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TO THE -MOST HIGH AND MIGHTY PRINCE 
 
 JAMES, 
 
 BY THE GRACE OF GOD, 
 
 KING OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND IRELAND, 
 
 DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, &c. 
 
 The Translators of the BiBle wish Grace, Mercy, and Peace, 
 through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. 
 
 GREAT and manifold were the blessings, most dread Sovereign, which AI- 
 mighty God, the Fatlier of all mercies, bestowed upon us the people of 
 England, when first he sent Your IMajesty's Royal Person to rule and reign 
 over us. For whereas it was the expectation of many, who wished not well unto 
 our Sion, that upon the setting of that bright Occidental Star, Qiieen Eliza- 
 beth of most happy memory, some thick and palpable clouds of darkness would 
 so have overshadowed this Land, that men should have been in doubt which 
 way they were to walk : and that it should hardly be known, who was to direct 
 the unsettled State ; the appearance of Your Majesty, as of the Sun in his 
 strength, instantly dispelled those supposed and surmised mists, and gave unto 
 all that were well aifected exceeding cause of comfort ; espeeially when we be- 
 held the Government established in Your Highness, and Your hopeful Seed, by 
 an undoubted Title, and this also accompanied with peace and tranquillity at 
 home and abroad. 
 
 But among all our joys, there was no one that more filled our hearts, than 
 the blessed continuance of the preaching of God's sacred Word among us ; 
 which is that inestimable treasure, which excelleth all the riches of the earth ; 
 because the fruit thereof extendeth itself, not only to the time spent in this 
 transitory world, but directeth and dlsposeth men unto that eternal happiness 
 v/hich is above in heaven. 
 
 Then not to suffer this to fall to the ground, but rather to take it up, and 
 to continue it in that state, wherein the famous Predecessor of Your Highness 
 did leave it : nay, to go forward with the confidence and resolution of a Man in 
 maintaining the truth of Christ, and propagating it far and near, is that which 
 hath so boimd and firmly Icnit the hearts of all Your Majesty's loyal and reli- 
 gious people unto You, that Your very name is precious among them : their 
 eye doth behold You with comfort, and they bless You in their hearts, as that 
 sanctified Person, who, under God, is the immediate Author of their true hap- 
 piness. And this their contentment doth not diminish or decay, but every day 
 increaseth and taketh strength, when they observe, that the zeal of Your Ma- 
 jesty toward the house of God doth not slack or go backward, but is more and 
 more kindled, manifesting itself abroad in the farthest parts of Christendom, 
 by writing in defence of the Truth, (which hath given such a blow unto that 
 man of sin, as will not be healed,) and every day at home, by religious and 
 learned discourse, by frequenting the bouse of God, by hearing the Word 
 preached, by cherishing the Teachers thereof, by caring for the Church, as a 
 most tender and loving nursing Father. 
 
 There are infinite arguments of this right christian and religious affection in 
 Your Majesty ; but none is more forcible to declare it to others than the vehe- 
 ment and perpetuated desire of accomplishing and publishing of this work, 
 which now with all humility we present unto Your Majesty. For when Your 
 Highness had once out of deep judgment apprehended how convenient it was, 
 that out of the Original Sacred Tongues, together with comparing of the labours, 
 both in our own, and other foreign Languages, of many worthy men who went 
 ]>efore us, there should be one more exact Translation of the holy Scriptures 
 into the English Tongue,- Your Majesty did never desist to urge and to excite 
 those to whom it was^ commended, that the work might be hastened, and that 
 the business might be expedited in so decent a manner, as a matter of such 
 importance might justly require. 
 
 And now at last, by the mercy of God, and the continuance of our labours, 
 it being brought unto such a conclusion, as that we have great hopes that tlie 
 Church of England shall reap good fruit thereby ; we hold it our duty to ofier 
 
to tho prin. 
 
 iiuwt Sai"n<l 
 
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 II and 
 
 • hoJMJ 
 
 xliill ilisjiiay 
 •p«)iM nt liotim 
 
 THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY. 
 
 it to Your Majesty, not only as to our Kinw: and Sov. r. 
 
 ripal Mover and Author of the w(trk : liumbly crav 
 
 Maji-sty, that since things of this (juality have evrr 
 
 Huns of illm<>anlng and dinrfrntented ix'rsons, it may r< c. i 
 
 patronace from so h*arned and Judicious a I*rinc4« an Your 1 1 
 
 iillowann- and acceptance of our lalxmrn shall more lionour 
 
 than all the (-alumniatioTis an«l hard Intrrpntations of «ither ir 
 
 us. So that if, on the one side, Wc shall be lni<lu<><l hy Popish 
 
 or a1)road. who therefore will maliKU us, JncauM- wr are p<Kir instniiiients t' 
 
 make God's holy Truth to he yit more and more known unto the jx'ople. whom 
 
 they desire still to ke<i» in i«iioniii<-e and .(arkness; or if, jm tlie other si«le, wo 
 
 sliail bo maligned by s«lfeoneeited HrethrOn. who nin their own ways, riini givH 
 
 liking unto nuthing, but what is framed l>y themselves, and hanimere<l on their 
 
 anvil; we may rest s«-<'ure. sujiported within by the trutli an<l intio«( ney of a 
 
 gootl conscience, having walked the ways of simollcity and lnt«'ifrity, as U-fore 
 
 the Lord; and sustained witliout by the p<jwerful protection of Your Ma^jesty's 
 
 grace and favour, which will ever give o>untenanr*' to honoflt and christiaii 
 
 endeavours against bitter ci-nsurcfl and uncharitable imputationa. 
 
 The Lord of heaven ami earth Me«s Your Maji*«ty with many an<l happy days, 
 that, as his lieavenly ban«l hatli enrichinl Your Iligiiness with many 
 singular an«l extriordinarj- graces, m You may Im* the wonder of the 
 world in tills 1 itter age for happiness and true felicity, to the honour of 
 that great (JOl), and the good of Lis Church, through JesuB Christ our 
 Lord and only Saviour. 
 
 THE NA!»TES AND ORDER 
 
 OF ALL THK 
 
 BOOKS OF THK OLD AM) NKW TESTAMENT, 
 
 WITH THE NUMBER OF THEIR CHAPTERS. 
 
 The Books of the Old Testament. 
 
 
 Chapi. 
 
 
 Ckapt. 
 
 
 Chapi. 
 
 GENESIS . . 
 
 . 5(i 
 
 II. Clironiclea . 
 
 . 36 1 Daniel . . . . 
 
 . 12 
 
 Exmlus . . . 
 
 . 40 
 
 Ezra .... 
 
 . 10 H(jsea 
 
 . H 
 
 
 . til 
 . 36 
 
 Nehemiah . . 
 Ivsther . . . 
 
 . 13 
 . 10 
 
 Jwl . 
 
 
 Numbers . . . 
 
 Amos . . . . 
 
 
 Deuteronomy . 
 
 . ^ 
 
 Job .... 
 
 . 42 
 
 Uba<Jiah . . . . 
 
 
 Joshua . . . 
 
 . 'Jl 
 
 l*salms . . . 
 
 . m 
 
 Jonah 
 
 
 Judges . . . 
 
 . 21 
 
 Proverbs . . . 
 
 . 31 
 
 Micah . . . . 
 
 
 Ruth .... 
 
 4 
 
 Ecclesiastes . . 
 
 . 12 
 
 Nahum . . . . 
 
 
 I. Samuel . . . 
 
 . 31 
 
 Song of Solomon 
 
 . 8 
 
 Haljakkuk . . . 
 
 
 II. Samuel . . 
 
 . 24 
 
 Isaiah .... 
 
 . 66 
 
 Zephaniah . . . 
 
 
 1. Kings . . . 
 
 . 22 
 
 Jeremiah . . . 
 
 . 52 
 
 Haggai . . . . 
 
 
 11. Kings . . 
 
 . 25 
 
 Lamentations . 
 
 . 5 
 
 Zechariah . . . 
 
 . U 
 
 I. Chronicles . . 
 
 . 29 
 Tlie 
 
 Ezekiel . . . 
 
 . 48 
 
 Malachi . . . . 
 
 
 
 Books of the New 
 
 Testament. 
 
 
 MATTHEW . 
 
 . . 28 
 
 Ephesians . . . 
 
 . 6 
 
 To the Hebrews . 
 
 . 13 
 
 Mark .... 
 
 . . 16 
 
 Philippiana . . 
 
 4 
 
 Epistle of James 
 
 5 
 
 Luke .... 
 
 . . 24 
 
 Colossians . . . 
 
 4 
 
 I.Peter . . . . 
 
 .V 
 
 John .... 
 
 . . 21 
 
 I. Thessaloniang . 
 
 . 5 
 
 IL Peter . . . 
 
 . 3 
 
 The Acts . . 
 
 . . 28 
 
 II. Thessalonians 
 
 . 3 
 
 I. John . . . . 
 
 . 5 
 
 Epistle to the Romans 16 
 
 I. Timothy . . 
 
 . 6 
 
 ILJohn . . . 
 
 . 1 
 
 I. Corinthians 
 
 . . 16 
 
 IL Timothy . . 
 
 . 4 
 
 IILJohn . . . 
 
 . 1 
 
 I L Corinthians 
 
 . . 13 
 
 Titus 
 
 . 3 
 
 Jude 
 
 . 1 
 
 Oalatians . . 
 
 . . 6 
 
 Philemon . . . 
 
 . 1 
 
 Revelation . . . 
 
 . 22 
 
THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED 
 
 GENESIS. 
 
 IS gOQf^ 
 
 *^^ CHAPTER I. 
 
 Hi€ creation of heaven and earth, 
 3 of the lights 6 of the fi^-mament, 
 9 of the earth separated from the 
 waters, 11 and made fruitful, 14 
 of the sun, moon, and stars, 20 of 
 fish arid f Old, 24 of beasts anvd cat- 
 tle, 26 of man in tlie image of God. 
 29 Also the appointment of food. 
 
 IN tlie beginning God created 
 the heaven and the earth, 
 
 2 And the earth was without 
 form, and void; and darkness 
 was upon the face of the deep. 
 And the Spirit of God moved 
 upon the face of the waters. 
 
 3 And God said, Let there be 
 light : and there was hght. 
 
 4 And God saw the light, that 
 if was good : and God divided 
 the light from the darlaiess. 
 
 5 And God called the hght 
 Day, and the darkness he call- 
 ed Night. And the evemng and 
 the monimg were the first day. 
 
 6 IF And God said, Let there 
 be a firmament in the midst of 
 the waters, and let it divide the 
 waters from the waters. 
 
 7 And God made the firma- 
 ment, and divided the waters 
 which were under the tii-ma- 
 ment from the waters which 
 'were above the firmament : and 
 it was so. 
 
 8 And God called the firma- 
 ment Heaven. And the even- 
 ing and the morning were the 
 second day. 
 
 9 H And God said. Let the 
 -^^tei-s under the heaven be ga- 
 thered together unto one place, 
 and let the diy land appear: 
 and it was so. 
 
 10 And God called the dry 
 land Earth ; and the gathering 
 together of the waters called he 
 Seas : and God saw that it was 
 good. 
 
 11 And God said, Let the earth 
 bring forth grass, the herb yield- 
 ing seed, and the fruit tree yield- 
 
 ing fruit after his kind, whose 
 seed is in itself, upon the earth : 
 and it was so. 
 
 12 And the earth brought forth 
 grass, a7id herb yielding seed af- 
 ter his Idnd, and the tree yield- 
 ing fruit, whose seed was in it- 
 self, after his kind : and God 
 saw that it was good. 
 
 13 And the evening and the 
 morning were the third day. 
 
 14 1[ Ajid God said, Let there be 
 lights in the firmament cf the 
 heaven to divide the day from 
 the night; and let them be for 
 signs, and for seasons, and lor 
 days, and years : 
 
 15 And let them be for lights 
 in the firmament of the heaven 
 to give light upon the earth: 
 and it was so, 
 
 16 And God made tvro great 
 lights ; the greater light to rule 
 the day, and the lesser light to 
 rule the night: he made the 
 stars also. 
 
 17 Ajid God set them in the 
 firmament of the heaven to give 
 light upon the earth, 
 
 18 And to rule over the day 
 and over the night, and to di- 
 vide the light from the dark- 
 ness : and God saw that it was 
 good. 
 
 19 And the evening and the 
 morning were the fourth day. 
 
 20 And God said. Let the wa- 
 ters bring forth abundantly the 
 moving creature that hath hfe, 
 and fowl that may fly above the 
 earth in the open firmament of 
 heaven. 
 
 21 And God created great 
 whales, and every living crea- 
 ture that moveth, which the 
 waters bi'ought forth abundant- 
 ly, after their kind, and every 
 winged fowl after his land : and 
 God saw that it iv&s good. 
 
 22 And God blessed them, say- 
 ing, Be fruitful, and multiply. 
 
• The creaiim of man. GENESIS, II 
 
 and fill tlie waters in the eenfi, 
 and let fowl multiply in the 
 earth. 
 
 23 And the eveninp and the 
 moniinir were the lifth dav. 
 
 24 •[ And G(k1 paid. Let the 
 earth brin^ forth the living' 
 creature after his kind, rattle, 
 and creeping; thin^', and K-ant 
 of the earth after hie kind : and 
 it was 8(). 
 
 25 And GckI imide the Wast 
 of the eailh after his kind, and 
 rattle after their kind, and eve- 
 r>' tiling' that rn'ei>eth urxui the 
 e^rth after his kind: and G(k1 
 gjiw that it was LM)«>d. 
 
 2(5 •[ And God said, Let up 
 make man in our ima>re, after 
 our lik«'nefis: and let them have 
 dominion over tlie fish of the 
 sea. and over the fowl of the air, 
 and over the cattle, and (»ver 
 all the earth, and over ever>' 
 creepini; tliiiitf that creepeth 
 upon the earth. 
 
 27 So G(hI cnated man in his 
 own imat^'e, in the imaire of G(k1 
 created he him: male and fe- 
 male created he them. 
 
 2S And God bleHseti them and 
 G(kI Siud unto them, Ik' tniit- 
 ful, and multiply, and n^jilenish 
 the earth, and sulxlue it : and 
 have dominion over the fish of 
 the sea, and over the fowl of the 
 air, and over everj' living thing 
 that moveth uj»on the earth. 
 
 29 r And God said. Behold, I 
 have g-iven you every herb hear- 
 ing 8ced, wliich is upon the face 
 of all the earth, and ever>' tree, 
 in the which is the fruit of a 
 tree yielding seed; to you it 
 shall be for meat. 
 
 30 And to everj' beast of the 
 earth, and to everj^ fowd of the 
 air, and to everj^ tiling that 
 creepeth upon the eanh, where- 
 in there is life, I have given 
 every- green herb for meat : and 
 it was so. 
 
 31 And God saw everv' thing 
 that he had made, and, behold, 
 it was ver>^ good. And the even- 
 ing and the morning were the 
 sisth day. 
 
 Thefirtl iolixith. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 1 The firnt mUHtth. 4 Ttie nwnwr 
 of the creation, h Hie jilnnting pf 
 the {inrden of E*lrn. I(» amt {he n- 
 ver threof. 17 Tht tre» v.l.. V.m 
 ledi,f only fori.idiUn. VJ. itliji^ 
 utiiniu{i of the creuturet. 21 .,,, 
 mnkiu'j of tirnnun. aud inttitutw 
 of iwirriaffe. 
 
 T Ill's the heaveuH an<l tlie 
 earth werv finiphed, and nil 
 the host of them. 
 
 2 .Vnd on the st^-ventli day (Jul 
 ended his work wliich he had 
 made ; and he rested on the 
 sevjMith day from all liis work 
 which he had made. 
 
 3 And (toil blessed the wventh 
 day, and sanctified it : l>i*cauBe 
 that in it he had R'sted from 
 all his w(Tk whicli G(k1 created 
 and made. 
 
 4 ^ These are the generations 
 of the heavens and r)f the earth 
 wlien they were rreattnl. in the 
 day that the Loan (UhI niacle 
 the earth and the heavens, 
 
 5 And every j»lant of the field 
 before it was m the earth, and 
 every herb of the field iK-fore 
 it gR'W : for the LoiU) G(k1 had 
 not caused it to rain upon the 
 earth, and there was not a man 
 to till the groimd. 
 
 T) Ihit there went up a mist 
 from the earth, and watered the 
 whole face of the ground. 
 
 7 And the Lori» God formed 
 man of the dust of the ground, 
 and breathed into liis nostrils 
 the breath of life ; and man lie- 
 came a living sr)ul. 
 
 8 ^ And the Lf»Ri» God plant- 
 ed a garden eastward in Eden ; 
 and there he put the man whom 
 he had formed. 
 
 9 And out of the ground made 
 the Lord God to grow ever>' 
 tree that is pleasant to the sight, 
 and good for food; the tree of 
 life also in the midst of the gar- 
 den, and the tree of knowledge 
 of good and e\il. 
 
 10 And a river went out of E- 
 den to w ater the garden ; and 
 from thence it was parted, and 
 became into four heads. 
 
 11 The name of the first is Pi- 
 
Mamage institukd. GENESIS,. III. The fall of man. " 
 
 Woman, because she was taken 
 out of Man. 
 
 24 Therefore shall a man leave 
 his father and his mother, and 
 shall cleave unto his wife : and 
 they shall be one flesh. 
 
 25 And they were both naked, 
 the man and his wife, and were 
 not ashamed. 
 
 son: that is it which compass- 
 eth the whole land of HaAilah, 
 where there is gold ; 
 
 12 And the gold of that land 
 is good: there is bdelliiun and 
 the onsrx stone. 
 
 13 And the name of the se- 
 cond river is Gihon: the same 
 is it that compasseth the whole 
 land of Ethiopia. 
 
 14 And the name of the thu'd 
 river is Hiddekel : that is it 
 which goeth toward the east of 
 Assyria. And the fourth river 
 is Euphrates. 
 
 15 Ajid the Lord God took 
 the man, and put him into the 
 garden of Eden to dress it and 
 to keep it. 
 
 16 And the Lord God com- 
 manded the man, saying, Of 
 every tree of the garden thou 
 mayest freely eat : 
 
 17 But of the tree of the know- 
 ledge of good and evil, thou 
 shait not eat of it: for in the 
 day that thou eatest thereof 
 thou shalt surely die. 
 
 18 H And the Loed God said, 
 It is not good that the man 
 should be alone ; I ^yl\l make 
 him an help meet for him. 
 
 19 And out of the ground the 
 Lord God formed every beast 
 of the held, and every fowl of 
 the ah ; and brought them unto 
 Adam to see what he would call 
 them : and whatsoever Adam 
 called every hving creature, that 
 was the name thereof. 
 
 20 And Adam gave names to 
 all cattle, and to the fowl of the 
 air, and to every beast of the 
 field; but for Adam there was 
 not found an help meet for him. 
 
 21 And the Lord God caused 
 a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, 
 and he slept : and he took one 
 of his ribs, and closed up the 
 flesh instead thereof ; » 
 
 22 And the rib, which the 
 Lord God had taken from 
 man, made he a woman, and 
 brought her unto the man. 
 
 23 And Adam said, This is now 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 The serpent deeeivetli Eve. 6 Man's 
 shameful fall. 9 God arraigneth 
 them, li Tlie serpent is cursed. 
 15 The p)'omised seed. 16 The pu- 
 nishment of manlind. 21 Their 
 first clothing. 22 Their casting out 
 of piaradise. 
 
 NOW the serpent was more 
 subtil than any beast of 
 the field which the Lord God 
 had made. And he said unto 
 the woman, Yea, hath God said. 
 Ye shall not eat of every tree 
 of the garden? 
 
 2 And the woman said unto the 
 serpent, We may eat of the fruit 
 of the trees of the garden : 
 
 3 But of the fruit of the tree 
 which is in the midst of the 
 garden, God hath said, Ye shall 
 not eat of it, neither shall ye 
 touch it, lest ye die. 
 
 4 And the seipent said unto 
 the woman. Ye shall not sure- 
 ly die : 
 
 5 For God doth know that in 
 the day ye eat thereof, then 
 your eyes shall be opened, and 
 ye shall be as gods, knowing 
 good and CA'il. 
 
 6 And when the woman saw 
 that the tree was good for food, 
 and that it was pleasant to the 
 eyes, and a tree to be desired 
 to make one wise, she took of 
 the fmit thereof, and did eat, 
 and gave also unto her husband 
 with her ; and he did eat. 
 
 7 And the eyes of them both 
 were opened, and they knew 
 that they were naked ; and they 
 sewed fig leaves together, and 
 made themselves aprons. 
 
 8 And they heard the voice of 
 the Lord God walking in the 
 
 bone of my bones, and flesh of garden in the cool of the day : 
 my flesh ; she shall be called I and Adam and his wife md 
 
 A2 
 
Tfte serpent is curs^ai. GENESIS. IV. ( .uu .i.ol Mm-I hum. 
 
 theniftelvefi from the pivseiife Hlialt thou cat brvad, till thou 
 i)f tlie Lord (iod amongst the i R-tuni uiit<> the jrrouiui; for out 
 
 trees of till' ^'ardell. 
 
 it \\i\A thou taken : for <luHt 
 
 \) Ami the Loud CJod called thou art, and unto dust slialt 
 
 unto Adam, and said mito him, thou return. 
 
 Where art thou? I 2U And Adiim called hin wife's 
 
 10 And he sjiid, I heartl thy name Eve; iH'cauHe she wa« the 
 oice in the M:arden, and I wafi mother of all li\inj:. 
 
 afraid, hecause I wwi naked; 
 and I hid nivself. 
 
 11 And he wiid, Wh«. told thee 
 that tliou trast nake«iV Hast 
 tliou i-aten of the tree whereof 
 I connnunded thee that thou 
 shouldest not eat? 
 
 12 And the man wiid, Tlie 
 \s«tnian whom thou jravest to 
 he with me, she ^'ave me of 
 the tree, and I did eat. 
 
 IS And tlie Loici; (tod wiid 
 unto the Nvouian, What in this 
 tlint thou hast done? And the 
 woman said, 'J'he serjH'nt Ih.'- 
 ^Miiled nif, and 1 did eat. 
 
 14 And llie Lountioil said nnt** 
 tlie si-rpent. Incause thou hast 
 done this, thou art cui-sed alnive 
 all cattle, and above eveiy In-ast 
 of the lield; un«>n thy l)elly slialt 
 thou u«>, and dust shalt thou eat 
 all the days of thy life: 
 
 15 And 1 will i»ut enmity be- 
 tween thee and the woman, and 
 between thy Beed and her S4.*ed: 
 it shall bruise thy head, and 
 th<ju shalt bruise his heel. 
 
 H) Unto the woman he said, I 
 will irreatly multiply thy sorrow 
 and thy conception ; in soiTow 
 thou shalt brinir forth children; 
 and thy desire ^hall he to thy 
 husband, and he shall rule over 
 thee. 
 
 17 And unto Adam he said. Be- 
 cause thou hast hearkened unto 
 the voice of thy wife, and hast 
 eaten of the tree, of wliich I 
 commanded thee, sayinj?. Thou 
 shalt not eat of it : cursed is the 
 groimd for thy sake ; in sorrow 
 shalt thou eat of it all the days 
 of thy life; 
 
 18 Thorns also and thistles 
 shall it brinsj forth to thee 
 
 21 rnt<» Adam also and to liie 
 wife (lid the Loud (ickI make 
 cctatHof skins, and clotlied them. 
 
 22 • Ami tin* Loud (i<m1 wiid, 
 Ik'hohl, the num i« l>ecome aH 
 one of UK, to know good and 
 evil : And now, lest he put forth 
 hiH liand^ and take alHo of the 
 tree of life, and eat, and live 
 for ever: 
 
 2:J Therefore the LoUD CukX 
 R4*nt him forth from the garden 
 of Kden.to till the ground from 
 whence he wan taken. 
 
 24 So he drove out the man; 
 and he plarvd at the cant of tlie 
 garden (»fKden Chenibims, and 
 a llaming swonl which turned 
 eveiy way, to keep the way of 
 the tree of life. 
 
 CHAITER IV. 
 1 Tlie birth. tnuU', ami religion of 
 Vnin and Ajnl. H lite murder of 
 AM. 11 Thp rurne of Cain. 17 
 Enoch the first rity. i;» Laviprh 
 ami his tiro mires. '46 21ie birth 
 of Selh, 2»"i and Enos. 
 
 VND Ailam knew Eve his 
 wife; and she coiH*eived, 
 and bare Cain, and said, I have 
 gotten a man from the Lori». 
 
 2 And she again bare his bro- 
 ther Ab«d. And Alx'l was a 
 keei)er of sheep, but Cain was 
 a tiller of the ground. 
 
 3 Ai\d in process of time it 
 came to pass, that Cain brought 
 of the Imit of the ground an 
 oflering unto the Lord. 
 
 4 And Alxjl, he also brought of 
 the lii-stlings of his flock and of 
 tlie fat thereof. And the Lord 
 had respect unto Abel and to 
 liis offering : 
 
 5 But unto Cain and to his of- 
 fering he had not respect. And 
 
 and thou shalt eat the herb of | Cain was very wroth, and liis 
 
 the field ; 
 19 In the sweat of thy face 
 
 countenance fell. 
 6 And the Lord said unto Cain, 
 
The murder of AM. 
 
 GENESIS, V. 
 
 SetJi and Enos horn. 
 
 Why art thou wroth? and why 
 is thy countenance fallen ? 
 
 7 If thou doest well, shalt thou 
 not be accepted? and if thou 
 doest not well, sin lieth at the 
 door. And unto thee shall be 
 his desire, and thou shalt rule 
 over him. 
 
 8 And Cain talked with Abel 
 his brother: and it came to 
 pass, when they were in the 
 field, that Cain rose up against 
 Abel his brother, and slew him. 
 
 9 IF And the Lord said unto 
 Cam, Where is Abel thy bro- 
 ther r And he said, I know not : 
 Am I my brother's keeper ? 
 
 10 And he said. What hast 
 thou done? the voice of thy 
 brother's blood crieth unto me 
 from the ground. 
 
 11 And now art thou cui-sed 
 from the earth, which hath open- 
 ed her mouth to receive thy 
 brother's blood from thy hand ; 
 
 12 When thou tillest the 
 ground, it shall not henceforth 
 yield unto thee her strength ; a 
 fugitive and a vagabond shalt 
 thou be in the earth. 
 
 13 And Cain said unto the 
 Lord, My punishment is 
 greater than I can bear. 
 
 14 Behold, thou hast driven 
 me out this day from the face 
 of the earth ; and from thy face 
 shall I be hid ; and I shall be a 
 fugitive and a vagabond in the 
 earth; and it shall come to pass, 
 that every one that findeth me 
 shall slay me. 
 
 15 And the Lord said unto 
 him. Therefore whosoever slay- 
 eth Cain, vengeance shall be 
 taken on him sevenfold. And 
 the Lord set a mark upon Cain, 
 lest any finding him should Mil 
 him. 
 
 16 K And Cam went out from 
 the presence of the Lord, and 
 dwelt in the land of Nod, on 
 the east of Eden. 
 
 17 And Cain laiew his wife ; and 
 she conceived, and bare Enoch : 
 and he builded a city, and called 
 the name of the city, after the 
 name of his son, Enoch. 
 
 18 And unto Enoch was born 
 Irad : and Irad begat Mehu- 
 jael: and Mehujael begat Me- 
 thusael: and Methusael begat 
 Lamech. 
 
 19 H And Lamech took imto 
 him two wives : the name of 
 the one was Adah, and the 
 name of the other Zillah. 
 
 20 And Adah bare Jabal: he 
 was the father of such as dwell 
 in tents, and of such as have 
 cattle. 
 
 21 And his brother's name was 
 Jubal : he was the father of all 
 such as handle the harp and 
 organ. 
 
 22 And Zillah, she also bare 
 Tubal -cain, an instructer of 
 eveiy artificer in brass and 
 u'on: and the sister of Tubal- 
 cain was Naamah. 
 
 23 And Lamech said unto his 
 mves, Adah and Zillah, Hear 
 my voice ; ye wives of Lamech, 
 hearken unto my speech : for I 
 have slain a man to my wound- 
 ing, and a young man to my 
 hurt. 
 
 24 If Cain shall be avenged 
 sevenfold, truly Lamech seven- 
 ty and sevenfold. 
 
 25 H And Adam knew his wife 
 again ; and she bare a son, and 
 called his name Seth : For God, 
 said she, hath appointed me 
 another seed instead of Abel, 
 whom Cain slew. 
 
 26 And to Seth, to him also 
 there was bona a son; and he 
 called his name Enos: then 
 began men to call upon the 
 name of the Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 I The genedhgy, age, and death of 
 the patriarchs from Adam, unto 
 Noah. 24 The godliness and trans- 
 lation of Enoch. 
 
 THIS is the book of the gene- 
 rations of Adam. In the day 
 that God created man, in the 
 likeness of God made he him ; 
 
 2 Male and female created he 
 them; and blessed them, and 
 called their name Adam, in the 
 day when they were created. 
 
 3 IFAnd Adam lived an him- 
 
The geneoHooy 
 
 GEXESLS, VI. 
 
 of tJie patnarclts. 
 
 dred and thirty years, and l)e- 1 
 gat a son in his own hk«.'ness, | 
 alter his image; and called his 
 name Setli : 
 
 4 And the days of Adam after 
 he liad l)efrotten 8cth were eight 
 hundred years: and he begat 
 sons and daughters : 
 
 5 And all tlie tltiys that Adam 
 lived were nine huinlred and 
 tliirty years : and \ui (hed. 
 
 6 And 8eth lived an hunch^ed 
 and five years, and begat Enos : 
 
 7 And Seth lived altiT he 1k?- 
 gat Enos eight hundred and 
 seven years, and begat 8<jn8 
 and daughters : 
 
 8 And all the days of Seth 
 were nine hundR'd and twelve 
 years : and he died. 
 
 9 H And Enos lived ninety 
 yeaT-s, and begat Cainau : 
 
 10 And Enos lived alter he bo- 
 jrat Cainan eight hundred and 
 fifteen yeai-s, and begat sons 
 and dautxhters: 
 
 11 And all the days of Enos 
 were nine hinidred and five 
 years : and he died. 
 
 12 •; And Cainan lived wn-enty 
 years, and begat INIahalaleel : 
 
 13 And Cainan lived alter he 
 begat Mahalaleel eight him- 
 dred and forty years, and be- 
 gat sons and daughters : 
 
 14 And all the days of Cai- 
 nan were nine hundred and ten 
 yeai-s : and he died. 
 
 15 *^ And Mahalaleel lived sixty 
 and five years,tind Ix'gat .Tared : 
 
 16 And Mahalaleel lived after 
 he begat Jarefl eight Inmdred 
 and tliiitj' years, and begat sons 
 and daughters : 
 
 17 And all the days of Ma- 
 halaleel were eight hundred 
 ninety and five years: and he 
 died. 
 
 18 ^ And Jared lived aji hun- 
 dred sixty and two years, and 
 he begat Enoch : 
 
 19 And Jared lived after he be- 
 gat Enoch eight hmidred years, 
 and begat sons and daughters : 
 
 20 And all the days of Jared 
 were nine hundied sixty and 
 two years : and he died. 
 
 21 *^ And Enoch lived sixty 
 and five years, and begat Me- 
 thuselah : 
 
 22 And En<x-h walked with 
 Ci(xl after he begat Methuselah 
 three hinidred yearH, and Ix'gat 
 sons and daughters : 
 
 23 And all the days of Enoch 
 were three hundred sixty and 
 five years : 
 
 24 And Enoch walked with 
 (icxl : and he was not; fur God 
 t<K)k him. 
 
 2') And Methuselah lived an 
 hundreil eighty and sevt*n years, 
 and l)egat Lamech : 
 
 2^\ And Methuselah lived after 
 he l>egat Lamech seven hun- 
 dred eighty and two years, and 
 Ix'gat S(nis and daugliters : 
 
 27 And all the days of Methu- 
 selah were nine hundred sixty 
 and nine years : and he <hed. 
 
 28 I And Lamech lived an 
 hundR'd eighty and two years, 
 and iK'gat a f^m: 
 
 2".) And he called his name 
 Noah, saying, This same shall 
 comfort us concerning our work 
 and toil of our hands, because 
 of the ground wliich the Loro 
 hath curw'd. 
 
 ?A) And Lamech lived after he 
 begat Noah five hundied ninety 
 and five years, and begat sons 
 and daughters : 
 
 31 And all the days of Lamech 
 were seven hundred seventy and 
 seven years : and he died. 
 
 32 And Noah was five hun- 
 dred years old: and Noah be- 
 gat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 1 Tfte wicledneKS of the world, which 
 provoked God'n nrrath, and cansed 
 the Hood. 8 Noah findeth grace. 
 li Tfie order, form, and end of the 
 ark. 
 
 AND it came to pass, when 
 l\. men began to multiply on 
 the face of the earth, and daugh- 
 ters were bom unto them, 
 
 2 That the sons of God saw 
 the daughters of men that they 
 were fair ; and they took them 
 wives of all which they chose. 
 
 3 And the Lobd said. My 
 
Tlie order, form. 
 
 GENESIS, Vn. 
 
 and end of the arTc. 
 
 spiiit shall not always strive 
 with man, for that he also is 
 flesh : yet his days shall be an 
 hundred and twenty years. 
 
 4 There were giants in the 
 earth in those days; and also 
 after that, when the sons of God 
 came in unto the daughters of 
 men, and they bare children to 
 them, the same became mighty 
 men which were of old, men of 
 renown. 
 
 5 % And God saw that the 
 wickedness of man was great in 
 the earth, and that every ima- 
 gination of the thoughts of his 
 heart was only evil continually. 
 
 6 And it repented the Lobd 
 that he had made man on the 
 earth, and it grieved him at his 
 heart. 
 
 7 And the Lord said, I will 
 destroy man whom I have cre- 
 ated from the face of the earth ; 
 both man, and beast, and the 
 creeping thing, and the fowls 
 of the air ; for it repenteth me 
 that I have made them. 
 
 8 But Noah found grace in the 
 eyes of the Loed. 
 
 9 % These are the generations 
 of Noah : Noah was a just man 
 and perfect in his generations, 
 a^id Noah walked with God. 
 
 iO And Noah begat three sons, 
 Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 
 
 11 The earth also was corrupt 
 before God, and the earth was 
 filled with violence. 
 
 12 And God looked upon the 
 eaiih, and, behold, it was coi~ 
 rupt ; for all flesh had corrupt- 
 ed his way upon the earth. 
 
 13 And God said unto Noah, 
 The end of all flesh is come be- 
 fore me ; for the earth is filled 
 with violence thi'ough them; 
 and, behold, I wi}l destroy them 
 with the earth. 
 
 14 H Make thee an ark of gopher 
 wood; rooms shalt thou make 
 m. the ark, and shalt pitch it 
 -withia and without with pitch. 
 
 15 And this is the fashion 
 which thou shalt make it of: 
 The length of the ark shall 
 he three himdred cubits, the 
 
 breadth of it fifty cubits, and 
 the height of it thirty cubits. 
 
 16 A window shalt thou make 
 to the ark,- and in a cubit shalt 
 thou finish it above ; and the 
 door of the ark shalt thou set 
 in the side thereof; with lower, 
 second, and third stoQ^ies shalt 
 thou make it. 
 
 17 And, behold, I, even I, do 
 brmg a flood of waters upon 
 the earth, to destroy all flesh, 
 wherein is the breath of life, 
 from under heaven ; and every 
 tlikig that is m tlie earth shall 
 die, 
 
 18 But with thee will I esta- 
 blish my covenant; and thou 
 shalt come iato the ark, thou, 
 and thy sons, and thy wife, and 
 thy sons' wives with thee. 
 
 19 And of eveiy living thing of 
 all flesh, two of every soi^t shalt 
 thou bring into the ark, to keep 
 them alive with thee ; they shall 
 be male and female. 
 
 20 Of fowls after their kind, 
 and of cattle after their kind, 
 of eveiy creeping thing of the 
 earth after his Idnd, two of 
 eveiy sort shaU come unto thee, 
 to keep them alive. 
 
 21 And take thou unto thee of 
 all food that is eaten, and thou 
 shalt gather it to thee ; and it 
 shall be for food for thee, and 
 for them. 
 
 22 Thus did Noah ; according 
 to all that God commanded him, 
 so did he. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 1 Noah, with his family, and the liv- 
 ing creatures, enter into the arJc. 
 17 TJie heginning, increase, and 
 continuance of the jlood. 
 
 AND the LoED said unto 
 . Noah, Come thou and all 
 thy house into the ark ; for thee 
 have I seen righteous before me 
 in this generation. 
 
 2 Of every clean beast thou 
 shalt take to thee by sevens, 
 the male and his female : and 
 of beasts that are not clean by 
 two, the male and his female. 
 
 3 Of fowls also of the air by 
 sevens, the male and the female ; 
 
Noah entereth the ark. 
 
 GENESIS, VIII. .4//>H?i i> il'ftroiH'd. 
 
 as G(kI lijul comniarnlcrl )iim : 
 and t)i<- L<>ui> sliut liiin in. 
 
 17 And th«' WnA was Inrty 
 days upon the earth; and tl»e 
 waters inrn'a«ed, and ban* \\\\ 
 tlie ark, and it wa« lift up aU»V4- 
 the earth. 
 
 is And tlie watern prevailed, 
 and were inrn*a«Hl jfn*atly up- 
 on the earth; and the ark wtnt 
 iiIKjn the faee of the waters. 
 
 1*J And the watern pn*vailed 
 exreedin^'ly niKHi the earth ; 
 and all the hi^^n hills, that were 
 under the whole heaven, were 
 e(»ven'd. 
 
 20 Fifteen cubiti* upward did 
 the waters ]»rovail ; and the 
 mountaiiiK were covered. 
 
 21 And all tlenh die<l that 
 moved upon the earth, Ixith 
 of fowl, and of rattle, and of 
 InaHt, and of every ereepiu^r 
 thinir that creeiK'th upon the 
 earth, and every man ; 
 
 22 AH in whoee nontrils was 
 the l.reath of life, of all that 
 tras in the dry land, died. 
 
 Z\ And even' living' Huhstanet- 
 was destroyed whicli was upon 
 the faee of the jrround, hotli 
 man, and rattle, and tlie ereep- 
 in^r things, and the fowl of 
 the heaven ; and they were 
 destroyed from the earth : and 
 Noali only remained alive, and 
 they that tcere with him in the 
 ark. 
 
 24 And the waters prevailed 
 upon the earth an hundred and 
 tiftv days. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 1 The tenters nssKxige. 4 Tfie ark 
 
 resteth on Ararat. 7 37/e uiven 
 
 ami the dare. 15 Naih, being corn- 
 
 mandcfl, is (foeih forth of the ark. 
 
 20 He buihieth an altar, and offer. 
 
 efh mcriUce, 21 ickich Grxl accept. 
 
 eth, and f^-omiseth to curse the 
 
 earth ho more. 
 
 to keep seetl alive upon the face 
 of all the earth. 
 
 4 For yet seven days, and I will 
 rauBe it to rain upon the earth 
 forty days and forty niirhts ; and 
 t'very living' substance that I 
 liavt* niad«> will I destroy fri>m 
 otf tlie face (»f the earth. 
 
 f) Ai\d Noah did according' unto 
 all that the Loun comnumded 
 Iiim. 
 
 <■» And N(»ah was six hundred 
 yeai-s old when the IUkmI of wa- 
 ti-rs was upon the earth. 
 
 7 "' An<l Noah went in, and his 
 sons, anil liis wife, and his st>ns' 
 wives w ith him, into tin* ark, Ik'- 
 caus»' of the waters of the I1(kkI. 
 
 5 ()f clean Ix'asts, and (»f In'asts 
 that are not clean, and of fowls, 
 and of every thini; that creejK 
 eth upon the earth, 
 
 '.) TlicH' went in two and two 
 unto Nt)ah into the ark, the 
 male and th»^ female, as God 
 1;ad co:amand«'d Noah. 
 
 10 And it came to pass after 
 s 'ven days, that the watei-s of 
 ilie Hood were uj>on the earth. 
 
 11 *" In the six hundredth year 
 of Noah's life, in the second 
 moiitli, the seventeenth day of 
 til.' month, the same day were 
 all the fountains of the ^'■reat 
 deep broken ujt, and the win- 
 tlows of heaven were o|>ened. 
 
 12 And the rain was ui>on the 
 earth ibrty days and forty nights. 
 
 13 In the selfsame day entered 
 Noah, and 8hem, and Ham, and 
 .Tapheth, the sons of Noah, and 
 Noah's ^nfe, and the tliree wives 
 of his sons with theni, into the 
 ark ; 
 
 14 They, and every beast after 
 his kind, and all the cattle after 
 their kind, and everj^ creeping 
 tiling that creepeth upon the 
 earth after his kind, and eveiy 
 foAvl after his kind, every bird 
 of everj' sort. 
 
 15 And they went in imto Noah 
 into the ark, two and two of all i in the ark : and God made a 
 
 AND God remembered Noah, 
 - and every living thing, and 
 all the cattle that teas with him 
 
 flesh, wherein is the breath of 
 life. 
 
 16 And they that went in, went 
 in male and female of all flesh, 
 
 wind to pass over the earth, and 
 the waters asswaged ; 
 2 The foimtains also of t' • 
 deep and the windows of 1. 
 
The imte'i'S asswage. 
 
 GENESIS, IX. 
 
 GodU^seth JSfoalh 
 
 ven were stopped, and ihe rain 
 from heaven was restrained ; 
 
 3 And the waters returned 
 from off the earth continually : 
 and after the end of the hun- 
 dred and fifty days the waters 
 were abated. 
 
 4 And the ark rested in the 
 seventh month, on the seven- 
 teenth day of the month, upon 
 the mountains of Ai^imt. 
 
 5 And the watere decreased oon- 
 tinimlly until the tenth month : 
 in the tenth month, on the first 
 dap of the month, were the tops 
 of the mountains seen. 
 
 6 1[ And it c^me to pass at the 
 end of forty days, that Koah 
 opened the window of the ark 
 which he had made : 
 
 7 And he sent forth a raven, 
 which went forth to and fro, 
 until the watere were dried up 
 from off the earth. 
 
 8 Also he sent forth a dove 
 from him, to see if the waters 
 were abated from off the face 
 of the ground ; 
 
 9 But the dove found no rest 
 for the sole of her foot, and 
 she returned unto him into the 
 ark, for the waters were on the 
 face of the whole earth: then 
 he put forth his hand, and took 
 her, and pulled her in unto liim 
 into the ark. 
 
 10 And he stayed yet other 
 seven days ; and again he sent 
 forth the dove out of the ark ; 
 
 11 And the dove came in to 
 him in the evening; and, lo, 
 in her mouth ivas an ohve leaf 
 pluckt off: so Noah knew that 
 the waters were abated from off 
 the earth. 
 
 12 And he stayed yet other 
 seven days ; and sent forth the 
 dove ; which returned not again 
 unto him any more. 
 
 13 IF And it came to pass in the 
 six hundredth and first year, in 
 the first month, the first dai/ of 
 the month, the waters were dried 
 up from off the earth : and Noah 
 removed the covering of the ark, 
 and looked, and, behold, the face 
 of the ground y^-as dry. 
 
 14 And in the second month, 
 on the seven and twentieth day 
 of the month, was the earth 
 dialed. 
 
 15 ^ And God spake unto Noah, 
 saying, 
 
 16 Go forth of the ark, thou, 
 and thy wifis, and thy sons, and 
 thy sons' wives with thee. 
 
 17 Bring forth with thee every 
 Kving thing that is with thee, of 
 all flesh, both of fov/l, and of cat- 
 tle, and of every creeping thing 
 that creepeth upon the eartli ; 
 that they may breed abundantly 
 in the earth, and be fruitful, and 
 multiply upon the earth. 
 
 18 And Noah went forth, and 
 his sons, and his wife, and his 
 sons' wives with him : 
 
 19 Every beast, every creep- 
 ing tiling, and every fowl, aiid 
 whatsoever creepeth upon the 
 earth, after their Idncfe, went 
 forth out of the ark. 
 
 20 IF And Noah builded an al- 
 tar unto the Lord; and took 
 of eveiy clean beast, and of 
 every clean fowl, and offered 
 burnt offerings on the altar. 
 
 21 And the Loed smelled a 
 sweet savour; and the Loed 
 said in his h^.rt, I will not a- 
 gain curse the ground any more 
 for man's sake ; for the imagi- 
 nation of man's heart is evil 
 fr'om his youth; neither will 
 I agam smite any more every 
 tiling living, as I have done. 
 
 22 While the earth remain- 
 eth, seedtime and harvest, and 
 cold and heat, and summer and 
 winter, and day and night shall 
 not cease. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 1 God hlesseth Noah. 4 Blood and 
 murder are forbidden. 8 God's co- 
 venant, 13 signified hy the rain. 
 how. 18 Noah replerdsheth the 
 tvorld, 20 plant eth a vineyard, 21 
 is drmiken, and mocJced of his son, 
 25 eurseth Canaan, 26 blesseth 
 Shem, 27 prayeth for Japheth, 29 
 ami diefh. 
 
 A ND God blessed Noah and 
 -irsL his sons, and said unto 
 them. Be fruitful, and multiply, 
 and replenish the earth. 
 A3 
 
ThecovenwU GENESIS, IX. qf tMe raiiibote, 
 
 2 And the fear of you and tlie eartli, tliat the bow shall be 
 dread of you pliall ]te upon | seen in tlie cloud: 
 ever>' beast of tlie eai1h, and : 15 And I will renK^niK-r my 
 upon every f«jwl of the air, ui)on i rovenaiit, whieh is Ix-twrt-n me 
 all that moveth upon the earth, and you and evciy li\ iufr vivn- 
 ai'.d upon all the fishes of the | ture of all flesh; and the waters 
 Hea ; into your hand are they shall no more Ix'come a flood 
 delivered. to destroy all flesh. 
 
 '.i Every moving thine: that liv- 
 eth shall be meat for you ; even 
 as the p'reen herb have I i^iven 
 you all thintrs. 
 
 4 But flesli with the life there- 
 oi", inhicli is the blood tliereof, ' 
 shall ye not eat. 
 
 5 And surely your bhxKl of your 
 lives will I recpu're; at the hand 
 of every >)ea«t will I require it, 
 and at the hand of man; at th«* 
 hand of every man's brother w ill 
 I require tlie lif<' of num. 
 
 IG And tin* bow fihall be in the 
 eloud; and I will l<H>k up<»n it, 
 that I may remrmU'r tlie ever- 
 lasting covenant l>«*twecn CJod 
 and every liviiiir creature of all 
 flesh that is ujkju the earth. 
 
 17 And (J(xl wn'd unto Noah, 
 This is the token of the cove- 
 nant, W'liich I have established 
 lK-tw«'en me and all flesh that 
 iti ujion the earth. 
 
 Is • And the sons of Noah, 
 that went forth of the ark, were 
 
 <) Whoso slK'ddeth man's blood, ; Shem, and Ham, and Jai»hetl 
 by man shall his blood l)e shed: ' ' ' ' " ' "" 
 
 for in the imaj^e of God made 
 
 he man. 
 
 and I lam is the father of Ca- 
 naan. 
 li> Tliese are the three sons 
 
 And you, be ye fruitful, and ' of Noah : and of them wa« the 
 
 nniitiply ; brinu: forth abundant- 
 ly in the earth, and multiply ' 
 therein. i 
 
 8 •[ And God spake unto Noah, | 
 and to his sons with him, sayinL% 
 
 And I, behold. I establish mv j 
 cinenant w ith you, and with | 
 your seed after you : 
 
 10 And with every livinp: crea- | 
 ture that is with you, of the 
 fowl, of the cattle, and of eveiy \ 
 beost of the earth with you ; 
 
 whole <-nrt)i overspread. 
 'J<l And Noah iR'^an to he an 
 husbandman, and he planted a 
 vineyard : 
 
 21 And he drank of the wine, 
 and was drunken: and lie was 
 uncovered w ithin his tent. 
 
 22 And Ham, the fathe-r of Ca- 
 naan, saw tlM^ nakedness of his 
 father, and told liis two brethren 
 without. 
 
 23 And Shem and Japheth took 
 
 from all that po out of the ark, i a garment, and laid it upon both 
 
 to every beast of the earth 
 
 11 And I will establish my co- 
 venant with you ; neither shall 
 all flesh be cut off any more 
 by the watei-s of a flood ; nei- 
 ther shall there any more be a 
 Hood to destroy the earth. 
 
 12 And God said. This is the 
 token of the covenant which I 
 make between me and you and 
 e\'ery living creature that is with 
 you. for perpetual generations : 
 
 " 13 1 do set my bow in the cloud, 
 and it shall be for a token of 
 a covenant between me and the 
 earth. 
 
 14 And it shall come to pass, 
 when I bring a cloud over the 
 
 their shoulders, and went back- 
 ward, and covered the naked- 
 ness of their father; and their 
 faces ivere backward, and they 
 saw not their father's nakedness. 
 
 24 And Noah awoke from his 
 wine, and knew what liis youn- 
 ger son had done unto him. 
 
 2o And he said, Cursed he Ca- 
 naan; a servant of senants shall 
 he be unto his brethien. 
 
 26 And he said. Blessed he the 
 Lord God of Shem; and Ca- 
 naan shall be his servant. 
 
 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, 
 and he shall dwell in the tents 
 of Shem ; and Canaan shall be 
 lii§ seiTant. 
 
TM Qenmitims of Noah. GENESIS, X. 
 
 Tlie Bon% of Shem, 
 
 28 IF And Noah Uved after the 
 flood thi'ee hundred and fifty 
 years. 
 
 29 And all the days of Noah 
 were nine hundred and fifty 
 years : and he died. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 1 TJie generations of Noah. 2 The 
 sons of Japheih. 6 T!ie sons of 
 Ham. 8 Nimrod tJie first monarch. 
 21 TJie sons of Shem. 
 
 NOW these are the genera- 
 tions of the sons of Noah, 
 Shem, Ham, and Japheth : and 
 unto them were sons bom after 
 the flood. 
 
 2 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, 
 and Magog, and Madai, and Ja- 
 van, and Tubal, and Meshech, 
 and Tiras. 
 
 3 And the sons of Gomer; 
 Ashkenaz, and Hiphath, and 
 Togarmah. 
 
 4 And the sons of Javan ; E- 
 lishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, 
 and Dodanim. 
 
 5 By these were the isles of the 
 Gentiles divided in their lands ; 
 every" one after his tongue, after 
 their famihes, in their nations. 
 
 6 ^ And the sons of Ham; 
 Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, 
 and Canaan. 
 
 7 And the sons of Cush ; Seba, 
 and Ha^dlah, and Sabtah, and 
 Raamah, and Sabtechah: and 
 the sons of Raamah; Sheba, 
 and Dedan. 
 
 8 And Cush begat Nimrod : he 
 began to be a mighty one in 
 the earth. 
 
 9 He was a mighty hunter be- 
 fore the Lord: wherefore it is 
 said, Even as Nimrod the migh- 
 ty hunter before the Lord. 
 
 10 And the beginning of his 
 Idngdom was Babel, and Erech, 
 and Accad, and Calneh, in the 
 land of Shinar. 
 
 11 Out of that land went forth 
 x\sshur, and builded Nineveh, 
 and the city Eehoboth, and 
 Calah, 
 
 12 And Eesen between Nine- 
 veh and Calah: the same is a 
 great city. 
 
 13 And IMizraim begat Ludim, 
 
 and Anamim, and Lehabim, and 
 Naphtuhim, 
 
 14 And Pathrusim, and Cas- 
 luhim, (out of whom came Phi- 
 listim.) and Caphtorim. 
 
 15 % And Canaan begat Sidon 
 his firstborn, and Heth, 
 
 16 And the Jebusite, and the 
 Amorite, and the Girgasite, 
 
 17 And the Hivite, and the 
 Arldte, and the Sinite, 
 
 18 And the Arvadite, and the 
 Zemarite, and the Hamathite: 
 and afterward were the fami- 
 lies of the Canaanites spi'ead 
 abroad. 
 
 19 And the border of the Ca- 
 naanites was from Sidon, as thou 
 comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; 
 as thou goest, unto Sodom, and 
 Gomorrah, and Admah, and Ze- 
 boim, even unto Lasha. 
 
 20 These are the sons of Ham, 
 after their families, after their 
 tongues, in their countries, and 
 in their nations. 
 
 21 IF Unto Shem also, the la- 
 ther of all the childi'en of Eber, 
 the brother of Japheth the eld- 
 er, ev€n to liim were children 
 bom. 
 
 22 The children of Shem; E- 
 1am, and Asshur, and Arphax- 
 ad, and Lud, and Aram. 
 
 23 And the children of Aram ; 
 Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and 
 Mash. 
 
 24 And Ai'phasad begat Sa- 
 lah ; and Salah begat Eber. 
 
 25 And unto Eber were bom 
 two sons : the name of one zvas 
 Peleg; for in his days was the 
 earth divided; and his brother's 
 name teas Joktan. 
 
 26 And Joktan begat Almo- 
 dad, and Sheleph, and Hslzslt- 
 maveth, and Jerah, 
 
 27 And Hadomm, and UzaL, 
 and Diklah, 
 
 28 And Obal, and Abimael, 
 and Sheba, 
 
 29 And Ophir, and Havilah, 
 and Jobab : all these tvo^e the 
 sons of Joktan. 
 
 30 And their dwelling was from 
 Mesha, as thou goest unto Se- 
 phar a mount of the east. 
 
Tlie confusif/n 
 
 GENESIS. XI. 
 
 flflmiji' 
 
 31 Theso are the pons of Sliem, 
 alter their faiiiiliifl, alter their 
 t mi^iios, ill their h\nds, alter 
 t'n'ir nations. 
 
 :V2 TheRe are the families of the 
 P )ns of Noali. after their p'lirni- 
 t'ons, ill tlieir nations: aiul hy 
 Ih.'S'; were the nations divided 
 i!i the earth after the Hood. 
 
 CHAPITER XI. 
 1 0,f: hiUifu Mif '» the irorU. 3 Ttic 
 hitUdinif of lit 'M. 5 The confuAinn 
 of tongaeg. lo Tlte {jeuerntions of 
 tHfiern. 27 Tlie u^'nrrntious of 7V- 
 rah tin' father of Ahnim. 31 Terah 
 {jff'th frotn Ur to Unnin. 
 
 AND tiie wliole earth wa» 
 of one language, and of 
 one speecli. 
 
 2 And it eanie to pass, as tliey 
 jonnieyed from the east, tlmt 
 they fonnd a i»lain in tlie land of 
 Shinar; and they dwelt tlnre. 
 '> And they «iid onci t/) an- 
 other, (lo U\ let ns nmku brick 
 
 I tluMn abnwl upoti the face of 
 ' all the rarth. 
 
 j !(► • TIh'm* are tlie generatioim 
 I of Shem : Shem was an hundred 
 
 years oM, and lievat Arphaxatl 
 
 two years aft4'r th»' thnnl : 
 11 And Sh.Mu lived aft^r he 
 
 l)e;;at An»ha.\ad live huntked 
 ' years, and bej?at 8oii« and daugh- 
 {U^rs. 
 ' 12 And Arphnxad lived five 
 
 and thirty yeara, and l)eKat Sa- 
 
 lah: 
 
 13 And Arj'^wxad lived after 
 he >M,'trat Salah lour hundred 
 and thriM' years, and l>e;?at sons 
 and jWiujzhU^'rs. 
 
 14 And Salah lived tliirty yearn, 
 ami Invicat Kl>er : 
 
 !."» And Salah lived after he 
 l>etrat Klxr four hundred and 
 three years, and begat Bun» and 
 dan^'hters. 
 
 ir> And Eber live<l four and 
 thirty years, and Ix-irat Telei; : 
 
 and bum tliem thn)U>rhly. And I 17 Aiid EImt lived aftw lie 
 
 tliey had briek for stone, and 
 slini" had they for morter. 
 
 4 And they Siiid, (Jo to, let us 
 build us a city and a tower, 
 whose top maff reach unto hea- 
 ^ en ; and let us make us a name, 
 lest we l>e scattered al)road up- 
 on the face of the whole earth. 
 
 ~i And the LoKn came down to 
 see the city and the tower, which 
 tlie cliildren of mon builded. 
 
 () And the Loud said, Behold, 
 the people is one, and they 
 have all one lan^'uai^e; and 
 tliis they be^in to do : and now 
 nothing will be restrained from 
 them, which they liave ima- 
 gined to do. 
 
 7 Go to, let us go down, and 
 there confound their language, I and 
 that they may not understand j ters, 
 one another's speech. 
 
 8 So the Lord scattered them 
 abroad from thence upon the 
 face of all the earth : and they 
 left off to build the city. 
 
 9 Therefore is the name of it 
 called Babel ; because the Lord 
 did there coufomid the language 
 of all the earth: and from 
 thence did the Lord scatter 
 
 iH'gat Pele^ four hundred and 
 thirty years, and Ijegat s<jns and 
 danifhters. 
 
 IS And Peleg lived tliirty years, 
 and iH'gat Reu : 
 
 ID And Peleg lived after ho 
 begat Keu two Iiundred and 
 nine years, and begat soils and 
 daughters. 
 
 2U And Keu lived two and thir- 
 ty years, and l)egat Herug : 
 
 21 And Keu lived after he be- 
 gat 84/rug two hundred and se- 
 ven years, and begat sons and 
 dau'-diters. 
 
 22 And Serug lived thirty years, 
 and begat Nahor : 
 
 23 And Serug lived after he be- 
 gat Xahor two hundnid years, 
 
 begat sons and daugh- 
 
 24 And Nahor lived nine and 
 twenty yeai-s, and begat Terah : 
 
 25 And Nahor lived after he 
 begat Terah an hundred and 
 nineteen years, and begat sons 
 and daughters. 
 
 26 And Terah lived seventy 
 years, and begat Abram, Nahor, 
 and Haran. 
 
 27 *f Now tliese are the gene- 
 
God caUefJi Abram. GENESIS, XII. Se sojomnetli in Em/pt 
 
 rations of Terah : Terah begat 
 Abram, Nabor, and Haran; and 
 Haran begat Lot. 
 
 28 And Haran died before bis 
 fatber Terab in tbe land of bis 
 nativity, in Ur of tbe Cbaldees. 
 
 29 And Abram and Nabor 
 took tbem wives: tbe name of 
 Abram's -vdfe was Sarai; and 
 tbe name of Nabor's T\Tfe, Mil- 
 cab, tbe daugbter of Haran, tbe 
 fatber of Milcab, and tbe fatber 
 of Iscab. 
 
 30 But Sarai "R-as barren; sbe 
 had no cbild. 
 
 31 And Terab took Abram bis 
 son, and Lot tbe son of Ha- 
 ran bis son's son, and Sarai bis 
 daugbter in law, bis son A- 
 bram's -wife; and tbey went 
 fortb witb tbem from Ur of tbe 
 Cbaldees, to go into tbe land of 
 Canaan; and tbey came unto 
 Haran, and dwelt tbere. 
 
 32 And tbe days of Terab were 
 two bundred and five years: 
 and Terab died in Haran. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 1 God calleth Abram, and hUssefh 
 him ivith a p^-omise of Christ, i He 
 departeth with Lot from Haran. 6 
 He joiirneyeth through Canaan, 7 
 which is promised hira in a vision. 
 10 He is driven hy a famine into 
 Egypt. 11 Fear maT:eth him feign 
 his wife to he his sister. 14 Pha- 
 raoh, having taTcen her from him, 
 hy plagues is compelled to restore 
 her. 
 IVTOW tbe LoED bad said 
 Xl unto Abram, Get tbee out 
 of tliy country, and from tby 
 kindred, and from tby fatber's 
 bouse, unto a land tbat I will 
 sbew tbee : 
 
 2 And I will make of tbee a 
 great nation, and I will bless 
 tbee, and make thy name great ; 
 and tbou sbalt be a blessing : 
 
 3 And I will bless tbem tbat 
 bless tbee, and cmse bim tbat 
 cursetb tbee : and in tbee sball 
 all families of tbe earth be 
 blessed. 
 
 4 So Abram departed, as the 
 LoED bad spoken unto bim ; 
 and Lot went witb bim: and 
 Abram tvas seventy and five 
 
 years old when be departed out 
 of Haran. 
 
 5 And Abram took Sarai bis 
 wife, and Lot bis brother's son, 
 and all their substance tbat tbey 
 bad gathered, and tbe souls tbat 
 tbey bad gotten in Haran ; and 
 tliey went forth to go into the 
 land of Canaan; and into tbe 
 land of Canaan tbey came. 
 
 6 ^ And Abram passed through 
 the land unto tbe place of Si- 
 chem, unto the plain of Moreh. 
 And the Canaanite was then in 
 tbe land. 
 
 7 And tbe Lokd appeared unto 
 Abram, and said, Unto thy seed 
 will I give this land : and tbere 
 builded be an altar unto the 
 LoBD, who appeared unto bim. 
 
 8 And he removed from thence 
 unto a mountain on the east of 
 Beth-el, and pitched bis tent,, 
 having- Beth-el on the west, and 
 Hai on the east: and tbere be 
 builded an altar unto the Loed, 
 and called upon tbe name of 
 the LoED. 
 
 9 And Abram journeyed, gomg 
 on still toward tbe south. _ 
 
 10 ^ And there was a famine in 
 tbe land : and Abram went down 
 into Egypt to sojourn there ; for 
 the famine was grievous in tbe 
 land. 
 
 11 And it came to pass, when 
 be was come near to enter into 
 EgyT)t, that he said unto Sarai 
 his wife. Behold now, I know 
 that thou art a fair woman to 
 look upon : 
 
 12 Therefore it shall come to 
 pass, when tbe Egyptians shall 
 see thee, that they shall say, 
 This is bis wife : and they will 
 kill me, but they will save thee 
 alive. 
 
 13 Say, I pray tbee, thou art 
 my sister: tbat it may be well 
 witb me for thy sake ; and my 
 soul shall live because of thee. 
 
 14 IF And it came to pass, that, 
 when Abram was come into E- 
 gypt, the Egyptians beheld the 
 woman that she ivas very fair. 
 
 15 The princes also of Pharaoh 
 saw her, and commended her be- 
 
Ahram and Ix>t 
 
 GENESIS, XIII. 
 
 "/ of h^itu^t. 
 
 fore Pliaraoh : and the woman 
 was taken into Pliaraoh'B liouse. 
 1() And lie entreated A])rani 
 well for her sake: and he ha<l 
 pheei», and oxen, and he aKs»'n, 
 and menpervantH, and niaidsi-r- 
 vants, and fshe ass4*P, and canielK. 
 
 17 And the IjOK1> plagued 
 Pharaoh and his house with 
 jrreat i)la^nie8 because of .Snrni 
 AbiTim's wife. 
 
 18 And Pharaoh eallcd Ahmni, 
 and said, What is this tfiat tlmu 
 hast done unto nie ? why didst 
 thou not tell nie that she was 
 thy wife? 
 
 l!l Why saidst thou. She is my 
 sister? so I might have taken 
 her to me to wife: now there- 
 in )re behold thy wife, take her, 
 and go thy way. 
 
 20 And IMiaraoh commanded 
 his men <'oncerning him: and 
 they st^'nt him away, and his 
 wife, and all that he had. 
 
 CHAl^ER XIII. 
 
 1 Ahram and Lot rttnru oitf of Kiiyjtt. 
 7 By di$(i{ireenu^nt thv^i imrt annn- 
 iler. 10 Lot ii*xfli to i/'irhetl Sotlom. 
 14 G<Hi reucindi tfif j/romifw to A. 
 bram. 18 lie rt-inonth to Hibron, 
 aud there bnibUth an altar. 
 
 VND Abram went up out of 
 - Egyi't, he, and his wife, 
 and all that he had, and Lot 
 with him. into the south. 
 
 2 And Al)ram loas ver>' rich in 
 cattle, in silver, and in L^)ld. 
 
 3 And he went on his j(^)umeys 
 from the south e\ en to I^^th-el, 
 unto the place where his tent 
 had been at the becrinning-, be- 
 tween Betli-el and Hai ; 
 
 4 Unto the place of the altar, 
 which he had made there at the 
 first: and there Abram called 
 on the name of the Lord. 
 
 5 H And Lot also, which went 
 with Abram, had flocks, and 
 herds, and tents, 
 
 6 And the land was not able 
 to bear them, that they might 
 dwell together: for their sub- 
 stance was great, so that they 
 could not dwell together. 
 
 7 And there was a strife be- 
 tween the herdmen of Abram's 
 
 cattle and lln' lienlmen (»f Lot'ii 
 cattle : and the Canaanite and 
 th«' Perizzite dwelle<l then in 
 tin* land. 
 
 H And Abram said unto L(»t, 
 Let there l>e no strife, I jiray 
 tluM', Utween me and thee, and 
 bftween my hfrdmen and thy 
 herdmen; ior we he brethren. 
 
 1» Is not the whole land Ulbre 
 tlu'c? Si'iMinite thyself, I pmy 
 thee, from me: if thou wilt 
 take the left hand, then I will 
 go to the right: or if thou de- 
 part to the right hand, then I 
 will go to the lelt. 
 
 1(1 And Lot lifted up his eyes, 
 and ImIu-M all the plain of Jor- 
 dan, that it tras well waten^il 
 evrry where, ln'fore th«* Lnun 
 destroyed Sodom and (lomor- 
 rah, even as the garden of the 
 LoiiK, like the land of Egypt, 
 as thou comest unto Zoar. 
 
 11 Then Lot clu se him all 
 the jilain of Jordan : and Lot 
 jounieyed east : and they sepa- 
 rated themselves the one from 
 the other. 
 
 12 Abram dwelled in the land 
 of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in 
 the eities of the plain, and pitch- 
 ed his tent toward SckIoui. 
 
 13 Hut the men of Sfnlom tvei'e 
 wicked and sinners l)efore the 
 LoRi> exceedinglv. 
 
 14 *! And the LoRn said un- 
 to Abram, after that Lot was 
 separated from him. Lift up 
 now thine eyes, and look from 
 the place where thou art north- 
 ward, and southward, and east- 
 ward, and westward : 
 
 15 For all the land which thou 
 seest, to thee will I give it, and 
 to thy seed for ever. 
 
 16 And I vdW make thy seed 
 as the dust of the earth : so that 
 if a man can number the dust 
 of the earth, then shall thy seed 
 also be numbered. 
 
 17 Arise, walk through the 
 land in the length of it and 
 in the breadth of it ; for I will 
 give it nnto thee. 
 
 18 Then Abram removed his 
 tent, and came and dwelt in 
 
TJie battle of tJie khigs. 
 
 the plain of Mamre, which is 
 in Hebron, and bnilt there an 
 altar unto tlie Loed. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 1 Tlie battle of four Mngs affuinst 
 five. 12 Lot is tahen prisoner, li 
 Ahram rescuefJi him. 18 MelcMze- 
 dek hlesseth Abram. 20 Ahram giv- 
 eth Jiim tithe. 22 Tlw rest of the 
 spoil, his partners having had their 
 portions, he restoreth to the Tiing 
 of Sodom. 
 
 /i ND it came to pass in the 
 J\. days of Amraphel long of 
 Sliinar, Arioch Idng of EUasar, 
 Chedorlaomer king of Elam, 
 and Tidal Idng of nations ; 
 
 2 That these made war with 
 Bera king of Sodom, and with 
 Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shi- 
 nab king of Admah, and Shem- 
 eber king of Zeboiim, and the 
 king of Bela, wliich is Zoar. 
 
 3 All these were joined to- 
 gether in the vale of Siddim, 
 which is the salt sea. 
 
 4 Twelve years they served 
 Chedorlaomer, and in the thir- 
 teenth year they rebelled. 
 
 5 And in the fomteenth year 
 c;ame Chedorlaomer, and the 
 kings that were with him, and 
 smote the Eephaims in Ashte- 
 roth Karnaun, and the Zuzims 
 in Ham, and the Emims in 
 Shaveh Kiriathaim, 
 
 6 And the Horites in their 
 mount Seir, unto El-paran, 
 which is by the wilderness. 
 
 7 And they returned, and came 
 to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, 
 and smote all the country of 
 the Amaleldtes, and also the 
 Amorites, that dwelt in Haze- 
 zon-tamar. 
 
 8 And there went out the king 
 of Sodom, and the king of Go- 
 morrali, and the king of Ad- 
 mah, and the king of Zeboiim, 
 and the long of Bela (the same 
 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 nations, and Amraphel king 
 of Shinar, and Arioch king of 
 Ellasar; four kings with five. 
 
 10 And the vale of Siddim was 
 
 GENESIS, XIV. Lot is taJcen prisme^r. 
 
 full o/shmepits; and the kings 
 of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, 
 and fell there ; and they that 
 remained fled to the mountain. 
 
 11 And they took all the goods 
 of Sodom_ and Gomorrah, and 
 all then- \ictuals, and went then- 
 way. 
 
 12 And they took Lot, A- 
 bram's brother's son, who dwelt 
 in Sodom, and his goods, and 
 departed. 
 
 13 H And there came one that 
 had escaped, and told Abram 
 the Hebrew; for he dwelt in 
 the plain of Mamre the Amor- 
 ite, brother of Eshcol, and bro- 
 ther of Aner : and these were 
 confederate Avith Abram. 
 
 14 And when Abram heard 
 that liis brother was taken cap- 
 tive, he armed his trained s^r- 
 vants, born in his own house, 
 three hundied and eighteen, 
 and pursued them unto Dan. 
 
 15 And he divided himself 
 against them, he and his ser- 
 vants, by night, and smote 
 them, and pursued them unto 
 Hobah, which is on the left 
 hand of Damascus. 
 
 16 And he brought back all the 
 goods, and also brought again 
 his brother Lot, and his goods, 
 and the women also, and the 
 people. 
 
 17 IF And the king of Sodom 
 went out to meet him after his 
 return from the slaughter of 
 Chedorlaomer, and of the kings 
 that were with him, at the 
 valley of Shaveh, which is the 
 king's dale. 
 
 18 And Melchizedek Idng of 
 Salem brought forth bread and 
 wine : and he was the priest of 
 the most high God. 
 
 19 And he blessed him, and 
 said, Blessed be Abram of the 
 most high God, possessor of 
 heaven and earth : 
 
 20 And blessed be the most 
 high God, which hath deliver- 
 ed thine enemies into thy hand. 
 And he gave him tithes of all. 
 
 21 And the Idng of Sodom 
 said unto Abram, Give me the 
 
God promistih 
 
 pereons, and take the goods to 
 tliysflf. 
 
 22 And Abmni said to the kinsr 
 of fScRloni, I have lilt up mine 
 liand nnto tlie I.oun, the must 
 liigli God, tlu* iio88es»5or of hea- 
 ven and earth. 
 
 23 Tliat I Avill not iaA'C fi-om 
 a tliread even to a ehoehiteliet, 
 and that I will not take any 
 thin? tliat is thine, lest thon 
 Bhoiildest fiay, I liave made A- 
 bram rich : 
 
 24 8iive only that whieli tlie 
 yonn? nun have eatrn. and the 
 j)Ortion of the nitn which went 
 with me, Aner, Eshcol, and 
 Mamre; let them take their 
 rx)rtiou. 
 
 CHAITEK x^^ 
 
 1 God enroura'jffli Altmtn. 2 Ahnnn 
 
 eomi>l<unefh for tnint of an h* ir. 
 
 4 Gixl jtrouim'th him a mn. itml 
 
 a innUijfli/iiiif of his tvrtl. «; Ahram 
 
 is jtistijinl fiy ftfith. 7 Caii'uin ix 
 
 }iromif»'<l (Kjiiin, (tml confirmed by 
 
 a »ion, 12 and a vitdon. 
 
 A FTER these thin^ tlie word 
 
 ^1^ of the Jyoiin came unto A- 
 
 bram in a vision, sayin^r. Fear 
 
 not, Abiam: I am thy shield, 
 
 and thy exceeding great reward. 
 
 2 And Abmni «iid, Lord (Jon, 
 what wilt thou give me, seeing 
 I go childless, and the steward 
 of my house is this Ehezer of 
 Damascus ? 
 
 3 And Ahmm said. Behold, to 
 me thon hast given no seed: 
 and, lo, one lx)m in my house 
 is mine lieir. 
 
 4 And, behold, the word of the 
 Lord caine imto him, saying. 
 Tills shall not be thine heir; 
 but he that sliall come forth 
 out of thine own bowels shall 
 be thine heir. 
 
 5 And he brought him forth! 
 abroad, and said, Look now 
 toward heaven, and tell the 
 stars, if thou be able to num- 
 ber them : and he said mito 
 him, So sliall thy seed be. 
 
 6 And he believed in the 
 Lord; and he counted it to 
 him for righteousness. 
 
 7 And he said unto him, I am 
 the Lord that brought thee out 
 
 GENESIS, XV. Mn-am a sun. 
 
 of Vt of tlie Clialdees, to give 
 thee this laud t<» inlierit it. 
 
 H And \iL' Buid, Lord (ioil 
 whereby slmll 1 kllOW tliat I 
 shall inherit it? 
 
 *J And he said unto him. Take 
 me an heifer of three years old, 
 and a she goat of three yean* 
 old, and a mm of three years 
 old, and a turtledove, and a 
 youuir i»ige<»n. 
 
 10 And he toC)k unto him all 
 tla-se, and divided them in the 
 midst, and laid each piece (tne 
 airainst another: but the binls 
 divided he not, 
 
 11 And when the fowls came 
 down uiKni the ciu-cases, Abnim 
 drove them away. 
 
 12 And when the sun was go- 
 ing down, a deep sleep fell upon 
 Abmm ; and, lo. an horror of 
 givat darkness fell upon him. 
 
 13 And he wiid unto Abnim. 
 Know of a surety that thy seed 
 shall l)e a stranger ui a land 
 that is not theii's, and shall 
 serve them; and they shall af- 
 llict them four hundi-ed years; 
 
 14 And als(j tliat nation, whom 
 they shall ser\e, will I judge: 
 and afterward shall they come 
 out with great substance. 
 
 15 And th<ai shalt go t<» thy 
 fathei-s in peace ; thou slialt be 
 buried in a good old age. 
 
 h) But hi the fourth gene- 
 ration they shall come hither 
 again : for the ini(iuity of the 
 Amorites is not yet liUl. 
 
 17 And it came to pass, that, 
 when the sun went down, and 
 it was dark, behold a smok- 
 ing furnace, and a burning 
 lamp tliat passed between those 
 pieces. 
 
 18 In the same day the Lord 
 made a covenant with Abram, 
 saying, Unto thy seed have I 
 given this land, from the river 
 of Eg3T)t unto the great river, 
 the river Euphrates : 
 
 19 The Kenites, and the Ken- 
 izzites, and the Kadmonites, 
 
 20 And the Hittites, and the 
 Perizzites, and the Rephaims. 
 
 21 And the Amorites, and the 
 
Hagar's flight. 
 
 GENESIS, XVI. 
 
 and return. 
 
 Canaanites, and the Girgashites, 
 and the Jebusites. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 1 Sa7'ai, being barren, giveth Hagar 
 to Abram. i Hagar, being afflict- 
 ed/or despising her mistress, run- 
 neth aivay. 7 An angel sendeth 
 her back to si(bmit herself, 11 and 
 telleth her of her child. 15 Ishmael 
 is born. 
 
 NOW Sarai Abram's wife 
 bare him no children : and 
 she had an handmaid, an Egyp- 
 tian, whose name was Hagar. 
 
 2 And Sarai said imto Abram, 
 Behold now, the Loed hath 
 restrained me from bearing : I 
 pray thee, go in imto my maid ; 
 it may be that I. may obtain 
 children by her. And Abram 
 hearkened to the Toice of Sarai. 
 
 3 And Sarai Abram's wife took 
 Hagar her maid the Egyptian, 
 after Abram had dwelt ten years 
 in the land of Canaan, and gave 
 her to her husband Abram to be 
 his wife. 
 
 4 H And he went in unto Hagar, 
 and she conceived: and when 
 she saw that she had conceived, 
 her mistress was despised in her 
 eyes. 
 
 5 And Sarai said unto Abram, 
 My wrong be upon thee : I have 
 given my maid into thy bosom ; 
 and when she saw that she had 
 conceived, I was despised in her 
 eyes : the Lord judge between 
 me and thee. 
 
 6 But Abram said unto Sarai, 
 Behold, thy maid is in thy hand ; 
 do to her as it please th thee. 
 And when Sarai dealt hardly 
 with her, she fled from her face. 
 
 7 IF And the angel of the Loed 
 found her by a fountain of wa- 
 ter in the wilderness, by the 
 fountain in the way to Shur. 
 
 8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's 
 maid, whence camest thou? and 
 whither wilt thou go ? And she 
 said, I flee from the face of my 
 mistress Sarai. 
 
 9 And the angel of the Loed 
 said unto her, Return to thy 
 mistress, and submit thyself 
 under her hands. 
 
 10 And the angel of the Loed 
 said unto her, I will multiply thy 
 seed exceedingly, that it shall 
 not be numbered for multitude. 
 
 11 And the angel of the Lord 
 said unto her. Behold, thou art 
 with child, and shalt bear a 
 son, and shalt call his name 
 Ishmael; because ^ the Lord 
 hath heard thy aflliction. 
 
 12 And he will be a wild man ; 
 his hand will be against every 
 man, and every man's hand a- 
 gainst him ; and he shall dwell 
 in the presence of all his bre- 
 thren. 
 
 13 Aoid she caUed the name 
 of the Loed that spake unto 
 her. Thou God seest me: for 
 she said. Have I also here look- 
 ed after him that seeth me ? 
 
 14 Wherefore the well was call- 
 ed Beer-lahai-roi ; behold, it is 
 betw^een Kadesh and Bered. 
 
 15 IF And Hagar bare Abram 
 a son: and Abram called his 
 son's name, which Hagar bare, 
 Ishmael. 
 
 16 And Abram was fom-score 
 and six years old, when Hagar 
 bare Ishmael to Abram. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 1 God reneiL-eth the covenant. 5 A- 
 brain his name is changed in toJcen 
 of a greater blessing. 10 Circum- 
 cision is instituted. 15 Sarai lier 
 na'tne is changed, and she blessed. 
 17 Isaac is promised. 23 Abraham 
 and Ishmael are circumcised. 
 /i ND when Abram was 
 J\. ninety years old and nine, 
 the Lord appeared to Abmm, 
 and said unto him, I am the 
 Almighty God; walk before 
 me, and be thou perfect. 
 
 2 And I will make my cove- 
 nant between me and thee, and 
 will multiply thee exceedingly. 
 
 3 And Abram fell on his face : 
 and God talked with him, say- 
 ing, 
 
 4 As for me, behold, my cove- 
 nant is with thee, and thou shalt 
 be a father of many nations. 
 
 5 Neither shaU thy name any 
 more be called Abram, but thy 
 name shall be Abraham ; for a 
 
Circuincision 
 
 GENESIS, XVII. 
 
 t8 instikUed. 
 
 father of many natioiia liave I 
 made thee. 
 
 6 And I will make thee exceed- 
 ing fruitful, and I will make na- 
 tions of thee, and kings sliall 
 come out of thee. 
 
 7 And I will establish my co- 
 venant between me and thee 
 and thy seed after thee ui their 
 generations for an everlasting 
 covenant, to be a Gml unto thee, 
 and to thy seed after thee. 
 
 8 And 1 vnW give imto thee, 
 and to thy seed after thee, the 
 land wherein tliou art a stmn- 
 ger, all tlie land of Canaan, for 
 an everlasting i>osgeBsion; and 
 I will be their God. 
 
 9 ^ And God said mito Abra- 
 ham, Thou shalt keep my co- 
 venant therefore, thou, and thy 
 seed after thee in their genera- 
 tions. 
 
 10 This U' my covenant, wliich 
 ye shall keep, between me and 
 you and thy seed after thee; 
 Every man child among you 
 shall be circumcised. 
 
 11 And ye shall circumcise the 
 flesh of your foreskin; and it 
 shall be a t<jken of the covenant 
 betwixt me and you, 
 
 12 And he that is eight days 
 old shall be circmncised among 
 you, every man child in yoiu 
 generations, he that is bom in 
 the house, or bought with mo- 
 ney of any stranger, wliich is 
 not of thy seed. 
 
 13 He that is bom in thy house, 
 and he that is bought with thy 
 money, must needs be circum- 
 cised : and my covenant shall be 
 in your flesh for an everlasting 
 covenant. 
 
 14 And the uncircumcised man 
 cliild whose flesh of his foreskin 
 is not circumcised, that soul 
 shall be cut ofi" from his people ; 
 he hath broken my covenant. 
 
 15 ^ And God said unto A- 
 braham, As for Sarai thy vnfe, 
 thou shalt not call her name 
 Sarai, but Sarah shall her name 
 be. 
 
 16 And I will bless her, and 
 give thee a son also of her : yea, 
 
 I will bless her, and she shall 
 be a mather of nations; kings 
 of ix*()ple shall \m of her. 
 
 17 Then Abraham fell upon his 
 face, and laughed, and said in 
 his heart. Shall a child b«i ]>om 
 unto him that is an hiindn.Ml 
 years oldV an«l shall Sarah, that 
 IS nhiety years old, lx*ar? 
 
 18 And Abraham said unto 
 God, O that Ishmael might live 
 before thee ! 
 
 19 And God said, Sarah thy 
 wife shall l>ear thee a son in- 
 deed ; and thou shalt call liis 
 name Isiiac : and I will esta- 
 blish my covenant with liim 
 for an everlasting covenant, and 
 with his seed after liim. 
 
 20 And as for Ishmael, I have 
 heard thee : Ik-hold, I have 
 blessed him, and will make 
 him fruitful, and will nndti- 
 ply him exceedingly ; twelve 
 princes shall he beget, and I 
 will make him a great nation. 
 
 21 But mv covenant will I es- 
 tablish with Isaac, wliich Sarah 
 shall bear unto thee at tliis set 
 time in the next year. 
 
 22 And he left ofl' talking witli 
 him, and God went up from 
 Abraham. 
 
 23 If And Abraliam took Ish- 
 mael liis son, and all that were 
 bom in his house, and all that 
 were bought with his money, 
 every male among the men of 
 Abraham's house ; and circum- 
 cised the flesh of their foreskin 
 in the selfsame day, as God had 
 said mito him. 
 
 24 And Abraham urns ninety 
 years old and nine, when he 
 was circmncised in the flesh of 
 his foreskin. 
 
 25 And Ishmael his son was 
 tliirteen years old, when he was 
 circumcised in the flesh of his 
 foreskin. 
 
 26 In the selfsame da^^ was 
 Abraham circimicised, and Ish- 
 mael his son. 
 
 27 And all the men of his 
 house, bom in the house, and 
 bought with money of the stran- 
 ger, were circmncised with him. 
 
Three angels 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 1 Ahraliam enterfaineth three angels. 
 9 Sarah is repi'oved for laughing at 
 the strange promise. 17 The de- 
 struction of Sodom is revealed to 
 Abraham. 23 Abraham maTceih in- 
 tercession for the men thereof. 
 
 AND the LoKD appeared 
 J\. unto him in the plains of 
 Mamre : and he sat in the tent 
 door in the heat of the day ; 
 
 2 And he hft up his eyes and 
 looked, and, lo, three men stood 
 by Mm : and when he saw them, 
 he ran to meet them from the 
 tent door, and bowed himself 
 toward the ground, 
 
 3 And said, My Lord, if now I 
 -have found favom* in thy sight, 
 pass not away, I pray thee, from 
 thy servant : 
 
 4 Let a little water, I pray you, 
 be fetched, and wash your feet, 
 and rest yourselves under the 
 tree : 
 
 5 And I will fetch a morsel 
 of bread, and comfort ye your 
 hearts; after that ye shall pass 
 'on: for therefore are ye come 
 to your servant. And they said. 
 So do, as thou hast said. 
 
 6 And Abraham hastened in- 
 to the tent unto Sarah, and 
 said, Make ready quickly three 
 measures of fine meal, knead 
 it, and make cakes upon the 
 hearth. 
 
 7 And Abraham ran unto the 
 herd, and fetcht a cajf tender 
 and good, and gave it unto a 
 young man; and he hasted to 
 dress it. 
 
 8 And he took butter, and 
 milk, and the calf which he 
 had di^essed, and set it before 
 them; and he stood by them 
 imder the tree, and they did 
 eat. 
 
 9 ^ And they said unto him. 
 Where is Sarah thy vdfe ? And 
 he said, Behold, in the tent. 
 
 10 And he said, I will certain- 
 ly return unto thee according to 
 the time of hfe ; and, lo, Sarah 
 thy wife shall have a son. And 
 Sarah heard i^ in the tent door, 
 which was behind him. 
 
 GENESIS, XVm. tome to AUaham. 
 
 11 Now Abraham and Sarah 
 were old and well stricken in 
 
 _ ^ and it ceased to be with 
 Sarah after the manner of wo- 
 men. 
 
 12 Therefore Sarah laughed 
 within herself, sayuig. After I 
 am waxed old shall I have plea- 
 sure, my lord being old also ? 
 
 13 And the Lord said unto 
 Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah 
 laugh, saying. Shall I of a surety 
 bear a child, which am old ? 
 
 14 Is any thing too hard for 
 the Lord? At the time ap- 
 pointed I will return unto thee, 
 according to the time of hfe, 
 and Sarah shall have a son. 
 
 15 Then Sarah denied, say- 
 ing, I laughed not ; for she was 
 afraid. And he said. Nay ; but 
 thou didst laugh. 
 
 16 IF And the men rose up 
 from thence, and looked to- 
 ward Sodom: and Abraham 
 went with them to bring them 
 on the way. 
 
 17 And the Lord said, Shall I 
 hide from Abraham that thing 
 which I do ; 
 
 18 Seeing that Abraham shall 
 surely become a great and migh- 
 ty nation, and all the nations 
 of the earth shall be blessed in 
 him? 
 
 19 For I Imow him, that he 
 will command his children and 
 his household after him, and 
 they shall keep the way of the 
 Lord, to do justice and judg- 
 ment ; that the Lord may bring 
 upon Abraham that which he 
 hath spoken of him. 
 
 20 And the Lord said. Because 
 the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah 
 is great, and because their sin is 
 very grievous ; 
 
 21 I will go down now, and 
 see whether they have done 
 altogether accordmg 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 
 stood yet before the Lord. 
 
 23 H And Abraham drew near, 
 
Abraham intercedes 
 
 GENESIS, XIX. 
 
 far S<Khnn. 
 
 and said, Wilt tliou also doptrov 
 the richteous witli the wicked r 
 
 24 Peradveiitiire tliere be fifty 
 righteous witliin tlie city : wilt 
 thou also destroy and not spare 
 the place for the fifty righteouB 
 that are therein? 
 
 25 That l>e far from thee to do 
 after this manner, to slay the 
 righteous ^^^th the wicked : and 
 that the righteous should l)e as 
 the wicked, that )>e far from 
 thee: Shall not tlie Judge of 
 all the earth do right ? 
 
 26 And the Lord said, If I find 
 in Sodom fifty righteous within 
 the city, then I will spare all 
 the place for their sakes. 
 
 27 And Abraliam answered 
 and said, Ik'liold now, I have 
 taken ui)on me to speak unto 
 the Lord, which am but dust 
 and ashes : 
 
 28 Peradventure there shall 
 lack five of the fifty righteous: 
 wilt tliou destroy all the citv 
 for lack of five ? And he said. 
 If I find there forty and five, I 
 will not destroy it. 
 
 29 And he spake imto him yet 
 again, and siiid, Peradventure 
 tliere shall be forty found there. 
 And he said, I will not do it for 
 forty's sake. 
 
 30 And he said unto him, Oh 
 let not the Lord be angrj% and I 
 will speak : Peradventure there 
 shall thirty be found there. And 
 he said, I will not do it, if I find 
 thirty there. 
 
 31 And he said, Behold now, 
 I have taken upon me to speak 
 unto the Lord: Peradventure 
 there shall be twenty found 
 there. And he said, I will not 
 destroy it for twenty's sake. 
 
 32 And he said. Oh let not the 
 Lord be angry, and I will speak 
 yet but this once : Peradven- 
 ture ten shall be found there. 
 And he said, I will not destroy 
 it for ten's sake. 
 
 33 And the Lokd went his 
 w^ay, as soon as he had left 
 communing with Abraham : 
 and Abraham returned unto 
 his place. 
 
 CHAPTER XLX. 
 
 1 Lot entfrtniiwth tiro angel*. 4 Tlir 
 ririoiiH SmUmiites are Hfricken nuth 
 hlindtirsg. 12 Lot is sent An- mftly 
 into tilt' mountains. 1« Uc iJ>tain. 
 eth have to yo into ZcKir. '24 .SV-- 
 dom and (ioinorrah are deHtroyetl. 
 ■2<; Lot'n wife is a pillar of salt. 
 'M Lot direueth in a cave. :n The 
 incestuous original of McKib and 
 Amnion. 
 
 AND there came two angels 
 . to StKlora at even; and 
 Lot sat in the gate of Sodom : 
 and Lot seeing them rcw up 
 to meet them: and he bowed 
 himself with liis face toward 
 the ground ; 
 
 2 And lie said. Behold now, 
 my lords, tuni in, I pray you, 
 into your servant's house, and 
 tarr>' all night, and wash your 
 feet, and ye shall rise up early, 
 and go on your ways. And they 
 said. Nay ; but we will abide in 
 the street all night. 
 
 3 And he pressed upon them 
 greatly; and they tunied in 
 unto him, and entered into his 
 house; and he made them a 
 feast, and did bake unleavened 
 bread, and they did eat. 
 
 4 1[ But before they lay down, 
 the men of the city, even the 
 men of Sodom, compassed the 
 house round, both old and 
 young, ajl the people from 
 every quarter : 
 
 5 And they called unto Lot, 
 and said unto him, Where are 
 the men which came in to thee 
 this night? bring them out un- 
 to us, tliat we may know them. 
 
 6 And Lot went out at the 
 door unto them, and shut the 
 door after him, 
 
 7 And said, I pray you, bre- 
 tliren, do not so -wickedly. 
 
 8 Behold now, I have two 
 daughters which have not 
 knoAvn man; let me, I pray 
 you, bring them out unto y<>^\ 
 and do ye to them as is i^' <■<" 
 in your eyes: only unto tli' -t 
 men do nothing; for theref< ]f 
 came they under the shad- ^^ 
 of my roof. 
 
 9 Ajid they said, Stand ba' i- 
 
Lot is smt 
 
 GENESIS, XIX. 
 
 out of Sodoku. 
 
 And tliey said again. This one 
 fellow came in to sojourn, and 
 he will needs be a judge : now 
 will we deal worse with thee, 
 than with them. And they 
 pressed sore upon the man, 
 even Lot, and came near to 
 break the door. 
 
 10 But the men put forth their 
 hand, and pulled Lot into the 
 house to them, and shut to the 
 door. 
 
 11 And they smote the men 
 that we7^e at the door of the 
 house with blindness, both 
 small and great: so that they 
 wearied themselves to find the 
 door. 
 
 12 1i And the men said unto 
 Lot, Hast thou here any be- 
 sides ? son in law, and thy sons, 
 and thy daughters, and whatso- 
 ever thou hast in the city, bring 
 them out of this place : 
 
 13 For we will destroy this 
 place, because the cry of them 
 is waxen great before the face 
 of the Lord; and the Loed 
 hath sent us to destroy it. 
 
 14 And Lot went out, and 
 spake unto ^ his sons in law, 
 which married his daughters, 
 and said, L"p, get you out of 
 this place; for the Lord will 
 destroy this city. But he seem- 
 ed as one that mocked unto his 
 sons in law. 
 
 15 ^ And when the moiTiing 
 arose, then the angels hastened 
 Lot, saying. Arise, take thy 
 wife, and thy two daughters, 
 wliich are here; lest thou be 
 consumed m the iniciuity of the 
 city. 
 
 16 And while he lingered, the 
 men laid hold upon his hand, 
 and upon the hand of his wife, 
 and upon the hand of his two 
 daughters ; the Lord being 
 merciful imto him: and they 
 brought him forth, and set him 
 -without the city. 
 
 17 ^ And it came to pass, when 
 they had brought them forth a- 
 broad, that he said. Escape for 
 thy life ; look not behind thee, 
 neither stay thou in all the 
 
 plain; escape to the mountain, 
 lest thou be consumed. 
 
 18 And Lot said unto them, 
 Oh, not so, my Lord : 
 
 19 Behold now, thy servant 
 hath fomid grace in thy sight, 
 and thou hast magnified thy 
 mercy, which thou hast shew- 
 ed unto me in saving my life; 
 and I cannot escape to the 
 mountain, lest some 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 escape thither, 
 {is it not a little one ?) and my 
 soul shall live. * 
 
 21 And he said unto him, See, 
 I have accepted thee concern- 
 ing this thing also, that I will 
 not overthrow this city, for the 
 which thou hast spoken. 
 
 22 Haste thee, escape thither; 
 for I cannot do any thuig till 
 thou be come thither. There- 
 fore the name of the city was 
 called Zoar. 
 
 23 I The sun was risen upon 
 the earth when Lot entered in- 
 to Zoar. 
 
 24 Then the Lord rained 
 upon Sodom and upon Gomor- 
 rah brimstone and tire from the 
 Lord out of heaven ; 
 
 25 And he overthrew those ci- 
 ties, and all the plain, and all 
 the inhabitants of the cities, 
 and that which grew upo;a the 
 ground. 
 
 26 H But his wife looked back 
 from behind him, and she be- 
 
 1 came a pillar of salt. 
 
 27 IF And Abraham gat up 
 I early in the morning to the 
 I place where he stood before 
 : the Lord : 
 
 ! 28 And he looked toward So- 
 ; dom and Gomorrah, and toward 
 
 all the land of the plam, and 
 : beheld, and, lo, the smoke of 
 j the country went up as the 
 
 smoke of a furnace. 
 I 29 II And it came to pass, 
 I when God destroyed the cities 
 ! of the plain, that God remem- 
 I bered Abraham, and sent Lot 
 
 out of the midst of the over- 
 
AhraMm denieth 
 
 GENESIS, XX. 
 
 his irifr. 
 
 tlirow^ when Le oveillirew the 
 cities m tlie which Lot dwelt. 
 
 30 H And Lot went np out of 
 Zoar, and dwelt in the m(»un- 
 tain, and his two danplitei-s witli 
 liim; lor he feared to dw«.*ll in 
 Zoar : and he dwelt in a rave, 
 he and his two daughters. 
 
 31 And the lii-stboni said unto 
 the younger, Our father is old, 
 and thei'e 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 fa- 
 ther drink wine, and we will 
 lie with him, that we may pre- 
 serve seed of our father. 
 
 33 And they made their father 
 drink wine that night : and the 
 firstborn went in, and lay with 
 her father; and he perceived 
 not when she lay down, nor 
 when she aros^*. 
 
 34 And it came to pass on the 
 morrow, that the fii-stboni said 
 imto the vounger, Behold, I lay 
 yesteniight with my father: let 
 ns make him drink wine this 
 night also; and go thou in, (uid 
 lie with him, that we may pre- 
 serve seed of our father. 
 
 35 And they made their father 
 drink Avine that niglit also : and 
 the younger arose, and lay with 
 liim; and he perceived not when 
 she lay down, nor when she a- 
 rose. 
 
 36 Thus were both the daugh- 
 ters of Lot ^yii\l cliild by their 
 father. 
 
 37 And the fii'stbom bare a 
 son, and called his name Moab : 
 the same is the father of the 
 Moabites unto this day. 
 
 38 And the yoimger, she also 
 bare a son, and called his name 
 Ben-ammi : the same is the fa- 
 ther of the children of Ammon 
 imto tliis day. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 1 Abraham sojourneth at Gerar, 2 
 denieth his idfe, and loseth her. 
 3 Abimelech is reproved for her in 
 a dream. 9 He rehuketh Abraham, 
 14 restoreth Sarah, 16 and reprov- 
 eth her. 17 He is healed by Abra- 
 ham's prayer. 
 
 A 
 
 N D Abraham jounieyed i i 
 
 from thence toward the 
 s<»uth co\mtry, and dwelled be- 
 tween Kadesh and Shur, and 
 sojourned in (ierar. 
 
 2 And Abraham said of Sarah 
 his wife. She is my sister : and 
 Abimelech king of Cierar sent, 
 and took Sarah. 
 
 3 But God came to Abimelecli 
 in a dnam by night, and said to 
 him. Ix-hold, thou art but a dead 
 man, for the woman wliich thou 
 hast taken ; for slie is a man's 
 wile. 
 
 4 But Abimelech had not come 
 near her: and he said. Lord, 
 wilt thou slay also a righteous 
 nation? 
 
 5 Sajd he not unto me. She is 
 my sister? and she, even slie 
 herself said. He is my brother : 
 in the integrity of my heart and 
 innocency of my liands have I 
 done this. 
 
 6 And God said unto liim in 
 a dream. Yea, I know that thou 
 didst this in the integrity of thy 
 heart; for I also withheld thee 
 from sinning against me : there- 
 lore suffered I thee not to touch 
 her. 
 
 7 Now therefore restore the 
 man his wife; for he is a pro- 
 pliet, and he shall pray for tnee, 
 and thou shalt live : and if thou 
 restore her not, know tliou that 
 thou shalt surely die, thou, and 
 all that are thine. 
 
 8 Therefore Abimelech rose 
 early in the morning, and call- 
 ed all his sen ants, and told all 
 these things in their ears : and 
 the men were sore afraid. 
 
 9 Then Abimelech called A- 
 braham, and said unto liim. 
 What hast thou done unto us ? 
 and what have I offended thee, 
 that thou hast brought on me 
 and on my kingdom a great 
 sin ? thou hast done deeds unto 
 me that ought not to be done. 
 
 10 And Abimelech said imto 
 Abraham, What sawest thou, 
 that thou hast done this thing ? 
 
 11 And Abraham said, Because 
 I thought, Surely the fear of God 
 
Isaaxi is horn. 
 
 GENESIS, XXI. 
 
 and ciraimcised. 
 
 is not in tMs place ; and they 
 will slay me for my wife's sake. 
 
 12 And yet indeed she is my 
 sister; she is the daughter of 
 my father, but not the daugh- 
 ter of my mother ; and she be- 
 came my wife. 
 
 13 And it came to pass, when 
 God caused me to wander from 
 my father's house, that I said 
 mito her, This is thy kindness 
 which thou shalt shew unto 
 me ; at every place whither we 
 shall come, say of me. He is 
 my brother. 
 
 14 And Abimelech took sheep, 
 and oxen, and menservants, 
 and womenser\'ants, and gave 
 them imto Abraham, and re- 
 stored him Sarah his wife. 
 
 15 And Abimelech said. Be- 
 hold, my land is before thee : 
 dwell where it pleaseth thee. 
 
 16 And imto Sarah he said. 
 Behold, I have given thy bro- 
 ther a thousand pieces of sil- 
 ver: behold, he is to thee a 
 covering of the eyes, unto all 
 that are with thee, and with all 
 other : thus she was reproved. 
 
 17 IF So Abraham prayed unto 
 God : and God healed Abinie- 
 lech, and his wife, and his maid- 
 sers^ants ; and they bare children. 
 
 18 For the Lord had fast clos- 
 ed up all the wombs of the house 
 of Abimelech, because of Sarah 
 Abraham's wife. 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 
 1 Isanc is lorn. 4 He is circumcised. 
 6 Sarah's joy. 9 Hagar and Ish- 
 mael are cast forth. 15 Hagar in 
 distress. 17 The angel comforieth 
 her. 22 Abimelech' s covenant with 
 Abraham at Beer-sheba. 
 
 AND the LoED visited Sa- 
 - rah as he had said, and 
 the Lord did unto Sarah as 
 he had spoken. 
 
 2 For Sarah conceived, and 
 bare Abraham a son in his old 
 age, at the set time of which 
 God had spoken to him. 
 
 3 And Abraham called the 
 name of his son that was bom 
 ttnto him, whom Sarah bare to 
 him, Isaac. 
 
 4 And Abraham circumcised 
 his son Isaac being eight days 
 old, as God had commanded 
 him. 
 
 5 And Abraham was an hun- 
 dred years old, when his son 
 Isaac was bom unto him. 
 
 6 IF And Sarah said, God hath 
 made me to laugh, so that all 
 that hear will laugh with me. 
 
 7 And she said, Who would 
 have said unto Abraham, that 
 Sarah should have given chil- 
 dren suck? for I have bom him 
 a son in his old age. 
 
 8 And the child grew, and was 
 weaned: and Abraham made 
 a great feast the same day that 
 Isaac was weaned. 
 
 9 IF And Sarah saw the son 
 of Hagar the Egj^ptian, which 
 she had bom unto Abraham, 
 mocking. 
 
 10 Wherefore she said unto 
 Abraham, Cast out this bond- 
 woman and her son : for the son 
 of this bondwoman shall not be 
 heir with my son, even with 
 Isaac. 
 
 11 And the tiling was very 
 grievous in Abraham's sight be- 
 cause of his son. 
 
 12 ^ And God said unto A- 
 braham. Let it not be grievous 
 in thy sight because of the lad, 
 and because of thy bondwo- 
 man; in all that Sarah hath 
 said unto thee, hearken unto 
 her voice; for in Isaac shall 
 thy seed be called. 
 
 13 And also of the son of the 
 bondwoman will I make a na- 
 tion, because he is thy seed. 
 
 14 And Abraham rose up early 
 in the morning, and took bread, 
 and a bottle of water, and gave 
 it unto Hagar, putting it on her 
 shoulder, and the child, and 
 sent her away : and she depart- 
 ed, and wandered in the wilder- 
 ness of Beer-sheba. 
 
 15 And the water was spent in 
 the bottle, and she cast the child 
 under one of the shrubs. 
 
 16 And she went, and sat her 
 down over against him a good 
 way off, as it were a bowshot: 
 
Abinieleclis comuint GENESIS, XXII. 
 
 for she said, Let me not see the 
 death of the child. And she sat 
 over against him, and lift up her 
 voice, and wept. 
 
 17 And God heard the voice 
 of the lad; and the anpel of 
 God called to Hagar out of hea- 
 ven, and said unto her. What 
 aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; 
 for God hath heaixl the voice 
 of the lad where he is. 
 
 18 Arise, lift up the lad, and 
 hold liim in tliine hand ; for I 
 will make him a great nation. 
 
 19 And God opened her eyes, 
 and slie Siuv a well of water; 
 and she went, and iilled the bot- 
 tle with water, and gave the lad 
 drink. 
 
 20 And God was with the 
 lad ; and he grew, and dwelt in 
 the wilderness, and became an 
 archer. 
 
 21 And he dwelt in the wilder- 
 ness of Paran : and his mother 
 took him a wile out of the land 
 of Egypt. 
 
 22 IF And it ciime to pass at 
 that time, that Abimelech and 
 Phichol the chief captain of his 
 host spake unto Abraham, say- 
 ing, God is with thee in all that 
 thou doest : 
 
 23 Now therefore swear unto 
 me here by God that thou wilt 
 not deal falsely with me, nor 
 with my son, nor with my son's 
 son : but according to the kind- 
 ness that I have done unto tliee, 
 thou shalt do unto me, and to 
 the land wherein thou hast so- 
 journed. 
 
 24 And Abraham said, I will 
 swear. 
 
 25 And Abraham reproved Abi- 
 melech because of a well of wa- 
 ter, which Abimelech's servants 
 had ^'iolently taken away. 
 
 26 And Abimelech said, I 
 wot not who hath done tliis 
 thing: neither didst thou tell 
 me, neither yet heard I of it, 
 but to day. 
 
 27 And Abraham took sheep 
 and oxen, and gave them unto 
 Abimelech; and both of them 
 made a covenant. 
 
 iciOi Abraluuii. 
 
 28 And Abmham set seven 
 ewe lambs of the llock by them- 
 selves. 
 
 29 And Al)imelech said unto 
 Abraham, Wliat mean these se- 
 ven ewe lambs which tliou liast 
 set by themselves? 
 
 30 And he said. For these se- 
 ven ewe lambs slialt thou take 
 of my hand, that they may l)e 
 a witness unto me, that I have 
 diirged tliis well. 
 
 31 Wherefore he called tliat 
 place Beer-sheba; because there 
 they sware both of them. 
 
 32 Thus they made a covenant 
 at Beer-sheba : then Abimelech 
 rose up, and Phichol the chief 
 cai)tain of his host, and they 
 returned into the land of the 
 Philistines. 
 
 33 ^ And Abraham planted a 
 grove in Beer-sheba, and called 
 there on the name of the Lord, 
 the everlasting God. 
 
 34 And Abraham sojourned in 
 the Pliihsthies' land many days. 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 
 1 Ahrhhom i» teni]>fed to offer Isaac. 
 3 IIp giveth proof of his fiith and 
 ohedietwe. 11 Tlte niujel Htaypth 
 him. 13 Iftd'ic ifi fxrhauf/rd with 
 a ram. 14 Tlie place is called Je. 
 hovah-jireh. 15 AbraJiam is blessed 
 again. 20 The generation of Na- 
 hor unto liebekah. 
 
 AND it came to pass after 
 . these things, that God did 
 tempt Abraham, and said unto 
 him, Abraham: and he said, 
 Behold, here I am. 
 
 2 And he said, Take now thy 
 son, thine only son Isaac, whom 
 thou lovest, and get thee into 
 the land oi Moriah ; and offer 
 him there for a burnt offering up- 
 on one of the mountains which 
 I will tell thee of. 
 
 3 ^ And Abraham rose up ear- 
 ly in the morning, and saddled 
 his ass, and took two of his 
 young men with him, and Isaac 
 his son, and clave the wood for 
 the burnt offering, and rose up, 
 and went unto the place of which 
 God had told him. 
 
 4 Then on the third day Abra- 
 
r/k3 trial of 
 
 GENESIS, XXm. 
 
 Abraham* s faWi. 
 
 ham lifted up his eyes, and saw i called unto Abraham out of 
 
 the place afar ofl". 
 5 And Abraham said unto his 
 young men, Abide ye here with 
 the ass ; and I and the lad will 
 go yonder and worehip, and come 
 again to you. 
 
 heaven the second time, 
 16 And said, By myself have I 
 sworn, saith the Loed, for be- 
 cause thou hast done this thing, 
 and hast not withheld thy son, 
 thine only son : 
 
 6 And Abraham took the wood 17 That in blessing I will bless 
 of the burnt offering, and laid i thee, and in multiplying I will 
 it upon Isaac his son ; and he ; multiply thy seed as the stars 
 
 took the fire in his hand, and a 
 knife; and they went both of 
 them together. 
 
 7 And Isaac spake unto Vbra- 
 ham his father, and saic^ My 
 father : and he said. Here am I, 
 my son. And he said, Behold the 
 fire and the wood : but where is 
 the lamb for a burnt offeiing? 
 
 8 And Abraham said. My son, 
 God will provide himself a lamb 
 for a burnt offering: so they 
 went both of them together. 
 
 9 And they came to the place 
 which God had told him of; 
 and Abraham built an altar 
 there, and laid the wood in or- 
 der, and bound Isaac his son, 
 and laid him on the altar upon 
 the wood. 
 
 10 And Abraham stretched 
 forth his hand, and took the 
 knif e to slay his son. 
 
 11 And the angel of the Loed 
 called unto him out of heaven, 
 and said, Abraham, Abraham: 
 and he said. Here am I. 
 
 12 And he said. Lay not thine 
 hand upon the lad, neither do 
 thou any thing imto him: for 
 now I know that thou fearest 
 God, seeing thou hast not with- 
 held thy son, thine only son 
 from me. 
 
 13 And Abraham lifted up his 
 eyes, and looked, and behold 
 behind him a ram caught in a 
 thicket by his horns : and A- 
 braham went and took the ram, 
 and offered him up for a burnt 
 offering in the stead of his son. 
 
 14 And Abraham called the 
 name of that place Jehovah- 
 jireh: as it is said to this day, 
 in the mount of the Loed it 
 
 ' shall be seen. 
 
 ; , lo *[ And the angel of the Loed 
 
 of the heaven, and as the sand 
 which is upon the sea shore; 
 and thy seed shall possess the 
 gate of his enemies ; 
 
 18 And in thy seed shall all the 
 nations of the earth be blessed ; 
 because thou hast obeyed my 
 voice. 
 
 19 So Abraham retiuned imto 
 his young men, and they rose 
 up and went together to Beer- 
 sheba; and Abraham dwelt at 
 Beer-sheba. 
 
 20 !y And it came to pass after 
 these things, that it was told A- 
 braham, saying, Behold, iMilcah, 
 she hath also bom children un- 
 to thy brother Xahor ; 
 
 21 Huz his firstborn, and Buz 
 his brother, and Kemuel the 
 father of Aram, 
 
 22 And Chesed, and Hazo, 
 and Pildash, and Jidiaph, and 
 Bethuel. 
 
 23 AndBethuel begat Eebekah : 
 these eight IMilcah did bear to 
 iSTahor, Abraham's brother. 
 
 24 And his concubine, whose 
 name ivas Eeumah, she bare 
 also Tebah, and Gaham, and 
 Thahash, and Maachah. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIH. 
 1 The age and death of Sarah. 3 Tlie 
 purchase of Machjpelah, 19 ichere 
 Sarah icas buried. 
 
 A'i^J) Sarah was an hundred 
 . and seven and twentj^ years 
 old : these were the years of the 
 hfe of Sarah. 
 
 2 And Sarah died in Kirjath- 
 arba; the same is Hebron in 
 the land of Canaan : and Abra- 
 ham came to mourn for Sarah, 
 and to weep for her. 
 
 3 *[ And Abraham stood up 
 from before his dead, and spake 
 unto the sons of Heth, saying. 
 
Abraham*8 servant 
 
 GENESIS. XXIV. 
 
 MeOi his erratui, 
 
 25 She said moreover unto liim. 
 We have both Btmw and pro- 
 vender enough, and room to 
 lodge in. 
 
 26 And the man bowed down 
 his head, and worshipped the 
 Lord. 
 
 27 And he said, Blessed be the 
 Lord God of my master A- 
 braham, who hath not left des- 
 titute my master of liis mercy 
 and his truth: I being in the 
 way, the Lord led me to the 
 house of my master's bretlnen. 
 
 28 And the damsel ran, and 
 told them of her mother's house 
 these things. 
 
 29 1[ And Kebekah had a bro- 
 ther, and liis name ivas Laban : 
 and Laban ran out unto the 
 man, unto the well. 
 
 '30 And it came to pass, when 
 he saw the earring and brace- 
 lets upon his sister's hands, and 
 when he heard the words of Ke- 
 bekah liis sister, saying, Tluis 
 spake the man unto me; that 
 he came unto the man; and, 
 behold, he stood by the camels 
 at the well. 
 
 31 And he said. Come in, thou 
 blessed of the Lord; wliere- 
 fore standest thou without? for 
 I have prepared the house, and 
 room for the camels. 
 
 32 H And the man came into 
 the house : and he migirded his 
 camels, and gave straw and pro- 
 vender for the camels, and water 
 to wash his feet, and the men's 
 feet that were Tvith him. 
 
 33 And there was set meat be- 
 fore him to eat : but he said, I 
 will not eat, until I have told 
 mine errand. And he said. 
 Speak on. 
 
 34 And he said, I am Abra- 
 ham's sers^ant. 
 
 35 And the Lord hath bless- 
 ed my master greatly; and he 
 is become great: and he hath 
 given him flocks, and herds, 
 and silver, and gold, and men- 
 servants, and maidservants, and 
 camels, and asses. 
 
 36 And Sarah my master's wife 
 bare a son to my master when 
 
 she was old : and unto him liath 
 he given all that he liath. 
 
 37 And my master made me 
 swear, saying, Thou shalt not 
 take a ^nfe to my son of tlie 
 daughters of the Canaanites, in 
 whose land I dwell : 
 
 38 But thou shalt go unto mv fa- 
 ther's house, and to my kindred, 
 and take a wife unto my son. 
 
 39 And I said unto my master. 
 Peradventure the woman will 
 not follow me. 
 
 40 And he said unto me. The 
 Lord, before whom I walk, 
 will send liis angel with thee, 
 and pr(»8pcr thy way ; and thoa 
 shalt take a wife for my son of 
 my kindred, and of my father's 
 liouse : 
 
 41 Then shalt thou bo clear 
 from this my oath, when thou 
 comest to my kindred; and it 
 they give not thee one, thou 
 shalt ix) clear from my oath. 
 
 42 And I came this day unto 
 the Avcll, and said, O LoRr 
 God of my master Abraham, if 
 now thou do prosper my way 
 whi(;h I go : 
 
 43 Behold, I stand by the well 
 of water; and it shall come to 
 pass, that when the virgin Com- 
 eth forth to draw water, and I 
 say to her. Give me, I pray thee, 
 a little water of thy pitcher to 
 drink ; 
 
 44 And she say to me, Both 
 drink thou, and I will also 
 draw for thy camels: let the 
 same be the woman whom the 
 Lord liath appointed out for 
 my master's son. 
 
 45 And before I had done 
 speaking in mine heart, be- 
 hold, Rebekah came forth with 
 her pitcher on her shoulder; 
 and she went down unto the 
 well, and drew water: and I 
 said unto her. Let me drink, I 
 pray thee. 
 
 46 And she made haste, and 
 let down her piteher from her 
 shoulder, and said, Drink, and 
 I will give thy camels drink 
 also : so I dmnk, and she made 
 the camels drink also. 
 
and asketh 
 
 GENESIS, XXV. 
 
 for BebeJmh, 
 
 47 And I asked her, and said. 
 Whose daughter «r^ thou? And 
 she said. The daughter of Beth- 
 nel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah 
 bare unto him: and I put the 
 earring upon her face, and the 
 bracelets upon her hands. 
 
 48 And I bowed down my 
 head, and worshipped the 
 LoED, and blessed the Lord 
 God of my master Abraham, 
 which had led me in the right 
 way to take my master's bro- 
 ther's daughter mito his son. 
 
 49 And now if ye will deal 
 Idndly and truly with my mas- 
 ter, tell me: and if not, tell 
 me; that I may turn to the 
 right hand, or to the left. 
 
 50 Then Laban and Bethuel 
 answered and said, The thing 
 proceedeth from the Lord : we 
 cannot speak unto thee bad or 
 good. 
 
 51 Behold, Eebekah is before 
 thee, take her, and go, and let 
 her be thy master's son's wife, 
 as the Lord hath spoken. 
 
 52 And it came to pass, that, 
 when Abraham's serv^ant heard 
 their words, he worshipped the 
 Lord, bowing' himself to the 
 earth. 
 
 53 And the servant brought 
 forth jewels of silver, and jew- 
 els of gold, and raiment, and 
 gave them to Eebekah : he gave 
 also to her brother and to her 
 mother precious things. 
 
 54 And they did eat and drink, 
 he and the men that were with 
 him, and tarried all night ; and 
 they rose up in the morning, 
 and he said. Send me away 
 unto my master. 
 
 55 And her brother and her 
 mother said. Let the damsel a- 
 bide with us afezv days, at the 
 least ten ; after that she shall go. 
 
 56 And he said unto them, Hin- 
 der me not, seeing the Lord 
 hath prospered my way; send 
 me away that I may go to my 
 master. 
 
 57 And they said. We will call 
 the damsel, and enqmi'e at her 
 mouth. 
 
 58 And they called Eebekah, 
 and said unto her. Wilt thou 
 go with this man? And she 
 said, I will go. 
 
 59 And they sent away Eebe- 
 kah their sister, and her nurse, 
 and Abraham's servant, and his 
 men. 
 
 60 And they blessed Eebekah, 
 and said unto her. Thou art 
 our sister, be thou the mother 
 of thousands of millions, and 
 let thy seed possess the gate of 
 those which hate them. 
 
 61 ^ And Eebekah arose, and 
 her damsels, and they rode up- 
 on the camels, and followed the 
 man : and the servant took Ee- 
 bekah, and went his way. 
 
 62 And Isaac came from the 
 way of the weU Lahai-roi ; for 
 he dwelt in the south country. 
 
 63 And Isaac went out to me- 
 ditate in the field at the even- 
 tide : and he lifted up his eyes, 
 and saw, and, behold, the ca- 
 mels were coming. 
 
 64 And Eebekah lifted up her 
 eyes, and when she saw Isaac, 
 she lighted off the camel. 
 
 65 For she had said unto the 
 ser^^ant. What man is this that 
 walketh in the field to meet us? 
 And the servant had said, It is 
 my master: therefore she took 
 a vail, and covered herself. 
 
 66 And the servant told Isaac 
 all things that he had done. 
 
 67 And Isaac brought her into 
 his mother Sarah's tent, and 
 took Eebekah, and she became 
 his wife ; and he loved her : 
 and Isaac was comforted after 
 his mother's death. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 
 1 TJie sons of Abraham by Keturah. 
 5 The division of Ms poods. 7 His 
 ape, and death. 9 His burial. 12 
 Tfw geiierafions of Ishmael. 17 
 His age, and death. 19 Isaac pray- 
 eth for Eebel-ah, being barren. 22 
 The' children strive in her ivomb. 
 24 Tlie birth of Esau and Jacob. 
 27 Their difference. 29 Esau. sell, 
 eth his birthright. 
 
 THEN" again Abraham took 
 a wife, and her name was 
 Keturah. 
 
AhrahmrCs death. 
 
 GENESIS, XXV. 
 
 The birth qf 
 
 2 And she bare him Zimran, 
 and Jokshau, and Medan, and 
 Midiaii, and Ishbak, and Sliuah. 
 
 3 And Jokshan be2;at Sheba, 
 and Dedan. And the sons of 
 Dedan were Asshurim, and Le- 
 tusliim, and Leummim. 
 
 4 And the sons of Midian; 
 Ephah, and Epher, and Ha- 
 noch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. 
 All these were the children of 
 Keturah. 
 
 5 H And Abraham gave aU tliat 
 he had unto Isaac. 
 
 6 But unto the sons of the con- 
 cubmes, wliich Abraham had, 
 Abraham gave gifts, and sent 
 them away from Isaac liis son, 
 while he yet lived, eastward, 
 unto the east country. 
 
 7 And these are tlie days of 
 the years of Abraham's hfe 
 which he lived, an hundred 
 tlu'eescore and fifteen yeare. 
 
 8 Then Abraham gave up the 
 ghost, and died hi a good old 
 age, an old man, and fiill of 
 years ; and was gathered to liis 
 people. 
 
 9 And his sons Isaac and Ish- 
 mael buried him hi the cave of 
 Machpelah, in the field of Eph- 
 ron the son of Zohar the Hittite, 
 which is before Mamre ; 
 
 10 The field which Abraham 
 pm'chased of the sons of Heth : 
 there was Abraham buried, and 
 Sarah his wife. 
 
 11 % And it came to pass after 
 the death of Abraham, that God 
 blessed liis son Isaac ; and Isaac 
 dwelt by the well Lahai-roi. 
 
 12 IF Now these are the gene- 
 rations of Ishmael, Abraham's 
 son, whom Hagar the Egyp- 
 tian, Sarah's handmaid, bare 
 unto Abraham : 
 
 13 And these are the names 
 of the sons of Ishmael, by their 
 names, according to their gene- 
 rations: the firstborn of Ish- 
 mael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, 
 and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 
 
 14 And ]\Iishma, and Dumah, 
 and Massa, 
 
 15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, 
 Naphish, and Kedemah : 
 
 1(5 These are the sons of Ish- 
 mael, and these are their names, 
 by their towns, and by their cas- 
 tles; twelve princes according 
 to their nations. 
 
 17 And these are the years of 
 the life of Ishmael, an himdred 
 and thirty and seven years: 
 and he gave up the ghost and 
 died; and was gathered unto 
 his people. 
 
 18 And they dwelt from Ha- 
 vilah unto Shur, that is before 
 EgjTt, as thou goest toward As- 
 Syria: and he died in the pre- 
 sence of all Ids brethren. 
 
 19 !I And these are the genera- 
 tions of Isaac, Abraliam's son : 
 Abraham begat Isaac : 
 
 20 And Isaac was lorty years 
 old wlien he took Kebekah to 
 wife, the daughter of Bethuel 
 the Syrian of Padan-aram, the 
 sister to Laban the Syrian. 
 
 21 And Isaac uitreated the 
 Lord for Ids wife, because she 
 was barren: and the Lord 
 was intreated of him, and Ke- 
 bekah Ids wife conceived. 
 
 22 And the children struggled 
 together witliin her; and she 
 said, If it be so, why am I 
 thus? And she went to enqiure 
 of the Lord. 
 
 23 And the Lord said unto 
 her. Two nations are in thy 
 womb, and two manner of peo- 
 ple shall be separated from thy 
 bowels ; and the one people 
 shall be stronger than the other 
 people ; and the elder shall sers'e 
 the younger. 
 
 24 If And when her days to be 
 deUvered were fulfilled, behold, 
 there were t-^vins in her womb. 
 
 25 And the first came out red, 
 all over like an hairj" garment ; 
 and they called his name Esau. 
 
 26 And after that came his 
 brother out, and his hand took 
 hold on Esau's heel; and his 
 name was called Jacob: and 
 Isaac icas threescore years old 
 when she bare them. 
 
 27 And the boys grew: and 
 Esau was a cunning hunter, a 
 man of the field; and Jacob 
 
Esau and Jacob. 
 
 GENESIS. XXYI. Isaac denies his wife. 
 
 was a plain man, dwelling in 
 tents. 
 
 28 And Isaac loved Esau, be- 
 cause he did eat of his yenison : 
 but Kebekah loved Jacob. 
 
 29 ■[ And Jacob sod pottage : 
 and Esau came from the field, 
 and he was faint : 
 
 30 And Esau said to Jacob, 
 Feed me, I pray thee, with that 
 same red pottage; for I am 
 faint: therefore was his name 
 called Edom. 
 
 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this 
 day thy birthright. 
 
 32 And Esau said. Behold, I 
 am at the point to die: and 
 what profit shaU this birthright 
 do to me ? 
 
 33 And Jacob said. Swear to 
 me this day ; and he sware xm- 
 to him: and he sold his bh-th- 
 right unto Jacob. 
 
 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread 
 and pottage of lentiles ; and he 
 did eat and drink, and rose up, 
 and went his way: thus Esau 
 despised his birthright. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 
 1 Isaac because of famine went to 
 Gerar. 2 God instrueteth, and 
 hlesseth Mm. 7 He is reproved by 
 Abimelechfor denying his wife. 12 
 He groweth rich. 18 He diggeth 
 Eselc, Sitnah, and Eehdboth. 26 
 Abimelech maketh a covenant with 
 him at Beer-sheba. Si Esau's wives. 
 
 AND there was a famine in 
 - the land, beside the first 
 famine that was in the days of 
 Abraham. And Isaac went im- 
 to Abimelech king of the Phi- 
 listines unto Gerar. 
 
 2 And the Loed appeared un- 
 to him, and said. Go not doTMi 
 into Egypt; dwell in the land 
 which I slmll teU thee of: 
 
 3 Sojourn in this land, and I 
 win be with thee, and will bless 
 thee; for unto thee, and unto 
 thy seed, I wiU give aU these 
 countries, and I will perform 
 the oath which I sware unto 
 Abraham thy father ; 
 
 4 And I will make thy seed to 
 multiply as the stars of heaven, 
 and will give unto thy seed all 
 i^ese countries; and in thy seed 
 
 shall aU the nations of the earth 
 be blessed ; 
 
 5 Because that Abraham obey- 
 ed my voice, and kept my 
 charge, my commandments, my 
 statutes, and my laws. 
 
 6 IF And Isaac dwelt in Gerar : 
 
 7 And the men of the place ask- 
 ed him of his wife ; and he said. 
 She is my sister : for he feared 
 to say. She is my wife ; lest, said 
 he, the men of the place should 
 Idll me for Eebekah; because 
 she was fair to look upon. 
 
 8 And it came to pass, when 
 he had been there a long time, 
 that Abimelech king of the Phi- 
 listines looked out at a window, 
 and saw, and, behold, Isaac was 
 sporting with Eebekah his wife. 
 
 9 And Abimelech caUed Isaac, 
 and said, Behold, of a surety she 
 is thy wile : and how saidst thou, 
 She is my sister? And Isaac said 
 unto him. Because I said. Lest 
 I die for her. 
 
 10 And Abimelech said. What 
 is this thou hast done unto us ? 
 one of the people might lightly 
 have lien with thy wife, and thou 
 shouldest have brought guilti- 
 ness upon us. 
 
 11 And Abimelech charged 
 all his people, sajdng. He that 
 toucheth this man or his wife 
 shall surely be put to death. 
 
 12 Then Isaac sowed in that 
 land, and received in the same 
 year an hundredfold: and the 
 LoED blessed him. 
 
 13 And the man waxed great, 
 and went forward, and grew un- 
 til he became very great : 
 
 14 For he had possession of 
 flocks, and possession of herds, 
 and great store of servants : and 
 the Philistines envied him. 
 
 15 For aU the wells which his 
 father's sers'ants had digged in 
 the days of Abraham liis fa- 
 ther, the Philistines had stop- 
 ped them, and filled them with 
 earth. 
 
 16 And Abimelech said unto 
 Isaac, Go from us ; for thou art 
 much mightier than we. 
 
 17 % And Isaac departed thence, 
 
Abimeleclis c^niant GENESIS, XXVII. 
 
 7rith liKutc. 
 
 and pitohod his tf^nt in the val- 
 ley of Gerar, and dwelt there. 
 
 18 And Isaac dicrjred again the 
 wells of water, which they Iwd 
 digged in the days of Ahraham 
 his father; for the Philistines 
 had stopped them after the 
 death of Abraham: and he 
 called their names after the 
 names by which liis fatlier had 
 called them. 
 
 19 And Isaac's sen-ants digged 
 in tlie valley, and found there a 
 well of springing water. 
 
 20 And the herchnen of Gerar 
 did strive vnXh Isaac's herdmen, 
 paying, The water is our's : and 
 he called the name of the well 
 Esek ; because they strove with 
 him. 
 
 21 And tliey digged another 
 well, and strove for that also: 
 and he called the name of it 
 Sitnah. 
 
 22 And he removed from 
 thence, and digged another 
 well; and for that they strove 
 not: and he called the name 
 of it Rehoboth; and he said, 
 For now the Lord hath made 
 room for us, and we shall be 
 fruitful in the lancL 
 
 23 And he went up from thence 
 to Beer-sheba. 
 
 24 And the Lord appeared 
 imto him the same night, and 
 said, I am the God of Abraham 
 thy father: fear not, for I am 
 with thee, and will bless thee, 
 and multiply thy seed for my 
 servant Abraham's sake. 
 
 25 And he builded an altar 
 there, and called upon the name 
 of the Lord, and pitched his 
 tent there: and there Isaac's 
 Ben'ants digged a well. 
 
