U And the Lo r d faid unto Mofes, Stretch out thine hand over the fea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horfemen. 27 And Mofes itretched forth his hand over the fea, and the fea returned to his ftrength when the morning ap- peared, and the Egyptians tied againit « Titb. it : and the Lord f overthrew the &M.1L 4. Egyptians in the midit of the fea. Vh£*."' 28 And Stl,s waters returned and ... a, 13.' f covered the chariots, and the horfe- »o"?u. men> and a" tlie n°ft or" Pharaoh that came into the fea after them: there remained not fo much as one of them, n vfbtm 29 But "the children of Ifrael walk- 771 ' ed upon dry land in the midit of the fea : and the waters were a wall un- to them on their right hand and on their left. 30 Thus the Lord faved Ifrael that day out of the hand of the Egyptians, and ifrael law the Egyptians dead upon the fta-ihore. 3 1 And Ifrael faw that great + work which the Lord did upon the Egyp- Hai- tians: andthepeoplefeared the Lord, tna>.ban4. and x believed the Lord, and his fer- * p'»im vant Mofes. CHAP. XV. 1 Mofes fong. 22 The people want wa- ter. 2 3 The bitter waters of Mar ah, 25 arejweetened. THen fang "Mofes and the chil-»wra. dren of Ifrael this fong unto t!, e Lord, and fpake, faying, I will ling unto the Lord, for he hath triumph- ed glorioufly : the horfe and his rider hath he thrown into the fea. 2 The Lord is my ftrength and b fong, and he is become my falva- tion : he is my God, and I will prepare S^*; & him an habitation : my fathers God, and I will exalt him. 3 The Lord » a man of war : the Lord is his name. 4 Pharaohs chariots and his hod hath he calt into the fea ^ his chofen captains alio are drowned in the Red fea. 5 The depths have covered them : c they fank into the bottom as a ftone. eWtt-oAi. 6 ^ Thy right hand, O Lord, is^i?,^, become glorious in power : thy right hand, O Lord, hath darned in pieces the enemy. 7 And in the greatnefs of thine ex- cellency thou haft overthrown them that rofe up againit thee : thou fenteft forth thy wrath, which confumed them e as flubble. 8 And »' with the blaft of thy noftrils f cb^.*' the waters were gathered together; j*;*;;,. K the floods ltood upright as an heap. ' and the depths were congealed in the . heart of the fea. ?*• ' •"•• 9 h The enemy faid. I will purine, ' I will overtake, 1 will divide the fpoil: my lull (hall be latisricd upon them : 1 will draw my lword, my hand ihall || deltroy them. 10 Thou didft blow with thy wind, the fea covered them : ' they fank as iver. <. lead in the mighty waters. 1 1 k Who is like unto thee, O Lord, * *sn . among the I] gods ? who is like thee, ik"'bs glorious in holinefs, fearful in praifes, ! doing wonders ? 12 Thou ftretchedft out thy right &49.«s hand, the earth fwallowed them. 1 3 Thou in thy mercy halt led forth the people whichthou halt redeemed : thou halt guided thetn in thy ftrength unto thy holy habitation. 14 ' The people ihall hear, and be \ N='" " afraid : furrow Ihall take hold on the r&t.«.2j;. inhabitants of Pakitina. is mThen &80.I The bitter waters. CHAP. 1 5 m Then ™ the dukes of Edom fhall be amazed ; ° the mighty men of Moab, trembling (hall take hold upon them : pall the inhabitants of Canaan (hall melt away. 1 6 q Fear and dread ihall fall upon them : by the greatnefs of thine arm they (hall be as ftill as a ftone till thy people pafs over, O Lord, till jom.2.9. the peoijle pafs over T which thou haft rChap. V Jr. r 19. 5- pinxhafed. ?'Zm1Z9' 17 Thou (halt bring them in, and lit si. 14. S Plant tllem m tlle mountam of thine 1 i-ct"'i. 9. inheritance, in the place, O Lord, prai.44.1. wtick thou haft made for thee to dwell in ; in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have eftablHhed. 18 'The Lord mall reign for ever and ever. 19 For the horfe of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horfemen into the fea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the fea upon them : but the children of Ifrael went on dry land in the midft of the fea. 20 f And Miriam nthe prophetefs, the lifter of Aaron, xtook a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her ywith timbrels and with dances. 21 And Miriam anfwered them, Sing ye to. the Lord, for he hath triumphed glorioufly ; the horfe and his rider hath he thrown into the fea. 22 *\\ So Mofes brought Ifrael from the Red lea ; and they went out into the wildernefs of z Shur ; and they went three days in the wildernefs, and found no water. a Numb. 23 «j And when they came to aMa- rah, they could not drink of the wa- ters of Marah, for they -were bitter : therefore the name of it was called J££& |j Marah. 2 4 And the people murmured againft Mofes, faying, What fliall we drink ? 25 And he cried unto the Lord; LErcto. ancj J.jie lord fliewed himabtree, 9 c which, when he had call into the ** 4" waters, the waters were made fweet : d secjom. there he d made far them a ftatute, Bc^ and an ordinance, and there e he Jte- 4. proved them, 26 And fa id, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his light, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all l'1™'- his ftatutes, * 1 will put none of thefe difeafes upon thee which I have lu.'xo3*3 Drougllt: upon the Egyptians : for I &aii?i.' J' am the Lord & that healeth thee. % On, JO. 7. 1 ;. 18 XVI. The Ifraelites murmur for bread. 27 H hAnd they came to Elim, ^™ where xvere twelve wells of water, 1491. and threefcore and ten palm-trees : hN^Sb. and they encamped there by the 3i » waters. CHAP. XVI. 2 The Ifraelites murmur for lack of bread. 1 1 Qiiails are fent, 1 4 and manna. ANd they took their journey from Elim ; and all the congregation of the children of Ifrael came un- to a the wildernefs of Sin, which is 3*liT^' between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the fecond month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Ifrael murmured againft Mofes and Aaron in the wildernefs. 3 And the children of Ifrael faid unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, b when we fat &*>»>*■ by the flefh-pots, and when we did eat bread to the full : for ye have brought us forth into this wilder- nefs, to kill this whole aifembly with hunger. 4 1J Then faid the Lord unto^^ Mofes, Behold, I will rain c bread il'Vi from heaven for you ; and the people }$&£' lhall go out and gather f a certain QJ?lo J# rate every day, that I may d prove , Heb. them, whether they will walk in my JJJ/SJS law or no. bJ'^s.\ rt 5 And it fliall come to pafs, that Mat 6.1 1. on the fixth day they fliall prepare J**!*" that which they bring in; and eit^^«- fliall be twice as much as they gather ^lcv. daily. **"■ 6 And Mofes and Aaron faid unto all the children of Ifrael, f At even, f *e then ye fhall know that the Lord hath brought you out from the land of Egypt : 7 And in the morning, then ye fliall fee «the glory of the Lord ; %^l fabbatii unto the Lord : bake that which ye will bake to-day, and feethe that ye will feethe ; and that which remaineth over lay up for you, to be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Mofes bade ; and it did not ftink, neither was there any worm therein. 25 And Mofes faid, Eat that to- day ; for to-day is a fabbath unto the Lord : to-day ye lhall not find it in the held. 26 Six days ye fhall gather it ; but on the feventh day, wliich is the fab- bath, in it there lhall be none. 27 K And it came to pafs, that there went ant-fame of the people on the feventh day tor to gather, and they found none. 28 And the Lord faid unto Mo- fes, How long refnfe ye to keep my commandments and my laws ? 29 See, for that the Lord hath given you the fabbath, therefore he giveth you on the lixth day the bread of two days : abide ye every man in his place ; let no man go out of his place on the feventh day. 30 So the people refted on the fe- venth day. 31 And the houfe of Ifrael called the name thereof Manna: and P-U{* was like coriander-feed, white ; and the talle of it was like wafers made with honey. 32 M And Mofes faid, This is the thing which the Lord command- ed!, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations ; that they may fee the bread wherewith 1 have fed you in the wildernefs, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 33 And Mofes faid unto Aaron, qTakea pot, and put an omer full 'J'' of manna therein, and lay it up be- Ul ?* fore the Lord, to be kept for your generations. 34 As the Lord commanded Mo- fes, fo Aaron laid it up before the Teftimony, to be kept. 35 And the children of Ifrael did eat manna ' forty years, s until they y^J?" came to a land inhabited : they did dcm.b.»,3t eat manna until they came unto the Neh.9.^ borders of the land of Canaan. 36 Now, an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. e h a p. The people murmur for water. CHAP. XVII, XVIII . Amalek is overcome- a Chap. •16. I. Numb. 33. f Numb. •20. 13. rial. 81. 7. 6fOS «• Hfiir. 3. C. II Ti.ir is, Trntaliih. Jl Tr.at is, a ■ 'i :,or. • : ■ ut. K5. '7- 1 num.] s. 2 Vifll. II. 3 !i Called .45. iCh. 4. 20. CHAP. XVII- I jTfo people murmur for wa'er at Rephidim. 5 Mofesfetet to the rock in Horeb. 8 Amalek is overcome. ANd A all the congregation ot' the children of Ifrael journeyed from the wildernefs of Sin, after their jour- neys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rcphi- dim ; and there was no water for the people to drink. 2 b Wherefore the people did chide with Mofes, artd faid, Give us water, that we may drink. And Mofes faid unto them, Why chide ye with me ? wherefore do ye c tempt the Lord ? 5 And the people thiiited there for water ; and the people murmured ngainlt Mofes, and laid, Wherefore is this that thou haft brought us up out of Egypt to kill us, and our chil- dren, and our cattle, with thirft ? 4 And iofes cried unto the Lord, laying. What fhail I do unto this people ? they be aimed ready to ftone me. 5 And the Lord faid unto Mcfes, Go on before the people, and take v/r'a thee of the elders of Ifrael : and thy rod wherewith a thou fmoteft the river, take in thine hand, and go. 6 c Behold, Iwillftand before thee there upon the rock in Jloieb ; and thou Ihalt finite the rock, and there ; mall come water out of it, that the people may drink. "And M6fes did fo in the light of the elders of Ifrael. 7 And he called the name of the place f || MafTah, and j| Meribah, be- caufe of the chiding of the children of Ifrael, and becaufe they tempted the Lord, faying, Is theLoRD among us or not t , 8 ts Then came Amalek, and fought with Ifrael in Rephidim. 9 And Mofes faid unto ''Jofhua, Choofe us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek : to- morrow I will Itand on the top of the hill, with ' the rod of God in mine hand. 10 So Joihua did as Mofes had faid to him, and fought with Amalek: and Mofes, Aaron, and Hur, went up to the top of the hill. t r And it came to pafs, when Mofes held up his hand, that Ifrael prevail- ed ; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 1 2 But Mofes hands were heavy ; and they took a ftone, and put it un- der him, and he fat thereon : and Aaron and Hur Hayed up his hands, the one on the one Side, and the other on the other fide ; and his hands were Heady until the going down of the fun. r^ And Joihua difcomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the fword. 14 If And theLoRDfkiduntoMofes, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearfe it in the ears of Joihua; for kI will utterly put out the re- membrance of Amalek from under heaven. 1 5 And Mofes built an akar, and call- ed the name of it || JEHOVAH-niffi : 16 For he faid, || Becaufe f the Lord hath fworn, that the Lord will have war with Amalek from ge- neration to generation. CHAP. XVIII. j Jethro bringeth to Mofes his wife and two Jons • 7 Jllnjes entertaineth him, 1 3 and accepieili his counfel. WHen a Jethro, the prieft of Mi- dian, Mofes father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Mofes, and for Ifrael his people, and that the Lord had brought Ifrael out of Egypt, 2 Then Jethro, Mofes father-in- law, ,j took Zipporah, Mofes wife, after he had lent her back, 3 And her two fon-, of which the cname of the one was jj Gerlhom, (for he faid, I have been an alien in a flrange land ;) 4 And the name of the other was || Eliezei\ (for the God of my father, faid '«('. -Was mine help, and delivered me from the fwoi\i of Pharaoh;) 5 And Jethro, Mofes father-in-law, came with his fonc and his wife unto Mofes into the wildernefs, where he encamped dat the mount of God. 6 And he faid unto Mofes, I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come unta thee, and thy wife, and her two fon^ with her. 7 *j| And Mofes went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeifance, and killed him; and they afked each other of their \ welfare : and they came into the tent. " 8 And Mofes told his father-in-law all that the Lord had dont- unto Pha- raoh, and to the Egyptians, for Ifraels fake, an Jail the travail that had f come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them. 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodnefs which the Lord had done to Ifrael, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. 10 And 2sam.rt.12. Ezra tf. 14. || That is, Ihe LORD emfithe Hc'b. t!.<: cCh. 2. 22. || Ti.ji is, I! That i /•', C 1 i «n Mp. F. t re Chrilt I4QI- t I evit 1.4. 11- Jeihros counfel to Mofes. E X O 10 And Jethro faid, BlefTed fo the Lord, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh ; who hath delivered the people from under ths hand of the Egyptians. 11 Now I know that the Lord io,hiS',2*. is greater than all gods : ' for in the ith-V.* tninS wnerein tliev dealt Pr°udly lie was above them. 12 And Jethro, Mofes father-in- law, took a burnt-offering and facri- fices for God : and Aaron came, and all the elders of Ifrael, to eat bread with Mofes father-in-law before God. 13 H And it came to pafs on the morrow that Mofes fat to judge the people : and the people flood by Mofes from the morning unto the evening. 14 And when Mofes father-in-law faw all that he did to the people, he faid, What is this thing that thou doeft to the people ? why fitted thou thyfelf alone, and all the people (land by thee from morning unto even ? 1 5 And Mofes faid unto his father- in-law, Becaufe fthe people come unto me to enquire of God. 15 34- 16 When they have a matter they come unto me, and I judge between *n*. . -j- one and another; and I do make tbjaiZ. them know the flatutes of God, and his laws. 17 And Mofes father-in-law faid unto him, The thing that thou doeft is not good. j n.b. 1 8 f Thou wilt furely wear away, £fl$*r" both thou and this people that is with thee : for this thing is too heavy gKumb. for thee ; 6thou art not able to per- pem.+i. 9. form it thyfelf alone. 19 Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counfel, and God (hall be with thee. Be thou for the people to God- ward, that thou mayeft bring the caufes unto God : 20 And thou (halt teach them ordi- nances and laws, and (halt (hew them the way wherein they mutt walk, and the work that they mult do. 21 Moreover, thou lhalt provide, * Pent, out of all the people, h able men, fuch as fear God, men of truth, hating covetoufnefs ; and place Jitdi over them, to be rulers of thoufands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 22 And let them judge the people at all i'eafons: 'and it lhall be, that every great matter they fhall bring unto thee ; but every final! matter they fhall judge : i'o fhall it be ealier HOI- 1 Chri Ifr St DUS. Gods metfage to the people for thyfelf, and they lhall bear the burden with thee. 23 If thou fhaltdo this thing, and ' ' God command theeyb, then thou fhalt be able to endure, and all this people fhall alfo go to their place in peace. 24 So Mofes hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had faid. 25 And k Mofes chofe able men out^ of all Ifrael, and made them heads ,'IS' over the people, rulers of thoufands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all feafons : the hard caufes they brought unto Mofes; but every fiuall matter they judged themfelves. 27 K And Moles let his father-in- law depart ; and 'he went his way ,v'-:' ,7-- into his own land. CHAP. XIX. 1 The people come to mount Sinai. 3 Gods mejfage to the people out of the mount: 8 their anfver re- turned. IN the third month, when the chil- dren of Ifrael were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the fame day a came they into the wildernefs of lf°ff? Sinai. 2 For they were departed b from b oap. r j, Rephidim, and were come to the de- "' fert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wildernefs ; and there Ifrael camped before the mount. 3 And c Mofes went up unto God, y*£* and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, faying, Thus (halt thou fay to the houfe of Jacob, and tell the children of Ifrael, 4 d Ye have feen what I did unto c«t the Egyptians, and how e I bare you c"n^*,. on eagles wings, and brought yPUJ*" unto myfelf. Re»'.i».i4, 5 Now *' therefore, if ye will obey fn««t my voice indeed, and keep my cove- nant, then £ye fhall be treafure unto me above all people : £j£J§?£ for ''all the earth is mine : 6 And ye fhall be unto me a '' king- I. dom of priefts, and an holy nation- ' Thefe are the words which thou lhalt Y,' ,. J£ fpeak unto the children of Ifrael. 7 *[ And Moles came, and called "aLii. ,, for the elders of the people, and laid f'JOj I2- before their faces ^11 thefe words i,3,4'. which the Lord commanded him- |.'',UJ. 8 And ^ all the people anfwerc d *«*• »j* together, and faid, All that the Lord fc *o. 6. hath l'poken we will do. And Mofes returned the words of the people unto g^J^J' the Lord. 9 And Gods preface in the mount. CHAP. 9 And the Lord faid unto Mofes, Lo, I come unto thee ' in a thick cloud, mthat the people may hear when I fpeak with thee, and "believe thee for ever. And Mofes told the words of the people unto the Lord. io If And the Lord faid unto Mo- fes, Go unto the people, and fan&ify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them ° warn their clothes, 1 1 And be ready againft the' third pchas- day: for the third day the Lord ? will come down in the fight of all the 3j' '' people upon mount Sinai. 12 And thou flialt fet bounds unto the people round about, faying, Take heed to yourfelves, that ye go not up into the motfut, or touch the border of it : q whofoever toucheth the mount mail be furely put to death. 1 3 There ihall not an hand touch it but he {hall furely be ftoned, or ftiot through ; whether it be beaft or man, it lhall not live : when the %?n't. II trumPet foundeth long they fball come up to the mount. 14 ^ And Mofes went down from the mount unto the people, and fanc- rv©r io. tified the people j rand they waflied their clothes. 15 And he faid unto the people, s 1 sam. Be ready againft the third day : i come zecb.'7.'3. not at your wives. 1 Corin. l ^ ^n(j jt ca,ne to pgfs on j-fog third day, in the morning, that there were x^JbT" ' thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; fo that all the people that -was in the camp trembled. nDeut. 17 And "Mofes brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God ; and they ftood at the nether part of the mount. I'm!** 18 And "mount Sinai was altoge- 33.'V. ther on a fmoke, becaufe the Lord i'iva?.'6s.4' defcended upon it in fire : yand the Hab.*3. 3. fmoke thereof afcended as the fmoke ■yGen. of a furnace, and 2the whole mount li- 17" quaked greatly. •/. Hebrews n a j . . • t- , 12.26. 19 And when the voice of the trum- pet founded long, and waxed louder \nJ\\?'' and louder, a Mofes fpake, and b God bHehem. anfwered him by a voice. ifiiu38t. 7. 2° And the Lord came down up- on mount Sinai, on the top of the mount : and the Lord called Mofes up to the top of the mount; and Mo- fes went up. 21 And tiie Lord faid unto Mofes, imSft. Go down, f charge the people, left c riue they break through unto the Lord <5- :*. c to gaze, and many of them pen ih. XIX, XX. The ten commandments. 22 And let the priefts alfo, which \^ come near to the Lord% fanctify uJi themfelves, left the Lord break V *"""' forth upon them. 23 And Mofes faid unto the Lord, The people cannot come np to mount Sinai : for thou chargedft us, faying, Set bounds about the mount, and fan&ify it. 24 And the Lord faid unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou (halt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee : but let not the priefts and the people break through, to come up unto the Lord, left he break forth upon them. 25 So Mofes went down unto the people, and fpake unto them. CHAP. XX. 1 The ten commandments. 22 Idola- try is forbidden. 24 Of zvhat fort the altar Jhould be. ANd God fpake all thefe words, faying, 2 aI am the Lord thy God, which ££-256£ have brought thee out of the land of v't\m Egypt, bout of the houfeof -j- bondage. Hoc'fi 4. 3 If Thou ihalt have no other gods bcb.13.3. before me. . }^u. 4 c Thou fhalt not make unto thee clcv. z«u any graven image, or any likenefs ofttsL'w*?. any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 Thou ihalt not bow down thyfelf to them, nor ferve them : for I the Lord thy God am a a jealous God, dcn.34.14. e vifiting the iniquity of the fathers jSfia."1* upon the children unto the third and Nth.1?.' 2. fourth generation of them that hate me. cch.34.7, 6 And f (hewing mercy unto thou- sf&aST fands of them that love me, and keep ^'mt,°*I4, my commandments. \9K\lll 7 2Thou Ihalt not take the name "j*^ of the Lord thy God in vain: for &Vi'.%. the Lord "will not hold him guilt- ^i^',*; lefs that taketh his name in vain. ££^m!1e 8 Remember the fabbath-day, to «j*«»V- keep it noiy. 32. 18. 9 ; Six days Ihalt thou labour, and ££££•*•*• do all thy work : 89. 34. 10 But the feventh day is the fab- iSIlJgjt bath of the Lord thy God ; in it thou ggjf-^j; flialt not do any work, thou, nonjthy mum,. ' ** fon, nor thy daughter, thy man-fer- jj'jjjj^,, vant, nor thy maid-fervant, nor thy <>■ «• cattle, k npr thy ftranger that is within i"^. & thy gates. |Jli5£ 1 1 For ]in fix. days the Lord made i-cv.^.a. heaven and earth, the fea, and all that -0.V2. in tliein is, and retted the feventh \^,4, day : wherefore the Lord biciied the kNehoa. fabbath-dav, and hallowed it. ra «! '"Honour IGcn-1-1- Idolatry is forbidden. E X O :!.mte i2 fm Honour thy father and thy «»«• mother ; that thy clays may be long ■T^ upon the land which the Lord thy ,J%.3. God giveth thee. .. s,«s. , 3 « Thou fhalt not kill. :th-' ' 14 ° Thou fhalt not commit adul- ts, a. tery. wHi. , 5 Thou (halt not fteal. n.ij.9. 1 6 p Thou (halt not bear falfe wit- [aun. nefs ;lgamft thy neighbour. 17 s Thou ihak not go vet thy neigh l'l' bours houfe, 'thou lhalt not covet 33. thy neighbours wife, nor his man- "J7':' fervant, nor his maid-fervant, nor %• his ox., nor his afs, nor any thing that is thy neighbours. :h«ws ,8 <• And s all the people 'fawthe svei. thunderings, ,md the lightnings, and °" the noife of the trumpet, and the mountain fmoking : and when the people faw it they removed, and flood afar off. 19 And they fuel unto Mofes. "Speak thou with us, and we will hear : but let not God fpeak with us, left we die 20 And Mow- faid ivito the people, Fear not : * for God is com-' to prove you, and that his tear may be before your faces, that ye iin not. 2r And the people Itood afar otf \ aud Mofes drew near unto ythe thick darknefs where Gad was. 22 If And the Lord laid unto Mo- fes, Thus thou (hah fay unto the children of Ifrael, Ye have feen that I have talked with you zfrom heaven . 23 Ye (hall not make 'with me gods of lilver, neither lhall ye make unto you gods of gold. Eztwci 24*.; An altar of earth thou (halt make Vs. f.' & «nto nie, and fhalt facrifice thereon ac«.6.s'thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace- u, 1 >, i'g. offerings, b thy (heep, and thine oxen, huv. 1. 2. In all pi.,ces vviiere 1 record my name I will come unto thee, and I will blefs thee. 25 -\nd c if thou wilt make me an altar of (lone, thou (halt not + build it of hewn (tone : for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou haft polluted it. 26 Neither flialt thou tro up by Heps unto mine altar, that thy nakednefs be not dif.overed therei n. CHAP. XKI. 1 Laws fir meu-fervaht*, 1 for wo- men-fervauts, 1 ? for man-Jlaughter.. 1 - and for curfers of parents, Sec. in. 16. C.bt. 3. Ucut.s- S I Kings S, 12. z Dcut. 4-30. client 2;. 5- Juffiua i H«b butt % Chap, a*- 3.4- Dcul.4.14 l> Lev 1:. NOw theferfre the judgments which thou flialt * let before them. s*utir. 2 b If thou buy an Hebrew fer- jcV. Y-i J4- vantj fix years he lhall llrve ; and in keepeth hit bed ; D U S. The laws f&t -fervant:. thefeventh he fhall go out free for ggg* nothing. 3 If he came in -j- by himfelf, he fhall go out by himfelf ; if he were / married, then his wife fhall go out with him. 4 If his matter have given him a wife, and (ha have bom himfons or . and her children ill be her mailers, and he lhall go i Lit by himfelf. 5 c And if the fervu: . \ fliall plainly ^^ fay, I love my matter, my wife, and my children, I will not go out t 6 Then his mafter iiia.ll bring him d unto the judges; he (hall abb bring .J^J; him to the door, or unto the door- poft ; and hi ; maftei lliail bore his ear through with an awl, and he lhall ferve him for ever. 7 H And if a man fell his daughter to be a maid-fervant, (he fhall not go out as the men-fervaiits do. 8 If fhe f pleafe not her matter, who hack betrothed her to himfelf, then fliall he let her be redeemed: to fell her unto a llrange nation he fhall have no power, feeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. 9 And if he have betrothed her unto his fon, he fhall deal with per after the manner of daughters. io If he take him another wife, her food, her raiment, 'and her duty e.VCor- of marriage, lhall he not diminish. 1 1 And if he do not thefe three unto her, then (hall fhe go out free without money. i2 f He that fmiteth a man fo , that he die, fhall be fu'rely put to death. 13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand ; then 2I will appoint thee a place \*a™b- whither he fhall flee. 14 But if a man ^ome prefumptu- '. oufly upon his neighbour, to flay him with guile-, h thou ihalt take him £/,*** from mine altar, that he may die. 15 *| And he that fmiteth his father '" or his mother fhall be furely put to death. 16 1| And ;he that ftealeth a man, ««*■ and felleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he lhall furely be put to death. 1 - «! And k he that || curfeth his t£f- father or his mother lhall furely be *™a put to death. m.'.u." 18 "ft And if men flrive together, M«k and one (mite || another with a ttone, ° or with his lilt, and he die not, but 19 If' gW»» Divers laws and ordinances, CHAP 19 If he rife again, ant! walk abroad v 1491- upon his ftaff, then (hall he that fmote i"nX7",~ him be quit : only he fhall pay for f the ciying- i0fs of his time, and fhall caufe him to be thoroughly healed. 20 \ And if a man fmite his fer- vant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand j he lhall be furely *A. fpunifhed. 2r Notwithftanding, if he continue 1Icv.t a day or two, he fliall not be punifh- sj. 4V, ed : for ' he is his money. 22 ^ If men ftrive, and hurt a woman with child, fo that her fruit depart/*/ om her, and yet no mifchief follow : he mail be furely punifhed, according as the womans jhufband will lay upon him ; and he fhall pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any mifchief follow, then thou (halt give life for life, i>™ta ' hand for hand, foot for foot, watti/.' 25 Burning for burning, wound for s-38. wound, ftripe for ftripe. 26 If And if a man fmite the eye of his fervant, or the eye of his maid, that it perifh ; he fhall let him go free for his eyes fake. 27 And if he fmite out his man- fervants tooth, or his maid-fervants tooth ; he (hall let him go free for his tooths fake. 28 ^f If an ox gore a man or a wo- ftGen.9.5. man that they die 5 then "the ox fhall be furely ftoned, and hi3 flefh fliall not be eaten ; but the owner of the ox fliall be quit. 29 But if the ox were wont to pufh with his horn in time paft, and it hath been teltified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman ; the ox fhall be ftoned, and his owner alfo ihall be put to death. 30 If there be laid on him a fum e Numb, of money, then he fhall give, for ° the 3i' 31' ranfom of his life, whatlbever is laid upon him. 3 1 Whether he have gored a fon, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment lhall it be done unto him. 32 If the ox fhall pufh a man-fer- vant or maid-fervant ; he (hail give unto their mailer r thirty ihekels of filver, and the ox fliall be ftoned. 33 1 And if a man fhall open a pit, or if a man fliall dig a pit, and not co- ver it, and an ox or an afs fall therein ; 34 The owner of the pit ihall make it good, and giv3 money unto the owner of them ; and the dead bcajt fliall be his. f See Mat *5. 15. Wik 2. 7. . XXII. Of theft, damage, trefpaffes, &c„ 35 1 And if one mans ox hurt an- ^{J others that he die, then they fliall fell hJi the live ox, and divide the money of it ; * * * and the dead ox alfo they fliall divide. 36 Or if it be known that the ox hath ufed to pufh in time paft, and his owner hath not kept him in ; he fhall furely pay ox for ox ; and the dead lhall be his own. CHAP. XXII. 1 Of theft. 5 Of damage. 7 Of tref- paffes. 14 Of borrowing. 16 Of fornication. 18 Of witchcraft, &c. IF a man fhall fteal an ox, or a j| fheep, and kill it, or fell it ; he H°r»<»* fhall reftore five oxen for an ox, and a four fheep for a fheep. * 2 ssm. 2 1! If a thief be found breaking Ilk-' up, and be fmitten that he die, then It f'o* fhall no blood be Jlied for him. 6- 3U 3 If the fun be rifen upon him, there j hall be blood jhed for him ; for he fliould make full reftitution : if he have nothing, then he fhall be fold for his theft. 4 If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox. or afs, or fheep ; he fliall reftore double. 5 1! If a man lhall caufe a field or vineyard to be eaten, and fhall put in his beaft, and fhall feed in another mans field ; of the beft of his own field, and of the beft of bis own vine- yard, fhall he make reftitution. 6 ' If fire break out, and catch in thorns, fo that the ftacks of corn, or theftanding-corn, or thefield, be con- fumed therewith; he that kindled the fire fhall furely make reftitution. 7 II If a man fliall deliver unto his neignbour money or fluff to keep, and it be ltolen out of the mans houfe ; if the thief be found, let him pay double. 8 If the thief be not found, then the mailer of the houfe fhall be brought unto the judges, to fee whe- ther he have put his hand unto his neighbours goods. 9 For all manner of trefpafs, whe- ther it be for ox, for afs, for fheep, for raiment, or for any manner of loft thing, which another chailengeth to be his, the caufe of both parties ihall come before the judges ; and whom the judges fhall condemn, he fhall pay double unto his neighbour. 10 If a man deliver uulo his neigh- bour an afs, or an ox, or a fheep, or any beaft, to keep and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man feeing it: 1 1 Then fliall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath not Divers laws and ordinances. A Lertt. 19. 26, 31 &2C Z7- Deut. 18. 28.3, 9- c Levit. 18. 23.8c ao. is- fDeut. 13. 1.6.13, I4.IS.& 17- 2. lMac. a. 24. gCtuP. ■23- 9- Levit. 19- 33- & 25- 35- h Deutcr. IO. 18. & 24- 17- tc 27- IS- Ha. I- 17- ZecH.7-10. Jam. 1. 17. i Pralm 109- »• kLevit. 25 3S.36.37 Deuter. 23. ig. Ncaem. Pftl. is- 5 Fzckicl 18.8, 17- lDcut. 24 6, 10, 13- Jub24-3,9' 20. 16. & H Or, t-lltb. My fubufi. not put his hand unto his neighbours goods ; and the owner of it fhall ac- cept thereof] and he (hall not make it good- 1 2 And b if it be ftolen from him, he fliall make restitution unto the owner thereof. 1 3 If it be torn in pieces ; then let him bring it for witnefs, and he fliall not make good that which was torn. 14 1f And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it ; he fliall furcly make it good. 1 5 But if the owner thereof be with it, he fliall not make it good : if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. 1 6 U And c if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her ; he fhall furely endow her to be his wife. 1 7 If her father utterly refufe to give her unto him, he fhall f pay money according to the dowry of virgins. 1 8 1; d Thou fhalt not fuffer a witch to live. 19 If e Whofoever lieth with a beaft fhall furely be put to death. 20 11 f He that facrificeth unto any god, fave unto the Lord only, he fhall be utterly deftroyed. 21 H 6Thou fhalt neither vex a ftranger nor opprei's him : for ye were ftrangers in the land of Egypt. 22 1 h Ye fliall not afflift any wi- dow, or father lefs child. 23 If thou afflict them in any wife, and they cry at all unto me, I will furely hear their cry : 24 And my wrath fhall wax hot, and I will kill you with the fword ; and ' your wives fliall be widows, and your children fatherlefs. 25 11 kIf thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou fhalt not be to him as an ufurer, neither fhalt thou lay upon him ufury. 26 > If thou at all take thy neigh- bours raiment to pledge, thou fhalt deliver it unto him by that the fun goeth down : 27 For that is his covering only; it is his raiment for his fkin -. where- in fhall he lleep ? and it fhall come to pat's, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear : for I con gracious. 28 1| mThou fhalt riot revile the || gods, nor curfe the ruler of thy people. 29 II Thou fhalt not delay to offer \ the tirit of thy ripe fruits, and of EXODUS. Of Jlander and falfe witnefs. thy f liquors : n the firlt-born of thy Ions fhalt thou give unto me. 3oLikewife fhalt thou do with thine tHob.;«r»:. oxen, and with thy Iheep : "fevendaya ;***■, it fliall be with his dam ; on the eighth a?'** w« day thou fhalt give it me. ?£%, 31 If And ye fhall be holy men unto 0 lcvu. me : p neither fhall ye eat any flefh " that is torn of beads in the field ; ye WJiL, fhall calf it to the dogs. 44- a- CHAP. XXIII. 1 Of Jlander and falfe witnefs. 12 Of thefabbath. 13 Of idolatry. 20 A blejjing promifed to the obedient. THou a fhalt not || raife a falfe re- »*«■ port: put not thine hand with the . og wicked to be an unrighteous witnefs. rc "•'"' 2 H b Thou fhalt not follow a mul- \%*j£ titude to do evil ; neither fhalt thou \"^- f fpeak in a caufe to decline. after f'neb. many to wreft judgment. ar./ua-. 3 If cNeitherfhaltthou countenance *JM^ a poor man in his caufe. 4 U d If thou meet thine enemy* \?*f.' ox or his afs going aftray, thou (bait furely bring it back to him again. *£ J»-* 5 e If thou fee the afs of him that m*. '"h- hateth thee lying under his burden, V. 'i || and wouldeft forbear to help him ; eDe*. thou (halt furely help with him. ^V) -- a 6 Thou fhalt not wreft the judg- ; ment of thy poor in his caufe. 7 Keep thee far from a falfe :mat- f:\:^.." ter; and the innocent and righteous £2^* flay thou not : for f I will not juftify ;, the wicked. ; 8 If And E thou flialt take no gift : '. " for the gift blindeth f the wife, and • perverteth the words of the righteous. 9 % Alfa ''thou (halt not opprefs a / ftranger : for ye know the f heart of j a ftranger, feeing ye were ftranger; . in the land of Egypt. 10 And Mix. years thou fliall fow tl.j ' land, and flialt gather in the fruits ^.\;'ie. thereof: !9'f7** 11 But the feventh ytar thou let it reft and lie ftill ;' that the poor > of thy people may eat : and wli.a they leave the hearts of the field (hall eat. In like manner thou (halt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy j| olive-yard. 12 'Six days thou (halt do thy work, kciup, and on thefeveiuh da) thou fhalt relt ; £&;&. that thine ox and thine afs may red, j and the fon of thy handmaid and the o- '*• ftranger may be refielhed. 13 And in all things that I have laid unto you be circumfpect : and boon, 1 nuke no mention of the name of j"i,,;» other gods, neither let it be heard $ii£ out of thy mouth. 14 * m Three awh.jj.j. Poers lazvs and ordinances. I Chap. 34- 15- Lev. 2. I] Deuter. 33- 2.1 20. IO. II Or, r will afflict ti.'.-m ih :t afflict tbte. V Ver. 20. Chap. 33- 2- z Jofnua 24.11. c Deuter. 28. 5, 8. d Chap. 15. 26. 14 If m Three times thou fhalt keep ( a feaft unco me in the year. 1 5 ■ Thou fhalt keep the feaft of un- leavened bread: (thou (halt eat unlea- vened bread Cevenda ys, as I command- ed thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib ; for in it thou cameit out from Egypt ; "and none fliall appear before me empty : ) 16 pAnd the feaft of harveft, the firft-fruits of thy labours, which thou haft fown in thy field ; and the feaft of ingathering, -which is in the end of the year, when thou haft gathered in thy labours out of the field. 17 q Three times in the year all thy males fhall appear before the Lord God. 18 t rThou fhalt not offer the blood of my facrifice with leavened bread ; neither fliall the fat of my || facrifice remain until the morning. ro sThe firit of the firft-fruits of thy land thou (halt bring into the honfe of the Lord thy God. 'Thou fhalt not feethe a kid in his mothers milk. 20 ^1 "Behold, I fend an Angel be- fore thee to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. 2 1 Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not : for he wiil r.ot pardon your tranfgreffions ; for my name is in him. 22 But if thou fhalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I fpeak ; then x I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and || an adverfary unto thine adverfaries. 23 Tor mine Angel fliall go be- fore thee, and z bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and thePerizzites, and theCanaanites, but thou fhalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. 25 And ye fhall ferve the Lord your God, and c he fliall blefs thy bread and thy water; and dI will take lick- nefs away from the midft of thee. 26 ^ e There fliall nothing caft their young nor be barren in thy land : the number of thy days I will fulfil. 27 I will fend my fear before thee, and will deftroy all the people to whom thou fhalt come; and I will make all thine enemies turn their •f- backs unto thee. t CHAP. XXIV. Cods promt fe, and the peoples. 28 And fI will fend hornet fore thee, which fliall drive out the J->'-"- Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hit- 1 tite, from before thee. 20 "I will not drive them out from before thee in one year: left the!--~- land become defolate, and the beaft of the field multiply againft thee. 30 By little and little I will drive them out from before- thee, until thou be increafed, and inherit the land. 31 And h I will fet thy bound: from •,r;;."'.fh the Red fea even unto the fea of the Philirtines, and from the defert 1: r the river : for I will deliver the inha- bitants of the land into your hand and thou fhalt drive them out befoj thee. 32 'Thou fhalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. 33 They fhall not dwell in t] land, left they make thee fin againft k,c;'.\p; me : for if thou ferve their gods', kit will Purely be a fnare unto thee. , C H A P. XXIV 1 Mafes is called up into the moh tain. 3 The people pro; ence. 9 The glory of God appeqreth. ANd he faid unto Mofes, Coitie unto theLoRD, thou, and Aaron. Nadab and Abihu, "and feventy of \?^' the elders of Ifrael ; and worihip ye afar off. . 2 And Mofes alone fliall come near the Lord : but they fliall not come nigh ; neither fliall the people go up with him. 3 'jf And Mofes came and to! people all the words of the Lord, and all the judgments : and all the people anfwered with one voice, and faid, b All the words which the Lord hath faid will we do. 4 And Mofes wrote all the word.; of the Lord, and rofe up eerly ih the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Ifrael. 5 And he fent youngs men of the children of Ifrael, which offered burnt-offerings, and facrificed peace- offerings of oxen unto the Lord. 6 And Mofes took half of the blood, and put it in bafons; and half of the blood he fprinkled on the altar. 7 And he took the book of the co- venant, and read in the audience of the people : and they faid, c Ail that '•' r' 3* the Lord liatli faid will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Mofes took the blood, and fpruikled it on the people, and faid, ty Bci'*jld God appear eth in the mount. EXODUS. The offerings for the tabernacle : Behold 'the blood of the covenant, 6 b Oil for the sht, '+>*• _. which the Lord hath made with you, concerning all thefe words. 9 1 Then went up Mofes ai jp««t Nadab and Abihu, and feventy of the elders of Ifrael ; 10 And they faw the God of Ifrael : and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a c'fapphire- flcnie, and as it were the body of hea- ven in his clearnefs. i r And upon the nobles of the children of Ifrael he laid not his rchap. hand; alio r they faw God, and did eat and drink. .: the Lord faid unto Mo- il p to me into the mount, and br there; and \ will give thee »s of {lone, and a law, and com- ; mandments which I have written ; that thou mayeft teach them. hcinp. [^ And Mofes rofe up, and h his minifter Joflma ; and Mofes went up into the mount of God, \\ And he faid unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you : and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you ; if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. 15 And Mofes went up into the .. mount, and ' a cioud covered the '■*' l6' mount. kNumb. ,6 And kthe glory of the Lord I+>I" abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it fix days : and the feventh day he called unto Mofes out of the midft of the cloud. 17 And the fight of the glory of 1 Deuwr. the Lord was like 'devouring tire on the top of the mount in the eyes of ,z-2y' the children of Ifrael. iS And Mofes went into the midft of the cloud, and gat him up into mciup. the mount : and '"Mofes was in the . mount forty days and forty nights. CHAP. XXV. 1 The n feringt for the tabernacle . t o The form of the ark. 1 7 The mercy -/eat. : Nil the Lord fpake unto Moles, faying, 2 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, l,?™!"*' *ttat tnt'y t bring me an |( offering: - •' of c\ cry man that giveth it willing- lv with his heart ye (hall take my a Chap. 3i- f- oner •l,\\r;"s 3 And this // the offering which ye !«»i 6s (hall take of them; gold, andfilver, Ne&'ii'.i. and brafs' 4 And blue, and purple, and fcar- BOr,/». icti and II fine linen, and goats te/r, 5 And rams ikms dyed red, and badgers ikins, and iWttim-woodj A1 fpices for Before anointing oil, and for d fweet incenfe; ?$J?£ 7 Onyx-ftones, and (tones to be fet hC^7^ in the e ephod, and in the '"breaftplate. 27. '10'. 8 And let them make me a fane- ';£h2a£ tuary, that *T may dwell amone j chip. them- eCh'p! 9 According to all that I (hew ^4,0. thee, after the pattern of the taber- jgfjf* naele, and the pattern of all the in- (truments thereof, even fo (hall ye \ make it. 10 c' h And they fliall make an ark \ of (hittim-wood : two cubits and a half Jhall be the length thereof, and ^c.hIlp• a cubit and a half the breadth there- il-j b«4> of, and a cubit and a half die height thereof. 11 And thou (halt overlay it with pure goldt within dnd without (bait thou overlay it ; and (halt make up- on it a crown of gold round about. t2 And thou (halt caft four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof j and two rings Jhall be in the one fide of it, and two rings in the other fide of it. 13 And thou (halt make (laves rf (hittim-wood, and overlay them with gold. 1 4 And thou (halt put the Haves in- to the rings by the fidea of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. 1 5 ' The (laves fhall be in the rings \ 'sFCi"ES of the ark j they (hall not be taken from it. 16 And thou (halt put into the ark kthe teftimony which I (hall give thee. k"jX'& 17 *[\ And 'thou (halt make a mercy- ^*8;0 _ feat of pure gold: two cubits and a iKins»" half Jhall be the length thereof, and a < cubit and a half the breadth thereof. > cup. 18 And thou (halt make two die- J'J' rubims of gold ; nf beaten work (halt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy-feat. 19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end ; even \\ of the mercy-feat JSfi^f!? fliall ye make the cherubims on the jSL*?*^*" two ends thereof. 20 And "'the cherubims flmll"™ L*"* ftretch forth their wings on high, co- 1 j vcring the mercy-feat with their . wings, and their faces Jhall look one ther ; toward the mercy-feat (hall the faces of the 'cherubims be. 2 1 " And thou (halt put the mercy- 5,£V£ feat above upon the ark ; and in the ark thou (halt put the teftimony that I (hall give thee. ociup. 22 And "there I will meet with*g;*£& thee, and I will commune with thee ■ from 17.4.' 7 he materials thereof. CHAP. XXVI. The curtains of the tabernacle. ^°-,l from above the mercy-feat, from fix branches that proceed out of the BefofS i+ei. J> between the two cherubims which candleflick. Sft, TZmT' are upon the ark of the tedimony, of 36 Their knops and their branches ' M ' "*• all things which I will give thee in mail be of the fame : all of \t Jhall be commandment unto the children of one beaten work of pure gold. Ifrael. 37 And thou (halt make the fevea *o.' 23 ^ q Tnou fl"^ a^° ""ke a taD,e lamps thereof: and " they (hall || light ;5h2*f; angj of ihittim-wood : two cubits Jliall be the lamps thereof, thatthcymay "give & J°-8- tiie length thereof, and a cubit the light over againft fit. Jr**'4" 38 And the tongs thereof, and the fnuff-difhes thereof, jliall be of pure xNumb." gold. breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 24 And thou limit overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown, of gold round about. 25 And thou (halt make unto it a he make it, with all thefe veifels. 40 And ■ look that thou make them Nnm°n..t. about, and thou (halt make a golden ed thee in the mount. crown to the border thereof round about. 26 And thou (halt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. C H A P. XXVI. 31 The vail fur the ark. Moreover, athou (halt make the^p- tabernacle with ten curtains'' of fine twined linen, and blue, and 27 Over againft: the border (hall purple, and fcarlet : with cherubims the rings be, for places of the ftaves f of cunning work (halt thou make /,' :N. to bear the table. them. 28 And thou malt make the (laves 2 The length of one curtain flialllu^ of fhittim-wood, and overlay them be eight and twenty cubits, and the b""d" with gold, that the table may be breadth of one curtain four cubits : borne with them. and every one of the curtains (hall 29 And thou (halt make rthe diflies have one meafure. thereof, and fpoons thereof, and co- 3 The five curtains (hall be coupled vers thereof, and bowls thereof, || to together one to another ; and other cover withal: of pure gold (halt thou five curtains Jhall be coupled one to make them. another. 30 And thou (halt fet upon the table 4 And thou (halt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain, from the felvedge in the coupling ; and likewife (halt thou make in the s(hew-bread before me alway 31 \ l And thou (halt make a can dleftick of pure gold ; 0/ beaten work (hall the candleftick be made : his uttermolt edge of another curtain in (haft, and his branches, his bowls, his the coupling of the fecond. knops, and his (lowers, (hall be of the 5 Fifty loops (halt thou make in fame. the one curtain, and fifty loops (halt 32 And fix branches (hall come eut thou make in the edge of the curtain of the fides of it ; three branches of that is in the coupling of the fecond, the candleftick out of the one fide, that the loops may take hold one of and three branches of the candleftick another. out of the other fide : 33 Three bowls made like unto al- monds, with a knop and a flower in one branch ; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower : Co in the fix branches that come out of the candleftick. 34 And in the candleftick fltall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. 6 And thou (halt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains to- gether with the taches •. and it Jhall be one tabernacle. 7 UAnd bthou (halt make curtains bcnap. of goats hair, to be a covering upon 3 ,l*' the tabernacle j eleven curtains (halt thou make. 8 The length of one curtain Jhall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and tlje 35 And there Jliall be a knop un- eleven curtains Jhall be all of one der two branches of the fame, and knop under two branches of the fame, and a knop under two bran meafure. 9 And thou (halt couple five cur- tains bv themfelves, and (ix curtains ches of the fame, according to the by themfelves, and (halt double the F 2 lixth Materials for the taberndek EXODUS. The vail for the ark. ■ fixth curtain in the forefront of the board, and two fockets under an- tabernacle other board. ' 10 fcid thou fhalt make fifty loops 26 *\ And thou (halt make bars of on the edge of the one curtain that is fhittim-wood ; five for the boards ot outmoft in the coupling, and fifty the one lide of the tabernacle, loons in the eoVe of the curtain which 2 7 And five bars for the boards ot coupleth the fecond. the other fide of the tabernacle, and 11 And thou (halt make fifty taches five bars for the boards of the fide o<~ brafs, and put the taches into the of the tabernacle for the two fides loops, and couple the || tent together, weftward. that it may be one. 28 And the middle bar in the mulft 1 2 And the remnant that remaineth of the boards (hall reach from end to of the curtains of the tent, the half- end. • curtain that remaineth, (hall hang 29 And thou (halt overlay the boards over the backfide of the tabernacle. with gold, and make their rings of 1 2 And a cubit on the one fide, and gold /or placesfor the bars: and thou a cubit on the other fide, + of that lhalt overlay the bars with gold. 30 And thou (Halt rear up the ta which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it (hall hang oyer the iides of the tabernacle on this fide and on that fide, to cover it. 1 4 And c thou (halt make a covering for the tent »/rams (kins died red, and a covering above of badgers (kins bernacle, A according to the fafhion ^ thereof which was fhewed thee in the jj mount. , ] 31 If And e thou (halt make a vail ^ of blue, and purple, and fcarlet, and *< fine twined linen, of cunning work : m , i \rtd thou "lhalt make boards with cherubims (hall it be made. for the tabernacle of fhittim-wood 32 And thou lhalt hang it upon four ftandine up P'!llars of fhittim-ivood overlaid with ,6 Ten cubits /m// be the length of gold: their hooks frail J* of gold up- a board, and a cubit and an half/fcfl// be the breadth of one board. Two f tenons (hall there be in one board, let in order one againft another : thus (halt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 1 8 And thou (halt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the fouth fide, fouth ward. 19 And thou (halt make forty fock- ets of filver under the twenty board on the four fockets of filver. 33 And thou (halt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou may- elt bring in thither within the vail the ark'of the teflimony : and the vail (hall divide unto you between f the holy place and the moft holy. J"J* 34 And thou (halt put the mercy- feat upon the ark of the tcilimony, in the moft holy place. 35 And B thou (halt fet the table eh**** «wcTfoc*ket8 undergone board for his without the vail, and the candleftick two tenons, and two fockets under over againft the taole, on the Ude ot another board for his two tenons. the tabernacle toward the fouth : and 20 And for the fecond fide of the thou (halt put the table on the north- tabernacle, on the north fide, there fide. ■ -*«■*«■. (hall be twenty boards, 36 And * thou (halt make an hanging jci* 21 And their forty fockets o/filver: for the door of the tent of blue, and two fockets under one board, and two purple, and fcarlet, and fine twined fockets under another board. linen, wrought with needle- work. 22 And for the fides of the taber- 37 And thou (halt make for the nacle weftward thou fhalt make i\x hanging five pillars of fcittim-WM* boarda and 'overlay them with gold, and ££ 2 X And two boards lhalt thou make their hooks jimll be of gok\ ; and toon for the corners of the tabernacle in fhalt caft five fockets ot brala tor the two (ides. them. vVvtt 24 And they (hall he f coupled to- C HA P. XX\ II. and they (hall be 1 The altar of burnf-offertng* u gether beneath, coupled together above the head of it udfiB one ring : thu [hall it I theiri both ; they (hall be for the two corners. 25 And they (hall be clSht boards, and ii ■;' Giver, I fockcto : two fockets under one veffels nacle. 9 The court of the taber- 20 The oil for. the la ANd thou (halt make aan altar oft (hittim-wood, five cubits long, and Wve cubits broad : the altar (hall ir-fquare, and the height there- of■(hall be three cubits. 2 And The altar of burnt-offering. CHAP 2 And thou ihalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof : his horns (hall be of the fame , and • b thou fhalt overlay it with brafs. 3 And tliou fhalt make his pans to receive his allies, and his fhovels, and his bafons, and his fieih- hooks, and his fire-pans : all the vellels thereof thou fhalt make o/'brafs. 4 And thou ihalt make for it a grate of net-work of brafs ; and upon the net fhalt thou make four brafen rings in the four corners thereof. 5 And thou fhalt put it under the compafs of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midft of the altar. 6 And thou malt make ftaves for the altar, Haves of fhittim-wood, and overlay them with brafs. 7 And the ftaves fhall be put into the rings, and the ftaves fhall be upon the two fides of the altar, to bear it. 8 Hollow with boards fhalt thou make it : c as \ it was lhewed thee in the mount, fo fhall they make /'/. 9 II And d thou fhalt make the court of the tabernacle : for the fouth fide fouthward then' Jhall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen, of an hundred cubits long, for one fide. ro And the twenty pillars thereof, and their twenty fockets, fhall be of brafs ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets fhall be of lilver. 1 1 And like wife for the north fide in length, there jhall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twen- ty pillars, and their twenty fockets of brafs; the hooks of the pillars and their til lees of lilver. 12 If And for the breadth of the court, on the weft fide, fhall be hang- ings of fifty cubits : their pillars ten, and their fockets ten. 1 3 And the breadth of the court on the eaft fide, eaftward, Jhall be fifty Cubits. 14 The hangings of one fide of the gate Jhall be fifteen cubits : their pil- lars three, and their fockets three. 1 5 And on the other fide fhall be hangings, fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their fockets three. 16 "jl And for the gate of the court Jhall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and fcarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needle- work: ai'd their pillars Jliall be four, and their fockets four. 17 All the pillars round about the court fhall be filleted with lilver; . XXVIII. The oil for the lamp. their hooks fhall be of filver, and their |f£gj fockets of brafs. ■■«"■ _, i 8 *\\ The length of the court fiall M be an hundred cubits, and the breadth f fifty every where, and the height [ five cubits of fine twined linen, ana their fockets of brafs. 19 Ail the vellels of the tabernacle, in all the fervice thereof, and all tiie pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, fhall be of brafs. 20 t And ethou ihalt command^; the children of Ifrael, that they bring thee pure oil-olive beaten for the light, to caufe the lamp f to burn t/^". always. 2i In the tabernacle of die con- gregation f without the vail, which fciup. 20. is before the teftimony, £ Aaron and ec^ his fons fhall order it from evening ^- ;• , to morning before the Lonu. It fhalt ipmn! ' be a ftatute for ever unto their gene- Ij' rations on the behalf of the children of Ifrael. CHAP. XXVIII. I Aaron and his Jons are Jet apart for the priejts office. 5 The ephod. 30 1 'he Urim and Fhummim, &c. ANd take thou unto thee a Aaron a."c^- thy brother, and his fons with him, from among the children of Ifrael, that he may minifter unto me in the priefts office, even Aaron, Na- dab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aarons fons. 2 And b thou fhalt make holy gar- b ciup. ments for Aaron thy brother, for 39.' 2.'. glory and for beauty. 3 And c thou fhalt fpeak unto all that are wife-hearted, dwhom 1 have n filled with the fpirit of wifdom, that |£ jq.* they may make Aarons garments to " confecrate him, that he may minifter unto me in the priefts office. 4 And thefe are the garments which they (hall make ; a breaftplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle : and they fhall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and nis fons, that he may minifter unto me in the priefts office. 5 H And they fhail take gold, and blue, and purple, and fcarlet, and fine linen 6 And they fhall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of fcarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. 7 It (hall have the two fhoulder- pieaes thereof joined at the two e< thereof ; and fo it (hall be joined to- 8eUra- * ,, 8 And The form of the ephod. EXODUS, jefore g \m\ tne || curious girdle of the 1491- ephod, which is upon it, (hall be of T^7,7! the fame, according to . le work idcnd. thereof ; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and fcarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 And thou (halt take two oynx- ftones, and grave on them the names of the children of Ifrael : 10 Six of their names on one ftone, and the other fix names of the reit on the other ftone, according to their birth. ttw. it 'With the work of an engraver ' ~4' in ftone, like the engravings of a fig- net, (halt thou engrave the two ftones with the names of the children of Ifrael : thou fhait make them to be fet in ouches of gold. 1 2 And thou (halt put the two ftones upon the moulders of the ephod for ftones of memorial unto the children of Ifrael. And Aaron fliall bear their names before the Lord upon his two flioulders for a memorial. 13 % And thou (halt make ouches of gold ; J.: And two chains of pure gold at the ends • of wreathen work (halt thou make them, and fallen the wreathen chains to the ouches. 15 *i] And fthcu flralt make the brealtplate of judgment with cuu- work ; after the work of the ephod thou (halt make it; of gold, of . and of purple, and of fcarlet, •and of rine twined iinen, thou (halt make it. 16 Four-fquare it fliall be, being doubled ; a (pan Jiinli he the length thereof, and a (panjhall be the breadth thereof. 17 *And thou (halt ■•■ f< in it let- tings of ftone:;. even tor rows of ftones t 1 owfha e a || far- r >paz, and a carbuncle : this . row. 18 And thefecond row Jhall id an d, a fappbire, and a diamond; 1 7 And the third row a 1'igure, an agate, and an amethyft. th row a beryl, and an on; they flhall be let in gold in their - i.ulolings. 21 And the ftones fliall be with the names of the children of Ifrael, twelve, accord ig to their names, like the engravings of a iignet; every one With his name (hall they be ac- cording to the fweWe tribes. 22 ' halt make upon the breal | at the ends, of wreathen- work, 0/ pure gold. fitting, of The Urim and TJmmmim. 23 And thou (halt make upon the ™':™ brealtplate two rings of gold, and (halt put the two rings on the two ■ ends of the brealtplate. 24 And thou (halt put the two \vreathen-c//fl/';zj of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the brealtplate. 25 And the other two ends of the two wreathen- chains thou fhalt fallen in the two ouches, and put them on the flioulder-pieces of the ephod be- fore it. 26 1j And thou (halt make two rings of gold, and thou (halt put them upon the two ends of the brealtplate, in the border thereof, which is in the fide of the epiiod inward. 2- And two other rings of gold thou (halt make, and (halt put them on the two fides of the ephod under- neath, toward the fore-part thereof, over againft the other coupling there- of, above the curious girdle of the ephod. 2S And they fliall bind the breaft- plate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it maybe above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the brealt- plate be not loofed from the ephod. 29 And Aaron (hall bear the names of the children of Ifrael in the brealt- plate of judgment upon his heart when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord con- tinually. ;o 1[ And h thou fhalt put in the f>tev.8.8. breaOpiate of judgment the Urim ■ and the Thummim , and they fnall VS;?3'8, be upon Aarons heart when he goeth in before the Lord : and Aaron (hall Nta.;.6>-". bear the judgment of the children of Ifrael upon his heart before the Lord continually. 31 1 And ; thou fhalt make the 'J*** robe of the ephod all of blue. 32 And there (hall be an hole in the top of it, in the midft thereof: it lhall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. 33 "J And beneath, upon the ]| hem I ^-, of it, thou (halt make pomegranates p/'blue, and vf purple, and sjfeariet, round about the hem thereof,' and bells of gold between them round about : 34 A golden bell and a pomegra- nate, .1 golden bell and a pomegra- nate, upon the hem of the robe round about, The plate of ths mitre. CHAP. !*« 35 kAnd it fhall be upon Aaron 45i- to minifter : and his found (hall be TtilZ1 heard when he goeth in unto the ho- °' ly place before the Lord, and when he cometh out, that he die not. '=n- 36 If And ' thou ihalt make a plate of pare gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a fignet, HOLI- NESS TO THE LORD. 37 And thou ihalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the fore-front of the mitre it mail be. 38 And it fhall be upon Aarons forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Ifracl ihall hallow in all their holy gifts : and it (hall be al- ways upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord. 39 % And thou (halt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou (halt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou ihalt make the girdle of needle-work. 40 *\ mAnd for Aarons fons thou (halt make coats, and thou (halt make for them girdles, and bonnets ihalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. 4r And thou (halt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his fons with him ; and (halt n anoint them, and f confecrate them, and fanctify them, tev.'io. 7. that they maY minifter unto me in 7 Heb.jf/1 the priells office. tbet, i 1 1. 42 Ancj tjlou (hait mai,;e them linen tllt,'f,jI* anointing oil, and fprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon nis garments, and upon his fons, and upon the garments qHeb. of" his fons with him : and s he mall be hallowed, and his garments, and his fons. and his fons garments with him. 22 Alfo thou lhalt take of the ram the fat, and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul [he liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right (boulder ; for it is a ram of ( ifecratipn : "-v.:: :r. j 3 ' "And one loaf of bread, and one rake of oiled bread, and one wafer out pf the bafket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lord 24 And thou (halt put all in the hands of A iron, and in the hands of 1 Heb. his fons ; and lhalt f wave them for J'aZ'po. a wave-ottering before the Lord. 6Lev.8.2S. ' 25 5And thou lhalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt-offering, for a fweet ur before the Lokd ; it is an of- fering made by fire unto the Lord. tLsv.s.iy. 20 And thou (halt take ' the brealt of the ram of Aarons confecration, and wave it/or a wave- offering before the Lord : and " it lhall be thy part. l°L'.[h 27 And tnou (halt fanctify * the bre tft of the wave- offering, and the fhoulder of the heave-offering which i'-: .'.-,. is waved, and which is heaved up of the ram of the confecration, even of which /'( for Aaron, and of that which is for his fons. 25 And it (hall be Aarons and his fons by a fb.tute for ever from the children of Ifracl ; for it is an heaye- \' ■■•'• offering: and yit lliall be an heaver ''34' offering from the children of lfrael of the facrifice of their peace- their heave-peering unto the J ■ 29 *j And the holy garments of be his fons after him, 7to be anointed therein] and to becon- fecrated in them, D U S. of ' confer at ing the pritjls. 30 And \ a that fon that is prielt in his Head lliall put them on feven days, when he cometh into the ta- . bernacle of the congregation, to mi- nilter in ilie \w\y place. 31 *l And thou lhalt take the ram of the confecration, and feetbe his fleih in the holy place. 32 And Aaron and his fons lhall eat the fleih of the ram, and the 1 bread that is in the balket, by the ' door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation. l1'4' 33 And they lliall eat thofe things wherewith the atonement was made, to confecrate and to fanctify them : but a ftranger fnall not eat thereof becaufe they ere holy. 34 And if ought of the fleih of the confecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou (halt burn the remainder with lire : it lliall not be eaten, becaufe it is holy. 35 And thus (halt thou do unto Aaron, and to his fons, according to all things which I have commanded thee : c feven days lhalt thou confer JJiSJ crate them. uvii.8, 36 And thou (halt offer every day 33'34' a bullock for a fin- offering for atone- ment : and thou lhalt clcanfe the al- tar, when thou halt made an atone- ment for it, dand thou lhalt anoint *£*;''.. it, to fanctify it. 4a 10. 37 Seven days thou flialt make an atonement for the altar, and fanctify it ; e and it lhall be an altar molt ho- ly : '"whatfoever toucheth the altar . lhall be holy. 38 V Now this is that which thou *3.ip. (halt offer upon the altar ; 8 two ^mb- lambs of the firft year, ''day by day hs« continually. fclifuf' 39 The one lamb thou lhalt offer in the morning, and the other lamb thou (halt offer at even : 40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an bin of beaten oil ; and the fourth part of an hin of wine /or a drink-offering. 41 And the other lamb thou flialt offer at even, and lhalt do thereto according to the meat-offering of the morning, and according tothedrink- offering thereof, for a fweet favour, an offering made by lire, unto the Lord. 4^ This jkailbe '' a continual burnt- ■■ offering throughout your generations, door of the tabernacle of the tion before the Lord; k where I will meet you, to fpeak £ tbereSinto thee. The altar of incenfe Bcf< CHAP. I,- 45 And there I will meet with the children of Ifrael, and || the tabernacle (hall be fan&ified by my glory. 44 And I will fanctify the taber- nacle of the congregation, and the altar ; I will fanc'tify alio both Aaron and his fons, to minitter to me in the priefts office. 45 % And ' I will dwell among the %\% children of Ifrael, and will be their God. a Clrap, ;?• is- Vcr. IC 46 And they fhall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them : 1 am the Lord their God. C H A P. XXX. 1 The altar of incenfe. 1 1 The ranfom of folds. 22 The holy anointing oil. 34 The compojition of the perfume. ANd thou ihalt make aan altar b to burn incenfe upon ; of fhittim- wood malt thou make it. 2 A cubit fhall be the length there- of, and a cubit the breadth thereof, (four-iquare (hall it be,) and two cubits fhall be the height thereof; the horns thereof jiiall be of the fame. 3 And thou (halt overlay it with tucb. >wf. pure gold, the f top thereof, and the Vlnu f hdes thereof round about, and the horns thereof ; and thou (halt make unto it a crown of gold round about. 4 And two golden rings lhalt thou make to it under the crown of it by t iic'j. r:i,. the two f corners thereof, upon the two ikies of it flialt thou make it ; and they fhall be for places for the ltaves to bear it withal. 5 And thou flialt make the ftaves of fhittim-wood, and overlay them with gold. 6 And thou flialt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the teiti- moay, before the mercy-feat that is over the teflimony, where I will meet with thee. 7 And Aaron fliall burn thereon -J- fweet incenfe every morning : when c he dreffeth the lamps he (hall burn incenfe upon it. 8 And when Aaron || f lighteth the lamps f at even, he fhall burn incenfe upon it ; a perpetual incenfe before the Lord throughout your 4 Uefi. i; Or, Jtttett between the generations. 9 Ye (hall offer no Arrange incenfe thereon, nor burnt-facrifice, nor meat- offering ; neither (hall ye pour drink- offering thereon. d i.ev. 10 AnddAaron fliall make an atone- 43-27- ment upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of tlie fin-offcr- XXX. The ranfom of fouls. ing of atonements ; once in the year B?fb*e fliall he make atonement upon it £$$!■ throughout your generations : it is ' — *—* moll holy unto the Lord. 1 1 \ And the Lord fpake unto Moles, faying, 12 e When thou takeft the fum ofecsap. the children of Ifrael, after f their number, then fliall they give every *.f^ " man a ranfom for his foul unto the ""<•'■< Lord when thou numbered them; : that there be no plague among them |™.^nb' when thou numberelt them. 13 This they fliall give, every one that pafieth among them that are numbered, f half a fhekel after the f Math. fliekel of the fancluary : (sa fliekel is **[j^" twenty gerahs : ) an half fliekel fhall j.7- }--: be the offering of the Lord. ezS'.3'47' 14 Every one that pafieth among 43'12- them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, (hall give an ottering unto the Lord. 1 5 The rich fhall not -j- give more, \ Het>. and the poor fliall not j give lefs, than '""''^:f ' lia'.f a fliekel, when they give an offer- dimimjb. ing unto the Lord, tomake an atone- ment for your fouls. 16 And thou fhalt take the atone- ment-money of the children of Ifrael, and h (halt appoint it for the fervice *£%£ of the tabernacle of the congrega- tion ; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Ifrael before the Lord, to make an atonement for your fouls. 17 If And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 18 ;Thou flialt alfo make a laver ^'h^- of brafs, and his foot alfo o/brafs, to waft] withal: and thou flialt put it between the tabernacle of the con- gregation and the altar, and thou (halt put water therein : 1 9 For Aaron and his fons k fliall ^w^m wafh their hands and their feet ;: thereat. w.*». 20 When they go into the taber- nacle of the congregation they (hall wafh with water, that they die not ; or, when they come near to the altar to minilter, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord : 2 1 So they fliall wafh their hands and their feet, that they die not : and it fliall be a ftatute for ever to them, even to fcim and to his feed, through- out their generations. 22 ^ Moreover, the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 23 Take thou alio unto thee prin- cipal fpices, of pure myrrh five hun- dred fhekels. and of fweet cinnamon J half The compofition of the perfume. E X O J^-f ha If fo much, even two hundred and u'oi. fifty jhekels, and of fwcet calamus v ' two hundred and fifty Jhekels, 24 And of caffia five hundred (he, kels, after the fhekel of the fanc- 8oh*oi tuary, and of oil-olive an 'hln. 25 And thou (halt make it an oil of holy ointment, anointment com- InJ^mcr. Pountl a^ter thc art of the II apothe- cary : it fhall be an holy anointing oil. mciwp. 26 m And thou fhalt anoint the ta- bernacle of the congregation there- Vanb.7>t. wjth, and the ark of the teltimony, 27 And the table and allhisvelfels, and the candleftick and his veffels, and the altar of incenfe, 28 And the altar of burnt-offering with all his vellels, and the laver and his foot. 29 And thou fhalt fan&ify them, £yciiy; that they may be moft holy : " what- foever toucheth them (hall be holy. l^jfvc. 3° "And thou malt anoint Aaron and his fons, and confecrate them, that they may miniiler unto me in the priefts office. 31 And thou fhalt fpeak unto the children of Ifrael, faying, This (hall be au holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. 32 Upon mans tlefli fhall it not be poured ; neither fhall ye make any other like it, after the compolition of it : it is holy, and it {hall be holy unto you. 33 Whofoevcr compoundeth any like it, or whofoevcr putteth any of pG«u jt Upon a (danger, r fhall even be cut otffrom his people. 34 f And the Lord faid unto iMo- qcaap. peS) q Xake unto thee fweet fpices, ftafte, and onycha, and galbanum; thefe fweet fpices, with pure frank- incenfe : of each fhall there be a like ■weight: 35 And thou fhalt make it a per- fume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, f tempered together, pure and holy. 36 And thou fhalt beat feme of it very fmali, and put of it before the te- ftimony in the tabernacle of the con- 2»h4:'. gregation, r where I will meet with Lqv.i'o.2. thee : it fhall be unto you moft holy. 37 And as far the perfume which thou fhalt make, ye (hall not make to yourfelves according to the com- pofition thereof: it (hull be unto thee holy tor tl 38 \\ ill make like unto that, ro f'n 1 (hall even be cut oil from his people. D U S. Thefabbath to be obferveS. CHAP. XXXI. 1 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called for the work of the tabernacle. 12 Of thefabbath. 18 Mofes receiveth the two tables. ANcI the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 2 aSee, I have called by name Be- zaleel the bfon of Uri, the fon of 35- 30. Hur, of the tribe of Judah ; 3 And I have c filled him with the ciKis* fpirit of God, in wifdom, and in un- 7-X4* derftanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanfnip, 4 To devife cunning works, to work in gold, and in lilver, and in brafs, 5 And in cutting of ftones to fet them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanfhip. 6 And I, behold I, have given with him Aholiab thefonof Ahifamach, of the tribe of Dan ; and in the hearts of all that are wife-hearted I have put wifdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee : 7 The tabernacle of the congre- gation, and the ark of the teftimony, and the mercy-feat that is thereupon, and all the f fuuniture of the taber- ; nacle, 8 And the table and his furniture, and the pure candleftick with all his furniture, and the altar of incenfe, 9 And the altar of burnt-offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot, 10 And d the clothes of fervice, ac1.ap.39. and the holy garments for Aaron the : prieft, and the garments of his fons, «*e»erf* to minifter in the priefts office, 1 1 e And the anointing oil, a'nd e chn?. 30 fweet incenfe for the holy place : ac- lj'3'' cording to all that I have command- ed thee fhall they do. 12 If And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 13 Speak thou alfo unto the chil- dren of Ifrael, faying, '"Verily my fab- f Ler. 15. baths ye fhall keep : for it is a iign be- | tween me and you throughout your | generations ; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth functify you. i.\ B Ye fhall keep thefabbath there- fore i for it is holy unto you- Every \ . ; ,-, one that defileth it (ball furely be put to death : for h whomever doeth any work therein, that , foul lhall be cm off from among his people. «• M« 1 5 Six days may work be done ; but in the feventh is the fahbath of reft, t holy to tiie Lord: whofoever doeth J^*J, a ) work in the fabbath-day, he fhall be put to death. 1 6 Wherefore ft A1 The molten calf. CHAP. Before T (, Wherefore the children of Ifrael us* fliall keep the fabbath, to obferve the — v — ' fabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. H It is a lign between me and the GMi.1.31. children of Ifrael for ever: for \in tz-z' fix days the Loud made heaven and earth,' and on the feventh day he reded, and was refreflied. 18 f\ Ajjd he gave unto Mofes, when he liad made an end of com- . muning with him upon mount Sinai, z.uu'sc *two tables of teftimony, tables of ftone, written with the linger of God. CHAP. XXXII. 1 The people caufe Aaron to make a calf. 1 9 Mofes brealieth the tables. 25 The idolaters jlain. 30 Mofes prayeth for the people. Isd when the people faw that Mo- fes delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered them- felves together unto Anon, and faid aA£u-..ic. unto him, " Up, make 1: gads which fliall go before us ; for asfoi thisMo- fi?s, the man that brought us up out of the laud of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 2 And Aaron faid unto them, Break oft' the golden ear-rings which are in the ears of your wives, of your fons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3 And ail the people brake off" the golden ear-rings which were in their ears, and Drought them unto Aaron. t> 1 Kings 4 t>Aud he received them at their pra'im ' hand, and falhioned it with a graving jco.iq. too^ afcer 1^ jja(1 macie jt a molten eNen.9.18. calf : and they faid, c Thefe be thy gods, O Ifrael, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 5 And when Aaron faw it, he built an altar before it ; and Aaron made proclamation, and faid, To- morrow (s a feaft to the Lchd. 6 And they rofe up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-olfcrings ; and the ''J.0?0/' d people lat down to eat and to drink, and rofe up to play. 7 % And the Lord faid unto Mofes, c Go, get thee down ; f for thy people, which thoubroughteitoutof the land of Egypt, ^have corrupted tiianj elves: 8 They have turned aiide quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molt- en calf, and have worshipped it, and ificed thereunto, and faid, h Thefe be thy gods, u ifrael, which have brought thee up out. of the land of Egypt. C Dent. 0- ia. f Cha?. g Debt. 31. s- XXXII. Mofes appeafeth Cods anger. 9 And the Loud faid unto Mofes, Before J I have feen this people, and, behold, uj" it is a ftiff-necked people : i^yp~^ 10 Now, therefore, let me alone, *>c*t.$. ' J' that my wrath may wax hot againft ifa!^.*. them, and that I may confume them: and kI will make of thee a great kNomh. nation- J+-12- 1 1 'And Mofes befought ftheLoRD 1 Deut. his God, and faid, Lord, why doth jVim thy wrath wax hot againft thy people, 106-.21- which thou haft brought forth out of t£%ect the land of Egypt with great power, lbe*-0RD- and with a mighty hand i 1 2 "' Wherefore fliould the Egyp- m \-umh. tians fpeak, and fay, Formifchief did Ds'utijUs. he bring them out, to flay them fa&3*.*7* the mountains, and to confume them from the face of the earth ? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil againft thy people. 13 Remember Abraham, Ifaac, and Ifrael, thy fervants, to whom thou fwareft by thine own felf, and faidft unto them, " I will multiply your "G«. feed as the ftars of heaven ; and all n'-.s-^ this land that I have fpoken of will SfiS:™' I give unto your feed, and they fliall £ ^; ',-]; inherit it for ever. 1 4 And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. 15 "J And Mofes turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the teftimony were in his hand : the tables were written pn both their (ides ; on the one fide and on the other were they written. i 6 And the " tables were the work 1f*$; of God, and the writing wax the writ- J ing of God, graven upon the tables. 1 7 And when Joiima heard the noife of the people as they fhouted, he faid unto Mofes, There is a noife of war in the camp. , 18 And he faid, It is not the voice of them that fhout for mattery, nei- ther is it the voice of than that cry for + being overcome ; but the noife of them that ling do I hear. 19 f And it came to pais, as foon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he faw the calf, and the dancing and Mofes anger waxed hot, ami he call the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. 20 pAnd he took the calf which p**** they had made, and burnt it in the y" lire, and ground it to powder, and ftrawed it upon the water, and made the children of Ifrael drink of it. 21 1[ And Mofes laid unto Aaron, What d d Llils people unto thee, that thou tcn r\ r:an egain/i bit fin, and ug'inii bis trct':t',icc x Plklm 69. 2K. Rom. g. 3. y PfMm 56. K. & UM('. I'l II. 4- 3- Kfv 3. 5. D U S. God refufeth to go with the people. fpoken unto thee. "Behold, mine angel fliall go before thee : never- '^'- J thelefs, bin the day when I vilit, I JiciTap.33. will vilit their fin upon them. 35 And the Lord plagued the *°-^- people, becaufe they made the calf, \%X{. which Aaron made. CHAP. XXXIII. 1 The Lord refufeth to go with the people. 9 The Lord talketh with Mofes . 1 8 Mofes defireth to fee the glory of God. ANd the Lord faid unto Mofes, Depart, and go up hence, thou, * and the people which thou halt "P1** brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I fware unto Abraham, to Ifaac, and to Jacob, fay- ing, b Unto thy feed will 1 give it; i -.'".' 2 c And I will fend an angel be- ^rfjj. fore thee 5 and I will drive out thecctup. Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hi- J°*v vite, and the Jebufite ; 3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey : for I will not go up in the midft of thee, for thou art a J Uiff- ;££■ necked people ; left e I confume thee ^"'-o-'J- , r r ' e Cha;>. in the way. 23- «• 4 If And when the people heard thefe evil tidings they mourned : fand no man did put on him his f i***". ornaments. 5 For the Lord had faid unto Mofes, Say unto the children of Ifrael, Ye are a ftiff-necked people ; I will come up into the midft of thee in a moment, and confume thee : therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that 1 may know what to do unto thee. 6 And the children of Ifrael ftrip- ped themfelves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb. 7 f And Moles took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, ''and called it the 'J***** Tabernacle of the Congregation. And it came to pafs, that every one which fought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. 8 And it came to pals, when Mofes went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rofe up, and ftood every man at his tent-door, and looked af- ter Mofes, until he was gone into the tabernacle. 9 * And it came to pafs, as Mofes entered into the tabernacle, the clou. t\y pillar defcended, and ftood at the door of the tabernacle, and the LORD talked with Mofes, iq And Mofes deftreth to fee Gods glory. CHAP. {Jjf£™ 10 And all the people faw the t '^ • cloudy pillar ftand at the tabernacle- " door : and all the people rofe up and worihipped, every man in his tent- door. 32?"; r ' And h the Lord fpake unto Mo- Num. 1-2.8. fes face to face, as a man fpeaketh un- 3+''Vo. to his friend. And he turned again into the camp ; but his fervant Jo- fhua the fon of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. 12 *j And Mofes faid unto the Lord, See, thou fayeft unto me, Bring up this people ; and thou halt not let me know .whom thou wilt fend with me : «jcr. i.s. yet thou haft faid, 'I know thee by name, and thou haft alfo found grace in my fight. 1 3 Now, therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy fight, (hew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy fight ; and coniider that this nation is thy people. k ir?.. cz-o. 14 And he faid, kMy prefence fha.ll go with thee, and I will give thee reft. i chap. 1 5 And he faid unto him, ' If thy 3+" a* prefence go not with me, carry us not up hence. i6 For wherein (hall it be known here, that I and thy people have found grace in thy fight ? Is it not in mchap. that thou goeft with us? fo m (hall j4'10- we be feparated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. 17 And the Lord faid unto Mofes, I will do this thing alfo that thou hail fpoken : for thou haft found grace in my fight, and I know thee by name. '18 If And he faid, 1 befeech thee, fhew me thy glory. 34C5?6. lr> And lie fait)l "X Wl11 make a11 my goodnefs pafs before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord oRom. before thee; "and will be gracious 9' 1" to whom I will be gracious, and will fhew mercy on whom I will fhew mercy. pGen. 20 And he faid. Thou canft not 32. 30. fee my face -. for p there fhali no man Deut. 5.24. _ J ... judg. fee me and live. M'."s. 21 And the Lord faid, Behold, a,, i'." thim is a place by me, and thou lhalt ftand upon a rock: 22 And it (hall come to pafs, while my glory palieth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thse with my hand while I pais by 2 3 And I will take away mine hand, and thou Ilia It fee my back-parts ; but my face lhall not be feen. XXXIV. The tables are renevfed. CHAP. XXXIV. 1 The tables are renewed. 5 The name of the LORD proclaimed. 1 c God maketh a covenant with tliem. ANd the Lord faid unto Mofes, ***« a Hew thee two tables of ftone hsi. like unto the firft ; and I will write i'^Tjf. upon thefe tables the words that were i,e'ut?io.i. in the firft tables which thou brakedft. 2 And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and prefent thyfelf there to me bin the top of the mount. \o^?o. 3 And no man (hall ccome up with cci.ap!a». thee, neither let any man be feen "• u' throughout all the mount ; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. 4 M And he hewed two tables of ftone like unto the firft ; and Mo- fes rofe up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of ftone. 5 And the Lord defcended in the cloud, and ftood with him there, and d proclaimed the name of the Lord. *<*** 6 And the Lord pafled by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord eGod, merciful and gra- J^Sf* cious, long-fuftlring, and abundant in goodnefs and truth, 7 '"Keeping mercy for thoufands, fchap. forgiving iniquity, and tranfgreflion, Deit^.xo. and fin, and 8that will by no means V; clear the guilty ; vifiting the iniquity sens;.. of the fathers upon the children, and jiiJj.;.^. upon the childrens children, unto the $?*%. \\\ third and to the fourth generation. Nth. 1. 3. 8 If And Mofes made hafte, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worihipped. 9 And he faid, If now I have found grace in thy fight, O Lord, * let my *?b}*; Lord, I pray thee, go among us, (for it is a ftiff-necked people ;) and pardon our iniquity and our fin, and take us for thine inheritance. 10 If And he faid, Behold, 'I make iDeut.s-a. a covenant ; before all thy people I will do marvels, fuch as have not been clone in all the earth, nor in any nation : and all the people, among which thou art, (hall fee the work of the Lord ; for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. 1 1 Obferve thou that which I com- mand thee this day ; Behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Ilivite, and the Jebulite. 12 ''Take Gods tChap. 13- -,12 ectiva EzeK. a Chap. *3- '5. Dtut. 16. If. 24- -4- y Chap. *?■ 13- 23- 10. t Heb. revolution Iflbeftar. • Chap. 23 <+, 17- Deut. ■2 Chrott. 17- 10. Aasiu.io covenant -with Ifraei. 1 2 k Tnke heed to thyfelf, left thou make a covenant with the in- habitants of the land whither thou goeft, left it be for a fnare in the midft of thee : 1 3 But ye fhall deflroy their altars, 'break their \ images, and "'cut down their groveft. 14 For thou flialt worfhip no other God : for the Lono, whofe name is Jealous, is a "jealous God ; 1 5 Led thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do facrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his facrifice ; 1 6 And thou take of ° their daugh- ters unto thy foils, and their daugh- ters rgo a whoring after their gods, and make thy fons go a whoring after their gods. 1 7 q Thou fnalt make thee no molt- en god-. 1 8 ^| The feaft of r unleavened bread flialt thou keep. Seven days thou (halt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib . for in the 3 month Abib thou earned out from Egypt. 19 'All that openeth the matrix is mine ; and every firdling among thy cattle, whether ox or fheep, thai is male. 20 But " the firftling of an afs thou flialt redeem with a || lamb : and if thou redeem hi?n not, then (halt thou break his neck. All the firft-born of thy fons thou fnalt redeem ; and none flia.ll appear before me "empty. 2i "I rSix da}'s thou (halt work; but on the feventh day thou flialt reft : iu earing-time and in harveft thou flialt reft. 22 "1 'And thou flialt obferve the ' feaft of weeks, of the firft-fruits of wheat- harveft, and the feaft of in- gathering at the \ years end. 23 1| * Thrive in the year (hall all your men-children appear before the Lord Clod, the God of liiael. 24 For I will ca(t out the nations before thee, -\m\ enlarge thy borders : b neither fliall auy man delire thy land when thou flialt go up to appear be- ■ fore the LORD thy God thrice in the year. 25 *f"c Thou (halt not offer the blood of my facrifice with leaven; 4 neither fnall the facrifee of the feaft of the paflbver be left unto the morning. 26 cThe tit-It of the iirft-fruits of • thy land thou (halt bring unto the ho life of the Lord thy God* Thou EXODUS. Mofes face jhinefh. (halt not feethe a r kid in his mothers ggg milk. uyi. 2-< And the Lord faid unto Mofes, f"chtp~" " Write thou °' thefe words, for after i&£?' the tenor of thefe words I have made «4>*i« a covenant with thee and with Ifraei. 4; ,""!" 28 ''And he was there with the*cu*p. Lord f<-rty days and forty nights j owt. j>. he did neither eat bread nor drink *'j£" water. And ' he wrote upon the:3i-is.'& tables the words of the covenant, the H'. (f ' * ten f commandments. &ic.'V;;: 29 If And it came to pafs, when Mofes came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of teftimony in Mofes hand, (when he came down from the mount, ) that Mofes wift not that kthe fkin of his face fhone while \'^l. he talked with him. 30 And when Aaron and all the children of Ifraei faw Mofes, behold, the (kin of his face fhone ; and they were afraid to come nigh him. 31 And Mofes called unto them ; and Aaron and all the rulers of Che congregation returned unto him: and Mofes talked with them. 32 And afterward all the children of ifraei came nigh : and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had fpoken with him in mount Sinai. 33 And till Mofes had done fpeak- ing with them he put Ja vail on aiSj*^"' face. 34 But when Mofes went in before the Lord, to fpeak with him, he took the vail off until he came out. And he came out, and fpake unto the chil- dren of Ifraei t/iat which he was com- manded. 35 And the children of Ifraei faw the face of Mofes, that the (kin of Mofes face flione ; and Mofes put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to fpeak with Him. CHAP. XXXV. 1 The fabbath. 4 The free gifts for the tabernacle. 20 The readinej's of the people to offer. ANd Mofes gathered all the con- gregation of the children of Ifraei together, and faid unto them, Thefe are the words which the Lord hath commanded, that ye fhould do them. 3 a Six clays fliall work be done ; but on the feventh day there fliall be to you fan holy day, a fabbath of red to the Lord ; whomever doeth work ' therein (hall be put to death. 3 h Ye fliall kindle no fire through- *£££ out yfHir habitations upon the fab- bath -d.t'\ 4 1 And The free gifts fir the tabernacle. CHAP. B^w 4 \ And Mofes fpake unto all the iwf. congregation of the children of Ifrael, — v — ' faying, This is the thing which the Lord commanded, faying, 5 Take ye from among you an of- aup. faring unto the Lord : c whofoever is of a willing heart let him bring it, an offering of the Lord; gold, and (liver, and brafs, 6 And blue, and purple, and fear- let, and fine linen, and goats hair, 7 And ram:, (kins dyed red, and badgers fltins, and Ihittim-wood . R^« 8 And oil for the light, d and fpices for anpintirtg oil, and for the fweet incc; 9 And oynx-ftones, and flones to be fet for the ephod, and for the breaftplate. chap, j 0 ^nd e every wife-hearted among you fhall come, and make all that the Lord hath commanded : |£p-i<5. ,r f The tabernacle, his tent, and hiscovering,histaches,and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his fockets ; 1 2 The ark and the ftaves thereof, with the mercy-feat, and the vail of the covering ; 1 3 The table and his ftaves, and all ^yj'. his veffels, g and die (hew -bread ; uThecandleftickalfo for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light ; P»p. I5 '' And the incenfe-altar and his ftaves, and the anointing oil, and the fweet incenfe, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle ; pi?' 1 6 ! The altar of burnt-offering with his brafen grate, his ftaves, and all his veifels . the laver and his foot ; 17 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their fockets, and the hanging for the door of the court ; 18 The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords ; 19 The clothes of fervice, to do fervice in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the prieft, and the garments of his fons to minifter in the priefts office. 20 ^f And all the congregation of the children of Ifrael departed from the prefence of Mofes. 2 1 And they came, every one whofe heart ftirred him up, and every one whom his fpirit made willing, and they brought the Lords offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his fervice, and for the holy garments. 22 And they came, both men and . women, as many as were willing- XXXV. The peoples readinefs to offer. hearted, and brought bracelets, and Be*.™ ear-rings, and rings, and tablets, all S^S jewels of gold : and every man that ' — *— offered, offered an offering of gold unto the Lord. 23 And every man with whom was found blue, and purple, and fcarlet, and fine linen, and goats hair, and red fkins of rams, and badgers fkins, brought them. 24 Every one that did offer an of- fering of liiver and brafs brought the Lords offering: and every man with whom was found fhittim-wood, for any work of the fervice, brought it. 25 And all the women that were wife - hearted did fpin with their hands, and brought that which they had fpun, both of blue, and of purple, and of fcarlet, and of fine linen. 26 And all the women, whofe heart ftirred them up in wifdom, fpun goats hair. 27 And the rulers brought onyx- ftones, and (tones to be fet for the ephod, and for the breaftplate : 28 And kfpice, and oil for the light, tg**" and for the anointing oil, and for the " fweet incenfe. 29 The children of Ifrael brought a willing offering unto the Lord, every man and woman, whofe heart made them willing to briug, for all manner of work which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Mofes. 30 f And Mofes faid unto the chil- dren of Ifrael, See, ' the Lord hath ***£• called by name Bezaleel the fon of Uri, the fon of Hur, of the tribe of Judah ; 31 And he hath filled him with the fpirit of God, in wifdom, in under- ftanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanfhip : 32 And to devife curious works, to work in gold, and in filver, and in brafs, 35 And in the cutting of ftones to fet the?n, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. 34 And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he and Aho- liab the fon of Ahifamach, of the tribe of Dan. 35 Them hath he filled with wif- dom of heart, to work all manner of work of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the em- broiderer, in blue, and in purple, in fcarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, The pecples liberality reflrahied. E X O Before work, and of thole that devife cunning S$! work, ^-v — ' CHAP. XXXVI. I The offerings are delivered to the workmen. 4 The liberality of the people is rejhn.n ted. 1490. HPHen wrought Bezaleel and Aho- JL liab, and every wife-hearted man, in whom the Lord put wif- dom and understanding, to know how to work all manner of work for the fervice of the fanctuary, accord- ing to all that the Lord had com- manded. 2 And Mofes called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wife- hearted man, in whofe heart the Lord had put wifdom, even every one whofe heart fKrred him up to come unto the work to do it : 3 And they received of Mofes all the offering which the children of Ifrael had brought for the work of the fervice of the fanctuary, to make it withal. .And they brought yet unto him free -offerings every morning. 4 t And all the wife men,- that wrought all the work of the fanc- tuary, came every man from his work which they made ; 5 And they (pake unto Mofes, fay- ing, The people bring much more than enough for the fervice of the work which the Lord commanded to make. 6 And Mofes gave commandment, and they caufed it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, faying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the fancluary. So the people were re- ftrained from bringing. 7 For the ftuff they had was fufn- cient for all the work to make it, and too much. s chap. 8 t ' And every wife-hearted man, 2°*1, among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle, made ten curtains of line twined linen, and blue, and purple, and fcarlet : with cherubims of cunning work made he them. 9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits : the curtains were all of one fize. 10 And he coupled the five cur- tains one unto another : and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another. 1 1 And he made loops of bine on the edge of one curtain, from the felvedge in the coupling : likewife he made in the uttennofi, tide of D tJ S. The curtains, Sct.fot the tabernacle, another curtain, in the coupling of <■■ - the fecond. \z b Fifty loop:, made he in one ^J; curtain, and fifty loops made he in ^. 10. the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the fecond : the loops held one curtain to another. 1 3 And he made fifty taches of g oV, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: fo it be- came one tabernacle. 14 If And he made curtains of goats hail for the tent over the ta - bernacle : eleven curtains he made them. 15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain : the eleven curtains were of one fize. 16 And he coupled five curtains by themfelves, and fix curtains by themfelves. 17 And he made fifty loops upon the uttermoft edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the fecond. 18 And he made fifty taches of brafs to couple the tent together, that it might be one. 19 r\ And he made a covering for the tent of rams fkinsdyed red, and a covering of badgers fldns above that. 20 \ And he made boards for the tabernacle of fhittim-wood, ftanding up. 2r The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. 22 One board had two tenons equally diftant one from another : thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. 23 And he made boards for the tabernacle ; twenty boards for the fouth lide, fouthward : 24 And forty fockets of filver he made under the twenty boards ; two fockets under one board for his two tenons, and two fockets under ano- ther board for his two tenons. 25 And for the other lide of the ta- bernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards, 26 And their forty fockets of fil- ver ; two fockets under one board, and two fockets/ under another board. 27 And for the fides of the taber- nacle weilward he made fix boards. 28 And two boards made he for theycorners of the tabernacle in the two ikies. 29 And The vat I for Vie tabernacle. Before CHAP. XXXVII tHett. tWO /w-trtt, two/octets, cChap. ■26. 20. & 29 And they were -f coupled be- neath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring : thus he did to both of them in both the corners. 30 And there were eight boards, and their fockets were fixteen fockets of (Uver, f under every board two fockets. 31 If And he made cbarsof fhittim- wood : five for the boards of the one lide of the tabernacle, 32 And five bars for the boards of the other fide of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the taber- nacle for the fides weft ward. 33 And he made the middle bar to flioot through the boards from the one end to the other. 34 And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. itju 35 % A nd he made d a vail of blue, and purple, and fcarlet, and fine twin- ed linen : with cherubims made he it of cunning work. 36 And he made thereunto four pillars 0/ fhittim-woot/, and overlaid them with gold : their hooks were of gold ; and he caft for them four fockets of filver. = ciiap. 37 \ And he made an e hanging for the tabernacle-door of blue, and purple, and fcarlet, and fine twined IFwrkof ^nen> f of needle-work, 38 And the five pillars of it with h*hSier' their hooks ; and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold : but their five fockets were o/brafs. CHAP. XXXVII. 1 The ark, 6 the mercy-feat with che- rubims, 10 the table, 1 7 the candle- Jlick, 25 the altar ofinceiife. A Nd Bezaleel made a the ark of w»w« J^\ fhittim-wood ; two cubits and a })a.]£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 without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. 3 And he caft for it four rings of gold, to be Jet by the four corners of it ; even two rings upon the one fide of it, and two rings upon the other fide of it. 4 And he made ftaves of fhittim- wood, and overlaid them with gold. 5 And he put the ftaves into the rings by the fides of the ark, to bear the ark. bchap. 0 ^| And he made the b mercy-feat of pure gold : two cubits and a half t ' The mercy-feat, with cherubims. was the length thereof, and one cubit *?hf™£ and a half the breadth thereof. use- 7 And he made two cherubims of " "* gold ; beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy -feat : 8 One cherub |] on the end on this H *« . fide, and another cherub j| on the J"or,' other end on that fide: out of the • "f> &c' mercy-feat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 9 And the cherubims fpread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy-feat, with their faces one to another ; even to the mercy-feat-ward were the faces of the cherubims. 10 11 And he made c the table ofi^l', fluttim-weod : 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 thereunto a crown of gold round about. 12 Alfo he made thereunto a bor- der of an hand-breadth round about ; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about. 1 3 And he caft for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that xvere in the four feet thereof. 14 Over againft the border were the rings, the places for the ftaves to bear the table. 1 5 And he made the ftaves of fhit- tim-wood, and overlaid them with, gold, to bear the table. 16 And he made the vefTels which were upon the table, his d dilhes, and \f*?§l his fpoons, and his bowls, and his co- vers || to cover withal, of pure gold. l°*-,.out 1 7 f And he made the e candle- u»S*5. ftick of pure gold : of beaten work c2£h»P; made he the candleftick ; his fhaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the fame . 1 8 And fix branches going out of the fides thereof; three branches of the candleftick out of the one fide there- of, and three branches of the candle- ftick out of the other fide thereof: 19 Three bowls made after the falhion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower ; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower : fo throughout the fix branches going out of the candleftick. 20 And in the candleftick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers : G 21 And The altar ofincenfe. E X O «£ta 2 ' And a knop under two branches u'bo. of the fame, and a knop under two w branches of the fame, and a knop under two branches of the fame, ac- cording to the fix branches going out of it. 22 Their knops and their branches were of the fame ; all of it was one beaten work of pure gold. 23 And he made his feven lamps, and his f millers, and his fnuff-diihes, of pure gold. 24 Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the veilels thereof. fchap. 25 t f And he made the ineenfe- 30,1* altar of Ihittim- wood : the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit, (it zuas four-fquare, ) and two cubits was the height of it ; the horns thereof were of the fame. 26 And he overlaid 't with pure gold, both the top of it, and the fides thereof round about, and the horns of it ! alio h? made unto it a crown of gold round about. 27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two fides thereof, to be places for the ftaves to bear it withal. 28 And he made the ftaves of fhit- tim-wood, and overlaid them with gold ■ su- ing oil, and the pure incenfe of fweet fpices, according to the work of the apothecary. CHAP. XXXVIII. 1 The altar of burnt -offering. 8 The laver ofbrafs. 9 The court. 2 1 The fum of the offering. soup. * TSci J he niade the altar of burnt- 1\ offering of fhittim-wood : five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, (it was four-fquare.) and three cubits the height thereof. 2 And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it ; the horns thereof were of the fame : and he overlaid it with brafs. 3 And he made all the veflels of the altar, the pots, and the fhovels, and the bafons, ami the flefh-hooks, and the fire - pans ; all the vefiels thereof made he ofbrafs. 4 And lie made for the altar a brafen grate of net- work, under the compafs thereof, beneath unto the midfr. of it. 5 And he caft four rings for the four ends of the grate of brafs, to it places for the ftaves. D U S. . The court of the tabernacle. 6 And he made the ftaves • the commandment of Motes, fat the ~* ' fervice of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, Ton to Aaron the prieft. 22 And Bezaleel the foil of Uri, the fon of Hur, uf the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Mofes 23 And with him was Aholiab, fon of Ahifamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning work- man, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purpie, and in fcarlet, and fine linen. 24 Ail the gold that was occupied for the work, in all the work of the holy places ven the gold of the offer- ing, was twenty and nine talents, and feven hundred and thirty fhekels, af- *ft ter e the fhekel of the fanctuary. 25 And the filver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thou- fand feven hundred and threefcore and fifteen fhekels, after the fhekel of the fan&uary. 26 f A bekah for -\ every man, that is, half a fhekel, after the fhekel of the fanftuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for £fix hun- dred thoufand, and three thoufand, and five hundred and fifty men. 27 And of the hundred talents of !gcbip.i6. filver were caft hthe foekets of the fanctuary, and the foekets of the vail ; an hundred foekets of the hun- dred talents, a talent for a focket. 28 And of the thoufand feven hun- dred feventy and five jhekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them. 29 And the brafs of the offering was feventy talents, and two thou- fand and four hundred fhekels. 30 And therewith he made the foekets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brafen altar, and the brafen grate for it, and all the vefTels of the altar, 31 And the foekets of the court round about, and the foekets of the court-gate, and all the pins of the ta- bernacle, and all the pins of the court round about. CHAP. XXXIX. 2 The clot/xs of fervice, and holy gar- ments. 2 The ephod. 8 The breaft- plate. 22 The robe of rhe ephod. Nd of the blue, and purple, and fcarlet, they made clothes of fervice, to do fervice in the holy place, and ' made the holy garments •.?' A1 XXXIX. The ephod, andlreajlplate. for Aaron ; b as the Lord command- l" ^ ed Mtafls. 2 And he made the ephod of gold, , blue, and purple, and fcarlet, aficl - +■' fine twined linen. 3 And they did beat the gold into" thin plates, and cut ft into wires, to work/7 in the blue, and itl the purple, and in the fcarlet, and in the fine linen, with tunning work. 4 They made Ihoulder-pieces for it, to couple it together • by the two edges was it coupled together. 5 And the curious girdle of his ephod that was upon it was of the fame, according to the work thereof, 0/g°hi, blue, and purple, and fcarlet, and fine twined linen ; as the Lord commanded Mofes. 6 ^f cAnd they wrought cnyx-ftones ^p™- inclofed in ouches of gold, graven, as "J" fignets are graven, with the names of the children of Ifrael. 7 And he put them on the moul- ders of the ephod, that they /houLl he ftones for a d memorial to the chil- -\ ■" ■■■•:■ dren of Ifrael ; as the Lord com- *8"" manded Mofes. 8 "fl And he made the breaftplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod ; of gold, blue, and purple, and fcarlet, and fine twined linen. 9 It was four-fquare ; they made the breaftplate double : a fpan was the length thereof, and a fpan the breadtli thereof, being doubled. 10 e And they fet in it four rowS ech»p.i«. of (tones ; the firfl row was a || far- ' o'rM*. dins, a topaz, and a carbuncle : this was the firlt row. 1 1 And the fecond row, an eme- rald, a fapphire, and a diamond. 12 And the third row., a ligure, an agate, and an amethyft. 13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jafper : they were inclofed in ouches of gold in their imlolinus. 14 And the ftones woe according to the names of the children of Ifrael, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a fign-t. every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. 1 5 And they made upon the breaft- plate chains at the ends, of wrcathen work of pure gold. r6 And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breaftplate. 17 And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the brcaitplate. G 2 18 And The rcbe of the ephod. EXO cm" t8 And the two en<^ °f t,ie two moo. wreathen chains they fattened in the ~"v i two ouches, and put them on the fhoul- der-pieces of the ephod before it. 19 And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breaftplate, upon the border of it, which was on the fide of the ephod inward. 20 And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two fides of the ephod underneath, toward the fore-part of it, over againft the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. 21 And they did bind the breaft- plate by his rings unto the rings' of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breaft- plate might not be loofed from the ephod; as the Lord, commanded Mofes. 22 t And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. 23 And there was an hole in the midft of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it fliould not rend. 24 And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and fcarlet, and twined linen. chap. 25 ^nd they made f bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pome- granates; 26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minifter in ; as the Lord commanded Mofes. 27 t And they made coats of fine linen, of woven work, for Aaron, and for his fons. ♦.is." 28 g And a mitre of fine linen, and ch goodly bonnets of fine linen, and k +:.' ''linen breeches of fine twined linen ; 29 And a girdle of Wne twined li- nen, and blue, and "purple, and fcar- let, of needle- work; as the Lord commanded Mofes. 30 *l And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, Uke to the engravings of a fignet, '• HOLINESS TO THE LORD. 31 And they tied unto it a hue of blue, to ta.len it on high upon the iUttre ; as the1 Lord commanded Mofes. 32 t Thus a as all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congre- L> U S. The tabernacle brought to Mofes. gation finiflied : and the children of lliael did according to all that the v J « ■ j Lord commanded Mofes, fo did they. 33 II And they brought the taber- nacle unto Mofes, the tent and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and hisfockets, 34 And the covering of rams (kins dyed red, and the covering of badgers fkins, and the vail of the covering, 35 The ark of the teftimony and the Haves thereof, and the mercy-feat, 36 The table and all the veifels thereof, and the fhew-bread, 37 The pure candleitick u>////the lamps thereof, even wii/i the lamps to be fet in order, and aty.the veifels thereof, and the oil for light, 38 And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and f the fweet in- '"f*:tnre cenfe, and the hanging for the taber- 1 , to B /pica. nacle-door, 39 The brafen altar and his grate ofbrafs, his ftaves, and all hio veiieis, the laver and his foot, 40 The hangings of the court, his pillars, and hisfockets, and the hang- ing for the court-gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the veffels of the fer-' vice of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation, 41 The clothes of fervice to do fer- vice in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the prieft, and his fons garments, to minifter in the priefts office. 42 According to all that the Lord commanded Mofes, fo the children of Ifrael made all the work. 43 And Mofes did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the Lord had commanded, even fo had they done it : and Mofes blefs- ed them. CHAP. XL. 1 The tabernacle is commanded to be reared, 9 and anointed. 1 2 Aaron and his fons to be fanflified. ANd the Lord (pake unto Mofes, faying, 2 On the firftday of the firft month \ {halt thou fet up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation ; 3 And thou lhalt put therein the ark of the teftimony, and cover the ark with the vail. 4 And ■ thou lhattbring in the table, \^'Jl\ and fet in order f the things that are to be fet in order upon it ; and thou ,'^r"'^r fiialt bring in the candleitick, and light the lamps thereof. 5 And thou fhalt fet the altar of gold for the iiicenfe before the ark of the The tabernacle anointed: CHAP chria the teftimony, and put the hanging 1490. 0f the door to the tabernacle. ~~" ' 6 And thou (halt fet the altar of the burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the XL. cloud covereth it. congregation. 7 And b thou flialt fet the laver be- tween the tent of the congregation and the altar, and fhalt put water therein. 8 And thou fhalt fet up the court round about, and hang up the hang- ing at the court-gate. 9 And thou (halt take the anoint- ing oil, and c anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and (halt hal- low it, and all the veflels thereof: and it (hall be holy. 10 And thou fhalt anoint the altar of the burnt- offering, and all his vef- »$>• fels, and fancYify the altar : and d it {Hall be an altar t mpft holy. 1 1 1 And thou fhalt anoint the laver and his foot, and fancfify it. z. 12 t e And thou flialt bring Aaron and his fons unto the door of the ta- bernacle of the congregation, and wafh them with water. 1 3 And thou fhalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, f and anoint him, and fanctify him; that he may mi- nifter unto me in the priefts office. 14 And thou flialt bring his fons, and clothe them with coats: 1 5 And thou fhalt anoint them, as thou didlt anoint their father, that they may minifter unto me in the priefts office ; for their anointing fhall furely be an everlafting prielthood throughout their generations. r 6 Thus did Mofes : according to all that the Lord commanded him, lb did he. 17 ^i And it came to pafs, in the firft month, in the fecond year, on the firft day of the month, that the s ta- bernacle was reared up. 18 And Mofes reared up the taber- nacle, and fattened his fockets, and fet up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. 19 And he fpread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the co- vering of the tent above upon it ; as the Lord commanded Mofes. 20 1f And he took and put "the teftimony into the ark, and fet the ftaves on the ark, and put the mercy- feat above upon the ark. 2 1 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and 'fet up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the teftimony ; as the Lord com- manded Mofes. 22 t k And he put the table in the 5*«£? tent or the congregation, upon the hde »49Q- of the tabernacle northward, with- iTcT^- out the vail. 2°- 3*« 2 3 And he fet the bread in order upon it before the Lord; as the Lord had commanded Mofes. 24 f And he put the candleftick in the tent of the congregation over againlt the table, on the fide of the tabernacle fouthward. 25 And he lighted the lamps before the Lord ; as the Lord commanded Mofes. 26 Tf And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation be- fore the vail. 27 'And he burnt fweet incenfe \%*%' thereon 3 as the Lord commanded J Mofes. 28 If And he fet up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. 29 And he put the altar of burnt- offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt-offering Tieat-offerii commanded Mofes. 30 f And he fet the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to walh withal. 31 And Mofes, and Aaron, and his fons, wafhed their hands and theirfeet thereat. 32 When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they wafhed ; Bas the Lord commanded Mofes. "f.Vj.' 33 And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and fet up the hanging of the court-gate : fo Mofesfinifhefl the work. 34 1| ° Then a cloud covered the \}g£* tent of the congregation, and the glo- ^j1'.1* 17 of the Lord tilled the tabernacle. 1 Kings 35 And Mofes was not able to en- ia0r'on. ter into the tent of the congregation, ££** becaufe the cloud abode thereon, and ]£;.°;.4;g the glory of the Lord filled the ta- bernacle. 36 >'And when the cloud was ta* \^/ ken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Ifrael + went onward in J»*j _ all their journeys : 3; But if the cloud were not taken lip, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. 38 For 'the cloud of the Lord \^\\ iv ai upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the fight of all the houfe of Ifrael, throughout all their journeys. G 3 II Thc f The Third Book of MOSES, called LEVITICUS. 1 O OJ tilt A 16. 21! Exoa. 29 CHAP. I. i The burnt-offerings, i of the herd, 1 o of the flocks, 1 4 of tie fowls . ND the Lord called unto Mofes, and (pake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, faying, 2 Speak, unto the children of Ifrael, and fay unto them, aIf any man of you bring m offering unto the Lord, ye (hall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock. 3 If his ottering be a hurnt-facri- fice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemilh : he mall offer it of hi-, own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord 4 b And he fliall put his hand upon thf head of the burnt offering ; and it iliaU be accepted for him, to make atom-merit for him. 5 And he (hall kill the bullock be- o*». fore the Lord: c and the priefli, Aarons Tons, fliall bring the blood, **«>■ 4 aiKi fpriakle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 6 And he mail flay the burnt-offer- ing, and cut it into his pieces. 7 And the fons of Aaron the pried (hall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire. 8 And the prieils, Aaronsfons, fliall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is. upon the altar. 9 Hut his inwards and his legs fliall he waih in water : and the priett fliall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt- faaifke, an offering made by fire, of a fweet favour unto the Lord. 10 ^J And if his offering be of the flocks, vamely, of the fheep, or of the go its, for a burnt- facritke ; he lhall bring it a male without blemiih. 1 1 And lie Until kill it on the fide of the altar northward before the Lord \ and the prieils, Aaronsfons, ihall fprinkle his blood round about upon the altar. 1 2 And he lhall cut it into his pieces, With, his head and his fat ; and the priett ihall lay tr.em in order on the wood that is on the lire which is upon the altar. 13 Hut he fliall wafli the inwards and tiie legs with water; and the pried ihall bring // all, and burn it upon the altar : it ;; a bunu-fucrilk?. an offering made by fire, of a fweet JjJjJ favour unto the Lord. uao. 14 *', And if the burnt-facrince for " ' his offering to the Lord be of fowls, then he mail bring his offering of e turtle-doves, or of young pigeons. )^v' ij And the prieft lhall bring it unto the altar, and || wring off his J,-^ eff head, and burn it on the altar . and J^jJ^ the blood thereof fliall be wrung out ««>i- at the fide of the altar. 16 And lie fliall pluck away his crop with || his feathers, and call it °rv befide the altar on the eall part, by tucntft the place of the allies. r 7 And he ihail cleave it with the wings thereof, but ffhall not divide fGcn' it afunder : and the prieft fliall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire it is a burnt- facrifice, an offering made by fire, of a fweet favour unto the Loud. CHAP. II. 1 The meat- offering of flour with oil and incenjey 12 and of the ftrjl- fruits in ite ear. 13 T'hS fait of the meat-oflcrir/g. A>Jd when any will offer ' a meat- %^*u offering unto the Lord, his of- o- 17- fering fliall be r/fine flour ; and he i^V fliall pour oil upon it, and put frank- incenfe thereon. 2 And he fliall hring it to Aaronsfons the prieils : and he ihall take there- out his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincenfe thereof ; and the prieft fliall burn bthe memorial of it upon bV*rft the altar, to be an offering made by c;4m: fire, of a fweet favour unto the Lord. ?46'7!5' l 3 And cthe remnant of the meat- j'c\:,ls/ 3' offering fliall be Aarons and his fons ; +*• 16. d // is a thing moft holy of the offer- e;c$?pi ings of the Lord made by fire. ['.':; 4 •{ And if thou bring an oblation of a meat-offering baken in the oven, \ it /hall be unleavened cakes of iiiuj j flour mingled with oil, or unleaven- ed wafers e anointed with oil. 5 ng of the Lord made by fire. i. 5- o- 1 2 ^| ' As for the oblation of die a?..' firft- fruits, ye lhall offer them unto J*; the Lord ; but they lhall not f be burnt on the altar for a fweet favour. 1 3*j And every oblation of thy meat- terk offering k (halt thou feafon with fait ; ?mb. neither flialt thou Safer ' the fait of ** the covenant of thy God to be lack- ing from thy meat-offering : with all thine offerings thou lhalt offer fait. 14 And if thou offer a meat-offer- .ingof thy firft-fruits unto the Lord, thou ihalt offer, for the meat-offering of thy firft-fruits, green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears. 15 And thou lhalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincenfe thereon : it is a jneat-offering. 1 6 And the prieft fliall burn the me- morial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincenfe thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. CHAP. III. 1 The peace-offering of the herd, 6 of the flock, 7 either a lamb, 12 or a goat. le. A ^cl ^ nis O0'ati°n be a a facrifice zi. t\ of peace-offering, if he offer ft of the herd, whether it be a male or female, he fliall offer it without ble- miih before the Lord. ?$;!$' 2 And b he fliall lay his hand upon ' the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation ; and Aarons fons, the prieib, lhall fprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. 3 And he th;,U offer of the facrifice of the peace-offering, an offering Fxr?;*9, made by fire unto the Lord, c the or,/uet. 11 fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upjii the inwards, I Chap. 7. 11,13, ' 42. I» CHAP. II. IH. The peace-offering:. 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat ?;''™? that is on them, which is by the flanks, upo. and the || caul above the liver, with ^y the kidneys, it fhall he take away. "',?,'' f., 5 And Aarons fons * lhall bun it °^. f^ on the altar upon the burnt-facritice, 'tumju which is upon the wood that is on the A6C£9' fire : it is an offering made by fire, of a fweet favour unto the Lord. 6 If And if his offering, for a facri- fice of peace-offering unto the Lord, be of the flock, male or female ; he fhall offer it without blemifh. 7 If he offer a lamb for his offer- ing, then fhall he offer it before the Lord. 8 And he fliall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congre- gation : and Aarons fons fliall fprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. 9 And he fhall offer, of Jie facri- fice of the peace- offering, an offering made by fire unto the Lord, the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it fhall he take off hard by the back-bone ; and the fat that covereth the in- wards, and all the fat that /'; upon the inwards, 10 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it fliall lie take away. 1 r And the prieft fhall burn it Upon the altar : it is ethe food of the offer- <= sm i ing made by fire unto the Lord. cfiTi*!" 12 If And if his offering be a goat, W',7^ then he fliall offer it before the Lord. J^1;4^;; 13 And he fliall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation : and the fons of Aaron fliall fprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. 14 And he fliall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat that co- vereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 1 j And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the iiver, with the kidneys, it fhall he take away. 16 And the prieft fliall burn them upon the altar : it is the food cf the offering mad- by fire, for a fweet fa- fChlp.r< vour. f All the fat is the Lords. *£?s. 17 It Jhail be a perpetual ihitute c£'"">4' for your generations throughout all j your dwellings, that yc eat neither omj^ fat nor -blood. »s»"v G4 CHAP. &mw »Chap. 16. 14, NumW The fin-offering of 'ignorance LEVI C H A P. IV. 1 The fin-offering of ignorance, 3 for the prieft, 1 3 the congregation, 22 the ruler, 27 or for the people. Befac A Nd the Lord fpake unto Moles, 1490. ± a faying, ■~v — ' 2 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, *£*■ faying, a If a foul (hall fin through ig- norance againft any of the command- ments of the Lord, concerning thing? which ought not to be done, and fliall do againft any of them : chap. 3 b If the prieft that is anointed do fin according to the fin of the people ; then let him bring, for his ctap. fm which he hath finned, ca young bullock without blemith unto the Lord for a fin-offering. 4 And he fliall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord, c3^£ d and fliall lay his hand upon the bul- locks head, and kill the bullock be- fore the Lord. 5 And the prieft that is anointed e fliall take of the bullocks blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation. 6 And the prieft fliall dip his fin- fer in the blood, and fprinkle of the lood feven times before the Lord, before the vail of the fan&uary. 7 And the prieft fliall put Jome of the blood upon the horns of the al- tar of fweet incenfe before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of the con- gregation ; and flnll pour f all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt-offering, which it att\\e door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 8 And he fliall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the fin- offering ; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, 9 And the two kidneys, and the fat that it upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it fliall he take away, 10 BAs' it was taken off from the bullock of the facrifice of peace-offer- ings ; and the prieft fliall burn them upon the altar of the burnt-offering. 1 1 '' And the lkin of the bullock, and all his flelh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung, i 2 Even the whole bullock fliall he carry forth f without the camp unto a clean place, : where the afhes are poured out, and k burn hi in on the 6 Chap. 3 -3 1 Hctl. tn Wllbtttl tilt *amp. SCh.fj. u k Hchr. J J. U. T I C U S. for the prieft, &c. wood with fire : -\ where the alhes are poured out fliall he be burnt. t uqq- 13 ^i And ' if the whole congrega- , ,l(.£ tion of Ifrael fin through ignorance, "'„'sb0't!<'J£r~ m and the thing be hid from the eyes "-' vh<>- of the allembly, and they have done [*?%£ fomewhat againft any of the cora-n,o.t mandments of the Lord, concerning things which fhould not be doue, and are guilty ; 14 When the I'm which they have finned againft it is known, then the congregation fliall offer a young bul- lock for the fin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation. 15 And the elders of the congre- gation fliall lay their hands upon the Tiead of the bullock before the Lord : and the bullock fliall be killed before the Lord. 1 6 And the prieft that is anointed fliall bring of the bullocks blood to. the tabernacle of the congregation. 1 7 And the prieft fliall dip his fin- ger infante of the blood, and fprinkle it feven times before the Lord, wen before the vail. 1 8 And he fliall put form of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the Lord, that ** in the tabernacle of the congregation, and fliall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt- offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 19 And he fliall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar. 20 And he fliall do with the bullock as he did n with the bullock for a fin- nv«.2. offering, fo fliall he do with this : and the prieft fliai I make an atonement for them, and it fliall be forgiven them. 2 1 And he fliall carry forth the bul- lock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the firft bullock: it is a fin-offering for the congregation. 22 1| When a ruler hath finned, and done fomewhat through igno- rance againft any of the command- ments oi the Lord his God, concern- ing tilings which fliould not be done, and is guilty ; 23 Or if his fin, wherein he hath finned, come to his knowledge ; he fliall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemifh. 24 And he fliall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt- offering before the Lord : it is a fm- ofiering', 25 And the prieft fliall take of the of the fin-offering with his fin- ger, Offerings for CHAP. Before gef^ and put it upon the horns pf the hso. altar of burnt-ottering, and {hall pour * — v — ' out hisblood at the bottom of the altar of burnt-offering. 26 And he (hall burn all his fat up- 9CbaP.3.5. on the altar, as °the fat of the facri- fice of peace-offerings : and the prieft fhall make an atonement for him as concerning his fin, and it fhall be for- given him. fcrumb. 27 ^| An(j p \f j. any one of the fecb.' t common people fin through ig- Eeb"' norance, while he doeth fomewhat tr*p%'o/ihe again ft any of the commandments '"''' of the Lord, concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty ; 28 Or if his fin, which he hath finned, come to his knowledge ; then he fhall bring his offering, a. kid of the goats, a female without blemifh, fot- his fin which he hath finned- 29 And he mail lay his hand upon the head of the fin- offering, and flay the fin-offering in the place of the burnt-offering. 30 And the prieft fhall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and fhall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. 3.CuP' 3? And q he fhall take away all the rctap.3.3. fat thereof, ras the fat is taken away from off* the facrifice of peace-offer- ings ; and the prieft fhall burn it upon as*^! tne a^tar f°r a sfweet favour unto the Lord , and the prieft fhall make an atonement for him, and it (hall be forgiven him. 32 And if he bring a lamb for a fin- offering, he (hall bring it a female without blemidi. 33 And he ihall lay his hand upon the head of the fin- offering, and (lay it for a (in-offering in the place where they kill the burnt-offering. 34 And the prieft fhall take of the blood of the fin -offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and fhall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. 35 And he fhall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the facrince of the peace-offerings, and the prieft (hall feto»3.s. burn them upon the altar, -.ccording to the offerings mad'. ; unto the Loud : and the prieft . -1 make an atonement for his fin that he hath committed, and it lhall be forgiven him. EefV.r- Cnrift 1490. IV, V. fins of ignorance, CHAP. V. 1 Qf, him that conceakth his knowledge, 2 in touching an unclean thing, 4 or in making an oath. 1 4 Tiw trefpafs- offering in facriiege, 17 and injins of ignorance. ANd if a foul fin, 3 and hear the voice of fwearing, and is a wit- nefs, whether he hath ieen or known .^"^ ' of it i if he do not utter it, then he ,s« '?• (hall bear his iniquity. 2 Or b if a foul touch any unclean wmi-m* thing, whether it be a carcafc of an 2 'jI'Ji" unclean beaft, or a carcafe of unclean cattle, or the carcale of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he alfo (hall be unclean and guilty : 3 Or if he touch c the uncleannefs &?^i"; of man, whatfoever uncleannefs it be that a man (hall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him ; when he knoweth of it, then he ihall be guilty. 4 Or if a foul fwear, pronouncing with his lips d to do evil, or c to do ^f^ good, whatfoever it be that a man "s-W. lhall pronounce with an oath, and it eSe?M*£ be hid from him ; when he knoweth 6- 23- of it, then he (hall be guilty in one of thefe. 5 And it fhall be, when he fhall be guilty in one of thefe things, that he ihall 'confefs that he hath finned in fs.^.mb" that thing. 6 And he fhall bring his trefpafs- offering unto the Lord, for his fin which he hath iinned, a female from the flock, a lamb, or a kid of the goats, for a fin-offering : and the prieft (hall make an atonement for him con- cerning his fin. 7 And s if f he be not able to bring ^P^ a lamb, then he fhall bring, for his Ulai. trefpafs which he hath committed, two i*fc£'_ h turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, X /%/;'"* unto the Lord; one for a fin- offering, cL''yo}a and the other for a burnt-offering. hchip. 8 And he (hall bring them unto »• h- " the prieft, who fhall offer that which is for the (in-offering hrft, and ' wring iI,c1hr.p* oft' his head from his neck, but fhall not divide it afunder. 9 And he fhall fprinkle of the blood of the (in -offering upon the Cule of the altar ; and k the reft of the blood JS^^ fhall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar : it is a lin-offering. 10 And he fhall offer the fecond for a burnt-offering, according to the || ' manner : and the prieft (hall make l,%'mrrt, an atonement for him, for his fin ictup.1,1*. which he hath iinned, and it ihall be forgiven him. 1 1 Z But The trefpaft -offering. LEVI «I Chap. thrift ' ' t But ^ he De not ao,e to orillg i+vc- two turtle-doves, or two young j)i- v/ geons ; then he that finned Ihall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine Hour for a fin-ottering : mNxmb. '"he (hall put no oil upon it, neither 5' Ij* fliall he puta«y frankincenfe thereon ; for it it a fin -ottering. 12 Then fhall he bring it to the prieft, and the prieft fhall take his ■ chap.i.2. handful of it, "even a memorial o chap, thereof, and burn it on the altar, "ac- 4" 3l* cording to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord : it is a fin-offering. i 3 And the prieft fliall make an atonement for him, as touching his fin that he hath finned in one of thefe, pchap.j.j. anti it ihall be forgiven him : and pthe remnant fhall be the priefts, as a meat- offering. 1 4 \ And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 15 i If a foul commit a trefpafs, and fin through ignorance in the holy things of the Lord; then he fhall bring for his trefpafs unco the Lord a ram without blemiih out of the flocks, with thy eftimation by fbekels offilver, after ' thefliekel of thefanc- tuary, for a trefpafs-offering. 1 6 And he fliall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and * fhall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the prieft and the prieft fliall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trefpafs-offering, and it fliall be forgiven him. r7 % And if a ' foul fin, and com- mit any of thefe things which are for- bidden to be done by the command- ments of the Lord ; u though he wift & not, yet is he guilty, and ihall bear his iniquity. 1 8 And he fliall bring a ram with- out blemiih out of the flock, with thy eftimation, for a trefpafs-offering, unto the prieft : and the prieft fliall make an atonement for him concern- ing his ignorance wherein he erred, and wift it not; and it fliall be for- given him. 19 It it a trefpafs-offering : he hath certainly trefpaiied againft the Lord. G H A P. VI. I The trefpafs- offerings for fins done wittingly. 19 The offering at the confecration of a priejt. ANd the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 2 If a foul fin, and commit a tref- pafs againft the Lor d, ami lie unto his neighbour in that which was deli- iCHap. 21 I+. &17- 13.IS.27. Numb. 5.7 5.(3. T I C U S. The law of burnt -offerings. vored him to keep, or in ij f fellow- fnip, or in a thing taken away by vio- , *'<■• lence, or hath deceived his neighbour; 3 Or have found that which was '"££*" loft, and lieth concerning it, and puttm'gtf 3 fweareth falfely ; in any of all thefe * that a man doeth, finning therein : 4 Then it fliall be, becaufe he hath finned, and is guilty, that he fhall reftore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the loft thing which he found, 5 Or all that about which he huh fwom falfely; he fliall even breflore b.c^ it in the principal, and fliall add the ' fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertained, 0r || fin the day of his trefpafs-offering. i>i/*Jrf«r 6 And he fhall bring his trefpafs- offering unto the Lord, a ram with- 1 »*• out blemiih out of the c flock, with '"■.', ur/'a},. thy eftimation, for a trefpafs-offering, cciwp. unto the prieft : 7 And the prieft fliall make an atonement for him before the Lord ; and it fhall be forgiven him, for any thing of all that he hath done, in tref- pafling therein. 8 1| And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 9 Command Aaron and his fons, faying, This is the law of the burnt- offering : (it is the burnt -offering, || becaufe of the burning upon the 11 or, altar all night unto the morning, and Wmns. the fire of the altar Ihall be burning in it : ) 1 0 u And the prieft fliall put on his *£**• linen garment, and his linen breeches ^,,i.m. fliall he put upon his flefh, and take 4"'41'43' up the allies which the fire hath con- fumed with the burnt-offering on the altar, and he fliall put them e belide \?$* the altar. 1 1 And he fhall put off his gar- ments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the allies without the camp f unto a clean place. i"i.p* 1 2 And the fire upon the altar fliall +' be burning in it, it Ihall not be put out: and the prieft Ihall burn wood on it every morning, and lay tiie burnt-offering in oraer upon it j and he Ihall burn thereon * the fat of the §f£j;.3, peace-offering. 1 3 The fire fhall ever be burning upon the altar; it Ihall never go out. , . ■ \ h And this is the law of the ; meat-offering : The foils of Aaron hall offer it before the Lord before the altar. And Chap, 2 4.5,6. The law of the imat-oferir.g. CHAP. 1 5 And he Avail take of it his hand- i*co- ful of the flour of the meat-offering, """v ' and of the oil thereof, and all the fraii'.uncenfe which is upon the meat- offering, and (hall burn it uptm the altar for a fweet favour, even the chnp. i piemorial of it, unto the Lord. c«'ap.i.3. 1 6 And k the remainder thereof fhall Aaron and his fons eat : with unleavened bread fhall it be eaten P^£ in the holy place ; ' in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they fhall eat it. 17 It fhall not be baken with lea- iWumb. ven : "' I have given it unto them for i-rj'i°' their portion of my offerings made Exon. by fire ; n it is moft holy, as is, the lin- Lp.7i. 3. offering, and as the trefpafs-offering. 18 All the males among the chil- dren of Asron fhall eat of it. It /hall be a ftatute for ever in your genera- tions concerning the offerings of the Lord made by lire : ° every one that toucheth them fhall be holy. 1 9 TI And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, pi-xod. 20 r This is the offering of Aaron, *9' "' and of his fons, which they fhall offer unto the Lord in the day when he is anointed ; the tenth part of an q. ephah of fine Hour for a meat-offer- ing perpetual, half of it in the morn- ing, and half thereof at night. 21 In a pan it fhall be made with oil ; and when it is baken thou fhalt bring it in \ and the baken pieces of the meat-offering fhalt thou offer for a fweet favour unto the Lord. rcfap.+.3- 22 And the prielt of his fons, r that is anointed in his itead, fhall offer it : it is a ftatute for ever unto the Lord, «£??•' '^ llia^' ke who^ly burnt : 23 For every meat-offering for the prielt ihall be wholly burnt : it fhall not be eaten. 24 U And the Lord fpake. unto Mofes, faying, 25 Speak unto Aaron, and to his t chap 4 1. fons, faying, l This is the law of the fin-offering ; " In the place where the hurnt-offering is killed fhall the lin- offermg be killed before the Lord : x it is moft holy. 26 y The prielt that offereth it for (In ihall eat it , in the holy place (hail it be eaten, in the court of the taber- nacle of the congregation. 27 Whatfoever (hall touch the flefh thereof lhali be holy and when there i; fprinkled of the biood thereof upon any garment, thou liialt walh that -vicrcou it was fprinkled in the holy place. 29.33. X Chap. VI, VII. The law of the trefpafs- offering. 2S But the earthen veflel wherein ***■* it is fodden 7 ihall be broken and if 1490. it be fodden in a brafen pot, it fhall xl^T" * be both fcoured and rinfed in water. Il- "• 29 All the males among the prietts fhall eat thereof: it is moft holy. 30 a And no fin-offering, whereof "Chap.*.?, any of the blood is brought into the aiki&af. tabernacle of the congregation to re- 'ct-13u- concile withal In the holy place, fhall be eaten ; it fhall be burnt in the firL . CHAP. VII. r The law of the trefpafs- offering, 1 1 and of t//e peace-offering. 22 The fat, 26 and the blood' are forbidden. Llkewife, a this is the law of the»chap. trefpafs-offering : b it is moil holy. s & 6- 2 c In the place whejje they kill 11.**.' the burnt-offering fhall they kill the cCtln-"^ J« trefpafs-offering; and the blood there- 14.itf.3j. of fhall he fprinkle round about upon the altar. 3 And he fliall offer of it d all the fat ,,cJ»pj) thereof; the rump, and the fat that « 4-8,9. covereth the inwards, E;i" ly- IJ" 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above 0ns liver, with the kidneys, it fhall be take away. 5 And the prieft fliall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the Lord : it is a trelpali- offering. 6 £ Every male among the prieft': ; "J^Vo. fhall eat thereof ; it fhall be eaten in the holy place *' it is molt holy. f ctap.2.3. 7 A* the (in-offering is, fo is z the BCk.fi.ae. trefpafs-oifering ; there is one law for them : the prielt that maketh atone- ment therewith fluid have it. 8 And the prieft that offereth any mans burnt-offering, even the prielt fhall have to himfelf the fkinofthe burnt-offering which he hath offered. 0 And u all the meat-offering that ' e and wafhed them with water. / Exod. 7 f And he put upon him the s coat, feE^j a girded him with the girdle, and pa. 4«* clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. 8 And he put the breaftplate up- M:xod. on him; alfo he hput in the breait- is. 30. piate the Urim and the Thummim. as.™?' 9 !j^nc* ne Put tlie mitre up°n his head ; alfo upon the mitre, even upon his fore-front, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown ; as the Lord kExod. 28. k commanded Mofes. Ikkou. 10 'And Mofes took the anointing 30 r<" oil,andanointedthetabernacle,andall that was therein, and fan&ified them. 1 1 And he fprinkled thereof upon the altar feven times, and anointed the altar, and all his veflels, both the laver and his foot, to fandfify them. |ifwfii. r 2 And he m poured of the anoint- fcC3oVt|oT" *n5 °^ uPon Aarons head, and anoint- 4s.ciU5.' 13 "And Mofes brought Aarons Kb?" **ous' anc* Put coats upon them, and 1 Heb. girded them with girdles, and \ put *<"""<• bonnets upon them; as the Lord commanded Mofes. 49F:x.o.' 14° And he brought the bullock for the fin-offering : and Aarou and his fctar-4-4. fons p laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the fin-offering. 1 5 And he flew it; and Mofes took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his afl.*3°6.' finger, and q purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the The ram of confecration. altar, and fanftified it, to make re- before conciliation upon it. 1490. 1 6 And he took all the fat that ' *~"-' ivas upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Mofes burned // upon the altar. 1 7 But the bullock and his hide, . his flefli and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp ; as the Lord r commanded Mofes. \^'4'Hl 18 *\\ sAnd he brought the ram for ■ Exod. the burnt-offering; and Aaron and 2B'1J- his fons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 19 And he killed it; and Mofes fprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 20 And he cut the ram into pieces ; and Mofes burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat. 2 1 And he wafhed the inwards and the legs in water ; and Mofes burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt-facrifice for a fweet favour, and an offering made by fire unto the Lord; c as the Lord commanded 11™%' Mofes. 22 f And uhe brought the other ?£j°?;25' ram, the ram of confecration : and Aaron and his fons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. 23 And he flew it; and Mofes took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aarons right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 24 And he brought Aarons fons, and Mofes put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and up- on the great toes of their right feet ; and Mofes fprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 25 And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that -was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right fhoulder ; 26 xAnd out of the baiket of un- *£xod. leavened bread, that was before the *9' *3" Lord, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right flioulder : 27 And he put all y upon Aarons y Exod. 19. hands, and upon his fons hands, and * " waved them for a wave-offering be- fore the Lord. 28 And Mofes took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt-offering: they were confecrationsfor a fweet favour ; 2 it 14, &c. The place and time of ' totofecration. LEVI 7 it is an offering made by tire unto the Lord ay And Mofes took tlic breaft, and a>,2C waved it fir a wave-offering before the Lord s for of the ram of confe- l**™'. ,:>'*tion it was Moll". ' part ; as the Lord commanded .Molls. 30 And ''Mofes took of the anoint- 30'. Vw*. lag oil, and of the blood which was upon the alt::r, :ind fprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his fons, and upon his fons gar- ments with him ; and fanctified Aa- ron, a>ul his garments, and his fons, and his fons garments with him. 31 % And Moles faid unto Aaron and to his fons, Boil the ttelh at the door of the tabernacle of the con- 'j.*]i'. gWgMldik and there c eat it with the bread that ii in the balket of confecrations, as I commanded, fay- ing, Aaron and his fons (hall eat it. 32 And that which remaineth of the flefh and of the bread lhall ye bnrn with fire. 33 And ye fhall not ?o out of the door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation in feven days, until the days of your confecration be at an end : for tf,x$".29' d feven ''ays f-'nll he confecrate you. 34 As he hath done -this day, fo the Lord hath commanded to do, to Mike an atonement for you. 35 Therefore Hull ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation day and night feven days, and keep the charge of the Lord, that ye die not : for fo I am commanded. 36 So Aaron and his fons did all things which the Lord commanded by the hand of Mofes. C H A P. IX. 1, 8 Aarons fin-offering and burnt - offering for himjelf and the people. 2 3 The people bleffed. 2 4 Fire from heave 11. -•***• A^"1' ' !t carne to P:,<*s' on the 43. *7. Jr\ eighth day, that Mofes called Aaron and his fons, and the elders oflfrael; bcaajj. 2 And he faid unto Aaron, ••Take s. 14- thee a young calf for a lin-offerinc, 29. 1. and a ram tor a burnt-offering, l?1^" wit!l°ut blemilh, and offer them be- fore the Lord. 3 And unto the children of Ifrael •?*£■ thou fhalt fpeak, faying, * Take ye kst>6. 17. a kid of the goats for a lin-orl'ering ; and a calf and a lamb, both of the firlt year, without blemith, for a burnt -offering; 4 Alfo a bullock and a ram for peace-offerings, to facrificc before T I C U S. Aarons oferingfer /rimO-lf the Lord; and a meat-offering min- gled with oils for ■ to-day the Lord will appear unto you. ~^~~ 5 \ And they brought that which Mofei commanded before the taber- nacle of the congregation; ami ill the congregation drew near, and flood before the Lord. 6 And Mofes laid, This is the thing which the Lo'io commanded that ye ff.ould do; and theglor) 01 'Hie Lord Hull appear unto you. 7 And Mofes find unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and 'orier thy lin- offering, and tby uumt-offering, an they (houted, and fell on their faces. CHAP. X. 1 Nadab and Abihu burnt. 8 The priefls forbidden wins . **",'+■'« ANd "Nadab and Abihu, the fons fcim.' °* ^arou' b took either of them 2 *• 2- * his cenfer,and put fire therein, and put io.'TI' incenfe thereon, and ottered firange fire before the Lord, which he com- manded them not. 2 And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them; and they died before the Lord. 3 Then Mofes faid unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord fpake, fay- |f.«l."«e *in£' * W1'* ^e f"an^'h>d in them c that i£~*i 'i come nign me» anc* before all the 52' "' people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. rtExo(, 4 And Mofes called Mifhael and Num **' Elzaphan, the fons of d Uzziel, the uncle of Aaron, and faid unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the fancluary out of the camp. 5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp ; as Mofes had faid. 6 And Mofes faid unto Aaron, and eciup. unto Kleazar and unto Ithamar his »3«4s'& funs, e Uncover not your heads, nei- nimb.:a.'c. ther rend your clothes, left ye die, and u«;i.33.9. ie({ wratn come Upon ail the people : i4-lG- but let your brethren, the whole houfe oflfrael, bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled. 7 And ye (hall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congre- P. X. Tlie priefls forbidden wine. gation, left ye die : 'for the anoint- t^'nit ing oil of the Lord is upon you. Km'^^ And they did according to tiie word fEs d. of Mofes. «-"M: 8 *t\ And the Lord fpake unto Aaron, laying, 9 E Do not drink wine nor ftrong 44AV drink, thou, nor thy fons with thee, ■ntl'i.';'.*' when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lelt ye die : it jiiall be a ftatute for ever throughout your generations ; 10 And that ye may '■ put differ- IS*"'** ence between holy and unholy, and &'4^3- between unclean and clean ; 1 1 And that ye may teach the chil- dren of Ifrael all the ftatutes which the Lord hath fpoken unto them by the hand of Mofes. 12 f And Mofes fpake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, .Exod his fons that were left, Take ' the 29-*.' meat-offering that remaineth of the <-hlp-0,16* offerings of the Lord made by fire, and eat it without leaven befide the altar ; for kit is moil holy. *£%£ 1 3 And ye fhall eat it in the holy place, becaufe it is thy due, and thy fons due, of theficritkesof the Lord made by fire : for ' fo I am commanded, feisuST* 1 4 And m the wave- breaft and heave- ™ £;«»• moulder flia 11 ye eat in a clean place; cm*.4* thou, and thy fons and thy daughters 3I'34* with thee : for they be thy dv.e, and thy fons due, which are given out of the facrifices of peace- offerings of the children oflfrael. 15 "The heave-fhoulder and the lf,l£; 7' wave - breaft fhall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave- ottering before the Lord ; and it lhall be thine, and thy fons with thee, by a ftatute for ever; as the Lord hath commanded. 1 6 f And Mofes diligently fought °the goat of the fin-offering, and, be- hold, it was burnt : and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the fons of Aaron, which were left alive, frying, 17 p Wherefore have ye not eaten 16,29! the fin-ottering in the holy plate, fee- ing it is molt holy, and Cod hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the con- gregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord ? 18 Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place ; ye fhould indeed have eaten it in the holy place, 4as 1 commanded. e.26.p* 19 And Aaron faid unto Mofes, Behold, rthis day have they ottered £.c£?i. their fin-offering and their burnt- offering before the Lord; and fuch things DChap.9.3; A1 a Deut. U-4- A as io 11, 14- Beafts clean at?d unclean. L T, V 1 ^hriii things have befallen me : and if I >7i,o. had eaten the iin - ottering to - day, "v ' fliould it have been accepted in the fight of the Lord ? 20 And when Mofes heard that, he was content. CHAP. XI. i , 4 Of meat i clean, i 3 and unclean. Nd the Lord fpake unto Mofes and to Aaron, faying unto them, 2 Speak nnto the children of Ifrael, faying, "Thelear^the beafts which ye (hall eat, among all the beafts that are on the earth. 3 Whatfoever parteth the hoof and is cloven-footed, <7^dcheweththecud, among the beafts, that fliall ye eat. 4 Nevertheiefs, thefe mall ye not eat, of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, becaufe he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof ; he it un- clean unto you. 5 And the coney, becaufe he chew- eth the cud, but divideth not the hoof . he it unclean unto you. 6 And the hare, becaufe he chew - eth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he it unclean unto you. 6*rt& 7 And bthe fwine, though he di- 7.1.* vide the hoof, and be cloven-footed, cic 65.4. Yet he cheweth not the cud ; c he is «c<5o.3,»7. unclean to you. 8 Of their flefh fliall ye not eat, and their carcafe fliall ye not touch ; ivh, Sec. 17 And the little owl, and the cor- ^S morant, and the great owl, liy~~',-* iH And the fwan, and the pelican, and the gier-eagle, 1 0 And the ftork, the heron after her kind, andthelapwing, and the bat. 20 All fowls that creep, going up- on all four, (hall be an abomination unto you. 21 Yet thefe may ye eat, of every flying creeping thing that goeth up- on all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth ; 22 Even thefe of them ye may eat ; e the locuft after his kind, and USli.'& the bald-locuft after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grafliopper after his kind. 23 But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, Jhall be an abomination unto you. 24 And for thefe ye fliall be un- clean : whofoever toucheth the car- cafe of them lhall be unclean until the even. 25 And whofoever beareth ought of the carcafe of them f fliall walh his i^-u-B, clothes, and be unclean until the even. n< mk ". . 26 The carcafes of every beaft which 3°'. l\\ divideth the hoof, and it not cloven- footed, nor cheweth the cud, are un- clean unto you : every one that touch- eth them fliall be unclean. 27 And whatfoever goeth upon bis paws, among all manner of beafts that go on rt//four, thofe are unclean unto you ; whofo toucheth their carcafe fliall be unclean until the even. 28 And he that beareth the cat - cafe of them fliall walh his clothes, and be unclean until the even ; the} are unclean unto you. 29 It Thefe alio Jhall be unclean unto you among the creepings things that creep upon the earth : the wea- fel, and * the moufe, and the tortoife ^u.e(\- after his kind, 30 And the ferret, and the chame- leon, and the lizard, and the (hail, and the mole. 31 Thefe are unclean to you among all that creep : whofoever doth touch them when they be dead fliall be unclean until the ev 32 And upon whatfoever any of them when they ape dead doth fall, it fliall be unclean ; \v hether it be any veils 1 of wood, or raiment, or tkin, or lack, whatfoever veflel it be, wherein any work is done, it lr.uft be put into water, and it fhall be unclean the even ; fo it fliall be cleanfed. 33 And Unclean creeping thing!. C H A P. XI, XII, XIII. The purification of women. •f Heb. cm™ 33 And evei"y earthen vellel where- to, into <7«y of them falleth, whatfoever iitep. *i in it lha.ll be unclean ; and " ye (hall "i* break it. 34 Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which y^t/2 water cometh fhall be unclean : and all drink that may be drunk in every Juch veilel mail be unclean. 35 And every thing whereupon any part of their carcafe falleth ihall be unclean ; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they fliall be broken down : for they are unclean, and Ihall be un- clean unto you. 36 Neverthelefs a fountain or pit, s f wherein there is plenty of water, fhall be clean: but that which touch- eth their carcafe (hall be unclean. 37 And if any part of their carcafe fall upon any fowing-feed which is to be fo wn, it fhall be clean. 38 But if any water be put upon the feed, and any part of their carcafe fall thereon, it jhalL be unclean unto you. 39 And if any beaft of which ye may eat die ; he that toucheth the carcafe thereof lhall be unclean until the even. 40 And ' he that eateth of the car- cafe of it (hall waih his clothes, and . be unclean until the even : he alio that beareth the carcafe of it lhall wafli his clothes, and be unclean un- til the even. 41 And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth lhall be an abomination; it fhall not be eaten. 42 Whatfocver goeth upon the belly, and whatfoever goeth upon all four, or whatfoever -j- hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye ihall not eat; for they are an abomination. so.h2?.' 43 k ^e ina'^ noc make y°ur + felves t neb. abominable with any creeping thing ■*' that creepeth, neither fliall ye make yourfelves unclean with them, that ye (hould be defiled thereby. 44 For I am the Lord your God : ye fliall therefore fanctify yourfelves, i9.h2?& and ' ve ^a1^ be Jioly '■> f°r I am ho" it ?iT ly : neither (hall ye defile yourfelves 1 Pot. it'7' with any manner of creeping thing IJ* s6, that creepeth upon the earth. 45 For I am the Lord that bring- eth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God : ye ihall therefore be holy ; for I am holy. 46 This is the law of the beads, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the water*, iC.h.t; • Urn. drtl.- m and of every creature' that creepeth l^jJjF upon the earth ; i+s*u. 47 To make a difference between V *""* the unclean and the clean, and be- tween the beaft that may be eaten and the beaft that may not be eaten. C H A P. XII. 1 Womens purification, Gaud offering s. A Nd the Lord fpake unto-Mpfes, faying, 2 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, faying, a If a woman have conceived a,£hj*; fted, and born a man-child, then l fhe Luke" fliall be unclean feven days ; 'accord- *""" ing to the days of the feparation lot is- "s." her infirmity fliall fhe be unclean 3 And in the * eighth day the flefh ^'"l of his forefkin fliall be circumcifed. ^i'J9' 4 And (he fliall then continue in J°«^7-2i. the blood of her purifying three und thirty days: (he fliall' touch no hal- lowed thing, nor come into the i'anc- tuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. 5 But if (he bear a maid-child, then fhe fliall be unclean two weeks, as in her feparation : and (lie lhall continue in the blood of her purifying three- fcore and fix days. 6 *i\ And when the days of her puri- fying are fulfilled, for a fon, or for a daughter, (lie fliall bring a lamb f of I "-^/ei, the firft year for a burnt-offering, and year' a young pigeon, or a turtle-dove, for a (in-offering, uuto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto" the prieft ; 7 Who fliall offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her, and fhe (hall be cleanfed from the ifi'ue of her blood. This is tne law for her that hath born a male or a female. 8 e And if + fhe be not able to. ecirap.s.7; bring a lamb, then fhe fhall bring two j'1^;""" - or two young pigeons j the turtle one for the burnt-oflering, and the^L.,. other for a fin-offering : and the prieft fhall make an atonement for her, and fhe (hall be clean. CHAP. XIII. Tokens to difcern the lepmfiy. ANd the Lord fpake unto Mofes and Aaron, faying, 2 When a man fliall have in the fkin of his flefh a || riling, a fcab, or II or, bright fpot, and it be in the (kin of his flefh like the plague of leprofy ; a then he (hall be brought unto Aa- ».Bc(- ron the prieft, or unto one of his fons «4- " the priefts. 3 And the prieft fhall look on the plague in the fkin of the flefh ; and H when Laws and tokens LEVI cin'm when the hair in the plague is turned t_i-^°- , white, and the plague in fight be ^~* ' deeper than the fkin of his flefli, it is a plague of leprofy : and the prieft fhall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. 4 if the bright fpot be white in the flrin of his flefh, and in fight be not deeper than the flan, and the hair thereof be not turned white ; then the prieft fhall ihut up him that hath the plague feven days. 5 And the prieft (hall look on him the feventh day : and, behold, //the plague in his fight be at a ftay, and the plague fpread not in the fkin; then the prieft fhall fhut him up fe- ven days more. 6 And the prieft fhall look on him again the feventh day : and, behold, if the plague be fomewhat dark, and the plague fpread not in the fkin, the prieft fhall pronounce him clean ; it is but a fcab ; and he fhall wafh his clothes, and be clean. 7 But if the fcab fpread much a- broad in the fkin after that he hath been feen of the prieft for his clean- fing, he fhall be feen of the prieft again. 8 And if the prieft fee that, be- hold, the fcab fpreadeth in the fkin ; then the prieft fhall pronounce him unclean : it is a leprofy. 9 *,) When the plague of leprofy is in a man, then he (hall be brought unto the prieft ; io And the prieft fhall fee him: and, behold, if the riling be white in the fkin, and it have turned the hair t »eiu white, and there be \ quick raw flefh tt* quicken. ...'./. ing,j living in the riling, fi'Jb' 1 1 It is an old leprofy iu the (kin of his neili ; and the prieft (hall pro- nounce him unclean, and lliall not Unit him up : for he is unclean. 12 And if a leprofy break out abroad in the fkin, and the lepro- fy cover all the (kin of him that hath the plague, from his head even to his foot, wlierefoever the prieft looketh ; 13 Then the prieft fhall cbnfider : and, behold, if the leprofy have co- vered all his (iefh, he fhall pronounce him clean that hath the plague ; it is all turned white : he is clean. 14 But when raw flefli appeareth in him, he (hall be unclean. 1 5 And the prieft (hall fee the raw fielh. and pronounce him to be 1111- elean ; for the raw ilcih is unclean : it is a leprofy. T I C U S. to difcern t/ie lept 16 Or if the raw flefh turn again, and be changed unto white, he fhall come unto the prieft ; 17 And the prieft fhall fee him: and, behold, //the plague be 'urned into white ; then the prieft iha!l pro- nounce him clean that hath the plague : he is clean. 18 \ The flefh alfo, in which, even in the (kin thereof, was a bile, and is healed ; 19 And in the place of the bile there be a whits rifing. or a bright fpot, white, and fomewhat reddilh, and it be fhewed to the prieft ; 20 And if, when the prieft feeth it, behold, it be in fight lower than the (kin, and the hair thereof be turned white, the prieft (hall pronounce him unclean : it is a plague of leprofy broken out of the bile. 21 But if the prieft look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs there- in, and if it be not lower than the (kin, but be fomewhat dark ; then the prieft fhall (hut him up feven days. 22 And if it fpread much abroad in the fkin, then the prieft fhall pro- nounce him unclean : it /'/ a plague. 23 But if the bright fpot ftay in his place, and fpread not, it is a burn- ing bile ; and the prieft (hall pro- nounce him clean. 24 If Or if there be any flefh, in the fkin whereof there is f a hot j burning, and the quick flejh that < burnetii have a white bright fpot, fomewhat reddifh or white ; 25 Then the prieft (hall look up- on it : and, behold, if the hair in the bright fpot be turned white, and it be in light deeper than the fkin, it is a leprofy broken out of the burning : wherefore the prieft (hall pronouuee him unclean ; it is the plague of le- profy. 26 But if the prieft look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright fpot, and it be no lower than the other dun, but be fomewhat dark ; then the prieft (hall (hut him up fe- ven days. 27 And the prieft fhall look upon him the feventh day : and if it be fpread much abroad in the (kin, then the prieft (hall pronounce him un- clean : it is the plague of leprofy. 28 And if the bright fpot ftay in his place, and fpread not in the (kin, but it be fomewhat dark j it is a rifing of the burning, and the prieft (hall pronounce him clean : for it is an "m- itammatkm of the burning. 20 HI? ofy. Law and tokent CHAP cm°irt 29 t !f a man or woman hath a x4yo. plague upon the head or the beard ; ~v * 30 Then the prieft fhall fee the plague : and, behold, if it be in fight deeper than the Ikin, and there be in it a yellow thin hair ; then the prieft fhall pronounce him unclean : it is a dry fcall, even a leprofy,upon the head or beard. 31 And if the prieft look on the plague of the fcall, and, behold, it be not in fight deeper than the ikin, and that there is no black hair in it ; then the prieft fhall fhut up him that hath the plague of the fcall feven days. 32 And in the feventh day the prieft fhall look on the plague: and, behold, if the fcall fpread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the fcall be not in fight deeper than the ikin ; 33 He fhall be fhaven, but the fcall fhall he not (have • and the prieft fhall Jliut up him that hath the fcall feven days more. 34 And in the feventh day the prieft fhall look on the fcall : and, behold, if the fcall be not fpread in the fkin, nor be in fight deeper than the fkin ; then the prieft fhall pronounce him clean : and he fhall warn his clothes, and be clean. 35 But if the fcall fpread much in the ikin after his cleanfing ; 36 Then the prieft fhall look on him : and, behold, if the fcall be fpread in the fkin, the prieft fhall not feek for yellow hair ; he is unclean. 37 But if the fcall be in his fight at a ftay, and that there is black hair grown up therein, the fcall is healed, he is clean : and the prieft fhall pro- nounce him clean. 38 U If a man alfo or a woman have in the fkin of their flefh bright fpots, even white bright fpots ; 39 Then the prieft fhall look : and, behold, if the bright fpots in the fkin of their 'flefh be darkifh white ; it is a freckled fpot that groweth in the fkin ; he is clean. Kj 40 And the man whofe fhair is m* fallen off his head, he is bald ; yet is he clean. 41 And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is fore-head bald ; yet is he clean. 42 And if there be in the bald head, or bald fore-head, a white red- difh fore, it is a leprofy fprung up in his bald head, or his bald fore-head. 43 Then the prieft fhall look upon it : and, behold, if the rifing of the . XIII. to dij'cem the leprofy. fore be white reddifh in his bald head, **£ or in his bald fore-head, as the leprofy lw°" ^ appeareth in the fkin of the flefh, y 44 He is a leprous man, . he is un- clean : the prieft fliall pronounce him utterly unclean > his plague is in hi3 head. 45 And the leper, in whom the plague is, bhis clothes fhall be rent, J7E^*-**« and his head bare, and he fliall put a Mic"'. -• covering upon his upper lip, and fhall cry, Unclean, unclean. 46 All the days wherein the plague /hall be in him he fliall be defiled ; he is unclean : he fliall dwell alone ; 'without the camp fliall his habita- \ .^"2" tion be. ii/14. 47 If Thegarmentalfo that the plague ^'"fe of leprofy is in, whether it be a woollen lsiii ... garment or a linen garment ; 20- "• 48 Whether it be in the warp or woof, of linen or of woollen; whether in a fkin, or in any f thing made of $£$1*. fkin : 49 And if the plague be greenifh or reddifh in the garment, or in the fkin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any f thing of fkin ; it is t h*^ a pi ague of leprofy, and fhall be fhewcd $£«&. unto the prieft. 50 And the prieft fliall look upon the plague, and fhut up it that hath the plague feven days. 51 And he fhall look on the plague on the feventh day : if the plague be fpread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a ikin, or in any work that is made of ikin, the plague is a fretting leprofy ; it is unclean. 52 He fhall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woollen or in linen, or any thing of ikin, wherein the plague is : for it is a fretting leprofy ; it fhall be burnt in the fire. 53 And if the prieft fliall look, and, behold, the plague be not fpread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of ikin ; 54 Then the prieft fhall command that they wafh the thing wherein the plague is, and he fhall ihut it up Ceven days more. 55 And the prieft fliall look on the plague after that it is wafhed : and, behold, if the plague have not chan- ged his colour, and the plague be not fpread, it is unclean ; thou ihalt burn it in the fire : it is fret inward, \whe- J g*^ .t ther it be bare within or without. 56 And if the pripft look, and, be- '■ hold, the plague be fame what dark , H 2 after -• Laws in difcerning arid LEVI cLrift after the waffling of it ; then he fhall i»£>o. rend it out of the garment, or out of ""* ' the fkin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof. 57 And if it appear ftill in the gar- ment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of ikin, it is a fpreading plague; thou fhalt burn that wherein the plague is with tire. 58 And the garment, either warp or woof, or whatfoever thing of fkin it be, which thou fiialt waih, if the plague be departed from them, then it fhall be walked the fecond time, and ihall be clean. 59 This it the law of the plague of leprofy in a garment of woollen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of fkins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. CHAP. XIV. 1 The rites and facrifices in clean fug of the leper. 33 The fgns of leprofy in an Imife: 48 tlie cleanfwg of that hoitfe. ANd the Lord fpake unto Mofes, laying, 2 This fhnll be the law of the leper £"*' in the day of his cleanfing; He a fhall ,iku be brought unto the prieft. t« s*. 3 Ami the prieft (hall go forth out ',\\'. of the camp: and the prielt mail look, and, behold, if the plague of leprofy be healed in the leper ; 4 Then mall the pried command to take for him that is to be cleanfed two r/Vu-/. || birds alive and clean, and b cedar- iumb. wood, and c fcarlet, and d hyffop. ,r'*r> 5 And the prieft mail command '»•' that one of the birds be killed in an •....: :. eartnen vefTel over running water. 6 As for the living bird, he ihall take it, and the cedar-wood, and the fcarlet, and the hyiibp, and fhall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water ; 7 And he fhall fprinkle upon him that is to be cleanfed from the leprofy leven times, and (hall pronounce him clean, and fhall let the living bird loofe f into the open field. 8 And he that is to be cleanfed fhall walk his clothes, and (have otF all his hair, e and wafh himfelf in water, that he may be clean : and after that he (hall come into the camp, and f fliall tarry abroad out of his tent fevendays. 9 But it Ihall be on the feventh day thai lie fhall [have all his hair off his h< id, and his beard, and his eye- brows, even all his hair he ihall (have • T I G U S. cleanfwg the leprofy, off: and he fliall wafh his clothes, alfo he fliall wafh his tlelh in water* _ _, and he fliall be clean. 10 And on the eighth day he fliall take two he-lambs without blemifh, and one ewe-lamb -\ of the tirit year without blemifh, and three tenth- deals of fine flour/or* a meat-offering, '"£' mingled with oil, and one log of oil ; 1 1 And the prieft that maketh him +,,i- clean (hall prefent the man that is to be made clean, and thofe things, be- fore the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation : 12 And the prieft fhall take one he-lamb, and h offer him for a tref- \ c^- Ji pafs-offering, and the log of oil, and '' wave them/or a wave- ottering before 1 Exod. the Lord. 19'z*- 13 And he fhall flay the Limb kin **■«■ the place where he fhall kill the lin- c offering and the burnt-ottering in the A:4-4,-+" holy place; for ; as the (in-offering ich.P.7.r. is the priefts, fo is the treipafi-offer- ing : '"it is moft holy. £«.'*i.3' 14 And the prieft fhall take/wze of the blood of the trefpafs-offering, and the prieft fliall put it ■ upon the : tip of the right ear of him that is to caap.i»**3J be cleanfed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 15 And the prieft fhall take fomt of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand : 16 And the prieft fliall dip his right finger in the oil that ;'; in his left hand, and fhall fprinkle of the oil with his finger feven times before the Lord. 1 7 And of the reft of the oil that is in his hand (hall the prieft put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleanfed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trefpafs-offering. 18 And the remnant of the oil that is in the priefts hand he fhall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleanfed : and the prieft fhall make an atonement for him before the Lord. 19 And the prieft fliall offer °the°ct>«;> fin-offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleanfed from his uncleannefs, and afterward he ihall kill the burnt-offering. - 20 And the prieft Ihall offer the burnt-offering and the meat-offering upon the altar : and the prieft Ihall make an atonement for him, and he ikill be clean. 21 And The manner of cleanfwg the leprofy. C H A Before 2 t £nd r if he be poor, and f can- 1490. not get Co much ; then he (hall take r'u^CT^ one lamb for a trefpafs-offering f to he waved, to make an atonement for rtJbnlt. him, and' one tenth-deal of fine flour 11 •'•■for mingled with oil for a meat-offer- VvtaviHg. -m^ ancj a l0g0f 0il^ 22 And two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, fuch as he is able to get ; and the one mail be a fin-offer- ing, and the other a burnt-oftering. 23 And he fliall bring them on the eighth day, for his cleaniing, unto the prieft, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the Lord. 24 And the prieft ihall take the lamb of the trefpafs-offering, and the log of oil, and the prieft fliall wave them for a wave-offering before the Loao. 25 And he ihall kill the lamb of the trelpafs-offering, and the prieft ihall take fonts of the blood of the trefpafs-offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleanfed, and upon the thumb of Iiis right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. 26 And the prieft fliall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand . 27 And the prieft fliall fprinklfr with his right finger fome of the oil that is in his left hand feven times before the Lord. i 28 And the prieft fliall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleanfed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trefpafs-offering. 29 And the reft of the oil that is in the priefts hand he fhall put upon the head of him that is to be cleanfed, to make an atonement for him before the Lord. 30 And he fliall offer the one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, fuch as he can get ; 3r Even fuch as he is able to get, the one for a fin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, with the meat-offering : and the prieft fliall make an atonement for him that is to be cleanfed before the Lord. 32 This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprofy, whofe hand qver. 10. is not able to get '' that -which per- taineth to his cleaniing. 33 *\\ And the Lord fpake unto Moles and unto Aaron, faying, 34 When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for P. XIV. The figns of a leprous houfe. a pofieflion, and I put the plague of "f re leprofy in a houfe of the land of your u'yo. poffeffion ; *— "v 35 And he that owneth the houfe fliall come and tell the prieft, faying. It feemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the houfe 36 Then the prieft fliall com- mand that they || empty the houfe'01;, before the prieft go into it to fee the *"**'* plague, that all that is in the houfe be not made unclean ; and after- ward the prieft fliall go in to fee the houfe. 37 And he fliall look on the plague ; and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the houfe with hollow ftrakes, greenifh or reddifh, which in fight are lower than the wall ; 38 Then the prieft fliall go out of the houfe to the door of the houfe, and fhut up the houfe feven days. 39 And the prieft Ihall come again the feventh day, and fliall look : and, behold, if the plague be fpread in the walls of the houfe ; 40 Then the prieft fhall command that they take away the ftones in which the plague is., and they fliall caft them into an unclean place with- out the city. 41 And he fhall caufe the houfe to be fcraped within round about, and they fhall pour out the duft that they fcrape bff without the city into an unclean place. 42 And they fliall take other ftones, and put them in the place of thofe ftones ; and he fhall take other mor- ter, and fliall plafter the houfe. 43 And if the plague come again, and break out in the houfe, after that, he hath taken away the lione3, and after he hath fcraped the houfe, and after it is plaftered ; 44 Then the prieft fliall come and look j and, behold, //"the plague be fpread in the houfe, it is a fretting leprofy in the houfe : it is unclean. 45 And he ihall break down the houfe, the ftones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the morter of the houfe ; and he fhall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place. 46 Moreover, he that goeth into the houfe all the while that it is flint up fliall be unclean until the even. 47 And he that lietn in the houfe fliall wafii his clothes ; and he that eateth in the houfe fhall wafh his clothes. 48 II And if the prieft -f- fliall come jfHetu in, and look upon it, and, behold, the ",')Z '"-\ H3 plague*1'*" Ofckanfing the leprous houfe. plague hath not fpread in the houfe , after the houfe was plaftered ; then the prieit ihall pronounce the houfe clean, becaufe the plague is healed. 49 And rhe fhall take to cleanfe the houfe two birds, and cedar-wood, and fcarlet, and hyfop. 50 And he Avail kill the one of the birds in an earthen veflfel over run- ning water. 51 And he (hall take the cedar- wood, and the hyflbp, and the fcar- let, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the (lain bird, and in the running water, and fprinkle the houfe feven times. 5"> And he (hall cleanfe the houfe with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the li- ving bird, and with the cedar-wood, and with the hyilbp, and with the fcarlet. 53 But he (hall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the houfe ; and it (hall be clean. 54 This is the law for all manner plague of leprofy and 'fcall, 55 And for the leprofy of a gar- ment, and of an houfe, 56 And for a riling, and for a (cab, and for a bright (pot ; 57 To teach f when it it unclean, and when it is clean : this is the law of leprofy. C H A P, XV. :, laUncTeatatefs by iffne's : 13, iBthefr ;leanfirig. Nd the Lord fpake unto Mofes, and to Aaron, faying, 2 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, Numb. ant) fay unto theni, a When any man ( »r„ hath a || running iflue out of his fle(h, 7,1?*.? becaufe of ins. ilfue he is unclean 3 And this (hall be his uncle unefs in his ilfue ; whether his flelh run with his iifue, or his flefh be 'flopped from his iil'ue, it is his uncleannefs.' 4 Every bed whereon he lieth that hath the iflue is unclean, and every r'w." + thing whereon he litteth (hall be Unclean. ' 5 And whofoever toucheth his bed (lull wafli his clothes, b and bathe himfelf in water, and be unclean un- til the even. 6 And he that fitteth on any thing whereon he fat that hath the iifue (hall wafli his clothes, and bathe him- felf in water, and be unclean until the even. 7 And he that toucheth the flefh of 'Hi that hath the iflue (hall walh LEVITICUS. Ofimdeannefsbyiffua his clothes, and bathe himfelf "in wa- ^-S A' ter, and be unclean until the even. 8 And if he that hath the iffue ' v fpit upon him that is clean.; then he fhall wafli his clothes, and bathe him- felf in water, and be unclean until the even. 9 And what faddle foever he rid- eth upon that hath the iffue (hall be unclean. ro And whofoever toucheth any thing that was under him fhall be unclean until the even : and he that beareth any o/thofe things fhall walh his clothes, and bathe himfelf "in wa- ter, and be unclean until the even. 1 • And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the iffue, and hath not rinfed his hands in water, he fhall wafh his clothes, and bathe himfelf in water, and be unclean until the even. \2 And the c veffel of earth that he "f-^f, toucheth which hath the iflue fhall 32,' 3>" be broken : and every veflel of wood (hall be rinfed in water. 13 And when he that hath an iflue is cleanfed of his iffue, then a he fhall . number to himfelf feven days for his cleaning, and wafh his clothes, and bathe his fle(h in running water, and (hall be clean. 14 And on the eighth day he (hall take to him c two turtle-doves, or two «£t»p, young pigeons, and come before the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the prieit. 15 And the prieft fhall offer them, the one for a (in-offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the prieit (hall make an atonement for him before the Lord for his iflue. 1(1 And fif any mans feed of coptt- ' lation go out from him, then he fhall ~J' wafli all his flefh in water, and be unclean until the even. 17 And every garment, and every flun, whereon is the feed of copula- tion, fhall be waffied with water, and be unclean until the even. 18 The woman alfo with whom man (hall lie with feed of copulation, they (hall both bathe tfsemfelves in wa- ter, and be unclean until the even. 19 t And g if a woman have anschap. iflue, and her iflue in her flefh be""*' blood, Die ihall be f put apart feven l,"£yc_ days; and whofoever toucheth her *•»*«■ fhall be unclean until the even. 20 And every thing that (he lieth upon in her feparation (hall be un- til ':i ; every thing alfo that die lit- teth upon fhall be unclean. 2: And Of clean fingw omens iffue s. C HA P. chrit 2I ^nd whofoever toucheth her 1490. bed fhall wafh his clothes, and bathe ~*~-* himfelf in water, and be unclean un- til the even. 22 And whofoever toucheth any thing that fhe (at upon ihall walh his clothes, and bathe himfelf Mi water, and be unclean until the even. 23 And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon (he fitteth, when he toucheth it he (hall be unclean until the even. cechap. 24 And hif any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he (hall be unclean feven days ; and all the bed whereon he lieth ihall be unclean. [»t.s-20. 25 And if ' a woman have an iffue of her blood many days out of the time of her reparation, or if it run beyond the time of her feparation ; all the days of the iffue of her un- cleannefs (hall be as the days of her feparation : (he fhall be unclean. 26 Every bed whereon (he lieth all the days of her iffue (hall be unto her as the bed of her feparation : and whatfoever (he fitteth upon (hall be unclean, as the uncleannefs of her . feparation. 27 And whofoever toucheth thofe things (hall be unclean, and (hall wafh his clothes, and bathe himfelf in water, and be unclean until the even. 28 But if (he be cleanfed of her iime, then (lie (hall number to herfelf feven days, and after that (lie (hall be clean. 29 And on the eighth day (he (hall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the prieft, to the door of the taber- nacle of the congregation. 30 And the prieft (hall offer the one for a fin-offering, and the other for a burnt- offering ; and the prieft (hall make an atonement for her be- fore the Lord for the iffue of her uncleannefs. 31 Thus (hall ye feparate the chil- dren of Ifrael from their uncleannefs ; that they die not in their uncleannefs, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them. 32 This it the law of him that hath an iffue, and of him whofe feed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith ; 33 And of her that is (ick of her flowers, and of him that hath an iffue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her which is unclean. XV, XVI . The high priejis fin- offering, CHAP. XVI. 1 1 The high priefts fin-offering. 2oT'ie fnape-gopt. ANd the Lord fpake unto Mofes, Bcc^™ after a the death of the two fons *49o»_ of Aaron, when they offered before a c-.r- the Lord, and died ; lj' '»"" 2 And the Lord laid unto Mofes, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he bcome not at all times into the bExod. holy place within the vail before the 0^*3.27. mercy-feat, which is upon the ark, HKht-»-i' that he die not : for c I will appear **?*• in the cloud upon the mercy-feat. * KiJp 3 Thus (hall Aaron come' into the 8* lZ' holy place; d with a young bullock <»ct»p.t.3» for a fin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering. 4 He (hall put on e the holy linen lf*$; coat, and he (hall have the linen «;<*' _ breeches upon his flefli, and (hall be *p' 'l ' girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen mitre (hall he be attired : thefe are holy garments ; therefore f (hall he wafh his flefh in water, and J***£ fo put them on. 5 And he (hall take of the congre- gation of the children of Ifrael two kids of the goats for a fin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering. 6 And Aaron fhall offer his bullock of the (in-offering which it for him- felf, and gmake an atonement for ?£££'£ himfelf, and for his houfe. »• '?• 7 And he fhall take the two goats, and prefent them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 8 And Aaron fhall caft lots upon the two goats ; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the + fcape-goat. \~al\i. 9 And Aaron fhall bring the goat upon which the Lords lot +fell, and L",e(%. offer him for a fin-ottering : 10 But the goat on which the lot fell to be the fcape-goat (hall be pre- fented alive before the Lord, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a fcape-goat into the wildernefs. 1 iK And Aaron fhall bring the bul- lock of the fin-offering which is for himfelf, and (hall make an atone- ment for himfelf, and for his honfe, and fhall kill the bullock of the fin- offering which is for himfelf. 12 And he fhall take " a center full "ff of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his handi- full of '' fweet incenfe beaten fmall, £*£: and bring it within the vail. 1 3 And he (hall put the incenfe upon the fire before the Lord, that the H 4 cloud }-.c f.,r. t'i r-ll I40O. I Chap.4:C. The fn-oferlrg for the people. LEVI cloud cf the incenfe may cover the mercy-feat that w upon the teilimony, that lie die not. 14 And k he (hall take of the blood of the bullock, and ' fprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy-feat eaft- ward; and before the mercy-feat .(hall he fprinkle of the blood with his huger (even times. 13 1j Then fliall he kill the goat of the liu-onering that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with • the blood of the bullock, and fprinkle it upon the mercy-feat, and before the mercy- feat. 16 And he ihall ,n make an atone- 1. meat for the holy piace, becaufeof the uncleannefs of the children of Ifrael, ami becaufe of their tranfgreffions in all their lias : and fo fliall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation th.it f remaineth among them iu the inidft of their uncleannefs. 17 "And there (hall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atone- ment in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for li 1 mfeif, and for his houfehold, and for all the congregation of Ifrael. 1 8 And he (hall go out unto thealtar that is before the Lord, and make an atonement for it; and (hall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put ;'/ upon the horns of the altar round about. 19 And he fliall fprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger feven times, and cleanfe it, and hallow it from the uncleannefs of the children of Ifrael. 20 * And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he fliall bring the live goat : 2 1 And Aaron fliall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confefs over him all the iniquities of the children of Ifrael, and all their tranfgreilions in all their (ins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and (hall fend him away by the hand of -|- a lit man into the wildernefs. 22 And the goat (hall bear upon him all their iniquities unto u [and f not inhabited : and he fliall let go the goat in the wildernefs. 23 And Aaron (hull come into the t;i- bern »cle of phe congregation, and (hall put off the linen garments, which he pat on when he went Into the holy p/ace, and (hull leave them there : T I C U S. The yearly fe aft of expiations. 24 And he fliall wafh his flefh with water in the holy place, and put on __,. his garments, and come forth, and *"~""^ offerhisburnt-oftering, and the burnt- offering of the people, and make an atonement for himfelf, and for the people : 25 And ° the fat of the (in-offering""^. fliall he burn upon the altar. 26 And lie that let go the goat for the fcape-goat fliall walh his clothes, v and bathe his (ielli in water, and ; afterward come into the camp. 27 'And the bullock /V the fin-of- \^'.& fering, and the goat for the fin-otter- i. ing, whofe blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, fliall one carry forth without the camp ; and they fliall burn in the (ire their (kins, and their (ielh, and their dung. 28 And he that burnetii them (hall wafh his clothes, and bathe his flefh in water, and afterward he lhall come into the camp. 29 Tf And this (hall be a flatute for ever unto you ; that r in the feventh r-£?0\ month, on the tenth day of the>N;-^--" month, ye fliall afflict your fouls, and ' do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a ftranger that fojourneth among you : 30 For on that day fliall the priejl make an atonement for you, to cleanfe you, that ye may be clean from all your fins before the Lokd. 31 It /hall be a fabbath of reft unto you, and ye fliall afliicl: your fouls by a (tatute for ever. 32 s And the pried whom he fliall S3,C£V • anoint, and whom he fliall f confe- M»<*. crate to miniiter in the prieits office M""bm'*' in his fathers (lead, (hall make the atonement, and fliall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments. 33 And he (hall make an atone- ment for the holy fanctuary, and he (hall make an atonement for the ta- bernacle of the congregation, and for the altar ; and he (hall make an atone- ment for the prieih, and for all the people of the congregation. 34 And this fliall be an everlafting ftatqte unto you, to make an atone- nientfor the children of Ifrael, for all their fins ' once a year. And he did 30.T0.' as the Lord commanded Moles. Hekr.». : C H A 1>. X\ II. 1 Blood of beajls tnu/l be offered. 10 The eating of blood forbidden. A Nd the Lord fpake unto Mofes, T\ faying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his foj if iiu! nrito all she children of lf- raeL Offerings to devils forbidden •:. f°" rael, and fay unto them, This is the )l';o- thing which the Lord hath com- ~v ' manded, raying, 3 What man foever there be of the tetteut. houfe of Ifrael * that killeth an ox, ' '" or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, wit. 4 i>And bringeth it not unto the 1 5* door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation, to otter an offering unto the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord, blood lhall be imputed unto that man, he hath fhed blood; and that man lhall be cut off from among his people : 5 To the end that the children of Ifrael may bring their facritices, which they offer in the open held, even that they may bring them unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation unto the prieit, and offer them for peace-offerings unto the Lord. 6 And the prieft fliall fprinkle the blood upon the altar pf the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, and burn the fat for a c fweet favour unto the Lord. 7 And they fliall no more offer their facrihces d unto devils, after whom they c have gone a whoring. This fliall be a itatute for ever unto them throughout their generations. 8 1] And thou fhalt fay unts> them, Whatfoever man there be of the houfe of Ifrael, or of the ftrangers which fojourn among you, that offereth a burnt-offering or facriiice, 9 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congrega- tion, to offer it unto the Lord, even that man fhall be cut off from among his people. rncr.9.4. 10 1 f And whatfoever man there VcTj'i^' be of the houfe of Ifrael, or of the je,"^! & ft rangers that fojourn among you, kam.' tllac eatetn any manner of blood ; 14^3* __ 'l I will even let my face againft that g jcr.44 7 ft^ tnat eateth blood, and will cut •h- 11. him off from among his people. 1 1 For the life of the flefh is in the blood ; and I have given it to you upon the altar, to make an atone- fcHehr. ment for your fouls : for h it is the *" -2- blood tliat maketh an atonement for the foul. 12 Therefore I faid unto the chil- dren of Ifrael, No fold of you fhall eat blood, neither fljall any ft ranger that fojourneth amongyou cat blood. 13 And whatfoever" man there be pf the children of Ifrael, or of the Pfangfirs that fojourn among you, CHAP. XVII, XVIII KEjeoiI. ap. 18. ci.n-p.4.3 d Dcut. JO- 20. Rev. 9. 20 e Ezek. Of unlawful marriage; . \ which ' hunteth and catcheth any |e*^ beaft or fowl that may be eaten ; he ' «>o^ fhall even pour out the blood thereof, ~7~^~. and cover it with duft. 14 k For it is the life of all flefh; "■«• the blood of it is for the life thereof: 7?$2?* therefore I faid unto the children of koen.9.4. Ifrael, Ye fhall eat the blood of no i£"a£ manner of flefh : for the life of all fieih is the blood thereof; whofoever eateth it fliall be cut off. IS'%- And every foul that eateth x^\\\ f that which died of itjelf or that cnkii.ai.s. which was torn with beajts, whether *$%\. it be one of your own country, or a t J£* ftranger, m he fliall both wafh his mCfiap.* clothes, " and bathe himfelfm water, "• 2>- and be unclean until the even : then ?£hj?" fliall he be clean. 16 But if he wafh them not, nor bathe his flefh ; then he fhall bear his iniquity. CHAP. XVIII. 1 Unlawful marriages. 19 Unlawful lulls. ANd the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 2 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, and fay unto them, I am the Lord your God. 3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, fhall ye not do; and a after the doings of the ic. in- land of Canaan, whither I bring you, fliall ye not do ; neither fliall ye walk in their ordinances. 4 Ye fliall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk there- in : I am the Lord your God. 5 Ye fliall, therefore, keep my fta- tutes and my judgments; b which if hJ^;'°~ a man do, he fhall live in them : 1 am Lu*eio.as; , , ' Rom. lO-S- the Lord. Gai..3.i*., 6 If None of you fliall approach to any that is -fnear of kin to him, to un- t Heh. . ',,/•» i_ t remainder cover/Zze/rnakednefs: lflmtneJLoRD. t/t/iijie/b. 7 cThe nakednefs of thy father, or cchap. the nakednefs of thy mother, lhalt thou not uncover: flie is thy mother ; thou fhalt not uncover her nakednefs. 8 dThe nakednefs of thy fathers dchap. wife fhalt thou not uncover : it is thy Setter' fathers nakednefs. ?:;£* 9 e The nakednefs of thy fitter, the *£*^ daughter of thy father, or daughter Amw L 7. of thy mother, whether J lie be born at eC£j." home or born abroad, even their na- «*i7> kednefs thou fhalt not uncover. 13. ji 10 The nakednefs of thy fons ,..,>. daughter, or of thy daughters daugh- ter, even their nakednefs thou (halt not uncover : for theirs is thine own nakednefs. u The Of unlawful lujis. LEVITICUS. A repetition offunirylaws. Sj5? ii The nakednefs of thy fathers tion, nor any ftranger that fojourneth b rhap. 20. II. i Chap. 20. II Mat wifei daughter, begotten of thy fa- ther, ffhe it thy filter,) thou lhalt not uncover Iier nakednefs. 12 fThou lhalt not uncover the nakednefs of thy fathers filter : fhe is thy fathers near kinfwoman. 13 Thou Unit not uncover the na- kednefs of thy mothers lifter : for fhe is thy mothers near kinfwoman. 14 *Thou lhalt not uncover the nakednefs of thy fathers brother, thou lhalt not approach to his wife : me is thine aunt. 15 hThou lhalt not uncover the nakednefs of thy daughter-in-law : lhe is thy fons wife ; thou lhalt not uncover her nakednefs. 1 6 l Thou lhalt not uncover the II Of. out wife to wfbeJt 4- nakednefs of thy brothers wife : it is "-s'-s^ ' thy brothers nakednefs. ao!hi4.' '7 kThou malt not uncover the nakednefs of a woman and her daugh- ter, neither (halt thou take her fons daughter, or her daughters daughter, to uncover her nakednefs ; for they are her near kinfwomen : it is wick- ednefs. 18 Neither lhalt thou take || a wife to her lifter to vex her, to uncover her nakednefs, beiides the other, in her life-time. 19 l Alio thou (halt not approach unto a woman to uncover her naked- nefs as long as fhe is put apart for her uncleaimefs. 20 Moreover, m thou fiialt not lie carnally with thy neighbours wife, to defile thyfelf with her. 21 And thou fhalt not let any of thy feed " pafs through the fire to 0 Molech, neither lhalt thou profane the name of thy God : I am the Lord. 22 p Thou fhalt not lie with man- kind as with womankind : it it abo- mination. 23 '' Neither fhalt thou lie with any beaft to defile thyfelf therewith ; neither fliall any woman Hand before " a heart to lie down thereto : it it cun- q Chap. 20. flllioil. }&£.' 24 Defile not ye yourfelves in any i2','-'■ of thefe thing; : for in all Chefi ; nations are defiled which 1 caft out before yon. 25 And the land is defiled : there- fore I do vilit the iniquity r upon it, and the land itfeif votniteth out her inhabit u ftatutes a td ni) not abomina- tions ; neither any of your own na- n Chap. SO. 2 I Kins J .'(ft 21. 6 u 23. 10. ]::. 19. j. Ezek. 23. 37.39- 0 Called, A3S7-43 P Chap. HO. I J. •44- & among you i 27 (For all thefe abominations have ' "~*~ the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled ; ) 28 That * the land fpue not you $£?£* out alfo, when ye defile it, as it fpued '3, »?• out the nations that were before you. 29 For whofoever fhall commit any of thefe abominations, even the fouls that commit them fhall be cut off from among their people. 30 Therefore fhall ye keep mine ordinance, 'that ye commit not any c£r£\:. one of thefe abominable cuftoms, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourfelves therein : I am the Lord your God. CHAP. XIX. A repetition offundry laws. ANd the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Ifrael, and fay unto them, * Ye fhall be holy : for I the Lord your God am holy. 3 Tf bYe fhall fear every man his h E^/' ' mother and his father, and c keep my 20- »*■ fabbaths I am the Lord your God. lo'gfac 4 d Turn ye not unto idols, enor3U,J- make to yourfelves molten gods : I to.**!' am the Lord your God. eawd, 5 *[ And '"if ye offer a facrifice ofoeotM peace-i.fferings unto the L o r d, ye * £„£ fhall offer it at your own will. 7«»o. 6 It fhall be eaten the fame day ye offer it, and on the morrow ; and if ought remain until the third day, it fhall be burnt in the fire. 7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day it is abominable ; it fliall not be accepted. 8 Therefore every one that eateth it lhall bear his iniquity, becaufe he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord ; and that foul fhall be cut off from among his people. 9 \ And 8 when ye reap the har- |C*p» velt of your land, thou lhalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, ~&»£\\ neither lhalt thou gather the glean- 15, 1>«s. 'i*. with a diverfe kind : ' thou (halt zjohn' .*' not fow thy field with mingled feed ; -'r'rov.' * "hither fiiall a garment mingled of "?o. ^^. linen and woollen come upon thee. &Mf*3Q?' 20 if And whofoever lieth carnally CHAP. XIX, XX- and- ordinances. yield unto you the increafe thereof : •»£« I am the Lord your God. h«Jo. 26 1} * Ye (hall not eat any tiling 'Tc^Zvj. with the blood , y neither (hall ye ufe S™5£ inchantment, nor obferve times. & IG. 19. & 27. ip. Vmv. 34. 23- James 2. 0 oExod. 23- I. J-fal. 15.3. it. SO- 20. PjOy.II.I3 & 20. l£). p 1 John 2. 1.1. SC 7-I5. 0 LccTus. .'9- 13- Luke 1 7. 3. 0^.6. 1. Eph. 5-11 -j- betrothed to an hulhand, and not James 2. 22?lTio. at all redeemed, nor freedom given tDcuter. her, ||f(he (hall be fcourged : they 11 o/.iiu- mall not be put to death, becaufe (he fedbyany. was not free. r^rferf 2 1 And * he (hall bring his trefpafs- miSf' /<"' offering unto the Lord, unto the door 11 or.they. of the tabernacle of the congregation, t He»>- even a ram for a trefpafs-otfering;. efcwrpns 22 And the pneft (hall make an lCisf' atonement for him with the ram of the trefpafs-offering before the Lord for his fin which he hath done : and the fin which he hath done (liall be forgiven him. 23 t And when ye (liall come into the land, and lhall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye (hall count the fruit thereof as un- circumcifed : three years (liall it be as uncircumcifed unto you ; it lhall not be eaten of. 24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof (hall be f holy, to praife tu'£oRD. t!le LoKD withal. 25 And in the fifth year (hall ye eat of r,he fruit thereof, that it may Deut. id. Deat. left the land fall to whoredom, and *3^£ the land become full of wickednefs. /-»/«»'<■. 30 11 c Ye (liall keep my (kbbaths, ££*£• and reverence my fanduary : I am ' ' the Lord. 31 \ d Regard not them that have \jj*g\. familiar fpirits, neither feek after bom*. ' wizards, to be defiled by them : I am m's-'is the Lord your God. aomck;. 32 f e Thou (halt rife up before •.«**• the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord. 33 U And f if a ftranger foiourn [|,fj*fc with thee in your land, ye iha« not *3-sh j( vex him. yj^g 34 £But the ftranger that dwelleth g e*<*'. t with you (hall be unto you as one ll'J?'* born among you, and hthou (halt m^- love him as thyfelf; for ye were '"' ! ' ftrangers in the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God. 35 U Ye (hall do no unrighteouf- nefs in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in meafure. 36 'Juft balances, juft f weights, a \?{f • juft ephah, and a juft hin, (liall ye £«•»•*■ have: Ifl>«theLoRDyourGod,which £io*..o. brought you < at of the land of Egypt, t Hcb. 37 There fore lhall ye obferve a!ly''m'• my ftatutes, and all my judgments, and do them : I atn the Lord. CHAP. XX. 1 Of giving feed to Molech: 6 of wi- zards: 9 of curfing of parents, &c. ANd the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 2 "Again, thou (halt fay to the chil- »«*• drenof Ifrael, b Whofoever he be of the „ dm.' children of Ifrael. or of the ftrangers J8^* that fojourn in Ifrael, tlntgiveth any \\- |£* of his feed unto Molech, he .hall Jer.32.3i. furely be put to death ,- the people of the land (hall (lone him with (tones. 3 And c I will fet my face againft '7?i£ that man, and will cut him oil from among his people ; becaufe he hath given of his feed unto Molech, to de- file my fan&uary, ami to profane my boly name. 4 And i Efoi 7.1. 17 T ■ - kChip. IK. 10. Dcutw. 22. 32. Jean a.. Of fanftifiddton, Sec. LEVI '',;.•• 4 And if the people of the land l*'^- do any wife hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his feed unto Molech, and kill hitn not : ^!: 5 Then d I will fet my face againft tod. that man, and e againft his family, and will cut him off, and all that ;f' ' go a whoring after hira, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. •ft 6 1[ And E the foul that turneth after fuch as have familiar fpirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even fet my face againft that foul, and will cut him off from among his people. ??.'& 7 H h Sanctify yourfelves, therefore, ■I'uif,. an^ be ye h°ty '• f°r * ain tae Lord your God. 8 And ye (hall keep my ftatutes, and do them : I am the Lord which fanctify you. 9 t ; For every one that curfeth his father or his mother mall be furely put to death : he hath curled his fa- i- ther or his mother; his blood Jliall be upon him. 10 *h And kthe man that commit- teth adultery with another mans wife, s even he that committeth adultery with his neighbours wife, the adulterer and the adulterefs fhall furely be put to death. 8- 11 ' And the man that lieth with his fathers wife, hath uncovered his fathers nakednefs : both of them fhall furely be put to death ; their blood jliall be upon them. 12 "' And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them (hall furely be put to death : they have wrought confufion ; their bloody/^?// be upon them. 1 3 " If a man alfo lie with mankind as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomina- tion : they (hall furely be put to death ; their blood Jhall be upon them. 14 ° And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickednefs : they fhull be burnt with tire, both he and they ; that there be no wickednefs among you. 15 r And if a man lie with a be:)ft, he (hall furely be put to death ; and ye fhall (lay the bealt. 16 And if a woman approach unto any bealt, and lie down thereto, thou (halt kill the woman and the bealt : they (hall furely be put to death ; their blood I h. all be upon them. 17 '' And if a man (hall take his filter, his fathers daughter, or his rChnp. IH. 19. and fhall ?!e«*P' T I C U S. Ofuncleannefs, Sec. mothers daughter, and fee her na- Bcfcr kednefs, and fhe fee his nakednefs; £$$ it is a wicked thing ; and they fhall ' — *- be cut off in the light of their people : he hath uncovered his filters naked- nefs; he fhali bear his iniquity. 18 r And if a man fhall lie with woman having her ficknefs uncover her nakednefs, he hath f dif- I HJb. covered her fountain, and fhe hath JS?'"*" uncovered the fountain of her. blood ; and both of them fhall be cut off from among their people. 19 'And thou flialt not uncover the *fhf^18' nakednefs of thy mothers lifter, nor of thy fathers lifter; for he uncovereth his near kin: theylhallbeartheir iniquity. 20 • And if a man fhall lie with his ,I5hj"P; uncles wife, he hath uncovered his uncles nakednefs: theylhall bear their fin : they fhall die childlefs. 2 1 "And if a man (hall take his bro- aPa9" there wife, it is fan unclean thing ; , Heh.' m he hath uncovered his brothers na- J't^-um. kednefs : they (hall be childlefs. 82 K Ye fhall, therefore, keep all my x ftatutes, and all my judgments, and \^hit:. do them ; that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, yfpueyou i'0^18, not out. 23 'And ye fhall not walk in the J8Ctafc, manners of the nations, which I caft out before ycu : for they committed all thefe things, and * therefore I abhorred them. 24 But I have faid unto you, Ye fhall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to polfefs it, a land that floweth with milk and honey : I am the Lord your God, which have feparated you from other people 25 b Ye fhall, therefore, put < ence between clean bealts and un- clean, and between unclean fowls and clean : and ye fhall not make your fouls abominable by beaft, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that (i Qr |j creepeth on the ground, which I mm**, have feparated from you as unclean. 26 And ye (hall be holy unto me : cfor I the Loud am holy, and have cSj."ig.a fevered you from other people, that «*«■«•«« ye Ihould be mine. 27 V A man alfo. or woman, that dgrh,,1p; hath a familiar fpirit, or that is a J*0^ wizard, fhall furely be put to death : JJ;","I■I",• they ihall ftone them with Hones ; lim." their blood (hall be upon them. C H A P. XXI. Of the priefls mourning a: id marriages. A Nd the Lord faid unto Moles, l\ Speak unto the priells the fons of Aaron, and fay unto them, ■ There fhall ^ll a Chap. Dial. y. % Df the priejis mourning. CHAP. fill™ fliall none be defiled for the dead L mvo among his people : * ' 2 But for his kin that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his fon, and for bis daughter, and for his brother, 3 And for his iilter a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no hufband ; for her may he be defiled. \£b$2nd 4 But || he fliall not defile himfelf, umm-'; ..<■„ beivi a chief man among his people, jhaiinot to protane himfelf. fi't'rZs 5 *>They Jhall not make baldnefs sc!7,5r. upon their head, neither fliall they £4.10,17. (have off the corner of their beard, *7,ha£19' nor make any cuttings in their tlefti. |eut.u.i. 6 They (ha}i be hoiy unto their 44-10. God, and not profane the name of .-their God : for the offerings of the 3?xifto* Lord made by fire, and cthe bread of their God, they do oner; therefore they ihall be holy. 44^22.* 7 d They lhall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane ; neither lhall they take a woman put away from her hufband : for he is holy unto his God. 8 Thou (halt fanctify him there- fore ; for he offereth the bread of thy God : he fliall be holy unto thee ; for I the Lord, which fan&ify you, am holy. 3»?a|. 9 *1 e And tne daughter of any prieft, if Ihe profane hcrfelf by play- ing the whore, (he profaneth her fa- ther : fhe fliall be burnt with fire. 10 And he that is the high prieft among hie- brethren, upon whofe head 3o."o." ftne anointing oil was poured, and e exo*. E that is confecrated to put on the gar- Chap." ments, h fhall not uncover his head, i<3- 32. nor rentj his clothes ; icC.o3.p' 1 1 Neither fliall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himfelf for his father, or for his mother : teiap. f3 i Neither lhall he go out of the fanctuary, nor profane the fanctuary *l.x$'. °^ n's God i for kthe crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him : I am the Lord. i Frek. , J And ' he fliall take a wife in her virginity. 1 4 A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, thefe fhall he not take : but he ihall take a vir- gin of his own people to wife. 15 Neither fhall lie profane his feed among his people : for I the Lord do faJiclify him. 1 6 \ And the Lord fpake unto Mofe.;, faying, i 7 Speak unto Aaron, faying, Who- foever he be of thy feed in their gene- bread uw. XXI, XXII. Of priefls Memoes rations that hath any blemifh, let JJL him not approach to offer the |j bread of his God : 18 For whatfoever man he be that hath a blemiih, he lhall not approach ; a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nofe, or any thing "' fuperfluous, 22. z>* 19 Or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, 20 Or crook-backed, or || a dwarf, j^r? or that hath a blemiih in his eye, or be fcurvy, or feabbed, or hath his ftones broken : 2 1 No man that hath a blemifh of the feed of Aaron the prieft fliall come nigh to offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire ; he hath a blemifh, he ihall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. 22 He fliall eat the bread of bis God, both of the moft holy and of the holy; 23 Only he fhall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the al- tar, becaufe he hath a blemiih : that he profane not my fanftuaries : for I the Lord do fancYify them. 24 And iMofes told it unto Aaron, and to his fons, and unto all the chil- dren of I frael. CHAP. XXII. The priejls in their uncleannefs mufl abjtain from holy things, &c. ANd the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and to his fens, that they ftparate themfelves from the holy things of the children of Ifrael, and that they profane not my holy name in thoje things which they hal- low unto me : I am the Lord. 3 Say unto them, Whofoever he be of all your feed, among your gene- rations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Ifrael hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleannefs upon him, that foul lhall be cut off from my prefence : I am the Lord. 4 What man foever of the feed of Aaron is a leper, or "hath a f run- *£*?• ning ifiue, he ihall not eat of the holy t Heb. things b until he be clean. And c who- fo toucheth any thing that is umlean bch»p. by the dead, or d a man whofe feed }*; ^„3i goeth from him ; 5 Or £ whofoever toucheth any ag ' creeping tiling, whereby he maybe 'J-»o. made unclean, or fa man of whom j£*J£ he may take uncleannefs, whatfoever 1 cnaP. uncleannefs he hath ; 6 The foul which hath touched any fuch fhall be ufldcaa until even, and LEVITICUS kExnd. Chap. 17- IS- Kzcic. 44-Jti i Sim 2L. 6. |Hch. ftranetr. How prieft s fliatt be clednfei. **%£ and (hall not eat of the holy things iW unlets he wa(h his flefh with water. "v"~ * 7 And when the fun is down he fhall be clean, and (hall afterward feat of the holy things, becaufe it is his food. 8 8That which dieth of itfelf, or Is torn -with bea/ts, he (hall not eat, to defile himfelf therewith : I am the Lord. 9 They (hall, therefore, keep mine ordinance, left they bear fin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the Lord do fantrify them. io h There (hall no ftranger eat of the holy thing : a fojourner of the prieft, or an hired fervant, (hall not eat of the holy thing. ii But if the prieft buy any foul tHcb. -]• with his money, he (hall eat of it, ™urcb%°f and he that isborn in his houfe j they Mi moncf. fl^ eat Qf ^is meat# 12 If the priefts daughter alfo be married unto -J- a ftranger, file may not eat of an otfering of the holy things. 13 But if the priefts daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her fathers houfe, l as in her youth, (he ihall eat of her fathers meat ; but there mall no ftranger eat thereof. 14 t And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he (hall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and fhall give it unto the prieft with the holy thing. j 5 And they fhall not profane the holy things of the children of Ifrael, which they offer unto the Lord ; 16 Or,||fiiffer them to bear the iniquity of trefpafs when they eat their holy things : for I the Lord do fanctify them. 17 % And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his fons, and unto all the children of Ifrael, and fay unto them, kWhat- foever he be of the houfe of Ifrael, or of the ftrangers in Ifrael, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his free-will-oiferings, which they will offer unto the Lord for a burnt-offering ; '' 19 ' Ye fliall offer at your own will a male withoutblemifh, of thebceves, of the fheep, or of the goats. ]• 20 ■ But whatfoever hath a ble- • mifh, that fhall ye not offer; for it (hall not be acceptable for you. 2 r And " whofoever offereth a fil- er 'fice of peace- offerings unto the |IOr,»*rff ibrmftlvci -.vitu We The a?e of the fat rijice. Lord, to accomplifh his vow, or a ■ free-will-offering in beeves or |j fheep, '.490. it Avail be perfect to be accepted : ^oT^T. there fhall be no blemilh therein. 22 "Blind, or broken, or maimed, c"'-: 3 or having a wen, or fcurvy, or Grab- bed, ye (hall not offer thefe unto the Lord, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the Lord. 23 Either a bullock or a || lamb o^m. that hath any thing p fuperfluous or JfS* lacking in his parts, that mayeft thou offer for a free-will-offering; but for a vow it fhall not be accepted. 24 Ye' (hall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruifed, or crufh- ed, or broken, or cut ; neither fhall ye make rniy offering thereof in your land. 25 Neither from a ftrangers hand fhall ye offer the bread of your God of any of thefe ; becaufe their cor- ruption is in them, and blemifhes be in them: they fhall not be accepted for you. 26 *\\ And the Lord fpake unto Mufes, faying, 27 'When a bullock, or a fheep, 5**°* & or a goat, is brought forth, then it *3- >9-* (hall be feven days under the dam ; and from the eighth day, and thence- :4'"1' forth, it Ihall be accepted for an offer- ing made by fire unto the Lord. 28 And whether it be cow or || ewe, y,.°'.'.:f. ye fhall not kill it rand her young rpicut. both in one day. 29 And when ye will offer a facri- fice of thankfgiving unto the Lord, offer it at your own will. 30 On the fame day it Ihall be eaten up; ye fhall leave s none of it until the Jf^J*1 morrow : I am the Lord. 31 Therefore (hall ye keep my commandments, and do them : I am the Lord. 32 Neither fhall ye profane my holy name ; but ' I will be hallowed »o- among the children of Ifrael : I am the Lord which hallow you, 33 That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God : I am the Lord. CHAT. XXIII. 1 Of fundry feafts. 26 The day of atonement. ANd the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 2 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, and fay unto them, Concerning the feafts of the Lord, which ye (hall proclaim to be holy convocation*, even thef* are my feafts, 3-1*81* t Cha». a 54- a t-'Uap. IQ. 3 Dcut. S.IJ, Luke 13- »4. Numb. 9.2 &2B. 10. Deut. lfi.i Offundryfeafls. CHAP. Bcfor* ^ ^j a S-1X (|ays fa£\ work be done ; uSo. but the feventh day is the fabbath ^Xm! of reft, an holy convocation ; ye sifiM's?' fra11 do no work therein: it z'x the fabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings. 4 1f ThefemethefeaftsoftheLoRD, even holy convocations, which ye (hall proclaim in their fcafons. 5 b In the fourteenth day of the firfl month at even is the Lords palTover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the fame month is the- feaft of unlea- vened bread unto the Lord : feven days ye muft eat unleavened bread. 7 In the firft day ye fhall have an holy convocation ; ye fhall do no fer- vile work therein. 8 But ye fhall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord feven days : in the feventh day is an holy convocation j ye fhall do no fervile work therein. 9 % And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, i o Speak unto the children of Ifrael, and fay unto them, c When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and mail reap the harveft there- jSlrPis. °^ tnen ?e **^ brm£ a II t mea^ °^ ' the firft -fruits of your harveft unto the prieft ; ii And he fhall wave the fheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you : on the morrow after the fab- bath the prieft fhall wave it. 1 2 And ye fhall offer that day, when ye wave the fheaf, an he-lamb with- out blemifh, of the firft year, for a burnt-offering unto the Lord. 13 And the meat-offering thereof fliall be two tenth-deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the Lord for a fweet fa- vour ; and the drink-offering thereof fliall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. 14 And ye fhall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the felf-fame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God : it fliall be a ftatute for ever through- out your generations, in all your dwellings. *sCb8*1'• 1 5 11 And d ye fhall count unto you Dcit.ic.j). from the morrow after the fabbath, from the day that ye brought the fheaf of the wave-offering ; feven fabbaths fliall be complete : 16 Even unto the morrow after the feventh fabbath fhall ye num- ber fifty days ; and ye fhall offer a new meat-offering unto the Lord, S3. 16. & IB. 2rt, toandful 1 Heb. tmo.& head, and let all the congregation ftone him. 15 And thou (halt fpeak unto the children of Ifrael, faying, WhofoeVer curfeth his God fhall bear his fin. VSoTn- l6 And Ene that blafphemeth the name of the Lord, he lhall furely be put to death, and all the congre- gation (hall certainly ftone him : as well the ftranger as he that is born in the land, when he blafphemeth the name of the LORD, lhall be put to death. Vftt l1 ^ hAnd he tnat tk'llet» any Numb.' man fliall furely be put to death. K& 1 8 And he that killeth a beaft fliall 1 He"' mak;e >t good ; f beaft for beaft. fmiu-.otbi 19 And if a man caufe a blemifli Eb{" in his neighbour ; as ; he hath done, t h=&. life fo fliall it be done to him ; T-Exlt. 2° Breach for breach, eye for eye, \&m£ tooth ^or tooth : as he hath caufed a io.U2i" blemifli in a man, fo fliall it be done Mit-5-38-tohim*g*/«. |e«£ 2 , k And he that killeth a beaft, he fliall reftore it : and he that killeth a man, he fliall be put to death. ii™9. 22 Ye fliall have ' one manner of law, as well for the ftranger as for one of your own country : for I am the Lord your God. 23 \ And Mofes fpake unto the children of Ifrael, that they Ihould bring forth him that had curfed out of the camp, and ftone him with ftones : and the children of Ifrael did as the Lord commanded Mofes. CHAP. XXV. 8 The jubilee. ia,Of opprejfion, 35 and compajjicn, &c. :*»!• ANd the Lord fpake unto Mofes x* in mount Sinai, faying, 2 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, and fay unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then »Hcb. rfft. ft,all the land \ akeep a fabbath unto Era. the Lord. *oe34ap' 3 Six years thou flialt fow thy field, and fix years thou flialt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof ; 4 But in the feventh year fliall be a fabbath of reft unto the land, a fabbath for the Lord ; thou flialt neither fow thy field nor prune thy vineyard. 1/ %y 5 bThat which groweth of its own accord of thy harveft thou fhalt not t Heb. reap, neither gather the grapes f of tm-Atm. thy vine undreifed : for it is a year of reft unto phe land. CHAP. XXV. The year of Jubilee, 6 And the fabbath of the land fliall g*J* be meat for you ; for thee, and for thy uvi- ^ fervant, and for thy maid, and for thy * hired fervant, and for thy ftranger that fojourneth with thee, 7 And for thy cattle, and for the beafts that are in thy land, fliall all the increafe thereof be meat. 8 H And thou flialt number feven fabbatbs of years unto thee, feven times feven years ; and the fpace of the Ceven fabbaths of years lhall be unto thee forty and nine years. 9 Then flialt thou caufe the trum- pet -j- of the jubilee to found, on the t ir.h. uU4 tenth day of the feventh month ; c in f^"'"d' the day of atonement fliall ye make --. the trumpet found throughout all your land. 10 And ye fliall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty through- out all the land unto all the inha- bitants thereof: it ihall be a jubilee, unto you ; and ye (hall return every man unto his poflefEon, and ye fliall return every man unto his family. it A jubilee fhall that fiftieth year be unto you ; ye fhall not fow, neither" reap that which groweth of itfelf in it, nor gather the grape.: in it of thy vine undreifed. 12 For it ;'; the jubilee, it fhall be holy unto you ; ye lhall eat the in- creafe thereof out of the field. 13 In the year of this jubilee ye fhall return every man unto his pof- fefllon. 14 Tf And if thou fell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyeft ought of thy neighbours hand, ye lhall not opprefs one another. 15 According to the number of years after the jubilee thou flialt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he fliall fell unto thee. 16 According to the multitude of years thou fhalt increafe the price thereof, and according to the fewnefs of years thou fhalt diminifli the price of it : for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he fell unto thee. 1 7 Ye fhall not, therefore, opprefs one another ; but thou flialt fear thy God : for I am the Lord your God. 18 \ Wherefore ye fliall do my fta- tutes, and keep my judgments, and do them ; and ye fliall dwell in the land in fafety. 19 And the land fliall yield her fruit, and i ye fliall eat your fill, and *£*£ dwell therein in fafety. I 20 And * Heb. for cutting off. c Pfalm 119- IS. I Pet. a. 1 1 gSc* Ruth 3.^,9,11. Jet. JZ. 7. f Heb. fci. band bath attained /uffUicncf. The redemption of land. L E V I T *^e 20 And if ye fhall fay, What fliall i4$i. we eat the feventh year ? behold, we """* * fhall not fow, nor gather in our in- creafe : 2 1 Then I will command my blefs- 5ng upon you in the fixth year, and it fhall bring forth fruit for three years. 22 And ye fhall fow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year ; until her fruits come in ye fhall eat of the old Jiore. 23 II The land (hall not be fold ]| ■[ for ever : for the land is mine ; for ye are e ftrangers and fojourners with me. 24 And in all the land of your pof- feflion ye (hall grant a redemption for the land. . . 25 H f If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath fold zwnyfome of his pofleffion, and if s any of his kin come to redeem it, then fhall he redeem that which his brother fold. 26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and fhimfelf be able to redeem it ; 27 Then let him count the years of the fale thereof, and reftore the overplus unto the man to whom he fold it, that he may return unto his pofleffion. 28 But if he be not able to reftore it to him, then that which is fold fhall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee : and in the jubilee it fhall go out, and he fhall return unto his pofleffion. 29 1 And if a man fell a dwelling- houfe in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is fold : -witliin a full year may he redeem it. 30 And if it be not redeemed with- in the fpace of a full year, then the houfe that is in the walled city fhall be eftablifhed for ever to him that bought it throughout his ge- nerations : it lhall not go out in the jubilee. 31 But the houfes of the villages, which have no walls round about them, fliall be counted as the fields ■» Heb. , of the country ; f they may be re- lcbw!bn deemed, and they fhall go out in the 14*0 «. jubilee. ti see 32 Notwithstanding, h the cities of jmE&S the Levites, and the houfes of the a> Vu cities of their pofleffion, may the Levites redeem at any time. LeoW 33 ■A"'* *f II a man purchafe of the °Leviutrt- Levites, then the houfe that was tem ttacm. fold^ and the cjty of h;s pofle(rion? fliall go out in the year of jubilee : I C U S. Of companion to the poor. for the houfes of the cities of the gjgjjjg Levites are their pofleffion among the '■>'>'• A children of Ifrael. " 34 But the neld of the fuburbs of their cities may not be fold ; for it is their perpetual pofleffion. 35 t And if thy brother be waxen poor, and f fallen in decay with thee ; l^-ni then thou flialt f relieve him: yea, /"ue't. though he be a ftranger, or a fojourner ; \"~*;ttn. that he may live with thee. 36 ; Take thou 110 ufury of him, [*;x?.] or increafe : but k fear thy God ; that dc^ut. thy brother may live with thee. Iro^i'd.n. . 37 Thou flialt not give him thy 1"™' money upon ufury, nor lend him thyi.Nch.5-9> victuals for increafe. 38 I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. 39 *\ And l if thy brother that !J ™d- dwtlleth by thee be waxen poor, DeuteV. • and be fold unto thee; thou fhalt jcV.V+i-t. not f compel him to ferve as a bond- j "eb. .- ' T Serve tbr/tif fervant : -W* /.•<*• 40 But sa an hired fervant, and asjgjjfcjjfce. a fojourner, he fliall be with thee, and ihall ferve. thee unto the year of jubilee. 41 And then fhall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and fhall return unto his own family, and unto the pofleffion of his fathers fhall he return. 42 For they are my fervants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they fhall not be fold \ as fH.t>. «.»» bond-men. £;{^I'' 43 m Thou flialt not rule over him mKph.es>- with rigour, but fhalt fear thy God. Cul 4" '" 44 Both thy bond - men and thy bond- maids, which thou fhalt have, fliall be of the heathen that are round aboutyou; of them fliall ye buy bond- men and bond-maids. 45 Moreover, of the children of the ftrangers that do fojourn among you, of them fliall ye buy, and of their families that arc with you, which they begat in your land ; and they fliall be your pofleffion : 46 And ye lhall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a pofleffion ; f they fliall be your bond-men for ever: but over your brethren, the>-';-^ children of Ifrael,' ye fhall not rule "''"' one over another with rigour. 47 % And if a fojourner or ftranger \ wax rich by thee, and thy brother ,V7;.;.; that dvudleth by him wax poor, and '•''••'" >««• fell himfelf unto the ftranger or fo- journer The redemption offervants. CHAP. chrirt journer by thee, or to the flock of the ^ '-i"1- ^ itrangers family : v"",~^ 48 After that he is fold he may be redeemed again ; one of his brethren may redeem him : 49 Either his uncle, or his uncles fon, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him ; or, if he be able, he may redeem himfeif. 50 And he (hall reckon with him that bought him, from the year that he was fold to him, unto the year of jubilee : and the price of his fale ihall be according unto the number of years ; according to the time of an hired fervant (hall it be with him- 5 1 If there be yet many years be- hind, according unto them he (hall give again the price of his redemp- tion out of the money that he was bought for. 52 And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he ihall count with him, and according unto his years (hall he give him again the price of his redemption. 53 And as a yearly hired fervant (hall he be with him ; and the other Ihall not rule with rigour over him in thy fight. I or, hy 54 And if he be not redeemed II in ihii; mean?. . "V , „ .. " . thefe years, then he (hall go out in the year of jubilee, both he, and his children with him. 55 For unto me the children of Ifrael are fervants ; they are my fer- vants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God. CHAP. XXVI. 1 Of idolatry. 3 A bleffmg promt fed. 1 4 A curfe threatened. \oxT-' VE mal1 make you * no idols rior P.cut«- 1; B* A graven image, neither rear you graven image, neitner yoi lb?'1*- up a || Handing image, neither ihall uKw-7- ye j-et up any |j _j.-]mage 0f {tone in fuur. your land to bow down unto it : for jsur'eijime. I a™ the Lord your God. t Heh. 2 b Ye (hall keep my fabbaths, and mu'c°/ reverence my fanduary : I am the bch1?. Lord. %c°u 3 H c If ye walk in my ftatutes, and 33, 1. keepmycommandments,anddothem; 4 Then I will give you rain in due feafon, and the land (hall yield her increafe, and the trees of the held (hall yield their fruit. rtAmof 5 And d your threfhing (hall reach y' I3' unto the vintage, and the vintage (hall e.ca.isip- reach unto the fowing-time : and e ye (hall eat your bread to the full, and f Jobn.ia. f dwell ia your land fafely. XXVI. A curfe threatened, 6 And I will give peace in the land, Hefore and Kye Ihall lie down, and none (hall 149* make you afraid : and I will \ rid evil E j^TT* bealls out of the land; neither (hall j/a-3s.$c* the fword go through your land. 34.2s. 7 And ye (hall chafe your enemies, \™;9 and they ihall fall before you by the «•'./«• fword. 8 And h five of you (hall chafe an h Deut. hundred, and an hundred of you (hall ^^3.10, put ten thoufand to flight : and your enemies fnall fall before you by the fword. 9 For I will have refpeft unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and eitablilh my covenant with, you. *>• *•■•*•* \ Mal. 2.2. commandments ; 15 And if ye fhall defpife my fta- tutes, or if your foul abhor my judg- ments, fo that ye will not do all my commandments,' but that ye break my covenant : 16 1 alfo will do this unto you ; I will even appoint f over you terror, t Het>. confumption, and the burning ague, that fhall confume the eyes, and caufe forrow of iieart : and ■ ye (ball fow ™gf5!f' your feed in vain ; for your er.emies j<*3ii u. ] (hall eat it. W&& 17 And n I will fet my fact- againit ;c ..£ you, and ye fhall be (lain before your enemies ; they that hate you (hall reign over you ; and ° ye (hall ftee g^gg when none purfueth you. 1 8 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then 1 will pu'iiili you Teveil times more tor your fins. lMttt b* 19 And I will break the pride of ; - your power; and I will make your --w>- heaven as iron, and >our earth as brafs. 20 And your flrreTigth fliall be fpent in vain ; for your land fhall not J her increafe, .neither fliall the tree., ,;t the hind yield their fruit;. \ z 21 ? Aud Plagues threatened, oAip; 2 1 And if ye walk jj contrary ^'4/-"- , unto me, and will not hearken unto or, me I will bring (even times more wntu'ra plagues upon you, according to your v r ;+. 22 q J -w 111 alfo fend wild beafts "t,c-'I: among you, which (hall rob you of tick.s.i;- your children,anddeftroy your cattle, and make you few in number : and 'c'h^.6' rJ'our AajA'Ways fhall be defolate. >5. s- 23 And if ye will not be reformed [am'M.4. by me by thefe things, but will walk contrary unto me ; 'i.s:'.' 24 ' Then will I alfo walk contrary j-ui.id.26. unto y0U? an(} vvill punifti you yet feven times for your lins. 25 And I will bring a fword upon you, that (hall avenge the quarrel of my covenant : and when ye are ga- thered together within your cities, I will fend the peftilence among you ; and ye (hall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. 26 ' And when I have broken the ftaif of your bread, ten women (hall bake your bread in one oven, and they mall deliver you your bread again by weight : and u ye Ihall eat, and not i.& befatisfied. 2^ And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me ; 28 Then I will walk contrary unto you alfo in fury ; and I, even I, will chaftife you feven times for your lins. f; 29 * And ye (hall eat the tlelh of ■£p- your ions, and the flefli of your daugh- ' ' ters (hall ye eat. 30 And I will deflroy your high places, and y cut down your images, and caft your carcafes upon the car LEVITICU S. ♦ 1/3. 1. 1. Kztk, 4. MS, 6c 5- '6. & 14- IJ. uMicali 6 U. •y zCh Gods promifes to t fie penitent. 36 And upon them that are left JSSS alive of you I will fend a faintnefs into , '■>'-'■ j their hearts in the lands of their ene- mies ; and 4 the found of a + fhaken •*£■ leaf (hall chafe them ; and they (hall f i^b. (lee, as fleeing from a fword ; and Ur-'-c,u they (hall fall when none purfueth. 37 And e they (hall fall one upon ;«£* another, as it were before a fword, when none purfueth : and ye fliall have no power to ftand before your enemies. 38 And ye (hall perifli among the heathen, and the land of your ene- mies fliall eat you up. 39 And they that are left of you f (hall pine away in their iniquity in \Dt-':^ your enemies land : and alfo in the J^*sf*. o. iniquities of their fathers fliall they j«.3.25.& pine away with them. til^iV-. 40 % B If they fliall confefs their &?4?;£ iniquity, and the iniquity of their ^ fathers, with their trefpafs which j&34'-15t they trefpafl'ed againft me, and that zec&.io. J. alfo they have walked contrary un- '/; to me; 33,3s,*u 41 And that I alfo have walked con- trary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies ; if then their h uncircumcifed hearts \^}S' be humbled, and they then accept of jj the puniftiment of their iniquity : cot *• u. 42 Then will I remember my cove- nant withjacob, and alfo my covenant with Ifaac, and alfo my covenant with Abraham will I remember ; and I will remember the land. 43 The land alfo fliall be left of them, and (hall enjoy her fabbaths, while (he lieth defolate without them : and they fliall accept of the ' cafes of your idols, and my foul Ihall puniftiment of their iniquity; be- abhor you. 31 And I will make your cities u^tfio. Wafl*i antl 'bring your fanctuaries |j*k. o. e. unto defolation, and I will not finell *' 7' the favour of your fweet odours. 32 And I will bring the land into defolation ; and your enemies, which dwell therein, fliall be aftoniflied at it. *;- ^ 33 And aI will flatter you among 28.62,64. the heathen, and will draw out a fword after you ; and your land fliall be defolate, and your cities walte. il**™ 34 Then (hall the laud enjoy her fabbaths as long as it lieth defolate, and ye be in your enemies land ; even then (hall the land red, and enjoy her fabbaths. 35 As long as it lieth defolate it (hall refl ; becaufe it did not reft in your c fabbaths, when ye dwelt up- on it. Chap. :uufe, even becaufe they defpifed my judgments, and becaufe their foul ab- horred my Aatutes. 44 And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, * I will not caft them away, neither \g££* will I abhor them, to deltroy them *,°s2s. utterly, and to break my covenant with them : for I am the Lord their God. 45 But I will for their fakes re- member the covenant of their an- celtors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the light of the heathen, that I might be their God : I am the Lord. 46 Thefe are the flatutes, and judg- fc ments, and laws, k which the Loan 27.34.' made between him and the children of Ifrael in mount Siiui by the hand of Moles. C H A r. Of dedicated things, CHAP, CHAP. XXVII. i Concerning 'vows. 28 No devoted thing may be redeemed. 32 The tithe may not be changed. Before A Nd the Lord fpake unto Mofes, -v — ■ 2 Speak unto the children of If- rael, and fay unto them, When a man fhall make a lingular vow, the verfons Jliall be for the Lord by thy eftimation. 3 And thy eftimation (hall be, of the male from twenty years old even unto fixty years old, even thy efti- mation fhall be fifty fhekels of filver, after the fliekel of the fanctuary. 4 And if it be a female, then thy eftimation fliall be thirty lhekels 5 And if ;'/ be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy eftimation fliall be of the male twenty lhekels, and for the female ten fhekels. 6 And if if be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy eftimation fliall be of the male five fhekels of filver, and for the female thy eftimation fliall be three fhekels of filver. 7 And if it be from fixty years old and above, if it be a male, then thy eftimation fliall be fifteen fhekels, and for the female ten fhekels. 8 But if he be poorer than thy efti- mation, then he fliall prefent himfelf before the prieft, and the prieft lhall value him ; according to his ability that vowed fhall the prieft value him. 9 And if it be a beaft, whereof men bring an offering unto the Lord, all that any man giveth of fuch unto the Lord lhall be holy. 10 He fhall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good : and if he fliall at all change beaft for beaft, then it and the ex- change thereof fliall be holy. 1 1 And if it be any unclean beaft, of which they do not offer a facrifice unto the Lord ; then he fhall pre- fent the beaft before the prieft : 12 And the prieft fhall value it, whether it be good or bad ; f as thou -valued: it, who art the prieft, fo fhall it be. 1 3 But if he will at all redeem it, then he fliall add a fiftl unto thy eftimation. 14 *[ And when a man fhall fan&ify his houfe to be holy unto the Loud j then the prieft lhall eftimate it, whe- ther it be good or bad : as the prieft (hall eftimate it fo fhall it ftand. XXVII. and their eftimation. 1 5 And if he that fon&ified it will **»* redeem his houfe, then he fhall add ;•»&!• M the fifth part of the money of thy """""^ eftimation unto it, and it lhall be his. 16 And if a man fhall fan&ify un- to the Lord fome part of a field of his pofieffion ; then thy eftimation fliall be according to the feed thereof: || an knl'ot^n homer of barley-feed ftxall be valued »o»«r,&c. at fifty fhekels of filver. 1 7 If he fanftify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy efti- mation it fhall ftand. 18 But if he fan&ify his field after thejubilee ; then theprieft fhall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubilee, and it lhall be abated from thy eftimation. 19 And if he that fanftified the field will in any wife redeem it ; then lie fliall add the fifth part of the money of thy eftimation unto it, and it fliall be allured to him. 20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have fold the field to another man, it .all not be redeem- ed any more 21 But the field, when it goeth out in thejubilee, ' all be holy unto the Lord, as a field devoted; the pofieffion thereof -all be the priefts. 22 And if a man fanclify unto the Lord a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his pof- feflion ; 23 Then the prieft fliall reckon un- to him the worth of thy eftimation, even unto the year of the jubilee : and he lhall give thine eftimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the Lord. 24 In the year of the jubilee the field fliall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the pofieffion of the land did belong. 25 And all thy ellimations 1 all be according to the fhekel of the fanc- tuary : ""twenty gerahs fliall be the ^tt fhekel. t^^7' 26 If Only the f bfirftling of the 4r-i*. beafts, which Jhould be the Lords '"";;'' • firftling, no man liiall fan&ify it : btaai. whether it be ox or lheep, it is the^3,2'1 Lords. 27 And if it be of an unclean beaft, then he lhall redeem it according to part thereof thine eftimation, and ihall add a fifth part of it thereto : or if it be not redeemed, then it lhall be fold ac- cording to thy eftimation. 28 H c Notwithstanding, no devoted cj M thiny; that a rr.rm fliall tievote unto the Lord, of all that he lint!:, both The people numbered. NUMBER S. The number of every tribe. clriiii of man and beaft, and of the field of 32 And concerning the tithe of the g*}p »«"• m his pollcflion, (hall be fold or redeem- herd, or of the flock, even of what- w- v ed : every devoted thing is moft holy foever fpan"eth under the rod, ttnetsSja. unto the Lord. tenth mall be holy unto the Lord. Bt»* 29 d None devoted, which /hall be 33 He lhall not fearch whether it *»*»■ e'Cta. 28. 22. Numb. t8 devoted of men, /hall be redeemed ; £ttf flia.ll furely be put to death. 30 f And 'all the tithe of the land, whether of the feed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lords : Mii.'i'11' il fS n°ly unto tne Lord. 9, 1* ' 31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he (hall add there- to the fifth part thereof. C t.r, be good or bad, neither (hall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof (hall be holy ; it lhall not be re- deemed. 34 B Thefe are the commandments »« which the Lord commanded Mofes, *°' for the children of Ifrael, in mount Sinai. f The Fourth Book of M OSES, called NUMBERS. CHAP. I. 1, 17 The men of war numbered. 47 The Levites exempted. AN D the Lord fpake unto Mofes in the wildernefs of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the firlt day of the fecond month, in the fecond year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, faying, 2 * Take ye the fum of all the congregation of the children of If- rael, after their families, by the houfe of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls ; 3 From twenty years old and up- ward, all that are able to go forth to war in Ifrael ; thou and Aaron (hall number them by their armies. 4 And with you there (hall be a man of every tribe ; every one head of the houfe of his fathers. 5 % And thefe are the names of the men that .'hall ftand with you : Of the tribe of Reuben ; Elizur the fon of Shedeur. 6 Of Simeon ; Shelumiel the fon of Ziirtf haddai. 7 Of Judah ; Nahfhon the fon of Amminadab. 8 Of Iflachar ; Nethaneel the fon of Zuar. 9 Of Zebulun ; Eliab the fon of Helon. \o Of the children of Jofeph : of Ephrahnj Elifhama the fon of A'm- mihtrd : of Manalleh: Gamaliel the fon of Pedahzur. 1 1 Of Benjamin ; Abidan the lbn of Gideon!. 12 Of Dan; Ahiezer the fon of AmrriHhaddal. 13 Of Aliicrj Pagiel the fon of Qcran, 14 Of Gad; Eliafaph the fon of b Deuel. 15 Of Naphtali ; Ahira the fon of t, Enan. j2 16 c Thefe were the renowned ofJ the congregation, princes of the tribes ' of their fathers, heads of thoufands in Ifrael. 1 7 t And Mofes and Aaron took thefe men, which are exprefled by their names. 18 And they aflembled all the con- gregation together on the firtt day of the fecond month ; and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the houfe of their fathers, accord- ing to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. 19 As the Lord commanded Mofes, fo he numbered them in the wi 1 d ern efs of S i na i . 20 And the children of Reuben, If- raelseldefl fon, by their generations, after their families, by tne houfe of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by theirpolls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 2r Thofe that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, ■were forty and fix thoufand and five hundred. 22 S Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their fa- milies, by the houfe of their fathers, thofe that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names „ by their polls, every male from twen- ty years oldand upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 23 Thofe that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, werejnfty and nine thoufand and three hundred, The men of C H A cfritt 24 f Of the children of Gad, by h>>o. their generations, after their families, v ' by the houfe of their fathers, accord- ing to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 25 Thofe that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and live thoufand fix hundred and fifty. 26 f Of the children of Jndah, by their generations, after their families, by the houfe of their fathers, accord- ing to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 27 Thofe that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Jtfdah, were threefcore and fourteen thou- fand and fix hundred. 28 If Of the children of Iffachar, by their generations, after their fami- lies, by the houfe of their fathers, ac- cording to the number of the names, from twaaty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 29 Thofe that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of fflathar, were fifty and four thoufand and four hundred. 30 ^f Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their fami- lies, by the houfe of their fathers, ac- cording to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 31 Thofe that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, zuere fifty and feven thoufand and four hundred. 32 t Of the children of Jofeph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their fami- lies, by the houfe of their fathers, ac- cording to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; 33 Thofe that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thoufand and five hundred. 34 If Of the children of Manafleh, by their generations, after their fami- lies, by the houfe of their fathers, ac- cording to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 35 Thofe that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manafieh, were thirty and two thoufand and two hundred. 36 % Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their fami- lies, by the houfe" of their fathers, y* P. I. 'war numbered. cording to the number of the names, f^itT from twenty years old and upward, all ^ 1^°-_l that were able to go forth to war ; v 37 Thofe that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thoufand and four hundred. 38 *\\ Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the houfe of their fathers, accord- ing to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that, were able to go forth to war ; 39 Thofe that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were thre'efcore and two thoufand and fe- ven hundred. 40 *J Of the children of Afher, by their generations, after their families, by the houfe of their fathers, accord- ing, to the number ofthe names, from twenty years old and upward,' all that' were able to go forth to war ; 41 Thofe that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Aiher, were forty and one thoufand and five hundred. 42 t Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their tamilie.s, by the houfe of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; 43 Thofe that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thoufand and four hundred. 44Thefe are thofe that were num- bered, which Mofes and Aaron num- bered, and the princes of Ifrael, being twelve men : each one was for the houfe of his fathers. 45 So were all thofe that were num- bered ofthe children of Ifrael, by the houfe of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Ifrael ; 46 Even all they that were num- bered were J lix hundred thoufand. tl'.' '..' and three thoufand, and five hundred , and fifty. 47 1! But ethe Levites, after the" tribe of their fathers, were not mini- J bered among them. & "■ ■'■• 48 For the Lord had fpoken unto Mofes, faying, 49 fOnlythou (halt not number the [fjtl' tribe of Levi, neither take the fum of them among the children of Ifrael ; 50 But thou Iftalt appoint the Le- vites over the tabernacle of tefti- mony- md over all the veilcls thereof, I i and The order of the NUMBERS. tribes in their tents. and over all things that belong to it : they (hall bear the tabernacle, and all the vefiels thereof; and they fliall minifter unto it, and fliall encamp round about the tabernacle. 51. And when the tabernacle fet- teth forward, the Levites (hall take it down ; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites fliall let it up cording to their armies: and the cap- ' ;, tain of the children of Reuben fliall 1490. be Elizur, the fon of Shedeur. " w" 11 And his hoft, and thofe that were numbered thereof, were forty and fix thoufand and five hundred. 12 And thofe which pitch by him fliall be the tribe of Simeon : and the captain of the children of Simeon g. K and the ftranger that cometh nigh fliall be Shelumiel, the fon of Zuri fliall be put to death. 52 And the children of Ifrael fliall pitch their tents, every man by his own c.-mp, and every man by his own flandard, throughout their hofts. 5 3 But the Levites fliall pitch round about the taberoacle of teflimony, tiiat there be no wrath upon the con- gregation of the children of Ifrael : and the Levites (hall keep the charge ol the tabernacle of teflimony. 54 And the children of Ifrael did according to all that the Lord com- jTunc'ed Mofes, fo did they. CHAP. II. T'.e order of the tribes in their tents. ANd the Lord fpake unto Mofes and unto Aaron, faying, 2 Every man of the children of Ifrael (hall pitch by his own flandard, with the eniign of their fathershoufe ; V',?ijwjt, t far off about the tabernacle of the f congregation fliall they pitch. 3 f And on the eafl fide, toward the rifing of the fun, (hall they of the flandard of the camp of Judah pitch, throughout their armies : and Nah- flion, the fon of Amminadab, Jhall be captain of the children of Judah. 4 And his hoft, and thofe that were numbered of them, were three- ftore and fourteen thoufand and fix hundred . % And thofe that do pitch next unto him (hall be the tribe of Iflachar : and Nethaneel, the fon of Zuar, Jhall be captain of the children of Iflachar. 6 And his hoft, and thofe that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thoufand and four hundred. fhaddai. 1 3 And his hoft, and thofe that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thoufand and three hundred. 14 Then the tribe of Gad : and the captain of the fons of Gad fliall be Eliafaph, the fon of || Reuel. 15 And his holt, and thofe that were SSIm. 14. numbered of them, were forty and £jo.2a»!" five thoufand and fix hundred and fifty. 16 All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thoufand, and fifty and one thoufand, and four hundred and fifty, through- out their armies : and they (hall let forth in the fecond rank. 1 7 % Then the tabernacle of the congregation (hall fet forward, with the camp of the Levites in the midft of the camp : as they encamp fo (hall they fet forward, every man in his place, by their ftandards. i8fOn the weft tide fliall be the flandard of the camp of Ephraim, ac- cording to their armies : and the cap- tain of the fons of Ephraim fliall bt Elifliama, the fon of Ammihud. 19 And his hoft, and thofe that were numbered of them, were forty thoufand and five hundred. 20 And by him (hall be the tribe of Manafll-h : and the captain of the children of ManafTeh Jhall be Gama- liel, the fon of Pedahzur. 21 And his hoft, and thofe that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thoufand and two hundred. 22 Then the tribe ofBenjarain : and the captain of the fons of Benjamin 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun : and Jhall be Abidan, the fon of Gideoni Eliab, the fon of Helon, (hall be cap tain of the children of Zebulun. 8 And hi? hoft, and thofe that were numbered thereof, were fifty and feven thoufand and four hundred. 9 All that were numbered in thecamp pf Judah were an hundred thoufand, and fourfcore thoufand, and tis. thou- fand and four hundred, throughout their armies.: thefe fliall firll fet lurch.. 10 —v — ' 26 And his hoft, and thofe that were numbered of them, were threefcorc and two thoufand and feven hundred. 27 And thofe that encamp by him Jliall be the tribe of After : and the captain of the children of After jlall be Pagiel, the fon of Ocran. 28 And his holt, and thofe that were numbered of them, were forty and one thoufand and five hundred. 29 Then the tribe of Naphtali : and the captain of the children of Naph- tali /ball be Ahira the fon of F.nan. 30 And his hoft, and thofe that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thoufand and four hundred. 31 All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thoufand, and fifty and feven thou- fand and fix hundred : they ftall go hindmoft with their ftandards. 32 H Thefe are thofe which were numbered of the children of Ifrael l!^ by the houfe of their fathers : a all cuip.i".40. thofe that were numbered of the camps, throughout their hofts, were fix hundred thoufand, and threethou- fand and five hundred and fifty. j) chap. 33 But b the Levites were not num- ,,+7, bered among the children of Ifrael; as the Lord commanded Mofes. 34 And the children of Ifrael did according to all that the Lord com- manded Mofes: fo they pitched by their ftandards, and fo they fet for- ward, every one after their fami- lies, according to the houfe of their fathers. CHAP. III. 3 The Levites fervice. 40 The firjl- horn are freed. THefe alfo are the generations of Aaron and Mofes, in the day that the Lord fpake with Mofes in uoi- mount Sinai. 2 And thefe are the names of the 6.ri*3.'' **ons ot" Aaron ; Na'dab the a firft-born, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 3 Thefe are the names of the fons of Aaron, the prieOs which were Lt*fcVw anointed, f whom he confecrated to tcjiiU. minifter in the prieih office. 1400. 4 b And Naclab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they ottered Kae ftrange fire before the Lord in the wildernefs of Sinai, and they had no children : and Eleazar and Ithamar miniftered in the prieih oifice in the fight of Aaron their father. 5 1| And the Lord fpake unto Mini--, faying, 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and |^jg prefent them before Aaron the pneft, ^90. ^ that they may minifter unto him. 7 And they ftall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congre- gation, before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do c the fervice of \ s« "'*• the tabernacle. 8 And they ftall keep all the inftru- ments of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, and the charge of the chil- dren of Ifrael, to do the fervice of the tabernacle. 9 And d thou ftalt give the Levites dch»p. unto Aaron, aad to his fons ; they are " '"" wholly given unto him out of the children of Ifrael. 10 And thou fhalt appoint Aaron and his fons, and they ftail wait on their priefts office : eand the ftranger -v.r ,&, that cometh nigh 11 all be put to^.. ,•' death. 1 1 *[[ And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 12 And I, behold I, f have taken J^fo. the Levites from among the children of Ifrael inftead of all the firft-born that openeth the matrix among the children of Ifrael ; therefore the Le- vites fhall be mine: il mine ; J all the firft-born in the land of Egypt H& I.I3* I hallowed unto me all the firft-born hEJ°d- in Ifrael, both man and beaft ; mine u'12' they fhall be : I am the Lord. 14 U And the Lord fpake unto Mo- fes in the wildernefs of Sinai, faying, 15 Number the children of Levi, after the houfe of their fathers, by their families : '' every male from a I^JJ; month old and upward fhalt thou number them. 16 And Mofes numbered them, ac- cording to the f word of the Lord, £,"*: as he was commanded. 17 kAnd thefe were the fons of$£ji". Levi, by their names j Gerfton, and Z*0l£\fi] Kohath, and Merari. l^ef 18 And thefe are the names of the ij.6r*^«, bron, and Uzziel. 20 And the fons cf Merari by their, families ; Mahli and Mufti : thefe are the families of the Levites, according to the houfe of their fathers. 2 1 11 Of Gerfton was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites . thefe are the families of the Gerfhonite§i 23 Thofe Becaufe g all the firft-born are z**f- 1 for on the day that I fmote llv.^j .-'_ . . . y. ...,-, Than 9, The 4«24- nExod 25. y. o Exod. 20. 1. p Exod. J 7,14- q Exrd. 26. 36. rExod. 35- is. u 1 Cbron 20. 23. ?S- 3t. b Exnd. 27- 1. Be charge of the Levites. NUM 22 Thofe that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even thofe that were num- bered of them, were feven thoufand and live hundred. 23 The families of the Gerfhonites {hall pitch behind the tabernacle welt- ward. 24 And the chief of the houfe of the father of the Gerfhonites Jhail be Eliafaph, the ("on of Lael. 25 And '"the charge of the fons of Gerfhon, in the tabernacle of the con- gregation, (hall be " the tabernacle, and °the tent, pthe covering thereof, ■u and * the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 26 And rthe hangings of the court, and ' the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and l the cords of it, for all the fervice thereof. 27 *\ "And of Kohath was the fa- mily of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites : thefe are the families of the Kohathites. 28 In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thoufand and fix hundred, keep- ing the charge of the fanttuary. 29 The families of the fons of Ko- hath (hall pitch on the fide of the ta- bernacle fouthward. 30^ And the chief of the houfe of the father of the families of the Ko- hathites /ball be Elizaphan, the fon of Uzziel . 3r And "their charge /I tall be ythe ark, and z the table, and a the candlc- ftick, and Hhe altars, and the vellels of the fanihiary wherewith they ininHter, and c the hanging, and all the fervice thereof. 32 And Eleazar, the fon of Aaron the pried, flail be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the overlight of them that keep the charge of the fanthiary. 33 U Of Mcrari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Muihites : thefe are the tamilies of Merari. 34 And thofe that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were lix. thoufand and two hundred. 35 And the chief of the houfe of the father of the families of Mcrari was Zufiel, the fon of Abihail; theje B E R S. The ftrjl-born are freed. fhall pitch on the fide of the taber- ■*«« nacle northward. 36 And f d under the cuftody and . charge of the fons of Merari A all be ; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, 4> 3'- and the fockets thereof, and all the veflels thereof, and all that ferveth thereto, 37 And the pillars of the court round about, and their fockets, and their pins, and their cords. 38 \ But thofe tha: encamp before the tabernacle toward the eaft, even before the tabernacle of the congre- gation eaftward, flail be Mofes, and Aaron and his fons, keeping the charge of the fanctuary, for the charge of the children of Ifrael : and e the ftranger that cometh nigh (hall ever. 10. be put to death. 39 f All that were numbered of the t s« chap. Levites, which Mofes and Aaron num- :0 °2' bered at the commandment of the Lord, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and up- ward, were twenty and two thoufand. 40 <[ And the Lord faid unto Mo- fes, Number all the firft-born of the males of the children of Ifrael, from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. 4t And thou (halt take the Levitts for me, (lam the Lord,) inftead of all the firft-born among the children of Ifrael ; and the cattle of the Le- vites inftead of all the firftlings among the cattle of the children of Ifrael. 42 And Mofes numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firft- born among the children of Ifrael. 43 And all the firft-born males, by the number of names, from a month old and upward, and thofe that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thoufand two hundred and three- fcorc and thirteen, 44 X And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 45 Take the Levites inftead of all the firft-born among the children of Ifrael, and the cattle of the Levites inftead of their cattle, and the Le- vites ihall be mine : I am the Lord. 46 And for thofe that are to be re- deemed of the two hundred and three- fcore and thirteen of the firft-born of the children of Ifrael, which are more than the Levites ; 47 Thou lhalt even take five flie- kcls apiece by the poll, after the (he- REiod. kel of the fancbuary (halt thou take iS;.»V.«*« , J«efc 48 And +5. ia. A1 The Levites age and fervice. CHAP. chriit - 48 And thou ^alt Sive the money» i4»o. wherewith the odd number of them ""* ' is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his fons. 49 And Mofes took the redemption- money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites. 50 Of the firft-born of the chil- dren of Ifrael took he the money ; a thoufaud three hundred and three- fcore and five Jhekels, after the ihe- kel of the fanftuary. 51 And iMofes gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aa- ron and to his fons, according to the word of the Lord; as the Lord commanded Mofes. CHAP. IV. 1 The Levites fervice, iy and office. Nd the Lord fpake unto Mofes and unto Aaron, faying, 2 Take the fum of the fons of Ko- hath from among the fons of Levi, after their families, by the houfe of their fathers ; 3 a From thirty years old and up- ward, even until fifty years old, all that enter into the holt, to do the work in the tabernacle of the con- gregation. 4 This /hall be the fervice of the fons ofKohath,inthetabernacleofthecon- gregation, about the moil holy things. 5 % And when the camp fetteth forward, Aaron (hall come, and his fons, and they (hall take down bthe covering vail, and cover the ark of teiVimony with it ; 6 And ihall put thereon the cover- ing of badgers lkins, and fhall fpread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and fhall put in c the ftaves thereof. 7 And upon the d table of (hew. bread they fhall fpread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the difhes, and thefpoons, and the bowls, and covers to || cover withal : and the continual bread fhall be thereon. 8 And they Ihall fpread upon them a cloth of fcarlet, and cover the fame with a covering of badgers fkins, and fhall put in the ftaves thereof. 9 And they ihall take a cloth of blue, and cover the ■ candlellick of the light, fand his lamps, and his tongs, and his fnuff-diihes, and all the oil-veffels thereof, wherewith they minifter unto it. 10 And they fhall put it, and all the veflels thereof, within a covering of badgers lkins, and Ihall put it upon ?, bur. IV. The office of the Kohathites.. 1 1 And upon the golden altar they *;:?£ fhall fpread a cloth of blue, and cover v i3f°-^ it with a covering of badgers fkins, " and fhall put to the ftaves thereof. 12 And they fhall take all the in- ftruments of miniftry, wherewith they minifter in the fanftuary, and put the?7i in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers fkins, and fhall put them on a bar. 13 And they fhall take away the afhes from the altar, and fpread a purple cloth thereon : 1 4 And they fhall put upon it all the veflels thereof, wherewith they miniller about it, even the cenfers, the flefh-hooks, and the fhovels, and the |j bafons, all the veflels of the ■£», altar ; and they fhall fpread upon it a covering of badgers fkins, and put to the ftaves of it. 1 5 And when Aaron and his fons have made an end of covering the fanftuary, and all the veflels of the fancluary, as the camp is to fet for- ward ; after that, the fons of Kohath (hall come to bear it: g but they fhall £26Sim- not touch any holy thing left they die. h Thefe things are the burden of 3. 31- ' the fons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. 1 6 ^ And to the office of Eleazar, the fon of Aaron the prieft, pertaineth 1 the oil for the light, and the kfweet 'J'o." incenfe, and 'the daily meat-offering, *0Ej"^- and the "' anointing oil, and the over- iExod.' fight of all the tabernacle, and of all Zi>-40- that therein is, in the fanchiary, and "o^." in the veflels thereof. 1 7 1J And the Lord fpake unto Mofes and unto Aaron, faying, 18 Cut ye not oft' 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 moil holy things ; Aaron and his fons ihall go in, and appoint them every one to his fervice, and to his burden. 20 n But they (hall not go in to rI'y.c".1.,° fee when the holy things are covered, J^ left they die. 21 1} And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 22 Take alfo the fum of the fons of Gerfhon, throughout the houfes of their fathers, by their families ; 23 From thirty years old and up- ward until fifty years old ihalt thou number them ; all that enter in f to L™^lbt perform the fervice, to do the work in **rfr« the tabernacle of the congregation. 24 This Levites /ever al NUMB 24 This is the fervice of the fami- lies of the Gerfhonites, to ferve, and for || burdens. 25 And °they mail bear the cur- tains of the tabernacle, and the taber- nacle of the congregation, his cover- ing, and the covering of the badgers ikins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, 26 And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court which is by the taber- nacle, and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the inftru- ments of their fervice, and all that is made for them : fo fliall they ferve. 27 At the f appointment of Aaron and his foils :liall be all the fervice of the ions of the Gerihonites, in all their burdens, and in all their fer- vice : and ye mall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens. iS This is the fervice of the fami- lies of the fons of Gerii:on in the ta- bernacle of the congregation : and their charge jkall be under the hand oflthamar, tbefon of Aaron theprielt. 29 f As for the fons of Merari, thou /halt number them after their fami- lies, by the houfe of their fathers ; 30 From thirty years old and up- ward even unto fifty years old ihalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the f fervice, to do the work of the tabernacle of the con- gregation. 31 And p this is the charge of their burden, according to all their fervice in the tabernacle of the congrega- tion; q the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and fockets thereof, 3: And the pillars of the court round about, and their fockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their inilruments, and with all their fer- vice : and byname ye (hall reckon the inftruments of the charge of their burden. 33 This is the fervice of the fami- lies of the fons of Merari, according to all their fervice in the tabernacle cf the 1 ongregap ion, under the hand of Ithamar, the foil of Aaron the prieft. 34 *\ And Mofes and Aaron, and the chief of the congregation, num- bered the foils of the Kohathites af- ter their families, and after the houfe of their fathers; 35 From thirty years old and up- ward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the feryice, E R S. charges and offices. congregation : i+uo- 36 And thofe that were numbered *~~ of them by their families were two thoufand i'even hundred and fifty. 37 Thefe were they that were num- bered of the families of the Koha- thites, ail that might do fervice in the tabernacle of the congregation, whkh Mofes and Aaron did number, accord- ing tothe commandment of the Lord by the hand of Mofes. 38 And thofe that were numbered of the fons of Ger^on, throughout their families, and by the houfe of their fathers, 39 From thirty years old and up- ward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the fervice, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation ; 40 Even thofe that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the houfe of their fathers, were two thoufand and fix. hundred and thirty. 4r Thefe are they that were num- bered of the families of the fons of Gerlhon, of all that might do fer- vice in the tabernacle of the congre- gation, whom Mofes and Aaron did number, according to the command- ment of the Lord. 42 I] And thofe that were num- bered of the families of the fons of Merari, throughout their families, by the houfe of their fathers, 43 From thirty years old and up- ward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the fervice, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation ; 44 Even thofe that were numbered of them, after their families, were three thoufand and two hundred. 45 Thefe be thofe that were num- bered of the families of the fons of Merari, whom Mofes and Aaron num- bered, according to the word of the Lokd by the hand of Mofes. 46 All thofe that were numbered of the Levites, whom Mofes and Aa- ron, and the chief of Ifracl, num- bered, after their families, and after the houfe of their fathers ; 47 From thirty years old and up- ward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to (Jo the fervice of the miniftry, and the fervice of the burden in the tabernacle of the con- gregation ; 48 Even thofe that were numbered of them, were eight thoufand and fiv.' hundred, and fourfcore. 49 Accordiucr Ch3j>. g. C, IO, II. u 19. a- «3«- 19 Reflitution in trefpajfes. C H A Chi!™ 49 According to the commandment 1400. of the Lord they were numbered by %,~~v ' the hand of Mofes, every one accord- ing to hisfervice, and according to his burden : thus were they numbered of him, as the Lord commanded Mofes. CHAP. V. 5 Rejiitution is enjoined. 1 1 The trial of jealonfy. \ Nd the Lord fpake unto Mofes, Xx faying, 2 Command the children of Ifrael, that they put out of the camp every ?,46. U' " leper, and every one that hath an ?2?i4. b 'hue, and whofoever is dehled by bLev.is.2. the cdead : 3 Both male and female (hall ye put out; without the camp fhall ye put them ; that they defile not their camps, in the midft whereof I dwell. 4 And the children of Ifrael did fo, and put them out without the camp as the Lord fpake unto Mofes, fo did the children of Ifrael. 5 ^1 And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 6 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, d When a man or woman fhall com- mit any fin that men commit, to do a trefpafs againft the Lord, and that perfon be guilty ; 7 c Then they fhall confefs their ig. fin which they have done ; and he *• fhall recompenfe his trefpafs f with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him againft whom he hath tref- pafTed. 8 But if the man have no kinfman to recompenfe the trefpafs unto, let the trefpafs be recompenfed unto the 6- Lord, even to theprieft, befides gthe ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement mail be made for him. 9 And every || h offering of all the holy things of the children of Ifrael, which they bring unto the prieft, fhall be his. 10 And every mans hallowed things fhall be his : whatfoever any man giveth the prieft, it fhail be : his. 11 t And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 12 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, and fay unto them, If any mans wife go afide, and commit a trefpafs againit him, 1 3 And a man lie with her car- nally, and it be hid from the eyes of her hufband, and bekeptclofe,andlhe be defiled, and there be no witnefs againit her, neijher Die be taken with the manner ± e Levil aO, 4c J0lh. 7 fl.tv. hExort. id- in. Lev. 6. 18,20. & 7.6, 14. ChH'.iK.rt Deut. IB. 3 ILevit. 10. 13 P. V. 7§ie trial of 'jeaiov/y. 14 And the fpirit of jcaloufy come ^Jf upon him, and he be jealous of his *•«*> ^ wife, and (he be defiled ; or if the " """"^ fpirit of jealoufy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and lhe be not defiled : 15 Then fhall the man bring his wife unto the prieft, and he JJiall bring her offering for her, the tenth 'part of an ephah of barley-meal ; he fhall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankin- cenfe thereon ; for it is an offering of jealoufy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. 16 And the prieft fhall bring her near, and fet her before the Lord. 17 And the prieft (ball take holy water in an earthen vefiel, and of the duft that is in the floor of the taber- nacle the prieft (hall take, and put it into the water. 18 And the prieft fhall fet the wo- man before the Lord, and uncover the womans head, and put the offer- ing of memorial in her hands, which is the jealoufy-offering : and the prieft fhall have in his hand the bitter wa- ter that caufeth the curfe. 19 And the prieft lhall charge her by an Oath, and fay unto the woman,' If no man have lain with thee, and if thou haft not gone afide to unclean- nefs || f with another inftead of thy h°^;„ hufband, be thou free from this bit- '^XlZ. ter water that caufeth the curfe : ianii. 20 But if thou haft gone afide to J^J,*",^ another inftead of thy hufband, and nu/banu. if thou be defiled, and fome man hath lain with thee befides thine hufband ; 21 Then the prieft fhall charge the woman with an oath of curfing ; and the prieft lhall fay unto the woman, The Lord make thee a curfe and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to f rot, tHcb- faU' and thy belly to fwell : 22 And this water that caufeth the curfe lhall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to fwell, and thy thigh to rot. And the woman lhall fay, Amen, amen. 23 And the prieft fhall write thefe curies in a book, and he lhall blot them out with the bitter water ; 24 And he fhall caufe the woman to drink the bitter water that caufeth the curfe : and the water that caufeth the curfe fhall enter into her, and become bitter. 25 Then theprieft fhall take the jea- loufy-offering outof the womanshand, and mall wave the offering efore the Lord, and offer it upon the altar. a6 And PbL 83. 9, it. The law of the Nazarites, NUMB **£ 26 And the prieft fl)all take an i«a handful of the offering, t'zv/j the me- """ morial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward lhall caufe the woman to drink the water. 27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it hall come to pafs, that if ihe be defiled, and have done trefpafs againft her hufband, that the water that caufeth the curfe liia.ll enter into her, and become bit- ter, and her belly 'hall fwell, and her thigh (hall rot : and the woman k inall be a curfe among her people. 28 And if the woman be not de- filed, but be clean ; then : ;e ihall be [g^airi free, and Inall conceive feed. ■cc.'.a.ij. 29 This is the law of jealoufies* when a wife goeth afide to another inftead of her hufband, and is defiled ; 30 Or when the ipirit of jealoufy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and ihall fet the wo- man before the Lord, and the prieft ihall execute upon her all this law. 31 Then (hall the man be guiltlefs from iniquity, and this woman lhall bear her iniquity. CHAP. VI. 1 The law of the Nazarite s. 22 The form of ' blejjing the people. ANd the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 2 Speak unto the children of Ifrael, and fay unto them, When either man n or, mate or woman (hall II feparate them/elves Auxtritej. to vow a vow or a Nazarite, to fepa- rate themfdves unto the Lord ; 3 He (hall feparate himfelf from wine and ftrong drink, and dial I drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of ftrong drink, neither (hall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moift grapes, or dried. ,'or,w«- 4 All the days of his [| feparation ""^ (hall he eat nothing that is made of lin?,fibc tne t vine-tree, from the kernels vdne. even to the hulk. 5 All the days of the vow of his fe- .•»i'i«iiM3-s. paration there (hall no "razor come s im.i.u. upon hJ . head _ unt.j the days ,be fulfilled in the which he feparateth himfelf unto the Lord he lhall be holy, and (liali let the locks of the hair of his head grow. 6 All the days that he feparateth himfelf unto the Lord u he (hall come at no dead body. 7 c He (hall not make himfelf un- clean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his filter, when they die ; becaufe the f conl of his God is upon his head. Chap. 19. II. c Lev. 21 E R S. and thsir offerings to the Lord. 8 All the days of his feparation he | is holy unto the Lord. «4»o. 9 And if any man die very fuddenly * by him, and he hath defiled the Head of his confecration ; then he flu-ill (have his head d in the day of his cleanfmg, **** on the feventh day ihall he lliave it. foAnd eon the eighth day he lhall <,''• s-t- bring two turtles, or two young pi- %'.'U2X* geons, to the prieit, to the door ot* the tabernacle of the congregation. 1 1 And the prieit (hall offer the one for a (in-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he fin- ned by the dead, and ihall hallow his head that fame day. 12 And he (hall confecrate unto the Lord the days of his feparation, and -hall bring a lamb of the firft year f for a trefpafs-offering : but the ,Lcv- - a wave-offeringbefore the Lord ; ^Ti^Z""' this ft holy for the prieft, with the 2y-2;,i»- waVe-fareaft and heave - fhoulder : and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. 2 1 This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the Lord for his feparation, beiides that that his hand (hall get : according to the vow which he vowed, fo he malt do after the law of his reparation. 22 % And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 23 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his n tevit. fons< faying, On this wife n ye fhali blefs the children of Ifrael, faying unto them, 24 The Lord blefs thee, and keep thee ; 25 Tne Lord make his face fnine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; Bpfti.4-6. 20 o The lord iift Up his coun- tenance upon thee, and give thee peace. 27 And they fliall put my name upon the children of Ifrael, and I will blefs them. CHAP. VII. 2, 10 The princes offerings. 89 God Jpeaketh to Mofes. ANd it came to pafs, on the day that Mofes had fully a fet up the Lev. a. 10. tabernacle, and had anointed it, and fan&ified it, and all the inftruments thereof, both the altar, and all the veffels thereof, and had anointed them, and fan&ified them, %$ss. 2 Tnat b tne Prmces °f Ifrael, heads of the houfe of their fathers, (who were the princes of the tribes, Vfaftwd. f and were over them that were numbered,) offered. 3 And they brought their offering before the Lord, fix covered wa- gons and twelve oxen ; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox : and they brought them before the tabernacle. 4 If And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, j Take it of them, that they may be to do the fervice of the tabernacle of the congregation ; and thou (halt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his fervice. 6 And Mofes took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. *chjp. j Two wagons and four oxen c he gave unto the fons of Gerfhon, ac- cording- to their fervice. P. VII. the dedication of the tabernacle. 8 ll And four wagons and eight £f^e oxen he gave unto the fons of Merari, >w* according unto their fervice, e under dCb^T"* the hand of Ithamar the fon of Aaron 4 3I- the prieft. l^.*' 9 But unto the fons of Kohath he gave none; becaufe fthe fervice offChap- the fan&uary belonging unto them 4' I5' sxvas, that they fhould bear upon their ""'p- fiioulders. to, i*,*m. 10 1f And the princes offered &r~fi,1^6, h dedicating of the altar, in the day hs«Dcut. that it was anointed, even the princes iKin'gs offered their offering before the altar. I'^ih. is. 1 1 And the Lord faid unto Mofes, ^;'20; '■ They (hall offer their offering, each tia<" ' prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. 12 Tl And he that offered his offering the firft day was Nahflion the fon of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah : 1 3 And his offering was one filver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty Jhekcls, one filver bowl of feventy ihekels, after ' the ■ E=orf- fhekel of the fanftuary ; both of them 3°" ia were full of tine Hour mingled with oil, for a k meat-offering : tLev.z.5, 1 4 One fpoon at ten Jiiekels of geld, full of incenfe : 15 J One young bullock, one ram, ilw.i.*. one lamb of the firft year, for a burnt-offering : 16 One kid of the goats for a m fin- offering: -J* 17 And for " a facrifice of peace- nu»,3-»' offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the firft year. This was the offering of Nahlhon the fon of Amminadab. 18 Tf On the fecond day Nethaneel the fon of Zuar, prince of Illachar, did offer : 19 He offered for his offering one filver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty J)iekeisy one filver bowl of feventy (hekels, after the (hekel of the fanftuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering : 20 One fpoon of gold of ten fliekeh, full of incenfe : 21 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the firft year, for a burnt- offering : 22 One kid of the goats for a fin- offering : 23 And for a facrifice of peace- offerings, two oxen, five rams, live he-goats, five lambs of the firll year. This was the offering of Nethaneel the fon of Zuar. 24 1 On The offerings of the princes 5S55 24 *I On the third day Eliab the l^°- J fon of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulnn, did offer : 25 His offering w one filver bowl of feventy fhekels, after the fhekel of the fanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering : 62 One golden fpoon of ten fliekels, full of incenfe : 63 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the firft year, for a burnt- offering : 64 One kid of the goats for a fin- offering : 65 And for a facrifice of peace- offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the firft year. This was the offering of Abidan the fon of Gideoni. 66 If On the tenth day Ahiezer the fon of Ammifhaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered: 67 His offering was one filver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty fliekels ; one filver bowl of feventy fliekels, after thelhe- kel of the fanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering : 68 One golden fpoon of ten fliekels, full of incenfe •- 69 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the firft year, for a burnt- offering : 70 One kid of the goats for a fin- offering : 71 And for a facrifice of peace- offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the firft year. This was the offering of Ahiezer the fon of Ammifhaddai. 72 ^j On the eleventh day Pagiel the fon of Ocran, prince of the chil- dren of Afher, offered: 73Hisofferinguwonefilver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty fliekels; one filver bowl of feventy fliekels, after the fhekel of the fancluary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering : 74 One golden fpoon of ten fliekels, full of incenfe : 75 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the firft year, for a burnt- offering : 76 One kid of the goats for a fin- offering : t P. VII. at the dedication of the altar. 77 And for a facrifice of peace- g^fe offerings, two oxen, five rains, five "4y° he- goats, five lambs of the firft year. * *~ This was the offering of Pagiel the fon of Ocran. 78 t On the twelfth day Ahira the fon of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered: 79 His ottering was one filver charger, the weight \yhereof was an hundred and thirty fliekels \i one filver bowl of feventy ihekels, after the fhe- kel of the fanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil, for a meat-offering : 80 One golden fpoon of ten fliekels, full of incenfe : 81 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the firft year, for a burnt- offering : 82 One kid of the goats for a fin- offering : 83 And for a facrifice of peace- offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five lambs of the firft year. This was the offering of Ahira the fon of Enan. 84 This was the dedication of the altar (in the day when it was anoint- ed) by the princes of Ifrael : twelve chargers of filver, twelve filver bowls, twelve fpoons of gold ; 85 Each charger of filver weighing an hundred and thirty Jheftels, each bowl feventy : all the filver veffels weighed two thoufand and four hundred flie- kels, after the fhekel of the fan&uary. 86 The golden fpoons were twelve, full of incenfe, weighing ten fliekels apiece, after the fhekel of the fanc- tuary : all the gold of the fpoons was an hundred and twenty jhekels. 87 All the oxen for the burnt-offer- ing were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the firft year twelve, with their meat-offering ; and the kids of the goats for fin-offering twelve. 88 And all the oxen, for the fa- crifice of the peace-offerings, were twenty and four bullocks, the rams fixty, the he-goats fixty, the lambs of the firft year fixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. 89 If And when Mofes was gone into the tabernacle of the congrega- tion to fpeak with || Him, then he IIThaH., heard "the voice of one fpeaking un- DE,"ndi to him from oft' the mercy-feat thav w -- was upon the ark of teftimony, from between the two cherubims : and He ipake unto him. K CHAP. I Exod. 1$. IK. ■J Exod. ?5- 40. JF/ou; Ate lamps an to be lighted. N U M CHAP. VIII. i How the lamps are to be lighted. 5 The confecration of the Levites: 23 the age and time of their [twice. clSft A Nd the Lord fpake unto Mofes, 1+90^ l\ faying, ~* 2 Speak unto Aaron, and fay unto :*°J; £ him, When thou a lighted: the lamps, --• ~ the fevcn lamps (hall give light over againft the candlefffck. 3 And Aaron did fo : he lighted the lamps thereof over againft the candleftick ; as the Lord command- ed Mofes. ?2?; 4 b And this work of the candle- ftick ivas of beaten gold; unto the fliaft thereof, unto the flowers there- of, was c beaten work : d according unto the pattern which the Lord had mewed Mofes, fo he made the candleftick 5 ^1 And the Lord fp3ke unto Mofes, faying, 6 Take the Levites from among the children of Ifrael, and cleanfe them. 7 And thus (halt thou do unto them, rih-piaf* to cleanfe them : Sprinkle c water of Wb. ' purifying upon them, and \ let them '"(have all their flefh, and let them wafli their clothes, and fo make them- felves clean. j4. 8, j». g Then let them take a young bul- EUv'2,1" lock with s his meat-offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and ano- ther young bullock (halt thou take for a fin-offering. 9 And thou (halt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congre- gation ; and thou (halt gather the whole aflembly of the children of Ifrael together : 10 And thou (halt bring the Le- vites before the Lord, and the chil- dren of Ifrael (hall put their hands upon the Levites : tSST ' i An<1 Aaron fliall f offer the Le- t nei. vites before the Lord, for an f of- y™-°f'r- fering of the children of Ifrael, that i neb. f they may execute the fervice of the Lord. *** 12 And the Levites (hall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou (halt offer the one for a fin- offering, and the other for a burnt - offering, unto the Lord, to make an atonement for the Levites. 13 And thou (halt fet the Levites before Aaron, and before his foils, and offer them for an offering unto the Lord. 14 Thus (halt thou feparate the Levites from among the children of ettuft .1 ra sur 1, pafi tnr>; «c. B E R S. The confecration of the Levites. Ifrael ; and the Levites fliall be J*f°£ 11 mine. 1 5 And after that fliall the Le- hctep. "" vites go in to do the fervice of the 3-4i tabernacle of the congregation : and thou (halt cleanfe them, and offer them for an offering. 16 For they are wholly given un- to me from among the children of Ifrael ; ! inftead of fuch as open 1 chap. 3. every womb, even inftead of the firft- i~'43' born of all the children of Ifrael, have I taken them unto me. 17 kFor all the firft -born of the **£*;£" children of Ifrael are mine, both man dW's-i* and beaft : on the day that I fmote L"kci i*' every firft-born in the land of Egypt I fanclified them for myfelf. 18 And I have taken the Levites for all the firft-born of the children of Ifrael. c 9 And ' I have given the Levites 1 cjum-b. as f a gift to Aaron, and to his fons, from among the children of Ifrael, S'TL" to do the fervice of the children of Ifrael in the tabernacle of the con- gregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Ifrael ; m that there m6c^ be no plague among the children of jo™. Ifrael, when the children of Ifrael iC,i0" come nigh unto the fancluary. 20 And Mofes, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Ifrael, did to the Levites according unto all that the Lord commanded Mofes concerning the Levites, fo did the children of Ifrael unto them. 2 1 And the Levites were purified, and they waftied their clothes : and Aaron offered them as an offering be- fore the Lord ; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanfe them. 22 And after that went the Levites in to do their fervice in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his fons: "as the Lord hadnV'; commanded Mofes concerning the Levites, fo did they unto them. 23 M And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 24 This is it that Mongeth unto the Levites ; From twenty and five years old and upward they ihall go in f to * He^rt wait upon the fervice of the taber- nacle of the congregation : 25 And from the age of fifty years they f hall -j-ceafe waiting upon the fer- I vice thereof, and fliall ferve no more ; ) ' 26 But (hall mlnifter with their bre- thren in the tabernacle of the congre- gation, to keep the charge, and fliall - rvice. Thus (halt thou do un- to the Levites touching their charge. CHAP. Thefecondpajfover. C H A P. IX. I The pajfover enjoined. 1 5 A cloud guideth the Ifraeliter. before A Nd the Lord fpake unto Mofes "s'o. ix in the wildernefs of Sinai, in — v ' the firft month of the fecond year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, faying, 2 Let the children bfKraelalfo keep :*odsv. * tne Pauover ac h',s appointed feafon. v.'^-'s- 3I11 the fourteen! hday ot'this month .vs. \ at even ye (hall keep it in his ap« teb,fi"*' P°intefl ferfon : according to all the mm the rites of it, and according to all the J!.'"'" ceremonies thereof, fliall ye keep it. 4 And Mofes fpake unto the chil- dren of Ifrael, that they mould keep the paflbver. 5 And they kept the paflbver on the fourteenth day of the tirft month at even in the wildernefs of Sinai: accord- ing to all that the Lord commanded Mofes, fo did the children of Ifrael. 6 f And there were certain men hop.;.*, who were '"denied by the dead body *'"' of a man, that they could not keep the paflbver on that day ; and they came before Mofes, and before Aaron, on that day. 7 And thofe men faid unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man ; wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the Lord in his appointed feafon among the children of Ifrael ? 8 And Mofes faid unto them, Stand ftill, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you. 9 *i\ And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 1 o Speak unto the children of Ifrael, faying, If any man of you, or of your pofterity, fliall be unclean by reafbn of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he fliall keep the paffover unto the Loud. \\ 1 r c The fourteenth day of the fe- cond month at even they fliall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter kerbs. 1 2 d They (hall leave none of it un- to the morning, c nor break any bone ,Si of it : according to all the ordinances of the pailbver they fliall keep it. 13 But the man that/; clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the pailbver, even th . foul fliall be cut off .from amoi people; becaufe he brought not the offering of the Lord in h feafon," that man (hall h 1 4 And if a ftranger (hall fojourn among you, and will keep the pafs- C H A P. IX, X The cloud and fir%m over unto the Lord ; according to the ordinance of the paflbver, according to the manner thereof, fo ~ "' fliall he do : »' ye (hall have one or- dinance, both for the ftranger, and for him that was born in the land. 1 5 ^f And s on the day that the tal nacle was reared up the cloud cover- 4°" ed the tabernacle, Namely, the tent of the teftimony : and h at even ti was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire until the morning. 16 So it was alway : the cloud co- vered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. 17 And when the cloud was tal up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Ifrael journeyed ; and in the place where the 'loud abode, there the children of Ifra< I pitched their tents. iS At the commandment of the Lord the children of Ifrael joun* ;'- ed, and at the commandment of 1 1 e Lord they pitched : ; as long as the ucot.io.i. cloud abode upon the tabernacle they relied in their tents. 19 And wJien the cloud -{-tarried long f " h .., upon the tabernacle many da; : the children of Ifrael kept I of the Lord, and journeys 1 1 20 And fo it was, when the. cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle ; according to the commandment of the Lord they abode in their | nts, and according to the commandment of the Lord they journeyed. 21 And Jo it was, wiien the cloud -j- abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed : whe- ther it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up they journeyed. 22 Or whether it were tv. 0 a month, or a year, that the cl< ud tarried upon the tabernacle, Remain- ing thereon, the children of Ifrael k abode in their tents, and journeyed not : but when it was tak : journeyed. 23 At the commandment of the journeyet the Lord, at I the Lord by ...... A P. X. . . te Lo r d (pali - mi > Mofea, l\ fayi :e uhee two trumpets of ver; ofav ■!■:'>. The life of the fiher trumpets. K U M the nj that thou mayeft ufe them ("or i4DO. the calling of the affembly, and for "~~~~ the journeying of the camps »jcei2.i5. 3 And when a they fhall blow with them, all the aiiembly (hall affemble themfelves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 4 And ii" they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which cue heads of the thoUfands of Ifrael, (hall gather themfelves unto thee. 5 When ye blow an alarm, then the cr.nips that lie on the eaft parts (hall go forward. 6 When ye blow an alarm the fecond time, then the camps that lie on the fmth fide (hall take their journey: they fhall blow an alarm for their journeys. 7 But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye fhall blow, but ye fliall not found an alarm. bichvon. 8 b And the foils of Aaron the achrtn. priefts (hall blow with the trumpets : iM»c?i6.8, and they (hall be to you for an ordi- nance for ever throughout your gene- rations, rctnp. 9 And c if ye go to war in your j'o.%. £. land againft the enemy that opprefs- actaoa. eth ypu^ then yc ,,,al[ bjow an aiarm with the trumpets; and ye (hall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye fhall be Caved from your enemies. loAlfo d in the day of your glad- nefs, and in your folemn days, and in '"T' the beginnings of your months, ye ih»?£ fliall blow with the trumpets oyer *'if. your burnt-offerings, and over the ;;_,■;.', r facrifices of your peace-offerings ; that uai.il they may be to you for a memorial before your God : I am the Lo HD your God. it *l And it came to pafs on the twentieth day of the fecond month, in the fecond year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabern the testimony. 12 And the children of Ifrael took "?& c their journeys out of the wildernefs of Sinai ; and the cloud refted in the wildernefs of Paran. 13 And they firit took their journey accordingto the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moles. fchap.i.j. ,4 ^| fin the firft place went the ftandard of the camp of the children of Judah, according to their armies : " and over his holt was 8Nahfhon the fon of Amminadab. 1 5 And over the hoft of the tribe of the children of lllachar was Ne- thaneel the fon ofZuar. dChap. Lev.s3.Z4, I ■'. -4> B E R S. The removhvg of the camps. 1 6 And over the hoft of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the fon of Helon. 1 7 And h the tabernacle was taken ncnap. down; and the fons of German, and the Pons of Merari, fet forward, ' bear- !2^"h^ *■ ing the tabernacle. 1 8 *; And kthe ftandard of the camp •, r-j of Reuben fet forward according to their armies : and over his holt was Eliz,ur the fon of Shedeur. 1 9 And over the hoft of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelu- miel the fon of Zurifhaddai. 20 And over the hoft of the tribe of the children of Gadtc/of Eliafaph the fori of Deuel. 2r And the Kohathites fet forward bearing the 'fanctuary ; and ]| the other ' did fet up the tabernacle againft they came. 22 f And '"the ftandard of the camp of the children of Ephraim fet . forward according to their armies : -• • and over his holt was Elilhama the fon ofAmmihud. 23 And over the hoft of the tribe of the children of Manafleh was Gamaliel the fon of Pedahzur. 24 And over the holt of the tribe of the children of Benjamin wasAbvdan the fon of Gideoni. 25 H And n the ftandard of the »<•**■ camp of the children of Dan fet for- joft.is.91 ward, which was the rere-ward of all the camps throughout their holts : and over his hoftzt/oj Ahiezer the fon of Amraifhad 26 And over the hoft of the tribe of the children of Alher usmPagiel the Con of Ocran. 27 And over the hoft of the tribe of the children ofNaphtali wasAhlra. the fon of Euan. 28 f Thus were the journeyings of J the children of Ifrael, according to their armies, when they fet forward. 2-; 1j And Moles (aid unto Hobab, the fon of Raguel the Midianite, Mofes father-in-law, We are journey- ing unto the place of which the L fail!, I will give it you : come thou with us. and ° we will do thee good ; for the Lord hath fpoken good con- cerning Ifrael. 30 And he Paid unto him, I will not go ; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. 31 Ami he laid. Leave us not, I pray thee ; forafmuch as thou knowelt haw we are to encamp in the wilder - md thou mayeft be to us initc;:d of eyes. 32 And Manna loathed. CHAP CMS 32 And 'lt Jhall De' ^ taou S° W!th v '4!jo- j us, yea, it ihall be, that what good- " ' nefs the Lord fhall do unto us, the fame will we do unto thee. p'« | 33 % And they departed from pthe ' mount of the Loru three days jour- ney : and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them in the ci Dem. three days journey, q to fearch out a j~.; V,. 2. refting-plnce for them. petzo.6. 24 And 'the cloud of the Lord IffSi! was upon tliem by day, when they went out of the camp. 35 And it came to pafs, when the ark fet forward, that Mofes faid, s Rife up, Lor d, and let thine ene- lsa.8. mies be fcattered ; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. 36 And when it refted, he faid, Return, OLord, unto the f many thoufands of Ifrael. C H A P. XI. 4 Manna loathed. 1 6 Thefeventy elders. 31 Quath given in wrath. ANd a when the people || complain- ed fit difnleafed the Lord: and the Lord heard */; and bhis anger was kindled: and thefire of theLoRD burnt among them, and confumed them that mere in the uttermoft parts of the camp. 2 And the people cried unto Mofes ; and when Mofes prayed unto the juTk"' Lord the fire f was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the sXu^&i place ilTaberah : becaufe the fire of the Lord burnt among them. i^jk"*5, 4 1 And the c mixed multitude that 1 '. iajt. was among them f fell a lulling : and |*Hebf tlie children of Ifrael alfo f wept teturned again, and faid, d Who fhall give us tllut ■wept. -in .. S • A Pftlm flel^ t0 eat • 5 e We remember the filh which we ,K).6. did eat in Egypt freely ; the cucum- bers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick : 6 But now our foul It dried away ; there is nothing at all, befides this manna, before our eyes. 7 And fthe manna zuas as corian- der-feed, and the f colour thereof as the colour of a bdellium. 8 And the people went, about and gathered //, and ground it in mills, or beat /'/ in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it : and the tatte of it was as the tafte of frefh oil. 9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. 10 1j Then Mofes heard the people weep throughput their families, every man in the door of his tent : and h the t Heh. ten tjJUJ.Ul.il. flair, + He it -a:, in I,;- b ['fal 6i \ '.. rW*f.Wi of the fpirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them ; and they fhall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyfelf alone. 18 And fay thou unto the people, Sanctity yourfelves againft to-mor- row, and ye fhall eat flefh : (for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, faying, Who {hall give us flefh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt :) therefore the Lord will give you flefh, and ye fhall eat. 19 Ye fiiall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days ; 20 "But even a f whole month; "" until it come out at your noflrils, and • it be loathionje unto you: becaufe.., that ye have defpifed the Lord which *»"• Is among you, and have wen: be >re him, laying, p Why came we fiorth out of Egypt ? 2 1 If And Mofes faid, n The people. \ | among whom I am, are fix hundred thoufand foot-men; and thou haft faid, I will give them fiefli, that they may cat a whole mouth. K 3 a**S»»l :">n in wrath. NUMBERS 3 ' Shall the flocks and the herds n and Aaron rebuked. . ;ethem ? or Ih til all the fith of the Tea be gathered 6- '"• together Tor them, to fuff.ee them ? 23 And the Lord faid untoMofes, '"•■ s°«*- ' Is the Lords hand waxed fhort ? '"'' '' thou (halt fee now Whether my word fnall come to pafs unto thee or not. 24 t And Moles went out, and told the people the words of the Lord, gathered the fventy mm of the elders of the people, and fet them rcanci about the tabernacle. 25 And the Lord came down in a cloud, and fpake unto him, and took of the fpirit that was upon him, ■ it unto the feventy elders : and it came to pafs, t/iat, ' when the t relied upon them, u they pro- 10.; . phefied, and did not ceafe. 26 But there remained two oft/?.' men in the tamp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad : and the fpirit reded : them, (and they were of them thai were written, but * went not out unto the tabernacle,) and they prophefied in the camp. 2- And there ran a young man, and told Mofes, and laid", Eldad and tad do prophefy m the camp. 28 And jofhua the fon of Nun, the feryant of Mofes, one of his young •"- jtfen and laid, ■ My lord 1 • I .ioits, forbid them. 20 And Mofes faid unto him, En- vieit thou for my lake ? * Would God that all the Lords people were pro- s, and th;rt the Lord would put his Spirit upon them ! 30 And Mofes gat him into the camp, be and the elders of Ifrael. 31 % And there went forth a awind ic. from the Lord, and brought quails *°" from the fea, and let them fall by the ,.t camp, f as it were a clays journey on this fide, and as it were a days jour- ney on the other iide, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high, upon the Lace of the earth. 32 And the people flood up all that day, arid all that night, and all the nest day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered leaft ga- thered ttn homers ; and they fpread them all abroad for themfelvea round about the camp. 33 'Arid while the bflc{h was yet between their teeth, ere it Mas chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled againit the people ; am! the Lord fnMtc the people with a very great plague. * Sk t g.4g. t Hel • 34 And he called the name of that place || Kibroth-hattaavah : becaufe J-^- J there they buried the people that TZTT, lulled. 35 c And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth ,• -53'17* and \ abode at Hazerolh. CHAP. XII. I Miriams and Aartmsfediiion rebuked. 9 10 Miriams leprofy. & ANd Miriam and Aaron fpake againft Mofes, becaufe of the j| Ethiopian [,^';,le, woman whom he had married : for'1 he had f married an Ethiopian woman. *'**• 2 And they faid, Hath tiie LoKOMn. indeed fpoken only by Mofes ? b hath ' he not fpoken alfo by us ? And the Lord heard it. 3 (Now the mm Mofes was c very ' meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth. J 4 And the Lord fpake fuddenly unto Mofes, and unto Aaron, and unto "Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three carne out. 5 And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and ftood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam : and they both came forth 6 And he faid, Hear now my words ; If there be a prophet among you, / the Lord will make myfelf known unto him d in a viiion, and will fpeak unto him e in a dream. 7 My fervant Mofes is not fo, f who ' is faithful in ail mine houfe. fo,^.8' S With him will I fpeak 8 mouth 1 to mouth, even apparently, and not , in dark fpeeches ; and the limilitude of the Lord flia.ll he behold : where- fore then were ye not afraid to fpeak ' againft my fervant Moles? 9 And the anger of the Lord was kindled againit them, and he de- parted. to 1f And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, h behold. Mi- *£** riam became ' leprous, white as (how: \ • *&& and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, s" i;' behold, (he was leprous. 1 r And Aaron laid unto Mofes, Alas, my lord, I befeech thee, lay not the fin upon us, wherein wc have done foolilhly, and wherein we hi ve finned. 1 2 Let her not be, as one dead, of whom the ilelh is balf confumed when he comelh out of his mothers womb. 13 And Mofes cried unto the Lord faying, Heal her now, O God, I be- feech thee. 14 1 And \fent tofearch the land: C H A 14 If And the Lord faid unto Mo- fes k If her father had but fpit in her . face (hould fhe not be afliamed feven days ? let her be ' (hut out from the camp feven days, and after that let ' her be received in again. 1 5 m And Miriam was fhut out from the camp feven days : and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. 16 And afterward the people re- moved from n Hazeroth, and pitched in the wildernefs of Paran. CHAP. XIII. 1 The names, 1 7 inftruciions, 2 r and acts of the J pies. ANd the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 2 a Send thou men, that they may fearch the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Ifrael ; of every tribe of their fathers (hall ye fend a man, every one a ruler among them. 3 And Mofes, by the commandment of the Lord, fent them bfrom the wildernefs of Paran : all thofe men were heads of the children of Ifrael. 4 And thefe were their names : of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the fon of Zaccur. 5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the fou of Hori. 6 c Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the fon of Jephunneh. 7 Of the tribe of Iflachar, Igal the fon of Jofeph. •8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Ofhea the fon of Nun. 9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Phalti the fon of Raphu. 10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gad- diel the fon of Sodi. 1 1 Of the tribe of Jofeph, namely, of the tribe of Manaheh, Gaddi the fon of Sufi. 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the fon of Gemalli. 1 3 Of the tribe of Afher, Sethur the fon of Michael. 14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the fon of Vophii. 15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the fon of Machi. 16 Thefe are the names of the men which Mofes fent to fpy out the land. And Mofes called Ofhea, the fon of Nun, Jehofhua. 1 7 *\\ And Mofes fent them to fpy out the land of Canaan, and faid un- to them, Get ye up this way fouth- ward, and go up into the mountain; 18 And fee the land what it/f, and the people that c'.welleth therein, P. XIII. their acts and relation. whether they be ftrong or weak, few g " or many ; 1499. 19 And what the land is that they * *"" "* dwell in, whether it be good or bad ; and what cities they be tiiat theydwell in, whether in tents, or in ft rone holds ; ° 20 And wh3t the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein or not : and be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land . ( Now the time was the time of the firft-ripe grapes. ) 21 Tf So they went up and fearched the land, from the wildernefs of Zin unto Rehob, as men come toHamath. 22 And they afcended by the fouth, and came unto Hebron, where d Ahi- & Jiftu* man, Shefliai, and Talmai, the chil- ^\Y.\f.' dren of Anak, were . ( e Now Hebron Ja(lg' I,I°* was built feven years before Zoan in ii.°ir. Egypt. ) 23 f And they came unto the ]| brook f *?«. of Efhcol, and cut down from thence n'or," a branch with one duller of grapes, *"*»• and they bare it between two upon u ftaff ; and they brought of the pome- granates, and of the figs. 24 The place was called the || brook «*■ || Efhcol, becaufe of the clutter of*Trutis, grapes winch the children of Ifrael :',','"■ '"'^ cut down from thence. 25 And they returned from fearch- ing of the land after forty days. 26 ^ And they went and came to Mofes, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Ifrael, unto the wildernefs of Paran, to 6Ka- |^Je# defh ; and brought back word unto & 32' *•' them, and unto all the congregation, vtiuuig. and (hewed them the fruit of the land. j0,h- '4 u* 27 And they told him, and faid, We came unto the land whither thou fenteft us, and furely it tfoweth with h milk and honey; 'and this is the hEioj.3.8. r . r. . ' ' »K 33- 3- fruit Ot It. LDeuM.li. 28 Neverthelefs, kthe people be tn ftrong that dwell in the land, and Z-IC>ZU 1 the cities are walled, and very great : iDeut.i.:e. and, moreover, we faw the children of Anak thefe- 29 r-'The Amalekites dwell in the g^u.d8* land of the fouth ; and the Hittites, and the Jebuiites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains ; and the Ca- naanites dwell by the fea, and by the coaft of Jordan. 30 Aud " Caleb ftilled the people J^Sf^1 before Mofes, and (aid, Let us go up at once, and poflefs it ; for we are well able to overcome it, 3t But the men that went up with him faid, We be not able to go ud K 4 againft A! The people murmur: NUMBERS againft the people ; for they are t '-+''°- ftronger than we. " ' 32 And they brought up an evil report or the land which they had fearched unto the children of Ifrael, faying, The land, through which we have gone to fearch it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof j oAmosi.p. and ° all the people that we faw in it t Hch. mn are f men of a great ftature. VJMuru. 33 And there we faw the g-Kints> \oc£'~' P t'ie ^ans ot* Anak, which come of the giants : and we were in our own light as grafhoppers, and fo we were in their fight. C H A P. XIV. The people, murmuring at the report, are reproved. Nd all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried ; and the people wept that night. 2 And all the children of Ifrael murmured againft Mofes and againft Aaron : and the whole congregation fa itl unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt ! cr, a would God we had died in this wilder nefs ! 3 And wherefore hath the Lord brought usuntothisland, to fall by the (word, that our wives and our chil- dren mould be a prey ? were it not better for us to return into Egypt ? 4 And they faid one to another, Let us make a captain, and blet us return into Egypt. 5 Then c Mofes and Aaron fell on their faces before all the aflembly of the congregation of the children of Ifrael. 6 ^f And Jcflma the fon of Nun, and Caleb the fon of Jephunneh, which were of them that fearched the iand. rent their clothes. 7 And they (pake unto all the company of the children of Ifrael, faying, d The land, which we palled through to fearch it, is an exceeding go ml land. 8 If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us : a iand which ftoweth with milk and honey. 0 Only rebelnol yeagainfttheLoRD, 'neither fear ye the people of the land ; for tb< y are breadfor us: their 1 em. and the Lord is with us; tear them not. 10 Bti't all i lie congregation bade ra with, Hones. And «'t!ie the Lord appeared in the h of the congregation before all the children of Ifi Mofes inter ceeikth for them. 1 1 *\ And the Lord faid unto Mo- fes, How long will this people pro- 1400. voke me ? and how long will it be *""" ' ere they believe me, for all the iigus which I have fliewed among them ? 12 I will finite them with the pe- ftilence, and dilinherit them, and E will make of thee a greater nation, 1 " - and mightier than they. 13 *| And h Mofes faid unto the h Lord, Then the Egyptians flia.ll hear b it, (for thou broughteft up this people 3*" i?" in thy might from among them, ) 14 And they will tell it to the in- habitants of this land : ' for they have ', ' heard that thou, LORD, art among Joii-*.* this people; that thou, Lord, art feen face to face; and that 'thy cloud • -}'\ '■,. ftandeth over them ; and that thou J» goelt before them, by day-time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of lire by night. 15 Now, if thou flialt kill «// this people as one man, then the nations, which have heard the fame of thee, will fpeak, faying, 16 Became the Lord was not ' able ID2** to bring this people into the land which he fware unto them, there- fore he hath (lain them in the wil- dernefs. 17 And now, I befeech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, ac- cording as thou haft fpoken, faying, 18 the Lord is m long-fuffering, ■*■«■ and of great mercy, forgiving ini- ' quity and tranfgrellion, and by no jonahi-a. means clearing the guilty ; a viliting Ji^fj, the iniquity of the fathers 'upon the 34. 1- children unto the third and fourth generation : 19 Pardon, I befeech thee, the ini- quity of this people, according unto the greatuefs of thy mercy, and as thou halt forgiven this people from Egypt even [J until now. LSe-i* 20 And the Lord faid, I have par- ' doned according to thy word : 21 But a; truly as I live, all the earth (hall be tilled with the glory of the Lord. 22 "Became all thofe men. which °."c-ut' have feen my glory, and my mir which 1 did in Egypt, and in the ••««*• i *?• wildernefs, have tempted me now thefe ten times, and have not hcar- I to my voice ; 23 rf Surely they (hall not fee the '' land whi< h I fware unto theirfathers, f&*. neither Qiall any of them that pro- voked nit fee it: nother fpirit with him, and r hath The • murmur ers threatened. C HA P. r hath followed me fully, him will ■+o. I bring into the land whereinto he rL -,-S ' went ; and his feed flia.11 polTefs it. ' ^- 25 (Now the Amalckites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To- .Dcut. morrow turn you, s and get ye into the wildernefs by the way of the Red fea. 26 If And the Lord fpake unto Mofe:- and unto Aaron, faying, 27 Haw long Jlinli I bear -with this evil congregation, which murmur againft me ? I have heard the mur- murings of the children of Ifrael, which they murmur againft me. 46hrt-.'& 2^ Sa^ unto tliem< ' ''■& truly as I 32 11' live, faith the Lord, ° as ye have fpo- He"r'.?.^.' ken in mine ears, fo will I do to you : ■ see 2cf Your carcafes lhall fall in this wildernefs ; and all that were num- bered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured a- gainft me, 30 Doubtlefs ye (hall not come into tftlcn