 26 H Then Abimelech went to 
 him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath 
 one of his friends, and Phichol 
 the chief captain of his army. 
 
 27 And Isaac said unto them, 
 Wherefore come ye to me, see.- 
 ing ye hate me, and have sent 
 me away from you ? 
 
 28 And they said, We saw cer- 
 tainly that the Lord was with 
 thee : and we said. Let there be 
 
 now an oath betwixt us, even 
 betwixt us and thee, and let ub 
 make a covenant with thee ; 
 
 29 That thou "wilt do us no 
 hurt, as we have not touched 
 thee, and as we have done unto 
 thee nothing but good, and have 
 sent thee aw ay in peace : thou 
 art now the blessed of the Lord. 
 
 30 And lie made them a feabt, 
 and they did eat and chink. 
 
 31 And they rose up betimes 
 in the morning, and sware one 
 to another : and Isaac sent them 
 away, and they departed from 
 him in peace. 
 
 32 And it came to pass the 
 same day. that Isaac's servants 
 came, and told liim concerning 
 the well wliich they had digged, 
 and said unto him, We liave 
 foimd water. 
 
 33 And he called it Shebah: 
 therefore the name of the city 
 is Beer-sheba unto tliis day. 
 
 34 •[ And Esau was forty years 
 old when he took to wife Ju- 
 dith the daughter of Been the 
 Hittite, and Bashemath the 
 daughter of Elon the Hittite : 
 
 35 Wliich were a grief of mind 
 unto Isaac and to Kebekah. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVII. 
 1 Imac semleth Emu for venison. 6 
 Jiebekah insfructeth Jacob to fjb- 
 tain the llesfiimj. 15 Jacob under 
 the jKrson of Esau obtaineth if. 30 
 Esau bringefh venison. 33 Isaac 
 trenibleth. 3t Esau complainetk, 
 and by importunity obtaineth a 
 blessing. 41 He ihreatcneth Jacob. 
 42 liehekah disappointeth it. 
 
 AND it came to pass, that 
 . when Isaac was old, and 
 his eyes were dim, so that he 
 could not see, he called Esau 
 his eldest son, and said unto 
 him. My son: and he said un- 
 to him. Behold, here am I. 
 
 2 And he said. Behold now, I 
 am old, I know not the day of 
 my death : 
 
 3 Now therefore take, I i)ray 
 thee, thy weapons, thy quiver 
 and thy bow, and go out to the 
 field, and take me some venison; 
 
 4 Aiid make me savoury meat, 
 such as I love, and bring it to 
 
Jacob obtainelh GENESIS, 
 
 me, that I may eat; that my 
 soul may bless thee before I die. 
 
 5 And Rebekah heard when 
 Isaac spake to Esau his son. 
 And Esau went to the field to 
 himt/or venison, and to bring 
 it, 
 
 6 llAnd Eebekah spake nnto 
 Jacob her son, saying, Behold, 
 I heard thy father speak nnto 
 Esan thy brother, sajdng, 
 
 7 Bring me venison, and make 
 me savoury meat, that I may 
 eat, and bless thee before the 
 LoEi) before my death. 
 
 8 Now therefore, my son, obey 
 my voice according to that which 
 I command thee. 
 
 9 Go now to the flock, and 
 fetch me from thence two good 
 kids of the goats; and I will 
 make them savonry meat for 
 thy father, such as he loveth : 
 
 10 And thou shalt bring it to 
 thy father, that he may eat, and 
 
 ' that he may bless thee before 
 ! Ills death. 
 
 11 And Jacob said to Rebekah 
 ' Ills mother. Behold, Esau my 
 
 brother is a hairy man, and I 
 am a smooth man : 
 
 12 My father peradventure will 
 feel me, and I shall seem to liim 
 as a deceiver ; and I shall bring 
 a curse upon me, and not a 
 
 13 And his mother said unto 
 ; him, Upon me be thy curse, my 
 I son: only obey my voice, and 
 ; go fetch me them. 
 
 14 And he went, and fetched, 
 j and brought them to his mother : 
 
 and his mother made savonry 
 meat, such as his father loved. 
 
 15 And Rebekah took goodly 
 ' raiment of her eldest son Esau, 
 ; which were with her in the 
 j honse, and put them upon Ja- 
 i cob her younger son : 
 
 1 16 And she put the sldns of 
 j the kids of the goats upon his 
 I hands, and upon the smooth of 
 I his neck: 
 
 17 And she gave the savoury 
 \ meat and the bread, wliich she 
 ; had prepared, into tiie hand of 
 her son Jacob. 
 
 1, XXVII. the hkssing. 
 
 18 IF And he came mito his 
 father, and said. My father: 
 and he said. Here am I; who 
 art thou, my son ? 
 
 19 And Jacob said unto liis far- 
 ther, I am Esau thy firstborn ; 
 I have done according as thou 
 badest me: arise, I pray thee, 
 sit and eat of my venison, that 
 thy soul may bless me. 
 
 20 And Isaac said unto his son, 
 How is it that thou hast found 
 it so quickly, my son? And he 
 said, Because the Lord thy 
 God brought it to me. 
 
 21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, 
 Come near, I pray thee, that I 
 may feel thee, my son, whether 
 thou be my very son Esau or not. 
 
 22 And Jacob went near unto 
 Isaac his faiher; and he felt 
 him, and said. The voice is 
 Jacob's voice, but the hands 
 are the hands of Esau. 
 
 23 And he discerned him not, 
 because his hands were hairy, 
 as his brother Esau's hands : so 
 he blessed him. 
 
 24 And he said, Art thou my 
 very son Esau? And he said, I 
 am. 
 
 25 And he said. Bring it near 
 to me, and I will eat of my 
 son's venison, that my soul may 
 bless thee. And he brought it 
 near to him, and he did eat: 
 and he brought him wine, and 
 he drank. 
 
 26 And his father Isaac said 
 imto him, Come near now, and 
 kiss me, my son. 
 
 27 And he came near, and kiss- 
 ed him: and he smelled the 
 smell of his raiment, and bless- 
 ed him, and said, See, the smell 
 of my son is as the smell of 
 a field which the Lobd hath 
 
 28 Therefore God give thee of 
 the dew of heaven, and the fat- 
 ness of the earth, and plenty of 
 corn and wine : 
 
 29 Let people serve thee, and 
 nations bow down to thee: be 
 lord over thy brethren, and let 
 thy mother's sons bow down to 
 thee : cursed be every one tliat 
 
 B3, 
 
Esau mnplahidli. GENESIS, 
 
 cursBth thee, and blessed be he 
 that blesseth thee. 
 3(J IF And it came to pass, as 
 soon as Isaac had made an end 
 of blesshig Jacob, and Jacob 
 was yet scarce gone out from 
 the presence of Isaac his father, 
 that Esau liis brother came in 
 from his luuiting. 
 
 31 And he also had made sa- 
 vour>' meat, and brought it un- 
 to liis father, and said mito his 
 father, Let my father arise, and 
 eat of his sou's venison, that thy 
 Boul may bless me. 
 
 32 And Isaac his father said 
 unto him, Who art thou ? And 
 he said, lam tliy son, thy first- 
 born Esau. 
 
 33 And Isaac trembled very 
 exceedingly, and said. Who? 
 where is he that hath taken 
 venison, and brought ii me, and 
 I have eaten of all before thou 
 earnest, and have blessed him? 
 yea, and he shall be blessed. 
 
 34 And when Esau heard the 
 words of his father, he cried 
 with a great and exceeding 
 bitter cry, and said unto liis 
 father, Bless me, even me also, 
 O my father. 
 
 35 And he said. Thy brother 
 came with subtilty, and hath 
 taken away thy blessing. 
 
 36 And he said. Is not he 
 rightly named Jacob? for he 
 hath supplanted me these two 
 times : he took away my birth- 
 right; and, behold, now he 
 hath taken away my blessing. 
 And he said, Hast thou not re- 
 served a blessing for me ? 
 
 37 And Isaac answered and 
 said unto Esau, Behold, I have 
 made him thy lord, and all his 
 brethren have I given to him 
 for servants ; and with com and 
 wine have I sustained him : and 
 what shall I do now unto thee, 
 my son ? 
 
 38 And Esau said unto his fa- 
 ther, Hast thou but one bless- 
 ing, my father ? bless me, even 
 me also, O my father. And 
 Esau lifted up his voice, and 
 wept. 
 
 XXVIII. Tie threaieneih Jacob, 
 
 39 And Isaac liis father an- 
 swered and said unto 1dm, 15e- 
 liokl, thy dwelling sliall Ixi the 
 fatness of tlie earth, and of the 
 dew of heaven from above ; 
 
 4^) And by thy sword shalt 
 thou hve, and shalt serve tliy 
 brother; and it shall come to 
 pass when thou shalt have the 
 dominion, that thou shalt break 
 his yoke from otl' thy neck. 
 
 41 ^ And Esau hated Jacob 
 because of the blessing where- 
 with his father blessed him: 
 and Esau said in his heart. 
 The days of mouniing for my 
 father are at hand ; then will I 
 slay ray brother Jacob. 
 
 42 And these words of Esau 
 her elder son were told to Re- 
 l>ekah : and she sent and called 
 Jacob her younger son, and said 
 unto him. Behold, thy brother 
 Esau, as touching thee, doth 
 comfort himself, purposing to 
 kill thee. 
 
 43 Now therefore, my son, obey 
 my voice ; and arise, flee thou 
 to Laban my brother to Haran ; 
 
 44 And tarry ^\^th liim a few 
 days, until thy brother's fury 
 tmn away ; 
 
 45 Until thy brother's anger 
 turn away from thee, and he 
 forget that which thou hast 
 done to him : then I will send, 
 and fetch thee from thence : 
 why should I be deprived also 
 of you both in one day ? 
 
 4<3 And Rebekah said to Isaac, 
 I am weary of my life because 
 of the daughters of Heth: if 
 Jacob take a wife of the daugh- 
 ters of Heth, such as these 
 which are of the daughters of 
 the land, what good shall my 
 life do me ? 
 
 CHAPTER XXVIII. 
 
 1 Isaac hlesseth Jacob, and sendeth 
 him to Poxlan-aram. fi Esau mar- 
 rieth Mahalalh the daughter of 
 Ishmael. 10 The vision of Jacob 8 
 ladder. 18 The stme of Betli^l. 
 20 Jacob's vow. 
 
 A ND Isaac called Jacob, and 
 J\. blessed him, and charged 
 him, and said unto him. Thou 
 
The vision (yf 
 
 GENESIS, XXYin. 
 
 Jacd/s ladder. 
 
 Shalt not take a -wife of the 
 daughters of Canaan. 
 
 2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, to 
 the house of Bethuel thy mo- 
 ther's father; and take thee a 
 wife from thence of the daugh- 
 ters of Laban thy mother's bro- 
 ther. 
 
 3 And God Almighty bless 
 thee, and make thee fruitful, 
 and multiply thee, that thou 
 mayest be a multitude of peo- 
 ple; 
 
 4 And give ihee the blessing of 
 Abraham, to thee, and to thy 
 seed with thee ; that thou may- 
 est inherit the land wherein 
 thou art a stranger, which God 
 gave unto Abraham. 
 
 5 And Isaac sent away Jacob : 
 and he went to Padan-aram un- 
 to Laban, son of Bethuel the 
 Syrian, the brother of Eebekah, 
 Jacob's and Esau*s mother. 
 
 6 1[ When Esau saw that Isaac 
 had blessed Jacob, and sent him 
 away to Padan-aram, to take 
 him a wife from thence; and 
 that as he blessed hivn he gave 
 him a charge, saying. Thou 
 shalt not take a wife of the 
 daughters of Canaan ; 
 
 7 And that Jacob obeyed his 
 father and his mother, and was 
 gone to Padan-aram ; 
 
 8 And Esau seeing that the 
 daughters of Canaan pleased 
 not Isaac his father ; 
 
 9 Then went Esau tmto Ish- 
 mael, and took unto the wives 
 which he had Mahalath the 
 daughter of Ishmael Abraham's 
 son, the sister of Nebajoth, to 
 be his wife. 
 
 10 ^ And Jacob went out from 
 Beer-sheba, and went toward 
 Haran, 
 
 11 And he lighted upon a cer- 
 tain place, and tarried there all 
 night, because the sun was set ; 
 and he took of the stones of 
 that place, and put them for 
 his pillows, and lay down in 
 that place to sleep. 
 
 12 And he dreamed, and be- 
 hold a ladder set up on the 
 
 ^arth, and the top of it reached 
 
 to heaven : and behold the an- 
 gels of God ascending and de- 
 scending on it. 
 
 13 And, behold, the Lord 
 stood above it, and said, I am 
 the LoED God of Abraham thy 
 father, and the God of Isaac : 
 the land whereon thou liest, to 
 thee will I give it, and to thy 
 seed; 
 
 14 And thy seed shall be as the 
 dust of the earth, and thou shalt 
 spread abroad to the west, and 
 to the east, and to the north, 
 and to the south: and in thee 
 and in thy seed shall all the fa- 
 milies of the earth be blessed. 
 
 15 And, behold, I am with 
 thee, and will keep thee in all 
 places whither thou goest, and 
 will bring thee again into this 
 land ; for I will not leave thee, 
 until I have done that which I 
 have spoken to thee of. 
 
 16 ^ And Jacob awaked out 
 of his sleep, and he said, Surely 
 the Lord is in this place; and 
 I Iniew it not. 
 
 17 And he was afraid, and said, 
 How dreadful is this place ! this 
 is none other but the house of 
 God, and this is the gate of 
 heaven. 
 
 18 And Jacob rose up early 
 in the morning, and took the 
 stone that he had put/br his 
 pillows, and set it up Jbr a pil- 
 lar, and pom-ed oil upon the top 
 of it. 
 
 19 And he called the name of 
 that place Beth-el : but the name 
 of that city was called Luz at 
 the first. 
 
 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, 
 saying. If God will be with me, 
 and will keep me in this way 
 that I go, and will give me 
 bread to eat, and raiment to 
 put on, 
 
 21 So that I <;ome again to my 
 father's house in peace; then 
 shall the Loed be my God : 
 
 22 And this stone, which I 
 have set /or a pillar, shall be 
 God's house: and of all that 
 thou shalt give me I will sure- 
 ly give the tenth unto thee. 
 
Jacob meeteth BacM, GENESIS, XXIX. 
 
 Jacob mairieth 
 
 CHAPTER XXIX. 
 
 1 Jacob conu'fh to the irell of Ilaran. 
 9 Ue taketh ocqaalntance of Ra- 
 chel. 13 Laban cntertaineth him. 
 18 Jacob covenant eth for Rachel. 
 23 He is deceived unth Leah. 28 
 He marrieth also Rachel, and serv- 
 eth for her seven years more. 32 
 Leah bcareth Reuben, 33 Simeon, 
 31 Levi, 35 and Jadah. 
 
 THEN Jacob went on Ids 
 journey, and came into the 
 land of the people of the east. 
 
 2 And he looked, and behold a 
 well ill the field, and, lo, there 
 were three flocks of sheep ly- 
 ing by it ; for out of tliat well 
 they watered the flocks : and a 
 great stone was upon the well's 
 mouth. 
 
 3 And thither were all the flocks 
 gathered: and they rolled the 
 stone from the well's mouth, 
 and watered the sheep, and put 
 the stone a^ain upon the well's 
 mouth in his place. 
 
 4 And Jacob said unto them. 
 My brethren, whence be yer 
 And they said. Of Haran are 
 we. 
 
 5 And he said unto them. Know 
 ye Laban the son of Nahor? 
 And they said. We know him. 
 
 6 And he said unto them. Is 
 he well? And tliey said. He 
 is well: and, behold, Eachel 
 his daughter cometh vdth the 
 sheep. 
 
 7 And he said, Lo, it is yet 
 liigh day, neither is it time tnat 
 the cattle should be gathered 
 together: water ye the sheep, 
 and go and feed them. 
 
 8 And they said. We cannot, 
 until all the flocks be gathered 
 together, and till they roll the 
 stone from the well's mouth; 
 then we water the sheep. 
 
 9 H And while he yet spake 
 with them, Eachel came with 
 her father's sheep ; for she kept 
 them. 
 
 10 And it came to pass, when 
 Jacob saw Rachel the daughter 
 of Laban his mother's brother, 
 and the sheep of Laban his mo- 
 ther's brother, that Jacob went 
 near, and rolled the stone from 
 
 the well's mouth, and watered 
 the flock of Laban his mother's 
 brother. 
 
 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, 
 and lilted up his voice, ana 
 wept. 
 
 12 And Jacob told Rachel that 
 he was her father's brother, and 
 that he tvas Relxikah's son : and 
 she ran and told her father. 
 
 13 And it (!arae to \)am, when 
 Laban heard the tidmgs of Ja» 
 cob Ills sister's son, that he ran 
 to meet him, and embraced him, 
 and kissed lihn, and brought 
 him to his house. And he told 
 Laban all these things. 
 
 14 And Laban said to him. 
 Surely thou art my bone ana 
 my flesh. And he abode with 
 him the space of a month. 
 
 15 ^ And Laban said unto Ja- 
 cob, Because thou art my bro-» 
 ther, shouldest thou therefore 
 ser^'e me for nought? teU me, 
 what shall thy wages be ? 
 
 16 And Laban had two daught i , 
 ters: the name of the eldefj 
 was Leah, and the name of the" ' 
 younger was Rachel. 
 
 17 Leah was tender eyed ; but 
 Rachel was beautiful and weU 
 favoured. 
 
 18 And Jacob loved Rachel; 
 and said, I will serve thee seven 
 years for Rachel thy younger 
 daughter. 
 
 19 And Laban said. It is heU 
 ter that I give her to thee, than 
 that I should give her to an-r 
 other man : abide with me. 
 
 20 And Jacob served seven 
 years for Rachel; and they 
 seemed unto him but a few: 
 days, for the love he had to 
 her. 
 
 21 If And Jacob said unto La- 
 ban, Give me my wife, for my 
 days are fulfilled, that I may 
 go in unto her. 
 
 22 And Laban gathered toge*. , 
 ther all the men of the place, •• 
 and made a feast. 
 
 23 And it came to pass in the 
 evening, that he took Leah his 
 daughter, and brought her to 
 him ; and he went in unto her. I 
 
Leah and Baclid, 
 
 GENESIS, XXX, 
 
 TJw sons of Leah 
 
 24 And Laban ^ave imto Ms 
 daughter Leah Zilpah his maid 
 for an handmaid. 
 
 25 And it came to pass, that 
 in the morning, behold, it was 
 Leah: and he said to Laban, 
 What is this thou hast done 
 iUnto me ? did not I sers'e with 
 thee for Eachel ? wherefore then 
 hast thou beguiled me ? 
 
 26 And Laban said, It must 
 not be so done in our country, 
 to give the younger before the 
 firstborn. 
 
 27 Fulfil her week, and we will 
 give thee this also for the ser- 
 vice which thou shalt serv^e with 
 me 3^et seven other jeais. 
 
 28 And Jacob did so, and ful- 
 filled her week: and he gave 
 him Eachel his daughter to wife 
 also. 
 
 29 And Laban gave to Eachel 
 his daughter Bilhah his hand- 
 maid to be her maid. 
 
 30 x\nd he went in also unto 
 Eachel, and he loved also Ea- 
 chel more than Leah, and ser\^- 
 ed with him yet seven other 
 years. 
 
 31 IF And when the Lord saw 
 that Leah was hated, he open- 
 ed her womb : but Eachel was 
 barren. 
 
 32 And Leah conceived, and 
 bare a son, and she called his 
 name Eeuben: for she said. 
 Surely the Lord hath looked 
 upon my affliction ; now there- 
 fore my husband will love me. 
 
 33 Ajid she conceived again, 
 and bare a son; and said, Be- 
 cause the Lord hath heard that 
 
 \ I was hated, he hath therefore 
 given me this son also: and 
 she called his name Simeon. 
 
 34 And she conceived again, 
 and bare a son ; and said, Now 
 this time will my husband be 
 joined unto me, because I have 
 bom him thi-ee sons : therefore 
 was his name called Levi. 
 
 35 And she conceived again, 
 and bare a son: and she said. 
 Now will I praise the Lord: 
 therefore she called his name 
 Judah; and left bearing. 
 
 CHAPTER XXX. 
 
 1 Eachel, in grief for her barrenness, 
 givetli Bilhah her maid unto Jacob. 
 5 She beareth Dan and Naphtali. 
 9 Leah givetli Zilpah her maid, 
 u'ho beareth Gad and Aslier. 14 
 Reuben jindetli mandrakes, imtli 
 which Leah buyeth her husband of 
 Rachel. 17 Leah beareth Issachar, 
 Zebulun, and Dinah. 22 Rachel 
 beareth Joseph. 25 Jacob desireth 
 to depart. 27 Laban stayeth him, 
 on a neiv covenant. 37 Jacob's po- 
 licy, whereby he became rich. 
 AND when Eachel saw that 
 - she bare Jacob no chil- 
 
 di'en, Eachel envied her sister ; 
 
 and said unto Jacob, Give me 
 
 children, or elee I die. 
 
 2 And Jacob's anger was kin- 
 dled against Eachel: and he 
 said. Am I in God's stead, who 
 hath withheld fi'om thee the 
 fruit of the womb ? 
 
 3 And she said. Behold my 
 maid Bilhah, go in imto her; 
 and she shall bear upon my 
 Imees, that I may also have 
 children by her. 
 
 4 And she gave him Bilhah 
 her handmaid to wife : and Ja- 
 cob went in imto her. 
 
 5 And Bilhah conceived, and 
 bare Jacob a son. 
 
 6 And Eachel said, God hath 
 judged me, and hath also heard 
 my voice, and hath given me a 
 son: therefore called she his 
 name Dan. 
 
 7 And Bilhah Eachel's maid 
 conceived again, and bare Ja- 
 cob a second son. 
 
 8 And Eachel said. With great 
 wrestlings have I wrestled with 
 my sister, and I have prevail- 
 ed: and she called his name 
 Naphtali. 
 
 9 When Leah saw that she had 
 left bearing, she took Zilpah her 
 maid, and gave her Jacob to 
 wife. 
 
 10 And Zilpah Leah's maid 
 bare Jacob a son. 
 
 11 And Leah said, A troop 
 Cometh: and she called his 
 name Gad. 
 
 12 And Zilpah Leah's maid 
 bare Jacob a second son. 
 
 13 And Leah said, Happy am 
 
J^(Mphishom. 
 
 GENESIS, XXX. LdharCs coi-munt. 
 
 I, for the daughters -will call 
 me blepsed : and Bhe called his 
 name Asher. 
 
 14 H And Reuben went in the 
 days of wheat hanest, and 
 found mandrakes in the field, 
 and brought them unto his mo- 
 ther Leah. Then Rachel said 
 to Leah, Give me, I pmy thee, 
 of thv son's mandrakes. 
 
 15 And she said imto her. Is 
 it a small matter that tliou hast 
 taken my husband ? and would- 
 est thou take away mv son's 
 mandmkos also? And Rachel 
 said, Therefore he shall lie with 
 thee to night for tliy son's man- 
 drakes. 
 
 16 And Jacob came out of the 
 field in the evening, and Leah 
 went out to meet him, and said. 
 Thou must come in unto me; 
 for surely I have hired thee with 
 my son's mandrakes. And he 
 lay with her that night. 
 
 17 And God hearkened unto 
 Leah, and she conceived, and 
 bare Jacob the fiitli son. 
 
 18 And Leah said, God hath 
 given me my hire, l)ecause I 
 have given my maiden to my 
 husband: and she called liis 
 name Issachar. 
 
 19 And Leah conceived again, 
 and bare Jacob the sixth son. 
 
 20 And Leah said, God hath 
 endued me ivith a good dowrj^ ; 
 now ^ill my husband dwell with 
 me, because I have bom liim six 
 sons : and she called his name 
 Zebulun. 
 
 21 And afterwards she bare a 
 daughter, and called her name 
 Dinah. 
 
 22 IF And God remembered 
 Rachel, and God hearkened to 
 her, and opened her womb. 
 
 23 And she conceived, and bare 
 a son ; and said, God hath taken 
 away my reproach : 
 
 24 And she called his name 
 Joseph; and said, The Lord 
 shall add to me another son. 
 
 25 *\\ And it came to pass, when 
 Rachel had bom Joseph, that 
 Jacob said unto Laban, Send 
 me away, that I may go unto 
 
 mine ovn\ place, and to ray 
 country. 
 
 2^3 Give me my wives and ray 
 children, ibr whom I have serv- 
 ed thee, and let me go : for thou 
 knowest my seiTice wliich I 
 have done thee. 
 
 27 And Laban said unto him, 
 I pray thee, if I have found fa- 
 vour in tliine eyes, tarry : for 
 
 , I have learned by exix.'rience 
 i that the Loiiu liath blessed me 
 for thy sake. 
 
 28 And he said, Ar>point rae . 
 thy wages, and I will give ?7. } 
 
 2*J And he siiid unto him. Thou 
 knowest how I have served thee, 
 and how thy cattle was with me. 
 
 3() For it was httle which thou 
 hadfit before I came, and it is 
 noiv increased imto a multi- 
 tude; and the Lord hath bless- 
 ed thee since my coming : and 
 now when shall I provide for 
 mme own house also ? 
 
 31 And he said. What shall 
 I give thee? And Jacob said. 
 Thou shalt not give me any 
 thing : if thou wilt do this thing 
 for me, I will again teed and 
 keep thy flock. 
 
 32 I Avill pass through all thy 
 flock to day, removing from 
 thence all the si)eckled and spot- 
 ted cattle, and all the brown 
 cattle among the sheep, and the 
 spotted and speckled among the 
 goats: and of such shall be my 
 hire. 
 
 33 So shall my righteousness 
 answer for me m time to come, 
 when it shall come for my hire 
 before thy face : everj^ one that 
 is not speckled and spotted a- 
 mong the goats, and brown 
 among the sheep, that shall be 
 counted stolen with me. 
 
 34 And Laban said, Behold, 
 I would it might be according 
 to thy word. 
 
 35 And he removed that day 
 the he goats that were ring- 
 straked and spotted, and aU the 
 she goats that were speckled 
 and spotted, and every one that 
 had some white in it, and all 
 the brown among the sheep, 
 
Jacob hecometh ricJi, GENESIS, XXXI. 
 
 He leaveth Lahan, 
 
 and gave them into the hand 
 of his sons. 
 
 36 And he set three days' 
 journey betwixt himself and 
 Jacob : and Jacob fed the rest 
 of Laban's flocks. 
 
 37 IF And Jacob took him rods 
 of green poplar, and of the ha- 
 zel and chesnut tree ; and pill- 
 ed white strakes m them, and 
 made the white appear which 
 was in the rods. 
 
 38 And he set the rods which 
 he had pilled before the flocks 
 in the gutters in the water- 
 ing troughs when the flocks 
 came to dtink, that they should 
 conceive when they came to 
 drink. 
 
 j 39 And the flocks conceived 
 before the rods, and brought 
 forth cattle ringstraked, speck- 
 
 ( led, and spotted. 
 
 40 And Jacob did separate the 
 lambs, and set the faces of the 
 flocks toward the ringstraked, 
 and all tlie brown in the flock 
 of Laban ; and he put his own 
 
 ' flocks by themselves, and put 
 them not unto Laban's cattle. 
 
 41 And it came to pass, when- 
 soever the stronger 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 : so 
 the feebler were Laban's, and 
 tlie stronger Jacob's. 
 
 43 And the man increased ex- 
 ceedingly, and had much cattle, 
 and maidservants, and menser- 
 vants, and camels, and asses. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXI. 
 
 1 Jacob upon displeasure departeth 
 secretly. 19 BacJiel stecdeth Tier fa- 
 ther's images. 22 Laban pursuetJi 
 after him, 26 and complaineth of 
 the ivrong. 3i Rachel's policy to 
 hide the images. 36 Jacob's com- 
 plaint of Laban. iS The covenant 
 of Laban and Jacob at Gkileed. 
 
 AND he heard the words of 
 . Laban's sons, saying, Ja- 
 cob hath taken away all that 
 was our father's; and of that 
 
 which was our father's hath he 
 gotten all this gloiy. 
 
 2 And Jacob beheld the counte- 
 nance of Laban, and, behold, it 
 was not toward him as before. 
 
 3 And the Lobd said unto 
 Jacob, Eetum unto the land of 
 thy fathers, and to thy kindred ; 
 and I will be with thee. 
 
 4 And Jacob sent and called 
 Eachel and Leah to the field 
 unto his flock, 
 
 5 And said unto them, I see 
 your father's 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 aU my 
 power I have serv^ed your father. 
 
 7 And your father hath deceiv- 
 ed me, and changed my wages 
 ten times ; but God sufiered him 
 not to hurt me. 
 
 8 If he said thus. The speckled 
 shall be thy wages ; then all the 
 cattle bare speckled : and if he 
 said thus. The ringstraked shall 
 be thy hire; then bare all the 
 cattle ringstraked. 
 
 9 Thus God hath taken away 
 the cattle of your father, and 
 given them to me. 
 
 10 And it came to pass at the 
 time that the cattle conceived, 
 that I lifted up mine eyes, and 
 saw m a dream, and, behold, the 
 rams which leaped upon the cat-^ 
 tie ivere ringstraked, speckled, 
 and grisled. 
 
 11 And the angel of God spake 
 unto me in a dream, saying, 
 Jacob : And I said. Here am I. 
 
 12 And he said, Lift up now 
 thine eyes, and see, all the rams 
 which leap upon the cattle are 
 ringstraked, speckled, and gris- 
 led: for I have seen all that 
 Laban doeth unto thee. 
 
 13 I am the God of Beth-el, 
 where thou anointedst the piU 
 lar, and where thou vowedst a 
 vow unto me : now arise, get 
 thee out from this land, and 
 return unto the land of thy kin- 
 dred. 
 
 14 And Eachel and Leah an- 
 swered and said unto him, Js 
 
LaLan pu'isueth 
 
 there yet any portion or inlie- 
 ritance for us in our lather's 
 house ? 
 
 15 Are we not counted of liim 
 strangers? for he liath sold us, 
 and hath quite devouied also 
 our money. 
 
 16 For all the riches which God 
 hath taken from our iather, that 
 is our's, and our children's : now 
 then, whatsoever Uod liath said 
 unto thee, do. 
 
 17 ^ Then Jacob rose up, and 
 set liis sons and his wives upon 
 camels ; 
 
 18 And he carried away all liis 
 cattle, and all his pockIs which 
 he had gotten, the cattle of his 
 getting, which lie had gotten in 
 Padan-aram, for to go to Isaac 
 his father in tlie land of Canaan. 
 
 19 AndLaban Mcnt to sliear his 
 sheep: and IJachel had stolen 
 the images that tvere her la- 
 ther's. 
 
 20 And Jacob stole away un- 
 awares to Laban the 8yrian, in 
 that he told him not that he ile<l. 
 
 21 So he lied with all that he 
 had ; and he rose up, and i)assed 
 over the river, and set his face 
 toivard the mount Gilead. 
 
 22 And it was told Laban on 
 the tliird day that Jacob was 
 fled. 
 
 23 And he took his brethren 
 with liim, and pursued after 
 liim seven days' joimiey; and 
 they overtook liim in the moimt 
 GUead. 
 
 24 And God came to Laban 
 the Syrian in a dream by night, 
 and said unto liim, Take heed 
 that thou speak not to Jacob 
 either good or bad. 
 
 25 IF Then Laban overtook Ja- 
 cob. Now Jacob had pitched 
 liis tent in the mount : and La^ 
 ban with his brethren pitched 
 in the moimt of Gilead. 
 
 26 And Laban said to Jacob, 
 What hast thou done, that thou 
 hast stolen away unawares to 
 me, and carried away my daugh- 
 ters, as captives taken with the 
 sword ? 
 
 27 Wherefore didst thou flee 
 
 GENESIS. XXXI. cijler Jacd. 
 
 away secretly, and steal away 
 from me : and didst not tell me, 
 that 1 might liave sent thee a- 
 way with mirth, and with sf»ngg, 
 \Nith tabret, and with harp? 
 
 28 And hast not suilered me 
 to kiss my sons and my daugh- 
 ters? thou hast now done lool- 
 ishly in .so dohig. 
 
 2*J It is in the power of my 
 hand to do you hmi: but tlie 
 God of your father sjiake unto 
 me yesteniight, say nig. Take 
 thou heed that thou speak not 
 to Jacob either gocxl or bad. 
 
 30 And now, thongli thou 
 wouldest needs l)e gone, be- 
 cause thou sore longedst after 
 thy father's house, yet where- 
 fore hast thou stolen my gods ? 
 
 31 And Jacob answered and 
 said to Laban, Because I was 
 alraid : for I said, I'eradven- 
 ture thou wouldest take by force 
 thy daughters from me. 
 
 32 With whomsoever thou 
 lindest thy gods, let him not 
 live : Vjefore our brethren dis- 
 cern thou wliat is thine with 
 me, and take it to thee. For 
 Jacob Icnew not that IJachel 
 had stolen them. 
 
 33 And Laban went into Ja- 
 cob's tent, and into Leah's tent, 
 and into the two maidsersants' 
 tents; but he found them not. 
 Then went he out of Leah's tent, 
 and entered into Kachel's tent. 
 
 34 Now Rachel had taken the 
 images, and put them in the 
 camel's furniture, and sat upon 
 them. And Laban searched all 
 the tent, but found them not. 
 
 35 And she said to her father. 
 Let it not displease my lord 
 that I cannot rise up before 
 thee ; for the custom of women 
 is upon me. And he searched, 
 but found not the images. 
 
 36 IF And Jacob was wroth, and 
 chode with Laban: and Jacob 
 answered and said to Laban, 
 What is my trespass? what is 
 my sin, that thou hast so hotly 
 pursued after me ? 
 
 37 Whereas thou hast search- 
 ed all my stufi", what haet thou 
 
Tlie cacmant of 
 
 GENESIS, XXXn. Laban and Jacob, 
 
 found of all thy household stuff? 
 set it here before my brethren 
 and thy brethren, that they may 
 judge betwixt us both. 
 
 38 This twenty years have I 
 been with thee; thy ewes and 
 thy she goats have not cast their 
 yoimg, and the rams of thy flock 
 nave I not eaten. 
 
 39 That which was torn of 
 beasts I brought not unto thee ; 
 I bare the loss of it ; of my hand 
 didst thou require it, whether 
 stolen by day, or stolen by night. 
 
 40 Thics I was ; in the day the 
 drought consumed me, and the 
 frost by night; and my sleep 
 departed from mine eyes. 
 
 41 Thus have I been twenty 
 years in thy house; I served 
 thee fourteen years for thy two 
 daughters, and six years for thy 
 cattle: and thou hast changed 
 my wages ten times. 
 
 42 Except the God of my fa- 
 ther, the God of Abraham, and 
 the fear of Isaac, had been with 
 me, surely thou hadst sent me 
 away now empty. God hath 
 seen mine afliction and the la- 
 bour of my hands, and rebuked 
 thee yesternight. 
 
 43 11 And Laban answered and 
 said unto Jacob, These daugh- 
 ters are my daughters, and 
 these children are my children, 
 and these cattle are my cattle, 
 and all that thou seest is mine : 
 and what can I do this day im- 
 to these my daughters, or unto 
 their children which they have 
 bom? 
 
 44 Now therefore come thou, 
 I let us make a covenant, I and 
 
 thou ; and let it be for a witness 
 between me and thee. 
 
 45 And Jacob took a stone, and 
 set it up /or a pillar. 
 
 46 And Jacob said imto his 
 ' brethi'en. Gather stones; and 
 I they took stones, and made an 
 i heap: and they did eat there 
 , upon the heap. 
 
 I . -47 And Laban called it Jegar- 
 ' sahadutha : but Jacob called it 
 Galeed. 
 48 And Laban said, This heap 
 
 is a witness between me and 
 thee this day. Therefore was 
 the name of it called Galeed ; 
 
 49 And IMizpah; for he said, 
 The LoED watch between me 
 and thee, when we are absent 
 one from another. 
 
 50 If thou shalt afflict my 
 daughters, or if thou shalt take 
 other wives beside my daugh- 
 ters, no man is with us; see, 
 God is witness betwixt me and 
 thee. 
 
 51 And Laban said to Jacob, 
 Behold this heap, and behold 
 this pillar, which I have cast 
 betTiixt me and thee ; 
 
 52 This heap be witness, and 
 this pillar be witness, that 1 will 
 not pass over this heap to thee, 
 and that thou shalt not pass 
 over this heap and this pillar 
 unto me, for harm. 
 
 53 The God of Abraham, and 
 the -God of Nahor, the God of 
 their father, judge betwixt us. 
 And Jacob sware by the fear of 
 his father Isaac. 
 
 54 Then Jacob offered sacri- 
 fice upon the mount, and called 
 his brethren to eat bread : and 
 they did eat bread, and tarried 
 all night in the mount. 
 
 55 And early in the morning 
 Laban rose up, and kissed his 
 sons and his daughters, and 
 blessed them: and Laban de- 
 parted, and returned unto his 
 place. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXII. 
 1 Jacob's vision at Malianaim. 3 His 
 message to Esau. 6 He is afraid 
 of Esau's coming. 9 He prayeth 
 for deliverance. 13 He sendeth a 
 present to Esau. 2i He wrestleth 
 icith an angel at Peniel, where lie 
 is called Israel. 31 He halteth. 
 
 AND Jacob went on his way, 
 - and the angels of God met 
 him. 
 
 2 And when Jacob saw them, 
 he said, This is God's host : and 
 he called the name of that place 
 Mahanaim. 
 
 3 And Jacob sent messengers 
 before him to Esau his brother 
 unto the land of Seir, the coun- 
 try of Edom. 
 
Jaa^'s message and GENESIS, XXXII. 
 
 preseiU to Esau. 
 
 4 And he commanded them, 
 saying, Thus shall ye speak 
 unto my lord Esau; Thy ser- 
 vant Jacob saith thus, I have 
 sojourned with Laban, and stay- 
 ed there until now : 
 
 5 And I have oxen, and asses, 
 flocks, and mensenants, and 
 womeuserv ants : and I have 
 sent to tell my lord, that I may 
 find grace in thy sight. 
 
 6 IF And the messengers return- 
 ed to Jacob, saying. We came 
 to thy brother Esau, and also 
 he Cometh to meet thee, and 
 four hundred men with hun. 
 
 7 Then Jacob was greatly a- 
 fraid and distressed : and he di- 
 vided the people that wa^ with 
 him, and the flocks, and herds, 
 and the camels, into two bands ; 
 
 8 And said. If Esau come to 
 the one company, and smite it, 
 then the other company which 
 ifl left shall escape. * 
 
 9 II And Jacob said, O God of 
 my father Abraham, and God 
 of my father Isaac, the Lord 
 which saidst imto me, Itetum 
 unto thy coimtry, and to thy 
 kindred, and I will deal well 
 with thee : 
 
 10 1 am not worthy of the least 
 of all the mercies, and of all the 
 truth, which thou hast shewed 
 unto thy servant; for 'with my 
 stafi" I passed over tliis Jordan ; 
 and now I am become two bands. 
 
 11 Deliver me, I pray thee, 
 from the hand of my brother, 
 from the hand of Esau : for I 
 fear him, lest he vdll come and 
 smite me, and the mother with 
 the children. 
 
 12 And thou saidst, I wiU 
 surely do thee good, and make 
 thy seed as the sand of the sea, 
 which cannot be numbered for 
 multitude. 
 
 13 ^ And he lodged there that 
 same night; and took of that 
 which came to his hand a pre- 
 sent for Esau his brother ; 
 
 14 Two hundred she goats, and 
 twenty he goats, two hundred 
 ewes, and twenty rams, 
 
 15 Thirty milch camels with 
 
 •^ 
 
 their colts, forty kine, and ten 
 bulls, twenty she asses, and ten 
 foals. 
 
 16 And he delivered them into 
 the hand of his servants, every 
 drove by themselves ; and said 
 mito liis servants, l^ass over be- 
 fore me, and put a space betwixt 
 drove and drove. 
 
 17 And he commanded th« 
 foremost, saying. When Esau 
 my brother raeeteth thee, and 
 asketh thee, saying, Whose art 
 thou V and wliither goest thou Ij 
 and whose are these befoi 
 thee? 
 
 18 Then thou shalt say, The!^ 
 be thy 8er^•ant Jacob's; it is a 
 present sent unto my lord Esau : 
 and, behold, also he is behind us, 
 
 19 And so commanded he the 
 second, and the tliird, and all 
 that followed the droves, saying. 
 On this manner shall ye speak 
 unto Esau, when ye find him. 
 
 20 And say ye moreover. Be- 
 hold, thy serv^ant Jacob is be*^ 
 hind us. For he said, I wi?"* 
 appease liim with the preseni 
 that goeth before me, and aftei 
 ward I will see his face ; pe: 
 venture he will accept of me. 
 
 21 So went the present over " 
 fore him : and himself lcdge< 
 that night in the company. 
 
 22 And he rose up that nighi 
 and took his two wives, am . 
 his two womenservants, and hifi 
 eleven sons, and passed over 
 the ford Jabbok. 
 
 23 And he took them, and sent 
 them over the brook, and sent 
 over that he had. 
 
 24 H And Jacob was left alone ; 
 and there wrestled a man with 
 lum until the breaking of the 
 day. 
 
 25 And when he saw that he 
 prevailed not against him, he 
 touched the hollow of his thigh; 
 and the hollow of Jacob's thigh 
 was out of joint, as he wrestled 
 with him. 
 
 26 And he said, Let me go, 
 for the day breaketh. And he 
 said, I will not let thee go, ex- 
 cept thou bless me. 
 
Jacdt and 
 
 GENESIS, 
 
 27 And he said imto Mm, What 
 is tliy name ? And lie said, Ja- 
 cob. 
 
 28 And he said. Thy name 
 shall be called no more Jacob, 
 but Israel : for as a piince hast 
 thou power with God and with 
 men, and hast prevailed. 
 
 29 And Jacob asked him, and 
 said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy 
 name. And he said. Where- 
 fore is it that thou dost ask 
 after my name ? And he bless- 
 ed him there. 
 
 30 And Jacob called the name 
 of the place Peniel : for I have 
 seen God face to face, and my 
 life is preserved. 
 
 31 And as he passed over Pe- 
 nuel the sun rose upon him, 
 and he halted upon his thigh. 
 
 32 Therefore the children of 
 Israel eat not o/the sinew which 
 shrank, which is upon the hol- 
 low of the thigh, unto this day : 
 because he touched the hoUow 
 of Jacob's thigh in the sinew 
 that shrank. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXin. 
 
 1 Tiie Mildness of Jacob and Esau at 
 their meeting. 17 Jacob cometh to 
 Succoth. 18 At Shalem he buyeth a 
 field, and buildeth an altar called 
 El-£lohe.Israel. 
 
 A ND Jacob lifted up his eyes, 
 J-A. and looked, and, behold, 
 Esau came, 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 foremost, and 
 Leah and her children after, and 
 Eachel and Joseph hindermost. 
 
 3 And he passed over before 
 them, and bowed himself to 
 the ground seven times, until 
 he came near to his brother. 
 
 4 And Esau ran to meet him, 
 and embraced him, and fell on 
 his neck, and kissed him : and 
 they wept. 
 
 5 And he lifted up his eyes, 
 and saw the women and the 
 children; and said. Who are 
 those with thee? And he said, 
 
 XXXm. Esau's meeting. 
 
 The children which God hath 
 graciously given thy servant. 
 
 6 Then the handmaidens came 
 near, they and their children, 
 and they bowed themselves. 
 
 7 And Leah also with her 
 children came near, and bow- 
 ed themselves : and after came 
 Joseph near and Eachel, and 
 they bowed themselves. 
 
 8 And he said, What meanest 
 thou by all this drove which I 
 met? And he said, These are 
 to find grace in the sight of my 
 lord. 
 
 9 And Esau said, I have enough, 
 my brother ; keep that thou hast 
 unto thyself. 
 
 10 And Jacob said, Nay, I 
 pray thee, if now I have found 
 grace in thy sight, then receive 
 my present at my hand: for 
 therefore I have seen thy face, 
 as though I had seen the face 
 of God, and thou wast pleased 
 with me. 
 
 11 Take, I pray thee, my bless- 
 ing that is brought to thee ; be- 
 cause God hath dealt graciously 
 with me, and because I have 
 enough. And he urged him, 
 and he took it. 
 
 12 And he said. Let us take 
 our journey, and let us go, and 
 I will go before thee. 
 
 13 And he said unto him. My 
 lord knoweth that the children 
 are tender, and the flocks and 
 herds with young are with me : 
 and if men should overdrive 
 them one day, all the flock will 
 die. 
 
 14 Let my lord, I pray thee, 
 pass over before his servant: 
 and I will lead on softly, ac- 
 cording as the cattle that goeth 
 before me and the children be 
 able to endure, until I come 
 unto my lord unto Seir. 
 
 15 And Esau said. Let me now 
 leave with thee som£ of the folk 
 that are with me. And he said. 
 What needeth it? let me find 
 grace in the sight of my lord. 
 
 16 IF So Esau returned that day 
 on his way unto Seir. 
 
 17 And Jacob journeyed to Sue* 
 
Shechem sueOi GENESIS, XXXIV. to marry Dinah. 
 
 8 And Hamor a)minune(l ^vitll 
 tliem, saying, The soul of my 
 son Shechem longctli lor yo\ir 
 daughter: I pray you give hei 
 him to wife. 
 
 9 And make ye marriages with 
 us, and give your daughteiu 
 mito us, and take our daugh- 
 ters unto you. 
 
 10 And yo sliall dwell with us ; 
 and the land shall be Ixifore 
 you ; dwell and trade ye therein^ 
 and get you i)os8e8Bions therein^ 
 
 11 And Shefhem said unto hett 
 father and unto luir brethren,; 
 Let me lind grace in your eyesv 
 and what ye shall say unto me 
 I will give. 
 
 12 Ask me never so much dow- 
 ry and gilt, and I will give ac- 
 cording as ye shall say imto me : 
 but give me the damsel to wile. 
 
 13 And the sons of Jacob an- 
 swered Shechem and Hamor Ids 
 father deceitfully, and said, be- 
 cause he had defiled Dinah their 
 sister : i 
 
 14 And they said unto them^ 
 We cannot do tins thing, to giv© 
 our sister to one that is uncir- 
 cumcised; for that were a re- 
 proach imto us : 
 
 15 But in this will we consent 
 unto you : If ye will be as we 
 be, that every male of you be 
 circumcised ; 
 
 16 Then will we give our daugh- 
 ters unto you, and we will take 
 your daughters to us, and we 
 will dwell with you, and we "vnll 
 become one people. 
 
 17 But if ye will not hearken 
 unto us, to be circumcised ; then 
 T\ill we take our daughter, and 
 we will be gone. 
 
 18 And their words pleased Ha- 
 mor, and Shechem Hamor's son, 
 
 19 And the young man defer- 
 red not to do the thing, because 
 he had delight in Jacob's daugh- 
 ter: and he was more honour- 
 able than all the house of his 
 father. 
 
 20 ^ And Hamor and Shechem 
 his son came unto the gate of 
 their city, and communed with 
 the men of their city, saying. 
 
 coth, and built him an house, 
 and made booths for his cattle : 
 therefore the name of the place 
 is called Succoth. 
 
 18 IF And Jacob came to Sha- 
 lem, a city of Shechem, which 
 is in the land of Canaan, when 
 he came from Padan-aram ; and 
 pitched his tent before the city. 
 
 19 And he bought a parcel of 
 a field, where he had si)read his 
 tent^ at the hand of the children 
 of Hamor, Shechem's father, for 
 an himdred pieces of money. 
 
 20 And he erected there an al- 
 tar, and called it El-elohe-Israel. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIV. 
 1 Dinah is ravished hy Shechem. 4 
 He sueth to vuirry her. 13 TZ/p 
 sons of Jacob ojhr the condition of 
 circmneision to the Shcchfiniles. "20 
 Hamor and Shechem persuade them 
 to aceept it. 25 The sons of Jaeob 
 upon that advantage slaif thnn, 27 
 and spoil their city. 30 Jacob re- 
 proveth Simeon ami Levi. 
 
 AND Dhiah the daughter 
 . of Leah, wliich she bare 
 unto Jacob, went out to see the 
 daughters of tlie land. 
 
 2 But when Shechem the son 
 of Hamor the Hivite, prince of 
 the country, saw her, he took 
 her, and lay with her, and de- 
 filed her. 
 
 3 And his soul clave unto Di- 
 nah the daughter of Jacob, and 
 he loved the damsel, and spake 
 kindly unto the damsel. 
 
 4 And Shechem spake unto his 
 father Hamor, saying, Get me 
 this damsel to wife. 
 
 5 And Jacob heard that he had 
 defiled Dinah his daughter : now 
 his sons were with his cattle in 
 the field: and Jacob held his 
 peace until they were come. 
 
 6 IF And Hamor the father of 
 Shechem went out unto Jacob 
 to commune with him. 
 
 7 And the sons of Jacob came 
 out of the field when they heard 
 it: and the men were grieved, 
 and they were very wroth, be- 
 cause he had wrought folly in 
 Israel in lying with Jacob's 
 daughter; which thing ought 
 not to be done. 
 
The ShecJwmites GENESIS, XXXV. piU to the simd. 
 
 21 These men are peaceable 
 with us; therefore let them 
 dwell in the land, and trade 
 therein; for the land, behold, 
 it is large enough for them ; let 
 us take their daughters to us 
 for wives, and let us give them 
 our daughters. ^ 
 
 22 Only herein will the men 
 consent unto us for to dwell 
 with us, to be one people, if 
 every male among us be cir- 
 cumcised, as they are circum- 
 cised. 
 
 23 Shall not their cattle and 
 their substance and every beast 
 of their's be our's? only let us 
 consent unto them, and they 
 will dwell with us. 
 
 24 And unto Hamor and unto 
 Shechem his son hearkened all 
 that went out of the gate of his 
 city; and every male was cir- 
 cumcised, all that went out of 
 the gate of his city. 
 
 25 ^ And it came to pass on 
 the third day, when they were 
 sore, that two of the sons of Ja- 
 cob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's 
 brethren, took each man his 
 sword, and came upon the city 
 boldly, and slew all the males. 
 
 26 And they slew Hamor and 
 Shechem his son with the edge 
 of the sword, and took Dinah 
 out of Shechem's house, and 
 went out. 
 
 27 The sons of Jacob came 
 upon the slain, and spoiled the 
 city, because they had defiled 
 their sister. 
 
 28 They took their sheep, and 
 their oxen, and their asses, and 
 that which was in the city, and 
 that which was in the field, 
 
 29 And all their wealth, and all 
 their Kttle ones, and their wives 
 took they captive, and spoiled 
 even all that was in the house. 
 
 30 And Jacob said to Simeon 
 and Levi, Ye have troubled me 
 to make me to stink among the 
 inhabitants of the land, among 
 the Canaanites and the Periz- 
 zites : and I being- few ia num- 
 ber, they shall gather them- 
 selves together agaiast me, and 
 
 slay me ; and I shall be destroy- 
 ed, I and my house. 
 31 And they said. Should he 
 deal with our sister as with an 
 harlot? 
 
 CHAPTER XXXV. 
 1 God sendeth Jacob to Beth-eL 2 He 
 purgeth his house of idols. 6 He 
 huildeth an altar at Beth-el. 8 De- 
 hwah dieth o.t Allon-bachuth. 9 
 God hlesseth Jacob at Bethel. 16 
 Bachel travaileth of Benjamin, and 
 dieth, in the way to Edar. 22 Beu. 
 ben lieth vAth Bilhah. 23 The sons 
 of Jacob. 27 Jacob cometh to Isaac 
 at Hebron. 28 TJie age, death, and 
 burial of Isaac. 
 
 AND God said unto Jacob, 
 . Arise, go up to Beth-el, 
 and dwell there: and make 
 there an altar unto God, that 
 appeared imto thee when thou 
 fleddest from the face of Esau 
 thy brother. 
 
 2 Then Jacob said imto his 
 household, and to all th&t were 
 with him. Put away the strange 
 gods that are among you, and 
 be clean, and change your gar- 
 ments : 
 
 3 And let us arise, and go up 
 to Beth-el; and I "VNall make 
 there an altar unto God, who 
 answered me in. the day of my 
 distress, and was with me in 
 the way which I went. 
 
 4 And they gave unto Jacob 
 all the strange gods which were 
 in their hand, and all their ear- 
 rings which were in their ears ; 
 and Jacob hid them under the 
 oak which was by Shechem. 
 
 5 And they journeyed : and 
 the terror of God was upon the 
 cities that tvere round about 
 them, and they did not pursue 
 after the sons of Jacob. 
 
 6 IF So Jacob came to Luz, 
 which is in the land of Canaan, 
 that is, Beth-el, he and all the 
 people that were with him. 
 
 7 And he built there an altar, 
 and called the place El-beth-el : 
 because there God appeared uur 
 to him, when he fled from the 
 face of his brother. 
 
 8 But Deborah Eebekah's nurse 
 died, and she was buried beneath 
 
God UesseOi Jaal. GENESIS. XXX\^. Tlte death f{f Imac. 
 
 Beth-el under an oak : and the 
 name of it ^vas called Allon- 
 bachuth. 
 
 9 H And God appeared unto Ja- 
 cob again, when he came out of 
 Padan-aram, and blessed liim. 
 
 10 And God paid unto him, Thy 
 name is Jacob : thy name shall 
 not be called any more Jacob, 
 but Israel shall be thy name: 
 and he called his name Israel. \ 
 
 11 And God said unto Inm, I ' 
 am God Almighty : be fniitful 
 and multiply ; a nation and a 
 company of nations shall be of 
 thee, and kings shall come out : 
 of thy loins ; I 
 
 12 And the land -wliich I gave ' 
 Abraham and Isaac, to thee I 
 will give it, and to thy seed af- 
 ter thee will I give the land. j 
 
 13 And God went up from him | 
 in the place where he talked 
 with him. 
 
 14 And Jacob set up a pillar I 
 in the place where lie talk- ! 
 ed with him, even a pillar of 
 Btone : and he i)0ured a drink 
 offering thereon, and he pour- 
 ed oil thereon. 
 
 15 And Jacob called the name 
 of the place where God spake 
 with him, Beth-el. 
 
 16 1i And they journeyed from 
 Beth-el; and there was but a 
 little way to come to Ephrath : 
 and Eachel travailed, and she 
 had hard labour. 
 
 17 And it came to pass, when 
 she was m hard labour, that the 
 niid\^'ife said unto her. Fear not ; 
 thou shalt have this son also. 
 
 18 And it came to pass, as her 
 soul was in departing, (for she 
 died) that she called nis name 
 Ben-oni: but his father called 
 him Benjamin. 
 
 19 And Eachel died, and was 
 buried m the way to Ephiuth, 
 which is Beth-lehem. 
 
 20 And Jacob set a pillar upon 
 her grave: that is the pillar of 
 Eachel's grave unto this day. 
 
 21 IF And Israel journeyed, and 
 spread his tent beyond the tower 
 ofEdar. 
 
 22 And it came to pass, when 
 
 Israel dwelt hi that land, that 
 Keuben went and lay with Bil- 
 hah his father's concubine : and 
 Israel lieard it. Now the sons 
 of Jacob were twelve : 
 
 23 The sons of Leah : BeulK-n, 
 Jacob's firstboni, and Simeon, 
 and Levi, and Judah, and Issa- 
 char, and Zebuhm : 
 
 24 The sons i»f Rachel ; Joseph, 
 and lienjamin : 
 
 25 And the sons of Bilhah, 
 Ixachel's handmaid; Dan, una 
 Naphtali : 
 
 20 And the sons of Zilr>ah, 
 Leah's handmaid; Gad, and 
 Asher: these are the sons (.f 
 Jacob which were boni torliim 
 in Ptidan-aram. 
 
 27 *[ And Jacob came imto 
 Isaac his father unto Mamn*, 
 unto the city of Arbali, which 
 is Hebron, where Abraham and 
 Isaac sojounied. 
 
 2S And the days of Isaac were 
 an hundred and fourscore years. 
 
 29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, 
 and died, and was gathered un- 
 to his i)eople, heing^ old and full 
 of days : and his sons Esau and 
 Jacob buried liim. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVI. 
 
 1 Emu's three wives, fi His remr/nnfj 
 to mount Sfir. {) His soiis. 15 Hie 
 dul-es irhich drarcndrd of his sons. 
 20 21ie soyis and dukes of S fir. 24 
 Anah findeth nudes. 31 Hie king 6 
 of EiloTn. 40 Tlie dukes that ae- 
 scended of Esau. 
 
 these are the genera- 
 tions of Esau, who is Edom. 
 
 2 Esau took liis wives of the 
 daughters of Canaan ; Adah the 
 daughter of Elon the Hittite, 
 and Aholibamah the daughter 
 of Anah the daughter of Zibeon 
 the Hivite ; 
 
 3 And Bashemath Ishmaere 
 daughter, sister of Nebajoth. 
 
 4 And Adah bare to Esau E- 
 liphaz; and Bashemath bare 
 Reuel ; 
 
 5 And Aholibamah bare Je- 
 ush, and Jaalam, and Korah: 
 these are the sons of Esau, 
 which were bom unto him in 
 the land of Canaan. 
 
The gmeratims GENESIS, 
 
 6 And Esau took his wives, 
 and Ms sons, and his daugh- 
 ters, and all the persons of his 
 house, and his cattle, and all 
 his beasts, and all his sub- 
 stance, which he had got in 
 the land of Canaan ; and went 
 into the country from the face 
 of his brother Jacob. 
 
 7 For their riches were more 
 than that they might dwell toge- 
 ther ; and the land wherein they 
 were strangers could not bear 
 them because of their cattle. 
 
 8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount 
 Seir : Esau is Edom. 
 
 9 H And these are the genera- 
 tions of Esau the father of the 
 Edomites in mount Seir : 
 
 10 These are the names of E- 
 sau's sons; Eliphaz the son of 
 Adah the wife of Esau, Eeuel 
 the son of Bashemath the wife 
 of Esau. 
 
 11 And the sons of Eliphaz 
 were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and 
 Gatam, and Kenaz. 
 
 12 And Timna was concubine 
 to Eliphaz Esau's son ; and she 
 bare to Eliphaz Amalek : these 
 were the sons of Adah Esau's 
 wife. 
 
 13 And these are the sons of 
 Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, 
 Shammah, and Mizzah: these 
 were the sons of Bashemath 
 Esau's wife. 
 
 14 IFAnd these were the sons 
 of Aholibamah, the daughter of 
 Anah the daughter of Zibeon, 
 Esau's wife: and she bare to 
 Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and 
 
 , Korah. 
 
 15 H These were dulses of the 
 sons of Esau : the sons of Eli- 
 phaz the firstborn son of Esau ; 
 duke Teman, duke Omar, duke 
 Zepho, duke Kenaz, 
 
 16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, 
 and duke Amalek: these are 
 the dul5:es that came of Ehphaz 
 in the land of Edom; these 
 were the sons of Adah. 
 
 17 H And these are the sons of 
 Eeuel Esau's son ; duke Nahath, 
 dulie Zerah, duke Shammah, 
 duke Mizzah: these ao^e the 
 
 .XXXVI. of Esau. 
 
 dukes that came of Eeuel in 
 the land of Edom; these flrr^ the 
 sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. 
 
 18 If And these are the sons of 
 Ahohbamah Esau's wife ; duke 
 Jeush, duke Jaalam, dulie Ko- 
 rah : these were the dukes that 
 came of Ahohbamah the daugh- 
 ter of Anah, Esau's wife. 
 
 19 These are the sons of Esau, 
 who is Edom, and these are 
 their dukes. 
 
 20 IF These are the sons of Seir 
 the Horite, who inhabited the 
 land; Lotan, and Shobal, and 
 Zibeon, and Anah, 
 
 21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and 
 Dishan : these are the dukes of 
 the Horites, the children of Seir 
 in the land of Edom. 
 
 22 And the children of Lotan 
 were Hori and Hemam; and 
 Lotan's sister was Timna. 
 
 23 And the cliildren of Shobal 
 were these ; Al^an, and Mana- 
 hath, and Ebal, Shepho, and 
 Onam. 
 
 24 And these are the children 
 of Zibeon ; both Ajah, and A- 
 nah: this was that Anah that 
 found the mules m the wilder- 
 ness, as he fed the asses of Zi- 
 beon his father. 
 
 25 And the childi'en of Anah 
 were these ; Dishon, and Aho- 
 libamah the daughter of Anah. 
 
 26 And these are the childr^ 
 of Dishon ; Hemdan, and Esh- 
 ban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 
 
 27 The children of Ezer are 
 these ; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and 
 Akan. 
 
 28- The children of Dishan are 
 these ; Uz, and Aran. 
 
 29 These are the dukes that 
 came of the Horites ; duke Lo- 
 tan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, 
 duke Anah, 
 
 30 Duke Dishon, dulie Ezer, 
 duke Dishan: these are the 
 dukes that came of Hori, among 
 their dukes in the land of Seir. 
 
 31 ^ And these are the Idngs 
 that reigned in the land of E- 
 dom, before there reigned any 
 king over the children of Israel. 
 
 32 And Bela the son of Beor 
 
TJie liistcn^y 
 
 GENESIS, XXXVII. 
 
 ofJoseiili, 
 
 reined in Edom : and the name 
 of his city was Dinhabah. 
 
 33 And Bela died, and Jobab 
 the son of Zerah of Bozrah 
 reigned in his stead. 
 
 34 And Jobab died, and Hu- 
 sham of the land of Temani 
 reigned in his stead. 
 
 35 And Husham died, and Ha- 
 dad the son of Bedad, who smote 
 Midian in the field of Moab, 
 reigned in his stead: and the 
 name of his city was Avith. 
 
 36 And Hadad died, and Samlah 
 of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 
 
 37 And Samlah died, and Saul 
 of Rehoboth bt/ the river reign- 
 ed in his stead. 
 
 38 And Saul died, and Baal- 
 hanan the son of Achbor reign- 
 ed in his stead. 
 
 39 And Baal-hanan the son of 
 Achbor died, and Hadar reign- 
 ed in his stead: and the name 
 of his city was Pau; and his 
 wife's name was Mehetabel, the 
 daughter of Matred, the daugh- 
 ter of Mezahab. 
 
 40 And these are the names of 
 the dukes that came of Esau, 
 according to their families, af- 
 ter theii' places, by their names ; 
 duke Timnah, duke Alvali, duke 
 Jetheth, 
 
 41 Duke Aholibamah, duke 
 Elali, duke Pinon, 
 
 42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, 
 duke Mibzar, 
 
 43 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram : 
 these, be the dukes of Edom, 
 according to their habitations 
 in the land of their possession : 
 he is Esau the father of the E- 
 domites. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVII. 
 
 2 Joseph is hated of his brethren. 5 His 
 two dreams. 13 Jacd) sendeth him to 
 visit his brethren. 18 His brethren 
 conspire his death. 21 Reuben sav- 
 eth him. 26 They sell him to the Ish- 
 meelites. 31 His father, deceived by 
 the bloody coat, mour-iieth for him. 
 36 He is sold to Poiiphar in Egypt. 
 A ND Jacob dwelt in the land 
 
 Jix. wherein his father was a 
 
 stranger, in the land of Canaan. 
 2 These are the generations of 
 
 Jacob. Joseph, being" seventeen 
 
 years old, was feeding the flock 
 with his brethren; and the lad 
 was -with the sons of Bilhah, 
 and with the sons of Zilpah, 
 his father's wives: and Joseph 
 brought unto his father their 
 evil report. 
 
 3 Now Israel loved Joseph 
 more than all his chikhen, be- 
 cause he was the son of his old 
 age : and he made him a coat 
 of mant/ colours. 
 
 4 And when liis brethren saw 
 that their father loved him more 
 than all his brethren, they hated 
 liim, and could not spealc peace- 
 ably unto him. 
 
 5 H And Joseph dreamed a 
 dieam, and he told it his bre- 
 thren : and they hated him yet 
 the more. 
 
 6 And he said unto them. Hear. 
 I pray you, tliis dream which I 
 have dreamed : 
 
 7 For, behold, we wei-e bindmg 
 sheaves in the field, and, lo, my 
 sheaf arose, and also stood up- 
 right ; and, behold, your sheaves 
 stood round about, and made 
 ol>eisaiice to my sheaf. 
 
 8 And his brethren said to him. 
 Shalt thou indeed reign over us r 
 or shalt thou indeed have domi- 
 nion over us? And they hated 
 him yet the more for his dreams, 
 and for his words. 
 
 9 1[ And he dreamed yet an- 
 other dream, and told it his bre- 
 thren, and said. Behold, I have 
 dreamed a dream more; and, 
 behold, the sim and the moon 
 and the eleven stars made obei- 
 sance to me. 
 
 10 And he told it to his father, 
 and to his brethren: and his 
 father rebuked him, and said 
 unto him. What is this dream 
 that thou hast dreamed? Shall 
 I and thy mother and thy bre- 
 thren indeed come to bow down 
 ourselves to thee to the earth? 
 
 11 And his brethren envied 
 him; but his father observed 
 the saying. 
 
 12 IF And his brethren went to 
 feed their father's flock in She- 
 chem. 
 
He is sold 
 
 GENESIS, XXXYH. 
 
 hy his Irrethren, 
 
 13 And Israel said nnto Jcsepli, 
 Do not thy brethi'en feed the 
 flock in Sheciiem ? come, and I 
 wiU send thee unto them. And 
 he said to him, Here am L 
 
 14 And he said to him. Go, I 
 pray thee, see Tvhether it be well 
 with thy brethren, and well 
 with the flocks; and bring me 
 word again. So he sent him 
 out of the vale of Hebron, and 
 he came to Shechem. | 
 
 15 If And a certaui man fomid \ 
 him, and, behold, he was wan- \ 
 dering in the field : and the | 
 man asked him, sajing. What | 
 seekest thou? | 
 
 16 And he said, I seek my ; 
 brethren : tell me, I pray thee, : 
 where they feed their flocks. | 
 
 17 And the man said, They , 
 are departed hence ; for I heard ' 
 them say. Let "qs go to Dothan. \ 
 And Joseph went after his bre- \ 
 thien, and found them in Do- j 
 than. 
 
 18 And when they saw him 
 afar off, eyen before he came > 
 near unto them, they consphed 
 against him to slay him. I 
 
 19 And they said one to another. 
 Behold, this di'eamer cometh. 
 
 20 Come now therefore, and 
 let us slay him, and cast him 
 into some pit, and we will say, 
 Some QxH beast hath deyoured 
 him : and we shall see what tsUI 
 become of his di^eams. 
 
 21 And Eeuben heard it^ and he 
 delivered him out of their hands ; 
 and said, Let us not kill him. 
 
 22 And Eeuben said unto 
 them, Shed no blood, but cast 
 him into this pit that is in the 
 wilderness, and lay no hand 
 upon him; that he might rid 
 him out of their hands, to de- 
 liver him to his father again. 
 
 23 ^ And it came to pass, when 
 Joseph was come unto his bre- 
 thren, that they^ stript Joseph 
 out of his coat, his coat oimany 
 colours that was on him ; 
 
 24 And they took him, and cast 
 him into a pit : and the pit was 
 empty, there was no water in it. 
 
 25 And they sat down to eat 
 
 bread : and they lifted up their 
 eyes and looked, and, behold, 
 a company of Ishmeehtes came 
 from Gilead T\ith their camels 
 beaiing spicery and balm and 
 myiTh, going to caiTy it down 
 to Egypt. 
 
 26 And Judah «aid unto_ his 
 brethren, \Miat profit is it if 
 we slay om- brother, and con- 
 ceal his blood? 
 
 27 Come, and let us sell him to 
 the Ishmeehtes, and let not our 
 hand be upon him; for he is 
 our brother and our flesh. And 
 his brethren were content. 
 
 28 Then there passed by Midi- 
 anites merchantmen ; and they 
 drew and lifted up Joseph out of 
 the pit, and sold Joseph to the 
 Ishmeehtes for twenty pieces of 
 silver : and they brought Joseph 
 into EgjTpt. 
 
 29 1[ And Eeuben returned 
 unto the pit; and, behold, Jo- 
 seph was not in the pit; and 
 he rent his clothes. 
 
 30 And he returned unto his 
 brethi^en, and said. The child is 
 not ; and I, whither shall I go ? 
 
 31 And they took Joseph's coat, 
 and killed a kid of the goats, and 
 dipped the coat in the blood ; 
 
 ^ And they sent the coat of 
 many colours, and they brought 
 it to thek father ; and said. This 
 have we found : know now whe- 
 ther it he thy son's coat or no. 
 
 33 And he knew it, and said. It 
 is my son's coat; an Q\il beast 
 hath devoured him; Joseph is 
 ^dthout doubt rent in pieces. 
 
 34 And Jacob rent his clothes, 
 and put sackcloth upon his 
 loins, and mourned for his son 
 many days. 
 
 35 And all his sons and all his 
 daughters rose up to comfort 
 him ; but he refused to be com- 
 forted; and he said. For I will 
 go down into the grave unto my 
 son mourning. Thus his father 
 wept for him. 
 
 36 And the IVIidianites sold him 
 into Egypt unto Potiphar, an 
 officer of Pharaoh's, and cap- 
 tain of the guard. 
 
 C 
 
77te trespass 
 
 GENESIS, XXXVIII. 
 
 fif (hiun. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVIII. 
 
 1 Judah hegetteth Er, Onan,amlSfic- 
 lah. G Er marrieth Tmnur. 8 llic 
 trespass of Ornin. 11 Tamar stai/- 
 ethfor Sfu'lih. 13 Slie deceiveth 
 Jiuuih. 27 She beareth turinSr Plui^ 
 rez and ZuraTt. 
 
 AND it came to pass at that 
 . time, tliat Judah went 
 down from his brethren, and 
 turned in to a certain Adullam- 
 ite, wliose name tCds llirali. 
 
 2 And Judali saw there a thiuuli- 
 ter ofa certain Canaanite, wliose 
 name was Shuali ; and lie took 
 her, and went in mito lier. 
 
 3 And she conceived, and bare 
 a son; and he called liie name 
 Er. 
 
 4 And she conceived a^rain, and 
 bare a son ; and she called his 
 name Onan. 
 
 5 And she yet again conceived, 
 and bare a son ; and called his 
 name Shelah : and 1k^ was at 
 Chezib, wlien she bare him. 
 
 G And JutLih took a wile for 
 Er his firstborn, ^vhose name 
 liHis Tamar. 
 
 7 And Er, Judah's firptbom, 
 was wicked in the sight of the 
 Lord; and the Lord slew 
 him. 
 
 8 And Judah said unto Onan, 
 Go in unto thy brother's wife, 
 and many her and raise up 
 seed to thy brother. 
 
 9 And Onan knew that the seed 
 sliotdd not be his; and it came 
 to pass, when he went in imto 
 liis brother's wife, that he spilled 
 it on the ground, lest that he 
 should give seed to his brother. 
 
 10 And the thing which he did 
 displeased the Lord: where- 
 fore he slew him also. 
 
 11 Then said Judah to Tamar 
 Ills daughter in law, Remain a 
 widow at thy father's house, 
 till Shelah my son be grown: 
 for he said, Lest peradventure 
 he die also, as his brethren did. 
 And Tamar went and dwelt in 
 her father's house. 
 
 12 1[ And in process of time the 
 daughter of Shuah Judah's wife 
 died; and Judah was comfort- 
 
 ed, and went up unto Ids sheep- 
 shearers to Timnatli, he and liin 
 friend Hiiah the Adullamite. 
 
 13 And it was told Tamar, say- 
 ing. Behold thy father in law 
 goeth up to Timnath to shear 
 his sheep. 
 
 14 And she put her widow's 
 gannents oil" from her, and co- 
 vered her with a vail, and wrap- 
 ped herself, and sat in an open 
 jilare, winch is by the way to 
 Tinniath ; ior she saw that IShe- 
 
 . lah was grown, and she was not 
 given inito him to wife. 
 
 15 Wlien Judah saw lier, he 
 thought lier to be an harlot ; l)e- 
 cause slie had covered lier face. 
 
 IG And he turned unto her by 
 the way, and said, (io to, I pray 
 thee, let me come in unto thee ; 
 (for he knew not that she wan 
 his daughter in law.) And she 
 said, What wilt thou give me, 
 that thou mayeet come in unto 
 me ? 
 
 17 And he said, I will send 
 thee a kid from the tlock. And 
 she said, Wilt thou give me a 
 pledge, till thou send it ? 
 
 18 And Tie said. What pledge 
 shall I give thee r And she said, 
 Tiiy signet, and thy bracelets, 
 and thy staff that is in thine 
 hand. And he gave it her, and 
 came in unto her, and she con- 
 ceived by him. 
 
 19 And she arose, and went 
 away, and laid by her vail from 
 her, and put on the garments 
 of her widowhood. 
 
 20 And Judah sent the kid by 
 the hand of his friend the A- 
 dullamite, to receive his pledge 
 from the woman's hand: but 
 he found her not. 
 
 21 Then he asked the men of 
 that place, saying, Where is the 
 harlot, that was openly by the 
 way side ? And they said, There 
 was no harlot in this place, 
 
 22 And he returned to Judah, 
 and said, I cannot find her; 
 and also the men of the place 
 said, that there was no harlot 
 in this place, 
 
 23 And Judah said, Let her 
 
Joseph advanced in GENESIS, 
 
 take it to her, lest we be sham- 
 ed : behold, I sent this Md, and 
 thou hast not found her. 
 
 24 IF And it came to pass about 
 three months after, that it was 
 told Judah, saying, Tamar thy 
 daughter in law hath played 
 the harlot; and also, behold, 
 she is with child by whoredom. 
 And Judah said. Bring her 
 forth, and let her be burnt. 
 
 25 When she was brought 
 forth, she sent to her father in 
 law, saying. By the man, whose 
 these flr(?, am I with child : and 
 she said. Discern, I pray thee, 
 whose are these, the signet, and 
 bracelets, and staff. 
 
 26 And Judah acknowledged 
 them, and said. She hath been 
 more righteous than I ; because 
 that I gave her not to Shelah 
 my son. And he knew her a- 
 gain no more. 
 
 27 IF And it came to pass in the 
 time of her travail, that, be- 
 hold, twins wei^e in her womb. 
 
 28 And it came to pass, when 
 she travailed, that the one put 
 out his hand : and the midwife 
 took and bound upon his hand 
 a scarlet thread, saying, This 
 came out first. 
 
 29 And it came to pass, as he 
 drew back his hand, that, be- 
 hold, his brother came out: 
 and she said, How hast thou 
 broken forth? this breach be 
 upon thee : therefore his name 
 was called Pharez. 
 
 30 And afterward came out his 
 brother, that had the scarlet 
 thread upon his hand : and his 
 name was called Zarah. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIX. 
 1 Joseph advanced in Potipliar's 
 house. 7 He resisteth Ms mistress's 
 temptation. 13 He is falsely accus- 
 ed. 20 He is cast in prison. 21 God 
 is with him there. 
 
 AND Joseph was brought 
 down to Egypt; and Po- 
 tiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, 
 cap tarn of the guard, an Egyp- 
 tian, bought him of the hands 
 of the Ishmeelites, vv'hich had 
 brought him down tliither. 
 
 XXXIX. Potiplmr's house. 
 
 2 And the Loed was with Jo- 
 seph, and he was a prosperous 
 man ; and he was in the house 
 of his master the Egyptian. 
 
 3 And his master saw that the 
 LoED was with him, and that 
 the LoED made all that he did 
 to prosper in his hand. 
 
 4 And Joseph found grace in 
 his sight, and he served him : 
 and he made him overseer over 
 his house, and all that he had 
 he put into his hand. 
 
 5 And it came to pass from 
 the time that he had made him. 
 overseer in his house, and over 
 all that he had, that the Loed 
 blessed the Egyptian's house 
 for Joseph's sake; and the 
 blessing of the Lord was up- 
 on all that he had in the house, 
 and in the field. 
 
 6 And he left all that he had 
 in Joseph's hand ; and he knew 
 not ought he had, save the bread 
 which he did eat. And Joseph 
 was a goodly person, and well 
 favoured. 
 
 7 IF And it came to pass after 
 these things, that his master's 
 wife cast her eyes upon Joseph ; 
 and she said. Lie with me. 
 
 8 But he refused, and said 
 unto his master's wife. Behold, 
 mj master wotteth not what is 
 with me in the house, and he 
 hath committed all that he hath 
 to my hand ; 
 
 9 There is none greater in this 
 house than I ; neither hath he 
 kept back any thing from me 
 but thee, because thou art his 
 wife: how then can I do this 
 great wickedness, and sin a- 
 gaiQst God ? 
 
 10 And it came to pass, as 
 she spake to Joseph day by 
 day, that he hearkened not 
 unto her, to lie by her, or to 
 be with her. 
 
 11 Aud it came to pass about 
 this time, that Joseph went in- 
 to the house to do Ms business ; 
 and there was none of the men 
 of the house there within. 
 
 12 And she caught him by liis 
 garment, saying. Lie with me : 
 
 C2 
 
Joseph falsely accused. 
 
 and he left his Ranncnt in her 
 liand, and fled, and got him out. 
 
 13 And it nnne to pas?*, when 
 she saw that he liad left liis gar- 
 ment in her hand, and was fled 
 forth. 
 
 14 That she called nnto the 
 men of her house, and spake 
 unto them, saying. See, he liath 
 hrouglit in an Hebrew \mto us 
 to mock us; he came in unto 
 me to lie with me, and I cried 
 with a loud voice : 
 
 15 And it came to pass, when 
 lie heard that I lift*^! up my 
 voice and cned, that he left his 
 garment with me, and fled, and 
 got him out. 
 
 10 And she laid up his gar- 
 ment by her, until his lord came 
 home. 
 
 17 And she spake nnto him 
 accoiding to these words, say- 
 ing, The Hebrew servant, which 
 thou hast brouglit luito us, came 
 in imto me to mock me : 
 
 18 And it came to pass, as I 
 lifted up my voice and cried, 
 tliat he lelt his gannent with 
 me, and fled out. 
 
 19 And it came to pass, when 
 his master heard the words of 
 his wife, which she spake unto 
 him, saying. After this manner 
 did thy servant to me ; that his 
 wrath was kindled. 
 
 20 And Joseph's master took 
 him, and put him into the pri- 
 son, a place where the king's 
 prisoners ivere bound: and he 
 was there in the prison. 
 
 21 ^ But the Lord was with 
 Joseph, and shewed liim mercy, 
 and gave him favour in the 
 sight of the keeper of the pri- 
 son. 
 
 22 And the keeper of the pri- 
 son committed to Joseph's hand 
 all the prisoners that were in the 
 prison ; and whatsoever they did 
 there, he was the doer of it. 
 
 23 The keeper of the prison 
 looked not to any thing that 
 was under his hand; because 
 the LoED was "vvith him, and 
 that which he did, the Loed 
 made it to prosper. 
 
 G ENESIS, XL. Pharaoh's Imthr and 
 
 CHAPTER XL. 
 
 I Hie butter ami Iniker of Pharaoh 
 in prison. 4 Joseph hat It char ye. 
 of them. 5 Jle infcrpretcth their 
 unavis. 20 The^/ come to jtasa ac~ 
 conUuij to his xuterjiretatitm. 23 
 The iiKjratititde of the butler. 
 
 AND it came to pass after 
 - these things, that the but- 
 ler of the king of Egyjtt and his 
 b'ukcr liad oifended their lord 
 tlic king of Egypt. 
 
 2 And I'haiacjh was -s^Toth a- 
 gainst two o/'liis oflicers, against 
 tlie chief of tlie V)Utlers, and a- 
 gainst the chief of tlie bakei-s. 
 
 3 And he put them in ward in 
 the house of the cai)tain of the 
 guard, into the prison, the place 
 where Joseph was bound. 
 
 4 And the captain of the guard 
 charged Joseph with them, and 
 he served them : and they con- 
 tinued a season in ward. 
 
 .5 •[ And they dreamed a dream 
 both of them, each man his 
 dream in one night, each man 
 aceording to the inten)retation 
 of his dream, the butler and 
 the baker of the king of Eg>pt, 
 which tvere bound in the prison. 
 
 f) And Joseph came in imto 
 them in the morning, and look- 
 ed upon them, and, bi^hold, they 
 ivere sad. 
 
 7 And he asked Pharaoh's 
 officers that were with him in 
 the ward of his lord's house, 
 sajnng, Wherefore look ye so 
 sadly to day ? 
 
 8 And they said unto him, We 
 }m\e dreamed a dream, and 
 there is no interpreter of it. 
 And Joseph said unto them, 
 Bo not interpretations belong 
 to God? tell me them^ I pray 
 you. 
 
 9 And the chief butler told his 
 dream to Joseph, and said to 
 him. In my dream, behold, a 
 vine was before me ; 
 
 10 And in the vine were three 
 branches : and it was as though 
 it budded, and her blossoms shot 
 forth; and the clusters thereof 
 brought forth ripe grapes : 
 
 II And Pharaoh's cup was in 
 
haker in pnson. 
 
 my hand : and I took tlie grapes, 
 and pressed tliem into Pliara oil's 
 cup, and I gave the cup into 
 Pharaoh's hand. 
 12 And Joseph said unto him, 
 This is the intei-pretation of it : 
 The three branches are three 
 
 GENESIS, XLI. 
 
 Pharaoh's dreams. 
 
 13 Yet within tlu-ee days shall 
 Pharaoh lift up thine head, and 
 restore thee unto thy place : and 
 thou shalt deliTcr Pharaoh's cup 
 into his hand, after the former 
 manner when thou wast his 
 butler. 
 
 14 But think on me when it 
 shall be well with thee, and 
 shew kindness, I pray thee, un- 
 to me, and make mention of 
 me unto Pharaoh, and bring 
 me out of this house : 
 
 15 For iudeed I was stolen 
 away out of the land of the 
 Hebrews : and here also have 
 I done nothing that they should 
 put me into the dimgeon. 
 
 16 When the chief baker saw 
 that the interpretation was good, 
 he said unto Joseph, I also ivas 
 in my dream, and, behold, I had 
 three white baskets on my head : 
 
 17 And iu the uppermost bas- 
 ket there was of all manner of 
 bakemeats for Pharaoh ; and the 
 birds did eat them out of the 
 basket upon my head. 
 
 18 And Joseph answered and 
 said, This is the interpretation 
 thereof : The thi'ee baskets are 
 three days : 
 
 19 Yet withia three days shall 
 Pharaoh lift up thy head from 
 off thee, and shall hang thee on 
 a tree ; and the birds shall eat 
 thy flesh from off thee. 
 
 20 IF And it came to pass the 
 third day, which ivas Pharaoh's 
 birthday, that he made a feast 
 unto all Ms servants: and he 
 lifted up the head of the chief 
 butler and of the chief baker 
 among his servants. 
 
 21 And he restored the chief 
 butler unto his butlership a- 
 gaiu ; and he gave the cup iato 
 f haraoh's hand : 
 
 22 But he hanged the chief 
 
 baker : as Joseph had interpret- 
 ed to them. 
 
 23 Yet did not the chief but- 
 ler remember Joseph, but forgat 
 him. 
 
 CHAPTER XLI. 
 1 Pharaoh's two dreams. 25 Joseph 
 interpreteth them. 33 He giveth 
 Pharaoh counsel. 38 Joseph is ad- 
 vanced. 50 He hegetteth Manasseh 
 and Ephraim. 54 TJie famine he- 
 ginneth. 
 
 AND it came to pass at the 
 . end of two full years, that 
 Pharaoh di^eamed : and, behold, 
 he stood by the river. 
 
 2 And, behold, there came up 
 out of the river seven well fa- 
 voiu-ed kine and fatfleshed; and 
 they fed in a meadow. 
 
 3 And, behold, seven other Idne 
 came up after them out of the 
 river, ill favom'ed and leanflesh- 
 ed ; and stood by the other Idne 
 upon the brink of the river. 
 
 4 And the Ul favoured and 
 leanfleshed kine did eat up the 
 seven well favoured and fat 
 kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 
 
 5 And he slept and dreamed 
 the second time: and, behold, 
 seven ears of com came up up- 
 on one stalk, rank and good. 
 
 6 And, behold, seven thin ears 
 and blasted with the east wind 
 sprung up after them. 
 
 7 And the seven thin ears de- 
 vom-ed the seven rank and full 
 ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, 
 behold, it ivas a dream. 
 
 8 And it came to pass in the 
 morning that his spirit was 
 troubled; and he sent and 
 called for all the magicians of 
 Egypt, and all the wise men 
 thereof : and Pharaoh told them 
 his dream ; but thei^e ivas none 
 that could interpret them unto 
 Pharaoh. 
 
 9 H Then spake the chief but- 
 ler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do 
 remember my faults this day : 
 
 10 Pharaoh was wroth with his 
 servants, and put me in ward in 
 the captain of the guard's house, 
 both me and the chief baker : 
 
 11 And we dreamed a di'eam in 
 one night, I and he ; we dream- 
 
Jost^yh iiiterjyreteth 
 
 GENESIS, XLI. 
 
 P}iara(>h*8 dreams. 
 
 ed each man according to the 
 internretatiun of his dream. 
 
 12 And there teas tliere with 
 us a young man, an He])ivw, 
 servant to tlie captain of tlie 
 guard; and we told him, and 
 he interpreted to us our dieams ; 
 to eacli man according to liis 
 dream he did interpret. 
 
 13 And it came to pass, as he 
 interpieted to us, so it was ; me 
 lie restored unto mine office, and 
 him he hanged. 
 
 14 ^ Then IMiaraoh sent and 
 called Joseph, and they brought 
 him hastily out of the dungeon : 
 and he shaved hiimelf, and 
 changed his raiment, and came 
 in inito Pharaoh. 
 
 15 And Phaiaoh said unto Jo- 
 seph, I have dreamed a dream, 
 and there is none that can in- 
 terpret it : and I have heard siiy 
 of thee, that thou canst under- 
 stand a ch*eam to inten»ret it. 
 
 IG And Joseph ans>N-ered Pha- 
 raoh, saying. It is not hi me : 
 God shall give Pharaoh an an- 
 swer of peace. 
 
 17 And Pharaoh said unto Jo- 
 seph, In my dream, behold, I 
 stood upon the bank of the 
 river : 
 
 18 And, behold, there came up 
 out of the river seven kine, fat- 
 fleshed and well favourt^d ; and 
 they fed in a meadow : 
 
 19 And, behold, seven other 
 kine came up after them, poor 
 and ver>' ill favoured and lean- 
 fleshed, such as I never saw m all 
 the land of Egypt for badness : 
 
 20 And the lean and the ill 
 favoured kine did eat up the 
 first seven fat kine : 
 
 21 And when they had eaten 
 them up, it coidd not be known 
 that they had eaten them ; but 
 they were still ill favoured, as 
 at the beginning. So I awoke. 
 
 22 And I saw in my dream, 
 and, behold, seven ears came 
 up m one stalk, full and good : 
 
 23 And, behold, seven ears, 
 withered, thin, and blasted wath 
 the east Avind, sprung up after 
 them: 
 
 24 And the tliin ears devoured 
 the seven pood ears : and I told 
 this unto the magicians; but 
 there tvas none that coidd de- 
 clare it to me. 
 
 25 •^ And Joseph said Tinto 
 Pharaoh, The dream of Pha- 
 raoh is one: God hath shewed 
 Pharaoh what he is abt»ut to do. 
 
 2^\ The seven good kine are 
 seven years; and the seven 
 good ears are seven years : the 
 dream is one. 
 
 27 And the seven thin and ill 
 favoured kine that came up after 
 them are seven years ; and the 
 seven empty eare blasted with 
 the east wind shall be seven 
 years of famine. 
 
 28 This is the thuig which I 
 have spoken unto Pharaoh: 
 What God is about to do he 
 sheweth unto Pharaoh. 
 
 2t) Behold, there come seven 
 years of great plenty through- 
 out all the land of Egy]>t : 
 
 3<J And there shall arise after 
 them seven years of famine; 
 and all the plenty shall be for- 
 gotten in the land of Egypt; 
 and the famine shall consume 
 the land ; 
 
 31 And the plenty shall not be 
 kiHAMi in the land by reason 
 of that famine following ; for it 
 shall be very grievous. 
 
 32 And for that the dream was 
 doubled unto Pharaoh twice; 
 it is because the thing is esta- 
 blished by God, and God will 
 shortly bring it to pass. 
 
 33 Now tlierefore let Pharaoh 
 look out a man discreet and 
 wise, and set him over the land 
 of Egj'pt. 
 
 34 Let Pharaoh do this, and 
 let liim appoint officers over the 
 land, and take up the fifth part 
 of the land of Egypt in the se- 
 ven plenteous years. 
 
 35 And let them gather all the 
 food of those good years that 
 come, and lay up com under 
 the hand of Pharaoh, and let 
 them keep food in the cities. 
 
 36 And that food shall be for 
 store to the land against the se- 
 
Joseph is advanced, GENESIS, XLL Tfie famne 
 
 ven years of famine, wliicli slmll 
 be in the land of Egypt; that 
 the land peiish not through the 
 famme, 
 
 37 ^ And the thing ^was good 
 in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in 
 the eyes of all his servants. 
 
 38 And Pharaoh said unto his 
 servants, Can we fmd sueJi a 
 one as this is, a man in whom 
 the Spirit of God is f- 
 
 39 Ajid Pharaoh said unto Jo- 
 seph, Foiasmuch as God hath 
 shewed thee all this, there is 
 none so discreet and -svise as 
 thou art : 
 
 40 Thou shalt be o\^r my 
 house, and according imto thy 
 word shall all my people be 
 ruled: only in the throne will 
 I be greater than thou. 
 
 - 41 And Pharaoh said unto Jo- 
 seph, See, I have set thee over 
 all the land of EgjT)t. 
 
 42 And Pharaoh took off his 
 ring from his hand, and put it 
 upon Joseph's liand, and arrayed 
 him in vestiues of fine luien, and 
 put a gold chain about his neck ; 
 
 43 And he made him to ride in 
 the second chariot which he had ; 
 and they cried before him, Bow 
 the knee : and he made him ru- 
 ler over all the land of Egypt. 
 
 44 And Pharaoh said unto Jo- 
 seph, I am Pharaoh, and without 
 thee shall no man lift up his hand 
 or foot in all the land of Egypt. 
 
 45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's 
 name Zaphnath-paaneah ; and 
 he gave him to wife Asenath the 
 daughter of Poti-pherah priest 
 of On. And Joseph went out 
 over all the land of Egypt. 
 
 46 IF And Joseph was thirty 
 years old when he stood before 
 Pharaoh king of Egj^pt. And 
 Joseph went out from the pre- 
 sence of Pharaoh, and went 
 throughout all the land of E- 
 
 gypt. 
 
 47 And in the seven plenteous 
 years the earth brought forth by 
 handfuls. 
 
 48 And he gathered up all the 
 food of the seven years, which 
 were in the land of Egypt, and 
 
 laid up the food in the cities : 
 the food of the field, which was 
 round about eveiy city, laid he 
 up in the ^me. 
 
 49 And Joseph gathered com 
 as the sand of the sea, very 
 much, until he lelt numbering ; 
 for it was without number, 
 
 50 And unto Joseph were bom 
 two sons before the yeai-s of fa- 
 mine came, which Asenath the 
 daughter oi Poti-pherah priest 
 of On bare unto him. 
 
 51 And Joseph called the name 
 of the firstborn Manasseh : For 
 God, said he, hath made me 
 forget all my toil, and all my 
 father's house. 
 
 52 And the name of the second 
 called he Ephraim: For God 
 hath caus^ me to be fruitful in 
 the land of my afihction. 
 
 53 IF Ajid the seven years of 
 plenteousness, that was in the 
 land of Egyipt, were ended. 
 
 5i And the seven yeai^ of 
 dearth began to come, accord- 
 mg as Joseph had said : and 
 the dearth was in all lands; 
 but in all the land, of Egypt 
 there was bread. 
 
 55 And when all the land of 
 EgyT)t was famished, the peo- 
 ple cried to Pharaoh for bread : 
 and Pharaoh said unto all the 
 Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; 
 what he saith to you, do. 
 
 56 And the famine was over 
 all the fece of the earth : And 
 Jc^eph opened all the store- 
 houses, and sold unto the Egyp- 
 tians ; and the famine waxed 
 sore in the land of Egypt. 
 
 57 And all countries came in- 
 to EgjTt to Joseph for to buy 
 corn ; because that the famine 
 was so sore in all lands. 
 
 CHAPTER XLII. 
 1 Jcicob sendeth his ten sons to buy 
 corn in Egypt. 16 They are impri- 
 soned by Joseph for spies. 18 They 
 are set at liberty, on condition to 
 bring Benjamin. 21 They Imve 
 renyyrse for Joseph. 2i Simeon is 
 'kept for a pledge. 25 Tliey return 
 with corn, ami their money. 29 
 TJieir relation to Jacob. 36 Jacob 
 refuseth to send Benjamin. 
 
Jacob semMli his sons GENESIS, XLII 
 
 "VTOW -wlicn Jacob saw tliat 
 -L% there was com in Eirypt, 
 Jacol) Baid unto liis sons Wjij- 
 do ye look one upon anotner? 
 
 2 And he Baid, liehold, I liave 
 heard that there is corn in E- 
 gypt : ^et you do\\ii thither, and 
 buy f(jr us from tlience ; tliat we 
 may live, and not die. 
 
 3 IF And Josei)li'8 ten brethnm 
 wont domi to buy com in E- 
 gypt 
 
 4 But Benjamin, Joseph's bro- 
 ther, Jacob sent not witli Ids 
 brethren ; for lie siiid. Lest per- 
 adventum miscliief befall liiiu. 
 
 5 And the sons of Israel came 
 to buy corn anionir those that /"or I fear (iod 
 
 to hity corn in Eifiii^. 
 
 That is it that I spake unto you, 
 savins,', Ye are snies : 
 
 15 H«.*reby ye snail Ixi proved : 
 By the life of I*haraoh ye shall 
 not j?o forth hence, excei)t your 
 younjrest brother come liither. 
 
 1<> Send one of you, and let 
 him fetch your ])rotlier, and ye 
 sliall be kept in jirison, tliat 
 your words may be i)roved, 
 whether there be ani/ truth in 
 you : or else by tlie life of Pha- 
 raoh sundy ye are spies. 
 
 17 And he i>ut them all toge- 
 ther into ward three days. 
 
 18 And Josepl) said unto thein 
 the third day, Tliisdo, and live ; 
 
 came : for tlie famine was m 
 the land of Canaan. 
 
 6 And Joseph was the pover- 
 nor over the land, and he it 
 was that sold to all the people 
 of the land : and Joseph's bre- 
 thren came, and bowed down 
 themselves before him tvitli 
 their faces to the eartli. 
 
 7 And Joseph saw his brethren, 
 and he knew them, but made 
 himself stmni^e unto them, and 
 spake rouirhly unto them; and 
 he said unto them, WHience come 
 ye? And they said. From the 
 land of Canaan to buy Ibod. 
 
 8 And Joseph* knew his bre- 
 thren, but they knew not liim. 
 
 19 If ye be tnie men, let one 
 of your brethren be bomid in 
 the house of your i)rison : go 
 ye, carry com for iha famine 
 of your houi^'s: 
 
 2(3 But bruig your youngest 
 bn)ther unto me • so shall your 
 words be verified, and ye shall 
 not die. And tliey did so. 
 
 21 •[ And they stiid one to an- 
 other. We are verily guilty con- 
 cemini; our brother, in that we 
 saw the anguish of his soul, 
 when he besought us, and we 
 would not hear; therefore is 
 this distress come upon us. 
 
 22 ^Vnd Reuben answered them, 
 saying, Spake I not unto you, 
 
 9 And Joseph reniembei-ed the siiying, Do not sin against the 
 dreams which he dieamed of diild; and ye would not hear ? 
 them, and said unto them. Ye \ therefore, behold, also liis blood 
 are spies ; to see the nakedness is required. 
 
 of the land ye are come. 
 
 23 And they knew not that 
 
 10 And they said unto him, I Joseph understood them ; for 
 Nay, my lord, but to buy food he spake unto them by an in- 
 
 are thy servants come. 
 11 We are all one man's sons ; 
 
 I terpreter. 
 24 And he turned himself a- 
 
 we are true inen, thy servants bout from them, and wept ; 
 I returned to them again 
 
 are no spies. 
 
 and 
 and 
 
 12 And he said unto them, | communed \\ith them, and took 
 Nay, but to sae the nakedness ■ from them Simeon, and bound 
 
 of the land ye are come. 
 13 And they said, Thy sen^ants | 
 
 him before their eyes. 
 25 ^ Then Joseph commanded 
 
 are twelve brethren, the sons of \ to fill their sacks with com, and 
 
 one man in the land of Canaan 
 and, behold, the youngest is this 
 day with our father, and one is 
 not. 
 14 And Joseph said irnto them, 
 
 to restore every man's money 
 into his sack, and to give them 
 provision for the way : and thus 
 did he unto them. 
 26 And they laded their asses 
 
Tliek relation 
 
 GENESIS, XLIII. 
 
 to Jacob. 
 
 ■with the com, and departed 
 thence. 
 
 27 And as one of them opened 
 Ills sack to give his ass proven- 
 der in the inn, he espied his 
 money; for, behold, it was in 
 his sack's mouth. 
 
 28 And he said nnto his bre- 
 thren, My money is restored ; 
 and, lo, it is even in my sack : 
 and their heart failed /A^m, and 
 they v^ere afraid, saying one to 
 another, ^Vhat is this that God 
 hath done unto us ? 
 
 29 1[ And they came unto Jacob 
 their father unto the land of Ca- 
 naan, and told him all that be- 
 fell unto them ; saying, 
 
 30 The man, who is the lord of 
 the land, spake roughly to us, 
 and took us for spies of the 
 country. 
 
 31 And we said unto him. We 
 are true men ; we are no spies : 
 
 32 We he tweh^ brethi'en, sons 
 of our father ; one is not, and the 
 youngest is this day with our 
 father in the land of Canaan. 
 
 33 And the man, the lord of the 
 country, said unto us, Hereby 
 shall I know tliat ye are true 
 men; leave one of your bre- 
 thren here with me, and take 
 food for the famine of your 
 
 households, and be gone : 
 
 34 And bring your youngest 
 brother unto me : then shall I 
 know tha-t ye are no spies, but 
 that ye are true men : so will I 
 deliver you your brother, and 
 ye shall traffick in the land. 
 
 35 ^And it came to pass as 
 they emptied their sacks, that, 
 behold, every man's bundle of 
 money was in his sack: and 
 when both they and their father 
 saw the bundles of money, they 
 were afraid. 
 
 36 And Jacob their father said 
 unto them, Me have ye bereaved 
 ofm^ children : Joseph is not, 
 and Simeon is not, and ye will 
 take Benjamin awai/ : aU these 
 things are against me. 
 
 37 And Eeuben spake unto his 
 father, saying. Slay my two sons, 
 if I bring him not to thee : de- 
 
 liver him into my hand, and I 
 will bring him to thee again. 
 
 38 And he said, My son shall 
 not go down with you ; for his 
 brother is dead, and he is left 
 alone : if mischief befall him by 
 the way in the which ye go, then 
 shall ye biing down my gray 
 hairs with sorrow to the grave, 
 
 CHAPTER XLIII. 
 1 Jac€b is hardly persuaded to send 
 
 Benjamin. 15 Joseph entertainetli 
 
 his brethren. 31 He malceth them 
 
 a feast. 
 
 AND the famine was sore in 
 - the land. 
 
 2 And it came to pass, when 
 they liad eaten up the corn 
 which they had brought out of 
 Egypt, their father said unto 
 them, Go agaia, buy us a little 
 food. 
 
 3 And Judah spake unto him, 
 saymg, The man did solemnly 
 protest unto us, saying. Ye shall 
 not see my face, except your 
 brother be with you. 
 
 4 If thou wilt send our brother 
 with us, we wQl go down and 
 buy thee food : 
 
 5 But if thou wilt not send him, 
 we will not go down: for the 
 man said unto us, Ye shall not 
 see my face, except your bro- 
 ther be with you. 
 
 6 And Israel said, Wherefore 
 dealt ye so ill with me, as to 
 tell the man whether ye had 
 yet a brother ? 
 
 7 And they said, The man 
 asked us straitly of our state, 
 and of our kindi'ed, saying. Is 
 your father yet alive ? have ye 
 another brother? and we told 
 him according to the tenor of 
 these words : could we certain- 
 ly know that he would say. 
 Bring your brother down ? 
 
 8 And Judah said unto Israel 
 his father. Send the lad Avith 
 me, and we will arise and go; 
 that we may live, and not die, 
 both we, and thou, and also our 
 little ones. 
 
 9 I will be surety for him ; of 
 my hand shalt thou require 
 him : if I bring him not unto 
 
 C 3 
 
Josei)h feastdh 
 
 thee, and set him before thee, 
 then let me bear the blame fur 
 ever : 
 
 10 For except we had linger- 
 ed, surely now we had returned 
 this second time. 
 
 11 And their father Israel said 
 unto them, If it iiutst be so now, 
 do this ; take of the best fruits 
 in the land in your vessels, and 
 carry down tlie man a jtresent, 
 a little balm, and a little honey, 
 
 GENESIS, XLIII. 
 
 Iiis hrcOnTn. 
 
 indeed do^m at the first time 
 
 to Imy food : 
 
 21 And it came to pass, when 
 we came to the inn, that we 
 opened our wicks, and, l)eliold, 
 ever// man's money iras in the 
 mouth of his sack, our money 
 in lull weiirht: and we have 
 brnujrht it auain in our hand. 
 
 2*2 And other money have we 
 ))roujrht down in our hands to 
 buy food: we cannot tell who 
 
 spices, and myrrh, nuts, and al- ' put our money in our sacks. 
 
 monds : 
 
 23 And he said, Pence he to you. 
 
 12 And take double money in | fear not: your God, and the God 
 your hand; and the money that I of your father, hath {i:iven you 
 was brought again in the mouth treasure in your sacks: I \\nd 
 of your sacks, carry ?7 again in your money. And he brouglit 
 your hand ; peradventure it tvas Simeon out unto thera. 
 
 an oversight : 
 
 24 And the man brought the 
 
 13 Take also your brother, and nn'u into Joseph's house, and 
 arise, go again unto the man : j gave them water, and they 
 
 14AndGod Almighty give you | washed their feet; and he gave 
 mercy before tlie man, that he | their asses provender, 
 may send away your other bro- j 25 And they made ready tlie 
 ther, and Benjamin. If I be present against Joseph came at 
 bereaved of my children, I am I noon : for they heard that they 
 
 bereaved. 
 15 *[ And the men took that 
 
 should eat bread there. 
 2G •[ And when Josej>h carae 
 
 present, and they took double ' home, they brouglit him the 
 money in their hand, and Ben- ! present v.hich U'as in their hand 
 jamin; and rose up, and went into the house, and bowed them- 
 
 down to Egypt, and stood be- 
 fore Joseph. 
 
 16 And when Joseph saw Ben- 
 jamin with them, he said to the 
 ruler of his house. Bring these 
 men home, and slay, and make 
 ready ; for these men shall dine 
 with me at noon. 
 
 17 And the man did as Joseph 
 bade ; and the man brought the 
 men into Joseph's house. 
 
 18 And the men were afraid, 
 because they were brought into 
 Joseph's house; and they said. 
 Because of the money that was 
 returned in our sacks at the first 
 time are we brought in ; that he 
 may seek occasion against us, 
 and fall upon us, and take us for 
 bondmen, and our asses. 
 
 19 And they came near to the 
 steward of Joseph's house, and 
 they communed with him at the 
 door of the house, 
 
 20 And said, O sir, we came 
 
 selves to him to the earth. 
 
 27 And he asked them of their 
 welfaie, and said. Is your father 
 well, tlie old man of whom ye 
 spake ? Is he yet alive ? 
 
 2<S And they ansT\'ered, Thy 
 servant our father is in good 
 health, he is yet alive. And 
 they bowed do^vn their heads, 
 and made obeisance. 
 
 29 And he lifted up his eyes, 
 and saw his brother Benjamin, 
 his mother's son, and said, Is 
 this your younger brother, of 
 whom ye spake unto me ? And 
 he said, God be gracious imto 
 thee, my son. 
 
 30 And Joseph made haste ; for 
 his bowels did yearn upon his 
 brother: and he sought ivhere 
 to weep; and he entered into 
 his chamber, and wept there. 
 
 31 And he washed his face, and 
 went out, and refrained himself, 
 and said, Set on bread. 
 
His pdicy 
 
 GENESIS, XLIV. 
 
 to stay them. 
 
 32 And they set on for him by 
 liimself, and for them by them- 
 selves, and for the Egj^tians, 
 which did eat with him, by them- 
 selves: because the Egyptians 
 might not eat bread with the 
 Hebrews ; for that is an abomi- 
 nation imto the Egyptians. 
 
 33 And they sat before him, the 
 fii-stbom according to his bhth- 
 right, and the youngest accord- 
 ing to his youth : and the men 
 marvelled one at another. 
 
 34 And he took and sent messes 
 unto them from before him : but 
 Benjamin's mess was five times 
 so much as any of their's. And 
 they di'ank, and were merrj^ with 
 him. 
 
 CHAPTER XLIV. 
 1 Joseph's policy to stay his brethren. 
 14 JudaJi's hmnble sup]3licatwn to 
 Joseph, 
 
 AND he commanded the 
 . steward of his house, say- 
 ing, Fill the men's sacks with 
 food, as much as they can carry, 
 and put every man's money in 
 his sack's mouth. 
 
 2 And put my cup, the silver 
 cup, in the sack's mouth of the 
 youngest, and his com money. 
 And he did according to the 
 word that Joseph had spoken. 
 
 3 As soon as the morning was 
 light, the men were sent away, 
 they and their asses. 
 
 A And when they were gone 
 out of the city, and not yet far 
 off, Joseph said unto his stew- 
 ard, Up, follow after the men; 
 and when thou dost overtake 
 them, say unto them, Wherefore 
 have ye rcAvarded evil for good? 
 
 5 Is not this it m. wliich my 
 lord diinketh, and whereby in- 
 deed he di^^neth? ye have done 
 evil in so doing. 
 
 6 H And he overtook them, and 
 he spake unto them these same 
 words. 
 
 7 And they said unto him. 
 Wherefore saith my lord these 
 w^ords? God forbid that thy 
 servants should do according 
 to this thing : 
 
 8 Behold, the money, which 
 
 we found in our sacks' mouths, 
 we brought again unto thee out 
 of the land of Canaan: how 
 then should we steal out of thy 
 lord's house silver or gold? 
 
 9 With whomsoever of thy ser- 
 vants it be found, both let him 
 die, and we also will be my 
 lord's bondmen. 
 
 10 And he said, Now also let it 
 be according unto_ your words : 
 he with whom it is found shall 
 be my servant ; and ye shall be 
 blameless. 
 
 11 Then they speedily took 
 down every man his sack to 
 the ground, and opened every 
 man his sack. 
 
 12 And he searched, and be- 
 gan at the eldest, and left at 
 the youngest : and the cup was 
 found in Benjamia's sack. 
 
 13 Then they rent their clothes, 
 and laded every man his ass, and 
 returned to the city. 
 
 14 IT And Judah and his bre- 
 thren came to Joseph's house; 
 for he was jet there : and they 
 fell before him on the ground. 
 
 15 And Joseph said unto them. 
 What deed is this that ye have 
 done? wot ye not that such a 
 man as I can certainly divuie ? 
 
 16 And Judah said, What shall 
 we say unto my lord ? what shall 
 we speak ? or how shall we clear 
 ourselves ? God hath found out 
 the iniquity of thy servants : be- 
 hold, we are my lord's servants, 
 both we, and he also with whom 
 the cup is found. 
 
 17 And he said, God forbid 
 that I should do so: but the 
 man in whose hand the cup is 
 found, he shall be my servant ; 
 and as for you, get you up in 
 peace unto your father. 
 
 18 IF Then Judah came near 
 unto him, and said. Oh my lord, 
 let thy servant, I pray thee, 
 speak a word in my lord's ears, 
 and let not tliine anger burn 
 against thy servant: for thou 
 ai't even as Pharaoh. 
 
 19 My lord asked his servants, 
 saying, Have ye a father, or a 
 brother? 
 
Juchh's mpplication. GENESIS, XLV. 
 
 J(»*pli maheth 
 
 20 And we said unto ray lord, 
 We have a fatlier, an old man, 
 and a child of his old age, a lit- 
 tle one ; and liis brother is dead, 
 and lie alone is left of his mo- 
 ther, and his father loveth him, 
 
 21 And thou saicLst luito thy 
 B3rvants, Bring him down un- 
 to me, that I may set mine eyes 
 UT)on him. 
 
 22 And we said unto my lord. 
 The lad cannot leave his fa- 
 ther : for if he should leave his 
 lather, his father would die. 
 
 23 And thou saidst unto thy 
 servants. Except your youngest 
 brother come do^^^l with you, 
 ye shall see my lace no more. 
 
 24 And it came to pass when 
 we came up unto thy servant 
 my father, we told him the 
 words of my lord. 
 
 25 And our father said, Go a- 
 gain, and buy us a little food. 
 
 2G And we said. We cannot 
 go down : if our yomigest l)ro- 
 ther be with us, then will we go 
 down : for we may not see tlie 
 man's face, except our youngest 
 brother he with us. 
 
 27 And thy servant my father 
 said unto us, Ye know that my 
 wife bare me two sons : 
 
 28 And the one went out from 
 me, and I said. Surely he is 
 torn in pieces; and I saw him 
 not since : 
 
 29 And if ye take this also from 
 me, and mischief befall him, ye 
 shall bring do^\^l my gray hairs 
 with sorrow to the grave. 
 
 30 Now therefore when I come 
 to thy servant my father, and 
 the lad be not "\nth us; seeing 
 that his life is bound up in the 
 lad's life ; 
 
 31 It shall come to pass, when 
 lie seeth that the lad is not with 
 us, that he will die: and thy 
 servants shall bring down the 
 gray hairs of thy sen-ant our fa- 
 ther with sorrow to the grave. 
 
 32 For thy servant became 
 surety for the lad unto my fa- 
 ther, saying. If I bring him not 
 imto thee, then I shall bear the 
 blame to my father for ever. 
 
 33 Now therefore, I pray thee, 
 let thy servant abide inst«'a<l of 
 the lad a bondman to my lord ; 
 and let the lad go up with liis 
 brethren. 
 
 34 For how shall I go up to my 
 father, and tlie lad be not with 
 me ? lest peradventure 1 see the 
 e\il that shall come on my fa- 
 ther. 
 
 CHAPTER XLV. 
 1 Jogenh mnketh himself knotni to kin 
 brefnren. r> Jle coinjortt-lh them in 
 (wod's providence, 'j //«• si')tiUfh for 
 hisfnthor. If, Phanioh cottjirmeth 
 if. 21 Josi'pJi fiiniishifli thtnii for 
 their jour lie I/, nml exhorteth them 
 to concord. 25 Jacob is revived 
 tcith the uew». 
 
 THEN Josepli could not re- 
 frain hinis(df l>efore all them 
 that stootl by him ; and he cried. 
 Cause every man to go out from 
 me. And there stood no man 
 witli him, while Joseph made 
 himself known tinto his bre- 
 tliren. 
 
 2 And he wept aloud: and 
 tlie Egyptians and the house of 
 Pharaoh heard. 
 
 3 And Joseph said unto his 
 brethren, I am Joseph; doth 
 my father yet live? And his 
 brethren could not answer him ; 
 for they were troubled at his 
 presence. 
 
 4 And Joseph said unto his 
 brethren. Come near to me, I 
 pray vou. And they came near. 
 And he said, I am Joseph your 
 brother, whom ye sold into E- 
 gTPt. 
 
 5 Now therefore be not griev- 
 ed, nor angry with yourselves, 
 that ye sold me hither : for God 
 did send me before you to pre- 
 serve life. 
 
 6 For these two years hath the 
 famine been in the land: and 
 yet there are five years, in the 
 which there shall neither be 
 earing nor harvest. 
 
 7 And God sent me before you 
 to preserve you a posterity in the 
 earth, and to save your fives by 
 a great deliverance. 
 
 8 So now it was not you that 
 sent me hither, but God: and 
 
himself Trnmon 
 
 GENESIS, XLVI. 
 
 to Ms h'ethren. 
 
 Le hath made me a father to 
 Pharaoh, and lord of all his 
 house, and a ruler throughout 
 all the land of Egypt. 
 
 9 Haste ye, and go up to my 
 father, and say unto him. Thus 
 saith thy son Joseph, God hath 
 made me lord of all Egypt: 
 come dowTi unto me, tarry not : 
 
 10 And thou shalt dwell in the 
 land of Goshen, and thou shalt 
 be near unto me, thou, and thy 
 children, and thy children's chil- 
 dren, and thy flocks, and thy 
 herds, and all that thou hast : 
 
 11 And there will I nourish 
 thee; for yet there are five 
 years of famine ; lest thou, and 
 thy household, and all that 
 thou hast, come to poverty. 
 
 12 And, behold, your eyes see, 
 and the eyes of my brother Ben- 
 jamin, that it is my mouth that 
 speaketh unto you. 
 
 13 And ye shall tell my father 
 of all my glory in Egypt, and 
 of all that ye have seen; and 
 ye shall haste and bring down 
 my father hither. 
 
 14 And he fell upon his brother 
 Benjamin's neck, and wept ; and 
 Benjamin wept upon his neck. 
 
 15 Moreover he kissed all his 
 brethren, and wept upon them : 
 and after that his brethren talk- 
 ed with him. 
 
 16 IF And the fame thereof was 
 heard in Pharaoh's house, say- 
 ing, Joseph's brethren are come : 
 and it pleased Pharaoh well, and 
 his servants. 
 
 17 And Pharaoh said unto Jo- 
 seph, Say unto thy brethren. 
 This do ye; lade your beasts, 
 and go, get you unto the land 
 of Canaan ; 
 
 18 And take your father and 
 your households, and come unto 
 me: and I will give you the 
 good of the land of Egypt, and 
 ye shall eat the fat of the land. 
 
 19 Now thou art commanded, 
 this do ye; take you wagons 
 out of the land of Egypt for 
 your little ones, and for your 
 wives, and bring your father, 
 and come. 
 
 20 Also regard not your stuff; 
 for the good of all the land of 
 Egypt is your's. 
 
 21 And the children of Israel 
 did so : and Joseph gave them 
 wagons, according to the com- 
 mandment of Pharaoh, and gave 
 them provision for the way. 
 
 22 To all of them he gave each 
 man changes of raiment ; but to 
 Benjamin he gave three hundred 
 pieces of silver, and five changes 
 of raiment. 
 
 23 And to his father he sent 
 after this manner; ten asses 
 laden with the good things of 
 Egypt, and ten she asses laden 
 with corn and bread and meat 
 for his father by the way. 
 
 24 So he sent his brethren a- 
 way, and they departed: and 
 he said unto them, See that ye 
 fall not out by the way. 
 
 25 IF And they went up out of 
 Egypt, and came into the land of 
 Canaan unto Jacob their father, 
 
 26 And told him, saying, Joseph 
 is yet alive, and he is governor 
 over all the land of Egypt. And 
 Jacob's heart fainted, for he be- 
 lieved them not. 
 
 27 And they told him all the 
 words of Joseph, which he had 
 said unto them: and when he 
 saw the wagons which Joseph 
 had sent to carry him, the spirit 
 of Jacob their father revived : 
 
 28 And Israel said. It is enough ; 
 Joseph my son is yet alive : I 
 will go and see him before I die. 
 
 CHAPTER XLVI. 
 
 1 Jacoh is comforted hy God at Beer- 
 sheha: 5 Thence he imtTi Ms com- 
 pany goetli into Egypt. 8 The num- 
 ber of Ms family that went into 
 Egypt. 29 Joseph meeteth Jacoh. 
 31 He instructeth Ms brethren how 
 to answer to Pharaoh. 
 
 AND Israel took his jour- 
 . ney with all that he had, 
 and came to Beer-sheba, and 
 offered sacrifices unto the God 
 of his father Isaac. 
 2 And God spake unto Israel 
 in the visions of the night, and 
 said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, 
 Here am I. 
 
Jojcob goeth 
 
 GENESIS, XLVI. 
 
 into EiftU't. 
 
 3 And he said, I am God, the 
 God of tliy fatlier : fear not to 
 go down into Ejiypt ; lor I will 
 there make of thee a great na- 
 tion : 
 
 4 I wdll go down with thee in- 
 to Egypt ; and I will also surely 
 bring tliee np as^ain: and Jo- 
 seph shall put liis hand upon 
 thine eyes. 
 
 5 And Jacob rose np from Beer- 
 sheba: and the sons of Israel 
 carried Jacob their father, and 
 their little ones, and their wives, 
 in the wagons which Pharaoh 
 had sent to cai ly him. 
 
 (3 And they took their cattle, 
 and their goods, which they had 
 gotten m the land of Canaan, 
 and came into Egypt, Jacob, 
 and all his seed with lum : 
 
 7 His sous, aud his sons' sons 
 %vitli him, his daughters, and his 
 sons' daughtei-s, and all his seed 
 brought he with him into Egypt. 
 
 8 T And these are the names 
 of the cliildren of Israel, which 
 came into Egypt, Jacob and his 
 sons : Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. 
 
 9 And the sons of Keuben; 
 Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hez- 
 ron, and Carmi. 
 
 10 ^ And tlie sons of Simeon ; 
 Jemuel, and Jamin, and Chad, 
 and Jachin, and Zohar, and 
 Shaul the son of a Canaanitish 
 woman. 
 
 11 H And the sons of Levi; 
 Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. 
 
 12 H And the sons of Judah ; 
 Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and 
 Pharez, and Zarah : but Er and 
 Onan died in the land of Ca- 
 naan. And the sons of Pharez 
 were Hezron and Hamul. 
 
 13 % And the sons of Issachar ; 
 Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and 
 Shimi'on. 
 
 14 1[ And the sons of Zebulun ; 
 Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. 
 
 15 These he the sons of Leah, 
 w^hich she bare unto Jacob in 
 Padan-aram, with his daughter 
 Dinah : all the souls of his sons 
 and his daughters were thirty 
 and thi-ee. 
 
 16 H And the eons of Gad ; 
 
 Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and 
 Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and 
 Areli. 
 
 17 H And the sons of Asher ; 
 Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, 
 and Bcriah, and Serah their 
 sister : and the sons of Beriah ; 
 Heber, and IMalchiel. 
 
 18 These are the sons of Zil- 
 pah, whom I^aban gave to Leah 
 liis daughter, and these she bare 
 unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 
 
 Hi The sons of Pachel Jacob's 
 wife ; Josepli, and Benjamin. 
 
 20 ^And unto Josei)h in the 
 land of Egypt were bom ]\Ia- 
 nasseh and Ephraim, which 
 Asenath the daughter of Poti- 
 nherah priest of On bare unto 
 him. 
 
 21 ![ And the sons of Benja- 
 min 7vere Belah, and Becher, 
 and Ashbel, Gera, and Naa- 
 man, Ehi, and Bosh, Muppim, 
 and Huppim, and Ard. 
 
 22 These are tlie sons of Ra- 
 chel, which were bom to Jacob 
 all the souls were fourteen. 
 
 23 K And the sons of Dan ; 
 Hushim. 
 
 24 •[ And the sons of Naphtali . 
 Jahzeel, and Gimi, and Jezer, 
 and Shillem. 
 
 25 These are the sons of Bil- 
 hah, which Laban gave unto 
 Rachel his daughter, and she 
 bare these unto Jacob : all the 
 souls were seven. 
 
 26 All the souls that came 
 with Jacob into Egypt, which 
 came out of his loins, besides 
 Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls 
 were threescore and six ; 
 
 27 And the sons of Joseph, 
 which were bom him in Egypt,^ 
 were two souls : all the souls of 
 the house of Jacob, which came 
 into Egypt, were threescore and 
 ten. 
 
 28 IF And he sent Judah before 
 him unto Joseph, to direct his 
 face unto Goshen; and they 
 came into the land of Goshen. 
 
 29 And Joseph made ready his 
 chariot, and went up to meet Is- 
 rael his father, to Goshen, and 
 presented himself unto him; and 
 
 II 
 
He ispi'es:mt€d 
 
 GENESIS, XLVli. 
 
 J)^(yre Pharaoh. 
 
 he fell on his neck, and wept on 
 his neck a good while. 
 
 30 And Israel said unto Joseph, 
 Now let me die, since I have 
 seen thy face, because thou art 
 yet ahve. 
 
 31 And Joseph said nnto his 
 brethren, and nnto his father's 
 house, I will go np, and shew 
 Pharaoh, and say nnto him. 
 My brethren, and my father's 
 house, which were in the land 
 of Canaan, are come nnto me ; 
 
 32 And the men are shepherds, 
 for their trade hath been to feed 
 cattle; and they have brought 
 their flocks, and their herds, and 
 all that they have. 
 
 33 And it shall come to pass, 
 when Pharaoh shall call you, 
 and shall say, What is your oc- 
 cupation ? 
 
 34 That ye shaU say, Thy 
 servants' trade hath been about 
 cattle from our youth even un- 
 til now, both we, and also our 
 fathers: that ye may dwell in 
 the land of Goshen ; for every 
 shepherd is an abomination un- 
 to the Egyptians. 
 
 CHAPTER XLVII. 
 
 1 Joseph jyresentetli five of Ms bre- 
 thren, 7 and his father, before Pha- 
 raoh. 11 He giveth them habifa- 
 
 - tion and maintenance. 13 He get- 
 teth all the Egyptians' money, 16 
 their cattle, 18 their lands to Pha- 
 raoh. 22 Tlie pi'iests' land was not 
 bought. 23 He letteth the land to 
 them for a-fifih part. 28 Jacob's 
 age. 29 He sweareth Joseph to 
 bury him ivith his fathers. 
 
 THEN Joseph came and told 
 Pharaoh, and said, My fa- 
 ther and my brethren, and then- 
 flocks, and their herds, and all 
 that they have, are come out of 
 the la.nd of Canaan; and, behold, 
 they are in the land of Goshen. 
 
 2 And he took some of his 
 brethren, even five men, and 
 presented them unto Pharaoh. 
 
 3 And Pharaoh said unto his 
 brethren, What is your occu- 
 pation? And they said unto 
 Pharaoh, Thy servants are 
 shepherds, both we, and also 
 our fathei-s. 
 
 4 They said moreover unto 
 Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the 
 land are we come ; for thy ser- 
 vants have no pasture for their 
 flocks ; for the famine is sore m 
 the land of Canaan : now there- 
 fore, we pray thee, let thy ser- 
 vants dwell ill the land of Go- 
 shen. 
 
 5 And Pharaoh spake unto Jo- 
 seph, saying. Thy father and thy 
 brethren are come unto thee : 
 
 6 The land of Egypt is before 
 thee; in the best of the land 
 make thy father and brethren 
 to dwell ; lq the land of Goshen 
 let them dwell: and if thou 
 knowest any men of activity 
 among them, then make them 
 rulers over my cattle. 
 
 7 And Joseph brought ui Jacob 
 his father, and set him before, 
 Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed 
 Pharaoh. 
 
 8 And Pharaoh said unto Ja- 
 cob, How old art thou ? 
 
 9 And Jacob said unto Pha- 
 raoh, The days of the years of 
 my pilgrimage are an hundred 
 and thirty years : few and evil 
 have the days of the j^ears of 
 my life been, and have not at- 
 taiaed unto the days of the years 
 of the life of my fathers in the 
 days of their pilgrimage. 
 
 10 And Jacob blessed Pha- 
 raoh, and went out from before 
 Pharaoh. 
 
 11 IT And Joseph placed his fa- 
 ther and Ms brethren, and gave 
 them a possession in the land of 
 Egypt, in the best of the land, 
 in the land of Pameses, as Pha- 
 raoh had commanded. 
 
 12 And Joseph nourished his fa- 
 ther, and his brethren, and all his 
 father's household, with bread, 
 according to their families. 
 
 13 IF And there was no bread in 
 all the land ; for the famine wa^ 
 very sore, so that the land of E- 
 gypt and all the land of Canaan 
 fainted by reason of the famine. 
 
 14 And Joseph gathered up all 
 the money that was found m 
 the land of Egypt, and in the 
 land of Canaan, for the com 
 
Tlie Egvi'lians 
 
 GENESIS, XLVII. 
 
 8^7/ thfir laiiA. 
 
 which they bought : and Joscpli 
 brouirht the money into Pha- 
 raoh's house. 
 
 15 And wlien money failed in 
 the land of Ejjrypt, and in the 
 land of Canaan, all the Egyp- 
 tians came mito Joseph, and 
 said, Give us bread: for Avhy 
 should we die in thy presence ? 
 for the money faileth. 
 
 16 And Jf)sej»h said. Give your 
 cattle ; and 1 will give you for 
 your cattle, if money fail. 
 
 17 And they brought their 
 cattle unto Joseph : and Josei)h 
 gave them bread in edchajit^e 
 for horses, and for the flwks, 
 and for the cattle of the herds, 
 and for the asses: and he fed 
 them Avith bread for all their 
 cattle for that year. 
 
 18 When that year was ended, 
 they came imto him the second 
 year, and said unto liim, AVe 
 Avill not hide it from my lord, 
 how that our money is spent; 
 my lord also hath our herds of 
 cattle: there is not ought left 
 in the sight of my lord, but our 
 bodies^ and our lands : 
 
 19 AN hc^refore shall we die be- 
 fore thine eyes, both we and our 
 land? buy us and oiu- land for 
 bread, and we and our land Asill 
 be servants unto Pharaoh : and 
 give lis seed, that we may live, 
 and not die, that the land be 
 not desolate. 
 
 20 And Joseph bought all the 
 land of Eg>'pt for Pharaoh ; for 
 the Egyptians sold eveiy man 
 his field, because the famine 
 prevailed over them: so the 
 land became Pharaoh's. 
 
 21 And as for the people, he 
 removed them to cities from 
 one end of the borders of Egypt 
 even to the Qther end thereof. 
 
 22 Only the land of the priests 
 bought he not; for the priests 
 had a portion assigned them of 
 Pharaoh, and did eat their por- 
 tion which Pharaoh gave them : 
 wherefore they sold not their 
 lands. 
 
 23 Then Joseph said unto the 
 people, Behold, I have bought 
 
 you tliis day and your land for 
 Pharaoh: lo, here is seed ior 
 you, and ye shall sow the land. 
 
 24 And it sliall come to jtasK 
 in the increase, that ye shall 
 give the tilth part unto Pha- 
 moh, and four parts shall be 
 your own, for seed of the field, 
 arid for vour food, and for them 
 of your h(niseholdj8, and for food 
 for your little ones. 
 
 25 And they said. Thou hast 
 saved our lives : let us find grace 
 in the sight of my lord, and we 
 will be Pharaoh's servants. 
 
 2G And Joseph made it a law 
 over tlie land of Egypt unto this 
 day, that Pharaoh shoidd have 
 the fifth part ; except tlie land 
 of the priests only, which be- 
 came not Pharaoh's. 
 
 27 *[ And Israel dwelt in the 
 land of Egypt, in the co\mtr>' 
 of Goshen; and they had pos- 
 sessions therein, and grew, and 
 multiplied exceedingly. 
 
 28 And Jacob lived in the land 
 of Egypt seventeen years : so 
 the whole age of Jacob was an 
 hundred forty and seven years. 
 
 29 And the time drew nigh that 
 Israel must die : and he called 
 his son Joseph, and said unto 
 him. If now I have found grace 
 
 ' in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy 
 hand under my thigh, and deal 
 kindly and truly Antli me ; bury 
 me not, I pray thee, in Eg^TTjt : 
 
 30 But I will lie with my fa- 
 thers, and thou shalt carr>^ me 
 out of Eg>'pt, and hury me in 
 their buiyingplace. And he said, 
 I v.ill do as thou hast said. 
 
 31 And he said. Swear unto 
 me. And he sware unto him. 
 And Israel bowed himself up- 
 on the bed's head. 
 
 CHAPTER XLVIII. 
 1 Joseph with his sons visiteth his 
 sick father. 2 Jacob sfrengtheneih 
 himself to bless them. 3 He rejyeat- 
 eth the promise. 5 He taketh Eph- 
 raim and Manasseh as his own. 
 7 He felleth Joseph of his mother's 
 grave. 9 He blesseth Epliraim and i 
 Manasseh. 17 He preferreth the I 
 younger before the elder. 21 He 
 prophesieth their return to Canaan. 
 
Jacob hlesseth 
 
 GENESIS, XLVIII. 
 
 AND it came to pass after 
 . these tMngs, that one told 
 Joseph, Behold, thy father ^ is 
 sick: and he took with him 
 his two sons, Manasseh and 
 Ephraim. 
 
 2 And one told Jacob, and said. 
 Behold, thy son Joseph cometh 
 imto thee : and Israel strength- 
 ened himself, and sat upon the 
 bed. 
 
 3 And Jacob said nnto Joseph, 
 God Almighty appeared nnto 
 me at Lnz in the land of Ca- 
 naan, and blessed me, 
 
 4 And said nnto me, Behold, 
 I will make thee fruitful, and 
 multiply thee, and I will make 
 of thee a multitu.de of people ; 
 and will give this land to thy 
 seed after thee /or an everlast- 
 ing possession. 
 
 5 If And now thy two sons, 
 Ephraim and Manasseh, which 
 w^ere born unto thee in the land 
 of Egypt before I came unto 
 thee into Egypt, are mine; as 
 Keuben and Simeon, they shall 
 be mine. 
 
 6 And thy issue, which thou 
 begettest after them, shall be 
 thme, and shall be called after 
 the name of their brethren in 
 their inheritance. 
 
 7 And as for me, when I came 
 from Padan, Eachel died by 
 me in the land of Canaan in 
 the way, when yet there was 
 but a little way to come unto 
 Ephrath : and I buried her there 
 in the way of Ephrath ; the same 
 is Beth-lehem. 
 
 8 And Israel beheld Joseph's 
 sons, and said. Who are these ? 
 
 9 Ajid Joseph said unto his fa- 
 ther, They are my sons, whom 
 God hath given me in this place. 
 And he said, Bring them, I pray 
 thee, unto me, and I will bless 
 them. 
 
 10 Now the eyes of Israel were 
 dim for age, so that he could 
 not see. And he brought them 
 near unto him; and he kissed 
 them, and embraced them. 
 
 \ 11 And Israel said unto Joseph, 
 i 1 Jiad not thought to see thy 
 
 face : and, lo, God hath shewed 
 me also thy seed. 
 
 12 And Joseph brought them 
 out from between his Imees, and 
 he bowed himself with his :^ce 
 to the earth. 
 
 13 And Joseph took them both, 
 Ephraim in his right hand to- 
 ward Israel's left hand, and Ma- 
 nasseh in his left hand toward 
 Israel's right hand, and brought 
 them near unto him. 
 
 14 And Israel stretched out his 
 right hand, and laid it upon 
 Ephraim's head, who was the 
 younger, and his left hand up- 
 on Manasseh's head, guiding Ms 
 hands Tvdttingly; for Manasseh 
 was the firstborn. 
 
 15 IF And he blessed Joseph, 
 and said, God, before whom my 
 fathers Abraham and Isaac did 
 walk, the God which fed me all 
 my life long unto this day, 
 
 16 The Angel which redeemed 
 me from all evil, bless tlie lads ; 
 and let my name be named on 
 them, and the name of my fa- 
 thers Abraham and Isaac ; and 
 let them grow into a multitude 
 in the midst of the earth. 
 
 17 And when Joseph saw that 
 his father laid his right hand 
 upon the head of Ephraim, it 
 displeased him: and he held 
 up his father's hand, to remove 
 it from Ephraim's head unto 
 Manasseh's head. 
 
 18 And Joseph said unto Ms 
 father. Not so, my father: for 
 this is the firstborn; put thy 
 right hand upon Ms head. 
 
 19 And Ms father refused, and 
 said, I know it, my son, I Iniow 
 it : he also shall become a peo- 
 ple, and he also shall be great : 
 but truly Ms younger brother 
 shall be greater than he, and 
 his seed shall become a multi- 
 tude of nations. 
 
 20 And he blessed them that 
 day, saying, In thee shall Israel 
 bless, saying, God make thee 
 as EpMaim and as Manasseh: 
 and he set EpMaim before Ma- 
 nasseh. 
 
 21 And Israel said unto Joseph, 
 
Jact^js last 
 
 GENESIS, XLIX. irroiMick Uessino. 
 
 Behold, I die : but God shall be 
 ^vith you, and biint? you airaui 
 imto the land of your fathei-s. 
 
 22 Moreover I liave {-Mveii to 
 thee one portion al)ove thy bn,'- 
 tliren, ^vhich I took out of the 
 hand of the Aniorite with my 
 Bword and with my bow. 
 CHAPTER XLIX. 
 1 Jacob c'llleth his sons to })less them. 
 
 3 Thf'ir hissing in mirticnlir. 29 
 
 He chargefh thein about his burial. 
 
 33 He dieth. 
 
 AND Jacob called unto liis 
 sons, and said, Gather 
 yourselves tojiiether, that I may 
 tell you that which slmll b(;fall 
 you in the last days. 
 
 2 Gather yourselves toprether, 
 and hear, ye sons of Jacob ; and 
 hearken \uito Israel your father. 
 
 3 •[ Reuben, thou art my tirstr- 
 bom, my miojht, and the be- 
 ginnin.ii: of my strength, the 
 excellency of diimity, and the 
 excellency of ix)wer : 
 
 4 Unstable as water, thou shalt 
 not excel; because thou went- 
 est up to thy father's bed ; then 
 deliledst thou it: he went up 
 to my couch. 
 
 5 ^ Simeon and Levi are bre- 
 thren; instnuuents of cruelty 
 are in their habitations. 
 
 6 O my soul, come not thou 
 into their secret ; unto their as- 
 sembly, mine honour, be not 
 thou united : for in their anger 
 they slew a man, and in their 
 selfwill they digged down a 
 wall. 
 
 7 Cursed he their anger, for it 
 was fierce ; and their wTath, for 
 it was cruel : I -will divide them 
 in Jacob, and scatter them in 
 Israel. 
 
 8 ![ Judah, thou art he w^hom 
 thy bretliren shall praise : thy 
 hand shall he in the neck of 
 thine enemies ; thy father's cliil- 
 dren shall bow down before thee. 
 
 9 Judah is a lion's whelp : from 
 the prey, my son, thou art gone 
 up : he stooped down, he couch- 
 ed as a lion, and as an old lion ; 
 who shall rouse him up ? 
 
 10 The sceptre shall not depart 
 
 from Judah, nor a lawgiver from 
 between his feet, until Sliiloh 
 come; and luito him shall tlie 
 gatliering of the pe()]»le he. 
 
 11 Binding his foul unto the 
 vin<\ and his ass's colt luito the 
 choice vine; he waslied his gar- 
 ments in wine, and his clothes 
 in the blood of grapes : 
 
 12 His eyes shall he red with 
 wiiKi, and liLs teeth wliite with 
 milk. 
 
 13 *; Zebulun shall dwell at the 
 haven of the sea ; and he shall 
 he for an haven of ships; and 
 his border shall he unto Zidon. 
 
 14 ![ Issachar is a strong ass 
 couching do\ni between two 
 burdens : 
 
 lo And he saw tliat rest wa^s 
 good, and the land that it was 
 I)leasant ; and bowed his shoul- 
 der to Ijear, and became a ser- 
 vant luito tribute. 
 
 16 •^ Dim shall judge his people, 
 as one of the trilxis of Israel. 
 
 17 Dan shall l)e a serpent by 
 tlie way, an adder in the path, 
 tliat biteth the horse heels, so 
 that Ids rider shall fall backward. 
 
 18 I have waited for thy sal- 
 vation, O Lord. 
 
 19 H Gad, a troop shall over- 
 come him : but he shall over- 
 come at the last. 
 
 20 ■[ Out of Afiher his bread 
 shall he fat, and he shall yield 
 royal dainties. 
 
 21 H Naphtali is a liind let 
 loose : he giveth goodly words. 
 
 22 ![ Joseph is a fruitful bough, 
 even a fruitful bough by a well ; 
 whose branches run over the 
 wall: 
 
 23 The archers have sorely 
 grieved him, and shot at him, 
 and hated him : 
 
 24 But his bow abode in 
 strength, and the arms of his 
 hands were made strong by the 
 hands of the mighty God of Ja- 
 cob ; (from thence is the shep- 
 herd, the stone of Israel :) 
 
 25 Even by the God of thy fa- 
 ther, who shall help thee ; and 
 by the Almighty, who shall 
 bless thee with blessings of hea- 
 
Jacob's death 
 
 GENESIS, L. 
 
 and burial. 
 
 ven above, blessings of tbe deep 
 that lieth under, blessings of 
 the breasts, and of the womb : 
 
 26 The blessings of thy father 
 have prevailed above the bless- 
 ings of my progenitors unto the 
 utmost bound of the everlasting 
 hills : they shall be on the head 
 of Joseph, and on the crown of 
 the head of him that was sepa- 
 rate from his brethren. 
 
 27 ^ Benjamin shall ravin as a 
 wolf: in the morning he shall 
 devour the prey, and at night 
 
 - he shall divide the spoil. 
 
 28 ^ All these are the twelve 
 ' tribes of Israel : and this is it 
 
 that their father spake unto 
 them, and blessed them ; every 
 one according to his blessing he 
 blessed them. 
 
 • 29 And he charged them, and 
 said unto them, I am to be ga- 
 thered unto my people: bury 
 me with my fathers in the cave 
 that is in the field of Ephron 
 
 ' the Hittite, 
 
 30 In the cave that is in the 
 field of Machpelah, which is be- 
 fore Mamre, in the land of Ca- 
 
 ' naan, which Abraham bought 
 with the field of Ephron the 
 Hittite for a possession of a 
 buryingplace. 
 
 31 There they buried Abraham 
 and Sarah his wife ; there they 
 buried Isaac and Eebekah his 
 wife ; and there I buried Leah. 
 
 32 The purchase of the field 
 and of the cave that is therein 
 
 . was from the children of Heth. 
 
 33 And when Jacob had made 
 ' an end of commanding his sons, 
 
 he gathered up his feet into the 
 bed, and yielded up the ghost, 
 and was gathered- unto his peo- 
 ple. 
 ] CHAPTER L. 
 
 1 The mourning for Jacob. 4: Joseph 
 getfeth leave of Pharaoh to go to 
 bury him. 7 TJie funeral. 15 Jo- 
 seph comforteth his brethren, who 
 craved his 2)ardon. 22 His age. 23 
 He seeth the third geiieration of 
 V Ms sons. 2i He prophesieth unto 
 [J Ms brethren of their 7'eturn. 25 He 
 1 taJceth an oath of them for Jiis 
 fi hones. 2Q He dieth, and is chested. 
 
 AND Joseph fell upon his fa- 
 . ther's face, and wept iipon 
 him, and kissed him. 
 
 2 And Joseph commanded his 
 servants the physicians to em- 
 balm his father: and the phy- 
 sicians embalmed Israel. 
 
 3 And forty days were fulfil- 
 led for him ; for so are fulfilled 
 the days of those which are 
 embalmed: and the Egyptians 
 mourned for hiTn threescore and 
 ten days. 
 
 4 And when the days of his 
 mourning were past, Joseph 
 spake unto the house of Pha- 
 raoh, saying. If now I have 
 found grace in yom' eyes, speak, 
 I pray you, in the ears of Pha- 
 raoh, saying, 
 
 5 My father made me swear, 
 saying, Lo, I die : in my grave 
 which I have digged for me in 
 the land of Canaan, there shalt 
 thou bury me. Now therefore 
 let me go up, I pray thee, and 
 bury my father, and I will come 
 again. 
 
 6 And Pharaoh said. Go up, 
 and bury thy father, according 
 as he made thee swear. 
 
 7 ^And Joseph went up to bury 
 his father : and with him went 
 up all the ser^^ants of Pharaoh, 
 the elders of his house, and all 
 the elders of the land of Egypt, 
 
 8 And all the house of Joseph, 
 and his brethren, and Ms fa- 
 ther's house: only then little 
 ones, and their flocks, and their 
 herds, they left in the land of 
 Goshen. 
 
 9 And there went up with him 
 both chariots and horsemen: and 
 it was a veiy great company. 
 
 ^ 10 And they came to the thresh- 
 ingfloor of Atad, which is be- 
 yond Jordan, and there they 
 mourned with a great and very 
 sore lamentation : and he made 
 a mourning for his father seven 
 days. 
 
 11 And when the inhabitants 
 of the land, the Canaanites, saw 
 the mourning ia the floor of 
 Atad, they said, Tliis is a griev- 
 ous mouiTung to the Egyptians : 
 
Joseph cmnfmieOi 
 
 GENESIS. L. 
 
 Aw hrciltnn. 
 
 Aviierefore the name of it was 
 called Abcl-mizraiin, wliich in 
 Ixiyond Jordan. 
 
 12 And his sons did unto him 
 aecording as he commanded 
 them: 
 
 13 For liis sons carried him in- 
 to the land of Canaan, and bu- 
 ried liim in the cave of tlie field 
 oi" Machpelah, which Abraham 
 bought with the field for a ix.s- 
 session of a burj'ingplace of Ejih- 
 ron the Hittite, before Mamre. 
 
 14 II And Josei)h retunied in- 
 to Egypt, he, and his brethren, 
 and all that went up with him 
 to bury his father, after he liad 
 buried his father. 
 
 15 ^ And when Joseph's bre- 
 thren saw that their father was 
 dead, they said, Josepli will 
 pcradventure hate us, and will 
 certainly rerjuite us all the evil 
 which we did luito him. 
 
 16 And they sent a messenger 
 imto Josei)li, saying, Thy fatlier 
 did command before he died, 
 saying, 
 
 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, 
 Forgive, I pray thee now% the 
 trespass of thy brethren, and 
 their sin ; for they did unto thee 
 evil: and now, we pray thee, 
 forgive the trespass of the ser- 
 vants of the God of tliy fatlier. 
 And Joseph wept when they 
 spake unto him. 
 
 18 And liis brethren also went 
 and fell dowTi before his face; 
 
 and they said. Behold, we be 
 thy servants. 
 
 rj And Joseph said unto them. 
 Fear not: for am I in the place 
 of God? 
 
 20 But as for you, ye thought 
 evil against me ; hut Gotl meant 
 it unto good, to bring to pass, 
 as it is this day, to save much 
 people ahve. 
 
 21 Now therefore fear ye not : 
 I will nourish you, and your 
 little ones. And he comforted 
 them, and spake kindly unto 
 them. 
 
 22 If And Joser>h dwelt in E- 
 gypt, he, and his father's house : 
 and Josejih lived an hinidied 
 and ten years. 
 
 23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's 
 children of the third u;enera- 
 tion : the children also of Ma- 
 chir the son of Manasseh were 
 brought up upon Jose]>irs knees. 
 
 24 And Joseph said unto his 
 brethren, I die: and (iod will 
 surely visit you, and bring you 
 out of this land imto the land 
 which he sware to Abraham, to 
 Isaac, and to Jacob. 
 
 25 And Joseph took an oath of 
 the children of Israel, sajing, 
 God will surely visit you, and 
 ye shall cany up my bones from 
 hence. 
 
 26 So Joseph died, being' an 
 hundred and ten years old : and 
 they embalmed him, and he was 
 put in a coffin in Egypt. 
 
 THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED 
 
 EXODUS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 TJte children of Israel, after Jo. 
 
 sepli's death, do multiplii. 8 Hie 
 
 more they are oppressed hy a new 
 
 Tiing, the more they rtinltiply. 15 
 
 The godliness of the midwives, in 
 
 saving the men children alive. 22 
 
 Pharaoh commandeth the 'nude chil- 
 
 dren to he cast into the river. 
 
 "VTOW these are the names of 
 
 J-% the children of Israel, which 
 
 came uito Egypt ; every man and 
 
 his household came with Jacob. 
 
 2 Eeuben, Simeon, Levi, and 
 Judah, 
 
 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Ben- 
 jamiQ, 
 
 4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and 
 Asher. 
 
 5 And all the souls that came 
 out of the loins of Jacob were 
 seventy souls: for Joseph was 
 in Egypt air each/. 
 
 6 And Joseph died, and all his 
 bretliren, and aU that generation. 
 
Tlie Isi-adiies multiply, EXODUS, II. 
 
 7 ^ And the cliildren of Israel 
 were fruitful, and increased a- 
 bundantly, and multiplied, and 
 waxed exceeding mighty; and 
 the land was filled with them. 
 
 8 Now there arose up a new 
 Idng over Egypt, which knew 
 not Joseph. 
 
 9 And he said unto his people, 
 Behold, the people of the chil- 
 dren of Israel are more and 
 mightier than we : 
 
 10 Come on, let us deal wisely 
 with them; lest they multiply, 
 and it come to pass, that, when 
 there falleth out any war, they 
 join also unto om* enemies, and 
 fight against us, and so get them 
 up out of the land. 
 
 11 Therefore they did set over 
 them taskmasters to afflict them 
 with then- burdens. And they 
 built for Pharaoh treasure ci- 
 ties, Pithom and Eaamses. 
 
 12 But the more they afflicted 
 them, the more they multipli- 
 ed and grew. And they were 
 grieved because of the children 
 of Israel. 
 
 13 And the Egyptians made 
 the children of Israel to serve 
 with rigour : 
 
 14 And they made their lives 
 bitter with hard bondage, in 
 morter, and in brick, and in all 
 manner of service in the field : 
 aU their service, wherein they 
 made them serve, was with ri- 
 gour. 
 
 15 IF And the king of Egypt 
 spake to the Hebrew midwives, 
 of which the name of the one 
 was Shiphrah, and the name of 
 the other Puah : 
 
 16 And he said. When ye do 
 the office of a midwife to the 
 Hebrew women, and see them 
 upon the stools ; if it be sl son, 
 then ye shall kiU him : but if 
 it be a daughter, then she shall 
 live. 
 
 17 But the midwives feared 
 God, and did not as the king of 
 Egypt commanded them, but 
 saved the men children ahve. 
 
 , 18 And the king of Egypt call- 
 ^ed for the midwives, and said 
 
 Moses is b&i-n. 
 
 unto them. Why have ye done 
 this thing, and have saved the 
 men children alive ? 
 
 19 And the midwives said unto 
 Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew 
 women are not as the Egyptian 
 women ; for they are lively, and 
 are dehvered ere the midwives 
 come in unto them. 
 
 20 Therefore God dealt well 
 with the midwives: and the 
 people multiplied, and waxed 
 very mighty. 
 
 21 And it came to pass, because 
 the midwives feared God, that 
 he made them houses. 
 
 22 And Pharaoh charged all 
 his people, saying. Every son 
 that is bom ye shall cast into 
 the river, and every daughter 
 ye shall save alive. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 1 Moses is horn, 3 and in an arJc cast 
 into the flags. 5 He is found, a'nd 
 hrought up hy Pharaoh's daughter. 
 11 He slayeth an Egyptian. 13 He 
 reproveth an Hehreio. 15 Hefleeth 
 into Midian. 21 He marrieth Zip- 
 porah. 22 Gershom is horn. 23 God 
 respecteth the Israelites' cry. 
 
 A ND^ there went a man of the 
 . house of Levi, and took to 
 wife a daughter of Levi. 
 
 2 And the woman conceiv- 
 ed, and bare a son: and when 
 she saw him that he was a 
 goodly child, she hid him three 
 months. 
 
 3 And when she could not 
 longer hide him, she took for 
 him an ark of bulrushes, and 
 daubed it with shme and with 
 pitch, and put the cMld therein ; 
 and she laid «7 in the flags by 
 the river's brink. 
 
 4 And his sister stood afar off, to 
 wit what would be done to him. 
 
 5 1[ And the daughter of Pha- 
 raoh came down to wash herself 
 at the river; and her maidens 
 walked along by the river's side ; 
 and when she saw the ark among 
 the flags, she sent her maid to 
 fetch it. 
 
 6 And when she had opened 
 it, she saw the child : and, be- 
 hold, the babe wept. And she 
 
3Iose8 fleeih 
 
 EXODUS, III. 
 
 into Mulian. 
 
 had compafision on liira, and 
 said. This is one of the He- 
 brews' children. 
 
 7 Then said his sister to Pha- 
 raoh's daughter, Shall I go and 
 call to thee a nnrse of the He- 
 brew women, that she may nurse 
 the child for thee ? 
 
 8 And rimraoh's daughter said 
 to her, Go. And the maid went 
 and called the cliild's mother. 
 
 9 And Pharaoli's daughter said 
 unto her. Take this child away 
 and nurse it for me, and I will 
 give thee thy wages. And the wo- 
 man took the child, and nursed 
 it. 
 
 10 And the cluld grew, and 
 she brought him unto Pharaoh's 
 daughter, and he became her 
 son. And she called his name 
 Moses : and she said. Because I 
 drew liim out of the water. 
 
 11 H And it came to pass in 
 those days, when Moses was 
 groAATi, that he went out unto 
 his bretlu'en, and looked on 
 their burdens : and he spied an 
 Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, 
 one of his brethren. 
 
 12 And he looked this way and 
 that way, and when he saw that 
 there ivas no man, he slew the E- 
 gyptian. and hid liim in the sand. 
 
 13 And when he went out the 
 second day, behold, two men 
 of the Hebrews strove together : 
 and he said to him that did the 
 wrong, Wherefore smitest thou 
 thy fellow ? 
 
 14 And he said. Who made 
 thee a prince and a judge over 
 us? intendest thou to Idll me. 
 as thou Mlledst the Eg>^tianr 
 And Moses feared, and said. 
 Surely this tiling is known. 
 
 15 Now when Pharaoh heard 
 this thing, he sought to slay 
 Moses. But Moses fled from the 
 face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in 
 the land of IMidian : and he sat 
 down by a well. 
 
 16 Now the priest of Midian 
 had seven daughters : and they 
 came and drew water, and fill- 
 ed the troughs to water their 
 father's flock. 
 
 17 And the shepherds came and 
 drove them away: but Moses 
 stood up and lielned them, and 
 waterecl their flocK. 
 
 18 And wlien they came to Keu- 
 el tlieir father, lie said. How is 
 it that ye are come so soon to 
 day? 
 
 Vd And they said. An Egyptian 
 delivered us out of the hand of 
 the shepherds, and also drew 
 water enough for us, and wa- 
 tered the flock. 
 
 20 And he said unto his daugh- 
 ters, And where is he ? why is it 
 that ye have left the man ? call 
 him, tlint he may eat bread. 
 
 21 And Moses was content to 
 (hvcll with the man : and lie gave 
 Moses Zipp.orah his daughter. 
 
 22 And she bare him a son, 
 and he called his name Ger- 
 shom : for he said, I have been 
 a stranger in a strange land. 
 
 23 ^ And it came to pass in 
 process of time, that the king 
 of Egj'pt died: and the children 
 of Israel sighed by reason of the 
 bondage, and they cried, and 
 their cry came up unto God by 
 reason of the bondage. 
 
 24 And God heard their groan- 
 ing, and God remembered his 
 covenant witli Abraham, with 
 Isaac, and ^ith Jacob. 
 
 25 And God looked upon the 
 cliildren of Israel, and God had 
 respect unto them. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 1 Moses l:ee2y€th Jefhro'sfiocJi. 2 God 
 ap2year€th to him in a burning 
 hush. 9 He senilefh him to deliver 
 Israel. 14 The name of God. 15 His 
 message to Israel. 
 
 IVrOW Moses kept the flock 
 ±y of Jethro his father in law, 
 the priest of Midian : and he 
 led the flock to the backside of 
 the desert, and came to the 
 mountain of God, even to Horeb. 
 
 2 And the angel of the Lord 
 appeared unto him in a flame 
 of fire out of the midst of a bush : 
 and he looked, and, behold, the 
 bush burned with fire, and the 
 bush was not consumed. 
 
 3 And Moses said, I will now 
 
He is ssnt to 
 
 EXODUS, III. 
 
 deliver Israel. 
 
 turn aside, and see this great 
 I sight, why the bush is not burnt. 
 ; 4 And when the Lord saw 
 i that he turned aside to see, God 
 I (jailed unto him out of the midst 
 of the bush, and said, Moses, 
 Moses. And he said. Here am I. 
 
 5 And he said, Draw not nigh 
 hither : put off thy shoes from 
 off thy feet, for the place where- 
 on thou standest is holy groimd. 
 
 6 Moreover he said, I am the 
 God of thy father, the God of 
 Abraham, the God of Isaac, and 
 the God of Jacob. And Moses 
 
 ) liid his face ; for he was afraid 
 
 I to look upon God. 
 
 ' 7 IT And the Lord said, I have 
 surely seen the affliction of my 
 people which are in Egypt, and 
 have heard their cry by reason 
 of their taskmasters ; for I know 
 their sorrows ; 
 
 8 And I am come down to de- 
 
 \ liver them out of the hand of 
 the Egyptians, and to bring 
 them up out of that land unto 
 a good land and a large, unto 
 
 { a land flowing with niilk and 
 honey; unto the place of the 
 Canaanites, and the Hittites, 
 and the Amorites, and the Pe- 
 rizzites, and the Hivites, and the 
 Jebusites. 
 
 9 Now therefore, behold, the 
 cry of the children of Israel is 
 come unto me : and I have also 
 seen the oppression wherewith 
 the Egyptians oppress them. 
 
 10 Come now therefore, and I 
 will send thee unto Pharaoh, 
 that thou mayest bring forth 
 my people the children of Is- 
 rael out of Egypt. 
 
 i 11 IF And Moses said unto God, 
 Who am I, that I should go un- 
 to Pharaoh, and that I should 
 bring forth the children of Is- 
 rael out of Egypt? 
 
 12 And he said, Certainly I 
 will be with thee; and this 
 shall he a token unto thee, that 
 I have sent thee: When thou 
 hast brought forth the people 
 out of Egypt, ye shall serve God 
 upon this mountain. 
 
 13 And Moses said unto God, 
 
 Behold, when I come unto the 
 children of Israel, and shall say 
 mito them. The God of your 
 fathers hath sent me unto you ; 
 and they shall say to me, What 
 is his name? what shall I say 
 unto them ? 
 
 14 And God said unto Moses, I 
 AM THAT I AM : and he said. 
 Thus shalt thou say unto the 
 children of Israel, I AM hath 
 sent me unto you. 
 
 15 And God said moreover 
 unto Moses, Thus shalt thou 
 say unto the children of Israel, 
 The LoED God of your fathers, 
 the God of Abraham, the God 
 of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, 
 hath sent me unto you : this is 
 my name for ever, and this is my 
 memorial unto all generations. 
 
 16 Go, and gather the elders 
 of Israel together, and say unto 
 them, The Lord God of your 
 fathers, the God of Abraham, 
 of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared 
 unto me, saying, I have surely 
 \isited you, and seen that which 
 is done to you in Egypt : 
 
 17 And I have said, I will 
 bring you up out of the afflic- 
 tion of Egypt unto the land of 
 the Canaanites, and the Hit- 
 tites, and the Amorites, and the 
 Perizzites, and the Hivites, and 
 the Jebusites, unto a Ipvud flow- 
 ing with milk and honey. 
 
 18 And they shall hearken to 
 thy voice : and thou shalt come, 
 thou and the elders of Israel, 
 unto the king of Egypt, and ye 
 shall say unto him, The Lord 
 God of the Hebrews hath met 
 with us : and now let us go, we 
 beseech thee, three days' jour- 
 ney into the wilderness, that vve 
 may sacrifice to the Lord our 
 God. 
 
 19 ^ And I am sure that the 
 king of Egypt will not let you 
 go, no, not by a mighty hand. 
 
 20 And I will stretch out my 
 hand, and smite Egypt with all 
 my wonders which I will do in 
 the midst thereof: and after 
 that he will let you go. 
 
 21 And I will give this people 
 
God giveth EXODUS, IV. 
 
 favour in the sight of the Egyp- 
 tians : and it shall come to pass, 
 that, when ye go, ye shall not 
 go empty : 
 
 22 But every woman shall bor- 
 row of her neighbour, and of her 
 that sojourneth in her house, 
 jewels of silver, and jewels of 
 gold, and raiment : and ye shall 
 put them upon your sons, and 
 upon your daughters; and ye 
 sliall spoil the Egyptians. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 1 JHoncs's rod is (nrned into a Kryient. 
 fi Hia haud is Ujyrons. 10 He is loth 
 to be sent, li Aaron is appointed 
 to assist hiyn. 18 Moses dejMirteth 
 from Jethro. 21 dUxl's iiunsni/e to 
 Pharaoh. 24 Zij)jx)rah circunicis- 
 eth her son. 27 Aaron is sent to 
 meet Moses. 31 TJie people believ- 
 eth them. 
 
 AND Moses answered and 
 said. But, behold, they will 
 not believe me, nor hearken ini- 
 to my voice : for they will say. 
 The Lord hath not aiipeared 
 unto thee. 
 
 2 And the Lord said unto him, 
 What is that in tliine hand? 
 And he said, A rod. 
 
 3 And he said. Cast it on the 
 ground. And he cast it on the 
 ground, and it became a ser- 
 pent; and Moses lied from be- 
 fore it. 
 
 4 And the Lord said unto 
 Moses, Put forth thine han.d, 
 and take it by the tail. Ajid he 
 put forth liis hand, and caught 
 
 sions to Moses, 
 
 bosom, and, V)ehold, it was turn- 
 ed again as his other flesh. 
 
 8 And It shall come to i)ass, 
 if they will not believe thee, 
 neither hearken to the vf)ice of 
 the lii-st sign, that they will be- 
 lieve the voice of the latter sign, 
 
 9 And it shall come to pass, if 
 they will not believe also these 
 two signs, neither hearken un- 
 to thy voice, tluit thou shalt 
 take of the water of the liver, 
 and iK)ur it upon the dry land : 
 and the water which thou tak- 
 estout of the river shall become 
 blood uiHjn the dry land. 
 
 10 H And iVIoses said unto the 
 Lord, O ray Lord, I am not elo- 
 quent, neither heretofore, nor 
 since thou hast si)oken unto thy 
 servant : but 1 am slow of speech, 
 and of a slow tongue. 
 
 11 And the Loan said unto 
 him, AVho hath made man's 
 mouth? or who maketh the 
 dmnb, or deaf, or the seeing, 
 or the bluid? have not I the 
 Lord? 
 
 12 Now therefore go, and I will 
 be witli thy mouth, and teach 
 thee what thou shalt say. 
 
 13 And he said, C) my Lord, 
 send, I pray thee, by the hand 
 of him whom thou wilt send. 
 
 14 And the anger of the Lord 
 was kindled against Moses, and 
 he said. Is not Aaron the Le- 
 vite thy brother? I know that 
 he can speak well. And also, 
 
 it, and it became a rod in liis , behold, he cometh forth to meet 
 
 hand: 
 
 5 That they may believe that 
 the Lord God of theii' fathers, 
 the God of Abraham, the God 
 of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, 
 hath appeared unto thee. 
 
 6 IF And the Lord said fur- 
 thermore unto him. Put now 
 thine hand into thy bosom. 
 And he put his hand into his 
 bosom: and when he took it 
 out, behold, his hand was le- 
 prous as snow. 
 
 _ 7 And he said. Put thine hand 
 into thy bosom again. And he 
 put his hand into his bosom a- 
 gain ; and plucked it out of his 
 
 thee : and when he seeth thee, 
 he will be glad in his heart. 
 
 15 And thou shalt speak un- 
 to him, and put words in his 
 mouth : and I will be wdth thy 
 mouth, and with his mouth, and 
 will teach you what ye shall do. 
 
 16 And he shall be thy spokes- 
 man unto the people: and he 
 shall be, even he shall be to thee 
 instead of a mouth, and thou 
 shalt be to him instead of God. 
 
 17 And thou shalt take this rod 
 in thine hand, wherewith thou 
 shalt do signs. 
 
 18 If And Moses went and re- 
 turned to Jethro his father i 
 
GocPs message 
 
 EXODUS, V. 
 
 to Fiiaracli. 
 
 hvw, and said imto him, Let me 
 go, I pmy tliee, and retnm nnto 
 my brethi'en which a?'e in E- 
 gypt, and see whether they be 
 yet ahve. And Jethro said to 
 Moses, Go in peace. 
 
 19 And the Loed said imto 
 Moses in l^Iidian, Go, return in- 
 to Egj^pt : for all the men are 
 dead which sought thy life. 
 
 20 And Moses took his ^ife €ind 
 his sons, and set them upon an 
 ass, and he retraned to the land 
 of iEgypt : and Moses took the 
 rod of God in his hand. 
 
 21 And the Loed said imto 
 Moses, ^Vlien thon goest to re- 
 turn into Eg3T)t, see that thou do 
 all those wonders before Pha- 
 raoh, which I have put in thine 
 hand : but I ^^tII harden his 
 heart, that he shall not let the 
 people go. 
 
 22 And thou shalt say nhto 
 Phamoh, Thus saith the Loed, 
 Israel is my son, €t'€n my first- 
 bom: 
 
 23 And I say unto thee. Let 
 my son go, that he may serve 
 me : and if thou refuse to let 
 Mm go, behold, I will slay thy 
 son, even thy fii'stborn. 
 
 24 H And it came to pass by the 
 way in the inn, that the Loed 
 met him, and sought to kill him. 
 
 25 Then Zipporah took a sharp 
 stone, and cut off the foresldn 
 of her son, and cast it at his 
 feet, and said. Surely a bloody 
 husband art thou to me. 
 
 26 So he let him go : then she 
 said, Abloody husband thouart, 
 because of the oncumcision. 
 
 27 IT And the Loed said to 
 Aaron, Go into the wilderness 
 to meet Moses. And he went, 
 and met him in the mount of 
 God, and Idssed him. 
 
 28 And Moses told Aaron all 
 the words of the Loed who liad 
 sent him, and all the signs w^hich 
 he had commanded him. 
 
 29 ^ And Moses and Aaron went 
 and gathered togetlier all the 
 elders of the children of Israel : 
 
 30 And Aaron spake all the 
 «rords which the Loed had 
 
 spoken unto Moses, and did the 
 signs in the sight of the people. 
 31 And the people believed : 
 and vvhen they heard that the 
 Loud had visited the chiidi'en 
 of Israel, and that he had look- 
 ed upon theii' affliction, then 
 they bowed their heads and 
 worshipped. 
 
 CHAPTER Y. 
 1 Pharaoh chideih Moses and Aaron 
 for {heir message. 5 Me inereaseth 
 the Isra-elifes' tasl: 15 He cliecJ:eth 
 their co^nplaints. 20 Tliey cry out 
 upon Moses and Aaron. 22 Moses 
 complaineth to God. 
 
 A ND aftei-ward Moses and 
 -jl\- Aaron went in, and told 
 Pbaraoh, Thus saith the Loed 
 God of Israel, Let my people 
 go, that they may hold a feast 
 unto me in the "^^Tldeniess. 
 
 2 And Pharaoh said. Who is 
 the Loed, that I should obey 
 his voice to let Israel go? I 
 Imow not the Loed, neither 
 will I let Israel go. 
 
 3 And they said, The God of 
 the Hebrews hath met witb us : 
 let us go, we pray thee, thi'ee 
 days' journey into the deseii:, 
 and sacrifice unto the Loed cur 
 God ; lest he fall upon us with 
 pestilence, or with the sword, 
 
 4 And the king of Egypt said 
 unto them, Wherefore do je, 
 Moses and Aaion, let the peo- 
 ple from their vrorks? get you 
 unto yourlbiirdens. 
 
 5 And Pharaoh said. Behold, 
 the people of .the land now ere 
 many, and ye make them rest 
 from their burdens. 
 
 6 And Pharaoh commanded the 
 same day the taskmasters of the 
 people, and their oflicers, saying, 
 
 7 Ye shall no more give the 
 people sti-aw to make brick, as 
 heretofore : let them go and ga- 
 ther straAv for themselves. 
 
 8 And the tale of the bricks, 
 which they did make hereto- 
 fore, ye shall lay upon them; 
 ye shall not diminish ought 
 thereof: for they he idle ; there- 
 fore they crj^ saying. Let us go 
 and sacrifice to our God. 
 
PharaoJi increase th 
 
 EXODUS. VI. 
 
 the laraeliU's' tat*Ji. 
 
 9 Let there more work be laid ' our savour to be abhorn'd in tlie 
 
 upon tlie men, that they may 
 labour therein; and let them 
 not reiL'ard vain wortb*. 
 lU •[ And the taskmafiten* of 
 the i)Coi>le went out, and tlicir 
 officers, and they Hpake t<> tlie 
 people, nayuif^, Ihus siiith I'lia- 
 laoh, I will not ^ive you stmw. 
 
 11 Cfo ye, pet yt)U ptmw where 
 ye can find it : yet not out:ht of 
 your work shall l>e diniinislicd, 
 
 12 So tlie i»4'oi)le wore scatter- 
 ed abroad throuirhout all the 
 land of E'4n)t tn giither stubble 
 instead of straw. 
 
 13 And the taskmasters hasted 
 fhetn, siiyiufT, Fultil your works, 
 //oitr diiily tasks, as when there 
 was straw. 
 
 14 And the officers of the chil- 
 dren of Israel, which Pharaoh's 
 taskmasters had set over them, 
 wei-e Ix'aten, and demanded. 
 Wherefore have ye not i'ullillt'd 
 your task in niakin'4 brick both 
 yesterday and to diiy, as here- 
 t/ofore ? 
 
 15 ![ Then the officers of the 
 children of Israel caine an(l cried 
 unto Pharaoh, say in?:, Where- 
 fore dealest thou thus with tliy 
 «ervants ? 
 
 16 There is no straw priven im- 
 to thy servants, and they say to 
 us. Make brick: and, behold, 
 thy servants are beaten ; but the 
 fault is in thine own people. 
 
 17 But he said, Ye aj'e idle, pe 
 are idle : therefore ye say. Let us 
 go and d(j sacrilic(i to the Lord. 
 
 18 Go therefore now, and work ; 
 for there shall no straw be given 
 you, yet shall ye deliver the tale 
 of bricks. 
 
 19 And the officers of the cliil- 
 dren of Israel did see that they 
 were in evil case, after it was 
 said, Ye shall not minisli ought 
 from your bricks of your daily 
 task. 
 
 20 H And they met Moses and 
 Aaron, who stood in the way, as 
 they came forth from Pharaoh : 
 
 21 And they said unto them. 
 The Lord look upon you, and 
 judge; because ye have made 
 
 eyi'H of Phamoh, tuid m the eyes 
 of his servants, to i)Ut a sword 
 in tlh'ir hand to slay us. 
 22 And Moses returned unto 
 the Loud, an<l said. Lord, 
 wheit'fore hast thou so evil en- 
 Ueati'd this people? why is it 
 that thou hast Rent me? 
 21i For since I came to Pha- 
 moh to siH.'ak in thy name, he 
 hath done evil to tliis pe(»iile; 
 neither hast thou delivered thy 
 people at all. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 1 GM rcneircth hint promiw l>ij Ih'm 
 ntvH' JEIlaVAH. 14 'llie ijruen- 
 h»jy of Itenben, 15 of i^hncmt, Di 
 «/* I.pvi, of ichom catue Mvscs «i,ut 
 A'lrou. 
 
 rnilF^N tlie Lord said unto 
 X INIoses, Now shalt tlmu see 
 what I will do to Pharaoh: for 
 with a strong liand shall he let 
 them go, and with a strong hand 
 shall he drive them out of his 
 land. 
 
 2 And God spake unto Mose«, 
 and said unto him, 1 a;/» the 
 
 liORD : 
 
 3 And I awM?ared unto Abm- 
 ham, unto Isaac, and mito Jacob, 
 bv l/ie name of God AlmiL^ity, 
 but by my name JEHOVAH 
 was I not known to them. 
 
 4 And I have also established 
 my covenant with them, to give 
 them the land of Canaan, the 
 land of their pilgrimage, where- 
 in they were strangers. 
 
 5 And I have also heard the 
 groaning of the children of Is- 
 rael, whom the Eg^'ptians keep 
 in bondage ; and I have remem- 
 bered my covenant. 
 
 6 Wherefore say unto the chil- 
 dren of Israel, I am the Lord, 
 and I will bring you out from 
 under the burdens of the E- 
 gj7jtians, and I will rid you out 
 of their bondage, and I "will 
 redeem you with a stretched 
 out arm, and with great judg- 
 ments : 
 
 7 And I will take you to me for 
 a people, and I will be to you a 
 God : and ye shall know that I 
 
Th^ genmlm of EXODUS, VI. 
 
 am the Loed your God, which 
 brmgeth you out from under the 
 biu-dens of the Egyptians. 
 
 8 And I will brmg you in unto 
 the land, concerning the which 
 I did swear to give it to Abra- 
 ham, to Isaac, and to Jacob ; 
 and I will give it you for an he- 
 ritage : I am the Lord. 
 
 9 1[And Moses spake so unto 
 the children of Israel : but they 
 hearkened not unto Moses for 
 anguish of spirit, and for cruel 
 bondage. 
 
 10 And the Lokd spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 11 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh 
 king of Egypt, that he let the chil- 
 dren of Israel go out of his land. 
 
 12 And Moses spake before the 
 LoED, saying, Behold, the chil- 
 dren of Israel have not heark- 
 ened unto me ; how then shall 
 Pharaoh hear me, who am of 
 uncircumcised lips ? 
 
 13 And the Lokd spake unto 
 Moses and unto Aaron, and gave 
 them a charge unto the chil- 
 dren of Israel, and unto Pha- 
 raoh king of Egypt, to bring 
 the children of Israel out of the 
 land of Egypt. 
 
 14 f These be the heads of 
 their fathers' houses : The sons 
 of Eeuben the firstborn of Is- 
 rael; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hez- 
 ron, and Carmi: these be the 
 families of Keuben. 
 
 15 And the sons of Simeon ; Je- 
 muel, and Jamin, and Chad, and 
 Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul 
 the son of a Canaanitish woman : 
 these are the families of Simeon. 
 
 16 IF And these are the names 
 of the sons of Levi accordiag to 
 their generations ; Gershon, and 
 Kohath, and Merari: and the 
 years of the life of Levi we7'e an 
 hundred thuiy and seven years. 
 
 17 The sons of Gershon; Libni, 
 and Shimi, according to their 
 families. 
 
 18 And the sons of Kohath, 
 Amram, and Izhar, and He- 
 
 j bron, and Uzziel : and the years 
 I of the life of Kohath were an 
 1 hundred thirty and three years, 
 
 Beiiben, Sinieon, <^c. 
 
 19 And the sons of Merari; 
 Mahali and Mushi: these are 
 the famines of Levi according 
 to their generations. 
 
 20 And Amram took him Jo- 
 chebed his father's sister to wife ; 
 and she bare him Aaron and 
 Moses: and the years of the 
 life of Amram tvere an hmidied 
 and thirty and seven years. 
 
 21 IF And the sons of Izhar ; 
 Korah, and Nepheg, and Zithri. 
 
 22 And the sons of Uzziel ; Mi- 
 shael, and Elzaplian, and Zithri. 
 
 23 And Aaron took him Eli- 
 sheba, daughter of Amminadab, 
 sister of Naashon, to wife ; and 
 she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, 
 Eleazar, and Ithamar. 
 
 24 And the sons of Korah; 
 Assir, and Elkanah, and Abi- 
 asaph: these are the families 
 of the Korhites. 
 
 25 And Eleazar Aaron's son 
 took him o)ie of the daughters 
 of Putiel to wife ; and she bare 
 him Phinehas: these are the 
 heads of the fathers of the Le- 
 vites according to their families. 
 
 26 These are that Aaron and 
 Moses, to whom the Lord said, 
 Bring out the children of Israel 
 from the land of Egypt accord- 
 ing to their armies. 
 
 27 These are they which spake 
 to Pharaoh long of Egypt, to 
 bring out the children of Is- 
 rael from Egypt : these are that 
 Moses and Aaron. 
 
 28 % And it came to pass on 
 the day when the Loed spake 
 unto Moses in the land of Egypt, 
 
 29 That the Loed spake tuito 
 Moses, saying, I am the Loed : 
 speak thou unto Pharaoh king 
 of Egypt all that I say unto thee. 
 
 30 And Moses said before the 
 Loed, Behold, I am of uncir- 
 cumcised Mps, and how shall 
 Pharaoh hearken unto me ? 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 1 Moses is encouraged to go to Pha- 
 raoh. 7 His age. 8 His rod is turn- 
 ed into a serpent. 11 The sorcerers 
 do the like. 13 Pharaoh's heart 
 is hardened. U God's message to 
 Pharaoh. 19 The 7'iver is turned 
 into hlood. 
 
 D2 
 
Moscs is encouraged 
 
 EXODUS, YII. 
 
 to go to Pharaoh. 
 
 AND tlie LoKD said unto 
 - Moses, See, I have made 
 tliee a god to Pharaoh: and 
 Aaron thy brother shall be thy 
 prophet. 
 
 2 Thou shalt speak all that I 
 rommand thee : and Aaron thy 
 brother shall speak unto Pha- 
 raoh, that he send the children 
 of Israel out of liis land. 
 
 3 And I will harden Pharaoh's 
 heart, and multiply my siirns 
 and my wonders in the land of 
 Egypt. 
 
 4 But Pharaoh shall not hear- 
 ken unto you, that I may lay 
 my hand upon Egypt, and bring 
 forth mine armies, atid my peo- 
 
 •ple the children of Israel, out 
 of the land of Egypt by great 
 judgments. 
 
 5 And the Egyptians shall 
 know that I am the Lord, when 
 I stretch forth mine hand upon 
 Egypt, and bring out the chil- 
 dren of Israel from among them. 
 
 6 And Moses and Aaron did 
 as the Lord commanded them, 
 so did thej^ 
 
 7 And Moses was fourscore 
 years old, and Aaron fourscore 
 and three years old, when they 
 spake mito Pharaoh. 
 
 ^8 ^And the Lord spake unto 
 Moses and unto Aaron, saymg, 
 
 9 When Pharaoh shall speak 
 unto you, saying. Shew a mira- 
 cle for you : then thou shalt say 
 unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and 
 cast it before Pharaoh, and it 
 shall become a seiiDent. 
 
 10 H And Moses and Aaron 
 went in unto Pharaoh, and they 
 did so as the Lord had com- 
 manded : and Aaron cast down 
 his rod before Pharaoh, and be- 
 fore Ills servants, and it became 
 a serpent. 
 
 11 Then Pharaoh also called 
 the wise men and the sorcerers : 
 now the magicians of Eg^^t, 
 they also did in like manner 
 Vvdth their enchantments. 
 
 12 For they cast down every 
 man his rod, and they became 
 serpents : but Aaron's rod swal- 
 lowed up their rods. 
 
 13 And he hardened Pharaoh's 
 heart, that he hearkened not 
 unto them; as the Lord had 
 said. 
 
 14 ^And the Lord said unto 
 Moses. Pharaoh's heart is hard- 
 ened, ne reluseth to let the peo- 
 ple go. 
 
 15 Get thee unto Pharaoli in 
 the morning; lo, he goeth out 
 unto the v.ater; and thou shalt 
 stand by the river's bnnk against 
 he come ; and the rod which was 
 turned to a seriient shalt thou 
 take in thine hand. 
 
 10 And thou shalt say unto 
 him. The Lord God of the He- 
 brews hath sent me unto thee, 
 saying. Let my people go, that 
 they may serve me in the wil- 
 derness: and, behold, hitherto 
 thou \\'ouldcst not hear. 
 
 17 Thus saith the Lord, In this 
 thou shalt know that I am the a 
 Lord: behold, I will smite withj 
 the rod that is in mine hand j 
 upon the waters which are in 
 the river, and they shall be 
 turned to blood. 
 
 18 And the fish that is in the 1 
 nver shall die, and the river 1 
 shall stink ; and the Egyptiansl 
 shall lothe to drink of the wa-| 
 ter of the river. 
 
 19 1[ And the Lord spake unto " 
 Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take 
 thy rod, and stretch out tlu'ne 
 hand upon the waters of Egypt, 
 upon their streams, upon their 
 rivers, and upon their ponds, 
 and upon all their pools of 
 water, that they may become 
 blood; and that there may be 
 blood throughout all the land of 
 Egypt, both in vessels ©/"wood, 
 and in vessels o/" stone. 
 
 20 And Moses and Aaron did 
 so, as the Lord commanded; 
 and he lifted up the rod, and 
 smote the waters that were in 
 the river, in the sight of Pha- 
 raoh, and in the sight of his ser- 
 vants; and all the waters that 
 wei^e in the river were turned 
 to blood. 
 
 21 And the fish that was in the 
 river died ; and the river stank, 
 
TJie plague 
 
 and the Egyptians could not 
 drink of the water of the river ; 
 and there was blood through- 
 out all the land of Egypt. 
 
 22 And the magicians of Egypt 
 did so with their enchantments : 
 and Pharaoh's heart was hard- 
 ened, neither did he hearken 
 unto them; as the Loed had 
 said. 
 
 23 And Pharaoh turned and 
 went into his house, neither did 
 he set his heart to this also. 
 
 24 And all the Egyptians dig- 
 ged round about the river for 
 water to diink; for they could 
 not diink of the water of the 
 river. 
 
 25 And seven days were ful- 
 filled, after that the Lokd had 
 smitten the river. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 1 Frogs are sent. 8 Pharaoh sueth 
 to Moses, 12 and Moses hij prayer 
 removeth them away. 16 The dust 
 is turned into lice, lohicJi the magi- 
 cians could not do. 20 The sivarms 
 of fAes. 25 Pharaoh incUneth to 
 let the ]jeople go, 32 but yet is ha,rd- 
 ened. 
 
 AND the Lord spake unto 
 . Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, 
 and say unto liim, Thus saith 
 the Lord, Let my people go, 
 that they may serve me. 
 
 2 And if thou refuse to let them 
 go, behold, I will smite all thy 
 borders with frogs : 
 
 3 And the river shall bring forth 
 frogs abundantly, which shall 
 go up and come into thine house, 
 and into thy bedchamber, and 
 upon thy bed, and into the 
 house of thy servants, and upon 
 thy people, and into thine ovens, 
 and into thy laieadingtroughs : 
 
 4 And the frogs shall come 
 up both on thee, and upon thy 
 people, and upon all thy ser- 
 vants. 
 
 5 HAnd the Lord spake mito 
 Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch 
 forth thine hand with thy rod 
 over the streams, over the riveis, 
 and over the ponds, and cause 
 frogs to come up upon the land 
 
 of Egypt. 
 6 And Aaron stretched out his 
 
 EXODUS, VIII. offrccjs. 
 
 hand over the waters of Egypt ; 
 and the frogs came up, and co- 
 vered the land of Egypt. 
 
 7 And the magicians did so 
 with their enchantments, and 
 brought up frogs upon the land 
 of Egypt. 
 
 8 H Then Pharaoh called for 
 Moses and Aa^roii, and said, In- 
 treat the Lord, that he may 
 take away the frogs from me, 
 a.nd from my people ; and I will 
 let the people go, that they may 
 do sacrifice unto the Lord. 
 
 9 And Moses said unto Pha- 
 raoh, Glory over me : v/hen shall 
 I intreat for thee, and for thy 
 servants, and for thy people, to 
 destroy the frogs from thee and 
 thy houses, that they may re- 
 main in the river only ? 
 
 10 And he said. To morrov/. 
 And he said. Be it according 
 to thy word : that thou mayest 
 laiov/ that there is none lilce 
 unto the Lord our God. 
 
 11 And the frogs shall depart 
 from thee, and from thy houses, 
 and from thy servants, and from 
 thy people ; they shall remain in 
 the river only. 
 
 12 And Moses and Aaron went 
 out from Pharaoh : and Moses 
 cried unto the Lord because of 
 the frogs which he had brought 
 against Pharaoh. 
 
 13 And the Lord did accord- 
 ing to the word of Moses ; and 
 the frogs died out of the houses, 
 out of the villages, and out of 
 the fields. 
 
 14 And they gathered them 
 together upon heaps : and the 
 land stank. 
 
 15 But when Pharaoh saw that 
 there was respite, he hardened 
 his heart, and hearkened not 
 unto them; as the Lord had 
 said. 
 
 16 HAnd the Lord said unto 
 Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch 
 out thy rod, and smite the dust 
 of the land, that it may become 
 lice throughout all the land of 
 Egypt. 
 
 17 And they did so ; for Aaron 
 stretched out liis hand Vvith his 
 
T1i>' plague of 
 
 EXODUS, IX. 
 
 lice, and qf flies. 
 
 rod, and smote the dust of tlie 
 earth, and it became lice in man, 
 and in beast; all the dust of the 
 land became lice throughout all 
 the land of Egyitt. 
 18 And the magicians did so 
 with their enchantments to bring 
 
 Epr>'ptianfi to the Lord our 
 God: lo, shall we sacritice the 
 abomination of the Egyntians 
 before their eyes, and will they 
 not stone us V 
 
 27 We will go three days' jour- 
 ney into the wilderness, and 
 
 forth lice, but they could not : so I siicritice to the Loru our God, 
 there were lice upon man, and as he shall command us. 
 
 upon beast, 
 10 Then the magicians said un- 
 to Pharaoh, This is the iinger 
 of God: and Tharaoh's heart 
 was hardened, and he heark- 
 ened not unto them; as 
 Lord had said. 
 
 28 And Pharaoh said, I will 
 let you go, that ye may sacri- 
 tice to the Lord your (Jod in 
 the wildeniess; only ye shall 
 
 ^ not go very far away : intreat 
 tlie for me. 
 
 29 And Moses said, Behf>ld, I 
 
 20 H And the Lord said unto go out from thee, and I will in-i 
 Moses, Kise up early in the treat the Lord that the swarms' 
 
 morning, and stand before Pha- 
 raoh; lo, he cometli forth to the 
 
 of flies may depart from Pha- 
 raoh, from his servants, and 
 
 I 
 
 wat^r; and say unto him, Thus from his people, to morrow : but 
 saith the Lord, Let my people • let not l*naraoh deal deceitfully 
 go, that they may serve me. I any more in not letting the peo- 
 21 Else, if thou wilt not let my ' pie go to sacritice to the Lord. 
 p.eople go, behold, I will send i 30 And Moses went out from 
 swaniLS of flies upon thee, and Pharaoh, and intreated the 
 
 Loiu). 
 31 And the Lord did accord- 
 
 he removed the swarms of flies 
 from Pharaoh, from his servants, 
 and from his people; there re- 
 mained not one. 
 32 And Pharaoh hardened his 
 heart at this time also, neither 
 would he let the people go. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 1 Tfie mnn-ain of beasts. 8 Tlic plague 
 of boils and hlains. 
 
 u]K)n thy servants, and upon 
 thy people, and into thy houses: 
 
 and the houses of the Egyptians ing to the word of Moses; and 
 shall be full of swarms of flies, ' 
 and also the ground whereon 
 they are. 
 
 '22 And I will sever in that dav 
 the land of Goshen, in which 
 my people dwell, that no swanns 
 of flies shall be there; to the 
 end thou mayest know that I 
 am the Lord in the midst of 
 the earth. 
 
 23 And I will put a di^'ision 
 between my people and thy 
 people: to moiTow shall this 
 sign be. 
 
 24 And the Lord did so ; and 
 there came a grievous swarm of 
 flies into the house of Pharaoh, 
 and into liis servants' houses, 
 and into all the land of Eg>"pt : 
 the land was corrupted by rea- 
 son of the swarm of flies. 
 
 25 •[ And Pharaoh called for 
 Moses and for Aaron, and said, 
 Go ye, sacrifice to your God in 
 the land. 
 
 26 And Moses said. It is not 
 meet so to do ; for we shall sa- 
 cnfice the abomination of the 
 
 Vi His message 
 about the hail. 22 Tfie plague of 
 hail. 27 Pharaoh sueth to Moses, 
 35 biit yet is hardened. 
 
 THEN the Lord said unto 
 Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, 
 and tell him. Thus saith the 
 Lord God of the Hebrews, Let 
 my people go, that they may 
 serve me. 
 
 2 For if thou refuse to let them 
 go, and wilt hold them still, 
 
 3 Behold, the hand of the 
 Lord is upon thy cattle which 
 is in the field, upon the horses, 
 npon the asses, upon the ca- 
 mels, upon the oxen, and upon 
 the sheep : there shall be a very 
 grievous murrain. 
 
The x^<jfgne of 
 
 4 And the Lord shrill sever be- 
 tween the cattle of Israel and 
 the cattle of Egypt : and there 
 shall nothmg die of all that is 
 the cliildren's of Ismel. 
 
 5 And the Lord appomted a 
 set time, saymg, To mon'ow the 
 Lord sliall do this thing in the 
 land. 
 
 6 And the Lord did that thuig 
 on the monx)w, and all the cat- 
 tle of Egypt died : bnt of the 
 cattle of the children of Israel 
 died not one. 
 
 7 And Pharaoh sent, and, be- 
 hold, there was not one of the 
 cattle of the Israelites dead. 
 And the heart of Pharaoh was 
 hardened, and he <iid not let 
 the people go. 
 
 8 IF And the Lord said unto 
 Mcses and unto Aaron, Take 
 to you handfuls of ashes of the 
 furnace, and let Moses spiinkle 
 it toward the heayen in the 
 sight of Pharaoh. 
 
 9 And it «hall become small 
 dust in aU the land of Egypt, 
 and shall be a boil brealdng 
 forth with blains upon man, 
 and upon beast, throughout all 
 the land of Egypt. 
 
 10 And they took ashes of the 
 furnace, and stood before Pha- 
 raoh; and Moses sprinkled it 
 lip toward heaven; and it be- 
 came a boil breaking forth with 
 blains upon man, and upon 
 beast. 
 
 11 And the magkiane oould 
 not stand before Moses because 
 cf the boils ; for the boil was 
 upon the magicians, and upon 
 all the Egyptiarts. 
 
 12 And the Ixmn hardened 
 the heart of Pharaoh, and he 
 hearkened not unto them; as 
 the Lord had spoken unto 
 Moses. 
 
 13 H And the Lord said unto 
 Moses, Eise up early in the 
 morning, and stand before Pha- 
 raoh, and say unto him, Thus 
 saith the Lord God of the He- 
 brews, Let my people go, that 
 they may serve me. 
 
 14 For I will at this time gend 
 
 EXODUS, IX. 
 
 boils, and of hail. 
 
 all my plagues upon thine heart, 
 and upon thy servants, and up- 
 on thy people ; that thou may- 
 est Imow that there is nono like 
 me in all the earth. 
 
 15 For now I will stretoh out 
 my hand, that I may smite thee 
 and thy people with pestilence ; 
 and thou shalt be exit off from 
 the eaith. « 
 
 16 And in veiy deed for this 
 cause have I raised thee up, for 
 to shew in thee my power ; and 
 that my name may be declared 
 throughout all the earth. 
 
 17 As 5^t exaltest thou thyself 
 ag^ainst my peoplo, that thou 
 wilt not let them go ? 
 
 18 Behold, to morrow about 
 this time I will cause it to rain 
 a veiy grievous hail, such as 
 hath not been in Eg^^t since 
 the^ foundation thereof even 
 until now. 
 
 19 Send therefore now, and 
 g-ather thy -cattle, and all that 
 thou hast in the field ; for tip- 
 on every man and beast whioli 
 shall be found in the field, and 
 shall not be brought home, the 
 hail shall come down upon 
 them, and they shall die. 
 
 20 He that feared the word of 
 the Lord among the servants 
 of Pharaoh made his servants 
 and his cattle flee into the 
 houses : 
 
 21 And he that regarded not 
 the woid of the Lord left his 
 servants and his oattle in the 
 field. 
 
 22 % And the Lord said un- 
 to Moses, Stretch forth thine 
 hand towaid heaven, that there 
 may he hail in all the land of 
 Egypt, upon man, and upon 
 beast, and upon every herb of 
 the field, thi'oughout the land 
 of Egypt, 
 
 23 And Moses stretched forth 
 his rod toward heaven : and the 
 Lord sent thunder and hail, 
 and the fire ran along upon the 
 ground; and the Lord rained 
 hail upon the land of Egypt. 
 
 24 So there was hail, and 
 fire mingled with the hail, veiy 
 
Tfie placid of EXODUS, X. 
 
 grievous, such as there was none 
 like it in all tlie land of Egypt 
 since it became a nation. 
 
 25 And the hail smote through- 
 out all the land of Egypt all 
 that loiis in the field, botli man 
 and beast; and the hail smote 
 every herb of the Held, and 
 brake eveiy tree of the field. 
 
 20 Onjy in the land of Goshen, 
 Y/here tlie childi-en of Israel 
 ivere, was there no hail. 
 
 27 ![ And l*haraoh sent, and 
 called for Moses and Aaron, and 
 
 locusts Oireideiied. \ 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 1 Gcil threatencth to 8e}id locust g. 7 
 Phnrdoh, moved by his serrmUs, 
 imliii'th to let the Israelites go. Vi 
 The iilii{itie of the locusts, ir. Ph<t- 
 rnoh sneth to Most*. 21 TJte jthigue 
 of ihirhuest. 24 Pharaoh siieth uii- 
 to Moses, 27 bi(t yet is hardened. 
 
 AN D the Lord said unto 
 - Moses, Go in unto Tharaoh : 
 for I have hardened his heart, 
 and the heart of liis servant*, 
 that I niight shew these my 
 signs before him : 
 2 And that thou mayest tell 
 
 said unto them, I have sinned in the eare of thy eon. and of 
 this time : the LoiiD is righte- : thy son's son, what tilings I 
 ous. and I and my people are have wrought in Egypt, and 
 waeked. my signs wliich I have done a- 
 
 28 Intreat the Loim (for it is \ mong them ; that ye may know 
 enough) that there be no mo7'c how that I am the L(»r.i). 
 
 mighty thundorings and hail; 
 and I will let you go, and ye 
 shall stay no longer. 
 29 And Moses said unto him. 
 As soon as I am gone out of the 
 city, I will si)read abroad my 
 hands unto the Lord; and the 
 thunder shall cease, neither shall 
 there be any more hail; that 
 
 3 And IVIoses and Aaron came 
 in unto Pharaoh, and said unto 
 him, Thus saith the Lord God 
 of the Hebrews, How long wilt 
 thou refuse to humble thyself 
 before me? let my people go, 
 that they may serve me. 
 
 4 Else, if thou refuse to let my 
 people go, Ixjhold, to morrow 
 
 thou niayest know how that the will I bring the locusts, into thy 
 
 earth is the Lord's. 
 3J But as for thee and thy ser- 
 vants, I know that ye will not 
 yet fear the Lord God. 
 
 31 And the flax and tlie barley 
 was smitten : for the barley icas 
 in the ear, and tlie flax icas 
 boiled. 
 
 32 But the wheat and the rie 
 were not smitten : for they ivere 
 not grown up. 
 
 33 And Moses went out of the 
 city from Pharaoli, 
 abroad his liands 
 
 coast : 
 
 5 And they shall cover the face 
 
 of the earth, that one cannot be 
 
 able to see the earth : and they 
 
 shall eat the residue of that 
 
 wliich is escaped, which remain- 
 
 eth unto you from the hail, and 
 
 shall eat every tree which grow- 
 
 eth for you out of the field : 
 
 G And they shall fill thy houses, 
 
 and the houses of all thy ser- 
 
 , vants, and the houses of all the 
 
 iid spread : Egyptians ; which neithei- thy 
 
 unto tlie : fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers 
 
 Lord: and the thunders and i have seen, since the day that 
 hail ceased, and the rain was i they were upon the earth unto 
 not pom-ed upon the earth. 
 M And w^hen Pharaoh saw that ! 
 the rain and the hail and the 
 
 thundei's were ceased, he sin- 
 ned yet more, and hardened 
 his heart, he and his servants. 
 35 And the heart^ of Pharaoh 
 Avas hardened, neither would 
 he let the cliildren of Israel 
 go; as the Lord had spoken 
 by Moses. 
 
 this day. And he turned him- 
 self, and went out from Pha- 
 raoh. 
 
 7 And Pharaoh*s sen^ants said 
 imto liim. How long shall this 
 man be a snare imto us? let 
 the men go, that they may serve 
 the LoRj) their God: Imov.'est 
 thou net yet that Egypt is de- 
 stroyed? 
 
 8 And Moses and Aaron were 
 
The plague 
 
 EXODUS, X, 
 
 of darlcne^. 
 
 brouglit again unto Phai^cli: 
 and lie said imto them, Go, serve 
 the LoFvD yonr God: hut who 
 are they that shall go ? 
 
 9 And Moses said, We \\'ill go 
 with our j^oimg and with our 
 old, with, our sons and with our 
 daughters, witli our ficcks and 
 with our herds will we go; for 
 we must hold a feast unto the 
 Lord. 
 
 10 And he said unto them, Let 
 the LoED be so with jou, as I 
 -^vill let you go, and youj little 
 ones : look to it ; for eyil is be- 
 fore you. 
 
 11 Not so : go now ye that are 
 ■men, and serve the Loed; for 
 that ye did desire. And they 
 were diiven out from Pharaoh's 
 presence. 
 
 12 IF And the Loed said unto 
 Moses, Stretch out tliine hand 
 over the land of Egypt for the 
 locusts, that they may come up 
 upon the land of Egypt, and eat 
 every herb of the land, even all 
 that the liail hath left. 
 
 13 And Moses stretched forth 
 his rod over the land of Egypt, 
 and the Lord brought an east 
 wind upon the land all that day, 
 and all that night; and when 
 it was morning, the east wind 
 brought the locusts. 
 
 14 And the locuste went up 
 over all the land of Egypt, and 
 rested in all the coasts of E- 
 gypt : very grievous icere they ; 
 before them there were no such 
 locusts as they, neither after 
 them shall be such. 
 
 15 For they covered the face 
 of the whole earth, so that the 
 land was darkened; and they 
 did eat every herb of the land, 
 and all the fruit of the trees 
 which the hail had left: and 
 there remained not any green 
 thing in the trees, or in the 
 herbs of the field, through all 
 the land of Egypt. 
 
 16 IF Then Pharaoh called for 
 Moses and Aaron in haste ; and 
 he said, I have sinned against 
 the Lord your God, and against 
 you. 
 
 17 Now therefore forgive, I 
 pray thee, my sin only this once, 
 and intreat the Loed your God, 
 that he may take away from me 
 this death only. 
 
 18 And he went out from Pha- 
 raoh, and intreated the Lord. 
 
 19 And the Loed turned a 
 mighty stix)ng west wind, which 
 took away the locusts, and cast 
 them into the Eed sea; there 
 remained not one locust in all 
 the ccasts of Egypt. 
 
 20 But the Lord hardened 
 Pharaoh's heart, so that he 
 would not let the children oi 
 Israel go. 
 
 21 IF And the Loed said unto 
 Moses, Stretch out thine hand 
 toward heaven, that there may 
 be darkness over the land of 
 Egypt, even darkness which 
 may be felt. 
 
 22 And Moses stretched forth 
 his hand toward heaven; and 
 there was a thick darkness in all 
 the land of Egypt three days : 
 
 23 They saw not one another, 
 neither rose any from his place 
 for three days : but all the cliil- 
 ch en of Ismel had light in theii* 
 dwellings. 
 
 24 IF And Pharaoh called unto 
 Mcses, and said, Go ye, serve 
 the Loed ; only let your flocks 
 and your heids be stayed: let 
 youT little ones also go with 3-0U. 
 
 25 And Mcses said, Thou must 
 give us also sacrifices and burnt 
 ofl'erings, that vre may sacrifice 
 unto the Loed our God. 
 
 26 Our cattle also shall go with 
 us ; there shall not an he of be 
 lett behind; for thereof must 
 we take to serve the Loed our 
 God; and we know not with 
 what we must serve the Lord, 
 until we come thither. 
 
 27 IF But the Loed hardened 
 Pharaoh's heart, and he would 
 not let them go. 
 
 28 And Pharaoh said unto him, 
 Get thee from me, take heed to 
 thyself, see my face no more; 
 for in that day thou eeest my 
 face thou shalt die. 
 
 29 And Mcses said, Thou hast 
 
 D3 
 
Firsthord ilirealcicd^ EXODUS, XI. 
 
 spoken well, I will see thy face 
 again no more. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 1 GchVs in^ssane to the Israelites to 
 borrow joiveU of their neighhoura. 
 4 Moses iJireiifcne'h Pharaoh icith 
 the death of the Jirsthorn. 
 
 AND the Lord paid unto 
 . Moses, Yet will I bring one 
 plague more upon Pharaoh, and 
 upon Egypt; afterwards Ik; will 
 let you go henee : when he shall 
 let )/ou go, he shall surely thrust 
 you out hence altogether. 
 2 8peak now in the ears of the 
 [)eople, and let eveiy man bor- 
 row of his neighbour, and every 
 woman of her neighbour, Jewels 
 of silver, and jewels of gold. 
 '^ And the Lord gave the peo- 
 ple favour in the sight of the 
 
 Passuvci' instituted. 
 
 ses, Pharaoh shall not liearken 
 unto you; tliat n\y wondei-s 
 may be multiplied iu the land 
 of Egypt. 
 
 10 And Moses and Aaron did 
 all these wonders before Pha- 
 raoh : and the Lori> harden- 
 ed Pharaoh's heart, so that he 
 would not let the cliildren of 
 Israel go out of his land. 
 
 CHAPTER Xn. 
 
 1 TJie heainning of the year is ehanfj. 
 Cil. 3 The jAissover is iustitiUed. 11 
 The rife of the }Hissorcr. 15 Uu- 
 leavened bread. 2i» The firstborn 
 are slain. 31 Tlic Israelites are 
 driven ont of the lawl. 37 Tfiep 
 come to Snreoth. 43 2'he orditiance 
 of the j)assover. 
 
 AND the Lori) spake unto 
 Bloses and Aaron in the 
 
 -ryptians. Moreover the man : land ol Egypt, saying, 
 
 alos s iras very great in the 
 land of Egypt, in the sight of 
 Pharaoh's servants, and in the 
 sight of the people. 
 
 4 And Moses said, Thus saith 
 tlie Lord, About juidnight will I 
 go out into the midst of Egypt : 
 
 5 And all the hrstboni in the 
 land of Egypt shall die, from 
 the firstborn of Pharaoh that sit- 
 teth upon his throne, even unto 
 the firstborn of the maidsenant 
 that is behind the mill ; and all 
 tiie lirstborn of beasts. 
 
 6 And there shall ha a great 
 
 2 This month shall he unto 
 you tlie beguniing of months: 
 it shall he the first month of the 
 year to you. 
 
 3 ^ 8peak ye unto all the con- 
 gregation of Israel, saying. In 
 the tenth dap of this month 
 they shall take to them every 
 man a lamb, according to the 
 house of their fathers, a lamb 
 for an house : 
 
 4 And if the household be too 
 little for the lamb, let him and 
 his neighbonr next unto his 
 house take it according to the 
 
 cry tlnoughout all the land of i nmnber ofthe souls; every man 
 
 Egj^pt, such as there was none 
 like it, nor shall be like it any 
 more. 
 
 7 But against any of the chil- 
 dren of Israel shall not a dog 
 move his tongue, against man 
 or beast: that ye may know 
 how that the J^ord doth put a 
 difference between the Egyp- 
 tians and Israel. 
 
 8 And all these thy servants 
 shall come dovvn unto me, and 
 bow down themselves unto me, 
 saying, Get thee out, and all the 
 people that follow thee: and 
 after that I will go out. And 
 he went out from Pharaoh in 
 a great anger. 
 
 9 Ajid the Loed said unto Mo- 
 
 according to his eating shall 
 make your count for the Inmb. 
 
 5 Your lamb shall be without 
 blemish, a male of the first year : 
 ye shall take it out from the 
 sheep, or from the goats : 
 
 G And ye shall keep it up un- 
 til the fourteenth day of the 
 same month : and the whole 
 assembly of the congregation 
 of Israel shall kill it in the 
 evening. 
 
 7 And they shall take of the 
 blood, and stiike it on the two 
 side posts and on the upper door 
 post ofthe houses, wherein they 
 shall eat it. 
 
 8 And they shall eat the flesh 
 in that night, roast with fire, and 
 
The dam of 
 
 EXODUS, XII. 
 
 unleavened bremt 
 
 unleavened bread; and with 
 bitter herbs they sliall eat it. 
 
 9 Eat not of it i^w, nor sodden 
 at all ^\ith water, bnt roast with 
 iire ; his head with his legs, and 
 with the pintenance thereof. 
 
 10 And ye shall let nothing of 
 it remam until the morning; 
 and that which remameth of it 
 until the morning ye shall burn 
 with the. 
 
 11 ^ And thus shall ye eat it ; 
 with yoiu' loins girded, yonr 
 shoes on your feet, and your 
 staff in your hand ; and ye shall 
 eat it in haste : rt is the Lord's 
 passover. 
 
 12 For I will pass through the 
 land of Egypt tliis night, and 
 vrill smite all the firstborn in 
 the land of Egypt, both man 
 
 , and beast; and against all the 
 gods of Egypt I will execute 
 judgment : I cwi the Loed. 
 
 13 And the hlocd shall be to 
 you for a token upon the houses 
 where ye are : and when I see 
 the blood, I will pass over j'ou, 
 and the plague shall not be 
 upon you to destroy ^ou, when 
 I smite the land of Egypt. 
 
 14 And this day shall be unto 
 you for a memoiial; and ye 
 «hall keep it a feast to the I^okd 
 throughout 5'our generations; 
 ye shall keep it a feast by an 
 ordinance for ever. 
 
 15 Seven days shall ye eat un- 
 leavened bread; even the fii-st 
 
 I day ye shall put away leaven 
 out of yom' houses : for whoso- 
 ever eateth leavened bread &om 
 the first day ujitil the seventh 
 day, that soul shall be cut off" 
 
 ; from Israel. 
 
 < 16 And in the first day tJiere 
 shall be an holy convocation, 
 and in the seventh day there 
 shall be an holy convocation to 
 you ; no manner of work shall 
 be _ done in them, save that 
 
 [ which every man must ea.t, that 
 
 . only may be done of you, 
 
 17 And ye shall observe the 
 feast of unleavened bread ; for 
 
 \ in this selfsame day have I 
 
 s brought 3^our armies out of the 
 
 land of Egypt : therefore shall 
 3^e observe this day in your ge- 
 nemtions by an ordinance for 
 ever. 
 
 18 ^ In the fii^t months on th-e 
 fomiecnth day of the month at 
 even, ye shall eat mileavened 
 bread, mitil the one and twen- 
 tieth day of the month at even, 
 
 19 Seven days shall there he 
 I no leaven found in your houses : 
 
 : for whosoever eateth tliat which 
 is leavened, even that soul shall 
 be cut ofi" from the congrega- 
 tion of Ismel, whether he be a 
 stranger, or born in the land. 
 j 20 Ye shall eat nothing leaven- 
 ed; in all your habitations shall 
 ye eat unleavened bread. 
 i 21 % Then Moses called for all 
 ' tiie elders of Israel, and said un- 
 ' to them, Draw out and take you 
 ' a lamb accordmg to your fami- 
 I lies, and Idll the passover. 
 I 22 And ye shall take a bunch 
 'of hyssop, and dip it in the 
 blood that is in the bason, and 
 ' strike the hntel and the two 
 j side pc«ts with the blcod that i& 
 \ in the bason ; and none of you 
 I shall go out at the door of his 
 : house until the morning. 
 I 23 For the Lord will pass 
 thi'ough to smite tlie Egyptians ; 
 and when he seeth the blood 
 \ upon the lintel, and on the two 
 iside posts, the Loed will pass 
 ■ over the door, and will not 
 suffer the destroyer to come in 
 : unto your houses to smite you. 
 \ 24 And ye shall obser^-o this 
 thing for an ordinance to thee 
 and to thy sors for ever. 
 25 And it shall come to pass, 
 ; Vvdien ye be come to the land 
 : which the Loed will give you^ 
 according as he hath promised, 
 that ye shall keep this service. 
 ., 26 And it shall come to pass, 
 when your children shall say 
 luito you, Yv'hat mean ye by 
 ; this service ? 
 
 I 27 Tliat ye shaU say, It is the 
 \ saciifice of the Loed's passover, 
 I who passed over the houses of 
 I the cliildren of Israel in Egypt, 
 ' vrhen he smote the Egyptians, 
 
Tlhi onliiance 
 
 EXODUS, xir. 
 
 of (he passoi^r. 
 
 and delivered our lionses. And 
 the peoi^le bowed tlie head and 
 '\vorshii)|)ed. 
 
 2S And the cliildren of Israel 
 went away, and did as the Lord 
 had commanded IMoses and Aa- 
 ron, so did they. 
 
 2D ^ And it came to pass, that 
 at midniijfht the IjOIid smote all 
 the firstborn in tlie land of E- 
 p:yi)t, from the lirstboni of Pha- 
 raoh that sat on his thnme nnto 
 the firstborn of tlie captive tlint 
 was in the dun.i>eon ; and all the 
 firstborn of cattle. 
 
 3} And Pharaoli rose up in the 
 nij^ht, he, and all his servants 
 and all the Et-yptians ; and 
 there was a great cry in Etrvpt ; 
 for there teas not a house where 
 there icas not on? dead. 
 
 31 ^ And he called for Mosps 
 
 went up also with them; and 
 Hocks, and herds, even very 
 much cattle. 
 
 3'j And they baked unleaven- 
 ed cakes of the douzh which 
 they brou??ht forth out of E- 
 frj'pt, for it was not leavened; 
 because they were thrust out 
 of Ei^ypt, and could not tarr>% 
 neither had they prei>ared for 
 themselves any victual. 
 
 4<)*' Now the sojourninp: of the 
 children of Israel, wlro dwelt in. 
 Etr>i>t, woii four hundred and! 
 thirty years. I 
 
 41 And it came to pass at the' 
 end of the four hundred and 
 thirt;*^ yeai-s, even the selfsame 
 day it came to pass, that all the 
 hosts of the Lord went out from 
 the land of Esfypt. 
 
 42 It is a nij?ht to be much ob- 
 
 and Aaron by nij^jht, and said, served unto the Lord for briuff- 
 
 Riso up, and jyet you forth from 
 amonir my ixim)le, both ye and 
 the children of^ Israel; and go, 
 een-e tlie Lord, as ye have said, i 
 
 32 Also take your flocks and 
 your herds, as ye have said, and : 
 be gone ; and bless me also. | 
 
 33 And the Egyptians were 
 urgent upon the people, tliat 
 
 they mi'Vlit send them out of thereof: 
 
 ing them out from the land of 
 Egypt : this is that night of the 
 LorRD to be observed of all the 
 clrildren of Israel in their gene- 
 rations. 
 
 43 •[ And the Lord said unto 
 Moses and Aaron, This is the 
 orcUnance of the passover: 
 There shall no stranger eat 
 
 the land in hast<i ; for they said. 
 We be all dead men. 
 
 34 And the people took their 
 dough before it was leavened, 
 tlieir kneadingtroughs being 
 bound up in their clothes upon 
 their shoulders. 
 
 35 And the children of Israel 
 
 44 But every man's servant that 
 is bought for money, when thou 
 hast eircumcised huii, then shall 
 he eat thereof. 
 
 45 A foreigner and an hired 
 servant shall not eat thereof. 
 
 40 In one house shall it be 
 eaten; thou shalt not carry 
 
 did according to the word of [forth ought of the flesh abroad 
 
 Moses; and they borroAved of 
 the Egyptians jewels of silver, 
 and jewels of gold, and raiment : 
 
 3i3 And the Lord gave the peo- 
 ple favour in the sight of the E- 
 gyptians, so that they lent imto 
 them such things as they re- 
 quired. And they spoiled the 
 Eg5T)tians. 
 
 37 % And the children of Israel 
 journeyed from Rameses to Suc- 
 coth, about six hundred thou- 
 sand on foot that were men, 
 beside children. 
 
 OTit of the house ; neither shaU 
 ye break a bone thereof. 
 
 47 All tlie congregation of Is- 
 rael shall keep it. 
 
 48 And when a stranger shall 
 sojourn Avith thee, and will keep 
 the passover to the Lord, let 
 all his males be circumcised, 
 and then let him come near 
 and keep it; and he shall be 
 as one that is boni in the land : 
 for no uncireumcised person 
 shall eat thereof. 
 
 49 One law shall be to him 
 
 33 And a mixed multitude that is homebom, and unto the 
 
The Jirsthoi'n are 
 
 EXODUS, XIII. 
 
 sandiiied to God. 
 
 stranger that sojoumeth among 
 yoti. 
 
 50 Thus did aU the children 
 of Israel; as the Loed com- 
 manded Moses and Aaron, so 
 did they. 
 
 51 And it came to pass the self- 
 same day, that the Loed did 
 bring the children of Israel out 
 of the land of Egypt by their 
 armies. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 1 TJie firstborn are sanctified to God. 
 
 3 Tf'ie memorial of the passover is 
 
 commanded. 11 TJie firstlings of 
 beasts are set apart. 17 The Israel- 
 ites (10 out of Egypt, and carry Jo- 
 
 seph's hones with them. 20 They 
 come to Etham. 21 God guideth 
 them by a pdllar of a cloud, and a 
 pillar of fire. 
 
 AND the Loed spake mito 
 . Moses, saying, 
 
 2 Sanctify unto me all the 
 fii-stborn, whatsoever openeth 
 the womb among the children 
 of Israel, both of man and of 
 beast : it is mine. 
 
 3 % And Moses said unto the 
 people, Remember tliis day, in 
 which ye came out from Egypt, 
 out of the house of bondage; 
 for by strength of hand the 
 Loed brought you out from 
 this ^;/«c^ ; there shall no lea- 
 vened bread be eaten. 
 
 4 This day came ye out in the 
 month Abib. 
 
 5 *! And it shall be when the 
 Loed shall biing thee uito the 
 land of the Canaanites, and the 
 Hittites, and the Amorites, and 
 the Hi^ites, and the Jebusites, 
 which he sware unto thy fa- 
 thers to give thee, a land flow- 
 ing mth milk and honey, that 
 thou shalt keep this service in 
 this month. 
 
 6 Seven days thou shalt eat 
 unleavened bread, and in the 
 seventh day shall he a feast to 
 the Loed. 
 
 7 Unleavened bread shall be 
 eaten seven days; and there 
 shall no leavened bread be seen 
 with thee, neither shall there 
 be leaven seen with thee in all 
 thy quarters. 
 
 8 H And thou shalt shew thy 
 son LQ that day, saying. This is 
 done because of that which the 
 Loed did unto me when I came 
 forth out of Egypt. 
 
 9 And it shall be for a sign 
 unto thee upon thine hand, and 
 for a memorial between thine 
 eyes, that the Loed's law may 
 be in thy mouth: for with a 
 strong hand hath the Loed 
 brought thee out of Egypt. 
 
 10 Thou shalt therefore keep 
 this ordinance in his season from 
 year to year. 
 
 11 H And it shall be when the 
 Loed shall bring thee iato the 
 land of the Canaanites, as he 
 sware unto thee and to thy fa- 
 thers, and shall give it thee, 
 
 12 That thou shalt set apaii; 
 unto the Loed all that open- 
 eth the matiix, and every first- 
 ling that Cometh of a beast 
 which thou hast; the males 
 shall be the Loed's. 
 
 13 And every firstling of an ass 
 thou shalt redeem with a lamb ; 
 and if thou wilt not redeem it, 
 then thou shalt break his neck : 
 and all the firstborn of man 
 among thy children shalt thou 
 redeem. 
 
 14 IF And it shall be when thy 
 son asketh thee in time to come, 
 sajdng. What is this ? that thou 
 shalt say unto him, By strength 
 of hand the Loed brought us 
 out from Egypt, from the house 
 of bondage : 
 
 15 And it came to pass, when 
 Pharaoh would hardly let us 
 go, that the Loed slew all the 
 firstborn in the land of Egypt, 
 both the fii'stbom of man, and 
 the firstborn of beast: there- 
 fore I sacrifice to the Loed all 
 that openeth the matrix, being 
 males; but all the firstborn of 
 my children I redeem. 
 
 16 And it shall be for a token 
 upon thine hand, and for front- 
 lets between thiae eyes: for 
 by strength of hand the Loed 
 brought us forth out of Eg>T)t. 
 
 17 H And it came to pass, when 
 Pharaoh had let the people go, 
 
The l9)'aeUte8 go 
 
 that God led them not ihroiiffh 
 the v.ay of tlie land of the I'lii- 
 listines, althoiiLdi that ivas near; 
 ibr God 8aid, l^est jieradventure 
 the peoi)le ivpent ^vllen they nee 
 war, and tiiey return to Eu-ypt: 
 
 18 But CJod led the peoide a- 
 bout, tkrouifh the "vvay of the 
 Avilderness of the Ked sea : and 
 the children of Israel went up 
 liarnessed out of the land of 
 Eirypt. 
 
 10 And Moec}s took the bones 
 of Joseph with him : for he had 
 strait'y sworn the children of 
 Israel, sayin.^r, Ood will surely 
 visit you ; and ye sliall carry up 
 my bones away hence with you. 
 
 20 ^1 And they t(jok their juur- 
 n(\v from Succoth, and encamp- 
 ed in Etham, in the edge of tlie 
 wiklerness. 
 
 21 And the Lord went before 
 tliem by day in a pillar of a 
 cloud, to lead them the way; 
 and by ni.i.':ht in a pillar of hre, 
 to give them light; to go by 
 day and niuht: 
 
 EXODUS, XIV. out qf Ei/uj't. 
 
 host; that the EgyptianB may 
 know that I am the L<jIid. 
 ^Vnd they did so. 
 
 5 ^ An<l it was t<jld the king 
 of f^gyi»t that the i)eople fled : 
 and the heart of Pliaraoh and 
 of his servants was tinned a- 
 gainst the people, and they 
 said, Why have we done this, 
 that we have let Israel go IVoni 
 serving iis? 
 
 ij And he made ready his cha- 
 riot, and took his people with 
 him : 
 
 7 And he took six lumdrcd 
 cliosen chariots, and all the cha- 
 rioti5 of Egypt, and captains over 
 every ( ne of them. 
 
 8 And the Loud hardened the 
 heart of Tharaoh king (»f Egypt, 
 and he i)ursued aiU^r the cliil- 
 dren of Israel : and the children 
 of Israel went out with an high 
 hand. 
 
 1) But the Egyptians pursued 
 alter them, all the horses and 
 chariots of Tluiraoh, and his 
 horsemen, and his army, and 
 
 22 He took not away the pil- i overt<3ok tliem encampnig by 
 ' ' the sea, V>eside Pi-hahiroth, be- 
 ibre Baal-zephon. 
 
 10 "f And when Pharaoh diew 
 nigh, the children of Israel lift- 
 ed up their eyes, and, behold, 
 the Egyptians marched alter 
 them; and they were sore a- 
 fraid : and the childien of Israel 
 cried out unto the Lord. 
 
 11 And they said unto Moses, 
 Because there were no graves in 
 Egypt, hast thou taken us away 
 to die in the wilderness? where- 
 fore hast thou dealt thus with us. 
 
 lar of the cloud by day, nor the 
 pillar of lire by night,/>om be- 
 fore the people. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 1 God instrndeth tJ:e IfraelUea in their 
 journey. 5 Ph'craoh jvirsneHi after 
 them. 10 The Israelites murnittr. 
 13 Moses comforteth them, l.j God 
 inslructeth Moses. 19 'Hie cloud 
 removefhhehiml the camp. 21 Tfie 
 Israelites mss through the lied sea, 
 23 ivhich droicneth the Egyptiane. 
 
 AND the Lord spake unto 
 . Moses, saying 
 
 2 Speak imto the children of to cany us forth out of Egypt? 
 Israel, that they turn and en- | 12 Is not tins the word that 
 camp before Pi-liahu'oth, be- ! we did tell thee in Egj-pt, say- 
 
 tween Migdol and the sea, over 
 against Baal-zephon: before it 
 shall ye encamp by the sea. 
 3 For Pharaoh Vvill say of the 
 children of Israel, They ai^e en- 
 tangled in the land, the wilder- i 
 ness hath shut them in. 
 
 ing, Let us alone, that v/e may 
 seiTe the Egyptians? For it had 
 been better for us to serve tlie 
 Egyptians, than that we should 
 die in the wilderness. 
 13 ^ And Moses said imto the 
 people, Fear ye not, stand still, 
 
 4 And I will harden Pharaoh's and see the salvation of the 
 
 heart, that he shall follow after Lord, which he will shew to 
 
 them ; and I will be honoured you to day : for the Egyptiaiis 
 
 upon Pharaoh, and upon all his whom ye have seen to day, ye 
 
The pasmge 
 
 EXODUS, xy. 
 
 of tlie Bed sea. 
 
 sliall see them again no more 
 for ever. 
 
 14 The Lord shall fight for 
 you, and ye shall hold your 
 peace. 
 
 15 % And the Loed said unto 
 Moses, Wherefore criestthou nn- 
 to me ? speak rnito the children 
 of Israel, that they go foii^'ard: 
 
 16 But lift thou up thy rod, 
 and stretch out thine hand over 
 the sea, and divide it : and the 
 children of Israel shall go on 
 dry ground through the midst 
 of the sea. 
 
 17 And I, behold, I will hard- 
 en the hearts of the Egyptians, 
 and they shall follow them : and 
 I will get me honour upon Pha- 
 raoh, and upon all his host, up- 
 on his chariots, and upon ins 
 horsemen. 
 
 18 And the Egyptians shall 
 know that I am the Loed, 
 when I have gotten me honour 
 upon Pharaoh, upon his cha- 
 riots, and upon his horsemen. 
 
 19 H And the angel of God, 
 which went before the camp of 
 Israel, removed and went be- 
 hind them; and the pillar of 
 the cloud went from before their 
 face, and stood behind them : 
 
 20 And it came between the 
 camp of the Egyptians and the 
 camp of Israel; and it was a 
 cloud and darkness to them, but 
 it gave light by night to these : 
 so that the one came not near 
 the other all the night. 
 
 21 And Moses stretched out Ms 
 hand over the sea; and the Lord 
 caused the sea to go back by a 
 strong east wind all that night, 
 and made the sea dry land, and 
 the waters were divided. 
 
 22 And the children of Israel 
 -went into the midst of the sea 
 
 upon the diy ground : and the 
 v/aters were a wall unto them 
 on their right hand, and on their 
 left. 
 
 23 1i And the Egyptians pur- 
 sued, and went in after them to 
 the midst of the sea, even all 
 Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, 
 and his horsemen. 
 
 24 And it came to pass, that 
 in the morning watch the Lord 
 looked unto the host of the E- 
 gyptians through the pillar of 
 fire and of the cloud, and trou- 
 bled the host of the Egyptians, 
 
 25 And took off their chariot 
 wheels, that they di'ave them 
 hea\d]y : so that the Egyptians 
 said. Let us flee from the lace of 
 Israel; for the Lord fighteth 
 for them against the Egyptians. 
 
 26 H And the Lord said unto 
 Idoses, Stretch out thine hand 
 over the sea, that the waters 
 may come again upon the E- 
 gyptians, upon their chariots, 
 and upon their horsemen. 
 
 27 And Moses stretched forth 
 his hand over the sea, and the 
 sea returned to Ins stren gth when 
 the moming appeared ; and the 
 Egyptians fled against it ; and 
 the Lord overthrew the Egyp- 
 tians in the midst of the sea. 
 
 28 And the waters returned, 
 and covered the chariots, and 
 the horsemen, and all the host 
 of Pharaoh that came into the 
 sea after them; there remain- 
 ed not so much as one of them. 
 
 29 But the children of Israel 
 wallied upon dry land in the 
 midst of the sea ; and the waters 
 were a wall unto them on their 
 right hand, and on their left. 
 
 30 Thus the Lord saved Israel 
 that day out of the hand of the 
 Egyptians; and Israel saw the 
 Egyptians dead upon the sea 
 shore. 
 
 31 And Israel saw that great 
 work which the Lord did upon 
 the Egyptians : and the people 
 feared the Lord, and believed 
 the Lord, and his servant Moses. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 1 Moses' song. 22 TJie people ivant 
 imter. 23 Tlie ivaters at Marali 
 are hitter. 25 A tree sweetenefh 
 them. 27 At Elim are tivelve ivells, 
 and seventy palm trees. 
 
 THEN sang Moses and the 
 cliildren of Israel this song 
 unto the Lord, and spa]?:e, say- 
 ing, I will sing unto the Lord, 
 for he hath trimnphed glorious- 
 
Moses' song, 
 
 ly : tho horse and liis rider hath 
 he thrown into tlie Bea. 
 
 2 The Lord is my strengtli 
 and son{?, and he is become my 
 salvation : he is my God, and 
 I will prepare him an habita- 
 tion; my father's God, and I 
 >vDl exalt him. 
 
 3 The Lord is a man of war : 
 the Lord is his nanie. 
 
 4 Pharaoh's chariots and his 
 liost hath he cast into the sea : 
 liis chosen caittains also are 
 drowned in the l{<'d sea. 
 
 5 The deptlis have covered 
 them: they siink into the bot- 
 tom as a stone. 
 
 6 Thy rit^ht hand, O Ix)RD, is 
 become plonons in power: thy 
 right lunid, O 1/)KD, hath dash- 
 ed in jiieces the enemy. 
 
 7 And in the fcreatness of thine 
 excellency thou hast overthrown 
 them that rose up aicainst thee : 
 thou sentest forth thy wrath, 
 which consumed them as stul)- 
 ble. 
 
 8 And with the blast of thy 
 nostrils the waters were gather- 
 ed together, the Hoods stood up- 
 right as an \uiii]),and the depths 
 were congealed in the heart of 
 the sea. 
 
 9 The enemy said, I will pur- 
 sue, I will overtake, I will divide 
 the spoil; my lust shall be sa- 
 tisfied upon them; I will draw 
 my sword, my hand shall de- 
 stroy them. 
 
 10 Thou didst blow with thy 
 wind, the sea covered them: 
 they sank as lead in the mighty { 
 waters. j 
 
 11 Who is like unto thee, O ! 
 Lord, among the gods ? who is 
 like thee, glorious in holiness, ; 
 fearful in praises, doing won- 
 ders? 
 
 12 Thou stretchedst out thy 
 right hand, the earth swallowed 
 them. 
 
 13 Thou in thy mercy hast led 
 forth the people which thou hast 
 redeemed : thou hast guided 
 them in thy strength unto thy 
 holy liabitation. 
 
 14 The people shall hear, and 
 
 EXODUS. XV. 
 
 Mcs.s' Si.iiij. 
 
 be afraid : sorrow sliall take held 
 on tlie inhabitants of Palotiiia. 
 
 15 Then the dukes of E<l('m 
 shall be amazed; the nn.ulity 
 men of Moab, trembUng shall 
 take hold upon them; all tlie 
 inhabitants of Camian sliall melt 
 away. 
 
 l(j Fear and dread shall fall 
 ui>on them; by the greatness t»f 
 thine anu tliey shall be as still 
 as a stone; till thy people i^at^H 
 over, O Lord, till the i>eople 
 pass over, which thou hast pur- , 
 chased. ■ 
 
 17 Thou shalt bring them in, 
 and plant them in the m<»un- 
 tain of thine inheritance, /;/ the 
 place, O Lord, which thou hast 
 made for thei? to dwell in, in the 
 Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy 
 hands have established. 
 
 18 The Lord sliall reign for 
 ever and ever. 
 
 19 For the horse (»f Pharaoh 
 went in with liis chanots and 
 with his horsemen into the sea, 
 and the Lord brought again 
 the waters of the sea upon 
 them; but the children of Is- 
 rael went on dry land in the 
 midst of the sea. 
 
 20 II And Miriam the prophet- 
 ess, the sister of Aaron, took a 
 timbrel in her hand; and all 
 the women went out after her 
 with timbrels and with dances. 
 
 21 And Muiam answ(ired them, 
 Smg ye to the Lord, for he 
 hath triumphed gloriously ; the 
 horse and his rider hath he 
 thrown into the sea. 
 
 22 So IMoses brought Israel from 
 the Eed sea, and they went out 
 into the wilderness of Sliur ; and 
 they went three days in the wil- 
 derness, and found no water. 
 
 23 K And when they came to 
 Mamh, they could not drink of 
 the waters of Marah, for they 
 were bitter : therefore the name 
 of it was called Marah. 
 
 24 And the people murmured 
 against Moses, saying. What 
 shall we drink ? 
 
 25 And he cried unto the Lord ; 
 and the Lord shewed him a 
 
Tlie people mimimr EXODU 
 
 tree, which when lie had cast in- ! 
 to the waters, the waters were 
 made sweet : there he made for 
 them a statute and an ordmance, 
 and there he proved them, 
 
 26 And said. If thou wilt dili- 
 gently hearken to the voice of 
 the LoED thy God, and wilt 
 do that which is right in his 
 sight, and wilt give ear to his 
 commandments, and keep all i 
 his statiites, I will put none_ of ' 
 these diseases npon thee, which 
 I have brought upon the Egjip- 
 tians: for I ain the Loed that 
 healeth thee. 
 
 27 •[ And they came to Elim, 
 where u'e7'e tT\'elve wells of wa- 
 ter, and threescore and ten palm 
 trees : and they encamped there 
 by the waters. 
 
 CHAPTER X^T. 
 
 1 Tlte Israelites come to Sin. 2 Uiey 
 mirrmiir for laant of bread. 4 God 
 promisetli them hread from heaven. 
 11 Quails are sent, 14 and mannct. 
 16 The orrderirtg of manna. 25 It 
 icas not to he found on the sahbatJi. 
 32 An oraer of it is preserved. 
 
 AND they took their jomney 
 . from Ehm, and all the con- 
 gregation of the cliildren of Is- 
 rael came unto the wilderness 
 of Sin, which is between Elim 
 and Sinai, on the fifteenth day 
 of the second month after their 
 depaiiing out of the land of 
 Egypt. 
 
 2 And the whole congregation 
 of the children of Israel mur- 
 mured against 3Ioses and Aa- 
 ron in the wilderness : 
 
 3 And the children of IsraeJ 
 said imto them, Would to God 
 we had died by the hand of the 
 Lord in the land of Eg^^t, 
 when we sat by the flesh pots, 
 and when we did eat bread to 
 the full;^ for ye have brought 
 us forth into this T^ilderness, to 
 kill this whole assembly with 
 hunger. 
 
 4 ^ Then said the Lord imto 
 Moses, Behold, I will rain bread 
 from heaven for you; and the 
 people shall go out and gather 
 a certain rate every day, that I 
 
 S, XArr. for leant of hmd. 
 
 may prove them, whether they 
 will walk in my law, or no. 
 
 5 And it shall come to pass, 
 that on the sixth day they shall 
 prepare that which they bring- 
 in; and it shall be tivice as 
 much as they gather daily. 
 
 6 And Moses and Aaron said 
 imto all the childi'en of Israel, 
 At even, then ye shall know 
 that the Loed hath brought you 
 out from the land of Egypt : 
 
 7 And in the morning, then ye 
 shall see the glorj- of the Loed ; 
 for that he heareth yoiu" mur- 
 murings against the Loed : and 
 what ai^e we, that ye murmur 
 against us ? 
 
 8 And Moses said, This shall he, 
 when the Loed shall give you 
 in the evemng flesh to eat, and 
 in the morning bread to the full ; 
 for that the Loed heareth your 
 murmmings which 3'e miuinur 
 against him : and what are we ? 
 j'our mimnurings are not a- 
 gainst us, but against the Loed. 
 
 9 ^ And Moses spake unto Aa- 
 ron, Say unto all the congre- 
 gation of the children of Israel^ 
 Come near before the Loed: 
 for he hath heai'd your mm- 
 murings. 
 
 10 And it came to pass, as Aar- 
 ron spake unto the whole con- 
 gregation of the childi^en of Is- 
 rael, that they looked toward 
 the wilderness, and, behold, the 
 glory of the Loed appeared m 
 the cloud. 
 
 11 1[ And the Lord spake im- 
 to Moses, saying, 
 
 12 I have heard the murmur- 
 ings of the children of Israel : 
 speak unto them, saying,^ At 
 even ye shall eat flesh, and in 
 the morning 3^e shall be filled 
 with bread; and ye shall Imov/ 
 that 1 am the Loed yom- God. 
 
 13 And it came to pass, that 
 at even the ciuails came up, and 
 covered the camp : and in the 
 mornuig the dew lay roimd a- 
 bout the host. ♦ 
 
 I 14 And when the dew that lay 
 I was gone up, behold, upon the 
 I face of the wilderness there lay 
 
The oi'deiing 
 
 EXODUS. XVI. 
 
 ff inaunn. 
 
 a small round thinp, as small 
 as the hoar frost on the prroimd. 
 15 And when the children of 
 Israel saw it, they said one to 
 another. It is manna : for they 
 wist not what it teas. And Mo- 
 ses said unto them, This is the 
 bread which the Lord liath 
 
 sriven you to eat. 
 r ^1^ 
 
 25 And Moses said. Eat that to 
 day ; ior ^o day is a sabbath un- 
 to the Lord: to day ye shall 
 not find it hi the field. 
 
 20 Six days ye shidl gather it ; 
 but on the seventh day, which 
 is the sabbath, in it tliere shall 
 be none. 
 
 27 If And it came to pass, that 
 
 10 1i This is the thinp: which ' there went out smne of the peo- 
 the Lord hath commanded, ' pie on the seventh day fur to 
 Gather of it every man accord- gather, and the\' Ibund none, 
 hig to Ills eating, an oraer for j 28 And the Lord said unto 
 every man, accordins^ to the i Moses, How long refuse ye to 
 
 number of your pers(jns; take 
 ye every man for them which 
 ai'€ in his tents. 
 
 17 And the children of Is- 
 rael did so, and gathered, some 
 more, some less. 
 
 18 And when they did mete it 
 with an omer, he that gathered 
 much had nothing over, and 
 he that gathered little had no 
 lack ; they gathered every man 
 according to his eating. 
 
 19 And Moses said, Let no man 
 leave of it till the morning. 
 
 20 Notwithstanding they hear- 
 kened not unto Moses; but 
 some of them left of it until the 
 morning, and it bred wonns, 
 and stank : and Moses was wroth 
 with them. 
 
 21 And they gathered it every 
 morning, every man according 
 to his eating : and when the sun 
 waxed hot, it melted. 
 
 22 % And it came to pass, that 
 on the sixth day they gathered 
 twice as much bread, t^o omers 
 for one mayi : and all the rulers 
 of the congregation came and 
 told Moses. 
 
 23 And he said unto them, 
 This is that which the Lord 
 hath said, To morrow is the rest 
 of the holy sabbath unto the 
 Lord : bake that which ye ^ill 
 bake to day, and seethe that ye 
 will seethe ; and that which re- 
 maineth over lay up for you to 
 l)e kept imtil the morning. 
 
 24 An(>they laid it up till the 
 morning, as Moses bade : and it 
 did not stink, neither was there 
 any worm therein. 
 
 keep my commandmentw and 
 my laws? 
 
 29 See, for that the Lord hath 
 given you the sabbath, there- 
 fore he giveth you on the sixth 
 day the bread of two days; a- 
 bide ye every man in his i)lacc, 
 let no man go out of his place 
 on the seventh day. 
 
 30 So the i)eople rested on the 
 seventh day. 
 
 31 And the house of Israel 
 called the name thereof Man- 
 na: and it was like coriander 
 seed, white; and the taste of 
 it was like wafers made with 
 honey. 
 
 32 *[ And Moses said, This is 
 the thing which the Lord com- 
 mandeth, Fill an omer of it to 
 be kept for your generations ; 
 that they may see the bread 
 wherewith I have fed you in 
 the wilderness, when I brought 
 you forth from the land of 
 Eirypt. 
 
 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, 
 Take a pot, and put an omer full 
 of manna therein, and lay it up 
 before the Lord, to be kept for 
 your generations. 
 
 31 As the Lord commanded 
 Moses, so Aaron laid it up 
 before the Testimony, to be 
 kept. 
 
 35 And the children of Israel 
 did eat manna forty years, until 
 they came to a land inhabited ; 
 they did eat manna, until they 
 came unto the borders of the 
 land of Canaan. 
 
 30 Now an omer is the tenth 
 ^ar^ofanephah. 
 
The people murmur 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 1 The people murmur for loafer at 
 Bephidim. 5 God sendeth Mm for 
 ivater to the rode in Horeh. 8 Ama- 
 lek is overcome hy the holding up 
 of Moses' hands. 15 Moses build- 
 eth the altar Jehovah-nissi. 
 
 AND all the congregation of 
 . the children of Israel jour- 
 neyed from the wilderness of 
 Sin, after their journeys, accord- 
 ing to the commandment of the 
 Lord, and pitched in Eephidim : 
 and there was no water for the 
 people to drink. 
 
 2 Wherefore the people did 
 chide with Moses, and said, Give 
 us water that we may di-inl?:. 
 And Moses said unto them, 
 Why cliide ye with me? where- 
 fore do ye tempt the Loed ? 
 
 3 And the people thirsted there 
 for water ; and the people mur- 
 mured against Moses, and said, 
 Wherefore is this that thou hast 
 brought us up out of Egypt, to 
 kill us and our children and 
 our cattle with thirst ? 
 
 4 And Moses cried unto the 
 Lord, saying. What shall I do 
 unto this people? they be al- 
 most ready to stone me. 
 
 5 And the Lord said rmto Mo- 
 
 ses, Go on before the people, | hovah-nissi : 
 
 EXODUS, XVn. for water at Bephidim, 
 
 hill with the rod of God in mine 
 hand. 
 
 10 So Joshua did as Moses had 
 said to him, and fought with 
 Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, 
 and Hur went up to the top of 
 the hill. 
 
 11 And it came to pass, when 
 Moses held up his hand, that 
 Israel prevailed: and when he 
 let down his hand, Amalek pre- 
 vailed. 
 
 12 But Moses' hands were 
 heavy; aiid they took a stone, 
 and put it under him, and he 
 sat thereon; and Aaron and 
 Hur stayed up his hands, the 
 one on the one side, and the 
 other on the other side; and his 
 hands were steady until the go- 
 ing down of the sun. 
 
 13 And Joshua discomfited 
 Amalek and his people mth 
 the edge of the sword. 
 
 14 And the Lord said unto 
 Moses, Write this for a memo- 
 rial in a book, and rehearse it 
 in the ears of Joshua: for I 
 will utterly put out the remem- 
 brance of Amalek from under 
 heaven. 
 
 15 And Moses built an altar, - 
 and called the name of it Je- 
 
 and take with thee of the elders 
 of Israel ; and thy rod, where- 
 
 , with thou smotest the river, take 
 
 ; in thine hand, and go. 
 
 I 6 Behold, I will stand before 
 thee there upon the rock in Ho- 
 reb; and thou shalt smite the 
 rock, and there shall come water 
 out of it, that the people may 
 drink. And Moses did so in the 
 sight of the elders of Israel. 
 7 And he called the name of the 
 place Massah, and Meribah, be- 
 cause of the chiding of the chil- 
 di*en of Israel, and because they 
 tempted the Lord, saying, Is 
 
 i the Lord among us, or not ? 
 
 ;i 8 HThen came Amalek, and 
 
 ' fought with Israel in Bephidim. 
 
 9 And Moses said unto Joshua, 
 
 Choose us out men, and go out, 
 
 ! fight with Amalek : to morrow 
 1 wiU stand on the top of the 
 
 16 For he said. Because the 
 Lord hath sworn that the 
 Lord will have war with A- 
 malek from generation to ge- 
 neration. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 1 Jethro hringeth to Moses Ms wife 
 
 and two sons. 7 Moses entertain- 
 
 eth Mm. 13 Jethro' s counsel is ac. 
 
 cepted. 27 Jethro departeth. 
 
 WHEN Jethro, the priest 
 of Midian, Moses' father 
 in law, heard of all that God 
 had done for Moses, and for 
 Israel his people, and that the 
 Lord had brought Israel out 
 of Egypt ; 
 
 2 Then Jethro, Moses' father 
 in law, took Zipporah, Moses' 
 wife, after he had sent her 
 back, 
 
 3 And her two sons ; of which 
 the name of the one ivas Ger- 
 
Jethro's counsel 
 
 EXODUS, XVIII. 
 
 Uj Moses. 
 
 shorn ; for he said, I have been 
 an alien in a strange land : 
 
 4 And the name of the other 
 zvas Eliezer; for the God of my 
 father, said he, ivas mine help, 
 and delivered me from the sword 
 of Pharaoh : 
 
 5 And Jethro, Moses' father in 
 law, came with his sons and liis 
 wife unto Moses into the wilder- 
 ness, where he encamped at the 
 mount of G od : 
 
 6 And he said unto Moses, I 
 thy father m law Jetluo am 
 come unto thee, and thy wife, 
 and her two sons with her. 
 
 7 ^ And Moses went out to 
 meet his father in law, and did 
 obeisance, and kissed him ; and 
 they asked each other of their 
 vrelfare ; and they came into the 
 tent. 
 
 8 And Moses told his father in 
 law all that the Lokd had done 
 unto Pharaoh and to the Egyp- 
 tians for Israel's salce, and all 
 the travail that had come upon 
 them by the way, and hoiv the 
 EoRD dehvered them. 
 
 9 And Jethro rejoiced for all 
 the goodness which the Lord 
 had done to Israel, whom he 
 had delivered out of the hand 
 of the Egyptians. 
 
 10 And Jethro said, Blessed be 
 the LoED, who hath delivered 
 you out of the hand of the E- 
 gyptians, and out of the hand 
 of Pharaoh, who hath delivered 
 the people from mider the hand 
 of tlie Egyptians. 
 
 11 Now I know that the Loed 
 is greater than all gods : for in 
 the thing wherein they dealt 
 I)roudly he ivas above them. 
 
 12 And Jethro, Moses' father in 
 law, took a burnt ofiiering and 
 sacrifices for God: and Aaron 
 came, and all the elders of Is- 
 rael, to eat bread with Moses' 
 father in law^ before God. 
 
 13 II And it came to pass on the 
 morrow, that Moses sat to judge 
 the people : and the people stood 
 by Moses from the morning un- 
 to the evening. 
 
 14 And when Moses' father in 
 
 law saw all that he did to the 
 people, he said, What is tliis 
 thing that thou doest to the 
 people? why sittest thou thy- 
 self alone, and all the people 
 stand by thee from morning 
 unto even? 
 
 15 And Moses said unto his fa- 
 ther in law. Because tlie i)eoi>hi 
 come unto me to enquire of G cd : 
 
 16 When they have a matter, 
 they come inito me ; and I judge 
 between one and another, and I 
 do make thein know the statutes 
 of God, and his laws. 
 
 17 And Moses' father in law 
 said unto him. The tiring that 
 thou doest is not good. 
 
 18 Thou wilt surely wear away, 
 both thou, and this peojjle that 
 is witli thee: for this thing is 
 too heavy for thee; thou art 
 not able to perform it thyself 
 alone. 
 
 19 Hearken now unto my voice, 
 I will give thee counsel, and God 
 shall be with thee : Be thou for 
 the people to God-ward, that 
 thou mayest bring the causes 
 unto God : 
 
 20 And thou shalt teach them 
 ordinances and lavrs, and shalt 
 shew them the way Avherein 
 they must walk, and the work 
 that they must do. 
 
 21 Moreover thou shalt provide 
 out of all the people able men, 
 such as fear God, men of truth, 
 hating covetousness ; and place 
 such over them, to be rulers of 
 thousands, and rulers of hun- 
 dreds, rulers of fifties, and i-ulers 
 of tens : 
 
 22 And let them judge the peo- 
 ple at all seasons : and it shall 
 be, that every great matter they 
 shall bring unto thee, but every 
 email matter they shall judge : 
 so shall it be easier for thyself, 
 and they shall bear the burden 
 with thee. 
 
 23 If thou shalt do this thing, 
 and God command thee so, then 
 thou shalt be able to endure, 
 and all this people shall also go 
 to then place in peace. 
 
 24 So Mcses hearkened to the 
 
GixTs 
 
 voice of his father in law, and 
 
 did all that he had said. 
 
 25 And Moses chose able men 
 out of all Israel, and made them 
 heads over the people, rulers of 
 thousands, ruJere of hmidi^eds, 
 rulei-s of fifties, and rulers of 
 tens. 
 
 26 And they judged the people 
 at all seasons : the hard causes 
 they brought unto Moses, but 
 every small matter they judged 
 theraselves. 
 
 27 "ii And Moses let liis father 
 in law depart ; and he went his 
 way mto his own land. 
 
 CHAPTEH XIX. 
 
 1 Tlie people come to Sinai. 3 God's 
 message hy Moses unto Oie people 
 out of the mount. 8 Tlie people's 
 answer returned again. 10 Tlie 
 people are prepared against the 
 third daij. 12 TJie inountain must 
 not he touched. 16 The fearful 
 Xyresence of God upon the mount. 
 
 IN the third month, when the 
 childi'en of Israel were gone 
 forth out of the land of Egypt, 
 the same day came they into 
 the wilderness of Smai. 
 
 2 For they were departed from 
 Eephiditn, and were come to the 
 desert of Sinai, and had pitched 
 in the wilderness ; and there Is- 
 rael camped before the moimt. 
 
 3 And Moses went up unto 
 God, and the Lord called un- 
 to him out of the mountain, 
 saying. Thus shalt thou say to 
 the house of Jacob, and tell the 
 children of Israel ; 
 
 4 Ye have seen what I did 
 unto the Egyptians, and how 1 
 bare you on eagles' wings, and 
 brought you unto myself. 
 
 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey 
 my voice mdeed, and keep my 
 covenant, then ye shall be a 
 pecuUar treasure unto me above 
 all people : for all the earth is 
 mine : 
 
 6 And ye shall be unto me a 
 kingdom of priests, and an holy 
 nation. These «?'<? the words 
 which thou shalt speak unto 
 the children of Israel. 
 
 7 ^ And Moses came and caU- 
 
 EXODUS, XIX. unto tlie people. 
 
 ed for the elders of the people, 
 and laid before their faces all 
 these words which the Loed 
 commanded him. 
 
 8 And all the people answered 
 together, and said, All that the 
 LoED hath spoken we will do. 
 And Moses returned the words 
 of the people mito the Loed. 
 
 9 And the Loed said unto 
 Moses, Lo, I come unto thee 
 m a thick cloud, that the peo- 
 ple may hear when I speak with 
 thee, and believe thee for ever. 
 And Moses told the words of 
 the people unto the Loed. 
 
 10 IF And the Loed said mi- 
 to Moses, Go unto the people, 
 and sanctify them to day and 
 to morrow, and let them wash 
 their clothes, 
 
 11 And be ready against the 
 third day: for the third day 
 the Loed will come down in 
 the sight of all the people up- 
 on mount Sinai. 
 
 12 And thou shalt set bounds 
 unto the people roimd about, 
 saying. Take heed to your- 
 selves, that ye go not up into 
 the moimt, or touch the bor- 
 der of it : whosoever toucheth 
 the moimt shall be surely put 
 to death : 
 
 13 There shall not an hand 
 touch it, but he shall surely 
 be stoned, or shot tlirough; 
 whether it he beast or man, 
 it shall not live : when the 
 tnunpet soimdeth long, they 
 shall come up to the mount. 
 
 14 f And Moses went down 
 from the mount unto the peo- 
 ple, and sanctified the people; 
 and they washed then clothes. 
 
 15 And he said unto the peo- 
 ple, Be ready against the third 
 day : come not at your mves. 
 
 16 1[And it came to pass on 
 the third day in the morning, 
 that there were thimders and 
 lightnmgs, and a thick cloud 
 upon the mount, and the voice 
 of the trumpet exceeding loud ; 
 so that all the people that was 
 in the camp trembled. 
 
 17 And Moses brought forth 
 
GocCsfearfd presence. EXODUS, XX. The ten commamlnients. 
 
 the people out of the camp to 
 meet with God; and they stood 
 at the nether part of the mount. 
 
 18 And mount Smai was alto- 
 gether on a smoke, because the 
 Lord descended upon it in 
 hi'e : and the smoke thereof as- 
 cended as the smoke of a fur- 
 nace, and the whole mount 
 quaked greatly. 
 
 19 And when the voice of the 
 trumpet sounded long, and wax- 
 ed louder and louder, Moses 
 spake, and God answered him 
 by a voice. 
 
 20 And the Lord came down 
 upon mount Smai, on the top 
 of the mount: and the Lord 
 called Moses up to the top of 
 the mount ; and Moses went up. 
 
 21 And the Lord said unto 
 Moses, Go down, charge the 
 people, lest they break tlirough 
 unto the Lord to gaze, and 
 many of them perish. 
 
 22 And let the priests also, 
 wliicli come near to the Lord, 
 sanctify themselves, lest the 
 Lord break forth upon them. 
 
 23 And Moses said unto the 
 Lord, The people cannot come 
 up to mount Sinai: for thou 
 chargedst us, saying, Set bounds 
 about the mount, and sanctify 
 it. 
 
 24 And the Lord said imto 
 liim, Away, get thee down, and 
 thqu shalt come up, thou, and 
 Aaron with thee : but let not 
 the priests and the people break 
 through to come up unto the 
 Lord, lest he break forth up- 
 on them. 
 
 25 So Moses went down unto 
 the people, and spake unto them. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 1 The fen commandmenfs. 18 TJie 
 people are afraid. 20 Moses com- 
 forteth them. 22 Idolatry is for- 
 bidden. 2i Of what sort the altar 
 should be. 
 
 AND God spake all these 
 words, sajdng, 
 2 I am the Lord thy God, 
 which have brought thee out of 
 the land of Egypt, out of the 
 house of bondage. 
 
 3 Thou shalt have no other 
 gods before me. 
 
 4 Thou shalt not make unto 
 thee any graven image, or any 
 likeness of 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 shalt not bow down thy- 
 self to them, nor serve them : 
 for I the Lord thy God am a 
 jealous God, visiting the ini- 
 quity of the fathers upon tlie 
 children unto the third and 
 fourth generation of them that 
 hate me ; 
 
 6 And shewing mercy imto 
 thousands of them that love 
 me, and keep my coimnand- 
 ments. 
 
 7 Thou shalt not take the 
 name of the Lord thy God in 
 vain; for the Lord will not 
 hold him guiltless that taketli 
 liis name in vain. 
 
 8 Remember the sabbath day, 
 to keep it holy. 
 
 9 Six days shalt thou labour, 
 and do all thy work : 
 
 10 But the seventh day is the 
 sabbath of the Lord thy G od : 
 in it thou shalt not do any 
 work, thou, nor thy son, nor 
 thy daughter, thy manservant, 
 nor thy maidservant, nor thy 
 cattle, nor thy stranger that is 
 within thy gates : 
 
 11 For in six days the Lord 
 made heaven and earth, the sea, 
 and all that in them is, and 
 rested the seventh day : where- 
 fore the Lord blessed the sab- 
 bath day, and hallowed it. 
 
 12 IF Honour thy father and 
 thy mother : that thy days may 
 be long upon the land which 
 the Lord thy God giveth tliee. 
 
 13 Thou shalt not kill. 
 
 14 Thou shalt not commit a- 
 dultery. 
 
 15 Thou shalt not steal. 
 
 16 Thou shalt not bear false 
 witness against thy neighbour. 
 
 17 Thou shalt not covet thy 
 neighbour's house, thou shalt 
 not covet thy neighbouj-'s wife, 
 nor his mansenant, nor liis 
 
Divers laws 
 
 EXODUS, XXI. 
 
 and ordiiumces. 
 
 maidsen^ant, nor his ox, nor his 
 ass, nor any thing that is thy 
 neighbour's. 
 
 18 IF And all the people saw the 
 thunderings, and the lightnings, 
 and the noise of the trumpet, 
 and the mountain smoking : and 
 when the people saw it, they re- 
 moved, and stood afar off. 
 
 19 And they said unto Moses, 
 Speak thou with us, and we will 
 hear: but let not God speak 
 with us, lest we die. 
 
 20 And Moses said unto the 
 people. Fear not: for God is 
 come to prove you, and that 
 his fear may be before your 
 faces, that ye sin not. 
 
 21 And the people stood afar 
 off, and Moses drew near unto 
 the thick darkness where God 
 teas. 
 
 22 ^ And the Loed said un- 
 to Moses, Thus thou shalt say 
 imto the children of Israel, Ye 
 have seen that I have talked 
 with you from heaven. 
 
 23 Ye shall not make with 
 me gods of silver, neither shall 
 ye make unto you gods of 
 gold. 
 
 24 IF An altar of earth thou 
 shalt make unto me, and shalt 
 sacrifice thereon thy burnt of- 
 ferings, and thy peace offerings, 
 thy sheep, and thine oxen : in 
 all places where I record my 
 name I will come unto thee, 
 and I will bless thee. 
 
 25 And if thou wilt make me 
 an altar of stone, thou shalt not 
 build it of hewn stone : for if 
 thou lift up thy tool upon it, 
 thou hast polluted it. 
 
 26 Neither shalt thou go up 
 by steps unto mine altar, that 
 thy nakedness be not discover- 
 ed thereon. 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 
 1 Laws for menservanfs. 5 For the 
 servant whose ear is hored. 7 For 
 womenservants. 12 For manslaugh- 
 ter. 16 For stealers of men. 17 For 
 cursers of parents. 18 For smiters. 
 22 For a hurt by chance. 28 For 
 an ox that goretli. 33 For him that 
 is an occasion of harm. 
 
 NOW these ar^ the judg- 
 ments which thou shalt 
 set before them. 
 
 2 If thou buy an Hebrew ser- 
 vant, six years he shall serve : 
 and in the seventh he shall go 
 out free for nothing. 
 
 3 If he came in by himself, he 
 shall go out by himself: if he 
 were married, then his wife 
 shall go out with him. 
 
 4 If his master have given him 
 a wife, and she have bom him 
 sons or daughters ; the wife and 
 her childi'en shall be her mas- 
 ter's, and he shall go out by 
 himself. 
 
 5 And if the servant shall 
 plainly say, I love my master, 
 my v/ife, and my children; I 
 will not go out free : 
 
 6 Then his master shall bring 
 him unto the judges; he shall 
 also bring him to the door, or 
 unto the door post ; and his mas- 
 ter shall bore his ear through 
 with an aul ; and he shall serve 
 him for ever. 
 
 7 ^ And if a man sell his 
 daughter to be a maidservant, 
 she shall not go out as the men- 
 servants do. 
 
 8 If she please not her mas- 
 ter, who hath betrothed her to 
 himself, then shall he let her 
 be redeemed: to sell her unto 
 a strange nation he shall have 
 no power, seeing he hath dealt 
 deceitfully with her. 
 
 9 And if he have betrothed 
 her unto his son, he shall deal 
 with her after the manner of 
 daughters. 
 
 10 If he take him another 
 wife; her food, her raiment, 
 and her duty of mamage, shall 
 he not diminish. 
 
 11 And if he do not these tliree 
 unto her, then shall she go out 
 free without money. 
 
 12 IF He that smiteth a man, 
 so that he die, shall be surely 
 put to death. 
 
 13 And if a man lie not in wait, 
 but God deliver him into liis 
 hand ; then I will appoint thee 
 a place whither he shall flee. 
 
Dive'i's laics 
 
 14 But if a man come pre- 
 Biimptuously upon liis neip:li- 
 bom', to play him with guile; 
 thou shalt take him from mhie 
 altar, that he may die. 
 
 15 If And he that smiteth his 
 father, or his mother, sliall be 
 surely put to de^th. 
 
 16 If And he that stealeth a 
 man, and selleth lum, or if he 
 be found in his hand, he shall 
 surely be put to death. 
 
 17 T^And he that eurseth his 
 father, or liis mother, shall sure- 
 ly be put to deiitli. 
 
 18 ^And if men strive toge- 
 ther, and one smite another 
 with a stone, or with his fist, 
 and he die not, but keepeth his 
 bed: 
 
 EXODUS, xxn. 
 
 mid oi'dhiwiccs. 
 
 28 If If an ox pore a man or 
 a woman, that they die: tlieu 
 the ox shall l>e surely stoned, 
 and his llesh shall not i)e eaten ; 
 but the owner ol the ox shall be 
 (juit. 
 
 2\) But if the ox were wont to 
 push with his honi in time past, 
 and it liath been testified to his 
 owner, and he hath not kept him 
 in, but that he hath killed a man 
 or a woman ; tlie ox shall ])e 
 stoned, and his owner also shall 
 be put to death. 
 
 rM) If there be laid on him a 
 sum of money, then he shall 
 erive for the mnsora of his life 
 whatsoever is laid upon him. 
 
 31 Whether he have pored a 
 son, or have pored a daughter 
 
 19 If he rise apain, and walk aerordinp to this judpment shall 
 abroad upon his staff, tln-n sliall it be done unto him. 
 he that smote him be quit : only j 32 It the ox shall push a man- 
 he shall pay /or the loss of his , servant or a maidservant; he 
 
 shall pive unto their master 
 thiify shekels of silver, and the 
 ox shall l)e stoned. 
 