* unto all the children of Ifrael: and ui,'-' the people mourned greatly. 1_— v ' 40 ^ And tliey rofe up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, faying, Lo, we c be here, and will go up unto the e n •• phce which theLoRD hath promifed : '' *: for we have tinned. 41 And Mofes faid, Wherefore now do ye tranfgrefs d the commandment a ver.i,-. of the Lo rd ? but it ihall not profper. 42 e Go not up, for the Lord is ^D^'t- not among you ; that ye be not fmit- ten before your enemies. 43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye lhall fall by the fword : becaufe ye are turned away from the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you. 44 But they prefumed to go up unto the hill-top: neverthelefs, the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Mofes, departed not out of the camp. 45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and fmote them, and { difcomiited them, even unto \J%£" sHormah. pchap. CHAP. XV. j^',.17. 1 The law ofjundry offerings. 32 The fabbath- breaker J toned. ANd the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 2 a Speak unto thechildren of Ifrael, '^JjJ; and fay unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you, 3 And will make an offering by fire unto the Lord, a burnt-oftering, or a facrihee b in f performing a vow, h&^'ye^[ or in a free-will-offering, or c in your t Htb. ' folemn feafts, to make a d fweet fa- *£*" vour unto the Lord, of the herd, or %l,'il',lt of the flock; ?*r7?J 4 Then c fhall he that offereth his g^'* offering unto the Lord bring f a >moi meat-offering of a tenth-deal of flour, 5*^5?." mingled B with the fourth part of an civ. 2. ,. hin of oil. ;;.^4- 5 And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink-offering (halt thou prepare with the burnt-ottering or . facrihee, for one lamb. 6 Or for a ram, thou (halt prepare for a meat-offering two tenth-deal, of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. 7 And for a drink - offering thou (halt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a fweet favour unto the LOKD. 8 And T/nIdvjrff-r.b-yrf, T. U X. ^V'r^ 8 .And wi'cn i 'jh>Q' lock /..r a burn or for a facriicc in pei vow, or t-cvit. bpe o the Lord ; 9 Then fi with a bul- lock a meal deals of flour, mil hin of oiL i o And thou --alt boring for a d offering half an ! ; .r, 3." fering made by lire, ' of a fweet favour unto the Lord. t i Thus mall it be done for one bullock, or for ons ram, or lor a lamb, or a kid. 1 2 According to the number that ye mall prepare, fo mall ye do to every one, according to their number. i ; Ail that are bcm of the coun- try (hall do thefe things after this maimer, in offering an offering m:.de by tire, of a fweet favour unto the Lord. 14 *; And if a ftranger fojourn with you, or whofoever be among you in your generations, and will otfer an offering made by fire, of a fweet fa- vour unto the Lord ; as ye do, fo he ilia 11 do. -x.-d. j - fc One ordinance (liallbe both for .^.y.14. you of the congregation, and alfo for the ftranger that fojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your genera- tions : as ye are, fo lhall the ftranger be before the Lors. i 6 One law, and one manner, (hall be for you, and for the ftranger that fojourneth with you. r 7 ^i And the Lord fpake unto Moles, faying, 1 8 .Speak' unto the children of Ifrael, and fay unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you, 19 TLeu it mall be, that, when ye cat of the bread of the land, ye lhall offer up an heave -offering unto the Lord. 20 Ye (hall olfer up a cake of the firft of your dough for an heave- • j..:. ;,.. 7. pfcek. r,.,j u Pfalm cons, and that they put uporithe fringe before the congregation to minifter of the borders a ribband of blue. unto them ? 39 And it fhall be unto you for a 10 And he hath brought thee near fringe, that ye may look upon it, and to him, and all thy brethren the fans remember all the commandments of of Levi with thee ; and feek ye the the Lord, and do them ; and that ye priefthood alfo ? 1 feek not after your own heart and 1 1 For which caufe both thou and your own eyes, after which ye ufe all thy company are gathered together u to go a whoring ; againft the Lord : and what/* Aaron, 40 That ye may remember, and do that ye murmur againft him ? all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. 41 I am the Lord your Gcd, which brought you out of the laud of Egypt, to be your God : I am the Lord your God. CHAP. XVI. 2 f And Mofes Cent to call Dathan and Abiram, the fons of Eliab; which ill id, We will not come up : 13 Is it a fmall thing that thou haft brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey to kill us in the wild ernefs, exceptthou najtke } The rebellion of Korah, Sec. 31 their thyfelf altogether a prince over us ? piMijIwieirt. 1 4 Moreover, thou haft not brought iCjQw a Korah the fon of Izhar, the us into e a land that floweth with' I > fon of Kohath, the fon of Levi.; juilk and honey, or given us inherit- • and Dathan and Abiram the fons of ance of fields and vineyards : wilt- Eliab, and On the fon of Peleth, fons thou f put out the eyes of thefe men ; j of Reuben, took men: we will not come up. 2 And they rofe up before Mofes, 15 And Mofes was very wroth, and with certain of the children of Ifrael, faid unto the Lord, f Refpea nop, two hundred and fifty princes of the thou their offering : *; I have not ta- 1 aft'embly, b famous in the congrega- ken one afs from them, neither have tion, men of renown. 3 And c they gathered themfelver, together againft Mofes, and againft Aaron, and faid unto tbem, f Ye take too much upon you, feeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord U among them: wherefore then iift ye up your- I hurt one of them. 16 *l And Mofes faid unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow : 1 7 And take every man his cenfer, and put incenfe in them, and bring ye before the Lord every man hi* felves above the congregation of the cenfer, two hundred and fifty cen- fers; thou alfo and Aaron, each of you Lord? 4 And when Mofes heard it, d he fell upon his face : 5 And he fpake unto Korah, and unto all his company, faying, Even to-morrow the Lord will ihew who his cenfer. 18 And they took every man his cenfer, and put fire in them, and Inid incenfe thereon, and flood in the door of the tabernacle of the con- his, and who is holy ; and will gregation with Mofes and Aaron caufe him to come near unto him : even him whom he hath chofen will he caufe to come near unto him. 6 This do : Take you cenfers, Korah, and all his company 5 7 And put fire therein, and put incenfe in them before the Load to- 19 And Korah gathered all the congregation againft them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congre- gation : and ''the glory of th appeared unco all the congre . ' 1 20 *{ And the Lord fpake unto ; Mole: and unfe Aaron, faying, a 1 'Separate The rebels punijliment. NUM 2 i ' Separate yourfelvesfrom among this congregation, that I may confnme them in a moment. 22 And they fell upon their faces, and (aid, O God, kthe God of the fpirits of all fieih, fliall one man fin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation '! 23 T| And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 24 Speak unto the congregation, faying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 25 And Mofes rofe up, and went unto Dathan and Abiram ; and the elders of Ifrael followed him. 26 And he fpake unto the congre- nra.52.11. gation, faying, 'Depart, I pray you, r< .'H^.l'. from the tents of thefe wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, left ye be confumed in all their (ins. 27 So they gat up from the taber- nacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every fide : and Dathan and Abi- ram came out, and ftood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their fans, and their little children. 28 And Mofes faid, Hereby ye ft all know that the Lord hath fent me to do all thefe works ; for / have not done them of mine own mind. t h*. 29 If thefe men die \ the common mlU'Ztb. death of all men, or if they be vilited after the vifitation of all men ; then the Lord hath not fent me : rr^t'a 3° But ir tne Lord f make a new c?ci''u't. thing, and the earth open her mouth, and fwallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit ; then ye ihatl underftand that thefe men have provoked the Lord. 5s?»?*fc 3' ^ mAnd it came to pafs, as he 27' 3-' had made an end of fpeaking all I'"!;,11' " thefe words, that the ground clave lo0' l7' afunder that was under them : 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and fwallowed them up, and their i7S&chaP. houffs, and "all the men that ap- a;1- are hallowed. 38 The cenfers of thefe finners a- gainft their own fouls, let them make them broad plates fir a covering of the altar ; for they offered them be- fore the Lord, therefore they are hallowed : 9 and they fhall be a fign p^iuw. unto the children of Ifrael. 39 And Eleazar the pried: took the brafen cenfers, wherewith they that were burnt had ottered ; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar ; 40 To b: a memorial unto the chil- dren of Ifrael, mail die: fliall we be confumed with dying ? CHAP. XVIII. 1 The charge of the pri efts and Levites. 9 The priejls, 2 1 and the Levites portion. ANd the Lord faid unto Aaron, Thou, and thy fons, and thy fa- thers houfe with thee, fhall bear the iniquity of the fancluary : and thou and thy fons with thee lhall bear the iniquity of your priefthood. 2 And thy brethren alfo of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be a joined unto thee, and b muiifter oeSfso .3*. unto thee: but thou and thy fonSbcuap. with thee jhall miuifler before tiie 3' °* 7' tabernacle of witnefs. 3 And they fhall keep thy charge, and c the charge of all the tabernacle ; j0*/?' only they fliall not come nigh the vef- 3I> 3°* fels of the fancluary and the altar, that neither they nor ye alfo die. 4 And they iliall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the ta- bernacle of the congregation, for all the fervice of the tabernacle : d and a J.^oT' flranger fhal 1 not come nigh unto you . 5 And ye fliall keep c the charge^;',1; children of Ifrael, and every one of of the fancluary, and the charge of f..f;?-. their princes gave him -{- a rod apiece for each prince one, according to their fathers houfes, even twelve rods : and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. 7 And Mofes laid up the rods be- fore the Lord in the tabernacle of witnefs. 8 And it came to pafs, that, on the morrow, Mofes went into the taber- nacle of witnefs ; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the houfe of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blofioms, and yielded almonds. 9 And Mofes brought out all the rods from before the Lord unto all the children of Ifrael ; and they looked, and took every man his rod. 10 ^ And the Lord faid unto Mo- fes, Bring c Aarons rod again before the teftimony, to be kept for a token 1 '";;';„ 5/ againlt the {rebels; and thou fhalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. 1 1 And Mofes did fo: as the Lord commanded him, fo did he. : lieb. 9. the altar ; f that there be no wrath en any more upon the children of Ifrael. ',,'■ 6 And I, behold I, have g taken Eci your brethren the Levites from a- ' '2'4;' mong the children of Ifrael: ht0 fcc^p.39. you they are given as a gift for the Lord, to do the fervice of tiie ta- bernacle of the congregation. 7 Therefore thou, and thy fons with thee, fliall keep your priefts office, for every thing of the altar, and with- in the vail; and ye fhall ferve : I have given your priells office unto you as a fervice of gift ; and the flranger that cometh nigh lhall be put to death. 8 1f And the Lord fpake unto Aaron, Behold, ! I alfo have given ;J,";-80jc thee the charge of mine hcave-olter- ings of all the hallowed things of Ch,,!'' '"' the children of Ifrael ; unto tljee have I given them, k by reafon of*,' the anointing, and to thy fons, by an ordinance for ever. 9 This fliall be thine of the molt holy things, referved from the fire : every oblation of theirs, every 'meat- », j." offering of theirs, and every '"|»n* ^-;, Oiftl p Exorf. •X<). z-. lct.7.3& offen i) 7 tie priefis portion. N U M B E R S. .; ottering of theirs, and every n tref- pafs- offering of theirs, which they (hall render unto me, jhall be molt holy for thee, and for thy fons. 10 In the mod; holy place ihalt thou i).3c;.o. eat it; "every male (ball eat it: it (hall be holy unto thee. i i And this is thine ; p the heave- g of their gift, with all the wave-offerings of the children of If- raei : I have given them unto s thee, ijcul is. 3. and to thy fons and to thy daugh- ters with thee, by a itatute for ever : rLcv.n.i. i-every one tjiac js ciean jn tny houfe lhalleat cf it. 12 L All the f beft of the oil, and 1 all the beft of the wine, and of the wheat, r the (irft-fruits of them which -- -• they fhall offer unto the Lord, them have 1 given thee. r j And whatsoever is firft ripe in- the land, " which they fhall bring unto the Lord, (hall be thine; every one that is clean in thine houfe (hall eat of it. ioli". 14 *■ Every thing devoted in lfrael fliall be thine. 15 Every thing that openeth ythe i-c.. 2, matrix in all flefh, which they bring ■ unto the Lord, whether it be of men or beafts, {hall be thine: neverthe- ci'il'zo- ^e^s> z the. firit- born of man fhalt thou furely redeem, and the firftling of unclean beads (halt thou redeem. 1 6 And thofe that are to be re- deemed, from a month old (halt thou »lcv.2;.i. rec!ecm, a according to thine eftima- tion, for the money of live (hekels, after the fhekel of the fanctuary, a r. '??.' b which is twenty gerahs. 17 But the firftling of a cow, or the firftling of a fheep, or the firftling of *" ''*' a goat, thou flialt not redeem j they an holy: thou flialt fprinkle their blood upon the altar, and ihalt burn their fat for an offering made by tire, for a fweet favour unto the Lord. »8And the flefh of them (hall be \ thine, as the c wave-breaft and as the right fhoulder are thine. 19 Ail the heave- offerings of the holy things, w rich the children of lfrael offer not » the Lord, have I j^iven thee, and thy fons and thy daughters with thee, by a ftatute for : '' it is a covenant of fait for ever before the Lord unto thee, and to thy feed with thee. 20 *fi And the Lord fpake unto Aaron, Thou Ihalt ha\e no inherit* ance in their land, neither (halt thou have any part among them : ' J am thy part, and thine inheritance among the children of lfrael. T'ie Levites portion. 2r *' And, behold, fI have given g*£ the children of Levi all the tenth in <**•*+? lfrael for an inheritance, for their tTTX~ fervice which they ferve, even the 2;' J" fervice of the tabernacle of the con- gregation. 22 * Neither rnuft the children of f.c^'.p- lfrael henceforth come nigh the ta- bernacle of the congregation, left they bear fin, -j- and die. 23 But the Levites fliall do the fervice of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, and they fhall bear their iniquity : it Jhall be a flatute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of lfrael they have no inheritance. 24 Bat the tithes of the children of lfrael, which they offer as an heave-offering unto the Lord, 1 have given to the Levites to inherit : there- fore I have faid unto them, h Among hn«it. the children of lfrael they fhall have 14-27,: no inheritance. 25 *|f And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 26 Thus fpeak unto the Levites, and fay unto them, When ye take of the children of lfrael the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye fliall offer up an heave-offering of it for the Lord, even a tenth part of the tithe. 27 And this your heave - offering fliall be reckoned unto you as though it were the corn of the threlhing- floor, and as the fuinefs of the wine- prefs. 28 Thus ye alfo fnall offer an heave-offering unto the Lord of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of lfrael ; and ye (hall give thereof the Lords heave-offering to Aaron the prieft. 29 Out Of all your gifts ye (hall offer every heave - offering of the Lord, of all the ■[ beft thereof, . the hallowed part thereof, out of it. 30 Therefore thou (halt fay unto them, When ye have heaved the bell thereof from it, then it (hall be counted unto the Levites as th* in- creafe of the thrething-floor, and as the increafe of the wine-prefs. 31 And ye fhall eat it is every place, ye and your houfehokls : for it is ' your reward for your fervice m the tabernacle of the congregation. 32 And ye fhall bear no iiii by rea- fon of it, when ye have heaved from it the belt of it : neither fliall ye pol- lute tnS holy things of the children of lfrael, left ye die. C H A P. ■:■:. The water off privation i C II A P. CHAP. XIX. i The Water of feparation : : 1 t' g ufe of it for purification of the unclean. Before Chrift 14G1- ANd the Loud fpske unto Mofes and unto Aaron, faying, 2 This is the ordinance ot'the law which the Lor d hath comm; faying, Speak unto the childflefi of If- rael, that they bring thee a reel heifer without fpot, wherein it no Wenrifh, 5;.s;•m• a and upon which never came yoke. 3 And ye (hall give her unto Elea- zar the prieft, that he may bring her >Het>r. b forth without the cattip, and one (hall flay her before his face. 4 And Eleazar the prielt fhall take of her blood with his finger, and Mfcb.p.is. c fprinkle of her blood direclTy before the tabernacle of the congregation feven times. 5 And one fhall burn the heifer in \Tlt his light; d her ftitt, and her flefh, Lev. 4- and her blood, with her dung, Ihall he burn. 6 And the pried fnall take cedar- wood, and hyifop, and fcarlet, and caft it into the midft of the burning of the heifer. e Lev. ii. j eThen the prieft fnall wafii his p.«u.5. c]otheS) and he (-naj[ oathe j,;s flgfa jn water, and afterward he fhall come into the camp, and the prielt (hail be unclean until the even. 8 And he that burneth her fhall wafh his clothes in water, and bathe his flefh in water, and fhall be unclean until the even. 9 And a man that is clean fiiall ga- fH«u9.i3- ther up f the afhes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it fhall be kept for the congregation of the children of Ifrael for a water of feparation : it is a purification for fin. io And he that gathereth the aflies of the heifer fhall wafh his clothes, and be unclean until the even : and it fhall be unto the children of If- rael, and unto the ftranger that fo- journeth among them, for a flatute for ever. »£.'"'£ ,l ^ gf"Ie that t0llcneth the dead body of any -\ man fhall be unclean E'z."!*! i~nven days. $%*/."' 1 2 h He fl-a11 purify himfelf with it bc^p. on the third day, and-on the feventh li. iv. ,jay ne f]lt,jj De cieall ; but if he purify not himfelf the third day, then the feventh day he fiiall not be clean. i 3 Whofoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and Is.'Vu purifieth not himfelf, : defiletli the tabernacle of the Lord ; and that foul XIX, XX, the >ttfe thereof 'f or purification* fiiall be cut eff from Ifrael : becaufe * ,' '"."* tiie water of feparation was not »47» fnrinkled upon him, he fnall be un- * clean: his uncleannefsw yet upon him. 14 This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent ; All that come into the lent, and all that is in the tent, fnall be unclean feven days : j j And every kopeh vefTel, which *<**£ hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean. 1 6 And whofoever toucheth one that is fluin with a fword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a b<5ne of a man, or a grave, fhall be uuciean fei i- And for an unclean perfon thoy fhall take of the f allies of the burnt I****.* heifer of purification for fin, and f running water ihall be put thereto I inavclil-i; 1 8 And a clean perfon fhall take 'hyifop, and dip it in the water, and ;,v';';' fprinkle it upon the tent, and u ;cn all the veffels, and upon the pcrfons that w ere there, and upon hihi that touched a bene, or cne flain, or one dead, or a grave : 19 And tiie c\cz.n perfon fiiall fprin- kle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the feventh dw ; and on the feventh day he (hall purify himfelf, and wafh his clothes, and bathe himfelf in water, and fhall be clean at even. 20 But the man that fhall be un- clean, and fiiall not purify himfelf, that foul fhail be cut off from among the congregation : becaufe he hath defiled the fanftuary of the Lord, the water of Separation hath not been fprinkled upon him, he is unclean. 21 And it fiiall be a perpetual ita- tute unto them, that he that fprink- leth the water of feparation fhall wafh his clothes, and he that touch- eth the water of feparation ihall be unclean until even. 22 And whatfoever the unclean perfon toucheth ihall be uni lean ; and the foul that toucheth it fiiall be un- clean until even. CHAP. XX. 1 Miriamt death. 7 Jlojes bringeth -va- ter out of the rock. 2 2 Aaront death. THen acame the children of Ifrael, ^ »» even the whole congregation, J3.3& into the defert of Zin, in the iirlt month ; and the people abode in Ka- defli; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. 2 And there was no water for the congregation ; and they gathered themfelves The Ifraeliies murmur for water. N U M ^;;;:tc thnrnfeh-es together againft Mofes, v'-^a- and againit Aaron. b <•:* id. 3 And the people b chode with Mo- l7'*' fes, and fpake, laying. Would God ^lfp • that we had died c when our brethren & u'37' died before the Lord ! 3sl%^' 4 And d why have ye brought up dExod. the congregation of the Loud into J7' ?] this wildernefs, that we and our cattle Ihould die there ? 5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place ? it is no place of feed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates ; neither is there any water to drink. 6 And Mofes and Aaron went from the prefence of the aifembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the con- tii'sfje gregation, and £ they fell upon their 1C.4. faces; and 'the glory of the Lord H?ia appeared unto them. 7 1| And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, pExod. 8 s Take the red, and gather thou *'' >- the allembly together, thou, and Aa- ron thy brother, and fpeak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it hNehjm. flmll g;ve forth j^ water, and htnou [' ;'L:J:":i ^ia*c bring forth to them water out » ;' -^ of the rock : fo thou fhalt give the jia. .i'j.z'c. congregation and their hearts drink. & 48.i1. Q And jyj0pes took the rod from before the Lord, as he commanded him. 10 And Mofes and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the 106*'" . rock, and he faid unto them, ; Hear now, ye rebel..; mult we fetch you water ant of this rock ? 1 1 And Mofes lifted up his hand, and with his rod he fmote the rock twice ; *h r,'1' and 'the water came out abundantly : icor.io.4- a,Kt the congregationdrank, and their beafts aljo. 1 2 ^1 And the Lord fpake unto \$h?4; Mofes and Aaron, Becaufe 'ye be- lieved me not, to fanctify me in the ac3^si- eyes of the children of Ifrael, there- fore ye ihall net bring this congrega- tion into the land which 1 have given them. mDoit. rj ra This it the water of j| Meri- bah; becaufe the children of Ifrael ftrove with the Lord, and he was fanclified in them. 14 % And Mofes fent meflengers from Kadefh unto the king of Edom, "Thus faith thy brother Ifrael, Thou knoweft ail the travel that hath f be- fallen us ; 1 5 How our fathers went down fptj and we have dwell in (2, (Si. ITbatli B E R S. Mflfes mejfrtge to the king •*« cw. palfage through his border : where- fore Ifrael s turned away from him. * n*ut- 22 If And the children of Ifrael, even the whole congregation, jour- " neyed from ' Kadefh, "and came unto mount Hor. 23 And the Lord fpake unto Mo- 2I ■*• fes and Aaron' in mount Hor, by the coaft of the land of Edom, faying, 24 Aaron (hall be gathered unto his people ; for he fhall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Ifrael, becaufe ye rebel- led againft my f word at the water of Meribah. 25 xTake Aaron andEleazar his fon, \ and bring them up unto mount Hor ; \ 26 And ltrip Aaron of his garments, J" and put them upon Eleazar his fon : and Aaron (hall be gathered tuito his people, and (hall die there. 27 And Molls did as the Lord commanded : and they went up into mount Hor in the fight of all the congregation. 28 y And Mofes ftripped Aaron of lg£+ his garments, and f put them upon Eleazar his fon ; and 7 Aaron died \ there in the top of the mount: and M.,1. and Eleazar came down from IJ,i' the mount. 2<) And when all the congrega- .v that A iron was dead, tbey mourned II Or, grieved. t Heh. JburtL-ntd. The people plagued. C H A ci'-'it mourned for Aaron * thirty days, even i+i'i. all the houfe of Ifrael. 7^ CHAP. XXI. • 8- 4 The people plagued with fiery fer- pent s, 7 repenting, they are healed by a brafenferpent. :i3p- A Nd when "king Arad the Canaanite, ;pg, l\ which dwelt in the fouth, heard l8- tell that Ifrael came by the way of the fpies, then he fought againft Ifrael, and Xaokfome of them prifoners. 2 And Ifrael vowed avow unto the Lord, and faid, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly deftroy their cities. 3 And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Ifrael, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly deftroyed them and their cities : and he called gatb, the name of the place || Hormah. \alon. 4 ^ And b they journeyed from '^;_& mount Hor, by the way of the Red •n"- fea, to compafs the land of Edom : and the foul of the people was much |j fdifcouraged becaufe of the way. 5 And the people fpake againft God, and againft Mofes, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wildernefs? for there /i no bread, neither is there any water ; and c our foul loatheth this light bread. 6 And dthe Lord fent e fiery fer- pents among the people, and they bit the people j and much people of Ifrael died. 7 If Therefore the people came to Mofes, and faid, We have finned ; for we have fpoken againft the Lord, and againft thee : f pray unto the Lord iKnGf that lie take away the ferpents from "as is. i+ us. And Mofes prayed for the people. 8 And the Lord faid unto Mofes, Make thee a fiery ferpent, and fet it upon a pole : and it fhall come to pafs, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it fhall live. g£Ki«K> 9 And g Mofes made a ferpent of jetm3.i4> brafs, and put it upon a pole : and it came to pafs, that if a ferpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the ferpent of brafs, he lived. io If And the children of Ifrael fet £3Ch4a3P; forward, and h pitched in Oboth. 1 1 And they journeyed from Oboth, 33.b4S'. anc* ' pished at || Ije-abarim, in the wildernefs which is before Moab, toward the fun-rifing. 12 kFrom thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. 1 3 From thence they removed, and pitched on the other fide of Arnon, which is in the wildernefs that cometh out of the eoafts of the Amorites : t , Htapt tfAbarim. kDeuttr. P. XXI. The journeying: of the Ifraelitot; for l Arnon is the border of Moab, *=**• between Moab and the Amorites. us*. 14 Wherefore it is faid in the book i7^~~* of the wars of the Lord, || What he J1^18* did in the Red fea, and in the brooks r*b& .» of Arnon, Su^b- i > And at the ftream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, m and f lieth upon the border of £"*;»*• Moab. t neb. 1 6 And from thence they went n to >rane<*>- Beer : that is the well whereof the a. «f* Lord fpake unto Mofes, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. 1 7 If Then Ifrael fang this fong, f Spring up, O well ; |] fing ye unto it : ****. 18 The princes digged the well, the u %?, nobles of the people digged it, by the *•>/*<'• direilion of the lawgiver, with their ftaves. And from the wildernefs they went to Mattanah ; 19 And from Mattanah to Nahalielj and from Nahaliel to Bamoth ; 20 And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the f country of Moab, to l h*. the top of fj Pifgah, which looketh f{£ "toward ||JefhimonJ metis. 2i t And p Ifrael fent meffengers lf*%: unto Sihon king of the Amorites, \\ot,ne faying, T»Z".t' 22 q Let me pafs through thy land : *(>,%'' we will not turn into the fields, or £■£*, into the vineyards; we will not drink 20.17. of the waters of the well : but we will go along by the kings high-way, until we be paft thy borders. 23 rAnd Sihon would not fuffer r Diute'* Ifrael to pafs through his border ; but %°' 7' Sihon gathered all his people toge- ther, and went out againft Ifrael into the wildernefs : 5 and he came to » Ja£g« Jahaz, and fought againft Ifrael. 24 And c Ifrael fmote him with the £***g edge of the fword, and poflelled his jv^' land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even&i'^l'*' unto the children of Ammon . for the pS.?i"' border of the children of Ammon was {^Ji* ftrong. A:i-' *« P« 25 And Ifrael took all thefe cities: and Ifrael dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Hefhbon, and in all the f villages thereof. '."$l«7, 26 For Helhbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought againft the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Anion. 27 Wherefore they that fpeak in pro- verbs fay, Come into Helhbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: 28 For there is " a fire gone out of ify**' Hefhbon, a flame from the city of L Sihon : 0-g over carte. N U M B ^"ift Sihon : it hath confLimcci Ar of Moab,^ , '^-- - and the lords of the high places of Arnon. 29 Woe to thee, Moab ! thou art ijugj. undone, O people of x Chemofh ! he 1 Kinfe hath given his Ions that efcaped, and "klnp3' his daughters, into captivity unto 2> l3' Sihon king of the Amorites. 30 We have fliot at them ; Helh- JgIej,*8" bon is perifhed even yunto Dibon, and we have laid them wade even unto Nophah, which reacheth unui Medeba. 31 II Thus Ifrael dwelt in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Mofes fent to fpyout Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. .Vj.'V1' 33 *! ' Aml they turned, and went up by the way of Bafhan : and Og the king of Baihan went out againlt them, he, and all his people, to the ajoihoa battle aat Edrei. 34 And the Lord faid unto Mofes, Fear him not : for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, •and his land; arid b thou (halt do i3e. io. to him as thou didft unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heflibon. 35 So theyfmote him, and hisfons, and all his people, until there was riohe left him alive . and they poflefs- ed his land> CHAP. XXII. : Baiaksjirft mejfage for Balaam is re- filled : 1 5 his J'econd tTtejfage obiain- eth him: 22 an a^gel would have jlain him, if his ajs had not faveJ him : 36 Balak enter taincth him. ■ ■'' A?vl J t!'e children of Ifrael fet 3 4 " J~\ forward, and pitched in the plain- of Mo3b, on this fide Jordan by Jericho. 2 ' And Balak the fon of Zippor faw ail that Ifrael had done to the Amorites. i^it' 3 All(I b Moab v/as ^>re a^a'ui of the people, becaufe they ivere many : and Moab was d Hire lied becaufe of the children of Ifrael. if.h8?' 4 ^'^ Moab faid unto c the elders joi.13.11. 0f Midian, Now (hall this company lick up all that are round about us, as dDent. theoxlickethnp thegrafsof the held. f.Vh*'., 12. And Balak the fon of Zippor was king NehCTJ?" oi th -' Moabites at that time. 13k.'6.'s. 5 ''' He ^ent "lingers, therefore, unto Balaam the fon of Beor, to ePethor, which it by the river of the children of his people, to 1 call him, faying. Behold, there B R S. Balak fentieth fur Balaam. people come out from Egypt : behold, they cover the fface of the earth, *i»- and they abide over againlt me. iiiS>7Z?. 6 Come now, therefore, I pray thee, f curfe me this people; for they are f.?h!f- too mighty for me: peradventure I ' lhall prevail, that we may fmite them, and that I may drive them out of the land : for I wot that he whom thou bleneft is blciied, and he whom thou curfelt is curled. 7 And the elders of Moab, and the elders of Midian, departed with the rewards of divination hi their hand ; and they came unto Balaam, andfpake unto him the words of Balak. 8 And he faid unto them. Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the Loud (lull fpeak unto me. And the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. 9 And God came unto Balaam, and faid, What men are thefe with thee? 10 And Balaam faid unto God, Balak the fon of Zippor, king of Moab, hath fent unto me,fayi)ag, 1 1 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth : come now, curfe me them ; peradventure f I (hall be 3ble to over- come them, and drive them out. 1 2 And God faid unto Balaam, Thou (halt not go with them ; thou (halt not curfe the people : for they are blefled. 1 3 And Balaam rofe up in the morn- ing, and faid unto the princes of Balak, Get ye into your land : for the Lord refufeth to give me leave to go w ith you. 14 And the princes cf Moab rofe up, and they went unto Balak, and faid, Balaam refufeth to come with us. 15 ^f And Balak fent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. 16 And they came to Balaam, and faid to him- Thus faith Balak the fon of Zippor, f Let nothing, I pray thee, j hinder thee from coming unto me ; 17 For I will promote thee unto ?c" very great honour, and I will do whatfoever thou fayefl unto me : come, therefore, I pray thee, curfe rnc this people. 18 And Balaam anfwercd and faid unto the fervants of Balak, "If Balak gj*g would give me his houfe full of iilver and gold, h I cannot go beyond the !!,' *'"** word of the Loud my God, to do lefs or more. 1 9 Now, therefore, I pray you, tarry ye aho here this night, that I may know Balaam "oeth to Balak. CHAP. XXII, XXIII. Balak eniertaineih Balaam. know what the Lord will fay unto me more. 20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and faic! unto him, If the men come to call thee, rife up, and go with them ; but ' yet the word which 1 fhall fay unto thee that (halt thou do. 2 1 And Balaam rofe up in the morn- ing, and faddled his afs, and went with the princes of Moab. 22 If And Gods anger was kindled becaufe he went ; 3nd the angel of the Lord ftood in the way for an ad- verfary againft him. (Now he was ri- ding upon his afs, and his two fervants were with him. ) 23 And k the afs law the angel of the Lord ftanding in the way, and his fword drawn in his hand : and the afs turned afide out of the way, and went into the field ; and Balaam fmote the afs, to turn her into the way. 24 But the angel of the Lord ftood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this fide, and a wall on that lide. 25 And when the afs faw the an- gel of the L o r d, fhe thruft herfelf unto the wall, and crulhed Balaams foot againft the wall ; and he fmote her again. 26 And the angel of the Lord went farther, and ftood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn, either to the right hand or to the left. 2 7 And when the afs faw the angel of the Lord, ihe fell down under Ba- laam: and Balaams anger was kindled, and he fmote the afs with a ftaff. 28 And the Lord opened the mouth of the afs, and ihe faid unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou haft fmitten me thefe three times ? 29 And Balaam faid unto the afs, Becaufe thou haft mocked me : I would there were a fword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee. 30 'And the afs faid unto Balaam, , Am not I thine afs, f upon which thou haft ridden || ever fince I was thine unto this day ? was I ever wont to do fo unto thee ? And he faid, Nay. 3 r Then the Lord m opened the eyes of Balaam, and he faw the angel of the Lord ftanding in the way, and his fword drawn in his hand •, and he bowed down his head, and jj fell flat ' on his face. 32 And the angel of the Lord faid unto him, Wherefore haft thou fmitten thine afs thefe three times ? behold, I went out f towithftand thee, becaufe .";_. ". hv is perverle before me. 33 And the afs faw me, and turned ^r« from me thefe three times : unlefs ihe ^ '♦!-■ f had turned from me, furely now alfo * I had (lain thee, and faved her alive. 34 And Balaam faid unto the an- gel of the Lord, I have iinned ; for I knew not that thou flooded in the way againft me: now, therefore, if it f-difpleafe thee, I will get me back [t "*',■„ again. 35 And the angel of the Lord faid unto Balaam, Go with the men ; but only the word that I fhall fpeak unto thee, that thou (halt fpeak. So Ba- laam went with the princes of Balak. 36 5f And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmoit coaft. 37 And Balak faid unto Balaam, Did I not earneftly {end unto thee to call thee ? wherefore earned thou not unto me ? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour ? 38 And Balaam faid unto Baiak, Lo, I am come unto thee ; have I now any power at all to fay any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that (hall I fpeak. 39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto || Kirjath-huzoth. 11 or, 40 And Balak offered oxen and J.-,;,.,. fheep, and fent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. 41 And it came to pafs on the mor- row, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might fee the utmoil part of the people. CHAP. XXIII. 1, 13, 28 Balaks facrifius. 7, i3 Ba- laams parables. ANd Balaam faid unto Balak, Build me here feven altars, and prepare me here feven oxen and fe- ven rams. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had fpo- ken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3 And Balaam faid unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; peradventure the Lord will come to meet me : and whatfoever he fheweth me I will tell thee. And w fj he went to an high place. lt*ltntfib 4 And Gcd met Balaam; and he"""'- faid unto him, I have prepared feven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. 5 And the Lord pet a word in Balaams mouth, and faid, Return un- to Balak, and thus thou (halt fpeak. L 2 6 And mi /:/.'■ d rial™ I1C-. 15. Balaksfacrifices. NUMB cSria 6 Al1°" he returnec' nn!:0 lnm' am1' us** lo. he flood by his burnt -facrifice, he, * w * and all the princes of Moab. 7 And he took up his parable, and find, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the aciup. ii. mountains of the eaft,/aj>/«g, "Come, 6'"'17' curfeme Jacob, and come, defy Ifrael. 8 How (hall I curfe, whom God hath not curfed ? or how fiiajl I defy, ■whom the Lord hath not defied ? 9 For from the top of the rocks I fee him, and from the hills I behold bn-m. him: lo, bthe people (hall dwell alone, and (hall not be reckoned among the nations. •pen. 10 'Who can count the dull of Jacob, and the number of the fourth I ha. ^ pnyt of Ifrael ? Let | me die d the ur' death of the righteous, and let my laft end be like his ! i 1 And Balak fa'ul unto Balaam, What haft thou done unto me? I took thee to curfe mine enemies, and, be- hold, thou haft bleifcd them altoge- ther. t2 And heanfwered, and faid, Muft I not take heed to fpeak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth ? 1 3 And Balak laid unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayeft fee them : thou (halt fee but the utmoft part of them, and (halt noc fee them all ; and curfe me them from thence. j 4 If And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of || Pifgah, and built (even altars, and ottered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he faid unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet the LORD yonder. 16 And the Lord met Balaam, and e put a word in his mouth, and faid, Go again unto Balak, and fay thus. 1 7 And when he came to him, be- hold, he ftood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with bwn. And Balak faid unto him, What hath the Lord fpoken ? 18 And he took up his parable, and faid, Rife up, Balak, and hear; hear- ken unto me, thou fon of Zippor : 19 fGod is not a man, that he mould lie ; neither the fon of man, 'f.'w' that he fhould repent : hath he faid, '■ 2' and (hall he not do it? or hath he fpo- ken, and mall he not make it good ? 20 Behold, I have received com- mandment to blefs ; and he hath blefs- ed, and I cannot reVerfe it. i\ He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he fees perverfe- fiSjm. 1 !• »0- Mai. E R S. Balaams par ablet . nefs in Ifrael : the Lord his God is *£« with him, * and the (hout of a king v_[^_-» is among them. g 22 h God brought them out of^-i;- Egypt ; he hath as it were the ;."a£ ftrength of an unicorn. Vr';1;';; 23 Surely there is no enchantment || againft Jacob, neither /'; there any i or,i«. divination againft Ifrael : according to this time it (hall be faid of Ja- cob and of Ifrael, What hath God wrought ! 24 Behold, the people (hall rife up * as a great lion, and lift up himfelf 14r-'e"; as a young lion ; k he (hall not lie * •«*. down until he eat of the prey, and4-1"27* drink the blood of the (lain. 25 5 And Balak faid unto Balaam, Neither curfe them at all, nor blefs them at all. 26 But Balaam anfwered, and faid unto Balak, Told not I thee, faying, 1 All chat the Lord fpeaketh, that I - j muft do ? 27 1 And B.dak faid unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring tiiee unto another place ; peradventure it will pleafe God that thou mayeft curfe me them from thence. 28 And Balak brought Balaam un- to the top of Peor, that looketh m to- ^fjg" ward Jelhimon. 29 And Balaam faid unto Balak, Build me here feven altars, anil pre- pare me here feven bullocks and fe- ven rams. 30 And Balak did as Balaam had faid, and ottered a bullock and a ram on every altar. CHAP. XXIV. Balaam prophefieth Ifrael s happinefs. ANd when Balaam law that it pleafed the Lord to blefs Ifrael, he went not, as at a other times, fto \\ |*; ._ feek for enchantments, but he fet his ■ face toward the wildemefa. 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and """•• he faw Ifrael abiding in his tents ac- cording to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him. 3 b And he took up his parable, \f^lE. and faid, Balaam the fon of Beor hath faid, and the n; are open hath faid ; 4 He hath faid, which heard the words of God, which faw the vifion of the Almighty, c fAUiig into a trance, \ but having his eyes open : Sik^a*. 5 How goodly are thy tents, O Ja- ^ofiJ*' cob ! and thy tabernacles, O Ifrael ! Rev.i. 1 6 As the rallies are they fpread forth, as gardens by the rivers fide, as the trees of lign-aloes, d which the Lord I04'1 ' Balaam prophefietk ofChrifl, and G H A chr°ui Lord hath planted, and as cedar-trees us2. befide the waters. v"~"- ' 7 He fhall pour the water out of his buckets, and his feed /hall be in many waters ; and his king fhall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom mall be exalted. ecinp. g eGod brought him forth out of *J' ~2' Egypt ; he hath as it were the ftrength of an unicorn : he fhall eat up the na- tionshis enemies, and fhall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. fGen.4p.5. Q f He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion : who fhall |^n.ii.3. flir him up ? EBlefTed is he that blefs- " 2'' 2y" eth thee, and curfed is he that curfeth thee. 10 1f And Balaks anger was kindled *X^*"I7# againft Balaam, and he hfmote his & 22. ij.' hands together : and Balak faid unto Balaam, I called thee to curfe mine enemies, and, behold, thou haft alto- gether blefTed them thefe three times. i i Therefore now flee thou to thy place : I thought to promote thee un- to great honour ; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour. 12 And Balaam faid unto Balak, Spake I not alfo to thy meffengers which thou fenteft unto me, faying, ichap. r^ 'If Balak would give me his houfe full of iilver and gold, I cannot fo beyond the commandment of the ,ord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind ; but what the Lord faith, that will I fpeak ? 14 And now, behold, I go unto my £*,!cj6;?- people : come therefore, and kI will ' advertife thee what this people fhall IGCB.4SM. ^ to tily pe0pie i m tne latter days. 1 5 ^J And he took up his parable, and faid, Balaam the fon of Beor hath faid, and the man whofe eye's are open hath faid ; 1 6 He hath faid, which heard the words of God, and knew the know- ledge of the moft High, which faw the vifion of the Almighty, failing into a trance, but having Ids eyes open : 17 I fhall fee him, but not now; I fnall behold him, but not nigh : taSull'. there ft>aU come '" a Star out of Jacob, n pfeim and n a Sceptre fhall rife out of Ifrael, noT/rtft am* ma^ H fmite the corners of tmrUigbtbe Moab, and deftroy all the children of 0/ Sheth. 18 And °Edom lhall be a pofTefllon, Seir alfo fhall be a poileflion for his enemies, and Ifrael Tiiali do valiantly. 19 Out of Jacob fhall come he that fhall have dominion, and fhall deftroy him that remaineth of the -city. 2 .-am. 8.2 © 2 Sam. S. 14. Pftl. 00. P. XXV. the de/lnclion of fame nations* 2oAnd when he looked on Amai< , he took up his parable, and faid, i+5»- Amalek was j| the firft of the nations, ]: G? but his latter end \\Jhallbe, that he &£&£ perifh for ever. 'nd^am 2 1 And he looked on the Kenites ; yr£j, and took up his parable, 3iid faid, ^^in Strong is thy dwelling- place, uidtenum thou putteft thy neft in a rock : Ti^'UZz. 22 Nevertheless f the Kenite fhall t ijeb. be wafted, || until Asfnur fhall carry |,™" thee away captive. SSitt 23 And he took up his parable, and mAijbur faid, Alas! who fliall live when God „", '?.[%'. doeth this ? ,ivcf 24 And ftups fhall come from the pGeIlt coaft of pChittim, and fliall affliftp'-*-' Asfhur, and fhall afflict ^Eber, and he ^c'c" alfo fliall perifh for ever. lo- "• 25 And Balaam rofe up, and went rS ^ and r returned to his place : and Balak 31. s. ap* alfo went his way. CHAP. XXV. 1 The Tfraelites whoredom and idolatry. 6 Zimri and Cozbi Jlain. ANd Ifrael abode in aShittim, and If^to.se bthe people began to commit I3'*9' whoredom with the daughters of 10. a".r" Moab. 2 And c they called the people unto CJ"%\ A the facritices of their gods : and the ^"\s. people did eat, and bowed down to nof.'g. 10. their gods. IL'iu 3 And Ifrael joined himfelf unto "lC'V'n- Baal-peor : and the anger oftheLoRD was kindled againft Ifraei. 4 And the Lord faid unto Mofes, eTake all the heads of the people, and J^?^ hang them up before the Lord againft the fun, that the fierce anger of the Lord maybe turned away from Ifrael. 5 And Mofes faid unto the 'judges '£& l8' of Ifrael, B Slay ye every one his men rexo.i. that were joined unto Ba3l-peor. 32, 27' 6 ^| And, behold, one of the chil- dren of Ifraei came, and brought un- to his brethren a Midianitiih woman, in the fight of Mofes, and in the light of all the congregation of the chil- dren of Ifrael, who were weeping be- fore the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 7 And '• when Phinehas ' the fon of JJ^* Eleazir, tne fon of Aaron the prieft, 2 _*:«• law it, he rofe up from among the 1 tXod. congregation, and taok a javelin in °- 1J- his hand ; 8 And he went after the man of Ifrael into the tent, and thruft both of thern through, the man of Ifrael, and the woman tiuough her belly. So the plague was ftayed from the children of Ifiael- L j 9 And Gods covenant with Phinehas. NUMBERS. ',:';J2 9 And k thofe that died in the 4.S-&3- 45' !+• o Chap, 31-3. uji- plague were twenty and four thou- * i cor. land. ,oa- io 1[ And the Lord (pake unto Mofes, faying, |p«m , , i phine has the fon of Fleazar, the foa of Aaron the prieft, hatii turn- ed my wrath away from the children of Ifrael, while lie was zealous \ for my fake among them, that I con- fumed not the children of Ifrael in my jealoufy. 12 Wherefore fay, m Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: 1 3 And he (hall have it, and n his feed after him, even the covenant of an everlafting priefthood ; becaufe he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Ifrael. (4 Now the name of the Ifraelitc? that was (lain, even that was flain ■with the MidianitUh woman, was Zimri the fon of Salu, a prince of a f chief houfc among the Simeonites. 15 And the name of the Midianitifh woman that was flain was Cozbi, the daughter of ° Zur ; he was head over a people, and of a chief houfe in Midi an. i 6 % And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 17 ''Vex theMidianites, and fmite 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 a prince ofMidiaii, their lifter, which was flain in the day of the plague for Peers fake. CHAP. XXVI. 1 Ifrael numbered. 52 The inheritance of the land divided* Nd it came to pafs after the plague, that the Lord fpake unto Mofes, and unto Eie;-zar the fon of Aaron the prieft, faying, 3*'».'fc 2 * Take Liie ium or a1' the con- »»! :s*2fi. fvregation of the children of Ifrael, 'nip. 1. 2. e> O bCtop.1.3. "from twenty years old and u,nvard, throughout their fatiers houfe, all that arc able to go to war in Ifrael. 3 And Mofes and RLazar the prieft. fp.ke with thtm in the plains of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho, iflg, 4 J c.ke thefum of the people, from twenty years ok) and upward ; as the c chap. i.i. Lo*D c commanded Mofes and the children of Ifrael, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. 5 *. sO.lbd. Judg. 0. « Cliap lei lil The families, ami CHAP '?hfri,t 22 Thefe <«'£ the families of Judah, i4S2. according to thofe that were nnra- "" bered of them, threefcore and lixceen thoufand and five hundred. 23 H "Of the fons of Iflachar after their families : of Tola, the family of the Tolaites : of || Pua, the family of the Punites : 24 Of || Jafhub, the family of the Jafhubites : Of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. 25 Thefe are the families of Ifla- char, according to thofe that were numbered of them, threefcore and four thoufand and three hundred. 26 ff v Of the fons of Zebulun after their families : of Sered, the family of the Sardites : of Elon, the family of the Elonites : of Jahleel, the fa- mily of the Jahleelites. 27 Thefe are the families of the Zebulunites, according to thofe that were numbered of them, threefcore thoufand and five hundred. 28 If qThefonsof jofeph, after their families, ttweManafiehaiid Ephraim. 29 Of the fons of Manaffeh : of M- rMachir, the family of the Machir- ites : and Machir begat Gilead ; of Gilead come the family of the Gi- leadites. 30 Thefe are the fons of Gilead : of s Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: 31 And of Afriel, the family of the Afnelites : and of Shechem, the family of the Sheehemites : 32 And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites : and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. 33 % And ' Zelophehad, the fon of Hepher, had no fons, but daughters : and the names of the daughters of Ze- lophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 34 Thefe are the families of Ma- nafleh, and thofe that were numbered pf them, fifty and two thoufand and liven hundred. 35 *k Thefe are the fons of Ephraim, after their families : of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites : of "Be- rber, the family of the Bachrites : of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. 36 And thefe are the fons of Shu- thelah-:. of Lrau, the family of the Eranites. 873 Their are the families of the fons of Ephraim, according to thefe that were numbered of them, thirty and two thoufand and five hundred. Thefe are the funs of Jofeph theit famaj j 1: 1 Chmii 7-20. Vtrtd. XXVI. number of all Ifrael. 38 f * The fons of Benjamin after »<*™ their families : of Bela, the family of us*, the Belaitee : of Aflibel, the family „7a^ of the Aflibelites : of ' Ahiram, the 7 c- family of the Ahiramites : 46.Vr. 39 Of zShupham, the family of f^;™, the Shuphamites : of Hupham, the sAki;rah, family of the Huphamites. z Gen. 40 And the fons of Bela were a Ard «*££, and Naaman . of Ard, the family of «»*uut. the Ardites : and of Naaman, the fa- a7ah£* mily of the Naamites. M&r. 41 Thefe are the fons of Benjamin after their families : and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thoufand and fix hundred. 42 «j b Thefe are the fons of Dan *** after their families : of || Shuham, the n ()r, ' family of the Shuhamites. Thefe are H^k,m- thefamUiesof Dan after theirfamilies. 43 All the families of the Shuham- ites, according to thofe that were numbered of them, were threefcore and four thoufand and four hundred. 44 H c Of the children of Alher ^Ge»- after their families: of Jimna, the xenrok. family of the Jimnites: ofjefui, the ?'30 family of the Jefuites: of'Beriah, the family of the Beriites. 45 Of the fons of Beriah : of Heber, the family of the Hcberites : of Mal- chiel, the family of the Malchielites. 46 And the name of the daughter of Afher was Sarah. 47 Thefe are the families of the fons cf Alher, according to thofe that were numbered of them, who were fifty and three thoufand and four hundred. 48 1f d Of the fons of Naphtali after dc.it. their families: of jahzeel, the family ?J«tn.] of the Jahzeelites : of Guni, the fa- 7'13' mily of the Gunites : 49 Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites : of e Shillem, the family of •'{•j"""' the Shillemites. *'""■""' 50 Thefe are the families of Naph- tali, according to their families -. and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thoufand and four hundred. 51 *' Thefe were the numbered of £****•• the children of Ifrael, fix! hundred ! thoufand, and a thoufand {even hun- dred and thirty. 52 *<] And the Lord fpake unto Mbfes, faying, 37, Unto thefe the land flmli' be divided for an inheritance, '.according «ch3p. to the number of names. To many tHofl fhAlt f 4*e «*jgg the more inheritance, and to tew . Hrf. thou fhalt \ givetfta h-fs inhentaiKe ; ;;,;";;'i"/'*1.. La tO -■■:' ' The number of the Levites. crhHit to every one fhall his inheritance be ^ U52. j given, according to thole that were ' numbered of him. 55 Notwithstanding, the land fhall 3.™?.' De ''divided by lot : according to the % ti"a,,s nai"es of the tribes of their fathers they fhall inherit. 56 According to the lot fhall the pofleflion thereof be divided between many and few. 4?";. 57 H 'Andrhefcdr^they that were ;.x. XXVII- 6 The law of inheritances. 12 Mv/bi, being told if his death, 1 5 fuet/i f r ajii.crlj'))-. 10 fojjma is appointed to 'ucceed iiim ,r: ap. rTvHi 1 came the daughters of * Ze- %■' u\u * lopbefcatj the fon of Hepher, tlie j-iu. J7-'i}. fun of uiiead, the fon of Machir, the NUMBERS. The law of inheritances. fon of Manaffeh, of the families of J '•". j* Manalieh the fon of Jofeph : and un- tM thefe are the names of his daughters, ' * Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 And they flood before Mofes, and before Eleazar the prieft, and be- fore the princes, and ali the congre- gation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, faying, 3 Our father bdied in the wilder- <>ch«p. w nefs, and he was not in the company Jol 64,65. of them that gathered themfelves to- gether againft the Lord c in the com- ,£\a,pi. pany of Korah ; but died in his own fin, and had no fons. 4 Why fhould the name of our fa- ther be f done away from among *uJJjJj(fcrf. his family, becaufe he hath no fon .' d Give unto us therefore a poffeflion t>}<^.\i+ among the brethren of our father. 5 And Mofes brought their caufe before the Lord. 6 \ And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 7 The daughters of Zelophehad fpeak right : e thou fhalt furely give «§*£■ them a polieffion of an inheritance among their fathers brethren ; and thou lhalt caufe the inheritance of their father to pafs unto them. 8 And thou fhalt fpeak unto the children of Ifrael, laying, If a man die, and have no fon, then ye fhall caufe his inheritance to pafs unto his daughter. 9 And if he have no daughter, then ye fhall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10 And if he have no brethren, then ye fhall give his inheritance un- to his fathers brethren. 1 1 And if his father have no bre- thren, then ye fhall give his inherit- ance unto his kinfman that is next to trim of his family, and he fhall pof- fefs it : and it fhall be unto the chil- dren of Ifrael a ltatute of judgment ; as the Lord commanded Mofes. 12 \ And the Lord faid untoff,(> Mofes, f Get thee up into this mount '-,'-.'-■ Abarim, and fee the land which I *u§£$£ have given unto the children of Ifrael. & -14- •■ 1 3 And when thou haft feen it, thou alio fhalt be gathered unto thy RChj jo> people, as £ Aaron thy brother Umlauts'.* gathered. Deut.*io- 6, 14 For ye hrebelled againft- my *>«:.?. 20. commandment in the defert of Zin, :jc'.;?.4i.37. in the itrife of the congregation, to \toTsz. fanctify me at the water before their . Eiod< eyi rs : that /';, the '' water of Meribah 17- 7/ in ivaiiclii, in the wildernefs of Zin. 15 H And m I Kings 22. 17. gech.io.l Mar. 0 &. 30 r Exod. 23. jo. Jojhitafucccedeth Mo/es. CHAP. chrm '5 t And Mofes fyake unto the ,, **J2- _ Lord, faying, kcha^. 16 Let the Lord, kthe God of the Hrt"i.s. spirits of all flefh, let a man over the congregation, 1 2 chron. 1 7 1 Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in ; that the congre- gation of the Lord be not n'as Iheep ; which have no fhepherd. Marko.^* 1 8 ^ And the Lord faid unto . • Mofes, Take thee Jolhua the fon of 41. 38. Nun, a man D in whom is the fpirit, Jtu.'is?' and ° lay thine hand upon him ; i3,T8.I& '9 And fet him before Eleazar the o ocut. prieft, and before all the congregation : 3"*' y" and give him a charge in their light. ll'^l' 20 And pthou fhalt put feme of Jo.T'o th'me honour upon him, that all the 2 Kiu'gi" congregation of the children of Ifrael ' lj' may be obedient. lotfTff. r4. 2 1 And q he (hall (land before Ele- •!"di:,I-J- azar the prieft, who fliall alk coun- h'o-fel for him, r after the judgment of Urim before the Lord : sat his word fnall they go out, and at his word sA'am.'1+' they {hall come in, both he, and all 22.10. t]ie children of Ifrael wich him, even all the congregation. 22 And Mofes did as the Lord commanded him: and he tookjofnua, and fet him before Eleazar the prieft, and before all the congregation. 23 And he laid his hands upon him, tDeut. *and gave him a charge ; as the Lord commanded by the hand of Mofes. CHAP. XXVIII. I Offerings to be obferved. 3 The con- tinual burnt-offering. ANd the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 2 Command the children of Ifrael, and fay unto them, My offering, and '.'iT.'ic amy bread for my facrifices made by Mai6':8' ^re' for "t" a fweet favour unto me, 7. i"i-" fliall ye obferve to offer unto me in lfavo'u> of their due feafon. my reft. 3 \ And thou (halt fay unto them, !!?E. 38." b This is the offering made by fire, which ye (hall offer unto the Lord ; two lambs of the (hit year without in* day. fpot, f day by day, for a continual burnt-offering. 4 The one lamb (halt thou offer in LTw'rn the the morning, and the other lamb (halt t-M even, thou offer f at even ; t Kx'or a fin- offering, befides f the fin-offering of < \ ■«*> atonement, and the continual burnt- offering, and the meat-offering of it, and their drink-offerings. 12 1[ And s on the fifteenth day of'^.™'; the fevepth month ye fiiall have an holy convocation ; ye fiiall do no fer- vile work, and ye fhall keep a feaft unto the Lord feven days. 13 And "ye fiiall offer a burnt- h Ezra *•♦• offering, a facrifice made by fire, of a fweet favour unto the Lord ; thir- teen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the firft year; they lhall be without blemifli: r4 And their meat-offering Jhall be of flour mingled with oii, three tenth-devdsunto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth-deals to each ram of the two rams, 15 And a feveral tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs : 1 6 And one kid of the goats for a fin-offering, befides the continual burnt-offering, his meat-offering, and his drink-offering. 17 *l And on the fecond day ye fiiall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the firft year, without fpot : 18 And their meat-offering, and their drink-offerings, for the builocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, y/iud commanded Mofes, between a 11,1111 and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her fethi . luun'e C H A P. XXXI. 1 The Mtdianitet , riled, and Ba- laarnjlain. 1 ^ . '. wroth with the officers for alive. AN.! the L o R u fpake unto Mofes, faying, »ch=p. a 'Avenge the 1 iael of 3:,',;' the Midianii icd liialt thou bch.p. bL).. gathered .. >> thy | V'JJ" ; And Mofes fpake unto ; ,>le. fayiiH', .vnn (bra - of ymirlelve, unto the war, and let them go againft the Midi mites, and avenge the Lord ol' Mldiall, B E R S. The Midianites fpoiled. 4 f Of every tribe a thoufand, throughout all the tribes of Ifrael, us*^ fhall ye fend to the war. 5 So there were delivered, out of^'^JJJ1 the thoufands of Ifraei a thoufand 01 every tribe, twelve thoufand armed for war. 6 And M ofes fent them to the war, a thoufand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the foil of Eleazar the prieft to the war, with the holy in- cChj ftruments, and c the trumpets to blow icy?' in his hand. 7 And they warred againft the Mi- dianites, as the Lord commanded Mofes i and d they (lew £ all the males. ^7!. 8 And thej flew the kings of Midian, befides the reft of them that were flam namely, f Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Keba, five kings of a. 1, i. 33. Midian: * Balaam aifo the fon ofBeor J£J;. they flew with the fword. 9 Ann the children of Ifrael took I3' i4' all the women ofMidiancaptivts, and their little ones, and took the fpoil of all their cattle, and all their hocks, and all their goods. 10 And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly caflles, with fire. 11 And "they took all the fpoil, JJ*£ and all the prey, both of men and of beafts. i_ And they brought the captives, and the prey,and thefpoii,untoMofes, and Eleazar the prieft, and unto the congregation of the children of 1 frael , unto the camp at the plains of .Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho 13 1J And Mofes, and Eleazar the prieft, and all the princes of the con- gregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. 1 4 And Mofes was wroth with the officers of the hoft, with the captains over thoufands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the + battle. ' Ikh- 1 5 And Mofes laid unto them. Have ye faved ' all the women alive ? iscer-eut. j 6 Behold, " thefe caufed the chil- TS»£\s* dren of Ifrael, through the ' counfel *5Ch*p- of Balaam, to commit trefpafs againft ich»P.. the Lord in the matter of Peor, and JpeJ.4s.ij. m there was . plague among the con- mcnap. gregation of ii:e Lord. y"* 1 7 Now, therefore. n kill every male J^M* among the iittle.oi.- s, u\vJ kill every woman that hath knows man by lying with f him. ' '';■];. 18 But all the women-children, that have not known a man by lying with him. keep alive for vourfeives. ,g ,1- ( The purifying of the captives. CHAP, cSria '9 And °do ye abl(Ie w'thout the yjls±_j camp feven days : whofoever hath ochip.s.2. killed any perfon, and p whofoever fci"p- »»• hath touched any (lain, purify both yourfelves and your captives on the third day, and on the feventh day. 20 And purify all your raiment, l^ument', and all \ that is made of lkins, and '%""'' ' a^ wol~k °f goats haiXy and all things made of wood. 2i *| And Eleazar the prieft faid unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord commanded Mofes ; 22 Only the gold, and the filver, the brafs, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 23 Every thing that may abide the fire ye fhall make it go through the fire, ami it fhall be clean ; neverthe- j*pi7, lefs it (hall be purified "Hvith the wa- ter of reparation : anci all that abi- deth not the lire ye mall make go through the water. »K< 24 'And ye (hall wafh your clothes on the feventh day, and ye (hall be clean, and afterward ye fhali come into the camp. 25 % And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, sb. of 2 6 Take the fum of the prey f that '." " was taken, both of man and of beaft, thou, and Eleazar the prieit, and the chief fathers of the congregation : J; 27 And 5 divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the i4' war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congre- gation. 28 And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out |S*4^!r" to battle : l one foul of five hundred, & oup. fab 0f tjie perfons, and of the beeves, and of the afies, and of the iheep. 29 Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the prieit, for an heave-oifering of the Lord. 30 And of the children of Ifraels half thou (halt take one portion of fifty, of the perfons, of the beeves, of lor,**. the afies, and of the || flocks, of all manner of beafts, and give them unto ""^'s,3' tne Levites, "which keep the charge ihiO. of the tabernacle of the Lord. 31 And Mofes and Eleazar the prieft did as the Lord commanded Mofes. 32 And the booty, being the reft of the prey which the men of war had caught, was fix hundred thoufand, and feventy thoufand and five thoufand iheep, 33 And threefcore and twelve thoufand beeves, XXXI. The dividing of the prey. 34 And threefcore and one thou- gjjjg fand afies, , '^i;-<. 35 And thirty and two thoufand perfons in all, of 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 hundred thoufand, and feven and thirty thou- fand, and five hundred iheep ; 37 And the Lords tribute of the fheep was (is. hundred and threefcore and fifteen. 38 And the beeves were thirty and fix. thoufand, of which the Lords tribute was threefcore and twelve. 39 And the affes were thirty thou- fand and five hundred, of which the Lords tribute was threefcore and one. 40 And the perfons were fixteen thoufand, of which the Lords tri- bute was thirty and two perfons. 41 And Mofes gave the tribute, which was the Lords heave-oifering, unto Eleazar the prieit ; x as the Lord Jl."^1^* commanded Mofes. 42 And of the children of Ifraels half, which Mofes divided from the men that warred, 43 (Now the half 'that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thoufand, and thirty thoufand, and fe- ven thoufand and five hundred iheep, 44 And thirty and fix thoufand beeves, 45 And thirty thoufand afies and five hundred, 46 And iixteen thoufand perfons, ) 47 Even of the children of Ifraels half, Mofes took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beait, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord; as the Lord commanded Mofes. 48 If And the officers which were over thoufands of the hod:, the cap- tains of thoufands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Mofes : 49 And they faid unto Mofes, Thy fervants have taken the fum of the men of war which are under our f charge, and there lackcth not one * "?.' man of us. 50 We have, therefore, brought an oblation for the Lord, what every man hath f gotten, of jewels of gold, ]"'bf chains, and bracelets, rings, ear-rings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our fouls before the Lord. 5r And Mofes and Eleazar the prieit took the gold of them, even all wrought jewel?. 52 And N Tie Rciibenih'i and Gaditesfuit : NU'M o&S 52 And all the gold of the f offer- ing that they offered up to the Lord, of the captains of thoufaads, and of the captain* of hundreds, waslixteen thoufand (even hundred and titty fliekels. 53 (For y the men of war had taken fpoil, every man for himfelf. ) 54 And Mofes and Eleazar the prieft took the gold of the captains of thoufands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Ifrael before the Lord. C H A P. XXXII. TheReubenites axdGaAites fiat for their inheritance en that fide Jordan. TOw the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, had a very great multitude of cattle : and when a chap. they law the land of * Jazer, and the ] :-.~" land of Gilead, that, behold, the place 4 VamV was a place for cattle ; -+5- 2 The children of Gad, and the children of Reuben, came and fpake unto Mofes, and to Eleazar the prieft, and unto the princes of the congrega- tion, faying, 3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, BeuSJm anc* b Nimrah, and Hefhbon, and r'.'."""" Elealeh, and cShebam, and Nebo, &&21 and « Beon, «,Vcr. jti. 4 Even the country e which the Ba^-metn. LORU fm0|e before the congregation m.34,3*. of Ifrael, is a land for cattle, and thy fervants have cattle. 5 Wherefore, Paid they, if we have found grace in thy light, let this land be given unto thy fervants for a pof- feilion, and bring us not over Jordan. 6 ^[ And Mofes faid unto the chil- dren of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and mall ye (it here ? • H-b. 7 And wherefore f difcourage ye *""*• the heart of the children of Ifrael from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them ? f chap. 8 Thus did your fathers, f when 13. 3, us. 1 ftfat them from Kadefli-barnea g to i.m. ' fee the land. h ch*p. 9 For h when they went up unto ' ' i4: the valley of Elhcol, and few the land, they difcouraged the heart of tlte children of Ifrael, that they lhould not go into the land which the Lord had given them. « chap. 10 'And the Lords anger was kindled the fame time, and he fware, faying, 1 1 Surely none of the men that kch«p. came up out of Egypt, kfrom twenty &<*: Ts- yean old and upward, (hall fee the B E R S. " their affer to Afpfes. land which I fware unto Abraham. unto Ifaac, and unto Jacob; becauie »«*- 'they have not fwhollvfollowed me : 10^.14, 12 Save Caleb the fon of Jephun- 2^3°' neh the Kenezite, and Jofhua the fon of Nun ; for they have wholly fol- "J " '■*"* lowed the Lord. 13 And the Lords anger was kindled againft Ifrael, and he made them wander in the wildernefs forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the light of the Lord was confumed. 1I4 And, behold, ye are rifen up in your fathers ftead, an increafe of fin- ful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the Lord toward Ifrael. 1 5 For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wildernefs, and ye (hall dc./oy all this people. 1 6 1j And they came near unto him. and faid, We will build fheep-folds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones ; 1 7 But m we ourfelves will go ready ° J,0** armed before the children of Ifrael, until we have brought them unto their place : and our little ones (hall dwell in the fenced cities, becauie of the inhabitants of the land. 18 "We will not return unto our ;*J houfes, until the children of Ifrael have inherited every man his inherit- ance : 19 For we will not inherit with them on yonder fide Jordan, or for- ward ; becauie our inheritance is fal- len to us on this fide Jordan eaftward. 20 U And ' Mofes faid unto them, * If ye will do this thing, if ye will go j n ' :+- armed before the Lord to war, 2 r And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the Lord, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, 22 And r the land be fubdued be- : fore the Lord ; then afterward ye fhall return, and be guiltlefs before the Lord, and before Ifrael; and -p^,. - q this land (hall be your poffefiion be- 'Vsi1"'- fore the Lord. & u- a. 23 But if ye will not do fo, behold, ye have finned againft the Lord : and be fure your (in svlll find you out. 24 Build ye cities for your little ones, and folds fol- your {beep ; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. 25 And the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben, fpake unto Mtfes, faying, Thy fervants will do as my lord conunandeth. 26 Our •JoQ».i.i3- Reuben and Gads inheritance. CHAP, -hnii 26 Our little ones, cur wives, our J4i». flocks, and all our cattle, fliall be """ there in the cities of Gilead ; ih.4.t2. 2 7 r But thy fervants wil 1 pafs over, every man armed tor war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord faith. 28 So 'concerning them Mofes commanded Eleazar the prieft, and Jolhua the fon of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Ifrael : 29 And Mofes faid unto them, If the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben, will pais with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle before the Lord, and the land fliall be fubdued before you ; then ye fliall give them the land of Gilead for a pofleflion : 30 But if they will not pafs over with you armed, they fliall have poilefiions among you in the land of Canaan. 31 And the children of Gad, and the children of Reuben, anfwered, faying, As the Lord hath faid unto thy fervants, fo will we do. 32 We will pafs over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, that the polieifioii of our inheritance on this fide Jordan may be ours. 33 And * Mofes gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manafleh the fon of Jo- feph, u the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Balhan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coalls, even the cities of the country round about. 34 \ And the children of Gad built * Dibon, and Ataroth, y and Aroer, 35 And A troth, Shophan, and 2Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 36 And a Beth- nimrah, and Beth-ha- ran, fenced cities : and folds for lheep. 37 And the children of Reuben b built Hefhbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, 38 And Nebo, and Baal - meon, (c their names being changed,) and Shibmah : and f gave other names unto the cities which they builded. 39 And the children of d Machir the fon of Manafleh went to Gilead, and took it, and difpoiiefled the Amorite which was in it. 40 And Mofes e gave Gilead unto Machir the fon of Manafleh ; and he dwelt therein. 41 And f Jair the fon of Manafleh went and took the fmall towns there- of, and called them i Havoth-jair, KChip. 33 4S.40- y Deut. 2. 7.1, E Judg. XXXIII. The journeys of the Ifraelites. 42 And Nobah went and took Ke- before nath, and the villages thereof, and us*- called it Nobah, after his own name. ' CHAP. XXXIII. 1 Two and forty journeys of the Ifrael~ ites. 50 The Canaanites are to be de/lroyed. THefe are the journeys of the chil- dren of Ifrael, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies, under the hand of Mofes and Aaron. 2 And Mofes wrote their goings out according to their journeys, by the commandment of the Lord : and thefe are their journeys, according to their goings out. 3 And they a departed from Rame- f^0?; fes in the firlt month, on the fifteenth i+yi. day of the firlt month ; on the mor- row after the paflbver the children of Ifrael went out bwith an high hand 1**£?' in the light of all the Egyptians. 4 (For the Egyptians buried all their firft-born, c which the Lord il\x^l had fmitten among them : " upon a,i;*.;J .. their gods alfo the Lord executed ia'n". judgments.) *XK+ 5 cAnd the children of Ifrael re- eExod. moved from Ramefes, and pitched in ri'37- Succoth. 6 And they departed from f Sue- "»*; coth, and pitched in Etham,. which is in the edge of the wildernefs. 7 And gthey removed from Etham, ^jPt and turned again unto Pi-hahireth, which is before Baal-zephon : and they pitched before Migdol. 8 And they departed from before Pi-hahiroch, and hpafled through the SKm?" midft of the fea into the wildernefs, *"» 2i- and went three days journey in the wildernefs of Etham, and pitched in Marah. 9 And they removed from Marah, and ! came unto Elim : and in Elim \f?t£ were twelve fountains of water, and threefcore and ten palm-trees ; and they pitched there. 10 And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red fea. 11 And they removed from thefcEio(J Red fea, and encamped in the k wil- 1&1. ' dernefs of Sin. 12 And they took their journey out of the wildernefs of Sin, and en- camped in Dophkah. 1 3 And they departed from Doph- kah, and encamped in Alufli. 14 And they removed from A- lu(h, and encamped at ' Rephidim, ****ft where was no water for the people >* »• to drink. 15 And The journeys of p Chip. I Mac.5. 9 Dutbema. 15 And they departed from Rephi- dim, and pitched in the m wildernefs of Sin-ii- 1 6 And they removed from the de- fert of Sinai, and pitched "at j| Ki- broth-hutaavah. 17 And they departed from Ki- broth-hattaavah, and "encamped at Hazeroth. 1 8 And they departed from Haze- roth, and pitched in 'Rithmab. 19 And they departed from Rith- mah, and pitched at Rimmon-parez. 20 And they departed from Rim- mon-parez, and pitched in Libnah. 2 1 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rifiah. 22 And they journeyed from Rif- fah, and pitched in Kehelathah. 2? And they went from Kehela- thah, and pitched in mount Shapher. 24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah. 25 And they removed from Hara- dah, and pitched in Makheloth- 26 And they removed from Mak- heloth, and encamped at Tahath. 2 7 And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah. 28 And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah. ay And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Halhmonah. 30 And they departed from Hafh- monah, and 4 encamped atMoferoth. 31 And they departed from Mofe- roth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan. 32 And they removed from r Bene- jaakan, and 'encamped at Hor-hagid- gad. 33 And they went from Hor-hagid- V£'.'" gad, and pitched in Jotbathah. io.'?!' 34 Anc' tney amoved from Jotba- thah, and encamped at Ebronah. 35 And they departed from E- tD*«.a.8. bronah, 'and encamped at Ezion- X Kings , ' r ». 10. gaber. I4S3. 36 And they removed from Ezion- 5o hrpac £aber' ancl pitched in the u wildernefs *7-M- ofZin, which is Kade(h. lo^z'tc 3? Allc* tliey removed from x Ka- im.' deih, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. XohzT- 38 And 'Aaron the prieit went up iuut io.c. into mount Hor, at the command- J2' i0' ment of the Lord, and died there, in the' fortieth year after the children of Ifrael were come out of the land of Egypt, in the iiril day of the fifth month. 1451. 39 And Aaron was an hundred and twenty ami three years old when he died in mount Hor. N U M B E R S. the children of Ifrael. 40 And Mcing Arad the Canaanite ggjjg bcut.10.6 (which dwelt in the fouth in the in- land of Canaan) heard of the coming r~cu^~ of the children oflfrael. *»?*»^» 41 And they departed from mount aHor, and pitched in Zalmonah. i,c.h^' 42 And they departed from Zalmo- nah, and pitched in Punon. 43 And they departed from Punon, and b pitched in Oboth. \f*ZZ'. 44 And cthey departed from Oboth, tciup. and pitched in j| dIje-abarim, in the *x'"' border of Moab. 45 And they departed from Iim, J""r'"" and pitched in Dibon-gad. bi.ii. 46 And they removed from Dibon- {£??£ gad, and encamped in Almon-fdibla- ttz*. thaim. e' '*■ 47 And they removed from Almon- diblathaim, s and pitched in the |Ch?p- mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. 48 And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and h pitched "lI* in the plains of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho, 49 And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jelimoth even unto |j * Abel -(hit- , tim, in the plains of Moab. nfmtum. 50 % And the Lord fpake unto \$hT Mofes in the plains of Moab, by Jor- J,Jlh- lmU dan near Jericho, faying, 51 Speak unto the children of If- rael, and fay unto them, k When ye JS^-J are paiTed over Jordan into the land of Canaan, you, and deftroyaii their pictures, and deftroy all their molten images, and '" J" quite pluck down all their high places. 53 And ye lhall difpoflefs the inhabi- tants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you tiie land to pof- fefs it. 54 And mye (hall divide the land by ^sfj? lot for an inheritance among your families ; and to the more ye lhall •j- give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye (hall -j- give the lefs in- J,Sw> heritance : every mans inheritance he"^\0'r't~ mall be in the place where his lot fall- • uw. eth : according to the tribes of your '^tlur-.u fathers ye lhall inherit. •««*• 55 But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you ; then it lhall come to pafs, that thofe which ye let remain of them jliall be " pricks in your eyes, and J^0**. thorns in your fides, and (hall vex -! you in the land v. herein ye dwell. » 56 Moreover, it (hail come to pafs, that I lhall do unto you as I thought to do unto them. C H a r . f Gen. 15. 18. Juih. is. 4. 47- 1 Kings 8.65. I.a. 77. 1 7 Vie border s of t lie land: CHAP. CHAP. XXXIV. 1 The borders of the land: 16 the names of the men which Jhall di- vide it. c'llim ANd tlie Lord fpake unto Mofes, i4s'i- -lx faying, * * ' 2 Command the children of Ifrael, and fay unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan, (this is the land that (hall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan, with the coafts thereof, ) ajoih.is.i. 3 Then "your fouth quarter (hall be from the wildernefs of Zin, along by the coaft of Edom, and your fouth border fliall be the outmoft coaft of bGen.14.3. b the falt-fea eaftward : 4 And your border (hall turn from rseejoni. the fouth c to the afcent of Akrabbim, and pafs on to Zin : and the going forth thereof (hall be from the fouth lf.'jfi.* d to Kadefh-barnea, and (hall go on to e see jo(h. e Hazar-addar, and pafs on to Azmon: 5 And the border lhali fetch a cora- pafs from Azmon f.unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it fliall be at the fea. 6 And as for the weftern border, ye (hall even have the great fea for a bor- der : this (hall be your weft border. 7 And this (hall be your north bor- der ; from the great fea ye (hall point out for you s mount Hor : 8 From mount Hor ye (hall point out your border hunto the entrance of Hamath ; and the goings forth of the border (hall be to Zedad : 9 And the border (hall go on to Zi- phron, and the goings out of it (hall be at Hazar-enan : this fliall be your north border. 1 o And ye fliall point out your eaft border from Hazar-enan toShepham: fi And the coaft (hall go down from Shepham ' to Riblah, on the eaft fide of Ain ; and the border (hall defcend, and (hall reach unto the f (ide of the fea k of Chinnereth eaft- ward : 1 2 And the border (hall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it (hall be at the falt-fea : this (hall be your land, with the coafts thereof round about. 1 3 And Mofes commanded the chil- dren of Ifrael, faying, This is the land which ye fliall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, aud to the half-tribe. 14 'For the tribe of the children of Reuben, according to the houfe of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad, according to the 1 1 KinRJ 13-33- a Jer.30.5,0 + Het>. jbuulder. k Deut. 3.17. Jem. 11. it »y. 35 XXXIV. their names who fliall divide it- houfe of their fathers, have received K,e£.r* their inheritance, and half the tribe us*. of Manafleh have received their in- ' — ""*" heritance. 15 The two tribes and the half- tribe have received their inheritance on this (ide Jordan war Jericho, eaft- ward toward the fun-rifing. 1 6 «[ And the Lord fpake unto Mofes, faying, 1 7 Thefe are the names of the men which fliall divide the land unto you ; n' Eleazar the prieft, and Jofliua the J**^ fon of Nun. 19.51* 1 8 And ye fliall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by in- heritance. 1 9 And the names of the men are thefe: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the fon of Jephunneh. 20 And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the fon of Am- mi hud. 2 1 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Eli- dad the fon of Chiflon. 22 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the fon of Jogli. 23 The prince of the children of Jofeph, for the tribe of the children of Manaifeh, Hanniel the fon of Ephod. 24 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the fon of Shiphtan. 25 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the fon of Parnach. 26 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Iflachar, Paltiel the fon of Azzan. 27 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ather, Ahihud the fon of Shelomi. 28 And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahelthe fon of Ammihud. 29 Thefe are they whom the Lord commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Ifrael in the land of Canaan. CHAP. XXXV. 1 Eight and forty cities given to the Levites : 6 fix of them to be cities of refuge. 9 The laws of murder. 1 Ch»p. 32- 33" Joftma «4- *» 3 ANd the Lord fpake unto Mofes «*s« in the plains of Moab, by Jordan near Jericho, faying, 2 a Command the children of Ifrael, » Joft»* that they give unto the Levites, of the If'ai'*. inheritance of their pofleflion, cities to dwell in ; and ye fliall give tUfo unto the Levites fuburbs for the cities round about them. M 3 And - citits of the Levites. N U M ; Ami the cities (hall they have to dwell in, arr-'r the fuburbs of them (hall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their hearts. 4 And the fuburbs of the cities, which ye fliall give unto the Levites, ihall rea.h. from the wall of the eity and outward a thoufand cubits round about. 5 \nd ye (hall meafure from with- he city on the cart fide two thou- fand cubits and on the fouth fide two thoufand cubit?, and on the fide two thoufand cubits, and on the north tide two thoufand cubits; and the city /hall be in the midll : this fliall be to them the fuburbs of the cities. 6 And among the cities which ye fliall give unto the Levites there flail be Mix cities for refuge, which ye ihall apooint for the maRflayer, that he may flee thither : and f to them ye lhall add forty and two cities. 7 So all the cities which ye fliall give to the Levites Jhall be forty and eight cities : them Jhall ye give with their fuburbs. 8 And the cities which ye fliall give fl.all be of the polfeflion of the chil- aoi "''"". dren oflfrael : c from them tliat have Chan? ye fliall give many ; but from them that have lew ye lhall give few : every one fliall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inherit- i*j"wi." * ance which t he inheriteth. 9 \ And the Lord fpake unto 'Mofes, faying, loSpeak unto thechildren oflfrael, and fay unto them, d When ye be i come over Jordan into the land of Canaan, \ I ''; 1 1 Then ye * ihall appoint you cities "to be cities of refuge for you ; that t c flayer may flee thither which kill- eth any perfon f at unawares. la f And they lhall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the ' manflayer die not, until he Hand be- fore the congregation in judgment. i J And of thefe cities which ye fliall give, fix cities lhall ye have for refuge. i • •• Ye lhall give three cities on . thtd fide Jordan, and three cities lhall vc in the land of Canaan, which fliall be cities of refuge. i , TJiefe lix cities fliall be a re- !or tne children of Iflraek, Ibfnger, and for the ib- journer among thetn.; that evr\ ode tliat kitlah any perfon aaawwi . thither. B E R S. The law; of murder. 1 6 hAnd if lie finite him with an inurnment of iron, fo that he die, he '•»?'• _, it a murderer: the murderer lhall it».er- •j'si- fon to caufe him to die. v ' 3r Moreover, ye {hall take no fa- tisfaction for the life of a murderer, fulZ'iociu. which h f guilty of death ; but he fhall be furely put to death. 32 And ye fhall take no fatisfac- tion for him that is fred to the city of his refuge, that he fhould come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the high prieft. 33 So ye fhall not pollute the land nMic.4.11. wherein ye are ; for blood "itdcfileth ,V«vh««Af tne land : and f the land cannot be ' "/"" ;-"■ cleanfed of the blood that is fhed fort ,ana. ^^.g^ ^ut by the blood of him that filed it. 34 Defile not, therefore, the land which ye fhall inhabit, wherein I dwell : for I the Lord dwell among the children of Ifrael. CHAP. XXXVI. 1 The inconvenience of the inheritance of daughters, 5 is remedied by mar- \ tying in 'heir ozun tribes. ANd the chief fathers of the fami- lies of the "children of Gilead, the fon of Machir, the fon of Manaf- feh, of the families of the fons of Jo- feph, came near, and fpake before Mo- fes, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Ifrael ; *- 17. 3- an inheritance by lot to the children 2?.hi?7. of Ifrael : and c my lord was com- 17*3*4. niantled bv the LoRD to give tlie in~ heritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. 3 And if they be married to any of the fons of the other tribes of the chil- dren of Ifrael, then fhall their inherit- ance be taken from the inheritance (if otir fathers, and fhall be put to the inheritance of the tribe f whereunto they are received : fo fhall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance. 4 And when d the jubilee of the children of Ifrael fifed! be, then fhall their inheritance be put unto the in- f Heh. tin:o -who tbtyjbali i XXXVI. The' inheritance ofdavghteh, heritance of the tribe whereunto they are received : fo fhall their inheritance ! i's'!'" be taken away from the inheritance V w of the tribe of our fathers. 5-TT And Mofes commanded the chil- dren of Ifrael, according to the word of the Lord, faying, The tribe of the fons of Jofeph hath faid well. 6 This is the thing Which the Lord doth command concerning the daugh- ters of Zelophehad, faying, Let them f marry to whom they think belt ; i,1™;,. c only to the family of the tribe of c Ton. i.*9j their father fhall they marry : 7 So fhall not the inheritance of the children of Ifrael remove from tribe to tribe ; for everv one of the children of Ifrael fhall f keep himfelf ',"■''- •- ' to the inheritance of the tribe of his '"'' u'-' fathers. ' 8 And f every daughter that pof- ^ fefieth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Ifrael fhall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Ifrael may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. 9 Neither fhall the inheritance re- move from one tribe to' another1 tribe-; but every one of the tribes of the children of Ifrael fhall keep himfeif to his own inheritance. 10 Even as the Lord commanded Mofes, fo did the daughters of Zelo- phehad : 1 1 * For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hog- |«** lah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daugh- ters of Zelophehad, were married un- to their fathers brothers fons : . „ . „ , 12 And they were married f into ; the families of the fons of Manaifeh ," the fon of Jofeph ; and their inherit- ance remained in the tribe of the family of their father. 13 Thefe are the c6mmandment; and the judgments which the Lord commanded, by the hand of Mofes, unto the children of Ifrael in the plains of Moab, by Jordan near Je- richo. «I The Fifth Book of MpSES, called DEUTERONOMY. CHAP. I. 1 ' Mofes j In the end of the fortieth year, briefly rehearfeth the Jlory. 6 of Gods pronfife, 34 and his anger, &c. TH E S E H the words which Mofes fpake unto all Ifrael a on this fide Jordan in the wildernefs, in the plain over agaiiiit the [j Red fea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 2 (There are eleven days jdufney from Horeb, by the way of mount Seir, h unto Kadefh-barnea. ) 3 And it came to pafs c in the for- . tieth year, in the eleventh month, on the firft day of the month, that Mofes fpake unto the children' of ifrael 1400. ff.XnJ.3 Mofei rehearfeth DEUTER \.^ Ifracl, according unto all that the fc '«'■ Lord had Riven him in command- ment unto them ; S/X^j. 4 ■* After he had (lain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Hefhbon, and Og the king of Ba- '1Hu™b- fhan, which dwelt at Aitaroth c in joft.i3.i3 Edrei : 5 On this fide Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Mofes to declare this law, faying, 6 H The Lord our God fpake unto us f in Horeb, faying, Ye have dwelt *»ttZ*od. iong e enough in this mount : Nj^h. y Turn you, and take your jour- ney, and go to the mount or the *„"'*' Amorites, and unto f all the places ndibbtun. njgh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the fouth, and by the fea-fide, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. *"«.' 8 Behold, I have f fet the land before you : go in and poifefs the land which the Lord fware unto i;G"'& your fathers, h Abraham, Ifaac, and "■'"i* Jac°b» to give unto them, and to % \i ♦• their feed after them. lExoi. 9 If And ' I fpake unto you at that time, faying, I am not able to bear you myfelf alone : k Gen% io The Lord your God hath mul- ij 5"' tiplied you, and, behold, k ye are this day as the ftars of heaven for multitude. U:T 1 ■ (' The Lord God of your fa- thers make you a thoufand times fo many more as ye are, and blefs you, 3.Gs** m as he hath promifed you!) 'r,'.'^'ac I2 How can I myfelf alone bear T.iod.'3*. y0ur cumbrance, and your burden, ♦ Heb. allC' y°llr ^rl^e ? e/M. 13 -j- Take ye wife men, and un- demanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. r4 And ye anfwered me, 3nd find. The thing which thou halt fpoken is good/ur US to do. 15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wife men, and known, "and f made them heads over you, cap- tains over thou land':;, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. 16 And I charged your judges at that time, faying, Hear the coup's between your brethren, and "judge righteoudy between r-'try man and his r brother, and the Uranger that is with him. ii). r*. Numb. II. 14. titled. U..25' 1 neb. Save. ONOMY. Gods former promjfet . 1 7 i Ye fhall not f refpeft perfons in judgment, but ye (hall hear the '4?1- fmall as well as the great ; ye fhall 4- o Ifa, 7. 15, iG. Hum. 9.11 fre/uinplu wnt uf. s Namb. anger for incredulity. C H A 31 And in the wildernefs, where thou halt feen how that the Lord thy God e bare thee, as a man doth bear his fou, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. 32 \ et in this thing ye did not be- lieve the Lord your God, 33 r Who went in the way before you, c to fearch you out a place to pitch your tents fn, in tire by night, to (hew you by what way ye fhould go, and in a cloud by day. 34 And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, h and fware, faying, 35 ' Surely there fhall not one of thefe men of this evil generation fee that good land, which I fware to give unto your fathers, 36 ''Save Caleb the fon of Jephun- neh ; he (hall fee it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, becaufe 'hehathf wholly followed the Lord. 37 mAlfo the Lord was angry with me for your fakes, faying, Thou alfo malt not go in thither. 38 But Jofhua the fon of Nun, which ftandeth before thee, he (hall go in thither : encourage him ; for he (hall caufe Ifrael to inherit it. 39 " Moreover, your little ones, which ye faid mould be a prey, and your children, which in that day °had no knowledge between good and evil, they lhall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they mall poffefs it. 40 p But as for you, turn ye, and take your journey into the wildernefs, by the way of the Red fea. 41 Then ye anfwered, and faid unto me, q We have finned againft the Lord, we will go up and tight, according to all that the Lord our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ve were ready to go up into the hill. 42 And the Lord faid unto me, Say unto them, ('Go not up, neither tight ; for I am not among you ; left ye be fmitten before your enemies. 43 So I fpake unto you, and ye would not hear, but rebelled againit the commandment of the Lord, and f went prefumptuoufly up into the hill. 44 s And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out againit you, and chafed you, c as bees do, alid deftroyed .you in Seir, eren unto Horniah P. II. With whom Ifrael may not fght. 45 And ye returned, and wept be- gggj* fore the Lord ; but the Lord would «4si» M not hearken to your voice, nor give v ear unto you. 46 u So ye abode in Kadefh many ° *'■£*• days, according uato the days that ye abode there. CHAP. II. 1 The ftory is continued touching the Edomites, 9 the Moabites, 17 the Ammonites. 24 Sihon the Amorite is to be fubdued. THen we turned, and took our journey into the wildernefs, by the way of the Red fea, aas the Lord ]f?™*' fpake unto me: and we compaiTed cna^i^c. mount Seir many days. 2 And the Lord fpake unto me, faying, 3 Ye have compaflad this mountain b long enough : turn you northward. ****"' 4 And command thou the people, faying, c Ye are to pafs through the ££u2j" coaft of your brethren the children of Efau, which dwell in Seir, and they thall be afraid of you : take ye good heed unto yourfelves therefore. 5 Meddle not with them ; for I will not give you of their land, f no, £5i».«* not fo much as a foot-breadth ; d be- \r"j£sjf caufe I have given mount Seir unto '*'/•*• Efau for a poileflion. !£*«; 6 Ye fhall buy meat of them for J*"**1* +• money, that ye may eat ; and ye (hall alfo buy water of them for mo- ney, that ye may drink. 7 For the Lord thy God hath blefs- ed thee in all the works of thy hand ; he knoweth thy walking through this great wildernefs : e thefe forty years eChapS,i* the Lord thy God hath been with thee ; thou haft lacked nothing. 8 'And when we pafTed by from our [{*?§, brethren the children of Efau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Ezion- gaber, we turned, and palfed by the way of the wildernefs of Moab. 9 And the Lord faid unto me, |i Diftrefs not the Moabites, neither l°r„'0 hli/V_ contend with them in battle ; for I %^*''nJi will not give thee of their land for a Sumb poileflion; becaufe I have gi yen BAr Si.as.* unto h the children of Lot for a pof- J ««• iefiion. 10 'The Emims dwelt therein in iGm-w-s* times paft, a people great, and many, and tall as k the Anakims; _ i?Ka9« 1 1 Which alfo were accounted gi- ants, as the Anakims, but the Moab- ites call them Emims. 12 'The Horims alfo dwelt in Seir [f^x before time, but the children of Efau 3«.»o, M 3 f fucceeded With vC-.i-n 3 • ti'itvn Ifrat! may mt fight. Yj E UTE f fucceeded theni, when they had de- ftroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their || ftead, as Ifrael did unto the land of his pofl^jion, which the Lord gave unto them. 13 Now rife up, fajd I, and get you over '" the || brook Zered : and we went over the brook Zered. 14 And the fpace in which we came "from Kadeih-barnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years ; until all the generation of the men of war were wafted out from among the hoft, "as the Lord fware unto them. 15 For indeed the hand of the Lord was againft them, to deftroy them from among the hoft, until they were confumed. . 16 ^i So it came to pafs, when all the men cf war were confumed and dead from among the people, 1 ? That the Lord fpalce unto me, faying, 18 Thou art to pafs over through Ar, the coaft of Moab, this day : 19 And whqn thou comeft nigh over againft the children of Ammon, di- ftrefs them not, nor meddle with them : for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any polio fiion ; becaufe I have given it unto F the children of Lot/or a poifeflion. 20 (That alfo was accounted a land of giants : giants dwelt therein fri old time, and the Ammonites call 1 them q Zamzummims ; 21 A people great, and many, and tall as the Anakims ; but the Lord cieftroyed them before them, and they fucceeded them, and dwelt in their ftead ; As iie did to the children of F.fau, r which dwelt in Seir. when he df.ftroyed ' tiie Horims from before them,'and they fucceecHed them, and dwelt in their ftead, even unto this day : j.3 And 'the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, eren unto "Azzah, "the Caphtoriras, which came forth out of Caphtor, deftroytd them, and dwelt in their (lead. ) 24A RHe ye up, takt- your journey,' and ' pan ov< r the river Arnori : be- hi.ld, I hjvc given into thine hand Sil:on the Amoritc king of Heihbon, and his land ; F begin CO p:»f!'efs ity and contend with him in brittle. ' . iiijj thefearof '..;/ are under the , > ftiall liear repott RONOMY. S:/ion the Amwite fubdued. of thee, and {hall tremble, and be in gSj? anguilh becaufe of thee. , '■»>'• M 26 ^ And I fent meflengers out of the wildernefs of Kedemoth, unto Sihon king of Heihbon, 3 with words *"?S*. of peace, laying, 27 bLet me pafs through thy land : **'™?zu I will go along by the highway, I [;•■?• will neither turn unto the right hand ' nor to the left. 28 Thou fhalt fell me meat for mo- ney, that I may eat ; and give me wa- ter for money, that I may drink ; on- ly I will pafs through on my feet, 29 (c As the children of Efau which cseectup. dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which ui£.',4t'. dwell in Ar, did unto me,) until I I?'18- (hall pafs over Jordan, into the land which the Lord our God giveth us. 30 d But Sihon king of Heihbon «i Knob. would not let us pafs by him : for 2I" 'the Lord thy God f hardened his'J0*- fpirit, and made his heart obftinate, f^xti'. that he might deliver him into thy * 1U hand, as appeareth this day. gr'And the Lord laid unto me, Be- hold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee : begin to poflefs, that thou mayeft inherit his land. 32 B Then Sihon came out agai nft us, 5 Vi™b- he and all his people, to light at Jahaz. 35 And ''the Lord our God deli- hciap. vered him before us ; and ; we fmote io"i£ him, and his fons, and all his people. ■ c^p. 34 And we took all his cities at 2y' 7" that time, and k utterly deftroyed ; -|- the men, and the women, and the cn?P. 7. little ones, of every city ; we left none f2,,j^' to remain : «««**•** 33 Only the cattle we took for a -.IZlr^i prey unto ourfelves, and the fpoil of '■'■:t°"<- the cities which we took. 3<> 'From Aroer, which is by the i cup. brink of the river of Arnpn, and/Vj;« £ i?.* the city that is by the river, even }o!h' ,3-°* unto Gilead, there was not one city too ftrong for us: the Lord our God dclivond all unto us. titb the land of the chil- dren qf Aiiwnqn thou cameft not, ;;•■• unto any place of the river ,j jahbok, »**■ nor unto the cities in tiie mountains, c?,L?.j'.iuL againft ci us, he attd all his people, to battle bCtap.1.4. 2 And Theconque/iofOg. C H A ^g 2 And the Lord faid unto me, wTi. Fear him not : for I will deliver him, s " ' and all his people, and his land, into thy hand ; and thou (halt do unto him tNumb. as thou didft unto c Sihon king of the "' "*' Amorites, which dwelt at Helhbon. 3 So the Loud our God delivered t sun*. in):o our hauds d Og alfo, the king of Bafhan, and all his people : and we finite 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, e i xjhEs c aji tae region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bafhan. 5 All thefe cities were fenced with high wails, gates, and bars, belide un- walled towns a great many. 6 And we utterly deftroyed them, LC2+?" as we did unto Sihon king f of Helhbon, utterly deftroying the men, women,, and children, of every city. 7 But all the cattle, and the fpoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourfelves. 8 And we took at that time, oat of the hand of' the two kings of the Amorites, the land that jwu on this fide Jordan, from the nver of Arnon unto mount fiermon ; -chip. 9 (Which B Hermon the Sidonians 4'4ii" call Sirion ; and the Amorites call it hichr.n. lighenir ;) ichii io ; All the cities of the plain, and ?\^h all Gilead, and k all Baikm, unto i«.V& Salchah, and Edrei, cities of the king- ,3' "" dom of Og in Bafhan : i Amos z.q. n 'For only Og king of Bafhan remained of the remnant of giants ; behold, his bedftead was a beditead of iron : is it not in '" Kabbath of the children of Amnion ? nine cubits tuns the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. 1 2 And this land, w/iich we poifefied at that time, n from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and ° the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites. 13 And the reft of Gilead, and all Baihan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half-tribe of Ma- i) alien ;, all the region of Argob, with all Bafhan, which w-s called The land of giants. 14 pJair, the fon of ManafTeh, took all the country of Argob, ''unto the coafts of Gefhuri, and r Maachathi, and called them after his own name, Baihan-'-havoth-jdir, unto this day. m 2 Sam r 7 . 2f>. Jer.4Sr. K>.ck. ai. 20. o Numb 3*. 33. |o(h. 13 2. 22. * that time, faying, Thine eyes have ' feen all that the Lord your God hath done unto thefe two kings; fo lhall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou paifefl. 22 Ye fliall not fear them : for the Lord your God he fliall fight for you. 23 % And e I befoughtthe Lord at j \ ;". l£°r« that time, faying, 24 O Lord God, thou haft begun to fhew thy fervant thy greatnefs, and thy mighty hand: for 'what god is ■ j*i*> ^ tfiere.in heaven or in earth that < in do according to thy works, and ac- ""' cording to thy might ? 25 I pray thee, let me go over and fee the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. 6 But t me for your fakes, and would not hi 1 me: and the Lord faid unto mi Let it fuffice thee; fpeak no raoi unto me of this matter. 27 b Get thee up into the top || Pifgah, and lift up thine eyes \\< ward, and northward, andfouthward, ,;o< "•■'•'• and eaftward, and behold it with thine eyes : for thou (halt not go over this Jordan. 28 But '.charge Jofhua, and eue< rage him, and ttrengthen him ; foi iha.ll go over before this people, and M ■• he An exhortation D E U T E *£f°£ he fhall caufe them to inherit the land % '4j»- which thou (halt fee. k chap. 29 So we abode in k the valley 54-e. over againft Beth -peor. CHAP. IV. 1 An exhortation to obedience. 4 r Mofes appoint eth the three cities of refuge on that fide Jordan. NOw, therefore, hearken, O Ifrael, unto a the ftatutes, and unto the M.'fi.& judgments, which I teach you, for to do them., that ye may live, and go in and poflefs the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. bctiip. 2 b ye ihall not add unto the word Jpi.r.7. which I command you, neither fhall j:™iief.0* ' ye diminifh ought from it, that ye may »«.xai. keep the commandments of the Lord j3, 15. y0ur God, which I command you. 3 Your eyes have i'een what the a^&e. Lord did becaufe ofcBaal-peor: for -ll; all the men that followed Baal-peor, the Lord thy God hath deftroyed them from among you. 4 But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day. 5 Behold, I have taught you fta- tutes and judgments, even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye mould do fo in the land whither ye go to poilefs it. 6 Keep, therefore, and do them; for t»°i8. this is d your wifdom and your under- fjf^o. Handing in the fight of the nations, j.-jv. 1. 7. which fhall hear all thefe ftatutes, and fay, Surely this great nation is a wife and understanding people, "as!"*' 7 i'or ' what nation is there fo fpf»i.4ft.i. great, who hath f God fo nigh unto % 14a! I*! them, as the Lord our God it in all i«.«.e. things that we call upon him for? 8 And wli3t nation is there Jo great, that hath ftatutes and judgments Jo righteous as all this law, which I let before you this day ? 9 Only take heed to thyfelf, and keep thy foul diligently, left thou for- get the things which thine eyes have feen, and left they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life ; but *a.™£. s teach them thy fons, and thy fons fons : &hu".fy.7' 10 Specially h the day that thou ;hU?,6. ftoodeft before the Lord thy God in x.t.xoi. 10. Horeb, when the Lord faid unto ?o."?h.& nie' Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they (hall live upon the earth, and that they may teach then- children. 1 1 And ye came near, and flood ts W under the mountain, and the ' moun- RONOMY. to obedience. tain burned with fire unto the \ midft £££ of heaven, with darknefs, clouds, and u'si- ^ thick darknefs. jlS! 12 And the Lord fpake unto you *"*' out of the midft of the tire : ye heard the voice of the words, but faw no fimilitude ; k f only ye heard a voice. k F-*°■ !^ two tables of ftone. Cz^'i. 14 f And ° the Lord commanded 2+;12- me at that time to teach you ftatutes %f?*it and judgments, that ye might do V;"^. them in the land whither ye go over to po llefs it. 15 Take ye, therefore, good heed unto yourfelves, (for ye faw no man- ner of fimilitude on the day t/iat the Lord fpake unto you in Horeb, out of the midft of the fire, ) 16 Left ye corrupt yourfehes, and r make you a graven image, the timi- Ic-^i. litude of any figure, H the likenefs of - p. '■' male or female, 1 7 The likenefs of any beaft that is on the earth, the likenefs of any wing- ed fowl that flieth in the air, 18 The likenefs of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likenefs of any fifh that is in the waters be- neath the earth : 19 And left thou r lift up thine eyes j«»p. unto heaven, and when thon feeft the jlltst. fun, and the moon, and the ftars, even s0' 27' ''all the hoft of heaven, fhouldeft be sGcr'-2i' driven to worfhip them, and ferve them, which the Lord thy God hath || divided unto all nations under the jt,,^'r;^. whole heaven. 20 But the Lord hath taken you, and ' brought you forth out of the iron " ^.ns' furnace, even out of Egypt, "to be JCT>"'4? unto him a people of inheritance, as la1:"'5' ye are this day. aSS!* 2i Furthermore, * the Lord was iNumh. angry with me for your fakes, and %&gi.3p fware that I (hould not go over Jor- dan, and that I fhould not go in unto that good land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. 22 But "I mult die in this land, I l.5,"^: mud not go over Jordan : but ye lhall go over and poffefs that good land. 2 3 Take heed unto yourfelves, left ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likenefs of any thing 'which the \ v"~ ■*« Lord thy God hath forbidden thee. " +,s' 24 For * the Lord thy God is a con- ir.i'Jjfi*: fumidg fire, even b a jealous God. !- 25 t When ua.43.il.' ^hortation to obedience. CHAP. IV. The three ckrfft 2"> ^ When thou (halt beget chil- !*si. dren, and childrens children, and ye v~~v ' (hall have remained long in the land, andfhall corrupt your/elves, and make a graven image, or the likenefs of any thing, and (hall do evil in the fight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger ; ciri. i. 2. 26 c I call heaven and earth to MiMhe.2. w;tnefs againft you this day, that ye mall foon utterly perifli from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to polfefs it ; ye fhall not prolong your days upon it, but fhall utterly be de- ilroved. 6 Levit. 27 And the Lord d fliali fcatter you cnJV! ?ia. among the nations, and ye fliali be left Sti°l 'a. ^ew m "umber among the heathen, whither the Lord fliali lead you. ectiap. 28 And e there ye fhall ferve gods, "sa^.' the work of mens hands, wood and j.T.Vs'n. Hone, f which neither fee, nor hear, f Malm & 135- i! Ha. 44- 9 6c «fi. 7« B Levit. 26. 39. Chap. 50. 2 Chron. 15-4- Neh. 1.9. nor eat, nor fmell. 29 £ But if from thence thou (halt feek the Lord thy God, thou flialt find htm, if thou feek him with all thy heart, and with all thy foul. 30 When thou art in tribulation, and all thefe things f are come upon ftutith™ *hee, heven in the latter days, if thou kGoU49.x. turn to the Lord thy God, and flialt be obedient unto his voice, 31 (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God,) he will not forfake thee, neither deilroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which he fware unto them. 32 For ail; now of the days that are pail, which were before thee, iince the day that God created man ;M«th. upon the earth, and ajk 'from the 24, 3U one fide of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any fuck thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it ? k Exu'& 33 k Did ever people hear the voice yJ-io- of God fpeaking out of the midll of the lire, as thou haft heard, and live ? 34 Or hath God aflayed to go and take him a nation from the midll of ichap. another nation, 'by temptations, by ilj'i'. figns, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a ttretched-out arm, and by great ter- rors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt be- m chap. fo*rs >'°nr eyes ? ?it'.4°'.s, 35 Unto thee it was (hewed, that H'*' *k°u niighteft know that the Lord 29', 3**' he is God; m there is none elfe be- nE«oa^9. fides him. 20.ib.2z. 36 n Out of heaven he made thee to aib.*ij.!e. hear his voice, that he might inltruft ties of refuge. thee ; and upon earth he (hewed thee *=/»£ his great fire, and thou heardeft his us'i- words out of the midft of the fire. ' " "* 37 And becaufe he loved thy fa- thers, therefore he chofe their feed after them, and "brought thee out °.^0*\\z' in his fight with his mighty power "' out of Egypt ; 38 To drive out nations from be- fore thee, greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day. * 39 Know, therefore, this day, and conlider it in thine heart, that p the pjuO».*.xx. Lord he -is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none elfe. 40 Thou fhalt keep, therefore, his flatutes and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayefl prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever. 41 ^ Then Mofes q fevered three 9 Numt. cities on this fide Jordan, toward the 3j ' l4* fun-riiing ; 42 ' That the flayer might flee thi- *&]* ther, which fhould kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times pail ; and that, fleeing unto one of thefe cities, he might live : 43 Namely, ' Bezer in the wilder- sjoto.20.tj.. nefs, in the plain country of the Reu- benites ; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bafhan, of the Manaflites. 44 *J And this is the law which Mofes fet before the children of Ifrael : 45 Thefe are the teftimonies, and thellatutes, and the judgments, which Mofes fpake unto the children of If- rael, after they came forth out of Egypt ; 46 On this fide Jordan, ' in the val- \%p: ley over againft Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heihbon, whom Mofes and the children of Ifrael "fmote, 'JIK™;) after they were come forth out of ch'ap.i.4. Egypt : 47 And they pofleiTed his land, and the land x of Og king of Baflian, two J*"?* kings of the Amorites, which were on cmp. 3,. 3. thisiidejordan, toward thefun-rifing; 48 From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Anion, even unto mount Sion, which is y Hermon, fS«| * 49 And all the plain on this fide Jor- dan emtward, even unto thefea of the under the 'fprings of Pifaah. *.c?f?- CHAP. b Sec Mat. 13- 17- . Htbr. 8.9 The ten contmancbneKU. DEUT E R G H A P. V. I The covenant in Horeb. 6 The ten cc.uimcvid-n.enti. 22 At /he J' r re ■jittjt Mojei rfceivetk the lawjrum God. Before A >'d Mofes calietl all Ifrael, and =*«£ i-\ fuiti unto t]wm, Hear, O Ifrael, « — * — ' the ftatutes and judgments which I fpe?.k in your ears this day, that ye t Heb. *«/> may learn them, and f keep and do b*"w them. aExod. 2 * The Lord our God made a Iy'..5'.. covenant with us in Horeb. 3 The Loud ^made not this cove- nant with our fathers, but with us, wen us, who are all of us here alive tii is day, 4 c The Lokd talked with you face to fxct' in the mount, out of the nhdit i4-10' ofthehre, 5(1 ftood between the Lord and you at that time, to fhew you the lExod. word of the Lord : for d ye were m. It & afraid by reafon of the fire, and went not up in,to the. mptmf, ) faying, sExod. 6f eI am the Loku thy Cod, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, '%&*?.& frpm the houte. of t bondage. . Heb. - Thou (halt have none other gods irvan'" before me. 8 Thou fnak not make thee any graven image, or any likenefs of any thing that is hi heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth : q Thou {halt not bow down thyfelf unto thffin, an; ferve them : for I the rExod. Lu;u) thy (,od urn :ijealous God, '"vi- iitiug the iniquity of the fathers upon the children. unto the. third and fourth generation cf them that hate me ; 5jer.ji.i8 . 1 0 ■• And (kffwing mercy unto thou- sands of them tuai love me, and keep my commandants, bi-it. , 1 h Thou I i.tit not take the name m^c1^ 33- of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltlefs that Caketll hjfi name ill -vain. 12 Keep the fabbath-day to fanc- tify it, as the Lord tby Cod hath commanded I I ..-.; , thou (halt labour, and 14 ihit the teventh clay is the >fab- of the L<>rVi> thy God : in it it not djo any work, thou, nor thy fou. nor thy /daughter, nor thy ni'iu-fer/uut, nor thy m.iid-tervant, ox, nor thine afs, nor any of thy emtio, nor thy Unm; ■ wit. oil thj t tiiy ni.iii-ii.r- vant ami thy maid-lcrwnt may relt McLr. 4. 4.. ONOM Y. Mfes received lite Lew. . 15 And remember that thou wait '/' /;.- a fervant in the land of Egypt, and t '-■j'; that the Lord thy 'hoc: brought thee out thence, through a mighty hand, and by a itretched-out arm : there- fore the Loud thy God commanded thee to keep the fabbath-cLv. 16 H 'Honour thy father and thy \\-y;'_- mether, as the Loud thy God bal commanded thee ; that thy days may 2, be prolonged, ami that it may go v witli thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. mjutts 1 7 m Thou (halt not kill. s- «. 18 "Neither (halt thou commit','^ adultery. 19 " Neither (halt thou fteal. 20 Neither ilnuL tJiou bear falfe witnsfs againt't tiiy neighbour. 21 p Neither lha.t thou tl e lire thy p Rom. ; neighbours wife, neither (halt thou covet thy neighbours houfe, his held, or his man-llrvant, or his maid-fer- vant, his ox. or his afs, or any thing that if thy neighbours. 22 1f Thefe words the Lord fpake unto ail your aliembly in the mount, out of the nf.cht of the hre, of the cloud, and of the thick darkuefs, with a great voice ; and he added no more : _ E- and q he wrote them in two tables of -' i ' ■■'.' {tone, and delivered them unto me. 23 'And it came to pais, when ye ^q.x?9; heard the voice our. of the nhd.t oi the darknefs, (for the mountain did burn with tire, ) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; 24 And ye laid, Behold, the Lord our God hath ihewed us his glory and his greatnefs, and • we have heard ; r , ; Ins voice out of t'.ie niidlt of the tire : we have ie.e\i this day that God doth talk with man, and he l liveth. ^CJ*»- 25 Now, therefore, why ihould y die ? for this great lire will confume '" us. If we f hear the voice of tlwj,^*' Lord our God any more, then we (hall die. 26 lor who is t'tere of all flelh that hath heard the voice of the living God (peaking out of the midft of the lire, as we have, and lived I 27 Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our. Clod (hall fay; and Q e thou unto us all that the Lord our God huh fpeak unto thee, and we will hear it, and do it. 28 And the Lord heard the voice q£ your words, when ye fpake unto ind the Lord faid unto me, I pie, which they have Tpoken unto wpi e fc Aii exhortation . C H A ggjg unto thee : * they have well laid all '.4V1. that they have fpoken. ^TST^ 29 y O that r iiere were fnch an heart ,a; ' • in them, that they would fear me, anil \)!'i^ keep all my commandments always, •h..:V.V i;'. that it might be well with them, and Mii.ij.j?. %vith their children for ever ! 30 Go fay to tiiem, Get ye into your tents again. 31 But as for thee, {land thou here by me, and I will fpeak unto thee ail the commandments, and the Itatutes, and the judgments, which thou ihalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to poftefs it. 32 Ye (ball obferve to do therefore as the Lord your God hath com- sjoih.1.7. rnanded you : 7ye (hall not turn afide to the right hand or to the left. 33 Ye lhall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath com- manded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye (hall poiVels. G H A P. VT. 1 The end of the law is obedience : 3 cm exhortation thereto. 'OwthsCe arc the commandments, the itatutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God com- manded to teach you, that ye might + Heh. co them in the land whither ye -j- go t":J""-°'' topoifefsit; 2 That thou mighteft fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his ftar tutes, and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy fon, and thy fons fon, aii the day:, of thy lite ; and that thy days may be pro- longed. 3 \ Hear, therefore, O Ifrad, and obferve to do it, that it may bje weil with thee, and that ye nuy iucreafe mightiiy, as the Lord God of thy fa- %?£?*' Jfc$*s llvX^ pnunifed thee, in a tne land that floweth with, milk and honty. mVa42'8"' 4 "* He^r' ° li'rael; The Lord our 11.19- God is one Lord. \°cot\Z'i' 5 And cthou ihalt love the Lord e'et t!l7 Gof! with ail tiline h-i'n- anti cic.72: with all thy foul, and with all thy WX'-3T- might. Luki0' 6 And d thefe words, whicli I com- ic 27. mand thee this day, lhall be in thine » heart. &to3.83&J i And ethou (halt f teach them diligently unco thy children, and (halt ec'hwLVfl- talk, of them « lit 11 th/QO iitictt in tlune •. hovfe, and when thou walk tit by the \uttt.vbet, way, lajfid when thou lieit down, and •- " when thonnfdi; up. Nl P. VI. to obedience. 8 f And thou (halt bind them for a fign upon thine hand, and tiiey ihall «*»- be as frontlets between thine eyes. nS! . 9 8 And thou (halt write them upon Jh. u!fi. the potts of thy houfe, undon thy gates. £^- *•*• 10 And it (hall be, when the Lord & 7-3.' thy God lhail have brought thee into . the land which he fuare unto thy i&*sy".«. fathers, to Abraham, to Ifaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities '' which thou buildedit not, tos-^. 1 r And houfe.-. full of *Il good things which thou hiledlt not, and wells digged which thou diggedit not, vineyards and olive-trees which thou planted!! not ; '' when thou ihalt have 'c^f; from following me, that they may ferve other gods : fo will the anger of the Lord be kindled againlf you, and deftroy thee fuddenly. 5 But thus fliall ye deal with them, ye mall 'deftroy their altars, and break down their f images, and cut down their groves, and Durn their graven images with fire. 6 s For thou art a holy people un- to the Lord thy God : h the Lord f End. it. i+. & ■ 1. 13- cnap.12.3 pfji. so. s- thy God hath ciiofen thee to be a hEMd.3' ^Pec^l people unto himfelf, above 1 j"x$°. " all people shat are upon the face of uv:. 2.0. the eartn. 7 The Lord did not fet his love upon you, nor choofe you, becaufe ye were more in number than any people ; (for ye we're the feweft 01 all people ;) 1 cmp. '6 But 'becaufe the Lord loved 1S' you. and became be would keep the oath which he had fworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a might v hand, and redeem- ed you out of the faoufe of bond-men, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt- 9 Know, therefore, that the Lord \ thy God, he is God, k the faithful uVi'- God, 'which keepeth covenant and kIi-,.49#7i mercy with them that love him, and «cw. i.s, keep his commandments, to a thou- icor'.iSu. land generations ; \7i^' _ 10 And m repayeth them that hate ^3* him to their face, to dcitroy them : f,','3-, ,, lie will not be flack to him that ijoh»i.fl.' hateth him, he will repay him to his ',§x^ face. m N3b. 1.2. 11 Thou {halt, therefore, keep the commandments, and the ftatutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. 12 H "Wherefore it fliall come to loX*' pafs, -f if ye hearken to thefe judg- en***8-'* ments, and keep and do them ; that L"t> the Lord thy God (hall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he fware unto thy fathers. 13 And he will love thee, and blefs thee, and multiply thee : lie will alio blefs the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increafe of thy kine, and the flocks of thy (heep, in the land which he fware unto thy fathers to give thee. 1 4 Thou (halt be blefled above all people : "there {hall not be male or z^^s., female barren among you, or among your cattle. 15 And the Lord will take away from thee all ficknefs, and will put none of the p evil difeafes of Egypt 1*™?'U (which thou knoweft) upon thee ; J*2^ but will lay them upon all them that *7ifib. " hate thee. 16 And thou {halt confume all the people which the Lord thy God {hull deliver thee ; thine eyes {hall have no pity upon them : neither {halt thou ferve their gods; for chat v>iU be *a \^fi, fnare unto thee. en. 12.30. 1 7 If thou {halt fay in thine heart, Thefe nation are more than I, how can I difpoilefs them ? 18 Thou ihalt not be afraid of them : but {halt well remember what the Lord thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; 19 'The great temptations which ^SJ* thine eyes law, and the iigns, and the -'-'• ;' wonders, and the mighty hand, and the ftretched-out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out : lb {hall the Lord thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. 20 s Moreover, the Lord thy God **"£: will fend the hornet among them, on- iv^h^v til they that are left, and hide them- felyea from thee, be deftroyed. 21 Thou + Hcb bejare tbj t*cc. 1 Mac. 12.40. yicph.1.3 Mcfes exhortetk the CHAT |£g£ 21 Thou lhalt not be affrighted 45'- at them : for the Lord thy God is "* among you, a mighty God and ter- rible. 22 And the Lord thy God will *»#. f Put out thofe nations before thee by little and little : thou mayeft not confume them at once, left the beafts of the field increafe upon thee. 23 But the Lord thy God fhall deliver them unto -j- thee, and fhall deftroy them with a mighty deftruc- tion, until they be deftroyed. uw.ia.1. 24 And t he ^n deliver. their kings into thine hand, and thou fhalt de- ftroy their name from under heaven : there fhall no man be able to ftand before thee, until thou have deftroy- ed them. 25 The graven images of their gods ■Exod. "fhall ye burn with fire; thou * fhalt ibiP.n. 3. not defire the filver or gold t/iat is on x jom. 7. them, nor take it unto thee, left thou be yfnared therein : for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God. 26 Neither fhalt thou bring an abomination into thy houfe, left thou be a curfed thing like it : kit thou fhalt utterly deteft it, and thou fhalt \ VS. utterly abhor it; zfor it is a curfed ca'ap. * thing. ,iI7' CHAP. VIII. An exhortation to obedience in regard of Gods dealing with them. A LI the commandments which I command thee this day fhall ye obferve to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and poffefs the land which the Lord fware unto your fathers. 2 And thou fhalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led fSj! thee a thefe forty years in the wilder- 0 exou. nefs, to humble thee, cutd b to prove chlp.13.3. thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldeft keep his commandments, or no. le'^'s. 3 And he humbled thee, and c fuf- riEioa.ic fered thee to hunger, and d fed thee ".*4,3s- with manna, which thou kneweft not, neither did thy fathers know, that he might make thee know that io£%. man doth ' not live by bread only, Lute4'4' kut by every word that proceedeth " L+'4' out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. 4 f Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot fwell, thefe forty years. !.2,tm* 5 sThou fhalt alfo confider in vr"0v9'" ?! tnme aeart> that as a man chafteneth HebVii'": his Con, fo the Lord thy God cha- Rev>3-ls-fteneththee. f Chap. 29-5. Nell. 9. 21 • VIII. Ifraelites to ol-edience. 6 Therefore thou fhalt keep the *£;£ commandments of the Lord thy •-I's'i- God, to walk in his ways, and to " - fear him. 7 For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, ha land of 10, uV* brooks of water, of fountains, and depths that fpring out of vallies and hills ; 8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig-trees, and pomegra- nates; aland f of oil-olive, and honey; 1"*V« 9 A land wherein thou fhalt eat^*a* bread without fcarcenefs, thou fhalt not lack anything in it; a land ; whofe '3"2£ ftones are iron, and out of whofe hills thou mayeft dig brafs. 10 kWhen thou haft eaten and art J^S;8* full, then thou fhalt blefs the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. 1 1 Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his ftatutes, which I command thee this day 12 'Left, w, art full, and haft built goodly houfes, in and dwelt therein ; n«r. 13- *» 13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy lilver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou haft is multiplied, 1 4 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the houfe of bondage ; 1 5 Who led thee through that great and terrible wildernefs, m wherein f,^'1' were fiery ferpents, and fcorpions, and Uoi' 13- x- drought, where there was no water ; nVom5# n who brought thee forth water out 20. n. ' of the rock'of flint ; fcu+s? 16 Who fed thee in the wildernefs with ° manna, which thy fathers "J-**; knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end ; 1 7 p And thou fay in thine heart, pCM»e ■*• My power, and the might of mine hand, hath gotten me this wealth. 18 But thou fhalt remember the Lord thyGod : for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may eftablifh his covenant, which he fware unto thy fathers, as it is this clay. r9 And it fhall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and ferve them, and worfhip them, I teltify againft you this day, that ye fhall furely perilh. 20 As the nations which the Lord deftroyeth before your face, fo (hall H1 Mofei rehearfeth DEUTER c'^m ye perifh ; bccaufe ye would not be ****• obedient unto ilie voice of the Lord your God. C H A P. IX. Mofes d'iYiHhhth them from the opi- r.im of their tovfi tlghtedttfite/T, by rehear li;:-.\ their feveral rebtMoHs. Enr\ O'lfrael ; Thou art to pafi over Jordan this day, to go in to poflefs nations greater and mightier i.r«.p" than thylclr", cities a great and fe.Ktd up to heaven ; I^tZzI. 2 A people great and tall, b the J" children ef the Anakims, whom thou knoweft, and of whom thou halt heard fay, Who can ftand before the children of Anak? 3 Underftand, therefore, this day, that the Lord thy God is he which t chap, goeth over before thee as a c con- Ht5.4i2.i2. fuming fire ; he fliall deftroy them, and he fliall bring them down before thy face : fo (halt thou drive them out, and deltroy them quickly, as the Lord hath faid unto thee. 4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath caft them out from before thee, fay- jtch»p. jng, d For my righteoufnefs the Lo r o Rom.'ii. hath brought me in to poflefs this ?'co°' land ; but e for the vvickednefs of c £J' tfle("e ,latl0ns ti'e L ° R U ^°th dl'iVe i*«j. them out from before thee. t nt. 3. s. j f j>fot for thy righteoufnefs, or for the uprightnefs of thine heart, doll: thou go to poflefs their land : but for the wickednefs of thefe nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may cGcn 1*7. perform 2the word which the Lord ^ i j -' 7 -s * fware unto thy fathers, Abraham, «&+ Ifaac, and Jacob. &28.I3- 0 Underftand, therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to poflefs it for thy rlgh- hExod.32. teoufnefs; for thou art * a ftiffrhetfte'd &J4-^J' people. 7 % Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedft the Lord thy • ■ God to wrath in the wildernefs : i*.z&i6.t. ' ^'om the day that thou didft depart &17.2. out of the land of Egypt, until ye Numb. 11. , . 1 ° , 1 4. ac 10. 2. came unto this place, ye have been & 2S- 2" rebellious againft the Lo r d . kExed. 8 Alfo k in Hon tithe ii'.jm Lord to wrath, fo that the : ,w0' 10' was angry witu you, to have destroy- ed you. iBsod!s4. " 9 'When I was gone up into the i», 'i- ' mount, to receive the tables of Hone, e&n the tables of the covenant Which T/'ik'' the Lord made with you, then '"I «h. is. abode hi the mount forty or ONOMV. Ifraels rebellion. forty nights; I neither did eat bread &^J nor drink water : 10 And "the Lord delivered unto .T?^. me two tables of (tone, written with zli6' the fitlger of- tod ; and on them was xvritti'u according to all the words which the Lord fpake with you in the mount, out of the midft of the fire% ° in the day of the aflembly. ° r;\ '. & 1 1 And it came to pafs, at the end of 10- '• forty days and forty nights, that the Lord gave me r!ie two tables of (tone, even the tables of the covenant. 1 2 And the Lord laid unto me, pArife, get thee down quickly from -J '.'■ hence ; for thy people which thou haft brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themfehes : they are quick- ly turned aiide out of the way which I commanded them ; they have made; them a molten Image. 13* Furthermore, the Lord fpake unto me, faying, I have feen this people, and, behold, ''it /; a ftiff-ncc1 ed people : 14 Let me alone, that I may de- -tr'":* ftroy them, an J : blot out their name , ciu>p. from under heaven and I will rffak of thee a nation mightier and greater & l0»' »*• than they. 15 So I turned, and came down from the mount, and the mount burn- ed with lire : and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. 16 And s I looked, and, behold, ye *f\ '; had finned againft the Lord your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned afide quickly out of the way which the Lord had com- manded you. 1 7 And I took the two tables, and caft them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. iS And I 'fell down before thetF ;'• Lord, as at the fir ft, forty days ai forty nights; I did neither eat bread ,c '" nor drink water, bccaufe of all yonr fins which ye finned, in doing wick- edly in the light of the Lord, to pro- voke him to anger. 19 (For 1 Was afraid of the anger and hot difpieafure wherewith the Lord war, wroth againft you to de- ftroy you- ) But the Lord hearkened unto me at that time alio. 20 And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have deftroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron alio the fame time. 2t And '■' I took your fin, the c ; which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and damped it, arid ground /'/ > cry (,:m\, eve 1 u»til it was as fmall as The two tables retiewed. C H A J -:;\ ■;',' as duft : and I caft the duft thereof >4a».- into the brook that defccnded out of ' v the mount. - iNumb.n. 22 And at "Taberah, and at yMaf- .•Ex'odi ^*an' ant^ at z Kihroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath. \"u™n. 2 3 Likewife, '* when the Lord fent i Numb, you from Kadefh-barnea, faying, Go i'.t^ up and pofl'efs the land which I have given you ; then ye rebelled againft the commandment of the Lord your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to bis voice. .Chap. 24 b ye have been rebellious a- gainft t'.ie Lord from the day that 1 knew you. :ver. is. 25 c Thus I fell down before the Lord forty days and forty nights, as I feil down at the firft; becaufe the Lord had faid he wouid deftroy you. lExpd. 26 d I prayed, therefore, unto the ""'Lord, and faid, O Lord God, de- ftroy not thy people, and thine inhe- ritance, which thou haft redeemed through thy greatnefs, which thou haft brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27 Remember thy fervants, Abra- ham, Ifaac, and Jacob ; look not unto the ftubbornnefs of this people, nor to their wickednefs, nor to their fin ; c--m. 28 eLf-ftthe land whence thou ",„;,'; broughteft us out fay, f Becaufe the *•** Lord was not able to bring them into itX& the land which he promifed them, ^'."lu. and becaufe he hated them, he hath brought them out to flay them in the vildernefs. hjof' 29 B Yet they are thy people, and thine inheritance,which thou brought- eft out by thy mighty power, and by thy ftretched-out arm. CHAP. X. 1 Gods mercy in re flaring the two tables. 12 An exhortation to obe- dience: AT that time the Lord faid unto me, "Hew thee two tables of »4yi. ftoue like unto the firft, and come up Unfed me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. 2 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the firft tab! ex, which thou brakedft, and thou fiialt put them in the ark. r 1 j. .3 And I made an ark of '• fnittim- ic37-'i. \vood, and hewed two tables of ftone like Unto the firft, and Went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. 4 And 'he wrote on the tables, ac- iieh. cording to the firft writing, tiie ten t Commandments, which the Lon.u P. X. An exhortation to obedience. fpake unto you in the mount, out of the midft of the fire, in the day of «4J». the aflembly: and the Lord gave v/--' them unto me. 5 And I turned myfelf, and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made, and there they be, as the Lord com- manded me. 6 \ And d the children of Ifrael ^'u™»« took their journey from Beeroth of ' the children of Jaakan to cI\Iofera: \f^ f there Aaron died, and there he -Numb, was buried; and Eleazar his mn 3 .; ^'; ^ miniftered in the priefts office in his ftead. 7 g From thence they journeyed ?3Nu™h' unto Gudgodah ; and from Gudgo-^54' dah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. 8 *{ At that time ''the Lord fe- h *«■«>*» parated the tribe of Levi, to bear the %%% ark of the covenant of the Lord, !to *'c^4' , ftand before the Lord to minifter i«. j- unto him, and kto blefs in his name, £lct. unto this day. • Nomb. 9 l Wherefore Levi hath no part i'v" ;'\. nor inheritance with his brethren . ; theLoRDz; hisinheritance, aeebrdrh as the Lord thy God promifed him. 44/4g8,'. io And mI flayed in the mount, mExod. according to the |l firft time, forty lt£%. days and forty nights; and " the "\- -5- L o R d hearkened unto me at that/,™;r time alfo, and the Lord would uat**"' M ■ n l • ' n End. deftroy thee. 32- 14,33. 1 1 ° And the Lord faid unto me, &!!«*&. Arife, f take thy journey before the oexw. people, that they may go in and pof- 'I.'3!?" fefs the land, which I iv.are unto their j : fathers to give unto them. 12 *J And now, Ifrael, pwhat doth pMic&s. the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and q to love him, qchap-c.j. and to ferve the Lord thy God with %£fj'. all thy heart, and with ail thy foul, t3 To keep the commandment s af the Lord, and his ftatutes, which I command thee this day for thy good ? 14 Behold, rthe hem-en. and the r EXOd. heaven of heavens, is the Lords t\ | God. 'the earth aljh, with all that ' therein is. •««.'*.. 1 5 Only the Lord had a deli in thy fathers to love rhem, and he chofe their feed after them, even you above all people, a? it is this djy. 1 6 Circnmcife therefore l the 1 fkin of your heart, and be flo : ft Hi'- net. keel. 1 7 For the L o R GrytX of gods, xrrd' " tt>fd Of ronl Gal. 2. 0. Eph. 6. i). Col. 3.25 I Peter I. 17. y Pfr.Un f>B. 5. & 14?io.' ye (hall pour it upon the earth as ?^3. & water. ver.»3- I7 ^ Thou mayeft not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the tirft- lings of thy herds, or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou voweft, nor thy free-will-offerings, or heave- offering of thine hand : ScSi*1' 18 '" But thou mult eat them be- 14.43. fore tj,e Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God lhall choofe, thou, and thy fon, and thy daughter, and thy man-fervant, and thy maid- fervant, and the Levite that is with- in thy gates : and thou (halt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttelt thine hands unto. *£*?* »9 ' Take heed to thyfelf that thou Kccius! forfake not the Levite f as long as t Heb. aii thou lived: upon the earth. 20 1 When the Lord thy God V l''Z'. & nw" enlarge thy border, "as he hath *»'-i4- promifed thee, and thou (halt fay, I STis'tt?4' will eat fled), (becaufe thy foul long- eth to eat tleih. ) tiiou mayeft eat uelh, whatfoever thy foul lufteth after. 21 If the place which the Lord thy God hath chofen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou (halt kill of thy herd, and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou (halt eat in thy gates whatfoever thy foul lufteth after. pvo-.ij. 22 '' Even as the roe-buck and the hart is eaten, fo thou fliak eat them ; the unclean and the clean (hall eat of them alike. cvcr.ir,. 25 sQ„iy ^ he fm.e that thou eat J "rwir. not the blood : r for the blood ;/ the ..-.cn.9.4- life; and thou mayeft not eat the life if.V7' with the fleih, 24 Thou (halt not cat it ; thou (halt pour it upon the earth us water. 25 Thou (halt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy • ctMf. children after thee, ' when thou (halt do that which ii right in the light of the Lord. ■>.(* ( >n! y thy holy things which thou haft, and thy vows, thou lhalt take, ONOM Y. of Gods v.'trflup. Lord (hall choofe 27 And l thou (halt offer thy burnt- 1 i~aT77 offerings, the flefh and the blood, up- ;,'"li- on the altar of the Lord thy God : and the blood of thy facrihees (hall be poured out upon the altar of the Lord thy God, and thou (halt eat the flefli. 28 Obferve and hear all thefe words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, aivd with thy chil- dren after thee for ever, when thou doeft that which ii good and right in the light of the Lord thy God. 29 t When the Lord thy God (hall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goeft to poilefs them, and thou f fucceedeft them, J„^L* and dwelled in their land ; 30 Take heed to thyfelf, ■' that thou ': ,',''^. be not fhared rby following them, " after that they be deftroyed from be- l:]'/r ,[■<,■*. fore thee ; and that thou enquire not after their gods, faying, How did thefe nations fcrve theiv gods ? even fo will I do likewife. 31 Thou fiialt not do i~o unto the Lord thy God : for every f abomi- j nation to the Lord which he hatcth "i«V*w. have they done unto their gods ; for x even their fons and their daughters > .' r, •'"■. thev have burnt in the lice to their' gods. J«.3*-3$. 32 What thing foever I command you, obferve to do it : y thou (halt Jfl^ta!' not add thereto, nor diminifh from it. CHAP. XIII. nev.12.ia: 1 F.nticers to idolatry, 6 fmo near fo- ever unto thee, 9 a)-e to be Jloned tv death. 12 Idolatrous cities are not to be f pared. IF there arife among you a j-rophct, or a dreamer of dreams, * and giveth thee a lign or a wonder, 2 And b the iign or the wonder , come to pafs, whereof he (pake unto 1 thee, faying, Let us go after other " gods, which thou haft not known, and let us ferve them ; 3 Thou (halt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams ■ for the Lord your God c proveth you, to know whether ye jj< lovetheLoRD your God with all your heart, 'and with all your foul. 4 Ye (hall walk after the Lord \ your God, and fear him, and keep his KevI- »•*« commandments, and obey his voice. and ye. (hall ferve him, and d cleave '\l;'l'. unto him. 5 And c that prophet, or that?£h& dreamer of dream:, marl be put to death ; Idolaters to be Jloned. CHAP. IhriS ^eatl1 5 becaufe he hath f fpoken to ^msi. turn you away from the Lord toor 1 u*£ God, which brought you out of the J2 «,',.-'";' land of Egypt, and redeemed you lord. out of the houfe of bondage, to thruft thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk ai^al"; "l : f fo lhalt thou put the evil away i c ir.5.13. fi-om the midft of thee. 6 cup. 6 K e jf thy brother, the fon of thy mother, or thy fon, or thy daughter, fcSeeOen. QC h t|je wj£e Qf tj,y DOlom< Cr thy aSfs*. friencl) which iV as thine own foul, V',';-?- entice thee fecretly, faying, Let us go Cil17' 5" and ferve other gods, which thou hail not known, thou, nor thy fathers ; 7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh un- to thee, or far offfrom thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth ; 8 Thou fhalt not confent unto him, nor hearken unto him ; neither mall thine eye pity him, neither Quit thou fpare, neither ihalt thou conceal him ; tatwp. 0 But 'thou {kilt fnrely kill him ; tXto k thine hand fhall be firft upon him to i-sv. put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. lo And thou (halt ftone him with ftones, that he die ; becaufe he hath fought to thruft thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the *S,«. h°uie off bondage ichap. 11 And 'all Ifrael fhul hear, and I7' 13' fear, and (hall do no more any fucli wickednefs as this is among you. ™ jpfh.12. 1 2 ^ m if t)lou n^ait hear /ay in one J*W of thy cities, which the Lord thy God hath given thee to dwell there, faying, laugMy T3 Certain men, || the children of «:<•>!• Belial, n are gone out from among Tj.'xi'" you, and have withdrawn the inha- kf;'.\Y'' bitants of their city, faying, Let us nijota*5' S° ar,d ferve other gods, which ye 2. ij>. " have not known ; Juae«. j4 Then flialt thon enqujre< and makefearch, and afk diligently ; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that fuch abomination is wrought among you ; 15 Thou (halt furely finite the in- habitants of that city with the edge a^o." ofthefword, ° destroying it utterly, jJiiTdf' anf* a^ tnat is tnereip> allc^ th* cattle thereof, with the edge of the fsvord. 1-6 And thou fhalt gather all the fpoil of it into the midft of the fireet thereof, and (halt burn with fire the -city, and all the fpoil thereof every whit, for the Lord thy God : and it XIII, XIV. Meats clean and unclean. fhall be an heap for ever ; it lhall not gj*j5£ be built again. 1451. 17 And p there (hall cleave nought p'chlJT""' of the |[ curfed thing to thine hand : 7-i5# that the Lord may turn from the Inlttt. hercenefs of his anger, and (hew thee mercy, and have companion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath fwora unto thy fathers : 18 When thou lhalt hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, 'toj?^; keep all his commandments which I " command thee this clay, to do that vjhich is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God. CHAP. XIV. r Cods children are not to disfigure themfehes in mourning. 3 Whcft may be eaten, and what not. YE are the children of the Lord your God. a Ye lhall not cut »i«vtt. yourfelves, nor make any baldnefs Yi\ '?.' & between your eyes for the dead : iTiifs?" 2 b For thou art an holy people fT^ffs* unto the Lord thy God; and the *•«.-' Lord hath chofen thee to be a pe- x£lZ'i*! culiar people unto himfelf, above all the nations that are upon the earth. 3 If Thou flialt not eat any abo- minable thing. 4 c Thefe are the beafts which ye \l"\Cr fhall eat : The ox, the fheep, and the goat, 5 The hart, and the roe-buck, and the fallow-deer, and the wild goat, and the || f pygarg, and the wild J ox, and the chamois. 5. 6 And every beaft that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and eheweth the cud, among the beafts, that ye fhall eat. 7 Nevertheief's, thefe ye dial I not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that div;de the cioven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney : for they chew the cud, but divide not the hocf ; therefore they are unclean unto you. 8 And the fwine, becaufe it divid- eth the hoof, yet eheweth not the cud, it ;'; unclean unto you : ye fhall not eat of their flefh, d nor touch their J t^ dead carcafe. 9 *H c Thefe ye fhall eat of all that ;£»«• are in the waters ; All that haye lir.s ' and fcales fhall ye eat : 10 And whatsoever hath net fins and fcales ye may not eat ; it is un- clean unco you. 1 i '• Thou (halt not feethe a kid in his 3+.'*6." mothers milk. ; Chg- 22 % '' Thou (halt truly tithe all the I"'u'17' increafe of thy feed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. •- •. cmp. 23 u And thou (halt eat before the "' s' Loi'.u thy God, in the place which he fiiall choofe to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and : cti»P. 15. of thine oil, and 'the firftiings of thy t0" herds and of thy flocks ; that thou mayeft learn to fear the Lord thy God always. 24 And if the way be too long for thee, fothat thou art not able to car- ry it ; or if the place be too far from thee, which the Lord thy God ihall choofe to fet his name there, when the Lord thy God hath bleffed thee ; 25 Then (halt thou turn ;'/ into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and lhalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God fiiall choofe : 26 And thou (halt bellow that mo- ney for whatfoever thy foul lnfteth after, for oxen, or for ftieep, or for wine, or for ftrongdrink, or for what- 11/JbV ^,xver thv f°ul t l,c^l"eth : and tncm ifc«. °J ihalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou (halt rejoice, thou, and thine houfehold, AChiph 2y j\nj ,nthe Levite that is within thy gates; thou ihalt not forfake him : /iKNi'o.b" f°r " ne natn no Part nor inheritance c<»p.i8.i. vvith thee. och^p. a8 t °At the end of three years Soum** thou (halt bring forth all the tithe of thine increafe the fame year, aad Ihalt lay it up within thy gates. 2q p And the Levite, (becaufe « he >!'*& hath no part nor inheritance with t '->■'■ 4 thee,) and the ltranger, and the fa- v ■....-. therlefs, and the widow, which are !^£ within tliy gates, fiiall come, and fiiall eat and be fatistied ; that r the Lord VIVV' thy God may blefs thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doeft. CHAP. XV. 1 The feventh year a year of releafe for the poor : 7 it mujl be no let of lending or giving. AT the end of a every feven years Jf™f'K thou (halt make a releafe. 2 And this is the manner of the re- 15- a. 4- leafe : Every f creditor that lendeth Vi'i'Vo. ought unto his neighbour (hall releafe -'"[j^4'14' it ; he fliall not exacl it of his neigh- '...«V »/• bour, or of his brother ; becaufe it is , called The Lords releafe. 3 h Of a foreigner thou mayeft ex- "f|S?*?' act it again : but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand fliall relewfe ; 4 || Save when there fliall be no or, poor among you ; for the Lord (hall . . greatly blefs thee in the land which t;,,"°£*^. the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to poflefs it : 5 Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to obferve to do all thefe command- ments which 1 command thee this day. 6 For the Lord thy God blefleth thee, as he promifed thee ; and c thou 'f^;*8, (halt lend unto many nations, but thou (halt not borrow ; and thou (halt reign over many nations, but they fiiall not reign over thec. 7 * If there be among you a poor man of cue of thy brethren witnin any of thy gates, in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou (halt not harden thy heart, nor ihut thine hand, from thy poor brother; 8 * But thou (halt open thine hand ^v!:4*' wide unto him, and lhalt furely lend ■>+> ss- him fufficient for his need, in t'uit which he wanteth. 9 Beware that there be not 3 + thought in thy \ wicked heart, \^u faying. The feventh year, the year 1 "<*. ofreleafe, is at hand; and thine °eye f^hl».ai. be evil agaiuft thy poor brother, and S4.S& thou giveft him nought, and he cry k.'V' ";'• unto the Lord againlt thee, and it M*t,JftI* be I'm unto thee. 10 Thou lhalt furely give him, and thine heart fiiall not be grieved when thou giveft unto him : becaufe that for this thing the Lord thy God 1l1j.ll blef» thee in all thy works, and The redemption offervants. G H A P. Job C Kxod. 31. 2. Jw.34.X4 and in all that thou puttelt thine hand unto. 1 1 For f the poor fhaU never ceafe out of the land ; therefore I command thee, faying. Thou fhalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. 1 2 *\ And B if thy brotiier; an He- brew man, or an Hebrew woman, be fold unto thee, and ferve thee (ix. years; then in the feventh year thou fhalt let him go free from thee. 13 And when thou fendeft him out free from thee, thou (halt not let him go away empty : 14 Thou fhalt furnifh him libe- rally out of thy Hock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy wine-prefs : of that wherewith the Loan thy God hath blefltfd thee thou (halt give un- to him- 15 And thou fhalt remember that thou wall a bond-man in the land of Kgypt, and the Lord thy God re- deemed thee : therefore I command thee this thing to-day. 16 And it (hall be, if he fry unto thee, I will not go away from thee ; (becaufe he loveth thee and thine houfe, becaufe he is well with thee ; ) hFxod. .7 hThenthou fhalt take an awl, and thruft it through his ear unto the door, and he fhall be thy fervant for ever : and alfo unto thy maid-fervant thou fhalt do likewife. 18 It fhall not feem hard unto thee, when thou fendeft him away free from thee ; for he hath been 5 see ifa. worth ' a double hired fervant to thee, Saiifc* in ferving thee fix years: and the Lord thy > od fhall blefs thee in all that thou doeft *?.xi&k XQ ^ kAli tne fifflling males, that 22^-»p- ■ come of thy herd and of tiiy flock, li'Jm. 3*.ij. thou (halt fanctify unto the Lord thy God : thou fhalt do no work with the firftling of thy bullock, nor (hear the firftling of thy fheep : ichap. 11. 20 'Thou (halt eat it before the VJl's%i Lord thy God, year by year, in the 10.11,14. place which the Lord fhall chopfe, thou and thy houfll >ld 2t '"And ifther* be any blemifh therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemiih, thou (halt not facrificv it unto the Lord thy God : 22 'fhou (halt eat it within thy gates: "the unclean and the clean perjnn Jkall eat it alike, as the roe- bu k, and as the hart. 2? "Only thou (halt not eat the blood thereof; thou (halt poiu; it upon, the ground as water. in I.c il. 3 Chai :-.^!i J'- 1 XV, XVI. Thcfeaflff the pawner. CHAP. XVI. 1 The fe aft of the pajjpver, 9 of weeks, I 3 (if tabernacles. 1 8 Of judges and juftice. 21 Groves and images are forbijiden„ . OBferve the "month of A bib, and £„*£ keep the palfover unto the Lord »***• tiiy God : for b in the month of Abib *\% the Loud thy God brouu out of Kgypt c by night. z Thou (halt therefore facrifice the ^*j£ **■ unto the Lord thy God of the flock and d the herd, in the e place %Nu£;- which the Lord lhall choofe to place echap. his name there. I2-5- 3 *' Thoufhaltcat no leavened bread [f'ttk' with it ; fevtn days fhalt thou eat un- »+: '"• leavened bread therewith, even the bread of aflUttion ; (for thou earned forth out of the land of Egypt in hafte ; ) that thou mayeft remember the day when thou cameft forth out of the land of Kgypt all the days of thy life. 4 6 And there fhall be no leavened *?*?i' bread feen with thee in all thy coafts feven days ; h neither fhall there any ***£• thing of the flefh, which thou facri- ficedft the tirlt day at even, remain all night until the morning. 5 Thou mayeft not || facrifice the 1 0r> ** paflover within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee : 6 But at the place which the Lord thy God fhall choofe to place his name in, there thou flialt facrifice the paifover 'at even, at the going ''**£• down of the fun, at the feafon that thou cameft forth out of Egypt. 7 And thou (halt roaft and eat it in the place which the Lord thy Gqd (hall choofe : and thou fnalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. 8 Six days thou (halt eat unleavened bread, and on thefeventh day fhall be a \ folemn afiembly to the Lord thy l$Z'M.: God ; thou (halt do no work therein. 9 1| k Seven weeks fhalt thou num- |.**$;'j. ber unto thee : begin to number the _u- "' feven weeks from J'uch tint?, as thou nJ**?'" beginneft/<>/wUhe(ickletothecorn. ***** 10 And thou (halt keep the feaft of weeks uiHo the Lord thy God with || a tribute of a free- will-orferi-g of^'^ thine hand, which thou (half give ipttQ the LuRD thy Q$4% ar'.ording as ths," Lord thy God hath bleffed tfce$ : II And thou (halt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy (of., an.lthv daughter, and thy man-fer vant, and thy inaid-Orvant, and th« Lcvite that/; witWn Thy gates, anc< the ftranger, and the fatherlefs, ueJ the widow, that ar§, ampqg vou' '" N 3 tU lij. 12. t Ill-h. ji'.ar, ail XV «4. I? &34.»3« Of judges andjuftice. DEUTER cfcriE tlle !)ljce ^Hch the Lord thy God fc H5i. hath choferi to place his name there. ** ' i 2 And thou (halt remember that thou \va(l a bond -man in Egypt : and thou fhalt obferve and do theft fta- tutes. J ***! 1 3 ^ ' Thou fhalt obferve the feaft ?.^.'A'.34. of tabernacles (even clays, after tfcat thou haft gathered in thy f corn and thy wine. 14 And '"thou fhalt rejoice in thy feaft, thou, and thy Ion, and thy daughter, and thy man-fervant, and thy inaid-fervant, and the Levite, the ftranger, and the fatherlefs, and the widow, that are within thy gates. 15 Seven days fhalt thou keep a folemn feaft unto the Lord thy God ill the place which the Lord fliall choofe : becaufe the Lord thy God fliall blefs thee in all thine increafe, and in all the works of thine hands ; therefore thou iiia.lt furely rejoice. 16 ]\ "Three times in a year fliall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he. fliall choofo ; hi the feaft of unleavened bread, arid in the feaft of weeks, and in the feaft of tabernacles: and °they fliall not appear before the Lord empty : 17 Every man fliall 'give fis he 16 able, according to the btefiklg of the Lord thy God which he h..v.\ given thee. 18 1j p judges and officers fhalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the r&'ipr Lord thy God giveth thee, through- i^X's. out t,lv tribes: and they fliall judge the people with juft judgment. ly Thou flialt iiot wreft judgment ; tf.Y.1' thou (halt not rel'pett perfuns, «' nei- tw.ip.ts; ther take a gift : for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wife, and pervert the ' '" j| words of the righteous. 20 f That which is altogether juft flialt thou follow, that thou mayeft lvc, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. ji 1j rThou (halt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the Lord thy God, w'hich thou flialt make thee. is.rt 22 'Neither (halt thou fet thee Up any || image, which the Lord thy : °r' God haieth. CHAP XVII. 1 Things J'acvifui'd r?htj} Le fowid. 2 Idolaters rHUjl be Jlain. 14 The election, 16 a. d duty bj ''..■ . *?.\T. T Hou " limit not facrifke unto the mii."i.8.l 1 Lord thy God ,;.y bullock or Ku<>fMi. |j flieep wherein is bleiniib, or any I. MS I Cl-.ron ao- ?p. 1 * llrb. r txnd. I, Of, ONOMY. PurMmznt for idolatry. evil-favourednefs : for that is an abo- mination unto the Lord thy God. '451- t 2 K bIf there be found among you, tci J! within any of thy gates which the 1'0, Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman that hath wrought wicked - nefs in the fight of the Lord thy God, in tranfgrefling his covenant, 3 And hath gone and ferved other gods, and woriliipped them, either c the fun, or moon, or any of the holt ;■ of heaven, d which I have not com- manded ; ii'^i/. 4 And it be told thee, and thou haft heard of it. and enquired dili- gently, and, behold, it be true, ax i the thing certain, that fuch abomi- nation is wrought in Ifrael : 5 Then fhalt thou bring forth that man, or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, ezr;i that man, or that wo- man, and c flialt ftone them with Jj ftones till they die. -' ■ " :c- 6 f At the mouth of two witnerTes, (Numb. or three witneftes, lhall he that is . ..'. ip. u. worthy of death be put to death , " but at thd fnot-th of one wiuicis he fliall not be put to deslh. 7 -The hands of thewitnrflts Atoll \ be tirft upon him to put hini to death, Aa« "• *■ and afterwarr. the hand; of ill the people: fo -thou fhalt put the evil ; away from anioflg yen. S "j[ '' If there arife a matter too ',< hard for thee in judgment, k ftettfeen £*,; v \r. blood and blood, between plea and tsecExoo. plea, and between ftroke and ftroke. :'; i|'.&* being matters of controverfy within . thy "gates ; then flialt thou arife ' and ^> ■■;■ get thee up into the plice which the . Lord thy God fhall thoofe : ;: v ,c 9 And ■ thou flialt come unto the 1 priefts the Levites, and r unto the1 judre that fliall be Hi thofe days, and enquire j and they fliall fliew thee',;^': the ftntence of judgment : 10 And thou (hait do according to the ftntence which they of that place Which the Lord fiisill choofe fliall inew thee ; and thou flialt obferve to do according toall that they inform thee : 1 : According to the fentence of the law which they lhall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they fhall tell thee', thou flialt do: th'ii fhalt not decline from the len- ience which they fhall lhew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. [2 And ° the man that will do pre- °f^\ fumpuioufly, -\ and will not hearken -,;;.- 1C"' unto the prieft ?that rtandeth to mi- /„'c* ,„, nilt-:. there before the Lord thy God, or xa.i.;. The eletiion and duty of a king. CHAP. f\:7 or unto the judge, even that man {hall ^l4J'- J die : and thou lhalt put away the evil from Ifrael. fOjfc ,3 q And ajj the peopie fhan hear, and fear, and do no more prefump- tuoufly. 1 4 ""[ When tliou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and (halt poflefs it, and lhalt tuam.r.j tlwell therein, and lhalt fay, r I will fet a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me : 1 5 Thou (halt in any wife fet him sseets™. kiflg over thee > whom the Lord thy ]o.2*& God fliall choofe ; one c from among icto's. thy brethren flialt thou fet king over u« 30.21. tnee : tnou maye^ not ^"et a Granger over thee, which is not thy brother. u iKUjM 1 6 But he ihall not multiply u horfes to. 20,28. to himfelf, nor caufe the people x to \J(X n'1' return to ^gypr» to tne e°d that he 17. is. ftiould multiply horfes: forafmuch as 1 hwu y the Lord hath faid unto you, z Ye Numb* fliall henceforth return no more that 7.1'Mf. ?n.6ti. If. ii. i :.r. way. 7 Neither fliall he multiply wives to himfelf, that a his heart turn not !sel.?i fee this great lire any more, that I die not. 17 And the Lord faid unto me, p r They have WfeU fpofah that which ',-.2.: tfreyu.ive fpoken. N4 xS41! will Jolm 45- Afti 3.22. The cities of refuge. %ll™ 1 8 q I will raife them up a Prophet from among their brethren like unto thee, and r will put my words in his mouth; \and he (hall fpeak unto them • all that I (hall command him. 19 And it (hall come to pafe, that -.. i whofoever will not hearken unto my words which he (hall fpeak in my name, I will require;'/ of him. 20 But « the prophet which fliall • ■ ':■ prefume *o fpeak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to fpeak, or that fliall fpeak in the name " -1-: ■::■ pf otlier gods, u even that prophet ihall die. 21 And if thou fay in thine heart, How Ihall we know the word which the Lo:;d hath not fpoken ? ■ ' " 22 "When a prophet fpeaketh indie '• nameof the Lord, yifthethingfollow not, nor come to pafs, that is the thing which the Lord hath not fpoken, but tin prophet hath fpoken it prefumpru- c ;.ly ; thou (halt not be afraid of him. CHAP. XIX. ! The cities of refuge. 16 The pu- nijhment of a falje witnefi . !:.sii. YA/Hen ll\e LoRU thy God "h;lth VV cut off the nations, whofe land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou f fucceedeft them, and dwelled ■'■'• in their cities, and in their houfes ; b E*oa. 2 u xhou (halt feprate three cities 35™0. *"°r tnee m t'le miC'^ °f tny la"d» joih. 20.:. which the Lord thy God giveth thee to poifefs it. 3 Thou (halt prepare thee a way, and divide the coafis of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every flayer may flee thither. \:IIV 4 1 Aati ' tnis i1 tne cafe ot" tne flayer which fliall ftee thither, that he may live : Whofo killcth his neigh- bour ignoi antly, whom he hated not f in time pail; 5 As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbour to hew wood, and, hi", hand Fetcheth a ftroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the -|- head ilippeth from the + helve, and \ lighted} upon hi:; neighbour that he die ; he (hall flee unto one of thofe cities, and live : 6 d Left the avenger of the blood purfue the Haver, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, becaufe the way is long, and f llay him ; where;* ; heirasnot worthy of death, inafrauch "' as he hated him not f in time paft. '^"■■■i - Wherefore I command thee i';^. Thou (halt tepai ite three cities '.c tbee, | H-y DF.UTERONOM Y • Of a f aft wif.-.efu 8 And if the Lord thy God 'en- large thycoalt, as he hath fworn unto **>'■ _, thy fathers, and give thee all the land c o3f which he promifed to give unto thy Ji'.jl".^ father'. ; 9 If thou (halt keep all thefe com- mandments to do them, which I com- mand thee this day, to love the Lo.vi) thy God,;:ndtowalkever in his ways; f then (halt thou add three cities more ' Mi.ao.7. for thee, befides thefe three ; 10 That innocent blood be not (hid in thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and f blood he upon thee. 11 H But *if any man hate hiss"T ' " neighbour, and lie in wait for him. •■ ; and rife up againft him, and finite < ,'.'"■• '^. him f mo! tally that he die, andfleci:. ;_ :; ; into one of thefe cities ; 12 Then the elders of liis city fhall fend and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. 13 Thine eye fliall not pity him ; * but thou (halt put away the guilt of\ innocent blood from Ifrael, that it may go well with thee. 14 * 'Thou (halt not remove thy ■f,']l\ neighbours /owd-mark, which they of [■ old time have fet in thine inheritance, not. j.'io. which thou fnatt inherit, in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to poifefs it. 1 5 *> Out againft a man for any iniquity, or for cm any fin, in any fin that he jinneth : the mouth of two witnefles, or at the liimV mouth of three witnefles, (hall the U:-1- matter be eftablifhed. 1 6 ^ If a falfe witnefs rife up againft any man, to teftify againft him j| that .'.n.r'f which ?> wrong; 17 Then both the men, between whom the controverfy is, fliall ftand before the Lord, • before the priefts l£'£ and the judges, which ihall be in thofe days. 18 And the judges fliall make dili- gent inquilitii IjIC -file witnefs bet a falfe wipnefs, t \d hath teftified fidfely againft bis brother ; 19 m Then ihr.ll ye do ur.to him r :'' :v he had thought to have done untg his brother : Co nih.i!t thou put the ': ,.'.''. evil away from among yor.. so "An,! thofe which remain fliall '■ ■■■■■■'■■ . ! fear, and Ihall henceti commit no more any fuch evil among *»■ "• you. 2 i And thine eye fliall not pity ; ■ .r for eye,t< 1 t for C H A £ The people encouraged to battle. C H A P. C H A P. XX. I The priejls exhortation to encourage the people to battle. 10 How to uje the, cities that accept or refafe the proclamation of peace. 16 What cities muft be devoted. chrm "VYTHen thou gocft out to battle t ■ ?*51- '. VY againft thine enemies, and feeft »s«pr»i. f horfes, and chariots, and a people if* 31. i. more than thou, be not afraid of them : for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 2 And it ihail be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the prieft fhall approach and fpeak unto the people, 3 And fhall fay unto them, Hear, O Ifrael ; Ye approach this day unto battle againft your enemies : let not L7r£ier your neam t fidttti *eur noti and do ti'es/' riot -j- tremble, neither be ye terrified r,j;:i *••"'■ becaufe of them ; 4 For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you againft your enemies, to fave you. 5 1[ And the officers fhall fpeak unto the people, faying, What man is there that hath built a new houfe, and w"J!fth> hath not bdedicated it ? let him go and ao-^Stie. retllrn to n,s houfe, left he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. 6 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet Htafc'i "t" eaten °f it ' iet him aljo go and re- ipmmn .• turn unto his houfe, left he die in the seef.ev.i0. j^j.^ aIKj another man eat of it. Si.'sb." 7 c And what man is there that icuap. hath betrothed a wife, and hath not *** s" taken her ? let him go and return un- to his houfe, left he die in the battle, and another man take her. iS And the officers fhall fpeak further unto the people, and they {hall fay, djuw.L?„J io 1i When thou comeft nigh unto fcTsm. a city to tight agaiuft it, ' then pro- »o. fa.' claim peace unto it. 1 1 And it fhall be, if it make thee anfwer ofpeace, and open unto thee, then it fhall be, that all the people that is found therein fhall be tributaries unto thee, and they fhall ferve thee. 12 And if it will mike no peace ■with thee, but will m-iiv war againft thee, then thou (hall ; li tie it. XX, XXI. What cities mufl be deflrnyed. 13 And when the Lord thy God £53 hath delivered it into thine hands, ksi. 'thou (halt finite every male thereof {y.^~> with the edge of the fword : 3»- ?• 14 But the women, and the little one;;, and ;; the cattle, and all that is KJ°*.8.t. in the city, even all the fpoil thereof, fhalt thou t take unto thyfelf; and t Hd> /fi,.;. thou {halt eat the fpoil of thine enc- mie-, which the Loan thy God hath given thee. \ 5 Thus fhalt thou do unto all the cities which are vei 7 far offfifoha thee, which arc not of the cities of tliefe nations. 1 6 But h of the cities of thefe people, *""£* which the Lord thy God doth give c£»p.;'.i,i. thee for an inheritance, thou (halt fave alive nothing that breatheth : 17 But thou {halt utterly deftroy them ; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaahites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Je- bufites, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee : 1 8 That they teach yon not to do af- ter all their abomination i, which they have done unto their gods ; io ihuuld ye fin againft the Lord your God. 19 1j When thou (halt beliege a city a long time, in making war againft it to take it, thou {halt noe deftroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe againft them : for thou mayeU eat of them, and thou fhalt not cut them down (|| for the tree of the held is manst . life) \ to employ them in the liege : »£f«T"' 20 Only the trees which thou know- J-"-; ■ ■ 7 eft that they be not trees for meat, ">"•.>.• thou flialt deftroy and cut them down ; ,*,"*%« and thou fhalt build bulwarks againft »-/«««**. the city that maketh war with thee, until f it be fubdued. £5?j«L G H A P. XXI. 1 The expiation of an uncertain mur- der, i 5 Tfytfirfi-bmrn.it not to be disinherited Upon private affettion,. 1 8 A jhibboru fan is to be J toned to death. IF one be found flain in the land . which the Lord thy God giveth thee to poffefe it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath flain him ; 2 Then thy elders and thy judges fhall come forth, and they ihail men - fure unto the cities which are round about him that is flain : 3 And it fhall be, that the city which is next unto the flain man, even the elders of that city, Ihail take an heifer which hath not been wrought with, and which hath no.t drawn in the yoke ; 4 And a Chap. 10. 8. I Ciirun ij. l"3' Eccloi- 45- li- ft Chip. 17- b7j t Hcl>. C Sec Pl»l, IS- 12. Mlt.27-2. Expiation of uncertain murder. D E U T E ggf 4 And the elders of that city fhall *si. bring down the heifer unto a rough v valley, which is neither cared nor fown, and lhalt (hike oifthe heifers neck there in the valley. 5 And the priefts the fons of Levi {hall come near; (for* them the Lord thy God hath chofen to minifter un- to him, and to blefs in the name of the Lord 5) and "by their f word (hall every controverfy and every itroke be tried. 6 And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the {lain man, c ilia 1 1 warn their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the vallev ; 7 And they (hall anlwer and fay, Our hands have not .tc mujt. And the blood thai 1 be forgiven them. 9 So ihalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, When thou (halt do that which is right in the light of the Lord. 10 *• When thou goeft forth to war agaiult thine enemies, and the Lord thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou haft taken thrzn captive, 11 And feeft among the captives a beautiful woman, and halt a deiire unto her, that thou wouldeft have her to thy wife ; 12 Then tlwm {halt bring her home to thine houfe, and (he {hall {have her l°£jg* head, and \\ | pair her nail:; ; t Hch. 1 3 And (he {hall put the raiment of 2"X'Qr' her captivity from off her, and lhall escepu. remain in thine houfe, and 'bewail 5'10' her father and her mother a full month : and after that thou {halt go in unto her, and be her huiband, and (he lhall be thy wife. 1 .; And it (hall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou {halt let her go whither fhe will ; but thou lhalt not fell her at all fur money, thou {halt ls"^t not aa^e merchandise of her, rbe- caufe thou halt humbled her. 15 1[ If a man have two wives, one ^"j, beloved, gand another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated : and if the firft-born ion be hers that was hated ; V. ?»,'«• ' 6 Then h ,! ;l1 1,c' * '•v!'011 he ma" keth his fons to inherit thai which he bath) thai h ■ may not make the fon <:; u ItfJl-bOm RONOMY. AJlubbornfon to be Jlor.ed. the fon of the hated, which is indeed *£;'* the iirft-born ; !««■ 17 But he {hall acknowledge the ' * fon of the hated fur the hrft-bom, 1 by giving him a double portion of \ ^*ron# all f that he hath : for he ;'; k the be- s- 1. ginniag of his ftrength; the right of/ the firlt-born is his. w»6Mfc. 18 % If a man have a ftubborn ^"j"; and rebellious fon, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother ; and that, when they have chaftened him, will not hearken unto them : 19 Then ilia.ll 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 {hall fay unto the elders of his city. This our fon is ftubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice ; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city {hall ftone him with {tones that he die : 'fo ^J,1,*5" (halt thou put evil away from among *> u i*. you; and all Ifrael lhall hear, and fear. "',24' 22 *>| And if a man have* commit- ted a fin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree ; 23 ■ His body {hall not remain all J|^j'a night upon the tree, but thou fticdt io."2o. in any wife bury him that day ; (for "he that is hanged is \ acetified Of "G**** God -,) that thy land be not defiled, ]£%,& which the Lor d thy God giveth f^tf^ thee for an inheritance. »<••••;« ■>« CHAP. XXII. g&f Of humanity toward brethren, and of divers other laws. THou a lhalt not fee thy brothers **** ox or his fheep go aftray, and hide thyfelf from them ; thou {halt in any cafe bring them again unto thy brother. 2 And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not; then thou lhalt bring it unto thine own houfe, and it /hall be with thee until thy brother feek after it, and thou {halt reftore it to him again. 3 In like manner {halt thou do with his afs, and fo {halt thou do with his raiment ; and with all loll thing of thy brothers, which he hath loft, and thou haft found, {h:dt thou do like- wife : thou mayeft not hide thyfelf. 4 *h bThou flult not fee thy bro- \r^]'- thers afs or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyfelf from them ; thou ihalt finely help him to lift them Dp again. 5 t The Divers laws and ordinances. CHAP. o!,iii 5 "[ The woman (hall not wear that 1451- \yhich pertaineth unto a man, neither ~*~— {\ri\\ 3 nian put on a womans gar- ment : for all that do fo arc abomi- nation unto the Lord thy (.jod. 6 "[ If a birds neft chance to be be- fore thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, •whether they be young ' ones or eggs, and the dam fitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou {halt not take the dam with the young : 7 But thou (halt in any wife let the dam go, and take the young to thee : that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayeft prolong thy days. 8 If When thou budded a new houfe, then thou {halt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine houfe, if any man fall from thence. tvit' 9 ' If c Thou (halt not fow thy vine- 1:,,.' yard with diverfe feeds; left the f fruit "/tiff of thy feed which thou haft fown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be denied. "iPte 10 ^ d Thou ,nalt not plow with +' ' " an ox and an ajs together. ,7,'V ' M 1f c Thou {halt not wear a gar- ment of diverfe forts, as of woollen and linen together. *umb. 1 2 % Thou (halt make thee f fringes xfvi. 5. upon the four f quarters of thy vefture, [-•'•• wherewith thou covered: thyfelf. 13 If If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, 14 And give occafions of fpeech againd her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and fay, I took this woman, and when I came to her I found her not a maid : 15 Then fliall the father of the damfel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damfel s virginity unto the elder* of the city in the gate : j 6 And the damfel; father fliall fay unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her; 1 7 And, lo, he hath given occafions of fpeech again]} her, faying, I found not thy daughter a maid; andyetthefe are the tokens of my daughters virgi- nity. And they fliall fpread the cloth before the elders of the city. 18 And the elders of that city fliall take that man and chaftife him. 19 And they fl^ll amerce him in an hundred ///tf^t'/j of liiver, and give them unto the father of the damfel, becaufe he ha^h brought up an evil name'upon a virgin of Ifrael, and fhc fliall be his wife ; he may not put her away all his da> ■-. XXII, XXIII. OfaJttttttf, rape, Sec. 20 But if this thing be true, and WM the tokens o/'virginity be not found for the damfel ; ' — » — 2 i Then they {hall bring cut the damfel to the door of her fathers houfe, and the men of her city jhall itone her with ftones that {he die ; becaufe {he hath wrought folly In If- rael, to play the whore in her fathers houfe : b fo {halt thou put evil away 8Cha»- from among you. 22 1 '" If a man be found lying with >> i-cvit. a woman married to an hulband, then )°'J°Ls, they lhall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman : fo fhalt thou put away evil from Ifrael. 23 *i If a damfel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an huiband, and a man hud her in tiie city, and lie with her ; 24 Then ye fnall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye fliall ftone them with ftones that thejr die ; the damfel, becaufe {he cried not, being in the city ; and the man, - ; becaufe he hath humbled his neigh- 21. ?+! hours wife : k fo thou {halt put away I*";. evil from among you. 25 *[ But if a man find a betrothed damfel in the held, and the man || force II or, take her, and lie with her ; then the man only that by with her fliall die : 26 But unto the damfel thou flialt do nothing ; there is in the damfel no fin worthy of death : for as when a man rifeth againft his neighbour, and ilayeth him, even fo is this matter : 27 For he found her in the held, and the betrothed damfel cried, and there was none to lave her. 28 1| ' If a man find a damfel that is [*™fc a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found ; 29 Then the man that lay with her fliall give unto the damfeJs father fifty Jhekels of (ilver, and ihe (hall be his wife j becaufe he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. ^ 30 i m A man lhall not take his fa- ia.«. & thers wife, nor ndifcover his father, fkirt. ' CHAP. XXIII. i«k.I<5.« 1 Who may and who may nut enter into the congregation. 9 Un\.ieax~ ncj's to be avoided in the ramp. HE tiiat is wounded in the ftones, or hath his privy member cut off', {hall not enter into 'the congregation of the Lord. 2 A baftard fliall not enter into the congregation of theLtillD J even to his tenth :• . n lCrr. $. I. Urtcleanttefs to be avoided. DEUTERONOM Y Of ufury, vows, Sec. tenth generation ihall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord. 3 a An Ammonite or Moabite fiiall not enter into the congregation of the Lord ; even to their tenth generation ihall they not enter into the congre- gation of the Lord for ever : "<-• ^ i» Becaufe they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; 't\ and r became they hired againft thee Balaam the fon of Beor, of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curfe thee. 5 Neverthelefs, the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam ; but the Lord thy God turned the curfe into a bleffing unto thee, becaufe the Lord thy God loved thee. 6 ll Thou (halt not feek their peace < .;. nor their f prosperity all thy days for ever. 7 ■*! Thou (Malt not abhor an Edom- ite; for he is thy brother : thou (halt not abhor an Egyptian ; becaufe thou wall a ltranger in his land. 8 The children that are begotten of them (hall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation. 9 ^j When the holt goeth forth agaillft thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing. io *1 L' If there be among you any man that is not clean, by reafon of uncleannefs that chanceth him by night, then (hall he go abroad out of the camp , he fhaU not come within the camp : 1 1 But it (hall be, when evening ;, f conieth on, '• with water ; and when the fun IJ-5- down he (hail come into the camp again. 12 % Thou flialt have a place alfo without the camp whither thou (halt go forth abroad. 13 And thou (halt have a paddle upon thy weapon ; and it (lull he, '„,,.•.. when thou + \$\\t cafe thyfelf abroad, thou (halt dig therewith, and flialt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee : :.\. For the Lord thy God walk- etb in the midft of thy camp, to de- liver thee, and to give up thine ene- mies before thee: therefore lhall thy camp be holy ; that he fee no + uu- line, clean thing in thee, and turn away from 1 5 7\ * TIiqu (halt not deliver unto his mailer the l'ervanr which isefcaped from his matter unto thee. 16 He (hall dwell with thee, even Vaong you, >' in liiat pia.ee which he mall choofe in one of thy gates, where ^gJJ it + liketh him belt : thou (halt not '*su opprefs him. , ,,?... 17 If There (liall be no ij whore . '' of the daughters of Ifrael, nor a lb- or, domite of the fons of Ifrael . u"Z'f" r8 Thou (halt not bring the hire 19.29. of a whore, or the price of a dog, into ;. jo!'- the houfe of the Lord thy God for any vow ; for even both thefe are abomi- nation unto the Lord thy God. 19 * k Thou flialt not lend ppon k *"*• ufury to thy brother ; ufury of mo- uv.'iV.tf ney, ufury of victuals, ufury of any rw.'V* \ thing that is lent upon ufury. '*'; 20 'Unto a ltranger thou mayeft is* i'c,. lend upon ufury, but unto thy brother cSiAVs* thou (halt not lend upon ufury ; that the Lord thy God may blefs thee in all that thou fetteft thine hand to, in the land whither thou goelt to polfefs it. 2 1 1f m When thou (halt vow a vow ^cs'^' unto the Lord thy God, thou (halt i^icrs* not flack to pay it : for the Lord thy God will furely require it of thee ; and it would be fin in thee- 22 But if thou ihalt forbear to vow, it (ball be no lin in thee. 23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou flialt keep and perform ; even a free -will -offering, according as thou haft vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou haft promifed with thy mouth. 24 % When thou corned into thy neighbours vineyard, then thou may- eft eat grqpes thy fill at thine own e (hall wafn himfelf pleafure ; but thou lhalt not put any in thy vellel. 25 When thou comeft into the (bind- ing-corn of thy neighbour, n then ";'')]'*' thou mayeft pluck the ears with JJjjJ|;*' thine hand ; but thou (halt not move a fickle unto thy neighbours 'landing corn. CHAP. XXIV. l Of divorce. 6, 10 Of pledget. man-jleakrs. 8 Of'iefirojy. i^TAe hire is to be.given. 1 6 Qfjujhce. WHen a ■ man hath taken a wife, J.'JJ'Jj and married her, and it cor,,- to pafs that (he find no favour in his * eyes, becaufe he hath found |- fome .'''*; y uncleaniufsin her; then let him write »«*r<«», her a bill of f divorcement, and give 'J: |J^tf (t in her hand, and fend her out of his houfi* . 2 And when (lie is departed out of his houfi-, (he may go and be another mans wife. 3 And if the latter hufb.md hate her, ind write her a bill of d/von g- ' ftK-nt, Ofman-flealers. CHAP *:':„' mem, and giveth it in her hand, and "".'• fendeth her out of his honie ; or if* v * the latter hufband die, which took her to be his wife ; i> Jer. 3. 1. ^ b Her former hufband, which fent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that (he is de- riled : for that is abomination be- fore the Lord : and thou malt not caufe the land to (in, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. 3oh>' 5 "A cWhen a man natn taken a new wife, he (hall not go out to war, i^'X f neither mall lie be charged with 'pih'utof an)' bullnels '• but he (hall be free at *'">• home one year, and (hall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. 6 \ No man (hall take the nether or the upper militone to pledge : for he taketh a mans life to pledge. i*xic1* 7 "I u If a Illau be f°und dealing any of his brethren of the children of Ifrael, and maketh merchandife of him, or felleth him ; then that thief \%.lt flull die ; e and thou (lialt put evil away from among you. &hA3.'1' 8 11 Take heed in ' the plague of leprofy, that thou obferve diligently, and do according to all that the priefks the Levites (hall teach you : as I commanded them, /a ye (hall ob- ferve to do. 9 Remember what the Lord thy God did 6. unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt. L"e»f 10 If When thou doft ■{ lend thy t£*g*ttT° brother any thing, thou lha.lt not go «"• ' into his lioufe to fetch his pledge. 1 1 Thou (halt lland abroad, and the man to whom thou dolt lend (hall bring out the pledge abroad un- to thee. 1 2 And if the man be poor, thou (halt not deep with his pledge : \l.x%o'. '3 " *n anv ca'e tllou ^a^ deliver him the pledge again when the fun goeth down, that he may deep in his ijob3i.io. own raiment, and blefs ' thee : and r,C2sf' k't firail be righteoufnefs unto thee I'fai.ioo. before the Lord thy God. \\\%. 14 *[ Thou (halt not opprefs an Can-4.27- ^XTq^ fervant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy Grangers that are in thy land within thy gates : 15 At his day x thou (halt give him his hire, neither (hall the fun go down upon it ; for he is poor, and -{ fetteth his heart upon it : "'left he cry againit thee unto the Lord, and it be (in un- to thee. g Numb. 12- 10. 1490. XXIV, XXV. Of juftlct a::d charity. 16 % » The fathers fliall not b< to death for the children, neith 1 "451- (hall the children be put to death t c „7k^T' the fathers : every man lhall be put !4c£."„n. to death for his own (in. 17 *"] "Thou malt not pervert the judgment of the ftranger, nor of the ilfao. fatherlefs, p nor take the widows rai- oe*o.4. 14 J.lmes 5. 4 t Hcb. I'ft It) til .5c iifi. 4. IF there be a controverfy between men, and they come unto judg- ment, that the judges may judge them ; then they fliall juttify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 2 And it fliall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge (hall caufe him to lie down, *and to \H^" be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. 3 b Forty ftripes he may give him, 5;.lj4r.; and not exceed : left, if he (hould ex- ceed, and beat him above thefe with many ftripes, then thy brother fhould efcw. feem vile unto thee. 4 'ft c Thou (halt not muzzle the ' ox when he f treadeth out the corn. ■ 5 f J If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead fliall not man-. Cfmjuft weights. DEUTER marry without unto a ftranger : her || hatbands brother (hall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an halbands brother unto her. 6 And it fhall be, that the firft- born which fiie beareth (hall faceted in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Ilrael. 7 And if the manlike not to take his nor,**! || brothers wife, then let his brothers « ■■':'"" wife go up to the gate unto the d dera, cRjui4 7- and fay, e My hufbands brother re- fufeth to raife up unto his brother a name in Ifrael, he will not perform the duty of my hufbands brother. 8 Then the elders of his city (hall call him, and fpeak unto him : and if he Hand to it, and lay, 1 like not to take her ; 9 Then (hall his brothers wife come unto him in the prefence of the el- ders, and loofe his (hoe from off his foot, and (pit in his face, and (hall anfwer and fay, So (hall it be dune unto that man that will not build up his brothers houfe. io And his name fhall be called in Ifrael, The houfe of him that hath his (hoc loofed. i i % When men drive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her huf- band out of the hand of him that fmiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the fecrets ; 1 2 Then thou fhaltcut off her hand, thine eye (hall not pity her. fLeT.ig. . 13 Tl'Thou (halt not have in thy vl'«. u. 1. baaff diverfc weights, a great and a fmall. 14 Thou (halt not have in thine houfe f diverfe meafures, a great and a fmall. 1 5 But thou (halt have a perfect and jjlft weight, a perfect and jult meafure "(halt thou have 5 that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 16 For g all that do Rich things, andzW that do unrighteoufly, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God. 17 "If "Remember what Amalekdid unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt ; 18 How he met thee by the way, and fmote the hindmofl of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wajl faint and weary ; and he feared not God. 19 Therefore it (hall be, * when the Lord thy God hath given thee gzek. 45. io- i Hch. 1 ■ ■• t a fiont. t Hch. an rr> .i/.' end jr. st'tat. O N O M Y. Of offering the frfl- fruits. reft from all thine enemies round £ j* '* about, in the land which the Lord '***■ thy God giveth the»: for an inherit-' v~~' ance to poflcfa it, thai thou (hait blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven ; thou (halt not forget it. CHAP. XXVI. 1 The confgjfion of him that offereth the baJkstoffirJt-frMW, 12 Of the third years tithe;. \h'Vhe covenant between G«d and the people. ANd it fhall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee /or an inheritance, and poileffeft it, and dwelled therein, 2 a That thou (halt take of the1.;' firft of all the fruit of the earth, which thou (halt bring of thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee, and (halt put it in a bafket, and (halt go unto the place which the Lord thy God fhall choofe, to place his name there. 3 And thou (halt go unto the prielt that fhall be in thole days, and fay unto him, I profefs this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the country which the Lord fvvare unto our fathers for to give us. 4 And the prieft Jhall take the bafket out of thine hand, and fet it down before the altar of the Lord thy God. 5 And thou (halt fpeak, and fay before the Lord thy God, b A Syrian 5£u, ready to perifh was my father ; and c he went down into Egypt, and fo- Jj** journed there with a few, and be- came there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: 6 And 4the Egyptians evil entreat- {.%*■ ed us, and afflicled us, and laid upon us hard bondage : 7 And e when we cried unto the '^3?' Lord God of ow fathers, the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppreffion : . 8 And fthe Lord brought as forth [£& out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an out-fhetched arm, and with great terriblenefs, and with ligns, and with wonders. 9 And he hath brought lis into this place, and hath giveh ns this land, even a land that tloweth with milk and honey. 10 And now, behold, I have brought the firlt-fruits of the land. which thou, O Lord, hail given me. And God and the peoples covenant. CHAP. thriif And thou (halt fet it before the Lord ^Mii- j thy God, and worfliip before the Lord thy God. r i And thou (halt rejoice in every good thing which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine houfe, thou, and the Levite, and the ftranger that is among you. 12 If When thou hail made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine in- 14.ii?.* creafe the third year, which is gthe year of tithing, and haft given it unto the Levite, the ftranger, the fatherlefs, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be tilled ; 13 Then thou flialt fay before the Lord thy God, I have brought a- way the hallowed things out oimine houfe, and alfo have given them un- to the Levite, and unto the ftranger, to the fatherlefs, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou haft commanded me : I have not tranfgreiled thy com- mandments, neither have I forgotten them. fcHof.9.4. 14 h I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean life, nor given ought thereof for the dead : but I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, and have done according to all that thou haft commanded me : ztdki'13! '5 ' Look down from thy holy ha- ' bitation, from heaven, and blefs thy people Ifrael, and the land which thou haft given us, as thou fwareft unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey. 16 "J This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do thcfe ftatutes and judgments : thou malt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy foul. 17 Thou haft avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his ftatntes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his t e • 1. 18 And fcthe Lord hath avouched 0. thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promifed thee, and that thou (houldeft keep all his command- ments 19 And to make thee ' high above all nations which he hath made, in praife, and in name, and in honour; and that thou mayeft be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath fpoken. XXVII. The law to he written onflows* CHAP. XXVII. 1 The people are commanded to write the law upon ftones ; 5 and to build an altar of whole ftones. 14 The curfes on mount Ebal. ANd Mofes, with the elders of If- Before rael, commanded the people, u\'t frying, Keep all the commandments * v ' which I command you this day. 2 And it mail be, on the day "when »Jofl>-4.i» ye (hall pafs over Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that b thou (halt fet thee up great hJo&.s.ji; ftones, and plafterthem with plafter: ' 3 And thou flialt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art parted over ; that thou mayeft go in unto the land which the Lo rd thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey : as the Lord God of thy fathers hath promifed thee. 4 Therefore it (hail be, when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye lhali fet up thefe ftones, which I command you this day, cm mount Ebal, and thou cJo!h>'? -3s. flialt plafter them with plafter, 5 And there thou flialt build an al- tar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of ftones : d thou flialt not lift up any &J?l\\ iron tool upon them. jwfc « ;:• 6 Thou '(halt build the altar of the Lord thy God of whole ftones : and thou flialt offer burnt-offerings there- on unto the Lord thy God. 7 And thou flialt otfer peace-offer- ings, and flialt eat there, and rejoice before the Lord thy God. 8 And thou flialt write upon the ftones all the words of this law very plainly. 9 1] And Mofes, and the priefts the Levites, fpake unto all Ifrael, faying, Take heed, and hearken, O Ifrael ; This day thou art become the people of the Lord thy God. 10 Thou (halt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments and his ftatutes, which I command thee this day. 1 1 \ And Mofes charged the people the fame day, faying, r2 Thefe (hall Hand cupon mount %^* Gerizim to blefs the people, when ye are come over Jordan ; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Kfachar, and Jofeph, and Benjamin. 13 And f thefe (hall (land upon \ 're- mount Ebal f to curfe, Reuben, Gad, J^-a. ?;. and Afher, and Zebulan, Dan, and }"?;ur. Naphtali. *f' 14 «[ And Ethe Levites (lull fpeak, *JT and fay unto all the men of Ifrael w -•"■ with a loud voice, is hCurfcd T?e cwfes on mount Ebal. D E U T E R c'riT lS h Curfed be the man that ma- »45« keth any graven or molten image, an k^T"' abomination unci.) tne Loud, the ',+.'i7- worl< pf the hands of the craftfinan, %**•'*■ and putteth it in a fecret place: and i*V all the people (hall anfwer and fay, \\'.'. ' Amen- *•&> i 6 <■■ Curfed be he that fetteth light by his father or his mother: and all i'rlt; the people fhall fay, Amen. 1 - 'Curfed be he that rcmovcth his j. neighbours land-mark Lev. 24. 1 7 Nu;:.:. 3S-3I- Ezek. 11. 11. u Jcrem. IX. J. Gai. j. 10. and all the people (lull fay, Amen. 1 8 m Curfed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way : and all the peopie (hall fay, Amen. 19 "Curfed be he that perverteth the judgment of the If ranger, father- lefs, arid widow : and all the people fhall (ay, Amen. 20 ° Curfed be he that lieth with his fathers wife; becaufe he nnco- vereth his fathers fkirt : and all the people (hall fay, Amen. 2 1 v Curfed be he that lieth with any manner of beaft: and all the people (hall fay. Amen. 22 ''Curled be he that lieth with his fitter, the daughter of his father, or the daughter ot his mother : and all the people fhall fay, A;.vn. 23 'Curfed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law : and all the people fhall fay. Amen. 24 5 Curfed be he that fmiteth his neighbour fecretly : and all the people (hall fay, Amen. 25 'Curfed be he that taketh re- ward to flay an innocent perfon: and all the people (hall fay, Amen. 26 " Curfed be he that confirmelh not all the words of this law to do them : and all the people fliall fay, Amen. C H A P. XXVIII. 1 The blejjhngs for obedience. 15 The cwjes for dij obedience. ANd it (hall come to pafs, l if thou (halt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Loud thy Cod, to ob- ferve and to do all his command* meats which I command thee this day, that the Loud thy Cod ""will fet thee on high above all nations of the earth. 2 And all thefe bleffings dial! come on thee, and overtake the* , if thou ihalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy Cod. 3 Blefled fluilt thou be in the city, and blelfed "fnalt thou be in the field. dl be e the fruit of thy bod-. nit of thy pound, 0 NOMY. The lUfTmgi for obedience. and the fruit of thy cattle, the in- , creafe of thy kine, and the flocks of\ '*>j- _, thy Diet p. 5 hleii'ed fhall be thybafl.et and !| (lore. J y 6 J Blefled y/irt// thou be when thou * cornefl: in, and bleifed ihalt thou be&\^\m when thou goefk out. 7 The Lo,;u (hall caufe thine ene- mies that rife up againfi thee e to be ev«.aj. fmitten before thy face : they (hall come out againfi thee one way, and flee before thee [even ways. 8 The Lord lhall command the blefiing upon thee in thy || (tore- ar,ttnu. houfes, and id all that thou fetteit thine band unto : and he fhall blefs thee in the land which the Lord thv God giveth thee. 9 'The Lord (hall eftablifh thee ' • an holy people unto himfelf, a hath fworn unto thee, if thou (halt keep the commandments, of the Lord thy God, and walk in his way ■ 10 And all people of the earth (hall fee that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they (hall be afraid of thee. u And gthe Lord fhall make « ch»-^ thee plenteous jj in goods, in the fruit 'V,' of thy -f- body, and in the fruit of thy •' '/ •?■ cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in ihe land which the Lord fware unto thy fathers to give thee. 12 The Lord fliall open unto thee his good treal'ure, the heaven to give thee rain unto thy land in his feafon, and to blefs all the work of thine hand : and !' thou (halt lend unto many *5Ch03,p- nations, and thou {halt not borrow. 1 3 And the L o R D (hall make thee ; the head, and not the tail; and thou i.1.^; (halt be above only, and thou (halt not be beneath ; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to obferve and to do them : 1 4 And thou (halt not go alide from any of the words which I command thee this day, tj the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to ferve them. j 5 *.; But it (hall come to pafs, k,if *£«**• thou wilt not hearken unto the voice uin.al 17. of the Lord thy God, to obferve to do V alibis commandments and hisftatutes, \ which 1 command thee this day, that'1' ;0- a.11 thefe curfes (hall come upon thee, and 1 vertake thee. 16 Curfe.d Jftaft thou be in the city, and curfed Ikalt thou be in the field. 1- Curfeil JiiaU be thy balket and thy ivore. 18 Curfed Curfes and punifinnents CHAP. XXVIII £jS5 1 8 Curfed Jhall be the fruit of tiiy ... *+j_l- . body, and the fruit of thy land, the increafe of thy kine, and the flocks of thy flieep. i: and with the fcab, and with the itch, whereof thou canft not be healed. 28 The Lord fhall fmite thee with madnefs, and blindnefs, and aftonilh- ment of heart: \u?%t It'. 29 And thou (halt : grope at noon- day, as the blind gropeth in dark- nefs, and thou (halt not profper in thy ways : and thou flialt be only op- prefled, and fpoiled evermore, and no man (hall fave thee. " J*J£ 3° "Thou (halt betroth a wife, and Mr.12.iv another man (hall lie with her : xthou z"ph!i:!]:fhalt build an home, and thou flialt ychap. not dwell therein : y thou flialt plant r Heb*. a vineyard, and (halt not f gather the fu/Tl!01' grapes thereof. STa7'« ?' Thine ox fliall be (lain before cbVao-c thine eyes, and thou flialt not eat t threatened for difobedience. thereof : thine afs (hall be violently *?£$ taken away from before thy face, and usu f (hall not be reftored to thee : thy i~^C~ * flieep fliall be given unto thine ene-^",,",,, mies, and thou flialt have none to "■•"• refuie them. 32 Thy fons and thy daughters^// be given unto another people, and thine eyes fliall look, and fall zuit/'i longing for them all the day long : and there fliall be no might in thine hand. 33 * The fruit of thy land, and all */•«**• thy labours, (hall a nation which thou -' r- s..*7- knoweft not eat up ; and thou (halt be only opprefled and crulhed alway : 34 So that thou (halt be mad a for »ver.6r, the fight of thine eyes which thou (halt fee. 35 The Lord (hall fmite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a fore botch that cannot be healed, from the fole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. 36 The Lord fliall bring thee, and b thy king which thou (halt fet over *.;k;"bs thee, unto a nation which neither *: '4'ii. thou nor thy fathers have known ; zu&l'. cand there (halt thou ferve other "V"" gods, wood and (tone. l.ia?.' 37 And thou (halt become danJe*^*13* aftonifliment, a proverb, e and a by- \, . lor they fliall go into captivity. uiomc. 42 All thy trees, and fruit of thy land, fliall the locuft || confume. i0'>«W" 43 The ftranger that is within thee fliall get up above thee very high j and thou (halt come down very low. 44 He (hall lend to thee, and thou (halt not lend to him: 8he fliall be |*»- «/■ the head, and thou flialt be the tail. 45 Moreover, all thefe curfes (hall come upon thee, and fliall purfue thee, and overtakethee, till thou bedeflroy- ed ; becaufe thou hearkened!! not un- to the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his fta- tutes which he commanded thee. O 46 And Citrfes threatened DEUTERONOMY. $ggjj 46 And they (hall be upon thee tor toward her fon, and 145". a fign and for a wonder, and upon "~v ' thy .cod for ever. 47 Recaufe tliou fervedft not the Lord thy Cod with joyfulmfs, and ''Chf'u with gladnefs of heart, "for the abun lance of all ^/«£>W 48 Therefore (halt thou ferve thine enemies, which the Lord (hall fend againft thee, in hunger, and in thirit, and IH nakednefs, HTtd in want of all j.-r.ie.T*. things : and he 'drill put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have deltroyed thee. 49 * The Lord diall bring a nation againft thee from, far, .from the end of the earth, 'a; Jwift as the eagle flieth ; a nation whofe tongue thou dialt not f underftnnd ; 1,1 <;o A nation f of fierce counte- ],.,. nance, in which (hall not regard the jyxngof peirOT1 of the old, nor ihew favour to V m. the young. : 51 And he diall eat the fruit of mifa.47.0. thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be dellroyed : which alfo fiiali not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increale of thy kine, or docks of thy lheep, until he have de- llroyed thee. 52 And he (hall befiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trull edit, throughout all thy land : and he (hall befiege thee in all thy gates, throughout all thy land which the LORD thy God hath given thee- 53 And " thou ihalt eat the fruit of kTcr. 5-15 6CC.23. L 19-43. 1 Jcrcin. 48.. \o. Sc 49.22. as, Jcr.19.! fons and of thy daughters, which ;0, the Lord thy God hath given thee, B»r«ch2.3. fc| trie (iege, and in tiie (traitnefs tIU'ui';>- wherewith thine enemies fhall di- flrefs thee : 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye fhall be evil toward his brother, and oCMp. toward ° the wife of his bofom, and li'6' towavd the remnant of his children which he fhall leave : 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the fieih of his children whom he (hall eat ; becauie he bath nothing left him 111 the (iege, and in the ftraitnefs wherewith thine ene- mies (hull dillrefs thee in all thy gates. 56 The tender and delicate wo- man among you, which would not adventure to fet the fole of her foot upon the ground for del'n-atenefs and tendernefs, her eye (hall be evil to- ward the hulband of her bolbm, and to the difoUdicrit. toward her ciaug.aer, t '.-'■ 57 And toward her + young one J u&. that cometh out from between her "J'"-*"*- foot, and toward her children whU'h (he (hall bear : for lhe (hail cat them for want of all things fecretly in the (iege and (traitnefs wherewith thine enemy ihall diihefsthee in thy gates. 58 If thou wilt not ©b ferve to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thoumayeit fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; 59 Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy feed, ft»« great plagues, and of long continuance, and fore lick- nefle-., and of long continuance. 60 Moreover, he will briog upon thee all p the difeafes of Egypt, which thou waft alia id of; and they ihall ' cleave unto thee : 61 Alfo every ficknefs, aud every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the Lord + bring; upon thee, until thou be de- llroyed. 62 And ye 'fhall be left few in \cl^' number, whereas ye were r as the , Ch=p. ftars of heaven for multitude; be-10*12, caufe thou wouldeft not obey the voice of the Lord thy God. 6 5 \nd it diall come to pafs, that as the Lo it d rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you ; fo the Lord5 will rejoice over you to deitroy i Prjr. you, and to bring you to nought ; and i&. /. 24. ye fhall be plucked from off'the land whither thou goeltto pofTefs it. 64 And the Lord 'dial I fcatterthee among all people, from the one end Nch.j'.e. of the earth even unto the other ; and J-r" l6, 'J there thou ihalt ferve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood .and Hone. 65 And "among theiie nations (halt uAmojjM thou find no e;;fe, neither diall the fole of thy foot nave reft 1 but the Lord (hall give thee there a trem- bling heart, and failing of eyes, and forrow of mind : 06 And thy life diall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou ihalt tear day and night, and flult have none af- furance of thy life. (>-> * In the morning thou (halt fay, "J015 ?•« Would God it were even ! and at even thou liu.lt iay, Would God it were morning ! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou ihalt fear, and yfor the light of thine eyes which yver.;* thou (halt fee. 68 And An exhortation to obedience. CHAP. :!:'riif 68 And the Lord 2 (hall bring thee into Egypt again with (hips, by the way whereof I fpake unto thee, aThou /halt fee it no more again : and there ye (hall be fold unto your enemies for bond-men and bond -women, and no man mall buy you. CHAP. XXIX. 2 An exhortation to obedience. 29 Se- cret things belong unto God. THcle are the words of the cove- nant which the Lord command- ed Moles to make with the children of Ifrael in the land of Moab, beiides j.Ci,3J a tne covenant which he made with them in Horeb. 2 % And Mofes called nnto all If- i9E4°d' raej, and faid unto them, b Ye have feen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, unto Pharaoh, and unto all his fervants, and unto all his land ; 4.C3v'& 3 c The great temptations which .-•' 'y- thine eyes have Ceen, the iigns and thofe great miracles ; ;'; , ;'• 4 Yet d the Lord hath not given r',h"';'jj' y°u an neart to perceive, and eyes to 2Thc!T. 2." fee, and ears 10 near, unto this day. e chip! 1.3. 5 e And I have led you forty years fcnap.8^! in the wildernefs : f your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy lhoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. 6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or ftrong drink ; that ye might know that I am the Lord your God. 7 And when ye came unto this SlS£j3 .place, gSihon the king ofHefhbon, chap.2.32; an(j Og the king of Baihan, came out againft us unto battle, and we fmote them : 8 And we took their land, and h gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manafleh. 9 'Keep, therefore, the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may profper in all that ye do. 10 U Ye ftand this day all of you before the Lord your God ; your captains of your tribes, your elders, aud your officers, with all the men of Ifrael, if Your little ones, your wives, and thy ftranger that is in thy camp, from k the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water ; 12 That thou (houldeft f enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day : 13 That he may eftablilh thee to- day for a people unto himfelf, and h Numb. :". 33. Chap. 3. i Chap. 4.6. J0O1. i. 7. i King.; 2.3. t See Jufh.g.ll 13.27. XXIX. Prefumptuous fwners threatened, that he may be unto thee a God, as he JJ hath faid unto thee, and as he hath fworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, ' w ' to Ifaac, and to Jacob. r4Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath ; 1 5 But with him that ftandeth here with us this day before the Lord our God, ' and alfo with him that is \*%*&t not here with us this day : ic^J."-.i4, 16 (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the nations which ye palled by ; 17 And ye have feen their abomi- nations, and their f idols, wood and L^»V»*i ftone, filver and gold, which were among them : ) 18 Left there mould be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, ni whofe heart turneth away J'ICh^« this day from the Lord our God, to "' go and ferve the gods of thcfe na- tions ; n left there (hould be ain/>ng nHebr- you a root that beareth jj fgall and ' i,')-is.'! wormwood : 19 And it come to pafs, when he tH«.ir«& heareth the words of this curfe, that he blefs himfelf in his heart, faying, ' I (hall have peace, though I walk ° in j' the || imagination of mine heart, r to 5 'J'al%ub. add f clrunkennefs to thirft : but then the anger of the L pare lum, ; lleb; lbe ord, and man, and all the curfes that are writ- •+■ ?>8- ten in this book (hall lie upon him, and the Lord rfha!l blot out his f.c^ap* name from under heaven. 21 And the Lord s (hall feparate s,^at^- him unto evil out of all the tribes of " Ifrael, according to all the curfes of the covenant that f are written in thi:- f "fff'..rt, book of the law : 22 So that the generation to come of your children that (hall rife up after you, and the ftranger that (hall come from a far land, thai! fay, when they fee the plagues of that land, and the ficknefles -f which the Lord hath laid ! upon it ; 23 And that the whole land thereof /tl*."" ' is brimftone, c and fait, and burning, \?™£l\%\ that it is not fown, nor beareth, nor any grafs groweth therein, u like the *i°%?J' overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath ; 24 Even all nations fliall fay, x Wherefore hath the Lord done * _«,«■»• thus unto this land ? what mcaneth%.'ii'.j. the heat of this great anger ? O 2 is Then Meriiet to ite penitent. DRUT E chi™ 25 Then men fliall fay, Becanfe. v- '■'''■_, they have forfaken the covenant of "^ the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them w hen he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt. 26 For they went and ferved other gods, and worfhipped thein, gods th'i'ij whom they knew not, aud || whom 1 he had not -j- given unto them. p*'"U'!y 27 And the anger of the Lord was kindled ajiainft this land, to bring upon it all thecurfes that are written in this book. 28 And the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and call them into another land, as // is this day. 29 The fecret tilings belong unto the Lord our God ; but thofe things which are revealed belong unto us, and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. CHAP. XXX. 1 Great mercies promifedto the penitent. 1 1 The commandment is mattifeft. 1 5 Death and life arefet before them. *//+=•' a A Nd it fliall come to pafs, when bcaV »8. -*-*• b all thefe things are come upon thee, the blefling and the curfe, which I have fet before thee, and thou ihalt call them to mind among all the na- tions whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, 2 And {halt return unto the Lord thy God, and flialt obey his voice, according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy foul ; kSJ. 3 c That then the Lord thy God *r!|».3*7. w"'l' turn tnv captivity, and have com- ' paflion upon thee, and will return and 14 ':■ 'j.' d gather thee from all the nations whi- ther the Lord thy God hath fcattered thee. lsh6l'. 4 e If any of thine be driven out Noh. 1.9. unto the utmoft parts of heaven, from thence will the L 0 ix 0 thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee. 5 And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers poffefled, and thou lhalt poffefs it ; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. ?"?£ 6 And 'the Lord thy God will circumcife thine heart, and the heart ofthy feed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy foul, that thou may eft live. 7 And the Lord thy God will put all thefe curfes upon thine enemies, and ort them that hate thee, which per&cuted thee. R O N O M Y. Life and death. 8 And thou flialt return, and obey ^T* the voice of the Lord, and do all his uVi commandments which I command u thee this day. 9 8 And the Lord thy God will 5£h,"lp; make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit ofthy land, for good 1 for the Lord will again "rejoice over h re— 1« thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy 31-4'" fathers ; 10 If thou fhalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his- commandments, and his ftatutes, which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with ail thy foul. 1 1 f For this commandment, which I command thee this day, ' it is not ■ \: ■•'■■" hidden from thee, neither is it far off". 4J' '' 12 kIt is not "m heaven, that thou kR^ {houldert fay, Who lhall go up for us iC"c»ic to heaven and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? 1 3 Neither is it beyond the fea, that thou ftiouldeft fay, Who (hall go over the fea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? 1 4 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayeft do it. 15 ^ See, 'I have fet before thee ivct.is, this day life and good, and death and evil ; 16 In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep h's commandments, and his ftatutes, and his judgments, that thou mayeft live and multiply: and the Lord thy God fliall blefs thee in the land whi- ther thou gocft to poflefs it. 17 But if tbine heart turn away, fo that thou wilt not hear, but fliall be drawn away, and worlhip other gods, and ferve them ; 18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye fhall Purely perifli ; and that ye fliall not prolong your days upon the laud whither thou palleft over Jordan to go to poflefs it. 19 '"I call heaven and earth to record this day againft you, that nI „'u '. ,. have fet before you life and death, blefling and curling : therefore choofe life, that both thou and thy feed may live ; 20 That thou mayeft love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayeft obey his voice, and that thou mayeft cleave unto him; (for he is thy life, and A1 10. 12. & Chap. 3.27, J of, nia' is encouraged: C H A P J.^'f and the length of thy days ; ) that thou '*>'• _, mayeft dwell in the land which the "* Lord fware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Ifaac, and to Jacob, to give them. CHAP. XXXI. 1 3h>fes encowageih the people and Jnjhiui : q he detivereth the law unto the pfiefis, to read it in the J'eventh year to the people. 14 God giveth a charge to Jofliua, 19 and a Jong to Jtfofes.-to teflify again! i the people. Nd Moles went, and fpake thefe words unto all Ifrael: 2 And he faid unto them, I "am an hundred and twenty years old this day ; I can no more go out and come in : alfo the Lord hath faid unto me, b Thou (halt not go over this Jordan. 3 The Lord thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will deftroy thefe nations from before thee, and thou fhalt poffefs them : and Jofhua, a7.nL? he fliall go over before thee, c as the CHV.3.M. LoRD hath faid 4 And the Lord fliall do unto m^sS*1' tIlem d as he dm to Slhon ancl to °gl kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of diem whom he dettroyed. ect3p,7.2. 5 And e the Lord fhall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have conir manded you. 6 Be ftrong, and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of tiiem: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth Lebrl'iV.s! S° with thee ; f he will not fail thee, nor forfake thee. 7 li And Mofes called unto Jofhua, and faid unto him in the light of all Jfrael, Be ltrong. and of a good cou- rage : for thou muft go with this people unto the land which the Lord hath fworn unto their fathers to give them ; and thou (halt caufe then: to inherit it. If*?; **• 8 And the Lord, 2 he it is that doth 33' 14'. go before thee ; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forfake uy,t,.i.rj. tli?e. hfearnoti neither be difmayed. rlii& 9 "ii ^n(* Mofes wrote this law, ' and delivered it unto the priefls the fons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of Ifrael. 10 And Mofes commanded them, faying, At the end of every feven iwf" years, in the folemnity of the k year of releafe, ill the fealt of tabernacles, . Jc(h g 1 1 When all Ifrael is come to ap- 34.3S-" pear before the Lord thy God, in a.li £<•' the place which he fhall choofe, ' r.hou " XXXI. Gads charge to hhn. fhalt read this law before all Ifrael in their hearing. 12 Gather the people together, * " men, and women, and children, and thy ftranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Loud your God, and obferve to do all the words of this law; 13 And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to poffefs it. 1 4l[And the Lord faid unto Mofes, Behold, thy days approach that thou muft die s call Jolhua, and prefent yourfelves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that m I may give him ™-*T^' a charge. And Mofes and Jofliua went, and prefented themfelves in the ta- bernacle of the congregation. 15 And "the Lord appeared in "3! %£' the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud : and the pillar of the cloud flood over the door of the tabernacle. 16 Tf And the Lord faid unto Mofes, Behold, thou fhalt ffleep with /V'^n. thy fathers; and this people will rife ;s ;;"• up, and go a whoring after the gods ' of the ftrangers of the land whither they go to be among them, and will forfake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. 17 Then my anger fliall be kindled againlt them in that day, and I will forfake them, and I will "hide my face from them, and they fhall be de- voured, and many evils and troubles :0" fliall f befaii them; fo that they will , fay in that day, p Are not thefe evils ;pJ come upon us, becaufe our God is not among us ? 18 And I will furely hide my face in that day, for all the evils which they fhall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods. re; Now, therefore, write ye this fong for you, and teach it the children of Ifrael: put it in their mouths, that this fong may be a witnefs for me againtt the children of Ifrael. 20 For when I (hall have brought them into the land which I fware unto their fathers, that Howeth with milk and honey, and they fliail have eaten, and filled themfelves, q and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and ferve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant. 2t And it fhall come to pafs, when many evils and troubles are befal- len them, that this fong (hall I O 3 "nil before. v Amos 5. t Hct> Jolh. u Chap p, 14. 77; JhaU not be forgotten out of the ii^T. months of their feed : for I know their imagination 'which they + «o about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I fware. 22 *j Mofes, therefore, wrote this fong the fame day, and taught it the children oflfrael. Mel he gave Jofhua the fon of Nun a charge, and faid, 3 Be ftrong, and of a good courage : for thou (halt Bring the children of Ifrael into the land which I fware unto them ; and I will be with thee. 24 *\ And it crime to pafs, when Mofes had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finifhed, 25 That Mofes commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, faying, 26 Take this book of the law, ' and put it in the- fide or' the ark of the co- venant of the Lord ycur God, that it maybe there forawitnefsagainftthee. 27 u For I know thy rebellion, and thy ftiffneck : behold, while I am yet alive with you this day ye have been rebellious againfl: the Lord ; and how much more after my death ? 28 Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I w.uy fpeak thefe words in their ears, *and call heaven and earth to record againlt them. 29 yFor I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt your/ekes, and turn afide from the way which I have commanded you ; and evil will befall you z in the latter days; becaufe ye will do evil in the fight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. 30 And Mofes fpake in the ears of all the congregation oflfrael the words of this long, until they were ended. CHAP. XXXII. 1 Mofes Jong, which J etieth forth Gods mercy an u 46 he exhorf- et/i thmi to Jet their hearts upon it. Give * ear, O ye heavens, and I will fpeak : and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 bMy doctrine ffiall drop as the rain, myfpeech fhall dillil as the dew; as the 'fmall rain upon the tender herb, and as the Ihowers upon the grafs : 3 Becaufe I will publiih the name of 'the Lord; afcribe ye greatnefs unto our God. iCbap. ler. 2. 1 & 6. iy Mli. ss 10, 11. 0 N O M Y. Mofes fong, 4 He is c the Rock, d his work is "gjg perfect ; for all his ways are judg- t u». m inent : c a God of truth, and without TT^IT iniquity ; jult and right is he. ?.','., "s. 5 \ ' They have corrupted them- f;^5; Ifc felves : || their fpot is not the J pot of azsaii. his children : they are a perverfe and 22\3'- crooked generation. 6 Do ye thus requite the Lord? O foolifh people and unwife ! is not he thy father thai hath bought thee ? f„Ch»p- hath he not made thee, and eitabltlh- jj 0rj9" ed thee ? 7 *, Remember the days of old, confidcr the years of -\ many gene- <,v,V'»/«». rations: aik thy father, and he will (hew thee ; thy elders, and they will tell tli- e • 8 When the moft High z divided to ^f*^ the nations their inheritance, when he feparated the foils of Adam, he fet the bounds of the people according to the number of the children oflfrael. 9 For hthe Lords portion is his hE** people; Jacob is the flot of his in- JS*.^ heritance. io He found him ■ in a defert land, J^*# and in the walle howling wildernefs; j«. a.e. he (I led him about, he inltrufted him, Jf^l*3- *' he k kept him as the apple of his eye. r 7 'As an eagle llirreth up her nell, r fluttereth over her young, fpreadeth g2££*B*. abroad her wings, taketluhem, bear- 1 ei«i. eth them on her wings ; 12 Si) the Lord alone did lead1 him, and there was no llrange god *|-'-'o-', with him. 1 3 * He made him r'de on the high places of the earth, that he might tat ■ the increafe of the fields ; and he made him to fuck " honey out of the rock, , and oil out of the flinty rock ; 1 4 Butter of kine, and milk of (r.crp, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Eafhan, and goat;, p with the 8iP.fi} m.c )lath not done all this. *Ttm/' 2^ ^°r t^le'' are a llatl0n V01t^ °^ counfel, neither is there any under- ftanding in them. gpf.Ri.13. 29 toil that they were wife, that llm'.Vi7.' tlley underftood this, h t!uxt they would confider their latter end ! i£T;***' 3° H°w ihould ; one chafe a thou- fand, and two put ten thoufand to flight, except their Rock k had fold them, and the Loud had fhut them up ? 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, ' even our enemies themfelves being judges. 32 1 or their vine j| is of the vine of Scriom, and of the fields of Go- morrah : their grapes are grapes of gall, their cl niters are bitter : 33 Their wine is the poifon of dra- gons, and the cruel venom of afps. XXXII. mercy and judgment. || Or, bulb ianfunlcd. hIla.i6.IJ. c P,al. 7. n, i.i. t/.ck.s.iS. r Heb. burning Hab.'3. ;. d Lcvit. Ezek.7.15 I Cor. 7. s t Hsb. c ham be i Heb. 'lJ'.Ml'. 2. IS- Malm C4 4»- U u Chap. iChron. 24. 24. Ifa. 30. 17- kPfalm 44- I*i Ifa. 50. I. & 52. 3- 1 I Sam. Jcr. '40. 3- (I Or, is tbr viw r,f l«dfm,6u- with me, and fealed up among my l4J' ^ treafures ? m 1 .. 35 To me belo.igeth n vengeance ]tl.ll'.iz. andrtcompence; their foot .lhall Hide Rom.1!"."" in due time : for ° the flay of their ca- n pfaua lamity is at hand, and the things that jjciii'j. lhall come upon them make hade. 36 pFor the Lord fnall judge his < people, s and repent himiVU for bisoaP(t.2*| fervants, when he feeth that their p pram f power is gone, and r there it none fhut up »>r left. 37 And he fhall fay, 5 Where are iocs their gods, their rock in whom they iiu^.t; trufted ; t "tb. 38 Which did eat the fat of their ^^ facrifices, and drank the wine of their 14- 10. ic drink-olferings ? let them rife up and Vku^s help you, and be f your protection. %^6? 39 See now that 1 1, even I, am he, » juog- and u there is no god with me : x 1 jS/iVaa. kill, and I make alive; 1 wound, and ta*. I heal : neither is there any that can /«"*««. deliver out of my hand. ioV'h2n. 40 y For I lift up my hand to hea- ib.41._4> ven, and fay, I live for ever. 41 zIf I whet my glittering fword, and mine hand take hold on judg- \\TJL s' ment, I will render vengeance to^am. mine enemies, and will reward them ik&ps-j- that hate me. i^iialo. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk xgj*. u%. with blood, and my fword fhall de- wif.j0.j3. vour flefh ; and that with the blood f^g, of the flain, and of the captives, from iifa.a7-r. the beginning of a revenges upon the Isfto.5'* enemy. g*f'* 43 || b Rejoice, O ye nations, with Uob,j.2V his people ; for he will avenge the ^a.'*.* blood of his fervants, and will render . or. vengeance to his adverfaries, and ££k,$? will be merciful unto his land, **d %%%[?' to his people. bKom. ' 44 i And Mofes came, and fpake «*■ l0- all the words of this fong in the ears of the people, he, and || Hoihea tlie j^a. fon of Nun. 45 And Mofes made an end of fpeaking all thefe words to all lfrael. ^ fi fi 46 And he faid unto them, c Set uuTu. your hearts unto all the words which I teftify among you this day ; which ye fhall command your children to obferve, to do all the words of this law. 47 For it is not a vain thing nJrdCbtp_ you ; dbecaufe it /'; your life : and ic through this thing ye lhall prolong your days in the land whither ye go over Jordan to poilefs it. 48 t c And the Lord fpake unto ■ N ; Mofes that felf-fame day, faying, O 4 49 f Get 1.. The majefty of God. DEUTERONOMY. cS 49 f Get thee up into this mountain v_L^s!l_/ Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is fNomb. in the land of Moab, that is over Cfcip.34.1. againft Jericho, and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the chil- dren of Ifrael for a pofTeffion ; 50 And die in the mount whither thou goeft up, and be gathered unto 5o£!'j8. thy people ; as B Aaron thy brother * 33- 3a. died in mount Hor, and was gather- ed unto his people : 1?.",™:??' 5' Becaufe "ye trefpaffed againft me among the children of Ifrael at the waters of jj Meribah-kadefh, in the wildernefs of Zin Mofes bleffeth the II <»r, linft .. Kadjh becaufe ye 10 || They mall teach Jacob thy *J»J judgments, and Ifrael thy law : || they t usi-^ fliall put incenfe f before thee, and 10? whole burnt-facrifice upon thine altar. &££&. 11 Blefs, Lord, his fubftance, and 1, or, ;« accept the work of his hands : finite !*£,£" through the loins of them that rife 1 uct>. againft him, and of them that hate ""' "* '"*' him, that they rife not again^ 12 H And of Benjamin he faid, The beloved of the Lord (hall dwell in fafety by him ; and the LORD fhall cover him all the day long, and he mail dwell between his moulders. 13 f And of Jofeph he faid, "Blefs- n c">- ,s.^Lcvn. ifan^jfigd me not in the midft of ed of the Lord be his land, for the *i u:u .fir 1 ■ ^t • r . ' f the children of Ifrael. 52 k Yet thou malt fee the land before thee ; but thou malt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Ifrael. CHAP. XXXIII. 1 The majefty of God. 6 The bleffings of the twelve tribes. ANd this is the bleffing wherewith Mofes a the man of God blelfed the children of Ifrael before his death. 2 And he faid, b The Lord came from Sinai, and rofe up from Seir un- to them: he mined forth from mount Paran, and he came with c ten thou- .10. fands of faints : from his right hand 1. 3.10V went f a fiery law for them. 3 Yea, d he loved the people ; e all his faints are in thy hand : and they b Fxn*. i'J- 13. luag. 5-4 Mab. 3. 3. 14.OI. c Sec l'fal. ii-.-iT. 2. Rev. 5.1 & 9. 16 precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, 14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the fun, and for the precious things f put forth by the }"$}„,„. -{• moon, t Hch. 15 And for the chief things of " the "'^; ancient mountains, and for the pre- «•«■ cious things p of the lading hills, p Hat)- »•*• 16 And for the precious things of the earth, and fulnefs thereof; and for the good will of 1 him that dwelt «*■* in the bufh : let the bleffing come up- on the head of Jofeph, and upon the top of the head of him that ' was fe- [£. £5 parated from his brethren. 17 His glory is like the firftling of his bullock, and his horns are like the fireqf'ikw. fat down at thy feet ; every one fliall horns of f unicorns ; with them s he - h 10- s- echap.7.5 Pfal. 50. $, f Pfalm «Sc 17. 0. »i Ch»p. J2. I-. n. S« Je it u. u i receive of thy words 4 Mofes commanded us a law : f even the inheritance of the congre- gation of Jacob. 5 And he was E king in ' Jefliurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Ifrael were gathered together. 6 &c. foilth. 42?ai. 24! And of Afher he faid, d Let Afher be bleffed with children ; let him be acceptable to his brethren, 2g"!OI> anc* let mm l ^ip his foot in oil. 25 || Thy (hoes Jhall be iron and brafs ; and as thy days, fo Jhall thy ftrength be. 26 "fl r/^r^ z'x none like unto the God of f Jefhurun, Ew//orideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his ex- cellency on the Iky. 27 The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everl ailing arms : and he fhall thru ft out the enemy from before thee, and fhall fay, Deftroy tfiem. »Numb. 28 h Ifrael then fhall dwell in jer".*3. «. fafety alone : the fountain of Jacob & 33-10. jjlan (,e Up0n a ian[i 0f corn ami wine : alfo his heavens fhail drop down dew. 29 Happy art thou, O Ifrael : who is like unto thee, O people, faved by the Lord, the fhiekl of thy help, and who is the fword of thy excellency ! iisam. and 'thine enemies |j ihall be found rui4i58.44- liars unto thee, and k thou lhalt tread & si." is. upon their high places. lior.A.// CHAP. XXXIV. t'ctap.'""'' l Mofesfrom mount. Nebo view&h the 32- *i- land : 5 he iieth there : 6 his burial : 7 his age : 8 thirty da\s mourning for him: q.jojhuafucceedethfum. 10 The praife of Mofes. *?lT;h"& A Nd Mofes went up from the plains ch.3l.49. *^ ofMoab * unto the mountain of II or, Nebo, to the top of | Pifgah, that is bch!'-i7 over againit Jericho : and the Lord .v.L'.z.i ' fhewed him b all the land ofGilead, \^1n- r unto Dan, Sccjucieg. XXXIV. his age and death. 2 And all Naphtali, and the land of ^^ Rphraim, and Manafleh, and all the , '-"i- j land of Judah, d unto the utmoft fea, £■ ;«• faying, I will give it unto thy feed : •* ™'- 13. 8 I have caufed thee to fee it with §£*£ thine eyes, but thou lhalt not go over thither. 5 If '■ So Mofes the fervant of the £*£ Lord died there, in the land ofMoab, according to the word of the Lord. 6 f And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over againft Beth-peor : but '' no man knoweth of ' his fepnlchre unto this day. 7 1f kAnd Mofes was au hundred k3?T and twenty years old when he died : 1 his eye was not dim, nor his f na- Jf^K^. tnral force f abated. i nCb.' 8 1 And the children of Ifrael r^e' wept for Mofes in the plains ofMoab m thirty days : fo the days of weep- 500,10!' ing and mourning for Mofes were **!%'. ended. 9 If And Jofhua the fon of Nun was full of the fpirit of w'fdom ; for n Mofes had laid his hands upon him : 27.™, 23. and the children of Ifrael hearkened unto him, and did as the Lord com- manded Mofes. 10 f And there arofe not a prophet lince in Ifrael like unto Mofes, ° whom Ifl'St the Lord knew face to face ; ST». 1 r In all '' the iigns and the wonders c«;..' < .' *. which the Lord fent him to do in the 4pfJ?ft land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all i- »sk his fervants, and to all his land, 1 2 And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Mofes (Jiewed in the fight of all Ifrael. % The Book of J O S H U A. CHAP. I. 1 The Lord appomteth Jofliua to fuc cecd Mofes.' 3 The borders of the promifed land. 5, 9 God promt feth to a (fill Jojhuci: 8 he givtth him inflruftions. TOW, after the death of Mofes the fervant of the Lord, it came to pafs, that the Lord fpake unto Joihua the fon of Nun, Mofes amini- lter, faying, 2 b Mofes my fervant is dead ; now therefore arife, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Ifrael. , 3 % c Every place that the fole of ■ your foot fhall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I faid unto Mofes. 4 d From the wilderness and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great fea, toward the going down of the fun, lhall be your coait. 5 There fhall not any man be able to ltand before thee all the days of thy Cod/ promlfe to Jojlma. JOS ciSS thT life- c'As I wa3 with Mofes, Jo U5^ I will be with thee ; ' I will noc fail eE*od. thee, nor forfake thee. ** '*' 6 g Be ltrong and of a good cou- si. k,*3. rage ; for |( unto this people (halt thou gneat? * divide for an inheritance the land, 31 . ?.*3- which I fware unto their fathers to L°«V Sivethcm. ««*»Mi 7 Only be thou ftrong, and very ^nWri'fut courageous, that thou mayeft obferve hDraf " to<*° a:c0l'mng to *H tne lawi h which 31- 7" ' Mofes my fervant commanded thee : * DT'& ' turn not ^ om '*■ /0 tne r'ght na°d ai.3?i. or ?t> the left, that thou mayeft |( pro- !io0r!/vv. fper whitherfoever thou goeft. ' kDtnt. 17. 8 u This book of the law (hall not is, 19. depart out of thy mouth ; but ' thou IMU.1.2. fil.tjt inedifate therein day and night, that thou mayeft obferve to do ac- cording to all that is written therein : for then thou fhalt make thy way B «£. profperous, and then thou fhalt j] have 'rv good fuccefs. !"D'U6. 9 m l~*ave not I commanded thee ? ! ' " ' Ee ftrong, and of a good courage, be not afraid, neither be thou difinayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whitherfoever thou goeft. to "J Then Jolhua commanded the officers of the people, faying, 1 1 Pafs through the hoft, and com- mand the people, faying, Prepare you nch.p. victuals ; for ■ within three days ye fliall pafs over this Jordan, to go in to poffefs the land which fch,t brethren farmed, all the mighty men ■ft' valour, and help them, 1 ■ 15 Until t!:e Lord have given your brethren reft, as he hath given you, and they alfo have poflcfled the land which the Lord your God giveth Zi^'tct. them ; ''then ye (hall return unto the land of your poffdlion, and enjoy it, which Mofes the Lords fervant gave you on this (ide Jordan, toward the fun-ri'.ing. 16 Ard they anfwered Joflma. fay- ing, Ail that thou commanded us, we v. all do ; and whitherfoever thou fendcil us, \vc will go. H U A. RaJiab receiveth the fpies : 1 7 According as we hearkened un- 5*g ■» f /* • II.. ~ • » thrill to Mofes in all things, fo will we '■*>'• hearken unto thee: only the Lord ' " ' thy God be with thee, as he was with Mofes. 18 Whomever he be that doth rebel againft thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words, in all that thou commanded him, he fliall be put to death : only be Urong, and of a good courage. CHAP. II. 1 Rahah receiveth and concealeth the two /pies lent from Shittim : 8 the covenant between her ai of Egypt ; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites that were on *y covenant with them i CHAP. ;^ on the other fide Jordan, E Sihou and Og, whom ye utterly deftroyed. 1 1 And as ibon as we had heard thife things ''our hearts did melt, neither f did there remain any more courage in any man becaufe of you: for ' the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. 1 2 Now, therefore, I pray you, fwear unto me by the Lord, fnice I have (hewed you kindnefs, that ye will aifo (hew kindnefs unto k my fathers houfe ; and give me a true token : 13 And that ye will fave alive my father, and my mother, and my bre- thren, and my fillers, and all th.it they have, and deliver our lives from death. 1 4 And the men anfwered her, Our life f for yours, if ye utter not this our bufinefs. And it (hall be, when the Lord hath given us the land, that l we will deal kindly and truly with thee. 15 Then (he let them down by a cord through the window : for her houfe was upon the town-wall, and (he dwelt upon the wall. 16 And (lie faid unto them, Get ye to the mountain, left the pur- fuers meet you ; and hide yourfelves there three days, until the purfuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way. [ 7 And the men faid unto her, We will be blamelefs of this thine oath which thou haft made us fwear. 18 Behold, when we come into the land, thou (halt bind this line of fear- let thread in the window which thou didft let us down by : and thou (halt f bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy fathers houfehold, home unto thee. 19 And it (hall be, then whomever fhall go out of the doors of thy houfe into the ftreet, his blood fhall be up- on his head, and we will be guiltlefs : and whofoever (hall be with thee in the houfe, m his blood Jhall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. 20 And if thou utter this our bufi- nefs, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou haft made us to fwear. 21 And (he faid. According unto your words fo be it. And (he fent them away, and they departed : and (he bound the fcarlet line in the window. 22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the purfners were return- ed. And the purfuers fought them II, Hi. their retid'n and relation. throughout all the way, but found ffiffl them not. uj'i. 23 H So the two men returned, and * "* defended from the mountain, and paffed over, and came to jofhua the fon of Nun, and told him all things that befell them. 24 And they faid unto Jofhua, Truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands ail the land ; for even all the inhabit ants of the country do f faint \n<**mcu. becaufe of us. C HA P. III. 1 Joflnta cometh tn Jordan. 7 The Lord eucourageth Jojlma. 9 Jojliua en- courageth the people. ANd Jofhua rofe early in the morn- ing ; and they removed a from aci«p.».u Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Ifrael, and lodged there before they pa(Ted over. 2 And it came to pafs, b after three \^; u days, that the officers went through the hoft ; 3 And they commanded the people, faying, c When ye fee the ark of the cSecNum. covenant of the Lord your God, IO'33' dand the priefts the Levites bearing ^ Dmt. it, then ye (hall remove from your 3 ' place, and go after it. 4 Yet there fhali be a fpace between you and it, about two thoufand cu- bits by meafure ; come not near unto it ; that ye may know the way by which ye muft go : for ye have not palled this way f heretofore. r?th't> 5 And Jofhua faid unto the people, i»,m&t& e Sanctify yourfelves : for to-morrow *£j£j" the Lord will do wonders among ]°> i+^is- yOU. Numb. ' 6 And Jofhua fpake unto the priefts, cL'aJ^.tj. faying, f Take up the ark of the cove- j^.1^" nant, and pafs over before the people, f Numb. And they took up the ark of the cove- 4> ,s" nant, and went before the people. 7 f And the Lord faid unto Jofhua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the fight of ail Ifrael, that theymay know that, sas I was with Mofes, Jo ecbaP.i.j. I will be with thee. 8 And thou (halt command the priefts that bear the ark of the cove- nant, faying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye (hall (land (till in Jordan. 9 If And Jofhua faid unto the chil- dren oflfiatl, Come hither, and hear the words of the Lord your God. 10 And Jofhlia faid, Hereby ye fiiall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Ccmuauites, and the Hittites, and the Hivitcs, The waters of Jordan divided. JOS 5Sa Hivitcs, and the Perizzites, and the i45i- Girgafhites, and the Amorites, and " the Jebulites. i r Behold, the ark of the covenant rj";.1?',. "f hthe Lord of all the earth palietlx • over before you into Jordan. in Now, therefore, take ye twelve men out of the tribes of Ifrael, out of every tribe a man. 1 3 And it mall come to pafs, as foon as the foles of the feet of the priefts that bear the ark of the L o r d, the Lord of ail the earth, (hall reft in the •waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan fha'll be cut off 'from the wa- ters that come down from above ; and ; pfaim they ' (hall ftand up on an heap. 114 J' 14 f And it came to pafs, when the people removed from their tents, to pafs over Jordan, and the priefts tAas7.4J. bearing the kark of the covenant be- fore the people ; 1 5 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priefts that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for !iiCiT" ' Jordan overfloweth all his banks ]:'. iV. 5 ■ all the time of harveft, ) ?Ju™' 1 6 That the waters, which came **ch£ down from above ftood, and rofe up r tf-.a upon an heap, very far from the city 5. 10. 12. Adami that ls befide n Zaretan : and 4.liKi.nS thofe that came down ° toward the fea 7 "G* of the plain, even p the falt-fea, failed, °ui?y and were cut off; and the people i-Numb. paffed over right againft Jericho. 1 7 And the priefts, that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, ftood firm on dry ground in the midft of Jor- dan, and all the lfraelites paffedover on dry ground, until all the people were paS'ed clean over Jordan. CHAP. IV. i Twelve Jiones taken for a memorial out of Jordan : 9 twelve other Jiones Jet up in t/ie midjl thereof. 1 o, 1 9 The people pafs ovtr. 1 4 God magnifieth Jojhua. ANd it came to pafs, when all the people were clean palled aover *7-1" Jordan, that the Lord fpake unto Jofhua, faying, 2 Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man ; 3 And command yc them, faying. Take you hence out of the midft of Jordan, out or" the place where the priefts feet ftood firm, twelve (tones ; and ye (hall carry them over with ever- y°n-> aiu' leave them in the ' lodging- Jv. io- place where ye (hall lodge this night. 4 Then Jolhua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the H U A. Twelve ftones fet up- in Jordan; children of Ifrael, out of every tribe a man ; ujj. 5 And Jofhua faid unto them, Pafs ' "~~ over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midft of Jordan, and take ye up every man of yon a ftone up- on his (houlder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Ifrael; 6 That this may be a fign among you, that when your children alk tlieir fathers f in time to come, faying, t em. What mean ye by thefe ftones ? 7 Then ye (hall anfwer them, That d the waters of Jordan were cut off *^£ : before the ark of the covenant of the Lord ; when it paffed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off : and thefe ftones (hall be for a memo- rial unto the children of Ifrael for ever. 8 And the children of Ifrael did fo as Jolhua commanded, and took up twelve ftones out of the midft of Jordan, as the Lord fpake unto Jofhua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Ifrael, and carried them over with them un- to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. 9 And Jofhua fet up twelve ftones in the midft of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priefts which bare the ark of the covenant ftood : and they are there unto this day. 10 1f For the priefts which bare the ark ftood in the midft of Jordan, until every thing was finifhed that the Lord commanded Jolhua to (peak unto the people, according to all that Mofes commanded Jofhua : and the people halted and puffed over. 1 1 And it came to pafs, when all the people were clean palled over, that the ark of the Lord paffed over, and the priefts, in the prefence of the people. i2 And fthe children of Reube and the children of Gad, ami hall the tribe of ManalTeh, palled over armed before the children of Ifrael, as Mofes fpake unto them. 13 About forty thoufand red for war paffed over before the Lord unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. i.< r On tlmr day the Lord •' mag- <^p:> nified Jolhua in the light of all Ifrael; and they feared, him, as they feared Mofes, all the days ot hib life. 15 t And the Lord fpake unto Jolhua faying, 16 Command Twehe ftones pitcfied in Gilgal : G H A *^[,e 1 6 Command the priefts that bear i4s|.. Bthe ark of the teftimony, that they eKxoa.7^, come up out of Jordan. 10.11. r7 jofhu^ therefore commanded the priefts, faying, Come ye up out of Jordan. 1 8 And it came to pafs, when the priefts that bare the ark of the cove- nant of theLoRD were come up out of themidftof Jordan, and the foles of the ItuZd up. priefts feet were flirted upuntothe dry land, that the waters of Jordan re- -.Cihs?' turned unto their place, h and -{-flowed i neb. over all his banks, as they did before. "*■ 19 ^ And the people came up cut of Jordan on the tenth day of the hrft ichap.s.9. month, and encamped '' in Gilgal, in the eaft border of Jericho. 20 T| And thofe twelve ftones, which they took out of Jordan, did Jofhua pitch in Gilgal. 2 1 And he fpake unto the children of Ifrael, faying. When your children jLtoIVoS*. fta11 afli tneir fathers f in time to ' come,faying,What m. had clone circumcifmg all the people, pupllffd that they abode in their places in the ?n "';.,'., camp e till they were whole. %idm' 9 And the Lord faid unto Jofhua, es«Ge«. This day have I rolled away f the re- \\ ls' proach of Egypt from otf'you : where- 2^™*' fore the name of the place is called %'.*?*' ]| 6 Gilgal unto this day. "»• 10 f And the children of Ifrael =z«k-».r. encamped in Gilgal, atid kept the iM&jlst: paflbver hon the fourteenth day of^™Jtis» the month at even in the plains of gci>«7. Jericho. J*^* 1 1 And they did eat of the old 12. xo. ' corn of the land on the morrow after the paflbver, unleavened cakes and parched corn in the felf-fame day. 12 1 And 'the manna ceafed on ; the morrow after they had eaten of ' "'' the old corn of the land ; neither had the children of Ifrael manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. 13 •} And it came to pafs, when Jofhua was by Jericho, tlut he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there ftood k a man over againft him, J with his fword drawn in his hand : z and Jofhua went unto him, and faid unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adverfaries ? 14 And he faid, Nay; but as \\ cap- &„?£.. tain of the hoft of the Lord am I now j[* f**- come. And Jofluia fell on his face d«-k>- to the earth, and did worfhip, and ,2' unto his fervant 1 5 And Jericho is beficged, JOSHUA. taken and burnt, ciuift lS Aim the captain of the Lords and they came into the camp, and ™?l v '4u. ^ hoft raid unito jolhaa, 'Loofe thy lodged in the camp. Us<- izxfhua, and his fame was noij'ed throughout all the country. C H A P. VII. 1 The Jfraelites are Smitten at Ai. 6 jFofhuas complaiiit : to God in- ftrutteth him what to do. 16 Achan is taken by lot 19 his confejjion : 22 he and all that he had are de- stroyed in the valley of Achor. Ut the children of Ifrael com- mitted a trefpafs in the accurfed l™g, thing : for a || Achan the fon of Car- 11 or, mi, the fon of || Zabdi, t'ne fon of Ze- i'ch'von. rah, of the tribe of Judah, took of *• 7" the accurfed thing ; and the anger of z/Jrf, the Lord was kindled agaietft the l?goa- children of Ifrael. 2 And Jolhua fent men from Jeri- cho to Ai, which is befkle Beth-aven, on the eaft fide of Beth-el, and fpake unto them, faying, Go tip and view the country- And the men went up and viewed Ai . 3 And they returned to Jofliua, and faid unto him, Let not all the people about 2C00 go up ; but let \ about two or three ™Zt 3cco thoufand men go up and fmite Ai, mcn' and make not all the people to labour thither ; for they are but few. 4 So there went up thither of the people about three thoufand men ; and they (led before the men of Ai. 5 And the men of Ai fmote of them about thirty and fix men : for they chafed them from before the 0r gate even unto Shebarim, and finote tnulrad. them || in the going down ; where- B' P. VII. Cod inflrudeth JoJIata. fore b the hearts of die people melted, *£jg* and became as water. 145a. 6 U And Jolhua rent his clothes, bOh^T^ and fell to the earth upon his face nV.ijiu,. before the ark of the Lord ui.til the even -tide, he and the elders of Ifrael, and c put dull upon Uieir *"**• heads. %\vL 7 And Jolhua faid, Alas ! O Lord .'V./.v 1. God, wherefore haft thou at all J L *•"• brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the baud of the A1110- rites, to deftroy us ? Would to Ood we had been content, and dwelt on the other fide Jordan ! 8 O Lord, what (hall I fay, when Ifrael turneth their f backs before J^SJ" their enemies! 9 For the Canaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land, (hall hear of it, and ihall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth : and d what wilt thou do unto thy great %3.^eI[xod• name ? Numb. 10 f And the Lord faid unto14"13' Jolhua, Get thee up; wherefore tJ-JLieftj,^ thou thus upon thy face ? 11 Ifrael h;ith finned, and they have alfo tranigreiled my covenant which I commanded them : e for they SCha^. . have even taken of the accurfed thing, and have alfo ibolen, and dif- fembled alfo, and they have put it even among their own ihifr". 1 2 Therefore the children of Ifrael could not Hand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, becaufe they were accurfed: neither will 1 be with you any more, except ye deftroy the accurfed from among you. 13 Up, fanftify the people, and fay, f Sanctify yourfelves again!! to- f cirap.3.j. morrow ; for thus faith the Lord God of Ifrael, Fliere is an accurfed thing in the midit of thee, O Ifrael : thou canfi not Hand before diine ene- mies until ye take away the accurfed thing from among you. 14 In the moruing, therefore, ye (hall be brought according to your tribes: and it ihall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh (hall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord (hall take fliall come by houfeiiolds j and the houfehold which the Lord mall take ihall come man by man. 15 And it Ihall be, tliat he that is taken with the accurfed tiling (hall be burnt with (ire, he and all that he hath ; becaufe he hath tranfgreffed the covenaut of the Lord, and be- caufe Action taken by lot. gjjjj* caufe he ghath wrought »4U- Ifrael. JOSHUA folly in g^^ 16 1 So Jofhua rofe np early in Ji£g?V0l6. the morning, and brought Ifrael by ii or, their tribes; and the tribe of Judah «-f.-fa*m». was t.lken . 17 And he brought the family of Judah ; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man : and Zabdi was taken : 18 And he brought his houfehold man by man ; and Achan the fon of Carmi, the fon of Zabdi, the fon of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. 19 And Joflma faid unto Achan, hseiisam. My fon, hgive, I pray thee, glory to %s.'n. ig. the Lord God of Ifrael, * and make john 5- 14. confeffion unto him: and tell me • Nums- -now wnat thou haft done; hide it not from me. 20 And Achan anfwered Jofhua, and faid, Indeed I have finned againft the Lord God of Ifrael, and thiu and thus have I done : 21 When I faw among the fpoils a goodly Babylonifli garment, and two hundred ihekels of filver, and t Heb. a f wedge of gold of fifty fliekek taniut' weight, then I coveted them, and took them ; and, behold, they are hid in the earth, in the midft of my tent, and the filver under it. 22 ^ So Jofhua fent meflengers, and they ran unto the tent ; and. be- hold, it was hid in his tent, and the filver under it. 23 And they took them out of the midft of the tent, and brought them unto Jofhua, and unto all the children *Heb. of Ifrael, and f laid them out btfore •"""* the Lord. 24 1 And Jofhua, and all Ifrael with him, took Achan the fon of Zerah, and the filver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his fons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his alfes, and his fheep, and hifc tent, and all that he had ; and they brought kv«t. 26. them unto kthe valley of Achor. ictap. 25 And Jofhua faid, 'Why haft thou troubled us? the Lord mall trouble thee this day. "' And all Ifrael ftoned him with ftoilie burned them with fire, after they had ftoned them with Itoncs. 26 And they ■ railed over him a great heap of ftones unto this day. So the Lord turned from the fierce- nefs of his anger : wherefore the name of that pltace was called. " The valley of |j Achor unto this i\*y. Gal. s. I m Ucut God encourageth Jofliua* CHAP, VIII. t God encourageth Joffoia. 3 Thefh'a- tagem whereby Ai was taken : 20 the king thereof is hanged. 30 Jojhtta builcleth an altar: 32 he writetli the law on Jlo?ies : 33 he propowhi- eth blejjings and curjings. ANd the Lord faid unto Jofhua, e •' - "Fear not, neither be thou dif- "j1," mayed ; take all the people of war ~;~'^~ with thee, and arife, go up to Ai : fee, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land. 2 And thou fnalt do to Ai and her king as thou didft unto » Jericho and £c2h?f • her king : only c the fpoil thereof, and c Denter. the cattle thereof, (hall ye take for a 23-i4' prey unto yourfelves. Lay thee an ambufh for the city behind it. 3 If So Jofhua arofe, and all the people of war, to go up againft Ai : and Jofhua chofe out thirty thoufand mighty men of valour, and fent them away by night. 4 And he commanded them, fay- ing, Behold, d ye fhall lie in wait ? ' '■'.''' againft the city, even behind the city; * go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready : 5 And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city : and it fhall come to pafs, when they come out againft us, as at the firft, that we will flee before them, 6 (For they will come out after us.) till we have f drawn them from * "'-'■ the city ; for they will fay. They flee ' before us, as at the firft : therefore we will flee before them. 7 Then ye (hall rife up from tire ambufh, and feize upon the city : for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hand. 8 And it fhall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye (hall let the city on fire ; according to the com- mandment of the Lord fhall ye do. See, I have commanded you. 9 If Jofhua, therefore, fent them forth ; and they went to lie in am- nd abode between Beth - el and Ai, on the weft fide of Ai : but Jofhua lodged that night among the people. 10 And Joflma rofe up early in the morning, and numbered the people and went up, he and the elders of Ifrael, before the people to Ai. 11 And all the people, eve)* the people of war that were with him. went up, and drew nigh, and cami before the city, and pitched on the north JofJuias ftratagem again ft Ai : C H A cMtt north fide of Ai : now there was a 1451. valley between them and Ai. -v i 2 And he took about live thoufand men, and let them to lie in ambufh between Beth-el and Ai, on the welt K.qfAi. fide |J of the city. i 3 And when they had fet the people, even all the holt that war on the north •'*£«* of the city, and f their Tiers in wait «-«'• on the weft of the city, Jofhua went that night into the midft of the .valley. 1 4 *f And it came to pafs, when the king of Ai faw it, that they hailed aiul rofe up early, and the men of the city went out againft Ifrael to battle, he and all his people, at a time ap- pointed, before the plain : but he wift not that there Were filers in ambufh againft twin behind the city. 15AndJ01l.ua and all Ifrael made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wildernefs. 16 And all the people thai Were in Ai were called together to Burfue after them' ; and they purfned after jofhua,- and were drawn away from the city. 17 And there was not a man left in , Ai or Beth-el that went not out after ; Ifrael : and they left the city open, and purfued after Ifrael. i3 And the Lord faid unto Jolliua, Stretch out the fpear that is in thy hand toward Ai ; for I will give it in- to thine hand. And Jofhua ftretched out the fpear that he had in his hand toward the city. 19 And the ambuih arofe quickly otit of their place, and they ran asfoon as he had ftretched out his hand : and they entered into the city, and took it, and halted, and fet the city on lire'. 20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they faw, and, behold, the fmoke of the city afceuded up to [** heaven, and they had no -f- power to flee this way or that way : and the people that fled to the wildernefs turned back upon the purfuers. 2 1 And when Jofhua and all Ifrael faw that the ambuih had taken the city, and that the fmoke of the city afcended, then they turned again, and (lew the men of Ai. 22 And the other iflued out of the city againft them ; fo they were in the micHt of Ifrael, fome on this fide, and fome on that fide : and they firiote cut.7.2. them, fo that they e let none of them remain or efcape. 23 And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Jofhua. P. VIII. it is taken and bui 24 Ami it came to pafs, when lfi-id had made an end of 'flaying all inhabitants of Ai in the held, in the '*" wiidernefs wherein they chafed thoin, and when they were all fallen on " : edge of the (word until they were* confumed, that all the Ifraeiites re- turned unto Ai, and fmote it with the edge of the fword. 25 And Jb it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, v:ere twelve thoufand, even all the men of Ai. 26 For Jofhua drew not his hand back wherewith he ftretched out r::.j fpear, mull he had r.ttcriy deitroved all the inhabitants of Ai. 27 f Only the cattle, and the fpoil ;. of that city, Ifrael took for a prey unto rhemfelves, accai ding unto the word of the Lord which he "com- ' manded Jcihua. 28 And Jofhua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a defolation, unto this day. 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until even- tide ;'i '' and asZi foon as the fun was down, Joihuacom- ) manded that they (hould t cafe down from the tree, and call it at the entering of the gate of the city. and ! raife thereon a great heap of {tones, that r?vzaii:eth unto this day. 30 % Then Joihua built an altar un- , , to the Lord God of Ifrael h in mount 2 Ebal, 31 As Mbfesj the fervant of the Lord, commanded the children of, Ifrael, as it is written ill the 'hook of the law of Mofes, An altar of whole M ftones, over winch no man hath lift up any iron ; and they'oifered thereon burnt-offerings unto the Lord, and facriticed peace-offerings. 32 And m he wrote there, upon the . ftones, a copy of the law of Mole*, which he wrote in the prefe.ULC of the children of Ifrael. 33 And ail Ifrael. and their elders, and officers, and their judge-, flood on this fide the ark, and on that fide, before the priefts the Levites, "which bare the ark of the cove- :,, nant of the Lord, as well the ftran- gar as he that was born among ttjem : half of them over againft mount riziin, znd ha|f of thempvei mount Ebal ; ° as Mofes, the fer of the Lo Rl>, had commanded before, s ; that theylhould blefs the people of Ifrael. 34 And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blefllrtgs kind g curlings, A; The Cibeonitei craft : JOSH gjjjgj curfings, according to all that is writ- '■*"• _, ten in the book of the l;i\v. 35 There was not a word of all that Mofes commanded which Jothua read n# before all the congregation of /,"!; Ifrael, p with the women, and the little ones, and the Grangers that "/toi. f were converfant among them. C H A P. IX. i The kings combine qgainfi Ifrael 3 I'he Gibvmitcs, obtaining a league /v craft, 1 6 are cpndem?md to per- petual bondage. Nd it came to pafs, when all the kings which were on this fide Jor- dan, in the hills, and iw the vallies, and in ail the coafts of the great fea over againtt Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebu- lite, heard thereof, 2 That they gathered themfelves together, to tight with Jofhua and with t]'2- Ifrael, with one f accord. 3 If And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Jofhua had done unto Jericho, and to Ai, 4 They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been amhaf- fadors, and took old facks upon their afles, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up ; 5 And old fhoes 3nd clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their pro- vilion was dry and mouldy. 6 And they went to Jofhua unto the camp at Gilgal, and faid unto him, and to the men of Ifrael, We be come from a far country ; now, therefore, make ye a league with us. 7 And the men of Ifrael faid unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell ""£ among us ; and a how fhall we make a league with you ? 8 And they faid unto Jofhua, We are thy fervants. And Jofhua faid unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye ? 9 And they faid unto him, From a very far country thy fervants are conic, becaufe of the name of the Lorb thy God : for we have heard the tame of him, and ail that he did in Egypt, hNumb.n. 10 And b all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Hefliboii, and to Og king of Bafhan, which xvai at Afhtaroth. ir Wherefore our elders, and all the inhabitants of our country, ipake lilf't^j. to Us, faying, Take victuals + with U A. they ate wade brnd-men* you for the journey, and go to meet them, and fay unto them, We are f^lis your fervants : therefor, riov '*~~^ ye a league with us. 12 Tliis our bread we took hot for our provifioh out of our houfes on the day wa came forth to go unto you , but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy : 1 3 And tnefe bottles of wine which we t\\\?dwere new. and, behold, they be rent ; and thefe our garments and our ihoes are become old by reafon of the very long j mrney. 1 4 And |j the men took of their J! «eT;v',*"f victuals, c and afked not counl'el at ,"""" "•" the mouth of the Lord. vieuaiu is And Jofhua made peace with ££°,™* them, and made a league with them, to let them live : and the princes of the congregation fware unto them. 1 6 % And it came to pafs, at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbours, and that they dwelt among them. 17 And the children of Ifrael jour- neyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, d and Chephirah, and Bee- if.Vs''8' roth, and Kirjath-jearim. t«m».ai. 18 And the children of Ifrael fmote them not, becaufe the princes of the congregation had fworn unto them by the Lord God of Ifrael. And all the congregation murmured againft the princes. 19 But all the princes faid unto all the congregation, We have fworn un- to them by the Lord God of Ifrael : now, therefore, we may not touch them. 20 This we will do to them ; we will even let them live, left c wrath |ff*if^" be upon us, becaufe of the oath which we fware unto them. 21 And the princes faid unto them, Let them live; but let them be f hewers of wood, and drawers of wa- t Deut. ter, unto all the congregation ; as the *°' "" princes had 8 promifed them. tfn.n. 22 % And Jofhua called for them, and he fpake unto them, faying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, fay- ing. We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us ? 2 3 Now, therefore, ye are curfed, and there fhall \ none of you be freed ',0"7;„,^ from being bond-men, and hewers of /r'"-""- wood, and drawers of water, for the houfe of my God. 24 And they anfwered Jofhua, and faid, Becaufe it was certainly told thy Five kings war againfl Gibson. s£iS thv Servants, how that the Lord thy '+)'• God h commanded his fervant Mofes out. to give you all the land, and to de- • 2l ftroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were fore afraid of our Jives becaufe of you, and have done this thing. 25 And now, behold, we are in thine hand : as it feemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. 26 And fo did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Ifrael, that they flew them not. 27 And Jolhua made them that day hewers of wood, and drawers of wa- ter, for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, even unto this zf; day, * in the place which he fhould choofe. CHAP. X. I Five kings war againfl Gibeon : 6 Jofliua refcueth it. 12 The fun and moon fland Jiill at the word of Jofhua. NOw it came to pafs, when Adoui- zedek king of Jerufalem had heard how Jolhua had taken Ai, and £* had utterly deftroyed it ; a as he had done to Jericho and her king, fo n. 8 22 he had done to b Ai and her king ; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Ifrael, and were among them ; 2 That they feared greatly, be- caufe Gibeon was a great city, as one of the f royal cities, and becaufe it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty. 3 Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerufalem fent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jar- muth, and unto Japhia king of La- chifli, and unto Debir king of Eglon, faying, 4 Come up unto me, and help me, that we may fmite Gibeon : for it hath made peace with Jolhua, and with the children of Ifrael. 5 Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerufalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jar- muth, the king of Lachifh, the king of Eglon, gathered themfelves toge- ther, and went up, they and all their holts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war againft it. 6 *{\ And the men of Gibeon fent unto Jolhua to the camp to Gilgal, faying, Slack not thy band from thy fervants ; come up to us quickly, and fave us, and help us : for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in 1 Hch. cit&iBftbe t:ngdnn. CHAP. X. The fun and moon fland flill. the mountains are gathered together £ehf°£ againlt us. 1451. 7 So Jolhua afcended from Gilgal, ' """" "* he and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour. 8 \ And the Lord faid unto Jolhua, Fear them not ; for I have de- livered them into thine hand ; there ftiall not a man of them fland before thee. q Jolhua, therefore, came unto them fuddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night. 10 And the Lord c difcomfited V^%: them before Ifrael, and flew them j'^1-1'8 ■'*' with a great (laughter at Gibeon, and "' J ' *'" chafed them along the way that goeth up d to Beth-horon ; and fmote them Al^\ to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. 1 1 And it came to pafs, as they fled from before Ifrael, and were in the going down to Beth-horon, that the Lord caft down great ftones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died : they were more which died with hailftones than they whom the children of Ifrael flew with the fword . 12 II Then fpake Jofhua to the Lord, in the day when the Lord de- livered up the Amorites before the children of Ifrael, and he faid in the fight of Ifrael, e Sun, \ fland thou ftill 'ultfu.' upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in ffi£ the valley of Ajalon. t u«'. 13 And the fun flood ftill, and the *" '•/"""• moon ftayed, until the people had avenged themfelves upon their ene- mies. { Is not this written in the [Ja^. book of (] Jafher ? So the fun ftood "ftill n or, nt in the midft of heaven, and halted Mpnsb" not to go down about a whole day. 14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man : for the Lord fought for Ifrael. 15 If gAnd Jofhua returned, and £'■'« 42. all Ifrael with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. 16 But thefe five kings fled, and hid themfelves in a cave at Makkedah. 17 And it was told Jolhua, faying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah. 1 8 And Jolhua faid, Roll great ftones upon the mouth of the cave, and fet men by it for to keep them ; 19 And ftay ye not but purfue ^ a> after your enemies, and | finite the Cffu,d he did to the king of Makkedah ' as he did unto the king of Jericho. 29 H Then Jofhua palled from Mak- kedah, and ail Ifrael with him, unto Libnah, and foiight aguinft Libnah : 30 And the Lord delivered it alfo, smd..the king thereof, into the hand of Ifrael ; and he ("mote it with the edge of the fword, and all the fouls that were therein; he let none remain in HU A. Drain kings oven it ; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho. v 31 f And Jofhua pafled from Lib- nah, and all Ifrael with him, unto Lachifh, and encamped againft it, and fought againft it : 32 And the Lord delivered La- chiih into the hand of Ifrael, which took it on the fecond d^y, and fmote it with the edge of the fword, and all the fouls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah. 33.*, Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachifh ; and Joihua fmote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. 34 *'\ And from Lachiih Joihua pair- ed unto Eglon, .and all Ifrael with him: and they encanapcdagainft.it, and fought againft it : 35 And they took it on that day, and fmote it with the edge of the fword ; and all the fouls that were therein he utterly deftroyed that day, according to all that he had done tu Lachiih. 36 *; And Jofhua went up from Fjg- ioii. and all Ifrael with him, unto "He- ' bron ; and they fought againft it : 37 And they took it, and fmote it w\ tli the edge of the fword, and the king. thereof, and all the cities there- of, and all the fouls that were there- in ; he left none remaining, accord- ing'to all that he had done to Eglon, but deftroyed it utterly, and all the fouls that were therein. 38 "5 And Joihua returned, and all Ifrael with him, to n Debir, and ■ fought againft it : 39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, aud they fmote them with the edge of the fword, and utterly deftroyed all the fouls that were therein ; he left none remaining : as he had done to Hebron, fo he did to Debir, and to the king thereof, as he had done alio to Libnah, and to her king. 40 f So Joihua fmote all the coun- try of the hills, and of the fouth, and of the vale, and of the fprings, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly deftroyed all th.it breathed, as the Lord God of _ Ifrael "commanded. " 41 And Joihua fmote them from Kadefli-Barnea even unto Gaza, ?and \ all the country of Golhen, even unto Gibeon. 42 And all thefe kings, and their land, did Jofhua take at one time; be- caufe the Loud God of Ifrael fought for Ifrael. 43 And omt. Hazor taken and burnt. C H A 43 And Jofhua returned, and all Ifrael with him, unto the camp to J Gilgal. CHAP. XI. i Divers kings overcome at the waters, ofMerom. 10 Hazor is taken arid burnt. 2 r The Anakims cut off. ANd it came to pafs, when jabtn king of Hazor had heard thofe things that he fent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king aof Shimron, and to the king of Achfhaph, 2 And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains fouth of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders b of :■ Dor on the weft, 3 And to the Canaanite on the eaft and on the weft, and to the Amo- rite, and the Hittite, and the Periz- zite, and the Jebufite in the moan- s' tains, c and to the Hivite under Her- mon d in the land of Mizpeh. 4 And they went out, they and all their hofts with them, much people, even as the fand that is upon the fea- fhore in multitude, with horfes and chariots very many. 5 And when all thefe kings were f met together, they came and pitch- - ed together at the waters of Merom, to fight againft Ifrael. 6 If And the Lord faid unto Jofhua, Be not afraid becaufe of them ; for to- morrow, about this time, will I de- liver them up all {lain before Ifrael : thou (halt c hough their horfes, and burn their chariots with fire. 7 So Jofhua came, and all the people of war with him, againft them by the waters of Merom fuddenly, and they fell upon them. 8 And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Ifrael, who fmote them, and chafed them unto || great Zidon, and unto f || \ Mizrephoth- maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eaftward ; and they fmote them, until they left them none remaining. 9 And Jofhua did unto them as the Lord bade him: he houghed their horfes, and burnt their chariots with fire. i o 1f And Jofhua at that time turn- ed back and took Hazor, and fmote the king thereof with thefword : for H.izor before time was the head of ail thofe kingdoms. 1 1 And they fmote all the foals that were therein with the edge of the fword, utterly deftroy'mg///mz; there . was not f any left to breathe i and he burnt Hazor with tire. P. XI. The Anakims cut of. ■ 12 And all Hie cities of thofe kings, and all the kings of them, did Jofhua use. take, and fmote them with the edge v w ' of the fword ; and he utterly deftroy- ed them, s as Mofes, the fervant of?.?;1™';- the Lord, commanded. 13 But as for the cities that flood ftill + in their ftrength, Ifrael binned none of them, fave Hazor only ; that did Jofhua burn. 14 And all the fpoil of thefe cities, and the cattle, the children of Ifrael took for a prey unto themfelves ; but every man they fmote with the edge of thefword, until they had deftroyed them, neither left they any to breathe. 1 s 'As the Lord commanded Mofes ***<*■ his fervant, fo '' did Mofes command fiteut.7.2. Jofhua, and fo did Jofhua; -j- he left I Heb. nothing undone of all that the Lord V commanded Mcfes. 16 _«U k So Jofhua took all that land, \ _ ■ the hills, and all the fouth country, 'and all the land of Gofhen, and the ' valley, and the plain, and the. moun- tain of Ifrael, and the valley of the fame ; 1 7 '" Even from || the mount Ha- ™S'~7' lak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto » . Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon, '^ZiZl','-. under mount Hermon ; and all their . kings he took, and fmote them, and flew them. 18 || Jofhua made war a long time i/rmu+s. with all thofe kings. ro There was not a city that made peace with the children of Ifrael lave n the Hivites, the inhabitants of nChiP s?.?. Gibeon ; all other they took in battle : 20 For °it was of the Lord to^n™' harden their hearts, that they mould come againft Ifrael in battle, that he might deftroy them utterly, and that they might have no favour, hut that he might deftroy them; ''as the Lord pDeut-ao. commanded Mofes. 2 1 f And at that time came Jofhua, and cut off ^ the Anakims from the 5^"™?'"' mountains; from Hebron, from De- Deut-t':8> bir, from Anab, and from all the mountains. of Judah, and from all the mountains of Ifrael : Jofhua deftroyed them utterly with their cities. 22 There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of If- r rael ; only in G*za, in Gath, ratfdij.4& in Aflidod, there remained. 23 So Jofhua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord faid unto Mofes, and Jofhua gave it forsNjmh> an inheritance unto Ifrael, 'accord- «-J3. ing to their divifions by their tribes, &!l-,!£* ' ,And the land refted from war. 5 p 3 CHAP. Divers kings and cities JOS CHAP. XII. I The two kings whofe countries Mofes took and difpofed of. 7 The one and thirty kings on the other fide Jordan which Jojhua fmote. chfiii "VTOw "thefe are the kulSs of" the uso. 1/N land which the children of If- ¥ ' rael fmote, and poffefled their land on the other iide Jordan toward the rifing of the fun ; from the river Ar- »T)eut.3.s>. non aunto mount Hermon, and all '♦J*- the plain on the eafl : *?""?' 2 bSil.on king of the Amorites, uti'le. who dwelt in Hefhbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilcad, even unto the,river Jabbok, which -s the border of the children of mmon : «D«ut. 3 And c from the plain to the fea 3'17' of Chinneroth on the eaft, and unto the fea of the plain, even the falt-fea achjp. on the eaft, drhe way to Beth-jefhi- moth ; and from || the fouth, under Afhdoth-pifgah H U A. conquered by Jofliua. The king of Jarmuth, one ; the r Chip Bef -e Chrift J451. II Or, Vim in. II Or, Toe .""'"":"'/ /■,/i^.or "1 be bill. e Deut. 4 And the coalt of Og king of Ba- tions of Gilgal, one ; ftian, which was of f the remnant of the giants, sthat dwelt at Alhtaroth and at Edrei, * ijtut. 5 And reigned in mount Hermon, ^,11. hand jn Salcah, and in all Bafliau, 13- it- 'unto the border of the Gefhurites b Deut. 1,4. ancj the Maachathites, and half Gi- 5. ,o"1, lead, the border of Sihon king of iDeut. Heflibon ; r die king of Lachifli, one 1 2 The king of Eglon, one king of Gezer, one ; 1 3 ' The king of Debir, one ; the lo.^ king of Geder, one ; * "»>■ 14 The king of Hormah, one ; the <0' king of Arad, one ; 1 5 " The king 1 the king of Adullam, one 16 * The king of Makkedah, one ; jcm* ythe king of Beth-el, one ; _clup] 17 The king of Tappuah, one } 8« '?• * the king of Hepher, one ; 2 • Kins> 1 8 The king of Aphek, one ; the 4' king of || Lafharon, one ; M£„. 19 The king ot Madon, one ; * the aCiup. king of Hazor, one ; "• ,0- 20 The king b of Shimron-meron, uso. one ; the king of Achfliaph, one ; ^"f:'^ 21 The king of Taanach, one ; the »o- «>• king of Megiddo, one ; 22 c The king of Kedefh, one ; the ecu«p. king of Jokneam of Carmel, one ; t3'37' 23 The king of Dor, in the coaft of Dor, one ; the king of d the na- a c,e:-.. 14.1,2. lf». 9. 1. 24 The king of Tirzah, one : all the kings thirty and one. CHAP. XIII. 2 The bounds of the land not yet con- quered. 14, 33 The Lords facri- jices are the Levitts inheritance. 22 Balaam J lain. NOw Jofliua a was old and ftricken »44?i in years; and the Lord faid un- *?_«' -b'A 6 kThem did Mofes, the fervant of to him, Thou art old and ftricken in 14. 33- the Lord, and the children of Ifrael, w.U33b.'32" lm*ite ' and 'Moles, the fervant of the cn^Vf"*LoRD, gave it for a polleflion unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manaifeh. 7 1f And thefe are the kings of the country which jofliua and the chil- dren of Ifrael fmote on this fide Jor- dan on the weft', from Baal-gad in the SefJS'flt valley of Lebanon, even unto "' the 1^ 17- mount Halak that goeth up to Stir ; which Jofliua gave unto the tribes of Ifrael for n pofleflion, according to their divilions : ofhjp. 8 n In the mountains, and in the vallies, and in the plains, add in the fprings, ami in the wildernefs, and in the fouth country ; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivitcs-, and the Je- bulites. T451. 9 % "The king of Jericho, one ,• f.ch8p.r..i. pthe ki,!£ of Ai) v/njch is bolide *s?T Beth-cK one ; , r»p. 10. 'Tliekingof JersfiUeoij one; ■- ' '" the king of Hebron, one j years, and there remaineth yet very much land f to be poilelFed. 2 b This is the land that yet re- j maineth ; c all the borders of the Phi- , liftines, and all Gefliuri, 3 d From Sihor, which is before - Mif- *.< rephoth-uaim, a*da\\ the Sidonians : them will 1 drive out from before the chilAen of Ifrael: only divide thou The bounds of the land, &c. C H A P. ~*c£m 'c by lot unto the Ifraelites for an in- t '*■»• heritance, as I have commanded thee. """^ 7 Now, therefore, divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manafleh, 8 With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inhe- In.'xf' ritanceT ' which Mofes gave them be- beut. 3. yond Jordan eaftward, even as Moles, cbLp.32i.4. the fervant of the Lord, gave them; 9 From Aroer that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that ?lN3<£b• " in the midft of the river, m and all the plain of Medeb'a unto Dibon ; io And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heflibon, unto the border of the chil- dren of Ammon ; n chap. , , n ^ntj Gilead, and the border of the Geflinrites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and allBalhan unto Salcah ; r 2 All the kingdom of Og in Bafhan, which reigned in Afhtaroth and in oDeat. Edrei, who remained of °the remnant caap.11.4. 0f the giants ; for thefe did Mofes finite, and caft them out. 13 Neverthelefs, the children of Ifrael expelled p not the Gefhurites, nor the Maachathites : but the Ge- fhurites an?l the Maachathites dwell among the Ifraelites until this day. 14 ''Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance ; the facritices of the Lord God of Ifrael made by «• ver.33. fire are their inheritance, r as he faid unto them. 15 "II And Mofes gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inhe- ritance, according co their families: 'i.h2?' lo And their coaft was s from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river t3?l28b' Arnon, 'and the city that is in the u Numb, midft of the river, u and all the plain 81.30. byMedeba; 17 Hefhbon, and all her cities that are in the plain ; Dibon, and || Ba- moth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, 18 "Andjahaza, and Kedemoth, *7. 3a**' and Mephaath, xNumb. 19 y And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, a';*3L and Zareth-ihahar in the mount of 32.37- the valley, I D=ut. 20 And Beth-peor, and z || Afhdoth- chip.«.3. pifgah, and Beth-jelhimoth, II o», 2 1 a And all the cities of the plain, pfo"b','ft, and all the kingdom of Sihon king ictir.u. t)f t^e Amorites, which reigned in 3 10, ' Hefhbon, b whom Mofes fmote c with £tN24?' the princes of Midian, Evi, and Re- eNurao. kern, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, 31.-5, which w ere dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. fVt [Chap. |l Or, The tgh placet of Baal, and boufe of XIII, XIV. The inheritance of Gad. 22 «il d Balaam alfo the fon of Beor, gjjjf the \\ foothfayer, did the children of i-w's- Ifrael flay with the fword, among ah^T* them that were flain by them. IV. ii^ 23 And the border of the children 11 or,' of Reuben was Jordan, and the bor- i,vm'r' der thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben alter their families, the cities, and the villages thereof. 24 *t\ And Mofes gave inheritance unto tlie tribe of Gr.d, even unto the children of Gad, according to their families : 25 cAnd their coaft was Jazer, and tu^l'tc all the cities of Gilead, and half the 3-3Sj land of the children of Ammon, unpo Aroer that is before Rabbah ; 26 And from Helhbon unto Ramath- mizpeh, andBetonim; and from Ma- hanaim unto the border of Debir ; 27 And in the valley, f Beth-aram, fNumrir and Beth-nimrah, Band Snccoth, and J^,*' Zaphon, the reft of the kingdom of 3*>7- Sihon king of Heflibon, Jordan and ?• •»'<>*" his border, even unto the edge h of the * ?ai?b- fea of Ghinnereth, on the other fide Jordan eaftward. 28 This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities and their villages. 29 H And Mofes gave inheritance unto the half-tribe of Manafleh: and this was the pojj'ejjion of the half-tribe of the children of Manafleh, by their families. 30 And their coaft was from Ma- hanaim, all Bafnan, ail the kingdom of Og king of Bafhan, and ' all the \^l"; towns of Jair, which are in Balhan, icnfcm. threefcore cities; 31 And half Gilead, and Afhta- roth, and Edrei, cities of the king- dom of Og in Bafhan, were pertain- ing unto the children ofMachirthe fon of Manafleh, even to the one half of the k children of Machir, by their ]?.'.'£■ families. 32 Thefe are the countries which Mofes did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other iide Jordan by Jericho, eaftward. 33 ' But unto the tribe of Levi }£*■* Mofts gave not any inheritance : the Lord God of Ifrael was their inhe- mVamb. ritance, m as he faid unto them. « ■«>• CHAP. XIV. fci3.\°?: 1 The nine tribes and an half are to have their inheritance by lot. 6 Caleb obtair.eth Hebron. ANd thefe are the countries which }***• the children of Ifrael inherited in the land of Canaan, * which Elea- J*"n;b. P 4 zar ' J o the prieft, and Joflma the fori . ->fNun, and t lie heads of the lathers ie tribes of the children of If- r'ae!, diflarihuted for inheritance unto them. 2 '• By Lot was their inheritance, as • the Lord commanded by the li md of Mofes, for the nine tribes, and for the half-tribe. 3 For Mofes had given the inherit- ance oft, vo tribes and an half- tribe on the other fide Jordan ; but unto the Levi res he gave none inheritance among them. •*• 4 For c the children of Jofeph were two tribes, Manaifeh and Ephraim : therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, lave cities to dwell /;/, with their fuburbs for their (.attic, afld for their fubftance. 5 ,l As the Lord commanded Mofes, ■*■ fo the children of Ifrael did, and they divided the Land. 6 1[ Then the children of Judah came unto jefhua in Gilgal : and Ca- st leb the fon of Jephunmh the eKe- ., laid unto him, Thou kno weft f the thing that the Lord faid unto Mofes, the man of God, concerning me and thee °in Kadefii barnea. 7 Forty years old wets I when Mofes, , the fervant of the Lord, '■ lent me from Kadelh- barnea to efpy out the land ; and I brought him word again as it Vi;s in mine neart. >> 8 Neverthelefs, 'my brethren that went up with me made the heart of • the people melt ; but I wholly k fol- lowed the Lord my God. o And Mofes fware on that day, faying, ' Surely the land '" whereon 3 thy feet have trodden fhall be thine in inheritance, and thy chddrensfor ever; bficaufe thou haft wholly followed the Lord my God. io And now, behold, the Lord hath • kept me alive, "as he faid, thefe forty and five years, even Gnce the Lord fp ike thii word unto Mofes, while the children of Ifrael \ wandered in the wildernefs ; and now, lo, I ant this d ty fourfcore and five years old. 1 1 ° As yet I am as ftrong this day i- as / was in the day tluu Mofes fent me : as my ftrcngth was then, even fo is my ftrength now, for war, both to go our, and to come in. iz Now, therefore, give me ti;i ; mountain, whereof the Loku fpqfce in that day j {t'ov thou heardeft intiiat • day how r the Anakims ipe/t there, and that the cities were great a&d fen- ced ; ) if fo be the Lord will be with H U A. ,i;n- ht.i ) me, then I fhall be able to drive them out, as the Lord faid. i j And joflma bleli'ed him, '' and ,~ IT* gave unto Caleb the fon of Jephunneh [°;lll £' Hebron for an inheritance. 14 l Hebron, therefore, became the »«chap. inheritance of Caleb the Ion of Je- Vein™' phunneh the Renezite unto this day ; f",sL5' i6* becaufe that he wholly followed the 21.1*2.' Lord God of Ifrael. ,N,2u:if" 15 And ' the name of Hebron be- » fore was Kirjath-arba, which Arba is. 13. was a great man among the Anakims. 1 And the land had relt from war. CHAP. XV. 1 The borders of the lot of Judah. 1 § Calebs portion and conquejl. j 6 Othniels valour and reward. 18 The requ&jt of Aehfah. t>iThe Jebujites >wt conquered. CfHis then was the lot of the tribe 1 of the children of Judah by their families, * even to the border of*£™h> Edonv. the u wildernefsofZin, fouth- bNumb, ward, was the uttermoft part of the iiZ°- fouth coait. 2 And their fouth border was from the ihore of the falt-fea, from the f bay that looketh louthward : ; '■ ^ I And it went out to the fouth fide cto || Maaleh-acrabbim, and patted c.^t' along to Zin, and afcenderi up on the fouth fide unto Radeih-barnea. and palled along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compafs to Karkaa : 4 From thence it palled toward Az- mon, anil went out unto the river of ^fiJ'Pt 5 aild the goings out of that toalt were at the fea. This fhall be your fouth coaft. 3 And the eaft border zvas the falt- fea, even unto the end of Jordan : and their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the fea, at the uttermoft part of Jordan. 6 And the border went up to Beth- hoglah, and palled along by the north of neth-arabah ; and the border went up ,: to the ftone of Bohan the fon of ■' rhnP' Reuben : ,d' 1;* 7 And the border went up toward Debir, from the valley of Achor, and fo northward, looking toward Gilgai, that is before the going up to Adum- mim, which is on the fouth fide of the river : and the border pulled to- ward the waters of F.n-lhemelh. and ingsout thereof were at cFn- J7VV*' rogel : , '■ id the border went up f by the *, valley of tht fon of Hinnom, unto the fouth tide of the Jebulite, the fame ilebi portion and conquefl. CHAP. XV. The cities of J uiah 21 And the uttermoft cities of the *3j tribe of the children of Jutlah, toward i-i'i' thecoaft of Edom, fouthward, were v — v Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, 22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, 23 And Kedefh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, 24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Ke- riotti, and Hezron, which is Hazor, 26 Amam, and Shema, and Mola- dah, 27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Hefh- mon, and Beth-palet, 28 And Hazar-fhual, and Beer-fhe- ba, and Bizjothjah, 29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, 30 And Eltolad, and Chelil, and Hormah, 31 And Zikiag, and Madmannah, and Sanfannah, 32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon : all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages: 33 And in the valley, Efhtaol, and Zoreah, and Afhnah, 34 And Zanoah, and En-gannim, is Jerufalem ; and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom, weftward, which is at the end B of the valley of the giants, northward : 9 And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron, and the border was drawn h to Baa- lah, which is Kirjath-jearim : I o And the border compafled from Baalah weftward unto mount Seir, and palled along unto the fide of mount Jearim, (which is Chcfalon, ) on the north fide, and went down to Beth- fhemefh, and paffed on to Timnah. I I And the border went out unto the fide of Ekron, northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and pafs- ed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel ; and the goings out of the border were at the fea, 12 And the weft border was ■ to the great fea, and the coaft thereof. This is the coaft of the children of Judah round about, according to their families. o Chaff. 10 [8. 13 v\ ,: And unto Caleb the fon of Tappuah, and Enam, Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LoRDtoJofhua, ,5 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, 36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, 1 j| the city of Arba, the father of and Gederah, j| and Gederothaim ; fourteen cities with their villages. 37 Zenan, and Hadaflvah, and Mig- Anak, which city is Hebron. r4 And Caleb drove thence m the three fons of Anak, n Shefhai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. 15 And °he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir : and the name of Debir before was Kirjath- fepher. 1 6 II And Caleb faid, He that fmiteth Kirjath- fepher, and taketh it, to him will 1 give Achfah my daughter to wife. 1 7 And p Othniel the fon of Ke- naz, the brother of Caleb, took it : and he gave him Achfah his daugh- ter to wife. 1 8 And it came to pafs, as (lie came unto bim; that (he moved him to afk of her father a field : and q (lie lighted off /w afs ; and Caleb faid unto her, What wouldeft thou ? 19 Who anfwered, Give me a blefs- ing : for thou haft given me a fouth land, give me alto fprings of water. Aid he gave her the upper fprings and the nether fprings. 20 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah, ac- cording to their families. dal-gad, 38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, r and ^.K?'«' Joktheel, 39 Lachifh, and Bozkath, and Eg- lon, 40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlilh, 4r And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah : fixteen ci- ties with their villages. 42 Libnah, and Ether, and Afhan, 43 And Jiphtah, and Afhnah, and Nezib, 44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Marefhah : nine cities with their vil- lages. 45 Ekron, with her towns and her villages. 46 From Ekron even unto the fea, all that lay f near Alhdod, with their )S%^. villages. 47 Aflidod, with her towns and her villages, Gaza, with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great fea, and the border thereof. 48 If And in the mountains, Sha- mir, and Jattir, and Socoh, 49 And The Jebufites and JObHUA. Canaanites not conquered. 49 And Dannah, and Kirjath-fan- was Ataroth-addar, d unto Beth-ho- nah, which is Debir, 50 And Anab, and Elhte/noh, and Anim, 51 s And Gofhcn, and Holon, and Giloh : eleven cities with their vil- lages. 52 Arab, and Dumah, and Efliean, 53 x'ind || Janum, and Beth-tap- puah, and Aphekah, 54 And Humtah, and l Kirjath- arba, (which is Hebron,) and Zior : nine cities with their villages ron the upper 6 And the border went out toward , the fea, to Michmethah on the north fide; and the border went about eaft- ward untoTaanath-fiiiloh, and palled by it on the eaft to Janohah : 7 And it went down from Janohah toAtaroth, candtoNaarath, andcame to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. 8 The border went out from Tap- puah weftward unto the river Ka- nah ; and the goings out thereof were Before thrift 1444 55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and at the fea. This is the inheritance of Juttah, the tribe of the children of Ephraim 56 And Jezrcel, and Jokdeam, and by their families. Zanoah, 57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah : ten cities with their villages. 58 Halhul, Beth-zur. and Gedor, 59 And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon : fix cities with their villages. 6oKirjath-baal, (which/* Kirjath- jearim, ) and Rabbah : two cities with under tribute. 9 And fthe feparate cities for the f ch«* children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manal- feh, all the cities with their villages. 10 K And they drave not out the &»& £jj* Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer : but yC.\o. the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and ferve 2 Sam. 5.7 xjudg.1.41 their villages 61 Tf In the wildernefs, Beth-ara- bah, Middin, and Secacah, 62 And Niblhan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi ; lix cities with their villages. 63 As for the Jebufites, the inhabi- tants of Jerufalem, "the children of Judah could not drive them out CHAP. XVII. 1 The lot of Manaffeh : 7 his coafl. 12 The Canaanites not driven out. 1 4 The children cf Jofeph obtain another lot. THere was alfo a lot for the tribe of Manafleh, (for he was the * firft-born of Jofeph,) to wit, for»p-^ bMachir the firft-born of Manafleh, U'- aa but the Jebufites dwell with the the father of Gilead : becaufe he was *F*n- children of Judah at Jerufalem yn- a man of war, therefore he had Gi- umaat to this day. lead and Bafhan. \t C.Uo. CHAP. XVI. 2 There was alfo a lot for r the reft i.c,h™- 1 The general borders of the f on s of of the children of Manafleh by their c Numb. Jofeph. 5 The border of the inhe- families ; d for the children of |j Abi- 25'^' ritance of Ephraim. 10 The Ca- ezer, and for the children of Helek, 7-,iR-rt"'' naanites not conquered. c and for the children of Afriel, and y^ ATs'd the lot of the children of for the children of Shechem, f and Sunm.' Jofeph f fell from Jordan by for the children of Hepher, and fareNu^. Jericho, unto the water of Jericho the children of Shemida • thefe were lfi- ?'• on the eaft, to the wildernefs that the niale*children of Manafleh the i^T*' fon of Jofeph, bv their families. 3 11 But * Zelophehad the fon off""^ Hepher, the fon of Gilead, the fon JZ;1'* of Machir, the fon of Manafleh, had 3 no fons, but daughters ; and thefe are goeth up from Jericho, throughout mount Beth-el, 2 And goeth out from Beth-el to • Luz, and pafl'eth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, 3 And goeth down weftward to the the names of his daughters, Mah- coaft of Japhleti, b unto the coaft of Beth-horon the nether, and to Ge/.er: and the goings out thereof are at the fea. 4 So the children of Jofeph, Ma- lah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 4 And they came near before Elea- zar the prielt, and before Jofliua the fon of Nun, and before the princes, iialith and Ephraim, took their inhe- faying, The Lord commanded Moles ritance. to give us an inheritance among our 5 11 And the border of the chil- brethren : therefore, acoordingtO the of V phraim, according to their commandment of the Lord, he cave families, was t/m; ; even the bordtr them an inheritance among the bre- of their inheritance on the eaft fide thrcn 1 1 . . 5 And The coafl of Manaffeh. CHAP. XVII, XVIII. The tabernacle fet up. Before Cririft 1444- 5 And there fell ten portions to land of the valley have m chariots of Manafleh, befides the land of Gilead and Baihan, which were on the other fide Jordan ; 6 Becaufe the daughters of JV^anaf- feh had an inheritance among his fons : and the reft of Manaflehs fons had the land of Gilead. 7 1f And the coaft of Manafleh was fromAfherto Michmethah, that lie th iron, both they who are of Beth-fliean «* -w- and her towns, and they who are n of rTjXIl the valley of Jezreel . n chap. 1 7 And Jofhua fpake unto the houfe II,1,!^ of Jofeph, even to Ephraim and to 4' u" Manafleh, faying, Thou art a great people, and halt great power j thou ihalt not have one lot only : t8 But the mountain (hall be thine ; before Shechem, and the border went for it is a wood, and thou ihalt cut along on the right hand unto the in- it down : and the outgoings of it habitants of En-tappuah. (hall be thine: for thou (halt drive 8 Now Manafleh had the land of out the Canaanites, though they Tappuah : but Tappuah, on the bor- have iron chariots, and though they der of Manafleh, belonged to the chil- be ftrong. dren of Ephraim 9 And the coaft defcended unto the || river Kanah, fouthward of the river: h thefe cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manafleh; the coaft of Manafleh alfo was on the north (ide CHAP. XVIII. i The tabernacle ii jet up at Shiloh. 2 The remainder of tlie land is de- fcribed, 10 and divided by lot. ANd the whole congregation of the children of Ifrael afl'embled of the river, and the outgoings of it together i at Shiloh, and iet up the ta- were at the fea. io Southward it was Ephraims, and northward /'/ was Manaflehs, and the fea is his border ; and they met toge- ther in Artier on the north, and in Ifiachar on the eaft. 1 1 ■ And Manafleh had in Iflachar, and in Alher, Beth-rtiean and her bernacle of the congregation there : *i.«/& and the land was iubdued before "' 9' them. 2 And there remained among the children of Ifrael feven tribes which had not yet received their inherit- ance. 3 And Joihua faid unto the children towns, and lbleam and her towns, and of Ifrael, How long are ye (lack the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, to go to poflefs the land, which the and the inhabitants of En-dor and her Lord God of your fathers hath given towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach you ? and her towns, and the inhabitants of 4 Give out from among you three Megiddo and her towns, even three men for each tribe ; and I will fend countries. them, and they (hall rife and go 12 Yet k the children of Manafleh through the land, and defcribe it-ac- could not drive out the inhabitants of cording to the inheritance of them ; thofe cities ; butthe Canaanites would and they (hall come again to me. dwell in that land. 5 And they (hall divide it into fe- 13 Yet it came to pafs, when the ven parts : Judah (ball abide in their children of Ifrael were waxen ftrong, coaft on the fouth, and the houfe of that they put the Canaanites to tri- Jofeph lhall abide in their coafts on bute; but did not utterly drive them the north. out. 14 t 'And the children of Jofeph fpake unto Jortiua, faying, Why haft thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, feeing I am a great people, forafmuch as the Lord hath blefled me hitherto ? 15 And Joihua anfwered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood - country, and cut 6 Ye (hall, therefore, defcribe the land into feven parts, and bring the dejeription hither to me, that 1 may caft lots for you here before the Lord our God. 7 But the Levites have no part among you ; for the priefthood of the Lord is their inheritance : and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manafleh, have received their inhe- down for thyfelf there, in the land ritance beyond Jordan on the eaft of the Perizzites, and of the || giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. 10 And the children of Jofeph faid, The hill is not enough for us : and ai! the Canaanites that dvvell in the which Mofes, the fervant of the Lord, gave them. 8 % And the men arofe, and went away : and Jofhua charged them that went to defcribe the land, laying. Go, and walk through the land, and defcribe •".-' laniihiSeHyiot. JOSHUA.' The cities of 'Benjamin. defcribe it, and come again to me, and the outgoings of the border were that I may here caft lots for you be- at the north" f bay of the fak-fea, at U+4 ' fore the Loud hi Shiloh. the fouth end of Jordan. This was ^[i7^" 9 And the men went, and parted the fouth coaft. through the land, and defcribed it 20 And Jordan was the border of by cities into ftve.i psrts, in a book, it on the eaft fide. This was the in- and came again to jolhua to the holl heritance of the children of Benja- at Shiloh. ~~ min, bythecoalb thereof round about, \\\& Jofhua caft lots for them according to their families, i'n Shiloh before the Lord: and 21 Now the cities of the tribe of there Jofhua divided the land unto the children of Benjamin, according the children of Ifrael, according to to their families, were Jericho, and their divifions; Beth-hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, fi \ And the lot of the tribe of the 22 And Beth-arabah, and Zema- children of Benjamin came up ac- raim, and Beth-el, 23 And Avim, and Parah, and Ophrah, 24 And Chcphar-haammonai, and Ophni, and Cuba: twelve cities with their villages. 25 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Bee- cording to their families : and the coaft of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Jofeph. 1 2 And their border on the north fide was from Jordan; and the border went up to the fide of Jericho on the roth, north i\de, and went up through the mountains weftward ; and the goings out thereof were at the wildernefs of Beth-aven. 13. And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the fide of Etrz, ('"which is Beth-el,) fbuthwafd, and the border defcended toAtaroth-adar, near the hill that lieth on the fouth fide c of the nether Beth-horon. 1 4 And the border wasdrawn thence, and compafied the corner of the fea fouthward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon fouthward ; and the goings out thereof were at Kir- jath-baal, (which is Kirjath-jearim, ) a city of the children of Judah. This was the weft quarter. 1 5 And the fouth quarter was from the end of Kirjar.h-jearim, and the bor- der went out on the well, and went (•> And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, 27 And Rekem, and Irpee!, and Taralah, 28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebufi, (which is Jerufalem,) Gibeath, and Kirjath : fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, according to tiieir families. CHAP. XIX. 1 The lot of Simeon, 10 ofZebulnn, 17 of Ijfachar, 24 of Ajher, 32 of Naphtali, 40 of Dan. .;q The chil- dren of Ifrael give an inheritance to Jofhua. ANd the fecond lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon, according to their families : and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the out to the well of waters of Nephtoah; children of Judah. r6 And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the fon of Hin- nom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and defcend- ed to the valley of Hinnom, A to the fide of Jebufi on the fouth, and de- fcended to l' En-rogel, 1 - And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Kn-fhemeih, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over againft the going up of Adum- mim, and deTcended to 'the itone of Bohan the fon of Reuben, 2 And a they had in their inhe- > ritance Beer-iheba, and Sheba, and' Moladah, 3 And Hazar-fhual, and Balah, and Azem, 4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, 5 And 2'tklag, and Beth - marca- both, and Hazar-fufah, 6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharu- hen: thirteen cities and their villages. - Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Afhan : four cities and their villages. S And all the villages that were round about tiufe cities to Baalath- 18 And paffed along toward the (ide over againft jj Arabah northward, and beer, Ramath of the fouth. This ft went down unto Arabah ; the inheritance of the tribe of the 10 And the border palled along to children of Simeon, at cording to their the iide df' Beth-hoglah northward ; families. 9 Out The-kt of Zebulun, Ijfachar, G H A P. XIX. Ajlier, Naphtali, and Dan. thrift 9 Out of the portion of the chil- 27 And turneth. toward tiie fun- Sj^H 1444. (]ren of Judah was the inheritance rifing to Beth-dagon, and reacheth '444- ~~v~~" of the children of Simeon : for the to Zebnlun, and to the valley of Jiph- w part of the children of Judah was too than- el, toward the north fide of much for them ; therefore the chil- Beth - emek, and Neiel, and goeth dren of Simeon had their inheritance out to Cabul on the left hand, within the inheritance of them. 28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and ro 1[ And the third lot came up Hammon, and Kanah, d even unto';Jf;:f" for the children of Zebulun, accord- great Zidon ; ing to their families : and the border 29 And then the coaft turneth to of their inheritance was unto Sarid. Raman, and to the ftrongcity f Tyre, \^,"'_- and the coaft turneth to Hol'ali ; and 1 1 b And their border went up to- ward the fea, and Maralah, and reach- ed to Dabbafheth, and reached to the river that is c before Jokneam, 12 And turned from Sarid eaft- the outgoings thereof are at the fea, from the coaft to e Achzib ; 30 Ummah alio, and Aphek, and Rehob : twenty and two cities with •ward, toward the fun-rifing, unto the their villages, border of Chiiloth- tabor., and then 31 This is the inheritance of the goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up tribe of the children of Afher, accord- to Japhia, ing to their families, thefe cities 13 And from thence paifeth on with their villages. along on the eaft to Gittah-hepher, to 32 If The fixth lot came out to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Rem- the children of Naphtali, even, for mon-jjmethuar to Neah ; the children of Naphtali, according 14 And the border compafleth; it to their families. on the north fide to Hannathon ; and 33 And their coaft was from He- the outgoings thereof are in the val- leph, from Allon to Zaanannim and ley of Jiphthah-el ; | Adami, Nekeb, and Jabnecl, unto 15 Arid Kattath, and Nahalal, and Lakum ; and the outgoings thereof Shimron,and Idalah,and Beth-lehem: were at Jordan ; .twelve cities with their villages. 34 And then f the coaft turneth' 16 This is the inheritance of the weftward to Aznoth- tabor, and go- children of Zebulun, according to their families, thefe cities with their villages. 17 *l And the fourth lot came out to Iffiichar, for the'cjiildien of Ilia- toward the fun- riling. eth out from thence to Kukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the fouth fide, and reacheth to Afker orf the weft fide, and to Judah upon Jordan char, according to their families. 18 And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chelulloth, andShunem, 19 And Hapharaim', and Shihon, and Anaharath, 20 And Rabbith, and Kifhion, and Abez, 2 £ And Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez ; 22 And the coaft reacheth to Ta- bor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-fhe- And the fenced cities are Zid- diin, Zer, and Kammath, Rukkath, and Chinnereth, 36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, 37 And Kedefh, and Edrei,. and En-hazor, 38AndIron,andMigdal-el,Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-lhemefh •. nineteen cities with their villages. 39 This is the inheritance of the mefli ; and the outgoings of their tribe of the children of Naphtali, ac- border were at Jordan : lixtecn cities with their villages- 23 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of IlTachar, ac- cording to their families, the cities and their villages. cording to their families, the cities and their villages. 40 *[ And the feventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan, according to their families. 4r And the coaft of their inherit- 24 If And the fifth lot came out ance was Zorah, and Efhtaol, and for the tribe of the children of Afher, Ir-fhemelh, according to their families. 42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, 25 And their border was Helkath, and Jcthlah, and Haii, and Bc^cn, and Achlhaph, 43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, 26 And Alammelech, and Amad, and Ekron, and Miftieal; and reacheth to Garmel 44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, weftward, and to Shihor - libnath, and Baalath, Jofiiuas inheritance- JOSHUA 4S And Jehud, andBene-berak, and [Chap. 2+- 30. k I Chrjn. \i\. Gath-rimmon, 46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, °ver with the border |j before || Japho. 47 And sthecoaft of tbe children 1. 3,5. of Dan went out too little for them ; therefore the children of Dan went ,8, up to fight againft Lefliem, and took it, and fmote it with the edge of the fword, and poflefled it, and dwelt therein, and called Lefliem, h Dan, after the name of Dan their father. 48 This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan, accord- ing to their families, thefe cities with their villages. 49 If When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coafts, the children of Ifrael gave an inheritance to Jofliua the (on of Nun among them : 50 According to the word of the Lord, they gave him the city which he afked, even ! Tinmath-kferah in mount Ephraim : and he built the city, and dwelt therein. 51 l Thefe are the inheritances which Eleazar the pried, and Jofliua the fon of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of, the tribes of the children of Ifrael, divided for an inheritance by lot min Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country. CHAP. XX. 1 God cotnmandeth, -j andthe Ifraelites appoint' fix cities of refuge. THe Lord alfo fpake unto Jofliua, faying, 2 Speak to the children of Ifrael, faying, a Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I fpake unto you by the hand of Mofes ; 3 That the flayer that killeth any perfon unawares, and unwittingly, may flee thither : and they (hall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. 4 And when he that doth rlee unto one of thufe cities (hall Hand at the entering of the gate of the city, and (hall declare his caufeintheears of the elders of that city, they lhall take him into the city unto them, and give him aplace,thathemaydwellamongthem. 5 bAnd if the avenger of blood purfue after him, then they fb°ll not deliver the flayer up into his wand ; becaufe he fmote his neighbour un- wittingly, and hated him not before time. 6 And he (hall dwell in that city, until he Hand before the congregation The cities of refuge. for judgment, and c until the death "?£$ of the high prieft that (hall be in thofe »444- days : then (hall the (layer return, and eMB^b. come unto his own city, and unto his 3s. "2, 25 own houfe, unto the cityfrom whence he fled. 7 1 And they f appointed Kedefo^w. in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Ku-jath-arba (which is Hebron) in the mountain of Judah. 8 And on the other fide Jordan, by Jericho eaftward, they affigned d Be- *.D4^- zer in the wildernefs upon the plain iCh£'' out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ra- " ; ' moth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bafhan out of the tribe of Manalleh. 9 Thefe were the cities appointed for all the children of Ifrael, and for the ftranger that fojourneth among them, that whofoever killeth any perfon at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he flood before the con- gregation. CHAP. XXI. 1 Eight and forty cities given by lot out of the other tribes unto the Le- vites. 43 God gave them reji. THen came near th e heads of the fa- thers of the Levites unto Eleazar the prieft, and unto Jofliua the fon of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Ifrael ; 2 And they fpake unto them at a Shiloh, in the land of Canaan, fay- \$bf* ing, bTheLoRD commanded, by the ."-, ,:. hand of Mofes, to give us cities to s***" dwell in, with the fuburbs thereof for our cattle. 3 And the children of Ifrael gave unto the Levites, out of their inhe- ritance, at the commandment of the Lord, thefe cities and their fuburbs. 4 And the lot came out for the fa- milies of the Kohathites : and c the cV" 8>">- children of Aaron the prieft, which were of the Levites, A had by lot, out U.e33:.,w*" of the tribe of Judah, and out of the " tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. 5 And ethe reft of the children bf\*$e% Kohath had by lot, out of the fami- ' lies of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manalleh, ten cities. 6 And '' the children of Gerfhon had [)'"?. by lot, out of the families of the tribe of Ilfaehar, and out of the tribe of Afher, and out of the tribe of Naph- tali, and out of the half-tribe of Ma- najfeh in Bafhan, thirteen cities. 7'Th* jatb-arta Gcii. 23. hChap.l 13, U. JCha*. The cities given C H A •mi* 7 EThe children of Merari, by their *44- families, had out of the tribe of Reu- ~¥. ' ben, and oat of the tribe of Gad, **" aud out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 8 And the children of Ifrael gave by lot unto the Levites thefe cities with their fuburbs, as the Lord com- manded by the hand of Mofes. 9 ^f And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, e> thefe cities which are here + men- tioned by name, 10 Which the children of Aaron, be- ing of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had : (for theirs was the firft lot. ) 1 1 And they gave them [j the city of Arba, the father of h Anak, (which city is Hebron,) in the hill-coww/ry of Judah, with the fuburbs thereof round about it. 12 But ! the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Ca- leb the fon of Jephunneh for his pof- feffion. 13 1f Thus * they gave to the chil- dren of Aaron the prieft J Hebron with her fuburbs, to be a city of re- fuge for the flayer, m and Libnah with her fuburbs, 14 And "Jattir with her fuburbs, 0 and Eftitemoa with her fuburbs, 1 5 And p Holon with her fuburbs, q and Debir with her fuburbs, 1 6 And r Ain with her fuburbs, s and Juttahwith her fuburbs, and c Beth- ftiemem with her fuburbs: nine cities out of thofe two tribes. "tjban, • i j And out of the tribe of Benja- .cna£4 ' mm> (jibeon with her fuburbs, Geba is- si. with her fuburbs. is.ToT '8 Anathoth with her fuburbs, and uichron. "Almon with her fuburbs: fourcities. fi'umib. 19 AH the cities of the children of Aaron the priefts were thirteen ci- ties with their fuburbs. 20 t And the families of the chil- dren of Kohath, the Levites, which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. 21 For they gave them Shechem with her fuburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a. city of refuge for the flayer; and Gezer with her fuburbs, 22 And Kibzaim with her fuburbs, and Beth-horon with her fuburbs: four cities. 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her fuburbs, Gibbcthon with her fuburbs, P. XXI- to the r- i n Chap. 15-48. 5 But take diligent heed to do the' commandment, and the law, which Mofes, the fervant of theLoRD, char- '9*11. 8ct* you, cto love the Lord your God, and to walk in ail his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to ferve him with ail your heart, and with all % out- foul. 6 So Jofhua blefled them, and lent them away : and they went unto their tents. 7 1f Now to the one half of the tribe of Manafleh Moles had given poffejjion in Balhan : but unto the other half thereof gave Jolhua among their brethren on this fide Jordan weflward. And when Jolhua fent them away alfo unto their tents, then he blelled them ; 8 And he fpake unto them, faying, Return with much riches unto your H U A. they build the altar ofieQunny. tents, and with very much cattle, with {liver, and with gold, and witii brafs, and with iron, and with very ~—v much raiment : d divide the fpoil of ';;:u.'"h- your enemies with your brethren. 9 * And the children of Reuben, and tiie children of Gad, and the half- tribe of Manafleh, returned, and de- parted from the children of Ifrael out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Ca- naan, to go unto the country of C,\- leari, to the land of their pofleifion, w.iereuf they were poflefled, accord- ing to the word of the Lord by the hand of Mofes. do ' And when they came unto the burdens of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manafleh, built there an altar by Jordan, a great al- tar to fee to. 1 1 If And the children of Ifrael heard fay, Behold, the children uf Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-triue of Manafleh, have built an altar over againft the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the pallage of the children of Ifraeli 12 And when the children of Ifrael heard of M, the whole congregation. of the children of Ifrael gathered themfelvcs together at Shiloh, e to go up to war againit them. '-.>•_. 1 3 And the children of Ifrael fent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half- tribe of -Manafleh, into the land of Gilead, f Phinehas the fon of Eleazar 'Jf:1- the pried ; Haifa. 1 4 And with him ten princes, of each "'.j^' |- chief houfe a prince, throughout all the tribes of Ifrael, and each one'' J" "'' TtMU an head of the houfe of their fa- thers among the thoulands of Ifrael. 15 And they came unto the chil- dren of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half-tribe ofMa- nafleh, unto the land of Gilead, and tiny fpake with them, faying, 16 Thus faith the whole congre- gation of the Lord, What trefpafs is this that ye have committed againit the God of Ifrael, to turn away this day from following the Loud, in that ye have budded you an ait3r, that ye might rebel this day againit the Loud? 17 /; the iniquity g of Peor too; little for us, from which we are not Diut.'£ 3. cleanfed until this day, (although there was a plague ID the congrega- te Lord,) 18 But The Ifraelites offended: CHAP. XXII, XXIII. they an ttgain pdcfied, cSr'itf 1 8 But that ye muft turn away that we may fay again, Behold the |gjfj '*■"• j this day from following the Lord ? pattern of the altar of the Lord, k£* ~v And it will be. feeing ye rebel to-day which our fathers made, not for *~~ againlt the Lord, that to-morrow burnt-offerings, nor for facrifices; but he will be wroth with the whole con- it is a witnefs between us and you. gregation of Ifrael. 29 God forbid that we mould re- 19 Notwithstanding, if the land of bel againlt the Lord, and turn this your poflellion be unclean, then pafs day from following the Lord, td ye over unto the land of the poUef- build an altar for burnt offerings, for lion of the Lord, wherein the Lords meat-offerings, or for facrifices, be- tabernacle dwelleth, and take pollef- fides the altar of the Lord our God, lion among us : but rebel not againlt that is before his tabernacle, the Lord, nor rebel againlt us, in 30 1[ And when Phinehas the prieft* building you an altar befides the altar and the princes of the congregation, of the Lord our God. and heads of the thoufands of Ifrael :iwp. 20 " Did not Achan the fon'of Ze- which were with him, heard the rah commit a trefpafs in the accurfid words that the children of Reuben, thing, aud wrath fell on all the con- and the children of Gad, and the chil- gregation of Ifrael ? and that man dreu of Manafl'eh, fpake, f ltpleafed f, ,:',' .... periihed not alone in his iniquity. 2 1 H Then the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half- tribe of Manafl'eh, anfwered,and faid unto the heads of the thoufanas of Ifrael, 22 The Lord God of gods, the them intbdr 3r And Phinehas. the fon of Flea- 'J'" zar the prieft, faid unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad* and to the children of ManaflehJ This day we perceive that the Lord /'; among us, becaufe ye have not Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and committed this trefpafs againlt the Ifrael he lhall know; if it be in rebel- lion, or if in tranfgrellion againlt the LoRDi (fave us not this day, ) 23 That we have bnflt us an altar to turn from following the Lord, or if to otter thereon burnt-offering, or meat-offering, or if to offer peace- ofrVrings thereon, let the Lord him- felf require it / Lord : \ now ye have delivered the tneb.w.-? children of Ifrael out of the hand of the I. oar 32 1j And Phinehas the fon of Elea- zar the prieft, and the princes, re- turned 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 Ifrael, and 24 And if we have not rather done brought them word again. it for fear of this thing, faying, fin time to come your children might fpeak unto our children, faying, What have ye to do with the Lord God of Ifrael ? 33 And the thing pleafed the chil- dren of Ifrael ; and the children of Ifrael bleffed God, and did not intend to go up agaiiift them in battle, to deftroy the land wherein the children >5 For the Lord hath made Jordan of Reuben and Gad dwelt 34 And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, called the altar || Ed: for it flail be a witnefs between l^™-; us that the Lord is God. fcttap CHAP. XXIII. 14,17' 1 Jofhitas exhortation before his death, 3 by former benefits, 5 by promifesj 1 1 and by threatening!. fs A Nd it came to pafs, ft long time &-Ui 1- r\ after that the Lord a had given j*W a border between us and you, ye chil- dren of Reuben, and children of Gad; ye have no part in the Lord : fo lhall your children make our children ceafe from fearing the Lord. 26 Therefore we faid, Let us now prepare to build Us an altar, not for burnt- offering, nor for facrifke : 27 But that it may be 'a witnefs between Us and you, and our gene rations after us, that we might do the reft unto Ifrael from all their enemies fervice of the Lord before him with round about, that Jolhua waxed old our burnt-offerings, and with our and f ftricken in age. /^ facrifices, and with our peace-offer- 2 And Jofhua called for all Ifrael, >ia,,. ings ; that your children may not fay and for their ciders, and for their to our children in time to come, Ye beads, and for their judges, and for have no part in the Lord'. their officers, and faid unto themy I 28 Therefore faid we, that it fhall am old and Itrickert in age : be, when they fhould/o fay to us, or 3 And ye have feen all that the to our generations in time to tome, Lord your God hath done unto all f Q. thefe J'lfluias exhortation : JOSHUA. he relaleth Gods benefit.- V(1;",r,tc thefe nations becaufe of you ; for the cj_^jbLoRL> your God it he that hath fought for you. H' ,4' 4 Behold, 1 have divided unto you by lot thefe nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut oft', even unto the great fea r^Tjl fwelUvard. 5 And the Lord your God, he {hall espel them from before you, and drive them from out of your light ; and ye ':N^'3_b• (hall poflefs their land, c as the Lord your God hath promifed unto you. 6 Be ye, therefore, very courageous to keep and to do all that is written ' '& in the book of the law of Mofes, d that * ' I+" ye turn not afide therefrom, to the right hand, or to the left ; 7 That ye come not among thefe nations, thefe that remain among you, ' F*J '■'.*; neither e make mention of the name of their gods, nor caufe to fwear by pft'uie.*. them* neither ferve them, nor bow zVphV/'s. yourfelves unto them : \\ox,p«r 8 i| But f cleave unto the Lord YiuvZ'&s. your God, as ye have done unto this i?.™l: tlav- II or, Tbm 9 || For the Lord hath driven out *.'■ Ju'n-Ji. from before you great nations and ftrong : but as for you, no man hath been able to {land before you unto this day. io g One man of you fhall chafe a thoufand : for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, h as he hath promifed you. 1 1 Take good heed, therefore, unto your f felves, that ye love the Lord your God. 12 Elfe, if ye do in any wife go back, and cleave unto the remnant of thefe nations, even thefe that remain among you, and fhall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you ; :■:• i.)< 13 Know for a certainty, that '' the Lord your God will no more drive out any of thefe nations from before you; kbut they (hall be fnares and traps unto you, and fcourges in your D«"*7.«$- fides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye periih from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you. 1 4 And, behold, this day ' I am go- ing ttte way of all the earth : and ye know in all your hearts, and in all your fouls, that '"' not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God fpake concerning you ; all are come to pafs unto you, <7/;rfnot one thing hath ftuled thereof. gl.e»it. Cfi. 6. Neuter. 3- 30. be: Ill'Jg. J; .. t T KinKi K« Ilcbr. 15 Therefore it fhall com? to pafs, that as all good things are come upon '■'■■ '4- you, which the Lord your God pro- ■ mifed you ; fo fliall the Lord bring upon you ■ all evil things, until he 1 1 have deftroyed you from olf this good \ ," land which the Lord your God hath I5,ici" given you. 1 6 When ye have tranfgrefTcd the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and ferved other gods, and bow- ed yourfelves to them ; then fhali the anger of the Lord be kindled againlt you, and ye fliall perifh quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you. CHAP. XXIV. 1 Jofliua affeinbling the tribes, 2 re- lateth Gods benefits i 14 he renewetft a covenant between God and them. ANd Jofhua gathered all the tribes of Ifrael to Shechem, and called for the elders of Ifrael, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers ; and they prefentcd themfelves before God. 2 1 And Jofliua laid unto all the people, Thus faith the Lord God of Ifrael, a Your fathers dwelt on the »oc0. n. other fide of the flood in old time, ju«iW even Terah, the father of Abraham, ,!,c. ' and the father of Nahor ; and b they '• i;- ferved other gods. 3 And c I took your father Abra- coauiu. ham from the other fide of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his feed, and d gave him Ifaac. \ 1';'*,n• 4 And I gave unto Ifaac e Jacob and e Gen. 15. F.fau : and I gave unto *' Efau mount Seir to poffefs it ; E but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. 5 h I fent Mofes alfo and Aaron, ' . and I plagued Egypt, according to^10- that which I did among them ; and afterward I brought you out. 6 And I ' brought your fathers out \\^' of Egypt : and k ye came unto the * fea ; and the Egyptians purfued after 14- *■ your fathers with chariots and liorfe- men unto ' the Red fea. 7 And when they cried unto the Lord, he put darknefs between you and the Egyptians, and brought the fea upon them, and covered them ; and your eyes have i'een what I have done in Egypt : and ye dwelt in the wildernefs a long feafon. 8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other fide Jordan ; '" and they fought v, >iH you : and I gave them into your hand, Jojlaia reneweth the covenant: CHAP. XXIV. his cge, death, and burial, ciStt hand, that ye might polTcfs their 20 If ye forfake the Lord, and en. i4i;: ianci ; and I deftroyed them from be- ferve ftrange gods fore you. and do you hurt, and confume you, zcu^l hsecjadg. 9 Then "Balak the foa of Zip- after that he hath done yon good. 13"li- por, king of Moab, arofe and warred 2 1 And the people raid unto Joihua, oNumb. againft Ifrael, and ° fent and called -Nay ; but we will ferve the Lord r>eut5.i3.4. Balaam the fon of Beor to curfe yon ; 10 But I would not hearken unto ajw™"' Balaam, 'therefore heblefied you Hill: fo I delivered you out of his hand 1 1 And q ye went over Jordan, and witneiles CI: riff then he will turn cl;- '4/7. 22 And Jofhua faid unto the people, Ye are witueifes againft yourfelves that j»ye have cliofen you the Lord, bP&im to ferve him. And they faid, We are "9 m. '. id. came unto Jericho : and r the men of ^tofi6.'1' Jeric"0 fought againft you, the Amo- c ij.' i- rites, and the Perizzites, and the Ca- naanites, and the Hittites, and the Gir- gafhites, the Hivites, andthejebufites ; and I delivered them into your hand. \2 And SI fent the hornet before you, which drave them out from be- • Eiod. L)iui-7.ZO 23 Now, therefore, put away (faid he) the ftrange god* which are among you. and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Ifrael. 24 And the people Cud unto Jofhua, The Lord our God will we ferve, and his voice will we obey. 25 So Jofhua c made a covenant fore you, even the two kings of the with the people that day, and fet Amorites ; but l not with thy fword, them a ftatute»and an ordinance -4"i'J,°' nor with thy bow. Shechem. 13 And I have given you a land 26 If And Jofhua wrote thefe words u ncut.6. for which ye did not labour, and uci- in the book of the law of God, and ties which ye built not, and ye dwell took e a great ftone, and fet it up there esee jodci in them ; of the vineyards and olive- 'under an oak that was by the fane- /('^# yards which ye planted not do ye eat. tuary of the Lord. **■«• 14^1 Now, therefore, fear the Lord, 27 And Joihua faid unto all the and ferve himinlincerity and in truth; people, Behold, this ftone ihall be a ki.ev:-:. anti * pUt away the gods which your witnefs unto us ; for g it hath heard *%*£"** Ezek! fatliers ferved on tl'.e other fide of the all the words of the Lord which he &Z3. 3. flood, and in Egypt, and ferve ye the fpake unto us : it fhall be, therefore, ysceR^h Lord. a witnefs unto you, left ye deny your iKtag« 15 And if itfeem evil unto you to God. EMk.'" ferve the Lord, -vchoofe you this day 28. So h Jofhua let the people de* »J"**-S. jSm&s?. whom ye will ferve ; whether the part, every man unto his inheritance, gods which your fathers ferved, that 29 ^ ' And it came to pals, aftei were on the other fide of the tlood, or thefe things, that Joihua the foil of the gods of the Amorites, in whofe Nun, the fervant of the Lord, died, eir. u:'. land ye dwell : but as for me and my being an hundred and ten years old. ' houfe, we will ferve the Lord. 30 And they buried him in the bor- 16 And the people anfwered and derof his inheritance in k I imnath- kfiap. faid, God Forbid that we fliould for- fake the Lord, to ferve other gods ; j 7 For the Lord our God, he it is ferah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north tide of the hill of Gaalh. 31 And l Jfrftel ferved the Lord all • that brought us up and our fathers the days of Joihua, and all the days out of the land of Egypt, from the of the elders that f overlived Jolhia, houfe of bondage, and which did and which had known all the works thofe great iigns in our fight, and of the Lord that he had done for preferved us in all the way wherein Ifrael. we went, and among all the people 32 f And "' the bones of Joft through whom we paffed : which the children of Ifrael bcoi 18 And the Lord drave out from up out of Egypt, buried they in before us all the people, even the chem, in a parcel of ground which Amorites which dwelt in the land therefore will we alfo ferve the Lord for he is our God. 19 And Jofliua faid unto the people Ye cannot ferve the Lord : for he i an holy God . he is a jealous God Jacob bought of "the fens of Ha a the father of Shechem, for au hut] || pieces of filvcr : and it be inheritance of th : hildren of fofeph. 33 And Eteazar the fon of Aaron ^-^ died, and they buried him □ hewillnotforgiveyouttranigrefiions pertained to ° Phinehas his fon, wmen . nor your fins. was given him in mount Ephraim. a 2 ^L JOW, after the death of eiJi^zs j^k I Jofhua, it came to pafs, ^/~^ j ^^1 that the children of Ifrael J7-**- J^ ^1 aafked the Lord, faying, so. 18. W ho dial 1 go up for us againft the Ca- naanites firit, to right againft them ? 2 And the Lord faid, Judah fliall go up : behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. 3 And Judah faid unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight againft the Canaanites ; and I likewife will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. 4 And Judah went up ; and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand : and they flew of them in Bezek ten thou- fand men. 5 And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek : and they fought againft him, and they flew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. 6 But Adoni-bezek fled; and they purfued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. 7 And Adoni-bezek faid, Three- t "mh, I/' fcore a»d ten kings, having f their ']'■/:'/'. --^ thumbs and their great toes cut off, jut. ■ || gathered their meat under my table : itefntd as * nave done, f° Gocl nath requited me. And they brought him to Jeru- falem, and there he died. i^li^' 8 ( Now b tne children of Judah had fought againft Jerufalem, and had ta- ken it, andfinitten it with the edge of tiie fword, and fet the city on fire. ) ',6nc** 9 ^ c And afterward the children ii.ii.' at of Judah went down to fight againft 15- 13. tj,e Canaanites that dwelt in the mountain, and in the fouth, and in II or, uw the || valley. u'""y' 1 o And Judah went againft the Ca- naanites that dwelt in Hebron, (now & jott. the name of Hebron before was d Kir- jath-arba, ) and they flew Shefhai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. i/.°nnVf. n ' Antl *rom t^ience he went c' againft the inhabitants of Debir : (and the name of Debir before was Kir- jath-fepher : ) t444> '2 f And Caleb faid, He that fmi- ij.'To.1 teth KirJath-fepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achfah my daughter to wife. 13 And Othniel the fon of Kenaz, **£ g Calebs younger brother, to.ik it: '•»■*-*• _. and he g;we him Achfah his daugh- gchap.39. ter to wife. 14 And it came to pafs, when fhe came to him, that fhe moved him to afk of her father a field : and fhe lighted from off her afs ; and Caleb faid unto her, What wilt thou ? 15 And fhe faid unto him., h Give j^"". me a bleffing : for thou haft given me a fouth land, give me alfo fprings of water. And Caleb gave her the up- per fprings and the nether fprings. ^ U1; 16 f '' And the children of the Ke- jctap.4. nite, Mofes father-in-law, went up fs'^:;s.6. out kof the city of palm-trees with J#CJ??"- the children of Judah into the wil- jer. sV ?• dernefs of Judali, which lieth in the *»««• fouth of ' Arad ; and they went and 1 Nomtw dwelt among the people. "' '■ 17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they flew the Ca- naanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly deftroyed it : (and the name of the city was called m Hormah : ) SI . s'™5' 18 Alfo Judah took "Gaza vrith ^f' * the coaft thereof, and Afkelon with «.**! the coaft thereof, and Ekron with the coaft thereof. 19 And the Lord was with Judah; Cry te and || he drave out t/ie inhabitants of" the mountain, but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, be- caufe they had "chariots of iron. 20 pAnd they gave Hebron unto pNumb. Caleb, as Mofes faid : and he expel- )t^\\. led thence the three fons of Anak. ij/13* 2r And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebufites that inhabited jerufalem ; s but the Jebu- ?.iJf" fites dwell with the children of Ben- jamin in Jerufalem 'unto this day. 15 S3. 22 \ And the houfe of Jofeph, they alfo went up againft Beth-el : and the Lord was with them. 23 And the houfe of Jofeph fent to defcry Beth -el : (now the name of sGtUw the city before was ■ Luz : ) 2S- »»• 2 4 And the fpies faw a man come forth out of the city, and they faid unto him. Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and l we i^0*;,2* will fhew thee mercy. 25 And when he fhewed them the entrance into the city, they fmote the city with the edge of the fword : but they let go the man and all his family. 26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and tailed the name thereof Luz : which The Canaanites made tributaries. CHAP, %s££ which is the name thereof unto this cir. 142,-. day. cjom.17. 27 1f u Neither did ManafTeh drive n,ii,i3- out tfc inhabitants of Beth-fhean and her towns, norTaanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns : but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. 28 And it came to pafs, when Ifrael was ftrong, that they put the Canaan- ites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. *J°io. 29 ^ x' Neither did Ephraim drive iKings out the Canaanites that dwelt in Ge- zer : but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. o??j> 3° ^ y Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol . but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. aoib.ip. t t «[ z Neither did Ailier drive out ' ' the inhabitants of Accho, nor the in- habitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib,norofHelbah,norofAphik, uor of Rehob : 32 But the Afherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land ; for they did not drive them out. 33 ^ Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-fhemefh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath ; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land : never- thelefs, the inhabitants of Beth-fhe- mefh and ofBeth-anath became tri- butaries unto them. 34 f\ And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not fuffer them to come down to the valley. 35 But the Amorites would dwell jom. in mount Heres ain Aijalon, and in 9-42, Shaalbim : yet the hand of the houfe of Jofeph -f prevailed, fo that they became tributaries. 36 And the ccail of the Amorites was b from || the going up to Akrab* bins, from the rock, and upward. CHAP. II. 1 An angel rebuketh the people at Bo- chim. 10 The wicked/iefs of the new iteration after Jofliua. II. 2 And 1 11 m&tngjr a Vcr. 5. A Nd an l| angel of the Lord came ■t\ up from Gilgal * to Bochim, and faid, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you into the land which I fware unto your fathers ; and b 1 faid, I will never break my cove- nant witli you. An angel rebuketh the people. ■ye 'fall make no league with the inhabitants of this land ; ^'ui- dye mail throw down their altars : cd^TH*. but ye have not obeyed my voice; &• and ' their gods fhall be a g fnare unto %£. 6 you. Br,»,.J'" 4 And it came to pafs, when the H'. W. u angel of the Lord fpake thefe words 0eM -~ ■*-' unto all the children of Ifrael, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept 5 And they called the name of that place || Bochim and they facrificed j^hi;;'' there unto the Lord. 6 f And when h Jofliua had let the cir. H-A. people go, the children of Ifrael went J Jo£ u every man unto his inheritance to pof- 4- *«. feis the land. 7 'l And the people ferved the Lord '• J"<»- all the days of Jofhua, and all the*4"3* days of the elders that f outlived jo- £]£&* fhua, who had feen all the great works • of the Lord that he did for Ifrael. "" 8 And k Jofhua the fon of Nun, the £J°*' fervant of the Lord, died, being an ctr.^s. hundred and ten years old. 9 l And they buried him in the bor- ' J *• der of his inheritance in m Timnath- %}%£ heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on f- s°- * the north fide of the hill Gaafli. rtmLlb. 10 If And alfo all that generation7'™*' were gathered unto their fathers : and there arofe another generation after them which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Ifrael. 1 1 And the children of Ifrael did evil in the fight of the Lord, and ferved Baalim. 1 2 And they forfook the Lord cir. uoe. God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themfelves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger. 13 And they forfook the Lord, n and ferved Baal and Alhtaroth. " ".*& 14 f[ And the anger of the Lord ' °«* was hot againft Ifrael, and he7 deli- vered them into the hands of fpoilers that fpoiled them, and ° he fold them J**'" into the hands of their enemies round iu. so. 1- about, fo that they could not any longer ft and before their enemies. ij Whitherfoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was againft them for evil, as the Lord had faid, 0,3 *«» r S '. Can 6. 6. V lite-. 3 i CMt>. \. 12. & L. I. & God; mercy and anger toward Ifrael: J U D and p as the Lord had fvvorn unto them : and they were greatly di- itreiled. 1 6 1[ Neverthelefs, q the Lord railed up judges, which f delivered them out of the nand of thofe that fpoileci th.in. /7 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bow- ed themfelves unto them : they turn- ed quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not Co. 1 8 And when the Lord raifed them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge : *' for it re- pented the Lord becaufe of their groanings, by reafon of them that opprelfed them, and vexed them. 19 And it came to pafs, 3 when the judge was dead, that they returned, and j| corrupted themfelves more than their fathers, in following other gods, 'upu to ferve them, and to bow down unto V,l^l',hP' them : + they ceafed not from their faUtfttSr. own doings, nor from their Itubborn way. 20 t And the anger of the Lord was hot againit Ifrael ; and he faid, Becaufe that this people hath tranf- greifed my covenant which I com- manded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice, 2 1 ! I-alfo will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the na- tions which Jofliua left when he died ; 22 " That through them I may prove Ifrael, whether they will keep the way of the Lord, to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. 23Therefore the Lord || left thofe nations, without driving them out haftily ; neither delivered he them into the hand of fofnua. CHAP. III. 1 The nativm which were left to prove Ifrael: 5 by communion with them they a inmit idolatry. ()\v thefe art the nation:; which the Lord left to prove Ifrael by them ; {even as many if ifrael as had not known all the wars of Canaan ; 2 Only that the generation* of the children of Ifrael might know to teach them war, at the lead fuch as before knew nothing thereof;) ^ Xamely, aiive lords of the Phi- liftines, and all the Canaanites, and uid the Hjv rod N' C E S. they cotmnit idolatry, dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount *ef' caufe they had done evil in the light of the Lord. 1 3 And he gathered unto him the children of Amnion and " Ainalek, "/,*"*• and went and fmote Ifrael, and pof- feired ■ the city of palm-trees. ".^o?* 1 4 So the children of Ifrael ferved Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. 15 But when the children of Ifrael ^■ni6. cried unto the Lord, the Lord rai- fed them up a deliverer, Ehud the-fon or of Gera |j a Benjamite, a man f left- handed : and by him the children of *j££' Ifrael fent a prefent unto Eglon they&uJiV*>> king of Moab, 3lao!i$ 16 But Ehud kitleth Eglort. CHAP. **>* 16 But Eluid made him a dagger -. U3& which had two edges, of a cubit under the hand of lfrael. And thfc *. i$3& length ; and he did gird it under his land had relt fourfcore years. IV. "Deborah and Barak deliver lfrael. 30 So Moab was fubdued that day "fl'6 raiment upon his right thigh. 17 And he brought the prefent un- to Eglon king of Moab : and Eglon was a very fat man. 18 And when he had made an end to offer the prefent, he fent away the people Chat b^ie the prefent. 19 But he hinifelf turned again •jofli.i«>. 9 firom the || quarries that were by Gilgal, and faid, I have a fecret er- """*"• rand unto thee, O king : who faid, -,. H And after him was q Shamgar »_•£■»■ the fon of Anath, which flew of the i'sam.'i PhilHtines fix hundred men with ani'-''" ox goad : and he alfo delivered rIfraei. • °"i . the PMlilUnes, cir. 1366- r $■> part is cilled If»el, Cliap. 4- ». 5, & 10. ;, 17. ^ 11 4, 6Te. 1 Sun. 4. 1. CHAP. IV. r Deborah and Barak deliver lfrael from Jabin and Sifera. 18 "jael kitleth Sifera. ANd • the children of lfrael again c;r ,! did evil in the light of the Lord \?i£' him went out from him. when Ehud was dead. 20 And Ehud came unto him ; and 2 And the Lord1' fold them into ',c; ^' he was fitting in fa fummer parlour, the hand of jabin king of Canaan, which he had for himfeif alone : and that reigned cinHazor Ehud faid, I have a melfage from of whole holt was d Sifera, which God unto thee. And he arofe out of dwelt in Harolhtfth of the Gentile^. f.j his feat. 3 And the children of lfrael cried ' 2 r And Ehudput forth his left hand, unto the Lord ; for he had nine hun- ft**"*1 and took the dagger from his right tired e chariots of iron: and twenty^!' thigh, and thrall it into his belly. years f he mightily opprefied the chil- > ■ . 22 And the haft alfo went in after dren of lfrael. fChap" 4 ^[ And Deborah a prophetefs, the wife of Lapjdoth, (he judged lfrael at that time. 5 8 And flie dwelt under the palm- |° ; di ttb bit the blade ; and the fat clofed upon the blade, fo that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly ; and || the dirt came out. 23 Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and (hut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. 24 When he was gone out his Ser- vants came ; and when they few that, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked, they faid. Surely he (| cover- eth his feet in his fummer-chamber. 25 And they tarried till they were afliamed, and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour : therefore they took a key and opened them; snd, behold, their lord zvas fallen down dead on the earth. tree of Deborah, between Raman and Beth-el in mount Ephraim ; and the children of lfrael came up to her for judgment. 6 And (lie fent and called " Barak .' ■ the fon of Abinoam out ' of Kedelh- n. ;,:.' naphtali, and faid unto him, Hath . not the Lord God of lfrael com- ' manded, fayirj, Go, and draw to- ward mount Tiibor, and take with thee ten thoufand men of the chil- dren of Naphtali, and of the children of Zebulun ; 7 And I will draw unto thee, to pCh»p. 5. 14.. & 6. 34" 26 And Ehud efcaped while they the k river Kifhon, Sifera, the captain', tarried, and palled beyond the quar- of Jabiusarmy, with his chariots and ries, and efcaped untoSeirath. his multitude : and I will deliver hinj 27 And it came to pafs, when he was into thine hand. come, that v he blew a trumpet in the 8 And Barak faid unto her, If thoti mountain of Ephraim, and the chil- wilt go with me, then I will go ; but dren of lfrael went down with him if thou wilt not go with me, then I from the mount, and he before them, will not go. 28 And he faid unto them, Fol- 9 And'flie faid, I will furely go low after me ; for the Lord hath de- with thee : notwithstanding the jnv.i - livered your enemies the Moabites ney that thou takeli: (hall Rot be toj into your hand. And they went thine honour ; for the Lord (hall fell down 'after him, and took the fords Sifera into the hand of a w of Jordan toward Moab, and fuf- And Deborah arofe, and went w:tli fered not a man to pafs over. 29 1 And they flew of Moab at that time about ten thoufand men, iiuifat. ail flinty, and all men of valour ; and there efcaped not a man. Barak to Kedefll. ro II And Bank called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedelh; and he went up with ten thoufand men '.<:.- " * feer : and Deborah went tip v. ith Jael kilkth Sifera. JUDGES. 1 1 Now Heber "'the Kenite, which was of the children of n Hobab, the father-in-law of Mofes, had fevered himfelf from the Kenites, and pitch- ed his tent unto the plain of Zaa- naim, "which is by Kedefli. 12 And they fhewcd Sifera that Barak the fon of Abinoara was gone up to mount Tabor. •t hoi-.. ,3 And Sifera f gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred •tapuM. chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harolheth of the Gentiles uuto the river of Kiflion. r4 And Deborah faid unto Barak, Up ; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sifera into p . ^m. jhine hand : p is not the Lord gone fiaj.68.7. put before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thoufand men after hi in. P?5p.™o. l.& ^n^ q t^e Lord difcomfited Sifera, and all his chariots, and all his hoft, with the edge of the fword, before Barak : fo that Sifera lighttd down olf his chariot, and fled away on his feet. 1 6 But Barak purfued after the cha- riots, and after the holt, unto Haro- fiiefJi of the Gentiles ; and all the hoi]: of Sifera fell upon the edge of the wm»««. f"wor£! » w4 there was not fa man left. 1- Howbeit, Sifera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite : for then: runs peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the houfe of Heber the Kenite. 1 8 1 And Jael went out to meet Sifera, and faid unto him, f urn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her in- to the tent, {he covered him Nyith a ,;;.;.:•';. || mantle. 19 And he faid unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink ; for I am thirfty. And me opened ' a bottle of milk, and give him drink, and covered him- 20 Again he faid unto her, Stand in the door of the tent; and it ihall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and fay, Is there any man here ? that thou (baU Lay, No. i\ Then Jael, Hebcrs wife, took a 1 nail of the lent, and | look an ham- mer in her hand, a:;d went foftly un- to hi ni, and linote'tlte nail into his te*fnples, and fanene'cl it into the croipid : (for re wa: Uft afleep, and i) to he died. 22 And, behold, as Bair^Jc purfued ■ 3 meet him. Thefong of DeboraJi and Barak. and faid unto him, Come, and I will **™f fiievv thee the man whom thou feek- cir. iz^ eft. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sifera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. 23 So God fuDdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Ifrael. 24 And the hand of the children of Ifrael f profpered, and prevailed i<,"eb;u.tnl- againll abin the king of Canaan, «* ««< until they had deftroyed Jabin king"""*' of Canaan. CHAP. V. The fong of Deborah and Barak. THen fang Deborah, and Barak the fon of Abinoara, on that day, faying, 2 Praife ye the Lord for the aven- ging of Ifrael,3 when the people will- * ? "," ingiy offered themfelves. ufce-M* 3 Hear, O ye kings ; give ear, O ye princes ; I, even I, will ling unto the Lord ; I will ting praife to the Lord God of Ifrael. 4 Lord, bwhen thou wenteft ontbi>™* of Seir, when thou marchedft out of t**. the held of Edom, c the earth trem- H*™- bled, and the heavens dropped, the j"™-^8-,8, clouds alfo dropped water. mi>.s.'£ 5 d The mountains f melted from *J^f before the Lord, even e that Sinai '/Vid.'. from before the Lord God of Ifrael. J»««* 6 In the days of f Shamgar the fon J9*x£; of Anath, in the days of g Jael, hthe fctup. highways were unoccupied, and the 3'^ f travellers walked through f by- %• i?r ways. ^i; 7 The inhabitants of the villages 2 cbron. ceafed, they ceafed in Ifrael, until IL 33. a. that I Deborah arofe, that I arofe j a %%.'&*' moLher in Ifrael. t Het>. 8 They chofe new gods ; then was ^;'IV war in the gates : k was there a ihield I Het>. or fpear feen among forty thoufand ««,,. in Ifrael ? * «*** 9 My heart is toward the gover- ^',7sim. nors of Ifrael, that ottered themfelves ^;^"; willingly among the people. Blefs ye the LoM'- I o || Speak, ye ' that ride on white \t%'.itt,_ afles, ye that lit in judgment, and walk by the way. li'.ti.^ I I They that are delivered from the noife of archers in the places of drawing water; there Ihall they r< hearfe the -j- righteous acls of the 7 Lord, even the righteous ndstoimru j the inhabit, mts of his villages in Ifrael ; then lhall the people oi the Lord go down to the gate§. 12 Awake, awake, Deborah; a- v- ik'.', awake, utter a fong : arife, Baraki m Cha,j 3-27- n Chap 3.13. The fang of C H A P. h'ri/f Barak, and lead tiiy captivity captive, 129s. thou fon of Abinoam. "v ' 1 3 Then he made him that remain- eth have dominion over the nobles among the people : the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty. 14 m Out of Ephraim was there a root of them " againft Amalek ; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people : out of Machir came down governors, $r«^*urfrt andoutof Zebulun they that + handle tupm.ScK. the pen of the writer. 15 And the princes of Iflacharuwe with Deborah; even Iflachar, and alfo ° Barak: he was fent on ffoot into the valley. || For the divifions of Reuben there were great \ thoughts of heart. 16 Why abodeft thou p among the u fheep- folds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? || For the divifions of , Reuben fhere were great fearchings of heart. 17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ihips? H Aflier continued on the fea-||more, t. and abode in his || breaches. 18 r Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that f jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. 19 The kings came and fought ; then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo : 5 they took no gain of money. *• 20 They fought from heaven ; ' the ftars in their f courfes fought againft Sifera. 2 1 The river of Kifhon fwept them away, that ancient river, the river Kilhon. O my foul, thou haft trodden down ftrengtji. 22 Then were the horfe- hoofs broken by the means of the || pran- ■ ' cings, the prancings of their mighty on<;s. 23 Curfe ye Meroz, (faid the angel of the Lord,) curfe ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; u becaufe they • came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord againft the mighty. 24Blefied above women fhail xJael the wife of Heber the Kenite be ; bleifed fiiall flie be above women in the tent. 25 yHe afked water, and fhe gave b:mm\\U; ihe brought forth butter in a lordly diih. 26 She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workman? i, hammer ; and f. with the hammer ihe fir.ote Sitera : ihe lir.ot? off his head, V, VT. Deborah and Barak. when flie had pierced and ftricken through his temples. 27 f At her feet he bowed, he fell, fuS, he lay down i at her feet he bowed, >",w«n- he fell ; where he bowed, there he fell down f dead. *";"■ , 28 The mother ofSifera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattefs, Why is his chariot /b long in coming ? why tarry the wheels of his chariots ? 29 HeY wife ladies anfwered her, yea, (he returned f anfwer to herfelf, Il."j** 20 And the angel of God faid unto ' " him, Take the heih and the unleaven- ed cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and k pour out the broth. And he did lb. 2i If Then the angel of the Lord ' •*3'3** put forth the end of the ftaffthat was in his hand, and touched the Heih and the unleavened cakes; and 'there rofe iuv.9.14. up fire out of the rock, and continued the ttefh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his light. 22 And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the Lord, Gideon faid, Alas, O Lord God! m for becaufe I have feen an angel , of the Lord face to face. 23 And the Lord faid unto him, Peace be unto thee ; fear not : thou ' lhalt not die. 24. Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it || Jehovah-fhalom : unto this day it it yet n in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. 25 f And it came to pafs the fame : night, that the Lord faid unto him, \ Take thy fathers young bullock, ||even the fecond bullock of (even years old, 2. :.z?' and throw downthe altar of Baal that Qr,'«uf. thy father hath, and ° cut down the grove that is by it ; 26 And build an altar unto the Lord thy God upon the top of this f rock, || in the ordered place, ami '.***' hC(t take the fecond bullock, and offer f"oT, t* a burnt- facritice with the wood of the grove which thou lhalt cut down. 27 Then Gidron took ten men of his fervants, and did as the Lord had faid unto him : and Jo it was, becaufe he feared his fathers houfehold, and the men of the city, that he could not do /'/ by day, that he did it by night. 28 ^1 And when the men of the city arofe early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was call down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the fecond bullock was ottered upon the altar that was built. 29 And they faid one to another. Who hath done this thing ? And when they enquired and afkecl, they faid, Gideon the fon of Joalh hath done this thing. 30 Then the men of the city faid unto Joafh, Bring out thy fon that he may die : becaufe he hath caft down the altar of Baal, and becaufe he hath cut down the grove that -was by it. 3 r And Joalh faid unto all that Rood aga'mft him, Will ye plead for Bail ? will p i Sam. hat Ift /. Gideons fleece : CHAP cm™ will ye fave him ? he that will plead r. 1249. for him let him be put to death "^—^ whilft it is yet morning : if he be a god, let him plead for himfelf, be- caufe one hath cad down his altar. 32 Therefore on that day he call- ed him p Jcrubbaal, faying, Let Baal y/r^'ke. plead againft him, becaufe he hath • thrown down his altar. 33 H Then all the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and the children of the eaft, were gathered together, and j7J"?6. went ovei*' s and Pitched in the valley of JezreeJ. "ffaT' 34 But 'the Spirit of the Lord a-fAo?' + came upon Gideon, and he s blew Tiicb. a trumpet; and Abiezer f was ga- 1'E, thered after him. \°- 3\ , 35 And he fent meflengers through- ^ Her,? Z7' ouC a11 Manafleh ; who alfo was ga- ■w.ucMtd thered after him: and he fent mef- fengers unto Aiher, and unto Zebu- lun, and unto Naphtali ; and they came up to meet them. 36 If And Gideon faid unto God, If thou wilt fave Ifrael by mine hand, as thou halt faid, 37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor ; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth befide, then fhall I know that thou wilt fave Ifrael by mine hand, as thou hall faid. 38 And it was fu: for he rofe up early on the morrow, and thruit the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl-full of water. iaiTi. 39 And Gideon faid unto God, r Let not thine anger be hot againft me, and I will fpeak but this once : Let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece ; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. 40 And God did io that night : for it was dry upon the fleece on- ly, and there was dew on all the ground. CHAP. VII. I Gideons army : 9 be is encouraged by the dream, and the interpretation of the barley- cake. 25 Oreb and Zeeb taken. c^l:" 'T'Hen 3Jerubbaal, (whon Gideon, ) .1 and all the people that were with him, rofe up early, and pitched befide the well of Harod : lb that the hoft of the Midianites were on the north flde of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. 2 And the Loan faid unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites • VII. his army. into their hands, left Ifrael vaunt **»J themfelves againft me, faying, Mine ttr.i»4&. own hand hath faved me. * v 3 Now, therefore, goto, proclaim in the ears of the people, faying, bWho- 1°™'' foever is fearful and afraid, let him lM«3 56. return, and depart early from mount Gilead : and there returned of the people twenty and two thoufand, and there remained ten thoufand. 4 And the Lord faid unto Gideon, The people are yet too many ; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there : and it fhall be, iliat of whom I fay unto thee, This lhall go with thee, the fame fhall go with thee ; and of whomfoever I fay unto thee, This fhall not go with thee, the fame fhall not go. 5 So he brought down the people unto the water : and the Lord faid unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him flialt thou Vet by him- felf ; like wife every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. 6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men : but all the reft of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. 7 And the Lord faid unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I fave you, and deliver the Mi- dianites into thine hand : and let all the other people go every man unto his place. 8 So the people took viftuals in. their hand, and their trumpets : and he fent all the relt of Ifrael, every man unto his tent, and retained thofe three hundred men. And the hoft of Mi- dian was beneath him in the valley. 9 t And it came to psfs the fame night, that the Lord faid unto him, Arife, get thee down unto the hoft ; for I have delivered it into thine hand. 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy fervant down to the hoft, ix And thou fhalt hear what they fay ; and afterward fhall thine hands be ftrengthened to go down unto the hoft. Then went he down with Phu- rah his fervant unto the outfide of the || armed men that were in the hoft. ^JST1* ta And the Midianites, and the "^ ^ Amalekites, and c all the children of 33.jci.1a the eaft, lay along in the valley like grafhoppers for multitude ; and their camels were without number, as the fund by the fea-fkle for multitude. 13 And alloftbc.n. The dream of the barley- cake. JUD ^°i" 13 And when Gideon was come, /**'**«• beliold, there was a man that told a v dream unto his fellow, and laid, Be- hold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into tiie holt of Midian, and came unto a tent, and Quote it that it fell, and over- turned it, that the tent lay along. 14 And his fellow anfwered and faid, This is nothing elfe fave the fword of Gideon the fon of Joafh, a man of IlVael :for into his band hath God deliveredMidian,and all the hoft. 1 5 *| And it was Jo, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and 7 the interpretation thereof, that he tbcrtj. worlhipped, and returned into the holt of Ifrael, and faid, Arife ; for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the hoft of Midian. 16 And he divided the three hun- dred men into three companies, and Vumvuin he put t a trumpet in every mans i°(. hand, with empty pitchers, and mps within the pitchers. o£t'rrt«: 1 7 And he faid unto them, Look on me, and doliicewife and, behold, when I come to the outfide of the camp, it fhall be, that as I do, fo fhall ye do. 18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that (ire with me, then blow ye the trumpets alfo on every fide of all the camp, and fay. The /word of the Lord, and of Gideon. 19 1 So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outfide of the camp in the begin- ning of the middle watch; and they had but newly let the watch : and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. 20 And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitch- ers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow xviciud: and they cried, The fwprd of the Lord, and of Gi- deon. 2 1 And they flood every man in his place round about the camp and all the hoft ran, and cried, ami tied. 22 And the three hundred d blew the trumpets, and e the L o \\ u lit ' every mans fword againft his fellow, even throughout all the holt : and the holt lied to Beth-fhittah, || in Ze- rerath, and to the -(- border of Abel- meholah, unto Tabbath. 23 And the men of Ifrael gathered themfelves together out of Naplddi, and out of Alher, and out of all ManaiTeh, and purfucd after the Midianites, t Jolh- 6. 4. Irt. 10. ScezCuv. 4. 7. c l'l.i'.n 83. 9. If*. 5. 4. f 1 Sam. 14- 20. aehrun. 20. 23. II Or, t Ucb. Up. G E S. Orel and Zeeb taken. 24 If And Gideon fent meflengers *chf^ throughout all mount Ephraim, fay- cir. ii4» ing, Gome down againft the Midian- ites, and take before them the waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered them- felves together, and took the waters unto l Beth-barah and Jordan. * J"*" 25 And they took h two princes of h era. the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb . and ul. 5o. i«. they (lew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they flew at the wine-prefs of Zeeb, and purfued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other iide Jordan. G H A P. VIII. r T/w Ephraimites pacified. 1 o Zebah and Zalmwina taken. 33 The If- raelites idolatry and ingratitude. ANd a the men of Ephraim faid ^2Se^Chl?> unto him, f Why haft thou fer- » sam. ved us thus, that thou calledlt us not \°n^' when thou wenteft to fight with the •'' Midianites ? And they did chide with ' him f lharply. 2 And he faid unto them, What^rMgjr. have I done now in comparifon of you ? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Aoi-ezer ? 3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb : and what was I able to do in comparifon of you i Then their f anger was abated toward him, t «-v. when he had faid that. ■*"'"' 4 f And Gideon came to Jordan, and paiTed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet purfuing them. 5 And he faid unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am purfuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. 6 U And the princes of Succoth faid, Are the hands of Zebah and Zal- munna now in thine hand, that b we ^fe1J>Sim* mould give bread unto ^hine army ? 7 And Gideon faid, Therefore, when the Lord luth delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will f tear your tlelh with the tnorns of / "<£• the wilderness, and with briers. 8 And he went up thence c to pe»*cOe«. nuel, and lpa,*• "» would defire a requeft of you, that ye would give me every man the ear-rings of his prey : (for they had golden ear- rings, ''becaufetheytt/mrlfhir.aelites. ) \??S 25 And they anfwered, We will willingly give them. And they fpread a garment, and did eaft therein every man the ear-rings of his prey. 26 And the weight of the golden ear-rings that he requefted was a thoufand and feven hundred J/iekels of gold, beiides ornaments, and j| collars, JUS*-?"* and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and befldes the chains that were about their camels necks. 27 And Gideon ; made an ephod\fh?f* thereof, and put it in his city, even '/- kin Ophrah; and all Ifrael went thi- \c^' ther a whoring after it: which thing became a fnare unto Gideon, and to his houfe. 28 II Thus was Midian fubdued before the children of Ifrael, fo that they lifted up their heads no more : and the country was in quietnefs forty years in the days of Gideon. 29 11 And Jerubbaal the fon of Joafii went and dwelt in his own houfe. 30 And Gideon had threefcore and ten fons f of his body begotten : for /.,'':'.'., he had many wives. «r>i»*»** 31 And his concubine that was in Shcchem, flie alfo bare him a fon, whofe name he f called Abimelech. t "<*./<*• 32 f] And Gideon the fon of Joaih cir. 12O9. died in a good old age, and was bu- ried in the fepulchre of Joalh his fa- ther, ' in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. [fU? 33 And it came to pafs, alfoon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Ifrael turned again, and went a r c"haJ whoring after Baalim, '"and made 9. 4,40. Baal-berith their god. 34 And the children of I frael remem- bered not the Lord their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every fide : 35 Neither lhewed they kindnefsto the houfe of Jerubbaal, namely Gi- deon, according to all the goodnefs which he had lhewed unto Ifrael. CHAP. IX. 1 Abimelech is made king. 7 Jothain*, by a parable, rebuketh the Shechem- ites, and fore t el let h their ruin. ANd Abimelech the fon of Jerub- baal went to Shechem, unto ahis 5. jaj" mothers brethren, and communed with p.ad ? " over the trees ? rthcr tut,. IO And the trees faid to the fig- tree, Come thou, and reign over us. 1 1 But the fig-tree laid unto them, Should I forfake my fweetnefs, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the tr, 12 Then fair! the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us. 13 And the vine faid unto them, \lt l?s. Should I leave my wine, R which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ? 14 Then faid all the trees unto t.ot.tbivt. the || bramuic, Come thou, and reign over us. Iv the ilk if tU pillar : Secjofh. f Ff.-lm 104- 15 t Hcb. Caals conspiracy. 15 And the bramble faid unto the *gj trees, If in truth ye anoint me king <■«■ "109- over you, then come and put your ' v trult in my lhadow : and if not, Met Jg*»£- fire come out of the bramble and de- vour the cedars of Lebanon. r6No\v, therefore, if ye have done truly and finccrely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his houfe, and have dohe unto him ac- cording to the deferving of his hands : 1 7 (For my father fought for you, and \ adventured his life far, and 6t livered you out of the hand of M idian ; 18 And ye are rifen up againd my fathers houfe this day, and have (lain his fons, threefcore and ten perfons, upon one ftone, and have made Abi- melech, the fon of his maid-fervant, king over the men of Shechem, bc- caufe he is your brother : ) 19 If ye then have dealt truly and fnicerely with Jerubbaal and with his houfe this day, then rejoice ye in Abi- melech, and lethimalfo rejoiceinyou; 20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the houfe of Millo : and let fire come out from the men of She- chem, and from the houfe of Millo, and devour Abimelech. 2 1 And Jotham ran away and fled, and went 'to Beer, and dwelt there, i£.s™' for fear of Abimelech his brother. 22 *; When Abimelech had reigned lzo6- three years over Ifrael, 23 Then ^God fent an evil fpirit j^s™,. between Abimelech and the men of see 1 Ki« Shechem; and the men of Shechem lch""n. dealt treacheroufly with Abimelech : Jf; '.;;,, 24 That the ciUelty done to the *"• threefcore and ten fons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother which fiew them, and upon the men of She- chem which + aided him in the kill- ,' ,",p, . ing of his brethren. 25 And the men of Shechem fet*" liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them : and it wus told Abimelech. 26 And Gaal the fon of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem : and the men of Shechem put their confidence, in him. 27 And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and r_ r trodc the grapes, and made |j merry, and went into the houfe of their god, j£'.%! and did eat and drink, and curfed Abimelech. 28 And Abimelechs victory : C H A *|*jj 28 And Gaal the Ton of Ebed faid, r ik.a. Who is Abimelech, and who is She- w ' diem, that we mould ferve him? is not he the fonof Jerubbaal, and Zebul his officer? Serve the men of Hamor thefather of Shechem; for why fhould we ferve him? 2f) And would to God this people were under my hand ! then would I remove Abimelech. And he faid to Abimelech, Increafe thine army, and come out. 30 *\ And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the lior.a*. fon of Ebed, his anger was || kindled. 31 And he fent mefiengers unto t Heh. Abimelech f privily, faying, Behold, Zf^rlr. Gaal the fon of Ebed and his brethren ■*** be come to Shechem ; and, behold, they fortify the city againft thee. 32 Now, therefore, up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field : 33 And it ihall be, thnt'nx the morn- ing, aflbon as the fun is up, thou (halt rife early, and fet upon the city : and, behold, when he, and the people that is with him, come out againft thee, l,Hrl'e tben mayeft thou do to them f as Vnmljhaii thou malt find occafiofl. 34 \ And Abimelech rofe up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait againft Shechem in four companies. 35 And Gaal the fon of Ebed went out, and ftood in the entering of the gate of the city : and Abimelech rofe up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait. 36 And when Gaal faw the people, he faid to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul faid unto him, Thou feeft the (hadow of the moun- tains as if they were men. 37 And Gaal fpake again, and fdd, See, there come people down by the L«?.' "f mi(ldle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of IggJZ, || Meonenim. tftoe tima. 38 Then faid Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou faidft. Who is Abimelech, th.it we fhould ferve him ? /; not this the people that thou haft defpifed ? go out, I pray now, and light with them. 3') And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. 40 And Abimelech chafed him, and he fled before him ; and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the g^te, P. IX. he burneth the hold of the god Berith. 41 And Abimelech dwelt at Am- gjjg mail : and Zebul tnruft out (ia.il and ««. »»ofr his brethren, that they fhould not * dwell in Shechem. 42 And it came to pafs, on the mor- row, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimeiech. 43 And he taok the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city : and he rofe up againft them, and fmote them. 44 And Abimelech, and the com- pany that -was with him, ruflied for- ward, and ftood in the entering of the gate of the city : and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and flew them. 45 And Abimelech fought againft the city all that day; and he took the city, and llew the people that was therein, and ' beat down the city, ^Sj. and fowed it with fait. J*£g 46 % And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the houfe "' of £ ™?p' the god Berith. 47 And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. 48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him ; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his fhoulder, and laid unto the people that were with him, h^ What ye have feen f me tlo> niake;HJ;; halte, and do as I have done. -""* 49 And all the people likewife cut down every man his bough, and fol- lowed Abimelech, and put thevi to the hold, and fet the hold on fire up- on them : fo that all the men of the tower of Shechem died alio, about a thoufand men and women. jo If Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped againft The- bez, and took it. 51 But there was a ftrong tower within the city, and thither tied 3ll the men and women, and all they of the city, and fhut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower. 52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought againft it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. ilSiB# 53 And a certain woman " call a U.M, piece of a mil (tone upon Abimelechs bead, and all to break his ftuil. 1 f 4 Then Tola judge th Ifrael. JUDGES. The Ifraelltes repent. 54 Then °he called haftily unto the young man his armour-bearer, and faid unto him, Draw thy fword, and flay me, that men fay not of me, A woman flew him. And his young man thrult him through, and he died. 55 And when the men of Ifrael faw that Abimelech was dead, they de- parted every man unto his place. 56 1[ Thus God rendered the wick- ednefs of Abimelech which he did unto his father, in flaying his feventy brethren. 57 And nil the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads : and upon them came the curfe of Jotham the foil of Jerubbaal. CHAP. X. 1 Tola.judgeih Ifrael. 7 The Phili- fiines and Ammonites opprejfmg If- rael, 1 5 upon their repentance God pitieth them. ANd after Abimelech there arofe, to || f defend Ifrael, Tola the tHeh.jfei«. f°n or Puah, the fon of Dodo, a man c.r.1183. of Iflachar ; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. 2 And he judged Ifrael twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. 3 1[ And after him arofe Jair a Gileadite, and judged Ifrael twenty and two years. . Chip. 4 And he had thirty fons that a rode 5^ic Si on thirty afs-colts, ::nd they had thirty b beM. cities, b which are called || Havoth- 3- J4- jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead. 5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. 6 And c the children of Ifrael did evil again in the fight of the Lord, and ferved Baalim, and d Aihtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Amnion, and the gods of the Philiflines, and forfook the Lord, and ferved not him. 7 t And the anger of the Lord was hot againft Ifrael, and he c fold them into the hands of tlie Philiftines, and into the hands of the children of Amnion. !/.•",!,',:: m 8 II Aik1 tllat vcar tliey vexed and t h h. f oppreifed the children of Ifrael "">■■''• eighteen years, all the children of Ifrael that were on the other fide Jordan in the land of the Amorkes, which is in Gilead. 9 Moreover, the children of Am- nion pallid over Jordan to fight alfo aga'mit Juda.li, and aga'mfl, BsnjamJB, ilOr, 77.7C vitiate 1 «,/ fair: : Ch.ip. that Ifrael was fore diflreifed. 10 1f f And the children of Ifrael iTsZT* cried unto the Lord, faying, We'"11- have finned againft thee, both be- caufe we have forfaken our God, and alfo ferved Baalim. 1 1 And the Lord faid unto the chil- dren of Ifrael, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, gfrom the children of Am- J2Ch,?" :* mon, hand from the Philiflines ? bchi. 12 ; The Zidonians alfo, k and the '•"• Amalekites, and the Maonites, did $. 19?* opprefs you, and ye cried to me, and £ c,haP- 1 delivered you out of their hand. 13 l Yet ye have forfaken me, and \?.%\ ferred other gods : wherefore I will Jcr *■ IJi deliver you no mure. 14 Go and m cry unto the gods which jL1?".^*. ye have chofen ; let them deliver you Jer- 2- I8, in the time of your tribulation. 15 t And the children of Ifrael faid unto the Lord, We have finned, do thou unto us whatfoever f feem- j eth good unto thee ; deliver us only, "> we pray thee, this day. 1 6 And they put awaj gods from among them, and ferved >■<»*«■/.■ the Lord : and "his foul f was grie- c,*!%. ved for the mifery of Ifrael. t "<.■•• -.= ,., 17 Then the children of Amman-"""'" Were f gathered together, and en- /,,"*!!.; ;"."* camped in Gilead: and the children of Ifrael aflembled themfelves toge- ther, and encamped in " Mizpeh ?i?u*" 18 And the people and princes of Gilead faid one to another, Whatman is he that will begin to fight againft the children of Ammon ? he (hall pbe head \^SfCu over all the inhabitants of Gilead. CHAP. XI. 1 Jephthahs covenant with the Gilead- ite s: 29 his vow : 34 he performeth it on his daughter. Ow a Jephthah the Gileadite was ]"% ighty nun of valour, and lie c was the fon of f an harlot : and Gi- ".' lead begat Jephthah. 2 And Gi leads wife bare him fons : and his w;fes fons grew up, and they thruft out Jephthah, and faid unto him. Thou (halt not inherit in our fathers houfe ; for thou art the fon of a ftnange worn ?n. 3 Then Jephthah iled f from his ' brethren, and dwelt in the land - Tob : and there were gathered l,vaii> ':,c^iu men to Jephthah, and went out with ',25a^; him. 4 f And it cam" to pafs, f in Pr°- cefs of time, that tiie children of Am- nion nwde war againlt Ifrael. 5 And N' Hcf/.rc Cbiift s:.ji(5:. children of Amnion marie war Jephthah; covenant 5 And it was fo, gainft Ifrael, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob : 6 And theyfaid nntoJephthah,Comc and be ourcr.ptain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. 7 And Jephthah faid unto the elders of Gilead, c Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my fathers hcufe? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in diftrefs ? 8 d And the elders of Gilead faid un- to Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayeft go with us, and light againft the children of Ammon, and be our head overall the inhabitants of Gilead. 9 And Jephthah faid unto the el- ders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight againft the children of Ammon, and the Lord deliver them before me, fliall I be your head ? loAnd the elders of Gilead faid unto Jephthah, The Lord f be witnefs be- tween us, if we do not fo according to thy words. r i Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words e before the Lord in Mizpeh. io-T-. 12 If And Jephthah fent melfengers dr. 1143. nnto the king of the children of Am- mon, faying. What haft thou to do with me, that thou art come againft me to fight in my land ? r3 And the king of the children of Ammon anfwered unto the mcflen- lul™*' &ers ot Jephthah, f Becaufe Ifrael took away my land when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan : now, therefore, reftore thole lands again peaceably. 14 And Jephthah fent meflengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon, 15 And faid unto him, Thus faith jephthah, g Ifrael took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon : 16 But when Ifrael came up from i^Ts?' Egypt, and h walked through the wil- .Numn. dernefs unto the Red fea, and 'came 20- «• to Kadefli ; kN-umb. 17 Then k Ifrael fent melfengers iC'i4' unto the king ofEdom, faying, Let me, I pray thee, pafs through thy \J;??r°- land : ' but the king of F.dom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they fent unto the king of 1 Ileb. 1 Gztwcen e Chan. JO. 17. CHAP. XI. with the Gileadites. that when the Moab ; but he would not confent : **j and Ifrael abode in Kadefli. m nU. 18 Then they went along through "** "* ' the wildernefs, and m compafl'ed the ™ Nomi. land ofEdom, and the land of Moab, ^j. and n came by the eaft fide of the land l''^m.u of Moab, and pitched on the other ai.1i." fide of Arnon, ° but came not within ^"""ae the border of Moab : for Arnon was -'- the border of Moab. 19 And p Ifrael fent me ffengers unto g^- Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heflibon ; and Ifrael faid unto him, 9 Let us pafs, we pray thee, through Ium?" thy land unto my place. 20 r But Sihon trufted not Ifrael ^'™''- to pafs through hiscoaft : bjit Sihon : gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought ae;aiiilt Ifrael. ai And the Lord God of Ifrael de- livered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Ifrael, and they fniote them : fo Ifrael polfefled all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. 22 And they poffefTed 5 all the coafts ^nc,;t« of the Amorites, from Arnon even ' 3 unto Jabbok, and from the wildernefs even unto Jordan. 23 So now the Lord God of Ifrael hath difpofiefied the Amorites from before his people Ifrael, and ihouldeft thou poflefs it ? 24 Wiltnotthou pofiefs that' which ' Chemofti thy god giveth thee to pof- fefs ? So whomfoever the Lord our God fliall drive out from before us, them will we poliefs. 25 "And now. art thou any thing u N-umb. better than Balak the foil of Zippor "utVi. 9. king of Moab ? c\ he ever ftrive J°a-a4-y againft Ifrael, or did he ever fight againft them, 26 While Ifrael dwelt in * Heflibon xN-jmb. and her towns, and in Aroer and her 21' towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coafts of Arnon, three hundred years ? why, therefore, did ye not recover them within that time ? 27 Wherefore I have not finned againft thee, but thou doeft me wrong to war againft me: the Lord the Judge be judge this day between the children of Ifrael and the children of Ammon. 28 Howbeit, the king of the chil- dren of Amnion hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he fent him. vCh,p. 29 1J Then y the Spirit of the Lord |'','°WMh came upon || Jephthah, and he pafled over Gilead, and Manaffeh, and palled R over ciii'tr«;. n;i« Pfil.08.2S. Jer.3I.4- II Or, be hail not Jephthahs rajli vow. j U D £$£ over Mizpeh of Gilead. and from *''• ''"-, Mizpeh of Gilead he palled over unto the children ot* Amnion. 30 And Jephthuh vowed a vow nnto the Lord, and faid. If thou fliak without fail deliver the children of Amnion into mine hands, t*c*£" 3l Then it (hall be, that + wbat- foever cometh forth of the doors of my houfe to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Am- moo, ihall furely be the Lords, IS/h^r il z and 1 will offer it up for a burnt- "pfttai olFering- «.l3. 32 H So Jephthah palled over un- to the children of Ammon to fight againft them ; and the Lord deliver- ed them into his hands. 33 And he fmote them from Aroer, 3 E«k. even tlii thou come to ■ Minnith, even Uut.AM. twenty cities, and unto || the plain of the vineyards, with a very great fiaughter. Thus the children of Am- mon were fubdued before the children of Ifrael. 34 1f And Jephthah came to Mizpeh fc&od< unto his houfe, and, behold, b his 1x8.6. daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; and (he was his only child : || f belides her he had neither fon nor daughter. 35 And it came ro pafs, when he faw her, that he rent his clothes, 3nd faid, Alas, my daughter ! thou hall brought ra? very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me : for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back. 36 And (he faid unto him, My fa- ther, if thou hall opened thy mouth nnto the Lord, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth ; forafmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon. 37 And (lie faid unto her father, Let this thing be done for me ; Let me alone two months, that I may \ go up and down upon the moun- tains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows. 38 And he faid, Go. And he feat her away for two months : and (he went with her companions, and be- wailed her virginity upon the moun- tains. 39 And it came to pafs, at the end of two months, that (he returned un- to her father, who did with her ae- eofditfg to his vow which he had vow- ed : and (lie knew no man. And it was a || cultom in IiVaeJ, G E S. The Ephraijnites Jlain. 40 That the daughters of Ifrael , went \ yearly |j to lament the daugh- <■■•■'-■•-■ A ter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days t He... in a year. CHAP. XII. 1 The Ephraimites quarrelling with"'""''"""'' Jephthctfi, and dij turned by Shib~ bskth. are Jlain by the Gileadite s. 7 Jephthah dieth. ANd a the men of Ephra'un t ga" a.5"c,":'' thered themlelves together, and went northward, and faid unto Jeph- (M:a- thah, Wherefore patted ft thou over to fight againil the children of Am- mon, and didll not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine houfe upon thee with fire. 2 And Jephthah faid unto them, I and my people were at great ilrife with the children of Ammon ; and « hen I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. 3 And when I faw that ye deliver- ed ??ie not, I put my life in my hands, and palled over againlt the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand : wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day to fight againil me ? 4 Then Jephthah gathered together all the menofGilead, and foughtwith Ephraim : and the men of Gilead fmote Ephraim, becaufe they faid, Ye Gileadites '• are fugitives of Eph- hWii.78.9. raim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manailites. 5 And the Gileadites took the c paf- «*•£ fages of Jordan before the Ephraim- ites : and it was Jo, that when thofe Ephraimites which were efcaped faid. Let me go over ; that the men of Gilead faid unto him. Art thou an • Epiiraimite ? If he faid. Nay ; 6 Then faid they unto him. Say now Shibboleth ; and he faid Sibboleth : for he could not frame to pronounce it right. • in the hand of the Ph'ili flints. 2 An angel appeareth to Mdnoahi Wife. H The angel appeareth to 31a- noah. \$ Manoahi facrifice, where- by tfie angel is difcovered. 24 Sam- Jon is born. h1. A Nd the children of Ifrael f s did J.'l'to r\ evil again in the light of the zh.'iTt'. Lor d ; |j and the Lord delivered *£&' *nem into the hand of the Philiflines 10. o.' ' forty years. Sr'tf""" 2 jF b And there was a certain man ptivity. of Zo'rah, of the family of the Dan- '.U4i*. ^es' whofe name was Manoah ; arid his wife was barren, and bare not. 3 And the angel of the Lord appear- ed unto the woman, arid faid unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and beareft not : but thou fhalt con- ceive, and bear a fon. 4 Now, therefore, beware, I pray 5j™ thee, and c drink not wine nor ftrong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: 5 For, lo, thou fhalt conceive, and »m?i?u! bear a fon ; and d no razor dial! come on his head : for the child fhall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb ; and he fliall begin to deliver Ifrael out of the hand of the Philiflines. 6 *|[ Then the woman came and told her hufband, faying, A man of God came unto me, and his counte- nance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible : but I aiked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name. 7 But he faid unto me, Behold, thou fhalt conceive, and bear a fon : and now drink no wine nor ftrong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child fhall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death. 8 If Then Mano'ah entreated the Lord, and faid, 0 my Lord, let the P. XIII. wife. MdxoaAsfc man of God which thou didft i'end come again unto ifs, and teach ns what we fhall do unto the child that w fhall be born. . 9 Ancl God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as fhe fat in the field : but Mano'ah her lr.il- band vjns not with her. 10 And the woman made hsfte, arid ran, and [hewed her hufband, and faid unto him, Behold, the mm hath appeared unto me that cam.: unto me the other day. r 1 And Manoah arofe, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and faid unto him, Art thou the man that fp'akeft Unto the woman ? And he faid, I dni. 12 And Manoah faid, Now let thy words come to' pafs : f how fhall " we order the child? and j] j ,'mv ';. fhall we do unto him ? &c. 13 And the angel of the Loud faid ,„?;•,, ;;•'", unto Manoah, Of all that I faid un'c • the woman' let her beware. £& / *' 14 She may not eat of" any thing that cometh of the vine, neither leu her drink wine or ftrong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I com- manded her let her obferve. 15 1f And Manoah faid unto the e(jn angel of the Lord, I pray thee, elct is.*.' us detain chee Until we fhall have ^;"' '* made ready a kid f for thee. *'M* »*"• 16 And the angel of the Lord faid unto Manoah, Though thou detain me I will not eat of thy bread : and if thou wilt offer a burnt -offering, thou mutt offer it unto the Lord : for Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord. 17 And Manoah faid unto the an- gel of the Lord, What is thy name ? that, when thy fayirigs come to pafy we may do thee honour. 18 And the angel of the Lord faid unto him, f Why afkeft thou thus af- ter my name, feeinq it is \\ fecrei ? J pr, 19 So Manoah took a kid with j a meat-offering, g and offered it upon - a rock unto the Lord : and the ang did wo'ndroufly ; and Manoah and his wife looked on. 20 For it came to pafs, when the flame went up toward h'earen from off the altar, that the aogel of the Lord attended in the flame of the altar : and Manoah and his wife looked en it. and fell oh theit faces to the ground. 21 (But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to Manoah and to Ra wife.) Eiort. T \- LO. Cll*i>.0 1 U<-*r. VCtap The birik of Samfon i ]L'D i;;.;c wife. ) Then Manoah knew that he « ■<■ a/fli an angel of the Lom>. 22 And Manoah laid unto his wife, h We (hall furely die, becaufe v, fcen God 2 1 But his wife faid unto him, If the Loii) were pleafed to kill vus. he would not have received a burnt-offering and a meat-offering at our hands ; neither would he have fliewed us all thefe ihitigs i nor would, as at this time, have told nsfuch things as thefe. a 4 * And the woman bare a fon, and called his name ' Samfon : and the child grew, and the Lord blciTed him. 25 k And the Spirit of the Lord be- gan lo move him at times in the f en mp of Dan, 'between Zorah and Eihtaol. CHAP. XIV. i Samfon defireth a wife of the Phili- Jiines : i o his marriage-feafl, 1 2 and riddle : 1 9 he fpoileth thirty Phili- flir.es. ANd Samfon went down a to Tim- nath, and faw a woman in Tim-, nathofthe daughters of the Philfftirfes, "2 And he came up, and told his fa- ther and his mother, and faid, I have fecn a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philiftines ; now, therefore, get her for me to wife. 3 Then his father and his mother faid unto him, Is there never a wo- man among the daughters of thy bre- thren, or among all my people, that thou goeft to take a wife of the un- circumcifed Philiftines? And Samfon faid unto his father, Get her for me; for \ fiie pleafeth me well. 4 But his father and his mother b knew not that it xvas of the Lord that he fought an occafion the Phililtines : for at that time the Philiftines had dominion over Ifrael. . 5 *i Then went Samfon down, and his father and his mother, to Tim- nath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath : and, behold, a young Hon roared f agairift him. 6 And rthe Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and lie rent j would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what lie had done. 7 And he went down, and talked with the woman ; and Die pleafed Samfon well. 8 \ And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned afide to fee the car cafe of the1 lion: and, be- hold., there was a fwarm of honey in the carcafe of the lion. G E S. hii marria re- fn} and riddle. 9 And he took thereof in his bands, '<.-.' and went on eating, and came to his ,cl"''- father and mother, and he gave them, . and they did eat ; but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcafe of the lion. 10 t So his father went down unto the woman, and Samfon made there a feaft; for fo ufed the young mtn to do. 1 1 And it came to pafs, when thry faw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. 12 % And Samfon faid unto them, I will now dput forth a riddle unto t^ you ; if ya can certainly declare it m'e c within the feven days of the \^~'7. feaft, and find it out, then I will give you thirty |j (heets, and thirty change »°r»> of garments : 13 But if ye cannot declare it vac, then (hall ye give me thirty meets, and thirty change of garments. And id unto huti, Put forth thy fiddle, that we may hear it. 14 And he faid unto them. Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the ftrong came forth fweetnefs. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. 15 And it came to pafs on the fe- venth day, that they faid unto Sam- fens' wife, Entice thy hiinSand, that he may declare unto us the riddle, 'left [f'J* we burn thee and thy fathers houfe with fire : have ye called us \ to take , that we have ? is it not Jo ." 16 And Samfons wife wept before him, and faid, Thou dolt bat hate me, and loveft me not : thou hall put forth a riddle unto the ch':ld>c:i of my people, and halt not told it me. And he laid unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and Avail I tell it thee ? 17 And (he wept before him |j tl feven days, while their fea'.i lafted : ; 1 1 u I it came to paf /enth day, that he told her, becaufe (he lay fore upon him : and fne told the riddle to the children of her people. 18 And the men of the city Grid unto hi;n on the feventh day, before the fun went down, What fi fweeter than honey ? and what is Rronger than a lion ? And he faid unto th If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. 19 *H And the Spirit of the Lotid came upon him. and he went down to Afhkelon, and flew thirty men of them, and took their j| fpoil, a ad ,;.",;,;, gas e change of garments unto them which Swvfmdeniedkiswif:: CHAP. which expounded the riddle : and his *•&"■«■' anger was kindled, and he went up to his fathers honle. 20 But Samfons wife was jgoeh to his companion, whom he haa itfed as Iris friend. CHAP. XV. 1 Samfon is denied his wife : 3 he burnetii the PJiiUfiines coin: 0 he is b;>und by the men of Judith, and delivered to the 'Philiftines : 14 he killeth them with a jaw-bone. <,..-. 1140. T) \jt it came to pafs within a while $J after, in the time of wheat- harveft, that Samfon vifited his wife with a kid ; and he faid, I will go in to my wife into the chamber : but her father would not fnlfer him to go in. 2 And her father faid, I verily thought that thou hadft utterly a ha- ted her ; therefore I gave her to thy companion : is not her younger fifter ," fairer than (he ? -(take her, I pray thee, inftead of her. 3 If And Samfon faid concerning V-nnT tlie,n< II ^ow ';1-la^ I be more blame- biameu/, lels than the Philiftines, though I dp fpb"iijtines, them a difpleafure. though,^. 4 And Samfon 'went and caught uni'ii. three hundred foxes, and took || fire- brands, and turned tail to tail, and put a fire-brand in the midft between two tails. 5 And when he had fet the brands on fire, he let them go into the ftand- ing corn of the Philfflines, and burnt up both the (hocks and alfo the {land- ing corn, with the vineyards and elivee. 6 f Then the Philiftines faid, Who hath done this ?• And they anfwered, Samfon, the fon-in-law of the Tim- nite, becaufe he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. t.chjp. b And the Philiftines came up and burnt her and her father with tire. r <<\ And Samfon faid unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will ceafe. 8 And he fmote them hip and thigh with a great flaughter : and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. 9 Tf Then the Philiftines went up, and pitched in Judah, and fpread 1 '• I9< themfelves c in Lehi. 10 And the men of Judah faid, Why are ye come up againft us? And they anfwered, To bind Samfon are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to vis. XV, XVf. he killeth a thoufand Phili dines. 1 [ Then three thoufand men of Judah j went to the top of the rock < Etam, and faid to Samfon, Knoweft {nSt. thou not that the Philiftines are ru- lers over us? what is this that thou haft done unto us ? And he faid unto them, As they did unto me, fo have I done unto them. 12 And they faid unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philiftines. And Samfon faid unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourfelve.,. 1 3 And they (pake unto him, faying, No ; but we will bind thee fait, and deliver thee into their hand : but fnrely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock. 14 If And when he came unto Lchi the Philiftines fliouted againft him: and the Spirit, of the Lord came mightily upon him ; and the cords that xvsre upon his arms became as flax that was- burnt with fire, and his bands f loofed from off his hands. l^ulf.''' 15 And he found a f new jaw- !Heb.m»i*. bone of an afs, and put forth his hand and took it, and flew a thoufand men therewith. 1 6 And Samfon faid, With the jaw- bone of an afs, f heaps upon heaps, t h*. with the jaw of an afs have I {lain a VLt'bWtu thoufand men. 1 7 And it came to pafs, when he had made an end of fpeaking, that he caft away the jaw-bone out of his hand, and called that place || Ramath-lehi. 1 L™:'.;.'; 18 f And he was fore athirft, and * called on the Lord, and faid, Then haft given this great deliverance into the hand of thy fervant: and now' {hall I die for thirft, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcifed ? 19 But God clave an hollow place that was in || the jaw, and there came 1 0r> Lekl- water thereout ; and when he had drunk his fpirit came again, and he ;,' revived : wherefore he called the \"r^jy:' name thereof I] En-hakkore, which 1*^^ is in Lehi unto this day. 20 || And he judged Ifrael <• in the '£$SL davs of the Philiftines twenty years. ;; CHAP. XVE 1 Samfon carrieth away the gates of, Gaza: 4 Delilah, corrupted by tf*> 13.*. Phili/hnes, enticelh him, \ 5 and o'vercomethhim. 21 The Philijiihes put out his eyes. T Hen went Samfon to Gaza, and ' faw there f an harlot, and Went ft 3 i d"<* in unto her. Delilah fdfehnot. JUD 2 And it was toll tic Cazite;. fay- *'r 'J2°-_, »ng, Samfon is come hither. And they poippaflTpd hirn, in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the ci.ty, an.l were | quiet all the night, lay- ing, In the morning, when ic is day, we dial] kill him. ' 3 And Samfon lay till midnight, snd arofe at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two polls, and went away with them, L"*L'rT'""' 1" ^ar aiu' a^> and Pllt them upon his moulders, and carried tfrem up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron. 4 1 And it came to pafs afterward, luTS™*. tnat ne ^°ved a woman j| in the valley of Sorek, whofe name was Delilah. 5 And the lords of phe Philiftines came up unto her, and laid unto her, Entice him, and fee wherein his great flrength lieth, and by what means we o_ may prevail agaVnft him, that we may Ifoiifc. bind him to [| afflict him : and we will give thee, every one of us, eleven h imdred pieces of filver. 6 And Delilah faid to Samfon, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great itrength lieti, and wherewith thou mighteft be bound to afflict thee. 7 And Samfon faid unto her, If they ' bind me with (even f green || withs that, were never dried, then mall I be iJJtb. me. yveak, and be as f another man. 8 Then the lords of the PhililVmes brought up to her feven green withs ■which had not been dried, and Jhe bound him with them. 9 (Now there were men lying in wait abiding with her in the cham- ber.) And (he faid unto him, The JPhiliftines be upouthee, Samfon. And ,. ' he brake the withs as a thread of tow (m iitlb. is broken when it | toucheth the fire : fo his ftrength was no: known. io And Delilah faid unto Samfon, Behold, tiiou hall mocked me, and told me lies : now tell me, I pray thee, ■ :>j\vith thou mighteft be bound. ii And he faid unto her, If they bind me faft with new ropes -jthat never v. ere occupied, then (hull I he weak, and be as another man. 12 Delilah, therefore, took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and faid unto hini, The Pliiliitines be up- on thee, Samfon. (And there were Jiers in wait abiding in the chamber. ) And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. f3 And, Delilah faid unto Samfon, Hitherto thou halt mocked me, and tol J r.ie lies : tell me wherewith thou GEJ. Sdmfon is overcome. Nun.b. her, Ifthouweaveft the feven locks &• >\-°^ of my head with the web. " !£""* 14 And fhe fattened it with the pin, and faid unto him, The Phili- ftiues be upon thee, Samfon. And he awaked out ol" his deep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. 1 5 1| And me faid unto him, How canft thou fay, 1 love thee, when thine heart U not with me ? thou haft mocked me thefe three times, and halt not told me wherein thy great ftrength lieth. 1 6 And it came to pafs, when fhe preifed him daily with her words, and urged him, Jo that his foul was t -J- vexed unto death, /hmt*M. 1 7 That he told her all hjs hgart, and faid unto her, a There hatti not ; come a razor upon mine head ; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from niy mothers womb : if I be (haven, then my Itrength will go from me, and I fliall become weak, and be like any other manl :i8 And when Delilah faw that he had told her all his heart, lhe fent and called for the lords of the Philiftines, faying, Come up tliis once ; for he hath (hewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philiftines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. 19 An J (lie made him fleep upon her knees ; and (he called for a man, and (he caufed him to (have oft" the feven locks of his head • and (he began to afflict him, and his itrength went from him. 20 And (he faid, The Philiftines be upon thee, Samfon- And he awoke out of his (leep, and faid, I will go out, as at other times before, and make myfelf. ^iul he wilt not that the Lord was departed from him. ■ 2r *{ But the Philiftines took him, and fput out hj» eyes, and brought w.i him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brafs ; and he did grind in the prifon-houfe. 22 'Howbcit, the hair of )iis head began to grow again || after he was ..■ (haven. • '"'" 23 Then the lords of the Philiftines gathered them together for to oiler a great facritice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice : for they faid, Our god hath delivered Samfon our enemy into our hand: 24 And when the people faw him they praifed their god ; for they f ud, Our t WclD. The manner of Samfom death. CHAP. XVII, XVIII. cm"!te Oui"g°d hath delivered into our hands r. 1120. our enemy, and the deltroyer of our :IX. ' country, f which (lew many of us. 'im'pihU 2$ And lt came t0 Pafr> when their i jiuin. hearts were merry, that they faid, Call for Samfon, that he may make us fport. And they called for Samfon out of the prifon-houfe . and he made ■icb. + them fport : and they fet him be- tween the pillars. 26 And Samfon faid unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars where- upon the houfe ftandeth, that 1 may lean upon them. 27 Now the houfe was full of men and women ; and all the lords of the Pbiliftiiies were there : and there were upon the roof about three thoufand men and women, that beheld while Samfon made fport. 28 And Samfon called unto the Lord, andfaid, OLordGou, remem- ber me, I pray thee, and ltrength.cn me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the phililYines for my two eyes. 29 And Samfon took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the ^uaned houfe ftood, and || on which it was ";"r- borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. "mi. 3° And Samfon faid, Let f me die with the philiftines. And he bowed himfelf with alt his might ; and the houfe fell upon the lords, and upon all die people that were therein : fo the dead which he {lew at his death were more than they which he ilew in his life. 31 Then his brethren, and all the houfe of his father, came down, and ?25? took him, and brought him up, band buried him between Zorah and Eih- taol, in the burying-place of IVfanoah. his father : and he judged Ifrael twenty years. CHAP. XVII. : Micah rejioring the flolen money to his mother, Jlie tnaketh images : 7 he hireth a Levite to be his pritji. '• 1405. * jvjj there was a man of mount jt\ Ephraim, whofe name was Mi- eah. 2 And he faid unto his mother, The eleven hundred Jhekels of lilver that \yere taken from thee, about which thou curfedli, and fpakeit of alio in mine ears, behold, the filver is with me ; I took it. And his mother faid, BlejTed be thmi of the Lord, my fon. 3 And when he had reftored the eleven hundred /tickets of iilver to his Micahs idolatry. mother, his mother faid, I had wholly '!• f dedicated the filver unto the Lord ck.'m' -. from my hand for my fon, to make ' * ' a graven image and a molten image ; now, therefore, I will reltore it unto thee. 4 Yet he reftored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred Jliekels of filver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image : and they were in the houfe of* Mi can. 5 And the man Micah had an houfe of gods, and made an aephod, and c|^' b teraphim, and f confecrated one of' ^- ■ his fons, who became his pr'eft. i '.', \."4. 6 e In thole days there was no in Ifrael; d but every man did that ™» ".■■'.'" which was right in his own eyes. \2'u& 7 ^ And there was a young man m*** out of e Beth-lehem-judah of the fa- ,'""',' M mily of J ml ah, who was a Levite, '- '• and he fojqurned there. V"i].m' 8 And the man departed out of the city from Beth-lehem-judah to fo- jonrn where he could find a place : and he came tomountEphraim, to the houfe of Micah, f as he journeyed . Vmahnf 9 And Micah faid unto him, *"'•"*• Whence comeft thou ? And he faid unto him, I am a Levite of Beth- lehem-jiKhh, and I go to fojourn where I may find a place. io And Micah faid unto him, Dwell with me, f and be unto mc a '£hJ£ father and a prieft, and I will give thee ten jhekels of iilver by the year, and if f a fuit of apparel, and thy^";,,, victuals. So the Levite went in. /<••'. a«. ii And the Levite was content to U";'; , ., dwell with the man ; and the young »"•""■•''• man was unto him as one of his fons. 12 And Micah confecrated the Le- vite ; and the young man B became U. '£. his prielt, and was in the houfe of Micah. 13 Then faid Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, feeing I have a Levite to my prielt. CHAP- XV III. 1 The Parities fend fide men to fee k out an inheritance : 27 they win fn'ijii. IN athofe days there was no king in :f.V? - Ifrael: and in thofe days ft) tribe of the Danites fought them i inheritance to dwell in ; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Ifrael. ' 2 And the children of Dan fent of their family five men from their coalls, + men of valour, froiA c Zorah, *4 tH-l>./» and i3- *i The fries of Dan. J U D ^,7 and from Efhtaol, to fpy out the tr- '*"-": land, and to fearch it ; and they faftl unto them, Go, fearch the land : who, when they came to mount Ephraim, to the houfe of Micah, they lodged there. 3 When they were by the houfe of Micah they knew the voice of the young man the Levite : and they turned in thither, and (aid unto him, Who brought thee hither ? and what maktft thou in this' place ? and what haft thou here I 4 And he faid unto them, Thus and thusdealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his prieft. 5 And they faid unto him, Alk ccunfel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go (hall be profperous. 6 And the prieft faid unto them, Go in peace : before theLono ii your way wherein ye go. 7 % Then the five men departed, ojofh.io. and came to d Laifh, and faw the ll/hCCm.~c -people that were therein, e how they ever^ dwelt cardefs, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and feciue ; and (*]>}%-, or, *fcre was no t niagiftrate in the land V,;,. \ _' tjlat jjjjght pUt them to fharae in any . thing : and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no bufinefs with any man. 8 And they came unto their bre- thren to Zorah and Eihtaol ; and their brethren faid unto them, What jay ye ? 9 And they faid, Arife, that we mav go up againft them : for we .have feen the laud, and, behold, it is very good ; and are ye Hill ? Be not ilothful to go, and to enter to pollefs .the land. io When ye go, ye fliall come un- to a people secure, and to a large : for God'hath given it into your bauds ; ,a place .where there is no want of any thing thai is in the earth. 1 1 ^'And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah, and out of Efhtaol, fix hun- ! .! red men f appointed with weapons of war. 12 And they went up, and pitched ill '-'..u-jath-jeanm in Juclah :. v fore they called that pla'ce rMaha- - dan unto this day , behold, it is behind Kirjath-jearim. r'3 And they palled thence unto maunt Ephraim, aud came unco the houfe of Micali. 14 II Then anfwered the five men •vsntto fpy out the country of G E S. Micah robbed of his gods. Laifh, and faid unto their brethren. gDo ye know that there is in thefe houfes an ephod, and teraphim, and ■^,.:. a graven image, and a molten image ? I7- 5" now, therefore, confider what yc have to do. 15 And they turned thitherward, and came to the houfe of the young man the Levite, even unto the. houfe of Micah, and f faluted him. 1 6 And tiie fix hundred men ap- pointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dai:, flood by the entering of the gate. 17 And the five men that went to fpy out the land went up, and came in thither, andxavikihe graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image : and the prieft flood in the entering of the gate, with the fix hundred men that were ap- pointed with weapons of war. 18 And thefe went into Micahs houfe, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then jjaid the prieit unto them, What do ye ? 19 And they faid unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, h and be to us *?*?£ a father and a prieft : is it better for thee to be a prieit unto the houfe of one man, or that thou be a prieit un- to a tribe and a family in Ifrael ? 20 And the priefts heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the tera- phim, and the graven image, and went in the midft of the people. 21 So they turned and departed, and put the little ones, and the cattle, and the carriage, before them. 22 % And when they were a good way from the houfe of Micah, the nten th;it were in the houfes near to Mi- cahs houfe were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. 23 And they cried unto the chil- dren of Dan : and they turned their faces, and faid unto Micah, What aileth thee, f that thou comeft with ,*";",;,'. '-•' fiich a company ? 24. And he fa';d, Ye have taken "*' away my gods which I made, and the pi :elt, and ye are gone away ; and what have 1 more ? and what is this fay unto me, What aileth thee? 25 And the children of Dan faid unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, left f angry fellows run \ lipori thee, and thou lofe thy life, ^-- with the lives of thy houfchoid. 26 And the children of Dan went their way : and when Micah faw that they Laijh oTofh.l8.I. CL. ... 18, « 21. 12. II Or, a ytar and jfturmmibs, t Heb. rfn- • /■>«»• t Hel). I + Ileh. taken and burnt. CHAP they were too ftrong for him he turn- ed, and went back unto his houfe. 27 And they took the thii.gi which Micah had made, and the pried which he had, and came unto Laiih, unto ' a people then were at quiet and fecure : and they fmote them with the edge or the fword, and burnt the city with lire. 28 And there was no deliverer, becaufe it was far from Zidon, and t'hey had no bufmefs with any man ; and it was in the valley that liethk by Beth-rehob : and they built a city, and dwelt therein. 29 And 'they called the name of the city m Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born un- to Ifrael : howbeit, the name of the city was Laifh at the firft. 30 ^ And the children of Dan fet up the graven image : and Jonathan the fon of Gerfhom, the fon of Ma- nafleh, he and his fons were prielts to the tribe of Dan " until the day of the captivity of the land. 31 And they fet them up Micahs graven image, which he made, "all the time that the houfe of God was in Shiloh- CHAP. XIX. 1 A Levi te going to Beth-lehem to fetch home his wife, 1 6 an old man enter- taineth him at Gibe all : 22 the Gibea- ihites abuje his concubine to death. ANd it came to pals in thofe days, * when there was no king in If- rael, that there was a certain Levi'ce fojourningon the fide of mount Eph- raim, who took to him + a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah. 2 And his concubine played the whore againft him, and went away from him unto her fathers houfe to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there [| f four whole months. 3 And her hufband arofe, and went after her, to fpeakj- friendly unto Iter, audto bring her again, having his fer- vant with him, and a couple of alles: and (he brought him into her fathers lu>u<> ; and when the father of the damlel law him he rejoiced to meet him. 4 And his father-in-law, the dam- fels father, retained him ; and he abode with him three days : fo they did eat and drink, and lodged there. 5 And it came to pafs on the fourth day, when they arofe early in the morning, that he rofe up to depart : and the damfels father faid unto his fon-in-law, f Comfort thine heart . XIX. The Le-jiie and his concubine. with a morfel of bread, and after- J*'v™ ward go your way. 6 And they fat down and did eat and " "* drink both of them together : for the damfels father had faid unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. 7 And when the man rcfe up to depart, his father-in-law urged him: therefore he lodged there again. 8 And he arofe early in the morn- ing on the fifth day to depart : and the damfelsfathcr faid, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried f until after noon, and they did eat ,,,f.f -^ both of them. 9 And when the man rofe up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his fervant, his father-in-law, the damfels father, faid unto him, Be- hold, now the day | draweth to- f %£tm ward evening, I pray you tarry all night : behold, f the day groweth to * Hct>. ;• «. an end, lodge here, that thine heart *££%%* may be merry ; and to-morrow get d"3' you early on your way, that thou mayeft got home. t*^ 10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rofe up and de- parted, and came f over b againft Je- £^T£. bus, (which is Jerufalem,) and there «««M- were with him two afies faddled ; his \^\ ' concubine alfo xvas with him. 1 1 And when they were by Jebus the day was far fpent ; and the fervant faid unto his mailer, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in unto this city of the Jebufites, and lodge in it. 1 2 And his mafter laid unto him, We will not turn afide hither into the city of a ftranger, that is not of the children of Ifrael ; we will pafs overctoGibe?.h. 13 And he faid unto his fervant, Come, and let us draw near to one of thefe places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. 14 And they palfed on, and went their way; and the fun went down upon them xvhen they were by Gibeah. which belongeth to Benjamin. 15 And they turned atide thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah : and when he went in he fat him down in a ftreet of the city ; lor there was no man that took them into his houfe to lodging. 16 f And, behold, there camp an old man from his work out of the held at even, which was alio of mount Ephraim ; and he fojourned in Gi- beah : but the men of the place were Beniamites. 17 And The Benjamites wtckednejs. JUDGES. £i,fr;rtte 17 And when he had lifted up his eir. 1400. eyes he law a way-faring man in the ^~vr~^ ftreet of the city : and the old man faid, Whither goefl thou? and whence comeft thou ? 18 Aud he faid unto him, We are palTing from Beth-lehem-judah to- ward the fide of mount Ephraim ; from thence am I : and I went to Is. 3T. Beth-lehem-judah, d but I am now going to the houfe of the Lord ; and tJtot'ab. there is no man that f receive l?i me to houfe. 19 Yet there is both ftraw and provender for our afles ; and there is bread and wine alfo for me and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy fervants: there is no want of any thing. 20 And the old man faid, Peace be with thee : howfoever, let all thy 'a?"" wants lie upon me ; c only lodge not in the ftreet. 21 So he brought him into his T^Hen houfe, and gave provender unto the 1 johnjs.s- alTes : f and they warned their feet, and did eat and drink. 22 ^1 Now, asthey were making their 1°.".* hearts merry, behold, B the men of uiilq.O' the city, certain "fons of Belial, be- fet the houfe round about, and beat at the door, and fpake to the matter of the houfe, the old man, faying, Bring forth the man that came into thine houfe, that we may know him. 1ecn.13.fi. 23 And 'the man, the mafter of the houfe, went out unto them, and faid unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not jo wickedly ; feeing that this man is come into mine houfe, do not this folly. kGrn. 24 * Behold, here is my daughter, a maiden, and his concubine, them I joeut. will bring out now, ' and humble ye *'■ I4' them, and do with them what feem- eth good unto you : but unto this man L25-" * do not f fo vile a thing. tbu/mij. 2 5 But the men would not hear- ken to him : fo the man took his con- cubine, and brought her forth unto them ; and they knew her, and abufed her all the night until the morning : and when the day began to fpring they let her go. 26 Then came the woman in the dawning of the clay, and fell down at the door of the mans noufc, where her lord was, till it was light. 27 And her lord rofe up in the morning, and opened the doors of the houfe, and went out to go his way : and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the The Leviies complaint. door of the houfe, and her hands were upon the threfliold. 28 And he faid unto her, Up, and ' * 4 let us be going ; but none anfwered. Then the man took her up upon an afs, and the man rofe up, and gat him unto his place. 29 < And when he was come into his houfe he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and '"divided her, together v. ith her bones, into twelve pieces, and fent her into all the coatts of lfrael. 30 And it was fo, that all that faw it faid, There was no fucb deed done nor feen, from the day that the chil- dren of lfrael came up out of the-iand of Egypt unto this day : confuier of it, take advice, and fpeak your minds. CHAP. XX. 1 The Levite in a general affembly de- clareth his wrong: % their decree. 2 6 The Benjamites are dejlroyed. all the children of lfrael J]**- JL went out, and the congrega- cup.ii.j. tion was gathered together as one man, from bDan even to Beer-fheba, ' with the land of Gilead, unto the - Lokd cin Mizpeii. 2 And the chief of all the people, ^ ' ; \n. FBgwofall the trices of lfrael, pre- . fented tiiemfelves in the aiiembly of the people of God, four hundred thou- fand footmen that drew fword. 3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard chat the children of lfrael were gone up to Mizpeh. ) Then faid the children of lfrael, Tell us, how was this wickednefs ? 4 And \ the Levite, the hufband of the woman that wasllain, anfwered *■**"*• and faid, dI came into Gibeah that" our. belohgeth to Benjamin, I and my con- cubine, to lodge : 5 And the men of Gibeah rofe againflme, and befet the houfe round about upon me by night, and thought to have ilain me ; and my concubine have they f forced, that Hie is dead, j 6 And I took my concubine, and cut ' ' her in pieces, and fent her through- out all the country of the inheritance of lfrael : for they e have committed &• round about Gibeah. 30 And the children of Ifrael went up againft the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themfelves in array againft Gibeah, as at other times. 31 And the children of Benjamin went out againft the people, and were drawn away from the city ; and they began fto fmite of the people,a7*rfkill, £$3»rf as at other times, in the highways, qf J^jjjjf^ which one goeth up to |j the houfe of .,t,t*c. God, and tha other to Gibeah in the joj^ field, about thirty men of Ifrael. 32 And the children of Benjamin faid, They are fmitten down before us as at the firft. But the children of Ifrael faid, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways. 33 And all the men of Ifrael rofe up out of their place, and put them- felves in array at Baal-tamar , and the liers in wait of Ifrael came forth out of their places, even out of the mea- dows of Gibeah. 34 And Tm Benjamites dejb-oyed: JUD f »r, thnt Before 34 And there came againft Gibeah '. ten thoufand chofen men one of ail If- — " — ' rael, and the battle was fore : but they knew not that evil was near thern. 35 And the Lord fmote Benjamin before Ifrael : and the children of Ifrael deftroyed of the Benjamites t.'r.it day twenty and rive thoufand and an hundred men : all thefe drew the fword. 36 So the children of Benjamin faw that they were fmitten : for the men of Ifrael gave place to the Benjamites, becaufe they trufted unto the liers * in wait which they had fct belide Gibeah. 37 And the liers in wait hafted, and rumed upon Gibeah ; and the liers in wait || drew themfehe; along, and fmote all the city with the edge of msea- the fword. 38 Now there was an appointed || lign between the men of Ifrael •f and the liers in wait, that they fhouid make a great f flame with fmoke to rife up out of the city. 39 And when the men of Ifrael re- tired in the battle, Benjamin began f to. finite and kill of the men of Ifrael about thirty perfons ; for they faid, Surely they are fmitten down before us, as in the nrft battle. 40 But when the flame began to arife up out of the city with a pillar of fmoke, the Benjamites looked be- hind them, and, behold, f the flame of the city ufcended up to heaven. ' 41 And when the men of Ifrael turned again the men of Benjamin were amazed : far they faw that evil •j- was come upon them. ^2 Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Ifrael unto the way of the wikiernefs; but the battle over- took them : and them which came out of the cities they deftroyed in the midft of them. 43 Thus they inclofed the Benja- mites round about, and chafed them, , and trode them down || with eafe, t over againft Gibeah toward the fun-rHing. 44 And there fell of Benjamin eigh- teen thoufand men: all thefe were men of valour. 45 And they turned, and fled toward the wildernefs unto the rock of Rim- mon : and they gle ■:• the highways five thoufand ptfrfned hard after tl and flew two thuulai- 4* So thafc all \vh: of Benjamin were t\\\ f Hen. tin ■ t n-h. Hi - G E S. their iefolatioH bewailed. thoufand men that drew the fword : Bef«* all thefe were men of valour. 47 '"But fix hundred men turned, and fled to the wildernefs unto the *»-»3- ro. k Rimmou, and abode ill the rock Rimmon four months. 4*5! And the men of Ifrael turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and fmote them with the edge of the fword, as well the rneli of every city as the bea.'t, and all that ftame to t"/««A hand : alio they let on hire all the cities that f they came to. CHAP. XXI. 1 The people bewailing the defolation of Benjamin, 1 6 advije thofe that were left to furprij'e the virgins that danced at Shilo/i. NOw * the men of Ifrael had fworn * in Mizpefi, faying, There lball "" not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. 2 And the people came to the honfe of God, and abode there till even be- fore God, and lifted up their \v and wept fore ; 3 And faid, O Lord God of Ifrael, why is this come to pals in Ifrael, that there mould be to-day one tribe lack- ing in Ifrael ? 4 And it came to pafs on the mor- row, that the people rofe early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt- offerings and peace-offerings. 5 And the children of Ifrael fair1. Who is there among all the tribes of Ifrael that came not up with the con- gregation unto the Lord ? for they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the Lord to Mizpeh, faying, He fhall furely be put to death. 6 And the children of Ifrael re- pented them for Benjamin their bro- ther, and faid, There is one tribe cut pff" from Ifrael this day : 7 How fliall we do for wives for them that remain, feeing we have fworn by the Lord, that we will not give them of our daughters to wives ? 8 % And they faid , \V h at one is there of the tribes of Ifrael that came not up to Mizpeh to the Lord ? And "bt ■- hold, there came none to the camp from Jabelh-gilead to the aflembly. ' 9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabelh-gilead there. • 10 And the congregation fent thi- ther twelve thoufand men of the VaHanteft, and commanded them, fay- Go and finite the inhabitants «»ehip. beih-triiead with the edge ofi the How wipes were prQcured. for CHAP, JjjfJSa the (word, with the women and the cs». t4Qg. children. 1 1 And this is the thing that ye C:]:X- (hall do, c Ye (hall utterly deltroy every male, and every woman that Vlr'.]» + hath lain by man. '■Hdihmln. I2 ^nc* t'iey fou'Td among the in- habitants of Jabelh-gilead lour hun- t Het>. dred f young virgins, that had known mm gv™' no man by lying with any male : and *""' they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which/; in the land of Canaan. i 3 And the whole congregation fent t Heb. fame f to fpeak to the children of Ben- and {',''■,' /. jamin that were in the rock Rimmon, tor, , and to j| call peaceably unto them. %a£lm 14 And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had fared alive of the women of Jabefh-gilcad : and yet fo they fufficed them net. 15 And the people repented them for Benjamin, becaufe that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of lfrael. 16 \ Then the elders of the con- gregation faid, How (hall we do for wives for them that remain, feeing the women are deftroyed out of Ben- jamin ? 1 7 And they faid, There muft be an inheritance for them that be efeaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not de- itroyed out of lfrael. 1 8 Howbeit, we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the chil- dren of lfrael have fworn, faying, Curfed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin. XXI. thofe who remained of JBenjanu'n* 19 Then they faid, Behold, then is a (call of the Lord in Shiloh f yearly, in a place which ii on the • h* * north* fide of Beth -el, || on thee,, fide || of the highway that goeth 1 from Beth-el to Shechem, and on thi fouth of Lebonah. 20 Therefore they commanded the ' **' children af Benjamin, faying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; 21 And fee, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out rt to '' ."''* dance in dances, then come ye out of o- 10. the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shi- loh, and go to the land of Benjamin. 22 And it (hall be, when their fa- thers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will fay unto them, || Be favourable unto them for ,,..'','•,.,, our fakes ; becaufe we referved not to' each man his wife in the war : for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye fhould be guilty. 23 And the children of Benjamin did fo, and took them wives according to their number of them that danced* whom they caught : and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them. 24 And the children of lfrael de- parted thence at that time, every man to his tribe, and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance. 25 e In thofe days t/wre 7ra; r king in lfrael : every man did thi I w/iich was right in his own eyes. lJ l' f The Book of RUTH. C brill CHAP. I. I Elimelech and family being driven by famine into Moab, 3 he dieth there. 6 Naomi returneth fwmeward. N- O W it came to pafs, in the days when the judges f ru- led, that a there was a fa- mine in the land : and a certain man ofBeth-lehem-jiulah went to fojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two fons. 2 Aiid the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two fons Mahlon and Cinlion, b Ephra- thitesof Beth-lehcm-judah : and they came c into the country of Moab, and f continued there. 3 And 1- lirnelech, Naomis hufband, died; and (he was left, and her two fons. 4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of; the one xvas Orpab, and the name of the other Ruth : and they dwelt there about ten years. 5 And Mahlon and Chilion died alfo both of them ; and the woman was left of her two fons and her hufband. 6 «[ Then (lie arofewith her daugh- ters-in-law, that (he might return from the country of Moab : for (he had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had vilited his people, in giving them bread. 7 Wherefore (lie went forth out of the place where (he was, and her two daughters-in-law with her : and thry went on the way to return unto the land of Jndah. 8 And Ruths conftanry to Naomi. R U ^':;^ 8 And Naomi Faid unto her two ' lJll\ daughters-in-law, •' Go, return each ecjjft. to her mothers houfe : the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. . 9 The Lord grant you that ye may find reft, each of you in the houfe of her hufband. Then Ihe kifs- ed them ; and they lifted up their voice, and wept. 10 Andthey faid unto her,Surely we will return with thee unto thy people. ii And Naomi faid, Turn again, my daughters ; why will ye go with me ? are there yet any more fons in rut. my Womb, e tfat t]lev mav be vour hulbands ? 12 Turn again, my daughters ; go your way; for I am too old to have an hufband. If I fliould fay, I have hope, divert II 'f*- ^h°u^c' nave an hufband alfo to- la an night, and fhould alfo bear fons ; eb.lye. '3 Would ye f tarry for them till ' they were grown ? would ye {by for them from having huibands ? nay, !f£ my daughters : for f it grieveth me «* in. much for your fakes, that f the hand „, of the Lord is gone out againil me. "• 1 4 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again : and Orpah killed, her mo- ther-in-law, but Ruth clave unto her. 15 And file faid, Behold, thy fifier- in-law is gone back unto her people, 11^% ancl unto her Sods : Return thou after I..- IX. S Kings 6.31. t Heh- 1 6 And Ruth faid, || Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thougoeft, I will go ; and where thou lodgeft, I will lodge: h thy people_//w/7 be my people, and thy God my God : 17 Where thou ciicft, will I die, and there will I be buried : '• the Lord do fo to me, and more alfo, if eft thou not, my daughter F Go not T rT. Ruth gleamth in the ft'd of Booi. 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitefs, her daughter-in-law, with her, which returned out of the — v — ' country of Moab : and thev can Beth-lehem * in the beginning of1 barley-harveft. CHAP. II. i Rtithgleaneth in the fields of Boaz : 4 fw taking knowledge of her, 8 (hi eth her favotlr. ANd Naomi had a kirtfman of her huibands, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech ; and his name was a jj Boaz. * \:p- 2 And Ruth the Moabitefs faid unto ' Naomi, Let me now go to the Held, Mr'li.i. s. and glean ears of corn after him in whofe light 1 fliail find grace. Aid file faid unto her, Go, my daughter. 3 And file went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers : and her f hap \wis to light on a part - of the field belonging unto Boaz, who 'ilLT.*' was of the kindred of Elimelech. 4 f And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and faidunto the reapers, b The Lord be with vou. And they *2y?'-n». anfwered him. The Lord blefs thee. 5 Then faid Boaz unto his fervant that was fet over the reapers, Whofe damfel is this ? 6 And the fervant that was fet over the reapers anfwered and faid, It is the Moabitifii damfel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab ; 7 And (he faid, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the fheaves : fo (lie came, and hath continued even from the morn- ing until now, that file tarried a little in the houfe. 8 Then laid Boaz unto Ruth, Hear- Th»( lt.'f.n. n. ... . e ::er. ought but death pari thee and me 18 When fiie law that fhe f was ftedfaftly minded to gu with her, then fi\e left fpeaking unto her. 19 *; So they two went until they came to Beth-leheui. And it came to pafs, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about them ; and they faid, Is this Naomi ? 20 And fhe faid unto them, Call me not || Naomi, call me || Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. 21 I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye mc Naomi, feeing the Lord hath toUitied againft me, and the Almighty hath ajiliited me ? to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fait 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 (hall not touch thee? and when thou art athirft, go unto the vefi'els, and drink of that whiclr the young men have drawn. 10 Then fhe fell on her face, and* bowed herfelf to the ground, and" faid unto him, Why have' I found grace in thine eyes, that thou fbouldef! take knowledge of me. feeing I am a ftranger ? ri And Boaz anfwered, and faid unto her, It hath fully been (hewed me all that thou halt done unto thy mother- Vfal. 1 6c 36. BOr, Boaz his kindnefs to Ruth : CHAP. ™"m mother-in-law fince the death of '^j thine hufband ; and how thou haft left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou kneweft not heretofore. 1 2 The Lord recompenfe thy work, and a full reward be given thee *»p. of the Lord God of Ifrael, c under e. whofe wings thou art come to truft. i 3 Then (he faid, || Let me find ■ favour in thy fight, my lord, for that thou haft comforted me, and for that [ thou haft fpoken f friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens. 14 And Boaz faid unto her, At meal-time come thou hither-, and eat of the bread, and dip thy inorfel in the vinegar. And (lie fat befide the reapers ; and he reached her parch- ed com, and flie did eat, and was fufficed, and left. i s And when flie was rifen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, faying, Let her glean even a- mong the iheaves, and f reproach her not : 1 6 And let fall alfo fame of the handfulsof purpofe for her, and leave them, that ihe may glean than, and rebuke her not. i 7 So ihe gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that flie had gleaned : and it was about an ephah of barley. 1 8 If And flie took~/7 up, and went into the city ; and her mother-in-law faw what Ihe had gleaned : and Ihe brought forth, and gave to her that flie had referved after (he was fufficed. 19 And her mother-in-law faid un- to her, Where haft thou gleaned to- day ? and where wroughteft thou ? Blefled be he that did take know- ledge of thee. And ihe fliewed her mother-in-law with whom flie had wrought, and faid, The mans name with whom I wrought to-day is Boaz. 20 And Naomi faid unto her daugh- ter-in-law, dBlefled'£eheoftheLokD, --• who hath not left off his kindnefs to tiie living and to the dead. And Naomi faid unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, e jl one of our next kinfmen. t 21 And Ruth the Moafcltefs faid, ' He faid unto me alfo, Thou ik-.it keep fail by my young men, until they have ended all my hatveft. 22 And Naomi faid unto Ruth her daughter-in-law. It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his H, III. fie lieth at his feet. maidens, that they || meet thee not [! Tarry this night, and it ffiall be c..-. 1312. in the morning, that if he will per- *• ' form unto thee the part of a kinfman, well; let him flo the kinfmans part : but if he will not c!o the part of a kinfman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinfman to thee, as the Lord livcth : lie down until the morning. 14 rwi. that t'wu halt upon thee, and hold it. And when (he he'd it he meafured iix meafures of barley, and laid it on her : and (he went into the city. 16 And when fhe came to her mo- ther-in-law (he faid, Who art thou, my daughter ? And fhe told her all that the man had done to her. 17 And fhe faid, Thefe fix mea- fures of barley gave he me ; for he faid to me, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law. 18 Then faid (lie, Sit ftill, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in reft, until he have finifned the thing this da v. CHAP. IV. 1 Boaz calleth into judgment the next kinfman: 6 he refuting the redemp- tion, 1 3 Bonr. marrieth Ruth. THen went Boaz up to the gate, and fat him down there : and, behold, the kinfman of whom Boaz fpake came by ; unto whom he faid, Ho, fuchaone! turn afide, lit down here. And he turned afide, and fat down. 2 And he took ten men of the el- ders of the city, and faid, Sit ye down here. And they fat clown. 3 And he faid unto the kinfman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, fclleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elime- lechs. + ??-<•. 4 And f I thought to advertife thee, faying. Buy it before the inha- io/wne bitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem /'/, re- deem its but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know : for there i> none to redeem it belides thee; and I am after thee. And he faid, I wdl redeem it. 5 Then faid Boaz, What day thou buyeft the field of the hand of Naomi, thou mnft buy it alfo of Ruth the Moabitefs, the wife of the dead. T H. he marrietu i.er. a to raife up the name of the d< • upon his inheritance. 6 Tj bAnd the kinfman faid, I not redeem it for m'yfelf, left I I mine own inheritance : redeem thou my right to thyfelf ; for I cannot re- deem /'/. 7 c Now this wSk the ivarmer in =] former time in Ifrael, concerning re- deeming, and concerning changing, for to confirm all things : A man plucked off his fhoe, and gave it to Ids neighbour: and this uwatelti- mony in Ifrael. 8 Therefore the kinfman faid unto Boaz, .Buy it for thee : fo he drew olf his (hoe. o And Boaz faid unto the elder-,, and unto all the people, Ye are wit- neifes this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelec.hs. and all th2t was Chilionsand Mahlons, of the hand of Naomi. 10 Moreover, Ruth the Moabitefs, the wife of Mahlon, have I pure: a - fed to be my wife, to raife up the name of the dead upon his inherit- ance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place : ye are witneffes this day. 1 1 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, faid, We are witnefles. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine houfe like Rachel, and like Leah, which two did build the houfe of Ifrael ; and || do thou worthily in ll Ephratah, and f be famous in Beth- lehem : 1 2 And let thy houfe be like the : houfe of Pharez, (cwhom Tr.m.ir bare unto Judah,) of the feed which l the Lord fhall give thee of this young ■ woman. 13 1 So Boaz took Ruth, and fhe * was his wife : and when he went in unto her the Lord gave her con- ception, and (he bare a fon. 14 And the women faid unto Nao- mi, Bleifed be the Lord which harh not f left thee this day without a f II kinfman, that his name may be fa- :" «** mous m Ifrael. 1 5 And he (hall be unto thee a re- ftorer of thy life, and f a nourilher of f thine old age : for tuy daughter- in-law, which loveth thee, which is •better to thee than feven fans, bath born him. 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bofom, and became nurfe umo it. 1 - And The generations of C H A ! _ ._ m XT , «.i__ r. .ri'i: r__ the Lord (hall judge the ends of the earth ; and he lhall give Arength un- to his king, and "exalt the horn of £9."+. his anointed. 1 1 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his houfe : "and the child did minilter c c •** thy foul liveth, my lord, I am tiie 2j4,t" woman that flood by thee here pray- ing unto the Lord. II ^ 27 For this child I prayed ; and %'„t"'r? m the Lord hath given me my petition which I allied of him : 28 Therefore alfo I have || lent teetoRo. jjjjj, to the lord j aslong ashe liveth lLj't>om 1 |j he (hall be lent to the Lord. And C,r;t'?."" he worfhipped the Lord there. CHAP. II. 1 tLvmahs fo»jg< 12 The fin of Eli s Jons. 18 Samuel; ?m'nijlry. 27 A "prophecy a gain J I Elis houfe. ' "'" T ' " A ^ Hannah prayed, and faid. a My i. 4 ■;., tu. f\ heart rejoiceth in the Lord; mine horn is exalted in the Lord ; my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies ; becanfe I rejoice in thy falvation. ■*■••■ 2 b There is none holy as the Lor d : for there is none betides thee ; neither is titer e any rock like our God. :> Talk no more lb exceeding ^•';3-i3. proudly ; c let 775/ + arrogancy come out of your mouth : for the Lord// j b.trj. .2 "i Now the fons of Eli were fons of Belial; ''they knew not the Lord. V.^'iol' 1 3 And the priefls cuflom with the people was, thai, when any man otfer- ed facrihee, the priefls fervant came, while the fteih was in fcething, with a flefhhook of three teeth in bis hand : 14 And he flruck it into ''the pan, ^fti.1 or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flelhhook brought up the prieit took for himfelf. So they did in Shi- loh unto all the Israelites that came thither. 15 Alfo before they burnt the fat the priefls fervant came, and faid to the man that facrificed, Give flefh to roafl for the priefl ; for he will not have fodden (lefh of thee, but raw. 16 And if any man faid unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat mfc m f prefently, and then take as much as thy foul defireth : then he would anfwer him, Nay ; but thou lhalt give it ?}•? now : and if not, I will take it by force. 17 Wherefore the (in of the young a God of knowledge, and by him men was very great before the Lord ; anions are weighed. for men abhorred Lhe oiferttg of the 4 The bows of the mighty men are Lord broken, and they that Humbled are girded with flrength. 5 d They that were full have hired e If*. 5-1 Jc*. IS. t Deut. .- Tpl out themfelves for bread ; and they thai were hungry ceafed: fo that the barren hath born feven; and c (he that hath many children is waxed feeble. 6 f The Lord killeth, and maketh alive ; he bringeth down to the grave, and bnngcth up. 10 „ But Samuel miniflered before . the Lord, being a child, 'girded la. V; with a linen ephod. 19 Moreover, his mother made him a little coat, and brought /'/ to him from year to year, when (he came up with her hulband to oiler the vearly facritice. 26 % And Eli blefll-d Elkanah and his wife, and faid, The Lokjj give thee {■■Itinn ~.cl?ii.j ht i Prov. •?.-!■• aks La. Pii houfc threaded. CHAP. Siritt tlice feed of this woman, for the "•-"C5^ || loan which is lent to the Lord. And chcy wen1: unto their own home. 21 And the Lord vifited Hannah, fo that (he cpflqeived, and bate three fons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord. 22 \ Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his fons did unto all If- • seeExod. rael; and how they lay with s the wo- ?iieL men that faffembled a* the door of 1 the tabernacle of the congregation. 23 And he faid unto them, Why I ,',r'. do ye fuch things ? for || I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. 24 Nay, my fons ; for it is no good report that I hear : ye make the uToout. Loiids people jj to tranfgrefs. 25 If one man iin againft another, the judge fliall judge him : but if a man Iin againft the Lord, who (hall entreat for him ? Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto the voice ii"zo. °f their father, 'becaufe the Loud would Hay them. 26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was u in favour both with the Lord, and a Kb with men. 27 "[ And there came a man of God unto Eli, and faid unto him, Thus faith the Lord, xDid I plainly appear unto the houfe of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pha- raohs houfe ? 38 And did I choofe him out of all the tribes of Ifrael to be my prieft, to offer upon mine altar, to burn in- cenfe, to wear an ephod before me ? and y did I give unto the houfe of thy father all the offerings made by hre of the children of Ifrael ? 29 Wherefore kick ye at my fa- critice and av. mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation ; and honoured thy fons above me, to mike yourfelves fat with the chief- eft of all the offerings of Ifrael my people ? 30 Wherefore the Lord God of Ifrael faith, % I faid indeed that thy houfe, and the houfe of thy father, fhould walk before me for ever ; but now the Lord faith, Be it far from me ; for them that honour me I will honour, and athcy that defpife me »«cnLp. (hall be lightly efteemed. 2u' ■•'.+'. 31 Behold, bthe day-; come that I lef&o w»'l cuC °ff thine arm, and the arm li Or, we of thy fathers houfe, Chat there fhali 7 not be an old man m thine houfe. :'•'' 32 And thou fhalt fee || an enemy ' in my habitation, in all the wealth iC>.t'«<- which God fliall give Ifrael ; .ami 16. ac 14. a Pfaliij 18. i<5. b 1 K\,..y, 2.17. Kick. II, III. Samuel nailed, there (hall not be c an old man in thine houfe for ever. 33 And the rnah of thine, whom < I fliall not cut off from mine altar, * 4' jhall be to confume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart : and all the increafe of thine houfe {hall die \ in ' !Irt-m<"». the flower of their age. 34 And this (hull be a fign unto thee, that fliall come upon thy two fons, on Hophni and Ph'mehas ; d in *™g. one day they fliall die both of them. 35 And CI will raife me up a faith- fuiprieil, that fliall do accijrdjng to • that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a4' fure houfe ; and he fliall walk before mine Anointed for ever. 36 'And it (lull come to pafe, that l1.^ every one that is left in thine houfe fliall come ami crouch to him for a piece of filver, and a morfel of brea A*"* CHAP. III. 1 Hnu the word of the Lord was firft revealed to Samuel. 1 1 God tell- eth Samuel the definition of Elis houfe. aCliap. ANd athe child Samuel miniftered *.n. unto the Lord before Eli. And b pf>lin bthe word of the Lord was preei- Qg^, ous in thofe days ; there was no open vifion. 2 And it came to pafs at that time, dr- »**« when Eli was laid down in his place, c and his eyes began to wax dim, that \?%gfe he could not fee ; t'txri 3 And ere a the lamp of God went -,'; j't ' out cin the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was, and Sa- muel was laid down to jleep ; 4 That the Lord called Samuel : and he anfsvered, Here am I. 5 And he ran unto Eli, and faid, Here am I ; for thou calledft And he faid, I called nut ; lieclown again. And he went and lay down. 6 And the Lord called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arofe and went to Eli, and faid, Here am I i for thou didft call me. And he anfwered, I called not, my fon ; lie down again. 7 || Now Samuel f did nut VLCki.uw . . the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto hiin. 8 And the Lord called §j>:> again the third time. And he arofe, and went to Eli, and faid, Here am I , " f ir thou didft call me. , Ar.d Eli per- ceived that the Lord had called the child. 8 a 9 Therefore Deflruition of Eli s houfe foretold. I. SAMUEL. :;;:;,7 9 'Therefore Eli faid unto Samuel, U4i^ Go, lie down , and it (hall be, if he "*"■ call thee, that thou fhalt fay. Speak, Lord ; forthy fervant heareth. So Sa- muel went and lay clown in his place, ro And the Lord c. me, and flood and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel anfwered, Speak : for thy fervant heareth. j 1 t And the Lord faid to Sa- muel, Behold, 1 will do a thing in If- sings rael, at which both the ears of g every Vy'-a- one that heareth it (hall tingle. 1 2 In that day I will perform againft tap^a. £jj h aj\ things which I have fpoken cb. concerning his houfe : j when I begin, Sg. I will alfb make an end. 13 || 'For I haVe told him, that I will judge his houfe for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth : becaufe his foils made themfelves j| vile, and he -j-reftrained them not. 14 And therefore I have fworn un- to the houfe of Eli, that the iniquity of Eiis houfe (hall not be purged with facrifice nor oifering for ever. 15 If And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of "the houfe of the Lord. And Samuel feared to fhew Eli the vifion. 16 Then Eli called Samuel, and faid, Samuel, my fon. And he an- fwered. Here am I. 17 And he faid, What is the thing that the LORD hath faid unto thee ? I pray thee hide it not from me : \ Ruth kGod do fo to thee, and -j- more alfo, •Mi.*. if thou tiide axy || thing from me of j' f*'" all the things that he faid unto thee. i. tatt covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh *""""• unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may fave us out of the hand of our enemies. 4 So the people fent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hofls, h which dwelleth between c the h*Sam, cherubims : and the two fons of Eli, pia'ao. r. Hophni and Phinehas, were there" with the ark of the covenant of God. m,W*"" 5 And when the ark of the cove- nant of the Lord came into the camp all Ifrael fhouted with a great fhout, fo that the earth rang again. 6 And when the Philiftines heard the noife of the lhout they faid, What meaneih the noife of this great fhout in the camp of the Hebrews r1 And they understood that the ark of the Lord was come into the caTnp. 7 And the Philiftines were afraid ; for they faid, God is come into the camp- And they faid, Woe unto us ! for there hath not been fuch a thing + heretofore. 8 Woe unto us ! who fhall deliver . us out of the hand of thefe mighty *"J- Gods ? thefe are the Gods that fmote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wildernefs. 9 Be throng, and quit yourfelves like men, O ye Philiftines ! that ye be not fervants unto the Hebrews, d as they , ' "• have been to you : j- quit yourfe! . \ like men, and fight. And the Philiftines fought, II Or, rr.tr.e U ftfi. fHeb.W*;. IO was || cftablifhed to be a prophet of and e Ifrael was fmitten, and they lied every man into his tent ; and there ' was a very great Daughter : for there fell of Ifrael thirty thoufand footmen. 1 1 And '"the ark of >. !od was taken ; and g the two ions of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, i were ;1 ain. i-.,4." 12 If And there ran a man of Ben- jamin out of the army, v.nd ''came to * •'/"'"• Shiloh the fame day with his clothes rent, and '' with earth upon his head. ; 1 3 And when he came, !o, Eli fat upon k a feat by the way-fide watch- ing: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. A;id when the man came the Lord. 2- And the Lord appeared again in Shiloh : for the Lord revealed himfelf to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lokd. CHAP. IV. 1 The I/raelites oine by the Phili- jiines . 1 o The ark is ta'ien, and Klis fans (lain. 12 The death ■ ANd the word of Samuel || + came to all Ifrael. Now Ifrael went out againft the Philiftines to battle, and pitched bclide 'Eben-ezer : and the Philiftines pitched in Aphek* The Before Chrift Cir. 1141 lChsp.3. i ikb. death of Eli '. CHAP. V, VI. hagwfalleth before the ark. came into the city, and told it, all 4 And when they arofe early on the **" tA the city cried out. morrow morning, behold, Dagon was cir. "41 14 And when Eli heard the noife fallen upon his face to the ground " of the crying he faid, What msaneth the noife of this tumult ? And the man came in haftily, and told Eli. 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight • years old ; and ' his eyes -f were dim, that lie could not fee. , IJtael. li Or, / before the ark of the Lord , and the head of Dagon, and both the palms of his hands, were cut off upon the threfhold ; only \\tke flump 0/ Dagon i?f,£f was left to him. 5 Therefore neither the priefts of 16 And the man faid unto Eli, lam Dagon, nor any that come into Da- he that came out of the army, and I gons houfe, b tread on the thrediold j,sJf7ei??' fled to-day out of the army. And he of Dagon in Afhdod unto this day. faid, What f is there done, my fon ? 6 But the hand of the Lord was 17 And the meffenger anfwered,and heavy upon them of Afhdod, and he faid, Ifrael is fled before the Philiitines, l deftroyed them, and fmote them cChap-s,J' and there hath been alfo a great {laugh- with d emerods, even Afhdod, and the d|^a tor among the people, and thy two coafts thereof. foils alfo, Hophni and Phinehas, are 7 And when the men of Afhdod faw dead, and the ark of God is taken. that /'/ was fo, they faid, The ark of the God of Ifrael fhall not abide with us : for his hand is fore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 8 They fent, therefore, and gather- ed ail the lords of the Philiftiues unto them, and faid, What (hall we ck> With the ark of the God of Ifrael ? And they anfwered, Let the ark of the God of Ifrael be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark 18 And it came to pais, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the feat back- ward by the fide of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died ; for he was l an old man, and heavy . || and he had judged Ifrael forty years. 19 11 And his daughter-in-law, Phi- nehas wife, was with child, near || to be delivered : and when (lie heard the tidings that the ark of God was of the God of Ifrael about thither. taken, and that her father-in-law and 9 And it was fo, that, after they her hufband were d<-ad, fhe bowed had carried it about, the hand of the herfelf, and travailed; for her pains Lord was againft the city with a very f came upon her. great deftruction and he fmote the 20 And about the time of her death the women that Hood by her faid unto her, Fear not; for thou haft born a fon. Btit fhe anfwered not, •f- neither did (lie regard it. 2 1 And (lie named the child ||mI-cha- men of the city, both fmall and great, and they had emerods in their fecret parts. 10 Therefore they fent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pafs, as the ark of God came to Ekron, bod, faying, " The glory is departed that the Ekronites cried out, faying, from Ifrael : (becaufe the ark of God They have brought about the ark of mCl.ap. 14-3- n VMm V>. 8. Sc was taken, and becaufe of her father- in-law, and her hufband : ) 22 And fhe faid, The glory is de- parted from Ifrael ; for the ark of God is taken. CHAP. V. the God of Ifrael to f us, to flay us i£Z'j,v and our people. mttntmj. r i So they fent and gathered toge- ther all the lords of the Philiftines, and faid, Send away the ark of the God of Ifrael, and let it go again to 1 The Philiftines bring the ark into the his own place, that it flay f us not, houfe of Dagon: 6, 9, 12 they are J mitten with emerods . ANd the Philiftines took the ark of God, and brought it a from Eben-ezer unto Afhdod. 2 When the Philiftines took the and our people : for there was a ' deadly d-eftru&ion throughout all the city ; the hand of God was very heavy there. 12 And the men that died not were fmitten with the emerods : and the ark of God, they brought.it into the cry of the city went up to heaven. houfe of Dagon, and fet it by Dagon. 3 ^{ And when they of Afhdod arofe early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the.ark of the Lord . And they took Dagon, and fet him in his place again. CHAP- VI. 1 The Philiftines cowifel how to fend back the ark : 10 they bring it on a new cart to Beth-fhemefh. ANd the ark of the Lord W3S in the country of the Philiftine* fcven months. gk 3 3 Ana The PhiUftines fend back the ark. I. S A M U E L "*Lf°" 2 And the PhiliftSn'es called for the <■.-.'. H40. prieits and the diviners, faying, What v~""v lhall we do to the ark of the Lord ? tell us wherewith we (hall fend it to •lace. 3 And they fa':d, If ye fend away the ark of the God of Ifrael, fend it »'..t empty ; but in any wife return huri a trefpafs offering : then ye (hall be healed, and it fhall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you. 4 Then faid they, What (Iiall be the trefpafs- offering which we fhall return to him ? They anfwered, Five gedden emerods, and five golden mice, vc'r":- a according 'a the number of the lords of the Phiinnnes : ror one plague was Utm*' on t vou a^i an<^ on y°ur 'ords. 5 Wherefore ye fhall make images of your emerods, and unages of your »chap.5-r.. mice that b mar the land ; and ye lhall give glory unto the God of ifrael : peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off* your land. 6 Wherefore then do ye harden -r':*;. ''"* y°ur hearts, c as the Egyptians and '■;');LC Pharaohhardenedtheirhearts? When he had wrought |j wonderfully among them, d did they not let -{-the people go, and they departed ? 7 Now, therefore, make e a new cart, and take two milch-kine, f on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kme to the cart, and bring their calves home from them : 8 And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart ; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trefpafs-offering, in a coffer by the fide thereof; and fend it away, that it may go. 9 And fee, if it goeth up by the way of his own coaft to Bcth-fhemefh, he hath done us this great evil : but if not, then we fhall knovi it it not his hand that fmote in ; it was a chance that happened to us. jo U And the men did fo; and took two milch-kine, and tied them to the cart, and (hut up their calves at home : 1 1 And they laid the ark of the f <>'.•> upon the cart, and the with the' mice of gold and the il of their tin- 1 1 12 And the kiue took the ftr way to the way of Beth-fliemefl went along the highway, lowing as they went, tmd turned nut al fiie right hand or to the left; and the of the Philiftines went T2. 3!. - H. I.. tbem. r i Sarr. Th e Beth-ftiernites J, mitten . them unto the border of Beth - fhe- meih. cir. n'+O. i 3 And hey rf Beth-fhernefh were ' " "* reaping their wheat - harveil in the valley: and they lifted up their eye*, 2nd law the ark, and rejoiced to fee it. 14 An:' the cart came into the field of Jolhua a Beth-fhemite, and. ftood there, where there was a great ftone : and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt-offering unto the Lord. 15 And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great ftone : and the men'of Beth-fhemelh offered burnt-offerings, and facrificed facrifices, the fame day unto the Lor d. 1 6 s Anu when the five lords of the gJ--- '3.-. Philiftines had feen //, they returned to Ekron the fame day. 1 7 And thefe are the golden eme- rods, which the Philiftines returned for a fVefpafs- offering unto the Lord ; for Afhdod one, for Gaza one, for Afkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one : 18 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philiftines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the || great ftone of Abel, whereon they fet down the ark of the Lord ; wluJi ftone remainetk unto this day in the field of Jofhua the Beth-fhemitt 19 1 And " he fmote the men of *"0s"*?JWd' Beth-fhemefh, becaufe they had look- *a?ib«- ed into the ark of the Lord, even he ' fmote of the people fifty thoufancl and tlireef.ore and ten men. And the people lamented, becaufe the Lord had fmitten many of the people with a great (laughter. 20 And the men of Beth-fhemefh faid, Who is able to ftand before this holy Lord God? and to whom lhall he go up from us ? 2i T And they fent melfengers tp the inhabitants of Jvirjarh-jearim, faying. The Philiftines have brought again the ark of the Lord : come ye do vn, and fetch it up to vou. CHAP. VII. ties, by Samuels v. foUntnly repent at mizpeh. 9 Sa- mud praying, the Philiftines are ANd the men Of * Kirjath-jearim •;' came, and fetched up the ark of LRD, and brought it into the h( 1 fe «bAj>inadab in the hill, and fanctified c Joni.24. U, 23. <1 Judg. 2. 13- c Deuter. o. 1 ;. St IO- W. Mat. j. 10 f Judg. I. II. BJudg.20.] -2 Kings 25-23. 77/$ fanctified Eieazar his Con to .keep the r.'i'no. ark of the Lord. "" ' 2 And it came to pafs, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jtarim that the time was long ; for it was twenty years : and all the houfe of Ifrael la- mented after the Lord. ■■ I!-°- 3 % And Samuel fpake unto all the houfe of Ifrael, faying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then c put away the ftrange gods and u Afhtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and e ferve him only ; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philiftines. 4 Then the children of Ifrael did put away 'Baalim and Aihtaroth, and ferved the Lord only. 5 And Samuel faid, s Gather all Ifrael to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you u»to the Lord. , all the days of Samuel. ' • ' 14 And the cities which the Phi- liftines had taken from Ifrael were leftored to. Ifrael, from Ekion even unto Gath ; and the coafts thereof did Ifrael deliver out of the hands of the Philiftines. And there was peace between Ifrael and the Amorites. 15 \ And Samuel judged Ifrael all the days of his life. 16 And he went from year to year fin circuit to Beth -el, and GiJgal, \"~fffj and Mizpeh, and judged Ifrael iu ail thofe places. 1 7 And ' his return was to Ramah; iciiap.8.4, for there was his houfe : and there he judged Ifrael ; and there he built an altar unto the Lord. CHAP. VIII. h 1 By the oc caftan of the ill government of Samuels Jons the Ifraslttti ajka king. 10 The manner of a king. ANd it came to pafs, when Samuel "*•»«« was old, that he made his fons judges over Ifrael. 2 Now the name of his hrft-born was || Joel, and the name of his fe- 'r„0r.',.-, cond Abiah : they were judges in ^Jjjj"* Beer-fheba. 3 And his fons walked not in his ways, but turned afide after lucre, and a took bribes, and perverted ] ' judgment. 4 Then ail the elders of Ifrael ga- thered therrfe Ives together, and came to Samuel unto Raoiah, 5 And laid uuro him, Behold, thou w;- art old, and thy foils walk net in thy ways : now bmake us a king to judge > 1 1 us like all the nations. ■ ■ . 6 fi But the thing fdifpleafed Sa- muel, when they faid-, Give us a king ." to judge us. And Samuel prayed onto ''""" the Lord. 7 And the Lord faid unto SanuH, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they fay unto thee : for e they have not rejected thee, but ;.-"7,"-% "they have rejecled me, that 1 ihonld . not reign over them. 5v '?,'»* 8 According to all the work-- whi h ''^V'/'' they have done mice the day that I brought them np out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forfaken me, and ferved other god- ; fo do they alfo unto thee. 9 Now, therefore, || hearken unto their voice : || howbeit, yet proteft •..>«>,, ^1 folemnly unto them, and ihew them JI the manner of the king that Hull reign ever tl; A king defcribeu. g*g roH And Samuel told;* J2!ilL-> °f tne Lord unto the people that aik- ed of him a king 2 And he had a fon whofe name '"^efc! ' ' And he faid, e This will be the was Saul, a choice young man, and ■hap.' manner of the king that ihu.ll reign a goodly ; and Mere was not among I. SAMUEL. Saul, feeking his fathers the words Aphiah, || a Benjamite, a mighty man power. of over you f He will take your fons, and appoint them for himfelf, for his chariots, and in be his horsemen; and jbme (hall run before his chariots. 12 And he will appoint him cap- tains over thoufands, and captains over fifties, and will Jet thc?n to ear his ground, and to reap his harveft, and to make his inftruments of war, and inftruments of his chariots. 13 And he will take your daugh- ters to-%e confe&ionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. 14 And g he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive- the children of Ifrael a goodlier per- fon than he : bfrom his fhoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people. 3 And theafTesofKifti.Saulsfather, were loll ; and Kifli faid to Saul his fon, Take now one of the fervants with thee, and aiife, go feekthe aiTes. 4 And he palled through mount Ephiaim, and palled through the land of Slialilha, but they found them not : then they palled through the land of Shalim, and there they were not ; and he palled through the land of the Benjamites, but they found yards, even the beft of them, and give them not. them to his fervants. 5 And when they were come to 15 And he will take the tenth of the land of Zuph, Saul faid to his your feed, and of your vineyards, fervant that was with him, Come, and give to his f officers, and to his and let us return ; left my father fervants. leave caring for the alles,' and take 16 And he will take your men-fer- thought for us. vants, and your maid-fervants, and 0 And he laid unto him, Behold your goodlieft young men, and your now, there is in this city a man of alles, and put them to his work. God, and he is an honourable man ; [7 He will take the tenth of your c all that he faith cometh furely to < fheep r and ye mall be his fervants. 18 And ye fliall cry out in that day, becaufe of your king which ye fhall have c ho fen you ; and the Lord will not hear you in that day. 19 f Neverthelefs, the people re- fufed to obey the voice of Samuel ; and they faid, Nay; but we will have a king over us, 20 That we alfo may be like all the nations ; and that our king may pafs : now, let us go thither ; perad- venture he can lhew us our way that we fliould go. 7 Then faid Saul to his fervant. But, behold, if we go, J what fliall we bring the man ? for the bread \ is fpent in cur veflels, and there is not a prefent to bring to the man of God : what \ have we ? 8 And the fervant anfwered Saul again, and faid, Behold, f I have here judge us, and go out before us, and at hand the fourth part of a (hekel of fight our battles 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearfed them in the ears of the Lord. 22 And the Lord faid to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make (hem a king. And Samuel faid unto the men of Ifrael, Go ye every man unto his city. CHAP. IX. 1 Sunt, defpairing to find his fathers affes, 6 by the counftl of his fervant, 11 and direilion of young maidens, 15 according to Gods revelation, 18 cometh to Samuel. 19 Samuel entertaineth Saul at tke-j there was a man of Benja- whofe name was aKilh, the fon of Abiel, the fon of Zcror, the fon of Bechoraih, the NOw tt min. lilver ; that will I give to the man of God to tell us our way. 9 (Before-time in Ifrael, when a man e went to enquire of God, thus he fpake, Come, and let us go to the feer : for he that is now called a Pro- phet, was before- time called f a Seer. ) 10 Then faid Saul to his fervant, \ Well faid ; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of ' iod : ■ If. 1 1 1| And as they went up + the hill to the city, p they found young maidens going out to draw water, and faid unto them, Is the feer here ? [2 And they anfwered them, and faid, He is; behold, he is before you : make hafte now. for he came to-day to the city : for b there is a || facrifiee "on of pfthe plBple to-day h} the high ] 1 3 Allboii 13- 17- 1 Kinp U- 3- 1 Kings i. t llcl). b ran out of, let. t neb. t Hcb. ■<:■•, •■< 1 Kino 17. I| Tly vcrd t B«b. c, tbcclty. days. cometh to Samuel: CHAP sefhrc i^Afibon as ye be come into the \olf. city ye (hall ftraightway find him be- •*—' fore he go up to the high place to eat : for the people will not eat until lie come, becaufe he doth blefs the facrifice ; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now, therefore, get ye *£ up ; for about \ this time ye mail find him. 14 And they went up into the city : and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out againlt them, for to go up to the high place. 'J?' 15 *[ ; Now, the Lokd had f told »t3.ai. Samuel in his ear a day before Saul f^'ei came, faying, tar of 16 To-morrow, about this time, I will fend thee a man out of the land hap. of Benjamin, k and thou (halt anoint him to be captain over my people If- rael, that he may fave my people out of the hand of the Philiftines: for I have looked upon my people, becaufe their cry is come unto me. »7 And when Samuel faw Saul, the Lord faid unto him, Behold the man h whom I (pake to thee of : this fame y-ainin. fhall \ reign over my people. 18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and faid, Tell me, I pray thee, where the feers houfe is. ro And Samuel anfwered Saul, and faid, I am the feer .« go up before me unto the high place ; for ye fhall eat with me to-day; and to-morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. 20 And as for thine alios that were loft f three days ago, fet not thy mind on them ; for they are found. And on whom is all the defire of Ifrael ? is it not on thee, and on all thy fathers houfe ? 2 1 And Saul anfwered, and faid,^/;z not I 'a Benjamite, of the fmalleftof the tribes of Ifrael ? and my family the lealt of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin ? wherefore then fpeakeit thou f fo to me ? 22 And Samuel took Saul and his fervant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them fit in the thiefeft place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty perfoos. 2 3 And Samuel faid unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I faid unto thee, Set it by thee. 2.\ And the ccok took up the fhoul- der, and that which was upon it, and fet it before Saul. And Samuel faid, Behold that Which is |j left ; fet it be- •} !Ieh. „ ■ vr.l-ng ■'l':i it n i . IX, X. he anointetk him. fore thee, and eat ; for unto tnis time Befot hath it been kept for thee, iince I faid, I have invited the people. So — *'—-J Saul did eat with Samuel that day. 25 f And when they were come down from tiie high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the houfe. 26 And they arofe early : and it came to pafs, about the fpring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the houfe, faying, Up, that I may fend thee away. And Saul arofe, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. 27 And, as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel faid to Saul, Bid the fervant pafs on be- fore us, (and he puffed on,) but Hand thou ftiil f a while, that I may fhew //Jf* thee the word of God. "' "J" CHAP. X. 1 Samuel anointetk Saul, and confirm- eth him by prediction of three figns. 9 Sauls heart' is changed-, and he prophefieth. T Hen. a Samuel took a vial of oil, a9h*B« and poured //upon his head, band b'pftim killed him, and faid, Is it not becaufe 2 - c the Lord hath anointed thee to be \£f£ captain over d his inheritance? ri ix-ut! 2 When thou art departed from me il',J' to-day, then thou fhalt find two men by e Rachels fepulchre, in the border \^Qfs' of Benjamin, fat Zelzah; and they f /„/?,. will fay unto thee, The affes which 1S28, thou wenteft to feek are found : and, lo, thy father hath left -f- the care oft Heb. the affes, and forroweth for you, fay- '*' b"J'"rjr" ing, What fhall I do for my fon ? 3 Then fhalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou fhalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there fhall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine : 4 And they will f falute thee, and \"**;rof give thee two loaves of bread ; which ?«-." ■■ ™ thou fhalt receive of their hand3. 5 After that thou fhalt come to the hill of God, s where is the garrifon \^^ of the Philiftines : and it fhall come to pais, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou fhalt meet a company of prophets coming down hfrom the high place, with a pfaltery, £C,V.P" and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them ; ; and they ilia.ll pro- ' phefy : 6 And the Spirit of the Lord will come upon thee, and k rhoufhalt pro- ^ phefy Saul prtfphefeth, i. s a m u e i: phefy with tliem, and (halt be turned therefore, prefent yourfelves before r../.'vi.(i m Ch«p. 19 24- Bcf*. 8 d When Jacob was come into .: c...,. 4o. pt, and j the Lord, Mofes and Aaron, whichbroughtforth £f"£*ft your fathers out of Egypt, and made *• »s. them dwell in this place. 9 And when they forg.it the Lord their God, ghc fold them into the «**« hand of Sifera, captain of the hofthj,^ of Hnzor, and into the hand of hthe 10.7. Philiftines, and into the hand of the king '' of Moab j and they fought ' againft them. 10 And they cried unto the Lord, kJtrfg and faid, k We have finned, becaufe 16. id we have forfaken the Lord, 'and','';^ have ferved Baalim and Afhtaroth : but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will fcrve thee. 11 And tr.,j. Samuels exhortation 1 1 And the Lord fent "Jerubba il, and Bedan, and " Jephthah, and "Sa- muel, and delivered you out of the band of your enemies on every fide, and ye dwelled fafe. i 2 And when ye faw that Nahafh, the king of the children of Amnion, came againft you, p ye laid unto me, Nay ; but a king ihail reign over us ; when qthe Lord your God was your king . 1 3 Now, therefore, behold the king r whom ye have chofen, and whom ye have defired ; and, behold, the Lord hath fet a king over you. 14 If ye will fear the Lord, and ferve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel againft the f command- ment of the Lord, then fhall both ye, and alio the king that reigneth over you, f continue following the Lord your God: 1 5 But if ye will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel againft the commandment of the Lord; then fhall the hand of the LoK-D °e againft you, as it was againft your fathers. 16 1! Now, therefore, ftand and fee this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes. *o.r j!' r 7 ,Jfr ;; not wheat-harveft to-day ? I will call unto the Lord, and he fhall fend thunder and rain ; that ye may perceive and fee that your wick- ednefs is great, which ye have done in the.fi.ght of the Lord, in afking you a king. 1 3 bo Samuel calledunto the Lord; and the Lord fent thunder and rain tseeExn that day : and ' all the people greatly ' 9' feared the Lord and Samuel. 19 And all the people faid unto Samuel, Pray for thy fervants unto the Lord thy God, that we die not : for we have added unto all our fins this evil, to aik us a king. 20 Tl And Samuel faid unto the people, Fear not : (ye have done all this wickednefs, yet turn not afide from following the Lord, but firve the Lord with all your heart ; « that were \ prefent with him, E about "lip. ^1X hundred men. • 2. " 1 6 And Saul, and Jonathan his fon, and the people that were prefent with S; them, abode in f Gibeah of Benja- min : but the philiitines encamped in Michmafh. 17 \ And the fpoilers came out of the camp of the Philiitines in three companies : one company turned un- foflu t0 t[)e wav f/2at leadsih to h Ophrah, unto the land of Shual : 18 And another company turned the way to Beth-horon . and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboiim toward the wildernefs. £ns, 19 H Now 'there wasnofmith found • m! throughout all the land of Ifraei: (for * a4' '" the Philiitines faid, Lett die Hebrews make them fwords or fpears : ) 20 But all the Ifraelites went down to the Philiitines, to iharpen every man his fhare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. 21 Yet they had f a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and f to fliarpen the goads. 23 So it came to pafs in the day of battle, that kthere was neither fword XIII, XIV. Sanmel reproveti hhit. 1 Keb. . a tilt, v/ili - f Heh. to ft*. k a«judK. s. • nor fpear found in the hand of any of *«*»« the people that were with Saul and 1033. Jonathan : but with Saul and with ' " ' Jonathan his fon was there found. _ 23 'And the |J garrifon of the Phi- \^- liftines went out to the paflage of 11 or, MichmaOi. ^!" CHAP. XIV. 1 Jonathan tniraculonjly Jmiteth the Phil/jiiues garrifon : 15 a divine terror maketh them beat them/elves. 24 SaUls unadvifed adjuration hin- dereth the victory. NOw ij it came to pafs upon a day, rir- 1087« that Jonathan the (on of Sadl 1*2? „,«, faid unto the young man that bare his " dajf- armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philiitines garrifon, that is on the other lide: but he told not his father. 2 And Saul tarried in the utter- moil: part of Gibeah, under a pome- granate-tree which is in Migron : and the people that were with him xvere * about fix hundred men : zI-ChIs&** prieit in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. 4/JE?1 And the people knew not that Jona- than was gone. 4 \ And between the paflages, by which Jonathan fought to go over d unto the Philiftiues garrifon, thert-\$g was a iharp rock on the one fide, and a (harp rock on the other fide : and the name of the one was Btizez, and the name of the other Seneh. 5 The f forefront of the one was t "<*>• fituate northward over againft Mich- mafh, and the other fouthward over againft Gibeah. 6 And Jonathan faid to the young man that bare his armour, dome, and let us go over unto the garrifon of thefe uncircumcifed ; it may be that the Lord will work for us : for there is no rellraint to the Lord e to fave Hebron.4, by many or by few. »+^»« 7 And his armour-bearer faid unto s- 18."' him, Do all that is in thine heart; turn thee ; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. 8 Then faid Jonathan, Behold, we will pafs over unto thefe men, and we will difcover ourfelves unto them. 9 If they fay thus unto us, f Tarry J/JJJJj. until we come to you; then we will itand itill in our place, and will not go up unto them. 1 0 But if they fay thus, Come up un- to us ; then we will go up : for { the f »"*• Lord hath delivered them into our 4' hand 3 and * this Jhall be a lign unto us. £*" ,. 11 And The PtiiiiflUies overcome. I. S A M U E L. Sauls unadvifed adju efumw ij land. ohri« ' ' And ^ot-1 °*" l^em difcovered eir. 1&87. themfekes unto the garrifon of the 1 M ' Philillines: and the Philiftines did, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they hud hid them- feives. r'2 And the men of the garrifon anfwered Jonathan and his armour- bearer, and faid, Come up to us, and we will (hew yoju a thing. And Jo- nathan faid unto his armour-bearer, Come up after me ; for the Lord hath delivered them into the hand of Ifrael . 13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands, and upon his feet, and his armour-bearer alter him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armour- bearer ilew after him. 1 4 And that iirfl daughter, which Jo- nathan and his armour-bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were j| an half- acre of land, wluck a yoke uf oxen might ph'iv. i j And there was trembling in the hoft, in the held, and among ail the people ; the garrifon, and hthe fpo.il- ers, they alfo trembled; and the earth quaked : lb it was f ! a very great trembling. ;6 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeali of Benjamin looked ; and, behold, the multitude melted away, &iid they went on beating down one another. iy Then faid Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and fee who is gone from us. Av.d when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armour- bearer ii'tre .not there. j 8 And Saul faid unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark cf God : (for the ark of God was at that time with the children of Ifrael.) 19 *[\ And it came to pafs, while Saul talked unto the prielr, that the || noife that ivm in the holt of the Philiftines went on and increased : and Saul faid ufltU th«j prfc& With- draw thine hand. 'ftp And Saul and ail the people that were with him f ulieiru'led them- felves, and they came to the battle . and, behold, k every mans (word wa agdinft his fellow, atid there was. a very great diftomnuue. 2i Moreover, tb.e Hebrews i/iql were with the Philiftines before that time, which wi nt up with them into the camp from the country round a- bout, even they ailb turned to be v ith the lfraeiitcs that were with Saul and Jonathan, t Hcb. '.-err cried Ugttber. 22 Likewife all the men of Ifrael which 'had hid themfelves in mount « _^ Ephraim, when they heard that the i ci»p. Philiftines fled, even they alfo fol- «•?• lowed hard after them in the battle. 23 So the Lord laved Ifrael that day : and the battle palled over unto Beth-aven. 24 *[ And the men of Ifrael were diftreffed that day ; for Saul had ad- jured the people, faying, Curled be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tailed any food. 25 n,And all they of the land came » pent, to a wood, and there was honey upon 9" " the ground. 26 And when the people were come into the wood, 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 an honey-comb, and put his hand to his mouth j and his eyes were enlightened. 28 Then anfwered one of the people, and faid, Thy father ftraitly charged the people with an oath, fay- ing, Curfed be the man tnat eateth any food this day. And the people were || faint. 29 Then faid Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land : fee, I pray you, how mine eyes have been en- lightened, becaofe 1 tailed a little of this honey! 30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to-day of the fpoil of their enemies which they found ? for had there not been now a much greater llaughter among the Phiiiftipes ? 31 H And they fmote the rhiliilines that day from Michmaih to Aijalon : and the people were very faint. 32 And the people flew upon the fpoil, and took lheep, and o>;en, and calves, and Hew them on the ground : and the people did eat them '' with " L:;-'L the blood. ££»■ 34 *\ Then they told Saul, faying, »*•'«• Id, the people lin againlt the Loud, inthattheyeatwiththeblood. And he faid, Ye have || tranfgrelled : roll a great (lone unto me this day. ■ 3 I And Saul faid, Difpcrfe your- felves among the people, and fay un- to them, i>nug me hither every man his Saul builleth an altar i CHA : '.""; his ok, and every man his (heep, and L_ "__L llay t/lC)r- here, and eac ; and iin not "v againft the Lord in eating with the blood- And all the people brought inland, every man his ox + with him that night, and (lew them there. •35 And Saul built an altar unto the tbffahar Lord : f the fame was the firft altar that he huik unto the Lord. Tvrd. 36 *' And Saul f:iid' Let us §° down after the Philiftines by night, and fpoil them until the morning^ light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they laid, Do whatfo- ever feemeth good unto thee. Then faid the prieft, Let us draw near hi- ther unto God. 37 And Saul alked counfel of God, Shall I go down after tiie Philiflines ? wilt thou deliver them into the hand 28C.o?' °f Ifrael ? But °he anfwered him not that day. S/iJ" 38 And Saul fr-id> pI>raw ye near ch3p. hither all the f chief of the people : t neb." and know and foe wherein this fin ,/;;(,,7 ■' hath been this day : so. 2. 30 For as the Lord liveth, which faveth Ifrael, though it be in Jona- than my fon, he (hall furely die. But there was not a man among all the people that anfwered him. 40 Then faid he unto all Ifrael, Be ye on one fide, and I and Jonathan my fon will be on the other lllo. And the people faid unto Saul, Do what feemeth good unto thee. 41 Therefore Saul faid unto the Lord God of Ifraek )| Give a perfect inno.e.u. i0tt And Saul and Jonathan were mtiortj}. taken ; but the people + efcaped. 42 And Saul laid, Call lots between me and Jonathan my fon. And Jo- nathan was taken. 43 Then Saui faid to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hail done. And Jonathan told him, and faid, I did but taile a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I muft die. J.!?. . 44 And Saul anfwered, < God do fo, and more alio : for thou ihalt furely die, Jonathan. 45 And the people faid unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great falvation in Ifrael ? God T4."?' f°rbid = *& the Lord liveth, there i.Ky»?* fllal* nut °:ie '1:!,r of llIS head fal1 to the ground ; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people refcued Jonathan, that he died not. 46 Then Saui went up from fol- lowing the rhiliflines : and the Phi- liilines went to their own plate. y' ?V-. his fly ength au,l family. 47 If So Saul took the kingdom f.cl"[e over Ifrael, and fought againft all his • enemies on every fide, againft Moab, •r~^ and againft ihe children of * Amnion, I^tS* and againft Edom, and againft the kings of Zobah, and againft the Phi- liftines : and whitherfoever he turned himfelf iie vexed them. 4S And he || gathered an hoft, and 1%^ 1 fmote the Amalekites, and deliver- ' ed Ifrael out of the hands of them \^!' that fpoiied them. 49 1 Now " the fons of Saul were Jo- ■ cjjap. na'thah, and Ilhui, and iMelchi-!hua : i««. and the names of his two daughters 8'35' were thefe ; the name of the firft- born Merab, and the name of the younger Michal : 50 And the name of Sauls wife was Ahinoam the daughter ©f Ahimaaz ; and the name of the captain of fus hoft was -;- Abner the fon of Ner, i«*. Sauls uncle : 5 j And Kilh was the father of Saul ; and Ner the father of Abner was the fon of ::Ab';el. xchap. _ 52 And there was fore war againft tbePhiliftines all the days of Saul: and when Saul faw any ftrong man, or any valiant man, yhe took him unto l.Cu*p* him. CHAP. XV. 1 Samuel fendeth Saul to deflroy Ama- Itk : 8 he fpareth Agag arid the beji of the fpoil. 32 Samuel killethAgag. SAmuel alfo laid unto Saul, a The c;r' I0;r' Lord fent me to anoint thee to HiS?' be king over hi* people, over Ifiael : now therefore hearken thou uato the voice of the words of the Lord. 2 Thus faith the Lord of hofts, I remember that which Amalek did to Ifrael, bhow he laid wait for him in bI7r.'f,%. the way when he came up from Egypt. ^4'.<^. 3 Now, go and finite Amalek, and ?eute£ utterly deftroy all that the)- have, and fpare them not ; but flay both man and woman, infant and fucklmg, ox and iheep, camel and afs. 4 And Saul gathered the people to- gether, and numbered them in Te- laim, two hundred thouland foot- men, and ten thoufand men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to a city of Ama- lek, and j| laid wait in the valley. j02lli. 6 ^ And Saul laid unto c the Ke- lf"™K nitcs, Go, depart, get ye down from Judge* among the Amalckites, left I dt-ftroy I,l<5' you with them: for d ye {hewed ^oE*j>d.ie. kindnefs to all the children of Ifrael Numb." when they came up out of Egypt. Ie* 2> So the Kenites departed fioni among the Amalekite*. And C'brill cir. 10.-9 Saulfpareth Agag. I. SAMUEL. 7 eAnd Saul fmote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comeft to fShur, that is over againlt Egypt. 8 And £ lie took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and h utterly deftroyed all the people with the edge of the fword. 9 But Saul and the people fpared " Agag, ana" tne belt of the fheep, and of the oxen, and || of rhefatlings,'and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly deflxoy them; but every thing that zuas vile and refufe that they deftroyed utterly. io 1\ Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, laying, r i i It repenteth me that I have fet up Saul to be king: for he is turn- ed back from following me, k and hath not performed my command- ments. And it grieved Samuel ; and he cried unto the Lord all night. 1 2 And when Samuel rofe early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, faying, Saul came to ' Car- mel, and, behold, he fet him up a place, and is gone about, and pallid on, and gone down to Gilgal. 13 And Samuel came to Saul ; and Saul faid unto him, Bleffed be thou of the Lord : I have performed the commandment of the Lord. r4 And Samuel faid, What mean- etk then this bleating of the fheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear ? 1 5 And Saul faidjThey have brought them from the Amalekites : for the people fpared the belt of the fheep aim of the oxen to facrifice unto the Lord thy God; and the reft we have utterly deftroyed. 16 Then Samuel faid unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the Lord hath faid to me this night. And he faid unto him, Say on. 17 And Samuel faid, "'When thou waft little in thine own light, waft thou not made the head of the tribes of Ifrael, and the Lord anointed thee king over Ifrael ? 18 Anil the Lord fent thee on a journey, and f.tid. Go, and utterly c!e- ftroy the iinners the Amalekites, and fight aguinft them until \ they be con- fumed. 19 Wherefore then didft thou not obey the voice of the Lord, hut didjt flee upon the (poll, and didft evil in the light of the Lord ? 20 And Saul faid unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and ijave gone the way which the Sauls humiliation. Lord fent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have l utterly deftroyed the Amalekites. *~"- 2 1 But the people took of the fpoil, fheep and oxen, the chief of the things which fliould have been utter- ly deftroyed, to fr.crifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal. 22 And Samuel faid, "Hath the ^? . Lord as great delight in burnt-offer- Iu- «• "• ings and facrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, °to obey I*"1'*' is better than facrifice ; and to hear- ken than the fat of rams. 2 3For rebellion is as the fin of fwitch- ?».' /. craft, and ftubbornnefs is as iniquity and idolatry: becaufe thou haft re- jected the word cf the Lord, he hath alfo rejected thee from being king. 24 I p And Saul faid unto Samuel, \ ss;,e,. I have finned : for I have tranfgrefs- ,2,*3' ed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words, becaufe I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now, therefore, I pray thee, pardon my fin, and turn again with me, that I may worfhip the Lord. 26 And Samuel faid unto Saul, I will not return with thee : for thou haft rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejecled thee from being king over Ifrael. 27 And as Samuel turned about to go away q he laid hold upon the lkirt ? t'en„ of his mantle, and it rent. 28 AndSamuel faid unto him, The : Lord hath rent the kingdom of Ifrael {*%£ from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. 29 Aacl alfo the ]] Strength of Ifrael iS?5jr ' ' will not lie nor repent : for he is rui,"y- not a man, that he mould repent. 23. 10. 30 Then he faid, I have finned '; *l% yet honour me now, I pray thee, be- ;.'V;:." fore the elders of my people, and be- ' '»•«■ -• fore Ifrael, and turn again with me, that I may worfliip the Lord thyGod. 31 So Samuel turned again after Saul, and Saul worfhipped the Lord. 32 *| Then faid Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the A- malekites . and Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag faid, Surely the bitternefs of death is paft. 33 And Samuel laid, 'As thy fword '-'Tf.' hath made women childlefs, fo fhall gj*»; thy mother be childlefs among wo- men. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal. 34 % Then Samuel went to Ra- man ; and Saul went up ta his houfe to u Gibeah of Saul. ".c^p* 35 And Snmuel cometh to Beth-lehem : CHAP 35 And x Samuel came no more to or. io79- fee Saul until the clay of his death; >r^a^T. nevertheless, Samuel mourned for I9' 2+" Saul : and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Ifrael. C H A P. XVI. i Samuel fent by Cod under pre ten e of a facrifice, cometh to Beth-lehem: 6 his hUman judgment reproved : 13 he anointeth David. 19 Saul fendethfor David to quiet his evil fpirit. dr. 1063. A Nd the Lord Paid unto Samuel, ■£■££ t\ a How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, feeing I have rejected him from reigning over Ifrael ? Fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will fend thee to Jefie the Beth-lehemite : for J have provided me a king among his fons. 2 And Samuel faid, How can I go ? If Saul hear it he will kill me. And the Lord faid, Take an heifer | with hchap. thee, and fay, bI am come to facrifice ab'l'o* to tiie Lord. 3 And call Jefie to the facrifice, and I will (hew thee what thou flialt do : and thou lhalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. 4 And Samuel did that which the Lord fpake, and came to Beth-le- hem : and the elders of the town trembled at his -j- coming, and faid, c Cornell thou peaceably ? 5 And he faid, Peaceably : I am come to facrifice unto the Lord ; fanfrify yourfelves, and come with me to the facrifice. And he fanclified Jefie and his fons, and called them to the facrifice. 6 Tf And it came to pafs, when they were come, that he looked ond Eliab, and faid, Surely the Lords anointed is before him. 7 But the Lord faid unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his ftature ; becaufe I have refufed him: for the LORD feeth not as man feeth ; for man looketh on the \ outward appear- ance, but the Lord looketh on the e heart. 8 Then Jefie called ' Abinadab, and made him pafs before Samuel. And he faid, Neither hath the Lord chofen this. 9 Then Jefie made l| Shammah to pafs by. And he faid^ Neither hath the Lord chofen this. 10 Again, Jefie made feven of his fons to pafs before Samuel. And Sa- muel faid unto Jefie, The Lord hath »ot chofen thefe. + Her.. mining. c 1 Kings i"- e lChrin. 28. 9. Mil. 7- 9- Jcr. 11. :0. & 17. 10. 6c 10. 12. fChap. 17-13. 11 Sbimeab : 2 Sam. 13-3. Saimm.i : I Chrun. XVI. he anointeth David* 1 1 And Samuel faid unto Jefie, Are "jjgj here all thy children ? And he faid, ™- '063. There remaineth yet the youngelt, and, behold, he keepeth the fheep. And Samuel faid unto Jefie, 8 Send f*|^,B' and fetch "him: for we will not fit 1'1"1 7«-;o. f down till he come hither. \^ut. ' 12 And he fent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal f of ^*'/4te a beautiful countenance, and goodly J to look to. And the Lord faid, Arife, anoint him : for this is he. 1 3 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, end "anointed him in the midft j}**2£ of his brethren : and ; the Spirit ofiseetfumt*. the Lord came upon David from ]^1%,1S. that day forward. So Samuel role cUpVio*. up, and went to Ramah. e> '°- 14 If kBut the Spirit of the Lord **r'™6s' departed from Saul, and > an evil fpi- ii.?.p- rit from the Lord (| troubled him. j 1 5 And Sauls fervants faid unto ci him, Behold now- an evil fpirit from i^p?"56 God troubleth thee. II or, 16 Let our lord now command tky'^ ' fervants whioh are before thee to feels out a man who is a cunning player on an harp : and it fhall come to pafs, when the evil fpirit from God is upon thee, that he (hall play with his hand, and thou ihait be well. 1 7 And Saul faid unto his fervants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. 18 Then anfwered one of the fer- vants, and faid, Behold, I have feen a fon of Jefie the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in || matters, and a comely jj^S. perfon, and the Lord is with him. 19 % Wherefore Saul fent mefien- gers unto Jefie, and faid, Send me m David thy fon, n' whLh is with the 1; fheep. 20 And Jefie took an afs laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and fent them by David his fon unto Saul. 2 i And David came to Saul, and flood before him : and he loved him greatly ; and he became his armour- bearer. 22 And Saul fent to Jefie, faying, Let David, I pray thee, Hand before me ; for he hath found favour in my light. 23 And it came to pafs, when "the "Ver.m evil fpirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand : fo Saul wasrefrefhed, and was well, and the evil fpirit de- parted from him. T C H A P. Ooliaths challenge : I.SAM CHAP. XVII. l The armies of the Ifraelites and Phi- liftings being ready to battle, 4 Go- liath cometh proudly forth to chal- lenge a combat. 1 2 David, fent l/y his father to vifit his brethren, ac- cepteth the challenge. "\TOw the Philiftines gathered to- «r.to63* i. 1 gcther their armies to battle, and ^j^h! ' were gathered together at a Shochoh ts' "s* which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in \£l*ftit il Ephes-dammim. ZZT',Z'. 2 And Saul and the men of Ifrael itammtm: were gathered together, and pitched i£l* by Che valley of Klah, and f fet the IJS&tte battle in array againft the Philiftines. rbVtuc J! 3 And the Philiftines ftood on a mountain on the one fide, and Ifrael flood on a mountain on the other fide : and there u'as a valley between them. 4 t And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philiftines, named Goliath, of uath, whofe height was fix cubits and a fpan. 5 And he had an helmet of brafs fHcb. upon his head, and he was farmed with a coat of mail ; and the weight of the coat was live thouland lhekels of brafs. 6 And he had greaves of brafs upon s**a. his legs, and a j| target of brafs be- tween his fhoulders. 7 And the ftalF of his fpear zuas like a weavers beam, and his fpears head weighed fix hundred fhekeis of iron : and one bearing a ihield went before him. 8 And he ftood and cried unto the armies of Ifrael, and faid unto them, Why are ye come out to fet your • battle in array I Am not 1 a Philiftine, and ye fervants to Saul ? choofe you a man for you, and let him come down to me. 9 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your fervants : but if I prevail againft him, and kill him, then fhall ye be our fervants, and ferve us. 10 And the Philiftine faid, I defy the armies of Ifrael this day ; give me a man, that we may fight together. 1 1 When Saul and all Ifrael heard thofe words of Che Philiftine they were difmayed, and greatly afraid. t c*>i>. ,2 ^. Now David was bthe fon of eo'en. that c Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-ju- 35. io- dali, whofe name was Jefie ; and he i,Chu.' I<5' bad d eight foils : and the man went ^■JichM. among men for an old wan in the M,ii« day* of Saul. U E L. David, lifting his brethren, 1 3 And the three el deft fons of Jefle ^;? went and followed Saul to the battle : cir- ici> and the names of his three fons that * v went to the battle were Eliab the firft-born ; and next unto him Abina- dab ; and the third, Shammah. 14 And David was the youngeft : and the three eldeft followed Saul. j 5 But David went and returned from Saul e to feed his fathers (heep i at Beth-lehem. 16 And the Philiftine drew near morning and evening, and prefented himfelf forty clays. 1 7 Andjefle faid unto David hisfon, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and thefe ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren; 18 And carry thefe ten f cheefes \™£;tf unto the -j- captain of their thouland, ■•••/*. and look how thy brethren fare, and l^'„9f take their pledge. ■««*■* 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Ifrael, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philiftines. 20 f And David rofe up early in the morning, and left the (heep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jtfie had commanded him : and he came to the || trench as the hoft was going jjJXV'X forth to the || fight, and Ihouted for *•"*«* the battle. if2,r. 2 1 For Ifrael and the Philiftines had Jjj*^j put the battle in array, army againft -*<<"• army. 22 And David left -f- his carriage in \£*£ch the hand of the keeper of the carriage, g*j| "t'n and ran into the army, and came and t f fainted his brethren. 23 And as he talked with them, JS£*",f behold, there came up the champion (the Philiftine of Gath, Goliath by name) out of the armies of the Phi- liftines, and fpake according to the fame words : and David heard them. 24 And all the men of Ifrael , when they law the man, fled f from him, /,-.'«*/, and were fore afraid. /tf"' 25 And the men of Ifrael faid, Have ye feen this man that is come up ? furely to defy Ifrael is he come up : and it (hall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and f will give [/;'*■', him his daughter, and make his fa- thers heme free in Ifrael. 26 And David fpake to the men that ftood by him, faying, What (hall be done to the man that killeth this Philiftine, and taketh away the re- proach from ifrael f for who is thi.5 mic'u lumcifed Philiftine, that he fbould accepteth it, and G H A P. chrift frould defy the armies of the living tir. iosj. God ? V w ' 27 And the people anfwered him afcer this manner, faying, So lhall it be done to the man that killeth him. 28 % And Eliab his eldeft brother heard wheu he fpake unto the men ; and Eliabs anger was kindled againft David, and he faid, Why cameit thou down hither ? and with whom haft thou left thofe few (heep in the wil- dernefs ? I know thy pride, and the naughtinefs of thine heart ; for thou art come down that thou mighteft fee the battle. 29 And David faid, What have I now done ? /; there not a caufe ? 30 \ And lie turned from him to- ward another, and fpake after the lj?,'j: fame f manner : and the people an- fwered him again after the former manner. 3 r And when the words were heard which David fpake, they rehearfed Vokllm. Me?n before Saul ; and he f fent for him. 32 1f And David faid to Saul, Let no mans heart fail becaufe of him ; thy fervant will go and light with this Philiftine. 33 And Saul faid to David, Thou art not able to go againft this Phi- liftine to fight with him : for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34 And David faid unto Saul, Thy fervant kept his fathers (heep, and there came a lion and a bear, and j or, kid. took a || lamb out of the flock ; 35 And I went out after him, and fmote him, and delivered it out of his mouth : and, when he arofe againft me, I caught him by his beard, and fmote him, and flew him. 36 Thy fervant flew both the lion and the bear ; and this uncircumcifed Philiftine mail be as one of them, fee- ing he hath defied the armies of the living God . 37 David faid, moreover, The Lord 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 Philiftine. And Saul faid unto David, Go, and the Lord be with thee. tJuSioa. 38 1 And Saul f armed David with I'iliMhei. ^1S armour'» and ne PuC an helmet of brafs upon his head ; alfo he armed him with a coat of mail. 39 And David girded his fword upon his armour, and he aflayed to go ; for he had not proved it. And XVII. killeth the gicttU David faid unto Saul, I cannot go '^^ with thefe ; for I have not proved «"«• «o<53« them. And David put them off him. ' " 40 And he took his ftaff in his hand, and chofe him five fmooth {tones out of the f| brook, and put them in IX% a fhepherds f bag which he bad, even t h<*. in a fcrip, and his fling was in hia*^" hand ; and he drew near to the Phili- ftine. 41 And the Philiftine came on, and drew near unto David ; and the man that bare the fhield went before him. 42 And when the Philiftine looked about and law David he difdained him ; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. 43 And the Philiftine faid unto David, g Am I dog, that thou comeft ?",*£ to me with ftaves ? And the Philiftine **g\ curfed David by his gods. p's." & 44 And the Philiftine faid to David, fiSl9 Come to me, and I will give thy flefh 8' X3' unto the fowls of the air, and to the beafts of the field. > 45 Then faid David to the Phi- liftine, Thou comeft to me with a fword, and with a fpear, and with a fhield ; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hofts, the God of the armies of Ifrael, whom thou haft defied. 46 This day will the Lord f deli- ££*£"• ver thee into mine hand j and I will finite thee, and take thine head from thee ; and I will give the carcafes of the hoft of the Philiftines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beafts of the earth ; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Ifrael. 47 And all this aflembly (hall know that the Lord faveth not with fword and fpear : for the battle/itheLoRos, and he will give you into our hands. 48 And it came to pafs, when the Philiftine arofe, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that Duvid halt- ed, and ran toward the army to meet the Philiftine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a ltone, and flang iV, and fmote the Philiftine in his forehead, that the ltone funk into his forehead ; and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So * David prevailed over the h^f"' Philiftine with a fling and with a *«*• {tone, and fmote the Philiftine, and flew him ; but there was no fword in the hand of David. 51 Therefore David ran, and ltood upon the Philiftine, and took his T % fword, ftztav, v i. s, 6. I \,r.u, 3> *+•*:>• David cmneth to Samuel. I. SAM thr'-'t up to me in tIie ljcc1» tnat * niay flay jo^ him. """ ' 1 6 And when the mefTengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats hair for his bolfter. 1 7 And Saul Paid nnto Michal, Why halt thou deceived me fo, and fen: away mine enemy, that he isefcaped ? And Michal anfwered Saul, He faid unto me, Let me go; why Ihouldl kill thee ? 18 11 So David fled, and efcaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah,' and told him all that Saul h:;d done to him : and he and Samuel went and dweit in Naioth. 19 And it was told Saul, faying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. »ejo»ui o0 And e Saul fent mefTengers to ^'4" take Ddvid : f and when they faw the company of the prophets prophefying, and Samuel (landing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the mefiengers of Saul, and they li:\T' alfo s prophefied. 21 And when it was told Saul, he fent other mefiengers, and they pro- phefied likewife. And Saul fent mef- fengers again the third time, and they prophefied alfo. 22 Then went he alfo to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu : and he alked and faid, Where are Samuel and David ? And one faid, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah. 23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah : and the Spirit of God whs upon him alfo, and he went on and prophefied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. sir*. 20.1. • 24 11 And he dripped off his clothes ■Mi-.*. /,•.:.• nlfo, and prophefied before Samuel in fcunih. ij],.^ nuatmer, and f lay down ' nuked IMic'1.8. allthatday,andallthatnight. Where- *£?£' fore they fay, kIs Saul alfo among the prophet- ? CHAP. XX. 1 David confultelh with Jonathan for I'isjafely: n their covenant renewed by oath. 24 Saul, jnijjing David, feekeih to kill Jonatlian. Nd David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and faid be- fore Jonathan, What have I done ? what is mine iniquity, and what is my fin before thy father, that he feeketh my life ? ' 2 And he faid unto him, God for- bid ; thou (halt not die : behold, my turt- father will do nothing, either great SSXw i>r foall, but that he will f (hew it A' tag lutnt it U E L. David eoiifulteth with Jonathan. me ; and why fhould my father hide "^Jg this thing from me ? it is not fo. c" l0rtx 3 And David fware moreover, and faid,Thyfathercertainlyknoweththat I havefoundgrace in thine eyes ; and he faith, Let not Jonathan know this, left hebegriev.d : but truly, as thcLoRu liveth, and as thy foul liveth, there is but a fiep between me and death. 4 Then faid Jonathan unto David, !) Wiiatfoever thy foulf defirethl will even do /'/ for tiiee. 5 And David faid unto Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is the new-moon, Tr,^fb,;>ori and I lhould not fail to fit with theJib!lxuw. king at meat : but let me go, that 1 m.iy hide myfelf in the field unto the third day at even. 6 If thy father at all mifs me, then fay, David earnellly allied leave of me, that lie might run a to Beth-le- »cinF. hem his city ; for there is a yearly ' I facrifice there for all the family. 1 °'>/«v*< 7 b If he fay thus, It is well, thy bn«t. fervant (hall have peace : but if he be '" x very wroth, then be fure that evil is determined by him. 8 Therefore thou (halt deal kindly with thy fervant ; for c thou hall ^f7^ brought thy fervant into a covenant ,»• »i. of the Lord with thee: notwith- ftanding, if there be in me iniquity (lay me thyfelf; for why (houldelt thou bring me to thy father ? 9 And Jonathan faid, Far be it from thee : for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? 10 Then faid David to Jonathan, Who (hall tell me? or, what if thy father anfwer thee roughly ? 1 1 *\ And Jonathan faid unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. 12 And Jonathan faid unto David, O Lord God of Ifrael, when I have f founded my father about to-mor- LJJSS*, row any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then fend not unto thee, and f (hew it thee ; ,t "£X 13 d The Lord do fo, and much more to Jonathan: but if it pleafe ""7* my father to do thee evil, then I will (hew it thee, and fend thee away, that thou mayeft go in peace ; and the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father. 14 And thou (halt not only, while yet I live, Ihew me the kir.dnefs of the L.».-' j, that I die not; 15 But rChap. bint. hVe 1 Or, diligently, 1 Hcb. Jonathans token to David. clrift ' 5 But fl#* ' tllou (lialt not cut off f.r. io6i; thy kindnefs from my houfe for ever ; TiZZ" no, not when the Lord hath cut off l3;,1* the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. Heb. cut. ,6 So Jonathan f made a covenant with the houfe of David, faying, f Let the Lord even require it at the hand of Davids enemies. 17 And Jonathan caufed David to fwear again, || becaufe he loved him : Efor he loved him as he loved his own foul. 18 Then Jonathan faid to David, h To-morrow is the new-moon ; and thou fhalt be miffed, becaufe thy feat will be f empty. 19 And xvhen thou haft flayed three days, then thou fhalt go down || f quickly, and come to ' the place where thou didft hide thyfelf \ when grauiy. t^e bufmefs was in hand, and fiialt re- \^T main by the ftone || Ezel. ■t Heh. in 20 And I will ihoot three arrows tbebujilufi. on the fide thereof] as though I fhot tuahew. at a mar'c- atswewoy- 21 And, behold, I will fend a lad, faying, Go, find out the arrows. If I exprefsly fay unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this fide of thee, take them ; then come thou : for there -^win". is Peace to thee, and no \ hurt, as the Lord liveth. 22 But if I fay thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee ; go thy way : for the Lord hath fent thee away. ^4VCTr,:- 23 And as touchir>& ,! the matter See vw.43. which thou and I have fpoken of, behold, the Lord be between thee and me for ever. 24 \ So David hid himfelf in the field : and when the new-moon was come the king fat him down to eat meat. 25 And the king fat upon his feat, as at other times, even upon a feat by the wall : and Jonathan arofe, and Abner fat by Sauls fide, and Davids place was empty. 26 Neverthelefs, Saul fpake not any thing that day : for he thought, Some- thing hath befallen him, he is not clean ; furely he is not clean. 27 And it came to pafson the mor- row, which was the fecond day of the month, that Davids place was empty ; and Saul faid unto Jonathan his fon, Wherefore cometh not the fon of Jeile to meat, neither yefterday nor to-day ? 28 And Jonathan anfwered Saul, David earneftly aiked leave of me to go to Eeth-lehem. : HAP. XX. Saul feaketh to kill Jonathan. 29 And he faid, Let me go, I pray B.-for« thee ; for our family hath a facrifice ctrfioa*. in the city ; and my brother, he hath — - — ' commanded me to be there . and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and fee my brethren : therefore he cometh not unto the kings table. 30 Then Sauls anger was kindled againft Jonathan, and he faid unto him, || f Thou fon of the perverfe re- "<•. bellious woman, do not I know that ln/J-%'i. thou haft chofen the fon of Jeffe to l Her* s«. thine own confufion, and unto the ribdfonf' confulion of thy mothers nakednefb? 31 For as long as the fon of Jeffe liveth upon the ground thou fhalt not be eflabliflied, nor thy kingdom : wherefore now fend and fetch him unto me ; for he f (hall furely die. l\l',\n 32 And Jonathan anfwered Saul his tfdc*tb. father, and faid unto him, Wherefore fhall he be flain? what hath he done ? 33 And Saul caft a javelin at him to finite him ; whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to flay David. 34 So Jonathan arofe from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the fecond day of the month: for he was grieved for David, becaufe his father had done him fhame. 35 If And it came to p.ifs 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 faid unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I fhoot. And, as the lad ran, he fhot an arrow f beyond him. (^h* 37 And when the lad was come to «J52; the place of the arrow which Jonathan had fhot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and faid, Is not the arrow beyond thee r 38 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make fpeed, hafte, flay not. And Jonathans lad gathered up the ar- rows, and came to his mailer. 39 But the lad knew not any thing : only Jonathan and David knew the matter. 40 And Jonathan gave his f artil- )t"^;,!?: lery unto f his lad, and faid unto , h. mat him, Go, carry them to the city. va' **' 41 ^[ And, as foon as the lad was gone, David arofe out of a place to- ward the foutli, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himfelf three times ,• and they killed one an- other, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. « 0r, tu 42 And Jonathan faid to David, j-^?^ Go in peace, j| forafmuch as we have «>»t«**«, T 4 fworn scVvtr. 23, Davi 1 relieved by Ahimelech t I.SAMUEL. at Gath he f eigne th himfelf modi fworn both of us in the name of the hold, it it here wrapped in a cloth Lord, faying, The Lord be between behind the ephod : if thou wilt take me and thee, and between my feed that, take it; for there is no other " ' and thy feed for ever. And he arofe fave that here. And David laid, There and departed : and Jonathan went z'xnone like that ; give it me. into the city. 10 1f And David arofe, and fled a Called alto Jbitu.; Clup.i4. 3' ■ tified m the •■ A LC"'it. e Mai fc 1 ukc C. 3. CHAP. XXI. 1 David at Nob obtaineth of Ahime- lech hallowed bread: 8 he taketh Goliaths /word: 10 and at Goth feigneth himfelf mad. THen came David to Nob to a Ahimelech the prief: : and Ahi- melech was afraid at the meeting of David, and faid unto him, Why art thou alone, and no nnn with thee ? 2 And David laid unto Ahimelech the pried, The king hatli command- ed me a bufmefs, and hath faid unto me. Let no man know any thing of the bufinefa whereabout I fend thee, and what I have commanded thee : and I have appointed my fervants to fucli and fucli a place. 3 Now, therefore, what is under thine hand ? give me five loo bread in mine hand, or what there is f prefent. 4 And the pried anfwered David, and faid, There is no common bread under mine hand ; but there is b hal- lowed bread, ' if the young men have kept themfelves at lead from women. 5 And David anfwered the pried, and faid unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about thefe three days, iince I came out, and the 1 of the young men are holy, -and the bread is in a manner common, || yea, though it were fandified this day d in the v that day lor fear of Saul, and went to || Achifli the king of Gath. 1 1 And k the fervants of Achifli , faid unto him, Is not this David the king of the land ? did they not fing one to mother of him in dances, fay- ing, ' Saul hath (lain his thoufaiids, and David his ten thouf.mds ? 1 2 And David laid up thefe words *ffi.' in his heart, and was fore afraid of Achifli the king of Gath. 13 And m he changed his behavi- our before them, and feigned himfelf mad in their hands, and || fcrabbled | on the doors of the gate, and let his fpittle fall down upon his beard. 14 Then faid Achifli unto his fer- vants, Lo, ye fee the man |] is mad : , wherefore then have ye brought him """""""■ to me ? 15 Have I need of madmen, that ye have brought this fellow to play the madman in my prefeuce ? lhall th\s fellow come into my houfe ? CHAP. XXII. 1 Companies rej'ort to David at Adul- lam. 9 Doeg accufeth Ahimelech. 1 s Saulcommandethto kill thepriefts, DAvid, therefor©,, departed thence, and a efcaped bto the cave Adul - lam : and when his brethren, and all ,' V.^.''- his fathers houfe, heard;'/, they went 1/. i>" down thitherto him. 2 c And every one that was in di- and every one that + was in debt, and every one that was f dif- 6 So the pried c'gave him hallowed contented, gathered themfelves unto < bread; for there was no bread there but the fhe.w-bread, f that was taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken 7 Now, a certain man of the fer- vants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Loud; and his name was >'• Doeg, an Edomite, the t iiiefeit of the lierdmen that belonged to Saul. 8 ^f And David faid unto Ahime- lech, And is there not here under thine hand fpear or. fword • for I have neither brought my fword nor him; and he became a captain over them : and there were with him about four hundred men. 3 II And David went thence to Mizpeh of JVIoab : and he faid unto the king of VJoab, Let my father and my mother, 1 pray thee, come forph, and be with you, till 1 know what Cod w'dl do for me. I he brought them before the kingofMoab ; and they dwelt with him all the while that Da\ id was in the hold. ,»!kl • Gad faid ;+; Abide not in the hold ; "+: • UUtQ David, my weapons with" me, becaufe the depart, and get liiee into the land of ',' kings bufmefs required hade. Judah. Then David departed, andlai5 9 And the pried faid, The fword came into the fpreft of Hareth. of Goliath the Philiftine, whom thou 6 ',] When Saul heard that David fieweft in ''the valley of Elah, M>c- \\a; difcoseved, and the men that were Doeg accufeth Ahimeiech, CHAP. XXII, XXIII. and killeth the pnejts; were with him; (now Saul abode in But the fervants of the king would .. 1CO2. Gibeah under a || tree in Ramuh, ha- not put forth their hand to fall upon '7s! ' ving his (pear in his hand, and all his the priefts of the Lord. — * — ' fervants were ftanding about him ; ) 1 8 And the king laid to Doeg,Turn 7 Then Saul faid unto his fervants thou, and fall upon the priefts. And that Hood about him, Hear now, ye Doeg the Edomite turned, and he felj upon the priefts, and 'dew on thai day fourfcore and live perfons that did *3'" wear a linen ephod. 19 k And Nob, the city of the priefts, **[' Benjamites ; Will tlie fonof Jefle give every one of you iields and vineyards, andmake you all captains of thoufands and captains of hundreds ; 8 That all of you have confplred fmote he with the edge of the fword, againft me, and there is none that f Iheweth me that my Ion hath made a league with the foil of Jefle; and there is none of you that is forry for me, or Iheweth unto me that my lbn hath ftirred up my fervant againit me, to lie in wait, as at this day ? 9 U Then anfwered e Doeg the Edomite, (which was fet over the fer- vants of Saul, ) and faid, I faw the fon of Jefle coming to Nob to Ahimeiech, the fon of <" Ahitub. both men and women, children and fucklings, and oxen, and afies, and fheep, with the edge of the fword. 20 % 'And one of the fons of Ahime- JCtap. lech the fon of Ahitub, named Abia- *3' that;, efcaped, and fled after David. 2 r And Abiathar lhewed David that Saul had (lain the Lords priefts. 22 And David faid unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite xuas there, that he would furely tell Saul : I have occalioned to s And he enquired of the Lord the death of all the perfons of thy for him, and h gave him victuals, and fathers houfe. gave him the fword of Goliath the Philiftine. 1 1 Then the king fent to call Ahi- meiech the prielt, the fon of Ahitub, and all his fathers houfe, the priefts that were in Nob : and they came all of them to the king. 12 And Saul faid, Hear now, thou fon of Ahitub. And he anfwered, f Here I crm, my lord. 23 Abide thou with me, fear not ; for he that feeketh my life feeketh thy life : but with me thou Jhrdt be in fafeguard. CHAP. XXIII. 1 David, enquiring of the Lord, re- jcueth Keilah: 7 God Jhewing him Sauls coming, and the treachery of the Keilites, he efcapethfrom Keilah. HPHen they told David, faying, Be- 13 And Saul faid unto him, Why -* hold, the Philiftines fight againit have ye confplred againft me, thou a .Keilah, and they rob the threihing- and the fon of Jefle, in that thou haft floors. given him bread, and a fword, and 2 Therefore David enquired of the haft enquired of God for him, that Lord, faying, Shall I go and finite he fhould rife againft me, to lie in thefe Philiftines ? And the Lord faid wait, as at this day ? unto David, Go, and finite the Phi- 14 Then Ahimeiech anfwered the liftines, and fave Keilah. king, and faid. And who is Jo faith ful among all thy fervants as David, which is the kings fon-in-kw, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honour- able in thine houfe ? 15 Did 1 then begin to enquire of God for him ? be it far from me. Let 3 And Davids men faid unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah, how -much more then if we come to Keilah againft the armies of the Phi- liftines ? h Then David enquired of the bv«. jc, Lord yet again. And the Lord an- r.ot the king impute any thing unto fwered him, and faid, Arife, go down his fervant, nor to all the houfe of to Keilah ; for I will deliver the Phi- my father : for thy fervant knew no- liftines into thine hand, thing of all this, f lefs or more. 5 So David and his men went to 16 And the king faid, Thou (halt Keilah, and fought with the Phili- furely die, Ahimeiech, thou, and all (lines, and brought away their cattle, thy fathers houfe. and fmote them with a great (laugh- 1 7 *\] And the king faid unto the ter. So David C^ved the inhabitants [If footmen that flood about him, of Keilah. Turn, and flay the priefts of the 6 And it came to pafs, when Abia- Lord; became their hand alfo is with thar, the fon of Ahimeiech, c fled to : David, and becaufe they knew when David to Keilah, that he came down he fled, and did not fliew it to me, With an ephod in his hand. 7 H And David efcapeth from Keilah t cSJm 7 1 And il was told Saul that tir. lo^i^ David was come to Keilah. And " Saul faid, God hath delivered him into mine hand ; for he is (hut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. 8 And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to behege David and his men. 9 1f And David knew that Saul fe- cretly pracrifed mifchief againft him ; cjNumb. and dhe faid to Abiathar the prieft, cLp.j'o.7- Bring hither the ephod. ro Then (aid David, O Lord God of KVael, thy fervant hath certainly heard that Saul feeketh to come to Keilah, to deftroy the city for my fake. ii Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand ? will Saul come down, as thy fervant hath heard ? O Lord God of Ifrael, I befeech thee, tell thy fervant. And the Lord faid, "He will come down. 12 Then faid David, Will the men ■!"r.p. of Keilah f deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul ? And the Lord faid, They will deliver thee up. r 3 \ Then David and his men, «*??'* "which were about fix hundred, arofe **■ *3- and departed out of Keilah, and went whitherfocver they could go. And it was told Saul that David was efcaped from Keilah ; and he forebare to go forth. 14 And David abode in the wil- dernefs in ftrong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wildernefs of «i.°H* f Ziph : and Saul fought him every day ; but God delivered him not into his hand. 15 And David faw that Saul was come out to feek his life : and David was in the wildernefs of Ziph in a wood. 16 And Jonathan, Sauls fon, arofe, and went to David into the wood, and itrengthened his hand in God. 1 7 And he faid unto him, Fear not ; for the hand of Saul my father (hall not find thee : and thou (halt be king over Ifrael, and I (hall be next unto gJ*J£ thee ; and 6 that alfo Saul my father knoweth. 18 And they two made a covenant before the Lord. And David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his boufe. 19 Tl Then h came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, laying, Doth not David hide himfelf with us in ftrong holds in the wood, in the hill of KSfeCbar iC>. 1. r.alm J+. title. L SAMUEL. Saul ptirjueth him. Hachilah, which is f on the fouth of || Jefhimon ? 20 Now, therefore, O kinp\ come ,7T£ down according to all the dclire of '£'„* "*w thy foul to come down ; and our part or,** Jhall be to deliver him into the kings hand. 21 And Saul faid, Bleired be ye of the Lord } for ye have companion on me. 22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and fee his plai.e where his f haunt is, and who hath feen him t"«t>-/ort there : for it is told me that he deal-j eth very fubtilely. 23 See, therefore, and take know- ledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himfelf, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you : and it (hall come to pafs, if he be in the land, that I will fearch him out throughout all the thoufands of Judah. 24 And they arofe, and went to Ziph before Saul : but David and his men were in the wildernefs *of Maon, in ',£*•. the plain on the fouth of Jefhimon. CMp.»s.a, 25 Saul alfo and his men went to feek him. And they told David : wherefore he came down || into a «?££"■ rock, and abode in the wildernefs of Maon : and when Saul heard that, he purfued after David in the wildernefs of Maon. 26 And Saul went on this fide of the mountain, and David and his men on that fide of the mountain : k and * ™'£ David made hafte to get away for fear of Saul ; for Saul and his men compafled David and his men round about to take them. 27 II ' But there came a mefTenger ££Ki"* unto Saul, faying, Hafte thee, and come ; for the Phililiines have f in- JJl'*' vaded the land. 28 Wherefore Saul returned from "JM"' purfuing after David, and wentagainft the Pliiliftines: therefore they called that place || Sela-hammah lekoth. nendfa 29 H And David went up frop *** thence, and dwelt in ftrong holds ac En-gedi. CHAP. XXIV. 1 David, at a cave in En-?edi, having cut of Sauls flirt, fpareth his life : 8 he jhewet/i thereby his imtacency. ANd it came to pafe, * when Saul 'f !i£ was returned from \ following iucb^/ur, the Philiftines, thut it was told him, faying, Behold, David r'J in the wil- dernefs of En-gedi. 2 Then Saul took three thoufand chofen men out of all Ifrael, and went c l'f»lra 57, title, and 142. title. Dai/id cutteth off Sauls Jkirt : CHAP. **[* vent to feek David and his men up- : icgi. on the rocks of the wild goats. ~* ' 3 And he came to the flieep-cotes by the way, where was a cave ; and raim i> Saul went in to cover his feet : and c David and his men remained in the fides of the cave. 4 And the men of David faid un- to him, Behold the day of which the LoRD-faid unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayeft do to him as it flia.ll feem good unto thee. Then David *<***.* arofe, and cut off f the hurt of Sauls 'tassauis. robe privily. 5 And it came to pafs afterward, t?.Sia!" tnac d Davids heart fmote him, be- canfe he had cut off Sauls lkirt. lo.hu! 6 And he faid unto his men, e The Lord forbid that I ihould do thisthing unto my mafter, the Lords anointed, to ftretch forth mine hand againft him, feeing he is the anointed of the Lord. tH*. 7 So David -\ ftayed his fervants su'Wm with thefe words, and fuffered them not to rife againft Saul. But Saul rofe lip out of the cave, and went on his way. 8 t David alfo arofe afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, faying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David {looped with his face to the earth, and bowed himfelf. 9 And David faid to Saul, f Where- fore heareft thou mens words, faying, Behold, David feeketh thy hurt ? 10 Behold, this day thine eyes have feen how that the Lord had deliver- ed thee to-day into mine hand in the cave : and fome bade me kill thee ; but mine eye fpared thee : and I faid, I will not put forth mine hand againft my lord i for he is the Lords anointed. 1 1 Moreover, my father, fee ; yea, fee the ikirt of thy robe in my hand ! for in that I cut off the lkirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and fee, that there is neither evil nor tranfgreffion in mine hand, and I have not finned againft thee ; yet thou hunt- eft my foul to take it. 12 EThe Lord judge between me and thee, and the Lord avenge me or thee ; but mine hand fliall not be upon thee. 1 3 As faith the proverb of the an- cients, Wickednefs proceedeth from the wicked : but mine hand fliall not be upon thee. 14 After whom is the king of Ifrael come out ? after whom doll thou pur- fue ? h after a dead dog, after '' a fiea ? ?; £ Ch»i>. XXIV, XXV. he acknowledged his fault. 15 The Lord therefore be judge, Before and jud^e between me and thee, and cin loev. fee, and plead my caufe, and \ deli- , y — * ver me out of thine hand. ju*£t° r6 If And it came to pafs, when David had made an end of fpeaking thefe words unto Saul, that Saul faid, Is this thy voice, my fon David ? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. 17 kAnd he faid to David, Thou temp. art more righteous than I ; for thou J'5"*1" haft rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 18 And thou haft fhewed this day how that thou halt dealt well with me : forafmuch as, when the Lord had f delivered me into thine hand, tHrt>- thou killedft me not. M' "*' 19 For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away ? Where- fore the Lord reward thee good for that thou halt done unto me this d3V- 20 And now, behold, 'I know well }£*%; that thou flialt furely be king, and that the kingdom of Ifrael fliall be eftabliihed in thine hand. ar Swear now, therefore, unto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not cut off my feed after me, and that thou wilt not deftroy my name out of my fathers houfe. 22 And David fware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto '" the hold. ","»** CHAP. XXV. 1 Samuel dieth. 10 David, provoked by Nabals churlijlwefs, mindeth to deftroy him. 1 4 Abigail, by her wif~ dom, pacifieth David: 36 Nabal, hearing thereof, dieth. A Nd ' Samuel died, and all the If- ac^a,oS°- -il- raelites were gathered together, *«. 3?* and lamented him, and buried him ^"lo.*6" in his houfe at Ramah. And David arofe, and went down b to the wil- ££?£ der'nefs of Paran. ku.i»j. 2 And there wa< a man c in Maon, l^'l'. whofe || poffefiions were in d Garmel ; f or, and the man was very great, and he ^fJJJ." had three thoufand flieep, and a thou- >s- »«• fand goats : and he was (hearing his flieep in Carmel. 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal, and the name of his wife A- bigail ; and (lie wa% a woman of good underftanding, and of a beautiful countenance : but the man was chur- lifh and evil in his doings ; and he was of the houfe of Caleb. 4 % And David heard in the wilder- nefs that Nabal did (hear his flieep. 5 And David fent out ten young ivxn j and David faid unto the young men, David it pi tbal. I- S A men, ("Jet ye up to Carmel, and go or.Vofio. to Nabal, and + greet him in my i ;. "T" n mi? & %5& f> And thus fhall yc fay to him tint '•"• liveth in pm/ per it y, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine lioufe, and peace te unto all that thou halt. 7 And now I have heard that thou haft fhearers : now, thy fhepherds L«ci" which were with us, we |hurt them not, neither was there ought miffing .unto them, all the while they were in Carmel. 8 Afk thy young men, and they will fhevv thee : wherefore let the young • men find favour in thine eyes; (for we come in a good day ; ) give, I pray thee, whatfoever cometh to thine hand, unto thy fervants, and to thy fon David. 9 And when Davids young men came, they fpake to Nabal according to ail thofe words in the name of Da- -.-£?.' V1d. and t ceafed. io ^| And Nabal anfwered Davids fervants, and faid, Who is David ? and who is the fon of Jeffe ? There be -many fervants now-a-days that break .away every man from his malter. 1 1 c Shall I then take my bread and my water, and my -\ flefh that I have killed for my fhearers, and give it unto men whom I know not whence they be ? 12 So Davids young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all thofe fayings. 13 And David faid unto his men, ,Gird ye on every man his fvvord. And they girded on every man his fvvord, and David alio girded on his ,fword ; and there went up after Da- vid about four hundred men, and two hundred abode by the ftuff. 14. \ But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabals wife, faying, Be- hold, David fent meflengers out of the wildernefs to falute our malter; and he -j- railed on them : 1 5 But the men were very good un- to us, and we were not f hurt, nei- ther milled we any thing, as long as • we were converfaut with them, when we were in the fields r 16 They were a wall unto us, both by night and day, all the while we were with tuem keeping the theep. i 7 Now, therefore, know and con- fider what thou wilt do ; for evil is determined againlt our matter, and againit all his houfehold ; for he is fuck a fon of Belial that a man can- not ipeak to him. ejudg.8.6, + Hch. jlaugbtir. M U E L. fit vjifdom. ti8 If Then Abigail made hafte, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five iheep ready w " drefled, and five meafures of parched com, and an hundred jj clutters of] railins, and two hundred cakes of tigs, and laid them on afles. 19 And fhe faid unto her fervants, Go on before me: behold, I come after you. But fhe told not her huf- band Nabal. 20 And it was /b, as fhe rode on the afs, that fne came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, Da- vid and his men came down againlt her ; and fhe met them. 21 (Now David had faid, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fell ow hath in the wildernefs. fo that nothing was miffed of all that pertained unto him ; and he hath requited me evil for good. 22 f So and more al fo do God unto r "J'1 the enemies of David, if I B leave all that pertain to him, by the mom- v<:r •'■)'' ing light, hany that pifleth againlt the wall . ) 23 And when Abigail Paw David, fhe hatted, and 'lighted off the afs, and fell before David on her face, J and bowed herfelf to the ground, 24 And fell at his feet, and faid, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be ; and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, fpeak in thine -j- audience, -nsb.c**, and hear the words of thine handmaids 25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, -j- regard this man of Belial, Nabal ; for as his name is. fo is he •• Nabal is his name, and folly is with him : but I thine handmaid f.iw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didit fend. 26 Now, therefore, my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy foul liveth, feeing the Lord hath with-holden thee from coming to Jhed blood, and from f avenging thyfelf with thine - own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that leek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. 27 And now '-this || bleffing which *<*}";. thine handmaid hath brought untp my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that f follow my lord. 28 I pray thee forgive the trefpaf of thine handmaid : for the Lokd will certainly make n;y lord a lure ho ufe ; becaule my lord righteth the battles of the Loan, and evil I not been found in thee all thy dd\ 29 Yet a man i,s 1 "Men to ppl thee, and to feck thy foul : but the foul Abigail pacifieth David : CHAP. (hul of my lord (hail be bound in the >• bundle of life with the Lord thy v " ' God ; and the fouls of thine enemies, : j^rcrn. them (hall he ' fling out, -J- as out of iVb.'/n the middle of a fling. % ™kv/ 3° Ancl ic ^a^ come to paf*s' wjien the Lord lhall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath fpoken concerning thee, and fliali have appointed thee ruler over Ifrael, L**Jf «■ 3 ' Tnat tnis i}ia'l De t no griet" un' to thee, nor offence of heart unto my fiumbtmg. lor[]^ e.ther that thou haft med bjood caufelefs, or that my lord hath aven- ged himfelfj.but when theLoRD (hail have dealt Well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid. 32 ^ And David faid to Abigail, Blefled be the Lord God of Ifrael, which fent thee this day to meet me : 33 And bleil'ed be thy advice, and blelfed be thou, which haft kept me this day from coming to Jlied blood, and from avenging myfelf with mine own hand. 34 For in very deed, as the Lord God of Ifrael liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadft hafted and come to meet *?.vcr. tz. me5 furely there had mnot been left unto Nabal, by the morning light, any that pilfeth againft the wall. 35 So David received of her hand that which fhe had brought him, and faid unto her, Go up in peace to thine houfe ; fee, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy perfon. 36 ^ And Abigail came to Nabal ; nissm. and, behold, n he held a feaft in his I0' *3" houfe, like the feaft of a king ; and Nabals heart was merry within him, for he xvas very drunken : wherefore {he told him nothing, lefs or more, until the morning light. 37 But it came to pafs in the morn- ings when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him thefe things, that his heart died with- in him, ancl he became as a ftone. 38 And it came to pafs, about ten days after, that the Lord fmote Na- bal, that he died. 39 ^f And when David heard that Nabal was dead he faid, Blelfed be the Lord that hath pleaded the caufe of my reproach from the hand of Na- bal, and hath kept his fervant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickednefs of Nabal upon his own head. And David fent and commu- ned with Abigail, to take her to hilB to wife. XXV. XXVI. he iafo t '. her to wife. 40 And when the fervants of David ***» were come to Abigail to Carmel, they cit. iooo- fpake unto her, faying, David fent us v unto thee, to take thee to hira to wife. . 4r And fhe arofe, and bowed herfelf /ace to the earth, and faid, Be- hold, let thine handmaid be a fervant to wall) the feet of the fervants of my lord. 42 And Abigail hafted, and arofe, and rode upon an afs, with five damfels of hers that went f after her ; and (he £!//«"' went after the melfengers of David, and became his wife. 43 David alfo took Ahinoam °of°.{°?^ | Jezreel, pand they were alfo both of/chap! them his wives. H; J; 6c 44 ^ But Saul had given n Michal q 233m. his daughter, Davids wife, to ||Phalti fp£ttiel thefonof Laifh, which xvas of Gallim. «»•"" CHAP. XXVI. 3IS* 1 Saul cometh to Hachilah again ft Da- vid. 5 David in the trench jlayeth Abifliaifrom killing Saul, but taketfi his fpear and cruje. ANd the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, faying, a Doth not %fh?g; David hide himfelf in the hill of Ha- rumH. chilah, which is before Jefhimon ? 2 Then Saul arofe, and went down to the wildernefs of Ziph, having three thoufand chofen men of Ifrael with him, to feek David in the wil- dernefs of Ziph. 3 And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jefhimon, by the way : but David abode in the wildernefs; and he faw that Saul came after him into the wildernefs; 4 David, therefore, fent out fpies, and underrtood that Saul was come in very deed. 5 ^1 And David arofe, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and b Abner the ("on of Ner, ?£*£ the captain of his hoft. And Saul lay & "7- ss- in the || trench, and the people pitch- LSjf^ ed round about him. h££~ 6 Then anfwered David, and faid to Ahimtlech the Hittite, and to Abi- fhai c the fon of Zeruiah, brother to \}SjT*! Joab, faying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abifhai faid, I will go down with thee. 7 So David and Abilhai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay fleeping within the trench, and his fpear ftuck in the ground at his liol- fter : but Abner and the people lay round about him. 8 Then faid Abifhai to David, God hath f delivered tbiue enemy intp,t"cu;. thine Davidfpareth Sauls life. I. SAMUEL. ^rftc thine hand this day, now, therefore, the Lord *f- lsc°-_ let me finite him, I pray thee, with the fpear, even to the earth at once, and I will not finite him the fecond time. 9 And David faid to Abifhai, De- 2s*ra. fh-oy him not r A for who can ftretch forth his hand againft the Lords anointed, and be guiltlefs? 10 David faid furthermore, As the Lord livcth, the Lord fhall finite him ; or his day fuall come to die ; or he fhall defcend into battle and perifh. £hcp*n. ' ' e k ne LoRD forbid that I fhould ■*" * ' ftretth forth mine hand againft the Lords anointed : but, I pray thee, take thou now the fpsar that is at his bolfter, and the crufe of water, and let us go. 12 So David took the fpear and the crufe of water from Sauls bolfter, and they gat them away, and no man faw it, nor knew it, neither awaked; for they were all afleep; becaufe a deep fleep from the Lord was fallen upon them. 13 t Then David went over to the other fide, and flood on the top of an hill afar off, a great fpace being be- tween them : 14 And David cried to the people, and to Abner the fon of Ner, faying, Anfwereft thou not, Abner ? Then Abner anfwered, and faid, Who art thou that crieft to the king ? 1 5 And David faid to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man ? and who is like to thee in Ifrael ? wherefore then haft thou not kept thy lord the king ? for there came one of the people in to deftroy the king thy lord. 16 This thing is not good that thou haft done; as the Lord liveth ye t Hcb. art -f- worthy to die, becaufe ye have u'Jb""^ not kept your matter, the Lords anointed. And now fee where the kings fpear is, and the crufe of water that was at his bolder ! 17 And Saul knew Davids voice, and faid, Is this thy voice, my fon David ? And David faid, // is my voice, my lord, O king. 18 And he faid, Wherefore doth my lord thus purfue after his fervant? rct>»p. f for what have I done? or what 2*'9' evil is in mine hand ? Saul acknowleJgelh his fin. 8 for they have driven y me out this day from f abiding in the v >°6°- inheritance of the Lord, faying, Go, rT^tT- ferve other gods. 4 1K" 20 Now, therefore, let not my blood luJ*:'r.t. fall to the eirth before the face of the Lord : for the king of Ifrael is come out to feek h a flea, as when one \?^l\ doth hunt a partridge in the moun- tains. 21 H Then faid Saul, I have fin- ned ; return, my fon David, for I will no more do thee harm, becaufe my foul was precious in thine eyes this day : behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. 22 And David anfwered, and faid, Behold the kings fpear ! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. 23 The Lord render to every man hisrighteoufnefs and hisfaithfulnefc : for the Lord delivered thee into wy hand to-day, but I would not ftretch forth mine hand againft the Lords anointed. 24 And, behold, as thy life was muc h fet by this day in mine eyes, fo let my life be much fet by in the eyes of the Lord, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. 25 Then Saul faid to David, Blefs- ed be thou, my fon David : thou fbalt both do great things, and alfo (halt ftill prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. CHAP. XXVII. 1 Saul, hearing David to be in Gath, feeketk no more for him. 5 David beggeth Ziklag of Achijh. ANd David faid in his heart, I (hall now f perifh one day by ^^ the hand of Saul : there is nothing fumed. better for me than that I fhould fpeedily efcape into the land of the Philiftines; and Saul fhall defpair of me, to feek me any more in any coaft of Ifrael : fo fhall I efcape out of his hand. 2 And David arofe, and 'he paffed \f%£ over with the fix hundred men that were with him unto Achifh, the fon of Maoch, king of Gath. 3 And David dwelt with Achifh at Gath, he and his men, every man with his houfehold, event David b with i,Cbj'i" 19 Now, therefore, I pray thee, lot his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezree 1- my lord the king hear the words of itefs, and Abigail the Carmelitefs, his fervant : If the Lord have ftirred thee up againft me, let him f accept an offering: but if they to the chil- dren of men, curfed be they before Nabals wife. 4 And it was told caul that David was fled to Gath : and he fought no more again for him. 5 And David fleeth to Achijli in Gat A. CHAP. ChJtft 5 ^ And David &"<* unt0 Achi(h, If eir. toss. I have now found grace in thine eyes, * y ' let them give me a place in lbme town in the country, that I may dwell there : for why fhould thy fervant dwell in the royal city with thee ? 6 Then Achifh gave him Ziklag that tseejofh. day: wherefore c Ziklag pertaineth it 19*. unto the kings of Judah unto this day. t we:-. 7 And f the time that David dwelt 'JfVv"""" in the country of the Phiiiftines was t Hcb. .j. a fun year and four months. :&, 8 * And David and his men went 1(5. lO. !! Or, up and invaded d the Gefhurites, e and tiiuojG. tne j| Gezrites, and the Amalekkes : ij'A"!' for thofe nations were of old the inha- c J°m- bitants of the land, f as thou goeft to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. 9 And David fmote the land, and !£ei8. left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the fheep, and the oxen, and the afles, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achifh. IM« io And Achifh faid, || Whither have m"k"°a ye made a road to-day? And David ro^&c. faJd^ Againft the fouth 0f Judah, and g see againft the fouth of s the Jerahmeel- \?l T*s- 'lle5i and againft the fouth of h the hjudg. Kenites. l,lC" ii And David faved neither man nor woman alive to bring tidings to Gath, faying, Left they mould tell on lis, faying. So did David, and fo will be his manner, all the while he dwell- cth in the country of the Phiiiftines. 1 2 And Achifh believed David, fay- ing, He hath made his people Ifrael t Beb. -j- utterly to abhor him ; therefore he '"•""'*' fhall be my fervant for ever. CHAP. XXVIII. 3 Saul having deflroyed the witches, 7 afterwards Jeeketh to one, who, being encouraged by him, raifeth up Samuel. 1 5 Sauls ruin forsjliewn. dr. to;5. A Nd j it came to pafs in thofe days, » chap. Jr\ that the Phiiiftines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Ifrael : and Achilh faid unto Da- vid, Know thou alfuredly that thou lhalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men. 2 And David faid to Achifh, Sure- ly thou fhalt know what thy fervant can do. And Achifh faid to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever. b ch-.p. 3 «[ Now b Samuel was dead, and Zj"'' all Ifrael had lamented him, and bu- ried him in Raman, even in his own cLevit. city : and Saul had put away c thofe • that had familiar fpirits, and the wi- k£'u. ' zards, out of the land. XXVIII. Saulgoeth to the witch of En-dor. 4 If And the Phiiiftines gathered »euf°*f themfelves together, and came and ">""- thou k Chap. t Heb. matte l.'tijie. and fill Sauls ruin fore fliexvn. T. S A JJjJjJJ thou mayelt make known unto me cir.io5g: what I [hall do. t, Ecdus. 16 ''Then faid Samuel, Wherefore 4°- -°' then dolt thou aik of me, feeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy ? Irl'lm/df. l? AlKi tliC Lnll° hat^ d011e II t0 i chap.' ' kirn, '' as he fpake by j- me : for the 15. 2>i. Lord hath rent the kingdom out of V^uand. thine hand, and given it to thy neigh- bour, even to David : 18 kBecaufe thou obeyedft not the voice of the Lord, nor executed!! his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day. ro 'Moreover, the Lord will alfo deliver Ifrael with thee into the hand of the Phiiiftines ; and to - morrow /halt thou and thy fons be with me : the Lord alio {hall deliver the holt of Ifrael into the hand of the Phiiiftines. 20 Then Saul + fell ltraightway ail along on the earth, and was fore afraid hecaufe of the words of Samuel, and there was no ftrength in him : for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. 21 H And the woman came unto Saul, and faw that he was fore trou- bled, and faid unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have ni put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou fpakeft unto me : 22 Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou alfo unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me fet a morfel of bread before thee ; and eat, that thou mayeit have ftrcngth when thou goeft on thy way. 23 But he refufed, and faid, I will note.;t. But hisfervants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice: fuh earofe from the earth, and fat upon the bed. 24 Aud the woman had a fat calf in- thehoufej and fhe halted, and killed it, and took flour and kneaded iV, and did bake unleavened bread thereof. 25 And (he brought it befo and before his fervants, and eat : then they rofe up, and went u- vvay that night. CHAP. XXIX. 1 David marching ivith the ! ' 3 is difalloivcd py their f ri 1 < • chijh diJuJjfetii him, tyit/t 1 dations of his fidt lity. NOw a the . Phililtines ; together all their am Aphek : and the Ifraelites pitched by a fountain which u in Je-< M UEL. The Pfafiftines JUfpeti David. 2 And the lords of the Phiiiftines ^[JJ* palled on by hundreds and by thott- <■"■ '°s< fands : but David ami his men palled v on in the rere-ward wUh Achifh. 3 Then faid the primes of the Phi- iiftines, What do thefe Hebrews And Achifli faid unto the princes of the Phiiiftines, Is not this David the fervant of Saul the king of Ifrael, which hath been with me c theft- d or thefe years, and I have found no fault in him fince he fell tutto me unto this day? 4 And the princes of the Phiiiftines were wroth with him ; and the prin- ces of the Phililtines faid unto him, d Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou haft appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, left e in the battle he be an adverfary to us : '•*■ "• for wherewith fhould he reconcile, himfelf unto his mafter? fhould it not be with the heads of thefe men ? 5 /; not this David, of whom they fang one to another in dances, raying, f Saul ilew his thoufands, and David his ten thoufands ? 21.11. 6 M Then Achifli called David, and faid unto him. Surely, as the Lord liveth, thou haft been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the haft is good in my light ; for I have not found evil in thee lince the day of thy coming unto me unto this day : neverthelefs, f the lords favour tiiee not. 7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou f difpleafe net the lords of the Phiiiftines. 8 TI And David faid unto A( But what have I done ? and what, haft thou found in thy fervant, fo long as I have been f with thee in- to this day, that I may not go tight againlt the enemies of my lprd the king ? 9 And Achifh anfwered, and to David, I know that thou art good in my fight as an angel of Cod : not- withstanding, the princes of the Phi- iiftines have faid, He (hall not go up with us to the bafitli . 10 Wherefore mnv rife up early iri the morning, with thy matter vants that are come with thee] and allbon as ye be up earl . in the morn- ing, and have light, depart. 1 1 So David and his men rofe up early to depart in the morning; u> return into the land of the Phili I thv Phililtines went up reeh CHAP. Before c'.r. u nCi. 7/^ Amalekites fpoil Ziklag t C H A CHAP. XXX. I 77tf Amalekites I poll Ziklag? 9 /}/?- W'rf, erftdUraged of God, purfueth them, 16 and overtaking them, re* covereth all the fpoil. ANd it came to pafs, when David and his men were come to Zik- lag on the third day, that the Ama- lekites had invaded die fouth. and Zik- lag, and fmitten Ziklag, and burnt it with fire ; 2 And had taken the women captives that were therein : they flew not any, either great or finall, but carried tfiem away, and went on their way. 3 ^ So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their fons, and their daughters, were taken captives. 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 Davids * two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreel- itefs, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 6 And David was greatly diftrefied : for the people fpake cf ftoning him; becaufe the foul of all the people was + grieved, every man for his fons and for his daughters : but David encou- raged himfelf in the Lord his God. 7 b And David faid to Abiathar the prieft, Ahimelechs fon, I pray thee bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. 8 And David enquired at the Lord, faying, Shall I purfue after this troop? (hall I overtake them ? And he an- fwered him, Purfue ; for thou (halt furely overtake them, and withoutfuil recover ail. 9 H So David went, he and the fix hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Befor, where thofe that were left behind flayed. 10 But David purfued, he and four h und red men : ( for two hundred abode behind, which were fo faint that they could not go over the brook Befor.) 1 1 And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat ; and tiiey made him drink water ; ] 2 And they gave him a piece of a cake of tigs, and two clulUrs ofrai- fins : and cwhen he had eaten his fpirit came again to him ; for lie had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. P. XXX. David fmiteth them. 13 And David faid unto him, To ^™ whom belongejl thou ? and whence €'»- 'osS. art thou ? And he faid, I am a young " man of Egypt, fervant to an Amale- kite ; and my mafter left me, becaufe three days agone I fell lick. f 4 We made an invafion upon the fouth d of the Cherethites, and upon g^*™' the coaft which helongeth to Judah, and ««*• upon the fouth of e Caleb, and we il'vLz. j. burnt Ziklag with fire. e joo»u 1 5 And David faid to him, Canft \% H'- thou bring me down to this com- pany ? And he faid, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me nor deliver me into the hands of my mafter, and I will bring thee down to this company. 16 *H And when he had brought him down, behold, they were fpread abroad upon all the earth, eating, and drinking, and dancing, becaufe of ail the great fpoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philiftines, and out of the land of Judah. 17 And David fmote them from the twilight even unto the evening off the next day : and there efcaped ♦»»>•«*& not a man of them, fave four hundred young men which rode upon camels, and tied. 1 8 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away j and David refcued his two wives. 19 And there was nothing lacking to them, neither fmall nor great, neither fons nor daughters, neither fpoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them : David recovered all. 20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave be- fore thofe other cattle, and faid, This is Davids fpoil. 2 1 *\ And David came to the two hundred men, which were ^o faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made alfo to abide at the brook Befor ; 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 || faluted i'^Vrr. them. 35- "• 22 Then anfwered all the wicked men, and men of Belial, of f thofe tII«b>'"'" that went with David, and faid, Be- caufe they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the fpoil that we have recovered, fave to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead t/.rm away, and depart. 2 3 Then faid David, Ye Jhali not do fo, my brethren, with that which the Lord hath given us, who hath pre- U ferved Jjavid fen$elh prt'/nf ■ . I. -S A .M U £ L. tnnll Saul and hit three fons /lain. is- 48. ; 1 in. ferved us, and delivered tJic company that came againft us inro pur hand. 24 For who will hearken unco you in this matter? but r'as his part is that goeth down to the battle, fo flldit hfc part be that tarrieth by the itjdf: they iiiall part alike. 2 5 And it was/0, from that day f for- ward, that he made it a ftatute and an ordinance for Ifrael unto this day. 26 II And when David came to Zik- lag, he lent of the fpoil unto the ciders orjudah, even to his friends, faying, behold a f prefent for you of the fpoil of the enemies of the Lord. z 1 To them which weret in Beth-el, and to them which were in B fouth Ramoth, and to than which were in hJattir, 28 And to them which were in ; A- roer, and to than which were in Siph- moth, and to them which were in k £lhtemoa, 2oAndto^V7;2which'zi/£r£inRachel, and to them which were in the cities of •thejerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, 30 And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chor-alhan, and to them which were in Athach, 31 And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himfeif and his men were wont to haunt. CHAP. XXXI. I Saul having loft his army, and his Jon's Jlain, he and his armour-bearer kill themfehes. 8 The Philiftines triumph over the dead car cafes. ">v[Ow * the Philiftines fought againft 1^1 Ifrael ; and the men of Ifrael fled from before the Philiftines, and fell down || llain in mount Gilboa. 2 And the Philiftines followed hard upon Saul and up< a his feus, and the Philiftines (lew b Jonathan, and Abi- nadab, and Malchi-fhua, Sauls foils. ' .. 3 And c the battle went fore againft Saul, and the f archers + hit him , and -><■ »»#• he was fore wounded of the archers. - 4 d Then faid Saul unto hi., armour- bearer, Draw thy fword, and thruft m. through therewith, left thefe uncircumcifed come and thruft me through, and J| abufe me. But his ' armour-bearer would not; .'for was fore afraid : therefore Saul took a fword, and fell upon it. 5 And when his armour-bearer faw '■ '■*• that Saul was dead, he fell likeu ife upon his fword, and died with iiim. 6 So Siiul died, and his three fons, and his armour-bearer, and all his men, that fame day together. 7 ^| Anci when the men of Ifrael that were on the other fide of the valley, and they that were on the other lide Jordan, law that the men of Ifrael lied, and that Saul and his fons were dead, they forfook the cities, and fled ; and the Philiftines came and dwelt in them. 8 \ And it came to pafs on the mor- row, when the Philiftines came toitrip the llain, that they found Saul and his three fons fallen in mount Gilboa. 9 And they cut oft" his head, and ftripped oft' his armour, and font into the land of the Philiftines round a cml to publiih it in the houfe of their idols. . and among the people. 