 33 ■' And if a mnn shall open 
 a pit, or if a man shall dip a pit, 
 and not rover it, and an ox or 
 an ass fall therein ; 
 
 34 The owner of the pit shall 
 make it pood, and pive money 
 unto the owner of them; and 
 the dead beast shall be his. 
 
 i3;"> *' And if one man's ox hurt 
 another's, that he die ; then they 
 shall sell the live ox, and divide 
 the money of it ; and the dead 
 OJ? also they shall divide. 
 36 Or if it be Imown that the 
 ox hath used to push in time 
 past, and his owner hath not 
 kept him in; he shall surely 
 pay ox for ox; and the dead 
 shall be his own. 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 1 Of theft. 5 Of damage. 7 Of tree- 
 }K(sses. 14 Of hcrroiving. 16 Of 
 fornicati<yn. 18 Ofvritchcroft. 19 
 Ofheastialify. 20 Of idolfitry. 21 
 Of strangers, widows, and father- 
 less. 25 Of usury. 26 Of ^jledges. 28 
 Of reverence to magistrates. 29 Of 
 the firstfruits. 
 
 time, and shall cause him to be 
 thorouphly healed. 
 
 20 ^And if a man smite his 
 servant, or his maid, with a rod, 
 and he die under his hand ; he 
 shall be surely punished. 
 
 21 Notwithstandhip, if he con- 
 tinue a day or two, he shall 
 not be punished: for he is his 
 money. 
 
 22 ^ If men strive, and hurt a 
 woman with chiJd, so that her 
 fruit depart /rom her, and yet 
 no mischief follow : he shall be 
 surely punished, according as 
 the woman's husband will lay 
 upon him ; and he shall pay as 
 the judges determine. 
 
 23 And if an?/ mischief follow, 
 then thou shalt give life for life, 
 
 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, 
 hand for hand, foot for foot, 
 
 25 Burning for burning, wound 
 for womid, stripe for stripe. 
 
 26 If And if a man smite the 
 eye of his servant, or the eye 
 of liis maid, that it perish ; he 
 shall let him go free for his eye's 
 sake. 
 
 27 And if he smite out his 
 manservant's tooth, or his maid- 
 servant's tooth ; he shall let hi m 
 go free for his tooth's sake. 
 
 IF a man shall steal an ox, or 
 a sheep, and kill it, or sell 
 it; he shall restore five oxen 
 
Divers laios 
 
 EXODUS, XXII. 
 
 and oi'dina/nces. 
 
 for an ox, and four sheep for 
 a sheep. 
 
 2 1i If a thief be found break- 
 ing np, and be smitten that he 
 die, tJwre shall no blood be shed 
 for him. 
 
 3 If the sun be risen upon 
 liim, there shall be blood shed 
 for Mm; for he should make 
 full restitution ; if he have no- 
 thing?, then he shall be sold for 
 his theft. 
 
 4 If the theft be certainly found 
 in his hand alive, whether it be 
 ox, or ass, or sheep ; he shall re- 
 store double. 
 
 5 H If a man shull cause a field 
 or vineyard to be eaten, and 
 shall put in his beast, and shall 
 feed in another man's field; of 
 the best of his own field, and of 
 the best of his own vineyard, 
 shall he make restitution. 
 
 6 IF If fire break out, and catch 
 in thorns, so that the stacks of 
 corn, or the standuig com, or 
 the field, be consumed there- 
 with ; he that kindled the fire 
 shall surely make restitution. 
 
 7 IF If a man shall deliver un- 
 to his neighbour money or stuff 
 to keep, and it be stolen out of 
 the man's house ; if the thief be 
 found, let him pay double. 
 
 8 If the thief be not found, 
 then the master of the house 
 shall be brought unto the judg- 
 es, to see whether he have put 
 his hand unto his neighbour's 
 goods. 
 
 9 For all manner of trespass, 
 whether it be for ox, for ass, for 
 sheep, for raiment, or for any 
 manner of lost thing, which an- 
 other challengeth to be his, the 
 cause of both parties shall come 
 before the judges; and whom 
 the judges shall condemn,^ he 
 shall pay double unto his neigh- 
 bour. 
 
 10 If a man deliver tmto his 
 , neighbour an ass, or an ox, or 
 
 a sheep, or any beast, to keep ; 
 
 and it die, or be hmt, or driven 
 
 away, no man seeing it : 
 
 j 11 Then shall an oath of the 
 
 i LoKD be between them both, 
 
 that he hath not put his hand 
 unto his neighbour's goods; 
 and the owner of it shall ac- 
 cept thereof, and he shall not 
 make it good. 
 
 12 And if it be stolen from 
 him, he shall make restitution 
 unto the owner thereof. 
 
 13 If it be torn in pieces, then 
 let him bring \ifor witness, and 
 he shall not make good that 
 which was torn. 
 
 14 IF And if a man borrow 
 ought of his neighbour, and it 
 be hurt, or die, the owner there- 
 of being not with it, he shall 
 surely make it good. 
 
 15 But if the owner thereof he 
 with it, he shall not make it 
 good : if it he an hu-ed thing, it 
 came for his hire. 
 
 16 ^ And if a man entice a 
 maid that is not betrothed, and 
 lie with her, he shall surely en- 
 dow her to be his wife. 
 
 17 If her father utterly refuse 
 to give her unto him, he shall 
 pay money according to the 
 dowiy of virgins. 
 
 18 IF Thou shalt not suffer a 
 witch to live. 
 
 19 IF Whosoever lieth with a 
 beast shall surely be put to 
 death. 
 
 20 IF He that sacrificeth unto 
 any god, save unto the Lord 
 only, he shall be utterly de- 
 stroyed. 
 
 21 f Thou shalt neither vex a 
 stranger, nor oppress him: for 
 ye were strangers in the land of 
 Egypt. 
 
 22 IF Ye shall not afilict any 
 widow, or fatherless child. 
 
 23 If thou afflict them in any 
 wise, and they cry at all unto 
 me, I will surely hear their cry ; 
 
 24 And my wiath shall wax 
 hot, and I will kill you with the 
 sword ; and your wives shall be 
 widows, and your children fa- 
 therless. 
 
 25 IF If thou lend money to 
 any ofmj people that is poor 
 by thee, thou shalt not be to 
 him as an usurer, neither shalt 
 thou lay upon him usury. 
 
 E 
 
Divers laws 
 
 EXODUS, xxin. 
 
 and ordinaiicea. 
 
 26 If thou at all take thy neigh- ! 6 Thou shalt not wreftt the 
 hour's raiment to plcdi^^e, thou ' judgment of thy poor in liis 
 fihalt deliver it unto him by 
 that the sun goeth down : 
 
 27 For that is his covering 
 only, it is his raiment for his 
 skin: wherein shall he sleep? 
 and it sliall come to pass, when 
 he crieth unto me, that I will 
 hear ; for I «m gracious. 
 
 28 H Thou shalt not revile the 
 gods, nor curse the ruler of thy 
 people. 
 
 29 H Thou shalt not delay to 
 offer the first of thy ripe fniits, 
 and of thy liquors: the firet- 
 bom of thy sons shalt thou give 
 unto me. 
 
 30 Likewise shalt thou do with 
 
 cause. 
 
 7 Keep thee far from a false 
 matter; and the innocent and 
 righteous slay thou not: for I 
 will not justity the wicked. 
 
 8 H And thou shalt take no 
 gift: for the gift blindeth the 
 wise, and perverteth the words 
 of the righteous. 
 
 9 If Also thou shalt not op- 
 press a stranger: for ye know 
 the heart of a stranger, seeing 
 ye were strangers in the land 
 of Egypt. 
 
 10 And six years thou shalt 
 sow thy land, and shalt gather 
 
 in the iniits thereof : 
 
 thine oxen, and witli thy slieep : \ 11 But the seventh year thou 
 seven davs it sliall be with his shalt let it rest and lie still ; 
 dam; on the eighth day thou j that the poor of thy people may 
 
 shalt give it me 
 
 eat: and what they leave the 
 
 31 If And ye shall be holy men ' beasts of the field shall eat. In 
 
 imto me : neither shall ye eat 
 any flesh that is torn of beasts 
 in the field ; ye shall cast it to 
 the dogs. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 
 1 Of slander and fahe loitness. 3, G 
 Of justice. 4 Of charitabletiess. 10 
 Of the year of rest . 12 Of the sah- 
 hath. 13 Of idolatry. 14 Of the 
 three feasts. 18 Of the Wood awl 
 the fat of the sacrifice. 20 An An- 
 
 like manner thou shalt deal 
 with thy vineyard, and with 
 thy oliveyard. 
 
 12 Six days thou shalt do thy 
 work, and on the seventh day 
 thou shalt rest: that thine ox 
 and thine ass may rest, and the 
 son of thy handmaid, and the 
 stranger, may be refreshed. 
 
 13 And in all things that I 
 have said unto you be circum- 
 
 gel is promised, with a blessing, if , gpect : and make no mention 
 oi the name oi other gods, nei- 
 ther let it be heard out of thy 
 mouth. 
 
 14 If Three times thou shalt 
 keep a feast imto me in the year. 
 
 15 Thou shalt keep the feast of 
 unleavened bread : (thou shalt 
 eat unleavened bread seven days, 
 as I commanded thee, in the time 
 appointed of the month Abib ; 
 for in it thou camest out from 
 Egypt: and none shall appear 
 before me empty :) 
 
 16 And the feast of harvest, the 
 firstfruits of thy labours, which 
 thou hast sown in the field : and 
 the feast of ingathering, which 
 is in the end of the year, when 
 thou hast gathered in thy la- 
 bours out of the field. 
 
 17 Three times in the year all 
 
 they obey him. 
 
 THOU shalt not raise a false 
 report : put not thine hand 
 with the wicked to be an un- 
 righteous witness. 
 
 2 If Thou shalt not follow a 
 multitude to do evil; neither 
 shalt thou speak in a cause to 
 decline after many to wTest 
 judgment : 
 
 3 If Neither shalt thou counte- 
 nance a poor man in his cause. 
 
 4 If If thou meet thine ene- 
 my's ox or his ass going astray, 
 thou shalt surely bring it back 
 to him again. 
 
 5 If thou see the ass of him 
 that hateth thee lying under 
 his burden, and wouldest for- 
 bear to help him, thou shalt 
 surely help with him. 
 
An Angel prmnised EXODUS, XXIV. 
 
 thy males shall appear before 
 the Lord God. 
 
 18 Thou shalt not offer the 
 blood of my sacrifice with lea- 
 vened bread ; neither shall the 
 fat of my sacrifice remain until 
 the morning. 
 
 19 The first of the firstfruits 
 of thy land thou shalt bring in- 
 to the house of the Loed thy 
 God. Thou shalt not seethe a 
 kid in his mother's milk. 
 
 20 IF Behold, I send an Angel 
 before thee, to keep thee in the 
 way, and to bring thee into the 
 place which I have prepared. 
 
 21 Beware of him, and obey his 
 voice, provoke him not ; for he 
 will not pardon your transgres- 
 sions : for my name is in him. 
 
 22 But if thou shalt indeed 
 obey his voice, and do all that I 
 
 . speak ; then I will be an enemy 
 unto thine enemies, and an ad- 
 versary unto thine adversaries. 
 
 23 For mine Angel shall go 
 before thee, and bring thee in 
 unto^ the Amorites,^ and the 
 Hittites, and the Perizzites, and 
 the Canaanites, the Hivites, and 
 the Jebusites: and I will cut 
 them off. 
 
 24 Thou shalt not bow down 
 to their gods, nor serve them, 
 nor do after their works: but 
 thou shalt utterly overthrow 
 them, and quite break down 
 their images. 
 
 25 And ye shall serve the Lord 
 your God, and he shall bless 
 thy bread, and thy water ; and 
 I will take sickness away from 
 the midst of thee. 
 
 26 H There shall nothing cast 
 their young, nor be barren, in 
 thy land: the number of thy 
 days I will fulfil. 
 
 27 I will send my fear before 
 thee, and will destroy all the 
 people to whom thou shalt come, 
 and I will make all thine ene- 
 mies turn their backs unto thee. 
 
 28 And I will send hornets be- 
 fore thee, which shall drive out 
 the Hivite, the Canaanite, and 
 the Hittite, from before thee. 
 
 29 I will not drive them out 
 
 for a guide. 
 
 from before thee in one year; 
 lest the land become desola^te, 
 and the beast of the field mul- 
 tiply against thee. 
 
 30 By little and little I will 
 drive them out from before 
 thee, until thou be increased, 
 and inherit the land. 
 
 31 And I will set thy bounds 
 from the Eed sea even unto the 
 sea of the Philistines, and from 
 the desert unto the river: for 
 I will deliver the inhabitants of 
 the land into your hand; and 
 thou shalt drive them out be- 
 fore thee. 
 
 32 Thou shalt mfCke no cove- 
 nant with them, nor with their 
 gods. 
 
 33 They shall not dwell m thy 
 land, lest they make thee sin 
 against me : for if thou serve 
 their gods, it will surely be a 
 snare unto thee. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 1 Moses is called up into the moun- 
 tain. 3 The people promise obedi- 
 ence. 4 Moses buikleth an altar, 
 and tioelve pillars. 6 He sprinJdeth 
 the hlood of the covenant. 9 TJie 
 glory of God appeareth. li Aaron 
 and Hur have the charge of the peo- 
 ple. 15 Moses goetli into the moun- 
 tain, where he continueth forty 
 days and forty nights. 
 
 AND he said unto Moses, 
 - Come up imto the Lord, 
 thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and 
 Abihu, and seventy of the eld- 
 ers of Israel; and worship ye 
 afar off. 
 
 2 And Moses alone shall come 
 near the Lord: but they shall 
 not come nigh; neither shall 
 the people go up with him. 
 
 3 H And Moses came and told 
 the people all the words of the 
 Lord, and all the judgments: 
 and all the people answered with 
 one voice, and said. All the words 
 which the Lord hath said will 
 we do. 
 
 4 And Moses wrote all the 
 words of the Lord, and rose 
 up early in the morning, and 
 builded an altar under the hill, 
 and twelve pillars, according to 
 the twelve tribes of Israel. 
 
 E2 
 
Moses goeth up 
 
 EXODUS. XXV. 
 
 into tlie mount. 
 
 5 And he sent young men of 
 tlie children of Israel, which 
 offered burnt offerings, and sa- 
 crificed peace oliermgs of oxen 
 unto the Lord. 
 
 G And Moses took half of the 
 blood, and put it in basons ; and 
 half of the blood he sprinkled 
 on the altar. 
 
 7 And he took the book of the 
 covenant, and read in the audi- 
 ence of the people : and they 
 said. All that the Lord hath 
 said will we do, and be obe- 
 dient. 
 
 8 And Moses took the blood, 
 and Si>rinkled it on the i>eople, 
 and said. Behold the bkHxi of 
 the covenant, which the Lord 
 hath made with you concenimg 
 all tlicse words. 
 
 9 % Then went up Moses, and 
 Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and 
 R(iventy of the eldei-s of Israel : 
 
 10 And they saw the (Jod of 
 Israel : and there was under his 
 feet as it were a paved work of 
 a sapphire stone, and as it were 
 the body of heaven in his clear- 
 ness. 
 
 11 And upon the nobles of the 
 children of Israel he laid not his 
 hand: also they saw God, and 
 did eat and drink. 
 
 12 ^ And the Lord said un- 
 to Moses, Come up to me into 
 the mount, and be there : and 
 I will give thee tables of stone, 
 and a law, and commandments 
 which I have written ; that thou 
 niayest teach them. 
 
 13 x\.nd Moses rose up, and his 
 minister Joshua: and Moses 
 went up into the mount of God. 
 
 14 And he said mito the elders, 
 Tarry ye here for us, until we 
 come again unto you : and, be- 
 hold, Aaron and Hur are with 
 you : if any man have any ma t- 
 ters to do, let liim come unto 
 them. 
 
 15 And Moses went up into the 
 mount, and a cloud covered the 
 mount. 
 
 16 And the glory of the Lord 
 abode upon momit Sinai, and 
 the cloud covered it six days: 
 
 and the seventh day he called 
 unto Moses out of the midst of 
 the cloud. 
 
 17 And the sight of the glory 
 of the Lord was like devour- 
 ing fire on the top of the mount 
 in the eyes of the cliildren of 
 Israel. 
 
 18 And Moses went into the 
 midst of the cloud, and gat him 
 up into the mount: and Moses 
 was in the moimt forty days and 
 forty nights. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 
 1 Wliat the Israelifes mxst offer for 
 the viahing of the tahenujcle. 10 
 Tlieform of the arJc. 17 The mercy 
 Bent, with tlie chernhims. 23 27/e 
 tdhle. v'ith the furniture thereof. 
 31 The cinuUestick, with the instru- 
 men! 8 thereof. 
 
 AND the Lord spake imto 
 . Moses, saying, 
 
 2 Speak unto the children of 
 Israel, that they bring me an 
 offering: of every man that 
 giveth it willingly with liis 
 heart ye shall take my offering. 
 
 3 And this is the offering 
 which ye shall take of them; 
 gold, and silver, and brass, 
 
 4 And blue, and purple, and 
 scarlet, and fine linen, and 
 
 :oats' hair, 
 
 5 And rams' skins dyed red, 
 and badgers' skins, and shittim 
 woodj 
 
 6 Oil for the light, spices for 
 anointing oil, and for sweet in- 
 cense, 
 
 7 Onyx stones, and stones to 
 be set in the ephod, and in the 
 breastplate. 
 
 8 And let them make me a 
 sanctuary; that I may dwell 
 among them. 
 
 9 According to all that I shew 
 thee, after the pattern of the 
 tabernacle, and the pattern of 
 all the instruments thereof, 
 even so shall ye make it. 
 
 10 II And they shall make an 
 ark o/* shittim wood : two cubits 
 and a half shall be the length 
 thereof, and a cubit and a half 
 the breadth thereof, and a cubit 
 and a half the height thereof. 
 
The furniture 
 
 EXODUS, XXV. 
 
 for the taberncide. 
 
 11 And tlioii shalt overlay it 
 with pure gold, within and with- 
 out shalt thou overlay it, and 
 shalt make upon it a crown of 
 gold round about. 
 
 12 And thou shalt cast four 
 rings of gold for it, and put 
 them in the four corners there- 
 of; and two rmgs shall be in 
 the one side of it, and two rings 
 in the other side of it. 
 
 13 And thou shalt make staves 
 of shittim wood, and overlay 
 them with gold. 
 
 14 And thou shalt put the 
 staves into the rings by the 
 sides of the ark, that the ark 
 may be borne with them. 
 
 15 The staves shall be in the 
 rings of the ark : they shall not 
 be taken from it. 
 
 16 And thou shalt put into the 
 ark the testunony which I shall 
 give thee. 
 
 17 And thou shalt make a 
 mercy seat of pure gold : two 
 cubits and a half shall he the 
 length thereof, and a cubit and 
 a half the breadth thereof. 
 
 18 And thou shalt make two 
 cherubims of gold, of beaten 
 work shalt thou make them, in 
 the two ends of the mercy seat. 
 
 19 And make one cherub on 
 the one end, and the other che- 
 rub on the other end: even of 
 the mercy seat shall ye make 
 the cherubims on the two ends 
 thereof. 
 
 20 And the cherubims shall 
 stretch forth their wings on 
 high, covering the mercy seat 
 with their wings, and their faces 
 shall look one to another; to- 
 ward the mercy seat shall the 
 faces of the cherubims be. 
 
 21 And thou shalt put the 
 mercy seat above upon the ark ; 
 and in the ark thou shalt put 
 the testimony that I shall give 
 thee. 
 
 22 And there I will meet with 
 thee, and I will commune with 
 thee from above the mercy seat, 
 from between the two cheru- 
 bims which are upon the ark 
 of the testimony, of all things 
 
 which I will give thee in com- 
 mandment unto the children of 
 Israel. 
 
 23 IF Thou shalt also make a 
 table of shittim wood : two cu- 
 bits shall he the length thereof, 
 and a cubit the breadth there- 
 of, and a cubit and a half the 
 height thereof. 
 
 24 And thou shalt overlay it 
 with pure gold, and make there- 
 to a crown of gold round about. 
 
 25 And thou shalt make unto 
 it a border of an hand breadth 
 round about, and thou shalt 
 make a golden crown to the 
 border thereof round about. 
 
 26 And thou shalt make for it 
 four rings of gold, and put the 
 rings in the four comers that 
 are on the four feet thereof. 
 
 27 Over against the border 
 shall the rings be for places of 
 the staves to bear the table. 
 
 28 And thou shalt make the 
 staves o/shittim wood, and over- 
 lay them with gold, that the ta- 
 ble may be borne with them. 
 
 29 And thou shalt make the 
 dishes thereof, and spoons there- 
 of, and covers thereof, and bowls 
 thereof, to cover withal : o/*pure 
 gold shalt thou make them. 
 
 30 And thou shalt set upon 
 the table shewbread before me 
 alway. 
 
 31 *[[And thou shalt make a 
 candlestick of pure gold: of 
 beaten work shall the candle- 
 stick be made: his shaft, and 
 his branches, his bowls, his 
 knops, and his flowers, shall be 
 of the same. 
 
 32 And six branches shall come 
 out of the sides of it; three 
 branches of the candlestick 
 out of the one side, and three 
 branches of the candlestick out 
 of the other side : 
 
 33 Three bowls made like un- 
 to almonds, with a knop and a 
 flower in one branch ; and three 
 bowls made like almonds in the 
 other branch, ivith a knop and 
 a flower : so in the six branches 
 that come out of the candle- 
 stick. 
 
The ten miiains 
 
 EXODUS, XXVT. 
 
 of the tdbenmcle. 
 
 34 And in the candlestick shall 
 be four bowls made like unto 
 almonds, ivith tlieir knops and 
 their flowers. 
 
 3;5 And there shall he a Iniop 
 under two brandies of the same, 
 and a knop under two branches 
 of the same, and a knop under 
 two branches of the same, ac- 
 cording? to the six branches that 
 proceed out of the candlestick. 
 
 3G Their knops and their 
 branches shall be of the same : 
 all it shall be one beaten work 
 OApure pold. 
 
 37 And thou shalt make the 
 seven lami)s thereof: and they 
 shall light the lamps thereof, 
 that they may give light over 
 affainst it. 
 
 38 And the tongs thereof, and 
 the snuHdishes thereof, shall be 
 o/'pure gold. 
 
 39 Of a talent of pure gold 
 shall he make it, with all these 
 vessels. 
 
 40 And look that thou make 
 them after their patteni, wliicli 
 was shewed thee in the mount. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 
 1 Tifp fen curtains of the tahermcle. 
 1 Tlie eh'vcn curtains of goafs' hair. 
 14: The covering of rams' shins. 15 
 The hoards of the tabernacle, loith 
 their socl-efs and bars. 31 The vail 
 for the ark. 36 The hanging for 
 the door. 
 
 MOREOVER thou shalt 
 make the tabernacle with 
 ten curtains of fine twined linen, 
 and blue, and puii)le, and scar- 
 let : 2inth cherubims of cunning 
 work shalt thou make them. 
 
 2 The length of one curtain 
 shall be eight and twenty cubits, 
 and the breadth of one curtain 
 four cubits: and every one of 
 the curtains shall have one mea- 
 sure. 
 
 3 The five curtains shall be 
 coupled together one to an- 
 other; and other five <;urtains 
 shall be coupled one to another. 
 
 4 And thou shalt make loops 
 of blue upon the edge of the 
 one curtain from the selvedge 
 in the coupling; and likewise 
 
 shalt thou make in the utter- 
 most edge of anotlier curtiiin, 
 in the coupling of the second. 
 
 5 Filty loops shalt thou make 
 in the one curtain, and fifty 
 loops shalt thou make in the 
 edge of the curtain that is iiuj 
 the coupling of the second; thatj 
 the loops may take hold one of 
 another. 
 
 G And thou shalt make fifty 
 taches of gold, and couple the 
 curtains together with the ta- 
 ches : and it shall be one taber- 
 nacle. 
 
 7 H And thou shalt make cur- 
 tains r>/'goats' hair to ])e a cover- 
 ing upon the tabernacle : eleven 
 curtains shalt thou make. 
 
 8 The lenirth of one curtain 
 shall be thirty cubits, and the 
 breadth of one curtain four cu- 
 bits : and the eleven curtains 
 shall be all of one measure. 
 
 9 And thou shalt couple five 
 curtains by themselves, and six 
 curtains by themselves, and 
 shalt dou})le the sixth curtain in 
 the forefront of the tabernacle. 
 
 10 And thou shalt make fifty 
 loops on the edge of the one 
 curtain that is outmost in the 
 couphng, and fifty loops in the 
 edge of the curtain which cou- 
 pleth the second. 
 
 11 And thou shalt make fifty 
 taches of brass, and put the 
 taches into the loops, and cou- 
 ple the tent together, that it 
 may be one. 
 
 12 And the remnant that re- 
 maineth of the curtains of the 
 tent, the half curtain that re- 
 maineth, shall hang over the 
 backside of the tabernacle. 
 
 13 And a cubit on the one side, 
 and a cubit on the other side of 
 that which remaineth in the 
 length of the curtains of the 
 tent, it shall hang over the sides 
 of the tabernacle on this side 
 and on that side, to cover it. 
 
 14 And thou shalt make a co- 
 vering for the tent of rams' 
 skins dyed red, and a covering 
 above o/" badgers' skins. 
 
 15 ^ And thou shalt make 
 
 I 
 
 i 
 
The hoards of 
 
 EXODUS, xxvn. 
 
 the tahemade. 
 
 boards for the tabernacle of 
 shittim wood standing up. 
 
 16 Ten cubits shall be the 
 length of a board, and a cubit 
 and a half shall be the breadth 
 of one board. 
 
 17 Two tenons shall th£re be 
 in one board, set in order one 
 against another : thus shalt thou 
 make for all the boards of the 
 tabernacle. 
 
 18 And thou shalt make the 
 boards for the tabernacle, twen- 
 ty boards on the south side 
 southward. 
 
 19 And thou shalt make forty 
 sockets of silver under the twen- 
 ty boards; two sockets under 
 one board for his two tenons, 
 and two sockets under another 
 board for his two tenons. 
 
 20 And for the second side of 
 the tabernacle on the north side 
 there shall be twenty boards : 
 
 21 And their forty sockets of 
 silver; two sockets under one 
 board, and two sockets under 
 another board. 
 
 22 And for the sides of the 
 tabernacle westward thou shalt 
 make six boards. 
 
 23 And two boards shalt thou 
 make for the comers of the ta- 
 bernacle in the two sides. 
 
 24 And they shall be coupled 
 together beneath, and they shall 
 be coupled together above the 
 head of it unto one ring : thus 
 shall it be for them both ; they 
 shall be for the two comers. 
 
 25 And they shall be eight 
 boards, and their sockets of sil- 
 ver, sixteen sockets; two sock- 
 ets under one board, and two 
 sockets under another board. 
 
 26 IF And thou shalt make bars 
 of shittim wood ; five for the 
 boards of the one side of the 
 tabernacle, 
 
 27 And five bars for the boards 
 of the other side of the tabema^ 
 cle, and five bars for the boards 
 of the side of the tabernacle, for 
 the two sides westward. 
 
 28 And the middle bar in the 
 midst of the boards shall reach 
 from end to end. 
 
 29 And thou shalt overlay the 
 boards ydih. gold, and make 
 their rings of gold for places 
 for the bars: and thou shalt 
 overlay the bars with gold. 
 
 30 And thou shalt rear up the 
 tabernacle according to the fa- 
 shion thereof which was shewed 
 thee in the mount. 
 
 31 IF And thou shalt make a 
 vail of blue, and purple, and 
 scarlet, and fine twined linen of 
 cimning work : mth cherubims 
 shall it be made : 
 
 32 And thou shalt hang it up- 
 on four piEai^ of shittim wood 
 overlaid with gold : their hooks 
 shall be o/'gold, upon the four 
 sockets of silver. 
 
 33 IF And thou shalt hang up 
 the vail under the taches, that 
 thou mayest bring in thither 
 within the vail the ark of the 
 testimony: and the vail shall 
 divide unto you between the 
 holy place and the most holy. 
 
 34 And thou shalt put the 
 mercy seat upon the ark of the 
 testimony in the most holy 
 place. 
 
 35 And thou shalt set the table 
 without the vail, and the can- 
 dlestick over against the table 
 on the side of the tabernacle to- 
 ward the south : and thou shalt 
 put the table on the north side. 
 
 36 And thou shalt make an 
 hangiQg for the door of the tent, 
 ©/"blue, and purple, and scarlet, 
 and fine twined linen, wrought 
 with needlework. 
 
 37 And thou shalt make for the 
 hanging five pillars o/" shittim 
 wood, and overlay them with 
 gold, and their hooks shall be 
 Q/'gold : and thou shalt cast five 
 sockets of brass for them. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVII. 
 
 1 The altar of burnt offering, ivith the 
 mssels thei-eof. 9 21ie court of the 
 tabernacle inclosed icith hangings 
 and pillars. IS The measure of the 
 court. 20 The oilfoi- the lamp. 
 
 AND thou shalt make an 
 - altar of shittim wood, five 
 cubits long, and five cubits 
 broad; the altar shall be four- 
 
The couH of EXODUS, XXVII. Ow Ud^-nuu-l.^. 
 
 13 And the breadth of the 
 romt on tlie east side eaptward 
 shall be lilty cubit«. 
 
 14 Tlio Imn^'iii^H of one side qf 
 the i^ate shall be tifteen cubits : 
 their pillare three, and their 
 8t>('ket« three. 
 
 15 And on the other side shall 
 be lianu'inirs tifteen cubits : tlieir 
 pillare three, and tlieir 8<K'ket» 
 tliree. 
 
 square : and the lieii^lit thereof 
 shall be thn-e eiibits. 
 
 2 And thou slialt luake tlie 
 horns of it ui>on the four ctmiers 
 thereof: his bonis sliall b<,' of 
 tlie siiiiio : and thou shalt over- 
 lay it with brass. 
 
 3 And thou slialt make his pans 
 to receive his ashes, and his 
 shovels, and his basons, and his 
 fleshhooks, and liis tirepaiis: all 
 
 the vessels thereof thou shalt | 16 If And for the pate of the 
 
 make o/ brass. 
 
 4 And thou shalt make for it 
 a pcrate of network o/' brass : and 
 upon the net shalt thou make 
 four brasen rin^s in the four 
 corn ei-s thereof. 
 
 5 And thou shalt i>ut it under 
 the compassof tlie altar beneath, 
 that the net m;iy Ir? even to tlie 
 midst of the altar. 
 
 () And thou shalt make fltavee 
 
 court shall be an hanging of 
 twenty cubits, o/'blue, and i>ur- 
 ])le, and scarh't, and line twin- 
 ed linen, wroutrlit with needle- 
 work : a)id their pillars shall be 
 four, ami their scK'kets four. 
 
 17 All the pillars round about 
 tiie court shall be tilh'ted with 
 silver; tln'ir hooks shall be of 
 silver, and their sockets rj/brass. 
 
 \^ • 'i'he lentrth of the court 
 
 for the altiU", staves of sliittim shall be an huiuhed cubit.'*, and 
 wood, and overlay tliem with the breadth fifty every wliere, 
 
 and the heitrht five cul)it« of 
 
 brass. 
 
 7 And the staves shall be put fine twined linen, and their 
 soclvets o/' brass. 
 
 ; \\) All the vessels of the tal>er- 
 ! nacle in all the service thereof. 
 
 into the riuirs, and the staves 
 shall be upon the two sides of 
 the altar, to bear it 
 
 8 Hollow -with l)oards shalt and all the pins thereof, and all 
 thou make it : as it was shewed the pins of tlie court, shall be of 
 thee in tlie mount, so shall they brass. 
 
 make it 
 *[ And thou shalt make the 
 court of the tabernacle: for the 
 south side southward there shall 
 he lianf?inp:s for the courts/" fine 
 twined linen of an hundred 
 cubits Ions for one side : 
 
 10 And the twenty pillars there- 
 of and tlieir twenty sf>ckets shall 
 he of brass ; the hooks of the 
 pillars and their fillets shall be 
 o/'silver. 
 
 11 And like^\ise for the north 
 s'de in length there shall be 
 hangings of an hundred cubits 
 long, and his twenty pillars and 
 tlieir twenty sockets of brass ; 
 the hooks of the pillars and 
 their fillets o/" silver. 
 
 12 IF And /or the breadth of 
 the court on the west side shall 
 he hangings of fifty cubits : their 
 pillars ten, and their sockets 
 ten. 
 
 I 2U ^ And thou shalt command 
 the children of Israel, that they 
 bring thee pure oil olive l>eaten 
 for the light, to cause the lamp 
 to bum always. 
 
 21 In the tabernacle of the 
 congregation without the vail, 
 which is before the testimony, 
 Aaron and his sfjns shall order 
 it from evening to morning be- 
 fore the Lord: it shall be a 
 statute for ever unto their ge- 
 nerations on the behalf of the 
 children of Israel. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVIII. 
 1 Aaron and his sons are set apart for 
 the priest's office. 2 Holy garments 
 are appointed. 6 The ephod. 15 
 The breastplate with tinelve pre- 
 cious stones. 30 The Urim and 
 Thummim. 31 The robe of the 
 ephod, with pomegranates and 
 beUs. 3(i The plate of tlie mitre. 
 S9 TTie embroidered coat. 40 Tliis 
 garments for Aaron's sons. 
 
The gimnenfs EXODUS, 
 
 AN D take thoii mito thee 
 - Aaron thy brother, and his 
 sons with him, from among the 
 childi-en of Israel, that he may 
 mhiister unto me in the priest's 
 office, eve?i Aaron, Nadab and 
 Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, 
 Aaron's sons. 
 
 2 And thou shalt make holy 
 garments for Aaron thy brother 
 for glory and for beauty. 
 
 3 And thou shalt speak unto 
 all that are wise hearted, whom 
 I have filled with the spint of 
 wisdom, that they may make 
 Aaron's garments to consecrate 
 him, that he may minister unto 
 me in the priest's office. 
 
 4 And these are the garments 
 which they sliall make ; a breast- 
 plate, and an ephod, and a robe, 
 and a broidered coat, a mitre, 
 and a girdle: and they shall 
 make holy garments for Aaron 
 thy brother, and his sons, that 
 he may minister unto me in the 
 priest's office. 
 
 5 And they shall take gold, and 
 blue, and pui-ple, and scarlet, 
 and fine linen. 
 
 ,6 HAnd they shall make the 
 ephod of gold, of blue, and of 
 purple, o/" scarlet, and fine tv.in- 
 ed linen, with cunnhig work. 
 
 7 It shall have the two shoul- 
 derpieces thereof joined at the 
 two edges thereof; and so it 
 ehall be joined together. 
 
 8 And the curious girdle of the 
 ephod, which is upon it, shall 
 be of the same, according to the 
 w^ork thereof; even o/*go]d, of 
 blue, and purple, and scarlet, 
 and fine twined linen. 
 
 9 And thou shalt take tr^o 
 onyx stones, and grave on them 
 the names of the children of 
 Israel : 
 
 10 Six of their names on one 
 stone, and the other six names 
 of the rest on the other stone, 
 according to their birth. 
 
 11 With the work of an engra- 
 ver in stone, like the engrayings 
 of a signet, shalt thou engraA^e 
 the two stones with the names 
 of the children of Israel : thou 
 
 xxYin. 
 
 for tJie priests. 
 
 shalt make them to be set in 
 ouches of gold. 
 
 12 And thou shalt put the two 
 stones upon the shoulders of the 
 ephod for stones of memorial 
 mito the childi'en of Israel : and 
 Aaron shall bear then names 
 before the Loed upon liis two 
 shouldei-s for a memorial. 
 
 13 ^ And thou shalt make 
 ouches o/'gold; ^ 
 
 14 And two chains o/*pure gold 
 at the ends ; of wreatlien work 
 shalt thou make them, and 
 fasten the wreatlien chains to 
 the ouches. 
 
 15 H And thou shalt make the 
 breastplate of judgment with 
 cunning work; after the work 
 of the ephod thou shalt make 
 it; o/'gold, o/blne, and q/* pur- 
 ple, and of scarlet, and of fijie 
 twined linen, shalt thou make it. 
 
 16 Foureciuare it shallbe being' 
 doubled; a span shall be the 
 length thereof, and a span shall 
 be the breadth thereof. 
 
 17 And thou shalt set m it set- 
 tings of stones, even four rows 
 of stones : the first row shall be 
 a sardius, a topaz, and a carbun- 
 cle : this shall be the first row. 
 
 18 And the second row shall 
 be an emerald, a sapphhe, and 
 a diamond. 
 
 19 And the thhd row a ligm-e, 
 an agate, and an amethyst. 
 
 20 And the fourth row a beryl, 
 and an oiyx, and a jasper : they 
 shall be set in gold in their in- 
 cic sings, 
 
 21 And the stones shall be with 
 the names of the childi'en of 
 Israel, twelve, according to their 
 names, like the engravings of a 
 signet ; eveiy one with his name 
 shall they be according to the 
 twelve tiibes. 
 
 22 ^ And thou shalt make upon 
 the breastplate chains at the 
 ends of wreathen work of pure 
 gold. 
 
 23 And thou shalt make upon 
 j the breastplate two rmgs of gold, 
 
 and shalt put the two rings on 
 the two ends of the breastplate. 
 
 24 And thou shalt put the two 
 
 E3 
 
Hiti Viim and 
 
 EXODUS, xxvni. 
 
 the TJmmmhn. 
 
 T/reathen chains of gold in the 
 two rings which are on the ends 
 of the breastplate. 
 
 25 And the other two ends of 
 the twa -vvreathen chains thon 
 fihalt fasten hi the two ouches, 
 ai\d put them on the shoulder- 
 pieces of the ephod before it. 
 
 2i) ^ And thou shalt make two 
 rings of gold, and thou shalt 
 I)iit them upon the two ends of 
 the breastplate in the border 
 thereof, which is in the side of 
 the ephod inward. 
 
 27 And tM'o other rings of gold 
 thou shalt make, and shalt put 
 them on the two sides of the 
 ephod undenieath, toward the 
 forepart thereof, over against 
 tiie o//<^r coupling thereof, above 
 the curious irirdle of the ephod. 
 
 28 And they shall bind the 
 l)reastplate by the rmgs thereof 
 
 - imto the rings of the ephod with 
 a lace of blue, that it may be 
 above the curious girdle of the 
 ophod, and that the breastplate 
 be not loosed from the ephod. 
 
 29 And Aaron shall bear the 
 names of the children of Israel 
 in the breastplate of judgment 
 upon his heart, when he g(jeth 
 in mito the holy place, for a 
 memorial before the Lord con- 
 tinually. 
 
 30 H And thou shalt put in 
 the breastplate of judgment the 
 Urim and the Thummim ; and 
 they shall be u] on Aaron's heart, 
 when he goetli in before the 
 Lord : and Aaron shall bear tlie 
 judgment of the children of Is- 
 rael upon his heart before the 
 Lord continually. 
 
 31 ^ And thou shalt make the 
 robe of the ephod all o/blue. 
 
 32 And there shall be an hole 
 in the top of it, in the midst 
 thereof: it shall have a bindmg 
 of woven vf ork round about the 
 hole of it, as it were the hole of 
 an habergeon, that it be not 
 ]ent. 
 
 33 ^ And beneath upon the 
 hem of it thou shalt make pome- 
 granates of blue, and q/' purple, 
 and of scarlet, round about the 
 
 hem thereof; and bells of gold 
 between them roinid about : 
 
 34 A golden bell and a pome- 
 granate, a golden bell and a 
 pomegranate, up(m the hem of 
 the robe round about. 
 
 35 And it shall be upon Aaron 
 to minister : and his sound shall 
 be heard when he goeth in unto 
 the holy place before the Lord, 
 and when he cometh out, that 
 he die not. 
 
 3G 1[ And thou shalt make a 
 plate of pure gold, and grave 
 upon it, /?A'<? the engravings of a 
 signet, HOLINESS TO THE 
 LOPD. 
 
 37 And thou shalt put it on a 
 blue lace, that it may be upon 
 th<' mitre; iii on the forefront of 
 the mitre it shall be. 
 
 38 And it shall be upon Aaron'i 
 forehead, that Aaron may bearl 
 the ini(iuity of the holy things:] 
 which the children of Israel] 
 shall hallow in all their holy 
 gifts; and it shall be always 
 upon his forehead, that they' 
 may be accepted before the 
 Lord. 
 
 30 % And thon shalt embroider 
 the coat of fine linen, and thou 
 shalt make the mitre of fine 
 linen, and thou shalt make the 
 girdle o/*needlework. 
 
 40 1[ And for Aaron's sons thon 
 shalt make coats, and thou shalt 
 make for them girdles, and bon- 
 nets shalt thou make for them, 
 for glor>^ and for beauty. 
 
 41 And thou shalt put them 
 upon Aaron thy brother, and 
 his sons with him; and shalt 
 anoint them, and consecrate' 
 them, and sanctify them, that 
 they may minister unto me in 
 the priest's office. 
 
 42 And thou shalt make them | 
 linen breeches to cover their I 
 nakedness ; from the loins even '. 
 unto the thighs they shall reach : 't 
 
 43 And they shall be upon " 
 Aaron, and upon his sons, when 
 they come in unto the taberna- 
 cle of the congregation, or when 
 they come near unto the altar 
 to minister in the holy place ; 
 
The eoiisecrcdion 
 
 EXODUS, XXIX. 
 
 of the pikds. 
 
 that tliey bear not iniquity, and 
 die: it shall be a statute for 
 ever unto him and his seed 
 after him. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIX. 
 \ The sacrijice and ceremonies of 
 consecrating fJie priests. 38 The 
 continual burnt offering. 45 God's 
 promise to diudl among the chU- 
 dren of Israel. 
 
 AND this is the thing that 
 - thou shalt do unto them to 
 hallow them, to minister unto 
 me in the priest's office : Take 
 one young hullock, and two 
 rams without hlemish, 
 
 2 And unleavened bread, and 
 cakes unleavened tempered with 
 oil, and wafers unleavened an- 
 ointed with oil : of wheaten flour 
 shalt thou make them. 
 
 3 And thou shalt put them in- 
 I to one basket, and brmg them 
 / in the basket, with the bullock 
 
 and the two rams, 
 
 4 And Aaron and his sons thou 
 shalt bring unto the door of the 
 tabernacle of the congi^egation, 
 and shalt wash them with water. 
 
 5 And thou shalt take the gar- 
 ments, and put upon Aaron the 
 
 ' coat, and the robe of the ephod, 
 and the ephod, and the breast- 
 plate, and gird him with the 
 ciuious ghdle of the ephod : 
 
 6 And thou shalt put the mitre 
 upon his head, and put the holy 
 
 i crown upon the mitre. 
 ! 7 Then shalt thou take the an- 
 1 ointing oil, and pour it upon his 
 i head, and anoint him. 
 ' 8 And thou shalt bring his sons, 
 and put coats upon them. 
 
 9 And thou shalt gird them 
 with girdles, Aaron and his sons, 
 
 ! and put the bonnets on them: 
 and the priest's office shall be 
 their's for a perpetual statute: 
 and thou shalt consecrate Aaron 
 and his sons. 
 
 10 And thou shalt cause a bul- 
 lock to be brought before the 
 tabernacle of the congregation : 
 
 . and Aaron and his sons shall 
 put their hands upon the head 
 i of the bullock. 
 ( 11 And thou shalt kill the bul- 
 
 lock before the Lokd, bp the 
 door of tlie tahemacle of the 
 congregation. 
 
 12 And thou shalt take of the 
 blood of the bullock, and put it 
 upon the horns of the altar with 
 thy finger, and pour all the 
 blood beside the bottom of the 
 altar. 
 
 13 And thou shalt take all thQ 
 fat that co\^reth the inwards, 
 and the caul that is above tlie 
 liver, and tlie two kidneys, and 
 the fat that is upon them, and 
 bmn them upon the altar. 
 
 14 But the flesh of the bullock, 
 and his skhi, and his dung, shalt 
 thou burn v/ith tire without the 
 camp : it is a sin offering. ^ 
 
 15 % Thou shalt also take one 
 ram ; and Aaron and his sons 
 shall put their hands upon the 
 head of the ram. 
 
 16 And thou shalt slay the ram, 
 and thou shalt take his blood, 
 and sprinkle it roundabout up- 
 on the altai\ 
 
 ^ 17 And thou shalt cut the ram 
 in pieces, and wash the inwards 
 of him, and his legs, and put 
 them unto his pieces, and unto 
 his head. 
 
 18 And thou shalt bum the 
 whole ram upon the altar : it is 
 a burnt offering unto the Lokd : 
 it is a sweet savour, an offering 
 made by fire unto the Loed. 
 
 19 ^And thou shalt take the 
 other ram; and Aaron and his 
 sons shall put their hands upon 
 the head of the ram. 
 
 20 Then shalt thou Mil the ram^ 
 and take of his blood, and put it 
 upon the tip of the right ear of 
 Aaron, and upon ihQ tip of the 
 right ear of his sons, and upon 
 the thumh of their right hand, 
 and upon the great toe of their 
 right foot, and sprinkle the blood 
 uix)n the altar round about. 
 
 21 And thou shalt take of the 
 blood that is upon the altar, 
 and of the etuointuig oil, and 
 sprinkle it upon Aaron, and 
 upon his garments, and upon 
 his sons, and upon the gar- 
 ments of his sons ^ith ium: 
 
TJie conseci'cdion 
 
 EXODUS, XXIX. 
 
 of the prv'^iH. 
 
 and he shall be hallowed, and 
 Ill's {garments, and his sons, and 
 his sons' garments with him. 
 
 22 Also thou shalt take of the 
 mm the fat and the rump, and 
 the fat that covereth the in- 
 wards, and the caul above the 
 liver, and the two kidneys, and 
 the f;it that is upon them, and 
 the rii^ht shoulder; for it is a; 
 ram of consecration : I 
 
 23 And one loaf of bread, and 
 one cake of oiled bread, and one 
 wafer out of the basket of the ' 
 imleavened bread that is before 
 the LoKD : 
 
 24 And thou slialt put all in 
 the hands of Aaron, and in the 
 hands of his sons; and shalt 
 wave them./br a wave offering 
 before the Lord. 
 
 25 And thou slialt receive them 
 of their liands, and bum them 
 upon the altar for a burnt ofl'er- 
 ing, for a sweet savour before 
 the Lord: it is an offering 
 made by fire unto the Lord. 
 
 26 And thou shalt take the 
 breast of the ram of Aaron's 
 consecration, and wave it, for a 
 wave offering before the Lord: 
 and it shall be thy part. 
 
 27 And thou shalt sanctify the 
 breast of the wave offering, and 
 the shoulder of the heave offer- 
 ing, wliich is waved, and which 
 is heaved up, of the ram of the 
 consecration, even of that which 
 is for Aaron, and of that wliich 
 is for his sons : 
 
 28 And it shall be Aaron's and 
 his sons' by a statute for ever 
 from the chikbcn of I&Tael : for 
 it is an heave offering: and it 
 shall be an heave offering from 
 the children of Israel of the sa- 
 crifice of their peace offerings, 
 even their heave offering unto 
 the Lord. 
 
 29 H And the holy garments of 
 Aaron shall be his sons' after 
 him, to be anointed therein, and 
 to be consecrated in them. 
 
 39 And that son that is priest 
 in his stead shall put them on 
 s3ven days, when he cometh 
 into the tabernacle of the con- 
 
 gregation to mmister in the holy I 
 place. I 
 
 31 ^[And thou shalt take the ram 1 
 of the consecration, and seethe 
 his flesh in the holy place. 
 
 32 And Aaron and his sons 
 shall eat the flesh of the ram, 
 and the bread that is in the bas- 
 ket, by the door of the taber- 
 nacle of the congregation. 
 
 33 And they shall eat those 
 things wherewith the atonement 
 was made, to consecrate and to 
 sanctify them: but a stranger 
 shall not eat thereof y because 
 they are holy. 
 
 U And if ought of the flesh of 
 the consecrations, or of the bread, 
 remain unto the monimg, then 
 thou shalt bum the remainder 
 with fire : it shall not be euteii, 
 because it is holy. 
 
 3;j And thus shalt thou do unto 
 Aaron, and to his sons, accord- 
 ing to all things which I have 
 commanded thee : seven days 
 shalt thou consecrate them. 
 
 36 And thou shalt offer every 
 day a bullock for a sin offering 
 for atonement: and thou shalt 
 cleanse the altar, when thou hast 
 made an atonement for it, and 
 thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 
 
 37 Seven days thou shalt make 
 an atonement for the altar, and 
 sanctify it ; and it shall be an al- 
 tar most holy : whatsoever touch- 
 eth the altar shall be holy. 
 
 38 H Now this is tJiat which 
 thou shalt offer upon the altar ; 
 two lambs of the first year day 
 by day continually. 
 
 39 The one lamb thou shalt offer 
 in the morning; and the other 
 lamb thou shalt offer at even : 
 
 40 And with the one lamb a 
 tenth deal of flour mingled with 
 the fourth part of an bin of beat- 
 en oil ; and the fourth part of an 
 hin of wine /or a drink offering. 
 
 41 And the other lambthou shalt 
 offer at even, and shalt do there- 
 to according to the meat offering 
 of the morning, and according to 
 the drink offering thereof, for a 
 sweet savour, an offering made 
 by fire unto the Lord. 
 
The altar of incense. EXODUS, XXX. 
 
 42 This shall be a continual 
 burnt offering throughout your 
 generations at the door of the 
 tabernacle of the congregation 
 before the Loed : where I will 
 
 The ransom of souls. 
 
 testiniony, before the mercy seat 
 that is over the testiniony, where 
 I >vill meet with thee. 
 7 And Aaron shall bum thereon 
 sweet incense every moiTiing: 
 
 meet you, to speak there unto | when he dresseth the lamps, he 
 
 thee 
 
 43 And there I vrUl meet with 
 the childi'en of Israel, and the 
 tabernacle shall be sanctified 
 by my glory. 
 
 44 And I will sanctify the taber- 
 nacle of the congregation, and 
 the altar: I will sanctify also 
 both Aaron and his sons, to min- 
 ister to me in the priest's office. 
 
 45 % And I will dwell among 
 the childi-en of Israel, and will 
 be their God. 
 
 46 And they shall know that 
 I am the Loed their God, that 
 brought them forth out of the 
 land of Eg^-pt, that I may dwell 
 among them: I am the Loed 
 theii' God. 
 
 CHAPTER XXX. 
 1 Tlie altar of incense. 11 The ran- 
 som of souls. 17 Tlie hrasen laver. 
 22 Tlie hobj anointing oil. 34 TJie 
 coynposition of the perfume. 
 
 \ ND thou shalt make an altar 
 
 shall bum incense upon it. 
 
 8 And when Aaron lighteth the 
 lamps at even, he shall bum in- 
 cense upon it, a perpetual in- 
 cense before the Loed through- 
 out your generations. 
 
 9 Ye shall offer no strange in- 
 ccDse thereon, nor burnt sacri- 
 fice, nor meat offering ; neither 
 shall ye pour diink offering 
 thereon. 
 
 10 And Aaron shall make an 
 atonement upon the horns of it 
 once in a 3'ear with the blood of 
 the sin offering of atonements : 
 once in the j^ear shall he make 
 atonement upon it throughout 
 your generations : it is most holy 
 unto the Loed. 
 
 11 II And the Lobd spake un- 
 to Moses, saying, 
 
 12 When thou takest the sum 
 of the children of Israel after 
 their number, then shall they 
 
 , give every man a ransom for 
 to bum incense upon: o/*; his soul unto the Loed, when 
 shittim wood shalt thou make it. ! thou numberest them ; that 
 2 A cubit shall be the length , there be no plague among them, 
 thereof, and a cubit the breadth \ when thou numberest them. 
 
 A 
 
 thereof; fom'square shall it be : 
 and two cubits shall be the height 
 
 thereof: the horns thereof ^Aa// that are numbered, half a she- 
 
 13 This they shall give, everj^ 
 one that passeth among them 
 
 be of the same. 
 3 And thou shalt overlay it with 
 
 I kel after the shekel of the sanc- 
 tuary: (a shekel is twenty ge- 
 
 pm-e gold, the top thereof, and \ rahs :) an half shekel shall 
 
 the sides thereof roimd about, 
 and the horns thereof; and thou 
 shalt make unto it a crown of 
 gold round about. 
 
 4 And two golden rings shalt 
 thou make to it under the crown 
 of it, by the two comers there- 
 of, upon the two sides of it shalt 
 thou make it; and they shall 
 be for places for the staves to 
 bear it withal. 
 
 5 And thou shalt make the 
 staves Q/*shittim wood, and over- 
 lay them with gold. 
 
 6 And thou shalt put it before 
 the vail that is by the ark of the 
 
 the offering of the Loed. 
 
 14 Every one that passeth a- 
 mong them that are number- 
 ed, from twenty years old and 
 above, shall give an offering un- 
 to the Loed. 
 
 15 The rich shall not give more, 
 and the poor shall not give less 
 than half a shekel, when thep 
 give an offering unto the Loed, 
 to make an atonement for your 
 souls. 
 
 16 And thou shalt take the 
 atonement money of the chil- 
 di-en of Israel, and shalt appoint 
 it for the service of the tabema- 
 
The My 
 
 cle of the conirreiration ; that it 
 may be a memui ial unto the cliil- 
 dren of Israel before the Loed, 
 to make an atonement for yom* 
 souls. 
 
 17 H And the Loed spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 18 Thou shalt also make a la- 
 
 EXODUS, XXX. 
 
 anoinliin) oil. 
 
 ferine with all liis vessels, and 
 the laver and his foot. 
 
 29 And thou shalt sanctify 
 them, that they may be m(»st 
 holy : whatsoever toucheth them 
 shall be holy. 
 
 3<J And thou slialt anoint Aa- 
 ron and his sons, and conse- 
 
 ver of brass, and his foot a/so of crate them, that the}/ may mi- 
 
 brass, to wash ivithal : and thou 
 shalt put it l)etween the taberna- 
 cle of the conine.L^ation and the I 
 
 nister mito me in the priest's 
 ofKce. 
 31 And thou shalt speak unto 
 
 altar, and thou shalt put water ! the children of Israel, saying. 
 
 thereni. 
 
 19 For Aaron and his sons shall 
 wash their hands and their feet 
 thereat : 
 
 20 When they go into the ta- 
 bernacle of the congregation, 
 they shall wash with water, that 
 they die not ; or when they come 
 near to the altar to mmister, to 
 bum offering made by the mito 
 the Loed : 
 
 21 So they shall wash their 
 hands and their feet, that they 
 die not: and it shall be a sta- 
 tute for ever to them, even to 
 hina and to his seed tluoughout 
 their generations. 
 
 22 H Moreover the Loed spake 
 unto Moses, saying, 
 
 23 Take thou also unto thee 
 principal spices, of pure myrrh 
 five hundred shekels, and of 
 sweet cinnamon half so much, 
 eve?i two hundred and fifty she- 
 kels, and of sweet calamus two 
 hundred and fifty shekels, 
 
 24 And of cassia five hundred 
 shekels, after the shekel of the 
 sanctuary, and of oil olive an 
 hin: 
 
 25 And thou shalt make it an 
 oil of holy ointment, an oint- 
 
 Tliis shall be an holy anointing j 
 oil unto me tluoughout your I 
 generations. 1 
 
 32 Upon man's flesh shall it 
 not be poured, neither shall ye 
 make on// other like it after the 
 composition of it : it is holy, and 
 it shall be holy unto you. 
 
 33 Whosoever compoundeth 
 anj/ like it^ or whosoever put- 
 teth ani/ of it upon a stranger, 
 shall even be cut off from his 
 people. 
 
 34 ![ And the Loed said unto 
 Moses, Take unto thee sweet 
 spices, stacte, and onycha, and 
 galbanum; these sweet spices 
 with pure frankincense : of each 
 shall there be a like weight : 
 
 35 And thou shalt make it a 
 I)erfume, a confection after the 
 art of the apothecarj% tempered 
 together, pure and holy : 
 
 36 And thou slialt beat some 
 of it very small, and put of it j 
 before the testimony in the ta- | 
 bemacle of the congregation, I 
 where I will meet with thee : it j 
 shall be imto you most holy. \ 
 
 37 And as for the peifume 
 which thou shalt make, ye shall 
 not make to yourselves accord- 
 
 ment comijoiuid after the art of ing to the composition thereof : 
 
 the apothecary-: it shall be an 
 holy anointing oil. 
 
 26 And thou shalt anoint the 
 tabernacle of the congregation 
 therewith, and the ark of the 
 testimony, 
 
 27 And the table and all his 
 vessels, and the candlestick and 
 his vessels, and the altar of in- 
 cense, 
 
 28 And the altar of burnt of- 
 
 it shall be unto thee holy for 
 the Loed. 
 
 38 Whosoever shall make like ' 
 imto that, to smell thereto, sliall 
 even be cut off from his people. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXI. 
 
 1 Bezaleel and Aholiab are calted and 
 made meet for the ivorJc of the ta- 
 hernacle. 12 The observation of the 
 sabbath is again commanded. 18 
 Moses receiveth the iico tables. 
 
Ohservation of the 
 
 EXODUS, XXXI. sahhath commanded. 
 
 AND the LoKD spake unto 
 - Moses, saying, 
 
 2 See, I have called by name 
 Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son 
 of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : 
 
 3 And I have filled Mm with 
 the spirit of God, in wisdom, 
 and in understanding, and in 
 knowledge, and in all manner 
 of workmanship, 
 
 4 To devise cunning works, to 
 work in gold, and in silver, and 
 in brass, 
 
 5 And in cutting of stones, to 
 set them, and in carving of tim- 
 ber, to work in all manner of 
 workmanship. 
 
 6 And I, behold, I have given 
 with him Aholiab, the son of 
 Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan : 
 and in the hearts of all that are 
 wise hearted I have put wisdom, 
 that they may make all that I 
 have commanded thee ; 
 
 7 The tabernacle of the congre- 
 gation, and the ark of the testi- 
 mony, and the mercy seat that 
 is thereupon, and all the furni- 
 ture of the tabernacle, 
 
 8 And the table and his fur- 
 niture, and the pure candlestick 
 with all his furniture, and the 
 altar of incense, 
 
 9 And the altar of burnt offer- 
 ing with all his furniture, and 
 the laver and his foot, 
 
 10 And the cloths of service, 
 and the holy garments for Aa- 
 ron the priest, and the garments 
 of his sons, to minister in the 
 priest's office, 
 
 11 And the anointing oil, and 
 sweet incense for the holy place : 
 according to all that I have com- 
 manded thee shall they do. 
 
 12 HAnd the Lobd spake un- 
 to Moses, sa^dng, 
 
 13 Speak thou also unto the 
 children of Israel, saying. Ve- 
 rily my sabbaths ye shall keep : 
 for it is a sign between me and 
 you throughout yom- genera- 
 tions; that t/e may know that 
 I am the Loed that doth sanc- 
 tify you. 
 
 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath 
 therefore; for itjs holy unto 
 
 you : every one that defileth it 
 shall surely be put to death: 
 for whosoever doeth ani/ work 
 therein, that soul shall be cut 
 off from among his people. 
 
 15 Six days may work be done ; 
 but in the seventh is the sab- 
 bath of rest, holy to the Loed : 
 whosoever doeth ant/ work in 
 the sabbath day, he shall surely 
 be put to death. 
 
 16 Wherefore the children of 
 Israel shall keep the sabbath, 
 to observe the sabbath through- 
 out their generations, /or a per- 
 petual covenant. 
 
 17 It is a sign between me and 
 the children of Israel for ever : 
 for in six days the Loed made 
 heaven and earth, and on the 
 seventh day he rested, and was 
 refreshed. 
 
 18 IF And he gave ujito Mo- 
 ses, when he had made an end 
 of communing with him upon 
 momit Sinai, two tables of tes- 
 timony, tables of stone, written 
 with the finger of God. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXII. 
 
 1 Tlie people, in tJie absence of Mcses, 
 cause Aaron to malce a calf. 7 God 
 is angered tliereby. 11 At the in- 
 treaty of Moses lie is appeased. 15 
 Moses Cometh down with the tables. 
 19 He hrealseth them. 20 He de- 
 stroyetJi the calf. 22 Aaron's ex- 
 cuse for himself. 25 Moses caiisetJi 
 the idolaters to he slain. 30 He 
 pray eth for the people. 
 
 AND when the people saw 
 . that Moses delayed to come 
 down out of the mount, the peo- 
 ple gathered themselves together 
 unto Aaron, and said unto him. 
 Up, make us gods, which shall 
 go before us ; for as for this 
 Moses, the man that brought 
 us up out of the land of Egypt, 
 we wot not what is become of 
 him. 
 
 2 And Aaron said unto them, 
 Break off the golden earrings, 
 which are in the ears of your 
 wives, of your sons, and of your 
 daughters, and bring them unto 
 me. 
 
 3 And all the people brake off 
 the golden earrings which were 
 
The golden calfinade. EXODUS, XXXII. Mosea (Mroyeth if. 
 
 in their ears, and brought them 
 nnto Aaron. 
 
 4 And he received them at their 
 Iiand, and fashioned it with a 
 jrraving tool, after he had made 
 it a molten calf: and they Siiid, 
 These be thy pods, O Israel, 
 wliich broiijrht thee up out of 
 the land of Eprypt. 
 
 5 And when Aaron saw t7, he 
 built an altar before it; and 
 Aaron made proclamation, and 
 said, To monow is a feast to the 
 IjORD. 
 
 6 And tlicy rose up early on 
 the morrow, and offered bunit 
 offerings, and brought peace 
 offerings ; and the people sat 
 down to eat and to drink, and 
 rose up to play. 
 
 7 IfAnd the Lord said unto 
 Moses, Go, get thee down ; for 
 thy people, which thou brought- 
 est out of the land of Eg>i)t, 
 have corrupted themselves : 
 
 8 They have turned aside 
 
 Suickly out of the way which 
 commanded them: they have 
 made them a molten calf, and 
 have worshipped it, and have 
 sacrificed thereunto, and said. 
 These he thy gods, O Israel, 
 which have brought thee up 
 out of the land of Egypt. 
 
 9 And the Lord said unto Mo- 
 ses, I have seen tliis people, and, 
 behold, it is a stifineclved people : 
 
 10 Now therefore let me alone, 
 that my wrath may wax hot 
 against them, and that I may 
 consume them : and I will make 
 of thee a great nation. 
 
 11 And Moses besought the 
 Lord his God, and said, Lord, 
 why doth thy wrath wax hot 
 against thy people, which thou 
 hast brought forth out of the 
 land of Egypt with great power, 
 and with a mighty hand ? 
 
 12 Wherefore should the Egyp- 
 tians speak, and say, For mis- 
 chief did he bring them out, to 
 slay them in the mountains, and 
 to consume them from the face 
 of the earth? Turn from thy 
 fierce wrath, and repent of this 
 evil against thy people. 
 
 13 Remember Abraliam, Isaac, 
 and Ismel, thy servants, to whom 
 thou swarest by thine own self, 
 and saidst unto them, I will mul- 
 tiply your seed as the stars of 
 heaven, and all this land that I 
 have si)oken of will I give unto 
 your seed, and they shall inherit 
 it for ever. 
 
 14 And the Lord repented of 
 the evil which he thought to do 
 unto his people. 
 
 15 H And Moses turned, and 
 went down from the mount, and 
 the two tables of the tcstinuniy 
 were in his hand: the tables 
 were written on both their 
 sides; on the one side and on 
 the other were they written. 
 
 16 And the tables were the 
 work of God, and the writing 
 teas the wiiting of God, graven 
 UT)on the tables. 
 
 17 And when Joshua heard the 
 noise of the i)eople as they shout- 
 ed, he said unto Moses, There is 
 a noise of war in the camp. 
 
 18 And he said, // is not the 
 voice of them that shout for 
 masteiy, neither is it the voi(;e 
 of them that cry for being over- 
 come : but the noise of them 
 that sing do I hear. 
 
 19 HAnd it came to pass, as 
 soon as he came nigh unto the 
 camp, that he saw the calf, and 
 the dancing : and Moses' anger 
 waxed hot, and he cast the tan 
 bles out of his hands, and brake 
 them beneath the mount. 
 
 20 And he took the calf whie 
 they had made, and burnt it i: 
 the fire, and ground it to pow- 
 der, and strawed it upon the 
 water, and made the children 
 of Israel drink of it. 
 
 21 And Moses said unto Aaron, 
 What did this people unto thee, 
 that thou hast brought so great 
 a sin upon them ? 
 
 22 And Aaron said. Let not the 
 anger of my lord wax hot : thou 
 knowest the people, that they 
 are set on mischief. 
 
 23 For they said unto me. Make 
 us gods, which shall go before 
 us: for as for this Moses, the 
 
The idolaters slain. EXODUS, XXXIII. The psopk mourn. 
 
 man that brouglit us up out of 
 the land of Egypt, we wot not 
 what is become of him. 
 
 24 And I said unto them, Who- 
 soever hath any gold, let them 
 break it off. So they, gave it me : 
 then I cast it into the fire, and 
 there came out this calf. 
 
 25 H And when Moses saw that 
 the people were naked; (for 
 Aaron had made them naked 
 imto their shame among their 
 .enemies :) 
 
 26 Then Moses stood in the 
 gate of the camp, and said, 
 Who is on the Lokd's side? 
 let him come unto me. And all 
 the sons of Levi gathered them- 
 selves together imto him. 
 
 27 And he said unto them, 
 Thus saith the Lord God of 
 Israel, Put every man his sword 
 by his side, and go in and out 
 from gate to gate throughout 
 the camp, and slay eveiy man 
 his brother, and every man his 
 companion, and every man his 
 neighbour. 
 
 28 And the children of Levi 
 did according to the word of 
 Moses: and there fell of the 
 people that day about three 
 thousand men. 
 
 29 For Moses had said. Con- 
 secrate yourselves to day to the 
 Lord, even every man upon 
 his son, and upon his brother; 
 that he may bestow upon you 
 a blessing this day. 
 
 30 H And it came to pass on the 
 morrow, that Moses said unto 
 the people, Ye have sinned a 
 great sin : and now I will go up 
 unto the Lord; peradventure 
 I shall make an atonement for 
 your sin. 
 
 31 And Moses returned unto 
 the Lord, and said, Oh, this 
 people have sinned a great sin, 
 and have made them gods of 
 gold. 
 
 32 Yet now, if thou wilt for- 
 give their sin--; and if not, blot 
 me, I pray thee, out of thy book 
 which thou hast written. 
 
 33 And the Lord said unto 
 Moses, Whosoever hath sinned 
 
 against me, him will I blot out 
 of my book. 
 
 34 Therefore now go, lead the 
 people unto the place of which 
 I have spoken unto thee: be- 
 hold, mine Angel shall go be- 
 fore thee: nevertheless in the 
 day when I \isit I will visit 
 their sin upon them. 
 
 35 And the Lord plagued the 
 people, because they made the 
 calf, which Aaron made. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIII. 
 
 1 The Lord refusetJi to go as he had 
 promised with the people. ^ The 
 people murmur thereat. 7 The ta- 
 bernacle is removed, out of the camp. 
 9 The Lord talketh familiarly with 
 Moses. 12 Moses desireth to see the 
 glory of God. 
 
 AND the Lord said unto 
 - Moses, Depart, and go up 
 hence, thou and the people 
 which thou hast brought up out 
 of the land of Egypt, unto the 
 land which I sware unto Abra- 
 ham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, 
 saying. Unto thy seed will I 
 give it : 
 
 2 And I will send an angel be- 
 fore thee ; and I will drive out 
 the Canaanite, the Amorite, and 
 the Hittite, and the Perizzite, 
 the Hivite, and the Jebusite : 
 
 3 Unto a land flowing with 
 milk and honey : for I will not 
 go up in the midst of thee ; for 
 thou art a stiffnecked people : 
 lest I consume thee in the way. 
 
 4 IF And when the people heard 
 these e\dl tidings, they mourn- 
 ed : and no man did put on him 
 his ornaments. 
 
 5 For the Lord had said unto 
 Moses, Say unto the children of 
 Israel, Ye are a stiffaecked peo- 
 ple : I will come up into the midst 
 of thee in a moment, and con- 
 sume thee : therefore now put 
 off thy ornaments from thee, 
 that I may know what to do 
 unto thee. 
 
 6 And the children of Israel 
 stripped themselves of their or- 
 naments by the mount Horeb. 
 
 7 And Moses took the taberna- 
 cle, and pitched it without the 
 
TJie Lmd talJceth 
 
 EXODUS, xxxrv. 
 
 wiOi Moses, 
 
 camp, afar off irom the camp, 
 and called it the Tabernacle of 
 the congreijation. And it canio 
 to pass, that every one whicli 
 Roiii^ht the Lord went out unto 
 the tabernacle of the congre- 
 gation, which teas witliout the 
 camp. 
 
 8 And it came to pass, when 
 Moses went out unto the tal^er- 
 nacle, that all the i)e()ple rose 
 up, and stood every man at his 
 tent door, and looked after Mo- 
 ses, until he was gone into the 
 tabeniacle. 
 
 9 And it came to pass, as Mo- 
 ses entered into the tabernacle, 
 the cloudy pillar descended, and 
 stood at the door of the taber- 
 nacle, and the Lord talked with 
 Moses. 
 
 10 And all the peojde saw the 
 cloudy pillar stand at the taber- 
 nacle door: and all the people 
 rose up and worshipped, every 
 man in his tent door. 
 
 11 And the Lord spake luito 
 Moses face to face, as a man 
 speaketh unto his friend. And 
 lie turned again into the camp : 
 but his servant Joshua, the son 
 of Nun, a young man, depart- 
 ed not out of the tabernacle. 
 
 12 ![And Moses said unto the 
 Lord, See, thou sayest unto 
 me, Bring up this people: and 
 thou hast not let me know whom 
 thou wilt send with me. Yet 
 thou hast said, I know thee by 
 name, and thou hast also foimd 
 grace in my sight. 
 
 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, 
 if I have found grace in thy 
 sight, shew me now thy way, 
 that I may know thee, that I 
 may find grace in thy sight: 
 and consider that this nation is 
 thy people. 
 
 14 And he said, My presence 
 shall go with thee, and I will 
 give thee rest. 
 
 15 And he said unto him. If thy 
 presence go not with me, carry 
 us not up hence. 
 
 16 For wherein shaU it be 
 known here that I and thy 
 people have foimd grace in thy 
 
 sight? is it not in that thou 
 goest witli us? so shall we be 
 separated, I and thy i>eople, 
 from all the people that are 
 \\\)o\\ the face of the earth. 
 
 17 And the Lord said unto 
 Moses, I will do this thing also 
 that thou hast si)oken : for tliou 
 hast found grace in my sight, 
 and 1 know thee by name. 
 
 18 And he wiid, 1 beseech thee, 
 shew me tliy glory. 
 
 11) And he said, t will make all 
 my goodness pass before thee, 
 and I ^\^ll proclaim the name of 
 the Lord before thee ; and will 
 be gracious to whom I will be 
 gracious, and will shew mercy 
 on whom 1 will shew mercy. 
 
 20 And he said. Thou canst not 
 see my face : for there shall no 
 man see me, and live. 
 
 21 And the Lord said. Behold, 
 there is a place by me, and thou 
 shalt stand upon a rock : 
 
 22 And it shall come to pass, 
 while my glory passeth by, that 
 I will put thee ni a clift of the 
 rock, and will cover thee with 
 my hand while I pass by : 
 
 2^ And I will take away mine 
 hand, and thou shalt see my 
 back parts: but my face shall 
 not be seen. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIV. 
 1 TJie fables are renewpd. 5 Tlie ruime 
 of the Lonn proclaimed. 8 Moses 
 intrenteth (ifxl to go villi them. 10 
 God malceth a eovewnit vnth them, 
 repeating certain duties of the first 
 table. 28 Moses after forty days in 
 the mount cometti doicn v:ith the 
 tables. 29 His face shineth, and he 
 cavereth it with a vail. 
 AND the Lord said unto 
 xTl Moses, Hew thee two ta- 
 bles of stone like unto the first : 
 and I T\ill write upon these ta- 
 bles the words that were in the 
 first tables, which thou brakest. 
 
 2 And be ready in the morning, 
 and come up in the morning 
 unto mount Sinai, and present 
 thyself there to me in the top of 
 the mount. 
 
 3 And no man shall come up 
 with thee, neither let any man 
 be seen throughout all the 
 
God's covenant 
 
 EXODUS, XXXIV. 
 
 mth IsrcieL 
 
 mount; neither let the flocks 
 nor herds feed before that 
 mount. 
 
 4 HAnd he hewed two tables 
 of stone like unto the first ; and 
 Moses rose up early in the morn- 
 ing, and went up unto mount 
 Sinai, as the Loed had com- 
 manded him, and took in his 
 hand the two tables of stone. 
 
 5 And the Loed descended in 
 the cloud, and stood with him 
 there, and proclaimed the name 
 of the Loed. 
 
 6 And the Loed passed by be- 
 fore him, and proclaimed, The 
 Loed, The Loed God, merciful 
 and gracious, longsuffering, and 
 abundant in goodness and truth, 
 
 7 Keeping mercy for thousands, 
 forgiving iniquity and transgres- 
 sion and sin, and that will by no 
 means clear the guilti/ ; ^dsiting 
 the iniquity of the fathers upon 
 the children, and upon the chil- 
 dren's children, unto the third 
 and to the fourth generation. 
 
 8 And Moses made haste, and 
 bowed his head toward the earth, 
 and worshipped. 
 
 9 And he said. If now I have 
 found grace in thy sight, O 
 Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, 
 go among us; for it is a stiff- 
 necked people ; and pardon our 
 iniquity and our sin, and take 
 us for thine inheritance. 
 
 10 1[ And he said. Behold, I 
 make a covenant : before all thy 
 people I will do marvels, such 
 as have not been done in all the 
 earth, nor in any nation: and 
 all the people among which thou 
 art shall see the work of the 
 Loed : for it is a terrible thing 
 that I will do with thee. 
 
 11 Observe thou that which I 
 command thee this day : behold, 
 I di'ive out before thee the Amo- 
 rite, and the Canaanite, and the 
 Hittite, and the Perizzite, and 
 the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 
 
 12 Take heed to thyself, lest 
 thou make a covenant with the 
 inhabitants of the land whither 
 thou goest, lest it be for a snare 
 in th^ midst of thee : 
 
 13 But ye shall destroy their 
 altars, break their images, and 
 cut down their groves : 
 
 14 For thou shalt worship no 
 other god : for the Loed, whose 
 name is Jealous, is a jealous 
 God: 
 
 15 Lest thou make a covenant 
 with the inhabitants of the land, 
 and they go a whoring after their 
 gods, and do sacrifice unto their 
 gods, and one call thee, and thou 
 eat of his sacrifice ; 
 
 16 And thou take of their 
 daughters unto thy sons, and 
 their daughters go a whoring 
 after their gods, and make thy 
 sons go a whoring after their 
 gods. 
 
 17 Thou shalt make thee no 
 molten gods. 
 
 18 1[ The feast of unleavened 
 bread shalt thou keep. Seven 
 days thou shalt eat unleavened 
 bread, as I commanded thee, in 
 the time of the month Abib : 
 for in the month Abib thou 
 camest out from Egypt. 
 
 19 All that openeth the matrix 
 is mine; and every firstling 
 among thy cattle, whether ox 
 or sheep, that is male. 
 
 20 But the firsthng of an ass 
 thou shalt redeem with a lamb : 
 and if thou redeem him not, 
 then shalt thou break his neck. 
 All the firstborn of thy sons 
 thou shalt redeem. And none 
 shall appear before me empty. 
 
 21 1[ Six days thou shalt work, 
 but on the seventh day thou 
 shalt rest : in earing time and 
 in harvest thou shalt rest. 
 
 22 IT And thou shalt observe the 
 feast of weeks, of the firstfruits 
 of wheat harvest, and the feast 
 of ingathering at the year's end. 
 
 23 1[ Thrice in the year shall 
 all your menchildren appear be- 
 fore the Lord God, the God of 
 Israel. 
 
 24 For I will cast out the na- 
 tions before thee, and enlarge 
 thy borders: neither shall any 
 man desire thy land, when thou 
 shalt go up to appear before the 
 Loed thy God thrice in the year. 
 
Moses' face sliineth. EXODUS, XXXV. 
 
 25 Thou Bhalt not offer the 
 blood of my sacrifice with lea- 
 ven; neither shall the sacrifice 
 of the feast of the passover be 
 left unto the mominp;. 
 
 26 The first of the firstfruits of 
 thy land thou shalt biing unto 
 the house of the Lord thy God. 
 Thou shalt not seethe a kid in 
 his mother's milk. 
 
 27 And the Lord said unto 
 
 The free gifts for 
 
 skin of Moses* face shone : and 
 Moses put the vail upon his face 
 aprain, until he went in to speak 
 with him. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXV. 
 1 The sahhath. 4 Tlie free (fiffs for 
 the tdhornacle. 20 Tlie readiness of 
 the jx-ovle to offer. 30 Bezaleel and 
 Aholiab are called to the work. 
 
 AND Moses gathered all the 
 - conp:regation of the children 
 
 Moses, Write thou these words : of Israel together, and said unto 
 for after the tenor of these words them, Tliese are the words which 
 
 I have made a covenant with 
 thee and with Israel, 
 
 28 And he was there with the 
 Lord forty days and forty 
 nights; he did neither eat 
 bread, nor druik water. And 
 he wrote upon the tables the 
 words of the covenant, the ten 
 commandments. 
 
 29 H And it came to pass, when 
 Moses came do^vn from mount 
 Sinai with the two tables of tes- 
 timony in Moses' hand, when 
 he came down from the mount, 
 that Moses wist not that the 
 skin of his face shone wliile he 
 talked with lum. 
 
 30 And when Aaron and all 
 the children of Israel saw Mo- 
 ses, behold, the sldn of his face 
 shone ; and they were afraid to 
 come nigh liim. 
 
 31 And Moses called unto 
 them; and Aaron and all the 
 nders of the congregation re- 
 turned unto him: and Moses 
 talked with them. 
 
 32 And afterward all the chil- 
 dren of Israel came nigh : and 
 
 the Lord hath commanded, that 
 t/e should do them. 
 
 2 Six days shall work be done, 
 but on the seventh day there 
 shall be to you an holy day, a 
 sabbath of rest to the Lord: 
 whosoever doeth work therein 
 shall be put to death. 
 
 3 Ye shall kindle no fire 
 throughout your habitations 
 upon the sabbath day. 
 
 4 H And Moses spake unto all 
 the congregation of the chikhen 
 of Israel, saying, This is the 
 thing which the Lord com- 
 manded, saying, 
 
 5 Take ye from among you an 
 offering unto the Lord : whoso- 
 ever is of a wilhng heart, let him 
 bring it, an offering of the Lord ; 
 gold, and silver, and brass, 
 
 6 And blue, and puiple, and 
 scarlet, and fine linen, and 
 goats' hair, 
 
 7 And rams' skins dyed red, 
 and badgers' skins, and shittim 
 wood, 
 
 8 And oil for the light, and 
 spices for anointing oil, and for 
 
 lie gave them in commandment ' the sweet incense. 
 
 all that the Lord had spoken 
 with him in mount Sinai. 
 
 33 And till Moses had done 
 speaking with them, he put a 
 vail on his face. 
 
 34 But when Moses went in 
 before the Lord to speak with 
 him, he took the vail off, until 
 he came out. And he came out, 
 and spake unto the children of 
 Israel that which he was com- 
 manded. 
 
 35 And the children of Israel 
 saw the face of Moses, that the 
 
 9 And onjTc stones, and stones 
 to be set for the ephod, and for 
 the breastplate. 
 
 10 And every wise hearted 
 among you shall come, and 
 make all that the Lord hath 
 commanded ; 
 
 11 The tabernacle, his tent, and 
 his covering, his taches, and his 
 boards, his bars, his piUars, and 
 his sockets, 
 
 12 The ark, and the staves 
 thereof, with the mercy seat, 
 and the vail of the covering, 
 
the taheniade. 
 
 EXODUS, XXXV. 
 
 Bezaleel called. 
 
 13 The table, and his staves, 
 and all his vessels, and the 
 shewbread, 
 
 14 The candlestick also for 
 the light, and his fui'niture, and 
 his lamps, with the oil for the 
 light, 
 
 15 And the incense altar, and 
 his staves, and the anointing- oil, 
 and the sweet incense, and the 
 hanging for the door at the en- 
 tering in of the tabernacle, 
 
 16 The altar of bimit offering, 
 with his brasen grate, his staves, 
 and all his vessels, the laver and 
 his foot, 
 
 17 The hangings of the court, 
 his pillars, and their sockets, 
 and the hanging for the door of 
 the court, 
 
 18 The pins of the tabernacle, 
 and the pins of the court, and 
 then cords, I 
 
 19 The cloths of service, to do ■ 
 service in the holy place, the 
 holy garments for Aaron the j 
 priest, and the garments of his , 
 sons, to minister in the priest's I 
 office. ! 
 
 20 IF And all the congregation of 
 the children of Israel departed I 
 from the presence of Moses. I 
 
 21 And they came, every one I 
 whose heart stuTed him up, and ! 
 every one whom his spirit made 
 mlling, and they brought the 
 Lokd's offering to the work of 
 the tabernacle of the congrega- 
 tion, and for all his service, and 
 for the holy garments. 
 
 22 And they came, both men 
 and women, as many as were 
 willing hearted, and brought 
 bracelets, and earrings, and 
 rings, and tablets, all jewels of 
 gold: and every man that of- 
 fered offered an offering of gold 
 unto the Loed. 
 
 23 And every man, with whom 
 was found blue, and purple, and 
 scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' 
 hair, and red skins of rams, and 
 badgei-s' skins, brought them. 
 
 24 Every one that did offer 
 an offermg of silver and brass 
 brought the Lord's offering: 
 and every man, with whom 
 
 was found shittim wood for any 
 work of the service, brought it. 
 
 25 And all the women that 
 were wise hearted did spin with 
 their hands, and brought that 
 which they had spun, both of 
 blue, and of purple, and of scar- 
 let, and of fine linen. 
 
 26 And all the women whose 
 heart stirred them up in wis- 
 dom spun goats' hair. 
 
 27 And the rulers brought onyx 
 stones, and stones to be set, for 
 the ephod, and for the breast- 
 plate ; 
 
 28 And spice, and oil for the 
 light, and for the anointing oil, 
 and for the sweet incense. 
 
 29 The children of Israel 
 brought a willing offering unto 
 the LoED, every man and wo- 
 man, whose heart made them 
 willing to bring for all manner 
 of work, which the Loed had 
 commanded to be made by the 
 hand of Moses. 
 
 30 HAnd Moses said unto the 
 children of Israel, See, the Loed 
 hath called by name Bezaleel 
 the son of Uri, the son of Hur, 
 of the tribe of Judah ; 
 
 31 And he hath filled him with 
 the spiiit of God, in wisdom, in 
 understanding, and in know- 
 ledge, and in all manner of 
 workmanship ; 
 
 32 And to devise curious works, 
 to work in gold, and in silver, 
 and in brass, 
 
 33 And in the cutting of stones, 
 to set them, and in carving of 
 wood, to make any manner of 
 cunning work. 
 
 34 And he hath put m his heart 
 that he may teach, both he, and 
 Ahohab, the son of Ahisamach, 
 of the tribe of Dan. 
 
 35 Them hath he filled with 
 wisdom of heart, to work all 
 manner of work, of the engrav- 
 er, and of the cunning work- 
 man, and of the embroiderer, 
 in blue, and in purple, in scar- 
 let, and in fine linen, and of the 
 weaver, even of them that do 
 any work, and of those that de- 
 vise cunning work. 
 
The curtains 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVI. 
 
 1 TJie offerings are delivered to the 
 worlmen. 5 llie Ubertdiiy of the 
 people is rcatraiued. 8 Tlie curtains 
 of chernhims. 14 77/e cnr(<iius of 
 goats' hair. 19 llie coreriug of 
 skins. 20 The hoiirds with their 
 sockets. 31 Tlie bars. So The vail. 
 37 Tlie hanging for the dof>r. 
 
 THEN wrought Ik'zaleel and 
 Aholial), and evny wise 
 lieartcd man, in whom the Lokh 
 put wisdom and imdeistandin^' 
 
 EXODUS, XXXVI. (JchemUmt. 
 
 let: with clionibimR of cunning 
 work made lie them. 
 1) The length of one enrtain 
 wan twenty and eijfht cnhitH, 
 and the breadth of one curtain 
 four eubitn: the curtains were 
 all of one size, 
 
 10 And he coupled the five eur- 
 taiiiHone luito another : and the 
 other live curtains he eoiipled 
 one unto another. 
 
 11 And he made loops of blue 
 on the ed^'e of one curtain ironi 
 
 to know how to work all manner i the sehed^'e in the coupliuK : 
 of the ! likewise he made in the utter- 
 
 of work ibr the 
 
 panctuaiy, aeet>rdim< to all that | most side oi another curtain, in 
 the LoRO liad commanded. 
 2 And Moses called IJe/iileel 
 and Aholiab, and every wise 
 heailed man, in whose heart 
 the Loiu> had i)ut wisdom, even \ wliich tea, 
 every one whose heart stirred | the second 
 liini up to come unto the work 
 to do it : 
 
 the coiiplin^ of the w^C(»nd. 
 
 12 Fifty loops made he in one 
 curtain, and fifty loops made 
 he in the edfre of the curtain 
 
 in the coupling of 
 : the loops held (iue 
 curtain to another. 
 
 13 And he made fifty tachcs 
 
 3 And they received of M( ses I of pold, and coupled the cur- 
 
 all the oU'erint:, which the chil- 
 dren of Israel had broujiht for 
 the work of the service of the 
 Banctuaiy, to make it withat. 
 And they brought yet unto him 
 free oflerinps every moniinp. 
 
 4 And all the wise men. that 
 \vrou{-dit all the work of the 
 sanctuar>', came every man 
 from liis work which they 
 made ; 
 
 5 HAnd thev spake unto Mo- 
 ses, sayinfr, The people bring 
 much more than enough for the 
 sen'ice of the work, which the; 
 Lord commanded to make. 
 
 G And Moses gave command- 
 ment, and they caused it to 
 be proclaimed throughout the 
 camp, saying, Let neither man 
 nor woman make any more 
 work for the offering of the 
 sanctuary. So the people w^ere 
 restrained from bringing. 
 
 7 For the stuff they had was 
 sufficient for all the work to 
 make it, and too much. 
 
 8 IF And every wise hearted man 
 among them that wrought the 
 work of the tabernacle made ten 
 curtains of fine twined linen, 
 and blue, and purple, and scar- 
 
 tains one unto another with the 
 taches : so it became one taber- 
 nacle. 
 
 14 tAnd he made cuilains of 
 goats' hair for the tent over the 
 tabernacle : eleven curtains he 
 made them. 
 
 15 The length of one curtain 
 zeas thirty cubits, and four cu- 
 bits teas the breadth of one cur- 
 Unn : the eleven curtains were 
 of one size. 
 
 IG And he coupled five curtains 
 by themselves, and six curtains 
 by themselves. 
 
 17 And he made fifty loops 
 upon the uttennost edge of the 
 curtain in the coupling, and fifty 
 loops made he upon the edge of 
 the cuilain which coupleth the 
 second. 
 
 18 And he made fifty taches of 
 brass to couple the tent together, 
 that it might be one. 
 
 19 And hie made a covering for 
 the tent o/'rams' skins dyed red, 
 and a covering o/badgers' skins 
 above that. 
 
 20 ^And he made boards for 
 the tabernacle Q/*8hittim wood, 
 standing up. 
 
 21 The length of a board was 
 
ThA bars mid mil, EXODUS, XXXYII. 
 
 The 'imrcy seat. 
 
 ten cubits, and the breadth of 
 a board one cubit and a half. 
 
 22 One board had two tenons, 
 equally distant one from an- 
 other : thus did he make for all 
 the boards of the tabernacle. 
 
 23 And he made boards for the 
 tabernacle; twenty boards for 
 the south side southward : 
 
 24 And forty sockets of silver he 
 made under the twenty boards ; 
 two sockets under one board for 
 his two tenons, and two sockets 
 under another board for his two 
 tenons. 
 
 25 And for the other side of the 
 tabernacle, which is toward the 
 north (;omer, he made twenty 
 boards, 
 
 26 And their forty sockets of 
 silver; two sockets under one 
 board, and two sockets under 
 another board. 
 
 27 And for the sides of the 
 tabernacle westward he made 
 six boards. 
 
 28 And two boards made he for 
 the comers of the tabernacle in 
 the two sides. 
 
 29 And they were 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 sockets were sixteen 
 sockets of silver, under every 
 board two sockets. 
 
 31 If And he made bars of shit- 
 tim wood ; five for the boards of 
 the one side of the tabernacle, 
 
 32 And five bars for the boards 
 of the other side of the taber- 
 nacle, and five bars for the 
 boards of the tabernacle for the 
 sides westward. 
 
 33 And he made the middle 
 bar to shoot through the boards 
 from the one end to the other. 
 
 34 And he overlaid the boards 
 with gold, and made their rings 
 Q/*gold to be places for the bars, 
 and overlaid the bars with gold. 
 
 35 IF And he made a vail o/'blue, 
 and purple, and scarlet, and fine 
 twined linen: with cherubims 
 made he it of cimning work. 
 
 36 And he made thereunto four 
 pillars o/'shittim wood, and over- 
 laid them with gold : their hooks 
 were of gold ; and he cast for 
 them four sockets of silver. 
 
 37 1[And he made an hanging 
 for the tabernacle door of blue, 
 and pui-ple, and scarlet, and fine 
 twined linen, of needlework ; 
 
 38 And the five pillars of it with 
 their hooks: and he overlaid 
 their chapiters and their fillets 
 with gold : but their five sockets 
 we7'e q/* brass. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVII. 
 
 1 TJie arTc. 6 TJie mercy seat imfJi 
 cherubims. 10 TJie table ivith his 
 vessels. 17 The candlestick ivith his 
 lamps and instruments. 25 The al- 
 tar of iyicense. 29 The anointing 
 oil and sweet incense. 
 
 AND Bezaleel made the ark 
 - o/'shittim wood : two cubits 
 and a half ivas 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 cast for it four rings 
 of gold, to he set by the four 
 corners of it; even two rings 
 upon the one side of it, and two 
 ruigs upon the other side of it. 
 
 4 And he made staves of 
 shittim wood, and overlaid them 
 with gold. 
 
 5 And he put the staves into 
 the rings by the sides of the ark, 
 to bear the ark. 
 
 6 1[ And he made the mercy seat 
 of pure gold : two cubits and a 
 half was the length thereof, and 
 one cubit and a half the breadth 
 thereof. 
 
 7 And he made two cherubims 
 Q/*gold, beaten out of one piece 
 made he them, on the two ends 
 of the mercy seat ; 
 
 8 One cherub on the end on this 
 side, and another cherub on the 
 other end on that side : out of 
 the mercy seat made he the che- 
 rubims on the two ends thereof. 
 
 9 And the cherubims spread 
 
TJie candkstich ^c. EXODUS, XXXVIH. 
 
 The altar of 
 
 out their win^s on high, and 
 covered with their win^8 over 
 the mercy seat, with tlieir faces 
 one to another; even to the 
 mercy seatward were the faces 
 of tlie chenibims. 
 
 10 H And lie made the table of 
 shittim wood: two cubits urns 
 the length thereof, and a cubit 
 the breadth thereof, and a cubit I 
 aud a half the height thereof: | 
 
 11 And he overlaid it with | 
 pure gold, and made thereunto 
 a crown of gold round about. 
 
 12 Also he made tlu-rcuuto a 
 border of an handbreadtli round 
 about; and made a crown of 
 gold for the border thereof round 
 about. i 
 
 13 And he cast for it four rings ' 
 of gold, and put the rings upon 
 the four coniei-s that were in the , 
 four feet thereof. | 
 
 14 Over against the border were 
 the rings, the places for the j 
 staves to bear the table. | 
 
 15 And he ma(^ the staves o/*i 
 shittim wood, ana overlaid them 
 with gold, to bear the table. 
 
 10 And he made the vessels 
 which were upon the table, his 
 dishes, and his spoons, and his 
 bowls, and his covei-s to cover 
 withal, o/'pure gold. 
 
 17 H And he made the candle- 
 stick o/'pure gold: of beaten 
 work made he the candlestick ; 
 his shaft, and his branch, his 
 bowls, his knops, and liis flow- 
 ers, were of the same : 
 
 18 And six branches going 
 out of the sides thereof; three 
 branches of the candlestick out 
 of the one side thereof, and three 
 branches of the candlestick out 
 of the other side thereof: 
 
 19 Three bowls made after 
 the fashion of almonds in one 
 branch, a knop and a flower; 
 and three bowls made hke al- 
 monds in another branch, a 
 knop and a flower : so through- 
 out the six branches going out 
 of the candlestick. 
 
 20 And in the candlestick were 
 four bowls made like almonds, 
 his knops, and his flowers : 
 
 21 And a knop under two 
 branches of the same, and a 
 knop under two branches of the 
 same, and a knop under two 
 branches of the same, according 
 to the six branches going out of it. 
 
 22 Their knops and their 
 branches were of the same : all 
 of it was one beaten work of 
 pure gold. 
 
 23 And he made his seven 
 lamps, and liis snutters, and liis 
 snufldishes, o/pure gold. 
 
 24 Of a talent of piu-e gold 
 made he it, and all the vessels 
 tliereof. 
 
 25 !f And he made the incense 
 altar o/'shittim wood : the length 
 
 i of it wa^ a cubit, and the breadth 
 of it a cubit; it was foursquare ; 
 and two cubits was the height 
 of it ; the honis thereof were of 
 the same. 
 
 2G And he overlaid it with pure 
 gold, both the top of it, and the 
 sides thereof round about, and 
 the bonis of it: also he made 
 unto it a crown of gold roimd 
 about. 
 
 27 And he made two rings of 
 gold for it under the crown there- 
 of, by the two comers of it, up- 
 on the two sides thereof, to be 
 places for the staves to bear it 
 withal. 
 
 28 And he made the staves of 
 shittim wood, and overlaid them 
 with gold. 
 
 29 it And he made the holy 
 anointing oil, and the pure in- 
 cense of sweet spices, according 
 to the work of the apothecaiy. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVIII. 
 1 The alter of bumf offering. 8 The 
 laver of brass. 9 The court. 21 The 
 sum of that the people offered. 
 
 AND he made the altar of 
 - burnt ofiering of shittim 
 wood: five cubits was the 
 length thereof, and five cubits 
 the breadth thereof; it was 
 foursquare; and three cubits 
 the height thereof. 
 2 And he made the hoius there- 
 of on the four comers of it ; the 
 horns thereof were of the same : 
 and he overlaid it with brass. 
 
htmil offering. 
 
 EXODUS, XXXVIII. TJie pecyple's offerings. 
 
 3 And he made aU the vessels 
 of the altar, the pots, and the 
 shovels, and the basons, and 
 the fieshhooks, and the firepans : 
 all the vessels thereof made he 
 o/" brass. 
 
 4 And he made for the altar a 
 brasen grate of network under 
 the compass thereof beneath mi- 
 to the midst of it. 
 
 5 And he cast four rings for the 
 fonr ends of the grate of brass, 
 to be places for the staves. 
 
 6 And he made the staves of 
 shittim wood, and overlaid them 
 with brass. 
 
 7 And he put the staves into 
 the rings on the sides of the al- 
 tar, to bear it withal; he made 
 the altar hollow with boards. 
 
 8 IF And he made the laver of 
 brass, and the foot of it o/'brass, 
 of the looMngglasses of the wo- 
 men assembling, which assem- 
 bled at the door of the taber- 
 nacle of the congregation. 
 
 9 IF And he made the conrt: on 
 the south side southward the 
 liangings of the court wei^e of 
 fine tT\ined linen, an hundr^ 
 cubits : 
 
 10 Their pillars we7'e twenty, 
 and their brasen sockets twen- 
 ty ; the hooks of the pillai-s and 
 their fillets we7'e o/ silver. 
 
 11 And for the north side the 
 hangings were an hundred cu- 
 bits, their pillai-s were twenty, 
 and their sockets of brass twen- 
 ty; the hooks of the pillars and 
 their fillets o/" silver. 
 
 12 And for the west side were 
 hangings of fifty cubits, their 
 pillars ten, and then sockets 
 ten; the hooks of the pillai-s 
 and their fillets of silver. 
 
 13 Ajid for the east side east- 
 ward fifty cubits. 
 
 14 The hangings of the one side 
 of the gate were fifteen cubits ; 
 their pillars three, and then- 
 sockets thi'ee. 
 
 15 And for the other side of the 
 court gate, on this hand and that 
 hand, were hangings of fifteen 
 cubits; their pillars three, and 
 their sockets three. 
 
 16 All the hangings of the court 
 round about were of fine twined 
 linen. 
 
 17 And the sockets for the pil- 
 lars were q/" brass j the hooks of 
 the pillars and their fillets o/" sil- 
 ver ; and the overlaying of theii' 
 chapiters o/" silver; and all the 
 pillars of the court were filleted 
 with silver. 
 
 18 And the hanging for the gate 
 of the court was needlework, of 
 blue, and pmi)le, and scarlet, and 
 fine twined linen: and twenty 
 cubits was the length, and the 
 height in the breadth was five 
 cubits, answerable to the hang- 
 ings of the comi. 
 
 19 And their pillars were four, 
 and their sockets o/" brass four; 
 their hooks of silver, and the 
 overlaying of their chapiters and 
 their fillets o/silver. 
 
 20 And all the pins of the ta- 
 bernacle, and of the court round 
 about, were q/" brass. 
 
 21 IF This is the sum of the ta- 
 bernacle, even of the tabernacle 
 of testimony, as it was counted, 
 according to the commandment 
 of Moses, for the service of the 
 Levites. by the hand of Ithamar, 
 son to Aaron the priest. 
 
 22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, 
 the son of Hur, of the tribe of 
 Judah, made all that the Loeb 
 commanded Moses. 
 
 23 And with him was Aholiab, 
 son of Ahisamach, of the tribe 
 of Dan, an engraver, and a cun- 
 ning workman, and an embroi- 
 derer in blue, and in pui-ple, and 
 in scarlet, and fine Imen. 
 
 24 All the gold that was occu- 
 pied for the work in all the work 
 of the liolj place, even the gold 
 of the ofiering, was twenty and 
 nine talents, and seven hun- 
 dred and thirty shekels, after 
 the shekel of the sanctuary. 
 
 25 And the sUver of them that 
 were numbered of the congrega- 
 tion was an hundred talents, and 
 a thousand seven hundred and 
 threescore and fifteen shekels, 
 after the shekel of the sanctuary : 
 
 26 A bekah for e\'ery man, that 
 
The My 
 
 is, half a shekel, after the shekel 
 of the sanctuaiy, for eveiy one 
 that went to be luiinbeied, from 
 twenty years old and upward, 
 for six hundred thousand and 
 thi^ee thousand and live hundred 
 and fifty men. 
 
 27 And of the hundred talents 
 of silver were cast the sockets of 
 the sanctuary, and tlie sockets of 
 the vail ; an hundred sockets of 
 the hundred talents, a talent for 
 a socket. 
 
 28 And of the thousand seven 
 liundred seventy and live she- 
 kels he made hooks for the pil- 
 lars, and overlaid their chapi- 
 ters, and filleted tliem. 
 
 29 And the brass of the offer- 
 ing ivas seventy talents, and 
 two thousand and four hundred 
 shekels. 
 
 30 And therewith he made the 
 sockets to the door of tlie taber- 
 nacle of the conc^reiiation, and 
 the brasen altar, and the biasen 
 grate for it, and all the vessels 
 of the altar, 
 
 31 And the sockets of the court 
 round about, and the sockets of 
 the court gate, and all the pins 
 of the tabernacle, and all the 
 pins of the comt round about. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIX. 
 
 1 Hie cloths of service and holy gar. 
 tnents. 2 llie ephod. 8 TJie breast. 
 2)late. 22 TJie robe of the ephod. 27 
 The coats, mitre, and girdle offiiie 
 linen. 30 Tlie plate of the holy 
 crown. 32 All is viewed and aj)- 
 proved by Moses. 
 
 AND of the blue, and pur- 
 _ pie, and scarlet, they made 
 cloths of service, to do service 
 in the holy place, and made the 
 holy garments for Aaron ; as the 
 LoKD conunanded Moses. 
 
 2 And he made the ephod of 
 ■gold, blue, and piu-ple, and scar- 
 let, and fine twined linen. 
 
 3 And they did beat the gold 
 into thin plates, and cut it into 
 wires, to work it in the blue, 
 and in the purple, and in the 
 scarlet, and in the fine linen, 
 with cunning work. 
 
 4 They made shoulderpieces 
 
 EXODUS, XXXIX. gannmisft 
 
 for it, to couple it togetlier : by 
 
 the two edges was it coupled 
 togetlier. 
 
 5 And the curious girdle of hie 
 ephod, that was upon it, was of 
 the same, according to the work 
 thereof; o/gold, blue, and piu-- 
 ple, and scarlet, and fine twined 
 linen ; as the Lobd commanded 
 Moses. "^ 
 
 G HAnd they wrought onyx 
 stones inclosed in ouches of gold, 
 graven, as signets are graven, 
 with the names of the children 
 of Israel. 
 
 7 And he put them on the 
 shoulders of the ephod, that they 
 should be stones for a memorial 
 to the children of Israel ; as the 
 Lord commanded Moses. 
 •8 If And he made the breast- 
 plate o/" cunning work, like the 
 work of the ephod; ©/"gold, blue, 
 and purijle, and scarlet, and fine 
 twined linen. 
 
 9 It was foursquare; they made 
 the breastplate double: a span 
 was the length thereof, and a 
 span the breadth thereof, being 
 doubled. 
 
 10 And they set in it four rows 
 of stones: the first row was a 
 sardius, a topaz, and a carbun- 
 cle : this ivas the first row. 
 
 11 And the second row, an eme- 
 rald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 
 
 12 And the third row, a ligure, 
 an agate, and an amethyst. 
 
 13 And the foiuiih row, a beiyl, 
 an onyx, and a jasper : they were 
 inclosed in ouches of gold in 
 their inclosings. 
 
 14 And the stones were accord- 
 ing to the names of the children 
 of Israel, twelve, according to 
 their names, like the engravings 
 of a signet, eveiy one with his 
 name, according to the twelve 
 tribes. 
 
 15 And they made upon the 
 breastplate chains at the ends, 
 o/'wreathen work o/'pure gold. 
 
 16 And they made two ouches 
 ©/"gold, and two gold rings ; and 
 put the two rings in the two 
 ends of the breastplate. 
 
 17 And they put the two wreath' 
 
the service of 
 
 EXODUS, XXXIX. 
 
 tlie tahemacle. 
 
 en chams of gold in the two rings 
 on the ends of the breastplate. 
 
 18 And the two ends of the two 
 wreathen chains they fastened 
 in the two ouches, and put them 
 on the shoulderpieces of the e- 
 phod, before it, 
 
 19 And they made two rings of 
 gold, and put them on the two 
 ends of the breastplate, upon the 
 border of it, which tvas on the 
 side of the ephod inward. 
 
 20 And_ they made two other 
 golden rings, and put them on 
 the two sides of the ephod un- 
 derneath, toward the forepart of 
 it, over against the other coup- 
 ling thereof, above the cmious 
 ghdle of the ephod. 
 
 21 And they ctid bind the breast- 
 plate by his rings unto the rings 
 of the ephod with a lace of blue, 
 that it might be above the cu- 
 rious ghdle of the ephod, and 
 that the breastplate might not 
 be loosed from the ephod; as 
 the Lord commanded Moses. 
 
 22 f And he made the robe of 
 the ephod o/" woven work, all of 
 blue. 
 
 23 And there was an hole in 
 the midst of the robe, as the 
 hole of an habergeon, zvith a 
 band roimd about the hole, that 
 it should not rend. 
 
 24 And they made upon the 
 hems of the robe pomegranates 
 o/"blue, and pm-ple, and scarlet, 
 and twined linen. 
 
 25 And they made bells Q/*pure 
 gold, and put the bells between 
 the pomegranates upon the hem 
 of the robe, roimd about between 
 the pomegranates ; 
 
 26 A bell and a pomegranate, a 
 bell and a pomegranate, round 
 about the hem of the robe to 
 minister in ; as the Loed com- 
 manded Moses. 
 
 27 11 And they made coats of 
 fine linen of woven work for 
 Aaron, and for his sons, 
 
 28 And a mitre of fine linen, 
 and goodly bonnets of fine li- 
 nen, and linen breeches of fine 
 twined linen, 
 
 29 And a girdle of fine twined 
 
 hnen, and blue, and purple, and 
 scarlet, of needlework; as the 
 LoED commanded Moses. 
 
 30 ^ And they made the plate 
 of the holy crown of pme gold, 
 and wi-ote upon it a writing, 
 like to the engra^dngs of a sig- 
 net, HOLINESS TO THE 
 LOED. 
 
 31 And they tied unto it a lace 
 of blue, to fasten it on high up- 
 on the mitre ; as the Loed com- 
 manded Moses. 
 
 32 ^ Thus was all the work of 
 the tabernacle of the tent of the 
 congregation finished: and the 
 children of Israel did according 
 to all that the Loed commandecl 
 Moses, so did they. 
 
 33 ^ And they brought the ta- 
 bernacle mito Moses, the tent, 
 and all his fumituj'e, his taches, 
 his boards, Ms bars, and his pil- 
 lars, and his sockets, 
 
 34 And the covermg of rams' 
 skins dyed red, and the covering 
 of badgers' sldns, and the vail 
 of the covering, ' 
 
 35 The ark of the testimony, 
 and the staves thereof, and the 
 mercy seat, 
 
 36 The table, and all the vessels 
 thereof, and the shewbread, 
 
 37 The pure candlestick, with 
 the lamps thereof, even with the 
 lamps to be set in order, and all 
 the vessels thereof, and the oil 
 for light, 
 
 38 And the golden altar, and 
 the anointing oil, and the sweet 
 incense, and the hanging for the 
 tabernacle door, 
 
 39 The brasen altar, and his 
 grate of brass, his staves, and all 
 his vessels, the laver and his foot, 
 
 40 The hangings of the court, 
 his pillars, and his sockets, and 
 the hanging for the comi gate, 
 his cords, and his pins, and all 
 the vessels of the service of the 
 tabernacle, for the tent of the 
 congregation, 
 
 41 The cloths of service to do 
 service in the holy place, and 
 the holy garments for Aaron the 
 priest, and his sons' gai-ments, to 
 minister in the priest's oifice. 
 
 F2 
 
The tabernacle 
 
 EXODUS, XL. 
 
 18 to he reared. 
 
 42 According to all that the 
 Lord commanded Moses, so the 
 cliildren of Israel made all the 
 work. 
 
 43 And Moses did look upon all 
 tlie work, and, behold, they had 
 done it as the Lokd had com- 
 manded, even so liad tliey done 
 it : and Moses blessed them. 
 
 CHAPTER XL. 
 
 1 The tabernacle is commanded io he 
 reared, 9 and anointed. 13 Aaron 
 and his sons to be sanctified. 16 
 Moftes performeth all things accord, 
 ingly. 34 A cloud covereth the ta- 
 bernncle. 
 
 AND the Lord spake unto 
 . Moses, sayincr, 
 
 2 On the first day of the first 
 month shalt thou set up the 
 tabernacle of tlui tent of the 
 cons?iei?ation. 
 
 3 And thou shalt put therein 
 the ark of the testimony, and 
 cover the ark with the vail. 
 
 4 And thou shalt bring in the 
 table, and set in order the things 
 that are to be set in order upon 
 it ; and thou shalt bring in the 
 candlestick, and light the lamps 
 t lie re of. 
 
 5 And thou shalt set the altar 
 of gold for the incense before 
 the ark of the testimony, and 
 put the hanging of .the door to 
 the tabernacle. 
 
 6 And thou shalt set the altar 
 of the burnt offering before the 
 door of the tabernacle of the 
 tent of the congregation. 
 
 7 And thou shalt set the laver 
 between the tent of the congre- 
 gation and the altar, and shalt 
 put water therein. 
 
 8 And thou shalt set up the 
 court round about, and hang up 
 the hanging at the court gate. 
 
 9 And thou shalt take the an- 
 ointing oil, and anoint the taber- 
 nacle, and all that is therein, and 
 shalt hallow it, and all the vessels 
 thereof: and it shall be holy. 
 
 10 And thou shalt anoint the 
 altar of the burnt offering, and 
 all his vessels, and sanctify the 
 altar: and it shall be an altar 
 most holy. 
 
 11 And thou shalt anoint tlie 
 laver and Ids foot, and sanctify 
 it. 
 
 12 And thou shalt bring Aaron 
 and his sons unto the door of the 
 tabeniacle of the congregation, 
 and wasli tliem with wattn-. 
 
 13 And thou shalt put npon 
 Aaron the holy garments, and 
 anoint him, and sanctify him ; 
 that he may minister unto me 
 in the priest's oftice. 
 
 14 And thou shalt bring his 
 sons, and clothe tliem with 
 coats: 
 
 15 And thou shalt anoint them, 
 as thou didst anoint their father, 
 that they may minister unto me 
 in the priest's office : for their an- 
 ointing shall surely be an ever- 
 lasting priesthood throughout 
 
 ' IG Thus did Moses : according 
 to all tliat tlie Lord command- 
 ed him, so did he. 
 17 H And it came to pass in the 
 first month in the second year, 
 ' on the first day of the month, 
 that the tabernacle was reared 
 np. 
 
 ! 18 And Moses reared up the ta- 
 bernacle, and fastened his sock- 
 ' ets, and set up the boards there- 
 : of, and put in the bars thereof, 
 ' and reared up his pillars. 
 I 19 And he spread abroad the 
 I tent over the tabernacle, and put 
 ! the covering of the tent above 
 I upon it ; as the Lord command- 
 ! ed Moses. 
 
 20 If And he took and put the 
 testimony into the ark, and set 
 the staves on the ark, and put 
 the mercy seat above upon the 
 ark: 
 
 21 And he brought the ark in- 
 to the tabernacle, and set up the 
 vail of the covering, and covered 
 the ark of the testimony ; as the 
 Lord commanded Moses. 
 
 22 If And he put the table in 
 the tent of the congregation, 
 upon the side of the tabernacle 
 northward, without the vail. 
 
 23 And he set the bread in order 
 upon it before the Lord ; as the 
 Lord had commanded Moses. 
 
The Iwmt offerings 
 
 LEVITICUS, I. 
 
 of the herrd. 
 
 ^ 24 HAnd he put the candlestick 
 in the tent of the congregation, 
 over against the table, on the 
 side of the tabernacle southward. 
 
 25 And he lighted the lamps 
 before the Lord ; as the Loed 
 commanded Moses. 
 
 26 1[ And he put the golden 
 altar in the tent of the congre- 
 gation before the vail : 
 
 27 And he burnt sweet incense 
 thereon ; as the Loed command- 
 ed Moses. 
 
 28 IF And he set up the hanging 
 at the door of the tabernacle. 
 
 29 And he put the altar of burnt 
 offering by the door of the taber- 
 nacle of the tent of the congre- 
 gation, and offered upon it the 
 burnt offering and the meat of- 
 fering ; as the Loed commanded 
 Moses. 
 
 30 IF And he set the laver be- 
 tween the tent of the congre- 
 gation and the altar, and put 
 water there, to wash withal. 
 
 31 And Moses and Aaron and 
 his sons washed their hands and 
 their feet thereat : 
 
 32 When they went iato the 
 tent of the congregation, and 
 
 when they came near unto the 
 altar, they washed ; as the Loed 
 conunanded Moses. 
 
 33 And he reared up the court 
 round about the tabernacle and 
 the altar, and set up the hang- 
 ing of the court gate. So Moses 
 finished the work. 
 
 34 ^ Then a cloud covered the 
 tent of the congregation, and 
 the glory of the Loed filled the 
 tabernacle. 
 
 35 And Moses was not able to 
 enter into the tent of the con- 
 gregation, because the cloud a- 
 bode thereon, and the glory of 
 the Loed filled the tabernacle. 
 
 36 And when the cloud was 
 taken up from over the taberna- 
 cle, the children of Israel went 
 onward in all their journeys : 
 
 37 But if the cloud were not 
 taken up, then they joiuneyed 
 not till the day that it was 
 taken up. 
 
 38 For the cloud of the Loed 
 was upon the tabernacle by 
 day, and fire was on it by night, 
 in the sight of all the house of 
 Israel, throughout all their jour- 
 neys. 
 
 THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED 
 
 LEVITICUS. 
 
 CHAPTER L 
 
 1 The burnt offerings. 3 Of the herd, 
 10 of the flocks, 14 of the fowls. 
 
 AND the Loed called unto 
 -LA. Moses, and spake unto him 
 out of the tabernacle of the con- 
 gregation, saying, 
 
 2 Speak unto the children of Is- 
 rael, and say unto them, If any 
 man of you bring an offering 
 unto the Loed, ye shall bring 
 your offering of the cattle, even 
 of the herd, and of the flock. 
 
 3 If his offeiiQg be a burnt sa- 
 crifice of the herd, let him offer 
 a male -without blemish; he 
 shall offer it of his own volun- 
 tary will at the door of the 
 tabernacle of the congregation 
 before the Lobd. 
 
 4 And he shall put his hand up- 
 on the head of the burnt offer- 
 ing ; and it shall be accepted for 
 him to make atonement for him. 
 
 5 And he shall kill the bullock 
 before the Loed : and the priests, 
 Aaron's sons, shall bring the 
 blood, and sprinkle the blood 
 round about upon the altar that 
 is by the door of the tabernacle 
 of the congregation. 
 
 6 And he shall flay the burnt 
 offeiing, and cut it into his 
 pieces. 
 
 7 And the sons of Aaron the 
 priest shall put fire upon the 
 altar, and lay the wood in order 
 upon the fire : 
 
 8 And the priests, Aaron's sons, 
 shall lay the parts, the head, 
 
Jhmit ojferiims LEVITICUS. II, 
 
 and the fat, in order upon the 
 wood tliat is on the fire which 
 is iii)on the altar : 
 
 But hirt inwards and his lep;8 
 shall he wash in water : and the 
 priest shall burn all on the al- 
 tar, to be a burnt sacritice, an 
 otlering made by lire, of a sweet 
 savour unto the I.oud. 
 
 lU ^ And if his otlerinj; be of 
 the flocks, namehf, of the sheep, 
 or of the y:oats, lor a buiiit s«'i- 
 crifice ; he shall bruig it a male 
 without blemish. 
 
 11 And he shall kill it on the 
 side of the altar northward ])e- 
 fore the Lord : and the iiriests, 
 Aaron's sons, shall sitrinkie his 
 blood romid about upon the 
 altar. 
 
 12 And he shall cut it into 
 his j)ieces, with his head and 
 his iat : and the priest shall lay 
 them in order on the wood that 
 ?.y on the fire wliich is upon the 
 altar : 
 
 13 But lie shall wash the in- by fire. 
 
 and meat offerings. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 1 The meat offering of flour vifh oil 
 and iiueufie, Neither buhen in (he 
 oven, f) or on <i plate, 7 (n- in ii fry- 
 ingjxni, 12 or of the first fruits xa 
 the ear. 13 Hie tuU of 'the meat 
 offering. 
 
 AND when any will ofTer a 
 . meat offering unto the 
 Loiu), his offering shall Ix* of\me 
 flour: and he shall i)ouroil upon 
 it, and nut frankincense thereon : 
 
 2 And he shall bring it to Aa- 
 ron's sons the priests: and he 
 shall take thereout his handful 
 of the flour thereof, and of the 
 oil thereof, with all the fiank- 
 inccnse thereof; and the iiriest 
 shall bum the memorial of it 
 uiion the altar, to be an ottering 
 made by fire, of a sweet savour 
 inito the Lord: 
 
 3 And the remnant of the meat 
 ottering shall be Aaron's and his 
 sons': it is a thing most lioly of 
 tlie otterings of the Lord made 
 
 wards and the legs with water : 
 and the priest shall bring it all. 
 
 4 H And if thou bring an obla- 
 tion of a meat offering baken in 
 
 and bum it upon the altar: it the oven, aV *•/?«// /;^ unleavened 
 is a bumt sacrifice, an ottering cakes of fine flour mingled with 
 made by fire, of a sweet savour oil, or luileavened wafers an- 
 
 unto the L(>rd. 
 14 '^ And if the bumt sacrifice 
 
 ointed with oil. 
 5 •[ And if thy oblation be a 
 
 for his ottering to the Lord be ; meat offering baken in a pan, it 
 of fowls, then he shall bring shall be of fine flour unleaven- 
 his ottering of tmlledoves, or of ed, mingled with oil. 
 
 young pigeons. 
 
 15 And the priest shall bring 
 it unto the altar, and wring off 
 his head, and burn it on the al- 
 tar ; and the blood thereof shall 
 be wrung out at the side of the 
 altar : 
 
 16 And he shall pluck away 
 his crop with his feathei-s, and 
 cast it beside the altar on the 
 east part, by the place of the 
 ashes : 
 
 17 And he shall cleave it with 
 the wings thereof, but shall not 
 divide it asunder : and the priest 
 shall bum it upon the altar, up- 
 on the wood that is upon the 
 fire: it is a bumt sacrifice, an 
 offering made by fire, of a sweet 
 savoui' unto the Lord. 
 
 G Thou shalt part it in pieces, 
 and pour oil thereon : it is a 
 meat oflering. 
 
 7 IF And if thy oblation be a 
 meat oflering baken in the fry- 
 ingpan, it shall be made o/Gne 
 flour with oil. 
 
 8 And thou shalt bring the 
 meat offering that is made of 
 these things unto the Lord: 
 and when it is presented unto 
 the priest, he shall bring it unto 
 the altar. 
 
 9 And the priest sliall take 
 from the meat offering a me- 
 morial thereof, and shaU bum 
 ii upon the altar : it is an offer- 
 ing made by fire, of a sweet sa- 
 vour unto the Lord. 
 
 10 And that which is left of the 
 
The peace offerings LEVITICUS, III. 
 
 oftlieherd, ^c. 
 
 meat offering shall be Aaron's 
 and liis sons' : it is a thing most 
 holy of the offerings of the Loed 
 made by iire. 
 
 11 No meat offering, which ye 
 shaU bring unto the Lord, 
 shall be made with leaven : for 
 ye shall bnm no leaven, nor 
 anj^ honey, in any offering of 
 the Loud made by fire. 
 
 12 1[As for the oblation of the 
 firstfruits, ye shall offer them 
 unto the Loed: but they shall 
 not be burnt on the altar for a 
 sweet savom\ 
 
 13 And every oblation of thy 
 meat offering shalt thou season 
 with salt; neither shalt thou 
 suffer the salt of the covenant 
 of thy God to be lacking from 
 thy meat offering : with all thine 
 offerings thou shalt offer salt. 
 
 14 And if thou offer a meat of- 
 fering of thy fii'stfruits unto the 
 Loed, thou shalt offer for the 
 meat offering of thy firstfruits 
 green ears of com (hied by the 
 fire, even com beaien out of full 
 ears. 
 
 15 And thou shalt put oil upon 
 it, and lay franldncense there- 
 on : it is a meat offering. 
 
 16 And the priest shall bum the 
 memorial of it, part of the beaten 
 com thereof, and part of the oil 
 thereof, with all the franldncense 
 thereof: it is an offering made 
 by fire unto the Loed. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 1 TJie peace offering of the herd, 6 of 
 
 the flocl:, 7 either a lamb, 12 or a 
 
 goat. 
 
 A ND if his oblation ^^ a sa- 
 J\. crifice of peace offering, if 
 he offer it of the herd ; whether 
 it be a male or female, he shall 
 offer it without blemish before 
 the Lord. 
 
 2 And he shall lay his hand 
 upon the head of his offering, 
 and kill it at the door of the 
 tabernacle of the congregation : 
 and Aaron's sons the priests 
 shall sprinkle the blood upon 
 the altar round about. 
 
 3 And he shall offer of the sa- 
 crifice of the peace offering an 
 
 offering made by fixe unto the 
 Loed ; the fat that covereth the 
 inwards, and all the fat that is 
 upon the inwards, 
 4 And the two kidneys, and the 
 fat that is on them, which is by 
 the flanks, and the caul above 
 the liver, with the kidneys, it 
 shall he take a.way. 
 _ 5 And Aaron's sons shall bum 
 it on the altar upon the bmut sa- 
 crifice, which is upon the wood 
 that is on the fire : it is an of- 
 fering made by fire, of a sweet 
 savour unto the Loed. 
 
 6 IF And if liis offering for a 
 sacrifice of peace offering unto 
 the Loed be of the flock ; male 
 or female, he shall offer it with- 
 out blemish. 
 
 7 If he offer a lamb for his 
 offering, then shall he offer it 
 before the Lord. 
 
 8 And he shall lay his hand up- 
 on the head of his offering, and 
 kill it before the tabernacle of 
 the congregation : and Aaron's 
 sons shall sprinkle the blood 
 thereof round about upon the 
 altar. 
 
 9 And he shall offer of the sa- 
 crifice of the peace offering an 
 offering made by fire unto the 
 Lord; the fat thereof, and the 
 whole rump, it sha.ll he take off 
 hard by the backbone ; and the 
 fat that covereth the inwards, 
 and all the fe.t that is upon the 
 inwards, 
 
 10 And the two Iddneys, and 
 the fat that is upon them, which 
 is by the flanks, and the caul 
 above ^ the liver, with the kid- 
 neys, it shall he take away. 
 
 11 And the priest shall bum it 
 upon the altar : it is the food of 
 the offering made by fire unto 
 the Lord. 
 
 12 % And if his offering be a 
 goat, then he shall offer it be- 
 fore the Lord. 
 
 13 And he shall lay his hand 
 upon the head of it, and kill it 
 before the tabernacle of the con- 
 gregation : and the sons of Aaron 
 shall sprinkle the blood thereof 
 upon the altar round about. 
 
Tlui sin offering 
 
 LEVITICUS, IV. 
 
 14 And he sliall offer thereof his 
 offering, even an offering: made 
 by fire unto the Loud ; the fat 
 that covereth the inwards, and 
 all the fat that is upon tlie in- 
 •\vards, 
 
 15 And the two kidneys, and 
 the fat that is upon them, which 
 is by the flanks, and the raid 
 above the liver, with tlie kid- 
 neys, it shall he talve away. 
 
 IG And the priest shall bum 
 them upon the altar: it is the 
 food of the offeiinf? made by 
 fire for a sweet savour : all the 
 fat is the Lord's. 
 
 17 Jt shall be a i^rpetual 
 
 f(/rUiepru8f, 
 
 7 And tlie priest sliall put so7ne 
 of the blood upon the bonis of 
 the altar of sweet incense lie- 
 fore tlie Lord, which is in the 
 talieniacle of the congnicration ; 
 and shall pour all the blood of 
 the bulloc'k at the Ixjttom of 
 the altar of the burnt offenn^', 
 which is at the door of the ta- 
 bernacle of the con^'regation. 
 
 8 And he sliall take ofi' from 
 it all the fat of the bullock for 
 the sin offering ; the fat that co- 
 vereth the inwards, and all the 
 fat that is upon the inwards, 
 
 9 And the two kidneys, and the^ 
 fat that is upon them, which is 
 
 statute for your generations by the flanks, and the caul above 
 throughout all your dwellings, the liver, with tlie Iddneys, it* 
 that ye eat neither fat nor blood, shall he take away, 
 
 CHAPTER IV. I 10 As it was taken off from the 
 
 1 Tlie sin oferinr, of ignorance, ^for ^^]}^']^'^ of the sacrilicc of peace 
 
 the pries', 13 for (he conuregation. oil< Tings : and the priest shall 
 
 22 /or the ruler, 21 for any of the bum them upon tlie altar of the 
 
 Teoi>le. I bumt oil'ering. 
 
 AND the Lord spake imto | 11 And the skin of the bullock, 
 . Moses, saying, ' and all his flesh, with his head, 
 
 2 Speak unto the chikhen of and with his legs, and his in- 
 Israel, saying. If a soul shall wards, and his dung, 
 
 sin through ignorance against | 12 Even the whole bullock 
 any of the comniaiulnients of \ shall he carry forth without the 
 the IjORd concer?iinic things , camp unto a clean place, where 
 wliich ought not to Ije done, and ■ the ashes are poured out, and 
 shall do against any of them : | bum him on the wood with fire : 
 
 3 If the priest that is anointed 1 where the ashes are poured out 
 do sin according to the sin of shall he be bumt. 
 
 the people ; then let him biing | 13 H And if the whole congre- 
 for his sin, which he hath sin- , gation of Israel sin through ig- 
 ned, a young bullock without 
 blemish unto the Lord for a sin 
 offering. 
 
 4 And he shall bring the bul- 
 lock unto the doer of the taber- 
 nacle of the congregation before 
 the Lord; and shall lay his 
 hand upon the bullock's head, 
 and Idll the bullock before the 
 Lord. 
 
 5 And the priest that is anoint- 
 ed shall take of the bullock's 
 blood, and bring it to the taber- 
 nacle of the congregation : 
 
 6 And the priest shall dip his 
 finger in the blood, and sprinkle 
 of the blood seven times before 
 the Lord, before the vail of the 
 sanctuary. 
 
 norance, and the thing be hid 
 from the eyes of the assembly, 
 and they have done somewhat 
 against any of the command- 
 ments of the Lord concerning 
 things wliich should not be 
 done, and are guilty ; 
 
 14 When the sin, which they 
 have sinned against it, is knovv^n, 
 then the congregation shall of- 
 fer a young bullock for the sin, 
 and bring him before the taber- 
 nacle of the congregation. 
 
 15 And the elders of the con- 
 gregation shall lay their hands 
 upon the head of the bullock be- 
 fore the Lord : and tlie bidlock 
 shall be killed before the Lord. 
 
 16 And the priest that is an- 
 
LEVITICUS, IV. any of the people. 
 
 the priest sliall make an atone- 
 ment for him as concerning his 
 sin, and it shall be forgiven him. 
 
 27 IF And if any one of the com- 
 mon people sin through igno- 
 rance, while he doeth somewhat 
 against any of the command- 
 ments of the LoED concerning 
 things which ought net to be 
 done, and be guilty ; 
 
 28 Or if his sin, which he hath 
 sinned, come to his Imowiedge : 
 then he shall biTQg his offering, 
 a kid of the goa-ts, a female with- 
 out blemish, for his sin which he 
 hath sinned. 
 
 29 And he sliajl lay his hand 
 upon the head of the sin offer- 
 ing, and slay the sin offering in 
 the place of the burnt offering. 
 
 30 And the priest shall take of 
 the blood thereof with his finger, 
 and put it upon the horns of the 
 altar of burnt offering, and shall 
 pour out all the blood thereof at 
 the bottom of the altar. 
 
 31 And he shall take away all 
 the fat thereof, as the fat is taken 
 away from off the sacrifice of 
 peace offerings; and the priest 
 shall burn it upon the altar for 
 a sweet savour unto the Loed ; 
 and the priest shall make an 
 atonement for him, and it shall 
 be forgiven him. 
 