10 f And they put his..rmour in the U'li?" houfe of K Aftitaroth , and ' they fait jnoi. ened hisbody to the wall of ' Betii-iha n 11 *[ k And when the inhabitants 01 Jabefh-gilead heard || of that which the Philiftines had done to Saul, ^in„'/r':'"s 12 ' All tne valiant men arofe, and "'"<:' C1,ap. went a'! nigiit. and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his fons from i,---;'."" the wall of Beth-ilian, and came to ™^er; jabefh, and " burnt them there. -1 13 And they took their bones, and ', " buried thtm under a tree at Jabelh, 2l- '"-• u- 0 and failed feven days. "£*£. 1 The Second Book of SAMUEL, othcrwii'e called, The Second Book of the KING S. CHAP. I. The AiJifltekite, who brought tidings d accufed hi/n- 'uuis death, 1 3 is Jl.iin. O W it paine to pi l':,, after the deitll of Saul, when .livid was returned from [tighter pf the Ama- v',d had abode two days in Ziklag ; 2 It came even to pafs on the third day, that, behold, baman came out of the camp from Saul, c with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head : am\f> it was, when lie came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeifmce. 3 Ana David faid unto him, From whence corneft thou ? And he faid unto him, Out of the camp of Ifrael am I effcaped, ' 4 And The overthrow oflfrarf. CHAP g*|* 4 And David faid unto him, f How tu.Tcsr,. went the matter? I pray thee tell +7J^ ' me. And he anfwered, That the Wgt M, people are fled fro)ii the battle, ami Many of the people alio are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his fon are dead alfo. 5 And David faid unto the young man that told him, How knowelt thou that Saul and Jonathan his fon be dead ? 6 And the young man that told him faid, As I happened by chance 3^3*4! uPon mount Gilboa, behold, d Saul leaned upon his fpear ; and, lo, the chariots and horfemen followed hard after him. 7 And when he looked behind him he faw me, and called unto me. And y^ti'mc I anfwered, fHexe am I. 8 And he faid unto me, Who art thou ? And I anfwered him, I am an Amalekite. 9 He faid unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and flay me ; for m?'lat or II artguifh is come upon me, becaufe '-.,!■';. ■•'r,mv my life is yet whole in me. '?.«/,"«?.'-" jo So I flood upon him, and flew ,«^:, him, becaufe I was fure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that zuas on his arm, and have brought them hi- ther unto my lord. 1 1 Then David took hold on his I.C3?F'ac clothes, and e rent them, and like- i3. 3i. wife all the men that were with him. f2 And they mourned and wept, and failed until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his fon, and for the people of the Lord, and for the houle of Ifrael ; becaufe they were fallen by the fword. 13 t And David faid unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou ? And he anfwered, I am the fon of a ftranger, an Amalekite. f 1 sam. 1 4 And David faid unto him, f How 3?.'£ & waft thou not afraid to ftretch forth ioas"is. thine hanc* to deftrov tne Lords anointed ? Baa*. 15 And g David called one of the 4'10" young men, and faid, Go near, and fall upon him. And he fmote him that he died. 16 And David faid unto him, sc'.9.m" h Thy blood be upon thy head : for thy mouth hath teftified againlt thee, faying, I have (lain the Lords anointed. 17 f And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul, and over Jonathan his fou : . I, II. David lamenteth fur Saul, &c\ 18 (<" Alfo he bade them teach the children of Judah the ufe ofihe bow ; behold, it is written k in the book VT^ ' j| of Jalher:) 19 The beauty of Ifrael is (lain ^o ":%'. upon thv high places ; ' how arc the H «»■. •/ mighty fallen ! 20 mTell it not in Gatb, publiftio-H- it not in the ftreets of Alkelon ; left : "the daughters of the Philiftines re- M;c- '■ ,0- joice, left the daughters of the un- «.c& *"" drcumcifed triumph. 2 1 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings : for there the fhield of the mighty is vilely caft away, the fhield of Saul, as (hough he had not been anointed with oil. 22 From the blood of the ffain, from the fat of the mighty, "the bow nj ~^> of Jonathan turned not back, and the IB'4' fword of Saul returned not empty. 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and || pleafant in their lives, and in II 0>-. their death they were not divided Is***' they were fwifter than eagles, they were ftronger than lions. 24 Ye daughters of Ifrael, weep over Saul, who clothed you in fcariet, with other delights ; who put en or- naments of gold upon your apparel. 25 How are the mighty fallen in the midft of the battle ! O Jonathan, thou waft flain in thine high places. 26 I am diftreifed for thee, my brother Jonathan ; very pleafant halt thou been unto me : thy love to me was wonderful, palling the love of women. 27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perilhed ! CHAP. II. 1 David, by Gods direction going up to Hebron, is ?nade King of Judah. 8 Abner maketh IJh-bojiielk king of Ifrael. ANd it came to pafs after this, that David a enquired of the Lord, **!*■;*•*' faying, Shall I go up into any of the 2,%, 9, k cities of Judah ? And the Lord faid30'7, "' unto him. Go up. And David faid, Whither mall 1 go up ? And he faid, Unto Hebron. 2 So David went up thither, and his two wives alfo, Ahinoam the Jez- reelitefs, and Abigail, Nabais wife, the Carmelite. 3 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his hcufehold : and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. 4 b And the men of Judah came, iojj. and there they anointed David king ***£*"• U 2. over 4 TTrt : Sauli II Or, Eik-binl lf}i-boflieth made king of Ifrael. II. SA o"f-r the boufe of Judah. And they «osj. r Id David, laying, fAa* c the men TsSET'' <»;" Jabelh-gilead were they that buried '•'- Saul. 5 f And D^vid font melllngers un- to the men of Jabeih-gilead, and laid iRjth untothem, dBlelIed£ mm i», Hrtin ma M URL. Afahel /Iain by Abner. 1 8 % And there were c three fons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abilhai, and dr. ioss* Afahel : and Afahel 7tw '■ as light f °f i i i«w*» foot f- ' as a wild roe. Z*cL n 19 And Afahel purfued after Ab- ia.8. ner ; and in going he turned not to \}^-fee.m the right hand nor to the left f from t t'i"b.' " following Abner. 20 Then Abner looked behind him, and faid, Art thou Afahel ? And he \ \ "-/r? anfwered, I am. \ Bct>. 21 And Abner faid to him, Turn Tn'Cr{"r thee alitle to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the youngmen,andtaketheehis||armour. 1 or,//»i.\ But Afahel would not turn afidefrom following of him. 22 And Abner faid again to Afahel, Turn thee alide from following me ; wherefore Ihould I finite thee to the ground ? how then fhould I hold up my face to Joab thy brother ? 23 Howbeit he refufed to turn afide: wherefore Abner, with the hin- der end of the fpear, fmote him kun- Zc£Fm, der the fifth rib, that the fpear came *'-6-'* out behind him; and he fell down20'0' there, and died in the fame place : and it came to pais, that as many as came to the place where Afahel fell down ar.d died llood ftill. 24 Joab alfo and Abilhai purfued after Abner and the fun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, thktliet h before Giah, by the way of the wildernefs of Gibeon. 25 \ And the children of Benjamin gathered themfelves together after Abner, and became one troop, and ftood on the top of an hill. 26 Then Abner called to Joab, and faid, Shall the fword devour for ever? knowelt thou not that it will be bitternefs in the latter end ? how long lhall it be then ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren ? 2- And joab faid, At God liveth, unlefs 'thou liadll fpoken, furely iv«. 14. then fin the morning the people'."^;, had || gone up every one from rol- m*minf lowing his brother. 28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and4 ' all the people llood ftill, and purfued after lfrael no more, neither fought they any more. 2d And Abner and his men walk- ed all that night through the plain, and pilled over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim. 30 And Joab returned from fol- lowing Abner ; and when he had ga- thered N' Davids fix fans born in Hebron. C H A pcfrc thered all the people together, there r.1'053. lacked of Davids fervants nineteen ~" ' men and Afahel. 3 r But the fervants of David had fmitten of Benjamin and of Abners men./o that three hundred and three - fcore men died. 32 \ And they took up Afahel, and buried him in the fepulchre of his fa- ther, which was in Beth-lehem ; and Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day. CHAP. III. I During the war David Jlill waxeth Jlronger. 6 Abner difplenfed with Ifli - bojheth, 1 2 revoltetk to David. 22 Joab killeth Abner, 28 David curjeth Joab, 3 1 and moumeth for Abner. J"Ow there was long war between the honfe of Saul and the houfe of David : but David waxed (ironger and ftronger, and the houfe of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. 2 I ' And unto David were fons born in Hebron : and his firfUborn was Amnon, b of Ahinoam the Jez- reelitefs ; 3 And his fecond, || Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Car- melite ; and the third, Abfalom the fon of Maacah, the daughter of Tal- mai, king cof Gefhur ; 4 And the fourth, Adonijah the fon ofHaggith; and the hfth, Shephatiah the fon of Abital; 5 And the fixth, Ithream, by Eglah, Davids wife. Thefe were born to David in Hebron. 6 t And it came to pafs, while there was war between the houfe of Saul and the houfe of David, that Abner made himfelf ftrojig for the houfe of Saul. 7 And Saul had a concubine, whofe name was d Rizpah, the daughter of. Aiah : and Ijh-bojhsth faid to Abner, Wherefore hall thou gone in unto my fathers concubine ? 8 Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Kh-bofheth, and faid, Am I e a dogs head, which againft Judah do fhew kindnefs this day unto !• the houfe of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou charged me to-day with a fault concerning this woman ? 9 ( So do God to Abner, and more alfo, except, as the Lord hath fworn to David, even fo I do to him ; 1 0T0 tranflate the kingdom from the houfe of Saul, and to fet up the throne P . III. Abner revolteth to David. of David over Ifrael and over Judah, Jfcfej g from Dan even to Beer-lheba. cir.'ioss* 1 1 And he could not anfvver Abner Kj^. a word again, becaufe he feared him. J*^ 1 2 % And Abner fent meflengers to 4- **• David on his behalf, faying, Whofe is the land ? faying alfo, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand (hall be with thee, to bring about all Ifrael unto thee. 1 3 ^1 And he faid, Well ; I will make a league with thee : but one thing I require of thee, f that is, Thou malt < "*j£ not fee my face, except thou tirft bring Michal, Sauls daughter, when thou comelt to fee my face. 14 And David fent meflengers to Ifh-bofheth, Sauls fon, faying, De- liver me my wife Michal, which I efpoufed to me hfor an hundred fore- £s'(Sj™ l8* Jkins of the Philiftines. 15 And Ifh-bofheth fent, and took her from her hufbaud, even from 1 Phalt'iei the fon of Laifli l\S™' 16 And her hufband went with her -" ••' f along weeping behind her to Bah u- ' 'xf'a,^ rim. Then faid Abner unto him. Go, '...?."«. return. And he returned. 1 7 ^f And Abner had communica- tion with the elders of Ifrael, faying, Ye fought for David f in times paftj£3£* to be king over you : £w** 18 Now then do it ; for the Lord hath fpoken of David, faying, By the hand of my fervant David I will fave my people Ifrael out of the hand of the Philiftines, and out of the tiand of all their enemies. 19 And Abner aifo fpake in the ears of Benjamin : and Abner went alfo to fpeak in the ears of David in Hebron all that feemed good to Ifrael, and that feemed good to the whole houfe 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, afeaft. 2 1 And Abner faid unto David, I will arife and go, ana will gather all Ifrael unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayeli reign over all that thine heart deiireth. And David fent Abner away ; and he went in peace. 22 % And, behold, the fervants of David and Joab came from pitrfuing a troop, and brought iu a great fpoit with them ; (but Abiifcr wdi not with David in Hebron [ for he had fent him away, and he was tone in peace.) 23 When Joab and Oil the holt that was with him were come, they told V 3 Joab, Abuer u jQctln ly Joab, II. S A M Oria J°zb, faying, Abner the fon of Ner ^_ came to the king, and he hath tent v ' him away, and he is j^.one in peace. 24 Then Joab came to the king, .-md laicl, What hall thou done ? be- hold, Abner came unto thee ; why is it that thou hall lent him away, and lie is quite gone ? 3.5 Thou knoweft Abner the fon of Ner. that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy goingout and thy coming in. and to know all that thou doeft. 26 And when Joab was come out from i)avid he lent mclfengers after Abner. which brought him again from the well of Sirah : but David knew i( not. 27 And when, Abner was returned fciKines to Hebron, Joab k took him alide in i:'<,V tlic gate to (peak with him ][ quietly, and fmote him there ' under the fifth U E L. and lamented by David. 36 And all the people took notice |g}!| • '■■!!:. 7 - 37- J*. 1 •'.'-.. lC:^-'-6-riby that he died, for the blood of mCtap. mAfahelh;sbrothcr# 28 TI And afterward, when David heard. *Y, he faid, I and my kingdom are guiltlefs before the Lord for ever from the \ blood of Abner the — '•" fon of Ner: 29 Let it reft on the head of Joab, and on all his fathers houfe ; and let there not f fail from the houfe of Joab one that hath, an ifiue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a Itaff, or that falleth on the fword, or that laoketh bread. 30 So Joab and Abifhai his brother (lew Abner, becaufe he had flain their brother " Afahel at Gibeon in the battle. 31 ^ And David faid to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, u Rend your clothes, and r gird you with fackcioth, and mourn before/' Abner. And king David hhnfelfZol- MUb.ud. lowed the + bier. 32 And they buried Abner in He- bron : and the king lifted up hisvoice, and wept at the grave of Abner ; and all the people wept. 33 And the king lamented over Abner, and faid, Died Abner as a tool; on a bed at noon. of it* and it f pleated them; as what- ^_ foever the king did pleated all the fiitC people. 37 For all the people, and all Ifrael, underftood that day, that it w&s not of the king to flay Abner the fon of Ner. 38 And the king faid unto his fer- vants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Ifrael ? 39 And I am this day f we - though anointed king; unci tliefe men the tens of Zeniiah ? be too hard for ! Die : rthe Lord fliali reward the doer ■ of evil according to his wkkednefs. ' C H A I . IV. 1 The Ifraelites being troubled aft/ie1'^111* death of Alner, 2 Bna-tah and Re* chabjlay Ifh-bojheth. 9 Davidcaufeth ihem to be (lain, and Ijh-bojlietfu head to ke buried. ANd when Sauls fon heard, that Abner was dead in Hebron his hands were feeble, and all the Ifrael- ites were troubled. 2 And Sauls fon had two men that were captains of bands; the name of the one ivas Baanah, and the name of the f other Rechab, the tens of Rrm- jj mon a Beerothite, of the children of" Benjamin: (for "Beeroth alfo was U?2s. reckoned to Benjamin: 3 And the Beerothites fled to bGit- *»«*• taim, and were fojourners there until this day.) 4 And c Jonathan, Sauls fon, had a cciuw.3. fon that was lame of his feet. He was live years old when the tidings d lS came of Saul and Jonathan d cut of ijm™* jt zretl, and his nurfe took him up, "and fled : and it came to pafs, as me made hafte to flee, that he fell, and became lame ; and' his name was j| Mephibolheth. . 5 And the foils ofJUmmcn the Beer- l?£% oiittte, Recbab and Baanah, went, o-4o. and came about the heat of the day to tiie houfe of Ilh-boiheth, who lay oieth ? 34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters : as a man falleth before f wicked men, /a felleft thou. And all the people wept again over him. 35 And when all the people came to caufe David to eat meat while it ■was yet day, David fware, faying, So do God to me, and more alio, if I talle bread, Qr ought elte, till the fun be down. 6. And they came thither into the midft of the houfe, as though they would have fetched wheat: and they fmote him c under tiie fifth rib : 1"^' and Rechab and Baanah his brother cleaned. t when they came into the houfe he lay on his bed in his bed- chamber, and they fmote him, and flew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away througn the plain all night, S And David anointed king over Ifrael: C H A c?rtft 8 Ancl they brou2ht the ncacl °f io*8. Ifh-boiheth unto David to Hebron, 1 " * and faid to the king. Behold the head of Ifh-bofheth the fon of Saul thine enemy, which fought thy life ; and the Lo'iD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his feed. 9 \ And David aufwered Rech?b and Baanah hia mother, the foils of Rimmon the Beerothite, and faid un- to them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed iny foul out of all adverfity, rchsp.i. IO when fone told me, faying, t'o*. " Behold, Saul is dead, (f thinking to ir^rV",; have brought godd tidings,) I took *gi>ringar, hold of him and (lew him in Ziklag, I, or, 1! who thmght that I would have gi- 1 t ven him a re war ' r his tidings : ltt/jKbim n How much more, when wicked Air*:. men have (lain a righteou , p'erfon Sn his own houfe upon his bed \ , ail I not therefore now reotuire his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth ? 12 And David commanded his young men, and they flew them^ and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron -. but they took the head of Ifli-bolheth, IfjX" and buried it in the efepulchre of Abner in Hebron. CHAP. V. i The tribes come to Hebron to anoint David king over Ifrael: 6 he tahetli Zion from the 7ebufites. jicuo... rip Hen a came all the tribes' of If- J. rael to David unto Hebron, and 5». 14. fpake, faying, Behold, b we. are thy bone and thy flefh. 2 Alfo in time pad, when Saul was is. V™' king over us, c thou wait he that led- deft out and broughteft in Ifrael : and the Lord faid to thee, d Thou '■ flvalt feed my people Ifrael, and thou lhalt be a captain over Ifrael. 'i 3 c So all the elders of Ifrael came to the king to Hebron ; f and king David made a league with theul in Hebron B before the Lord : and they anointed David king over Ifrael. 4 11 David was thirty years old • when he began to reign, h and he reigned forty years. 5 In Hebron he reigned over Jr.dah ' feven years and fix months ; and in Jerufalem lie reigned thirty and three years over all Ifrael and Jiidah. 6 t And the king and his men went kto Jerufalem unto > the Jebu- fitcy, the inhabitants of the land ; & which fpake unto David, faying, *• Except thou take away the blind and d 1 'in. I.j. 1,12. V,.M.;»:.7 See Clitp MChrc aS- 31. 1 lolh. is- 63 P. V. hefmiteth the Phil; (lines. the lame thou (halt not come in hi- ther : || thinking, David cannot come in hither. ~^ — ' 7 Neverthelefs David took ftrong hold of Zion : m the fame /j«»'»«s«. the city of David. mSm?' 8 And David faid on that dav, Whofoever gcrteth up to the giutcr, and fmiteth the Jebniites, and the lame, and the blind, that are hated of Davids foul, "he diall be chief \md « captain. \\ Wherefore they faid, The "',?' blind and the iame lhali not come in- to the houfe. 9 So David dwelt in the fort, and ;;:' called it, "The city of David : and David built round about, from Millo - " and inward. 4 oVl-r- <• 1 a And David f went on, and grew *Hcb •-•«"• great ; and the Lord God of hoils ' was with him. it *[ And P Hiram king of Tvre oh.1043. fent meffenger; 10 David, and cedar- ps.l£iae* trees, and carpenter- and f maf. and they built David a:i houfe. . Inch. 12 And David perceived that the Lord had eitabliihed him khT* over Ifrael, and that lie had exalte*! his kingdom for his people Ifraek fa!:c 1 3 1f And q David took him more i concubines and wives out 'of Jerufa- hj* lem, after he was come from Hebrt : : and there were yet tons and daugh- ters born to David. 14 And ? thefe be the- names of :'•[ "'r "• thofe that were born unto him in Je- rufalem ; j| Siia'mmuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solsmon, 15'Ibhar alfo, and j| Eiifhua, and f Nepheg, and Japhia, 16 And Elifhama, and [jEliada, ;.' and Eliphalet. 17 1 sBiit when the PhiliAihes ': .■.';•,> heard that they had anointed David '■»•- . . king over Ifrael, all tiie Philistines came up to leek David; and David I-:"« heard of it, l and went down to the ' hold. 18 The Philiflines alfo came aft9: fpread themfelves in u the valley of ^V Rephaim. 19 And David "enquired of tv.> • ■ :.i Lord, fay'imc. Shall I go up to the Philiftines ? wit thou deliver into mine hand ? And the Lord unto David, Co up .for I will cl lefs deliver the Philiflines into thine hand. 20 And David "'-'came to eBaa1-pie- vjr* razim, and DaVM fmote them there1; and faid, The L6Vp hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, a? the breach of water;-. There U 4 lie Uzziah is/mitten. II. SAMUEL. David brim clh the ark into Zicn. . Cbrilt ^Jf*^ f) Baal- perazi 111. it i 'Vi 2 i And there they left their images, 2?W£(*«. and David ailu" hU men z j| burnt them. aiuir . . 22 "[ And the Philiftines came up '4('':^ yet again, and fpread themfelves in ibtmaZny. the valley of Rephaim. »ver. 19. 23 And when a David enquired of the Lord, he faid. Thou (halt not go up ; but letch a compafs behind them, and come upon them over againtt the mulberry-trees. 24 And let it be, when thou heareft the found of a going ill the tops of the mulberry-trees that then thou MWb- fhalt bettir thyfelf : for then bfliall +' the Lo r d go out before thee, to fmite the holt of the Philiftines. 25 And Dav'd did fo, as the Lord had commanded him ; and fmote t!ie Philiftinrsfroni Geba until thou come to Gazer. CHAP. VI. 1 David fetcheth the ark from Kir- jatU-jearhn on a new cart. 6 Uzzah is /mitten. 1 2 David danceth before the ark. 26 Michals barrenne/s. «ir. 104.1. A Gain, David gathered together all x\ the chofen men of Ifrael, thirty thoufand. i'.^c"' 2 And a David arofe, and went with all the people that were with aSu'ab, mm r'"°n1 !|Baale of Judah, to bring k"«*L uP ^rom thence the ark of God, jjrim: || whofe name is called by the name 1%\S' ofTheLoRoofhofts, Hhat dwelleth 11 or, at between the cherubims. Bj^cVen 3 And they + fet the ark of God Ite a?jiu>/c upon a new cart, and brought it out ^;;;;^';' of the houfe of Abinadab that was in Msjm.4.4. || Gibeah : and Uzzah and Ahio, the n.ii. mo. 1. j-ons of Abinadab, drave the new cart. m«ScM 4 And they brought it out of d the csIwNubi 'lou^e of Abinadab, which was at Gi- 5.9! um" beah, f accompanying the ark of God; xsm. 0.7 and Ahio went before tin- ark. •rbi&m, 5 And David, and all the houfe of T^'V,.!' Ifrael, played before the Lord on all * **"*' mapaer of injtruments made of fir- wood, even on harps, and on pfalte- ries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. 1 -.v"?."' ° ^ And when they came to c Na- • called chons threlhing -floor, Uzzah f put forth his hand to the ark of God, *• >s and took hold of it ; for the oxen }2b*. I! &*& «• 7 And the anger of the Lord was «','"«• kindled againft Uzrah, and g God l,'0r ' fmote him there for his || error ; and rtflmtfi. there he died by the ark of God. 8 And David was difpleafed, be- L*<»'. caufe the Lord had \ made a breach upon Uzzah ; and he called the name ■*»»■ of the place ||Perez-uzzan tp this clay. ' -•*•'*• 9 And h David was afraid of the ~T^7^ Lord that day, and faid, How fhall , the ark of the Lord come to me ? 1 10 So David would not remove "9- ,aa the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of David; but David carried it afide into the houfe of Obed-edom ; the Gittite. \\f?£*' 1 r kAnd the ark of the Lord con- \ ■.< - -.. tinued in the houfe of Obed-edom 1W+- the Gittite three months : and the Lord blefted Obed-edom, and all his houfehold. 1 2 U And it was told king David, faying, The Lord hath blelled the houfe of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, becaufe of the ark of God. 'So David went and \:. c;5r _n- brought up the ark of God from the houfe of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladnefs. 13 And it was/>, that, when they that bare the ark of the Lord had gone fix paces, he facriiiccd '" oxen and fat lings. 14 And David n danced before the ?/"<£***' Lord with all his might ; and David was girded with a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the houfe of Ifrael brought up the ark of the Lord with fhouting, and with the found of the trumpet. 16 And "as the ark of the Lord \ /."'"■* came into the city of David, Michal, Sauls daughter, looked through a window, and faw king David leap- ing and dancing before the Lord; and flie defpifed him in her heart. 17 H And p they brought in the $£**"■■• ark of the Lord, and fet it in 9 his , , ciiroa. place, in the midft of the tabernacle that David had f pitched for it : and ^, 'avid faid unto Michal, It ■was before the Lord, u which chofe me before thy father, and before .ill his houfe, to appoint me ruler over the people of die Lord, over Ifrael : therefore will I play before the Loud. 22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and wiil be bafe in mine own fight ; and (joftbeiraid-fervants which thou haft fpoken of, of themfhall I be had in honour. 23 Therefore Michal, the daughter of Saul, had no child xunto the day of her death. CHAP. VII. 4 Cud forbiddeth David to build him an houfe ■ 1 8 Davids prayer and thankfghnng. Nd it came to pafs, a when the king fat in his houfe, and the Lord had given him reft round about from all his enemies, 2 That the king faid unto Nathan the prophet. See now, I dwell in han houfe of cedar, c but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. 3 And Nathan faid to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart: for the Lord is with thee. 4 *[\ And it came to pafs that night, that the word of the Lord came un- to Nathan, faying, + }'.^». 5 Go and tell f my fervant David, SfjKrf. * Thus faith the Lord, d Shalt thou dseeiKiiigs bu",icl me an houfe for me to dwell in ? icnVon. 6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any 19. 3.'- houfe, e fince the time that I brought Sv'i&T up the children of Ifrael out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Ifrael, I! 7,C6h,r"°* fpake I a word with || any of the tribes of Ifrael, whom I commanded f to feed my people Ifrael, laying, Why build ye not me an houfe of cedar? 8 Now, therefore, fo (halt thou fay unto my fervant David, Thus faith fa u*I». tIie Lord of holts, eI took thee from prai.7i.70 the fheep-cote, + from following the I Ilcb- „ flieep, to be ruler over my people, over />«,**,. lfraeL hchap 9 And h I was with thee whitherfo- ever thou wenteft, ' and have cut off all thine enemies -f- out of thy light, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. 10 (Moreover, I will appoint aplace for my people Ifrael, and will plant CHAP. VII. to bui'd the temple. them, that they may dwell in a place *££* of their own, and move no more; t '^-u- ^ k neither (hall the children of wick- tnvm ednefs afflict them any more, as be- by-li- fore-time, 1 1 And as fince the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Ifrael, and have caufed thee to reft from all thine enemies.) Alfo the Lord telieth thee, ' that he will 'f^f* make thee an houfe. !2 *j And '"when thy days be ful- "J**8*" filled, and thou n (halt fieep with thy n't,^ fathers, I will fet up thy feed after jfelii.26, judg,,. fChay.S. i Pfalm t Ik-h. /. „'., tby I Citron. 22. 10. St iH. 0. thee, which (hall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will eftablifii his king- dom. 1 3 ° He fliall build an houfe for my n5.'$Ki£P name, and I will eftablifii the throne o"_i*. of his kingdom for ever. 14 p I will be his father, and he ,, fliall be my fon. ** If he commit iui- q Vr»U quity, I will ch«dlen him with the rod J^jJj^J; of men, and with the ilripes of the children of men : 15 But my mercy fliall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. 16 And r thine houfe and thy king- '."'J?.*3* dom fhall be eftabhhed for ever before ioh»»*-34. thee : thy throne ihall be eftablilhed for ever. 17 According to all thefe words, and according to all this vifion, fo did Nathan fpeak unto David. 18 U Then went king David in, and Cat before the Lord, and he faid. Who am I, O Lord God ? and what is my houfe, that thou haft brought me hitherto ? 19 And this was yet a finall thing in thy fight, O Lord God ; but thou haft fpoken alfo of thy fervants houfe for a great while to come : s and is this ! Iri- s J,8# the f manner of man, O Lord God ? »iicb./«v. 20 And what can David fay more unto thee ? for thou, Lord God, knoweft thy fervant. 2 1 For thy words fake, and accord- ing to thine own heart, haft thou done all thefe great things, to make thy fervant know them. 22 Wherefore thou art great. O Lord God: for 'there is none like j.'JJJ* thee* neither is there any god befides i,;.^* thee, according to all that we have »*»»•££ heard with our ears. & 89.6,4! 23 And "what one nation in the "?,}£*' earth is like thy people, even like If- uiv..t. rael, whom God went to redeem for tiWli. a people to himfelf, and to make him '^m10. a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, ttfth thnnkf giving and prayer. II. SA fhril? people* which thou redecmedft to ( • thee from Fgypt, from the nations w ' ami their gods ? 24 For thou haft confirmed to thy- felf thy people Ifrael to be a people 48^4? ulUO t^ce *or ever : * antl thou» Lord, art become their God- 25 And now, O Lord God, the word that thou haft fnoken concerning thy fervant, and concerning his houfe, eftablifli it for ever, and do as thou haft fald. 26 And let thy name be magnified for ever, faying, The Lord of hofts is the God over llhiel : and let the houfe of thy fervant David be efta- blilhed before thee. 27 For thou, O Lord of hofts, God of Ifrael, haft t revealed to thy fer- -, , t> vant, faying, I will build thee anhoufe; therefore hath thy fervant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. 28 And now, O Lord God, thou art that God, and y thy words be true, and thou haft promifed this goodnefs unto thy fervant : 29 Therefore now f let it pleafe thee to blefs the houfe of thy fervant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, haft fnoken »'/, and with thy bleiling let the houfe of thy fervant be blefied for ever. CHAP. VIII. 1 David- /ubdneth the Philiftines and the Moabites • 3 he fmiteth Hadad- e ler and the Syrians : 1 6 his officers. ci- 1040. a N(l aafter this it came to pais, that M c.h,rir"'. ii David fmote the Philiftines, and B or, fubdued them : and David took || Me- l?Ammab. theg-ammah out of the hand of the Philiftines. b Numb. 2 ^nci b he fmote Moab, and mea- fured them with a line, carting them down to the ground ; even with two lines meafured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive : evct.6,14. and/o the Moabites c became Davids fervants, ana brought gifts. a or, 3 «j David fmote ahb || Hadadezcr, .r,-:if.'r,the fon of Kehob, king of d Zobah, as he went to recover c his border at the river Euphrates. 4 And David took || from him a thoufand || chariots, and feven hun- dred horfemen, and twenty thoufand footmen : and David '' houghed all j.m.n.c. the chmot- hnrj'es, but rclVrved of them for an hundred chariots. And when the Syrians of Da- rn a feus came tc fuccour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David llew of the Sy- rian's two and twenty tliouumd men. rt rfalm Be title. ,H. 4. • M U E L. Toi femleth prefents to Dtroiii _ 6 Then David put garrifbns in Sy- ria of Damafcus. and tin:Svrians1,be- »o*»-^ came fervants to I 'avid, and brought h vfr. 2. gifts. ; And the Lord preferved Da- vid whitherfoever lie went. 7 And I avid took kthe fluelds of gold that were on the fervants of Ha- dadezer, and brought them to Jeru- falem. 8 And from || Betah, and from rothai, cities of Hadadezer, king Da- vid took exceeding much brafs. 9 *[ When j| Toi king of Hamath heard that David had fmitten all the hoft of Hadadezer, 10 Then Toi fent 'Joram his fon '^"j3"* unto king David, to f falute him, iudtrim. and to blefs him, becaufe he had fought againft Hadadezer, and fmit- ten him : (for Hadadezer f had wars with Toi : ) and Jrram \ brought with him veflels of iilver, and velfels of. gold, and veliels of brafs ; 11 Which allb king Da"id * did ' dedicate unto the Lord, with the1*-20- filver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he fubdued : 12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Amman, and of the Philiftines, and of Amalek, and of the fpoil of Hadadezer, ion of Kehob, king of Zobah. 13 And David gat him a name when he returned from f linking of . the Syrians iu n the valley of Salt, 0 II ***wg eighteen thoufanJ mew. 4 * And he put garrifbns in t.dom : ■ - throughout all hdomputhegarnfons: and !'all they of F.dom became Davids fervants. s And the Lord preferved , David whitherfoever he went. 15 And David reigned over all If- n rael, and David executed judgment tlVer0' and juftice unco all his people. rlChr r< 16 If rAnd Joab the fon of Zeruiah »s. is- Wtti 'over the hoft ; and ' Jeholhaphat . the fon of Ahilud was || recorder; 17 And "Zadok the fon of Ahitub, ' and Ahimelech the fon ofAbiathar, ttwrithepYiefts; and Seraiah was the . 1 fcribe . a™* ;.. 1 3 "«And Bcnawh the fon of Je- ^j.roIU hoiada was over both the y Chere- J or, thites and the Pelethites ; and Davids^chron.. fons were || chief rulers. "■ i; C H A P. IX. 1 David Jeihlcth for Mephtbofhtlk, - and for Jonathans fake rc)loretn< him all that was Sauls. ANd David faid, Is there yet any that is left of the houfe of Saul, that 1 may (hew him kindnefs for Jonathans fake ? J a And Davids kindnefs to Mtptiibojheth : CHAP chri'f 2 jA-nti *£n* wai °^ l^e hovie of cir.To+o- Saul a fervant, whole name vms - Zi- ^]^T" " ba: and, when they had called hJifl l'*l'-% unto David, the king faid unto him, ' " ' Art thou Ziba ? And he faid, Thy fervant is he. 3 And the king faid, Is there not yet any of the houfc of Saul, that I t> rsam. rhay (hew b the kindneft of God unto 2v" I+' him ? And Ziba faid unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a fon, which is cchap.4.4- c lame on his feet. 4 And the king faid unto him, Where is he ? ' And Ziba faid unto the king, Behold, he is in the houfe j^P; of d Machir, the fon of Ammiel, in Lo-debar. 5 Swhofe name was Mieah': and all that dwelt in the houfe of Ziba were fervants unto Mephibofheth. 13 So Mephibofheth dwelt in Je- rufaJem ; for he did eat continually $?«•?• at the kings table ; and l! was lame on both his feet, . IX, X. he mrrcometh the Ammonites'. C H A P. X. 1 Da-ids ff&ffeiigers J[.,t to comfort Hamin, Ore (thimcfnily entreated, 6 F/w Ammonites are overcome. ANd it came to pafs after this, that «*»« the aking of tire children of Am mon died, and Hanun his fon reigned aTc'h^ in his ftead. »»■»« 2 Then faid David, I will (hew kindnefs unto Hanun the fon of Na- hafh, as his father (hewed kindneft unto me. And David fent to com- fort him, by the hand of his fervants, for his fatlier. And Davids fervant"? came into the land of the children of Amnion. 3 And the princes of the children of Amnion faid unto Hanun their lord, f Thinkeft thou, that David J,1*"-, dotft honour thy lather, 'that he hath %'J'Jf fent comforters unto thee ? hath not David rather fent his fervants unto thee, to fearch the city, and to fpy it out, and to overthrow it P 4 Wherefore Hanun took Davids fervants, and fhaved off the one half of their beards, and cut oif their gar- ments in the middle, h even to their ^irv7*' buttocks, and fent them away. 5 When they told it unto David, he fent to meet them, becaufe the men were greatly afhamed : and tiie king faid, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. 6 *I And ' when the children of Ammon fuv that they (rank before David, the children of Amnion fent and hired c the Syrians of 8ethA-re- cciap.81 hob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty 3's* thoufand footmen, and of king Maa- cah a thoufand men, and of Ifh-'tbb twelve thoufand men. 7 And when David heard of it he fent Joab, and all the hoft of the mighty men. 8 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the batt!e in array at the entering in of the gate : and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and lih-tcb, and Maacah, were by thefn- felves in the field'. 9 When Joab faw that the front of the battle was againft him before and behind, he chofe of all the choice men of Ifrael, and put them in array againft the Syrians. 10 And the reft of the people he de- livered into the hand of Abiihai his brother, that he might put them in array againft the children of Ammon. 1 i And he faid, If the Syrians be too ftrong for me, then thou (halt help me ; bur if the children of Am- mon eir. 1035. fl Or, it •) •.«*, I Cnrm. Ifl. 10. The Syrians difcomfited. ■ II. S A c'fthit mon be t0° ftronK f°r thee, then r. '037- I will come and help thee. ~"v ' 12 Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God : and the Lord do that which feemeth him good. 13 And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle againft the Syrians; and they fled before him. r 4 And when the children of Am- nion faw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they alfo before Abifhai, and entered into the city : fo Joab re- turned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerufalem. jy If And when the Syrians faw that they were fmitten before Ifrael, they gathered themfelves together. 1 6 And Hadarezer fent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river, and they came to Hclam : and il Shobach the captain of the hod of Hadarezer went before them. 17 And when it was told David, he gathered all Ifrael together, and palled over Jordan, and came to He- lam : and the Syrians fet themfelves in array againft David, and fought with him. 18 And the Syrians fled before If- rael; and David flew the men ofCeven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thoufand dhorfemen, and fmote Shobach the captain of their hoft, who died there. 19 And when all the kings that were fervants to Hadarezer faw that they were fmitten before Ifrael, they made peace with Ifrael, and ferved them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more. CHAP. XI. j Joab befiegeth Rabbah. 2 David committeth adultery withBath-Jiieba. r4 Uria/i /lain. 26 David taketh Bath-Jheba to wife. dr. ton. A Nd it came to pafs, f after the UlT.n'ln ■**■ year was expired, at the time tftbtjtan when kings go forth to battle, that "* David fent Joab, and his fervants with him, and all Ifrael ; and they deltroyed the children of Ammon, and belieged Rabbah : but David tarried ftill at Jerufalem. 2 1f And it came to pafs, in an evening-tide, that David aroie from otf his bed, b and walked upon the roof of the kings houfe : and from the roof he faw a woman warning lierfelf ; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. A tChron. JS>. 18, fattmai. I Kini-i .0. 2i,;d. 2Chnin. 36. 10. a 1 Chron. M U E L. David fendeth for Uriah. 3 And David fent and enquired after ■«§}(! the woman : and one faid, Is not this eir. 103 »• || Bath-flieba, thedaughterof || Eliam, , o£ ' the wife c of Uriah the Hittite ? fcES?* 4 And David fent meflengers, and *• *■ took her ; and flic came in unto him, Ammw. and J he lay with her; (|| for (lie was ecu*?. e purified from her uncleaunefs ; ) and l^ha fhe returned unto her houfe. $'• «ille- 5 And the woman conceived, and :°'^"f fent and told David, and faid, I am With Child. JKr',,urn' 6 If And David fent to Joab, fay- e^vi,. ing, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And [*; {£ & Joab fent Uriah to David. 7 And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him \ how l"^\ia.t Joab did, and how the people did, v, &<•'• and how the war profpered. 8 And David faid to Uriah, Go down to thy houfe, and warn thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the kings houfe, and there f followed \,"f*u, him a mefs of meat from the king. i/itrHm* 9 But Uriah flept at the door of the kings houfe with all the fer- vants of his lord, and went not dow» to his houfe. 10 And when they had told David, faying, Uriah went not down unto his houfe, David faid unto Uriah, Cameft thou not from thy journey ? why then didit thou not go down un- to thine houfe ? n And Uriah faid unto David, The ark, and Ifrael, andjudah, abide in tents; and f my lord Joab, and the f,£h*P- fervants of my lord, are encamped in "" the open fields : lhall I then go into mine houfe to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife ? At thou liveft, and as thy foul liveth, I will not do this thing. 12 And David faid to Uriah, Tarry hereto-day alio, and to-morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerufalem 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 fervants of his lord, but went not clown to his houfe. 14 f And it came to pafs in tlie morn- ing, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and fent it by the hand of Uriah. 15 And he wrote in the letter, faying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the fhotteft battle, ami retire ye j + from him, that he may be fmitten, and die. «"rb,mi 16 And it came to pafs, when Joab obferved Che city, that he alligned U riah The death of Uriah. CHAP. XII. *f«j Uriah unto a place where he knew Cnnlt ... eir 103J. that valiant men were. " 8 * 17 And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab : and there ieWfome of the people of the fervants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died alfo. 1 8 ^ Then Joab fent and told David all the things concerning the war ; 19 And charged the meflenger, fay- ing, When thou haft made tin end of telling the matters of the war unto the king, 20 And if fo be that the kings wrath arife, and he fay unto thee, Where- fore approached ye fo nigh unto the city when ye did tight ? knew ye not that they would (hoot from the wall ? b jtidEf* 2 1 Who fmote gAbimelech the fon v s3' of Jerubbefheth ? did not a woman caft a piece of a milftone upon him from the wall that he died in The- ' bez ? why went ye nigh the wall ? then fay thou, Thy fervant Uriah the Hittite is dead alfo. 22 % So the meflenger' went, and came and (hewed David all that Joab had fent him for. 23 And the meflenger faid unto Da- vid, Surely the men prevailed againft us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate. 24 And the (hooters (hot from off the wall upon thy fervants, and fome of the kings fervants be dead, and thy fervant Uriah the Hittite is dead alfo. 25 Then David faid unto the mef- fenger, Thus (halt thou fay unto Joab, L«i/;» ^et not tnis tning + difpleafe thee ; mnttya. for the fword devoured; f one as well /\"nd]ub.as another: make thy battle more itrong againft the city, and overthrow it j and encourage thou him. 26 If And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her hufband was dead, flie mourned for her hufband. 27 And when the mourning was paft, David fent, and fetched her to his houfe, and fhe became his wife, and bare him a fon : but the thing a net.. that David had done f difpleafed the 2te'<,«'i/." Lord. CHAP. XII. I Nathans parable. \ 3 David confefs- eth his Jin, and is pardoned. 24 So- lomon is barn. 26 Kabbah is taken. 1034.. A Nil the Lord fent Nathan unto »wai. si. j-\ pia,yi,j. and ahe came unto him, !> see and b faid unto him, There were two 5.hs?o'4' men in one city} the one rich, and lu"Zi° the other poor. : Or, h imrtbm ta die. Nathans parable. 2 The rich man had exceeding **«* many flocks and herds ; dr. 103*. 3 Hut the poor man had nothing ' * ' fave one little ewe-lamb, which he had bought, and nourilhed up ; and it grew up together with him and with his children : it did eat of his own f meat, and drank of his own \,Z%'. cup, and lay in his bofom, and was unto him as a daughter. 4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man : and he fpared to take of his own flock, and of his own herd, to drefs for the wayfaring roan that was come unto him; but took the poor mans lamb, and drefied it for the man that was come to him. 5 And Davids anger was greatly kindled againft the man; and he faid to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing j| lhall £' furely die : 6 And he fhall reftore the lamb c four-fold, becaufe he did this thing, \lX?' and becaufe he had no pity. 7 \ And Nathan faid to David, Thou art the man. Thus faith the Lord God of Ifrael, I d anointed thee ?6V7j?' king over Ifrael, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; 8 And I gave thee thy mailers houfe, and thy mailers wives into thy bofom, and gave thee the houfe of Ifrael and of Judah ; and if that had been too little, I would more- over have given unto thee fuch and fuch things. 9 Wherefore hall thou defpifed the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his light? Thou hall killed Uriah the Hittite with the fword, and haft taken his wife to be thy wife, and haft (lain him with the fword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now, therefore, the fword fhall never depart from thine houfe ; be- caufe thou haft defpifed me, and haft taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 1 1 Thus faith the Lord, Behold, I will raife up evil againft thee out of thine own houfe, and I will e take thy \?X\ wives before thine eyes, and give them Ch»c- unto thy neighbour, and he fhall lie ' ' with thy wives in the light of this full. 12 For thou didll it fecretly . '"but [£** I will do this thing before all Ifrael, and before the fun. 1 3 If *And David faid unto Nathan, « ££. •T have finned againft the Lord. »*'**■ And Nathan faid unto David, ' The £/£« Lord alfo hath put away thy fin ; ""+■ thou (halt not die. 47. "• 14 Howbeit, Davids repentance. IT. SAMUEL f^ 14 Howneit, becaufe by this deed «ir. 1034^ thou halt given great occafion to the k ifiiah. enemies or the Lord k to blafpheme, Kx'ek.*36. t'le child alfo thai is born unto thee ■J-O, 2 J. Kuni. 2.24 15 ^j And Nathan departed unto his houfe: and the Lord (truck the child that Uriahs wife bare unto Da- vid, and it was very lick. 1 6 David, therefore, befought God JJS ' for the child ; and David f failed, «/<#• and went in, and ' lay all night upon J*** the earth. £ 7 And the elders of his houfe a- rofe, and went to him, to raife him up from the eartli : but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. 18 And it came to pafs, on the fe- venth day, that the child died : and the fervants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead ; for they faid, Behold, while the child was yet alive we fpake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice; \tbMt hovv Wlil he theu ^ vex nim*"elf 'f we tell him that the child is dead ? 19 But when David faw that his fervants whifpered, David perceived that the child was dead : therefore David faid unto his fervants, Is the child dead? And they faid, He is dead. 20 Then David arofe from the earth, and warned, and anointed himfelf, and changed his apparel, and came into the houfe of the Lord, and worfhip- ped ; then he came to his own houfe : and when he required, they fet bread before him, and he did eat. 21 Then faid his fervants unto him, What thing is this that thou ha it done? thou dkift fall and weep for the child while it was alive, but when the child was dead thou didft rife and eat bread. 22 And he faid, While the child was "* s«« yet alive I failed and wept : '"for I jonalVb. faid, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live ? 23 But now he is dead, wherefore fhould I fall ? can I bring him back »Jot>7. again? I (hall go to him, hut "he *''M IO" fhall not return to me. lojj; 24 Tf And David comforted Bath- flieba his wife, and went in unto her, oMatth. and lay with her: and " lhe bare a Can, and rhe called his name Solo- --•y- nion ; and the Lord loved him. 25 And he fent by the hand of Na- than the prophet, and he called his name ||Jedidiah, becaufe oftheLorcD. 26 1i And ''Joab fought agaiult r Kabbah of the children of Aminon, and took Lhe royal city. Rabboh taken. 27 And Joab fent mefTe-.gers to Da- vid, and faid, I have fought againlt Kabbah, and have taken the city of v ' waters. 28 Now, therefore, gather the reft of the people together, and encamp agaiult the city, and take it : kit I take the city, and j it be cailed after my name. 29 And David gathered all the people together, and went to KabbJi, and fought againfl it, and took it. 30 'And lie took their kings crown '2,j"ron' from off his head, (the weight where- " of was a talent of gold with the pre- cious flones, ) and it vraa/e* on David? head : and he brought forth the fpoil of the city fin great abundance. t Heb. a, 31 And he brought forth the people ur*t"' that were therein, and put them under faws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pafs through the brick-kiln : and thus did he unto all the cities of the chil- dren of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerufalem. CHAP. XIII. 1 Amnon loving Ta?ncn; by Jonadabs counfel feigning hiuijllf Jick, ra- vijheth her : 1 5 he hattth her., and . Jhamefidly tumeth her away. ANd it came to pafs after this, a that c!r- '03s.- Abfalom the foil of David had a \?*g fair filter, whofe name was Tamar; and Amnon the fon of David loved her. 2 And Amnon was Co vexed that he fell lick for his lifter Tamar ; for flie was a virgin : and f Amnon thought £«*• it hard for him to do any thing to < her. 3 But Amnon had a friend, whofe ■ name was Jonadab, bthe fon of Shi- meah, Davids brother : and Jonadab was a very fubtile man. 4 And he faid unto him, Why art thou, being the kings fon, f lean v^.tiin. f from day to day.' wilt thou not £,"{£;: ^ tell me ? And Amnon laid unto him, •>■■ J love Tamar, my brother Ablaloms filter. 5 And Jonadab faid unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make tiiy- felf iick : and when thy father co- rnet!) to fee thee, fay unto him, I pray thee, let my filter Tam.tr come and give mc meat, and drefs the meat in my fight, that I may fee ;Y, and eat it at her hand. 6 *, So Amnon lay down, and raide hiinleif lick : and when the king was come to li.e him, Amnon faid UULQ the kins, 1 pray thee,. let Tamar my filter Jnmon rardflieth Tamar: C H A 8g?gi filter come md make me a couple of eihiaja. cakes in my iigiit, that I may eat at * * ' her hand. 7 Then David fent home to Tamar, faying, Go now to thy brother Ara- nons houfe, and drefs him meat. 8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnons' houfe ; (and he was laid fior.p*/*. down;) and (he took || flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his light, and did bake the cakes. 9 And (lie took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refufed to eat. And Amnon faid, Have out • all men from me. And they went out every man from him. loAud Amnon faid unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which fiie had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother. 1 1 And when fhe had brought them unto him to eat he took hold of her, and faid unto her, Gome, lie with me, my filter. ii And fhe anfwered him, Nay, i ne&. my brother, do not + force nae ; for c Lev. ' T no fuch thing ought to be done in i«. o- Ifrael : do not thou this folly. Vlu% 13 And I, whither fhall I caufe TJon'e. my fliame to go ? and as for thee, thou (halt be as one of the fools in Ifrael. Now, therefore, I pray thee, fpeak unto the king ; for he will not with-hold me from thee. r4 Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice ; but, being ftronger than flie, forced her, and lay with her. t neb. 1 5 % Then Amnon hated her f ex- Tutrefeat ceedingly; fo that the hatred where- sreatij. ^vith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her : and Amnon faid unto her, Arife, be gone. 16 And flie faid unto him, There is no caufe ; this evil in feuding me away is greater than the other that thou didft unto me. But he would nor hearken unto her. 17 Then he called his fervant that miniftered unto him, and faid, Put now tliis woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. d pfeim 1 8 d And flie had a garment of di- 4S" I4' verfe colours upon her ; for with fuch robes were the kings daughters that ■were virgins apparelled. Then his fervant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. ]!^'lz" '9 ^ And T1117131" Put e aflies on her head, and rent her garment of uiverfe colours that was. on her. and P. XIII. Abfalom kilkth him. f laid her hand on her head, and went on crying. c:r. nag*. 20 And Abfalom her brot'ier faid v*~"v ' unto her, Hath f Amnon thy bro- {J"^*' ther been with thee ? but hold now t ,^ thy peace, my filter : he is thy bro- •*»'»«i. ther, f regard not this thing. So t Heh. Tamar remained f defolate in her ft.?*."'"" brother Abfaloms houfe. t «w>. 21 *\ But when king David heard /«uite. ' of all thefe things he was very wroth 22 And Abfalom fpake unto his bro- ther Amnon neither good nor bad : for Abfalom hated Amnon, becaufe he had forced his filter Tamar. 23 1 And it came to pafs, after 1030. two full years, that Abfdom E had «e^g 13 fheep-ihearers in Baal-hazor, which is»i.i5- is beiide Ephraim : and Abfalom iu- 4*36* vited all the kings fons. 24 And Abfalom came to the king, and faid, Behold now, thy fervant hath flieep-lhearers ; let the king, I befeech thee, and his fervants, go with thy fervant. 25 And the king faid to Abfalom, Nay, my fon, let us not all now go, leit we be chargeable unto thee. And he prefied him : howbeit he would not go, but blefled him. 26 Then faid Abfalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king faid unto him, Why fhould he go with thee ? 27 But Abfalom prefied him, that he let Amnon and all the kings fons go with him. 28 Tf Now Abfalom had command- ed his fervants, faying, Mark ye now when Amnons heart is merry with wine, and when I fay unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not : || have not I commanded you? bej?8„jj', courageous, and be -f valiant. "tow' C 29 And the fervants of Abfalom did manntA " unto Amnon as Abfalom had com- ^L manded : then all the kings fons arofe,/«» £ and every man f gat him up upon his *H'^#" mule, and fled. ">"• 30 % And it came to pafs, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, faying, Abfalom hath llain all the kings fons, and there is not one of them left. 31 Then the king arofe, and "'tare ^^ his garments, and ' lay on the earth ; and all his fervants flood by with'2,10" their clothes rent. - 32 And Jonadabthe fon of Shimeah, Davicis brother, anfwered} and faid, Let not my lord fuppofe thr.t they have flain all the young men the kings fons; for Amnon only is dead: for •» HA II Or, turned Joab devifetk meant IT. SAMUEL, cifrift ^or ^y tHe i" appointment of Abfalom :0iL-# tn's k^1 hcc11 I' determined, from the iusT"-^ day that lie forced his filter Tamar. wtb. 33 Mow, therefore, let not my lord m. the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the kings Ions are dead : for Arrmon only is dead. 34 But Abfalom tied. 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-fide behind him. 35 And Jonadab faid unto the king, Heb. Behold the kings fons come : f as 'tbev*rd thy fervant faid, fo it is. M.Icr~ 36 And it came to pafs, aflbon as he had made an end of fpcaking, that, behold, the kings fons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept ; and the king alfo, and all his fervants, wept -f- very fore. 37 ^ But Abfalom fled, kand Went to Talmai, the fon of || Ammihud, L c^p. king of Gelhur : and David mourned «*or *°r ms ton every day- Ammibur. 38 So Abfalom lied, and went to Gefiiur, and was there three years. 39 And the foul of king David || longed to go forth unto Abfalom : for he was comforted concerning Amnon, feeing he was <]e.id. GHAT. XIV. I Joab fuborning a widow of Tekoah to incline the kings heart to fetch home Abfalom, 28 he bringelh him to Jerufalem. »»7- ■VTOw Joab, the fon of Zeruiah, JlN perceived that the kings heart was toward Abfalom. 2 And Joab fent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wife woman, and faid unto her, I pray thee, feign thy- » ««t* feif to be a mourner, a and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyfelf with oil, but be as a wo- man that had a long time mourned for the dead ; 3 And come to the king, and fpeak on this manner unto hiin. bo joab put the words in her mouth. 4 II And when the woman of Te- koah fpake to the king, me foil on her face to the ground, and did obeifance, ♦ Beb. and faid, f Help, O king. 5 And the king faid unto her, What bscechap. aileth thee r And fhe anfwered, b I am indeed a widow woman, and mine hulband is dead. 6 And thy handmaid had two foil?, and they two iirove together in the field, and there was ]■ none to part but the one fmote trie other, and. Hew him. for the return of Abfalom. f Heb. no dH vrr. er brruttu them, tbim. 7 And, behold, the whole family is rifen againit thit.e handmaid, and 10*7. they laid, ]> liver him that fmote ' *~~~' his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he flew ; and we will deftroy the heir alfo : and fo they (hall Quench my coal which is left, and (hall not leave to my hufband neither name nor re- mainder f upon the earth. £,"r,*. 8 And the king faid unto the wo-/ <••/»# man, Go to thine houfe, and I will ""'*' give charge concerning thee. 9 And the woman of Tekoah fair! unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my fathers houfe: and the king and his throne be guiltlefs. 10 And the king faid, Whoforver faith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he fiiall not touch thee any more. 1 r Then faid fne, I pray thee, let the king remember the Lo an thyGod, ■f that thou woulcleft not fuller the re- JLffjt. vengers of blood to deftroy any more, •'■ left they deftroy my fon. And he faid, ■ c As the Lord liveth, there fliall not " one li3ir of thy fon fall to the earth. 14.45. 12 Then the woman faid, Let thine Aart ' :4 handmaid, I pray thee, fpeak one word unto my lord the king. And he faid, Say on. 1 3 And the woman foiid. Wherefore then haft thou thought fuch a thing againit the people of God ? for the king doth fpeak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his baniflied. j 4 For we nuift needs die, and are as water fpilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again : || nei- , "'; , ther doth (rod refpect any perfon; yet doth he cievife means, that his banilh- ed be not expelled from him. 15 Now, therefore, that I am come Jj to fpeak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is becaufe the people have made me afraid : and thy handmaid faid, I will now fpeak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the requeft of his handmaid. 16 For the king will hear, to deli- ver his handmaid out of the hand of the men that would deftroy me and my fon together out of the inherit- ance of God. 17 Then thine handmaid faid. The word of my iord the king lhall now be i comfortable : d for as an angel of God, fo is my lord the king, f to dif- « v« to. cern good and bad : therefore the 19. ij. LufD thy God will be with thee. J >;--• 18 Then Abfalo;m beauty, &c. C H A P. f^t 1 8 Then the king anfwered, and '•oz2_. faid unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I fhall afk thee. And the woman fa id, Let my lord the king now fpeak. 19 And the king faid, Is not the hand of Joab wich thee in all this ? And the woman anfwered, and faid, As thy foul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath fpoken : 'for thy fervant Joab, he bade me, and he put all thefe words in the mouth of thine handmaid: 20 To fetch about this form of fpeech hath thy fervant Joab done Vfr.tr. this thing; and my lord is wife, eac- 1.27. cording to the wifdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth. 2 1 1f And the king faid unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing : go, therefore, bring the young man Abfalom again . 22 And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himfelf, and ']fX t thanked the king : and Joab faid, To-day thy fervant knowcth that I have found grace in thy fight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath 0r' '*• fulfilled the requeft of j| his fervant. £h$; 25 So Joab arofe, fand went to Gefhur, and brought Abfalom to Je- rufalem. 24 And the king faid, Let him turn to his own houfe, and let him not fee my face. So Abfalom returned to his own houfe, and law not the kingsface. 25 f f But in all Ifrael there was none to be fo much praifed as Abfalom for his beauty: from the fole of his foot, even to the crown of his head, there was no blemifh in him. 26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every years end that he polled it ; becaufe the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it,) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred fhekels, after the kings weight. 27 And gunto Abfalom there were born three fons and one daughter, whofe name was Tamar : fhe was a woman of a fair countenance. 28 If So Abfalom dwelt two full years in Jerufalem, and faw not the kings face. 29 Therefore Abfalom fent for Joab, to have fent him to the king ; but he would not come to him : and when he fent again the fe.cond time he would not come. t \ Hch. And XIV, XV. his friendly manner to Ifrael. 30 Therefore he faid unto his fer- *chf°r* vants, See, Joabs field is \ near mine, '°-7- e and he hath barley there ; go and fet , \uZ. it on fire. And Abfaloms fervants fet $T«.m* the field on fire- 31 Then Joab arofe, and came to Abfalom unto his houfe, and faid unto him, Wherefore have thy fervants fet my field on fire ? 32 And Abfalom anfwered Joab, Behold, I fent unto thee, faying. Come hither, that I may fend thee to the king, to fay, Wherefore am I come from Gefhur ? it had been good for me to have been there ftill : now, therefore, let me fee the kings face ; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me. 33 So Joab came to the king, and told him : and when he had called for Abfalom, he came to the king, and bowed himfelf on his face to the ground before the king : and the king I02<-> killed Abfalom. CHAP. XV. 1 Abfalom Jlealeth the hearts of Ifrael: 10 heformeth a conf piracy. ANd it came to pals after this, that i°u.' Abfalom a prepared him chariots »ik»gi and horfes, and fifty men to run be- x" 5' fore him. 2 And Abfalom rofe up early, and flood befide the way of the gate : and it was/o, that when any man that had a controverfy -J- came to the king £He*«' for judgment, then Abfalom called °cmts unto him, and faid, Of what city art thou ? And he faid, Thy fervant is of one of the tribes of Ifrael. 3 And Abfalom faid unto him, See, thy matters are good and right ; but || there is no man deputed of the king J!„°j> ,„■.., to hear thee. &™ «£* 4 Abfalom faid moreover, Oh that «»* «w«a I were made judge in the land, that Wi"" every man which hath any fuit or caufe might come unto me, and I would do him juftice ! j And it was/o, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeifance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and killed him. 6 And on this manner did Abfalom to all Ifrael that came to the king for judgment. So Abfalom Hole the hearts of the men of Ifrael. 7 r\ And it came to pafs, after forty , j£Ls; years, that Abfalom faid unto the «*«• king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the Lord, in Hebron. 8 b For thy fervant vowed a vow *c'.s™* 'while I abode at Gelhur in Syria, cch»p- X faying, I3:,a* Sljaloms conj piracy. IT. SAMUEL vini';, It* the Lord Anil bring me ( again indeed to Jerufalem', then I "v will ferve the Lord. 9 And the king (aid unto him, Go in peace. SohearofeandwenttoHebrcnu i liut Abfalomfentfpiesthrough- out ;ill the tribes of Jfrael, faying, As foon as ye hear the found of the trumpet, then ye fhall fay, Abfalom Lett) in Hebron. i r And with Abfalom went two hundred men out of jerufalem that • were ''■ called ; and they went in their nplUity, <>nd they knew not any thing, 1 2 And Abfalom fent for Ahithophel the Cilonite, Davids counfellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he d faeriiices : and the eonfpiracy ■ ilrong; for the people increa fed continually with Abfalom. 1 3 *[ And there came a meflenger to l>.vid, faying, The hearts of the 111 ii of Ifrael are after Abfalom. i 4 And David laid unto all his fer- t'nat were with him at Jerufalem, A rife, and let us flee ; for we fhall not tlfe efcape from Abfalom : make •d Co depart, led he overtake us Idenly, and \ bring evil upon us, and fmite the city with the edge of the fwdrd. 15 And the kings fervants faid unto the king, Behold, thy fervants are whatfoever my lord the "£.' kin? fhall f appoint. 1 6 And B the king went forth, and .' , ' all his honfehold -f after him: and left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the houfe. 1- And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off. 18 And all his fervants pafl'ed on . jf befide him ; fand all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittite--, fix hundred men which came after him fromGath, palled on before the king. 19 1j Then faid the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goeft thou alio with us ? Return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a ftranger, and alfo an exile. 20 Whereas thou earned: taryefter- • , fliould I this day + make thee »and down with us? Sei whhh T 1 may, return thou, and tike back thy brethren : mercy and truth be with thee. 21 And Ittai anfwefed the king, and faid, As the Lord liveth, and as tag lord the kin» 1'rrcth, finely in The ark fent bat '-. what place my lord the king fhall be, whether in death or life, even there v ' - - A alfo will thy fervant be. 22 And David faid to Ittai. Go and pafs over. And Ittai the Gittite palled over, and nil his men, and all the little ones that were with him. 23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people palled over: the king alfo himfclf pallid over the brook || Kidron, 3nd all the people pafled over toward the way of the wildernefs. 24 U And, !o, Zadok alfo, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God : and they fet down the ark of God ; and Abiathar went up until all the people had done palling out of the city. 25 And the king faid unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city : if I (hail find favour in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again, and fhewmeZ>o.'/ntand hishabitation : 26 But if he thus fay, I have no delight in thee ; behold, liere am I, let him do to me as feemeth good unto him. 27 The king fiid alfo unto Zadok the prieft, Art not thou a K u h turn into the city in peace, and h your two fons with you, Ahimaaz thy fon, and Jonathan the fon of Abiathar. 2S See, I will tarry in the plain of the wildernefs until there come word from you to certify me. 29 Zadok, therefore, and Abiathar carried the ark of'God again to je- rufalem ; and they tarried there. 30 Ii And David went up by the afcent of mount Olivet, "j-and wept as J he went up, and ' had his head cover- ed ; and he went barefoot: and ailiciup. the people that was with him kco- j ... vered every man his head, and they went up, ' weeping as they went up. 31 1j "And one toid David, fiy'mg, 1 Ahithophel is among the confpirators with Abfalom. And David laid, O' Lord, I pray thee, "turn the counfel , of Ahithophel into feolifhnefs. 32 *1 And it came to pafs, that ; David was come to the top of the mount, where he worlhipped God, behold, Hufhai the Archite came to meet liim " with his coat rent, and 1 earth upon his he. id : nto whom Davul faid, If thou on with me, then thou (Halt be a bnrden unto me : if thou return to the city, and :"..- lorn, ' I will be thy • 0 king : us I have been thy fathers bCliaj Shimei curjetk David. 5^ father's fervant hitherto, v '^> ^ now alfo be thy fervant thou for me defeat the coilnfel of Ahithophel. 35 And haft thoit not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priefts? therefore it (hall be, that what thing ioever thou fhalt hear out of the ?^:17' kings houfe, ythou fbalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priens. rver. i;. 36 Behold, they have there r\vith them their two fons, Ahimaaz Za- doks/ew, and Jonathan Abiathars/w::.; and by them ye (hall fend unto me every thing that ye can hear. jnh,X 37 So Huihai, 'Davids friend, came »ch™«. into the city, and Abfalom came into Jerufalera. CHAP. XVI. 1 Ziba by falfe fuggeftions obtaineth his nidfters inheritance. 5 Shimei curjelh David. 9 David iibflalneih and reftraineth others from revenge. 20 Ahithophe's counfel- l^T ,s* A Nd a when David was a little paft ,'('Jn.',.,. ■£*■ the top of the hill, behold b Ziba, the fervant of Mephibolheth, met him with a couple of afles faddled, and upon them two hundred /oaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raifins, and an hundred of fummcr- frnits, and a bottle of wine. 2 And the king faid unto Ziba, What meaneft thou by thefe ? And Ziba faid, The affes be for the kings houfehold to ride on ; and the bread and fummer-fruit for Ehe young men to eat ; and the wine, c that fuch as be faint in the wildernefs may drink. 3 And the king faid. And where is thy matters fon ? d And Ziba faid unto the king, Behold, he ab^ieth at Jerufalem : for he faid, To-day fhall the houfe of Ifrael reftore me the kingdom of my father. 4 Then faid the king to Ziba, Be- hold, thine are all that pertained unro Mephibofheth. And Ziba faid, f I humbly befeech thee that I may trad grace in thy fight, my lord, O king. 5 t And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, e thence came out a man of the family of the houfe of Saul, whoffe mHne was Shhvei, the fon of Gera : || lie came forth, and curfeel Mill as he came. 6 And he caft (tones at David, and at all the fcrvants of king David : and all the people, and all the mighty men, were oil his right hand and on his left. 7 And thus faid Shimei when he curfed, Come out, come out, thou i bloody' rr.-an\ and thcmmanofBeli?): • 3-S* )■■ mi .1 CHAP. XV t ' David abftainsth from rev, ■ fo will I 8 The Lord hath returned upon then may eft thee all the blood of the houfe of « Saul, in whofe ftead thou halt reign-- ' v * ed ; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Abfalom thy fen : and, f behold, thou art ' taken in thy mifchief, becaufe thou aft a bloody man. 9 II Then faid Ab'ifhai the fon of Zeruiah unto the king, Why fhouid this fdead dog curfe my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. . 10 And the king faid, e What have '; \ ', • I to da with you, ye fons of Zeruiah ? " fo let him curfe, becaufe hthe Lord hath faid onto him, Curfe David. Who Hull then fay, Wherefore halt thou done fo ? r r And David faid to Abifhai, and to all his fervants, Behold, my fon, which came forth of my bowels, feeketh my life : how much mure now may this Benjamite do it .-'- Let him alone, and let him curfe ; for the Lord hath bidden him. 12 It may be that the Lord will look on mine jj f affliction, and that the Lord will requite me good for his euriing this day. 13 And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill -fide over agflinit him, and curfed as he went, and threw ftones at him, and f call duft. 14 And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refrefned themfelves there. 15 ^f And Abfalom and all the people, the men of Ifrael, came to je- rufalem, and Ahithophel with him. 1 6 And it came to pafs, wheuHufhai theArchite, ' Davids friend, was come unto Abfalom, that Huihai faid unto jfba* Abfalom, f God fave the king, God "J ' fave tire king. 17 And Abfalom faid to Huih Is this thy kindnefs to thy friend ? why wenteft thou not with thy friend ? 18 And Hufliai faid unto Abfalom, Nay ; but whom the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Ifrael, choofe, his will I be, and with him v?ill I aMde. 19 And again, k whom fhouid f ferve? (luntld I notjerve in the pte- jc^ fence of hi:: fon ? As I have ferved in thy fathers preferice, fo will I be in thy prefence. 20 t Then faid Abfalom to Ahitho- phel, Give counfel among you what- wefliaUdoV X a a 1 And ; Heft M< Ahithophds ccitnfd II. S A M 9cSim 2i Ami Ahithophel faid unto A b- *°y- J falom, Go in unto thy fathers concu- ~v bines, which he hath left to keep the houfe: and all Ifrael lhall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father : then lhall the hands of all that are with thee be ftrong. 22 So they fpread Abfalom a tent upon the top of the houfe ; and Abfa- lom went in unto his fathers concu- £&"' bines 'in the fight of all Ifrael. 23 And the counfel of Ahithophel, which he counfelled in thofe days, was as if a man had enquired at the ,^h; \ oracle of God : fo was all the coun- ci»p- fel of Ahithophel, m both with David 5 ll and with Abfalom. CHAP. XVII. 1 Ahithophels counfel is overthrown by Hufliais, according to Gods appoint- ment. 15 Secret intelligence is fent unto David. 23 Ahithophel hangeth himfelf. [Oreover, Ahithophel faid unto Abfalom, Let me now choofe out twelve thoufand men, and I wiil arife and purfue 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 fhall llee ; and I will fmite the king only. 3 And I will bring back all the people unto thee ; the man whom thou feekeft is as if all returned : Jo all the people (hall be in peace. r£*; h 4 And the faying f pleafed Abfalom "i'brt%e, \vell, and all the elders of Ifrael. 5 Then faid Abfalom, Gail now Hufliai the Archite alfo, and let us ''..h' ., hear likewife \ what he faith. '-'-'• 6 And when Huihai was tome to Abfalom, Abfalom fpake unto him, faying, Ahithophel hath fpoken after this manner : lhall we do after his Heb. \ faying? if not, fpeak thou. 7 And Huihai faid unto Abfalom, The counfel that Ahithophel hath M/died. 1" £iven is not good at this time. 3 For, faid Hullui, thou knoweft thy father and his men, that they be .,"rV mighty men, and they be ■[ chafed in <••>'■ their minds, as aa bear robbed of her .Hof.is.8, whelps iii the field : and thy father it a man of jvar, and will not lodge with the people 1 9 Behold, he is hid now in fome pit, or in fome other place : and it will come to pafs, when fome of them be ■J..-.V t overthrown at the firft, that who- mever beareth it will fay, There is a (laughter among the people that follow Abfalom. n by Hujlidi. atfo that is valiant, Jj£f°[; 10 And he whofe hear: is as the heart of a Lion, ^_ lhall utterly nje.lt '■ for ail Ifrael " w knoweth that thy father ri a mighty man, aiul they which be with him are valiant men. 1 1 Therefore I counfel, that all If- rael be generally gathered unto thee, bfrom Dan even to Beer-fheba, as the M^g. fand that it by the fea for multitude ; and f that thou go to battle in thine \£?%T own perfon. /«<. <*• 12 So fhall we come upon him in £/aTc" fome place where he fliall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground : and of him, and of all the men that are with him, there fliall not be left fo much as one. 13 Moreover, if he begotten in- to a city, then fhall all Ifrael bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one fmall ftoue found there. 14 And Abfalom and all the men of Ifraei faid, The counfel of Huihai the Archite is better than the counfel of Ahithophel. For c the Lord had V f appointed to defeat the good coun- '^^'p- fel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Abfalom. 15 V Then faid Hufliai unto Za- \f*gi dok and to Abiathar the priefts, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counfel Ab- falom and the elders of Ifrael ; and thus and thus have I counfelled. 1 6 Now, therefore, fend quickly, and tell David, faying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wildernefs, but fpeedily pafs over ; left the king be fwal lowed up, and all the people that arc with him. 17 f Now Jonathan and Ahima3z^h?!J; IS- flayed by f En-rcgel ; (for they might nom. is-;. not be feen to come into the city ;) & l8' l6, and a wench went and told them ; and they went and told king David. 18 Neverthelefs, a lad faw them, and told Abfalom : but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a mans houfe gin Bahurim, fg.^f" which had a well in his court, whi- ther they went down. ^ 19 And h the woman took and $.'*•."'. * fpre;ui a covering over the wells mouth^and fpread ground corn there- on : and the thing was not known. 20 And when Abfaloms fervants came to the woman to the houfe, they faid, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And ! the woman faid','v^I:: unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had chriit \023- Atiilhophel hangetk kimfelf. CHAP. had fought aad could not find them they returned to Jerufalem. 2 1 And it came to pafs, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and laid unto David, Arife, and pafs quickly over the water : for thus hath Ahithophel counfelled again!!: you. 22 Then David arofe, and all the people that were with him, and they palled over Jordan : by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordau. 23 1 And when Ahithophel faw that iaiti.d»ne. his counfel was not f followed, he faddled /:;'; aft, and arofe, and gat him home to his houfe, to his city, *J?«i«» e anc* t Put n,s household in order, and *c™ty~'% hanged himfelf, and died, and was b,; ""*■ buried in the fepulchre of his father. 24 Then David came to Maha- naim : and Abfalom paii'ed over Jor- dan, he and all the men of Ifrael with him. 2 j II And Abfalom made Amafa captain of the hoft inftead of Joab : which Amafa was a mans fon whofe •j?wfl.! name was i! Ithra, an Ifraelite, that ijhn-wi-u went in to k + Abigail, thr daughter I'.^T".' Psf Nahafh, filler to Zeruiah, Joabs i Heb. mother. "'-"'' "" 261 So Ifrael and Abfalom pitched in the land of Gilead. 27 *f And it came to pafs, when J")avid was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the fon of Nahafh of Rabbah ictup.g.4* of the children of Amnion, and ! Ma- chir the fon of Ammiel of Lo-debar, 7./^;, an^ "' Barziilai the Gileadite of Ro- iki»gi2.7. gelim, i: or, cup. 28 Brought beds, and || bafons, and earthen veiiels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched com, and beans, and lentiles, and parched piilfe, 2QAnd honey, and butter, and (heep, and checfe of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat : for they faid, The people is ';_"'".;; hungry, and weary v and thirfty, n in the wildemefs. CHAP. XVIII. I David, -viewing the armies, giveih them charge of Abfalom. 9 Abfalom hanging in an oak, is I lain by Joab : 33 David lamenteth him. ANd David numbered the people that were with him, and fet cap- tains of thoufands and captains of hundreds over them. 2 And David fent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab ; j#id a third part under the hand of XVIII. David giveth charge of Abfalom. Abifhai the fon of Zeruiah, Joabs bro- *?tazc ther ; a and a third part under the hand 10*3- A of Ittai the Gittite : and the king faid ,th.ip. unto the people, I will furely go forth I5- ly* with you myfelf alfp. 3 b But the people anfwered, Thou ££!»£ (halt not go forth : for if we flee away, they will not f care for us ; rf\^r neither if half of us die will they care *«< for us : but now thou art f worth ten *,"«'.. 1*. thoufand of us; therefore now it is /«»<' v "■•• better that thou ffuccour us out of '£/«««£ the city. 4 And the king faid unto them, What feemeth you beft I will do. And the king flood by the gate-fide, and all the people came out by hun- dreds and by thoufands. 5 And the king commanded Joab, and Abifhai, and Ittai, faying, Deal gently, for my fake, with the young man, even with Abfalom. And alt the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Abfalom. 6 Tf So the people went out into the field againft Ifrael : and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim, 7 Where the people of Ifrael were (lain before the fervants of David ; and there was there a great (laughter that day of twenty thoufand men. 8 For the battle was there fcattered over the face of all the country : and the wood f devoured more people that m5*»«i day than the fword devoured. " dev'ur' 9 ^ And Abfalom met the fervants of David. And Abfalom rode upon a mule-, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth ; and the mule thac was un- der him went away. 10 And a certain man faw it, and told Joab, and faid, Behold, I faw Abfalom hanged in an oak. 1 1 And Joab faid unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou faweft him; and why didft thou not fmite him there to the ground, and I would have given thee ten fhekels of filver and a girdle ? 12 And the man faid unto Joab, Though I fhould f receive a thoufand ♦JgR^ fhekels of iilver in mine hand, yet mtn**t* would I not put forth mine hand againft the kings fon : for in our hear- ing the king charged thee, and Abi- fhai, and Ittai, faying, + Beware that J,"1'.;.. none touch the young man Abfalom. J^jjftfgL 1 3 Otherwife I fhould have wrought falfehood againft mine own life : fop X 3 there Abfalom flain by Jcab. IT. S A M (i Ren. 14. j;. 14 I?. there is no matter hid from the king, ^__ _^ and thou thyfelf wouldelt have let v ' tliyfelf againlt 7;;". 1 4 Then faid joab, I may not tarry ttiusf with thee! And he took three darts in his hand, and thrult them through the heart of. abfalom, while he was yet al.ve in the f midlt of the oak. 15 And ten young men that bare Joabs armour compelled about, and i'mote Abfalom, and flew him. 1 6 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from purfuing after Ifrael : for Joab held back the people. 17 And they took Abfalom, and caft him into a great pit in the wood, and c laid a very great heap of Hones upon him: and all Ifrael lied every one to his tent. 18 c'\ Now Abfalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himfeff a pillar, which is in J the kings dale : for he faid, c I have 110 fun to keep my name in remembrance ; and he called the pillar, after his own name : and it is called unto this day Abfa- loms Place. 19 % Then faid Ahimaaz the fon of Zadok, fcfifj me now run and bear the king tidings, how that the Loup hath f avenged him of his enemies. 20 And Joab faid unto him, Thou (halt not f bear tidings this day, but " thou fhalt bear tidings another day ; but i his day thou (halt bear no tidings, becaufe the kings fon is dead. 21 Then faid Joab to Cufhi, Go tell the king what thou hail Ceen. And Cufh'i bowed himfelf unto Joab, and ran. 22 Then faid Ahimaaz the fon of Zadok yet again to Joab, But, f how- foever, let me, I pray thee, alio run after Cufhi. And. Joab faid, Where? lore wilt thou, run, my fon, feeing that thou halt no-tidir.gs || ready ? 23 But, hQ\vCoever,Jaid he, let me run. And he faid unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plate, and over-ran Cufhi. 24 And David Hit between the two and the watchman went up to the coof over the gate unto the walk Juki iifted up . looked^ and behold a man running alone. 25 And the 'watchman cried, and beking. And phe king faid, If he bii alone, tkere is tidings in his mouth. . ■ came apace, and drew near. ' man law another man runninn,; and the watchman called ■ U E L. DaiiJ mmrnethftr Jlfalotfc unto the porter, and faid, Behold another man running alone. And the king faid, He alfo bringeth tidings. ' w ' 27 And the watchman faid, f Me ]%%e thinketh the running of the foreinoft is like the running of Ahimaaz the fon of Zadok. Ann the king faid, He j'j a good man, and cpmeth with g,ood tidings. 28 And Ahimaaz called, and faid unto the king, || f All is well. And j he fell down to the earth upon his • face before the king, and fa'.d.Blelied J' be the Loan thy God, which, hath f delivered up the men that lifted up ^*** their hand againlt my lord the king.'""'" 29 And the king faid, f Is the J young man Abfalom fafe ? And Ahi- maaz anfwered, When Jo$b fent the kings fervant, and ;;;? thy fervant, I faw a great tumult, but I knew not what /'/ was. 30 And the king faid unto hims Turn alide, and ft and here. And he turned alide, and flood Hi!!. 31 And, behold, Guild tame; and Cnlhi faid, f Tidings, my lord the king: for the Lonu hath avenged '"'"••>" '' thee this day of all them that rofe up againlt thee. 32 And the king faid unto Cufhi, Is the young man Abfalom fate : And Cufni anfwered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rife againlt thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man if,. 33 1 And the king was much mo- ved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept ; and, as he went, thus he faid, »" O my fon Abfalom ! [£h«! my fon, my fon Abfalom ! would God I had died for thee, O Abfalom, my fon, mv fon ! G H A P. XIX. 1 Joab caitj'eth the king to ceafe kfs mourning. 0 The Israelites bring the king back. 11 David I en Jet h to the prie/is to incite them of J u J ah. 1 6 UfS'ii/nci : 2 3 he is pardoned. ANd it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Abfalom. 2 And the •)• viclory that day w 11 ' turned into mourning unto ai! people : i'ov the people heard fay that ''"'' day how the king was grieved for his fon. 3 And the people gau them by Health that day' into the city, as people being • ?« ! Ileal away v. hen' they tlee in battle. 4 But the king ''covered his t and the king cried with a loud voice, c O my , princi Davids tmffag/B to Zadok. C H A gjfj* c O my Ton Abfalom ! O Abfalom, my 02 j- (on, my fon ! 3£ ' 5 And Joab came into the houfe to n' the king, and faid, Thpu haft (hamed this day the faces of all thy fervants, which this day have Caved thy life, and the lives of thy fons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines ; *■ *£ 6 f In that thou 1 overt thine ene- " mies, and hateft thy friends : for thou ' hait declared this day, 7 that thou re- e gardeft neither princes nor fervants ; for this day I perceive, that if Abfa- lom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had plcafed -ihee well. 7 Now, therefore, arife, go forth, ( and fpeak -f comfortably unto thy fervants : for I fwear by the Lord, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night ; and that will be worfe unto thee than all the evil that befell theefromthy youth until now. 8 Then the king arofe, and fat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, faying, Behold, the king doth fit. in the gate. And alj the people came before the king ; for Ifraei had fled every man to his tent. 9 Tf And all the people were at ftrife throughout all the tribes of If- raei, faying, The king, laved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philiftines ; and now he is fled out of the land for Abfalom. 10 And Abfalom, whom we anoint- ed over us, is dead in battle ; now, therefore, -f why fpeak ye not a word of bringing the king back ? 1 i *)[ And king David fent to Zadok a:id to Abiathar the priefis, faying,' Speak unto the elders of Juclah, Giv- ing, Why are ye the laft to bring the king back to Ids houfe, feeing the fpeech of all Ifraei is come to the king, even to his houfe ? 12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flefh : wherefore then are ye the laft to bring back the king? 1 1 d And fay ye to Amafa, Art tiion not of my bone, and of my ne;h? c God do l'o to me, and more alfo, if thou be not captain of the hoft before me continually in the room of Joab. 14 And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, 'even as the heart of one man ; fo that they (cut thii ■word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy fervants,. P. XIX. ShtmeisftAhniijjioH and portion. 15 So the king returned, and came gSjjgJ to Jordan. And Judah came to Gil- gal, to go to meet the king, to con- ' M "~ duct the king over Jordan. i6€f And8Shimei the fon ofU aBenjamite, which was of bahurhn, halted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. 17 And there, were a thoufancl men of Benjamin with him, and " Zi'oa the fervant of the houfe of Saul, and hi-. fifteen fons and his twenty fervants with him ; and they went over Jordan before the king. i.S And there went over a ferry- boat to carry over tlie kings houfe - hold, and to do f what he thought good. And Sliimei the fon of Gera ' fell down before the king as he was come over Jordan ; 19 And faid unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember ' that which thy fervant did perverfely the day th.it my lord the king went out. of Jerufalem, that the king ihould take it to his heart. 20 For thy fervant doth know that I have finned; therefore, behold, I am come the hrft this day of all the houfe of Jofeph to go down to meet my lord the king. 21 But Abiihai the fon of Zeruiah anfwered, and faid, Shall not Sliimei be put to death for this, becaufe he curfed the Lords anointed ? 22 And David faid. nVhat have ; I to do with you, ye fons of Zeruiah, that ye fhoulci this day be adverfaries unto me ? ' Shall there any man be ] put to death this day in Ifraei ? for do not I know that I am this day king over Ifraei ? 23 Therefore m the king fait? unto Shimei, Thou fhalt not die : and the king fware unto him. 24 1j And " Mephiboflieth the fon of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither drelfed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor waihed his clothes, from the day the king tie- parted until the day he came again In peace. 25 And it came to pafs, when he was come to Jerufalem to meet the king, that jhe king faid unto him, Wherefore wenteft not thou witu me, Mephibofherh ? 26 Aud he anfwered, My lord, O king, ray fervant deceived me : for thy fervant faid, I will faddle me an afs, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king, becaufe thy fervant ti lame. X 4 27 And Of Lav filial and Chimham. II. SA 27 And ° he hath flandered thy fer- vant unto my lord the king ; p but my lord the king is as an angel of CJod : do therefore what is good in thine eyes. 28 For all of my fathers houfe were but f dead men before my lord p. the king; q yet didft thou fet thy 7.10,13. fervant among them that did eat at thine own table : what right, there- fore, have I yet to cry any more unto the king ? 29 And the king faid unto him, Why fpeakeft thou any more of thy matters? I have faid, Thou and Ziba divide the land. 30 And Mephibolheth faid unto the king, Yea, let him take all, for- afmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own houfe. riK-nu ot «j And 'Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to con- duel him over Jordan. 32 Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourfcore years old : and j;.b!/: s he had provided the king of fufte- nance while he lay at Mahanaim ; for he was a very great man. 33 And the king faid unto Barzil- laj, Come thou over with me. and I will feed thee with me in Jtruialem. 34 And Barzillai faid unto the king, iJw'muny \ How long have I to live, that I ^'.Ir,\"I^fliould go up with the king unto Je- f*' rufalem ? 35 I am this day fourfcore years old : and can I difcern between good and evil ? can thy fervant tafte what I eat or what I drink ? can I hear any more the voice of linging-men and finging- women ? wherefore then ihould thy fervant be yet a burden unto my lord the king ? 36 Thy fervant will go a little way over Jordan with the king : and why mould the king recompenfe it me with fuch a reward ? 37 Let thy fervant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mo- ther : but, behold, thy fervant Chim- liam, let him go over with my lord the king, and do to him what Hull ieem good unto thee. 38 And the king anfwered, Chim- ham flull go over with me, and I will do to him that which (hail feem good unto thee: and whatfoever thou \%l'.' '^a't t require of me, that will I do for thee. 39 And all the people went over Jordan. And when Che King was conic M UEL. The rebellion of Sheba. over, the king kiffed Barzillai, and biefled him ; and he returned unto his own place. ' " 40 Then the king went on to Gil- gal, and f Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and alfo half the people of Ifrael. 41 f And, behold, all the men of Ifrael came to the king, and faid unto the king, Why have our bre- thren, the men of Judah, ftolen thee away, and have brought the king and his houfehold,and all Davids men with him, over Jordan ? 42 And all the men of Judah an- fwered the men of Ifrael, Becaufe the king is near of kin to us : wherefore then be ye angry for this matter ? have we eaten at all of the kings coJiP or hath he given us any gift ? 43 And the men of Ifrael anfwered the men of Judah, and faid, We have ten parts in the king, and we have al- fo more right in David than ye : why then did ye"f defplfe us, that our advice j J» • ■' fhould not be hrit had in bringing back our king? And r the words of the men - of Judah were fiercer than the words"'1" of the men of Ifrael. CHAP. XX. 1 Sheba maketh a party in Ifrael. 1 o Amafa is fain. 1 4 Joab pwfueth Sheba unto Abel. 1 6 A wife woman faveth the city by Shebas head. ANd there happened to be there a cir. iat. man of Belial, whofe name was Sheba, the fon of Bichri, a Benjamite ; and he blew a trumpet, and faid, a We »£h»»; have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the fon of Jelie j b every man to his tents, O Ifrael. ,,' ,af 2 So every man of Ifrael went up ^AT' f.'om after David, and followed She- ba the fon of Bichri : but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerufalem. 3 *i And David came to his houfe at Jerufalem ; and the king took the ten women his c concubines, whom " cj»m». he had left to keep the houfe, and 1 put them in f ward, and fed them, ; but went not in unto them : fo they were f unit up unto the day of their ' death, Hiving in widowhood. 4 1f Then faid the king to Amafa, df Aflemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here ! prefent. 5 So Amafa went to aflemble the "Judah ; but he tarried longer than the fet time which he had ap- pointed hi m. 6 And + Heb Amafa is flam by Joab. CHAP. Before 6 And David faid to Abifhai, Now :>^'k (hall Sheba the Ion of Bichri do us v ' more harm than did Abfalom : take cfc^p. t|lou e tiiy iortjs fervants, and purlue after him, left he get him fenced ci- rWwr t^es' anC^ "t" e^caPe us- 'im/df 7 And there went out after himjoabs ?"'""'" men, and the '"Cherethites, and the chap. Peiethites, and all the mighty men : and they went out of Jerufalem to purfue after Sheba the fon of Bichri. S When they -were at the great ftone which is in Gibeon Amafa went before them : and Joabs gar- ment that he had put on was girded unco him, and upon it a girdle with a fword fattened upon his loins in the fheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. 9 And Joab faid to Amafa, Art thou £**• in health, my brother? RAnd Joab took Amafa by the beard with the right hand to kifs him. io But Amafa took no heed to the i Kings fwor(] tnat -was in Joabs hand : fo h he ciup. fmote him therewith '' in the fifth rib, ■ *3, and fhed out his bowels to the ground, and \ ftruck him not again, and he died. So Joab and Abifliai his brother purfued after Sheba the fon of Bichri. 1 1 And one of Joabs men flood by him, and faid, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. 12 And Amafa wallowed in blood in the midtt of the highway : and when the man faw ihat all the people flood ftill, he removed Amafa out of the highway into the field, and caft a cloth upon him, when he faw that every one that came by him flood ftill. 1 3 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after joab, to purfue after Sheba the fon of Bichri. 14 % And he went through all the tribes of Ifrael unto Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and all the Berites : and they were gathered together, and went alfo after him. 1 5 And they came and befieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and they call up a bank againft the city, and jtoTill'uhifi || it flood in the trench : and all the SSa*** people that were with Joab f battered t iieb. the wall to throw it down. UnwdwL i 6 H Then cried a wife woman out of the city, Hear, hear ; fay, I pray you, unco Joab, come near hither, that I may fpeak with thee. 17 And when he was come near unto her, the woman faid. Art thou XX, XXI. Sheba beheaded. Joab ? And lie anfwered, I am he. g**jf Then fiie faid unto him, Hear the cir.ioiz- words of thine handmaid. And he * ■ anfwered, I do hear. 1 8 Then fhe fpake, faying, || They g£. were wont to fpeak in old time, lay-/'-* « •• ing, They (hall furelv alk counfel at /$£"'*' Abel : and fo they ended the matter. tS&ft? 19 I am one of them that are peace- jj^jj^^ able fl«dfaithful in Ifrael : thoufeekefl «•<** " to deftroy a city and a mother in 20. u." ' Ifrael 5 why wilt thou fwallow up the inheritance of the Lord ? 20 And Joab anfwered, and faid, Far be it, far be it from me, that I (hould fwallow up or deftroy. 2 1 The matter is not fo : but a man of mount Ephraim, (Sheba the fon of Bichri f by name,) hath lifted l^mf. up his hand againft the king, even againft David ; deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman faid unto Joab, Behold, his head (hall be thrown to thee over the wall . 22 Then the woman went unto all tE.cI the people kin her wifciom ; and they 0. 14. cut off the head of Sheba the fon of Bichri, and caft it out to Joab : and he blew a trumpet, and they f re- j."mrS!re tired from the city, every man to his tent; and Joab returned to Jerufa- lem unto the king. 23 % Now 'Joab was over all the^J*'* holt of Ifrael ; and Benaiah the fon of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites ; 24 And Adoram was over the tri- mCiu bute; and m Jehofhaphat the fon of». ir..p" Ahilud was || recorder ; ]*£?** 25 And Sheva was fcribe ; and Za- 1«»- dok and Abiathar were the priefts : *££? 26 n And Ira alfo the lairite was jj a 23. 38. chief ruler about David. ]• "%„, CHAP. XXI. 1 The three years famine for the Gi- beonites ceaj'e, by hanging feven of Sauls fans, to Rizpa/is kindnefs unto the dead. 12 David burieth the bones of Saul and Jonathan. THen there was a famine in the I0M> days of David three years, year after year ; and David f enquired jo^-tbe of the Lord. And the Lord an-;U &c. fwered, It is for Saul, and for fe*»7.»!Bb' bloody houfe, becaufe he (lew the Gibeonites. 2 And thevking called the Gibeon- ites, and faid unto them ; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Ifrael, but a of ciie remnant of the \ffi%. Amorites ; and the children of Ifrael had l\vorn unto them ; and Saul fought to Sauls fons /iangcd. II. l^t to flay them in his zeal to the children _"■'-'• , of Ifrael and Judafa ; ) 3 Wherefore David faid unto the Gibeonites, What {hall 1 do for you ? and wherewith (hall I make tlie atonement, that ye may blefs the in- heritance of the Lord ? 4 And the Gibeonites faid unto him, || We will have no filver nor gold of Saul, nor of his houfe ; neither for us , (halt thou kill any man in Ifrael. L;- ;;/;;'"' AncI he Wd, What ye (hall fay, that ■ I Or, Jt if or said will 1 do for you. 5 And they anfwered the king, The man that confumed us, and that || de- viled againft us that we fhouid be de- flroyed from remaining in any of the coafi.:. of Ifrael, 6 Let feven men of his fons be deli- vered unto us, and we will hang them up unto theLoRo in bGibeah of Saul, c || whom the Lord did choofe. And the king faid, I will give them. 7 But the king fpared Mephibofneth !,'/.'jRD. the foil of Jonathan, the fon of Saul, becaUfe of" the Lords oath that was die. tutu: off. xo. 24. II Or, aj. 18. between them, between David and Jonathan the fon of Saul S A M U E L. Four battles with the Phil [(lines. Jonathan his fon ; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged, Vf"> 14 And the bones of Saul and jona- * — *~ than his fon buried they in the coun- try of Benjamin in Zelah, in the fe- pulchre of Kifh his father ; and they performed all that the king command- ed : and after that God was entreated for the land. 1 5 * Moreover, the Philiffines had dr. 101 yet war again with Ifrael ; and David went down, and his fervants with him, and fought againft the Philiitines: and David waxed faint. 16 And Uhbi-benob, which was of the fons of j| the giant, ( the weight of ,( 0r,:.:. whofe f fpear weighed three hundred • .;•.. Jhekcls of brafs in weight, ) he, being i .. '..'.^ girded with a new/ward, thought to have flain David. 17 But Abifhai the fon of Zeruiah fuceoured him, and fmote the Phili- ftine, and killed him. Then the men of David fware unto him, faying, gThou (halt go no more out with us *£**• to battle, that thou quench not the h fl'ght of Ifrael. iS ' And it came to pafs after this, ','''','"., 8 But the king took the two fons of that there was again a battle with the Rizpah, the daughter of Aia'a, whom flie bare unto San!, Armani and Me- !m° '■' u Pkibofhpth, and the five fons of j| Mi- /•ft'ir. chal the daughter of Saul, whom ihe " f brought up for Adriel the fon of Barzillai the Meholatfai.ee.] »oip. 9 And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord ; and they fell all feven toge- ther, and were put to death in the days of harveft, in the tirlt days, in the beginning of barley-harvdt. Chap. 3 r- jo *! And e Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took fackcloth, and Spread it for her upon the rock, from the begin- ning of harveft until water dropped up. mi them out of heaven, and funered neither the biros of the air to reft on them by day, nor the beads of the held by night. 1 1 And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. 12 I And David went and took the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his fon, from the men of Jabefh-gilead, which had ftolen them from the ftreet of Beth-fhan, where fisiun. the f Philiitines had hanged them, '■>'- '-' when the i'hiliftines had flain Saul in Gilbe-a. i 1 ; And he brought up from thence the bones ofSauL and the bones of Philiffines at Gob : then kSibbechai ^';"''0T' the Hufhathite flew |j Saph, which i was of the fons of || the giant. 19 And there was again a battle in < Gob with thePhilillines, where F.lha- nan the fon of || Jaare-oregim, a Beth- lehemitc, flew > the brother of GoWath *£*• the Gittite, the ftaff of whofe fpear was like a weavers beam. 20 And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great ita- ture, that had on every hand lix. fin- gers, and on every foot iix toes, four and twenty in number ; and he alio was born to j| the giant. 2i And when he || defied Ifrael, Jonathan the fon of "'Shimeah, the , brother of David, flew him. 22 Thefe four wire born to the . giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his fer- vants. CHAP. XXII. A pfalm of fir Cods powerful deliverance and manifold blejji- ANd David fpake unto the Lord the words of this fong, in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of nil his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul : 2 And he faid, ' The Lord is my rock, and my fortrefs, and my deli- J£J'l»-*i verer ; 3 The Jluvids pf.vin of thank/giving CHAP. 3 The God of my rock ; b in him will I mitt : he is my fine id, and the horn of my falvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my faviour; thou la- veft me from violence. 4 I will call on the Lord, who is worthy to be praifed : fo (hall 1 be Caved from mine enemies; 5 When the || waves of de^fh com- pared me, the Hoods of f ungodly men made me afraid ; 6 The j| focrows of hell compared me about ; the fikauefi of death pre- vented me. 7 In my diftrefc I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God ; and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his cars. 8 Then the earth fhook and trem- bled ; c the foundations of heaven moved and fuook, becaufe he was wroth. 9 There went up a finoke f out of his noftrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured : coals were kindled by it. io He bowed the heavens alio and came down ; and darknefs xvas under his feet. 1 i And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly : and he was i'ecn upon the wings of the wind. . 12 And he made darknefs pavilions round about him, f dark waters, and thick clouds of the Ikies. 1 3 Through the brightnefs before him were coals of fire kindled. 14 The Lord thundered from hea- ven, and the moft High uttered his voice. 15 And he fent out arrows, and fcattered them ; lightning, and dif- comlited them. 1 6 Ami the channels of the fea ap- peared, the foundations of the world were difcovered, at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blaft of tiie breath of his noftrils;. 1 7 He fent from above, he took me ; '" he drew me out of j| many waters ; 1 8 He delivered me from my fh-ong enemy, and from them that hated me : for they were too ftrong for me 19 They prevented me in the day of my calamity : but the Lord was my ltay. 20 He brought me forth alfo into a' large place' ; he delivered me, be- cauie he delighted in me. 21 The Lorn rewarded me ac- cording to my rlghteoufnefs-: accord- ing to the cleaanefi of my hands hath he recompenfed me. ■* fleb. i-inding of XXII. for his many deliverance!. 22 For I have kept the ways of the ***£ Lord, and have not wickedly de- ioi'b. parted from my God. v * 23 for all his judgments were be- fore me: and as for his ftatutcs, I did not depart from them. 24 I was alfo upright f before him, t h<*. and have kept myfelf from mine ini- """ quity. 25 Therefore the Lord hath re- compenfed me according to my righ- teoufnefs ; according to my cleannefs f in his eyefighc " *• 26 With the merciful thou wilt ',L7 fhew thyfelf merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt Blew thyfelf upright. 27 With the pure thou wilt (hew thyfelf pur* ; and i with the froward ^"i+,' thou wilt || fliew thyfelf unfavoury. 27,18.' 28 And the airlicled people thou wilt five : but thine eyes are upon w»£i8*& the haughty, (hat thou mayeft bring the?n down. 29 For thou art my ||lamp, OLord; 11 or, and the Lord will lighten my dark- l"""e' nefs. 30 For by thee I have || run through » oj^ a a troop : by my God have I leaped tr«>t. over a wall. 31 Asfjr God, e his way is perfeft ; eDeut, fthe word of the Lord is }| tried r Da*o*i-3?. he is a buckler to all them that truft *££,'* £ in him. &u5.r+c. 32 For g who is God, five the Lord? J™*;308* and who is a rock, fave our God ? refined. 33 God is my ftrength and power : X^ZCsX and he f maketh my way perfect. t Heb. 34 He f maketh my feet like hinds ',' feet ; and fetteth me upon my high • places. 35 He teacheth my hands -J- to war ; t «*../»* fo'that a bow of keel is broken by """"* mine arms. 36 Thou haft alfo given me the fhiekl of thy falvation : and thy gentle- nefs hath -f made me great. 37 Thou haft enlarged my fteps un- ««■• der me ; fo that my f feet did not flip, 38 I have pnrfucd mine enemi and deftroyed them ; and turned not again until I had confumed them. 39 And I have confumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arife ; yea, they are fallen under my feet. 40 For thou haft girded me with firength to battle : I \-<>Cc up againft me haft thou -| fubdued under me. *•«/. .•1 Thou haft alfo given me the of mine enemies, that I might deitroy them thai hat 42 They ♦ Hob. D mid s faith in God. II. SAM tffitg 42 They looked, but there was none '"'*• tofave ; even unto the Lord, but he "v anfwered them not. 43 Then did I beat them as fmall as the dull of the earth, I did {lamp them as the mire of the ftreet, and did fpread them abroad. 44 Thou alio haft delivered me from the ftrivings of my people, thou haft kept me to be head of the hea- then : a people which I knew not Ihall ferve me . 45 f Strangers (hall || ffubmitthem- felves unto me : as foon as they hear, : ■--■ Dent 3i- -■J- ftTTTlt. 46 Strangers lhalJL fade away, and they mall be afraid out of their clofe places. 47 The Lord liveth, and blefl'ed be my rock ; and exalted be the God of the rock of my falvation. 48 It is God that \ avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me, 49 And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies : thou alfo haft lifted me up on high above them that roie up againft me : thou haft delivered me from the violent man. 50 Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among "the heathen, and I will iing praifes unto thy name. 51 He is the tower of falvation for his king ; and fheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and * to his feed for evermore. CHAP. XXIII. 1 David profcffeth his faith in Gods pro- mi fes. 8 The names of his mighty men. Ow thefe be the laft words of David. David the fon of Jefle faid, aand the man who was raifed up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the fvveet pfalmift of Ifracl, faid, 2 The Spirit of the Lord fpake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 3 The God of Ifrael faid, b the Rock of Ifracl fpake to me, || He that ruleth over men mufi be juft, ruling in the fear of God • 4 And c he Jliall be as the light of , the morning when the fun rifeth, pruv.4.iK. even a morning without clouds; as BoiiiC 5- t|lc t;en. lior.i of God. ccanti- /*<■»■ ■ called. |! Or, ha. 'rM'tbe the thirty, but he attained not to the and David fet him over thirty. II Or. firft three his || \ guard. t Heb- 24 m Afahel the brother of Joab manL""1' was one of the thirty ; Elhanan the m chap, fon of Dcdo of Beth-lehem, 25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, r^ichron. 26 Helez the n Paltite, Ira the fon of Ikkefh the Tekoite, 27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Mc- bunnai the Hufhathite, 28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathitc, 29 Heleb the fon of Baanah a Ne- tophathite, Ittai the fon of Ribai out ofGibeahofthe children of Benjamin, 3oBenaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai lSir£,. oftne II brooks of Gaafh, 3t Abi-albon the Arbathite, Az- maveth the Barhumite, 32 Eliahba the Shaalbonitej of the fons of Jaflian, Jonathan, 33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the fon of Sharar the Hararite, 34 Eliphelet the fon of Ahafbai, the fon of the Maachathite, Eliam the foil ot'Ahithophel the Gilonite, * 35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, 36 Igal the fon of Nathan of Zo- bah, Bani the Gadite, 37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armour - bearer to Joab the fon of Zeruiah, ochap. 38 "IraanIthrite,GarebanIthrite, 39 Uriah the Hittite : thirty and feven in all. XXIV. h e ■ . Xmbereth the people. CHAP. XXIV. 1 David numbereth the people : 10 he, having three plagues propounded by the prophet Gad, rapeniath. and chooj- eth the three days peftilence. 1 8 The plague Jtayed. ANd again the anger of the Lord ge&j* was kindled againft Ifrael, and ch. ioi7. || he moved David againft them, to {££7* fay, a Go number Ifrael and Judah. l^1^"™' 2 For the king faid to Joab the cap- 1 i'Chron. tain of the hoft, which was with him, 2?- *3««+- || Go now through all the tribes of If- amUf,. rael, bfrom Dan even to Beer-fheba, >> jude- and number ye the people, that I may ao' know the number oftne people. 3 And Joab faid unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people (how many foever they be) an hundred-fold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may fee it: but why doth my lord the king de- light in this thing ? 4 Notwithstanding, the kings word prevailed againlt Joab, and againlt the captains of the hoft : and Joab and the captains of the hoft went out from the prefence of the king to num- ber the people of Ifrael. 5 If And they palled over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right fide of the city that lietk in the midft of the || river of Gad, and toward Jazer: "",£ 6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the || land of Tahtim-hodihi ; and II <*,««. they came to Dan-jaan, and about to n%.f,'t~. Zidon, '■""""■'■ 7 And came to the ftrong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hi- vites, and of the Canaanites : and they went out to the fouth of Judah, even to Beer-fheba. 8 So when they had gone through all the land, they came to jerufalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. 9 And Joab gave up the fum of the number of the people unto the king : and there were in Ifrael eight hun- dred thoufand valiant men that drew the fword ; and the men of Judah were five hundred thoufand men. io ^| And c Davids heart fmote \\;^ him, after that he had numbered the people. And David faid unto the Lord, I have fumed greatly in that I have done : and now, I befeech thee, O Lord, take away the ini- quity of thy fervant ; for I have done very foolifhly. i r For when David was up in the morning, the word of theLoRD came wilTf be king: and b he prepared «*»• him chariots and horfemen, and fifty , men to run before him. 6 And his father had net difplea- fed him 1 at any time in laying, Why haft thou done fo ? and he alfo km very goodly man ; and c his mother' bare him after Abfalom. - .\,xl f he conferred with Toab ■a of Zeruiah, and with Abia- hi treafon dif covered. € H A r.'.'f^ thar the prieft ; and J they, ffollow- ''•'"• ing Adonijah, helped him* TX~7^ 8 But Zadok the prieft, and Be- [' *8, naiah the foil of Jehoiada, and Nathan i^/aftcr the prophet, and e Hiimei, and Rei, £»(/«»• anci f the mighty men which belonged ■ ••'" to David, were not with Adonijah. :XIU 9 And Adonijah ilew fheep, and oxen, and fat cattle, by the llone of °:).rll Zoheleth, which is by || En-rogel, '.'_'„; and called all his brethren the kings ■ i/" fons, and all the men of Judah the kings fervants. 10 But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. 1 1 ^ Wherefore Nathan fpake un- to Bath-iheba the mother of Solomon, faying, Halt thou not heard that Ado- z&m. nijah the foil of sHaggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not ? 12 Now, therefore, come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counfel, that thou mayeft favA thine own life, and the life of thy fon Solomon. 13 Go, and get thee in unto king David, and fay unto him, Didft not thou, my lord, O king, fwear unto ichron. thine handmaid, faying, h Alfuredly Solomon thy fon fhall reign after me, and he fhall lit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign ? 14 Behold, while thou yet talked there with the king, I alfo will come Beb. in after thee, and -{-confirm thy words. 15 1| And Bath-fheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old ; and Abifhag the Shunammiteniiniftered unto the king. 16 And Bath-iheba bowed, and did obeifance unto the king : and the king ^ faid, f What wouldelt thou ? *t 17 And lhe faid unto him, My lord, thou fwareft by the Lord thy God un- to thine handmaid, fnying, Alfuredly Solomon thy fon fhall reign after me, and he fhall fit upon my throne : 1 8 And now, behold. Adonijah reign- eth ; and now, my lord the king, thou knoweft /'/ not. 19 And he hath flain oxen, and fat cattle, and fheep in abundance, and hath called all the fons of the king, and Abiathar the prieft, and Joab the captain of the holt : but Solomon thy fervant hath he not called. 20 And thou, my lord, O king, the eves of all Ifrael arc upon thee, that thou fliouldelt tell them who fhall lit on the throne of my lord the king af- ter him. 2 r Otherwife it fliall come to paHs, when my lord the king fhall ileep with P. T. Davids oath to Bath-fheba. his fathers, that I and my fun Solomon fhall be counted -{- offenders. 22 if And, lo, while lhe yet talked ynX. with the king, Nathan the prophet-71"""-'- alfo came in. 23 Anci they told the king, faying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himfelf before the king with his face to the ground. 24 And Nathan faid, My lord, O king, hail thou faid, Adonijah fhall reign after me, and he lhall lit upon my throne ? 25 For he is gone down this day, and hath flain oxen, and fat cattle, and fheep in abundance, and hath called all the kings fons, and the cap- tains of the hole, and Abiathar the prieft \ and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and fay, * -f- God fave ; • «•*• king Adonijah. |°H^ 26 But me, even me thy fervant, '/J^'H and Zadok the prieft, and Benaiah ku£? : the fon of Jehoiada, and thy fervant Solomon, hath he not called. 27 Is this.thing done by my lord the king, and thou haft not mewed it un- to thy fervant who ihoitid fit on the throne of my lord the king after him? 28 if Then king David anfwered, and faid, Call me Bath-fheba. And fhe came f into the kings prefence, t££'M and flood before the king. m»s* 29 And the king fware, and faid, As the Lord liveth, that hath re- deemed my foul out of all diltrefs, 30 Even as I fware unto thee by the Lord God of Ifrael, faying, Af- furedly Solomon thy fon fhall reign after me, and he fhall fit upon my throne in my ftead ; even fo will I certainly do this day. 3r Then Bath-iheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reve- rence to the king, and faid, kLet my kDan.a,*; lord king David live for ever. 32 if And king David faid, Call me Zadok the prieft, and Nathan the pro- phet, and Benaiah the fon of jehoiada. And they came before the king. 33 The king alfo faid unto them, Take with you the fervants of your lord, and caufe Solomon my fon to ride upon \ mine own mule, and J,''^\». bring him down ' to Gihon : 34 And let Zadok the prieft and SJhet^s. Nathan the prophet anoint him there l*« J ■ king over Ifrael : and blow yc with the trumpet, and fay, God fave king Solomon. 35 Then ye n-.all come of) after him, that he may com* and lit upon my ihrc l n. Exod. 30. 23. as, 3*- o 1 S*m. Solomon made king i I. K I chnlii throne ; for he (ball be king in my 1015. dead : and I have appointed him to * ' be ruler over Ifrael and over Jiulah. 36 And Benaiah the Ton of Jehoiada anfvvered the kin;-., and laid*. Amen : the Lord God of my lord the king fay fo too. 37 As the Lokd hath been with my lord the king, even fo be he with So- lomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David . 38 So Zadok the prieft, and Nathan n z sam. the prophet, m and Benaiah the fon of '•I8, Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and thePelethites, went down, and caufed Solomon to ride upon king Davids mule, and brought him to Gihon. 39 And Zadok the priett took an horn of "oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon : and they blew the trumpet; " and all the people laid, God fave king Solomon. 40 And all the people came tip after l; Or,j?u/«. him; and the people piped with || pipes, and rejoiced with great joy. fo that the earth rent with the found of them. 41 ^ And Adonijah, andalltheguefts that were with him, heard it, as they had made an end of eating: and when Joab heard the found of the trumpet hefaid, Wherefore is thisnoife of the city being in an uproar ? 42 And while he yet fpake, behold, Jonathan, the fon of Abiathar the prieft, came: and Adonijah faid unto !/. \T' him' Gome in i for p thou art a valiant man, and bringelt good tidings. 43 And Jonathan anfwered, and faid to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king. 44 And the king hath fern with him Zadok the prieft, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the fon of Jehoiada, and the Cht retinites, and the Pelethites, and they have caufed him to ride upon the kings mule: 45 And Zadok the prieft and Na- than the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon ; and they are come up from thence rejoicing, fo that the city rang again : this is the noife that ye have heard. 46 And alfo Solomon fkteth on the throne of the kingdom. 47 And, moreover, the kings fer- vants came to blefs our lord king David, faying, God make the name of bolomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy , Gen. throne. q And the king bowed him- 47-31, felf upon the bed. 48 And alfo thus faid the king, Blelled be the Lord God of Ifrael, N G 2. Davids charge to him. which hath given one to lit on my throne this day, mine eyes even fee- ^j ___, ing it. v~~v ' 49 And all the guefts that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rofe iij), and went every man hh way. 50 t And Adonijah feared becaufe of Solomon, and arofe, and went, and rcaught hold on the horns of the altar. 2.c1hg3.p" 5r And it was told Solomon, fav- ing, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon; for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, faying. Let king Solomon fwear unto me to-day, that he will not flay his fervant with thefword. N 52 And Solomon faid, If he Will fhew himfelf a worthy man, s there \l^f; fhall not an hair of him fall to the 1Sa,r;-' earth: but if wickednefs (ball be aA.'J,'.^. found in him he (hall die. 53 So king Solomon fent, and they brought him down from the altar ; and he came and bowed himfelf to king Solomon : and Solomon faid un- to him, Go to thine houfe. C H A P. II. 1 David, having given a charge to So- lomon, 10 divtfi : 1 2 Solomon Jitc- ceedeth. 1 3 Adonijah is put to death. 28 Joab (lain. 36 Shimeis death. NOw the days of David drew nigh that he fhould die ; and he char- ged Solomon his fon, faying, 2'Igo the way of all the earth : * J <*• be thou ftrong, therefore, and lhew 23' u" thyfelf a man ; 3 And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his ftatutes, and his commandments, 2nd his judgments, and his teltimo- nies, as it is written in the law of Mofes, that thou mayelt •> || profper ! in all that thou doelt, and whitherfo- ever thou turaeft thyfelf ; 4 That the Lord may continue his ] £-• «» word, which he fpake concerning me, laying, e If thy children take heed to \^\. their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart, and with all their foul, "there fhall not ffail thee (faid V;^- he) a man on the throne of Ifrael. • h.i. 5 Moreover, thou knoweft alfo .. what Joab the fon of Zeruiah c did . . to me, and what he did to the two-eisam.is. captains of the holts of Ifrael, unto & {££• fAbner the fon of Ner, and unto g Amafa the fon of Jether, whom he 3'*7s'tmt flew, and f fhed the blood of war in So. 10. ' peace, and put the blood of war upon t ««>. t<"' his girdle that was about his loins, and in his ihces that wen on his feet, 6 Do, t H-tt. Jlrong. 1 I Sam. ig. 18. a. 19. ( 13. 30. Daw,?/ death and burial. CHA c.Jrt™ 6 Do' therefore, according to thy iois- wifdom, and let not his hoar head go ""* down to the grave in peace. 7 But {hew kindnefs unto the fons of s*n. h Baraiilai theGileadite, and letthem be of thofe that eat at thy table : for Sjm* fo ' they came to me when I fled be- caufe of Abfalom thy brother. 8 And, behold, thou haji with thee s5*m- k Shimei the fon of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which curfed me with a •f grievous curfe in the day when I went to Mahanaim : but ' he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I fware to him by the Lord, faying, 01 I will not put thee to death with the fword. 9 Now, therefore, hold him not guiltlefs; for thou art a wife man, end knoweft what thou oughteit to do unto him : but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood. 10S0" David flept with his fathers, and was buried in" the city of David, o i^im. r , An(j Che t|ays that David p reign- P 2 s»m. ed over Ifrael were forty years : ie* icVron. vei1 years reigned he in Hebron, and ay. 26,1;. thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. 5,j.z>°"' I2 H sThen fat Solomon upon the acj.ro.i.1. throne of David his father; and his kingdom was eliablifhed greatly. I0I-»- 1 3 J And Adonijah the fon of Hag- gith came to Bath-lheba the mother W™' °f Solomon. And the faid, rComeft thou peaceably ? And he faid, Peaceably. 14 He faid, moreover, I have fome- wh at to fay unto thee. And (he faid, Say on. 15 And he faid, Thou knoweft that the kingdom was mine, and that all Ifrael fet their faces on me, that I ihould reign : howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my bro- il."™' thers ; for ' it was his from the Lord. 16 And now I aik one petition of t"?n,t thee, f deny me not. And lhe faid fZZ™" unto nim> Say on> 1 7 And he faid, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not fay thee nay,) that he give me Abifhag the Shunammite to wife. 18 And Bath-flieba faid, Well; I Will fpeak for thee unto the king. 19 If Bath-lheba, therefore, went unco king Solomon, to fpeak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rofe up to meet her, and bowed himfelf unto her, and fat down on his throne, and caufed a feat to be fet for the kings tiered, mother; 'andjhefatonhisrighthand. 20 Then lhe faid, I delire one fmall petition of thee, / pray thee, fay me P. IT. Adonijahs requejl and death. not nay. And the king faid unto her, £*£ Aik on, my mother ; for I will not W14. fay thee nay. **"— 21 And Ihe faid, Let Abifliag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. 22 And king Solomon anfwered, and faid unto his mother, And why doft thou afk Abifhag the Shunam- mite for Adonijah ? aik for him the kingdom alfo ; (for he is mine elder brother ; ) even for him, and for Abi- athar the prieft, and for Joab the fon of Zeruiah . 2 3 Then king Solomon fware by the Lord, faying, u God do fo to me, and "*?* more alfo, if Adonijah have not fpo- ken this word againlt his own life. 24 Now, therefore, as the Lord liveth, which hath eftabliihed me, and fet me on the throne of David my fa- ther, and who hath made me an houfe, as he * pfomifed, Adonijah fliall be V^fu put to death this day. 25 And king Solomon fent by the hand of Benaiah the fon ofjeholada; and he fell upon him that he died. / 26 *\ And unto Abiathar the prieft faid the king, yGet thee to Anathoth, £/."*,•. unto thine own fields, for thou art f worthy of death : but I will not at l"™,/ this time put thee to death, * becaufe *"*• thou barelt the ark of the Lord God *3.Sf" before David my father, and becaufe **%; a thou haft been afflitted in all where- » > sam. in my father was afflicted. *skm.' 27 So Solomon thruft out Abiathar ,s 2+- from being prieft unto the Lord ; that he might "fulfil the word of the V,!^.*' Lord, which he fpake concerning the houfe of Eli in Shiloh. 28 If Then tidings came to Joab; (for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Abfalom ; ) and Joab fled unto the tabernacle vu c^h the Lord, and c caught hold on the 1. io.' horns of the altar. 29 And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the taber- nacle of the Lord ; and, behold, he is by the altar : then Solomon fent Be- naiah the fon of Jehoiada, faying, Go fall upon him. 30 And Benaiah came to the taber- nacle of theLoRD, and faid unto him, Thusfaith the king, Come forth. And he faid, Nay ; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, faying, Thus faid Joab, and thus he anfwered me. 31 And the king faid unto him, 1 Do as he hath faid, and fall upon ** 14.' him, and bury him $ e that thou eoent. Y may eft it '*!'». Shiitiei confined: he is ftain. I. .KIN ^{£ mayeft take away the innocent blood 1014. which Joab fhed from me, and from w the houfe of my father. pf.a.7.16. 22 And the Lord f (hall return his blood upon his own head, who fell ttcta»- Up0I1 tsV() nu.„ more righteous *■ and better than he, mid flew them with the fword, my father David not !.V7,.m' knowing thereof, to wit, hAbner the fon of Ner, captain of the hoft of io.Sia™' Ifrael, and ; Amafa the fon of Jether, captain of the hoft of Judah. 33 Their blood ihall, therefore, re- ^-2^,m- turn upon the head of Joab, and k upon the head of his feed for ever : but upon David, and upon his feed, and upon his houfe, and upon his throne, (hall there be pca;e for ever from the Lord. 34 So Benaiah the fon of Jehoiada mem up, and fell upon him, and flew him ; and he was buried in his own houfe in the wildevnefs. 35 t And the king put Benaiah the fon of jehoiada in his room over the V.lT' -h°ft 5 and ' Zadok the pried did the ;*VV-,C^°" king put in the room of Abiathar. *♦" '■ 3'6 t And the king fentand called for m j. dam. iDj^jj^^ anci Qud unto him, Build thee an houfe in Jerufalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither. ^7 For it (hall be, that on the day JjMj?: thou goeft out, and paiTeft over n the brook Kidron, thou flialt know for certain that thou flialt furely die : thy blood (hall be upon thine own head. 38 And Shimei faid unto the king, The frying it good : as my lord the king linthYuid, fo will thy fervant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerufdem many days. 39 And it came to pafs, at the end ,01*' of three years, that two of the fer- vants of Shimei ran away unto Achifh fon of Maachah, king of Gath : and they told Shimei, faying, Behold, thy fervants be in Gath. 40 And Shimei arofe, and faddled his afs, and went to Gath to Achilh to fcek his fervants: and Shimei went and brought his fervants from Gath. 4: And it was told Solomon that ^himei had gone from Jerufalem to Gath, and was come KgKtn. 42 And the kins ftftt and called for *.himei, and laid unto hi til, Did 1 not make thee to fwear by the Lord, and prote (ted unto thee, faying. Know for M certain, on the day thou goeil out, and walked abroad any whither, that th<>,: (hah furely die: 4 nd thou faidft unto me, 'i he word that I have heard it good. . G &. "Solomon mnrrieih Pharaohs daughter. 43 Why then haft thou not kept the g*gf oath ofthc Lord4 and the command- '"'^ ment that I have charged thee with ? 44Thekingfaid, moreover, t> Shi- mei, Thou knowelt "all t'.ie wickod- °£*£* fief's which thine heart is privy to, that thou didlt to David my father ; therefore the Lord (hall return thy wickednefs upon thine own head : 45 AndkiiigSolomon/fW/i'tfblefled, and the throne of David (hall be cfta- blifhed before the Lord for ever. 46 So the- king commanded'Benaith the fon of Jehoiada ; which went out and fell upon him that he died : and the p kingdom was eftablifhed in the flCtro-'-V hand of Solomon. CHAP. III. 1 So Jam*) 1 mameth Pharaohs daugh- ter : 5 His choice : 1 6 his judgment betwixt the two fiarlots. ANd a Solomon made affinity with a(!c.14; Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took ).eiP6t Pharaohs daughter, and brought her 9' i+" into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own houfe, and the houfe of the Lord, and ° the tf.Yj.'5' wall of Jerufalem round about. 2 Only the people facrirked in high places, becaufe there was no houfe built unto the name of the Lord until thofe days. 3 And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the (lattices of David his father: only he facrirked and burnt zncenfe in high places. 4 And c the king went to Gibeon ct :Chroa' to facrifice there ; a for that was the atchro, great high place : a thoufand burnt- j oiferings did Solomon oiler upon that '•'■ altar. 5 If cIn Gibeon the Lord appeared eCha?5 - to Solomon in a dream by night : and God faid, AJk what I (hall give thee. 6 ^nd Solomon (aid, Thou haft (hewed unto thy fervant David my father great || mercy, according as he , Jj^ walked before thee in truth, and in righteoufnefs, ami in iiprightncfs of heart with thee; and thou haft kept for him this great kindnefs, that thou haft given him a fon to lit on his throne, as it is this day. " And now, O Lord my God, thou haft -made thy fervant king infte:n! bf David my father ; '"and lam U:t a f '<"•--•. little child : I know not how 8 to go 1%^ out or come in. ' '-'■■ »?• 8 And thy fervant is in the midft of rhy people which thou haft chofen, a great people, that cannot be num- bered nor counted for mukkiid?. 9 "Giw, Solomons judgment betwixt CHAP. omit 9 h Give, therefore, thy fervant an v »c»4- f underftanding heart, to judge thy h2Gfcr.ii. people, that I may difcern between ♦ Hrt S,ood and bad : for who is able to t>zJinS. judge this thy fo great a people ? 1 o And the fpeech pleafed the Lord, that Solomon had afked this thing. 1 1 And God faid unto him, Becaufe thou haft afked this thing, and halt ■wVW not afke(l for thyfelf + long life; nei- ther haft afked riches for thyfelf ; nor haft afked the life of thine enemies; but halt afked for thyfelf uuder- u !£*}. ftanding f to difcern judgment ; 12 Behold, I have done according i Eccief. to thy words : ' lo, I have given thee a wife and an underftanding heart, fo that there was none like thee be- fore thee, neither after thee fhall any arife like unto thee, kwim. ,3 An(i j have ajf0 k given thee fofc'6.3'3- that which thou haft not alked, both "°" riches and honour : fo that there wSrtlS* II fhall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my ftatutes and my com- ^chap. mandments, ' as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. 15 And Solomon awoke; and, be- hold, it was a dream : and he came U) Jerufalem, and ftood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt-offerings, and offered peace-offerings, and made a feaft to all his fervants. 1 6 % Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and ftood before him. 17 And the one woman faid, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one houfe ; and I was delivered of a child with her in the houfe, 18 And it came to pafs, the third day after that 1 was delivered, that this woman was delivered alfo : and we were together ; there was no ftran- ger with us in the houfe, fave we two in the houfe. 19 And this womans child died in the night ; becaufe (he overlaid it. 20 And (lie arofe at midnight, and took my fon from belide me, while thine handmaid flept, and laid it in her bofom, and laid her dead child in my bofom. 2 1 And when I rofe in the morning to give my child fuck, behold, it was dead ; but when I had confidered it in the morning, behold, it was not my ion which I did bear. 22 And the other woman faid, Kay ; but the living is my fen, and III, IV. the two harlots. the dead is thy fon : and this faid, *£g No ; but the dead is thy fon, and '-'4- ^ the living is my fon. Thus they " lpake before the king. 23 Then faid the king. The one faith, Thisii my fon that liveth, and thy fon is the dead: and the ytht-r faith, Nay ; but thy fon is the dead, and my fon is ihe living. 24 And the king laid, Bring me a fword. And they brought a lwoid before the king. 25 And the king faid, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to tne other. 26 Then fpake the woman whofe the living child was unto the king, (for "' her bowels f yearned upon her "»aof.ii.». fon,) and fhe faid, O my lord, give i,','^,. her the living child, and in no wife flay it : but the other faid, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. 27 Then the king anfwered, and faid, Give her the living child, and in no wife flay it : fhe ;'/ the mother thereof. 28 And all Ifrael heard of the judg- ment which the king had judged, and they feared the king : for they law that the wifdom of God was + in him £,?!!!; £ , , l lit midfi 0/ to do judgment. "jnn CHAP. IV. 1 Solomons princes : 7 his twelve offi- cers: 24 the peace and latgenefs of his kingdom: 29 /lis wifdom. SO king Solomon was king over all Ifrael. 2 And thefe were the princes which he had ; Azariah the fon of Zadok (Itheprieft: **%, ■ 3 Llihoreph and Ahi3h, the fons-' '- of Shifha, || fcribes : I Jehoihaphat /]t«ikw«: the fon of Ahilud, the jj recorder •■ > ;s„.,. 4 And Benaiah the fon dfjehoiada 20*24. zuas over the hoft : and Zaciok and 1 °r- m Abiathar were the priefts : 5 And Azariah the fon of Nathan was over the officers : and Zabud the fon of Nathan was principal officer, and the kings friend : 6 And Ahifhar was over the houfe- . hold : and b Adoniram the fon ol s. i4P* Abda was over the j| tribute. I 0r> *v* 7 I] And Solomon had twelve offi- cers over all Ifrael, whkh provided victuals for the king and Ins houfe - hold : each man his month in a year made provifion. 8 And thefe are their names: || The ., fon of Hur, in mount Ephraim. 9 || The fon of:Oekar in Makaz, jJSwbir. and in Shaalbim, and Beth-fhemefh, and Elon-beth-hanan. X 2 10 I! The Solomons dominion, pmfperity, I. KINGS. richeu and tvi/dottu 26 "[ And h Solomon liacl forty thou- fand (tails of ' horfes for his chariots, 10 w-^ and twelve thoufmd horfemen. hora,, " 27 And thofe officers provided ^^ victual for king Solomon, aiul for all that came unto king Solomons table, T t*c Do* every man in his month : they lacked '■■ '6- nothing. 28 Barley alfo and ftraw for the horfes and || dromedaries brought they 0"'>™lh.'l':> unto the place where the officers were, >«'<&■■ every man according to his charge. 29 ^ And kGod gave Solomon wif- k^ric|"«- dom and understanding exceeding 15. »g* much, and largenefs of heart, even as the fend that is on the fea-lhore. 30 And Solomons wifdom excelled the wifdom of all the children tof!,9'g; the eaft country, and all "the wif- msesAdi dom of Egypt. 7i2* 3; For he was wifer than all men; "than Ethan the Ezrahite, "and He- . man, and Chalcol, and Darda, the fons of Mahol : and his fame was in all nations round about. 32 And ''he fpake three thoufand "is. ». proverbs ; and his longs were a thou- fand and five. 33 And he fpake of trees, from the cedar-tree that is in Lebanon, even unto the hyllbp that fpringeth out of the wall : he (pake alfo of beafts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fifties. 34 And there came of all people to hear the wifdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wifdom. CHAP. V. 1 Hiram J 'ending to congratulate So- lomon, 7 furniflveth timber to build t/ie temple. 13 Solomons workmen ami labourers. ANd * Hiram king of Tyre fent his J.^;'* fervants unto Solomon j (for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father ; ) b for Hiram was ever a lover of David. 2 And c Solomon fent to Hiram, faying, L*^*"* 3 Thou knowelt how that David my father could not build an houfe unto the name of the Loud his God d for the wars which wtre about him on every lide, until the Loud pnt -*'*• them under the foles of his feet. 4 But now the Loud my God hath given me reit on every lide, Jo that neither idverfery nor evil occurrent. Lnd, behold, I + purpofe to build I »=h ■'•"■ an houfe unto the name of the Loud my Jefo» IO || The fon of Hefed in Artiboth : >j'+ to him pertained Sochoh, and all the 7^ ' land of Hepher. imj&d. , , || yi,c fon of Abinadab in all the im^inm. region of Dor, which had Taphath '"• tiie daughter of Solomon to wife. 12 Baana the fon of Ahilud, to him pertained Taanaeh and Megiddo, and all Beth-fiiean, which /'; by Zartanah, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-fliean to Abel - meholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam. °** *. 1 3 II The fon of Geber in Ramoth- Niimb.P' giiead : to him pertained.* the towns 2 ■**• of Jair the fon ot Manafleh, which are iDdit.3.4. in Giiead : to him alfo pertained a the region of Argob, which is in Bafhan, threefcore great cities with walls and brafen bars. 1 4 Ahinadab the fon of Iddo had ;Ar' '"• 11 Mahanaim. 1 5 Ahimaaz was in Naphtah ; he alio took Bafmath the daughter of Solomon to wife. 16 Baanah the fon of Hufhai was in Afher and in Aloth. 17 Jeholhaphat the fon of Paruah in Iflachar. 18 Shimei the fon of Elah in Ben- jamin. 19 Geber the fon of Uri was in the country of Giiead, in the country of Sibon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Balhan ; and he was the only officer which was in the land. 20 ^ Judah and Ifrael were many, as the fand which is by the fea in mul- titude, eating and drinking, and ma- king merry. rseefrrii. 21 And c Solomon reigned over all EciiL kingdoms, from the river ur.to the \7- '?• land of the PhiMines, and unto the border of Egypt : they brought pre- fents, and ferved Solomon all the days of his life. 22 H And Solomons f provifion for one day was thirty f meafures of fine flour, a;ul tlneel'corc meafures of meal, 23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the paftures, and an hundred ftierp, befides harts, and roe-bucks, and fallow-deer, und fatted fowl. 24 For he had dominion over all the region on this lide the river, from Tiphfah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this lide the river : and he had peace on all fides round about him. • »«*• 25 And Judah and Ifrael dwelt ffafe- ly, f every man under his vine and under his tig-tree, ''from Dan even to ' Beer-flieba, all the days of Solomon. trratl. fUcb. Hiram fendeth timber for the CHAP. chrift my God, e as the Lord fpake unto ici+. David my father, faying, Thy fon, eTTZZ^ whom I will fet upon thy throne in fchr'n. ^y room, he fhall build an houfe m" i'o' & Unto Ill-V name' 6 Now, therefore, command thou, that they hew me cedar-trees out of Lebanon ; and my fervants fhall be with thy fervants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy fervants, according t atb./af. to all that thou (halt f appoint : for thou knoweft that there is not among us any that can fkill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians. 7 1j And it came to pafs,when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and faid, Blefl'ed be the Lord this day, which hath given unto David a wife fon over this great people. 8 And Hiram fent to Solomon, Ll\ :d. faying, I have f confidered the things which thou fenteft to me for : and I will do all thy defire concerning tim- ber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. 9 My fervants fhall bring them down from Lebanon unto the fea ; and I will convey them by fea in i.2.ehroa' noats unto f tne Place tliat tllou malt tHcb./<«rf. f appoint me, and will caufe them to be difcharged there, and thou fhalt receive them t and thou (halt accom- gs«Ex73 piifh my defire, Bin giving food for £:% jjjy houfehold. .VU12.20. io So Hiram gave Solomon cedar- trees, and fir-trees, according to all his delire. J»s«e" ri And h Solomon gave Hiram i. id- ' ' twenty thoufand fmeafures of wheat 1 keb-cori-for food to his houfehold, and twenty meafures of pure oil : thus gave So- lomon to Hiram year by year. \2 And the Lord gave Solomon ; chap. wifdom, ' as he promifed him : and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon ; and they two made a league together. rj *\ And king Solomon raifed a *r"«rt of "V ^evy ouc °f a^ Ifriiel ; and the levy "«'»• was thirty thoufand men. 14 And he fent them to Lebanon, ten thoufand a month by courfes ; a month they were in Lebanon, and two ichap^.o. nionths at home: and k Adoniram was over the levy. 1 3 And Solomon had threefcore and ten thoufand that bare burdens, and fourfcore thoufand hewers in the mountains : 16 Belides the chief of Solomons officer* which were over the work, three thoufand and three hundred, V, VI. temple : the building thereof. which ruled over the people that ff^f wrought in the work. 1014. 17 And the king commanded, and v " theybroughtgreatflones, coftly ltones, and hewed ftones, jo lay the founda- tion of the houfe. 18 And Solomons builders and Hi- rams builders did hew them, and the || ftouc-fquarers : fo they prepared :,0r. timber and flours to build the houfe. ?'* ^X. CHAP. VI. *7'9' 1 The building of Solomons temple : 1 / Gods promife unto it: 37 the time of building of it. ANd a it came to pafs, in the four ! *.chre,u hundred and fourfcore year after the children of Ifrael were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth 10:u year of .Solomons reign over Ifrael, in the month Zif, which is the fecond month, that b he f began to build the bAa* houfeof the Lord. ,'iS 2 And c the houfe which king Solo- *f '" mon built for the Lord, the length ^"f&c* thereof was threefcore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. 3 And the porch before the temple of the houfe, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth ofthe houfe; audten cub\tswas the breadth thereof before the houfe. 4 And for the houfe 1 dows of narrow lights 5 If And ||againft the wall of the .,£;%** houfe he built c f chambers round "'.!; ,'„.*"* about, againjt the walls ofthe houfe witl£u,j round about, both ofthe temple fand anueajw. ofthe oracle : and he made f cham- [' °j» bers round about. ,Lr.,'.K:l. 6 The nethermoft chamber was five ^%fitkh cubits broad, and the middle was fix . hi,. cubits broad, and the third was feven>^- cubits broad : for without inthewall of /y,r;l, ' the houfe he made f narrowed refls j',;.,,' ',..,, roundabout, that the beams (\\ouk\ not t »,,,* be faftened in the walls of the houfe. ?""£' 7 And g the houfe, when it was in m>m~' building, was built of flone made . ready before it was brought thither : *7- s.o. fo that there was neither hammer, nor axe, 7zorany tool of iron, heard in the houfe while it was in building. 8 The door for the middle cham- ber xuas in the right ffide of tbej^jgk, houfe : and they went up with wind- ing flairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third. 9 ''So he built the houfe, and linifh- b™*'38, ed it i and covered the houfe || with 11 or, ? p*"4' aft ia building, ' if thou wilt walk in my ftatutes, and execute my judg- ments, and keep all my command- ments to walk in them ; then will I i=2 sam. perform my word with thee, k which ? 01™. I fpake unto David thy father. "»"! '3 Alld ' * wil1 dweil amonS ,the sj.a." children oflfrarA, and will not for- fake my people Ifrael. (4 ii So Soiomon built the houfe, and finiflied it. 15 And he built the walls of the houfe within with boards of cedar, j| both the floor of the houfe, and the wail', walls of the ceiling : and he covered " {u' them on the infule with wood, and covered the floor of the houfe with planks of fir. 1 6 And lie buiit twenty cubits on ^the (ides of the houfe, both the floor *and the walls, with boards of cedar : he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the moil holy place. i ? And thehoufe, that*';, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. 1 8 And the cedar of the houfe within u>a< carved with || knops and f open flowers : ail was cedar ; there iO"?"* Was no llone i\e\\. 19 And the ora.de he prepared in the houfe within, to fet there the aik of the covenant of the Lord. 20 And the oracle in the fore-part was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof : and he *il';%. overlaid it with \ pure gold, and Jo covered the altar which was o/c< dar. 2i So Solomon overlaid the houfe within with pur" gold : and lie made a partition by the chains of gold be- fore the oracle, and he overlaid it with gold. 22 And the whole houfe he over- laid with gold, until h*hadfiniflied all the houfe": aifo the whole alta was by the oracle he overlaid with gold. 2;, K And within the oracle he made U or,iify. two cherubims of j| f olive-tree, each th*£«w te„ cubits high. 24 And live cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub : from the uttermoft part of the one wing unto the utte T.ioif part of the other were Cen cubits. adarkirtg of the U mple. cheru'-iTTif ftrtt.h.l tbeir i Hrh. 25 And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one meafure and one fize. 26 The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and fo was it of the other cherub. 2 7 And he fet the cherubims within the inner houfe ; and m || they ftretch- !_ ed forth the wings of the cherubims, i fo that the wing of the one tone the 07*e wall, and thewing of the other J°f.^ cherub touched the other wall ; and their wings touched one another in the midft of the houfe. 28 And he overlaid the cherubims with gold. 29 And he carved all the walls of the houfe round about with carved figures of cherubims, and palm- trees, and f open flowers, within and without, t h<*. 30 And the floor of the houfe he over- $££?! laid with gold, within and without. 31 H And for the entering of the oracle he made doors o/"olive-tree: the lintel and lide-polts were || a fifth j.,0.'^.^,. part of the wall. 32 The || two doors alfo were of olive-tree ; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims, and palm- trees, and 1 open flowers, laid them with gold, and fpread gold > upon the cherubims, and upon the palm-trees. 33 So alfo made he for the door of the temple polls of olive - tree, || a^""';.,,. fourth part ofihe wall. 34 And the two doors were of fir- tree : the " two leaves of the one doer »E*ek. ■were folding, and the two leaves of4"2j* the other door were folding. 35 And he carved thereon cherubims, an.! palm-trees, and open flowers : and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work. 36 1 And he built the inner court with three row? of hewed done, and a row of cedar-beams. 37 c " In the fourth year was the ovtr.j foundation of the houfe of the Lord laid, in the month Z'.f : 38 And in the eleventh year, in the month Bui, (which /'; the eigluli ; P"-.'; month,) was the houfe fin-si |j throughout all the parts then and according to all the fafhion of it. SJJSj" So was he p(even years in building it. pe,.,;> C H A 'P. j VII. 1 The /.- 'dmons houfe, 2 of the houfe of Lebanon, 8 of the houfe for 1 titer. BUt Solomon wa6 building his own houfe * thirteen years, and he nnijhed all his houl'e. 2 t He a Chip. 9. 10. iChroB. The building ofSohmons koufe. CHAP. VIT. Hirams work of the pillars. /qua, e <55m 2 H He built alfo the houfe of the roo5. foreft of Lebanon ; the length there- 1 ' ' of uw an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar-piLIars, with ce- dar-beams upon the pillars. 3 And it was covered with cedar tncb.ni;. above upon the- f beams, that lay on forty- five pillars, fifteen in a row. 4 And there were windows in three fHeb.jigbt rows, and ■]- light was. againft light in w*iM«- three ranks J! 0r> '' s And all the II doors and pofts £>.< cj and J „ . , " , . , * were ftpiare with the windows : and light was againft light in three ranks. 6 If And he made a porch of pil- lars ; the length thereof was fifty cu- bits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits : and the porch was || before them; and the other pillars and the thick beam were \\ before them. 7 1f Then he made a porch for the throne, where he might judge, even the porch of judgment ; and it twis covered with cedar f from one fide of the floor to the other. 8 % And his houfe where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solo- mon made alfo an houfe for Pharaohs daughter, (bwhom he had taken to wife, ) like unto this porch. 9 All thefe were of coftly ftones, (according to the meafures of hewed ftones, fa wed with faws,) within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and jo on the out- lide toward the great court 1 Heh. fy.njlsor to Jimr. 15 For he + caft g two pillars of '»<&« brafs of eighteen cubits high apiece: ioo's< and a line of twelve cubits did com- *\~X. pafs either of them about. s^Jbimti. i6And he made two chapiters of. molten brafs, to fet upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one cha- «-'\ 2U piter was five cubits, and the height"'5 of the other chapiter was five cubits. • 17 And nets of checker- work, and wreaths of chain-work, for thechapi- ters which were upon the top of the pillars; feven for the one chapiter, and feven for the other chapiter. 18 And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one net-work, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegra- nates : and fo did he for the other chapiter. 19 And the chapiters that were up- on the top of the pillars were of lily- work in the porch, four cubits. 20 And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates alfo above, over againft the belly which was by the net-work : and the pomegranates were htwo hundred, in rows round hS^?cJ£a about upon the other chapiter. V- 13' 21 'And he fet up the pillars in f7cta»?" kthe porch of the temple: and he v 17- fet up the right pillar, and ealled^Chap<}'3- the name thereof H Jachin: and he • let up the left pillar, and called the «*»«,/*• name thereof || Boaz. ?n™*'"' 22 And upon the top of the pillars>n>«M». was lily-work: fo was the work of the pillars finiihed. 23 % And he made ' a molten fea, \^f^' ten cubits f from the one brim to the ' Het>.* o And the foundation was of other: it was round all about, aud{^,7t,v coftly Hones, even great ftones ; ftones of ten cubits, and ftones of eight cubits. 1 1 And above were coftly ftones (after the meafures of hewed ftones) and cedars. 12 And the great court round-a- bout was with three rows of hewed ftones, and a row of cedar-beams, both for the inner court of the houfe of the Lord, c and for the porch of the houfe. 13 1f And king Solomon fent and fetched d Hiram out of Tyre. 1 4 e He was -j- a widows fon of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brafs : and fhe was filled with wifdoin and underftandiiig, and cunning to work all works in brafs : and he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. his height was five cubits : and a line*1 of thirty cubits did compafs it round about. 24 And under the brim of it round about t/iere were knops compaffing it, ten in a cubit, '" compaffing the fea «" " c-*-'Di round about : the knops were caft in two rows when it was caft. 25 It flood upon "twelve oxen. "j "££', three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the weft, and three looking toward the fouth, and three looking toward the eaft : and the fea was Jet above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. 26 And it wvw an hanclbreadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers ;s : it contair baths. 27 t And he made ten bafes of brafs; four cubits was tjie length of one bale, Y 4 and The fever al ornaments I. K I ^",i anti four cubits the breadth thereof, ^°!^, and three cubits the height of it. 28 Ami the work of the bafes was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges : 29 And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubims : and upon the ledges there was a bafe above ; and beneath the lions and oxen were certain addi- tions made of thin work. 30 And every bafe had four bra- fen wheels, and plates of brai j ; and the four corners thereof had under- fetters : under the laver were under- fetters molten, at the fide of every addition. 31 And the mouth of it, within the chapiter and above, was a cubit : but the mouth thereof was round, after the work of the bafe, a cubit and an half ; and alfo upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, four-fquare, net round. 32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axle-trees of * «** * l'ie w,iee's were \ joined to the bafe, and the height of a wheel was a cu- bit and half a cubit- 33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot-wheel ; their axle-trees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their fpokes, were all molten. 34 And there were four underfet- ters to the four corners of one bafe : and the underfetters were of the very bafe itfelf. 35 And in the top of the bafe was there a round compafs of half a cubit high : and on the top of the bafe, the ledges thereof, and the borders there- of, were of the fame. 36 For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm- t&'dnwi. trees» according to the f proportion of every one, and additions round about. 37 After this manner he made the ten bafes : all of them had one call- ing, one meafure, and one fize. pichton. 38 1 Then pmade he ten lavers of 4*°' brafs: one laver contained forty baths; and every laver was four cubits : and upon every one of the ten bafes one laver. 39 And he put five bafes on the \fuiur ri5nt t fide of the houfe, and five on the left iide of the houfe ; and he fet the fea on the right iide of the houfe eu.ftward, over againlt the fouth. in*. 40 % And f Hiram made the 1a- ucur!i3. vers, and the (novels, and the bafons; N G S. and utenfih for the temple. fo Hiram made an end of doing all ***$. the work that he made king Solomon , l'^\^ for the houfe of the Lord ; 41 The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars ; and the two 1 net -works to cover the two];'^ bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars ; 42 And four hundred pomegranates for the two ntt-works, even two rows of pomegranates for one wet-work, to cover the two bowls of the chapi- ters that were f upon the pillars ; t*?;* 43 And the ten bafes, and ten la- /««'/ ** vers on the bafes ; 44 And one lea, and twelve oxen under the fea ; 45 And the pots, and the (hovels, and the bafons ; and all thefe vefiels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the houfe of the Lord, were of t bright brafs. SSw'*? 46 In the plain of Jordan did the /»'*-//."'' king caft them, fin the clay-ground }£££ between Succoth and Zarthan. '%£** 47 And Solomon left all the veflels*™'"' ' unweighed, f becaufe they were ex- t^tLa*. ceedingmany : neitherwasthe weight ;2*,mu'r" of the brafs f found out. . i!fh. 48 And Solomon made ail the vef- /'•""••'• fels that pertained unto the houfe of the Lord : the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon ' the fhew- !.£**; bread was, 49 And the candlefticks of pure gold, five on the right fide, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold ; 50 And the bowls, and the fnuf- fers, and the bafons, and the fpoons, and the f cenfers, of pure gold ; and ^.^;;. the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner houfe, the molt holy place, and for the doors of the houfe, to wit, of the temple. 51 So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the houfe of the Lord- And Solomon brought in the f things ' which David his father t*»i had dedicated; even the filver, and./o«*/ the gold, and the velfcls, did he put \1,i'mm among the treafures of the houfe of the » own, LoRp. CHAP. VIII. r The feafl of the dedication of tfie temple. 12,54 Solomons bleffmg : 22 his prayer: 62 his facrifice of peace-offerings. npHen • Solomon afiembled the el- l00«- J. ders of Ifrael, and all the heads V*"'0** of the tribes, the f chief of the fa- (J* thers ""*" Tkfeafl of the dedication *£?£. thcrs of the children of Ifrael, unto «oii. king Solomon in Jerufalem, b that ^T^'Z"-' they might bring up the ark of the 6 ■'/■ covenant of the Lord c out of the j.%1*™'* city of David, which is Zion. is. 12, is. 2 Amj all the meQ Qj- £fraei a(Tem- bled themftlves unto king Solomon at the feaft, in the month Ethanim, which is the feventh month. 3 And all the elders of Ifrael came, J"™'' d and the priells took up the ark. ech,p.j,4. 4 Aud tIiev brought up the ark of »c3< the Lord, cand the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy veffels that were in the tabernacle, even thofe did the priefts and the Levites bring up. 5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Ifrael, that were af- fembled unto him, were with him before the ark, facrihVing fheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 6 And the priefts brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, into the oracle of the houfe, to the moll holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims. 7 For the cherubims fpread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the Haves thereof above. 8 And they drew out the (laves, that t Heb. the f ends of the ftaves were feen out 1'^ in the || holy place before the oracle, f cn-'o" o. anc* tney were not ^een without : and ' there they are unto this day. f2K,_;; q f There -was nothing in the ark D?ufio.i. s fave the two tables of flone, which * "V.1, Mofes put there at Horeb, || h when Hebr.g. 4- tne Lord made a covenant with the L£rV children of Ifrael, when they came hExoi.34- out of the land of Egypt. 3. to H And ip came to pafs, when the priefts were come out of the holy D- place, that the cloud ' filled the houfe of the Lord, i i So that the priefls could not fland to miniiler becaufe of the cloud : for the glory of the Lord had fkled the houfe of the Lord. 11.1 kThen fpake Solomon, The Lord faid that he would dwell 'in the thick darknefs. r 3 m I have fhrely built thee an houfe to dwell in, a fettled place for thee to abide in for ever. 14 And the king turned his face about, and blefled all the congregation pf Ifrael : (and all the congregation of Ifrael flood:) 15 And he faid, Blefled be the Lqrp God of Ifrael, which fpake CHAP. VIII. of the temple, with his mouth unto David my fa- »<*•« *7, -28. Peit..;. V*r. 2t I lev. 16. z r&l.ia.n *- 28 Yet have thou refpeft unto the prayer of thy fervant, and to his i'upplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy fervant prayeth be- fore thee to-day : 29 That thine eyes may be open toward this houfe night and day, even toward the place of which thou !7f: halt laid, b My name (hall be there ; that thou mayeft hearken unto the prayer which thy fervant lhall make !#«*«. II toward this place. .citron. 30 a And hearken thou to the fup- v' plication of thy fervant, and of thy people Ifrael,, when they fliall pray J'ftor. II toward this place : and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place; and, when thou beared, forgive. 31 f If any man trefpafs againft Yb'-re. nis neighbour, f and d an oath be. laid £««• upon him to caufe him to fwear, v?s".T.' and the oath come before thine altar x ;'■ in this houfe : 32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy fervants. condemn- ing the wicked, to bring his way upon his head ; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to hi:; righteoufnefs. ■?".' 33 % "When thy people Ifrael be -'•-• fmttteii down before the enemy, be- caufe they have finned againlt thee, *£**; and r {ball turn again to thee, and confefs thy name, and pray, and >-. make {application unto thee :| in this "•'• hoafer '" 34 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the fin of thy people Ifrael, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavcit unto their fathers. evit. 35 «j e\vhen heaven is Hint up, it«: and there is no rain, becaufe they ■2J- have finned againft thee ; if they pray toward this place, and confefs thy name, add turn from their fin, when thou aflifiteft them : 36 Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the fin of thy fervants, and of thy people Ifrael, that thou teach them the good way wherein they monk! walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou haft given to thy people for an inheritance. ..v.-*. ?7 the houfe that I have built for thy name : 45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their Amplication, and maintain their || caufe. !Or,r&»*. 46 If they fin againlt thee, (k&r.|*<£nw- there is no man that linneth not, ) and £™jjKX»< thou be angry with them, and deli- ver them to the enemy, {o that they {"jSi2'u" carry num. away captives l unto the "» I^- land of the enemy, far or near ; I •;,,''" 47 Yet if they (halt f bethink them- \ fives in the land whither they were • carried captives, and repent, and'! * make fupptication unto thee in the '•'•-"''• land of them that carried them cap- tives, ra f.iyiug, We have finned, and ™a' om have done perverfely, we have torn- 1)a*•i'•i• m'.tted wickednefs ; 48 Ami /:> return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their foul, m tiie land of their enemies, which k«] them away captive, and n pray J.^'J"; unto II Or, right p Tr.n\. 10 5. Deut. 1 1. 86, 19. J4-2. Solomon bleffeth the people : C H A cfra unto t^lee toward their land, which too4- thou gaveft unto their fathers, the city ""* which thou haft chofen, and the houfe whicii I have built for thy name : 49 Then hear thou their prayer and their {"application in heaven thy dwelling -place, and maintain their j| caufe, 50 And forgive thy people that have finned againft thee, and all their tranfgreikons wherein they have tranf- greffed againft thee, and give them cdmpaffion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compafficn on them : 5 1 For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughteft forth out of Egypt, "from the midft , of the furnace of iron : 52 That thine eyes may be open unto the fupplication of thy fervant, and unto the fupplication of thy people- Ifrael, to hearken unto them 111 all that they call for unto thee. 53 For thou didft feparate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, pas c thou fpakeft by the hand of Mofes thy fervant, when thou brbUgbteft our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God. 54 % And it was/b, that when Solo- mon had made an end of praying all this prayer and fupplication unto the Lord, he arofe from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees, with his hands fpread up to heaven. 55 And he ftood, ' and blefled all the congregation of Ifrael wiih a loud voice, faying, 56 Bieiled be the Lord, that hath given reft unto his people Ifrael, according to all that he promifed : r there hath not f failed one word 5- of all his good promife, which he promifed by the hand of Mcfes his fervant. 57 The Lord our God be with J- us, as he was with our fathers : s let him not leave us, nor for fake us ; 58 That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and hisftatutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers. 59 And let thefe my words, where- with I have made fupplication be- fore the Lord, be nighuntotheLoRD our God day and night, that he main- tain the caufe of his fervant, and the 'l":"':."s,f caufe of his people Ifrael fat all times, *»/J ''' ' as the matter mall require : I.M r Deuter 12. 10. Julh.it.. fallen'. ijofli. » HeV P. .IX. his offering. 60 That all the people of the earth ^*|j may know that r the Lord it God, 1004. arid that there is none elfe. tvZT^ 61 Let your heart, therefore, be 35.3s. perfect with the Lord our God, to walk in his ftatutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day. 62 11 And "the king, and all If- u7.t4?roa* rael with him, offered facriiice be- fore th e L o :i d . 63 And Solomon offered a facrifice of peace- offerings, which lie offered unto the Lord, two and twrnty thoufand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thoufand (beep . fa the king and all the children of lfr.u-l dedi- cated the houfe of the Lord. 64 * The fame day did the king *2Chro». hallow the middle @f the court that 7' ?' ivas before the houfe of the Lord : for there he offered burnt-offerings, and meat-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings ; becauTe y the brafen ^.2l(;llr<"1* altar that tbas before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt -offer- ings, and meat-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings. 65 And at that time Solomon held afeaft, and all Ifrael with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, be- fore the Lord our God, Meven days z ! "'W* and feven days, even fourteen days. 66 a On the eighth day he 'fent )*£$!*« the people away : and thty || blefled or, tile king, and went unto their tents »"•■»* joyful and glad of heart for all the goodnefs that the Lord had done for David his fervant, and for Ifrael his people. CHAP. IX. i Gods covenant in a vifion with Solo- mon. 10 The mutual prefents of Solomon and Hiram. 25 Solomons yearly facrifice. ANd * it came to pafs, when Solo- *jj »£ mon had finiflied the building 7- u. of the houfe of the Lord, and the kings houfe, and b ail Solomons de- *c*g£}- fire which he was pleated to clo, i.&. 2 That the Lord appeared to So- lomon the fecond time, c as he had cChai'3-^ appeared unto him at Gibeon. ' 3 And the Loud laid unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy fuppli- cation that thou haft made before me : I have hallowed this houfe which thou halt built, *' to put my name there j>c*» for ever; e and mine eyes and mine e »*Jt'c.-. heart fhall be there perpetually. "•**■ 4 And if thou writ walk before me, as David thyfattfir walked, in inte- grity of J.-...1:. and in uprightueu, to UO Gods covenant with Solomon. I. KINGS £n':',',t do according to all that I have cora- ^ctoflg*. mandcd thee, and wilt keep my ita- tutes and my judgments : 5 Then I will eftablifh the throne of thy kingdom upon Ifrael for ever, »*/«"'' 7" fas L promifed to Diivid thy father, c7,i,,.1;4. faying, There (hall not fail thee a i curat' man upon the throne of Ifrael. V^' 6 *But if ye (hall at all turn from i3*.i«. f0uowing me, you or your children, 7.lu.m* and will not keep my commandments V£l*?' and my itatutes, which I have fet be- fore you, but go and ferve other gods, and worfhip them ; 7 Then will I cut off Ifrael out of the land which I have given them : and this houfe, which 1 have hallowed *.»«•.;. u. nfor my name, will 1 caft out of my ia^£n' fight ; ' and Ifrael (hall be a proverb vui V-i.14 and a by-word among all people : k z cim». 8 And k at this houfe, which is high, ''"" every one that pafleth by it fhall be aftoiuTned, and (hall hifs ; and they mST1, fazU ^y. : Why hath the Lord done j.-r. zi. e. thus unto this land, and to this houfe ? 9 And they (hall anfwer, Becaufe they forfook the Lord their God, who brought forth their fathers out ©f the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have wor- shipped them, and ferved them : there- fore hath the Lord brought upon them all this evil. mCTiap. 6. jo ^ And m it came to pafs at the &Vu end of twenty years, when Solomon |c»ro... had built the two houfes, the houfe of the Lokd, and the kings houfe, »2^chron. , f n (ftnw Hiram the king of Tyre had furnilhed Solomon with cedar- trees, and fir-trees, and with gold, according to all his delire, ) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty ci- ties in the land of Galilee. 1 2 And Hiram came out from Tyre to fee the cities which Solomon had ♦ h^. given him, and they f pleafed him rgft mbii llOt- •*" 13 And he faid, What cities are thefe which thou haft given me, my ''*'*'. brother? "And he called them the ii Th3ti,, land of || Cabul unto this day. *f88g?' 14 And Hiram fent to the king fixfeore talents of gold. pchip. , 5 ij And this is the reafon of p the levy which king Solomon raifed, For to build the houfe of the Lord, and J2'.*4' his own houfe, and ' Millo, and the »•;■'•' 30. wall of Jerufalein, and r Hazor, and w'.'m. ' Megiddo, and ' Gezer. tiofli. 1 6 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had j'J.ik°'.I9. gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt ojoOi. it with tire, "and (lain the Canaan- >L.,ioi4. ites that dwelt in the city, and given Salomons yearly facrifice. it for a prefent unto his daughter, So- grfw lomons wife. dr. km*. 17 And Solomon built Gezer, and — v — J * Beth-horon the nether, Itii. 18 And yBaalath, and Tadmor in y J^m. the wildernefs, in the land, 19 And all the cities of ftore that h' Solomon had, and cities for *his cha- %$g? riots, and cities for his horfemen, and f Hh f that which Solomon defired to build <-■ *■}*§ in Jerufalein, and in Lebanon, and in '.' all the land of his dominion. •■,/„, u. 20 AndM the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Penzzites, Hivites, and Jebufites, which were not of the children of Ifrael, 21 Their children * that were left ' ,7 2' '•,!,. after them in the land, b whom the :. i\h.\ children of Ifrael alfo were not able J£f£ * utterly to deftroy, c upon thofe did cju^g.i.ia. Solomon levy a tribute of d bond- _ fervice unto this day. N« ; J« 22 But of the children of Ifrael did Solomon c make no bondmen : 1$. ;>;.' but they were men of war, and his fervants, and his princes, and his cap- tains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horfemen. 23 Thefe were the chief of the of- ficers that were over Solomons work, ffive hundred and fifty which bare e.^c1":™' rule over the people that wrought iu the work. 24 U But s Pharaohs daughter came |Sr5£* up out of the city of David unto h her 8- « houfe which Solomon had built for k te*"" ' her : " then did he build k Millo. ££■• 25 f And three times in a year did *"¥■ Solomon otter burnt - offerings and 2 rbV'.. peace-offerings upon the altar which 32, 5" he built unto the Lord, and he burnt incenfe f upon tlie altar that was be- J ,;;h; fore the Lord j fo he rinifhed the houfe. 26 t And ' king Solomon made a V1,1-/' "' navy of (hips in "'Ezion-gebcr, which is belide Eloth, on the fihore of the : Red fea, in the land of Edom. 1 ucb. ;.p. 27 And "Hiram fent in the navy ^n!" his fervants, (hipmen that had know- ledge of the fea, with the fervants of Solomon. 28 And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hun- dred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon. CHAP. X. 1 The queen of Sheba admirtth the wif- dom of Solqmon : 1 4 his riches . ANd when the » queen of Sheba «««"•• heard of the fame of Solbmo 1 concerning the name of the Lord. (lie came b to prove him with ban'. qneititns, 2 And f iteb. tbau htft added ■tvij j«n.ji to the jam;. The queen of Sheba vifiteth olrta 2 ^n<' ^e canle to Jerufalem with ir.yy*. a very great train, with camels that * ' bare (pices, and very much gold, and precious {tones : and, when (he was come to Solomon, flie communed with him of all tliat was in her heart. 3 And Solomon told her all her Hej»- f queftions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. 4 And when the queen of Sheba had feen all Solomons wifdom, and the houl'e that he had built, 5 And the meat of his table, and the fitting of his fervants, and the ,"!«« + attendance of his minifters, and or," ' their apparel, and his || cup-bearers, '•''■ c and his afcent by which he went up ',/i'ir."n' unto the houfe of the Lord, there was no more fpirit in her. 6 And flie faid to the king, It was a Htb. true f report that I heard in mine own or',' land of thy || a&s, and of thy vvufdom. mix. j Hovvbeit, I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had feen it ; and, behold, the half was not told me : -J- thy wifdom and profperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. 8 Happy are thy men, happy are thefe thy fervants, which {land con- tinually before thee, and that hear thy wifdom. 9 Bleffed be the Lord thy God which delighted in thee, to fet thee on the throne of Ifrael ; becaufe the Lord loved Ifrael for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and juflice. io And (he gave the king an hun- dred and twenty talents of gold, and of (pices very great (tore, and preci- ous (tones : there came no more fuch abundance of fpices as thefe which the queen of Sheba gave to king So- lomon. 1 1 d And the navy alfo of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from < )phi r great plenty of j| almug- trees, and precious (tones. 12 ' And the king made of the al- mug-trecs || f pillars for the houfe of the Lord, and for the kings houfe, harps alfo aud pickeries for fingers : there came no fuch f almug-trees, nor were feen, unto this day. 13 And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her defire, whatfoever (lie aiked, befides that which golomon gave her f of his royal bouncy. So flie turned, and went to her own country, lhe and her fervants. I: Or, rail: t Heb. a prep. CHAP. X. Solomon: his magnificence. 14 If Now the weight of gold that B.tfore came to Solomon in one year was cfesw* fix hundred threefcore and iix talents — "~~~* of gold, 1 5 Belides that he had of the mer- chant-men, and of the traffick of the fpice-merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the || governors of }£'£„„ the country. 16 TI And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold : fix hundred Jhekeh of gold went to one target. 1 7 And he made g three hundred f™^ (hields of beaten gold ; three pound of gold went to one lhield : and the king put them in the h houfe of the * ch»* forelt of Lebanon. 18 1f '' Moreover, the king made a^f.*"^ great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the bell gold. 19 The throne had fix (teps, and the top of the throne xvas round f be- 0'„"*V-«- hind : and there were f (lays on either ?£*£ fide on the place of the feat, and two t a*.' lions flood befule the flays. bani" 2© And twelve lions flood there on the one fide and on the other upon the fix fteps : there was not f the like t Het>./«, made in any kingdom. 2 1 If And all king Solomons drink- ing-veflels were of gold, and all the veflels of the houfe of the foreft of Lebanon were of pure gold ; || none '(££ ^ were of filver : it was nothing ac- *°J}*™? counted of in the days of Solomon. '" Uttm* 22 For the king had at fea a navy of Thar(hi(h with the navy of Hiram : once in three years came the navy of Tharlhifh, bringing gold, and filver, || ivory, and apes, and peacocks. l,%'anu 23 So k king Solomon exceeded all <■•'<>■'• the kings of the earth for riches and ^""J; 3' for wifdom. 24 U And all the earth \ fought to \>^m Solomon, to hear his wifdom, which>««/. God had put in his heart. 25 And they brought every man his prefent, veifels of filver, and veilels of gold, and garments, and armour, and fpices, horfes, and mules, a rate year by year. 26 \ « And Solomon m gathered \c%£ together chariots and horfemen : and \?*™% he had a thoufand and four hundred »• *s- chariots, and twelve thoufand horfe- 1)°^\' men, whom he beftowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerufalem. 27 And the king \ made filver to t iicb. be in Jeruf.de m as ltones, and cedars su'1' made he to be as the fycampre-trees, that are in the vale, for abundance. 28 . vid was in Edom, and Joab the cap- ic'.ro. is. tain of the hoft was gone up to bury ,2' ,3' the (lain, "after he had fmitten every ':*')n'/ male in Edom, u-iwr. 16 (For fix monthsdid Joab remain 20' there with all Ifrael, until he had cut off every male in Edom,) r 7 That Hadad fied, he and certain Edomites of his fathers fervants with him, to go into Egypt 5 Hadad being yet a little child. 1 2 And they arofe out of Midian, and came to Paran; and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, which gave him an houfe, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land. 19 And Hadad found great favour in the light of Pharaoh, fo that he gave him to wife the filter of his own wife,the lifter of Tahpenes the qiiten. 20 And the lifter of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his fon, whom Tah- penes weaned in Pharaohs houfe ! and Genubath was in Pharaohs houfrhold among the Ions of Pharaoh. 21 •'And when Hadad heard in \ k^"" Egypt that David (lept with his fa- thers, and that Joab the captain of the holt was dead, Hadad faid to Pharaoh, \ Let me depart, that I may | go to mine own country. ««*»• 2 2 Then Pharaoh faid untohim. But what haft thou lat ked witn me, that, behold, thou feekeft togo to thineown country? And he anfwered, f No- 1Hcb- yA- thing: howbeit, let me go in any wife. 23 "! .\nd God Itiretl him up another adverfary, Rezon the fon of Eliadah, which, Red from his lord Hadadez-.r king of Zobah. 24 And ■Ahijahs prophecy to Jtroboam. CHAP. cniii? 24 And ne gathered men unto him, cir. y«4- and became captain over a band, Solomon built Millo, and -\ repaired t Hshi the breaches of the city of David his *** father. 28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour : and Solomon Vdt'ork. feeing the young man that he f was induftrious, he made him ruler over all th feph. 29 And it came to pafs at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Je- rufalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him hi the way ; and he had clad himfelf with a new gar- ment : and they two were alone in the field. 30 And Ahijah caught the new gar- t fee ment that was on him, and c rent it in ij.»7. twelve pieces. fcI+- 5' 31 And he faid to Jeroboam, Take ever. 11. thee ten pieces: for "thus faith the Lord, the God of Ifrael, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee i 32 (But he (hall have one tribe, for my fervant Davids fake, and for Je- rufalems fake, the city which I have chofen out of all the tribes of Ifrael : ) 33 Becaufe that they have forfaken me, and have worlhipped Afhtoreth, the goddefs of the Zidonians; Che- mofh the god of the Mo ab ires ; and Milcom, the god of the children of Amnion; and have not walked in my ■ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my ftatutes and my judgments, 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 fervarits fake, whom I chofe, becaufe he kept my commandments and my ftatutes : XT, XII. Solomons atts, reign, mid death. 35 But x I will take the kingdom out of his fons hand, and will give it ««.»«* unto thee, even ten tribes. x chV "" 36 And unto his fon will I give one l" l6' tribe, that y David my fervant may 'iV!;!"^ have a f light al way before me in Je- 1 K^s rufalem, the city which I have chofen \™'"l7m me to put my name there. t Hch. * 37 And I will take thee, and thou ££&!** fhalt reign according to all that thy foul defireth, and fhalt be king over Ifrael. 38 And it (hall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that 1 command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my fight, to keep my ftatutes and my commandments, as David my fervant did, that I will be with thee, and build thee a fure houfe, as I built for David, and will give Ifrael unto thee. 39 And I will for this afflict the feed of David, but not for ever. 40 Solomon fought, therefore, to kill ^-oso. Jeroboam : and Jeroboam arofe, and fled into Egypt, unto Shilhak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. 41 f And z the reft of the || a£ls of z *£«"■«»» Solomon, and all that he did, and his j^* wifdom, are they not written in the '^■'1'> or» book of the a£ts of Solomon ? 42 And the f time that Solomon iHeb.49*. reigned injerufalem over all Ifrael was a forty years. a * chroa. 43 And Solomon flept with his fa- 9' 3$'7S. thers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and b Rehoboam ?."*"*• his fon reigned in his ftead. E»ue* CHAP. XII. **"""" 6 Rehoboam refujing the olehnens coun- J'elf 16 ten tribes revolt. 26 Jero- boams idolatry. ANd "Rehoboam wenttoShechem: *J- Jrv"; " for all Ifrael were come to She- chem to make him king. 2 And it came to pafs, when Jero- boam the fon of Nebat, who was yet in b Egypt, heard of-ity (for he was ^.^ fled from the prefence of king Solo- mon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt, ) 3 That they fent and called him: and Jeroboam, and all the congrega- tion of Ifrael came, and fpake unto Rehoboam, faying, 4 Thy father made our c yoke grie- J c;;'' vous : now, therefore, make thou the grievous fervice of thy father, and his heavy yoke Which he put upon us, lighter, and we will ferve thee. 5 And he faid unto them, Depirt yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed. 6 f And Rehoboam confulteth with old men : I. KINGS. heraifeth an army. i 7 But E as fur t\\2 children of If- «*■ rael, which dwelt in the cities of Ju- «ri* dah, Rehoboam reigned over them. e~^Z.~* 18 Then king Rehoboam h fent " I3* Adoram, who was over the tribute ; f^' and all Ifrael (timed him with ftones, that lie died : therefore king Reho- boam \ made fpeed to get him up to » a*. £gj 6 If And king Rehoboam con ful t- ^'•u7i- ed with the old men that ftood be- w fore Solomon his father, while he yet lived, and faid, How do ye advife, that I may anfwer this people ? 7 And they fpake unto him, fay- ing, If thuu wilt be a fervant unto this people this day, and wilt ferve them, and anfwer them, and fpeak good words to them, then they will be thy ftrvaiits for ever. 8 But he forfook the counfcl of the old men, which they had given him, and confulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which ftood before him : 9 And he faid unto them, What counfei give ye, that we may anfwer this people, who have fpoken to me, faying. Make the yoke which thy fa- ther did put upon us lighter ? 10 And the young men that were grown up with him fpake unto him, laying, Thus (halt thou fpeak unto this people that fpake unto thee, fay- ing, Thy father made our yoke hea- vy, but make thou it lighter unto us ; thus fhalt thou fay unto them, My little finger (hall be thicker than my fathers loins. 1 1 And now, whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke : my father hath chaftifed you with whips, but I will chaftife you with fcorpions. 12 1f So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, faying, Come to me again the third day. 13 And the king anfwered the t Heb. people f roughly, and forfook the old mens counfei that they gave him j 14 And fpake to them after the counfei of the young men, faying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke ; my father alfo chaftifed you with whips, but I will chaftife you with fcorpions. 15 Wherefore the king hearkened iVet. 44. not unto the people; for Jthecaufe Ji4d4- was from the Loku, that he might ?c:'irs°n' perform his faying, which the Lord &".'io. ' fpake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto «ch»p. ii. Jeroboam the fon of Nebat. ",3U 16 Ii So when all ifrael law that the king hearkened not unto them, the people anfwered the king, faying, fa s«b. f Wh:it portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the fon of Jeffe ; to your tents, 0 Ifrael : now fee to thine own houfe, David. So Ilraelxlcparud unto their tents. 19 So ' Ifrael || rebelled againft the ' }z>°* houfe of David unto this day. iar*iwi 20 And it came to pafs, when all ««»• Ifrael heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they fent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Ifrael : there was none that followed the houfe of David but the tribe of Judah k only. ?-rT "* 21 If And 'when Rehoboam was'Vc^n. come to Jerufalem he aflembled all lutm the houfe of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourfcore thoufand chofen men, which were warriors, to tight againft the houfe of Ifrael, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the fon of Solomon. 22 But m the word of God came un- ™ ;£"""" toShemaiah, the man of God, faying, 23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the fou of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the houfe of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, faying, 24 Thus faith the Lord, Ye mail not go up nor light againft your bre- thren the children of Ifrael ; return every man unto his houfe ; ■ for this •> *«■ **■ thing is from me. They hearkened, therefore, to the word of the Lord, and returned to depart, according to the word of the Lord. 25 *\\ Then Jeroboam "built She- ja* chem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt £.45. therein, and went out from thence, and built p Penuel. p j>"b» 26 And Jeroboam faid in his heart, "' "' Now (hall the kingdom return to the houfe of David : 27 If this people go up to do facri- fice in the houfe of the Lord at Je- rufalem, then fhali the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they (hall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of judah. 28 Whereupon clicking took coun- fei, and s made two calves of gold, ?7* Jaf ^ and faid unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerufalem : ""behold r.,Fl0'g_ thygods, O Ifrael, which brought thee J* up out of the land of Egypt. 29 And be fet the one in ' Beth-el, siioMu. and the other put he in Dan. 30 And ^Jeroboams hand ivithereth, and CHAP. ctr?ac 3° And this thing became a fin : 975- for the people went to xvorjhip before "" the one, even unto Dan. 31 And he made an houfe of high places, £ and made priefts of the low- eft of the people, which were not of God befoughf f the Lord tVi.mb. > JO. «-J3- 2 Kings XIII. by the prophets prayer is re flared. 6 And the king anfwered, and faid £** unto the man of God, c Entreat now 075- the face of the Lord thy God, and cExod.8.8. pray for me, that my hand may be % %j*-Jm reftored me again. And the man of*u_m_!;- and the Msk. 24. 1 Chron It. 14,1 Keefc. 2y. 12. tiOr,Wn, altar , &c |l Or, to f Heh. to bun imtn/e the fonsof Levi. 32 And Jeroboam ordained a feaft in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto " the feaft that is in Judah, and he [j of- fered upon the altar, (fo did he in Beth-el,) || facrificing unto the calves that he had made : -sand he placed in Beth -el the priefts of the high places which he had made. 33 So he |j offered upon the altar which he had made in Beth-el the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had de- vifed of his own heart ; and ordained a feaft unco the children of Ifrael : and he offered upon the altar, f and burnt incenfe. CHAP. XIII. 1 Jeroboams hand witkereth, 6 and . at the prayer of the prophet is re- ftored. 23 The dij 'obedient prophet is /lain by a lion. 33 'Jeroboams objlinacy. ANd, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word aChap. 12. of the Lord unto Beth-el ! a and Je- ji or, ' roboam flood by the altar j| to burn toojtr. incenfe. 2 And he cried againft the altar in the word of the Lord, and faid, O altar, altar! thus faith the Lord, Behold, a child fhall be born unto £;?.«"?s. thehoufe of David, bJofiah by name, ' and upon thee (hall he offer the priefts of the high places that burn incenfe upon thee, and mens bones fhall be burnt upon thee. 3 And he gave a fign the fame day, faying, This it the fign which the Lord hath fpoken; Behold, the al- tar (hall be rent, and the aihes that are upon it (hall be poured but. 4 And it came to pafs, when king Jeroboam heard the faying of the man of God, which had cried againft the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth his hand from the altar, faying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which lie put forth againft him, dried up, fo that he could not pull it in again to him. 5 The altar alfo was rent, and the afhes poured out from the altar, ac- cording to the fign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord, k and became as it ximis before. 7 And the king faid unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refrelh thyfelf, and a I will give thee y.1^"1' a reward. 8 And the man of God faid unto the king, e If thou wilt give me half \%f?% thine houfe I will not go m with i4 lj- thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place : 9 For fo was it charged me by the word of the Lord, faying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the fame way that thou earned. 10 So he went another way, and returned not by the W3y that he came to Beth-el. 1 r ^ Now there dwelt an old pro- phet in Beth- el ; and his f fons came t Heb./on. and told him all the works that the man of God had done that clay in Beth -el: the words which he had fpoken unto the king, them tlfey told alfo to their father. 12 And their father faid unto them. What way went he? for his fons had feen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. 13 And he faid unto his fons, Saddle me the afs. So they faddled him the afs, and he rode thereon, 14 And went after the man of God* and found him fitting under an oak ; and he faid unto him, Art thou the man of Cod that cameft from Judah ? And he faid, I am. 15 Then he faid unto him, Come home with me and eat bread. 16 And he faid, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee ; nei- ther will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place i 1 7 For f it was faid t word of the Lord, Thou (halt eat Tc^.' no bread nor drink water thercs nor J^3£: turn again to go by the way that thou +• '»• cameft . i 8 He faid unto him, I ani a prophet alfo as thou art ; and an angel fpake unto me by the word of the Lord, faying. Bring him back with thee into thine houfe, that he may eat bread anddrink water. Buthe lied unto him. 19 So he went back with him, and did eat bread ;n his houfe, and drank water. Z 20 If And The di [obedient prophet reproved. I. K I rt'£;[ft 20 ^ And it came to pafs, as they ^ '^j- fat at the table, that the word of the *" ' Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back : 2 1 And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, faying, Thus faith the Lord, Forafmuch as thou haft difobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and haft not kept the com- mandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee, 22 Hut earned back, and haft eaten bread and drunk water in the place of the which the LORD did fay to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy c arc afe.f fhall not come unto the fcpulchre of thy fathers. 23 H And it came to pafs, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he faddled for him the afs, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back. Vo*ll'. 24 And when he was gone ea lion met him by the way, and flew him ; and his carcafe was caft in the way, and the afs ftood by it, the lion alio flood by the carcafe. 25 And, behold, men paffed by, and fiw the carcafe caft in the way, and the lion Handing by the carcafe : 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 laid, It is the man of God, who was difobedient unto the word of the Lord ; therefore the Lord hath delivered him unto the M*o»'. lionT which hath f torn him, and flain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he fpake unto him. 27 And he fpake to his fons, fay- ing, Saddle me the afs. And tbey faddled him. 28 And he went, and found his carcafe caft in the way, and the afs and the lion ftanding by the carcafe : the lion had not eaten the carcafe, nor ;,-';• f torn the afs. 29 And the prophet took up the carcafe of the man of God, and laid it upon the afs, and brought it back : and the old prophet came to the city to mourn, and to bury him. 30 And he laid his carcafe in his own grave ; and they mourned over him, faying, Alas, my brother! 31 And it came to pais, after he had buried him, that he fpake to his fons, faying, When I am dead, then bury me in the fcpulchre wherein the \l K'rTu. rnan °^ ^°^ is Dur'°d j h lay my bones ' belide his bones : 9}G» N G S. Abijahs ficknefs. 32 ' For the faying which he cried *jj£{* by the word of the Lord againft the s>;s*. ^ altar in Beth-el, and againft all the \zkingzZ houfes of the high places which are ^l'™!?! in the cities of '••Samaria, fhall fure- 16.**. * ly come to pafs. 33 1 'After this thing Jeroboam cir-o"4« returned not from his evil way, but 'i?.*5E m f made again of the loweft of the J,a;rju."ic people priefts of the high places: '*"*• whofoever would he f confecrated 3',"*/ IZ* him, and he became one of the priefts t Hcb. of the high places. m4«m*> 34 " And this thing became fin un- ***■ to the houfe of Jeroboam, even to t>a«d. ' cut it off, and to deftroy it from off j^hap. the face of the earth. CHAP. XIV. 1 Abijah being fick, Jeroboam fendeth hii wife, difguifed, with prefents to the prophet Akijah at Shiloh. 5 Ahijah, forewarned, denounceth Gods judgment. AT that time Abijah the fon of Jeroboam fell fick. 2 And Jeroboam faid to his wife, Arile, I pray thee, and difguife thy- felf, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam ; and get thee to Shiloh : behold, there if; Ahijah the prophet* which told me that 3JJ/wuid \[ be king over this people. 3 b And take f with thee ten loaves, \j and |J cracknels, and a j|crufe of honey, ti and go to him : he fhall tell thee Ui what Ihall become of the child. |j( 4 And Jeroboams wife did fo, and arofe, c and went to Shiloh, and came 11 to the houfe of Ahijah : but Ahijah could not fee ; for his eyes f were let V by reafon of his age. »* 5 1f And the Lord faid unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometli to afk a thing of thee for her fon, for he is lick : thus and thus (halt thou fay unto her ; for it fhall be, when Jhi cometh in, that fhe ihall feign herfelf to be another woman. 6 And it wasyy, when Ahijah heard the found of her feet, as fhe came in at the door, that he faid. Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam ; why feigneft thou thyfelf/ote another? for lam lent to thee with f heavy tidings. [], 7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus faith the Lord God of Ifrael, Forafmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Ifrael, 8 And rent the kingdom away from the houfe of David, and gave it thee ; and yet thou haft not been as my fervant David, who kept my commandments, Abija, t Nehem. £>. 2(5. Ezck. 23- 35- fChap. 2 Kin,;.: hDeut. 32.3C. klChron. ii. 12. cc B.3. oChap. 12. 30. & 15. 30, 34. ,Caut. 6.4. q Ver. 12. hi death and burial, CHAP. commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes ; 9 But haft done evil above all that were before thee : d for thou haft gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and ehaft caft me behind thy back; 10 Therefore, behold, f I will bring evil upon the houfe of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam g him that piiteth againft the wall, h ami him that is fliut up and left in Ifrael, and will take away the remnant of the houfe of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. 1 1 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city lhall the dogs eat ; and him that dieth in the field fhall the fowls of the air eat : for the Lord hath fpoken it. 1 2 Arife thou, therefore, get thee to thine own houfe ; and ' when thy feet enter into the city the child fiiall die. 1 3 And all Ifrael fhall mourn for him, and bury him ; for he only of Jeroboam fhall come to the grave, becaufe in him k there is found foine good thing toward the Lord God of Ifrael in the houfe of Jeroboam. 14 'Moreover, the Lord fhall raife him up a king over Ifrael, who fhall cut off the houfe of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. 15 For the Lord fhall finite Ifrael, as a reed is fliaken in the water, and he fhall m root up Ifrael out of this good land, which he gave to their fa- thers, and fhall fcatter them beyond the river, "becaufe they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger. 1 6 And he fhall give Ifrael up, be- caufe of the fins of Jeroboam, "who did fin, and who made Ifrael to fin. 17 H And Jeroboams wife arofe, and departed, and came to ''Tirzah : and "* when fhe came to the threfhold of the door the child died. 18 And they buried him; and all Ifrael mourned for him, r according to the word of the Lord, which he fpake by the hand of his fervant Ahijah the prophet. 19 And the reft of the aft-, of Je- roboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Ifrael. 20 And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years : and he fflept with his fathers ; and Nadab his fon reigned in his ftead. XIV, XV. Shifliakfpoikthjerujalem. 21 ^ And Rehoboam the fon of Solo- Before mon reigned in Judah. s Rehoboam "/i* was forty and one years old when he ~7^^ began to reign ; and lie reigned feven- '»• 13- teen years in Jerufalem, the city 57S' which the Lord did choofe out of all the tribes of Ifrael, to put his name there : and his mothers name was Naamah an Ammonitefs. 22 ' And Judah did evil in the fight "*• of the Lord, and they provoked him W^""* to jealoufy with their fins which they had committed above all that their fathers had done. 23 For they alfo built them high places, and || images, "and groves, on j„°£„f every high hill, and under every green V",t•'',',"L^, tree. mra^ 24 x And there were alfo Sodomites '/; 10' in the land; and they did according i:.'^:!.1' to all the abominations of the nations i %,,„, which the Lord caft out before the ■'-■ >• children of Ifrael. 25 TI yAnd it came to pafs, in the c^'' fifth year of king Rehoboam, thaty-**' Shifhak king of Egypt came up againft ^.'It*' Jerufalem : 26 And he took away the treafures of the houfe of the Lord, and the treafures of the kings houfe ; he even took away all : and he took away all the fhields of gold z which Solomon '&C'V-^ had made. 27 And king Rehoboam made in their ftead brafen fhields, and com- mitted them unto the hands of the chief of the f guard, which kept the tjjj*^. door of the kings houfe. 28 And it was fo, when the king went into the houfe of the Lord, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber. 29 H a Now the reft of the afts pf**£h»«. Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 30 And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. 31 And Rehoboam llept with his °58, fathers, and was buried with his fa- thers in the city of David : and his mothers name was Naamah an Am- monitefs : and b Abijam his fon reign- \* t^6ai ed in his ftead. *"•>">• CHAP. XV. • I Abijams wicked reign : 9 Afa fuc- ceedethhim: 2§fm dying, Jehojlia- phat fucceedeth. 25 N.adabs wicked reign. 33 Baa/has wicked reign. NOw, in the eighteenth year of king * Jeroboam the fon of Ne- *_j^(hr0"' bat reigned Ab'tj»m over Judah; Z i 2b Three Ab'jams, wicked reign. I. K I |ehf^ 2 b Three years reigned he in Jerufa- ,_ gsH. f lem : cand his mothers name w«ti\Iaa- Bichrcn. chah, the daughter of d Abiflialom. cichr'"' 3 And he walked in all the fjns of i3- »■ J ' his father, which he had done before it* »?f°n" n'm : and nis heart was not perfect Atfaio'm. with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father. 4 Neverthelefs, for Davids fake did eaqtuon. the Lord his God egive him a || lamp in Jerufalem, to fet up his fori after him, and to eftablifh Jerufalem ; 5 Becaufe David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not afide from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, f fave only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. 6 g And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. 7 Now the reft of the a£s of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not writ- ten in the hbook of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 8 And Abijam flcpt with his fathers ; r.nd they buried him in the city of David : and 8 Afa his foil reigned in his ftead. 9 % And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Ifrael reigned Afa over Judah. io And forty and one years reigned he in Jerufalem : and his j| mothers name was Maachah, the daughter of Abifnaloin. 1 1 And Afa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David his father. 1 2 k Atid he took away the Sodo- mites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 13 And alfo » Maachah his mo- ther, even her he removed from le- ing queen, becaufe (lie had made an idol in a grove ; and Afa f deftroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. 14 '"But the high place: were not removed : neverthelefs, Afa his heart was perfect with the Lord all his days. 15 And he brought in the \ things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himfelf had dedi- cated, into the houfe of the Lord, filver, and gold, and veirels. 1 6 If And there was war between Afa and Baafha king of Ifrael all their days. 1 7 And "Baafha king of Ifrael went up againit Judah, and built Raman, , t'Thr. tir. OJI. k Chap. 1*. 24. it 12. 46. N G S. A/as good reign. 0 that he might not fuffer any to go 5jjj£ out or come in to Afa king of Judah. c-j-psn 1 8 Then Afa took all the filver and a >■.-. the gold that were left in the treafures ?££7, of the houfe of the Lord, and the treafures of the kings houfe, and de- livered them into the hand of his fer- vants ; and king Afa fent them to pBen-hadad the fon of Tabrimon, ^.ciht0* the fon ofHczion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damafcus, faying, . 19 T/iere is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father : behold, I have fent unto thee a prefent of filver and gold ; come and break thy league with Baafha king of Ifrael, that he may * ■*< -J- depart from me. 20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Afa, and fent the captains of the hofts which he had againft the cities of Ifrael, and fmote qljon, and Dan, J?J£* and Abel-beth- maachah, and all Cin- neroth, with all the land of Naphtali. 2 1 And it came to pafs, when Baafha heard thereof, that he left off build- ing of Raman, and dwelt in Tirzah. 22 rThen king Afa made a procla- ,r^£*Ma' mation throughout all Judah ; (none was f exempted ; ) and they took away \ ncb./rt» the ftones of Raman, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baafha had budd- ed; and king Afa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. 23 The reft of all the aas of Afa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are tbey not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ^ Neverthelefs, s in the time of his old 16. n'.0!" age he was difeafed in his feet. 24 And Afa flept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father : 'and j£^"°"' '• Jehofhapuat his fon reigned in his u Maim. ApTfl 1. 8. called 25 H And Nadab the fon of Jero- boam f began to reign over Ifrael in ♦ »<*• the fecond year of Afa king of Judah, r W4. and reigned over Ifrael two years. 26 And he did evil in the fight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in his lin wherewith he made Ifrael to fin. 27 *[ "And Baafha the fon of Ahijah, ?«*£ I of the houfe of Iltachar, confpired agninft him: and Baafha fmote him at vGibbethon, which belonged to the l]"^[3 Philiftines ; (for Nadab and all Ifrael "V laid liege to Gibbethon ; ) 28 Even in the third year of Afa ssi king of Judah did Baafha flay him, ,and reigned in his Head. 29 And] Jelius prophecy againjl Baaf.u. CHAP. XVI cChfrift 20 And it came to pafs, when he yss- reigned, that he fmote all the houfe of Jeroboam ; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had de- o hi?.'14' ftr°yed him, according unto \ the faying of the Lord, which he fpake by his fervant Ahijah the Shilonite: If.^'io 3° aBecaufe of the fins of Jeroboam which he finned, and which he made Ifrael fin, by his provocation where- with he provoked the Lord God of Ifrael to anger. 31 % Now the re(1 of the ads' of Nadab, and all that he did, are rhey not written in the book of the Chro- nicles of the kings of Ifrael ? 32 And there was war between Afa and Baafha king of Ifrael all their days. 33 In the third year of Afa king of Judah began Baafha the fon of Ahijah to reign over all Ifrael in Tirzah twenty and four years. 34 And he did evil in the fight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his Cm where- with he made Ifrael to fin. CHAP. XVI. 1 Jehus prophecy againjl Baajlm. 8 Zlmris e on/piracy. 29 Ahabs wicked reign. 34 Jojhuas curfe ful- filled on the builder of Jericho. cr.930. npHen the word of the Lord came y2.2h&a' . to aJenu the *°n °f Hanani ;o'. 34. againft Baafha, faying, >chap. 2 bForafmuch as I exalted thee out of the duft, and made thee prince over my people Ifrael, and thou hail walk- ed in the way of Jeroboam, and haft made my people Ifrael to fin, to pro- voke me to anger with their fins ; Vet. ii. ^ Behold, I will c take away the pofterity of Baafiia, and the polteri- ty of his houfe ; and will make thy +.hio & h°u'"e like a tne h°ufe of Jeroboam 5' *o- the fen of Nebat. chap. 4 e Yi\m that dieth of Baafiia in the city (hall the dogs eat ; and him that dieth of his in the field fhall the fowls of the air eat. 5 Now the reft of the acts of Baafha, and what he did, and his :Chron. might, f are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Ifrael? 6 So Baafha flept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah : and Elan Jiia fon reigned in his ftead. 7 And alfo by the hand of the prophet Jehu the fon of Hanani came the word of the Lord againft Baafha, and againft his houfe, even for all the eyij that he did in the fight of the Hcb.A, ><■ band • ing like the houfe of Jeroboam ; and ~~"v becaufe E he killed him. '$& ' 8 U In the twenty and fixth year jje« '-'• of Afa king of Judah began Eiah the fon of Baafha to reign over Ifrael in Tirzah two years. 9 h And his frrvant Zimri, captain * -K'":. ofhalf/tt'.t chariots, confpired againft 'J' 3 him as he was in Tirzah, drinking himfelf drunk in the houfe of Arza f fteward of his houfe in Tirzah. ! n; \ , 10 And Zimri went in and fmote <">""• him, and killed him, in the twenty and feventh year of Afa king of Ju- gig. dah, and ! reigned in his ftead. ivw. is- 1 1 ^f And it came to pafs, when he began to reign, as foon as he fat on his throne, that he flew all the houfe of Baafiia : he left him k not one that k « San>« piffeth againft a wall, || neither of his ,, or kinsfolks, nor of his friends. uSn^' 12 Thus did Zimri deftroy all the did eat W'nany ' days. 16 And the barrel of meal wafted not, neither did the crufe of oil fail, according to the word of the Loud, U'tn-^f. wh'lch Iie flDake t by Elijah. 17 11 And it came to pafs, after thefe things, that the fon of the wo- man, the miftrefs of the houfe, fell fick ; and his iicknefs was fo fore, that there was no breath left in him. illl 5. 3. ' 18 And (he faid unto Elijah, e What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God ? art thou come unto me to call my fin to remembrance, and to ilay my fon ? 19 And he faid unto her, Give me thy fon. And he took him out of her bofom, and carried him up into a ioft where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. 20 And he cried unto the Lord, and faid, O Lord my God, haft thou alfo brought evil upon the widow with whom I fojourn, by (laying her fon? 4:>4,Ts. 21 'And he f (tretched himfelf t H£b'. upon the child three times, and cried mvrursd. unto the LoBD> and raid, O Lord ? Heh my God, I pray thee, let this childs iniabis foul tome + into him again. tan?. 32 And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the foul 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 houfe, and delivered him un- to his mother : and Elijah faid, See, thy fon liveth ! 24 t And the woman faid to Eli- jah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth. CHAJ*. XVIII. I Elijah meeteth Obadiah: 17 he. re- pruveth Ahab, and con-tinceth Baals worjhippers : 41 he obtain ft h rain. ANd it came to pafs, after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third Mr. 005. year, faying, Go, (hew thyfelf unto **Jg Ahab ; and I will fend rain upon the oS'-oofi. earth. • ' 2 And Elijah went to (hew him- felf unto Ahab : and there was a (ore famine in Samaria. 3 And Ahab called + Obadiah, which }]** °»^ was \ the governor oihis houfe: (now > , Obadiah feared the Lord greatly ; hii b'u/e' 4 For it was fo, when \ Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that L"i"*. Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water . ) 5 And Ahab faid unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains cu water, and unto all brooks ; perad- venture we may find grafs to fave the horfes and mules alive, \ that we lofe ,'/.',', ,','. not all the beafts. 6 So they divided the land between ; them, to pafs throughout it : Ahab ' went one way by himfelf, and Obadiah went another way by himfelf. 7 1 And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him : and he knew him, and fell on his face, and faid, Art thou that my lord Elijah r 8 And he anfwei»ed him, 1 am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 9 And he faid, What have I finned, that thou wouldeft deliver thy fervant into the hand of Ahab, to Hay me ? 10 As the Lord thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom whi- ther my lord hath not fent to feek thee : and when they faid. He is not there, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation that they found thee not. ii And now thou fayeft, Go, tell thy lord. Behold, Elijah is here. 1 2 And it (ball come to pafs, asj'oon as I am gone from thee, that 3 the Spirit of the Lord (hall carry thee "*;?' whither I know not ; and jo, when "aJ^. I come and tell Ahab, and he can- not find thee, he (hall (lay me : but I thy fervant fear the Lord from my youth. 1 3 Was it not told my lord what I did, when Jezebel (lew the prophets of the Lord, how I hid an hundred men of the Lords prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water ? 14 And now thou fayeft. Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is hew : and he (hall (lay me. 15 And Elijah faid, As the Lord of liofts liveth, before whom I ftaiui, I will furely (hew mjfelf unto him to-day. 1 4 16 Sfl V Or, tboughtt. A See JnOi Elijah reprovtth Ahab r *ll%? 1 6 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, tt'-aofi', and told him : and Ahab went to " ' meet Elijah. 17 II And it came to pafs, when Ahab faw Elijah, that Ahab faid un- £,ch;£; to him, b Art thou he that troubleth iuMo'.Jc Ifrael ? 18 And he anfwered, I have not troubled Ifrael, but thou, and thy fa- thers houfe, in that ye have forfaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou haft followed Baalim. 19 Now, therefore, fend, and gather to rae all Ifrael unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred |oh'£ anc^ ^ty' C aru* the ProPliets °f tne groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebels table. 20 So Ahab fent unto all the chil- dren of Ifrael, and gathered the pro- phets together unto mount Carmel. 2r t And Elijah came unto all the people, and faid, How long halt ye between two || opinions ? if the Lord *.r,i-titir!k. I. KINGS. he con-jinceta Baals ivorfliippers. 28 And they cried aloud, and cut Before themfelves, after their manner, with <"£";. knives and lancets, till \ the blood t^£T — ' gullied out upon them. *><*rtiE"8*' mantle, and went out, and flood inifa-'c*. the entering in of the cave : 'and, iver.g. behold, there came a voice unto him, and laid, What doeft thou here, Elijah ? 14 kAnd he faid, I have been very tver-igj jealous for the Lord God of hofts : "becaufe the children of Ifrael have forlaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and (lain thy prophets with the fword ; and I, even I only, am left ; and they feek my life, to take it away. 15 And the Lord faid unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wil- dernefs of Damafcus : 'and, when ^ *inf*. thou comeft, anoint Hazael to be king ' over Syria ; 16 And m Jehu the fon of Nimfiii m I2^in» (halt thou anoint to be king over If- e'ccVu..3* rael; and n Eliflia the fon of Shaphat, 1&L^C4. of Abel-meholah, (halt thou anoint to 27. «n«j be prophet in thy room. 17 And ° it (hall come to pafs, J^gf that him that efcapeth the fword of £ U. #•■> Hazael bedu'-y The calling ofEliflxa. I. K I Befrre Hazael fhall Jehu flay ; and him that efcapeth from the fword of Jehu p fhall Llifhaflay. 1 8 ''Yet ||I "have left me feven thoufand in Ifrael, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, rand eve- ry mouth which hath not kifled him. Bo"i3.2. 19 H So he departed thence, and found Klifba the fon of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth : and Elijah palled by him, and caft his mantle upon him. 20 And he left the oxen, and ran • M*tth. 8. after Elijah, and faid, 5Let me, I pray tutes). thee, kifs my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he \aurLGo fa'd unto n,rn' t Go back again ; for what have I done to thee ? 2 r And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and flew L2.*?' t'15™* am' 'boiled their flefh with the inftruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat : then he arofe, and went after Elijah, and miuiftered unto him. CHAP. XX. 1 Ben-hadad befiegeth Samaria. 1 3 The Syrians are {lain. 31 Ahab difmif- ftth Ben-hadad : 35 the prophet re- proveth him. 001. A ^ Ben-hadad the king of Syria A gathered all his hoft together ; and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horfes, and chariots : and he went up and befieged Samaria, and warred againft it. 2 And he fent melfengers to Ahab king of Ifrael into the city, and faid unto him, Thus faith Ben-hadad, 3 Thy filver and thy gold is mine ; thy wives alfo and thy children, even the goodlieft, are mine. . 4 And the king of Ifrael anfwered, and faid, My lord, O king, according to thy faying, I am thine, and all that I have. 5 And the niefiengers came again, and faid, Thus fpeaketh Ben-hadad, faying, Although I have fent unto thee, faying, Thou (halt deliver me thy filver and thy gold, and thy wives and thy children ; 6 Yet I will fend mv fervrmts unto thee to-morrow about this time, and they fhall fearch thine hoofe, and the houfes of thy fervants ; and it fhall ♦ iieh. be, that whatfoever is -j-pleafant in affirMt. th-ne eyeg tjicy ^jj jwt .t ^ thejr hand, and take it away. 7 Then the king of Ifrael called all the elders of the land, and faid, Mark, I pray you, and fee how this Iicb. ci NGS. Ben-hadad difcomfited. man feeketh mifchief : for he feat unto me for my wives, and for my »»• children, and for my filver, and for .""77^ my gold ; and \ I denied him not. 8 And all the elders, and all the *"■>• people, faid unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor confent. 9 Wherefore he faid unto the mef- fengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didft fend for to thy fervant at the firft I will do : but this thing I may not do. And the meflengers departed, and brought him word again. 10 And Beu-haxlad fent unto him, and faid, a The gods do fo unto me, and more alfo, if the dull of Samaria fhall fuffice for handfuls for all the people that -f follow me. 1 r And the king of Ifrael anfwer- ' ed, and faid, Tell him, Let not him " that girdeth on his harnefs boaft him- felf as he that putteth it off. 1 2 And it came to pafs, when Ben- hadad heard this f meilage, ( as he j was drinking, he and the kings in the || pavilions, ) that he faid unto his ?,"£ fervants, || Set yourfehes in arrsy. n or, And they fet themj'elves in array I againft the city. 13 1 And, behold, there \ came a ">*■«* prophet unto Ahab king of Ifrael, .' faying, Thus faith the Lord, Haft thou feen all this great multitude ? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day, and thou fhalt know that I am the Lord. 14 And Ahab faid, By whom: And he faid, Thus faith the Lord, Even by the || young men of the princes of,",0'; the provinces. Then he faid, Who fhall f order the battle ? And he an- J,££b" fwered, Thou. '<• 15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thir- ty-two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Ifrael, l>eing feven thoufand. 16 And they went out at noon : but Ben-hadad was drinking himfelf drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. 1 7 And the young men of the prin- ces of the provinces went out iirit ; and Ben-hadad fent out, and they told him, faying, There are men come out of Samaria. 18 And he faid, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take tLem alive, 19 So Before Chrilt 901. The Syrians are again CHAP. 19 So thefe young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which fol- lowed them. 20 And they flew every one his man: and the Syrians fled, and Ifrael purfued them ; and Bcn-hadad the king of Syria efcaped on an horfe with the horfemen. 21 And the king of Ifrael went out, and fmote the horfes and cha- riots, and flew the Syrians with a great (laughter. 22 t And the prophet came to the king of Ifrael, and faid unto him, Go, ftrengthen thyfelf, and mark, and fee what thou doeft : bfur at the re- turn of the year the king of Syria will come up againft thee. 23 And the'fervants of the king of Syria faid unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills, therefore they were llronger than we : but let us fight againft them in the plain, and furely we fhall be ftronger than they. 24 And do this thing; Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms : '25 And number thee an army like the army f that thou haft loft, hprfe for horfe, and chariot for chariot : and we will fight againft them in the plain, and furely we fhall be ftronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did fo. 9°°? 26 And it came to pafs, at the re- turn of the year, that Ben - hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up tb"^ar" to Aphek, f to fight againft Ifrael. ivitbt/raei. 27 And the children of Ifrael were tior,w«i numbered, and "II were all prefent, and went againft them : and the chil- dren of Ifrael pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country. 28 % And there came a man of God, and fpake unto the king of If- rael, and faid, Thus faith the Lord, Becaufe the Syrians have faid, The Lord is God of the hills, but he is not God of the vallies ; therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand ; and ye fhall know that I am the Lord. 29 And they pitched one over againft the other feven days : and fo it was, that in the feventh day the battle was joined : and the children of Ifrael flew of the Syrians an hun- dred thoufand footmen in one day. 30 But the reft tied to Aphek, into the city ; and there a wall fell upon twenty and feven thoufitud of the + He* it, it v XX. over throun 1 by Ahab. men that were left. And Ben-hadad Sf*w fled, and came into the city, || \ into 000! an inner chamber. \^77^ 31 If And his fervants faid unto ;■ him, Behold now, we have heard t h^. that the kings of the houfe of Ifrael ;*;;,'.f,„. are merciful kings : let us, I pray w"*'" * thee, put fackcloth on our loins, and "' ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Ifrael ; peradventure he will five thy life. 32 So they girded fackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their head--, and came to the king of Ifrael, and faid, Thy fervant Ben-hadad faith, I pray thee, let me live. And he laid, Is he yet alive ? he is my brother. 33 Now the men did diligently ob- ferye whether any thing would come from him, and did haitily catch *'/-• and they faid, Thy brother Ben-ha- dad. Then he faid, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him ; and he caufed him to come up into the chariot. 34 And Ben-hadad faid untp him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will reftore ,• and thou fhalt make ftreets for thee in Damafcus as my father made in Samaria. Then, faid Ahab, I will fend thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant, with him, and fent him away. 35 f And a certain man of c the ^.23Kjn(? fons of the prophets faid unto his is- ' neighbour d in the word of the Lord, 1?h$, ,s* Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refufed to fmite him. 36 Then faid he unto him, Be- caufe thou haft not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as foon as thou art departed from me a lion fhall flay thee. And as foon as he was de- parted from him e a lion found him, 13. »J. and flew him. 37 Then he found another man, and faid, Smite me, I pray thee. tnct)/CT1.. And the man fmote him, f fo that JJJ&Sj!, . ill fmiting he wounded him. 38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and difguifed himfelf with allies upon his face. 39 And, fas the king paffed by, 'J^*^ he cried unto the king ; and he faid, Thy fervant went out into the midft of the battle; and, behold, a man turned alide, and brought a man unto me, and faid, Keep this man : if by any means he be miffing, then fliall thy life be for his life, or elfe thou malt t pay a talent of lilverr *."«' 40 And " ' A'tab coveteth Naboths vineyard, I. K I Tlr™ 4o And as thy fervant was bufy t ***>•_ here and there f he was gone. And t n •••„ 01 the king of Ifrael faid unto him, So *"""• Jliall thy judgment &?; thyfelf haft decided it. 41 And he hafted, and took the afhes away from his face ; and the king of Ifrael difcerned him that he tuai of the prophets. 42 And he faid unto him, Thus e chap. «. faith the Lord, 8 Becaufe thou haft SI.— 37- Jet gQ out 0f fay J,an(J a man vvnom I appointed to utter deftru&ion, there- fore thy life fhall go for his life, and thy people for his people. 43 And the king of Ifrael went to his houfe heavy and difpleafed, and came to Samaria. CHAP. XXI. 1 Ahab is denied Naboths vineyard, 5 'Jezebel caufeth Naboth to be Jlo- n*d. 1 7 Elijah denounceth judgments again ft Ahab and Jezebel. ANd it came to pafs, after thefe tilings, that Naboth the Jezreel- ite'had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. 859. 2 And Ahab fpake unto Naboth, ai^sam. faying, Give me thy * vineyard, that ' I4" I may have it for a garden of herbs, becaufe it is near nnto my houfe : and I will give thee for it a better vine- tHfh. yard than it ; Or, if it \ feem good %Z°V«- to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. 3 And Naboth faid to Ahab, The ££•;*; Lord forbid it me, bthat I fhould 3 him, faying, Thou didft c hlafpheme £;;*e-2 God and the king : and then carry i^ii 4* him out, and d ftone him, that he ' may die. *4- 14. 1 1 And the men of his city, even the elders, and the nobles, who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jeze- bel had fent unto them, ar.d as it was written in the letters which fr.e had fent unto them : 12 eThey proclaimed a faft, znd]Y^ fet Naboth on high among the people. 13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and fat before him: and the men of Belial witnefled againft him, even ag3inft Naboth, in the prefence of the people, faying, Naboth did blafpheme God and the king. f Then they carried him forth 2 "ng> out of the city, and ftoned him with 9' i6p ftones, that he died. 14 Then they fent to Jezebel, fay- ing, Naboth is ftoned, and is dead. 15 t And it came to pafs, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was fo- iled, and was dead, that Jezebel laid to Ahab, Arife, take pofleflion of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refnfed to give thee for money : for Naboth is not alive, but dead. 1 6 And it came to pafs, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rofe up to go down to the vine- yard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take pofleflion of it. 17 1i And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tifhbite, faying, 18 Arife, go down to meet Ahab king of Ifrael, s which is in Samaria: ■**■£ behold, he is in the vineyard of Na- *£""■ both, whither he is gone down to poflefs it. 19 And thou fhalt fpeak unto him, faying. Thus faith the Lord, Haft thou killed, and alfo taken pofleflion? And thou fhalt fpeak unto him, fay- ing, Thus faith the Lord, ''In the ^fv/ place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth fhall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. 30 And 'Mob Rom. 7.14. 1 Cbap. Cbap. :4- 11. iciO-4 1: Ren. »;. MS. 1 Heh. fi.ini from Mms it. reproved by ElijcJu CHAP. 20 And Ahab faid to Elijah, ; Haft thou found me, O mine enemy? And he anfwered, I have found thee. Be- caufe kchou haft fold thyfeif to work evil in the fight of the Lord. 2 1 Behold, > I will bring evil upon thee, and wi 11 take away thy pofterity, and will cut off from Ahab '"him that pifleth againft the wall, and ° him that is fhut up and left in Ifrael, 22 And Will make thine houfe like the houfe of ° Jeroboam the fon of Nebat, and like the houfe of pBaafha the fon of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou haft provoked me to anger, and made Ifrael to fin. 23 And q of Jezebel alfo fpake the Lord, faying, The dogs fhall eat Jezebel by the |j wall of Jezreel. 24 r Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs fli^H eat ; and him that dieth in the field fhall the fowls of the air eat. 25 If But 'there was none like unto Ahab, which did fell himfelf to work wickednefs in the fight of the Lord, 'whom Jezebel his wife Ifftir- red up. 26 And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things u as did the Amorites, whom the Lord caft out before the children of Ifrael. 27 And it came to pafs, when Ahab heard thofe words, that he rent his clothes, and put fackcloth upon his flefh, and failed, and lay in fackcloth, and went foftly. 28 And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tifhbite, faying, 29 Seeft thou how Ahab humbleth himfelf before me ? Becaufe he hum- bleth himfelf before me, I will not bring the evil in his days : but x in his fons days will I brings the evil upon his houfe. CHAP. XXII. 1 Ahab, /educed by falfe prophets, is Jlain at Ramoth-gilead: 37 the dogs lick up his blood. 41 Jehojhaphats .good reign, 45 and aits. 51 Aha- ziahs evil reign. ANd they continued three years without war between Syria and Ifrael. 2 And it came to pafs, in the third year, that a Jehofhaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Ifrael. 3 (And the king of Ifrael fiiid unto his fervants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be f ftill, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria ? ) XXII. Ahabfeduced by falfe prophets. 4 And he faid unto Jehofhaphat, |f™ Wilt thou go with me to battle to &$ Ramoth-gilead? And Jehofhaphat v~~ faid to the king of Ifrael, ° I am as ]\*'ne' thou art, my people as thy people, my horfes as tby horfes. 5 And Jehofhaphat faid unto the king of Ifrael, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to-day. 6 Then the king of Ifrael 'gather- c£h**m ed the prophets together, about four hundred men, and faid unto them, Shall I go againft Ramoth-gilead to battle, or fhall I forbear ? And they faid, Go up ; for the Lord fhall de- liver it into the hand of the king. 7 And d Jehofhaphat faid, Is there ***■*& not here a prophet of the Lord be- J fides, that we might enquire of him? 8 And the king of Ifrael faid unto Jehofhaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the fon of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the Lord; but I hate him; for he doth not prophefy good concerning me, but evil. And Je- hofhaphat faid, Let not the king fay fo. 9 Then the king of Ifrael called an || officer, and faid, Haften Hither \£,.b^ Micaiah the fon of Imlah. 10 And the king of Ifrael, and Je- hofhaphat the king of Judah, fat each on his throne, having put on their robes in a f void place in the en- ^*- trance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophefied before them. 11 And Zedekiah, the fon of Che- naanah, made him horns of iron; and he faid, Thus faith the Lord, With thefe fhalt thou pufh the Syrians, un- til thou have confumed them. 12 And all the prophets prophefied fo, faying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and profper : for the Lord fhall de- liver it into the kings hand. 13 And the meifenger that was gone to call Micaiah fpake unto him, faying, 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 fpeak that which is good. 14 And Micaiah faid, Ai the Lord liveth, what the Lord faith unto me, that will I fpeak. 1 5 ^ So he came to the king. And thekingfaid unto him, Micaiah, fhall we go againft Ramoth - gilead to battle, or fhall we forbear ? And he anfwered him, Go, and profper : for the Lord fhall deliver it into the hand of the king. 16 And the king faid unto him, How many times fhall I adjure thee that MUaiaJu prophecy. I. K I chrift l^at tnou te^ me not^ing uut tnat »97- which is true in the name of the * v ' Lord ? 17 And he faid, I faw all Ifrael * Matth. c fcattered upon the hills, as fheep S'36' tliat have not a fhepherd : and the Loud laid, Thefehave no mafter; let them return every man to his houfe in peace. 1 8 And the king of Ifrael faid unto Jehofhaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophefy no good concern- ing me, but evil ? 19 And he faid, Hear thou, there- fore, the word of the Lord : I faw the f johi.e. Lord fitting on his throne, f and all Dan! 7' 10. the hoft of heaven ftanding by him, Matth.'10' on his right hand, and on his left. S^fm 20 And the Lord faid, Who (hall 7, i+. || perfuade Ahab, that he may go up *£&. and fall at Ramoth-gilead ? And one faid on this manner, and another faid on that manner. 2 1 And there came forth a fpirit, and ftood before the Lord, and faid, I will perfuade him. 22 And the Lord faid unto him, Wherewith ? And he faid, I will go forth, and I will be a lying fpi- rit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he faid, E Thou fhalt perfuade him, and prevail alfo : go forth, and do fo. 23 h Now, therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying fpirit in the mouth of all thefe thy prophets, and the Lord bath fpoken evil concern- ing thee. 24 But Zedekiah the fon of Che- naanah went near, and fmote Mi- » a chron. caiah on the cheek, and faid, ; Which **■ *3. wav went the Spirit of the Lord from me to fpeak unto thee ? 25 AndMicaiah faid, Behold, thou fhalt fee in that day, when thou (halt n or, from go || into f an inner chamber to hide (lumber t, tU,,r \r t Heb. 26 And the king of Ifrael faid, ?na7h*m. Take Mi caiah, and carry him back *"• unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joa!h the kings fon ; a; And fay, Thus faith the king, Put this fellow in the prifon, and feed him with bread of afflicYion, and with water of affliction, until I come in peace. 28 And Micaiah faid. If thou re- turn at all in peace, the Lord hath not fpoken by me. And he faid, Hear- ken, O people, every one of you. 29 *j So the king of Ifrael and Je- hofhaphat the king of Judah went up to rtamcrh-^Ueiid. Ahab Jlain at Ramotk-gileaa*. * Judges 9. 13. Job 11. 16. Ezek. 14-9. 2 ThelT. 1. 11. h Ezek. N G S. 30 And the king of Ifrael faid unto Jehofhaphat, || I will difguife myfclf, ST and enter into the battle, but put jj"o"? — * thou on thy robes. And the king of %*'"„%/. Ifrael kdifguifed himfelf, and went into the battle. 3r But the king of Syria command- ?*?& ed his thirty and two captains that 35- «. had rule over his chariots, faying, Fight neither with fmall nor great, fave only with the king of Ifrael. 32 And it came to pafs, when the captains of the chariots faw Jehofha- phat, that they faid, Surely, it is the king of Ifrael. And they turned afide to fight againft him : and Jehofhaphat 1 cried out. iichron. 33 And it came to pafs, when the ' ' captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Ifrael, that they turned back from purfuing him. 34 And a certain man drew a bow f at a venture, and fmote the king V)?/^. of Ifrael between the \ joints of the ***»« harnefs : wherefore he faid unto the/."?^ driver of his chariot, Turn thine !,£'„,."""'* hand, and carry me out of the hoft, for I am + wounded. 1"*%*. 35 And the battle f increafed that t Heb. day : and the king was flayed up in his a^endii' chariot againft the Syrians, and died at even : and the blood ran out of the wound into the fmidft of the chariot. l"mb' 36 And there went a proclamation throughout the hoft, about the going down of the fun, faying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. 37 f So the king died, and f was JJ*** brought to Samaria; and they buried " the king in Samaria. 38 And one wafhed the chariot in the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood, (and they wafhed his armour,) according m unto the ?i.Ci»?" word of the Lord which he fpake. 39 Now the reft of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and ■ the \?g? ivory houfe which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Ifrael ? 40 So Ahab flept with his fathers; "-^lone, and Ahaziah his fon reigned in his Vcr- s«- ftead. 41 Tf And "Jehofhaphat the fon of H^"- Afa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Ifrael. 42 Jehofhaphat was thirty and five 9H' years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerufalem : and his mothers name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi. 43 And Jehofuaphats good reign. C H A P. ? hri'it 43 And he walked in all the way v o'-t- of Afa his father; he turned not afide - from it, doing that "which was right p chap, in the eyes of the Lord : p neverthe- 2SKin+g's lefs, the high places were not taken 14' J" away ; for the people offered and burnt incenfe yet in the high places. «j 2 chron. 44 And q Jehofhaplvat made peace with the king of Ifrael. 45 Now the reft of the afts of Je- hofhaphat, and his might that he fhewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the Chro- r chap, nicies of the kings of Judah ? & 15*12. 46 r And the remnant of the Sodom- 913. ites, which remained in the days of ¥*'&? ll!S father Af*a> lie t00^ out of the land, a. zo. 47 s There was then no king in lo. 35'°"' Edom : a deputy was king. 11 or, had 48 c Jehofhaphat || " made fliips of ' *'"*' Tharfhifh to go to Ophir for gold : x but they went not ; for the (hips x? chron. were broken at Eaion-geber. rjhip,. u Chat^ 10. 22. XXII. Ahaziahs evil reign. 49 Then faid Ahaziah the fon of »chf»« Ahab unto Jehofhaphat, Let my fer- sa- vants go with thy fervants in the * * ' fliips : but Jehofhaphat would not. 50 1f And 'Jehofhaphat flept with Iff*™*- his fathers, and was buried with his 889. fathers in the city of David his fa- Nowse ther : and Jehoramhis fon reigned in rc^l'"^, his fteari. 51 ^ z Ahaziah the fon of Ahab be- 898. gan to reign over Ifrael in Samaria zVerj;o the feventeenth year of Jehofhaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Ifrael. 52 And he did evil In the fight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mo- ther, and in the way of Jeroboam the fon of Nebat, who made Ifrael to fin: 53 For he ferved Baal, and wor- fliipped him, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Ifrael, according to all that his father had done. ^ The Second Eook of the KING S, commonly called, The Fourth Book of the KINGS. CHAP. I. I Moab rebelleth. 2 Ahaziah fending to Baal-zebab, hath his judgment by Elijah. 5 Elijah twice bringeth fire from heaven upon Ahaziahs mef- fengers. ; HEN Moab rebelled againft Ifrael a after the death of Ahab. 2 And Ahaziah fell down through a lattefs in his upper cham- ber that was in Samaria, and was fick : and he fent meffengers, and faid unto them, Go, enquire of Baal- zebub the god of Ekron whether I fhall recover of this difeafe. 3 But the angel of the Lord faid to Elijah the Tifhbite, Arife, go up to meet the meflengers of the king of Samaria, and fay unto them, Is it not becaufe there is not a God in If- rael, that ye go to enquire of Baal- zebub the god of Ekron ? 4 Now, therefore, thus faith the hi. Lord, f Thou fbalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone *tZ up, UP> but fralt furely die. And Elijah teou/bait departed. down mm 5 Tf And when the meffengers turn- ed back unto him, he faid unto them, Why are ye now turned back ? 6 And they faid unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and faid unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that fent you, and fay unto him, Thus faith the Lord, /j it not be- *<*« caufe there is not a God in Ifrael, that <=«• «&. thou fended to enquire of Baal-zebub " * "* the god of Ekron ? therefore thou (halt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but fhalt furely die. 7 And he faid unto them, + What LH<*« manner of man was he which came vTmZl'r up to meet you, and told you thefe "ftt"mmi words ? 8 And they anfvvered him, He was ban hairyman,and girded with agirdle ^"^.^ of leather about his loins. And he Maui, a'* faid, It is Elijah the Tifhbite. 9 Then the king fent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty : and he went up to him ; (and, behold, he fat on the top of an hill;) and he fpake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath faid, Come down. 10 And Elijah anfvvered, and faid to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then clet fire come down from c L,,ke heaven, and confume thee and thyfifty. And there came down fire from hea- ven, and confumed him and his fifty. 1 1 Again alfo he fent unto him an- other captain of fifty with his fifty : and he anfvvered, and faid unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king faid, Come down quickly. 12 And Elijah anfvvered, and faid unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire cyme down from heaven, and confume Jekoram fucceedeth Ahaziah. II. K Chi"™ confume thee and thy fifty. And the £'r- *g6' , fire of God came down from heaven, and confumed him and his fifty. 1 3 \ And he fent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty : and the third captain of fifty went up, and loZa'. came and f fell on his knees before Elijah, and befought him, and faid unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of thefe fifty ?»P m? thy fervants, d be precious in thy fight. 14 Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties : therefore let my life now be precious in thy light. 15 And the angel of the Lord faid unto Elijah, Go down with him; be not afraid of him. And he arofe, and went down with him unto the king. 16 And he faid unto him, Thus faith the Lord, Forafmuch as thou haft fent meiiengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not becaufe there is no God in Ifrael to enquire of his word ? therefore thou lhalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but ftialt furely die. 17 If So he died, according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had colj'y^r fpoken : and || Jehoram reigned in ^ J£- his ftead, in the fecond year of Jeho- Fnr™ ram the fon of Jehoihaphat king of %£hunth Judah ; becaufe he had no fon. •4E£ »8 Now the reft of the afts of eta* 3. 1. Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Ifrael ? CHAP. II. 1 Elijah divideth Jordan, 9 and, grant- ing Elijha his requefl, is taken up. 1 2 Elijha divideth Jordan, 1 9 heal- eth the waters. 23 Forty-two chil- dren deflroyed at Beth-el. Nditcametopafs,when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven bya whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elifiia from Gilgal . » *e 2 And Elijah faid unto Elifna, aTar- ry here, I pray thee : for the Lord hath fent me to Beth- el. And Eliflia faid unto him, As the Lord liveth, iAoT' and b as thy foul liveth, I will not jl?-*: f5- leave thee. So they went down to Cttap 4.30. ' Beth-el. ao.^'s8" 3 And c the fons of the prophets that were at Beth- el came forth to Eli (ha, and faid unto him, Knowcft thou that the Lord will take away thy mailer from thy head to-day ? And he faid, Yea, I know itj hold ye your peace. A1 I N G S. ElijaJi divideth Jordattl 4 And Elijah faid unto him, Eli- J^';;rf fha, tarry here, I pray thee : for the f"-- 896. Lord hath fent me to Jericho. And v v he faid, As the Lord liveth, and as thy foul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. 5 And the fons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elilha, and faid unto him, Knoweft thou that the Lord will take away thy mailer from thy head to-day ? And he an- fwered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. 6 And Elijah faid unto him, Tar- ry, I pray thee, here : for the Lord hath fent me to Jordan. And he faid, As the Lord liveth, and as thy foul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. 7 And fifty men of the fons of the prophets went, and ftood \ to view a- ;v^;t far off: and they two ftood by Jordan, or, w 8 And Elijah took his mantle, and **■"**" wrapt it together, and fmote the wa- ters, and d they were divided hither « so emo- and thither, fo that they two went im-?-io over on dry ground. 9 f And it came to pafs, when they were gone over, that Elijah faid unto Elifha, Afk what I fhall do for thee before I be taken away from thee. And Elifiia faid, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy fpirit be upon me. 10 And he faid, f Thou haft afked J «»*> a hard thing: never the lej's, if thou fee me when 1 am taken from thee, it fliali be fo unto thee ; but if not, it fiiali not be Jo. 1 1 And it came to pafs, as they ftill went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared e a chariot of fire, and £.*** horfes of fire, and parted them both afunder; and f Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 1 2 II And Elilha faw it, and he *" cried, g My father, my father! therms- chariot of Ifrael, and the horfemen ,3' * thereof. And he faw him no more : and he took hold of his own clothe?, and rent them in two pieces. 13 He took up alio the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and ftood by the f bank oftHeb,:'*1 Jordan : 14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and fmote the u a- ters, and faid, Where/4 the Lord tJod of Elijah? And when he alfo had fmit- ten the waters, '• they parted hithci *v«-« and thither : and Eliiha went over. 1 5 And when the fons of the pro- phet • .vhich-.-iVi' to view at Jericho, + Heb. /on, of Jtrenglb, + Heli one of: i Hcb Eltjlia healeth the ivaters. CHAP chnTT faw him' they faid' The tP,rit of Eli" »!>«• jah doth reft on Elifha. And they ~v ' came to meet him, and bowed them- felves to the ground before him : i6 And they faid unto him, Behold now, there "be with thy fervants fifty t lirbng men, let them go, we pray thee, and feek thy mafter ; k left per- adventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and caft him upon ffome mountain, or into fome valley. And he faid, Ye ihall not fend. 17 And when they urged him till he was afhamed, he faid, Send. They lent, therefore, fifty men ; and they fought three days, but found him not. 18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) lie faid unto them, Did I not fay unto you, Go not ? 19 1f And the men of the city faid unto Elifha, Behold, I pray thee, the fituation of this city is pleafant, as my lord feeth : but the water is naught, and the ground f barren. 20 And he faid, Bring me a new crufe, and put fait therein : and they brought it to him. - 2 [And he went forth unto the 1 see exo.1. fpring of the waters, and 'caft the eiap.4.41. fait in there, and faid, Thus faith the jk>£i 6'. o. Lord, I have healed thefe waters ; there (hall not be from thence any more death or barren land. 22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the faying of Elifha, which he fpake. 23 \ And he went up from thence unto Beth-el: and, as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and faid unto him, Go up, thou baldhead ; go up, thou baldhead. 24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and curfedthem in thename of the Lord : and there came forth two fhe-bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. 25 And he went from thence to mount Carmel ; and from thence he returned to Samaria. CHAP. III. I Jehorams reign. 4 Mejha rebelled, 6 Elijha obtaineth water, and pro- rnij'e of -victory. 2 1 The Moabites are overcome. NOw a Jehbram the fon of Ahab began' to reign over Ifrael in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jeho- fhaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. 2 And he wrought evil in the fight of the Lord, but not like his father, t t Ohsp. . III. A miraculous fupply of water.' and like his mother ; for he put away */?*, 10 And the king of Ifrael faid, \Z*T' Alas, that the Lord hatli called thefe three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab ! ii But *Jehofhaphat faid, Is there k'K^o not here a prophet of the Lord, that * " 7° we may enquire of the Lord by him ? And one of the king of Ifraels fervants anfwered, and faid, Here is Elifha the fon of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah. 12 And Jehofhaphat faid, The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Ifrael, and Jehofliaphat, and the king of Edom, h went down $fc,h/.p; to him. 13 And Elifha faid unto the king1E^ctj of Ifrael, "What have I to do with u. i' thee? k get thee to 'the prophets of ^°1J*u.d8' thy father, and to the prophets af Rutai^W thy mother. And the king of Ifrael \\%.. faid unto him, Nay ; for the Lord hath called thefe three kings toge- ther, to deliver them into the hand of Moab. 14 And Elifha faid, m^r the Lord f7.,*to» of hofts liveth, before whom 1 Hand, cwp.s-xO' furely, were it not that I regard the A a prefence The Moabites are overcame. If. KINGS. EHfliatmltipIieth the widows oil. chriit prefeiice of Jehofhaphat the king of so"- Judah, I would not look toward thee, ' M • nor fee thee. "o's'Sam' 1 5 But now bring me " a minftrel. And it came to pafs, when the min- oF«k. i. ftrel played, that "the hand of the »2.«tVl! Lord came upon him. 1 6 And he faid, Thus faith the pCMp.4.3- Lo rd, pMake this valley full of ditches : 17 For thus faith the Lord, Ye fhall not fee wind, neither (hall ye fee rain ; yet that valley fhall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beafts. 18 And this is bi.it a light thing in the light of the Lord : he will deliver the Moabites alfo into your hand. . 19 And ye fhall finite every fenced city, and every choice city, and fhall fell every good tree, and ftop all t K«b. wells of water, and f mar every good *f"v" piece of land with (tones. 20 And it came to paf; in the morn- ing, when the meat-offering was offer- ed, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the coun- try was filled with water. 21 *H And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to t^critd fight againft them, they f gathered together. a\\ t\^a{ Were able to f put on armour, l,?.?l'm- and upward, and flood in the border. fe,Qu!ha 22 And they rofe up early in the morning, and the fun (hone upon the water, and the Moabites faw the wa- ter on the other fide as red as blood : 23 And they faid, This is blood : tn<*. the kings are furely f {lain, and they **¥v*4' have fmittenone another : now there- fore, Moab, to the fpoil. 24 And when they came to the camp of Ifrael, the Ifraelites rofe up and fmote the Moabites, fo that they t&%ttt flei1 before them : but || they went "«"« forward fmiting the Moabites, even »n their country. 25 And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land caft every man his ftone, and tilled it ; and they (topped all the wells of water, 1 neb. and felled all the good trees ; f only £$£.'* in Kir- harafcth left they the (tones Kir'&l. thereof; howbeic, the (lingers went l'»>- about ?'/, and fmote it. 26 *[ And when the king of Moab faw that the battle was too lore for him, he took with him feven hundred men that drew fwords, to break through even unto the king of Edom : but they could not. «Aoim 27 Then 'he took his eldeft fon, that mould have reigned ia Us ltead, and offered him for a burnt- offering £e/°£ upon the wall. And there was great , H»>- ^ indignation againft Ifrael, rand theyrch.p. departed from him, and returned to 8'10, their own land. CHAP. IV. 1 Elijhamiittiplieth the widows oil: 8 he promifeth a fon to the Shunmnmite, 18 and raifeth him when dead to life. ~Ow there cried a certain woman N' of the wives of a the fons of the *J *£* prophets unto Elifha, faying, Thy fervant my hufband is dead ; and thou knoweft that thy fervant did fear the Lord : and the creditor is come b to take unto him my two fons to be If"^"* bondmen. m«kiu 2 And Elifha faid unto her, What ' fhall I do for thee ? tell me : what halt thou in the houfe ? And (lie (aid, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the houfe, fave a pot of oil. 3 Then he faid, Go. c borrow thee "*■* veflels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty veflels ; |j borrow W&}j£iO$ a few. 4 And when thou art ccme in, thou (halt (hut the door upon thee and upon thy fons, and (halt pour out into all thofe veflels, and thou (halt fet afide that which is full. 5 So (he went from him, and fliut the door upon her and upon her fons, who brought the vejfels to her ; and (he poured out. 6 And it came to pafs, when the veifels were full, that (he faid unto her fon, Bring me yet a veffel. And he faid unto her, There is not a veffel more. And the oil (layed. 7 Then (he came and told the man of God : and he faid, Go, fell the oil, and pay thy || ciebt, and live thou and JtfiJir. thy children of the reft. S U And f it fell on a day, that l^'vtt Elifha palled to d Shunem, where « ;>*- the land ; and the fons of the pro- phets were ' fitting before him : and sA" :2'3, he faid unto his fervant, Set on the great pot, and feethe pottage for the fons of the prophets. 39 And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds A a 2 his Cft'p. 1- 21 ••• m: J )H'«i v 6 WOr.in garm-.M. x John CO. t^aamans leprtfy it II* pfuli, and carae andftired tkem rfr.Mtfi. ,., .,- | pjt of pottage : for they knew i'iem not ao -Jo they poured out for the men to eai : aiul it came to pafs, as they if .the pottage, ta it they eri'< (I oaf. itid faicf, O Mm man of God, /'/•',-• /• death'iii the pot ; and they could no1: eat thereof. 4i But he fad, Then bring meal : ts«Excd. and ' he caft /< into tlie pot , and he (aid Pour out for the people, that they may e3t and there was no f harm in the pot. 42 1] And there came a man from Baal-fhaUfha, " a;id ^rou^ht the man of God bread of the nVft-fruits, twen- ty ioaves of barley, and full ears of corn ||. in the hulk thereof : and he faid, Give unto the people, that they may eat. 43 And his fervitor Paid, x What ! mould 1 fet this before an hundred itien ? He faid again, Give the people, tliat they may eat : for thus faith the Loud, yThey mall eat, and (hall leave thereof. 44 So he fet it before them, and they did eat, zand left thereof * ac- cording to the word of the Loud. CHAP. V. i Naamvi is cured of his leprofy. 15 Eli (ha refuj'eth Naamcvis gifts. io Genazi is /'mitten with leprofy. NOw a Naaman, captain of the ho.t of the king of Syria, was a great man f with his matter, and || f honourable, becaufe by him the Lord had given || deliverance unto Syr a : he was alio a mighty man in valour ; but lie ■was a leper. 2 And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of IlVael a uttle maid ; and (he f waited on Naamans wife. 3 And (lie faid unto her miftrefs, Would God my lord were \ with the prophet that is in Samaria ! for he would f recover him of his leprofy. 4 And one went in, and told his lord, faying, Thus and thus ftid the maid that is of the lan.l of ll'rael. 5 And he king of Syria faid. Go fO, go, and I will (laid a letter unto the king of Ifrael . An<\ he departed, and b took f with him ten talents of lilver, and fix thoufand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. 6 And he brought the letter to the king of Ifrael, faying, Now, when this letter is come unto thee, behold, 1 have therewith fent Naanran my fer- K I N G S. cured by Elifia. vant to thee, that thou mayclt reco- ver him of his leprofy. ci" "»^ 7 And it came, to pafs, when the y * kin- of Ifrael had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and faid, Am I c God, to kill and to make alive, el*** that this man doth fend unto me to isim.s.6 Cir. f!Q4 a Luke 4.17- t II b. before. II Or, grucwui. 1 Hch. ti/uc .-. ace ff led i ttuntt- nami. tCt»p.8. ■f Heb. in hii t.jiul. recover a man of his leprofy ? Where- fore confider, I pray you, and fee how he feeketh a quarrel againft me. 8 1| And it wasyi), when Elilha the man of God had heard that the king of Ifrael had rent his clothes, that he fent to the king, faying, Wherefore halt thou rent thy clothes ? let him come no.yir to me, and he (hall know that there is a prophet in Ifrael. 9 So Naaman came with his horfes and with Ms chariot, and ftood at the door of the houfe of Llifba. io And Elifha fent a mefTenger unto him, faying, Go and d waili in >»s«chV. Jordan feven times, and thy rlelh (hall come again to thee, and thou (halt be clean. it But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and faid, Behold, f || I \J£: thought, He will furely come out to i c*. i/*u me, and ftand, and call on the name S''"'-'^' of the Lord his God, and f ltrike^^;" his hand over the place, and recover t h*. the leper. J ■:'-'--.. 12 Are not || Abana and Pharpar, t^0'- rivers of Damafcus, better than all "*"" the waters of Ifrael ? may I not wain in them 3nd be clean ? So he turned, and went away in a rage. r 3 And his fervants came near, arid fpake unto him, and faid, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do J'ome great tiling, wouldeft thou not have done it P how much rather then, when he faith to thee, Wufli, and be clean ? 1 4 Then went he down, and dip- ped himfelf feven times in Jordan, according to the faying of the man of God : and " his fiefh came again likerJ't>^-:f«' unto the rlelh of a little child, aneffLoke f he was clean. \. i7? 15 1j And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and Itood before him : and he faid, Behold, now I know that there is no god in all the earth but in If- rael ; now, therefore, I pray thee, take a bleilin^ of thy fervant. iS But rfe faid, * As the Lord li-*0^* veth, before whom I ftand, 'T willhcet. receive nfrffe. And he urged him to.;- take it ; but he refuted; j^»- jg i'7 And Naaman faid, Shall there xo.' not then, I pray thee, be given to thy JWore Cfcrift :ir. 8&4- The leprofy cleavetk to Gehazi. CHAP, thy fcrvant two mules burden of earth ? for thyfervam will henceforth offer neither burnt-offering nor facri- fice unto other gods, but unto the Lord. i8InthisthingtheLoRDpardonthy fervant, that when my mafter goeth into the honfe of Rimmonto worlhip there, and ' he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myfelf in the houfe of Rim- mon ; when I bow down myfeif in the houfe of Rimmon, the Lord pardon tiiy fervant in this thing. 1 9 And hefaid unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him + a little way. 20 H But Gehazi, the fervant of Eliiha the man of God, faid, Behold, my mailer hath fpared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought : but, as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take fomewhat of him. 21 So Gehazi followed after Naa- man : and, when Naaman law him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and faid, f/;all well? 22 And he faid, All is well. My mailer hath fent me, faying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the fons of the prophets ; give them, I pray thee, a talent of filver, and two changes of garments. 23 And Naaman faid. Be content; take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of filver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and bid them upon two of his fervants; and they bare them before him. 24 And when he came to the j| tower he took thtm from their hand, and bellowed them in the houfe and he let the men go, and they departed. 25 But he went in, and Hood be- fore his mailer : and Elifha faid unto him, "Whence comeji thou, Gehazi ? And he faid, Thy fervant went f no whither. 26 And he fa'd unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chnnot to meet thee i Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive-yards, and vineyards, and fheep, and- oxen, and men - fervants, and ma id -0 rvants ? 27 The leprofy, therefore, of Naa- man IhUi cleave unto thee, and unto thy fee<} fur ever. And he went out from his prefence k a leper as white as faerw« V, VI. Eliflia cdafeth iron tofwim. CHAP. VI. 1 FJiflia caufeih iron to fwim .' 3 he drfclofeih the king of Syrias ccuw- fei, 13 and fmiteth his army with blindnefs. ANd a the fons of the prophets faid ^J unto Eliiha, Behold now, the c!r-8^?-t place where we dwell with thee U.»cn». too ftrait for us. 4'3,J' 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there where we may dwell. And he anfwered, Go ye. 3 And one faid. Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy fervants. And he anfwered, I will go. 4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan they cut down wood. 5 But as one was felling a beam, the f axe-head fell imo the Water : |Hei>.irMii and he cried, and faid, Alas, mailer ! for it was borrowed. 6 And the man of God faid. Where fell it ? And he fhewed him the place. And b he cut down a ftick, and can it 5JE? in thither, and the iron did fsvim. 7 Therefore, find he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it. 8 11 Then the king of Syria warred againft Ifrael, and took counfel with his fervants, faying. In fuch and fuch a p\zce Jka// be my ||camp. ?««>£*. 9 And the man of God fent unto the king of Ifrael, faying, Beware that thou pafs not fuch a place , for thi- ther the1 Syrians are come down. 10 And the king of Ifrael fent to the place which the man of (iod told him, and warned him of, and faved himfelf there, not once, nor twice. ' 1 1 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was fore troubled for this thing ; and he called tv.s fervants, and faid unto them, Will yc not fliew me which of us is for the king of Ifrael ? 12 And one of his fervants faid, f None, my lord, O king • but Elifha !***( the prophet, tliat is in Ifrael, telleth the king of Ifrael the words that thou fpeakeit in thy bed-chamber. 1 3 H And he faid; Go and ipy where he ifj, th: t 1 mayfeiv.i and fetch hirffi And it was told him, faying, Behold, he is in Dothan. 1 4 Therefore fent he thither horfes, and chariots, and a -| great ho ft grid ??<-;-• they came by night, and cbftip the citv about. 15 Anu when the || fervant of the \°^,r. man of God wao rifen early, and gone "''"' *** Aa 3 forth, The Syrians fmitten with blindnefs. IT. K SS forth, behold, an holt compaflbd the ™- *»*•_, pity both with horfes and chariots : and his fervant faid unto him, Alas, my mafter ! how (hall we do ? 1 6 And he anfwered, Fear not: elChton. for c t]ley tjlat fe \m\i\\ US MW \WOVe n'-i.';5.i3. than they that be with them. . 1 7 And Elifha prayed, and faid, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes that he may fee. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man ; and he faw, and, behold, the mountain was %?\u' full of J horfes and chariots of tire and about Elifha. 1 8 And, when they came down to him, Elifha prayed unto the Lord, and faid, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindnefs. And e he fmote them with blindnefs, according to the word of Elifha. 19 % And Elifha faid unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city : f follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye feek. But he led them to Samaria. 20 And it came to pafs, when they were come into Samaria, that Elifha faid, Lord, open the eyes of thefe men, that they may fee. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they faw ; and, behold, they were in the snidft of Samaria. 2 1 And the king of Ifrael faid un- to Elifha, when he faw them, My father, fhall I fmite them J fhall I fmite them ? 22 And he anfwered, Thou fhalt not finite them : wouldefl. thou fmite thofe whom thou haft taken captive with thy fword and with thy bow ? Set bread and water before thorn, that they may eat and drink, and go to their mafter. 23 And he prepared great provifion for them : and when they had eaten and drunk he fent them away, and they went to their mafter. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Ifrael. . 24 1[ And it came to pafs after iJiis, that Ben - hadad king of Syria gathered all his hoft, and went up, and befieged Samaria. 2 5 And there was a great famine in Samaria : and, behold, they be- iieged it, until an afle. head was fold for Fourfcore pieces of filver, and the fourth part of a cab of do ves dung for five pieces of filver. 26 1[ And, as the king of Ifrael was pailing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, frying, Help, my lord, 0 king I N G S. A great famine in Samaria? 27 And he faid, || If the Lord do Bj^ft not help thee, whence fhall I help ciri^ thee ? out of the barn-floor, or out ^T~~^ of the wine-prefs ? &*%!& 28 And the king faid unto her, «*«■ What ailetii thee ? And fhe anfwer- ed. This woman faid unto me, Give thy fon, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my fon to-morrow. 29 So f we boiled rny fon, and did fDeut. i«. cat him : and I faid unto her on the "' "' f next day, Give thy fon, that we may f "eh. eat him ; and fhe hath hid her fon. 30 Tf And it came to pafs, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he pafs- ed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, /ze/Wfackcloth within upon his Hefh. 31 Then he faid, E God do fo and J.*"? more alfo to me, if the head of Elifha J****" the fon of Shaphat fhall {land on him this day. 3£ But Elifha fat in his houfe, and the elders fat with him ; and the king fent a man from before him : but, ere the meffenger came to him, he faid to the elders, h See ye how this fon of J.1 ik,e. a murderer hath fent to take away J' J"' mine head ! Look, when the niellen^ ger cometh lhut the door, and hold him faft at the door : is not the found of his matters feet behind him ? 33 And while he yet talked with them, behold, the meffenger came down unto him, and he faid, Behold, this evil is of the Lord ; what fhould I wait for the Lor.D any longer I C H A P. VII. 1 Etiflui prophefieth incredible plenty in Samaria. 17 The unbelieving lord is trodden to death. THen Elilha faid, Hear ye the word of the Lord ; Thus faith the Lord, a To-morrow, about this 'J'['3t time, /hall a meafure of fine flour be fold for a fhekel, and two meafurcs of barley for a fhekel, in the gate of Samaria. 2 bThcn f a lord, on whofe hand b.J6fc,7|» the king leaned, anfwered the man of USft&i God, and faid, Behold, c;/the Lord ; would make windows in heaven fc-"'y might this thing be ? And he faid, S,'" Behold, thou fhalt fee it with thine %Z?'17 eyes, but fhalt not eat thereof. 3- to. • 3 t And there were four leprous men dat the entering in of the gate ; 'I!3I'C4V?.' and they faid one to another, Why lit we here until we die? 4 If we fay, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, mid we iha.ll die there : and if we fit itill Tfe Syrians flight. The CHAP. VII, VIII. unbelieving lord i stridden to death. ctrit ftiM here, we die alfo. Now, there- ^r.Bft.^ fore, come, and let us fall unto the w' hoft of the Syrians : if they fave us alive, we fhall live ; and if they kill us, we fhall but die. 5 And they rofe up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians : and when they were come to the ut- termoft part of the camp of Syria, Le~ hold, there was no man there. 6 For the Loro had made the hoft i.^™* of the Syrians ' to hear a no He of chariots, and a noife of horfes, even the noife of a great hoft : and they faid one to another, Lo, the king to. to.** °f I^rael hath hired againft us f the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. 7 Wherefore they arofe, and fled in the twilight, and' left their tents, and their horfes, and their afles, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. 8 And, when thefe lepers came to the uttermoft part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence filver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it ; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence alj'o, and went and hid it. 9 Then they faid one to another, We do not well : this day ;'; a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace ; if we tarry till the morning -light %5ffind" t fome mifchief will come upon us : fwjbmcnf. now, therefore, come, that we m3y go and tell the kings houfehold. io So they came, and called unto the porter of the city ; and they told him, faying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, tfwrewas no man there, neither voice of man, but horfes tied, and aflestied, and the tents as they were. Ifraelites that are confumed, ) and let *jf°r, us fend and fee. or. ".. 1 4 They took, therefore, two cha- ' "r" riot-horfes; and the king fent after the hoft of the Syrians, faying, Go and fee. 1 5 And they went after them unto Jordan ; and, lo, all the way was full of garments and veflels, which the Syrians had caft away in their hafte : and the meflengers returned, and told the king. 16 And the people went out and fpoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a meafure of tine flour was fold for a fhekel, and two meafures of barley for a fhekel, according to the word of the Lord. 17 H And the king appointed the lord on whofe hand he leaned to have the charge of die gate : and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, gas the man of God had I**"** faid, who fpake when the king came v«.V. down to him. 1 8 And it came to pafs, as the man of God had fpoken to the king, fay- ing, Two meafures of barley for a ^'n.j fhekel, and a meafure of fine flour for a fhekel, fhall be to-morrow, about this time, in the gate of Samaria : 19 And that lord anfwered the man of God, and faid, Now, behold^ if the Lord fhould make windows in heaven might fuch a thing be ? And he faid, Behold, thou (halt fee it with thine eyes, but fhalt not eat thereof. 20 And fo it fell out unto him : for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died. CHAP. VIII. 1 The Shunammite hath her land re- fiored. 7 Hazaelfuccecdeth his ms,- fler. 16 Jehorams wicked reign. 11 And he called the porters, and HPHen fpake Elifha unto the wo- <■■■■• «#i. they told it to the kings houfe within. A man, * whofe fon he had re- *<»£*« ftored to life, faying, Arife, and go thou and thine houfehold, and fojourn wherefoever thou canft fojourn : for •[ And the king arofe in the night, and faid unto his feryants, I will now fhew you what the Syrians have done to us: They know that we be hungry, therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themfelves in the field, faying, When they come out of the city we fhall catch them alive, and get into the city. 13 And one of his fervants anfwer- ed, and faid, Let Jbtne take, I pray thee, five of the horfes that remain, • which are left + in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude oflfrael that are left in it : behold, I fay, they are even as ali the multitude of the and it fhall alfo come upon the land Hss- ».«• feven years. 2 And the woman arofe, and did after the faying of the man of God : and fhe went with her houfehold, and fojourned in the land of the Phili- ftines feven years. 3 And it came to pafs at the feven ciz.au years end that the woman returned out of the land of the Philiftines : and file went forth to cry unto the king for her houfe,. and for her land. A a 4 4 And 14- 3- CMp. 5- 5 fChap.j.l Ben-hadads prefent to E/iJha : II. KINGS. 4 And the king talked with c Ge- hazi the fervant of the man of God, faying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Eli/ha hath clone. 5 d And it came to pafs, as he was telling the king how he had reftored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman whole fen he had reftored to life cried to the king for her honfe, and for tier land. And Gehazi faid, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is lierfon, whom Eliflia re- ftored to life. 6 And when the king afked the woman fhe told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain || ofli- cer, faying, lleftore ail chat was hers, and all the fruits of the held, lii-.ee the day that ihe left the land, even until now. 7 ^i And Eliflia came to Damas- cus ; and Ben-hadad the king of Sy- ria was lick: and it was told him, laying, The man of God is come hi- ther. 8 And the king faid unto Hazael, 'Take a prefent in thine hand, and go meet the man of God, and fen- quire of the Lord by him, faying, Shall I recover of this difeafe' ? *Heb.f« 9 So Hazael went to meet him, iitkar.d. anci took a prefent \ with him, even pi every good thing of Damafcus, forty camels burden, and came and flood before him, and laid, Thy fon Ben-hadad king of Syria hath feat tat to thee, faying, Shall 1 recover of this difeafe ? ' 10 And Eliflia faid unto him, Go, fay unto him, Thou mayeft certainly recover; hpwbe.it, the Lord hath Bver. is. fhewed me that 6he fnall furely die. 1 1 And he fettled his countenance \]i-*ar-i i ftedfaitly until he was aihained : and the man of God wept. i 2 And Hazael faid, Why weepeth my lord ? And he anfwered, Becaufe tzfjtil l^now ? the evil thattl.ou wiit doim- 17' & 13' to the children of ifrael their ft rong ,'\,.'.ot i. 3. holds wilt thou fet on lire, and tlieir young men wilt thou flay with the >«h*.a fword, and i wilt dalh their children, -. and rip up tlieir women with 1 1 $ And Haaad fain, But what! vis i7.ij™' thy fervant a dog, tliat he lhould do this great thing/1 Ami r.Lilha anfwer- «.d, 'The LORD hath lliewed me that thou /halt be king over Syria. i-, So be departed from Eli flu, and panic to his mailer; who faid to him, VVmufnd Eliihatoth.ee? And he an- fwered, He told me that thou ihould- eit furely recover. . Hazael killeth Ben-haidi. I 1 Kings 15 And it came to pafs on the gjjjf morrow, that he took a thick cloth, /i;-t,B?-, and dipped it in water, and fpre-id it on his face, fo that he died i and Ha- <;--• zael reigned in hisftead. 1 6 *\ And in tlic fifth year of Joram the fon of Ahab king of Ifrael, Jeho- -fliaphat being then king of Judah, m Jehoram the fon of Jehdfhaphat ™2^t""ja' king of Judah f began to reign. t HeD'. j- Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign ; and he - reigned eight years in Jerr.falem. l 18 And he walked id the way of' • r- the kings of Ifrael, as did the houfe of Ahab ; for " the daughter of Ahab < ■' was his wife : and he did evil in the fight of the Lord. 1 9 Yet the Lord would not deftroy Judah for David his fervants fake, "as °72.Vn he promifed him, to give him alway a + light, end to his children. \j&* »■ 20 1[ In his days p Edom revolted t H.->1 from under the hand of Judah, ** and made a king over themfelves. P(,Cn. 21 So Joram went over to Zair, H ,_-. and all the chariots with him, and he *cbi ■>. rofe by night and fmote the Edomites q , ninp which compafled him about, and the "• 47- captains of the chariots :' and the people fled unto, their tents. 22 || Yet Edom revolted from un- {^£a* der the hand of Judah unto this day. Coa.27.4a 1 Then Libnah revolted at the fame r,i."roa- time. 23 And the reft of the afts of Jo- ram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chro- nicles of the kings of Judah ? 24 And Joram flept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David : and s || Ahaziah his fon It"™' reigned in his ftead. 25 U In the twelfth year of Joram, %ZV,"*' the fon of Ahab king of Ifrael, did Ahaziah, the fon of Jehoram king of » ch~°. Judah, begin to reign. is- 13' 26 Two and twenty years old was Sas. Ahaziah when he began to reign ; and he reigned one year in Jerufalem : and his mothers name VMS Athaliah, the || daughter of Omri king of Ifrael. yr^;\_ 2- And he walked in the way of the . of Naboth the Jezreelite. 22 And it came to pafs, when Jo- ram faw Jehu, that he faid, Is //peace, Jehu ? And heanfwered, What peace, fo long as the whoredoms of thy itioj the? Jezebel eaten by dog;. II. K I %*/£ ther Jezebel, and her witchcrafts, are Jg* 4jo many ? 23 Andjoram turned his hands and fled, and faid to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah ! g?«, 24 And Jehu fdrew a bow with "u-.^i'h ^1S ^u'* ^rength< a"d fmote jehoram between his arms, and the arrow £*; went out at his heart, and he ffunk down in his chariot. 25 Then faid Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and caft him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite : for remember how that, when I and thou rode together :*gf after Ahab his father, 'theLonn laid this burden upon him; 26 Surely I have feen yefterday the £J; I blood of Naboth, and the blood of his fons, faith the Lord ; and I will °J;0. requite thee in this j| plat, faith the Lord. Now, therefore, take and caft him into the plat of ground, accord- ing to the word of the Lord. 27 K But when Ahaziah the king of Judah faw this, he fled by the way of the garden-houfe : and Jehu fol- lowed after him, and faid, Smite him alfo in the chariot. And t/iey did fa at the going up to Gur, which is by ^noflbleam: and he fled to "Megiddo, and died there. 28 And his fervants carried him in a chariot to Jerufalem, and buried him in his fepulchre with his fathers in the city of David. 29 And in the eleventh year of Jo- ram the fon of Ahab began Ahaziah vkJroy to to reign over Judah. uiul'fcL 3o * And when Jehu was come to ociuna. Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it ; * and flie ai; L8j'9' t Pamte3 her face, and tired her head, rami nth and looked out at a window : pn'to'rc^n 31 And, as Jehu entered in at the cinp.*8.»5. gate? flie fa"lfJ, ' 'Had Zimri peace who * Ezct! flew his mafter ? 32 And he lifted up his face to the window, and faid, Who is on my fide ? who ? And there looked out to him two or three || eunuchs. 33 And he faid, Throw her down. So they threw her down : and J'otne. of hir blood was fprinkled on the wall, and on the horfes : and he trode her under foot. 34 And when he was come in lie did eat and drink, and faid, Go, fee now thiscurfed woman, and bury her : for ■ (lie is a kings daughter. 35 And they went to bury her ; but they foond no more of her than the fcull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. 11. ,i cir. 886 Then he began to cir. 884., t Hcb. painting. y i Kings irt. «j,..2< I Or, chamber- taint. N G S. Ahaks children beheaie J. 36 Wherefore they came again, »£»« and told him : and he faid, This is the «•* word of the Lord, which he fpake ^2 — f by his fervant Elijah the Tiihbite, »«*» faying, a In the portion of Jezreel TA**V (hall dogs eat the flefh of Jezebel : **• *3- 37 And the carcafe of Jezebel (hall be as dung upon the face of the held in the portion of Jezreel ; fo that they (hall not fay, This is Jezebel. CHAP. X. 1 Jehu caufeth feventy of Ahabs chil- dren to be beheaded, 1 8 dejlroyeth the worjhippers of Baal, 29 yet followeth Jeroboams fins . ANd Ahab had feventy fons in Sa- maria. And Jehu wrote letters, and fent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to f them f *<*: that brought up Ahabs children, fay- n°unJ*ir' ing, 2 Now, as foon as this letter cometh to you, feeing your mailers fons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horfes, a fenced city alfo, and armour ; 3 Look even out thebeft and meeteft of your matters fons, and fet him on his fathers throne, and fight for your matters houfe. 4 But they were exceedingly afraid, and faid, Behold, two kings flood not before him ; how then (hall we (land I 5 And he that was over the houfe, and he that was over the city, the elders alfo, and the bringers-up of the children, fent to Jehu, faying, We are thy fervants, and will do all that thou (halt bid us ; we will not make any king : do thou that which is good in thine eyes. 6 Then he wrote a letter the fecond time to them, faying, If ye be f mine, * ■*■ and if ye will hearken unto my voice, J" ""' take ye the heads of the men your matters fons, and come to me to Jez- reel by to-morrow this time. (Now the kings fons, being feventy perfons* were with the great men of the city, which brought them up.) 7 And it came to pafs, when the letter came to them, that they took the kings fons, and flew feventy per- fons, and put their heads in balkets, and fent him them to Jezreel. 8 VAnd there came a meflenger, and told him, faying, They have brought the heads of the kings fons. And he laid, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate uutil the morning. 9 And it came to pafs in the morn- i;:g thn he went out, and flood, and faid U-rbanit I! Or, acid t Heh. boa J,. «r ttn,ung ft>=i?p. r. Chap. H 19. a Chron Hen. Ahaziahs brethren fain. C H A kffijf faid to all the people, Ye be righte- $*• ous ; behold, I confpired againft my ~v ' mailer, and Hew him j but who flew all thefe? 1 o Know now, that there {hall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the Lord, which the Lord fpake concerning the houfe of Ahab : for the Lord hath done that which he *y"ss fpake a f !-y his fervant Elijah. a9* 11 So Jehu flew all that remained nd'tf. of the houfe of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his || kinsfolks, and his priefts, until he left him noue remaining. 12 1[ And he arofe and departed, and.cume to Samaria ; and, as he was at the f fhearing-houfe in the way, 1 3 b Jehu f met tfUfh tne brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and faid, Who arc ye ? And they anfwered, We art the brethren of Ahaziah; and \ e go down -j- to falute the children of the king, and the children of the queen. 14 And he faid, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and {lew them at the pit of the fhearing-houfe, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them. 15 ^J And when he was departed thence, he f lighted on c Jehonadab the fon of d Kechab coining to meet him ; and he f faluted him, and faid to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jeho- nadab anfwered, It is. If it be, egive me thine hand. And he gave him his hand ; and he took him up to him in- to the chariot. 16 And he faid, Come with me, and fee my zeal for the Lord. So they made him ride in his chariot. 1 7 And when he came to Samaria f he flew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had deftroyed him, according to the faying of the Lord, e_i Kings 8 which he fpake to Elijah. iH $ And Jehu gathered all the people together, and faid unto them, «f.fu3». "Ahab feryed Baal a little, but Jehu 1 ' ihall ferve him much. 1 9 Now, therefore, call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his fervants, and all his priefts, let none be want- ing ; for I have a great facrifice to do to Baal ; whofoever {hall be wanting, he {hall not live. But Jehu did it in fubtilty, to the intent that he might deftroy the worfhippers of Baal. L'Sfr. 2° And Jehu farcl> t Proclaim a folemn alfembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. JHeb. blrJiU. « Ezra JO. 1'J. t Chap. 9,8. 1 Chroc P. X. Baals prophets defiroyei. 21 And Jehu fent through all If- »<**£ rael ; and all the worfhippers of Baal sa+- came, fo that there was not a man * y left that came not : and they came in- to the houfe of Baal ; and the houfe of Baal was || full from one end to j or, h another. ft*8*j 22 And he faid unto him that was ™^." over the veflxy, Bring forth veft- ments for all the worfhippers of Baal. And he brought them fortk veftments. 23 And Jehu went and Jehouadab the fon of Kechab into the houfe of Baal, and faid unto the worfhippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the fervants of the Lord, but the worfhippers of Baal only. 24 And, when they went in to of- fer facrifices and burnt-offerings, Jehu appointed fourfcore men without, and faid, If any of the men whom I have brought intoyour hands efcaper, fie that letteth him go, his life jliall be for the life of him. 25 And it came to pafs, as foon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, that Jehu faid to the guard, and to the captains, Go in and flay them ; let none come forth. And they fmote them with \ the edge \ Heb. tti of the fword ; and the guard and the """'"" captains caft them out, and went to the city of the houfe of Baal. 26 And they brought forth the f images out of the houfe of Baal, ),"$;. and burned them. 27 And they brake down ths image of Baal, and brake down the houfe of Baal, 'and made it a draught-houfe i Dan. i. $;, unto this day. 28 Thus Jehu deftroyed Baal out oflfrael. 29 1i Howbeit, from the fins of Jeroboam the fon of Nebat, who madelfrael to fin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, k the golden * * *£& calves that were in Beth-el, and that were in Dan. 30 And the Lord faid unto Jehu, Becaufe thou haft done well in exe- cuting that which is right in mine eyes, and haft done unto the houfe of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, ' thy children of the \£*.u fourth generation {hall fit on the th.'p. ti. walk in the law of the Lord God« oflfrael with all his heart; for he ' departed not from the fins of Jero- boam, which made lfrael to fin. 32 1 la t Beb. feed or tl.'t kingdom. |! z Citron Jehu death: II. KT 32 H In thofe days the L o r d be- x 8k4. gan f to cut Ifrael Ihort : and Hazael t Tu£ iinote them in all the coafts of Ifrael; TbfcVf. 33 From Jordan f eaftward, all cir.8Jo. the land of uilead, the Gadites, and luZhibc tlie Keubenites, and the Manaffites, t&JJf ^rr,m Aroer, (which it by the river Anion,) || even mGilead and Bafhan. "»«•«• . 34 Now the reft of the acts of Jehu, an . 1 all that he did, and all his might, m Am s afr tlH.y not written m tiiebookor the Chronicles of the Kings of Ifrael ? 35 And Jehu fiept with his fathers, 8>s. and chey buried him in Samaria : and Jenoahaz hisfon reigned iu his (lead. »«re.a'1" ed over Ifrael in Samaria was twenty and eight years. CHAP. XI. 1 Jehoafli beii.g Jewed from Aihaliaha majfacre, 4 ft anointed king by Je~ hniada. s«. A Nd when "Athaliah, bthe mother 1 ichrcn. J\ 0f ^'iiaziah5 faw that her fon was b'ciwp. dead, fiie arofe, and deftroyed all the f tea\ royal. 2 But || Jehofheba the daughter of king Joram, lifter of Ahaziah, took il Joalh the ion of Ahaziah, and ftole him from among the kings ions which 3?bl'aa. were fla'in i a,K' tnev ^ mm> even him and his nurfe, in the bed-cham- ber from Athaliah, fo that he was not flain. 3 And he was with her hid in the houfe of the Lord fix years : and Athaliah did reign over the land. 878. 4 1] And c the feventh year Jeuo.ada ez circa. r-eru audfetched the rulers over hun- dreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the houfe of the Lord, and made a cove- nant with them, and took an oath of th.cm in the houfe of the Lord, and shewed them the Kings fon. 5 And he commanded them, fay- ing, This »'l the thing that ye thai] do ; A third pact of you that enter AicbToa. in J on the faobath 11ij.I1 even be e'1J" keepers of the watch of the kings houfe ; 6 And a third part Jiiall be at the gate of Sur ; ;.nd a third part at the gate behi id the guard f<» ihall ye il or,/n>m keep the watch of the houfe, || that trt broken down : 7 And Wo l| f parts of all you that go fort 1 on the fabbath, even they fttftl] Keep the w:itch of the houfe of the L-)R > about Che king. I v-e lhall lompafs the king r ■ ibout, every man with his weapons in his hand : and he that Il Or, t Hch tandi. N G S. Jehoa^v anointed king. cometh within the ranges let him »«£« be flain ; and be ye with the king as »7B. he goeth out, and as he cometh in. ' " 9 e And the captains over the hun- dreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the prieft commanded : and they took every man his men that were to come in on the fabbath, with them that fhould go out on the fab- bath, and came to Jehoiada the prieft. roAnd to the captains over hun- dreds did the prieft give king Davids fpears and fhields that were in the temple of the Lord. 1 1 And the guard ftood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right f cor- JJU* ' ner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple. 12 And he brought forth the kings fon, and put the crown upon him, and^^e him the teilimony : and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and faid, f God fave the king. J.**; 1 3 1| And when Athaliah heard the «>w '■ «*• noife of the guard and of the people, fhe came to the people into the temple of the Lord. 14 And when fhe looked, behold, the king ftood by f a pillar, as the J£*jf* manner was, and the princes and -y ;,-• the trumpeters by the king; and all ** the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets. And Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treafon, treafon ! 15 But Jehoiada the prieft com- manded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the hoft, and laid unto them, Have her forth without the ranges ; and him that followed! her kill with the fword. For the prieft had faid, Let her not be flain in the houfe of the Lord. 16 And they laid hands on her: and fhe went by the way by the which the horfes came into the kings houfe ; and there was fhe flain. 17 1[ »And Jehoiada made a cove- |*^»! nant between the Lord and the king ' and the people, that they fhould be the L o r d s people : h between the ^^ king alfo and the people. 18 And all the people of the land went into the houfe of Baal, and br->ke it down ; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thorough- ly, and flew Mattan the prieft of Baal before the altars : and ' rhe prieft £c,r? appointed f officers over the houfe cfthefconn. , , j 9 And Jekoafii his good reign : C H A fc*°«f 19 And he took the rulers over 678. hundreds, and the captains, and the * w ' guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the houfe of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the kings houfe: and he fat on the throne of the kings. 20 And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet ; and they flew Athaliah with the fword be fide the kings houfe. kichroa. 21 k Seven years old was Jehoafli *♦■ '• when he began to reign. CHAP. XII. 1 Jehoafii reigneth well all the days of Jehoiada : \ 9 he isjlain by hisfervants. • ictiron. TN "the feventh year of Jehu Je- **" *' i- hoaih began to reign ; and forty years reigned he in Jerufalem : and his mothers name w as Zibiah of Beer- flieba. 2 And jehoafli did that which was right in the light of the Lord all his days, wherein Jehoiada the prieft in- ftrufted him. t> 1 Kin;;. 3 But h the high places were not ta*i «i". I*. ken away : the people ftill facrifked ch»p.i4«4- ajid burnt incenfe in the high places. 4 % And Jehoafli faid to the priefts, \?^f' c All the money of 'the || f dedicated \\OT,b>ij things that is. brought into the houfe tungi. of the Lord, even ''the money of every L"n^>/. one that pallet!) the account, f the a ejco.i. money that every man is fet at, and j"iie'b." all tue money that f c cometh into InZ'toZtj any mans heart to bring into the oj '■'■■ .•;':'•' houfe of the Loud, lev."??'. 2. 5 Let the priefts take it to them, (»<'• every man of his acquaintance, and "'.. -'v;' let them repair the breaches of the LJminf. lioufe, wherefoever any breach fliall e E»o-!. be found. 4 Heb*. 6 But it was /o, that f in. the three ISJSfws and twentieth year of king Jehoafhthe j*> "■'.'id priefts had not repaired the breaches Sbird year, c * \ r J of the houfe. . 85S' 7 Then king Jehoafh called for Je- hoiada the prieft, and the other priefts, and faid unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the houfe ? Now, therefore, receive no innre money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the broaches of the houfe. 8 And the priefts contented to re- ceive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the houfe. 9 But Jehoiada the prieft took a cheft, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and fet it beflde the altar, on the right fide as one cometh into the houfe of the Lord ; and the priefts ?.•. XII. .he is Jlain by his fervantt, that kept the \ door put therein all Btfor« the money that was brought into the «"£ houfe of the Lord. t~i77< — ' 10 And it was/o, when they fine ""**** that there was much money in the cheft, that the kings || ftribe and the « o-, high prielt tame up, and they f put 7^7" up in bags, and told the money that ion-Suf was found in the houfe of tne Lord." 1 1 And they gave the money, be- ing told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the overfight of the houfe of the Lord : and they f laid it out to the carpenters and t,"ugit builders that wrought upon the houfe ' of the Lord, r 2 And to mafons, and hewers of ftone, and to buy timber and hewed ftone, to repair the breaches of the lioufe of the Lord, and fur all that f was laid out for the houfe to re- 13^4 pair it. 13 Howbeit, there were not made for the houfe of the Lord bowls of filver, fnufFers, bafons, trumpets, any velfels of gold, or velfeis of lilver, of the money that was brought into the houfe of the Lord; 14 But they gave that to the work- men, and repaired therewith the houfe of the Lord. 15 Moreover, f they reckoned not f/r\af* with the men into whofe hand they delivered the money to be bellowed on workmen : for they dealt faith- fully. 16 6The trefpafs- money and fin ^no- c L"- «• ney was not brought into the houfe of' ' the Lord : h it was the prieils. ^N';Jmb- 17 *II Then ' Hazael king of Syria i cnVp. went up, and fought againft Gath, 8l1 and took it : and kHazaei fet his face cif- 8*«- to go up to Jerufalem. iS™. 18 Arid Jehoafli king of Judah ' took **^' all the hallowed things that Jehofln- \\. is-8* phat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah. his^'is!8, fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the trea- fures of the houfe of the Lord, and in the kings houfe, and fent it to Hazael king of Syria; and he -J- went 1 **• away from Jerufalem. 19 % And the reft of the afts of Jehoafh, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chro- nicles of the kings of Judah ? 20 And m hi- fervants arofe, and «n ch*v- made a confpiracy, and flew Jehoafli ' ' in || the houfe of Millo, which goech «,°;:m.7j> down to Silla. . 21 For "jozaehar the fon of Shi- H^S™** mcath, and Jehozabad the fon of z«**«. |] Shomer, Jchoahaz his wicked reign. II. K I chri" ||Shomcr, his fervants, fmote him, wcir.a3o and he died; and they buried him To? ' with his fathers in the city of David : samritb. and Amazlah his fon reigned in his ftead. CHAP. XIII. i Jehoahaz his wicked reign r 9 Joafli J'ucceedeth him. 14 Eiijha, death. B5fi. JN f the three and twentieth year of «,"£«- A Joalh the fon of Ahaziah king of ruth year Tucja)i [ehoahaz the fon of Jehu be- mnd Ibira J u . t /. 1 ■ o jtar. gan to reign over Ifrael in Samaria, and reigned feventeen years. 2 And lie did that which was evil -i"(£i *n the cg£ of Joafh king of J udah began ]| Jehoalh iS7f»ti»r, the fon of Jehoahaz to reign over cn»i..i4.«. ]fraej m Samaria, and reigned fixteen years. 1 1 And he did that which was evil in the light of the Lord ; he departed not from all the fins of Jeroboam the fon of NuBat, who made Ifrael tin ; but he walked therein. N G S. KUjhas death. 12 'And the reft of the acls of g*j Joafh, and f all that he did, and * his su- nlight wherewith he fought againlt ',&£. Aniaziah king of Judah, are they not "4- Is- written in the book of the Chronicles ££*£*. of the kings of Ifrael ? ' c cm*. 13 And Joafh fiept with his fathers, i+'9't:"- and Jeroboam fat upon his throne : and Joafli was buried in Samaria with the kings of Ifrael. 14 1 Now Elifha was fallen fick, <*-ei9i of his ficknefs whereof he died : and Joafh the king of Ifrael came down unto him, and wept over his face, and faid, O my father, my father! hthe chariot of Ifrael, and the horfe- IS" men thereof. 15 And Elifha faid unto him, Take bow and arrows : and he took unto him bow and arrows. 16 And he faid to the king of If- rael, f Put thine hand upon the bow : £2?**, and he put his hand upon it; and *■£«• Elifha put his hands upon the kings hands. j 7 And he faid, Open the window eaftward : and he opened it. Then Elifha faid, Shoot : and he (hot. And he faid, The arrow of the Lords de- liverance, and the arrow of deliver- ance from Syria; for thou flialt fmite the Syrians in Aphek till thou have confumed them. 18 And he faid, Take the arrows : and he took them. And he faid unto the king of Ifrael, Smite upon the ground : and he fmote thrice, and flayed. 19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and faid, Thou ihouldeft have fmitten five or fix times, then hadft thou fmitten Syria till thou hadft confumed //.*' whereas now,v-r*J' thou flialt fmite Syria hut thrice. 20 5 And Elifiia died, and they cir.sji*. buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. 2 1 And it came to pafs, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they fpisd a band of men, and they caft the man into the fepulchre of Elifha : and when the man twMtJSf* let down, and touched the bones of dcwn- Elifha, k he revived, and ftood up on l;,1^'' his feet. 22 11 But Hazael king of Syri3 opprefied Ifrael all the days of Je- hoahaz. 23 'And the Lord was gracious ictup. unto them, and had compaifion on them, and mhad refpeft unto them, *£**•« becaufe of his covenant with Abra- ham, Jmaziahs good reign : ' C H A P. omit ham' Ifoac> and JaC(?b, and WOilld cir.ass. not deftroy them, neither caft he "iIX~^ them from his f prefence as yet. **■ 24 So Hazael king of Syria died ; "r" *39' and Ben-hadad his fon reigned in his ftead. 25 And Jehoafli the fon of Jehoahaz ttur'nti \ took again, out of the hand of Ben- "r 7*6 hadad the fon of Hazael, the cities v t ' which he had taken out of the hand 8, To!1 of Jehoahaz his father by war : "three times did Joafh beat him, and re- covered the cities of Ifrael. CHAP. XIV. I Amaziahs good reign : 17 he is (lain by a conf piracy. 21 Azariah fuc- ceedeth him. a-TN the fecond year of Joafh, fon of J- Jehoahaz king of Ifrael, reign- ed b Amaziah the fon of Joafh king of Judah. 2 He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign ; and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerufalem : and his mothers name was Jehoaddan of Jerufalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the fight of the Lord, yet not like David his father : he did according to all things as Joafh his father did. 4 c Howbeit, the high places were not taken away : as yet the people did facrifice and burnt inccnfe on the high places. 5 11 And itcametopafs,asfoonasthe kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he flew his fervants d which had flain the king his father. 6 But the children of the murder- ers he flew not : according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Mofes, wherein the Lord commanded, faying, e The fathers fhall not be put to death for the chil- dren, nor the children be put to death for the fathers ; but every man fhall be put to death for his own fin. 7 He flew of Edom in r the valley of Salt ten thoufand,and took || Selah by war, sand called the name of it Joktheel unto this day. 8 \ Then Amaziah fent meflengers to Jehoafh the fon of Jehoahaz, fon of Jehu, king of Ifrael, faying, Come, let us look one another in the face. 9 h And jehoafh the king of Ifrael fent to Amaziah king of Judah, fay- ing, \ The thiftle that was in Lebanon fent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, faying, Give thy daughter to my fon to wife : and there paffed by a wild beaft that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thiitle, XIV. he is flain by a conf piracy. I o Thou haft indeed fmitten Edom, **■* and thine heart hath lifted thee up : cir?*** glory of this, and tarry \ at home ; fliTC"* for why fhouldeft thou meddle to thy "J^ hurt, that thou fhouldeft fall, even thou, and Judah with thee ? I I But Amaziah would not hear : therefore Jehoafh king of Ifrael went up; and he and Amaziah king of Ju- dah looked one another in the face at Beth-fhemclh, which bebngeth to Judah. 12 And Judah f was put to the l"*mU. worfe before Ifrael, and they fled""-' every man to their tents. 13 And Jehoafli king of Ifrael took Amaziah king of Judah, the fon of Jehoafh, the fon of Ahaziah, at Beth- fhemefh, and came to Jerufalem, and brake down the wall of Jerufalem, from kthe gate of Ephraim unto 'the *2NebCia° corner-gate, four hundred cubits. i'j^L 14 And he took all the gold and iU**' filver, and all the veflels that were found in the houfe of the Lord, and in the treafnres of the kings houfe, and hoftages, and returned to Samaria. 1 5 H m Now the reft of the a£h of ?S%g*l Jehoafh 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 Ifrael ? 16 And Jehoafh flept with his fa- «'*•»»* thers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Ifrael; and Jeroboam his fon reigned in his ftead. 17 1[ And Amaziah, the fon of Joafh king of Judah, lived after the death of Jehoafh, fon of Jehoahaz king of Ifrael, fifteen years. j 8 And the reft of the afts of Ama- ziah, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 19 Now "they made a confpiracy n»chr?% againft him in Jerufalem : and he fled 2S'2?* to Lachilh; but they fent after him to Lachilh, and flew him there. 20 And they brought him on **>• horfes ; and he was buried at Jeru- falem with his fathers in the city of David. 21 t And all the people of Judah took "Azariah, (which was fixteen J^Sfo years old,) and made him king in- *(ch/;n- ltead of his father Amaziah . he u> »>f»4 22 He built I'Elath, and reftored J'**^' it to Judah, after that the king flept io.fi. with his fathers. 23 If In the fifteenth year of Ama- Noif**' ziah, the fon of Joafh king of Judah, bcgS» to Jeroboam "*M- Bclorc Oirill 82S- s Joruhi Mricu. i 3y, 40, Jeroboams wicked reign. II. K I Jeroboam the fon of Joafh king of ifrael began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. 24 And he did that which was evil in the fight of the Lord : he departed not from nil the fins of Jeroboam the fon of Nebat, who made Ifr.iel to fiji. 25 He reftored the coaft of Ifrael, ''from the entering -of Hamath unto rthe fea of the plain, according to the wordoftheLoRD Godof Ifrael, which he fpake by the hand of his fervant 'Jonah, the fon of Amittai, the pro- phet, which was of Gath-hepher. 26 For the Lord favv the affliction of Ifrael, that it was very bitter : for c there was not any fliut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Ifrael. 27 "And the Lord faid not that he would blot out the name of Ifrael from under heaven : but he faved them by the hand of Jeroboam the fon of Joafh. 38 U Now the reft of the acts of Je- roboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damafcus, and Hamath, * which belonged to Judah, for Ifrael, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Ifrael ? 784- 29 And Jeroboam flept with his iyE«rrfg-,n fathers, even with the kings of Ifrael ; aam. i ■ 1 and y Zachariah his fon reigned in his ch»p-'i*8. (lead. CHAP. XV. 1 Azariah his good reign : 5 Jothant J'ucceedeth him: 32 his good reign. eir.8!o. TiSf the twenty and feventh year of ™;ya';eA Jeroboam king of Ifrael a began b Azariah fon of Amaziah king of Ju- dah to reign. 2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerufalem : and his mothers name was Jecholiah of Jerufalem. 3 And he did that which was right in the fight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done; 4 c Save that the high places were not removed : the people facriti.ed and burnt incenfe Hill on the high places. 5 If And the Lord d fmote the king, fo that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and c dwelt in a fe- veral houfe .. and Jotham the kings fon was over the houfc, judging the people of the land. 6 And the reit of the aits of Aza- riah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of tiie kings of Juduh 1 » 1 Sam. 8. o. 1 Ciiron 8.3. a.-ns part- 9?rlli:p in ttle kine- *Jum with nio father, viio route fort at his 14. 21. 2 Chron. 2S.I, 3- b Called Ux.zi.it', Vcr 1 J, 30, &c. e y«. 3j. 14-4 dr. 765. N G S. Jotham fucceedetk Az.ariah. 7 So Azariah flept with his fathers, g**f and fthey buried him with hisfathers ar.jsBS in the city of David; and Jotham his /TcG^- fon reigned in his dead. " l0 **• 8 If In the thirty and eighth year T^f^* of Azariah king of Judah did Za- chariah the fon of Jeroboam reign ! over Ifrael in Samaria fix months. »»«*• 9 And he did that which was evil in the light of the Lord, as his fa- thers had done : he departed not from the fins of Jeroboam the fon of Nebat, who madir Ifrael to fin. 10 And Shallnm the fon of Jabefh e!r7"- confpired againft him, and 8 fmote pi him before the people, and flew him, Au"" 7S' and reigned in his Head. 1 r And the reft of the a&s of Za- chariah, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Ifrael. 1 2 This was ''the word of the Lord j> ci^r.. which he fpake untojehu, faying, Thy 10- 3C" fons fhall fit on the throne of Ifrael unto the fourth generation. And fo it came to pafs. 13 '{\ Shallum the fon of Jabefh be- gan to reign in the nine and thirtieth" year of Uzziah king of Judah ; and he iM/t,lh1•,r• reigned f a full month in Samaria. 14 For Menahem the fon of Gadi i^Jfi..'* went up from kTirzah, and came to JJJ**" Samaria, and fmote Shallum the fon <<<>.«. of Jabefh in Samaria, and flew him, J4,.^"B' and reigned in his ftead. 15 And the reft of the acts of Shal- lum, and his confpiracy which he made, behold, they are written ini the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Ifrael. 16 "j Then Menahem fmote Tiph- fah, and all that xvere therein, and the coafts thereof from Tirzah : becaufe they opened not to him, therefore he fmote it; and all 'the women therein \ that were with child he ripped up. 1 7 In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Mena- hem the fon of Gadi to reign over If- rael, and reigned ten years in Samaria. 18 And he did that which was evil in the fight of the Lord : he depart- ed not all his day., from the fins of Je- roboam the fon of Nebat, who made Ifrael to fin. 19 And ,:1 Pul tlie king of Affyria J -l™"*- came againft the land : and Menahem j gave Pul a thouland talents of filver, "u '*'"' that his hand might be with him, to re- confirm the kingdom in his hand. 20 And Menahem f exacted the*™*,, money of Ifrael, tven of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty Pekahialis evil refrn. CHAP. XV, XVI. Jtthams good reigrii chr'w fifty (hekels offilver, to give to the v 77i- king of AfTyria : fo the king of AfTyria "• ' turned back, and frayed not there in the land. ait And the reft of the afts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Ifrael ? 22 And Menahem llept with his fathers ; and Pekahiah his fon reigned in his ftead. j6i. 23 *|j In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah the fon of Menahem began to reign over Ifrael in Samaria, and reigned two years. 24 And he did that -which was evil in the fight of the Lord ; he depart- ed not from the fins of Jeroboam the fon of Nebat, who made Ifrael to fin. JS9- 25 But Pekah the fon of Remaliah, a captain of his, confpired againft him, and fmote him in Samaria, in the palace of the kings houfe, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room. 26 And the reft of the acts of Pe- kahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Ifrael. 27 If In the two and fiftieth year oira. 7-i- of Azariah king of Judah, "Pekah the fon of Remaliah began to reign over Ifrael in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. 28 And he did that which was evil in the light of the Lord ; he departed not from the fins of Jeroboam the fon of Nebat, who made Ifrael to fin. 740. 29 In the days of Pekah king of ojchroa. Ifrael "came Tiglath-pilefer king of KaV. 1. AfTyria, and took p Ijon, and Abel- S/.ao"8' heth-maachah, and Janoah, and Ke- defh, and Hazor, and %ilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to AfTyria. 739. 30 II And Hofhea the fon of Elah made a confpiracy againft Pekah the fon of Remaliah, and fmote him, and 2naXan flew him, and reigned in his * ftead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the Hofpio7.' '" *"on °*" Uzziah r. 7,'Vs- ' 3' 31 And the reft of the a£ts of Pekah, 4u"y«r of and a^ that he d'K'> behold, they are v-Tldh wr*tten m tne book of the Chronicles JeJAfter of the kings of Ifrael. iffiohad 32 H In the fecond year of Pekah rlo.loa the fon °^ &emalian king of Ifrael, »m.w' began 'Jotham the fon of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. 33 Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned fixteen years in Jerufalem : gfjgjf and his mothers name was Jerulha, 730* the daughter of Zadok. v w 34 And he did that which was right in the fight of the Lord : he did ac- cording to all that his father Uzziah had done. 35 H ' Howbeit the high places *-v" 4. were not removed : the people facri- ficed and burnt incenfe ftill in the high places. He built the higher gate of the houfe of the Lord. 36 U Now the reft of the afts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chro- nicles of the kings of Judah ? 37 (In thofe days the Lord began "trt™^& to fend againft Judah "Rezin the ■; king of Syria, and Pekah the fon of "chip. Remaliah.) \?i s~\ 38 And Jotham llept with his fa- * thers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father : and Ahaz his fon reigned in his ftead. CHAP. XVI. 1 Ahaz his wicked reign : 1 7 he fpoileth the temple: 19 Hezekiah fucceedeth him. IN athe feventeenth year of Pekah XI?}?** the fon of Remaliah, Ahaz the fon of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign ; and reigned fix- teen years in Jerufalem, and did not that which was right in the fight of the Lord his God, like David his father. 3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Ifrael ; yea, b and made his '.' fon to pafs through the fire, according ; to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord caft out from before the children of Ifrael. 4 And he facrificed and burnt in- cenfe in the high places, and con the 11. ».' hills, and under every green tree. 5 If d Then Rezin king of Syria, d :u -. t and Pekah fon of Remaliah king of Ifrael, came up to Jerufalem to war : and they befieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. 6 At that time Rezin king of Syria 'recovered Elath 10 Syria, and drave j f,''2T the Jews from f Elalh : and the Sy- 1 rians came to Elafih, and dwelt there unto this day. 7 II So Ahaz. fer.t njeifengers ' to [f^ f Tiglath-pilefer king of Aflyria, fay- 1 ing, I am thy fervant and thy fo:i : ;. come up, and five me out of the hand ' of the king of Syria, and out of the - hand of the king of Ifrael^ which rife 5 . t me. * h 2 And Ahatfpoihth the temple. II. K I cV.r'.'u 8 And Ah3Z E t0°k t1ie fliVer and 749. j gold /Ac// wot found in the houfe of eciup. J the Lord, and in the treafures of the s«ichro. kings houfe, and fent it for a prefent *<*• "• to the king of Aflyria. 9 And the king of Aflyria hearkened unto him ; for the king of Aflyria \ Heb. went up againft f Damafcus, and ,' h took it, and carried the people of it Amoi'1.5. captive to Kir, and flew Rezin. 10 *H And king Ahaz went to Da- mafcus to meet Tiglath-pilefer king of Aflyria, and faw an altar that was at Damafcus : and king Ahaz fent to Urtjah :he prieft the fafnion of the alta:, and the pattern of it, according to ali the workmanfhip thereof. 1 1 And Urijah the prieft built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had fent from Damafcus: fo Urijah the prieft made it againft king Ahaz came from Damafcus. 12 And when the king was come from Damafcus the king faw the al- ae.Ci6°i9. tar : anc* ' tnc king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. j 3 And he burnt his burnt-offering and his meat-offering, and poured his drink-offering, and fprinkled the blood t itch offhispeace-offerings, upon the altar. w!"'"'"'cre 1 4 And he brought aifo k the brafen kichron. altar, which was before the Lord, 4' '" from the fore-front of the houfe, from between the altar and the houfe of the Lord, and put it on the north fide of the altar. 15 And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the prieft, faying, Upon the 1 FaoJr.r? down "the fea from off the brafen ^•-z,2s. oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of ftones ; 18 And the covert for the fabbath, that they had built in the houfe, and the kings entry without, turned he from the houfe of the Lord for the king of Aflyria, N G S. The Ifraelites captivity. 19 *\ Now the reft of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not _J written in the book of the Chronicles " " of the kings of Judah ? 20 And Ahaz flept with his fathers, 7** and rwas buried with his fathers u\pz^["n the city of David : and Hezekiah his fon reigned in his ftead. CHAP. XVII. r Ho (lien his wicked reign. 5 Samaria for their fins is captivated. 24 The ftrange nations, plagued with lionsy make a mixture of religions, IN the twelfth year of Ahaz king of 730. Judah began aHofhea the fon of '.f^gf Elah to reign in Samaria over Ifrael gjjj, nine years. u-'ib. 2 And he did that which was evil in the fight of the Lord, but not as the kings of Ifrael that were before him. 3 ^[ Againft him came up Shal- manefer king of Aflyria ; and Holhea , Bcfc became his fervant, and fgave him '■e.i.l.'u. II prefents. ££&, 4 And the king of Aflyria found confpiracy in Hofhea ; for he had fent mefiengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no prefent to the king of Aflyria, as he had done year by year ; therefore the king of Aflyria fhut him 71s' up, and bound him in prifon. 5 ^ Then b the king of Aflyria came b c^3' up throughout all the land, and went \§*aV.' up to Samaria, and befieged it three years. 6 c In the ninth year of Hofhea the 7«« king of Aflyria took Samaria, and c, "^ carried Ifrael away into Aflyria, d and ; placed them in Halah, and in Habor o 1 ctrjn by the river of Gozan, and in the s,lC' cities of theMedes. 7 ¥ or Jb it was, that the children of Ifrael had finned againft the Lord their God, «hich had 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 c walked in the ftatutcs of ij^'." the heathen, whom the Lord caft out from before the children of Ifrael, and of the kings of Ifrael, which they had made. 9 And the children of Ifrael did fe- cretly thofe thiugs that were not right againft the Lord their God, ^nd they built them high places in all their (Ch,:,_ cities, fr"rom the tower of the watch- iy-*/_ men to the fenced city. 10 g And they fet them up f image . and h groves '' in every high hill, and under every green tree : %£f%S 1 1 And there they burnt incenfe Dcoier! in all the high places, as did the ';^'; heathen, ia u IfraeUtet idolatry. CHAP, heathen, whom the Lord carried away before them ; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger. 1 2 For they ferved idols, k where- of the Lord had faid unto them, 'Ye (hall not do this thing. 13 Yet the Loud teftified againfl: Ifrael, and againfl: Judah, f by all the prophets, and by all m the feers, fay- ing, n Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, and my ftatutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I fent to you by my fer- vants the prophets. 14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but "hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the Lord their God. 15 And they rejected his ftatutes, pand his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his tellimonies which he teftified againfl: them ; and they followed q vanity, and r became vain, and went after the heathen that zvere round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them, that they fliould not do like them. 16 And they left all the command- ments of the Lord their God, and G made them molten images, even two calves, ' and made a grove, and worfhipped all the hoft of heaven, " and ferved Baal. 17 x And they caufed their forts and their daughters to pafs through the fire, and ufed divination and inchant- ments, and y fold themfelves to do evil in the fight of the Lord, to pro- voke him to anger. r8 Therefore the Lord was very angry with Ifrael, and removed them out of his fight : there was none left 7 but the tribe of Judah only. 19 Alio Judah kept not the com- mandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the ftatutes of Ifrael which they made. 20 And the Lord rejected all the feed of Ifrael, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of fpoilers, until he had caft them out of his fight. 2r For ahe rent Ifrael from the houfe of David ; and b they made Je- roboam the fon of Nebat king : and Jeroboam drave Ifrael from follow- ing the Lord, and made them fin a great fin. 22 For the children of Ifrael walk- ed in all the fins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; XVII. The JlretKge nations plagued. 23 Until the Lord removed Ifrael out of his fight, as he had faid by all r$ his fervants the prophets. So was If- V~~J rael carried away out of their own land to Aflyria unto this day. 24 f cAnd the king of AfTyria cir-^s. brought men dfrom Babylon, and l??£ *' from Cuthah, and from e Ava, and dseever.30 from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, «£hl* and placed them in the cities of Sa- iv'ae?' maria, inftead of the children of If- rael : and they poffefled Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. 25 And Jo it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord ; therefore the Lord fent lions among them, which ilewfome of them. 26 Wherefore they fpake to the king of Affyria, faying, The nations which thou haft removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land : therefore he hath fent lions among them, and, behold, they flay them, becaufe they know not the manner of the God of the land. 27 Then the king of Affyria com- manded, faying, Carry thither one of the priefts whom ye brought from thence, and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. 28 Then one of the priefts, whom they had carried away from Samaria, came and dwelt in Beth - el, and taught them how they fkould fear the Lord. 29 Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houfes of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. 30 And the men of f Babylon made fvcr.14; Succoth-benpth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Afhima, 31 gAnd the Avites made Nibhaz i-e«» and Tartak, and theSepharvites burnt 4' 9" their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sephar- vaim. 32 So they feared the Lord, "and \?/^ made unto themfelves of the lowed: of them pnefts of the high places, which facrificed for them in the houfes of the high places. 33 'They feared the Lord, and iZcph.i.j ferved their own gods, after the man ner of the nations || whom they car- -.. ried away from thence. 34 TTnto this day they do after the former manners : they fear not the B b z Lord, V Or, ■ ,/ XI m 1 Kings is. jr. 1 Judges Hezekkths good reign. II. K I J52JJJ Lord, neither do they after their fta- .6-8. tutes, or after their ordinances, oraf- "* ' tcr the law and commandment which the Lord commanded Che children 'Qtkfi: of Jacob, kwhom he named Ifrael ; 35 With whom the Lord had made a, covenant, and charged them, faying, l Ye fhall not fear other gods, nor bow yourfelves to them, nor fcrve them, nor facriiice to them : 36 But the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and ma flretched-out arm, him lhall ye fear, and him (hall ye worfhip, and to him null ye do facrifice. 37 And the ftatutes, and the ordi- nances, and the law, and the com- mandment, which he wrote for you, ye fhall obferve to do for evermore ; and ye fhall not fear other gods. 38 And the covenant that I have made with you ye fhall not forget ; neither fhall ye fear other gods. 39 But the Lord your God ye fhall fear ; and he fhall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. 40 Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former man- ner. 41 So thefe nations feared the Lord, and ferved their graven images, both their children, and their childrens children : as did their fathers, fo do they unto this day. CHAP. XVIII. 1 Hezekiahs good reign: 4 he de- ftroyeth idolatry, and profpereth. 9 Samaria is carried captive fur their fins. NOw it came to pafs, in the third year of Hofhea fon of El ah king of Ifrael, that a Hezekiah the fon 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 Je- rufalem : his mothers name alfo was b Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. 3 And he did that which was right in the light of the Lord, according to all that David his father did. 4 *; c He removed the high places, and brake the f images, and cut dow n the groves, and brake in pieces the d brafeii ferpeut that Mofes had made : for unto thofe days .the children of Ifrael did burn incenfe to it j and he called it || Nehufhtan. 5 He trufted in the Lord God of Ifrael ; efo that after him was none like him among all the kings of Ju- dah, nor any that were before him. 726. ilc'iscalic Mit. I. 0. ti 2 Chron. as 1 . c 1 Chroa. Si. 1. i neb. fiatutf. Afltctt tr.:fu c Ch.ip. ij. 25. NC S. Samarias captivity. 6 For he clave to the Lord, and *jjjj* departed not f from following him, but kept his commandments, which <7Tv the Lord commanded Mofes. 7 And the Lord was with him, and ctr. 725. he profpered w hitherfoever he went forth : and he rebelled againft the king of Allyria, and ferved him net. 8 f He fmote the Phiiiftines, even^^™' unto f Gaza, and the borders thereof, t.-",\. i9. 8 from the tower of the watchmen to ^^«i. the fenced city. 9 K And h it came to pafs in the l7'9' fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the feventh year of Holhea fon '>• ■*• of Elah king of Ifrael, that Sbalma- nefer king of Affyria came up againft Samaria, and belieged it. 10 And at the end of three years they took it : even in the fixth year of <'■*■ 7«« Hezekiah (that is ;the ninth year of Hofliea king of Ifrael) Samaria was '7'0" taken. 1 1 k And the king of Affyria did kcrup. carry away Ifrael unto Allyria, and "' put them ' in Halah, and in Habor by ''S^* the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes : 12 Becaufe they obeyed not the voice of the Lord their God, but tranfgreffsd his covenant, and all that Mofes the fervant of the Lord com- manded, and would not hear themy nor do them. 13 \ Now m in the fourteenth year 7,J' of king Hezekiah did f Sennacherib ™*?t?£2" king of Afiyria come up againft all l^-.36- '• the fenced cities of Judah, and took Jj^fc them. j Hch. 14 And Hezekiah king of Judah *""'""'*' fent to the king of Affyria to Lachifh, faying, I have offended ; return from me : that which thou puttelt on me will I bear. And the king of Allyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Ju- dah three hundred talents of iilver, and thirty talents of gold. 15 And Hezekiah gave him all the filver that luas found in the houfe of tlie Lord, and in the treafures of the kings houfe. 16 At that time did Hezekiah cut o!f the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and ftom the pillars which Hezekiah king of Ju- dah had overlaid, and gave + it to }**• the king of Affyria. 17 *; niid the king of Afiyria fent cir- ?1J ainlKabiaris,andEab-(hakeh, from Lachifh, to king Hezekiah with a f great holi againlt Jerufalem: and £,'„' they weut up, and came to Jerufalem. And, when 'they were come up, they e.une t Heb. word of ttv hl>s. |j Or,*» Rab-Jliakehs blafphemous CHAP. ^5 came and flood by the conduit of the •7'0. upper pool, "which is in the high- ia. 7. 3. way of the fullers field. 18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the fon of Hilkiah, which was over the houfehoid, and Shebna 'l'ury, the || fcribe,and Joah, the fon of Afaph, the recorder. 19 And Rab-fhakeh faid unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus faith the great king, the king of Af- fyria,What confidence is this where- in thou trufleft ? 20 Thou || fayefl, (but t/tey are but f vain words,) || / hceoe counfel and llrength for the war. Now, on whom doll thou trull, that thou rebelled im againfl me ? /tw-Mwvar. 2i "Now, behold, thou \ truftefl OM.V- upon the ftaff of this bruifed reed, t Heb. even upon Egypt, on which if a man "*""'"*"• lean it will go into his hand and pierce it : fo is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trull on him. 22 But if ye fay unto me, We trufl in the Lord our God : is not that he whofe high phaces and whofe altars Hezekiah hath taken away ; and hath faid to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye fUall worfhip before this altar in Je- rufalem ? 23 Now, therefore, I pray thee, give || pledges to my lord the king of Afiyria, and I will deliver thee two thoufand horfes, if thou be able on thy part to fet riders upon them. 24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the leall of my mailers fervants, and put thy trull on Egypt for chariots and for horlemen ? 2; Am I now come up without the Lord againft this place to deftroy it ? The Lord faid to me, Go up againll this land, and deftroy it. 26 Then (aid Eliakim the fon of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rab-ihakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy fervants in the Syrian language ; (for wc understand it i) and talk not with us in the Jews language in the ears of the people that are onthe wall. 27 But Rab-ihakeh faid unto them, Hath my mailer fent me to thy ma- iler, and to thee, to fpeak thefe words ? hath he not fent me to the men which fit on the wall, that they may eat tHci>. their own dung, and drink + their the witter of -r ■ . b -. tbeirfett. OW11 pits, W!tn you f U".ron' 2H pThen Rab-lhakeh flood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews language, and fpake, faying, Hear XIX, XX. cutr age again fl Judah. the word of the great king, the king of Afiyria : dr. 7 id. 29 Thus faith the king, Let not He- v v ' zekiah deceive you ; for he lhall not be able to deliver you out of his hand : 30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trufl in the Lord, faying, The Lord will furely deliver us, and this city fiiall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Afiyria. 31 Hearken not unto Hezekiah : for thus faith the king of Afiyria, ||fMakt an agreement with me by a prefent, • and come out to me, and' then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his || ciftern ; I Qr-> '■'■ 32 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil -olive and of honey, that ye may live, and ' not die : and hearken not unto Heze- kiah, when he || perfuadeth you, fay- ! ing, The Loru will deliver us. 33 1 Hath any of the gods of the lu- nations delivered at all ins iand out "*• 10- 1°- of the hand of the king of Afiyria ? 34 r Where art- the gods of Hamatli. • c';;' and of Arpad ? where are the gods of ' " ' "" Sepharvaim, Hena, and sIvah \ have s17Ch2a£ they delivered Samaria out of mine Ava* hand ? 3> Who are they among all the gods of the countries that have de- livered their country out of mine hand, t that the Lord Humid deliver ^j**!; Jerufalem out of mine hand ? 36 But the people held their peace, and anfwered hirn not a word : for tiie kings commandment was, faying, Anfwer him not. 37 Then came Eliakim the fon of Hilkiah, which was over the houfe- hoid, and Shebna the fcribe, and Joah, the fon of Afaph, the recorder, toHe- zekiah "with their clothes rent, and »«*• 3 > told him the words of Rab-fhakeh. C H A P. XIX. 1 Hezekiah, mourning, fendeth to Ifaiah to pray for them: 6 he comfortetk them. 8 Sennacherib fendeth a blaf- phemous letter tc Hezekiah : 1 4 He- zekiahs prayer, is' An emgel Jlayeth the Aljyrians. 36 Sennacherib is /lain by his own Jons. ANd * it came to pafs, when king *■ Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himfelf with fackcloth, and went into the houfe of the Lord. 2 And he fent Eliakim, which wat over the houfehoid, and Shebna the Bbi fcribe, Hezek! ah is comforted: II. K I SaJSK fcribe. and the elders of the priefts, ^?'1- , covered with fackclcth, to Tfaiahthe bi.ukc 3. 4. prophet, the Ton of Araoz. £flli. 3 And they faid unto him, Thus faith Hezekiah, This day if a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and |j blaf- phemy : for the children are com? to the birth, and there is not ftrength to bring forth. 4 It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rab-fhakeh, If "as! c whom the king of Afiyria his mafter hath fent to reproach the living God ; and will reprove the words which the LOUD thy God hath heard: where- fore lift up thy prayer for the remnant ££* that are f left. 5 So the fervants of king Hezekiah tam<; to Ifaiah. 6 ^f And If*';?h faid unto them, Thus fhall ye fay to your mafter, Thus faith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words which thou haft heard, a chep. with which the d fervants of the king u-'7- of AfTyria have blafphemed me. j«fsi.3r 7 Belv.id, I will fend ca blait upon him, ami he fhall hear a rumour, and fhall return to his own land ; and I will caufe him to fall by the fword in his own land. 8 If So Rab-fhakeh returned, and found the king of AfTyria warring againft Libnah : for he had heard that !£"*£ he was departed f from Lachifh. eSKisam. 9 And B When he heard fav of Tir- a3 Zh hakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he ;s come out to fight againft thee ; he fent mefJeUgers again unto Hezekiah, faying, 10 Thus fhall ye fpeak to Hezekiah king of JudVn, faying, Let not thy God in whom thou tru'teft deceive thee, faying, Jerufalem fhall not be delivered into the hand of the king oi AflVria r 1 Behold, thou haft heard what the kings' of Afiyria have done to all lands, by defttoying them utterly; and fhalt thou be delivered ? Je"1?.' 1 2 h Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers h w e deftroyed ; c.-f liozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelatkr ? u^lt ' 3 ' Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah ? 14 ^1 And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the meili and read it : and Hezekiah went up into the houfe of the Lord, and fpread it before the Lord. NGS, his prayer anfwered. 1 5 And Hezekiah prayed before the J^Jf Lord, and faid, O Lord God of If- no- J rael, * which dwel left between the che- k 1 si™, rubims, thou art the God, even thou t-'JUo.u alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou haft made heaven and earth. 16 Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and fee ; and hear the words of Sennache- rib, which hath fent him to reproach the living God. 17 Of a truth, Lord, the kings of AfTyria have deftroyed the nations and their lands, 18 And have fcaft their gods into \^ the fire : for they were no gods, butthe work of mens hands, wood and ftone; therefore they have deftroyed them. 19 Now, therefore, O Lord our God, I befeech thee, fave thou us out of his hand ; that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, even thou only. 20 ^ Then Ifaiah the ion of Amoz fent to Hezekiah, faying, Thus faith the Lord God of Ifrael, That which thou haft prayed to me againft Senna- cherib king of Afiyria I have heard. 21 This is the word that the Lord hath fpoken concerning him ; The vir- gin, the daughter of Zion,hathdefpifed thee, and laughed thee to fcorn ; the daughter of Jerufalem ' hath fhaken |,££ K •■ her head at thee. L*8' 11 22 Whom haft thou reproached and blafphemed ? and againft whom haft then exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes oil high? even againft r,u. . ., m the holy One of Ifrael. J«- w '>'.' 23 -f By thy meflengers thou haft t »ct>. *>■ reproached the Lord, and haft faid, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the (ides of Lebanon, and will cut down f the tall cedar- ; trees thereof, and the choice fir-trees ' thereof; and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, mid into j| the - forefl of his Carroel. %,!/}'i:/u' 2A I have digged and drunk ftrange waters, and with the fole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of j|.be- fieged places. 25 |j Haft thou not heard long ago ',, haw I have done it, and of ancient • times that I have formed it ? now have J brought it to,pafs, that thou fhoukteft be to lay wafte fenced cities " nous heaps. 26 Therefore their inhabitants were -(- of fmall power, they were difm [founded ; they were (7/thegrafs ; |eld, and Us the green hero, as • "the The Affyrians flain. C II A p. XX. Hczekiahs ficknefs and recovery. t Heb. the chapw.g. : ifa. Q. 7. 1 Mac. 7. 41. I Mac. "thegrafs on the houfe-tops, and at corn blaired before it be grown up. 27 But °I know thy || abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and ' thy rage againit me. 28Becaufe thy rage again!!: me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore p I will put my hook in thy nofe, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earned. 29 And this (hall be a iign unto thee, Ye fhall eat this year fnch things as grow of themfelves, and in the lecond year that which fpringeth of the fame ; and In the third year fow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. 30 q And f the remnant that is efcaped of the houfe of Judah fhall yet again take rooi bear fruit upward. 31 For out of Jerufalem fhall go forth a remnant, and f they that efcape out of mount Zion : ' the zeal of the Lord of ho/Is fhall do this. 32 Therefore thus faith the Lord concerning the king of Aflyria, He (hall not come into this city, nor fhoot an arrow there,- nor come before it with fhield, nor call a bank againft it. 33 By the way that he came, by the fame fhall he return, and fhall not come into this city, faith the Lord. 34 For s I will defend this city to fave it, for mine own fake, and c for my fervant Davids fake. 35 If And u it came to pafs that night that the angel of the Lord went out, and fmote in the camp of the Afly- r"i3ns an hundred fouricore and five thoufand : and when they arofe early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpfes. 36 So Sennacherib king of Aflyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 37 And it came to pafs, as he was worfhipping in the houfe of Nifroch his god, that "Adrammelechand Sha- rezer yhis fons * fmote him with the fword ; and they efcaped into the land of f Armenia : and a Efar-haddon his fon reigned in his ftead. CHAP. XX. 1 Hezekiali receiving a mefjage of death, by prayer hath his life lengthened. 8 Thefungoeth ten degrees backward for a fign; 20 Manaffeh fucceedelh him. IN " thofe days wasHezekiah fick un- to death: and the prophet Ifaiah the fon of Anioz came to him, and faid unto him, Thus faith the Lord, *■*%* -f- Set thine houfe in order ; for thou "'-•• llia.lt die, and not live. (7h7> cJw 2Then he turned hisface to the wall, and praypd unto the Lord, faying, tbincbatft. 3 1 befeech thee, O Loud, remem- ber now how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy fight. And Hezekiah wept f fore . 4 And it came to pafs, afore Ifaiah -■■■ ■ • was gone out into the middle ]| court, II or, uir. that the word of the Lord came to him, faying, 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah, the captain of my people, Thus faith the Lord, the God of David thy fa- ther, I have heard thy prayer, I have feen thy tears : behold, I will heal thee j on the third day thou {halt go up unto the houfe of the Lord. 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Aflyria; and b I will defend this city for mine own fake, and for ,5>" my fervant Davids fake. 7 And Ifaiah faid, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. 8 % And Hezekiali faid unto Ifaiah, c What //w// be the fign that the Lord S.'fj/"* will heal me, and that I fhall go up 17. w. into the houfe of the Lord the third \'Ch.' day? 9 And Ifaiah faid, This fign fhalt thou have of the Lord, that the Lord will do the tiling that he hath fpoken: Shall the fhadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees ? :oAnd Hezekiah anfwered, It is a light thing for the fhadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the fhadow return backward ten degrees. 11 And Ifaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord ; and <* he brought ,0" 1, u. the fhadow ten degrees backward, by J ;, which it had gone down in the fdial •*«■ 2-*- or Ahaz. %„„. 12 1[ eAt that time || Berodach- 71*. baladan, the fon ofBaladan, king ofj1^*1' Babylon, fent letters and a prefent unto Hezekiah : for he had heard <"""'a"- that Hezekiah had been fick. 13 And f Hezekiah hearkened unto £*«•*«£ them, and (hewed them all the houfe '* " of his || precious things, the (ilver, and/pktrj, the gold, and thefpices, and the preci- ous ointment, and all the houfe of his || f armour, and all that was found in his treafures: there was nothing in his houfe, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah fhewed them not. Bb4 J4lTfl.ea Ttte Babylonian captivity foretold. II. KINGS. Manaffehi reign and idolatry. 5 And he built altars for all the hoft K(f,re chmt J4 U Then came Ifaiah the prophet ,, 7'i- t unto king Hezekiah, and faid unto him, What faid thefe men? and from whence came they unto thee ? And Hezekiah faid, They are come from afar country, even from Babylon. 15 And he faid, What have they Seen in thine houfe ? And Hezekiah anfwered, All the things that are in mine houfe have they (een : there is nothing among my treafures that I have not mewed them. 16 And Ifaiah faid unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord. 17 Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine houfe, and that which thy fathers have laid up in (lore un- i£h£"'14' to this day, s fliall be carried into Vr 17! 21 Babylon : nothing mail be left, faith liii'ii- ' the Lord. 18 And of thy fons that fliall iffiie from thee, which thou ffialt beget, 11 Fulfilled fliall they take away,- || and they fhall '' 3' be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. 19 Then faid Hezekiah unto Ifaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which %?rinfte thou haft fpoken. And he faid, || Is ?»'«f*,"«£c. it not good, if peace and truth be in dr. 710. my days ? V3Ch.r°n' 2° \ UAti^ the re^ °f tJie a^S °f Hezekiah, and all his might, and how iNeh.3.1*. he i made a pool, and a conduit, and *2 »chroi». k brought water into the city, art they not written in the book of the Chro- nicles of the kings of Judah ? eir. ej3. 2i And Hezekiah ilept with his fathers : and Mauaueh his fon reign* ed in his (lead. CHAP. XXI. j ManaJJehs wicked reign : 3 hh great idolatry. 19 Amons wicked rtigr: : 2 3 lie is Jlain. * .' '."""' "X/J'Anaileh ;' weti twelve years old 1*1 when he began to reign; and reigned fifty and five years in Jeru- salem : and his mothers name was Hephzi-bah. 2 And he did that which was evil in the light of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord call out before the chil- dren of Ifrael. 3 For he built up again the high M*Jf" places b which Hezekiah his father had destroyed ; and he reared up al- jJ.3i"riS3. tars for Baal, and made a grove, cas did Ahab king of Ifrael ; and wor- 4 jam dipped ali the hoft of heaven, and a»- .!■)-' ferved them. ea3«n. 4 And d he built altars in the houfe of theLoRD, of which the Lord faid, c In Jerufalem will I put my name. of heaven in the two courts of the <>*^ hath done wickedly above all that k 1 King." the Amorites did, which were before "' l6- him, and hath made Judah alfy to fm with his idols ; 12 Therefore thus faith the Lord God of Ifrael, Behold, I am bringing J'uch evil upon Jerufalem and Judah, that whofoever heareth of it, both, rSami 1 his ears fliall tingle. 3- n. 13 And I will ltretch over Jerufa- J"' ,s 3' lent ■ the lire of Samaria, and the jV"!'1' plummet cf the houfe of Ahab : and i^.8' I will wipe Jerufalem as a man wi- ?•»» peth a dim, f wiping it, and turning J j/uplidedown. 14 And 1 will forfake the remnant/ of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies, and they fliall become a prey and a fpoil to all their enemies; 1 5 Becaufe they have done that which was evil in my light, and have provoked me to anger, iince the day their fathers came forth put of Egypt, even unto this day. 16 "Moreover, Manafleh fined in- ' nocent biood very much, till he had filled Jerufalem + from one end to,>"^n„,33. r 7 11 Now ° the reft of the acts of >,— 19. Manafleh, and all that he did, and his \\\\ that he finned, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 3."?"' ' 8 ^nd * Manalfeh Aept with his fa- thers, and was buried in the garden of his own houfe, in the garden of Uzza : 643* and Amon his fon reigned in his ftead. 19 *| Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned two years in Jerufa- lem : and his mothers name was Meihullemeth, the daughter of Ha- ruz of Jotbah. 20 And he did that which wa< evil in the light of the Lord, as his father Manafleh did. 2 1 And he walked in all the ways that his father walked in, and ferved the idols that his father ferved, and worshipped them : 22 And he forfook the Lord God cf his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord. 841. 23 ^1 And the fervants of Amon confpired againft him, and flew the king in his own houfe. 24 And the people of the land flew all them that had confpired againft king Amon ; and the people of the land made Joiiah his fon king in his ftead. 2 5 Now the reft of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Jndah ? 26 And he was buried in his fe- Minh pnlchre, in the garden of Uzza : and ic ' lJ Joiiah his fon reigned in his ftead. *?. CHAP. XXII. 1 Jofiahs good reign : 3 he taketh care for the repair of the temple. 8 Mil- kiah findeth the book of the law. 1 5 Huldah prophefieih the dejhuciion °f Jeritfaiem. iciiron. TOliah azvas eight years old when ,J he began to reign; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jernfalem : and his mothers name was Jedidah, jonu tne daughter of Adaiah of b Bofcath. 2 And he did thai which was right in the light of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father, and tinned not alide to the right hand or to the left. Xt. 624. 3 11 And it came to pafs, in th?= eigh- teenth year of king Joiiah, that the king fent Shaphan the fon of Azaliah, the fon of Melhuliam the fcribe, to the houfe of the Lord, faying, rf/hiUm XXII. Jofiah repair eth tlie temple. 4 Go up to Hi! kiah the high prieft, »«£?■ that he may fum the fiiver which is eir. 642. c brought into the houfe of the Lord, ^cl^r-* which d the keepers of the f door have " '*• gathered of the people : 12. £?' 5 And let them deliver it into the 1 hand of the doers of the work, thit have the overlight of the houfe of the Lord ; and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the houfe of the Lord, to repair the breaches of the houfe, 6 Unto carpenters, and builders, and mafons, and to buy timber and hewn (tone to repair the houfe. 7 Howbeit c there was no reckon- ectiap. ing made with them of the money"'1'" that was delivered into their hand, becaufe they dealt faithfully. 8 t And Hilkiah the high prieft laid unto Shaphan the fcribe, fl have i?,™1;"* found the book of the law in the houfe I c?hxron- of the Lord : and Hilkiah gave the °4 book to Shaphan, and he read it. 9 And Shaphan the fcribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and faid, Thy fervants have t gathered the money that was found *,H,^ in the houfe, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the overfight of the houfe of the Lord. I o And Shaphan the fcribe fhewed the king, faying, Hilkiah the prieft hath delivered me a book : and Sha- phan read it before the king. I I And it came to pals, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. 1 2 And the king commanded Hil- kiah the prieft, and Ahikam the fon of Shaphan, and B Achbor the fun offcJ^S || Michaiah, and Shaphan the fcribe, j5**0" and Afahiah a fervant of the kings, mil*. faying, 13 Go ye, enquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is ft und : for great is the wrath of the Lor» that is kindled againft us, becaufe our fathers have 6i*- not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all thai ■which is written concerning us. r4 So Hilkiah the prieft, and Ahi- kam, and Achbor, ami Shaphan, and Afahiah, went unto Huldah the pro- phetefs, the wife of Shallum the fon xl™;**; of h Tikvah, the fon of j| Harhas, m- «u keeper of the f wardrobe ; (now Ihe ',"},'.*. dwelt in Jerufalem j| in the college;) t iict>. and they communed with her. |o££*« j 5 T And /«■">* t *>• ferufalems deftrutlion foretold. II. K I 1 5 1 And fhe faid unto them, Thus „ 0i*- , faith the Lord God of Ifrael, Tell the man that fent you to me, id Tims faith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, < tie words of the book which the king of Judah hath read : 1 7 Becaufe they have forfaken me, and have burnt incenfe unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with ail the works of their hands ; therefore my wrath Ihall be kindled againft this place, and ihall not be quenched. a*.{Jsfi' ' 8 But Co ' the kinS 0f.Ju<^h, which fent you to enquire or the Lord, tlius ihall ye fay to him, Thus faith the Lord God of Ifrael, As touching the words which thou haft heard ; 19 Becaufe thine heart was tender, and thou haft humbled thyfelf be- fore the Lord, when thou hearrieft what I fpake againft this place, and BgaHift the inhabitants thereof, that tiiey mould become a defolation and a curie, and haft rent thy clothes, and wept before me ; I a!fo have heard thee, faith the Lord. 20 Behold, therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou fhalt kifa.57. be gathered into thy grave kin peace ; and thine eyes fhall not fee all the evil which I wiil bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again. CHAP. XXIII. l Jofiah caufeth the book to be read: 3 he reneweth the covenant of the Lord, and dejlroyeth idolatry. *2"ro"o A^ *tl!e k'ns fent> ana" tnev Sa" J ' ii thered unto him all the elders of Judah, and of Jerufalem. 2 And the king went up into the lioufe of the Lord, and all the men of Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerufalem with him, and the priefts, and the prophets, and all the people, kJ£%*tt t both fmall and great : and he read in their ears all the words of the book bci^p. of the covenant * which was found in a«.t. the houfe of the Lord. u.hil 3 1 And the ki"g c ftood by a P'1- lar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and hir, tefti monies, and liis ftatutes, with all their heart, and all their foul, toper- form the words of this covenant that were written in this book: and all the people fto:>d to the covenant. ' .al tiie king commanded Hil- kiih the high prieft, and the priefts NGS. Jofiah dejlroyeth idolatry. of thefecond order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the veifels//W '"" ' were made for Baal, and for J the "/J* JI* grove, and for all the hoft of heaven ; ' and he burnt them without Jerufalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the aihes of them unto Beth-el. 5 And he f put down -f the idola- trous priefts, whom the kings of Ju- dah had ordained to burn incenfe in the high places in the cities of Ju- J dah, and in the places round about •'cpl1- '-4- Jerufalem ; them alfo that burnt in- cenfe unto Baal, to the fun, and to the moon, and to the || planets, and ,";<_. to all the hoft of heaven. 6 And he brought out the e grove S''"' from the houfe of the Lord, without eciu». Jerufalem, unto the brook Kidron, *1'7' and burnt it at the brook Kidron, and ftamped it fmall to powder, and caft the powder thereof upon 'the graves f-chwn. of the children of the people. 7 And he brake down the houfes gof the Sodomites, that zvere by the houfe of the Lord, '• where the wo- n e«*. men wove f hangings for the grove. ]6u\f 8 And he brought all the priefts out t of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the prieftshadburnt incenfe, from Geba to Beer-fheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Jofhua the governor of the city, which were on a mans left hand at the gate of the city. 9 ; Neverthelefs the priefts of the y^0 high places came not up to the altar 16^-14.' of the Lord in Jerufalem, kbut they k isam. did eat of the unleavened bread 2' 3°' among their brethren. 10 And he defiled 'Topheth, which l*?ff£ is in mthe valley of the children of39- to the fun, at the entering in of the houfeof the Lord, by the chamber cf * Nathan -melech the || chamberlain, ',:u"Tu'Cb,ort which was in the fuburbs, and burnt - the chariots of the fan with fire. 12 And the altars that were0 on the oseejer. top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, uJLVi. s. which the kings of Judah had made, ^ and the altars which pManafleh had aiTs?' made in the two courts of the houfe of the Lord, did the king beat down, and || brake them down from thence, ,„?,r;,f-, and caft the dull of them into the ' brook Kidron. 13 And rExort. 23. 24. Ucut. 7 Jofiahs zeal and reformation ; C # A P. ?^Hte i3 And the high places that were before Jerufalem, which were on the right hand of || the mount of Cor- ruption, which q Solomon the king of Ifrael had builded for Afhtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemofli the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Am- nion, did the king defile. 1 4 And he r brake in pieces the f images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. 1 5 1 Moreover, the altar that was at Beth-el, andthe high place5 which Je- roboam the fon of Nebat, who made Ifrael to fin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burnt the high place, and {lamped /'/ fmall to powder, and burnt the grove. 16 And asjofiah turned himfelf, he fpied the fepulchres that were there in the mount, and fent, and took the bones out of the fepulchres, and burnt them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the ' word of the Lord, which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed thefe words. 17 Then he faid, What title is that that I fee ? And the men of the city told him, // is u the fepulchre of the man of God which came from Judah, and proclaimed thefe things that thou haft done againft the altar of Beth-el. 18 And he faid. Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his t Hd». bones f alone, with the bones of "the * Tmlgi prophet that came out of Samaria. J3-3'-° 19 And all the houfes alfo of the act ^igh P^aces tnat zvsre y m tne cities 34. o.0"' , of Samaria, which the kings of Ifrael had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Jofiah took away, and did to them according to all the eels that i Kin 3 he had done in Beth-el. iv 2.'nE3 20 And z he |j 3 flew all the priefts of fa°r-}iced, tne n'£n places that were there upon a \La. ' the alcars, and burnt mens bones up- *7/P1;a on them, and returned to Jerufalem. 11 '8- 21 If And the king commanded all b 2 cbron. the people, faying, b Keep the paflbver I'ito.ui, unto the Lord yotrr God, c as it is e Exod. written in the book of this covenant. l«v.323. 5. 22 Surely d there was not holdca fuch a patfbver, from the days of the . * »«r.33- Jehoiaktms wicked reign. II. K I Sri? rooni of Jofiah his father, and ' turn- Sia ed his name to 'Jehoiakim, and took s^Tci^ Jehoahaz away : u and he came to in.1!.' 7. Egypt, and died there. Mittu. 35 And Jehoiakim gave x the filver and the gold to Pharaoh ; but he +*im. taxed the land to give the money, according to the commandment of Pharaoh : he exacled the filver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh. 36 U Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned eleven years in Jeru- falem : and his mothers name was Zebudah, i'ne daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. 37 And he did that which was evil in the light of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. CHAP. XXIV. I Jehoiakim, rebelling, procureth his own ruin. 10 Jerufalem is taken. 7 Zedekiahs evil reign. ■ iCti 3T..C. JtT.^S. tin. ;. I c Ctiap. 26. 1* Clap. ir. *,u. fie =3. *& ■ '"' TN " his days Nebuchadnezzar king >»■ A of Babylon came up, and Jehoia- kim became his fervant three years ; coo- then he turned and rebelled againft «*' him. £g 2 b And the Lord fent againft 19. & ' him bands of the Ghaldees, and bands jer.3a.aB. 0f tne Syr;anS) anj bands of the Mo- abites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and fent them againft Judah to dsftroy it, c according to the word of the Lord, which he fpake f by his fervants the prophets. 3 Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his light, d for the fins of Manalleh, according to all that he did ; 4 c And alfo for the innocent blood that he flied, (for he filled Jerufalem witli innocentblood, ) which the Lord would not pardon. 5 H Now the reft of the acts of Je- hoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 6 rSo Jehoiakim flept with his fa- thers : and Jehoiachin his fori reigned in his ftead. 7 And ,; the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land : i.^r.46 2- for k the king of Babylon had taken, from the river of Egypt unto the ri- 3^5?""' ver Euphrates, all cirat pertained to the king of Egypt. "' 8 If || Jehoiachin was eighteen f4*"' years old when he began to reign ; 9*- 9- 'and he reigned in Jerufalem three *09- i Cbroa. 56 0. • Scs Jer. N G S. Zedekiahs evil reign. months : and his mothers name was *«*■• Nehuflita, the daughter of Elnathan ' of Jerufalem. * v""~^ 9 And he did that which was evil in the fight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done. 10 H kAt that time the fervants u Dan. 1.1. of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up againft Jerufalem, and the city f was beiieged. Ll^lna 1 1 And Nebuchadnezzar king of ■*<**• Babylon came againft the city, and his fervants did befiege it. 12 'And Jehoiachin the king of Ju- 'Jer. *4« dah went out to the king of Babylon, i,'». 2>' he, and his mother, and his fervants, f7"kz. and his princes, and his H officers ; » or. mand the king of Babylon n took him ' 0 in the eighth year of his reign. 13 p And he carried out thence; all the treafures of the houfe of the „"«c„a* Lord, and the treafures of the kings as- 27 houfe, and q cut in pieces all the vef- 2£j£er' fels of gold which Solomon king ofpcv,.. Ifrael had made in the temple of the i°\\l;6. Lord, ras the Lord had faid. q sec Dan. 14 And s he carried away all Jeru- s; 2* '' falem, and all the princes, and all the \ j".2+.i.' mighty men of valour, ' even tent*cejter. thoufand captives, and uall the craftf- u2So2, jim4 men and fmiths : none remained, '3- 19,". fave "the pooreft fort of the people J"^ of the land. 15 And yhe carried awayjehoia- J6*52r9"' chin to Babylon, and the kings mo- eiuktz.c ther, and the kings wives, and his i"',^l'. || officers, and the mighty of the land ; B °Jjte thufe carried he into captivity from Jerufalem to Babylon. 16 And ^ all the men of might, |*j£»* even feven thoufand, and craftfmen i" and fmiths a thoufand ; all that were ftrong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. 17 \ And athe king of Babylon *i"-n- >• made Mattaniah b his fathers brother ^i,"r,B" king in his ftead, and c changed his , name to Zedekiah. ViX™. 18 u Zedekiah was twenty and one 30-4 years old when he began to reign ; \ and he reigned eleven'years in Jeru- falem : and his mothers name was ' Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah • ofLibnah. 19 And he did that which was evil in the fight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 20 For through the anger of the Lord it came to pafs in JeiufaWm and Judah, until he had caft them out from his prefence, fthat Zedekiah rebelled acainft the king of Babylon CHAP. Jmtfalem is befieged, taker:, and CHAP. CHAP. XXV. i Jerufalem is befieged. 4 Zedekiah taken, his Jons /lain, and his eyes pat out. 8 J era 1 'cm dejlroyed, and the people capti-oait A. Chritt A ^d *C CiU; t0 P*^' a'U1 t^ie n*int^ s9o. I\ year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Baby- lon came, he, and all his hoft, againft Jerufalem, and pitched againft it ; and they built forts againft it round about. 2 And the city was befieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 58a. 3 And on the ninth rf«y of the Yfmarth U"e.nu month the famine prevailed in the &s:-c. city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. ejerem. 4 <[ And c the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night, by the way of the gate, between two walls, which is by the kings garden ; (now the Chaldees were againft the C2?ilk* Clty rouna< about ; ) and d the king went the way toward the plain. 5 And the army of the Chaldees purfued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho : and all his army were fcattered from him. 6 So they took the king, and brought 1 chap, him up to the king of Babylon, e to instate Riblah ; and they f gave judgment waEw£. uPon nim- 7 And they flew the fons of Zede- tuTd'.m('d! k'ian before his eyes, and f f put out f Euk. the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him X2-*3* with fetters of brafs, and carried him to Babylon. 8 1 And in the fifth month, E on the feventh day of the month, (which it ''the nineteenth year of king Ne- buchadnezzar king of Babylon,) came Nebuzar-adan || captain of the guard, a fervant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerufalem : 9 ' And he burnt the houfe of the Lord, and the kings houfe; and all the houfes of Jerufalem, and every great mans houfe burnt he with fire. 10 And all the army of the Chal- dees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerufalem round about. 1 1 k Now the reft of the people that were left in the city, and the f fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzar-adan the cap- tain of the guard carry away. 12 But the captain of the guard 1 left of the poor of the land to be vine-dredTers, and huibandmeu. r. Sec Jc 52. 15. * Ileh. I Chap. XXV. the people carried captive to Bal 1 3 1 And m the n pillars of brafs that £'. na were in the houfe of the Lord, and sea ^ 0 the bafes, and v the brafen fea that ,., ciEJ! was in the houfe of the Lord, did ":. \y7"_ the Chaldees break in pieces, and car- '*>"- ried the brafs of them to Babylon. *.\Ki'Da' 14 And s the pots, and the ihovels, 0 1 k.^. and the fmuTers, and the fpoons, and 1'*%^ all the velfels of brafs wherewith they ?• *3- miniftered, took they away. 1^."^' 1 5 And the tire-pans, and the bowls, and fuch things as were of gold, in gold, and of lilver in lilver, the cap- tain of the guard took away. 16 The two pillars, + one fea, and t^*-*** the bafes which Solomon had made fur "'" the houfe of the Lord, all thefe veflels was without weight. 17 6The height of the one pillar ''*£** was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter jet ji.«, upon it was brafs : and the height of the chapiter three cubits : and the wreathen - work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brafs : and like unto thefe had the fecond pillar with wreathen work. 18 *[ And the captain of the guard took l Seraiah the chief prieft, and kIICJtro*- u Zephaniah the fecond prieft, and „ the three keepers of the f door. I 1 0 And out of the city he took an t ^ J| officer, that was fet over the men ; of war, and "five men of them that ;':.°1'.>. f were in the kings prefence, which were found in the city, and the ]j prin- |^ cipal fcribe of the hoft, which mu- ftered the people of the land, and threefcore men of the people of the land that ivere found in the city : 20 And Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard took thefe, and brought them to the king of Babylon, to Riblah. 21 And the king of Babylon fmote them, and flew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land. 22 1; y And as for the people that l£T* remained in the land of judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Geda- liah the fon of Ahikam, the fou of Shaphan, ruler. 23 And when all the 'captains of .,;'./ the armies, they, and their :nen,hc:u d that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, chere came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even lihruael the fon of Nethaniah, ami Johanan the fon of Careuh, and Seraiah the fon of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the fon of a Maachathite, they and their men, 24 A . Adams line to Noah. ISriS 24 And Gedaliah fware to them, ,. iaa , and to their men, and fakl unto them, Fear not to be the fervants of the Chaldees : dwell in the land, and ferve the king of Babylon, and it (hall be well with you. a Jerem. ^^ gut a ic f;dme to pafS) m t^£ fe. venth month, that L'hmael the fon of Nethaniah, the fon of Eli!hama, of lx?m£ tne *"eed t royal, came, and ten men with him, and bfmote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chal- dees that were with him at Mizpah. 2 6 And all the people, both fmall and great, and the captains of the e jerem. armies, arofe, c and came to Egypt : 4j" 4' 7' for they were afraid of the Chaidees. 561. 27 If d And it came to pafs, m the 6ii"iT' feven and thirtieth year of the capti- I. CHRONICLES t> 'Jerem. 41.2- Shems line to Abrdtam. vity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in *£*£* the twelfth month, on the feven and soi. twentieth day of the month, that ' " ' Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, e did 40" £"0. lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prifon : 28 And he fpake + kindly to him, £,"'?*.•»*• and fet his throne above the throne '■"'" h'"i' of the kings that were with him in Babylon ; 29 And changed his prifon-gar- ments : and he did eat bread conti- nually before him all the days of his life. 30 And his allowance was a con- tinual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. If The Firfl Book of the CHRONICLES. Before Cbrift a 1 ten. \. 25, 25. in forne copies. |l Or, Rodanim, S4 1 1 rdlng to fome copies. c Gen. 10- 6. e T)eut. 2. 13. f Gen. CHAP. I. I Adams line to iNoah. 5 The fons of Japheth. 8 The fons of Ham. 17 The font of Sham. 24 Shems line to AbraJtam. 29 Ifhmaels fons. 32 The fons of Keturafi. 34 The pofierity of Abraham by Efau. ** DAM, aSheth, Enofh, j\ 2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, r\ Jered' / JL 3 Henoch, Methufhelah, Lamecft, 4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 5 If " '» The fons of Japheth; Corner, and Mago^, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Melhech, and Tiras. 6 And the fons of Goaru ; Afh. he- naz, and || Riphath, anci jar ikh. 7 And the fons of Javan; Elifliah, andTarlhiih, Kittim,and ||Dou 8 H c The fons of Ham ; Culh, and Mizraim, Put, and Can; an. 9 And the fons of Cufh , Seba, and Havilah, audSabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha : and the fons of Raamah ; Sheba, and Ded.m. 10 And Cnlh d begat Nimrod ; he began to be mighty upon the earth. 1 1 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naph- tuhim, 12 And Pathrufim, and Cafluhim, (of whom came the PhUiftines,) and e Caphthbrim. 1 3 And f Canaan begat Zidon his firft-born, and Heth, 14 The Jebudte alfo, and the A- morite, anci the Girgailule, 1 5 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Smite, 16 And the Arvadite, and the Ze- marite, and the Hamathite. 17 I The fons of s Shem; Elam, and Afliur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and || Melhech. 18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah oegat Eber. 19 And unto Eber were born two fons : the name of the one was || Pe- leg, (becaufe in his days the earth was divided, ) and his brothers name was Joktan. 20 And h Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheieph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 2r Hadoram alfo, and Uzal Diklah, 22 And Ebal, and Abimael, Sheba, 23 And Ophir, and Havilah Jobab. Ail thefe were the fon: Joktan. 24 K 'Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 25 kEber, Peitg, Reu, 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 27 •Abram, the lame is Abraham". 28 The fons of Abraham j '" Ifaac, and "Ifhmael. 29 H Thefe are their generations : The "firft-born of Ifhmael, Nebai- oth ; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibfam, 30 Mifhma, and Dumah, MafTa, || Hadad, and Tern.'., 31 Jetur, Naphiih, and Kedemah. Thefe are the fons of Ifhmael. 32 If Now pthe fons of Keturah, Abrahams concubine : (lie bare Zim- ran, and Jokfhan, and Medan, and Midian, Chriil 40O4, ficc. RGen. IO, 1:. ,X II. 10. and and and of The pofterity of Abraham by Efau. CHAP ^jg Midian, and Ifhbak, and Shuah. And 4004. *ti thefonsofJokfhan;Sheba,andDedan. ' " ' 33 And the fons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and El'daah. All thefe are the fons of Keturah. <;oen. 34 And q Abraham begat Ifaac. *o*n". rThe fons of Ifaac ; Efau and Ifrael. ****■ 35 ^[ The fons of s Efau ; Eliphaz, s'^y'.'io. Reuel, and Jeufh, and Jaalam, and Korah. 36 The fons of Eliphaz ; Teman, jf°g» and Omar, || Zephi, and Gatam, ocu.3G.11. Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. 37 Tlie fons of Reuel ; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. t Gen. 38 And ' the fons of Seir ; Lotan, 30'20' and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Diflion, and E^er, and Difhan. 39 And the fons of Lotan ; Hori, II or, and || Homam : and Timna was Lo- !:»'":«, tans fifter. I! or, 40 The fons of Shobal ; || Alian, Gm.3h.13. and Manahath, and Ebal, || Shephi, J;,0^ and Onam. And the fons of Zibeon; Gen.3'c.23. Aiah, and Anah. 4t The fons of Anah ; u Diflion. And the fons of Diflion ; || Amram, so- li Or, Acbffl, Ucn.3G.27. cir. 1G7G. x Gen. 30.31. Gen. 3O.26. 42 The fons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and || Jakan. The fons of Difhan ; Uz, and Aran. 43 1 Now thefe are the x kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Ifrael ; Bela the fon of Beor : and the name of his city zvas Dinhabah. 44 And when Bela was dead, Jobab the fon of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his ftead. 45 And when Jobab was dead, Hufham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his ftead. 46 And when Hufliam was dead, Hadad the fon of Bed ad (which fmote Midian in the field of Moab) reigned in his ftead : and the name of his city was Avith. „ 47 And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Mafrekah reigned in his ftead. 48 yAnd when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his ftead. 49 And when Shaul was dead, Baal- haiian the fon of Achbor reigned in his ftead. nr 50 And when Baal-hanan was dead, ,/..!;,, JjHadad reigned in his ftead : and the Tor36p!u na.me of his city wat 11 Pai ; and his ,'. wifes name was Mehetabel the daugh- ter of Matred, the daughter of Me- zahab. y Gen. I, II. The poflerity of Judah by Tamar. 51 ^[ Hadad died alfo. And the 2 dukes of Edom were ; duke Timna, ei* ,'1'ls. duke || Aliah, duke Jetheth, * cX-* 52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, 38<*»;& Onan, and Sliclah : which three were -1.0.12. born unto him of the daughter ofa&ig. c Shua the Canaanitefs. And d Er, the c, .«'«. firft-boni of Judah, was evil in the ^cen. light of the Lord, and he (lew him. 3«- 7.* 4 And c Tamar his daughter- in- l^~0.i9' law bare him Pharez and Zerah. Mat,,> * All the fons of Judah vere five. 5 The fons of ' Pharez j Hezron, ££<». and Hamul. Rotn^js. 6 And the fons of Zerah ; || Zimri, gand Ethan, and Heman, and Gal- J ">•':• i. col, and || Dara : five of them in all. ***j?9 7 And the fons of hCarmi; || Achar, n or, the troubler of Ifrael, who tranfgref- ™£* fed in the thing 'accurfed. cmp.4. 1. 8 And the fons of Ethan ; Azariah. ^'^;;; 9 The fons alfo of Hezron, that \ j.,lh.* were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and £■**• & |i Ram, and j| Chelubai. 1741, &c. 10 And Ram k begat Amminadab ; 11 or, and AmminadabbegatN.ibJhon, 'prince M»tS! of the children of Judab ; *"(3r*4, 1 1 And Nahfhon begat || Salma, L/5, and Salma begat Boaz, )'i?Zi. \z And Eoaz begat Obed, and t Rut* Obed begat Jefle, tut.4. 4. 13 \ "And Jelfe begat hisfirft-born ' Nam*. Eliab, and Abinadab the fecond, and z.3'. || Shimma the third, 11 or, 14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai ruS^'ii. the fifth, J££* 15 Ozem the fixth, David the fe- Tore'."11* venth : 1 6 Whofe fifters were Zeruiah, and 1 Abigail. "And the fons of Zeruiah : \ Abifliai, and Joab, and Afahei, three. - 17 And ° Abigail bare Amafa and °.2f<,TU the father of Amafa was ||Jether the /. Ifhmeelite. 18 t And Caleb the fon of Hezron '."='""•• btgat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth her fons are thefe; Jellier, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19 And 17 25, I. CHRONICLES. 27. .. t Hei>. TJie poflcrities of Hezron, ™"£ '9 And when Azubah was dead, «*?'. &c. Caleb took unto him r Ephrath, pv«. jo. which bare him Hur. 20 And flur begat Uri, and Uri qExod. begat qBe/aleel. 2 1 t And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of ''Machir, the father of Gilead, whom he f married when he was threefcore years old, and (he bare him Segub. 22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. • Numb. 2 3 " And he took Gefhur, and Aram, r^y.14. with the towns of Jair, from them, J.&.13-30. ^h Kenath and the towns thereof, even threefcore cities : all thefe be- longed to the fons of Machir, the fa- ther of Gilead. 24 And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah, Hez- t cfup. rons wife, bare him '- Amur the father 4J- ofTekoa. 25 1| And the fons of Jerahmeel, the firft-born of Hezron, were Ram the firft-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah. 26 Jerahmeel had alfo another wife, whofe name was Atarah, ihe was the mother of Onam. 27 And the fons of Ram, the firft- born of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 28 And the fons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada. And the fons ofShammai; Nadab, and Abifhur. 2*; And the name of the wife of Abilhur was Abihail, and flie bare him Ahban, and Molid. 30 And the fons of Nadab ; Seled, and Appaim : but Seled died without children. 3r And the fons of Appaim ; llhi. And the fons of Ifhi ; Shelhan. And 3^5?" u the children of Shefhan ; Ahlai. ,. J ' 32 And the fons of Jada the brother ofShammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children. 33 And the fons of Jonathan ; Pe- leth, and Zaza. Thefe were the fons of Jerahmeel. 34 H Now Shefhan had no fons, but daughters : and Shelhan had a fcrvant, an Egyptian, whofe name uwjarha. 35 And Shefhan gave his daughter to Jar ha his fervant to wife, and lhe bare him Attai. 36 And Attai begat Nathan, and « chip. Nathan begat * Zabad, 37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, Jerahrneel, and Caleb. ; ..■ And Azariah begat Helez, and gj£f Helez begat Eleafah, uri, *^ 40 And Eleafah begat Sifamai, and Sifamai begat Shallum, 41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat EUfhama. . 42 % Now the fons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Media his firft-born, which was the father of Ziph ; and the fons of Mareihah the? father of Hebron. 43 And the fons of Hebron ; Ka- ra h, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Sheraa. 44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam : and Rekem begat Shammai. 45 And the fon of Shammai was Maon : and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. 46 And Ephah, Calebs concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez : and Haran begat Gazez. 41 And the fons of Jahdai ; Regem, and Jotham, and Gefhan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Sha,aph. 48 Maachah, Calebs concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. 49 She bare alfo Shaaph, the father of Madtnannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea : and the daughter of Caleb was yAch- J.j0*; fah. 50 ^f Thefe were the fons of Ca- leb the fon of Hur, the firft-born of || Ephratah ; Shobal the father of or, Kujath-jearim, 51 Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Haieph the father of Beth-gader. 52 And Shobal the father of Kir- jath-jearim had fons ; |j Haroeh, and ■*.ii |j half of the Manahethites. chip. .•/ 2. 53 And the families of Kirjatb- jearim ; the Ithrites, and the Pu- hites, and the Shumathites, and the Milhraites : of them come the Zarea- th'ites, and the Efhtavilites. 54 The fons of Salma; Btth-lehem, and the Netophathites, j( Ataroth, jojs^ the houfe of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. 55 And the families of the fcribes whichdweltatjabez; the Tirat hites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. Thefe are the ' Kcnites that came of * W**» Hemath, the father of the houfe of "Rechab. .Jfc ajcr.j;.*. C H A P. IlIB 1 The fon 1 of David : 1 o his line to Zede- 1 -' The fuceejpnrs vfjeconiah. NOw thefe were' the fons of Da- vid, which were barn unto him in Hebron i the fu-ft-boni • Ainnon, l.2^ of - The gerieatogy of David. ■ CHAP. ^Thriit °f Ahinoam the b Jezreelitefs ; the iji,K#C] fecond, || Daniel, of Abigail the Car - r/j^ih! ' melitefs ; 15-50. 2 The third, Abfalom the fon of tSfeat, Maachah, the daughter of Talmai *sam.3.3. icing ofGediur; the fourth, Adoni- jah the fon of Haggith ; 3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; c i sam. the lixth, Ithream by c Eglah his wife. 4 T/iefe fix were born unto him in « ; sam. Hebron ; and d there he reigned feven e i sam. years and fix months : and e in Jerufa- s" s- lem he reigned thirty and three years. 5 f And thefe were born unto tolp. i4..v. him in Jerufalem ; || Shimea, and L«»' Shobab, and Nathan, andESolomon, as?™"'' four, of || Bath-fluia the daughter of gastm. II Ammiel: I2- **■ 6 Ibhar alfo, and || Elifliama, and 13&A Eliphelet, *,s.3°* 7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and i on Japhia, ; ';. 8 And Elifliama, and || Eliada, and "■a-" Eliphelet, nine. Euji'ua, 9 TheJ'e were all the fons of David, a sam. belides the fons of the concubines, and 11 or,' h Tamar their filter. *hap"^!7. IO *\\ And Solomons fon was ! Re- h isim'. ' hoboam ; || Abiahis fon, Afa his fon, *3r icir. , Jehofhaphat his fon, ii-if 11 Joram his fon, j| Ahaziah his *5'rs/6, fon, Joalh his fon, Moan, 12 Amaziah his fon, || Azariah his lw'."' fon, Jotham his fon, I] °r- „ 13 Ahaz his fon, Hezekiah his fon, I chron. ManaHeh his Ion, |«eaft*5, 1 4 Anion his fon, Jofiah his fon. a chron. , . Ancj t-ne fOI15 0f jofiah -were, the II or, firft-born || Johanan, the fecond || Je- Ja» hoiakim, tiie third || Zedekiah, the 15-30. fourth Shallum. jtbiimi>ax, 1 6 And the fons of kJehoiakim; "30? || Jeconiah liis fon,, Zedekiah 'his fon. f ">•. 17 11 And the fons of Jeconiah ; »£,',:"• Mir ; + Salathiel ™ his fon, a3*3*; j 8 Maichiram alfo, and Pedaiah, M*r\ ■•i.ih, and STienazar, Jecamiah, Hoihama, **?«' and Nedabiah. k Mtttn. 1 9 And the fons of Pedaiah were Ze- '('.'" rubbabel, and Shimei : and the fons .-,, of Zerubbnbel : Melhnllam, and Ha- i+K'".Eor, nahiah, ami Shelomith their filler ; j«"«.'i4. 2° And Hajhubah, and Ohcl, and i iKings Bercchiah, and flafadiah, Jufliab- Skfts. fiefed, five. untie. 2 1 And the fons of Han ani ah ; Pe- Iheluut. latiali, and Jeldiaii : the fons of Re- mM«tn. phaiah, trie fons of Arnan, the fons of Obadiah, the Ions of Shechaniah. 22 And the fons of Shechaniah ; Shemaiah : ami the fons of Shemaiah -, nEat. "Hattulli, and Igeal, and Bariali, and Neariah, and Shaphat, (ix, t III, IV. T/te pojlerity of Judah, &c. 23 And the fons of Neariah ; Elio- ^hrfn enai, and -f Hezekiah, and Azrikam, 14 7 >.&<•; three. J net,. 24 And the fons of Elioenai were il^k^u- Hodaiah, and Eliafhib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Da- laiah, and Anani, feven. CHAP. IV. 1, 1 1 The pojlerity of Judah by Caleb the fon ofHur. 5 Of 'AJhur the pojl- hurnous fon of Hezron. 9 Of Jabez and his prayer. 2 1 The pojlerity of Shelah, 2 4 and of Simeon : 39 their conquejl ofCedor, &c. T He fons of Judah ; " Pharez, Hez- JgJJJ ron, and || Carmi, and Hur, and aj.SeW Shobal. :"0r 2 And || Reaiah the fon of Shobal ctiiltai, begat Jahath ; and Jahath begat Ahu- u*1Lh»,9' mai, and Lahad. Thefe are the fa- ™V'1*' milies of the Zcrathites. km**, 3 And thefe were of the father of Cbap2-52' Etam ; Jezreel, and Ifhma, and Id- bafli : and the name of their lifter ■was Hazelelponi : 4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hufhah. Thefe are the fons of b Hur, the firft-born bCh0"''' of Ephratah, the father of Beth- lehem. 5 t And c Afhur the father of Tekoa J.c£?- had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haa- haihtari. Thefe were the fons of Naarah. 7 And the fons of Helah were Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. 8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zo- bebah, and the families of Aharhel, the fon of Harum. 9 Tf And Jabez was more honour- able than his brethren : and his mo- ther called his name || Jabez, faying, i™8,',}^. Becaufe 1 bare him with forrow. 10 And Jabez called on the God of Ifrael, faying. fOh thatthouwouldeft r,"^;;.-. blefs me indeed, and enlarge my coaft, "° and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldeft f keep ♦ "«=£. me from evil, that it may not grieve " me ! And God granted him that which he requested. 1 1 \ And Chelub the brother of Shuah be^at Mchir, which was the father of Efhton; 12 And Eihton begat Beth-rapha, and Pafeah, and Tehinnah the fa- il Ji.fli. men of Rechaa. 1 3 And the fons of Kenaz ; "' Oth- niel, and Straiah : and the fons of |J/,\r;.,., Othniel ; || Hathath. .■ C c j 4 And tut*, <**•■ JCWtf. fOca. 33. Thepoflerity ofSheM, &c. I CHRO ^"jf 14 And iMmn ith.'i begat Ophrah : j sop, fcc. and Seraiah begat Joab, the lather rN^T" of e the j| valley of || Charafhim ; for uoruta they were craftfmen. Mtuis/* 7 5 And the Tons of Caleb the foil of rn-i'I' Jephimneh-. Irn, Elah, and Naam : craftfinm. and the foils of Elah. || even K\naz. jum. i6AndthefonsofJehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Afareel. 17 And the fons of Ezra were Je- ther, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon : and (he bare Mir:am, and Shammai, and Ifhbah the father of Eflitemoa. 18 And his wife |) Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jeknthicl the father of Zanoali. And thefe are the fons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. %?eddna», 19 And the fons of his wife || Ho- Lu-lir-^"4 d'!ah tiie ^er °*" Nanam' the father of Keilah the Garraite, and Efhte- moa the Maachathite. 20 And the fons of Shimon were Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the fons of Ilhi were Zohcth, and Ben-zoheth. 21 If The fons of Shelah 'the fon of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Marefhah, and the families of the houfe of them that wrought fine linen, of the houfe of Afhbea, 2 z And Jokim, and the men of Cho- zeba, and Joafh, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jalhubi- iehem. And thefe are ancient things. 23 'hefe were the potters, and thofe that dwelt among plants and hedges : there they dwelt with the king for his work. 24 f The fons of Simeon were \l,i, ||Nemnel,andJaniin, ||Jarib, Zerah, g$&aMf 9!»ut : ' •'>• 2 5 Shall um his fon, Mibfam his foil, )*' Mifhma his fon. »■■ 26 And the fons ofMiflima; Ha- muel his fon, Zacchur his fon, Shi- mei his fon. 27 And Shimei had fixteen fons and fix daughters ; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply -{-like to the children of Judah. gj„iK!y.i. 2$ And they dwelt at gBeer-fhcba, and Moladah, and Hazar-lhual, jute*, 29 And at || Bilhah, and at E/em, ■ and at || Tolad, ^o And at Bethuel, and at Hor- jUfl..iB.4.n,ahi andat eiidag, 31 And at Beth - marcaboth and joiu. Ifl. $. I! Ila^ar-fufim, and at Beth-birei, and t Ileb. N I C L E S. The conqmfi nfCedor, &c. at Shaaraim. Thffe were their cities &bai unto the reign of David 32 And their villages were || Etam, r.'~~* and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and a**^ Alhan, five cities : i>th' i9'7' 33 And all their villages that were round about the fame cities unto || Baal. Thefe were their habitations, H?,!Lib. and |! their genealogy. 34 And Mefhob tb, and Jamlech, ,.-, and Jolhah, the fon of Amaziat., 39 And Joel, i.nd Jehu the fon of Jofibiah, the fon of Seraiah, the fon ofAfiel, "■-■•"• 36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, andjefhohaiah, and Afaiah, and Adiel, and Jefimiel, and Benaiah, 37 And Zi/a the fon of Shiphi, the fon of Allon, the fon <.f Jedaiah, the fon of Shimri, the fon of Shemaiah ; 38 Thefe f mentioned by their £%£, names were princes in their families ; and the houfe of their fathers in- creafed greatly. 39 f And they went to th~ entrance tir' "IJ* of Gedor, even unto the call fide of the valley, to feek pall tire for the-r flocks. 40 And they found fat pafture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable . for they of Ham had dwelt there of old. 41 And thefe written by name came inthedaysofHezekiah king of Judah, and hfmote their tents, and the habi- 1» ^-g* tationsthat were found there, and de- ftroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms : becaufe there was pafhire there for their flocks. 4.2 And foi m of them, eWH Of thfe fons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the fons of Ilhi. 43 And they fmote ; the reft of the ij"! *" Amalekites that were efcaped, and | dwelt there unto this day. K- u- CHAP. V. 1 The line of Reuben . 9 their habita- tion and conquejl of the Hagaritei- NOw the fons of Reuben/the firil- born of Ifrael, (for a he was the lg% firft-born, but, forafmuch as he b defiled his fathers bedj c his birth- a&.&49 •+'. right was given unto the fons of Jo- JF";4"- feph the fon of Ifrael : and the ge- nealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. • For * Judah prevailed above his », ,™.' 4* brethren, and of him catne the r chief jjrul' r; butthebirthrightuwjofephs,) 1 m s. i. 3 The fons, I /ay, of f Reuben the "*'J^ ,'. firft-born of Ifrael were Huiudi, and , i\\\lw, Hczron, ami Carmi. JSJ!?;^ 4 The t Heh. upon nil the eaji. The line of Reuben, Sec. *£* 4 The fons of Joel ^300, &<:■ fon, Gog his fon, Shimei his Ton, v~~' 5 Micah his Ton, Reaiah his Ton, Baal his fon, !%!£*. 6 Beerah his fon, whom ]| Til- %'iZh gath-pilnefer king of AlYyria carried is. 20. & away captive : he wa; prince of the Reubenites. 7 And his brethren by their fami- $*f„, lies, (g when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, ) a/ifre the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 8 And Bela the fon of Azoz, the i?mW, fon of II Shema, the fon of Joel, who v;r.4. ' dwelt in hAroer, even unto Nebo, w*.** and Baal-meon : 9 And ea it ward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wildernefs from the river Euphrates ; becaufe ii"y". their cattle were multiplied ! in the land of Gilead. 10 And in the days of Saul they 25?r2". made war kwith the Hagarites, who fell by their hand : and they dwelt in their tents f throughout all the eaft land of Gilead. 11 H And the children of Gad dwelt over againft them, in the land of ' Bafhan unto Salcah : 12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next,andJaanai,andShaphatinBa(han. 13 And their brethren, of the houfe of their fathers, were Michael, and Meihullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, feven. 14 Thefe are the children of Abi- hail the fon of Huri, the fon of [a- roah, the fon of Gilead, the fon of Michael, the fon of Jefhifhai, the fon of Jahdo, the fon of Buz ; 1 5 Ahi the fon of Abdiel, the fon of Guni, chief of the houfe of their fa- thers. 16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Baflian, and in her towns, and in all the fuburbs of m Sharon, upon f their borders. 1 7 All thefe were reckoned by ge- nealogies in the days of n Jotliam king of Judah, and in the days of 0 Jeroboam king of Ifrael. 1 8 1f The fonsof Reuben, and the Ga- dites, and half the tribe of Manafleh, trttie'J™' ^ °^ va^'ant men, men able to bear buckler and fword, and to (hoot with bow, and fkilful in war, were four and forty thoufand feven hundred and threefcore, that went out to the war. 19 And they made war with the I?™: Hagarites, with !' Jetur, and Nephifn, cnap.V.31. and Nodab. 2 Kings IS-S, 3S- CHAP. V, VI. The chief men of Manaflih. Shemaiah his vercd into their hand, and all that ctrF were with them: for they cried to 1300, &c God in the battle, and he was en- """ v — ' treated of them ; becaufe they put their truft in him. 2 1 And they f took away their I "<*■ '«*• cattle ; of their camels fifty thoufand, c"pLV~ and of fheep two hundred and fifty thoufand, and of afTes two thoufand, and of -f men an hundred thoufand. t$f%L , 22 For there fell down many {lain, ' becaufe the war was of God. And iiis they dwelt in their ileads until rthe \l^g.% captivity- ti'6- 23 t And the children of the half- tribe of Manafleh dwelt in the land : they increafed from Baflian unto Baal- hermon, and Seuir, and unto mount Hermon. 24 And thefe were the heads of the houfe of their fathers, even Epher, and Iflii, and F'liel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, andHodaviah, andjuhdiel, mighty men of valour, f famous men, \^\ and heads of the houfe of their fathers. »««. 25 If And they tranfgreffed againft the God of their fathers, and went a s whoring after thegods of the people \f.V^ of the land, whom God deftroyed be- fore them. 26 And the God of Ifrael ftirred cir'"'- up the fpirit of ' Pul king of Ailyria, \\J£* and the fpirit of Tilgath - pilnefer king of Aflyria, and he carried them away, (even the Reubenites, and the cir. 740. Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manaf- feh, ) and brought them unto u Halah, J7*£.lBg and Habor, and Hara, and to the »a'". river Gozan, unto this day. CHAP. VI. 1 The fans of Levi. 4 The line of the priefls. 49 The office of Aa) on and his line. THe fons of Levi ; a || Gerflion, J^; Kohath, and Merari. ^w. 2 And the fons of Kohath; Amram, m. bIzhar, and Hebron, and U/'/iel. cmm* & 3 And the children of Amram ; u or. Aaron, and Mofes, and Miriam. The ver. i?.' fons alfo of Aaron ; c Nadab, and $**,. Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ci^rit.' 4 If Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phi- ,0- *• nehas begat Abifhua, 5 And Abifhua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, 7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 8 And d Ahitub begat Zadok, uid'S.*?"' e Zadok begat Afv.maaz, * 1 s*m. 9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariab, and !i 2; Azariab begat Johanan, C c 2 10 An 1 The families ofGerJlivm, I. CHRONICLES. ,v , 10 And Johanan begat Azariah, ^7+0- (he it is f that executed the prierts r&e> office t >n the E t mple that Solomon 17 Kohath, and Merari. :n'..,. n And h Azariah begat Amariah, TiS£c and Amariah begat Ahitub, IchroS.3. 12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and ijs«Ezra 2adok begat |l Shallum, „ or. '3 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, :; and Hilkiah, begat Azariah, iNebem. 14 And Azariah begat 'Seraiah, "•"■ and Seraiah begu' Jehozadak, 1 5 And Jehozadak went into capti- of Zephaniah, 33 And thefe arc they that \ wait- gjg ed with their children : Of the fens »8o,*e. of the Kohathites ; Heman a finger, | H(J. the fon of Joel, the lbn of Shemuel, •*<"'*'• 34 The fon of Elkanah, the fon of Jerohnm, the fon of Eliel, the fon of II Toah, ££&» - ber throughout the genealogy of w * them that were apt to the war, aud to battle, was twenty and fix thoufand men. CHAP. VIII. i The fons and chief men of Benjamin. 33 The J lock of Saul arid Jonathan. 1400, &c. "XjOw Benjamin begat a Bela his 40! 21. ^ firft-born, Alhbel the fecond, and Numb.' Ahanth the third, chap.";.G 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the iif 1 !i o.n.4 .2.. ja^ ^ntj Gera, and Abihud, 4 And Abilhua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, ,, 0r> 5 And Gera, and || Shephuphan, Numb"1' ami Huram. vs^o. 6 And thefe are t!ie fons of Ehud : j'.ci2"sp' thefe are tit beads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Giba} and they b cha?. removed them to b M an ^ hath : 7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. 8 Anci Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had ftnt them away; Huihim and Baara were his wives. 9 And he oega.t of Hodefh his wife Jobab, and Zibia, and Meiha, and Mai - ham, 10 And Jeuz, and Shaclna, and Minna. Thefe were his fons, heads of the fathers. 1 1 And of Hufhim he begat Abitub, and Elpaa!. 12 The fons cf Elpaal ; Eber, and Mifham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof: tv«. 21. r3 Beriah alfo, and c Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inha- bitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath : 14 And Ahio, Shafhak, and jere- moth, 15 And Zebatliah, and Arad, and Ader, i6And Michael, and Ifpah, and Joha, the fons of Beriah ; 17 And Zebadiah, and Melhullam, and Hezeki, and Heber, 18 Iftimeru aifo, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the fons of Elpaal ; 19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, 21 And Adakh, and Beraiah, and j£»i Shimrath, the fons of ;| Shimhi ; vtTi'i. 22 And Iihpan, and Hcber, and Elicl, VIII, IX. flock of Saul and Jonathan. 23 And Abdon, and Z»chri, and '• fore Hunan, 24 And Hananiali, and Elam, and """* — "* Antothijah, 25 And Iphedeiah, and Pennel, the fons of i.haihak ; 26 And Sharaiherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, 27 And , arefiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, tiie foils of jeroham. 28 Thefe were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. Thefe dwelt in Jerufalem. 29 And at Gibeon dwelt the |j fa- If Called ther of Gibeon, (whofe '' wifes name A' >%.is. zi'as Maachah, ) 1 chip. 30 And hisfirrt-bornfon Abdon, and g'3i" Znr, and Ki(h, and Baai, and Nadab, 31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and \\ Zacher. 0 or, 32 And Mikloth begat || Shimeah. ^l%'f:: And thefe alfo dwelt with their bre- thren in jerufaiem, over againft c them. , 33 If And e Ner begat Kiflj, and « « Sua« Kiih begat Saul, and Saui begat jona- 4" u' than, and MaLhi-fnua, and ' Abina- ^,54a,f- dab, and II Efii-baal tft>£?' 34 And the fon of Jonathan was i,,;^;,,'*- fj Merib-baal ; and Merib-baal begat as»m.*.e. gMuh. 35 And the fons of Micah were ' Pithon, and Meiech, and \\ Tarea, wlo?' and Ahaz. s 2 9»*>- 36 And Ahaz begat h Jehoadah; f'v"' and 'eiioadah begat Alenieth, and g Azmaveth, and Zimri ; and Zimri h ?.',', „ ,, ' begat Moza, cju*.£>.4*. 37 And Moza begat Binea ' Rapha f^J,. *" was his fon, Eleafah his fon, Azel his £■ ■*:-. , 38 And A el had Cm fons, whofe names are thefe, A rikam, Bocheru, and Ilhmael, and Sheariah, and Oba- diah, and Hanan. All thefe were the fons of Azel. 39 And the fons of Efhek his bro- ther were Ulam his firft-born, Jehufli the fecond, and tlipheiet the third. 40 And the fons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, ar> hers, and had many fons, and fons fons, an hun- dred and fifty. All thefe are of the fons of Benjamin. C II A P. IX. 1 The original of Ifracl and Jidahs genealogies. 27 The charge of cer- tain Levites. 35 Saul and Jona- t hi ins J lock. SO a all Ifrael were reckoned by »*«■ genealogies ; and, behold, they were written in the book of the Kings oflfrael and Judah. who were carried C t 4 away The genealogies of Ifrael, &c . I . away to Babylon for their tranfgref- fion. 2 1f b Now the firft inhabitants that dwelt in their polieffions in their cities were the Ifra.Tites, the priefis, Levites, and c the Nethinims. 3 And in J Jerufalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the chil- dren of Benjamin, and of the chil- dren of Ephraim, and ManalTeh ; 4 Uthai the fon ofAmmihud, the foil of Omri, the fon of Imri, the fon of Bani, of the children of Pharez the fon of Judah. 5 And of the Shilonites ; Afaiah the firft-born, and his Tons. 6 And of the fons of Zerah : Jeuel, and their brethren, fix hundred and ninety. 7 And of the fons of Benjamin; Gallu the fon of MeftiuHam, the fon of Hodaviah, the fon of Hafenuah, 8 And Ibneiali the fon of Jeroham CHRONICLES. Livers officers about the temple. 17 And the porters were Shallum, ^hfri,f and Akkub, and Talnion, and Ahi- ^oo.teo man, and their brethren : Shallum " was the chief ; 1 8 (Who hitherto waited in the kings gate eaftwarri ; ) they were por- ters in the companies of the children of Levi. 19 And Shallum tiie fon of Kore, the fon of Ebiafuph, the fon of Korah, and his brethren, (of the houfe of his father, ) the Korahites. were over the work of the fervice, keepers of the \ gates of the tabernacle : and * " -h- their fathers, being over the hoft of the Lord, were keepers of the entry. 20 And f Phinehas the fon of Elea- '£u( zar was the ruler over them in time " part, and the Lord was with him. 21 And Zechariah the fon of Me- fhelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22 All thefe which were chofen to be rjbaldi, and Elah the fon of Uzzi, the fon of porters in the gates were two hundred || Net.. II. II. SeruiaO. Michri, and Memullam the fon of Shephatiah, the fon of Reuel, the fon of Ibnijah ; 9 And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and fix. All thefe men -were chief of the fathers in the houfe of their fathers. 10 If eAnd of thepriefts; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 1 1 And || Azariah the fon of Hil- kiah, the fon of Meflmllam, the fon of Zadok, the fon of Meraioth, the fon of Ahitub, the ruler of the houfe of God; 12 And Adaiah the fon of Jero- ham, the fon of Pafhur, the fon of Malchijah, and Maafiai the fon of and twelve. Thefe were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages ; whom B David and Samuel '' the feer 1P\'V^ \ did ordain in their || fet office. m'su! 23 So they and their children had°-'J- the overfight of the gates of the houfe .-' of the Lord, namely, the houfe of I \0',tmjh the tabernacle, by wards. 24 In four quarters were the por- ters, toward the eaft, weft, north, and fouth. 25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come ' after '„* *]nzi feveu days from time to time with them- 26 For thefe Levites, the four chief porters, were ill their j| fet office, and 1 0r- " '"•*• were over the || chambers and trea- l,r."°'-- Adicl, the fon of Jahzerah, the fon of furies of the houfe of God Meihullam, the fon of Melhiilemith the fon of Immer ; 13 And their brethren, heads of the houfe of their fathers, a thoufand and feven hundred and threefcore ; •J- very able men for the work of the fervice of the houfe of God. 14 And of the Levites ; Shemaiah the fon ofHasihub, the fon of Azri- kam, the fon of Hafhabiah, of the fons of Merari; \S And Bakbakkar, Herefli, and Galal, and Mattaniah the fon of M cah, the fon of Zichri Afapl 27 "I And they lodged round about the houfe of God, becaufe the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them. 28 And certain of them had the charge of the miniftering veflels, that they mould | bring them in and out ,!,"£;>,,*, by tale. j» j 29 Some of them alfo were ap- «*« pointed to overfee the veflels, and all the || muniments of the fanduary, and the fine Hour, a::d the wine, and by lak. oyr, the fon of the oil, and the frankincehfe, and the I'piees. t 16 And Obadiah the fon of She- 30 And fume of the fons of the maiah, the fon of Galal, the fon of priefts made "the ointment of the \%*?l] Jeduthun; and Berechiah the fon of fpices. Ala, the fon of Elkanah, that dwelt 31 And Mattithiah, one of the Le- vn the villages of the NetonhathitM. vUes, (who was the firft- born of Shal- lum t Hch. in- a of ordering. n Chap. 6 tun IS- I. on item. p Chip. The flock of Saul mid Jonathan. CHAP. omit *um tne Korahite, ) had the jjfet office »*oo,&e- 'over the things that were made || in iToiT*^ the pans. i i.evit.z. 32 And other of their brethren of n'to.OT*1' tne (*ons ot" tlie Kohathites m were tfiluf' over the f ihew-bread, to prepare it mitvit." every fabbath. 33 And thefe are "the fingers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who re- maining in the chambers were free : for -f- they were employed in that work day and night. 34 Thefe chief fathers of the Le- vites were chief throughout their ge- nerations i thefe dwelt at Jerufalem. 35 If And in Gibeon dwelt the fa- ther of Gibeon, Jehiel, whofe wifes name was ° Maachah : 36 And his firft-born fon Abdon, then Zor, and Kim, andcBaal, and Ner, ?nd Nadab, j And Gedor, and Ahio, and Ze- chariah. and Mikloch. 38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam: and they alfo dwelt with their bre- thren at Jerufalem, over againft their brethren. 39 pAnd Ner begat Kifh; and Ki(h begat Saul ; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-ihua, and Abinadab, and Elh-baal. 40 And the fon of Jonathan was Merib-baal : and Merib-baal begat Micah. 41 And the fons of Micah were Pith'on, and Melech, and Tahrea, Hand Ahaz. 42 And Aha begat Jarah; and Ja- rah beg.it Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri ; and Zimri begat Moza ; 43 And Mo. a begat Binea ; and Rephaiah his fon, Eleafah his fon, Azel his fon. 44 And A/el had fix. fons, whofe names are thefe, A/rikam, Bocheru, and Iflimael, and Sheariah, and Oba- diah, and Hanan : thefe were the fons of Azel. CHAP. X. 1 Sauls overthrow and death: 8 the Philij lines triumph over Aim : 1 1 the men of Jabtjh-gileads kindnejs to him and his fons. NOw * the Philiftines fought a- gainft Ifrael; and the men of Ifrael fled from before the Philiftines, and fell down || (lain in mount Gil- boa. 2 And the Philiftines followed hard after Saul, and after his fons; and the 1 Philiftines flew Jonathan, and || A- binadab, and Mulchi-fhua, the fons of Saul. II Or, IJbui, X, XI. Saiils overthrow and death. 3 And the battle went fore againft **Jj{ Saul, and the f archers \ hit him, . '°so- _. and he was wounded of the archers. t Hch. 4 Then faid Saul to his armour-^f*U.,. bearer, Draw thy fword, and thruft • ueb. me through therewith, left thefe un, >""* *"" circumcifed come and || abufe me. \^mCt But his armour-bearer would not; for "^ he was fore afraid. So Saul took a fword, and fell upon it. 5 And when his armour-bearer faw that Saul was dead, he fell likewife on the fword, and died. 6 So Saul died, and his three fons, and all his houfe died together. 7 And when all the men of Ifrael, that were in the valley, faw that they iied, and that Saul and his fons were dead ; then they forfook their cities, and fled : and the Philiftines came and dwelt in them. 8 *' And it came to pafs, on the morrow, when the Philiftines came to ftrip the (lain, that they found Saul and his fons fallen in mount Gilboa. 9 And, when they had ftripped him, they took his head, and his armour, and fent into the land of the Phili- ftines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people. 10 b And they put his armour in the b'' **■• houfe of their gods, and faftened his 3 ' head in the temple of Dagon. 1 1 *i\ And when all Jabelh-gilead heard all that the Philiftines had done to Saul, 1 2 They arofe, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his fons, and brought them to Jabcfh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabelh, and fafted feven days. 13 If So Saul died for his tranfgref- fion which he f committed againft t "eh. the Lord, c even againft the word of at. the Lord which he kept not, and alfo ^.S£"I5'.3, for alking coun/el of one that had a fa- «"• miliar fpirit, '' to enquire of it ; %8.S]?' 14 And enquired not of the Lord: therefore he flew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the fon of fjelte. Ijki. CHAP. XI. 1 David made king : 4 he winneth the cajlle of Zion from the Jebufites by Joabs valour: 10 a catalogue of his worthies. THen * all Ifrael gathered them- t £»*. felves to David unto Hebron, j.V1"" faying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flefti. 2 And, moreover, f in time paft, J5*£* even when Saul was king, thou Wflji ■ 5-0. f Ju.lges David ancinted king: I. CHRO JgjJ he Chut leddeft out and brougliteil: ic<*. in Ifrael: ..ml the Lord thy Cod faid T^T^. unto thee, Thou (halt || "feed my ■"'■'" people Ifrael, and thou (halt be ruler over my people- Ifraei. 3 Therefore came all the elders of Ifrael to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord ; and sam. c C|iey anointec| David king over If- rael. according to the word of the <*h *r Lord f bv d Samuel. Tv'°f' 4 H And David and all Ifrael c went • "' ",'"*• to Jenilalem, which is Jebus, f where the Jebuiites were, the inhabitants of the land. 5 And the inhabitants of Jebus faid to David, Thou [flalt not come hither. Neverthelcfs, David took the caitle of Zion, which is the city of David. 6 And David f-icl, Wiiofoever fm'.t- *>• eth the Jebuiites firft ihall be f chief and captain . So Joab the fon of Ze- ruiah went firft up, and was chief. 7 And David dwelt in the caftle; »'i«, therefore they called || it, The city >• s 7- of David. 8 And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about : and Joab f repaired the reft of the city 9 So David f waxed greater and pint «'"i Erea^r *• f°r the Lord of holts was incrcafms. with him. gisam. ,0^; s-phefe alfo are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, !*£'*" wfjo II ^lengthened themfelves with taiwiim. him in his kingdom, and with all If- rael, to make him king, according to 6 i sim hjtne worti 0f tne Lord concerning ,J * Ifrael. 1 1 And this ;'; the number of the mighty men whom David had ; Ja- 5f°rtm«f mobeam || an Hachmonite, the chief . . 0j-t^e capCains . ne lifted up His fpear againft three hundred, {lain by him at one time. 1 2 And after him was Eleazar the fon of Dodo the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties. 1047. 1 3 He was with David at j| Pas- Lfv',,?;."' danimim, and there the Philiftines i""*'"""' Were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barjey ; and the people fled from be- fore the Philiftines. I or, 1 4 And they || fet themfelves in ' ' '' the midft of that parcel, and deliver- ed it, and (lew the Philiftines ; and the Lord faved them by a great || de- liverance. 15 11 Now || three of the thirty captains ' went down to the rock to David, into the cave oi'Adultam;and •» Hcb, Me 1 . 1 Heh (It, / Ivat/M j i Sum, N I C L E S. a catalogue of his worthier. the hoft of the Philiftines encamped k in the valley of H ephaim 1 6 And David was then in the hold, and the Philiftines garrifon ~as then I+ a" at Bethlehem. ( - And David longed, ;.nd fa d. Oh that one would give me drinti of the water of the well of Beth-lehem, that is at the gate! 18 Anci the three brake through the hoft of the Philiftines. and drew water out of the well of Bah -k hem, that was by the gate, and too^. ft, and brought!/ to David : but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the ' ord, 19 And faid. My God forbid it me, that I fhould do this thing : (hah I drink the blood of thefe men i that \ have put th,eir lives in jeopardy ? for with the Jeopardy of their lives tney brought it. Therefore he would not drink it- Thefe things did thefe three mightieft. 20 11 'And Abifhai the brother tf 'Jfg;8* Jo.»b, he was chief of the three : for lifting up his fpear againft three hun- dred, he flew them, and had a name among the three. 21 "Of the three he was more ™-;\^c, honourable than the two, for he was their captain ; bowbeit he attained not unto the firft three. 22 Benaiah the fon of Jehoiada, the fon of a valiant man of Kabzeel, fwho \If^;f had done many arts, "he flew two lion- 525«. like men of Moab ; alfo he went down J* *■£• and flew a lion in a pit in a fnowy day. 23 And he flew an Egyptian, + a * ^.\l: c/ man of gre at ftature, five cubits high, «**r«**« and in the Egyptians hand was a fpear like a weavers beam ; and he went down to him with a ftaif, and plucked the fpear out of the Egyptians hand, and flew him with his own fpear. 24 Thefe things did Benaiah the fon of jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighties. 25 Behold, he was honourable a- mong the thirty, but attained not to the firft three : and David fet him over hi;; guard. 26 U Alfo the valiant men of the armies ±tre "Afahel the brother of°3:^m# Joab, Elhanan the fon of Dodo of* Betli-lehem, 27 || Shammoth the || Harorite, .<°Umab. Hele the Pelonite, 28 Ira the fon of Ikkefli the Te- ?£»*' koite, Abi-e/er the Antothite, "v5' 29 j| Sibbecai the Hufhathite, ||Ilai *<*«»»«* the Ahohite, zZimm, 30 Maharai Davids mighty men : his V, II Or, 3oMaharai the Netophathite, j| He- led the fon of Baanah the Netopha- thite, 31 Ithai the fori of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Ben- jamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, 32 || Hurai of the brooks of Gaafh, || Abiel the Arbathite, 33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eli- ahba the Shaalbonite, 34 The fons of || Hafhem the Gi- yonite, Jonathan the fon of Shage the Hararite, 35 Ahiam the fon of |l Sacar the Hararite, || Eliphal the fon of || Ur, 36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahi- jah the Pelonite, 37 || Hezro the Carmelite, [| Naarai the fon of Ezbai, 38 Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar || the fon of Haggeri, 39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armour-bearer of Joab the fon of Zeruiah, 40 Ira theIthrite,Gareb the Ithrlte, 41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the fon of Ahlai, 42 Adina the fon of Shi/a the Reu- benite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, 43 Hanan the fon of Maachah, and Joihaphat the Mithnite, 44 Uzzia the Aihterathite, Shama and Jehiel the fons of Hotham the Aroerite, 45 Jediael the || fon of Shimri, and Joha his brother the Tizite, 46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai and Jofhaviah the fons of Einaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jafiel the Mefobaite. CHAP. XII. 1 The companies that came to David at Ziklag: 23 the armies that came to him at Hebron. NOw a thefe are they that came to David to '-'Ziklag, -J- while he yet kept himfelf clofe becaufe of Saul the fon of Kilh ; and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war. 2 They were armed with bows, and coidd ufe both the right hand and c the left in hurling ftones, and /hoot- ing arrows cut of a bow, even of Sauls brethren of Benjamin. 3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Jo- afh, the fons of || Shemaah the Gibe- athite, and Jeziel and Pelet, the fons of Azmaveth, and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite, 4 And Ifmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man zi.vvjg she thirr ^ CHAP. XII. helpers to make him kin*. over the thirty, and Jeremiah, and 5s! I 2;. 6. i Heh. Jahaziel, and Johanan, andjofabad dr.iptf. the Geclerathite, ' " * 5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bea- liah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, 6 Elkanah, and Jefiah, and Aza- retl, and Joezer, and jalhobeam, the Korhites, 7 And Joelah and Zcbadiah, the fons of Jeroham of Gedor. 8 And of the Gadites there fepa- rated themfelves unto David, into the hold to the wilderneis, men of might, and men \ of war jit for the *£**■ # battle, that could handle ihiekl and ' buckler, whofe faces were like the faces of lions, and were d -j- as fwift IM*"** as the rocs upon the mountains; }Heb. 9 Ezer the rirft, Obadiah the fe- "v'p'^i"a cond, Eliab the third, JTSi"**'* 10 Milhmannah the fourth, Jere- »*" m*ah the fifth, 1 j Attai the fixth. Eliel thefeventh, 1 2 Johanan the eighth, EI abad the ninth, 13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. 14 Thefe were of* the fons of Gad, captains of the hoffc : j| one of the f,.^, lealt was over an hundred, and the ^: V> greateft over a thouCmd. StjILIJi 1 5 Thefe are they that went over a^.Zit Jordan in the tirit month, when it " '*"*«* had f overflown all his " banks ; and juudimr, they put to flight all them of the val- cjod. lies, both toward the eall and toward 3' IS* the weft. 16 And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. 57 And David went out f to meet /JJ,e;* them, and anfwered, and laid unto '"<•"'• them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart (hall f be l/%£ knit unto you : but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, feeing there is no ]| wrong in mine hands, |',^';. fc the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it. 18 Then f the fpirit came upon j ' Amafai, who was chief of the captains, *«** . u.-2d /« Jaid, Thine are we, David, and &.0jMg«' on thyiide, thou fon of Jell'e: Peace, "'**' peace be unto thee, and peace be ro thine helpers ; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band. 19 And there fehfotne of Manafleh to David, (fwhen he came with the *",£!** Philiflines againlt Saul to battle, but ipA"".'"* they helped t!;cm not ; for the lords I 'iil'iliues, upon advifement, fent 104»- The armies that came I. CHRO \t%l fent him away, faying, E He will fall r. ioso. to his mafter Saul, + to the jeopardy l^T of our heads. ) ; *• 20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell our to him of Manafleh, Adnah, and Jo- "" zabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, andElihu, and Zilthai, cap- tains of the thoufands that were of Manalfeh. 21 And they helped David ||againft *e, h the band of the rovers: for they were ,11" all mighty men of valour, and were 1 sam. captains in the hoft. 10! 22 For at that time, day by day, there came to David to help him, until it was a great hoft, like the hoft of God. 23 t And thefe are the numbers of the || f bands that were ready arm- ed to the war, and 'came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, k according to the word of the Lord. 24 The children of Judah that bare fliield and fpear were fix thou- fand and eight hundred, ready || arm- ed to the war. 25 Ofthe children ofSimeon, migh- ty men of valour for the war, feven thoufand and one hundred. 26 Of the children of Levi, four thoufand and fix hundred. 27 And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thoufand and feven hundred ; 28 And ' Zadok, a young man migh- ty of valour, and of his fathers houfe twenty and two captains. 29 And ofthe children of Benjamin, the f kindred of Saul, three thoufand : for hitherto + m the greateft part of them had kept the ward ofthe houfe of Saul. 30 And ofthe children of Ephraim twenty thoufand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, f famous throughout the houfe of their fa- thers. 31 And ofthe half- tribe of Manaf- feh eighteen thoufand, which were exprefled by name, to come and make David king. 32 And ofthe children of Iffachar, nr.fthcr nwfafr wtre tmn t|iat \Ydr\ under- ftanding of the times, to know what Ifrael ought to do, the heads of them r^i's'er, if were two hundred; and all their bre- i'J»,!e'-> '„', thren were at their commandment. *""' 33 Of Zebulun, fuch as went forth Vr'i /:'.':<■ to battle, || expert in war, with all tnmrrtf. jnftr.uments of war, fifty thoufand, uviwM a which could || keep rank ; they were Tua,?." t not of double, heart. ♦ Hcb. naun.. N I C L E S. to David at Hebron. 34 And of Naphtali a thoufand cap- J£f;:£ tains, and with them with fhield and L '<^8- ^ fpear thirty and feven thoufand. 35 And of the Danites expert in war, twenty and eight thoufand and fix hundred. 36 And of Afher, fuch as went forth to battle, j| expert in war, for- L°i»y ty thoufand. tmrnmto 37 And on the other fide of Jor- dan, ofthe Reubenites, and the Ga- dites, and of the half- tribe of Manaf- feh, with all manner of inftruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thoufand. 38 All thefe men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Ifrael : andall the reft alfo of Ifrael were of one heart to make David king. 39 And there they were with Da- vid three days, eating and drinking : for their brethren had prepared for them. 40 Moreover, they that were nigh them. fjewuntolflachar, and Zebulun, and Naphtali, brought bread on afies, and on camels, and on mules, and on 0r oxen, and || meat, meal, cakes of figs, vta^i 0/ and bunches of raiiins, and wine, and "*"'" oil, and oxen, and fheep abundantly : for there was joy in Ifrael. CHAP. XIII. 1 David felcheth the ark from Kir j at h- jearim. ^ Uzza being /mitten, the ark is left at the houfe ofObed-cdom. ANd David confulted with the cap- iC45- tains of thoufands and hundreds, and with every leader. 2 And David faid unto all the con- gregation of Ifrael, If itfeemgood un- to you, and that it be of the Lord our God, f let us fend abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in jy* to ana all the land of Ifrael, and with them """ alfo to the priefis and Levites which are fin their cities and fuburbs, that they may gather themfelves unto us: 3 And let us f bring again the ark t „<..,. of our God to us ; for we enquired *»*«■*«* not at it in the days of Saul. 4 And all the congregation (aid that they would do fo : for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. 5 So ■ David gathered all Ifrael to- ;.',Sim- gether, from Shihor of Egypt, even *sam.6.i. unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God bfrom Kirjath- ' jearim. 7.1* 6 And David went up, and all Ifrael, tocBaalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah. to bring up * thence the ark of God the Lord, lhat Uzzafinitten. |! Called Nuchon, 2 Sam. I rtnti S. 10. that dwelleth between the cherubims, whofe name is called on it. 7 And they f carried the ark of God d in a new cart e out of the houfe of Abinadab : and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. 8 fAnd David and all Ifrael play- ed before God with all their might, and with f fmging, and with harps, and with pfalteries, and with tim- brels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. 9 11 And when they came unto the threfhing- floor of || Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen |1 Humbled. i o And the anger of the Loud was kindled againlt Uzza, and he fmote him, gbecaufe he put his hand to the ark : and there he died before God. j i And David was difpleafed, be- caufe the Lord had made a breach upon Uzza : wherefore that place is called || Perez-uzza to this day. 12 And David was afraid of God that day, faying, How Jhall I bring the ark of God home to me ? 13 So David f brought not the ark home to himfelf to the city of David, but carried it afide into the houfe of Obed-edom the Gittite. 14 hAnd the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his houfe three months. And the Lord • blefled ; the houfe of Obed-edom, and all that he had. CHAP. XIV. 1 Hirams kindnefs to David: 2 Davids ftlicity in his people, wives, and chil- dren: 8 his two victories. i- "VTOw a Hiram king of Tyre fent J. ^ mefiengers to David, and tim- ber of cedars, with mafons and car- penters, to build him an houfe. 2 f And David perceived that the Lord had confirmed him king over Ifrael ; for his kingdom was lifted up on high, becaufe of his people Ifrael. ;. 3 1| And David took \ more wives at Jerufalem : and David begat more fons and daughters. 5. 4 Now b thefe are the names of his children which he had in Jerufalem ; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, 5 And Ibhar, and EJiflma, and El- palet, 6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 7 And Elifhama, and || Beeliada, and Eliphalet. 8 U And when the Philiftines heard that 'David was anointed king gver CHAP. XIV, XV. Davids two vLlorles.' all Ifrael, all the Phililtines went up »ehf°£ to leek David : and David heatd of ra+7« it, and went out againlt them. ' " J 9 And the Phililtines came and fpread themfelves d in the valley of •' Chaf Rephaim. 10 And David enquired of God, faying, Shall I go up againlt the Phi- liltines ? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand ? And the Lord faid unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand. 1 1 So they came up to Baal-pera- zim; and David fmote them there. Then David faid, God hath broken ill upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: >°4J. therefore they called the name of that place || Baal-perazim. Ui^j'j/ 12 And when they had left their ***«*»/. gods there, David gave a command- ment, and they were burnt with fire. 13 e And the Philiftines yet again c *?2»m> fpread themfelves abroad in the val- s* : ley. 14 ThereforeDavid enquired again of God : and God faid unto him. Go not up after them; turn away from them, rand come upon them over { ^sjh^. againlt the mulberry-trees. 15 And it fhall be, when thou flialt hear a found of going in the tops of the mulberry- trees, that then thou flialt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee, to finite the hoft of the Philiftines. 1 6 David therefore did as God com- manded him : and they fmote the hoft of the Philiftines from Gibeon even. to Gazer. 1 7 And the fame of David went out into all lands, and the Lord brought the fear of him upon all nations. CHAP. XV. 1 David bringeth the ark from Obed- edom : 25 he performeth it with great joy : 29 Michael in heart dejpifeth him. ANd David made him houfes in the »°*&. city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, a and pitch- => ch»P. ed for it a tent. 2 H Then David faid, fNone ought t ha. it to carry b the ark of God but the tany 1% Levites ; for them hath the Lord l^ /„■%] chofen to carry the ark of God, and ' ■,\':" • to minifter unto him for ever. £*•'*' 3 And David gathered all Ifrael "".h* together to Jerufalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto his place, which he had prepared for it. 4 And David aflembled the chil- dren of Aaron, and the Levites: J Of The t I Sam. 0.3. Chap-I3-7' i Clwp. 13 10, XI. ark brought from T. CHRO 5 Of the Tons of Kohath ; Uriel • the chief, and his || brethren an hun- ' dred and twenty. 6 Of the fons of Merari ; Afaiah the chief, anil his brethren two hun- dred and twenty. 7 Of the fons of Gerfliom ; Joel the chief, and his brethren an hun- dred and thirty. 8 Of the fons of cE]izaphan ; She- maiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred. 9 Of the fons of d Hebron ; Eliel the chief, and his brethreH iburfcore. 10 Of the fons of Uzziel ; Ammi- nadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve. 1 1 And David cailcd for Zadok and Abiathar the priefts, and for the Le- vites, for Uriel, Afaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah,andEMel,andAmminadab, 12 And faid unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Le- vites : fanftify yourfelves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the Lord God of If- rael unto the place that I have pre- pared for it. 1 3 For c becaufe ye did it not at , the lirft, f the Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we fought him not after the due order. 14 So the priefts and the Levites fanftified themfelvcs to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Ifrael. 15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their moul- ders, with the ttaves thereon, as & Mo- fes commanded, according to the word of the Lord. 16 And David fpake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their bre- thren t<> be the fingers with inftru- mentsof muiick,pfalteries, and harps, and cymbals, founding, by lifting up the voice with joy. 17 So the Levites appointed h He- man the fon of Joel : and of his bre- thren, ' Afaph the fon of Berechiah : and of the fons of Merari their bre- thren, k Ethan the fon of Kulhaiah : 18 And with them their brethren of the fecond de.gr ze^ Zech.-triah, Ben, andjaa/iel, and Shemiramoth, and Jchiel, and Unui, Eliab, andBena'nh, and Maafeiah, and Mattithiah, and ElLpheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed- edom, and Jeiel, the porters. 19 So the fingers, Heman, Afaph, and Ethan, were appointed to found with cymbals of brafs; 2oAndZeehariah, and || /\/.iel, and ShcmiranioLii, and jehiel, and L'nni, NICLKS. Obed-edom with great joy. and Elian, and Maafeiah.and Benaiah, ^^ with pfalteriei ' on Alamoth ; cir- "H«; 2\ And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, iTilu^oi and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and litle' Jeiel. and Azaziah, with harps || on l°';:™'b the Sheminith to excel. rtSZfii!* 22 AndGhenaniah, chief of the Le- vitcs, || was for f fong : he in'.lructed '.^.r,)™r. about thefong, becaufeheziw fkilful. tj&JJi' m 23 And Berachiah and Elkanah vi re door-kecners for the ark. 24 And Shcbaniali, and Jehofha- i»Kui. ' phat, and Nethaneel, and Amafai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, andmN Fdiezer, the priefts, mdid blow with to. »'m ' the trumpets before the ark of God : and Obed-edom and Jehiah were door-keepers for the ark. 25 ^[ So " David, and the elders of"; Ifrael, and the captains over thou- fands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the houfe of Obed-edom with joy. 26 Ami it canle to paf<, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they offered feven bullocks and feven rams. 27 And David zuas clothed with a robg of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the fingers, and Chenaniah the matter of the || fong, 1°*' with the lingers : David alfo had upon "" him an cphod of linen. 28 Thus all Ifrael brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with fhouting, and with found of the cor- net, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noife with pfalte- ries and harps. 29 11 And it came to pafs, ° as the JM?^* ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Mi- chal the daughter of Saul, looking opt at a window, law king David dancing and playing : and ihe defpifed him in her heart. CHAP. XVI. 1 Davids fejlival J'acrifice : 4 he or- dereth a choir to fing /hank/giving : 7 the pjalm of thank fgiving. SO athey brought the ark of God, J.Y;!"1* and fet it in the midft of the tent that David had pitched for it : and they offered burnt - ficriticcs and peace-offerings before God. 2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-offerings, and the peace-offeringS, he blelied the people in the name of the Lord. 3 And he dealt to every one of If- rael, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of oread, and a good piece of ricih, and a flagon ofwitie. 4 ^ And Davids pfalm B*| 4 If And he appointed certain ol io4i- the Levites to minifte r before the ■ 's- anointed, and do my prophets no harm. r=im 23 hSing unto the Lord all the earth : Ihew forth from day to day his falvation. CHAP. XVI. of thank/giving. 24 Declare his glory among the |^gf heathen ; his marvellous works a- »°+*» mong all nations. *~~* 25 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praifed : he alfo is to be feared above all gods. 26 For all the gods 'of the people ,I^;' are idols: but the Lord made the heavens. 27 Glory and honour are in his pretence; ftrength and gladnefs arc in his place. 28 Give unto the Lord, ye kin- dreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and Itrcngth : 29 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name ; bring an offering, and come before him; wor .up the Lord in the beauty of holinefs. 30 Fear before him all the earth : the world aifo (hall be ifable, that it be not moved. 3r Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice : and let men fay a- mong the nations, TheLoRDreigneth. 32 Let the fea roar, and the ful- nefs thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. 33 Then fhall the trees of the wood fing out at the prefence of the Lord, becaufe he cometh to judge the earth. 34 kO give thanks unto the Lord, \&^tt for he is good : for his mercy endumth \°£ }; £ for ever. '36- »• 35 'And fay ye, Save us, O God of ^f^06, our falvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praife. 36 Blefied be the Lord God of If- rael for ever and ever. And all m the ™ "^ people faid, Amen, and praifed the Lord. 37 1J So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, Afaph and his brethren, to minilter before the ark continually, as every days work required : 38 And Obed-edom, with their brethren, threefcore and eight; Obed- edom alfo the fon of Jcduthun, and Hofah, to be porters : 39 And Zadok the prieft, and his brethren the priefts, n before the ta- J,*^1 bernacle of the Lord, "in the high l^mm piace that was at Gibeon, „', K;ng, 40 To offer burnt-offerings unto the 8"** Lord upon the altar of the burnt- otfering continually, p -j- morning and STj." evening, and to do according to all that f "eh. is written in the law of the Lord, ™'«W. which he commanded Ifrael : 41 And Nathans nujptge to David, t. CHRONICLES. Davids prayer and thank/giving, 10 And fince the time that I com- manded judges to be over my people «° And with them Heman and je- t joj*. duthun, and the reft that were cho- fen, who were expreffed by name, to VnhT' g'lve thanks to theLoRD, *> becaufe £«»' it his mercy e«.y th it I brought up Ifrael * Htt>. unto t|j}3 t|ay ; but f have gone from tent to tent, and trom one tabernacle to another. 6 Wherefoever I have walked with all Ifrael, fpake I a word to any of the judges of Ifrael, whom I com- manded to i'eed my people, faying, Why have ye not built me an houfe of cedars ? 7 Now, therefore, thus (halt thou fay unto my fervant David, Thus faith the Lord of holls. I took thee ■» h. h. from the fheep-cote, ever, -j- from fol- jr,m after. jow-,]g the faee^ tlm thou (llOUldeft be ruler over my people Ifrael ; 8 And I have been with thee whi- therfoever thou haft walked, and have cut otf all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that Are in the earth. 9 Alfo I will ordain a place for my people Ifrael, and will plant them, and they fhall dwell in their place, and fhall be moved no more; neither ihall the children of wickednefs waftcthem any more, as at the beginning, Ifrael. Moreover, I will fubdue all thine enemies. Furthermore, I tell thee, that the Lord will build thee an houfe. 1 1 f And it fhall come to pafs, when thy days be expired that thou mull go to be with thy fathers, that I will raife up thy feed after thee, which fhall be of thy fons, and I will eltablifh his kingdom. 1 2 He ihall build me an houfe, and I will eltablifh his throne for ever. 1 3 b I will be his father, and he ?.I,^rn* fliall be my fon; and 1 will not take " my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: 14 But CI will fettle him in mine \ } :'*c houfe, and in my kingdom, for ever: and his throne fliall be eitabiiihed for evermore. 15 According to all thefe words, and according to all this vifion, Co did Nathan fpeak unto David. 16 Tj And David the king came, and fat before the Lord, and faid, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is mine houfe, that taou hail brought me hitherto ? 17 And yet this was a frail thing in thine eyes, O God ; for thou halt alfo fpoken of thy fervants houfe for a great while to come, and haft re- garded me according to the eftate of a man of high degree, O Lord God. 1 8 What can David fpeak more to thee for the honour of thy fervant ? for thou knoweft thy fervant. 19 O Lord, for thy fervants fake, and according to thine own heart, haft thou done all this greatnefs, in ma- king known all thefe f great things. ' 26 O Lord, there is none like thee, neither is there any god befides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 21 And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Ifrael, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatnefs and terriblenefs, by dri- ving out nations from before thy people, whom thou haft redeemed out of Egypt ? 22 For thy people Ifrael didft thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, bccaifleft their God. 23 Therefore now, Lord, let the thing that thou haft fpoken concern- ing thy fervant, and -concerning his houfe, be eftabiiihed tor ever, and do M thou hail faid. 24 Let The 1 Heb. b.ift re- •vtaled tbe tar of Wj fcrvunt. miiflines, 8cc. fubduei. CHAP. XVIII, XIX. The /polls dedicated. 24 Let ic even be. eftabliflied, that 10 He fent || Hadoram his foil to *$5jj« thy name may be magnified fur ever, king David, || to enquire of his wel- tit. 1040* faying, The Lord of hofts is th« God fare, and f to congratulate him, be- ifon of Ifrael, even a God to Ifrael : and caufe he had fought againft Hadar- 2%^* let the houfe of David thy fervant be e,er, and lmitten him ; (for Hadar- 8» '" eftablifhed before thee. e/er f had war with Tou ; ) and with}a?Ju!9 25 For thou, Omy God, -j- haft told him all manner of veltels of gold, and '»*«£• thy fervant, that thou wilt build filveir, and brafs. \ vl','. him an huufe : therefore thy fervant 1 1 Them alfo king David dedica- '^'a'n'% hath found in his heart to pray be- ted unto the Lord, with the filver "'■««• fore thee. and the gold that he brought from 26 And now, Lord, thou art God, all the/e nations ; from Edom, and and haft promifed this goodnefs unto from Moab, and from the children of thy fervant ; Ammon, and from the Philiftines, 27 Now, therefore, || let it pleafe and from Amalek. .__ thee to blefs the houfe of thy fervant, 12 Moreover, f Abifhai the fon of a-.jLL that it may be before thee for ever: Zeruiah flew of the Edomites in the valley of Salt eighteen thoufand. 13 U And he put garrifons in £- dom ; and all the Edomites became for -thou blefleft, O Lord, and it (hall be blelled for ever. CHAP. XVIII. 1 David fubdueth the Philiftines and Davids fervants. Thus the Lord the Moabites : 3 he J'tniteth Hadar- preferved David whitherfoever he ezer and the Syrians. went. [Owv after this, ait came to pafs, that David fmote the Phili- ftines, and fubdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philiftines. 2 And he fmote Moab ; and the Moabitea became Davids fervants, and brought gifts. went to .ftablilh. his dominion by the river Euphrates. 4 And David took from him a thoufand chariots, and feven thou- fand horfemen, and twenty thoufand footmen : David alfo houghed all the chariot- horj'es, but referved of them an hundred chariots. 5 And when the Syrians of f Damaf- cus came to help Hadarezer king of NOw,, after this, a it came to pafs, 14 f So David reigned over all that David fmote the Phili- Ifrael, and executed judgment and juftice among all his people. 15 And joab the fon of Zeruiah was over the hoft ; and Jehofhaphut the fon of Ahilud || recorder ; USOU*. 16 And Zadok the fon of Ahitub, *"»•"«■• and || Abimelech the fon of Abiathar, Mim'ucbt 3 t And David fmote || Hadarezer were the priefts; and || Shavflia was Jo- king of Zcbah unto Hamath, as he fcribe : • 11 bailed 1 7 c And Benaiah the fon of Jehoiada ^^%s 7_ was over the Cherethites and the Pe- J^**^*"* lethites ; and the fons of David were c »s»m. " chief f about the king. 8- l!;- chap. xix. ;jt„"V 1 Davids tnejjengers, /ent to covi/ort "•' ""- Hanun, are fiiamefully entreated. 6 The Ammonites are overcome. NOw ait came to pafs, after this, c;r ,017* that Nahafli the king of the *0* ^ Zobah, David flew of the Syrians two children of Ammon died, and lm and twenty thoufand men. fon reigned in his ftead. 6 Then David put garrifons in 2 And David faid, I will (hew kind - Syria-damafcus; and the Syrians be- nefs unto Hanun the fon of Nahalli, came Davids fervants, and brought becaufe his father (hewed kindnefs to gifts. Thus the Lord preferved Da- me. And David fent meflengers to vid whitherfoever he went. comfort him concerning his father. 7 And David took the fliields of So the fervants of David came into gold that were on the fervants of the land of the children of Ammon Hadarezer, and brought them to Je- to Hanun, to comfort him. rufalem. 3 But the princes of the children of 8 Likewife from [| Tibhath, and Ammon faid to Hanun, t :.JbuiKieft L"t'„l? from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, thou that David doth honour thy fa- ■il[',0u'-Jt brought David very much brafs, ther, that he haih fern comforters wherewith b Solomon made the bra- unto thee ? are not his fervants come fen fea, and the pillars, and the vef- unto thee for to feardi, and to over- fels of bra'.s. throw, and to fpy out the land ? 9 H Now when || Tou king of Ha- 4 Wherefore H.inun took Davids math heard how David had fmitten all fervants, and fiiaved them, and cut the hoft of Hadare/.er king of Zobah, off their garments in the 111'uhr, I D A hard The Ammmita aid I. CHRO g^jf hard by thrir buttocks, and fent Jr.xpiy. thom awny. ' v j Then ' iierc went cer' //>, and told David how the men were flrved : and he fent to meet them : for the men w re greatly afliamed. And the kingfaid. Tarry at Jeli ho until your beards be grown, and then return. 6 *\ And when the children of Ammon faw that they had made tjm'k. thenif.-ivcr, f odious to David. Hanun . and the children of Amnion fent' a thbufarid talents oftilver to nirethem chariots and horfemen out of Me'Co- potamia, and out of Syria- maachah, ctap. b ancj out of Zobah. s,a" 7 So they hired thirty and two tlunifand chariots, and the king of Maathah and his people, who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered them- feives together from their cities, and came to battle. S And when David heard of it, he fent Joab, and all the hoft of the mighty men. 9 And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city : and the kings that were come were by them- felves in the field. 0} io Now when Joab faw that + the tbt t.ut.i battle was fet againft him before """ '"'' and behind, he chofe out of all the t» £3 mm. 1| choice of Ifrael, and put them in array again!! the Syrians. it And the reft of the people he de- WjbMt. livered unto the hand of f \bifhai his brother, and they fet them/elves in ar- ray againft the children of Ammon. I? And he faid, If the Syrians he too ftrong for me, then thou (halt help me : but if the children of Am- mon be too ftrong for thee, then I will help thee. 1 3 Be of good courage, and let us behave ourfelves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God; and let the Lord do that which is good in his fight. 14 So Joab, and the people that were with him, drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle ; and they fled before him. 15 And when the children of Am- mon faw that the Syrians were fled, they likewife fled before Abilhai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerufalem. 1 6 if And when the Syrians faw that they were put to the- worfe be- fore Ifrael, they fent metfengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were be- t tub. iojhach,.t'r.e gg£ captain ofthe holt ofHadarezer, :vc.t '^ ■ J before them. T^TiT^ [ 7 And it was told David \ and he gfi- *">*""' thered all Ifraek, and paffed over Jor- dan, and came upon them, and fet' the iJ.Ti. battle in array againft them. So when '' David- had put the battle in array againft the Syrians, they fought with him. i H Butthe Syrians fled before Ifrael : and David flew' of the Syrians fevea thoufand men which fotight in cha- riots, and forty thoufand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the hoft. r<; And when the fervants ofHadar- ezer faw that they were put to the worfe before Ifrael, they made peace with David, and became his fervants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more. CHAP. XX. I Rabbah is befieged by Joab, f polled by Davidy arid the people tortured. 4 Three overthrows of the Philistines. ANd * it came to pais, that, faf- ^'■^''-' , ' ..'.a! Sam. ter the year was expired, at the u. i. time that kings go out to battle, Joab t 'J*- led forth the power of the army, and fumtftbe wafted the country ofthe children ,eaT' of Ammon, and came and befieged Rabbah ; (but David tarried at Jeru- falem ;) and Joab fmote Rabbah, and deftroyed it 2 And David b took the crown of H their king from off his head, and '" found it fto weigh a talent of gold. and there were precious ftonts in it; tii. 1033. and it was fet upon D».vvids head : and he brought alio exceeding much fpoil out ofthe city. 3 And he brought out the people that wire in it, and cut them with faws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes : even fo dealt David with all the cities ofthe children of Am- mon. And David and all the people returned to Jerufalem. c , ,.,_,. 4 1 And it came to oafs, after this, -'• '"• c that there || f arofe war at || Ge/er "or1018' with the Philillines. at which time <"•<"'•:"•' • d Sibbechai the HiUhathite flew |] Sippai, that was of the children of j) the giant ; acd they were fubdued. n. -■,■■ 5 And there was war ajrain With . " the Phililliue- ; and Kthanaii the foil of || Jair flew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whofe fpears-ftaiV -was like a weavers beam. 6 And yet again ""there was war at Gath, where was fa man of great ftaturc, whofe fingers uud toes tww t «* four mrfurZ David numbereth the people : CH A !£§& four and twenty, fix on each hand, t>. 10.8. and fix mi each foot: and he alfo was ' Stfn f the fon of the giant, or'^'a'.' 7 But when he || defied Ifrael, Jo- 't. r#- nathan the fun of jj ShAmeaj Davids brother, dew hlni. ibaiMrub, g Thefe were born unto the giant io?'"' in Gata^ and they fell by the hand ct Dayici- and by the hand of his fervants. CHAP. XXL i David munbereth the people : 5 he re.benteth, 9 and of three plagues chooffth the ptjiilence. 1017- A Nd * Satan itoocl up againft Ifrael, l?.Tn':. -£* and provoked David to number Ifrael. 2 And David .f.:id to Joab, and to • - the rulers of the people, Go, number Ifrael, from Beer-hheba even to Dan ; b and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. 3 And Joab anfwered, The Lord make his people an hundred time.s fo many more as they be : but, my lord the king, are they not all my lords fervants ? why then doth my lord re- quire this thing ? why will he be a caufe of trefpafs to Ifrael ? 4 Neverthelefs, the kings word prevailed agdnft Joab : wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Ifrael, and came to Jcrufalem. . 5 *tf And Joab gave the fum of the number of the .people unto David. And all they of Ifrael were a thou- fand thoufand and an hundred thou- fand men that drew fvvord : and Ju- dah was four hundred threefcone and ten thoufand men that drew fword. *ji'z$ 6 c But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them : for the kings word was abominable to Joab. tueh. 7 -j-And God was difpleafed with t-"itin)li"' this thing, therefore he fmote Ifrael. Tof'o; 8 And David laid unto God, ',1 'm,cmZ£. nave nnnet' grcatb''> becaufe I have d 2 sam. ^on^ this thing : e but now, I befeech 2+. 10. thee, do away the iniquity of thy fer- \l 13."* vant ; for I have done very fooliihly. 9 t Anil the Lord fpake unto Gad, Davids ffeer, faying, 10 Go, and tell David, faying, Thus faith the Lord, I -J- offer thee three things, choofe thee one of them, that 1 may do it unto thee. 1 t So Gad came to David, and fa:d unto him, Thus faith the Lord, -j* Choofe thee 12 g Either three years famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the fword of thine enemies oymaketh thee ; m die f See 1 sSm. P. XX L hit vpentanct* three days the fword of the Lo a d , e sen thepellilence, in the laud, and 'he an- gel of the Lokd dedroving through- ! ^~^ out all the coafts of Ifrael. N >'\\\ therefore, advife thyfelt what word I (hall bring again to him chat lVnt me. 13 And David faul unto G id, I am in a great {trait : let me fa.l now into the hand of the Lg:id, for very || great are his mercies ; but let me not fall into the hand of man. 14 H So the Lord lent peddenee upon Ifrael: and there "fell of Ifrael feventy thoufand men. i s And God fent an h angel unto Jer ?42 J**** rufalem to deilroy it : and, as he wits " destroying, the Lord beheld, and ! he repented him of the evil, .nd laid j.?*| C;"' to the angel that deitroyed, It is ' enough, day now thine hand. And the .angel of the Lqrd ftood'by the threlh- ing'-noor of |j Oman the Jebuiite. , lAs£0l?ab' 1 6 And David lifted up his eves, and 14" l8' '-Taw the angel of the Lor d !t md be- ■. \?t>roa' tween theearth and the heaven, having a drawn fword in his hand U retched out over Jerufalem : then David and the elders of Ifrael, ivh 0 were closed in fackcloth, fell upon their iY es. . 17 And David fuid unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered ? even I it is that have fnned and clone evil indeed ; but as fo> thefe lhcep, what h^ve they done : "Let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my fa- thers houfe, but not on thy people, that they fnouid be plagued. )8 % Then the ' angel of the Lord i a Cfeg>« commanded Gad to fay to David, 3 that David fhould go up arid fet up an aitar unto the Lokd in the thielh- ing-floor of Oman the Jebufce. 19 And David went up at the fay- ing of Gad, which he fpake in the name of the Lord. 20 || And Oman turned back, an;; , faw the angel ; and his four fens with ' him hid themfelves. Now Ornan was threfhing wheat. 2i And as David came to Oman. Ornan looked ar,d faw David, and'. went out of the threfhing-noor, and bowed himfelf to David with his face to the ground. 22 Then David faid to Ornan, -\ Grant me the pi aee of this threihing- *.]£*• Hoor, that I may build an altar there- in unto tne Lord ; thou [halt grant it me for the fuil price, that the plague may be Hayed from the people. 23 And Oman faid unto D ivid, Take it t» tlict , and let my lord th^ D d 2 ki.*i£ The plague flayed . I. CHRONICLES » Lcvif. J.I. king do that which is good in his eyes : lo, I give thee the oxen alfo for burnt -offerings, and the threfhing- inftruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering ; I give it all " 24 And king David faid to Oman, Nay ; but I will verily buy it for the full price : for I will noc take t>uit which is thine for the Lord, nor of- fer burnt-offerings without coft. 25 So m David gave to Oman for the place fix hundred fiiekels of gold by weight. 26 And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt- offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon the Lord ; and " he an- fwereci him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering. 27 And the Lord commanded the angel, and he put up his fword again into the fiieath thereof. 28 % At that time, when David faw that the Lord had anfwered him in the threfhing-ftoor of Grnari the Jebufite. then he facrificed there. 29 ( "For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Mofes made in the wil- dernefs, and the altar of the burnt- offering, were at that feafon in the high place at pGibcon. 30 But David could not go before ft to enquire of God : for he was afraid, becaufe of the fword of the angel of the Lord.) CHAP. XXII. Solomon inflrufted. 6 «[ Then he called for Solomon £*& his fon, and charged him to build an 1^'7j houfe for the Lord God of Ifrael. . 7 And David faid to Solomon, My fon, as for me, ' it was in my mind to '.%**■"' build an houfe f unto the name of the c",p-1?'r Lord my God: K*** 8 But the word of the Lord came to me, faying, gThou haft fhed blood f^'"8' abundantly, and halt made great cW-sk J- wars : thou (halt not build an houfe unto my name, becaufe thou haft fhed much blood upon the earth in my fight. 9 " Behold, a fon fhall be born to U^J* thee, who fhall be a man of reft ; and I will give him reft from all his ene- mies round about : for his name fhall be lj Solomon ; and I will give peace \,™"J'; and quietnefs unto Ifrael in his days. 10 ;He fhall build an houfe for^f*"" my name ; and k he fhall be my fon, ' K"p and I will be his father ; and I will cW y- eftablifh the throne of his kingdom I'utBt. over Ifrael for ever. l >■ ? i Now, my fon, 'the Lord be1Ver lC- with thee ; and profper thou, and build the houfe of the Lord thy God, as he hath faid of thee. 12 Only the Lord give thee wif- dom and underftanding, and give thee charge concerning Ifrael, that thou mayeft keep the law of the Lord thy God. 1 3 Then fhalt thou profper, if thou takeft heed to fulfil the ftatutes and David prepareth for the building Of judgments which the Lord charged the temple : 6 he inilructeth Solomon. THen David laid, a This is the houfe of the Lord God, and this is the altar of the burnt-offering for Ifrael. 2 And David commanded to ga- ther together bthe ftrangers that were in the land of Ifrael ; and he fet ma- fons to hew wrought ftones to build the houfe of God. 3 And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings ; and brafs in abundance c Without weight ; 4 Alfo cedar-trees in abundance : for the Zidonians, and they of Tyre, brought much cedar- wood to David. 5 And David faid, d Solomon my fon is young and tender, and the houfe that is to be builded for the LoRDmnJl be exceeding magnificat, of fame and of glory throughout all countries : I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David pre- pared abundantly before his death. Mofes with concerning Ifrael : ■ be """J. ftrong, and of good courage ; dread J*- »■ *• not, nor be difmayed. 14 Now, behold, || in my trouble £*•*; m-' I have prepared for the houfe of the Lord an hundred thoufand talents of gold, and a thoufand thoufand talents ol'lilver ; and of brafs and iron n with- ■•»•**•* out weight ; for it is in abundance : timber alfo and ftone have I prepared; and thou mayeft add thereto. 1 9 Moreover, there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and || workers of ftone and timber, and iX*£«J all manner of cunning men for every «"*--«""- manner of work. 16 Of the gold, the filver, and the brafs, and the iron, there is no number. Arile, therefore, and be do- ing, and c the Lord' be with thee. ° cr" '' 17 *\ David alfo commanded all the princes of Ifrael to help Solomon his fotf, faying, 18 Is not the Lord your God with vou ? and hath he not given you reft on every fide ? for he hath given the Solomon made king. cK tne inhabitants of the land into mine ^iQ'7- a hand, and the land is fubdued before the Lord, and before his pt-ople. 19 Now, fet your heart and your foul to feek the Lord your God: arife, therefore, and build ye the fanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy veflels of God, into the houfe that is to be built to the name of the Lord. CHAP. XXIII. 1 Solomon made king. 2 The Levites ordered. 7 Tlie Jons of Gerflion, 12 Kohath, 21 and Merari. 1015. QO when David was old and full aiKingsi. >3 of days, he made a Solomon his obrP.2B.'s. fon king over Ifrael. 2 H And he gathered together all the princes of Ifrael, with the priefts and the Levites. 3 Now the Levites were numbered ci*. 1045. from the age of b thirty years and 4.^47! upward : and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thoufand. 4 Of which, twenty and four thou- UEfcg fand were jj to fet forward the work of the houfe of the Lord; and fix c Deut. thoufand were c officers and judges. 5 Moreover, four thoufand were porters, and four thoufand praifed the action. Lord with the inftruments a which 29-15." I made, faid David, to praife there- 5 with. e ex«i. 6 And e David divided them into Numb. t courfes among the fons of Levi, ch"ap?' 7iamely,Geri\\on, Kohath, and Merari. ik^nl 7 H Of the f Gerfhonkes were || Laa- h. i4-"& dan and Shimei. t HeV." 8 The fons of Laadan; the chief was rfivj/wn/. Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. '2rS 9 The fons of Shimei ; Shelomith, nor, and Hazicl, and Haran, three. Thefe ci»p!'6.i7. 'were the chief of the fathers of Laa- dan. io And the fons of Shimei were &, Jahath, || Zina, and Jeufti, and Beriah. vcr. 11. Thefe four were the fons of Shimei . 1 1 And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the fecond : but Jcufh and l."»V« Beriah f had not many fons ; there- m«/(.^ fore they were in one reckoning, ac- cording to their fathers houfe. 12 «j gThe fons of Kohath; Am- eExurt. 2. i«. ram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. ■ Exnd. and Mofes : and ' Aaron was fepara Heb'5.4. ted, that he mould fan£tify the moll holy things, he and his fpns for ever, lifjj*' k to ^lirn incenfe before the Lord, to 1 Numb, minifter unto him, and 'to blcfs in &• 23- his name for ever. I A P. XXI II. The office of the Levites. 14 Now, concerning Mofes the man B^0rr«, of God. '" his fons were named of the ia«. tribe of Levi. m s^r J is "The fons of Mofes were Ger- SS^f",. fhom and Eliezer. „ r*o' 16 Of the fons of Gerfhom, ° jjShe- ?g";* bucl was the chief. oci^. 1 7 And the fons of Eliezer were, "'^,; p Rehabiah || the chief. And Eliezer cb»p. had none other fons ; but the fons of l*^°?\ Rehabiah f were very many. 20.25. 18 Of the fons of Izhar; || Shelo- }%; '* mith the chief. tua. 19 ■» Of the fons of Hebron; Je- "•%»';:? riah the firft, Amariah the fecond, wsMcmat, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the ^"i. fourth. „ rh;.p'. 20 Of the fons of Uzziel ; Micah *♦■** the firft, and Jefiah the fecond. 21 H rThe fons of ^Merari ; Mahli rem™, and Mufhi. The fons of Mahli ; Elca- "- 2i' zar and s K'fli. setup. 22 And Eleazar died, and e had no ?£ilZ fons, but daughters ; and their |j bre- 2+ 1B- thren the fons of Kifli u took them. l.'.V,., 23 x The fons of Mufhi ; Mahli, usee and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. *o.'Z't. 24 11 Thefe were the fons of y Levi * ch»P. after the houfe of their fathers ; even y+N^„, the chief of the father-, as they were 10.17,21. counted hy number of names by their polls, that did the work for the fer- vice x>f the houfe of the Lord, from the age of z twenty years and upward. z Numb. 29 For David faid, The Lord God I' tec of Ifrael hath given reft unto his Kz*t3.». people, || that they may dwell in Je- aot,mdbe rufalem for ever : jw/lfem, 26 And alfo unto the Levites ; they &c' fhn.il no more carry the tabernacle, ioij. nor any veifels of it for the fervise thereof. 27 For, by the laft words of David, the Levites iiere f numbered from t Het>. twenty years oid and above : 28 Becanfe \ their office was to t Htb. wait on the fons of Aaron, for the r£r»'^IS"«» fervice of the hcufe of the Lord, in '"' the courts, and in the ehambers, and ■**""'■ in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the fervice of the houfe of God ; 29 Both for a the fhew-bread, and !**£' for b the fine flour for meat-offering, j>£evu. and for c the unleavened cakes, and ci^.' for d thai which is baked in the || pan, ^'f0' and for that which is fried, and for UL"','"*' all manner of e meafure and iize ; *■ s. ?• 30 And to ftand every morning to Iffc*0 thank and praife the Lord, and e Levit. likewife at even ; ,0' ii§ 31 And to otfer all burnt - facrifices tmto the Lord, fin the f.iubathn. in P d 3 the* * »i »» The divifions ofAdronsfons, I. C II R O the new- moons, ami on the fet feafts, by number, according to the order " commmdtd unto them continually before the Lord ; 32 And that they fhouid keep the charge of the tabernacle of the con- gregation, and the charge of the holy So,™%. plcu-e, am! '' the charge of the ions of Aaron their brethren, in the ferVice of the houfe of the Lord. CHAP. XXI \r. 1 The divifions of the Jons of Aaron by lot into fourandt zcenty orders . zoT/ie Kohatlutt's, 27 and the J}Ieraritesy divided by lot. te*. "\J<->W ™fe me tne divifions of the ). i'.'o. 1^ fons of Aaron. aThe fons of Aaron ; Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar N _^ and Itham;:r. +• &' 2 But b Nadab and Abihu died be- ''0t~ fore their father, and had no children : therefore Eleazar and Ithamar exe- cuted the prieits office. 3 And David diitributed them, both Zadok, of the fons of Eleazar, and Ah i- melech, of the fons of Ithamar, ac- cording to their offices in their fervice. 4 And there were more chief men found of the tons of Eleazar than of the fons of Ithamar; and thus were theydivided : among the fons of Elea- zar there were fixtten chief men of the houfe of their fathers, and eight among the fons of Ithamar, according to the houfe vf their fathers. 5 Tims were they divided bylot, one fort with another ; for the governors of the fanftuary, and governors of the houfe of God, were of the fonspfEfea- zar, and of the fons of Ithamar. 6 Ar.d Sn< maiah the fori of Netha- neel the fcribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the prieit, find Ahimeleth tin- (on of Abiathar, and before the thiei of the fathers of the !fV»/ ite Pr ie<*s and Levites: one f principal lioufehold being taken for Eleazar, a lid one taken for Ithamar. 7 Now, the firft lot came forth to Jenoiarib, the fecond to Jedaiah, 8 The third to Iluiim, the fourth to Seoriiii, y Tlie tilth to Malchijah, the fixth to Mijamin, 10 The tVventh to Kakkoz, the ■ ighth to c Abijah, 1 1 The ninth to Jeihuah, the tenth to Shecaniah, ra The eleventh to Eiiafhib, the twelfth to Jakim, 1 3 The thirteenth to Huppnh, the fourteenth to Jeihebeab, N I C L E S. and of the itofiathiW, &c. 14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the fix- «•** tcenth to Immer, i 5 The feventeenth to Hezir, the ' " ' eigliteenth to Aphfes, 16 The nineteenth to Pctluhiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel, i 7 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 Thefe were the otderings of them in their fervice, d to tome into a chap, the houfe of the Loud, according to p v' their manner, under Aaron their fa- ther, as the Lord God of Ifrael had commanded him. 20 H And the reft of the fons of Levi were thefe r Of the fons of Ant- ram ; e Shubael : of the fons of Shu- c bael ; Jehdeiah. 21 Concerning f Rehabiah ; of the fons of Rehabiah, the firlt iias If- *3' K' fiiiah. 22 Of the Izharites; gShelomoth : uciup. of the fons of Shelcmoth ; JahatH. 23 And the fons of h Hebron; Je- fiah the firft, Amariah the fecond, le'.lu Jahaziel the third, Jekaineam the fourth. 24 O/the fons of Uzziel ; Michah : of the fons of Michah ; Shamir. 2 j The brother of Michah wed Isfhiah: of the fons of Isfhiah; Ze- chariah. 26 'The fons of Merari ivere Mahli l6*£*' and Mufhl : the fons of Jaaziah j t:r • Beno. 3* 27 % The fons of Merari byjaa- ziah ; Beno, and Shoham, and Zac- ciir, arid Ibri. 28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, k -who * .^y^ had no fons. 29 Concerning Kifh ; the fon of Kifh ivas Jeran'meef. 30 'The fons alfi? of Mufni ; Mahli, [f** and Eoer, and Jerimoth. Thefe wi re the fons of the Levites, after the houfe of their fathers. 31 Thefe likew'fe cafl lots oyer again!! their brethren the fons of Aa- ron, iii the prefence of David the king, and Zadok and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the pritils and .. even the principal fathers over againfl their younger brethren. C H \ P. XX\. ilviber c-..l cfffcki flhef<>r;er. '■ & their divifi:;;, ly to% into four and iv.f.iy 1 '-tiers. , MOr'eover; David, and tin- > tains of tlii hoft, feparattd to tat lervice of the ions of' Afaph, aria1 » of .:i,-i4- ,. iff . V.l-.-rt fllcb. i Vor.i;. The number of the fingers, CHAP. Suit or* Heman, and of Jeduthun, vyho r. ns and his brethren, were twelve : bVer 1 + Heh. / XXV, XXVI. and their divifom. 18 The eleventh to Azareel, fte, his gfW fons and his brethren, w. re twelve . «'«■ »t<*. 1 9 The twelfth to Halhabiah, ht, his "~*"— ' fons and his brethren, were twelve : 20 The thirteenth to Shubae I , he, his fons and his brethren, were twelve: 2t The fourteenth to Mattitiiiah, he, his fons and his brethren, were twelve : 2 2 The fifteenth tojeremoth, he, his fons and his brethren, were twelve: 23 The fixteenth to Hananiah, he, his fons and his brethren, were twelve 24ThefeventeentlitoJoflibekatliali, he, his fons anil his brethren, ivere twelve : 25TheeighteenthtoHanani, He, )\\i fons and his brethren, were twelve : 26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his fons and his brethren, were twelve : 27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his fons and his brethren, were twelve : 28 The one and twentieth to Ho- thir, he, his fons and his brethren, were twelve : 29 The two and twentieth to Giddaki, he, his fons and his bre- thren, were twelve : 30 The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his fons and his bre- thren, were twelve : 31 The four and twentieth to Romamti-ezer, . he, his fons and Jiis brethren, were twelve. CHAP. XXVI. 1 The divijiom of the porter;, ij The gates ajjigned by tot. 20 The Levites that had the charge of the treajures. Concerning the divifions of the porters. Of the Korhites was |j Mefhelemiah the foil of Kore, o\\£fe„letl the fons of |j Afaph. 2 And the Ions of Mefliekmiah \S8fa were Zechariah the fidt-born, Jediael '^ **7' the fecond, Zcbadiah the third, jath- niel the fourth, 3 Elam the fifth, Jeliohan.m the fixth, Eiioenai the feventh. 4 Moreover, the ions of Obed- edom were Sheir.aiah the firk-bom, Jehozabad the fecond, Joah tliL third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethancel the fifth, 5 Ammiel the fixth, Iffathar the feventh, I'tulthui the eighth ; for God blelied !| him. 6 Alfo unto Shemaiah his fon were SctajJ*" fons born, that ruled throughout the '3'**' houfe of their father : for they were mighty men of valour. D d < 7 The The gates cffigned by lot. I. CHRO & 7 The fons of Shemaiah ; Othni, cir. icij. and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, * ^ (whofe brethren were ftrong men,) Elian., and Semachiah. 8 All thefe of the fons of Obed- edom ; they, and their fons, and then- brethren, able men for ftrength for the fervice, nvere threefcore and two of Obed-edom. 9 And Meihelemiah had fons and ch brethren, itrong men, eighteen. *6. j»: 10 Alfo a Hofah, of the children of Merari, had fons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firft-born, yet his father made him the chief, ) i f Hilkiah the fecond, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth : all the fons and brethren of Hofah were thirteen. i 2 Among thefe "were the divifions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one againft ano- ther, to minilter in the houfe of the Lord. l,°%ruflr l ? ^ And they caft lots, |] aswell the tbtfinau fmall as the great, according to the t'rfai. "" houfe of their fathers, for every gate. 14 And the lot eaftward fell to J$£! II Shelemiah ; then for Zechariah his mab,^ (on (a wife counfellor) they caft lots, and his lot came out northward. 15 To Obed-edom fouthward ; and tattering,, to his ferns the houfe of f Afuppim. 1 6 ToShuppim and Hofah the lot came forth weltward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the caufeway of the iku * Soin? II llP» ward againft ward. ». ??* i7Eaitward 10. of God, and over the treafures of the Ummk* t dedicated things. 21 As concerning the fons of || Laa- in ; the fons of the Gerflionite Laa- dan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gerflionite, were UJehtett. 22 Thefonsofjeliieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were oyer the treafures of the houfe op the Lord. 23 Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzziclites ; 24 And Shebuelcthe fun of Ger- fliom. the ion of Mofes. uwrukrof the treafures. html ciuy.G.17. t rich. N I C L E S . Treafures for the temple. 25 And his brethren by Eliezer; gggjf Rehabiah his fon, and Jefliaiah his foil, «ir- »o«J> and Joram his fon, and Zichri his fon, s/~ and " Shelomith his fon. «?*£ 26 Which Shelomith and his bre- thren were over all the trenfures of the dedicated things, which David the king,and the chieffathers, thecaptains over thoufands and hundreds, and the captains of the holt, had dedicated. 27 f Out of the fpoils won in battles l*]e*-bf did they dedicate to maintain the *"«'"; am houfe of the Lord. /p°"'' 28 And all that Samuel e the feer, e ' sam. and Saul the fon of Kifli, and Abner B' v° the fon of Ner, andjoab the fon of Zeruiah, had dedicated, and whom- ever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren. 29 ^ Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his fons were for the outward bufinefs over Ifrael, for f officers and {£***• judges. 30 And of the Hebronites, Haflia- biah and his brethren, men of valour, a thoufand and feven hundred, were f officers among them of Ifrael on this fide Jordan weflward, in all bu- finefs of the Lord, and in the fervice of the king. 3r Among the Hebronites -was 6Jerijah the chief, even among the i,f£* Hebronites, according to the genera- tions of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were fought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour h See ua. hat JazerofGilead. *' ■» 32 And his brethren, men of valour, •were two thoufand and feven hundred chieffathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Ga- dites, and the half-tribe of Manafleh, for every matter pertaining to God, ,V.',^: and f ' affairs of the king. 1 2 throa, CHAP. XXVII. ly ■"• 1 The twelve captains for every fever a I month. 16 The princes of the twelve tribes. NOw the children of Ifrael after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thoufands and hundreds, and their officets that ler ved the king in any matter of the couiMlv, which came in and went out month by month, throughout all the months of the year, of every courfe vere twenty and four thoufand. 2 Over the firft courfe, for the firft s month, was "Jafhobeam the fon of' Zabdiel : and in his courfe were twenty \ ■di:d four thoufand. 3 Of 1 ' m4*' ha.,. I-. ij. f> 1 Sam a.?. 20, II-. SA TV/? twelve captains. C H A P. chl™ 3 Of 'the children of Perez was r 1015. the chief of all the captains of the -v ' holl for the firft month. 4 And over the courfe of the fe- )r, cond month was |j Dodai an Ahohite, i'^n. and of his courfe was Mikloth alfo •»• the ruler ! in his courfe likewife were twenty and four thoufand. 5 The third captain of the hoft, for the third month, was Benaiah the v, for. of Jehoiada, a || chief prieft : and 7cr.al in his courfe were twenty and four thoufand. 6 This is that Benaiah who was b mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty : and in his courfe was Ammizabad his fon. 7 The fourth captain, for the fourth month, was c Afahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his fon after him : and in his courfe were twenty and four thoufand. 8 The fifth captain, for the fifth month, was Shamhuth the Izrahite : and in his courfe were twenty and four thoufand. 9 The fixth captain, for the fixth month, was d Ira the fon of Ikkefli the Tekoite : and in his courfe were twenty and four thoufand. 10 The feventh captain, for the fe- venth month, was eHelez the Pelo- nite, of the children ofEphraim : and in his courfe xvere twenty and four thoufand. 11 Tiie eighth captain, for the eighth month, was l Sibbecai the Hufhathite, of the Zarhites : and in his courfe were twenty and four thoufand. 1 2 The ninth captain, for the ninth month, was cAbiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites : and in his courfe ■were twenty and four thoufand. 1 3 The tenth captain, for the tenth month, was h Maharai the Netopha- tliite, of the Zarhites : and in his courfewere twenty and four thoufand. . 14 The eleventh captain, for the eleventh month, was ' Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Eph- raim : and in his courfe were twenty and four thoufand. 1 5 The twelfth captain, for the twelfth month, was || Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel : and in his courfe were twenty and four thoufand. 16 f Furthermore, over the tribes of Ifrael ; the ruler of the Reuben- ites was F.liezer the fon of Zichri : of the Simeonites ; Shephatiah the fon of Maachah : XXVII. The twelvg princes. 17 Of the Levites; * Haihabiah »<£,£ the fon of Kemuel : of the Aaronites ; '"-• jPW; Zadok : k chip. i8bf|udah;>Elihu, o«»ofthebre- ; ^ thren of David : of IiFachar ; Omri i« If* the fon of Michael : i1i iq Of Zebulun ; Ifhmaiah the fon of Obadiah : of Naphtali ; Jeremotl) the fon of Azriel : 20 Of the children of Ephraim ; Hofhea the fon of Azaziah : of the half-tribe of Manaifeh j Joel the foil of Pedaiah : _■ 2t Of the half- tribe of Manr.lTeh in Gilead ; Iddo the fon of Zecha- riah : of Benjamin ; Jaaziel the fon of Abner. 22 Of Dan ; Azareel the fon of Jeroham. Thefe were the princes of the tribes of Ifrael. 23 H But David took not the num- ber of them from twenty years old and under : becaufe "' the Lord had 15.5.* faid he would increafe Ifrael like to the ftars of the heavens. 24 Joab the fon of Zeruiah began to number, but he finifhed not, be- caufe "there fell wrath for it againft l£.\'™' Ifrael ; neither was + the number put c",^j)11'7" in the account of the Chronicles of *j<,njed. king David. 25 H And over the kings treafures was Azmaveth the fon of Adiel : and over the ftorehoufes in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the eaftles, was Jehonathan the fon of Uzziah: 26 And over them that did the work of the field, for tillage of the ground, zuas Ezri the fon of Chelub : 27 And over the vineyards was Shi- mei the Ramathite : -f over the in- cvriut creafe of the vineyards for the wine- ^^1. cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite : -""J,< 28 And over the olive-trees and the fycamore-trees that were in the low plains was Baal-hanan the Ge- derite : and over the cellars of oil was Joafh : 29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharo- nite : and over the herds that were in the vallies was Shaphat the fon of Adlai : 30 Over the camels alfo was Obit the Khmaelite : and over the afies was Jehdeiah the Meronothite : 31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All thefe were the ru- lers of the fubftanee which mas king Davids. 32 Alfo Jonathan Davids uncle was "' -ibe: and Davids exhortation to the people: I. CHRONICLE B','^" and Jehiel the || Ton of Hachmoni was /tit. 1015. with the kings foils : jTorT 33 And ° Ahithophel was the kings hi '<' charge to Solomon. *«***• counfellcr : and p Huihai the Archite 0 2 sip. was the kings companion : ,s' lz' 34 And after Ahithophel uvw JehoU is! 37™* ada the fon of Benaiah. and Abhithar : ts' ,6' and the general of the kings army was jClup. 9joaD> 11 ' CHAP. XXVIII. I Diwid txhortethtofear Cod: 9, 20 he encourageth Solomon to build. A Nd David allembledall the princes of Ifrael, a the printed of the V l6 1 trmes> an(* tne b captains of the com- i,ci.p 27" panies that miajftered to the king by courfe, and the captains over the thoufands, and captains over the hun- eciup. dreds, and c the Itewards over all *or*«M& the f"bftailce and II pofleilion of the lor'"nd king, jl and of his fons, with the Ljlm. jj ofHccrs, and with d the mighty men, lunucb,. and with all the valiant men, unto .jcu'p. Jepufalem. 11. 10. 2 'pjjen David the king flood up upon his feet, and faid, Hear me, my brethren, and my people ; As for me, « 1 s«n. e I had'm mine heart to build an houfe of relt for the ark of the covenant of fpr»i. 99- the Lord, and for 'the footftool of S.&J3W- olir q0^ anj ^a(i ma(je ready for the building: g-sam. 3 But God faid unto me, gThou ikfagtV-s- malt not build an houfe for my name, cup 22-8. oetaufe thou haft been a man of war, t Hcb. and haft (lied -J- blood. h«*. 4 Howbeit, the Lord God of If- rael thofe me before all the houfe of my father to be king over Ifrael tiGeo. for ever : for he hath chofen '• Judah tVam. to be the ruler ; and of the houfe of CAaprj; *■ Judah ' the houfe of my father ; tkiifel' an<1 k among the f°ns cr Inv fether « 1 iam. he liked me, to make tne king over 10- '• all Ifrael : ?r'um' 5 'And of all my fons, for the icbap. Lord hath given me many fons, mhe mchap. hath chofen -oloinon jny fon to lit **- »■ upon the throne of the kingdom of tiie Lord over Ifrael. nisim. 7. 6 And he faid unto me, " Solomon ichrVa. ^y fon, he (hall build my houfe and *•»• my courts: fori have chofen him to be my fon, and I will be his father. 7 Moreover, I will ellablilh his tne*. kingdom for ever, if he be + conftant A"ni' to do my commandments, and my judgments, as at this day. 8 Now, therefore, in the fight of all IlVacl, the congregation of the Lord, and in the audience of our God, keep and feek for all the commandments of the Lord yuur God, that ye may poilefs this good land, and leave it {gjg for an inheritance for your children *•'■•■ '?'*• after you for ever. " 9 ^| And thou, Solomon my fon, know thou th- God of thy father, and ferve him with a perfect iieart, and with a welting mind; for ° the Lord ,7 s.im' fearchethallhearts,and underfunded! 1 k&ii all the imaginations of the thoughts: "•!.»£' if thou feek him, he will be found tff wj.'J.'p. thee ; but if thou forfake him, he will %Jj0l7\. call thee off for ever. ter.ii.J£ 10 Take heed now ; for the Lord a 20 i* hath chofen thee to build an houfe for Rev' *" *3' the fmctuary : be ltrong, and do it. n D Then David gave to Solomon his fon pthe pattern of the porch, and ;!t"o.xod" of the houfes thereof, and of the trea- Vcr- ■*■ furies thereof, and of the upper cham- bers thereof, and of the inner par- lours thereof, and of the place of the mercy-feat, 12 And the pattern (of all that he *,'^';.,., had by the Spirit of the courts of the houfe of the Lord, anil of all the chambers round about, q of the trea- *£hJg; furies of the houfe of God, ami of the treafmies of the dedicated things : 1 3 Alfo for the courfes of the priefls and the Levites, and for all the work of the fervice of the houfe of the Lord, and for all the velfels of fer- vice in the houfe of the Lord. 14 He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all inilruments of all manner of fervice; fiver, aljo for all inftruinents of lHver by weight, for all inilruments of every kind of fervice : \$ Even the weight for the candlc- ftkks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candleilick, and for the lamps thereof ; and for the camilellicks of filver by weight, both for the candleftick, and alfo for the lamps thereof, according to the life of ev< ry candleftick. 16 And by weight he gave gold for the tables of lhew-bread, for every table ; and likewijeh\\et for the tables of filver : 17 Alfo pure gold for the fiefh- hooks, and the bowls, and the cups ; and for the golden balons he gave gold by weight for every baton : and like- wife fiver by weight for every baton of lilvt r : 18 And for the altar of incenfe refined void by weight ; and golu for the pattern of the chariot of the ' cherubims. that thread out their 'fl'"' n/wor, and covered the ark oi the co- \*.\\c. venality! the L-rd. 19 All 36. I, 2. Davids preparation for the temple .* CHAP. 19 All this, [aid David, * the Loi'D made me underftaiul in writing by' hit ham! upon me, eyth all the works of this pattern. 20 *l And David faid to Solomon hi's Ton, ' Be llrong, and of good courage, and do it: fe,.r not, nor be difmayed ; for the Lord GchI, even, my Cod,',' xv ill be with thee; "he will not fail thee, nor forfake thee, until thou haft finifhed all the work for the fervice cf the houfe of the Lord. 2f And, behold, the courfes of the priefts and the Levites, even theyjliall tie with thee for all the fervice of the houfe of God : and there Jhall be with thee, for all mariner of workmanfhip,' x every willing fkilfiu man for any manner of fervice ; alfo the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment. CHAP. XXIX. 1 David, by his exaipple, caufeth the princes and people to offer : 10 his thankj giving: 26 his reign and death. Furthermore, David the king faid unto ail the congregation, Solo- mon my fon, whom God alone hatii • iKings thofen, is yet ayoung and tender, and c I '. 12 .5- the work /jgreat : for the palace is not Ftw.4.3 j.vv man? 5ut for tue lord (30Cj, 2 Now, I have prepared with all my might for the houfe of my God, the gold for things to be made of gold, and the filver tor things of fiver, and the brafs for things of brafs, the iron for things of iron, and wood for 5**11^12* ft&ngs of wood; b onyx -Hones, and fajart!' Jlones to be fct, glittering Hones, and of diverfe colours, and all manner of precious lloues, and marble-itones in abundance. 3 Moreover, becaufe I have fet my affection to the houfe of my God,T have of mine own proper good, of gold, and iilver, which I have given to the houfe of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy houfe, 4 Even three thoufund talents of S'wi"E3 gold, of the gold of c Ophir, and (even thoufand talents of refined fil- ler, to overlaythe walls of the hoiifes withal : 5 The gold for thir.gs of gold, and the lilv\r for ihi.'.gs of iiiver, and for all hiahner of work tb be nutae by the hands of artificer^. And who then is Vjsu'bti willing + tocpnf crate his fervice this band. c|ay irUo tjlc LdkA ? 6 \ Then the chief of the fathers, and princes of the tribes ot llrael, and the captains of ihoufandi and of hun- XXIX. his thank/giving and praxer.- dreds, w ith J the rulers over the kings *<*»• work, offered willingly, Si% - And gave, for the fervice of the )~~Z^~v. houfe of God, ef'goW, five tfaoufand *si**. talents and ten thoufand drams ; and of filver, ten thoufand talents ; and of trafs, eighteen thoufand talents ; and one hundred thoufand talents of iron. 8 Arid they with whom precious fl^ohes wer.. found gave them to the tre'afury of tne houfe of the Lord, by the hand ofcJehiel the Gcrihcnite. •£*£ 9 Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, becaufe with perfect heart they offered wil- lingly to the Lord : and David the king alfo rejoiced with great joy. 10 *[ Wherefore David bleffed the Lord before all the congregation : and David faid,Blelfed be thou, Lor© God of Ifrael our father, for ever and ever. 1 1 f Thine, O Lord, is the great- [ "»*'*• nefs, and the power, and the glory, < Tim. and the victory, and the majefty : \ic\'.'s. 11. for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. 12 Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reigneft over all ; and in thine hand is power and might ; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give ftreng'th unto all. 13 Now, therefore, our God, we thank the?, and praife thy glorious name. 14 But who am I, and what is my people, that we fhould -J- be able to \^^te' offer fo willingly after this fort? for '»"«" ' all things come of thee, and f of thine f^^ ' own have we given thee. b,'„lj"e 15 For e we are (hungers before e P"ai'm thee, and fojourutrs, as were all our ^]x- fathers : h our days on the earth are \\^\ u as a fhadow, and there is none f abi- I t'm.„0'. d>ng- '?J.V?£. 16 O Lord cur God, all this (tore *■ that we have prepared to build thee J,"^,,,,,. an houfe for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own. 17 I knowalfo, my God, that thon ; tried1 the he-^.rt, and half pkfeftrrfr' »6« ''**> in upi'ightnefs. As for me, inthecw- uprightnefs of mine heart Ihave wil- *8'9- liugly.' offered ail thefe things: and now have I feen with joy thy people, which are || prefent here, to otter wil- },%'t, lingiy unto thee. 1J8 O Lord God of Abraham, Ifaac, and of Ifrac!, o;ir fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thought: Solomons offering at Gibeon : II. CHRONICLE'S r noughts of the heart of thy people, • :: '*: and || prepare their heart unto thee ; 19 And give unto Solomon my fon a perfect heart, to keep thy command- ments, thy teftimonies, and thy fta- ttftes, and to do all thefe things, and to build the palace for the which I have made provifion. 20 *; And David faid to all the con- God. And all the congregation blefs- ed the Lord God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and wor- f hipped the Lord, and the king. 21 And they facrificed facriticesunto the Lord, and offered burnt-offerings unto the Lord, on the morrow after that day, even a thoufand bullocks, a thoufand rams, and a thoufand lambs, his choice ofwifdom. his father, and profpered ; and all If- Bcfore 1*1 , , . * ' ' Chria rael obeyed him. iois< 24 And all the princes, and the ' """"' mighty men, and all the fons likewife of king David, « + fubmitted them- ,8.E£lef- (elves unt<) Solomon the king. f H«h.rAM 2^; And the Lord magnified Solo- [£*£«£. mon exceedingly in the fight of all s«°oi, Ifracl, and mbeftowcd upon himywi.^ 2V ; * k. IS. K:ng» gregation, Now blefsthe Lord your' royal majefty as had not been on any V^i king before him in Ifrael. 26 % Thus David the fon of Jeffc reigned over all Ifrael. ,.c£"n- 27 "And the time that he reigned Ecclef- *-9- oyer Ifrael was forty years ; " feven ?.V?*ra' years reigned he in Hebron, and thir- lK"i" ty and three years reigned he in Je- ■ 2 sam. rufalem. 28 And he died in a good old age, with their drink-offerings, and facri- full of days, riches, and honour : and fUes in abundance for all Ifrael ; Solomon his fon reigned in his ftead. 22 And did eat and drink before 29 Now the acts of David the king, the Lord on that day with great glad- firft and laft, behold, they are written nefs : and they made Solomon the fon in the || f book of Samuel the feer, of David king the fecond time, and and in the book of Nathan the pro- t m*.' k anointed him unto the Lord to be phet. and in the book of Gad the feer, 'W" the chief governor, and Zadok to he 30 With all his reign and his might, prieft. pand the times that went ever him, pDm.j.«. 2 3 Then Solomon fat on the throne and over Ifrael, and over all the king- cf the Lord as king inftead of David doms of the countries. H The Second Book of the CHRONICLES. 104 s- «l Eioa. 27. »,2.at3« ■!• CHAP. I. 1 The folenin offering of Solomon at Gibeon : 7 his choice of -wijdom is blejfed by God: 13 his Jlrength and wealth. ND * Solomon the fon ©f David was ftrengthened in hiskingdom, and the L o r d _ hisGodu/a; with him, and magnified him exceedingly. 2 Then Solomon fpake unto all If- rael, to the captains of thoufamls and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Ifrael, the chief of the fathers. 3 So Solomon, and all the congre- gation with him, went to the high place that was at b Gibeon ; for there was the tabernacle of the. congrega- tion of God, which Mofes, t!ie (er- vant of the Lord, had made in the wildernefs. 4 ' Hut the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-iearim to the place which David had prepareq for it ; for he had pitched a teat for it at Jtrufalt in. 5 Moreover, '' the brafcii ajtar that ' lkzalcel the ion of Uri, the fon of Hur, had made, || he put before the **'« tabernacle of the Lord : and Solomon icTs- and the congregation fought unto it. ^V 6 And Solomon went up thithec •*»**»*» to the brafen altar before the Lord, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thoufand burnt- offerings upon it. 7 T[ In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and faid unto him, Ajk what I ihall give thee. 8 And Solomon faid unto God, Thou haft fnewed great mercy unto David my father, and halt made me ?to reign fn his ftead. UT"3' 9 Now, O Lord God, let thy pro- mile unto David my father be efta- bliihtd : ffpr, thou .haft made me king ].'7K'"S' over a people f like the duft of the t h^. earth in multitude, !*<%** 10 hGive me no\p wifdom and J^^jJ; knowledge, that I may 'go out and 3. y-'"8* tome in before this people : for who ',£""£' can judge this thy people that is fa great ; r i And God faid to Solomon, Ber caufe this was in thine heart, »nd thou haft not afkeel riches, wealth, or honour, nor the life of thine encT mfes, Solomons ambnlfage to Euram : C H A ciSi' mies' neither yet haft alked long life ; 1045. but halt alked wifdom and knowledge W*' ' for thyfelf, that thou niayeft judge my people, over whom I have made thee king; 1 2 Wifdom and knowledge/'; grant- ed unto thee; and 1 will give thee riches, and wealth, and honour, fuch ie i chron. as k none of the kingc have had that cSip.o'.i*. have been before thee, neither mail ■t?r there any after thee have the like. 13 t Then Solomon came /raw h:s journey to the high -place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Tfracl. teis- 14 'And Solomon gathered chariots 4' ms."S! and horfemen ■ and he" had a thoufahd Ctep.».*j! and ^our hundred chariots, and twelve ' thoufand horfemen, which he placed in the chariot-cities, and with the king at Jerufalem. m I,*inB* 1 5 m And the king f made filver chkp.p.17- and gold at Jerufalem as plenteous as joft 22. 24- ftones and cedar-trees made he as the fycamore-trees that are in the vale for abundance. n 1 Kings 16 B And f Solomon had horfes atal^.48. brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn : t Heb. the tne kings merchants received the li- nen yarn at a pnee. 1 7' And they fetched up and brought . forth out of Egypt a chariot for fix hundred (he/te/s of filver, and an horfe for an hundred and fifty : and fo brought they out horfes for all the kings of the Hittite.% and for the I "cb- *f. kings of Syria, + by their means. '"""•'• 6 CHAP. II. 1,17 Solomons labourers for the bitild- • ing of the temple: 3 hi s ambajfage to Huron far workmen and provi- sion of fluff: 1 1 Huramfendeth him a kind anjwer. ANd Solomon determined to build 3n houfe for the name of the Lord, and an houfe for his kingdom. » 1 r.ines 2 And * Solomon told out three- ver.ia. fcore and ten thoufand men to bear burdens, and fourfore thoufand to hew in the mountain, and three thoufand and fix hundred to overfee them. H^'am, 3 *il And Solomon fent to |j Huram » K.i.S) the king of Tyre, faying, bAs thou «. it-oran. mdft deal with David my father, and *♦■ '■ didft fend him cedars to build him an houfe to dwell therein, even Jo deal with tne. 4 Behold, I build an houfe to the name of the Lord my God, to dedi- * Hsh. cate it to him, and to burn before him ft:cet. P. II. his kin dor, fixer tr toftincn. nual (hew-bread, and for c the burnt - offerings morning and evening, on the fabbaths, and on the new-moons, ^v^T* andonthefolemn feafts of the Lord *■■ j« our God. This is an ordinance tor " ever to Ifrael. 5 And the houfe which I build i: great: for great is our God above all gods. 6 J But who f is able to build him ;| \ **&[ an houfe, feeingthe Heaven, and hen- 'C^lc.ie. ven of heavens, cannot contain him 3 ;j^ . who am I then that I fliould build " him an houfe, five only to burn fa- crifice before him ? 7 Send me now, therefore, a mnn cunning to work in goid, and in fil- ver, and in brafs, and in iron, and in purple, and crimfon, and blue, and that can Ikill f to grave with the cim- t :it> ning men that are with me in Jiulah £**£» and in jerufalem, whom David my father did provide. 8 Send ine alfo cedar-trees, and fir- trees, and ||algum-trees, out of Leba- °r> *■ non : (for I know that thy fervants ?*&'£" can (kill to cut timber in Lebanon :) I0W* and, behold, my krvantsjliall be with thy fervants, 9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance : for the houfe, which I am about to build, /hall be f wonderful f h-..- /rfpaf . i . , treat and great. Ln*4U '10 e And, behold, I will give to thy <■ 1 ku.p fervants, the hewers that cut timber, J' u' twenty thoufand meafures of beaten wheat, and twenty thoufand mea- fures of barley, and twenty thoufand baths of wine, and twenty thoufand baths of oil. 11" Then Huram the king of Tyre anfwered in writing, which he fent to Solomon, Becaufe the Lord hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. 12 Huram faid, moreover, Blefs- ed be the Lord God of Ifrael, » that «*!*• made heaven and earth, who hath !i .';"' given to David the king a wife fon, Jlifi* t endued with prudence and under- ^'/*;8f;it comparing the **' fea round about. Two rows of oxeu were call: when it was caft. 4 It (food upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the w-.Mt, and three looking toward the fouth, and three looking toward the ea(t : and the fea was Jet above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. 5 And the thicknefs of it was an handbreadth, and the brimofitiike the work of the brim of a cup, || with flowers of lilies ; and it received and held three thoufand baths. 1 1 Kins. 6 1J He made alfo ll ten lavers, and pat five on the right hand, and five + Heh. on the left, to waih in them : f fuch lbu,nZ/.°f things as they offered for the burnt- ftring. offering they walhed in them ; but the fea was for the priefts to wafli in. e i Kings 7 e And he made ten candtefticks of f7Vt«d i E°'d< f according to their form, and 3 1,40' 2S* fet than in the temple, five on the atfC.hir2,ni9. right hand, and five on the left. BiK;aSi 8 B He made alio ten tables, and '" 4J' placed them in the temple, five on the right fide, and five on the left : and t or, he made an hundred II bafons of *-""• gold. b i Kins* 9 1J Furthermore, ■' he made the c'i0' court of the priefts, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with hrafs. ; i King. , o And ; he fct the fea on the right 1'yi' fide of the eaft end, over againft the fouth. 1 1 H And k Huram made the pots, and the (hovels, and the || bafons. And Huram f finifhed the work that lie ♦'a*. was to make for king Solomon for the fin^tato houfeofGocl: 1 1 Kin&, I2-7V wit, the two pillars, and \ the ?-41- ^pommels, and the chapiters which -were -on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars ; *** r^ And m four hundred pomegra- j. «tt- nates on the two wreaths; two row1; of pomegranates on each wreath, to eater the two pommels of the chapi- Ifflbc tcvs wtllcn wire '!~ 0*0" the pillars. f*c<. 14 He made alfo \t>afes ; and || la- 7 /iv"3* vers made ,le «|K>« the bafes : ii or, 1 5. One fea, and twelve oxen un- taUr°n" .derif.. • t; 16 The pots alfo, and the fliovels, ■ and the tieih-hoeks, and all their in- o i^Kinj, ftrun,ents> jjid u Huram his father forth,' temple - k s.-e I Kings 7- 40. II <»» IV, V. make to king Solomon, for the houfe Bcfu,!£ of the JUord", of f hrigju brafs. i$£ i 7 p In the plain of Jordan did the vt fll'ls tha t were fur the houfe of God, the golden altar alfo, and the tables whereon r the Ihew- bread was Jet ; ^ -*£?; 20 Moreover, the candleiticks with their kiraps, that they ihould burn 'after the manner, before the oracle, jf*j£*?' of pure gold j 2 i And • the flowers, and the lamps, If *J -&c and the tongs, made he of gold, arid that f perfeel gold : t "«*• •■ »■■*?.«• . ..11 frrf.ttiCTU 22 And the inufters, and the || ba- d' then wait by courfe; gichron. I2 8 \\{0 the Levites which were the lingers, all of them of Afaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their fons and their brethren, being arrayed in whitelinen:, having cymbals, andpfal- terics, and harps, flood at the eaft hicbron. enc] 0f the altar, hand with them an ' *4' hundred and twenty priefts founding with trumpets;) ■ 13 It came even to pafs, as the trumpeters and fingers were as one, to make one found to be heard in prai- fing and thanking the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets, and cymbals, and inftru- ments of mufick, and praifed the teVciira' Loud, faying, ' For he is good ; for his ia! 3+» +°- mercy endnreth for ever,- that then the houfe was filled with acloud, even the houfe of the Lord ; . j 4 So that the priefts could not ftand to minifter by reafon' of the k Exod. cloud ; k for the glory of the Lord th.|.57. 2- had filled the houfe of God. C H A P. VI. 1 Solomon, having blejfed the people, bleffeth Cod: 12 his prayer at the ' conj'ecrntion of the temple. • iK-mgs rF,Hen afaid Solomon, The Lord 8' '' - "- 1 hath fuid that he would dwell in rsL a'"'" tue * thick darknefs. 2 But I have built an houfe of ha- bitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. 3 And the king turned his face, and blefled the whole congregation bf Ifrael, (and all the congregation of Ifrael flood.) N I C L E S. Solomons bleffing and prayet. 4 And he faid, Blefled be the Lord g*g God of Ifrael, wh<> hath with his ^ »cov hands fulfilled that which he fpake . ' with his mouth to my father David, faying, 5 Since the day that I brought forth my people oui of the land bf Egypt I ehofe no city among all the tribes of Ifrael to build an houfe in, that my name might be there; neither chofe I any man to bea ruler over mypeople Ifrael : 6 But c I have chofen Jerufalem, 'iChI*p; tint my name might be there; and d have chofen David to be over my is."'00' people Ifrael. 7 Now, c it was in the heart of Da- 5*». vid my father to build an houfe for jP/'.'^ the name of the Lord God of Ifrael. 2*-2- 8 But the Loiu) Said to David my father, Forufmuch as it was in thine heart to build an houfe for my name, thou didft well in that it was in thine heart : 9 Notwithftanding, thou fhalt not build the houfe ; but thy fon, which fhall come forth out of thy loins, he fhall build the houfe for my name. jo The Lord, therefore, hath per- formed hi s word that he hath fpoken : for 1 am rifen up in the room of Da- vid my father, and am fet on the throne of Ifrael, as the Lord promi- fed, and have built the houfe for the name of the Lord God of Ifrael: 11 And in it have I put the ark, f wherein is the covenant of the Lord, $.Ci^T* that he made with the children of Ifrael. 12 If And he ftood before the altar of the Lord, in the prefence of all the congregation of Ifrael, and fpread forth his hands, 13 (For Solomon had made a bra- _" fen fcaffold of five cubits f long, and m icytb five cubits broad, and three cubits ''""f^- high, and had fet it in the midft of the court; and upon it he ftood, and kneel- ed down upon his knees before all the congregation of Ifrael, and fpread forth his hands toward heaven,) 14 And faid, O Lord God of If- rael, lthcre is no god like thee in the heaven, nor iu the earth; which keep- J eft covenant, and Jheweft mercy unco thy fervants that walk before thee with all their hearts : 15 ''Thou which haft kept with! thy fervant David my father' that which thou haft promifed him ; and fprtkeft with thy mouth, and haft ful- filled it with thine hartd, as it ;> this tl.iy. 16 Now, I E< IChl!) J.fl 111. 6fi. I. Aits 7. 40 !| Or, Solomons prayer at the CHA bc.c« f6 Huw, therefore, O Lord God ^ ***■ A of Ifrael, keep with thy fervant Da- * vid my father that which thou haft \l\T '' promifed him, faying, '• f There (hall i Ki-u;, 2. not fail thee a man in my fight to lit t ik-v *I" upon the throne of Ifrael ; kyet fo Xjf'-tlu, tilat tny children take heed to their u tut off. way, to walk in my law, as thou halt ij^ia. walked before me. 17 Now then, O Lord God of If- rael, let thy word be verified, which thou haft fpoken unto thy fervant David. 18 (But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth ! 'Behold, hea- ven, and the heaven of heavens, can- not contain thee ; how much lefs this houfe which I hive builded ?) 19 Have refpect, therefore, to the prayer of thy fervant, and to his fupplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy fervant prayeth before thee; 20 That thine eyes may be open upon this houfe day and night, upon the place whereof thou halt faid that thou wouldeft put thy name there ; to hearken unto the prayer which thy fervant prayeth |j toward this place. 2 1 Hearken, therefore, unto thefup- plications of thy fervant, and of thy f+r™b' peoplelfrael, which they dial! f make toward this place : hear thou from thy dwelling- place, even from hea- ven ; and, when thou heareft, forgive. 22 *[ If a manfin agamft his neigh- .' hour, -(and an oath be laid upon him an oMb if to make him (wear, and the oath come before thine altar in this houfe : 23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy fervants, by requiting the wicked, by recompen- sing his way upon his own head; and by juftifying the righteous, by giving him according to his rightcoufnefs. 24 U And if thy peopie Ifrael || be put to the worfe before the enemy, becaufethey have finned againft thee; and ihall return and confefsthy name, and pray and make fupplication before thee j| in this houfe : 25 Then hear thou from the hea- vens, and forgive the fin of thy people Ifrael, and bring them again unto the land which thou gaveft to them, and to their f.thers. 26 *\ When the m heaven is (hut up, and there is no rain, becaufe they have finned againft thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confefs thy name, and turn from their fin, when thou doft afflict them : t I! Or, hi P.. VI. dedication of the temple. 27 Then hear thou from heaven, g|g» and forgive the Cm of thy fervants, and of thy people Ifrael, when thou ~" "~~* haft taught them the good way where- in they ihould walk ; and fend rain upon thy haul which thou haft given unto thy people for an inheritance. 28 \ If there "be dearth in the nJ*» land, if there be peftilence, if there be blading, or mildew, lpcufts, or caterpillersj if their enemies beliege them -j- in the cities of their land ; ; whatfoever fore, or whatfoever fick- • nefs, there be : 29 Then what prayer, or what fup- plication, foever ihall be made of any man, or of all thy peoplelfrael, when every one ihall know hi? own fore, and his own grief, and (hall fpread forth his hands || in this houfe : 30 Then hear thou from heaven - thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whofe heart thou kuoweft ; (for thou only " knoweft the ".l™*™' hearts of the children of men ;) 31 That, they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways :f fo lung as they 1 :' ; - live f in the land which thou gaveft unto our fathers. t k«i». 32 II Moreover, concerning the ' ':■'"'': . t ftrangcr, r which is not of thy people '',' ' Ifrael, but is come trom a tar conn- u try for thy great names fake, and thy mighty hand, and thy ftretched out arm ; if they come and pray in this houfe : 33 Then hear thou from the hea- vens, even from thy dwelling-place, and do a cording to all tu...t the ftranaer calleth to thee for ; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Ifrael ; and may know that fthis houfe, which I have builded, is ,Vt",f;„;j called by thy narr.e. 34 % If thy people go out to war''"""'' ' againft their enemies by the way that thou (halt fend them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou haft chofen, and the houfe which I have built for thy name : 35 Then hear thou from the hea- vens their prayer and tneir fupplica- tion, and maintain their || caufe. q ho?. 36 i If they fin againft thee, (for there is ''no man which finneth not, ) and thou be angry with them, ana . deliver them over before their cue-, mies, and t tluy ^arry them away •• captives unto a land far oft' or near ; 37 Yet if they f bethink them- ;'"^" felves in the land whither they are Ji e carric Cods teftimony of Solomon: II. CHRONICLES, prayer : hii folenm facriftceu ^f;'^ carried captive, and turn and pray racy j Unto thee in the land of their capti- w ' vity, faying, We have finned, we have done amifs, am! haVfe dealt wickedly ; 38 It' they return to thee with all their heart, and with all their foul, in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gaveft unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou haft chofen, and toward the houfe which I have built for thy name : 39 Then hear thou from the hea- vens, even from thy dwelling-place, their prayer and their Amplications, or.rfct*. and maintain their |] caufe, and for- give thy people which have finned againff thee. 4c % Nov/, my God, let, I befeech thee, thine eyes be open, and let j''~';;,'s,. thine ears be attent f unto the prayer rwirfiice. that is made in this place. Pfiutv*tfr 4' Now, r therefore, arife, O Lord God, into thy refting- place, thou, and the ark of thy ftrength : let thy priefts, O Lord God, be clothed with falvation, and let thy faints rejoice in goodnefs. 42 O L o r d God, turn not away rr*M the face of thine anointed ; 5 remem- -'•'5/. 3. ber the mercies of David thy fervant. CHAP. VII. 1 God giving tejhmony to Solomons prayer, the people worfliip the Lord. 4 Solomons facri fie e. "Ow, a when Solomon had made an end of praying, the b fire came down from heaven, and con- fumed the burnt-olfering and the fa- crihees ; and c the glory of the Lord filled the houfe. 2 d And the priefts could not enter into the houfe of the Lord, becaufe the glory of the Lord had filled the Lords houfe. 3 And when all the children of If- rael faw how the tire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the houfe, they bowed themfelves with their faces to the ground upon the pave- ment, and worlhipped, and praifed the Lord, 'faying, For he is good; f for his mercy en kireth for ever. 4 "\ 8Thcn the king and all the people offered facrifices before the Lord. 5 And king Solomon offered a facri- fice of twenty and two thonfand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thoufand fheep : fo the king and all the people dedicated the houfe of Clod. 6 h And the priefts waked on their offices ; the Levitcs alio with inlhu- Nl ments of muiick of the Lord, which £££ David the king had made to praife lyc*- the Lord, becaufe his mercy endu- >—v re'.k for ever, when David praifed f by their miniftry ; and the priefts ty"T,'ir founded trumpets before them, and btn4' all llV.ei ftood. 7 Moreover, Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that uw before' the houfe of the Lord : for there he offered burnt -offerings, and the fat of the peace - offerings, becaufe the brafen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt- offerings, and the meat-offerings, and the fat. . k.i 8 t ' Alfo at the fame time Solo- g.V mon kept the feaft feven days, and all Ifrael with him, a very great con- gregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto k the river of Egypt. */"£* 9 And in the eighth day they n>ade f a folemn affembly: for they kept *Jg£&J the dedication of the altar feven days, and the feaft feven days. 10 And ' on the three and twentieth 'b,1^.*8* day of the feventh month he fent the people away into their tents glad and merry in heart, for the goodnefs that the Lord had fhewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Ifrael his people. 1 1 Thus ■ Solomon finiihed the £ i/M" houfe of the Lord, and the kings houfe : and all that came into Solo- mons heart to make in the houfe of the Lord, and in his own houfe, he profperoufly effected. 12 ^ And the Lord appear cd_ to Solomon by night, and faid unto him, I have heard thy prayer, c and have £,?£'■ chofen this place to myfelf for an houfe of facrifke. 13 If I (hut up heaven, tiiat there be no rain, or if I command the lo- cufts to devour the land, or if 1 fend peftiler.ee among my people ; 14 If my people, f which are called lpl^;\.m by my name, fhall humble them- felves, and pray, and feek my face, and turn from their wicked ways ; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their fin, and will heal their land. 15 Now "mine eyes mall be open, S^' and mine ears attent f unto the prayer that is made in this place. 16 For now have p I chofen aridpcb»*e. fanctified this houfe, that my name may be there for ever : and mine eyes and mine heart ihall be there perpe- tually. 17 ''And as for thee, if thon wilt H^S» walk before me, as David thy father walked, ojf to tbK. a Lerft. 16 »*ut. 28. 15, i<>, 37' »r>. 14- }£r. 218,0 Gods promifes and threatening!. CHAP. VII I. thrift walked, and do according to ail that t0°4- A I have commanded thee, and fhalt "^ obferve my itatutes and my judg- ments ; 1 8 Then will I ftablifh the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, J*p« faying, r f There fhall not fail thee a ieb. man to be ruler in Ifrael. wu" 19 'But if ye turn away, and for- fake my ftatutes and my command- ments, which I have fet before you, and lhall go and ferve other gods, and worfhip them ; 20 Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them ; and this houfe, which I have fanctified for my name, will I caft out of my fight, and will make it to be a proverb and a by- word among all nations. 21 And this houfe, which is high, lhall be an aftonifhment to every one that paffeth by it ; fo that he mall fay, 'Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and unto this houfe ? 22 And it fhall be anfwered, Be- caufe they forfook the Loud God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worfhip- ped them, and ferved them : there- fore hath he brought all this evil up- on them. CHAP. VIII. I Solomons buildings. 7 The Gentiles made tributaries. 1 2 Solomons yearly Jacrifices. *0 *&?* A ^ 3 lt Came t0 P^ at tne eIld °^ 'jpj.' x\. twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the houfe of the Lord, and his own houfe, 2 That the cities which Huram had reftored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caufed the children of If- rael to dwell there. 3 And Solomon went to Hamath- zobah, and prevailed againft it. 4 And he built Tadmor in the wil- dernefs, and all the ftore-cities which he built in Hamath. 5 Alfo he built Beth-horon the up- per, and Beth-horon the nether, fen- ced cities, with walls, gates, and bars ; 6 And Baalath, and all the ftore- cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot-cities, and the cities of the %a**'d horfemen, unc' tball that Solomon \«re 0/ soil- defired to build in Jerufalem, and in Tt'drp'T Lebanon, and throughout all the land niud.i. of his dominion. s,IN'n8' 7 H As for all the people that were left of theHittites, and the Amorkes, Solomon; tributaries. and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, J*f»j" and the Jebufites, which were not of mi- Ifrael, *— v~* * 8 But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Ifrael confumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute un- til this day. 9 But of the children of Ifrael did Solomon make no fervants for his work : but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horfemen. I o And thefe were the chief of king Solomons officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. II \ And Solomon c brought upeiKinri- the daughter of Pharaoh out of the lis- £»•' city of David unto the houfe that he had built for her : fur he faid, My wife (hall not dwell in the houfe of David kingoflfrael, becMife the places are f holy whereunto the ark of the ,* J^Y Lord hath come. 12 H Then Solomon offered burnt- offerings unto the Lord on the altar of the Lord, which he had built be- fore the porch ; 1 3 Even after a certain rate every 11 day, offering according to the com- jJ;™aT; mandment of Mofes, on the fabbaths, and on the new-moons, and on the folemn fcafts, c three times in the l**£ year, even in the feaft of unleavened nnt. bread, and in the feaft of weeks, and lS" ' ' in the feaft of tabernacles. 14 ^ And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the f courfesof the priefts to their fervice, ^J."™"" and c the Levites to their charges, to gichrou. praife and minifter before the priefts, 2S- *' as the duty of every day required; the h porters alfo by their courfes at J).',^"' every gate : for -j- fo bad David the lS- »■ man of God commanded. /„ "«'<*<: 15 And they departed not from Z7«r,}''~ the commandment of the king unto ru.;.; /<-<• the priefts and Levites, concerning any matter, or concerning the trea- fures. 16 Now, all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the houfe of the Lord, and until it was finifhed :/o the houfe of the Lord was perfected. 1 7 t Then went Solomon to Ezion- geber, and to || Eloth, at the fea-fule j^Pj^ in the land of Edom. '."k,',,,.',' *" 18 'And Huram fent him, by the 14.**. hands of his fcrvant's, Blips,; and fer- ^hw. »• vants that had knowledge of the fea ; and they went with the fervants of E e 2 Solomon Sbttitiiffk ' iclmiredi f »,■*:> - Salomon to OpHir, and took thence «• lour hundred and fifty talents of ~" gold, and brought them to king Solo- mon. CHAP. IX. , •,"/„. .t.,-,.-7 pf Shebatidmireth SolompM ivihhm: 13 his riches: 29 his reign, I death. • pjd a when the queen of Sheba 41. l:\ iie^rd of the fame of Solomon, ' ftfe came to prove Solomon with hard qusftious at Jerufalem with a very great company, and camels that bare fpi\: thefe thy fervants, which (t.md » ourinually before thee, and hear thy wifdom. 8 Bleii'ed be the Lord thv God, which delighted ill thee, to ft thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God ; becaufe thy G«ti lo- ved Ifrael, to eftablifli them for ever, therefore mule he thee king over them, 10 do judgment and jultice. . 9 An I (lie gave the king an hun- dred and twenty talents orgbld, and of fp';.- And three hundred fhields made he of beaten gold : three hundredyfci'- kels of gold went to one (hi eld : and the king put them in the houfe of the forelt of Lebanon. 17 •[ Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. 1 8 And there were Wx. fteps to the throne, with a footficol of gold, which xvere fattened to the throne, and f ftays on each fide of the littie place, and two lions (landing by the itays: 19 And twelve lions flood there on the one fide and on the other up- on the fix fteps : there was not the like made in any kingdom. 20 1j Am\ all the drinking -veflels of king Solomon were "/"gold, and all the veflels of the houfe of the foreft of Lebanon were of f pure gold ; HJ*j_ || none were of iWxer : it was not any', 0r> ' thing accounted of in the days of So- J^TLTrL lomon. **»• 21 For the kings fliips went to Tarfhifli with the fervants of Hu- ram : every three years once came the fhips of Tarlhifh bringing gold, and filver, || ivory, and apes, and pea- iV0;-v, cocks. 22 And king Solomon palled all the kings of the earth in riches and wifdom. 23 ^ And all the kings of the earth fought the prefence of Solomon, to his wifdom that God had put in hh heart. 24 And Rehoboam refufuig the oil mens C H A chriS ' 2-* ^nd tliev brought every man his "■■«»*. prefent, vefTels of filver, and veffels ~~ v of gold, and raiment, harnefs, and fpices, horfes, and mules, a rate year by year. \o!T 2 5 "I Aud Solomon c had four thou- >• * 3r And Solomon flept with his fa- thers, and he was buried in the city of David his father : and Rehoboam his km reigned in his (lead. CHAP. X. 1 Rehoboam refujbig the old mens counfel, 1 6 ten tribes revolt , 1 8 kill Hadoram, and he fleeth. h^t- A Nci ' Rehoboam went to Shechem: H for to Shechem were all Ifrael come to make him king. 2 And it came to pal's, when Jero- boam the fon of Nebat (who was in tt?.gs E.SyPc5 b whither he had fled from the prefence of Solomon the king) heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. 3 And they fent and called him : fo Jeroboam and all Ifrael came and fpake to Rehoboam, faying, 4 Thy father made our yoke grie- vous; now, therefore, eafe thou fome- what the grievous fervitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon ns, and we will ferve thee. 5 And he faid unto them, Come again unto mc after three days. And the people departed. 6 % And king Rehoboam tookcoun- fel with the old men that had ftood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, faying, What counfelgiveye tne, to return anfwer to this people ? P. X. cow/fel, ten tribes re 7 And they fpake unto him, faying. If thou be kind to ti.is people, and ple.ife them, and fpeak good words ' v ' to them, they will be thy fervants for ever. 8 But he forfook the counfel which the old men gave him, and took coun- fel with the young men that were brought up with him, that flood be- fore him. 9 And he faid unto them, What advice give ye, that we may return anfwer to this people, which have fpoken to me, faying, Eafe fomewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us? 10 And the young men that were brought up with him fpake unto him, faying, Thus (halt thou anfwer Che people that fpake unto thee, faying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it fomewhat lighter for us ; thus fhalt thou fay unto them, My little finger fliall be thicker than my fathers loins. 1 1 For, whereas my father f put a I heavy yoke upon you, I will put more " to your yoke : my father chaftifec? you with whips, but I will c/uijlife you with fcorpions. 1 2 II So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third tLy, as the king bade, faying, Come agairi to me on the third clay. 13 And the king anfwered tbejn roughly ; and king Rehoboam for- fook the counfel of the old men, 14 And anfwered them after the advice of the young men, faying, My father made your yoke heavyj but 1 will add thereto ; my father chafti- i'cd you with whips, but I will chqjlije you with fcorpions. 15 So the king hearkened not unto the people: c for the caufe was ofV'xJ.™' Cod, that the Lord might perform | his word, which he (pake by the d hand of Ahijah the Shilouite to Je- J:' KiB» roboam the fon of Nebat. 16 1| And when all Ifraeiyirci, that the king would not hearken unto them, the people arifw'ered the king, faying, What portion have we in David? and nv'e have, none inherit- ance in the fon of Jeile; every rnari to your tents, O Ifrael : and now, David, fee to thine own houfe. So all Ifrael went to their tenijs. 1 7 hutas for the children of Ifrael that dwelt in the cities of Judahj Re- hoboam reigned over them. 18 Then king Rehoboam fent Ha- ddrairij that was over the tribute ; and E e 3 the Rehoboam raifwg an m-rfiy, II. CHR |e,f£u the children of Ifrael (toned him with «_9J5- ftones that he died : but king Reho- I Heb. boani f made fpecd to get him up to ft,!i'b,m%J' his chariot, to ffee to Jerofalem. I I King, io e -\nd Ifrael rebelled againft the "' ly* houfe of David unto this day. CHAP. XI. I Rehoboam raifing an army tofuhlue Ifrael, is fottiidtten by Shemaiah. 1 8 Rchoboums wives. 5a.«J§(. A ^ "when Rehoboam was come m\ to Jerufalem, he gathered of the houfe of Judah and Benjamin an hun- dred and foirrfcore thoufand chofen rtten, winch were warriors, to fight againft Ifrael, tliat he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. 2 But the word of the Loud came bchap. bto Shemaiah the man of God, fay- ing, 3 Speak ur.to Rehoboam the fon of Solomon, king of Jtulah, and to all Ifrael in Judah and Benjamin, faying, 4 Thus faith the Lord, Ye mall not go up nor fight againft your bre- thren; return every man to his houfe ; for this thing is done of me And they obeyed the words of the Lord, and returned from going againft Je- roboam. 5 ![ Ancftlehobpam dwelt in Jeru- falem, and built cities for defence in Judah. 6 He built even Beth-lehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, 7 And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Aduliam, 8 And Gath, and Marefhah, and iZiph, 9 And Adoraim, and Lachifli, and Azekah, io And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. 1 1 And he fortified the ftrong holds, and put captains in them, and ftore of victual, and of oil and wine. l 2 And in every feveral city he put fhields and (pears, and made them exceeding ftrong, having Judah and Benjamin on his fide. &'*• 13 t And theprieftsand theLevitcs that tuefi in all Ifrael -j- reforted to tlm/ifvu him out of all their toads. 14 (For the Lcvites left c their fub- urbs, and their pofleflibn, and came j'i'.'y1'' *° Judah and Jerufalem : for 'Jero- boam and his fans had caft them off t t Ki«n *rt)in cr.ee tning the prielts office unto »*•.•»" g the Lord : 1 ♦■ ■/■' ^ 1 5 c Ami he ordained him priefts for '','.:'. '' *" the high place.-., and tor ' the devils, and »-• ;•' for the calves which be had made.) O N I C L E S. is forbidden by Shemaiah. 16 g And after them, out of all the gjjj* tribes of Ifrael, fuch as fet their hearts tfH? to feek the Lord God of Ifrael, came T^~i~* tojemfal em to facrifice unto the Lord {[fit *' God of their fathers. 1 7 So they ftrengthened the king- dom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the fon of Solomon ftrong, three years : for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon. 18 ^ And Rehoboam took him Ma- halath, the daughter of Jerimoth the fon of David, to wife, and Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, the fon of JelTe: 1 9 Which bare him children; Jeufh, and Shaman ah, and Zaham. 20 And after her he took h Maachah j,^101' the daughter of Abfalom, which bare :; ^ ••- him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and uh uu *" Slulomith. Til . •; 21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah <-:r-' '•- - the daughter of Abfalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threefcore con- cubines, and begat twenty and eight fons, and threefcore daughters. ) 22 And Rehoboam ; made Abijah !■•-.'/<-• the fon of Maachah the chief, to be . ruler among his brethren : for lie thought to make him king. 23 And he dealt wifely, and difiper- fed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjainii.. unto every fenced city ; and he gave them victual in abundance : and he defired f many wives. CHAP. XII. 1 Rehoboam, forfaking God, is putfijhed by Shijliak. 1 3 his reign, and death. ANd a it came to pafs, when Reho-iC^*' beam had eftablifhed the king- »i. 17. dom, and had ftrengthened himfelf, b he forfook the law of the Lord, and ?4*.S* all Ifrael with him. 1'-'-4 2 And it came to pafi-, that, in the «■"• fifth year of king Rehoboam, Shifhak king of Egypt came up againft Jeru- falem, c becaufe they had tranfgrefled . againft the Lord, 3 With twelve hundred chariots, and threefcore thoufand horfemen : and the people v < re without number that came with him out of Egypt ; d the Lubims, the Sukkihns, and the . Ethiopians. 4 And he took the fenced citie* which pertained to' Judah, and cam-. to Jerufalem. i "i Then came Shemaiah the pro phtt to Rehoboam, and to the prince of Tudah that w ere gathered together to jerufalem becauie of Shifhak, an.. fiiid Shijhak fpoikth Jerufalem. CHAP. XII, XIII. Abij ah w arrethagainjl Jeroboam. eii yet i Chap. 19.3 h 1 Kings I Or, fixed, I 1 Kings :4. |I- 4i'j ray with an army of valiant men -of *»*<■'• war, even four hundred thoufand chofen men : Jeroboam alfo fet the os:. battle in array againft him with eight hundred thoufand chofen men, being mighty men of valour. 4 H And Abijah ftood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and faid, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Ifrael ; 5 Ought ye not to know that the Lord God of Ifrael gave the king- dom over Ifrael to David for ever, even to him and to his fons c by a co- 1' JX'*' venant of fait ? 6 Yet Jeroboam the fon of Nebat, the fervant of Solomon the fon of David, is rifen up, and hath d rebel- 'l^\ \ "' led againft his lord. 7 And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have ftrengthentd themfelves againft Rehoboam the fon of Solo- mon, when Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withftand them. 8 And now ye think to withftand the kingdom of the Lord in the hand of the fons of David ; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jero- boam e made yon for gods. Jx| JjJ| g 9 'Have ye not caft out the priefts j of the Lord, the fons of Aaron, and ,'c'L,.! ii. the Levites, and g have made you '*'£ t priefts after the manner of the na- 11 ji"!8' tions of other lands? To that who- *j-»;-- foever cometh f to confeuate him- , ].,',. felf with a young bullock and (even 'j*'] /" rams, the fame may be a prieft oithem *«> ti >the high places, if"7Ch,p- and c brake down the f images, dand ci iod. cut down the groves ; ftw!" 4 And commanded Judah to feek/"-". the Lord God of their fathers, and ^'j.'"8* to d .1 the law and the commandment. 5 Aifo he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the f images : and the kingdom was :J,l?n\a,it quiet before him. 6 "| And he built fenced cities in Judah i for the land had relt, and he had no war in thofe years ; becaufe the Lord had given him reft. 7 Therefore he faid unto Judah, Let us build thefe cities, and make about them walls and towers, gates and bars, while the land is yet before us ; becaufe we have fought the Lord our God, we have fought him, and he hath given us reft on every fide : fo they built and profpercd. 8 ^j And Afa had an army of men that bare targets and fpears; out of Judah three hundred thoufand, and out of Benjamin that bare fhields and drew bows two hundred and foui fcore thoufand : all thefe were mighty men of valour. 9 ^j 'And there came out againft^**1* them Zerah the Ethiopian, with an 10. ?.' hod of a thoufand thoufand, and three hundred chariots, and came untofMarefhah. ,£$, 10 Then Afa went out againft him, and they fet the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Marefhah. 1 1 And Ala cried unto the Lord his God, and faid, Lord, it ii p no- ** ^mi thing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power : help us, O Lord our God ; for wc reft on thee, and in thy name v\ e go againft this multitude : OLord, thou art our God ; let not |j man pre- „?0''ai vail againft thee. "*""• 12 So the Lord fmote the Ethio- pians before Afa, and before Judah ; and the Ethiopians fled. 1 3 And Afa, and the people that were with him, purfued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were over- thrown, that they could not recover themfeives ; for they were f deftroy- t >< fe- ed before the Lord, and before his' hoft : and they carried away very much fpoil. 14 And they fmote all the cities hGrn# round about Gerar ; for !' the fear pf js- ■'■ tllC I?. IQ, Afasfolenin covenant: C H A P. XV, XVI. }ie puileth down Maachah* A: Mat. 7- 7 c Chap. the Lord came upon them : and they fpoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much fpoil in them. i 5 They fmote alfo the tents of cattle, and carried away iheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerufalem. CHAP. XV. i Afa, with others, make a folmin covenant at ith Cod -. 1 6 he putieth dozitt lUaachah his mother from be- queen fur her :do/\riry. Nd the Spirit of Cod came upon Marian the fon of Ocied. VJ?C' A/a. 2 And he went out -j- to meet Afa, and faid ilnUQ him, Hear yc me, Afa$ aj»m« and all Judah and Benjamin ; " The Lord is with you, while ye be with lu.loi''5 frimij and b if ye feek him, he will be m. %. ' found of you ; but c if ye forfake him, 3- he will forfake you. 3 Now d for a long feafon Ifrael ha:h been without the true God, c and Hof.3-4. without a teaching prieft, und witii- £T,V out law. Deuti 4 But f when they in their trouble • *y' did turn unto the Lord God of If- rael, and fought him, he was found of them. Joa& 5 And g in thofe times there was no peace to him that went out, nor *o him that came in but greatvexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. Maun. <, h^nd nation was -j-deftroyed of neb. nation, and city of city : for God did vex thenj with all adverfity. 7 Be ye ftrong, therefore, and let not your hands be weak ; for your work mall be rewarded. 8 ^f And when Afa jjearjd thefe words, and the prophecy of Odeci the prophet, he took courage, and put away the -f- abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the Lord that was before the porch of the Lord. 9 ! And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the ftrangers with them out of Ephraim, and Manalfeh, and out of Simeon : (for they fell to him out of Ifrael in abundance, when they faw that the Lord his God was Whh him :) io So they gathered themfelves together at Jerufalem in the third mouth, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Afa. ii k And they offered unto the Lord f the fame time of ' the fpoil which they had b.vught, feven f.'««j. | Heb. tieni. .Chap. + Hcli. i ffr.il day 1 Char. hundred oxen, and feven thoufand * fheep. 9*u A 12 And they entered into a cove- * """""^ nant to feek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart, and with all their foul ; 13 mThat whofoever would not "=»*• feek the Lord God of Ifrael D mould „D„t', be put to death, whether finall or «•£ great, whether man or woman. 14 And they fware unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with ihouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. 15 And all Judah rejoiced at the oath ; for they had fworn with all their heart, and "fought him wkh<>v«. 2, their whole delire; and he was found of them : and the Lord gave them reft round about 1 6 If And alfo concerning p Maachah, ??5" the || mother of Afa the king, he re- is. u. moved her from being queen, became IZnT™- fne had made an -}- idol in a srove : '"•". 1 , r i i_ "11 • ' Kin5t >*• and Afa cut down her idol, ana 2, ic. ftamped //, and burnt it at the brook JJ&fc Kidron. 1 7 But q the high places were not JJJ* l*" taken away out of Ifrael ; neverthe- lefs the heart of Afa was perfect all his days. 18 \ And he brought into the houfe of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himfelf had dedicated, liiver, and gold, and veffels. 19 And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Afa. CHAP. XVI. 1 Afa, by the aid of the Syrians, di- verteth Baaflia frotn building of Ramah : 1 1 he feeketh not to God, but to the phyficians : 1 3 his death, and burial. IN the fix and thirtieth year of the ft*0**** reign of Afa, "Baalha king of Ifrael reo?i>g<4 came up againft Judah, and built Ra- Ste&oio mah, u to the intent that he might let {u,;,fh'X;i' none go out or come in to Afa king ™ |"w Of Judah. nlKine* 2 Then Afa brought out filver and «•«• gold out of the treafures of the houfe \^?' of the Lord, and of the kings houfe, and fent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, that dwelt at f Damafcus, faying, L£a«M> 3 There is a league between me and thee, as there ivas between my father and thy father: behold, I have fent thee filver and gold ; go. break thy league with B lafha king of Ifrael, that lie may depart from me. 4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Afi, and f*m the captains of t his Uavani itnprifoned. II. CHRO Zecb.4.10 I1 Or, th «*.,•:• bold ir f his armies againft the cities oflfrael ; and they fmote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the ftore-cities of Naphtali. 5 And it came to pafs, when B.ialha heard ;f, that he left off building of Kamah, and let his work ceafe. 6 Then Afa the king took all Ju- dah ; and they carried away the ftones of Kamah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baafha was building: and he built therewith GebaandMizuah. ttx'«si 7 "fl And at that time c Hanani the ir:h'ap." feer came to Afa king of Judah, and *"3- 3* faid unto him, Becaufe thou haft relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore is the hoft of the king of Syria efcaped out of thine hand. .lemji. 8 Were not dthe Ethiopians and r*ch»?. * t'ie Lubims f a huge hoft, with very ii 3 many chariots and horfemen ? yet, VundJna. becaufe thou didft rely on the Lord, he delivered them into thine hand. 941- 9 f For the eyes of the Lord run to *m1?£*i! an^ fr° throughout the whole earth, h-%yn. li to (new himfelf ltrong in the behalf : of them whofe heart is perfeft toward him. Herein thou haft done foolifhly; therefore from henceforth £ thou fhalt have wars. 10 Then Afa was wroth with the feer, and put him in a prifon-houfe ; for he v:ui in a rage with him becaufe of this thing. And Afa \ opprefl'ed fome of the people the fame time. 11 ^ hAnd, behold, the afts of Afa, firft and laft, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Ifrael. 12 And Afa, in the thirty and ninth year of his reign, was difeafed in his feet, until his difeafe was exceeding great: yet in his difeafe he fought not to the Lord, but to the phyficians. 1 3 °| And Afa flept with his father?,, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. 14 And they buried him in his own fepulchtes, which he had f made for himfelf in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was tilled '' with fweet odours and diverfe kinds of Jpii.a prepared by the apothecaries art ; and they made k a very great burning for him. CHAP. XVII. 1 Jehojbaphat tetgnetkivelly and pro- jpereth: 7 he Jemkth Le-itrs to ttaih in Judah: 12 kit greatnefs. \Nd a Jeholhaphut his fon reigned jt\ in his fiend, and ftren&thened himfelf againft ] NICLES. Jc%oJ}iaphat$ good reign. 2 And he placed forces in all the ^;tc fenced cities of Judah, and fct garri- yu- fons in the land of Judah, and in the ' ■ cities of Ephraim, b whicli Afa his fa- brh"f ther had taken. 3 And the Lord was with Jehoflia- phat, becaufe he walked in the firft ways j| of his father David, and fought °o fj not unto Baalim ; rW«*< 4 But fought to the LORD God 0C/Vuv'~ his father, and walked in his com- mandments, and not after the doings oflfrael : 5 Therefore the Lord ftablifhed the kingdom in his hand ; and all Judah c f brought to Jehofhaphat d prefents; cl**'1™' and he had riches and honour in abun- m'ei^t*. dance. » t Kingi 6 And his heart || was lifted up in the IOp*£ ways of the Lord : moreover, 'he | Th/- ■.,, took away the high places and groves ™;";„,. out of Judah. e iKwci 7 t Aifo in the third year of his ££;*/„. reign he fent to his princes, even to "• * Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Ze- chariah, and toNethaneel, and toMi- chaiah, *'to teach in the cities of Judah. ££«» 8 And with them he fent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah and Zebadiah, and Afahel, and Shemira- moth, and Jehonathan, and Adoni- jah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Levites ; and with them Elilhama and Jehoram, priefts. 9 sAnd they taught in Judah, and *{*»* had the book of the law of the Lord with them, and went about through- out all the cities of Judah, and taught the people. 10 H And bthe tear of the Lord Df*"; ffell upon all the kingdoms of the \utb.v>nu lands that were round about Judah, fo that they made no war againft Je- hofliaphat. n Alfo fome of the Philiftines brought Jeholhaphat prefents, and tribute - fdver ; and the Arabians brought him flocks, feven thoufand and feven hundred rams, and feven thoufand and feven hundred he-goats. 12 f And Jehofhaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah |j caftles, and cities of ftore. &*■'<, 13 And he had much bufinefs in the cities of Judah 1 and the men of war, mighty men of valour, were injeiu- falem. 14 And thefe are the numbers of them, according to the houfe of Iheh fathers : Oi' Judah, the captains of thoufauds; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty nier. of valour, three hun - tired thoufand, IS And Ahab/educed. CHAP. B-rSa ' * ^n^ t next t0 'lim Wai Je'lona" si*- nan the captain, and with him two -TiX-" hundred and fourfcore thoufand. tt:biiba*4. , 6 ^nd next him was Amaziah the \jl?' J- fon of Zichri, l who willingly offered himfelf unto the Lord; and with him two hundred thoufand mighty men of valour. 17 And of Benjamin 5 Eliada a mighty man of valour, and with him armed men with bow and fhield two hundred thoufand. i8AndnexthimuwJehozabad,and with him an hundred and fourfcore thoufand ready prepared for the war. 19 Thefe waited on the king, be- 1 - .-.-. 2. fides ktho/e whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah. G H A P. XVIII. I Jekojliaphat goeth withAhub again (I Ramoth-gilea • . 4 Ahab, /educed by fal/e prophets, isjlain. ■897. "VTOw Jehofliaphat had riches and ,-i Rutgi 1^1 honour in abundance, and ajoin- a ja* ed affinity with Ahab. t> 1 Kisgi 2 b And -J- after certain years he tilth. o» went down to Ahab to Samaria : and wt e>U ■ -{- at a venture, and fmote the king of %!*"*'" Ifrael f between the joints of the harnefs : therefore he faid to his cha- riot-man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayelt carry nie out of the holt ; for I am f wounded. 34 Aiu! the battle increafed that day : howbeit, the king of Ifrael ltayed Vrrujt- himfelf up in his chariot againft the &|Jgf Syrians until the even ; and about *w- , the time of the fun going down he died. CHAP. XIX. I Jehfifliaphat vifiteth his kingdom: 5 his iujtnutiohs to the judges, &c. ANd Jeholhaphat the king of Judah 896, returned to his houfe in peace to Jerufalem. 2 And Jehu the fon of Hanani * the y^.1"" feer went out to meet him, and faid to king Jeho.tiaphat, Shouldeft thou help the ungodly, and b love them that 'il?™, hate the Lord ? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord. 3 Neverthelefs there are c good \fg?. 17, things found in thee, in that thou halt < >'•<•• cui*. taken away the groves out of the land, and haft prepared thine heart to feek God. 4 And Jeholhaphat dwelt at Je- rufalem : and f he went out again t"e*.l,-n. through the people, from Beer-lheba Vf.UJ"^. to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the Lord God of their fa- thers. 5 f And he fet judges in the land, throughout all the fenced cities of Judc:h, city by city; 6 And faki to the judges, Take heed what ye c\u : for ll ye judge not for <: Pout. man, but for the Lord, e who is with |'p'fi7ta you f in the judgment. b*^n ^ ^ 7 Wherefore now, let the fear of tHeb.'fn ' the Lord be upon you ; take heed and 'J'.'™"""' do it: for f there is no iniquity with judgment. the Lord our God, nor ErefpecF of '-'C;^' perfons, nor taking of gifts. r»bmm4» 8 «,[ Moreover, in Jerufalem did j£?£ Jehofliaphat b fet of the Levites, and J*3^ \o. of the priefts, and of the chief of the *';;"•/ 6',: fathers of Iliad, for the judgment of KphW.e'p. the Lord, and for controverfies, ^peifi'j! when tliey returned to Jerufalem. «> pe»t. 9 And he charged them, faying, l0" XB' Thus fhall ye do in the fear of the Lord, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. 10 'And what caufe foever fhall ',{?"•• " come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and com- mandment, ftatutes and judgments, ye (hall even warn them that they trefpafs not againfl the Lord, andyj u rath come upon you, and upon your brethren : this do, and ye lhall not trefpafs. 1 1 And, behold, Amariah the chief prieft ii over you l\n all matters of^.y^^ the Loud ; and Zebadiah the fon of Iihmael, the ruler of the houfe of ' Judah, Jehojliaphats faft and prayer. C H A ch'rift Judah, for all the kings matters : svo alfb the Levites jhall be officers be- m^r^ fore you. f Deal courageoufly, and ij,urntanr> the LoRO n,all be wkh the good# C H A P. XX. I Jehoftiaphat proclaimed a faji : 5 his prayer : 2 2 the overthrow of his enemies : 31 his reign. IT came to pafs, after this alfo, that the children ofMoab, and the chil- dren of Amnion, and wkh them other befides the Ammonites, came againft Jehofhaphat to battle. 2 Then there came fome that told Jehofhaphat, faying, There Cometh a great multitude againft thee from beyond the fea on this fide Syria ; and, \ZT- behold, they be a in Hazazon-tamar, which it En-gedi. 3 And Jehofhaphat feared, and fet b*f*fe: t himfelf to feek the Lord, and pro- claimed a fall throughout all Judah; 4 And Judah gathered tlu-mflves together to aik kelp of the Lord; even out of all the cities of Judah they came to leek the Lord. 5 ^| And Jehofhaphat Hood in the congregation ofjudajj and Jerufalem, in the houfe of the Lord before the new court, 6 And faid, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulelt not thou over all the king- ft ichron. .tjoms of the heathen ? and b in thine Mut.o.ij. nanrj iS there not power and might, fo that none is able to withftand thee? i,Jle.b' 7 -4rt not thou our God, f who didft drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Ifrael, and jJms'Ali*! gaveft it to the feed of Abraham c thy friend for ever ? 8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a fanctuary therein for thy name, faying, lY'.V5 9 d If when evil comcth upon us, as cusp.6.18. the fword, judgment, or peftilence, or famine, we (rand before this houfe, and in thy prefence, (for thy name is in this houfe, ) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. 10 And now, behold, the children of Amnion, and Moab, and mount *;£%?■ Seir, whom thou 'wouldeft not let Ifrael invade when iheycame out of «.«!." the land of Egypt, but ' they turned from them, and deftroyed them not : 1 1 Behold, I/ay, how they reward ^pwm us^ s to come to call us out of thy pdfleflion, which thou haft given us to inherit. ' 12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them ? for wchave no might again! t P. XX. Jahazieh prophecy. this great company that cometh a- ^;.r« gainft us: neither know we what to *&■ do; but ''our eyes are upon thee. 1 3 And all Judah flood before the ; Lord, with their little ones, their &HJ'.V wives, and their children. 14 €[ Then upon Jahaziel the fon of Zechariah, the fon of Benaiah, the fonofjeiel, the fon of Mattaniah, a Levite of the fons of Afaph, i came ' the Spirit of the Lord in the niidft of the congregation ; ;+■=•-• 1 5 And he faid, Hearken yv\ all Ju- dah, and ye inhabitants of jerufalem, and thou king Jehofhaphat ; Tims faith the Lord unto you, k Be not ^p,0*-'*' afraid nor difmayed by reaTon of this ' gre:>.t multitude : for the battle is not yours, but Gods. r 6 To-morrow go ye down againft them: behold, they come up by the f cliff of Ziz ; and ye (hall find them I "„t at the end of the || brook, before the wiidernefs of Jeruel. 17 'Ye fhail not need to fight in1, this battle ; let yonrfelves, ftand ye ' ftill, and fee the falvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Je- rufalem : fear not, nor be ciifmayed ; to-morrow go out again'.! them : for the Lord -will be with you. 18 And Jehofhaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground : and all Judah, and the inhabitants of Jeru- falem, fell before the Lord, worfhip- ping the Lord. 19 And the Levites of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, flood up to praife the Lord God of Ifrael with a loud voice on high. 20 ^1 And they rofe early in the morning, and went forth into the wii- dernefs of Tekoa : and, as they went forth, Jehofhaphat flood and faid, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabi- tants of Jerufalem ; m Believe in the m^- ;•?• Lord your God, fo fhall ye be efta- blifhed ; believe his prophets, fo fhall yeprofper. BICfr(Mi 21 And, when he had confulted lS-2°* with the people, he appointed lingers >«$£,. unto the Lord, "and fthat fhould ^' ^ ru°- praife the beauty of holinefs as they wauje.*. went out before the army, and to >l c4t[\on' fay, "Praife the Lord ; pfor his mercy 1 Het>. enduret'i for ever. 22 1 f And when they begm f to ">*• *«• fiiigarid to praife, Mthe Lord fet am- j budiments againft the children of Am- " mon, Moab, and mount Seir, which ?.«?" were come againft Judah ; and || they ,l4*™' werefmitten. 23 For JudaJu triumph. II. CHRONICLES. jehoram ftaxeth his brethren. thrift 23 For the children of Aramon 35 If And after this "did Jehofha- *£™ *">■>■ _, and Moab flood up againft the inha- phat king of Judah join himfelf with 8*5- ~" bitants of mount Seir, utterly to flay Ahaziah king of Ifrael, who did very .tTkj^T and deftroy them •' and when they wickedly 36 || And he joined himfelf with }e&£? him to make Ihips to go to Tarfhifh : and they made the fhips in Ezion- H]'!';* gaber. 37 Then Eliezer, the fon of Do- davali of Marefhah, prophefied a- gainft Jehofhaphat, faying, Becaufe thou haft joined thyfelf with Aha- ziah the Loud hath broken thy had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped fto deftroy another. 24 And when Judah came toward the watch-tower in the wilder nefs they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and f none efcaped. 25 And, when Jehofhaphat and his people came to take away the fpoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies and precious jewels, (which they ftripped oiffor themfelves, ) more than they could carry away : and^ they were three days in gathering of the fpoil, it was fo much. 26^ And on the fourth day they affembled themfelves in the valley of his fathers in the city of David th it they were not able to go Tai-Jhifh. CHAP. XXI. 1 Jehora»i fucceedcth Jehofliaphat .* 5 his wicked reign: 18 his incurable difeafe, infamous death, and burial. NOw aJeholhaphat flept with his a ,'*£ fathers, and was buried with—' ' indAiou: Jehoram his fon reigned in his ftead. 2 And he had brethren, the fons of Jehofhaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah : all thefe were the fons of Jehofhaphat king of Ifrael. 3 And their father gave them great ^'^ gifts of filver, and of gold, and of pre- cious things, with fenced cities in Judah : but the kingdom gave he to |j Jehoram, becaufe he was the firft- J^Z. born. [J,;,-; 4 Now when Jehoram was riien ;.".'•;■ up to the kingdom of his father he i»nt ftrengthencd himfelf, and flew all his ' ' brethren with the fword, and diverfe alfo of the princes of Ifrael. 5 If b Jehoram was thirty and two £,,!,", r" years old when he began to reign; and J*'^ he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 6 And he walked in the way of the kings of Ifrael, like as did the houfe of Ahab; for he had the daugh- ter of c Ahab to \\ ife : and he wrought \i.j? that which was evit in the eyes of the Lord. 7 Howbeit tha Lord would not deftroy the houfe of David, becaufe - of the covenant that he had luade with David, and as he promil'ed to ■ give a fligh- to him, and to his d fons ump, . for ever. 8 *f In hi? dnys the Edomites re- r Vi,: volted from under the + dominion of },*™6* Judah, and made themfelves a king. *^Jf 9 Then Jehoram " went forth with || Berachah ; for there theybleffed the Lord : therefore the name of the fame place was called, The valley of Berachah unto this day. 2 7 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerufalem, and Jeho- fhaphat in the f forefront of them, to go again to Jerufalem with joy : for the Lord had made them to re- joice over their enemies. 28 Ami they came to Jerufalem with pfalterics, and harps, and tram- pets, unto the houfe ef the Lord. 29 And rthe fear of God was on all thekingdonuof thofe countries, when they had heard that the Lord fought againft the enemies of Ifrael. 30 So the realm of Jehofhaphat was quiet : for his God gave him reft round about. 31 ^ ' And Jehofhaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerufalem : and his mothers name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi. 32 And he walked in the way of Afa his father, and departed not from it, doing thai which was right in the fight of the Lord : 33 Howbeit, lthe high places were ' nottaken away; for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. 34 Now the reft of the a£b of Je- hofhaphat, firft and laft, behold, they are written in the f book of , ......j. - Jehu the fon of Hanani, uwho \ is his princes, and all his chariots with ,H, . mentioned it: the book gf th? Kings him : and he rofe up by night, and ^ of IfracL fojote tb^ Edomites which compalfe d a. . him - Wh Elijahs prophecy againft Jehoram. CHAP. *?£% him in, and the captains of the cha- /•"■•kp*- riots. * ' 10 So the F.domites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The fame time alfo did Lib- fiah revolt from under his hand ; be- caufe he had forfaken the Lord God of his fathers. 1 1 Moreover, he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and cau- fed the inhabitants of Jerufalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto. 1 2 If And there came a || writing to him from Elijah the prophet, fay- , ing, Thus faith the Lord God of David thy father, Becaufe thou haft not walked in the ways of Jehofha- phat thy father, nor in the ways of Afa king of Judah, 13 But haft walked in the way of the kings of Ifrael, and haft made J udah and the inhabi tants of jerufalem to go a whoring, like to the whore- doms of the houfe of Ahab, and alio haft (lain thy brethren of thy fathers houfe, whichivere better than thyfelf : 14 Behold, with f a great plague will the Lord finite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: f 5 And thou Jlialt have great fick- nefs, by difeafe of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reafon of the ficknefs day by day. 16 *f Moreover, the Lord ftirred up againft Jehoram the fpirit of the Philiftines, and of the Arabians, that •were near the Ethiopians. 17 And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and -f carried away all the fubftance that was found in the kings houfe, and f his fons alfo, aiid his wives; fo that there was ne- ver a fon left him, fave || Jehoahaz, the youngeft of his fons. 18 If || And after all this the Lord fmote him in his bowels with an in- curable difeafe. 19 And it came to pafs, that in pro- cefs of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reafon of his ficknefs ; fo he died of fere difeafes. And his people made no burning for him, like t the burning of his fathers. 20 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned in Jerufalem eight years, and departed t without being defired : howbeit, they buried him in the city of David, but not in the fepulchres of the kings. 24-7. ..■>.,;>■ I. ,l< Cbap.ll. 887. || His fur fuon after 885. ivifni 4J»:. XXI, XXII. Ahaziah Jlain by J ehi*% CHAP. XXII. 1 Ahaziah, fucc ceding, reigneth wick- edly : 5 lie isjlaiu by Jehu. 10 A~ thaliah deftroying all the feed royal fave Joajh, ufwpeth the kingdom. ANd the inhabitants of Jerufalem ***• made a Ahaziah his youngeft fon bb". king in his ftead : for the band ofaYx;^^ men that came with the Arabians to &/&*& the camp had flain all the b eldeft. b ctuP.' So Ahaziah the fon of Jehoram king 2t' 1?" of Judah reigned. 2 c Forty and two years old was c, *fn Ahaziah when he began to reign; and ** *<>• he reigned one year in Jerufalem : his mothers name alfo uw J Athaliah, the *,CI£* daughter of Omri. 3 He alfo walked in the ways of the houfe of Ahab : for his mother was his counfellor to do wickedly. 4 Wherefore he did evil in the fight of the Lord, like the houfe of Ahab : for they were his counfellors, after the death of his father, to his deftrudtion. 5 If He walked alfo after their 8i*' counfel, and went with Jehoram the fon of Ahab king of Ifrael to war againft Hazael king of Syria at Ka- moth-gilead : and the Syrians fmote Joram. 6 c And he returned to be healed r!Ti' reel, becaufe he was fick. ESS*"* 7 And the f deftrucYion of Aha- -' ■''• ziah f was of God, by coming to Jo- VuSSit ram: for, when he was come, he**** went out with Jehoram againft Jehu j^f the fon of Nimflii, whom the Lord had anointed sto cut oft* the houfe of* :-rr--' Ahab. "'"'" 8 And it came to pafs, that when Jehu was executing judgment upon the houfe of Ahab, and ''found the ^f^ princes of Judah, and the fons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that miuiflered to Ahaziah, he flew them. 9 'And he fought Ahaziah ; and gJ™"$ they caught him, (for he was hid in / Samaria, ) and brought him to Jehu : and when they had flain him they " buried him; becaufe, faid they, lie i.< the fon of Jehofhaphat, who fought the Lord with all his heart. So die houfe of Ahaziah had no power to keep ftill the kingdom. 10 If hBut when Athaliah, the J .' "•' ■-&' mother of Ahaziah, faw that her fon * was yoafli made king. II. CHRO b i 'am. 7. 11. v 1-.. was dead, Hie arofe, and deftroyed all the feed royal of the huufe of Jiidah. 1 1 But Jehoflialieath, the daughter of the king, took Joafh the foil of Aha/.iah, and dole him from among the kings fons that were (lain, and puc him and his nurfe in a bed-chamber. So Jehofhabeath the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the prieft, (for (he was the litter of Aha- ziah,) hid him from Athaliah, fo that fhe flew him not. i2 And he was with them hid- in the honfe of God fix years : and Atha- liah reigned over the land. CHAP. XXIII. ■ 1 Jehoindamakethjoajliking. \2Atha- ' ' ii.v'i i> Jlnin.' \l Jehoiada rejloreth fke vji'rjhip of God. ANd 'in the feventh year Jehoiada ftrengthened tiimfelf, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the fon of jeroham, and Iihmael the fon of Jehohatian, and Azariah the fon of Obed, and Maafeiah the fon of Adaiah, and Eiilhaphat the fon of Zichri, into covenant with him. 2 And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Ifrael, and they came to Jerufalem. 3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the houfe of God. And he faid unto them, Behold, the kings fon (hail reign, as the Lord hath bfaid of the fons of David. 4 This is the thing that ye fhall do ; A third parr, of you ' entering on the fabbath, of the priefts and of the Lc- vites, fliall be porters of the \ doors ; 5 And a third part jliali. be at the kings houfe ; and a third part at the gate of the foundation : and all the people jliali be in the courts of the houfe of the Lord. 6 But let none come into the houfe of the Lord fave the priefts, and d they that nv.nifter of the Levites ; 'they (hall go in, for they are holy : but all the people Ihallkeepthe watch of the Lord. 7 And the Levites fliall compafs the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand ; and whofoever elfe cometh into the houfe he fliall be put to death : but 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 things that Jehoiada the prieft had commanded, and took every man his men that were to tome NICLES. Tht utorflup of God reftored. in on the fabbath, with them that were to go out on the fabbath : for Jehoiada the prieft difmilftd not e the ev~T— ' courfes. 9 Moreover, Jehoiada the prieft 878. " delivered to the captains of hundreds fpears, and bujkieri, and lhieidr. th it had been king Davids, which iren in the houfe of God. 10 And he fet all the people, (every man having his weapon in his hand, ) from the right f fide of the f temple to the left fide of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about. 1 1 Then they brought out the kings fon, and put upon him the crown, and i gavi him the t-eftiinony, and made [°"e. him king : and Jehoiada and his fons anointed him, and faid, \ God fave Lm* the king. 1 2 "[Now, when Athaliah heard the noifc of the people running and prai- Ang the king, (he came to the people into the houfe of the .Lo R d . 13 And (he looked, and, behold, the king flood at his pillar, at the entering in, and the primes and the trumpets by the king : and all the people of the land rejoiced, and founded with trumpets \ alio the ling- ers with inrtruments of mulick, and Efuch as taught to fmg praife. Then '[■'. llron* Athaliah rent her clothes, and faid, fTreafon, treafon! i4Then Jehoiada the prieftbrougbt out the captains of hundreds that were let over the hoft, ami faid unto them, Have her forth of the ranges : and whofo jj followeth her let him be ',,"%>•« flain with the fword. For the prieft *• N faid, Slay her not in the houfe of the Lord 1 5 So they laid hands on her : and when (he was come to the entering * of the horfe-gate, by the kings !! ^ra- houfe, they flew her there. 16 i And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they fhould be the Louns people. 1 7 Then all the people went to the houfe of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and ' flew Mattan the prieft ',***• of Bui! before the altars. :S Alio Jehoiada appointed the offices of th. houfe of the Lord by the hand vt' the priclls the Levites, whom David had "dillributed in the ^""v houfe of the Lord, to offer the burnt- offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the 'law of Mofes, with \l*?*- rejoicing jhafli /lis good reign during CHAP. j»e/ore, rejoicing and with iinging, as it was jjj'a. ordained f by David. *?■'*' ' u) And he fet the m porters at the «■* ^nJi gates of the houie of the Lord, that "L fchro'n. none which was unclean in any thing 36, i, ^c. fhould 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 clown the king from the houfe of the Lord : and they came through the high gate into the kings houfe, and fet the king upon the throne of the kingdom. 21 And all the people of the land rejoiced : and the city was quiet, after that- they had flain Athaliah with the fword. CHAP. XXIV. I Joafli reigneth well all tne days of Jehoiada; 15 Jehoiada being dead, i 7 Joajh fulletk to idolatry : 2 3 he is J lain. slicing "TOafh "was feven years old when 11. i.iic. j ^e began to reign ; and he reign- ed forty years in jerufalem : his mo- thers name alfo was Zibeah of Beer- fl-ieba. t> ye chap. 2 And Joafh bdld that which was a(3' s' right in the fight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the prieft. 3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat fons and daughters. 4 TI And it came to pafs after this, ♦ neb. that Joafh was minded f to repair the *rauv" houfe of the Lord. 8js- 5 And he gathered together the priefts and the Levites, and laid to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Ifrael money to repai r the houfe of your God from year to year, and fee that ye haften the matter : howbeit, the Levites hafteneci it not. 6 And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and faid unto him, Why haft thou not required of the Levites to bring in, out of Judah and out of Jerufalem, the collection, according ei2*f' It t0 tfie com>nan&ment °f c Mofes the fervant of the Lord, and of the con- gregation of Ifrael, for the tabernacle ©f witnefs ? iubiy'. 7 For d the fons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the houfe of God ; and alfo all the dedi- cated things of the houfe of t:ie Lord did they beftow upon Baalim. 8 And at the kings commandment they made a cheft, and fet it without, at the gate of tiie houfe of the Lord. 1 "eh. (j And they made -f- a proclamation through Judah and Jerufulem, to bring t XXIV. the life of Jehoiada. in to the Lord the collection that Mofes, the fervant of God, laid upon Ifrael in the wildernefs. 10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cafl into the cheft, until they had made an end. 1 r Now it came to pafs, that at what time the cheft wasbroughi into the kings office by the hand of the Levites, and when they faw that there was much money, the kings fuibe and the high priefts officer came and emptied the cheft, and took it, and car- ried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and"gathered money in abundance. 1 2 And the king and Jehoiada gave it to fuch as did the work of the Ccr- vice of the houfe of the Lord, and hired mafons and carpenters to repair the houfe of the Lord, and alio fncii as wrought iron and brafs to mend the houfe of the Lord. 1 3 So the workmen wrought, and f the work was perfecled by them, /,'•.';,,.. and they fet the houfe of God in his £'<»';; ftate, and ftrengthened it. ww*. 14 And when they had finifhed //, they brought the reft of the money before the king and Jehoiada, where- of were made veffels for the houfe of the Lord, even velfels to mini Iter, and || to offer withal, and fpoons, and -; "■"••' ■-' veffels of gold and filver : and they offered burnt-offerings in the houfe of the Lord continually all the days of Jehoiada. 15 \ But Jehoiada waxed old, and cir-8->'°- was full of days when he died ; an hundred an'i thirty years oid was he when he died. 16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, becaufe he had done good in Ifrael, both to- ward God, and toward his houfe. 1 7 ^1 Now after the death of Jehoi- ada came the princes of judah, and made obeifance to the king: then <■'"■ 8+°* the king hearkened unto them. 18 And they left the houfe of the Lord God of their fathers, and fer- ved groves and idols : and wrath came upon Judah and Jerufalem for this their trefpafs. 19 Yet he fent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD ; and they teftified againft them ; but they would not give ear. 20 And the Spirit of God -J can.. 1 upon Zechariah the foil of Jehoiada j the prieft, which ftood above the people, and faid unto them, Thus V f Dai mefei. ^ Lent. aO. s. Deuter. ',2. "iO. Ha. jo. Joaftif polled by the Syrians. II. CHRONICLES. ?„*'£ faith God, Why tranfgrefs ye the com- in Jernfalem ; mandmentsof the Lord, that ye can- ,^~ not profper ? c beeaufe ye have for- *•' fakcn the Lord, he hath aifo for- faken you. 21 And they confpired againft him, \"> and fftont-d him with ftone.% at the J>' commandment of the king, in the court of the houfe of the Lord. 22 Thusjoafh the king remembered not the kindnefs which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but flew his fon : and, when he died, hefaid, The Lord look upon ;'?, and require it. ld" .,., 23 H And it came to pafs, f at the ':! l/ibe end of the year, tliat the hoft of Sy- r' ria came up againft him : and they ^' came to Judah and Jerufalem. and deftroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and fent all the fpoil of them unto the king of f Damafcus. 24 For the army of the Syrians 8 came with a fmall company of men, and the Lord delivered a very great hoft into their hand, becaufe they had forfaken the Lord God of their fathers r fp they executed judgment againft Joaih. 25 And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great difeafes, ) his own fervants confpired againft him for the blood of the fons of Jehoiada the prieft, and flew him on his bed ; and he died . and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the fepulchres of the kings. 2 6 A; id tbefe are they that confpired againft him ; j) Zabad the fon of Shi- meath an Ainmouitefs, ami Jehozabad the fon of || Shimrith a Moabitefs. 27 *; Now concerning his fons, and the greatnefs of h the burdens laid upon him, and the f repairing of the houfe of God, behold, they are writ- ten in II the ftory of the book of the Kings : and Amaziah his fon reigned in his (lead. C II A P. XXV. i Am'aZkih beginneth to reign well: 3 he e.'.ecittctlijiLflice on the tratton t < having hired a': army of Ifraelites againft the FJomites, at the word of n prophet he lofeth the hundred talents, and difmijieth them : 1 1 he overthroweth the Edpmites : 1 7 he provaketh Joa/h to his overthrow ■ ?.-, his reign : "27 he iijlain by cm* Jriracy. Maziah ■ was twenty and five e&faoldwhen he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years Amaziali hireth an army. 1 Kir.,;. AM; /^ ve was Jehoaddan of Jerufalem. 2 And he did that which was right w in the fight of the Lord, b but not^^, with a perfect heart. i*-*1 3 1| Now it cam; to pafs, when the kingdom was f eft blifhed to him,J,"^„'..^ that he flew his fervants that had "J™ '•""" killed the king his f ;ther : 4 But he flew not their children, but did as it is written :n the law in the book of Mofes, where the Lord commanded, faying, c The fathers £°e,a£ fliall not die for the children, nei- J^JJf ther (hall the children die for the J« -,;«• 30. fathers, but every man fliall die for 1 "10. his own fin. 5 1| Moreover, Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them cap- tains over thoufands, andcaptainsover hundreds, according to the houfes of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin : and he numbered them d from twenty years old and \. 3U.-I>' above, and found them three hundred thoufand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle fpear and ftiield. 6 He hired alfo an hundred thou- fand mighty men of valour out of Ifrael for an hundred talents of filver. 7 But there came a man of God to him, faying, O king, let not the army of Ifrael go with thee ; for the Lord is not with Ifrael, to wit, zvith all the children of Ephraim. 8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be ftrong for the battle ; God fliall make thee fall before the enemy : for God hath power to help, and to caft down. 9 And Amaziah (aid to the man of God, But what (hall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the f army of Ifrael ? And the man t Htb. of God anfwered, The Lord is able*"""1' to give thee much more than this. 10 Then Amaziah feparated them, to -wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go -f-home; again: wherefore their anger was;.'./.,'/ greatly kindled againft Judah, and they returned home f in great anger. J n If And Amaziah ftrengthened!. himfelf, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of Salt, and fmote of the children of Seir ten thoufand. 12 And other ten thoufand left a- live did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them un- to the top of the rock, and caft them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces. •3 H But ■at of 817. Amaziah provoketh Joafli CHAP. chrm ' 3 t But t tne Midlers of the army r.8i7- which Aniaziah fent back, that they ^"^ mould not go with him to battle, fell >«/wc upon the cities of Judah, from Sa- maria even unto Beth-horon, and fmote three thoufand of them, and took much fpoil. 14 If Now it came to pafs, after that Amaziah was come from the « chip, flaug-hter of the Edomites, that che brought the gods of the children of Seir, and fet them up to be his gods, and bowed down himfelf before them, and burnt incenfe unto them. : 5 Wherefore the anger of the Lord was kindled againft Amaziah, and he fent unto him a prophet, which faid unto him, Why haft thou fought after the gods of the people which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand ? 1 6 And it came to pafs, as he talked with him, that the king faid unto him, Art thou made of the kings counfel ? forbear; why ftiouldeft thou be fmit- ten ? Then the prophet forbare, and WtUi, faid, I know that God hath f deter- mined to deftroy thee, becaufe thou haft done this, and haft not hearkened unto my counfel. Sl6- 17 % Then f Amaziah king of Ju- jE^£ dah took advice, and fent to Joalb tiie fon of Jehoahaz, the fon of Jehu, king of Ifrael, faying, Come, let us fee one another in the face. iS And Joafli king of Ifrael fent to Amaziah king of Judah, faying, The 'tit"*™' II thiftle that was in Lebanon fent to ""• the cedar that was in Lebanon, faying, Give thy daughter to my fon to wife : £*• and there pafled by f a wild beaft EStf that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thiftle. 19 Thou fayeft, Lo, thou haft fmitten the Edomites, and thine heart lifteth thee up to boaft : abide now at home; why (houldeft thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou fhouldeft fall, even thou, and Judah with thee ? 20 But Amaziah would not hear ; aup. for gjt came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies ; becaufe they fought after the gods of Edom. 2i So Joafli the king of Ifrael went up, and they faw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Beth-fhemelh, which belong- eth to Jihhi'.. ^_ 22 And Judah was f put to the worfe before Ifrael, and they fied every rnan to his tent* XXV, XXVI. to his overthrow. 23 And Joafli the king of Ifrael took g*JJ Amaziah kingof Judah, the fon offoafli, t »«>• _, the fon of ''Jehoahaz, at Beth- (he- hSceC,,ap. mefli, and brought him to Jerufalera, >'■ j^ and brake down the wall of Jerufa- lem, from the gate of Ephraim to fthe t*J <*e corner gate, four hundred cubits. »«*&»**• 24 And he took all the gold and the filver, and all the veiVels that were found in the houfe of God with Obed- edom, and the treafures of the kings houfe, the hoftages alfo, and returned to Samaria. 25 t And Amaziah the fon of Joafli king of" Judah lived after the death of Joafli, fon of Jehoahaz king of Ifrael, fifteen years. 26 Now the reft of the acts of Ama- ziah, firft and laft, behold, are they not written in the book of the Kings of judah and Ifrael ? 27 1} Now after the time that Ama- Pl°- ziah did turn away J- from following f^'afur. the Lord they f made a confpiracy met>. againft him in Jerufalem ; and he fled «'■'.], :.[u:: to L;'.chi(h; but they fent to Lachifli after him, and flew him there. 28 And they brought him upon horfes, and buried him with his fa- j'T^-j;* thers in the city of j| Judah. n&dt'i h CHAP. XXVI. ^g:8* 1 Uzziah fucceedeth Amaziah : 1 6 he invadeth the priefis office, and is fmitten with leprofy : 22 he dieth, and Jotham fucceedeth him. THen all the people of Judah took a || Uzziah, who was lixteen ?*^£ & years old, and made him king in the «* '•'&<■• room of his father Amaziah. iSlkafa 2 He built Eloth, and reftored it to Judah, after that the king flept with his fathers. 3 Sixteenyearsoldtiw Uzziah when he began to reign ; and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerufalem : his mothers name alfo was Jecoliah of Jerufalem. 4 And he did that which was right in the fight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah did. 5 And b he fought God in the days \*?£*+ of Zechariah, who c had underftand- cn». ing -j- in the vifions of God : and, as ','/.'.,.'', ,,. long as he fought the Lord, God£^.'?: made him to profper. t Hcb..™ 6 And he went forth and * warred 'c'fn'jy againft the Philiftines, and brake nu. 14 tp. down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Aflulod, and built cities || about Aflidod, and among the Philiftines. 7 And God helped liim againft ethe ec* _ ' Pkiliftiaes, and againft the Arabians *i »«. i i a that fulfi Thzldk invade th the pr lefts office': II. CHR »eh«$ that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Me- ■■ ^°- minims. ""* 8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to !,/!' Uzziah : and his name f fpread abroad, even to the entering in of Egypt ; for he llrengthened himfelf exceedingly. 9 Moreover, Uzziah built towers eh.3.131 in Jernfalem, at the f corner gate, and ci?.1' at the valley gate, and at the turning ')r°' °ftlls waMi anc* II fortified them. and t flings to caft ftones. WW- 15 And he made in Jerufalem en- gines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bul- warks, to moot arrows and great V!vM:h. ftones withal : and his name f fpread far abroad ; for he was marvel loufly helped till he was ftrong. dr. 76$. 16 T[ But when he was ftrong his heart was lifted up to his deftru&on : for he tranfgreffed againlt the Lord his God, and swent into the temple of the Lord to burn incenfe upon the altar of incenfe. 1 7 And Azariah the prieft went in after him, and with him fourfcore priefts of the Lord, that were valiant men ; 1 8 And they withftood Uzziah the king, and faid unto him, It happer- Ui'nu'.lh not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incenfe unto the Lord, but to the 1 priefts the fons of Aaron, confecrated to burn incenfe : go out of the fanttuary ; for thou halt tref- paffed ; neither (hall it be fpr thine honour from the Lord God. e^oiki O N I C L E c. he ilf mitten with leproff. 19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and gS£ had & cenfer in his hand to burn in- cir-j6>^ cenfe ; and, while lie was wroth with the priefts, the leprofy even rofe up in his forehead before the priefts in the honfe of the Lord, from befide the incenfe altar. 20 And Azariah the chief prieft, and all the priefts, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thruft him out from thence ; yea, himfelf k hafted Jj*^ fthe* alfo to go out, becaufe the Lord had fmitten him. 21 'And Uzziah the king was anKine. leper unto the day of his death, and ls'5 dwelt in a "'ffeveral houfe, being a ?£$*' leper; for he was cut off from tfce.Numh.$.* houfe of the Lord : and Jotham his '• ntt-fr"' fon was over the kings houfe, judging the people of the land. 22 t Now the reft of the acts of Uzziah, firft and I aft, did n Ifaiah the n lu- »■ *• prophet, the fon df Amoz, write. 23 ° So Uzziah flept with his fathers, oir» 6. a and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which be- longed to the kings ; for they faid, He is a leper : and Jotham his fon reigned in hisftead. CHAP. XXVII. 1 Jotham, reigning well, profpereth : 5 hej'ubdueih the Ammonites : 7 his reign : 9 AhazJ'uccetdeth him. JOthatn a «••« twenty and five years 7sa. old when he began to reign ; and ■* %"%& he reigned fixteen years in Jerufalem : his mothers name alfo was Jerufhah, the daughter of Zadok. 2 And he did that which was right in the fight of the Lord, according to all that his father Uzziah did : how- beit, he entered not into the temple of the Lord. And b the people did J« ;*j»*j yet corruptly. 3 He built the high gate of the houfe of the Lord, and on the wall gf j| Ophel he built much. &fww.*.vfi, dren of Amnion pay unto him, both the fecond year and the third. 6 So Jotham became mighty, be- caufe he || prepared his ways before ,,,^r;'?J., the L6rd his God. 7 \ Now Judah captivated, and CHAP. chrlit 7 U Now the reft of the afts of a<>- Jotham, and all his wars, and his """* ways, lo, they are written in the book of the Kings of lfrael and Judah. 8 He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign ; and reigned fixteen years in Jerufalem. "^' 9 H And Jotham flept with his fa- thers, and they buried him in the city of David : and Ahaz his fon reigned in his Mead. CHAP- XXVIII. I Ahaz, reigning wickedly, is afflicted by the Syrians .■ 26 he dying, Heze- kiahj'ucceedeth him. ig1.*!"8' A Haz *w«i twenty years old when ■t*. he began to reign ; and he reign- ed fixteen years in Jerufalem : but he did not that which was right in the fight of the Lord, like David his father ; 2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of lfrael, and made alfo molten images for Baalim. 3 Moreover, he || burnt incenfe in 'icrfice. t]le vaney 0f the fon of Hinnom, and £™'; burnt b his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord had caft out before the children of lfrael. 4 He facrificed alfo, and burnt in- cenfe in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. eifa. 71. 5 Wherefore c the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the «ir. 74»- king of Syria ; and they fmote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them Bu'wV'i. t(* t Damafcus : and he was alfo de- livered into the hand of the king of lfrael, who fmote him with a great (laughter. 6 \ Foi liah flew in Judah an hundred and twenty thoufand in one day, which '""' were all -j- valiant men ; becaufe they had forfaken the Lord God of their fathers. 7 And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, flew Maafeiah the kings fon, and Azrikam the governor of the houfe, and ttiheking. to the king. 8 And the children of lfrael car- ried away captive, of their brethren, two hundred thoufand, women, fons, and daughters, and took alfo away much fpoil from them, and brought the fpoil to Samaria. 9 But a prophet of the Lord was there, whofe name was Oded ; and he went out before the hoft that came to Samaria, and faid unto them, Be- XXVIII. fent home again. hold, c becaufe the Lord God of your " rC fathers was wroth with Judah, he 741- hath delivered them into your hand, iTiXT^ and ye have ilain them in a rage that {"': )''• f reacheth up unto heaven. |c'ij. o.5' 10 And now ye purpofe to keep iiUVu under the children of Judah and Je- nl\Li0, rufalem for bond - men, and bond- ££;,., ls- women unto you : but cue there not rii«»g.<5. with you, even with you, fins againlt the Lord your God ? 1 1 Now, hear me, therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren : for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you. 1 2 Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the fon of Johanan, Berechiah the fon of Mefhillemoth, and Jehizkiah the fon of Shallum, and Amafa the fon of Hadlai, flood up agaiuit them that came from the war, 13 And faid unto them, Ye fhall not bring in the captives hither : for, whereas we have offended againlt the Lord already, ye intend to add more to our fins and to our trtfp*fs ; for our trefpafs is great, and there is fierce wrath againlt lfrael. 14 So the armed men left the cap- tives, and the fpoil, before the princes and all the congregation. 1 5 And the men, e which were ex- ever. it. prefied by name, rofe up, and took the captives, and with the fpoil cloth- ed all that vi'ere naked among them, and arrayed them, and ihod .them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon afles, and brought them to Jericho, hthe cityhDeut. of palm - trees, to their brethren : ju«a?t. ««■ then they returned to Samaria. 16 If 'At that time did king Ahaz \lJ°?m fend unto the kings of Aflyria to help him. 1 7 Foragain theEdomiteshad come and fmittcn Judah, and carried away g -f- captives. ,VVr'.\ 18 kThePhiliftines alfo had inva- ki^ 16. ded the citits of the low country, *'*:'• and of the fouth of Judah, and had ta- ken Beth-lheme(h, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the vil- lages thereof, and Tinman with the villages thereof, Gimzo alfo and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there. 19 For the Lord brought Judah low, becaufe of Ahaz king of lfrael ; for he 'made Judah naked, and tranf- [l^ grelied fore againft the Lord. F t 3 20 And %Ahaz his idolatry. 1 1 . CHRONICLES. The houfe of God cleemfti. Vnrmrfik 741. 20 And m Tilgath-pilnefer king of Afiyria came unto him, and diftrefied him, but ftrengthened him not. 2 1 For Abaz took away a portion out of the houfe of the Lord, and out Lord : this is that king Ahaz. 23 For "he facrirked unto the gods of f Damafcus whLh fmote him ; and he (aid, Beiaufe the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I facritice to them, that they may help me : but thev were the ruin of him, aad'ef all Ifrael. 6 For our fathers have trefpaffed, *'r^e and done that which was evil in the i^- ^ eyes of the Lord our God, and have ■ forfaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the of the houfe of the king, and of the Lord, and f turned their backs. gEeX'ot princes, and gave it unto the king of 7 d Alfo they have fhut up the doors ^*" Afiyria : but he helped him not. of the porch, and put out the lamps, is. z»• by the fword ; and our fons, and our j"'3a'.i8' !4 And Ahaz gathered together the daughters, and our wives, are in cap- veiiels of the houfe of God, and cut in pieces the veffels of the houfe of God, ° and fhut up the doors of the houfe of the Lord, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerufalem. 25 And in every feveral city of Ju- dah he made high places j| to burn in- cenfe unto other gods, and provoked to anger the Lord God of his fathers. 26 *l Now the reft of his acls, and of all his ways, firft and laft, behold, they are written in the book of the Kings of j udah and Ifrael. 27 And Ahaz (lent with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even tivity for this. 10 Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Ifrael, that his tierce wrath may turn away from us. ri Myfons, || be not now negligent j^ for the Lord hath 8chofen you to '*• fhipped, and the f fingers fang, and the trumpeters founded : and all this folemn Sacrifices, continued until the burnt-offering was JVj^f iiniihed. -,v>. j 29 And when they had made an end * M of offering, the king, and all that were i prefent with him, bowed them- ),"£}; felves, and worfhipped 30 Moreover, Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Le- vites to fmg praife unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Afaph the feer : and they fang praifes with gladnefs, and they bowed their heads and worlhipped. 31 Then Hezekiah anfwered and (aid, Now ye have || confeerated your- Jl/SiW felves unto the Loud, come near, and '-"'"• bring facriiiees and '' thank-offerings q7 ';,;'• into the houfe of the Lord. And the congregation brought in fjcriliees and than!. -offerings ; and, as many as were of a free heart, burnt-offerings. 32 And the number of the burnt- offerings, which the congregation brought, was threefeore and ten bul- locks, an hundred rams, and two hundred iambs : all thefe were for a burnt-offering to the Lord. 33 And the confeerated things were fix hundred oxen, and three thoufand fheep. 34 But the priefts were too few, Co that they could not Hay all the burnt- offerings; wherefore 'their brethren r,£<»p. the Levites f did help them till the 1 «cb. work was ended, and until the ofter-*"$g£mm priefts had fanctified themfelves ; 'for »ch*p. the Levites were more upright in heart 3~ " J to fanftify themfelves than the priefts. 35 And alfo the burnt - offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace- offerings, and the drink-offer- ings, for every burnt-offering. So the fervke of the houfe oi the Lord was fet in order. 36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people : for the thing was done fuddenly. C II A P. XXX. 1 Hezekiah proclaimed a pajfver. 1 3 The a[jh;if/ly, defraying the al~ tan of idolatry, keep the fenji four- teen days. ANd Hezekiah fent to all Ifrael and Judah, and wrote letters alfo to Ephraim and Ma;;tdleh, that they mould come to the houfe. of.ttie Lonu at Jerufalem, to keep the paffover unto the Lokd God of Ifrael. 2 For the king had taken counfel, and his princes, am\ all the congre- gation inj* nifaiem, to keep the pals- oyer in the fecond. ' month. li'.'a. ' °" ¥ f 4 Z For The pnjfover proclaimed : II. cISb 3 For tnev c°uh! n°t keep it b at 7*«- that time, c becaufe the priefts had SSTTi. not fanctified themfelves fufficiently, '"• neither had the people gathered them- lll'. felvc-s together to Jerufalem. «w m 4 Antj tne thing + pleafed the king %«?.« and all the congregation. ibekmt. ^ go t^ey eftablifhed a decree to make proclamation throughout all Ifrael, from Beer-fheba even to Dan, that they fhould come to keep the paflbver unto the Lord God of Ifrael fit 'enifalem ; for they had not done it of a long time infuchfort as it was •written. 6 So the ports went with the let- IT'tre ters t fr°rtl tlie king ant* his princes '••J. throughout all Ifrael and Judah, and CHRONICLES. thefilemnity t/tereof. and all the altars for incenfe took Btfe* they away, and cart them into the ^o" brook Kiclron. ' — B — \S Then they killed the paflover on the fourteenth day of the fecond month : and the priefts and the Le- vites were ailiamed, and fanftified themfelves, and brought in the burnt- ofterings into the houfe of the Lord. i 6 And they ftood in + their place, *•<<*•""'• /• i • .. * . Jtandir.z. alter their manner, according to the law of Mofes the man of God : the priefts Iprmkled the blood, which they receiicd of the hand of the Levites : 1 7 For there were many in the con- gregation that were not fanctified ; ' therefore the Levites had the charge ich»r. of the killing of the paflbvers for 29'3*' :cording to the commandment of every one that was not clean, to the king, faying, Ye children of If- fandify them unto the Lord. rael. turn again unto the Lord God of Abraham, Ifaac, and Ifrael, and he will return to the remnant of you that are efcaped out of the hand of d the kings of Allyria. 7 And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which tref- pafied againft the Lord God of their fathers, who, therefore, gave them up to ckfolation, as ye fee. 8 Now, -j- be ye not ftiff-necked, as your fathers were, but f yield your- felves unto the Lord, and enter into his fanduary, which he hath fanc- tified for ever : and ferve the Lord your God, that the fiercenefs of his wrath may turn away from you. 9 For if ye turn again unto the Lord, your brethren and your children Jhall finU companion before them that lead them captive, fo that they fhail come again into this land : for the Lord your God is e gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him. 10 So the ports panned from city to city, through the country of Ephraim and Manaueh, even unto Zebulun : but they laughed them to fcorn, and mocked them. i r Neverihelefs,fdiverfeofAflicr,and Manafleli, and of Zebulun, humbled themfelves, and came to Jerufalem. 12 Alfo in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, Eby the word of the Lord. r 3 *?! And there allemblcd at Jeru- falem much people to keep the feart of unleavened bread in the fecond month, a very great congregation. 14 And they arofe, and took away the ll altars that were in Jerufalem, j 8 For a multitude of the people, ei'e?t kmany of Ephraim, and Manaf- **»•«• feh, Iffachar, and Zebulun, had not cleanfed themfelves, 'yet did they'f10^" eat the pafibver otherwife than it 4j' was written : but Hezekiah prayed for them, faying, The good Lord pardon every one 19 That prepareth his heart to feek Go:!, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleanfed according to the purification of the fanduary. 20 And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people. 21 And the children of Ifrael, that were f prefent at Jerufalem, kept the t|M>; feart of unleavened bread feven days with great gladnefs : and the Levites and the priefts praifed the Lord day by day, finging with -j- loud inftru- /„"e*; ments unto the Lord. t'Xgio 22 And Hezekiah fpake t comfort- ,'»"!/, ablyunto all theLevites "'that taught '£'£"£,., the good knowledge of tbeLoRD : and n 3> days, offering peace-offerings, and ma- king confeflion to the Lord God of their fathers. 23 And the whole affembly took ' counfel to keep "other feven days: "k^-^ and they kept other feven days with s°5" gladnefs. 24 For Hezekiah king of Judah f ° did give to the congregation a lySTip, thoufand bullocks and feven thoufand (keep; and the princes gave to the ", n'.Jt"J: congregation a thoufand bullocks, and ten thoufand llieep : anda great num- ber of priefts fluidified themfelves. 25 And all the congregation of Ju- dah, with the prierts and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Ifj-ael, and the rtrangers that came Provifiom for the priefls. CHAP, c'huit came out of the land of Ifrael, and ^ ? "■■ A that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. w ". 26 So there was great joy in Jeru- falem : for lince the time of Solomon the fon of David king of Ifrael there was not the like in Jerufalem. 27 t Then the priefts the Levites PNur..h. arofe and p blelfed the people: and 6' Z}- their voice was heard, and their prayer ttoubitM. came UP to t n"ls no*v dwelling-place, "7 <£** even unto heaven. f" CHAP. XXXI. 1 The people forward in deflroying ido- latry, 5 in offerings and tithes. \i He- zekiah appointeth officers to difpuje of the tithes : 20 his ftneerity. "TvTOw, when all this was fhiifhed, tHcb. iN all Ifrael that were + prefent jou„j. went. out to the cic-es 0f juciah, and ^y.^'."5* "brake the f images in pieces, and 1 Heb. cut down the groves, and threw "2h"P"' down the high places and the altars 3°" ,4' out of all Judah and Benjamin, in l^u Ephraim alfo and Manafleh, f until en'uf "" tllev nac' utterly deftroyed them all. Then all the children of Ifrael re- turned every man to his pofiefiion into their own cities. 2 TJ And Hezekiah appointed the courfes of the priefts, and the Levites after their courfes, every man ac- cording to his fervice, the prielts and Levites for burnt-offerings, and for peace-offerings, to minilter, and to give thanks, and to praife in the gates of the tents of the Lord. 3 He appointed alfo the kings por- tion of his fubftance for the burnt- offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt - offerings, and the burnt-offerings for the fabbaths, and for the new -moons, and for the fet 23*^23. ^ea^s' as il '"* written in the blaw of the Lord. 4 Moreover, he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerufalem to give the portion of the priefts and the Levites, that they might be en- couraged in the law of the Lord. 5 Tj And as foon as the command- Va&ortb. ment f came abroad, the children of cExod. Ifrael brought in abundance c the ' tirft-fruits of corn, wine, and oil, and j«/w. || honey, and of all the increafe of the held ; and thetithe oi'all t/ii/.gs brought they in abundantly. 6 And concerning the children of Ifrael and Juciah, that dwelt in the di/.vit cities of Judah, they alfo brought in 27-30.' the tithe of oxen and Iheep, and the i4."«£ d tithe of holy things, which were con- ♦ Heb. fecrated unto the Lord their God, pjptf, and laid them -\ by heaps, XXXI. Hezekiah appointeth officers. 7 In the third month they began to Bcf,re lay the foundation of the heaps, and "s* hnifhed them in the feventh month. » — \r—* 8 And when Hezekiah and the princes came and faw the heaps, they blelfed the Lord, and his people Ifrael. 9 Then Hezekiah queftioned with the priefts and the Levites concerning the heaps. 10 And Azariah the chief prieft, of the houfe of Zadok, anfwercd him, and laid, e Since the people began to eMai-3.ro. bring the offerings into the houfe of the Lord, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty : for the Lord hath blelfed his people; and that which is left is this great ftore. 1 1 % Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare || chambers in the houfe f or, of the Lord: and they prepared J>'rehouf"' them ; 1 2 And brought in the offerings, and the tithes, and the dedicated things* faithfully : over which Cononiah the Lcvite was ruler, and Shimei his bro- ther was the next. 13 And Jehiel, and Aziziah, and Nahath, and Afahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ifma- chiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overfeers f under the hand of ♦,H-V-".' Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at' **• the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the houfe of God. 14 And Kore the fon of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the eaft, was over the free -will -offerings of God, to diftribute the oblations of the Lord, and the moft holy things. 15 And fnext him were Eden, l"£;,% and Miniamin, and Jefhua, and She- maiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in * the cities of the priefts, in their, j| fet l{n!Y" office, to give to their brethren by ~t 0ZtlruJt, courfes, as well to the great as to the fmall : 1 6 Befides their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the houfe of the Lord, his daily portion for their fervice in their charges, ac- cording to their courfes ; 17 Both to the genealogy of the priefts by the houfe of their fathers, and the Levites £from twenty years £* "ri". old and upward, in their charges by their courfes ; 1 8 And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their fons, and their daughters, through all the congregation : for in their || let \,0',:rujt. office 3 2 KmRS 18. I.1.&C Ifd. 30. 1, f HsM. tb:m uy. Sennacherib invade th Judah. II. CHRONICLES. It,'* °ffice they ftn&ified themfelves in 7*<5; holinefs. "* io Alfo of the fons of Aaron the evit. prieits, which were in '' the fields of ,?£* the fuburbs of their cities, in every 2- feveral city, the men that were ex- prefied by name, to give portions to all the mules among the prieits, and to all that were reckoneo by genea- logies among the Levites. 20 U And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good, and right, and truth, before the Lord his God. 21 And in every work that he be- gan in the fervice of the houfe of God, and in the law, and in the command- ments, to leek his God, he did it with ail his heart, and profpered. CHAP. XXXII. I Sennacherib invadeth Judah. 2 1 An angel dejlroyeth tlie Affyrians . ■zi,He- •sekiahs ficknej's and recovery : 32 he dying lilanajfeh Jucceedeth him . AFter a theie things, and the efta- blifliment thereof, Sennacherib king of Aflyria came, and entered in- to Judah, and encamped againit the fenced cities, and thought f to win them for himfelf. 2 And when Hezekiah faw that ,'„ Sennacherib was come, and that f he was purpofed to fight againit Jerufa- lem, 3 He took counfel with his princes and his mighty men to (top the waters of the fountains which were without the city ; and they did help him. 4 So there was gathered much people together, who ltopped all the foun- :i. tains, and the brook that f ran through the midlt of the land, faying, Why ihould the kings of Aflyria come and find much water ? o> 5 Alio bhe ftrengthened himfelf, cand built up all the wall that was broken, and ruifed it up to the towers, and another wall without, and re- • paired ' Millo in the city of David, and made || darts and (hields in abun- dance. 6 And he fet captains of war over the people, and gathered them toge- ther to him in the ftreet of the gate of the city, and \ (pake comfortably artm to them, faying, 7 Be Itrong and courageous, be not afraid nor dilmayed for the king of Ailyria, nor for all the multitude " that 2 is with him : for ' there be more with us than with him. 8 With him it an farm of fiefli ; i-4 but with us it the Lord our God, to Sennacheribs blafphemy. help us, and to fight our battles. And »*£« the people + relied themf-.ives upon m- the words of Htzekiah kin« of fudah. t~a&i 9 U B After this did Sennacherib Uantd' king of Aflyria fend his fervants *aga7^ Jerufalem (but he himfelf laid fiege J8"'?- again'.] Lachifli, and all his f power ^im. with him) unto Htzekiah king of Jud, h, and unto all Juiiah that were at Jerufalem, faying, 10 '"Thus faith Sennacherib king hg* k«s* of Aflyria, Whereon do ye truft, that I3 l9' ye abide || in the fiege in Jerufalem ? J,°jfcj£r 1 1 Doth not Hezekiah perfuade «*"■ you to give over yourfelves to die by famine and by tnirft, faying, The Lord our God (hall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Aflyria ? 12 'Hath not the fame Hezekiah 'J.i',"." taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerufalem, faying. Ye (hall worlhip before one altar, and burn incenfe upon it ? 1 3 Know ye not what I and my fa- thers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the na- tions of thofe lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand ? 14 Who was there among all the gods of thofe nations, that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God fliould be able to deliver you out of mine hand ? 1 5 Now, therefore, let not Heze- kiah deceive you, nor perfuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him : for no god of any nation or king- dom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers : how much lefs fliall your God deliver you out of mine hand ? 1 6 And his fervants fpake yet more againit; the Lord God, and againit his fervant Hezekiah. 1 7 ''He wrote alfo letters to rail onn *»>« the Lord God of Hrael, and to fpeak ,y y' againft him, faying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not de- livered their people out of mine hand, fo lhall not the Cod of Hezekiah de- liver his people out of mine hand. 18 'Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews fpeech unto the people of Jerufalem that were on the wall, to affright themv and to trouble them, that they might take the city. 19 And they fpake againit the God of Jerufalem as againit the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands, of man. ' to m And HezekiaJu ricfies and honour. CHAP. Sid™ 2° m And £°v tn"ls cauJe Hezekiah the 7ift king, and the prophet Ifaiah the fon m z kTi^T of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. 19. 15. ^ 2 1 TJ "And the Lord fent an angel, r>i~5?&c which cut off all the mighty men of valour, and the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Allyria :■ fo he returned with fliame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the houfe of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels f flew him there with the fword. 22 Thus the Lord faved Heze- kiah and the inhabitants of Jerufa- lem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Aflyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every fide. 23 And many brought gifts unto the Lord tojerufalem, and f prefents to Hezekiah king of judah ; fo that he was magnified in the fight of all nations from thenceforth. 24 t ° In thofe days Hezekiah was fick to the death, and prayed unto the Lord : and he fpake unto him, and lie || gave him a fign. 25 But Hezekiah rendered not again, according to the benefit done unto him ; for his heart was lifted up : therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerufalem. 26 p Notwithstanding, Hezekiah XXXII, XXXIII. Manaffehs wicked reign. 32 1 Now the reft of the atls of "fig? fan. fHch. freuon o 1 King* 20- 1. Ha. 38. I. II Or, wrought a miracle for him. mn'tf. humbled himfelf for f the pride of and worfhipped his heart, both he and the inhabitants v^n. and ferved them Hezekiah, and his \ goodnefs, be- ;;: hold, they are written in s the vifion ,"77^ * of Ifaiah the prophet, the fon of*'"''"tf!,'« the b or" judah and Ifrael. 33 And Hezekiah flept with his fa- 's.&ly* thers, and they buried him in the&2C- || chit-felt of the fepulchres of the fons l^,, of David, and all Judah and the in- habitants of Jerusalem did him ho- nour at his death : and Manafieh his fon reigned in his fiend. 6&- Q H A P. XXXIII. 1 Manaffeh his wicked reign : 11 fie is carried int.) Babylon: 12 upon his prayer he is rt Leafed : 20 Anion fujceedeth him: 21 he being j Lain by his ownjervants, 25 Jojiahjuc- ctedet'i him. MAnali'eh a was twelve years old J**'*?, when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Je- rufalem : 2 But did that which was evil in the fight of the Lord, like unto the b abominations of the heathen, whom t>jv-ut. the Lord had calf out before the chil- * y' dren of Ifrael. 3 1 For f he built again the lug* J places which Hezekiah his father had c broken down, and he reared up al- '.