 32 And if he bring a lamb for 
 a sm offering, he shall bring it 
 a female without blemish. 
 
 S3 And he shall lay his hand 
 upon the head of the sin offermg, ' 
 and slay it for a sin offering in 
 the place where they Idll the 
 burnt offering. 
 
 34 And the priest shall take of 
 the blood of the sin offering with 
 his finger, and put it upon the 
 horns of the altar of burnt ofier- 
 ing, and shall pour out all the 
 blood thereof at the bottom cf 
 the altar : 
 
 35 And he shall take away all 
 the fat thereof, as the fat of the 
 lamb is taken away from the 
 sacrifice of the peace offerings ; 
 and the priest shall burn them 
 upon the altar, according to the 
 
 unto the 
 
 a 'i'uler, orfm- 
 
 ointed shall bring of the bul- 
 lock's blood to the tabernacle of 
 the congregation : 
 
 17 And the priest shall dip his 
 finger in some of the blood, and 
 sprinkle it seven times before 
 the LoED, even before the vail. 
 
 18 And he shall put some of 
 the blood upon the horns of the 
 altar which is before the Loed, 
 that is in the tabernacle of the 
 congregation, and shall pour out 
 all the blood at the bottom of 
 the altar of the burnt offering, 
 which is at the door of the ta- 
 bernacle of the congregation. 
 
 19 And he shall take all his fat 
 from him, and burn it upon the 
 altar. 
 
 20 And he shall do with the bul- 
 lock as he did with the bullock 
 for a sin offering, so shall he do 
 with this: and the priest shall 
 make an atonement for them, 
 and it shall be forgiven them. 
 
 21 And he shall carry forth the 
 bullock without the camp, and 
 binn him as he bmned the first 
 bullock : it is a sin ofiering for 
 the congregation. 
 
 22 1[ When a ruler hath sinned, 
 and done somewhat through ig- 
 norance against any of the com- 
 mandments of the LoED his 
 God concerning things which 
 should not be done, and is 
 guilty ; 
 
 23 Or if his sin, wherein he 
 hath sumed, come to his loiow- 
 ledge ; he shall biing his offer- 
 ing, a kid of the goats, a male 
 without blemish : 
 
 24 And he shall lay his hand 
 upon the head of the goat, and 
 kill it in the place where they 
 kill the burnt offering before the 
 LoED : it is a sin offering. 
 
 25 And the priest shall take 
 of the blood of the sin offering 
 with his finger, and put it upon 
 the horns of the altar of burnt 
 offering, and shall pour out his 
 blood at the bottom of the altar 
 of burnt offering. 
 
 26 And he shall burn all his fat 
 upon the altar, as the fat of the ^ 
 sacrifice of peace ofierings : and I offerings made by fir 
 
 F3 
 
The tremsi offering. LEVITICUS, V. 
 
 Lord : and tho |)riest fihall make 
 an atonement lor his sin that ho 
 hath committed, and it slrnll be 
 forj^iven him. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 I He that siinieth in concealing his 
 knowledge, 2 in touching an un- 
 clean thing, 4 of in vutking an 
 oath. 6 Jlis tresjKiss offering, of 
 the flock, 7 offoich, U or of flour. 
 It Thfl tiesjxtHH offering in nucri- 
 lege, 17 a na in ains of ig nora nee. 
 
 AND if a soul sill, and liear 
 . the voice ofswearinp:, and is 
 a witness, whether lie hath seen 
 
 TJte trespass offering. 
 
 offerinir. and the other for a 
 burnt offe finer. 
 
 8 And liL' sliall briiifr them un- 
 to th<' i)riest, wlio shall otter t/ifit 
 which is for the sin ottering' liivt, 
 and wrinp ott' his head from his 
 neck, but shall not divide il 
 asunder : 
 
 ^) And he shall sprinkle of the 
 blood of the sin otterinir noon the 
 side of the altar; and tlie rest 
 of the bloo<l sliall be wrun;^ out 
 at the bottom of the altar: it is 
 a sin ofleiine:. 
 
 10 And he shall offer the se- 
 
 or kno\ni of it ; if he do not cond J'or a burnt otterinL^ ac- 
 
 utter it, then he shall bear his 
 iniiiuity. 
 
 2 Or ii'a soul touch any unclean 
 thhii?, whether it he a carease of 
 an unch-an beast, or a carcase 
 of unclean cattle, or the car- 
 case of unelean creepini? tinners, 
 and i/ it be hidden from him ; 
 he alpo shall be unclean, and 
 ^^uilty. 
 
 3 Or if he touch the unclean- 
 ness of man, whatM)ev«'r unclean 
 
 conUn^' to the manner: and the 
 priest shall make an atonement 
 for him for his sin which he 
 hath sinned, and it shall be for- 
 triven liim. 
 11 ?[ 13ut if he Ix? not able to 
 bring two turtledoves, or two 
 youn?c i)i.ire(jns, then he that 
 sinned shall brim^ for his otter- 
 ing' the tenth part of an epluili 
 of ttne flour for a sin ottering; 
 he shall i)ut no oil upon it, nei- 
 
 ness it he that a man sliall be ' ther shall he put any f ran k- 
 detilcd withal, and it \nt hid from incense tliereon : for it a* a sin 
 him; when ho knoweth r^/" tV, j ottering, 
 then he shall be guilty. | 12 Then shall he bring it to 
 
 4 Or if a soul swear, pronounc- ' the i)riest, and the priest shall 
 iug with his lips to do evil, or to take his handful of it, even a 
 do good, whatsoever it he that memorial thereof, and bum it 
 a man shall pronounce with an on the altar, according to the 
 oath, and it be hid from lum ; otterings made by fire unto the 
 when he knoweth of it, then he ! Lord : it is a sin ottering, 
 shall be guilty in one of tliese. | 13 And the priest shall make 
 
 5 And it shall be, when he shall ; an atonement for him as touch- 
 be guilty in one of tliese thirties ^ ing liis sin that he hath sinned 
 that he shall confess that he in one of these, and it shall be 
 hath smned in that thin^ : forgiven him : and the remnant 
 
 6 And he shall bring his tres- shall be the priest's, as a meat 
 
 pass ottering unto the Lord for 
 his sin which he hath sinned, a 
 female from the flock, a lamb 
 or a kid of the goats, for a sin 
 offeiing; and the priest shall 
 make an atonement for him 
 concerning his sin. 
 7 And if he be not able to 
 bring a lamb, then he shall 
 bring for his trespass, which 
 he hath committed, two turtle- 
 doves, or two young pigeons, 
 unto the Lord; one for a sin 
 
 oft'ering. 
 
 14 ![ And the Lord spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 15 If a soul commit a trespass, 
 and sin through ignorance, in 
 the holy tilings of the Lord; 
 then he shall bring for his tres- 
 pass unto the Lord a ram with- 
 out blemish out of the flocks, 
 with thy estimation by shekels 
 of silver, after the shekel of the 
 sanctuary, for a trespass offer- 
 ing : 
 
The law of the 
 
 LEVITICUS, VI. 
 
 hamt offering. 
 
 16 And he shall make amends 
 for the harm that he hath done 
 in the holy thing, and shall add 
 the fifth part thereto, and give 
 it imto the priest : and the priest 
 shall make an atonement for 
 him with the ram of the tres- 
 pass offering, and it shall be 
 forgiven him. 
 
 17 IF And if a sonl sin, and com- 
 mit any of these things which 
 are forbidden to be done by the 
 coromandments of the Loed; 
 though he wist it not, yet is he 
 guilty, and shall bear his ini- 
 quity. 
 
 18 And he shall bring a ram 
 without blemish out of the flock, 
 with thy estimation, for a tres- 
 pass ofiering, unto the priest: 
 and the priest shall make an 
 atonement for him concerning 
 his ignorance wherein he erred 
 and wist it not, and it shall be 
 forgiven him. 
 
 19 It is a trespass offering : he 
 hath certainly trespassed against 
 the LoED. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 1 The trespass offering for siyis done 
 wittingly. 8 TJie law of the burnt 
 offering, U and of the meat offer- 
 ing. 19 The offering at the conse- 
 cration of a priest. 2^ The law of 
 the sin offering. 
 
 AND the LoED spake unto 
 J\. Moses, saying, 
 
 2 If a soul sin, and commit a 
 trespass against the Loed, and 
 lie unto his neighbour in that 
 which was delivered him to 
 keep, or in fellowship, or in a 
 thing taken away by violence, 
 or hath deceived his neighbour; 
 
 3 Or have found that which was 
 lost, and heth concerning it, and 
 sweareth falsely ; in any of all 
 these that a man doeth, sinning 
 therein : 
 
 4 Then it shall be, because he 
 hath sinned, and is guilty, that 
 he shall restore that wMch he 
 took violently away, or the thing 
 which he hath deceitfully got- 
 ten, or that which was delivered 
 him to keep, or the lost thing 
 which he found, 
 
 5 Or all that about which he 
 hath sworn falsely; he shall 
 even restore it in the principal, 
 and shall add the fifth part more 
 thereto, and give it unto him 
 to whom it appertaineth, in the 
 day of his trespass ofiering. 
 
 6 And he shall bring his tres- 
 pass offering unto the Loed, a 
 ram without blemish out of the 
 flock, with thy estimation, for a 
 trespass offering, unto the priest : 
 
 7 And the priest shall make an 
 atonement for him before the 
 Loed : and it shall be forgiven 
 him for any thing of all that he 
 hath done in trespassing therem* 
 
 8 IF And the Loed spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 9 Command Aaron and his sons, 
 saying, This is the law of the 
 burnt offeiing: It is the burnt 
 offering, because of the bm-ning 
 upon the altar all night unto 
 the morning, and the fire of the 
 altar shall be burning in it. 
 
 10 And the priest shall put on 
 his linen garment, and his linen 
 breeches shaU he put upon his 
 flesh, and take up the ashes 
 which the fire hath consumed 
 with the burnt offering on the 
 altar, and he shall put them be- 
 side the altar. 
 
 11 And he shall put off his gar- 
 ments, and put on other gar- 
 ments, and carry forth the ashes 
 without the camp unto a clean 
 place. 
 
 12 And the fire upon the altar 
 shall be burning in it ; it shall 
 not be put out: and the priest 
 shall bum wood on it every 
 morning, and lay the burnt ol- 
 fering in order upon it ; and he 
 shall bum thereon the fat of the 
 peace offerings. 
 
 ^ 13 The filie shall ever be burn- 
 ing upon the altar; it shall 
 never go out. 
 
 14 IF And this is the law of the 
 meat offering : the sons of Aa- 
 ron shall offer it before the Loed, 
 before the altar. 
 
 15 And he shall take of it his 
 handful, of the flour of the meat 
 offering, and of the oil thereof. 
 
Thelaioofthe 
 
 LEVITICUS, VII. 
 
 sin offering. 
 
 and all the frankincense which | 
 in upon the meat offering:, and i 
 sliall bum it upon the altar ybr I 
 a sweet savour, even the memo- 
 rial of it, imto the Lord. | 
 
 16 And the remainder thereof 
 shall Aaron and his sons cat : 
 Avith unleavened bread shall it 
 be eaten in the holy place ; in 
 the court of the tabeniacle of the 
 congregation they shall eat it. 
 
 17 It shall not be baken with 
 leaven. I have given it u?ito 
 them for their portion of my of- 
 ferings made by lire : it is most 
 holy, as is the sin ottering, and 
 as the trespass ollering. I 
 
 18 All the males among the 
 children of Aaron shall eat of it. 
 It shall be a statute for ever in 
 your generations conceniing the 
 oflferings of the Lord made by 
 fire : every one that toucheth 
 them shall be holy. 
 
 19 1[ And the Lord spake imto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 20 This is the offering of Aa- 
 ron and of his sons, which they 
 shall offer imto the Lord in the 
 day when he is anointed; the 
 tenth part of an ephah of line 
 flour for a meat offering perpe- 
 tual, half of it in the morning, 
 and half thereof at night. 
 
 21 In a pan it shall be made 
 with oil ; and when it is baken, 
 thou shalt bring it in : and the 
 baken pieces of the meat offer- 
 ing shalt thou ofleryor a sweet 
 savour unto the Lord. 
 
 22 And the priest of his sons 
 that is anointed in his stead 
 shall offer it : it is a statute for 
 ever unto the Lord ; it shall be 
 wholly burnt. 
 
 23 For every meat offering for 
 the priest shall be wholly burnt : 
 it shall not be eaten. 
 
 24 ^ And the Lord spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 25 Speak unto Aaron and to his 
 sons, saying, This is the law of 
 the sin offering: In the place 
 where the burnt offering is kill- 
 ed shall the sin offering be lolled 
 before the Lord : it is most holy. 
 
 26 The priest that offereth it for 
 
 sin shall eat it : in the holy place 
 shall it be eaten, in the court of 
 the tabernacle of the congrega- 
 tion. 
 
 27 Whatsoever shall touch the 
 flesh thereof shall be holy : and 
 wli( 11 there is sprinkled of the 
 blood thereof upon any gar- 
 ment, thou shalt wash that 
 whereon it was sprinkled in 
 the holy place. 
 
 28 But the earthen vessel 
 wherein it is sodden shall bo 
 broken : and if it be sodden in 
 a brasen pot, it shall be both 
 scoured, and rinsed in water. 
 
 29 All the males among the 
 priests shall eat thereof: it is 
 most holy. 
 
 30 And no sin offeiing, where- 
 of an?/ of the blood is brought 
 into the tabernacle of the con- 
 gregation to reconcile ivithal in 
 the holy place, shall be eaten : 
 it shall be burnt in the fire. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 1 '£lxe Imo of the tresjxiss offering. 
 11 and of the peace qferhigs, 12 
 whetlier it he for a thanksgiving, 
 IG or a vow, or a freewill offering. 
 22 The fat, 26 and the blood, are 
 forbidden. 28 The 2yrie8t8' poi'tion 
 in the jjeace offerings. 
 
 LIKEWISE tliis is the law 
 of the trespass offering : it 
 is most holy. 
 
 2 In the place where they kill 
 the burnt offering shall they kill 
 the trespass offering : and the 
 blood thereof shall he sprinkle 
 round about upon the altar. 
 
 3 And he shall offer of it all the 
 fat thereof; the rump, and the 
 fat that covereth the inwards, 
 
 4 And the two kidneys, and the 
 fat that is on them, which is by 
 the flanks, and the caul that ts 
 above the liver, with the kid- 
 neys, it shall he take away : 
 
 5 And the priest shall bum 
 them upon the altar /or an of- 
 fering made by fire unto the 
 Lord : it is a trespass offering. 
 
 6 Every male among the priests 
 shall eat thereof: it shall be 
 eaten in the holy place: it is 
 most holy. 
 
Tlie lawoftlie 
 
 LEVITICUS, YII. 
 
 peace offerings. 
 
 7 As the sin offering is, so is 
 the trespass offering: there is 
 one law for them: the priest 
 that maketh at9nenient there- 
 with shall have it. 
 
 8 And the priest that offereth 
 any man's bnmt offering, even 
 the priest shall have to himself 
 the skin of the burnt offering 
 wliich he hath offered. 
 
 9 And all the meat offering 
 that is baken in the oven, and 
 all that is dressed in the frying- 
 pan, and in the pan, shall be the 
 priest's that offereth it. 
 
 10 And every meat offering, 
 mingled with oil, and dry, shall 
 all the sons of Aaron have, one 
 as much as another. 
 
 11 And this is the law of the sa- 
 crifice of peace offerings, which 
 he shall offer nnto the Loed. 
 
 12 If he offer it for a thanks- 
 giving, then he shall offer with 
 the sacrifice of thanksgiving un- 
 leavened cakes mingled with oil, 
 and unleavened wafers anointed 
 with oil, and cakes mingled with 
 oil, of fine flour, fried. 
 
 13 Besides the cakes, he shall 
 offer /07' his offering leavened 
 bread with the sacrifice of 
 thanksgiving of his peace of- 
 ferings. 
 
 14 And of it he shall offer one 
 out of the whole oblation /or an 
 heave offering unto the Loed, 
 a7id it shall be the priest's that 
 sprinldeth the blood of the peace 
 offerings. 
 
 15 And the flesh of the sacrifice 
 of liis peace offerings for thanks- 
 giving shall be eaten the same 
 day that it is offered; he shall 
 not leave any of it until the 
 morning. 
 
 16 But if the sacrifice of his of- 
 fering be a vow, or a voluntary 
 offering, it shall be eaten the 
 same day that he offereth his 
 sacrifice : and on the morrow 
 also the remainder of it shall 
 be eaten : 
 
 17 But the remainder of the 
 flesh of the sacrifice on the third 
 day shall be burnt with fii^e. 
 
 18 And if an^ of the flesh of 
 
 the sacrifice of his peace offerings 
 be eaten at all on the third day, 
 it shall not be accepted, neither 
 shall it be imputed unto him 
 that offereth it : it shall be an 
 abomination, and the soul that 
 eateth of it shall bear his ini- 
 quity. 
 
 19 And the flesh that toucheth 
 any unclean thi?ig shall not be 
 eaten ; it shall be burnt with fire : 
 and as for the flesh, all that be 
 clean shall eat thereof. 
 
 20 But the soul that eateth of 
 the flesh of the sacrifice of peace 
 offerings, that pertain unto the 
 LoED, having his uncleanness 
 upon him, even that soul shall 
 be cut off from his people. 
 
 21 Moreover the soul that shall 
 touch any unclean thing, as the 
 uncleanness of man, or an2/ un- 
 clean beast, or any abominable 
 unclean thing, and eat of the 
 flesh of the sacrifice of peace of- 
 feiings, which pertain unto the 
 LoED, even that soul shall be 
 cut off from his people. 
 
 22 IF And the Loed spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 23 Speak unto the children of 
 Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no 
 manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, 
 or of goat. 
 
 24 And the fat of the beast that 
 dieth of itself, and the fat of that 
 which is torn with beasts, may be 
 used in any other use : but ye 
 shall in no wise eat of it. 
 
 25 For whosoever eateth the fat 
 of the beast, of which men offer 
 an offering made by fire unto the 
 LoED, even the soul that eat- 
 eth it shall be cut off from his 
 people. 
 
 26 Moreover ye shall eat no 
 manner of blood, whether it he 
 of fowl or of beast, in any of 
 your dwellings. 
 
 27 Whatsoever soul it he that 
 eateth any manner of blood, 
 even that soul shall be cut off" 
 from his people. 
 
 28 IF And the Loed spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 29 Speak unto the children of 
 Israel, saying, He that offereth 
 
Mom consecraleth LEVITICUS, VIII. 
 
 the sacrifice of his peace offer- 
 mp;H unto the LoiU) sliall V)rinp 
 liis oblation unto the Loui* of the 
 Baciifice of his peace offering's. 
 
 30 His own hands shall bnng 
 the oHerin^'s of the Lord made 
 by tire, the fat with the l)reast, 
 it shall he bring, that the breast 
 may be waved /or a wave offer- 
 ing before the Lord. 
 
 31 And the Driest shall bum 
 the fat upon the altar : but the 
 breast shall be Aaron's and his 
 Bons'. 
 
 32 And the right shoulder shall 
 ye give unto the priest /or an 
 hea\e offering of the sacrifices 
 of your peace offerings. 
 
 33 He among the sons of Aaron, 
 that offereth the blood of the 
 peace oll'erings, and the fat, shall 
 nave the right shoulder for his 
 part. 
 
 34 For the wave breast and the 
 
 Aaron and his eonb'. 
 
 CHAPTER VIH. 
 
 1 Moses rcnisecrateth Aaron and his 
 sons. 14 'flieir sin offering. 18 'Ilieir 
 burnt offering. 2*2 TJie rmn of con- 
 secrations. 31 The place ami time 
 of their consecration. 
 
 AND the Lord spake unto 
 - Moses, saying, 
 
 2 Take Aaron and his sons with 
 him, and the gannents, and the 
 anointing oil, and a bullock for 
 the sin offering, and two rams, 
 and a basket of unleavened 
 bread; 
 
 3 And gather thou all the con- 
 gregation together unto the door 
 of the tabernacle of the congre- 
 gation. 
 
 4 And Moses did as the Lord 
 C(mimanded him; and the as- 
 sembly was gathi^red together 
 unto the door of the tabernacle 
 of the congregation. 
 
 And Moses said unto the 
 
 heave shoulder have I taken of i congregation, This is the thing 
 
 the children of Israel from off 
 the sacrifices of their peace of- 
 ferings, and have given them 
 unto Aaron the priest and inito 
 liis sons by a statute for ever 
 from among the children of Is- 
 rael. 
 
 35 H Tliis is the portion of the 
 anointing of Aaron, and of the 
 anointing of Ids sons, out of the 
 offerings of the Lord made by 
 fire, in the day when he pre- 
 sented them to minister unto 
 the Lord in the priest's office ; 
 
 36 Which the Lord command- 
 ed to be given them of the chil- 
 dren of Israel, in the day that 
 he anointed them, h/ a statute 
 for ever throughout their gene- 
 rations. 
 
 37 This is the law of the birnit 
 offering, of the meat offering, 
 and of the sin offering, and of 
 the trespass offering, and of the 
 consecrations, and of the sacri- 
 fice of the peace offerings ; 
 
 38 Which the Lord command- 
 ed Moses in mount Sinai, in the 
 day that he commanded the chil- 
 dren of Israel to offer their obla- 
 tions unto the Lord, in the wil- 
 demess of Sinai. 
 
 which the Lord commanded to 
 be done. 
 
 G And Moses brought Aaron 
 and his sons, and washed them 
 with water. 
 
 7 And he put upon him the 
 coat, and girded him with the 
 girdle, and clothed him with the 
 robe, and put the ephod upon 
 liim, and he girded him with the 
 curious girdle of the ephod, and 
 bound it mito liim therewith. 
 
 8 And he put the breastplate 
 upon him: also he put in the 
 breastplate the Urim and the 
 Thummim. 
 
 9 And he put the mitre upon 
 liis head; also upon the mitre, 
 even upon his forefront, did he 
 put the golden plate, the holy 
 crown; as the Lord command- 
 ed Moses. 
 
 10 And Moses took the anoint- 
 ing oil, and anointed the taber- 
 nacle and all that was therein, 
 and sanctified them. 
 
 11 xVnd he sprinkled thereof 
 upon the altar seven times, and 
 anointed the altar and all his 
 vessels, both the laver and his 
 foot, to sanctify them. 
 
 12 And he poured of the an- 
 
The ram of 
 
 LEYITICUS, Vm. 
 
 ointing oil upon Aaron's head, 
 and anointed Mm, to sanctify 
 liim. 
 
 13 And Moses brought Aaron's 
 sons, and put coats upon them, 
 and g-irded them with girdles, 
 and put bonnets upon them ; as 
 the LoED commanded Moses. 
 
 14 And he brought the bullock 
 for the sin offering : and Aaron 
 and his sons laid their hands 
 upon the head of the bullock 
 for the sin offeriag. 
 
 15 And he slew it ; and Moses 
 took the blood, and put it upon 
 the horns of the altar round 
 about with his finger, and puri- 
 fied the altar, and poured the 
 blood at the bottom of the altar, 
 and sanctified it, to make recon- 
 ciliation upon it. 
 
 16 And he took all the fat that 
 was upon the inwards, and the 
 caul above the hver, and the 
 two kidneys, and their fat, and 
 Moses burned it upon the altar. 
 
 17 But the bullock, and his 
 hide, his flesh, and his dung, 
 he burnt with fire without the 
 camp; as the Loed commanded 
 Moses. 
 
 18 IF And he brought the ram 
 for the burnt offering : and Aa- 
 ron and his sons laid their hands 
 upon the head of the ram. 
 
 19 And he killed it ; and Mo- 
 ses sprinkled the blood upon the 
 altar round about. 
 
 20 And he cut the ram into 
 pieces; and Moses burnt the 
 head, and the pieces, and the fat. 
 
 21 And he washed the inwards 
 and the legs in water ; and Mo- 
 ses burnt the whole ram upon 
 the altar : it was a burnt sacri- 
 fice for a sweet savour, and an 
 offering made by fire unto the 
 Lord ; as the Loed commanded 
 
 22 IF And he brought the other 
 ram, the ram of consecration: 
 and Aaron and his sons laid 
 their hands upon the head of 
 the ram. 
 
 23 And he slew it ; and Mo- 
 ses took of the blood of it, and 
 put it upon the tip of Aaron's 
 
 consecration. 
 
 right ear, and upon the thumb 
 of his right hand, and upon the 
 great toe of his right foot. 
 
 24 And he brought Aaron's 
 sons, and Moses put of the blood 
 upon the tip of their right ear, 
 and upon the thumbs of their 
 right hands, and upon the great 
 toes of their right feet: and 
 Moses sprinkled the blood up- 
 on the altar round about. 
 
 25 And he took the fat, and 
 the rump, and all the fat that 
 was upon the iawards, and the 
 caul above the liver, and the 
 two kidneys, and their fat, and 
 the right shoulder : 
 
 26 And out of the basket of 
 unleavened bread, that was be- 
 fore the Loed, he took one 
 unleavened cake, and a cake of 
 oiled bread, and one wafer, and 
 put them on the fat, and upon 
 the right shoulder : 
 
 27 And he put all upon Aa- 
 ron's hands, and upon his sons' 
 hands, and waved them for a 
 wave offering before the Loed. 
 
 28 And Moses took them from 
 off their hands, and burnt them 
 on the altar upon the burnt of- 
 fering : they were consecrations 
 for a sweet savour : it is an of- 
 fering made by fire unto the 
 Loed. 
 
 29 And Moses took the breast, 
 and waved it Jbr a wave offer- 
 ing before the Loed : for of the 
 ram of consecration it was Mo- 
 ses' part ; as the Loed command- 
 ed Moses. 
 
 30 And Moses took of the an- 
 oiating oil, and of the blood 
 which was upon the altar, and 
 spriokled it upon Aaron, and 
 upon his garments,^ and upon 
 his sons, and upon his sons' gar- 
 ments with him ; and sanctfeed 
 Aaron, and his garments, and 
 his sons, and his sons' garments 
 with him. 
 
 31 IF And Moses said unto Aa- 
 ron and to his sons, Boil the 
 flesh at the door of the taber- 
 nacle of the congregation : and 
 there eat it with the bread that 
 is m the basket of consecrations. 
 
Aaron's offeringe far LEVITICUS, IX. himsel/ and the people. 
 
 as I commanded, say in i?, Aaron 
 and his sons shall eat it. 
 
 32 And that which remaineth 
 of tlie flcBh and of the bread 
 shall ye bum with fire. 
 
 33 And ye shall not p;o out of 
 the door of the tabeniacle (jf the 
 congregation in seven days, un- 
 til the days of your consecration 
 be at an end: for seven days 
 bhall he consecrate you. 
 
 34 As he hath done this day, so 
 the Lord hath commanded to do, 
 to make an atonement l<»r you. 
 
 lij I'liereloir shall ye abide at 
 the door of the tabernacle of the 
 congregation day and night se- ! 
 ven days, and keep the charge 
 of the Lord, that ye die not: 
 for so I am commanded. 
 3(3 8o Aaron and his sons did 
 all things uhich the Lord com- 
 manded by the hand of Moses. 
 
 ( HAPTER IX. 
 1 TJie first nfferiiiys of Aaron, for 
 himself ona the ]>>'oji1e. S The sin 
 off'eriuiJ, 12 awl the hurnt offp-iufj 
 for himself. l'> The offerings foi- the 
 jfeojtU'. 23 Moses und Aaion hlesa 
 the iK'ople. 21 Fire cometh from, 
 tJie Lord, n}xj)i the (diar. 
 
 AND it came to pass on the 
 . eighth day, that Moses 
 called Aaron and liis sons, and 
 the elders of Israel ; 
 
 2 And he said unto Aaron, 
 Take thee a young calf for a sin 
 offering, and a ram for a burnt 
 offering, without blemish, and 
 oiler them before the Lord. 
 
 3 And mito the children of 
 Israel thou shalt speak, saying, 
 Take ye a kid of the goats for 
 a sin offeiing ; and a calf and 
 a lamb, both of the first year, 
 without blemish, for a burnt 
 offering ; 
 
 4- Also a bullock and a ram for 
 peace offerings, to sacrifice be- 
 fore the Lord ; and a meat offer- 
 ing mingled with oil : for to day 
 the Lord will appear imto you. 
 
 5 1[ And they brought that 
 which Moses commanded before 
 the tabernacle of the congrega- 
 tion: and all the congregation 
 drew near and stood before the 
 Lord. 
 
 {) And Closes fwiid, Tliis in the 
 thing which the Lord com- 
 manded that ye should do : and 
 the glory of the Lokd shall ap- 
 pear unto you. 
 
 7 And Moses said unto Aan-n, 
 Go unto the altar, and oU'er thy 
 sin oifering, and thy burnt of- 
 ferintr, and make an atonement 
 for thyself, and for the people : 
 and oiler the offering of the jieo- 
 ple, and make an atonement for 
 them ; as tin' Lord commanded. 
 
 8 l! Aaron therefore went Uiito 
 the altar, and slew the calf of 
 tlie sin offering, which wan for 
 himsidf. 
 
 9 And the sons of Aaron 
 brought the blood mito him : 
 and lie dipped his finger in the 
 blood, Jincl put it upon the 
 bonis of the altar, and poured 
 out the blood at the bottom of 
 th(? altar : 
 
 10 But the fat, and the kidneys, 
 and the caul above the liver of 
 the sin ottering, he burnt upon 
 the altar; as the Lobd com- 
 manded Moses. 
 
 11 And the fiesh and the hide he 
 burnt with file witliout the camp. 
 
 12 And he slew the bunit offer- 
 ing; and Aaron's sons ijresent- 
 ed unto him the blood, which 
 he sprinkled round about upon 
 the altar. 
 
 13 And they presented tlie burnt 
 offering unto hun,with the pieces 
 thereof, and the head: and he 
 bunit them upon the altar. 
 
 14 And he did wash the in- 
 wards and the legs, and burnt 
 them upon the burnt offering 
 on the altar. 
 
 15 HAnd he brought the peo- 
 ple's offering, and took the goat, 
 which icas the sin offering for 
 the people, and slew it, and of- 
 fered it for sin, as the first. 
 
 16 And he brought tlie burnt 
 offering, and offered it accord- 
 ing to the manner. 
 
 17 And he brought the meat 
 offering, and took an handful 
 thereof, and burnt it upon the 
 altar, beside the burnt sacrifice 
 of the morning. 
 
Naddb and Abihu 
 
 LEVITICUS, X. 
 
 are humi hy Jire. 
 
 18 He slew also the bullock and 
 the ram for a sacrifice of peace 
 offerings, which was for the peo- 
 ple : and Aa.ron's sons presented 
 unto him the blood, which he 
 sprinkled upon the altar round 
 about, 
 
 19 Aiid the fat of the bullock 
 and of the ram, the rimip, and 
 that which covereth the in- 
 wards, and the kidneys, and 
 the caul above the liver : 
 
 20 And they put the fat upon 
 the breasts, and he burnt the 
 fa,t upon the altar : 
 
 21 And the breasts and the 
 right shoulder Aaron waved 
 for a wave ofiering before the 
 Lord ; as Moses commanded. 
 
 22 And Aaron lifted up his 
 hand toward the people, and 
 blessed them, and came down 
 from offering of the sin offer- 
 ing, and the burnt offering, and 
 peace offerings. 
 
 ^ 23 And Moses and Aaron went 
 into the tabernacle of the con- 
 gregation, and came out, and 
 blessed the people: and the 
 glory of the Lord appeared 
 unto all the people. 
 24 And there came a fire out 
 from before the Lord, and con- 
 sumed upon the altar the burnt 
 offering and the fat: which 
 when all the people saw, they 
 shouted, and fell on their faces. 
 ( CHAPTER X. 
 
 1 Nadab and Abihu, for offering of 
 j strange fire, are burnt by fire. 6 
 Aaron a'tid Ms sons are forbidden to 
 mourn for them. 8 The priests are 
 forbidden wine when they are to go 
 info the tabernacle. 12 The law of 
 eating the holy things. 16 Aaron's 
 1 excuse for transgressing thereof. 
 
 AND Nadab and Abihu, the 
 - sons of Aaron, took either 
 of them his censer, and put fire 
 therein, and put incense there- 
 on, and offered strange fire be- 
 fore 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 Moses said unto Aaron, 
 This is it that the Lord spake, 
 
 saying, I will be sanctified in 
 them that come nigh me, and 
 before all the people I will be 
 glorified. And Aaron held his 
 peace. 
 
 4 And Moses called Mishael and 
 Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the 
 uncle of Aaron, and said unto 
 them. Come near, carry your 
 brethren from before the sanc- 
 tuary out of the camp. 
 
 5 So they went near, and car- 
 ried them in their coats out of 
 the camp ; as Moses had said. 
 
 6 And Moses said unto Aaron, 
 and unto Eleazar and unto Itha- 
 mar, his sons, Uncover not your 
 heads, neither rend your clothes ; 
 lest ye die, and lest wrath come 
 upon all the people : but let your 
 brethren, the whole house of Is- 
 rael, bewail the burning which 
 the Lord hath kindled. 
 
 7 And ye shall not go out from 
 the door of the tabernacle of the 
 congregation, lest ye die : for the 
 anointing oil of the Lord is upon 
 you. And they did according to 
 the word of Moses. 
 
 8 If And the Lord spake imto 
 Aaron, saying, 
 
 9 Do not drink wine nor strong 
 drinl?:, thou, nor thy sons mth 
 thee, when ye go into the ta- 
 bernacle of ^ the congregation, 
 lest ye die : it shall be a statute 
 for ever throughout your gene- 
 rations : 
 
 10 And that ye may put differ- 
 ence between holy and unholy, 
 and between unclean and clean ; 
 
 11 And that ye may teach the 
 children of Israel all the statutes 
 which the Lord hath spoken 
 unto them by the hand of Mo- 
 ses. 
 
 12 ^ And Moses spake unto Aa- 
 ron, and unto Eleazar and unto 
 Ithamar, his sons that were left. 
 Take the meat offering that re- 
 maineth of the offerings of the 
 Lord made by fire, and eat it 
 without leaven beside the altar : 
 for it is most holy : 
 
 13 And ye shaU eat it in th^ 
 holy place, because it is thy 
 due, and thy eons' due, of the 
 
Meats clean 
 
 LEVITICUS, XI. 
 
 and tmrJean. 
 
 sacrifices of tlie Lord made by 
 tire : for so I am commanded. 
 
 14 And thii ^vave breast and 
 heave shoulder shall ye eat in 
 a clean place; thou, and thy 
 sons, and thy daughters with 
 tliee : for thef/ be thy due, and 
 tliy sons' due, zvhich are given 
 out of tlie sacrifices of peace of- 
 feriniis of the children of Israel. 
 
 15 Tlie heave shoulder and the 
 wave breast shall they l)rinj? with 
 the otierinps made by tire of the 
 fat, to wave itfoj' a wave ofier- 
 ing before the I^rd ; and it sliall 
 be thine, and thy sons' with thee, 
 by a statute for ever; as the 
 Lord liath commanded. 
 
 1(3 ^ And Moses diligently 
 sought the goat of the sin olfer- 
 ing, and, behold, it was burnt : 
 and he was angr>' with Eleazar 
 and Itliamar, the sons of Aaron 
 which icere left alive, saying, 
 
 17 Wherefore have ye not eat- 
 en the sin ollering in the holy 
 place, seeing it is most holy, 
 and God hath given it you to 
 bear the hiiquity 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 should indeed liave 
 eaten it in the holy ]jlace, as I 
 commanded. 
 
 19 And Aaron said mito Moses, 
 Behold, this day liave they of- 
 fered their sin offering and their 
 burnt offering before the Lord ; 
 and such things have befallen 
 me : and if I had eaten the sin 
 offering to day, should it have 
 been accepted in the sight of 
 the Lord ? 
 
 20 And when Moses heard that, 
 he was content. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 1 What beasts nmy, 4r and ivhat may 
 not he eaten. 9 What fishes. 13 
 What fowls. 29 The creejnng things 
 U'hich are unclean. 
 
 AND the Lord spake vmto 
 . Moses and to Axiron, say- 
 ing unto them, 
 
 2 Speak unto the children of 
 Israel, saying, These are the 
 
 beasts which ye shall eat among 
 all the beasts that are on the 
 earth. 
 
 8 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, 
 and is clovenfoot(?d, and chew- 
 etli the cud, among the beasts, 
 tliat shall yc cat. 
 
 4 Nevertiicless these shall ye 
 not eat of them that chew the 
 cud, or of tlu*m that divide tlie 
 hoof: as the camel, because he 
 cheweth the cud, but divideth 
 not the hoof; he is unclean un- 
 to you. 
 
 5 And the coney, because he 
 cheweth the cud, but divideth 
 not the hoof; he is miclean un- 
 to you. 
 
 (> And the hare, because lie 
 cheweth the cud, but divideth 
 not the hoof; he is imclean 
 unto you. 
 
 7 And the swine, though he 
 divide the hoof, and be cloven- 
 footed, yet he cheweth not the 
 cud ; he is unclean to you. 
 
 8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, 
 and their carcase shall ye not 
 touch ; they are unclean to you. 
 
 9 H These shall ye eat of all 
 that are in the waters : whatso- 
 ever hath fins and scales in the 
 waters, in the seas, and in the 
 rivers, them shall ye eat. 
 
 10 And all that liave not fins 
 and scales in the seas, and in 
 the rivei-s, of all that move in 
 the waters, and of any living 
 
 i thing which is in the waters, 
 
 1 they shall be an abomination 
 
 unto you : 
 
 11 They shall be even an a- 
 bomination unto you ; ye sliall 
 
 I not eat of their flesh, but ye 
 shall have their carcases in a- 
 bomination. 
 
 12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor 
 scales in the waters, that shall 
 be an abomination unto you. 
 
 13 *[[ And these are they ivhich 
 ye shall have in abomination 
 among the fowls; they shall 
 not be eaten, they are an abo- 
 mination: the eagle, and the 
 ossifrage, and the ospray, 
 
 14 And the vulture, and the 
 kite after his kind ; 
 
Meats dean 
 
 LE^^TICUS, XI. 
 
 and unclean. 
 
 15 Every raven after Ms kind ; 
 
 16 And the owl, and the night 
 hawk, and the cnckow, and the 
 hawk after his Idnd, 
 
 17 And the little owl, and the 
 coimorant, and the great owl, 
 
 18 And the swan, and the peli- 
 can, and the gier eagle, 
 
 19 And the stork, the heron 
 after her kind, and the lapwing, 
 and the bat. 
 
 20 All fowls that creep, going 
 npon all fonr, shall be an abo- 
 mhiation nnto yon. 
 
 21 Yet these may ye eat of 
 every flying creeping thing that 
 goeth upon all fonr, which have 
 legs above their feet, to leap 
 withal npon the earth ; 
 
 22 Even these of them ye may 
 eat; the locust after his kind, 
 and the bald locust after his 
 kind, and the beetle after his 
 kind^ and the grasshopper after 
 his kind. 
 
 23 But all other flying creeping 
 things, which have four feet, 
 shall he an abomination unto 
 J^ou. 
 
 24 And for these ye shall be un- 
 clean: whosoever toucheth the 
 carcase of them shall be unclean 
 until the even. 
 
 25 And whosoever beareth 
 ought of the carcase of them 
 shall wash his clothes, and be 
 unclean mitil the even. 
 
 26 The carcases of every beast 
 which di^ddeth the hoof, and is 
 not clovenfooted, nor cheweth 
 the cud, are unclean unto you : 
 every one that toucheth them 
 shall be unclean. 
 
 27 And whatsoever goeth upon 
 his paws, among all manner of 
 beasts that go on all four, those 
 are unclean unto you: whoso 
 toucheth their carcase shall be 
 unclean until the even. 
 
 28 And he that beareth the 
 carcase of them shall wash his 
 clothes, and be unclean until 
 the even: they are unclean 
 unto you. 
 
 29 1[ These also shall he unclean 
 unto you among the creeping 
 things that creep upon the earth ; 
 
 the weasel, and the mouse, and 
 the tortoise after his kind, 
 
 30 And the ferret, and the cha- 
 meleon, and the lizard, and the 
 snail, and the mole. 
 
 31 These are imclean to you a- 
 mong all that creep : whosoever 
 doth touch them, ^rhen they be 
 dead, shall be unclean imtil the 
 even. 
 
 32 And upon whatsoever any of 
 them, when they are dead, doth 
 fall, it shall be unclean ; whether 
 it he any vessel of wood, or rai- 
 ment, or skin, or sack, whatso- 
 ever vessel it he, wherein any 
 work is done, it must be put in- 
 to water, and it shall be imclean 
 untH the even; so it shall be 
 cleansed. 
 
 33 And every earthen vessel, 
 whereinto any^ of them faUeth, 
 whatsoever is in it shall be un- 
 clean ; and ye shall break it. 
 
 34 Of all meat which may be 
 eaten, that on which such water 
 Cometh shall be unclean: and 
 all di'ink that may be di'unk in 
 every such vessel shall be un- 
 clean. 
 
 35 And every thing whereupon 
 any part of their carcase falleth 
 shall be unclean ; whether it he 
 oven, or ranges for pots, they 
 shall be broken down : for they 
 are unclean, and shall be un- 
 clean imto you. 
 
 36 ^Nevertheless a fountain or 
 pit, ivherein there is plenty of 
 water, shall be clean : but that 
 which toucheth their carcase 
 shall be unclean. 
 
 37 And if any part of their 
 carcase fall upon any sowing 
 seed which is to be sown, it 
 shall he clean. 
 
 38 But M any water be put 
 upon the seed, and any part 
 of their carcase fall thereon, it 
 shall he unclean unto you. 
 
 39 And if any beast, ^ of which 
 ye may eat, die ; he that touch- 
 eth the carcase thereof shall be 
 unclean until the even. 
 
 40 And he that eateth of the 
 carcase of it shall wash his 
 clothes, and be unclean until 
 
Tlte purijication 
 
 LEVITICUS, xn. 
 
 oftcomen. 
 
 the even : he also that beareth 
 the carcase of it shall wash his 
 clothes, and be unclean until the 
 even. 
 
 41 And every creeping tiling 
 tliat creepeth upon the earth 
 shall be an abomination; it 
 Bliall not be eaten. 
 
 42 Whatsoever goeth upon the 
 belly, and whatsoever goeth up- 
 on all four, or whatsoever hath 
 more feet among all creepmg 
 things that creep upon the earth, 
 them ye shall not eat ; for they 
 are an abomination. 
 
 43 Ye shall not make your- 
 eelves abominable with any 
 creeping thing that creepeth, 
 neither shall ye make your- 
 selves unclean with them, that 
 ye should be defiled thereby. 
 
 44 For I am the Lord your 
 God: ye shall therefore sanc- 
 tify yourselves, and ye shall be 
 holy; for I am holy: neither 
 diall ye defile yourselves \^'ith 
 any manner of creeping thing 
 that creei^eth upon the earth. 
 
 45 For I am the Lord that 
 bringeth you up out of the land 
 of Eg>-pt, to be your God : ye 
 shall therefore be holy, for I am 
 holy. 
 
 46 This is the law of the beasts, 
 and of the fowl, and of everj' 
 li^-ing creature that moveth in 
 the waters, and of every creature 
 that creei)eth upon the earth : 
 
 47 To make a difference be- 
 tween the imclean and the 
 clean, and between the beast 
 that may be eaten and the 
 beast that may not be eaten. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 1 The purification of icomen offer 
 childbirtJi. 6 Her offerings for her 
 purifying. 
 
 AND the Lord spake unto 
 _ Closes, saj-ing, 
 2 Speak unto the children of 
 Israel, saj-ing, If a woman have 
 conceived seed, and bom a man 
 child: then she shall be un- 
 clean seven days ; according to 
 the days of the separation for 
 her infirmity shall she be un- 
 clean. 
 
 3 And in the eighth day the 
 flesh of his foreskin sliall be 
 circiuncised. 
 
 4 And she shall then continue 
 in the blood of her purifying 
 three and tliirty days ; she shall 
 touch no hallowed thing, nor 
 come into the sanctuary, until 
 the davs of her purifying be 
 fulfilled. 
 
 But if she bear a maid child, 
 then she shall be unclean two 
 we('ks, as in her separation : and 
 she shall continue in the blood 
 of her purifying threescore and 
 six days. 
 
 6 And when the days of her 
 piuifying are fulfilled, for a 
 son. or for a daughter, she shall 
 bring a lamli of tlie first year 
 for a burnt offering, and a yoimg 
 pigeon, or a turtledove, for a 
 sin oflering, unto the door of 
 the tabernacle of the congrega- 
 tion, mito the priest : 
 
 7 Who shall ofter it before the 
 Lord, and make an atonement 
 for her ; and she shall Ixi cleans- 
 ed from the issue of her blood. 
 This is the law for her that hath 
 bom a male or a female. 
 
 8 And if she be not able to 
 bring a lamb, then she shall 
 bring two turtles, or two young 
 pigeons; the one for the bumt 
 oflering, and the other for a sin 
 offering: and the priest shall 
 make an atonement for her, and 
 she shall be clean. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 1 37*6 laics ami iolens tchereby 114^ 
 priest is to be guided in discerning 
 the leprosy. 
 
 AND the Lord spake unto 
 . 3Ioses and Aaron, saying, 
 
 2 When a man shall have in 
 the skin of his flesh a rising, a 
 scab, or bright spot, and it be 
 in the skin of his flesh like the 
 plague of leprosy ; then he shall 
 be brought imto Aaron the 
 priest, or unto one of his sons 
 the priests : 
 
 3 And the priest shall look on 
 the plague in the skin of the 
 flesh : and when the hair in the 
 plague is turned white, and the 
 
Laws and tokens 
 
 LEVITICUS, XIII. far discerning leprosy. 
 
 plague in sight be deeper than 
 the skin of his flesh, it is a 
 plague of leprosy : and the priest 
 shall look on him, and pro- 
 nounce him unclean. 
 
 4 If the bright spot be white in 
 the skin of his flesh, and in sight 
 be not deeper than the sMn, and 
 the^ hair thereof be not turned 
 white ; then the priest shall shut 
 up him that hath the plague 
 seven days : 
 
 5 And the priest shall look on 
 him the seventh day : and, be- 
 hold, if the plague in his sight 
 be at a stay, and the plague 
 spread not in the skm; then 
 the priest shall shut him up 
 seven days more : 
 
 6 And the priest shall look on 
 him again the seventh day : and, 
 behold, «ythe plague be some- 
 what dark, and the plague spread 
 not in the skin, the priest shall 
 pronounce him clean : it is but 
 a scab: and he shall wash his 
 clothes, and be clean. 
 
 7 But if the scab spread much 
 abroad in the sldn, after that he 
 hath been seen of the priest for 
 his cleansing, he shall be seen 
 of the priest again : 
 
 8 And if the priest see that, 
 l^hold, the scab spreadeth in 
 the slrin, then the priest shall 
 pronounce him unclean : it is a 
 leprosy. 
 
 9 1[ When the plague of leprosy 
 is in a man, then he shall be 
 brought unto the priest ; 
 
 10 And the priest shall see 
 him: and, behold, if the rising 
 be white in the skin, and it 
 have turned the hair white, and 
 there be quick raw flesh in the 
 rising; ^ 
 
 11 It is an old leprosy in the 
 sldn of his flesh, and the priest 
 shall pronounce him unclean, 
 and shall not shut him up : for 
 he is unclean. 
 
 12 And if a leprosy break out 
 abroad in the sMn, and the le- 
 prosy cover all the skin of him 
 that hath the plague from his 
 hfead even to his foot, whereso- 
 ever the priest looketh ; 
 
 13 Then the priest shall con- 
 sider: and, behold, if the lepro- 
 sy have covered aU. his flesh, he 
 shall pronounce him clean that 
 hath the plague : it is all turned 
 white : he is clean. 
 
 14 But when raw flesh appear- 
 eth in him, he shall be unclean. 
 
 15 And the priest shall see the 
 raw flesh, and pronounce him to 
 be unclean : for the raw flesh is 
 unclean : it is a leprosy. 
 
 16 Or if the raw flesh turn 
 again, and be changed unto 
 white, he shall come unto the 
 priest ; 
 
 17 And the priest shall see 
 him : and, behold, if the plague 
 be turned into white ; then the 
 priest shall pronounce him clean 
 that hath the plague : he is clean. 
 
 18 IF The flesh also, in which, 
 even in the skin thereof, was a 
 boil, and is healed, 
 
 19 And in the place of the boil 
 there be a white rising, or a 
 bright spot, white, and some- 
 what reddish, and it be shewed 
 to the priest ; 
 
 20 And if, when the priest 
 seeth it, behold, it be in sight 
 lower than the sMn, and the 
 hair thereof be turned white; 
 the priest shall pronounce him 
 unclean: it is a plague of le- 
 prosy broken out of the boil. 
 
 21 But if the priest look on it, 
 and, behold, there be no white 
 hahs therein, and if it be not 
 lower than the skin, but be 
 somewhat dark ; then the priest 
 shall shut him up seven days : 
 
 22 And if it spread much a- 
 broad in the skin, then the priest 
 shall pronounce him unclean : it 
 is a plague. 
 
 23 But if the bright spot stay 
 in his place, and spread not, it 
 is a burning boil; and the prieet 
 shall pronounce him clean. 
 
 24 H Or if there be an?/ flesh, 
 in the skin whereof there is a 
 hot burning, and the quick fesh 
 that bumeth have a white 
 bright spot, somewhat reddish, 
 or white ; 
 
 25 Then the priest shall look 
 
Laws and tokens 
 
 LEVITICUS, XIII. 
 
 whereby (lie irriest 
 
 upon it: and, beliold, if the 
 hair in the bright spot be turn- 
 ed white, and it be in sight 
 deeper than the skin; it is a 
 leprosy broken out of the burn- 
 ing: wherefore the priest sliall 
 pronounce him unclean: it is 
 the plague of leprosy. 
 
 26 But if the priest look on it, 
 and, behold, there be no wliite 
 hair in the bright spot, and it 
 be no lower than the other skin, 
 but be somewhat dark ; then the 
 priest shall shut him up seven 
 days: 
 
 27 And the priest shall look 
 upon liim the seventh day : and 
 if it be spread much abroad in 
 the sldn, then the priest sliall 
 pronomice him unclean : it is 
 the plague of leprosy. 
 
 ^ 28 And if the bright spot stay 
 in his place, and spread not in 
 the skin, but it be somewhat 
 dark ; it is a rising of the burn- 
 ing, and the priest shall pro- 
 nounce him clean : for it is an 
 inflammation of the burning. 
 
 29 IF If a man or woman have 
 a plague upon the head or the 
 beard ; 
 
 30 Then the priest shall see the 
 plague : and, beliold, if it be in 
 sight deeper than the sldn ; and 
 there be in it a yellow tliin hair; 
 then the priest shall pronounce 
 him unclean : it is a dry scall, 
 even a leprosy upon the head 
 or beard. 
 
 31 And if the priest look on the 
 plague of the scall, and, behold, 
 it be not in sight deeper than the 
 skin, and that there is no black 
 hair in it ; then the priest shall 
 shut up him that hath the plague 
 of the scall seven days : 
 
 32 And in the seventh day the 
 priest shall look on the plague : 
 and, behold, if fhe scall spread 
 not, and there be in it no yel- 
 low hair, and the scall be not in 
 sight deeper than the sldn ; 
 
 33 He shall be shaven, but the 
 scall shall he not shave; and 
 the priest shall shut up him that 
 hath the scall seven days more : 
 
 34 And in the seventh day the 
 
 priest shall look on the scall : 
 and, behold, if the scall be not 
 spread in the skin, nor be in 
 sight deeper than the sldn ; then 
 the priest shall pronounce him 
 clean: and he shall wash his 
 clothes, and be clean. ] 
 
 35 But if the scall spread much . 
 in the skin after his cleansing ; 
 
 36 Then the priest shall look 
 on liim : and, beliold, if the scall 
 be spread in the skin, the priest 
 shall not seek for yellow hair ; 
 he is unclean. 
 
 37 But if the scall be in his sight 
 at a stay, and that there is black 
 hair grown up therein; the scall 
 is healed, he is clean : and the 
 priest shall pronounce him clean. 
 
 38 H If a man also or a woman 
 have in the skin of their flesh 
 bright spots, even white bright 
 spots; 
 
 39 Then the priest shall look : 
 and, behold, if the bright spots 
 in the skin of their flesh be 
 darkish white; it is a freckled 
 spot that groweth in the skin; 
 he is clean. 
 
 40 And the man whose hair is 
 fallen off his head, he is bald ; 
 ^et is he clean. 
 
 41 And he that hath his hair 
 fallen ofi" from the part of his 
 head toward his face, he is fore- 
 head bald : pet is he clean. 
 
 42 And if there be in the bald 
 head, or bald forehead, a white 
 reddish sore; it is a leprosy 
 sprung up in his bald head, or 
 his bald forehead. 
 
 43 Then the priest shall look 
 upon it : and, behold, if the ris- 
 ing of the sore be white reddish 
 in his bald head, or in his bald 
 forehead, as the leprosy appear- 
 eth in the sldn of the flesh ; 
 
 44 He is a leprous man, he is 
 miclean : the priest shall pro- 
 nounce him utterly unclean ; 
 his plague is in his head. 
 
 45 And the leper in whom the 
 plague is, his clothes shall be 
 rent, and his head bare, and he 
 shall put a covering upon his 
 upper lip, and shall cry, Un- 
 clean, unclean. 
 
is to he guided in 
 
 LEVITICUS, XIV. 
 
 ing UjJTosu. 
 
 46 All the days wherein the 
 plague shall he in him he shall 
 be defiled; he is unclean: he 
 shall dvv'ell alone; without the 
 camp shall his habitation be. 
 
 47 IT The garment also that the 
 plague of leprosy is in, whether 
 it he a woollen garment, or a 
 linen garment ; 
 
 48 Whether it he in the warp, 
 or woof; of linen, or of woollen ; 
 whether in a skin, or in any 
 thing made of skin ; 
 
 49 And if the plague be green- 
 ish or reddish in the garment, or 
 in the sMn, either in the warp, 
 or in the woof, or in any thing 
 of skin ; it is a plague of leprosy, 
 and shall be shewed unto ttie 
 priest : 
 
 50 And the priest shall look 
 upon the plague, and shut up it 
 that hath the plague seven days : 
 
 51 And he shall look on the 
 plague on the seventh day : if 
 the plague be spread in the gar- 
 ment, either in the warp, or in 
 the woof, or in a sldn, or in any 
 work that is made of skin ; the 
 plague is a fretting leprosy ; it 
 is unclean. 
 
 52 He shall therefore bmn that 
 garment, whether warp or woof, 
 in woollen or in hnen, or any 
 thing of skin, wherein the plague 
 is : for it is a fretting leprosy; it 
 shall be burnt in the fire. 
 
 53 And if the priest shall look, 
 and, behold, the plague be not 
 spread in the garment, either in 
 the warp, or in the woof, or in 
 any thing of skin ; 
 
 54 Then the priest shall com- 
 mand that they wash/7i^ thing 
 wherein the plague is, and he 
 shall shut it up seven days more : 
 
 55 And the priest shall look on 
 the plague, after that it is wash- 
 ed: and, behold, ^y*the plague 
 have not changed his colour, 
 and the plague be not spread; 
 it is unclean; thou shalt bum 
 it in the fire ; it is fret inward, 
 whether it he bare within or 
 without. 
 
 56 And if the priest look, and, 
 behold, the plague he somewhat 
 
 dark after the washing of it; 
 then he shall rend it out of the 
 garment, or out of the skin, or 
 out of the warp, or out of the 
 woof: 
 
 57 And if it appear still in the 
 garment, either in the warp, or 
 in the woof, or in any thing of 
 sMn ; it is a spreading plague : 
 thou shalt bum that wherein 
 the plague is with fire. 
 
 58 And the garment, either 
 warp, or woof, or whatsoever 
 thing of sldn it he, which thou 
 shalt wash, if the plague be de- 
 parted from them, then it shall 
 be washed the second time, and 
 shall be clean. 
 
 59 This is the law of the plague 
 of leprosy in a garment of wool- 
 len or linen, either in the vvarp, 
 or woof, or any thing of skins, 
 to pronounce it clean, or to pro- 
 nounce it unclean. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 1 TJie rites and sacrifices in cleans- . 
 
 ing of the leper. 33 The signs of 
 
 leprosy in a house. 43 The cleans- 
 
 ing of that house. 
 
 AND the LoED spake unto 
 - Moses, saying, 
 
 2 This shall be the law of the 
 leper in the day of his cleans- 
 ing : He shall be brought unto 
 the priest : 
 
 3 And the priest shall go forth 
 out of the camp ; and the priest 
 shall look, and, behold, if the 
 plague of leprosy be healed in 
 the leper ; 
 
 4 Then shall the priest com- 
 mand to take for him that is to 
 be cleansed two birds ahve and 
 clean, and cedar wood, and scar- 
 let, and hyssop : 
 
 5 And the priest shall com- 
 mand that one of the birds be 
 killed in an earthen vessel over 
 running water : 
 
 6 As for the living bird, he 
 shall take it, and the cedar 
 wood, and the scarlet, and the 
 hyssop, and shall dip them and 
 the living bird in the blood of 
 the bird that was killed over 
 the running water : 
 
 7 And he shall sprinkle upon 
 
Kites and sacrifices LEVITICUS, XIV. in cleansing the lepei\ 
 
 him that is to be cleansed from 
 the leprosy seven times, and 
 shall pronounce him clean, and 
 shall let the living biid loose 
 into the open field. 
 
 8 And he that is to be cleans- 
 ed shall wash his clothes, and 
 shave off all his hair, and wash 
 himself in water, that he may 
 be clean : and after that he shall 
 come into the camp, and shall 
 tany abroad out of his tent se- 
 ven days. 
 
 9 But it shall be on the seventh 
 day, that he shall shave all his , 
 hair off" liis head and liis beard [ 
 and his eyebrows, even all his 
 liair he shall shave off: and he 
 shall wash his clothes^ also he 
 shall wash his flesh m water, 
 and he shall be clean. j 
 
 10 And on the eighth day he i 
 shall take two he lambs with- 
 out blemish, and one ewe lamb , 
 of the first year without ble- 
 iTiish, and tlu-ee tenth deals of 
 fine flour for a meat oftering, 
 mingled with oil, and one log 
 of oil. 
 
 11 And the priest that maketh 
 him clean shall present the man 
 that is to be made clean and 
 those tilings, before the Lord, 
 at the door of the tabernacle oi 
 the congregation : 
 
 12 And the priest shall take 
 one he lamb, and offer liim for 
 a trespass ofiering, and the log 
 of oil, and wave them/br a wave 
 ofi'ering before the Lord : 
 
 ^ 13 And he shall slay the lamb 
 in the place where he shall kill 
 the sin offering and the burnt 
 offering, in the holy place : for 
 as the sin offering is the priest's, 
 so is the trespass offering : it is 
 most holy : 
 
 14 And the priest shall take 
 some of the blood of the tres- 
 pass offering, and the priest 
 shall put it upon the tip of the 
 right ear of him that is to be 
 cleansed, and upon the thumb 
 of his right hand, and upon the 
 great toe of his right foot : 
 
 15 And the priest shall take 
 same of the log of oil, and pour 
 
 it into the palm of liis own left 
 hand : 
 
 16 And the priest shall dip liis 
 right finger in tlie oil that is in 
 his left hand, and shall sprinkle 
 of the oil with his finger seven 
 times before the Lord : 
 
 17 And of the rest of the oil 
 that is in his hand shall the 
 priest put upon the tip of the 
 right ear of him that is to be 
 cleansed, and upon the thumb 
 of his right hand, and ui)on tho 
 great toe of his right foot, upon 
 the blood of the trespass offering : 
 
 18 And the remnant of the oil 
 that is in the priest's hand he 
 shall pour upon the head of him 
 that is to be cleqjtised : and the 
 priest sliall make an atonement 
 for him bef(jre the Lord. 
 
 19 And the priest shall offer 
 the sin offering, and make an 
 atonement for him that is to be 
 cleansed from his inicleanness ; 
 and afterward he shall Idll the 
 bunit offering : 
 
 20 And the priest shall offer 
 the burnt offering and the meat 
 offering upon the altar : and the 
 priest shall make an atonement 
 for him, and he shall be clean. 
 
 21 And if he be poor, and can- 
 not get so much ; then he shall 
 take one lamb for a trespass 
 offering to be waved, to make 
 an atonement for him, and one 
 tenth deal of fine flour mingled 
 with oil for a meat offering, and 
 a log of oil ; 
 
 22 And two turtledoves, or two 
 young pigeons, such as he is 
 able to get; and the one shall 
 be a sin offering, and the other 
 a burnt offering. 
 
 23 And he shaU bring them 
 on the eighth day for his cleans- 
 ing unto the priest, unto the 
 door of the tabernacle of the 
 congregation, before the Lord. 
 
 24 And the priest shall take 
 the lamb of the trespass offer- 
 ing, and the log of oil, and the 
 priest shall wave them for a 
 wave offering before the Lord : 
 
 25 And he shall kill the lamb 
 of the trespass offering, and the 
 
The signs of 
 
 priest shall take some of the 
 blood of the trespass offering, 
 and put it upon the tip of the 
 right ear of him that is to be 
 cleansed, and upon the thumb 
 of his right ha.nd, and upon the 
 great toe of his right foot : 
 
 26 And the priest shall pour of 
 the oil into the palm of his own 
 left hand : 
 
 27 And the priest shall sprinkle 
 ■with his right finger some of the 
 oil that is in his left hand seven 
 times before the Lokd : 
 
 28 And the priest shall put of 
 the oil that is in his hand upon 
 the tip of the right ear of him 
 that is to be cleansed, and upon 
 the thumb of his right hand, and 
 
 , upon the great toe of liis right 
 
 i foot, upon the place of the blood 
 
 i of the trespass ofiering : 
 
 .29 And the rest of the oil that 
 
 ' is in the priest's hand he shall 
 
 put upon the head of him that 
 
 is to be cleansed, to make an 
 
 atonement for him before the 
 
 i LOED. 
 
 . 30 And he shall offer the one of 
 • the turtledoves, or of the young 
 i pigeons, such as he can get ; 
 31 Eve7i such as he is able to 
 get, the one /or a sin ofiering, 
 ! and the other for a burnt of- 
 fering, vrith the meat offering: 
 ' and the priest shall make an 
 ] atonement for him that is to be 
 J cleansed before the Loed. 
 i 32 This is the law of him in 
 v/hom is the plague of leprosy, 
 '] whose hand is not able to get 
 r that which pertaineth to his 
 \ cleansing. 
 
 33 f And the Loed spake unto 
 Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 
 
 34 When ye be come into the 
 land of Canaan, which I give to 
 you for a possession, and I put 
 
 3 the plague of leprosy m a house 
 t of the land of your possession ; 
 \ 35 And he that owneth the 
 house shall come and tell the 
 priest, saying, It seemeth to me 
 there is as it were a plague in 
 the house : 
 
 36 Then the priest shall com- 
 mand that they empty the house, 
 
 LEYITICUS, XIV. Icprcsv in a house. 
 
 before the priest go into it to 
 see the plague, that all that is 
 in the house be not made un- 
 clean : and after^^ard the priest 
 shall go in to see the house : 
 
 37 And he shall look on the 
 plague, and, behold, if the 
 plague be in the walls of the 
 house with hollow strakes, 
 greenish or reddish, which in 
 sight are lower than the wall; 
 
 38 Then the priest shall go oi t 
 of the house to the door of the 
 house, and shut up the house 
 seven days : 
 
 39 And the priest shall come 
 again the seventh day, and shall 
 look: and, behold, ifilae plague 
 be spread m the walls of the 
 house ; 
 
 40 Then the priest shall' com- 
 mand that they take away tie 
 stones in which the plague if, 
 and they shall cast them into an 
 unclean place without the city : 
 
 41 And he shall cause the 
 house to be scraped within 
 round about, and they shall 
 pour out the dust that they 
 scrape off without the city into 
 an unclean place : 
 
 42 And they shall take other 
 stones, and put them, in the 
 place of those stones; and he 
 shall take other morter, and 
 shall plaister the house. 
 
 43 And if the plague come 
 again, and break out in the 
 house, after that he hath taken 
 away the stones, and after te 
 hath scraped the house, ard 
 after it is plaistered ; 
 
 44 Then the priest shall conre 
 and look, and, behold, if tie 
 plague be spread in the house, 
 it is a fretting leprosy in the 
 house : it is unclean. 
 
 45 And he shall break down 
 the house, the stones of it, ard 
 the timber thereof, and all tie 
 morter of the house; and le 
 shall carry them forth out cf 
 the city into an imclean place. 
 
 46 Moreover he that goeth in- 
 to the house all the while thet 
 it is shut up shall be unclean 
 until the even. 
 
 G 
 
The undeamiess 
 
 LEVITICUS, XV. 
 
 of I) ten. 
 
 47 Aiid lie that lietli in the I 3 And tliis shall be his mi- 
 house shall wash Ids clothes ; I cleanness in his issue : Avhether 
 
 and he that eatt-th in the house 
 shall wash Iiis clothes. 
 
 43 And if the priest shall come 
 in, and look upon it, and, be- 
 hold, the plague hath not spread 
 in the house, after the house was 
 I>laisterod : then the priest shall 
 Idonounce the house clean, be- 
 cause the plague is healed. 
 
 49 And he shall take to cleanse 
 the liouse two birds, and cedar 
 wood, and scarlet, and hyssop 
 
 his liesh run with his issue, or 
 his ilesh be stopped from his is- 
 sue it is liis uncleanness. 
 
 4 Every bed, whereon he lieth 
 that hath the issue, is unclean : 
 and every tldng, whereon he 
 sittetli, shall be unclean. 
 
 5 And whosoever toucheth his 
 bed shall wash Ids clothes, and 
 bathe himself m water, and be 
 unclean until tlie even. 
 
 G And he that sitteth on anf/ 
 
 50 And he shall kill tlie one of thing wheR'on he sat tlrnt hatli 
 
 the birds in an earthen vessel 
 over running water: 
 
 51 And lie shall take the cedar 
 wood, and the hyssop, and the 
 scarlet, and the living biixl, and 
 dip them in the blood of tlie 
 slain bird, and in the running 
 water, and sprinkle the house 
 seven times : 
 
 52 iVnd he shall cleanse the 
 house with the blood of the bird. 
 
 the issue shall wash his clothes, 
 and bathe himself m water, and 
 be unclean until the even. 
 
 7 And he that toucheth the 
 flesh of him tliat hath the issue 
 shall wash his clothes, and bathe 
 // imse/f in water, and be imclean 
 until the even. 
 
 8 And if he that hath the issue 
 spit upon him that is clean ; then 
 he shall wash his clothes, and 
 
 and with the running water, and j bathe himse/f in water, and be 
 
 Avith the living bu'd, and with ^ ^" ""^ " 
 
 the cedar wood, and Avith the 
 hyssop, and with the scarlet : 
 
 53 But he shall let go the liv- 
 ing: bird out of the city into the 
 ( ■en fields, and make an atone- 
 ment for the house : and it shall 
 be clean. 
 
 54 This is the law for all man- 
 ner of plague of leprosy, and 
 scall, 
 
 55 And for the leprosy of a gar- 
 ment, and of a liouse, 
 
 5G And for a rising, and for a 
 scab, and for a bright spot : 
 
 57 To teach when it is unclean, 
 and when it is clean : this is the 
 law of leprosy. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 1 TJie uncleanness of men in their 
 
 issues. 13 TJie cleansing of them. 
 
 19 The uncleanness of women in 
 
 their issues. 28 Their cleansing. 
 
 AND the LoED spake unto 
 - Moses and to Aaron, saying, 
 
 unclean until the even. 
 
 9 And what saddle soever he 
 rideth upon tliat hath the issue 
 shall be miclean. 
 
 10 And whosoever toucheth 
 any tiling that was under him 
 shall be unclean until the even: 
 and he that beareth ani/ ©/"those 
 things shall wash his clothes, and 
 bathe himself in water, and be 
 unclean until the even. 
 
 11 And Avlionxsoever he touch- 
 eth that hath the issue, and hath 
 not rinsed his hands in water, 
 he shall wash his clothes, and 
 bathe himself in water, and be 
 unclean until the even. 
 
 12 And the vessel of eartli. 
 that he toucheth which hath 
 the issue, shall be broken : and 
 every vessel of wood shall be 
 rinsed in water. 
 
 ^ 13 And when he that hath an 
 issue is cleansed of his issue ; 
 then he shall number to himself 1 
 
 2 Speak imto the children of ; seven days for his cleansing, and , 
 
 Israel, and say unto them, 
 When any man hath a running j 
 issue out of his flesh, because 
 of\m issue he is unclean. i 
 
 wash his clothes, and bathe his , 
 
 flesh in running water, and shall j | 
 
 be clean. i 
 
 14 And on the eighth day he 
 
The unckanness 
 
 LEVITICUS, XV. 
 
 oficomen. 
 
 shaU take to Mm two tui'tle- 
 doves, or two yoiing pigeons, 
 and come before the Lokd nn- 
 to the door of the tabernacle of 
 the congregation, and give them 
 Tinto the priest : 
 
 15 And the priest shall offer 
 them, the one/b?' a sin offering, 
 and the other for a bmnt offer- 
 ing ; and the priest shall make 
 an atonement for him before the 
 LoED for his issue. 
 
 16 And if any man's seed of co- 
 pulation go out from him, then 
 he shall wash all his flesh in 
 water, and be unclean until the 
 even. 
 
 17 And every garment, and 
 eveiy skui, whereon is the seed 
 of copulation, shall be washed j 
 with water, and be unclean un- 
 til the even. I 
 
 18 The woman also with whom 
 man shall lie ivith seed of co- 1 
 pulation, they shall both bathe '; 
 themselves in water, and be un- 1 
 clean until the even. 
 
 19 H And if a woman have an ' 
 issue, and her issue in her flesh 
 be blood, she shall be put apart 
 seven days: and whosoever 
 toucheth her shall be unclean 
 until the even. 
 
 20 And every thing that she 
 lieth upon in her separation 
 shall be imclean : eveiy thing 
 also that she sitteth upon shall 
 be unclean. 
 
 ' 21 And whosoever toucheth her 
 bed shall wash his clothes, and 
 . bathe himself in water, and be 
 ' unclean until the even. 
 ^ 22 And whosoever toucheth any 
 , thing that she sat upon shall 
 ' wash his clothes, and bathe him- 
 self in water, and be unclean 
 until the even. 
 
 23 And if it be on her bed, or on 
 any thing whereon she sitteth, 
 
 i when he toucheth it, he shall be 
 unclean until the even. 
 
 24 And if any man lie with her 
 at all, and her flowers be upon 
 him, he shall be unclean seven 
 days ; and all the bed whereon 
 he lieth shall be unclean. 
 
 i ^5 And if a woman have an 
 
 issue of her blood many days 
 out of the time of her separa- 
 tion, or if it run beyond the time 
 of her separation ; all the days 
 of the issue of her rmcleanness 
 shall be as the days of her sepa- 
 ration : she shall be unclean. 
 
 26 Every bed whereon she lieth 
 all the days of her issue shall be 
 unto her as the bed of her sepa- 
 ration : and whatsoever she sit- 
 teth upon shall be unclean, as 
 the uncleanness of her separa- 
 tion. 
 
 27 And whosoever toucheth 
 those things shall be unclean, 
 and shall wash his clothes, and 
 bathe himself in water, and be 
 unclean until the even. 
 
 28 But if she be cleansed of her 
 issue, then she shall number to 
 herself seven days, and after that 
 she shall be clean. 
 
 29 And on the eighth day she 
 shall take unto her two turtles, 
 or two young pigeons, and bring 
 them unto the priest, to the door 
 of the tabernacle of the congre- 
 gation. 
 
 30 And the priest shall offer the 
 one for a sin offering, and the 
 other for a burnt offering ; and 
 the priest shall make an atone- 
 ment for her before the Loed for 
 the issue of her uncleanness. 
 
 31 Thus shall ye separate the 
 childi'en of Israel from theh un- 
 cleanness ; that they die not in 
 their uncleanness, when they 
 defile my tabernacle that is 
 among them. 
 
 32 This is the law of him that 
 hath an issue, and of him whose 
 seed goeth from him, and is de- 
 filed therewith ; 
 
 33 And of her that is sick of 
 her flowers, and of him that 
 hath an issue, of the man, and 
 of the woman, and of him that 
 lieth with her that is unclean. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 1 Hoiv the high priest must enter into 
 the holy place. 11 Tlie sin offering 
 for himself. 15 Tlie sin offering 
 for the people. 20 The scapegoat. 
 29 Tlie yearly feast of the expia- 
 tions. 
 
 G2 
 
The sill offenng LEVITICUS, XVI. far Ote higli priest 
 
 ND the Lord spake unto an atonement for hiniBelf, nnd 
 
 A^ 
 
 Moses alter the deatli of 
 the two sons of Aaron, wlien 
 they offered before the Lord, 
 and died; 
 
 2 And tlie Lord said inito Mo- 
 ses, Speak imto Aaron thy bro- 
 ther, tliat lie come not at all 
 tunes into the holy place witliin 
 the vail before the mercy seat, 
 which is upon the ark ; that he 
 die not : for I will appear in the 
 cloud upon the mercy seat. 
 
 3 Thus shall Aaron come into 
 the holy place : with a young 
 l)uIlock for a sin offering, and 
 a ram for a biuiit offering. 
 
 4 He shall put on tjie holy li- 
 nen coat, and he shall have the 
 linen breeclies upon his Jl<Hh, 
 and shall be girded with a linen 
 girdle, and with the linen mitre 
 
 for liis house, and shall kill th€ 
 bullock of the sm ottering which 
 is for himself: 
 
 12 And he shall take a cense| 
 full of burning coals of fire fronq 
 off' the altar before the Lord, 
 and his hands full of sweet iuH 
 cense l^eaten small, and biing 
 it within the vail : 
 
 13 And he shall put the incense 
 upon the fire before the Lordj 
 that the cloud of the incensei 
 may cover the mercy seat that 
 is upon the testimony, that he 
 die not : 
 
 14 And he shall take of the 
 blood of the bullock, and spiin- 
 kle it with his finger upon the 
 mercy seat eastward ; and before 
 the mercy seat shall he sprin- 
 kle of the blood with Ids finger 
 
 shall he be attired : these are j seven times. 
 
 holy gannents; therefore shall 15 H Then shall he kill the goat 
 
 he wash his flesh in water, and of the sm offering, that is for 
 
 so put them on. 
 
 the people, and bring his blood 
 
 o And he shall take of the witlun the vail, and do with that 
 congregation of the cliildren of, blood as he did with the blood 
 
 Israel two kids of the goats for ; 
 a sm olfering, and one mm for I 
 a burnt offering. 
 6 And Aaron shall offer his bul- 
 lock of the sin offering, wiiic^h is ; 
 for liimsell", and make an atone- ! 
 ment for himsell', and for his 
 house. 
 
 of the bullock, and sprinkle it 
 upon the mercy seat, and before 
 the mercy seat : 
 16 And he shall make an atone- 
 ment for the holy 7;/«c^, because 
 of the uncleanness of the chil- 
 dren of Israel, and because of 
 their transgressions in all their 
 
 7 And he shall take the two shis : and so shall he do for the 
 
 goats, and present them before 
 the Lord at the door of the ta- 
 bernacle of the congregation. 
 
 8 And Aaron shall cast lots 
 upon the two goats ; one lot for 
 the Lord, and the other lot for 
 the scapegoat. 
 
 9 And Aaron shall bring the 
 goat upon which the Lord's lot 
 fell, and offer him /or a sin of- 
 fering. 
 
 10 But the goat, on which the 
 lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall 
 be presented alive before the 
 Lord, to make an atonement 
 with him, and to let him go for 
 a scapegoat into the wilderness. 
 
 11 And Aaron shall biing the 
 bullock of the sin offering, which 
 is for himself, and shall make 
 
 tabernacle of the congregation, 
 that remaineth among them in 
 the midst of their uncleanness. 
 
 17 And there shall be no man 
 in the tabernacle of the congre- 
 gation when he goetli in to make 
 an atonement in the holy place, 
 until he come out, and have 
 made an atonement for himself, 
 and for his household, and for 
 all the congregation of Israel. 
 
 18 And he shall go out unto the 
 altar that is before the Lord, 
 and make an atonement for it ; 
 and shall take of the blood of 
 the bullock, and of the blood of 
 the goat, and put it upon the 
 horns of the altar round about. 
 
 19 And he shall spimkle of the 
 blood upon it with his finger 
 
LEYITICUS, XYII. 
 
 aTKl the people. 
 
 seven times, and cleanse it, and 
 hallow it from the imcleanness 
 of the children of Israel. 
 
 20 II And when he hath made 
 an end of reconciling the holy 
 place, and the tabernacle of the 
 congregation, and the altar, he 
 shall brhig the hve goat : 
 
 21 And Aaron shall lay both 
 liis hands upon the head of the 
 live goat, and confess over him 
 all the inicLmties of the childi'en 
 of Israel, and all their transgres- 
 sions m all their sins, putting 
 them upon the head of the goat, 
 and shall send him away by the 
 hand of a fit man into the vfil- 
 demess : 
 
 22 And the goat shall bear up- 
 on him all their iniqnities imto 
 a land not inhabited : and he 
 shall let go the goat in the wil- 
 derness. 
 
 23 And Aaron shall come into 
 the tabemaclfe of the congrega- 
 tion, and shall put off the hnen 
 garments, which he pnt on when 
 he went into the holy place, and 
 shall leave them there : 
 
 24 And he shall wash his flesh 
 with water in the holy place, and 
 put on his garments, and come 
 forth, and offer his burnt offer- 
 ing, and the bmTit offering of 
 the people, and make an atone- 
 ment for himself, and for the 
 people. 
 
 25 And the fat of the sin offer- 
 ing shall he bmn upon the altar. 
 
 26 And he that let go the goat 
 for the scapegoat shall wash his 
 clothes, and bathe liis flesh in 
 water, and afterward come into 
 the camp. 
 
 27 And the bullock /br the sin 
 offering, and the goat for the 
 sin offering, whose blood was 
 brought ill to make atonement 
 in the holy place, sha.ll one car- 
 ry forth without the camp ; and 
 they shall burn in the fire their 
 skins, and their flesh, and their 
 dung. 
 
 28 And he that bumeth them 
 shall wash his clothes, and bathe 
 his flesh in water, and afterward 
 he shall come nito the camp. 
 
 TJie day of atonement. 
 
 29 f And this shall be a statute 
 for ever unto you : that in the 
 seventh month, on the tenth dap 
 of the month, ye shall afflict 
 youi' souls, and do no work at 
 all, whether it he one of your 
 o^TL country, or a stranger that 
 sojourneth among you : 
 
 30 For on that day shall th£ 
 priest make an atonement for 
 you, to cleanse you, that ye may 
 be clean from all your sins be- 
 fore the LoED. 
 
 31 It shall be sl sabbath of rest 
 unto you, and ye shall afflict 
 your souls, by a statute for ever. 
 
 32 And the priest, whom he 
 shall anoint, and whom he shall 
 consecrate to minister in the 
 priest's office in his father's 
 stead, shall make the atone- 
 ment, and shall put on the li- 
 nen clothes, even the holy gar- 
 ments : 
 
 33 And he shall make an a- 
 tonement for the holy sanctu- 
 aiy, and he shall make an a- 
 tonement for the tabernacle of 
 the congregation, and for the 
 altar, and he shall make an 
 atonement for the priests, and 
 for all the people of the congre- 
 gation. 
 
 34 And this shall be an ever- 
 lasting statute unto you, to make 
 an atonement for the children 
 of Israel for all their sins once 
 a year. And he did as the Loed 
 commanded Moses. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 1 T/ze Uood of all slain beasts must 
 he offered to the Lord at the door of 
 tfie tabernacle. 7 The^fi must not 
 offer to devils. 10 All eating of 
 blood is forbidden, 15 and all that 
 dieth alone, or is tor-n. 
 
 ND the LoKD spake unto 
 , saying, 
 
 2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto 
 his sons, and unto all the chil- 
 dren of Israel, and say unto 
 them; This is the thing wliich 
 the LoED hath commanded, say- 
 ing, 
 
 3 What man soever there he 
 of the house of Israel, that Idll- 
 %ih. an ox, or lamb, or goat, in 
 
 A 
 
LEVITICUS. XVIII 
 
 AR eating of 
 
 the camp, or that killeth il out 
 (if the cam]), 
 
 4 And ])riii^^eth it not unto the 
 door of tlie tabernacle of the 
 con^recration, to offer an ofier- 
 inpf unto the Lokd before the 
 tabernacle of the LriRo; ])l()od 
 phall be inii)uted unto that man ; 
 he hath phed blood; and that 
 man shall be cut off from among 
 his people : 
 
 Uood forhiJden, 
 
 12 Therefore I w»id unto the 
 children of Israel, No homI of 
 you shall eat blood, neither 
 shall any stran^'er that sojouni- 
 eth among you eat blood. 
 
 1*3 And whatsoever man there 
 he of the children of Israel, or 
 of the strangers that sojourn a- 
 monir you, which hunteth and 
 catchetli any beast or fowl that 
 may be eaten; he shall even 
 
 5 To the end that the children pour out the blood thereof, and 
 of Israel may biing their sacn- I cover it with dust, 
 fices, which tliey olferin theoijcn | 14 For it is the life of all flesh ; 
 
 field, even tliat they may brin. 
 them unto the Lord, unto the 
 door of tlie tabernacle of the 
 congregation, unto tlie priest, 
 and olier ihvin/'or peace oller- 
 ings unto the Lord. 
 
 6 And the priest shall sprinkle 
 the blood upon the altar of the 
 Lord at the door of the taber- 
 nacle of the coi-.gregation, and 
 burn Ihe fat for a sweet savour 
 inito the Lord. 
 
 7 And they shall no more offer 
 their sacrifices imto devils, after 
 whom they have gone a whor- 
 ing. This shall be a statute for 
 ever mito them tluoughout their 
 generations. 
 
 8 HAnd thou shalt say unto 
 them, Whatsoever man there he 
 of the house of Israel, or of the 
 strangers which sojourn among 
 you, that offereth a burnt ofier- 
 ing or sacrifice, 
 
 9 And bringeth it not unto the 
 door of the tabernacle of the 
 congregation, to offer it unto the 
 Lord ; even that man shall be 
 cut oft" from among his people. 
 
 10 i. And w^hatsoever man there 
 he of the house of Israel, or of 
 the strangers tliat sojourn among 
 you, that eateth any manner of 
 blood ; I wdll even set my face 
 agamst that soul that eateth 
 blood, and will cut him off from 
 among his people. 
 
 11 For the life of the flesh is in 
 the blood : and I have given it 
 to you upon the altar to make 
 an atonement for your souls: 
 for it is the blood that maketh 
 an atonement for the soul. 
 
 the blood of it is for the life 
 thereof: therefore I said unto 
 the children of Israel, Ye shall 
 i eat the blood of no manner of 
 flesh: for the life of all flesh 
 is the blocKl thereof: whosoever 
 eateth it shall be cut off. 
 15 And evriy soid that eat- 
 eth that whicli died of itself , or 
 that which was torn ^vitJi tjeasts^ 
 tvhether it he onfe of your own 
 country, or a stranger, he shall 
 both wash his clothes, and bathe 
 himself in water, and be un- 
 clean until the even : then shall 
 he be clean. 
 K) But if he wash them not, nor 
 bathe his flesh; then he sliall 
 bear his iniquity. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 1 Unlawful mnrridffes. 19 Unlaio- 
 
 fnl lusts. 
 
 AND the Lord spake unto 
 - Moses, saying, 
 
 2 Speak unto the children of 
 Israel, and say unto them, I am 
 the Lord your God. 
 
 3 After the doings of the land 
 of EgjT)t, wherein ye dwelt, shall 
 ye not do : and after the doings 
 of the land of Canaan, whither 
 I bring you, shall ye not do: 
 neither shall ye walk in their 
 ordinances. 
 
 4 Ye shall do my judgments, 
 and keep mine ordinances, to 
 waUc therein: I am the Lord 
 your God, 
 
 5 Y"e shall therefore keep my 
 statutes, and my judgments: 
 w hich if a man do, he shall live 
 m them : I am the Lord. 
 
 6 ^None of you shall approach 
 
Unlaviftd marriages, LE^rETICUS, XVIII. 
 
 Vnkavfvl Jusis. 
 
 to any that is near of kin to him, 
 to imcoTer their nakedness: I 
 am the Lokd. 
 
 7 The nakedness of thy father, 
 or the nakedness of thy mother, 
 shalt thon not uncover : she is 
 thy mother ; thon shalt not un- 
 cover her nakedness. 
 
 8 The nakedness of thy father's 
 wife shalt thou not uncover : it 
 is thy father's nakedness. 
 
 9 The nakedness of thy sister, 
 the daughter of thy father, or 
 daughter of thy mother, ivhe- 
 ther she be bom at home, or 
 bora abroad, even their naked- 
 ness thou shalt not uncover. 
 
 10 The nakedness of thy son's 
 daughter, or of thy daughter's 
 daughter, even their nakedness 
 thou shalt not uncover: for 
 their's is thine own nakedness. 
 
 11 The nakedness of thy fa- 
 ther's wife's daughter, begotten 
 of thy father, she is thy sister, 
 thou shalt not micover her na- 
 kedness. 
 
 12 Thou shalt not uncover the 
 nakedness of thy father's sister : 
 she is thy father's near kms- 
 woman. 
 
 13 Thou shalt not uncover the 
 nakedness of thy mother's sis- 
 ter : for she is thy mother's near 
 kuiswoman. 
 
 14 Thou shalt not uncover the 
 nakedness of thy father's bro- 
 ther, thou shalt not approach to 
 iiis T^ife : she is thine aujit. 
 
 15 Thou shalt not luicover the 
 nakedness of thy dau.ghter m 
 law: she is thy son's T\dfe; 
 thou shalt not uncover her na- 
 kedness. 
 
 16 Thou shalt not uncover the 
 nakedness of thy brother's wife : 
 it is thy brother's nakedness. 
 
 17 Thou shalt not uncover the 
 nakedness of a woman and her 
 daughter, neither shalt thou take 
 her son's daughter, or her daugh- 
 ter's daughter, to uncover her 
 nakedness; for they are her 
 near kinswomen : it is wicked- 
 ness. 
 
 18 Neither shalt thou take a 
 wife to her sister, to vex her, to 
 
 uncover her nakedness, beside 
 the other in her life time. 
 
 19 Also thou shalt not approach 
 unto a woman to uncover her 
 nakedness, as long as she is put 
 apart for her uncleanness. 
 
 20 Moreover thou shalt not lie 
 caraally with thy neighbour's 
 wife, to defile thyself with her. 
 
 21 And thou shalt not let any 
 of thy seed pass through the fire 
 to Molech, neither shalt thou 
 profane the name of thy Gcd : 
 I am the Lokd. 
 
 22 Thou slialt not lie with 
 manldnd, as mth womanldnd: 
 it is abomination. 
 
 23 Neither shalt thou Ke wdth 
 any beast to defile thyself there- 
 with : neither shall any woman 
 stand belbre a beast to lie down 
 thereto : it is confusion. 
 
 24 Defile not ye yourselves in 
 any of these things : for in all 
 these the nations are defiled 
 vvhich I cast out before you : 
 
 25 And the land is defiled: 
 therefore I do visit the iniquity 
 thereof upon it, and the la.nd 
 itself vomiteth out her inha- 
 bitants. 
 
 26 Ye shall therefore keep my 
 statutes and my judgments, and 
 shall not commit any of these 
 abommations; neither any of 
 your own nation, nor any stran- 
 ger that sojourneth among you : 
 
 27 (For all these abominations 
 have the men of the land done, 
 which were before you, and the 
 land is defiled ;) 
 
 28 That the land spue not you 
 out also, when ye defile it, as 
 it spued out the nations that 
 were before you, 
 
 29 For whosoever shall commit 
 any of these abominations, even 
 the souls that commit them shall 
 be cut ofl* from among their 
 people. 
 
 30 Therefore shall ye keep 
 mine ordinance, that ye com- 
 mit not any one of these abo- 
 minable customs, which were 
 committed before you, and that 
 ye defile not yourselves there- 
 in : lam the Lord your God. 
 
A repetition 
 
 LEVITICUS, XIX. 
 
 qf sundry laicA. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX 
 
 A repetition of sHndry hncs. 
 
 AND the Lord spake unto 
 xjL Moses, sayin-fr, 
 
 2 Speak unto all tlie congre- 
 }::ation of the chikh-en of Israel, 
 and say unto theni, Ye shall 
 be holy: for I the Loed your 
 God am holy. 
 
 8 ^I Ye shall fear every man 
 his mother, and his father, and 
 keep my sabbaths: I am the 
 Lord your God. 
 
 4 ^i Turn ye not imto idols, nor 
 make to yourselves molten gods : 
 I am the Lord your God. 
 
 5 •[ And if ye oiler a sacrifice of 
 peace ()lierin.irs imto the Lord, 
 ye sliail oti'er it at your own will. 
 
 (5 It shall be eaten the same day 
 ye oiler it, and on the morrow : 
 and if ought remain imtil the 
 third day, it shall be burnt in 
 the fire. 
 
 7 And if it be eaten at all on 
 the third day, it is abominable ; 
 il: shall not be accepted. 
 
 8 Therefore everj/ one that 
 eateth it shall bear liis iniquity, 
 bacause he hath profaned the 
 hallowed thing of the Lord: 
 and that soul shall be cut ofi" 
 from among his people. 
 
 9 ^ And when ye reap the har- 
 vest of your land, tliou shalt not 
 wholly reap the comers of thy 
 field, neither shalt thou gather 
 the gleanings of thy harvest. 
 
 10 And tViou shalt not glean 
 thy vineyard, neither shalt tliou 
 gather every grape of thy vine- 
 yard ; thou shalt leave them for 
 the poor and stianger : I am the 
 Lord your God. 
 
 11 ^ Ye shall not steal, neither 
 deal falsely, neither lie one to 
 another. 
 
 12 *l And ye shall not swear by 
 my name falsely, neither shalt 
 thou proia^ne the name of thy 
 God : I am the Lord. 
 
 13 ^ Thou shalt not defraud thy 
 2ieighbour, neither rob him : the 
 wages of him^ that is hired shall 
 not abide with thee all night 
 until the mornmg. 
 
 14 \ Thou shalt not curse the 
 
 deaf, nor put a stumblingblock 
 before the blind, bi'.t shalt fear 
 tiiy (iod: I am the Lord. 
 
 10 *l Ye shall do no unrij-di- 
 teousness in jndgment: thou 
 shalt not respect the person of 
 the poor, nor honour the per- 
 son of the mighty : hut in nph- 
 teousness shalt thou judge thy 
 ntnghbour. 
 
 10 *\ Thou shalt not go up and 
 doMTi as a talebcjirer amonir thy 
 peopk^: neither shalt thou stand 
 against the blood of thy neigh- 
 bour : I am the Lord. 
 
 17 ^ Thou shalt not hate thy 
 brother in thine heart: thou 
 .shalt in any wise rebuke thy 
 neighbour, and not sulier sin 
 upon him. 
 
 18 K Thou shalt not avenge, 
 nor bear any grudge against the 
 children of thy peor)le, but thou 
 shalt love thy neighbour as thy- 
 self: I am the Lord. 
 
 19 H Ye shall ke<ip my statutes. 
 Thou shalt not let thy cattle 
 gender with a diverse kind : thou 
 shalt not sow thy field with min- 
 gled seed: neither shall a gar- 
 ment mingled of linen and wool- 
 len come upon thee. 
 
 20 If And whosoever lieth car- 
 nally witli a woman, that in a 
 liondmaid, betrothed to an hus- 
 band, and not at all redeemed, 
 nor freedom given her ; she shall 
 be scourged ; they shall not be 
 put to death, because she was 
 not free. 
 
 21 And he shall bring his tres- 
 pass offering unto the LoRi>, 
 unto the door of the tabernacle 
 of the congregation, even a ram 
 for a trespass offering. 
 
 22 And the priest shall make an 
 atonement for him with the ram 
 of the trespass oftering before the 
 Lord for liis sin which he hath 
 done : and the sin which he hath 
 done shall be forgiven him. 
 
 23 ^ And when ye shall come 
 into the land, and shall have 
 planted all manner of trees for 
 food, then ye shall count the 
 fruit thereof as uncircumcised : 
 three years shall it be as uncir- 
 
A repetUim LEVITICUS, XX, 
 
 cmncised unto you : it sliall not 
 be eaten of. 
 
 24 But in tlie fourth year all 
 the fruit thereof shall be holy 
 to praise the Loed withal. 
 
 25 And in the fifth year shall 
 ye eat of the fruit thereof, that 
 it may yield unto you the in- 
 crease thereof: I am the Loed 
 your God. 
 
 26 IF Ye shall not eat ant/ thing 
 with the blood : neither shall ye 
 use enchantment, nor observe 
 times. 
 
 27 Ye shall not round the 
 comers of your heads, neither 
 shalt thou mar the corners of 
 thy beard. 
 
 28 Ye shall not make any cut- 
 tings in your flesh for the dead, 
 nor print any marks upon you : 
 I am the Loed. 
 
 29 H Do not prostitute thy 
 daughter, to cause her to be 
 a whore ; lest the land fall to 
 whoredom, and the land be- 
 come fuU of wickedness. 
 
 30 H Ye shall keep my sab- 
 baths, and reverence my sanc- 
 tuary : I am the Loed. 
 
 31 % Regard not them that 
 have fanuliar spirits, neither 
 seek after wizards, to be defil- 
 ed by them: I am the Loed 
 your God. 
 
 32 H Thou shalt rise up before 
 the hoary head, and honour the 
 face of the old man, and fear thy 
 God : I am the Loed. 
 
 33 If And if a stranger sojourn 
 with thee in your land, ye shall 
 not vex him. 
 
 34 But the stranger that dwell- 
 eth with you shall be unto you 
 as one bom among you, and 
 thou shalt love him as thyself; 
 for ye were strangers in the 
 land of Egypt : I am the Loed 
 your God. 
 
 35 IF Ye shaU do no unright- 
 eousness in judgment, in mete- 
 yard, in weight, or in measure. 
 
 36 Just balances, just weights, 
 a just ephah, and a just hin, shall 
 ye have: I am the Loed your 
 God, which brought you out of 
 the land of Egypt. 
 
 of sundry laws. 
 
 37 Therefore shall ye observe 
 all my statutes, and all my 
 judgments, and do them : I am 
 the Loed. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 1 Of Mm that giveth of his seed fo 
 MolecJi. 4 Of Mm that favoureth 
 such an one. 6 Of going to ivi- 
 zards. 7 Of sanctification. 9 Of 
 him that curseth his parents. 10 
 Of adultery. 11, 14, 17, 19 Of in- 
 cest. 13 Of sodomy. 15 Of beasti- 
 ality. 18 0/ uncleanness. 22 Obe- 
 dience is required ivith holiness. 27 
 Wizards must be put to death. 
 
 AND the Loed spake unto 
 Xa- Moses, saying, 
 
 2 Again, thou shalt say to the 
 children' of Ismel, Whosoever 
 he be of the children of Israel, 
 or of the strangers that sojourn 
 in Israel, that giveth an?/ of his 
 seed unto Molech; he shall 
 surely be put to death : the peo- 
 ple of the land shall stone him 
 with stones. 
 
 3 And I will set my face against 
 that man, and will cut him oft' 
 from among his people ; because- 
 he hath given of his seed unto 
 Molech, to defile my sanctuary, 
 and to profane my holy name. 
 
 4 And if the people of the land 
 do any ways hide their eyes 
 from the man, when he giveth 
 of his seed unto Molech, and 
 kill him not : 
 
 5 Then I will set my face a- 
 gainst that man, and against 
 his family, and will cut him 
 off", and all that go a whoring 
 after him, to commit whore- 
 dom with Molech, from among 
 their people. 
 
 6 IF And the soul that turneth 
 after such as have familiar spi- 
 rits, and after wizards, to go a 
 whoring after them, I will even 
 set my face against that soul, 
 and will cut him off from a- 
 mong his people. 
 
 7 IF Sanctify yourselves there- 
 fore, and be ye holy : for I am 
 the Loed your God. 
 
 8 And ye shall keep my sta- 
 tutes, and do them: I am the 
 Loed wliich sanctify you. 
 
 9 IF For every one that curseth 
 
 G3 
 
.1 repet'dioa 
 
 liis father or his mother pliall 
 l.»e surely put to death: he hath 
 cursed his father or his mother; 
 his hlooiXsliall he upou huu. 
 
 V) *\ And the man that com- 
 niitteth adultery with another 
 man's wife, even lie tliat com- 
 mitteth adultery with his neit;h- 
 bour's wife, the adulterer and 
 the adulteress shall suixdy be 
 put to death. 
 
 11 And the man that lieth with 
 Ills father's wife hath uncover- 
 ed his father's nakedness: both 
 of them shall surely be nut to 
 death; their hlood ahall be up- 
 on them. 
 
 12 And if a man lie with his 
 dauuditer in law, both of them 
 shall surely be nut to death: 
 they have wrous?nt confusion; 
 their blood sliall be upon them. 
 
 13 If a man also lie with man- 
 kind, as he lieth with a woman, 
 both of tli»'m have connnitted an 
 abomination : tliey shall surely 
 ])e put to death; tlieir blood 
 shall be upon them. 
 
 14 And if a man take a wife 
 and her mother, it is wicked- 
 ness : they shall be burnt with 
 lire, both he and they; that 
 there be no wickedness among 
 you. 
 
 15 And if a man lie with a 
 beast, he shall surely be put to 
 death: and ye shall slay the 
 beast. 
 
 16 And if a woman approach 
 unto any beast, and Ue doMTi 
 thereto, thou shalt kill the wo- 
 man, and the beast : they shall 
 surely be put to death; their 
 blood shall be upon them. 
 
 17 And if a man shall take his 
 sister, his father's daughter, or 
 his mother's daughter, and see 
 her nakedness, and she see liis 
 nakedness ; it is a wicked thing ; 
 and they shall be cut off in the 
 sight of their people : he hath 
 uncovered his sister's ^ naked- 
 ness ; he shall bear bis iniquity/. 
 
 18 And if a man shall lie with 
 a woman ha\'ing her sickness, 
 and shall uncover her naked- 
 ness; he bath discovered her 
 
 LEVITICUS, XX. qf mmlru hies. 
 
 foimtain, and she hath unco- 
 veied the ♦buntain of hor blood : 
 and both of them shall be cut 
 otlfrom among their people. 
 
 19 And thou shalt not uncover 
 the nakedness of thy mother's 
 sister, nor of thy father's sister : 
 for he uncovereth his near kin: 
 they shall bear their ini<iuity. 
 
 20 And if a man shall lie with 
 his uncle's wife, he hath unco- 
 vered his uncle's nakednt^ss: 
 they shall bear their sin; they 
 shall die childless. 
 
 21 And if a man shall take his 
 brother's wife, it is an unclean 
 thing: he hath uncovered his 
 brother's nakedness; they sliall 
 be childless. 
 
 22 !1 Ye shall therefore keep 
 all my statutes, and all my 
 judtnnent,s, and do them: that 
 the land, whither I bring you 
 to dwell therein, spue you not 
 out. 
 
 23 And ye shall not walk m the 
 maimers of the nation, which I 
 ca>5t out before you: for they 
 committed all these tlungs, and 
 therelbre I abhorred them. 
 
 24 But I have said unU) you. 
 Ye shall inherit their land, and 
 I will give it unto you to pos- 
 sess it, a land that floweth with 
 milk and honey : I am the LoRi> 
 your God, which have separated 
 you from other people. 
 
 25 Y''e shall therefore put dif- 
 ference between clean beasts 
 and unclean, and between un- 
 clean fowls and clean : and ye 
 shall not make your souls a- 
 bominable by beast, or by fowl, 
 or by any manner of living thing 
 that creepeth on the ground, 
 wliich I have separated from 
 you as unclean. 
 
 2G And ye shall be holy unto 
 me: for I the Lokd am holy, 
 and have severed you from other 
 people, that ye should be mine. 
 
 27 ^ A man also or woman that 
 hath a famihar spirit, or that is 
 a wizard, shall surely be put to 
 death: they shall stone them 
 with stones: their blood shall 
 be upon them. 
 
Livers Jaii'S 
 
 LEVITICUS, XXI. 
 
 and ordinances. 
 
 CHAPTER XXL 
 
 1 Of the priests' mourning. 6 Gf 
 their JioUness. 8 Of flicir estimation. 
 7, 13 Of tlieir marriages. 17 Tlie 
 priests that have hlemislies must 
 not minister in the sanctuary. 
 
 AKD the Lord said tiiito 
 . Moses, Speak unto the 
 priests the sons of Aaron, and 
 say unto them, There shall 
 none be defiled for the dead 
 among Ms people : 
 
 2 But for his km, that is near 
 unto him, that is, for his mo- 
 ther, and for his father, and for 
 his son, and for his daughter, 
 and for his brother, 
 
 3 And for Ms sister a virgin, 
 that is nigh unto him, which 
 hath had no husband; for her 
 may he be defiled. 
 
 4 But he shall not defile him- 
 self, being a cMef man among 
 Ms people, to profane himself. 
 
 5 They shall not make baJd- 
 ness upon their head, neither 
 shall they shave off the corner 
 
 , of their beard, nor make any 
 ', cuttings in theh flesh. 
 
 6 They shall be holy unto their 
 God, and not profa^ne the name 
 of their God : for the offerings of 
 the Lord made by fire, and the 
 bread of their God, they do ofler : 
 therefore they shall be holy. 
 
 7 They shall not take a wife 
 that is a whore, or profane ; nei- 
 ther shall they take a woman 
 put away from her husband : for 
 he is holy imto Ms God. 
 
 8 Thou shalt sanctify Mm there- 
 fore ; for he offereth the bread of 
 thy God : he shall be holy unto 
 
 I thee: for I the Lord, wMch 
 sanctify you, am holy, 
 
 9 If And the daughter of any 
 priest, if she profane herself by 
 playing the whore, she profan- 
 eth her father: she shall be 
 
 ' burnt with fire. 
 
 10 And he that is the high 
 priest among his brethren, upon 
 whose head the anointing oil 
 was poured, and that is conse- 
 crated to put on the garments, 
 shall not uncover his head, nor 
 rend Ms clothes : 
 
 11 Neither shall he go in to any 
 dead body, nor defile hiniself for 
 his father, or for his mother ; 
 
 12 Neither shall he go out of 
 the sanctuary, nor profane the 
 sanctuary of Ms God; for the 
 crown of the anointing oil of 
 his God is upon Mm: I am 
 the Lord. 
 
 13 And he shall take a v/ife m 
 her vhgmity. 
 
 14 A widow, or a divorced wo- 
 man, or profane, or an harlot, 
 tliese shall he not take : but he 
 shall take a virgin of Ms own 
 people to wife. 
 
 15 Neither shall he profane his 
 seed among his people : for I the 
 Lkdrd do sanctity hun. 
 
 16 f Ajid the Lord spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, 
 Whosoever he be of thy seed in 
 their generations that hath an^ 
 blemish, let him not approach 
 to offer the bread of his God. 
 
 18 For whatsoever man he be 
 that hath a blemish, he shall 
 not approach: a blind man, 
 or a lame, or he tliat hath a 
 flat nose, or any tMng super- 
 fluous, 
 
 19 Or a man that is broken- 
 footed, or brokenhanded, 
 
 20 Or crookbackt, or a clwajf, 
 or that hath a blemish in his 
 eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, 
 or hath his stones broken ; 
 
 21 No man that hath a blemish 
 of the seed of Aaron the priest 
 shall come nigh to offer the of- 
 ferings of the Lord made by 
 fire: he hath a blemish; he 
 shall not come nigh to ofi'er the 
 bread of Ms God. 
 
 22 He shall eat the bread of Ms 
 God, both of the most holy, and 
 of the holy. 
 
 23 Only he shall not go in unto 
 the vail, nor come nigh unto 
 the altar, because he hath a ble- 
 mish; that he profane not my 
 sanctuaries : for I the Lord do 
 sanctify them. 
 
 24 And Moses told it unto Aha- 
 ron, and to Ms sons, and unto 
 ail the cMldren of Israel. 
 
Livers laics 
 
 LEVITICUS, XXII. 
 
 and or Jinan ces. 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. I thoy jaofaue it: I the Lord do 
 
 1 Tlie jn-icsffi in their nnrleanufifis Paiutily tliuiil. 
 mnsf (ihfifainfrom (lie hohj thiwjs. \ K) There sliall 110 strnnser cnt 
 r, How they shall be eleaused. 10 \ of the holy thing: a Bojoumcr 
 Who of (he priest 8 honse may eat - - •* , . , 
 
 of (he hold (hinrja. 17 llie sucri 
 Jices must he without blemish. 2( 
 The age of the sucrifiee. 29 TJic 
 I'lV) of enting (he ' s^icrifice of 
 (hcnlsgiving. 
 
 , of the priest, or an hired sei- 
 2(5 i vant, shall not eat Qf the holy 
 thiupr. 
 
 11 But if the priest buy aw;/ 
 
 soul Avitli hifl money, lie shall 
 
 ND the Lord spake unto I eat of it, and he that is bom in 
 
 Moses, say in?. 
 
 j his house : they shall eat of his 
 
 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his ; meat, 
 
 sons, that they separate them- | 12 If the priest's daughter also 
 selves from the holy thin.cs of le 7?2a/*r?>rf luito a stranger, she 
 
 the children of Israel, and that ' 
 they pHifane not my holy name 
 ■in those Ihiiii^s which they hal- ; 
 i)W unto me : I «;« the Lord. ; 
 3 Say unto them, AVIu.soever he \ 
 f e of all your seed among yoiu* 
 venerations, that goeth unto the 
 holy thimrs, which the children 
 of Israel hallow unto the Lord, ' 
 
 may not eat of aii ofleriiig oi the 
 holy things. 
 13 But if the priest's dau.glitcr 
 be a widow, or divorced, and 
 have no child, and is returned 
 unto her father's house, as in 
 lier youth, she shall eat of her 
 father's meat: but there shall 
 no stranger eat thereof. 
 
 liavhig his uncleanness upon | 14 ^ And if a man eat of the 
 him, that soul shall be cut off | holy thing uiuvittingly, then he 
 from my presence : I am the shall put the fifth part thereof 
 
 Lord. 
 
 unto it, and shall give 27 unto 
 
 4 What man soever of the seed the i)riest with the holy thini 
 of Aaron is a leper, or hath a | 15 And they shall not profane 
 running issue ; he shall not eat the holy thhigs of the children 
 t>f tlie holy things, until he be | of Israel, which they ofier mito 
 
 clean. And whoso toucheth any 
 tiling that is unclean bj/ the 1 
 dead, or a man whose see.d go- i 
 etli from liim; | 
 
 5 Or whosoever toucheth any ■ 
 creeping tiling, Avhereby he may 1 
 
 be made imclean, or a man of Moses, saying 
 
 the Lord ; 
 
 1<> Or suffer them to bear the 
 iniquity of trespass, when they 
 eat their holy tilings : for I the 
 Lord do sanctify them. 
 
 17 !i And the Lord spake unto 
 
 Avhoin he may take imclean- 
 iiess, wliatsoever uncleamiess 
 he hath; 
 
 G Tlie soul which hath touch- 
 ed any such shall be unclean 
 until even, and shall not eat of 
 the holy things, unless he w^ash 
 his flesh with water. 
 
 7 And when the sun is down, 
 he shall be clean, and shall af- 
 terward eat of the holy things ; 
 because it is his food. 
 
 8 That which dieth of itself, 
 or is torn with beasts, he shall 
 i:!ot eat to defile himself there- 
 with : I am the Lord. 
 
 9 They shall therefore keep 
 mine ordinance, lest they bear 
 sin for it, and die therefore, if 
 
 18 Speak unto Aaron, and to 
 his sons, and unto all the chil- 
 dren of Israel, and say unto 
 them, Wliatsoever he be of the 
 house of Israel, or of the stran- 
 gei-s in Israel, that will offer his 
 oblation for all his vows, and for 
 all his freewill offerings, which 
 they will offer unto the Lord 
 for a burnt offering ; 
 
 19 Ve shall ojfer at 5^our own 
 will a male without blemish, of 
 the beeves, of the sheep, or of 
 the goats. 
 
 20 But whatsoever hath a ble- 
 mish, that shall ye not offer: 
 for it shall not be acceptable 
 for you. 
 
 21 And w^hosoever offereth a 
 
Divers laics 
 
 LEVITICUS, XXIII. 
 
 and ordinances. 
 
 sacrifice of peace offerings unto 
 the LoED to accomplish his vow, 
 or a free^dll offering in beeves 
 or sheep, it shall be perfect to 
 be accepted; there shall be no 
 blemish therein. 
 
 22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, 
 or having a wen, or scnrvy, or 
 scabbed, ye shall not offer these 
 mito the LoKi), nor make an of- 
 fering by fire of them upon the 
 altar nnto the Loed. 
 
 23 Either a bullock or a lamb 
 that hath any thing superfiu- 
 ous or lacking in his parts, that 
 mayest thou offer /b?* a frecTrill 
 offermg ; but for a tow it shall 
 not be accepted. 
 
 24 Ye shall not offer uiito the 
 Lord that which is bruised, or 
 crushed, or broken, or cut ; nei- 
 ther shall ye make any offering 
 thereof in your land. 
 
 25 Neither from a stranger's 
 hand shall ye offer the bread of 
 your God of any of these ; be- 
 cause their corruption is in 
 them, and blemishes he in 
 them: they shall not be ac- 
 cepted for you. 
 
 26 % And the Loed spake unto 
 Moses, saymg, 
 
 27 When a bullock, or a sheep, 
 or a goat, is brought forth, then 
 it "ehall be seven days under the 
 dam ; and from the eighth day 
 and thenceforth it shall be ac- 
 cepted for an offering made by 
 fire unto the Loed. 
 
 28 And ii'hether it he cow or 
 ewe, ye shall not kill it and her 
 young both in one day. 
 
 29 And when ye will offer a sa- 
 crifice of thanksgiving unto the 
 Loed, offer it at youi' own T^dll. 
 
 30 On the same day it shall be 
 eaten up; ye shall leave none 
 of it until the morrow : I am 
 the Loed. 
 
 31 Therefore shall ye keep my 
 commandments, p^nd do them: 
 I am the Loed. | 
 
 32 Neither shall jq profane my . 
 holy name ; but I will be hal- ' 
 lowed among the children of, 
 Israel: I am the Loed which 
 hallow you, 1 
 
 33 That brought you out of the 
 land of Eg5i)t, to be your God : 
 I am the Loed. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 
 1 The feasts of the Lord. 3 TJie sab- 
 bath, i TJie passover. 9 TJie sheaf 
 of fir st fruits. 15 The feast of Pen- 
 tecost. 22 Gleanings to be left for 
 the poor. 23 TJie feast of trumpets. 
 26 llie day of atonement. 33 The 
 feast of tabernacles. 
 
 AND the Loed spake unto 
 _ Moses, saying, 
 
 2 Speak ujito the children of 
 Israel, and say unto them, Con- 
 cerning the feasts of the Loed, 
 which ye shall proclaim to he 
 holy convocations, even these 
 are my feasts. 
 
 3 Six days shall work be done : 
 but the seventh day is the sab- 
 bath of rest, an holy convoca- 
 tion ; ye shall do no work there- 
 in: it is the sabbath of the 
 Loed in all yom- dwellings. 
 
 4 f These are the feasts of the 
 Loed, even holy convocations, 
 which ye shall proclaim in their 
 seasons. 
 
 5 In the fourteenth day of the 
 first month at even is the Loed's 
 passover. 
 
 6 And on the fifteenth day of 
 the same month is the feast 
 of unleavened bread unto the 
 Loed : seven days ye must eat 
 unleavened bread. 
 
 7 In the first day ye shall have 
 an holy convocation : ye shall 
 do no servile work therein. 
 
 8 But 5"e shall offer an offer- 
 ing made by fire unto the Loed 
 seven days : in the seventh day 
 is an holy convocation : ye shall 
 do no servile work therein. 
 
 9 1[ And the Loed spake unto 
 Moses, saymg, 
 
 10 Speak unto the children 
 of Israel, and say unto them. 
 When ye be come into the land 
 which I give unto you, and 
 shall reap the harvest thereof, 
 then ye shall bring a sheaf of 
 the firstfi-uits of your harvest 
 unto the priest : 
 
 11 And he shall wave the sheaf 
 before the Loed, to be accepted 
 
The feasts 
 
 LEVITICUS, xxin. 
 
 of tilt" hrrd. 
 
 for you: on the morrow after 
 the sabhath the piiest shall 
 wave it. 
 
 12 And ye shall oflfer that day 
 when ye wave the sheaf an he 
 lamb without blemish of the 
 fii'st year for a bmiit olfering 
 unto the Lord. 
 
 13 And the meat offennc: there- 
 of shall be two tenth deals of 
 fine flour min^rled with oil, an 
 ofleiinc: made by fire unto the 
 LoRi)./?>r a sweet savour: and 
 the drink offering: thereof shall 
 he of wine, the fourth part of 
 an hin. 
 
 14 And ye shall eat neither 
 bread, nor parched corn nor 
 green ears, until the selisame 
 day tliat ye have brought an 
 otieiing mito your God : it shall 
 be a statute for ever through- 
 out your generations in all your 
 dwellings. 
 
 15 ^And ye shall count unto 
 you from the morrow aftei- the 
 sabbath, from the day that ye 
 brought the sheaf of the wave 
 offering; seven sabbaths shall 
 be complete : 
 
 16 Even unto the morrow af- 
 ter the seventh sabbath shall 
 ye number fifty days; and ye 
 shall otier a new meat offering 
 unto the Lord. 
 
 17 Ye shall bring out of your 
 habitations two wave loaves of 
 two tenth deals : they shall be 
 of fine fiorj-; they shall be 
 baken with leaven; thei/ are 
 the firstfruits unto the Lord. 
 
 18 And ye shall oiler with the 
 bread seven lambs without ble- 
 mish of the first year, and one 
 young bullock, and two rams: 
 they sliall be /or a burnt offer- 
 ing unto the Lord, with their 
 meat offering, and their diink 
 offerings, even an offeiiiig made 
 by fii'e, of sweet savom* unto the 
 Lord. 
 
 19 Then ye shall sacrifice one 
 kid of the goats for a sin offer- 
 ing, and tw^o lambs of the first 
 year for a sacrifice of peace of- 
 ferings. 
 
 20 And the priest shall wave 
 
 them with the bread of the first- 
 fruits /or a wave offering beforo 
 the Lord, with the two lambs : 
 they shall be holy to the Lord 
 f(jr the priest. 
 
 21 And ye shall proclaim on 
 the selfsame day, that it may 
 be an holy convocation unto 
 you : ye shall do no servile 
 work therein: it shall be a 
 statute for ever in all your 
 dwellings tliroughout your ge- 
 nerations. 
 
 22 ^I And when ye reap the 
 harvest of your land, thou shalt 
 not make clean riddance of the 
 corners of thy field when thou 
 rcapest, neither shalt thou ga- 
 ther any gleaning of thy har- 
 vest : thou shalt leave them un- 
 to the poor, and to the stranger: 
 I am trie Lord your God. 
 
 23 If And the Lord spake unto 
 IMoses, saying, 
 
 24 Speak unto the cliildren of 
 Israel, saying. In the seventh 
 month, in the first dai/ of the 
 month, shall ye have a sab- 
 bath, a memorial of blowing of 
 tnnnpets, an holy convocation. 
 
 25 Ye shall do no ser\ile work 
 therein: but ye shall offer an 
 ofi'ering made by fire unto the 
 Lord. 
 
 26 ^ And the Lord spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 27 Also on the tenth day of 
 this seventh month there shall 
 be a day of atonement : it shall 
 be an holy convocation unto 
 you ; and ye shall afflict your 
 souls, and offer an offering 
 made by fire unto the Lord. 
 
 28 And ye shall do no work 
 in that same day: for it is a 
 day of atonement, to make an 
 atonement for you before the 
 Lord your God. 
 
 29 For whatsoever soul it be 
 that shall not be afflicted in 
 that same day, he shall be cut 
 off" from among liis people. 
 
 30 And whatsoever soul it be 
 that doeth any work in that 
 same day, the same soul will I 
 destroy from among his people. 
 
 31 Ye shall do no manner of 
 
The feasts 
 
 LEVITICUS, XXIV. 
 
 of the Lord. 
 
 work: it shall he a statute for 
 ever thi-ougliont jom: genera- 
 tions in aU yom- dwellings. 
 
 32 It shall he nnto you a sab- 
 bath of rest, and ye shall afilict 
 your souls : in the ninth day of 
 the month at even, from eren 
 unto even, shall ye celebrate 
 youT sabbath. 
 
 33 f And the Lokd spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 34 Speak unto the children of 
 Israel, saying. The fifteenth day 
 of this seventh month shall he 
 the feast of tabemacles/br seven 
 days unto the Loed. 
 
 35 On the first day shall he an 
 holy convocation: ye shall do 
 no servile work therein. 
 
 36 Seven days ye shall offer an 
 offering made by fii^e unto the 
 LoED : on the eighth day shall 
 be an holy convocation unto 
 you ; and ye shall offer an offer- 
 ing made by fii'e unto the Loed : 
 it is a solemn assembl^^ ; and ye 
 shall do no servile work therein. 
 
 37 These are the feasts of the 
 LoED, which ye shall proclaim 
 to be holy convocations, to offer 
 an offering made by fire unto 
 the LoED, a bmTit offering, and 
 a meat offering, a sacrifice, and 
 drink offerings, every thing up- 
 on his day : 
 
 38 Beside the sabbaths of the 
 LoED, and beside your gifts, 
 and beside all your vows, and 
 beside all your freewill offer- 
 ings, which ye give unto the 
 Loed. 
 
 39 Also in the fifteenth day of 
 the seventh month, when ye 
 have gathered in the fruit of 
 the land, ye shaU keep a feast 
 unto the Loed seven days : on 
 the first day shall he a sabbath, 
 and on the eighth day shall he 
 a sabbath. 
 
 40 And ye shall take you on 
 the fii'st day the boughs of good- 
 ly trees, branches of palm trees, 
 and the boughs of thick trees^ 
 and willows of the brook ; and 
 ye shall rejoice before the Loed 
 your God seven days. 
 
 41 And ye shaU keep it a feast 
 
 unto the Loed seven days m 
 the year. It shall he a statute 
 for ever in your generations : 
 ye shall celebrate it in. the se- 
 venth month. 
 
 42 Ye shall dwell in booths se- 
 ven da37S ; all that are Israelites 
 bom shall dwell in booths : 
 
 43 That your generations may 
 know that I made the chilch^en 
 of Israel to dwell in booths, when 
 I brought them out of the land 
 of Egypt : I am the Loed your 
 God. 
 
 44 And Moses declared unto 
 the children of Israel the feasts 
 of the Loed. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 1 TJie oil for the lamjys. 5 Tlie sliew- 
 hread. 10 SlwlomWis son hlasphe- 
 meili. 13 Tlie law of hlaspfiemy. 
 17 Of murder. 18 Of damage. 23 
 Tlie hlaspJiemer is stoned. 
 
 AND the Loed spake unto 
 - Moses, saying, 
 
 2 Command the children of 
 Israel, that they bring unto 
 thee piu-e oil olive beaten for 
 the light, to cause the lamps to 
 bujTL contiaually. 
 
 3 Without the vail of the tes- 
 timony, in the tabernacle of the 
 congregation, shall Aaron order 
 it from the evening unto the 
 morning before the Loed con- 
 tinually : it shall be a statute 
 for ever in your generations. 
 
 4 He shall order the^ lamps 
 upon the puj:e candlestick be- 
 fore the Loed continually. 
 
 5 f And thou shalt take fine 
 flom', and bake twelve cakes 
 thereof: two tenth deals shall 
 be in one cake. 
 
 6 And thou shalt set them in 
 two rows, six on a row, upon the 
 pure table before the Loed. 
 
 7 And thou shalt put piu*e 
 frankincense upon each row, 
 that it may be on the bread for 
 a memorial, even an offering 
 made by fire unto the Loed. 
 
 8 Every sabbath he shall set 
 it in order before the Loed 
 contmually, being taken from 
 the childi'en of Israel by an 
 everlasting covenant. 
 
The Jaio 
 
 LEVITICUS, XXV. 
 
 ftfUasphemu. 
 
 And it shall be Aaron's and 
 his suns'; and they shall eat 
 it in the holy plaee : for it is 
 most holy inito him of the of- 
 ferint-^s of the Lord made by 
 lire l)y a peipetisal statute. 
 
 10 •[ And the son of an Israel- 
 itiiih Avomnn, wh(»se father was 
 an Ejryptian, went ont anion;-? 
 the children of Israel : and this 
 son of the Israelitish ivomaii 
 and a man of Israel strove to- 
 jrether in the camp; 
 
 11 And tlie Israelitish woman's 
 son blasphemed tlie name of 
 the Li)uiK and cursed. And they 
 bronght liim imto Moses : (and 
 his mother's name teas ►Shelo- 
 mith, the daiight<'r of Dibri, of 
 the tribe of Dan :) 
 
 12 And they put him in ward, 
 that the mind of the Lord might 
 be shewed them. 
 
 13 And the Lord spake imto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 14 Bring forth liim that hath 
 cursed without the camp; and 
 ler all that heard him lay their 
 hands upon his head, and let all 
 tlie congreiration stone him. 
 
 15 And tJion shalt speak nnto 
 the children of Israel, saying, 
 AVhosoever curseth his God 
 shall bear his sin. 
 
 It) And he that blasphemeth 
 the name of the Lord, he shall 
 
 21 And he that killeth a l>east, 
 he shall restore it : and he that 
 killeth a man, he shall be put 
 to death. 
 
 22 Y(; shall have one maimer 
 of law, as well for the stranger, 
 as for one of your own ctnnitry : 
 f(-r I am the Lord your (iod. 
 
 2'.i T And Moses spake to the 
 
 children of Israel, that they 
 
 should bring iorth him that 
 
 had cursed ont of the camp. 
 
 and stone him with stones. And 
 
 the children of Israel did as the 
 
 Lord commanded Mcses. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 
 1 TJio fuibbafh of the sei'oith year. 
 
 8 llie jn}tUc in the fiftieth year. 
 
 11 Of oppression. T8 A ble»siug 
 
 of cbedifure. 23 The redemption 
 
 of land. 29 Of housi^s. 'Ao Com- 
 
 jxdfAion of the jx)or. 39 21ie iisdye 
 
 of bond men. 47 I'he redemption 
 
 of Htrvants. 
 
 AND the Lord spake unto 
 .1' • 
 
 ing. 
 
 - Moses in mount JSinai, say- 
 
 2 »Speak imto the children of 
 Israel, and say _ nnto them. 
 When ye come into the land 
 which I give you, then shall 
 the land keep a sabbath unto 
 the Lord. 
 
 3 8ix years thou shalt sow thy 
 field, and six years thou shalt 
 prune thy vineyard, and gather 
 in th(^ fruit thereof; 
 
 surely be put to death, and all | 4 But in the seventh year shall 
 tlie congregation shall certainly ■ be a sabbath of rest unto the 
 stone him : as well the stranger, ! land, a sabbatli for the Lord : 
 as he that is born in the land, I thou shalt neither sow thy field, 
 
 when he blasphemeth the name ^^ ' — ' — ^^ 
 
 of the Lord, shall be put to 
 death. 
 
 17 1[ And he that killeth any 
 man shall surely be put to 
 death. 
 
 18 And he that Idlleth a beast 
 shall make it good; beast for 
 beast. 
 
 19 And if a man cause a ble- 
 ixdsh in his neighbour; as he 
 hath done, so shall it be done 
 to him ; 
 
 20 Breach for breach, eye for 
 eye, tooth for tooth : as he hath 
 caused a blemish in a man, so 
 shall it be done to him again. 
 
 nor prime thy vineyard. 
 
 5 That which groweth of its 
 OAm accord of thy harvest thou 
 shalt not reap neither gather 
 the grapes of thy vine undress- 
 ed : for it is a year of rest imto 
 the land. 
 
 6 And the sabbath of the land 
 shall be meat for you ; for thee, 
 and for thy servant, and for thy 
 maid, and for thy hired senant, 
 and for thy stranger that so- 
 jom-neth with thee, 
 
 7 And for thy cattle, and for 
 the beast that are in thy land, 
 shall all the increase thereof be 
 meat. 
 
LEVITICUS, XXV. 
 
 The year ofjuMe. 
 
 8 IF And thou shalt number se- 
 ven sabbaths of years unto thee, 
 seven times seven years; and 
 the space of the seven sabbaths 
 of years shall be unto thee forty 
 and nine years. 
 
 9 Then shalt thou cause the 
 trumpet of the jubile to sound 
 on the tenth da?/ of the seventh 
 month, in the day of atone- 
 ment shall ye make the trum- 
 pet somid throughout all your 
 land. 
 
 10 And ye shall hallow the fif- 
 tieth year, and proclaim liberty 
 throughout all the land unto 
 all the inliabitants thereof: it 
 shall be a jubile unto you ; and 
 ye shall return every man unto 
 his possession, and ye shall re- 
 turn every man unto his family. 
 
 11 A jubile shall that fiftieth 
 year be unto you : ye shall not 
 sow, neither reap that which 
 groweth of itself in it, nor ga- 
 ther the grajjes in it of thy vine 
 undi'essed. 
 
 12 For it is the jubile ; it shall 
 be holy unto you : ye shall eat 
 the increase thereof out of the 
 field. 
 
 13 In the year of this jubile 
 3^e shall return every man unto 
 his possession. 
 
 14 And if thou sell ought unto 
 thy neighbour, or buyest ought 
 of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall 
 not oppress one another : 
 
 15 According to the number of 
 years after the jubile thou shalt 
 buy of thy neighbour, and ac- 
 cording unto the number of 
 years of the fruits he shall sell 
 unto thee : 
 
 16 According to the multitude 
 of years thou shalt increase the 
 price thereof, and according to 
 the fewness of years thou shalt 
 diminish the price of it: for 
 according to the number of the 
 years of the fruits doth he sell 
 unto thee. 
 
 17 Ye shall not therefore op 
 press one another; but thou 
 shalt fear thy God: for I am 
 the Lord your God. 
 
 18 IF Wherefore ye shall do 
 
 Bedemption of land. 
 
 my statutes, and keep my judg- 
 ments, and do them; and ye 
 shall dwell in the land in safety. 
 