^ p;' tars for Baalim, and d made groves, all the hoil of hea- + Heli. Jtrnmri of Jerufalem ; fo that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah. 27 ^ And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour : and he made himfelf treafuries for iilver, and for gold, and for precious ftones, and for fpkes, and for fhields, and for all manner of f pleafant jewels ; 28 Storehoufesalfofor the increafe of torn, and wine, and oil ; and flails for all manner of beafts, and cotes for flocks. 29 Moreover, he provided him ci- ties, and pofleffions of flocks and herds in abundance : for God had given him fubfiance very much. 30 ''This fame Hezekiah aifo flop- ped the upper watercourfe of Gihon, and brought it flraight down to the weft fide of the city of David. And Hezekiah profpered in all his works. 31 11 Kowbeit, m the bufnefs of the f ambafladors of the princes of Baby- lon, who r fent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land. God left him to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart, 4 Alfo he built altars in the houfe id«i. of the Lord, whereof the Lord had , j faid, f In Jerufalem ihall my name be 12 u- for ever. 5 And he built altars for all t&e&'^fe6' hofl of heaven g in the two courts of Bctup.4.9. the houfe of the Lord. 6 h And he caufed his children to »£«*'; pafs through the tire in the valley of 1 the fon of Hinnom ; alfo he obferved ■>*„;•■', times, and ufed inchantments, and \ -. ufed witchcraft, and '' dealt with a "***-'. familiar fpirit, and with wizards : he 2?. which I have chofen before all the 1J2, ' tribes of Ifrael, will I put my name for ever : 8 "' Neither will I any more re- r move the foot of Ifrael from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers ; fo tiiat they will take heed- to do ail that 1 have commanded them, Manaffehs reformation. oSi™ them, according to the whole law, > tliey delivered B the 12. 4,&c. money that was brought into the houfe of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manafieh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Ifrael, and of all Judah and Benjamin, and they returned to Jerufaiem. io And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the overlight of the houfe of the Lord, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the houfe of the Lord, to repair and amend the houfe : 1 1 Even to the artificers and build- ers gave they /'/, to buy hewn (tone, iior, to and timber for couplings, and || to »■-/'«•. floor the houfes which the kings of Judah had deftroyed. 1 2 And the men did the work faith- fully : and the overfeers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the fons of Merari ; and Zechariah and Memullam, of the fons of the Kohathites, to fet ft forward ; and other of the Levites, all that could ikill of inftrumenrs of mufick. 13 Alfo they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overfeers of all that wrought the work in any man- aj1. 4hrs°.n' ner or" fervice : h and of the Levites there xuere fcribes, and officers, and porters. 1 4 If And when they brought out the money that was brought into the houfe of the Lord, Hilkiah the prieft IVa'eL. ^""d a DO°k of the law of the Lord, t Heb'.v &iven + by Mofes. *iui>»n*vf. j 5 And Hilkiah anfwered, and faid to Shaphan the fcribe, I have found the book of the law in the houfe of the Lord. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan : 16 And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, faying, All that llw'Jtf. w'is committed f to tliy fervants they do it. loll^j out 1 1 Ancl they have t gathered to- Jl'meiZu gether the money that was found in the houfe of the Lord, and have deli- XXXTV. Huldahs prophecy. vered it intothehand of the overfeers, ***** and to the hanci of the workmen. 614. 18 Then Shaphan the fcribe told v ° — ' the king, faying, Hilkiah the prieft hath given me a book. And Shaphan read f it before the king. J"**! 19 And it came to pafs, 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 fon of Sha- phan, and || Abdon the fon of Micah, 11 or, and Shaphan the fcribe, and Aiaiah a ttaSSl fervant of the kings, faying, la* "* 21 Go, enquire of theLoRD for me, and for them that are lrft in Ifrael and in Judah, concerning the wcrds of the book that is found : for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out upon us, becaufe our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do after all that is written in this book. 22 And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed* went 10 Huldah the prophetefs, the wife of Shallum the fon of kTikvath, the fon of*,**"'1' || Hafrah, keeper of the f wardrobe; "0r,+' (now fhe dwelt in Jerufalem || in the k«r^1- college ; ) and they fpake to her to that IJSLti. effect. »<»,»>. 23 1f And fhe anfwered them, Thus £'•!-«' 'tu faith the Lord God of Ifrael, Tell IcanA "" ye the man that fent you to me, 24 Thus faith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, eivnett the curfes that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah : 25 Becaufe they have forfaken me, and have burned incenfe unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath fhall be poured out upon this place, and (hall not be quenched. 26 And as for the king of Judah, who fent you to enquire of the Lord, fo ftiatl ye fay unto him, Thus faith the Lord God of Ifrael concerning the words which thou haft heard; 27 Becaufe thine heart was tender, and thou didft humble thyfelf before God, when thou heardeft his words againft this place, and againft the in- habitants thereof, and humbledft thyfelf before me, and didft rend thy clothes, and weep before me ; I have even heard thee alfo, faith the Lord. 28 Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou flialt be gather- ed to thy grave ip peace, neither fhall thine eyes fee all the evil that r will Jofiah keepeth a curm wil1 brin? "Pon this place, and upon ., 6»+- the inhabitants of the fame- So they bought the king word again. as^Yc. 29 If 'Then the king fent, and ga- thered together all the elders of Ju- dah and Jerufalem. 30 And the king went up into the houfe of the Loud, and ail the men ofjuclah, and the inhabitants of Je- rufalem, and the priefts, and the Le- t Hei. vites, and all the people, f great and iZn?""' fmall : and he read in their ears all /man. the wor£js of the book of the cove- nant that was found in the houfe of the Lord. f, * ,*'."*' 3 ' And tne kmS ftood m m *V8 P*ace> ii'4;. and made a covenant before the ctap.e.13. LoRDi to walk after the lord, and to keep his commandments, and his teftimonies, and hisftatutes, with all his heart, and with all his foul, to per- form the words of the covenant which are written in this book. 32 And he caufed all that were }m»d. t prefent in Jerufilem and Benjamin to ftand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerufalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. 33 And Jofiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Ifrael, and made all that were prefent in Ifrael to ferve, even to ferve the V;%m- Lord their God. " And all his clays niti). they departed not f from following froma/ter. tije'L0RD, the God of their fathers. CHAP. XXXV. 1 Jofiah keepeth a folemn pajfover ? 20 he, provoking Pharaoh-necho, is Jlain at Megiddo. 25 The people ■make great lamentations for him. cir.613. "\ /fQreover, a Joliah kept a pafs- ^.ai"?*. ■*- ■* over unto the Lord in Jeru- falera : and they killed the paflbver iI!o".'1' on the b fourteenth day of the firlt month. 2 And he fet» the priefts in their charges, and encouraged them to the fervice of the houfe of the Lord, $<£«£ 3 AntJ fa,d unto the Levites' Cthat taught all Ifrael, which were holy un- *f.\'l' to the Lord, * Put the holy ark in the houfe which Solomon the fon of ''."ron' David king of Ifrael did build; 'it jhall not be a burden upon your flioulders t ferve now the Lord your God, and his people Ifrael, 4 And prepare yoarjelves by the f ._chro«. f |UM)fes ot- y0ur fathers, after your k 1 chron, courfes, according to the g writing Vs'X^if of David king of Ifrael, and according £ cb*p, to the '' writing of Solomon his Con ; II. CHRONICLES. folemn pajfover. 5 And ftand in the holy place ac- £*g cording to the divifions of f the fa- dr» **3«„ milies of the fathers of your brethren t neb f the people, vaAxfter the divifion of ££££ the families of the Levites. t iuh. 6 So kill the paflbver, and : fanffi- &{£& fy yourfelves, and prepare your bre- ■ cbap. 19. thren, that they may do according to -,o!S3,^>. the word of the Lord by the hand Eir3<5-20- of Mofes. 7 And Jofiah f kgave to the people, lje1'^. of the flock, lambs and kids, all for tcnap. the paflbver - offerings, for all that 3°- 2+* were prefent, to the number of thirty thoufand, and three thoufand bul- locks: thefe were of the kings fub - ftxnce. 8 And his princes f gave willingly \J^ unto the people, to the priefts, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah, and Jehiel, rulers of the houfe of God, gave unto the priefts for the paflbver- offerings two thoufand and fix hundred fmall cattle, and three hundred oxen. 9 Conaniah alfo, and Shemaiah, and Nethaneel, hh brethren, and Hafhabiah, and Jeiel, and Jozabad, cliief of the Levites, -fgave unto the j^'/;. Levites for palfover- offerings five thoufand fmall cattle, and five hun- dred oxen. to So the fervice was prepared, and the priefts flood in their place, and the Levites in their courfea, ac- cording to the kings commandment. 1 1 And they killed the paflbver, and the priefts fprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites 1 flayed them. c££ 12 And they removed the burnt- *»•*«• offerings, that they might give ac- cording to the divifions of the fami- lies of the people, to offer unto the Lord, as it is written m in the book of ™ £?*• Mofcs and fo did thy with the oxen. 1 3 And they n roafted the paflbver \l^0. with fire according to the ordinance: . but the other holy oferings fod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and f divided them fpeedily among JJ^fj^ all the people. run.' 1 4 And afterward they made ready for themfelves, and for the priefts : becaufe the priefts the fons of Aaron were Oujkd in -offering of burnt -offer- ing'; and the fat until night : there- fore the Levites prepared^ for them- felves, and for the priefts the (ops of Aaron. i ; And the linger.-, the fons of A- faph, were in the-r f place, according J^***, to the' "'ttommattdment of David, "0 10.: n and1Si,»fcc' Jofiah Jlain at Megiddo. CHAP. "'hrift anc* Afaph, and Heman, and Jedu- ^ mi' thun the kings feer ; and the porters r i cbroa. p waited at every gate : they might ac'ii'Stc! noC depart from their fervice ; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. 1 6 So all the fervice of the Lord was prepared the fame day, to keep the paflbver, and to offer burnt-offer- ings upon the altar of the Lord, ac- cording to the commandment of king Jofiah. 17 And the children of Ifrael that i Heb. were f prefent kept the paflbver at •""""*' that time, and the feaft of unleavened bread feven days. »3.u£* l8 And q there was no paflbver like to that kept in Ifrael from the days of Samuel the prophet ; neither did all the kings of Ifrael keep fuch a paflbver as Jofiah kept, and the priefts and the Levites, and all Judaii and Ifrael that were prefent, and the in- habitants of Jerufalem. 19 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jofiah was this paflbver kept. 6to. 20 f r After all this, when Jofiah l**o.es had prepared the f temple, Necho jer. 4!&>*• Necho 'from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. 23 And the archers fhot at king Jofiah ; and the king faid to his fer- vants, Have me away, for I am fore wounded. 24 His fervants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the fecond chariot tliat he had ; and they brought him to Jerufalem, and 11 or, ^ he died, and was buried || in owe of the /,J2m! fepulchres of his fathers : and u all lif'i?" Judah and Jerufalem mourned for Jofiah. 25 1f And Jeremiah lamented for '^1^h Jofiah, and x all the finging-men and 0.%.' the finging- women fpake of Jofiah in Liio™' their lamentations to this d »y, yand made them an ordinance in "ifrael : XXXVI- JehoaJiaz, &c. their reigns. and, behold, they are written in the ^« Lamentations. sioj 26 TJ Now the reft of the a£rs of Jo- * ' fiah, and his fgoodnefs, according to l"?.^,, thai which was written in the law of the Lord, 27 And his deeds, firft and laft, be- hold, they are written in the book of the Kings of Ifrael and Juchh. CHAP. XXXVI. I Jehoahaz, fucceeding, is depofed by Pharaoh. 5 Jehoiakim, reigning ill, is carried into Babylon. 9 Jehoiachin fucceedeth. 1 1 Zede/uahs evil reign. t THen a the people of the lam! took » * K*g Jehoahaz, the fon of Jofiah, and X3'30' made him king in his fathers ftead in Jerufalem. 2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began foreign; and he reigned three months in Jerufalem. $ And the king of Egypt f put him k£*j down at Jerufalem, band f condemn- '••"•" ed the land in an hundred talents of ^'.j,;*™ filver, and a talent of gold. m». 4 And the king of Egypt made "'u'acd' Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerufalem, and turned his name to jehoiakim. And Necho took Je- hoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. 5 1 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jeru- falem : and he did that which was evil In the fight of the Lord his God. 6 c Againft him came up Nebu chadnezzar king of Babylon, and j-v bound him in || fetters to d carry him to Babylon. ,jr,. .><;, 7 c Nebuchadnezzar aifo carried off Ha '" '■ 5- the vefieis of the houfe of the Lord a King* to Babylon, and put them in hU j£e£. i2. temple at Babylon. 8 Now the reft of the aclsof Jehoi- r 1^,^ akim, and his abominations which he ?,1,>!».i,;. did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the Kings of Ifrael and Judah : and sgg. II jehoiachin his fon reigned in bis iteaCl. iChron. 9 1J f Jehoiachin was eight years b feVen hundred feventy and five. « Nehem. 6 The children of c Pahath-moab, of the children of Jefliuu and Joab, two thoufand eight hundred and twelve. 7 The children of Elam, a thou- fand two hundred fifty and four. 8 The children of Zattu, nine hun- dred forty and five. 9 The children of Zaccai, feven hundred and threefcore. !b°™„ io Tne children of j| Bani, fix hun- *cr>. 7*15. dred fony and t ,vo. 11 The children of Bebai, fix hun- dred twenty and three. P' II' who returned front Babylon. 12 The children of Azgad. a tftou- fand two hundred twenty and two. 13 The children of Adonikam, fix ' M * hundred lixty and fix. 14 The children of Bigvai, two thoufand fifty and fix. 15 The children of Adiu, four hun- dred fifty and four. r6 Tiie children of Ater of Heze- kiah, ninety and eight. 17 The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three. 18 The children of || Jorah, an ]£fb hundred and twelve. 19 The children of Hafhum, two hundred twenty and three. 20 The children of || Gibbar, nine- ll,.<". ty and five. 2 1 The children of Beth - lehem, an hundred twenty and three. 22 The men of Netophah, fifty and fix. 23 The men of Anathoth, an hun- dred twenty and eight. 24 The children of || ' Azriiavsth, IJ^JJ^JJ" foi ty and two. 25 The children of Kirjath-arim, Chephir.iri, and Beeroth, feven hun- dred and forty and three. / 26 The children of Ramah and Gaba, fix hundred twenty and one. 2- The men of Michmas, an hun- dred 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 Magbifh, an huntired fifty and fix. 31 The children of the other d E- *s*eVer.7. lam, a thoufand two hundred fifty and four. 32 The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. 33 The children of Lod, || Hadjd, % and Ono, feven hundred twenty and ' five. 34 The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. 35 The children of Senaah, three thoufand and fix hundred and thirty. 36 M The prieiis : the children'of eJedaiah of the houfe of Jefhua, dine e4Lf^°°* hundred>feventy and three. 37 The children of f Immer, a thou- [} *j* •'•• fand fifty and two. 38 The children ofgPafhur, a thou- fand two hundred forty and (even. 39 The children of "Harim, a thou- fand and feventeen. 40 *i! Tne Levites : the children of 0r. Jefhua, and Kadmiel, of the children '■' of II Hodaviph, feventv and four. (j Z 4i ™ The N-.a. . ♦.•• The number of 'thofe who relumed: E Z gJJjjS J' If The fingers s the children of j'"f '- Afaph, an hundred twenty and eight. 42 f\ The children of the porters : the children of Shallum, the ?] of Ater, the children pfTaljnqn, :';- children of Akkub, t e <:h;i: ir.n of Hat.ta, the children of Shouai, in all an hundred thirty aed nine. ; i ch.on. 4, «; i -pii,, tf-rhinims : the children "' *" of Ziha, the ehiidren of H«dupha, the children ofTabbaoth, 44 The children of Keros, the chil- I or,?*, n'renof |j Si di3, thechildrenofP idor., 45 The children of Lebaiuh, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, 46 The children of Hagab, the children of || Shalmai, the children of Han an, 47 The children of Giddel, the chil- dren ofGahar, the children of Reaiah, 48 The children of Rezin, the chil- dren of Nekoda, the children of Gaz- zam, 49 The children of Uzza, the chil- dren of P.ifeah, the children of Bezai, 50 The cliildren «F Amah, the chil- dren of Mehunim, the children of 1 or, ?.-,. |j Ncphnlim, 'xv>'"- 5r The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, l^.lb 52 The children of || Bazluth, the Nch.V.s4.cbildrtfn of Mehida, the children of Harfha, 53 The children of Barkos, the children of Sifera, the children of Thamah, 54 The cliildren of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. £.*""** 5> 11 The children of k Solomons fervants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of [| Feir.da, 56 The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, 57 The children of Shephatiah, the cliildren of Hatti!, the children of Poeh reth of Zebaim, the children •ofilAnn. ijofbuas >% All the ■ Nethinims, and the . children of m Solomons fervants, were m 1 kin t three hundred ninety and two. v' **' 50 And thefe -were tliev which went Tip froroTel-melah, Tcl-hana, Ch-- I'^y rub, || Addan, and lumier ; out Chey Nen.*'tff. could nvt (hew their fathers houfe, tad ohejr j (ced. whetlier they were of Ifrael: ... . 60 The children, of DJ.dih, the children of TabtaJn. the children of Nekoda, lis. hundred fi&gf nod two, I' Or, l't> ■:.'.: Nel.. 7 R A. their fubflance and oblation t. 6r <[ And of the children of the **£ prefts : the children of H.ie tiali, \he fT/™\ children of Koz, the children pi Bar- *~~~^ zill.-.i : (which took a wife of the ii.:" rht Ti of "BirziilaitheGilee.dite, "ef??' t died ;.f:i:.' : h e i e . 1 ,62 Thefe fought er ay m<>ii« thofc that were .reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found : "therefore f were they, as polluted, ^.^mb- put from the priefthood. , H*b. 63 And the |j_.Tiriliatha faid unto '^UST them, that they mould' not eat of; the mod holy things till there ftood up a prielt with ? Urim and with s™'t!'£; Thummim. "»-o- 64 If The whole congregation to- %E*°d; g.ether was forty and two thouf-md Numb, three hundred and threefeore, 65 Befules their fervants and their maids, of whom there xvere feven thoufand three hundred thirty and feven : and there v.'ere among them two hundred iinging-men and ling- ing-women. 66 Their horfes were feven hun- dred thirty and lix ; their mules, two hundred forty and five ; 67 Their camels, four hundred thir- ty and five ; their ailes, fix thoufand feven hundred and twenty. 68 Tf And fume of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the houfe of the Lord which is at Jerufalem, offered freely for the houfe cf God, to fet it up in his place : 69 They gave after their ability un, to the "".treafure of the work, three- i6,"'7"r- fcore and one thoufand drams of gold, and five thoufand pound of lilver, and one hundred prielts garments. 70 rSo the priefts and the . Levitcs, ' and fome of the people, and the ling- ' ers, and the porters, and the Nethi- nims, dwelt in their cities, and all Ifrael in their cities. CHAP, III. r The altar is fet up. 4 The ojferitigt frequented. 8 The f^u::. Lit ions of the temple are laid. ANd 'when the feventh month wasaua-d.j.-?- come, and tlie children of Ifrael were in tiie cities, the people gathered themf: ives together as one man to Jerufilem. , 0l>f % 2 Then ftood up j| Jcihua.the foq of Jozadak, and his brethren the |)iie(ls, and || Zerubb bei the f>n of-Sheal- ^cr*^„f tiel, and his brethren, and budded ■■ the a&fc" of the Qqd <'f Ifrael, to of- . fer burnt-offerings thereon. ,ts « "written ill the law of Mofss the m of&od. 3 And 1*. j. iCiiap.fi.. 5ZS- The foundations cfthe temple laid: CH A Before g ^nd they fet the ai:ai- Up0n njs Da_ fes; (for fear was upon them, becaufe of the people of thofe countries ;) and they offered burnt-offerings there- on unto the Lord, aven *' burnt-oli'er- ings morning and evening : eNehem. ^ e They kept a,fo thg feafl. 0f (5,. ftxnd. bernacles, f as it is written, and gof- *n mb /tf^thedailybunit-offcringsbynum- 29-ui2, &c. ber, according to the cuftom, fas the it? matter ^uty oi evt'rv day required ; tiTis'aa 5 Ancl afcerward offered the conti- ay. nuij Durnt.0ffgrmgj 50th of the new- moons, and of all the fet feafts of the Lord that were confecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a free-will-offering unto the Lord. 6 From the firft day of the feventh * Heb. the month began they to offer burnt-offer- u'^hjk!) !n2s nnt0 c'ie Lord : but f the foun- iro/no/yct datioii of the temple of the, Lord was not yet laid. 7 They gave money alfo unto the crimen, mafons, and to the || carpenters ; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar -trees from Lebanon to 51irt.hr0D" the fea of h Joppa, 'according to the pas'p/ifc grant that they had of Cyrue king of Perfia. 8 If Now, in the fecond year of their coming unto the houfe of God at Jerufalem, in the fecond month, began Zerubbabel the fon of Sheal- tiel, and Jefhua the fon of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priefts and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerufalem ; and k appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to fet forward the work of the houfe of the Lord. 9 ' Then ftood Jafliua, with his fons and his brethren, Kadmie! and his $dn. ■). jl.Vi 6. \. St: r*8< P. IV. the adverfaries labour to hinder it. foundation of the houfe of the Lord B.cfof was laid. hj. 12 rBut many of the priefls and r TcTkT^ Levites, and chief of the fathers, who 1% i% were amient men, that had feen the fijrft ho nfe., when the foundation of this houfe was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice, and many fliouted aloud for joy ; 13 So that the people could not difcern the noife of the fhout of joy from the noife of the weeping of the people : for the people fhouted with a loud Ihout, and the noife was heard afar off C HA P. IV. 1 The building, hindered. 7 The letter to Artaxerxes : 1 7 his dtciee. NOw, when 5 the. adverfaries of )Xo"' Judah and Benjamin heard that ""?'•*«»< f the children of the captivity build.- «.,%i,f ed the temple unto the Lord God of '.'.'' ,'!'.;*'- Ifrael, V ' - 2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and faid unto them, Let us build with you ; for we feek your God as ye do ; and we do faciiiiee unto him b(ince Q'--6^- the days of Efar-haddon king of AC- i?!^181 fur, which brought us up hither. &\^\7. 3 But Zerubbabel, and jeihua, and Ver- '°- ' the reft of the chief of the fathers of Ifrael, faid unto them, c Ye have |N2'*eB* nothing to do with us to build an houfe unto our God ; but we ourfelves together will bu'.ld u:ito>the Lor a God of Ifrael, as. d king Cyrus the \fg* l' king of Perfia iiath commanded us. 4 Then e the people of the land \c]'?- weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, 5 And hired counfeliorsagaintkhem, S3*, to fruftrate their purpofe, all the days pf Gyrus king of Perfia, even until the reign of Darius king of Perfia. 6 And in the reign off Ahafuerus, ',n.T. in the beginning of his reign, wrote -•"*'>• they u.to him an aecufation againft the inhabitants of Judah and Jerufalem. 7 Tf And in the d ;ys of Artaxerxes *-*• wrote || iruhlam, Mitiiredath, Tab. ,, and the reft of their f companions, • unto Art iserxes king of Perfia ; and /'•"••"• the writing of the letter was written )n the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue; 8 Kehum tiie chancellor, andShim- f.ui the || ferine, wrote a letter again!! j£\:.r lerulalem to Artaxerxes the king in " ' this fort : 9 Then wrote Rcluim the chancel- lor, and Shimlhai the fcribe, and the tc:a'e reft of tluir + companions; f the Di-^-ji"^ G g 2 naius, 1/ ' \ '•; The letter to Artaxerxes i E Z R A. /rfj decree to hinder the building. and toll, tribute, and cuftom, was *?£.* paid unto them. -<--• 2 1 -f Give ye now commandment teiuu. to caufe thefe men to ceafe, ami chat 5Jj£»? this city be not builded, until another naites, the Apharfathchites, the Tar- pelitcs, the Apharfites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Sufanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, 10 "And the reft of the nations whom the great and noble Afnapper commandment fhall be given from brought over, and fet in the cities me. I! Or, f.njbrd. tc**w. getter. of Samaria, and the reft that are on hsovc^ this fide the river, h and fat fuch ch'ap.7-i>- a time. I ci. , , or -phis is tne copy 0f the letter that they fent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king ; Thy firvants, the men on this fide the river, and at fuch a time. 1 2 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews, which came up from thee to us, are come unto Jerufalem, build- ing the rebellious and the bad city, and have || fet up the walls thereof, and f joined the foundations. 1 3 Be it known now unto the king, that if this city be builded, and the walls fet up again, then will they not f p iy toll, tribute, and cuftom, and Jo thou (halt endamage the |j revenue of the kings. 14 Now, becaufe -f- we have main- tenance from the kings palace, and it was not meet for us to fee the kings dishonour ; therefore have we fent and certified the king, 15 That fearch may be made in the book of the records of thy fa- thers : fo (halt thou find in the book of the records, and know, that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have + moved fedition j- within »w. • this manner, What are the names of the men f that make this building ? l^^iid 5 But c the eye of their God tna «* »«o*- upon the elders of the Jews, that they eLttMH could not caufe them to ceafe, till the 7- e.ie. matter came to Darius : and then they returned anfwer by letter concerning this matter. 6 U The copy of the letter that s'»- Tatnai, governor on this fide the river, and Shethar-boznai, f and his fcn»p.4.jj companions the AphaiTachites, which vi/ere on this fide the river, fent unto Darius the king : 7 They fent a letter unto him, ^ ■ •_ • " I TTT CnsM. ■f wherein wsls written thus; Unto ,„.*. m;4i Darius the king, all peace. vMn 8 Be Tatnais ktter to Darius. Or, 8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the houfe of the great God, which is builded with f great ftones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this Bef. re CI. rill siy. » Cijp. tr.f. .6.23. CHAP. VI. Darius advanceth the building. CHAP. VI. Darius advanceth the building. 1 3 The temple is finijhed. 1 6 The feajl of tfie dedication, 19 and of the pajfover. work goeth faft on, and profpereth in HPHen Darius the king made a their hands. JL decree, a and fearch was made 9 Then alked w» thofe elders, and in the houfe of the f rolls, where faid unto them thus, Who commanded the treafures were f laid up in Ba- you to build this houfe, and to make bylon. tchaw. up thefe walls ? 2 And there was found at || Ach- *~£M 10 We afked their names alfo, to metha, in the palace that is in the L,/,"V<>' certify thee, that we might write the province of the Medes, a roll, and " '■';;"''' names of the men that were the chief therein was a record thus written : eowtana, of them. 3 In the firfl: year of Cyrus the king, ££?.* 11 And thus they returned us an- the fame Cyrus the king made a de- fwer, faying, We are the fervants cree concerning the houfe of God at of the God of heaven and earth, Jerufalem, Let the houfe be builded, and build the houfe that was build- the place where they offered facri- ed thefe many years ago, which a fices, and let the foundations then of great king of Ifrael builded B and fet be flxongly laid : the height thereof up. threefcore cubits, and the breadth ; 12 But h after that our fathers had thereof threefcore cubits ; provoked the God of heaven unto 4 b If 'ith three rows of great ftones, 1'$*** wrath, he gave them into the hand and a row of new timber : and let the of * Nebuchadnezzar the king of Ba- expences be given out of the kings bylon the Chaldean, who deftroyed houfe. tliis houfe, and carried the people 5 And alfo let c the golden and lil- 7".'^ '*. away into Babylon. ver veflels of the houfe of God, which '*' 13 But in the firft year of k Cyrus Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the king of Babylon, the fame king the temple which is at Jerufalem, Cyrus made a decree to build this and brought unto Babylon, be refto- houfeofGod. red, and f brought again unto the tci«M.*«, 14 And ' the veflels alfo of gold temple which is at Jerufalem, every and filver of the houfe of God, which one to his place, and place them in the Nebuchadnezzar took out of the houfe of God. temple that was in Jerufalem, and 6 d Now, theref ore, TativA, governor dch:t>5-3 brought them into the temple of Ba- beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and . bylon, thofe did Cyrus the king take + your companions the Apharfachites, out of the temple of Babylon, and which are beyond the river, be ye far they were delivered unto one "' whofe from thence : name was Shefhbazzar, whom he had 7 Let the work of this houfe of God alone; let the governor of the Jews, and the elders of the Jews, build this houfe of God in his place made || governor ; 15 And faid unto him, Take thefe veflels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerufalem, and let the houfe of God be builded in his place. 16 Then came the fame Shelh- 8 Moreover, f 1 make a decree If*?*' what ye (hall do to the elders ofjjjj™*1 thefe Jews, f >r the building of this houfe of God ; that of the kings bazzar, and laid the foundation of goods, even of the tribute beyond the the houfe of God which is in Jerufa- river, forthwith expences be given lem: and fince that time even until unto thefe men, that they be not now hath it been in building, and yet f hindered. lOte* it is not finiihed. 9 And that which they have need ""■"• 17 Now, therefore, Mitfeem good of, both young bullocks, and rums, to the king, B let there be fearch and lambs, for the burnt- offerings of made in the kings treafure - houfe, the God of heaven, wheat, fait, wine, which is there at Babylon, whether and oil, according to the appointment it be fo that a decree was made of of the pricfts which are at Jerufalem, Cyrus the king to build this houfe let it be given them day by day witii- of God at Jerufalem, and let the out fail : e0l king fend his pleafure to us concern- 10 "-'That they may offer facrificcs , JJ ing this matter. f of fvveet favours unto the God ol G g 3 heaven, nr*. Ifi!!. 1,1 bfm *s ■ I in. 2 s The temple finified. B Z R A aS5 heaven, and pray for the life of the "sis- king, and of his fons. "* ' 1 1 Alfo I have made a decree, that whofoever fhail alter this word, Let timber be pulled d own from his houfe, and, being let up, f \€t him be hanged thereon, rand let his houfe be made a dunghill for this. 12 \nd the God thai hath c.iufed his nam: to dwell there deftroy all kings and people that (hall put to their hand to slBer and to dellroy this houfe of God which ii j*t Jer&fkteitf. I Darius have made a decree ; let it be done with (peed. 13 \ Then Tatnai, governor on this fide the river, S'uethar - ooznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had fent, fo they did fpeedily. 14 g And the elders of the Jews budded, and they profpered through the prophefying of Haggai the pro- phet, and Zech iriah the fon of Iddo : and they budded, and finilhed ;/, according to the commandment of the God of Jfrael, and according to the f commandment of h Cyrus and 'Darius, and k Artaxerxes king of Perfi.i. 1 5 And this houfe was finifhed on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the lixth year of the reign of Darius the king. 16 \ And the children of Ifrael, the priefts and the Levites, and the reft of -{'the children of the captivity, kept ' the dedication of this houfe of God with joy, 17 And ""offered at the dedication of this houfe of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred :am;, four hundred lambs; and for alii offer- ing fef all Ifrael twelve fie-guats, ac- cording to the number of the tribes of Ifrael. 18 And they fet the priefts in their divifions, and the Levites in their courfes, for the fhvice of God which is at Jerufalem ; f "as it is written in the book o! 19 And the children of the capti- vity kept the pa,tTpyer "upon the fourteenth day of the firft month. 20 For the priefts and the Levites were pnrified together, .ill of them yfgre pure, and killed the pal for all the children of tin gftd for their brethren the pi and for themfel ' f Child. 4ttrte. J>Chap. I. Lie S- 13 & Vcr. 3- i Chap 4. 2 + . kChap,;,! •t emu. n-cjtm of the trans- portation. ; I Kings K. 6<. ■jChro.7.5 juC!iap. 6- 35. iiNunih. 3 O Exod. IX. 6. Ezra goet/i up to Jerufalem. felvcMinto them from the filthinefs KJjgg of the heathen of the land, to feek t »'s- M the Lord God of Ifrael, did eat, 22 And kept the feaft of unlea- vened bread feven days with joy : for the Lord had made them joyful, and turned the heart '' of the king J* *£■• of A fly ri a unto them, to ftrengthen ?crI'#n* their hands in the work of the houfe "3 of God, the God of Ifrael. CHAT. VII. 1 Ezra goeth up to Jerufalem : 1 1 Ar- taxerxes gracious commifjion to him. 2 7 Ezra blejfth Cod for his farceur . NOw "after thefe things, in the 457. reign of b Artaxerxes king of £^£'*'*" Perfia, Ezra c the fon of Seraiah, the e ,0^,',' fon of Azariah, the fon of Hiikiah, «• '+• 2 The fon of Shallum, the fon of Zadok, the fon of Ahitub, 3 The fon of Amariah, the fon of Azariah, the fon of Meraioth, 4 The fon of Zcrahiah, the fon of Uzzi, the fon of Bukki, 5 The fon of Abifhua, the fon of Phinehas, the fon of Eleazar, the fon of Aaron the chief prieft : 6 This Ezra went up from Baby- lon ; and he was i a ready fcribe in \^u the law of Mofes, whicli the Lord God of Ifrael had given : and the king granted him all his requeft, 'accord- £v/r,£; ing to the hand of the Lord his God »a,3iv upon him. 7 f And there went upfome of the rcsup.s.t. children of Ifrael, and of the priefts, and s the Levites, and the lingers, > and the porters, and ''the Ncthinims, > . unto Jerufalem, in the feventh year--* ■ of Artaxerxes the king. 8 And he came to Jerufalem in the fifth month, which was in the feventh year of the king. 9 tor upon the firft day of the firft month f began he to go up from Ba- t bylon, and on the firft day of the '',: fifth month came he to Jerufalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him! 10 For Ezra had prepared hi? heart to feek the law of the Loud, and to do it, and to teach in Ifrael ftatut;s, and judgments. 1 1 S Now this is the copy of the letter that the king $r,taxerxe's gaVe mr.o Ezra the jjrnVft. thfc fcrtbe, even a fcribe of the wprHs5 of the c<>m- ; ■ ems of the L-jp.d, "and of his ftafjtes to Ifrael. and for themfeive i'. i 2 Artaxerr-ur. ' Wngoflrfngs; l|Um 21 And the children of,l 6t the law of were conje . k>cl dfheavelT,!perfe^'W?a',kand iV(] Jill fnrlf •.« 1, .,1 ', - .-„A o ,:„,.» and all filch ;js had IPptrta at fuch a I make V^ic'.'' Artaxerxes commlffion to Ezra : CHAI w,frui .'3 * mnlU. * -rt r ii r- _ i r f,om be/ore i A Forafmuch as thou art fent f of ?™TS' the king, and of his > feven counfel- j. a. ■ lors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerufalem, according to tne law of thy God which is in thine hand ; i s And to carry the filver anci gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God oflf- rael, whole habitation is in Jerufalem ; mchap. ,6 "And all the (liver and gold that thou canft find in all the province of Babylon, with '.he' free-will-offering of the people, and of the priefts, of- fering willingly for the houfe of their God which is in Jerufalem : 17 Th.t thou mayeft buy fpeedily, with this money, bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat-offerings, and their drink-offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the houfe of your God which/; in Jerufalem. 18 And whatfoever fhall feem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the reft of the filver and the gold, pat do after the will of your God. 19 The vellels alfo that are given thee for the fervice of the houfe of thy God, fhofe deliver thou before the God 'of Jerufalem. 20 And whatfoever more fhall be needful for the houfe of thy God, which thou (halt have o.cafion to beftow, bellow it out of the kings treafure- houfe. 21 And I, 'even I Artaxerxes the king, do make A decree to all the treafurers which are beyond the ri- ver, that whatfoever Ezra the prieft, the fcribe of the lav/ of the God of heaven, (hall require of you, it be done fpeedily ; 2 2 Unto an hundred talents offilver, tciuid. and to an hundred fmeafuresof wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, ;md to an hundred baths of oil, and fait without prefcribing how much. t Heh. 23 f Whatfoever is cdmm nded by liofibe^ the God of heaven, let it be dili- *t:'"' gently done for the houfe of the God of heaven : for why fliould there be wratu againft the realm of the king and his foils ? 24 Alfo we certify ycu, that touch- ing any of the piielts and Levites, fingers, porters, Nethiniins, or mini- fters of this houfe of God, it fliall not be lawful to impofe toll, tribute or cuftam, upon them. \ VIIT. fie bleffeth God forkis fa 25 And thou, Ezra, after the wif- dom of thy God that rt in thine hand, fe't magiftrates anci judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all fuch as know the laws of thy God ; and teach ye them that know them not. 26 And wh'foever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed fpee- dily upon him, whether /'/ be unto death, or f to b.miihment, or to conhf- I Chsi 1. cation of goods, or to imprif mment. "Iu'''s° 27 % Bkffed be the Lord God of our fathers, n which hath put fuch a ".c^.1>' thing as this in the kings heart, to beautify the houfe of the Lord which is in jerufalem ; 28 And "hath extended mercy un- nch3p.c to me before the king and his comi- fellors, and before all the kings migh- ty princes i aad 1 was frrengtheued aspthe hand of the Lord my God rs.' ™cti- was upon me ; and I gathered toge ther out of Ifracl chief men to go up with me. C H A P. VIII. 1 Ezras companions from ''Babylon .' 1 j hefendeth to Iddofor minijters for the temple : 2 1 he keepeth a fa ft. THefe a are now the chief of their n r.rtn fathers, and this is the genealo- " 2U< gy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Arta- xerxes the king. 2 Of the fons of Ph'mehas ; Ger- (hom : ofthefonsoflthun.ir; Da- niel of the fons of David; bHattum: **™fl 3 Of the fons of Shecha'niah', of the J" fons of c Phaioln ; Zechariah : and cchap.2 with him were reckoned by genealo- gy ofthe males an hundred and fifty. 4 Of the fens of Pahath-nwab; Elioenai the Con of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred malts. 5 Of the fops of Shechaniah ; the fon of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred miles'. 6 Of the fons alfo of Adin ; Ebed the fori of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. 7 And of the fons of Elam ; Je- fliaiah the fon of Athaiiah, and with him feventy, males. 8 And of the fons of Shephatiafa ; Zebadiah the fon of Michael, and with him fourfcore males. 9 Of the fons of Joab ; Obadiah the fon of Jehiel, and with hni two hundred and eighteen males. :o And ofthe fons of Slielomith ; the fon of Jofiphiah. and with him an hundred aad thteefcore male ; G g 4 1 1 And Ezrafentfotk for tnintfters. E Z ^,',;,; n And of the fonaofBebai; Ze- / r ' --, clK "when trifle things were ±y done, the princes came to me, faying, The people of Ifrael, and the priefts, and the Levites, have not fe- parated themfelves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Je- bufites, the Ammonites, theMoabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 2 For they have taken of their daughters for themfelves, and for their fons ; fo that the holy feed have mingled themfelves with the people of thofe lands : yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trefpafs. * job 1. 20. 3 And when I heard this thing b I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the h>ur of my head and of my beard, and fat down aftonied. 4 Then were aftembled unto me cch»P. every one that c trembled at the " J' words of the God of Ifrael, becaufe of the tranfgreifion of thofe that had been carried away ; and I fat aftonied until the evening facrifice. 5 •[ And at the evening facrifice I ii or, arofe up from my ||heavinefs; and, *m,ciion. j,ayjng rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and fpread out my hands unto the Lord my God, 6 And faid, O my God, I am afha- med and blufh to lift up my face to tr+m thee, my God : for a our iniquities u or, are increafed over our head, and our tuuiintf. j| trefpafs js e grown Up unto the aa.g. heavens. 7 Since the days of our fathers have we been in. a great trefpafs unto this day ; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priefts, been delivered into the hand of t;ie kings of the lands, to the fword, to capti- vity, and to a fpoil, and to confuiion twnunt. °f face, as it is this day. 11 o>-, ' 8 And now, for a f little fpace, fhat"is, grace hath been Jliewed from the ana%"M ^ord our God, to leave us a remnant •*»*.; to efcape, and to give us || a nail in tVzTh his holy place, that our God may IX, X. and confejfion. lighten our eyes, and give us a little ^^c reviving in our bondage. 457. 9 f For we were bondmen; yet our ^nX~~* God hath not forfaken us in our bon- 1> 36." dage, but s hath extended mercy un- r}^- to us in the light of the kings of Per- lia, to give us a reviving to fet up the houfe of our God, and -J- to repair the te/«b^. defolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah, and in Jerufalem. 10 And now, O our God, what fhall we fay after this ? for we have forfaken thy commandments, 11 Which thou halt commanded Heb , •f by thy fervants the prophets, fay- »*< »«»«'<>/ ing, The- land, unto which ye go to'>*-r"™"<- poffefs it, is an unclean land with the tilthinefs of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it ffrom one end to another },^;,m,fo with their uncleannefs. r» «««/*« 12 Now, therefore, hgive not your li-V.!"1* daughters unto their fons, neither r> >* up- take their daughters unto your fons, uVut.^.j, "' nor feek their peace or their wealth * Dent. for ever; that ye may be ftrong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. 1 3 And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trefpafs, feeing that thou our God Hhaft punifhed us lefs than our *™£ iniquities deferve, and haft given us • , ■ fuch deliverance as this ; 2E8EL- 14 Should we again break thy ""««"'«• commandments, and join in affinity with the people of thefe abomina- tions, wouldeft not thou be angry with us till thou hadft conftimed us, fo that there jhould be no remnant nor efcaping ? 15 O Lord God of Ifrael, thou art righteous ; for we remain yec efcaped, as it is this day; behold, we are before thee in our trefpanes: for we cannot ftand before thee be- caufe of this. CHAP. X. 1 Shechaniah encuurageth Ezra to re- form thejlrahge marriages. 6 Ezra, mourning, ajjhnbleth ihe people. 9 The people, at the exhortation of Ezra, repent, and promife ame.>ul- meut : 15 the care to perform it. 1 8 The names of them which had married flra> ge wives. "VfOw »when Ezra had prayed, ;'^ru IN and when he had eonfciled, weeping and calling himfclf dowu before the houfe of Goci, there af- femhled unto him out of Ifrael a very great congregation of men, and women, The Jlrange marriages reformed. E Z feuSf wo-nen. run! children : for the people 457- + wepv very fore. f£t. • 2 Ant! She'chaniah the fon of Je- ™%" hiel, (WW of the ions of Elam, aiifwer- weftng. ed and faid unto Ezra, We have tref- { rifled agaihft o'tir God, and have ta- :en ftrange wives of the people of the land yet now there is hope in Ifrael concerning this thing. 3 Now, therefore, let us make a co- Ving'jor'ib. veaant with our God f to put away ' all the wives, and fuch as are b rn of them, according to the coun- fel of my lord, and of thofe that tfitert'94' b treml°lc at c tne commandment of 7,i,3- our God ; and let it be done according to the law. 4 Arife for this matter belovgeth unto thee ; we alfo will be with thee ; be of good courage, and do it. 5 Then arofe Ezra, and made the chief prieils, the Levitts, and all t sehem. Ifrael, d to fwear, that they (hould do Sii' according to this word: and they fware. e iwa.9.1. 6 ^ e Then Ezra rofe up from be- fore the houfe of God, and went into the chamber of johanan the fon of Eliafhib ; and ivhtn he came tiiither he did eat no bread nor drink wa- ter : for he mourned becaufe of the tranfgreflion of them that had been carried awiy. 7 And they made proclamation throughout Judah andjerufalem, un- to all the children of the captivity, that they {hould gather themfeives together unto Jerufalem ; 8 And that whofoevcr would not come within three days, according to the < ounfcl of the princes and the elders, all his fubftance '.hould be SHerf forfeited, and bimleif Fepar»ted "*"" ' from the congregation of thofe that had been carried away. 9 ^ Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themfeives together unto Jerufalem within three days : it was the ninth month, and the twentieth day of the month ; and fseeisun. f ail the people fat in the ftreetof the hdufe or God trembling, becaufe of this matter, and for -{-the great rain. 10 And Ezra the prielt Hood up, and laid unto them, Ye have tranf- , greffetl, and \ have taken ftr.mge wives to increafe the trefpafs of If- ■r, bavt , * tn-ougu rati. ej'" 1 1 Now, therefore, make confeflion nnto the Lord God of your fathers, and do his plcafnre ; and feparate yoUrfeivrs, from the people of the lam!, n".c! from the ftraiige v.i R A. The peoples care to amend. 12 Then all the congregation an- fwercd, and faid with a loud voice, «£_ As thou haft faid, fo rauft we do. * ' ' 13 Hut the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we ..re not able to Hand without, neither is this a work of one day or two . for ||we are many that have tranfgrefied . n;>... in this th'ng. 14 Let now our rulers of all the ^'"t/n™ congregation {land, and let all them which have taken orange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the eiders of every city, and tne judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God || for this matter be u pr, turned from us. '.':j'«?r 15 t Only Jonathan the fon of Afa- ^.^j. hel, and Jahaziah the fon of Tikvah, f were employed about this matter : t »et>. and Mefhuliam, and Shabbethai the Levite, helped them. 16 And the children of the cap- tivity did fo : and Ezra the prielt, with certain chief of the fathers, af- ter the houfe of their fathers, and all of them by t/ieir names, were {Sepa- rated, and fat down in the firft day of the tenth month to examine the matter. 17 And they made an end with all the men that had taken Orange wives by the firlt day of the firlt month. 18 t And among the fons of the \<£, priefts there were found that had taken nrartge wives : namely, of the fonsof Jefhua the fon of Jozadak, and Ins brethren ; Maafeiah, and Elie- ^er, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. 19 And they Egave their hands that ^j,*^' they would put away their wives ; and, being guilty, they offered a ram of the llock for their trefpafs. 20 And of the fons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah. 2 1 And of the fons of Harim ; Maafeiah, and Elijah) ami Shenaaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. 22 And of the fonsof Pafhur ; Eli- oenai, Maafeiah, Ifhinael,NulK.ncel, Jozabad, anil Elafah. 2 j Alfo of the Ltvites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (tin fame: is J.'elita,) Peihahiah, Judah, and Elitzer. 24 Of the fingers alfo ; Eliajhib : and of the porters ; Shallum, and Telem, and I ri. 25 Moreover, of Ifrael : of the fons ofParofh; Kamiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Elcazar, and Malc.hijah, and Benaiah. 26 And The names ofthofe C H A ™™ 26 And of the Tons of Elam ; Rfat- 4so. taniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and ~~v ' Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. 27 And of the forfs of Zattu ; E- lioenai, Eliadiil , Mattaniali, and Je- remoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. : 28 Of the fons bITo of Bebai ; Je- hohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. 29 And of the fons of Bani ; Me- fhullam, Maliuch, and Adaiah, Ja- fhub, and Shea!, and Ramoth. 30 And of the fons of Pahath-moib; Adna, and Chela!, Benaiah, Maafe- iah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, andB'mnui, and Manafleh. 31 And of the fons of Harim ; Eii- e/er, Khijali, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, 32 Benjamin, Malluch, and She- mariah. P. X. who married flravge wives . 33 Of the fons of Haflium -' Mat- $M tciiai, Mattathah, Zabad, EUphelet, £f. Jeremai, Manaifeh, flwrfShimei. ' v 34 Of the Tons of Bani ; Maadai, Amram, and Uel, 3; Benai'ah, Bedeiah, Chelluh, 36 Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliafhib, 37 Mattaniah M«ttenai.and faafati, 38 And Bani, nnd Binnui, Shitnei, 3>) And Shclemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, 40 || MaChnaciebai, Shaflni, Shnrai, ";:^al 4r Azarcel,' tnd Shelemiah, She- - mariah. • c'VX'" 4^ Shalmm, Amariah, and Jofeph. 43 Of the fons of Nebo; Jeic'l, Mat- titbiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Ben.iiah. 44 AH thefe had taken firange wives : and fame of them had wives by whom they had children. C[ it came to pafs, itt Lhe month ™-4*>- Nifan, in ttj'e twentieth v,ear pf 1 fir* j'.u before b 1 Kings I. H. 1)411. J. 4 & 5 Jlrtaxerxes fendeth Nehemiali to NEHE thrift bef01"6 him : and I took up the wine, * 445- and gave it unto the king Now I had ~v ' not been beforetime fad in his prefence. 2 Wherefore the king faid unto me, Why is thy countenance fad, feeing thou art not fitk ? this is nothing elfe but forrow of heart. Then I was very fore afraid, 3 And faid unto the king, b Let the king live for ever: why fhoukl not '2I. niycountenancebe fad, whenthecity, ' the placeofmy fathersfcpulchres, lieth wade, and the gates thereof are ton- fumed with fire ? 4 Then the king faid unto me, For what doit thou make requclt ? So I prayed to tiie God of heaven. 5 And I faid unto the king. If it plgajfe the king, and if thy fervant have found favour in thy light, that thou wouldeft fend me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers fepulchres, that I may build it. 6 And the king faid unto me, (the t Het>. J- queen alfo fitting by him, ) For how *'"/'* long (hall thy journey be ? and when wilt thou return ? So it pleated the sfu^i kin£ to fencl ine' arul 1 ("et llim ' a time' ii-«- 7 Moreover, I faid unto the king, If it pleafe the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah ; 8 And a letter unto Afaph the keep- er of the kings foreft, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which apper- i ch»p. tained d to the houfe, and for the wall 3' ;* of the city, and for the houfe that I fhall enter into. And the king grant- sE5"£ ed nie> 'according to the good hand 7.(1,9. 2G. of my God upon me. er. 1a. ^ ^ Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the kings letters. (No\< the king had font captains of the army and horfe- men with me.) io When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the fervant the Ammo- nite, heard of it, it grieved them ex- ceedingly that there was come a man to fcek the welfare of the children of Ifrael. rssm 1 1 So I fcime to Jerufalem, and 6- iU was there three days. i2 1 And I arofe in th-e night, I and fonie few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerufalem : neither was there any heaft with me, fave the beaft that 1 rode upon. ric-hron. r? And I went out by night, E by ctapvj.u- the "gate of the valley, even before the M I A H. Jerufalem with letters, &e. dragon-well^ and to the dung-port, ^re and viewed the .alls of jerufalem 44s- which were broken down, and the ■ w ' gates thereofwereconfumed with fire. 14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the kings pool : but tftere was no place for the bead that was under me to pafs. 15 Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, andyo returned. . 16 And the rulers knew not whi- ther I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priefts, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the reft that did the work. 17 *k Then faid I unto them, ye fee the diftrefs that we are in, how Jerufalem lieth wafte, and the gates thereof are burnt with fire : come, and let us build up the wall of Jerufa- lem, that we be no more a reproach. 18 Then I told them of h the handhVcr-»« of my God which was good upon me ; as alfo the kin^s words that he had fpoken unto me. And they Cud, Let us rife up and build. So they llrength- ened their hands for this good work, 19 But when Sanballat the Horo- nite, and Tobiah the- fervant the Am- monite, and Gdheiii the Arabian, heard //, they laughed us to fcorn, and defpifed us, and faid, What is this thing that ye do ? ' will ye re- [fg* bel againlt the king ? 20 Then anfwered I them, and faid unto them, The God of heaven, he will profper us; therefore we his fer- vuiits will arife and build : k but ye ^ hv.ve no portion, nor right, nor me- morial, in Jerufalem. G H A P. III. The navies a>id order of them who builded the wall of Jerufalem. THen a Elialhib the high prieft J«J£ rote up with his brethren the priefls, b and they builded the flieep- *J£* gate; they fan£tified it, and fet up the doors of it c even unto the tower J,^; of Meah they fjiictiiied it, unto the tower of J Hananeel. ¥u?™' 2 And t next unto him builded nict>. *« e the men of Jcricno. And next to j*,££* tnem builded Zaccur the fon of Imri. s. 34- 3 'Hut the hlh-gate did the fons tJmc,^n* of Hallenaah build, who alj 0 laid the f^ beams thereof, and Efet up the doois zepu.i'«o. thereof, the locks thereof, and thes-;« fl s bars thereof. * ?• '• 4 And next unto them repaired Merenwh the fon of Urijah, the (on of the 1 Heh. k Chap. IX. iH. names and order of them who CHAP. Ill ofCoz. And next unto them repaired Mefhullam the Ton of Berechiah, the fon of Mefhezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadokthefon of Banna. 5 And next unto them theTekoites repaired ; but their nobles put not their necks to htheworkoftheirLord. 6 Moreover, ' the old gate repaired Jehoiada the fon of'Pafeah, and Me- inullam the fon of Befodeiah ; they laid the beams thereof, and fet up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 7 And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this fide the river. 8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel the fon of Harhaiah, of the gold- fmiths. Next unto him alfo repaired Hananiah, the fon of one of the apo- . thecaries, and they J| fortified Jerufa- [' lem unto the broad wall. 9 And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the fon of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerufalem. io And next unto them repaired Jedaiah, the fon of Harumaph, even over againft his hoiife*. And next un- to him repaired Hattufh the fon of Hafhabniah. 1 1 Malchijah the fon of Harim, and Hafhub tliefon of Pahath-moab, repaired the f other piece, kand the tower of the furnaces. 12 And next unto him repaired Shallum the fon of Halohelh, the ru- ler of tne half part of Jerufalem, he and his daughters. (3 'The valley-gsue repaired Ha- nun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah ; they built it, and fet up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thoufand cubits on the wall unto "' the dung-gate. 14 But the dung-gate repaired Mal- chiah the fon of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem : he built it, and fet up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. 15 But "the gate of the fountain repaired Shallum the fon of Col-ho- zeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah ; he built it, and covered it, and fet up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of°Siloah by the kings gar- den, and unto the (lairs that go down from the city of David. 16 After hirn repaired Nehemiah the ion of Azbuk,the ruler of the half part of Beth-zur, unto the place over ktilded the wall of Jerufalem. againft the fepuhhres of David, and *Jhr«jJ to the p pool vh.it was made, and un- 44* to the houfe of the mighty. tIkI^T* 17 After him repaired the Levites, 20,20, Rehum the fon of Hani. Next unto him repaired Halhabi ;h, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part. 18 After him repaired their bre- thren, Bavai the fon of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah. • 9 And next to him repaired Ezer the fori of Jcfhu.a, the ruler of Miz- pah, another piece over againft the going up to the armoury, at the turn- ing of the wall. 20 After him Baruch the fori of || Zabbai earncftly repaired the other ! °'«. piece, from the turning of the wall Zau'"' unto the door of the houfe of Elialhib the high prieft. 2 r After him repaired Meremoth the fon of Urijah, the fon of Koz, another piece, from the cjoor of the houfe of Eliafhib, even to the end of the houfe of Elialhib. 22 And after him repaired the priells, the men of the plain. ■23 After him repaired Benjamin, and Hafluib, over againft their houfe. After him repaired Azariah the fon of Maafeiah, the fon of Ananiah, by his houfe. 24 After him repaired Binnui the fon of Henadad, another piece, from the houfe of Azariah unto the turn- ing of the wall, even unto the corner. 25 Palal the fon of Uzai, over a- gainft the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the kings high houfe, that was by the *> court of the prifort. After him Pe- i/^.3,*** daiah the fon of Parofii. & 3?' «. 26 Moreover, ' the Nethinims 2. 43? || dwelt in s || Ophel, unto the place nor,wMcfc over againft 'the water-gate toward ophti, the eaft, and the tower that lieth out. I„f/jrcJ 27 After them the Tekoite3 re-sichroa. paired another piece, over againft *['Jt'ttf the great tower that lieth out, even f-mr. unto the wall of Ophel. ^j'X 28 "From above the horfe-gate re- &: '2;3?* paired the priefts, every one over ?i?Jo.*p againft his houfe. j,?,™" 29 After them repaired Zadok the l««" J»««* fon of Immer over againft liis lioufe. After him repaired alio Shemaiah,the fon of Shechahiah, the keeper of the eaft gate. 30 After him repaired Hananiah the fon of Shelemiah, and Ha nun the fixth fon of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Mefiiullam the fon ot Berechiah, oyer againlt his chamber. 31 After Neaema/i pmyet'i, Sec n t Heb. U»ve to h ffalms Co.. 17> 2 & ioj. 1 iJcN 31 After him repaired Malchiah, the goldfmiths fon, unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over againll the gate Miphkad, and to the [j 5<)i::;n up of the corner. J2 And between the goinj up of the corner unto the flieep-gate repaired the goldfmiths and the merchants. C HA P. IV. 1 While the euemi-es feoff, Neherniah praycth: 7 he Jetteth <* ivatcr'i. T>Ut it came to pafs, a that when .R Sanballat heard that we builded the wuW he w«is wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. 2 And. he fpake before his bre- thren, and the army of Samaria, and laid, What do thefe feeble Jews ? will they, \ fortify themfelves ? will • they facrifice? will they make an end in a day ? will they revive the Hones out of the heaps of the rubbifh which are burnt \ 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and hefaid, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he fhall even break down their (tone wall. 4 Hear, O our God; for ■ we are •j- defpifed : and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity ; 5 And bcover not their iniquity, and 1 let not their flu be blotted out from before thee : for they have provoked th;e to anger before the builders. 6 So built we the wall ; and all the -wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. 7 \ But it came to pafs, that when Sanballac, and Tobiah, and the Ara- bians, and the Ammonites, and the Aflidodites, hea'd that the walls of Jerufalem -j- were made up, and that the breaches began to be flopped, then they were very wroth, 8 And confpired all of them toge- ther tp come aud to tight againft Jerufalem, and \ to hinder it. '<■ 9 Nevcrthelcfs, we made our prayer unto our God, and fet a watch againft them day and night, becaufe of them- 10 And Judah faid, The ftrength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbilh, fo that we are not able to build the wall. ; 1 And our adverfaries faid. They mall not know, neither fee, till we come in tin. i:iidlt;.\ ison- . henvmdflay them, and c.h!c te.e ■"< to cealc. 12 And ir came to p . tiu.t when the Jews wlugb. dwelt i>j than came, I R M I A FT. The labourers armed. they faid unto us ten times, ]) From "^J" all plates whence ye flull return un- *+>■ t to us thty will be upon you. 1 p?* . 3 i Therefore fet I f in the lower Sft&T places behind the wall, and on the^;^/;; hi-r'ner pla.es, I even fet the people t He*. after their families with their fwords, their fpears, and their bows. ';""* 14 And I looked, and rpfe up, and ' '"'' Giduntoth; nobles, and to the rulers, and to the reft of the people, Be not ye afraid of them : remember the Lord, which is great and terrible* and light for your brethren, your fons and your daughters, your wives and your houfes. 1 5 And it came to pafs, when our enemies heard that it was known un-: to us, cand God had brought their c J l' ::- counfel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. 16 And it came to pafs, from that time forth, that the half of my fer- vants wrought in the w»rk, and the other half of them held both the fpears, the fhields, and the bows, and the habergeons ; and the rulers icere behind all the houfe of Judah. 17 They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with thofe that laded, every oue with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with Me other hand held a weapon. 18 For the builders, every one had his fword girdea | by h s (ide, and Jo luZf!1. builded : and h 1 tnat founded the trumpet was by me. 19 *J And I laid unto the nobles, and to the rulers and to the reft of the people, The worjf if. great and large, and we are feparated upon the wall, one far from another; 20 Iti what place therefore ye hear the found of the trumpet, refort ye thither unto us : dour God (hall fight \f^\%i for us. Beut.1.30, 2 1 So we laboured in the work : and half of them held the fpeara from the riling of the morning till the (1 *rs appeared. 2 • Likewife at the fame time faid I unto the people, Let ev ry one with his fervant lodge within j:ru- faleni, that in the night they m .y be a guard to us, and labour on the day. ; 23 So neither T, nor my brethren, nor my fervants, ior the men of the , 0T, guard Which f »llo veil me, none of us ££££», out off our clothes, II famine tnat every < . ii- c ,1 . water. out- put them oil" for warning- v cm \i\ Nehemiah reformeth ufury, and CHAP C H A P. V. i The Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, and bondage. 6 Nehe- miak caufeth rejiitution : 1 4 he for- benreth his own allowance. chf<£? Ji.Nd there was a great cry of the 44s- drx. people, and of their wives, a- ~-^—^ gainft their brethren the Jews. 2-For there were that faid, We, our Tons and our daughters, are many : therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat and live. 3 Some alfo there, were that faid, We have mortgaged our lands, vine- yards, and houfes, that we might buy corn, becaufe of the dearth. 4 There were alfo that faid, We have borrowed money for tiie kings tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards: jlra7,h 5 Yet now a our flefb if as the fbfli of our brethren, our children as their »!?£*• children: and, lo, we bbring intobon- dage our fons and our daughters to be fervants, and Jome of our daugh- ters are brougat into bondage al- ready, neither is it in our power to vedsemthem ; for other men have our lands and vineyards. 6 fl And I was very angry when I heard their cry, and theft- words. * Hj*. 7 Then f I confulted with myfelf, ?fn/uuti and I rebuked the nobles, and the ru- '""'. lers, and faid unto them, c Ye ex;ict Lcv.25.30. ufury, everyone of his brother. And I fet a great r.lfembly againit them : 8 And I faid unto them, We, after s/'VsV our ability, have dredeemed our bre- thren tile Jews, which were fold unto the heathen ; and will ye even fell your brethren ? or (halj they be fold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to anfwtr. 9 Aifo I faid. It is not good that ye \f^l do : ought ye not to walk e::n the fear of our God, becaufe of the re- proach of the heathen our enemies ? iq I likewife, and my brethren, and my fervants, might exact of thun money and corn ; 1 pray you let us leave off this ufury. 1 r Reftore, I pray you, to them, even this day, tneir lands, th-.ir vine- yards, their olive-yards, and tijeJB houfes, alfo tlie hundredtn part of the money, and of the corn, the wme, and the oil, that ye ex-.cl pf cbenj. r2 Then fatd they, We will reiiore them, and will require nothing of them, fq will we do as (but) fivell, J0*z™ Then I called the priclts, f and took jerem. zn oat], 0t' them, that they mould ,y' do according to ibis promife. . V, VI. forbear eth his own allowance. 1 3 Alfo E I fhook my lap, and faid, »ehf™« So God (hake out every man from -us- his houfe, and from his labour, that *l.u^ perfornieth not this promife, even '\0i,7,.5I thus be he Ihaken out and f emptied. & l8- *• And all the congregation faid, Amen, '„"^,"or, and praifed the Lord. And the "•"• people did according to this promife. 14 H Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their go- vernor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year h even unto the*,^^ two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor. 15 But the former governors, that had been before me, were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread anil wine, beiides forty Ihekels of filvtr, yea, even thi^r fervants bare rule over the people : but fo did not I, becaufe of tne fear of God. 16 Yea, aifo I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land : and all my fervants were gathered thither unto the work. 17 Moreover, there were at my table an hundred and iifty of the Jews and rulers, beiides thofe that came unto us from ameng the heathen that are about us. 18 Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox, and fix choice fheep ; alfo fowls were pre- pared for me, and once in ten days Itore of all foris of wine : yet for ail this required not I the brep- 14 e My God, think thou upon To- biah and Sanballat, according to thefe their works, and on the prophetefs Noadiah, and the reft of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. 15 f So the wall was finifhed in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days, M t A U. The work \ fimfiief, Bcfu-I 16 And it came to pafs, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all y^'i+i^ the heathen that were about us faw v thefe things , they were much caft down in their own eyes : far they perceived that this work was wrought of our God. 17 II Moreover, in thofe days, the nobles of Judah f fent manv letters » «*. unto Tobiah, and the letters of To- ?"",'V[* biah came unto them. j ;. ^l.? 18 For there were many in Judah fworn unto him, becaufe he was the fon-in-law cf Shechaniah the fon of Arah ; and his fon Johanan had taken the daughter of Mefhullam, the fun of Bereilmh. 19 Alfo they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my (j words „^,lt to him : and Tobiah fent letters to put me in fear. CHAP. VII. 1 Nehemiah commuteth the charge of Jerufalem to Hanani and Hanani ah. 5 A regijter of the genealogy of them which came at the fir J t out of B,;iy- lon, 8 of the people, 39 ofthepriejh, 43 of the Levites, 46 and of the Ne~ thinims. NOw it came to pafs, when the wall was built, and 1 had let up the doors, and the porters, and the lingers, and the Levites, were appointed, 2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler a of the \.^pt palace, charge over Jerufalem : (for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many : ) 3 And I faid unto them, Let not the gates of Jerufalem be opened until the fun be hot ; and, while they ftand by, let them fhut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerufalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over againft his houfe. 4 Now the city was \ large and J *£*„, great : but the people were few there- it 1 *«. in, and the houfesuvre not builded. 5 If And my God put iuto mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by ge.iealo- gy : and I found a regifter of the genealogy of them which came up at the firft, and found written therein, 6 b Thefe are the children of thebc^3&■ _, and four. c see :; riie children of Harim, three Vli:' hundred and twenty. 30 The children of Jericho, three1 hundred forty and five. 37 ThecliildrenofLod, Hadid, and Ono. feven hundred twenty and one. 38 The children of Senaah, tnree" thoufand nine hundred and thirty. 39 1[ The priefts : the children of «' Jedaiah, of the houfe of Jelhua, H?*?** nine hundred ferenty and three. 4C The children of E Immer; a Hc£™ thoufand fifty and two. A 1 The children of ' Pafhur, a thou- \ ;"„„. fand two hundred forty and feven. j,.1*; u 4.: The children of E Harim, a thou- gicbm* fand and feventecn. S4> 8- 43 % The Livites: the children of Jelhua. of Kadmiel, awdofthe - uil- dren of || Hodevah, feventyand four. L"!.V^>, 44 II The fingers: the children of ; Afaph, an hundred ferry and eight. Ei»3.fl« 45 f The porters : the children of Shall um, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children oi'Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight. 46 *\ The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Haumpha, the children of Tabbaoth, 47 The children of KerOs, the chil- dren of |j Sia, the children of j>adon< ! *#*+ 48 The children of Lebanah, the children of Hapaba, the children of II Shalmai, ^;,flI, 49 The children of Haiiart, the chil- dren of Glddel, the children of Gahar^ 50 The children of Reaiah, chechil- drenofRezin, the children of Nekoda^ 51 The children ofGazzam, thechil- drenof Uzza,the children of Piiafeab, 52 The children of Befai, the cni!- drenof vicunim, the children of || Nc- '.,"r'„,Ht phifnefim, 53 The children of Bukbiik, the children of Hakupha, the children of Hirhur, 54 The children of || Bazlith, the , children of Mehida, the children of Harlha, 55 The children of Barkos, the children of Sifera, the children of Tamah, 56 The children of Neziah, tlie children of Hatipha. 5- *\\ The children of SdldmonS fervants : the cb'tldr n of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of |! Pewda, ifl^ Hh 5«The The whole number ivho returned. N E H E M I A H. The manner of reading the law. t Hcl). i Chap. 58 The children of Jaala, the chil- dren of Darkon, the children of Gid- del, 59 The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of [J Amon. 60 All the Nethiniras, and the chil- dren of Solomons fervants, were three hundred ninety and two. 61 h And theft were they which went up alfo from Tel-melah, Tel- harelha, Cherub, j| Addon, and Im- mer ; but they could not fliew their fathers houfe, nor their || feed, whe- ther they were of Ifrael. 62 The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, fix hundred forty and two. 63 % And of the priefts : the chil- dren of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barziliai, (which took one of the daughters of Barziliai the Gileadite to wife, and was called af- ter their name ) 64 Thefe fought their regifter a- mong thofe that were reckoned by genealogy^ but it was not found : therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priefthood. 65 And y the Tirfhatha faid unto them, that they mould not eat of the moft holy things till there flood up a prieft with Urim and Thummim. 66 ^f The whole congregation to- gether was forty and two thoufand three hundred and thresfcore, 67 Befides their man-fervants and their maid-fervants, of whom there were feven thoufand three hundred thirty and feven : and they had two hundred forty and tive finging-men and finging- women. 63 Their horfes, feven hundred thirty aud fix. : their mules, two hun- dred forty and five : 69 Their camels, four hundred thir- ty and five : fix thoufand feven hun- dred and twenty ailes. 70 *j! And f fome of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work : ! the Tirfhatha gave unto the treafure a thoufand drams of gold, fifty bafons, five hundred and thirty priefts gar- ments. 71 h\K\.fume of the chief of die fathers gave to the treafure of the work, twenty thoufand drains of gold, and two thoufand and two hundred pound of filver. 72 And that which the reft of the people gave was twenty thoufand drams of gold, and two thoufand pound of filver, and threefcore and J,.;;;;rne feven priefts garments. cir.s-^ 73S0 the priefis,and the Levites, and the porters, and the lingers, and fome of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Ifrael, dwelt in their cities; and when the feventh month came the children of Ifrael were in their cities. CHAP. VIII.. The religious manner of reading and hearing the law. ANd all a the people gathered them- c',r> ♦«• Pelves together as one man into 3.E"a the ftreet that was " before the wa- ^h!" ter-gate ; and they (pake unto Ezra b chap, the c fcribe to bring the book of the **^ law of Mofes, which the Loau had 7.0. commanded to Ifrael. 2 And Ezra the prieft brought the law before the congregation, both of men and women, and all that could * hear with underftanding, d upon the 1 firft day of the feventh month ££*£ 3 And he read therein, before the ftrett that was before the water-gate, + from the morning until mid-day, * before the men and the women, and w- thofe that could understand : and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. 4 And Ezra the fcribe ftood upon a -f pulpit of wood, which they had £**"rf made for the purpofe ; and btfide «"•*• him ftood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijih, and Hilkiah, and Maafeiah, on his right hand ; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mifhael, and Malchiah, and Haihum, aud Hafhbadana, Zechariah, andMe- (hullam. 5 And Ezra opened the book in the flight of all the people ; (for lie tueh.^i was above all the people : ) and when he opened it all the people ftood up. 6 And Ezra blefled the Lord, the great God : and all the people an- fwered, Amen, amen, with lifting up their hands; and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lokd with their faces to the ground. - &lfoJe(hua, and Baui, and She- rebi.ii, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maafeiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiab, and the Levites, caufed the people to under - ftand the law: and the people flood in their place 8 So the> read in the book, in the law of Gud, diftinftly, and gave the Csnfe, and caufed them to underftand the rea I 9 «[ e And Nehemiah, whidr/i || the Tirflwtha, and Ezra the prieft the ftribe; iEflhc £>• 19, Rev. li Tkefeaft of tabernacles. CHAP. SbriS let ibe, f and the Levkes that taught ^■r-445- the people, faid unto all the people, ri chroa. sTliis day /i holy unto the Lord your (rod ; '' mourn not nor weep. K Numb. For all the people wept when they h'o.'.i ic. liear^ tne words of the law. 14,15". ' io Then he faid unto them, Co your way, eat the fat, and drink the fweet, 'and fend portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared ; for this day is holy unto our Loro : nei- ther be ye forry ; for the joy of the Lord is your Itren n So the Levites Hilled all the people, faying, Hold your peace : for the day is holy ; neither be ye grjeved. 12 And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to fend portions, and to make great mirth, becaufethey had undei ftood the wards that were declared unto them, 1 3 *j And on the fecond day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of ail die people, the ■ and the Levites, unco Ezra the fcribe, even || to underitand the words of the law. 1 4 And they found written in the law, which LbeLoRD had command- ed f by Mofes, that the children of Ifrael Humid dwell in 'booths in the feait of the feventh month : 15 And 'that they lhou'id publifli and proclaim in all their cities, and in jerufalem, faying, Co forth unto the mount, and fetch (dive -bran- ches, and pine-branches, and myrtle- branches, and palm-branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. 16 1J So the people went forth, and brought them, and made them- felves booth*., every cue upon the r if of his loufe, and in their courts, and in the courts of the houfe of God, and in the ftreet of the water- gate, '"and in the ftreet of the gate of Ephraira. 17 And ail the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and fat under the booths ; for tincc the days of Jelhua tne fon of Nun unto that day had not the children of Ifrael done f» : and there was very great gladnefs. Dei .-. ^ 18 Alfo "day by day, from thefirft lJ'^-- day unto the lalt day, he read in the book of the law of God : and they f Beb a kept the feaft Ct\en days; and on the 'fc-.'' e'!8ntn day wai t a folemn ail'embly, jj./e'.' "according unto the manner. frtleb. by 12.30. VIIT, IX. A 'folemn fa ft and repentance* CHAP. IX. 1 A folemn faft an" the book of the law of/"ft; the Lokd their Go of the day, and another fourth parts- 7.8." they confefled, and worlhippcd the Lord th( ir • lod 4 il Then fto >ii up upon the [| flairs, ll o-> oftheLevites, Jelhua, andBanMCad--" *"* m'el, Shebaniah, Biinni, Shere! Bani, and Chenaui, and cried with a loud voice unto the Lord their Cod. 5 Then the Levites. Jettiua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hafliabniah, Shere- biah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and \\- thahiah, faid, Stand up and blefs the Lord your God for ever and ever ; and blelicd bo thy glorious nan ?, winch is exalted above all bleiling and praife. 6 Thou, evemhon art Lokd alone: ethou halt made heaven, fthe heaven 'v[\c »• '• *• of heavens, with * all their hoft; the , Deut. earth, and all things that ore therein; [DK',t; the feas, and all mat is therein, thou preferveft them ail: and the f .¥.n* hoft of heaven worlhippeth thee. 7 Thou art the Lord the God, who didft choofe hAbram, and brought- i,G£:& eft him forth out of l/r of the Chal- '*•'• dees, and gaveft him the name of ham: ij;nc"; 8 And founded his heart k faith- to:,. ful before thee, and madeft a 'cove- [sc^ nant with him, to give the land ofi*-7& the Canaamtes, the- Hittites, the 17. *8* Amorites, and the Perizzites, the Jebufites, and the Girgalhites, to give it I Jay, to his feed, and haft performed thy words ; for thou art righteous . 9 '"And didft fee the affliction of™ -£■*"£ our fathers in Egvpt, and "heart!. their cry by the lied fea : 10 And "(hewedft figns and won- ders upon Pharaoh, and on all fervants, and on all the people of his D land; for thou kneueft that they dealt proudly againft them ■ Co didft thou get thee a name, as it it this day. Hh« 11 rAnd The Levites confeffion NEHE ^&S " I>Ancl thou (Vid% divkls thc ir 4+5- fea before them, ft> that they went "3771 through the midft of the fea on the ,:^'i'c• dry land ; and their perfecutors thou ^T.'V threweft into the deeps, 'asaftone into the mighty waters. ex(ki. j 2 Moreover, thou rleddeft them in the day by a cloudy pillar, and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they mould go. Exod. 13 s Thou cameft down alfo upon ".T.\ mount Sinai, and fpakeft with them from heaven, and gaveft them right ;^.h; judgments and ftrae laws, good fta- um. tutes and commandments : 1 4 And madeft known unto them thy holy fabbath, and commandedft them precepts, ftatutes, and laws, by the hand of Mofes thy fervant : Exoa. 15 And c gaveft them bread from hea- c!+'15' ven for their hunger, and "brought- '•e. ' ell forth water for them out of tiie ■>m9,'&c. rock for their thirft, and promifedft Deut. them that they ihould xgo in to pof- H[b. fefs the land f which thou hadft fworn %b$" to give them. [6 But they and our fathers dealt h Evod. 13- -i- c Numb. 11. 17 Ml 63 1 <1 t xnd 1<5. 1,-. Jofh, 5- 1 proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy command- ments, 17 And refufed to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didft among them ; but har- dened their necks, and in their re- bellion appointed ya captain to re- turn to their bondage • bat thou art •|- a God ready to pardon, 7 gracious and merciful, flow to anger, and of great kindnefs, and forfookdt them not. 18 Yea, a when they had made them a molten calf, and faid, This is thy god that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations ; 19 Vet thou, in thy manifold mer- cies, forfookeft them not in the wi!- derhefs the b pillar of the cloud de- parted not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither thc pillar of tire by night, to fhew them light, and tht way wherein they Ihould go. 20 Thou gaveft alfo thy Spirit to inftrucl: them, and heldeft not thy d manna from their mouth, and gaveft them c water for their thirft. 2\ Yea, f forty years didft thou fuftain them in the wildemefs, fa that they lacked nothing their '-clothes ) not old, and their feet fwel- led not. M I A H. ofGcdsgoodnefs, 22 Moreover, thou gaveft them g*£gf kingdoms and nations, and didft di- *«"• vide them into corners . fo they pof- vr~""' 'fefled the land of * Sihon, and the l?£% land of the king of Hembon, and the laud of Og king of Balkan. 23 'Their children alfo multipli- U*"?'. »u as the ftars of heaven, and brou; iteft them into the land, con- cerning which thou hadft promifed to their fathers, that they Ihould go in to poffefs it. 24 So !t the children went in and i.^c. poffefled the land, and thou fub- duedft before them the inhabitants of the laud, the Canaanites, and gaveft them into their hands, with their king"-, civ.d the people of the land, that they might do with them f as U^e %' they would. ,r"r '•""'• 25 And they took ftrong cities, and a fat land, and poffeffed houfes full of all goods, || wells digged, vine- *££„. yards and olive- yards, and j fruit- t H«t>. tm trees in abundance : fo they did eat, 32 Now, therefore, onr God, the 14 The chief of the people; ll Pa- X'7. great, the. y mighty, and the terrible rofh, P^hath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, ' God, who keepeit covenant and mer- Bani, 15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, + Heh. Iba, Or, Tbi 1 Ch3p. cy, let not all the f trouble i':c\n little before thee \ that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priefts, and on our pro- phets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, iince the time of the kings of Allyria unto this day. 33 Howbeit, " thou art juft in all that is brought upon us ; for thou haft done right, but we have done wickedly : 34 Neither have our kings, our princes, our priefts, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto 6 Adonijah, Bigvai, Ad in, 17 Ater, Hizkijah, ftzzur, 18 Hodijah, Halhum, Bezai, 19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, 20 Magpiafh, Mefhullaip, Hezir, 21 Mefliezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, 22 l'elatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 23 Hofliea, Hananiah, Haflmb, 24 Hallohefii, Pileha, Shobek, 25 Kehum, Halhabnah, Maafeiah, 26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 27 Malluch, Barim, Baanah. 28 \ eAndthe reft of the people, the \*?!V£ thy commandments and thy tefti- priefts, the Levites, the porters, the monies, wherewith thou didit teftify fingers, the Nethmims, f and all they {cfZ££V againft them. that had feparatedthemfelves from the 35 For they have not ferved thee people of the lands unto tiie law of in their kingdom, and in thy great God, their wives, theirfohs, and their goodnefs that thou gaveft them, and daughters, every one having know- in the large and fat land which thou ledge, and having understanding ; gaveft before them, neither turned 29 They clave to their brethren, they from their wicked works. their nobles, sandenteredintoacurfe, *IC1J*J' •*• 36 Behold, 1: we are fervants this and into an oath, to walk in Gods vu\m' day; and/or the land that thou gaveft law, which was given f by Mofes, 'ueb.t,,' unto our fathers, to eat the fruit the fervant of God, and to obferve tiutandof. thereof, and the good thereof, be- and do all the commandments of the hold, we are fervants in it. Loud our Lord, and his judgments, 37 And it yieldeth much increafe and his ftatutes ; unto the kings whom thou haft fet 30 And that we would not give over us becaufe of our fins: alio they h our daughters unto the people of1}^**.;- have dominion over our bodies and the landi nor take their daughters Deit. 7. 3. over our cattle at their pieafure, and for our fons : we are in great diitreis. 31 'And if the people of the land \^[ 38And,becaufeofall this, we make bring ware, or any victuals, on the: a fare covenant, arid write//; and our fabbath-day to fell, that vie would' princes, Levites, and priefts, \ feal not buy it of them on the fabbath, or * ' unto it. on the hoiy- day ; and that we would CHAP. X. leave the kfeventh year, and the 'ex- \S**$i> 1 The names of t/iem that fenled the action of -\ every debt. let. 2^.4. covenant: 29 the points thereof. ' 32 Alio we made ordinances for us, J £•?'",, NOw, f thofe that fealed 'fyere •1 Ne- $0 charge 'durfelves yearly with the ' hemiah || the Tirfliatha; ' 'the fan third part of a Shekel for the fervice , of the houfe of our God ; 33 For "'the Ihew-bread, and for. (the continual meat-offering, and for the continual burnt-offering, ■ of the '. fabbatlis, of the new-moons, for the fet feafts, and for the holy things, and for- the (In' offerings, to make an atonement for Ifrs el, and for all the • .cur God. H h 3 ' 34 And of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, 2 cSeraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 3 Palhur, Amariah, Malchijah, 4 Hattufli, Shebaniah, Malluch, 5 Harim, Mercmoth, Obadiali, 6 Daniel, Giunethon, Baruch, 7 Mefliullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Sheniaiah : thefe ware the priefts. 'The points of the covenant. NtHE chria 34 And we call the lots among the *. •v45'_. pwfts, the Levites, and the people, oc^,. "for the wood-ofFering, to bring it I3'31' Into the houfe of our God, after the houfes of our. fathers, at times ap- pointed, year by year, to burn upon puvit. t[V: aitar 0f th" Lokd our God, v as fl fj written in the law : *fixo<,v 35 And ^ to bring the firft-fruits at 20'. of our ground, and the firit-fruits of icv.19. i3- ajj ^ru- 1 uc ajj tree8i year by year, un- to the houfe of the Lord : 36 Alio the fir! 1-born of our fons, and *«xod-i3- of our cattle, (as it is written 'in the law, ) and the firftlings of our herds 15, 10. '"' and of our no'-ks, to bring to the houfe of our God, unto the prielts that mi- nilter in the houfe of our God : a1*?4" 37 s And thai we fhould bring the firit-fruits of our dough, and our of- il'ia.^ ferings, and the fruit of all manner of cci'o.':" trees, of wins, and of oil, unto the pricfts, to the chambers of the houfe ar^o" of our God; and r the tithes of our J3.i1 &c. ground unto the Levites, that the lame Levites might have the tithes in ail the cities of our tillage. 38 And the prieft the fon of Aaron Vii!zSb' fl,a^ De witn tne levites "when trie Levites take tithes : and the Levites fhall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the houfe of our Gt?t.\, to the chambers, into the treafure-houfe. 39 For the children of Ifrael and l?u.t% ,2> t^e children of Levi * fhall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers where are the veflels of the fanctuary, and the prielts that minifter, and the por- :'ters, and the fingers: yanri we will not forfake the houfe of our God. C H A P. XI. 1 The rulers voluntarily, and the tenth man chojen by lot, dwell at Jeru- f a lent: 3 v. catalogue of their names. Nd the riders of the people dwelt at Jerufalem ; the relt of the people aifo cafe lots, to bring one of M*tii1B.} ten to dwell in Jerufalem "the holy 4cz7-s3. city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. 2 And the beople bleffed all the men that willingly offered themfclves to dwell at Jerufalem. j" ctyrim. ^ *j b Now thefe are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerufalem, (but i'i the citi ■ of Jud . one in his polfeffion in their cities, ) to wit, Ii... ii lis, and the thihims, tnd lomons i 1 v;;ius iralem dwelt 1 of the children of Judah, and of the f Icn. A' M I A H. Who dwelt at Jemfalnn, children of Benjamin : of the chi!- £■£' drcn of Judah ; Athaiah the fon of ah Uzziah, thefon of Zechariah, thefon ~~v-* of Amariah, the fon of Shephatteh, the fon of Mahalaleel, of the chil- dren of f Perez: 5 And Maafeiah the fon of Baruch, th? foil of Col-hozeh, thefon ofHa- 3&iah, thefon of Ada; ah, the fon of Joiafib, the fon of Zechariah, the fon of Shiloni. 6 Al! the fons of Perez that dwelt at Jerufalem xu ere four hundred three- f.ore and eigh.t valiant men. 7 And thefe are the fons of Benja- min : Sallutnefon of Mefhuliam, the fon of Joed, the fon of Pedaiah, the fon of Kplaiah, the fon of Maafeiah, the fon of Ithiel, the fon of Jefaiah. 8 And after him Gaboai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. 9 And Joel the fon of Zkhri wis their overfeer ; and Judah the fon of Senuah was fecond over the city. 10 8Of the priefts: Jedaiah the e ' "r»n- fon 01 Joiano, Jachin. 11 Seraiah the fon of Hilkiah, the fon of Mefhuliam, the fon of Zadok, the fonofMeraioth, thefon of Ahitub, was the ruler of the houfe of God. 12 And their brethren that did the » work of the houfe were eight hun- dred twe-nty and two : and Adaiah the fon of Jeroham, the fon of Pe-^ laliah, the fon of Amzi, the fon of Zechariah, the fon of Pafhur, the fon of Malchiah, 13 And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two : and Amafhai the fon of Azareel, the fon of Ahafai, the fon of Mefhille- moth, thefon of Immer, 1 4 And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight : and their overfeer was Zabdiel || the fon of one of the great men. 15 Alfo of the Levites: Shemaiah the fon ofHafhub, the fon of Azri- '"" k.un, the fon of Hufhabiah, the fon of Bunni, 16 And Shabbethai and Jozibad. of the chief of the Levites, f had the [ overfight of '' the outward buli.. the houfe of God. *8,18' 17 And Mattaniah the fon of Mi- cha, the fon of Zabdi, the fon of Afaph, was the principal to begin the giving in prayer ; and Bakbu- kiah the fecond among his brethr. n, la the fon of Shamniua, the fun of Gala!, the fon of Jedu'thun. 18 All the Levites in the holy city werTfywo hundred fonrfcore and four. i<; Moreover, and other cities. The prieffs C H A P. XII. ne with Zerubbabef. k See Ezra 7. 1 1, .cc. ! Gen. 19 Moreover, the porters: Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept \ the gates, were an hundred (evenly and two. 20 *[f And the refidue of Ifrael, of the priefls, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. 21 'But the Nethintms dwelt in || Ophe! : and Ziha and Gifpa were over the Nethininis. 22 The overfeer alfo of the Levites at Jerufulem was Uzzi the fon of B:mi, the fou of Hafhabiah, the fon of Mattaniah, the fon of Micha of the fons of Afaph, the fingers were over the bufinefa of the houfe of (lad. 23 Fur k it xvas the kings com- mandment concerning them, that a || certain portion Ihould be for the fingers due for every day. 24 And Pethabiah thefon of Mehhe- zabeel, of the children of1 Zerali the fon of Judah, was at the kings hind in all matters concerning the people. 25 And for the villages, with their fields, fonie of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjath-arba and in the vil- lages thereof, and at Dibon <*nd in t!ie villages thereof, and at Jekab- zeel and in the villages thereof, 26 And at jefnua, and at Mola- dah, and at Beth-phelet, 2 7 And at H azar -ihual , and at Beer- fneba and in the villages thereof, 28 And at Ziklag, and at Meko- nah and in the villages thereof, 29 And at En-rimmon. and at Za- reah, and at Jarmuth, 30 Zanoah,Adullam,and/« their vil- lages, at Lachifh and the fields there- of, at Azekah and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beer- fheba unto the valley of Hinnom. 31 The children alfo of Benjamin || from Geba d. elt || at Michmafh, and Aija, and Beth-el, and in their vallages, 32 /fr/rfatAnathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 33 Hazcr, Ramah, Gittaim, 34 Hadid, Zeboim, Nebal'at, 35 Lod, and Ono, m the valley of craftfmen. ;6 And of the Levites were divi- fions in Judah, and in Benjamin. CHAP. XII. 1 The priejh which ca Zerubbabel. 10 The Ju high priefls. NOw thefe are the a prii the Levites that went up with ZernbbabeJ ihe fon of Sh< 1 Jefhiia ; b Seratah, Jeremiah, I 2 Amariah, || Malluch, Hattnfh, 3 || Shechaniah, || Rehum, || Mere- moth, 1 o 4 Iddo, || Ginnetho, c Abijah, ;' "',"; 5 IfMiamin, || Maadiah* Bilgah, 1 or, ' 6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, '. 7 |! Saiiu. Amok, Hilkiah, jedaiah, 1 or, Thefe were the chief of the priefts, < and of their brethren, in the days of 1 or, *Jefhua. 8 Moreover the Levites : Jefhua, 11 or, Binmri, kadmiel, Sherebiah, Ju and Mattaniah, which was over || the Chankfgiving, he and his brethren. w,:;,„,^ 9 Aifo BakbuKiah, and Unni, their Xr- :?- br thren, ivers over againlt tliem in ■ t. e watches. "" "• 10 ^ And Jefhua beeat Joiakim, >",'. Joiakim alfo begat Eliafhib, and Vtr;10.\ Eliafhib begat J 1 1 And Joiada bey;at Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. i> And in tne days of Joiakim %,&£, ' were priefls, the chief of the father.,; of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah : 1 3 Of Ezra, Mefhuilam ; of Ama- riah, Jehohaftan ; 14 Of Melicu, Jonathan, of She- baniah, Jofeph ; 1 5 Of Hanm, Adn3 ; of Meraioth, Helkai ; 16 Of Iddo, Zechariah ; of Gin- nethon, Melhuilam ; 1 j Of Abijah, Zichri ; of Minia- min, of Moadiah, Piltai ; 10 Of Bilgah, Shammua ; of She- maiah, Jehonathan ; 19 And of loiarib, Mattenai ; of Jedaiah, Uzzi ; 20 Of Sallai, Kallai ; of Amok, Eber ; 21 Of Hilkiah, Hafhabiah; of Je- daiah, Nethaneel. 22 II The Levites, in the days of Eliafhib, joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers; alfo the priefts, to the reign of Darius the Perfian. 23 The Yons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in thetCWn, book of the e Chronicles, even until g. the d .vs of johanan the Con of ind the chief of the Levites : ■ 1 the fon of Kadmiel, with their bret gainft them, to praife and to give th; ' • • 6 war- .... . Ak- The dedication of the wall. q Chip. V l»i & e porters, keeping the ward, at t he || threfholds of the gates i.ri Thefc were in the days of Joia- k'un the Con of Jefhua, the fon of Ja- zadak, and in the days of Ne he mi ah the governor, and of Ezra the prieft tiie fcribe. 27 *[ And at h the dedication of the wall of jerufalem they fought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerufalem, to keep the dedication with gladnefs. ; both with thankfgivings and with finging, with cymbals, pfditeries, and with harps. 28 And the fons of the finders ga- thered themfelves together, both out of the plain country round about Je- rufalem, and from the villages of Ne- tcphathi ; 29 Alfo from the houfe of Gilgil, and out of the fields of Geba, and Az- inaveth •. for the finger-- had buiicied them villagesround about Jerufi len> 3© And the priefts and the Levites purified themfelves, and punfied t e people, and the gate?, and the wall. 31 Th.en I brought up the princes of Juda'h upon the wail, and appoint- ed two great companies of than that gave thanks, whereof k one went on the r'r.ht hand upon the wail 'tcr.vard the drmg-gate ; 32 And after them went Hofhaiah, and half of the princes of Judan, 33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Me- fhullam, 34 Judah, and Benjamin, and She- maiah, and teremiah ; 35 And certain of the priefts fons n: wiili trumpets; namely. Zechariah the fon of Jonathan, the fon of She- maiah, the fon of Mattaniah, the fon of Micha'ah, the fon of Zaccur, the fonofAf.ph; 36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, x\wS Azareel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and ludah Hanani, with " the mufical inftruments of David the man of God, and Eafa the fcribe before them 37 "And at the fountain gate, which was over a^ainft them, they went up by pthe Hairs of the city of David, at the going up qf tiie wall, above the houfe of David, even unto ': the wa- ter-gate eaftward, 38 And the other company of them that ga^c thanks' wcr.t over againft then?, and 1 after them, and the half of th people upon tiie wail, from be- yond rthe tower of the furnaces even unto " the broad wall ; NEHEMIAH. The offices of the priefts. 39 ' And from above the gate of Before Epbraim, and above "the old gate, and above x the fiih-eate, "and the . . ,.. ~f fiih-gate, "and thettKinp tower ot rianan el, and t le tower oi Meah, even unto the fheep-, :' that the immpnkc and the \ Moabite fliould no; come into the congregation of God for ever ; they met not the chil- dren of Ifrael with bread and with Water t 4?4 f (.'hap. V. Diverfe abufes reformed CHAP. XII. csfr'ift'. water, but b hired Balaam againft f good deed 445. them, that he fhould curfe tlieni ■. ^iT" c howbeit our Cjou turned the curfe h5i+.9. into a l.hiling. 'cut. 3 Now it came to pafs, when they h,^.g., had heard the law. d that they fepa- io. as. rated from Ifrael all the mixed mul- titude. 4 51 And before this Eliaihib the ic>. prieft, -j- having tht oy riightofthe "f. a chamber of the houfe of our v.od, was allied unto Tobiah : 5 And In: had prepared for bin a :44?.' great chamber, e where aforet.nie they laid the n:eat offerings, ti.e frank incenfe. and the \cikls, an 'he tithes of the '.orn. t:.e new wine, nd ,,. ,. the oil, (fwhkh was c mmanded nmand- to be given to the Ltvitcs. and the x'v'fj.'" fingers, and the porters,) and the of- ferings of the priefts 6 But in ail tins time was not I at Jerufalem f for in the two and thir- tieth year of Artaxerx.es king of Ba- bylon cam< 1 unto the king, and f after certain days || obtained I leave of the king 7 And I came to Jerufalem, and underftopd of the evil that Eliaihib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the houfe of Goo. 8 And it grieved me fore there- fore! calf forth all the houfehold fluff of Tobiah out of the chamber 9 Then I comm nded, and they cleanfed tiie chambers ; >nd thither brought I again the vefftls of the houfe of God, with the meat-offer- ing and the frankincenfe. (O 1i And I perce:ved that E the portions of the Lcv.tes had ,"ot been given them; for the Levites and the fingers that did the work were fled every one to h his held. i i Then ' contended I with the rulers, and faid, kWhy is the houfe of God forfaken ? And 1 gaihered them together, and fu them in their f place. 1 2 ' Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn, and the new wine, and the oil, unto the j| treafuries i 3 And I made treafurers over the treafuries, Shelcmiah the prieft, and Zadok the fcribe; and of the.Levites, Pedaiab ; and f next to them was Hanan the fon of Zactur, the fon of Mattaniah : foiUj$hey were counted faithful, a;::; f cneir office was to di- ftribute unto their brethren. 14 m Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe net cut my + Hch. jtanding* 1 Chao. by Uehemiah. that I have done for tin houfe of my Gud, and for the || offi. es then of. ^~? ' 15 II In thofe days faw I in [udah H" foine treading winc-prefles on the fab- bath, and bringing in ftieaves, and ffes ; as alfo wine, grapes, and h;,K, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerufdem on t •'- fabbatli-day : and I tt ft died againft them in the day wherein they I 1 1 'nals. 1 6 rhere dwelt men of Tyre alfo therein, which brought fiih, and all manner of ware, and fold on the fab- bath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerufalem. 17 "Thai 1 contended with thenVcr-,T' nobles of judah, and faid unto them, What evil thing it this that ye do, and profane the fa >bath-day ? ib Did not your fathers thus and del not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon thiscity,„*. according to the language -j- of each . t> OOI ptuptrMid people. tuple. 25 And I contended with them, and || curfed them, an.: fmote certain | of them, and plucked off their hair, '*""« and made them fwear by God, faying* Ye mall not give your daughters unto their Ahafuerus makelh royal feafls. EST ^;rt their fons. nor take their daughters rtr.434. unto your Tons, or for yourfe .ves. 26 Did not Solomon king of Ifrael fin by theft thing?. ? yet ' among ma- chroa. ny nations was there no king like 2 s!mi. him, "who was beloved of his Got!, and God made him king overall Ifr tel : x nevertheless, even him did outland- ifh women caufe to fin. 2-> Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to tranf • grefi againft our God, in marrying ftrange wives ? jChap.12. 28 And one of the Tons yof Joiada, 1J' *" the fon of Eliafhib the high prieft, 12 24. H E R. Vajhti isfenlfor-. was fon-in-law to Sanballat the Ho- ggjff ronite : therefore I chafed him from cir."^+. me. ' v 29 z Remember them, O ray God, §."?' fbecaufe they have defiled the pried- * h«*. for hood, and a the covenant of the prieft- " hood, and of the Levites. •'.•". ■*• 30 Thus cleanfed I them from all «5?Sb. ftrangers, and b appointed the wards blChatc# of the priefts and the Levites, every ' ' one in his bufinefsj _ 31 And for c the wood-offering at \t '^' times appointed, and for the tirft- fruits. d Remember me, O my God, ***, for good. % The Book of ESTHER. 10 vajna 1 Nl CHAP. I. 1 Ahahterus maketh royal feaft'- 10 Vaftitl fent for, refujeth to come -^ ~[~OW it came to pafs, in the >f Ahafuerus, (this /J Ahafuerus which reigned "^ * from India even unto i tuiopia, b ever an hundred and feven and twenty provinces,) 2 That in thofe days, when the king Ahafuerus fat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shuftian the palace, tir. siq. 3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feaft unto all his princes and his fervants ; the power of Perlia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces being before him ; 4 When he (hewed the riches of his glorious kingdom, and the ho- nour of his excellent majefty. many days, even an hundred and fourfcore days 5 And, when thefe days were ex- pired, the king made a feaft unto all ♦ i««b. the people that were \ prefent in •/°"'' Shuflian the palace, both unto great and final], feven days, in the court of the garden of the kings palace, 6 Where zvere white, green, and ill or, || biue hangings, fattened with cords of fine linen and purple to filver rings cAxcfcap. and pillars of marble: cthe be,' of gold and filver, upon a pavement : t| of red, and blue, and white, and • " black marble. 7 And they gave them drink in • vefiels of gold, (the veffeis being di- verfe one from another,) and f royal win in abundance, f according to , tl'.e Rate of the king. 8 And the drinking was ac. to the la-.v; none did compel : for fo . the king had appointed to all the officers of his houfe, that they fhould ; do according to every mans pleafure c ■•J:i>jt 9 Alio Vafhti the queen made a feaft for the women in the royal houfe which belonged to king Ahafuerus. 10 ^ On the feyenth day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman,Biz- tha, dHarbona,Bigtha,andAbagtha, "cmp.?.* Zethar, andCarcas, thefeven |] chain- \^cb„ berlains that ferved in the prdence of Ahafuerus the king, [i To bring Vafhti the queen be- fore the king with the crown royal, to fhew the people and the princes her beauty ; for fhe was f fair to " look on. 1 : But the queen Vafhti refufed ' to come at the kings commandment \ by his chamberlains . therefore was 1 Hen- the king very wroth, and his anger .<■'. burned in him. 13 ^ Then the king faid to the wife m ?n, e which knew the times, ** ««■. (for ^0 was the kings manner toward all that knew law and judgment ; 14 And the next unto him was CarJhcna, Shethar, Admatha, Tar- fliifh, Meres, Marfena, and Memu- can, the Tcven princes of Perfia and f rzrs Media, s which faw the kings face, and which fat the firft in the king- »s-»9» dom,) 15 j What (hall we do unto the < ."•;'; ,_ queen Vafhti according to law, be- caufe flie hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahafuerus by the chamberlains j it And Memucan anf.vered before the king and the princes, "vaihti the queen hath not done wrong to the kirn only, but alio to all the princes, and lo all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahafuerus. 17 For 7 li t. jure h t H Daniel 6. 8, 12- 1 Heb, Ahqfuerus his decree. CHAP *riit 1 7 For this deed of the queen fhall 5i£. come abroad unto all women, fothat v they (hall defpife their hufoands in their eyes, when it fliall be reported, The king Ahafuerus commanded Vafhti the queen to be brought in before him, but (be came not. iS Likewife (hall the ladies of Pcrlia and Media fay this day unto all the kings princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus Jiu-i/l there arife too much contempt and wrath eb- v 19 + If it pleafe the king, let there bStbe go a royal commandment tffom him, and let ;t be written among the laws ofthe Perliansand the Mcd-.s, f that it be not altered, that Vafhti come no 5? jiif*5 more hefore king Ahafuerus j and let the king give her royal eftate f un- to another that is better than (he. 20 And when the kings decree, "ippnim. which he lhall make, (hall be pub- lifned throughout ail his empire, (for it is great, ) all the wives fhall give to their huftunds honour, both to great and fmall. «e™d»n 2I ^nd tne ^'iy'inS t plcafcd the .erac/tm king and the princes ; and the king did according to the word of Memu'can s c 22 For he Pent letters into all the s>. ' kings provinces, h into every province according to the writing thereof and to every people after their language, that every man fhould bear rule in his own houfe; and t that it Should be pubiilhed according to the lan- guage of every people. CHAP. II. i Out of many fair virgins a queen is to be chofen. 1 5 EJlher elected. 5181 A Fcer thefe things, when the wrath /i of king Ahafuerus was appealed, he remembered Vafhti, and what (he had clone, and what was decreed againft her. 2 Then Paid the kings Pervants, that miniftered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins fought for the king : 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shulhan the palace, to the houfe of the wo- men, f unto the cultody of || Hege ■;• the kings chamberlain, keep r ofthe «/A, women ; anil let their things for puri- ;r' s' fication be given theni . 4 And let the maiden which plea- feth tiie king be queen inftead of Vafhti. And the thing pleafed the king ; and he did fo. . II. Efther is preferred* 5 If Now in Shufhan the palace "Jfij there was a certain Jew, whofe 518. name was Mordecai, the fon of Jair, ' the fon of Shimei, the fon of Kith, a Benjamite ; 6 ■ Who had been carried away .•» ?. K,nn« from Jerufalcm with the captivity YcilSkl1' which \v?.c\ been carried away with j^S* ,. || Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Ne- \\ or, jel buchadneztur the king of Babylon Jk^*1 had carried away. 2+-°- 7 And he •(- brought up HadaUah, lo\]%^ (that is Efther,) b his uncles daugh- ""ver. »s! ter : for (he had neither father nor . mother, and the maid was -j- fair and »/y»-m, beautiful; whom Morderai (when ^Umu- her father and mother were dead) """"• took for his own daughter. 8 ^f So it came to pafe, when the kings commandment and his decree was heard, anil when many maidens were gathered together unto Shulhan the palace, to the cultody of Hegai, that Either Was brought alfo unto the kings houfe to the cultody of Hegai keeper ofthe w me 1 9 And the maiden pleafed him, and (lie obtained kinduefs of him, and he fpeedilygave her her things for puri- fication, with ffuch thingsas belong- f n$b. her cd to her, and (evel which*0' '' were meet to be g'rven li r, put ^f the kings houfe : and \ he preferred her ta* ** and her maids unto the bell place of be"'1* the honfe ofthe women 10 c Either had not (hewed her c v;r. 10. people nor her kindred : foj Mor- decai had charged her that fhe fnould not fhew it. 1 1 And Mordecai walked every day before the court ofthe womens houfe, f to know how Efther did, and what yj*"£ ihould become of her. peace. 12 t Now, when every maids turn c,r* s'5, was come to go in TO King Ahafise- rus after that (he r.-A been tw Ive months, according to the manner of- the women, (for fo wv re the <; iha.il, the uncle of Mordecai, (who had taken her for hts daughter,) \vas;.ome to go in unto the king, (h? required nothing but what Hcg'.i the kings chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed : and Ed her obtained fjvour in the fight of all them that looked upon her. 1 6 So Either was taken unto king Ahafuerus, into his houfe royal, in the tenth month, (which it the month Te'oeth,) in the feventh year of his reign. 1 7 And the king loved Efther above all the women, and (lie obtained grace and || favour -\- in his fight more than all the virgins; fo that he fet the royal • crown upon her head, and made her queen inftead of Vaihti. cir. 514. 1 8 Then the king made a great feaft unto all his princes and his fer- vants, even Efthers feaft ; and he t Heb. rejt. made a f releafe to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the ftate of the king. 19 And when the virgins were ga- thered together the fecond time, then Mordecai fat in the kings gate. svct. 10. 20 e Either had not yet (hewed her kindred nor her people, as Mordecai had charged her : for Efther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when (lie was brought up with him. rseeEfth. 21 "jf f In thofe days, while Mor- decai fat in the kings gate, two of the kings chamberlains, |j Bigthan and Tereih, of thole which kept f the t«*>* door, were wroth, and. fought to lay hand on the king Ahainerus. 22 And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Efther the queen ; and Efther certified the king thereof in Mordecais name. 23 And when inquiiition was made of the matter it was ton 'id out. there- fore they were both hanged on a tree : ectaap.&i. am] it was written in 8 the book of the Chronicles before the king. CHAP. III. Haman advanced by the king, and de- J pi fed by Mordecai, feeketh revenge upon all the Jews. ci% 510. A Fter thefe things did king Aha- l\ fuerus promote Haman the fon of H.uninedatha a the Agagite, and advanced him, and fet Ins feat above ail the princes, that were wall him. 2 And -ill the kings fervants that were in the kings gate, bowed, and II Or, Btylh-.v Cbap. 6 2 Sc-thc lamer, en. 16. 1 T H E R. Haman defp/fed by Mordecai. reverenced Haman ; for the king had ft** r 11 ..." 1 Chrilt fo commanded comern-ng him : but tir- svs< Mordecai b bowed not, nor did him b ^Z~" reverence. ?s 19.' 3 Then the kings fervants, which Ttzahfi, were in the kings gate, faid unto Mor- ctl" 13' lz decai, Wliy tranfgrefll-ft thou the c kings commandment ? c Vcr- *• 4 Now it came to p ifs, when they fp ike daily unto him, and he hear- kened not unto them, that they told Haman, to fee whether Mordecai his matters would ftand : for he had told them that he -zias a Jew. 5 And when Haman f iw that Mor- decai bowed not, nor did him reve- rence, then was Haman full of wrath. 6 And he thought fcorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone ; for they had (hewed him the people of Morde- cai : wherefore Haman fought to de- ftroy all the Jews that were through- out the whole kingdom of Ahafue- rus, even the people of Mordecai. 7 H In the firft month, (that is the month Nifan, ) in the twelfth year of king Ahafuerus, d they caft Pur, £.^Jf? that is, the lot, before Haman, from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is the month Adar. 8 1 And Haman faid unto king Ahafuerus, There is a certain people fcattered abroad, and difperfed among the people in all the provinces cf thy kingdom; and e their laws ore diyerfe JtE,?f« from all people ; neither keep they aWi6.:c, the kings laws; therefore \l is not f for the kings profit to fuifer them, ^"f^ 9 If it pleafc the king, let it .be *««*• written f that they may be deftroy- ■ ed ; and I will f pay ten thoufand ' talents of River to the hands of thofe M|«' that have the charge of the bufmefs, to bring it into the kings treafuries. 10 And the king »" took ,; his ring f4^"ir'b from his hand, and gave it unto Ha- g ci^p. s. man the fon of Hammedatha the "' Agagite, the Jews j| enemy- 1 1 And the king (aid unto Haman, The filver is given to thee, the people alfo, to do with them as it feemeth good to thee. 1 2 h Then were the kings || fcriber. J. ^3. called on the thirteenth clay of the In ft month, and there was written accord- ing to all that Ham in had command- ed unto the kings lieutenants, and to the governors, that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province, ' according i chap. 1. to the writing thereof, and to every "" people after their language; in the name n See Cbap. w Mordecais advice to Efther: CHAP. chSft name of king Ahafuerus was it writ- s'°- ten, and fealed with the kings ring. W~v ' 13 And the letters were fent by ports into all the kings provinces, to deltroy, to kill, and tocaufe toperiih, all Jews, both young and old, little ii^'8" children and women, k in one day, lAiac. even upon ' the thirteenth day of the ** 36- twelfth month, (which is the month £ $**■ Adar, ) and a to take the fpoil of them for a prey. 14 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was pnblilhed unto all people, that they ihould be ready againft that day. 15 The pofts went out, being ha- Itened by the kings commandment ; and the decree was given in Shuihan the palace : and the king and Haman fat down to drink; but D the city Shuihan was perplexed. CHAP. IV. 1 Mordecai and the Jews mourn. 5 EfVier appointeth a faft. Hen Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his • Tom. 7 e. clothes, and put on fackcloth a with aj'io! allies, and went out into the midlt of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry ; 2 And came even before the kings gate : for none might enter into the kings gate clothed with fackcloth. 3 And in every province, whither- foever the kings commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the jews, and fad- ing, and weeping, and wailing; and Ihtt'Jnt' t many lay in fackcloth and aihes. ', uZ 4 *J So Erthers illa''ds and her m'a',!v" " f chamberlains came and told tfher. L-s-j' Then was the queen exceedingly t u-.h. grieved ; and (he fent raiment to * clothe Mordecai, and to take away his fackcloth from him; but he re- ceived it not. 5 Then called Efther for Hatach, owe of the kings chamberlains, fwhom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai to know what it was, and why it was. 6 So Hatach went forth to Morde- cai, unto the ftreet of the city, which ■was before the kings gate : 7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the fum of the money that Haman had promifed to pay to the kings treafuries for the Jews, to deltroy them : 8 Alfo he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given IV, V. /lie appoint eth a fa ft. bad fit be fare her. it unto Either, and to declare it unto _ her, and to charge her that ihe fhould go in unto the king, to make fuppli- catipn unto him, and to make requeft before him for her people. 9 And Hatach came and told Eit- her the words of Mordecai. 1 o hi77Z to death, except fuch c to whom j.^JjJSJ the king mall' hold out the golden fceptre, that he may live : but I have not been called to come in unto the king thefe thirty days. 1 2 And they told to Mordecai Eft- hers words. 13 Then Mordecai commanded to anfwer Either, Think not with thy- felf that thou (halt efcape in the kings houfe more than all the Jews. 14 For if thou altogether holdeft thy peace at this time, then (hall there \ enlargement and deliverance arife t^*,,SPi to the Jews from another place . but thou and thy fathers houfe (hall be deftroyed : and who knoweth whe- ther thou art come to the kingdom for fuch a time as this ? « 5 ^ Then Either bade tliem re- turn Mordecai this anfwer} 1 6 Go, gather together ali the Jews that are f prefent in Shuihan, and t^Heb. fdt ye for me, and neither eat nor drink d three days, night nor ±y. I J.sI*Ch*p* alfo and my maidens will fait like- wife ; and lb will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law ; e and if I perilh, I periih. c see Gen. j 7 So Mordecai f went his way, *%]£ and did according to all that Either/-"'- had commanded him. CHAP. V. Ejlher, obtaining the kings favour, and promifed her requejl}]he invite th ihe king and Human to a banquet. NOwitcame to pafs, a on the third a3^chap' day, that Eftlier put on her royal apparel, and flood in b the inner court b s« chap. ofthe kings houfe, over againft the0'4" kings houfe : and the king fat upon his royal throne in the royal houfe, over againft the gate ofthe houfe. 2 And it was fo, when the king faw Either the queen Handing in the court, that c ihe obtained favour in c see fiu>. his Is* 7 Unmans pride aitd malice. EST dr. 510^ Kfther the golden fceptre that was in t ch^. his band. So Kfther drew near, and 8- *■ touched the top of the fceptre. 3 Then faidthe king unto her, What wile thou, queen Either? and what is 6.%""* thy requeft? e it lhall be even given thee to die half of the kingdom. 4 And Efther anfwered, Ifitjeem good unco the king, let the king and Human come this day unto the ban- quet that I have prepared for him. 5 Then the king faid, Caufe Ha- inan to make hafle, that he may do as Either hath laid. So the king and Haman came to the banquet thatEit- her had prepared, f chap. 6 ^ f And the feing ft;d untQ Eft_ BChap. her at the banquet of wine, 8 What is thy petition ? and it thall be granted thee : and what /i thy requeft ? even to the half of the kingdom it lhall be performed. 7 Then anfwered Efther, and faid, My petition and my requeft is ; 8 If 1 have found favour in the fight of the king, and if it pleafe the 1 ncb.todo. king to grant my petition, and f to perform my requeft, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I lhall prepare for them, and I will do to-morrow as the king hath (aid. 9 j| Then went Hainan forth that day joyful, and with a glad heart : but when Haman faw Mordecai in the kings gate, that he ftood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of in- dignation againft Mordecai. jo Nevertheiefs Human refrained himfelf: and when he came home tHeb. he fent and f called for his friends, Tome. " and Zerelh his wife. 1 1 And Haman told them of the h,c'yi%. glory of his riches, and h the multi- tude of his children, and all the thi>igs wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and fervants of the king. i2 Haman faid, moreover, Yea, Either the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the' banquet that Ihe had prepared but myfelf ; and to-morrow am I invited unto her alio with the king. i 3 Yet all this availeth me no- thing, fo long as I fee Mordecai the Jew fitting at the kings gate. 14 \ Then faid Zerelh his wife, and all his friends unto him, Let a IRdb.tree. f gulows be made of fifty cubits high, and to-morrow fpeak thou unco the king that Mordecai may be h thereon; then go thou in a HER. Mordecai honoured. with tiie king unto the banquet. And »r,pre the tiling pieafed Haman; and he caufed ' the g.dlows to be made. ~~7y — ' chap. vi. Jfsr i Ahafuerus rewardeth illor.iccai : 1 1 Haman doeth him for, ON that night f could not the king • n lleep, and he commanded to bring •' the book of records of the "?- chap. Chronicles ; and they were read be- 2 13" fore the king. 2 And it war, found written, that Mordecai had told of || Bigthana and Terefli, twoofthekingschamberjayis, t the keepers of the -f- door, who fought to lay hand on the king Ahafuerus. ' 3 And the king faid, Wh.'t honour and dignity hath been done to Mor- decai for this ? Then faid the kings fervants tiiat miniftered unto him, There is nothing done for him. 4 Tj And the King faid, Who is in the court ? ( New Haman was come into h the outward court of the kings bSeeChap. houfe, to fpeak unto the king to s* hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. ) 5 And the kings fervants faid unto him, Behold, Haman ftandeth in the court. And the king faid, Let him come in. 6 So Haman came in : and the king faid unto him, What (hall be (.lone unto the man f whom the king < delightcth to honour? (Now Haman thought in ins heart, To whom would the king ric light to do honour more than to myfelf '?) 7 And Hainan anfwered the king, For the man f whom tiie king de- ; lightcth to honour, 8 -j- Let the royal apparel be brought : . -j- which the king ujeth to wear, and • | c the horfe that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is let up- !'. on his head : 9 And let this apparel and horfe be .- delivered to the hand of one of the '. kings moft noble princes, that they c i King* may array the man withal whom the ' ij" kingdelighteth to honour, and -{-bring \™\ .„ h'mi on borfeback through the ftreet " *»«■ of the city, d and proclaim before. \t^i. him, Thus lhall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour. 10 Then the king faid to Haman, Make halie, and take the apparel and thehorfe, as thou halt faid, and do even fo to Mordecai the jew, that (itteth at the kings gate: f let no-;" tning fail of all that thou haft fpoken. * ■ 1 i Then took Haman the apparel arid thehorfe, and arrayed Morde- Efther s requej?. CHAP. VII, VIII. Mordecai advanced. Jcr.24.j,+ cai, and brought him on horfeback through the ftreet of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus fhall it be done unto the man whom the king delighted! to honour. 12 1f And Mordecai came again to the kings gate . but Hainan c baited to his houi'e mourning, fand having his head covered. i 3 And Hainan told Zerefh his. wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then laid his wife men and Zerefh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the feed of the Jews, before whom thou haft begun to fall, thou ihalt not prevail againft him, but lhalt ftirely fall before him. 1 4 And while they were yet talking with him came the kings chamber- lains, and halted to bring Hainan unto the banquet that Either had prepared. CHAP. VII. I Efther Jiisth for her own life, and for tier peoples. q The king caujelh Hamrtn to be hanged upon his own gallows i Het>. QO the king and Hainan came f to u m . ^ banquet with Efther the queen. 2 And the king faid again to Either achap s.e. on the fecond day, aat the banquet of wme, What is thy petition, queen Efther ? and it (hall be granted thee : and what is thy requeft ? and it (hall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom. 3 Then Efther the queen tmfwered and faid, If I have found favour in thy fight, Oking, and if it pieafe the king, let my life be given mi at my petition, and my people at my requeft. 4 For we are b fold, I and my people, f to be deftroyed, to be (lain, and to perifh : but if we had been fold for bond-men and bond- women I had held my tongue, although the ene- my could not countervail the kings damage. 5 1J Then the king Ahafuerus an- fvvered, and faid unto Either the queen, Who is he, and where is he, -fthat durft prefume in his heart to do lb ? • 6 And Efther faid, \ The adverfary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid || before the king and the queen. 7 r\\ And the king, arifmg from the banquet of wine in his wrath, went into the palace-garden ; and Hainan flood up to make requeft for his life to Either the queen : for he faw that there was evil determined againft him by the kuag. KMiap.i 9 &■»• 7- T Heh t Heh. /.'. It filled •Joe man |l Or, nr tve pre. feme of. 8 Then the king returned out of the palace-garden into the place of the banquet of wine ; and Haman "* ' was fallen upon c the bed whereon *cn»p.i.*. Efther was. Then faid the king, Will he force the queen alfo f before me UH';,,. in the houfe ? As the word went out of the kings mouth they d covered a-i*fl-*4« Hamans face. 9 And e Harbonah, one of the*0**?* chamberlains, faid before the king, Behold alfo the f gallows, fifty cubits • «*»•*"* high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had fpoken good for the king, ftandeth in the houfe of Haman. Then the king faid, Hang him thereon. 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mor- decai. Then was the kings wrath pa* cified. CHAP. VIII. 1 Mordecai is advanced. 7 Ahafuerus granteth to the Jews to defend them- Jelves. 15 Mordecais honour, and the Jews joy. ON that day did the king Ahafue- rus give the houfe of Haman, the Jews enemy, unto Efther the queen : and Mordecai came before the king ; for Eflher had told a what ac: - 2 ?; he was unto her. 2 And the king took off b his ring, ••; which he had taken from Haman, 3" ' and gave it unto Mordecai. And Either fet Mordecai over the houfe of Haman 3 \ And Efther fpake yet again be- fore the king, and fell down at his feet, fand befought him with tears 4 to put away the mifchief of Hai the Agagite, and his device that he had deviled agaillft the Jews. 4 Then c the king held out the go]- r' den fceptre toward Either. So Eft- *.«!" her arofe, and flood before the king, 5 And faid, If it pleafe the king, and if I have found favour in his fight, and the thing Jean right before the and I oc pleating in his eyes, let it be written to reverie \ the let- »Hi?b-**« ters devifed by Haman the fon of Hammedatha the Agagite, || which he wrote to deftroy the Jews which are in all the kings provinces : 6 For how can I f endure to the evil that fhall come unto my I people? or how caul endure t< the deftruftion of my kindred ? 7 U Then the king Ahafuerus faid unto Efther the queen, and to : derai the Jew, Behold, I have giv.11 Either the houfe of Hainan, and him The Jews defend themfeives : EST |j*}™ him they have hanged upon the gfel- ci..'jio. lows, becaufc he laid his hand upon v ' the Jews. 8 Write ye alf<> for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the kings name, and feal it with the kings>nng : for the writing, which is written in the kings name, and Pealed with the kings rin^ i.s".Ctap' d may no man reverfe. 9 c Then were the kings fir's oes call - c'r.iu' p;1 :il" 'hat time in the third month, » 12- (fhat is, the month Sivan,) on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written (according to all thdt Mordecai commanded ) unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the de- puties and rulers of the provinces, FCtap.i.i. which arc f from India unto Ethio- pia, an hundred twenty and feven ecMp. provinces, unto every province 5 ac- zAl'.^ cording to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their lan- guage, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. < io And he wrote in the king Aha- fuerus name, and fealed it with the kings ring ; and font Utters by polls on horfehack, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries : 1 1 Win rein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themfeives together, and to Hand for their life, to deftroy, to flay, and to caufe to perilh, all the power of the people and province that would alia alt them, both little h see ones and women, and h to take the k>,i*s?i6. fpoil of them for a prey : iCh?py 12 '' Upon one day. in all the pro- &li\. c' vincesofkingAhafuerus, namely, up- on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. 1 3 *\] The copy of the writing, for a commandment to be given in every \*<«ud. P»'OVl»ce, was f publifhed unto all people, and that the Jews (hou)d be ready ag-.inft that day to avenge themfeives on their enemies. 1 4 So the ports that rode upon mules and camels went out, oeing hafl ned and preffed on by the kings comm ind- ment. And the decree was given at Shufhan the palace. i 5 a; And Mordecai went out from the prefence of the king in my .1 ap- parel of II blue and white, and with violet. r " .. , , , . . a great crown or gold, ana with a garment of fine linen and purple ; and k the city of Shufhan n juiced and was glad - 1 6 The Jews had light, a::d glad- nefs, and joy, and honour. HER. they defray their enemies. 17 And in every province, and in every city, Whitherfoever the kings commandment and bis decree came, v the Jews had joy and gladnefs, a feaft 1 and a g<>od day And many of the \\ s™' people of tiie land became Jews ; for the fear of ti-e Jews fell upon them. S* "' C H A P. IX. i The 'Jews /lay their enemies, with the ten font of Hamw. 20 The two days of Pur im art made ftfti'oal ^l Ow, "in the twelfth month, (that cir- s09i I is, the month Adar, ) en the tnir- I teenth day of the fame, b when thjE kings commandment and his decree1'13' drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hop-.d to have power over them, (though it was turned to the con- trary, that the Jews had rule over tliem that hated them, ) 2 The Jews gathered themfeives together in their cities, throughout all the provinces of the king Ahi rus, to lay hand on filch as foi their hurt . and no m. n could with- ftand them : for the fear of then: fell upon all people. 3 And all the rulers of the pro- vinces, and tne lieutenants, and the deputies, and f officers of the king, \ helped the Jews , becaufe the fear of Mordecai fell upon them 4 For Mordecai was yreat in the'''4'4' kings hcufe, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces : for t:ns man Mordecai waxed greater anil greater. 5 Thus the Jews fmote all their enemies with the ftroke of the fword, and flaiigntcr. ;ind deftru&ion, and did f what they would unto thoit that li ited them. 6 And in Shufhan the palace the Jews flew and deftroyed five hundred men. I And Parfhandatha, and Dalphon, and Afpatha, 8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, 9 And Parmaflita, and Arifai, and Aridai, ; nil \ bjczatha, 10 The ten fons of Haman the fort of Hammtdatha, the enemy of the Jews, flew they; c but on the fpoil chsacr%.„, laid they not their hand. I I On that d >y 0 t number of thofe that were (lain in Shufhan the palace 1 was brought before the king. JJJ** 12 e, And the king laid unto Eft- he:- the que n, The Jews have flain and deftroyed five hnudred men in StMflun the palace, and the ten fons of Hvmans ten fans hanged. The CHAP. IX, X. two days of Purim ntadefe/lival. chrii? °f Ha man ; what have they done in c-r. 5c£. the reft of the kings provinces ! Now ch^7j.6. d whatn thy petition ? and itihall be * '■ z- granted thee ; or what is thy requeft further ? and it (hall be done. i 3 Then laid Efther, If it pleafe the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shulhan to do to- morrow alfo according unto this days ■t »un decree, and \ let Hamans ten fons be Mns' hanged upon the gallows. 1 4 And the king commanded it fo to be done : and the decree was given at Shulhan ; and they hanged Hamans ten fons. 1 5 For the Jews that were in Shu- lhan gathered themfelves together on the fourteenth day alfo of the month Adar, and Hew three hundred men at ever. io. shufhan ; e but on the prey they laid not their hand. 1 6 But the other Jews that tuere in the kings provinces gathered them- felves together, and ftood for then- lives, and had reft from their enemies, and ilew of their foes feventy and live thoufand (but they laid not their hands on the prey) 1 7 On the thirteenth day of the month Adar, and on the fourteenth ]„"*• day f of the fame refted they, and made it a day of feafting and gladnefs. 1 8 But the Jews that were at Shu- lhan alfembled together on the thir- teenth day thereof, and en the four- teenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the fame they refted, and made it a day of feafting and gladnefs. 19 Therefore the Jews of the vil- lages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of f rieut. IG. the month Adar f a day 0f gladnefs g chap, and feafting, B and a good day, and h'Nchcm. of h fending portions one to another. 4. jo, 11. 20 «j And Mordecai wrote thefe things, and fent letters unto all the Jews that were in ail the provinces of the king Ahafuerus, both nigh and far, 21 To ftablilh this among them, i seeiMac. that they Ihould keep ' the fourteenth 15 ' 3°" day of the month Adar, and the fif- teenth day of the fame, yearly, 22 As the days wherein the fews refted from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from forrow to joy, and from mourn- ing into a good day ; that they Ihould make them days of feafting and joy, k Nehem. and of k fending portions one to ano- B' lv* ther, ami gifts to the poor. 23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them ; t 24 Becaufe Hainan, the fon of Ham- h: ; re medatha, the Agagite, the enemy o sog. all the Jews, had devjfed againft th ~y ' Jews to deftroy them, and ' had ca 1 Ch,P. 3. Pur, (that is, the lot,) to f confume ^',7- them, and to deftroy them : myk' 25 But f in when LJther came be- 1 "et». fore the king, he commanded by let- Zme^' ters that his wicked device, which he ™ Vw*» devifed againft the Jews, flmnld re- ' turn upon his own head, and that he fcc!*8' 3" and his fons Ihould be hanged on the gallows. 26 Wherefore they called thefe days Purim, after the name of || Pin- -. 11 Jbati*, therefore, for all the words of n this „ver.», letter, and of that which they had feen concerning" this matter, and which had come unto them, 27 The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their feed, and upon all fuch as joined themfelves unto them, fo as it ihould not f fail, 1 ucb.pefi, that they would keep thefe two days, according to their writing, and ac- cording to their appointed time, every year ; 28 And that thefe days jhould be remembered, and kept throughout every generation, every family, eve- ry province, and every city ; and that thefe days of Purim Ihould not f fail r "^-P"/" from among the Jews, nor the memo- rial of them f peril'h from their feed, f K* 29 Then Either the queen, the*" daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with + all authority, 1 to confirm this fecond letter of Purim. 30 And he fent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and feven provinces of the kingdom of Ahafuerus, with words of peace and truth, 31 To confirm thefe days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Either the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed + for themfelves and for their feed, the matters of the fallings and their cry. 32 And the decree of Efther con- firmed thefe matters of Purim ; and it was written in the book. CHAP. X. r Ahafuerus his greatnejs. 3 , decais advancement. ANd the king Ahafuerus laid a c- *»* tribute upon the land, and upon the ides of the i'ea. 2 And all the aftsof his power ofhis might, and the declaration • greatnefs of Mordecai, wherennto the king f advanced him, are the I i wri The holinefs and riches of Job .« JOB. his great lofjes and temptation. »«*"• written in the book of the Chronicles among the Jews, and accepted of the %£%■ =ir. 49s. of the kings of Media and Periia? multitude of his brethren, feeking S <■*<>•_ -~v — ' 3 For Mordecai the Jew was next the wealth of his people, and fpeak- " unto king Ahafuerus, and great ing peace to all his feed. the Bo. ill Of Jo', whilft among the I mdianita. Chrift Cir. I510- t> Ezetdd James they hare 4 And his fons went and feafted in ftiin the fervants with the edge of the their houfes, every one his day ; and lent and called for their three lifters to eat and to drink with them. 5 And it was fo, when the days of lfieir feafting we/e gone about, that fword ; and I only am efcaped alone to tell thee. 16 While he was yet fpeaking, there- came, alto another, and faid, , A II The tire of God is fallen from hea- grw/ja Job fent and fancYified them, and rofe ven, and hath burnt up the fheep, and up early in the morning, d and ottered the fervants, andconfumed them ; and the iUyi f Chap, 39- 7. I I ld fhaved his head, and k*™ »• *■ fell down upon the ground, and wor- ' °T' re*' lhippcd, 2 1 And faid, ' Waked came I out of ;, myjaothers womb, and naked ihall 1 return thiilier: *.he Lord gave, and the Job /mitten with boils: CHAP, cS the Lord hath taken away; blelfed ^cir.mo. be the name of the Lord. mchap. 22 m In a^ thls JOD hnned not, nor *• »°. (I charged God foolifhly. !&** CHAP. II. foiiy u cod. , Satan, appearing again before God, obtaineth further leave to tempt Job : 7 he fmiteth him with fore boils. 9 Job reproveth his wife, moving him to curfe God. » chap. A Gain, * there was a day when x\ the fons of God came to prefent themfelves before the Lord, and Satan came alfo among them to pre- fent hi mfelf before the Lord. 2 And the Lord faid nnto Satan, From whence coraeft thou ? And i.C71.sp* b Satan anfwered the Lord, and faid, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 3 And the Lord faid unto Satan, Halt thou considered my fervant job, that there is none like him in the c chap. i. earth, c a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and efcheweth evil ? and ftiii he holdeth fait his in- tegrity, although thou movedft me t Heb.ta aaaiuit him f to d deftroy him with- bin, up. out caufe. %^iif' 4 ^nc* Satan anfwered the Lord, and faid, Skin for fkin ; yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life : 5 e But put forth thine hand now and touch his bone and his fleih, and he will curfe thee to thy face. 6 f And the Lord faid unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand ; j| but fave his life. 7 ^ So went Satan forth from the prefence of the Lord, and fmote Job with fore boils, from the fole of his foot unto his crown. 8 And he took him a potfherd to fcrape himfelf withal ; £ and he fat clown among the allies. 9 If Then faid his wife unto him, Dolt thou ftill retain thine integrity ? curfe God, and die. io But he faid unto her, Thou fpeakeft as one of the foolifh women fpeaketh : what ! fhall we receive good at the hand of God, and fhall we not receive evil ? h In all this did not Job fin with his lips. 1 1 ^J Now, when Jobs three friends heurd of ail this evil that was come upon him they came every one from his own place ; EliphaztheTemanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite : for they had made an appointment together to come 'to mourn with him, and to cjmf'ert him. e Chap. f Chap. |i Or, anly. II, HI. he curfeth fiis birth, 12 And when they lifted up their »;*;:jte eyes afar off, and knew him not, they cir. 13*0. lifted up their voice and wept ; and ' yr~~* they rent every one his mantle, and k fprinkled dull upon their heads to- k Nchrm. ward heaven. um".a.ig. 13 So they fat down with him up- J on the ground ' feven days and feven 1 Ge»." nights, and none fpake a word unto s0, l0* him : for they faw that nis grief was very great. CHAP. III. I Job curfeth the day and ftrvices of his birth. 1 3 The eafe of death. AFter this opened Job his mouth, and curfed his day. 2 And Job ffpake, and faid, t Hib. 3 a Let the day perilh wherein I "^^. was born, and the night in which it '».«$>' was faid, There is a man-chid con- itaofiib' ceived. 4 Let that day be darknefs, let not God regard it From above, neither let the light fhine upon it 5 Let darknefs and b the fhadow btgbi$j of death || ftain it ; let a cloud dwell taitzj +. upon it ; || let the blacknefs of the l^; £*'• day terrify it. "',;,.'/,,', 6 A< for that night, let darknefs '!','?,' a',%'fe fe'ze upon it ; || let it not be joined JJJ^rbye* unto the days of the year ; let it not Am'ss7o. come into the number of the months. 2,°r;,j££* 7 Lo, let that night be fotitary; ^""*"" let no joyful voice come therein. 8 Let them curfe it that curfe the day, who are ready to raife up |,! their ll or. a mourning. 9 Let the ftars of the twilight thereof be dark; let It look for light, but have none, neither let it fee f the MWJ- f* dawning of the day : tie mm- 10 Becaufe it (hut not up the doors cfip. of my mothers womb, nor hid forrow *f" li' from mine eyes. 1 1 c Why died I not from the womb ? |£*j£ why did I not give up the ghoft when I came out of the belly ? 1 2 d Whydid the knees prevent me? igfjU^j or why the breafts that I ihould fuck? 1 3 For now ihould I have lain Itill and been quiet, I mould have llept : then had I been at reft 14 With kings and-counfellors of the earth, which c built defolate places echip. for themfelves ; 1 5 Or with princes that had gold, who fiMed their houfea with iilver ; 1 6 Orfas an hidden untimely birth f Pf, 5B.^ I had not been; as infants which never fuw light. r 7 There the wicked ceafe from troubling ; and there the f weary be J a: reif 1 i 2. l8 Thers Job complaineth of life. JOB. Eliphaz his fearful vifion. c7',',t '8 There the prifoners reft toge tir. i sic ther ; g they hear not the voice of the e chap. oppreffor. 3y- 7- 1 9 The fmall and great are there ; and the fervant is free from his mafter. 20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in mifery, and life unto the bitter in foul ; •Mfc». 2r Which f '■ long for death, but hRev.g.c. it cometh not, and dig for it more thin for iiid treafures ? 22 Which rrjoice exceedingly, and are glad when they can find thegrave? 23 Why is tight given to a man •crap.- whofe way is hid, * and whom God hath hedged in ? 24 For my ughing cometh -j- be- fore I eat, and my roarings are pour- ed out like the waters. 25 For f the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. 26 I w?snot in fafety, neither had Irelt,neitht. was I quiet; yet trouble came. CHAP IV. 1 F/iphaz reproveth Job for -want of religion: 7 he teacheth Gods ju*■ >»■ ne, a little thereof. 13 e In thoughts from the vifions eCh*!'/# of the night, when deep deep falleth J3' on men, 1 4 Fear f came upon me, andtrem- * J™>. bling, which made fall my bones to ™n*f' (hake. 'u'a""f% 15 Then a fpirit pafied before my *«'• face: the hair of my rlefh flood up : 16 It flood ftill, but I could not dilcern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes ; j| there was or, hience, and I heard a voice, Jaying, jtm «f .-. 17 f Shall mortal man be more J '• '[■• ■■■ juft than God ? fhall a man be more pure than his Maker ? . 18 Behold, he £ put no truft in his \f!^isl.ss\ fervants ; j| and his angels he charged * m -■ +■ with folly : Jj.)r^ w, 19 h How much lefs in them that '"££,'!£ dwell in 'houfesof clay, whofe foun- *«"*». dation is in the dull, which are crufh- \f.\Z' ed before the moth ? i2Cor.M. 20 k They are fdeftroyed from t^-oo-s. morning to evening they perifii for /.-!'™'m ever without any regarding it. ****'■ 21 l Doth not their excellency &4'93!>I'+.1* fion, fo humble the excellencies of which is in them go away? ■ they »> ciup. creatures before God. THen Eliphaz the Temanite an- fwered, and foid, t Heh. 2 If we affay f to commune with i ueb ' thee wilt thou be grieved ? but f who wbaeaure. can with-hold himfelffrom fpeaking? tmrdi't 3 Behold, thou had inftructed many, and thou hall ftrengthened the weak hands. 4 Thy words have upholden him iib.35.3. that was filling, and thou a haft i neb. ftrengthened + the feeble knees. *™,, 5 But now it is come upon thee, Hebrews afUj ^^ j^j^ft jt toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. 6 Is not this thy- fear, thy confi- dence, thy hope, and the uprightnefs of thy ways? 7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perifhed being innocent ? or where were the righteous cut off"? v™.-22T«: 8 £vcn as l nave fcen' h tDey that H.r. 10. u'. plow iniquity, and low wickednefs, T-Thttii reap the fame. 9 By the blaft of God they perifh, ■■ and || by the breath of. his noitrils iT- a."''- are they confumed. &"il 30?' 'O The roaring of the lion, and the »Ttef.»*8 volc^ oi rhc fierce Hon, and c the epr.je.G. teeth of the young iions, are broken. die even without wifdom. CHAP. V. 1 The harm of inconjlderation. 3 The end of the wicked is mifery. 6 God is to be regarded in affliction. 1 7 The happy end of Gods correction. CAll now, if there be any that will anlwer thee ; and to which of the faints wilt tliou || turn ? " or,;»»». 2 For wrath killeth the foolifli man, and || envy flayeth the filly one. ,.,.";.',.•!■'„". 3 a I havefeen the fool ifh taking root : » m*>» but fuddenly I curfed his habitation 3' 4 » His children are far from fafety, 5 **1™. and they are cruflied in the gate, nei- * w-s> ther is there any to deliver them. 5 Whofe harveit the hungry eat- \^: eth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and c the robber fwalloweth ' up their fubftance. 6 Although || atHicfion cometh not \..ft»\ n/ forth of thedult, neither doth trouble fpring out of the ground : 7 Yet man is born unto || trouble, .v":^-1'5- as -|- the fparks il\ upward 8 I would feek unto God, and un- & Ui- \. to God would I commit my caufe ,! :' q d Which docth great things -j- and t web. and unfearchable ; marvellous things •{- without number. tn5?ient 10 WllO numbtr. Ipe.Jorr. u The happy end of Gods correction. CHAP cWm ro Whogivethrain upon the earth, cir. 1520- and fendeth waters upon the \ fields : + Hcb. ~" ll * To ^et UP on ^''£n thofe that out-piaas. be low ; that thofe which mourn may pfi&n^! be exalted to fafety. fNch.4.i>. 12 f He difappointeth the devices ffa'.: 8?'to.' of the crafty, fo that their hands || cannot perform their enterprife. 13 g He taketh the wife in their g ic™. own craftinefs ; and the counfel of the froward is carried headlong. tDeutcr. 1 4 h They || meet with darknefs jia.^.'io. in the day-time, and grope in the Ain^s a. 0. noon-day as in the night. into.''"" 15 But he faveth the poor from the fword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. lo:!%. 16 ; S-o the poor hath hope, and iniquity f tappet h her mouth. jieb?;?i!'!; i7kBehold, happy/* the man whom .um. 1. 12. God corre£teth ; tiierefore defpife not t\. 3- iy- t|10n j-^g chartening of the Almighty : jueutw. 18 '^For he maketh fore, and ?iinui.o. bindeth up: he woundeth, and his Hu'f^rr,fu hands make whole. mi'f.91.3. 19 m He fliall deliver thee in fix lro'Z4'c' troubles ; yea, in feven there fliall no evil touch thee. 33Pffj"& 20 " In famine he fliall redeem thee from death ; and in war f from the power of the fword. 2 i ° Thou fhait be hid ||from the fcourge of the tongue : neither fnalt thou be afraid of deftru£tion when it cometh. 22 At deftruction and famine thou 35- 9. & fhalt laugh : p neither fhalt thou be Eu.34.a5. afraid of the beafts of the earth. iipi. 91.12. 23 q For thou i halt be in league with the (tones of the field; and the beafts of the field fliall be at peace with thee. 24 And thou flialt know || that thy tabernacle fliall be in peace ; and thou flialt vifit thy habitation, and \\ Or, err. (halt liOt || fin. 25 Thou flialt know alfo that lior.mwc*. thy feed fliall be || great, and thine offspring as the grafs of the earth. r r.ov. _ 26 r Thou flialt come to thy grave ,0" 27' in a full age, like as a lhock of corn Ijrntdcw. + cometh in in his feafon. 27 Lo, this we have fearched it, fo it is; hear it, and know thou it forttyjcif. f for thy good. CHAP. VI. 1 Job fjieweth that his complaints are not ' caujelefs : 8 he wilheth for death, wherein he is a [fared of com- fort * 1 4 he reproieth his friends. L't Job anfwered, and faid, 2 Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and mycalamity f laid in the balances together ! tHcb./;»m r„ctb. plfa. Jlol. J.. , II Or,, (Aj, Bl .j .-t. . V, VI. Jobjujhfieth his complaint. 3 For now it would be heavier £^;tc a than tin.- fand i f the fea : therefore <■'"■ wje^ || my words are (wallowed up. , Prriv 4 h For the arrows of the Almigh- *7« i- ty are within me, the poifon whereof 1 £,**', "» drinketh up my fpirit : c the terrors %£%% of God do fet themfelves in array sn,/. again!! me. bpr.38.* 5 Doth the wild afs bray \ when "i/!'.'™88' he hath grafs ? or loweth the ox over t Heb. his fodder? a"ra/" 6 Can that which is unfavoury be eaten without fait ? or is there any tafte in the white of an egg ? 7 The things that my foul refufed to touch are as my forrowful meat. 8 Oh that I might have my requeft ; and that God would grant me f the j,„u*;fC. thing that 1 long for ; '■»""'<"'• 9 Even that it would pleafe God to deftroy me ; that he would let loofe his hand and cut me off! i o Then ffiould I yet have comfort ; yea, I would harden myfelfinforrow : let him not fpare ; for I have not con- cealed the words of d the holy One. ]£%* ii What is my ftrength, that l^h fhould hope ? and what is mine end, that I fliould prolong my life ? 1 2 Is my ftrength the ftrength of ftones ? or is my tielh + of brafs ? Jr^£ 1 3 Is not my help in me ? and is wifdom driven quite from me ? 14 -|-To him that is afflifted pityJ^J* fhouid be jliewed from his friend ; but "»*'"*• 'he forfaketh the fear of the Almighty. 1 5 My brethren have dealt deceit- fully as a brook, and c as the Hream'/"^' of brooks they pais away ; j 6 Which are blackiih by reafon of the ice, a»&\vhefein the fnowishid : 17 What time they wax warm }Hfb f thev vanifti : + when it is hot they n,,y ire are + confumed out of their place. \\«; ,n 1 8 The paths of their way are -;v<; ,* turned afide , they go to nothing, and ( ^ '(r perifh. Hxinja*. 19 f The troops of Tenia looked, £«•£• the companies of Sheba waited for them. 20 They were confounded becanfe they had hoped ; they tame thither, and were afiiamtd. 2 r || For now !i ye are f nothing ; ye , jfcj^ n fee my cafting down, and are afraid. ,--, vut. 22 Did I fa v, Bring unto me ? or, Give Bei».*w u. ;t reward for me of your fubftance ? t«* 23 Or, Deliver me from the ene- 1 Ucbi ,„,, mieshand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? 24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue- : and caufe me to undeiftand wherein I have erred. I i 3 25 How Job excufeth his defire of death: J O *T.,f™= 2S How forcible are right words ! it. is*j. but what doth your arguing reprove ? J ' 26 Do yc imagine to reprove words, and the fp-'eches of one that is defpe- rate, which are -as wind ? Heb. 27 Yea, f ye -verwhelm the fa- \uuP- therlcft, and ye dig a pit for your friend. 28 Now therefore, becontent, look h«J>' upon me ; for it ft + evident unto you ^'*~ if I lie. 'Ctap. 29 h Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity, yea, return again, my LTi-'f/ !s' righteoufnefs it \\ in it. 'w.-.v.-. jo Is there iniquity in my tongue ? LE£" ""' cannot + my tafte difcern perverfe things ? CHAP. VII. I Job excufeth his defire of death : 1 2 he complaineth of his own rejl- iejjhefs and Gods watchfulnefs. I or^» TS there not || a an appointed time to TciV' man up°n earth ? «r£ not his days pfo'ls'i alfo like the days of an hireling ? 1 ueh.gap. 2 As a fcrvaia f earneftly deiireth «* "/»»• the fliadow, and as an hireling look- eth for the reward of his work ; hsccchap. T c0 am j made to polTefs ° months *"* *' of vanity, and wearifonie nights are appointed to me. eo««t- 4 « When I lie down I fay, When cV. i77.'ii fhall I arife, and -j- the night be gone ? U^L % and I am full of tofiings to and fro mctfurtd. unto the dawning of the day. 5 My rlefh is clothed with worms and clods of dull j my fkin is broken, and become loathfome. i.Cfs% 6 d xMy days are fwifter than a If. ??:* weavers fhuttle, and are fpent with- £^0^11' out hol',e' & toji is. 7 O remember that* my life is wind : ira'jf;'. rz. mine eve f (hall no more |j fee good. fam^M. 8 f ^ne eVe °f n'm tl,Ht hath (eeU e praima me fhall fee me no more : thine eyes *S9.'47.'& «>'^ upon me, and || I am not. * Heb. o Af the cloud is confumed and Wall 1; •( »'!•--'.,, ^ ^ 1 • , tum. vanifheth away ; fo ° he that goeth 1'iut %'*> down to the grave lhall come up no tnjw ' rftltre. r chSP. IO j-je (jja|j return no more to his jiThat ;=, houlc, h neither {hall his place know U'ton'^r him any more. e 1 sam. 1 1 Therefore I will not refrain my ^'f:'' mouth ; I will fpeak in the anguifh of 8. iisa Ac my fpirit ; I will complain in the bit- T?=im" ternefs of my foul. ic3- 16- ,2 jim\ a tea, or a whale, that thou fetteft a watcli over me ? iSs."' '--> ' When 1 fa>'' AIy bed fhail comfort ' me, my couch lhall eafe my complaint ; 1 4Then thou fcareft me with dreams, and terrified me through virions: B . Bildad fieweth Gods jufiice. 1 5 So that my foul choofeth ftrang- ***■ ling, aw/death rather \ than my life. «'"• »wo 1 6 k I loathe it ; I would not live v~—v are vanity. v csup. 1 7 n What is man, that thou fhould- ]°c£v. eftmagnif'y him ; andthat thou fhould- J* 20. ell fet thine heart upon him ; w. 39. u- 18 And //Wthou fhouldeft vifit him Jj™" every morning, <2*'d try him every „ Vraims mement ? *£ * 19 How long wilt thou not depart Hcbr. 2 5. from me, nor let me alone till 1 fwal- low down my fpittle ? 20 I have finned, what fhall I do unto thee, °Othou Prcferverof men? %G.hc™ why p haft thou fet me as a mark p ch*P. agaiiift thee, fo that I am a burden \%\m' to myfelf ? l^»Z.V- ia. 2 r And why doft thou not pardon my tranfgreflion, and take away mine iniquity ? for now fhall I fief p in the duit ; and thou fhalt leek me in the morning, but I (hall not he. CHAP. VIII. 1 Bildad fhewsth Gods juftice in deal- ing with men according to their works : 8 he alledgeth antiquity to prove the certain dcflruttion of the hypocrite : 20 he applieth Gods jujl dealing to fob. THen anfwered Bildad the Shu- hite, and faid, 2 How long wilt thou fpeak thefe things P and how long fall the words of thy mouth be like a ftrong wind ? 3 a Doth God pervert judgment ? '8:a£ or doth the Almighty pervert juftice ? SSV.^?! 4 If thy children have finned againft ^34. 17. him, and he have caft them away Kcm. 3- 5* f for their tranfgreffion ; 1 "£■"■/ 5 b W thou wouldeft feek unto i^iri,™/. God betimes, and make thy fuppli- ^'c'h°"p\ cation to the Almighty ; s.^fc & 6 If thou wert pure and upright ; 12.23,' &c. furely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righ- teoufnefs profperous. 7 Though thy beginning was final 1, yet thy latter end fhould greatly in- creafe. 8 c For enquire, I pray thee, of = ftj'»;' the former age, and prepare thyfelf ct« . to the fearch of their fathers ; 9 (For dwe are but of yefterday, & Genettt and know -|- nothing, becaufe c>ur VaSU. days upon earth are a fhadow ; ) chap1.5?. 6. 10 Shall not they teach thee, and ^Jfj*: tell thee, and utter words out of their , mx,.'^,. heart? 1 1 Can the rufli grow up without mire ? can the flag grow without water ? •. ia cWhilft Job acknowledgetk Gods jufiice. C H A •hri't *- e WhiKl it is yet in his green- ncfs, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. 13 So are the paths of all that for- get God, and the f hypocrites hope (hall perifh : f 4 Whofe hope (hall be cutoff, and whofe trull (hall be f a fpiders web. 15 £ He (hall lean upon his houfe, but it (hall not ftand : he (hall hold it fall, but it fliall not endure. 16 He is green before the Tun, and his branch fhooteth forth in his gar- den. 1 7 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and feeth the place of flones. hchap. ,§ h If he delfroy him from his pfaim^ place, then it ihall deny him, faying, I have not feen thee. 19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth lhall others grow. 20 Behold, God will not call away laffibcun- a perfect man, neither will he f help go.uy by tbt the evil doers, 21 Till he fill thy mouth with laugh- fiJaing/ir ing, and thy lips with f rejoicing. '"}- 22 They that hate thee ihall be clothed with fharne ,• and the dwel- p^in'ot be. ling-place of the wicked f fliall come to nought- CHAP. IX. I Job, acknowledging Cods jufiice, jheiveth there is no contending with him. 22 jMans innocency is not to be condemned by affii:lion. THen Job anfwered, and faid, 2 I know it is fo of a truth : but a^p&ta howfhould a man be juft || with God ? I, or, be. 3 If he will contend with him, he >ri God' cannot anfwer him one of a thoufand. b chap. 4 b fle it wjfe jn jjeart? ancj mighty inltrength : who hath hardened him- y^/fagainft him and hath profpered? 5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not ; which overturn^ eth them in his anger ; 6 Which (haketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble ; 7 Which commandeth the fun and it rifeth not, and fealeth up the liars ; $r?io4*,1l 8 c Which alone fpreadeth out the i Heh. heavens, and tre; deth upon thef waves *'«*" ofthefea; ^Ufatc. 9 d Which maketh f Arfturus, O- Amos'f.s. rion, and Pleiades, and the chambers 1$!!"*$" ofthefouth; 10 e Which doeth great thingspaft finding out, yea, and wonders with- out number. 1 1 f Lo, he goeth by me, and I fee him not ; he paifeth on alfo, but I perceive him not. Celt, . Cimub c Ch. 5- f Chap. B, y. « 35- 14- P. IX. No contending with God. 1 2 8 Behold, he taketh away, + who {!«f«« can hinder him? who will fay unto eir. wo. him, What doeft thou? )^v ' 13 If God will not withdraw his [er. il.o." anger, h the + proud helpers do (loop t^,°'^£ under him : '•" '<"■" 14 How much lefs fliall I anfwer ch.11. lo. him, and choofe out my words to Jfcl}y- reafon with him ? , »,.,.. 15 ; Whom, though I were righ- ¥$£$ teous, yet would I not anfwer, but I Jw*w»." would makefupplication to my judge. [£*& 16 If I had called, and he had an- fwered me, yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. 1 7 For he breaketh me with a tem- peflr, and multiplieth my wounds k without caufe. k chip. 18 He will not fnffer me to take |^& my breath, but filleth me with bit- ternefs. 19 If I fpeak of flrength, lo, he it ftrong : and if of judgment, who fliall fet me a time to plead P 20 If I juftify myfelf, mine own mouth fliall condemn me: if I fay, I am perfect, it fliall alfo prove me perverfe. 2 1 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my foul : I would defpife my life. 22 This is one thing, therefore I faid it, ' He dellroyeth the perfett xJ;f;[\ and the wicked. 23 If the fcourge flay fuddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: m he covereth the faces m jene* of the judges thereof ; if not, where I4- 4" and who is he ? 2 j Now n my days are fwifter than "/Jf" a poll ; they flee away, they fee no 7' good. 26 They are palled away as the + ||fwift fliips: ° as the eagle that ],,%*} haiteth to the prey. ^'"" 27 "If I fay, I will forget my com- '^tiP' plaint, I will leave off my heavinefs, oh».i.i. and comfort myfelf; v c)'.^'3"' 28 I am afraid of all my forrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. 29 If I be wicked, why then la- bour 1 in vain ? 30 ' If I wafli myfelf with (how- M*'*V' water, and make my hands never lb clean ; 31 Yet (halt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes lhall || abhor me. L*'*?** 32 For ' he is not a man as I am., ■**•"*■ that I fhould anfwer him, a.'>d we ,. fliould come together in jjudgrcgnt. I i 4 33 5 Neither Job ex Bcfjre -Chrift V. I, 20. v v, e Vcrfe 1 9. iSara -■:;. t I!ch. mt tbut/hould *rgut. II Or, ■umpire. t Chap. 13- 20- & 33- 7- + Hcb but J am not fa 'ut:th my- fdf. ■poflulaMh with God. J O 43 * Neither is there f any j| days- man betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us bi>th. 34 * Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me ; 35 Then w on!d I fpeak, and not fear him : + but it is not fo with me. CHAP X. 1 Job, taking liberty of complaint, cx- pojhdateth with God about hit afflic- tions : 1 8 he complaineth of life, and craveth a little eaj'e, &c. MY a foul is || weary of my life : I will leave my complaint upon inyfelf ; I will fpeak in the bitter- nefs of my foul. 2 I will fay unto God, Do not con- demn me ; fhew me wherefore thou contended with me 3 Is it good unto thee that thou fhouldeft opprefs. that thou (houldeft defpife f the work of thine hands, and fhine upon the counfel of the wicked ? 4 Haft thou eyes of flefh ? or b feeft thou as man feeth ? 5 Are thy days as the days of man ? are thy years as mans days, 6 That thou enquireft after mine iniquity, and fearcheft after my fin ? 7 fThou knoweft that I am not wicked ; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hnnd. 8 c Thine hands f have made me, and fafhioned me together round about ■ yet thou doft deftroy me. 9 Remember, I befeech thee, that d thou haft made me as the clay, and wilt thou bring me into duft again ? 10 c Haft thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheefe ? 1 1 Thou haft clothed me with (kin and fiefh, and haft j fenced me with bones and (inews. r2 Thou haft granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath pre- fervtd my (pirit. 1 3 And thefe things haft thou hid in thine heart : I know that this is with thee. 14 If I fin, then thou markeft me; and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. 1 : If I be wicked, woe unto me ; f and if I be righteous, yet will I not ft up my head : I am full of con- fufion , therefore fee thou mine af- fliction, 1 6 For it ncreafeth. £ Thou hunteft me as a tierce lion ; and again thou jhpweft ihvl. it marvellous upon me. 17 Thou re.iesveft || thy witneties againft me, and increafeft thine in- h Ch?.y. B. Zophar Yeproveth Job. dignation upon me ; changes and war gj^jf are againft me. 18 " Wherefore then haft thou brought me forth out of the womb ? Oh that I had given up the ghoft, and no eye had feen me ! 1 9 I (hould have been as though I had not been ; I (hould have been car- ried from the womb to the grave. 20 ' Are not my days few ? ^ ceafe ' *■« cp*v. then, and ' let me alone, that I may aes-V take comfort a little, \.v.Ui^ 21 Before I go whence I (hall not icW-7. return, m even to the land of darknefs, J n and the (hadow of death : «*. ■*. 22 A land of darknefs, as darknefs " l'fj,m itfelf; and of the fhadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darknefs. CHAP. XI. 1 Zophar reproveth Job for juftifying himfelf. 5 Gods wijdotn is xmfearch- able. 1 3 The a[fitred bleffir.g of re- pentance. r I HHen anfwered Zophar the Naa- -L mathite, and laid, 2 Should not the multitude of words be anfwered ? and (hould f a man full JJJ^j^,, of talk be juftified ? 3 Should thy || lies make men hold [!,£[;,, their peace ? and when thou mockeft, (hall no man make thee a (named I 4 For a thou haft faid. My doctrine * c^p-& is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. ic. r. 5 But oh that God would fpeak, and open his lips againft thee : 6 And thai he would ihew thee the fecrets of wifdom, that they are double to that which is ! Know, therefore, that fc God exaclethof thee left than thine t> e»™ iniquity defereeth. 7 c Canft thou by fearchlng find out c tftfet God ? canft thou find out the Almigh ty unto perfection ? 8 // is | as high as heaven ; v. canft thou do? deeper than hell; what canft thou know ? 9 The meafure thereof/; longer than d aaf the earth, and broader than the fea. v 1; lv 10 d If he || cutotf, and (hut up, or ' gather together, then fwho can hin- n der him : 1 1 For c he knoweth vain men : he - feethwickednefsalfoj willhenotthen c contider it ? l*fi?*L 1 2 For f f vain man would be wife. & though man be born like a wild ailes ;. colt. 1 1 3 EIf thou prepare thine heart, and . ''ftretch out thine hands toward him ; ■ 14 If iniquity *e in thine hand, pu it far away, and let not wickecinefs - dwell 4" tbytabern i '; is ; For u 1. .-3- Heb. t Heh. t IT 3 7- 5- & 111 4- Ifi. 58. B. 26 5,0. §hl. 3. 5. Prov. 3.24. + Heb. m- Ireaj //;j t Heb. ■Hb from A! ?<>£ defendeth hintfelf, and Before 15 ! For then (halt thou lift up thy tir.i'5'10 face without fpot; yea, thou (halt be iswoSi: ftedfait. and (halt not fear : &?«'.*& l6 Becaufe thou (halt forget thy pi.iiS'.6. mifery, and remember it as waters that pafs away : 17 And thine are + 1:fliall be clearer than the noon-day ; thou ihalr. lhine forth, thou (halt be as the morning. 18 And thou (hah be fecure, be- caufe there is hope; yea, thou fhalt dig about thee, and ' thou (halt take thy reft in fafety. 19 Alfo thou flialt lie down, and none (hall make thee afraid ; yea, many lhall \ make fuit unto thee. 20 But the eyes of the wicked fhall fail, and fthey (hall not efcapej and m their hope jhall be as \\ the giving ntm. up of the ghoft. I JJ£ CHAP. XII. is 14. , job maintaineth himfelf agdinft his \tbrm5? friends that repi ove him 7 he ac- knowledge th Gods omnipotence. Nd Job anfwered, and Paid, 2 No dcubt but ye are the people, and wifdom fhall die with you. 3 But aI have f underftandiiig as well as you ; -j- I am not inferior to "" "' you : yea, f who kuowcth not fuch 1 m.'n»t things as thefe ? bnur to.m 4 b j am m one m0cked of his neigh- tneb. bour, who calleth upon God, and he HZElUfiZb anfwereth him : the juft upright man '" "■''■!'* is laughed to fcorn. i6?ia"&; 5 c He that is ready to (lip with & ai.' -." b*s ^eeJ 's as a lamp defpifed in the & 30. 1. thought of him that is at eafe. 6 d The tabernacles of robbers pro- fper, and they that provoke God are fecure ; into whofe hand God bring- , etli abundantly. 7 But alk now the-beaffs, and they (hall teach thee ; and the fowls of the air, and they fliall tell thee : 8 Or fpeak to the earth, and it fliall teach thee ; and the hlhcs of the fea fliall declare unto thee! 9 Who knoweth not in all thefe that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this < 10 eIn whofe hand is the || foul of every living thing, and the breath of your peace. ■j- all mankind. wifdom 1 1 f Doth not the ear try words ? and the -j- mouth tide hi-, meat ? 1 2 With the aiwient« wifdom; and ' in length o,f days underftanding. ir. T ;zO. llrt. t Heb. t Prov. 14- 2. il Chap. Be 93 : ■■ 1 Mai. e N'imh. 16. 2 2. II Or, life. t Heb allfitjb t CSap. CHAP. XH, XIII. acknowledged Gods omnipotency. teth fup a man, and there can be no ^« opening. 15 Behold, he with-holdeth the waters, and. they dry up; alio he """• fendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. 16 k With him is ftrength and wif- **"-**' dom : the deceived and the deceiver are his. 1 7 He leadeth counfei lore away fpoil- ed, and ' maketh the judges fools. Yl^T.'ec 18 He loofeth the bond of kings, [£•£«; and girdeth their loins with a girdle. icir/i-u,. 19 He leadeth princes away fpoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. 20 "' He removeth away the \ fpeech ™z?!j*p' of the trulty, and taketh away the lf*-3-2,3. underftanding of the aged. lip1')'),'™ 2i "He poureth contempt upon^1^'* princes, and j| weakeneth the ftrength "07.40. of the mighty. I;;"' :'21' 22 u He difcovereth deep things out &«*** *• of darknefs, and bringeth out to light fil'c%%g. the fhadow of death. « ■*»■ 23 pHe iricreafeth the nations, and Mutfc'., deftroyeththem: heenlargeth thena- " tions, and f ftraiteneth them again, t 24 He taketh away the heart of the ."^j' " chief of the people of the earth, and 1 q caufeth them to wander in a wilder- JJJ^q, nefs where there is no way. 25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to f ftag- J ° , ger like a drunken man. G H A P. XIII- 1 Job re prove th his friends of • tiality : 14 he prefftth his confi- dence in God, 20 .. . ' entreateth tn knoxv his own fins\ ana Gods pw • pofe in affliliiftg hint. JO, mine eye hath Cecn all this, -J mine ear hath heard and uhder- ftood it. 2 a What ye know, tie fame do I ; know alfo : 1 am not inferior unto you. mighty, and I defire to reafon with3*-34* God. 4 But ye are. forgers of lies, r ye all phyfieians of no value. 16-*' 5 OIi that ye would altogether hold and d it lhould be you. t Hfh. palate, ■ Witb c: i Uaizli 22. 21. 13 || g With him is wifdom and ftrength, he hath counfei and under- ftanding. j 4 Behold, hhebreaketh down, and it cannot be built again ; he ' (hut- 6Hearnowmyreafon'ing, and hear* ken to the pleadings of my lips. 7 c Will ye fpeak wickedly for -a God ? and talk deceitfully for him ? • •'. 8 Wil! ye accept his peribn ? will 30' ye contend for God ? 9 Is it good that he flionld fearch you out ? or, as one man mocketh an- other, do ye/o ir.o.k him ? 10 He Jobs confidence in God. gjjjj io He will furely reprove you, if »■•• "*>-, ye do fecretly accept perfons. v ii Shall not his excellency make you afraid, and his dread fall upon you? 12 Your remembrances are like unto allies, your bodies to bodies of clay. 13 f Hold your peace, let me a- lone that I may fpeak, and let come on me what will. 14 Wherefore f do I take my flefli in my teeth, and g put my life in mine hand ? 1 5 '• Though he flay me, yet will I trull in him : ' but I will f maintain mine own ways before him. 16 He alfo jhall be my falvation : for an hypocrite fhall not come be- fore him. 17 Hear diligently my fpeech and my declaration with your ears. 18 Behold now, I have ordered my caufe ; I know that I fhall be jultified. 19 kWho is he that will plead with me ? for now if I hold my tongue I mail give up the ghoft. 20 ' Only do not two things unto me; then will I not hide myfeif from thee : 2 1 Withdraw thine hand fir from me ; and let not thy dread make me afraid : 22 Then call thou, and I will an- fwer ; or let me fpeak, and anfwer thou me. 23 How many are mine iniquities and (ins? make me to know my tranf- greflion and my (in. 24m Wherefore hided thou thy face, • and n holdeft me for thine enemy ? 25 °Wilt thou break a leaf driven JOB. The condition of mam life. 2 b He cometh forth like a flower, »^[f and is cut down : he fleeth alfo as a *. >;ib. fhadow, and continueth not. bctup.s.g'. 3 And doll thou open thine eyes ££,£% upon fuch an one, and bringeft me into judgment with thee ? 4 f Who c can oring a clean thing ' out of an unclean ? not one.. i;\'Y. t ttcb. n, filtnt /rem ml. Z 1 *>■»• jk. 11. rr.im PrJ.i4-3* i cnip. 27-5. + Heb. prove, or 5 d Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with ' .''.'," eiDe'J Ffal. 13. n Dcut. Run, i.ai. to and fro ? and wilt thou purfue the Chap. 10.9. -. , » fcip.it. dry fluhble i Lam3.i.°s. 26 For thou wiiteft bitter things oifa.4i-3- againfl me, and v makeft me to pof- '^*! #7' fefs the iniquities of my youth. 3v iT 27 qThou putteft my feet alfo in t%™'-ji. tne ftoc'KS rind f lookelt narrowly un- to all my paths ; thou fetteft a print inch.™/,, upon the f heels of my feet. 28 And he, as a rotten thing, con- fumeth, as a garment that is moth- eaten. CHAP. XIV. 1 Job enfreateth God for favour, by the (hortneji of life, and certainty cut "-*"• and where is he ? 1 1 As the waters fail from the fea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up; 12 So man lieth down, and rifeth not: h till the heavens be no more fJ'/f'S. they fnall not awake, nor be raifed S^'iJ* out of their deep. ^-/\'-\. 13 Oh that thou wouldefl hide me K--.n.n'.;.o. in the grave, that thou wouldeft keep -.YoV ?i. me fecret, until thy wrath be pall ; fi,'0,'."' that thou wouldeft appoint me a fee time, and remember me ! 14 If a man die, (hall he live again P All the days of my appointed time;chap * will I wait, k till my cliange come. 13- »*• 15 Thou fhalt call, and I will an- kVgr * fwer thee : thou wilt have a delire to the work of thine hands. 16 ' For now thou numbered my !,o.hr'!",4. fteps; doft thou not watch over my fin ? g !; \;_ 17 m My tranfgrefiion is fealed up Vs*}™ ^ in a ba^, and thou feweft up mine V^.iXi- iniquity. jer.32.1g. 18 And fureiy the mountain falling mft * ■[ cometh to nought ; and the rock is Hor.3i*'n. removed out of his place. t'ic» 19 The waters wear the ftones : ""^ thou f waftieft away the things which }o-',j°. tr* grow out of the dull of the earth, and thou deilroyeft the hope of man. 20 Thou prevailed: for ever againfl him, and he pafleth ; thou changed his countenance, and fended him (Heb./torl if ™'«»i a • • • ._ • 1 heed to life a write in it with a mans pen con- ww ..,•**- cerning f Maher-Jhalal-halh-baz. fr'"',T,c 2 And '"f'fe'"' A prophecy agaiv.ft Syria, &cv ISA cSa 2 And I to°^ unto me ^ithful wit- jcif.74*. nefles to record, b Uriali the prielt, and tTici^T Zechariah tne lbn of Jeberechiah. '° ia- 3 And I f went unto the prophet- l^rouiied efs ; and the conceived and bare a "*•• fon : then laid the Lord to me, Gall his name Maher-lhalal-halh-baz : c see chap. ^ c por Defore the child lhall iiave knowledge to cry, My father, and my £c"!it u niother, || d the riches of Damafcus, vcfvrt u* and the fpoil of Samaria, (hall betaken fJLc%'la away before the king of AUyria. ut't^a, 5 11 The Lord ipake alio unto me ** again, faying, Ti Ktoss 6 Forafmuch as this people refufeth 35" 19 <* the waters of Shiioah that go foftiy, I cifrm. and rejoice in Rezin and Kemaliahs ll4Sn-y f«n : 7 Now, therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, ftrong and many, even the king of AlVyria, and all his glory; and he lhall come up over all nis channels, and go over all his banks. 8 And he mall pafs through Judah ; c chap. he ihall overflow and go over, c he lhall t°n " "•? reach even to the neck ; and f the /w i',',7,i"j ^retching out of his wings lhallfill the cjU"ian!tJ breadth of thy land, O t Immanuel. $%&!£ 9 1[Aiibciate yourfelves, O ye people, ""'i'ii"." I! and ye fhall oe broken in pieces ; and f chsp. give ear, all ye of far countries : gird To4" . yourfelves, and ye mall be broken in 1 Or, yd. ', .' e- \ 1 n ti pieces ; gird yourfelves, and ye lhall be broken in pieces, i-joh io BTake counfel together, and it i"12- fliall come to nought ; fpeak the h chap, word, and it lhall not itand : h for 7' I4' God is with us. 1 1 1|. For the Lord fpake thus to V^' me -J- with a ftrong liaiid,and inltru£t- 'J bona, ed me, that I Ihjuld not walk in the way of this people, faying, 1 2 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people lhall fay, UTs" 3' ^ confederacy ; ' neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. 1 3 San&ify the Lord of hofts him- felf ; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. k r«k. 1 4 And k he lhall be for a fanftuary; ic'b!p. DUC t°r ' a itoue of Humbling, and Lui£tfi.34 f°r a r0c^ ot °^nce, to both the Kom 0-s.v houfes of lfrael ; for a gin and for a »m.i b fnafe to the hihabitantsof Jerulalem. IS And many among them ihall rnvuuh. mjlumb!e, antj g^ and be broken, 30*18. and De feared, and &e taken. 10 Bind up the teltimony, feal the law among my difciples. 17 And 1 will wait upon the Lord that hideth his face from the houfe qf Jacob, and 1 will look for him, I A H. Great ajfiifiions to idolaters. 18 n Behold I, and the children gg™ whom the Lord hath given me, *r-_J*1'* 0 ate for figns and for wonders in If- r?m£~ rael from the Lord of holts, which "J3' dwelleth in mount Zion. jiVt™ 19 1| And when they ihall fay unto *"*" y 8* you, Seek unto them that have fami- liar fpints, and unto wizards p that PfCh3P- peep, and that mutter ; Ihould not * a people feek unto their God ? for the living ''to the dead ? lie,''™ 20 ' To the law and to the teftimo- l^utl ny : if they fpeak not according to10-2"- this word, it is oecaule ' there is f no1^'3-6, light in them. L1/^' 2 1 And they fhall pafs through it hardly belttd and hungry : and it m»U come to pafs, that, when they lhall be hungry, they (hall fret them- feives, and curfe their king and their God, and look, upward. 22 And ' they lhall look unto the t.^- earth; and, behold, trouble and dark- " nefs,dimneis of anguiih; and theyjliall be driven to darknefs. CHAP. IX. r What joy jhall be in the miclfl of af- flictions by the kingdom and birth of Chriji. 8 1' he judgments upon IJrael for their pridey 13 impenitency , 18 and great -wickednej's. NEvertnelefs thedimnefs fliall not &'74H- be fuch as was in her vexation, when at the a tirft he lightly afflicted \l c^oa- the land of Zebulun, and tne land of Naphtali, and b afterward did more b '"«">• • ,1 ,-1- -> , ■ 1 -- S U. grievoutly airnct her by the way 01 cir. 77I. the fea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee cir 74a || of the nations. i*^ 2 c The people that walked in dark- c Mauh. nefs have feen a great light ; they ^f5 14. that dwell in the land of the fliadow of death, upon them hath the light mined. 3 Thou haft multiplied the nation, and || not increafed the joy : tney joy £°*# before thee according to the joy in harvelt, and as men rejoice when they divide the fpoil. 4 || For thou haft broken the yoke 8 Ojr, ^ of his burden, and the ftaff of his »r2£/». lhoulder, the rod of his opprellor, as"JJ^e» in the day of d Midian. eS^iS?^ 5 || For every battle of the war- (,r> „'■,,,' rior is with confufed noife, and gar- ments rolled in blood ; ' || but this ^"^ lhall be witn burning and f fuel of^c*bi,.6"(j. tire. IJ(;r16;^ 6 f For unto us a child is born, unto " ^,'ic. us a s fon is given, and the govern- »H«b^i«»f. ment lhall be upon his lhoulder; and ["CL u! his name lhall be called h Wonder- g jotn ful, Gounfellor, The mighty God, ; The '3- ia. Judgments for pride, hypocrify, Sec. CHAP CQdit The everlafting Father, ' The Prince 74°- . of peace. iT^ST' 7 Of the increafe of his government *• '•*■ and peace ktherejhail be no end, upon jzVln. '' the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to eltabliih it with judgment and with jnftice, from henceforth even for ever. 1 he iy.T"8S ' zeal °f the LoRD °f ao&s vvil* Per" |fe«p- form this. cVr.'^s. 8 f The Lord fent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Ifrael. 9 And all the people fhall know, even Ephraim, and the inhabitant of Samaria, that fay in the pride and ftoutnefs of heart, io The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn Hones ; the fycamores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. i 1 Therefore the Lord fhall fet up the adversaries of Rezin againft him, Vh'X an'1 1 j°in his enemies together ; 1 2 The Syrians before, and the Phi- liftines behind; and they (hall devour Llbttteie Krael f with open mouth. m For all """•'"• this his anger is not turned away, but It-zs^k his hand is Itretclied out ftill. ^°,c+ ' 3 11 F°r " tne people turneth not i- 3-cm" unto him that fmiteth them, neither do they feek the Loud of holts : 14 Therefore the Lord will cut off from Ifrael head and tail, branch and rufli, in one day. 15 The ancient and honourable, he is the head ; and the prophet that teacheth lyes, he is the tail. d chap. 1 6 For ° || the leaders of this people jf o^;" caufe t/iem to err ; and || they that are 'caiilhem led of them #n? -j- deftroyed. 17 Therefore the Lord fhall have no joy in their young men, neither fhall have mercy on their fatherlefs and widows : for every one is an hy- pocrite and an evil-doer, and every mouth fpeaketh || folly. p For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is ftretched out ftill. 1 8 i| For wickednefs burnetii as the fire ; it lhall devour the briers and thorns, and fhall kindle in the thick- ets of the foreft ; and they fhall mount up like the lifting up of f moke. 19 Through the wrath of the Lord of holts is q the land darkened, and the people (hall be as the f fuel of the tire : no man fhall fpare his brother. 20 And he (hall f match on the right hand, and be hungry ; and he fhall eat on the left hand, and they lhall not be fatisfied : r they fhall eat every man the fieih of his own arm : Mr/ltd. II Or, ll'cy that an tailed Urjj-ri Of •) Chap. t Heb. . IX, X. The Adrians pride threatened. 2!Mauafleh,Kphraim,andh.pliraini, «efow Manalleh: and they together jhall be ei?.1^'. againft Judah. s For all this his an- sVerfc» ' ger is not turned away, but his hand ^.'(7 ^ is ftretched lout ftill. ' &io£*?" CHAP. X. 1 The woe of tyrants. 5 Atfyria, the rod of Gods vengeance, for , hi s pride, jhall be broken. 20 A remnant of ' Ijruel fhall return. 2 4 Judah comforted* WOe unto them that t decree ua- cir. 7T3. righteous decrees, and jj that */fa1In« write grievoufnefs which they have 04' 10 prefcribed, l'i'"l!°liri 2 To turn afide the needy fronj^^" judgment, and to take away toe right »<'/'■ from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherlefs ! 3 And' b what will ye do in the day bjoi. of vilitation, and in the deiblation 3'- '*• whfch (lull come from far p to whom will ye fiee for help ? and where will ye leave your glory ? 4 Without me they fhall bow down under the prifoners, and they fhall fall under the flain. c For all this his^Ch„aP5- anger is not turned away, but his 17, **"" hand is ftretched out ftill. 5 1 || O f Aflyrian, t the rod ofnor, mine anger, || and the ftaff in their %}£?*? hand is mine indignation. t n-r>. 6 I will fend him againft an hypo- ;ff""' critical nation, and againft the people si- 20. of my wrath will 1 give him a charge, &%L,m to take the fpoil, and to take the prey, and f to tread them down like t "eh. the mire of the ftreets. ?££!*& 7 e Howbeit he meaneth not fo, »G«neni neither doth his heart think fo ; but mm.** »*• it is in his heart to deftroy and cut off nations not a few. 8 f For he faith, Are not my princes . , KiagI altogether kings r '-'ec4' 9 /; not & Calno h as Carchemifh ? «oi &c.0' is not Hauiath as Arpad ? is not Sa- £.Az'.nc" maria ' as Dam;ifcus ? t 2Chron. 10 As my hand hath found the king- 3S" *£ doms of the idols, and whofe graven [t». * images did excel them of Jerufalem and of Samaria ; 1 1 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, fo do to Jeru- falem and her idols ? 1 2 Wherefore it lhall come to pafs, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work '■ upon mount Zi 11, '■ 2 Kiwis and on jVrufalem, 1 will f puniffi the ' uc30'' fruit j- of the flout heart of tne king'"!/i"'*"",• of Aflyria, and the glory of his high <«*;«£ looks. «tfitfu>t 13 For he faith, By the flrength of "* my hand i have done //, and by my wifdom : A remnant fliall be faved. ISA Before wifdom ; for I am prudent : and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treafures, and I have put down the inhabitants || like a valiant man: 14 And my hand hath found, as a nelt, the riches of the people : and as one gathered! eggs that art ieft have I gathered all tne earth ; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. 15 Shall the axe boalt itfelf againft him that hewcth therewith ? or (hall the faw magnify itfelf againft him that lhaketh it ? II as if the rod fhould %,iiijbakt (hake itfelf againlt them that lift it 'i,/n,'up'. up, or as if the ftaff mould lift up 11 or, that |j itjelf, as if it were no wood. pm!*. 16 Therefore (hall the I.ord, the Lord of holts, fend among his fat ones leannefs ; and under his glory he (hall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire. 17 And the light of Ifrael (hall be for a fire, and his holy One for a flame : and it (hall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day ; 18 And (hall coufume the glory of his forelt, and of his fruitful field, 1 Hch. f both foul and body : and they (hall ■%\,?,ali beaswhenaltandard-bearerfainteth. fi'ib."',he '9 And the red of the trees of his 1 Hek. foreft lhall be -\ ftw, that a child may number. wr}te r.llem. 20 t And it (hall come to pafs in that day, that the remnant of Ifrael, and fuch as are efeaped of the houfe of Jacob, '(hall no more again (lay upon him that fmote them ; but (hull Itay upon the Lord, the holy One of Ifrael in truth. 21 m The remnant (hall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. 22 n For though thy people Ifrael be as the fand of the fea, ° yet a rem- nant f of them (hall return : p the confiimption decreed (hall overtiow -7; || with righteoufnefs. u.n'. 23 H for the Lord God of hofls or, in. ft,aii maj4e a confumption, even de- « \T. termined, in the midlt of all the land. !'u",;.y.«.* 24 *l Therefore thus faith the Lord God ofholts,0 my people th it dwell- eft in Zion, be not afraid of the Afly- rian; he (hall finite thee with a rod, ffl'Jff,, || and lhall lift Dp his ftaff againft thee, i','t'j!'J' atter the manner of r Egypt. rxuu. i+. 25 For yet a very little while, 'and i»niti the indignation (lull i.eafe, and mine i'i6' anger, in their deltrucripn. ikiori 26 And lhc LoRU of holts (hall ftir i>. js. up ' a fcourge for him, according to l See i Kin 16. 7 ro Ctup. oCnan 6.13. tHeb. I A H. Jfraeh deliverance promifed. the (laughter of u Midian at the rock ££'£ of Oreb : and x as his rod -was upon cjr. 713^ the fea, (b (hall he lift it up after the n"lu«jei manner of Egypt. £k*pV4. 27 And it (h ill come to pafs in that » End..* day, that y his burden \ (hall be taken **'*/' away from off thy (houlder, and hisU-ss- yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke H,1^"" dial! be deftroyed becaufe of the anointing. 28 He is come to Aiath, he is paffed to Migron ; at Michmafh he hath laid up his carriages : 29 They are gone over *the pafiage ; J3* g* they have taken up their lodging at Geba : Ramah is afraid j 3Gibcah of \* **m' Saul is fled. 30 f Lift up thy voice, O daughter 1 »<*>• cr, b of Gallim ; caufe it to be beard unto mJw£'.* c Lai(h, a O poor Anathoth. j> > s™>- 3 1 e Madmenah is removed ; the in- c j.^, habitants of Gebim gather themfelves ,8 7- to flee. Sffi 32 As yet (hall he remain f at Nob ejooun that day : he (hall (hake his handff/,m. againft the mount of the daughter of^; ^* Zion, the hill of Jerufalem. Uu>3f 33 Behold, the Lord, the Lord of holts, (hall lop the bough with ter- ror ; and the high ones of ftature jhall be hewn down, and the haughty lhall be humbled. 34 And hefli ill cut down the thick- ets of the forefts with iron, and Le- 0r banon (hall fall || by a mighty one. m>t$ty CHAP. XI. 1 The nativity ofChriJi, and ttie blefs- ings of his kingdom. \oThe Gentiles caljea, and rejhration of Ifrael. Nd a there (hall come forth a rod »**■* out of the Item of b Jefle, and c a A1 Branch (hall grow out ot his roots : h v :s 2 d And the Spirit of the Lord (hall ^'\ rell upon him, the fpirit of wifdom jSt*^ and underftanding, the fpirit of conn- •J*"* feland might, the fpirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; 3 And lhall make him of f quick \ underfUndmg in the fear of the Lord: /»»*• and he (hall not judge after the light of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears : 4 But c with righteoufnefs (hall he *"»* judge the poor, and || reprove with Rev. 19.1;. equity for the meek of the earth : .^ and he (hall f finite the earth w'th the 1 1 rod pf his mouth, and with the breach ^'.uV " of his lips lhall he flay the witked. *e»; , lfi> 5 And righteoufnefs (hall be the&i.^ girdle of his loins, and faithfulnefs the girdle of iiis reins. 6 's The wolf alfo lhall dwell with g«» the lamb, and the leopard (hall lie V:" "V -n. down" ■•' * The refloration of Ifrael CHAP. XI cChrii? down with the kid ; and the calf, and «■■■■■' 7 1 3. the young lion, and the fatting to- * '" ' gether ; and a little child (hall lead them. 7 And the cow and the hear (hall feed ; their young ones (hull lie down together : and the lion (hall eat ftraw like the ox. 8 And the fucking child fliall play on the hole of the afp, and the wean- (IOn ed child fliall put his hand on the sen. || cockatrice-den. h jrth Q h They (hail not hurt nor deftroy ci»iM5.9. in all my holy mountain : for ; the i Hao.1.14. earth ^1 1 be fun 0f the knowledge of theLoRD,asthe waters cover thefea. "hi?' io % "And in that day » there (hall i Hom. be a root ofjefle, which (hall ftand ls\l for an cnflgn of the people; to it T*?S? fliall the ra Gentiles feek : and his i neb. reft fliall be f glorious. *5rr* 1 1 And it (hall come to pafs in that day, that the Lord fliall fet his hand again the fecund time to recover the n 7ec^ remnant of his people which fliall be "o. 7o.' left, " from Aflyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Culli, and from Elam, and from Shinar,and from Hamath, and from the iflands of the fea. 12 And he flinlt fct up an enfign for the nations, and ihall alfemble the outcaftsof Ifrael, and gather together ojam.i. i.otj,e (iifperfed of Judah from the four Vi!,f!'. f cornets of the earth. pjrrem. 13 p The envy alfo of Ephraim i'At'.s7. fliall depart, and the adverfarics of Ho'r.V.'u. Judah fliall be cut off; Ephraim (hall not envy Judah, and Judah (hail not vex Ephraim. 1 4 But they fliall fly upon the (houl- h dersofthePhilUtinestoward the weft; tb,:df'mtf they fliall fpoil f them of the eaft to- '^"f'l gether : q + they fliall lay their hand q Daniel *> t-i ■■»«■. I 1) 11. 4>- upon Edom and Moan, f and the Vhmnnd children of Ammon fliall obey them. ,Vi0„Aftmii [5 And the Lord r fliall utterly %l",?Jif' deftroy the tongue of the Egyptian T»T<»' fea ; aiul with his m'ghty w'ind fhal1 Uu'r'tn'of he (hake his hand over the river, and t"cT2c- fliall finite it in the feven dreams, dknef. amj make in;;n g0 over f dry- (hod. io'n, 16 And s there fliall be an high- U *?« way *°r tlie remnant °f his people, '. "chl"! which (hall be left,from Aflyria; • like '»• *3- as it was to Ifrael in the clay tiiat he 14 %' came up out of the land of Egypt. CHAP. XII. A joyful thank/giving; of the faithful »c+ao fur t!ie >ntrt'<-'i of God. ANd a in that day thou (halt fay, O Lord, I will praife ihee : though thou wait angry with me, thine XII, XIII. A j 'nyful th(mkfgh &3i *?• a deftrucYion from the Almighty. 7 Therefore fliall all hands || be jv,°rJ0«.n. faint, and every mans heart (hall melt: 8 And they fliall be afraid : pangs and forrows fliall take hold of them ; they fliall be in pain as a woman that HeB travaileth ; they (hall f be amazed wndtr* f one at another ; their faces //w// be l-^man as f flames. ft '"**' 9 Behold, the day of the Lord /"^J,,. comcth, cruel both with wrath and r*a ^'bt herce anger, to lay the land defolate; and he fliall deftroy the linners thereof out of it. 1 o for the ftars of heaven, and the conlte Ilations thereof, (hall not give their J..C1Z. fi •■ 1 Ma;th. a*. 19, M*ik 13.14. Luke 11. 1$. The dejlruHion of Babylon. ISA gfJuf their light : the fun '* ill be f darken- ^cir.7«3. cd in lus going forth, and the moon fc^TTT. fhall not canft her light to ihine. 2x1*41.7. 1 1 And I will puniilt the world for a»- M«> evil, and the wicked fortheir ini- quity ; and I will caufe the arrogancy of the proud to ceafe,and will lay low the haughtinefs of the terrible. 12 I will make a maumore precious than line gold ; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. gHai.i.6. ,, 8 Therefore I will make the heavens, and the earth (hall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hofts, and in the day of his fierce anger. 14 And it (hall be as the chafed roe, and as a fheepthat no man taketh :eces ; and they fhall have no pity on the fruit of the womb ; their eye fhall not fpare chil- dren. S''4' 19 1 'And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of tbeChaldees excellency, fhall be f as when God overthrew m Sodom and Gomorrah. 20 It fhall never be inhabited, nei- ther fhall it be dwelt in from genera- Heh. mGtn. 19. 24. Dcuter. 39.13 Jer. 40 & 50. 40. Arabian pitchtent there; neither fhall the fhepherds make their fold there: 2 1 n But f wild beafts of the defert fhall lie there; and their houfes fhall be full of f doleful creatures ; and || I owls fhall dwell there, and fatyrs mall dance there. 22 And fthe wild beaftsof the ifland fhall cry in their || defolate houfes,and dragons in their plcafant palaces : and her time f'i near to come, and her days fhall not be prolonged. G H A P. XIV. 1 Gods rejloration of Ijrael: % their triumphant exultation over Babylon. FOr the Loan will have mercy on Jacob, and awill yet choofe If- rael, and let them in their own land; t Hct>. li I! Or. I A H. The rejloration of If rati. and the Grangers fhall be joined with g*||j* them, and they fhall cleave to the ,cir'7iZ-jl houfe of Jacob. * 2 And the people fhall take them, and bring them to their place ; and the houfe of Ifrael fhall poffefs them in the land of the Lord for fervants and handmaids : and they fhall take them captives \ whofe captives they ,V'cw were ; and they fhall rule over their '£j2££* opprtiTbrs. 3 1 And it fhall come to pafs, in the day that the Lord fhall give thee reft from thy forrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou waft made to ferve, 4 That thou b fhalt take up this 5j^gJ || proverb againft the king of Baby- ii^-i.e. Ion. and fay, How hath the opprdlbr i^'ung ceafed ! the || golden city ceafed ! 5 The Lord hath broken f the «°a»»/itf ftaif of the wicked, and the fceptre s°'d- 01 the rulers. 125-3- 6 He who fmote the people in wrath :uted, and none hindereth. 7 The whole earth is at reft, andh quiet; they break forth into finging. 8 d Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at 55. iT thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, fay- jjfj^ ing, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up againft us. e«eUei 9 e || Hell from beneath is moved 31*21. for thee to meet thee at thy coming : B,^*** it ftirreth up the dead for thee, even all the f || chief ones of the earth ; ,ej£. it hath raifed up from their thrones a>2 rr all the kings of the nations. 10 All they fhall fpeak, and fay unto thee, Art thou alfo become weak as we ? art thou become like unto us ? 1 1 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noife of thy viols : the worm is fpread under thee, and the worms cover thee. f 12 f How art thou fallen from hea- r>+4.' ven, || O Lucifer, foil of the morning ! D':1r'£r how art thou cut down to the ground which didft weaken the nations ! 1 3 For thou haftfaidin thineheart, EI will afcend into heaven, hI will I,";']!1- exalt myth rone above the f tars of God ; t> n™. I will fit alfo upon the mount of the _" congregation, ! in thelidesofthe north : \a,%.i 14 I will afcend above the height! of the clouds ; k I will be like the *«» moil High. 1 s Yet thou flialt be brought down to hell, to the fides of the pit. 16 They that fee thee ihall nar- rowly look upon thee, and coinider thee, faying) ft tins tin; nun that made Ifraels triumph over Babylon. C H A P. XIV, XV, XVI. The lamentable /late of Moab. m Exodus 20.5- Mat. 23-35. ggJ?SJ made the earth to tremble, that did. Ktl'Jlz\ (hake kingdoms ; 1 7 Thafviwdc the world as a wilder - l! or, aid ne^si ano> deltroyed the cities thereof ; nvtih ui, that II opened not the houfe of his pr i- imjc tnme foners : iwdi. jg ^jj tne kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, everyone in his own houfe: 19 But thou art cad out of thy grave like an abominable branch, andas the raiment of thofe that are {lain, thruft through with a (word, that go down to the Itones of the pit; as a carcafe trodden under feet. 20 Thou (halt not be joined with them in burial, becaufe tliou haft de- ijnMs.ig. ftroyed thy land, a/zdflain thy people: *37.X28?' 'tIie ^eed of evil-doers (hall never be & 109. 13- renowned. 2 1 Prepare (laughter for his children, mfor the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rife, nor poffefs the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. 22 For I will rife up againft them, faith the Lord of hofts, and cut off B Job from Babylon the name and rem- 18. 19. nant, n and foil and nephew, faith the Lord. SW 2 3 ° I will alfo make it a poffeffion zcph.i.14. for the bittern, and pools of water : and I will fweep it with the befom of deftruttion, faith the Lord of hofts. 24H TheLoRD of hofts hathfworn, faying, Surely as I have thought, fo fhall it come to pafs ; and as I have purpofed,/o (hall it ftand ; 25 That I will break the Affyrian in my land, and upon my mountains potap. tread him under fu0t . then fllall P his yoke depart from offthem, and hisbur- den depart from off their moulders. 26 This is the purpofe that is pur- pofed upon the whole earth ; and this is the hand that is ftretched out upon all the nations. 27 For the Lord of hofts hath*1 pur- pofed, and who (hall difannul it ? and his hand is ftretched out, and who (hall turn it back ? 28 In the year thatrkingAhaz died was this burden. 29 \ Rejoice not thou, whole Pa- leftina, "becaufe the rod of him that fmote thee is broken : for out of the ferpents rootfhall come forth a || cock- atrice, ' and his fruit fliall be a fiery flying ferpent. 30 And the firft-born of the poor fhall feed, and the needy (hall lie down infafety ; and I will kill thy root with famine, and he mail flay thy remnajit. 0 1 Chron ■JO. 6. .lot. 9- 12. & 13- 13- rr.33.ll. Prov. :y. 21. 0* ' fmoke, and || none jhall be alone in his ^ .')£",.'"* [j appointed times. ii <>r, 32 What (hall one then anfwer the ^ meffengers of the nation ? That u the 87- 1. %■ tc Lord hath founded Zion, and x the i°zf'pht poor of his people (hall j| truft in it. .;• l\ CHAP. XV. X*',£ The lamentable /late of Moab, Sec. JSK^ THe a burden of Moab. Becaufe *jcr 4s.f. in the night >> Ar of Moab is laid ££*£* wafte, and brought to (ilence ; be- t> Numb. caufe in the night Kir of Moab is laid "" 2S" wafte, and || brought to filence : II or, 2 F He is gone up to Bajith and to J"^ Dibon, the high places, to weep : lG- Ji- Moab ("hall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba ; <* on all their heads Jhall be is,"Ltv- baldnefs, and every beard cut off. ^r;„47, 5' 3 In their ftreets they (hall gird 37.43i'' themfelves with fackcloth : e on the "^ulS" tops of their houfes, and in their *«■ &■' ftreets, every on ing abundantly. 4 And Helhbon dial 1 cry, f and Elea- «/■/!»»« leh ; their voice fhall be heard even J',"*'." "a'"/" unto Jahaz : therefore the armed f£"*. foldiers of Moab (hall cry out; his life ' "' fhall be grievous unto him. 5 s My heart fhall cry out for Moab ; ?6c^p- |j his fugitives Jhall flee unto Zoar, an J-r '■■m-st h heifer of three years old : for by the E,«w4«r. mounting up of Luhith with weep- dtysJ!?nre- ing fliall they go it up : for in the way «^ijcr!' of Horonaim they (hall raife up a cry ?<-"!£' of -|- deftruction. J" 48. 6 For the waters ; of Nimrim (hall f 'H£ bef defolate : for the hay is withered ire*Uat' away ; the grafs faileth ; there is no 3?U3T' green thing. • tfct>. 7 Therefore the abundance they *&**»■ have gotten, and that which they have laid up, fhall they carry away to the || brook of the willows. L%ofw, 8 For the cry is gone round about Mrj<"""- the borders of Moab, the howling thereof untoEglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beer-elim. 9 For the waters of Dimon fliall be full of blood : for I will bring fmore 1S„„ upon Dimon, k lions upon him that *. 2 KiB„ efcapeth of Moab, and upon the rein- 1;- li- nant of the land. CHAP. XVI. 1 Moab is exhorted to yield obedience to Chrijls kingdom, 6 and threatened for her pride. SEnd ye the lamb to the ruler of the land 'from || f Sehi to the wilder- siKinti nefs, unto the mount of the daughter '"* 7' of Zion. , Heb. 2. For *rttt. Moab threatened for pride. ISAIAH. >yn'a and Ifrael threatened. 14. *?• M*.:. 4- 7 Luke I. 3 2 For it (half be, that as a wander- ing bird || caft out of the neft, fo the daughters of Moab (hall be at the fords of b Arnon. 3 fTake counfeL execute judg- ment ; make thy ihadow as the night in the midft of the noon-day ; hide the otitcafts, bewray not him that wandereth. 4 Let mine outcafts dwell with thee, Moab ; be thou a covert to them from the face of the fpoiler: for the ■f extortioner is at an end, the fpoiler cejfeth, f the opprelfors are collfii- med out of the land. 5 And in mercy c (hall the throne be || eftablifhcd ; and he (hall fit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, prcpand. judging, and feeking judgment, and hatting righteoufnefs. Jff 6 f We have heard of the d pride z«pii.i.io. Qf ;vioab, (he is very proud, ) even of his haughtinefs, and his pride, and his as.T wrath : e but his Wes fhall not be. fo. f jcrcm. 7 Therefore fliall Moab f howl for *A'10' Moab, every one (hall howl : for the foundations of Kir-harefeth fliall ye Luli'tr II mourn ; furely they are ftrickeii. echap.' 8 For8 the fields of Helhbon lan- a4; 7- guifh, h and the vine of Sibmah : the " V "' B' lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof; they are come even uUto Jazer, they wandered through the wildernefs-, her branches I0**, are II ftretched out, they are gone tlUiktd up. '< jt ' " over the fea : 9 Therefore I will bewail with the » jercm. weeping of J azer ' the vine of Sibmah; 48'31- i will water thee with my tears, "T k O Helhbofl and Elealeh ; for || the fliouting for thy fummer-fruits, and for thy harveft, is fallen. to And 'gladnefs is taken away and joy out of the plentiful field ; and In the Vineyards there (hall be no ting- ing ; neither fliall there be fliouting : the treaders fliall tread out no wine in their prefies ; I have made their u & j. 10. n ver. 7. II Or,,,,/. jt>rra/t and pdi/bed. II Or, a mtmn thai mrlctboul, and tread. wind, fore the whirlwind. 14 And, behold, at evening-tide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that fpoil us, and the lot of ttietn that rob us. CHAP. XVIII. 1 God in care of his people will deflroy the Ethiopians : 7 an accejs thereby fliall be made unto the church. WOe a to the land fhadowing with wings, which is beyond the ri- vers of Ethiopia : ' 2 That fendeth ambafladors by the fea, even in veffels of bulrulhes upon the waters, fayi??g, Go, yefwift mef- fengers, to b a nation [| fcattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto ; || f a nation meted out and trodden down, jj whofe land the rivers have fpoiled ! noarwn. '3 AH ye inhabitants of the world, nfumtf anu" dwellers on the earth, fee ye, andt'r'lo't- when he lifteth up an enlign on the i,Zundir mountains; and wlien he bloweth u ok a trumpet, hear ye. Zfrsw 4 For Co the Lord faid unto me, I *«•. works, fhall be confounded. iw"-. 16. 10 And they fliall be broken in «•*£ the f purpofes thereof, all that make ««r*/. fluiees and ponds f for fifli. }„*„*■<„,; 1 1 ^SurelytheprincesofsZoan<7r4>',ne>.. fools, the counfel of the wife counfel- ?{/$?* lorsofPharaohisbecomebrutifh: how gNumh« fay ye unto Pharaoh, I am the for, of l*,AU- the wife, the foil of ancient kings ? 1 2 Where are they ? where are thy \v\fcmen? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the Lord of hods hath purpofed upon Egypt. 13 The princes of Zoan are be- come fools, hthe princes of Noph 6j«.i. 16. are deceived; they have alfo feduced Egypt, even || f they that are the ftay £°V„*r,. of the tribes thereof. I k^. 14 The Lord hath mingled + a "[,"b '" perverfe fpirit in the midft thereof: *)<■•'«;'' and they have caufed Egypt to err^i.''"" in every work thereof, as a drunken man ftaggereih in his vomit. 1 s Neither fhall there be any work for Egypt, which s the head or tail, )**£• branch or rufh, may do. 9 s 16 III 3. a. The calling of Egypt. ISA ggj" 1 6 In that day (ball Egypt k be like cir. 714.. unto women ; and it (hull be afraid m^ST' and fear, becaufe of the (baking of nU°; the hand of the Lord of hofts, which he fliaketh over it. 17 And the land of Jndah fliall be a terror unto Egypt ; every one that maketh mention thereof fliall be afraid in himfelf; becaufe of the counfd of the Lord of hofts, which he hath determined againft it. j 8 "H In that day fliall five cities in the land of Egypt ' fpeak f the language of Canaan, and fwear to the Loud of hofts : one fliall be called, The city || of deftruction. 19 In that day '" fliall there be an altar to the Lord in the midft of • the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the I ZepH. tftoefim. m Gen. 10,27. border thereof to the Lord. „ se« j,,ih. 20 And n it flnll be for a fign and for £2.16*7. awitnefsunto theLoRDof hofts in the land of Egypt : for they fliall cry unto the Lord becaufe of the oppreflbrs, and he fliall fend them a faviour, and a great one, and he (hall deliver them. 2t And the Lord (hall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians (hall know the Lord in that day, and • M»i-i -ii. "fhall do facrifice and oblatron ; yea, they fliall vow a vow unto the Lord, and perform it. 22*AndtheLoRD(hallfmiteEgypt; he (hall finite and heal it: and they fhall return even to the Lord, and he fliall be entreated of them, and (hall heal them. \}Mil: 23 1 In tnat ^av r ^a" tnere be an high way out of Egypt to Aflyria, and the Aflyrian fliall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Aflyria ; and the Egyptians fliall ferve with the Affyrians. 24 In that day fliall Ifrael be the third with Egypt, and with Aflyria, even a blefling in the midft of the land, 25 Whom the Lord of hofts fliall bltfs, faying, Blefl'ed be Egypt my I A H. Babylons fall fore fliewn. 3 And the Lord faid, Like as my ft^jf fervant Ifaiah hath walked naked cir-7'-»^, and barefoot three years fur a fign and wonder upon Egypt, and upon Ethiopia ; 4 So (hall the king of Aflyria lead away \ the Egyptians prifoners, and l*£;*ff the Ethiopians captives, young and u&rpi. old, naked and barefoot, e even with "£4™* their buttocks uncovered, to the j!™^.1* f (liarae of Egypt. . ,7itt>. 5 f And they (hall be afraid and "■'k",n'fi- afliamed of Ethiopia their, expetta- 3^7^31?* tion, and of Egypt their glory. 3°c" 6 And the inhabitant of this || ifle '^,fi fliall fay in that day, Behold, fuch ;'; J" 41' *• our expectation whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Aflyria ; and how (hall we efcape ? CHAP. XXI. 1 The fall of Babylon. 1 1 Edom, front- ing the prophet, is moved to repent- ance. ; 3 Arabias calamity. THe burden of the defert of the fea. As a whirlwinds in the fouth 9. II. ' pafs through ; fo it cometh from the defert, from a terrible land. 2 A f grievous vilion is declared £"jb" unto me ; b The treacherous dealer i.ehap. dealeth treacheroufly, and the fpoiler 33- '• fpoileth. c Go up, O Elam ; beiiege, \f*+ O Media : all the fighing thereof J*™* have I made to ceafe. 3 Therefore d are my loins filled ^"f^ with pain ; pangs have taken hold l& "• upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth : I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was difmayed at the feeing of it. 4 l| My heart panted, fearfulnefs \£Ti;nd affrighted me: the night of my plea- ««■■*«* fure hath he f turned into fear unto t iieb./«». me. Prepare the table, watch in the cd«.m« 5 watch-tower, eat, drink ; arife, ye princes, and anoint the Afield. 6 For thus hath the Lord faid unto me, Go, fet a watchman ; let him de- i^'j". people, and Aflyria q the work of my dare what he feeth Chap. *ph. 1. 8 1 Kin la.a. i Heh. by I be bi 19-14- BliCJi'i I. liands, and Ifrael mine inheritance. CHAP. XX. A type prefiguring the fhameful cap- tivity of Egypt and Ethiopia. IN the year that "Tartan came b un- to Aflidod, ( when Sargon the king ofAflyriafent him, )andfought againft Aflidod, and took it ; 2 At the fame time fpake the Lord \ by Ifaiah, the fon of Amoz, faying, Go, and loofe c the fackiloth from off thy loins, and put off thy (hoe from thy foot. And he did fo, d walking naked and barefoot. 7 f And he faw a chariot with a ( vCr. 9. couple of horfemen, a chariot of afles, and a chariot of camels ; and he hear- kened diligently with much heed. 8 And j| he cried, A lion: My lord, ; ,^J/a I (land continually upon the * watch- '*"■ tower in the day-time, and I am fet nlUb-2 *■ in my ward || whole nights. ni%'.n'"* 9 And, behold, here cometh a cha- riot of men, with a couple of horfe- men. And he anfwered and faid, hJerJ1 -8> ''Babylon is fallen, is fallen ; and ! all Re*- 14- a! the graven images of her gods he hath {'^^" broken unto the ground. f \ , 10 k 0 my dVV from lb: .Chap. The invafen of Jewry. C H A P chriu i o k O my threfliing, and the f corn *T\1'-A'-- °^ my ^oor ■ tl,at wniL"h 1 navc heard k jcrem. of the Lord of hofts, the God of If- \\ill /on rae1' nave * declared unto you. JiChrJl'.' ii H 'The burden of Dumah. He jer3°'p. calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, £«i i wnat of the night? watchman, what otud. i. ' of the night? 1 2 The watchman faid,The morn- ing cometh, and alfo the night : if ye will enquire, enquire ye : return, come. ™J"tm' 1 3 11 m The burden upon Arabia. In the foreft in Arabia (hall ye lodge, O ye i.yf!jion travelling companies n of Deilamm. 14 The inhabitants of the land of Vin' e Tema II brought water to him that rmgyc. was thirfty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. irflar. 15 For they fled || + from the fwords, from the drawn fword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievoufnefs of war. 16 For thus hath the Lord faid unto me, Within a year, ° according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar fliall tail : 17 And the refidue of the number of f archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, (hall be diminifli- ed : for the Lord God of Ifrael hath fpoken it. CHAP. XXII. The invafion of Jewry by the Per fans. THe burden of the valley of vilion. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the houfe-tops? 2 Thou that art full of Airs, a tu- 3a. if! multuous city, a a joyous city : thy (lain men are not (lain with the fword, nor dead in battle. 3 All thy rulers are fled together, ♦JJJyf they are bound f by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound to- gether, which have fled from far. &J"'it19" 4 Therefore faid I, b Look away t Heb. fromme; \\ will weep bitterly, labour Pterin not to comfort me ; becaui'e of the wetting, fpoiling of the daughter of my people. 37*3?" 5 c F°r it >s a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lore! God of hofts in the valley of vilion, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. ioI"T' 6 d And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horfemen, and Kir f uncovered the (hield. 7 And it fliall come to pafs, that \ thy choiceft vallies (hall be full of chariots, and the horfemen lhall fet themfelves in array || at the gate. 8 ^f And he difcovered the cover- ing of Judah, and thou didft look in dr. 71 t Heb. toy , XXI I . Chrijls kingdom prefigured. that day to the armour e of the houfe g^J of the foreft. .cir'7"> 9 f Ye have feen alfo the breaches e 1 Ki,.g. of the city of David, that they are io.2^ many ; and ye gathered together the r 2 K.ng* waters of the lower pool ; fcta. 31. loAndyehavenumberedthehoufes*'5'30, of Jerufalem, and the houfes have ye broken down to fortify the wall. 1 1 Ye made alfo a ditch between the two pools for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked untoHhe If'l^'' maker thereof, neither had refpecl: unto him that fafhioned it long ago. 12 And in that day did the Lord God of hofts call to weeping, and to mourning, and h to baldnefs, and to I3?*7™ girding with fackcloth : £u?i,i« 1 3 And, behold, joy and gladnefs, flaying oxen and killing fheep, eating fteih and drinking wine, ' let us eat j",*?. and drink,for to-morrow we lhall die. J"^*'6' i4kAnd itwasrevealedinmineears 's.32.' by the Lord of hofts, Surely this ini- *?£* quity fliall not be purged from you till ye die, faith the Lord God of hofts. 15 t Thus faith the Lord God of hofts, Go, get thee unto this treafurer, even unto Shebna, which it over the houfe, and fay, 1 6 What haft thou here ? and whom halt thou here, that thou haft hewed thee out a fepulchre here, \\as he that i!°r'oi«'i heweth him out a fepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for lumfelf in a rock ? 1 7 Behold, || the Lord will carry \2kS^bt thee away with -J- a mighty captivity, ■« :■>■'■■''>> ..<■ 1 and will furely cover thee. /'/'/''»;"«,?" 1 8 He will furely violently turn and lZ'",d'w,'l tofs thee like a ball, into a f large jjjgJS^ country : there (halt thou die, and &*• there the chariots of thy glory Jhall t h^' ' be the (hame of thy lords houfe. "»fam?n'T 19 And I will drive thee from thy lEmT^'e. ftation, and from thy ftate (hall he t neb. pull thee down. %2'e°{ 20 If And it (hall come to pafs in that day, that I will call my fervant n' Eliakim the foil of Hilkiah : V.** 2 1 And I will clothe him with thy robe, and ftrengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy govern- ment into his hand ; and he (hall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerufa- lem, and to the houfe of Judah. 22 And the key of the houfe of Da- vid will I lay upon his (boulder : fo he fliall n open, and none fliall (hut ; and "2J"^. he fliall Unit, and none fliall open. *«■ i i' 23 And I will faften him as " a nail ° E*ra** in a fare place ; and he fliall be for a glorious throne to his fathers houfe. S s i 24 And. The overthrow of Tyre. ISAIAH. ^JJjJI 24 And they (hall hang upon him all ='»• ?j* the glory of his fathers houfe, the off- ~* ' fpring and the iirue,all veflels of (mall quantity, from the vefl'els of cups, ?.V.7r", even to all the || vei'lels of flagons. ''"•' 25 In that day, faith the Lord of hods, (hall the nail that is fattened in the fqre place be removed, and be cur down, and fail; nnd the burden tha,t zuus upon it (hall be cut off: for the Lord hath fpoken it. C H A P. XXIII. The referable, overthrow of Tyre. cir. 715. npne a burden of Tyre. Howl, ye s"T'ar. 1 mips of Tarfblfh \ for it is laid IA'. to wafte. fo that there is 110 houfe, no 'm-'t't1*'. entering in: bfrom the land of Chit- ectat; tim it is revealed to them. vVr lt. 2 Be f ftill, ye inhabitants of the neb. ifle ; thou whom the merchants of ""• Zidon, that pafs over the fea, have replenifhed. 3 And by great waters the feed of Sihor, the harveft of the river is her revenue, and Hie is a mart of nations. 4 Be thou alhamed, O Zidon; for the fea hath fpoken, even theftrength of the fea; faying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourifh up young men, nor bring up virgins. a.Tft.' 5 c As at the report concerning Egypt, Jo mall they be forely pained at the report of Tyre. 6 Pafs ye over to Tarfhifh ; howl, ye inhabitants of the ifie. 7 Is this your joyous city, whofe an- tiquity/; of ancient days ? her own feet ",w,/jr fhall carry her f afar off to fojourn. 8 Who hath taken thiscounfelagainft s^i;*' Tyre, d the crowning tit \\ whofe mer- chants are princes, whofe traffickers are the honourable of the earth ? 9 The Lord of hofls hath purpofed $muc. it, f to llaiu the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. 10 Pafs through thy laud as a river, O daughter of Tarlhifn: there is no :.r"£ more fftreqgth. 11 He ftretched out his hand over the fea; he {hook the kingdoms : the Lord hath given a commandment ,"L',;'n.' || againft fthe merchant-* ;7v, to de- :::,',;"••'■ ftroy the || ilrong holds thereof. ■ Heh. t2 And he faid,Thou Unit no more ?'£*"*' rejoice, O thou opprelied virgin, •• «tit . daughter of Zidon : arife, pafs l' over t v*r. 1. to Chittim ; there alio (halt thou have no reft. 13 Behold, the land of the Chal- deans ; this people was not //'// the Aflyrian founded it for them that cd do ligh. Gods judgments upon the land. the towers thereof, they raili-d up the cir. 7»s- palaccs thereof; and he brought it ' * "* to ruin. 14 f Howl, ye fhips of Tarmifh ; fV«r»- for your ilrength is laid wafte. 17.2s. 1 5 And it fhall come to pafs in that day, that Tyre (hall be forgotten fe- venty years, according to the days of one king : after the end of feventy ye. rs + lhall Tyre ling as an harlot. * iwj. ^ 1 6 Take an harp, go about the city, m*Tir* thou harlot that hail been forgotten ; t/mbS' make fweet melody, ling many fongs, '•'■ that thou mayeft be remembered. 1 7 TI And it fhall come to pais, af- ter the end of feventy years, that the Lord will vifit Tyre, and He fhall turn to her hire, and (hall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. 18 And her merchandife and her hire E fhall be holinefs to the Lord : KZecy.14. it lhall not be treafured nor laid up ; I0'"' for her merchandife fhall be for them that dwell before the Lord, to eat fufficiently, and for f durable clo- t „cb \Mt thing. CHAP. XXIV- Gods judgments upon the land. BE hold, the Lord maketh the earth cir. 711. empty, and maketh it wafte, and ■[ turneth it uplide down, and feat- f ha. tereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. %7%£ * 2 And it fhall be, as with the peo- "****• pie, Co with the || a priefl ; as with n or, the fervant, fo with his mailer i asJ'^*4-- with the maid, fo with her miftrefs ; b .is with the buyer, fo with the feller ; r. r.zck. * as with the lender, fo with the bor- '*,Ij" rower ; as with the taker of ufury, fo with the giver of ilfury to him. 3 The land lhall be utterly emp- tied, and utterly fpoiled : for the Lord hath fpoken this word. 4 The earth mourneth and fadeth away ; the world languifheth and fa- deth away ; + the haughty people of; the earth do languilh. "V**£ 5 c The earth alfo is defiled under £.T". the inhabitants thereof; becaufethey have traiifgrcfled the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the eveiiafting covenant. 6 Therefore hath the curfe de- voured the earth, and they that dwell therein are defolate : therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. 7 d The new wine mourneth, ^hs/dciuf vine languiihc-thjull the merry heart- j.t'IV* 8 Tlie Gods judgments, &c. CHAP. XXV. God is praifed, 8ic, 8 The mirth ffof tabrets ceafeth, the noife of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceafeth. 9 They (hall not drink wine with a fong ; ftrong drink fliail be bitter to them that drink it. id The city of confufion is broken down ; every houfe is fliut up, that no man may come in. i f There is a crying for wine in the ftreets ; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. 12 In the city is left defolation, and the gate is fmitten with deftruction. iflj t When thus it mall be in the micitt of the land among the people, *' there jlw.ll be as the (baking of an olive-tree, and as the gleaning- grapes when the vintage is done. UTheyfliall lift up their voice,they fliail fing for the majefty of the Lord, they'lhall cry aloud from the fea. 1 5 Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the || fires, even the name of the Lord God of Ifrael in the ides of the fea. 1 6 1| From the \ uttermoft part of the earth have we heard fangs, even glory to the righteous. But I faid, -j- My leannefs, my leannefs. woe unto me ! the treacherous dealers have dealt treaoheroufly ; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacher- ouiiy. ■ 17 g Fear, and the pit, and the 23 Then the m moon (hall be con- ><*™t founded, and the fun afhamed, when ^'V^. the Lord of holts (hall reign in mount m chap. Zion, and in Jerufalem, and'|| before £;£%., his ancients, gloriouflv. £HV' CHAP. XXV. " :, or", ' o merits, and Jahation of his people? fy Lord, thou art my God ; I will "'' exalt thee, I will praife thy name : for thou haft done wonderful things ; thy counfels of old are faith- ful nefs and truth- 2 For thou haft made * of a city 'j.^.^ an heap ; of a defenced city a ruin : - • < u a palace of ftrangers to be no city ; it fliail never be buiit. 3 Therefore fnall the ftrong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations (hall fear thee. 4 For thou haft been a ftrength to the poor, a ftrength to the needy in his dirtrefs, a refuge from the ftorm, a (hadow from the heat, when the blaft of the terrible ones is as a ftorm again/} the wall. 5 Thou (halt bring down the noife of ftrangers as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the fhadow of a cloud : the branch of the terrible ones (hall be brought low. 6 H And in this mountain (ball b the „rart™'?;£ Lord of hofts make unto all psople a feaft of fat things, a fcaft of wines on the lees; of fat things full of marrow, fnare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of of wines on the lees well refined. the earth. 7 And he will f'deftroy in this 18 And it (hall come to pafs, that Or, he who fleeth from the noife of the fear (hall fall into the pit ; and he thit cometh up out of the midft of the pit (hall be taken in the inn re : for h the windows frorri 011 high are open, and > the foundations of the earth do (hake, 19 k The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean di(lblved,the earth is moved exceedingly. 20 The earth fliail '• reel to and fro like a drunkard, and fliail be removed like a cottage ; and the tranfgreilion thereof (hall be heavy upon it • and it (hall fall, and not rife again. 2 1 And it (hall come to pafs in that day, that the Lord (hall f punifh the hoft of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. 22 And they fliail be gathered to- • gether, -\- as prifonersare gathered in the || p:t, and (hall be (hut up in the prifon, and after many days (hull they be f vjfuecT. mountain the face of the covering'" t call over all people, and the vail i'.'f;-,. that is fpread over all nations. 8 He will c fwallow up death In vie- \**£ tory ; and the Lord God will d wipe | f*** away tears from off all faces ; and the ^7.c4!4' rebuke of his people (Kail he take dR„l7.r7. away from off all the earth: for the •3ill-4- Lord hath fpoken it. 9 «1 And it ih .11 be faid in that day, c C;r ., , to, this/; our God ; e we have waited 4»- ■*■ for him, and he will fave us : this is the Lord ; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his f.dvation. 10 For in this mountain fliail the hand of the Lord reft, and Moab ^ (hall be || trodden down under him, I even as ftraw is |j trodden down for the dunghill'. I 1 And he fliail fpread forth his hands in the micllt of them, as he that fwimnietli fpreadetfl ibrtii fiis hands to (Vim ; and he Giall bring dowh their r.ridc together vvitli the fnoiis af Ihoir hand-.' j.-- And iisiy.io. + Hch. "ulhi. t !!d<. (rate, peace. 6 Chap. 45-17- i Hcb the Rock Exhortations to truft in God. ch"m l2 And the f f"rtref"s °f the hlgh cir.'7it- fort of thy walls fhall he bring down, l7^J—^ lay l°w» ««rf bring to the ground, •6- J- even to the duft. CHAP. XXVI. I A Jong inciting to confidence in Cod : 20 an exhortation to wait on him. tv,. TN a that clay fhall this fong be fung " A in the land of Judah ; We have a 5ohJS' ftrong city : b falvation will Cod ap- point for walls and bulwarks. 2 c Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the \ truth may enter in. 3 Thou wilt keep him in f perfect peace, whofe || mind is ftayed on thee; IL%V/>0r, becaufe he trufteth in thee. it'2iina~ 4 Truft ye in the Lord for ever : for in dthe Lord JEHOVAH is \ everlafting ftrength. 5 TJ For he bringeth down them >e"Jt"3«.4. that dwell on high : c the lofty city chap, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, i. \a. even to the ground ; he bringeth it even to the duft. 6 The foot fhall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the fteps of the needy. 7 The way of the juft is upright- ness : thou, moft upright, doft weigh the path of the juft. ream. 8 Yea,fin the way of thy judgments, O Lord, have we waited for thee; the delire of our foul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. .pM.63.ff. 9 E With my foul have I delired cam. 3. 1. tnee m ^ jjjghj- . yea^ with niy fpit it within me will I feek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth the inhabitants of the world will learn jighteoufnefs. jjEcctec IO t> Let favour be (hewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn rigb- 1 rfiim teoulhefs: in ' the land of uprightnefs will he deal unjuftly, and will not behold the majefty of the Lou d. 11 Lord, when thy hand is lifted *job up k they will not fee : but they (hall rrJuiH. 5. fee-> ai,d be afhamed for their envy |]at cha|. 5 12. the people ; yea, the fire of thine ene- ttSani niies (hall devour them. thy t«,ei< . , 2 ^ Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us ; for thou alfo haft wrought all our works || in us. 1 1 O Lord our God, ' other lords belidc-s thee have had dominion over us ; but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. 14 They are dead, they (hall not live; they are deceafed, they lhall not rife : therefore haft thou yifited and deftroyed them, and nude all their memory to peri/h. ' Or, 1 Chro. ISAIAH. Gods care over his vineyard. r 5 Thou haft increafed the nation, £*;£ O Lord, thou haft increafed the na- ,cir- -'^ tion : thou art glorified ; thou hadft " removed it far unto all the ends of the eaith. 16 Lord, in trouble have they vi- fited thee ; they poured out a f prayer « Bt». when thy chaftcning was upon them. /lLre,Jtt" ' 1 7 Like as m a woman with child, J^o'iu that draweth near the time of her de- livery, is in pain, and trieth out in her pangs ; fo have we been in thy fight, O Lord. 18 We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind ; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth, neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. 19 n Thy dead men (hall live, to- ■K^d^ gether with my dead body (hall they a7' '' arife. Awake and fing, ye that dwell in duft : for thy dew is a< the dew of herbs, and the earth (hall call out the dead. 20 t Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and (hut thy doors about thee ; hide thyfelr as it were "for a little moment, until the indig- °lM™ nation be overpaft. "'7', 8. 21 For, behold, the Lord pcometh icor'n.' out of his place to punilh the inha- p'NlJcii, bitants of the earth for their ini- 13. quity : the earth alfo (hall difclofe her \ blood, and fhall no more cover ♦,££• her (lain. CHAP. XXVII. 2 The care of God over his vineyard. 1 o Deflation for want of know 'ledge. 1 2 I'he rejloration of the difper/ed. IN that day the Lord, with his fore, and great, and ftrong fword, lhall punilh leviathan the j| piercing fin* ji^0^. H£ pent, a even leviathan that crooked • *« ferpent ; and he fhall flay •> the dra- ]^%7*' gon that is in the fea. t>cnap. 2 In that day c fing ye unto her, |£&i0.j. A vineyard of red wine. & ji- - 3 I the Lord do keep it ; I willcCh,p5- water it every moment; left any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. 4 Fury is not in me : who would fet the briers and thorns againft me in battle ? I would || go through them, Vg^ I would burn them together. •>«■"¥• 5 Or let him take hold d of my d1Ch*l>- ftrength, that he may .' make peace c job with me; and he fhall make peace 2tl!' with me. 6 He lhall caufe them that come of Jacob to take root ; lfrael (hall bloilbin and bud, and till the face of the world with fruit. 7 % Hath Of the gDeuter. 32. 28. Chap. I. 3. t Chip. I. 11. i Revel. II. IS- church of yews and Gentile!. CHAP 7 % Hath he fmitten him, f as he fmote thofe that finote him ? or is he (lain according to the (laughter of them that are (lain by him ? 8 f In meafure, || when it (hooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it : || he ftayeth his rough wind in the day of the eaft wind. 9 By this, therefore, (hall the ini- quity of Jacob be purged ; and this is all the fruit to take away his fin : when he maketh all the ftonesof the altar as chalk-ftones that are beaten in funder the groves and j| images mail not (land up. 10 % Yet the defenced city fliall be defolate, and the habitation forfaken, and left like a wildernefs : there (hall the calf feed, and there (hall he lie down, and confume the branches thereof. 1 1 When the boughs thereof are withered they (hall be broken off; the women come and fet them on fire : for £it is a people of no under- ftanding ; therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will (hew them no favour. 1 2 1 And it (hall come to pafs in that day, that the Lord (hall beat off from the channel of the river unto the ftream of Egypt, and ye (hall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Ifrael. 1 3 h And it (hall come to pafs in that day, '' that the great trumpet (hall be blown, and they (hall come which were ready to perifli in the land of AlTyria, and the outcafts in the land of Egypt, and (hall worfhip the Lord in the holy mount at Jerufalem. CHAP. XXVIII. 1 Ephraim threatened. 1 6 Chrifl, the Jure foundation, prom.' fed. WOe to a the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whofe b glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat val- lies of them that are f overcome with wins ! 2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and ftrong one, c which, as a tempeft of hail, and a deftroying ftorm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, (hall caft down to the earth with the hand. 3 The crown of pride, the drunk- ards, of Ephraim, (hall be trodden -f- under feet : 4 And the glorious beautv which is on the head of the fat valley (hall be a fading flower, and as the hafty . XXVI I T. Ephraim threatened. fruit before the fumme r ; which , when £"hfr1rfte he that looketh upon it feeth,while it ^ir.725^ is yet in his hand he + eateth it up. J~SS 5 t In that day (hall the Lord of ■^"•*" hods be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the refidue of his people, 6 And for a fpirit of judgment to him thit fitteth in judgment, and for ftrength to them that turn the battle to the gate. 7 ^ But they alfo d have erred iJ.T' through wine, and through ftrong llo(- +• "• drink are out of the way : e the prieit \£*i£ i<5> and the prophet have erred through ftrong drink, they are fwal lowed up of wine, they are out of the way through ftrong drink : they err in vifion, they (tumble in judgment. 8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthinefs, fo that there is no place clean. 9 % Whom (hall he teach know- ledge ? and whom (hall he make to underftand f doftrine ? them that are ),",%'.*' weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breads. loFor precept j| mufl be upon pre- n or, cept, precept upon precept ; line up- on line, line upon line ; here a little, and there a little : n For with f f ftammering lips, J* ^.^ and another tongue, || will he (peak »■*«/<*<• to this people t [l^r 12 To whom he faid, This is the j or, reft wherewith ye may caufe the wea- *^e* ry to reft ; and this is the refrefliing : yet they would not hear. 1 3 But the word of the Lord was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little ; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and fna- red, and taken. 14 ^ Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye fcornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerufalem : 15 Becaufe ye have faid. We have madeacovenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement ; when the overflowing fco urge (hall pafs through, it (hall not come unto us : 8 for we I £"* have made lyes our refuge, and under falfehood have we hid ourfelves. 1 6 Tf Therefore thus faith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation h a (tone, a tried (lone, a bJJi]£. precious corner-ftone, a fure founda- ^aiV- **• tion : he that believeth (hall not make «"">•»• 31. halte. ipp. 1. 20. 17 Judgment alfo will I lay to the o.'^'hV line, and righteoufnefs to the phira- S s 4 met : ?:fikraim odiwnijlieJ. met ; and the bail fliall fweep away <■ r 7-i^ ' the rehire of lyes, and the waters iTI?n7.'' fliall overflow the hiding-place. 1 8 *1 And your covenant with death fluill be difaunulled, and your agree- ment with hell (hall not (land . when the overflowing fcourge fhall pafs through, then ye iliall be f trodden down by it. 1 9 From the time that it goeth forth it fliall take yon • for morning by morning '.hall it pafs over, by day and by night ; and it fhall be a vexation I only || to uiulerftand the report. /b*it"mate 20 For the bed is fhorter than that a man can ltretch himfelf on it; and the covering narrosver than that he can wrap himfelf in it. 2i For the Lord fliall rife up as in x j sam. mount * Perazim, he fliall be wroth as in the valley of ' Gibeon, that he may i joih'i1* ^° nis wor^' his ftrange work ; and t , i2- bring to pufs his act, his ftrange act. 2 2 No w, therefore, be ye not mock- J*' ,0 eis, leit your uands be made ftrong : for I have heard from the Lord God of hofts ,n a confumption, even de- jjji.y.i/. termined, upon the whole errth. 23*1 Give ye ear, and hear my voice} heaiKen, and hear my fpeech. 24 Doth the plowman plow all day to fow ?■ doth he open and break the clods of his ground ? 25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not caft abroad the fitches, and fcatter the cummin, ; -y.l-f.-.i anc^ t3^ in i! the principal wheat, and "'•'i',";' r'ie appointed barley, and the || rye, '" in their \ place ? 26 || For his God doth inftruft him to difcretion, &id doth teach him. 27 For the fitches are not threfhed with a threfhing inftrument, neither lXvTr)t is a cartrwheel turned about upon the ■ cummin ; but the fitches are beaten out with a ft a fF, and the cummin with ,"hb*,M a rod. 2S Bread-cirK is bruifed ; becaufe he will not ever be threfhing it, nor break it with the wheel of nis cart, nor bruife it with his liorfemsn. 29 This alfo cometh forth from the Lok i) of hefts, "ivhu '1 is wonderful in j« \i, ip, couuul, and excellent in working, c: H A P. XXIX. 1 Cod; judgments upon Jerufalem: 9 thei* Jetijelej} i dsep witijy. 1 7 A promiji of Letter thing ■ in future times. '" !i\\: ^e* to Ariel, to Ariel, ||thecity »V .: •'■(/ David dwelt ! add ye yeafc toycu'r . Ictchem f killfa'crJfices, I S A I AH. Gods jiutgments on Jerufalem. 2 Yet I will diftrefs Ariel, and there **■ ftinud ' yUcc. fliall be heavinefs and forrow : and it fhall be unto me as Ariel. ' * 3 And I will camp againft thee round about, and will lay liege againft thee with a mount, and I will raife forts againft thee. 4 And thou fhalt be brought down, flwrf fhalt fpeak out of the ground, and tiiy fpeech fliall be low "out of the dull, and thy voice fliall be as of one that hath a familiar fpirit b out of the bchxp. ground, and thy fpeech fliall + whif- "'„». per out of the dult. t«h r- 5 Moreover, the multitude of thy 1 ftrangers fhall be like fmall duft, and the multitude of the terrible ones jhall be c as chaff that paii'eth \l%. away ; yea, it fliall be d at an inftant £"»»•" fuddenly. jciap. 6 Thou fhalt bevifited of theLoRD 3°- ,J- of hoflswith thunder,and with earth- quake, and great noife, with f lorm and ' tempeft, anil the flame of devouring fire. 7 % And the multitude of all the nations that tight againft Ariel, even all that fight againft her and her mu- nition, and that diftrefs her, fhall be as a dream of a night vifion. 8 e It fhall even be as when anhun- S ff^> gry man dreameth, and, behold, he 'J eateth ; but he awaketh, and his foul is empty : or as when a thirfty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his foul hath appetite : fe fhall the multitude of all the nations be that fight againft mount Zion. 9 fl Stay yourfelves and wonder ; || cry ye out, and cry : f they are drtm- fj** ken, but not with wine; they ftagger, ;W^, but not with ftrong drink. r seTchap, 10 For g the Lord hath poured «-..« out upon you the fpirit of deep fleep, {£,*■" and hath clofed yeur eyes i the pro- phets and your -f rulers, h the feers, l"%\ hath he covered. llV'1""' 1 1 And the vilion of all is become J- B- unto you as the words of a || book £.\j.lin' ' that is fealed, which mm deliver to n <>r, one that is learned, faying, Read iC!h'" this, I pray thee: kand he faitn.I can- «■ "'• not ; for it is fealed. \H*?£. 12 And the book is delivered to him ^vt! >"• that is nor learned, faying, Read this, fti 1 pray thee : and he faith, I am not learned. 1; 'I Wherefore the Lord f-'ul, 1 Forafinucii as tins people draw near '■.'..', 7. ;;:,' ivitl) t!i_u moiuli, and with their ; lips do honour me, but have removed M«k7 ■ wifdom of their wife men'- mail pe- ri(h, and the understanding of their eCha prudent men Ihall be hid. 30. 1?' 1 ; ° Woe unto them that feek deep to hide their counfel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and '' they fay, *» Who feeth us ? and who knowcth us ? 16 Surely your ■turning of things uplide down Ihall be efteemed as tlie potters clay: for (hall the rwork fay of him that made it, He made me not ? or fhall the thing framed fay of him that framed it, He had no un- derftanding ? 1 7 %ls it not yet a very little while, and * Lebanon (hall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field lhall be elteemed as a forelt ? 18 And r in that day Ihall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind (hall fee out of ob- fcurity, and out of darknefs. ■•• 19 The meek alfo f (hall increafe their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men (hall rejoice in the holy One of Ifrael. 20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the (corner is confu- med, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: 2 1 That make a man an offender for a word, and u lay a lhare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn alide the jn!l for a thing of nought/ 22 Therefore thus faith the Lord, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the houfe of Jacob, Jacob (hall not now be aihamed, neither (hall his face now wax pale. 23 But when he feeth his children, zthe work of mine hands, in the midit of him, they (hall fanclify my name, and fanclify the holv One of Jacob, and flia'H fear the God of ifrael. 24 J- hey alio that erred in fpirit -ffhall come to underftanciirig, and they that murmured fhall learn doarine. C H A P. XXX. j The people threatened fur their cmrfi- (U'Hce in Egffit, 8 rind ilmwMpf of Gods war 1. 2*? Affyrias dellnutiou. WO'e to the rebellious cBHtiren, faith the Lti a d, ;< that take' coimf L4, but not of me ; aWd that co- ver with a covering, but htit of my Spirir; i' that they may l&i] (in 10 lii;: ing. P. XXX. The people threatened. 1 c That walk to go down into '*£*f Egypt, and d have not aiked at my clf- ?'?•,. mouth; to (trengthen themfeives iUcctap. the itrength of Pharaoh, an- '' 4* hear the law of ihe Lord : jo » Which fay tothefeers.Seenot; \l"u.\ and to the prophets, Prophefy fffft''*;™?!1;?* unto us right things; m fpeak unto us Mfc«»'* finooth things, prophefy deceits : 2. u'.cali 1 r Get you out of the way, turn afide out of the path, caufe the holy One of Ifrael to ceafe from before us. 12 Wherefore thus faith the holy One of Ifrael, Bccaufe ye deipife this (| 0r> word, and trult in || oppreflion and J '"J- perverfenefs, and flay thereon ; (3 Therefore this iniquity fhall be( to you "as a breach ready to fall, "1. j.m ' f welling out in a high wall, whofe 0 breaking ° cometh fuddenly at an%-s'' jnftant. Terjm 14 And p he (hall break it as the %-T™' breaking of f the potters veffel that l^toi'tie* is broken in pieces ; he (hall not fpare: poittn. fo that there (hall not be found iii the buriting of it a flierd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit. 15 For thus faith the Lord God, the holy One of Ifrael, q In returning qvtr. 7. and relt (hall ye be faved ; in quier- nefs and in confidence mall be yo'ur ftrsngth ; and ye wonlH not. if> But 18. ;? Sc 31-30. Il »r. G(ftfc mercies toward his church. ISA Igj 1 6 But ye faid, No ; for we will flee upon horfes ; therefore (hall ye flee : m ' and, W« will ride upon the fwift ; therefore Hull they that purfue you be fwift. 1 7 r One thoufand (hall flee at the rebuke of one ; at the rebuke of five fliall ye flee ; till ye be left as |J a bea- con upon the too of a mountain, and . as an enlign on an hill. '■',: \%*\ An i therefore will the Lord "Jj1~ wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you ; for the Loud if a God of judgment: & ■ bltfled <&§ all they that wait for him. !,« 19 For the people (hall dwell in ■ .. Zion atjerufalem; thou lhalt w.eep. no more : he will be very gracious un- to thee at the voice of thy cry ; when he lhall hear it he will anfwer thee. 20 Anil though the Lord give you 85 ' the bread of adverfity, and the vva- . ter of || affliction, yet (hall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes lhall fee thy teachers : 2 1 And thine ears fliall hear a word behind thee, faying, This is the way, • '-7. walk ye in it, when ye " turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. 22 * Ye fhall defile alfo the cover- ing of f thy graven images of filver, and th=: ornament of thy molten images of j^old : thou (halt f call them away as a menitruous cloth ; thou fliait fay unto it, Get thee hence. 23 Then lhall he give the rain of thy feed, that thou (halt fow the ground withal ; and bread of the in- creife of the earth, and it fliall be fat and plenteous : in that day lhall thy cattle feed in large paflures. 24 The oxen likewife, and the young afl'es, that ear the ground, fliall eat || f clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the Ihovel and with the fan. 25 And there fliall be yupon every high mountain, and upon every thigh hill, rivers and dreams of waters in the day of the great (laughter, when the towers fall. 26 Moreover, the light of the moon fliall be as the light of the fun, and the light of the fun lhall be fovea - fold, as the light of fe veil days, in the day that the Lord bindcth op the broach of his people, and healeth the ltroke of their wound. 27 1| Behold, the name of the Lord Cometh from far, burning with his I A H. The deftruftion of Ajfyria. anger, || and the burden thereof is \ hea- ■•*■■ vy ; his lips are full of indignation, ew 713. and his tongue as a devouring fire : ■ o~a„d 28 And his breath, as an overflow- JJyEjjy ing ftream, * (hall reach to the midfl J1-""--- ' of the neck, to lift the nations with Jv"1?,;,/,. the lieve of vanity : and there fliall be z.cr.ap.8.8. 1 a bridle in the jaws of the people, »"u». cauling them to err. 29 Ye lhall have a fong, as in the night b when a holy folemnity is •> waim kept ; and gladnefs of heart, as when **' *' one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of tne Lord, to the f mighty One of Ifrael. jj** 30 And the Lord fliall caufe \ his o^C. ,1.4. glorious voice to be heard, and fliall t,"'h./'^ (hew the lighting down of his arm, wfce. with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring 31- <9- Chap. X Chap 1. 20. 31- 7- tuft i lie! £4*1 II Or, ftmun t II ■ halftones, 31 For d through the voice of the *£*'£• Lord fliall the Aflyrian be beaten eChJp. I0. down, ' which fmote with a rod. s, *+• 32 And f in every place where the l**'paf,- grounded ftatF fliall pafs, which the %*,f,™g Lord (hall f lay upon him, it lhall be «*■ with tabrets and harps: and in battles J^",; rtJi of (haking will he fight || with it. »mNm. 33 f For Tophet is ordained {of old; «$*« yea, for the king it is prepared : he «**•• hath made it deep and large ; the c,^!9' pile thereof is fire and much wood ; \Hjc^nm the breath of the Lord , like a ftream ylJ "' "' of brimflone, doth kindle it. CHAP. XXXI. The prophet /heweth the curfed folly in tr ujhng to Egypt, and for faking God. WOe to them a that go down to £«»£■ Egypt for help, and b ftay on txekii horfes, and truft in chariots, becaufe ^Vraun they are many ; and in horfemen, be- ~°- ~> caufe they are very ftrong : but they look not unto the holy One of Ifrael, neither feek the Lord ! 2 Yet he alfo is wife, and will bring evil, and will not f call back his t h*» words : but will arife again!! the r'"' houfe of the evil-doers, and againft the help of them that work iniquity. 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God ; and their horfes fleih, and not fpirit. When the Lord fliall ftretch out his hand, both he that helpeth fliall fall, and he that is hol- pen (hall fall down, and they all (hail fail together. 4 For thus hath the Lord fpoken unto me, c Like as the lion and the « "«jf« young lion roaring on his prey, when Amo»> u. a multitude of (hepherds is called forth againft him, he will not be afraid The folly infrufiingio Egypt. CHAP. XXXII, XXXIII. Blejjings of Chri ft s kingdom. afraid of their voice, nor abafe him- noife of them ; d fo (hall rinjl'i^ felf for the [~o^ 'the Lord of holts come dpwn to ''• tight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.' 9 If Rife up, ye women that are at *£%* eafe; hear my voice, ye carelefs cir. ;i3. daughters ; give ear unto my fpeech. b Chsp. 2- 10. «C 30. IX. t Hifi. the idoli of bii gold. \ Kings II Or, for far e) the jxL'ord.. II Or, tributary. ■) Heb. fat 37-37. + He:>- bh riHkJbaU pa) i away || Or; bit jtrtngth. 8 Pfalm 45- I, tfe jcr.23. S ZccU. 9. j e Daiter. 5 <= &s birds flying, fo will theLoRD Fiki'91.4. of hofts defend Jerufalei.) ; f defend- 37' 40. in5 al(° ne wil1 deliver tf ; ~»7. ful field be counted for a foreft. 1 6 Then judgment fhall dwell in the wildernefs, and righteoufnefs remain in the fruitful field. 17 And the work of righteoufnefs fhall be peace ; and the eftett of righ- teoufnefs quietnefs and aflurance for ever. 1 8 And my people fhall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in fure dwellings, and in quiet refting- pla^es, 19 g When it fhall hail, coming e chain down h on the foreft ; || and the city fz^ (hall be low in a low place. h«* ' 20 Bleiied are ye that fow befide i^',he all waters, that fend forth thitlwr the 'Xffi&t feet of the ox and the afs. /«*• CHAP. XXXIII. 1 Cods judgments againjl t/ie enemies of the church. 1 3 The ajlonijhmeni offmners, and privileges of the godly. WOe to thee a that fpoileft, and achap. thou waft not fpoiled ; and H»fa?*e« dealeft treacheroufly, and they dealt not treacheroufly with thee ! b when '^'"o!" thou fhalt ceafe to fpoil, thou (halt be fpoiled ; and when thou (halt make an end to deal treacheroufly, they (hall deal treacheroufly with thee. 2 O Lord, be gracious unto us ; we have waited for thee : be thou their arm every morning, our falva- tion alfo in the time of trouble. 3 At the noife of the tumult the people fled ; at the lifting up of thy- felf the nations were fcattered. 4 And The privileges ofthegodl) rf "■■ 4 And your fpoil fixtll be gathered nr.^'IV like the gathering »f the eaterpiiler ; *~~v — ' as the running W and fro of loeuits lhall he run upon tnem. 5 The Lord is exalted : for he dwellech on high : he hath filled Zion witn judgment and rightcoufnefs. 6 And wifdom and knowledge (hall be the (lability of thy times, and ISAIAH. God revengeth his cJturch ! 20 Look upon Zion, the city of our gjg fol enmities: thine eyes (hall fee 'JeJ cir- ;« rufalem a quiet habitation, a taber- imiSI nat ie that (hall not be taken down ; ffj.^ not one of the (takes thereof (hall ever be removed, neither fhall any of the cords thereof be broken : 2 i But there the gloriousLoRD will be unto us a place f of broad rivers ' 1::5 •_ 1 llclv in ■netT, i. ♦ Hcb. luff. I Or, duiili. < Hab. b-itbli, or -•..'an i II j\ r>- utcr. ftrengtli of f falvatiou : the fear of n«rf (treams, wherein (hall go no the Lord ft his tfeafure. 7 Behold, their || valiant ones fhall cry without ; the amballaclors of peace fhall weep bitterly. - 8 c The highways lie Wafte, the wayfaring man ceafeth : he hath bro- ken the covenant, he hath defj^fed the cities, he regardeth no man. 9 The earth mournctb and lan- guiflieth ; Lebanon is afhamed and || hewn down ; Sharon is like a wil- dernefs ; and Balhan and Carm;:l lhake off 'their fruits. io Now will I rife, faith the Lord; now will I be exulted ; now will I lift up myfelf. ii d Ye (hall conceive chaff; ye mall bringforthllnbble: your breath, as fire, (hall devour you. \2 And the people (hall be as the burnings of lime ; cm thorns cut up mall they be burned in the tire. 1 3 % Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done ; and, ye that arc near, acknowledge my might. 14 The tinners in Zion are afraid ; fearful uefs hath furprifed the hypo- crites; who among us (hall dwell with the devouring tire ? who among us fhall dwell with everlafting burnings? 1 5 He that c walketh + riglueoufly, and fpeaketh + uprightly ; he that defpifeth the gain of || oppreffions, that (haketh his hands from holding of bribes, that ftoppcth his ears from hearing of + blood, and (hutteth his eyes from feeing evil ; 1 6 He (hall dwell on + high ; his place of defence jhall be the muni- tions of rocks ; bread fhall be given him ; his waters lhall be fure. 1 7 Thine eyes mall fee the King in his beauty : they lhall behold f the land that is very far off. 18 Thine heart (hall medit ite ter- ror. ' Where ft the Ten be ? where tithe + receiver? where is he that counted the tow 19 £ Thou lb ill hot fee a fierce people ; b a people of than thou - anil penviv;; : pj ., id. galley with oars, neither fhall gallant (hip pafs thereby. 22 For the Lord ii our judge, the Lord is our k f lawgiver, the Lord ^1'" is our king ; he will Pave us t Bet. 2 J || Thy t tcklingi are loofed ; they ^ could not well llrengthen their mail; 1 I vengeance, and the year of recom- c^. pences for the controverfy of Zion. VeeD us 9 k ■^m* tne ftreams thereof fhall y"23.eu ' be turned into pitch, and the ihiit thereof into brimftone, and the land thereof (hall become burning pitch: iolt fhall not be quenched night JfE'.'* nor day > ' the fmoke thereof ihall go s. 18. & Up for tvpr; ra from generation to ge- ?jtat.x.4. neration it fhall lie waftc ; none ihall pafs through it for ever and ever : Ctap. tl « But the || cormorant and the eph.i.14. bittern fliall poflefs it; the owl alio and "^ ' the raven fhall dwell in it : and ° he fain. flmn fbretch out upon it the line of I u"33 confufion,and the Itones of emptinefs. am. 2. s. ,2 They lhall call the nobles thereof to the kingdoin1butiK>ne//;«//£e there, and all her princes fliall be nothing. Hof.9-6. 13 And * thorns lhall come up in t her palaces, nettles and brambles in i, '*£■'.' '" the fortreffes thereof; and ** it lhall be an habitation of dragons, and a Mc'ba. court for || f owls. Heh. 14 f The wild beafts of the defert rUSZL mall alfo meet with + the wild beafts net,. of the ifland, and the fatyr fhall cry Heb. to his fellow ; the |j fcreedi-owl alfo /in. ^lau reft there, and find for herfelf wn>?rf a place of reft. 15 There Oiall the great owl make her neft, and lay, and hatch, and ga- ther under her ihadow : there fhall the vultures alfo be gathered, every one with her mate. 1 6 ^j Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read ; no one of thefe fliall fail, none fhall want her mate ; for my mouth it hath commanded, and his fpirit it hath gathered them. 17 And he hath caft the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line : they fliall poflefs it for ever, from generation to gene- ration lhall they dwell therein. G H A P. XXXV. 1 The flour: jhing Jlate oj'Chrifls king- dom. 3 The weak are encouraged wifh a view of the virtues andprivi- itges of the go/pel. npHe a wildernefs and the folitary i- place fhall be glad for them ; and the defert lhall rejoice, and/blof- fom as the rofe. 2 b It fliall bloflbm abundantly, and rejoice even with joy andiiuging ; the glory of Lebanon fhall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sha- ron : they Audi fee the glory of the LoRD,a«i/t!if excellency ofourGod. 3 ^ c Strengthen ye the" weak hand-;, and coniirui the feeble knees. 4 Say to them that are of a f fear- L ful heart, Be ftrong, fear not: behold, ^'■j'^ your God will come with vengeance, 1 au. even God with a recomptiice ; he, will 'ldJ'/' come and fave you. 5 Then the A eyes of the blind fliall ij.iS'sc be opened, and ethe ears of the deaf &*4i! % flu! 1 1 be unft opped : %£* ** 6 Then fliall the f lame man leap £ «■ «• .is an hart, and the £ tongue of the tfe.et ' dumb fing : for in the wildernefs lhall )l'alt'-c,7- 11 waters break out, and flreams in esfatiii.*. , r Mjik 7. tne deferr. &, er/. 7 And the parched ground fliall \*lf% become a pool, and the thirfty land n'-io- &■ fprings of water : in ' the habitation j^hoj-'s* of dragons, where each lay, Jhall be $£&l; || gr.tfs, with reeds and rufnes. |« *•*■ 8 And an highway fhall be there, BLut.j,. and away, and it ihall be called, The fe'22;Jj way of holinefs ; * the unclean fliall »5-30. not pafs over it ; || but h Jhall be for l^n. thofe : the wayfaring men, though •*'■■ '»■ tools, mall not err therein. 3«,S9- 9 ' No lion lhall be there, nor any '-c,blv' ravenous beaft fhall go up thereon, n or, it fliall not be found there ; but the „%?'££ redeemed fhall walk there. tchap. 10 And the '■' ranfomed of thejVi 17. Lord lhall return, and come to Zion Reva»-*7- with fongs, and everlafting joy upon VaaSbc their heads : they fliall obtain joy and "'"' '*""• gladnefs, and n forrow and fighing cWul'£ ihall flee awav. »ciiap. CHAP. XXXVI. nCh.lj.3. 1 Sennacherib invadeth Judah. 4 Rah- ^J^7* Jhakehs blafphevious perj'uafions to the people: 22 his words we told, &c. NOw a it came to pafs, in the four- ".*,"?;. teenth year of king Hezekiah, *cm«i. * that Sennacherib king of Aifyria came 3** " up againft all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them. 2 And the king of Aflyria fent Rab- n* fhakeh from Lachilh to Jerufalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army : and he flood by the conduit of the upper pool, in the highway of the fullers field. 3 Then came forth unto him Elia- kim, Hilkiahs foil, which was over the lioufe, and Shebna the j| fcribe, \t°T;lJtr. and Joah, Afaphs fon, the recorder. 4*! hAnd Rabihakch faid unto them, \v. i£&e. Say ye now to Hezekiah, Tims faith the great king, the king of Aifyria, What confidence is this wherein thou iruileft ? 5 I fay, fay? ft thou, (but they are andflrength for war: now, on whom doft thou nuft, that thou rebelleft 3 gain ft me ? 6 Lo, ri.4 The Affyriam flain. ISAIAH * 33 Therefore thus faith the Lord ' '~ r, concerning the king. of Afiyria, He (boll not come into this city, nor (hoot an arrow t:n.re, nor come be- MtuL f°c? ic wiia t "fields, nor call a bank again ft it. 34 bv the way that he came, by the fame (halt he return, and (hall not come into this city, faith the Loro. r.rins. 3 j For I will t defend this city to *° *" (axe it, for mine own fake, and for my fervanc Davids fake. saKJ.fi 36 % Thentbc e angel of the Lord to jj went forth, and fmote in the camp of the Alfyrians an hundred and four- fcore and live thoufand : and when they arofe early in the morning, be- hold, they w, re all dead corpfes. 37 1j So Sennacherib king of Alfyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 38 And it came to pafs, as he was worshipping in the houfe of Nifroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sha- rezer his fons fmote him with the (word ; and they ekaped into the land of + Armenia: and Bfa his foil reigned in his ftead. CHAP. XX XVI II. I Hizekiah hath his life lengthened: 8 the fun goeth ten degrees backward for afign ofthatpromife. 9 Hezekia/is thankj'giving. in. TN a thofe days was Hezekiah fick • »Kin?i A unto death. And Ifaiah the pro- Sciiai phet, the fon of Araoz, came unto y- -*• him, and faid unto him, Thus faith t -- a.m. the Lord, b \ Set thine houfe in or- i7mk." der ; for thou (halt die, and not live. *55- 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face o1"";.-,,, toward the wall, and prayed unto the '' ' 3Andfaid,Remembernow,OLoRD, I befeech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a per- fect heart, and have done that which ii good in thy light. And Hezekiah t neb. wept \ fore. i;',^"' 4 "i Then came the word of the Lord to Ifaiah, faying, 5 Go, and fay to Hezekiah, Thus faith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I h.ve feen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days (if teen years. t, And 1 will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Alfyria : and 1 will defend tins city. 7 And this fiiall be a fign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thine that he hath fp.>ken ; 8 behold, I will briny; again the ffiadow of the degrees, which is gone Mezehiahs thankfgivhig. down in the \ fun-dial of Ahaz, ten £'.;'; degrees backward. So the fun re- ;'!■_, turned ten degrees, by which degrees 1 7i^ . it was pone down. ''''-''w' 9 % The writing of Hezekiah king "*/«» of Judah, when he had been fick, and was recovered of his licknefs : 10 I faid, in the cutting off of my days, I (hall go to the gates of the grave ; I am deprived of the reiidue of my years. 1 1 I faid, I (hall not fee the Lord, even the Lord, c in the land of the ePf»lin* living : I (hall behold man no more n•■ ?«*• way of the Lord, d make ftraight in iTm2S! the defert a highway for our God. gj ~;t ,. .,. 4 Every valley fhall be ex-ilred^ !•'£• f „■»; and every mountain and hill fhall be cMai -, .. made low; e and the crooked (hall art. 68.+. be made lj ftraight, and the rough *£"*?• places || plain 1 or, 5 And the glory of the Lord (liali ;,/;.' -*' be revealed, and all ftefh (hall fee it ..,, together : for the mouth of the Lord p.j.'^" hath fpoken it. 6 The voice faid, Crv. And he fa'd. What lhall I cry ? ' All flefh is gral's, Ul&V. and allthcgocdlinefs thereof is as the £ lol',\u, (lower of the field : jam. V U-'. 7 The grafs withereth, the dower Ut fadeth;becaufetheSpiritof the Lord bloweth upon it ! furely the people is grafs. 8 The grafs withereth, the flower n fadeth 3 but the s word of our God '^i.0^ (hall ftand for ever. j {£ iA*' 9 t || O Zion, that bringeft good <> «>'«« that tidings, get thee up into the high , mountain ; || O Jerufalem, that bring- z'°)nr' eft good tidings, lift up thy voice with '><"'"' <>•£>. ftrength : lift it up, be not afraid ; fay 'luu.lf*1 unto the cities of Judah, Behold your J"**1"" God! 10 Behold, the Lord God will come || with ftrong hand, and his arm (hall »ga>njnbt rule for him : behold, h his reward /* ^cta" with him, and || his work before him. fi2.11." 1 1 He (hall '' feed his flock like a *™g£ fhepherd ; he fhall gather the lambs V""' with his arm, and carry them in his^"^ bofom, and lhall gently lead thole «^!gj || that aie with young. i£*3- 12 H' "Who hath meafured the wa- feln. ters in the hollow of his hand, and 11 or, M meted out heaven with the fpan, and ^l'/a"[ ' comprehended the duft of the earth so.*' in -f a meafure, and weighed thej,,"^;. mountains in fcales, and the hills hi a balance ? f3 1 Who hath direfted the Spirit 'i'^.Vl;' of the Lord, or, being f his counfel- *v3;n,.0.,3, lor, hath taught him i k. .,,.,„ J 14 With whom took he counfel, tc.™. and who f inftructed him, and taught (2 H'efb' him in the path of judgment, and ">•"<»/«< taught him knowledge, and lhewcd "^' to him the way of -(• underftanding ? "£};£'" 1 5 Behold, the nations are as a drop ./»«*<<. of a bucket, and are counted as t!ie *,,,1/fn^'** fmall duft of the balance : behold, ingst he taketh up the ifles as a very little thing. 16 And Lebanon // not fufficient to burn, nor the beafts thereof fufficient for a burnt- oiiering. T r. 17 All Cods incomparable p&ater I S A • Ver. 15. Ch»p.4rt.5 Ait, 17.15 f Or, 17 All nations before him are as m nothing ; and they are counted to him lefs than nothing and vanity. 1 8 H To whom then will ye " liken Cod ? or what lkcn.fi will ye com- pare unto him ? 1 9 " The workman mel teth a graven image, and the goldfmith fpreadeth it over with gold, and calteth lilver chains. 20 He that f is fo impoverifhed that he hath no oblation choofeth a tree that will not rot ; he feeketh unto him a cunning workman v to prepare a graven image that mall not be moved. 2 1 Have ye not known ? have ye not heard ? hath it not been told you from the beginning ? have ye not un- derftood from the foundations of the earth ? 22 || // is he that fitteth upon the • circle of the earth, and the inhabi- tants thereof we as grafhoppers ; that rifio/i'. ^ itretchcth out the heavens as a cur- "'.toliV. ta*ni aml fpreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in ; 23 That bringeth the r princes to *i.io;..no. notll-ing: jie maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. 24 Yea, they fliall not be planted ; yea, they mail not befown; yea, their irock (hall not take root in the earth: and he fliall alfo blow upon them, and they fliall wither, and the whirlwind fliall take them away as ftubble. ,rer. is. , . * yn w;umi then will ye liken me, or fliall I be equal ? faith the holy One. 26 Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created thefe things, that L-ringeth out their hoft by num- i".'£ ber : l he calleth them all by names, by the greatnefsof his might, for that he is ftrong in power ; not one faileth. 27 Why fayefl thou. (J Jacob, and fpeakeft, Olfrael, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is palled over from my God ? 28 *j Hall thou not known, haft ttiou not heard, that the everlalling God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, nei- \^;'''T. ther ia weary ? " there ts no fearching of his und rllandlng. 29 He gjveih power to the faint ; and to thtrn thai have no might he in reafeth ilren.th. 30 Kven the youths fliall faint and be weary, add the young men thai) • rr,i« utterly fall : '• ■ •■■ 31 But they that wait upon the (k££h Loud :; (hall [ renew their itrengUi; I A H. he cxpoflulateth with his people. they fliall mount up with wings as eagles; they (ball run and not be "< - weary, and they fliall walk and not ' " faint. CHAP. XLI. 1 Cod expofhilateth with his people about his mercies to the church, 10 about his promifes, 2 1 and about t/w vanity of idols. KEep lilence before me, O iflands ; and let the people renew their flrength : let them come near, then let them fpeak ; let us come near to- gether to judgment. 2 Who raifed up \ the righteous, \ man afrom the ealt, called him to his1- ■".'<• foot, b gave the nations before him, ^.'Jf; and made him rule over kings? he t> >« ocn. gave them as the dull to his fword, '** '♦«*'• and as driven ftubhle to his bow. 3 He puifued them, and parted \ fafely ; even by the way that he }/££* had not gone with his feet. 4 Who hr.th wrought and done it, calling the generations from the be- cC ginning ? I the Lord the c firft, and 43 jo* * with the laft ; I am he. J& U. 5 The ifles faw //, and feared ; the 5^*13?" ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. 6 d They helped every one his neigh- \o^l\ & bour; and every one hid to his brother, 44' '*■ + Be of good courage. JJ**^ 7 ' So the carpenter encouraged the c a ap. || gokKmith, ar.d he that fmoothetli 4°ot'y' viith the hammer || him that fmote/.< iter. the anvil, |'| faying, It is ready for the '■„"£,.£' fodering : and he failened it with nails, f that it iliould not be moved. 8 But thou, lfrael, art my fervant, itut—t. Jacob whom I have 8 chofen, the feed ^ao, of Abraham my h friend. K d^,,. 9 Thou whom I have taken from the \o?is^tt ends of the earth, and culled thee from Jjj**- the chief men thereof, and faid unto ch.p43.1- thee, Thou art my fervant; 1 have h ^J,!., chofen thee, and not call thee away. «> "• 10 1j ' Fear thou not : for I am with !™|„ 14] thee : be not difmayed ; for I am thy Cod : I will Urengthen tliee ; yea, I will help thee ; yea. I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righ- teoufnefs. 1 1 Behold, all they that were in- cenfed againft thee ihall be k aflia- kE*** med and confounded : they fliall be as nothing; and f they that llrive with thee fliall perilh. 1 2 Thou lha.lt: leek them, and flialt J not find them, even -}• them that con- tended with thee: f they that war agaimi: thee lhall be as nothing, and ai a thing of nought. 13 For ••■■}'**■■ God encowageth his people. CHAP. Chri™ li F°r I the Lord thy God will ^ 7,2. hold thy right hand, faying unco thee, Fear not; I will help thee. Ivor. 10. ,4 i Fear not, thou worm Jacob, few'meh a>ui ^e H meil °^ ^rae' > * ul!1 !lelP thee, faith the Lord, -aim) thy Re- deemer, the noly One of Ifrael. mMkah ,s BeHoM, ,n I will make thee a i'ci«in. new lharp threfhing inftrument ha- t^e^' vinS t teeth : tl]ou ,nalt thrclh the ni»(t'' mountains, and beat them fundi, and {halt make the hills as chaff. 1 6 Thou lhalt fan them, and the wind lliall carry them away, and the whirlwind {hail fcatter them : and thou lhalt rejoice in the Loud, and malt glory in the holy One of Ifrael. 17 When the poor and needy feek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirft, I the Lord will hear them, / the God of Ifrael will not forfake th\c m. »ch»?i ,g J wjii open " rivers in high pla- it Vv [o- ces, and fountains in the mid ft of the oettim vallies : I will make the ° wildernefs 107.3* a p>ol of water, and the dry land fprings of water. 19 I will plant in the wildernefs the cedar, the fhittah-tree, and the myrtle, a:xl the oil-tree ; I will fet in the defert the fir-tree, and the pine, and the box-tree together ; p jLb ii. 9- 20 >' That they may fee, and know, and confuler, and understand toge- ther, that the hand of the Lord hath done this, and the holy One of Ifrael hath created it. cmifito 2 ' 11 1" Produce your caufe, faith the ame near. Lord ; bring forth your ftrong rea- fons, faith the King of Jacob. qc>up. 22 'i i?t them bring ^."772 forth, and fliew us what fliall happen : let them (hew the former tilings what 1***1 they&?, that we may f coaftder them, upoutiiem. aruf know the latter end of them ; or declare us things for to come. 4?h9P'& 2 3 r Shew the "things that are to 4+-7.K- come hereafter, that we may know & 4v 3- , ' . , J . johnu.ig. that ye are gods ; yea, ao good or \l"-m- do evil, that we may be difmayed, and behold it together. t_ch»p. 24 Behold, ' ye are || of nothing, i tor's. 4. and your work || of nought ; an abo- v"re«.«rt mination is he tliat choofeth you. t^ng. 25 I have raifed up one from the %"!,'™re north, and he (hall come : from the niter. riling of the fun fliall he call upon my name ; and he fliall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. 26 Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know ? and bcfoietime. that we may fay. Ik is XLI, XLII. the office of Chrijl. righteous ? yea, there is none that ^hriif (heweth ; yea, there is none that cie- . &'J2hA clareth ; yea, there is none that hear- eth your words. 27Thefirft/,W/y^ytoZion, Behold, behold them: and I will give tojeru- falem one that bringeth good tidings. 28 u For I beheld, and there was no l^f' man ; even among them, and there was no counfelldr, that, when I alked of chem, could "f anfwer a word. /j''1;;. 29 Behold,thcyrt/-f?all vanity; their works ore nothing: their molten ima- ges are wind and confuiion. CHAP. XLII. 1 The 0 fice ofChrifl: 5 Gods promt fe to him. 1 o An exhortation to praije God. 1 3 Ifraels incredulity reproved. BEliold ''my fervant, whom I up- *."'£ & hold ; mine deft', in whom my ^;]'364£* foul b delighteth : CI have put my »•"•' Spirit upon him : he fliall bring forth vm'.'S.'l' judgment to the Gentiles. 3.^.* 2 He {hall not cry, nor lift up, nor 17^5' fi caufe his voice to be heard in the c'ctp. ' fU'eer- j'o'.nj.U. 3 A bruifed reed fliall he not break, (| 0r uitnl/ and the || fmoking flax fliall he not turning. f quench : he fliall bring forth judg- l^it, . ment unto truth. 4 He fhall not fail, nor be f dif- f,.";^ couraged, till he have fet judgment' d Ge flI in the earth : J and the ifles fliall 49^0.' wait for his law. 5 <[ Thus faith God the Lord, * he l*b£t that created the heavens, and ftretch- f^,'.',2'1' ed them out ; f he that fpread forth n-, he laid it not to heart. v C HAP. XLIII. 1 The lord comforleth the church with his protnifes: \\heforetelleth Baby- Ions de/lrucliort, 1 8 ami his peoples deliverance. 22 IJ'ra I reproved. BUt now thusfaith the Lord, "that »vw. ?• created thee, O Jacob, b and he '; c** 4«- that formed thee, O lfracl, Fear not » c for I have redeemed thee, 1 have e^h^' called thee by thy name ; thou art mine. 2 " When thou pafleft through the < pr«im. waters, I will ie with thee; aud^i^V* through the rivers, they lhall not overflow thee : when thou walkeft through the fire, thou (halt not be burnt; neither lhall the flame kindle upon thee. 3 For I am the Lord thy God. the holy One of ifrael, thy Saviour : c I J^g^f* gave Egypt far thy ranfom, Ethiopia 21. 1* and Seba for thee. 4 Since thou waft precious in my fight, thou haft been honourable, and I have loved thee : therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thj [| life. bot^ i f Fear net ; for I am with thee : Pf'c^\ I will bring thy feed from the eaft, and gather thee from the well: 6 1 will lay to the north, Give up; and to the i'outh. Keep no: back : bring my fonsfrom far, and my daugh- ters from the ends of the earth ; 7 Even every one that is called by my name : for gI have created him ***** for my glory, I have formed him;ci>ap. ' yea, 1 have made him. 8 If ''Bring forth the blind people 'v ;, that have eyes, and the deaf that have , • ,'"• 1 ' Lph. 2. ic. ears. h CnaP. 9 Let all the nations be gathered to- JifJjf gether, and let the people be aflem- tzei.n.s. bled: 'who among them can declare '."mi. this, and lhew us former things ? let " them bring forth their witneffes, that they may be juftified ; or let them hear, and fay, It is truth. 10 k Ve are mv witneiles, faith the k Lord, 'and my fervaut whom I h .ve ,','.^,, chofen ; that ye may knew and be- +1- «■ lieve me, ami underftand that I am he : m before me there wis jj no gcd '_ formed, neither fhall there be alter ++•"• me. 1 1 I, even I, " am the Lqit'n ; and | belides me there 1 1 up faviour. 12 I tteve declared, and have fa-;' ved, and I have (hewed, when .' way uo flxahge£<>rfainorigyqu : " there- tore C.tiap. Cap. st. io. ■ Jolhiii Babylon definition foretold. CHAP. 'h™;? fore ye are my witneifes, faith the "■ ri2. Lord, that I am God. ^T-* 13 p Yea, before the day was I am ]l>- he ; and t/Sert is none that can de- liver out of my hand: I will work, j*j and who (hall -}■ q let it : 14 If Thus faith the Lord your Redeemer, the holy One of Ifrael, For your fake I have fent to Babylon, and have brought down all their f nobles, and the Chaldeans, whofe cry is ill the (hips. 15 l_am the Lord, your holy One, the Creator of Ifrael, your King. 16 Thus faith the Lord, which r maketh a way in the fea, and a * path in the mighty waters ; 1 7 Which 'bringeth forth thecha- ft-x^i 1 riot an •- '■■>■ thine offspring : 4 And they (hall fpring up as amflftg the grafs, as willows by the water - eourfes. 5 One fliall fay, I am the Lords; and another (hall call himjelf by the name of Jacob ; and another (hnll fubferibe with his hand unto the Lord, and furnamc h.mfelf by the name of Ifrael. 6 Thus faith the Lord, the King of Ifrael, eand his Redeemer the Lord 'Chp, of hofts, f I am the nift, and I am the/cjiaj. laft ; and befides me there is no god. 4»- 4. & 7 And 6 who, as I, fhall call, and rj'vci.'i. fliall declare it, and fet it in order &z£ 13. for me, fince I appointed the ancient e chw, people ? and the things that are co- 4> lx" ming, and fliall come, let them (hew unto them. 8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid : h have not I told thee from that *£*?*■ time, and have declared it P ' ye are \ 'hap 43. even my witneiTes. Is there a g°d£°'**t' befides me ? yea, k there is no f god ; 4 js> 35. I know not any. XSm a!i. 9 ^f > They that make a graven c ■■' -^ *• image are all of them vanity; and l"c,v/"*r their + delectable things (hall not ;' ■■■ 41. profit : and they are their own wit- ~i%l?)'_ nefles ; m they fee not, nor know, 'vw- that they may be afiiained. £*«?"' 10 Who hath formed a god. or mol- ten a graven image, n that is profitable nllib-2l8» for nothing r 1 1 Behold, all his fellows fliall be 0 afhamed ; and the workmen, they°rra!,n are of men : let them all be gathered cuap'j'.ig. together, let them ftand up : yet they & tl- '•' (hall fear, and they' fhall be aihamed together. 12 p The fmith || with the tongs +o.""s & both worketh in the coals and fafliion- fcV %, v eth it with hammers, and worketh it ■ T t S with Uy of idol ma I 9 A 85m Wlta tlK' ftr^ngtb of his arms ; yea, he <•- r7u- is hungry, ami his (trength failcth; he """^ drinketh do water, and is faint. i^The carpenter ftretcheth <>ut //;'$ rule ; he marueth it out with a line ; he tittcth it with plancs,and he mark- eth it out with the compaft, and ma- keth it after the figure of a man, ac- cording to tlic beauty of a man, that it may run tin in the houfe. 14 He heweth him ^own cedar's, and taiceih the cyprefs and the oak, uwi\uo:t. which lie II ftcepgtjieneth for hira- rnt- felf anion;; the trees of the foreft : he planteth an alii, and the rain doth nourifh iY. 15 Then (hall it be for a man to burn : for he will take thereof and warm himfelf ; yea, he kindleth iY, and baket'.i bread ; yea, he maketh. a god, and worlhippelh it: he ma- keth it a graven image, and fallcth down thereto. 16 He burnetii part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth llcili ; he roafteth road, and is fatisfied ; yea, he warnieth famfelf, and faith, Aha, I am warm; 1 have feen the lire : 17 And the rcfiduc thereof he ma- ke th a god, even his graven image : he fallcth dovwi unto it, and wonhip- peth /'.', and prayeth unto it, and faith, Deliver me ; for thou art my god. 2£h*£ 18 "' They have not known nor uudcrftood ; for he hath f Ihnt their eyes, that they cannot fee; and their heart ., that they c imot underft.uul. 19 And none f r confidereth in his heart, neither is the re knowledge nor Understanding to fay, I have burnt pare of it in the fij e ; yea alfo, 1 have hiked bread upon the coals thereof; ] have mailed lleih and eaten it: and (hall I make the refulue thereof an abomination? (lull I fall down to * |- the lto.k of a tree? 20 He feede'th on aihes: ' a deceived • 110O4 m. }ieill-t hath turned him alide, that he cannot deliver his foul, nor fay, is there not a lie in my right hand ? 21 \ Hi member th< fe, O Jacob and Ilia; 1; for thou art-my fervant : 1 have formed thee ; thou art my fervant : *.' Lfrael, thou (halt not be forgotten of me. ^J? 22 ' I have clotted out, as a thick cloud, thy tranfgreffions, and, as a eland, thy (ins : return unto me ; for I hav< redeemed thee. foe the Loud I1.1t a done it: (hop*, ye lower pai ts of the earth ; break forth into I A H. Cod calklh Cyrtu. tinging, ye mountains ; O foreft, and every tree therein: for the Lord m''^ hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified " himfelf in Ifrael. 24 Thus faith the Lord thy Re- deemer, and x he that formed thee * Cb»* from the womb ; I am the Lord that 4j makethall thing;; r that ftretchetli ]'./.i.ici.B». forth the heavens alone ; that fpread- \ eth abroad the earth by myfelf : 4 25 That zfruftrateththe tokens * of ]l '$ the liars, and inaketb diviners m id ; *cYj." that turneth wife men backward, and » lc„m. maketli their knowledge foolilh ; 5Q- 3°- 26 Thatconfirmeth the word of his (ervam, and perfonnetn the counfel of his meilengers : that faith to Jeru- falem, Thou (halt be inhabited ; and to the cities of Jueah, Ye [hall be built, and I will raife up the f de- ;. caved places thereof : 27 b That faith to the deep, Be ^£*& dry ; and I will dry up thy rivers : si-S'isfr 28 That faith of Cyrus, He is my (hepherd, and dial I perform all my pleafure ; even faying to jerufalem, c Thou (halt be built; and to the \t ii™i- temple, Thy foundation (liall be laid. 7. ,a y£. G H A P- XLV. 1 God calleth Cyrus for his chur.hcs Jake : 5 he ihallengeth obedience ' 20 lie jheweth the vanity vf idols, THus faith the Lord to his anoint- ed, to Cyrus, whofe right hand I !| have holden, to fubdue nations before him ; and I will loofe the loins •' of kings, to open before him the two- leaved gates ; and the gates (hall not be (but ; 2 I will go before thee, a and make \l^.' the crooked places ftraight : 1 will break in pieces the gates of brafs, and cut in funder the bars of iron : 3 A\h\ I will give thee the treafurcs of darknefs, and hidden riches of fe- cret places, b that thou mayeft know ^A*?' that l.the Lord, which c call thee by « thy name, am the God of Ifrael. 4 For Jacob my fervants fake, and Ifrael mine elect, I have even called thee ! y thy name : I have furnam-d thee, though thou haft not known me. 5 ••! 1 i.am the Lord, and * there ^f*'; is none elfe ; there is no god bciides me : I girded thee, though thou haft ..'vc^, net known me : ' ■•> :i- 6 rhat they may know from the riling of the fun, and from the weft, that there :'( none helides me: I am the Lord, and there is none elfe. - I form the light, and create dark- n*fs: I makepeace, and 'create evil. fAmo»j».a, I the Lord do all tbefe things. 8 8 Drop God challengeth obedience. CHAP. XLV. XL VI. jfciore 8 % Drop down, ye heavens, from cn.l7ii. above, and let the Ikies pour down ^riaiS"" righteoufnefs ; let the earth open, and .What make(t thou? or thy work, He hath no hands ? ic Woe unto him that faith unto ///* father, What begettelt thou ? or to the woman, What haft thou brought forth ? ii Thus faith the Lord, the holy One of Ifrael, and his Maker, Alk me of things to come concerning my fons ; and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. kjrem. l2 k j have made the earth, and created man upon it : I, even my hands, have ftretched out the hea- vens, and all their hoft have I com- manded. i 3 1 have raifed him up in ricrhteouf- J£&8P nefs, and I will || direft all his ways -. ncbron he (hall l build my city, and he flia.ll ttr"'13' let go my captives, m not for price nor cnipwr" reward, faith the Lord of hefts. 4+. is. 14 Thus faith the Lord, "The la- ?zCT' bo«r of Egypt, »"d merchandife of npraim Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, men of 6a' 3l' Mature, Hull come over unto thee, and they (hall be thine : they fhall o Him come after thee ; ° in chains they (hall come over ; and they lhall fall down unto thee; they (hall make Fupplica- !£**■." tion unto thee, faying, v Surety God qvet.f. is in thee, and q there is none elfe; there ii no god. r?hfP- 15 Verily thou art a God r that hideft thyfelf, O God of Ifrael the Saviour. 16 They (hall be afliamed, and alfo confounded, all of them : they (hall l5.hii" £° t0 conf ufion together that are s ma- kers of idols, t ch«p. r7 ' But Ifrael fliall be faved in the Lord with an everlafting falvation : ye fliall not be afliamed nor confound- ed world without end. uchap. 1 8 For thus faith the Lord " that created the heavens, God himfeif that formed the earth and made it ; he huh eftabiiflied it, he "created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabi- xver. s. ted ; x I am the Lord, and there is none elfe. vtieut. 19 I hr.ve not fpoken in yfecr?t, in ihipVcV a dark place oi the earth : I laid not 4lJ' l0' unto the feed of Jacob, Seek ye me in Salvation to all nalions. Bef. re 1 declare things that are right. 20 ^| Alfemble yourfelvts and come ; draw near together, ye that are efca- ped of the nations •. z 'hey knowledge that let up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot fave. 21 Tell ye, and bring them near ; vea, let them rake counfel together : 'a who hath declared this from an- Jf *»f3 cicnttime? who hath told it from that +£»• £_ time ? have not J the Lord ? b and *'>■ »• * there is no god elfe befides me; a juft JveK« and fides me. 2 2*[ Look unto me, and be ye faved, ' all the ends of the earth ; for I am God, and there is none elfe. 23 I have fworn by myfelf, the word is gone out of my mouth in < righteoufnefs, and lhall not return, vin'.i. 10. That unto me every c knee lhall bow, d Genee* d every tongue lhall fwear. De'ut&cj. 24 || Surely, fliall one fay, In the ch.'eV.'ir/, Lord have I -j- righteoufnefs and H or, ftrength : even to him fliall men come \jbalija, # and e all that are incenfed againft Tord* him fliall be afliamed. %£$%* 25 In the Lord fliall all the feeil firmgtb. of Ifrael be juftified. and fliall glory. !,"%,. CHAP. XL VI. "**■ 1 The idols of Babylon could not fave £<*£• the mf elves. 3 Godfaveth his people to the end, 5 and challengeth a corn- parifon: 12 his falvation near. El bowcth down, Nebo ftoopeth; Jf^f" their idols were upon the beafts, J?rj,s°,L?' and upon tlie cattle : your carriages were heavy loaden ; they are a burden to the weary beafl. 2 They ftoop ; they bow down to- gether : they could not deliver the burden, but \ themfelves are gone L,ll?/,jutl. into captivity. 3 ^ Hearken unto me, O houfe of Jacob, and all the remnant of the houfe of Ifrael, b which are borne by 9, 1.0? me from the belly, which are carried from the womb : 4 And even to your old age I am he ; and even to hoar hairs c will I carry 5**°*" you: I have made, and I will bear ; Dcm.x.3T. even I will carry and will deliver you. ;*, "C 5 1| d To whom will ye liken me, c'hapicj.g. and make me equal, and comp ire me, acn«p. 40. that we may be like ? 6eTheylayiihgoldoutofthebag,and l^Zflc weigh tilver in the balance, and hire J!'.*ia5flt a goldfmith, and he maketh it a god : j«r- 10. *. they fill down ; yea, they worfllip. 7 rThey bear him upon the ihoul- \l'';. '" der, they carry him, and fet him in T t 4 his B fi Clisp 41. 1. 1 Heh. Gods Judgments upr>n Babylon cSStt nis lJ'acc- ana* he ft*Wieth ; from his eif. ju- place (ball lie not remove: yea, - 0«£ ^c„rp. lhall cry unto iiiin, yet cui he nut *s :u- anfwer, nor fave him out of his D'OUbU- 8 Remember this, and fhew your- »>chi»; (elves men : h bridg it again to minJ, 0 ye tranigreflbi 1, i) Remember the former things of ich»p. old : • for I am God, and k there is »! j;. none ehe ; I am God, and there is *|;fi* none like me; l.cbip,' 10 ' Declaring the end from the 4V ;:' beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, fay- m?Mfe ing, '" My counfel (hall ftand, and I PmviJh. will do .ill my pleafure ; a?. 30. * 11 Calling a ravenous bird "from uebr 0.17- t|ie e.^ a. the man that executeth my counfel from a far country : yea, 1 have fpoken //, I will alio bring it to pafs ; I have pqrpofcd /'/, I will a}fo do it. 12 % Hearken unto rne, ye ftout- hearted, that are far from righteouf- pefs : 13 I bring near my righteoufnefs; it fhall not be far off, and my falya- tion (hall not tarry ; and I will place fa} vat km in Zioij for Ifrael my glory. CHAP. XLVII. 1 Gh!i judgments upon Babylon and Chnldea, 6 for their unmerciful- nefs, 7 pride, 10 and oyer -bo Uinejs, 1 2 Jha/1 be irrefjlible. C^O'.ne ■ down and fit in the dud, ■* 0 virgin daughter of Babylon ; fit on the ground : there is no throne, p daughter of the Chaldeans ; for thou fhalt no more be calied tender and delicate. 2 b Take the miiftones and grind meal : uncover thy locks, make bare . the leg, uncover, the thigh, pafs oyer the riverc. r.oT 3 c Thy naked nefs mall be unco- {V"*a '3' vcred : yea, thy (name (ball be feen : nVa. 3. j. I will take vengeance, and I will not jneet thee as a man. 4 4-> for our Redeemer, the Lord of holts is his name, the. holy Que of |frael. 5 Sit thou filent, and get thee into darkriefs, O daughter of the Chal- dcaus : J for thoij (halt no more be r;a"J- ( called. The lady of kingdoms. (] <| '' I was wroth with my people; '"I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand : thou dklft fhew them no mercy ; • upon the ancient hall thou very heavily laid thy yoke. ISAIAH. fr pride and over-boldnefi. 7HAnd thou faidil,Ifhall be ' a lady for ever : Jo that thou didft not lay '.''-J'V thefe things to thy heart, ' neither didft h v?. .. . remember the latter end of it ; H Therefore hear now this, thou a *s>. that art given to pleasures, that dwell - ell carglefsly, that fayelt in thine heart, k I am, and none elfe beikles me ; I zephVJi^. fhall not lit as a widow, neither lhall I know the lofs of children : 9 But ' thefe two things fhall come ! to thee in a moment, in one day; the lofs of children, and widowhood : they lhall come upon thee in their perfe&ion, ■ for the multitude of thy "Nib.3-4. forceries, and for the great abundant f of thine inchantments. 10 1f For thou haft trufted in thy wickednefs; thou haft faid, None feeth me : thy wifdom and thy knowledge, it hath || perverted thee ; " and tl.cu . haft faid in thine heart, lam, and Jjtfjg* none elfe befides me. - nvCr.8. 1 1 Therefore fhall evil cqme upon h thee ; thou fhalt not know \ froqi ." whence it rifeth : and mifchief fliall ittsU "*' fall upon thee ; thpu fhalt not be able H , to f put it off : and defolation fliall txpait, come upon thee fuddenly, whiJi thou fhalt not know. 1 2 H Stand now with thine inchant- ments, and with the multitude of thy forceries, wherein thou haft la- boured from thy youth ; if fo be thou fhalt be able to profit, if fo be thou mayeft prevail. 13 Thou art wearied in the mul- oCbiB_ titude of thy counfels. Let now ° the +4 =4.' f aftrologers, the ftargazers, f the J,** ,.„. monthly prognollicators, ftand up-********* re. n Mat. 14 41 »M.o. 4cch. i.i fhall come upon thee. J 14 Behold, they fhal} be asftubble; \'-. the fire fliall burn them : they lhall not deliver \ themfelves from the power \ .■""%;,.•,. of the flame ; there jhall nqt be a coal to warm at, nor lire to lit before it. 15 Thus fhall they be unto thee with whom thou haft laboured, even r thy merchants from thy youth : they i8.«V (lull wander everyone to his quarter; none lhall favc thee. CHAP. XLVIII, 1 I ' ',/, to convince the people of their ob/tinacy, revealet'z his prophecies ; 1 3 ht t ■ ': yrtcth than to obedience. HEar ye this, O houfe of Jacob, which are called by the name of tfrael, and ' are come forth out of J^£] the waters of Judah ; «j which fwearbciup. by the name of the Lord, and make ■ , mention of the God of Ifrael, e but x jcr. 4. a; not in truth, nor in rigliteoufnefs. ^ s" "' 3 For The peoples obftinacy: they CHAP. V;1;^ 2 For they call themfelves d of the ^■■-■7ii- holy city, and e ftay tljemfelves up- rT^T-' on the God of Ifrael; The Lord of hofts is his name. 3 f I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went 41. b"& forth out of my mouth, and I (hewed .c Mic»h 3. ii. Km m.2.17. came to pafs. 4 Became I knew that thou art ea!f!' t obitinate, and thy neck is an iron jjnew, and thy brow brafs ; 5 I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pals I (hewed it thee: left thou (hould- ell fay, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image and my molten im-ige hath commanded them. 6 Thou haft heard, fee all this ; and will not ye declare // P I have (hewed theu new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou diclft not know them. 7 They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the dzy when thou heardeft them not : left thou Ihouldeft fay, Behold, 1 knew them. 8 Yes., thou heardeft riot ; yea, thou kneweft not ; yea, from that umethat thine ear was not opened : for 1 knew that thou wouldeft deal very treache- ss.'jj™ roully, and wait called g a tranfgref- for from the womb, hctap. 9 ^ i, For my namci fake ; wllI j d£fer i pnum !nineanger,and for my praife will I re- frain for thee, that I cut thee not off. 10 Behold, I have reined thee, but \S%?ir. not Ii with filver; I have chofen thee in the furnace of affliction. 1 1 For mine own fake, even for ' mine own fake, will I do it: for k how i chap, ihould my name be polluted ? and ' I 42 8' will not give my glory unto another. r2 *[ Hearken unto me, O Jacob, and Ifrael my called ; '" I am he j I am the "tirft, I alfo am the laft. 13 Mine hand alfo hath laid the I-7L.YJ' foundation of the earth, and |j my right hand hath fpanned the heavens ': ,;!.,'„.'!' when °I call unto them they ftand ' up together. .-4 v All ye affemble yourfelves, and hear ; which among them hath declared thefe things J1. 4 The Lord hath loved him: he will do his plea- fure on Babylon, and his arm Jha/l be on the Chaldeans. 1 5 I,£7#«I,havefpoken; yea,I have railed him : I have brought him, and he lhall make his way profperoirs. 16 % Come ye near unto me, hear ye this 1 r I have not fpokjen in fecret XLVIII, XLIX. are exhorted to repentance. from the beginning ; from the time f^f that it was, there am I : and now s the >-'ir 7U^ Lord God and his Spirit hath fentaz7?n t. me. u'v'u- 17 Thus faith the Lord, thy Re- deemer, the holy One of Ifrael ; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou ihouldeft go. 18 'Oh that thou hadft hearkened * »**• to my commandments ! then had thy pw.«?mi. peace been as a river, and thy righ- teoufnefs as the waves of the fea : 19 Thy feed alfo had been as the fand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name mould not have been cut off nor de- ftroyed from before me. •• h*f* j- j m of fc.v id jprcad ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice ^Vs^'. of singing declare ye, tell this, utter *!?,%;{■ °; it evsn to the end of the earth ; fay "%" '*" ye, The Lord hath * redeemed his 4,Es%Vj,: fervant Jacob. 2 ! he led them through the deferts : he 7cani'ed the waters to flow out of the Numb. rock for them ; he clave the rock alfo, 20- "• and the waters ginned out. 22 a There is no peace, faith the S7?& Lord, unto the wicked. C HAP. XLIX. 1 Chrifl, being fent to the Jews, com- plaineth of them : 5 he is fent to the Gentiles, i 3 Goth love to his chwcK. LI lien, O iOes, unto me; and hear- ken, ye people, from far ; a The M«&.Ti.5" Lord hath called me from the womb; Lutaii'a*. from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. 2 And he hath made b my mouth b,fblP& like a (harp fword ; in the fliadow of ,V- ">• ... ,,,,,.■ , i Hcbr-4 II. his hand liath he hid me, and made Rev. 1. 16. me c a polifhed fhaft ; in his quiver ^**J™ hath he hid me ; 3 And faid unto me, d Thou art my ££*£*■ fervant, O Ifrael, in whom I will be *"*•*■& glorified. 4 c Then I faid, I have laboured 3.^?*' In vain, I have fpent my ftrcngth for nought, and in vain ; yet furely my judgment is with the Lord, and J| my work with my God. l"r^arj. 5 If And now, faith the Lord, that formed me from the womb to be his fervant, to bring Jacob airaiu to 1 • 11 'i-u u 1 r 11 1 \i Or, That him, II rhougnlfrael oe not gather- ;/,.,m^ ed, yet lhall I be glorious in the eyes tSSzZ!* of the Lord, and my God ihall be *«v.*c. my ftrcngth. 6 And he faid Jj It is a light thing «*.**, that thou ihouloell be my fervant, to »"«»> «' raife up the tribes of Jacob, and to '£"&!** reftore gem? 53 i- li ur, -It bVU\. ;i 10, u. Verfs 13. Ciirijlfent to the Gentiles. I S A reftorc the || preferved of Ifrael ; I will alfo give- thee for a ' light to the Gentiles, that thou majteft be my fai- vation unto the end of tnt- earth. 7 Thus faith the Lord, the Re- deemer of Ilrael, and his holy One, "iXi- « |j To him whom man deipifeth, to "" him whom the nation abhorreth, to a fervent ot rulers, h kings mail fee and arile, princes alfo [ball worlhip, became of the Lord that is faithful, and the holy One of Ifrael, and he (hall choofe thee. 8 "Finis faith the Lord, ' In an ac- Vcm'o 2. ceptable time have 1 heard thee, and in a day of fafvatiuii have I helped JJd?" thee : and I will preferve thee, k and give thee for a covenant of the people, tff'4,. to II eltabliih the earth, to caufe to I', * inherit the defolate heritages; icii). q That thou mayelt fay ' to the i£c£g.i». prifoners, Go forth ; to them tliat are in darknefs, Shew yourfelves : they fliall feed in the ways, and their pa- ilaresjha/l be in all high places. »■£■ 10 They (hail not '" hunger nor B pitta thirit , " neither lhall the heat nor fun lll-°- finite them : for he that hath mercy on them (hall lead them, even by the fprings of water (hall he guide them. 1 1 And I will make all my moun- tains a way, and my highways lhall be exalted. 12 Behold, thefe ;i;all come from far ; and, lo, thefe from the north and from the welt ; and thefe from the land of Sinim. och»». 13^ °Sing, O heavens ; and be joy- 4+' ai" ful, O earth ; and break forth into tinging, O mountains : for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. 14 But Zion faid, The Lord hath forfaken me, and my Lord hath for- gotten me. 15 Can a woman forget her fuck- 1 neb. ing child, -f- that ihe fhoiild not have £<«,?