 19 And the land shall yield 
 her fruit, and ye shall eat your 
 fill, and dwell therein in safety. 
 
 20 And if ye shall say, What 
 shall we eat the seventh year? 
 behold, we shall not sow, nor 
 gather in our increase : 
 
 21 Then I will command my 
 blessing upon you in the sixth 
 year, and it shall bring forth 
 fruit for three years. 
 
 22 And ye shall sow the eighth 
 year, and eat yet of old fruit 
 luitil the ninth year ; until her 
 fruits come in ye shall eat of 
 the old store. 
 
 23 IF The land shall not be sold 
 for ever : for the land is mine ; 
 for ye are strangers and sojoum- 
 ers with me. 
 
 24 And in all the land of your 
 possession ye shall grant a re- 
 demption for the land. 
 
 25 % If thy brother be waxen 
 poor, and hath sold away some 
 of his possession, and if any of 
 his kin come to redeem it, then 
 shall he redeem that which his 
 brother sold. 
 
 26 And if the man have none 
 to redeem it, and himself be 
 able to redeem it ; 
 
 27 Then let Mm count the years 
 of the sale thereof, and restore 
 the overplus unto the man to 
 whom he sold it ; that he may 
 return unto Ms possession. 
 
 28 But if he be not able to re- 
 store it to him, then that v>diich 
 is sold shall remain in thehancl 
 of him that hath bought it un- 
 til the year of jubile : and in 
 the jubile it shall go out, and 
 he shall return inito his posses- 
 sion. 
 
 29 And if a man sell a dwelling 
 house in a walled city, then he 
 may redeem it v>''ithin a whole 
 year after it is sold; within a 
 full year may he redeem it. 
 
 30 And if it be not redeemed 
 within the space of a full year, 
 then the house that is in the 
 walled city shall be establislied 
 
The usage 
 
 LEVITICUS, XXV. 
 
 for ever to liim tliat bought it 
 throughout his generations: it 
 fihall not go out in the juhile. 
 
 31 But the liouses of the vil- 
 lages \vliich have no Mall round 
 about tlieni sliall be counted as 
 the fields of the coiuitry : they 
 may be redeemed, and they shall 
 go out in the jubile. 
 
 32 Notwithstanding the cities 
 of the Levites, and the houses 
 of the cities of their possession, 
 
 of lonih^rvards, 
 of liis fatherfl 
 
 I 
 
 the possession 
 shall he r^^uni. 
 
 42 For tliey are my servantf*, 
 w'liich I brought foifh out of 
 the land of Egypt : they shall 
 not be sold as bondmen. 
 
 43 Tliou shalt not rule over 
 him w ith rigoiu* ; but shalt fear 
 thy God. 
 
 44 Ik>th thy bondmen, and thy 
 bondmaids, which thou shalt 
 have, shall he of the heathen 
 
 may the Levites redeem at any i that are romul about you; of 
 time. I them shall ye buy bondmen 
 
 33 And if a man purdiase of .and bondmaids, 
 the Levites, then the house that 4o Moreover (»f the children 
 was sold, an<l the city (»f his pos- : of the strangers that do sojourn 
 
 session, shall go out in the year 
 o/* jubile : for the houses of the 
 cities of the Levites are their 
 possession among the children 
 of Israel. 
 
 134 I3ut the field of the suburbs 
 of their cities may not be sold ; 
 for it is their peipetual posses- 
 sion. 
 
 35 H And if thy brother be 
 waxen poor, and fallen in de- 
 cay with thee ; then thou shalt 
 relieve him : yea, though he be 
 a stranger, or a sojourner ; that 
 lie may live with thee. 
 
 36 Take thou no usuiy of him, 
 or increase: but fear thy God; 
 that thy brother may live with 
 thee. 
 
 37 Thou shalt not give him thy 
 money upon usury, nor lend him 
 tliy victuals for increase. 
 
 38 I «?/i the Loed 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 1i And if thy brother that 
 dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, 
 and be sold unto thee; thou 
 shalt not compel him to serve 
 && a bondsen-ant : 
 
 40 But as an hired servant, and 
 as a sojourner, he shall be with 
 thee, and shall serve thee unto 
 the year of jubile : 
 
 41 And then shall he depart 
 from thee, both he and his cliil- 
 di-en with him, and shall return 
 unto his own family, and unto 
 
 among you, of them shall ye 
 buy, and of their families that 
 are witli you, which they begat 
 in your land : and they shall be 
 your possession. 
 
 46 And ye shall take them as 
 an hdieritance for your children 
 after you, to inhent them for a 
 possession; they shall l>e your 
 bondmen for ever: but over 
 your brethren the children of 
 Israel, ye shall not rule one 
 over another with ngour. 
 
 47 % And if a soj«junier or 
 stranger wax rich by thee, and 
 thy brother that dwelleth by 
 him wax poor, and sell him- 
 self unto the stranger or so- 
 journer by thee, or to the stock 
 of the stranger's family : 
 
 48 After that he is sold he may 
 be redeemed again ; one of his 
 brethren may redeem him : 
 
 49 Either his uncle, or his un- 
 cle's son, may redeem him, or 
 any that is nigh of Idn unto 
 him of his family may redeem 
 hun ; or if he be able, he may 
 redeem himself. 
 
 50 And he shall reckon with 
 him that bought him from the 
 year that he was sold to him 
 unto the year of jubile: and 
 the price of his sale shall be 
 according unto the number of 
 years, according to the time of 
 an hired servant shall it be with 
 him. 
 
 51 If there be yet many years 
 behind, according unto them he 
 
A Uessing 
 
 LEVITICUS, XXYI. 
 
 for obedience. 
 
 shaU give again the price of his 
 redemption out of the money 
 that he was bought for. 
 
 52 And if there remain but few 
 years unto the year of jubile, 
 then he shall count with him, 
 and according unto his_ years 
 shall he give him again the 
 price of his redemption. 
 
 ^"d And as a yearly hired ser- 
 vant shall he be with him : and 
 the other shall not rule with ri- 
 gou-r over him in thy sight. 
 
 54 And if he be not redeemed 
 in these years, then he shall go 
 out m the year of jubile, both 
 he, and his children with him. 
 
 55 For unto me the children 
 of Israel are servants ; they are 
 my servants whom I brought 
 forth out of the land of Egypt : 
 I am the Loed yom- God. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 
 1 Of idolatry. 2 Beligious'ness. 3 J 
 
 blessing to them that keep the com- 
 
 mandments. 14 A curse to those 
 
 that hrealc tliem. 40 God promiseth 
 
 1 to remember them that repent. 
 
 YE shall make you no idols 
 nor graven image, neither 
 \ rear you up a standing image, 
 neither shall ye set up any im- 
 age of stone in your land, to 
 bow dov/n unto it : for I am the 
 Lord your God. 
 
 2 % Ye shall keep my sabbaths, 
 and reverence my sanctuary : I 
 am the Lord. 
 
 3 f If ye walk in my statutes, 
 and keep my commandments, 
 and do them ; 
 
 4 Then I will give you rain in 
 due season, and the land shall 
 yield her increase, and the trees 
 
 \ of the field shall yield their fruit. 
 
 5 And your threshing shall 
 leach unto the vintage, and the 
 vintage shall reach unto the sow- 
 
 : ing time : and ye shall eat your 
 bread to the full, and dwell in 
 
 I your land safely. 
 
 ^j 6 And I will give peace in the 
 
 J land, and ye shall lie down, and 
 none shall make you afraid : 
 and I will rid evil beasts out of 
 the land, neither shall the sword 
 
 ' go through your land. 
 
 7 And ye shall chase your ene- 
 mies, and they shall fall before 
 you by the sword. 
 
 8 And five of you shall chase 
 an hundi'ed, and an hundred of 
 you shall put ten thousand to 
 flight: and your enemies shall 
 fall before you by the sword. 
 
 9 For I will have respect unto 
 you, and make you fruitful, and 
 multiply you, and establish my 
 covenant with you. 
 
 10 And ye shall eat old store, 
 and bring forth the old because 
 of the new. 
 
 11 And I will set my tabemacle 
 among you : and my soul shall 
 not abhor you. 
 
 12 And I will walk among you, 
 and will be your God, and ye 
 shall be my people. 
 
 13 I am the Lord your God, 
 which brought you forth out 
 of the land of Egypt, that ye 
 should not be their bondmen; 
 and I have broken the bands 
 of your yoke, and made you go 
 upright. 
 
 14 f But if ye will not heark- 
 en unto me, and will not do all 
 these commandments ; 
 
 15 And if ye shall despise my 
 statutes, or if your soul abhor 
 my judgments, so that ye will 
 not do all my commandments, 
 hut that ye break my cove- 
 nant: 
 
 16 1 also will do this unto you ; 
 I will even appoint over you 
 terror, consumption, and the 
 burning ague, that shall con- 
 sume the eyes, and cause sor- 
 row of heart : and ye shall sow 
 your seed m vain, for yoior ene- 
 mies shall eat it. 
 
 17 And I will set my face against 
 you, and ye shall be slain before 
 your enemies : they that hate 
 you shall reign over you; and 
 ye shall flee when none pur- 
 sueth you. 
 
 18 And if ye will not yet for 
 all tliis hearken unto me, then 
 I will pmiish you seven times 
 more for your sins. 
 
 19 And I will break the pride 
 of your power ; and I mil make 
 
Curses far 
 
 your heaven as iron, and your 
 earth as brass : 
 
 20 And you]- strengtli sliall be 
 spent in vain : for your land 
 shall not yield her increase, nei- 
 ther shall the trees of the land 
 yield their fruits. 
 
 21 II And if ye walk contrary 
 unto me, and will not hearken 
 unto me ; I will bring seven 
 times more plagues upon you 
 according to your sins. 
 
 22 I will also send wild beasts 
 among you, which slinll rob yt)U 
 of your children, and destroy 
 your cattle, and make you few 
 in number; and your hig'h ways 
 shall be desolate. 
 
 23 And if ye vill not be re- 
 formed by me by these things, 
 liut will walk contrary unto me ; 
 
 24 Then will I also wallv con- 
 trary unto you, and will punish 
 you yet seven times for your sins. 
 
 25 And I will bring a sword 
 upon you, that shall avenge the 
 quarrel of mj/ covenant : and 
 when ye are gatliered together 
 witliin yom' cities, I -snll send 
 the pestilence among you ; and 
 ye shall be delivered into the 
 hand of the enemy. 
 
 26 A)i(l when I have broken 
 the staff of your bread, ten wo- 
 men shall bake your bread in 
 one oven, and they shall deli- 
 ver 1/ou your bread again by 
 weight: and ye shall eat, and 
 not be satisfied. 
 
 27 And if ye will not for all 
 this hearken mito me, but walk 
 contrary unto me ; 
 
 28 Then I will walk contrar>^ 
 unto you also in fury; and I, 
 even 1, will chastise you seven 
 times for your sins. 
 
 29 And ye shall eat the flesh of 
 your sons, and the flesh of your 
 daughters shall ye eat. 
 
 30 And I will destroy your 
 
 LEVITICUS, XXVI 
 
 not smell 
 
 disobedienci 
 savour of yon 
 
 youM 
 I you^ 
 
 the 
 sweet od(»urs. 
 
 32 And I will bring the lam 
 into desolation : and your rue 
 mies whicli dwell therein shal 
 be astonished at it, 
 
 33 And 1 will scatter you amonj 
 the heathen, and will draw oui 
 a sword after you : and 
 land shall be desolate, and 
 cities waste. 
 
 34 Then shall the land enjoy her 
 sabbaths, as long as it lietli deso- 
 late, and ye be in your enemies* 
 land; even then shall the land 
 rest, and eujoy her Siibbaths. 
 
 35 As long as it lieth desolate 
 it shall rest ; because it did not 
 rest in your sabbatlis, when ye 
 dwelt ui)on it. 
 
 3(j And upon them that are 
 left alive of you I will send a 
 faintness into their hearts in 
 the lands of their enemies ; and 
 the sound of a shaken leaf sliall 
 chase them ; and they shall fle(% 
 as fleeing from a sword ; and tliey 
 shall fall wlicn none i)ursneth. 
 
 37 And they shall fall one up- 
 on another, as it were befoni a 
 sword, when none pursueth : and 
 ye shall have no power to stand 
 before your enemies. 
 
 38 And ye shall perish among 
 the heathen, and the land of 
 your enemies shall eat you up. 
 
 39 And they that are left of 
 you shall pine away in their 
 iniquity in your enemies' lands ; 
 and also in the iniquities of 
 tlieir fathers shall they pine 
 away with them, 
 
 40 If they shall confess their 
 iniriuity, and the iniquity of 
 their fathers, with their trespass 
 which they trespassed against 
 me, and that also they have 
 walked contrary unto me ; 
 
 41 And that I also have walked 
 contrary imto them, and have 
 
 high places, and cut do^n your ' brought them into the land of 
 
 images, and cast your carcases 
 upon the carcases of your idols, 
 and my soul shall abhor yon. 
 31 And I will make your cities 
 waste, and bring your sanctua- 
 
 their enemies ; if then their un- 
 circumcised hearts be humbled, 
 and they then accjept of the pu- 
 nishment of their iniquity : 
 ^ Then vnll I remember my 
 
 ries unto desolation, and I will ' covenant with Jacob, and also 
 
Tlie esthmtim LEVITICUS, XXYII. cfvmi^s, 
 
 then tliy estimation slipJl be of 
 the male twenty shekels, and 
 for the female ten shekels. 
 
 6 And if it he from a month old 
 even imto five years old, then 
 thy estimation shall be of the 
 male five shekels of silver, and 
 for the female thy estimation 
 shall he thi'ee shekels of silver. 
 
 7 And if it he from sixty years 
 old and above ; iS: it he a male, 
 then thy estimation shall be 
 fifteen shekels, and for the fe- 
 male ten shekels. 
 
 8 But if he be poorer than thy 
 estimation, then he shall pre- 
 sent himself before the priest, 
 and the priest shall vaine him ; 
 according to his ability that 
 vowed shall the priest value him. 
 
 9 And if it he a beast, whereof 
 men bring an offering unto the 
 LoKn, all that an?/ man giveth 
 of such imto the Loed shall be 
 holy. 
 
 10 He shall not alter it, nor 
 change it, a good for a bad, or 
 a bad for a good: and if he 
 shall at all change beast for 
 beast, then it and the exchange 
 thereof shall be holy. 
 
 11 And if it he any unclean 
 beast, of which they do not of- 
 fer a sacrifice unto the Losn, 
 then he shall present the beast 
 before the priest : 
 ^ 12 And the priest shall value 
 it, whether it be good or bad : 
 as thou valuest it, ivho art the 
 priest, so shall it be. 
 
 13 But if he will at all redeem 
 it, then he shall add a fifth part 
 thereof unto thy estimation. 
 
 14 IF And when a man shall 
 sanctity his house to he holy 
 unto the Lokd, then the priest 
 shall estimate it, Avhether it be 
 good or bad : as the priest shall 
 estimate it, so shall it stand. 
 
 15 And if he that sanctified it 
 will redeem his house, then he 
 shall add the fifth part of the 
 money of thy estimation unto 
 it, and it shall be his. 
 
 16 And if a man shall sanctify 
 unto the Loed some part of a 
 field of his possession, then tliy 
 
 my covenant with Isaac, and 
 also my covenant with Abra- 
 ham will I remember; and I 
 will remember the land. 
 
 43 The land also shaU be left 
 of them, and shall enjoy her 
 sabbaths, while she Keth de- 
 solate without them : and they 
 shall accept of the punishment 
 of their iniquity : because, even 
 becau-se they despised my judg- 
 ments, and because their soul 
 abhorred my statutes. 
 
 44 And 5^et for all that, when 
 they be in the land of their ene- 
 mies, I will not cast them a- 
 way, neither will I abhor them, 
 to destroy them utterly, and to 
 break my covenant with them : 
 for I am the Loed theii' God. 
 
 45 But I will for their sakes 
 remember the covenant of then- 
 ancestors, whom I brought forth 
 out of the land of Egypt in the 
 sight of the heathen, that I might 
 be their God : I am, the Loed. 
 
 46 These are the statutes and 
 judgments and laws, wliich the 
 
 t Loed made between him and 
 the children of Israel in mount 
 Sinai by the hand of Moses. 
 
 CHAPTEK XXVII. 
 
 1 He fJiat maJceth a singular vow must 
 he the Lord's. 2 The estimation of 
 the person. 9 Of a heast given hy 
 vow. \^ Of a house. 1& Of afield, 
 5 aiid the redemption thereof. 28 No 
 \ devoted thing may he redeemed. 32 
 Tlie tithe may not he changed. 
 
 AND the LoED spake unto 
 . Moses, sajmig, 
 2 Speak unto the children of 
 i Israel, and say unto them, When 
 ; a man shall make a singular 
 \ vow, the persons shall he for 
 i the Loed by thy estimation. 
 - 3 And thy estimation shall be 
 of the male from twenty years 
 old even imto sisty years old, 
 even thy estimation shall be 
 fifty shekels of sHver, after the 
 j shekel of the sanctuary. 
 I 4 And a it he Q, female, then 
 thy estimation shall be thirty 
 shekels. ^ 
 
 5 And if it he from five years 
 old even unto twenty years old, 
 
Of votes, and 
 
 LEVITICUS, XXVII. thlr reileinption 
 
 estimation shall be accordinp^ to 
 tlie seed thereof: an homer of 
 barley seed shall he valued at 
 liity sliekels of silver. 
 
 17 If he sanctify his field from 
 the year of jiibile, according to 
 thy estimation it shall stand. 
 
 18 But if he sanctify his field 
 after the jubile, then the iniest 
 shall reckon unto him the mo- 
 ney according; to the years that 
 remain, even unto the year of 
 the jubile, and it shall be abat- 
 ed from thy estimation. 
 
 19 And if he that sanctified the 
 field will in any wise redeem it, 
 tlien he shall add the fifth 2^art 
 of the money of thy estimation 
 imto it, and it shall be assured 
 to him. 
 
 20 And if he will not redeem 
 the field, or if he have sold the 
 field to another man, it shall not 
 l>e redeemed anv more. 
 
 21 But the field, when it poeth 
 out in the jubile, shall be holy 
 unto the Lord, as a field de- 
 voted; the possession thereof 
 shall be the priest's. 
 
 22 And if a man sanctify unto 
 the Lord a field which he hath 
 bought, which is not of the fields 
 of his possession ; 
 
 23 Then the priest shall reckon 
 unto him the worth of thy esti- 
 mation, even imto the year of 
 the jubile : and he shall give 
 thine estimation in that day, as 
 a holy thing unto the Lord. 
 
 24 In the year of the jubile 
 the field shall return unto liim 
 of whom it Avas bought, even to 
 him to whom the possession of 
 the land did belong. 
 
 25 And all thy estimations shall 
 be according to the shekel of the 
 sanctuary : twenty gerahs shall 
 be the shekel. 
 
 26 H Onlv the firstling of the 
 beaeti*, which should be the 
 Lord's firstling, no man shal 
 sanctify it; whether it he ox 
 or sheep : it is the Lord's. 
 
 27 And if ii he of an inicleai 
 beast, then he shall redeem ii 
 according to thine estimationy 
 and shall add a fifth part of it 
 thereto : or if it be not icdeem- 
 ed, then it shall ])e sold accord- 
 ing to thy estimation. 
 
 28 Notwitlistanding no devote 
 thing, that a man shall devote 
 unto the Lord of all that he 
 hath, both of man and beast, 
 and of the field of his posses- 
 sion, shall be sold or redeem-* 
 ed : every devoted thing is most 
 holy unto the Lord. 
 
 29 None devoted, which shall 
 l)e devoted of men, shall be re- 
 deemed ; hilt sliall surely be put 
 to death. 
 
 30 And all the tithe of the 
 land, tvhether of the seed of the 
 land, or of the fruit of the tree, 
 is the Lord's: it is holy unto 
 the Lord. 
 
 31 And if a man will at all 
 redeem ouf^ht of his tithes, he 
 shall add thereto the fifth part 
 thereof. 
 
 32 And concerning the tithe 
 of the herd, or of the flock, even 
 of whatsoever passeth under the 
 rod, the tenth shall be holy un- 
 to the Lord. 
 
 33 He shall not search whether 
 it be good or bad, neither shall 
 he change it : and if he change 
 it at all, then both it and the 
 change thereof shall be holy; 
 it shall not be redeemed. 
 
 34 These are the command- 
 ments, which the Lord com- 
 manded Moses for the children 
 of Israel in mount Sinai. 
 
 31 
 
THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED 
 
 NUMBERS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 God commandeth Jloses to number 
 the i^eople. 5 Tlie ixrinces of the 
 tribes. 17 Tlie number of every 
 trihe. 47 Tlie Levites are exempted 
 for the service of the Lord. 
 
 AND the LoED spake unto 
 - Moses in the ^Tilderness of 
 Sinai, in the tabernacle of the 
 congregation, on the fiist day of 
 the second month, in the second 
 year after they were come out 
 of the land of Egypt, saying, 
 
 2 Take ye the sum of all the 
 congregation of the childi-en of 
 Israel, after then famihes, by the 
 house of their fathers, with the 
 number of their names, every 
 male by then polls ; 
 
 3 From twenty years old and 
 upward, all that are able to go 
 forth to war in Israel : thou and 
 Aaron shall number them by 
 their armies. 
 
 4 And with you there shall be 
 a man of every tribe ; every one 
 head of the house of his fathers. 
 
 5 •[ And these are the names 
 of the men that shall stand with 
 you : of the tribe of Reuben ; 
 Elizur the son of Shedeur. 
 
 6 Of Simeon; Shelumiel the 
 son of Zmishaddai. 
 
 7 Of Judah ; Nahshon the son 
 of Ammuiadab. 
 
 8 Of Issachar ; Nethaneel the 
 son of Zuar. 
 
 9 Of Zebulun ; Eliab the son 
 of Helon. 
 
 10 Of the children of Joseph : 
 of Ephi^aim ; Elishama the son 
 of Ammihud: ofManasseh; Ga- 
 mahel the son of Pedahzur. 
 
 11 Of Benjamin; Abidan the 
 son of Gideoni. 
 
 12 Of Dan ; Ahiezer the son of 
 Ammishaddai. 
 
 13 Of Asher ; Pagiel the son of 
 Ocran. 
 
 14 Of Gad ; Eliasaph the son 
 of Deuel. 
 
 15 Of Naphtali ; Ahira the son 
 of Enan. 
 
 16 These were the renowned of 
 the congregation, prmces of the 
 tribes of then fathers, heads of 
 thousands in Israel. 
 
 17 ^ And Moses and Aaron took 
 these men which are expressed 
 by their names : 
 
 is And they assembled all the 
 congregation together on the fiist 
 day of the second month, and 
 they declared then pedigrees af- 
 ter then famihes, by the house 
 of then fathers, according to 
 the number of the names, from 
 twenty years old and upward, 
 by their polls. 
 
 19 As the LoKD commanded 
 Moses, so he numbered them in 
 the wilderness of Sinai. 
 
 20 And the childi^en of Reuben, 
 Israel's eldest son, by then ge- 
 nerations, after their families, 
 by the house of then fathers, ac- 
 cording to the number of the 
 names, by their polls, eveiy male 
 from twenty years old and up- 
 ward, all that were able to go 
 forth to war ; 
 
 21 Those that were numbered 
 of them, even of the tribe of 
 Reuben, were forty and six thou- 
 sand and five hundi^ed. 
 
 22 ^ Of the children of Simeon, 
 by their generations, after their 
 families, by the house of theii* 
 fathers, those that were num- 
 bered of them, according to the 
 number of the names, by their 
 polls, eveiy male from twenty 
 years old and upward, all that 
 were able to go forth to war ; 
 
 23 Those that were numbered 
 of them, even of the tribe of 
 Simeon, were fifty and nine 
 thousand and three hundred. 
 
 24 % Of the children of Gad, 
 by their generations, after their 
 families, by the house of their 
 fathei-s, according to the num- 
 ber of the names, from twenty 
 years old and upward, all that 
 were able to go forth to war ; 
 
 25 Those that were numbered 
 
Tlie numbed' of men 
 
 of tliem, even of the tribe of 
 Gad, were forty and five thoii- 
 Baiid six Imndred and fifty. 
 
 26 ^ Of tlie children of Jiidtih, 
 by their pcenerations, after their 
 families, by tlie house of their 
 fathers, accordlntr to the number 
 of the names, from twenty years 
 old and upward, all that were 
 able to go forth to war ; 
 
 27 Those that were numbered of 
 i\iQ\n,even of the tribe of Judah, 
 were tlireescore and fourteen 
 thousand and six Inmdred. 
 
 28 ^1 Of the children of Issachar, 
 by their generations, after their 
 families, by the house of their 
 fathers, according to the number 
 of the names, from twenty years 
 old and ui)ward, all that were 
 able to go forth to war ; 
 
 29 Th(-se that were numbered 
 of them, even of the tril)e of Is- 
 sachar, irere fifty and four thou- 
 sand and four bundled. 
 
 30 1[ Of the children of Zebulun, 
 by their generations, after their 
 families, by the house of their 
 fathere, according to the number 
 of the names, from twenty years 
 old and ui)ward, all that were 
 able to go forth to war ; 
 
 31 Those that were numbered 
 of them, even of the tribe of 
 Zebulun, were fifty and seven 
 tlKousand and four Imndred. 
 
 32 ^ Of the children of Joseph, 
 numely, of the children of Eph- 
 raim, by their generations, after 
 their families, by the house of 
 their fathei-s, according to the 
 number of the names, from twen- 
 ty years old and upward, all that 
 were able to go forth to war ; 
 
 33 Those that were numbered 
 of them, even of the tribe of 
 Ephi'aim, were forty thousand 
 and five hundred. 
 
 34 If Of the children of Manas- 
 sehj by their generations, after 
 their families, by the house of 
 their fathers, according to the 
 number of the names, from tw^en- 
 ty years old and upward, all that 
 were able to go forth to war ; 
 
 35 Those that were numbered 
 of them, even of the tribe of 
 
 NUMBERS, I. in each tribe. 
 
 Manasseh, ivere tliirty and two 
 thousand and two hundred. 
 
 36 H Of the cliildren of Benja- 
 min, by their generations, after 
 their families, by tlie lior.se of 
 their fathers, according to th^ 
 numberof the namesjrom twen- 
 ty yeai-s old and upward, all thai 
 were able to go forth to war ; 
 
 37 Those that were numl)erec 
 of them, even of tha tribe oi 
 Benjamin, ivere thirty and liv( 
 thousand and four hundred. 
 
 as U Of the children of Dan, bj 
 their generations, after their fa- 
 milies, by the house of their fa 
 thers, according to the numbei 
 of the names, from twenty yean 
 old and upward, all that wen 
 able to go forth to war ; 
 
 39 Those that were numberec 
 of them, eveTi of the tribe of Dan/ 
 iverc threescore and two thou- 
 sand and seven hundred. 
 
 40 H Of the cliildren of Asher, 
 by their generations, after their 
 families, by the house of tlieir 
 fathers, according to the number 
 of the names, from twenty years 
 old and u])ward, all that were 
 able to go forth to war ; 
 
 41 Those that were numbered 
 of them, even of the tribe of 
 Asher, were forty and one tliou- 
 sand and five hundred. 
 
 42 H Of the children of Naph- 
 tali, throughout their genera- 
 tions, after their families, by the 
 house of their fathers, according 
 to the number of the names, 
 from tw^enty years old and up- 
 ward, all that were able to go 
 forth to war ; 
 
 43 Those that were numbered 
 of them, even of the tribe of 
 Naphtali, were fifty and three 
 thousand and four hundred. 
 
 44 These are those that were 
 numbered, which Moses and 
 Aaron numbered, and the prin- 
 ces of Israel, being twelve men : 
 each one was for the house of 
 his fathers. 
 
 45 So were all those that were 
 numbered of the cliildren of Is- 
 rael, by the house of their fa- 
 thers, from twenty years old and 
 
The ai-der of the 
 
 upward, all tliat were able to go 
 fortli to war in Israel ; 
 46 Even all they that were num- 
 bered were six hundred thou- 
 sand and three thousand and 
 five hundred and fifty. 
 
 47 IF But the Levites after the 
 tribe of theii' fathers were not 
 numbered among them. 
 
 48 For the Loed had spoken 
 unto Moses, saying, 
 
 49 Only thou shalt not number 
 the tribe of Levi, neither take 
 the sum of them among the 
 children of Israel : 
 
 50 But thou shalt appoint the 
 Levites over the tabernacle of 
 testimony, and over all the ves- 
 sels thereof, and over all things 
 that belong to it : they shall bear 
 the tabernacle, and all the ves- 
 sels thereof; and they shall min- 
 ister unto it, and shall encamp 
 round about the tabernacle. 
 
 51 And when the tabernacle 
 setteth foiivard, the Levites shall 
 take it down : and when the ta- 
 bernacle is to be pitched, the 
 Levites shall set it up : and the 
 stranger that cometh nigh shall 
 be put to death. 
 
 52 And the children of Israel 
 shall pitch their tents, every man 
 by his own camp, and every man 
 by his own standard, through- 
 out their hosts. 
 
 • 53 But the Levites shaU pitch 
 round about the tabernacle of 
 testimony, that there be no wrath 
 upon the congregation of the 
 children of Israel : and the Le- 
 vites shall keep the charge of 
 the tabernacle of testimony. 
 54 And the children of Israel did 
 
 I according to all that the Lord 
 
 I commanded Moses, so did they. 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 1 27<e order of the tribes in their tents. 
 
 AND the LoED spake unto 
 . Moses and unto Aaron, 
 j saying, 
 
 2 Every man of the children of 
 Israel shall pitch by his own 
 standard, with the ensign of their 
 father's house : far off about the 
 tabernacle of the congregation 
 shall they pitch. 
 
 NUMBEES, II. tribes in tMr tmts. 
 
 3 And on the east side toward 
 the rising of the sun shall they 
 of the standard of the camp of 
 Judah pitch throughout their 
 armies : and Nahshon the son of 
 Amminadab shall he captain of 
 the children of Judah. 
 
 4 And his host, and those that 
 were numbered of them, were 
 threescore and foui-teen thou- 
 sand and six hundred. 
 
 5 And these that do pitch next 
 unto Mm shall he the tribe of 
 Issachar : andNethaneelthe son 
 of Zuar shall he captain of the 
 children of Issachar. 
 
 6 And his host, and those that 
 were numbered thereof, were 
 fifty and four thousand and four 
 hundi-ed. 
 
 7 Then the tribe of Zebulun : 
 and Eliab the son of Helon shall 
 be captain of the children of Ze- 
 bulun. 
 
 8 And his host, and these that 
 were numbered thereof, were 
 fifty and seven thousand and 
 four hundred. 
 
 9 All that were numbered in the 
 camp of Judah were an hundred 
 thousand and fourscore thou- 
 sand and six thousand and four 
 hundred, throughout their ar- 
 mies. These shall first set forth. 
 
 10 IF On the south side shall he 
 the standard of the camp of Eeu- 
 ben accorduig to their armies: 
 and the captain of the children 
 of Reuben shall be Elizm- the 
 son of Shedeur. 
 
 11 And his host, and those that 
 were numbered thereof, were 
 forty and six. thousaud and five 
 hundred. 
 
 12 And those which pitch by 
 him shall he the tribe of Simeon : 
 and the captain of the children 
 of Simeon shall he Shelumiel 
 the son of Zurishaddai. 
 
 13 And his host, and those that 
 were numbered of them, were 
 fifty and nine thousand and 
 three hundred. 
 
 14 Then the tribe of Gad : ar.d 
 the captain of the sons of Gad 
 shall he Eliasaph the son of 
 Beuel. 
 
T?u2 order of Ote 
 
 NUMBERS. II. 
 
 tribes in Oteir tentg. 
 
 15 And liis host, and those that 
 were numbered of them, were 
 forty and live thousand and nix 
 hiuidred and fifty. 
 
 16 All that were numbered in 
 the camp of Reuben 7vere an 
 hundred thousand and fifty and 
 one thousand and four liundied 
 and fifty, throughout their ar- 
 piies. And they sliall set fortli 
 in the second rank. 
 
 17 H Tlien tlie tabernacle of the 
 congrei^'ation shall set fonvard 
 Avith the camp of the Levites in 
 the midst of the camp : as they 
 encamp, so shall they set for- 
 ward, every man in liis place by 
 their standards. 
 
 18 H On the west side shall 
 he the standard of the camp of 
 Eplu^im according: to their ar- 
 mies: and the captain of the 
 sons of Ephraim .shall Ic Eli- 
 shama the son of Ammihnd. 
 
 19 And his host, and those that 
 ■were numbered of them, tvere 
 forty thousand and five hundred. 
 
 20 And ])y In'm shall he the 
 tribe of Manasseli : and the cap- 
 tain of the cliildren of Manas- 
 seh sJiall he Gamaliel the son of 
 Pedahzur. 
 
 21 And his host, and those that 
 were numbered of them, were 
 tliirty and two thousand and two 
 hundred. 
 
 22 Then the tribe of Benjamin : 
 and the_ captain of the sons of 
 Benjamin shall he Abidan the 
 son of Gideoni. 
 
 23 And his host, and those that 
 were numbered of them, were 
 thirty and five thousand and 
 four hundred. 
 
 24 All that were numbered of 
 the camp of Ephraim were an 
 hundred thousand and eight 
 thousand and^ an hundred, 
 throughout their armies. And 
 they shall go forward in the 
 third rank. 
 
 25 ^ The standard of the camp 
 of Dan shall he on the north side 
 by their armies : and the captain 
 of the children of Dan shall he A- 
 hiezer the son of Ammishaddai. 
 
 26 And his host, and those that 
 
 were numbered of them, were 
 threescore and two thousand and 
 seven hundred. 
 
 27 And thowi that encamp by 
 him shall he the tribe of Asher : 
 and the captain of the children 
 of Asher shall he Pagiel the son 
 of Ocran. 
 
 28 And his liost, and those that 
 were numbered of them, were 
 fort>' and one tliousand and five 
 himdred. 
 
 29 ^i Then the tribe of Naphtali : 
 and the captain C)f the children 
 of Nai»litali shall he Aliira the 
 son of Elian. 
 
 30 And his host, and those that 
 were ninidjered of them, ice re 
 fifty and three thousand and 
 four hundred. 
 
 31 All they that were numlxred 
 in the camp of Dan tcere an hun- 
 dred thousand and fifty and se- 
 ven tliousand and six bundled. 
 They shall go hindmost with 
 their standards. 
 
 32 TI These are those which 
 wer(} numbered of the cliildren 
 of Israel by the house of their 
 fathers : all those that were num- 
 bered of the camps throughout 
 their hosts were six hundred 
 thousand and three thousand 
 and five himdred and fifty. 
 
 33 But the Levites were not 
 numbered among the chikben 
 of Israel ; as the Lord command- 
 ed Moses. 
 
 34 And the children of Israel 
 did according to all that the 
 Lord commanded Moses: so 
 they pitched by their standards, 
 and so they set fonvard, every 
 one after their families, accord- 
 ing to the house of their fathers. 
 
 CHAPTER ni. 
 
 1 The 80718 of Aaron. 5 The Levites 
 are given to the priests for the ser- 
 vice of the tabernacle, 11 instead of 
 the firstborn. 14 The Levites are 
 numbered by their families. 21 
 The families, number, and charge 
 of the Gershonites, 27 of the Ko- 
 hathites, 33 of the Merarites. 88 
 27«^ place ana charge cf Moses and 
 Aaron. '^0 The firstborn are freed 
 by the Levites. il The overplus are 
 redeemed. 
 
Tlie sons of Aaron. NTJIVIBEES, in. The Levies numbered. 
 
 THESE also are the genera- 
 tions of Aaron and Moses 
 in the day that the Lord spake 
 with Moses in mount Sinai. 
 
 2 And these a7'e the names of 
 the sons of Aaron ; Nadab the 
 firstborn, and Abihn, Eleazar, 
 and Ithamar. 
 
 3 These ai^e the names of the 
 sons of Aaron, the priests which 
 were anointed, whom he conse- 
 crated to minister in the priest's 
 office. 
 
 4 And Nadab and Abihu died 
 before the Loed, when they 
 offered strange fire before the 
 Loed, in the wilderness of Si- 
 nai, and they had no childi'en : 
 and Eleazar and Ithamar min- 
 istered in the priest's office in 
 the sight of Aaron then father. 
 
 5 ^ And the Loed spake nnto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, 
 and present them before Aaron 
 the priest, that they may min- 
 ister nnto him. 
 
 7 And they shall keep his 
 charge, and the charge of the 
 whole congregation before the 
 tabernacle of the congregation, 
 to do the service of the taber- 
 nacle. 
 
 8 And they shall keep aU the 
 instruments of the tabernacle of 
 the congregation, and the charge 
 of the children of Israel, to do 
 the semce of the tabernacle. 
 
 9 And thou shalt give the Le- 
 vites imto Aaron and to his 
 sons : they are wholly given un- 
 to him out of the children of 
 Israel. 
 
 10 And thou shalt appoint 
 Aaron and his sons, and they 
 shall wait on their priest's of- 
 fice : and the stranger that Com- 
 eth nigh shall be put to death. 
 
 11 Aid the Loed spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 12 And I, behold, I have tak- 
 en the Levites from among the 
 children of Israel instead of all 
 the firstborn that openeth the 
 matrix among the children of 
 Israel: therefore the Levites 
 shall be mine ; 
 
 13 Because aU the firstborn 
 are mine ; for on the day that 
 I smote all the iirstborn in the 
 land of EgjT)t I hallowed unto 
 me all the firstborn in Israel, 
 both man and beast : mine shall 
 they be : I am the Loed. 
 
 14 ^ And the Loed spake un- 
 to Moses in the wilderness of 
 Sinai, saying, 
 
 15 Number the children of Levi 
 after the house of their fathers, 
 by their families: every male 
 from a month old and upward 
 shalt thou number them. 
 
 16 And Moses numbered them 
 according to the word of the 
 Loed, as he was commanded. 
 
 17 And these were the sons of 
 Le^i by their names ; Gershon, 
 and Kohath, and Merari. 
 
 18 And these are the names of 
 the sons of Gershon by their fa- 
 milies ; Libni, and Shimei. 
 
 19 And the sons of Kohath 
 by their families ; Am ram, and 
 Izehar, Hebron, and L^zziel. 
 
 20 And the sons of Merari by 
 their families ; Mahli, and Mu- 
 shi. These are the famihes of 
 the Le^-ites according to the 
 house of theii' fathers. 
 
 21 Of Gershon ivas the family 
 of the Libnites, and the family 
 of the Shimites : these are the 
 families of the Gershonites. 
 
 22 Those that were numbered 
 of them, according to the num- 
 ber of all the males, from a 
 month old and upward, even 
 those that were numbered of 
 them we7'e seven thousand and 
 five hundred. 
 
 23 The famihes of the Ger- 
 shonites shall pitch behind the 
 tabernacle westward. 
 
 24 And the chief of the house 
 of the father of the Gershonites 
 shall be EHasaph the son of Lael. 
 
 25 And the charge of the sons- 
 of Gershon in the tabernacle of 
 the congregation shall be the 
 tabernacle, and the tent, the 
 covering thereof, and the hang- 
 ing for the door of the taberna- 
 cle of the congregation, 
 
 26 And the hangings of the 
 
 H2 
 
7'he Levites 
 
 NUMBERS. III. 
 
 are nutnlered. 
 
 court, and the curtain for tlio 
 door of tlie court, >vlii(li is by 
 the tabeniacle, and by the altar 
 round about, and the cords of it 
 for all the Bervice there(»f. 
 
 27 •' And <.f Kohath was tlie 
 iamily of the Anuaniites, and 
 the family of the Izeharites.and 
 the family of tlie Hebronites, 
 and the family of the Uzzielites: 
 these are the families of the 
 Kohathite8. 
 
 28 In the number of all the 
 males, irom a month old and 
 upward, were eiirht thousand 
 and six hundred, keeping the 
 charLre of the sanctuary. 
 
 2H The families of the sons of 
 Kohath shall jtitcli on the side 
 of the tabcrnach' soutlnvard. 
 
 3<) And the chief «.f tlw house 
 of the father of the fanu'Iics of 
 the Kohathites sha/l be Eliza- 
 I'han the son of Uzziel. 
 
 31 And tlieir charge shall he 
 the ark, and the tabic, and the 
 candlestick, and the altars, and 
 the vess(ds of the sanctuaiy 
 wherewith they minister, and 
 the hanging, and all the service 
 thereof. 
 
 32 And Eleazar tlie son of Aa- 
 jon the priest shall be chief over 
 the chief of the Levites, and 
 hare the oversight of them that 
 keei) the cliarge of tlie sanctuary. 
 
 33 *[ Of INIerari ?/y/.v the family 
 of the Mahlites, and the family 
 of the Mushites : these are the 
 families of Merari. 
 
 34 Ajid those that were num- 
 bered of them, according to the 
 number of all the males, from 
 a month old and npward, were 
 six thousand and two hundred. 
 
 35 And the chief of the house 
 of the father of the families of 
 Merari was Zmiel the son of 
 Abihail: these shall pitch on 
 the side of the tabernacle north- 
 ward. 
 
 36 And under the custody and 
 charge of the sons of Merari 
 shall be the boards of the taber- 
 nacle, and the bars thereof, and 
 the pillars thereof, and the sock- 
 ets thereof, and all the vessels 
 
 thereof, and all that eeneth 
 thereto, 
 
 37 And the pillars of the court 
 roundabout, and their sockets, 
 and tluir iiins, and tli<'ir cords. 
 
 38 ^f Ihit those that encamp Ix.'- 
 fore the tabt rnacle t<nvar(i the 
 east, even before the talx-rnacle 
 of the congregation eastward, 
 shall be Mtiscs, and Aaron and 
 his sons, keeping the charge of 
 the sanctuary for the charire of 
 the children of Isniel ; and the 
 stranger that cometh nigh shall 
 be put to death. 
 
 39 All that were numbered of 
 the Levites, which M<»se8 and 
 Aaron numbered at the com- 
 
 I maudmentol the Loud, through- 
 I out their families, all tlu.' mal< 8 
 I from a month old and upward, 
 I were twenty and two thousand. 
 4<)1; And the Loun said unto 
 
 Moses, Numlx'r all the tii*stboni 
 I of the males of the children of 
 I Israel from a month old and up- 
 i v.ard, ar.d take the number of 
 
 their names. 
 
 41 And thou shalt take the Ive- 
 vites for me (I am the Loud) 
 instead of all the firstboni a- 
 mong the children of Israel ; 
 and the cattle of the Levites in- 
 stead of all the firstlings among 
 the cattle of the children of Is- 
 rael. 
 
 42 And Moses numbered, as 
 the Lord commanded him, all 
 the firstborn among the children 
 of Israel. 
 
 43 And all the fii-stbom males 
 by the number of names, from a 
 month old and ui)ward, of those 
 that were numbered of them, 
 were twenty and two thousand 
 two hundred and threescore and 
 thirteen. 
 
 44 ^ And the Lokd spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 45 Take the Levites instead of 
 all the firstborn among the chil- 
 dren of Israel, and the cattle 
 of the Levites instead of their 
 cattle ; and the Levites shall be 
 mine : I am the Loed. 
 
 46 And for those that are to be 
 redeemed of the two himdred 
 
The age and time 
 
 mJMBEES, IV. of the Levites' service. 
 
 and threescore and thirteen of 
 the firstborn of the children of 
 Israel, which are more than the 
 Levites ; 
 
 47 ThoTi shalt even take five 
 shekels apiece by the poll, after 
 the shekel of the sanctuary shalt 
 thou take them : (the shekel is 
 twenty gerahs:) 
 
 48 And thou shalt give the mo- 
 ney, wherewith the odd number 
 of them is to be redeemed, unto 
 Aaron and to his sons. 
 
 49 And Moses took the redemp- 
 tion money of them that were 
 over and above them that were 
 redeemed by the Levites : 
 
 50 Of the firstborn of the chil- 
 dren of Israel took he the mo- 
 ney ; a thousand three hundred 
 and threescore and five she- 
 kels, after the shekel of the 
 sanctuary : 
 
 51 And Moses gave the money 
 of them that were redeemed un- 
 to Aaron and to his sons, accord- 
 ing to the word of the Lokd, as 
 the LoKD commanded Moses. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 1 The age and time of the Levites' 
 service. 4 Tlie carriage of the 
 Eohathites, ivhen the priests have 
 taJxen down the tabernacle. 16 The 
 charge of Eleazar. 17 Tlie office of 
 the priests. 21 The carriage of the 
 Gershonites. 29 T7?e carriage of 
 the Merarites. 34 The number of 
 the Kohathites, 38 of the Gershon- 
 ites, 4:2 and of the Merarites. 
 
 AND the LoED spake unto 
 - Moses and unto Aaron, 
 saying, 
 
 2 Take the sum of the sons of 
 Kohath from among the sons of 
 Levi, after their families, by the 
 house of their fathers, 
 
 3 From thirty years old and 
 upward even until fifty years 
 old, all that enter into the host, 
 to do the work in the tabernacle 
 of the congregation. 
 
 4 This shall be the service of 
 the sons of Kohath in the ta- 
 Isernacle of the congregation, 
 a2)0ut the most holy things : 
 
 5 ^ And when the camp set- 
 teth forward, Aaron shall come, 
 and his sons, and they shall take 
 
 down the covering vail, and co- 
 ver the ark of testimony with it : 
 
 6 And shall put thereon the 
 covering of badgers' sldns, and 
 shall spread over it a cloth 
 wholly of blue, and shall put 
 in the staves thereof. 
 
 7 And upon the table of sliew^- 
 bread they shall spread a cloth 
 of blue, and put thereon the 
 dishes, and the spoons, and the 
 bowls, and covers to cover with- 
 al : and the continual bread shall 
 be thereon : 
 
 8 And they shall spread upon 
 them a cloth of scarlet, and co- 
 ver the same with a covering of 
 badgers' skins, and shall put in 
 the staves thereof. 
 
 9 And they shall take a cloth 
 of blue, and cover the candle- 
 stick of the light, and his lamps, 
 and his tongs, and his snuff- 
 dishes, and all the oil vessels 
 thereof, wherewith they minis- 
 ter unto it : 
 
 10 And they shall put it and 
 all the vessels thereof within a 
 covering of badgers' skins, and 
 shall put it upon a bar. 
 
 11 And upon the golden altar 
 they shall spread a cloth of blue, 
 and cover it with a covering of 
 badgers' skins, and shall put to 
 the staves thereof: 
 
 ^ 12 And they shall take all the 
 instruments of ministry, where- 
 with they minister in the sanc- 
 tuary, and put them in a cloth 
 of blue, and cover them with a 
 covering of badgers' skins, and 
 shall put them on a bar : 
 
 13 And they shall take away 
 the ashes from the altar, and 
 spread a purple cloth thereon : 
 
 14 And they shall put upon it 
 all the vessels thereof, where- 
 with they minister about it, even 
 the censers, the fleshhooks, and 
 the shovels, and the basons, all 
 the vessels of the altar ; and they 
 shall spread upon it a covering 
 of badgers' skins, and put to the 
 staves of it. 
 
 15 And when Aaron and his 
 sons have made an end of cover- 
 ing the sanctuary, and all the 
 
TJie nwiiber qf NUiyrBERS, IV. Levitts qualified 
 
 vessels of the sanctnar>% as the j coui-t, and tlie hanpin^ for tlie 
 camp is to set fonvard; after door of the pate of tlie court. 
 
 that, the eons of Kohath shall 
 come to lx?ar it : but they shall 
 not touch ani/ holy thin^r, lest 
 they die. These thini^s are the 
 l)urden of the sons of Kohath 
 in the tabernacle of the congre- 
 gation. 
 
 16 «^ And to the office of Elea- 
 zar the son of Aaron the priest 
 
 wiiich is by the talwrnacle and 
 by the altar round nbout, and 
 their cords and all the instni- 
 ments of tlieir service, and all 
 that is made for them : so shall 
 they serve. 
 
 27 At the appointment of Aa- 
 ron and his sons shall \^o all the 
 service of the sons of the (icr- 
 
 pertaineth the oil for the licrht, shonites, in all their burdens, 
 
 and the sweet incense, and the 
 daily meat ollering, and the an- 
 
 and in all their service : and 
 ye shall appoint unto them in 
 
 ointing oil, and the ovei-sight of cliarirc all their burdens. 
 
 all the tal)enmcle, and of all | 28 This is the service of the 
 
 that therein is, in the 8anctuar>', families of the sons of Gershon 
 
 and in the vessels thereof. 
 
 in the tabernacle of the congre- 
 
 17 *I And the Lord spake unto gation : and their charge shall 
 
 Moses and unto Aaron, savintr, 
 
 18 Cut ve not olf the tribe of, 
 the famihes of the Kohathites ; 
 from among the Levites : 
 
 he under the hand of Itliamar 
 lie son of Aaron the jirifst. 
 29 ^ As for the sons of IMerari, 
 
 thou shalt number them alter 
 
 19 But thus do unto them, that ) their iamilies, by the house of 
 they may live, and not (he, v.hen their fathers ; 
 they approach unto the most 3() From thirty years old and 
 holy things: Aaron and his sons ujiward even unto fifty years 
 shall go in, and appoint thcni old shalt thou number them, 
 
 eveiy one to liis senice and t( 
 his burden : 
 
 20 But they shall not go in to 
 see when the holy tilings are co- 
 vered, lest they die. 
 
 21 ![ And the Lord spake unto 
 IMoses, saving, 
 
 22 Take also the sum of the 
 sons of Gershon, througliout the 
 houses of their fathers, by their 
 families ; 
 
 23 From thirty years old and 
 upward imtil fifty years old shalt 
 thou number them ; all that en- 
 ter in to perform the service, to 
 do the work in the tabernacle of 
 the congregation. 
 
 24 Tliis is the service of the 
 families of the Gershonites, to 
 serve, and for burdens : 
 
 25 And they shall bear the cur- 
 tains of the tabernacle, and the 
 tabernacle of the congregation, 
 his covering, and the covering of 
 the badgers' skins that is above 
 iipon it, and the hanging for the 
 door of the tabernacle of the 
 congregation, 
 
 26 And the hangings of the 
 
 ever>' one that entereth into the 
 service, to do the work of tlie 
 tabernacle of the congregation. 
 
 31 And this is the charge of 
 their biu^den, according to all 
 their service in the tabernacle 
 of the congregation; the boards 
 of tlie tabernacle, and the bars 
 thereof, and the pillars thereof, 
 and sockets thereof, 
 
 32 And the pillars of the court 
 round about, and their sockets, 
 and their pins, and their cords, 
 with all their instruments, and 
 with all their service : and by 
 name ye shall reckon the in- 
 struments of the charge of their 
 burden. 
 
 33 This is the service of the 
 families of the sons of Merari, 
 according to all their service, in 
 the tabernacle of the congrega- 
 tion, under the hand of Ithamar 
 the son of Aaron the priest. 
 
 34 ^And Moses and Aaron and 
 the chief of the congregation 
 numbered the sons of the Ko- 
 hathites after their families, and 
 after the house of their fathers. 
 
/oi- fJie service 
 
 NUIMBEES, V. 
 
 of the ministry. 
 
 35 From thirty years old and 
 upward even unto fifty yeare 
 old, every one tliat enteretli into 
 the service, for the work in the 
 tabernacle of the congregation : 
 
 36 And those that were num- 
 bered of them by their families 
 were two thousand seven hun- 
 dred and fifty. 
 
 37 These were they that were 
 numbered of the families of th^ 
 Kohathites, all that might do 
 service in the tabernacle of the 
 congregation, which Moses and 
 Aaron did number according to 
 the commandment of the Lord 
 by the hand of Moses. 
 
 38 And those that were num- 
 bered of the sons of Gershon, 
 throughout their femilies, and 
 by the house of their fathers, 
 
 39 From thirty years old and 
 upward even unto fifty years 
 old, every one that entereth into 
 the service, for the work in the 
 tabernacle of the congregation, 
 
 40 Even those that were num- 
 bered of them, throughout their 
 families, by the house of their 
 fathers, were two thousand and 
 six hundred and thirty. 
 
 41 These ar£ they that were 
 numbered of the families of the 
 sons of Gei^hon, of all that 
 might do service in the taber- 
 nacle of the congregation, whom 
 Moses and Aaron did number 
 according to the commandment 
 of the LoED. 
 
 42 ^ And those that were num- 
 bered of the families of the sons 
 of Mei'ari, throughout their fa- 
 milies, by the house of their 
 fathers, 
 
 43 From thirty years old and 
 upward even unto fifty years 
 old, every one that entereth in- 
 to the service, for the work in 
 the tabernacle of the coingrega-- 
 tion, 
 
 44 Even those that were num- 
 bered of them after their fami- 
 lies, were tliree thousand and 
 two hundred. 
 
 45 These be thc^e tliat were 
 numbered of the families of the 
 SODS of Merari, whom Moses and 
 
 Aaron numbered according to 
 the word of the Loed by the 
 hand of Moses. 
 
 46 All those that were num- 
 bered of the Levites, whom Mo- 
 ses and Aaron and the chief of 
 Israel numbered, after their fa- 
 milies, and after the house of 
 then fathers, 
 
 47 From thirty yeai^s old and 
 upward even unto fifty years 
 old, eveiy one that came to do 
 the service of the ministiy, and 
 the service of the burden in the 
 tabernacle of the congregation, 
 
 48 Even those that were num- 
 bered of them, were eight thou- 
 sand and five hundred and four- 
 score. 
 
 49 According to the command- 
 ment of the Lord they were 
 numbered by the hand of Moses, 
 every one according to his ser- 
 vice, and according to his bur- 
 den : thus were they numbered 
 of him, as the Lord commanded 
 
 CHAPTER Y. 
 1 Tlie unclean are ?'emoved out of 
 the camp. 5 Restitution is to he 
 made in frespasse€. 11 The trial 
 of jealousy. 
 
 AND the Lord spake unto 
 - Moses, sayuig, 
 
 2 Command the children of Is- 
 rael, that they put out of the 
 camp every leper, and every one 
 that hath an issue, and whoso- 
 ever is defiled by the dead : 
 
 3 Both male and female shall 
 ye put out, without the camp 
 shall ye put them; that they 
 defile not their camps, in the 
 midst whereof I dwell 
 
 4 And the childien of Ismei 
 did so, and put them out without 
 the camp: as the Lord spake 
 unto Moses, so did the children 
 of IsracL 
 
 5 ^ And the Lord spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 6 Speak unto the children of 
 Israel, When a man or woman 
 shall commit any sin that men 
 commit, to do a ti^espass against 
 the Lord, and that person be 
 guilty; 
 
TJis triiU 
 
 NTMBERS. V. 
 
 fSjm^oiisy. 
 
 7 Then they filiall confess tlieir 
 sin wliicli they liave done : and 
 lie shall recompense his tres- 
 pass with the principal thereof, 
 and add inito it the tifth part 
 thereof, and give it unto him 
 accainst whom he liath tres- 
 liassed. 
 
 8 But if the man have no kins- 
 man to recompense the trespass 
 unto, let the trespass be recom- 
 IKiused unto the Lord, even to 
 the priest ; beside the ram of the 
 atonement, whereby an atone- 
 ment shall Ix? made for him. 
 
 9 And eveiy olferinj,' of all the 
 lioly thincfs of the children of 
 Isnud, which tliey bring mito 
 the priest, sluill be his. 
 
 10 And every man's hallowed 
 things shall be his : whatsoever 
 any man giveth the priest, it 
 sliall be his. 
 
 11 •[ And the Lord spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 12 Speak luito tlie children of 
 Israel, and say imto them. If 
 any man's wife go aside, and 
 commit a trespass against liim, 
 
 13 And a man lie with her car- 
 nally, and it be hid from tlie 
 eyes of her husband, and be kei>t 
 close, and she be defiled, and 
 there be no witness against her, 
 neither she be taken with the 
 manner ; 
 
 14 And the spirit of jealousy 
 come upon him, and he Ix; jea- 
 lous of liis wife, and slie be de- 
 tiled : or if the spirit of jealousy 
 come upon hiin, and he be jea- 
 lous of his ^ife, and she be not 
 defiled : 
 
 15 Then shall the man bring 
 liis wdfe unto the priest, and he 
 shall bring her offering for her, 
 the tenth part of an ephah of 
 barley meal ; he shall pour no 
 oil upon it, nor put frankincense 
 thereon ; for it is an offering of 
 jealousy, an offering of memo- 
 rial, bringing iniquity to remem- 
 bi*ance. 
 
 16 And the priest shall bring 
 her near, and set her before the 
 Loed: 
 
 17 And the priest shall take 
 
 holv water in an earthen vessel; 
 and of the dust that is in the 
 lloor of the tiibeniade the priest 
 shall take, and put it into the 
 water : 
 
 IS And the priest sliall set the 
 woniiin before the Loitn, and 
 uncover the woman's head, and 
 nut the olfering of memorial in 
 her hands, which in the jealousy 
 offering : and the priest shall 
 have in his hand the bitter wa- 
 ter that causeth the curse : 
 
 19 And the priest shall charge 
 her by an oatli, and wiy unto tlie 
 woman. If no man have lain with 
 thee, and if thou hast not gone 
 aside to uncleanness with an- 
 other instead of thy husband, Ijc 
 tlum free from this bitter water 
 that causeth the curse : 
 
 20 But if thou hast gone aside 
 to another instead of thy hus- 
 band, and if thou Ite detiled, and 
 some mim have lain with thee 
 beside thine husband: 
 
 21 Then tlie priest shall charge 
 the woman witli an oath of curs- 
 ing, and the priest shall say mi- 
 to tlie woman. The Lord make 
 tliee a curses and an oath among 
 tliy i)eoi)le, when the Lord doth 
 make thy thigh to rot, and thy 
 belly to swell ; 
 
 22 And this water that causeth 
 the curse shall go into thy bow- 
 els, to make tht/ belly to swell, 
 and th^ tliitch to rot : And the 
 woman sliall say. Amen, amen. 
 
 23 And the priest shall write 
 these curses in a book, and he 
 shall blot them out with the 
 bitter water : 
 
 24 And he shall cause the wo- 
 man to diink the bitter water 
 that causeth the curse : and the 
 water that causeth the curse 
 shall enter into her, and become 
 bitter. 
 
 25 Then the priest shall take 
 the jealousy offering out of the 
 woman's hand, and shall wave 
 the offering before the Lord, 
 and offer it upon the altar : 
 
 26 And the priest shall take 
 an handful of the offering, eve?i 
 the memorial thereof, and bum 
 
The laiv of 
 
 NUMBERS, VI. 
 
 tJie Nazarites. 
 
 it upon the altar, and afterward 
 shall cause the woman to drink 
 the water. 
 
 27 And when he hath made 
 her to drink the water, then it 
 shall come to pass, that, if she 
 be defiled, and have done tres- 
 pass against her husband, that 
 the water that causeth the cm-se 
 shall enter into her, and become 
 bitter, and her belly shall swell, 
 and her thigh shall rot : and the 
 woman shall be a curse among 
 her people. 
 
 28 And if the woman be not 
 defiled, but be clean ; then she 
 shall be free, and shall conceive 
 
 ' seed. 
 
 29 This is the law of jealousies, 
 1 w^hen a wife goeth aside to an- 
 other instead of her husband, 
 and is defiled ; 
 
 ' 30 Or when the spirit of jea- 
 lousy cometh upon him, and 
 he be jealous over his wife, and 
 shall set the woman before the 
 
 j LoED, and the priest shall ex- 
 ecute upon her all this law. 
 
 I 31 Then shall the man be 
 
 I guiltless from iniquity, and this 
 
 woman shall bear her iniquity. 
 
 CHAPTER YI. 
 
 I 1 Tlie law of the Nazarites. 22 The 
 fortn of blessing tlie people. 
 
 AND the LoKD spake unto 
 - Moses, saying, 
 ; 2 Speak imto the cluldren of Is- 
 rael, and say unto them, When 
 1 either man or woman shall se- 
 I parate themselves to vow a vow 
 of a Nazarite, to separate them- 
 \ selves unto the Loed : 
 
 3 He^ shall separate himself 
 from wine and strong drink, and 
 shall drink no vinegar of wine, 
 or vinegar of strong drink, nei- 
 ther shall he drink any liquor 
 of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, 
 or diied. 
 
 4 All the days of his separa- 
 tion shall he eat nothing that 
 is made of the vine tree, from 
 the kernels even to the husk. 
 
 5 AU the days of the vow of his 
 separation there shall no razor 
 come upon his head : until the 
 days be fulfilled, in the which 
 
 he separateth hi^nself unto the 
 LoED, he shall be holy, and 
 shall let the locks of the hair 
 of his head grow. 
 
 6 All the days that he sepa- 
 rateth himself unto the Loed 
 he shall come at no dead body. 
 
 7 He shall not make himself 
 xmclean for his father, or for 
 liis mother, for Ms brother, or 
 for his sister, when they die: 
 because the consecration of his 
 God is upon his head. 
 
 8 All the days of his separation 
 he is holy unto the Loed. 
 
 9 And if any man die very sud- 
 denly by him, and he hath de- 
 filed the head of his consecra- 
 tion; then he shall shave his 
 head m the day of his cleans- 
 ing, on the seventh day shall 
 he shave it. 
 
 10 And on the eighth day he 
 shall bring two turtles, or two 
 young pigeons, to the priest, 
 to the door of the tabernacle of 
 the congregation : 
 
 11 And the priest shall ofier 
 the one for a sin ofiering, and 
 the other for a burnt offering, 
 and make an atonement for 
 him, for that he sinned by the 
 dead, and shall hallow his head 
 that same day. 
 
 12 And he shall consecrate 
 unto the Loed the days of his 
 separation, and shall bring a 
 lamb of the first year for a tres- 
 pass offermg : but the days that 
 w^ere before shall be lost, because 
 his separation was defiled. 
 
 13 IF And this is the law of the 
 Nazarite, when the days of his 
 separation are fulfilled : he shall 
 be brought unto the door of the 
 tabernacle of the congTegation : 
 
 14 And he shall offer his offer- 
 ing unto the Loed, one he lamb 
 of the first year without blemish 
 for a burnt offering, and one ewe 
 lamb^ of the first year without 
 blemish for a sm offering, and 
 one ram without blemish for 
 peace offerings, 
 
 15 And a basket of unleavened 
 bread, cakes of fine flour min- 
 gled with oil, and wafers of mi- 
 
 H3 
 
Tliefonn of 
 
 leavened bread anointed will 
 oil, and their meat oftering, and 
 their drink oflerings. 
 
 16 And the priest shall brinp: 
 them before the Lord, and 
 shall offer his sin oflering, and 
 his bimit offering : 
 
 17 And he shall oifor the ram 
 for a sacrifice of jn'iice offerings 
 unto the Lord, with tlie basket 
 of unleavened bread : the priest 
 shall offer also his meat offer- 
 ing, and his drink offeiiiiir. 
 
 18 And the Nazarite shall shave 
 the head of his sei)aration at 
 the door of the tabernacle of 
 tie congregation, and shall take 
 the hair of the head of his se- 
 I aration, and put it in the fire 
 v.'hich is under the sacrifice of 
 the peace offerhigs. 
 
 19 And the priest shall take 
 the sodden shoulder of the ram, 
 and one imleavened cake out 
 of the basket, and one unlea- 
 vened wafer, and shall put them 
 i:pon the hands of tlie Naza- 
 rite, after the hair o/'his sepa- 
 ifition is shaven : 
 
 20 And the priest shall wave 
 them/br a wave offering before 
 tlie Lord: this is holy for the 
 I'licst, witii the wave breast and 
 heave shoulder: and after that 
 tlie Nazarite may drink wine. I 
 
 21 This is the law of the Na- ' 
 z a rite who hath vowed, and of^ 
 liis offering unto tlie Lord for 
 his separation, beside that that 
 liis hand shall get : according 
 to the vow which he vov>'ed, so 
 lie must do after the law of his 
 separation. 
 
 22 H And the Lord spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 23 Speak unto Aaron and un- 
 to his sons, saying. On this wise 
 ye shall bless the childi'en of 
 Israel, saying unto them, 
 
 24 The Lord bless thee, and 
 keep thee : 
 
 25 The Lord make his face 
 shine upon thee, and be gra- 
 cious unto thee : 
 
 26 The Lord lift up his coun- 
 tenance upon thee, and give 
 thee peace. 
 
 NUMBERS, VII. Uess'mo tJie peopk. 
 
 27 And they shall put my 
 name upon the children of Is- 
 rael ; and I will bless them. 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 1 The ajfcriug of the pt'inas at the 
 (Udication of the tuhernnrle. 10 
 Their sev^'ral offerings at tlie dedi. 
 Cdlion of the (iV<ir. 89 (lod njieak. 
 eth to Mosenfrom the mercy seat. 
 
 AND it came to pass on the 
 day that Moses had fully j 
 set up the tabernacle, and hadi 
 anointed it, and sanctified it,] 
 and all the instruments thereof, •] 
 
 I both the altar and all the ves- 
 sels thereof, and had anointed J 
 
 j them, and sanctified them ; 
 
 I 2 That the princes of Israel, » 
 heads of the house of their fa- 
 tlieis, who ivere the princes of 
 the tribes, and were over them 
 that were numbered, ofiered : 
 
 3 And they brought their ofter- 
 ing before the Lord, six cover- 
 ed wagons, and twelve oxen ; a 
 wa2:on for two of the princes 
 and for each one an ox : and 
 they brought them before the 
 tabernacle. 
 
 4 And the Lord spake unto 
 IMoses, saving. 
 
 5 Take U of them, that they 
 may be to do the service of the 
 tabernacle of the congregation ; 
 and thou shalt give them unto 
 the Levites, to ever>' man ac- 
 cording to his service. 
 
 6 And Moses took the wagons 
 and the oxen, and gave them 
 unto the Levites. 
 
 7 Two wagons and four oxen he 
 gave unto the sons of Gershon, 
 according to their service : 
 
 8 And four wagons and eight 
 oxen he gave unto the sons of 
 Merari, according unto their 
 service, under the hand of I- 
 thamar the son of Aaron the 
 priest. 
 
 9 But unto the sons of Kohath 
 he gave none : because the ser- 
 \'ice of the sanctuary belonging 
 unto them ivas that they should 
 bear upon their shoulders. 
 
 10 If And the princes offered 
 for dedicating of the altar in the 
 day that it was anointed, even 
 
The cfferings 
 
 NUIVIBEES, VII. 
 
 of the princes. 
 
 the princes offered their offer- 
 ing before the altar. 
 11 And the Lord said iinto 
 Moses, They shall offer_ their 
 offering, each prince on his day, 
 for the dedicating of the altar. 
 . 12 11 And he that offered his 
 offering the first day was Nah- 
 shon the son of Anuninadab, of 
 the tribe of Judah : 
 
 13 And his offering ivas one 
 silver charger, the weight there- 
 of was an hundred and thirty 
 shekels, one silver bowl of se- 
 venty shekels, after the shekel 
 of the sanctuary ; both of them 
 were full of fine fiour mingled 
 with oil for a meat offering : 
 
 14 One spoon of ten shekels of 
 gold, full of incense : 
 
 15 One young bullock, one 
 ram, one lamb of the first year, 
 for a burnt offering : 
 
 16 One kid of the goats for a 
 sin offering : 
 
 17 And for a sacrifice of peace 
 offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
 five he goats, five lambs of the 
 first year : this was the offering 
 of Nahshon the son of Ammi- 
 nadab. 
 
 18 IF On the second day Ne- 
 thaneel the son of Zuar, prince 
 of Issachar, did offer : 
 
 19 He offered /or his offering 
 one silver charger, the weight 
 whereof teas an hundred and 
 thirty shekels, one silver bowl 
 of seventy shekels, after the 
 shekel of the sanctuary ; both of 
 them full of fine flour mingled 
 with oil for a meat offering : 
 
 20 One spoon of gold of ten 
 shekels, full of incense : 
 
 21 One young bullock, one 
 ram, one lamb of the first year, 
 for a bujnt offering : 
 
 22 One kid of the goats for a 
 siri offering : 
 
 23 And for a sacrifice of peace 
 offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
 five he goats, five lambs of the 
 first year : this ivas the offermg 
 of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. 
 
 24 H On the third day Ehab 
 the son of Helor, prince of the 
 children of Zebulun, did offer : 
 
 25 His offering was one silver 
 charger, the weight ^h.o.iQoiivas 
 an hundred and thirty shekels, 
 one silver bowl of seventy she- 
 kels, after the shekel of the 
 sanctuary; both of them full 
 of fine flour mingled with oil 
 for a meat offering : 
 
 26 One golden spoon of ten 
 shekels, full of incense : 
 
 27 One young bullock, one 
 ram, one lamb of the first year, 
 for a burnt offering : 
 
 28 One Idd of the goats for a 
 sin offering : 
 
 29 And for a sacrifice of peace 
 offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
 five he goats, five lambs of the 
 first year : this was the ofi'ering 
 of Eliab the son of Helon. 
 
 30 % On the fourth day Elizur 
 the son of Shedeur, prince of the 
 children of Eeuben, did offer : 
 
 31 His offering vjas one silver 
 charger of the weight of an hun- 
 dred and thirty shekels, one 
 silver bowl of seventy shekels, 
 after the sheliel of the sanctu- 
 ary ; both of them full of fine 
 flour mingled with oil for a 
 meat offering : 
 
 32 One golden spoon of ten 
 shekels, full of incense : 
 
 33 One young bullock, one 
 ram, one lamb of the first year, 
 for a burnt offering : 
 
 34 One kid of the goats for a 
 sin ofi'ering : 
 
 35 And for a sacrifice of peace 
 offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
 five he goats, five lembs of the 
 first year: this was the ofiering 
 of Elizur the son of Shedeur. 
 
 36 5 On the fifth day She- 
 Imniel the son of Zurishaddai, 
 prince of the children of Sime- 
 on, did offer : 
 
 37 His offering was one sil- 
 ver charger, the weight whereof 
 was an hundi'ed and thirty she- 
 kels, one silver bowl of seventy 
 shekels, after the shekel of the 
 sanctuaiy ; both of them full of 
 fine flour mingled with oil for a 
 meat offering : 
 
 38 One golden spoon of i^n 
 shekels, full of incense : 
 
Tlie offerings 
 
 39 One youns bullock, one ram, 
 one lamb of the first year, for a 
 burnt ottering : 
 
 40 One kid of the goats for a 
 sin offering : 
 
 41 And for a sacrifice of peace 
 offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
 five he goats, five lambs of the 
 first year : this rcas the offering 
 of Shelumiel the son of Zuri- 
 shaddai. 
 
 42 If On the sixth day Eliasaph 
 tlie son of Deuel, ])rince of the 
 children of Gad, nifered: 
 
 43 His ofleiing ivas one sil- 
 ver charger of the weight of an 
 liunch-ed and tliiity shekels, a 
 silver bowl of seventy shekels, 
 after the sliekel of the sanctu- 
 ary ; both of tliem full of fine 
 flour mingled with oil for a 
 moat offering : 
 
 44 One golden si)oon of ten 
 shekels, full of incense : 
 
 45 One young bullock, one ram, 
 one lamb of the first year, for a 
 burnt offering : 
 
 4^3 One kid of the goats for a 
 sin offering : 
 
 47 And for a sacrifice of peace 
 offerings, tAvo oxen, five rams, 
 five he goats, five lambs of the 
 first year : this was the offering 
 of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 
 
 48 ^ On the seventh day Eli- 
 shama the son of Ammihud, 
 prince of the children of Eph- 
 raim, offered : 
 
 49 His offering was one sil- 
 ver charger, the weight whereof 
 ivas an hundred and thirty she- 
 kels, one silver bowl of seventy 
 shekels, after tlie shekel of the 
 sanctuary ; botli of them full of 
 fine floiir mingled with oil for a 
 meat offering : 
 
 50 One golden spoon of ten 
 shekels, full of incense : 
 
 51 One young bullock, one ram, 
 one lamb of the first year, for a 
 burnt offering : 
 
 52 One kid of the goats for a 
 sill ofiering : 
 
 53 And for a sacrifice of peace 
 oflerings, two oxen, five rams, 
 five he goats, five lambs of the 
 first year: this was the offer- 
 
 NUMBERS, VII. qf tlie princes 
 
 ing of Elishama the son of Am- 
 mihud. 
 
 54 *[ On the eighth day offer- 
 ed Gamaliel the son of Pedah- 
 zur, prince of the childien of 
 Mnnasseh : 
 
 rj'j His offering was one sil- 
 ver charger of the weight of an 
 himdred and thirty shekels, one 
 silver bowl of seventy shekels, 
 after the shekel of the sanctu- 
 ary; both of them full of fine 
 flour mingled with oil for a 
 meat ottering : 
 
 5<j One golden spoon of ten 
 shekels, full of incense : 
 
 57 One young bullock, one ram, 
 one lamb of the first year, for a 
 bunit offering : 
 
 58 One kid of the goats for a 
 sin ofiering : 
 
 59 And for a sacrifice of peace 
 ofie rings, two oxen, five rams, 
 five he goats, five lambs of the 
 fii-st year : this was the ofiering 
 of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 
 
 W *\ On the ninth day Abidan 
 the son of Gideoni, prince of the 
 children of lienjamin, offered: 
 
 61 His ofiering was one sil- 
 ver charger, the weight whereof 
 v:as an hundred and thirty she- 
 kels, one silver bowl of seventy 
 shekels, after the shekel of the 
 sanctuarj^ ; both of them full of 
 fine flour mingled with oil for a 
 meat ofiering : 
 
 G2 One golden spoon of ten 
 shekels, full of incense : 
 
 63 One young bullock, one ram, 
 one lamb of the first year, for a 
 burnt ofiering : 
 
 64 One kid of the goats for a 
 sin ofiering : 
 
 65 And for a sacrifice of peace 
 offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
 five he goats, five lambs of the 
 first year : this was the ofiering 
 of Abidan the son of Gideoni. 
 
 66 ![ On the tenth day Ahiezer 
 the son of Ammishaddai, prince 
 of the children of Dan, offered : 
 
 67 His offering was one sil- 
 ver charger, the weight whereof 
 was an hundred and thirty she- 
 kels, one silver bowl of seventy 
 shekels, after the shekel of the 
 
at tlie dedication 
 
 miiMBERs, vni. 
 
 of the altar. 
 
 sanctuary ; both of them Ml of 
 fine flour mingled with oil for a 
 meat offering : 
 
 68 One golden spoon of ten 
 shekels, full of incense : 
 
 69 One yomig bullock, one 
 ram, one lamb of the first year, 
 for a bmut offeiing : 
 
 70 One kid of the goats for a 
 sin offering : 
 
 71 And for a sacrifice of peace 
 oiferiQgs, two oxen, five rams, 
 five he goats, five lambs of the 
 first year: this was the offer- 
 ing of Ahiezer the son of Am- 
 mishaddai. 
 
 72 IF On the eleventh day Pa- 
 giel the son of Ocran, prince of 
 the childi'en of Asher, offered : 
 
 73 His offering was one sil- 
 ver charger, the weight whereof 
 was an hundi-ed and thirty she- 
 kels, one silver bowl of seventy 
 shekels, after the shekel of the 
 sanctuary ; both of them full of 
 fine flour mingled with oil for a 
 meat offering : 
 
 74 One golden spoon of ten 
 shekels, full of incense : 
 
 75 One youjig bullock, one 
 ram, one lamb of the fii'st year, 
 for a bm-nt offering : 
 
 76 One kid of the goats for a 
 sin offering : 
 
 77 And for a sacrifice of peace 
 offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
 five he goats, five lambs of the 
 first year : this was the offering 
 of Pagiel the son of Ocran. 
 
 78 K On the twelfth day Ahira 
 the son of Enan, prince of the 
 cliildren of Naphtah, offered : 
 
 79 His offeriag was one sil- 
 ver charger, the weight whereof 
 was an hundi'ed and thirty she- 
 kels, one silver bowl of seventy 
 shekels, after the shekel of the 
 sanctuary ; both of them full of 
 tine flom- mingled with oil for a 
 meat offering : 
 
 80 One golden spoon of ten 
 shekels, full of incense : 
 
 81 One young bullock, one 
 ram, one lamb of the first year, 
 for a burnt offering : 
 
 82 One kid of the goats for a 
 sin offering : 
 
 83 And for a saciifice of peace 
 offerings, two oxen, five rams, 
 five he goats, five lambs of the 
 first year : this was the offering 
 of Ahha the son of Enan. 
 
 84 This was the dedication of 
 the altar, in the day when it 
 was anointed, by the princes of 
 Israel : twelve chargers of sil- 
 ver, twelve silver bowls, twelve 
 spoons of gold : 
 
 85 Each charger of silver weigh- 
 ing' an hundi'ed and thirty she- 
 kels, each bowl seventy : all the 
 silver vessels weighed two thou- 
 sand and four hundred shekels, 
 after the shekel of the sanctuary : 
 
 86 The golden spoons were 
 twelve, fall of incense, weigh- 
 ing ten shekels apiece, after the 
 shekel of the sanctuary : all the 
 gold of the spoons was an hun- 
 di'ed and twenty shekels. 
 
 87 All the oxen for the burnt 
 offering were twelve bullocks, 
 the rams twelve, the lambs of 
 the first year twelve, with their 
 meat offeiing: and the kids of 
 the goats for sin offering twelve. 
 
 88 And all the oxen for the 
 sacrifice of the peace offerings 
 were twenty and four bullocks, 
 the rams sixty, the he goats 
 sixty, the lambs of the first year 
 sixty. This was the dedication 
 of the altar, after that it was 
 anomted. 
 
 89 And when Moses was gone 
 into the tabernacle of the con- 
 gTegation to speak with him, 
 then he heard the voice of one 
 spealdng unto him from off the 
 mercy seat that was upon the 
 ark of testimony, from between 
 the two cherubims : and he spake 
 unto him. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 1 Hoio the lamps are to he lighted. 5 
 The consecration of the Levites. 23 
 The age and titne of their service. 
 
 AND the LoED spake unto 
 - Moses, saying, 
 2 Speak unto Aaron, and say 
 unto him. When thou lightest 
 the lamps, the seven lamps shall 
 give light over against the can- 
 dlestick. 
 
The consecratioti 
 
 NUMBERS, VIII. 
 
 of the Lei'iUs. 
 
 3 And Aaron did so ; he li^'ht- 
 ed the lamps thereof over a- 
 p:ainst the candlestiek, as the 
 LoKD commanded Moses. 
 
 4 And tliis work of the candle- 
 stick ica6' ry beaten j^'old, unto 
 tlie shaft tliereof, unto the How- 
 ers tliereof, ivas beaten work : ac- 
 cording unto the pattern which 
 the Lord had shewed INIoses, so 
 lie made the candlestick. 
 
 5 ^ And the Loan spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 6 Take the Levites from a- 
 mong the children of Israel, and 
 cleanse them. 
 
 7 And thus shalt thou do unto 
 them, to cleanse them : Sprinkle 
 water of purifying upon them, 
 and let them shave all their 
 flesh, and let tliem wash their 
 clothes, and so make themselves 
 clean. 
 
 8 Then let them take a young 
 bullock with Ids meat oft'ering, 
 even line flour mingled with oil, 
 and another youmr bulloclc slialt 
 thou take for a sin olll-ring. 
 
 9 And thou shalt bring tJie Le- 
 vites before the tabemacle of the 
 congregation : and thou shalt 
 gather the whole assembly of 
 the children of Israel together : 
 
 10 And thou shalt bring the 
 Levites before the Lord: and 
 the children of Israel shall put 
 their hands upon the Levites : 
 
 11 And Aaron shall offer the 
 Levites before the Lord ./or an 
 ofl^ring of the children of Israel, 
 that they may execute the ser- 
 vice of the Lord. 
 
 12 And the Le^-ites shall lay 
 their hands upon the heads of 
 the bullocks: and thou shalt 
 ofier the one /or a sin offering, 
 and the other. /or a burnt offer- 
 ing, unto the Lord, to make an 
 atonement for the Le^-ites. 
 
 13 And thou shalt set the Le- 
 vites before Aaron, and before 
 his sons, and offer them /or an 
 offering unto the Lord. 
 
 14 Thus shalt thou separate 
 the Levites from among the 
 cliildren of Israel : and the Le- 
 vites shall be mine. 
 
 15 And after tliat shall the Le- 
 vites go in to do the service of 
 the tid)ernacle of the congrega- 
 tion : and thou shalt cleanse 
 them, and offer them Jbr an 
 offering. 
 
 li) For they are wholly given 
 unto me from among the cliil- 
 dren of Israel; instead of such 
 as open every womb, even i/t' 
 stead o/'the flrstbom of all the 
 cliildren of Israel, have I taken 
 tliem unto me. 
 
 17 For all the fii-stbom of the 
 children of Israel are mine, hotk 
 man and beast : on the day tliat 
 I smote every firetboni in the 
 land of Egypt I sanctifled tliem 
 for myself. 
 
 18 And I have taken the Le- 
 vites for all the firstborn of the 
 children of Israel. 
 
 19 And I have given the Levites 
 as a gift to Aaron and to his sons 
 from among the children of Is- 
 lael, to do the service of the 
 children of Israel in the tal>er- 
 nacle of the congregation, and to 
 make an atonement for the chil- 
 dren of Israel : that there be no 
 plague among the childien of Is- 
 rael, when the children of Israel 
 come nigh unto the sanctuary. 
 
 20 And Moses, and Aaron, and 
 all the congregation of the cliil- 
 dren of Israel, did to the Le- 
 vites according imto all that the 
 Lord commanded Moses con- 
 cerning the Levites, so did the 
 children of Israel imto them. 
 
 21 And the Levites were pu- 
 rified, and they washed their 
 clothes ; and Aaron offered them 
 as an offering before the Lord ; 
 and Aaron made an atonement 
 for them to cleanse them. 
 
 22 And after that went the Le- 
 vites in to do their service iu 
 the tabemacle of the congrega- 
 tion before Aaron, and before 
 his sons : as the Lord had com- 
 manded Moses concerning the 
 Levites, so did they unto them. 
 
 23 ^ And the Lord spake unto 
 Moses, sayingj 
 
 24 This is it that helongeth 
 unto the Levites : from twenty 
 
NUIMBEES, IX. 
 
 The passorer is 
 
 and five years old and upward 
 they shall go in to wait upon 
 the service of the tabernacle of 
 the congregation ; 
 25 And from the age of fifty 
 yeai-s they shall cease waiting 
 upon the semce thereof, and 
 shall serve no more : 
 28 But shall minister with 
 their brethren in the tabernacle 
 of the congregation, to keep the 
 charge, and shall do no service. 
 Thi's shalt thon do nnto the 
 Levites tonching their charge. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 1 The passover is commanded again. 
 G A second passover alloivcd for 
 them that were unclean or absent. 
 15 The cloud giiideth the removings 
 oMd encampings of the Israelites. 
 
 AND the Lord spake nnto 
 _ Moses in the wilderness 
 of Sinai, in the first month of 
 the second year after they were 
 come out of the land of Egypt, 
 saying, 
 
 2 Let the children of Israel also 
 keep the passover at his appoint- 
 ed season. 
 
 3 In the fomieenth day of this 
 month, at even, ye shall keep 
 it in his appointed season: ac- 
 cordmg to all the rites of it, and 
 according to all the ceremonies 
 thereof, shall ye keep it. 
 
 4 And Moses spake nnto the 
 children of Israel, that they 
 should keep the passover. 
 
 5 And they kept the passover 
 on the fonrteenth day of the 
 first month at even in the wil- 
 derness of Sinai: according to 
 all that the Lord commanded 
 Moses, so did the children of 
 Israel. 
 
 6 IF And there were certain 
 men, who were defiled by the 
 dead body of a man, that they 
 conld not keep the passover on 
 that day : and they came before 
 Moses and before Aaron on that 
 day: 
 
 7 And those men said nnto 
 him. We are defiled by the 
 dead body of a man : where- 
 fore are we kept back, that we 
 may not ofier an ofiering of the 
 
 commanded again. 
 
 LoED in liis appointed season 
 among the children of Israel ? 
 
 8 And Moses said imto them. 
 Stand still, and I will hear what 
 the LoED will command con- 
 cerning 5^on. 
 
 9 H And the Loed spake nnto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 10 Speak nnto the children of 
 Israel, saying, If any man of 
 yon or of your posterity shall 
 be unclean by reason of a dead 
 body, or be in a journey afar ofl", 
 yet he shall keep the passover 
 imto the LoED. 
 
 11 The fonrteenth day of the 
 second month at even they shall 
 keep it, and eat it with unlea- 
 vened bread and bitter herbs. 
 
 12 They shall leave none of it 
 unto the morning, nor break 
 any bone of it : according to all 
 the ordinances of the passover 
 they shall keep it. 
 
 13 But the man that is clean, 
 and is not in a jom^ney, and 
 forbeareth to keep the passover, 
 even the same soul shall be cut 
 ofi" from among Ms people : be- 
 cause he brought not the ofier- 
 ing of the LoED in his appoint- 
 ed season, that man shall bear 
 his sin. 
 
 14 And if a stranger shall so- 
 journ among you, and will keep 
 the passover unto the Loed; 
 according to the ordinance of 
 the passover, and according to 
 the maimer thereof, so shall he 
 do : ye shall have one ordinance, 
 both for the stranger, and for 
 him that was born in the land. 
 
 15 K And on the day that the 
 tabernacle was reared up the 
 cloud covered the tabernacle, 
 namely., the tent of the testi- 
 mony: and at even there was 
 upon the tabernacle as it were 
 the appearance of fire, imtil the 
 morning. 
 
 16 So it was alway : the cloud 
 covered it by day, and the ap- 
 pearance of fire by night. 
 
 17 And when the cloud was 
 taken up from the tabernacle, 
 then after that the children of 
 Israel journeyed: and in the 
 
The use of the 
 
 NIJIMBERS, X. 
 
 eilcer tnimjKts. 
 
 place where the cloud abode, 
 there the children of iBrael 
 pitched their tents. 
 
 18 At the commandment of 
 the Lord the children of Is- 
 rael journeyed, and at the com- 
 mandment of the Lord they 
 pitched: as long as the cloud 
 abode upon the tabernacle they 
 rested in their tents. 
 
 19 And when the cloud tarried 
 long upon tlie tabi'iiiach' many 
 days, then the cldkhvn of Isiacl 
 kejit the charge of the Lord, 
 and jomiieyed not. 
 
 20 And so it was, when the ' parts sliall go fons'ard. 
 cloud was a few days upon the G Wlien ye blow an alarm tl 
 tabernacle ; according to the second time, then the camps thai 
 commandment of tlie Lord they lie on the south side shall tak( 
 abode in tlieir tents, and accord- their jouniey : they shall bio 
 ing to tlie eonuuandment of the ' an alarm for their journeys. 
 Lord they journeyed. 7 But when the congregation is 
 
 21 And so it was, when the to be gathered together, ye sliall 
 cloud abode from even imto the blow, but ye shall not sound an 
 moniing, and /hat the cloud was alarm. 
 
 taken up in the moniingj then 8 And the sons of Aaron, the 
 they journeyed: whether 2/ ?r«6' priests, shall blow with the 
 bydayorby night that the cloud I trumpets; and they shall be to 
 was taken up, they jomneyed. | you ibr an ordinance for ever 
 
 mayest use them for the call- 
 ing of the assembly, and for the 
 journeying of the camns. 
 
 3 And when they shall blow 
 with them, all the assembly shall 
 assemble themselves to thee at 
 the door of the tabernacle of the 
 congregation. 
 
 4 And if they blow hut with 
 one trumpet, then the pnnces, 
 ichich are heads of the thou- 
 siinds of Israel, shall gather 
 themselves unto thee. 
 
 5 When ye blow an alarm, then 
 the camps that lie on the east 
 
 I 
 
 22 Or ^vhetller it tvere two 
 days, or a month, or a year, 
 that the cloud tarried upon the 
 tabernacle, remaining thereon, 
 the^ children of Israel abode in 
 their tents, and journeyed not : 
 but when it was taken up, they 
 journeyed. 
 
 23 At the commandment of the 
 Lord they rested in the tents, 
 and at the commandment of 
 the Lord they journeyed : they 
 kept the charge of the Lord, at 
 the commandment of the Lord 
 by the hand of Moses. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 1 The nse of the silver trumpets. 11 
 The Israelites remove from Sinai to 
 Paran. li TJie order of their march. 
 29 Hdbdb is intreated by Moses not 
 to leave them. 33 The blessing of 
 Tyloses at the removing and resting 
 of the arJc. 
 
 AND the Lord spake unto 
 _ Moses, sajing, 
 2 Make thee two trumpets of 
 silver ; of a whole piece shalt 
 thou make them: that thou 
 
 throughout your generations. 
 
 9 And if ye go to war in your 
 land against the enemy tliat op- 
 presseth you, then ye shall blow 
 an alarm with the tnmip(;ts ; and 
 ye shall be remembered before 
 the Lord yoiu^ God, and ye shall 
 be saved from your enemies. 
 
 10 Also in the day of your 
 gladness, and in your solemn 
 days, and in the beginnings of 
 your months, ye sliall blow with 
 the trumpets over your bmnt 
 offerings, and over the sacrifices 
 of your peace offeiings; that 
 they may be to you for a me- 
 morial before yom- God : 1 am 
 the Lord your God. 
 
 11 1[ And it came to pass on 
 the twentieth dat/ of the second 
 month, in the second year, that 
 the cloud was taken up from off 
 the tabernacle of the testimony. 
 
 12 And the childien of Israel 
 took their journeys out of the 
 wilderness of Sinai; and the 
 cloud rested in the wilderness 
 of Paran, 
 
The m-der of the NUMBERS, 
 
 13 And they first took their 
 joui'ney according to the com- 
 mandment of the LoED by the 
 hand of Moses. 
 
 14 IF In the first place went 
 the standard of the camp of the 
 childi'en of Judah according to 
 their armies : and over his host 
 teas Nahshon the son of Am- 
 minadab. 
 
 15 And over the host of the 
 tribe of the children of Issachar 
 teas Nethaneel the son of Znar. 
 
 16 And over the host of the 
 tribe of the children of Zebnlmi 
 laas Eliab the son of Helon. 
 
 17 And the tabernacle was 
 taken down; and the sons of 
 Gershon and the sons of Me- 
 rari set forward, bearing the ta- 
 bernacle. 
 
 18 f And the standard of the 
 camp of Reuben set forward 
 according to their armies: and 
 over his host was Elizm- the son 
 of Shedenr. 
 
 19 And over the host of the 
 tribe of the children of Simeon 
 was Shelmniel the son of Znri- 
 shaddai. 
 
 20 And over the host of the 
 tribe of the children of Gad was 
 Eliasaph the son of Deuel. 
 
 21 And the Kohathites set for- 
 Vv^ard, bearing the sanctuary: 
 and the other did set up the 
 tabernacle against they came. 
 
 22 IF And the standard of the 
 camp of the children of Ephraim 
 set forward according to their 
 armies : and over his host was 
 Elishama the son of Ammihud. 
 
 23 And over the host of the 
 tribe of the children of Manas- 
 
 \ seh was Gamaliel the son of 
 ' Pedahzur. 
 
 24 And over the host of the 
 !' tribe of the children of Benja- 
 l min was Abidan the son of 
 
 Gideoni. 
 I 25 IF And the standard of the 
 j camp of the children of Dan set 
 \\ forward, which was the rere- 
 i ward of all tlie camps through- 
 4 out their hosts: and over his 
 '! host was Ahiezer the son of 
 
 Ammishaddai, 
 
 X. Israelites' march. 
 
 26 And over the host of the 
 tribe of the children of Asher 
 was Pagiel the son of Ocran. 
 
 27 And over the host of the 
 tribe of the children of Naphtali 
 was Ahira the son of Enan. 
 
 28 Thus were the joumeyings 
 of the children of Israel accord- 
 ing to then armies, when they 
 set forward. 
 
 29 IF And Moses said unto 
 Hobab, the son of Raguel the 
 Midianite, Moses' father in law, 
 We are journeying unto the 
 place of which the Lokd said, I 
 will give it you : come thou with 
 us, and we will do thee good : 
 for the LoED hath spoken good 
 concerning Israel. 
 
 30 And he said unto him, I 
 will not go; but I will depart 
 to mine own land, and to my 
 kindred. 
 
 31 And he said. Leave us not, 
 I pray thee ; forasmuch as thou 
 knowest how we are to encamp 
 in the wilderness, and thou may- 
 est be to us instead of eyes. 
 
 32 And it shall be, if thou go 
 with us, j^ea, it shall be, that 
 what goodness the Loed shall 
 do unto us, the same will we do 
 unto thee, 
 
 33 IF And they departed from 
 the mount of the Lokd three 
 days' journey : and the ark of 
 the covenant of the Lokd v^ent 
 before them in the three days' 
 journey, to search cut a resting 
 place for them. 
 
 34 And the cloud of the Loed 
 was upon them by day, when 
 they went out of the camp. 
 
 35 And it came to pass, when 
 the ark set forward, that Mo° 
 ses said. Rise up, Loed, and let 
 thine enemies be scattered ; and 
 let them that hate thee fiee be* 
 fore thee. 
 
 36 And when it rested, he said. 
 Return, O Loed, unto the many 
 thousands of Israel. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 1 The hurninff at Taberali qibenehed 
 
 hy Moses' prayer. 4 TJie people lust 
 
 for fleshy and loathe manna. 10 
 
 JtTcses CQxapkdneth of his charge. 
 
NUl\rBERS, XI. TJie seventy ehln-^} 
 
 12 Have I conceived all this 
 people? have I begotten tliera, 
 that thou shouldest say unto me. 
 Cany them in thy bosom, as a 
 nursing fatlier beareth the suck- 
 ing cliild, unto the land which 
 thou swarest unto their fathers ? 
 
 13 Whence should I have flesh 
 to give unto all this i)eopleV for 
 they weep unto me, saying, Give 
 us rtesh, tliat we may eat. 
 
 I 
 
 3Ta)ma is loathed. 
 
 IG God divideth his burden unto 
 seventy elders. 31 Qnails are given 
 in ivrath at Kibroth-hattaavah. 
 
 AND when the people com- 
 . plained, it displeased the 
 Lord: and tlie Lord heard 
 it ; and his anger was kindled ; 
 and the fire of the Lord burnt 
 among them, and consumed 
 them that were in the uttermost 
 parts of the camp. 
 
 2 And the people cried unto I 14 I am not able to bear all 
 Moses ; and when Moses pray- this people alone, because it is 
 ed unto the Lord, the fire was too heavy for me. 
 quenched. 15 And if thou deal thus with 
 
 3 And he called the name of the ' me, kill me, I pray thee, out of 
 place TabeiJih: l)erause the fire hand, if I have found favour in 
 
 thy sight ; and let me not see 
 my ^vret<:?hednes8. 
 IG H And the Lord said unto 
 Moses, Gather imto me seventy 
 men of the elders of Israel, 
 whom thou knowest to l)e the 
 <?ldei-s of the people, and olficers 
 over them; and bring them un- 
 to the taV)en)acle of the congre- 
 gation, that they may stand 
 there with thee. 
 
 17 And I will come down and 
 talk with thee there : and I will 
 take of the spirit which is upon 
 thee, and will put it upon them; 
 and they shall bear the burden 
 of the people ^vith thee, that 
 thou bear it not thyself alone. 
 
 18 And say thou unto the peo- 
 ple. Sanctify yourselves atrainst 
 to morrow, and ye shall eat 
 flesh: for ye have wept in the 
 ears of the Lord, saying, Who 
 sliall give us flesh to eat? for it 
 tvas well with us in Eg>T)t: 
 therefore the Lord will give 
 you flesh, and ye shall eat. 
 
 19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor 
 two days, nor five days, neither 
 ten days, nor twenty days ; 
 
 20 But even a whole month, 
 until it come out at your nos- 
 trils, and it be loathsome mito 
 you : because that ye have de- 
 spised the Lord which is among 
 you, and have wept before him, 
 saviner, W^hy came we forth out 
 of Egypt? 
 
 21 And Moses said. The people, \ i 
 among whom I a?», are six hun- 
 
 1 
 
 of the Lord bunit among them. 
 
 4 •[ And the mixt multitude 
 that teas among them fell a 
 lusting: and the cliildien of Is- 
 rael also wept again, and said. 
 Who sliall give us flesh to eat ? 
 
 5 We remember the tisli, which 
 we did eat ui Egypt freely ; the 
 cucumbei's, and the melons, and 
 the leeks, and the onions, and 
 the garlick : 
 
 6 But now our soul is dried a- 
 way : there is nothing at all, be- 
 side this manna, before our eyes. 
 
 7 And the manna icas as co- 
 riander seed, and the colour 
 thereof as the colour of bdel- 
 lium. 
 
 8 And the people went about, 
 and gathered it, and ground it 
 ill mills, or beat it in a mortar, 
 and baked it in pans, and made 
 cakes of it : and the taste of it 
 was as the taste of fresh oil. 
 
 9 And when the dew fell up- 
 on the camp in the night, the 
 manna fell upon it. 
 
 10 II Then Moses heard the 
 people weep throughout their 
 families, eveiy man in the door 
 of his tent : and the anger of 
 the Lord was kindled greatly; 
 Moses also was displeased. 
 
 11 And Moses said unto the 
 Lord, W^herefore hast thou af- 
 flicted thy servant? and where- 
 fore have I not found favom: in 
 thy sight, that thou layest the 
 burden of all this people upon 
 me? 
 
Quails given in lurath NUMBERS, XII. at Kibioth-hattaavah, 
 
 dred thousand footmen; and 
 thou hast said, I will give them 
 flesh, that they may eat a whole 
 month. 
 
 22 Shall the flocks and the 
 herds be slain for them, to suf- 
 fice them? or shall all the fish of 
 the sea be gathered together for 
 them, to suffice them? 
 
 23 And the Lord said unto Mo- 
 ses, Is the Lord's hand waxed 
 short ? thou shalt see now whe- 
 ther my word shall come to pass 
 unto thee or not. 
 
 24 IF And Moses went out, and 
 told the people the words of the 
 Lord, and gathered the seventy 
 men of the elders of the people, 
 and set them round about the 
 tabernacle. 
 
 25 And the Lord came down 
 in a cloud, and spake unto him, 
 and took of the spirit that was 
 upon him, and gave it unto the 
 seventy elders : and it came to 
 pass, that, when the spirit rest- 
 ed upon them, they prophesied, 
 and did not cease. 
 
 2(5 But there remained two of 
 the men in the camp, the name 
 of the one was Eldad, and the 
 name of the other Medad : and 
 the spirit rested upon them ; and 
 they were of them that were 
 written, but went not out unto 
 the tabernacle : and they pro- 
 phesied in the camp. 
 
 27 And there ran a young man, 
 and told Moses, and said, Eldad 
 and Medad do prophesy m the 
 camp. 
 
 28 And Joshua the son of Nun, 
 tlie servant of Moses, one of his 
 young men, answered and said, 
 BIy lord Moses, forbid them. 
 
 29 And Moses said unto him, 
 E n\dest thou for my sake ? would 
 God that all the Lord's people 
 were prophets, andthsit the Lord 
 would put his spirit upon them ! 
 
 30 And Moses gat him into the 
 camp, he and the elders of Israel. 
 
 31 IF And there went forth 
 a wind from the Lord, and 
 brought quails from the sea, 
 and let them fall by the camp, 
 as it were a day's journey on 
 
 this side, and as it were a day's 
 journey on the other side, round 
 about the camp, and as it were 
 two cubits high upon the face 
 of the earth. 
 
 32 And the people stood up all 
 that day, and all that night, 
 and all the next day, and they 
 gathered the quails: he that 
 gathered least gathered ten ho- 
 mers : and they spread them all 
 abroad for themselves round a- 
 bout the camp. 
 
 33 And while the flesh was yet 
 between their teeth, ere it was 
 chewed, the wrath of the Lord 
 was kindled against the people, 
 and the Lord smote the people 
 with a very great plague. 
 
 34 And he called the name of 
 that place Kibroth-hattaavah : 
 because there they bmied the 
 people that lusted. 
 
 35 And the people journeyed 
 from Kibroth-hattaavah unto 
 Hazeroth; and abode at Haze- 
 roth. 
 
 CHAPTER XH. 
 
 1 God rehuJceth the sedition of Miriam 
 and Aaron. 10 Miriam's lejyrosy is 
 healed at the prayer of Moses. 14 
 God commandeih her to he shzU out 
 of the host. 
 
 AND Miriam and Aaron 
 - spake against Moses be- 
 cause of the Ethiopian woman 
 whom he had married : for he had 
 married an Ethiopian woman. 
 
 2 And they said. Hath the Lord 
 indeed spoken only by Moses? 
 hath he not spoken also by us? 
 And the Lord heard it. 
 
 3 (Now the man Moses was 
 very meek, above all the men 
 which were upon the face of 
 the earth.) 
 
 4 And the Lord spake sudden- 
 ly mito Moses, and unto Aaron, 
 and unto Miriam, Come out ye 
 three unto the tabernacle of the 
 congregation. And they three 
 came out. 
 
 5 And the Lord came down in 
 the pillar of the cloud, and stood 
 in the door of the tabernacle, 
 and called Aaron and Miriam ; 
 and they both came forth. 
 
Mviam*8 leprosy. 
 
 6 And he Raid, Hear now my 
 words: If there be a i>rc)iiliet 
 among yon, / the Loitn will 
 niake myself known nnto liim 
 in a vision, fuid will speak nnto 
 liim in a dieam. 
 
 7 My servant IVIoses is not bo, 
 who ts faithfnl in all mine honse. 
 
 8 With him will I speak month 
 to month, even aj-parently and 
 not in dark siieecfics; and the 
 siniilitudc of the I.oin* shall he 
 heliold : wherefore then were ye 
 not afraid to 8j>eak ajrainet my 
 servant Moses r* 
 
 9 And the anger of the Lonn 
 was kindled against them; and 
 he dejtarted. 
 
 10 And the elond dei»arted fn.m 
 oil" the talH'nincle ; and, hehold, 
 Miriam bccavie leprous, irliitc 
 as snow: and Aaron looked up- 
 on Miriam, and, behold, tihe ivus 
 leprous. 
 
 11 And Aaron said nnto Moses, 
 Alas, my lord, I beseeeh thee, 
 lay not the sin upon us, where- 
 in we have done foolishly, and 
 wheix'in we have sinned. 
 
 12 Let her not be as one dead, 
 of whom the flesh is half con- 
 sumed when he cometh out of 
 his mother's womb. 
 
 13 And Moses cried nnto the 
 Lord, saying, Heal her now, O 
 (jod, I beseech thee. 
 
 14 11 And the Lord said unto 
 Moses, If her father had but 
 spit in her face, should she not 
 be ashamed seven days? let her 
 be sliut out from the camp seven 
 days, and after that let her be 
 received in again. 
 
 15 And Miriam was shut out 
 from the camp seven days : and 
 the people journeyed not till 
 Miriam was brought in again. 
 
 16 And afterward the people re- 
 moved from Hazeroth, and pitch- 
 ed in the Tvilderness of Paran. 
 
 CHAPTER XIIL 
 
 1 The names of the meti who icere 
 
 (tent to search the land. 17 Tfieir 
 
 instructions. 21 Their acts. 26 Their 
 
 relation. 
 
 AND the Lord spake imto 
 _ MoBes, saying, 
 
 NUMBERS, XIII. Karnes of the ^i-tV*. 
 2 Send thou men, that they 
 
 men, 
 
 may search the land of Canaan, 
 whicli 1 give unto the children 
 of Israel: of every trilie of their 
 lathers shall ye send a man, 
 eveiy one a ruler among them. 
 
 3 And Moses by tlie connnand- 
 raent of tlie Lord sent tliem 
 from the wilderness of Paian : 
 all those men were heads of tlie 
 children of Israel. 
 
 4 And these icere their names: 
 of the tribe of Keuben, »S}iam- 
 nuia the son of Zaccur. 
 
 i) Of the tril)e of Simeon, Sha- 
 l>hat the son of Hori. 
 
 <; Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb 
 the S(.n of Jeiihunneh. 
 
 7 Ol the tribe of Issa<har, Igal 
 ! the son of J< seiih. 
 
 X Of the tribe of Ei>hraim, O- 
 shea the son of Nun. 
 
 *J Of the tril)e of Benjamin, 
 Palti the son of Raphu. 
 
 lU Of the tribe of Zebulun, 
 Oaddiel the son of Sodi. 
 
 11 Of th(.' tribe of Josei.h, 
 namely, of the tribe of Manas- 
 seh, Gaddi the son of Susi. 
 
 12 Of the tribe of Dan, Am- 
 miel the son of Gemalli. 
 
 13 Of the tribe of Asher, Se- 
 thur the son of Michael. 
 
 14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, 
 Nahbi the son of Yojihsi. 
 
 15 Of the tribe of Oad, Genel 
 the son of Machi. 
 
 16 These are the names of the 
 men which Moses sent to spy 
 out the land. And Mcses called 
 Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. 
 
 17 H And Moses sent them to 
 spy out the land of Canaan, and 
 said mito them, Get you up this 
 way southward, and go up into 
 the mountain : 
 
 18 And see the land, what it 
 is ; and the people that dwell- 
 eth therein, whether they be 
 strong or weak, few or many ; 
 
 19 And what the land is that 
 they dwell in, whether it be 
 good or bad; and what cities 
 they be that they dv>ell in, whe- 
 ther in tents, or in strong holds ; 
 
 20 And what the land is, whe- f 
 ther it be fat or lean, whether 
 
NUMBERS, XIV. 
 
 Their evil repoii. 
 
 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 firstripe grapes. 
 
 21 % So they went up, and 
 searched the land from the wil- 
 derness of Zin unto Rehob, as 
 men come to Hamath. 
 
 22 And they ascended by the 
 south, and came imto Hebron ; 
 where Ahiman, Sheshai, and 
 Talmai, the children of Anak, 
 were. (Now Hebron was built 
 seven years before Zoan in E- 
 gypt.) 
 
 23 And they came unto the 
 brook of Eshcol, and cut down 
 from thence a branch with one 
 cluster of grapes, and they bare 
 it between two upon a staff; and 
 thei/ brought of the pomegra- 
 nates, and of the figs. 
 
 24 The place was called the 
 brook Eshcol, because of the 
 cluster of grapes which the chil- 
 dren of Israel cut down from 
 thence. 
 
 25 And they returned from 
 searching of the land after forty 
 days. 
 
 26 1i And they went and came 
 to Moses, and to Aaron, and to 
 all the congregation of the chil- 
 dren of Israel, unto the wilder- 
 ness of Paran, to Kadesh ; and 
 brought back word unto them, 
 and mito all the congregation, 
 and shewed them the fruit of 
 the land. 
 
 27 And they told him, and said, 
 AVe came unto the land whither 
 thou sentest us, and surely it 
 floweth with milk and honey; 
 and this is the fruit of it. 
 
 28 Nevertheless the people he 
 strong that dwell in the land, 
 and the cities are walled, and 
 very great: and moreover we 
 saw the children of Anak there. 
 
 29 The Amalekites dwell in the 
 land of the south : and the Hit- 
 tites, and the Jebusites, and the 
 Apaorites, dwell in the moun- 
 tains : and the Canaanites dwell 
 by the sea, and by the coast of 
 
 i Jordan. 
 
 The people murmur, 
 
 30 And Caleb stilled the peo- 
 ple before Moses, and said. Let 
 us go up at once, and possess 
 it ; for we are well able to over- 
 come it. 
 
 31 But the men that went up 
 with him said, We be not able 
 to go up against the people ; for 
 they are stronger than we. 
 
 32 And they brought up an 
 evil report of the land which 
 they had searched unto the chil- 
 dren of Israel, saying. The land, 
 through which we have gone to 
 search it, is a land that eateth 
 up the inhabitants thereof; and 
 all the people that we saw in it 
 are men of a great stature. 
 
 33 And there we saw the giants, 
 the sons^ of Anak, which come 
 of the giants : and we were in 
 our own sight as grasshoppers, 
 and so we were in their sight. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 1 Tlie people murmur at the neivs. 6 
 Joshua and Caleb labour to still 
 them. 11 God threatetieth them. 
 13 Moses persuadeth God, and ob- 
 taineth pardon. 26 Tlie miirmurers 
 are deprived of entering into the 
 land. 36 The rmn who raised the 
 evil report die by a plague. 40 The 
 people that ivould invade the land 
 against the ivill of God are smitten. 
 
 AND all the congregation lift- 
 - ed up their voice, and cried ; 
 and the people wept that night. 
 
 2 And all the children of Is- 
 rael murmured against Moses 
 and against Aaron: and the 
 whole congregation said unto 
 them, Would God that we had 
 died in the land of Egypt! or 
 would God we had died in this 
 wilderness ! 
 
 3 And wherefore hath the Lord 
 brought us unto this land, to fall 
 by the sword, that our wives and 
 our children should be a prey ? 
 were it not better for us to re- 
 turn into Egypt? 
 
 4 And they said one to another, 
 Let us make a captain, and let 
 us return into Egypt. 
 
 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell 
 on their faces before all the as- 
 sembly of the congregation of 
 the children of Israel. 
 
Moses intercedeth 
 
 NUIVIBEES, XIV. 
 
 ttith GchIA 
 
 6 H And Joshua the son of Nun, 
 and Caleb the sun of Jephiinneh, 
 which icere of them tliat search- 
 ed the laud, rent their clotlies : 
 
 7 And they spake unto all the 
 company of tlie chikhen of Is- 
 rael, saying, The laud, which >ve 
 passed throu{:(h to search it, in 
 an exceeding good land. 
 
 8 If the LoiiD delight in us, 
 then he -will bring us into this 
 land, and give it us; a land 
 "which tloweth ^Yitll milk and 
 honey. 
 
 9 Only rebel not ye against the 
 LoKi), neither fear ye the people 
 of the land ; for they are bread 
 for us : their defence is departed 
 from them, and the Lord is with 
 us : fear them not. 
 
 10 But all the congregation 
 bade stone them with stones. 
 And the gloiy of the Lord 
 appeared in the tabeiuacle of 
 the congregation before all the 
 cliildren of Israel. 
 
 11 H And the Lord said unto 
 Moses, How long will this peo- 
 ple provoke me V and how Icjug 
 will it be ere they believe me, 
 for all the signs which I have 
 shewed among them? 
 
 12 I will smite them with the 
 pestilence, and disinherit them, 
 and will make of thee a greater 
 nation and mightier than they. 
 
 13 U And Moses said unto the 
 Lord, Then the Egyptians shall 
 hear it, (for thou broughtest up 
 this people in thy might from 
 among them ;) j 
 ^ 14 And they will tell it to the j 
 inhabitants of this land : for | 
 they have heard that thou Lord ; 
 art among this people, that thou ' 
 Lord art seen face to face, and ! 
 that thy cloud standeth overj 
 them, and that thou goest before 
 them, by day time in a pillar of 
 a cloud, and in a pillar of fire 
 by night. 
 
 15 U Now if thou shalt kill all 
 this people as one man, then 
 the nations which have heard 
 the fame of thee will speak, 
 Baying, 
 
 16 Because the Lord was not 
 
 able to biing this people into 
 the land which he s\\are unto 
 them, therefore he hath tlaij 
 them in the wilderness. 
 
 17 And now, I beseech thee, lefl, 
 the power of my Lord be great, 
 according as thou hast siioken, 
 saynig, 
 
 18 The Lord i* longsuflering, 
 and of great mercy, lorgiving 
 iniquity and transgression, and 
 by no means dealing the ^niiltt/^ 
 visiting the iniquity of the la- 
 thers upon the chikhen unto the 
 tliird and fourth generation. 
 ^ 19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the 
 iniquity of this people according 
 unto the greatness of thy mercy, 
 and as thou hast forgiven this 
 people, from Egypt even until 
 now. 
 
 20 And the Lord said, I have 
 pardoned according to thy word : 
 
 21 But as tndy as I live, all 
 the earth shall be filled with the 
 gloiy of the Lord. 
 
 22 Because all those men which 
 have seen mv gloiy, and my mi- 
 racles, which I did in Egypt 
 and in the wikleniess, and have 
 tempted me now these ten times, 
 and have not heaikened to my 
 voice ; 
 
 23 Surely they shall not see the 
 land which I sware unto their 
 
 i fatliers, neither shall any of 
 them that i>rovoked me see it : 
 
 24 But my servant Caleb, be- 
 cause he had another spirit with 
 him, and hath followed me ful- 
 ly, him will I bring into the land 
 wherein to he went ; and his seed 
 shall possess it. 
 
 25 (Now the Amalekites and 
 the Canaanites dwelt in the val- 
 ley.) To morrow turn you, and 
 get you into the wilderness by 
 the way of the Bed sea. 
 
 26 H And the Lord spake unto 
 Moses and unto Aaron, sajdng, 
 
 27 How long shall I bear tcith 
 this evil congregation, which 
 murmm- against me? I have 
 heard the murmurings of the 
 children of Israel, which they 
 murmur against me. 
 
 28 Say imto them, As truly as 
 
The mwnnurers 
 
 NUMBERS, XV. 
 
 are excluded. 
 
 I Kve, saith the Lobd, as ye have 
 spoken in mine ears, so will I do 
 toyoTi: 
 
 29 Your carcases shall fall in 
 tliis wilderness; and all that 
 were numbered of yon, accord- 
 ing to your whole number, from 
 twenty years old and upward, 
 which have murmured against 
 me, 
 
 30 Doubtless ye shall not come 
 into the land, concerning which 
 I sware to make you dwell there- 
 in, saye Caleb the son of Je- 
 phunneh, and Joshua the son 
 of Nun. 
 
 31 But your little ones, which 
 ye said should be a prey, them 
 will I bring in, and they shall 
 know the land which ye have 
 despised. 
 
 32 But as for you, your car- 
 cases, they shall fall in this wil- 
 derness. 
 
 33 And your children shall 
 wander in the wilderness forty 
 years, and bear your whore- 
 doms, untn your carcases be 
 wasted in the wilderness. 
 
 34 After the number of the 
 days in which ye searched the 
 land, even forty days, each day 
 for a year, shall ye bear your 
 iniquities, even forty years, and 
 ye shall know my breach of 
 promise. 
 
 35 I the LoED have said, I will 
 surely do it unto all this evil 
 congregation, that are gather- 
 ed together agaiast me : in this 
 wilderness they shall be con- 
 sumed, and there they shall die. 
 
 36 And the men, which Moses 
 sent to search the land, who re- 
 turned, and made all the con- 
 gregation to murmur against 
 him, by briagiag up a slander 
 upon the land, 
 
 37 Even those men that did 
 bring up the evil report upon 
 the land, died by the plague be- 
 fore the LoED. 
 
 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, 
 and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, 
 which were of the men that 
 went to search the land, hved 
 stilL 
 
 39 And Moses told these say- 
 ings unto all the children of Is- 
 rael: and the people mourned 
 greatly. 
 
 40 H And they rose up early in 
 the morning, and gat them up 
 into the top of the mountain, 
 saying, Lo, we be here, and will 
 go up unto the place which the 
 LoED hath promised: for we 
 have sinned. 
 
 41 And Moses said. Wherefore 
 now do ye transgress the com- 
 mandment of the LoED ? but it 
 shall not prosper. 
 
 42 Go not up, for the Ix)ED is 
 not among you ; that ye be not 
 smitten before your enemies. 
 
 43 For the Amalekites and the 
 Canaanites ai^e there before you, 
 and ye shall fall by the sword : 
 because ye are turned away 
 from the Loed, therefore the 
 LoED will not be with you. 
 
 44 But they presumed to go up 
 unto the hUl top : nevertheless 
 the ark of the covenant of the 
 LoED, and Moses, departed not 
 out of the camp. 
 
 45 Then the Amalekites came 
 do'svTi, and the Canaanites which 
 dwelt in. that hill, and smote 
 them, and discomfited them, 
 even unto Hormah. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 1 The law of the meat offering and 
 the drinh offering. 13, 29 Tfie 
 stranger is under the same laic. 
 17 The laiv of the first of the dough 
 for an heave offering. 22 The sa. 
 crificefor sin of ignorance. SO The 
 punishment of 'presumption. 32 He 
 that violated the sabhath is stoned. 
 37 TJie law of fringes. 
 
 AND the LoED spake unto 
 _ Moses, saying, 
 
 2 Speak unto the children of Is- 
 rael, and say 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 Loed, a burnt offer- 
 ing, or a sacrifice ia performing 
 a vow, or in a freewill offering, 
 or in yom' solemn feasts, to make 
 a sweet savom- unto the Loed, 
 of the herd, or of the flock : 
 
Liirsfor NUMBEBS, XV. 
 
 4 Then elmll he that olTereth 
 his ofierinp: mito tlie Lord brinp 
 a meat ofterini; of a tenth deal 
 of flour minified with the fourth 
 part of an liiii of oil. 
 
 5 And the foiirth part of an 
 hiu of wine for a arink otier- 
 in^ shalt thou prepare with the 
 burnt oflbring or sacrilice, for 
 one lamb. 
 
 i) Or for a ram, thou shalt pre- 
 pare /or a meat ofterin^ two ' 
 tenth deals of flour mintrled 
 with the third part of an liin 
 (»foiI. 
 
 7 And for a drink offering thou 
 shalt ofler the tliird part of an 
 hin of wine, for a sweet Siivour 
 unto the Lord. 
 
 8 And when thou preparest a 
 bullock yor a burnt oflering, or 
 
 for a sacrilice in jieifomiini; a 
 vow, or peace oflerings unto the 
 Lord : 
 
 Then shall he bring with a 
 bullock a meat ollering of three 
 tentli deals of flour mingled with 
 half an hin of oil. 
 
 10 And thou shalt bring for 
 a drink offering half an hin of 
 wme, for an ofiering made by 
 tire, of a sweet savour mi to the 
 Lord. 
 
 11 Thus shall it be done for 
 one bullock, or for one ram, or 
 for a lamb, or a kid. 
 
 12 According to the number 
 that ye shall prepare, so shall 
 ye do to every one according to 
 their number. 
 
 13 All that are bom of the 
 
 dtpers offeriiids. 
 as ye are, so shall the stranger 
 
 Ik' before *he Lord. 
 10 One law and one manner 
 shall be for you, and for the 
 stranger that sojourneth with 
 you. 
 
 17 H And the Lord spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 18 Six'ak unto the children of 
 Israel, and say unto them, When 
 ye come into the land whither 
 I bring you, 
 
 19 Then it sliall be, that, when 
 ye eat of the bread of the land, 
 ye shall oft'er up an heave ofl'er- 
 ing inito the Lord. 
 
 20 Ye shall offer up a cake of 
 the fii-st of your dough for an 
 heave offering : as ye do the 
 heave offering of the threshing- 
 floor, so shall ye In ave it. 
 
 21 C)f the first of vour dough 
 ye shall give inito the Lord an 
 heave offering in your genera- 
 tions. 
 
 22 H And if ye have erred, and 
 not observed all these command- 
 ments, which the Lord hath 
 sr>oken unto Moses, 
 
 23 Eveti all that the Lord hath 
 commanded you by the hand of 
 Moses, from the day that the 
 Lord commanded Moses, and 
 henceforward among your ge- 
 nerations ; 
 
 24 Then it shall be, if ought be 
 committed by ignorance with- 
 out the knowledge of the con- 
 gregation, that all the congre- 
 gation shall offer one young 
 bullock for a burnt offering, 
 
 comitiy shall do these things ■ for a sweet savour unto the 
 after this manner, in offering an ' Lord, with his meat offering, 
 offering made by fire, of a sweet } and his drink offering, accord- 
 
 sa^our unto the Lord. 
 
 ing to the manner, and one kid 
 
 14 And if a stranger sojourn of the goats for a sin offering 
 
 with you, or whosoever be a- 
 mong you in yoiu- generations, 
 and will offer an offering made 
 by fire, of a sweet savour unto 
 the Lord ; as ye do, so he shall 
 do. 
 
 15 One ordinance shall be both 
 for you of the congregation, and 
 also for the stranger that sojourn- 
 eth with you, an ordmance 
 for ever in your generations: 
 
 25 And the priest shall make 
 an atonement for all the con- 
 gregation of the children of Is- 
 rael, and it shall be forgiven 
 them ; for it is ignorance : and 
 they shall bring their offering, 
 a sacrifice made by fire unto 
 the Lord, and their sin offer- 
 ing before the Lord, for theii 
 ignorance : 
 
 26 And it sliall be forgiven all 
 
TJie mlhcitMnmUr ISTUMBEES, XYI. 
 
 is stoned. 
 
 the congregation of the children 
 of Israel, and the stranger that 
 sojom-neth among them ; seeing 
 all the people were in igno- 
 rance. 
 
 27 % And if any soul sm 
 thi'ongh ignorance, then he 
 shall bring a she goat of the 
 first year for a sin offering. 
 
 28 And the priest shall make 
 an atonement for the soul that 
 sinneth ignorantly, when he 
 sinneth by ignorance before the 
 LoED, to make an atonement 
 for him; and it shall be for- 
 given him. 
 
 29 Ye shall have one law for 
 him that sinneth thi'ough igno- 
 rance, hotlifor him that is bom 
 among the childi'en of Israel, 
 and for the stranger that so- 
 jonmeth among them. 
 
 30 % But the sonl that doeth 
 ought presnmptnonsly, whether 
 he be bom m the land, or a 
 stranger, the same reproach- 
 eth the Lobd; and that sonl 
 shall be cnt off from among 
 his people. 
 
 31 Because he hath despised 
 the word of the Loed, and hath 
 
 ; broken his commandment, that 
 \ sonl shall utterly be cut off; his 
 ' iniquity shall be up^n him. 
 
 32 H And while the childi-en 
 - of Israel wxre m the wilderness, 
 ' they found a man that gathered 
 -' sticks upon the sabbath day. 
 
 ; 33 And they that found him 
 ^gathering stic^ks brought him 
 ^imto Moses and Aaron, and 
 a ttnto all the congregation. 
 i 34 And they put him in ward, 
 j because it was not declared 
 fl "what should be done to him. 
 ■ 35 And the Loed said unto 
 ^ Moses, The man shall be sure- 
 ■jly put to death: all the con- 
 •i gregation shall stone him with 
 Ij stones without the camp. 
 ' 36 And all the congregation 
 brought him without the camp, 
 and stoned him with stones, and 
 he died ; as the Loed command- 
 ed Moses. 
 
 37 11 And the Loed spake mito 
 i saying. 
 
 38 Speak unto the children of 
 Israel, and bid them that they 
 make them fringes in the bor- 
 ders of their garments through- 
 out their generations, and that 
 they put upon the fringe of the 
 borders a ribband of blue : 
 
 39 And it shall be unto you for 
 a fringe, that ye may look upon 
 it, and remember all the com- 
 mandments of the Loed, and do 
 them ; and that ye seek not after 
 youi' OY,Ti heart and your own 
 eyes, after which ye use to go 
 a whoring : 
 
 40 That ye may remember, and 
 do all my commandments, and 
 be holy unto your God. 
 
 41 i am the Loed your God, 
 which brought you out of the 
 land of Egypt, to be your God : 
 I am the Loed 3-our God. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 1 Tlie rehellion of Eorah, Datlian, 
 and Ahiram. 23 Moses separateOi 
 the feople frcr.i tlie rebels' ienfs. 
 31 lf<e earth swaUoiceth up Eo- 
 rah, and a fire consumeth others. 
 38 The censers are reserved to holy 
 use. 41 Fourteen thousand and 
 seven hundred are slain hy a plague 
 for murmuring against Moses and 
 Aaron. 46 Aaron by incense stay, 
 eth the plague. 
 
 NOW Korah, the son of Izhar, 
 the son of Kohath, the son 
 of Levi, and Dathan and Abi- 
 ram, the sons of Eliab, and On, 
 the son of Peleth, sons of Reu- 
 ben, took men : 
 
 2 And they rose up before Mo- 
 ses, with certain of the childi-en 
 of Israel, two hundred and fifty 
 princes of the assembly, famous 
 in the congregation, men of re- 
 nown : 
 
 3 And they gathered them- 
 selves together against Moses 
 and against Aaron, and said 
 unto them. Ye take too much 
 upon you, seeiDg all the con- 
 gregation are holy, every one 
 of them, and the Loed is a- 
 mong them: wherefore then 
 hft ye up yourselves above the 
 congregation of the Loed ? 
 
 4 And when Moses heard aV, 
 he fell upon his face : 
 
Tlie rebellion o/Korcih, NUMBERS, XVI. DaOum, mul Ahi.aiu. 
 
 and said unto tlie Lord, l{e- 
 Hl)ect not thou tlieir ottering: 
 I have not taken one mh from 
 
 5 And he spake unto Korah 
 iind unto all his company, say- 
 inpr, Even to morrow the Loiio 
 will shew who are his, and tvho 
 is holy; and will cause him to 
 come near unto liim: even him 
 whom he hath chosen will he 
 cause to come near unto him. 
 
 () This do ; Take you censers, 
 Korah, and all his company ; 
 
 7 iVjid put lire therein, and put 
 incense in them l)elore the Loud 
 to morrow : and it shall be that 
 the man whom the Lord doth 
 choose, he shall be holy : i/e 
 take too nauch upon you, ye 
 sons of Levi. 
 
 8 And Moses said unto Korah, 
 Hear, I pray you, ye sons of 
 Levi : 
 
 9 Seemeth it hut a small thin^' 
 unto you, that the God of Israel 
 hath separated you from the 
 cong^rcgation of Israel, to brinj? 
 you near to himself to do the 
 service of the tabernacle of the 
 Lord, and to stand before the 
 
 congregation to minister unto the Loud ai)peared unto all the 
 
 them, neither have 1 hurt one 
 of them. 
 1(> And Moses siiid unto Ko- 
 rah, l$e thou and all thy com- 
 pany before the Lord, thou, 
 and they, and Aaron, to mor- 
 row : 
 
 17 And take every man his 
 censer, and put incM-MiHC in them, 
 and bring ye ]>efore the Lord 
 every man his censer, two hun- 
 dred and tifty censers; tliou 
 also, and Aaron, each of you 
 liis censer. 
 
 18 And they took eveiy man 
 his censer, and put fire in them, 
 and laid incense thereon, and 
 stood in the door of the taber- 
 nacle of the congregation with 
 Moses and Aaron. 
 
 19 And Korah gathered all the 
 congregation against them unto 
 the door of the tabernacle of the 
 congregation : and the glory of 
 
 them ? 
 
 10 And he hath brought thee 
 near to him, and all tliy bre- 
 thren the sons of Levi with 
 thee : and seek ye the priest- 
 hood also? 
 
 11 For which cause both thou 
 and all thy company arc gather- 
 ed together against the Lord : 
 and what is Aaron, that ye mur- 
 mur against him ? 
 
 12 H And Moses sent to call 
 Dathan and Abiram, the sons 
 of Eliab : which said, We will 
 not come up : 
 
 13 Is it a small thing that thou 
 hast brought us up out of a land 
 that floweth with milk and ho- 
 ney, to kill us in the wilderness, 
 except thou make thyself alto- 
 gether a prince over us ? 
 
 14 Moreover thou hast not 
 brought us into a land that 
 floweth with milk and honey, 
 or given us inheritance of fields 
 and vineyards: wilt thou put 
 out the eyes of these men ? we 
 will not come up. 
 
 15 And Moses was very wroth, 
 
 congregation. 
 2(j And the Lord spake unto 
 Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 
 
 21 Separate yourselves from 
 among this congregation, that 
 I may consume them in a mo- 
 ment. 
 
 22 And they fell upon their 
 faces, and said, O God, the 
 God of the spirits of all flesli, 
 shall one man sin, and Avilt 
 thou be w roth with all the con- 
 gregation ? 
 
 23 11 And the Lord spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 24 Speak unto the congrega- 
 tion, saying. Get you up from 
 about the tabernacle of Korah, 
 Dathan, and Abiram. 
 
 25 And Moses rose up and 
 went unto Dathan and Abi- 
 ram; and the elders of Israel 
 followed him. 
 
 26 And he spake imto the 
 congregation, saying, Depart, 
 I pray you, from the tents of 
 these wicked men, and touch 
 nothing of their's, lest 3^e be 
 consumed in all their sins. 
 
The eaiih 
 
 KUMBERS, XVI. 
 
 swaUoiveth tlteni. 
 
 27 So they gat up from the 
 tabernacle of Korah, Datlian, 
 and Abiram, on every side: 
 and Datlian and Abiram came 
 out, and stood in the door of 
 then* tents, and their wives, 
 and their sons, and their little 
 children. 
 
 28 And Moses said, Hereby ye 
 shall know that the Lokd hath 
 sent me to do all these works ; 
 for / have not done them of 
 mine own mind. 
 
 29 If these men die the com- 
 mon death of all men, or if 
 they be visited after the visita- 
 tion of all men ; then the Lord 
 hath not sent me. 
 
 30 But if the Lord make a 
 new thing, and the earth open 
 (her mouth, and swallow them 
 
 up, with all that appertain unto 
 them, and they go down quick 
 into the pit; then ye shall un- 
 derstand that these men have 
 provoked the Lord. 
 I 31 ^ And it came to pass, as 
 I he had made an end of speak- 
 ing all these words, that the 
 ground clave asunder that was 
 under them : 
 
 32 And the earth opened her 
 mouth, and swallowed them up, 
 and their houses, and all the 
 men that appertained unto Ko- 
 rah, and all their goods. 
 
 33 They, and all that apper- 
 tained to them, went down a- 
 live into the pit, and the earth 
 closed upon them: and they 
 perished from among the con- 
 gregation. 
 
 34 And all Israel that were 
 roimd about them fled at the 
 cry of them : for they said, Lest 
 the earth swallow us up also. 
 
 35 And there came out a fire 
 from the Lord, and consumed 
 the two hundred and fiifty men 
 that offered incense. 
 
 36 ^ And the Lord spake unto 
 i Moses, saying, 
 
 i 37 Speak unto Eleazar the son 
 
 of Aaron the priest, that he take 
 
 up the censers out of the burn- 
 
 :( ing, and scatter thou the fire 
 
 * yonder ; for they are hallowed. 
 
 38 The censei^s of these sin- 
 ners against their own souls, let 
 them make them broad plates 
 
 for a covering of the altar : for ^ 
 they offered them before the 
 Lord, therefore they are hal- 
 low^ed : and they shall be a sign 
 unto the children of Israel. 
 
 39 And Eleazar the priest took 
 the brasen censers, wherewith 
 they that were bmnt had offer- 
 ed ; and they w ere made broad 
 plates for a covering of the 
 altar : 
 
 40 To be SL memorial unto the 
 children of Israel, that no stran- 
 ger, which is not of the seed of 
 Aaron, come near to offer in- 
 cense before the Lord ; that he 
 be not as Korah, and as his com- 
 pany : as the Lord said to him 
 by the hand of Moses. 
 
 41 H But on the morrow ail the 
 congregation of the children of 
 Israel murmured against Moses 
 and against Aaron, saying, Ye 
 have killed the people of the 
 Lord. 
 
 42 And it came to pass, when 
 the congregation was gathered 
 against Moses and against Aa- 
 ron, that they looked toward the 
 tabernacle of the congregation : 
 and, behold, the cloud covered 
 it, and the glory of the Lord 
 appeared. 
 
 43 And Moses and Aaron came 
 before the tabernacle of the con- 
 gregation. 
 
 44 ^ And the Lord spake unto 
 Moses, saymg, 
 
 45 Get you up from among 
 this congregation, that I may 
 consume them as in a moment. 
 And they fell upon their faces. 
 
 46 H And Moses said mito 
 Aaron, Take a censer, and put 
 fire therein from off the altar, 
 and put on incense, and go 
 quickly unto the congregation, 
 and make an atonement for 
 them: for there is wrath gone 
 out from the Lord ; the plague 
 is begun. 
 
 47 And Aaron took as Moses 
 commanded, and ran into the 
 midst of the congregation; and. 
 
Ttie rods laid up 
 
 NUMBEES, XVII. 
 
 Iff ore the Tx/rd. 
 
 behold, the plague was begun 
 among the people : and he put 
 on incense, and made an atone- 
 ment for the people. 
 
 48 And he stood betAveen tlie 
 dead and the living; and the 
 plague -was stayed. 
 
 49 Now they that died in the 
 plague were fourteen thousand 
 and seven hundred, beside them 
 that died about the matter of 
 Korah. 
 
 50 And Aaron returned imto 
 Moses unto the door of the ta- 
 bernacle of the congregation : 
 and the plague was stayed. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 1 Aaron's rod araong all (he rods of 
 the frihes only floiirisheth. 10 It 
 is left for a monument against the 
 rebels. 
 
 AND the Lord spake unto 
 . Moses, saying, 
 
 2 Speak unto the children of 
 Israel, and take of every one 
 of tliem a rod according to the 
 house of their fathers, of all 
 their princes accorchng to the 
 house of their fathers twelve 
 rods: write thou every man's 
 name upon his rod. 
 
 3 And thou slialt write Aaron's 
 name upon the rod of Levi : for 
 one rod shall he for the head of 
 the house of tlieir fathers. 
 
 4 And thou shalt lay them up 
 in the tabernacle of the con- 
 gregation before the testimony, 
 where I will meet with you. 
 
 5 And it shall come to pass, 
 that the man's rod, whom I 
 shall choose, shall blossom: 
 and I will make to cease from 
 me the murmurings of the chil- 
 dren of Israel, whereby they 
 murmur against you. 
 
 6 W And Moses spake unto the 
 children of Israel, and every one 
 of their princes gave him a rod 
 apiece, for each prince one, ac- 
 cording to then- fathers' houses, 
 even twelve rods : and the rod 
 of Aaron was among their rods. 
 
 7 And Moses laid up the rods 
 before the Lord in the taber- 
 nacle of witness. 
 
 8 And it came to pass, that on 
 
 the morrow Moses went into 
 the tabernacle of witness ; and, 
 behold, the rod of Aaron for tlie 
 house of Levi was budded, and 
 brought forth buds, and bloom- 
 ed blossoms, and yielded al- 
 monds. 
 
 9 And Moses brought out all 
 the rods from before tlie Lord 
 unto all the children of Israel : 
 and they looked, and took every 
 man liis rod. 
 
 10 HAnd the Lord said unto 
 Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again 
 before the testimony, to be kept 
 for a token against the rebels; 
 and thou shalt quite take away 
 their munniuingsfrom me, that 
 they die not. 
 
 11 And Moses did so: as the 
 Lord commanded liim, so did 
 he. 
 
 12 And the children of Israel 
 spake unto Moses, saying, Be- 
 hold, we die, we perish, we all 
 porisli. 
 
 13 Whosoever cometh any 
 thing near unto the tabernacle 
 of the Lord shall die: shall 
 we be consumed with dying? 
 
 CHAPTER XVIIL 
 
 1 Tlie charge of the priests and Le- 
 vifes. 9 Tlie priests' portion. 21 
 Tlte Leiifes' portion. 25 T7ie heave 
 offering to the priests out of the Le- 
 I'Ues' j)ortion. 
 
 AND the Lord said unto 
 - Aaron, Thou and thy sons 
 and thy father's house with thee 
 shall bear the Iniquity of the 
 sanctuary: and thou and thy 
 sons with thee shall bear the 
 iniquity of your priesthood. 
 
 2 And thy brethren also of the 
 tribe of Leva, the tribe of thy 
 father, bring thou with thee, 
 that they may be jomed unto 
 thee, and minister unto thee : 
 but thou and thy sons with thee 
 shall minister before the taber- 
 nacle of witness. 
 
 3 And they shall keep thy 
 charge, and the charge of all 
 the tabernacle : only they shall 
 not come nigh the vessels of the 
 sanctuary and the altar, that 
 neither they, nor ye also, die. 
 
The portion 
 
 NUMBERS, XVIII. 
 
 of the priests. 
 
 4 And they shall be joined 
 unto thee, and keep the charge 
 of the tabernacle of the congre- 
 gation, for all the service of the 
 tabernacle : and a stranger shall 
 not come nigh nnto you. 
 
 5 And ye shall keep the charge 
 of the sanctuary, and the charge 
 of the altar : that there be no 
 wrath any more upon the chil- 
 dren of Israel. 
 
 6 And I, behold, I have taken 
 yom- brethi^en the Levites from 
 among the children of Israel: 
 to you the^ are given as a gift 
 for the LoED, to do the service 
 of the tabernacle of the congre- 
 gation. 
 
 7 Therefore thou and thy sons 
 with thee shall keep your priest's 
 office for every thing of the altar, 
 and within the vail ; and ye shall 
 serve : I have given your priest's 
 office unto you as a service of 
 gift : and the stranger that com- 
 eth nigh shall be put to death. 
 
 8 1[And the Loed spake un- 
 to Aaron, Behold, I also have 
 given thee the charge of mine 
 heave offerings of all the hal- 
 lowed things of the children of 
 Isra^el; unto thee have I given 
 them by reason of the anoint- 
 ing, and to thy sons, by an ordi- 
 nance for ever. 
 
 9 Tills shall be thine of the most 
 holy things, reserved from the 
 fire: every oblation of their's, 
 every meat offering of their's, 
 and every sin offering of their's, 
 and every trespass offering of 
 their's, which they shall render 
 unto me, shall he most holy for 
 thee and for thy sons. 
 
 10 In the most holy place shalt 
 thou eat it; every male shall eat 
 it : it shall be holy unto thee. 
 
 11 And this is thme ; the heave 
 offering of their gift, with all the 
 wave offerings of the children of 
 Israel : I have given them unto 
 thee, and to thy sons and to thy 
 daughters with thee, by a statute 
 for ever : every one that is clean 
 in thy house shaU eat of it. 
 
 12 All the best of the oil, and 
 all the best of the mne, and 
 
 of the wheat, the firstfruits of 
 them which they shall offer 
 Tuito the LoKD, them have I 
 given thee. 
 
 13 And whatsoever is first ripe 
 in the land, which they shall 
 bring unto the Lokd, shall be 
 thine; every one that is clean 
 in thine house shall eat of it. 
 
 14 Every thing devoted in Is- 
 rael shall be thine. 
 
 15 Every thing that openeth 
 the matrix in all flesh, which 
 they bring unto the Lord, 
 whether it he of men or beasts, 
 shall be thine : nevertheless the 
 firstborn of man shalt thou sure- 
 ly redeem, and the firstling of 
 unclean beasts shalt thou re- 
 deem. 
 
 16 And those that are to be re- 
 deemed from a month old shalt 
 thou redeem, according to thine 
 estimation, for the money of five 
 shekels, after the shekel of the 
 sanctuary, which is twenty ge- 
 rahs. 
 
 17 But the firstling of a cow, 
 or the firstling of a sheep, or the 
 firsthng of a goat, thou shalt not 
 redeem; they are holy: thou 
 shalt sprinkle their blood upon 
 the altar, and shalt burn their 
 fat/br an offermg made by fire, 
 for a sweet savour unto the 
 Lord. 
 
 18 And the flesh of them shall 
 be thine, as the wave breast and 
 as the right shoulder are thine. 
 
 19 All the heave offerings of 
 the holy things, which the chil- 
 dren of Israel offer unto the 
 Lord, have I given thee, and 
 thy sons and thy daughters with 
 thee, by a statute for ever : it is 
 a covenant of salt for ever be- 
 fore the Lord unto thee and to 
 thy seed with thee. 
 
 20 ^ And the Lord spake unto 
 Aaron, Thou shalt have no in- 
 heritance in their land, neither 
 shalt thou have any part among 
 them : I am thy part and thine 
 inheritance among the childien 
 of Israel. 
 
 21 And, behold, I have given 
 the children of Levi all the 
 
TliH Le rites' 2)orHm. NUMBERS, XIX. The miter of separation . 
 
 vite8 as the increase of the 
 tlireHliin^floor, and as tlie in- 
 crease of the wineprcFs. 
 
 31 And ye sliall eat it in every 
 place, ye and yonr houselioldn : 
 for it is yonr reward for yonr 
 service in the tabernacle of the 
 con irre station. 
 
 32 And ye shall bear no sin | 
 by reason of it, when ye have 
 heaved from it the best of it: 
 neither shall ye i)ollute the holy 
 things of the children of Israel, 
 lest ye die. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 1 Tlte prater ofnejxiralion madeof Ihe 
 
 osliat of a red heifer. 11 The lam 
 
 for the v.8€ of it in purification of 
 
 the vuclean. 
 
 tenth in Israel for an inherit- 
 ance, for tlieir service which 
 they serve, even the service of 
 the tabernacle of the congrega- 
 tion. 
 
 22 Neither must the children 
 of Israel henceforth come nigh 
 the taljemacle of the congre- 
 gation, lest they bear sin, and 
 die. 
 
 23 Bnt the Levites shall do the 
 service of the tabernacle of the 
 congregation, and they shall bear 
 their iniqnity : it shall be a sta- 
 tute for ever throughout your 
 generations, that among the chil- 
 dren of Israel they have no in- 
 heritance. 
 
 24 But the tithes of the chil- 
 dren of Isiael, which they oHer 
 as an heave oHering inito the 
 LoRi». I have given to the Le- 
 vites to inherit : therefore I have 
 said unto them, Among the chil- , 
 dren of Israel they shall have ' 
 no inheritance. | 
 
 2'") •' And the Lord sfake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 2(i Thus speak unto the Levites, 
 and say unto them, AVhen ye 
 take of the children of Israel 
 the tithes which I have given 
 you from tliem for your inherit- 
 ance, then ye shall ofler up an 
 heave offering of it for the Lord, 
 eve)i a tenth p^rr^ of the tithe. 
 
 27 And this your heave offer- 
 ing shall be reckoned unto you, 
 as though it icere the corn of 
 the threshingfloor, and as the 
 fubiess of the winepress. 
 
 28 Thus ye also sliall offer an 
 heave offering unto the Lord 
 of all yonr tithes, which ye re- 
 ceive of the childien of Israel ; 
 and ye shall give thereof the 
 Lord's heave offering to Aaron 
 the priest. 
 
 29 Out of all 5' our gifts ye shall 
 offer eveiy heave offeiing of the 
 Lord, of all the best thereof, 
 even the hallowed part thereof 
 out of it. 
 
 30 Therefore thou shalt say un- 
 to them, When ye have heaved 
 the best thereof from it, then it 
 shall be counted unto the Le- 
 
 AND the Lord spake unto 
 - Moses and mi to Aaron, say- 
 ing, 
 
 2 This is the ordinance of the 
 law which the Lord hath com- 
 manded, saying. Speak unto the 
 childien of Israel, that they 
 bring thee a red heifer without 
 spot, wherein is no blemish, 
 and upon which never came 
 yoke : 
 
 3 And ye shall give her unto 
 Eleazar the priest, that he may 
 bring her forth without the 
 camp, and one shall slay her 
 belbre his face : 
 
 4 And Eleazar the priest shall 
 take of her blcod with his fin- 
 ger, and sprinkle of her blocd 
 directly before the tabernacle of 
 the congregation seven times : 
 
 5 And one shall bum the hei- 
 fer in his sight; her skin, and 
 her flesh, and her blood, with 
 her dung, shall he bum : 
 
 6 And the priest shall take ce- 
 dar wood, and hyssop, and scar- 
 let, and cast it into the midst of 
 the burning of the heifer. 
 
 7 Then the priest shall wash 
 his clothes, and he shall bathe 
 his flesh in water, and after- 
 ward he shall come into the 
 camp, and the priest shall be 
 unclean until the even. 
 
 8 And he that burnetii her 
 shall wash his clothes in water, 
 and bathe his flesh in water, 
 
Imw for iJie use of it. NUMBEES, XX. 
 
 Mirimn dieth. 
 
 and shall be unclean until the 
 even. 
 
 9 And a man that is clean 
 shall gather up the ashes of the 
 heifer, and lay them up mth- 
 out the camp in a clean place, 
 and it shall be kept for the con- 
 gregation of the children of Is- 
 rael for a water of separation: 
 it is a purification for sin. 
 
 10 And he that gathereth the 
 ashes of the heifer shall wash 
 his clothes, and be unclean un- 
 til the even : and it shall be un- 
 to the children of Israel, and 
 unto the stranger that sojourn- 
 eth among them, for a statute 
 for ever. 
 
 11 ^[ He that toucheth the dead 
 body cf any man shall be un- 
 clean seven days. 
 
 12 He shall purify himself with 
 it on the third day, and on the 
 seventh day he shall be clean : 
 but if he piuify not himself the 
 tlurd day, then the seventh day 
 he shall not be clean. 
 
 13 Whosoever toucheth the 
 dead body of any man that is 
 dead, and puriiieth not himself, 
 defileth the tabernacle of the 
 Loed; and that soul shall be 
 cut off from Israel : because the 
 water of separation was not 
 sprinkled upon him, he shall 
 be unclean ; his uncleanness is 
 yet upon him. 
 
 14 This is the law, when a man 
 dieth m a tent: all that come 
 into the tent, and all that is in 
 the tent, shall be unclean seven 
 days. 
 
 15 And every open vessel, 
 which hath no covering bound 
 
 . upon it, is unclean. 
 
 16 And whosoever toucheth 
 one that is slain with a sword 
 in the open fields, or a dead 
 body, or a bone of a man, or a 
 grave, shall be unclean seven 
 days. 
 
 17 And for an unclean person 
 they shall take of the ashes of 
 the burnt heifer of purification 
 for sin, and running water shall 
 be put thereto in a vessel : 
 
 IS And a clean person shall 
 
 take hyssop, and dip it in the 
 water, and sprinkle it upon the 
 tent, and upon all the vessels, 
 and upon the persons that were 
 there, and upon him that touch- 
 ed a bone, or one slain, or one 
 dead, or a grave : 
 
 19 And the clean person shall 
 sprinkle upon the unclean on 
 the third day, and on the se- 
 venth day : and on the seventh 
 day he shall purify himself, and 
 wash his clothes, and bathe him- 
 self in water, and shall be clean 
 at even. 
 
 20 But the man that shall be 
 unclean, and shall not purify 
 himself, that soul shall be cut 
 off from among the congrega- 
 tion, because he hath defiled 
 the sanctuary of the Lord: 
 the water of separation hath 
 not been sprinkled upon him; 
 he is unclean. 
 
 21 And it shall be a perpetual 
 statute unto them, that he that 
 sprinldeth the water of sepa- 
 ration shall wash his clothes; 
 and he that toucheth the water 
 of separation shall be unclean 
 until even. 
 
 22 And whatsoever the un- 
 clean person tovcheth shall be 
 unclean; and the soul that 
 toucheth it shall be unclean 
 mitil even. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 1 TJ,e cliildren of Israel come to Zlv, 
 where Miriam dieth. 2 They mur- 
 mur for want of ivater. 7 Moses 
 smiting the roclc hringeth forth 
 ivater at Merihali. 14 Moses at 
 Kadesh desireth passage through 
 Edom, ivhich is denied him. 22 At 
 mount Hor Aaron resigneth M$ 
 place to Eleazar, and dieth. 
 
 THEN came the children of 
 Israel, even the whole con- 
 gregation, into the desert cf Zin 
 in the first month: and the 
 people abode in Kadesh; and 
 Miriam died there, and was 
 buried there. 
 
 2 And there was no water for 
 the congregation : and they ga- 
 thered themselves together a- 
 gainst Moses and against Aaron. 
 
 3 And the people chode with 
 
Moses smileih the 
 
 NUMBERS, XX. 
 
 reck at Mertbuh. 
 
 Moses, and Bpake, payinjr, AVuuld 
 God that Ave liad died wlien our 
 brethren died before the Louo ! 
 
 4 And wliy have ye broufcht uj) 
 the congre.L'ation of tlie Loud 
 into tliis wikk'nieKs, tliat we and 
 our cattle should di<* there? 
 
 5 And wherefore have ye made 
 us to come uj) out of Egypt, to 
 briug us in unto this evil place? 
 it is no place of seed, or of figs, 
 or of vines, or of pomegranates; 
 neither is tliere any water to 
 drink. 
 
 (j And IMoses and Aaron went 
 from the i)resence of the assem- 
 bly imto the door of the taber- 
 nacle of tlie congregation, and 
 they fell upon their faces : and 
 the glory of the Loud api>ear- 
 ed unto them. 
 
 7 !f And the Lord spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 8 Take the rod, and gather 
 thou the assembly togt'tlier, 
 thou, and Aaron thy brother, 
 and speak ye' unto the rock 
 before their eyes; and it sliall 
 give forth his water, and thou 
 shalt bring forth to them water 
 out of the rock: so thou shalt 
 give the congregation and their 
 beasts drink. 
 
 9 And Moses took the rod from 
 before the Lord, as he com- 
 manded him. 
 
 10 And IMoses and Aaron ga- 
 thered the congregation together 
 before the rock, and he said un- 
 to them, Hear now, ye rebels; 
 must we fetcli you water out of 
 this roclv ? 
 
 11 And Moses lifted up his 
 hand, and with his rod he smote 
 the rock twice : and the water 
 came out abundantly, and the 
 congregation drank, and then- 
 beasts also. 
 
 12 ^ And the Lord spake unto 
 Moses and Aaron, Because ye 
 believed me not, to sanctify me 
 in the eyes of the children of 
 Israel, therefore ye shall not 
 bring this congregation into the 
 land which I have given them. 
 
 13 Tins is the water of Me- 
 ribah; because the children of 
 
 Israel strove with tlie Lord, and 
 lie was sanctitied in them. 
 
 14 If And Moses sent nicKse-n- 
 gers from Kadesh uuto the king 
 of Edom, Thus siu'th thy bmtlier 
 Israel, U'hou knowest all the 
 travel that hath ])efallen us: 
 
 15 How our fathei-s went down 
 int« Egypt, and we liave dwelt 
 in Egypt a lc>ng time ; and the 
 Egyptians vexed us, and our 
 fathei-s : 
 
 l(j And wlien we cried m\U) tlie 
 Loud, he heard our voice, and 
 sent an angel, and hathltiought 
 us forth out of Egypt : and, be- 
 hold, we are in Kadesh, a city 
 in the uttermost of thy border: 
 
 17 Let us pass, 1 i>ray th"e, 
 through thy country : we w ill 
 not pass through the iields, or 
 through the vineyards, neither 
 will we drink of the water of 
 the Avells: we will go by the 
 king's lii}^li Avay, we will not 
 turn to the right hand nor to 
 the left, until we have passed 
 thy l>order8. 
 
 lis And Edom said unto him, 
 Thou shalt not pass by me, lest 
 I come out against thee Avith 
 the sword. 
 
 I'J And the children of Israel 
 said unto him. We Avill go by 
 the high Avay : and if I and my 
 cattle diink of thy Avater, then 
 I Avill j)ay for it: I Avill only, 
 Avithout doiii'^ any thing else, 
 go through on my feet. 
 
 20 And he said, Thou ehalt not 
 go tlnough. And Edom came 
 out against him AAitli much peo- 
 ple, and Avith a strong hand. 
 
 21 Thus Edom refused to give 
 Israel passage through his bor- 
 der : Avherelbre Israel turned 
 aAvay from him. 
 
 22 ^ And the chOdren of Israel, 
 even the Avhole congregation, 
 jom^neyed from Kadesh, and 
 came unto mount Hor. 
 
 23 And the Lord spake un- 
 to Moses and Aaron in mount 
 Hor, by the coast of the land 
 of Edom, saying, 
 
 24 Aaron shall be gatliered un- 
 to his people : for he shall not 
 
The people plagued KUMBEES, 
 
 enter into the land wliicli I have 
 given unto the cliildren of Israel, 
 because ye rebelled against my. 
 word at the water of Meribah. 
 
 25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his 
 son, and bring them up mito 
 mount Hor : 
 
 26 And strip Aaron of his gar- 
 ments, and put them upon E- 
 leazar his son : and Aaron shall 
 ]ye gathered mi to his people, 
 and shall die there. 
 
 27 And Moses did as the Loed 
 commanded : and they went up 
 into mount Hor in the sight of 
 all the congregation. 
 
 28 And Moses stripped Aaron 
 of liis garments, and put them 
 upon Eleazar his son ; and Aa- 
 ron died there in the top of the 
 mount : and Moses and Eleazar 
 came do\\Tti from the mount. 
 
 29 And when all the congre- 
 gation saw that Aaron was dead, 
 they mom-ned for Aaron thirty 
 days, even all the house of Is- 
 rael. 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 1 Israel with some loss destroy the Ca- 
 mianites at Hormah. i The peo- 
 ple murmnring are plagued with 
 fiery serpents. 7 TJiey repenting 
 are healed by a hrasen serpent. 10 
 Sundry jov^rneys of the Isi-aelites. 
 21 SiJion is ovejxome, 33 and Og. 
 A ND when king Arad the Ca- 
 xjL naanite, w^hich dwelt in the 
 south, heard tell that Israel 
 came by the way of the spies ; 
 then he fought against Israel, 
 and took some of them prisoners. 
 
 2 And Israel vowed a vow un- 
 to the Lord, and said. If thou 
 wilt indeed deliver this people 
 into my hand, then I will utter- 
 ly destroy their citfes. 
 
 3 And the Lokd hearkened 
 to the voice of Israel, and deli- 
 vered up the Canaaiiites; and 
 they utterly destroyed them and 
 their cities : and he called the 
 name of the place Hormah. 
 
 4 H And they journeyed from 
 mount Hor by the way of the 
 Red sea, to compass the land 
 of Edom : and the soul of the 
 people was much discouraged 
 because of the way. 
 
 XXI, iciihjiery sevpefiits. 
 
 5 And tlie people spake against 
 God, and against Moses, A\' here- 
 fore have ye brought us up QV..t 
 of E gypt to die in the wilderness "? 
 for there is no bread, neither is 
 there any water ; and our soui 
 loatheth this light bread. 
 
 6 And the Lord sent fiery 
 serpents among the people, and 
 they bit the people ; and mucli 
 people of Israel died. 
 
 7 H Therefore the people came 
 to Moses, and said. We liave 
 sinned, for we have spoken a- 
 gainst the Lord, and against 
 thee ; pray unto the Lord, that 
 he take away the serpents from 
 us. And Moses prayed for the 
 people. 
 
 8 And the Lord said mito 
 Moses, Make thee a fieiy ser- 
 pent, and set it upon a pole: 
 and it shall come to pass, tliat 
 eveiy one that is bitten, when 
 he looketh upon it, shall live. 
 
 9 And Moses made a serpent 
 of brass, and put it upon a pole, 
 and it came to pass, that if a ser- 
 pent had bitten any man, when 
 he beheld the serpent of brass, 
 he lived. 
 
 10 ^I And the childi^en of Is- 
 rael set forward, and pitched \i\ 
 Oboth. 
 
 11 And they journeyed fi'oni 
 Oboth, and pitched at Ije-aba- 
 rim, in the wilderness wliich is 
 before Moab, tow^ard the suir- 
 rising. 
 
 12 11 From thence they remov- 
 ed, and pitched in the valley of 
 Zared. 
 
 13 From thence they removed, 
 and pitched on the other side of 
 Anion, which is in the wilder- 
 ness thatcomethoutof the coasts 
 of the Amorites : for Arnon is 
 the border of Moab, between 
 Moab and the Amorites. 
 
 14 Wherefore it is said in the 
 book of the wars of the Lord, 
 What he did in the Eed sea, 
 and in the brooks of Arnon, 
 
 15 And at the stream of the 
 brooks that goetli down to the 
 dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon 
 the border of Moab. 
 
 13 
 
Sihon and Og 
 
 NUMBERS, XXII. 
 
 are overcmio. 
 
 10 And from thence thei/ jvent 
 to Beer : that ii> the well where- 
 <»f the Lord spake inito Moses, 
 (lather the i)eoi)le together, and 
 I will give them water. 
 
 17 11 Then Israel sanj? this song, 
 Spring up, O well ; sing ye un- 
 to it : 
 
 18 The princes digged the 
 well, the nobles of tlie people 
 digged it, by the direction of 
 the lawgiver, Avitli theii- staves. 
 And from \\\g wilderness tliei/ 
 vent to Mattanah : 
 
 ID And from Mattanah to Na- 
 haliel : and from Nahaliel to 
 Bamoth : 
 
 20 And from Bamoth in the val- 
 ley, that h' in the conntrv of 
 Moab, to the top of l*isgah, which 
 looketh toward Jeshimon. 
 
 21 H And Israel sent mes- 
 sengers unto Sihon king of the 
 Amorites, saying, 
 
 22 Let me pass through thy 
 land : we will not turn into the 
 lields, or into the vineyards ; we 
 will not drink ^the waters of 
 the well : but we will go along 
 ])y the king*s hi^h way, imtU 
 ^\e be past thy borders. 
 
 23 And Sihon would not suffer 
 Israel to pass through his bor- 
 der : but Sihon gathered all his 
 people together, and went out 
 against Israel into the wilder- 
 ness : and he came to Jahaz, j 
 and fought against Israel. 
 
 24 And Israel smote him with | 
 the edge of the sword, and i 
 rK)sses8ed his land from Amon j 
 unto Jabbok, even unto the chil- ' 
 dren of Amnion : for the border 
 of the childi'en of Ammon was 
 strong. 
 
 25 And Israel took all these 
 cities : and Israel dwelt in all 
 the cities of the Amorites, in 
 Heslibon, and in all the villages 
 thereof. 
 
 26 For Heshbon was the city 
 of Sihon the king of the Amor- 
 ites, who had fought against 
 the former king of Moab, and 
 taken all his land out of his 
 hand, even unto Arnon. 
 
 27 Wherefore they that speak 
 
 in proverl)8 fiay, Come into 
 Heshbon, let the citv of Sihon 
 1k' built and prei)ared : 
 
 2S For tlu'ie is a lire gone out 
 of liesh]>on, a flame from the 
 city of Sihon : it hath consumed 
 Ar of Moab, and the lords of 
 the high places of Anion. 
 
 21) Woe to thee, Moab! thou 
 art undone. O people of Che- 
 mosh : he nath given his eons 
 that escaped, and his daugli- 
 tei"8, hito captivity mito Sihon 
 king of the Amorites. 
 
 3<j We have shot at them ; 
 Heslibon is perished even unto \ 
 Dibon, and Ave have laid them • 
 waste even unto Nophah, which * ' 
 reacheth unto Medeba. 
 
 31 •[ Thus Israel dwelt in the 
 land of the Amorites. 
 
 32 And Moses sent to spy out 
 Jaazer, and they took the vil- 
 lages thereof, and drove out the 
 Amorites tliat icere there. 
 
 33 T And they turned and went 
 up by th(! way of Bashan : and 
 Og the king of Bashan went 
 out against them, he, and all his 
 people, to the battle at Edrei. 
 
 34 And the Lord said unto 
 Moses, Fear him not : for I 
 have delivered him into thy 
 hand, and all his people, and 
 
 ; his land; and thou shalt do 
 ; to him as thou didst unto Si- 
 hon king of the Amorites, which 
 dwelt at Heshbon. 
 3o So they smote him, and his 
 sons, and all his people, until 
 there was none left him alive : 
 and they possessed his land. 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 1 Balal's first message f<yr Balaam 
 is refused. 15 His second message 
 obtai)ieth him 22 An angel would 
 have slain him, if his ass had not 
 saved him. 36 Balak entertaitieth 
 him. 
 
 AND the children of Israel 
 . set fonvard, and pitched in 
 the plains of Moab on this side 
 Jordan bt/ Jericho. 
 
 2 H And Balak the son of Zip- 
 per saw all that Israel had done 
 to the Amorites. 
 
 3 And Moab was sore afraid 
 of the people, because they were 
 
Balak sendeth 
 
 NUMBERS, XXII, 
 
 fm' Balaam. 
 
 many : and Moab was distressed 
 because of the cliildi'en of Israel. 
 
 4 And Moab said unto the elders 
 of Midian, Now shall this com- 
 pany lick up all thut are romid 
 about us, as the ox licketh up 
 the grass of the field. And Ba- 
 lak the son of Zippor was king 
 of the Moabites at that time. 
 
 5 He sent messengers therefore 
 ' unto Balaam the son of Beor to 
 
 I Pethor, which is by the riyer of 
 the land of the children of his 
 people, to call him, saying, Be- 
 hold, there is a people come out 
 from Egypt : behold, they cover 
 the face of the earth, and they 
 abide over against me : 
 
 6 Come now therefore, I pray 
 thee, cm'se me this people ; for 
 they <?T^ too mighty for me: per- 
 adventure I shall prevail, that 
 we may smite them, and that 
 I may diive them out of the 
 land : for I wot that he whom 
 thou blessest is blessed, and he 
 whom thou cursest is cursed. 
 
 7 And the elders of Moab and 
 the elders of Midian departed 
 with the rewards of divumtion 
 in their hand; and they came 
 unto Balaam, and spake unto 
 him the words of Balak. 
 
 8 And he said unto them. 
 Lodge here tins night, and I 
 will bring you word again, as 
 the LoED shall speak unto me : 
 and the princes of Moab abode 
 with Balaam. 
 
 9 And God came unto Balaam, 
 and said. What men are these 
 with thee ? 
 
 10 And Balaam said unto Ood, 
 Balak the son of Zippor, king 
 of Moab, hath sent unt^ me, 
 saying^ 
 
 11 Behold, there is a people 
 come out of Egypt, which cover- 
 eth the face of the eptrth : come 
 now, curse me them ; perad ven- 
 ture I shall be able to overcome 
 them, and diive them out. 
 
 12 And God said unto Balaam, 
 Thou shalt not go with them; 
 thou shalt not curse the people : 
 for they are blessed. 
 
 13 And Balaam rose up in the 
 
 morning, and said unto the prin- 
 ces of Balak, Get you into your 
 land : for the Loed refuseth to 
 give me leave to go with you. 
 
 14 And the princes of Moab 
 i"Ose up, and they went imto Ba- 
 lak, and said, Balaam refuseth 
 to come with us. 
 
 15 H And Balak sent yet again 
 princes, more, and more honour- 
 able than they. 
 
 16 And they came to Balaam, 
 , and said to him, Thus saith 
 j Balak the son of Zippor, Let 
 
 notliing, I pray thee, hinder 
 thee from coming unto me : 
 
 17 For I will promote thee unto 
 very great honour, and I will 
 do whatsoever thou sayest unto 
 me : come therefore, I pray thee, 
 curse me this people. 
 
 18 And Balaam answered and 
 said unto the servants of Balak, 
 If Balak vvould give me his house 
 full of silver and gold, I cannot 
 go beyond the word of the Loed 
 my God, to do less or more. 
 
 19 Now therefore, I pray you, 
 tarry ye also here this night, 
 that I may loiow what the Loed 
 will say imto me more. 
 
 20 And God came unto Balaam 
 at night, and said unto him, If 
 the 5nen come to call thee, rise 
 up, and go with them : but yet 
 the word which I shall say unto 
 thee, that shalt thou do. 
 
 21 And Balaam rose up in the 
 morning, and saddled his ass, 
 and went with the princes of 
 Moab. 
 
 22 ^ And God's anger was Idn- 
 died because he went : and the 
 angel of the Loed stood in the 
 w.ay for an adversary against 
 him. Now he was riding upon 
 his ass, and his two servants 
 wei^e with him. 
 
 23 And the ass saw the angel 
 of the Loed standing in the 
 way, and his sword dra\VLi in his 
 hand : and the ass tuiTiCcl aside 
 out of the way, and went into 
 the field : a^nd Balaam smote 
 the ass, to turn her into the way. 
 
 24 But the angel of the Loed 
 stood m a path of the vineyards, 
 
A,i wHj / ojw^S'^th NUMBERS, XXIII 
 
 a wall behi^ on this side, and a 
 wall on that wde. 
 
 2.5 And when the ass saw the 
 Jdi^el of the Lord, whe thni»t 
 her.self unto the wall, and crush- 
 ed Balaam's foot a2,ainst the 
 wall : and he smote her again. 
 
 2tj And the angel of the Loru 
 
 Bcdaain on the tcap. 
 
 said unto Bfilaam, Go with the 
 men : hut (mly the word that I 
 shall speak unto thee, that thou 
 shalt Hpeak. So Balaam went 
 with the prinees of 15a]ak. 
 'X) f And when Balak heard 
 that Balaam was eonie, he went 
 out to meet him unto a eity of 
 
 ^vent further, and stood in a i Moah, Avhich is in the hoixler 
 MMiTow place, where ?<^«.v no way I of Anion, which is in the ut- 
 t) turn either to the right hand i most coast. 
 
 tir to the left. 
 
 37 And liilak said unto Ba- 
 
 27 And when the ass saw the ; laam. Did I not earnestly send 
 
 ir.'l of the Loim, she fell down 
 under Balaam : and Balaam's 
 anger was kindled, and he smote 
 the ass with a stall'. 
 28 And the Lord opened the 
 mouth of the ass, and she said 
 unto Balaam, What have I done 
 
 unto thee to call thee? where- 
 foie earnest thou not unto me? 
 am 1 not able indeed to promote 
 thee Uj honour? 
 JiS And Balaam said unto Ba- 
 lak, Lo, I am come unto thee : 
 have I now any power at all to 
 
 to thee, that thou hast smit- say any thing r the word that 
 
 t 'U me these three times? 
 
 2^) And Balaam said unto the I 
 a^s, Because thou hast mocked! 
 me : I would there were a sword I 
 in mine hand, for now would 1 1 
 Kill thee. I 
 
 ?>\) And the ass said unto Ba- 
 laam, Am not I tliine ass, upon 
 \vhich thou hast ridden ever ! 
 -■nee Iiras thine unto this day? | 
 V. as I ever wont to do so unto i 
 thee? And he said, Nay. 
 
 31 Then tlie Lord opened the I 
 eyes of Balaam, and he saw the 
 
 (t(kI juitteth in my mouth, that 
 shall I speak. 
 
 39 And Balaam went Avith 
 Balak, and they came unto 
 Kirjalh-huzoth. 
 
 4() And Balak offered oxen and 
 sheep, and sent to Balaam, and 
 to the princes that ivere with 
 him. 
 
 41 And it came to pass on the 
 morrow, that Balak took Ba- 
 laam, and brought him up into 
 the high places of Baal, that 
 thence he might see the utmost 
 
 angel of the Lord standing in part of the people. 
 
 the way, and his sword drawn in 
 his hand : and he bowed dowTi 
 his head, and fell Hat on Ids face. 
 
 32 And the angel of tlie Lord 
 said mito him, A\'herefore hast 
 thou smitten thine ass these 
 three times ? behold, I went out 
 to withstand thee, because th?/ 
 w^ay is perverse before me : 
 
 33 And the ass saw me, and 
 turned from me these tliree 
 times : miless she had turned 
 from me, surely now also I had 
 slain thee, and saved her alive. 
 
 34 And Balaam said unto the 
 angel of the Lord, I have sin- 
 ned ; for I knew not that thou 
 stoodest in the Avay against me : 
 now therefore, if it displease 
 thee, I will get me back again. 
 
 35 And the angel of the Lord 
 
 CHAPIER XXIII. 
 
 1, 13, 28 Balnk's sacHfice. 7, 18 Bo. 
 laam' s parable. 
 
 AND Balaam said unto Ba- 
 . lak. Build me here seA-en 
 altars, and prepare me here se- 
 ven oxen and seven rams. 
 
 2 And Balak did as Balaam 
 had spoken ; and Balak and 
 Balaam offered on every altar 
 a bullock and a ram. 
 
 3 And Balaam said unto Ba- 
 lak, Stand by thy burnt olfermg, 
 and I will go : peradventure the 
 Lord will come to meet me : 
 and whatsoever he sheT\'etli me 
 I mil tell thee. And he went 
 to an high place. 
 
 4 And God met Balaam : and 
 he said unto him, I haA'e pre- 
 pared seven altars, and I have 
 
Bahamas parahle. KTJMBEES, XXIII. Balaam's parable 
 
 ('ffered upon everi/ altar a bul- 
 lock and a ram. 
 
 5 And the Lokd put a word 
 in Balaam's mouth, and said, 
 Retmn unto Balak, and thus 
 thou shalt speak. 
 
 6 And he returned unto him, 
 and, lo, he stood by liis bui^nt 
 sacriiice, he, and all the princes 
 ofMoab. 
 
 7 And he took up his parable, 
 and said, Balak the king of Moab 
 hath brought me from Aiam, 
 out of the mountains of the east, 
 saying. Come, curse me Jacob, 
 and come, defy Israel. 
 
 8 How shall I curse, whom God 
 hath not cursed? or how shall 
 I defy, whom the Lokd hath not 
 defied? 
 
 9 For from the top of the rocks 
 I see him, and from the hills I 
 behold him : lo, the people shall 
 dwell alone, and shall not be 
 reckoned among the nations. 
 
 10 Who can count the dust of 
 Jacob, and the 'number of the 
 fourth part of Israel? Let me 
 die the death of the righteous, 
 and let my last end be like his ! 
 
 11 And Balak said unto Ba- 
 laam, What hast thou done unto 
 me ? I took thee to curse mine 
 enemies, and, behold, thou hast 
 blessed them altogether. 
 
 12 And he answered and said, 
 Must I not take heed to speak 
 that which the Loed hath put 
 in my mouth? ^ 
 
 13 And Balak* said unto him. 
 Come, I pray thee, with me un- 
 to another place, from whence 
 thou mayest see them : thou 
 shalt see but the utmost part of 
 them, and shalt not see them 
 all : and curse me them from 
 thence. 
 
 14 1l And he brought him into 
 the field of Zophim, to the top 
 of Pisgah, and built seven al- 
 tars, and offered a bullock and 
 a ram on every altar. 
 
 15 And he said unto Balak, 
 Stand here by thy burnt offer- 
 ing, while I meet the Lord 
 yonder. 
 
 16 And the Loed met Balaam, 
 
 and put a word in his mouth, 
 and said, Go again unto Balak, 
 and say thus. 
 
 17 And when he came to him, 
 behold, he stood by his burnt 
 offering, and the princes of 
 Moab with him. And Balak 
 said unto him, What hath the 
 LoED spoken ? 
 
 18 And he took up his parable, 
 and said. Rise up, Balak, and 
 hear; hearken unto me, thou 
 son of Zippor : 
 
 19 God is not a man, that he 
 should lie ; neither the son of 
 man, that he should repent : 
 hath he said, and shall he not • 
 do* it 9 or hath he spoken, and 
 shall he not make it good ? 
 
 20 Behold, I have received 
 commandment to bless : and 
 he hath blessed ; and I cannot 
 reverse it. 
 
 ^ 21 He hath not beheld iniquity 
 in Jacob, neither hath he seen 
 perverseness in Israel : the Loed 
 his God is with him, and the 
 shout of a king is among them. 
 
 22 God brought them out of 
 Egypt ; he hath as it were the 
 strength of an unicorn. 
 
 23 Surely there is no en(3hant- 
 ment against Jacob, neither is 
 there any divination against Is- 
 rael: accordmg to this time it 
 shall be said of Jacob and of Is- 
 rael, What hath God wrought ! 
 
 24 Behold, the people shall rise 
 up as a great Hon, and lift up 
 himself as a youjig lion: he 
 shall not lie down until he eat 
 o/"the prey, and drmk the blood 
 of the slain. 
 
 25 H And Balak said unto Ba- 
 laam, Neither curse them at all, 
 nor bless them at all. 
 
 26 But Balaam answered and 
 said unto Balak, Told not I 
 thee, saying, All that the Loed 
 speaketh, that I must do ? 
 
 27 H And Balak said unto Ba- 
 laam, Come, I pray thee, I will 
 brmg thee unto another place ; 
 peradventure it will please God 
 that thou mayest curse me them 
 from thence. 
 
 28 And Balak brought Balaam 
 
Balaam's imjpliecy NUMBERS, XXIV. of (lie ^Uir of Jiwd. 
 
 unto the top of Peor, that look- 
 
 eth toward Jeshimon. 
 
 29 And Ijalaam said unto Ba- 
 
 lak, Build me here seven altarR, 
 
 and prepare me here seven biil- 
 
 loclvs and seven rams. 
 
 3(J And Balak did as Balaam 
 
 had said, and oflered a bullock 
 
 and a ram on every altar. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 1 Balaam, leaving diciuafirma, pro. 
 
 phesiefh the h(i])jiinr>^si of TsraH. 10 
 
 Balak in au{frr disniisseth him. ^^> 
 
 He riropJiesiefJi of the ^tar of Jacob, 
 
 and the destruction ofsoinc uati()}itt. 
 
 AND when Balaam saw that 
 - it pleased the Lord to bless 
 Israel, he went not, as at other 
 times, to seek for enchantments, 
 but he set liis face toward the 
 wilderness, 
 
 2 And Balaam lifted up his 
 eyes, and he saw Israel abiding 
 in his tents according to their 
 tribes ; and the spirit of God 
 came upon him. 
 
 3 And he took up his parable, 
 and said. Balaam tlie son of Beor 
 hath said, and the man whose 
 eyes are open hath said : 
 
 4 He hath said, which heard 
 the words of God, which saw 
 the vision of the Almighty, fall- 
 ing into a trance, but having 
 his eyes open : 
 
 5 How goodly are thy tents, 
 O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, 
 O Israel ! 
 
 6 As the valleys are they spread 
 forth, as gardens by the river's 
 side, as the trees of lign aloes 
 which the Lokd hath planted, 
 and ^^ cedar trees beside the 
 waters. 
 
 7 He shall pour the water out 
 of his buckets, and his seed shall 
 be in many waters, and his king 
 shall be higher than Agag, and 
 his kingdom shall be exalted. 
 
 8 God brought him forth out 
 of Egypt ; he hath as it were 
 the strength of an unicorn : he 
 shall ^ eat up the nations his 
 enemies, and shall break their 
 bones, and pierce them through 
 with his arrows. 
 
 9 He couched, he lay down as 
 
 a lion, and as a great lion : who 
 shall stir him upV Blessed /*■ he 
 that blesseth thee, and cursed 
 is he that curseth thee. 
 
 10 ^ And Balak's anger was 
 kindled against Balaam, and he 
 smote his har.ds together: an<l 
 IVilak said unto Balaam, I call- 
 ed thee to curse mine enemies, 
 and, behold, thou hast altogether 
 blessed them these three times. 
 
 11 Therefore now flee thou to 
 thy place : I thought to promote 
 thee unto great honour; but, lo, 
 the Lord hath kept thee back 
 from honour. 
 
 12 And Balaam said unto Ba- 
 lak, Spake I not also to thy mes- 
 sengers wliich thou sentest unto 
 me, saving 
 
 13 If I3alak would give me his 
 house full of silver and gold, I 
 cannot go beyond the command- 
 ment of the Lord, to do either 
 good or bad of mine own mind ; 
 but what the Lord saith, that 
 will I speak? 
 
 14 And now, behold, I go un- 
 to my people : come therefore^ 
 and I will advertise thee Avhat 
 this people slmll do to thy jjco- 
 ple in the latter days. 
 
 15 ^ And he took up his para- 
 ble, and said, Balaam the son 
 of Beor hath said, and the man 
 whose eyes arc open hath said : 
 
 IG He hath said, which heard 
 the words of God, and knew the 
 knowledge of the most High, 
 which saw the vision of the Al- 
 mighty, falling into a trance, 
 but having Iiis eyes open : 
 
 17 1 shall see him, but not now : 
 I shall behold him, but not nigh : 
 there shall come a Star out of 
 Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise 
 out of Israel, and shall smite the 
 comers of Moab, and destroy all 
 the children of Sheth. 
 
 18 And Edom shall be a pos- 
 session, Seir also shall be a 
 possession for hie enemies ; and 
 Israel shall do valiantly. 
 
 19 Out of Jacob shall come he 
 that shall have dominion, and 
 shall destroy him that remain- 
 eth of the city. 
 
Fhinelim JdlletJi 
 
 NUMBERS, XXV. 
 
 Zimri and Cozbi. 
 
 20 ![ And when he looked on 
 Amalek, he took np his parable, 
 and said, Amalek was the first 
 of the nations ; but his latter 
 end shall be that he perish for 
 ever. 
 
 21 And he looked on the Ke- 
 nites, and took up his parable, 
 and said, Strong is thy dwell- 
 ingplace, and thou puttest thy 
 nest in a rock. 
 
 22 Nevertheless the Kenite 
 shall be wasted, nntil Asshnr 
 shall carry thee away captive. 
 
 23 And he took np his parable, 
 and said, Alas, who shall live 
 when G od dceth tliis ! 
 
 24 And ships shall come from 
 the coast of Chittim, and shall 
 afflict Asshur, and shall afflict 
 Eber, and he also shall perish 
 for ever. 
 
 25 And Balaam rose up, and 
 went and returned to his place : 
 and Balak also went his way. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 
 1 Israel at Shiitim commit wlioredom 
 and idolatry. 6 PMnehas Jcilleth 
 Zimri and Cozbi. 10 God therefore 
 glveth Mm an everlasting priest- 
 Jiood. 16 The Midianites are to he 
 vexed. 
 
 A ND Israel abode in Shittim, 
 x\- and the people began to 
 commit whoredom with the 
 daughters of Moab. 
 
 2 And they called the people 
 unto the sacrifices of their gods : 
 and the people did eat, and bow- 
 ed down to their gods. 
 
 3 And Israel joined himself un- 
 to Baal-peor: and the anger of 
 the LoED was kindled against 
 Israel. 
 
 4 And the Loed said unto Mo- 
 ses,Take all the heads of the peo- 
 ple, and hang them up before 
 the Loed against the sun, that 
 the fierce anger of the Loed may 
 be tinned away from Israel. 
 
 5 And Moses said unto the 
 judges of Israel, Slay ye every 
 one his men that were joined 
 unto Baal-peor. 
 
 6 H And, behold, one of the chil- 
 dren of Israel came and brought 
 imto his brethren a Midianitish 
 
 woman in the sight of Moses, 
 and in the sight of all the con- 
 gregation of the children of Is- 
 rael, who were weeping before 
 the door of the tabernacle of the 
 congregation. 
 
 7 And when Phinehas, the son 
 of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the 
 priest, saw it, he rose up from 
 among the congregation, and 
 took a javelin in his hand ; 
 
 8 And he went after the 
 man of Israel into the tent, and 
 thrust both of them tlirough, 
 the man of Israel, and the wo- 
 man through her belly. So the 
 plague was stayed from the cliil- 
 dren of Israel. 
 
 9 And those that died in the 
 plague were twenty and four 
 thousand. 
 
 10 \ And the Loed spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, 
 the son of Aaron the priest, hath 
 tmned my wrath away from the 
 childi'en of Israel, while he was 
 zealous for my sake among them, 
 that I consumed not the chil- 
 di'en of Israel in my jealousy. 
 
 12 Wherefore say, Behold, I 
 give unto him my covenant of 
 peace : 
 
 13 And he shall have it, and 
 his seed after him, even the co- 
 venant of an everlasting priest- 
 hood; because he was zealous 
 for his God, and made an atone- 
 ment for the children of Israel. 
 
 _ 14 Now the name of the Israel- 
 ite that was slain, even that was 
 slain with the Midianitish wo- 
 man, was Zimii, the son of Salu, 
 a prince of a chief house among 
 the Simeonites. 
 
 15 And the name of the Midian- 
 itish woman that was slain was 
 Cozbi, the daughter of Zur ; he 
 was head over a people, and of 
 a chief house in Midian. 
 
 16 H And the Loed spake unto 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 17 Vex the Midianites, and 
 smite them : 
 
 18 For they vex you with their 
 wiles, wherewith they have be- 
 guiled you in the matter of Peor, 
 
The sum 
 
 and in tlie matter of Co/bi, tlie 
 daiii<lit*.T c»f a prince of IMidian, 
 their eister, which was slain in 
 the day of the plague for Peer's 
 t^ake. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 1 'Die sum of all I^-nel istal<'n in the 
 plains of M<xtb. .72 The Uiiv of di- 
 viding among than the inhtritauee 
 of the land. r>7 The faniilien and 
 tinnther of the Lerifes. ("3 None 
 were left of them irhirh icere mim~ 
 hered at binai, but Caleb and Jo- 
 shua. 
 
 A ND it came to pass after the 
 J\- plague, that tlie L<»Ki» Kpake 
 unto Moses and inito Eleaztir 
 the son of Aaron the priest, say- 
 ing, 
 
 2 Take the sum of all the con- 
 gregation of the children of Is- 
 rael, from twenty yeai-s old and 
 upward, thixjughout their la- 
 thers' house, all that arc able to 
 go to war in It?rael. 
 
 3 And Moses and Eleazar the 
 priest sj>ake with them in the 
 plains of Mmb by Jordan 7i€ar 
 Jericho, sayhig, 
 
 4 Take the sum of the people, 
 from twenty yeai-s old and up- 
 ward; as the Lord commanded 
 Moses and the children of Is- 
 rael, which went forth out of the 
 land of Egypt. 
 
 5 ![ Reui)en, the oldest son of 
 Israel : the cliil<lren oi Keul)en ; 
 Ihmoch.oftrhojfi cometh tlie fa- 
 mily of the Hanochites : of Pallu, 
 the family of the ralluites : 
 
 6 Of Hezi'on, the family of the 
 Hezronites : of Carmi, the family 
 of the Carmites. 
 
 7 These are the families of the 
 Eeubenit<?6 : and they that were 
 nmnbered of them were forty 
 and three thousand and seA^n 
 bundled and thiity. 
 
 8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. 
 
 9 And the sons of Eliab ; Ne- 
 muel, and Dathan, and Abiram. 
 This is that Dathan and Abi- 
 mm, which were famous in the 
 congregation, who strove against 
 Moses and against Aaron in the 
 company of Korah, when they 
 strove against the Lobd : 
 
 10 And the earth opened her 
 
 KLMBER8, XXVI. of all J^r^vel 
 
 mouth, and swallowed them up 
 togetber with Korah. when that 
 company died, w hat time the fire 
 devoured two hinidre<l and fifty 
 men : and they Ix'came a sign. 
 
 11 Notwithstanding the chil- 
 dren of Korah died not. 
 
 12 1i The s<jns of Simeon after 
 their faniiUes: of Nemuel, the 
 family of the Nennielites : (»f Ja- 
 min, the family of the Jamin- 
 ites: of Jachin, the family of 
 the Jachhiite* : 
 
 \\\ Of Zenih, the family of the 
 Zarhites : of IShaul, the family 
 of the .Shaulites. 
 
 14 These are the families of 
 the Simeonites, twenty and two 
 thousand and two hundred. 
 
 15 11 The children of (ia«l after 
 their families : of Zei)hon, the 
 ianiily of the Zephonitcs : of 
 Haggi, the family of the Hag- 
 gites: of Shuni, the family of 
 the Shunites : 
 
 IG Of Ozni, the family of the 
 Oznites: of Eri, the family of 
 the E rites : 
 
 17 Of Arod, the family of the 
 Arodites: of Areli, the family 
 of the Arelites. 
 
 18 These are the families of the 
 children of Gad accorchng to 
 those tliat were numbered of 
 them, forty thousand and five 
 liundred. 
 
 Yd 11 The sons of Judah were 
 Er and Oimn: and Er and 
 Onan died in the land of Ca- 
 naan. 
 
 20 x\nd the sons of Judah after 
 their families wc^e ; of Shelah, 
 the family of the Shelanites : of 
 Pharez, the family of the Phar- 
 zites : of Zerah, the family of the 
 Zarhites. 
 
 21 And the^ons of Pharez were ; 
 of Hezron, the family of the 
 Hezronites : of Hamul, the fa- 
 mily of the Hamulites. 
 
 22 These are the families of Ju- 
 dah according to those that were 
 numbered of them, tlireescore 
 and sixteen thousand and five 
 hundred. 
 
 23 ![ Q/" the sons of Issachar 
 after their families : q/'Tola, the 
 
is talxn in the 
 
 NUMBERS, XXYI. 
 
 plains of Moah. 
 
 family of the Tolaites : of Pua, 
 the family of the Pmiites : 
 
 24 Of Jashnb, the family of the 
 Jashnbites : of Shimron, the fa- 
 mily of the Shimroiiites. 
 
 25 These are the families of Is- 
 sachar according to those that 
 were numbered of them, thi^ee- 
 score and fom* thousand and 
 tln-ee hundred. 
 
 26 1[ Of the sons of Zebulun af- 
 ter their families : of Sered, the 
 family of the Cardites : of Elon, 
 the family of the Elonites: of 
 Jahleel, the family of the Jah- 
 leelites. 
 
 27 These are the families of the 
 Zebulmiites ac(3ording to those 
 that were numbered of them, 
 threescore thousand and five 
 hundred. 
 
 28 1[ The sons of Joseph after 
 their families were Manasseh 
 and Ephraim. 
 
 29 Of the sons of Manasseh : of 
 Machir, the family of the Ma- 
 chirites : and Machir begat Gi- 
 lead : of Gilead come the family 
 of the Gileadites. 
 
 30 These are the sons of Gile- 
 ad : ofJeezer, the family of the 
 Jeezerites : of Helek, the family 
 of the Helekites : 
 
 31 And Q/"Asriel, the family of 
 the Asriehtes : and o/'Shechem, 
 the family of the Shechemites : 
 
 32 And o/Shemida, the family 
 of the Shemidaites: and o/*He- 
 pher, the family of the Hepher- 
 ites. 
 
 33 ^ And Zelophehad the son of 
 Hepher had no sons, but daugh- 
 ters : and the names of the 
 daughters of Zelophehad ivere 
 Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Mil- 
 cah, and Tirzah. 
 
 34 These are the families of 
 Manasseh, and those that were 
 numbered of them, fifty and two 
 thousand and seven hundred. 
 
 35 ^ These are the sons of Eph- 
 raim after their families : of Shu- 
 thelah, the family of the Shu- 
 thalhites : of Becher, the family 
 of the Bachrites : of Tahan, the 
 family of the Tahanites. 
 
 36 And these are the sons of 
 
 Shuthelah : of Eran, the family 
 of the Eranites. 
 
 37 These ai^e the families of the 
 sons of Ephraim according to 
 those that were numbered of 
 them, thirty and two thousand 
 and five hundred. These are 
 the sons of Joseph after their 
 families. 
 
 38 H The sons of Benjamin 
 after their families : of Bela, the 
 family of the Belaites : of Ash- 
 bel, the family of the Ashbelites : 
 of Ahiram, the family of the 
 Ahiramites : 
 
 39 Of Shupham, the family of 
 the Shuphamites : of Hupham, 
 the family of the Huphamites. 
 
 40 And the sons of Bela were 
 Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the 
 family of the Ardites: and of 
 Naaman, the family of the Na- 
 amites. 
 
 41 These are the sons of Ben- 
 jamin after their families: and 
 they that were numbered of them 
 ivere forty and five thousand 
 and six hundred. 
 
 42 II These are the sons of Dan 
 after their families : of Shuham, 
 the family of the Shuhamites, 
 These are the famihes of Dan 
 after their families. 
 
 43 All the families of the Shu- 
 hamites, according to those that 
 were numbered of them, were 
 threescore and four thousand 
 and four hmidi^ed. 
 
 44 H Of the children of Asher 
 after their families : of Jinma, 
 the family of the Jimnites : of 
 Jesui, the family of the Jesu- 
 ites : of Beriah, the family of the 
 Beriites. 
 
 45 Of the sons of Beriah : of 
 Heber, the family of the Heber- 
 ites: of Malchiel, the family of 
 the Malchielites. 
 
 46 And the name of the daugh- 
 ter of Asher was Sarah. 
 
 47 These are the families of the 
 sons of Asher according to those 
 that were numbered of them; 
 ivho were fifty and three thou- 
 sand and four hundred. 
 
 48 1[ Of the sons of Naphtali 
 after theii' families : of Jalizee], 
 
77/^' HHii^r 
 
 NUMBERS, XXVII. 
 
 of the Ij'vU^h. 
 
 the family of the Jaliyx'elites : of 
 Guiii, tlie family of the Gvmitcfi : 
 
 4'J 01 Jezer, the family of the 
 Jezerites : of Sliillem, the fami- 
 ly of the 8hillemites. 
 
 Tmj These are the families of 
 Naphtali accoixlinjz to their fami- 
 lies: and they that >Yere mmi- 
 bered of them were forty and 
 five thousand and four hnncb'ed. 
 
 51 These ivere the numl)ered 
 of th«' children of Israel, six hun- 
 dred tlious;ind and a thousand 
 seven hundred and thirty. 
 
 52 !^ And the Lord spake unto 
 Moses, sayinir, 
 
 53 Unto these the land sliall l)e 
 divided for an iidieritance ac- 
 i-ordin^' to the nimil>er of names. 
 
 'A To many thou shalt jrive the 
 more inheritance, and to few 
 thou slialt sive the less inherit- 
 ance : to every one shall his in- 
 heritance 1 >e p^iveii accorduig to 
 those that were numbered of 
 liim. 
 
 5.") Xotwithstandinp; the land 
 shall l)e divided by lot : a^ord- 
 ini? to the names of tlie trilx'suf 
 their fathers they sliall inherit. | 
 
 56 According? to the lot shall i 
 the r>ossession thereof be divid- j 
 ed Ix'tween many and few. 
 
 57 *' And these are they tliat ! 
 were nuP-ibered of the Levites j 
 after their families: of Gershon, | 
 the family of the Gersliuniti^ : 
 of Kohath, the family of the I 
 Kohathites : of IMerari, the fa- ! 
 mily of the Meraiites. | 
 
 58 Tiiese are the families of the 
 Levites : tlie family of the Lib- : 
 nites, the family of tlie He1)ron- 
 
 i tes. the family of the IMahlites, 
 the family of the ^lushites, the j 
 family of the Koratliites. And 
 Kohath begat Amram. I 
 
 59 And the name of Amram's | 
 ^Ife was Jochebed, the daugh- 1 
 ter of Levi, whom lier mother 
 bare to Levi in Egypt : and she 
 l^are imto Amram Aaron and 
 Moses, and Miiiam their sister. 
 
 OO And mito Aaron was bom 
 Nadab, and Abilm, Eleazar, and 
 Ithamar. 
 
 61 And Ncidab and Abihu died, 
 
 when they offered etrange fire 
 before the I^iiu. 
 
 iil And those tliat were num- 
 l)ered of them were twenty and 
 three thousand, all males from 
 a month old and upward: for 
 they were not numbered among 
 the children of Israel, because 
 there was no inlieritance given 
 them among the children of 
 Israel. 
 
 Ui f Tht^'se are they that were 
 numbered by Moses and Elea- 
 zar tlie priest, who numbered 
 the children of Israel in the 
 plains of Moab by Jordan near 
 Jencho. 
 
 04 But among these there was 
 nf>t a man of them whom IMoscs 
 and Aaron the piitst nimil)er- 
 efl. when they numbered the 
 children of Israel in the wil- 
 derness of Sinai. 
 
 <i5 For the Lord had said of 
 them, Tliey shall suixily die in 
 the wilderness. And there was 
 not left a man of them, save 
 Ciileb the son of Jephunneh, 
 and Joshua the son of Nun. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI 1. 
 
 1 TJie ihinghlers of Zelovhchud sv^ 
 for an iuherilaiice. G Die hnv of 
 inheritnncea. VI Moses, bei»(/ fold 
 of his death, siveth for a mcressoi'. 
 18 Joshua is appointed to succeed 
 hiiu. 
 
 THEN came tlie daughters 
 of Zelophehad, the son of 
 Hepher, the son of Gilead, the 
 son of Machir, the son of Ma- 
 nasseh, of the families of Ma- 
 nasseh the son of Joseph : and 
 these are the names of his 
 daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and 
 Hoglah, and Milcali, and Tir- 
 zah. 
 
 2 And thej^ stood before Moses, 
 and before Eleazar the priest, 
 and before the princes and all 
 the congregation, bt/ the door of 
 the tabernacle of the congrega- 
 tion, saymg, 
 
 .3 Om- father died in the wil- 
 derness, and he was not in the 
 company of them that gather- 
 ed themselves together against 
 the LoED in tho company of 
 
sMoses siieih 
 
 NUMBERS, XX^TII. 
 
 for a successor. 
 
 Korah ; but died in his own sin, 
 and had no sons. 
 
 4 Why should the name of 
 our father be done a^vay from 
 among his family, because he 
 hath no son? Give unto us 
 therefore a possession among 
 the brethren of oui' father. 
 
 5 And Moses brought then- 
 cause before the Loed. 
 
 6 *^. And the Lokd spake unto 
 Moses, saymg, ! 
 
 7 The daughters of Zelophe- 1 
 had speak right : thou shalt sure- ' 
 ly give them a possession of an I 
 inheritance among then father's , 
 brethren ; and thou shalt cause : 
 the inheritance of their father i 
 to pass imto them. ! 
 
 8 And thou shalt speak unto | 
 the childi'en of Israel, saying, 
 If a man die, and have no son, 
 then ye shall cause his mherit- 
 ance to pass unto his daughter. 
 
 9 And if he have no daughter, 
 then ye shall give his inherit- 
 ance imto his brethren. 
 
 10 And if he have no brethren, 
 then ye shall give his inherit- 
 ance roito liis father's brethren. 
 
 11 And if his father have no 
 brethi-en, then ye shall give his 
 inheritance imto his Idnsman 
 that is next to him of his family, 
 and he shall possess it : and it 
 shall be imto the children of Is- 
 rael a statute of judgment, as 
 the LoED commanded Moses. 
 
 12 ^ And the Loed said unto 
 IVIcses, Get thee up into this 
 momit Abarim, and see the land 
 which I have given imto the 
 children of Israel. 
 
 13 And when thou hast seen 
 it, thou also shalt be gathered 
 imto thy people, as Aaron thy 
 brother was gathered. 
 
 14 For ye rebelled against my 
 commandment in the desert of 
 Zin, in the strife of the congre- 
 gation, to sanctify me at the 
 water before their eyes : that is 
 the water of Meribah in Kadesh 
 in the wilderness of Zin. 
 
 15 *I x^.d Moses spake unto 
 the LoED, saying, 
 
 16 Let the Loed, the God of 
 
 the spirits of all flesh, set a man 
 over the congregation, 
 
 17 "SMiich may go out before 
 them, and which may go in be- 
 fore them, and which may lead 
 them out, aiid which may bring 
 them in ; that the congregation 
 of the LoED be not as sheep 
 which have no shepherd. 
 
 18 1^ And the Loed said unto 
 Moses, Take thee Joshua the 
 son of Nun, a man in whom is 
 the spirit, and lay thine hand 
 upon him ; 
 
 19 And set him before Eleazar 
 the priest, and before all the 
 congregation; and give him a 
 charge in their sight. 
 
 20 And thou shalt put some of 
 thine honom- upon him, that all 
 the congregation of the childi^en 
 of Israel may be obedient. 
 
 21 And he shall stand before 
 Eleazar the priest, who shall 
 ask counsel for him after the- 
 judgment of LTrim before the 
 Loed: at his word shall they 
 go out, and at his word they 
 shall come in, both he, and all 
 the childien of Israel with him, 
 even all the congregation. 
 
 22 And Moses did as the Loed 
 commanded him: and he took 
 Joshua, and set him before Ele- 
 azar the priest, and before all 
 the congregation : 
 
 23 And he laid his hands up- 
 on him, and gave him a charge, 
 as the Loed commanded by the 
 hand of Moses. 
 
 CHAPTEE XXVIII. 
 
 1 Offerings are to he observed. 3 T//e 
 contimml hnnit offering. 9 The 
 qfering on the sahhafn, 11 on the 
 new moons, IGatthe passover, 26 in 
 the day of fir st fruits. 
 
 AND the Loed spake unto 
 . Moses, saying, 
 
 2 Command the children of 
 Israel, and say unto them, My 
 oifering, and my bread for my 
 saciilices made by fire, for a 
 SAveet savour unto me, shall ye 
 observe to offer unto me in their 
 due season. 
 
 3 And thou shalt say unto 
 them, This is the offering made 
 
The offerings on NUMBERS, XXVUI. tlie saUxdh, and 
 
 by fire which ye sliall ofier un- 
 to tlie Lord; two hiiiihs of tlie 
 tirst year witlioiit sr-ot day by 
 day, J'^or a continual burnt of- 
 fering. 
 
 4 The one lamb slialt tliou 
 offer in the moniinsr, and the 
 other lamb shalt thou otier at 
 even ; 
 
 5 And a tenth part of an epliah 
 of flour for a meat ofleringr, min- 
 gled with the fom-th part of an 
 hin of beaten oil. 
 
 G // is a continual burnt of- 
 fermg, which was ordained in 
 mount Sinai for a sweet savour, 
 a sacrifice made by fire unto 
 the Lord. 
 
 7 And the drink oflfei'ing there- 
 of «/««// be the fourt n««r/ of an 
 liin for the one lamb : in the 
 holy place shalt thou cause the 
 stronu- wine to be poured unto 
 the LoKD./br a drink olferintr. 
 
 8 And the other lamb shalt 
 thou offer at even : as the meat 
 offering of the morning, and as 
 the drink offering thereof, thou 
 shalt oiler it, a sacrifice made 
 by fire, of a sweet savour unto 
 the Lord. 
 
 9 ^ Aiid on the sabbath day 
 two lambs of the first year with- 
 out spot, and two tenth deals of 
 flour /br a meat offering, min- 
 gled -w-ith oil, and the drink of- 
 fering thereof : 
 
 10 This is the burnt offering 
 of every sabbath, beside the con- 
 tinual burnt offering, and his 
 drink ofiering. 
 
 11 ^ And in the beginnings 
 of yom- months ye shall offer a 
 burnt offering unto the Lord; 
 two j^oung bullocks, and one 
 ram, seven lambs of the first 
 year without spot ; 
 
 12 And tln-ee tenth deals of 
 flour /or a meat offering, min- 
 gled mtli oil, for one bullock; 
 and two tenth deals of flour /or 
 a meat offering, mingled with 
 oil, for one ram ; 
 
 13 And a several tenth deal 
 of flour mingled with oil for a 
 meat offering unto one lamb; 
 for a burnt offering of a sweet 
 
 savour, a sacrifice made by fiie 
 unto the Lord. 
 14 And tlieir drink offerings 
 shall be half an hin of wine 
 unto a bullock, and the third 
 part of an hin imto a ram. and 
 
 j a fourth part of an hin unto a 
 lamb: this is the Inunt offer- 
 
 I ing of every month throughout 
 
 j the months of the year. 
 
 I 15 And one kid of the goats 
 
 j for a sin offering unto the Lord i . 
 shall be offered, beside the con- I 
 
 I tinual burnt offeiing, and his 1 
 drink ollering. i 
 
 l(j And in the fourteenth day . 
 of the first month is the pass- 
 over of the Lord. 
 
 17 And in the fifteenth day of 
 this month is tlie feast: seven 
 days shall unleavened bread be 
 eaten. 
 
 18 In the first day shall be an 
 holy convocation ; ye shall do no 
 manner of servile work therein : 
 
 19 But ye shall offer a sacri- 
 fice made by fire for a bunit 
 ottering unto the Lord; two 
 young bidlocks, and one ram, 
 and se\en lambs of the first 
 year: tliey shall be unto you 
 without blemish : 
 
 20 And their meat offering 
 shall be of flour mingled with 
 oil : three tenth deals shall ye 
 ofl'er for a bullock, and two 
 tenth deals for a ram ; 
 
 21 A several tenth deal shalt 
 thou ofier for every lamb, 
 throughout the seven lambs : 
 
 22 Ajid one goat for a sin of- 
 fering, to make an atonement 
 for you. 
 
 23 Ye shall offer these beside 
 the burnt ofiering in the morn- 
 ing, which is for a contmual 
 bm-nt offering. 
 
 24 After this manner ye shall 
 offer daily, throughout the seven 
 days, the meat of the sacrifice 
 made by fire, of a sweet savour 
 unto the Lord: it shall be of- 
 fered beside the continual burnt 
 offering, and his drink ottering. 
 
 25 And on the seventh day ye 
 shall have an holy convocation ; 
 ye shall do no servile work. 
 
on the other feasts 
 
 26 •[ Also in the day of the 
 firstfriiits, when ye bring a new 
 meat ofl'ering unto the Lokd, 
 after j'oik weeks be out, ye shall 
 have an holy convocation; ye 
 shall do no seiTile work : 
 
 27 But ye shall offer the burnt 
 offering for a sweet savour unto 
 the LoED ; two young bullocks, 
 one ram, seven lambs of the 
 first year ; 
 
 28 And their meat offering of 
 flour mingled "^ith oil, three 
 tenth deals unto one bullock, 
 two tenth deals unto one ram, 
 
 29 A several tenth deal unto 
 
 NUMBERS, XXIX. and solemn days. 
 
 savour, a sacrifice made by fire 
 unto the Lokd. 
 
 7 IF And ye shall have on the 
 tenth dat/ of this seventh month 
 an holy convocation; and ye 
 shall afflict 3'our souls : ye shall 
 not do any work therein : 
 
 8 But ye shall offer a bm-nt 
 offering unto the Lord for a 
 sweet savour; one young bul- 
 lock, one ram, and seven iamb» 
 of the first year ; they shall be 
 unto you without blemish : 
 
 9 And their meat offering shall 
 be of flour mingled with oil, 
 thi'ee tenth deals to a bullock. 
 
 one lamb, throughout the seven and two tenth deals to one ram! 
 
 lambs ; 
 
 10 A several tenth deal for 
 
 30 Aiid one kid of the goats, to ' one lamb, throughout the seven 
 
 make an atonement for you. 
 31 Ye shall offer them beside 
 the continual burnt offering, and 
 his meat offering, (they shall be 
 unto you without blemish) and 
 their ai"inli offerings. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIX. 
 1 Tlte offering at the feast of trum- 
 pets, 7 at the day of afflicting their 
 souls, 13 and on the eight days of 
 the feast of tabernacles. 
 
 AND in the seventh month, 
 . on the first da?/ of the 
 month, ye shall have an holy 
 convocation; ye shall do no 
 
 lambs : 
 
 11 One Md of the goats for a 
 sin offering; beside the sin of- 
 fermg of atonement, and the 
 continual burnt offering, and 
 the meat offering of it, and their 
 drink offerings. 
 
 12 1[ And on the fifteenth day 
 of the seventh month ye shall 
 ha.ve an holy convocation; ye 
 shall do no servile work, and 
 ye shall keep a feast unto the 
 LoED seven days : 
 
 13 And ye shall offer a burnt 
 offering, a sacrifice made by fire. 
 
 servile work : it is a day of | of a sweet savour unto the Loed ; 
 
 blovving the trumpets unto you. 
 
 2 And ye shall offer a burnt 
 offering for a sweet sa,vour unto 
 the Loed; one young bullock, 
 one ram, and seven lambs of 
 the first year without blemish : 
 
 3 And then meat offering shall 
 be of flour mingled with oil, 
 three tenth deals for a bullock, 
 and two tenth deals for a ram, 
 
 4 And one tenth deal for one 
 lamb, throughout the seven 
 lambs : 
 
 5 And one kid of the goats 
 for a sui offering, to make an 
 atonement for you : 
 
 6 Beside the burnt offering of 
 the month, and his meat offer- 
 ing, and the daily burnt offer- 
 ing, and his meat offeriag, and 
 their drink offerings, according 
 unto their manner, for a sweet 
 
 thirteen young bullocks, two 
 rams, and fourteen lambs of 
 the &st year; they shall be 
 without blemish : 
 
 14 And their meat offering 
 shall be of flour mingled with 
 oil, three tenth deals unto every 
 bullock of the thirteen bullocks, 
 two tenth deals to each ram of 
 the two rams, 
 
 15 And a several tenth deal 
 to each lamb of the fourteen 
 lambs : 
 
 16 And one kid of the goats 
 for a sin offering; beside the 
 
 continual burnt offering, his 
 meat offering, and his diink 
 offering. 
 
 17 IF And on the second day 
 ^e shall offer twelve young bul- 
 locks, two rams, fourteen lambs 
 of the first year without spot : 
 
Tlte offering on the NUMBEI^, XXX. fecul (\f iaberaacl 8. 
 
 Icx^ks, for the rams, and for tlic 
 lambu, s/ifili he according' to 
 tlit'ir niimlHT, niUv the luaiiiicr : 
 
 31 And one Koat for a sin 
 oHorintr; In'side tlie continual 
 burnt olR'rinjTj liis niuat olier- 
 iiiK, and his dnnk ollerin^i:. 
 
 32 ^1 And on the Hcventh day 
 
 18 And their meat oflerinK 
 and their drink ollerinf^s lor 
 tlie bullocks, lor tlie ninis, and 
 lor the lambs, shall be accord- 
 ing; to tlic'ir number, after the 
 manner : 
 
 ID And one kid of the goat« 
 for a Bin ottering; beside the 
 
 continual burnt ofterinK^ and seven bullocks, two rams, and 
 the meat oileiini,' thereof, and ^ fourteen lambs of the iii-st year 
 
 tJieir di ink ottering 
 
 20 •' And on the third day ele- 
 \eii bullocks, two lams, four- 
 teen lamlis of the liiist year, 
 without blemish; 
 
 21 And their meat offering and 
 their drink ollerin^s for tlie j 
 bullocks, for th" rams, and for 
 the lambs, shall he according' to 
 
 without blemish : 
 
 'X\ And tln'ir meat ottering an<l 
 their drink ott'erings i'or the bjil- 
 locks, for the rauLs, and for the 
 lambs, shall he acconUng to 
 their number, after the maimer : 
 
 iU And one goat for a sin 
 ottering: l>eside the continual 
 burnt oilering, his meat otter- 
 
 tlicir number, after the manner: ' ing, and his drink ottering 
 
 22 And one goaty'^vr a sin otter- 
 ing: b'.side the continual bunit 
 <»ttering, and his meat ottering, 
 and his drink ottering. 
 
 23 •' And on the fourth day 
 ten bullocks, two rams, and 
 fourteen lambs of the tti-st year 
 without V)lemisl 
 
 35 «; On the eighth diiy ye 
 shall have a solemn a88embly : 
 ye shall do no servile work 
 therein : 
 
 1^) Ihit ye shall offer a burnt 
 ottering, a Kicrittce made by 
 ttre, of a sweet savour unto the 
 Lord: one bullock, one mm, 
 
 24 Their meat offering and seven lambs of the first year 
 
 their drink otterings for the 
 bullocks, for the rams, and for 
 the lambs, shall he according 
 to their number, after the man- 
 
 without blemish : 
 37 Their meat offering and their 
 drink otterings for the bullock, 
 for the ram, and for the lambs, 
 shall be according to their num- 
 
 2;') And one kid of tlie goats/br ber, after the manner : 
 
 a shi ottering ; beside the con- I 
 tinual bunit offering, his meat 
 ottering, and his drink ottering. 
 
 2G ^ And on the liftli day 
 nine bullocks, two rams, and 
 foiu-teen lambs of the lust year 
 without spot : ^ i 
 
 27 And their meat ottering and ; 
 their drink offerings for the bul- 
 locks, for the rams, and for the 
 
 38 And one goat for a sin 
 offering; beside the continual 
 burnt offering, and his meat of- 
 fering, and his drink ottering. 
 
 39 These things ye shall do un- 
 to the Lord in your set feasts, 
 beside your vows, and your free- 
 will offeringSj for your burnt of- 
 ferings, and lor your meat offer- 
 ings, and for your drink offerings, 
 
 lambs, shall be according to ] and for your peace offerings 
 
 their number, alter the manner : 
 
 28 And one goat for a sin 
 offering ; beside the continual 
 bmut offering, and his meat of- 
 fering, and his drink ottering. 
 
 29 1[ And on the sixth day 
 eight bullocks, two rams, and 
 fourteen lambs of the first year 
 without blemish : 
 
 30 And their meat offering and 
 their diiok offerings for the bul- 
 
 4() And Moses told the children 
 of Israel according to all that 
 the Lord commanded Moses. 
 
 CHAPTER XXX. 
 1 Voivs are not to he broken. 3 The 
 
 exception of a maid's vow. 6 Of 
 
 a wife's. 9 Of a widow's, or her 
 
 that is divorcea. 
 
 AND Moses spake unto the 
 . heads of the tribes concern- 
 ing the children of Israel, say- 
 
Of vows. 
 
 NUMBERS, XXXI. 
 
 Of vows. 
 
 ing, This is the thing which the 
 Lord hath commanded. 
 
 2 If a man vow a vow imto the 
 Lord, or swear an oath to bind 
 his soul Tvdth a bond ; he shall 
 not break liis word, he shall do 
 according to all that proceedeth 
 out of liis mouth. 
 
 3 If a woman also vow a vow 
 unto the Lord, and bind herself 
 by a bond, being in her father's 
 house in her youth ; 
 
 4 And her father hear her vow, 
 and her bond wherewith she 
 hath boiuid her soul, and her fa- 
 ther shall hold his peace at her : 
 then all her vows shall^ stand, 
 and eveiy bond wherewith she 
 hath bound her soul shall stand. 
 
 ' 5 But if her father disallow her 
 j in the day that he heareth ; not 
 I any of her vows, or of her bonds 
 wherewith she hath bound her 
 soul, shall stand : and the Lord 
 shall forgive her, because her 
 father disallowed her. 
 
 6 And if she had at all an 
 husband, when she vowed, or 
 
 I uttered ought out of her lips, 
 wherewith she boimd her soul ; 
 
 7 And her husband heard it, 
 and held his peace at her in the 
 day that he heard it : then her 
 vows shall stand, and her bonds 
 wherewith she bound her soul 
 shall stand. 
 
 8 But if her husband disal- 
 lowed her on the day that he 
 heard it; then he shall make 
 her vow which she vowed, and 
 that which she uttered with her 
 lips, wherewith she bound her 
 soul, of none effect: and the 
 Lord shall forgive her. 
 
 I 9 But eveiy vow of a widow, and 
 I of her that is divorced, where- 
 with they have bound their 
 souls, shall stand against her. 
 . 10 And if she vowed in her 
 I husband's house, or bound her 
 ' soul by a bond with an oath ; 
 I 11 And her husband heard «7, 
 j and held his peace at her, and 
 ; disallowed her not: then all 
 her vows shall stand, and every 
 I bond wherewith slie bound her 
 j soul shall stand. 
 
 12 But if her husband hath 
 utterly made them void on ilia 
 day he heard them ; then what- 
 soever proceeded out of her lips 
 concerning her vows, or con- 
 cerning the bond of her sou], 
 shall not stand: her husband 
 hath made them void ; and the 
 Lord shall forgive her. 
 
 13 Every vow, and every bind- 
 ing oath to afflict the soul, her 
 husband may estabhsh it, or her 
 husband may make it void. 
 
 14 But if her husband altoge- 
 ther hold his peace at her from 
 day to day ; then he estabiish- 
 eth all her vows, or all her 
 bonds, which are upon her: 
 he confirmeth them, because 
 he held his peace at her in the 
 day that he heard them. 
 
 15 But if he shall any ways 
 make them void after that he 
 hath heard them ; then he shall 
 bear her miquity. 
 
 16 These are the statutes, 
 which the Lord commanded 
 Moses, between a man and his 
 wife, between the father and 
 his daughter, being yet in her 
 youth in her father's house. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXI. 
 1 Tlie Midianites are spoiled, and 
 Balaam slain. 13 3Ioses is ivrotk 
 with the officers, for saving the ivo- 
 TYhen alive. 19 How the soldiers, 
 ivith their captives and spoil, are 
 to be purified. 25 The proportion 
 whereby the prey is to he divided. 
 4:8 The volmitary oblation unto the 
 treasury of the Lord. 
 
 AND the Lord spake unto 
 . Moses, saying, 
 
 2 Avenge the children of Israel 
 of the Midianites : afterward 
 shalt thou be gathered unto thy 
 people. 
 
 3 And Moses spake imto the 
 people, saying. Arm some of 
 yourselves unto the war, and 
 let them go against the Midian- 
 ites, and avenge the Lord of 
 Midian. 
 
 4 Of every tribe a thousand, 
 throughout all the tribes of Is- 
 rael, shall ye send to the war. 
 
 5 So there were dehvered out 
 of the thousands of Israel, a 
 
TJie 3IiJiamtd8 
 
 NUMBERS, XXXI. 
 
 thousjuul of evert/ IrilM', twelve 
 thousiind aniu'd lor war. 
 
 G And Muses sent them to the 
 var, a thonpan<l of every tribe, 
 them and Phinelia.s the pon of 
 El<*azar tlie liiiest, to the war, 
 with the lioly inHtruments, aiid 
 the trumi>etH to blow in hin 
 hand. 
 
 7 And tliey waned ap;ain8t the 
 l^Iidianit<*s. as the lJf»RD com- 
 manded INfoses; and tliey slew 
 all the nialcR. 
 
 aie epoiied. 
 
 I)lat,Mie among the congiegation 
 c»f the L<»1{I>. 
 
 17 Now then'fore kill eveiy 
 male anions? the little oiu's, 
 and kill every woman that hath 
 known man by lyinj; with him, 
 
 is Hnt all the wt»men eliildun, 
 that have n«tt known a man by 
 hint; with liim, keep alive for 
 yoni-selves. 
 
 VJ And do ye abide without 
 the canij) seven dayw. wliowi- 
 ever hath killed any i»ei-8on. 
 
 S And they Blew the K'inps of and whoscx'ver hath touched 
 
 IMidian, besifle the rest of them any slain, purify holh youi>iclveK 
 
 that were slain; namcli/, Evi, and your (•ai)tivt8 (»n thf third 
 
 and Rekem, and Znr, Jind Hnr, day, and on the seventh day. 
 
 and Kelm, IWe kinj-'s of IMidian : 2i) And jmrify all //o?/r raiment, 
 
 Balaam also the sim of Beor and all that iH made 
 
 they slew with the sword. 
 \) An<l the rhildren (»f Israel 
 tcK)k (ill the women (>f IMidian 
 caj'tives, and their little ones, 
 and took the spoil (tf all their 
 cattle, and all their flocks, and 
 all their uixxb*. 
 
 10 And thry burnt all their 
 citi«'S wluMein they dwelt, and 
 all their pMully castles, with tire. 
 
 11 And they took all the spoil, 
 and all thr prey, both of men 
 and ol beasts. 
 
 12 And thev bronpht the cap- 
 tives, and tlie i)rey, and the 
 spoil, unto Moses, and Elea- 
 zar the itriest, and unto the 
 
 skins. 
 
 : and all work (»f goats' hair, and 
 all thing's made of wood. 
 '21 •' And Elea/ar the itriest 
 sjiid unto the men of war ^^hi(•h 
 went to the battle. This is the 
 ordinance of the law which the 
 liOKu commanded Closes; 
 
 22 Only the gold, and the sil- 
 ver, the brass, the iron, the tin, 
 and tlie lead, 
 
 23 Every thinu: that may abide 
 the fire, ve shall make it \ri) 
 through the tire, and it shall 
 be clean : nevertheless it shall 
 be i>uritied with the water of 
 separation: and all that abid- 
 etli not tlie tire ye shall make 
 
 congregation of the children of go through the water. 
 
 Israel, unto the camp at the 
 plains of Moab, which are by 
 Jordan near Jericho. 
 
 13 T And Moses, and Eleazar 
 the priest, and all the princes c»f 
 the congregation, went forth to 
 meet them without the camp. 
 
 14 And 3I(^ses was wroth with 
 the officers of the host, ivith the 
 captains over thousands, and 
 captains over hundreds, which 
 came from the battle. 
 
 15 And Moses said imto them, 
 Have ye saved all the women 
 alive ? 
 
 16 Behold, these caused the 
 children of Israel, through the 
 counsel of Balaam, to commit 
 trespass against the Lokd in the 
 matter of Peor, and there was a 
 
 24 And ye shall wash your 
 clothes on the seventh day 
 and ye shall be clean, and 
 afterward ye shall come mto 
 the camp. 
 
 25 *[ And the Lord spake mi to 
 Moses, saying, 
 
 26 Take the sum of the prey 
 that was taken, both of man and 
 of beast, thou, and Eleazar the 
 priest, and the chief fathers of 
 the congregation : 
 
 27 And divide the prey into 
 two parts; between them that 
 took the war upon them, who 
 went out to battle, and between 
 all the congregation : 
 
 28 And levy a tribute imto the 
 Lord of the men of war which 
 went out to battle : one soid of 
 
Hoiv the prey 
 
 NUMBERS, XXXI. 
 
 is to he divided. 
 
 five hundred, both of the per- 
 sons, and of the beeves, and of 
 the asses, and of the sheep : 
 
 29 Take it of their hatf, and 
 give it unto Eleazar the priest, 
 
 for an heave offering of the 
 Lord. 
 
 30 And of the children of Is- 
 rael's half, thou shalt take one 
 portion of fifty, of the persons, 
 of the beeves, of the asses, and 
 of the flocks, of all manner of 
 beasts, and give them unto the 
 Levites, which keep the charge 
 of the tabernacle of the Loed. 
 
 31 And Moses and Eleazar the 
 priest did as the Loed command- 
 ed Moses. 
 
 32 And the booty, being the 
 rest of the prey which the men of 
 war had caught, was six hundi^ed 
 thousand and seventy thousand 
 and five thousand sheep, 
 
 33 And threescore and twelve 
 thousand beeves, 
 
 34 And threescore and one 
 thousand asses, 
 
 35 And thirty and two thou- 
 sand persons 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 thousand and seven 
 and thirty thousand and five 
 hundred sheep : 
 
 37 And the Loed's tribute of 
 the sheep was six hundred and 
 threescore and fifteen. 
 
 38 And the beeves were thirty 
 and six thousand ; of which the 
 
 ; Lord's tribute was threescore 
 
 and twelve. 
 ! 39 And the asses were thiirty 
 
 thousand and five hundred ; of 
 
 which the Loed's tribute was 
 
 threescore and one. 
 
 40 And the persons were six- 
 teen thousand; of which the 
 Lord's tribute was thirty and 
 two persons. 
 
 41 And Moses gave the tribute, 
 which was the Lord's heave of- 
 fering, unto Eleazar the priest, 
 
 I as the Loed commanded Moses. 
 ? 42 And of the children of Is- 
 
 rael's half, which Moses divided 
 from the men that warred, 
 
 43 (Now the half that pertain- 
 ed unto the congregation wfs 
 three himdred thousand ard 
 thirty thousand and seven thcu- 
 sand and five hundred sheep, 
 
 44 And thirty and six thou- 
 sand beeves, 
 
 45 And thirty thousand asses 
 and five hundi'ed, 
 
 46 And sixteen thousand per- 
 sons ;) 
 
 47 Even of the children of Is- 
 rael's half, Moses took one por- 
 tion of fifty, both of man and of 
 beast, and ga^e them unto the 
 Levites, which kept the charge 
 of the tabernacle of the Lord ; 
 as the Lord commanded Moses. 
 
 48 H And the oflicers which 
 were over thousands of the host, 
 the captains of thousands, and 
 captains of himdreds, came near 
 unto Moses : 
 
 49 And they said mito Moses, 
 Thy servants have taken the 
 sum of the men of war which 
 are under our charge, and there 
 lacketh not one man of us. 
 
 50 We have therefore brought 
 an oblation for the Loed, what 
 every man hath gotten, of jew- 
 els of gold, chains, and brace- 
 lets, rings, eanlngs, and tablets, 
 to make an atonement for our 
 souls before the Loed. 
 
 51 And Moses and Eleazar the 
 priest took the gold of them, 
 even all wrought jewels. 
 
 52 And all the gold of the of- 
 fering that they offered up to 
 the Loed, of the captains of 
 thousands, and of the captains 
 of hundreds, was sixteen thou- 
 sand seven hundred and fifty 
 shekels. 
 
 63 {For the men of war had 
 taken spoil, every man for him- 
 self.) 
 
 54 And Moses and Eleazar the 
 priest took the gold of the cap- 
 tains of thousands and of hun- 
 dreds, and brought it into the 
 tabernacle of the congregation, 
 for a memorial for the children 
 of Israel before the Lord. 
 K 
 
The Jleuhcmtes ami NUMBERS. XXXII. 
 
 OadiUs «u' for 
 
 CHAPl'EK XXXII. 
 
 or 
 
 1 ilie Ufiihcnifcs and GaiUtei nxie fc 
 their inhritnuce on that ifide Jur- 
 iltn. « Moses rcpronfh them. 16 
 Thrif offer him conditions to his 
 ron'ent. D3 Mi.sis unsitjnrth tliem 
 the Inul. 3'J Tfiiu cowjiuy it. 
 
 NOW tliii cluldrcii of Kciil>en 
 and tliL' eliildreii of Ciad 
 iiud a very ^reat multitude of 
 cittle: and >vlieii they wiw tlie 
 land of .Tazcr. and the land of 
 (Jik'ud, that, K'huld, the place 
 "((s a place for cattle; 
 •J Tlie cliildivn of Ciad and the 
 iiildren of lieuben came and 
 :'ake unto Mosck, and to Elea- 
 tr the ]>riefjt, and unto the jirin- 
 8 of the conirretrntion, wiyinL', 
 ) Ataioth. and Dihon, and Ja- 
 •r, and Ninirah, and Heshbon, 
 nd EK'aleh, and Sliebam, and 
 Nebo, and Heon, 
 [ Kvcii the country' which the 
 liOKn Fniote K'foix; the con- 
 - le^'ation of Israel, is a land for 
 < attic, and thy Bervants have 
 .;.trle: 
 Wliert'fore, said they, if we 
 have found ^race in thy sight, 
 let thiy land bo given unto thy 
 
 came up out c»f Efnpt, from 
 twenty years (.Id and upuaid, 
 nhall Hce ihe land which I hware 
 unto Abraluim, unto Iwmc, and 
 unto Jacob; because they ha\e 
 n(.t wholly followed me: 
 
 12 S'a\e Caleb the son of .Te- 
 phunneh the Kenezite, and .In- 
 nhua the son of Nun : for they 
 have ^^ holly followed tlie Lolli». 
 
 13 And the Lokd'h anger was 
 kindled airaiuKt Israel, and he 
 made them wander in the wil- 
 derness forty years, until all tl»e 
 genemtion. that had done evil 
 in the sight of tlie Loud, was 
 consumed. 
 
 \\ And, beliold, j-e ore ritwn 
 up in your fathers' stead, an 
 ineivase of sinful men, to aug- 
 ment yet the tierce juiger of the 
 I.oun toward Israel. 
 
 15 For if ye turn away from 
 after him, he will yet again leave 
 them in the wilderness; and ye 
 shall destroy all tliis people. 
 
 H; •' And they came near un- 
 to him, and said, AVe ^^ill bnild 
 sheepfolds here for our cattle, 
 luul cities for oiu- little on( s : 
 
 17 But we ourselves will go 
 
 rvants for a possession, and ' ready nrmed Ix'l'ore the chil- 
 
 l-ring UB not over Jordan. 
 () ^i And IMoscjs said unto the 
 children of (Jad and to the cliil- 
 (Iren of Keuben, Shall your bre- 
 thren go to war, and shall ye 
 sit here ? 
 
 7 And wherefore discourage 
 ye the lieart of the children of 
 Israel from going over into tlie 
 land wliieh the Lord hath given 
 them? 
 
 8 Thus did your fathers, when 
 I sent them from Kadesh-bar- 
 nea to see the land. 
 
 9 For when they went up mi- 
 to the valley of Esheol, and saw 
 the land, they discouraged the 
 heart of the childien of Israel, 
 that they should not go into the 
 land which the Lord had given 
 them. 
 
 10 And the Lord's anger was 
 kindled the same time, and he 
 sware, saying, 
 
 11 Surely none of the men that 
 
 divn of Israel, imtil we have 
 brought them imto their i>lace: 
 and our little ones shall dwell 
 in the fenced cities because of 
 the iidiabitants of the land. 
 
 18 We will not return unto 
 our houses, until the children 
 of Israel have inlierited every 
 man his inheritance. 
 
 19 For we will not inheiit with 
 them on yonder side Jordtm, or 
 forward; because our inherit- 
 ance is fallen to us on this side 
 Jordan eastward. 
 
 20 •[ And Moses said unto 
 them, If ye will do this thing, 
 if ye '^\ill go armed before tlie 
 Lord to war, 
 
 21 And will go all of you arm- 
 ed over Jordan before the Lord. 
 until he hath driven out Ins 
 enemies from before him, 
 
 22 And the land be subdued 
 before the Lord: then after- 
 ward ye shall return, and b( 
 
their iulieritance. NTJMBEES, XXXIII. The land assigued. 
 
 guiltless before tlie Loed, and 
 before Israel; and this land 
 sliall be your possession before 
 the LoED. 
 
 23 But if ye will not do so, 
 behold, ye have sinned agamst 
 the LoKD : and be sure your sin 
 will fmd you out. 
 
 24 Build you cities for your 
 little ones, and folds for your 
 sheep ; and do that wliich hath 
 proceeded out of your mouth. 
 
 25 And the childi^en of Gad 
 and the children of Eeuben 
 spake imto Moses, saying-, Thy 
 servants will do as my lord com- 
 mandeth. 
 
 26 Our little ones, our wives, 
 our flocks, and all om* cattle, 
 shall be there in the cities of 
 Gilead : 
 
 27 But thy servants will pass 
 over, every man armed for war, 
 before the Lokd to battle, as 
 my lord saith. 
 
 28 So concerning them Moses 
 commanded Eleazar the priest, 
 and Joshua the son of Nun, and 
 the chief fathers of the tribes of 
 the children of Israel : 
 
 29 And Moses said unto them. 
 If the children of Gad and the 
 children of Eeuben will pass 
 with you over Jordan, every 
 man armed to battle, before the 
 Lord, and the land shall be 
 subdued before you; then ye 
 shall give them the land of Gi- 
 lead for a possession : 
 
 30 But if they will not pass 
 over with you armed, they shall 
 have possessions among you in 
 the land of Canaan. 
 
 31 And the children of Gad 
 and the children of Eeuben an- 
 swered, saying, As the Lord 
 hath said imto thy servants, so 
 vv^ill we do, 
 
 32 We will pass^ over armed 
 before the Lord mto the land 
 of Canaan, that the possession 
 of our inheritance on this side 
 Jordan ma7/ be our's. 
 
 33 And Moses gave unto them, 
 even to the children of Gad, 
 and to the children of Eeuben, 
 and imto half the tribe of Ma- 
 
 nasseh the son of Joseph, the 
 kingdom of Sihon king of the 
 Amorites, and the kingdom of 
 Og Idng of Bashan, the ]i\Vid, 
 with the cities thereof in the 
 coasts, even the cities of the 
 country round about. 
 
 34 IF And the cliildren of Gad 
 built Dibon, and Ataroth, and 
 Aroer, 
 
 35 And Atroth, Shophan, and 
 Jaazer, and Jogbehah, 
 
 36 And Beth-nimrah, and Betli- 
 haran, fenced cities: and folds 
 for sheep. 
 
 37 And the children of Eeuben 
 built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and 
 Kirjathaim, 
 
 38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, 
 (their names being changed,) 
 and Shibmah: and gave otlier 
 names unto the cities which 
 they builded. 
 
 39 And the children of Ma- 
 chir the son of Manasseh went 
 to Gilead, and took it, and dis- 
 possessed the Amorite which 
 was in it. 
 
 40 And Moses gave Gilead 
 unto Maclnr the son of Manas- 
 seh ; and he dwelt therein. 
 
 41 And Jair the son of Ma- 
 nasseh went and took the small 
 toi\^ns thereof, and called theni 
 Havoth-jair. 
 
 42 And Nobah went and took 
 Kenath, and the villages there- 
 of, and called it Kobah, after 
 his own name. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIII. 
 
 1 Two and forty journeys of the Is- 
 raelites. 50 The Canaanites are to 
 he destroyed. 
 
 THESE are the journeys 
 of the children of Israel, 
 which went forth out of the land 
 of Egypt with their armies un- 
 der the hand of Moses and Aaron. 
 
 2 And Moses wrote their go- 
 ings out according to their jour- 
 neys by the commandment of 
 the Lord: and these «r^ their 
 journeys according to their go- 
 ings out. 
 
 3 And they departed from Ea- 
 meses in the first month, on the 
 
 K2 
 
TV jomiipys 
 
 NUMBERS, XXXm. 
 
 of (he JsrophVf. 
 
 iihvimth day of tlie firnt month ; i 17 And tliey dopnrtod from Ki- 
 
 nv<'r tho cliildroii of Israel went 
 out witli an hiu'li hand in the 
 sit^ht of all the PX^yptians. 
 
 4 For the Euyiitiann buried nil 
 f/icir li!stV)orn, which the L(Min 
 had smitten amonj; them : upon 
 their scods alfjo the Lord exe- 
 cuted judirments. 
 
 5 And the children of IsiHel 
 1. 'moved from Kamescs, and 
 pitched in Succoth. 
 
 «) And they departed from Suc- 
 coth. and pitched in Etham, 
 which is in the edge of the 
 wilih*rnes8. 
 
 7 And tliey removed from E- 
 tliam. ami turned aerain unto 
 ri-liahiroth, winch is Indore 
 I>aal-/eplion : and they pitched 
 }>efore Mit^dol. 
 
 S And tliey departed from be- 
 fore ri-hahiroth, and passed 
 throuirh the mid^st of the sea 
 into the wilderness, and went 
 three days' journey in the wil- 
 derness of Etham, and pitched 
 in BTarah. 
 
 1) And they removed from Ma- 
 lah, and came unto Elim: and 
 in EHm were twelve fountains 
 of water, and threescore and ten 
 l>alm trees; and they jjitched 
 tiiere. 
 
 10 And they removed from E 
 
 the morrow after the pass- hroth-hattaavah, and encami)ed 
 
 at Haze roth. 
 
 18 And they depart<Ml from Ila- 
 zenjth, and i)itched ui Kithmah. 
 
 1!* And tliey denarted from 
 Kithmah, and pitcncd at Him- 
 mon-i'arez. 
 
 2<) And they depaHed from 
 Kinnnon-parez, and pitched in 
 Lihnah. 
 
 21 And they removed from 
 Lihnah, and pitched at Hissiih. 
 
 22 And they journeyed from 
 Kissali, and pitched m Kehc- 
 lathah. 
 
 2'.\ And they went from Kehe- 
 lathah, and pitched in mount 
 Sh.'qiher. 
 
 24 And they removed from 
 mount Shapher, and encarai>cd 
 in Haradah. 
 
 25 And they removed from 
 Haradah, and pitched iu Mak- 
 
 heloth. 
 
 2<) And they removed from 
 Makheloth, and encamped at 
 Tahath. 
 
 27 And they departed from 
 Tahath, and pitched at Tarah. 
 
 28 And they removed from 
 I'arah, and pitched in Mithcah. 
 
 21) And thev went from Mith- 
 cah, and i)itched in Hashm(mah. 
 
 3(J Ana they departed from 
 Hashmonah, and encamped at 
 
 lim, and encamped by the Red ! Moscroth. 
 
 sea. I 31 And they departed from 
 
 11 And they removed from the i Moscroth, and pitched in Bene- 
 Red sea, and encami^d in the'jaakan. 
 
 wilderness of Sin. ^ | 82 And they removed from 
 
 12 And they took their jour- ' Bene-jaakan, and encamped at 
 
 ney out of the wilderness of Sin 
 and encamped in Dophkah. 
 
 13 And they departed from 
 Dophkah, and encamped in A- 
 lusli. 
 
 14 And they removed from 
 Alush, and encamped at Re- 
 pliidim, where was no water for 
 the people to drink. 
 
 15 And they departed from 
 Rephidim, and pitched in the 
 wilderness of Sinai. 
 
 16 And they removed from the 
 desert of Sinai, and pitched at 
 Kibroth-hattaavah. 
 
 Hor-hagid.srad. 
 
 33 And they went from Hor- 
 hacridead, and pitched in Jot- 
 bathah. 
 
 34 And they removed from 
 Jotbathah, and encamped at 
 Ebronah. 
 
 35 And they departed from 
 Ebronah, and encamped at E- 
 zion-gaber. 
 
 36 And they removed from 
 Ezion-gaber, and pitched in 
 the wilderness of Zin, which is 
 Kadesh. 
 
 37 And they removed from Ka- 
 
Tlie Cammites NIBIBEES, 
 
 desh, and pitched in mount Hor, 
 in the edge of the land of Edom. 
 
 38 And Aaron the priest went 
 up into mount Hor at the com- 
 mandment of the LoKD, and died 
 there, in the fortieth year after 
 the children of Israel were come 
 out of the land of Egypt, in the 
 first day of the fifth month. 
 
 39 And Aaron was an hundred 
 and twenty and three years old 
 when he died in mount Hor. 
 ^ 40 And king Arad the Canaan- 
 ite, which dwelt in the south in 
 the land of Canaan, heard of the 
 (.'omuig of the children of Israel. 
 
 41 And they departed from 
 mount Hor, and pitched in Zal- 
 monah. 
 
 42 And they departed from 
 Zalmonah, and pitched in Pu- 
 non. 
 
 43 And they departed from Pu- 
 iion, and pitched in Oboth. 
 
 44 And they departed from O- 
 both, and pitched in Ije-abarim, 
 m the border of Moab. 
 
 45 And they departed from 
 lim, and pitched in Dibon-gad. 
 
 46 And they removed from 
 Dibon-gad, and encamped in 
 Almon-diblathaim. 
 
 47 And they remoyed from 
 Almon-diblathaim, and pitched 
 in the mountains of Abarim, be- 
 fore Nebo. 
 
 48 And they departed from 
 the mountains of Abarim, and 
 pitched in the plains of Moab 
 by Jordan near Jericho. 
 
 49 And they pitched by Jordan, 
 from Beth-jesimoth even unto 
 Abel-shittim in the plains of 
 Moab. 
 
 50 ^ And the Loed spake unto 
 Moses in the plaii:is of Moab by 
 Jordan near Jericho, saying, 
 
 51 Speak unto the children of 
 Israel, and say unto them, When 
 ye are passed over Jordan into 
 ttie land of Canaan ; 
 
 52 Then ye shall drive out all 
 the inhabitants of the land from 
 before you, and destroy all their 
 pictures, and destroy all their 
 molten images, and quite pluck 
 down all their high places : 
 
 , XXXIV. to he clestroiied. 
 
 53 And ye shall dispossess the 
 inhabitants of the land, and 
 dwell therein : for I have given 
 you the land to possess it. 
 
 54 And ye shall divide the land 
 by lot for an inheritance among 
 your families : and to the more 
 ye shall give the more inherit- 
 ance, and to the fewer ye shall 
 give the less inheritance : every 
 man's inheritance shall be in 
 the place where his lot falleth ; 
 according to the tribes of your 
 fathers ye sliall inherit. 
 
 55 But if ye will not drive out 
 the inhabitants of the land from 
 before you; then it shall come 
 to pass, that those which ye let 
 remain of them shall be pricks 
 in your eyes, and thorns in your 
 sides, and shall vex you in the 
 land wherein ye dwell. 
 
 56 Moreover it shall come to 
 pass, that I shall do unto you, 
 as I thought to do unto them. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIV. 
 
 1 The 'borders of the Imul. 16 The 
 names of the inen ivMch shall di- 
 vide the land. 
 
 AND the LoED spake unto 
 - Moses, saying, 
 
 2 Command the childi'en of Is- 
 rael, and say unto them, When 
 ye come into the land of Ca- 
 naan; (this is the land that 
 shall fall unto you for an inhe- 
 ritance, even the land of Ca- 
 naan with the coasts thereof:) 
 
 3 Then yom- south quarter shall 
 be from the wilderness of Zin 
 along by the coast of Edom, and 
 yom- south border shall be the 
 outmost coast of the salt sea 
 eastward : 
 
 4 And your border shall turn 
 from the south to the ascent 
 of Akrabbim, and pass on to 
 Zin : and the going forth there- 
 of shall be from the south to 
 Kadesh-bamea, and shall go 
 on to Hazar-addar, and pass on 
 to A_zmon : 
 
 5 And the border shall fetch 
 a compass from Azmon unto 
 the river of Egypt, and the 
 goings out of it shall be at the 
 gea. 
 
77/ html KUlVrBERS, XXXV. 
 
 <■) Aiul nsfor the western bor- 
 il r, ye shall even linve the prn^nt 
 > ,« inr a horrh'r: this sliall l)e 
 \ Mill we.-t honl'.T. 
 
 7 And this sliall lx> your north 
 1 onler: In an the preat sea ye 
 sIimH i»oint out for you mount 
 }[<.r: 
 
 S Vvi>\i\ mount Hor ye shall 
 lM»int out your horder unto t)ie 
 tutrauee of Hamath ; and the 
 ir«>in'.':s lorth olthe bonier shall 
 betoZedpd: 
 
 '.> • And the lM>nler shall jro on 
 
 to Itc dirithl. 
 
 (A' everj' tril>e, to divide the land 
 by inheritance. 
 
 In And ihe names r f the men 
 are these: Of the tribe of.hidah, 
 Caleb ihe so!i of .Tephumu h. 
 
 20 And of the trilK- of the ehil- 
 dn-n of Simeon, Shemuel the 
 son ol Annuihud. 
 
 21 Of the trilM? of Benjamin, 
 Elidad the son of Chislon. 
 
 22 And the pn'nee of the tril)e 
 (if the eliildren of Dan, Bukki 
 the son of .lo^'li. 
 
 2^» The urinee of the children 
 
 to /ii»hron, and the K^'in^s out of Joseph, for the trilw of tj 
 
 < f it shall l»e at Ha/ar-<'nan: 
 
 this shall V>e your n(»rt]i border. 
 
 l'> And ve shall point out vour 
 
 . .i^t b.)rdt' 
 ■^Itei'liam 
 
 ::>it border from Hazar-enan to 
 
 11 Ami the const shall podown 
 Irom Sh<'i»ham to Ki])lah, on the 
 east side of Ain ; and the Intrder 
 shall descend, and shall reach 
 unto the side of the sea of Cliin- 
 U' retli eastward : 
 
 12 And the bolder shall fro 
 (l>uu to Jordan, atid the poinps 
 <r(t of it shall be at th<' salt se.i : 
 this shall be your land with the 
 ciinsts thereof round about. 
 
 b> And IMoses commanded the 
 c liijdrru of Isniel, sayinp, This 
 /.v tlie land which ye sliall inhe- 
 lit by lot. which the Loud com- 
 lunnded to pive unto tlie nine 
 tribes, and to the lialf tribe : 
 
 14 For the trilx^ of the childi-on 
 ( 'f Reuben accorduip to the house 
 of their fathers, and the tribe of 
 tiie rhildren of Oad according to 
 the ]iou>ie of their iatliers, have 
 rocQ\\o(\their inheritance ; and 
 half the tribe of Manasseh have 
 received their inheritance : 
 
 15 The two tribes and the half 
 tribe have received their inhe- 
 ritance on this side Jordan near 
 Jericho eastward, toward the 
 simrisinp, 
 
 IG And the Lord spake imto 
 Mc'ses, saving, 
 
 17 These are the names of the , 
 
 men which shall divide the land i ties round about them. 
 
 children (tf Manasseh, Hanniel 
 the son r>f Ephod. 
 
 24 And the jtrince of the tribe 
 oi the children <<f Ephraim, Ke- 
 muel the son of Shiphtan. 
 
 25 And the prince of the tribe 
 of the children of Zebulun, Eli- 
 zaphan the son of Pomach. 
 
 2() Arid the i)rince of the tribe 
 of the ehildren of Issachar, Pal- 
 tiel the son (.f Azyan. 
 
 27 And the prince of the tril>e 
 i)i tin* ehildren of Asher, Ahi- 
 Inul the son of Shelomi. 
 
 2S And the prince of the tril>e 
 of the children of Naphtah', l^c- 
 dahel the son of Amnu'hud. 
 
 21J Th( se are they whom the 
 Lonn commanded to divide the 
 inheritance unto the children of 
 Israel in the land of Canaan. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXV. 
 
 1 Eiqht (in^l forty citifs for the Le. 
 vites irilh their sufnirbK, and mea- 
 sure thereof. 6 Six of thrm are 
 to be cities of refuge. 9 lite laws 
 of murder. Z\ No satisfaction fw 
 murder. 
 
 AND the Lord spake un- 
 . to Moses in the plains of 
 Moab by Jordan near Jericho, 
 sayinir, 
 
 2 Command the children of 
 Israel, that they pive unto the 
 Le vites of the* inheritance of 
 theii- possession cities to dwell 
 in ; and ye shall pive also unto 
 the Levites suburbs for the ci- 
 
 unto you: Eleazar the priest, 
 and Joshua the son of Nun. 
 
 3 And the cities shall they have 
 i to dwell in ; and the suburbs of 
 
 13 And ye shall take one prince : them shall be for their cattle, 
 
Tht' Jmvs of murder NUMBEES, XXXV. and manslamjliter 
 
 and for their goods, and for all 
 tlieir beasts. 
 
 4 And tlie subm-bs of the cities, 
 "\\iiieh ye shall gi^e unto the 
 Le^'ites, shall reach from the 
 wall o:tthe city and outward a 
 thousand cubits round abont. 
 
 5 And ye shall measure from 
 without the cit^^ on the east side 
 two thousand cubits, and on the 
 south side two thousand cubits. 
 
 14 Ye shall give three cities on 
 this side Jordan, and thi'ee cities 
 shall ye giv-e in the land of Ca- 
 naan, ivhich shall be cities of 
 refuge. 
 
 15 These six cities shall be a 
 refuge, both for the childi-en of 
 Israel, and for the stranger, and 
 for the sojourner among them : 
 that every one that kiiletli 
 
 ny person unawares may flee 
 
 and on the vrest side two thou- ! thither, 
 sand cubits, and on the north j 16 And if he smite In'm with 
 side two thousand cubits ; and I an instrument of iron, so that 
 the city shall be m the midst : he die, he is a murderer : tlie 
 this shall be to them the sub- | murderer sliall surely be put to 
 mb-s of the cities. : deatli. 
 
 6 And among the cities wdiich ! 17 And if he smite him witli 
 ye shall give ujito the Levitcs throwing a stone, wherewith he 
 there shall be six cities for re- \ may die, and he die, he is a 
 fuge, wliich ye shall appoint for murderer : the murderer shall 
 the manslayer, that he may flee surely be put to death, 
 thither : and to them j^e sliall | 18 Or if he smite him with an 
 add forty and tvvo cities. j hand T^eapon of wood, where- 
 
 7 So all the cities which ye with he may die, and he die, he 
 shall give to the Le^ites shall , is a murderer : tlie murderer 
 be forty and eight cities : them \ sliall surely be put to death. 
 
 sh all ye give with their suburbs. I 10 The revenger of blood him- 
 
 8 And the cities which ye shall ' self shall slay the murderer : 
 give shall be of the possession | when he meeteth him, he shall 
 of the cliildi'en of Ismel: from .slay him. 
 
 them that have many ye shall ' 20 But if he thrust him of 
 give many ; but ft-om them th^t Imtred, or hurl at him by lay- 
 have few ye shall give few^ : e- ing of wait, that he die ,; 
 vei-y one shall give of his cities : 21 Or in enmity smite him 
 unto the Levitt according to with his hand, that he die : lie 
 his inheritance which he inhe- ■ tliat smote him shall surely be 
 ritetli. j put to death ; for he is a mur- 
 
 9 % And the Lobd spake unto ' derer : the revenger of blood 
 Bloses, saying, ' shall slay the mm^derer, vJien 
 
 10 iSpeak unto tlie children of lie meeteth hirm 
 
 Israel, and say unto them, IVhen I 22 But if he thrust him sud- 
 ye be come over Jordan into ' denly without enmity, or have 
 the land of Canaan ; cast upon him any thing wdth- 
 
 11 Then ye shall appoint you out laying of wait, 
 
 cities to be cities of refuge for j 23 Or vdth any stone, wherc- 
 you ; that the slayer may flee ; with a man may die, seeing him 
 thither, which kilfeth any per- | not, ixrA cast it upon him, that 
 •son at unawares. | lie die, and was not his enemy, 
 
 12 And they shall be unto you ' neither sought his haa^m : 
 cities for refuge from the aven- ; 24 Then the congregation shall 
 ger j that the manslayer die not, ■ judge between the slayer and 
 waiil he stand before the <;oi> th^e revenger of blocd according 
 gregation in judgment. j to these judgments : 
 
 13 And of these cities which ! 25 And the congregation shall 
 ye shall give six cities shall ye deliver the slayer out of the 
 hiive for refuge. I hand of the revenger of blood, 
 
L(itc8 (ff murder 
 
 and the conprofrntion pliall re- 
 store hhii to tin* city of Iub 
 refiiKC, whitlicr lie wan fled: 
 and fie ^hall n\ml' in it unto 
 the death of tin* hi-'h nrirnt, 
 >vhieh was anointed >^itn Uie 
 holy oil. 
 
 *2f) lint if the slayer shall at any 
 time come without the Ixirder 
 of the city of his refuj^e, whi- 
 ther he was* Ikd; 
 
 27 And the revenicer of Mood 
 find him without the hordei-s of 
 the city of his n'futre, and the 
 revenger of hlood kill tln' nlay- 
 er; he sliall not K* jruiltv of 
 blo(Kl: 
 
 2H Ik'caufle he should have re- 
 mained in ilie city of his refupe 
 until the death of the high 
 priest: but aft"r the d«*ath of 
 tlie hii-'h priest the slajer Khali 
 return into the land ol hi* pos- 
 session. 
 
 21) So these thhif^s nhall l>e for 
 a statute of jud^rment unto you 
 throuchout your generations in 
 all your dwellings. 
 
 3<) \Mios() killeth any person, 
 tlje munlerer shall W put to 
 tieatli l>y the niituth of wit- 
 nesses: hut one witness shall 
 not testify against any person 
 to cauae him to die. 
 
 31 Moreover ye shall take no 
 satisfaction for the life of a mur- 
 derer, which is guilty of death : 
 but he shall be siuely put to 
 deatli. I 
 
 32 And ye shall take no satis- 
 faction for him that is fled to 
 tlie city of lus refuge, that lie 
 should come again to dwell in ''■ 
 the land, until the death of the 
 priest. 
 
 NUMBERS, XXXVI. 
 
 u, 
 
 CHAPTER XXiVL 
 
 1 The iurftun uifttre of the inhtrif. 
 
 finrf <■' ■"••'■•'■f' •■■' '■ - - .i:..i... 
 
 vuir. 
 the ,. 
 
 fr;vi ' . io I... ^ . ., .. . 
 
 o/ Ztloi>Ut laid nturry thtir j\<.ih* r i> 
 brothtrif' $oM». 
 
 AND the chief fathers of the 
 - families of the <hildr« n (tf 
 (lilead, the Bt>n of IMachir, the 
 s(»n of Manasseh, of the families 
 of the sons of Jose nil, came near, 
 an«l spake IhIoR' Moses, and K*- 
 f<»re the i»rinces, the chi«*f fatheis 
 of the chilth\*n of Israel : 
 
 2 And they said. The Lorp 
 Commanded my lonl to pive the 
 lantl for an inheritance by lot 
 to the children of Israel : and 
 my h)rd was commanded by the 
 Loicn to give the inheritance of 
 Zelophehad our brother unto his 
 daughters. 
 
 3 And if they be married to 
 any of the sons of the other 
 tribes of the children of Isiael, 
 then shall their inheritance be 
 taken from the inheritance of 
 our fathei^, and shall be jiut 
 to the inheritance of the tribe 
 when*unto they are received: 
 so shall it be taken from the lot 
 of our inheritance. 
 
 4 And when tlie jubile of the 
 children of Ismel shall lie, then 
 shall their inheritance be jiut 
 unto the inheritance of the tril)e 
 w hereunto they are received : 
 so shall their inheritance l>e ta- 
 ken away from the inheritance 
 of the trilKj of our fathers. 
 
 5 And Moses commanded the 
 childi-en of Israel according to 
 the word of the Lord, saying, 
 
 33 So ye shall not pollute the I The tribe of the sons of Joseph 
 
 land wherein ye are : for blood 
 it defileth the land: and the 
 land camiot be cleansed of the 
 blood that is shed therein, but 
 by the blood of liim that shed 
 it. 
 
 34 Defile not therefore the 
 land w^hich ye shall inhabit, 
 wherein I dwell : for I the Lord 
 dwell among the children of Is- 
 rael. 
 
 hath said well. 
 
 G This is the thing which the 
 Lord doth command concern- 
 ing the daughters of Zelophe- 
 had, saying. Let them marr>' 
 to w horn they think best ; only 
 to the family of the tribe of 
 their father shall they marry. 
 
 7 So shall not the inheritance 
 of the children of Israel remove 
 from tribe to tribe; for every 
 
( )j the hiCiYriage KTMBEES, XXXYI. 0/ heiresses. 
 
 one of the ('hilcben of Israel ed Moses, so did the daughtere 
 shall keep himself to the inhe- ' of Zelophehad : 
 ritance of the trihe of his fa- ; 11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and 
 tilers. j Hoglah, and Mile ah, and Noah, 
 
 8 And eveiy daughter, that ; the daughters of Zelophehad, 
 }.)ossesseth an inheritance in any : were married unto their father's 
 trihe of the childi-en of Israel, : brothers' sons : 
 shall be wife unto one of the fa- 1 12 Aiid they were married iii- 
 mily of the tribe of her father, 1 to the families of the sons of 
 
 that the cliildi^en of Israel may 
 enjoy cveiy man the inherit- 
 ance of his fathei'S. 
 
 9 Neitlier sliall the inheritance 
 remove from one tribe to an- 
 other tribe; but every one of 
 the tribes of the children of Is- 
 rael sliall keep himself to his 
 own inheritance. 
 
 10 Even as the Loed co'mmand- 
 
 Manasseh^ the son of Joseph, 
 and then inheritance remained 
 in the tribe of the familj^ of 
 their father. 
 
 13 These are the command- 
 ments and the judgments, which 
 the Loud commanded by the 
 hand of Moses unto the children 
 of Israel in the plains of Moab 
 by Jordan near Jericho, 
 
 THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Mijscs' speech in (lie e)id of tlie 
 'fortieth year, hriejly rehearsing the 
 ■ story 6 of God's pj-omisc, 13 of giv- 
 ing them officers, 19 of sending the 
 sjnes to search the land, 34 of God's 
 anger for their incredidity, 41 aitd 
 aisohedicnce. 
 riTKESE be the words which 
 X Moses spake unto all Israel 
 on tliis side Jordan in the v\'il- 
 derness, in the plain over against 
 the Eed sea, betv>'een Paran, and 
 Tophel, and Laban, and Haze- 
 roth, and Dizahab. 
 
 2 {There are eleven de.ys'joicr- 
 ney from Horeb by the way of 
 mount Seir unto Kadesh-bar- 
 nea.) 
 
 3 And it came to pass in the 
 fortieth year, in the eleventh 
 month, on the first day of the 
 month, that Moses spake imto 
 the children of Ismel, accord- 
 iiig unto all that the Loed had 
 given him in commandment un- 
 to them ; 
 
 4 After he had slaia Sihon the 
 king of the Amorites, which 
 dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the 
 king of Bashan, which dwelt at 
 Astaroth in Edrei : 
 
 5 On this side Jordan, in the 
 
 land of Moab, began Moses to 
 declare this law, saying, 
 
 6 The Loed our God spake 
 unto us in Horeb, saying. Ye 
 have dwelt loug enough in this 
 mount : 
 
 7 Turn you, and take your 
 journey, and go to the mount of 
 the Amorites, and unto all the 
 places nigh thereunto, in the 
 plain, in the hills, and in the 
 vale, and in the south, and by 
 the sea side, to the lar.d of the 
 Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, 
 unto the great river, the river 
 Euphrates. 
 
 8 Behold, I have set the land 
 before you: go in and possess 
 the land which the Loed sware 
 unto your fathers, Abraham, 
 Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto 
 them and to their seed after 
 them. 
 
 9 ^And I spake unto you at 
 that time, saying, I am not able 
 to bear you myself alone : 
 
 10 The Loed your God hath 
 multiplied you, and, behold, ye 
 are this day as the stars of hea- 
 ven for multitude. 
 
 11 (The Loed God of your 
 fathers make you a thousand 
 
 K3 
 
Thp story qf 
 
 DEUTERONOMY, I. irhit lyf^-Il Unv I 
 
 timoR BO many more as ye are, 
 011(1 Mess y«ni, as he huth i»ro- 
 mised you f) 
 
 12 How can I myself alone 
 hear yonr cnmbrancr, anci yoin- 
 hnrtloTi, and your strife ? 
 
 l!i Takt' you wis<' men, and 
 nnd'T-standinL', ami known a- 
 mon? vour tril>ef», and I will 
 make tln'iu nilers ovit yon, 
 
 14 And yc* answ<'n*d nic, and 
 paid. The thim: whirh thon liant 
 ppokon is coiAfor us t<» do. 
 
 1') So 1 took tiie chief of yonr 
 trilx^p, wise m<'n, and known, 
 and made them heads over yon, 
 raj)tains over thousands, and 
 rai>tainfi over hundreds, and 
 eaptains over fifties, and cap- 
 tains over tens, and oflicers a- 
 num'^ your trilns. 
 
 1(1 And I rhar;j:ed yonr judires 
 at that tini", Ki^viu^', Hear the 
 causes hetween your hrethR-n, 
 and jndi^e rit^hteonsly U'tween 
 evei'f/ man and his hrrither, and 
 tlie stmn^er that is- with him. 
 
 17 Ye Khali not resi>eet persons 
 ill judirment; hut ye sliall hear 
 the small as well as the pi-eat ; 
 ye shall not he afraid of th«' face 
 of man; for the jtid-rmeut t.s- 
 (fod's : and the eanse tliat is 
 too hard for yon, hrinc^ it imto 
 me, and I will hear it. 
 