£. compaffion on the fon of her womb ? yea, they may forget, yet will 1 not forget thee. 1 6 Behold, p I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands ; thy walls are continually before me. 17 Thy children lhall make h;ifte ; thy deftroyers, and they that made thee wafte, fliall go forth of thee. 18 11 s Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold : all thefe gather themfelves together, and come to ilue. Ax 1 live, faith the Lord, thou flialt furely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee as a bride doeth. ClM. u. 0. I A H. The church rejlored. 19 For thy wafte and thy defolate j places, and the land of thy deltruction, dr. 7n- 'lhall even now be too narrow by rea- r7^cTI^ fon of the inhabitants, and they that ^trtJ.**."*. f wallowed thee up fliall be far awav. - »» ■'-•' 20 s The children which thou (Halt .. have, after thou halt lolt the other, lhall fay again in thine ears, The place it too ltrait for me : give place to me that I may dwell. 2 1 Then lhait thou fay in thine heart, Who hath begotten me thefe, feeing I have lolt my children, and am defolate, a captive, and removing to and fro ? and who hath brought up thefe ? Behold, I was left alone; thefe, where had thev been? 22 l Thus faith the Lord God, ^p'& Behold, I will lift up mine hand to Ci • -- the Gentiles, and fet up my ftandard to the people : and they (hall bring thy foils in iheir -j- arms, and thy ,';'^h; daughters lhall be carried upon their Ihoulders. 23 "And kings fliall be thy fnur- ): fing-fathers, and their + queens thy %"££, nurling- mothers: theylhall now down >- js- & to thee with their lace toward the ; „'.b.' earth, and * lick up the dult of thy »«",*»-'• fret 3 and thou lhalt know that I am';„t?e}tl. the Lord : for ' they fliall not be afliamed that wait for me. 24 H z Shall the prey be taken from \™*jg the mighty, or \ the lawful captive £™-> s- delivered ? «io.3?i. 25 But thus faith the Lord, Even ^tth" the f captives of the mighty lhall be t 'ae*,.ibe taken away, and the prey of t!ie ter- . rible lhall be delivered: fori willcon- ', tend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will five thy children. aCaap 26 And I will a feed them that op- , prefs thee with their own flefli ; and they lhall be drunken with their own k biood as with || fweet wine : and u- *o.'* all ttelh lhall know that I the Lord ,f;,r°; am t!iy Saviour, and thy Redeemer, * the mighty One of Jacob. CHAP. L. 1 Chrifl Jlieiveth the caufe of the Jew: dereliftioif. 10 An exhortation to trujl in God, and not in uwfehe*. Thhis faith the Lord, Where is g ' a the bill of your mothers di- **• >- vorcement, whom I have put away? " or which of my b creditors is it to 'i j"^, whom I have fold you ? Behold, for +• '■ your iniquities have you fbld your- felves, and for your nanfgreilions is your mother put away. j Wherefore, when I came, was there no man ? when I called, was _ Numfc there none 10 anfwer? c Is my handu. i3. wwtened' The Jews dereli&ion. Art m John i+- 31- l'nii. :. fi. II. r. 10. 5, Ki- ll Mitth. 1(, C>7. tl j lle!>. ll\ mycauf:. C K A P. fhortened at all, that it cannot re- deem ? or have I no power to deliver? Behold, ll at my rebuke I e dry up the fea; I make the f rivers a wildernefs: f their rifh iYinketh, becaufe there is no water, and dieth for thirft. 3 1 1 clothe the heavens with black- nefs, ! and I make fuckcloth their co- vering. 4 % k The Lord Cod hath given m> the tongue or' the learned, that 1 Ihould know how to fpeak a word in feafon to him that is ' weary : h.' wakeneth morning by morning ; ho wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. 5 f The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not "' rebellious, neither turned away back. 6 n I gave my back to the fmiters, and ° my cheeks to them that plucked oifthe hair : I hid not my face from flume and fpitting. 7 11 For the Lord God will help mc ; therefore ihall I not be con- founded : therefore have p I fet my face like a Hint, and I know that 1 Ihall not be afliamed. S ? He is near that jufrifieth me, who will contend with me ? let us Hand together : who ;'..■ f mine adver- fary ? let him come near to me. 9 Behold, the Lord God will help me ; who is he that Ihall condemn me.' r io, they all Ihall wax old as a gar- ment ; ! the moth (hall eat them up. io "if Who is among you that fear- eth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his fervant, that c walketh in ciark- nefs, and hath no light ? let him truft in the name of the Lord, and ftay upon his God. 1 1 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compafs yuwjc/ves about with fparks ; walk in the light of your tire, and in the fparks that ye have kin- dled : " this (hall ye have of mine hand, ye Ihall lie down in forrow. CHAP. LI. i An exhortation, after the pattern of Abraham, to truft in Chrijl. 9 Chrijl a fendeth his people from fear. HEarken to me, a ye that follow after righteoufnefs, ye that feek the Lo ill) : look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. 2 b Look unto Abraham your fa- ther, and unto Sarah that bare you : for I called him alone, and blelied him, and increafed him. 3 For the Lord ihall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her walte places ; L, LI- exhortation to trujl in Chrifl. and he will make her wildenief? like **,£ Eden, and her defeat c like the gar- «.-. 7^ 6en of the Lord ; joy and glacinefs TcXOfa fliall be found therein, thankfgiving, 13- 10, and the voice of melody. 4 f Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation : for a law ihall proceed from me. and I will make my judgment to reft for a light of the people. 5 My righteoufnefs is near ; my falvation is gone forth, and mine armsilnll judge the people : the ides fliall wait upon me, and on mine arm fliall they truft. 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath ; for * the heavens fliall vanilh away like lei3'™, fmoke, e and the earth Ihall wax old T^Ts- like a garment, and they that dwell **** therein fliall die in like manner : but eemp. my falvation fliall be for ever, and my 3°' '" righteoufnefs fliall not be abohflied. 7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteoufnefs, the people ' in whofe l. ^*™ heart is my law ; 8 fear ye not the re- e Matin. proach of men, neither be ye afraid ia2tf- of their revilings : 8 For h the moth fliall eat them up *&%£ like a garment, and the worm fliall eat them like wool : but my righ- teoufnefs Ihall be for ever, and my falvation from generation to gene- ration. 9! 'Awake, awake, put en ftrength, \z.\l' 0 arm of the Lord ; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. k Art thou not it that hath cut jj.0^. 1 Rahab, and wounded the m dragon ? i?aim 10 Art thou not it which hath ^7P*lm 0 dried the fea, the waters of the 74- 13, 14. great deep; that hathmade the depths &££££'.£ of the fea a way for the ranfomed to « '<■'■*"*■ pafs over i etap. 1 1 Therefore "the redeemed of the **hl* LortD fliall return, and come with 35.10.' flnging unto Zion ; and everlafting joy Jhall be upon their head : they fliall obtain gladnef; ani joy ; and forrow and mourning ihall flee away. 12 \ I, even I, am he that com- fortethyou: who art thou, that thou fhouldeit be afraid l'of a man that (hall P™£ die, and of the fon of man which fhu.ll be made q as grafs ; I «^ 13 And forgetteft the Lord thy { Vf-T Maker, r that hat!i ftretched forth *W9. «' the heavens, and laid the foundations £r^JJ2S2* of the earth ; and haft feared conti- 4:- x*-4e nually every day, becaufe of the fury 44. 24. of the oppreflbr, as if he jl were ready 11 °r< . to deftroy t and where :s the fury of uiiranj. the opprcflbr ? 14 The Jerufalems anjiflion'bev,: ISA 1 4 The captive exHe hatteneth that tir'.'V:-- he may lie loafed, ' and th.it be fhould ^77^ ' not die in the pit, nor that his oread »"• fhould fail. 1 5 But I owrthe.LoRD thyOoo\that , jobtfl w i divided the lea, whole waves roared : The Lord or holts it his name. unejt. r6 And " I have put my words in thy mouth, and have covered thee *»•**' in the (lv.ulow of mine hind, "that f,,-."^. i I may plant the heavens, and lay the 66' Zi' foundations of the earth, and fay un- to Zion Thou art my people. ych»p. ,, «; ,- Awake, awake, It md up, O jerufalem, winch z hall drunk at the [land of the Lord the cup of i-.isfurv ; 2 thpu hall drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling. am/ wrung them out. \HThere is none to guide her among all the lbns whom (lie iiath brought forth ; neither is there any that ta- kcth her by the hand of all the fons that (lie hath brought up. 19 b Thefe two things \ are come unto thee ; who fhaii be forry for thee ? defolation and \ deftru&iont and the famine and the fword : c by Whom mail I comfort thee ? .;■ ~..r 20 d Thy fons have fainted, they lie i:'iz- at the head of all the ftreets as a wild bull in a net : they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of tiiy God. 2 1 % Therefore hear now this, thou vcr"-. afflicted ; and drunken, e but not with wine ; 22 Thus faith thy Lord the Lord, and thy God //w/ pleadeth the caufe of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury ; thou (halt no more drink it again : * j«.is. 2 1 But f I will put it into the hand v '.'h.,2.2. of them that afflict tlice ; * which have «p&i.• ■■ mouth : ; he is brought as a lamb to AiaJI?' ,4 the (laughter, and as a fheep before Is. 5.1' & her (hearers, is dumb, fo he openeth ■ \&* not his mouth. ' '0", 8 || He was taken from prifon and ftom judgment; and who (hall de- clare his generation: for k he was cut '.,-, off out of the land of the living : for ?"■ the tfanfgreffion of my people + was U Daniel i n. • 1 e.26. he itricken. 1 Her,, was o ' And he made his grave with the -.. wicked, and with tne rich in Ins \MMXbK* x death ; becaufe he had done no vio- tHcb.' ' lence, neither was any m deceit in his duih,. mouth. £»*■ : 10 t Yet it pleated the Lord to 1 John 3.5. bruife him; he hath put him to grief : i U',):r;.'Ji |j when thou (halt make his foul n an ,"i-'f;„£? offering for fin, he lhall fee /;m feed, mccr. he (hall prolong /;;'j days, and the i$>e'.'2.24. pleafure of the Lord (hall profper in his hand. 1 1 He (hall fee of the travail of his I*™.'5" foul, and lhall be fatisfied : ° by his ^cna"'"1 knowleiIEe ft>u11 p my righteous fer- 42. iP'& vant juftify many ; *• for he lhall bear *verfe iniquities. rPh".^. 5. 12 r Therefore will 7 divide him a * coi. 2. 1 5. portion with the grea;, s • .. He lhall is?«. divide the fpoil with luie' caufe he hath poured u\.uke ""to death ; and he ■ ' ^l^\. with the tranfgieff ii-.'r.T.'ij.' tho fin of many. ... imou, ceffion for the tram? LI II, LIV. The chwehts deliverance \ CHAP. LIV. 1 The prophet, for the comfort of the Gentiles, ptophefieth the enlargement, of the church, 4 their fafety, 6 rfe/7 certain deliierance out of affliction,, 1 1 their fair edification, 1 5 and their Jure prefertiation. Sing, O barren, thou that didft not t <■• rr bear 5 break forth into finging, eir.'n«. and cry aloud, thou that didft not tra- ^JJT*"* Voil with child : for b more are the 3- »■*• children of the defolate than the ™ .4mv' children of the married wife, faith* *• the Lord. 2 c Enlarge the placeof thy tent,and =£>w 4>- let them fttetch forth the curtains of thine habitations : fpare not,lengthen thy cords, and itrengthen thy ftakes: 3 For tiiou (halt break forth on the right hand and on the left ; d andichap. thy feed (hall inherit the Gentiles, 5S* s' and make the defolate cities to be inhabited. 4 fear not, for thou (holt not be afhamed; neither be thou confounded, for thou (halt not be put to fhame : for thou (halt forget the (hame of thy youth, and (halt not remember the re- proach of thy widowhood any more. 5 "For thy Maker is thine hufband; e,J74*m° The * L o r d of hofts is hk name ; f mko and thy Redeemer the holy One of1-32, Ifrael : The God of the whole earth (hall he be called. 6 For the Lord Ehath called thee r pap. as a woman lorfaken and grieved in *"-4' fpirit,and a wife of youth, when thou waft refnfed, faith thy God. 7 h For a fmall moment have I for- !jorrsIm Taken thee; but with great mercies £.;^r will I gather thee. i&™, S In a little wrath I hid my face4'17' from thee for a moment ; ' hut with '.Ch!P- everlalting kindnefs will I have mer- cy on thee, faith the Lord, thy Re- deemer. 9 For this is as the waters of k Noah 8.°™.** unto me : for as I have fworn that »• "• the waters of Noah (hould no more 31. 3S».3«J. go over the earth ; fo have 1 fworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. ioFor ' the mountains (hall depart, iw* and the hills he removed !" bi\t my Mauh. kindness (hail not depart from thee, ^ '^,m the covenant - iy peace 89- 3 j, 3* a ith the Lord, that hath h ee. . ,;ou aflH$e>c> buy bM*». 13. and eat ; yea, come, buy wine and milk . without money, and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye f fpend money for -that which is not bread, and your labour for that which fatisfieth not ? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your foul delight itfelf in fatnefs. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me ; hear, and your foul (hall live : c and 1 will make an everlafting co- venant with you, even the d fure mercies of David. 4 Behold, 1 have given him /or a y.'is'"1 witnefs to the people, c a leader and commander to the people. fchii>. 5 '"Behold, thou (halt call a nation Hh'.z. thai thou knowett not; and nations ii.ii. t)ult |-ncw nol thec [hall run unto . becaufe of the Lor-d thy Clod, and for the holy One of Ifrael : for he hath gSorifi-.t! thee. nPftiui 6 \ ' Seek ye the Lord while he Mitfs. is- may be found, call ye upon him while he h near. 7 Let the wicked furfake his way, and f the unrighteous man his thoughts; and lee him return unto I A H. repentance, andfandification. the Lord, and he will have mercy £ehr"™ upon him ; and to our God, for -| he <•>•- ■ ■ ^ will abundantly pardon. 1 h X II h For my thoughts are not your ; thoughts, neither are your ways my-" m ways, faith the Lord. 7*^°' 9 ' For as the heavens are higlur than the earth, foaremy ways higher 'VJ' l* thin your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. 10 For K as the rain comcth down, \?t^m and the fnow from heaven, and re- turneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give feed to the fower, and bread to the eater ; 1 1 ' So mall my word be that gocth \c*y; fortli out of my mouth : it (hall not return unto me void ; but it fliu.ll accomplilh that which I pleafe, and it (hall profper in the thing whereto I fent it. 1 2 m For ye (hall go out with joy, and 'l£\'?; be led forth with peace : the moun- tains and the hills (hall n break forth before you into finging, and " all the trees of the field (hall clap their hands. \ 13 p Inftead of q the thorn (hall ;i;c';r''a- come up the fir-tree, and inftead of 16, 33. the brier (hall come up the myrcle- p£&*P" tree : and it (hall be to the Lord for q Mica's a name, for an everlafting (ign, thai '•■ +• (hall not be out off". C H A V. LVI. 1 The prophet exhbrteth to fan8ifica~ tion : 3 he promifeth it jhali be ge- neral. 9 The calamities of the church imputed to blind watchmen, THus faith the Lord, Keep ye || judgment, and do juftice : "for n,r;. my falvation/f near 10 come, and my ,~M»tth. righteoufnefs to be revealed. *; Jj* 2 Blelfedij the nian that doeth this, ,;";2|3' and the fori of man that layeth hold on it;bthatkeepeth the faboathfroin i.c.vp. polluting it, and keeptth bis hand i6' 13- from doing any evil. 3 *l Neither let c the fon of the %%*$% ftranger, that hath joined himfelf to the Lord, (peak, faying, The Lord hath utterly feparated me from his people ; neither let the eunuch fay, Behold, I am a dry tree. 4 For thus faith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my fabhaths, and choofc the things th ft pTeafe me, and Cake hold of my covenant ; 1 F.ven unto them will I give in mine houfe, and within my walls, a place and a name bi tte? than f fons and of daughters : I will give them an everla&ing name, that (lull no: be cut oft 6 Alfo i J.eaUi of the righteous. CHAP. LVII. Promifes to the penitent. 6 .Alio the fons of the linger that join themfelves to the Lord, to ferve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his fervaiits, every one that keepeth the fabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; 7 Even them will I d bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my houfe of prayer : their burnt- olferings and their facrifices fhall be accepted upon mine altar : for e mine houfe fhall be called An houfe of prayer for all people. 8 The Lord God, which gathereth the outcafts of Ifrael, faith, » Yet will I gather others to him, + beiides thofe that arc gathered unto him. 9 U All ye beafts of the field, come to devour ; yea, all ye beafts in the foreft. io His watchmen are blind : they are all ignorant, B they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark ; || deeping, lying down, loving to number. 1 1 Ye3, they are f greedy dogs which \ h can never have enough, and they are fhepherds that cannot underftand : they all look to their own way, every one for his gain from his quarter. 12 Come ye, Jay they, 1 will fetch wine, and we will fill ourfelves with flxong drink ; • and to-morrow (hall be as this day, and much mure a- m.h.13. bundant. CHAP. LVII. I The bleffed death of the righteous. 3 The Jews reproved for their ivhorijh idolatry. 13 Evangelical promijes to the penitent. c;v. 098. r 1 ipje righteous periflieth, and no .«L1 -*■ man layeth ;'/ to heart; and f Heb. mtn . • c \ i «/ kindnef,, f a merciful men are taken away, Z/f""'' b none confidering that the righteous a FMm is taken away || from the evil to come. Mic 7.1. 2 He ihall || enter into peace : they \l ^3nes fhall reft in their beds, each one walk- tccz Kings ing \\jn his uprightnefs. wii-.Toin 3 % But draw near hither, ye fons jTor?/^m of the r°rcerefs, the feed of the adul- tbui'JbZli terer and the whore. 4 Againft whom do ye fport your- felves ? againft whom make ye a wide /ere Mm. moutni nnd draw out the tongue ? are ye not children of tranfgieilion, a feed j^^offalfehood; c :ti,>,.s 5 Enflamingyourfelves || with idols ifi io.""1 c under every green tree, a Haying fli.^vit. the children in the vallies under the ":."•*' clifts of the rocks? ?r,K;n^ 6 Among the fmooth flones of the em-io .st> afraid or feared, that thou haft lyed, "' and haft not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart ? ; have not I held my '$1™?, peace even of old, and thou feareft me not ? 12 I will declare thy righteoufnefs and thy works*, for they fhall not pro- fit thee. 1 3 U When thou crieft,let thy com- panies deliver thee; but the wind (ball carry them all away ; vanity fhall take them ; but he that pntteth his truft in me ihAl pofl'efs the land, and fhall inherit my noly mountain ; 14 And mall fay, * Caft ye up, caft 40.T& ye up, prepare the way, take up the °2- 10- ftumblingblo.k out of the way of my people. 1 5 For thus faith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, ' whofe 'J°* 6 'r- name is Holy ; m I dwell in the high Sf J1™ and holy place ; " with him alfo that Ml1'* is of a contrite and Ivdmbte fpint, "to 34. i«. & revive the fpiritof the humble, and to j^g's!* revive the heart of the contrite ones. Cn»p-£ I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace ' to hint that is far off, and to him that ii near, faith the L'-rd ; and I will heal hi Hi. trl^- 20 ' Bat the wicked are like the troubled fea, when it cannot rert, whife waters cart up mire and d it. j*h2»i 2i u ,/ic',t: ts no peac*i ^itii niy God, to the wicked. C H A P. LVIII. j Uypocrify reproved. 8 The blejjingi promifed to godiinefs, 1 3 and to Me keeping of ' the JubL nth. *<•"*»» { ^K-y t aloud, fpare not ; lift up thy w* v^ foice like a trumpet, and (hew my peopie their tranfgreflion, ar.cl the houfe of Jacob their tins. 2 Yet they feek me daily, and de- light to know my ways, as a nation that did righteoufnefs. and forfook not the ordinance of their God : they aik of me the ordinances of juftice ; thev take delight in approaching to God. 3 ^j Wherefore have we farted, fay they, and thou feeft not ? wherefore SteV& ^:,ve we'affliifted our foul, and thou trtkert no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fart ye find pleafure, and exact all your !| \ labours. 4 u Behold, ye fart for ftrife and debate, and to finite with the till of wickednefs : |1 ye (hall not fart as ye do this day, to make your voice to be n or,' " heard on high. 2%%. 5 Is it c fuch a faft that I have czccb.;.s. chofen ? d || a day for a man to afflict. J(pVo his foul ? is it to bow down his head 11 o^ as a bulrufn, and e to fpread fackcloth '/.,'$"*' a"d zfazs under Aim ? wilt thou call this a fart, and an acceptable day to jul'i". a4.'3' the Lord? j**. »■ 3. 6 Is not this the fart that I have chofen f to loofe the bands of wicked- JJSSfc %c n,-fs> u> undo f tlie heavy burdens, tct,oi>i and f to let the -\ oppreiled go free, * icr-3*y. aml that ye break every yoke i 7 Is it not £ to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor tiiat are i| call OUtto.tUy houfe? When thou feeft the naked, that thou iffiidnt cover him : and that thou hide not hMi 5 j thyfelf from h thine own hem.' ii*7. 8 1 l Then mall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health fhall fpring forth (peedily ; and iliy righteoufnefs ihall go before k Exod, iiu>c : k the glory of the Lord f Avail uap.' be thy rere-ward. |u*b!*>Mi v Then Quit thou call, and the g»n* I. OKI) fhall ..nfwer ; thou lhalt cry, an., he (hall fay, Here I am. If thou Ukc away from the midit of thee t Hel>. grirfi. t> l Kin-J 1 Heb. |1 A H. The datrinable nature of fin, the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and fpeaking va jo And if thou draw out thy fool - to the hungry, and fatisfy the af- flicted fuul ; then ihall thy light rife in obfeurity, and thy darknefs be as the noon. day : 1 1 And the Lord fhall guide thee continually, and fatisfy thy foul in -j- drought, and make fat thy bones: nun. and thou malt be like a watered' garden, and like a fpring of .water, whofe waters -(Tail not. 12 And they that fhall be of thee'"' 1 fhall build the old walte places : |Jj'h«p- thou malt raife up the foundations of many generations ; and thou malt be called, The Repairer of the breach, The Reftorer of paths to dwell in. 13 ^i If thou turn away thy foot, from the fabbath, from doing thy pleafure on my holy day ; and call the fabbath a Delight, the Holy of the Loud, Honourable; and fhalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleafure, nor fpeaikiag thine own words : 1 4 Then malt thou delight thyfelf in the Lord ; and 1 will caufe thee to "'ride upon the high places of^Dtot the earth, and feed thee with the 32* 'J' heritage of Jacob thy father : for the mouth of the Lord hath fpoken it, CHAP. LIX. 1 The damnable nature of fin. 9 Ca~ lamily is for fin. 1 6 Salvation is only of God. 20 The covenant ef tfie Redeemer. Ehold, the Lords hand is not B1 neither his ear heavy, that it cannot c^soa* hear : 2 But your iniquities have fepara- ted between you anil your God, and your fins !| have hid /in face from you, 8J2J*«m* that he will not hear. umM*. 3 For b your hands are defiled with^f,"'* bloud, and your fingers with iniqui- ty ; your lips have fpoken lyes, your tongue hath muttered perverfenefs. 4 None calleth for jurtice, nor any pieadeth for truth : they trull in va- nity, and fpeak lyes; c they conceive ij.jj. mifchief, and bring forth iniquity : "£ ;' ,4- 5 They hatch || cockatrice eggs, and *utn. weave the fpiders web ; he that eatetli of their eggs dieth, and || that which \,^-„ bl .. is crulhed breakcth out into a viper- :: 6 d Their webs Avail not become garments, neither fhall they cover themfelves with their works: their ;';, ". .' works are works of iniquity, and the att of violence if in their nands. 7 ■ Their Solvation is only of God. CHAP. LIX, LX 7 e Their feet run to evil, and they TW The accefs of the Gentiles. 20*1 And p the Redeemer fhall come breaking. cir.Ggis. make halte to find innocent blood: eSwH""' their thoughts are thoughts of iniqui- Rom.'3.i5. W 5 waiting and f deitruttion are in their paths. 8 The way of peace they know not ; and there is no || judgment in their goings : they have made them crooked paths ; whofoever goeth therein (hall not know peace* 9 *[ Therefore is judgment far from ns, neither doth jnltice overtake us : we wait for light, but behold obfcit- rity; for brigutnefs, but we walk in darknefs. i o f We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes : we {tumble at noon -day as in the night ; we ate in defolate places as dead men. ii We roar a' I like bears, and g mourn fore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none ; for fal- vation, but it is far off from us. 1 2 For onr tranfgreffions are multi- plied before thee, and our litis teftify againft us : for our tranfgreffions are with us ; and as for our iniquities, we know them : j 3 In tranfgreffing and lying again ft the Loud, and departing away from our God, fpeaking opprellion and re- volt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falfehood. r4 And judgment is turned away backward, and juftice flandeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the ftfeet ; and equity cannot enter. 15 Yea, truth faileth ; and he that departed) from evil || maketti himfeif a prey: and the Lord faw it, and f it difpleaftd him that there mas no nueyes. judgment. Exek. ,6 ^ h^ncj he faw tn;U tfere was ^Vo. no man, and ; wondered that there iTaim was no interceffor ; k therefore his iap!<53->- arm brought falvation unto him, and his righteoufnefs it fiiltained him. TVo- s' ' 7 ' F°r he put on righteoufnefs as a breaftplate, and an helmet of falva- tion upon his head ; and he put on the garmrnts of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with seal as a cloak. 1 8 ""According to their f deeds, ac- - cordingly hewill repay. fury to his ad- verfaries,recompencetohiscnemies;to the iflands he will repay recompence. 19 " So fhall they fear the name of 1 the Lord from the welt, and his glo- ry from the riling of the fun : when the enemy fhall come in ° like a flood., the Spirit of the Lord fhall || lift up ' a ftandard againit him. t Heh Kim. d. 14, 17- I i aclf. He fire Cl-rift to Zion, and unto them that turn rfr.gp*, from tranfgreflion in Jacob, faith the pR0m. Lord. "*** 21 °- As for me, this is my covenant n;. "£'■& with them, faith the Lord, My Spirit »°- «"»p« come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine- tree, and the box together, to beau- tify the place of my fanctuary ; and JcSr.18.2. 1 will make r the place of my feet glo- \Tv riouo. 14 The fons alfo of them that af- flicted thee (hall come bending unto thee ; and al! they that defpifed thee *9h*> fhall s bow themfelves down at the Re».3s>- foles of thy feet ; and they (hall call thee,The city of the Lord, The Zion of the holy One of Ifrael. 1 5 •} Whereas thou haft been forfa- ken and hated, fo that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many ge- nerations. 16 Thou (halt alfo fuck the milk \thzz- & of tlle Gentiles, c and (halt fuck the or.". u*i2 breaft of kings : and thou (halt know ucnap.' that " I the Lord am thy Saviour, «3 3- and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. 17 For brafs I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring filver, and for wood brafs, and for ftones iron : I will alfo make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteoufnefs. 18 Violence (hall no more be heard in thy land, wafting nor destruction Chj within thy borders: but thou (halt *6. i.*" call x thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praife. llTi'u 19 T The fun fhall be no more thy **• *■ light by day ; neither for brightnefs flull the moon give light unto thee : but the Lord fhall be unto thee an szech.1.5. everlafting light, and z thy God thy glory. J.^f" 20 ■ Thy fun fhall no more go down; neither fhall thy moon withdraw it- felf : for the Lord fhall be thine everlafting light, and the days of thy mourning fhall be ended. 5ICKP• 21 b Thy people alfo /hall be all em. 37. righteous; c they fhall inherit the km?* s- land for ever, d the branch of my jictup, planting, e the work of my hands, iut.15.13. that I may be glorified. 5c"i^& 2- A 'fttleone fliall become a thou- «5- ii. find, and a fmall one a flrong nation : I the Lord will haften it in his time. I A H. and the glory thereof. CHAP. LXI. 1 The office of Chrifl. 4 The reflora- tion, 7 and blejfmgs of the church. THe * Spirit of the Lord Goo it upon me; became the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings c" y3-^ unto the meek : he hath fent me b to acS£ bind up the broken-hearted, to pro- Jike'4.18. claim c liberty to the captives, and w*tm the opening of the prifon to them that cup.3* are bound ; c5[;h'j,; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year 4* ?■' of the Lord, and the day of ven- geance of our God 5 d to comfort all j."*"1* that mourn ; 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, e to give unta them beauty for ^J™ afhes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praife for the fpirit of hea- viness; that they mi^ht be called Tree3 of righteoufnefs, f The planting of the ^h!!'. Lord, that he might be glorified. 4 1 And they fhall E build the old |s.7h waftes, they fhall raife up the former deflations, and they fhall repair the wafte cities, the defolations of many generations. 5 And ftrangers fhall (land and feed your flocks, and the fons of the alien (hall be your plowmen, and your vine- dreffers. 6 h But ye fhall be named the Priefts ££•?£ u of the Lord : men fhall call you the J£;*J- Minifters of our God : ' ye fhall eat the Rct.'i.' 0. ' riches of the Gentiles, and in their fj^lj^ glory fliall ye boaft yourfelves. s, 11. ia. ' 7 11 k For your fhame ye fliall have ^V."" double ; and for confufion they fliall zech.s>.ia. rejoice in their portion : therefore in their land they fliall poflefs the double; everlafting joy fhall be unto them. 8 For I the Lord love judgment, 1 I hate robbery for burnt-offering ; '^J; '• raid I will direct their work in truth, an J I will make an everlafting cove- nant with them. 9 And their feed fhall be known among tlieGentiles, and theii offspring among the people : all that fee them fliall acknowledge them, that they are the feed which the Lord hath blefied. to I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my foul fliall be joyful in my God ; for m he hath clothed me with ^SfcJa. the garments of falvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righ- teoufnefs, n as a bridegroom -f- deck- J,*^1,' eth himfclf with ornaments, and as a • H«b. bride aclorneth he rf elf with her jewels. 'T,',\^'' 1 1 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden caufeth the things that are fown in it to fpring forth; fo the Lord God will cauie The office ofminifters. Chrifls CHAP. chrl™ caufe righteoufnefs and praife to fpring ir. confirm the church in Gods promifes. 6 The minijlcrs jtiired up to importunity. FOr Zions fake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerufalems fake I will not reft, until the righteouf- nefs thereof go forth as brightnefs, and the falvation thereof as a lamp that burnetii. 2 And the Gentiles (hall fee thy righteoufnefs, and all kings thy glo- kcver. ry . * anci c|lou (]lalt be called by a japter new name, which the month of the " '*' Lord fhall name. Zi'<3.tl' 3 Thou ihalt alfo be b a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. 4 c Thou fhalt no more be termed, d Forfaken ; neither fhall thy land any more be termed, Defolate : but thou malt be called |J Hephzi-bah, and thy land |j Beulah ; for the Lord delighteth in thee, and thy land mall be married. 5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, Jo fhall thy fons marry thee : and f as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, fo e mall thy God re- joice over thee. 6 If f I have fet watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerufalem, which fhall never hold their peace day nor night : j ye c Hof.I.lO. 1 l'et.2.10 «1 Cliap. 5*- 6, 7- c Cbap. 65- 19- f K/.ekiel not lilence ; 7 And give him no f reft, till he Jsw,' eftablilh, and till he m.ike Jerufalem a praife in the earth. 8 % The Lord hath fvvorn by his right hand, aud bv the arm of his *;"'"&/ r ftrength, f Surely I will no more gDeu.er. E give thy corn to he meat for thine jefc^o?? enemies ; and the fons of the ftran- ger fhall not drink thy wine, fov the which thou haft laboured : 9 But they that have gathered it fliall eat it, and praife the Lord; and they that have brought it to- gether fhall drink it h in the courts *. of my holinefs. i o 1f Go through, go through the SoU'r&:" 6ates > 'prepare ye the way of the 57. 14. people ; call up, caft up the highway ; gather out the ftones; lift up a ftand- ard for the people. ii Behold, the Lord hath pro- lu"ht?:f. claimed unto the end of the world, jUmi.15. >•«■ 3* fought againft them. 23. u. 11 Then he remembered the days p^ioim of old, Mofes aud his people, Jaying, jtr.t.6. Where is he that p brought them up f^['cr,1l out of the fea with the || fliepherd ofatPWm' his flock ? q where is he that put his "^n. holy Spirit within him ? gj°- U u 2 12 That ule-t-i- The churches prayer. ■ I S A I * i 2 Th it led them by the right hsmd *r.6 s. of Mo" s wire: his glorious arm, rdi- f%7yrr' vid ". the water before them, to make J0V3 15 himfelf an everlafting name ? i 3 That led them through the deep, •is an horf ■ in the wildernefs, that they mould not fttpmbie? 1 4 As a heart goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the Lord cailfed him to reit : fo didft thou lead thy people, to make thyiYlf a glorious name. i." anj behold from the habitation of thy holinefs and of thy glory : where J,Sl},2to is thy zeal and tny ftrength, || the founding 'of thy bowels and of thy iiof.'u. « mercies toward me ? are they re- ftrained ? 64.T 1 6 u Doubtiefs thou art our Father, » jo:. though Abraham * be ignorant of us, isccie'/p-s- and Ifrael acknowledge us not : thou, 0 Lord, rfr/onr Father. j| our Redeem- fr'mev'r- er; thy name is from everlafting. uSftume! i"1|OLo;u). why haft thou made us to err from thy ways, and harden- j£S^ ed our heart from thy fear ? yRetum, for thy fervants fake, the tribes of tl.ine inheritance. 18 The people of thy holinefs have 74f7.m potfefled it but a little while: * our adverferies have trodden down thy fanctuary. 19 We are thine: thou never bareft 11 or, /br rule over them ; (j they were not call- mTJm ed by thy name. upon mm. CHAP. LXIV. 1 The church prayeth for the illufira- tion of Gods pmoer, 9 and pleadeth for his cwntiaffion in her affliction. iH that thou wouldeft rend the heavens, that thou wouldeft iMic.14 come down, that "the mountains might flow down at thy pretence ; !teji&rf 2 ^s w^ien t tne melting fire burn- vutiift*- eth,the fire caufeth the waters to boil ; to make thy name known to thine ad- versaries, that the nations may tremble at thy prefence ! ,/ Vf.u' 3 When b thou didft terrible things « v* which we looked not for thou camelt down, the mountains flowed down at iiau"'v 3. thy prefence. 4 For Gnce the beginning of the epiun world ' men have not heard, nor per- i'coV'i. 9. ceived by the ear, neither hath the !*• 0vl eye || feen, O God, belides thee, what i-rJr-"-r, he hath prepared for him that wait- ]i£rbim, eth for him. ** 5 Thou meetcft him that rejoiceth rfch»n. am| worketh righteouGieft ; d thofe that remember thee in thy ways : behold, thou art wroth: for we have O' A H. The Jew. t ■ finned : in thofe is continuance, and we fhall be laved <^^ 6 3ut we are all as an andean thing, and all our righteonfm lTes are as fil- thy rags ; and we all do e fade as a l'i '':'tnc. leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. 7 And ffkereis none that calleth up- '■ H>- '■ "• on thy name, that ftirreth up himfelf to take hold of thee : for thou haft hid thy f ice from ns, and haft f con- .' fumed us, f becaufe of our iniquities. • • ■-•,. h 8 ^But now, OLoiU), ihou art\ eur Father : we are the clay, and thou our Potter ; and we all an the work of thy hand. jy ■ 1* 9 1 Be not ' wroth very fore, O-.^V^g. Lord, neither remember iniquity for ; ever: behold, fee, we befeec.h thee, i pfeim we are all thy people. 10 Thy holy cities are 3 wihier- nefs, Zion is a wiidernefs, jerufalem a defolation. 1 1 Our holy and our beautiful houfe, where our fathers praifed tnee, is burnt Up with fire : and all our pleafant things are laid watte. fcC 1 7 k Wilt thou refrain thyfclf for U- 1+. thefe things, OLord: wilt thou hold thy peace, and ailliit us very fore ? C H A P. LXV. 1 Tin: Gentiles calUd, and the Jews re- j'dt'd. 1 7 The bkljed Jiate 'of the new ferufakm. 1* Am fought oithem that ziV.eA not l£°£,%. for me; I am found of them that gft** fought me not : I faid, Behold me, l'-> '->• behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. 2 I have fpread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which waiketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts ; 3 A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face ; ^ that 1>c^pie facr.ficeth in gardens, and burncth 6C ''?• incenfe f upon altars of brick ; lil'uuf' 4 Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments ; which %a. 17'. eat (wines flefh, and |j broth of abo- . '■. minable things is in their velfels ; 3 ^ Which fay, Stand by thyfelf, Afi£ come not near to me ; for lam holier Jja,: '* than thou. Thefe are a fmoke in my || nofe, a fire that burnetii all the day. 6 Behold, e it is written before me } e Deuter. I will not keep iilence, • but will re- Bi?£,ff, comneni'e, even reconipenfe into their f pr»ini bo!om, 7 Your iniquities, and'theiniqui- \lxf" ties of your fathers together, f.»ith the Lord, which have burnt incenfe v?- 011 the mountains, -b and blafpliemed , me " The new Jerufalem. "'■rift me "P011 tlle ^^' CHAP. LXV, LXVI. How God is to befei ih.3i. s. are forgotten, and becaufe they are hid from mine eyes. iiCTc'& - i 7 If For, behold, I create ' new $:j; ": heavens and a new earth : and the ' t former lhall not be remembered, nor f tome into mind. iS But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in thai which I create : for, be- hold, I create Jerufalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. 19 And ''I will rejoice in Jerufalem, and joy in my people : and the ' voice of weeping (hall be no more heard in '■ her, nor the voice qf crying. Jer. 4. ; p Beut. 9-'3- fcev. 2: 20 There fliall be no more thence %$$. an infant of days, nor an old man that «?• <5a8j hath not tilled his days: for the child v/ fliall die an hundred years old ; c but sfii!6*' the linner, beingan hundred years old, lhall be ace ur fed. 2 1 And u they (hali build houfes,and "£"£"• inhabit them ; and they (hall plant ?-•««'• vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. h,,'.^. 14. 22 They (hall not build, and ano- ther inhabit ; they (lull not plant, and another eat : for ' as the days of * wajn a tree are the days of my people, and mine elecT: f (hall long enjoy the ^"e^,,i(. work of their hands. ''■'■" ' cm. 23 They fliall not labour in vain, i"!%!,7St y nor bring forth for trouble: for '*'£/"'' they are the feed of the blelfed of the Is.+i. Lord, and their offspring with them. Uul' yI2' 24 And it fliall come to pafs, that 7 before they call I will anfwer ; and * ,p;*lm while they are yet fpeaking I will o*»*e« hear. °' "' 25 The a wolf and the lamb (hall s"*."' feed together, and the lion lhall eat draw like the bullock ; b and dull ^0^.3.14, Jhall bt the ferpents meat. They fliall not hurt nor deftroy in all my holy mountain, faith the Lord. CHAP. LXVI. 1 God will be ferved in humble fine eri- ty. 5 The faithful comforted. 15 Gods judgments again/1 the wicked. THus faith the Lord, a The hea- \)*fi* ven is my throne, and the earth * chron. is my footftool : where is the houfe Maui. %. that ye build unto me ? and where is Atus7'. the pi ace of my reft ? J*'** & 2 For all tiiofe things hath mine hand made, and all tiiofe tilings have been, faith the Loud : bbut to ums hf'^\\ man will I look, c e-uen to him that is ^'<5i. r. poor, and of a con-.rite fpirit, and H™™^ d trembleth at my word. *'• ]7- 3 £ He that kdieth an ox, is as ifl^'lc he flew a man ; he that facrificeth a ^fy |j lamb, as if he f cut off a d jgsneck; «-r«4. he that onerethan oblation, as if he tc^. offered fwines blood ; he that \ burn- *■ J1, eth incenfe, as if he bleffed an idol : }'{£„** yea, they have chbferi their own ways, *3- ui. and their foul deiighteth in their abo- ]£j$b a nainatlOUS. memoritf 4! alfo will choofe their || deluflons, Lev. 2. z. and will bring their fears upon them ; j£r» 8 becaufe when I called, none did an- gp^"' fwer ; whetilfpake, theydidnot hear: ^4. buttheyciidevil before mine tyes,and <>s- 1*. ■ . chofs that in which I delighted not. Jcr' '' ',3' 5^1 Hear tbe word of the Loud, "ye *V«-J- that tremble at his word ; Your bre- thren that hated you, that c aft you out for my names fa ke, fa id, ; Let the Lord' «»p< * t;h3 be5 v The time when J E R E clriA be glorified: but he Khali appear to or. r.yH. your joy, and they (hall be alharned. * v ' 6 A voice of noife from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the Lord that rendered) recompense to his enemies. 7 Before (he travailed (lie brought forth; before her pain came (he was delivered of a man-child. 8 Who hath heard fuch a thing ? who hath feen fuch things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day ? or (hail a nation be born at once ? for as foon as Zion travailed ilie brought forth her children. 9 Shall I bring to the birth, and ! or, .'/•£»;. not |! caufe to bring forth ? faith the Lord : {hall I caufe to bring forth, and ihut the womb P faith thy God. io Rejoice ye with Jerufatem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her ; 1 1 That ye may fuck, and be fatis- fied with the breafts of her confola- tions ; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the || abundance of her glory. 1 2 For thus faith the Lord, Behold, k I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing llream : then (hall ye 1 fuck, ye (hall be " borne upon her fides, and be dandled upon her knees. 13 As one whom his mother com- forteth, fo will I comfort you ; and ye fliall be comforted in Jerufalem. 14 And when ye fee this your heart (hall rejoice, and n your bones (hall flourifh like an herb ; and the hand of the Lord (hall be known toward his fervants, and his indignation to- ward his enemies. 15 If °For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with Hames of fire. 16 For by fire, and by his fword, will the Lord plead with all He(h : ur, ighncf,. k Chaptci A '■ IS. 4 CO- J, m Chip. 4'->- 21. U CO- 4. M I A H. Jeremiah prophefied: and tf.e flain of the Lord flrall be many. c.r.eU- 17 They that fanclify themfelves, ^^T*' and purify themfelves in the gar- 65 3.4. dens, j| behind one tree in the midlf, eating fwines flefh, and the abomina- ««'«<«£ tion, and the moufe, (hall be con- fumed together, faith the Lord. 18 ^i For I know their works, and their thoughts : it (hall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they fliall come and fee my glory. 19 qAnd I will fet a fign among \ L°*f them, and I will fend thofe that efcape of them unto the nations, to Tarfhifh, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the ides afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have feen my glory ; r and they (hall declare my glory J"*'; among the Gentiles. 20 And they fliall bring all your brethren 'for an offering unto th'e'f.0,™* Lord out of all nations, upon Jjorfes, and in chariots, and in || litters, and ^Sat upon mules, and upon fwift beafts, to my holy mountain Jerufidem, faith the Lord, as the children of If- rael bring an offering in a clean veflH into the houfe of the Lord. 21 And I will alfo take of them for 'priefts and for Levites, faith the \**%' Lord. chap.iM.rt. 22 For as "the new heavens and RtP"'i26?' the new earth, which I will make, ucha?. flnll remain before me, faith the zv'J.':iu- Lord, fo fliall your feed and your Rcv- "" '" name remain. 23 And "it (hall come to pafs, that I?"*'. f from one new- moon to another, and 1 Het>. from one fabbath to another, ' fliall f,',"Zl?t', all fiefh come to worlhip before me, ");%'T„'i' faith the Lord. 24 And they fliall go forth, and /prum. look upon the carcafes of the men6***' that have tranfgrefled againlt me: ;or their 7 worm (hall not die, neither $£%&,%, fliall their fire be quenched ; and they fliall be an abhorring unto all fleih. f The Book of the Prophet JEREMIAH. CHAP. I. I The calling of Jeremiah ' r ! his vi- Jlons : 1 5 his tnejjage again/} Judah. T~~\ ""VHE words of Jeremiah the I foil ofHdkiah, ofthepriefts 1 that were in a Anathoth, in % the land of Benjamin : 2 To whom the word of the Lord came in the day., of Jofiah the fun of Anion king of Judah, L in the thir- teenth year of his reign. 3 It came alio in the daysofJe-t hoiakim the foil of Jofiah king of [11- 1 dah, c unto the end of the eleventh ' year of Zedekiah the foil of Jofiah king of Judah, 'unto the carrying'; away of Jerufalem captive c in the \ fifth month. 4 \ Then carin :ir. C:?. his calling and commijjion. C H A chriii 4 1f Then the word of the Lord 029. came unto me, faying, friTi ' 5 Before I f formed thee in the 1. 5' 9' belly gI knew thee, and before thou Zpil' earned forth out of the womb I k fexoa. 33. 11 fanttified thee ; and I f ordained h LUVe tn^e a prophet unto the nations. Gai1'4*' 6 Then faid I, Ah, 'LordGoo ! be- 1 sVio. hold, I cannot fpeak ; for I am a child. gJ^."' 7 If But the Lord faid unto me, • Eiod. 4. Say not,' I am a child : for thou fhalt i*,'30?' 6° to a" that I mal1 tend tnee» and jfi'.c.j. whatfoever I command thee thou fhalt fpeak. kEzefc. 8 kBe not afraid of their faces : 1 E.«>d. for l I am with thee to deliver thee, u'eu't!" faith the Lord. i'fh6'i8' 9 'hen the Lord put forth his jieb'r.V356. hand, and m touched my mouth: and mira c. 7. the Lord faid unto me, Behold, I " ."?' have n put my words in thy mouth. oiKi&gi io°See, I have this day fet thee is- 17. over t^g nations, anci 0ver the king- *"*?• doms, to p root out, and to pull ;0c';r-. down, and to deftroy, and to throw • ' " down, to build, and to plant. 11 U Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, Jere- miah, what feeft thou ? And 1 faid, I fee a rod of an almond-tree. 12 Then faid the Lord unto me, Thou haft well ft en : for I will haften my word to perform it. 13 And the word of the Lord came unto me the fecond time, fay- ing, What feeft thou ? And I faid, iiF'"fc7. I fee q a feething-pot, and the face &*4-3. thereof is f toward the north. },omb,'be 14 Then the Lord faid unto me, fZ'tttbt Out of the r north an evil f fliall rcsap. break forth upon all the inhabitants £?.* of the land. /*"//»; ** For> lo, I will * call all the fa- opentd. milies of the kingdoms of the north, s.Cis!aT faith the Lord ; and they fhall come, fi_2i. ic and they fliall fet every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerufalem, and againft all the walls thereof round about, and againft all the cities of Judah. 16 And I will utter my judgments againft them touching all their wick- ednefs, who have forfaken me. and have burnt incenfe unto other gods, and worlhipped the works of their 1 1 King, own hands. £*•*£•. '7 *\ Thou therefore cgird up thy 29- & 9. i. loins, and anfe, and fpeak unto them u Ex«l. a^ tj^a(. j com,nan(j ti,ee . u ^e n(Jt E7.e k.s. r.. clffmayed at their faces, left I || con- LpL'/;,?'* found thee before them. xira.50 7- 18 For, behold, I have made thee k'u'. riv." this day xa deforced city, and an P. I, II. ! God jtxpoftulaieth with the Jew:. iron pillar, and braftn wails, againft |*f°r« the whole land ; againft the kings of e/&. Judah, againft the princes thereof, ' "^ againft the priefts thereof, and againft the people of the land. 19 And they fhall fight againft thee, but they fliall not prevail againft thee ; for I am with thee, fuiththe Lord, to deliver thee. CHAP. II. 4 Gods expoftulation with the Jew: touching their caufelefs revolt: 14 they are the caufes of their own calamities. 1 8 The Cms of Judah : 31 her confidence is rejected. Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, faying, 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jeru- falem, faying,Thus faith the Lord, I remember || thee, the kindnefs of thy %0r>*" a youth, the love of thine cfpoufals, /E°c£ when thou wenteft after me in the '£?ff' wildernefs, in a land that was not «.'o-' * fown. 3 b Ifrael was holinefs unto thehE*o walked after things that do not profit. 9 II Wherefore I will yet plead with you, faith the Lor », and m with "'0E*0<1' your childrens children will I plead, L«v- *£■ s. loFor pafs || over the ides or Chit- L?r;n. tini, and fee ; and fend unto Kedar, and confuler diligently, and fee if there be fuch a thing :• V u 4 1 1 n Hath The Jews procure their own JEREMIA H. i i " Hath a nation changed their • '«,, which are "yet no god*? pi- _. but d thou faidft, |j There is no hope; 6C,~9. No ; for I liavc loved flrangcrs, and IB- •*• after them will I go. !/f&«^ 20 As the thief isalhamed when he is e j-fpoiled ? 15 The young lions roared upon Him, ami f yelled, and they made %urw:ct. his land wade : his cities are burnt without inhabitant. • c-.a;.43. 1 6 A!fu i he children of Noph and ■Tabapanea ;i have broken the crown fcj'ontb, of thy j',^;"' 1 7 ' Hall thou not procured this lit t3'a. unto thyfelf, in thai thou haft for- ■ >,..,.. faken tne Lord thy God, when he 4% "' led thee by the way > But f where are thy gods tbatfD«t. lait made thee? let them arife, if i«o«»' their face ; but in the time of their '£?$£ c trouble they will fay, Arife, and «**■ fave us. 28 But thonlu they Bcanfave thee in the time of thy !^ f trouble : for h according to the num- 41 -■,. bejr.of thy cities are thy gods, Q Judah. 1 ■- 29 Wherefore will ye plead with "c'ta,. me ? ye all have tranfgreitld againft "• '* Juogts 3. 14- lAha me, faith (he Lord- 30 In vain have I fmitten youriIfa- 1 8 ^ And now what haft thou to children; they received no correction: cuap. 5 do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor: or what halt thou to do in the way of Ailyria, to drink the waters of the river ? 19 Thine own u wickednefs fhall correct thee, and thy backilidings fhall reprove thee : know, therefore, an', fee, that it is an evil thing and bitter that thou hail forfakeu the Lord thy Gpd^-and that my fear is not in thee, faith the Lord God of hofls. 20 For of old time I have broken your own fword hath k devoured ^.M*'"V3V your prophets, like a deftroying lion. "J 31; f 0 generation, fee ye the word of the Lord : :Have I been a wilder- ' v«- s. nefs unto Ifrael? a land of darknefs? Wherefore fay my people, f We are Lf*;„ lords: wewillcomenomoreuntothee? dtmbita. 32 Can a maid forget her orna- ments, or a bride her attire ? yet my people have forgotten me days with- out number. 33 Why trimmeft thou thy way to feek love ? therefore haft thou alfo thy yoke, and burlt thy bands; and taught the wicked ones thy ways. ]!,>/. thou faidft, I will not || tranfgrefs x uaiah when "upon every high hill, and un- cV4'l-6. ry' lim ? St e thy way in the valley, know what thou haft Aum. ||«fow'ar/afwift 34 Alio m tliy fliirts is found the blood of the fouls of the poor inno- cents : I have not found it by f fe- *.llr^ cret fear-ch, but upon all thefe. 35 Yet thoufayeft, Becaufc I am in- nocent, furely his anger (hall turn from me : behold, I will plead with thee, becaufe thou fay til, i have nor limud. 36 "' Why gadded thou about l'o ?,f"_".p- much to change thy way ? ' thou alio u h, -b fhait be afhamed of Egypt, ° as thou *^*r a wall afhamed of Ailyria. 37 Yea, thou flialt go forth from20'*'" him, and v thine hands upon thine \£. Si£" head : for the Lord hath rejected thy confidences, and thou flialt not pro (per in them. C Ii A P. III. c Job SO- "**■ ' ' dromedary traverfing her ways ; Qfijj* 2.\ l || A v. ild -ifs f ufed to the dernefs, rAa/futufcth up the wind at \Qodsgreai mercy tojudah and If vaeJ \ her pleafure ; in her occafion who f can || turn her away r all tluy thai ";,' •"'• feek her will not weary themfdves ; t'-,r:,t m her month they Hull find her. t2 Cnjpei promi/es to /the penitent. \ rT'(Hty fay, If a man put awayt»*. JL his wife, and (he go from him, s ;' * and become another mass, a (ball l£ 4"' Gods Before If. Ezefc. I<5. j.0. Sc 23 i,4. n Pfalm. aft. 15 & I03. 8, 9. Vcnc 5. m^rcy to Judah, Sec. C H A he return unto her again ? fhall not _ that land be greatly polluted ? But thou haft played the harlot with ma- ny lovers ; b yet return again to me, faith the Lord. 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and tee where thou haft noc been lain with : c in the ways haft thou fat for them, as the Arabian in the wildernefs; and thou haft pollu- ted the land with thy whoredoms, and with thy wickednefs. 3 Therefore the d fhowers have been with - holden, and there hath been no latter rain ; and thou hadft a e whores forehead, thou refufedft to be sfhamed. 4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art f the guide of my youth? 5 E Will he referve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou haft fpoken and done evil things as thou couldert. 6 f The Lord laid alfo unto me, in the days of Jo'.iah the king, h Haft thou feen that which backQiding If- rael hath done ? fhe is ' gone up up- on every high mountain, and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. 7 And I faid, after (he had done all thefe things, Turn thou unto me : but me returned not. And her trea- cherous k lifter Judah faw it. 8 And I faw when, for all the caufes whereby backfliding Ifrael committed adultery, I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce, yet her treacherous filler Judah fear- ed not, but went and played the har- lot alfo. 9 And it came to pafs, through the || lightnefs of her whoredom, thjt fhe dehled the land, and committed a- dultery with ftones and with flocks. 10 And yet for all this her trea- cherous lifter Judah hath not turned unto me ' with her whole heart, but ■ \ feignedly, faith the Lord. 1 1 AndtheLoRDfaiduntome,n'The backfliding Ifrael hath juflitied herfelf more than treacherous Judah. 12 \ Go, and proclaim thefe words toward the north, and fay, Return, thou backfliding Ifrael, faith the Lord, andl will not caufe mine an- ger to fall upon yon : for I am n mer- ciful, faith the Lord, and I will not keep anger for ever : i 3 Only acknowledgcthine iniquity, that thou haft tranfgrefledagainft the Lord thy Ged, and hull fcattered thy P . III. Promifes to the penitent. ways to the ftrangers under every ^°£ green tree : and ye have not obeyed cir-£^, my voice, faith the Lord. 14 Turn, O backfliding children, faith the Lord , ° for 1 am married 3iCh3Y." unto you : and I will take you, one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion : 15 And I will give you p paftors p c&»p- according to mine heart, which fhall li'ctiei feed you with knowledge and under- Epa^.H, Handing. 16 And it fhall come to pafs, wheft ye be multiplied and increafed in the land, in thole days, faith the Lord, they fhall fay no more, The ark of the covenant of the Lord ; neither fhall it f come to mind, neither fhall \"l%„ they remember it, neither fhall they "**"??' vilit it, neither fhall || that be done i%'n^l any more. 1 7 At th;it time they fhall call Je- rufalem, The throne oftheLoRD; and all the nations fhall be gathered unU) it qto the name of the Lord, to Je- $™J* rufidein : p richer fhall they * walk rciapi. any more after the || imagination of "• ■•, their evil heart. jtubblm. j 8 In thofe days s the houfe of Ju- ^" dan fhall walk || with the houfe ofii.Tj. Ifrael, and they fhall come together ^"h57' out of the land of the north to the Ilof '■ "• land that I have || given for an inherit- !J "J' '"' ance unto your fathers. ;'v :'-';'"' 19 B'jt 1 faid, How fhall I put thee ~rj/i>- ''" among the children, and g:ve thee 1 a f pleafant land, j- a goodly heri- Wc!'^. tage of the liofts of nations ? And I faid, J*^ Thou fhalt call ine, My father ; and g^**^ fhalt not turn away + from me. 4i,«. * 20 f Surely as a wife treacheroufly J '&*■ departeth from her -f hufband, fcwre. u have ye dealt treacheroufly with me, l,'i,c^:.[l O houfe of Ifrael, faith the Lord. v:f'h';','se 2 1 A voice was heard upon the Vu^"J^m high places, weeping and fupplica- after'me. tions of the children of Ifrael': for * ^ they have perverted their way, widaCb*p they have forgotten the Lord their 5U- God. 22 * Return, ye backfliding chil- J*^ dren, and I will heal your back- flidings. Behold, we come unto thee ; for thou art the Lord our God. 23 y Truly in vain is Jahation^™?,*. hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains : ' truly in -.r£!m the Lo rd our God is the falvation J of Ifrael. 24 "For fhame hath devoured the jc**- labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their fons and their daughters. 2< We »CMp. I, :»• Joel z. I ■Julah exhorted to repentance, J E R E Cflrift 2> W° Iie d0W" m °Ur fiiame' aI3d ct.-. on. our confiifion covcreth us; for we """* ' have finned againft the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord »ur God. CHAP. IV. l God exciteth Ifrael to repentance by promifes, 3 and Judah by threats of invafion and war, &c. IF thou wilt return, O Ifrael, faith the Lord, a return unto me ; and if thou wilt put away thine abomina- tions out of my fight, then (halt thou not remove. him* 2 bAnd thou malt fwear, The seVchip. Lord liveth, c in truth, injudgment, i«i. s. s. and m righteoufnefs ; d and the nations em4B.1l fhall blefs themfelves in him, and in o praim him fhall they e glory. e*ow. 3 K ^or thus faith the LoRD to the »• »>•'" men of Judah and Jerufalem, f Break iom, up your fallow ground, andgfownot eMMtA. anting thorns. h^Ju'"' 4 h Ciretimcife yourfelves to the 10.16; Lord, and take away the forefkins Co£c*tf of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerufalem ; left my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench //, becaufe of the evil of your doings. 5 Declare ye in Judah, and publifh in Jerufalem ; and fay, Blow ye the trumpet in the land : cry, gather \ ch»p. together, and fay, 'l AiTemble your- 8' I4- fclves, and let us go into the defenced cities. 6 Set up the ftandard toward Zion ; Sw'gtbtn. II retire, ftay not : for 1 will bring kco.p. 1. evil from the k north, and a great ^o'li^tdeftrurtion. t neh. 1 'The lion is come up from his 1 ST?* thicket, and the deftroyer of the mchao Gentiles is on his way , he is gone *• »s. ' forth from his place "' to make thy land defolate ; and thy cities (hall be laid walte without an inhabitant. n ct.»p. 8 For this n gird you with fack- cloth, lament and howl : for the fierce anger of the Lord is not turned. back from us. 9 And it (hall come to pafs at that day, faith the Loud, that the heart of the king (hall perifh, and the heart of the princes ; and the priefts (hail be alloniihed, and the prophets fhall wonder. 10 Then faid I, Ah, Lord God ! \lr*' ° Rirdy thou haft greatly deceived pcuap. this people and Jerufalem, ''faying, iV'i* Ye (hill have peace ; whereas the fsvord reacheth unto the foul. MI AH. by fearful judgments. 1 1 At that time (hall it be faid to ggf this people and to Jerufalem, s A dry cir-j"t-J wind of the high places in the wili«Hot dernefs toward the daughter of my *3' ''' people, not to fan, nor to cleanfe ; 12 Even || a full wind from thofe \X]%nt. places (hall come unto me : now alfo u'l'-it"" will I f give fentence againft them. 1 iu*. 1 3 Behold, he (hall come up as £"£,{"*" clouds, and r his chariots Jhall be as nra. s-is. a whirlwind : * his horfes are fwifter ' Hib- *■•• than eagles. Woe unto us ! for we are fpoiled. 1 4 O Jerufalem, r warn thine heart t i&. 1. 16. from wickednefs, that thou mayeft be faved : how long (hall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee ? «5 For a voice declareth u from \ c^' Dan, and publilheth affliction from mount Ephraim. 16 Make ye mention to the na- tions ; behold, publifh againft Jerufa- lem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice againft the cities of Judah. 17 As keepers of a field are they againft her round about; becaufe fhe hath been rebellious againft me, faith the Lord. 18 * Thy way and thy doings have J0p7fa,I™ procured thefe things unto thee : this "">•' so. t. is thy wickednefs, becaufe it is bitter, i£i£ becaufe it reacheth unto thine heart. 19 f My ybowels, my bowels! lam Jc'iVfi.* pained at f my very heart ; my heart * "; *■ K maketh a noife in me; I cannot hold cu:s>!i,io. my peace, becaufe thou haft heard, *„"'£„, ^ O my foul, the found of the trumpet, ™/»»w- the alarm of war. 20 2Deftruftion upon deftrucVion |^£f7%£ is-cried ; for thewholelandisfpoiled : fuddenly are my tents fpoiled, and my curtains in a moment. 21 How long fhall I fee the ftand- ard, andhezv the found of the trumpet? 22 For my people is foolifh, they have not known me ; they are fottiih children, and they have none under- ftanding : " they are wife to do evil, to.0^ but to do good they have no know- ledge. 23 b I beheld the earth, and, lo, it bira.14.1s>; was without form and void ; and the heavens, and they had no light. 24 c I beheld the mountains, and, J.^.5 ts* lo, they trembled, and all the hills 3<*»o. moved lightly. 25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. 26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wildernefs, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the fit 4<>. 18. clfa. S.30. f Ez:k 23- 40, t Heta. Jutfahs miftries lamented. C H A gjj!* the prefence of the Lord, and by his fr.on. tierce anger. ~yJ~r' 27 For thus hath the Lord faid, The whole laud {hall be defolate; :hap. a yet wiil I not make a full end. 28 For this lhall the earth mourn, and ' the heavens above be black ! be- caufe I have fpolcen it, I have pur- pofed it, and will not repcnt,.neither will I turn back from it. 29 The whole city fhall flee for the noife of the horfemen and bowmen ; they (hall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks : every city fhall be forfaken, and not aman dwell therein. 30 And when thou art fpoiled what wilt thou do? Though thou clotheft thyfelf with crimfon, though thou decked thee with ornaments of gold, f though thou rendeft thy f face with painting, invain {halt thou make thy- felf fair ; thy lovers will defpife thee, they will Ceek thy life. 31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguilh as of her that br'mgeth forthher firft child ; the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herfelf, that fpreadeth her hands, faying, Woe is me now ! for my foul is weaned be- caufe of murderers. CHAP. V. The judgments of God upon the Jews for their manifold corruptions, &c. Un ye to and fro through the ftreets of Jernfalem, and fee now, and know, and leek in the broad EEzek. places thereof, a if ye can find a man, b if there be any that executeth judg- *?_> - r ment, that feeketh the truth, aud I will pardon it. cchap. 2 And though theyfay, cThe Lord *" z% liveth ; furely they fwear falfely. 3 O Lord, are not thine eyes upon l1?.' iV' tnc truth ? thou half d ftricken them, caap. -1. 30. but they have not grieved ; thou haft c zeph. confumed them, but e they have re- futed to receive correction : they have made their faces harder than a rock ; they have refuted to return. 4 Therefore I faid, Surely thefe (Chap.8 7. are poor ; they are foolifh : for f they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God. 5 I will get me unto the great men, 8Mic. 3- 1- and will fpeak unto them ; for a they hav known the way of the Lord, hPfii. 1.3 and the judgment of their God : but i chap 4.7 thefe have altogether h broken the ?<£?«. yoke, and burft the bonds. iiai>. 1. 8. £ Wherefore ' a lion out of the fo- L".7;1. reft {hall flay them, and "a wolf of iHor.13.7. the jj evening {hall fpoil them, ' a Rl F. V. Cods judgments upon the Jews. leopard fhall watch over their cities : £eh'r0;,Te every one that goeth out thence fhall ^-"^ be torn in piects ; becaufethtir tranf- grcifions are many, and their back- flidings f are increafed. j?^:"r' 7 Tl How fhall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forfaken me, and '" fworn by them that are no gods : ?3.°7. " when I had fed them to the full they '-"p*-1-*- then committed adultery, and a-ffem- bled themfelves by troops in the har- lots houfes. 8 n They were as fed horfes in the ![***• morning : every one neighed after his neighbours wife. 9 ° Shall I not \ faith the Lord : and {hall not my foul be avenged on fuch a nation as this ? cha 10 H pGo ye up upon her walls, 39 -sf" and deftroy; q but make not a full qch»?. end : take away her battlements; for 4* 27' they are not the Lords. 1 1 For rthe houfe olTfrael and the 'cjg* houfe of Judah have dealt very trea- " cherouflyagainftme, faith the Lord. 12 3 They have belyed the Lord, \lc%°n- and faid, (c // is not he ; neither fhall chap.4.10. evil come upon us; neither fhall we 'ifa.2s.1j. fee fword nor famine : 13 And the prophets fliall become wind, and the word is not in them : thus {hall it be done unto them. 14 Wherefore thus faith the Lord God of hofts, Becaufe ye fpeak this word, "behold, I Will make my words uchap.i.?, in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it fhall devour them. 1 5 Lo, I will bring * a nation upon *peut. you from far, O houfe of Ifrael, faith is>. jyi6. the Lord : it is a mighty nation, it 'uTzi.'*' is an ancient nation, a nation whofe language thou knoweft not, neither underftandeft what they fay. t6 Their quiver is as an open fe- pulchre, they are all mighty men. 17 And they fliall eat up thine y harveft, and thy bread, which thy l£"'g- fons and thy daughters fliould eat : Jf^*8, they (hall eat up thy flocks and thine 2l'* herds ; they fliall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees ; they fliall impo- verifli thy fenced cities, wherein thou truftedft, with the fword. 18 Neverthelefs, in thofe days, faith the Lord, I z will not make a full l.%1!" end with you. 1 9 TJ And it (hall come topafs, when ye {hall fay, a Wherefore doeth the ]fb'l; & Lord our God all thefe things unto ^'-lo. us ? then (halt thou anfwer them, Like as ye have forfaken me, and ferved itrange gods in your land, fa fliall Gods judgments on the Jews : J E R E lct%X fliall ye ferve ftrangers in a land that jir 6l1- is not yours. w ' 20 Declare this in the houfe of Ja- cob, and publifii it in Jndah, faying, tlci6,\%. 2 ' Hear now this, O b foolifli people, Matt-iVu. and without f underftanding: which A'ula.V-: have eyes, and fee not j which have f,,^,n '"■ tars, and hear not : iW 22 Fear ye not me ? faith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my prefence, which have placed the fand for the ?o°»i38' c bound of the tea, by a perpetu.d de- nu, 104-u. tree, that it cannot pals it ; and though the waves thereof tofs themfelves, yet can they not prevail ; though they roar, yet can they not pafs over it ? 23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart ; they are re- volted and gone. 24 Neither fay they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God **"£- that giveth rain, both the J former and the latter, in his feafon : he re- ferveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harveft. 25 T| Your iniquities have turned away thefe/A:'«g>", and your fins have with-holden good things from you. 26 For among my people are found i!*■ J could they biulh ; therefore they fliall fall pPM. -«0. 6. & 50. 7. *, 9- Jfa. I. II. & CG. 3. Ani>s5 ZI. Mir r>. 4'4-' °f ; our hands wax feeble : s anguifh . thou mayeft know and try their way. 28 They are all grievous revolters, 3 ch. 9 4. 1 wa|j(jng w-,th flanders : they are abrafs \£us~. and iron ; they are all corrupters. 29 The bellows are burnt, the lead is confumed of the fire, the founder VI, VII. A call to mourning. melteth in vain; for the wicked are g*$E not plucked away. dr.eia^ y> b [j Reprobate filver fhall men t> u »."». 'xu call them, becaufe the Lord hath ipnaffaf* '■ n. i .1 Suva. reiected them. CHAP. VII. 1 Jeremiah isfeM to call for true re- pentance .' 8 he rejectsth their vain confider.ee. 20 A call to mourning. THe word that came to Jeremiah cir.coo. from the Lord, faying, 2 Stand in the gate of the Lords houfe, and proclaim there this word, and fay, Hear the word of the Lord, all ye o/Judah, that enter in atthefe gates to worfhip the Lord. 3 Thus faith the Loro ofhofts, the God of Ifrael, a Amend your ways ach.ts.ii. and your doings, and I will caufe you & 26' '3" to dwell in this place. 4 b Trail ye not in lying words, bMi«b. faying, Th? temple of the Lord, the 3' "' temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, are thefe. 5 For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings ; if ye thorough- ly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; 6 If ye opprefs not the Granger, the father lefs, and the widow, and fhed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt ; 7 Then will I caufe yon to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. 8^1 Behold,0 ye truftin lying words, cVer.^. th::t cannot profit. 9 rt Will ye fteai, murder, and com- a 1 K.np mit adultery, and fwear falfely, and i%l!',.s. burn incenfe unto Baal, and walk af- ter other gods whom ye know not ; 10 And come and lrand before me in this houfe, -j- which is called by my i "<*. name, and fay, We are delivered to mr'nam™ do all thefe abominations ? Ucftd- x i Is c this houfe, which is called eifo. sfi. 7. by my name, become a f den of rob- fMattu. bers in your eyes? Behold, even I wufr: have fecn it, faith the Lord. l^'J' 12 But go ye now unto 8 my place 'o-4«. which was in Shiloh, where I fet my ji3*ks?ii; name at the firft, and fee h wh3t I mswn. did to it for the wickednefs of my ft !-^'.r!i. people Ifrael. cn.i6.fi. 13 And now, becaufe ye have done all thefe works, faith the Lord, and I fpake unto you, '' riling up early and iv». i$. fpeaking, but ye heard not; and I ch-"-7- k called you, but ye anfwered not; kPr:>». 14 Therefore will I do unto this iVfe.i*. houfe, which is called by my name, acfic •*• wherein ye truIL, and unto the place which II. I. Idolatry threatened. J E R E which I gave to you, and to your fa- 1 have done to 'Shiloh. IS And I vi HI caft you out of my fight, as I havecait out ail your brethren, mfK'« the whole feed of Ephraim. 1 6 Therefore n pray not thou for ■ this people, neither lift up cry nor ■ Bud. prayer for them, neither make inter- celfion to me : "for 1 will not hear thee. 17 \ Seelt thou not what they do in the cities of Judah, and in the '5- u ftreets of Jerufalem ? pcfc.p.44- iS^Thechildren gather wood, and 1;,I> thefatherskiudle the fire, and the wo- men knead th-Ar dough, to make cakes ii or, to the i| queen of heaven, and to pour 'ZnnZ?- out drink-offerings unto other gods, v&?L'"' that they may provoke me to anger. 19 Do they provoke me to anger? frith the Lord ; do they not provoke themfelves to the confulion of their own faces ? 20 Therefore thus faith the Lord God, Behold, mine anger and my fury (hall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon bead, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground ; and it (hall burn, and fliall not be quenched. 21 If Thus faith the Lord of hofts, the God of Ifrael, q Put your burnt- offerings unto your facrinces, and eat flefh. tuot.o.6. zi rFor I fp.^ke not unto your fa- thers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the tBrtwtw land of Egypt, t concerning burnt- i^ltfcrtr. offerings or facrifices : 23 But this thing commanded I them, faying, s Obey my voice, and 1 I will be your God, and ye fliall be Lehz'&a! my people ; and walk ye in all the ways that 1 have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. uPfai. 24 "But they hearkened not, nor cmp?; 1. 8. inclined their ear, but walked in the nor.yfui. counfels and in the || imagination of ihZ1'' theil' evil heart, and + x went back- ward, and not forward. 25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day, I have even y lent unto you all my fervantsthe prophets, 'daily riling up early and fending them : 26 * Vet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, btXh hard- ened their neck; they did worfe than their fathers. 27 Therefore thou (halt fpeak all thefe words unto them ; but they will not hearken to thee : thou (halt alfo call unto them ; but they will not an- fwe* thee. Cbap.S.20 See ii.ii~.-a • Exod. 15 20. D-rut. 6. 3 a CJup. :. 17- ix. 3»- 33- 1 ..... ii..; a Vcr. 13. a Chap. 11.8. M I A H. An exhortation 1 > mourning. 28 But thou (halt fay unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not ■■ the voice of the Lord their God, " nor receiveth || correction : truth is ;"(r^';. pcriflied, and is cut off from their ' mouth. 29 H c Cut off thine hair, 0 Jeru- UtilL*u falem, and ca(t it away, and take up \- l0f'-' a lamentation on high places ; for the "c ''* * Lord hath rejected and forfaken the generation of his wrath. 30 For the children of Judah have do.ie evil in mylight, faith the Lord : d tnty havefet their abominations in l*™m the houfe which is called by my name, *.L :; r... to pollute it. 31 And they have built the e high d places of Tophet, which is in the val- \\ '^KS ley of the fon of Hinnom, to bum ci>. iy'.s. their fons and their daughters in the fire ; which I commanded them not, neither + came it into my heart. /,'„'•, 32 -ff Therefore, behold, f the days jgj?/"' come, faith the Lord, that it (lull rca'ai. no more be called Tophet, nor, The '9<>- valley of the fon of Hinnom, but, The valley of Slaughter: for they (hall bury in Tophet till there be no place. 33 And the g carcafes of this people \° VJ; (hall be meat for the fowls of the hea- gj&g; £ ven, and for the beads of the earth j S'*-*a ' and none fliall fray them away. 34 Then will I caufe to h ceafe 5 from the cities of Judah, and from ^'lo5, the ftreets of Jerufalem, the voice &33- ~~- of mirth, and the voice of gladnefs, 10.13. the voice of the bridegroom, and the rmIis."^ voice of the bride ; for the land fliall be defolate. CHAP. VIII. i The Jexvs calamity : 4 tiieir impe- nitency upbraided 1 1 3 their judg- ment (hewed ■ 18 their dejptsrate ejltite bewailed. AT that time, faith the Lord, they lhall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the prieils, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerufalem, out of their graves : 2 And they lhall fpread them be- fore the fun, and the moon, and all the hoft of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have ferved, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have fought, and whom ihey have wonkipped : tney lhall not be gathered, nor be buried ; they Ih. 11 oe for dun; upon the fact of the earth. 3 And death fliall be . hOfeU rather than life by all the refidue of them that hnpenitency upbraikd. oiriif that remain of this evil family, which '■ teo-j remain in all the places whither I """""^ have driven them, faith the Lord of hofts. 4 *ff Moreover, thou (halt fay unto them, Thus faith the Lord, Shall they fall, and not arife ? (hall he turn away, and not return ? 5 Why then is this people of Jeru- falem Hidden back by a perpetual backfliding ? they hold fait deceit, they refufe to return. 6 I hearkened and heard, but they fpake not aright: no man repented him of his wickednefs, faying, What have I done ? every one turned to his courfe, as the horfe rufheth into the battle. ifa. i. 3. 7 Yea, * the ftork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the fwallow, obferve the time of their !h*p- 5- coming : but b my people know not the judgment of the Lord. 8 How do ye fay, We are wife, and the law of the Lord is with us ? Lo, certainly |j in vain made he it j the pen of the fcribes is in vain. 9 c || The wife men are afhamed, they are difmayed and taken : lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord ; and f what wifdom is inthem? io Therefore d will I give their wives unto others, and their fields ifwZ'I?°m to tnem that mal1 inherit them : for tbing? every one, from the lead even unto i£%\ the greateft, is given to e covetouf- "mS/s W. ne**s' fr°'n tne prophet even unto the zep&.i.'i^ prieft, every one dealeth falfely. e ifaiah , l j?or tney fjave f healed the hurt CHAP. VIII, IX. I! Or, tbe Jaijepen r..~u,ja '■.(!.' '.i-orketbft> faljchood : Ifai. IO. I. cChap. Jiave tber ed, &c.a Heb, caap.fl.13. of the daughter of my people (lightly, faying, E Peace, peace; when there is no peace. 1 2 Were they h afhamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all afhamed, neither could they blufh ; therefore fhall they fall among them that fall : in the time of their vifitation they fhall be call; down, faith the Lord. 13 If || I will furelyconfumethem, faith the Lord: there fiiall be no grapes ' on the vine, nor figs on the k fig-tree, and the leaf fhall fade ; and the things that I have given them fhall pafs away from them. 1cb.3p.40-. 14 Why do we fit full? ' affemble yourfelves, and let us enter into the defenced cities and let us be filent mCha there; for the Lord oar God hath o- is8§c. put us to filence, and given us m wa- **£■ ter of || gall to drink, becaufewe have r, ■■'■>. finned againft the Lord. fChap. 0. 14. K Ezek. 13- 10. h Chap. 3-3. fc 6. lj. I' Or, in talker fc Mattb. 11. 19. I. like 13 The yews bewailed. 1 5 We " looked for peace, but no "^ good came ; and for a time of health, «*. 600. and behold trouble ! ncbif" 1 6 The fnorting of his horfes was ^^ heard from ° Dan ; the whole land 4- «s.P' trembled at the found of the neighing of his ftrong ones : for they are come, and have devoured the land, and fall ,V,'^,,V that is in it ; the city, and thofs that "" "*■ dwell therein. f 7 For, behold, I wilt fend ferpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be p charmed, and they fhall bite M?l?5. you, faith the Lord. ?£cJ* r8 U When I would comfort my- felf againft forro;v, my heart is faint t *"- me. JJ* 19 Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people, f becanfe £5^ of them that dwell in a far country. ^;;'1^t Is not the Lord in Zion ? is not her are/aryf. King in her ? why have they provo- ked me to anger with their graven images, and with ftrange vanities? 20 The harveft is paft, the fummer is ended, and we are not faved. 21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt ; I am black ; aftonifhment hath taken hold on me. G 22 Is there no q balm in Gilead ? 37-25- is there no phyfician there ? why then 'ttsu's. ' is not the health of the daughter of my people f recovered ? * "ebu, CHAP. IX. 1 The Jews lamented for their mani- fold fins, and judgment} : 12 difobe- dience is the caufe of their calamity. t f\K u cnat n^y head were waters, J^v™ v>/ and mine eyes a fountain ttfg»'«^r tears, that I might weep day and t^iX night for the flain of the daughter of Ow*** ' my people ! t^irSi 2 Oh that I had in the wildernefs a && lodging-place of wayfaring men, that 3-4!i- I might leave my people, and go from them ! for b they be all adulterers, an b57h*£; aflembly of treacherous men. 3 And c they bend their tongues lUT like their bow for lies ; but they are u*\{9\s not valiant for the truth upon the 4> earth : for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, faith the Lord. 4 d Take ye heed every one of his *£" brother : for every brother will at- /or terly fupphint, and every neighbour'""'** will c walk with (landers. %c$- 5 And they will || deceive everyone II or, his neighbour, and will not fpeak the m truth : they have taught their tongue to fpeak lies, and weary th.mfclves to commit iniquity. 6 Thine The mini fdd fins and JERE u-;:.l' 6 Thine habitation ft in the midft "■■'•■ --A <>f deceit; through deceit they refufe to know me, faith the Lo^ut. 7 Therefore thus faith the Lord of hoits, Behold, I wiil m.-lt them, rsor.ii.8- and try them ; ffor how (hall I do for the daughter of my people ? 8 Their tongue is as an arrow (hot rPfti. ia:. out ; it fpea-keth ,;deeeit : one fpeak- hprltiB.j. eth h peaceably to his neighbour with tHeb.i» his mouth, but f in heart he layeth i*j»W. moft corners, that dwell in the wil- [■." dernefs : for all theje nations are un- *•; circumcifed, and all the houfe of If- V;r("air rael are y uncircumcifed in the heart. xi:'b '. . , , CHAP. x. ;V;; 'iir i The unequal comparifon of God and \l. 4I'" idols. 19 The J poiling of the taber- \™i£; nacle by foolijh paflors. H Ear ye the word which the Lord fpeaketh unto you, O houfe of Ifrael : 2 Thus faith the Lord. *Leam not y^aa^' the way of the heathen, and be not difmayed at the ligns of heaven ; for the heathen are difmayed at them. 3 For the f cuttoms of the people t*jj£ cr are vain : for b one cutteth a tree out"°'.i".«m,«' of the foreft (the work of the hands *7f~ of the workman) with the axe. 's^a & 4They deck it with filver and with 5' '^'^'" gold ; they fallen it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. 5 They are upright as the palm- tree, c but fyeak not; they muft needs e&['flt& be Cod and idols not comparable. CHAP. chMtrte be d borne, becaufe they cannot go. Be not afmid of them ; for e they cannot do evil, neither alfo is it in tllenl to do good. 6 Forafmuch as there is norte f like rriilss. U«td thee, O Lord ; thou art great, 8> '°- and thy name ;'f great in mi-ht. BRev.,is.4. 7 s\vho would not fear thee, O iit/ih'iue. King of nations ? for || to thee doth it appertain : forafmuch as among all the wife men of the nations, arid in all their kingdoms, there is none like b unto thee. jr-^v'.or, 8 But they are + altogether hbrinifh h rwm antl ^o0^,n 5 tue rtock is a dbclrine of use. vanities. M^l'.M'. 9Si!verfpread intoplatesisbrought Kum! if" *' ffom Tarfhifh, and '' gold from Uphaz, ' 21,22. the work of the workman, and of iD»n.ios the hands of tbe foljnder; biue and purple is their clothing : they dre all the work of cunning fften. t/Slm"1 io But the Lord is tbe + true God, t a;b. he is the living God, and an f k ever- al"mty. lafting King : at his wrath the earth ioPf;6n fna'1 tremble* and the nations (hall not be able to abide his indignation. chaM-!n ' l t Thus ftlall ye fay unto themj bneuage. i 'fhe gods that have not made the Vo.V^1' heavens and the earth, even they (hall perifh from the earth, and from under thefe heavens. i 2 He m hath made the earth by his power, he hath eltablffhed the world by his wifdom, and n hath Itretched out the heavens by his difcretion. i 3 When he uttereth his voice there is a || multitude of waters in the hea- vens, and "he caufeth the Vapours to afceild from the ends of the earth ~, KP-»v- he maketh lightnings || with rain, K'J'"' and bringeth forth the wind out of his treafures. pch*p. Si. ,4 p Every man || is brutifh iri his iior./i knowledge j q every founder is con- JST* .% "'i/?'' founded by the graven image : for his ktu>w. molten image is falfehood, and there Sfc^ii1.7" 's no breath in them. &4S. io. ,^ They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their vili- tation they fhall perifh. 16 rThe Portion of Jacob /; not like them : for he is the former of all •Pfai.74-2. tfangi . ancj . jfrael is the rod 6f his Inheritance i The Lord of holts ii his name. ch" r,. i. l~l ^ l Gather up thy wares out of Eaek.ilj. the land, O f inhabitant of the fort- 1 8 For thus faith the Lord, Be^ J^ \™~" hold, I will " fling out the inhabitants of the laud at this once, and will di- ftrefs them, that they may find it /a* t X, Xt. Gods covenant proclditned. ir.Ojn. I. • ,<5,5. Pi'al. 135. 5, <5 CU»p. SI- IS, 3V. n Joh y. «. Pfil. IU+. 2. IT*. 40. 22. II Or, noifc. 0l'i,.lm rChatf. 19 f Woe is me for my hurt ! my }^f"fte wound is grievous: but I faid, "Truly /ir r'00j this is a grief, and I muft bear it> xt-r. 77.10. 20 My tabernacle is fpoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not : there is none to ftretch forth my tent any more, and to fet Op my curtains. 21 For the palters are become bru- tifh, and have not fotight the Lord :• therefore they ihall not profper, and all their flecks /ball be fcattered. ' 22 Behold, the noife of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the y north country, to make the vet., r. ij. cities of Judah defolate, and a *den & ?.' is- of dragons. ** 2*^. 25 iJOLord, I know that thezc a way of man is not in himfelf : it is ^°^ not in man that Walketh to direft his rteps. 24 O Lord, b correct me, but with bti'l 6. t. judgment ; not ill thine anger, leltWpl30.11. thou f bring mc to nothing. t *£tium 25 c Pour out thy fury dport thi^'taLis.* heathen that know thee not, and up- on the families that call not on thy name : for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and confumed him, anJ have made his habitation dt folate. CHAP. Xf. i JeremiahproclahnethGods covenant \ and rebuketh the dij'obedient Jeuis i 1 1 he pmphefieth evils to come up- on them. THe word that came to Jeremiah d,. 60*, from the Lord, faying, 2 Hear ye the words of this cove- nant, andfpeak unto the men of Judahj and to the inhabitants of Jerufalem, 3 And fay thou unto them, Thus .. faith the Lo rd God oflfrael, a Curfed \?'l t. be the man that obeyeth not the Git * ** words of this covenant, 4 Which I commanded your father's in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, b from thfiistfeaii iron furnace, faying, c Obey my voice, jiongi and do them, according to ail which /^'_j I command you : fo flial! ye be my 3.1^. people, and I will be your God j 5 That I may perform the doathffim. ft™11 + PUQ'IU1 thee ? (for thou haft taught them to be captains, and as c.Ci+?' chief over thee ; ) (hall not g forrows take thee, as a woman in travail ? 22 1f And if thou fay in thine heart, acid. io.91 h Wherefore come thefe things upon me? For the grcatnefs of thine ini- i)Yv'h. quity are ' thy (kir'ts difcovered, and thy heels || mad-: bare. 23 Can the Ethiopian change his •'•{kin, or the leopard his fpots : then J/'j may ye alto do good, that are f ac- cuftomed to do evil. 24 Therefore will I fcatter them is the ftubble that paileth away by the wind of the wildernefs. 2 5 This /..thy lot, the portion of thy meafures from me, faith the Lord : betaufe thou haft forgotten me, and trultcd in 1" dfehood, E«k"i6.B" 20 Therefor/ ^ will I difcover thy - fkirts npod thy face, that thy ihame may appear. ictup. j.8., 21 'I have Ccen thine adulteries, and thy neighiugs, the lewdnefs of thy whoredom, and thine abomina- tions "'on the hills in the fields. Woe . unto thee, OJerufalem! wilt than , not be made clean \ \ when jhtill it mt once be f MIA H. The grievous famine, Sec. CHAP. XIV. 1 The grievous famine 7 caufeth Jere- miah to pray. 1 o The Lord will not be entreated. 1 3 Lying prophets, & c . THe word of the Lord that came Before to Jeremiah concerning f.the cir. k I **ent them not, neither have :ir. 601. J commanded them, neither fpake ci^i^r unto them : they prophefy unto you ,.*lstsi a f'd\Ce vifion and divination, and a • h»' thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. 15 Therefore thus faith the Lord concerning the prophets that pro- phefy in my name,. and I fent them' not, yet they fay, Sword and famine mall not be in this land ; By fvvord and famine fliall thofe prophets be confumed. 16 And the people to whom they prophefy (ball be caft 01a in the ftreets of Jerufalem, becaufe of the famine and the fword, and they fliall have none to bury them ; them, their wives, nor their fons, nor their daughters : for I will pour their wick- ednefs upon them. 17 If. Therefore thou (halt fay this hap. word unto them, ' Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not ceafe : for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow. 18 If I go forth into the held, then behold the llain with the fword ! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are lick with famine ! yea, both the prophet and the prieft || go about into a land that they know not. ,J1and 19 Haft thou utterly rejected Judah ? Zigt hath thy foul loathed Zion ? why haft thou fmitten us, and there is no heal- ing for us ? m we looked for peace, and tfiere is no good ; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble ! 20 We acknowledge* O Loud, our wickednefs, and the iniquity of our fathers ; for n we have linned againft thee. 21 Do not abhor us, for thy names fake ; do not difgrace the throne of thy glory : remember, break not thy covenant with us. 22 ° Are there any among r the va- nities of the Gentiles that can caufe rain ? or can the heavens give (how- ers ? * Art not thou he, O Lord pur God ? therefore we will wait upon ci!'»£j.*4. thee ; for thou haft made all thefe *10-13 things. CHAP. XV. 1 The determined rejection and mani- fold judgments op the Jews . 1 5 Jtre- miah praying, 19 receiveth a gra- u"+;£c. ciottt promije. hExoo HPHen (aid the Lord unto me, rr-LyJ/o. -■- "Though \ Mofes and c Samuel cjs»m,i», flood before me, yet my mind could n- 1 ?• aa. Q. 8 lfa. 3°- U- P. XV. The rejetlion of the Jews. not be toward this people ■: caft them Bef;;;e out of my light, and let them go ci*Soi. forth. ' v v — ' 2 And it fliall come to pafs, if they fay unto thee, Whither (hall we go forth ? then thou lhalt tell them, Thus faith the Lord, d Such as are i ch»«>' for death, to death; and fuch as arc e«kiei for the fword, to the fword; and.kcn.7i s, fuch as are lor the famine, to the fa- mine ; and fuch as are for the capti- vity, to the captivity. 3 And I will c appoint over them l^lf& four f kinds, faith the Lord ; the ti'ie,.' '' fword to flay, and the dogs to tear. f-,mi,i«- and fthe fowls of the heaven, ai}^"^" the beafts of the earth, to devour and ' deftroy. 4 And f I will caufe them to be } f** . g removed into all kingdoms of the //';»?>,'"« earth, becaufe of '' Manafteh the fon rem'v'^ of Hezekiuh king of judah, for that^Z'^t. which he did in jerufalem. ^% 5 For ' who lhall have pity upon i"*^ thee, O Jerufalem ? or who (liail be- u 2 King, moan thee? or who fliall go aftde Ufic^ f to afl; how thou duelt ? **-3.' 6 Thou haft forfaken me, GA\$?Z£19' the Lord, thou art gone backward; ">"A«/ therefore will I ftretch out my hand ">-'J"''"<- againft thee, and deftroy thee ; k I f^^ am weary with repenting. 7 And I will fan tneni with a faq in the gates of the land ; I will be- reave them of j| children, I will de- l}.^',/rerer (troy my people, jittce they return not <«**■• r from their ways. 8 Their widows are ijicreafed to me above the fand or tiie feas ; I have brought upon them, ,j| againft the Vfr mother of the young men, a fpoiier '»■"-<;: at noon-day ; I have caufed him to m«/J"3? fall upon it fuddeniy, and terrors up- ['^'af^n on the city. ,be/"^"r 9 'She that hath born feven lan--r*;";/'«i- gmlheth ; (he muh given up the gho.lt; ',' ]'m- R her fun is gone down while it -was mAmos yet day ; (he hath been alhamed and8'c" confounded : and the refidue of them will I deliver to the fword before their enemies, faith the Lord. 10 1| n Woe is me, my mother, that " J&c ^ thou haft born me a man of ftrife £'j; and a man of contention to the iG whole earth ! I ha\e neither lent on ufury, nor men have lent to me on ufury ; yet every one of them doth curfe me. 11 The LoRD raid, Verily it fliall be well with thy remnant ; verily |j I f °.«<,„. will caufe the enemy to entrest thee :'„' '^% well in the time of evil, and in the'6"- time of atllicli'.ni. Xx3 12 Shall Jeremiahs complaint. JEREMIAH Ml Shall iron Sreak the northern f |r- Mi- iron and the fteel ? w i 2 Thy fubftance and thy treafures pr»im will I give to the "fpoil without t2-'V;.3. price, and that for all thy fins, even in all tliv liorders. 14 And I will make thee to pafs with thine enemies into a land which li.'zl'. tt;ou knowelt not : for a p fire is kindled in mine anger, which fhall burn upon you. 15 <| O Lord, thou knoweft : re- member me, and vifit me, and revenge me of my perfecutors ; take me not away in thy long-fuffering : know that for thy fake I have fuffered rebuke. 1 6 Thy words were found, and I did q eat them ; and thy word was unro The utter ruin of the Jews! 4 They fliall die of a grievous Jgg deaths; they (hall not bbe lamented, *«.«* neither fhall they be buried ; but .Ch£~" they fhall be as dung upon the face lb*£ of the earth : and they fhall be con- xj.«j.' fumed by the fword. and by famine; and their c carcafes fhall be meat for %t^ j<:v 10.9. me the joy and rejoicing of mine ttyZame heart : for f I am called by thy name, ;^f«f. OLord Godofhofts. r'vij'niii. 17 'I fat not in the afTembly of the & *«v4» $• mockers, nor rejoiced; I fat alone, becaufe of thy hand : for thou hail filled me with indignat'on. tCh»p. o 30.15. f8 Why is my 'pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which re- fufeth to be healed ? wilt thou be al- is°i2" together unto me as a lyar, and1 as + h,:„. ,.. waters that f fail ? ns.jurt. ,9 ^j Therefore thus faith the Lord, ■ ad. u If thou rctlirri) t!jen wiU j br}ng thee again, and thou (halt ftand before a*V<£"* rne ; and if tliou xtake forth the pre- 4#'«aj. cious from the vile, thou {halt be as my mouth : let them return unto thee ; but return not thou unto them. 20 And I will make thee unto this iCi«"«e PeoP'e a fe'U'fd brafen ' wall ; and r.'i;. they fliall fight againft thee, but aa i£'w. * thev ,,ia11 not Prevai1 againit thee : for I am with thee to fave thee, and to deliver thee, faith the Lord. 21 And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible. CHAP. XVI. 1 The. utter ruin of the Jtw s fbrefhttu - ed: 1 4 their return from captivity more memorable than their deliver- ance out of Egypt* THe word oF the Lord came alfo unto me, faying, 2 Thou lhalt not take thee a wife, neither lhalt thou have fons or daughters in this place. 3 For thus faith the Lord con- cerning the fons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this lam, j of the earth. 5 For thus faith the Lord, j Enter a rifi. 24. not into the houfe of |j mourning, nei- |70r**" ther go to lament nur bemoan them : n-urni»f for I have t.tken away my peace from y: "• " this people, faith the Lord, even loving-kindnefs and mercies. 6 Both the great and the fmall fhall die in this land ; they lhall not be buried, neither fliall men lament for them, nor e cut themfelves, nor 19. »b. ' make themfelves bald for them : i""1',!.4' r" 7 Neither fhall men \\ tear them- 0r,**""; fehes for them in mourning, to com- *;,";*^rjJ fort them for the dead ; neither lhall »?£■*.' men give them the cup of confolation ,« i')7e'ut. to drink for thdr father or for their ffiff",^ mother. 8 Thou lhalt not alfo go into the houfe of feafVing, to lit with them to eat and to drink. 9 For thus faith the Lord of hofts, the God of Ifrael, Behold, U V4%%. will caufe to ceafe out of this place JEftJ\2f in your eyes, and in your days, the *geJ- ' voice of mirth, and the voice of Huh' «.««.. gladnefs, the voice of the bridegroom, '"•l8-2'i- and the voice of the bride. 10 U And it fhall come to pafs, when thou flialt fhewthis people all thefe words, and they fhall fay unto thee, h Wherefore hath the Lord^,^ pronounced all this great evil againit nu- lls ? or what is our iniquity ? or what is our fin that we have committed againlt the Lord our God ? " 1 1 Then ihalt thou fay unto them, Btcuife your fathers have forfaken rr.e, faith the Lord, and have walk- ed after other gods, and have Gamed them, and have worshipped them, and have forfaken me, and have not kept my law : 1 2 And ye have done : worfe than i ctw>. your f.uhers ; (for, behold, ye walk 7" 1C" every one after the l| imagination of . ,„,"„"; ."/; '- his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me 5) 1 j * Therefore will I cad you out of * ^."'^ this land into aland that ye know not, "■ o+.«;- neither ye nor your fathers ; and there fliall ye fen e other godsday and night, where I will not (hew you favour. F4 *i Therefore, behold, the 'days ^*-ff-1* come, (kith the Loku>, that it fhall ;X"" no The Jews miraculous return. C H A Bceh'r7ft P° more be find, The Lord liveth tcir-601^ that brought up the children of ifrael v out of the land of Egypt : 15 But, The Lord liveth that brought up the children of Ifrael from the land ot the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them : and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. 1 6 \ Behold, I will fend for many »»<*«». mfi/herS) faith the LoKD^ and they «*■ '• >*■ fliall fiih them ; and after will I fend for many hunters, and they fliall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. ' 34A7. '7 For mine "eyes are upon all &°ivi.V'X' tirekr ways: they are not hid from my face, neithei from mine eyes. 1 8 And hrll I will recompenfe their o Eztk jinKlulty and their fin double ; becaufe 43.*7,ki>. ° thfcy have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcafes of their deteitable and abo- minable things. 19 O Lord, my flrength, and my \fte& fortrefs, and pmy refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles fhall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and fhall fay, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. 20 Shall a man make gods unto \™*»' himfelf, and q they are no gods ? 21 Therefore, behold, 1 will this once caufe them to know, I will caufe them to know mine hand and my rctup. might; and they fliall know that rmy 3**' name is The Lord. CHAP XVII. 1 The captivity ofjudah for her fin. 5 Tru\l m man is curjed, 7 in God is blejfed. 9 The deceitful heart can- not deceive God. 1 2 The falvation of God. 1 5 The prophets complaint. THe fin ofjudah is written with a a pen of iron, and with the +9Hca. "t" point of a diamond : it is b graven »■"'■ upon the table of their heart, and Vi-V' uPon the horns of your altars; 2 Whilft their children remember e judgw their altars and their c groves by the & i7l.'E9' 6r,Jen trees uPon thc high hills. ' chaV.2.'ic. 3 O my mountain in the field, P. XVII. Cod camtot be deceived. thou knowefl not : for e ye have §{*?£ kindled afire in mine anger, which c.r.ooi. fliall burn for ever. t cuapT' 5 1f Thus faith the Lord, Curfed ,s- '+• he the man that trufteth in man, and fSceIfl> m-aketh f fieJh his arm, and whofe 3^3. *" heart cleparteth from the Lord : 6 For he (hall be Mike the heath U^f* in the defert, and fhall not fee when good cometh ; but fliall inhabit the parched places in the wildernefs, kin\£'$£, a fait land, and not inhabited. 7 ' Bleifed is the man that trufl- ^p*'^ eth in the Lord, and whofe hope.i+-»'& the Lord is: i&s'.* 8 For he fliall be k as a tree plant- ^Tio. ed by the waters, and that fpreadeth ,&> 30. ««. out her roots by the river, and fhall « 3°l. not fee when heat cometh, but her"*1,1,2, leaf fliall be green ; and (hall not be careful in the year of || drought, nei- fl **•■# ther fliall ceafe from yielding fruit. 9 11 The heart is deceitful above all things, and defperately wicked 1 who can know it ? 10 I the Lord f fearch the heart, \ls™' I try the reins, "'even to give every \^^"' man according to his ways, and ac- «"■ 7- 0. cording to the fruit of his doings. cSipt/7, 3 that getteth riches, and not by right, m 1 n fliall leave them in the midfi of his j? q™" days, and at his end fliall be a fool. »««?/"" 12 t A glorious high throne from ffi?js» the beginning is the place of our g*£$ fancluary. t°rlb- 13 O Lord, the Hope of Ifrael, ns **£ °all that forfake thee lhall be afha-oi-aim med, and they that depart from me fi£ J.7is. fhall be written in the earth, becaufe they have forfaken the Lord, thenrhan * fountain or living waters. *• ij- 14 Heal me, O Lord, and I fliall be healed ; fave me, and I fhall be Deot< faved : for 4 thou art my praife. \ofli. 15 *l Behold, they fay unto me, r Where is the word of the Lord.'' a™*' ib.' let it come now. . fcha3'4* 16 As for me, s I have not haften- i. ^at. ed from being a pallor f to follow t *£>' thee ; neithtrhavc 1 delired the woe- ful day, thou knoweit : that which came out of my lips was right before thee. treafures to the fpoil, and thy high places for fin, throughout all thy bor- ders. 4 And thou, even f thyfelf, fhalt difcontinne from thine heritage that I gave thee ; and I will caufe thee to fcrv'e thine enemies in the land which an my hope in the day of evil. 18 u Let them be confounded that ss-V « pesTecute me, but let not me be con- 4°' I4' founded ; let them be difmayed, but t Ueb. let not me be difmayed : bring upon *™£*" them the day of evil, and -|- *deltroy *>*** them with double definition. «cii»s. X x 4 19 U Thus 11. w. The covenant nfihefabbalh renewed. JEREMIAH 19 1 Thus faith the Lord unto ■_ _^ me, Go and (land in the gne of the ' ■ ' children of the people, whereby tne Kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerufalem ; 20 And fay unco them, Hear ye the woid of the Lord, ye kings of Judah, andallJnddh,andalitheinhabitantsof Jeruf.dem, that enter in by thefe gates: vMjmh. 21 Trms faith the Lord, yTake Vchlm. heed to yonrfelves, and bear no bur- %i' '"' den on the fabbath-day, nor bring it in by the gatcr. of Jcrufalem : 2: Neither <.arry forth a burden out of your lioufes on the fabbath-day, neither do ye any work ; but hallow ***£?• ye the fabbath-day, as J 2 commanded atij.it. your fathers. fJi'.13- 23 aBut they obeyed not, neither »chl2 inclined their ear, but made their u- iZ' neck ftiff, that they might not hear, nor receive inflruction. 34 And it mall come to pafs, if ye diligently hearken unto me, faith the Lord, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the fabbath- day, but hallow the fabbath-day, to do no work therein ; »» dap. 2 5 b Then lhall there enter into the **'*' gates of this city kings and princes fitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots, and on horfes, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerufalem ; and this city mall remain for ever. 26 Aud they fliall come from the tcfap. cities of Judah, and from c the places 31 44' about Jerufalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the lbuth, bringing burnt-offerings, and facrifices. and meat-i ffeiings, and in- cenfe, and bringingfacrihees ofpraife, unto the houfe of the Lord. 27 But if ye will not hearken un- to ine to hallow the fabbath-day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerufalem on the fab- 4ohiT bath-day ; then <" will I kindle a lire -To i'*4' ",n tlie gates thereof, and it lhall de- it' \.*,$. vour the palaces of Jerufalem, and it Hull not be quenched. CHAP. XVIII. r Under the type of a potter, God Jlieweth his ab/o/ute power in dif- pojiftg of nations, n jfudgmcntt threatened to Judan. cj». cos- T^He word which came to Jere- J- nihil from the Loud, faying, 2 Arife, ami go down to the pot- ters houfe. am: there 1 will caufe thee to hear mv words. Judgments threatened to Judah. 3 Then I went down to the pot- ■«**■ ters houfe ; and, behold, he wrought cir. 60s. a work on the || wheels. 1 o? 4 And the vtflel || that he made*££2j. of clay was marred in the hand of the 1 or, that potter ; lb he \ made it again another *£?&. veflel, as feemed good to the potter r;;^;^ to make it. ^ute/tutr. 5 Then the word of the Lord , ' came to me, laving, "'"'"""• 6 O houfe of'lfrael. "cannot I do Hfe**-* with yoil as this potter? faith the j£J;g 10_ Lord. Behold, b as the clay is in the b«a.6*.«. potters hand, fo are ye in mine hand, 0 houfe of Jfrael. 7 At what inftant I lhall fpeak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to c pluck up, and to puil 1. 16?' down, and to deltroy it: 8 d If that nation, againft whom $£*£;& 1 have pronounced, turn from their 33- " evil, * 1 will repent of the evil that ejon-3-io. I thought to do unto them. 9 And at what inftant 1 fliall fpeak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build, and to plant Us 10 If it do evil in my fight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good wherewith I faid I would benefit them. 1 1 ^ Now, therefore, go to, fpeak to the men of Judah, and to the in- habitants of Jerufalem, faying, Thus faith the Lord, Behold, I frame evil again'.t you, and devife a device a- gainft you: f return ye now every r*Ki»ss one from his evil way, and make your cnap. 7. 3. ways and your doings good. & 11] ,5J. 12 And they faid, K There is no "J^:1*' hope ; but we will walk after our £.**" own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. 1 3 Therefore thus faith the Lord, h Alk ye now among the heathen, who \c^ hath heard fuch things? the virgin of icor.5.1. Ifrael hath done a very horrible thing. 14 Will a man leave || the fnow of J,"^, Lebanon which cometh from the rock/y «r«e£ of the field ? or lhall the cold flowing ml'.'.^le. waters that come from another place j^T/« be forfaken ? 15 Becaufe my people hath for- >. «*p gotten 'me, they have burnt inc. nfe /tram* to vanity, and they have caufed them [m7*~ to Humble in their ways from the ictaptfi k ancient paths, to walk in paths in a si j.*i." way not caft up ; &17. «.' 16 To make their tand ' defolate, kch«p. and a perpetual liilting: every one lc^,.'.trr, that paifeth ther by iball be aikonilh- l^-H-tt cd, and w;;g his head. i so", in. 17 "' I will fcatter them "as with "fjjf- an eaft wind before the enemy ; ,Wj,s 1 will «"■ ?• Jeremiahs prayer. CHAP. Befow I will (hew them the back, and not the tirleoj. fate, in the day of their calamity. ociT'iTip'. '8 H Then laid they, ? Come, and let us devife devices aga'mft jere- SoTYi.'" miah j >' for the law (hall not perilh iohn ** 7' ^rom ^ Pr'e^'» nor counfel from the A°er4o- wife, nor the woru from the prophet : lior,/.r come, and let us fmite him || with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. 19 Give heed to me, OLord, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. 20 Shall evil be recompenfed for good ? for they have digged a pit for my foul. Remember tha: I flood be- fore thee to fpeak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them. 1 P,fa,m 10. 2 1 Therefore ? deliver up their chil- + ueb.'ptu, Idren to the famine, and f pour out mm out. their blood by the force of the fword ; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, ami be widows ; and let their men be put to death ; let their young men be flain by the fword in battle. 22 Let a cry be heard from their houfes, when thou ihalt bring a troop fuddenly upon them; for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid fnares for my feet. 2 3Yet, Lord, thou knoweft all their * He> u counfel agamA me + to (lay me: v for- rch.11.20. give not their iniquity, neither blot out 4H5-J5- their fin from thy light; but let them be overthrown before thee : deal thus- with them in the time of thine anger. CHAP. XIX. Under the. type of breaking a potters vejjel, is fore/hewed the dejoiation op the Jews for their fins. 1"*Husfaitti theLoRn, Go, and get a potters earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priefts ; 2 And go forth unto the valley of the fon of Hiftnom, which is by the t ^eb;/*' entry of f the eaft gate, and proclaim IUngM -.. tiier^ the words that I ihall tell thee ; 3 And fay, Hear ye the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah, and inhabi- tants of Jerulaiem ; Thus faith the Loru of holts, tue God of Ifrael, Be- hold, i will bring evil upon this piace, the which whofoever heareth, his .is*m. ears mail * tingle. I Ki^g. 4 b\caufe tney bhave forfaken me, «. <2. and nave eilrauged this place, and c^p0!.'1' nave burnt inceule in it unto other lt\\7.h1.9' ?ods' whom neither they nor their fc 17! 13. fathers h.ve known, nor the kings of Judah, and have tilled this place with the blood of innocents j XIX. . The defolation of the Jews* 5 c They have built alfo the high B-for» places of Baal, to burn their Ions with cir.ooj. tire for burnt-ottt rings unto Baal, Tl~X^ which I commanded not, nor fpake J:*!32' it, neither came it into my mind: 6 Therefore, behold, the days come, faith the Lord, that this place lhall no more be called Tophct, nor, The valley of the (bn of Hinnom, but, The valley of Slaughter. 7 And I will make void the coun- fel of Judah and Jerufalem in this plate ; and I will caufe them to fall by the fword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that feek their lives; and their J carcafes wi'll ^tti7'?3' I give to be meat for the fowls of the & 34'. %. heaven, and for the beafls of the earth . 8 And I will make this city e defo- kc4V?-16' late, and an hilling: every one that & io.il. paffetn thereby (hall be attonilhed and hifs.becaufeoi'all the plagues thereof. 9 And I will caufe them to eat the f flefh of their fons, and the flefh of ftevit their daughters ; and they lhall eat ][>«?£; every one the flefh of his friend in "mUt. the fiege and itraitnefs wherewith +■ I0* their enemies, and they that feek their lives, lhall ftraiten them. 10 Then ihalt thou break the bottle in the fight of the men that go with thee, 1 1 And Ihalt fav unto them, Thus faith the Lord of holts, 8 Even (b*^3™* will I break this people, and this city, as one breaketh a potters veflel, that cannot f be made whole again ; ltH£ba)ed. and they lhall n bury them in Tophet, uch. 7.3:,; till there be no place to bury. • 12 Thus will I do unto this place, faith the Lord, and to the inhabi- tants thereof, andfw* make this city as Tophet: 1 3 And the houfes of Jerufalem, and the houfes of the kings of Judah, lhall be defiled as the place of To- phet, becaufe of all the houfes upon whole > roofs they have burnt in- "2 K!n?» cenre unto all the hoft of heaven, S/31.2P. and k have poured out drink-offer- kct. 7.18. ings unto other gods. 14 Then came Jeremiah from To- phet, whither the Lord had fent him to prophefy ; and he flood in the court of the Lords houfe, and faid to all the people, 15 Thusfaith theLoRDofhofts,the God of Ifrael, Behold, I will bring up- on this city, and upon all her towns, . . all the evil that I have pronoumed againft it; becaufe ' they have naro- ics,i;.»> ened their n^cxs, that they might not hear my words. C H A P. , Tafiws fearful doom. CHAP. XX. I Pafliur, fmiting Jeremiah, receiveth a new name, and a fearful doom. 7 Jeremiah complaineth of curt' iempt, and of treachery ; &c. Bc'ore *\TOw Pafhur the fon of ' Immer elites. IN the prieft, who was alio chief ^jc^ governor in the houfe of the Lord, •4- u. heard that Jeremiah prophefied thefe things. 2 Then Pafhur fmote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in theftocksthat were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the houfe of the Lord. 3 And it came to pafs on the mor- ro v, that Palhur brought forth Jere- miah out of the ftocks. Then faid Je- remiah unto him, The Lord hath not I -rut h, called thy name Pafhur, but j| Magor- TcV,:unJ mifl'abib. X3%' heart as a d burning fire fliut up in rr*i ,9 v ,ny uoncSj aru| 1 was weary with for- rpfcjMl' l*ari,,g' and CJ lOU,d not flay. 1 itch. 10 fr'or I heard the defaming of '^jZttSu maDV' fear on every lide. Keport,yay rrnMjMo. they, and we will report it. + * All my si 13 %& familiars watched tor my halting, Jay- JEREMIAH. Jeremiahs complaint. ing, Peradventure he will be enticed, Belore and we fhall prevail againft him, and *■ ccj. we fhall take our revenge on him. ' yfr~a 1 1 But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one ; therefore my perfecutors fhall (tumble, and they lhall not b prevail : they fhall be JfJi^J*1 greatly afhamed ; for they fhall not profper : their ' cverlalting confufionich.13.40. mail never be forgotten. 1 2 But, O L o r d of hofts, that k trieft the righteous, and feeft the kCh«p. reins and the heart, let me fee thy IV.^a vengeance on them : for unto thee have I opened my caufe. 13 Sing unto theLoRD,praifeyethe Lord ; for he hath delivered tiie foul of the poor fromthe hand ofevil doers. 14V Curfed be the day wherein I 'J* 3 ^ was born: let not the day wherein my *" mother bare me be blefled. 15 Curfed be the man who brought tidings to my father, faying, A man- child is born unto thee, making him very glad. 1 6 And let that man be as the cities which the Lord "overthrew, and™0™'6* repented not : and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the fhouting at iioon-tide : i 7 Becaufe he flew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. 1 8 " Wherefore came I forth out of » m 3.10. the womb to fee labour and forrow, that my days fhould be confumed with fliame ? CHAP. XXI. 1 Zedekiah enquireth the event of Ne- buchadrezzar s war. 3 Jeremiah foretelleth a hard fiege, &c. THe word which came unto Jere- cir. $8g. miahfrom the Lord, when king Zedekiah fent unto him Pafhur the fon of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the fon of Maafeiah the prielt, faying, 2 Enquire, 1 pray thee, of the Lord for us, (for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war againft us, ) if fo be that the Lord will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us. 3 *] Then laid Jeremiah unto them, Thus fliall ye fay to Zedekiah, 4 Thus faith the Lord God of Ifrael, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight u^aintt the king of Babylon, and againfl the Chaldeans, which befiege you with- out the wjIIs, and I will alfemble them into the midft of this city. 5 And Jeremiah foretelleth the captivity. C II A P. 5 And I myfelf will fight againft you with an *outftretched hand, and with a ftrong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. 6 And I will unite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beaft ; they (hall die of a great peftilence. 7 And afterwards, faith the Loud, %C*SV b l wH1 deliver Zedekiah king of Ju- dah, and hisfervants, and the people, nndjuuh as are left in this city from the peililence, from the fword, and from the famine, into the hand of Ne- buchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of thofe that feek their life: and he fhall fmite them with the edge of the fword ; he fhall not fp.ire them, neither have pity, nor have mercy. 8 If And unto this people thou fhaltfay, Thus faith the Lord, Be- hold, I fet before you the way of life, and the way of death. cch.33i. 9 He that c abideth in this city fhall die by the fword, and by the famine, and by the peftilence : but he that go- efh out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that beliege you, he fhall live, and jfc4$!9i'.,B' d his life fhall be unto him for a prey, io For I have fet my face againft this city for evil, and not for good, faith the Lord; it fhall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he fhall burn it with fire. eo2. 1 1 H And touching the houfe of the king of Judah, yiv, Hear ye the word of the Lord ; 12 O houfe of David, thus faith the Lord, c -j- Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver kim that is fpoiled out of the hand of the op- preflbr, left my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, becaufe of ihe evil of your doings. 13 Behold, I am againft thee, O \ inhabitant of the valley, andvockoi the plain, faith the Lord ; which fay, who fhall come down againft us? or who (hall enter into our habitations ? i 4 But I will \ punifh you accord- ing to the f fruit of your doings, faith the Lord : and I will kindle a fire in the f'oreft thereof, and it fhall devour ail things round about it. CHAP. XXII. : An ey'trntation to repentance with p.romifes and threats. \oT he judg- ment of Shallum, 13 ofjehoiakim, 20 and of Coniah. ~Hus faith the Lord, Go down to the houfe of the king of Judah, and fpeak there this word, eCh.t2.3 t Hcb. judge. T XXI, XXII. 'Exhortation id repentance. -.2 And fay, Hear the word of the *f°™ Lord, O king of Judah, that fitteft 6tfS upon the throne of David, thou, and 1~~v thy fervants, and thy people that enter in by thefe gates ; 3 Thus faith the Lord. a Execute \^~ ye judgment and righteaufnefs, and deliver the fpoiled out of the hand of the opprelfor : and do no wrong, do no violence to the ftranger, the fa- therlefs, nor the widow, neither filed innocent blood in this place. 4 For if ye do this thing indeed, b then fhall there enter in by the gates J7c:;aD- of this houfe kings fitting + upon the , Hcb. throne of David, riding in chariots, -SLPS"** and on horfes, he, and his fervants, term?' and his people. 5 But if ye will not hear thefe words, I fwear by myfelf, faith the Lord, that this houfe fhall become a defolation. 6 For thus faith the Lord unto the kings houfe of Judah, Thou arr Gilead unto me, and the head of Le- banon: yet furely I will make thee a wildernefs, and cities which are not inhabited. 7 And I will prepare deftroyers againft thee, every one with his wea- pons ; and they fhall cut down c thy «,"'*• choice cedars, and caft tliem into the fire. 8 And many nations fhall pafs by this city, and they fhall fay every man to his neighbour, d Wherefore " n«ot- hath the L o r d done thus unto this ui«p great city ? 9 and cutteth him out j| windows ; and GM.49.T. thoughts of his heart : a in the latter days ye lhall confider it perfectly. Zcch. 10. 2 || -Or, Jtub- bormiefi. x Jot) IS. 8 II Or, fttrct. y Chao. 25. 31. & 30. 13 XXIII. and mockers of the true, 2 1 b I have not fent thefe prophets, chrS yet they ran ; I have not fpoken to . C[';_JW^ them, yet they prophdied. trchuw 22 But if they bad flood in my £23. g!" counfel, and had caufed my people to hear my words, then they Ihould have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. 23 Am I a God at hand, faith the Lord, and not a God afar off? 24 Can any c hide himfelf in fecret i39a™err. places that I (hall not fee him ? faith Amos* *»• the Lord: d do not I fill heaven 8^ins' and earth ? faith the Lord. Fiai.i3g.7- 25 I have heard what the pro- phets faid, that prophefy lyes in my name, faying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed . 26 How long fhall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophefy lyes? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart ; 2 7 Which think to caufe my people to forget my name by their dreams, which they tell every man to hisneigh- e m hour, e as their fathers have forgot- 3. W it ten my name for Baal. 8" 33( 34' 28 The prophet that fhath adream, Su/'* let him tell a dream ; and he that hath my word, let him fpeak my word faithfully : what is the chaff to the wheat ? faith the Lord. 29 Is not my word like as a fire, faith the Lord, and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? 30'rherefore, behold, fI«wagainft JJ* the prophets, faith the Lord, that cukp. i4. fleal my words every one from his 14'15' neighbour. 31 Behold, I am againfl the pro- phets, faith the Lord, ||that ufe their jOT°7„'^r tongues, and fay, He faith. hmguei. 32 Behold, I am againfl: them that prophefy falfedreams, faith the Lord, and do tell them, and caufe my people to err by their lyes, and by g their lightnefs; yet I fent them not, gZepM-j. nor commanded them : therefore they lhall not profit this people at all, faith the Lord. 33 *\ And when this people, or the prophet, or a prieft, (hall afk thee, faying, What it the burden of the Lord? thou (halt then fay unto them, What burden? I will even forfake you, faith the Lord. 34 And as for the prophet, and the prieft, and the people, that (hall fay. The burden of the Lo:iu, I will even + punish that man and his houfe. t Heb. 1 " — , It II /- «. VtfilVfl*. 35 i mis (hall ye fay every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the Lord an- lwcred i A rep. oration fore fncwn. J E R E M I A rt cSfS fwercd > ;:nd, What hath the Lord 7 And r<- sgg. fpoken ? —^ — ' 36 And t!te burden of the Lord ftull ye mention no more ; for every mans word (hall be his burden: for ye have p-.rverted the words ot' the T/ie Jews difubediencc reproved. will give them * an hc-irt to know me, that I am the Lord ; <*-***?. and they e (hall be my people, *.n£\ I toSi will be their God : for they (hall re- 2Ei£ turn unto me with their whole heart. ~£J&. 8 \ And as the evil f figs, which can- is- * 30. living God, of the Lord of holts, our not be eaten they are Co evil ; fureiy * ££. God. thus faith the Lord, So will I give %?■?%, 37 Thus fhalt thou fay to the pro- Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his & u Lja! phet, What hath tlie Lord anfwercd princes, and the relidue of Jerufalem [%*£\ thee? and, What hath the Lord that remain in this land, and '• them tð*. fpoken ? that dwell in the land of Egypt ; <*•*« 38 But fince ye fay, The burden of 9 And I will deliver them f to '' be ££&£ the Lord ; therefore thus faith the removed into all the kingdoms of the or.-- *•"*"•• Lord, Becaufe ye fay this word, The earth for iheir hurt, 'to be a. reproach J/^' l8' burden of the Lord, and I have fent and a proverb, a taunt kand a curie, in jcmS?"7' unto you, faying, Ye fhall not fay, all places whither I (hall drive them. 7-m.j The burden of the Lord : 10 And I will fend the fword, the u-'^'.^ 39 Therefore, behold I, even I, famine, and the peftilence, among kch^ will utterly forget you, and I will them, till they be confumed from oWiy" IB,i** forfake you, and the city that I gave the land that I gave unto them and you and your fathers, and c aft you out of my prefence : 40 And I will bring * an everlafling obedience to the prophets, 8 fore- fe/k'th the feventy years captivity, 12 and, after that, the ckJtYudion of Babylon. 1 5 Nations overthrow/ reproach upon you, and a perpetual fhame, which fliall not be forgotten. CHAP. XXIV, 1 By good and bad figs, 4 he fore (hew- eth their reft oration from captivity, 8 and the dejolatian of Zedekiah and the refidue of Jerufalem. npHe Lord (hewed me, and, behold, to their fathers. CHAP. XXV. 1 Jeremiah, reproving the Jews dif- 'T^He word that came to Jeremiah cw.ee: Chap. T.l. -V, fiah the fon of Am on king of Judah, tm even unto this day, (that ft the three and twentieth year,) the word of the Lord hath come unto me, and I have dah, a in the fourth year of Jehoiuki 111 Bep the fon of Joliah king of Judah, that »c«»p A two bafkets of figs were fet before was the firft year of Nebuchadrezzar 3 the temple of the Lord, after that king of Babylon ; *£,*». Nebuchadrezzar "king of Babylon 2 The which Jeremiah the prophet chna. ■ iiild carried away captive bJeconiah f pake unto all the people of judah, s« ch'p. tne f°n of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jeru- 1 •-♦■ and the princesof Judah, withthecar- falem, faying, penters and fmiths, from Jerufalem, 3 ° From the thirteenth year of Jo- h and had brought them to Babylon. 2 One bafket had very good figs, even like the figs that are firft ripe ; and the other bafket had very naughty vtb./cr figs, which could not be eaten f they fpoken unto you, rifing early and '"""•'' were fo bad. fpeaking; cbut'ye have not hearkened. vaT?a 3 Then find the Lord unto me, 4 And the Lord hath fent unto you £',^!?i. What feeft thou, Jeremiah ? And I all his fervants the prophets, d riling £ jj,»> faid, Eigs : the good figs, very good ; early and fending them ; but ye have i- 19! Is*, rind the evil, very evil, that cannot not hearkened, nor inclined your ear fc^*£ be eaten they are fo evil. to hear. *$»»«•« 4 *1 Again the word of the Lord 5 They faid, ■ Turn ye again now l\ ^ae, came unto me, faying, everyone from his evil way, and from £J;£3ia , 5 Thus faith the Lord, the God of the evil of your doings, and dwell in &3£ 's- Ifrael, Like thefe good figs, Co will I the land that the Lord hath given 3' -it-. ,h, acknowledge f them that are carried unto you and to your fathers for ever -,:.-.:o away captive of Judah, whom I have and ever : fent Out of this place into the land of 6 And go not after other gods to the Chaldeans for their good. ferre them, and to worlhip them, and 6ForIwillfet mine eyes upon them provoke me not to anger with the for good, and I wili bring them again works of your hands, and I will do '•• • 1 - to this land, and c 1 will build them, you no hurt. and not pull them down : and 1 will 7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto pi int them, and not pluck them up. me, faitb the Lord j that ye might provoke ft Chap. 17. 0. <3c 43- 10. Sec Iui3h 44- »8. u 45- I- Ch. 4O 2< t Heb / ■will caufc Id pcrijb from Wtm. 1 Ifa. 14. 7. Cfr.p7.j4 & 16 9, li..f. JereMahforetelleth the CHA P. c?rij provoke me to anger with the works fo0' ^ of your hands to your own hurt. '~w 8 H Therefore thus faith the Loud of hofts, Becaufe ye have not heard my words, ?£• 9 Behold, I will fend and take ' all the families of the north, faith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon *my fervant, and will bring them againft this land, and againft the inhabitants thereof, and againft all thefe nations round about, and will utterly deftroy them, and h make them an aftonifhment, and an hiding, and perpetual defolations. 10 Moreover, fl will take from them the * voice of mirth and the voice of gladnefs, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the f- bride, the found of the milftones RcT.i8.i3. and the light of the candle. 1 1 And this whole land mall be a defolation, and an aftonifhment ; and thefe nations mall ferve the king of Babylon feventy years. 3 kings fhall ° ferve themfelves of them To. zy1'& alfo : p and I will recompenfe them ac- 5t. 17- cording to their deeds, and according n Chap. . ° , ,. , . ' . o so. 41 & to the works of their own hands. 1 5 K For thus faith the Lord God of Ifrael unto me, Take the ' wine- cup of this fury at my hand, and caufe all the nations to whom I fend thee to Bcuinn cir.GOO. a Kingf 14 I. f Hen. vifitupm. 1 Uaiah 13.KJ.U 51.17. Ifa. II. 17 r Ezeticl 13- 34- Nabum 1 6 And rthey fhall drink, and be moved, and be mad, becaufe of the fword that I will fend among them. 1 7 Then took I thecup at the Lords hand, and made all the nations to drink unto whom the Lord had fent me; f8 To wit, Jerufalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a defolation, an aftonifhment, an hifs- ing, and a enrfe ; (as it is this dav;) ch«p. 48. , 9 « ph.iraoh king of Egypt, and his fervants, and his princes, and all his' people ; 20 And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, 'and ! Chap. 47. XXV. 'feventy years captivity. all the kings of the land of the Phili- ™™ ftines, and Afhkelon, and Azzah, and K,M- Ekron, and " the remnant of Aihdod, „ s^ioT' 2 1 * Edom, and ' Moab, and the -°; '•■ _ children of z Ammon, 4g J?^'. 22 And all the kings of a Tyrus, yen. **.* and all the kings of Zidon, and the 4£h,',.p" kings of the || ides which are beyond act,,*. the b fea, *7o4' 23 c Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, «*;?«* and all f that are in the utmoft corners, '^T/'Ju 24 And all the kings of Arabia, and 4y'»3i all the kings of the ? mingled people 4^pig that dwell in the defert, f Heb'. 25 And all the kings of Zimri, and ™j°fria* all the kings of c Elam, and all the atwfijfefe* kings of the Medes, tEKr 26 » And all the kings of the north, g*& i3. far and near, one with another, and ^^-n- all the kingdoms of the world, which vc"zo. are upon the face of the earth : gand %*v£\ the king of Shefhach fhall drink after »*«• them. So"*. 27 Therefore thou fhalt fay unto s drunken, and fpue, and fall, and rife gch-,.. no more, becaufe of the fword which 5t,4X* I will fend among you. 5.Uio! 28 And it fhall be, if they refufe to ^ 5,0t2f- take the cup at thine hand to drink, then fhalt thou fay unro them, Thus faith the Lord of hofts, Ye fhall cer- tainly drink. 29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the *city f ' which is called by my *'«»,. name, and fhould ye be utterly un- ckkpteV punifhed ? Ye fhall r.ot be unpunifh- |£e"9.fi. ed B for I wiil call for a fword upon £Jj*- ><>■ ' all the inhabitants of the earth, faith 13.3// the Lo r 6 of hofts. \ '£b* '7' 30 Therefore prophefy thou againft u*°n «*fc" them all thefe words, and fay unto •.aued™ " them, The Lord (hall m roar from ^"ifi.18, on high, and utter his voice from **■ '3 his holy habitation : he fhall mighti- JS2'jt ly roar upon his habitation ; he fhall give na fhout. as they that tread the &**£?& grapes, againft all the inhabitants of the earth. 31 A noife fliall come even to the ends of the earth; for the Lord hath a controverfy with the nations ; he will plead with all flefh, he will give them that are wuked to the fword, faith the Lord. 32 Thus faith the Lord of hofts, Behold, evil fhall go forth from na- tion to nation, and * a great whirl- $f Vp' s winJ fliall be raifed up from the coafts 3oi »! of the earth. 33 And the flain of the Lord fhall be at that day from one end of the earth An exhortation to repentcir.ee : JEREM gjgjy earth even unto the other end of the t_°°a- earth : they (hall not be p lamented, rP^^TT. neither gathered, nor buried ; they . (hall be dung upon the ground, nch.p. 34 \ i Howl, ye fhepherds, and fcab cry; and wallow yourfelves in the ajlieSy ye principal of the flock : for 1 Heh. -j- the days of your (laughter and of y,rrjiiuio. your difperfions ^re accomplifhed ; '"' and ye lhali fall like f a pleafant «:-},': of vciTel. ♦ »* ^5 A,ld ^the fliePIierds mau nave no way to flee, nor the principal of SS£T the flock to eft-ape. i(jz%Td 36 A voict? °f the cry °f the ^P" /i™; ate. herds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, (hall be heard: for the Lord hath fpoiled their pafture. 37 And the peaceable habitations are cut down, becaufe of the fierce anger of the Lord. Ij'f 38 r.He hath forfaken his covert 1 h«<..« as the lion : for their land is f defo- dtjuat.fn. jate^ i,eoau(-e 0f t^e fiercenefs of the oppreflbr, and becaufe of his fierce anger. CHAP. XXVI. I Jeremiafi exhorting to repentance., 8 is apprehended, 10 and arraign- ed : 1 2 his apology : 1 6 he is acquitted 6.0. in jujg/nent. Ending. Tn the beginning of the reign of Je- Bc^nins. •*• hoiakim the foil of Jofiah king of Judah came this word from the Lord, faying, 2 Thus faith the Lord, Stand in the court of the Lords houfe, and fpeak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worfliip in the Lords houfe, all the words that I command 3b. 27. thee to fpeak unto them ; * diminifh not a word : 3 If fo be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, i8C.h8.P' l^at * may b repent me of the evil which I purpoft to do unto them, be- caufe of the evil of their doings. 4 And thou (halt fay unto them, Thus faith the Lord, If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which 1 have fet before you, 5 To hearken to the words of my '3rhi? '.el fervants the prophets, c whom 1 fent 11.; '.at unto you, both riling up early, and fending them, but ye have not hear- kened , 6 Then will I make this houfe like 4.\Som' A Shiloh, and will make this city a 78.'?o. curfe to all the nations of the earth. cW.7. 7 So the prieits, and the prophets, and all the people, heard Jeremiah fpeaking thefe words in the houfe of the Lord. I A H. Jeremiah is arraigned, but acquitted. 8 % Now it came to pafs, when Je- gj*Jg remiah had made an end of fpeaking <-|r- cc^ all that the Lord had commmded him to fpeak unto all the people* that the prieits, and the prophets, and all the people, took him, faying, Thou (halt furely die. 9 Why haft thou prophefied in the name of the Lord, faying, This houfe fhall be like Shiloh, and this city fhall be defolate without an inhabi- tant ? And all the people were ga- thered againft Jeremiah in the houfe of the Lord. 10 U When the princes of Judah heard thefe things, thentbey came up from the kings houfe unto the houie of the Lord, and fat down J| in therjjj^^ entry of the new gate of the Lores houfe. 1 1 Then fpake the priefts and the prophets unto the princes, and to all the people, faying, fThis man is wor- ]U„fmtnt thy to die ; for he hath prophefied a- fj'f''* gainft this city, as ye have heard with mjn- your ears. 12 f Then fpake Jeremiah unto all the princes, and to all the people, faying, The Lord fent me to pro- phefy againft this houfe, and againft this city, all the words that ye have heard. eCiup. 13 Therefore now e amend your 7. 3. ' ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your God; and the Lord will f repent him of the evil fV«- s>»*| that he hath pronounced againft you. 14 As for me, behold, I am in tHeh.a/ your hand : do with me f as feemeth *£j ,;; good and meet unto you : ■».»•»»■ 15 But know ye for certain, that ""' if ye put me to death, ye (hall furely bring innocent blood upon yourfelves, and upon this city, and upon the in- habitants thereof: for of a truth the Lord hath fent me unto you, to fpeak all thefe words in your ears. 16 H Then faid the princes and all the people unto the priefts, and to the prophets, This man is not worthy to die : for he hath fpoken to us in the name of the Lord our God. 17 Then rofe up certain of the el- ders of the land, and fpake to all the aflcmbly of the people, faying, 18 *Micah the Morafthite prophe- *£%£ fled in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and fpake to all the people of Judah, faying, Thin faith the Lord hMicA ofhofts, h Zion fhall be plowed like 3-«*« a field, and Jerufal'em fhall become heaps, and the mountain of the houfe as the high places of a to re It. J 9 Did Under the type of bonds is fiewed CHAP. XXVII. the fubdaing of the neighbouring kings i c£5 J9 Did Hezfktah king of Judah .cjfr-gjg-^ and all Judah put him at all to death }. " did he not fear the Loud, and be- f,n "';/''' fought f the Lord, and the Lord lurd. repented him of the evil which he had pronounced againft them? Thus might we procure great evil againlt. our fouls. 20 And there was alfo a man that prophelied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the fon of Shemaiah of Kir- jath-jearim, who prophefied again!!: this city, and againlt this laud, ac- cording to all the words of Jere- miah: 2 1 And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king fought to put him to death ; but when Urijah heard it he was afraid, and tied, and went into Egypt ; 22 And Jehoiakim the king ferit men into Egypt, namely, Eluathan the fon of Achbor, and certain men with him, into Egypt : 23 And they fetched forthUrijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Je- hoiakim the king ; who flew him with the fword, and call: his dead body into the graves of the f common people. 24 Neverthelefs, '• the hand of Aht- kam the fon of Shaphan was with cfl.39.14. Jeremiah, that they {hould not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death. CHAP. XXVII. Under the type of bands and yokes he prophefieth the fubduing of the neigh- bouring kings Unto Nebuchadnezzar. so*- jn the beginning of the reign of Je- -L hoiakim the fon of Jofiah * king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord, faying, lSbthe 2 Thus || faith the Lord to me, ia°iRD Make thee bonds and yokes, b and bctop.28. put them upon thy neck, 10,1*. j And fend them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to thekingofTyrus* and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the meflengers which come to Jerufalem unto Zede- kiah king of Judah ; 4 And command them || to fay unto j£',v2f"~ their mafters, Thus f«ith the Lord ir.s. of holts, the God of Ifrael, Thus (hall ye fay unto your mafters ; c ir.45-12- 5 c I have made the earth, the man and the beaft that are upon the ground, by my great power, and by « Daniel 4 my outftretched arm, and d have gi- !7'*5' 32' ven it unto whom it feemed meet unto me. + H:h. jmi aflbe i 2 Kings a Verfta 12, 19, 3 Chaji. 28 II Or lauds into the hand of Nebuchadnez- cit. s\ zar the king of Babylon e my fervant ; cc^ and f the bcafts of the field have I gi- £*£ \ ven him alfo to ferve him. n,io, 7 s And all nations fiiall ferve him, ■;'„-, and his fon, and his fons fon, h until E ic>« the very time of his land come ; ' and 3°,2Q' then many nations and great king"! is. 1?' ihall ferve themielves of him. 8 And it (hall come to pafs, thai the nation and kingdom which will hot ferve the fame Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punifli, faith the Lord, with the fword, and with the famine, and with the peftilence, until I have con- fumed them by his hand. 9 Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to' your f dreamers, nor to your enchant- j"°%ti ers, nor to your forcerers, whichfpeak unto you, faying, Ye (hall not ferve the iiing of Babylon : 1 oFor they prophefy a lye unto yoil» to remove you far from your land; and that I {hould drive you out, and ye {hould perifh. 1 1 But the nations that bring theif neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and ferve him, thofe will I let remain ftill iff their own land, faith the Lord j and they fliall till it> and dwell therein. 12 If I fpakealfo to'-Zedekiah king ^ch.is.i, of Judah, according to all thefe words, faying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and ferve him and his people, and live. 13 Why will ye die, thon arid thy people, by the fword, by the famine^ and by the peftilence, as the Lord hath fpoken againlt the nation that will not ferve the king of Babylon ? 14 Therefore hearken not unto the1 words of the prophets that fpeak un- to you, faying. Ye {hall not ferve the king of Babylon : for they prophefy 1 a lye unto you. $13^$' 1 5 For I have not fe'nt them, faith * *» *■' the Lord, yet they prophefy \ a lye $*%$ in my name, that I might drive you" b:-»s'y- out, and that ye might perilh, ye, aud the prophets that prophefy Unto you. , 16 Alfo I fpake to the priefts, and to allthis people, faying, Tim; faitli the Lord, Hearken not to the words' of your prophets, that prophefy unt** you, faying. Behold, "' the wl'el: ol '"•c-.i.-'.v ihe Lords houfe (hall now murcly Y y t>« Hananiahs falfe prophecy : JE RE enr"" be brought again from Babylon : for im.^jh.^ cnev prophefy a lye onto yon. w * i 7 Hearken not unto them ; ferve the kin? of B'bylon and live : \v!u re- fore (houkl this city be la'ul waite ? 18 But if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lor u b with t'l m, let them now make interceffion to the Lord of noils, that the vefl! Is w hick are left in the houfe of the Lord, and in the houfe of the king of Judah, ind at Jerufalem, go not to Babylon 19 \ For thus faith the Lord of nChip.j*- hofts n concerning the pillars, and *"20' '. concerning the fea, and concerning the bafes, and concerning the relidue of the veiiels that remain in this city, 20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried Alpine, away ° captive Jeconiah thefonofje- cW*4 »■ hoiakim king of Judah from crufa- Jem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerufalem ; 21 Yea, thus faith theLoRD of hofts, the God of Ifrael, concerning the vef- fels that remain in the houfe of the Lord, and in the houfe of the king of Judah and of Jerufalem, 22 They mail be v carried to Ba- bylon, and there (hall they be until the day that I q vifit them, faith the Lord : then r will I bring them up, and reftore them to this place. CHAP. XXVIII. 1 Hananiahi falfe prophecy: 10 he breakeih Jeremiahs yoke. 1 2 Jere- miah foretel'.eih of an iron yoke, 1 5 arid Hananiahs death. ANd * it came to pafs, the fame year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedediah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, f//a/ Hananiah the fon of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, fpake unto me in the houfe of the Lord, in the prefence of the prieits, and of all the people, faying, 2 Thusfpeaketh the Lord of hofts, the God of Ifrael, laying, b I have broken the yoke of the king of Ba- bylon. 3 c Within f two full years will I bring again into this place all the vellels of the Lords houfe that Ne- buchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: 4 And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the fn ofjehdiakira kina of Judah, with all the •(• taptives of iudaii, that Went into Babylon, faitu the Lord : fori will break the yoke of the king ot Babylon. p 1 Kings 1 CtWOl. 30. is. 1] 2 CbrOd. dr. 596. »Cb. 17.1 bCh.t7.12 MIAH. /te breakeih Jeremiahs yoKe. 5 ^ Then the prophet Jeremiah **?« faid unto the prophet Hananiah, in <"■ j^ the prefence of the priefts, and in the - prefence of all the popie ilu.t ftood in the houfe of the Lord, 6 Even the prophet Jeremiah faid, aAmen the Lord do fo : the Lord J'^i"** perform thy words which thou halt prophelied, to bring again the veftels of the Lords houfe, and all th*t is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. 7 Neverthelefs, hear thou now this word that I fpeak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people ; 8 The prophets that have been be- fore me, and before thee of old, pro- phclkd both againll many countries, and againft great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of peftilence. 0 e The prophet which prophefieth r- n<:tjt. or peace, when the word of tne pro- phet (hall come to pafs, thtn (hall the prophet be known that the Lord hath truly fent him. 10 1[ Then Hananiah the prophet took the f yoke from off the prophet f cu.i;.i. Jeremiahs neck, and brake it. 1 1 And Hananiah fpake in the pre- fence of all the people, faying, Thus faith the Lord, Even fo will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon s from the neck of all na- ECb.27.7. tions within the (pace of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. 12 1j Then the word of the Lord came unto JeremLh the prophet, (af- ter that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from oil" the neck of the prophet Jeremiah,) faying, 13 Go, and tell Hanani: h, faying, Thus faith the Lord, Thou hall bro- ken the yokes of wood ; but thou (halt make for them yokes of iron. 14 For thus faith the Lord of hofts, the God of Ifrael, h I have put J,0**- a yoke of iron upon the neck of all cn.27.4,7. thefe nations, that they may ferve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ; and they (hall ferve him : and ' I have ic;i. ;;•.<;. tiven him the beads of the field alio. 15 *I Then faid the prophet Jere- miah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah, The L 0 R a hath not lent thee; but thou makeft this people to trull in a lye : 10 Therefore thus faith the Lord, Behold. 1 will calt thee from off the fat e of the e irtb : this year thou (halt die, becaufe thou haft taught k T^e- * £f' beliion againft the Lord. 1- So Jeremiahs letter to the CHAP. Jf 17 So Hananiah the prophet died 9Jr the fame year, in the feventh month. ~ CHAP. XXIX. i Jeremiah!, letter to the captives in Babylon. 20 The fearful end of ' Ahah and Zedekiaha two lying prophets. 24 Shemaiahs doom aljo foretold. »• "VjOwthefe are the woids of the I > letter that Jeremiah the pro- phet fent from Jerr.faieni unto the refidue of the ciders which were car- ried away captives, and to the priefts, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babvloii, '§».. 2 (After that n jeconiah the k'ng, ' and the cpieen, and the |) eunuchs, '■ the princes of judah ant! Jeruf.dein, an;! the carpenters, and the fmiths, were departed from Jerufalem,) 3 By the hand of Eiafah the fon of Sh.plnn. ;\\\<\ Gemariah the fon of Hilkiah, (whom Zedeki ah Jciog of Judah fent unto Babylon to Nebu- chadnezzar king of Babylon, ) faying, 4 Thus faith the Lord of hofts, the God of Ifrael, unto ail that are c Tried away captives, whom I have caufed to be carried away from Je- rufdeni unto Babylon, -'■ 5 b Build ye houfes, and dwell in them ; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them ; 6 Take ye wives, and beget fons End daughters ; and take wives for your fons, and give your daughters to-hufbands, that they may bear funs and daughters; that ye may be in- creafed there, and not diminilhed. 7 And feek the, peace of the city whither I have cammed you to be car- ried away captives, c and pray unto the Lord for it: for in "the peace thereof lhall ye have peace. 8 \ For thus faith the Lord of hofts, the God of ifrael, Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be *£vjr.4ii* in the midft of you, d deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye caufe to be dreamed. 9 For they prophefy f falfely unto you in my name ; I have not fent them, faith the Lord. io 11 For tiius faith the Lord, That after e feventy years be accompli (lied at Babylon I will vifit you, and per- ajTi*'* form my good wprd toward you, in viato'.i. caviling you to return to this place. 1 1 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, faith the Lord, tHtb, thoughts ofpea.ee, and not of evil, to %i«Z"' give you an f exp.tied end. eEzra 3. Mac'. II. II. I Tim. 2 i-liu. S- 0. 30. 11,22. XXIX. captives in Babylon. 1 2 Then (hall ye f call upon me, g*j£ and ye Avail go and pray unto me, «fr 6<*j and I will hearken unto you. njS&\ r 3 And E ye flnli feek me, and find »• 3.**' tne, when ye (ha3l fcarch for mo with so,*4o.'*. Wrath on the wicked. CHAP Before thine adverfaries, every one of them, cfr.'ews, (hall go into captivity ; ami they th«:t v v ' fpoil thee lhali be u fpoil, and all that prey upon thee will 1 give for a prey. 1 7 For I will reftore hea 1th unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, faith the Lord ; be,aufc they called thee an Outcafr,yey/>?g,Thui it Zion, whom no man feeketh after. 18 f Thus faith the Lord, Behold, I will bring hg,.in the captivity of Jacobs tents, and have mercy on his dwelling-places ; and the city fhall httletiU. be builde(1 Ul)011 her t>wn 11 neaP' and the palace fhall remain after the manner thereof. ru 35^10. j (, And p out of them fhall proceed thankfgiving, and the voice of them that make merry : and I will multi- ply them, and they fhall not be few ; 1 will alftt glorify them, and they fhall not be fmall. 20 Their children alfo fhall be as aforetime, and their congregation fhall be eftablifhed before me ; and I will puniih all tint opprefs them. 21 And their nobles (hall beofthem- qf To1"'3 fcives, ? and their governor fliail pro- ceed from the m'ulit of them ; and I will caufe him to draw near, and he fhall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to ap- proach unto me ? faith the Lord. ^c3h,,aI*:7.; 22 And ye fhaii be r my people, & 3*. 38. and I will be your God. "i^Tlo. 23 H Behold, the ' whirlwind of & is- 32- the Lord goeth forth with fury, tuning. a f continuing whirlwind ; it fhall II or, IJ fall with pain upon the head of the remain- wicked. 24 The fierce anger of the Lord fhall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the tGen.^91- intents of his heart : c in the latter days ye fhall conlider it. CHAP. XXXI. i The. refioration of Ifrael: 22 Chrifl is promij'ed: 27 his care over tlie church: 31 his new covenant. .chap. AT a the fame time, faith the 3C.2+. J\ Lord, will I be the God of all the families of lfraei, and they {hall be my people. 2 Thus faith the Lord, The people which were left of the fword found bKumb. grace in the wildernefs; even Ifrael, D°ut3.r.33. when h I went to caufe him to reft. tHH,95'1' 3The Lord hath appeared f of from a/ar. old unto me, faying, Yea, 1 have lw 1 ex. l°ved thee with an c-verlafting love ; tmdediw. therefore i| with loving- lundnefs have ntittfe. I drawn thee. XXXI. The refloratim of Ifraeh 4 Again c I will build thee, and "tSSS thoufhalt bebuilt,0 virgin of lfraei : "r. soft. thou ihalt again be adorned with thycTiTW 7. i || tabrets, and fhalt go forth in the-i Exodn* dances of them that make merry. judge?" 5 e Thou fhalt yet plant vines up- ,"0r;+- on the mountains of Samaria : tiie umo'rib. planters fhall plant, and lhall •J-e«j£elf-6s-11' them as common things. l^ne 6 For there fhail be a clay that the,t!»em" watchmen upon the mount Ephraim fhall cry, f Arife ye, and let us go up nr»- ». j. to Zion unto the Lord our God. 7 For thus faith the Lord, Sing with gladnefs fur Jacob, and fhout among the chief of the n.-.tions : pub- Iifh ye, praife ye, and fay, O Lord, fave thy people, the remnant of Ifrael. 8 Behold, I will bring them 8from 3ch.33.tf. the north country, and gather them from the coafls of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the wo- man with child, and her that travail- eth with child together, a great com- pany fhall return thither. hall cc and with jj fupplications will I lead ct>. sou- thern : I will caufe them to walk byjlJ2l'BWj 1 the rivers of waters in a ftraight ura.35 s. way wherein they lhall not (tumble ; uC4'5- 10" for I am a father to Ifrael, and Ephraim is my * tuft-born . ™u* 10 If Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the iiles afar off, and fay, He that fa, tiered If- rael will gather him, and keep him, as a fhepherd doth his hock. ( ^.^ 1 1 For ] the Lord hath redeemed »^,aj. ' Jacob, and ranfomed him from che hand of him that was flronger than he. 12 Therefore they fhall come and fing in the height of Zion, and fhall flow together to the goodnefs of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd : and their foul fhall be as a ■ watered garden ; and they mir.i8.1r. fliail not fprrpw any more at all. 13 Then (hall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together ; for I will turn their mourn- ing into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their forrow. 14 And I will fatiate the foul of the priefts with fatnefs, and my people fliail be fatisfied withmygopd- nefs, faith the Lord. 15 11 Thus faith the Lord, n A 1™™'*. voice was heard in Raman, lamen- tation and bitter weeping; Rachel, weeping for her children, refulld to Y y 3 be JE REM I AH. t Oof. 14.4. Chrifl promifel. cChrm DC comforted for her children, bc- *•« ■■'*■ caufc- ilu>y were not. fl ' r6 Thus faith the Lord, Refrain thy voice from w-ep'ng, and thine eyes from te:irs : for thy work Ihall be rewarded, fa 1 1 1 1 the Lord ; and they (hull come again from the land of the enemy. 17 And there is hope in thifle end, faith theLono, that ///y children ihall come again to their own border. 18 ^j I have furely heard Ephraim bemoaning himfeif tffiis, Thou haft chaftifed me, and I was chaftifed, as a builock unaccuftomed to the yoke: sLi*' ° turn tluni ,ne' ail(i * Hitfll be turned ; for thou art the Lord my God. $aCiU '9 Surely p after that I was turned I repented ; and after that I was In- flnicted I (foots upon my thigh : I was ;.(hamed, y:a, even confounded, becaufe I did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 /; Ephraim my dear fon ? is he a.pleafant child ? for fince I fpake againft him I do earneftly remem- q niut. ber him £till ; ^ therefore my bowels Hui 6u a5' "t~rire troubled for him: r I will Purely have mercy upon him, faith the Lord. 2t Set thee up way -marks, make thee high heaps : fet thine heart to- ward the highway, even the way which thou wentelt : turn again, O virgin of Ifrael, turn again to thefe thy cities. 'io,h?5, %. 22 lj How long wilt thou 'go about, O thou backsliding daughter ? fur the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman fi;ail cempafs a man. 23 Thus faith the Lord of hofts, the God of Ifrael, As yet they Ihall ufe this fpeech in the land of Judah, and in the cities thereof, when I (hall bring again their captivity,The Lord hlefs thee, O habitation of juilice, and mountain of holinels. 24 And there lhall dwell in Judah itfelf, and in all the cities thereof to- gether, Rtifbahdmen, and they that go forth with Hocks. 2j For I have fatiated the weary foul, and 1 h.ive replenilhed every Forrowful foul. / 26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld ; and my deep was Tweet unto me. 27 "fl Behold, the days come, faith wori.t.,. the Lord, that ' 1 will fow the houfe ■"^ of Ifrael, and the houfe ofjudahj with the feed of man, and with the feed ol beaU. 25 And it (hall romp to pafs. that like us I hive watched over them The churches [lability. " to pluck up, and to break down, and **£TE to rhrowdown, audio d 'troy, and to ir f"- afflict; fowili I watch over them to .,77vT~io. build, and to plant, faith the Lord. tV l8' 7" 29 * In thofe days they ihall f3y no J8f£j", more, The fathers have eaten a four grape, and the cinldrens teeth are fee on edge. 30 But every one (hall die for his own iniquity : every man that eateth the four grape, hid teeth Ihall be fet on edge. 31 *ji Behold, the y days come, faith l^fp-f- the Lord, that I will make a new J£b£8a*" coven -lit with the houfe of Ifrael, and with the houfe of Judah ; 32 Not according to the covenant tiiat 1 made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt : (whkhmy covenant they brake, || al- though 1 was an hufband unto them, faith the Lord :) £3 7 But this///..// be the covenant "'£*. 3tm that I will make with the houfe of'3B, +0. Ifrael ; After thofe days, faith the Lord, a I will put my law in their k^'.'m!8" inward parts, and write it in their 'g>*°-^ hearts ; ° and will be their God, and »f a gra- cious reiwn. ^kin0' THe word tliat F*WM t:' JeTfiia'^J? as. i.'af A from the Lord * in ihe ten.: 11 year of Zedekiah king of judah, which was the eighteenth yes: of Nebuchadrezzar. 2 For then the king of Babylons army befieged Jerufaiem ; md Jcre- [; miah the prophet was fliut up b in ' the court of the prifon, wnich was in ■ the king of Judahs houfe. 3 For Zedddah king of Judah had fliut him up, faying, Wherefore doft thou prophefy, and fay. Tims faith the Lord, c Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Ba- bylon, and he (hall take it ; 4 And Zedekiah king of Judah fliall not efcape out of the hand of ">■ the Chaldeans, but fliall furely * be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and fiiall fpeak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes Iha.ll behold his eyes ; 5 And he fliall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there fliall he be until I vilit him, faith the Lord : though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye lhall not profper ? 6 f And Jeremiah faid, The word of the Lord came unto me, fiying, 7 Behold, Hanameel, the (on of Shallum thine uncle, fliall come un- to thee, faying, Buy thee my field V. that is in Anathoth ; for the e right nf redemption is thine to buy it. 8 So Hanameel mine uncles fon came to me in the court of the prifon, according to the word of the Lord, and faid unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin : for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine ; buy /'/ fur thyfelf. Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord. 9 And I bought the field of Hana- meel my uncles (on, that wis in Ana- d thoth, and weighed him the money, 1 even || feventeen Ihekels of lilver. 10 And I \ fubftribed the evidence, and fealol ft, and took witnelics, of n ver. t 11 cb. XXXII. his prayer. and weighed him the money in the *£*£ balances. c.r. suo. r 1 So I took the evidence of the * v*~~^ pur.lr.ife, both that whiJi was foaled according to the law and cuftom, and that which was open : 12 And I gave the evidence of the purckufe unto Barucli the fon of Neriah, the fon of Maafeiah, in the light of Hdiumeel mine uncles fon, and if] the prefence of the f witnefles^ that fu'uf-ribed the book of the pur- chafe, befare all the Jews that fat in the court of the pnfon. 1 5 1i And I charged Baruch before, them, faying, 14 Thus faith the Lord of hods, the God of Ifrael, Take thefe evi- dences, this evidence of the purchafe, (both which is fealed,) and this evL deuce which is open, and put them in an earthen veilel, that tney may continue many days : 1 5 For thus faith the Lord of hods, the God of Ifrael, Houfes, and fields, and vineyards, ("hail be pollefil'd again in this land. 16 f Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchafe unto Baruch the fon of Neriah, I prayed unto the Lord, faying, 17 Ah Lord God! behold, thou haft made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and (iretched-out arm, and £ there is nothing || too \f^2. hard for thee : v«r. 27- 18 Thnu (heweft h loving-kin dnefs ^ oY,*;"' unto thoufaiids, and recompenftft the J*^nuu. iniquitv of the fathers into the boibm &E3V°'8' of their children after them: The Dcul- s l0- great, the Mighty God, tne Lord of hoils, is his name ; 19 Great in counfel, and mighty in \ work : (for thine '' eyes are open ,},?*■ upon all the ways of the foils of men ; ■ jot, 34.11. kto give everyone according to his vIov.'Tm! ways, and according to t:ie fruit p£Ch-l0l7 , . *7» . \ ° kC0.17.1C his aoings :) 20 Which haft fet figns and won- ders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Ifrael, and among other men ; and haft made thee a name, as at this day ; 2 1 And haft brought forth thy people Ifrael ' out of the laud of [l^'7 2* Egypt with figns, and with won- \^^~ d.rs, and with a ftrong hand, and with a llretched-out arm, and with great terror ; 12 And haft given them this land, which thou didlt fwear to their fa- thers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey ; Yy4 23 At"l The captivity foretold. JEREMIAH gJSft 2 3 Alid tlicy came in and pollefled ci.i'yo. it ; but tlicy obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law : they have done nothing of all that thou commanded!! them to do ; therefore thou halt caufed all this evil to come upon them. Libia >f 24 Keho!cl tne II mounts, tnev are jl*i'.'" ' come unto the city to take it ; and the city is given into the hand of the (Chaldeans that tight againlt it, be- caufe of the fword, and of the fa- mine, and of the peflilence ; and what thou ha(l fpoked is come to pafs ; and, behold, thou feed it. 25 And thou halt faid unto me, O Lord God, Buy thee the held for H or. money, and take witneffes ; || for ths ""'*'' city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. 26 *[ Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, faying, 27 Behold. I am the Lord, the *»»mb. ip qC(] pf al| fjeQ^ . ri is there any over. 17. thing too hard for me ? 28 Therefore thus faith the Lord, Behold, I will give this city into the hajid of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Ba- bylon, and he shall take it : 29 And the Chaldeans, that fight och»p. againft this city, fhall come and "fet ' ' " ' fire on this ciry, aiul burn it, with the »a'iT Boufes p upon whofe roofs they have offered incenfe unto Baal, and poured out drink-offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger. 30 For the children of Ifraet and the children ofjudah have only done evil before" roe from their youth : for the children of Ifrael have only pro- voked me to anger with the work of their hands, faith the Lord. 31 For this city hath been to me at t Heh fir j- a provocation of mine anger, and r>r «••*<>■ 0f niy i-urVi from tj,e tjay t|,At tjley built it, even unto this day, that I ihould remove it from before my face ; 32 Because 6f all the evil of the children of Ifrael and of the children ofjudah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their prkfls, and their prophets, and the men ofjudah, and the inhabitants of Jcrufalem. tad they have turned unto me J- the f '' back, and not the face : though ^C71"i.17' I taught them, riiing up early, and teachirjg them, yet they have not Hearkened n> receive inftruction. I But they ' let their abominations in the houfe, which is tailed by my name, to ddile it, A graciour return promt fed. 35 And they built the high places of *£:£ Baal, which are in the valley of the cfr-spg. fon of Hinnom, to 5 caufe their fens .TT^;.;/. and their daughters to pafs through **»-V the fire unto £ Molech, which I com- ft«j£ '"' manded them not, neither came it in- " 33' to my mind, that they mould do this abomination, to caufe Judah to fin. 36 \ And now, therefore, thus faith the Lord, the God of Ifrael, con- cerning this city, whereof ye fay. It fhall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the fword, and by the famine, and by the peftilence ; 37 Behold, 1 will " gath r them out £»■«*■ of all countries, whither I have driven chap.V.-j. them in mine anger, and in my fury, & IT, la and in great wrath ; and 1 will bring them again unto this place, am: 1 will caufe them to dwell fafely : 38 And they (lull be x my people, *cji. 2J 7. and I will be their God. 39 And I will ygive them one heart, J^J*- and one way, that they may fear me f for ever, for the good of them, and aiidaj,. of their children after them. 40 And 7T will make an everlaft- If^f; ing covenant with them, that I will not turn away f from them to do '^b^r them good ; but I will put my fear in ttxm. their hearts, that they fliall not depart from me : 41 Yea, a I will rejoice over them ; o™1- to do them good, and b I will plant zopn.3-i7. them in this land + affuredly with *™ t'o/is" my whole heart, and with my whole , Heb. ,n ' foul- ftamiT.' 42 For thus faith the Lord, Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, fo will I bring up- on them all the good that I have pro- niifed them. 43 And fields fhall be bought in this land, whereof ye lay, // is defolate without man or beat! ; it is given in- to the hand of the Chaldeans. 44 Men fhall buy fields for money, and fubferibe evidences, and feal thent: and take witneffes in the c land \fXl\ of Benjamin, and in the places about Jcrufalem, and in the cities ofjudah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the fouth : for * I will ^''.'^g.3' caufe their captivity to return, faith the Lord. CHAP. XXXIII. 1 A return promifed. 15 Chriji the Branch eftighleoufnefi . Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah the fecond time, while he was yet a flint up in J1** a- the court of the prifon, faying, 2 Thus Godspromife to the captives. C H A' P. ■ff«j 2 Thus faith the Lord, the '" maker cir. spo. thereof, the Lord that formed it, to b"i7T7"26.ellablifh it ; Tlie Lord is bis name ; 3 Call unto me, and I will anfwer ISd'en. theev and foew thee great and || migh- ty things, which thou knoweft not. 4 For thus faith the Lord, the God of Ifrael, concerning the houfes of this city, and concerning the houfes of the gehap. kings of Judah, e which are thrown "' * down by the mounts, and by the fword ; 5 They come to fight witb the Chaldeans, but if is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have (lain in mine anger, and in my fury, and for all whofe wickednefs I have hid my face from this city. 6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. i) chap. 7 And "» I will caufe the captivity 31-44- 0fjlu|ah and the captivity of Ifrael tm.i «s. to return, and will buiid them, eas g1*;**;6' at the hrit. & %L ib. 8 And I will cleanfe them from all their iniquity, whereby they have fctiap. finned againft me ; and I will f par- tie?*! is. don all their iniquities, whereby they have finned, and whereby they have tranfgreffed again'! me. 9 1\ And it ihall be to me a name of joy, a praife and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which mall hear all the good that I do unto them : and they (hall fear and tremble for all the goodnefs, and for all the profpe- rity, that I procure unto it. io Thus faith the Lord, Again there (hall be heard in this place, which ye fay JJiall be defolate with- out man and without beair, even in the cities of Judah, and in the itreets of Jerufalem, that are defolate with- out man, and without inhabitant, and without bead, *eu. 7 34- 1 1 The 8 voice of joy, and the voice ^Is io. of gladnefs; the voice of the bride- Rev. ia.23- groonij and the voice of the bride ; the i6I«tT+n' v°ice°fthemtb;it lhall fay, hPraifethe ?o.r '. .:V-3. LoRDofhofts: for the Loro» eood ; jfa. 12. 4. tor hismercy enciuretn tor ever : ana oi them that lhall bring the facrifice of praifeinto thehoufeoftheLoRD. For iver. 7. i j wjjj caure to return the captivity of the land, as at the Hrit, faith the Lord. 12 Thus faith the Lord of holts, Again in this place, which is defolate without man and without bealt, and in all the cities thereof, (hall be an habitation of flicpherds caufing their flocks to lie down. XXXIII'. Ckrifl the Branch of righteoufnefs. 1 3 k In the cities of the mountains, ™°** in the cities of the vale, and in the *'"■ soo. cities of the fouth, and in the land of koTiTiX Benjamin, and in the places about * 3X*44* Jerufalem, and in the cities of Judah, ihall the flocks ' pafs ngain under the 'Wv.s7.32. hands of him that telb/th tnem, faith the Lord. 14 "' Behold, the days come, faith g^*'23;/* the Lord, that I will perform that J 31 good thing which I have promifed unto the houfe of Ifrael, and to the houfe of Judah. 15 *l In thofe days, and at that time, will I caufe the " Branch OfJsc'n.l-.*' righteoufnefs to grow up unto David, caapi *3 5. and he ihall execute judgment and righteoufnefs in the land. 16 °In thofe days (hall Judah be°f."6sf- faved, and Jerufalem (hail dwell fafe- ly : and this is the name wherewith Righteoufnefs. TbaeJhM cj'/r'cm" vid mall never p want a man to fit up- on the throne of the houfe of Ifrael : 18 Neither (hall the priefta the Le- t~^™- vites want a man before me to offer lRfagsi 4, burnt- offerings, and to kindle meat- 49!!'^?'" offerings, and to do facrifice conti- nually.-' 19 f And the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, faying, 20 Thus faith the Lord, « If ye ?£"■«"■ can break my covenant of the day, c£ 3^ 30. and my 'covenant of the night, and that there fbould not be day and night in their feafon ; 2 f Then may alfo my covenant be broken with David my fervant, that he fhould not have a ion to reign up- on his throne j and with the Levites the priefts, my minifters. 22 As rthe hoft of heaven cannot jf&'^j. be numbered, neither the (and of the ^hi^117\' fea meafured ; fo will I multiply the feed of David my fervant, and the Levites that minifter unco me. 23 f Moreover, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, faying, 24 Coniidereit thou not what this people have fpoken, faying, The two families which the Lord hath cho- fen, he hath even caft them off? Thus they have defpifed my people, that they (hould be no more a nation be- fore them. 25 B Thus faith the Lord, If my »ver. zc. covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordi- nances of heaven and earth ; 26 Then will I caft away the feed of Jacob, and David my fervant, fo that Zedckiahs captivity foretold. JEREMIAH. Liberty to thefword, Sec. proclaimed. r^,r°7 that I will not take any of iiis feed to mi^spo.^ &? rulers over the feed of Abraham, tvtr,7,n. ffaac, and Jacob : for lI will caufe their captivity to return, and have mercy on them. CHAP. XXXIV. Jeremiah prophefieth the captivity of Zedekiafi, and the city. «r 5ci- '-~g>j;je word which came unto Jcre- ***".'£ x. miah from the Lord, a when c*s^3j>. x- Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, ^J" ' and uli his army, and all the king- t Heh. at doms of the earth f of his dominion, i'lT'owd!'1 &m\ all the people, fought againft Je- rufalem, and againft all the cities thereof, faying, the covenant, heard that every one (hould let his man-fervant, and every one his maid-f.rvant, go free, that none fliouid ferve themfelves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let tiiem go. 1 1 But afterward they turned, and chufftd the fervants. and the hand- maid:,, whom they had let go free, to nturn, and wrought them into f ab- jection for fervants and for hand- maids. \2 *h Therefore the word of the Loud came to Jeremiah from the Lord, faying, 13 Thus faith the Lord, the God 2 Thus faith tiie Lord, the God of oflfrael, 1 made a covenant with your Utb, r.vutb. Ifrael, Go, and fpeakto Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, b Thus faith the Lord, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of B ibylon, and c he (hall burn it with fire : 3 And thou fliilt not efcape out of his hand, but (halt fa rely be had done right in my light, in pro- claiming liberty every man to his neighbour ; and ye had made a cover Heh nant before me in the houfe f which -■■■'■ is called by my name : 1 6 But ye turned, and polluted my name, and caufed every man his fer- vant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had fet at liberty at their plcafure, to return, and brought them into fubjection, to be unto you for fervants and for handmaids. 1 7 Therefore thus faith the Lord, sw. Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty every one to his brother, and every man to his neigh- bour : behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, faith theLoRD, to thefword, to the pellilcnce, and to the famine ; and I will make you f to be ' removed ^"flV- into all the kingdoms of the earth. ■•■»«• 18 And I will give the men that have j^". tranfgrefled mycovenant, which have Cfc 2y l8- not performed the words of the cove- nant which they had made before me, whi.u they cut the can in twain, and 15.10,17. palled between the parts thereof, 19 The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerufalcm, the eunuchs, and the priefts, and all the people of the Land, which palled between the parts of the calf; 20 1 will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand By the obedience of the Rechabites, CHAP. "*f rc hand of them that feek their life ; fwr. and their "dead bodies flu'tl be for fep' meat unto the fowls of the heaven, p ^ and to the beafts of the earth. 2! Ami Zedckiah kins; of Judah, and his princes, will I give Into the hand of their efleftllcs, and into the hand of them thftt feek their 1 iff, and into the hand ot the kin? of Babylons s«ch^p. army "which are gone up from you. mII\ 22 *Behdld, I will command, faith Bb-x.*" the Lokd, and caufc them to return to this city, and they fhall light a- gatntt it, and take it, and bum it win flr« j an! ! wiii make the cities of judah a defblatuto without an in- habitant. CHAP. XXXV. i By the obedience of the Rechabites, \2 the Jew; dij obedience is con- demned. 18 The Rechabites blejjed. cir.607. '-pHe word which came unto Je- A rem iL.,mah from the Lord, in th_ days of Jehoiakim the foil of Jonah king of judah, faying, 2 » Go unto the houfe of the Re- chabites, and fpeak unto tliem, altd bring them into the houfeoftheLoRD, into°one of the- chambers, and give them wine to drink. 3 Then I took Jaazaniah the foil of Jeremiah, the fon of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his fons, and the whole houfe of the Rechabites; 4 And I brought them into the houfe of the Lord, into the chamber of the fons of Hanan the fon of Igdaliah, a nun of God. which was by the cham- ber of the princes, Which was above the chamber of Maafeiah the fon of Sh .Hum, the keeper of the fdour: 5 And I fet before the fons of the houfe of the Rechabites pots full of wine and cups ; and I faid unto them, Drink ve wine. 6 But they fetd, We will drink no > wine : for b Jonadab the fon of Re- chab our Gather commanded us. fay- ing. Ye {hall drink no wine, neither ye nor your fons for ever : 7 Neither lhall ye build houfe, nor fowfetd, norplmt vineyard, nor have any : but all your days ye ihail dwell in tents; c that ye may live many days i:i the land where ye be Grangers. 8 Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the fon of Rechab OUT fa- tin- in ail that he hath -barged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our f >ns, nor our daughters: <) Nor to build honfes lor us to dwell in ; neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor feed : XXXV. the Jews difotcdience is condemned* i o But we have dwelt in tents, and ^ have obeyed, and done according to ,cil;^ji, all that Jonadab our father com- manded us. 1 1 But it came to pafs, when Ne- buGiadrez7/ar king of Babylon came up into the iand, that we faid, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians : fo we dwell at Jerufalem. 12 *(j Then came the word of the Lokd unto Jeremiah, faying, 13 Thus faith the Lokd of hofts, the Gcd of Ifrael, Go, and tell the men of ludah, and the inhabitants of Jerufalem, Will ye not receive in- ftrucYian to hearken to my words? faith the Lord. 1 4 The words of Jonadab the fon of Rechab, that he commanded his fons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obev their fathers commandment : & iC,ion * natwithlbndmg I have fpoken un- 3«. ,'s. to ycui. e riling early and (peaking ; ec^p. but ve hearkened not unto me. kzl 3. 1 5 I have fent alfo unto you all my fervar.ts the prophets, rifing up early and fending thtm, faying, '."Return («J£fc ye now every man from his evd way, -a. s. and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to ftrve them, and yc (hall dwell In the land which I have given to you and to your fa- thers ; but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me. 16 Becaufe the fons of Jonadab the fon of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them ; but this people hath not hearkened unto me ; 1 7 Therefore thus faith the Lord God of holts, the God of Ifrael, Be- hold, I will bring upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants ot Jerufalem, all the evil that I have pronounced agatoft them: betatlfr I have fyoktii unto them, but they have not heard; and 1 have called unto them, but they have not anfwered. 18 t And Jeremiah fa;d unto the houfe of the Rechabites, Thus faith the Lord of holts, the God ot Ifrael, Becaufe ye have obeyed the com- mandment of Jonadab yen-/ father? and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath com- manded you : t 19 Therefore thus faith the Loro ., Ofhofts, the God of Ifrael, fjonadan ;:;"/,,"' <- _ C D— U..L Hw»n rut- nenr •* 'inn 7-r.f.. the Con of Rechab fhall not Want man to iland before me for ev,T. C> ri A l . Bee. Baruch writeth Jeremiahs prophecy. JEREMIAH. Baruch readeth the roll. CHAP XXXVI. I Baruch writeth Jeremialis prophecy. 20 Jehoiakim burneth the roll. 27 his judgment. 32 Baruch writeth a new cop)\ with additions. 11 1 When Michaiah the fon of Gemariah, the fon of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the Lord, Then he went down into the »u». e tiClwp 30. 2. ANd it came to pafs in the fourth kings houfe, into the fcribes chamber; year of Jehoiakim the fon of and, lo, ail the princes fat there, even Jonah king of Jud«*h, that this word Elifhama the fcribe, and Delaiah the came unto Jeremiah from the Loud, fon of Shentaiah, and Elnathan the faying, fon of Achbor, and Gemariah the fon 2 Take thee a aroil of a book, and of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the fon of b •write therein all the words that I Hananiah, and all the prince*. havefpoken unto thee againft Ifrael, 13 Then Michaiah declared unto and againft Judah, and againft all the them all the words that he had heard, nations, from the day I fpake unto when Baruch read the book in the ? thee, from the days of c Jofiah, even ears of the people. unto this day. 14 Therefore all the princes fent 3 It may be that the houfe of Ju- Jehudi the fon of Nethaniah, the fon dah will hear all the evil which I of Shelemiah, the fonof Cuihi, unto purpofe to do unto them ; that they Baruch, faying, Take in thine hand may return every man from his evil the roll wherein thou haft read in the way, that I may forgive their iniquity ears of the people, and come. So Ba- and their fin, ruch the fon of Neriah took the roil £ 4 Then Jeremiah d called Baruch in his ha.id, and came unto them. chap, the fon of Neriah; and eBaruch wrote 15 And they fa id unto him. Sit • 1 from the month of Jeremiah all the down now, and read it in our ears. words of the Lord, which he hiclfpo- So Baruch read it in their ears. ken unto him, upon a roll of a book. 1 6 Now it came to pals, when they 5 And Jeren iah commanded Ba- had heard all the words they were ruch, faying, I am fhut up; I cannot afraid, both one and other, and laid go into the houfe of the Lord : unto Baruch, We will furely tell the 6 Therefore go thou, and read in the king of all thefe words. roll, which thou haft written from my 1 7 And they allied Baruch, faying, mouth, the words of the Lord, in the Tell us now, How didit thou write ears of the peopie, in the Lords houfe all thefe words at his mouth ? £ f upon the fafting-day: and alfo thou 18 Then Baruch anfwered them, •17. fhalt read them in the ears of all Ju- He pronounced all thefe words unto dah that come out of their cities. me with his mouth, and I wrote t/iem 'rip. 7 It may be f they will prefenttheir with ink in the book. ran. fuppiication before the Lord, and 19 Then faid the princes unto Ba- will return every one from his evil ruch,Go,hidethee,thouandJeremiah; way : for great is the anger and the and let no man know where ye be. fury that the Lord hath pronounced 20 t Ami they went in to tiie king againft this people. into the court, but they laid up the 8 And Baruch the fon of Neriah roll in the chamber of Elilhama the did according to all thatjertmiah the fcribe', and told all the words in the prophet commanded him, reading in ears of the king, the book the words of the Lord in 21 So the king fent Jehudi to fetch the Lords houfe. the roll; and he took it out of Eli- 5o<5- 9 And it came to pafs in the fifth year fhama thefcribes chamber: and Jehudi of Jehoiakim the fon of Joliah king of read it in the ears of the king, and in Judah, in the ninth month, that liiey the ears of all the princes which ltoocl proclaimed a faft before the Lord to bciide the king. all the people in Jerusalem, and to all 22 Now the king fat in h the win- ' the people that came from the cities ter-houfe in the ninth month : and : of Judah unto Jerufalem. there was a fire on the hearth burn 10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the houfe of the Lord, in the chamber of Ge- mariah the fon of Shaphan the (bribe, in the higher court, at the |j g entry ,. of the new gate of the Lords houfe, '• in the ears of ail the people. ing before him. 23 And it came to pafs, that, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and calt it into the lire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was coofumed in the fire that was on the hearth. 1 24 Yet yehoiakims judgment foretold. CHAP cVriit 2'* ^et £'iey were no* a^"a,d, nor K r.o-;. ■ rent their garments, neither the king, Tku^T1 nor any of his fervauts that heard all " "' thefe words. 25 Neverthelefs, Elnathan, andDe- laiah, andGetnariah, had made inter- ceffion to the king, that lie would not burn the roll; but he would not hear them. 36 But the king commanded Jerah- "£}«£. meel the Ton |J of Harumelech, and Seralah the fon of Azriel, and Shele- miah the Con of Abdeei, to take Ba- ruch the fcribe, and Jeremiah the prophet : but the Lord hid them. <5°j. 27 H Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burnt the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, faying, 28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the firft roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burnt. 605. 29 And thou (halt fay to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus faith the Lord, Thou halt burnt thisroll, faying. Why halt thou written therein, faying, The king of Babylon (hall certainly come and deftroy this land, and dial I caufe to ceafe from thence man aud beait ? 30 Therefore thus faith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah, He fhall have none to fit upon the throne of David; and his dead body fhall be £'*£; k caft out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the froft. H«t>. 3r And I will f punifh him, and -m reigned inftead of Coniah •»•*»•'+ the fon of Tehoiakim, whom Nebu- XXXVII. The Chaldeans return prophefied. chadrezzar king of Babylon made c-i;r king in the land of Judah. *■*>■ ^ 2 b But neither lie, nor his fervants, h zchmh. nor the peopkofthe land, did hearken "° l~' "** unto the words oftheLoRO, which he [pake f by the prophet Jeremiah. LH^»,w 3 And Zedskiah the king fent Je- ""'ww* hucal the fon of Shelemiah, and o c Zepbaniah the fon of Maafeiah the cCh".' prieit, to the prophet Jeremiah, fay- **£** ing, Pray now unto the Lord our God for us. 4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people ; for they had not put him into prifon. 5 Then A Pharaohs army was come \ j^na. forth out of Egypt ; e and, when the *4-7- ' Chaldeans that beiieged Jerufalem aL"£*u heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerufalem. 6 . O my lord the king ; + let my fup- %ZSdXt~ plication, I pray thee, be accepted '"••- before tiiee ; th«t thou caufe me not to return to the houfe of Jonathan the feribe, lelt 1 die there. 21 Then Zedekiah the king com- manded that they mould commit Je- \i!$* remi.ih kiuto the court of the prifon, and that they mould give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers ftreet, until all the bread in the city were fpent. Thus Jeremiah remain- ed in the court of the prifon. CHAP. XXX VIII. 1 Jeremiah is put into the dungeon : 7 Ebed-melech getleth him fame en- largement : lbhti.COWifel.tfl the king. 24 The confer erne concealed. "Hen Shephatiah the fan of Mat- tan, and Gedaliah the foil of Pafhur, and Jucal the fon of Shele- _hj miah, m\A Pafhur the fonofMalchiah, it «.P' * heard the words that Jeremiah had lC. fpoken unto all the people, faying, «•». 2 Thus faith the Lord, bHe that remaineth in this city (hall die by the fwocd, by the famine, and by the pe^ilence : but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans Ihall live; for lie liiall have his life for a prey, and ihall live. 3 Thus faith the Lord. This city Ihall Purely be giv< n into the hand of Che king Of Babylojis army, which dial! take it. 4 Therefore the princes faid unto the kin-'. We befeeeh thee, let this T MIAH- he if put into the duyigeon. man be put t^> death; for thus he g*J weakeneth the hands of the men of s'*- v...)- that remain in th's city, v.<\ the " hands of all the people, in fpeaking fueh words onoo CheOS : for this mail - feeketh not t.ic f welfare of thUj^' people, but the hurt. 5 Then Zcdekiah the kin?; faid, , Behold, he // in your nana : for the king is not he that can do any thing againO you 6 cThen took they Jeremiah, and *c ,','; call him into the dungeon of \lal- chiah the fon || of Hammele. h, that ,^',.'/ was in the court of the prifon : and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no w.-»- ter, but mire : fo Jeremiah funk in the mire. 7 ''; d Now when Ehed-rnelcch the 3^ ,". Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the ki:res houfe, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dun- geon, (the king then fitting in the gate of Benjamin, ) 8 Ebed-meleJi went forth out of the kings houfe, end fpake to the king, faying, 9 My lord the king, there men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have call into the dungeon ; and -J- he is like to die for hunger in the J^*^* place where he is ; for there is no more bread in the city. loTiicntliekingcommandcdF.bed- melech the Ethiopian, faying, Take from hence thirty men \ with tb.ee, *,','?„', and take up Jeremiah the prophet out M of the dungeon before he die. 1 1 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the houfe of the king under the yreafiiry, and took thence old <.;t(l clour* and olo rotten rags, and let tliem down by cords in- to the dungeon u> Ji.renr.ah. 12 And Ebed-iueie. li the Ethiopian faid unto Jeremiah, Put now theft old call clouts and rotten rags under thine arm-holes, under the cords. And Jeremiah did fo. 1 % ' So they drew up Jeremiah with « v«. c. cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained *m jjfjf. the court of the prilo 1. 14 % Then Zedekiah the king Tent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the || third entry that is in . Z\;^ the houfe of the Loro : and the king f iid unto Jeremiah, I will ail: thee a thing ; hide nothing from me. 1 5 ["hell [eremiali fa d unto Zede- [i 1 declare // unu thec, wilt tiiOll Jeremiahs advice to the king. CHAP. chi.it tlwo wot furely put me to death ? unci or. ,-Ky. jf j g-,ve thee counfel, wilt thou not " ' hearken unto mc ? 1 6 So Zedekiah die king fware fe- cretly unto Jeremiah, faying, As the \Y'v6. -Lord livetii, Kthat made us this foul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give chee into the hand of thefe men that feek thy life. 17 Then faid Jeremiah unto Zede- kiah, Thus faith the Lord, the God of hofts, the God of Ifrael, If thou hchap. w;ii: afiuredly go forth h unto the J1>' 3" king of Babylons princes, then thy foul mail live, and this city fhall not be burnt with tire ; and thou lhalt live, and thine houfe: 1 8 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylcns princes, then lhall tliis city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they (halt burn it with hie, and thou fhalt not efcape out of their hand. 19 And Zedekiah the king faid un- to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lelt they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. 20 But Jeremiah faid, They fhall not deliver thee: obey, I befeechthee, the voice of the Lord, which I fpeak unto thee ; fo it (hall be well unto thee, and thy foul fhall live. 21 But if thou refufe to go forth, this is the word that the Lord hath the wed me : 22 And, behold, allthe women, that are left in the king of Judahs houfe, jhall be brought forth to the king of Babylons prince?, and thofe women L&V* lhall fay, -f Thy friends have fet thee tsau- on, and have prevailed againft thee: thy feet are funk i n the mire, and they are turned away back. 23 So they fhail bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chal- deans ; and thou fhalt not efcape out of their hand, but lhalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and tt^uhiit t thou lhalt caufe this ciiy to be burnt »um,&c with fire. 24 1i Then faid Zedekiah unto Je- remiah, Let no man know of thefe words, and thou lhalt not die. 25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with chee, and they come unto thee, and lay unto thee. Declare unto us now what thou halt faid un- to the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death ; alio what the king faid unto thee : ' 26 Then thou ihalt fay unto them, }{. So. '' I prefented my fuppucatLon before XXXI X. Jerufalem is take". the king, that he would not caufe *f™ me to return k to Jonathans home, <-r s»9. to die there. kcS^"^ 27 Then came all the princes unto J7- ,s- Jeremiah, and a Iked him : and he told them according to all thefe words that che king had commanded. So f they '-"'tCre left oil ' l'peaking with him; for the^^,w" matter was not perceived. 28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prifon until the day Mat Je- rufdem was taken : and he wasflMW when Jerufalem was taken. CHAP. XXXIX. 1 Jbntfahm is taken. 4 Zedekiah is 7J2adc blind, and fent to Babylon. 8 The city is ruined, and the people captivated. IN the "ninth, year of Zedekiah king ***■■>"» ofjudah, in the tenth month, came c^'.'ji.^. Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army againft Jerufalem, and they beiieged it. 2 And in the eleventh year of Zc- *8B- dekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the c'uy was broken up. 3 bAnd all the princes of the kingjf.''^; of Babylon came in, and fat in the middle gate, even Nergal-lharezer, Samgar-uebo, Sarfechim, Rabfaris, Nerg.d-fharezer, Rab-mag, with all the refidue of the princes of the king of Babylon. 4 11 'c And 5t «me to pafs, that'^T when Zedekiah the king of Judah faw them, and all the men ot -war; then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the kings garden, by the gate b> - twixt the two walls ;. and he went out the way of the plain. 5 But the Chaldeans army purfiied after them, and overtook Zech kiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken hira they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah, in the laud of Ham.'th, where he f gave judgment J,^.;,t upon him. ■"£** 6 Then the king of Babylon flew the fons of Zedekiah in Riblah e- fcie his eyes : alfo the king of Ba- bylon (lew all the nobles of Judah. . Beh 7 Moreover, he put out Zedekiah* « eyes, and bouml him f with chains, . to carry him to Babylon. a'cMui 8 £; d And the Chaldeans burnt the s^-'i.t. kings honft. and the houfes of tile , people, with fire, and brake down the 1 n.t>. wal •.'jerufalem. )'Z',',fJ!.' 0 Then Nebuzar-adan the || | tain of the guard carried away taj twr £„",? Ver into - * lie*., fit tl<:ne at: Ufttl uim. The people captivated. J E It E ijjjjj into Babylon the remnant of the 5a,i- people- that remained in the city, and "* ' thofe that fell away, that fell to him, with the reft of the people that re- mained. 10 But Ncbuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards *;,^ and fields f at the fame time. 1 1 *\\ Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Je- TJLj. remiah f to Nebuzar-adan the cap- tain of the guard, faying, 12 Take him, f and look well to him, and do him no harm ; but do un- to him even as he fliall fay unto thee. 13 So Nebuzar-adm the captain of the guard fent, and Nebufhafban, Rabfaris, and Nergal-iharezer, Rab- mag, and all the king of Babylons princes, 14 Even they fent, e and took Je- remiah out of the court of theprifon, and committed him f unto Gedaliah g the fon of Ahikam, the fan of Sha- phan, that he fliould carry him home: fo he dwelt among the people. 15 \ Now, the word of the Lord came untojeremiah, while he was fhut up in the court of the prifon, faying, 16 hGo and fpeak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, faying, Thus faith the Lord of holls, the God of Ifrael, Be- hold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, ana not for good ; and they Ihall be accomplijhed in that day before thee. 17 But I will deliver thee in that day, faith the Lord ; and thou ihalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. 18 For I will furely deliver thee, and thou (halt not fall by the fword, but ' thy life (hall be for a prey unto thee ; becaufe thou haft put thy truft in me, faith the Lord. C H A P. XL. 1 JeremiaJi, being fa free by Nebuzar- adan, goeth to Gedaliah: 7 the dif- perjed Jews come to him. 1 3 Ijh~ mac is con/piracy. rT,He word which came to Jere- i- miah from the Lord, a after that Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard had let him go from Rmah, when he had taken him, being bound in || chains among all that were car- ried away captive of Jerufalem and Judah, w'licli were carried away cap- tive unto Babylon. 2 Ana the captain of the guard Cook Jeremiah, and '(aid unto him. i Ch>p, SI. 9. 45- J. 5*1 ■ Chap M I A H. Jeremiah fet at liberty. The Lord thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. 5*!_. 3 Now the Lord hath brought it, " add don-- according as he hath faid : becaufe ye have (inned againtl the Lord, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you. 4 And now, behold, I loofe thee this day from the chains which |j were up- , on thine hand. If it feem good unto "■""'• thee to come with me into Babylon, come, and f I will look well unto ; ** ■ fa thee ; but if it feem ill unto thee to minro* come with me into Babylon, forbear; "'" ""'' behold, all the land is before thee; whither it feeraeth good and conve- nient for thee to go, thither go. 5 Now, while he was not yet gone back, he /aid, Go back alfo to Geda- liah, the- fon of Ahikam, thefonofSha- phan, c whom theking of Babylon hath c, ? »i" ".-, made governor over the cities of Ju- dah, and dwell with him among the people : or go wherefoever it feemeth convenient urtto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go. 6 d Then went Jeremiah unto Ge- $£f£ daliah the fon of Ahikam to Mizpah. and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land. , 7 T| e Now, when all the captains 2/. z\. of the forces which were in the fields, eQen they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Geda- liah the fon of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and worn* n, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon ; 8 Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ifhmael the fon of Ne- thanuh, and Johanan and Jonathan the fons of Kareah, and Seraiah the fon of Tauhumeth, and the fons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jeza- niah the fon of a Maachathite, they and their men. 9 And Gedaliah the fon of Ahi- kam. the fan of Shaphan, fware unto them, and to their men, faying, Fear not to ferve th.- Chaldeans : dwell in the laud, and ferve the king of Baby- lon, and it (hall be well with you. 10 As for me, behold, I wiil dwell ( at Mifcpab, [ to ferve the Chaldeans/. '-^Il- which will come unto us : but y- , ga-iJ'-'c- ther ye wine, and fummer-fruita, and oil. and l ut than in your vellels, and dwell inyourcitiesth .t ye have taken. 1 1 Likev ifi , when all the Jews that HOT in Moab, and amon^ the Am- monites. IJIimaels con/piracy. CHAP. ch°M monites, and in Edom, and that were sax. jn a|l the countries, heard that the ~yr~^ king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had fet over them Gedaiiah the lbn of Ahikam, the fon of Shaphan, 1 2 Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah to Gedaiiah unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and fummer-fruits very much. 13 If Moreover, Johanan the fon of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaiiah to Mizpah, 14 And laid unto him, Doft thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath fent Ifhmael ■itoibfe t'ie *"011 °^ Nethaniah + to ilay thee ? /««;/" But Gedaiiah the fon of Ahikam be- lieved them not. 15 Then Johanan the fon of Ka- reah fpake to Gedaiiah in Mizpah fecretly, faying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will ilay Ifhmael the fon of Nethaniah, and no man ihall know it • wherefore fhould he Ilay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee fnould be fcattered, and the remnant in Judah perifh ? 16 But Gedaiiah the fon of Ahi- kam faid unto Johanan the fon of Kareah, Thou malt not do this thing ; for thou fpeakeft falfely of Ifhmael. CHAP. XLI. 1 Ifnmael treacheroufly killeth Ceda- Iiah, and others, fi Johanan re- covered the captives. NOw itcame to pafs in thefeventh month, * that Ifhmael the fon of en. 40.0,8. Nethaniah, the fon of Elifhama, of the feed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaiiah the fon of Ahi- kam to Mizpah ; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah. 2 Then arofe Ifhmael the fon of Nethaniah, and the ten men that ing8 were with him, and b fmote Geda- 5' liah the fon of Ahikam, the fon of Shaphan, with the fword, and flew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land. 3 Ifhmael alfo flew all the Jews that were with him,^^ with Gedaiiah at Mizpah, and theChaldeans that were found there, and the men of war. 4 And it came to pafs, the fecond day after he had flain Gedaiiah, and no man knew it, 5 That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Sa- maria, even fourfcore men, having t XLI. Johanan re cover elh the captives. their beards fhaven, and their clothes "^f rent, and having cut themfelves, s*"_. with offerings and incenfe in their ' " hand, to bring them to tiie houfe of the Lord. 6 And Ifhmael the fon of Nethaniah wentforthfromMizpjhtomeettiiem, f weeping all along as he went : and ',^ba,;"< it came. to pafs, as he met them, he ^f'fing. faid unto them, Come to Gedaiiah the fon of Ahikam. 7 And it was Jo, when they came into the midft of the city, that Ifh- mael the fon of Nethaniah flew them, andccaj1 than into the midft of the cS°i Mk, pit, he, and the men that were with ' him. 8 But ten men were found among them that faid unto Ifhmael, Slay us not ; for we have treafures in the hold, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So heforbare, and flew them not among their brethren. 9 Now the pit wherein Ifhmael had caft all the dead bodies of the men, whom lie had flain j| f becaufe ; '.°']™r of Gedaiiah, was it d which Afa the ' u^'"f king had made for fear of Baafha (£ £$» king of Ifrael; and Ifhmael the fon of Nethaniah filled it with them that //ki^ were flain. 10 Then Ifhmael carried away captive all the refidue of the people that were in Mizpah, e even the kings ech.43C daughters, and all the people that remained in Mi/pah, whom Nebu- zar-adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaiiah the fon of Ahikam : and Ilhmacl the fon of Nethaniah carried them away cap- tive, and departed to go over 10 the Ammonites. 1 1 11 But when Johanan the fon of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Immael the fon of Nethaniah had done ; 1 2 Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ifhmael the fon of Nethaniah, and found him by ftheJa*^ great waters that are in Gibeon. 1 3 Now it came to pafs, that whea all the people which ware with Ilh- mael faw Johanan the fon of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad. 14 So all the p« upl • that Ifhmael had carried away captive from Miz- pah c.tit about, an.l returned, ar.d weni untojohanan the fon of-Karealj. 15 cut Ifhmael -the fon of Netha- niah efcapedfrom Johanan « ith eight men, and went to che Ammonites. Zj ^Ti.'.n 1522. ; Can 16. 6. yohanans requefl. vJi"% 1 6 Then took Johanan tlie fon of ^ j:i». Kare.ih, and ail the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ifhmael the fon of Netluiniah from Mizpah, after that lie had (lain Gedaliah the fon of Ahi- kum, eitan mighty men of war, and the women, and tne children, and the CunHcbs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon : 17 And they departed, and dwelt p-i^m.ie. in the habitation of 6 Chimham, ,7'38, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Kgypt, r8 Becaufe of the Chaldeans : for they were afraid of them, becaufe Iihmael the fon of Nethaniah had (lain Gedaliah the fon of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land. CHAP. XLII. I Johanan d'fireth Jeremiah to en- quire of God, promifing obedience. 1 Jeremiahs anfwer : 1 9 he repro- ve) h their hypoerify. TH-'n all the captains of the forces, aj.nd Johanan the fon of Rareah, and Jezaniah the fon of Holhaiah, and all the people, from the leaiteven un- to the greateft, came near, 2 And faid unto Jeremiah the pro- phet, || Let, we bef.ee h thee, our aKffM •■.'«' fupplication be accepted before thee, ttfinate. aa(j p,-ay for us unto t|ie Lord thy God, even for all this remnant ; (for we arc left but a few of many, as thine eyes do benold us ; ) 3 Th;>t the Lord thy God may fhew us the way wherein we may •walk, and the thing that we may do. 4 Then Jeremiah the prophet faid unto them, 1 have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the Lord your God according to your words ; and it {hall come to pafs, that whatsoever thing the Lord (hall anfwer you, I will V,*""- declare it unto you; I will b keep irUti20.*o, nothing bark from you. 5 Then they faid to Jeremiah, The Lord be a true and faithful witneis between us, if we do not even accord- ing to all things for the which the Lord thy God {hall fend thee to us. 6 Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the Lord our Clod, to whom we CC3.7.!.-. fend thee ; c that it may be well with II . when we obey the voice of the Lord our God. 7 1[ And it came to pafs, after ten days, that the word of the Lord Ciime unto Jeremiah. JEREMIAH. Jeremiahs anfwer. 8 Then called he Johanan the fon *£* of Kareah, and all the captains of the s"8- forces which xuere with him, and all """ "- the people, from the leaft even to the greatelt, 9 And faid unto them, Thus faith the Lord, the God of Ifrael, unto whom ye fent me to prefent your fupplication before him ; 10 If ye will Hill abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull yotf down ; und I will plant you, and not pluck you up : for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. 1 1 Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid ; be not afraid of him, faith the Lord : for I am with you to fave you, and to deliver you from his hand. 1 2 And d I will (hew mercies unto <* JWg you, that he may have mercy upon 10 '4S' you, and caufe you to return to your own land. 13 1 But if ye fay. We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of tne Lord your God, 14 Saying, No ; but we will go in- to the land of Egypt, where we (hall fee no war, nor bear the found of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread ; and there will we dwell : 1 5 And now, therefore, hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant of Judah; Thus faith theLoRD ofhofts, "the God of Ifrael, If ye c wholly let %ne,°£ your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to fojourn there ; 16 Then it fhall come to pafs, that the fword, which ye feared, (hall over- take you there in the land of Egypt ; and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, \ {hall follow dole after you there in Egypt; and there ye fliallcJic 17 f So Ihall it be with all the nu that fet their faces to go into Egypt, to fojourn there 5 they Ihall die by the fword, by the famine, and by the pellilence : and 'none of them Ihall U""^ remain or efeape from the evil that I will bring upon them. 18 For thus faith the Lord of hells, the God of Ifrael, As mine an- ger and my fury hath been 'poured cct>. ;. 10. forth upon the inhabitants of Jerufa- lem, fo Ihall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye Ihall enter into Egypt: and '' ye Ihall be an execra- f8^** tion, andanaltonilbment,anda curfe, uke-i* and a reproach ; and ye ihall fee thie place no more. 19 U The Lord hath faid concern- ing you, O ye remnant of Judah, Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that JeremiaJigoeth into Egypt: he CHAP. XLIII, XLIV. prophejleth the conquejl thereof. that I have f admonifhed you this day. 20 For || ye diflembled in your hearts, when ye fent me unto the LoaD your God, faying, Pray for us unto the Lord our God : and accord - *£$?**"" ing unto all that the Lord our God flia.ll fay, fo declare unto us, and we will do it. 2 1 And how I have this day decla- red it to you ; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God, nor any thing for the which he hath fent me unto you. 22 Now, therefore, know certainly that ye (hall die by the fword, by the famine, and by the peftilence, B*k in the place whither ye defire j| to fijtvra. go, and to fojourn. CHAP. XLIII. I Johanan carrieth Jeremiah into Egypt, 8 who prophefieth the con- quejl of Egypt by the Babylonians. ANd it came to pafs, that when Jeremiah had made an end of fpeaking unto all the people all the words of the Lord their God, for which the Lord their God had fent him to them, even all thefe words, 4Ch.*2. r. 2 a Then fpake Azariah the fon of Hofhaiah, and Johanan the fon of Kareah, and all the proud men, fay- ing unto Jeremiah, Thou fpeakelt falfely ; the Lord our God hath not fent thee to fay, Go not into Egypt to fojourn there. 3 But Baruch the fon of Neriah fet- teth thee on againft us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. 4 So Johanan the fon of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the Lord, to dwell in the land of Judah : 5 But Johanan the fon of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations whi- ther they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah ; 6 Even men, and women, and chil- bCb.4-io. dren, "and the kings daughters, c and ech.39.10. every perfon that Nebuzar-adan the caprain of the guard had left with Gf.kiiah the fon of Ahikam, the fon of Shaphun, and Jeremiah the pro- phet, and Baruch the fon of Neriah. 7 So they came into the land of Egypt : for they obeyed not the voice ^caiiefl of zhs Lord : thus came they even ui'io'.i. to d Tahpanhes. 8 *ff Then came the word of the »=';;£ Lord unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, V«. faying, JSJEj 9 Take great ftones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brick-kiln, which is at the entry of Pharaohs houfe in Tahpanhes, in the fight of the men of Judah ; to And fay unto them. Thus faith the Lord of hofts, the God of Ifrael, Behold, I will fond and take Nebu- chadrezzar the king of Babylon c my fuch as are for captivity, to captivity ; and fuch as are for the fword, to the fword. 12 And I will kindle a fire in the houfes of the gods of Egypt ; and he fhall burn them, and carry them away captives; and he fhall array himfelf with the land of Egypt, as a fhepherd putteth on his garment ; and he fnall go forth from thence in peace. 1 3 He fhall break alfo the f images t "c*. of || Bech-fhemefh, that/V in the land£S/r' of Egypt ; and the houfes of the """^".^ gods of the Egyptians fhall he burn but */ with fire. tbtfun' CHAP. XLIV. 1 The dej'olation of Judah for idolatry. 15 The Jews objlinacy. 29 The de- Jlruction of Egypt fore J hewn. THe word that came to Jeremiah s*7» concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell atMigdol, aand at Tahpanhes, aca.43.;, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, faying, 2 Thus faith the Lord of hofts, the God of Ifrael, Ye have feen all the evil that 1 have brought upon Jerufalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a defolation, and no man dwell- eth therein ; 3 Becaufe of their wickednefs which they have committed, to provoke me to anger, in that they won to burn incenfe, and to ferve other p'ds, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. 4 Howbeit, b I fent unto you all my t> 1 amap fervants ehe prophets, riling early and fending Mem, faying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. 5 But they hearken. d not, nor in- clined their ear to turn from their Z z z wickednefs, 58?. 4 H.-t> Vr}t,r. The deflation ofjwlah. J E R R M SS* wickednefs, to burn no incenfe unto other gods. 6 Wherefore c my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kind- led in the cities of Judah, and in the ftreets of Jerufalem ; and they are wafted and de/bl^te, as at this day. 7 Therefore now thus faith the Lord, the God of holts, the God of Uriel, Wherefore commit ye this great evil againft your fouls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and fuckling, \ out of Judah, to leave you none to remain ; 3 In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incenfe unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be', gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourfelves off, and that ye might be a curfe and a reproach among all the natiofis of the earth ? 9 Have ye forgotten the f wicked- nefs of your fathers, and the wicked- ntmi.ecc. ncj-s 0f the ki,]gS of Judah, and the wickednefs of their wives, and your own wickednefs, and the wickedncfs of your wives, which they have com- mitted in the land of Judah, and in the ftreets of Jerufalem ? i Heh. ioThey are not f humbled even "'■"'■"' unto this day, neither have they fear- ed, nor walked in my law. nor in my, ftatutes, that I fez before you, and be- fore your fathers. 1 1 Sj Therefore thus faith the Lord of holts, the God oflfrael, Behold, iLevk. d i w\\\ fct my face againft you for a*\V'. l0 eV1'' anc! tn cut "If ail Judah. 1 2 And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have fet their faces to go into the land of Egypt to fojouhi *CYi] all the people that dsvelt in the laud of Egypt, in Pathros, anfwered Jeremiah, faying, 1 6 As fur the word that thou haft fpoken unto us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken unto thee : 1 7 Bat we will certainly do ' what- • ' foever thing goeth forth out of our fever i;. own mouth, to burn incenfe unto the !l k queen of heaven, and to pour out Kam,,,/ ririnic- offerings unto her, as we have *"**"' done, we, and our fathers, our kings, kC and our princes, in the cities of Ju- dah, and in the ftreets of Jerufulern : for then had we plenty of f victuals, fcJSt and were well, and faw no evil. j 8 But fince we left off to burn' incenfe to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been confumed by the fword and by the famine. 1 9 ' And when we burnt incenfe to • ct>. 7. 18. the queen of heaven, and poured out drink-offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worfhip her, and pour out drink-offerings unto her, without 0r our |1 men ? L»m* t 20 U Then Jeremiah faid unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that anfwer, faying, 2i The incenfe that ye burnt in the cities of Judah, and in the ftreets of Jerufalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the Lord remember them, and came it not into his mind ? 22 So that the Lord could no longer bear, became of the evil of your doings, ondbecaufe of the abo- minations which ye have committed ; therefore is your land a defolation, and an aftonilhment, and a curfc, without an inhabitant, as at this day. 23 Becaufe ye have burin incenfe, and becanfe ye have finned againft the Lord, and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, nor walked in his law. nor in his ftatutes, nor in hi* tefttmonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you. as at this day. 24 Moreover, Jeremiah faid unto all the people, and to all the women. Hear the word of the Lord, all Ju- dah that are in the land of Egypt ; 25Thusfaith the Lord ofhoiis.thc God oflfrael, faying, m Ye and your »r£* wives Egypts deftruaionforejiieivn. C H A V. XLV, 3CLVT c'uw wives have both fpoken with ytKrfr i**?- mouths and fulfilled with your hand, ^~~v~~^ faying, We will furely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incenfe to the queen- of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her : ye will furely accomplilh your vows, and furely perforin your vows : 26 Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have fworn by my great name, faith the Lord, that my name (hall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, faving, The Lord God liveth. *«£!£?' 27 n Behold, I will watch over uzek. 7. e. jhem for evil, and not for good ; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt fhall be confumed by the fvvorcl, and by the famine, until there be an end of them. 28 Yet ° a fmall number that efcape the fword mail return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah ; and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to fo- journ there, (hall know whole words lhall Hand, f mine, or theirs. 29 H And this fhall be a fign unto you, faith the Lord, that I will pu- nifh you in this place, that ye may know that my words fhall furely Hand againft you for evil. 30 Thus faith the Lord, Behold, p I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that feek his life, as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchad- rezzar king of Babylon his enemy, and that fought his life. CHAP. XLV. 1 Barach being difmayed, 4 Jeremiah uiftrutteth and comforteth him 1 Verfc 14. anPHe word that Jeremiah the t*6- X prophet fpake unto Baruch the fon of Neriah, when he had written thefe words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the fon of Jofiah king of Judah, faying, 2 Thus faith the Lord, the Cod of Ifrael, unto thee, O Baruch ; 3 Thou didfl fay, Woe is me now ! for the Lord hath added grief to my forrow ; I fainted iu my lighing, and I find no reft. 4 t Thus lhalt thou fay unto him, The Lord faith thus, Behold, that which 1 have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land. Pharaohs army overthrown, 5 And feekeft thou great things £ft\\[c for thyfelf ? feek them not : for, be- fcM. hold, b I will bring evil upon all bciupT flelli, faith the Lord ; but thy life will I give unto thee cfor a prey in '•■ «'1.°' all places whither thou goeft. * yj' '*' CHAP. XLVI. 1 The overthrow of Pharaohs army. 13 The connuefl of Egypt by Nebu- chadrezzar. 27 Jacob comforted in cfiajlijement. THe word of the L d r d which came to Jeremiah the prophet againft the Gentiles ; 2 Againft Egypt, 'againft the army j/."""' of Pharaoh -necho k'mir of Egypt, j.„jn,IM which was by the river Euphrates in prcftuUy. Carchemim, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon fmote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the fon of Joiiuh king of Judah. 3 Order ye the buckler and fiiield, and draw near to battle. 4 Harnefs the horfes ; and get up, ye horfemen, and ftand forth with your helmets ; furbifh the (pears, and put on the brigandines. 5 Wherefore have I Cccn. them dif- mayed, and turned away back ? and their mighty ones are f beaten down1, J ff* . and are + 'ded apace, and look not *<««.' ' back : for fear was round about, faith fJJ ,;/■'•' the Lord. 6 Let not the fwift flee away, nor the mighty man efcape ; they (hall Humble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. 7 Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whole waters are moved as the rivers ? 8 Egypt rifeth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers ; and he faith, I will go up, antf'will cover the earth j I will deftro.y the city, and the inhabitants thereof. 9 Come up, ye horfes ; and rage, ye chariots j and let the mighty men come forth j + the Ethiopians, and :" f the Libyans, that handle the ib.ield ; I and the Lydians, '"that handle ana*1'06'1* bend the bow. jo For this ;'; the day of the Lord God of holts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adverf.iries : and the fword lhall devour, and it fliall be fatiate and made drunk with their blood; for the Lord Goo of. holts c hath a facrifice in the north * country by the river Euphrates. r r^GoupifitoGilead and take bain . c O virgin, the daughter of Egypt : iovainfhaltthoaufemanymedicim for f thou (halt not be cured. Z z, 3 a The flfa. to- 1 Eiek 2g. onquef of Egypt. JEREMIAH 12 The nations have heard of fhy fliaine, and thy cry hath filled the land : for the mighty man h:ith {tum- bled againft the mighty, and they are fallen both together. 1 3 H The word that the Lord fpake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon fhould come and f fmite the land of Egypt. 14 Declare ye in Egypt, and pub- li{h in Migdol, and putdilh in Noph, and in Tahpanhes : fry ye, Stand faft, and prepare thee ; for the fword fhall devour round about thee. 15 Why are thy valiant men fwept The Philifines dejlroyei. ■fHi-b. ,tu::f!Ud tBcfd.icr. away ? they ftood not, becaufe the Lord did drive them. 16 He f made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another ; and they faid, Arife, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nati- vity, from the oppreffing fword. 17 They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noife ; he hath pa.fled the time appointed. 18 As I live, faith the K.ing,whofe name is The Lord of hofts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and asCarmel by the Tea, Jo lhali he come. 19 O thou daughter dwelling in Sf/'iw Egypt, f furnifh thyfelf to go into n'uTTHnu captivity : for Noph fhall be wafte isfuvii,- antj ^folate without an inhabitant. 20 Egypt /'; like a very fair heifer, but deftrucVion cometh ; it cometh out of the north. 2 1 Alfo her hired men are in the H*. midft of her like f fatted bullocks ; I'jta'.f f°r they abb are turned back, and are fled away together : they did not ftand, becaufe the day of their cala- mity was come upon them, and the time of their vifitation. 22 The voice thereof fhall go like a ferpent ; for they fliall march with an army, and come againft her with axes, as hewers of wood. 23 They fliall cut down her foreft, faith the Lord, though it cannot be fearched ; becaufe they are more than thegrafhoppcrs, and are innumerable. 24 The daughter of Egypt fhall be confounded ; fhe fliall be delivered in- to the hand of the people of the north . IO'f 25 The Lord of holts, the God of T^-"' Ifrael, f^ith, Behold, I will punifh the Aman. |j .j- multitude of6 No, and Pharaoh, 3c.zi*s.' and Egypt; h with their gods, and Naa. -,.»• tneir kings; even Pharaoh, and ail j^u':43' them that trull in him : 26 'And I will deliver them into the hand of chufe that fe*k their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar %£g king of Babylon, and into the hand -■• j of his fervants ; and \ afterward it kT^kic! fhall be inhabited, as in the days of 2i' "' ,3* old, faith the Lord. 27 1 'But fear not thou, O my \™* fervant Jacob; and be not difmayed, &43-5. 0 Ifrael : for, behold, 1 will fave thee t^io'io. from afar off, and thy feed from the land of their captivity, and Jacob fliall return, ~nd be in reft and at eafe, and none (hall make him afraid. 28 Fearthou not, OJacob my fervant, faith the Lord ; for I am with thee : for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee ; mCM but I \v; 1 1 not make m a full end of thee, ™ -.T but correft thee in meafure ; yet will ^U31°'J*' 1 II not leave thee wholly ur.puniflied. vtuhjt** CHAP. XLV1I The deflnUHon of the Philijlines. 600. lC*3p. '• '.'' I Esek. Jl. u. THe word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet a againft the Philiftines, b before that Pharaoh \T*'s- fmotefGaza. ■*»*** 2 Thus faith the Lord, Behold, \A™. c waters rife up d out of the north, 1 ^h- and fhall be an overflowing flood, c £•,*," », and fhall overflow the land, and oCh 1.14. fall that is therein ; the city, and tH«* them that dwell therein: then the ','*,{■',»:: men fliall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land fhall howl. 3 At the noife of the ftamping of the hoofs of his ftrong horfes, at the milling of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers fliall not look back to their children fur feeblenefs of hands ; 4 Becaufe of the day that cometh to fpoil all the Philiftines, and to cut off from e Tyros and Zidon every 25. 22. helper that rema'meth ; for the Lord will fpoil thePhiliftin.es, f the rem- [z^'y_ nant of f the country of Caphtor. 5 gBalduefs is come upon Gaza ; Ttl'\* hAfhkelon is cut oiY with the rem- ■■r^le- nant of their valley : how long wilt Mi™'i' a fire fliall come forth out of Hefiibon, and a flame from the midft of Sihon, and ; fhall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the f tumultuous ones. 46 k\Voe be unto thee, O Moab ! the people of Chemofh perifheth! for thy Tons are taken \ captives, and thy daughters captives. 47 *\ Yet will 1 bring again the captivity of Moab ' in the latter days, and of the Ammonite* Thus far is the ?"* JERExMIAH. faith the Lord. judgment of Moab. CHAP. XLIX. 1 The judgment of the Ammonites, *t"'fl- eDcut. ■xi ■ 40 Cfa«>tcr 4S "■ D.m 7- 4 Hof. K I. Hah. 1. «• II Or. Tre citiei. f Chap. k Numb. 21. 19. ■4-J 0,3 7 of Edom, 23 ofDamafcus, 28 of Kedar, ^oofHazor, ^amUfElam. || /^Oncerning a the Ammonites, V> thus faith the Lord, Hath If- rael no fons ? hath he no heir ? why 35i£,*J£" then doth || their king inherit b Gad, /i:"h' *• and his people dwell in his cities? ,.',?,.', 2 Therefore, behold, thedayscome, **"*»• faith the Lord, that I will caufe an 1. ^* alarm of war to be heard in c Kabbah ^ A™°* of the Ammonites ; and it fhall be a defolate heap, and her daughters fhall be burnt with tire: then (hall Ifrael be heir unto them that were his heirs, faith the Lord. 3 Howl, O Hefhbon, for Ai is fpoil- & ed : cry,yedaughtersofRabbah,dgird 3i.Tr. you with fackcloth ; lament, and run ^'\o.Z' to and fro by the hedges; for || their lor. king fhall go into captivity, awf his^JJJ' epriefls and his princes together. 4«- ^ 4 Wherefore glorieft thou in the vallies, |J thy flowing valley, O back- X2fe%g. Aiding daughter? that trufted in her "" <*»»' treafures, ( faying, Who (hall come J<^£ unto me ? 5 Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, faith the Lord God of hofts, from all thofe that be about thee ; and ye fhall be driven out every man right forth ; and none (hall gather up him that wandereth. 6 And E afterward I will bring again SfcX^3* the captivity of the children of Am- 4B--*7. men, faith the Lord. 7 t ''Concerning Edom, thus faith 5 }*f£ the Lord of hofts, ' Is wifdom no*""'1* more in Teman ? is counfel pcrifhed Verfta. from the prudent ? is their wifdom vanifhed ? 8 kFleeye, || turn back, dwell deep, k jJ'JJ 0 inhabitants of ' Dedau ; for I will fif™"* bring the calamity of Efau upon him, \'Chl7_ the time that I will viik him. ■>■ --i- 9 If '"grape-gatherers come to thee, ve"^' would they not leave jftrxe gleaning- grapes ? if thieves by night, they will , Hrt. ileftroy f till they have euough, . S*/**- 10 But I have made Efau bare, I have uncovered his fecret places, ami he fliall not be able to hide hhnfelf : his feed is fpoiled, and his brethren and his neighbours, and he is not- 1 1 Leave thy fatberlefs children, 1 will preferve them alive ; and let thy widows unit in me. 12 For thus faith the Lord, Be- hold, "they whofe judgment was if. g not to drink of the cup have aii'u- redly i Judgments ofEdom, Damafcus, CHAP. %£jg redly drunken ; and art thou he that 6oo: fhall altogether go unpunifhed ? thou "v /halt not go unpunifhed, but thou fhalt furely drink of it. 13 For I have fworn by myfelf, faith the Lord, that Bozrah (hall become a defolation, a reproach, a wade, and a curfe ; and all the cities thereof fhall be perpetual waftes. r^i'Vf. r4 I have heard a "rumour from the Lord, and an ambaffador is fent unto the heathen, faying, Gather ye together, and come againft her, and rife up to the battle. 15 For, lo, I will make thee ftnall among the heathen, and defpifed a- mong men. 1 6 Thy terriblenefs bath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwelled in the clefts of the rock, that holdeft the height of £■$■ the hill ; p though thou moulded: ot> make thy q neft as high as the eagle, "27< I will bring thee down from thence, faith the Lord. 17 Alfo Edom fhall be a defola- h^- tion ; r every one that goeth by it fhall be aftonifhcd, and lhall hifs at all the plagues thereof. ienecs ,g » As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the neighbour cities thereof, faith the Lord, no man fhall abide there, neither fhall a fon of man dwell in it. \SShSt. 19 'Behold, he fhall come up like uchap. a lion from "the fvvt I ling of Jordan 12 J* againft the habitation of the ftrong : but I will fuddenly make him run away from her ; and who is a chofen man, that I may appoint over her ? s r*o4. for * ^Yxo is like me ? and who will iior.^n. II y appoint me the time ? and who )lXmtntn. is tllat fhepherd that will Hand be- 7 jot> fore me ? cJ.'ap°5o. 20 Therefore hear the counfel of 44. +5. tfoe Lord that he hath taken againft Edom, and his purpofes that he hath purpoftd againft the inhabitants of Teman ; Surely the leaft of the hock fhall draw them out ; furely he fnall make their habitations defolatj with them. 2 1 The earth is. moved at the ncife of their fail ; at the cry -";re jtfmry/et. thereof was heard in the j- Red f a. zciup. 22 Behold, zhe fliall come up and Vlbf+i.fly as the eagle, and rpfead his wings over Bozrah : and at that day fliall the heart of the mighty meu of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her a 37.13. 23 "1 * Concerning Damafcus. Ha- ziQh'J.'iX math is confounded, and Arpad : for 29. 23- Cliapt;i 30. 40. XLIX. Kedar, Hazor, and Elam. they have heard evil tidings ; they are \ faint-hearted : there is forrow <* •'< •■ || on the fea; it cannot be quiet. t~n^ 24 Damafcus is waxed feeble, and me"td' turneth hei'felf to flee, and fear hath l*7u"a. feized on her : b anguiih and forrows t>chip. have taken her, as a woman in travail, t ?+'.& 25 How is the city of praiie not 30'c' left, the city of ray joy ! 26 c Therefore her young men j£bJ£ fhall fall in her ftreets, and all the men of war fliall be cut oft* in that day, faith the Lord of hofts. 27 And I will kindle a d tire in the aiA^no' wall of Damafcus, and it fliall con- fume the palaces of Ben- hadad. 28 f c Concerning Kedar, and con- H!T£ cerningthe kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Baby Ion fhall fmite, thus faith the Lord, Arife ye, go up to Kedar, and fpoil the men of the eaft. 29 Their tents and their flocks fliall they take away : they fliall take to themfelves their curtains, and all their veflels, and their camels; and they fliall cry unto them, Fear is on every fide, 30^ f Flee, f get you far off, dwell H"**] deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, gre*t&. faith the Lord ; for Nebuchadrezzar king cf Babylon hath taken counfel againft you, and bath conceived a purpofe againft you. 31 Arife, get ye up unto the || wealthy nation that dwelleth with- 1*$,? out care, faith the Lord, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. 32 And their camels fliall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a fpoil : and I will fcatter into all winds s them that art + in the ut- %. it?'**. moft corners ; ami I will bring their *-s^£ calamity from all fides thereof, faith tut r£J.'lr' lion from thefweiliug of Jordan unto the habitation of the ftrong; but I will make them fuddenly run away from her: and who /'/ a chefen maji, that I may appoint over her ? for who is like me? and who will || appoint me the »or, time ? and " who is that ihcplurd that t*pu*. will ftand before me ? ojob+i r« 45 Therefore hear ye the conofel Ch 40 '* of the Lord that he hath taken againft Babylon, and hi? purpofts Jiiat } Heb. tear I. * 2 Kings Godi judgments a gain ft Babylon, J E R. E g*g* that he hach purpoi'ed againft the ,w; land of the Chaldeans; furely the " ' lead of the Hock (hall draw them out; furely he fiiall make their ha- bitation defoliate with them. pRev.ie.p. 46 p At the noife of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations. CHAP. LI. i The feverejudgm" n of God againfl Babylon tn revenge of Ifrael. 59 The prophecy delivered to Utraiah- ^V*Husfaith the Loud, B.nold, I i- will raife up againft Babylon, and againft them that dwell in the f midft of them that rife up againft me, * a d-ftroying wind ; 2 And will fend unto Babylon bfan- bcii. 157. ners, that (hall fan her, and (hall ccb.50.14. empty her land : c for in the day of trouble they ihall be againfl her round about. 3 Againfl him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and againfl him that lifteth iiimfelf up in his brigan- dine: andfpareyenotheryoungmenj delfroy ye utterly all her hofl. <•ch.43.1c. 4 Thus the flain ihall fall in the & so. 37. land of the Chaldeans, d and they that are thrull through in her flreets. 5 For Tfrael hath not been forfaken nor Judah of his God, of the Lord of holls; though their land was filled with fin againft the holy One of Ifrael. mizsit 6 e Flec °iU of the midfl of Baby* Ion, and deliver every man his foul ; be not cut off in her iniquity : for i?,h28.50' fthis is the timeof the Lords venge- gcb.25-14- ance ; g he will render unto her a recompence. kRev.17.4- -j h Babylon hath been a golden cup in the Lords hand, that made iRev.14 b. an the eartn drunken: ; the nations have drunker) of her wine ; therefore the nations are mad. V-t't-'l' 8 Babylon is fuddenly k fallen and flc'iVt'. "deltroyed: howl for her; 'take balm 1ch.40.11. for jler pal)lj if f0 be flie may be healed. 9 We would have healed Babylon, but Ibe is not healed: forfake her, and '" let US go every one into his nRev.185. own country; n for her judgment rea bcth unto heaven, and is lifted up enter* to the Ikies. 10 The Lord hath brought forth our righteoufnefs: come, and let us oCh.so.?.8. o (!cc|„.c. in Ziv,n the W01.i4 Df the Loud our God. pCh.^G. k '• Make f bright the arrows; her the One-ids : "' the Lord hath Is'7' raited up the fpirtC of th£ kings of M I A H. in rentage of ifrael. the Medes : for his device is againft ■•** Babylon, to deftroy it ; becaufe it is rot- r the vengeance of the Lord, the ^T^ll. vengeance of his temple. 12 ' Set up the ftandard upon the '^V1* walls of Babylon, make the watch * ftrong; fet up the watchmen; prepare the f ambulhes: for the Lord hath '//;£; both devifed and done that which «'-'i"' he fpake againft the inhabitants of Babylon. 13 l O thou that dwelleft upon 'R<-v. i7. many waters, abundant in treafures, '• iS" thine end is come, and the meafure of thy covetoufnefs. 14 " The Lord of hoflshath fworn uAl»»w f by himfelf, yay/Rg, Surely I will till ;. thee with men as with caterpillers ; and they fhall f lift up a fhout againft I'T.' thee. i5xHe hath made the earth by ?,<£"' *' his power, he hath eftablifhed thecWio. world by his wifdom, and r hath yjo&^B. ftretched or derftanding. 1 6 When he uttereth his voice there is a j| multitude of waters in 0r> »«'./*• the heavens ; and * he caufetb the I^?'™ vapours to afcend from the ends of the earth: hemaketh lightnings with rain, aud bringeth forth the wind out of his treafures. 17 a Every man || is brutifh by his »cb.ro.r4. knowledge; every founder is con- n"J;£u. founded by the graven image: b for £<*£«» his molten image is falfehood, and " Ch. j'0\ 2, there is no breath in them. 18 They are vanity, the work of errors : in the time of their vilitation they fiiall perilh. 19 cThe Portion of Jacob is not like cch.10.1e. them ; for he/'nheformerofall things: and Ifrael is the rod of his inheritance; The Lokd of hofts is his name. 20 d Tiiou art my battle-axe and*"*;10- weapons of war : for || with thee will ck.jo.»»« I break in pieces the nations ; and J1,?//,!", with thee will I deftroy kingdoms; ****•' 2i And with thee will I break in pieces the horfe and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; 22 With thee alfo will I break in pieces man and woman ; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid ; 23 I will alfo break in pieces with thee the fiicphcrd and his flock ; and with thee will I break in pieces the hufbandman and his yoke of oxen ; and with thee will 1 break in pieces wapuins and rulers. £4 And t Ileb. tiejolutiaiu. Gods judgments CHAP IS 24 And I will render untoBabylon, so*, and to all the inhabitants of Chaldaa, ' * "* all their evil that tliey have done in Zion in your fight, faith the Lord. zccVi:?'. 25 Behold, I am againft thee, e O deftroying mountain, faith the Lord, which deftroyeft all the earth; and I will ftretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the ircv.8.8. rocks, f and will make thee a burnt [mountain. 26 And they (hall not take of thee a ftone for a corner, nor a ftone for ch. 50.40. foundations ; B but thou (halt be -f- de- folate for ever, faith the Lord. 27 Set ye up a ftandard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, II prepare the nations againft her, call ich.jo.41. together againft her ) the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Afhchenaz ; appoint a captain againft her ; caufe the horfes to come up as the rough caterpillers. 28 Prepare againft her the nations, with the kings of the Medes, the cap- tains thereof, and all the rulers there- of, and all the land of his dominion. 2oAndtheland (nail tremble and for- row: for every purpofe of the Lord fhall be performed againft Babylon, |ch*p. 50. k to make the land 0fBabylon a deib- lation, without an inhabitant. 30 The mighty men of Babylon have forborne to tight, they have re- mained in their holes: their might \-hVsi'l~'. natn fai^d 5 'they became as women: they have burnt her dwelling-places ; her bars are broken, m chap. 3 [ m One poft fhall run to meet ano- 50' *4" ther, and one mefllnger to meet ano- ther, to fhew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end, 1ich.so.38. 32 And that "the pafTages are flop- ped, and the reeds they have burnt with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. 33 For thus faith the Lord of hofls, the God of Ifrael, The daughter of m.c'4!'i130.' Babylon is "like a threuiing-floor, Amos 1. 3. p |j it is time to threm her: yet a n o*b'te»te ^u'e while, 9 and the time of her timtlbatbt harveft lhall come. tg-e/hcw ^ Nebuchadrezzar the king of Ba- niia.17. bylonhathdevouredme,hehathcnilh- h >(.6. 11. ed me, he hath made me. an empty Hev.i'^i8. veflel, he hath fwallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath caft me out. t H«b. xy 35 •{- The violence done Co me and J"j£"'r" to my ijj flefli be upon Babylon, (hall r^-mJm^r. the f inhabitant of Zion fay; and, lal^j": My Wood' upon the • inhabitants of Chuldeay (hall Jerufaiem fa^. . 1 LI. againft Babylon. 36 Therefore thus faith the Lord, ***» Behold, Iwi 11 plead thy caufe, and take S9a- vengeance for thee ; r and I will dry rch?£%38. up Iter fea, and make her fprings dry. 37 s And Babylon (hull become ch^'/a'"* heaps, a dwelling-place for dragons, *<■'•■■ »»• *• an aftoni(hment and an luffing with- out an inhabitant. 38 They (hall ro3r together like lions; they |j (hall yell as lions whelps. \°^f^, 39 In their heat I will make their feafts,andlI willmakethcmdrunken, tVer-s7- that they may rejoice, and deep a perpetual deep, and not wake, faith the Lord. 40 I will bring them down like lambs to the (laughter, like rams with he-go,ats. 4t "HowisShefhach taken! and how 0Ch.2j.1fc is the praife of the whole earth. fur- prifed ! how rs Babylon become an aftonifhment among the nations 1 42 The fea is come up upon Baby? Ion : (lie is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof: 43 s Her cities are a defolation, a »chjp-so, dry land and a wildernefs, a land J wherein no man d.welleth, neither doth any fon of man pafs thereby. 44 y And I will punifh Bel in Baby- ["1,4£-;; Ion ; and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath fwallowed up: and the nations (hall not flow together any more unto him ; yea, the wall of Babylon (liall fall. 45 midit of her, and deliver ye every hcv. 18.4. man his foul from the fierce anger of the Lord. 46 And |j left your heart faint, and iion ye fear * for the rumour that (hall be »2Ktap heard in the land, a rumour (hall both '»• *• come one year, and after that in ano- theryeavjliallcnme a rumour, and vio- lence in the land, ruler againfl ruler. 47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that bI will f dojndgmentupon t>cb. 502. the graven images of Babylon ; and l"*:tn. her whole land lha!l be confounded, and all her (lain (lull fall in the midft of her. 48 Then c the heaven and the earth, $r*4*4*~- and all that is therein, (hall (ing for Re»ii.io. Babylon : " for thefpoilers fhall come dch.50.3. unto her from tfic north, faith the Lord. 49 ij As Babylon hath cnufed the I *•** flam of Ifrael to till, (o at Babylon i«««,o (hall fall the (lain of all | the earth. "r^°L 50 Ye that have efcaped the fword %H?££'' go away, fland not (till: remember [Or,i*e the Lord afar off, and let Jerufalem 'SJ"'r' come into your mind. 51 We The defolation of Babylon. JERE ucfurc 5, \Ve are confounded, becaufe %'s- we have heard reproach ; ihame hath -* — ' covered our races ; for ftrangers are come into the fanauaries of the Lords houfe. 52 Wherefore, behold, the days n.tf. come, faith the Lord, e that I will do judgment upon her graven images; and through all her land the wounded flull groan, bad. *. 53 f Though Babylon (hould mount up to heaven, and though Ihe (hould fortify the height of her (trength, yet from me (hall fpoilers come unto her, faith the Lord. 54 A found of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great deftru&ioii from the land of the Chaldeans : 55 Becaufe the Lord hath fpoiled Babylon, and deflroyed out of her the great voice ; when her waves do roar like great waters a noife of their voice is uttered. 56 Becaufe the fpoileris come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken ; every one of their bows is broken : for the Lord God of recompences (hall furely re- quite. .'«. 39. 57 s And I will make drunk her princes and her wife men, her captains and her rulers, and her mighty men : and they (hall fleep a perpetual fleep, and not wake, faith the King, whofe name is The Lord of hofts. 58 Thus faith the Lord of hofts, || The broad walls of Babylon (hall be utterly || broken, and her high gates (hall be burnt with fire; and hthepeo- L°&r* pie (hall labour in vain, and the folk femb.1.13. in the fire, and they (hall be weary. 59 ^ The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the fonofNeriah, the fon ofMaafeiah, iior,.n«« when he went || with Zedekiah the M»ifif. k-mg Gf Judah into Babylon, in the fourth year of his reign. And tlus ',*£■«• Seraiah was a || quiet prince. ■""rtfcr* 6o ^° Jeremiah wrote in a book 2*Ui*r. all the evil that (hould come upon ti"1' Babylon, even all thefe words that are written againft Babylon. Si And Jeremiah fa id to Seraiah, When thou coined to Babylon, and (halt fee, and (halt read all thefe words, 62 Then (halt thou fay, O Lord, thou haft fpoken againll this place, to cut it off; that none (hall remain in it, neither mm nor beaft, but that /£*£* it (hall be \ delblate for ever. 63 And it (hall be, when thou haft made an end of reading this book, P0r, cf tiroad Hahylan. M1AH. Jerufalem befieged and taken. 1 that thou (halt bind a ftone to it, and ™%* call: it into the midft of Euphrates. sot. 64 And thou (halt fay, Thus (hall iWiei. Babylon fink, and (hall not rife from l8, lu the evil that I will bring upon her,; and they (hall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. CHAP. LIT. 1 Zedekiah rebelleth. 4 Jerufalem is bejitged and taken. 8 Zedekiah* font killed, and his own eyes put out. ZEdekiah was * one and twenty jot- years old when be f began to \Z*".m reign; and he reigned eleven years *»♦«■•• in Jerufalem: and his mothers name ***** ' was Hamutkl, the daughter of Jere- miah of Libnah. 2 And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3 For through the anger of the Lord it came to pafs in Jernfalem and Judah, till he had caft them out from his prefence, that Zedekiah *£>•»• rebelled againft the king of Babylon. 4 t And it came to pafs, in the soo. h ninth year of his reign, in the t.s King, tenth month, in the tenth day of the cb*£ip.t. month, that Nebuchadrezzar kh^g,zeeB•••,*• of Babylon came, he and all his army, againft Jerufalem, and pitched againft it, and built forts againft it round about. 5 So the city wasbefieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 6 And in the fourth month, in the sea. ninth day of the month, the famine was fore in the city, fo that there was no bread for the people of the land. 7 Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war tied, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the kings gar- den ; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about;) and they went by the way of the plain. 8 H But the army of the Chaldeans purfued alter the king, and over- took Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was lcattered from him. 9 c Then they took the king, and cCh.3a.4J carried him up unto the king of Ba- bylon to Riblah, in the land of Ha* math ; where he gave judgment upon him. 10 d And the king of Babylon flew J==£leI the fons of Zedekiah before his eyes : he flew alfo all the princes of Juduh in Riblah. 1 1 Then he f put out the eyes of * ™k Zedekiah ; and the kuj| of Babylon bound Jerusalem burned and /foiled. CHA cur/i? bound him in j| chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in \ prifon till the day of his death. 12 f eNow, in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, ( ' which toward,. was {.^g nineteenth year of Nebu- & "hr97.'s' chadrezzar king of Babylon,) s came ve"2 Nebuzar - adan || + captain of the ECbaiT guard, which \ ferved the king of 39.0. Babylon, into Jerufalem, 12&2* 13 And burnt the houfe of the 1 net.. Lord, and the kings houfe -.and all the Txcfuiin' houfesof Jerufalem. and all thehoufes 'uusltrr- of the great men, burnt he with fire : tZviii?' 14 And all the army of the Chal- i4t«r«. deans, that were with the captain of tefl%:Jhmi tne guard, brake down all the walls of Jerufalem round about, t. chap. 3S. (5 ''Then Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the refidue of the people that re- mained in the city, and thofe that fell away, that fell to the king of Baby- lon, and the reft of the multitude. 1 6 But Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vine-drellers, and for hufbandmen. 17 '"Alfo the k pillars of brafs that were in the houfe of the Lord, and the bafes, and the brafen fea that was in the houfe of the Lord, the Chal- deans brake, and carried all the brafs of them to Babylon. 18 'Thecaldrons alfo, and the || (ho- vels, and the fnuffers, and the || bowls, and the fpoons, and all the veffels of brafs wherewith theyminiftered, took they away. 19 And the bafons, and the |j fire- pans, and the bowls, and the cal- drons, and the candlefticks, and the fpoons, and the cups ; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of filver in filver, took the cap- tain of the guard away. 20 The two pillars, one fea, and twelve brafen bulls that were under the bafes, which king Solomon had made in the houfe of the Lord : "' f the brafs of all thefe vefiels was without weight. 21 And concerning the "pillars, the height of one pillar xuas eighteen cu- bits, and a f fillet of tweive cubits did compafsit; and the thitknefsthere- of was four fingers: it was hollow- 22 And a chapiter of brafs was upon it ; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with net-work and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all y/brafs: the fecond 1 Chip. 17. 19. 1 Kings IS- 1 + II Or, , Jtrume n I Kings 7 47- i Ileh. tbeirbrafi. '. LII, The nwnbet of the captives. pillar alfo and the pomegranates were £=hr°'e like unto thefe. j««. 2 3 And there were ninety and fix ' w~~"* pomegranates on a fide ; and ° all the "£, pomegranates upon the net - work 7' xo- were an hundred round about. 24 T| And pthe captain of the guard £?^,nG» took Seraiah the chief prieft, s and jCha;.! Zephaniah the fecond prieft, and the JJ; *5* three keepers of the f door: j nei>." 25 He took alfo out of the city an ""«*"-'4« eunuch which had the charge of the men of war ; and feven men of them that f were near the kings perfon, }"}%{!/ which were found in the city; and '*<•*»<*■ the || principal fcribe of the hoft, who y 0r, muflered the people of the land ; and ^^nS' threefcore men of the people of the "■<■*»*• land that were found in the midit of the city. 2 6SoNebuzar- adan the captain of th e guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. 27 And the king of Babylon fmote them, and put them to death in Riblah, in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land. 28 r This is the people whom Ji^f""' Nebuchadrezzar carried away cap- ooo. tive : In the sfeventh year, ' three • see thoufand Jews and three and twenty : i^S* 29 uIu the eighteenth year of*|g Nebuchadrezzar he carried away i+.k? captivefrom Jerufalem eight bundled *»<>• thirty and two f perfons : vtFu. 30 In the three and twentieth year ^a£ of" Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuzar-adan , net* the captain of the guard carried waj^*""* captive of the Jews feven hundred forty and five perfons : all the perfons were four thoufand and fix hundred. 31 H x And it came to pafs, in taex4^ feven and thirtieth year of the capti- -s- *7, * vity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodachkingofBabylon,inthe firjt year of his reign, y lifted up the l£Zf* head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prifon, 32 And fpakef kindly unto him, and |J:/,h;inJ, fet'his throne above the throne of the ««»»■«. kings that were with him in Babylon, 33 And changed hi* prifon- gar- ments ; "and he dM* continually eat »,*£■■ bread before him all the days of DM life. 34 And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the ..ing of Babylon, f every day a portion, ' until the day of his death, all the days • of his life. 11 The Ff.il. 6. rtjertm (• H:b. for lbs gr- tr.efi of 'trvi. dering. n Jerep. f3. %C. fczek. *S. 37- & 33. ly. BoT. 2. j neut. ' I>;ut. Set**. f The LAMENTATI G H A P. I. 1 Jerufalems miferyfor her Jin : 1 2 for complaint, r8 andconfejjion of Cods righteous judginent. HO W doth the city fit foli- tary /fort was full of peo- ple ! a Aozw is flie become as a widow ! (he Ma/ xiw great among the nations, and princefs among the provinces, how is (he be- come tributary ! 2 She b weepcth fore in the c night, and her tears are on her cheeks; d among all her lovers e flie hath none to comfort her : all her friends have dealt treacberoufly with her ; they are become her enemies. 3 Judahisgoneinto captivity becaufe of affliction, and f becaufe ofgreatfer- vitude ; flie dwelleth among the hea- then,flie flndeth no reft: allherperfecu- tors overtook her between the ftraits. 4 The ways of Zion do mourn, be- caufe none come to the folemn feafts : all her gates are defolate : her priefts figh, her virgins are afflicted, and (he is in bitternefs. j Her adverfaries f are the chief, her enemies profper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude ofhertranfgreflions: her£childrenare gone into captivity before the enemy. 6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed : her prin- ces are become like harts that find no pafture ; and they are gone without ftrength before the purfuer. 7jerufalemrememberedinthedays of her affliction, and of her miferies, all her |] pleafant things that flie had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her ; the adverfaries faw her, and 616 mock at her fabbaths. 8 Jerufalem hath gricvoufly finned; therefore flie f is removed : all that honoured her defpife her, becaufe h they have feen her nakednefs ; yea, flie figheth, and turneth backward. 0 Her tilthincfs is in her fkirts; '' flie remembereth not her laft end ; there- fore (he came down wonderfully : kJhe had no comforter. O Lord, behold my alhiclion ; for the enemy hath mag- nified himfelf. 1 o The adverfaiy hath fpread out his hand upon all her || pleafant things : for flie hath feen that the heathen, entered into her fanchury, whom thou didft command that ' they (hould not enter into thy congregation. ONS of JEREMIAH. 1 1 AH her people figh, m they fcek *g™ bread ; they have given their pleafant cir- ***• things for meat || to relieve the foul : nTjS^^ fee, O Lord, and confider; for I am 'V*^ become vile. m«t'c °u 12 % \\Is it nothing to you, all ye{7i/n."""" that f pafs by? behold, and fee "ifi.or.iiu there be any forrow like unto my tHA' forrow, which is done unto me,»(';t' wherewith the Lord hath affli&ed „ i*,r„.; mv in the day of his fierce anger. »• »*• 13 From above hath he fent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth - againft them : he hath fpread a net for my feet ; he hath turned me back ; he hath made me defolate and faint all the day. 14 The yoke of my tran fgreflions is bound by his hand; they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my ftrength to fall ; the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rife up. 15 The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midft of me ; he hath called an aflembly againft me to crufh my young men : "the Lord hath trodden || the virgin, 0l0r;^''* the daughter of Judah, as in a wine- prefs. 16 For thefe things I weep ; p mine p_j«em. eye, mine eye runneth down with Vti&'w. water, becaufe the comforter that a"p-218, (hould + relieve my foul is far from \ £}» . 1 I'll J 1 r 1 ■ bring ill.*. me ; my children are defolate, be- caufe the enemy prevailed. 17 q Zion fpreadeth forth her hands, ijer.4.31. and there is none to comfort her : the Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adverfaries jhould be round about him: Jerufalem is as a menftruous woman among them. 18 H The Lord is r righteous ; for r dm. 0. 7- I have s rebelled againft his ■f' com- « l ***■ mandment : hear, I pray you, all j"„ct' S" people, and behold my forrow ; my »•«*■ virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. 19 I called for my lovers, but ' they JJ^.^, deceived me $ my priefts and mine elders gave up the ghoft in the city, while they fought their meat to re- lieve their fouls. 20 Behold, O Lord, for I am in diftrefs ; my " bowels are troubled ; »*<*»* mine heart is tunied within me ; for I have grievoufly rebelled : "abroad the fword bereaveth, at home there is *d«£ as death. lack.; 1; 2 1 They have heard that I figh ; there is none to comfort me : all mine ene- > ' mies Jeremiah Irtmenteth CHAP. "S mies have heard of rhy trouble ; they t'*-- 388.^ are g]ad that, thou halt done it : thou i ifiiah wilt bring y the day that thou halt \limt ||called,andtheyfhallbelikeuntome. i6,&c. 22 Let all their wkkednefs come 'iSmtd?' before thee ; and do unto them as thou haft done Unto me for all my tranfgrellions i for my fighs are many, ch. s.i7. ancj t my ncart is fa',nt. G H A P. H. 1 Jeremiah lamenteth the mifery of Jerufaiem: 20 he complainet/i there- of to God II- Jerufalems mifery, rampart and the wall to lament; they ''r' r= languilhed together. oHergatesarefunkintotheground; ^~v~-* he hath deftroyed and broken her bars ; ' her king and her priaees are >,**'»* among the Gentiles : the law it n<****w. more) her ra prophets alfo find no^JJ"*^ viiion from the Lord. ez«ie.;.j<.'. ioThe elders of the daughter of Zion n fit upon the ground, and keep Jjtt-3- *«• lilence : they have °caft up dull up- ojobiiii', on their heads ; they have girded themfelvrs with fickcloth the vir HOw hath the Lord covered the gins of Jerufalem hang down their daughter of Zion with a cloud heads to the ground. in his anger, " and caft down from 1 1 >' Mine eyes do fail with tears, p3 $y heaven unto the earth the beauty of ** my bowels are troubled, my liver «c!vV»3. Ifrael, and remembered not b his foot- is poured upon the earth, for the de- Sr*i3a?Vf" ^00' in tne ^ay °^ nis anger ftruction of the daughter of my people ', c Verfe 17. -i- 3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger n. hch.1'4. °r" the aflembly: "the Lord hath their mouth againft thee; they hifs ^J,1* z^h.3.18. caufed the folemn feafts and fabbaths and gnalh the teeth : they fay, We * so. * to be forgotten in Zion, and hath defpifed in the indignation of his an- ger the king and the prieft. 7 The Lord hath caft oft "his altar, he hath abhorred his fancluary, he %ut%. bath f given up into the hand of the pf 74. 4. enemy the walls of her palaces 3 '' thsy have made a noife in, the houfe of the Lord, as in the day of a folemn feaft. 8 The Lord hath pnrpofed to de-^ iKine. ftroy the wall of the daughter of Zion ; k he hath ftretched out a Hue, M. 13 "f»- 34 Heb. have'fwallowed her up: certainly zC": <5- this is the day that we looked forj we have found, we have feen it. 1 7 The Lord hath done that which r he had adeviftd ; he hath fulfilled his «j, word that he had commanded in i;;. days of old : b he hath thrown down, bV«.tf< and hath not pitied ; and he hath caufed thins enemy to rejoice o\,er thee : be hath &£ up the horn of thine adverfdries. i8TheirheartcrieuuntotheLoBD. he hath not withdrawn his hand from O wail of t;e 01 lighter of Zion, « let ' fdeftroyiiig : therefore he made the tears run down like 3 river day and ' ' & + Ji'ght; The faithful bewail LAMENT Srt? r\\g\\t -, give thyfeif no reft ; let not the apple of thine eye ccafe. ' — " ' 19 Arife, cry oat in the night ; in drr.61 8. the beginning of the whiles d pour out thine heart like w iter before the face of the Lord ! lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young eVcr. 11. children, l that faint for hunger in the top of every ftreer. 20 % Behold, O Lord, and con- fider to whom thou halt done this. r tevii. f si13u the women eat their fruit, and &2& children || of a fpan long? glh.ill the $£."". 0. prieft and the prophet be (lain in the jSSSm. fanftuary of the Loau ? 11 or, 21 The young and the old lie on CXlr'ar the ground in the flreets : my virgins and my young men are fallen by the fword ; b thou haft (lain than in the kCk. f. Chapter day of thine anger ; thou haft killed, and not pitied. 22 Thou haft called, as in afolemn day, my terrors round about ; fo that in the day of the Lords anger none efcaped nor remained : thofe that I have fwacldled and brought up hath mine enemy eonfumed. CHAP. III. The faithful bewail their calamities. I Am the man tliat hath Teen afflic- tion by the rod of his wrath. 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darknefs, but not into light. 3 Surely againft me is he turned ; he turneth his hand againjlme all the day. 4 My flefli and my fkin hath he made old ; he hath broken my bones. 5 He hath budded againft me, and compared me with gall and travail. 6 ' He hath fet me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. 7 b He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out ; be hath made my chain heavy. 8 Alfo when I cry and fhout, he fhutteth out my prayer. 9 He hath inclofed my ways with hewn ftone ; he hath made my paths crooked. 10 c He wax unto me m a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in ferret places. 1 1 He hath turned alide my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me defolatc. 6) •>: -la. 12 He hath bent his bow, and 4 fet me as a mark for the arrow. t»*. i 5 He hath cauled the + arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. ejer.io. ;• 14 I sva.s tt e derifioii to all my vl'Vfi!: people, and f their long all the dav. verftej. , s s He hath filled me with + bit- 'h&'uL ' ternefs he hath made me drunken with wormwood. A T I O N S. their calamitiu. 16 He hath alfo broken my teeth ■**{*■ with gravel-ftones, he hath j| covered cir- &*■ M me with affles. io?!5u 17 And thou haft removed my foul 7'^','."* far oft' from peace : I forgat -f pro- t »o>' fperity. gQ3i- 1 8 And I fa'ul. My ftrength and my hope is p.riihcd from the Lord ; 19 || Remembering mine affliction '-'0r-,',f* and my muery, the wormwood and the gall : 20 My foul hath them ftill in re- membrance, and is f humbled in me. L"'!/! 21 This I f recall to my mind, t hc*>. therefore have I hope. Zti'iomf j 2 t h It is of the Lords mercies jjyjjj _ s that we are not eonfumed, becaufe his companions fail not. 2 3 They are new every morning : great is thy faithfulnefs. 24 The Lord is my : portion, faith '•I™.^5' my foul ; thereforewill 1 hope in him. £/.'&. \};, 25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the foul that feeketh him. 2d It is good that a man fhould both hope kand quietly wait for the * w- 3 : ;• falvation of the Lord. 27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. 28 ' He fitteth alone, and keepeth c'.^'; .'J filence, becaufe he hath borne it upon 10. i- 34 To crufti under his feet all the tflri"" prifonrrs of the earth, 35 To turn alide the right of a man before the face of || the molt High, j£l;'r. 36 To fu overt a man in his caufe, the Lord || approveth not. JL2»r'iui. 37 f Who is he ° that faith, and 0k. 33.0. it cometh to pafs, when the Lord commandeth it not ? 38 Out of the mouth of the moft High proceedeth not f evil and good. ■ 39 * Wherefore doth a living mn || complain, r a man for the punilh- \£%!' meat of his iins ? 11 or, 40 Let us fearch and try our ways, '/^JT tf> and turu again to the Lord. 41 'Let us lift up our heart with tpr. as*. our hands unto God in the heavens. 42 We *J l am tut otF- n* W 55 11 f I called upon thy name, O i*;'-.j:o.i. Lord, out of the low dungeon. 56 Thou haft heard my voice ; hide not thine ear at my breathing, at 'my try. 57 Thou d re weft near in the day that I called upon thee ; thou faidft, Fear not. 58 O Lord, thou haft pleaded the raufes of my foul ; thou halt redeemed jny life. 59 O Lord, thou haft feen my wrong ; judge thou my caufe. 60 Thou haft feen all their ven- geance, and all their imaginations againft me ; 61 Thou haft heard their reproach, O Lord, ami all their imaginations againft me ; 62 The lips of thofe that rofe up againft me, and their device againft me all the day. 63 Behold their fitting down, and gver. 14. their rifing up ; * I am tiieir mulick. b rr. 28. 4. 64 ''Render unto them a recom- peuce, O Loup, according to the work of their hands. eofthiaa 65 Give them ||forrow of heart, ejvearl. ^y tU,.fc untO them. 66 Prrrfecute and deftroy them in i ?rai. e. 3 anger from under the 'heavens of the Lord, III. 1V; ' Ziont pitiful opiate. C H A P. IV. 1 Zions pitiful efttite bewailed: i^fhe conftlJ'tt/i her jius. HOw is the gold become dim ! hmv Before is the moll fine gold ..hanged! <^'&z. the ftones of the fiinchury are poured ~~v * out 4 in the lop of every ftreet. sch.i.is«. 2 The precious fons of Zion, com- parable to fine gold, how are they esteemed h .is earthen pit hers, the Je'rf ]l\\*[ work of the hands of the potter ! 3 Even the |J fca-monfters draw 11 or, out the breatt, they give fuck to tfiiir "** young ones • the daughter of my people is become cruel, c like the J**£*" oftriches in the wildernefs. 4 d The tongue of the fucking child !>^i.f;, cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirft ; e the young children afk bread, 5.^3* and :io man breaketh it unto them. 5 They th.'.t did feed delicately are dt folate in the ftreets ; they that were brought up in fcarlet f embrace fjo&u-a< dunghills. 6Forthe |[punifhmcntoftheiniqtii- fot, ty of the daughter of my people is ""'",J" greater than the punifhment of tne fin of Sodom, that Wai ^overthrown as in f^j1/, a moment, and no hands dayedon her. 7 Her Nazarites were purer than fnow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubie^ their polifhingwax offapphire : 8 Their V'riage is + blacker than f'»*t a coal ; tney are not known in Uie UMtncja. ftreets :' their Ikin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a ftick. 9 They that he (lain with the fword are better than they that oe flain with hunger: for thefe f pine r.way,ftr:ckcn l***^ througii for want o/the fruits of the °" '" ' field. 10 '' The hands of the pitiful wo- i»c&.x.ia. men have fodden tiieir own children; they were their 'meat in thedeftruc- ^* tion of the daughter of my people. h The Lord hath accomplifhed his fury ; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and k hath kin:iled a fire in \?e^ Zion, and it hath devoured the foun- dations thereof. 12 The kings of" the earth, and all the inhaoitants of the world, would not have believed that the ^dverfary and the enemy fiiould have entered into the gates of Jerufdem. 1 3 11 ' For the fins of her prophets. ' l«« ?• 31. and the iniquities of her priefts, that U13'IU have fhed the blood of the jult in the mid ft of her, 14 They have wandered as b'ind men in the ftreets, they have polluted A a 'a a themfe.vc* Jy. \ .-.kill a.j. iO. Zion confefftth her fins : L A MENT ,t;;,'T,e themi'elvcs with blood. i| (b that men _^ conld i-nt touch their garm< ni - >:. /» 15 They cried unto them, Depart M^m ye 5 li it is unclean : depart, depart, "'•'"• touch not: when they fled away and :''.'.l wandered they faid among the hea- then, They (hall no more (bjourn there. \>r,f <*■ r- 18 Becaufe of the mountain of Zion, which is defolate ; the foxes walk upon it. 19 Thou, O Lord, * remained for ^ ;«£• ever: thy throne from generation to £?g;J0, generation. aeioa.ii, 20 Wherefore doft thou forget us ii.->x 1+i forever,tf;«/forfakeus ffo long time? :' 21 ''Turn thou us unto thee, Off!™*!" Lord, and we (hall be turned; re- t tat. so. new our days 3s of old. /«"' Vi?"ib. 22 |j But thou halt utterly rejected o, pJr us ; thou art very wroth againlt us. 'u, j,.S :.: ? ■" AtUj. sO Km 1 y. j t H The Book of the Prophet EZEKIEL. CHAT. I. i The time of Kztkie Is prophecy : 4 his vijlon of four cherub: ms, &c. NO W it came to pafs in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth dqy of the month, as I was among the f captives 'By the river of Che- bar, that btne heavens were opened, and I faw vilions of Cod. 2 In the fifth day of the month, **« (which was the fifth year of c king ssj Jehoiachins captivity, ) cTici" 3 The word of the Lord came ex- :+, '*■ prefslyunto-f-Ezekielthcprieft.thefon 7.' ' \ of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chebar ; and d the hand *£™g of the Lord was there upon him. c^,.. 3 4 If And I looked, and, behold, 14, ,:> a whirlwind came out of the north, a great Ezekjeh vifion of four cherubim chrilt0 a 2re:it cloud, and a fire f infolding v -5P5- itfelf, and a brightnefs was about it, t Heb. and out of the midft thereof as the Ciijci/."s colour of amber out of the midft of the fire : cR-vei.4. 5 eAlfo out of the midft thereof ' "' came the likenefs of four living crea- loafs?. tures. And ftnis was their appear- ance ; they had the likenefs of a man. lltllo. 6 sAnd every one Had four faces, u. -i- and every one had four wings. \ firaigbt 7 And their feet were \ ftraight feet ; ''""• and the fole of their feet was like the fole of a calfs foot ; and they iparkled tiRev.i.is. h like the colour of burnifhed brafs. 8 And they had the hands of a man under their wings on th( ir four fides ; and they four had their faces and their wings, iver.ii.u. g 'Their wings were? joined one to another ; they turned not when they went ; they went every one ftraight forward. tsee io As for kthe likenefs of their wurs7 faces, 'they four had the face of a man ».jo- ' m and the face of a lion on the right m NJmti. fK\e . n ancj tney four }iaj [.^j. face 0£- nNumb. an ox on the left fide ; ° they four alfo cbap.'»o.i. nad the face of an eagle. oNumb. ii Thus were their faces: and !|-0*s' their wings were ]| ftretched upward ; aivked two wirHgi of every one were joined one to another, and ptwo covered their bodies. 12 And q they went every one ftraight forward : r whither the fpirit was to go they went ; and s they turned not when they went. 13 As for the likenefs of the living creatures, their appearance was like tp.ev.4i- burning coals of fire, c and like the appearance of lamps : it went up and down among the living creatures ; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. 14 And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a fiafii of lightning. 15 \ Now, as I beheld the living creatures, behold, one wheel upon t lie earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. 16 "The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the co- lour of a beryl ; and they four had one likenefs: and their appearance and their work was as it were u wheel ir, the middle of a wheel. 17 When they went, they went upon their four fides; f and they turned not when they went. 18 As for their rings, they were to high that they were dreadful 5 and J. lfa. c. a q Vcr. 9. r Ver 20 tVer. 17. iO. 9", tO. CHAP. I. and of the glory of God. their || rings were full of eyes round Bce£[£ about them four. sos- 19 And when the living creatures ii"o7 went the wheels went by them ; nndJ,'uU!- when the living cfetnires were lifted up from the earth the wheels were lifted up. 20 * Whitherfoever the fpirit was vver. u. to go they went, thither was their fpirit to go ; and the wheels were lifted up over againft them : for the fpirit || of the living creature was in jl°!j» the wheels. 2i 'When thofe went, thefewsnt ; j v;^ and when thofe ftood, thefe ftood; ct\o'.ij. and when thofe were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over ag.iinil them : for the fpirit || of \°fo the living creature was in the wheels. 22 And the likenefs of the firma- ment upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the ter- rible cryftal, ftretched forth over their heads above. 23 And under the firmament were their wings ftraight, the one toward the other : everyone had two which covered on this fide, and every one had two which covered on that fide, their bodies. 24 aAnd when they went I heard aCh-ros- the noife of their wings h like thebCM3-f« noife of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice ofTpeech as the noife ipf an hoft : when they ftood they let clown their wings. 25 And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads when they ftood, and had let down their wings. 26 % c And above the firmament cch.jc-i. that was over their heads was the likenefs of a throne, as the appear- ance of a fijpphire-ftone : and upon the likenefs of the throne was the likenefs as the appearance of a man above upon it. 27 d And 1 faW as the colour of am- d en. a. . her, as the appearance of fire, round about within it; from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward; I faw as it were the ap- pearance of tire, and it had brightness rou!ul about. 28 c As tiie appearance of the bow 6rci +. > that is in the cloud in the day of rain, fo was the appearance of the bright- nefs round about. (Thhwas the ap- (f*- ^■■ gearance of the likenefs of the glory ■' pf the Loud. And when 1 faw it SI fill upon my face, and I heard 62?."i*oV; a voice cf one that (pake. K'-v l : A a a ^ CM A P. E^ekiels c'ommifjlon : E Z £ CHAP. II. j Ezckich commijfi m J 6 #J iuflnulioii: 9 iAe »v)// <>/'///* heavy prophecy. \ Nd he faid unto mc. Son of man. 59». -T\ (land upon thy feet, and I will v~~ fpeak '.into tli-.e. icti. 314. 2 And "the fpirit entered into mc when lie fpake unto me, and fit mc upon my feet, thai I heard him that fpake unto mc 3 And lie fai' t Ch. 3- 7 , He*. flu. ' bCh 1- 0 irf-v'4 ) Jercm. I- 7, 17- Cb-3-9- of their words, nor b; difmayed at their looks. ' though they be a rebel- lious houfe. 7 And thou fhalt fpeak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear ; for they are f moil rebellious. S But thou, fon of man, hear what I fay unto thee ; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious houfe : opr?n thy mouth, and keat that I «ive thee. 9 H And when J looked, behold, an hand ivat fent unto me ,• and, lo, 'a roil of .i book ivcis therein. to And he fprcad it before me: and it was written within and without ; and there was written therein lamen- tations, and mourning, arjd woe. CHAP. III. j Ezekiel eateih the roll ■• 4 God en- coumget!i bii m. 1 5 God knn the ule of prophesy ; 2 2 of his typical bauds, ami the jhult:, g and opening of kit mouth' Qreover, he Paid unto me. Son of man, eat that thou findeO ; . j 4 \ And he faid unto me, Son of t>"iu£~~"^ man, go, get thee unto the houfe of '^^r. Ifrael, and fpeak with my words unto ,3, lC- t.iem. 5 For thou art not fent to a prople f of a flrangc fpeech, and of an hard i*J?a>, language, but to the houfe of Ifrael ; 6 Not to many people t of a ver/'e. ftrange fpeech, and of an hard Ian- ,"lh.' guage-, whofe words thou canfl not * underhand : _|j furcly had I fent thee " to them, they would have hearkened i-V;/.'/ unto thee. . ., • -.„. , *&$&, 7 But the houfe of Ifrael will not ; hearken unto thee ; c for they will not hearken unto me -. ''for all the j**g houfe of Ifrael are f impudent and JCV!4i hard-hearted. Mie». 8 Behold, I have made thy face. ft rong againft their faces, and thy ££?,*' forehead fbrong againil their fore- hea." t'uereforc j I l.'l.TUf- Caap. The prophets mouth fiut. CHAP chrilf therefore hear the word at lny mouth, su5- and give them warning from me. 1 8 When I fay unto the wicked, Thou fhalt furely die; and thou giveli him not warning, nor fpeakeft to warn the wicked from his wicked way, tofave his life ; the fame wicked man fhali die in his iniquity : but his blood will I require at thine hand. 19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wicked nefs, nor from his wicked way, hr fnall die I': 49' in his iniquity : n but thou hart deli- vered thy foul, ihapten 20 Again, when a ° righteous -man ■ «"*. 13. doth turn from his .f righteoufnefs, and commit iniquity, and 1 lay a ftumblingblock before him, he (hall die: becaufe thou hart not given him warning he (hall die in his fin, and his righteoufnefs which he hath done ftifill not be remembered ; but his blood will I require at thine band. 21 Neverthelefs, if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous fin not, and he doth not fin, he fliali furely live, becaufe he is warned : alfo thou haft delivered thy ft.ul. 22 t pAnd the hand of the Lord was there upon me ; and he faid unto qch. a.4- me, Arife, go forth ''into the plain, and I will there talk with thee. 23 Then I srofr, and went forth rch.i. 18. intothe plain ; and, behold, rthe glory of the Lord Hood there, as the glory iciup.t.i. which ' I f;.i\v by the river of Chebar: and I feil on my face, tch. ». i. 24 Then 'the fpirit entered into me, and fet me upon my feet, and fpakc with me, and faid unto me, Go, (hot tliyfelf within thine honfe. 25 But thou, O fon of man, behold, uch. 4. 8. >' th;y mall put bands upon thee, and fliali bind thee with them, and thou (halt not go out among them : 26 And * I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou (halt be dumb, and (halt not be to them -f- a reprover; y for they are a rebellious houfe. 27 ' But When I fpeak with thee I will open thy mouth, and thou (halt fay unto them, Thus faith the Lord Gon, He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him for- bear: aforthcy*- againft it ; fet the camp alfo againit w~'~ 'n, and fet || battering rami againft it ISfc'*" round about. 3 Moreover, take thou unto thee || an iron pan, and fet it for a wall of \atl^u, iron between thee and the city : and ot,jucc, , fet thy face againft it, and it (hull be befieged, and thou {halt lay fiege againft it. Tins/hall be a fign to the houfe of Ifrael. 4 Lie thou alfo upon thy left fide, and lay the iniquity of the houfe of Ifrael upon it: accordingte the num- ber of the days that thou (halt lie up- on it thou (halt bear their iniquity. 5 For I have laid upon thee the n „?7f- years of their iniquity, according to from" the number of the days, three hun- I^'i'f' dred and ninety d;>vs: "Co (halt thou m, bear the iniquity of thehoufeoflfrael. *!£%. 6 And when thou haft accompliihed >*■ 34-' them. Ik- again on thy right fide, and thou fhalt bear tiie iniquity of the houfe cf Judah forty days : 1 have 505. appointed thee f each day for a year, J"^ ;; 7 Therefore thou fhalt fet thy face *>«*,« toward the fiege of JcrufJtm, inAd,?J°r* thine arm /hail be uncovered, and thou fhalt prophefy againft it. 8 b And, behohlj I will lay bands bCb'3 1J upon thee, and thou fhalt not turn thee •f- from one fide to another till thcu tifeb. haft ended the days of thy fiege. 'f,°',V,\l-, 9 \ Take thou alio unto thee wheat, •fJ" and barley, and beans, r.nd lentiles, and miiiet, and || fitches, and pitt ll ot,Jetu. them in one vefill, and make thee bread thereof, according to the num- ber of the days thattnou fhalt He upon thy fide; three hundred and ninety days fhalt th<>u eat thereof. 10 And thy meat which thou fhalt eat flialt be by weight, twenty fhckels a day : from time to time fhalt thou eat it. 1 1 Thou fhalt drink rflfo water by meafure, the fixth part of an bin : from time to time lhalt thou drink. 1 2 And thou (halt eat it as barley- cakes ; and thou fhalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man in their fight. 13 And the Lord fan). Even thus c fliali the children of Ifrael eat their chot.v. defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither 1 will drive them. t4 Then fiikl I, "Ah Lord Go,, ! J** behoid, my foul hath not been pollu- ted ; for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of dieth of itfelf, or is torn in pieces; A a a 4 neither c Cb. 4.. 7Vw judgment of Jerufalem *£!;;il neither came there abominable fleih i»j- into my mouth. " ' is Then he faid unto me, Lo, I have given thee cows clung for man.; dung, and thou Huh prepare thy bread therewith. 1 6 Moreover, be fnid unto me. Son ftjfc of man, behold, I will break the fftaff •W it oi bread in Jerufalem; andthey fhall Ji^s'.'ia. eat bread by weight, and with care; u'3' and they fhall drink, water by mea- fure, and with aftonifhmen: : 1 7 That they m:iy want bread and water, and be aiionied one with an- tjgj" other, and e confume away for their iniquity. CHAP. V. I Under the type of hair, 5 is /hewed the judgment ofjerujalemfor rebellion. r\. {harp knife, take thee a barbers [££30? razor, *andcaufe ?'r to pafe upon thine head and upon thy beard ; then take thee balances to weigh and divide the hair. 2 b Thou (halt burn with fire a third part in the midrt of c the city, when d the daysoftiiefie^earefulfilled ; and thou {halt take a third part, andfm'itc about, it with a knife; and a third part thou (halt fcatter in the wind : and I will draw out a fword after them. 3 Thou fhalt alfo take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy f fkirts. 4 Then take of them again, and caft -thjein into, the midft of the fire, and burn them in the fire ; for there- of fhall a fire come forth into all the houfe of Ifrael. 5.1 Thus faith the Lord God, This j'j Jerufalem : I have fct it in the midft of the nations and countries thai are round about her. 6 And me hath changed my judg- ments into wicjeednefs more than the nations, and my ftatutes more than the countries that are round about her; for they have refufed my judg- ments and my ftatutes, they have not walked in them. 7 Therefore thus faith the Lord God, Becaufe ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you. and have not walked in my fta- tutes, neither have tent my judg- ments, € neither have done accord- ing to the judgments of the nations that are round about you; 8 Therefore thus CkU the Lord God, Behold i,evett I, awaagainft thee, and will execute judgments "m the midft pftnee in the fight of the nations. E Z E K I F, L. for her rebellion. 9 And I will do in thee that which ggjg I have not done, and whereunto I will ^j- _. not do any more the like ; becaufe of all thine abominations. 10 Therefore the fathers f fhall eat^|;; the fons in the midft of thee, and the «*»««■ foils {hall eat their fathers; and frzKinp will execute judgments in thee, and %£% 0. the whole remnant of thee will I ^; ;0a0* fcatter into all the winds. Bw. *.s« 1 t Wherefore, as I live, faith the Lord God, Surely, becaufe thou haft defiled my fanftuary with all thy de- teftable things, and with allthine abo- minations, therefore will I alfo dimi- nish thee; g neither mall mine eye Iff.'j'a4.'0' fpare, neither will I have any pity. hi(eV(rJi 12 1 hA third part of thee (halt &jer.i5.'a,' die with the peftilence, and with fa- mine fhall they be confumed in the midfi of thee; and a third part {hall fall by the fword round about thee ; and } I will fcatter a third part into ! cil<5 fl- ail the winds; and k I will draw out '. a fwerd after them. 1 3 Thus fliall mine anger be accom- plished, and I will caufe my fury to reft upon them, 'andlwillbecamfort- ; ed : and they fliall know that I the ni.l.24. Lord have fpoken it in my zeal, wheu I have accomplished my fury in them. 14 Moreover, I will make thee wafte, and a reproach among the na- tions that are round about thee, in the fight of all that pafs by. 1 5 So it fhall be a m reproach and a ™aD™|' taunt, an inftrucYion and an aftoniib- ment, unto the nations that are round about thee, when I mail execute judgments in thee in anger, and in fury, and in furious rebukes: I the Lord have fpoken it. 1 6 When I fliall n fend upon them ■**« the evil arrows of famine, which fliall be for their deftrucYton, and which I will fend to deftroy you •- and I will increafe the famine upon you, and will break your ° itaff of bread ; a&aS!' 1 7 So will I fend upon you famine, £hJgl:£ and ''evil beafts, and they fliall be- >*4 '3- reave thee; and peftilence and blood v1^\^- fliall pafs through thee; and I will bring the fword upon thee : I the Lord have fpoken it. CHAP. VI. j The judgment of Ifrael fvr their ido- latry. 8 A remnant (hall befaved. 1 r The faithful are exhorted. & c . ANd the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 2 Son of man, fet thy face toward the 3 mountains of Ifrael, and prophe- »ch.3«. 1. fy againft them.) 3 And Ifraeh judgment for idolatry: .CHAP, cc/rm 3 Ancl fay» ^e mountains of Ifrael, sa+- hear the word of the Lord God ; Thus " ■ " faith the Lord God to the mountains and to the hills, to the rivers and to the vallies, Behold I, even I, will bring a fword upon you, and I will deftroy your high places : 4 And your altars (hall be defolate, li or,/«i,- and your II images fliall be broken ; image,. , *■ i ' _ o . and fc and b I will call down your flam men hTevit. before your idols. sfi-30.' 5 And I will f lay the dead car- tatb.givc. cafeg 0f the children of Ifrael before their idols ; and I will fcatter your bones round about your altars. 6 In all your dwelling-places the cities fliall be laid wafte, and the high places (hall be defolate ; that your altars may be laid wafte and made defolate, and your idols may be broken and ceafe, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be aboliflied. 7 And the {lain fliall fall in the ch*ptcr»7 rcidft of you ; and c ye lhall know *,9.&ji1 that I am the Lord. ^cq'p. 5. 8 T| d Yet will I leave a remnant, *»••*. that ye may have fome that, fliall efcape the fword among the nations, when ye fliall be fcattered through the countries. 9 And they that efcape of you fliall remember me among the nations, whither theyihall be carried captives, id;*/8! t°' becaufe e I am broken with their who- & 63. 10. rifh heart which hath departed from is'. 39?" me, and f with their eyes which go a chap. 20. whoring after their idols : and £ they eLe%it. fliall loathe themfdves for the evils cui 36. 3 1.. which they have committed in all their abominations. 10 And they fhali know that I am the Lord, and that I have not faid in vain that I would do this evil unto them. 1 1 % Thus faith the Lord God, bcb.11.14 Smite h with thine hand, and ftamp with thy foot, and fay, Alas for all the evil abominations of the houfe of If- rael! for they fliall fall by the fword, by the famine, and by the peftilence. 12 He that is far off fliall die of the peftilence ; and he that is near fliall fall by the fword ; and he that remaineth and is bdleged fliall die by the famine : tlnjs will I accomplilh my fury upon them. 1 vcr 7. l i Then * fliall ye know that I am the Lord, when their flain m:n fliall be among their idols round aopur. |Tft '■• s- their altars, kupon every high hill, in all the tops ot the mountains, and un- der every green tree, and under e,yery VI, VII. their final deflation. thick oak, the place where they did ££;;£ offer fweet favour to all their idols. sa*. 14 So will I ftretch out my hand ' " upon them, and mak^ the land defo- late ; yea, || more defolate than the n 0r, wildernefs toward Diblath, in ail ^f/*^ their habitations; and they fliall «■'•'<'" •"-''• know that I am the Lord. CHAP. VII. 1 The final defolation of Ifrael. 16 The mournful repentance of them that efcape. 2 3 Under the type of a chain is fliexved their miferable captivity. Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 2 Alfo, thou fon of man, thus faith the Lord God unto the land of Ifrael, a An end, the end is come upon the *^";83'f' four corners of the land. Mattn. i4'. 3 Now is the end come upon thee, ',lj'u' and I will fend mine anger upon thee, and b will judge thee according to thy t> ver. e, . and thine abominations that are in upm' ' the midft of thee ; s and ye (hall know e ver.4. that I am the Lord that fmiteth. ioBehold the day, behold it iscome; the morning is gone forth ; the rod hath bloffomedj pride hath budded. ( 1 h Violence is rifen up into a rod b Jcr- 6- 7' of wickednefs ; none of them jhall re- main, nor of their || multitude, nor of ■•^'uUm any of || theirs : 'neither fliall there be u"o¥, wailing for them. jjjg^ 12 The time is come, the day />«■/»»• draweth near : let not the buyer re- \k*?6. joice, nor the feller mourn ; for wrath "^j1*- is upon all the multitude thereof. 1 3 For Ifraels mournful repentrace. E 2 E I] For the feller fhall not n-turn to that which is fold, f although they were v?t nlive : for thevifion is touch- ing the whole multitude thereof, u/A/t/ifhall not return: neither fhall «?,*'£ '" any ftrengthen himfelf j| in f the ini- l£ti£& MuitV Pg. trom them. 2 1 And I will give it into the hands of the ftrangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a fpoil ; and they fhall pollute it. 22 My face will I turn alfo from them, and they fhall pollute my fe- ■ °'; cret place: for the II robbers fhall enter into it, and dehle it. 23 \ Make a chain ; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. 24 "Wherefore I will bring the warlt of the heithen, and they fhall pollefs their houfes: I will alfo make the pomp of the ftrdhg to ceafe, and - ( || their holy pl?.ecs fhall be defiled. "Tcir"b,'r' 25 fDeftrucYlor) cometh : and they ?■*, ft'a!1 ftek Peacc' ai,d tncre Jhclli be cuttintqf. none. ucr.4 .10. 2(, ^Mifchief fli.Tl! come upon mif- chief, and rumour fh.-.ll be upon KIEL. Kzekiels rflinn nf jealoufy runvnif ; ' then fhall th-ey feck a \i- (ion of the prophet : but the law (hall perifh from the priei'r, and counfel. ir mi the ancients. 27 The king lhall mourn, and the prince ihall be clothed with defla- tion, andtiie handsel" thepropleofthe land, 'hall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and f according' "*• . to their d 'lifts will I judge them ; and /Wf»ow. they fnail know that I an the Lord. G ti A P. VIII. f Ezekie/s vififin of jealoufy. 7 Tlie thfiml/ers of imstgery. ANd it came to pafs, in the fixth year, in the fixth ni:mt/i, in the fifth dn} of the month, as I fit in mine houfe, and the elders of Jndah ftl before me, that a the hand of theat^'Ji* Lord God fell there upon me. 2 bThen I beheld, and, lo, a like--";?; '" nefs as the appearance of fire from the appearance of his loins, even downward, fire , and fr< m his loins, even upward, as the appenrance of brightnefs, c as the colour of amber, cctay.i-4- 3 And he d put forth the f;;rmof an ,1 Dan. j.5. hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the fpirit lifted me up be- tween the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the viiions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north, where was the feat of the image of jealoufy, which provoketh to jealoufy. 4 And, behold, the glory of the God of Ifrael ivas there, according to the vifion that I f faw in the plain. «ch.*. ia.^ 5 If Then faid he unto me, Son of ' "' man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north- So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and, behold, northward, at th gate of the altar, this image of jealoufy in the entry. 6 He faid furthermore unto me. Son of man, feeft thou what they do ? even the great abominations that the houfe of Ifrael committ'th here, that I (houldgo far off" from my fan&unry? But turn tiie^yet again, ami thou (halt fee creater abominations. 7 "[ Aid he brought me to the doer of the court: vn<\, when I looked, b chord1, a hole in the wall. H Then faid he unto me. Son of man, dig now in the wall : and,whenl had digged in th- wall, behold .1 door. 9 And he faid unto me. Go in, and behpMd the wicked abomruations that they1 do here. ' 10 So I went in and faw ; and, be- hold, every form of creeping things-, and Vile idolatry reproved. CHA V. ai'"'T anc^ abominable be alls, and all the 59-m idols of the houfe of lfrael, pourtray- "~v eci upon the wall round about. 1 1 Ant! there ftood before them fevcnty men of the ancients of the houfe of lfrael, and in the midft of them flood Jaazaniah the fon of Sha- phan, with every man his cenfer in his hand ; and a thick cloud of incenfe went up. 1 2 Then faid he unto me, Son of man, heft thou feen what theantientsofthe houfe of lfr.icl do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? :»•!»■ s. for they fay, The Lord feetb us not; the Lord hath forfaken the earth. 13 t He Paid alfo unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou fhait fee greater abominations that they do. r 4 Then he brought me to the door of the gnteofthe Lords houfe, which xrax toward the north ; and, behold, there fat women weeping for Tamrauz. 15 f Then faid he unto me, Haft thou feen this, Ofonofimnn? Turn thee yet again, artd thou (halt fee greater abominations than thefe. 16 And he brought me into the inner court of the Lords houfe ; and, behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the :b.n.i. altar, %were about five 2nd twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the Lord, and their fiices toward the eaft ; and they worihipped Drot h tj>e run toward the eaft. cis>E»i3. 17 *1 Then he faid unto me, Haft >"v. 15. thou feen this, O fon of man ? || Is it ■4+17- a light thing to the houfe of Jndah «any that they commit the abominations *«*'*>" which they commit here ? for they nut. i^g fi\\€(\ the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger; and, lo, they put the branch to their nofe. h.5. 11. '** Therefore will I alfo deal in 7-4,V fury : mine ! eye fiiall not fpare, nei- ?nl'10' ther will I have pity; and though ►8-|- they k cry in mine ears with a loud Vi'V:. voice, yet will I not hear them. 'Yt CHAP. IX. :a. 7.13. f A vifion, whereby is (hewed the pre- fervatiou of fume, 5 and the de- Jt radian of the reft. HE cried alfo in mine ears with a loud voice, faying, Caufi them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his deftroying weapon in his hand. w,'b 2 And, behoid, fix men came from gj:a the way of the higher gate, f which . Ifrarl was gone up from tiie cherub, '{/i/l*" whereupon he was, to the threshold hs«o,ap. of the houfe: and he called to the t & 10 .4. man clothed with tinen, which had £,%"' the writers inkhorn by his fide ; 4 And the Lord faid unto him, Go through the midft of the city, through the midft of Jcrufalem, and , H,„. + fet c a mark upon the foreheads of "wj » the men d that ligh, and that cry, for tt%. \% 7. all the abominations that be done in *" 7 •■>• the midft thereof. 13 to, if. 5 % And to the others he faid in ?,*£«« f mine hearing, Go ye after him * •■• through the city, and finite ; e let not i,£f;«„. your eye fpare, neither have ye pity: eVcr.10. 6 f Slay f utterly old and young, \%c*"m' both maids, and little children, and fJ^V, women : but come not near any man Mfirimm. upon whom is the mark ; and s begin Rjer.as.ss>. at my fan£tuary : h then they began 1f,\Xio. at the ancient men which were before the houfe. 7 And he fa-d unto them, Defile the houfe, and fill the courts with the (lain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and flew in the city. 8 ^f And it came to pafs, while they were flaying them, and I w;;s left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and faid, ; Ah Lord God ! wilt icb.11.13. thoudeftroy all the refidue of lfrael, in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerufalem ? 9 Then faid he unto me, The ini- quity of the houfe of lfrael and ju- dah is exceeding great, and the land is + full of blood, and the city full ijj^ of || perverfenefs : for they fay, kTbe 11 or."" d hath forfake; the Lord feeth not. ro And as for me alfo, mine ' eye J^'*-"' fliall not fpare, neither will I have** up- pity ; butl will recompenfe their way upon their head. n And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his fide, f reported the matter, f iuk faying, I have done as thou haft com- w/ZIr*. manded me. CHAP. X. I The t'ifton of the coals of fire tn be J c altered over the city. 8 The vifion of the cherubims. THen I looked, and, behold, in the a firmament that was above the \?XL '* head of the cherubims there appear- ed over them as it were a fapphire- ftone, The -oifion of the E Z E K oirui ft°"^ as the appearance of the like- t iy*- _, nefs of a throne. bOMJT 2 b And he fpake unto the man clothed with linen, and faid, Go in between the whrels, even under the tHch. ^ cherub, and fill \ thine hand with j?*£™ coals of fire from between the cheru- *"'''' bims, and fcatter them over the city. And he went in in my fight. 3 Now the eherubims flood on the right lide of the houfe when the man went in ; and the cloud filled the inner court. \l"m. 4 c Then the glory of the Lord chyi £«. -f-Went up from the cherub, and/hod i Hd. over the threfhold of the houfe ; and ■wuhjicd the i10Uft. was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the bright- nefs of the Lords glory. (jcii.i.24. 5 And the d found of the eherubims wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he fpeaketh. 6 And it came to pafs, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, faying, T.-ke fire from between the wheels, from between the eherubims: then he went in, and flood befide the wheels. tHeb./oii 7 And one cherub \ firetched forth his hand from between the cheru bims unto the fire that was between the eherubims, and took thereof and put it into tne hands of him that was clothed with linen ; who took it, and went out. ecb. i.8. 8 *| c'And there appeared in the eherubims the form of a mans h.-.nd under their wings. let,, i i5. 9 'And when! looked, behold, the four wheels by the cheruoims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub i and the appearance of the wheels was as the «ch 1. to. colour of a E beryl-ftone. ro And as for their appearances, they four had one likenefs, as if a wheel had been in the midft of a wheel. 1 1 '■ When they went, they went upon their four fides; they turned not us they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it : they turned not as they went. 1 2 And their whole f body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and ' the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. 1 3 As for the wheels, j| it was cried j unto them in my hearing, O wheel. 1 4 k And every one had four faces : 0^0":' ' the bill face was the face of a cherub , 6CH.M7. \ H-.b fitjb. TOr, I E L. coals and eherubims. and the fecond face was the face of a £££™ man, and the third the fa;e of a lion, isl- and the fourth the face of an eagle. * ' 15 And the eherubims were lifted up. This is ' the living creature that 1 ch. 1. 5. I faw by the river of Chebar. 16 m And when the eherubims ""-ms went, the wheels went by them ; and when the eherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the fame wheels alio turned not from befide them. 1 7 n When they flood, thefe flood ; 1^'.l\ and when they were lifted up, thefe lifted up themfelves alfo : for the fpirit || of the living creature was in them. J ,(1r.v. r8 Then °the glory of the Lord oVcr.4. departed from off" the threfhold of the houfe, and flood over the eherubims. 19 And pthe eherubims lifted up \^£; their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my Gghl ! when they went out, the wheels alfa were be- fide them ; and every one flood at the door of the eafl g;'te of the Lords houfe ; and the glory of the God of Ifrael was over them above. 20 q This is the living creature that ich I-Mi I faw under the God of Ifrael by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the eherubims. 2 1 Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings ; and the likenefs of the hands of a man was under their wings. 22 And the likenefs of their faces was the fame faces which I faw by the river of Chebar, their appear- ances and themfelves : they went every one flraight forward. CHAP. XI. 1 The princes prefumption : 4 their Jin and judgment. 1 3 Gods purpofe in faring a remnant, 2 1 and pu- nifhing the wicked. Moreover, the fpirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the eaU gate ofthe Lords houfe, which look- eth eaflward : and, behold, a at the j door ofthe gate five and twenty men ; among whom I faw Jaazaniah the fou of Azur, and Pelatiah the fon of Be- naiah, princes ofthe people. 2 Then faid he unto me, Son of man, thefe ar? the men thatdevifemifchief, and give wicked counfel, in this city ; 3 Which fay, || It is not h near, let . us build houf'es : c this city is the dron, and we be the flefh. 4 II Therefore prophefy. againft them, prophefy, O fon of man. r%Crjcr. j 5 And d the Spirit ofthe Lord fell > u- upon me, and faid unto me, Speak; aCh *' Thus, f Ch. 6. 7. & 13.9,14. 11, 23. A remnant faved. CHAP. chriit Thus fa,th tne Lord, Thus have ye 5/4- faid, O houfe of Ifrael : for I know s"_v ' the things that come iuto your mind, every one of them. 6 Ye have multiplied your (lain in this city, and ye have filled the ftreets thereof with the (lain. 7 Therefore thus faith the Lord '"Ton". God, e Your (lain, whom ye have laid •facta. * ' in the midft of it, they are the flefh, and this city is the caldron ; but I will bring you forth out of the midft of it. 8 Ye have feared the fword ; and I will bring a fword upon you, faith the Lord God. 9 And I will bring you out of the midfl thereof, and deliver you into the hands of Grangers, and will execute judgments among you. 10 Ye fhall fall by the fword : I will judge you in the border of Ifrael-, fand ye fhall know that I am the Loud. 1 1 This city fhall not be your cal- dron, neither fhall ye be the flefli in the midft thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Ifrael : :vcr. 10. ,2 And gye fhall know that I am !**?**** tne Lord : [| for ye have not walked wMtd. "m my flatutes, neither executed my judgments, but have clone after the mannersof the heathen thataw round about you. 13 \ And it came to pafs, when I prophefied, that Pelatiah the fon of Benaiah died then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, hch.p.8.an(i faid, hAil Lord God ! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Ifrael ? 14 % Again the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 15 Sf.u of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the houfe of Ifrael wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerufilem have faid, Get ye far from the Lord ; unto us is this land given in pofleflion. 116 Therefore fay, Thus faith the Lord God, Although I have call them far otf among the heathen, and although I have fcatter? d themamong the countries, ryet will I be to them as a little fanctuary in the countries where they Hull come. 17 Therefore fay, Thus faith the Lord God, I will even gather you from the people, and afTemble you out of the countries where ye have been fcattered, and I will give you the land of Ifrael. 18 And they fhall come thither, and they fhall take away ail the deteftable XI, XII. The wicked punified. things thereof, and all the abomina- ££»£ tions thereof, from thence. s '-■■ out of their flefh, and will give them j!^ an heart of fiefh ; mzeth. 20 That they may walk in my fta- 7' ll~ tutcs, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: "and they fhall be my people, S/^'i/.8* and I will be their God. 2{ But as for them whofe heart walketh after the heart of their de- teflable things and their abomina- tions, °I will recompenfe their way %?$? upon their own heads, faith the Lord God. 22 If Then did the cherubims lift up their wiug3, and the wheels be- fule them ; and the glory of the God of Ifrael was over them above 23 And p the glory of the Lord S.c4hap* went up from the midft of the citv, and flood q upon the mountain r which il.**-**^ is on the eaft fide of the city. roup. 24 11 Afterward the fpirit took me 4j'*' up, and brought me in a vition by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity : fo the vifion that I had feen went up from me. 25 Then I fpake unto them of the captivity all the things that the Lord had fhewed me. CHAP. XII. t By the type of Ezekiels removing is Jliewed the captivity of Zedekiah. 17 Ezekiels trembling Jheweth the Jews deflation. npHe word of the Lord alfo came ■A unto me, faying, 2 Son of man, thoudwelleft in the midft of a a rebellious houfe, which %, 7,e'.ii b have eyes to fee, and fee not ; they *\^°'17" have ears to hear, and hear not : cfor & <*■ **«' they are a rebellious houfe. Mstthew" 3 Therefore, thou fon of man, pre- **'13'1** p.ire thee || fluff for removing, and ] 0r,*n!' remove by day in their fight ; and fimmtntt, thou (halt remove from thy place to another place in their fight ; it may be they will confider, though they be a rebellious houfe. 4 Then fhalt thou bring forth thy fluff by day in their fight, as fluff for removing: and thou malt go forth at even in their fight, f as they that go forth into captivicy. \ 5 f Dig thou through the wall in their fight, and carry out thereby. 6 In their fight fin It thou bear?/ upon thy moulders, and carry it forth in the twilight : thou fhalt cqver thy face, that thou fee not the. ground; ior t neb. er bt 5 ingt trie of JTlifclfall captivi'y, and E Z E K. **•* for I huve fet tnee/t> a lign unto the »* houfe of Ifrael. "v-— ' 7 And 1 did ft> as I was command- ed : I brought forth my ihilf by day, as ftofffor captivity, and in the even 2 ! t digged through tne wal1 Wltl1 •*■ mm? hind ; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare// upon my (houl- der in their fight. 8 And in the morning came the word of the Lord unto me, faying, 9 Son of nun, hath not the houfe of Ifrael, the rebellious houfe, faid unto the-, What doett thou ? io Say thou unto them, Thus faith the Lord Go d, This burden cower t/et/i the prince in Jerufalern, and all the houfe of Ifrael that are among them. 1 1 Say, I am your (ign : like as I have done, io (hall it be done unto »«ae theoij fthey toll remove, and go '«* into captivity. 1 2 And d the prince that is among '+• them iha.ll bear upon his fhoulder in the twilight, and (hall go forth ; they mail dig through the wall to carry out thereby : he (hall cover his face, that he fee not the ground with his eyes. ':rT' 1 3 My c net alfo will I fpread upon *5£' him, and he (hall be taken in my Kinp fnare : and '" I will bring him to Ba- ;' bylon, to the land of the Chaldeans ; yet mall he not fee it, though he {hall die there. 1 4 And s I will fcattcr toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all lus bands ; and h I will draw out the fword after them. i s And they (hall know that I am the Loud, whea I (hail fcatter them among the nations, and difperfc them iu the countries. *£ r6 But I will leave f a few men of *""• them from the fword, from the fa- mine, aud from the peftilence, that they may declare all their abomina- tions among the heathen whither they come 5 and they (lull know that I am the LORD. 17 % Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, faying, £■ 18 Son of nun, 'eat thy bread with quaking and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulnefs ; 19 And fay unto the people of the l?.nd, Thus faith the Lord God of the inhabitants of levufalem, and of the land of Ifrael, They (hall eat their bread with carefulnefs, aud drink their water with aftonifhment, that *M.y be defolale from f all thaiistlu-rein, ttecaufe of the violeace of all them that dwell therein. f 1 KlnRS IS- 4. %• l...v. S-" 6 C ■.;;. 5 I E L. the few 1 drfoIatLvi. 20 And the cities that arc inhabited %^ (hall be laid waite, and the land mail s» be defolate ; and ye (hail know tfiSt "~ I am the Loud. 21 1f And the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 22 Son of man, whit it rhit pro- verb that ye have in the land of Ifrael, faying, kThe days are prolonged, and *,\cr?, every vifion faileth? 23 Tell them, therefore, Thus faith the Lord God, I will make this pro- verb to ceafe, and they (hall no more ufe it as a proverb in Ifrael ; but f there (hall be no more \\h^\ any vain vifion nor flattering divina- tion within tht houfe of Ifrael. 25 Fori am the Lord I will fpeak, and the word that I (hall fpeak dull come to pafs ; it (lull be no more pro- longed : for in your days, O rebellious houfe, will I fay the word, and will perform it, faith the Lord God. 26 % Again the word of the Lord came to me, faying, 27 mSon of man, behold, they c/^vcr. ;z. the houfe of Ifrael fay, The vilion that he feeth is "for many days to mr-tei come, and he prophefieth of the times3' 4' that are far off. 28 Therefore fay unto them. Thus faith the Lord God, There (hall none of my words be prolonged any more ; but the word which 1 have fpoken flull be done, faith the Lord God. CHAP. XIII. 1 Thereproof of lying prophets, to and their untemperei morter. 1 7 Offalje prophetess and their impojhnes. ANd the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 2 Son of man, prophefy agahlft the prophets of Ifrael that prophefy, and *Ver- '»■ fay thou a f unto them that prophefy ,; out of their own b hearts, Hear ye the word of the Lord ; 3 Thus faith the Lord God, Woe b'j.-r-m. unto the foolilh prophets, that f fol- £ ',&* low their own fpint, [| and have fcen . nothing ! 4 O Ifrael, thy prophets are c like ,. > AWs the foxes in the defeats tj£1«*' 5 Ye J have not gone up into tl || gaps, neither f made up the hedge ic^ for the houfe of Ifrael, to Hand in the d Pftt. 106. battle in the day of the Lord. 6 cThey have feeg vanity and lying il3°" divination, faying, The Lord faith and the Lord hath not fcttt them and they have made othtrs to hope «*«*• that they would confirm the word. <.^;e2r3* 7 Have u. it- Lying prophets reproved. chritt 7 Have ye not fe?n a vain vifton, so». ancl have ye not fpoken a lying divi- w'— "* nation, whereas ye fay, The Loud faith >A albeit I have not fpoken ? 8 Therefore thns faith the Lord God, Becaufe ye have fpoken vanity CHAP. XIII. XIV. Of prophetess and their pi/lows. t Eira Z. 50- lows to all || arm-holes, and make **%£ kircliiefs upon the head of every s<•> " one built up || a wall, and, lo, others and deliver my people out of your f ch'a". '""' ' daubed it with untempered morter : hand, and they (hall be no more in 22. 28. 1 1 Say unto them which daub it your hand to be hunted : °and ye (hail «▼«■•»• with untempered morter, that it fliall know that I am the Loud. "g!1"* fall; k there fliall be an overflowing 22 Becaufe with lyes ye have made ihower; and ye, O great hailftones, the heart of the righteous fad, whom fliall fall j and a ftormy wind fhall I have not made fad ; and P (trength- ^"4. rend it. ened the hands of the wicked, that he 12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, ftiould not return from his wicked 'l^Ju/'v fliall it not be laid unto you, Where way, [| f by promifing him life ; *» '-/'• is the daubing wherewith ye have 23 Therefore H ye fliall fee no more J."'^,Te daubed t P vanity, nor divin« divinations r for I """• 13 Therefore thus faith the Lord will deliver my people out of jour ccflt'^l'. God, I will even rend it with a ftor- hand : r and ye fliall know that I am Mic 1 Vcrfe, i,uin>. 14 my wind in my fury ; and there fliall be an overflowing (bower in mine anger, and great hailftones in my fury, to con fume it. 14 So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and brmg it down to the ground, fo that the foundation thereof fliall be difcovered, and it fliall fall, and ye fhall be confumed in the midlt thereof; 'and ye ihall know that I am the Lord. rVtr. 9. Chap. 14.8. U 15./. the Lord CHAP. XIV 1 God a>:J'wereth idolaters according to their own heart. 1 2 Gods irrevo- cable jentence. 22 A remnant J'nall be rejirved. THen a came certain of the elders \£*\* cf Ifrael unto me, and fat before me. 2 And the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 3 Son of man, thefe men have fet r 5 Thuswil! I accomplifh my wrath up their idols in their heart, and put upon t;;e wall, and upon them that the ftumblingblnck of their ir.iqmty have daubed it with untempered mor- ter; and will fay unto you. The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; [6 To wit, the prophets of Ifrael, before their face : b fhould I be en- \*™oet quired of at all by them ? 4 Therefore (peak unto them, and fay unto them, Thus faith the Lord God, Every man of the houfe of If- which prophefy concerning Jerufa- rael that fetteth up his idols in his lem, and which fee villous of peace heart, and putteth the ftumblingt for her, and there is no peace, faith block of his iniquity before his face, the Lord God. and conieth to the prophet, I the 17 % Likewife, thou fon of man, Lord will anfwer him th:-t cometh fet thy face againlt the daughters of according to the multitude of his thy people, m which prophefy out of idols ; their own heart; and prophefy thou 5 That I m3ytake the houfe of Ifrael againlt them, in their own heart, becaufe they are J[8 And f.iy, Thus faith the Lord all eltranged from me through t'ieir G gd, Woe to the women that few p'A- idols. 6 \ Therefore c r.tvii. IV IO. fSaftcr 15- 7. 6 Deut. ?H. 37. CDap s. is eCIiai>.6.7 f I King. «■ »3. JobliiB Jcr. 4. 10 2 ThtlT. Gods irrevocable fentence. E Z E 6 H Therefore fay unto the houfe of Ifrael, Thus faith the Lord God, Repent, and turn || your/elves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. 7 For every one of the houfe of Ifrael. or of the ftranger that fo- journoth in Ifrael, which feparateth himfelf from me, and fetteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the ltumblingblock of his iniquity be- fore his face, and cometh to a pro- phet to enquire of him concerning me ; I the Lord will anfwer him by myfelf : 8 And c I will fet my face againft that man, and will make him a d fign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midit of my people ; e and ye fhall know that I am the Lord. 9 And if the prophet be deceived when he hath fpoken a thing, I the Lord f have deceived that prophet; and I will ftretch out my hand upon him, and will deftroy him from the midft of my people Ifrael. io And they fhall bear the punifh- ment of their iniquity : the punifh- ment of the prophet (hall be even as the puniihment of him that feeketh unto him ; 1 1 That the houfe of Ifrael may go no more aftray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their tranfgreilions ; 6 but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, faith the Lord God. 12 % The word of the Lord came again to me, faying, 1 3 Son of man, when the land fin- neth againft me by trelpafling grie- voufly, then will I ftretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the h ftaff of the bread thereof, and will fend famine upon it, and will cut off man and beaft from it: 14 £ Though thefe three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, 7. io. it they fhould deliver but their own 14. 11. fouls by their righteouihefs, faith the Lord Go i). 15 \ If I caufe noifome beafls to pafs through the land, and they htclvt, II fpoil it, fo that it be defolate, that no man may pafs through becaufe of the beafts : 16 Thcugh thefe three men -ivere f in it, as Tlive, faith the Lord God, **■ they fliall deliver neither fons nor daughters ; they only lhall be deliver- ed, out the land fliall be defolate. 1 ; 1] Or if I bring a fword upon that land, and lay. Sword, go through, the ft trrit. a<5 26. ir». 3- «- Chapters 4- '('■ & 5 16. ijercm. 15. 1. KIEL. A remnant referred. land ; fo that I cut off man and beaft g£g from it : sy+- 18 Though thefe three men were ' " in it, as I live, faith the Lord God, they fliall deliver neither fons nor daughters ; but they only fhall be delivered themfelves. 19 TI Or if I fend a peftilence into v that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beaft : 20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, faith the Lord God, they fliall deliver neither fon nor daughter ; they fliall but deliver their own fouls by their righteouihefs. 2r For thus faith the Lord God, || How much more when I fend my I or,//a four fore judgments upon Jerufalem, "'*'"' the fword, and the famine, ana" the noifome beaft, and the peftilence, to cut off from it man and beaft ? 22 H Yet, behold, therein fhall be left a remnant that fhall be brought forth, both fons and daughters •, be- hold, they lhall come forth unto you, and ye fliall fee their way and their doings : and ye fhall be comforted con- cerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerufalem, etten concerning all that I have brought upon it. 23 And they fhall comfort you, when ye fee their ways and their doings ; and ye fliall know that I have not done without caufe all that I have done in it, faith the Lord God. CHAP. XV. 3 By the unfit nefs of the vine-branch for any ivark, 6 isjhewed the t ejection of Jcrufaletn. ANd the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 2 Son of man, what is the vine- tree more than any tree, or than a. branch which is among the trees of the foreft ? 3 Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work ? or will men take a pin of it to hang any veffel thereon ? 4 Behold, ait is caft into the fire*'0*;1 for fuel ; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midft of it is burnt, f Is it meet for any work ? VtM&? 5 Behold, when it was whole it was f meet for no work ; how much t n«t>. lefs fliall it be meet yet for any work*""*' J' when the tire hath devoured it, and it is burned ? 0 •[ Therefore thus faith the Lord God, As the vine -tree among the trees of the foreft, which I have given to the tire for fuel, fo will I give the inhabitants of Jerufalem. 7 And Gods love to Jerufalem : CHAP. XVI. her monfirous whoredoms* t Heb. » trefpafi. A( t Heb. ch?ia 7 -^nd b I will fet my face againft v__so4_^ them; they fliall go out from one tire, bLe'it. and another fire (hall devour them : ct.ap°i4.8. c a°d ye fliall know that I am the cch. e. 7. Lord, when I fet my face againft 2 10^38, them. 42,44. 8 And I will make the land defo- late, becaufe they have \ committed a trefpafs, faith the Lord God. CHAP. XVI. 1 By a wretched infant isjhewed the jiate of Jerufalem : 6 Gods love to her .* 1 5 her unnatural whoredoms. Gain the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 2 Son of man, caufe Jerufalem to know her abominations, 3 And fay, Thus faith the Lord God unto Jerufalem, Thy f birth a and thy nativity is of the land of Ich.21.30. Canaan ; b thy father was an Amorite, bvcr.4j. and thy mother an Hittite. cHUr. i. 3. 4 And as for thy nativity, c in the day thou waft born thy navel was not cut, neither waft thou warned in 1'toJ'rfup. water II to Capplethee: thou wait not im'thee. " falted at all, nor f waddled at all. 5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of thefe unto thee, to have com- panion upon thee : but thou waft caft out in the open field, to the loathing of thy perfon, in the day that thou waft born. 6 ^ And when I parted by thee, \or,md thus it was, fifth the Lord God. */>',,!•"" 20 l Moreover, thou baft taken thy ' * ^°s» fons and thy daughters, whom thou pr.10s.37. haft born unto me, and thefe haft Ch'. ia is. thou facrificed unto them f to be 'c z: ••37- devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms L"!^«r. a fmall matter, 2 1 That thou haft flain my children, and delivered them to came them to pafs through the fire for them ? 22 And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou haft not remembered the days of thy k youth, kHor.n.i. when thou waft naked and bare, and waft polluted in thy blood. 23 And it came to pafs, after all thy wickednefs, (woe, woe unto thee ! faith the Lord God, ) 24 That 'thou haft alfo built unto 1V- jr. thee an l| eminent place, and m haft }'£/.j^; made thee an high place in eveFy m . ftreet. b b 2; Thou * . C>.rjn. r. 57- p -2 Kings 16. 1, 10. 1 Cbron. Jerufalems grievous jirfgnient r E Z E JS 25 Thou halt bant thy high pl;ice sv+ _, at every head of the way, and halt "" made thy beavity to be abhorred, and haft opened thy feet to everyone that palled by, and multiplied thy whore- doms. 26 Tliou haft alfo committed for- Vr^fc' n'ication wita ' the Kgyptians tnv »j! W, jo. neighbours, great of fleih ; and halt increafed thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. 27 Behold, therefore,I haveftretch- ed out my hand over thee, and have diminifhed thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, ° the || daughters of the Phililtines, which are albamed of thy lewd way. 28 pThou haft played the whore alfo with the Aflyrians, beeaufe thou waft unfatiable ; yea, thou haft played the harlot with them, and yet couldeft not be fatisfied. 29 Thou haft moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land ofCanaan unto Chaldea ; and yet thou waft not fatisfied herewith. 30 How weak is thine heart, faith the Lord God, feeing thou doeft all thefe things, the work of an impe- rious whorifh woman ; 31 || In that ''thou buildeft thine "tujsbtenit eminent place in the head of every q*ver'e/' way, and makeft thine high place in a*,39. every ftreet ; and haft not been as an harlot, in that thou fcorneft hire; 32 But as a wife thrit committeth adultery, which taketh ftrangers in- ftead of her hulb.md ! 33 They giv? gifts to all whores ; lYjf a0'3' kut rtIlou g,ve^ thy gifts to all thy ttieb.'9, lovers, and f hirelt them, that they brptf. may Come unto thee on every fide for thy whoredom. 34 And the contrary is in" thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followcth thee to com- mit whoredoms : and in that thou giveft a reward, and no reward is given unto thee ; therefore thou art contrary. 35 }\ Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the Loud: 36 Thus faith the Lord God, Be- cause thy filthinefs was poured out, and thy nakednefsdifcovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idolsof thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, ivia.1* which thou ciicHt give unto them ; 37 Behold, therefore, ' 1 will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou haft taken pleafure, and all t/iem that thou KIEL. flie is worfe than Sodom. to-, 1: <«] lil/f I haft loved, with all them that thou l^/J haft hated ; I will even gather them *"»• ^ round about againft thee, and will difcover thy nakednefs unto them, that they may fee all thy nakednefs. 38 And I will judge thee, f as c wo- f.u:f;:ir,s. men that break wedlock, and fned -"•••"/■ blood, are judged ; and I will give ,£"'£ thee blood in fury and jealoufy. 5£!S 39 And I will alfo give thee into their hand, and they fhali throw down "thine eminent place, and mail 14,31. break down thy high places ■ they (hall ftrip thee alfo of thy clothes, and mail take f thy fair jewels, and »"*. leave thee naked and b.:re ££?•£ 40 They fliall alfo bring up a com- ■««■*■ pnny againft thee, * and they fliall Vl?}. ftone thee with ftones, and thrult thee through with their fwords. 4i And they (hall 'burn thine houfes If ""■' with fire, and execute judgments up- &'5i*~: on thee in the fight of many women : and I will caufe thee to ceafe from playing the harlot, and thou alfo {halt give no hire any more. 42 So will I make my fury toward thee to reft, and my jealoufy fliall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry. 43 Beeaufe thou haft not remem- bered the days of thy youth, but haft fretted me in all thefe things; be- hold, therefore, z I alfo will recom- Ifffil?' penfe thy way upon thine head, faith u 12- 3U the Lord God : and thou flialt not commit this lewdnefs above all thine abominations. 44 % Behold, every one that ufetli proverbs (hall ufe this proverb againft thre, faying, As is the mother, fo is her daughter. 45 Thou art thy mothers daugh- ter, that loatheth her hufband and her children ; and thou art the fifter of thy fifters, which loathed their hufbands and their children; ayouriV«'i- mother wa> an Hittite, and your fa- ther an Amorite. 46 And thine elder filters Samaria, flie and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand ; and bt tnv younger 3°^; filter, thatdwelleth at thy right hand, Ui- '■ l0* is Sodom and her daughters. J£rM"u> 47 Yet halt thou not walked after "•"■ their ways, nor done afttr their abo- minations; but, || wsifthatwere avery A"/',*, little thing, thou wait corrupted more JJJJJJa '" than they in all thy ways. u"ng' 48 As I live, faith the Lord God, cM,. ,_, c Sodom thy fifter hath not done, flie 1s.ui1.a4, nor her daughters, as thou halt done, thou and thy daughters. 49 Behold, e Oenefn IS 10. f Geuefe iy. *4- Mercy ptomifed to Jerufakm. CHAP. XVl, XVlt. 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy filter Sodom, pride, d fulnefs of bread, and abundance of idJenefs, wis in her, and in her daughters, neither did flie ftrengthen tlie hand of the poor and needy. 50 And tiiey were haughty, and d committed abomination before me : therefore f I took them away as I law good. 51 Neither hath Samaria commit- ted half of thy lins : but thou halt multiplied thine abominations more than they, -and g haft juftified thy fillers in all thine abominations which thou haft done. 52 Thou alfo, which haft judged thy lifters, bear thine own fhame, for thy (ins that thou haft committed more abominable than they : they are more righteous than thou ; yea, be thou confounded alfo, and bear thy lhame, in that thou haft juftified thy filters. 53 h When I Hull bring again their captivity, ' the captivity of Sodom ijer.20.1fi. autj ^er daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and het daughters, then •Will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in trie midft of them ; 54 That thou mayeft bear thine own fhame, and mayeft be confound- ed in all that thou haft done, in that thou art a comfort unto them. 55 When thy lifters, Sodom and her daughters, (hall return to their former eftate, and Samaria and her daughters (hall return to their for- mer eftate, then thou and thy daugh- ters fhall return to your former eftate. 56 For thy filter Sodom was not t Heh. j. mentioned by thy mouth in the day or, healing, of thy J pi'lCle, + "fb'„, 57 Before thy wkkednefs was dif- txceiuncia. covered, as at the time or thy k re- proach of the daughters of f Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philillines, which jj defpife thee round about. 58 'Thou haft f borne thy lewd- neis, and thine abominations, faith The two eagles and vine- t 3eel« 1.9 Ac Ver. 00. k 1 Kings 10. S- n. Chrun. 1i. 18. Ifaiah 7-'. & 14. 18. ■fHeh. Aram. II Or./poi/. 1CU. 23.49. . + Uc„ the Lord. tomttttm. 59 por thus faith the Lord God, 13,10. I will even deal with thee as thou haft J,.<*P8! done, m which haft defpifed the oath in breaking the covenant. 60 f Neverthelefs, I will remem- ber my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will eftablilh unto thee an everlafting covenant. 61 Then " thou fhalt remember thy ways, and be alhamed, when thou (halt receive thy filters, thine elder and thy younger : and I will give f^S? them unto thee for "daughters, p but &*• ^ not by thy covenant. oira. 54. u 62 And I will eftablilh my cove- £a?°:t nant with tliee; and thou (halt know *6>®c- that I am the Lord : \$jrlu 63 That thou mayeft remember, and be confounded, ^and never open **™' thy mouth any more becaufe of thy fhame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou haft done, faith the Lord God. CHAP. XVII. [ By two eagles and a vine 1 1 is/Jiew- ed Gods judgment upon JerufaletH. 22 By the planting of a cedar is fheived the kingdom of Chrifl. ANd the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 2 Son of man, put forth a riddle* and fpeak a parable unto the houfe. oflfrael; 3 And fay,Thusfiith the Lord God, A great eagle with great wings, long- winged, full of feathers, which had f diverfe colours, came unto Leba- l££rf*', non, and a took the higheft branch of » % Kingi the cedar: ■*■ "• 4 He cropped off the top of his young tw'urs, and carried it into a land of traffick ; he fet it in a city of mer- chants. 5 He took alfo of the feed of the He land, and + planted it in a fruitful \uul'in field ; he placed it by great waters, **£l 0* and fet it as a willow- tree ; 6 And it grew, and became a fpreading vine of low Itature, whofe branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him : fo it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and ihot forth fprigs. 7 There was alfo another great eagle, with great wings, and many feathers; and, behold, this vine did bend her roois toward him, and fliot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation. 8 It was planted in a good f foil by tuet>./wj; great waters, that it might brin < forth branches, and that it might bear truit, that it might be a goodly vine. 9 Say thou, Thus faith the Lord God, Shall it profper ? fhall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut ott the fruit thereof, that it wither ? it fhall wither in all the leaves ..f her fpring, even without great power, or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. 10 Yea, behold, being plan: • , fliall it profper ? b ilia) I it not utterly ' ch»P; B b b 2 1 iitf.V3.jj, Cods judgment on Jerusalem. E Z E K *<;"" wither when the eaft wind toucheth »* it ? it fhall wither in the furrows ■ ' where it grew. r i «i Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, <«■»>.»$. 12 c S;iv now to the rebellious hcnife, Know ye not what thefe tilings mean? tell than, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerufalem, and hath taken th king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Baoylon ; 13 And hath taken of the kings feed, and made a covenant with him, U-IT"' d and hjth f taken an oath of him : t Heb. he hath alfo taken the mighty of the ».» land: •*"' 14 That the kingdom might be bafe, that it might not lift itfelf up, tkapbh f but that by keeping of his covenant ;:VT it might (land. "■'■ 1 5 But ehe rebelled againft him, in llvS? fending his ain:.a(l"idors into Egypt, tOt»t fchat they might give him horfes ifc.31.1,3- and much people: g (hall he profper ? « ver. s>. fhall he eft. ape that doeth fnch things ? or mall he break the covenant, and be delivered ? hjer.3*.j. 16 As I live, faith the Lord God, ch.3Ji.3'i3. furely h in the place where the king dwtlieth that made him king, whofe oath he defpifed, and whofe covenant he brake, even with him in the midlt of Babylon he fhall die. 17 Neither fliall Pharaoh, with his cl"' 5l'i4' niightyarmyandgreatcompany,make ' for him in the war, ' by calling up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many perfons : 18 Seeing he defpifed the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all thefe things, he fhall not efcape. 19 Therefore thus faith the Lord God, As I live, furely mine oath that he hath defpifed, and my cove- nant that he hath broken, even it will k-hij.ii. 1 recompenfe upon his own head. lj' s*-3" 20 And I will kfpread my net upon him, and he fliall be taken in my fnart- ; and T will bring him to Baby- lon, and will plead with him there for his trefpafs that he hath trefpailed 1 cm,,. againd me. 21 And 'all his fugitives with all his bands fhall fall by the fword, and they that remain fliall be (tattered toward all winds: and yc fliall know that 1 the Lord have fpoken it 22 *\ Thus faith the Lord God, I will alfo take of the higheft branch of the high cedar, and will let it, I will crop off from the top of his I E L. The parable of the four grapes.' young twigs a tender one, and will £j£jjf plant it upon an high mountain and w*- ^ eminent. 23 m In the mountain of the height 52££?* of ffrael will I plant it ; and it fhall £g£j , bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar : and under it fhall dwell all fowl of every wing ; in the fhadow of the branches thereof fliall they dwell. 24 And oil the trees of the field fhall know that I the Lord have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have mnde the dry tree to flourifh ■ I the Lord have ' fpoken, and have done it. CHAP. XVIII. 1 God reproveth the unjufl parable of four grapes: 25 he defendetk his jujiice, 31 and exhorteth to re- pentance. THe word of the Lord came unto me again, faying, 2 What mean ye, that ye ufe this proverb concerning the land of Ifrael, • faying, The a fathers have eaten four \ /."'"• grapes, and the childrens teeth are Lln1, * "•' fet on edge ? 3 As I live, faith the Lord God, ye fhall not have occafwn anymore to ufe this prcverb in Ifrael. 4 Behold, all fouls are mine ; as * the foul of the father, fo alfo the foul of the fon is mine : the foul that fin- neth. it ihall die. 5 1 But if a man be juft, and do f that which is lawful and right, JJEZmi 6 b And hath not eaten upon the "'"' r^'■'i":e• mountains, neither hath lifted up hisbCh-"9' eyes to the idols of the houfe of Ifrael, d a msnlh-uous woman ; !£*!£■ 7 And hath not c opprefTed any, &'*o. 18. but bath reftored to the debtor hist*"™'!' f pledge, hath fpoiled none by yio- JfJ^if" lence, hath E given his bread to the/E«>d. hungry, and hat with a garment; 8 He that hath not given forth up- f.^a. on hufury, neither hath taken any in- Mal5,35'Jj. creafe, fiat hath withdrawn. his hand 1, End. from iniquity, hath executed true ";..\5;. judgment between man and man, 36,37. 9 Hath walked in my ltatutes, and »?• >V hath kept my judgments, to deal ,5'1, truly ; he is juft, he lhall furely live, faith the Lord God. 10 If If he beget a fon that is l or, a || robber, a fhedder of blood, and || that doeth the like to any one of ,^,'^J thefe things, u *nd Godsjujlice in punijhing : C H A P. XVIII, XIX. B,ehfo™ 1 1 And that doeth not any of thofe 55+. duties; but even hath eaten upon the * y ' mountains, and defiled his neigh- bours wife, 1 2 Hath opprelfed the poor and needy, hath fpoiled by violence, hath not reftored the pledge, and hath lift- ed up his eyes to the idols, hath com- mitted abomination, 1 3 Hath given forth upon ufury, and hath taken increafe lhall he then live ? he fliall not live : he hath doue all thefe abominations ; he fliali furely ^^•1.°:S- die ; '' his f blood lhall be upon him. his ways are equal. Lord God ; and not that he mould g$g? return from his ways, and live ? a?*-. A 24 \ But ° wnen the righteous 0cn. 3-*o. turneth away from his righteoufnefs, ^.W** and committeth iniquity, ana doetu according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, /hail he live ? All his righteoufnefs that he hath done lhall not be mentioned : in his trefpafs that he hath trefpafled, and in his iin that he hath finned, in them mail he die. 25 X Yet ye fay, pThe way of the pver.19. 4 If Now, lo, if he beget a fon IS*.' tnat f"eet'1 a11 his Others (ins which he hath done, and confidereth, and doeth not fuch like ; 15 That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the houf'e of Ifrael, hath not defiled his neighbours wife; (6 Neither hath opprefled aDy, met>. f hath not with-holdeu the pledge, ,'.'.'. gtdtte neither hath fpoiled by violence, but akSFu' hath given his bread to the hungry,- t'dio ancj hath covered the naked with a garment ; j 7 That hath taken offius hand from the poor, that hath not received ufury nor increafe, hath executed my judg- ments, hath walked in my ftatutes ; he fliall not die for the iniquity of his father, he fliall furely live. 18 As for his father, becaufe he cruelly opprefled, fpoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he fliall die in his iniquity. 19 *[[ Yet fay ye, Why? kdoth not the fon bear the iniquity of the fa- ther? When the fon hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my ftatutes, and hath done them, he fliall furely live. 20 The foul that finneth, it fliali die. 'The fon flmll not bear the ini- quity of the father, neither (hall the father bear the iniquity of the fon ; j7r.lt. the righteoufnefs of the righteous 29' ■>a lhall be upon him, and the wickeduefs of the wicked fliall be upon him. <*ctop. 21 If But m if the wicked will turn 3i- "• from all his fins that he hath commit- ted, and keep all my ftatutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he lhall furely live, he (hall not die. 22 All his tranfgreflions that he hath committed, they lhall not be men- tioned unto him: in his righteoufnefs ver. 31. tnat he nath done he fliall iive. *i,.».g. 7 Then faid 1 unto them, Caft ye ' away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourfelves with the idols of Egypt : I am the Lord your God. 8 But they rebelled againft me, and would not hearken unto me : they did not every man caft away the abomina- tions of their eyes, neither did they forfake the idols of Egypt ; t hen 1 faid, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplifh my anger againft them in the midft of the land of Egypt. 9 BBu£ I wrought for my names If***0* fake, that it fliould not be polluted Numb. before the heathen, among whom III* y.28. the y ivere, in whole light I made my- Ver< ,4>"- felf known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. 10 II Wherefore I " caufed them to «■£ go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wildernefs. 1 1 And I gave them my ftatutes, and f (hewed them my judgments, l^;tem 'which if a. man do, he lhall even » **r»- live in them. vcrVl^K 12 Moreover alfp, I gave them my J1.™'-.'^-,-'" k f.ibbaths, to be a (ign between mek^.:o. and them, that they might know that !::.'sy;-.',' 1 am the Lord that faff&ifj them. oeuui.j*. 1 ; But tiie houfe of lfrael rebelled againft me in the w'.Ulcrncfs ; they walked not in my ftatutes, and they defpifed my judgments, which if a man do, he lhall even live in them ; and my fabbaths they greatly ' pol- \* luted : then I faid, 1 would pour out my fury upon them in the "'wilder- J,4s^b' nefs, to confume them. 14 "But The rebellions of Ifrael : C H A chr"fte '4 "^,Jt * wrought for my names 593- fake, that it fhould not be polluted „"^?rre3 before the heathen, in whofe light I 9> "• brought them out. ?£«!?' ''5 Yet a^° OI lifted up my hand pr. ioc. »r,. unto them in the wildernefs, that I would not bring them into the land ■which I had given than, flowing with pver. 6. milk and honey, v which is the glory of all lands ; ■£?£ »° ''Becaufe they defpifed my judgments, and walked not in my fta- tiites, but polluted my fabbaths : for their heart went after their idols. 17 Neverthelefs mine eye fpared them from deftroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wildernefs. 1 8 But I faid unto their children in the wildernefs, Walk ye not in the ftatutes of your fathers, neither ob- ferve their judgments, nor defile yourfelves with their idols. 19 I am the Lord your God ; walk in my ftatutes, and keep my judgments, and do them : tvet. 12. 20 1 £njj nanow my fabbaths ; and they fhall be a fign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God. 21 Notwithstanding, the children rebelled againft me; they walked not in my ltatutes, neither kept myjudg- u"T me»ts to do them, s which if a. man do, he mail even live in them ; they polluted my fabbaths: then I faid, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger againft them in the wildernefs. 22 r Neverthelefs I withdrew mine hand, and u wrought for my names fiike, that it fhould not be polluted in the fight of the heathen, in whofe fight I brought them forth. 23 I lifted up mine hand unto them alfo in the wildernefs, that x I would fcatter them among the heathen, and difperfe them through the countries; 24 y Becaufe they had not executed my judgments, but had defpifed my ftatutes, and had polluted my fab- baths, and their eyes were after their fathers idols. 25 Wherefore 2I gave them alfo ftatutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they ihould not live. 26 And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caufed to pafs a through the fire all thatopeneth the womb, that I might make them defo- late, to the end that they might know that I am the Lord.- 72. 3B. 11 Verfe. P. XX. God promifeth to gather them. 27 t Therefore, fon of man, fpeak *§£J£ unto the houfe of Ifrael, and fay unto soz' _, them, Thus faith the Lord God, Yet * * in this your fathers have blafphemed me, in that they have f committed V^hd a trefpafs againft me. " " W?^ 28 For when I had brought them into the land, for the which 1 lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then bthey faw every high hill, and all the \)™%. thick trees, and they offered there their facrifices, and there they pre- fented the provocation of their of- fering : there alfo they made their c fweet favour, and poured out there ^ chip, their drmk-oirermgs. 29 Then j| I faid unto them, What^,^ is the high place whereunto ye go ? *:*w'a*r And the name thereof is called Bamah ra/of," unto this day. *«"""'• 30 Wherefore fay unto the houfe of Ifrael, Thus faith the Lord God, Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers ? and commit ye whore- dom after their abominations ? 3r For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your fons to pafs through the fire, ye pollute your- felves with all your idols, even unto this day: and d (hall I be enquired d Vcr- 3' of by you, O houfe of Ifrael ? As I live, faith the Lord God, I will not be enquired of by you. 32 And that which cometh into your mind fliall not be at all, that ye fay, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to ferve wood and ftone. 33 *\ As I live, faith the Lord God, furely with a mighty hand, and with a ftretched-out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you. 34 And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are fcaU tered, with a mighty hand, and with a ftretched-out arm, and with fury poured out. 35 And I will bring you into the wildernefs of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. 36 Like as I pleaded with your fa- thers in the wildernefs of the land of Egypt, fo will I plead with you, faith the Lord God. 37 And I will caufe you to pafs un- der the rod, and 1 will bring you into || the bond of the covenant: S/h£" 38 And e I will purge out from a- tctJgS' mong you the rebels, and them that Sfothew0, tranfgrefs againft me: I will bring *s' 3*« 33> them forth out of the country where and ftlie B bb 4 i l'lilt) 2. 2, -,. Chapter Mic. 4- Ifraeh deftrtiliion ' fcreflieivn. E Z E ter into the land of Ifrael ; z and ye (hall know that I am the Lord. 39 b As for.you, 0 honfe of Ifrael, thus faith the Lord G o d, Go ye, ferve ye every one his idols, and here- after alju, if ye will not hearken unto me ; but pollute ye my holy name no more with your guts, and with your idols. 40 For 'in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Ifrael, faith the Lord God, there fliall all the houfe of Ifrael, all of t hern in the land, fcrve me : there will I accept them, and there will I require your l"^. offerings, and the || firit- fruits cf your oblations, with all your holy things. 41 I will accept you with your ?rji- from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been fcuttered; and I will be fanttined in you before the heathen. *b?'v 42 k And ye fliall know that I am tbeLoRD, when! (hail bring you into the land of Ifrael, into the country ,for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers. iefSSi 43 And ' there fliall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled ; and ae 39; "ye fliall loathe yourfelves in your £?**# own fight, for all your evils that ye rVcr 38 ^aVC cornm.itted. chapter ' 44 ■ And ye fliall know that I am ,1"4' the Lord, when I have wrought with you for my names fake, not accord- ing to your wicked ways, nor ac- cording to ytrar corrupt doings, O ye houfe of ifrael, faith the Lord God. 45 t Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 46 "Son of man, fe't thy face to- ward the fouth, and drop//:;' word to- ward the fouth, and prophefy againft the foreflofthefoiiTh field; 47 And fay to the foreft of the fouth, Hear the word of tht Lord ; Thus faith the Lcrd Goo, Bchoid, I will kimlieafirein thee, and it fliall deyour ''every green tree in thee, and every dry tree, the flaming flame fhali not be quenched, and all faces from the fouth to the north fliall be burnt therein. 48 And all flefli (lull fee that I the Loan have kindled it; it (hall not be quench* .!. 49 Then kid 1, Ah Lord God ! • of me, Doth he no: fpeak parables ? 1 ("hap. KIEL. Ezekiel prophefieth, Sec. CHAP. XXI. 1 Ezekiel prophefieth again /} all 'the land of Ifrael. H The jiiar'p and bright fword agdinfl JeruJ'a/em, &c. ANd the word of the Lord came Bef,.r« unto me, faying, "j." 2 aSon of man, fet thy face toward ^J^ * Jerufalem, and bdrop thy word to- 10.4s! ward the holy places, and prophefy 3°'"'* againft the land of Ifrael, *™« 3 And fay to the land of Ifrael, ^-V Thus faith the Loro, Behold, I am ' "' againft thee, and will draw forth my (word out of his (heath, and will cut oft' from thee the righteous and the wicked. 4 Seeing then that I will cut off" from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore lhall my fsvord go forth out of his (heath againft ail flefli from the fouth to the north ; 5 That all flefli may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my fword cut of his flieath; it fliall not return any more. 6 Sigh, therefore, thoufon of man, with the breaking of thy loins ; and with bitternefs figh before their eyes. 7 And it fliall be, when they fay unto thee, Wherefore ligheft thou? that thou (halt anfwer, For the ti- dings, becaufe it cometh ; and every heart fliall melt, and all hands fliall be feeble, and every fpirit fliall faint, and all knees f fliall be weak as w a- J ; ter: behold it cometh, and fliall ben'i^Sr?" brought to pafl,. faith the Lord God. 8 *J Again, the word of the Lord came unto roe, faying, 9 Son of mars, prophefy, and fay, Thus faith the Lord, Say, c A fword, £|*& a fword is fliarpened, and alio fmr-vwfJ" biflied. V 10 It is fliarpened to make a fore Slaughter; it is furbiflitd that it may glitter : fhould we then make mirth? i; it contemiitth the rod of my fon ' °r« as every tree. ,^„my 1 1 And he hath given it to be fur-';; biflied, that it may be handled : this *"*»<*> fword is fnarprned, and it isfurbilh- ed, to give it into the hand of the flay« r. 12 Cry and howl, fon of man; for , it fliall ue upon my people, it /haU or fti£& be upon ail tbe princes of .(rati : .; |j terrors, by reafon of the fword, ^S"" (hall be upon my people : J finite, t jc.-em. therefore, uv^on thy thigh. Becaufe /'/ is a trial ; and what mun tbe if the /word contemn even the rod ? SS^'S* it fliall be no more, faith the Lord:; God. «"■?*«'•"« 14 Thou.: Apropfiecy againft Ifrael, CHAP. *^r7a 14 Thou, therefore, fon of man, 593. prophefy, and e fniite thine -\- hands rN^b-' together, and let the fword be dou- &/*_ bled the third time, the fword of the :tup.a.'ii. {lain : it is the fword of the great men ,^'tt theft are (lain, which entereth into «md. their privy chambers. HtL'ring, 1 15 1 have fet the |] point of the fword vhen iniquity Jlmtl have an end ; 26 Thus faith the Lord God, Re- move the diadem, and take olf the crown ; this fhall not be the fame ; XXI, XXII. and again ft the Ammonites. exdt him that is low, and abate him ^ thai is high. 593. 27 f I will overturn, overturn, ^X. overturn it ; ' and it fhall be no more, vt",l"Hi't until be come whofe right it is; and^j^w» I will give it him. makeii. 28 *[\ And thou, fon of man, pro-^cneiu phtfy, and dy, Thus faith the Lord Luke i. God kconcerning the Ammonites, and jJZai'49. concerning their reproach ; even fay *J«em. thou. The fword, the fword is drawn: cuipter for the flaughter it is furbifhed, to 'i\'?l'.l'.0, confume becaufe of the glittering ; 29 Whiles they ' fee vanity unto ^g* thee, whiles they divine a lye unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are flain, of the wicked "' whofe day is come, when their ini- mver. is. t\x\\ty fhall have an end.. 30 jj n Shall I caufe it to return in- l£j?eit to his fheath? I will judge thee in >^riiJn. the place where thou waft created, 'l}"iA1' 0 in the land of thy nativity. o'chap. 31 And I will pour out mine in- ,c'3- dignation upon thee ; I will blow a- gainft thee in the tire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of tl brutilli men, ami fkiiful to deftroy. ^;„g, 32 Thou fhalt be for fuel to the fire ; thy blood lhall be in the midfl of the land ; thou Ihalt be no more remembered : for I the Lord have fpoken it. CHAP. XXII. 1 A catalogue of fins in Jerufalem ; 1 7 God will burn thzm as drofs in his furnace. 2 3 Agvneral corruption. Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 2 Now, thou fon of man, a wilt l^'\ thou || judge, wilt thou judge b the 23' 36. f bloody city ? yea, thou lhalt f fhew ji°rd'/l>r_ her all her abominations. b chap. 3 Then fay thou, Thus faith the &*%%. Lord God, The city lheddeth blood t.aen. in the midit of it, that her time may 'b%'<,£. come ; and maketh idols againlt her- t im. felf to defile herfelf. E™.*? 4 Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou haft c Ihed, and haft££5&» defiled thyfelf in thine idols which thou halt made ; and thou haft caufed thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years; d therefore » Dent have I made thee a reproach unto cbap.7s.i4. the heathen, and a mocking to aii Uln- »• »<*• countries. 5 Thoje that be near, and thofe that be far from thee, lhall mock thee, which ,!eb art f infamous, and much vexed. peuuttd 6 Behold, the princes of Ifrael, t!S1i every one were in thee to their ™xa"°"' f power to flied blood. tueb.arm, 7 In A catalogue ofjerufalans fins. EZEKI mm 7 jn t],ee have they let light by fa- 2 j»3- thcr and mother; i'n the miolt of £ — thee have they dealt by \\ opprellion * with the ft ranger ; in thee have tiiey vexed the fatherlefs and the widow- 8 Thou halt defpifed mine holy things, and halt profaned my fab- baths. 1*. 9 In thee are femen that carry ']:°!n. tales to fhed blood ; fand in thee they t»Mi eat upon tiie mountains} in the midlt of thee they commit lewdnefs; ic In thee have they kdifcovered their father^ nakednefs ; in thee have »•£* & they humbled her that was ''fet Vv.i. apart for pollution. fVc^ia. ' ' AnQ" il one natn Committed abo- (•:, mination with his neighbours '' wife ; and || another khatli || lewdly defiled fCha;.18. C, II. twrj .■■■!. i. Lcvit. ie. 15* 10. u. iz.to.tc. his daughter-in-law ; and another in 'r°ut'°: thee hath humbled his « lifter, his fa- jti'l'ti. thers daughter. j 2 In thee r"have they taken gifts to flied blood ; " thou haft taken ufury and increafe, and thou haft greedily gained of thy neighbours by extor- tion, and halt forgotten me, faith the ill\ -'!','J- Lord God. *£*? '3 H Behold, therefore, I have r>?our "fmitten mine hand at thy dilhoneft xotii'.et oain which thou haft maue, and at 2:'~s] thy blood which hath been in the »> -- micilt ol thee. iieour.'3 ' 14 Can thine heart endure, or can **.'ly' thine hands be ftroug, in the days thut »"T I {hall deal with thee ? p I the Lord have fpoken it, and will do it. 1 5 And H I will fetter thee among the heathen, and difperfe thee in the countries, and ' 'wili conlume thy hl- thinefs out of thee. 1 6 And thou || flialt take thine in- heritance in thyfelf in the fight of the heathen, and thou lhalt know that 1 am the Lord. 17 *| Ai.d the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 18 Son of man, s the houfe of Ifrael is to me become drofs: all they cue brafs, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midlt of the furnace ; they are even the f drofs of lilver. 19 Therefore thus faith the Lord God, Becaufe ye are all become drofs, behold, therefore, 1 will gather you into the midlt of Jerusalem. 20 f As they gather iilur. and brafs, and iron, ami lead, and tin, in- to tii«. midit of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it to melt H ; fd wiil i t .... it you 17. ** s Deutu. 4. 17. & is. IS. 64 thapur li. U.I5- rCLay. 2 j. 2 . 48 frtfmntd. ather )ou in mine anger and in my ry, and 1 will leave you tktte ud E L. A general corruption. 21 Yea, I will gather you, and ^™ blow upon you in the tire of my »* wrath, and ye lhall be melted in the * ' midlt thereof. 22 As lilver is melted in the midft of the furnace, fo fiiall ye be melted in the midft thereof; and ye fhall know that I the Lord have poured out my fury upon you. 23 % And the word of the Lord came unto mff, faying, 24 Son of man, lay unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleanfed, nor rained upon in the day of indig- nation. 25 l There is a confpiracy of her 1 1: ■:. a 5. prophets in the midft thereof, like a roaring Hon ravining the prey : they u have devoured fouls ; * they have ta "3M^h" ken the treafure and precious things; « Mi«n they have made her many widows in z^L*. the midft thereof. »- *>*• 26 Her priefts have f violated my I*"-w-„. law, and have profaned mine holy ■'"""•• things : they have put no y difference ]£■%[• between the holy and profane, neither J«<-n;-' have they (hewed difference between en. 44. 1* the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my fabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 27 Her z princes in the midft there- ■ m|«*. of are like wolves ravining the prey, i:p&.'3-j. to fhed blood, and to deitroy fouls, to get difheneft gain. 28 And Mier prophets have daubed *"?£ them with untempered morler, &fee- f>chap. ing vanity, and divining lyes onto*1'** them,faying,ThusfaiththeLordGoD, when the Lord hath not fpoken. 29 The people of the land have uftd jj oppreflion, and exercifed rob- |t°*»g bery, and have vexed the poor and needy : yea, they have opbreifed the ■ £-11 t Ud- ltranger f wrongfully. UtM* 30 c And I fought for a man among 'c'^'; s fc them that fhould d makeup the hedge, ^Cn.p. and e itand in the gap before me tor ,3- * the land, that I lhouid not deftroy it; ico'.'ij. but I found none. 31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them ; 1 have confumed them with the tire of my wrath : f their own way have I re- [ c|,10;v compenfed upon their heads, faith the Lord God. CHAP. XXIII. 1 The whoredoms of Aholaii cvid Aho- Libaii. 22 Aholibak is to be plagued by her Iwers. 45 their judgments. T He word of the Lord came again unto me, faying, 2 Son of n.an, there were a two wo- »';r^ men, the daughters of one mother ; ch.10 «a 3 And Aholah and Aholibahs -whoredoms. .CHAP. Krlft 3 And b t'ley committed whoredoms S93. in Egypt ; they committed whore- [^u~ doms in their youth : there were Si,{!; their breafts preiTed, and there they 1.20. c. bruifed the teats of their virginity. 4 And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibt.li her chapter filler ; and c they were mine, and •' 8* ia' they bare fons and daughters. Thus nTn!s',r were theirnanies, Samaria is\\ Aholah, Vni'alu. and Jerufalem || .Aholibah. ffi&l 5 And Aholah played the harlot uuin when flie was mine ; and hie doted on iKingt her lovers, on d tiie Aflyrians her >• 19. neighbours, 6 Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them de- ferable young men, horfemen riding upon horfes. fawtd 7 Thus (he f committed her whore- 7m7up'on doms with them, with all them that «•»■ were f the chofen men of Alfyria, and XXIII. AholibaJi is to be plagued. and fent meflengers unto them into ™*a Chaldea. /J'!. 17 And the f Babylonians came to^"23£ * her into the bed of love, and they 'vh";^n defiled lier with their whoredom, and fhe was polluted with them, and ' her 1ver.a2.2a. mind was -j- alienated from them. t Hcb. 1 8 So (lie difcovered her whore- d'ri'imuj. doms, and difcovered her nakednefs: then n'my mind was alienated from rejer.tf.8. her, like as my mind was alienated from her fh>er. 19 Yet flie multiplied her whore- doms, in caliing to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein fhe had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. 20 For flie doted upon their para- mours, "whofe htih is as the iiclh of^^f affes, and whofe iilue is like the iflue of horfes. 2( Thus thou called!! to remem- with all on whom (he doted : with all brance the lewdnefs of thy youth in their idols flie denied herfelf. 8 Neither left flie her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruifed the breafts of her virginity, and pour- ed their whoredom upon her. 9 Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the e Aflyrians, upon whom fhe doted. 10 Tiiefe f difcovered her naked- nefs ; they took her fons and her daughters, and flew her with the fword : and fhe became f famous among women ; for they had exe- cuted judgment upon her. 1 1 And g when her lifter Aholibah • faw this, h f fhe was more corrupt iii her inordinate love than fhe, and in . her whoredoms f more than her lifter in her whoredoms. 12 She doted upon the : Aflyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed molt gorgeoully, horfemen riding upon horfes, all of them de- lirable young men. 13 Then i faw that fne was de- filed, that they took both one way; 14 And that fhe inereafed her whoredoms for when flie faw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, 15 Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, ail of them princes to iook to, after the manner of th.:Baoylonians Q? Chaldea, tile land of their nativity. 1 6 !< And f as focn as (he faw them with her eyes fhe doted upon them, bruiting thy teats by the Egyptians, for the paps oc" thy youth. 22 H Therefore, O Aholibah, thus 0 Chai,_ faith the Lord God, "Behold, I will ».^.. — ~ at eafe was with her : and with the ^.",;"4fi hatefully, and fhall take away all thy men f of the common fort were > pnw. labour, and Q fhall leave thee naked brought || Sabeans from the wilder- J'^j; nefs, which put bracelets upon their if»e and bare; and the nakednefs of thy whoredoms fhall be difcovered, both thy lewdnefs and thy whoredoms. 30 I will do thefe things unto thee, becaufe thou haft gone a whoring after the heathen, and becaufe thou art polluted with their idols. 31 Thou haft walked in the way of thy filter ; therefore will I give her *jer;i5. xcup into thine hand. li'i''c' 32 Thus faith the Lord God, Thou (halt drink of thy lifters cup deep and large; thou (halt be laughed to fconi and had in derifion ; it con- tained much. 33 Thou (halt be filled with drun- keunefs and forrow, with the cup of aftonifhment and defolation, with the cup of thy fifter Samaria. \7'l™ 34 Thou (halt yeven drink it, and iu. si- 17- fuck it out, and thou (halt break the (herds thereof, and pluck off thine own breads : for I have fpoken it, faith the Lord God. 35 Therefore thus faith the Lord ■ J««jJ*- Gol», Becaufe thou z haft forgotten calv'z$' rae' ant* aca^ me behind thy back, therefore bear thou alfo thy lewd- nefs and thy whoredoms. 36 lj The Lord faid moreover unto me, Son of man, wilt thou b || judge Aholah and Aholibah ? yea, declare unto them their abominations ; 37 That they have committed adul- tery, and c blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they commit- ted adultery; and have alfo caufed their fons, d whom they bare unto me, to pufs for them through the fire, to devour thettr. 38 Moreover, this they have done unto me : they have defiled my fanc- jfh8,p" tuary in the fame day, and e have pi ofaned my fabbaths. 39 For when they had flain their children to their idols, then they came the f.mie day into my far.ctuary »?, S** to profane it ; and, lo, •' thus have they done in the midft of mine houfe. 40 And furthermore, that ye have VmiU't. k,u *or nien t to come from far, unto whom a meifenger was fent ; and, lo, they came, for whom thou didft wafh cj«.4 30. thyfelf, c paintcdlt thy eyes, and ileckedlt thyfelf with ornaments, 2 1 Kings 14. 9. Nell 5. 10 A Chip. 16.10, 1 3<5. *S- & hands, and "beautiful crowns upon ";"„.' °f their heads. 1 or, 43 Then faid 1 unto her that was •'"",w<"- old in adulteries, Will they now commit f whoredoms with her, and L?l!W. ihe with them ? d'""- 44 Yet they went in unto her ; as they go in unto a woman that play- eth the harlot, fo went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah the lewd women. 45 H And the righteous men they fnall kjudge them after the manner *,£**%] of adulterefles, and after the manner of women that fhed blood j becaufe they are adultcreffes, and blood is in their hands. 46 For thus faith the Lord God, •I will bring up a company upomchap. them, and will give them f to be re- "^ moved and fpoiled. /» a «- 47 And the company fliall ftone 2-fj^u. them with (tones, and || dilpatch jog them with their fwords; they (hall >'«■» out. flay their fons and their daughters, and burn up their houfes with tire. 48 Thus m will I caufe lewdnefs to »»* ceafe out of the land, that all women "' may be taught not to do after your lewdnefs. 49 And they fhall recompenfe your lewdnefs upon you, and ye fhall bear the fins of your idols : ■ and ye (hall ?","£; know that I am the Lord God. } :• : * CHAP. AX1V. 1 By a boiling pot, 6 is jhewed Jeru- jaletns dejtruttion. 15 By Kzekiel not mourning for his wife, 19 is Jhewtd the Jews calamity to be be- yond all J arrow. AGuin, in the ninth year, in the 590. tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 2 Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this fame day : the king of Babylon fet himfetf againft Jerufalem * this fame clay. ijcr.si*. 3 And utter aparable unto the rebel- lious houfe, and fay unto them, Thus faith the Lord Goo, bSet on a pot, ?.b".J"' fet it on, and alfo pour water into it. cW » 1. a 4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and The parable of a boiling pot. CHAP. XXIV, XXV. The Jews great calamity. JJ^ and the fhoulder; fill it with the s»°- choice bones. " ' 5 Take the choice of the flock, and ot,te»p. || Dum ai(-0 fte bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them feethe the bones of it therein. 6 H Wherefore thus faith the Lord "■" •*• God, c Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whofe fcum is therein, and whofe fcum is not gone out of it ! bring it out piece by piece ; let no lot fall ' upon it. 7 For her blood is in the midft of her ; fhe fet it upon the top of a rock ; :7Leu.' d fte poured it not upon the ground )cutcr. to cover it with duft ; *' I+' 8 That it might caufe fury to come up to take vengeance; I have fet her blood upon the top of a rock, that it mould not be covered. 9 Therefore thus faith the Lord ubVi*!' GoD> e Woe to the b,oody cit>' ! I Wl11 * " ' ' even make the pile for fire great. i o Heap on wood, kindle the fire, confume the flefh, and fpice it well, and let the bones be burnt. . 1 1 Then fet it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brafs of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthi- nefsof it may be molten in it, that the fcum of it may be confumed. 12 She hath wearied her/elf with lyes, and her great fcum went not forth out of her : her fcum Jhall be in the fire. 13 In thy filthinefs it lewdnefs : becaufe I have purged thee, and thou waft not purged, thou fhalt not be purged from thy filthinefs any more, 5 41. f tiU I have caufed my fury to reft upon thee, * 1 4 g I the L o r d have fpoken it ; it fliall come to pafs, and I will do it ; 5. 11. 1 will, not go back, h neither will I fpare, neither will I repent : accord- ing to thy ways, and according to thy doings, fliall they judge thee, faith the Lord God. 15 Tf Alfo the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 1 6 Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the defire of thine eyes with a ftroke: yet neither fhalt thou mourn nor weep, neither fliall '•*•■ thy tears f run down. '• 17 f Forbear to cry, make no i.L: mourning for the dead, * bind the tire I* of thine head upon thee, and put on thy (hoes upon thy feet, and cover S'5,7. not thy f lips, and eat not the bread ;w' of men. w*' 'tie . 1 8 So I fpake unto the people in vu'l':. the morning; and at even my wife died ; and I did in the morning as ~,\;;rt I was commanded. , ^ _* 19 «f And the people faid unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what thefe things are to us, that thou doeft fo ? 20 Then I anfwered them, The word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 2 1 Speak unto the houfe of Ifrael, Thus faith the Lord God, Behold, I will profane my fanftuary, the ex- cellency of your ftrength, the defire of your eyes, and -f- that which your ;;™^ ,, foul pitieth . and your fons and your yourjm. daughters whom ye have left "(hall fall by the fword. 22 And ye fhall do as I have done : k ye fhall not cover your lips, nor eat £/"' 1 ancl hatil greatly offended, 445/ anil revenged himfelf upon them : ; ' ','. i} Therefore thus faith the Lord God, 1 will alio itretch out mine hand upon F.dom, and will cut off man and beaft from it ; and I will make it dt folate from Teman ; and • || they of Dedan (hall fall by the **/£2d fword. ",!'"' 14 And h I will lay my vengeance h3«ifk. upon Edom by the hand of my peo- !-',',' • pie Ifrat ! : and they fliall do in Edom ■ according to mine anger, and ac- k0'1-- cording to my fury; and they fliall know my vengeance, faith the Lord God. iv'"/.5.'0'. '5 11 Thus faith the Lord God, ah./ ! ..-.. i Becaufe k the Philiftmes have dealt by revenge,and have taken vengeance cc. E Z E K I E L. Tync: threatened: I will deliver with a dofpitefnl heart, to deitroy it §J^ || for the old lutred; 16 Therefore thus faith the Lord ' nT"..ui,t God, Behold, 'I will Itretch out £,pr'T' mine hand upon the Philiftmes, and 1 zeph. 1. 1 will cut off the Cherethims, ra and *'*'• _ deitroy the remnant of the || fea- "*„''*''** Cpaft. £■(■* ' 17 And I will execute great \ ven- ,";.".' geance upon them with furious re- ""s"n'w- bukes : and they fhall know that I am the Lord, when I fliall lay my vengeance upon them. CHAP. XXVI. 1 Tyrus, for infulting agai-:<} Jiru- Jalem, is threatened .• 7 Nebuchad- rezzars pjtver again]} her: 15 the mourning fur her, ANd it came to pafs in the eleventh saa. year, in the firft day of the month, thai the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 2 Son of man, a becaufe that Tyrus JJJ^?^ hath faid againft Jerufalem, bAha, *£ ■*"•*■ flie is broken that was the gates of z£hV£ the people; flie is turned unto me; t>cu.is-> I fliall be replenifhed, now (he is laid Wafte : 3 Therefore thus faith the Lord God, Behold, I am againft thee, C) Tyrus, and will caufe many nations to come up againft thee, as the fea caufeth his waves to come up. 4 And they (hall deftroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will aiib fcrape her duft from her, and make her like the top of a rock. 5 It (hall be a place for the fpread- ingof nets in the midft of the fea: for I have fpoken //, faith the Lord God; and it lhall become a fpoil to the nations. 6 And her daughters which are in the field (hall be ilain by the fword ; c and they lhall know that I am the <«.u. 5. Loud. 7 t For thus faith the Lord God, Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, da'"7E^* king of kings, from the north, with "»»•»■ »lj horfes, and with chariots, and with horfemen, and companies, and much people: 8 He (hall flay with the fword thy daughters in the field; and he fliall make a fort againft thee, and || caft r0°Jr\ul a mount againft thee, and lift up the '"""i** buckler againft thee. °fJ "' 9 And he (hull fet engines of war againft thy walls, and with his axes he (hall break down thy towers. 10 By reafbn of the abundance of his horfes their duft fliall cover thee: thy the mourning for her : i Chs «i CHAP. XXVI, XXVII. Ike rich fupply thereof. Jhrift thy walIs flla11 make at tne naife °f thou bc not inhabited; and I (hall fee g '." ssi. the horfemen, and of the wheels, glory in the land of the living ; " ' and of the chariots, when he fhall 21 ' I will make thee f a terror, Vnrj'n t» enter into cny Sat:es' t as mea en" anr' thou y/za// A? no more . though „, ter into a city wherein is made a thou be fought for, yet (halt thou t He never be found again, faith the Lord 1 1 With the hoofs of his horfes (hall he tread down all thv ftreets: he fhall flay thy people by the fwonl, and thy ftrong garrifons (hail go down to the ground. 12 And they mall make a fpoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandife ; and they fhall break down thy walls, and deftroy f thy God. C H A P. XXVII. 1 The rich fupply of Tyrus: 26 the great and irrecoverable fall thereof. THe word of the Lord cams again unto me. favintr. unto me, faying, 2 Now, thou fon of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus; 3 And fay unto Tyrus, aO thpu »«*.**.* pleafant houfes; and they (hall lay that art lituate at the entry of the fed, thy ftonss, and thy timber, and thy which art a merchant of the people duft, in the midft of the water. for many iiles, Thus faith the Lord i£?r%£ '3 e Anf* * Wl11 caufe tlle no're °^ God' ° Tyrus, thou haftfaid, b I am ^ *"- •* &riV0.4' ffhy fongs toceafe; and the found of f of perfect beauty. 14 And I will make thee like the top of a rock; thou (halt be a place to fpread nets upon; thou (halt be built no more : for I the Lord have fpoken it, faith the Lord God. 15 1f Thus faith the Lord God to Tyrus, Shall not the ifles (hake at the found of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the (laughter is made in the midft of thee ? :*■ J*' j 6 Then s all the princes of the fea (hall come down from their thrones. 4 Thy borders are in the -j- midft cf k '-'- • the feas, thy builders have perfected V'": thy beauty. 5 They have f made all thy fliip- LIT boards of fir-trees of Senir ; they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make marts for thee. 6 O/the oaks of Bafhan have they made thine oars ; j| f the company of " or,«-» the Afhurites have made thy benches '**- • ■'• ■' of ivory, brought out of the ifles of £, Chittim. • Me" t 7 Fine linen, with broidered work and lay away their robes, and put off from Egypt, was that which thou their broidered garments: they (hall fpreadeft forth to be thy fail ; |j blue gar 1 clothe themfelves with f trembling : they fhall lit upon the ground, and fhall tremble at every moment, and be aftonifhed at thee. 1 7 And they fhall take up a b la- mentation for thee, and fay to thee, How art thou deflxoyed that wajl in- habited fof fea-faring men, the re- nowned city which waft ftrong in the fea, flie and her inhabitants, which caufe their terror to be on all that haunt it ! i8No\vflialI the ifles tremble in and purple from the ifles of Elilhah jfJij,?* was that which covered thee. 8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners : thy wife men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. 9 The ancients of Gebal, and the wife men thereof, were in thee thy || f calkers : all the fhips of the fea »«*. with their mariners were in thee to <' ■ occupv thv merchandife. 10 Thc'y of Perlia, and of Lad and of Phut, were in thine army thv the day of thy fall ; yea, the illesthat men of war: they hanged the fitieh are in the fea fhall be troubled at thy departure. 19 For thus faith the Lord God, When I fhall make thee a defolate city, like the cities that are not inha- and helmet in thee ; they fet forth thy comelinefs. 1 1 The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammudims were in bited ; when I fhall bring up the deep thy towers: they hanged their (hield* upon thee, and great waters fnall cover thee : 20 When I fhall bring thee down with them that defcertd into the pit, with the people of old time, and fhall fet thee in the low parts of the earth, in places defolate of old, with upon thy walls round about, thej have made thy beauty perfect. 12 Tarfhifh was thy merchant Ly reafon of the multitude of

';id Mefhedi, them that go dawn to the pit, that they were thy UiuchaiUS ; they traded tlie c I K!oe« 59, U. Ezra J. 7- Afti 12.10. The great and if recover able !$y the perfortsof men and vcfll-ls of orafs sJ,i- in thy || market. Z^Z r 4 They of the houfe of Togarmah nM/'- traded in thy fairs with horfes, and horfemen, and mules. i 5 The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many ides were the mer- chandife of thine hand : they brought thee for a prefent horns of ivory and ebony. 1 6 Syria was thy merchant by rea- *lrti. fon of the multitude of f the wares of thy making : they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broic'""cd work, and fine linen, and t coral, and f agate. r 7 Judah, and the land of Ifrael, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market c wheat of d Minnith and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and |j balm. 18 Damafcus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches ; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool. 19 Dan alfo and Javan, || going to and fro, occupied in thy fairs; bright iron, caflia, and calamus, were in thy market. 20 Dedan was thy merchant in \ precious clothes for chariots. 21 Arabia, and all the princes of e Kedar, f they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats ; in thefe wire they thy merchants. 22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants : they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all fpices, and with all precious ftones, and gold. 2 1 f Haran,and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of E Sheba, Asfhur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants. 24 Thefe were thy merchants in .rJifen* || all forts of things, in blue -j- clothes, '"hX an^ broidered work, and in chefts foidinti. of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy mer- chandife. in.r»3?i£ 25 h The fhips of TarQiifh did fing of thee in thy markets; and thou waft repleniflied, and mrule very glorious in the midft of the feus. 26 ^ Thy rowers have brought 1 PM.48.7- t]iee into great waters: ; the eaft 1 »*b. wind hath broken thee in the + midft of the feas. 27 Thy k riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandife, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occu- piers of thy merchandife, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, i Heb. tklbu >f freedom • e Ifa.63. 7 + Heh. 15. 12. gGen.S E Z E K I E L. falle/Tyrur || and in all thy company, which is in ^'^ the midft of thee, fball fall into the >**■ , f midft of the feas in the day of thy yo^Z ruin. """"•''• 28 The || fuburbs (hall (hake at the 55* found of the cry of thy pilots. nor.waw/, 29 And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the fea, (hall come down from their (hips, they (hall ftand upon the land, 30 And (hall caufe their voice to be heard againft thee, and (hall cry bitterly, and fliall • caft up duft upon ' )* -■ ,2- their heads; they m fliall wallow "f,1":" themfelves in the afhes ; Jcr-'°- l6' 31 And they fliall make themfelves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with fackcloth ; and they fliall weep for thee with bitternefs of heart and bitter wailing. 32 And in their wailing they fliall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, faying. What city is like Tyrus, like the deftroyed in the midft of the fea ? 33 When thy wares went forth out of the feas thou hlledft many people ; thou didft enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches, and of thy merchandife. 34 In the time when n thou (halt be nch.1e.13J broken by the feas in the depths of the waters, thy merchandife, and all thv company in the midft of thee, fliall fall. 35 All the inhabitants of the Hies fliall be aftonifhed at thee, and their kings fliall be fore afraid, they fliall be troubled in their countenance. 36 The merchants among the peo- ple (hall hifs at thee : ° thou (halt be 0Ch.is.21. -J- a terror, and f never Jkalt be any Ir1^,-,.. more. « na>. CHAP. XXVIH. .mcy'Al,r. I Gods judgment upon the prince of Tyrus. 20 The judgment ofZidon. T He word of the Lord came again unto me, faying, 2 Son of man, fay unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus faith the Lord God, Becaufe thine heart is lifted up, and thou haft (aid, I am a god, I (it in the feat of God, a in the f midft of the feas; b yet thou art a man andaCnl" > not God, though thou fet thine heart illVl'. as the heart of God : bi;J 31 - 3 Behold, c thou art wifer than cZ"by*- Daniel ; there is no fecret that they can hide from thee : 4 With thy wifdonvand with thine undei Handing thou haft gotten thee riches, and haft gotten gold andlilver into thy treafures: 5 + "By Gods judgment upon Tyrus Before e Chapter 30.11. & J I. II. & 3». II. 5 f A By thy great wifdom 'od? but thou Jhalt be a man, and no god, in the II Or, hand of him that || flayeth thee. *w„b. f0 Thou jhalc die che deachs of the uncircumcifed by the hand of ftrangers : for I have fpoken /'/, faith the Lord God. 1 1 ^f Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 12 Son of man, Take up a lamen- tation upon the king of Tyrus, and fay unto him, Thus faith the Lord God, Thou fealeft up the fum, full of wifdom, and perfect in beauty. 3ihoT" '3 Thou haft been in 'Eden, the garden of God , every precious ftone U or, ruiy. was thy covering, the j| fardius, to- ll or. paz, and thediamond, the || beryl, the tbtyii te. onyX) an(j the jafperi ths fapphire, tt?ffitrtffe. the || emerald, and the carbuncle, gcuan. and gold : the workmanlhip of s thy ' I3 tabrets and cf thy pipes was prepared in thee, in the day that thou waft created. 14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth ; and I have fet thee Jo ; thou waft upon tht holy moun tain of God : thou haft walked up and down in the midft of the ftones of fire. 1 5 Thou waft perfect in thy ways from the day that thou waft created, till iniquity was found in thee. 16 By the multitude of thy mer- chandife they have filled the midft of thee with violence, and thou haft fin- ned : therefore I will caft thee as pro- fane out of the mountain of God ; and I will deftroy th^.-, O covering cherub, from the midft of the ftones of fire. 17 Thine heart was lifted up be- caufe of thy beauty ; thou haft cor- rupted thy wifdom by reafou of thy brightness : I will caft thee t> the t 2 r Son of man, fet thy face l againft 4, fa*5' Zidon, and prophefy againft it ; JtTiJ.V* 22 And fay, Thus faith the Lord God, Behold, I am againft thee, O Zidon ; and I will be glorified in the midft of thee ; and they mall know that I am the Lord, when I fliail have executed judgments in her, and ihall be fanctified in her. 23 For I will fend into her pefti- lence, and blood into her ftreets ; and the wounded fhall be judged in the midft of her by the fword upon her on every fide ; and they Ihall know that I am the Lord. 24 Tf And there ihall be no more k a pricking brier unto the houfe of*Nu.™b* Ifrael, nor any grieving thorn of all j-fo'ijia- that are round about them that de- fpifed them ; and tney fhall know that I am the L^rd God. 25 Thusfaith the Lord God, When I fhall have gathered the houfe of If- raelfrom the people amongwhom they are fcattered, and fhall be fanttilied in them in the fight of the heathen, then fhall they dwell in their land that I have given to my fervant Jacob. 26 Aud they fhall dwell || fafeiy II or, «** therein, and Ihall build houfes, and""' 1 plant vineyards; yea, they fhall Uer. 31. j. dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all thofe that ||defpife them round about them ; n or,>i/. and they fhall know that I am the Lord their God. CHAP. XXIX. 1 The judgment upon Pharaoh for his treachery to IJrael. 8 The dejolation of Egypt. 2 1 IJrael jhall be ? ejtored. IN the tenth ye.;r, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 2 Son of man, fet thy face againft Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophefy againft him, and » againft all Egypt : C c c 1 Speak , 589. The judgment of Phara-h. E Z E K I E L cSS 3 Speak, am! (kf4 Thus faith the 5rt'->- Lord God, b Behold, I aw againft Before Chrift 580. jo. A: S' y- Ctt. 32 1 J.,,o/lbt thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great c dragon that lieth in the midft of his rivers, which hath faid, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myfelf. 4 But d I will put hooks in thy ti,iyJj::.4. jaws, and I will caufe the fifh of thy rivers to ftick unto thy fcales ; and I will bring thee up out of the midft of thy rivers, and all the fifh of thy rivers fliall ftick unto thy fcales. 5 And I will leave thee throxvn in- to the wildernefs, thee, and all the fifh of thy rivers : thou (halt fall up- on the f open fields ; thou fhalt not be brought together, nor gathered : I have given thee for meat to the beafts of the field, and to the fowls of the heaven. 6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt fhall know that I am the Lord, be- e 2 Kings caufe they have been a e ftaffof reed 31a" 3<5. c. to the houfe of Ifrael. f 7Cremii 7 f ^"ncn tnev to°k h°'d of thee by u ' thy hand thou didft break and rend all their fhoulder ; and when they leaned upon thee thou brakeft, and madeft all their loins to be at a ftand. 8 t Therefore thus faith the Lord God, Behold, I will bring a fword upon thee, and cut off man and beaft out of thee. 9 And the land of Egvpt fhall be defolate and wafte : and they fhall know that I am the Lord ; becaufe he hath faid, The river is mine, and I have made it. 10 Behold, therefore. I am againft thee, and againft thy rivers, and I will fH<*- make the land of Egypt f utterly %>%". ° wafte and defolate, E from the tower ECn.30.fi. of f Syene even unto the border of \%lh. Ethiopia. n chip. 11 h No foot of man fhall pafs 31- 13, through it, nor foot of beaft fhall pafs through it, neither fhall it be inhabited forty years. 1ca.30.7- l2 i And 1 will make the land of Egypt defolate in the midft of the countries that are defolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid wafte fhall be defolate forty years; and I will fcatter the Egyptians a- mong the nations, and will difperfe them through the countries. 1 i | Yet thus f uth the Lord God, At the k end of forty years will I ga- ther the Egyptians from the people whither they were fcattered : 14 And I will bring again the cap- tivity of Egypt, and will caufe them The reparation of Egypt. to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their || habitation ; and they fhall be there a + » bafe king- v^o^ib. dom. tneb.fmr. 1 5 It fliall be the bafeft of the king- l"£Y4r. doms; neither fhall it exalt itfelf any more above the nations : for I will diminifh them, that they fhall no more rule over the nations. 16 And it fhall be no more the confidence of the houfe of Ifrael, which bringeth their iniquity to re- membrance, when they fhall look after them : but they fhall know that I am the Lord God. 17 1f And it came to pafs in the 5?2' feven and twentieth year, in the firft month, in the firft day of the month, the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 18 Son of man, "Nebuchadrezzar "^J^4* king of Babylon caufed his army to ferve a great fervice againft Tyrus : every head was made bald, and every fhoulder was peeled ; yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the fervice that he had ferved againft it; 19 Therefore thus faith the Lord God, Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon ; and he fhall take her mul- titude, and \ take her fpoil, and take>„«c^r her prey, and it fhall be the wages ^J;"^" for his army. *v. 20I have givenhimtheland of Egypt || for his labour wherewith he ferved IgS^g againft it, becaufe they wrought for me, faith the Lord God. 21 1 In that day n will I caufe the *?™™. horn of the houfe of Ifrael to bud forth, and I will give thee the open- ing of the mouth in the midft of them ; and they fhall know that I am the Lord. CHAP. XXX. t The mijerable defolation of Egypt and her helpers. 20 The arm of Babylon Jhall be/Irengthened to break the artn of Egypt. THe word of theLoRD came again unto me, faying, 2 Son of man, prophefy and fay. Thus faith the Lord God, Howl ye, Woe worth the day ! 3 For the day is near, even the day oftheLoRD is near, a cloudy day ; it fhall be the time of the heathen. 4 And the fword fhall come upon Egypt, and great || pain fliall be in«°'v/>**- Ethiopia, when the flain fhall fall in Egypt, and they fliall take away her multitude, and her foundations fliall be broken down, 5 Ethiopia, The defolntion of Egypt. Bch?ift 5 Ethiopia, and \ Libya, and Ly- 57-- , dia, and a all the mingled people, and tTb/ Chub, and the \ men of the land that is in league, (hall fall with them by the fword. 6 Thus faith the Lord, They alfo that uphold Egypt mall fall; and the pride of her power mall come down : b from the tower of Syene (hall they fall in it by the fword, faith the Lord God. And they mall be defolate in aJeMS- 20, 24. i Heb. euiUrcn. t Hcb. m. 1,1, the midft of the countries thai are defolate, and her cities mall be in the midft of the cities that are wafted. 8 And they mall know that I am the Lord, when I have fet a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers mail be f deftroyed. 9 In that day rt fhall mehengers go forth from me in (hips, to make the carelefs Ethiopians afraid, and great pain (hall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, la, it cometh. ioThusiaith the Lord God, I will alfo make the multitude of Egypt to ceafe by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon 1 1 He and his people with him, ccn.28.7. etne terrible of the nations, fhall be brought to deitroy the land ; and they fhall draw their fwords againft Egypt, and fill the land with the flain. 12 And fl will make the rivers + dry, and fell the land into the hand of the wicked ; and I will make the land wafte, and f all that is therein, by the hand of ftrangers: I the Lord have fpokea it. 1 3 Thus faith the Lord God, I will alfo 6deftroy the idols, and I wi"" CHAP. XXX, XXXI. Babylon flretig pomp of her ftrength fhall ceafe in her : as for her, a cloud (hall cover her, and her daughters (hail go into captivity. 19 Thus will I execute judgments in Epypt : and they (ball know that I am the Lord. 20 1f And it came to pafs in the eleventh year, in the firft month, in the feventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 2i Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of E^ypt; and, lo, ' it fhall not be bound up to be $f£* jsa, r if. 19. s •f Heti. fHeb. Ihejulntfi IBcrcof. healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it ftrong to hold the fword. 22 Therefore thus faith the Lord God, Behold, I am againft Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the ftrong, and that which was broken ; and I will caufe the fword to fall out of his hand. 23 And I will fcatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will difperfe them through the countries. 24 And I will ftrengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my fword in his hand : but I will break Pharaohs arms, and he fhall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly-wounded man. 25 But I will ftrengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh (hall fill down; and they fhall know that I am the Lord, when I !hall pat my fword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he fhall ftretch it out upon the land of Egypt. 26 And I will fcatter the Egyptians among the nations, and difperfe them &40.U. zech.13.2 h Zcch. 10. II. caufe their images to ceafe out of among the countries ; and they dull Noph ; hand there fhall be no more know that I am the Lord LOr rttu a prince of the land of Egypt ; and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. 14 And I will make Pathros defo- late, and will fet fire in || Zoan, 'and will execute judgments in No. 15 And I will pour my fury upon || Sin, the ftrength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No. 1 6 And I will fet fire in Egypt : Sin fhall have great pain, and No fhall be rent afunder, and Noph Jfiall have diftrefTes daily. 1 7 The young men of || Aven, and of II Phi-befeth, flia.ll fall by the fword : and thefe cities fhall go into captivity. 18 kAt Tehaphnehes alfo the day fhall be || darkened, when I (hall break there the yokes, of Egypt; and the CHAP. XXXI. I A recital unto Pharaoh of tfie glory ofAJJyria, 10 and the fall thereof for pride. 18 The like clejlruiiion /hall be to Egypt. ANd it came to pafs in the ele- venth year, in the third month* in the firft day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 2 Son of man, fpeak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude, a Whom art thou like in thy greats aver. 1 nefs ? 3 b Behold, the AfTyrian was a ce- "".11.4. dar in Lebanon f with fair branches, t Het>. and with a fhadowing fhroud, and «?**«* of au high ftature ; and his top was among the thick houghs. C c c 2 4 * The EZEK made him great, __ the deep-|| let him up on high with jcrtm. her rivers running rennd about his " little rivers The glory and %% 4 e The waters 5'0ri0 plants, and fent out her nJu'tjhM Uf th. mfilv bergit I E L. fall ofAfyria, 1 5 Thus faith the Lord God, In the g*g day when he went down to the grave t**-^ I caufed a mourning : I covered the *~~ deep for him, and I reftrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were ftayed ; and I caufed Lebanon fto mourn for him, and all the trees j/'/Y* of the field fainted for him. 16 1 made the nations to fhakeat the found of his fall, when I caft himdown to hell with them that defcend into the pit : and h all the trees of Eden, n if. a, s. the choice and beft of Lebanon, all that drink water, i fhall be comforted ' ch»p. in the nether parts of the earth. 3*- jl" 17 They alfo went down into hell with him unto them that be flain with thefword ; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his fhadow in the midft of the heathen. 18 % k To whom art thou thus like kv«-- : in glory and in greatnefs among the trees of Eden ? yet flialt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth : 1 thou fhalt lie in the midft of the un- y*-*",**' circumcifed with them that be {lain by ii,u,tts. thefword. This it Pharaoh and all his multitude, faith the Lord God. CHAP. XXXII. I A lamentation for the fearful fall of Egypt- 'i Thefword of Babylon. ANd it came to pafs, in the twelfth se;. year, in the twelfth month, in the firft day of the month, t/iat the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 2 Son of man, take up a lamenta- tion for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and fay unto him, a Thou art like a young *ch- '£> -• lion of the nations, band thou art as a <>c» »»■ s II whale in the feas; and thou cameft \,^n. forth with thy rivers, and troubledlt the waters with thy feet, and fouledlt their rivers. 3 Thus faith the Lord God, I will* therefore, c fpread out my net over «**•] :,-^ thee with a company of many people ; and they fhall bring thee up in my net. 4 Then A will I leave thee upon act* -.p.j. the land, I will caft thee forth upon the open field, and will caufe all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the bcails of the whole earth with thee. 5 And I will lay thy flefh upon the mountains, and fill the vallies with thy height. 6 I will alfo water with thy blood j| the land wherein thou fwimmeft, J(^*,*rJ even to the mountains; and the rivers - lhall be full of thee. 3 And Mauri. 24- ZO 1 Hcb. J ■sit of Erie/. fChap. Egypt i fall lamented • CHAP. SS? 7 And when * fta11 ii Put thee out s«7. *I will cover the heaven, and make iior.fr- the ftars thereof dark ; I will cover eir i i tne *"un w',t*1 a c'oud» anc* tue moon fneii.*3i- fhall not give her light. • ,5V 8 All the f bright lights of heaven will I make f dark over thee, and fet darknefs upon thy land, faith the ... * Lord God. teMK». q i wjii aif0 jr vex the hearts of to^mjark. many people, when I fhall bring thy hud. deftruttion among the nations, into *J%?£or, the countries which thou haft not known. io Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings fliall be horribly afraid for thee, when I fhall brandiih my fword before them; and f they fhall tremble at every mo- ment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall. ii"™: 1 1 II g For tnus ** ,. . " . murine.* living. 24 T"here is Elam, and all her mul- titude round about her grave ; all of them flain, fallen by the fword, which are gone down uncircumcifed into the nether parts of the earth, which caufed their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their fliame with them that go down to the pit. 25 They have fet her a bed in the midft of the flain with all her mulr titude : her graves are round about him; all of them uncircumcifed, flain by the fword : though their terror was caufed in the land of the living^ yet have they borne their fhame with them th.it go dawn to the pit : he is put in the midfi of them that be llain. 26 There is MeftuLh, Tubal, and all her multitude : her graves are round about him; all of them uncir- cumcifed, flain by the fword, though they caufed their terror in the land of the living. 2 7 p And they fhall not lie with the 9 ver. 11. mighty that are fallen of the uncirr cumcifed, which are gone down to hell + with their weapons of war; and tH^iw;* they have laid their fworcs under /*«<- war. their heads ; but their iniquities fliall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 28 Yea, thon flialt be broken in the midft of the uncircumcifed, and fhalr lie with them that are flain with the fword. 2,9 There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are f laid by them that were \ nm>. flain by the fword: they fliall li^P.'"^ with the uncircumcifed, and with them that go down to the pit. 30 q There be the princes of thcqcb.jaft. north, ail of them, and all the Zido- Cscj niansy bring a f-u-orduf. »n cer. be that Ar The duty of a watchman. E Z £ Sggf nians, which are gone down with the s«7- (lain ; with their terror they are "v afhamed of their might ; and they lie undrcumcifed with tliem that be (lain by the fword, and bear their fhame with them that go down to the pit. 31 Pharaoh fhall fee them, and fhall be comforted over all his mul- titude, even Pharaoh and all his army flain by the fword, faith the Loid God. 32 For 1 have caufed my terror in the land of the living : and he (hall be laid in the midft of "the uucircum- cifed with ttiem that are flain with the fwerd, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, faith the Lord God. CHAP. XXXIII. I By the du.y of a -watthtnan Ezekiel is adrnonijhed of his duty. 10 God jhewr.th the juftice of his ways. 30 The hypocrify of the captivejews. Iain the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 2 Son cf man, fpeak to the chil- dren of thy people, and fay unto them, f When I bring the fword up- on a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coafts, and fet him for the;r watchman : 3 If, when he feeth the fword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people ; 4 Then f whofoever heareth the found of the trumpet, and taketh not warning , if the fword come and take him away, his blood fhall be upon his own head. 5 He heard the found of the trum- pet, and took not warning, his blood ihall be upon him : but he that taketh warning fhall deliver his foul. 6 But if the watchman fee the fword come, and blow not the trum- pet, and the people be not warned ; if the fword come and take any per- fon from among them, he is taken a- •way in his iniquity : but his blood will I require at the watchmans hand. 7 "So thou, O fon of man, I have fet thee a watchman, unto the houfe of Ifrael : therefore thou fhalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. 8 When I fay unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou (halt Purely die ; if thou doft not fpeak to warn the wicked from his \Vay, that wicked irtcoi (hall die hi his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 9 Ncverrhckfs, if thou warn the Wicked of Ills way to turn from it ; if 'he do1 1101 Muu from His v;;y he KIEL. Thejuflice of Gods ways. fhall die in his iniquity ; but thou haft f*%j* delivered thy foul. s«7- 10 1; Therefore, O thou fon of "~""^ man, fpeak unto the houfe of Ifrael, Thus ye fpeak, faying, If our tranf- greflions and our fins be upon us, and we bpine away in them, how fhould l^'' we then live ? 1 1 Say unto them, As I live, faith the Lord God, CI have no pleafure jiai* in the death of the wicked; but that ctaJ*ia. the wicked turn from his way and imfj. 0. live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways ; for d why will ye die, O houfe l^^- of Ifrael? 12 Therefore, thou fon of man, fay unto the children of thy people, The e righteoufnefs of the righteous ecjjj »J* fhall not deliver him in the day of his ' ** tranfgreflion : as for the wickednefs of the wicked, he fhall not fall there- by in the day that he turneth from his wickednefs ; neither fhall the righteous be able to live for his righ- teotj/'nefs in the day that he finneth. 1 3 When I fhall fay to the righteous, that he fhall furely live ; if he truft to his own righteoufnefs, and commit iniquity, all his righteoufneffes ihall not be remembered ; but for his ini- quity that he hath committed he fhall die for it. 14 Again, when I fay unto the wicked, Thou fhalt furely die 3 if he turn from his fin, and do f that which }^m, is lawful and right ; mtji&m. 1 j //the wicked ' reftore the^^7' pledge, ggive again that he had rob- "•..'' *• bed, walk in b the ftatutes of life, 2,"'.'" without committing iniquity; heo,^"'*' fhall furely live, he fhall not die. •> u*. 16 None of his fins that he hath oUt'io. committed fhall be mentioned unto "'13,iI- him : he hath done that which is law- ful and right 5 he lhatf furely live. 17 H * Yet the children of thy^;^; people fay, The way of the Lord is «•»» ' not equal : but as for them, their way is not equal. 1 8 When the righteous turneth from his righteoufnefs, and committeth ini- quity, he fhall even die. thereby. 19 But if the wicked turn from his wickednefs, and do that which is law- ful and right, he -fhall live thereby. 20 Yet ye fay, k The way of the **£;,[; Lord is not equal. O ye houfe of *},»». ' Ifrael, I will judge you every one after his ways. 21 1[ And it came to pafs, in the twelfth year ' of our captivity, in the ' en. t, 2. tenth tootim, in the fifth day of the month, m fuit one that had efcaped %£&" out ' 58 7- 7kQT U 7- *fi fit 17- 10. & [Q. 26. The delation of the land, CHAP. XXXIII ?hf°ia out of Jerufalem came unto me, fay- ing, n The city is fmitten. 22 Now "the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening, afore he '£*' that was efcaped came, and had open- ed my mouth, until he came to me :h*£ in the morning ; ''and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. 23 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 'hl*' 24 Son of man, q they that inhabit thofe waftes of the land of Ifrael fpeak, faying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the laud : but we are many ; the land is given us for in- heritance. 2 5 Wherefore fay unto them, Thus :";#*." faith the Lord God, r Ye eat with the blood, and s lift up your eyes toward your idols, and fhed blood : and mail Yz"To.' ye polTefs the land ? la.1^' 20 Ye ftand upon your fword, ye work abomination, and ye defile eve- ry one his neighbours wife : and mail ye poflefs the land ? 27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus faith the Lord God, As I live, furely they thit are in the waftes (hall fall by the fword; and him that is in the open 3"+?" field l will I give to the beafts \ to be t Heh. devoured ; and they that be in the bim?'ur forts, and u in the caves, mail die of USamg'°'2' ^le Pe^'lence> 28 "For I will lay the land fraoft defolate, and the y pomp of her ftrength lhall ceafe ; and the moun- tains of Ifrati fliall be defolate, that none fliall pafs through. 29 Then (hall they know that I am the Lord, when I have Laid the land moft defolate, becaufe of all their abominations which they have committed. 30 1] Alfo, thou fon of man, the children of thy people ftill are talk- ing |j againft thee by the wails, and in the doors of the houfes, and fpeak one to another, every one to his bro- ther, faying, Gome, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the Lord. 31 And zthey come unto thee fas the people cometh, and || they a (it before thee as, my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: b for with their mouth -f-they mew much love, but their heart go- eth after their covetoufnefs. . 32 And, lo, thou art unto them as f a very lovely fong of one that hath a pleafant voice, and can play well on an inftrument : for they hear thy words, but thev do them not. X Jer. 44 1, 6, 22. + Heb. deflation and dcjQ. zChap. 14- i-tc 10. i,iic. t Heb. according tO tt£ ( J. minx of lb fitupU. a Chap. 8. I. b VM. 78. 3«, 37. If. 2y. 131 * Heb. tb, v i:u:lc yjh. t Heb. a Jong of XXXIV. The jhepherds reproved. 33 c And when this cometh to pafs, *f™* (lo, it will come, ) then d (hall they sbt-^ know that a prophet hath been among ^^7f^ them. 3- ,0- CHAP. XXXIV. "ha? 2 5. 1 The Jhepherds reproved .* 7 their judgment. 1 1 Gods providence over his jlock. 20 The kingdom ofChrijt. ANd the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 2 ■ Son of man, prophefy againft \y™l; the fhepherds of Ifrael, prophefy, and fay unto them, Thus faith the Lord God unto the fhepherds, b Woe be to M«£ the fhepherds of Ifrael that do feed themfelves ! mould not the fhepherds feed the flocks ? 3C Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you I™1,*6' "• with the wool, d ye kill them that are "• 'fi- fed : but ye feed not the flock. %^futs, 4 e The difeafed have ye notc'vcr.io. ftrengthened, neither have ye healed that which was lick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye fought that which was loft ; but with 'force and with cruelty have ye flPet- *-3- ruled them. 5 gAnd they were fcattered, || be- If^:"* caufe there is no fhepherd : and they g or, became meat to all the beafts of the „%%"'„*. field when they were fcattered. veifce. 6 My fheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill ; yea, my flock was fcattered up- on all the face of the earth, and none did fearch or feek after them. 7 \ Therefore, ye fhepherds, hear the word of the Lord ; 8 As I live, faith the Lord God, furely becaufe my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beaft of the field, becaufe there was no fhepherd, neither did my fhepherds fearch for my flock, but the fhepherds fed themfelves, and fed not my flock : 9 Therefore, O ye fhepherds, hear the word of the Lord ; 10 Thus faith the Lord God„ Be- held, I aw againft the fhepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and caufe them to ceafe from feeding the flock ; neither lhall the fhepherds feed themfelves any more : for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. j 1 \ For thus faith the Lord God, Behold I, even I, will both fearch my fheep, and feek them out. 12 f As a fhepherd feeketh out his £B*. flock in the day that' he is among his ;»?W«*- C c c 4 fheep '"*' Gods providence over his flock. EZE g£5 flieep that are fcattered j fo will I feek *"> out my (heep, and will deliver them " ' out of all places where rliey have been fcattered in the cloudy and dark day. »6ChzT '3 And * * wl" liri!1S them out from the people, and gather thrm from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them up n the mountains of Ifrael bv 'he r vers, and in all the inhabited pi • es ofth« country. 14 I will feed them in a good pa- flur . and upon the high mountains of Ifrael fhall their fold be • there fhall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pafture mall they feed upon the mountains of Ifrael. i J I will feed my flock, and I will caufr them to lie down, faith the Lord God. [** 1 6 ' I will feek that wliich was loft, Mte.4.6. and bring again that which was driven nwr y, and will bind up that which was broken, and will ftrengthen that which was fick: but I will deitroy JuJol*'.1*-' k the *"at am' the ftron2 \ 1 w*^ ^eerf them with judgment. 17 And as for you, O my flock, ££*$:!* thus faith the Lord God, 'Behold, I Mvth103 judge between f cattle and cattle, be- as .-«'. tween the rams and the -f- he-goats. }"*,u-anit ' ^ Fernet h it a fmall thing unto you ' '•.;'i7'rf, t0 1)ave eaten "P lhe good pafture. but ♦ Heh " ye mult tread down with your feet seln."'' the relklue of your pailures ? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye muft foul the refidue with your feet ? 10 And as fur my flock, they eat tint which ye have trodden with your feet ; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet. 20 1! Therefore thus faith the Lord Goo unto them, Behold I, even I. will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. 2 1 Becaufe ye have thruft with fide and with fhoulder, and pufhed all the difeafed with your horns, till yc have fcattered them abroad ; 22 Therefore will I fave my flock, and they (hall no more be a prey ; and 1 will judge between cattleand cattle. *™«f »■ 23 And I will fet up one m Shepherd aj 4/1. over them, and he fhall feed them, k^'310.' nfw«myfervant David he (hall feed ll'.'lc V 4 thorn, ahd he (hall be their (hepherd. ■jer.jap. 24 And I the Lord will be their Hof.'i l* God, ami my fervant David a prince among them : I the Lord have fpo~ rch.o. ken it. *\lt. ,', 25 And "I will make with them a covenant of peace, and ? will canft the uli?i. 13. evil bcafts to ceafe out of the land: ?I I EL. The kingdom of Chrift. and they fhall dwell fafely in the g§? wildernefs, and deep in the woods. i«7- 26 And I will make them, and the *""""* places round about my hill, a bkffing; and I will caufe the fliower to come down in his feafon : there fhall be q (bowers of blefling. 1 pr *■■ o- 27 And rthe tree of the field fhall #S! yield her fruit, and the earth fhall yield her increafe, and th?y fiiall be fafe in their land, and (hall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and deliver- ed them out of the hand of thofe that ferved themfelves of them. 28 And they fhall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither fhall the beafts of the land devour them : but 'they fhall dwell fafely, and none ',^7o!ac fhall make them afraid. 4r,/»r the land, " neither bear the fhame of ?{££*' the heathen any more. t*krna-*v. 30 Thus lhall they know that I the "C"*" Lord their God am with them, and 6,1s. that they, even the houfe of Ifrael, are my people, faith the Lord God. 31 And ye, my x flock, the flock of **°f» my pafture, are men, and I am your God, faith the Lord God. C H A P. XXXV. The judgment of mount Stir for their hatred of and infulting over IJrael. Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 2 Son of man. fet thy face againft mount Seir, and " prophefy againft it, */"' 40* 3 And fay unto it, Thus faith the x&T Lord God, Behold, O mount Seir, I Amoynju am againft thee, and I will ftretch out i6,ett. mine hand againft thee, and I will make thee + moft defolate. l$£t';m 4 I will lay thy cities wafte, and f",f^'z°^ thou flialt be defolate J and thou flialt v« V. know that 1 a?n the Loud. 5 Becaufe thou haft had a || per- [ petual hatred, and haft -f- flied the t ;<«*. blood of the children of Ifrael by the \. f force of the fword in the time of*'-n their* calamity, bin the time that their l^S,' iniquity had an end : bfch»». 1:. 6 Therefore, as I live, faith the buifp. 14. Lord God, 1 will prepare thee unto blood, and blood fhall purfue thee: c fich thou haft not hated blood, even ^Jri!f, blood (hall purfue thee. 7 Thus will I make mount Seir fmofl ,! defolate, and cut off from it him that g pafTeth out, and him that reuirneth.. 8 And I will fill his mount 'ins with his ftain men : in thy hills. U><| m tbv valliea, The judgment of mount Seir. CHAP. XXXVI. Gods blejjings promifed to Ifrael. eh"* vallies, and in all thy rivers, (ha! 1 they 5*7- fall that are (lain with the fword. «7^T"^ 9 dI will make thee perpetual de- t?ii.'f.'3,4. folations, and thy cities (hall not re- e chap.fi.?. turn; eand ye (hall knew that I am the Lord. io Becaufe thou haft faid, Thefe two nations, and thefe two countries, fhall be mine, and we will f poflefs it, || whereas the Lord was there : Lrmowa, 1 1 Therefore, as I live, faith the (ice. tx.io.ii. f rralm 83. 4, 1 II Or Lord God, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou haft ufed out of thy hatred againft them ; and I will make myfelf known among them, when I have judged thee. 1 2 And thou (halt know that I am the Lord, and that I have heard all thy blafphemies which thou haft fpo- ken againft the mountains of Ifrael, faying, They are laid defolate, they are given ns f to confume. 13 Thus with your mouth ye have f boafted againft me, and g have multiplied your words againft me : I have heard them. 1 4 Thus faith the Lord God, When the whole earth rejoiceth 1 will make thee defolate. r 5 h As thou didft rejoice at the in- heritance of the houfe of Ifrael, be- caufe it was defolate, fo will I do un- to thee : thou (halt be defolate, O mount Seir, and all fdumea, even all of it ; and they (hall know that I am the Lord. CHAP. XXXVI. 1 The land of Ifrael ii comforted by the heathens deftnittion, and Gods blejjings. 1 6 ij'rael rejected for fin. ALfo, thou fon of man, prophefy unto the a mountains of Ifrael, and fay, Ye mountains of Ifrael, hear the word of the Lord : 2 Thus faith the Lord God, Be- bch^j.3- caufe b the enemy hath faid againft you, Aha, c even the ancient high places are ours in pofleffion ; 3 Therefore prophefy and fay. Thus faith the Lord God, + Becaufe they have made you defolate, and fwallowed you up on every fide, that ye might be a pofleffion unto the resi- due of the heathen, and || ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people : 4 Therefore, ye mountains of Ifrael, hear the word of the Lord Goo, Thus faith the Lord God to tne mountains and to the hills, to the || rivers and to the vallies, to the de- folate waftes and to the cities thai »CL- 0.4. c Deut J1.I3. fHeb. Jlecau/e/tr tfcauft. II Or.jtt 1o come are forfaken, which became a prey *<*"* and derifion to the refidue of the hea- 587 then that are round about. ^ v~"-/ 5 Therefore thus faith the Lord God, d Surely in the fire of my jea- j"!* loufy have I fpoken againft the rdidne of the heathen, and againft allldumea, which have appointed my land into their pofleffion with the joy of all their heart, with defpiteful minds, to caft it out for a prey. 6 Prophefy, therefore, concerning the land of Ifrael, and fay unto the mountains and to the hills, to the rivers and to the vallies, Thus faith the Lord God, Behold, i have fpoken in my jealoufy and in my fury, be- caufe ye have borne the (hame of the heathen : 7 Therefore thus faith the Lord God, I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they (hall bear their fhame. 8 But ye, O mountains of ifrael, ye (hall (hoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Ifrael ; for they are at hand to tome. 9 For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye (hall be tilled and fown. 10 And I will multiply men upon you, all the houfe of Ifrael, even all of it : and the cities (hall be inhabi- ted, and the waftes fhall bebuilded : 1 1 And I will multiply upon you man and beaft j and they (hall in- creafe and bring fruit : and I will fettle you after your old eftates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings ; e and ye fhall know that *,ChoP&* Ia/wtheLoRD. J7-6.13- 12 Yea, I will caufe men to walk upon you, even my people Ifrael ; and they (hall poflefs thee, and thou (halt be their inheritance, and thou (halt no more henceforth bereave them of men. 13 Thus faith the Lord God, Be- caufe they fay unto you, Thou land devoureft up men, and halt bereaved thy nations ; j 4 Therefore thou fhalt devour men no more, neither || bereave thy nations i%)""i!t any more, faith the Lord God. 15 f Neither will I caufe men to hear i^^r in thee the (hame of the heathen any more, neither (halt thou bear the re- proach of the people anymore, nei- ther (halt thou caufe thy nations to fall any more, faith the Lord Gi>d. 16 ^| Moreover, the word of the Lord came unto me, faying, 17 Son of man, when the houfe of Ifrael dwelt in their own land, they defiled Jfraeh rejection and re flotation. E Z E K I E L. The bleffmgs of Chrifls kingdom. Before defiled it by their own way, and by s»sr. their doings : their way was before w 'me as the uncleannefs of a removed woman. 18 Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had died upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it : 19 And I fcattered them among the heathen, and they were difperfed through the countries : according to their way, and according to their do- ings, I judged them. 20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they SllliV' g pr°fanecl my n°ly »iame, when they ' faid to them, Thefe are the people of the Lord, and are gone forth out of his land. 21 11 But I Ind pity for mine holy name, which the houfe of Ifrael had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. 22 Therefore fay unto the houfe of Ifrael, Thus faith the Lord God, I do not this for your fakes, O houfe of Ifrael, but for mine hoi)' names lake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. 23 And I will fan&ify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midft of them ; and the heathen (hall know that I am the Lord, faith the Lord God, when I mail be fan&i- nor./eur. tied in you before || their eyes. ^''ti'. 24 ^or h* w'^ ta^e vou from a" mong the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. iitsi.ij. 25 t 'Then will I fprinkle clean water upon you, and ye (hall be clean : from all your filthintfs, and from all your idols, will I cleanfeyou. kjcrem. 26 A k new heart alfo will I give cs. 1?.' is. you, and a new fpirit will I put with- in vou: and 1 will take awai the {tony heart out of your flefli, and I will give you an heart of flelh. icu.it 19. 27 And 1 will put my 'Spirit within you, and caufe you to walk in my fta- tutes, and ye mall keep my judgments, and do them. 28 And ye mall dwell in the land r> chip. that I gave to your fathers ; '" and ye Hull be my people, and I will be your God. 29 I will alfo fave you from all ns«pi»!m your uncleaiintflcs ; and nI will call for the rorn, and will increafe it, and 34 ap! °iay "° famine upon you. 30 And 1 will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increafe of the held, that ye (hall receive no more reproach 5?f»? n c ' 1 • . thrift of famine among the heathen. s«7- 31 Then p mall ye remember your P"cT^7ii own evil ways, and your doings that <5['63- were not goc-J, and "Mhall loathe your- %££: felves in your own fight for your "mi- c"p ■*■ 9. quities, and for your abominations. * ,0'43" 32 r Not for your fakes do I this, r Deut- faith the Lord God, be it known unto °" ** you : be aflramed and confounded for your own ways, O houfe of Ifrael. 33 Thus faith the Lord God, In the day that I mall have cleanfed you from all your iniquities, I will alio caufe you to dwell in the cities, and the waftes (hall be builded. 34 And the defolate land mail be tilled, whereas it lay defolate in the light of all that palled by. 35 And they fliall fay, This land that was defolate is become like the garden of 'Eden; and the wafte, «ir»- st % and defolate, and ruined cities are Ch' * ' '*' become fenced, and are inhabited. 36 Then the heathen, that are left round about you, fliall know that I the Lord build the ruined places, and plant that that was defolate : £I the Lord have fpoken it, and '"^'^ I will do//. i*.~i*.t*. 37 Thus faith the Lord God, I will '* ** yet for this be enquired of by the houfe of Ifrael to do it for them ; I will increafe them with men like a flock. 38 As the f holy flock/as the flock J,**, of Jerufalem in her folemn feafts, fi>«wne*. Iliall the wafte cities be filled with flocks of men ; and they fliall know that I am the Lord. CHAP. XXXVII. 1 By the refwreciion of dry bones, 1 1 the dead hope ofljrael is revived. 20 The promijes of Chrijls kingdom. THe 4 hand of the Lord was upon »Ch»t>.i.j. me, and carried me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and fet me down in the midft of the valley which was full of bones, 2 And caufed me to pafs by them roundabout; and, behold, there were very many in the open || valley ; and, ^a!s„. lo, they were very dry. 3 And he faid unto me, Son of man, can thefe bones live ? And I anfwered, O Lord God, thou knoweft. 4 Again he faid unto me, Pro- phefy upon thefe bones, and fay un- to them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. 5 Thus faith the Lord God unto theft bones, Behold, I will caufe breath to enter into you, and ye lhall live : 6 And The hope of Ifrael revived. CHAP. XXXVII, XXXVIII. Prtitejto ofChriJls kingdom. *ehr^ 6 And I will lay finews upon you, i.ja?. and will bring up Helh upon you, and u ' cover you with fkin, and put breath bcn.o. 7. in you, and ye fhall live; band ye p2.'/7. fhall know that I ark the Lord. <*} 1?- 7 So I prophefied, as I was com- manded: and, as I prophefied, there was a noife, and, behold, a fhaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. 8 And when I beheld, lo, the finews and the ftefh came up upon them, and the fkin covered them above ; butt/iere •was no breath in them. 9 Then faid he unto me, Prophefy l! or, unto the || wind ; prophefy, fon of *""'*• man, and fay to the wind, Thus faith 10 &30 tne J"01"0" God, c Come from the four 1 4 winds, O breath, and breathe upon thefe flain, that they may live. 10 So I prophefied, as he com- manded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and flood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. 1 1 1 Then he faid unto me, Son of man, thefe bones are the whole houfe of Ifrael : behold, they fay, Y??. d <->ur Dones are dried, and our hope is loft ; we are cut off for our parts. 12 Therefore prophefy, and fay unto them, Thus faith the Lord God, «ir z6.ig. Behold, e O my people, I will open your graves, and caufe you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of IfraeL 13 And ye fhall know that I ani the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, 14 And fhall put my Spirit in you, andyefhall live; and I fhall place you in your own land : then fhall ye know that I the Lord have fpoken it, and performed it, faith the Lord. 15 1f The word of the Lord came again unto me, faying, n!^s. i 6 Moreover, thou fon of man, f take 17- a." thee one ftick, and write upon it, For i*chN.. Judah, and for Ethe children of Ifrael k, 10'. his companions ; then take another ftick, and write upon it, For Jofeph the ftick of Ephraim, and for all the houfe of Ifrael his companions : 1 7 And join them one to another into one ftick ; and they fhall become one in thine hand. 18 \ And when the children of thy people fhall fpeak unto thee, fay- ing, Wilt thou not fhew us what thou meanejl by thefe ? ,oZeo?' '9 ''Sav unto them, Thus faith the Lord God, Behold, I will take the ftick of Jofeph, which is in the hand «^« of Ephraim, and the tribes of Ifrael 587. his fellows, and will put them with * him, even with the ftick of Judah, and make them one ftick, and they ftull be one in mine hand. 20 If And the fticks whereon thou writelt fhall be in thine hand before their eyes. 2 1 And fay unto them, Thus faith the Lord God, Behold, I will take the children of Ifrael from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every fide, and bring them into their own land ; 22 And *I will make them one na- •*£ £•**> tion in the land upon the mountains Hof. •'•»»'. of Ifrael; and k one king fhall be*0J'f£ king to them all : and they fhall be ho more two nations, neither fhall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all : 23 Neither (hall they defile them- felves any more with their idols, nor with their deteftable things, nor with any of their tranfgreffions ; but I will Have them out of all their dwelling- places, wherein they have finned, and will cleanfe them : fo fhall they be my people, and 1 will be their God. 24 And 'David my fervant Jhall l}\[-f '•"• be king over them ; and "'they all atVo-sJ.5" fhall have one fhepherd : they fhall Hoi.3* *-3" alfo walk in my judgments, and ob- ^vl^l' ferve my ftatutes, and do them. joi»io.»e. 25 And they fhall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my fervant, wherein your fathers have dwelt ; and they fhall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their childrenschildren, for ever; and " my fervant David jhail be their J **£ prince for ever. 26 Moreover, I will make a "cove- %l?™ nant of peace with them ; it fhall be cchr;£ *°; an everlafting covenant with them : and I wdl pb.ee them, and multiply them, and will fet my ^fanftuary in l?fg*' the midft of them for evermore. 27 qMy tabernacle alfo fhall be \ }f* with them; yea, I will be r their r erupts God, and they' fhall be my people. JJ; *?;£ 28 And th^ heathen lliall kno\v3«-«- that I the Lord do fanttify Ifrael, when my faucluary fhali be in the midft of them for evermore. CHAP. XXXVIII. 1 The army, 8 and malice of 'Gog: 14 Gods judgment again ft hint. ANd the word" of the Lord came iipfn u^p (*A%nntr into me, laying Gog, the land a 1. Revel. ga- ol' Magog,- jj thd'^'.cf chief H*u»Hf. B;forc Chrlrt. 387- army and malice of Gog i chief prince of Mefliech and Tubal, and prophefy againft him, — w — 3Andfay,ThusfaithtlieLordGoD, Behold, I am again!! thee. O Go& J» chief prince of Meihe. h and Tuual. tiK^B. 4 And « I wiU turn thee back, and ctajter. pnt hooks into thy jaws, and I will »: 1. * bring thee forth, and all thine army, o chap. hoWes and horfemen, d all of them *J '*" clothed with ah forts of armour* even a great company with bucklers and (hields, all of them handling fwords. lot.ptut. 5 perfia, Ethiopia, and || Libya with them ; ail of them with fhield and helmet : 6 Gorner, and all his bands ; the houfe of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands ; and many people with thee. 7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyfelf, thou, and all thy company that are aflembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. 8 f c After many days thou (halt be vilited : in the latter years thou (halt come into the land that is tva. w. brought back from the fword, f and is gathered out of many people, againft the mountains of lfrael, which have been always wafte : but it is brqught forth out of the nations, and they (hall dwell fafely all of them. 9 Thou (halt afcend and come like a ftorm; thou (halt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou and all thy bands, and many people with thee. ioThusfaiththeLordGoD,Itfhail alfo come to pafs, that at the fame time (hall things come into thy mind, • ••4'» and thou (halt || think an evil thought: 'tbiaSut 1 1 And thou (halt fay, I will go rurr°Jem up to the land of unwalled villages; V?'$7' I Wl" rS° to t^ern that are at reft, that dwell jj fafely, all of them dwell- ing without walls, and having nei- ther bars nor gates, 12 f To take a fpoil, and to take a prey ; to turn thine hand upon the defolate places that are now inhabi- ted, h and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the \ midft of the land. 13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tar(hi(h, with all the young lions thereof, (hall f.iy unto thee, Art thou come to take a fpoil ? haft thou gathered thy company to take a prey ? to carry away filver and gold, to take away cattle and u i Hcfe. <0 frtf E Z E K I E L. Gods judgment againjl him'. the Lord God, ' In that day, when **£* my people of lfrael dwelleth fafely, t*v (halt thou not know it P iiS^'v 15 k And thou (halt come from thy k.ci»p. place out of the north parts, thou, 39 *" and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horfes, a great company, and a mighty army; 16 And thou (halt come up againft my people of lfrael as a cloud to cover the land , ' it (hall be in the lat- 1 Va. •. ter days, and I will bring thee againft my land, that the heathen may know me, when I (hall be fanctitied in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. 17 Thus faith the Lord God, Art thou he of whom I have fpoken in old time f by my fervants the pro- .*e"^JJ, phets of lfrael, which prophefied in thofe days many years, that I would bring thee againit them ? r8 And it (hall come to pafs at the fame time, when Gog (hall come againft the land of lfrael, faith the Lord Gon, that my fury (hall come up in my face. 19 For min my jealoufy, n and in ™"?g. the fire of my wrath, have 1 fpoken, n p&im 0 Surely in that day there (hall be a "r^, great (baking in the land of ifrael ; 16. is.' 20 So that pthe fifties of the fea, pHor.4.j. and the fowls of the heaven, and the beads of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, (hall (hake at my pre- fence : sand the mountains (hall be n ■>«■ *•**• thrown down, and the (j fteep places jMjjj^ (hall fall, and every wall (hall fall »,/**&** to the- ground. 21 And will call for a fword a- gainft him throughout all my moun- tains, faith the LordGoo : every mans fword (ball be againft his brother. 22 And I will plead againft him with peitilence and with blood ; and rI will rain upon him, and upon his \*%^ bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailftones, fire and brimftone. 23 Thus will I ' magnify myfelf, Jf^J^ and fancYify myfelf; and I will be si •»«• known in the eyes of many nations; and they (hall know that I am the LOKD. CHAP. XXXIX. 1 Gods judgment upon Gog. 8 Ifraels vhiiiry. 25 Ijrael jhall be njlored with everlajling favour. goods, to take a great fpoil ? r"|>Herefore, "thou fon of nun, pro- 14 II Therefore, fon of man, pro- JL phefy againft Gog, and fay, phefy and fay unto Gog, Thus faith Thus faith the Lord Goj>, Behold, I am CHAP. XXXIX Ifraeh victory c'hr.u I am againft thee, O Gog, the chief >;^i87- prince of Mefhech and Tubal : u * 2 And I will turn thee back, and ib°'',f,like II Ieave but the ll,ttn Part oi tnee» ir'lhaZ'' bant' W1^ cao^e tnee to c°me up from **«*£* f the north parts, and will bring thee I'UL/jix upon the mountains of Ifrael : chip'."^. 3 And I wil1 f,nite tliy how out t.ch.38.15 of thy left hand, and will eaufe itoMtiof tni"e arrows to fall out of thy right tucnvrib. hand. 4 Thou (halt fall upon the moun- tains of Ifrael, thou and all thy bands, ect1.33.i7. and the people that is with thee : c I will give thee unto the ravenous tHet>. birds of every f fort, and to the bealls ?Hd> of the field, f to be devoured. udtvour. 5 Thou (halt fall upon f the open \*%«>f fie^ ; for I have fpoken //, faith the ni/icu. Lord God. 6 And I will fend a fire on Magog, uor,«n. and among them that dwell || care- Menilj- lefsly in the ifles; and they fhall know that I am the Lord. 7 So will I make my holy name known in the midft of my people If- rael ; and 1 will not Lei them pollute my holy name any more; and the heathen (hall know that I am the Lord, the holy One in Ifrael. t Revei. 8 \ d Behold, it is come, and it is *e- 17# done, faith the Lord God ; this /'; the day whereof I have fpoken. 9 And they that dwell in the cities of Ifrael ihall go forth, and ihall fet on fire and burn the weapons, both the fhields and the bucklers, the bows Lw/W ana< the arrows, and the fj hand- ftaves and the fpears, and they fhall i'u'- a 0t II Durn ^em with fire feven years; ypitm. 10 So that they fhall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the foreft ; for they fhall burn the weapons with fire : and they fhall fpoil thofe that fpoiled them, and rob thofe that robbed them, faith the Lord God. 1 1 11 And it fhall come to pafs, in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Ifrael, the valley of the paffengers on the eaft of Lulu*, the fea; and it fhall flop the \\noJei of the pallengers: and there fhall they bury Gog, and all his multitude ; and they ?aall call *'/, The valley of ,™, K II Hamon-gog. huieofGtt. I2 And feven months fhall the houfe of Ifrael be burying of then), that they may cleanfe the land. 13 Yea, all the people of the land fhall bury them; and it fhall be to them a renown, the day that I fhall be glorified, faith the Lord God. and refioratiort. 14 And they fhall fever out f men *<£* of continual employment, palling s«7- through the land to bury with the ,'S phlfengers thofe that remain upon ,7^""* the face of the earth, to cleanfe it : after the end of feven months Ihall they fearch. 15 And the paffengers that pafs through the land, when any feeth a mans bone, then fhall he f fet up a \ "/£• fign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog. 16 And alfo the name of the city fliallbe || Hamonah. Thus fhall they ITtati* cleanfe the land. l^ul"' 11 1f eAnd thou, fon of man, thus \^- faith the Lord God, Speak f untotneh."„ every feathered fowl, and to every '^/'Zi? bealt of the field, f Aflemble your- tm.^l'. i elves and come; gather yourfelves %^\x0' on every fide to my || facritice that I Ze>^ »■ 7- do facrifice for you, even a great facri- jitter. rice upon the mountains of Ifrael, that ye may eat flefh, and drink blood. 18 Ye fhall eat the flefh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and off goats, of bullocks, all of them * Heb- , ratlings or Bafhan. 19 And ye fhall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drun- ken, of my facrifice which 1 have facrificed for you. 20 6 Thus ye fhall be filled at my ec^l'.%'t table with horfes and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, faith the Lord God. 2i And I will fet my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen fhall fee my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them. 2 2 So the houfe of Ifrael fhall know that I am the Lord their God from that day and forward. 23 And the heathen fhall know- that the houfe of Ifrael went into captivity for their iniquity : becaufe they trefpalfed againlt me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies; fo fell tbey all by the fword. 24 According to their uncleannefs, and according to their tranfgreffions, have I done unto them, and hid my face from them. 25 \ Therefore thus faith the Lord God, Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole houfe of Ifrael, and will be jealous for my holy name ; 26 After that they have borne their fhame, and all their trcfpailes whereby they Tin manner of Ettkiels vifi on. E Z E K I E L. Of 'the eafl gate of the outer court. ehria tncv havc u "^rpaflcd againft me, when 5"" they dwelt fafely in their land, and k~_v ' none made them afraid. 27 When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies lands, and hch.jo.23 h am fancl'itied in them in the fight of tccnt, dtc. |i0r,t;?3« manv nations ; 28 Then ihall they know that I am the Lord their God, f which c..ufed them to be led into captivity among the heathen : but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there. 29 Neither will I hide my face any a£1.?{. more from them : for I have ■ poured out my Spirit upon the houfe oflfrael, faith the Lord God. CHAP. XL. 1 The Urn'!, manner, and end ofEze- kiels vifton. 39 Eight tables, 44 The chamber s for the fingers, &c . 48 The porch of the houfe. »**• TN the five and twentieth year of X our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after »ch.33-«- that f the city was fmitten, in the felf- tcfcipi.;. fame day bthe hand of the Lord was upon me, and brought me thither. - 2 In the vifions of God brought he me into the land of Ifrael, and tsX, me upon a very high mountain, || by which was as the frame of a city on the fouth. 3 And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whofe ap- pearance wat like the appearance of brafs, with a line of flax in his hand, ftaT'isI1" * anc^ a meafuring-reed; and he ftood in the gate. «cn. 44-5. 4 And the man faid unto me, H Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and fet thine heart upon all that I fhall {hew thee ; for to the intent that I might fhew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou feert to the houfe of Ifrael. 5 And, behold, a wall on the out- fide of the houfe round about, and in the mans hand a meafuring-reed of fix cubits long by the cubit and an hand-breadth : fo he meafured the breadthofthebuildingjone reed; and the height, one reed. ♦ tic. 6 f Then came ne unto tne gate - f whkhlookethtoward the eart, and v went up the ftairs thereof, and mea- fured the threfhold of the pate, w/iich was one reed broad, and the other threfhold of the gate, which was one reed broad. reed long and one reed broad ; and S74- ^ between the little chambers were " five cubits; and the threfhold of the gate, by the porch of the gate within, was one reed. 8 He meafured alfo the porch of the gate within, one reed. 9 Then meafured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the port?, thereof two cubits ; and the porch of the gate was inward. 10 And the little chambers of the gate eaftward were three on this fide, and three on that fide; they three were of one meafure : and the ports had one meafure on this fide, and on that fide. 1 1 And he meafured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits ; xani the length of the gate, thirteen cubits- 12 The f fpace alfo before the ]£& •„ little chambers was one cubit on this *"""J' fide, and the fpace was one cubit on that fide; ami the little chambers were fix cubits on this fide, and fix cubits on that fide- 13 He meafured then the gate, from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another ; the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door againft door. 14 He made alfo ports of threes fcore cubits, even unto the ports of the court round about the gate. 1 5 And from the face of the gate of the entrance, unto the face of the porch of the inner gate, were fifty cubits. 16 And there were + narrow win- *$£ dows to the little chambers, and to their ports within the gate round about, and likewife to the || archjs 5 JJ&'JJ: and windows were round about U in* «»«*«. ' ward : and upon each port were palm- 5J2S*,. trees, 17 c Then brought he me into the e *'»•"•*• outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court roundabout, "thirtycham- *c*-4S.* hers were upon the pavement. 18 And the pavement by the fide of the gates, over againft the length of the gates, was the lower pavement. 19 Then he meafured the breadth, from the fore-front of the lower gate unto the fore-front of the inner court || without, an hundred cubits eait- \£jj£i? ward and northward. 20 % And the gate of the outward court f that looked toward thenorth, V£/t/Mt he meafured the length thereof, and ,u the breadth thereof. 21 And The north, fouth, and C H A cifSt 21 And the little chambers there- L_"il* of were three on this fide, and three ™ on that fide ; and the pofts thereof, ifr,>'forj and the ||archesthereof,wereaftcrthe gonbtu meafure 0f the firft gate : the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. 22 And their windows, and their arches, and their palm-trees, were after the meafure of the gate that looketh toward the eaft ; and they went up unto it by feven fteps ; and the arches thereof were before them. 23 And the gate of the inner court was over againft the gate toward the north, and toward the eaft ; and he meafured from gate to gate an hun- dred cubits. 24 ^ After that he brought me toward the fouth, and, behold, a gate toward the fouth 5 and he meafured the pofts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to thefe meafures. 25 And there were windows in it, and in the arches thereof round about, like thofe windows; the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. 26 And there were feven fteps to %o up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm- trees, one on this fide, and another on that fide, upon the pofts thereof. 27 Tf And there was a gate in. the inner court toward the fouth : and he meafured from gate to gate toward the fouth an hundred cubits. 28 And he brought me to the inner court by the fouth gate : and he meafured the fouth gate according to thefe meafures ; 29 And the little chambers thereof, and the pofts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to thefe meafures : and there were windows in it, and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. 30 And the arches round abont VitrzV"' were g*"ive an(^ twenty cubits long, lkzs' 33> and five cubits f broad ; Irlluu. ■ 31 And the arches thereof were to- ward the outer court ; and palm-trees were upon the pofts thereof: and the going up to it had eight fteps. 32 If And he brought me into the inner court toward the eaft : and he meafured the gate according to thefe meafures. 33 And the little chambers there- of, and the pofts thereof, and the arches thereof, wereaccording to thefe meafures; and there were windows iLevit?.!. P. XL.' eajl gates defcribed. therein, and in the arches thereof £&& roundabout: it was fifty cubits long, . *?» . and five and twenty cubits broad. 34 And the arches thereof were toward the outward court ; and palm- trees were upon the pofts thereof, on this fide, and on that fide, and the going up to it had eight fteps. 35 ^ And he brought me to the north gate, and meafured it according to thefe meafures ; 36 The little chambers thereof, the pofts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about : the length was fifty cubits, and. the breadth five and twenty cubits. 37 And the pofts thereof were to- ward the outer court; and palm-trees were upon the pofts thereof on this fide, and on that iide : and the going up to it had eight fteps. 38 And the chambers, and the entries thereof, were by the pofts of the gates, where they waffled the burnt-offering. 39 % And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this fide, and two tables on that fide, to flay thereon the burnt- offering, and hthe fin-offering, &Ltrit and i the trefpafs-offering. 40 And at the fide without, |f as one !££_ goeth up to the entry of the north the}**. gate, were two tables; and on the other fide, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables. 41 Four tables %vere on this fide, and four tables on that fide, by the fide of the gate ; eight tables, where- upon they flew their facrifices. 42 And the four tables were of hewn ftone for the burnt-offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cu- bit high : \vhert upon slfo they laid the inftruments wherewith they flew the burnt- offering and the facrifice. 43 And within were \\ hooks, an ^°"- .,_,, hand-broad, faftened round about : °h; :; '" and upon the tables was the fiefh of/™- the offering. 44 t And without the inner gate •were the chambers of the finger* in the inner court, which was at the fide of the north gate ; and their profpeft was toward the fouth: one at the fide of the eaft gate, having the profpeft toward the north. 45 And he faid unto me, This chamber, whofeprofpe&n toward the ■■ fouth, is for the priefts, kthe keepers %'It"^, of the || charge of the houfe. ^)'t3S 46 And the chamber, whofe pro* :...-ri, n-, fipeft is toward the north, is for the ?"Z"T"'' priefts, V;; ** Themeafures, parts, chambers, E Z E K I E L. and or>:dments, of the temple. •rfore priefts, 'the keepers of the chares of round about the houfe: therefore ^:;;< the altar thefe are the Tons of "' Za- dok, among the Tons of Levi, which come near to the Lord to minifter unto him. 47 So he meafured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, four-fquare, and the al- tar that was before the houfe. 43 i And he brought me to the porch of the houfe, and meafured each port of the porch, five cubits on this fide, and five cubits ou that fide: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this fide, and three cubits on that fide. 49 The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth ele- ven cubits; and lie brought me by the (reps whereby they went up to it : and there were pillars by the pofts, one on this fide, and another on that iide. CHAP. XLI. The menjures, parts, chambers, and ornaments-, of the temple. AFterward he brought me to the temple, and meafured the pofts, fix cubits broad on the one fide, and fix cubits broad on the other fide, which was the hreadth of the taber- nacle. 2 And the breadth of the \\doorwas ten cubits; and the fides of the door were five cubits on the one fide, and five cubits on the other iide: and he meafured the length thereof forty cubits, and the breadth twenty cu- bits. 3 Then went he inward, and mea- fured the polt of the door two cubits, and the door fix cubits, and the breadth of the door feven cubits. 4 So *.he meafured the length thereof twenty cubits, and thebreadth twenty cubits, before the temple ; and he fuid unto me, This is the moft holy place. 5 After he meafured the wall of the houfe fix cubits ; and the breadth of every lide-chamber four cubits, round about the houfe on every fide. 6 And the fide-chambers wrrf three, \ one over another, and J| thirty in ' order ; and they entered into the wall <■ which was of the houfe for the lide- ' chambers round about, that they might \ have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the houfe. 7 Ami f b there was an enlarging, and a winding about ltill upward to the lide-chanioers; for the winding i aoout of the houfe went ltill upward the breadth of the houfe was /It'll up- ward, and fo incrcafed from the lowed chamber to the higheft by the midft. 8 1 faw alfo the height of the houfe round about : the foundations of the fide-chambers were ca full reed ofcCh-«o-*' fix great cubits. 9 The thicknefs of the wall, which was for the lide-chamber without, was five cubits : and that which xvat left was the place of the fide-cham- bers that were within. io And between the chambers was the widenefs of twenty cubits round about the houfe on every fide. 1 1 And the doors of the fide-cham- bers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the fouth : and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about. !2 Now the building that was be- fore the feparate place, at the end to- ward the weft, was feventy cubits broad ; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits. 13 So he meafured the houfe, an hundred cubits long; and the fepa- rate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long; 14 Alfo the breadth of the face of the houfe, and of the feparate place toward the eaft, an hundred cubits. 15 And he meafured the length of the building over againft the feparate place which was behind it, and the || galleries thereof on the one fide, J,7i£i£i and on the other fide, an hundred I ^?j; 7 ,vM. cubits, with the inner temple, and '' '""' the porches of the court : 1 6 The door- pofts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three ftories, over againft the door, \ cieled with wood tuung,/ round about, || and from the ground r''^r''and up to the windows, (and the windows totir—m were covered, ) SwE?* 1 7 To that above the door, even unto the inner houfe and without, and by all the wall round about, with- in and without, by f meafure. ( ***• 18 And it was made with cheru- m"'u" bims and palm-trees, fo that a palm- tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces; 19 J So that the fice of a man was toward the palm-tree on the one fide, and the face of a young lion toward the palm-tree on the other fide: it was The pr lefts chambers: CHAP. XLIL the afe of than. ctm w.p«> 21 The f ports of the temple were over againft the chambers, toward fquared, and the face of the fane- the outer court on the fore-part of tuary; the appearance of the one as the chambers, the length thereof was the appearance of the other. fifty cubits. 22 The altar of wood was three 8 For the length of the chambers cubit6 high, and the length thereof that were in the outer court was fifty two cubits; and the corners thereof, cubits: and, lo, before the temple and the length thereof, and the walls were an hundred cubits thereof, were of wood: and he faid unto me, This is c the table that is before the Lord. 23 And the temple and the fanc- tuary had two doors. 24 And the doors had two leaves 9 And || from undar thefe cham. l^ZT bers was || the entry on the eaft fide, :,or,«««i U as oue goeth into them from **7or!«««" outer court. "»»>•'• 10 The chambers were in the thicknefs of the wall of the court apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves toward the eaft, over againft the fe- for the one door, and two leaves for parate place, and over againft the the other door. building. 25 And there were made on them, n And the way before them was on the doors of the temple, cheru- like the appearance of the chambers bims and palm-trees, like as were which were toward the north, as long made upon the walls ; and /here were as they, and as broad as they ; and all thick planks upon the face of the their goings out were both according porch without. to their fafhions, and according to 26 And there were narrow win- their doors, dows and palm-trees on the one fide 12 And according to the doors of and on the other fide on the fides the chambers that were toward the of the porch, and upon the fide- fouth was a door in the head of the chambers of the houfe, and thick way, even the way direftly before the planks. wall toward the eaft, as one entereth. CHAP. XLII. into them. 1 The chambers fur the priefts : '3 the 13 f Then faid he unto me, The uje thereof. 1 5 The meafures of the north chambers, and the fouth cham- oulward court. bers, which are before the feparate THen he brought me forth into place, they be holy chambers, where the outer court, the way to- the priefts that approach unto the ward the north; and he brought me Lord "fli.dleatthe moft holy things : \l'%. into the chamber that was over a- there (hall they lay the moft holy gainft the feparate place, and which things, and bthe meat-offering, and';1;"- was before the building toward the the fin-offering, and the trefpafs-of- i'iUV, north. fering; for the place is holy. ' & 7'1, 2 Before the length of an hundred 14 When the priefts enter therein, cubits was the north door, and the then (hall they not go out of the holy breadth zvas fifty cubits. place into the outer court, but there 3 Over againft the twenty cubits they fliall lay their garments wherein which were for the inner court, and they minifter ; for they are holy; and over againft the pavement which was (hall put on other garments, and (ball for the outer court, was galiery a- approach to thofe things which are for gainft gallery in three Jlories. the people. 4 And before the chambers was 15 "jf Now, when he had made an a walk often cubits breadth, inward end of meafuring the inner houfe, he a way of one cubit ; and their doors brought me forth toward the gate toward the north. whofe profpeft is tow;.rd the call, i/rL/J.'"1' 5 Now, the upper chambers were and meafured it round about. 11 or, and fhorter : for the galleries || were r 6 He meafured the eaft flitle with \?'£ '"AtuAof higher than thefe, || than the lower, the meafuring - reed five hundred 'ani'le" a™' *nan trie middlemoft, of the reeds, with the meafuring- reed round miuu.emojt. building. about. t Ddd 17 He Gwls glory in the temple. 17 He meafured the north iide five hundred reeds, with the meafuring- ' * ' reed round about. ;8 He meafured the fouth fide five hundred reeds, with the mcafuring- reed. 19 Ho turned about to the weft UK's and nicafnred live hundred reeds, with the meafuring-reed. 20 He meafured it by the four cch. 45. *• f.des : it had a wall round about c five hundred reeds long, and five hun- dred broad, to make a reparation be- tween the fanctuary and the profane place. CHAP. XLIII. 1 The returning of the glory of God into the temple. 7 The fin of Ifrael hinder eth Gods prefence. AFterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that lopketn. toward the eaft : \^% 2 "And, behold, the glory of the God cf Ifrael came from the way of jlfJV'.*?' tne ea^ > anc* b n's volce was ''^e a noifc of many waters: and the earth &i9.»,<5. jj1-ine{^ with bis glory. jchap.1.4. g And it was c according to the appearance of the villon which I faw, even according to the vifion that I ■nor.ivben faw || when I came d to deftroy the propbdv city : and the vilions were like the ''" vifion that I faw by the river Chebar ; 4ejtrvt4_: an(| J feU Upon my flice. 4 And the glory of the Lord cime into the houfe by the way of the gate whole profpect is toward the eaft. 5 So the fpirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court ; r \ Kinrs and, behold, c the glory of the Lord ci&&4. filled the houfe. 6 And I heard him fpeaking unto me out of the houfe ; and the man ftood by me. 7 ',] And he fuid unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and nchro». f the place of the foles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midft of the children of Ifrael for ever, and my holy name, lhall the houfe of If- rael no more defile, neither ihey, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor y '•'- the carcafes of their kings in their high places. 8 h In their fetting of their thrc- fliold by my threfholds, and their poll by my pofts, || and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have coniumed them in mine anger. 9 Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcafes of their 5ee eiiap. i> I, 5- dSoJer. r tetlt -1(5. jo. Jcr. 1 1. iii. h see 1 Kiort 1 ; !■ fit It. 7- Chap. B. 3. & 2 i. 3y. U 4i- /■ I >", . / Uicre VII j.r * •wall be. E Z E K I E L. Ifrael exhorted to repentance, kings, far from me, and I will dwell Mtjr in the midft of them for ever. «? 10 ^ Thou, fon of man, Ihew the ' — w- * houfe to the houfe of Ifrael, that they may be afhamed of their iniquities : and let them meafure the || pattern, or./um, 1 1 And if they be afhamed of all ,J!>":"r-otr,' that they have done, fhew them the form or the houfe, and the fafhion thereof, and the goings-out thereof, and the comings-in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordi- nances thereof; and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their fight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them. 12 This is the law of the houfe; Upon the top of the mountain, the whole limit thereof round about Jhall be moft holy : behold, this is the law of the houfe. 1 3 *| And thefe are the meafures of the altar after the cubits : j The cubit ' <-h»p. is a cubit and an handbreadth; even ^ *?■ the fons of Zadok, that kept thecharge 4j: '„, of my fanctuary when the children of Ifrael went affray from me, they (iiuii come near to me to minifter unto D d d 2 me, Ordinances for the priefls. The EZF.KIEL **& m%eai. the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, ° they (hall put off their garments wherein they mini- ftered, and lay them in the holy cham- bers, and they (hall put on other gar- ments; and they (hall v not fanctify the people with their garments. 20 * Neither (hall they (have their heads, nor fuffer their locks to grow long ; they (hall only poll their heads. 2 r r Neither fhall any prieft drink wine when they enter into the inner court. 22 Neither (hall they take for their wives a = widow, nor her that is \ put away : but they (hall take maidens of the feed of the houfe of Ifrael, or a widow fthat had a prieft before. 2 3 And • they fhall teach my people the 'difference between the holy and profane, and caufe them to difcern between the unclean and the clean. 24 And "in controverfy they (hall ftand in judgment ; and they fhall judge it according to my judgments: and they fhall keep my laws and my ftatutes in all mine affemblies ; and they fhall hallow my fabbaths. 25 And they fhall come at no "dead perfon to defile themfelves: but for father, or for mother, or for fort, or for daughter, for brother, or for filter that hath had no huihand, they may defile thcmfelves. 26 And y after he is cleanfed they lhall reckon unto him Cwai days. 27 And in the day that he goeth into the fancUnry, unto the inner tnurt, to minifter in the fanctuary, lie fhall offer his fin-offering, faith the Lord God. 28 And it fhall be unto them for an iuluritance ; 1 7am their inheritance* portion of land for thefanliuary. 39- 18. II Or in ylices. t Mel pf hap. 46. 10. See Ejud ? Levit. 21- 7» 13 1 Heb. forto. 1 lleb. fnmd prifft. t Lev. 10. lb. OS. reutcr. in Ifrael ; I am their polfeffion. '''*''■-* 29 They fhall eat the meat-offer- ing, and the fin-otfering, and the tref- pafs- offering ; and every || dedicated joj^ thing in Ifrael fhall be theirs. 36 And the || " firil of all the firft- «*• fruits of all things, and every cbla- aExcd.13, tion of all, of every fort of yourobla- j9f,"' tions, lhall be the priefts : ye h (hall Numb, alfo give unto the prieit the firft of i« 12. your dough, that he may caufe the If'™** bleffing to reft in thine houfe. * Nebeai. 31 The priefts fhall not eat of any ' '37" thing that is c dead of itfelf, or torn, ££{*; whether it be fowl or beaft. Lev. » *> CHAP. XLV. I The portion oflandforihefanHuary, 6 for the city, 7 and for the prince. 9 Ordinances for the prince. Moreover, f when ye (hall divide £5£* by lot the land for inheritance, "^"** ye fhall a offer an oblation unto the/*/;. * Lord, fan holy portion of the land: aciwa.x. the length J hall be the length of five JJ^. and twenty thoufand reeds, and the breadth jhall be ten thoufand. This fiallbt holy in all the borders thereof round about. 2 Of this there fhall be for the fanctuary b five hundred in length, *£h»£ with five hundred in breadth, fquare round about ; and fifty cubits round about for the || fuburbs thereof. ^*1.*fa 3 And of this meafure (lialt thou meafure the length of rive and twen- ty thoufand, and the breadth of ten thoufand ; and in it lhall be the fanc- tuary and the moil holy place. 4 The holy portion of the land (halt be for the priefts the minifters of the fanttuary, which fhall come near to minifter unto the Lord ; and it fhall be a place for their houfes, and an holy place for the fanctuary. 5 And the five and twenty thou- fand of length, and the ten thoufand of breadth, fhall alfo the Levites, the minifters of the houfe, have for thcm- felves, for a.pofleifion for c twenty jj? chambers. 6 ^ And ye fhall appoint the pof- feffion of the city five thoufand broad, and five and twenty thoufand long, over againft the oblation of the holy portion : it (hall be for the whole houfe of Ifrael. 7 t And a portion fhall he for tfie prince on the one fide and on the other iide of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the poffeffion of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the pofleifion of the s Crisp flOr,»fc ♦ Heh. /ball be fa: Ordinances fur the CHA P. US? the Cltv' ^ro-m ^ie we^ *~lde weft ward, >?*• and from the eaft iuie eaft ward ; and "v ' the length Jliall be over againft one of the portions, from the weft border unto the eaft border. S In the land lhall be his poffeffion in '"Hi Ifrael : and ° my princes fliall no more opprefs my people ; and the reft oft\\e land (hall they give to the houfe of If- rael according to their tribes. 9 H Thus faith the Lord God, 1.+4-C eLetitfuflicey.ou, O princes of Ifrael: remove violence and fpoil, and exe- cute judgment and juftice, take away *. your f exactions from my people, l,f"n'' faith the Lord God. ?£* 10 Ye fliall have juft f balances, and a juft ephah, and a juft bath. 1 1 The ephah and the bath lhall be of one meafure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer : the meafure thereof lhall be after the homer. °J« 12 And the E (hekel Jliall be twen- t ' ty gerahs ; twenty fhekels, live and ft?.' twenty fhekels, fifteen Ihekels, mall be your maneh. r 3 This is the oblation that ye (hall offer ; the fixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye fliall give the fixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley. 14 Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye /hall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, ■which is an homer of ten baths ; for ten baths are an homer : 15 And one || lamb out of the flock out of two hundred, out of the fat paftures of Ifrael, for a meat-of- fering, and for a burnt-offering, and for || peace-offerings, to make recon- ciliation for them, faith the Lord God. 16 All the people of the land r. f fhall give this oblation || for the i. prince in Ifrael. 1 7 And it (hall be the princes part to give burnt- offerings, and meat-of- ferings, and drink-offerings, in the feaits, and in the new-moons, and in the fabbaths, in all folemnities of the houf • of Ifrael : he fhall prepare the fin- offering, and the meat-offering, and the burnt- offering, and the || peace- offerings, to make reconciliation for the houfe of Ifrael. 1 8 Thus faith the Lord God, In the firft month, in the firft day of the month, thou (halt take a young bul- lock without blemiih, and h cieanfe the fanttuary; XLV, XLVL prince in his worfiiip. 19 And the prieft fhall take of the £££ blood of the (in-offering, and put it 574. upon the pofts of the houfe, and upon """" the four corners of the fettle of the altar, and upon the polls of the gate of the inner court. 20 And fo thou (halt do the feventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is iimple : Co (hall ye reconcile the houfe. 21 ; In the firft month, in the four- \**f; teenth day of the month, ye fhall have ^JJ;,' the paffover, a feaft of Ceven days; 9 • s.&. unleavened bread fhall be eaten. Deotw" 22 And upon that day ihall the16,1, prince prepare for himfelf, and for all the people of the land, a bullock for a fin- offering. 23 And feven days of the feaft he fhall prepare a burnt-offering to the Lord, feven bullocks and feven rams without blemifn, daily the feven days ; and a kid of the goats daily/or a (in- offering. 24 And he fhall prepare a meat- offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah. 25 In the feventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, fliall he do the like in the k feaft of the feven *£<£»; days, according to the fin-offering, Nuim>." according to the burnt- offering, and o?ute?." according to the meat-offering, and l0- 13' according to the oil. CHAP. XLVI. 1 Ordinances for the prince in his worjhip, 9 and fir the people. THus faith tne Lord God, The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the eaft (hall be flint the fix working-days ; but on the fabbath it fhail be opened, and in the day of the new-mon it fhali be opened. 2 'And the prince (hall enter by the \^ way of the porch of that gate without, and ihall {land by the port of the gate, and the priefts fliall prepare his burnt- offering, and his peace-offerings, and he fhall worihip at the th re. hold of the gate : then he fliall go forth, but the gate fhall not be fhut until the evening. 3 Likewife the people of the land fliall worfliip at the door of this gate before the Lord in the fabbaths, and in the new-moons. 4 And the burnt-offering that the prince fhall offer unto the Lord in th? fabbath -day jhall be fix lambs without blemiih, and a rani wkhoul blemifn. D d d 1 5 And Crdinmces for the E'ZE &£? 5 And the meat- offering (hall be an . 57*- ephah for 3 ram, and the meat-offer- tu. burnt -offering unto the Lord of a t Heb. lamb f of the firft year without b!e- ;'. ; fr_ mifh ; thou flialt prepare it \ every i iico. morning. 14 And thou fhalt prepare a mer.t- offering for it every morning, the lixth part of an ephah, and the third p :t of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat-offering con- tinually, by a perpetual ordinance, unto the Lord. 15 Thus (hall they prepare the i, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning, for a continual burnt-offering. KIEL. princes inheritance. t6 1f Thus faith the Lord Goo. If 35S the prince give a gift unto any of hi* v_i^t— * foils, the inheritance thereof fhall be his fons ; \t fhall be their pofleilion by inheritance. 1 7 But if he give a gift of his in- heritance to one of his fervants, then it fliall be his to the year of liberty; after it fliall return to the prince : but his inheritance fhall be his funs for them. 18 Moreover, c the prince fliall not «C!l>45 s. take of the peoples inheritance by oppreffion, to thruft them out of their poffefiion : but he fliall give his fons inheritance out of his own pofleflion ; that my people be not fcattered every man from his poffeffion. 19 1 After he brought me through the entry, which was at the fide of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priefts, which looked toward the north; and, behold, there was a place on the two fides weft ward. 20 Then faid he unto me, This is the place where the priefts fliall boil the trefpafs- offering, and the fin-ofterng, where they fliall bake the meat-offer- ing, that they bear them not out into dChjp# theouter court, dtofanflifythepeople. -wis).' 21 Then he brought me forth into the outer court, and caufed me to pafs by the four corners of the court ; and, behold, fin every corner of the court atwAtn there was a court. a"n"'i',e/ 22 In the four corners of the court ^;™/r' there were courts || joined of forty ofamu t. cubits long, and thirty broad: thefe l£%v.llh four -{-corners were of one meafure. MmniB. 23 And there was a row of building 'JfUi round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling-places under the rows round about. 24 Then faid he unto me, Thtfe are the places of them that boil, where the minifters of the houfe fliall boil the facrifice of the people. CHAP. XLVif. 1 The t if 1 'on rf the holy waters: 6 the virtue of them. 1 3 The borders of the land : 22 it is divided by lot. AFterward he brought me again unto the door of the- houfe ; and, behold, * waters iifued out from un- *;''n'. der the threfhold of the houfe eaft- ward : for the fore-front of the houfe mVi ^-. 1. flood toward the caft, 'and the waters came down from under from the right fide of the houfe, at the fouth fide of the altar. 2 Then brought he me out of the Way of the gate northward, and led me The vJfton of the holy wafers. G H A P. chr'ht me aD0Ut tne wav without unto the fc sH- outer gate by the way that looketh *~~ " eaftward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right fide. 3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eaftward, he meafured a thoufand cubits, and lie brought me through the waters ; < H«i>- the f waters were to the ancles. 4 Again he meafured 3 thoufand, and brought me through the waters ; tiie waters were to the knees. Again he meafured a thoufand, and brought me through ; the waters were to the loins. 5 Afterward he meafured a thou- fand ; and it was a river that I could not pafs over : for the waters were ; '^ rifen, \ waters to fwim in, a river ftuimmmg. that could not be palled over. 6 If And he faid unto me, Son of man, haft thou feen this P then he brought me, and caufed me to return to the brink of the river. 7 Now, when I had returned, be- + Heb. ttp. hold, at the f bank of the river were b Revei. very many b trees on the one fide and **" *' on the other. 8 Then faid he unto me, Thefe wa- ters i f Hi e out toward the eaft country, IVbe""" anc' 2° down into the II defert, and go s'ir. & into the fea ; which being brought %£?3. io. forth into the fea, the waters (hall be healed. 9 And it (hall come to pafs,///rt/every thing that liveth,whiih mnveth, wli'w r,";v. '"" therfoever the \ rivers (hall come',fhall live ; and there (hall be a very great multitude of fim,becaufe thefe waters fnall come thither; for they fliall be healed; and every thing (hall live whi- ther the river cometh. loAnd it (hall come to pafs, thai the fifhers fliall ftand upon it, from Kn-gedi even unto En-eglaim ; they (hall be a place to fpread forth nets: their fifli (hall be according to their c vjmb. kinds, as the fifli c of the great fea, fc&'ap." exceeding many. r i But the miry places thereof, and IwiVtSeh the mari{hes thereof, || fliall not be ' healed; they (hall be given to fait. 12 And by the river, upon the bank thereof, on this fide and on that fide, l"?ufa" t fhall grow all trees for meat,d whofe leaf fliall not fade, neither (hall the }^."ij.'a.' frnit thereof be confumed : it fliall bring forth || new fruit according to & imipai. y^/ montj1S) becaufe their waters they Sillied out of the fan&uary ; and the „0r fruit thereof (hall be for meat, and fa 'ruifi, the leaf thereof || for "medicine. eRevri.' r3 " Thus faith the Lord Goo, a». 2. •' This Jltall be the border whereby ye XLVlf, XLVIII. The borders of the lani. (hall inherit the land, according to the gjjjj[ twelve tribes of Ifrael : f Joftph jhall 574-' liave two portions. f~c^ 14 And ye (hall inherit it, one as •J;.^;, , ,_ well as another; concerning thewhich ChaP' 4*-" I || B lifted up mine hand to give it *7>r, unto your fathers : and this land fliall J*""- fall unto you for inheritance. \tj?& 1 5 And this (hall be the border of,'.5. Jf-^* the land toward the north fide, from \'(- *■ *• the great fea, the way of Hethlon,- as." u. as men go to Zedad ; 16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Da- mafcus and the border of Hamath ; |j Hazar - hatticon, which is by the 1 or, coaft of Hauran. vm£" 17 And the border from the fea (hall be h Hazar-enan, the border of bJ\*?' ■ Damafcus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north fide. 18 And the eaft fide ye (hall mea- fure f from Hauran, and from Da- \™*X. mafcus, and from Gilead, and from '""""• the land of Ifrael by Jordan, from the border unto the eaft fea. And this is the eaft fide. ' 19 And the fouth fide fouthward. from Tamar even to the waters of || ftrife in Kadefh, the || river to the |j^afc gvc.ii fea. And this is the fouth lide l( o'r', " ' || fouthward. v",:'y- 20 The weft fide alfo fliall be thtJL&m great fea from the border, till a mail Ttm"1- come over againft Hamath. This is the weft !ide. 2 1 So (hall ye divide this land unto you, according to the tribes of Ifrael. 22 1f And it fliall come to pafs, that ye (hall divide it by lot for an inhe- ritance unto you, and to the (trangcrs that fojourn among you, which fliall beget children among you ; and they fliall be unto you as born in the coun- try among the children of Ifrael ; thev (hall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Ifrael. 23 And it fliall come to psfs, that in what tribe the ftranger fojoumcth, there fliall ye give him his inherit- ance, faith the Lord God. CHAP. XLVIII. 1, 2^The portions of the twelve tribes, 8 and of the JanHuary ', &c. NOw thefe are the names of the tribes. a From the north end to"^*^. the coaft of the way of Hethlon, as one gocth to Hamath, Hazar-enan, the border of Damafcus northward, to'the coaft of Hamath, (for thefe are his (ides eaft and weft, ) f aportion ^'u^! "' for Dan. D d d 4 2 And The portions oftlie twelve E Z E g*j« 2 And by the border of Dan, from K si*- , the eaft fide unto the weft fide, a por- tion for Aflier 3 And by the border of Afher, from the eaft fi that is offered fhall be unto them a thing moft holy by the border of the Levites i 3 And over againft the border of the priefts the Levites Jhall have five and twenty thoufand in length, and ten thoufand in breadth: all the length jiiatl be five and twenty thoufand, and the breadth ten thoufand. nZ£ '4 * And they (hall not fell of it, neither exchange nor alienate the firft- fruits of the land : idr it is holy unto the Lor d. (5 1 And the five thoufand that are, left in the breadth, over againft the five and twenty thoufand, lhall be a KIEL. tribes, and of the fanftuary. profane place for the city, for dwell- ££:£ ing, and for fuburbs : and the city si*. ihall be in the midft thereof. s~~v * 1 6 And thefe fliali be the meafures thereof; the north fide four thoufand and five hundred, and the fouth fide four thoufand and five hundred, and on the eaft fide four thoufand and five hundred, and the weft fide four thou- fand and five hundred. 1 7 And the fuburbs of the city fhall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the fouth two hun- dred and fifty, and toward the eaft two hundred and fifty, and toward the weft two hundred and fifty. 18 And the refidue in length, over againft the oblation of the holy por- tion, Jhall be ten thoufand eaftward, and ten thoufand weftward : and it fhall be over againft the oblation of the holy portion ; and the increafe thereof fliali be for food unto them that ferve the city. 19 And they that ferve the city fhall ferve it out of all the tribes of Ifrael. 20 All the oblation fliali be five and twenty thoufand by five and twenty thoufand : ye fhall offer the holy ob- lation four-fquare, with the pofieffion of the city. 2 1 %_ And the refidue fliali be for the prince, on the one fide and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the pofieffion of tide city over againft the five and twenty thoufand of the oblation toward the eaft border, and weftward over againft the five and twenty thoufand toward the weft border, over againft the portions for the prince : and it fliali be the holy oblation ; and the fancluary of the houfe Jhall be in the midft thereof. 22 Moreover, from the pofieffion of the Levites, and from the pofieffion of the city, being in the midft of thai which is the princes, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, lhall be for the prince. 23 t As for the reft of the tribes, from the eaft i\i\c unto the veil fide, Benjamin fliali have f a portion. * l!cl/':/ and of \ the wine which he drank \ fo nourifliing them three years, that, at the end thereof, they might f ftand before the king. 6 Now among thefe were, of the children ofjudah, Daniel, Hananiah, Miihael, and Azariah; 7 Unco whom the prince of the '" eunuchs gave names; 'for he gave unto Daniel the name of Bcltefhaz- *ehf?£ zar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach ; _&j6-^ and to Mifhael, of Mefhach j and to ' v~"^ Azariah, of Abed-nego. 8 ^f But Daniel purpofed in his heart that he would not defile him- felf h with the portion of the kings *£*•*; meat, nor with the wine which he 'auifo- 3' drank: therefore he requefled of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himfelf. 9 Now i God had brought Daniel i^V?0" into favour and tender love with the n™$\ prince of the eunuchs. 10 And the prince of the eunuchs faid unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink : for why lhould he fee your faces f worfe liking than the)a"ff;. children which are of your || fort? n or, then fliall ye make me endanger my,7ni™"' head to the king. """' 1 1 Then faid Daniel to || Melzar,]^!?. whom the prince of the eunuchs had Fet over Daniel, Hananiah, Mifhael, and Azariah, 12 Prove thy fervants, I befeech thee, ten days; and let them give us f pulfe f to eat, and water to drink. ,^"^;, 13 Then let our countenances betnet>.' looked upon beforethee, and theconn-'^ ;/,, tenance of the children that eat of the ■5"- portion of the kings meat ; and asthou feeft, deal with thy fervants. 14 So he confented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. 15 And at the end often days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in Hclli than all the children which did eat the portion of the kings meat. 16 Thus Chap. 10 I. 603. n. Gen. 41.46. n 1 Kings 10. I. t Hcl. un ..-r- Ikbuchadnezzarforgetteth his dream: DAN 16 Thus Melzar took away the «•«« portion of their meat, and the wine ' ' ' that they fhould drink, and gave tnem pulfe. 17 *\ As for thefe four children, God gave them k knowledge and fkill b0r in all learning and wifdom : and j| Daniel had ' underftanding in all ?n™r. vilions and dreams, f^'lmb. lS Now, at the end of the days '*•* ' that the king had faid he fhould bring them in, then the prince of the eu- nuchs brought them in before Nebu- chadnezzar. 19 And the king communed with them ; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mifhad, and Azariah : therefore m flood they i£*uio.'i. Def°re tne king. h= uvai'tiJ 20 n And in all matters of -f wif- rioo»atime dom and underftanding that the king ur^fj!; enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magi- nian cApti. cians and aftrologers that were in all tt ., wt his realm. «wu£iw? 21 "And Daniel continued even £*.',VC; '• unto the rirft year of king Cyrus. CHAP. II. 1 Nebuchadnezzar forgetting his dream, requireth it eft he Chaldeans. 1 9 The dream is revealed to Daniel. 31 The dream, and interpretation. 46 Da- 7::eis advancement. Nd in the fecond year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchad- •Gca.41.8. nezzar dreamed dreams, "wherewith his fpirit was troubled, and his deep brake from him. 2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the aftrolo- gers, and the forcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to (hew the king his dreams. So they came and ftood be- fore the king. 3 And the king faid unto them, I have dreamul a dream, and my fpirit was troubled to know the dream. 4 Then fpake the Chaldeans to the \.,u.°s' k'nS in Sym*#, b O king, live for cWj 9. ever; tell thyfervants the dream, and £o'c.%i. we will fhew the interpretation. 5 The king anfwered and faid to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me : if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the inter- ?•?!.£"■ pretation thereof, ye fhall be f + cut lp in pieces, and your houles fhall be made a dunghill : 6 But if ye fhew the dream, and the; interpretation thereof, ye fhall re- ceive of me gifts, and || rewards, and great fcftwuri therefore fhew me ilie oYeam, and the interpretation thereof. A! I E L. the Chaldeans cannot repeal if. 7 They anfwered again, and faid, *JjJ Let the king tell his fervants the -^ . dream, and we will fhew the inter- ' M pretatioU of it. 8 The king anfwered and fiiid, I know of certainty that ye would f gain the time, becaufe ye fee the^/'' thing is gone from me. 9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, A there is but one +Tu." decree for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to fpeak be- fore me till the time be changed : therefore tell me the dream, and I fhall know that ye can fhew me the interpretation thereof. 10 The Chaldeans anfwered be- fore the king, and faid. There is not a man upon the earth that can (hew the kings matter ; therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, thai afked fuch things at any magician, or aftrologer, or Chaldean. i 1 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth ; and there is none other that can fhew it before the king c except the gods, whofc dwell- cL"5'"'i. ing is not withflefh. 12 For this caufe the king was angry and very furious, and com- manded to deftroy all the wife men of Babylon. 1 3 And the decree went forth that, the wife men fhould be (bin ; and they fought Daniel and his fellows to be flain. 14 If Then Daniel f anfwered with \™*;d, counfel and wifdom to Arioch the || f captain of the kings guard, which 12$%* was gone forth to flay the wife men \ct*sA. of Babylon: £&*£ 15 He anfwered and faid to Arioch ';.;:', r;:,_ the kings captain, Why is the decree »««■• ., Jo hafty from the king? Then Arioch °"n '" made the thing known to Daniei. 16 Then Daniel went in, and de- fired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would lhew the king the interpretation. 1 7 Then Daniei went to his houfe, and made the thing known to Hana- niah, Mifhael, and Azariah, his com=- panions ; 18 ""Thr-t they would defire mer- J^1/* cies f of the God of heaven concern- ,Ch>w. ing this fecret, |j that Daniel and his £;£' (*/,r' fellows fhould not perifh with the nor, reft of the wife men of Babylon. /£l£2* 19 ^ Then w?s the fecra revenle A' - unto Daniel !'in a night- virion. Theri enu^d." Daniel blelled the Clod of heaven. ll,e" 20 Daniel anfwered and (aid, d for cvtr 9- -.O. ip. 7.2 1.6. + Chald. ttal I t'< Child. aniel telleth Nekichadnezzars (beam, CHA ever and ever; for wifdom and might are his : 2 1 And he thaWgtth ' the times and the feafons : k heremoveth kings, and fetteth up kings: he givcth wifdom unto the wife, and knowledge to them that know underltanding : 22 'He revcaleth the deep and fecret things : m he knoweth what is in the darknefs, and "the light dwell- ed with him. _ 23 I thank thee, and praife thee, O tliou God of my fathers, who halt given me wifdom and might, and halt made known unto me now what we defired of thee : for thou halt now made known unto us the kings matter. 24 1[ Therefore Daniel went inunto (Arioch, whom the king had ordained to deftroy the wife men of Babylon : he went and faid thus unto him, Deftrov not the wife men cf Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will (hew unto the king the inter- pretation. 25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in hafte, and faid thus Unto him, \ I have found a man "* of the f captives of Jndah that will tf make known unto the king the inter- capiiyi- pretation. fJofju^. r ^ The k.ng anfwered and &y to Daniel, whofe name was Beltefhazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have feen, and the interpretation thereof ? 27 Daniel anfwered in the pre- fence of the king, and faid, The fe- cret which the king hath demanded cannot the wife ?nen, the aftrologers, the magicians, the foothfayers, ihew unto the king; over.. s. 28 °But there is a God in heaven $TZ£13' that revealcth fecrets, and f maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar p«t« 1. p what ; kings : for the God of heaven hath ;: given thee a kingdom, power, and *>'■ «• l0- ftrength, and glory. 38 a And wherefoever the children »c\?- of men dwell, the beafts of the field, and the fowls of the heaven, hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. 39 And after thee fliall arife another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brafs, b which fliall ,. bear rule over all the earth. 40 And the fourth kingdom fhall be ftrong as iron: forafmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and fubdueth all things j and as iron that breaketh all thefe, fliall it break in pieces and bruife. 41 And whereas thou faweft the feet and toes part of potters clay and part of iron, the kingdom fhall be divided ; but there (hall be in it of the ftrength of the iron, forafmuch as thou faweft the iron mixed with miry clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay,. fo the kingdom fhall be partly ftrong and ^ partly || broken. . bfutie. 43 And whereas thou faweft iron tew*, mixed with miryclay.theyfliaU mingle ™' themfelves with the Ceed of men; but jcmm^ they lhall not cleave t one to another, c [:rcr *; even as iron is not mixed with clay, nctapuii 44 And in f the days of thefe kings *. £ {%; c fliall the Gcd of heaven fet up a * T^gf* kingdom, d which fliall never be de- i.<^ i.3i, r Mac. ftrovecl : and the \ kingdom lhall not jogu. be '«""»• The golden image Jet up. DANIEL. 55? be left to other people, ' but \i (hall break in pieces and co.ifame all thefe epr.i. i. {►. kingdoms, and it flial! (bind for ever. Ic'oS'."' 45 f Forafmuch as thou faweft that 15.24- the itone was cut out of the moun- iti.'i^Ve. tain || without hands II <>r. and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brafs, Shadrach, Meftiach, Sec. accufed. 5 That at what time ye hear the Btf,,re found of the cornet, flute, harp, fack- m'g? but, pfaltery, || + dulcimer, and all ^ — kinds of mufick, ye fall down and-""""* worfhip the golden image that Nebu- j£0£L. chadnezzar the king hath fet up : 6 And whofo falleth not down and ««,.. w. the clay, the filver, and the gold ; the worfhippeth, lhall the fame hour " be m. great God hath made known to the call into the midft of a burning 6erv ' }&&. king what (hall come to pafs j here- furnace. b X alter : and the dream is certain, and 7 Therefore at that time, when all the interpretation thereof fare. the people heard the found of the cor- ?cs"s 46 1 ^Then the king Nebuchad- net, flute, harp, fackbut, pfaltery, and $&- That every people, nation, and Ian- tcWi gnage, which fpeak f any thing aniifs « ^«f againft the God of Shadrach, Me- '4™-' fhach, and Abed-nego, fliall be k f cut t^aw- in pieces, and their houfes fliall bekCll. 2. J# made a dunghill ; ' becaufe there is tchau. no other god that can deliver after £??/,. this fort. '"■« 27. 30 1 Then the king + promoted *f **{J- Shadrach, Mefliach, and Abed-nego, ftfptr. in the province of Babylon. CHAP. IV. 1 Nebuchadnezzar s dream : 1 9 Daniel interpreteth it. 28 The dream fulfil- led. 34 Nebuchadnezzar praifethGod. NEbuchadnezzar the king, a unto aC^70; all people, nations, and Ian- Ice? 2 si4' guages, that dwell in all the earth j Peace be multiplied unto you. 2 f I thought it good to (hew the +"*'?„" figns and wonders b that the high God Ufwtmt. hath wrought toward me. bch.3.26. 3 c How great are his figns! andcch.6.27. how mighty are his wonders ! his kingdom is d an everlafting kingdom, ,+- the dream, /«)'/>/£, 9 O Beltelhazzar, '• m.ifter of the icxi.+a. magician;, becaufe I know that the s' l ' fpirit Nebuchadnezzar relateth hit dream: DANIEL. Daniel inter breteth it. » Eiek. 3». i»* fpirit of the liolv Gods is in thee, and no fee ret troubicth thee, teli me the villous of my dream that I have fecn, and the interpretation thereof. 10 Thus were the v'fions of mine head in my bed : f I faw, and, behold, k a tree in the midft of the earth, and the height thereof was great. r 1 The tree grew, and was ftrong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the fight thereof to the end of all the earth : 12 Tiie leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was 1 K7rk. meat for all : I the beads of the field had fhadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flefh was fed of it. 1 3 I faw in the vifious of my head m veto upon my bed, and, behold, ma watcher 11 ' Lh and n an holy one came down from rCi 8. 13- , J j,uo4. heaven : tjctaw. ^ . ,4 He cried f aloud, and faid thus, ' "* ' f^pw 4own the tree, and cut off his branches, ihake off his leaves, and fcatter his fruit : let the hearts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches: 15 Neverthelefs, leave the ftump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brafs, in the tender grafs of the field ; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the hearts in the grafs of the earth : r6 Let his heart be changed from mans, and let a beafts heart be given «3- unto him j and let feveu ° times pais over him. 1 7 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones ; to the intent pctx j 11. that the living may know pthat the moft High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomfoever he will, and fetteth up over it the bafeit of men. 18 This dream I king Nebuchad- nezzar have feen. Now thou, O Bel- telhazzar, declare the interpretation thereof; forafmuch as all the wife men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpreta- tion ; but thou art able : for the fpirit of the holy Gods is in thee. 19 1| Then Daniel (whofe name was Beltelhazzar) was aflonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king fpake, and faid, Bel- telhazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. *sccjer. Beltelhazzar anl\vered and faid, My »»••?■ ' lord, 4 t!ie dream be to them that & n. 1. hate thee, and the interpretation {* thereof to thine enemies. yt 20 The tree that thou faweft, ' which grew, and was ftrong, whole height reached unto the heaven, and the fight thereof to all the earth ; 2i Whole leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it waf meat for ail ; under which tiie beafts of the field dwelt, and upon whofe branches the fowls of the heaven hud their habitation : 22 It is thou, O king, that art grown and become ftrong : r for thy - " t. 3 greatnefs is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth. 23 s And whereas the king faw»v«r-'3- a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and faying, Hew the tree down, and dertroy it ; jet leave the Hump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brafs, in the tender grafs of the field ; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, ' ami let his portion t ch. 5. i- be with the beafts of the field, till feven times pufs over him ; 24 This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the moft High, which is come upon my lord the king : 25 That they fliall "drive thee "^i5, from men, and thy dwelling lhall be with the beafts of the field, and .they fliall make thee x to eat grafs as oxen, f0P(s!ao. and they Hull wet thee with the dew of heaven, and feven times fliall pafs over thee, till thou know that the moft High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and i giveth it to whomfoever tJ«-»7.s he will. 26 And whereas they commanded to leave the ftump of the tree-roots ; thy kingdom fliall be fure unto thee, after that thou flialt have known that the z heavens do rule. ijf«^ 27 Wherefore, O king, let my ^if*- couufel be acceptable unto thee, and ' ' break off tiiy fins by rightcoufnefs, and thine iniijuities by (hewing mer- cy to the poor; a if it may be |[ a \™Ji\*z' lengthening of thy tranquillity. nor, 28 ai> All tfa's came upon the. Wing £" %£'"* ' Nebuchadnezzar. "r"' 29 At the end of twelve months he walked || in the palace of the lfJ,!. kingdom of Babylon. 30 The king fpake, and faid. Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the houfe uf the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the ho- nour of ny m..jefty ? ~t > "While Nebuchadnezzar* pride and fall. C H A e Pfalm 1C. ir.. Ch. 2.44. & 7. 14- Mic. 4. 7. Luke I. 3: f Ii». 40. 31 b While the word was in the kings mouth there fell a voice from heaven, faying, O king Nebuchad- nezzar, to thee it is ipoken ; The kingdom is departed from tnee : 32 And c they fliall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling Jhall be with the beaftsof the field : they mall make thee to eat grafs as oxen, and feven times mall pafs over thee, until thou know that the mod High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomfoever he will. 33 The fame hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar : and he was driven, from men, and did eat grafs as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles feathers, and his nails like birds claws. 34 And at the end of the days, I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine underftand- ing returned unto me ; and I bleffed the moft High, and I praifed and honoured him d that liveth for ever, whofe dominion is c an everlafting dominion, and his kingdom it from generation to generation : 35 And f all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth ; and none can flay his fr^/fl11' hand, or fay unto him, g What doeft thou ? 36 At the fame time my reafon re- turned unto me ; and, for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightnefs returned unto me ; and my councilors and my lords fought unto me; and I was eltablimed in my king- dom; and excellent ma jefty was added unto me. 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praife, and extol, and honour the King of heaven, all whofe works are truth, 6Ch.5.io. anci jjis ways jmigment; band thole that walk in pride he is able to abafe. CHAP. V. 1 Beljhazzars impious feafl: 5 a hand- writing troubleth him. 1 7 Daniel, reproving him, 25 interpreted the writing^ 30 Belfhazzar flain. ?38, TDEImazzar the king made a great >ch.i.2. -"-^ feaA to a thoufand of his lords, or.grand. and drank wine before the thoufand. *j-r.'i7.7. 2 Belfhazzar, whiles he tailed the acSJoS." 7' wine, commanded to bring the gold- withcLa en an(* fi'vervelfe'si "which his j| fa- 1 r. 10. " ' ther Nebuchadnezzar had f taken out 1£!£m 0I" tne temple which ivas in Jerufa- /'">'• kin, that the king and his princes, P. V. The hand- writing on the wall. his wives and his concubines, might drink therein. 3 Tnen they brought the golden ' — *-~ ** velfels that were taken out of the temple of the houie of God which was at Jerufalcm ; and the king and his princes, his wives and his concu- bines, drank in them. 4 They drank wine, b and praifed tRev.p.ic. the gods of gold, and of iilver, of brafs, of iron, of wood, and of (tone. 5 ^ c In the fame hour came forth cCh--»- J1, fingers of a mans hand, and wrote over againlt the candleltick upon the plafter of the wall of the kings pa- lace; and the king faw the part of the hand that wrote. 6 Then the kings f countenance ^c.s»w- f was changed, and his thoughts "c^[ troubled him, fo that the || f joints of - --'=.■<' •'• his loins were loofed, and his knees iu'*:'*!" fmote one againfl another. 7 d The king cried f alov in the aftrologers, theChaldeans, and the foothfayers. And the king fpake, J^miw. and faid to the wife men of Babylon, Whofoever fhall read this writing, and ihew me the interpretation there- of, (hall be clothed with j| fcariet, i;or,pUr^, and have a chain of gold about his neck, c and (hall be the third ruler in eCh 6'* the kingdom. 8 Then came in all the kings wife men : but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. 9 Then was king BeUhazzar greatly troubled, and his f countenance was -,^'f^, changed in him, and his lords were aitonied. io 1| Now the queen, by reafon of the words of the king anil his lords, came into the banquet- houfe ; and the queen fpake and faid, f O king, fch. 2.4. live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed. 1 1 8 There is a man in thy king- ^V;.*« dom, in whom is the fpirit of the holyGods: and in the days of thy ijfa- ,'. ther, light, and underltanding, and wifdom, like the wifdom of the go.is, was found in him ; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy || father, the J££*f«** king, I jay, thy father, made "matter hcd. 4 9. of the magicians, allrologeis, Chal- deans, and foothf lyers : 1 2 '' Forafmuch as an excellent fpi- 1 chap. e. 3, rit, and knowledge, and underiiand- 0ri ing, || interpreting of dreams, and '/.fur'X^ fluwing of hard fentences, and |j dif- ,' \lfa ' foiving of f doubts, wercfound in the fiine Daniel, k whom the king named i",*1'1' Bcltclhazzar : kcu»j 1.7 Dan ! Or,jfrj,,j oChao- 4. 30. 37. It Or, l%AuX t Child. 'elreproveth BelfJiazznr. DAN Belteili.tzzar now let Daniel becall- : ed, and hewilllhew the interpretation. 1 3 Then was Daniel brought in be- fore the king. Andthe king fpake, and faid unto Daniel, Art thou that Da- niel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my || father brought out of Jewry ? 1 4 1 have even heard of thee, that the fpirit of the Gods is in thee, and that light, and underftanding, and excellent wifdom, is found in thee. 15 And now the wife men, the aftrologers, have been brought in be- fore me, that they fhould read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not (hew the interpretation of the thing. 16 And I have heard of thee that thou canft -f make interpretations, and diflblve doubts : now, if thou canft read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou lhalt be clothed with fcarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, 'and (halt be the third ruler in the kingdom. 17 *\ Then Daniel anfwered and faid before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyfelf, and give thy || rewards to another ; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. 18 O thou king, in the moft high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majefty, and glory, and honour : 19 And, for the majefty that he gave him, "all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared be- fore him : whom he would he flew, and whom he would he kept alive, and whom lie would he fet up, and whom he would he put down. 20 ° But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened || in pride, he was f depofed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him : 21 And he was p driven from the fons of men ; and || his heart was made like the beafts, and his dwell- ing via\ with the wild aiTes : they fed him with grals like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven ; ' till he knew that the moft high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomfoeyer he will. 22 And ihou his Ion, 0 Belfhaz- zar, haft not humbled thine heart, though thou knevvelc all this ; I E L. Daniel interpreted the writing. 2 3 But haft lifted up thyfelf againft the Lord of heaven ; and they have »»• brought the vefTelsof his houfe before ' — " — thee, and thou and thy lords, thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them ; and thou haft praifed the gods of iilver and gold, ofbrafs, iron, wood, and ftone, which fee not, nor hear, nor know : and the God in whofe hand thy breath », rand whole [i"??? are all thy ways, haft thou not glo- rified. 24 Then was the part of the hand fent from him ; and this writing was written. 25 ^ And this is the wrifine that was written, M E N E, M EN E, TEKEL, UPHAKSIN. 26 This it the interpretation of the thing : MENE; God hath number- ed thy kingdom, and finifhed it. 27 TEKEL ; * Thou art weighed in %™£ the balances, and art found wanting. 28 PERES; Thy kingdom is di- vided, and given to the ' Medes and I rT{StoM• "Perfians. vU*i. 29 Then commanded Belfhazzar, Chap °- *• and they clothed Daniel with fcarlet, %?%gl' and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation con- cerning him, xthat he fhould be the*ver.j. third ruler in the kingdom. 30 II In that night was Belfhazzar the king of the Chaldeans (lain. 31 yAnd Darius the Median tookyCh,,K the kingdom, f being || about three- l^ai fl-ore and two years old. im °J> **■ CHAP. VI. |0r,r,5W- 1 Daniels preferment : 1 o he is cajl into the den of lions, 18 yet prefer -otd, IT pleafed Darius to fet ■ over the a Enter, kingdom an hundred and twenty1'1' princes, which lhould be over the whole kingdom ; 2 And over thefe three prefidents, (of whom Daniel was firft, ) that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king fhou'td have no damage. 3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the prefidents and princes, b becaufe an excellent fpirit was in *^j?' him ; and the king thought to fet him over the whole realm. 4 % Then the prefidents and prin- 537. ces fought to find occalion againft Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occalion nor fault : forafmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. 5 Then faid thefe men, We fhall not find any occalion againft this Daniel, Daniel cafl into the lions den: CHAP. VI. he is faved from their fury. c^a Daniel, except we line! it againft him ""• ^ concerning the law of his God. 6 Then thefe prelidents and princes \,°J'tu. II aflembled together to the king, and nukuvujiy. faj(j tnus U11[0 him, c Kins Darius, t*'3' live for ever. Cnap. z. e I Kings g. 44,48. f Pfclm ?. lvorol Daniel from the fP(>wer or net. the lions. . , ni- 28 So this Daniel profpered in the reign of D irius. unci in the reign ot chap. * Cyrus the Tertian. C H A P. VII. I Dnnielt vifidh of four beafts, 9 and vfC"ds kingdom: 1 5 the interpreta- tion there jf. ... firft vear of Belfhazzar king of Babylon Daniel f had a dream, and vifions of his head upon his bed ; then he wrote the dream, and told the fwn of the || matters. "•"'•"• 2 Daniel fpake and faid, I few in my vifion by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven ftrove upon the great Tea. t Bevel. 3 And four great beafts a came up J3 '' from the fea, diverfe one from an- other. 1 trrrm. 4 The firft was b like a lion, and 4 ;!*♦" * had eagles wings : I beheld till the H"*iI7a.3' wings thereof were plucked, ||and it ! or, %vas lifted up from the earth, and nude (land upon the feet as a man, and a mans heart was given to it. cch. 1 30. 5 c And, behold, another beaft, a fe- , or cond, like to a bear, and || it raifed up •'n^."'itfelf on one fide, and it had three niln.""" ribs in the niouth of it between the teeth of it : and they faid thus unto it, Arife, devour much iiefh. 6 After this I beheld, and, lo, an- other like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl ; the beaft had alfo four heads; and dominion was given to it. 7 After this I faw in the night- vi- * "ap* fions, and, behold, d a fourth beaft, dreadful and terrible, and ftrong ex- ceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devpured and brake in pieces, and (tamped the relidue with the feet of it : and it was diverfe from all the ar+VP' beafts that were before it; e and it had ten horns. 8 I confi'de'red the horns and, be- j^5? hold, *" there came up among tfteth thVe.p. another little horn, before whom th re were three of the firft horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in^his horn were eyes like the cv.s iRe».07."« of man, " and a mouth fpeakiug great things. .; 'j ; I beheld till the thrones were i rcv 10, ca^ ,jown, arid the Ancient of days did lit, k whufe gartnetrt was white t as fnpw, arid the luir of his head '.ike the pure wodi; his thmnc was lifts '■3 the, fiery flame, l and hit wheels us 15,1 *'burningruv. DANIEL. the interpret 'at WW thereof. to ,n A fiery ftream ifiued and came forth from before him: ■ thoufand «*; thoufand* miniftered unto him, and m prlim ten thoufand times ten thoufand (toad ?7 •'. * before him: the judgment was fet, ^^^ and the ° books were opened. r t I beheld then, becaufe of the voice of the great words which theoReret horn fpake; v I beheld even till the p2CRe4^1' beaft was (lain, and his body deftroy- 6- *o. ed, and given to the burning flame. r 2 As concerning the reft of the beafts, they had their dominion taken away: yet \ their lives were prolonged lp^^sing for a feafon and time. glS'ucm. 13 I faw in the night- vifions, and, , E«k. behold, q one like the Son of man^;,, came with the clouds of heaven, and *« 13. ^ came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. r'priimii 14 rAnd there was given him do- 0,7,8. it minion, and glory, and a kingdom, li0-l>2' s that all people, nations, and Ian- sciip.;.^ guages, fhould ferve him : his domi- t pf )h nion is c an everlafting dominion, 1+5.13. which mall not pafs away, and his ¥g£%1£ Hebrews 12. IB. was grieved in my u Ver. 28. ftroyed. 15 «[ I Daniel fpirit in the midft of my \ body, and ich.w. the vifions of my head troubled me. y^"°" 16 I came near unto one of them that ftood by, and afked him the triith of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. 17 Thefe great beafts, which are four, are four kings, which (lull arife out of the earth. iIftM 18 But x the faints of the \ moft so. 13. High (hall take the kingdom, and ^"ha"; poliefs the kingdom for ever, even ^v* «*<-', ; for ever and ever. «»"»*•','«, 19 Th;ii I would know the truth *■*"■ of the fourth beaft, which was diverfe ffrom all the others, exceeding dread- />«■■« ful, whofe teeth Wfre o/iron, and his "*• nails of bvaCs: which devoured, brake in pieces., and (lamped the refulue with his feet ; 20 And of the ten horns tbat were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell'; even of that horn that had eyes, and a motlth that fpake very great things, whofe look was more (tout than his fellows. 2 1 I beheld, r and the fame horn I.^f™ made war with the' faints, and pre- *;>■' »«• vailed igainft them ; g j-> • /'■ 22 Until the Ancient of days came, ' '7 '** 7 and judgment was given to the "core.*. faints of ttw mofl High; and the £7. J06- time &*o.4- Daniels vifion s, and the C FI A £$£ time came that the faints pofll-ffed the VL~, kingdom. 2| Thus he faid, The fourth beaft (hall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which fhall be diverfe from all kingdoms, and fhali devour the whole earth, and ihall tread it down, rtr 7 r a"^ meak ll in pieces. '24 "And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that fliall arife: and another ihall rife after them ; aud lie (hall be diverfe from the firit, and he (hall fubdae tire* kings. as ''And he (ikiII !'u,Mk great words againft the moft High, and (hall wear ,; ,6; 3- one the faints of the moft High, c and ^6C- think to change times and laws : and «v.i3.5. they fliall be given into his hand, jh.p. unciI a dme^ ..nd Lhne^ afld the d._ chap. viding of time. w.7.'*.i4. 26 eBut the judgment fliall fit, and verre. they fliall take away his dominion, Kcv.17. hirai 3?. l Chap. fLiike John 12. to conlume and to deftroy it unto the end. 27 And the f kingdom, and domi- nion, and the greatnefs of the king- dom under the whole heaven, fliall be given to the people of the faints of the moft High, whole kingdom U an everlafting kingdom, s and all || do- minions fhall ferve and obey him. 2S Hitherto is the end of the mat- ter. As for me Daniel. tions much troubled 1 my cogita- me, and my countenance changed in me ; but I kept the matter in my heart. C H A P. VIII. 1 Daniels vifion of the ram and he- goat. 13 The two thoufand three hundred dan offacrifice. 553- TN the third year of the reign of J- king BeHhazzar a vifion appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after actap.7.1. that which appeared unto me a at the firft 2 And I faw in a vifion ; (and it came to pafs when I faw, that I was at Shufhan in the paiace, which is in the province of Elam;) and I faw in a vifion, and I was by the river of Ulai. 3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and faw, and, behold, there flood before the river a ram which had two hcrrs, + Hch ths iW0 h;irns w&e high; but tufrmd. one ""as higher than fthe other, and tne higher came up hit. 4 I faw the ram pulhing wefhvard, and northward, and fouthward, fo tn.t no beafts might ftand before him, bci.*.. nr»ner was there any that could de- «.»y .si liver out of his hand; " but he did according tc his will, and became grest, P- v*ir- interpretation of them. 5 And, as I was confidering, be- 5*8* hold, an he- goat came from the weft, hJ' on the face of the whole earth, and * — **"" jj touched not the ground : and the II n'. goat/w.'/ f a notable horn between his ZhT* eyt_s. t>xtartb. 6 And he came to the ram that had « wHktf two horris, which I had feen ftandiug7* ." before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. 7 And I faw him come clofe unto the ram, and he was moved with choler againft him, and fmote the ram, and brake his two horns ; and there was no power in the ram to (rand before him, but he caft him down to the ground, and ilamped upon him : and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. 8 Therefore the he -goat waxed very great : and when he was ftrong the great horn was broken ; and for it came up four c notable ones to- \f*^ ward the four winds of heaven. 9 d And out of one of them came A c^ ■> n- forth a little horn, which waxed ex- & ' ceeding great, e toward the fouth, e^v. and toward the eaft, and toward the "'2i" f pleafant land. t?Mm 10 g And it waxed great, even \\ to ^*.'«. the hoft of heaven ; and h it caft down °L'n5' n fame of the hoft and of the ftars to the l0>"+'' ♦*■ ground, and (tamped upon them. {£*£ 1 1 Yea, ' he magnified himjelfeven * or. ' ||_to kthe prince of the hoft, ' and |j by t$'"/}lte him "'the daily facrifice was taken h^<*- "4. away, and the place of his fanftuary Uer-^- was caft down. JcSij& 12 And || an hoft was given him vA. againft the forty facrifice " by reafon !l °r> of tranrgrefiion, and it caft down 6 the TST truth to the ground ; and it pradifed, s" ,4-° and profpered. ichap.ii. 1 3 If Then I heard pone faint fpeak- ' '^'- '* ing, and another taint (aid unto [l+tbat jpV," *' certain faint which (pake, How long frm ""*' fliall be the vifion concerning the daily ?q^>u facrifice, and the tranfgreflion J| of 5T: defolation, to give both the fantfuary P or,U and the hoft to be trodden under '-w,,- foot ? f»tb t 14 And he faid unto me, L'nto two7'""""''-1 thoufand and three hundred + days • c«rtfict* then fhall the fan&uary be f cleanfed! J 15 1f And it came to pafs, when I *' even I Daniel, had feen the virion' £*£« and fought for the meaning, bbeiL ■v'-'-T''- behold, there flood before me as the I*?-?' appearance of a man. ■ iio.-..**, 16 And I heard a mans voice q b° /££*£ tween the banks o^UJai, which call. '. Mac. 1 , 6.', . Mac. •• . K and nfortM: he DAN faid, ' Gabriel, make this man and tie vifion , - s . . where I ftood; antj ■ ; 1 was afraid, and ■ fell upon mv face : but he faid unto me,Underftind,Ofonof man for at '• ,7> the time of the ehdjh'allto the vision. tor i. ii.L'c 6: 2. >s t Heb. 1 i: *.> met. e i M»c. 9 7,8,11. f t'hjp. 11. 21. t L«m. 4.6. Cha ■. 2. "4,45 h Ezeklcl 538. a Cfc*,. I. 21. ic || Or, 1 8 ' Now, as he was freaking with rae I was n a deep (1 H»p on my face tow rd the ground " but he touched mei arid +fet me upright. iq And he faid. Behold, I will make thee know what ftiall be in the laft endofth, indignation: "for at the time appointed rh : kndjhalt be. 2oThe ram which t .ou fa weft ha- ving two horns are the kings of Me- dia in Perfia 2i And the rough go:.t it the king of Grecia : and the great horn that is between his eyes y is the firrt king. 22 * Now, fch itbeing brOk n, where- as four ftood u',) For it, four king- doms (ndl ftand up out of che nation, but not in his power. 2; And in the latter time of their kingdom, a when the ti anfgreilbrs f are com:- to the full, a king >> of fierce countenance, <. r ot his reign, I Da- niel uuderftood by books the number oftheyeai the word of the Lord came tobJcrcmiah the prophet, IEL, eonfefleth his fins'. that he would accompli h fev itv ; years in the defolations of lerufnlem. »»• ^ 3 f c Anil 1 f< t mv face unto the c cu.ii. Lord God, to feek by prayer and °' '°* fnpplic&ti ns. with fitting, and fack- cloth, and allies • 4 An., I pr-syed unto the Lord my God, and made my confeffion, and faid,0 u Lor d , the great and dreadful n«-.. 1. * God, keeping the covenant and mercy k 9 32, to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments ; 5 c We have finned, and have com- l-'^S. mittediniquity,andhavedunewicked- ggj^f' ly, and have rebelled, even by de- *£»/• parting from thy precepts, and from thy judgments : 6 Neither have we hearkened unto thvfervants the prophets, which fpake in thv name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 O Lord, righteoufnefs l| belmgeth •£;&■ unto thee; but unto us confution ot faces, as at this dav i to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Je- rufalem. and unto all Ifrael, that are near, and that are far off, through all thecountries whither thou haft driven them, becaufe of their trefpafs that thev have trefpafled againft thee. 8" O Lord, f to us belongeth con- \%gr fufion of fa.e, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, becaufe we have finned againft thee. ^ 9 s xo the L rd our God belong 1. 17. mercies and forgiveneifes. though we pfl1 ,,3° 4* have rebelled againft him : loNeither have we obeyed thevoice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he fet before us by his fervants the prophets. 1 1 Yea, all Ifrael have tranfgrefied thy law, even Ly departing, that they might not obey thy voice ; therefore; the curfe is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the h law of?^18' Moles the fervant of God, becaufe; we have tinned againft him. -; 1 2 And he hath onfirmed hisword i, whi,h h fpake againft us, ami againfl our judges th it judged us, by bringing | - '* upon us a great evil : '' for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerufalem. 1 3 As k /'/ it Written in the law of t Lev. i0. Moles, all this evil is come upon qs : yet f made we not our prayer before *^|J;17> theLonl our God, that we might turn , „<*.„-' from our iniquities, and underftand thv truth.- 14 Therefore hath the Lord ' watched upon the evil, and brought LJ^sc it s4- 17'. o Exod Neh Daniel informed of CHAP, jefori it upon us: for m the Lord our God s-'b. /; righteous in all his works which he jag — ' doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. !3- 15 And now, O Lord our God, ;*gj' "that hall brought thy people forth Sea"' °ut of the land of Egypt with a mighty ii- hand, and hart-)- gotten thee "renown, ''el[l ' as at this day; r we have finned, we ujpet have done wickedly. 1 6 If O Lord, s according to all thy righteoufnefs, I befeech thee, let thine jer'32.20! anger and thy fury be turned away pver. 5 from thy city Jerufalem, * thy holy * i. s7*r'u mountain : becaufe for our fins, s and &')'i3i". '' for the iniquities of our fathers, 'Je- f'TX rul^leni ar)d tllv people u are become rzecVa-j. a reproach to all //;r?r are about us. ■ Exoci. 17 Now, therefore, O our God, rLm-i. hear the prayer of thy fervant, an.I Js. l6- his fupplications, x and caufe thy face 44'*'™ to thine upon thy fanftuary y Aftdp is &7S- 4- defolate, 2for the Lords fake, x NumB. 18 a O my God, incline thine ear, V. & so. anc* hear > open thine eyes, b and be- 3»7fi9- hold our denotations, and the ci.ty c f which is called by thy name : for we do not f prefent our fupplications before thee for our rigbteoufneftes, but for thy great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear ; O Lord, forgive; 0 Lord, hearken and do ; defer not, d for thine own fake, O my God : tor thy city and thy people are called by thy name. 20 Ii e And whiles I was fpeaking, and praying, and confefling my fm, and the fin of my people lfrael, and prefenting my fuppfication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God ; 21 Yea, whiles I was fpeaking in prayer, even the man f Gabriel, whom 1 hadfeen in thevifion at the begin- ning, being caufed to fly f fwiftly, 2 touched me h about the time of the evening oblation. 22 And he informed me, and talk- ed with me, and fa id, O Daniel, I am now come forth f to give thee fkiil and underfhmding. 23 At the beginning of thy fuppli- cations the f commandment came forth, and ; I am come to (hew thee j k for thou art -f greatly beloved : i.ij 10. therefore underftand the matter, and. a mane/ COnfidcr. the VliioU. 24 * Seventy weeksare determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy aoihoEAr- city, || to finilh the tranfgreffion, and no"* II t° make an end of fins, ' and to make "■'"•" reconciliation for iniquity, '"and to to fc'al !,, I.rn. | IX. 1 Ila. 5.i- iO. '■• Ha 53- »»• J«- *3< i- 0' lfi. 24. alCa.37.17. b Ex. 3. 7. c Jerem. 35- *!>• t lie!). luoereupon tbynamt is catUi. caufelofM 6 ITalm 7r,fl:sb:. ;CBap h 1 Kinti* 18.3O. t Heb. i Chap IO. IX kCbaf. IX, X. the feventy weeks. bring in • everlafting rightcoufnefs, Before and* 10 feal up tiv v.fion and f pro- \-- f. phecy, "and to anoint the rooft Holy. i~}pc~ 25 Km w therefor* ; and under- p*tta. ftand. that ''from the going f rth of ".^ the commandment i| to reftore and to Hebt.D.ii. buildj ernfaiem unto the I ffia h q the \ Mv"b- Prince, jhall be feven weeks, and p "zr« threefcore md two weeks : the ttreet V.lt'n- f Jhall be buiit again, and th- || wall, T:lc,l' ' even f in troublous times. >.,. .',... 26 And «fter tSreefcpre and two/f;^7a7" weeks sfiiall Meffiah be ut off, j| but ^^- not for himfeif : || and ' the people of w- 71'ia. the prince that ihall come fhall de- *1^"'*' ftroy the city, and the fancluary ;./;.-,.;/ 'nnun u and the end thereof jhall be x with ™- ,';' '*; a flood, and unto the end of the war Ir.'du'b!"' || defolations are determm.'d i*??'4,'/' 27 And he ihall confirm j| the cove- t^' nant with many for one week : and *££'''& in the mkift of the week he thall Net> r< i$. caufe the facrifice and the oblation to .,,";; ^,h. ceafe, !| and for the overfprv.ding of ;, or,.»i.i yabominations he fhall make// defo- wibinf* late, z even until the confummation, f5*rt*"rf. and that determined, ihall be poured tb^fimhe || upon the defolate. SET* Ch.ii. 17. or, andttieprincet (nhjia ;,Ver.75.1 futurt petfle. t M'lcn. IX. 7. uMJtth.14.fi, 14. ilia 8. 7,8. Ch. II. IX.Nah. I.a. „ Or, ii 'hull be rut off by ilelotulioni. || Or, a. II Or, ttid upon Ibt b Ittlcmlntl ih.iil I't tie iiul! ofiheilriolatur. y Mat. 24. 15. Mark 13 (4. Lw xi. xo. ■z. Sec lfa. 10. 2?., .3. 81 M. X2, Chap ii. 36. Lute 21. iO. Horn. II. 26. || Or, upon Ibfiijolaloi. CHAP. X. 1 Daniel, having humbled himfeif feeth a glorious •vijion, and is troubled with fear : 10 an angel comforteth him, and promifeth further information. IN the third year of Cyrus king of 534. Perfia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, awhofe name was called Bel- aCh-I-7- teihazzar; b and the thing was true, ^.; r -j- but the firm appointed was f long : i nib. and c he underload the thing, and *r^'- had underftanding of the vifion. 2 In thofedaysl Daniel was mourn- ing three t full weeks. tw*«/ 3 I Ete no f pteafant bread, neither - ■■>>■ came flefli nor wine in my mouth, l.l^j'o/,e. 6 neither did I anoint myfelf at »11,> • till three whole weeks were fulfilled. e.J?"Uu 4 And in the four and twentieth day of the firft month, as I was by the fide of the great river, which is cHiddekel, ^..2.14. 5 Ttnn 1 lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, fbehold, f acertainman 1,^;'!)p7, clothed in linen, whofe loins were ( H«h. ' 15 girded with u fine gold of {Jphaz <":;' """■• 6 His body ^ was like the beryl, *£?£;■ an his face as the appearance of 'je 10. s,. lightning, '' ami nis eyes as lamps or \fff^' tire, and his arms kand his feet like Kev.i.i4. K e e 3 in kt"!t•,• Daniel feeth a D A N I B'-fore jn colour to polifhed brfs, 'and the Voice of hi i words like the voice of a multitude. 7 And. I Daniel m alone faw th" Bzek r Ch 5- 13 t Heb. < 1 lien. «Rcy. 1. 17. :( virion: for the men that were with Aai's-7- me faw not the viiion ; but a great quaking fell upon them, fo that they fled co hide themfeives. 8 Therefore I was left alone, and BCh.8. J7- faw this great v'-fion, " and there re- mained no ftrength in me: for my tor.w^r jj "comclinefs was turned in me m- oCk'a8-to corruption, and I retained no ftrength. 9 Yet heard I the voice of his pCh.8.18. words ; panci, when I hear J the voice of his words, theu was I in a deep flecp on my face, and my face toward the ground. 3Ch9.11. io'T[ ''And, behold, an hand touch - mi* '7 cc'me> ■whichtfetmeuponmyknt.es, mtvti. and upon the palms of my hands : 1 1 And he faid unto me, O D.miel, x f a man greatly beloved, under- Hand the words that I fpeakuntothee. and \ (land upright : for unto thee am I now fent. And when he liad fpoken this word unto me I flood trembling. 1 2 Then laid he unto me, ' Fear not, Daniel : for from the tirft day tli.it thou didfl let thine heart to un- derftand, and to chattel) thyfelf be- t char. fore thy God, * thy words were heard, v i,4- aiu; 1 am cumc for thy words. uver.10. 13 ° But the prince of the king- dom of Perlia withtlood me one and ,vtr. 11. twenty days : but, lo, x Michael || one ' of the chit-f princes came to help ate; Kcv.jz. 7. anc] 1 remained there with the kings £$rA of Perfia. 1 4 Nowl am come to make thee un- derftand what fliall befall rhy people y in the latter day:; : 7 for yet the vi- fion m I'uv meny days. 15 And, when he had fpoken filch words unto me, a I fet my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. 16 And, behold, one like the fimi- Htu.de of the fonaqi men tow hed my lips : then I opened ny mouth, and fpake, and (aid unto him that flood before me, O my lord, by the yifioil c my forrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no ftrength. 17 For how can || ihe fervant cf this my lord talk with this my lord I for., as for me, ftraigjitway there re- mained no fin :.; ::'. me, neither is left in me. ' • me again and touched me one !ikc the appearance of a man, and he ftrengthened me, jOtn 40 T ■ ■ EL. h- is coy*if.:rUi. 19 c And faid, O man, greatly be- Bee™ loved, fear not; peace be "unto thee, "^ be itrong, yea, be ftrong. And when ^TT* he had fpoken unto Hie I was ftrengthened, and faid, Let my lord fpeak; for thou haftftrengthencd me. 20 Then faid he, Knoweft thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to right d with the «▼«•»* prince of Perfia : and when 1 am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia (lull come. 2 1 But I will fhew thee that which is noted in the fcr'nuuiv of truth : and there is none that + holdeth with n:e \ in thefe things e bnt Michael your prince. ', , • CHAP. XT. 1 The overthrow nf Perfia by the king of Grecia. 5 League. 8ta r-.lwcen the kings of the north ami A Lib *I, in the tirft vear of ■> Da- ■<*.o.* rius the Mede^ even I, Hood to »^*-** confirm and to ftrengthen him. 2 And now will I fhew thee the truth: Behold there (hall (land up yet three kings in Perlia ; and the fourth (hall be far richer than they all : ami by his llrength through his riches he Hull ftir up all agaiuft the realm of Grecia. 3 And c a mighty king (hall ftand cCb,a s> up, that (hall rule with great domi- nion, aud rio according to his will. 4 And when he (ball (bud up, dhis ^'p-8- kingdom lhall be broken, and (hall " be divided toward the four winds »f heaVen ; and not to his posterity, cnor cCh u 22* at cording to his dominion which he ruled : for his kingdom lhall be pluck- ed up, even for others be"fides thofe. 5 I And the king of the fouth lhall be Itrong, and one of his princes; and he lhall be ftrong a ove him, and have dominion j his dominion _//*"fSv of t tne m°ft fenced cities ; and the arms nunuims. of the fouth fliall not withftand, nei- J ": • . , . ther f his choien people, neither fnall Wi :"-;"J- there be any llrength to withftand. hCti 16 But he that cometh againft him 8. 4j 7-" h fliali do according to his own will, and none fliall ftatid before him ; and il ogiiMfr he {hall ftand in thfi || 1 giorious land, v^iui?.' vvhlcn bv nis nand H-al1 ^ confumed. tw.' 17 He (hull alfo fet his face to en- 'crn?"1n'{. ter with the llrength of his whole II i;r, *:„.(, kingdom, and || upright ones with STmSS^'Wo"! thus (hall he do: and he (hall Linuiikr.:. g-;ve \^\m the daughter of women, Vtnrutt. t corrupting her ; but (he fliall not > c^w. itand on his fide, ' neither be for him. y- 10, 1 8 After this fliall he turn his face unto the ifles, and fliall cake many : }J?\"'m. but a prince ffor his own behalf (hall fH^.;„ caufe f the reproach offered by him r*l*» toceafe; without his own reproach he (hall caufe it to turn upon hiin. 19 Then he fliall turn his face to- ward the fort of his own land : bat XI. between ftvsral kivgs.- found. 20 Then fliall ftand up || in his 7^77" eftate f a raifer of taxes in the glory f^"^ of the kingdom : but within few days ■ he. fliall be dtllroyed, neither in t an- ™p%lJir. ger nor in battle. * *•*>• 21 And || in his eftate k (hall ftand „ '(,r> ]n up a vile perfon, to whom they lhall <*'"#**• not give the honour of the kingdom : 7 8."& but he lhall come in peaceably, and B-y>2*- obtain the kingdom by flatteries. 22 ' And with the arms of a flood 1Vcr-,,°- fliall they be overflown from before him, and fliall be broken ; ni yea, alfo J^Jw- Bl the prince of the covenant. 23 And after the league mademtk inT' him he fliall work deceitfully: for he fhall come up, and fliall become ftrong with a fmail people. 24 He fliall enter jj peaceably even %?£** upon the fatteft places of the pro- • vince ; and he fliall do that which his "'' fathers have not dene, nor his fathers fathers; "he (hall fcattcr among them I*/" ; ' the prey,andfpoii, and riches; yea, and '^ he (hall f forecait his devices againlt u4*e» the ftrong holds, even for a time. «**«*"* 25 And he fliall it r up his power *>,1*1£',' and his courage againll the king of the fouth with a great army ; and the king of the fouth fliall be ftirred up to battle with a very great and rnighiy army ; but he fliall not ftand : for they fliall forecait devices againft him. 26 Yea, they that feed of the por- tion of his meat fliall deftroy liim} and his army fliall overflow ; and many fhall fall down (bin. 27 And both thefe kings f hearts ^",.'',/1'"' (hall be to do mifchief, and they fliall fpeak lyes at one table ; but it fliall net profper : for " yet the end jhcdl be 35, 4c."9' at the time appointed. 28 Then lhall he return into his land with great riches; and Phis heart fS^f**' Jhall be againft the holy covenant; ^ «*•' and he (hall do exploits, and return to his own land. if|iw 29 At the time appointed he fliall L,i9" ' return, and come toward the fouth ; n his-part, ",14,i4; K and they lhail. poUitte the fanctua'ry VCmP& of ftrelpgth, and (hall take away the ;*«; { E e e 4 daily a> ' 4». ' The invnfion of the Romans. daily facrijice, "and they fhall place the abonrinatjon that || maketh de- folatc. 32 7 Ami fiuh as do wickedly againlt the covenant (hall he j| corrupt by « 1 m»c. flatteries : a but the people that do \ *,'<«* know their God fhall be ftrong, and do exploit!. *•«£"* 33 ° And they t,lat underftand a- mong the people fhall inftruct many : ■■ yet tiiey fhall tall by the fword, and :,m,i. !.;. by flame, by captivity, and by fpoil, many days. 34 Now when they fhall fall c they fhall be holpen with a little help : d but many fhall cleave to them with flatteries. 35 And fane of them of under- fiariding [hall fail, L' to try || them, and to purge, and to make them white, *even to the time of the end : B becaufe it is yec for a time appointed. 36 «f And the king fhall do accord- ing to his will: and he Khali exalt him- felf, and magnify himfelf above every god, h and fhall fpeak marvellous things ' aguinit the God of gods, and fhall profper k till the indignation be accomplifhed : for that that is deter- mined fhall be done. 37 Neither Jhall he regard the God of his fathers, ' nor the defire of wo- men, '" nor regard any god : for he fi;all magnify himfelf above all. 38 || But f in his eftate fhall he ho- nour the God of |! f forces: and a god . %'„,., whom his fathers knew not fhall he '.",'m:-''- h°nour with gold, and filver, and njt,r,vea: DANIEL. IJrael Jhall be delivered. 43 But he fliall have power over the *££ c 1 Hie. 3. *• 3 Mtc B. C iMic. II Or, by tin in. I..14- kChap. 1 . rim. .4 I )• - i - ... a. +. 1 i!..ii with precious ilones, and f pleafant tilings. 39 Thus fliall he do in the f moft ftrong holds with. 1 ft range god, whom he fliall acknowledge and incre.de with glory : ami he fhall caufe them to rule over many, and fhall divide the land for f gain. 40 " And at the time of the end fliall the king of the fouth pufll at him : and the king of the north fliall conic againlt him like a whirlwind, villi chariots, "and with horfemen, » ver. 3j. ana wun niany fliips ; and he fhall en- ter into the countries, '' and fhall overflow and pais over. 10, aa. 4 1 H 1 fhall enter alfo into the ]j+ glo- \J%I'*"'"* rious land, nd many countries fhall v«re i> 14. 42 He fliall f ftretch forth his hand >X,*. alr« upon the countries . and the land of Egypt ihull not efcape. trcafures of gold ;*nd of filver, and over all the precious things of Egypt : v and the Libyans and the Ethiopians Jhall be at his fteps. 44 But tidings out of the eaft and out of the north (hall trouble him ; therefore he fliall go forth with great fury to deftroy, and utterly to make away many. rJ.r*lm 45 And h? fliall plant the taber- ver.10,41. nacles of his palaces between the teas JHeb '" in r the l| + glorious holy mountain ; «»-""' yet he fliall come to his end, and L.^p. none fhall help him. »' M" 6- G HA P. XII. 8l" °- 1 Michael jliall deliver IJrael from their troubles. 5 Daniel hettreth the times, but underjlandtlh them not. ANd at that time fhall a Michael J^ ia ftand up, the great prince which ftundeth for the children of thy peo- a,_ pie, b and there fliali be a time 0fMat.x4.11" trouble, fuch as never was fince there ""* was a nation even to that fame time : and at that time thy people fhall be delivered, c every one that Jhall be^'l'1' found written in d the book. dEiod. 2 And many of them that deep va.^.z«. in the duft of the earth fhall awake, J';^*'0'9' e fome to everlafiing life, and fome p^(2°-. s. to fliame f and everlafting contempt, "n-.j.!.* 3 And 8 they that be || wife fliall ?££ h fhine as the brightnefs of the fir- is}t*6.\ marnent ; ' and they that turn many a to ngntcoufnefs k as the ftars tor ever nf, 06-I4# and ever. Rom. 911. 4 I But thou, O Daniel, "' fhut up ^'f; "* the words, and feal the book, even to li- the time of the end: many fliall fim""*"4 to and fro, and knowledge fhall Leu,.;''4.1?! increaftd. -j™3' 5 ^ Then I Daniel looked, and, $.aa behold, there ftood ether two, the *' 01.r- one on this tide of the f bank of theiciiap; river, and the other on that fide of*; the bank n of the river. »n Revel. 6 And one faid to the man clothed iV Jj * "in linen, which was || upon the t n*i> up. waters of the river, p How long J^^- Jhall it be to the end of thefe won- octu* ders? '%- 7 And I heard the man clothed in j, »».-'»«. linen, which was upon the waters k^'p of the river, when he "' held up his, ami. right hand and his left hand unto"3-5-6- heaven, and fware by linn that 4. j.4. liveth for ever, i that it Jhall be'&g-^ for a time, times,, and || an half; ii. 15. ' and when he fhall have accomplUh- '"or','pU!*' ed to fcatter the power of the ho- [Rcv',J0.7. ly people, all thefe things fhall be linilhed. 8 And Daniel bid to C H A Before 8 And I heard, but I underftood 1-^534 not : then faid I, O my Lord, what "" — v~ — ' Jhall be the end of thefe things? 9 And he faid, Go thy way, Daniel ; for the words are clofed up and feal- uver.4- ed " till the time of the end. \?!f$: io >: Many ihall be purified, and zrcb.ii p. rnncje white, and tried; y but the y«oM4.p. %vicked (hall do wickedly : and none of the wicked fhall underftand ; but P. XII. wait 1 he end, Sic. 1 1 And from the time s that the Before daily facrifice lhall be taken away, ""£* and f'the abomination that || maketh 37^ ^ defolate fet up, there Jhall he a thou- am .31. ' fand two hundred and ninety days. [Xw-!^!" 12 BlcH'ed is he that vvaiteth, and ^ •' • cometh to the thoufand three hundred N ^^ and five and thirty days. »!#<■'»* 1 3 But go thou thy way till the end ;'„'*; &/. be : || b for thou fhalt reft, c and ftand fcift st *. in thy lot at the end or the days. <■ Vfil »■ *' 11 II O S E A. M>r 73.27 Eat- K?; ijhii i CHAP. I. 1 Hofea, to /hew Gods judgment for fpiritual whoredom, taketh Gomer, 4 and hath by her Jezreel, &c. THE word of the Lord that came unto Hofea the fon of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah.Jotham, Ahaz,#wrt Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and m the days of Jeroboam the fon of Joaih king of Ifrael. 2 The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hofea. And the Lord faid to Hofea, a Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms, ?.nd children of whore- doms: for b the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord. 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim ; which concei- ved and bare him a ion. 4 And the Lord faid unto him, Call his name Jezreel ; for yet a little while, c and I will -j avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the houfe ofJt.hu, and will came to ceafe the kingdom ef the houfe of Ifrael. 5 d And it {hall come to pafs at that day, that I will break the bow of Ifrael in the valley of jezreel. 6 \ And fhe conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God faid unto him, Call her name || Lo-ruhamah : for f I will no more have mercy upon the houfe of Ifrael ; |j but I will ut- terly t3ke them away. 7 But I will have mercy upon the houfe of Judah, and will fave them bythe Lord theirGod, and e Will not fave them by bow. nor by fvvord, nor by battle, by horfes, nor by horfe- men. 8 % Now when fhe had weaned Lo- ruhamah, (he conceived and bare a fon. 9ThenfaidGW,Callhisname || Lo- anuni : for ye are not r.-.y people, and I will not be yourG'u;.', ' 10 f Yet f the number of the chil- b. dren of Ifrael (hall be as the fand of dr. 76s. the fea, which cannot be nieafured f~~^ — ' nor numbered: eancl it fhall come to 32. 12 pafs, that || in the place when it was \^To'9' faiduntothem,hYeflr?notmypeopie, '**• 2J0- there it fliall be f- id unto them, Ye are 1,%'ad „/ the Cods of the living God. **"*■ it 'Then fhall the children of "£*** Judah -and th.e children of Ifrael be £*• sf j«" gathered together, ami appointthem- 34*3. & feves one head, and they fhall come ^■lb'-li- up out of the land : for great Jhall be the day of jezreel. CHAP. II. 1 The idolatry of the people : 6 Gods judgments again jl them: 1 4 his pro- mijes of reconciliation with them. SAy ye unto your brethren. ||Ammi; ]£**"!• and to your lifters, |j Ruhamah. nTjatu, 2 Plead with your mother, plead; %,1%j£fd for afhe is not my wife, neither ammerh- I her hufband : let her, therefore, put aifJ-*°- »• away her b whoredoms out of her ^6E "*• fight, and her adulteries frcrn be- tween her breath 5 3 Left I ftrip her naked, and fet her e E7ek< as in the day that fhe was c born, and 10.'+.* make her as a wildernefs, and fet her like a dry land, and flay her with thirft. 4 And I will not have mercy upon her children ; for they be the children of whoredoms. 5 d For their mother hath played dIfa-,2J- the harlot ; flie that conceived them hath done fhamefully : for fhe faid, I will go after my lovers, e that give evei>.B,»«. me my bread ami my water, my er*44'17" wool and my flax, mine oil and my f drink, tueb. 6 \ Therefore, behold, *I will J^ ,,. hedge up thy way with thorns, and*1*'8 fmake a wall that fhe (hall not rind ,'Z^ ,^i her paths* - »"««. 7 And flie fhall follow after her le- vers, but flic fhail not overtake them; and (he ihall fcek them, but fliall not find Godspromifes H O Befi re find them : then (ha! 1 (he fay, I will go u. '';'!• 5. and return to my firlt huiband ; for -v — ' then was it better with me than now. 8 For (he did not know that I gave '«" her torn, and f wine, and oil, and £t v multipiiedherfilvcrandgold, [{wAfeA icr'evuii they prepared for Baal. UP* 9 There fore wili I return, and take awaymyiorn in the time thereof, and my wine in the feafon thereof, ,,-.'i,lf and wili || recover my wool and my '"'' Sax. given to cover her nakednefs. c«k. • io And now * will I riif.over her 'it:j9. flewdnefs in the light of her lovers, SEA. of reconciliation: 20 I will even betroth thee unto tttfoa me in faithful nefs; and p thou (halt ^faj. know the Lord. "TY^T* 2 f And it (liail come to pafs in that ; day, q I will hear, faith the Lord, j*^* I svill hear the heavens, and they ' (hall hear the earth; 22 And the earth fhall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil ; rand rC1', 1-4* they fhall hear Jezreel. 23 And 'I will fow her unto me in &'crh?io.*£ the earth; 'and I will have mercy t en. Y. b. upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I " will fay to them which and none (hail deliver her out of mine were not my people, Thou art my hand. people; and they fliail fay, Thou art I will alfo caufe all her mirth to my God . Cb. I. IO. . ecu 13. 9. om.yMS. ceafc, her feaft- days, her new- moons, and her fabbaths, and all her folemn feafta. ' 12 And I will fdeftroy her vines and her fig-trees, h whereof (lie hath (aid, Thei'e arc my rewards that my levers have given me : and ' I will make then) a foreft, and the beafts of the field fhall eat tiicm. CHAP. III. 1 By the prophet taking unto him an adulterejs, 4 is /hewed the defolation of Ijraei before their rejloration. THen faid the Lord unto me, Go, vetl yet love a woman beloved of her friend, ayet an adulterefs, according ,Ch-1, to the love of the Lord toward the children of Ifrael, \\ ho look to other r 3 And I will viiit upon her the days gods, and love flagons \ of wine. l/l'l'v, of Baalim, wherein (he burnt ineenfe 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen to them, and (he decked herfelf with pieces of iiivev, and for an homer of her ear-rings and her jewels, and (he barlewai c!.m -j- half- ivuner of barley went after her lovers, and forgat me, 3 And I faid unto her, Thou (halt ' faith the Lord. Babidefor mc many days : thou (halt \j*f£ 14 *[ Therefore, behold, I will al- not play the harlot, and thou (halt not lure her, and bring her into the wil- be for another man ; fo will I alio be ■•„ dernefs, and fpeak || f comfortably for thee. ''Z'u unto her. 4 For the children of Ifrael fliail "'"'■ 15 And I will give her her vine- abide many days c without a king, cCh l0 A;7-*6- yards from thence, and kthe valley and without a prince, and without a of Achor for a door of hope ; and lhe facririce, and without f an image, an J (hall fing there, as in ' the days of her without an ephod, d and without tcra- youtb, and as in the day when (he pliim. IJ'.'s*" came up out of tiie land of Egypt. 5 Afterward fnall the children of 16 And it (ball be at that day, Ifrael returu, andfeektheLoRD their faith the Lord, that thou fiialt call God, and ' David their king; and (h? me j| I (hi, and (halt call me no more fear the Lord and his goodnefs in ci w .5.1a 1 je*.-*. 7 I k. 10. rr. «fi.j>. U Baali 1 7 For"' I will take away the names of Baalim out of her month, and they fliail no more be remembered by their name. 1 8 And in that day will I make n a covenant tor them with the beafts of the field, and with the fowls of hea- ve n, and with the creeping things of tie ground : and °1 will break the bow, and the fword, and the battle, out of the earth, and will make them to lie down fafely. 19 And ! will betroth thee unto f latter days. CHAP. IV. 1 Gods judgments againjl the fins of the people, bandpriejls; 12 again fi then- idolatry. 1 5 Judah is exhorted to take warning by Ifratli calamity. HEar the word of the Lord, ve el 37 T-1, f Ha. a. Mlc. 4 hildren of Ifrael : for the Lord hath a a controverfy with the inhabi- »ife. 1. 11 tants of the land, becaufe there is no jcrV,3-, truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of Su^efi God, in the land. 2 by fwearing, and lying, and kill- ing, and dealing, and committing me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee adultery, they breakout, and f blood J** unto me in rightcoulhefs, and in tducheth blood. judgment, and m loving- kindnefs, 3 Therefore b (hall the land mourn, ^-y ivud in mercies: and every cue that dwelleth therein iq^u fhall ! upon ilt to God; judgments again ft CHAP Rjftf ihall languifh with thebeafts of the | ':'"• fi.-ld, and with th? fowls of heaven ; W ' yea, the fiflita of the fea a!fo (hall be taken away. 4 Yet let no man flrive, nor re- prove another : for thy people are as they that itrive with the prieit. 5 Therefore (halt thou fall in the day, and the prophet alio ihall fall with thee in the night, and 1 will f deftroy thy mother. 6 \ c My people arc f deftroyed for lack of knowledge : beeaufe thou haft rejected knowledge, I will a!(6 r'/.cci: thee, that thou (halt lie no prieft to me : feeing thou haft for- gotten the law of thy God, I will al- fo forget thy children. 7 As they were increafed, Co they RHjp. finned againft me ; "therefore will I change their glory into fhame. 8 They eat up the fin of my people, w>- and they f fet their heart on their up their. J ' not.ar iniquity- PJ' 9 And there (hall be e like people, i. like prieit , and I will -j- puniih them for their ways, and -f* reward them their doings. ioFor fthey fhall eat, and not have vu. enough ;' they ihail commit whore- %'. , , dom, and ihall net increafe ; beeaufe • ,,c- they have left off to take heed to the Lord. r i Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take away the heart. 12 1j My people aik cour.fel at their flocks, and their ftaff declareth unto 20. them: far 'the fpirit of whoredoms t"i'4' hath caufed them to err,and they have gone a whoring from under their God. f"\ ' 3 h They facrif.ee upon the tops of s.f7 the mountains, and burn incenfe up- o. 28i" on the hills, under oaks, and poplars, and elms, beeaufe the (liadow thereof ™5 is good : '' therefore your daughters "•' 2i! fiiall commit whoredom, ami you-r fpOtiTes (Wall commit adultery. £»«(' 1 4 || I will not puniih your daugh- ters when thty commit whoredom, nor your fpoufes when they commit adultery; iorthemfeivesarefiparated with whores, and they facrifiee with r. it harlots: therefore the people ikatdoXh *"d; not underftand Ihall j| foil. Tic i 5 "I Though thou, Ifrael, play the harlot, yet let notjedah offend ; " and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to ' Beth-aven, M nor n fwear, The Lord liveth. 1 6 FoiTfrael fiidetli back as a back- fiiding heifer : now the Lord will feed rhem a§ a lamb in a large place, r.os .' S-S- K'ngi IV, V. the people, priefts, Sec. 1 7 Ephrahn is joined to idols : let Brff,yf lrim alone. cjkjso. i 8 Their drink f is four; they have .^JrtJ — ' committed whoredom continually : '''*""• ° her f rulers with (heme do love, , ^ 7 3' Give ye. jhi.L\ 19 The wind hath boxmd her rp in ;£$. her wings, and v they Ihall be alha- pJ«em. mcu beeaufe of their facritices. CHAP. V. Gods judgments again ft the prieft s, the people, and the princes of IJrael,for t/ieir manifold Jhf{. HEar ye this. O pnefts ;. and hear- ken, yehoufe of Ifrael ; and give ye fear. 'J hoalcof the king: for judg- ment ii toward you, beeaufe ye have been a fnare on Mizpah, and a net fpread upon Tabor. 2 And the revolters are profound to make ihiughter, i| though I have 1°,?;'^. been \ a rebuker of them ail. t nth. « 3*1 know Ephraim, and Ifrael is"^""' not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, j.a, thou comm'ttelt whoredom, and If- rael is defiled. 4 f || They will not frame their J.,"e?wV, doings to turn unto their God : fair »«<*«* 1 the fpirit of whoredoms is in the 'Ulj, ™fjf midlt of them, and they have not^f"" known the Lord. nchap. 5 And c the pride of Ifrael doth te- 4J "* flify to his face ; therefore fhall Ifrael C7Cjho.P' and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah alfo (hall fall with them. 6 d They Ihall go with their locks **•£• and with their herds to feek the1,* :*■**:, Lord; but they ihall not find him: he js«k-8j*. hath withdrawn himfelf from them, j'tiaili. 7 They have dealt treat heroufly againft the Lord ; for they have be- gotten ftrange children : now mail e a month devour them with their nZ.^" portions. 8 f Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, f caap.a.i. and the trumpet in Raman : cry aloud at Beth-aven, alter thee, O Benjamin. 9 Ephraim (hall be defolate in the day of rebuke • among the tribes of Ifrael have 1 made known that which (hall furcly be. 10 The princes of Judah were like them that £ remove tne bound : there- \^T"' fore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 1 1 Ephraim is oppreffed and broken in judgment, beeaufe he willingly walked after the commandment. j 2 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as" a moth, and to the lioufe of Judah as j] rottenness. iSwui. 1 3 When Ephraim faw his ficknefs, and judah Jaw his wound, then went Ephraim An exhortation to repentance. H O 'VmI? Ephraim h to the AiTyrian, f and fent || to king Jareb : yet could be not heal you. nor cure you of your wound. 14 For 'I will bd unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the lio-.ik of Judah : I, even I, will tear 'Vc»/ and go away; I will take away, and none fh;dl refcue him. 15 f, I will go and return to my place, \ till ' tluy acknowledge their »ba< effeuce, and feek my face: m in their . t'brybc affliction they will feek me early. CHAP. VI. 1 An exhortation to repentance. 4 A complaint of their Uhtowardnefs. eOme, and let us return unto the Lord : for a he hath torn, and he .'will heal us; he hath fmitten, and he will bind us up. 2 b After two days will he revive us ; in the tt.ird day hr .will raife us up, and we (hall live in his fight. • 3 Then flu 11 we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: ins goingfortb is prepared as t;.e morning; and J he fhall come unLO us d as the rain ; as the latter and former rain unto the earth. 4 * e O Ephraim, what fliall I do unto thee ? O Judah, what lhall I do unto tiiee ? for your j|goodnefs is f as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. 5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have flain them by the words of my mouth ; || and thy judg- ments are as the dght /to/ goeth forth. 6 For I defired s mercy, and b not facrifice 5 and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings. 7 But they, || like men, ' have tranf- grdled the covenant: there have they ira. 1. it." dealt treacheroufly again!! me. ITam?' 8 kGilead is a city of them that work J0031 53. hiu[u\iy,and is || poduted with blood. ioup.B.1. Ana as troi)ps Q( robbew wait i». 11. lor a man. jo ' the eompany or prielts tuVtlintflr lum'^cr !" the way -f- by confent ; for »w. they 1 ommit jj lewdness. Ucr.u.u. |0 j ,, :Ve ceen aQ horrible thing in the houfe oflfrael: there;; the whore- dom of Ephraim; ifrael is defiled. 1 1 Alfo, 0 Judah, '" he hatli fet an harvefl for th< e, when I returned the captivity of my people. C H A i'. VII. 1 Ifrael reproved for manifold fins. wrath againft themfor their hypocrifyi Men 1 woul ii v heali d Ifrael, then the iniquity of Lphraim <<• was d; Hovered, and the f wkkednefs II Or, r. /'. , Hndfitft fCftap. I3.J- II Or, & 12 7- h pr. so- 11.1$ t He'.. oncyio enor miiY. Si. 33. w S E A. A complaint and reproof of fm. of Samaria: for they commit falfc- «-■'•' hood ; and the thief comcth in. and cir".h' the troop of robbers f fpoileth with- , b£ OUt : ftritptti 2 And they f confider not in their 1 h^. hearts that I remember all their wick.7"-"""' ednefs : now their own doings have befet them about ; they are before my face. 3 They make the king glad with their wickednefs,and the princes3 with \*°?.' their lyes. 4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heateu by the baker, [j who *Sl*A ceafeth || from railing after he hath :': '•'•; kneaded the dough, until it be lea- SLSSfl vened. 5 In the day of our king the prin- ces have made him lick || with bottles !*"-'*,« of wine . he ftretched out his hand 'j,^" with fcorners. 6 For they have j| made ready their J ,:1^. heart like an oven whiles they lie in wait ■ their baker fleepeth all the night . in the morning it burning as a flaming lire. 7 They are all hot as an oven, and ™ 77? have devoured their judges : b all their kings are fallen; "there is none ciu.64 among them that calleth unto me. 8 Ephraim, he d hath mixed him- 'g^m felf among the people : Ephraim is a cake.not turned. 9 Strangers have devoured his ftrength, and he knoweth it not; yea, gray hairs are \ here and there upon l^jBJ him, yet he knoweth it not 10 And the e pride of Ifrael teiti- «chaP.j fieth to his face ; and they do not re- turn to the Lord their God, nor feek him for all this. 11 % f Ephraim aifo is like a filly JOyd dove without heart : 8 they call to Rjc*J Egypt, they go to Allyna. \: *A I 1 2 When they fliall go, I will fpn a my net upon them ; 1 will bring them 1*. i. I ' down as tr.e fowls of tiie heaven ; I will chaftife them as their congre- gation hath heard. 1 3 Woe unto them ! for they have fled from me; f dcltruction untotHe&l them ! oecaufe they have tranlgrelled againlt me : though I have redeemed them, yet they have fpoken lyes u- gainlt me. 14 ''And they have not cried unto £J?£3* me with their heart, when they hov ed upon their beds : they aiiemble z^l themfelvts for corn and wine, and they rebel againft me 15 Though I || he flrengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mifchief againft me. 10 ;- They \uftrullion threatened for impiety. CHAP. icre ,£ i They return, but not to the *&. moil High ; k they are like a deceit- £ — ' fal bow : their princes {hall fall by the fword for the ' rage of their It? tongue. This fliall be their derifion in ,m the land of Egypt. J- C H A P- VIII. I, T2 DeflruCiion is threatened for their impiety, 5 and idolatry. 76o. C*Et * the trumpet to + thy mouth : ap.s.8. 0 he jhall come b as an eagle againft 't/of the honfeof the Lord, becaufe c they mat,. have txanfji-efled my covenant, and 7"' trefpaffed againft my law. -i ?ul 2 Ifrael fliall cry unto me, My God, iiap.c.7 we know thee. 3 Ifrael hath uaft oStlie thing that is good : die enemy fliall purfue him. 4 J They have fet up kings, but not by me ; they have made princes, and I knew it not : e of their lilver and hap.2.8. their gQjj have they made them idols, that they mav be cut off. 5 H Thy calf, O Samaria, hath call thee off; mine anger is kindled againft them : how long will it be ere they attain to innocency ? 6 For from Ifrael was it alfo : the workman made it ; therefore it is not God ; but the calf of Samaria fliall be broken in pieces. 7 For f they have fown the wind, and they fliall reap the whirlwind : it hath no || ftalk ; the bud fliall yield no meal : if fo be it yield, the ftran- gersfhdl fwaltow it up. 8 Ifrael isfwallowed up : now fliall they be among the Gentiles t as a vef- fel wherein is no pleafure. 9 For they are gone up to Aflyria, a wild afs alone by himfelf : Ephraim hhath hired + lovers jo Yea, though they have hired a- mong the nations, now ' will I gather them, and they (hall || forrow a little for the burden of k the king of princes. 1 1 Becaufe Ephraim hath made ma- ny altars to fin, altars fliall be unto him to fin. 1 2 I have wrkten to him the great things of my law, tut they were tbunted as a ftrange thing. 13 1 || They facrifice tiefh for the facrifices of mine offerings, and eat, it; "' but the Lord accepteth them not : " now will he remember their iniquity- and vifit their fins ; ° they (hail return to Egypt. 1 4 For Ifrael hath forgotten r his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities : but I will fend a fire upon his cities,and it fliall devour the palaces thereof. Jr,j», lerem. 1. 2*. a *. 38.' 700. ir. 30- 6. •.zek. 16. VIII, IX. Ifraels iiflrefs and captivity. CHAP. IX. The diflrefs and captivity of Ifrael for their fins and idolatry. REjoice not, O Ifrael, for joy, as Before other people : for thou haft gone c.r. 76a a whoring from thy God ; thou haft ^^ loved a * reward || upon every corn- 4* 17." n II Or. floor. . in,kc. 2 b The floor and the || wme-prefs hChap. Avail not feed them, and the new **jj wine fliall fail in her. . -wine-fat. 3 They fhall not dwell in the Lords ^ land ; c but Ephraim (hall return to 8.13.& Egypt, and d they (hall eat unclean J^to things in Aflyria. ^ fSR&i 4 e They fhall not offer wine-offer- £™m*« ings to the Lord, neither fliall they miutbat. be pleafiug unto him: f their facri- «E«S- fices fliall be unto them as the bread of d'.». 1. a. mourners ; all that eat thereof fliall |Cta|>- be polluted : for their bread for their f Deuter. foul fliall not come into the houfe of 26- ,4, the Lord. 5 What will ye do in the folemn day, and in the day of the feaft of the Lord ? 6 For, lo, they are gone becaufe of ^ fdeftruftion: Egypt fliall gather them „ 0r> up, Memphis fliall bury them : || tthp j*££*£ pleafantp/«c« for theirfilver,Enettlrs^, »* fliall poifefs them ; thorns Jhall be in " Hch' their tabernacles. tte4&rr. 7 The days of vifitation are come, J,1?-**;** the days of recompence are come ; ct,a>,,c.a. Ifrael fliall know il: the prophet is a fool, the \ Spiritual man is mad, ^hof,be for the multitude of thine iniquity, sum. ' and the great hatred. * ™"h 8 The ; watchman of Ephraim was zepn. 3- 4. with my God : but the prophet is a !,E*e*- fnare of a fowler in all his ways, and . hatred j| in the houfe of his God. ag„^jt. 9 * They have deeply corrupted yj$£ Chap. v - * i.c/ i.-.v- -v-vrv £~~':."r~Z ctopio-fl. themfehes, as in the days ot ' Cioeaa : i}aint ~ therefore he will remember their »s>>*: ; Or, nC1 -ip 9.9 )Chap.g j &c 11. j. Ifaiaa fi). 23- tpd. X. 10 iniquity, he will viiit their fins. ™. l3T 10 I found Ifrael like grapes in the _" wildernefs; I faw your fathers as n the Jjic. j.'u firft-ripe in the fig-tree at her firft time : but thev went to B.al-pecr, ,,.a and v feparated themf Ives ^ unto that j fhame: and their abominations were *. ,+.' according as they loved. \lL'™.' 1 1 As for Ephraim, their glory fliali fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from ihe conception. !2 '' Though they bring up their ;l»^ children, yet will I berc.ive them, that there (hall not be a man left; yea, woe alfo to them when I depart from t:; ni ! 13 Ephraim, 5 as I faw Tyrus, is .9i«Ewk, planud in a pleafimt place: but *'^.27' Ephraim Ifrael reproved and threatened H O c!Sn Ephraim mall bring forth his children tiir.703.^ to the murderer. ^T 14 Give them, O Lord: whit 23 10. wiit thou cive ? give the'u ' a -j- mif- hSrftfetb carrying womb and dry breads' ttr'/rut. , 5 All their wickednefs " is in Gil- 4Cuip«: ga* ! f°r there I hated them : for the 12.11. wickednefs of their doings I will drive them out of mine houfe, I will xir.».i.i3 love them no more: "all their princes are revolttrs. 16 Ephraim is fmitten, their root is dried up, they fhall bear no fruit : yea, though they bring forth, yet will ££.*>«. I flay even \ the beloved fruit of their womb- 17 My God will caft them away, becaufe they did not he_rken unto him : and they fhall be wanderers among the nations. CHAP. X. Ifrael is reproved and threatened for their impiety and idolatry. » nil xi. TSrael is ' || an empty vine, he bring- u or, a A etli forth fruit unto himfelf : ac- li&tefiZh cording to the multitudeof his fruit ££»." b ne hatn hicreafed the altars ; accord- kciip. ing to the goodnefs of his land they *«"ii* have made goodly f images, met.. 2 || Their heart is divided; now JESS*** fhall they he found faulty : he fhall ,magts. ^ bpeak down thcir altars, he fhall nToarhd:- fpoil their images. ??%'*'" 3 c For now they fhall fay. We •t h-n. have no king; becaufe we feared not cca^'3.4. the Lord,- what then fhould a king *"-*• do to us ? vc'rC';*' 9" 4 They have fpoken words, fvvear- .„ „ inp f.dfely in mnkinp; a covenant: thus A See Dcut. .5 } r ■ 1 a , 11 iQ is judgment fpfingeth up A as hemlock A"uiil. in the furrows of the field. neo.12.1s. 5 yjle inhabitants of Samaria fhall fear becaufe of the calves of Beth* aven : for the people thereof fh.il! , mourn over it, and |j the priefrs c?sim + thereof that rejoiced on it, e for the S1.-2. ' glory thereof, becaufe it is departed from it- f 6 It fhall be alfo carried unto AC- 5.13.' fyria for a prefent to f king Jareb : rchap. Ephraim fhall receive fliame, and If- 11. o. ' rael (hall be afhamed * of his own counfel. 7 * As for Samaria, her king is cut • otf"?.s the foam upon f the water. 8 The high places alfo of Aven, • the fin of ifrael, (hall be deftreyec -. !\fcTn>! k tne tnorn antl -he thillle fhall come tip on th-ir a'tars ; 'and they fhall fay cp the mountains. Cover us ; and to the hills, Fall on us. the days of Gibeahj there they ltood: all would exalt him. SEA. ff.r their impiety and idolilry. the battle in Gibeah againft the diil- »gjj dren of iniquity did not overtake <•<■■ '"•»< them. "~~ 10 Ft is in my defir* that I fhould chaltife rhem ; and n the people fliall be gathered againft them, II when they fhall bind themfelves in their \%T'ujt two furrows. 1 1 ° And Ephraim is as an hei; that is taught, and loveth to tread out '•'.■>•' '■'"'• the corn; but I pafTed over upon \ her Tj!^3 fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ;/ >- ride; Judah fiiall plow, and Jacob f Hei»!"3 fhall break his clods. 1 2 pSow to yourfelves in righteouf- p'p"". nefs, reap in mercy ; i break up your "■ ' fallow ground : for it is time to feek ' '"' 4 the Lord, till he come and rain righ- teoufnefs upon you. 1 3 r Ye have plowed wickednefs, ye r ' * tJ have reaped iniquity ; ye have eaten Cil 6 7' the fruit of lyes. Becaufe thou didit truft in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men ; ■ 14 5 Therefore fliall a tumult arife \^f. among thy people, and all thy for- treifes fhall be fpoiled, as Shalman . t Kin,t fpoiled c Beth-arbel in the day or battle : " the mother was dafhed in pieces upon her children. '3 "=• 15 So fhall Beth -el do unto you becaufe of -}■ your great wickednefs : !£';*', * in a morning fhall Che king of Ifrael ><"»«** utterly be cut off. CHAP. XI. r The ingratitude of Ifrael unto God for his benefits : 5 his judgment. WHen Ifrael was a child then I loved him, and 'called - my \*?A- fon out of Egypt. *■* '-4» 2 As they called them, fo they*1'13' went from them : they facrirked unto Baa Km, and burnt incenfe to graven images. 3 I taught Ephraim alfo to go, ta- king tiirm by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. 4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love ; and I was to them as they that f t sfee-offtbe yoke on their Jj ,**■ jaws, and I laid meat unto them. 5 II e He fhall not return into the .^J1*'. land of Egypt, but the Aflyrian lhall be his king', becaufe they refilled to :„!,"«;f.0 return. Tt—ck» 6 And the fv/ord flnll abide on his l,.'". ot*p" citie.-;, and (hall ccnfnme his brancjx and devour litem, ,d feecaufe of their \l, '£■ o \:\ 3on - And my people are bent to back- fliding from me : c taough they call- eci«-. eel them to -lie moll High, f none at . 8KfHow Gods d 7. M. »> lft. -10. 6 & S7.9- cllic.6. 1. + Hct). it'ai « frtoct, "> u t Hehi kCh. 13.4, lLev. 13. 41,43. wf;ry toward Ifrael. CHAP. 8 1 f How fliall I give thee n p, Eph- raim? how fliall I deliver thee, Ifrael? how fliall I make thee as sAdmah? how (hall I fet thee asZeboiim? hmine heart is turned within ma, my repent- ings are kindled together. 9 I will not execute the fiercenefs of mine anger, I will not return to deftroy Ephraim : ' for I amGod, and not man; the holy One in the midft of thee; and I will not enter into the city. loTheyfballwalkaftertheLoRD; khe fliall roar like a lion : when he fnall roar, then the children fliall tremble from the weft. 1 1 They fliall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, ' and as a dove out of the land of Aflyria, and I will place them in their houfes, faith the Lord. 12 Ephraim compafleth me about with lyes, and the houfe of Ifrael with deceit: butjudah yet rulethwithGod, and is faithful with || the faints. CHAP. XII. 1 Ephraim and Judah reproved. 3 By former favours to Jacob they are ex- horted to repentance. EPhraim feedeth on wind, and fol- loweth after the ea.ft wind : he daily increafeth lyes and defolation; a and they do make a covenant with the Aflyrians, and b oil is carried into Egypt. 2cTheLoRohathalfoacontroverfy with Judah, and will f puniffi Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompenfe him. 3 f He took his brother d by the heel in the womb, and by his ftrength he f e had power with God : 4Yea, he had power over theangel, and prevailed: he wept and made fup- plication unto him : he found him in ' Beth-el, and there he fpake with us ; 5EventheLoRDGod ofhofis;The Loro is his E memorial. 6 hTherefore turn thou to thyGod : keep mercy and judgment; and wait on thy God continually. 7 \ He is j| a merchant, the ba- lances of deceit are in his hand : he loveth to j.j opprefs. 8 And Ephraim faid, ! Yet I am become rich, I have found me out fubftance: || in all my labours they fliall find none iniquity in me -\ that were fin. 9 And k I, thai am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt, ^vill yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the fulemn feafts. XII, XIII. Ephraims fins provoke God, 10 I have alfo fpoken by the pro- Before phets; and I have multiplied virions, c£""i*. and ufed limilitudes,f by the miniitry Xn?Cb? of the prophets. «**«**, 11 m Is there iniquity in Gilead ? men. s. t. furely they are vanity: they facrih'ce ot0a" bullocks in "Gilgal ; yea, " their al- J^A/i- tars are as heaps in the furrows of the *<»<» 4. 4- fi^ds. oVh/s.,, 12 And Jacob p fled into the conn- * 1U '• try of Syria; and Ifrael 1 ferved for "^T/"'5" a wife, and for a wife he kept /heep. *©,*«; •» 13. r And by a prophet the Loro ^xT '*' brought Ifrael out of Egypt, and by &I3-3- a prophet was he preferved. ih.7$}?u. 1 4 Ephraim provoked him to anger fmoftbitterly : thereforefliallheleave Imuum*. his f blood upon him, s and his re- ''^"b proachflaall his Lord return untchim. *"■ CHAP. XIII. s£%f: 1 Ephraims glory vanijheth byreafon o/»D>met idolatry. 4 Gods anger for their un- " l8' kindnefs. 9 A promife of 'Godsmercy. T\/Hen Ephraim (pake trembling VV he exalted himfelfin Ifrael; but when he offended in Baal he died. 2 And now + they (in more and i£*jk? more, and ahave made them molten jch.2.8. images of t'ueir filver, and idols ac- '4* cording to their own underftanding, all of it the work of the craftfmen: they fay of them, Let || the men that jl"^ of facrifice bkifs the calves. *""■ 3 Therefore they fliall be c as the fjiS* morning cloud, and as the early dew «cn,e.4- that pafleth away; (1 as the chaff that lliDa'>-2-3s. is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the fmoke out of the chimney. 4 U Yet e lam the Lord thy God |&***y- from the land of Egypt, and thou (halt flf P43 w know no god but me : for f there is no & is-iu" faviour beiides mc. 5 I did know thee in the wilder- 1"™1, nefs, g in the land of \ great drought. lV2' 10" 6 h According to their pafture fo dr0u$bu. were they filled; they were filled, and ooeut. their heart was exalted; therefore fckfs! 14. i have they forgotten me. *. u.m. 7 Therefore kI will be unto them chSs.14. as a lion ; as ' a leopard by the way ijer. 5.6. will I obferve them. mi,«»m. 8 I will meet them m as a bear that P1cv.i7.1j. is bereaved of her whelps, and will ]£*£&# rend the caul of their heart, and there '*"•/>"•*• will I devour them like a lion : f the fT™ wild beaft fhall tear them. "9 11 " O Ifrael, thou haft deftroyed ^ibyteip. 'thyfelf; but in me f ;; thine help. |'(^^' 10 j|Iwillbethyking: "whereisany »/»»nj? other that may fave thee in all thy ci- ^TigUM* ties ? and thy judges, of whom thou iKi^gi" faidft, Give me a king and princes? '■ ■*■ ulgave0"10'4- t Heft. A pi + Hcb. vtffeli of d.jirt. I Fulfilled, Ct.»f> 10. 14. IS- aCh. 12. C bch. I j.y om//J? of Gods tmrcy. H 0 1 1 I gave thee a pking in mine an- ger, ami Look him away in my wrath . i 2 '' The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his fin :s hid. i j ' The forrows of a travailing woman (hall come upon him: he is an unwife fou; for he Ibould not ftay + long in the place of the breaking forth of children. 1 4 * I will ranfom them from \ the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death- c0 death, I will be thy plagues; Ograve, I will be thy deitructiou : u repentance (hall be hid from mine eyes. 15 *l Though x he be fruitful a- mong his brethren, y an eaft wind (hall come, the wind of the Lord (hall come up from the wildernefs, and his fpring (hall become dry, and his fountain (hall be dried up he fliall fpoii the treafure of all f pleafant velTels. 16 j| Samaria (hall become defolate; forfne hath rebelled againit her God : z tiny lhall fall by the fword ; their infants (hall be dalhed in pieces, and their women with child (hall be rip- ped up. CHAP. XIV. 1 An exhortation to repentance. 4 A promife of Gods blejjing. Olfrael, * return unto the Lord thy God ; b for thou hafl: fallen by thine iniquity. SEA. Ait exhortation to repentance. 2 Take with you words, and turn Before to the Lord; fay unto him, Take away all iniquity, and j| receive us ~~(pr--' gracioufly : fo will we render the **•«*** c calves of our lips. c7"-:>- 3 * Asfliur fliall not fave us; 'we!jt!L. will not ride upon horfes ; neither &". '/'.ffl will we fay any more to the work of & '»•»*' our hands, Yeareouv gods: for in thee 1°c$; the fatherlefs findeth mercy. !'^5-3'17* 4 If I will heal their backfliding, i&*3*ij I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. 5 I will be as the dew unto Ifrael : he fliall |j grow as the lily, and f caft ^'m. forth h s roots as Lebanon. 1 "=t>. 6 His branches f fliall fpread, and ' ,"J. f his beauty fhall be as the olive-t: and hisfmell as Lebanon. c«JJ 7 They that dwell under his fhadow ^J* fhall return ; they fliall revive as the corn, and || grow as the vine : the or, |j feent thereof Jhall he as the wine of Lebanon. mtmtrut, 8 Ephraim Jhall fay, What have I to do. any more with idols? I have heard him, and obferved him : I am like a green fir-tree : from me is thy fruit found. 9 "Who is wife, and he fliall on-inum derftand thefe things .-prudent, and jc'r y\-. he lhall know thelu ? for h the ways J'";,1,- 1Q of the Lord are right, and the juft »•*'■ (hall walk in them : but the tranf- ■ greflbrs fliall fall therein. l2l"\ \ \i ajun I bcn.i.ii ; ;--wnnn eaten; and that v. le canker-worm hath left, hath the cat) r piller eaten. 5 Awake, ye drunkard*, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, :. 8OC. t Hth. }r« "a 0*1 &4>1&. Joel prefcribeth a fajl : C tf A gjj|j£ the wheat and for the barley ; becaufe vc''c-^00-, the harveft of the field is periihed. 12 The vine is dried up, and the fig-tree languifheth; the pomegra- nate-tree, the palm-tree alfo, and the apple-tree, even ail the trees of the 'J?."?.' field, are withered : becaufe f joy is withered away from the fons of men. 13 Gird yourfelves, and lament, ye priefts; howl, ye miniitcrs of the al- tar : come, lie all night in fackcloth, gver. g. ye minj{feiS of my God: for E the meat-offering and the drink-offering is with-holden from the houfe of your God. hch.z.ts. ,4 «r hSan£lify ye a fall, call : a 23.C35! II fulemn affembly, gather the elders, J!!£»2jJJof andzW the inhabitants of the land, 7cjt>mn . ,^ the houfe of the Lord your God, and cry nnto the Lord, so"!1"" ' 5 k Alas f°r tne ciay ■ f°r ' t,,e c,ay Ufa. 13. o. of the Lord is at hand, and as a de- finition from the Almighty ihall it come. 1 6 Is not the meat cut off before x'u*?/.' our eyeSi yea* m i°y anc* s^i^ne^s from the houfe of our God? +»««b/. '7 The f feed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid defolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. 18 How do the beafls groan ! the herds of cattle are perplexed becaufe they have no pafture ; yea, the flocks of flieep are made defolate. 19 O Lord, to thee will I cry : for not'tebu "tbefire hath devoured the || paftures Luom." "' of the wildernefs, and the flame hath burnt all the trees of the field. m£u. 20 The beafts of the field °cry alfo umo thee : for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath de- voured the paftures of the wildernefs. CHAP. II 1 The terriblenefs of Gods judgment : 1 2 he exhorteth to repentance, : 5 pre- fcribeth a fafl, 1 8 and promrfth a blejfing thereon. ,o>n:t. T)Low ye the || trumpet in Z'on, -D and found an alarm in my holy mountain ; let all the inhabitants of zChh V5' the land tremble ; for a the day ot cue «4,i"s- Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand; t Amos 2 i>a day of darknefs and of gloomi- nefs, a day of clouds and of thick darknefs, as the morning fpread upon cverr.s the mountains: c a great people and cLa^i-A a ftrbng ; A there hath not been ever a Exodus the" like, nether (hall be anymore tHrtt"./ a'ter it' SVi:!l ro the vcars t of many generations. ratiy?" 3 e A Are dcvoureth before them, ecu .i.i> and behind them a flame burnetii : t P. I, II. heexhortethtorepentar.ee.. the land is as f the garden, of Eden Bcfv-ra before them, and behind them a do- „?!$pq, folate wildernefs; yea, and nothing f;.^T^ fliall efiape them. " cTf^io/" 4 g The appearance of them is as g Act* 9: 7. the appearance of horfes; and as borfenien fo (hall they run. j "Like the nbifli of chariots on hRev.3.9, the tops of mountains fliall they leap, like the no'.fe of a flame of 'fire that devours th the ftubble, as a ftrong peopie fet in battle array. 6 Before their face the people fnall be much pained , ? all faces fliall ga- »nu&.».io. ther -f-blacknefs. tHch.<*/. 7 They (hali run like mighty men: they fliall climb the wall like men of war; and they fliall march everyone on his ways, and they fliall not break their ranks : 8 Neither fliall one thrufl: another ; they (hall walk everyone in his path: arid zuhen they fall upon the || fword II o?,dirt. they fliall not be wounded . 9 They ihall run to and fro in the city; they fhall run upon the wall ; they (hall climb up upon the houfes; they fliall enter in at the Windows like a thief. io The earth fliall quake before them; the heavens fliall tremble: * the £T;^.r3-10- fun and the moon fhall be dark, and v". 31?'*" the ftars fliall withdraw their fliining: Ciaf-3-1*- 1 1 ' And the Lord fliall utter his ich. 3,10. voice before his army ; for his camp is very great ; for he is ftrong that executeth his word : for the mday $■/£££$& the Lord is great and very terrible; Ze^-1^- and who can abide it ? 12 % Therefore alfo now, faith the Lord, "Turn ye even to me with all nJer 4-r' your heart, ?.nd with fading, and with weeping, and with mourning, 13 And "rend your heart, and not ow-sw. your garments, and turn unto the Lord your Gbci : for he is v gracious ^x^- and merciful, flow to anger, and dfWata»*s's ing .,nd a drink - ottering unto the .v.,4,', i;. Lord your God ? > ,;; \ J; 15 11 'Blow the trunmet in Zion. riit'tej.*. u fanftify a fall, call a folemn allem- sC:ilp-1 B" bly, 1 6 Gather the people, x fan&ify the »ch.;.i4, congregation, sifembie the elders ; *j gather the children', and thofe th;.t fuck the breafts y let the bridegroom v » co:ia. go forth of his chamber, and the 7' " bride out of her clofet : r f f 17 Let fay Comfortable promifes to Zion. J 0 «ri« i 7 Let the pricfts, the minifters of or. 8oo. tlu- Lord, weep T between the porch ^Tclui and the altar, ^nd let them fay, Sparc $ui%.i<. thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the lZ:trj heathen Ihould || rule over them : miair.jt a whcrefore fhould they fay among ^•"'.ti.io the people, Where is their God ? £ us'?.' '8 1 Then will the Lord be jea- Mu.7.10. jons for his laud, and pity his people. 9Yea, theLoRD will anfwer, and unto his people, Behold, I will feiul you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye fhall be fatislied therewith ; and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen : t> s:e Exoa. 20 gar. b i wiil remove far off from cjer.*** u- y°u c tne northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and i.EY*.iel defolatc, with his face d toward the cucut! eaft fea, and his hinder part e toward ii.»4- the utmolr fea; and his ftink (hall come up, and his ill favour fliall come up, becaufe f he hath done great things. 2 1 % Fear not, O land ; be glad and rejoice ; for the Lord will do gre.it things. 22 Be not afraid, yebeaftsofthe . ia. ' field ; for f the paftures of the wilder- nefs do fpring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their ftrength. 23 Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your Ziehen/ God : for h'.- hath given you || the )$**' former rain -\ moderately, and he E will catife to come down for you h the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the firlt month. <">- the heavens and in the earth, blood Mirk * and fire, and pillars of fmoke. Ld^4* 31 ° The fun fhail be turned into »£**. darknefs, and the moon into blood, cb".'i'°'5. befbrt the great and the terrible day ^;^w of the Lord come . ■£* 3: And it (hall come to pafs, that l^-.S.ii. f whofoever (liall call on the name Jfjlj?" of the Lord (hall be delivered : for ** in mount Zion and in J.rufalem qObad. i;. fliall be deliverance, as the Lord hath faid, and in the remnant whom the Lord fliall call. CHAP. III. 1 Gods judgments again jl the enemies of hii people: 18 his bit jfmg upon the church. FOr, behold, in thofe days, and in that time, when I fliall bring again the captivity of Judah and Je- rufalem, 2 I will alfo gather all nations, aand *c- ^l* will bring them down into the val- *cccr(e'*;.+< ley of Jehofliaphat, and will plead with them there for my people, and for my heritage Ifrael, whom they have fcattered among the nations, and parted my land. 3 And they have cafl lots for my people ; and have given a boy for an harlot, and fold a girl for wine, that they might drink. 4 Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coalh of Paleftine ? will ye render me a recompence ? and if ye recom- 24 And the floors fliall be full of penfe me, fwiftly and fpeedily will hf*mti wheat, and the fats fliall overflow s'7' with wine and oil. 25 And I will reftore to you the ich.1.4. years ' that the locufl; hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the caterpiller, and the palmer-worm, my great ar- my which I fent among you. 26 And ye fliall eat in plenty, and be fatisfied, and praife the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt ■wondroufly with you : and my people fhall never be afhamed. *Ch.j.i;- 27 kAnd ye fhall know that I am in the midfl of Ifrael, and that I am the Lord your God, and none elfe : and my people fliall never be allwmed. iSrtfci*3, 28 U »And it fliall come to pals af- 3,a»**Tt7. terwavd, that I ni will pour out my n. u '3* of Judah (hall f flow with waters,. *"<"•*»• and ° a fountain (hall come forth of °f"^ the houfe cf the Lord, and fliall wa- ^f ^f" ter '' the valley of Shittirn. P NUm6. " 19 q Egypt fliall be a defdlation, **•»• and rEdomlhall beadefolatewilder- «*&•«•*. nefs, for the violence againji the chil- *«»*•«• dren of Judah, becaufe they have fbed innocent blood in their land. 20 But Judah mall || dwell forever, a*.**"* and Jerufalem from generation to generation. «verfei7. 21 For I will cleanfe their blood Rcr- ll im that I have not cleanfed; * |j fur the 3S2lS5 C.V l( 5 1< Fulfilled ailing, 10, fr. CHAP. I. 1 HV/en /tfmoj praphefied. 3 Goih judg- ments upon Syria, 6 f^e Philijline', 9 Tyrus, w Edom, \ 2, and Amnion, 1~"^ H E words of Amos, "who Was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he faw concerning Ifrael, b in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the fon of Joafh king of Ifrael, two years be- fore the c earthquake. 2 And he faid, The Lord will d roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerufalem: and the habitations of the (hepherds (hall mourn, and the top of Carmel (hall wither. 3 ^| Thu3 faith the Lord, For three tranfgreffions of e Damafcus, || and for four, I will not || turn away the punijlanent thereof; f becaufe they have threfhed Gilead with threfhing- inltruments of iron: 4 g But I will fend a fire into the houfe of Haziel, which (hall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad. 5 I will break alfo the bar of Da- mafcus, and cut off the inhabitant from || the plain of Aven, and him that holdcth the feeptre from || the houfe of Eden : and " the people of Syria fhall go into captivity ! unto ^J"' Kir, fa i tii the L o r d . mi. 6 % Thus faith the Lord, For three ich^TTT* tranfgreiRons of k Gaza, and for four, » 1 enro. I will not turn away ike pitrnfliirtent "•.',*" lt,, thereof; becaufe they || carried away l^J^' captive the whole captivity, to deli- *s-»s. ver them up to Edom : 7 ' But I will fend a fire on the ^ '/<,«„" wall of Gaza, which fliall devour the °Tn,,--''' palaces thereof; xt'v'.M.' 8 And I will cut off the inhabitant j0'^,rt^'7- m from Alhdod, ami him that holdcth iia/4JmJ the fceptre from Aflikelon, and I will mZej.iJ turn mine hand againft Ekron; and \ ■^' a the remnant of the Phililtines fhall ' perifh, faith the Lord God. 9 f Thusfaith the Lord, For three tranfgreflions of "Tyrus, and for four, ni,-* %3.u I will not turn away the punijjrment z~ct7io.' thereof; becaufe they delivered Up jo£V3^"; the whole captivity to Edom, and re- membered not f the brotherly cove- /~"'r'^f\' 10 But I will fend a fire on the wall »ki»s« s i" of Tyrus, which fhall devour the pa^ &s'"' laces thereof. 1 1 1[ThusfaiththeLoRD,Fof three tranfgreffions of ° Edum, and for £3;*$"' four, I will not turn away the punifli- i^'*^ *■ went thereof; becaufe he did purfue joei^ii,.' Kick, j s.i /.e/.,. X.Q I Or, tjtr.4j). 3. a If*. K/.fk. Go^i wrrtM againft Amman, S:c. A M M»i v »MS brother with the fword, tftttl *«r. 1 dM caft ptf all pity, BCfd Ins anger p'T^^T did tear perpetually, and he kept his . wrath for • Vff: f neb. Jr.' 12 But s I will fend a fire upon Temam whfch fhall devour the pa- , ,,„„. laces of Ho/.r 11. 13. <|. Thus faith the Lord, For three rr infgreffions of r the children of Amnion, and ("or four, I will not tarn aw v the putoijhiitcnt'iheteofi becaufe they base Ifrtpped up the wo- men with child of Gilead, that tiiey might enlarge their bord'.r ; 14 But 1 will kindle a fire in the wall of* Kabbah*, and it fhall devour the palaces thereof with fhouting in the day of battle, with a tempeit in the day of the whirlwind : 1; And £ their king (ball go into captivity, he and his princes together, faith the Lord. CHAP. II. I Gods wrath again ft Moab, 4 Upon Judah, 6 and upon IJrael 9 Gqd cnmplaineth of their unihankfulnefs. TH'us faith the Lord, For three tranfgreflions of "Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punijh- ment thereof; becaufe he b burnt the bones of tiie king of Edom into lime : 2 But I will fend a fire upon Moab, and it fliall devour the palaces of Kerioth ; and Moab fhail die with tumult, with fhouting, and with the found of the trumpet: Momtt 3 And I will cut off c the judge M 17' from the midft thereof, and will flay all the princes thereof with him, faith the Lord. 4 *[ ThusfaiththeLoRD, Forthree tranfgreflions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the pioiijhment thereof; becaufe they have defpifed the law oi the Lord, and have not ?*'*%£*■ kept his commandments, dand their • y.io. lyts caufed them to err, after the „m.i.*j. ^jjj^jj t|lejl. fatllej.s favt, walKeJ . 5 But I will fend a fire upon Judah, and it lltall devour the palaces or JeruuKm. 6 IJThus faith theLoao, For three tr.itifgrcilions of Jfrael, and for four, 1 will not i.urn away the fuui\hment ch.8.6. thereof,- becaufe e they fold the righteous for liiver', and the poor for a pair of Ihocs: 7 That pant after the dull of the earth on tnc head of the poor, and turn alide the way of the meek : and a man and his father will go in unto ,' ':Jn":'s tlu" la:'ic H ni:i'tl> to profane my holy name : 27 OS. A complaint of their unthankfulnefs. 8 And they lay themfehes down *+ •*■ his fruit from above, and his roots ^j^'ji' from beneath. 1 uLj.^ ro Alfo k I brought you up from «*»' *■.»• the land of Egypt, and led you forty *^)]i:* years through the wlldernefs, to pof- m*c.&4- fefs the land of the Amorite. 1 1 And I raited up of your fons for prophets, and of your young men for 1 Nazarites. /; it not even thus, O ye 1 Num. 6. 2? children of Ifrael ? faith the Lord. 1 2 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink ; and commanded the pro- phets, ni faying, Prophefy not f££* 1 3 n Behold,' || 1 am preffed under g^*»- •you, as a cart is prelled that is full of 7..«i is- leaves. ni'f/i.14. 14 Therefore the flight fliall perifh ,0r>,TOlB from the fvvift, and the ftrong fhall £#'?"''■ not ftrengthen his force, neither Jhall or'/wif the mighty deliver f himfelf : 1 5 Neither fliall he ftami that han- , ChaP. dleth the bow, and he that is fwift of9' *»**• foot fhall not deliver himfelf; neither |, \)%% fliall he that rideth the horfe deliver or» W* himfelf: 1 6 And he that is -j-courageous among J™'sVki the mighty fliall flee away naked in c""u that day, faith the Lord. CHAP III. 1 The necejjity of 'Gods judgment againft Ifrael. 9 Vhe publication oj it, and the caujes thereof HEar this word that the Lord hath fpoken againft you, O chil- dren of Ifrael, againft the wholefamily which I brought up from the land of Egypt, faying, 2 a You only have I known of all S^/j.'S the families of rhe earth: therefore I bSee0m. will f punithyou for all your iniquities. £;,[*, 2I 3 Can two walk together except "ki.-' they be agreed ? i'.2^ ='. -. 4 Will a lion roar in the foreft ll>ct4-'7- when he hath no prey ? will a young l^';an. lion f cry out of his den if he have 1 h«& taken nothing ? euvSui 5 Can a bird fall in a fnare upon the earth where no gin is for him ? (hall one take up a fnare from the earth and have taken nothing at all? ||f)r 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the mna city and the people |4 not be afraid ? '^''J"r' c fhall there be evil in a city || and \^"„J' the Lord hath not done /"/ .-•' Tord^ 7 Surel> ibouwbat) The caufe of Gods judgment. SSl? 1 7 Surely the Lord God will do no- ?■>?■ , thing, but d he revealech his fecret dGca 613. unto his fervants the prophets. 7+. 8 e The lion iiath roared, who will 'J5 not fear? the Lord God hath fpo- *.' ken, f who can but prophefy ? 9 % Publiih in the palaces at Afh- dod, and in the palaces in the land of Eaypt, and fay, Aflemble yourfelves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the exeat tumults in the midft & :H Join i eCJk I f A«s . 10. ft H or.' thereof, and the li oppreiied in the "•*"* midft thereof. 10 For they know not to do right, faith the Lord, who ftore up vio- iior,/^:i. lence and l| robbery in their palaces. 1 1 Therefore thus faith the Lord God, An adverfary there (hall be even round about the l.'.nd; and he fhall bring down thy ftrength from thee, and thy palaces (hall befpoiled. 12 Thus faith the Lord, As the ?/<"««/*. fliepherd f taketh out of the mouth. of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear ; fo fhall the children of Ifrael be taken out that dwell in Samaria, in '' or, the corner of a bed, and II in Dsmaf- (, u the bca s , 7 " j,ct. cus in a. couch. i 3 Hear ye, and teftify in the houfe of Jacob, faith the Lord God, the Gbdofhofts, t,Qr,pun;jb uThatin the day that I (hall J| vifit UtMijor. the tranfgreflions of Ifrael upon him, I will alfo vilit the altars of Beth-el ; and the horns of the altar fhall be cut off, and fall to the ground. ^judges l5 And I will finite g the winter- ;«. jb.22. houfe with the fummer-houfe ; and b^i King, ^thc houfes of ivory (hill perifh, and the great homes fhall have an end, faith the Lord. CHAP. IV. I He reprove th Ifrael for oppreffion, 4 for idolatry, 6 and for their i:i- corrigiblenefs. l«k*S|a" "LJEar this word, ye akine of Ba- ■yj. i&, ±± fh3Il5 V|,at are in the mountain of Samaria, which opprefs the poor, which crufh the needy, which f.y to their mailers, Bring, and let us drink. i M 89 ;s- 2 bThe Lord Goo hath fworn by his holinefs, that, lo, the days fhall come upon you, that he will take you away c with hooks, and your pollerity with fifh- hooks. 3 And d ye fhall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her ; and || ye fliall cart them into the palace, faith the Lord. 4 t Come to Beth-el end tranfgrefs ; at'Gilgal multiply tr.uifgrtifion; and bring your facrifkes every morning, f and your tithes after \ three years ; CHAP. Ill, IV, V. Ifraels incorrigiblenefs reproved. 5 g And f offer, a facrifke of thankf- &*« giving with leaven, and proclaim and 787. publifh the 'free-offerings : for f this ^7^7"' liketh yon, O ye t hihlren of Ifrael, 'j.'** faith the Lord God. ; tneb. 6.1 And I alfo have given you f'f£„^ cle.innefs of teeth in all your cities, --h ... }, and want of bread in ail your places ; ytlvat' yet have ye net returned unto me, faith the Lord. 7 And alfo I have with-iholden the roin from you, when theft* were yet . three months to the harveft ; and I caufed it to rain upon one c ityi and caufed it not to rain upon another, city :' one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. 8 So two or three cities wandered unto one city to drink water ;" but they were not fatisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, faith the Lord. 9 * I have fmitten ycu with b 1 :• ft - *£**| ing and mildew; ]| when your gar- "4 i'17 dens, and your vineyards, and your •|"r.'.7''", fig-trees, and your olive-trees, xn-coffurear. c Jerem. it 16. 11. r>. I. d Ezeii: & I*. II. CUsp. 5. <■ f IXjut. eathem: yet have ye not returned ££ """"'"» unto me, faith the Lord. -jkit-.j. • 10 I have fent among you the pe- %-.?v2i flilence || after the manner of Egypt; $„*%. your young men have I (lain with the {"word, f and have taken away your Jj^wf* horfes; and I have made the (link of ^|, 'Jut your camps to come up unto your-''""/''''y noftrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, faith the Lord. 11I hive overthrown fame of you, as God overthrew k Sodom and Go- ^,5G?"",f? morrah. ! and ye were as a firebrand >»• 13" 19" plucked out of the burning : yet have j^l,9.1*' ye not returned unto me, faith ttielJ"*8* * Lord- 12 Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Ifrael ; and becaufe I will do this unto thee, ™ prepare to meet thy mSrtEzefc God, Olfrae'. ai^o? 1 § for, lo, ho that formeth the \t\l*' mountains, and createth the || wind, 11 or, n and declareth uuto man what is his.-^™" thought, that maketli the morning i«." darknefs, " and treadeth upon the "°r,u,';r^. high places pf theearth, PTheLoRD, 33*P*_ tije God of hofts, is his name. CHAP. V. 1 A lamentation far Ifrael. 4 An ex- hortation to repentance. 2 1 God 1 e- their hypocritical Jervice. HEar ye this word which I take up againft y<;!i, even a lamentation, O iioufe of Ifrael. 2 The virgin of Ifrael is fallen, flie (hall no more rife , (he is forfaken, F t' f 3 upon Mic I. J. Ch. S «> :S.0. An exhortation to repentance. A M c'hHft' l,Pon her Ian'-1 i &*** '5 none t0 ra!<~e 7«7- her up. * *"-" ' 3 For thus faith the Lord God, The citv that went out by a thoufuul fliall leave an hundred, and thatwh'uh went forth by an liundred fliall leave ten, to the houfe of Ifrael. 4 % For thus faith the Lord unto the houfe of Ifrael, Seek ye me, and ve (hall live. «eh.4.4. ' 5 But feek not ' Beth-el, nor enter ten. s .14. into Gilgal, and pafs not to bBecr- fheba : for Gilgal fliall furely go into EnX$' captivity, and ■« Beth-el (hall come to nougiit. 6 leek the Lord, and ye fliall live ; left he break out like tire in the houfe of Jofeph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el. 4Ch.fi. 12. 7Ye\vho d turnjudgment to worm- wood, and leave off righteoufnefs in the earth, t'Sftg" 8 Seek him that makcth the'fe- ven (tars and Orion, and turneth the Ihadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night ; irc!».s>.c. that 'calleth for the waters of the fea, and poureth them out upon the face gci>4'3 of the earth ;*TheLo RVis his name: + ueb ./pi!. 9 That ftrengthi neth the ffpoiled againll the ftrong, fo that the fpoiled fliall come againft the fortrefs. txfesp 21. io ll They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that fpeaketh uprightly. 1 1 Forafmuch, therefore, as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat; ij^l*39> ' ve ',ave DUilc houfes of hewn Hone, jjt'e'i'o3 kllt y.e f°a^ not dwell in them; ye tHe».' 'iave planted f pleafant vineyards, \f""d' ^ut ye ^ia" 110t dv'vak wine of them. ; 2 Fori know your manifold tranf- grefiions and your mighty fins; they l or, amit't the juft, they cake || a bribe, and tliey turn alide the poor in the gate from their right. kcn.s.ic. t^ Therefore k the prudent fliall keep filence in that time ; for it is an evil time. t4 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and fo the Lord, the God of hufts, fliall be with you, as ye have fpoken. &P7n,o4' * '5 'Hate the evil, and love the k&.u.g j,oot|, and eftabliih judgment in the 3V**ofu" >r.ar" ; '"'t m;,y De that the Lord God of hefts will be gracious unto the |Siix'.i4i remnant of Jofeph. i 6 Thepetore the Lysn, the God of holt:,, the Lord, faith thus, Wail- halt /e in all flreets; and they lay in all the highways, Alas ! O S. Hypocritical feriicerejefleil. man to mourning, and n fuch as are ikilful of lamentation to wailing. nJcT^lJ. 17 And in all vineyards fliall be wailing : for ° I will pafs through 1lx°£M thee, faith the Lord. iS p Woe unto you that defire the ^;'\5;l°- day of the Lord ! to what end is it «« 30. 7. for you ? the day of the Lord it dark- z£ n/i'V nefs, and not light. ****.». 4. 19 q As if a man did flee from a ^J"""- lion, and a bear met him ; or went into the houfe and leaned his hand on the wall, r,nri a ferpent bit him. 20 Shall not the day of the Lord be darknefs, and not light ? even very dark, and no brightnefs in it ? 21 VI hate, I defpife your feaft- jSVia' days, and * I will not || fmell in your .lct.u folemn ailemblies. 2<5"3U 22 Though ye off.r me burnt-offer- /«£«„«, ings, and your meat-offerings, I will b^*vu not accept ihepi ; neither will I re- gard the || peace-offerings of your fit «£* cjr beafts. inn',. 23 Take thou away from mc the noife of thy fongs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. 24 But let judgment f run down as • Heb. »»:;. waters, and righteoufnefs as a mighty ftream. 25 l Have ye offered unto me facri- $?{rl;£' fices and offerings in the wilderntfs 43- *3> forty years, O houfe of Ifrael ? 26 But ye have borne jl the taber- no-, nacle u of your Moloch and Chiun ^;b,our your images, the ftar of your god, u 1 k\*z% which ye made to yourfclves: 27 Therefore will ! caufe you to go into captivity beyond Damafcus,faith the Lord, whole name is The Gcd of hofts. CHAP. VI. 1 The wantonmfs of Ifrael 7 frail be plagued with devolution : 1 2 their incorrigiblenefs with affliction. WOe a to them that [| ate ;it eafe iL.uke in Zion, and trnft in the moun- tain of Samaria, which are named/"' b j| chief of the nations, to whom the J^^1, houfe of Ifrael came ! 0r, *., .?. 2 c Pafs ye unto d Calneh and foe : /ru'''- and from thence go ye to Hamath rN"»--" B- the great: then go down to ' Gath Jlfl'10"c* of the Philiftlnes : be they better than dr. 794. Cbefe kingdoms? or their border e»ci»rc«. greater than your border ? 3 Ye that fput far away the g evil [h";! day, and caufe h the ]j feat of violence bch. 5. is. to come near ; "Pf.c4.10. 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, ||3nd |JJ};4K#_ ftrctcli themfclvesnpontheircoiKlies, ||(Jr> and' and eat the lambs out of the flock, "b;^i„ and 6. i4- I Or, are m Jercm, si. 14. lien. 6. + H-b. a.-.: fulitef, the nf. Ifraels wantennefs plagued. CHAP. gg2 and the calves out of the midft of the 7*7. ftall. ^uT"" 5 ; That || chant to the found of *" the viol, and invenf to themfelves. in- ''tr. ftruments of mufick, k like David; oiron. 6 That drink || wine in bowls, and anoint themfrlves with the chief oint- 'twh >f ments ; ' hue they are not grieved for the f affliction of Jofeph . 'It' 7 H Therefore now (hall they go eh. captive with the firft that go captive, "■"* and the banquet of them that itretch- ed themfelvcs (hall be removed. 8 m The Lord God hath fworn by himfelf, faith the Lord, the God of holts, I abhor the excellency of Ja- cob, and hate his palaces : therefore will I deliver up the city, with all fthat is therein. 9 And it fhall come to pafs, if there remain ten men in one houfe, that they lhall die. 10 And a mans uncle fhall take him up, and he that burnetii him, to bring out the bones out of the houfe, and (hali fay unto him that is by the fides of the houfe, /; there yet any with thee ? And he fhall fay, No. ch.s.ij Then Hull he fay, "Hold thy tongue ; ch.s. 3. ° for jj we may not make mention of "liJJjor tne name of the Lord. 1 1 For, behold, the Lord com- mandeth, and he will fmite the great houfe with ji breaches, and the Tittle houfe with clefts. 12 t Shall horfes run upon the rock? will one\>\o\v there with oxen? for p ye have turned judgment into ctap4'*. 7. gall, and the fruit of righteoufnefs into hemlock. 13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought ; which fay, Have we not taken to us horns by our own ftrength ? 14 But, behold, I will raife up againft you a nation, O houfe of If- rael, faith the Lord, the God of hods; and they fhall afflict you from the entering in of Hamath unto the Lull! II l"iver of the wilckmefs. CHAP. VII. 1 The judgment of the grajlioppers, 4 and of the fire, are diverted by the prayer of Amos. I^Hus hath the Lord God fliewed unto me ; and, behold, he form- JL?/ro?.r"" cd II grafhoppers in the beginning of the (hooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it ivas the latu r growth after the kings mowings. 2 And it came to pafs, that when they had made an end of eating the gr.,fsof the land, then I laid, O Lord God, forgive, I befeech thee; a ||by dumping!. j> Jtofci alfa. 5 1. is >Or. wfe» Jtaia i VI, VII. Judgment i diverted by prayer. whom fhall Jacob arife ? for he is Bef..* fmall. c,r 3 bThe Lord repented for this : b~j~x~~* It fhall not be, faith the Lord. j.k>. 4 1 Thus hath the Lord God (hew- ed unto me ; and, behold, the Lord God called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. 5 Then faid I, O Lord God, ceafe, I befeech thee; cby whom fhall Jacob cVer,»- arife ? for he is fmall. 6 The Lord repented for this : This alfo (hall not be, faith the Lord God. 7 H Thus he fhewed me ; and, be- hold, the Lord flood upon a wall jnade by a plumb-line, with a plumb- line in his hand. 8 And the Lord faid unto me, Amos, what fceft thou ? And I faid, A plumb-line. Then faid the Lord, Behold, d I will fet a plumb-line in *£<£ the midft of my people Ifrael : e I will *i. 'i"v not again pafs by them any more. Kifci.8? 9 f And the high places of Ifaac ech.s. 2. fhall be defolate, and the fan£tuaries f Becr- n. ... ap. 1 8. U. boam with the fword. BPumitc faid to Amaziah, I was no prophet, l^\/thc neither -was I m a prophets fon ; " but H»*fon». 1 -was an herdman, and a gatherer of ™0' K'n8» || fycamore-fruit • nCh_ ,' , 15 And the Lord took me f as Zech ■>:•• s- I followed the flock, and the Lord ["*> fi (aid unto me, Co, prophefy unto iny rH.h. peopl e I frael . -ft1™ '"■ 16 If Now, therefore, hear thou the word of the Lord, Thou fayeit, Prophefy not againft Ifrael, and 0 0 drop not thy word againft the houfe °i.**. * of Ifaac. 17 r Therefore thus faith the Lord, J^fj£«g ^ Thy wife lhall be an harlot in the iJ-i.is. F f f 4 city, iu«f 4-1 }• 0 opreffion reproved. A M city, and thy for? and thy daughters ^_ (hafl fall by the fword, and thy land ^ flftft be divided by line ; and thou fnalt die "in a polluted land : and If- rael (hall ftirely go into captivity forth of his land. C H A P. VIII. iBva bay^offiutimer-frrtit isfliewed Ifraels end. 4 Oppr.effiou reproved. 1 1 A famine of the ivord threatened. THus hath the Lord God (hewed unto me ; and, behold, a bafket of fummer-fr'uit' 2 And he faid, Amos, what feeft thou? And I faid, A ba/ket of fum- mer-fruit. Then faid the Lord un- aEzck.;-- to me, a The end is come upon my bci».7.s. people of Ifrael-, b I will not again pais by them any more. * hi b. 3 And the fongs of the temple -j-lhall be bowlings in that flay, faith the Lord God : then- /Fall be many dead coup.*;, bodies in every place; c they fhall °!,Vh. vaft them forth fwith filence. "•"'• 4 1| Hear this, O ye that d fwallow 3a™*; UP tue needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, 11 or, 5 Saying, When will the || new- """"'■■ moon be gone, that we may fell corn? 5;;r17;.13- and ■ the labbath, that we may f let t \lzt.c?. m. forth wheat, f making the ephah rMic.b.'io fniall, andthcfhekel great, and ffal- lifying the balances by deceit ? 6 Th.,t we may buy the poor for ' cfilver, and the needy for a pair of fhoes ; yea, and fell the refiife of the wheat i 7 The Lord hath fworn by h the excellency Of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. 8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn thatdweil- eth therein ? and it fhall rife up whol- ly as a flood ; and it fhall be cafl out and drowned, '' as by the flood of Egypt. y And it fhall come to pafs in that day. faith the Lord God, kth.it I will caufe the fun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the eh ir day. 10 'And I will tvirn your feafts in- to mourning, and a'.l your fongs into lamentation. m and I will bring up (eckcloth upon all loins, and I aldnefa upon every lead; "arid I will make it as the mourning of an only Jo?:, and the end ther< "fas a bitter day. 11 "i Behold, ih- clays come, faith the Lord God, that I will fend a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thiril for water, but "of hearing the words of the Lokd ; iCH 5 j. OS. Defolation threatened, 1 2 And they fhall wander from fea £<*;£ to fea, antl from the north even to "^ ._, the call ; they fhall run to and fro to fe:k the word of the Lord, and fhall not find it. 1 3 In that day (hall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirft. 14 They that pfwearby s the fin of pl,,f"* IS- Samaria, and fay, Thy god, O Dan, %*£■ liveih ; and, The f manner r of Beer- in.v„r 9- 2. ec 18.2; & 19-y. ij. and never rife up again. CHAP. IX. 1 The certain'}' of the defolation. nT/ie re flaring of the tabernacle of David, andoftlu captivity of Ifrael. I Saw the Lord (landing upon the altar ; and ''he faid, Smite the ]| lintel of the door, that the polts may i°*J,fr.t ■ fhake : and || cut them in the head, «i*»^» all of them ; and I will (lay the laft >,££,, of them with the fword: * he that '""•■ fieeth of them fhall not flee away ; a Cn *■ ,4, and he that efcapeth of them (hall not be delivered. 2 Though they dig into hell, ^ ,3S* thence fhall mine hand take them ; c though they climb up to heaven, J*JJJ^ thence will I bring them down : etaa-i. 3 And though they hide them- felves in the top of Carmel, I will fearch and take them out thcn:e ; and though they be hid from my light in the bottom of the fea, thence will I command the ftrpent, and he fliall bite them : 4And though they go into captivity before their enemies, d thence will 1 'i^Sl'. command the fword, and it fhall flay them : and f I will fet mine eyes upon j£\£* them for evil, and not for good. jer.4*>"« 5 And the Lord God of hofls is he that toucheth the land, and it Anil melt, and all that dwell therein fhall f mourn ; and it (hall rife up wholly fct.8. 8. like a flood, and fliall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. 6 It is he that buiideth his || f 8flo- MJj^ ries in the heaven, and hath founded , Hrt>' his || troop in the earth; hethathcall- • eth for the waters of the fea, and \^^t ,3. poureth them out upon the face of,!0r/' the earth : * The Lord is his name. *""'•"<•• 7 Are ye not as children of the hcb- s- ■■ Ethiopians unto me, O children of,clM '3> Ifrael? faith the Lord. Have not I brought up Ifrael out of the land fc .^^ of Egypt, and the kPhiliftinee from 47.4. >Caphtor,and theSyr}ansfromniKir? 1 »«t. 8 Behold, the eyes oft he Lord Goo , are upon the unful kingdom, and men 1.$. " I will deftroy it from off the face of «J»30. the earth ; faviog that 1 will not ot- 3s. 3«. ' ttrlv The rejloration of Davids C H A j^ terly deftroy the houfe of Jacob, faith 1*i- the Lord. ~" ' 9 For, lo, I will command, and I |;b;a will t fift the houfe of Ifrael among «*• all nations, like as com is fifted in a [*' fieve, yet (hall not the leaft f grain fall upon the earth. i o All the finners of my people (hall hivX' ■- die by the fword, ° which fay, The evil fhall not overtake nor prevent us. 1 1 t In that day will I raife up the .Aasis. p tabernacle of David that is fallen, t hcb. and f clofe up the breaches thereof, tiu! m' zn^ * W1^ ral**e UP ms rums» a°d I will build it as in the days of old : b oba