 15 And I eonmianded yon at 
 that time all the things which 
 ye sliould do. 
 
 19 •' And when we departed 
 from Horeb, -we went thronph 
 all that irreat and terrilde wil 
 
 me ever>' r>ne of yon. and wiid, 
 We will wMid men Iwfore n(*, 
 and they hhall march u« f»nt tho 
 land, and hrinjf n« wonl apaiii 
 hy what way we inu«t ro np, and 
 
 i into what cities we shall come. 
 
 I 2^i And the savimr pleas<-d me 
 well : an<l I took twelve men of 
 y(»u, oni' of a tribe : 
 
 I 24 An«l they turned and went 
 np into the mo\intain.and came 
 unto the valley <»f Eshcol, and 
 seanhed it out. 
 •2-*» And they took of tlie fmit 
 of the land in tlnir handi, and 
 brouudit it <iown nnto us, and 
 brongrlit us wonl acain, and said, 
 
 I // is a,cro<Kl land which the 
 LoiH) our (Jod doth prive us. 
 20 NotwitliKtaiidintr ye would 
 not po np, but relu'lled apainst 
 the commandment of the Lord 
 your Gml: 
 
 27 Ancl ye murmured in your 
 tents, and wn'd, Ik'cause the 
 LoRO hated us, lie hath brouirht 
 us forth out of the land of E- 
 irypt, to deliver US into the hand 
 of the Amorites, to destroy us. 
 2S Whither shall we po up? 
 our brethren have diseouraped 
 our heart, sayinp. The per)ple 
 is preater and taller than we; 
 tlie cities are preat and walled 
 up to heaven ; and moreover 
 we have seen the sons of the 
 Anakims there. 
 2^) Then I said nnto you. 
 Dread not, neither be afraid of 
 them. 
 3<) The LoED yonr God which 
 
 derness. which ye Baw by the poeth before yon, lie shall iipht 
 
 way of the mountain of the A- for yon, acconh'np to all that 
 
 morites, as the Lord our God he did for you in Egypt before 
 
 commanded ns ; and we came your eyes ; 
 
 to Kadesh-baraea. 
 
 31 And in the wilderness. 
 
 20 And I said unto you, Y^'e are where thou hast seen how that 
 come unto the mountain of the ' the Lord thy God bare thee, 
 Amorites, which the Lord our as a man doth bear Ins son, in 
 
 God doth pive unto us. 
 
 21 Behold, the Lord thy God 
 hath set the land before thee : 
 go up and possess it, as the 
 Lord God of thy fathei-s hath 
 said mito thee ; fear not, nei- 
 ther be discom^ged. 
 
 22 ^ And ye came near unto 
 
 all the way that ye went, until 
 ye came into this place. 
 
 32 Y^et in this thing ye did not 
 believe the Lord your God, 
 
 33 Who went in the way be- 
 fore you, to search you out a 
 place to pitch your tents in, in 
 fire by night, to shew you by 
 
DEUTEEONOMY, 
 
 :o, and in 
 
 on their icay 
 
 what way ye should 
 a cloud by day. 
 
 34 And the Lord heard the 
 voice of your words, and was 
 wroth, and sware, saying, 
 
 35 Snrely there shall not one 
 of these men of this evil gene- 
 ration see that good land, which 
 I sware to give unto your fa- 
 thei*s, 
 
 36 Save Caleb the son of Je- 
 phumieh; lie shall see it, and 
 to him will I give the land that 
 he hath trodden upon, and to 
 his children, because he hath 
 wholly followed the Lord, 
 
 37 Also the Lord was angry 
 with me for your salies, saying, 
 Thou also slialt not go in tlu- 
 ther. 
 
 38 But Joshua the son of Nun, 
 which standeth before thee, he 
 shall go in tiiither: encourage 
 iiim : for he shall cause Isia^el 
 to inherit it. 
 
 39 Moreover yom- little ones, 
 which ye said should be a prey, 
 and j^our cliUdren, wliich in tlmt 
 day had no knowledge between 
 good and evil, they shall go in 
 thither, and unto them will I 
 give it, and they shall possess it. 
 
 40 But as for you, tiu^ii you, 
 and take yoiu' journey into the 
 wilderness by the way of the 
 Red sea. 
 
 41 Then ye answered and said 
 imto me, We have sinned &- 
 gainst the Lord, we will go up 
 and fight, according to all tlmt 
 the Lord our God coimnanded 
 us. And when ye had girded on 
 every man liis weapons of war, 
 ye were ready to go up into the 
 
 ^ And the Lord said unto 
 me, Say unto them. Go not up, 
 neither fight; for I am not a^ 
 mong you; lest ye be smitten 
 before your enemies. 
 
 43 So I spake unto you; and 
 ye would not hear, but rebel- 
 led against the commandment 
 of the Lord, and went presump- 
 tuously up into the hill. 
 
 44 And the Amorites, which 
 dwelt in tliat moimtain, came 
 
 n. tmcard Caiman. 
 
 out against you, and chased you, 
 as bees do, and destroyed you 
 ui Seir, even imto Hoimah. 
 
 45 And ye retiu-ned and wept 
 before the Lord ; but the Lord 
 would not hearken to yom* voice, 
 nor give ear unto you. 
 
 4^ So ye abode in Kadesh 
 many days, accorduig mito the 
 days tliat ye abode there, 
 
 CHAPTER IL 
 
 1 Tlie story is continued, that they 
 were )wt to meddle with the Edom- 
 ifes, 9 nor with the 3Ioabites, 17 nor 
 ivith the Ammonites, 21 hut Sihou 
 the Amorite was subdued hy them. 
 
 THEN we turned, and took 
 our journey into the wil- 
 derness by the way of the Red 
 sea, as the Lord spake unto 
 me : and we compassed mount 
 Seir many days. 
 
 2 And the Lord spake unto 
 me, saying, 
 
 3 Ye have compassed this 
 momitain long enough: tmn 
 you northward. 
 
 4 And command thou the 
 people, saying. Ye are to pass 
 tlirough the coast of your bre- 
 thren the childien of Esau, 
 which dwell in Sen; and they 
 shall be afraid of you: take 
 ye good heed unto yomselves 
 therefore : 
 
 5 Meddle not with them; for 
 I will not give you of their 
 land, no, not so much as a foot 
 breadth; because I have given 
 mount Seii' imto Esau for a 
 possession. 
 
 6 Ye shall buy meat of them 
 for money, that ye may eat; 
 and. ye shall also buy water of 
 them for money, that ye may 
 drinl^ 
 
 7 For the Lord thy God 
 hath blessed thee in all the 
 works of thy liand : he know- 
 eth thy walking through tliis 
 great wilderness : these forty 
 years the Lord thy God hath 
 been with thee ; thou hast lack- 
 ed nothing. 
 
 8 And Avhen we passed by 
 from our brethren the cliildi'en 
 of Esau, whieh dwelt in Seir^ 
 
A 'i'ei)etHioii 
 
 DEUTERONO^n', ir. qffonunfhin^. 
 
 tliroupli the wnv of tlio i»lnin ; rliilflrpii of Ammon niv/ t»< -»- 
 
 from Elath, nu'l from Kzion 
 t,'aber, we tunied and pawed 
 hy the way o!" tlie wildeniess 
 of Moab. 
 
 1> And the Lrrnn wn'd imto 
 iins Distress not the :\f(.al>it«'«», 
 neither contend witli them in 
 battle: for I will not jrive tliee 
 of their land y>>r a powes^ion ; 
 becauj*e 1 hav«i Riven Ar unto 
 the children of Lot for a poB- 
 fciession. 
 
 K) The Eminx«» dwelt therein 
 ill tini"P papt. n i>eoi»le preat, 
 and many, and UUl, aa the A- 
 nnkims ; 
 
 11 Which also were ncconnted 
 prinnts, as tin* Anakims ; bnt tlie 
 Bloabitefl call them Knn"nr». 
 
 12 The rionms alsf* dwelt in 
 Seir b<»foretlme ; bnt the chil- 
 dren of ?>an purcceded them, 
 vXvn they had d 'Stroyed them 
 from befon* them, and dwelt in 
 titeir stead; as Ismel did nnto 
 the land of his po^sepsion, Avhicli 
 the T.oRT) L^ave nnto them. 
 
 13 Now rise np, s^id /, and fret 
 yon over the brook Z^rcd. And 
 w<' went over the br(X)k Zered. 
 
 ^VA\ ; becar.fW' I hav<' ^'ivf n 
 it Jinto tlic children of Vm fur 
 a pfmsefvion, 
 
 2) (That nlpo wan nrronnted 
 a land of piftntj^: plants dwelt 
 then'in in old tim<» ; and the 
 Annnoniteg call them Zamzum- 
 minw ; 
 
 21 A people great, nnd nwny, 
 and tAlI, ns the Anakims; bnt 
 the Lord destroyed them W- 
 fore them; and tfiey Piicceeded 
 th«-m, and dw<*lt in th"ir stead: 
 
 *2*2 A« 1h' did to the children of 
 Kr^on, which dwelt in Seir, when 
 lie di^stroyed t?ie H»»rinLs from 
 liefore them ; and they sncceed- 
 ed th'MH, and dwelt in th«*ir stead 
 even unto this day : 
 
 2ti And the Avin>s which dwelt 
 in Hazerim, even nnto Azzah, 
 the C'aphtorims, which came 
 forth ont of Caphtor, destroy- 
 e<l them, and dwelt in their 
 stead.) 
 
 24 ^ Rise ye np, take yonr 
 joTiniey, and pass over tin* i iver 
 Amon : behold. I have piven 
 int^j tljine hand Sihon the A- 
 morite, king of Heshbon, and 
 
 14 And the sjiace in which we hi«<land: bt*frin to T)ossess i7, and 
 
 ., V K'^.l .^1. 1 1 1 Tit. T.: i„ l..-l.i.l„ 
 
 came from Kadesh-baniea, im 
 til we were com?' <jver the brook 
 
 conti'Tid witli him m battle. 
 2.5 I'his day ^ill I beirin Xu Y)\\\ 
 
 Zered, li'us thirty and ei^dit : tlie dread of th«*e and the tear 
 ears; until all the p:eneration i of thee upon the nations tfiat 
 
 t>f tlie men of war were was-ted 
 cut from amon-j: the liost, as the 
 Lord swore imto tliem. 
 1") For indeed the hand of the 
 Lord was aL':ainst them, to de- 
 stroy them from amoni? the host, 
 nn^!l they Avere consumed. 
 
 16 •^ So it came to pass, when 
 all the m-^n of war were con- 
 sumed and dead from among 
 tlie people, 
 
 17 That the Lord spake unto 
 ine, saying, 
 
 IS Thou art to pass over 
 through Ar, the coast of Moab, 
 this day : 
 
 19 A^d tvhen thou comest nigh 
 over against the children of 
 A.mmon, distress them not, nor 
 meddle with them: for I will 
 not give thee of the land of the 
 
 are under the whole heaven, 
 who shall hear report of thee, 
 and shall tremble, and t^e in 
 anirn'sh becanse of thee. 
 
 2i) •* And r sent messenc-ers out 
 of the wiidenK'Ss of Kedernotli 
 unto Sihon king of Ileshbon 
 with words of peace, sayin?, 
 
 27 Let me pass through thy 
 land: I \a\\ go along by \\\i^. 
 liigh way, I will neither turn 
 unto the right hand nor to the 
 left. 
 
 23 Thou shalt sell roe ment 
 for money, that I may eat ; and 
 u:l\Q me vrater for money, that 
 I may drink : only I will pass 
 throuirh on my feet ; 
 
 29 (As the children of Esau 
 which dwell in Seir, and the 
 Moabites which dwell in Ar, 
 
Sihitn and 
 
 DEUTERONO]\IY, III. 
 
 Og overcome , 
 
 did unto me;) until I shall pass 
 over Jordan into the land which 
 the Lord oiu- God giveth us. 
 313 But Sihon kmg of Heshbon 
 would not let us pass by him: 
 for the LoED thy God hard- 
 ened Ms spu'it, and made his 
 lieaii obstinate, that he might 
 deliver him into thy hand, as 
 appeareih this day. 
 
 31 And the Lord said unto 
 me, Behold, I have begun to 
 give Sihon and his land before 
 thee : begin to possess, that thou 
 mayest inherit his land. 
 
 32 Then Sihon came out a- 
 gaiiist us, he and all his people, 
 to light at Jahaz. 
 
 33 And the Lord our God de- 
 livered him before us; and we 
 smote him, and his sons, and all 
 his people. 
 
 34 And we took all his cities at 
 that time, and utterly destroyed 
 the men, and the women, and 
 the little ones, of every city, we 
 left none to remain : 
 
 35 Only the cattle we took for 
 a prey unto ourselves, and the 
 spoil of the cities which we 
 took. 
 
 36 From Aroer, which is by 
 the Irrink of the river of Arnon, 
 2iri6. from the city that is by the 
 river, even mito Gilead, there 
 was not one city too strong for 
 iLs : the Lord our God deliver- 
 ed all unto us : 
 
 37 Only unto the land of the 
 children of Amnion thou cam- 
 est not, nor unto any place of 
 the river Jabbok, nor unto the 
 cities in the mountains, nor un- 
 to whatsoever the Lord our God 
 forbad us. 
 
 CHAPTER IIL 
 iTlie sfory cfthe conquest ofOg Mng 
 of Bashan. 11 The bigness of Ms 
 heel. 12 The disfrihufion of those 
 hinds to the two ti-ihes and half. 23 
 3IosPs' prayer to enter into the land. 
 23 He is permitted to see it. 
 
 THEiS" we turned, and went 
 up the way to Bashan : and 
 Og the king of Bashan came 
 out against us, he and all his 
 people, to battle at Edrei. 
 
 2 And the Lord said unto me, 
 Fear liim not : for I will deliver 
 him, and all his people, and his 
 land, into thy hand; and thou 
 shalt do unto liim as thou didst 
 imto Sihon king of the Anior- 
 ites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 
 
 3 So the Lord our God de- 
 livered into our hands Og also, 
 the king of Bashan, and all his 
 people : and we smote him until 
 none was left to liim remaining. 
 
 4 And we took all his cities at 
 that time, there was not a city 
 which we took not from theni, 
 tlireescore cities, all the region 
 of Argob, the kingdom of Og in 
 Bashan. 
 
 5 All these cities ivere fenced 
 with high walls, gates, and bars; 
 beside unwalled towns a great 
 many. 
 
 6 And we utterly destroyed 
 them, as we did unto Sihon 
 king of Heshbon, utterly de- 
 stroying the men, women, and 
 children, of e^'eiy city. 
 
 7 But all the cattle, and the 
 spoil of the cities, we took for a 
 prey to ourselves. 
 
 8 iVnd we took at that time 
 out of the hand of the two Idngs 
 of the Amorites the land that 
 was on this side Jordan, from 
 the river of Arnon unto mount 
 Hermon _; 
 
 9 {Which Hermon the Sido- 
 nians call Sirion; and the A- 
 morites call it Shenir ;) 
 
 10 All the cities of the plain, 
 and all Gilead, and all Bashan, 
 unto Salchah and Edrei, cities 
 of the kingdom of Og in Ba- 
 shan. 
 
 11 For only Og king of Bashan 
 remained of the remnant of gi- 
 ants; behold, his bedstead ivas 
 a bedstead of iron ; is it not in 
 Eabbath of the children of Am- 
 mon ? nine cubits was the length 
 thereof, and four cubits the 
 breadth of it, after the cubit of 
 a man. 
 
 12 And this land, which we 
 possessed at that time, from 
 Aroer, which is by the river 
 Arnon, and half mount Gilead, 
 
TJte ilietrtUiiion DEUTERONOI^IY, IV. 
 
 of Ote huul. 
 
 aud the fities Uiereaf, pave I 
 unto tlie IJeubeiiiteB and to tlie 
 Ciaditep. 
 13 And the rent of CJilead, and 
 all Banlian, lie'uif( the kin'-'doni 
 of Ok, gave 1 \uito thf half triln.' 
 
 tlie Lord your God he bhull 
 
 tight for you. 
 
 2:^ And! Ix'Pought the LoiiD 
 at that time, saying, 
 
 24 l^ord (ioii, thou hast Ih?- 
 gun to shew tliy wnant thy 
 
 t)f Manasseh ; all the region of greatness, and thy miglity hand : 
 
 ' ' ' for wluit(i(xl tA//t^r<? in hea\« n 
 
 or in earth, that ean do accord- 
 ing t<» thy works, and tu'eording 
 to thy might? 
 
 2"* 1 i>iay thee, let me go over, 
 jnid H-e the g(K;d land that in 
 Inyoncl Jordan, that goodly 
 mountain, and Lebanon. 
 
 2(1 But the Loud wan wmth 
 witli me for your saken, and 
 uould n<»t hear me: and the 
 LtniD wiid unto rae, Let it huJ- 
 ti<*e thee; niR-ak 110 more unto 
 me of this matter. 
 
 27 (Jet thee wy into the top ((f 
 Piftgah, an<l lift ujt thine eyeH 
 westward, and northward, and 
 Rjutlnvard, and eastward, and 
 Inliold it with thine eyes: lor 
 thou shalt not go over this 
 Jordan. 
 
 28 lint charcfe Jo#>huH, and en- 
 courage him, and strengthen 
 him: for he shall go (Aer he- 
 fore this iKjople, (Uid he sliall 
 cauBe them txj inherit the land 
 which thou shalt see. 
 
 21) 80 we abode in the \ alley 
 over agahist Beth-i)eor. 
 
 Argob, with all Bashan, which 
 was called the land ((f giants. 
 
 14 Jair the son of ManasK-h 
 took all the cuimtry of Argob 
 unto the coasts of (Jeshuri and 
 IMaachathi; and called them 
 after his own name, Bjislifm- 
 havoth-jjiir unto this day. 
 
 1.5 And I gave CJileod unto 
 I\Iachir. 
 
 HI And imto the Reul)enites 
 and unto the (Jadites I gave 
 from (rilead«'ven unto the river 
 Anion half the valley, and the 
 border even unto the river Jab- 
 bok, which is the border of the 
 children of Amnion; 
 
 17 Th(i i)lain also, and Jordan, 
 and the coast thereof, IVom 
 Chinnereth even unto the sea 
 of the plain, even the salt sea, 
 under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward. 
 
 18 *^ And I commanded vou at 
 that time, Siiying, The Lono 
 vour CJod hath gi\en you tliis 
 land to i)ossess it : ye shall pass 
 over armed l>elore your bre- 
 thren the children of Israel, all 
 that are meet ft)r the war. 
 
 19 But your wives, and your 
 little ones, and your cattle, {for 
 I know that ye have much cat- 
 tle,) shall abide in yoiu- cities 
 which I have given you ; 
 
 20 Lentil the Lord have given 
 rest unto your brethren, as well 
 as unto you, and until they aLso 
 possess the land wliich tlie Lokd , . 
 your God liath given them be- | ye may live, and go in and i)os- 
 yond Jordan: and then shall ye sees the land which the Lokd 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 \ An exhortation to oitfdUnce. 41 
 M0H8 ((ppoi)iteth the three eUug of 
 refuge on that aide Jordan. 
 
 "IV'OW therefore hearken, () 
 X^ Israel, unto the stiitutes 
 and unto tlie judgments, which 
 I teach you, for to do them, that 
 
 return every man mito his pcs- 
 gession, which I have given you. 
 21 IF And I commanded Joshua 
 at that time, saying, TMne eyes 
 have seen all that the Loud your 
 God hath done unto these two 
 kings : so shall the Lord do un- 
 to all the kingdoms whither thou 
 
 22 Ye shall not fear them : for 
 
 God of your fatliers giveth you. 
 
 2 Ye shall not add unto the 
 word which I command you, 
 neither shaU ye diminish ought 
 from it, that ye may keep the 
 commandments of the Lord 
 your God which I command 
 you. 
 
 3 Your eyes have seen what 
 the Lord did because of Baal- 
 
DEUTERONOMY, IV. 
 
 to obedience. 
 
 peor: for all the men that fol- 
 lowed Baal-peor, the Lord thy 
 God hath destroyed them from 
 among you. 
 
 4 But ye that did cleave imto 
 the Lord your God are alive 
 every one of you this day. 
 
 5 Behold, I have taught you 
 statutes and judgments, even as 
 the Lord my God commanded 
 me, that ye should do so in the 
 land whither ye go to possess 
 it. 
 
 6 Keep therefore and do them ; 
 for this is your wisdom and 
 your understanding in the sight 
 of the nations, which shall hear 
 all these statutes, and say, Sure- 
 ly this great nation is a wise and 
 understanding people. 
 
 7 For what nation is there so 
 great, who hath God so nigh 
 imto them, as the Lord our 
 God is in all things that we 
 call upon him /or ? 
 
 8 And what nation is there so 
 great, that hath statutes and 
 judgments so righteous as all 
 this law, which I set before you 
 this day ? 
 
 9 Only take heed to thyself, 
 and keep thy soul diligently, 
 lest thou forget the things which 
 thuie eyes have seen, and lest 
 they depart from thy heart all 
 the days of thy life : but teach 
 them thy sons, and thy sons' 
 sons ; 
 
 10 Specially the day that thou 
 stoodest before the Lord thy God 
 in Horeb, when the Lord said 
 imto me, 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 shall Kve upon the 
 earth, and that they may teach 
 their children. 
 
 11 And ye came near and stood 
 under the mountain; and the 
 mountain burned with fire un- 
 to the midst of heaven, with 
 darkness, clouds, and thick 
 darkness. 
 
 12 And the Lord spake unto 
 you out of the midst of the fire : 
 ye heard the voice of the words. 
 
 but saw no similitude ; only ye 
 heard a voice. 
 
 13 And he declared unto you 
 his covenant, which he com- 
 manded you to perform, even 
 ten commandments; and he 
 wrote them upon two tables of 
 stone. 
 
 14 \ And the Lord commanded 
 me at that time to teach you 
 statutes and judgments, that ye 
 might do them in the land whi- 
 ther ye go over to possess it. 
 
 15 Take ye therefore good heed 
 unto yourselves ; for ye saw no 
 manner of similitude on the day 
 that the Lord spake unto you 
 in Horeb out of the midst of the 
 fire: 
 
 16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, 
 and make you a graven image, 
 the similitude of any figure, the 
 likeness of male or female, 
 
 17 The likeness of any beast 
 that is on the earth, the like- 
 ness of any winged fowl that 
 flieth in the air, 
 
 18 The likeness of any thing 
 that creepeth on the ground, the 
 likeness of any fish that is in 
 the waters beneath the earth : 
 
 19 And lest thou lift up thine 
 eyes unto heaven, and when 
 thou seest the sun, and the 
 moon, and the stars, even all 
 the host of heaven, shouldest 
 be driven to worship them, and 
 serve them, which the Lord 
 thy God hath divided unto all 
 nations under the whole heaven. 
 
 20 But the Lord hath taken 
 you, and brought you forth out 
 of the iron furnace, even out of 
 Egypt, to be unto him a people 
 of inheritance, as ye are this 
 day. 
 
 21 Furthermore the Lord was 
 angry with me for your sakes, 
 and sware that I should not go 
 over Jordan, and that I should 
 not go in unto that good land, 
 which the Lord thy God givetli 
 thee. /or an inheritance : 
 
 22 But I must die in this land, 
 I must not go over Jordan : but 
 ye shall go over, and possess 
 that good land. 
 
GoiVs especial 
 
 DEITERONOlVrY, IV. regard to IsnuL 
 
 23 Take heed unto yourselves, I earth, ni»d auk from tlie one 
 l«'st ye foriiX't tlie tt)vei)ant ol siiJe of luaven unto tlje (.tin r, 
 tlie LoiU) your (Jtxl, wlikli lie whether tliere hath l»eeii (tat/ 
 made witli you, and make yuu sucU tliiiig as this ^reat tiling 
 
 a j-qaven iniaj^a*, or the likenet^s 
 nt any tJiintc, which the I.oim 
 tliy (iod hatli forbidden thee. 
 
 or hath been heaixl like itV 
 
 '.i\ Did ever i>eo]ile hear tlu» 
 
 I voici' of (io<i HpeakiuK <>i«t of 
 
 '24 For tlie Loiu> thy (iod iV the midst of the tire, as thou 
 a consuming fire, ecen a jealous hast heard, and li>eV 
 
 (Jed. 
 
 'M Or halh (iod assayed to tro 
 
 2.1 *[ ^Vhen thou shall bejret and take him a r.ation from th« 
 < hildren, and children's chil- 1 midst of another natioji, by 
 • hen, and ye shall have remain- ! temptations, l»y signs, and by 
 
 d louK in the land, and shall 
 orruitt f/tfuraelres, and make 
 
 wonders, and by Mnr, and by a 
 niii^hty hand, and by a stret<'h- 
 
 giaven imajjre, or the likenet-s ed out arm, and by threat ter- 
 I f any tliini^, and shall do e\il roix, according to all that the 
 
 Loui> your Ciod did for yini in 
 E^ynt before your eyes? 
 'X'i Into thee it was shewed. 
 
 iii the siirlit of the Loun thy 
 (iod. to }»iovoke him to anger: 
 2G 1 (all heaven and c^arth to 
 
 w itness against you this day, I that thou mightest know that 
 that ye shall soon utterly perisli i the Loiu> he is (iod; there in 
 
 none else beside him. 
 3i) Out (f heaven he made theo 
 shall not i»r(»long your days \ to bear his voice, tliat he might 
 
 liom t»lf the land whereiinto ye 
 CO (>ver Jordan to i»ok<css it; 
 
 upon it, but shall utterly be 
 d.-stn.yed. 
 *J7 And the Lord sluiU scat- 
 
 instruct thee: and uiK>n earth 
 he shewed thee his great tire; 
 and thou heardest his words out 
 
 . ou among the nations, and oj the mitlst of the tire, 
 ye shall be left few in number I 37 And because he loved tliy 
 ;iniong the heathen, whither the fathers, therefore he chose their 
 
 i.»>iti> shall lead you. 
 
 I seed after them, and brought 
 
 :28 And there ye shall ser>e thee out in liis sight^ with hifi 
 ^ods, the work of men's hands, | mighty i)(»wer out of Egypt ; 
 wood and stone, which neither' 38 To (hive out nations from 
 see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. | before thee gix'ater and migh- 
 
 29 But if from tlience thou tier than thou «;•/, to bring tlieti 
 shalt seek the Loun thy God, in, to give thee their laiid/J^r an 
 thou shalt tind htm, if thou inheritance, as 27 ?a' tliis day, 
 seek him with all thy heait and ' 30 Know therefore this day, 
 w ith all thy soid. i and consider it in thine heart, 
 
 30 AVhen thou art in tribula- 1 that the Lord he is God in hea- 
 tion, and all these things are ven above, and upon the earth 
 come upon thee, eveji in the beneath: /A^r^ u^ none else, 
 latter days, if thou turn to tlie 4<j Thou shalt keep thereloi e 
 Lord thy God, and shalt be his statutes, and his command- 
 
 obedient unto Ms voice ; 
 
 ; meiits, which I command thee 
 
 31 (For the Lord thy God is this day, that it may go well 
 a merciful God ;) he will not with thee, and with thy chil- 
 forsake thee, neither destroy ! dren after thee, and that thou 
 tliee, nor forget the covenant mayest jjrolong thi/ days upon 
 of thy fathers which he sware the earth, which the Lord thy 
 unto them. \ God giveth thee, for ever. 
 
 32 For ask now of the days \ 41 ^ Then Moses severed three 
 that are past, which were be- cities on this side Jordan to- 
 fore thee, since the day that wai d the sim rising ; 
 
 God created meji upon the 42 That the slayer miglit flee 
 
The covenant 
 
 thither, which should kill his 
 neighbour unawares, and hated 
 him not in times past ; and that 
 fleeing imto one of these cities 
 he might live : 
 
 43 Namel?/, Bezer in the wil- 
 derness, in the plain country, 
 of the Eeubenites ; and Kamoth 
 in Gilead, of the Gadites ; and 
 
 ' Golan in Bashan, of the Ma- 
 nassites. 
 
 44 IT And this is the law which 
 Moses set before the childien of 
 Israel : 
 
 45 These are the testimonies, 
 and the statutes, and the judg- 
 ments, which Moses spake un- 
 to the children of Israel, after 
 they came forth out of Egypt, 
 
 ' 46 On this side Jordan, in the 
 ! valley over against Beth-peor, 
 i in the land of Sihon king of 
 the Amorites, who dwelt at 
 Heshbon, whom Moses and the 
 children of Israel smote, after 
 they were come forth out of 
 Egypt : 
 
 47 And they possessed his land, 
 and the land of Og king of Ba- 
 shan, two kings of the Amor- 
 ites, which were on this side 
 Jordan toward the sun rising ; 
 
 48 From Aroer, which is by 
 the bank of the river Amon, 
 even unto mount Sion, which 
 is Hermon, 
 
 49 And all the plain on this 
 side Jordan eastward, even mi- 
 to the sea of the plain, under 
 the springs of Pisgah. 
 • CHAPTER V. 
 1 The covenant in Horeh. 6 17^6 fen 
 
 commandments. 22 At the people's 
 request Moses receivetli the lawfr&m 
 God. 
 
 A ND Moses called all Israel, 
 -£JL and said unto them. Hear, 
 ©Israel, the statutes and judg- 
 ments which I speak in your 
 ears this day, that ye may learn 
 them, and keep, and do them. 
 
 2 The Lord our God made a 
 covenant with us in Horeb. 
 
 3 The Lord made not this co- 
 venant with our fathers, but 
 with us, even us, who are all 
 of us here alive this day. 
 
 DEUTEEONOMY, V. in lloveh. 
 
 4 The Lord talked with you 
 face to face in the mount out 
 of the midst of the fire, 
 
 5 (I stood between the Lord 
 and you at that time, to shcAv 
 j^ou the word of the Lord : for 
 ye were afraid by reason of the 
 fire, and went not up into the 
 mount;) saying, 
 
 6 IF I «m the Lord thy God, 
 which brought thee out of the 
 land of Egypt, from the house 
 of bondage. 
 
 7 Thou shalt have none other 
 gods before me. 
 
 8 Thou shalt not make thee 
 ani/ graven image, or any like- 
 ness of any thing that is in 
 heaven above, or that is in the 
 earth beneath, or that is in the 
 waters beneath the earth : 
 
 9 Thou shalt not bow down 
 thyself unto them, nor serve 
 them : for I the Lord thy God 
 am a jealous God, visiting the 
 iniquity of the fathers upon the 
 children unto the third and 
 fourth generation of them that 
 hate me, 
 
 10 And shewing mercy unto 
 thousands of them that love me 
 and keep my commandments. 
 
 11 Thou shalt not take the 
 name of the Lord thy God in 
 vain: for the Lord will not 
 hold Mm guiltless that tal^eth 
 his name in vain. 
 
 12 Keep the sabbath day to 
 sanctify it, as the Lord thy 
 God hath commanded thee. 
 
 13 Six days thou shalt labour, 
 and do all thy work : 
 
 14 But the seventh day is the 
 sabbath of the Lord thy God : 
 in it thou shalt not do any 
 work, thou, nor thy son, nor 
 thy daughter, nor thy manser- 
 vant, nor thy maidservant, nor 
 thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any 
 of thy cattle, nor thy stranger 
 that is within thy gates; that 
 thy manservant and thy maid- 
 servant may rest as well as thou. 
 
 15 And remember that thou 
 wast a servant in the land of 
 Egypt, and that the Lord thy 
 God brought thee out thenee 
 
The ten 
 
 DEUTEEONOlVrY, VI. 
 
 commandments. 
 
 tlivougli a mighty hand and by I 
 a stretched out arm : therefore 
 tlie Lord thy God commanded 
 tliee to Iceep the sabbath day. | 
 l(j *[ Honour thy fother and 
 tliy mother, as the Lord thy 
 God hath commanded thee ; 
 that thy days may be prolong- 
 ed, and that it may go well 
 with thee, in the land which the 
 liORD thy God giveth thee. 
 
 17 Thou Shalt not kill. 
 
 18 Neither shalt thou commit 
 adultery. 
 
 19 Neither shalt thou steal. 
 
 20 Neither shalt thou bear false 
 witness against thy neighbour. 
 
 21 Neither shalt thou desire 
 thy neighbour's wife, neither 
 shalt thou co^et thy neighboiu's 
 house, liis licld, or his manser- 
 ^ant, or his maidservant, liis 
 ox, or his ass, or any thing- that 
 «.? thy neighbour's. 
 
 22 ^ These words the Lord 
 spake unto all your assembly 
 in the mount out of the midst 
 of the fire, of the cloud, and of 
 the thick darlmess, with a great 
 voice: and he added no more. 
 And he wrote them in two ta- 
 bles of stone, and delivered 
 them unto me. 
 
 23 And it came to pasf3, when 
 ye heard the voice out of the 
 midst of the darkness, (tor the 
 mountain did burn with fixe,) 
 that ye came near unto me, 
 even all the heads of your 
 tribts, and your elders; 
 
 24 And ye said, Beiiold, the 
 Lord our God hath shewed us 
 his glory and his greatness, and 
 we have heard his ^oice out of 
 the midst of the fire : we have 
 seen this day that God doth 
 tallv mth man, and he liveth. 
 
 25 Now therefore why should 
 we die? for this great fire vdll 
 consume us : if we hear the 
 voice of the Lord our God any 
 more, then we shall die, 
 
 2G For who is there o/all flesh, 
 tliat hath heard the \oice of the 
 living God speaking out of the 
 midst of the fire, as we have, 
 and lived? 
 
 27 Go thou near, and hear all 
 that the Lord our God shall 
 say: and speak thou unto i.s 
 ali that the Lord our God slmll 
 speak imto thee ; and we will 
 hear it, and do it. 
 
 28 And the Lord heard the 
 voice of your words, when ye 
 spake unto me; and the Lord 
 said unto me, I liave heard the 
 voice of the words of this peo- 
 ple, which they have spoken lui- 
 to thee : they have v^ell said all 
 that they have spoken. 
 
 29 O that there were such an 
 heart in them, that they would 
 fear me, and keep all my com- 
 mandments always, that it 
 might be well with them, and 
 with their children for ever ! 
 
 30 Go say to them. Get you 
 into your tents again. 
 
 31 But as for thee, stand tliou 
 here by me, and I viill speak 
 unto thee all the command- 
 ments, and the statutes, and 
 the judgments, which thou 
 shalt teach them, that thev 
 may do them in the land which 
 I give them to possess it. 
 
 32 Ye shall observe to do there- 
 fore as the Lord your God hath 
 commanded you: ye shall not 
 turn aside to the right irnnd or 
 to the left. 
 
 33 Ye shall walk in all the 
 ways which the Lord your God 
 hath commanded you, that ye 
 may live, and that it may he 
 Avell vvith you, and that ye may 
 prolong your days in the land 
 which ye sliall possess. 
 
 CHAPTER VL 
 
 1 Tlie end of the laui is obedience. 
 
 3 An exhortation thereto. 
 
 "VTOW these «r^ the com- 
 l-H mandments, the statutes, 
 and the judgments, which the 
 Lord your God commanded to 
 teach you, that ye might do 
 them in the land whither ye go 
 to possess it : 
 
 2 That thou mightest fear the 
 Lord thy God, to keep all 
 his statutes and his command- 
 ments, which I command thee, 
 
All e.i'lmiation 
 
 DEUTERONOMY, YI. 
 
 to obedience: 
 
 tlion, and thy son, and tliy 
 son's son, all tlie days of thy 
 life ; and that thy days may be 
 prolonged. 
 
 3 ^ Hear therefore, O Israel, 
 and observe, to do it; that it 
 may be well with tliee, and that 
 ye may increase mightily, as the 
 Lord God of thy fathers hath 
 promised thee, in the land that 
 liowetli with miEs: and honey. 
 
 4 Hear, O Israel: The Loed 
 onr God is one Lord : 
 
 5 And thou shait love the 
 Lord thy God with all thine 
 heart, and with all thy sonl, 
 and with all thy might. 
 
 6 And these words, wliich I 
 command thee this day, shall 
 be in thine heart : 
 
 7 And thon shalt teach them 
 diligently nnto thy children, 
 and shait talli of them when 
 thou sittest in thine honse, and 
 when tlion walkest by the way, 
 and when thon liest down, and 
 when thon risest up. 
 
 8 And thou shalt bind them 
 for a sign upon thine hand, and 
 they shall be as frontlets be- 
 tween thine eyes. 
 
 9 And thou shalt wi"ite them 
 upon the posts of thy house, 
 and on thy gates. 
 
 10 And it shall be, when 
 the Loed thy God shall have 
 brought thee into the land 
 which he sware unto thy fa- 
 thers, to Abraham, to Isaac, 
 and to Jacob, to give thee great 
 and gcocliy cities, which thou 
 buildedst not, 
 
 11 And houses full of all good 
 things, vvhich thou filledst not, 
 and weHs digged, wliich thou 
 diggedst not, ^dneyards and 
 olive trees, which thou plant- 
 edst not ; when thou shalt have 
 eaten and be full ; 
 
 12 Then beware lest thou for- 
 get the Lord, which brought 
 thee forth out of the land of 
 Egypt, from the house of bond- 
 age. 
 
 13 Tliou shalt fear the Lord 
 thy God, and serve him, and 
 slialt swear by his name. 
 
 14 Ye shall not go after other 
 gods, of the gods of the people 
 which are round about you ; 
 
 15 (For the Lord thy God is 
 a jealous God among you) lest 
 the anger of the Lord thy God 
 be kindled against thee, and 
 destroy thee from off" the face 
 of the earth. 
 
 16 IF Ye shall not tempt the 
 Lord your God, as ye tempted 
 him in Massah. 
 
 17 Ye shaU diligently keep the 
 commanchnents of the Lord 
 your God, and his testimonies, 
 and his statutes, which he hath 
 commanded thee. 
 
 18 And thou shalt do that 
 which is right and good in the 
 sight of the Lord : that it may 
 be well with thee, and that thou 
 mayest go in and possess the 
 good land which the Lord sware 
 unto thy fathers, 
 
 19 To cast out all thine ene- 
 mies from before thee, as the 
 Lord hath spoken. 
 
 20 And when thy son asketh 
 thee in time to come, saying, 
 What mean the testimonies, 
 and the statutes, and the judg- 
 ments, wliich the Lord our God 
 hath commanded you ? 
 
 21 Then thou shalt say unto 
 thy son, Yv^'e were Pharaoh's 
 bondmen in Egypt; and the 
 Lord brought us out of Egypt 
 with a mighty hand : 
 
 22 And the Lord shewed signs 
 and wonders, great and sore, 
 upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, ancl 
 upon all his household, before 
 our eyes : 
 
 23 And he brought us out from 
 thence, that he might bring i:s 
 in, to give us the land which he 
 sware unto our fathers. 
 
 24 And the Lord commanded 
 us to do all these statutes, to fear 
 the Lord our God, for our good 
 always, that he might preserve 
 us alive, &s it is at tliis day. 
 
 25 And it shall be our right- 
 eousness, if we observe to do all 
 these commandments before the 
 Lord our God, as he hath com- 
 manded us. 
 
DEUTERONOMY, VII. noHcms fmlidden. 
 
 Lord brouprlit you out with a 
 mijj:lity liaiul, and redecim d you 
 out of tlie liouRe of bouduieii, 
 from tlie baud of I'baraob king 
 of E^'ypt. 
 
 1> Know therefore that tlic 1><iri» 
 tliy God, lie is Gml, the laitliful 
 Go(i, which keepeth ccnenant 
 and merry witli them that b)ve 
 liim and keep liis ((jmmand- 
 ments to a thouf^and t'e"t*ra- 
 tions; 
 
 10 And repayeth tliem that 
 liate liim to tlieir face, to de- 
 stroy them : lie will not be s'ack 
 to him that liateth him, he will 
 
 cj-av him to his face. 
 
 11 'riiou Bhalt therefore keep 
 the conmiandments , and the 
 
 and the judgments, 
 command thee this 
 day, to do them. 
 
 12 •[ Wherefore it shall come 
 to pass, if ye hearken to these 
 jud^^ments, and keep, and do 
 them, that the Lobd thy God 
 shall keep unto thee the cove- 
 nant and the mercy wliich he 
 
 Caimnuiiion tcith 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 1 All communion irifh the nations is 
 fathidibn, 4 for fear of idolntrff, 
 ti for the holiuesH of the ppopie, 9 
 for the mtttire of God in his nwrry 
 and justice, 11 for the assuredness 
 of victory which God will give over 
 them. 
 
 WHEN the Lord thy God 
 shall brinj,' thee into the 
 land whither thc»u poest to pos- 
 sess it, and bath cast out many 
 nations before thee, the Hittites, 
 and the Girgashites, and the 
 Amorites, and the CanaanitiCS, 
 and the Perizzites, and the Hi- 
 vites, and the Jebusites, seven 1 1 
 nations j^reater and mightier 
 than thou; 
 
 2 And when the Lord thy God , statutes 
 shall deliver them before thee ; | wliieh I 
 thou shalt smite them, attd ut- 
 terly destroy tlajm ; thou shalt 
 make no covenant with them, 
 nor shew mercy unto them : 
 
 3 Neither shalt thou make mar- 
 n'aires with them; thy daughter 
 thou shalt not give unto his son, 
 
 nor his daughter shalt thou take sware unto thy fathers : 
 
 unto thy son 
 
 4 For they will tuni away thy 
 son from following me, that they 
 may serve other gods : so will 
 the anger of the Lord be kin- 
 dled against you, and destroy 
 thee suddenly. 
 
 But thus shall ye deal with 
 them; ye shall destroy their 
 altars, and break down tlieir 
 images, and cut down tlieir 
 groves, and bum their graven 
 images with fire. 
 
 6 For thou art an holy people 
 unto the Lord thy God: the 
 Lord thy God hath chosen thee 
 to be a special people unto him- 
 self, above all people that are 
 upon the face of the earth. 
 
 7 The Lord did not set his 
 love upon yon, nor choose you, 
 because ye were more in num- 
 ber than any people ; for ye 
 ivcre the fewest of all people : 
 
 8 But because the Lord loved 
 you, and because he would keep 
 the oath which he had sworn 
 unto your fathers, hath the 
 
 I 13 And he will love thee, and 
 bless thee, and multiply thee : 
 he will also bless the fruit of 
 thy womb, and the fruit of thy 
 land, thy com, and thy wine, 
 and thine oil, the increase of thy 
 kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, 
 in the land w liicli he sware un- 
 to thy fatheis to give thee. 
 
 14 Thou shalt be blessed above 
 all people : there shall not be 
 male or female barren among 
 you, or among your cattle. 
 
 15 And the Lord will take 
 away from thee all sickness, and 
 will put none of the evil diseases 
 of Egypt, which thou knowest, 
 upon thee ; but will lay them 
 upon all ihem that hate thee. 
 
 16 And thou shalt consume all 
 the people which the Lord thy 
 God shall deliver thee ; thine 
 eye shall have no pity upon 
 them : neither shalt thou serve 
 their gods; for that will he a 
 snare unto thee. 
 
 17 If thou shalt say in thine 
 heart, These nations are more 
 
An exlioHaUon 
 
 DEUTERONOMY, YIII. 
 
 to obedience. 
 
 than I; how can I dispossess 
 them ? 
 
 18 Thou shalt not be afraid of 
 them : but shalt well remember 
 what the Lord thy God did un- 
 to Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt ; 
 
 19 The great temptations which 
 thine eyes saw, and the signs, 
 and the wonders, and the mighty 
 hand, and the stretched out arm, 
 whereby the Loed thy God 
 brought thee out : so shall the 
 Lord thy God do unto all the 
 per pie of whom thou art afraid. 
 
 20 Moreover the Lord thy God 
 will send the hornet among 
 them, until they that are left, 
 and hide themselves from thee, 
 be destroyed. 
 
 21 Thou shalt not be affright- 
 ed at them: for the Lord thy 
 God is among you, a mighty 
 God and terrible. 
 
 22 And the Lord thy God 
 will put out those nations be- 
 fore thee by little and Httle : 
 thou mayest not consume them 
 at once, lest the beasts of the 
 field im^rease upon thee. 
 
 23 But the Lord thy God 
 shall deliver them unto thee, 
 and shall destroy them with a 
 mighty destruction, until they 
 be destroyed. 
 
 24 And he shall deliver their 
 kings into thine hand, and thou 
 shalt destroy their name from 
 under heaven: there shall no 
 man be able to stand before 
 thee, until thou have destroyed 
 them. 
 
 25 The graven images of their 
 gods shall ye burn with fire: 
 thou shalt not desire the silver 
 or gold that is on them, nor 
 take it unto thee, lest thou be 
 snared therein : for it is an abo- 
 mination to the Lord thy God. 
 
 26 Neither shalt thou bring an 
 abomination into thine house, 
 lest thou be a cursed thing like 
 it : but thou shalt utterly detest 
 it, and thou shalt utterly abhor 
 it ; for it is a cm-sed thing. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 An exhortation to obedience in regard 
 
 of God's dealing with them. 
 
 AL L the commandments 
 . which I command thee 
 this day shall ye observe to do, 
 that ye may live, and multiply, 
 and go in and possess the land 
 which the Lord sware unto 
 your fathers. 
 
 2 And thou shalt remember all 
 the way which the Lord thy 
 God led thee these forty years 
 in the wilderness, to humble 
 thee, and to prove thee, to 
 know what was in thine heart, 
 whether thou wouldest keep his 
 commandments, or no. 
 
 3 And he humbled thee, and 
 suffered thee to hunger, and fed 
 thee with manna, which thou 
 knewest not, neither did thy 
 fathers know; that he might 
 make thee know that man doth 
 not live by bread only, but by 
 every word that proceedeth out 
 of the mouth of the Lord doth 
 man live. 
 
 4 Thy raiment waxed not old 
 upon thee, neither did thy foot 
 swell, these forty years. 
 
 5 Thou shalt also consider in 
 thine heart, that, as a man chas- 
 teneth his son, so the Lord thy 
 God chasteneth thee. 
 
 6 Therefore thou shalt keep 
 the commandments of the Lord 
 thy God, to walk in his ways, 
 and to fear him. 
 
 7 For the Lord thy God 
 bringeth thee into a good land, 
 a land_ of brooks of water, of 
 fountains and depths that spring 
 out of valleys and hills ; 
 
 8 A land of wheat, and barley, 
 and vines, and fig trees, and 
 pomegranates; a land of oil 
 olive, and honey ; 
 
 9 A land wherein thou shalt 
 eat bread without scarceness, 
 thou shalt not lack any thing- 
 in it; a land whose stones are 
 iron, and out of whose hills 
 thou mayest dig brass. 
 
 10 When thou hast eaten and 
 art full, then thou shalt bless 
 the Lord thy God for the good 
 land which he hath given thee. 
 
 11 Beware that thou forget not 
 the Lord thy God, in not keep- 
 
Moses rehears Jh DEUTERONOMY, IX. 
 
 the S'{\i(d 
 
 iiig liis commandments, and 
 h'lB judgments, and liis ptatntes, 
 M hich I command thee this day : 
 
 12 Lest ivhen thou hast eaten 
 and art full, and hast built good- 
 ly houses, and dwelt therein ; 
 
 13 And ivhen thy herds and 
 thy flocks multiply, and thy 
 silver and tliy gold is multi- 
 plied, and all that thou hast is 
 multiplied ; 
 
 14 Then thine heart be lifted 
 up, and thou forget the Lokd 
 thy God, -which brought thee 
 forth out of the land of Egypt, 
 from the house of bondage ; 
 
 15 Who led thee through that 
 great and terrible 'svilderness, 
 wherein luere fiery serpents, 
 and scoriHons, and drought, 
 where there was no -water; 
 who bi'ought thee forth -water 
 out of the rock of flint ; 
 
 16 Who fed thee in the -v\'il- 
 deniess with maima, which thy 
 fathers knew not, that he might 
 humble thee, and that he might 
 l)rove thee, to do thee good at 
 thy latter end; 
 
 17 And thou say in thine heart. 
 ^ly poAver and the miglit of 
 mine hand hath gotten me tliis 
 wealth. 
 
 18 But thou shalt remember 
 the Lord thy God: for it is he I 
 that giveth thee power to get I 
 wealth, that he may establish \ 
 his covenant which he sware un- | 
 to thy fathers, as it is this day. | 
 
 19 And it shall be, if thou do 
 at all forget the Lord thy God, 
 and walk after other gods, and 
 serve them, and worship them, 
 I testify against you this day 
 that ye shall surely perish. | 
 
 20 As the nations which the [ 
 Lord destroyeth before your 
 face, so shall ye perish; be- 
 cause ye would not be obedi- 
 ent unto the voice of the Lord 
 your God. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 3Ioses dismo.defh them from the opi- 
 nion of their own righteousness, by 
 rehearsing their several rebellions. 
 
 HEAR, O Israel: Thou art 
 to pass over Jordan this 
 
 day, to go in to possess nations 
 greater and mightier than thy- 
 self, cities great and fenced up 
 to heaven, 
 
 2 A people great and tall, tlie 
 children of the Anakims, whom 
 thou knowest, and of uJiom 
 thou hast heard sa?/. A\'ho can 
 stand before the cJiildren of 
 Anak ! 
 
 3 Understand thei-efore tin's day, 
 that the Lord thy God is he 
 which goeth over before thee ; 
 as a consuming fiie he shall de- 
 stroy them, and he shall bihig 
 them down before thy face : so 
 shalt thou (hive them ovit, and 
 destroy them quickly, as the 
 Lord hath said unto thee. 
 
 4 8peak not thou in thine heait, 
 after that the Lord thy God 
 hath cast them out from before 
 thee, saying. For my righteous- 
 ness the Lord hath brought me 
 in to possess this land : but for 
 the wickedness of these nations 
 the Lord doth drive them out 
 from before thee. 
 
 5 Not for thy righteousness, 
 or for the upriglitness of thine 
 heart, dost thou go to possess 
 their land : but for the wicked- 
 ness of these nations the Lord 
 thy God doth diive them out 
 from before thee, and tliat Ije 
 may perform the word v.hich 
 the Lord sware unto thy fathers, 
 Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 
 
 6 Understand therefore, that 
 the Lord thy God giveth thee 
 not this good land to possess it 
 for thy righteousness ; for thou 
 art a stiflfnecked people. 
 
 7 H Eemember, and forget not, 
 how thou provoke dst the Lord 
 thy God to wrath in the wilder- 
 ness : from the day that thou 
 didst depart out of the land of 
 Egj-pt, until ye came unto this 
 place, ye have been rebellious 
 against the Lord. 
 
 8 Also m Horeb ye provoked 
 the Lord to wrath, so that the 
 Lord was angry with you to 
 have destroyed you. 
 
 9 When I was gone up into the 
 mount to receive the tables of 
 
reheUions DEUTEEONOMY, IX. of Israel 
 
 stone, even the tables of the sinned, in doing wickedly in tlie 
 eoYenant wMcli the Loed made ; sight of the Losd, to proYcke 
 with yon, then I abode in the ; himjto anger, 
 monnt forty days and forty j 19 J:'orIwas afmidoftheanger 
 nights, I neither did eat bread ' and hot displeasiu-e, wherewitli 
 nor drink water : 
 
 10 And the Lokd deKyered nn- 
 to me two tables of stone writ- 
 ten with the linger of God : and 
 on them teas icritten according 
 to all the words, which the Loed 
 Si3ake with yon in the mount 
 ont of the midst of the fii'e in 
 the day of the assembly. 
 
 11 And it came to pass at the 
 end of forty days and forty 
 nights, that the Loed gave me 
 the two tables of stone, even 
 the tables of the coyenant. 
 
 12 And the Loed said nnto me, 
 Arise, get thee down quickly 
 from hence ; for thy people which 
 
 I the Loed was wi'oth against yon 
 to destroy yon. But the Loed 
 hearkened rmto me at that time 
 also. 
 
 20 And the Loed was very 
 angiy with Aaron to have de- 
 stroyed him : and I prayed for 
 Aaron also the same time. 
 
 21 And I took yoiu' sin, the 
 calf wliich ye had made, and 
 burnt it with fii^e. and stamped 
 it, and groimd it very small, 
 even imtil it was as small as 
 dust : and I cast the dust there- 
 of into the brook that descended 
 ont of the monnt. 
 
 ^ ^ ^ ^ 22 And at Taberah, and at 
 
 thon hast bronght forth ont of Massah, and at Ivibroth- hat- 
 Egypt have coiTnpted them- \ taayah, ye proyoked the Loed 
 
 selves ; they ai^ qnickly tnmed 
 aside ont of the waj^ which I 
 commanded them; they haye 
 made them a molten image. 
 
 13 Fnrthei-more the Loed spake 
 nnto me, saving, I haye seen 
 this people, and, behold, it is a 
 stiffnecked people : 
 
 14 Let me alone, that I may 
 desti'oy them, and blot ont their 
 name from mider he ay en : and I 
 will make of thee a nation migh- 
 tier and greater than they. 
 
 to wrath. 
 
 23 Likeyrise when the Loed 
 sent 3^011 from Kadesh-bamea, 
 saying. Go np and possess the 
 land which I haye giyen yon; 
 then ye rebelled against*^ the 
 commandment of the Loed yonr 
 God, and ye belieyed him not, 
 nor hearkened to his yoice. 
 
 24 Ye liaye been rebellions a- 
 gahist the Loed from the day 
 that I Imew yon. 
 
 25 Thus I fell down before 
 
 15 So I tinned and came down ' the Loed forty days and forty 
 from the monnt, and the monnt nights, as I fell down at the first; 
 burned with fii'e : and the two j because the Loed had said he 
 tables of the coyenant ivere in i would destroy yon. 
 
 my two hands. 
 
 26 I prayed therefore imto the 
 
 16 And I looked, and. behold, [Loed, and said, O Lord Goi>, 
 ye had sinned against the Loed : destroy not thy people and tliine 
 yonr God, and had made you a j inheritance, which thon hast re 
 
 molten calf: ye had turned aside 
 qnicldy ont of the way which 
 the Loed had commanded yon. 
 
 17 And I took the two tables, 
 and cast them out of my two 
 hands, and brake them before 
 your eyes. 
 
 18 And I fell down before the 
 Loed, as at the first, fortj' days 
 and forty nights : I did neither 
 eat bread, nor drink water, be- 
 cause of aU yonr sins which ye 
 
 deemed thi'ough thy greatness, 
 which thon hast brought forth 
 out of EgjT't with amightj^hand. 
 
 27 Eemember thy seryants, A- 
 i braham, Isaac, and Jacob ; look 
 i not nnto the stubbornness of this 
 I people, nor to their wickedness, 
 j nor to their sin : 
 
 28 Lest the land whence thou 
 I brcughtest us ont say. Because 
 1 the Loed was not able to bring 
 I them into the land wMch he 
 
The tiro 
 
 DEUTERONOMY, X. 
 
 taUes resloi-eil. 
 
 raoniised them, and because lie 
 hated them, he hath broujiht 
 them out to slay them in the 
 wilderness. 
 
 21) Yet they are thy people and 
 thine inheritiince, which th(ni 
 broughtest out by thy mi^'hty 
 power and by thy stretched out 
 
 ^"^^' CHAPTER X- 
 1 God's mercy in nsloriufl the two 
 tables, G in continuing the jyriest. 
 hood, 8 }ii ^'pardting the. tril^' of 
 Leri, 10 in harhning unto Mo. 
 ses' suit for the jM-ople. 12 An ex- 
 hortation nn!o obedience. 
 AT tliat time the Lord said 
 - unto me. Hew thee two 
 tables of stone like unto the 
 tii-st, and come up unto me in- 
 to tiie mount, and nuike thee 
 an aik of wood. 
 
 2 And I will write on the tables 
 the words that were in the first 
 tables wliich thou brakest, and 
 thou shalt put tliom in the ark. 
 
 3 And I made an ark oyshit- 
 tim wood, and hewed two tables 
 of stone like unto the first, and 
 went up into the mount, having 
 the two tables in mine liand. 
 
 4 And he wrote on the tables, 
 according to the lii'st writing, 
 the ten commandments, which 
 the LoKD spake unto you in 
 the mount out of the midst of 
 the fire in the day of the assem- 
 bly: and the Lord gave them 
 unto me. 
 
 5 And I turned myself and came 
 down from the mount, and put 
 the tables in the ark wliich I 
 had made; and there they be, 
 as the Lord commanded me. 
 
 6 H Ajid the children of Israel 
 took their journey from Beeroth 
 of the children of Jaakan to 
 Mosera : there Aaron died, and 
 there he was buried ; and Elea- 
 zar his son ministered in the 
 priest's office in his stead. 
 
 7 From thence they journey- 
 ed unto Gudgodah ; and from 
 Gudgodah to jotbath, a land of 
 rivers of waters. 
 
 8 1i At that time the Lord se- 
 parated the tiibe of Levi, to bear 
 the ark of the covenant of the 
 
 LoRDj to stand before the Lorp 
 to minister unto him, and to 
 bless in his name, unto this day. 
 1) Wherefore Le\ i hath no part 
 nor inheritance with liis bre- 
 thren ; the Lord is his inhe- 
 ritance, according as the Lnr.D 
 thy God promised him. 
 
 10 And 1 stayed hi the mount, 
 according to the first time, for- 
 ty days and foiiy nights; and 
 the Lord hearkened unto me 
 at that time also, and the Lokd 
 would not destroy thee. 
 
 11 And the L(tRD said unto me. 
 Arise, tiike thy journey before 
 the people, that they may go 
 in and possess the land, which 
 I sware unto their fatlieiu to 
 give unto them. 
 
 12 T And now, Israel, what 
 doth the Lord thy God require 
 of thee, but to fear tlie Lord 
 thy (iod, to walk in all his ways, 
 and to love him, and to serve 
 the Ix)RD thy God with all thy 
 heart and w ith all thy soul, 
 
 13 To keep the commandments 
 of the Lord, and his statutes, 
 which I command thee tliis day 
 for thy good ? 
 
 14 Behold, the heaven and the 
 heaven of heavens is the Lord's 
 thy God, the earth also, with 
 all that tlierein is. 
 
 15 Only the Lord had a delight 
 in thy fathers to love them, and 
 he chose their seed after them, 
 even you above all people, as 
 it is tliis day. 
 
 16 Circumcise therefore the 
 foreskin of your heart, and be 
 no more stifiiiecked. 
 
 17 For the Lord your God is 
 God of gods, and Lord of lords, 
 a great Goci, a mighty, and a 
 terrible, .which regardeth not 
 persons, nor taketh reward : 
 
 18 He doth execute the judg- 
 ment of the fatherless and wi- 
 dow, and loveth the stranger, in 
 gi\ing him food and raiment. 
 
 19 Love ye therefore the stran- 
 ger: for ye were strangers in 
 the land of Egypt. 
 
 20 Thou shalt fear the Lord 
 thy God ; him shalt thou serve. 
 
An e.rliorkdion 
 
 DEUTEEONOI^IY, XI. 
 
 to obedience. 
 
 and to him shalt thou cleave, 
 and swear by his name. 
 
 21 He is thy praise, and he is 
 thy God, that hath done for thee 
 these great and terrible things, 
 which tiiine eyes have seen. 
 
 22 Thy fathers went down into 
 Egypt with threescore and ten 
 persons ; and now the Lokd thy 
 God hath made thee as the stars 
 of heaven for miiltitnde. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 1 An exhortation to obedience, 2 &?/ 
 tJieir oivn experience of God's great 
 toorl'S:, 8 hy promise of God's great 
 blessings, ifi and by tlireat-enings. 
 IS A careful study is required in 
 God's icords. 26 The blessing and 
 curse is set before them. 
 
 THEREFOEE thon shalt 
 love the Lord thy God, 
 and keep his charge, and his 
 statutes, and his judgments, and 
 his commandments, alway. 
 
 2 And know ye this day: for 
 / speaJc not with your children 
 which have not known, and 
 which have not seen the chas- 
 tisement of the LoED your God, 
 his greatness, his mighty hand, 
 and liis stretched oiit arm, 
 
 3 And his miracles, and his acts, 
 which he did in the midst of E- 
 gypt unto Pharaoh the king of 
 Egypt, and unto all his land ; 
 
 4 An d what he did unto the army 
 of Egypt, unto their horses, and 
 
 I to their chariots ; how he made 
 the water of the Eed sea to over- 
 flow them as they pursued after 
 
 ; you, and how the Lord hath 
 destroyed them unto this day ; 
 ^ 5 And what he did unto you 
 
 I in the wilderness, until ye came 
 into this place ; 
 
 1 6 And what he did unto Dathan 
 
 ■ and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, 
 the son of Reuben: how the 
 earth opened her mouth, and 
 
 i swallowed them up, and their 
 households, and their tents, and 
 
 j all the substance that was in 
 
 1 their possession, in the midst of 
 
 i all Israel : 
 
 7 But your eyes have seen 
 
 , all the great acts of the Loed 
 
 I w^hich he did. 
 
 < "8 Therefore shall ye keep all 
 
 the commandments wliich I 
 command you this day, that ye 
 may be strong, and go in and 
 possess the land, whither ye go 
 to possess it ; 
 
 9 And that ye may prolong 
 t/our days in the land, which 
 the Lord sware unto your fa- 
 thers to give unto them and to 
 their seed, a land that floweth 
 with milk and honey. 
 
 10 II For the land, whither 
 thou goest in to possess it, is 
 not as the land of Egypt, from 
 whence ye came out, where thou 
 sowedst thy seed, and wateredst 
 it with thy foot, as a garden of 
 herbs : 
 
 11 But the land, whither ye 
 go to possess it, is a land of hills 
 and valleys, and drinketh water 
 of the rain of heaven : 
 
 12 A land which the Lord thy 
 God careth for : the eyes of the 
 Lord thy God are always upon 
 it, from the beginning of the year 
 even unto the end of the year. 
 
 13 H And it shall come to pass, 
 if ye shall hearken diligently 
 unto my commandments which 
 I command you this day, to love 
 the Lord your God, and to serve 
 him with all your heart and with 
 all your soul, 
 
 14 That I will give ?/ou the rain 
 of your land in his due season, 
 the first rain and the latter rain, 
 that thou mayest gather in thy 
 com, and thy wine, and thine oil. 
 
 15 And I will send grass in thy 
 fields for thy cattle, that thou 
 mayest eat and be full. 
 
 16 Take heed to yourselves, that 
 your heart be not deceived, and 
 ye turn aside, and serve other 
 gods, and worship them ; 
 
 17 And then the Lord's wrath 
 be kindled against you, and he 
 shut up the heaven, that there 
 be no rain, and that the land 
 yield not her fruit ; and lest ye 
 perish quickly from off the good 
 land which the Lord giveth you. 
 
 18 H Therefore shall ye lay up 
 these my words in yoru heart 
 and in your soul, and bind them 
 for a sign upon your hand, that 
 
 h 
 
A Uessing aiul DEUTERONOMY, XII. a cui-ee jwojx-* ui. 
 
 they may be as frontlets between 
 your eye8. 
 
 19 And ye shall teach tliem your 
 children, Bpeakinj; of theiu when 
 thou sittest in thine house, and 
 when thou walkest by the way, 
 when thou liest down, and when 
 thou nscst u\). 
 
 20 And thou slialt write them 
 upon the dofjr i><)Sts of tliine 
 house, and upon thy ^ates : 
 
 21 That your days may l>e m\d- 
 tiplied, and the days of yom- 
 cliildren, in the land which the 
 Lord sware unto your fathers 
 to give them, as tlie days of 
 heaven ui»on the earth. 
 
 22 •: P\)r if ye shall dili^rently 
 keep all these commandments 
 which I command you, to do 
 them, to love the Lord your 
 Gcxl, to walk in all his ways, 
 and to cleave unto him ; 
 
 23 Then will tlie Lord drive 
 out all tliese nations from l^e- 
 fore you, and ye shall jiossess 
 greater nations and mightier 
 tlian youi'selves. 
 
 24 Lver>' place whereon the 
 soles of your feet shall tread 
 shall be your's : from the wil- 
 derness and Lebanon, from tlie 
 river, the river Euphrates, even 
 imto the uttermost st^a shall your 
 coast be. 
 
 2o There sliall no man be able 
 to stand before you .for the Lord 
 your God shall lay the fear of 
 you and the dread of you upon 
 all the land that ye shall tread 
 upon, as he hath said unto you. 
 
 28 U Behold, I set before you 
 this day a blessin«i: and a curse ; 
 
 27 A blessing, if ye obey the 
 commandments of the Lord 
 your God, wliich I command 
 you this day : 
 
 28 And a cm'so, if ye will not 
 obey the commandments of the 
 Lord your God, but turn aside 
 out of the way which I command 
 you this day, to go after other 
 gods, which ye have not known. 
 
 29 And it shall come to pass, 
 when the Lord thy God hath 
 brought thee in imto the land 
 whither thou goest to possess it^ 
 
 that thou shalt put the blessing 
 \i\Hm mount Gerizim, and the 
 curse upon mount Ebal. 
 3(J Arc they not on the other 
 side Jordan, by the way wliere 
 the sun goeth down, in the land 
 of the Canaimites, which dwell in 
 the champaign over against CJil- 
 gal, ])eside tlie i)laiu8 of Mon'hV 
 
 31 For ye shall pass over Joi- 
 dan to go in to possess the land 
 which the liORD vour Go<l giv- 
 eth you, and ye shall possess it, 
 and dwell therein. 
 
 32 And ye shall obsene to tlo 
 all the statutes and judgments 
 which I set before you this day. 
 
 CHAPrEK XII. 
 1 Motmiuents of idolatrn ore to he 
 dcfitroi/rd. r> llie phico (,f <',(hVa 
 ftervice jj< to be kept. ir.. 'z?. JHciCmI 
 if/orJ>i<hU'n. 17, 2o, '2'". Jlol// tliiinjH 
 mtist l)e eaten in t/n hfiiy puice. 19 
 77/f Lerife is iiot to be jormleu. 
 2t» Idolatry is tiot to be enquired 
 after. 
 
 niHESE are the st^itutes and 
 X judgments, which ye shall 
 observe to do in the land, whicli 
 the Lord God of thy fathers giv- 
 eth tlie(i to possess it, all the days 
 that ye live uiK>n the earth. 
 
 2 Ye shall utterly destroy all 
 the places, wherein the nations 
 which ye shall possess served 
 their gods, upon the hiL'li moun- 
 tains, and upon the hills, and 
 under everj^ green tree : 
 
 3 And ye shall overthrow their 
 altars, and break their pillars, 
 and biUTi their groves with fire ; 
 and ye shall hew down the 
 graven images of their gods, 
 and destroy the names of them 
 out of that place. 
 
 4 Ye shall not do so unto the 
 Lord your God. 
 
 5 But unto the place which the 
 Lord your God shall choose out 
 of all your tribes to put his name 
 there, even unto his habitation 
 shall ye seek, and thither thou 
 shalt come : 
 
 G And thither ye sliall bring 
 your burnt oflferings, and youi' 
 sacrifices, and your tithes, and 
 heave offerings of your hand, 
 and your vows, and your free- 
 
Eating of Uood 
 
 will offerings, and tlie firstlings of 
 your herds and of your flocks : 
 
 7 And there ye shall eat be- 
 fore the LoED yoiu- God, and ye 
 shall rejoice in all that ye put 
 your hand imto, ye and your 
 households, wherein the Loed 
 thy God hath blessed thee. 
 
 8 Ye shall not do after all the 
 things that we do here this day, 
 every man whatsoever is right 
 in his own eyes. 
 
 9 For ye are not as yet come 
 to the rest and to the inherit- 
 ance, which the Loed yoiu God 
 giveth you. 
 
 10 But when ye go over Jordan, 
 and dv>^eil in the land which the 
 Loed your God giveth you to 
 inherit, and ichen he giveth you 
 rest from all yom- enemies round 
 about, so that ye dwell in safety ; 
 
 11 Then there shall be a place 
 which the Loed your God shall 
 choose to cause his name to dvA-ell 
 there ; thither shall ye bring 
 all that I command you ; your 
 burnt offerings, and yom- sacri- 
 fices, your tithes, and the heave 
 offering of your hand, and all 
 your choice vows which ye vow 
 imto the Loed : 
 
 12 And ye shall rejoice before 
 the Loed your God. ye, and 
 your sons, and your daughters, 
 and your menservants, and your 
 maidservants, and the Le^lte 
 that is withia your gates ; for- 
 asmuch as he^ hath no part nor 
 inheritance ^ith you. 
 
 13 Take heed to thyself that 
 thou offer not thy biu'nt offerings 
 in every place that thou seest : 
 
 14 But LQ the place which the 
 Loed shall choose in one of thy 
 tribes, there thou shalt offer thy 
 burnt offerings, and there thou 
 shalt do all that I command thee. 
 
 15 !Js otwithstandtQg thou may- 
 est kill and eat flesh in all thy 
 gates, whatsoever thy soul lust- 
 eth after, according to the bless- 
 ing of the Loed thy God which 
 he hath given thee : the unclean 
 and the clean may eat thereof, 
 as of the roebuck, and as of the 
 hart. 
 
 DEUTEEONOIMY, XH. 
 
 is forhid.de d. 
 
 16 Only ye shall not eat the 
 blood; ye shall pour it upon 
 the earth as water. 
 _ 17 ^ Thou mayest not eat with- 
 in thy gates the tithe of thy 
 com, or of thy wine, or of thy 
 oil, or the firstlings of thy herds 
 or of thy flock, nor any of thy 
 vows which thou vowest, nor 
 thy freewill offerings, or heave 
 offering of thine hand : 
 
 18 But thou must eat them 
 before the Loed thy God in tlie 
 place which the Loed thy God 
 shall choose, thou, and thy son, 
 and thy daughter, and thy man- 
 servant, and thy maidservant, 
 and the Levite that is within 
 thy gates : and thou shalt re- 
 joice before the Loed thy God 
 in all that thou puttest thine 
 hands unto. 
 
 19 Take heed to thyself that 
 thou forsake not the Levite as 
 long as thou livest upon the 
 earth. 
 
 20 % ^Tien the Loed thy God 
 shall enlarge thy border, as he 
 hath promised thee, and thou 
 shalt saj^, I will eat flesh, because 
 thy soul longeth to eat flesh ; 
 thou mayest eat flesh, v/hatso- 
 ever thy soul lusteth alter. 
 
 21 K the place which the Loed 
 thy God hath chosen to put his 
 name there be too far from thee, 
 then thou shalt kill of thy herd 
 and of thy flock, which the Lord 
 hath given thee, as I have com- 
 manded thee, and thou shalt eat 
 in thy gates whatsoever thy soul 
 lusteth after. 
 
 22 Even as the roebuck and the 
 hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat 
 them : the unclean and the clean 
 shall eat o/them alike. 
 
 23 Only be sure that thou eat 
 not the blood : for the blood is 
 the life; and thou mayest not 
 eat the life with the flesh. 
 
 24 Thou shalt not eat it ; thou 
 shalt pour it upon the earth as 
 
 25 Thou shalt not eat it ; tliat 
 it may go well with thee, and 
 with thy children after tliee, 
 when thou shalt do that U'hich 
 
 L2 
 
lihJah'.S 
 
 fA rijrlit in the biglit of the 
 
 2(> Only thy liolv tliintrs wliicli 
 thon linst, and tliy vowh, tliou 
 slialt tak(*, and \ni inito tlie place 
 wlncli tliL* l.dun sliall ciKMtsc : 
 
 27 And thon slialt utli'r thy 
 ])nrnt ollerintrs, the fU-Hh and tlic 
 Moiid, npon the altar (»lth»- I.iiitn 
 tliy (f(Kl: and the bk>()d of thy 
 Ricrilicfs shall he iM»nred ont np- 
 on tlicaltarofthe Loun thy (loil, 
 and thon shalt rat thr thsh. 
 
 2S Ohserve and laar all these 
 Avoids uliirh 1 conmiand tla'e, 
 that it may ^:o well uith tln*e, 
 and with thv children alter thee 
 for ever, wlien thon d<M'8t ihat 
 7f'/ticli is irood and rivdit in the 
 HiirJit (.f tlie J J •HI) thv (.'od. 
 
 2<» • When the Loui; thy (;«d 
 shall cnt oil' the nations from 
 l>efore thee, whither thon jr(H'Pt 
 to possess them, and thon snc- 
 ceedest them, and dwellest in 
 their laiul: 
 
 '50 Take heed to thyself that 
 thon l>e not snared hv follow 
 
 DEUTERONOMY, XII I ^. he iUmed. 
 
 after otlier ^utls, which thou 
 hast not known, and let u» 
 p<*rve them; 
 
 *J Thun Rhult not hearken un- 
 to the worth* of that prophet, or 
 that dreamer of dreams : for tlio 
 l.oKi» yonr (J<kI jiroveth you, to 
 know whetlu'r ye love tin* LuKi» 
 yonr (i<'d with all your lieart 
 and with all yonr soul. 
 
 4 Ye shall walk after the Lord 
 vonr (Jod, and fear him, and 
 keep his conunandments, and 
 olK'y his voiee, and ye shall 
 K«^rve him, and cleave unto him. 
 
 5 And that prophet, or that 
 dreamer of dreamn, shall he i>ut 
 to death; l)ecanRe he hath b\k)' 
 ken to tnni r/ou away from the 
 houn yonr (Jod, which hronjrht 
 
 »nt of the land of E^rynt, 
 
 ypt, 
 
 and redeemed you ont ol the 
 honse of iK^ala^e, to thrust thee 
 ont of the way which the LoHU 
 thy (lod connnandrd thee to 
 walk in. So shalt thon put the 
 evil awav from the nn'dst of thee. 
 ♦; 'f If thv brother, the son of 
 
 in.u- them, after that they he de- thy mother, <»r thy son, or thy 
 
 stroyed from before thee; and 
 that thon encinire not after their 
 fr(>ds, sayinjr. How did these na- 
 tions serve their gods? even so 
 Avill I do likewise. 
 'M Thon shalt not do so nnto 
 
 the Lord thy (iod : for everj- 1 fathei-s ; 
 
 lanirhter or the wife oi thy bo- 
 s(,m, c»r tny friend, which in as 
 thine own s(ju1, entice thee se- 
 cretly, saying, Let ns fro and 
 serve other jrods, which thou 
 hast not known, thou, nor thy 
 
 abomination to the Lord, which 
 he hateth, have they done unto 
 their gods: for even their sons 
 and tlieir daughters they have 
 burnt in the lire to tlieir gods. 
 32 AMiat thing soever I com- 
 mand you, observe to do it : 
 thou slialt not add thereto, nor 
 diminish from it. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 1 Enticers to idolatry, 6 how near so- 
 ever tinto thee, 9 are to he stoned to 
 death. 12 Idolatrous cities are not 
 to he spared. 
 
 7 Namely, of the gods of the 
 people which are round about 
 you, nigh unto thee, or far off 
 from thee, from the one end of 
 the earth even unto the other 
 end of the earth ; 
 
 8 Thou shalt not consent un- 
 to liim, nor hearken unto him ; 
 neither shall tliine eye pity him, 
 neither shalt thou spare, neither 
 shalt thou conceal him : 
 
 9 But thou shalt surely kill 
 him; thine hand shall be first 
 upon him to put him to death, 
 
 r F there arise among you a and aitenvards the hand of all 
 prophet, or a dreamer of i the people.^ 
 
 dreams, and giveth thee a sign 
 or a w onder, 
 
 2 And the sign or the wonder 
 come to pass, whereof he spake 
 
 10 And thou shalt stone him 
 with stones, that he die ; because 
 he hath sought to thrust thee 
 away from the Lord thy God, 
 
 unto thee, saying, Let us go \ which brought thee out of the 
 
Meats clean 
 
 DEUTER0N01\IY, XIV. 
 
 and unclean. 
 
 land of Egypt, from the house 
 of bondage. 
 
 11 And all Israel shall hear, 
 and fear, and shall do no more 
 any such "wickedness as this is 
 among you. 
 
 12 ^ If thou shalt hear sai/ in 
 one of thy cities, which the 
 Lord thy God hath given thee 
 to dwell there, saying, 
 
 13 Certain men, the childi'en 
 of Belial, are gone out from a- 
 mong you, and have withdi^aT\Tii 
 the inhabitants of their city, say- 
 ing, Let us go and serve other | 
 gods, which ye have not known ; j 
 
 14 Then shalt thou enquue, 
 and make search, and ask di- ! 
 ligently ; and, behold, if it he i 
 truth, and the thing certain, that \ 
 such abomination is wrought j 
 among you ; | 
 
 15 Thou shalt surely smite the | 
 inhabitants of that city with the i 
 edge of the sword, destroying it ; 
 utterly, and all that is therein, j 
 and the cattle thereof, with the I 
 edge of the sword. j 
 
 16 And thou shalt gather all 
 the spoil of it into the midst of 
 the street thereof, and shalt burn 
 with lire the city, and ail the 
 spoil thereof every whit, for the 
 LoED thy God : and it shall be 
 an heap for ever; it shall not 
 be built again. 
 
 17 And there shall cleave 
 nought of the cursed thing to 
 thine hand : that the Loeo may 
 turn from the fierceness of his 
 anger, and shew thee mercy, and 
 have compassion upon thee, and 
 multiply thee, as he hath sworn 
 unto thy fathers ; 
 
 18 When thou shalt hearken 
 to the voice of the Lord thy 
 God, to keep all his command- 
 ments which I command thee 
 this day, to do that ivhich is 
 right in the eyes of the Lord 
 thy God. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 % God's children are not to disfigure 
 themselves in mourning. s'WJiat 
 may, and what may not be eaten, 
 4: of beasts, 9 of fishes, \\ of fowls. 
 
 . 21 That which dieth of itself may 
 
 not he eaten. 22 Tithes of divine 
 service. 23 Tithes ami firstlings 
 of rejoicing hefore the Lord. 28 
 Tlic third year's tithe of alms and 
 charity. 
 
 YE are the childi^en of the 
 Lord your God: ye shall 
 not cut yourselves, nor make 
 any baldness between your eyes 
 for the dead. 
 
 2 For thou art an holy people 
 imto the Lord thy God, and the 
 Lord hath chosen thee to be 
 a peculiar people unto himself, 
 above all the nations that are 
 upon the earth. 
 
 3 H Thou shalt not eat any 
 abominable thing. 
 
 4 These are the beasts v>hich 
 ye shall eat : the ox, the sheep, 
 and the goat, 
 
 5 The hart, and the roebuck, 
 and the fallow deer, and the wild 
 goat, and the pygarg, and the 
 wild ox, and the chamois. 
 
 6 And every beast that parteth 
 the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft 
 into two claws, and cheweth the 
 cud among the beasts, that ye 
 shall eat. 
 
 7 Nevertheless these ye sliall 
 not eat of them that chew the 
 cud, or of them that divide the 
 cloven hoof; as the camel, and 
 the hare, and the coney: for 
 they chew the cud, but divide 
 not the hoof; therefore they 
 are unclean unto you. 
 
 8 And the swine, because it di- 
 "sideth the hoof, yet cheweth not 
 the cud, it is miclean unto you : 
 ye shall not eat of their flesh, 
 nor touch their dead carcase. 
 
 9 ^ These ye shaU eat of all 
 that are in the waters : all that 
 have tins and scales shall ye eat : 
 
 10 And whatsoever hath not 
 fins and scales ye may not eat ; 
 it is unclean unto you. 
 
 11 H 0/" all clean birds ye shall 
 eat. 
 
 12 But these are they of which 
 ye shall not eat : the eagle, and 
 the ossifrage, and the ospray, 
 
 13 And the glede, and the 
 Idte, and the vulture after Iiis 
 kind, 
 
Of tithes. 
 
 DEUTERONOMY, XV. 
 
 14 And every raven after his 
 kind, 
 
 lo And the owl, and the night 
 hawk, and the cnckow, and the 
 Imwk alter his kind, 
 
 1(3 The little owl, and the great 
 owl, and the swan, 
 
 17 And the pelican, and the 
 gier eagle, and the cormorant, 
 
 18 And the stork, and the 
 heron after her kmd, and the 
 lapwing, and the bat. 
 
 11) And every creeping tiling 
 that flieth is unclean unto you : 
 they shall not be eaten. 
 
 20 But of all clean fowls ye 
 may eat. 
 
 21 % Ye shall not eat of any 
 thing that dieth of itself: thou 
 slialt give it unto the stranger 
 that is in thy gates, that he may 
 eat it; or thou mayest sell it 
 imto an alien: for thou art an 
 holy people unto the Lord thy 
 God. Thou shalt not seethe a 
 kid in liis mother's milk. 
 
 22 Thou shalt truly tithe all 
 tlie increase of thy seed, that 
 the field bringeth forth year by 
 year. 
 
 23 And thou shalt eat before 
 the Lord thy God, in the place 
 wliich he shall choose to place 
 Ids name there, tlie tithe of thy 
 corn, of thy wme, and of thine 
 oil, and the firstlings of thy 
 herds and of thy flocks; that 
 thou mayest learn to fear the 
 LoED thy God always. 
 
 24 And if the way be too long 
 for thee, so that thou art not 
 able to carr^'- it ; or if the place 
 be too far from thee, which the 
 LoED thy God shall choose to 
 set his name there, when the 
 LoKT> thy God hath blessed thee : 
 
 25 Then shalt thou turn it into 
 money, and bind up the money 
 in thine hand, and shalt go un- 
 to the place which the Lord thy 
 God sliall choose : 
 
 26 And thou shalt bestow that 
 money for whatsoever thy soul 
 lusteth after, for oxen, or for 
 sheep, or for wine, or for strong 
 drinlv, or for whatsoever thy soul 
 desireth: and thou shalt eat 
 
 Year of release. 
 
 there before the Lord thy God, 
 and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and 
 thine houeehold, 
 
 27 And the Levite that is with- 
 in thy gates; thounhalt not for- 
 sake him; for he hath no part 
 nor inheritance with thee. 
 
 28 ^ At the end of three years 
 thou shalt bring forth all the 
 
 ' tithe of thine increase the same 
 year, and shalt lay it up within 
 thy gates : 
 
 29 And the Levite, (because he 
 hath no part nor inheritance 
 with thee,) and the stranger, 
 and the fatherless, and the wi- 
 dow, wliich are Avithin thy gates, 
 shall C(mie, and shall eat and be 
 satisfied; that the Lord thy 
 God may bless thee in all the 
 work of tliine hand which thou 
 doest. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 1 The sfvcnth year a year of release 
 for the x>oor. 7 It rtntst he no let of 
 lendiug or giving. 12 An Hebrew 
 servant, 10 except he ivill not de- 
 part, must in the seventh year go 
 fwth free and well furnished. 19 
 All firstling males of the cattle are 
 to he sanctified unto the Lord. 
 
 AT the end of every seven 
 - years thou shalt make a 
 release. 
 
 2 And tliis is the manner of 
 the release : Every creditor that 
 lendeth ought unto his neigh- 
 bour shall release it; he shall 
 not exact it of his neighbour, 
 or of his brother ; because it is 
 called the Lord's release. 
 
 3 Of a foreigner thou mayest 
 exact it again : but that which 
 is thine with thy brother thine 
 hand shall release ; 
 
 4 Save when there shall be no 
 poor among you ; for the Lord 
 shall greatly bless thee in the 
 land which the Lord thy God 
 giveth thee for an inheritance 
 to possess it : 
 
 5 Only if thou carefully heark- 
 en unto the voice of the Lord 
 thy God, to observe to do all 
 these commandments which I 
 command thee this day. 
 
 6 For the Lord thy God bless- 
 eth thee, as he promised thee : 
 
Of the Hebrew 
 
 and tliou shalt lend imto many 
 nations, bnt thou shalt not bor- 
 row ; and thou shalt reign over 
 many nations, but they shall not 
 reign orer thee. 
 
 7 T If there be among you a 
 l>oor man of one of thy brethi^n 
 within any of thy gates in thy 
 land which the Loed thy God 
 giveth thee, thou shalt not har- 
 den thine heart, nor shut thine 
 hand from thy poor brother : 
 
 8 But thou shalt open thine 
 hand wide unto him. and shalt 
 surely lend him sufficient for 
 liis need, in that which he 
 v.'anteth. 
 
 9 Beware that there be not a 
 thought in thy wicked heart, 
 sajing. The seventh year, the 
 year of release, is at hand ; and 
 thine eye be evil against^ thy 
 ixx)r brother, and thou givest 
 him nought ; and he crj^ unto 
 the Lord against thee, and it 
 be sin unto thee. 
 
 10 Thou shalt surely give liim, 
 and thine heart slmll not be 
 gTieved when thou givest unto 
 liim : because that for this thing 
 the I^OED thy God shall bless 
 thee in all thy works, and in 
 all that thou puttest thine hand 
 unto. 
 
 11 For the poor shall never 
 cease out of the land : therefore 
 I command thee, s^iying. Thou 
 shalt open thine hand wide un- 
 to thy brother, to thy poor, and 
 to thy needy, in thy land. 
 
 12 % And if thy brother, an 
 Hebrew man, or an Hebrew { person shall eat it alO?:e, as the 
 
 DEUTERONOMY, XYI. serva^it's discharge, 
 
 land of Egypt, and the Loed 
 thy God redeemed thee : there- 
 fore I command thee this thing 
 to day. 
 
 16 And it shall be, if he say 
 unto thee, I will not go away 
 from thee; because he loveth 
 thee and thine house, because 
 he is well with thee ; 
 
 17 Then thou shalt take an 
 aul, and thrust it thiough his 
 ear unto the door, and he shall 
 be thy senant for ever. And 
 also unto thy maidservant thou 
 shalt do likevvdse. 
 
 18 It shall not seem hard un- 
 to thee^ when thou sendest him 
 away tree from thee; for he 
 hath been worth a; double Mred 
 servant to thee, in serving thee 
 six years: and the Lokd thy 
 God shall bless thee in all that 
 thou doest. 
 
 19 H All the firstling males 
 that come of thy herd and of 
 thy flock thou shalt sanctify 
 unto the Loed thy God: thou 
 shalt do no wor!?: with the fii-st- 
 ling of thy bullock, nor shear 
 the fii-stling of thy sheep. 
 
 20 Thou shalt eat it before the 
 Loed thy God year by year in 
 the place which the Loed shall 
 choose, thou and thy household. 
 
 21 And if there be anp blemish 
 therein, ff5 iyit be lame, or blind, 
 or have any ill blemish, thou 
 shalt not sacrifice it unto the 
 Loed thy God. 
 
 22 Thou shalt eat it within thy 
 gates : the unclean and the clean 
 
 woman, be sold unto thee, and 
 serve thee six years; then in 
 the seventh 3'ear thou shalt let 
 him go free from thee. 
 
 13 And when thou sendest him 
 out free from thee, thou shalt 
 not let hun go away empty : 
 
 14 Thou shalt furaish him li- 
 berally out of thy flock, and out 
 of thy floor, and out of thy wine- 
 press: of that wherewith the 
 LoBD thy God hath blessed thee 
 thou shalt gi^'e unto him. 
 
 15 AvA thou shalt remember 
 that thou wast abondman in the 
 
 roebuck, and as the hart. 
 23 Only thou shalt not eat the 
 blood thereof; thou shalt pom- 
 it upon the ground as water. 
 
 CHAPTEH XVL 
 
 1 TJi€ feast of the vassover, 9ofic^eJ:s, 
 13 of iahernacles. 16 Every male 
 must offer, as he is able, at these 
 three feasts. 18 Of judges and jus- 
 tice. 21 Groves and images are 
 fai'hidden. 
 
 OBSERVE the month of 
 Abib, and keep the pass- 
 over unto the Loed thy God: 
 for in the month of xlbib the 
 
The three 
 
 DEUTERONOJVIY, XVI. 
 
 Lord thy God broiiuht thee 
 forth out of E.cypt by ni^ht. 
 
 2 Thou slialt therefore pacri- 
 <ice tlie passover unto tlie Lord 
 thy God, of the flock and the 
 herd, in the place Avliich the 
 Lord shall choose to place his 
 name there. 
 
 3 Thou shalt cat no leavened 
 bread with it; seven days ^halt 
 thoueat unleavened bread there- 
 v>'ith, even the bread of afflic- 
 tion ; for thou earnest ibrth out 
 of the land of Egypt in haste : 
 that thou mayest remember the 
 <lay when thou earnest forth out 
 of the land of Egypt all the dfiys 
 of thy life. 
 
 4 And there shall be no lea- 
 vened bread seen with thee in 
 all tliy coast seven days ; neither 
 shall there an?/ ihinic of the 
 tlesh, which thou sacrilicedst the 
 Urst day at even, remain all 
 night luitil the morning. 
 
 5 Thou mayest not sacrifice 
 the passover witlnn any of thy 
 gates, wliicli the Lord thy God 
 giveth thee : 
 
 G But at the place which the 
 Lord thy God shall choose to 
 place his name in, there thou 
 shalt sacrifice the jiassovcr at 
 even, at the going down of the 
 «un, at the season that thou 
 earnest forth out of Egypt. 
 
 7 And thou shalt roast and eat 
 it in the place which the Lord 
 thy God shall clioose : and thou 
 shalt turn in the morning, and 
 go unto thy tents. 
 
 8 Six days thou shalt eat un- 
 leavened bread: and on the 
 seventh day shall he a solemn 
 assembly to the Lord thy God : 
 thou shalt do no ^ork therein. 
 
 9 H Seven weeks shalt thou 
 number unto thee : begin to 
 number the seven weeks from 
 such time as thou beginncst to 
 put the sickle to the com 
 
 hath bleHfsed 
 
 Lord thy God 
 thee : 
 
 n And thou shalt rejoice be- 
 fore the Lord thy God, thou, 
 and thy son, and thy daughter, 
 and thy manservant, and thy 
 maidservant, and the Levite 
 that 2;!* within thy gates, and 
 the stranger, and the fatheiless, 
 
 I and the widow, that aj-e among 
 
 I you, hi the place whi<h the 
 
 i Lord thy God hath chosen to 
 
 I place his name there. 
 
 I 12 And thou shalt remember 
 
 , that thou wast a bondman in 
 Egypt : and thou shalt observe 
 and do these statutes. 
 
 I 13 % Thou shalt observe the 
 feast (>f tabernacles seven days, 
 after that thou hast gathered in 
 thy corn and thy wine : 
 14 And thou shalt rejoice in 
 thy feast, thou, and thy son, and 
 thy daughter, and thy manser- 
 vant, and thy maidservant, and 
 the Levite, the stranger, and the 
 fatherles.s, and tlie widow, that 
 are within thy gates. 
 
 j 15 Seven days shalt tliou keep 
 a solemn feast imto the Lord 
 thy God in the place which tlie 
 Lord shall choose : because tlie 
 Lord thy God shall bless thee 
 in all thine increase, and in all 
 the works of thine hands, there- 
 
 j foi-e thou shalt surely rejoice. 
 16 % Three times in a year shall 
 all thy males appear before the 
 Lord thy God in the place which 
 he sliall choose ; in the feast of 
 
 I unleavened bread, and in the 
 feast of weeks, and in the feast 
 of tabernacles : and they shall 
 not appear before tlie Lord 
 empty : 
 
 i 17 Every man shall g-ice ns he 
 is able, according to the bless- 
 
 : ing of the Lord thy Go(l which 
 he hath given thee. 
 
 I 18 If Judges and officers shalt 
 thou make thee in all thy gatea 
 
 I! 
 
 10 And thou shalt keep the I which the Lord thy God giveth 
 feast of weeks unto the Lord thee, throughout thy tribes: and 
 thy God wdth a tribute of a they shall judge the people with 
 freewill offering of thine hand, just judgment. 
 which thou shalt give unto the \ 19 Thou shalt not wi-est judg- 
 LoRD thy God, according as the i ment ; thou shalt not respect 
 
Idolaters 
 
 persons, neither take a gift : for 
 a gift ciotli blind the eyes of the 
 wise, and pervert the words of 
 the righteous. 
 
 20 That which is altogether 
 just shalt thou follow, that thou 
 mayest live, and inherit the 
 land wliich the Loed thy God 
 giveth thee. 
 
 21 ^ Thou shalt not plant thee 
 a grove of any trees near unto 
 tiie altar of the Loed thy God, 
 which thou shalt make thee. 
 
 22 Neither shalt thou set thee 
 up an^ image ; which the Loed 
 thy God hatetk. 
 
 CHAPTER XVn. 
 
 I The things sacrificed r,mst he somid. 
 2 Idolaters must he slam. 8 Hard 
 controversies are to he determined 
 hy the priests and judges. 12 The 
 eontemmer of that determination 
 must die. 14: The election, 16 atul 
 duty of a Mng. 
 
 THOU shalt not sacrifice un- 
 to the Loed thy God an^ 
 bullock, or sheep, wherein is 
 blemish, or any evilfayoiured- 
 ness : for that is an abomination 
 unto the Loed thy God. 
 
 2 ^ If there be fomid among 
 you, within any of thy gates 
 which the LfOED thy God giveth 
 thee, man or woman, that hath 
 wrought T\ickedness in the sight 
 of the Lord thy God, in trans- 
 gressmg his covenant, 
 
 3 And hath gone and served 
 other gods, and worshipped 
 them, either the sun, or moon, 
 or any of the host of heaven, 
 which I have not commanded; 
 
 4 And it be told thee, and thou 
 hast heard of U, and enquired 
 
 , diligently^ and, behold, it be 
 
 true, a7id the thing ceiiain, that 
 
 such abomination is wix^ught in 
 
 Israel : 
 
 \ 5 Then shalt thou bring forth 
 
 I that man or that woman, whi<!h 
 
 have committed that wicked 
 
 i tiling, unto thy gates, even that 
 
 1 man or that woman, and shalt 
 
 ' stone them with stones, till they 
 
 die. 
 i 6 At the mouth of two wit- 
 ^ nesses, or three witnesses, shall 
 
 DEUTEEONOMY, XVII. to he slain. 
 
 he that is worthy of death be 
 put to death ; but at the moutli 
 of one witness he shall not be 
 put to death. 
 
 7 The hands of the witnesses 
 shall be first upon him to put 
 liim to death, and alterward the 
 liands of all the people. So thou 
 shalt put the evil a^^y from 
 among you. 
 
 8 *!! If there arise a matter too 
 hard for thee in judgment, be- 
 tvreen blood and blood, between 
 plea and plea, and between 
 stroke and stroke, beip.g mat- 
 ters of controversy withm thy 
 gates : then shalt thou aiise, 
 and get thee up into the place 
 which the Loed thy God shall 
 choose ; 
 
 9 And thou shalt come unto 
 the priests the Levites, and un- 
 to the judge that shall be in 
 those days, and enquire; and 
 they shall shew thee the sen- 
 tence of judgment: 
 
 10 Ajid thou shalt do accord- 
 mg to the sentence, which they 
 of that place which the Loed 
 shall choose shall shew thee; 
 and thou shalt observ^e to do 
 according to all that they in- 
 form thee: 
 
 11 According to the sentence 
 of the law which they shall teach 
 thee, and according to the judg- 
 ment which they shall tell thee, 
 thou shalt do: thou shalt not 
 decline from the sentence which 
 they shall shew thee, to the right 
 hand, nor to the left. 
 
 12 And the man that will do 
 presumptuously, and will not 
 hearken unto the priest that 
 standeth to minister there be- 
 fore the Loed thy God, or unto 
 the judge, even that man shall 
 die: and thou shalt put away 
 the evil from Israel. 
 
 13 And all the people shall 
 hear, and fear, and do no more 
 presumptuously. 
 
 14 II When thou art come un- 
 to the land which the Loed thy 
 God giveth thee, and shalt pos- 
 sess it, and shalt dwell therein, 
 and shalt say, I will set a king 
 
 L3 
 
The ])^lV^iV and DEUTERONOMY, XVIII. 
 
 Jjeritt's (hi.rs 
 
 over me, like as all the nations 
 that nre about mo; 
 
 15 Thou shalt in any wise set 
 hitn king over tlioe, >vhom the 
 LoBU thy God shall choose : one 
 from amon;; thy l>retlnen shalt 
 tliou set kin,^ over tliee : thou 
 mayest not Bet a Rtranixer over j 
 thee, whieh is not thy brother. I 
 
 1<) But he shall not multiply 
 horses to himself, nor cause the j 
 people to return to f^tryjit, to | 
 the end that he should nndtiply ; 
 hoi-ses: forasnnich as the Loiin 
 halh said unto you, Ye shall j 
 henceforth return no moiv that ^ 
 way. I 
 
 17 Neither shall he multiply | 
 wives to himself, that his heart 
 turn not away : nt'ithcr shall he I 
 ureatly nniltiply to himself sil- 
 ver and ^'old. I 
 
 IS And it shall he, when he ' 
 sitteth upon the throne of his , 
 kingdom, that he shall write 
 lijm a copy of tliis law in a book j 
 out of fhftt which is before the ; 
 priests the Levites : 
 
 1^) And it shall be with him. 
 and he shall read therein all 
 tlie days of his life : that he may 
 learn to fear the I.oKn his Ciod, 
 to keep all the words of this law 
 and these statutes, to do them : 
 
 2') That his heart be not lifted 
 
 thren: the Lord is their in- 
 hentanee, as he hath said unto 
 them. 
 
 3 •[ And this shall be thr» 
 l)riest's due from the i)eople, 
 from them that otfer a wicri- 
 lice, Avhether it be ox or shecti; 
 and they shall give unto the 
 priest the shoulder, and the two 
 cheeks, and the maw. 
 
 4 The tii-stfrnit r//.vo of thy 
 com, (►f thy wine, and of thine 
 (til, and the fii-st of the fleece cf 
 thy sheep, shalt thou give him. 
 
 r/For the Loud tliy (lod hath 
 chosen him out of all thy triU's. 
 to stand to minister in the nam»' 
 of the Loud, him and his sons 
 for ever. 
 
 G *[ And if a Levite come from 
 any of thy gates out of all Is- 
 rael, where he sojourned, and 
 come with all the desire of his 
 mind unto the place which the 
 Loni» shall choose; 
 7 Then he shall minister in 
 the name of the Lord his Gml, 
 
 las all In's brethren the Levites 
 
 ' do, which stand there before the 
 Lord. 
 
 ! 8 They shall have like portions 
 to eat, beside that which cometh 
 of the sale of his patrimony. 
 
 ! 9 *[ Wlien thou art come into 
 the land which the Lord thy 
 
 up above his brethren, and that God giveth thee, thou shalt not 
 
 he turn not aside from the com- leani to do after the abomina- 
 
 iiiandment, to the right hand, tionsjof those nations. 
 
 or to the left: to the end that 
 
 he may prolong his days in his 
 
 kingdom, he, and his cliildren, 
 
 in the midst of Israel. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 1 T}ie Loi'd is the priests' and Levites' 
 
 inlierifanre. 3 Tiie priest's diie. 6 
 
 The Levite's portion. 9 The abo~ 
 
 niina'ions of the nations are to he 
 
 acoid'^d, 15 Clirist the Prophet is , 
 
 fo he heard. 20 The presumptuous j 
 
 prophet is to die. 
 
 10 There shall not be found 
 among you aji// one that mak- 
 eth his son or his daughter to 
 pass through the fire, or that 
 useth divination, or an observei 
 of times, or an enchanter, or a 
 witcli, 
 
 11 Or a charmer, or a con- 
 sulter with familiar spirits, or 
 a wizard, or a necromancer. 
 
 12 For all that do these tilings 
 
 THE priests the Levites, and are an abomination unto the 
 all the tribe of Levi, shall Lord: and because of these 
 have no part nor inheritance ! abominations the Lord thy 
 with Israel : they shall eat the j God doth drive them out from 
 f»fferings of the Lord made by { before thee, 
 lire, and his inheritance. | 13 Thou shalt be perfect with 
 
 2 Therefore shall they have the Lord thy God. ^ 
 no mherrtance among then' bre- '. 14 For these nations, which 
 
The Cities 
 
 DEUTERONOlVrY, XIX. 
 
 of refuge. 
 
 thou shalt possess, hearkened 
 imto observers of tunes, and 
 unto diviners: but as for thee, 
 the LoED thy God hath not 
 suffered thee so to do. 
 
 15 H The Lord thy God will 
 raise up unto thee a Prophet 
 from the midst of thee, of thy 
 brethren, like unto me; unto 
 him ye shall hearken ; 
 
 16 According to all that thou 
 desiredst of the Lord thy God 
 in Horeb in the day of the as- 
 sembly, saying, Let me not hear 
 again the voice of the Loed my 
 God, neither let me see this 
 great fire any more, that I die 
 not. 
 
 17 And the Loed said unto 
 ! me. They have well spoken that 
 I which they have spoken. 
 
 ■ .18 I will raise them up a Pro- 
 phet from among their brethren, 
 lilie unto thee, and will put my 
 words in his mouth; and he 
 shall speak unto them all that 
 I shall command liim. 
 I 19 And it shall come to pass, 
 j (hat w^hosoever will not hearken 
 j unto my words which he shall 
 ' speak in my name, I will re- 
 quire it of him. 
 , 20 But the prophet, which shall 
 presume to speak a word in my 
 name, which I have not com- 
 manded him to speak, or that 
 shall speak in the name of 
 other gods, even that prophet 
 , shall die. 
 
 ! 21 And if thou say in thine 
 heart, How shall we know the 
 word which the Loed hath not 
 i spoken ? 
 
 j 22 When a prophet speaketh 
 ' in the name of the Loed, if 
 the thmg follow not, nor come 
 to pass, that is the thing which 
 the Loed hath not spoken, Mit 
 the prophet hath spoken it pre- 
 sumptuously : thou shalt not be 
 afraid of him. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 1 TJie cities of refuge. 4: The privilege 
 thereof for the manslayer. 14 The 
 piAichnarlc is not to he removed. 15 
 Tv:o vntnesses at the least. IG TJie 
 punishment of a false tvifness. 
 
 WHEN the Loed thy God 
 hath cut off the nations, 
 whose land the Loed thy God 
 giveth thee, and thou succeed- 
 est them, and dwellest in their 
 cities, and in theii" houses ; 
 
 2 Thou shalt separate three 
 cities for thee in the midst of 
 thy land, which the Loed^ thy 
 God giveth thee to possess it. 
 
 3 Thou shalt prepare thee a, 
 way, and divide the coasts of 
 thy land, which the Loed thy 
 God giveth thee to inherit, into 
 three parts, that every slayer 
 may flee thither. 
 
 4 *[[ And this is the case of the 
 slayer, which shall flee thither, 
 that he may live : Whoso killeth 
 his neighbour ignorantly, whom 
 he hated not in time past ; 
 
 5 As when a nian goeth into 
 the wood with liis neighbour to 
 hew wood, and his hand fetch- 
 eth a stroke with the ax to cut 
 down the tree, and the head 
 slippeth from the helve, and 
 lighteth upon liis neighbour, 
 that he die ; he shall flee luito 
 one of those cities, and live : 
 
 6 Lest the avenger of the blood 
 
 Eursue the slayer, wliile his 
 eart is hot, and overtake him, 
 because the way is long, and 
 slay him; whereas he ivas not 
 worthy of death, inasmuch as 
 he hated him not in time past. 
 
 7 Wherefore I command thee^ 
 saying, Thou shalt separate 
 three cities for thee. 
 
 8 And if the Loed thy God 
 enlarge thy coast, as he hath 
 sworn unto tLy fathers, and 
 give thee all the land which 
 he promised to give mito thy 
 fathers ; 
 
 9 If thou shalt keep all these 
 commandments to do them, 
 which I command thee this 
 day, to love the Loed thy God, 
 and to walk ever in his ways; 
 then shalt thou add thi'ee ci- 
 ties more for thee,. beside these 
 three : 
 
 10 That innocent blood be not 
 shed in thy land, which the 
 Loed thy God giveth thee /or 
 
The imnishnent DEUTERONOMY, XX. of a fahi tcitness. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 1 TJie jn'iest's exliortation to eytcon. 
 rage the people to battle. 5 The of. 
 fleers' protUimation who are to he 
 dismissed from the war. 10 How 
 to use the cities tliat accept or refuse 
 the proclamation of i^eace. lo \Vliat 
 cities munt be devoted. Vj Trees of 
 mans 'meat must not he destroyed 
 ni the ffieije. 
 
 an inlieritance, and so blood be 
 upon thee. 
 
 11 1[ But if any man hate his 
 neighbour, and lie in wait for 
 him, and rise up a£?ainst him, 
 and smite him mortally that he 
 die, and fieetli into one of these 
 cities : 
 
 12 Then the elders of his city 
 shall send and fetcli him thence, 
 and deliver him into the hand 
 of the avenger of blood, that he 
 may die. 
 
 13 Thine eye shall not pity him. 
 
 WPIEN thou goest out to 
 battle against thine ene- 
 mies, and seest horses, and cha- 
 riots, and a people more than 
 thou, be not afraid of them: 
 
 but thou sliaU put away //i^^^i/?'/^ for the Lord thy God is witli 
 
 of innocent blood from Israel 
 tliat it may go well vni\\ thee. 
 
 14 H Thou shalt not remove thy 
 neighbour's landmark, v/liich 
 tiiey of old time have set in 
 tliine inheritance, which thou 
 shalt inherit in the land that 
 the Lord thy God giveth thee 
 to possess it._ 
 
 15 H One witness shall not rise 
 up against a man for any ini- 
 quity, or for any sin, in any sin 
 
 thee, which brought thee up 
 out of the land of Egypt. 
 
 2 And it shall be, when ye are 
 come nigh unto the battle, that 
 the priest shall approach and 
 speak unto the people, 
 
 3 And shall say unto them, 
 Hear, O Israel, ye approach 
 this day unto battle against 
 your enemies: let not your 
 hearts faint, fear not, and do 
 not tremble, neither be ye ter- 
 
 that he simmth : at the mouth ; rilied because of them ; 
 
 of two witnesses, or at tlie mouth 
 of three witnesses, shall the mat- 
 ter be established. 
 
 16 "if If a false vritness rise up 
 against any man to testify a- 
 gainst him that tvkich is wrong ; 
 
 17 Then both the men, between 
 whom the controversy is, shall 
 stand before the Lord, before 
 the priests and the judges, which 
 fc^hall be in those days ; 
 
 18 And the judges shall make 
 diligent inquisition: and, be- 
 hold, iy the Tvdtness be a false 
 
 4 For the Lord your God is 
 he that goeth with you, to light 
 for you against your enemies, 
 to save you. 
 
 5 11 And the officers shall speak 
 unto the people, saying, What 
 man is there that hath built a 
 new house, and hath not dedi- 
 cated it ? let him go and return 
 to his house, lest he die in the 
 battle, and another man dedi- 
 cate it. 
 
 6 And what man is he that 
 hath planted a vineyard, and 
 
 witness, and h^ih testified false- | hath noiT/et eaten of it? let him 
 
 ly against his brother 
 
 I also go and return unto his> 
 
 19 Then shall ye do unto him, j house, lest he die in the battle. 
 
 as he had thought to have done 
 unto his brother : so shalt thou 
 put the evil away from among 
 you. 
 
 20 And those which remain 
 shall hear, and fear, and shall 
 henceforth commit no more any 
 such evil among you. 
 
 21 And thine eye shall not 
 l)ity ; but life shall go for life, 
 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, 
 hand for hand, foot for foot. 
 
 and another man eat of it. 
 
 7 And what man is there that 
 hath betrothed a wife, and hath 
 not taken her? let him go and 
 return unto his house, lest he 
 die in the battle, and another 
 man take her. 
 
 8 And the officers shall speak 
 further unto the people, and 
 they shall say, AVhat man is 
 there that is fearful and faint- 
 hearted? let him go and return 
 
Lcai's to he 
 
 DEUTESONOMY, XXI. observed in imr. 
 
 unto Ills house, lest liis bre- 
 tliren's heart faint as well as 
 his heart. 
 
 9 And it shall be, when the 
 oiScei's have made an end of 
 speaking unto the people, that 
 they shall make captains of the 
 armies to lead the people. 
 
 10 ^ When thou comest nigh 
 unto a city to fight against it, 
 then proclaim peace unto it. 
 
 11 And it shall be, if it make 
 thee answer of peace, and open 
 unto thee, then it shall be, that 
 all the people that is foimd 
 therem shall be tributaries un- 
 to thee, and they shall serve 
 thee. 
 
 12 And if it will make no i)eace 
 with thee, but will make war 
 against thee, then thou shalt 
 besiege it : 
 
 13 And when the Loed thy 
 God hath delivered it into thine 
 hands, thou shalt smite every 
 male thereof with the edge of 
 the sword : 
 
 14 But the women, and the 
 little ones, and the cattle, and 
 aU that is in the city, eveii all 
 the spoil thereof, shalt thou take 
 unto thyself; and thou shalt eat 
 the spoil of thine enemies, which 
 the LosD thy God hath given 
 thee. 
 
 15 Thus shalt thou do unto all 
 the cities which are very far off 
 from thee, which are not of the 
 cities of these nations. 
 
 16 But of the cities of these 
 people, which the Loed thy 
 G od doth give thee for an in- 
 heritance, thou shalt save aUve 
 nothmg that breatheth : 
 
 17 But thou shalt utterly de- 
 stroy them; namely, the Hit- 
 tites, and the Amorites, the 
 Canaanites, and the Perizzites, 
 the Hivites, and the Jebusites ; 
 as the Loed thy God hath com- 
 manded thee : 
 
 18 That they teach you not to 
 do after all their abominations, 
 which they have done unto their 
 gods; so should ye sin against 
 the Loed your God. 
 
 19 ^ When thou shalt besiege 
 
 a city a long time, in making 
 war against it to take it, thou 
 shalt not destroy the trees there- 
 of by forcing an ax against them : 
 for thou mayest eat of them, and 
 thou shalt not cut them down 
 (for the tree of the field is man's 
 life) to employ them in the 
 siege : 
 
 20 Only the trees which thou 
 knowest that they he not trees 
 for meat, thou shalt destroy and 
 cut them down ; and thou shalt 
 build bulwarks against the city 
 that maketh war with thee, imtil 
 it be subdued. 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 1 The expiation of cm uncertain mnr. 
 der. 10 The usage of a captive 
 talcen to ivife. 15 The firstborn is 
 not to he disinherited upon private 
 affection. IS A stubborn son is to 
 be stoned to death. 22 Tlie male- 
 factor must not Jiang all night on 
 a tree. 
 
 IF one be found slain in the 
 land which the Loed thy 
 God giveth thee to possess it, 
 lying in the field, and it be not 
 known who hath slain him : 
 
 2 Then thy elders and thj^ 
 judges shall come forth, and 
 they shall measure unto the 
 cities which are round about 
 him that is slain : 
 
 3 And it shall be, that the city 
 ivhich is next unto the slain 
 man, even the elders of that 
 city shall take an heifer, which 
 hath not been wrought with, 
 and which hath not drawn in 
 the yoke ; 
 
 4 And the elders of that city 
 shall bring down the heifer un- 
 to a rough valley, which is nei- 
 ther eared nor sown, and shall 
 strike off the heifer's neck there 
 in the valley : 
 
 5 And the priests the sons of 
 Le^i shall come near ; for them 
 the Loed thy God hath cho- 
 sen to minister unto him, and 
 to bless in the name of the 
 Loed ; and by their word shall 
 every controversy and every 
 stroke be tried : 
 
 6 And all the elders of that 
 city, that are next imto the 
 
DEUTERONOMY, XXI. 
 
 11 wash their 
 h»'ill*r that is 
 
 The usa(ie 
 
 slain man, si 
 hands over IIk 
 beheaded in the valley : 
 
 7 And they shall answer and 
 say, Onr hands have not shed 
 tliis blood, neither have our 
 eyes seen it. 
 
 8 Be niereifnl, O Lord, nnto 
 thy people Israel, whom thou 
 liast redeemed, and lay not in- 
 nocent blood luito thy neople of 
 Israel's chariLce. And the blood 
 shall be foriiiven them. 
 
 !) So shalt thou j»ut away the 
 /^^ui/t (tf inno<'ent blood from 
 amoni; you, when ,thou shalt 
 do that a'hich is light in the 
 si.L'ht of the Lord. 
 
 iU ^ Vv'hen thou poost forth to 
 war a;^ainst tliine enemies, and 
 the Lord tliy i\(A hath deli- 
 vered them into thine hands, 
 and thou liast taken them cap- 
 tive, 
 
 11 And seost araonp the cap- 
 tives a beautiful woman, and 
 hast a desire nnto her, that 
 thou wouldest have her to thy 
 wife : 
 
 12 Then thou shalt brinj? her 
 liome to thine house; and she 
 shall shave her head, and pare 
 her nails; 
 
 13 And she shall put the rai- 
 ment of her captivity from off' 
 her, and shall remain in thine 
 house, and bewail her father 
 
 which lie hath, that he may 
 not make the son of the l)elov- 
 ed lirstboiii before the eon <>f 
 the hated, which is indeed tlie 
 lirstboni : 
 
 17 But he shall acknowled::e 
 the son of the hated for lli<* 
 tii-stbom, by jrivimr him a dou- 
 ble Dortion of all that he hath : 
 for he is the ln-jiinnintr of his 
 strength; the rij^ht of the liist- 
 bom is his. 
 
 18 ![ If a man have n stubboin 
 and rebellious son, which will 
 not olK*y the voice of his father, 
 or the voice of his mother, and 
 that, when they have chasten- 
 ed him, will not hearken unto 
 them : 
 
 Vd Then sludl his father and 
 his mother lay hold on him, 
 and briu^' him out nnto the 
 elders of his city, and nnto the 
 fcat^' of his i)lace; 
 
 20 And they shall say nnto the 
 elders of his city. This our son 
 is stubborn and rel>ellious. he 
 will not olxiy our voice ; he is a 
 glutton, and a drunkard. 
 
 21 And all the men of his city 
 shall stone him with stones, that 
 he die: so shalt thou put <-\il 
 away from among you ; and all 
 Israel shall hear, and fear. 
 
 22 •[ And if a man have < om- 
 mitted a sin worthy of death, 
 and he be to 1)6 put to death, 
 
 and her mother a full month : and thou hang him on a tree : 
 
 and after that thou shalt go in 
 unto her, and be her husband, 
 and she shall be thy Avife. 
 
 14 And it shall be, if thou 
 have no delight in her, then 
 thou shalt let her go wliither 
 she will; but thou shalt not 
 sell her at all for money, thou 
 shalt not make merchandise of 
 her, because thou hast humbled 
 lier. 
 
 15 H If a man have two wives, 
 one l3eloved, and another hated, 
 and they have bom him chil- 
 dren, both the beloved and the 
 hated; and 2/" the firstborn son 
 be her's that was hated : 
 
 16 Then it shall be, when he 
 juaketh his sons to inherit that 
 
 23 His body shall not remain 
 all night upon the tree, but 
 thou shalt in any wise bury 
 him that day; (for he that is 
 hanged is accursed of God:) 
 that thy land be not defiled, 
 which the Lord thy God giv- 
 eth theeybr an inheritance. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIL 
 1 Of humanity toward hretJrrcu. r, 
 The sex is to he distingnished htf 
 apparel. 6 The dam is not to }>e. 
 talen with her young ones, s Th^ 
 house must have hatflemenff!. m 
 Confusion is to he avoided. 12 Fritt. 
 ges upon the vesture. 13 Tlie p>r. 
 nishm£nl of him that slandere/h 
 his wife. 20, 22 Of adultery, 2r, 
 of rape, 23 and of fornication. ?,u 
 incest. 
 
Of Immanity 
 
 DEUTEEONOISIY, XXII. 
 
 to hretliren. 
 
 THOU Shalt not see thy bro- 
 ther's ox or his sheep go 
 astray, and hide thyself from 
 them: thou shalt in any case 
 bring them again unto thy bro- 
 ther. 
 
 2 And if thy brother be not 
 nigh unto thee, or if thou know 
 him not, then thou shalt bring 
 it imto thine own house, and it 
 shall be with thee until thy 
 brother seek after it, and thou 
 shalt restore it to him again. 
 
 3 In like manner shalt thou do 
 with his ass ; and so shalt thou 
 do with his raiment ; and with 
 all lost thing of thy brother's, 
 which he hath lost, and thou 
 hast found, shalt thou do like- 
 wise : thou mayest not hide thy- 
 self. 
 
 4 ^ Thou shalt not see thy 
 brother's ass or his ox fall down 
 by the way, and hide thyself 
 from them: thou shalt surely 
 help him to lift them up again. 
 
 5 ^ The w^oman shall not wear 
 that which pertaineth unto a 
 man, neither shall a man put 
 on a woman's garment : for all 
 that do so are abomination unto 
 the LoED thy God. 
 
 6 *![ If a bird's nest chance to 
 be before thee in the way in any 
 tree, or on the groimd, whether 
 they he j^oung ones, or eggs, and 
 the dam sitting upon the j^oung, 
 or upon the eggs, thou shalt not 
 take the dam with the young : 
 
 7 But thou shalt in any wise 
 let the dam go, and take the 
 young to thee ; that it may be 
 well with thee, and that thou 
 mayest prolong thy days. 
 
 8 IT When thou buildest a new 
 house, then thou shalt make a 
 battlement for thy roof, that 
 thou bring not blood upon thine 
 house, if any man fall from 
 thence. 
 
 9 ![ Thou shalt not sow thy 
 vmeyard with divers seeds : lest 
 the fruit of thy seed which thou 
 hast sow^l, and the fruit of thy 
 
 . vineyard, be defiled. 
 
 10 ![ Thou shalt not plow with 
 an ox and an ass together. 
 
 11 IF Thou shalt not wear a 
 garment of divers sorts, as of 
 woollen and linen together. 
 
 12 1[ Thou shalt make thee 
 fringes upon the four quarters 
 of thy A'esture, wherewith thou 
 coverest thyself. 
 
 13 H If any man take a wife, 
 and go in unto her, and hate 
 her, 
 
 14 And give o(.'casions of speech 
 against her, and bring up an 
 evil name upon her, and say, 
 I took tliis woman, and w^heii 
 I came to her, I found her not 
 a maid : 
 
 15 Then shall the father of the 
 damsel, and her mother, take 
 and bring forth the tokens of 
 the damsel's virginity unto the 
 elders of the city in the gate : 
 
 16 And the damsel's father 
 shall say unto the elders, I 
 gave my daughter unto this 
 man to wife, and he hateth 
 her; 
 
 17 And, lo, he hath given oc- 
 casions of speech against her, 
 saying, I found not thy daugh- 
 ter a maid; and yet these are 
 the tokens of my daughter's 
 \u'ginity. And they shall spread 
 the cloth befoi-e the elders of 
 the city. 
 
 18 And the elders of that city 
 shall take that man and chas- 
 tise him ; 
 
 19 And they^ shall amerce him 
 in an hundred shekels of silver, 
 and give them unto the father 
 of the damsel, because he hath 
 brought up an evil name upon 
 a virgin of Israel : and she shall 
 be his wife ; he may not put her 
 away all his days. 
 
 20 But if this thing be true, 
 and the tokens of virginity be 
 not found for the damsel : 
 
 21 Then they shall bring out 
 the damsel to the door of her 
 father's house, and the men of 
 her city shall stone her with 
 stones that she die : because she 
 hath wi'ought folly in Israel, to 
 play the whore in her father's 
 house : so shalt thou put evil 
 away from among yoii. 
 
OS aduJterij, 
 
 22 1 1f a man U' found Ivin 
 
 DEUTERONOMY. XXUI. wideaniwss. ^r. 
 
 husluind, tliLMi they sliull botl 
 
 nd lyin^' ; TJE tliat in Avonnde<l in tli<* 
 
 d to an I 1 HtoncH, or liath liis jiiivy 
 
 nR'ni])cr i;ut olT, sliall not vn- 
 
 (if tlKiu die, bolh the man that ' ter into tlie congregatiou of t)uj 
 hiy >sith tlie \v()man, and tlie \ Loiii 
 Avo'man : ko nhalt thou imt away 
 evil from Israel. 
 
 Z^ *' If a daniHel that is a viririn 
 be betrothed mito an hiu^band, 
 and a man iind her in the city, 
 and lie Nsitli her; 
 
 24 Then ye Hhall brhi? them 
 both out unto the ^ata of that 
 city, and ye shall stone them 
 with st(»ne8 that they die; the 
 danisel, because she cried not. 
 ftehiff in the city ; and the man 
 l)ecanse h« 
 
 neif-di])Our'H wife : so tliou shalt 
 l»ut away evil from amon^' you. 
 
 2 A l>a8tard Bhall not enter 
 into the conjneKation of fjie 
 Loud; even to his tenth uenera- 
 tion sliall he not enter intt» tluj 
 conprre^'ation of tlie Loiin. 
 
 3 An Anmionite or M(yd)it«i 
 shall not enter into the con^:rc- 
 ^ration of the L(Htn; even to 
 their tenth ^'eneration shall they 
 not enter into the congre^'ation 
 of the Loui» for ever: 
 
 4 I3ecau8<3 they met you not 
 hath humbletl his ' with bread and witli water in 
 
 the way, wlien ye came f«.i1h 
 lit of E{ryi»t ; and Incause they 
 
 25 ^ liut if a man find a ln'- hireil airainst thee Balaam tlic 
 trothed ilamsel in the held, and son of Beor of I'ethor of Me^ij- 
 llie man Inice her, and lie with ' potamia, to curse thee. 
 
 her : then tlie man only tliat lay 
 with her shall die : 
 
 2(j But unto the damBcl thmi 
 shalt do nothiiif;-; there i,s in 
 the damsel no sin tvorthi/ of 
 death : for as w hen a man ris- 
 eth a:rainst his neitxhbour, and 
 slayetli him, even so is tliis 
 matter: | 
 
 27 For he found her in the ' 
 field, and the betrothed dam- 
 
 5 Nevertheless the Lonn thy 
 (}(rI would not hearken unto 
 lialaam; but the Loiin thy 
 Ood turned the cui-se into a 
 blessin;.' unto thee, Ix'cause th»; 
 Loud thy (iod loved thee. 
 
 (i Thou shalt not seek their 
 peace nor their prosperity all 
 thy days for ever. 
 
 7 *[ Thou shalt not abhor an 
 Edomite; for he is thy brotliei 
 
 sel cried, and there teas none tliou shalt not abhor an K^'yp- 
 
 to save her. 
 
 28 !i If a man fmd a diinLsel 
 that is a vir^rin, 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 shall i!;ive imto the damsel's 
 father fifty shekels of silver, and 
 she shall be his wife; because 
 he hath humbled her, lie may 
 not put her away all his days. 
 
 30 "^ A man shall not take his 
 father's wife, nor discover his 
 father's skiii. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIIL 
 1 Wito may or may not enter into 
 the congregation. 9 Uncleanness 
 to he avoided in tlte host. 15 Of 
 the fugitive servant. 17 Of filth i- 
 ness. 18 Of abominable sacrifices. 
 19 Of usury. 21 Of votes. 21 Of 
 
 tian ; because thou wast a stran- 
 ger in his land. 
 
 8 The cldldren that are R'pol- 
 ten of them shall enter into the 
 con^Te.^ation of the Loud in 
 their th.ird generation. 
 
 9 ^ When the host goeth forth 
 against thine enemies, then keep 
 thee from every wicked thing. 
 
 10 •^ If there be among you 
 any man, that is not clean 
 by reason of uncleanness tljat 
 chanceth him by night, then 
 shall he go abroad out of tlie 
 cami), he shall not come within 
 the camp : 
 
 11 But it shall be, when even- 
 ing Cometh on, he shall wash 
 himself viiih. water: and when 
 the sun is down, he shall come 
 into the camp again. 
 
 12 1 Thou shalt have a place 
 
0/ umry, 
 
 also without tlie camp, whither 
 thoii shalt go forth abroad : 
 
 13 And thou shalt have a pad- 
 dle upon thy weapon; and it 
 shall be, when thou wilt ease 
 thyself abroad, thou shalt dig 
 therewith, and shalt turn back 
 and cover that which cometh 
 from thee : 
 
 14 For the Lord thy God 
 walketh in the midst of thy 
 camp, to dehver thee, and to 
 give up thine enemies before 
 thee ; therefore shall thy camp 
 be holy : that he see no unclean 
 thing in thee, and turn away 
 from thee. 
 
 15 IF Thou shalt not deliver 
 unto his master the servant 
 
 ; which is escaped from his mas- 
 
 i ter unto thee : 
 
 I 16 He shall dwell with thee, 
 
 ! even among you, in that place 
 which he shall choose in one 
 of thy gates, where it liketh 
 Mm best: thou shalt not op- 
 press him. 
 
 I 17 IF There shall be no whore 
 of the daughters of Israel, nor a 
 
 j sodomite of the sons of Israel. 
 
 ' 18 Thou shalt not biing the 
 hire of a whore, or the price 
 of a dog, into the house of the 
 Lord thy God for any vow: 
 for even both these are abomi- 
 nation imto the Lord thy God. 
 
 19 IF Thou shalt not lend upon 
 usuiy to thy brother; usmy of 
 money, usury of victuals, usurj^ 
 of any thing that is lent upon 
 usury : 
 
 20 Unto a stranger thou may- 
 est lend upon usury ; but unto 
 thy brother thou shalt not lend 
 upon usury: that the Lord 
 thy God may bless thee in all 
 that thou settest thine hand to 
 in the land whither thou goest 
 to possess it. 
 
 21 IF When thou shalt vow a 
 vow unto the Lord thy God, 
 thou shalt not slack to pay it: 
 for the Lord thy God will 
 surely require it of thee; and 
 it would be sin in thee. 
 
 22 But if thou shalt forbear to 
 vow, it shall be no sin in thee. 
 
 BEUTEROKOMY, XXIV. trespasses, <^e. 
 
 23 That which is gone out of 
 thy lips thou shalt keep and 
 perform; even a freeT\all offer- 
 ing, according as thou hast vow- 
 ed unto the Lord thy God, 
 which thou hast promised with 
 ihj mouth. 
 
 24 IF When thou comest into 
 thy neighbour's vineyard, then 
 thou mayest eat grapes thy fill 
 at thine own pleasure ; but thou 
 shalt not put any in thy vessel. 
 
 25 When thou comest into the 
 standing com of thy neighboui-, 
 then thou mayest pluck the 
 ears with thine hand ; but thou 
 shalt not move a sickle unto 
 thy neighbour's standing corn. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 1 Of divorce. 5 A new inarried vinn 
 goeth not to war. 6, 10 Of pledges. 
 7 Of manstealers. 8 Of leprosy. 
 li TJie hire is to he given. IG Of 
 justice. 19 Of charity. 
 
 WHEN a man hath taken 
 a Tvife, and mamed hei-, 
 and it come to pass that she 
 find no favour in his eyes, be- 
 cause he hath found some un- 
 cleanness in her : then let him 
 write her a bill of divorcement, 
 and give it in her hand, and 
 send her out of his house. 
 
 2 And when she is departed 
 out of his house, she may go 
 and be another man's wife. 
 
 3 And if the latter husband 
 hate her, and write her a bill 
 of divorcement, and givetli it in 
 her hand, and sendeth her out 
 of his house; or if the latter 
 husband die, which took her to 
 he his wife ; 
 
 4 Her former husband, which 
 sent her away, may not take 
 her again to be his wife, after 
 that she is defiled; for that is 
 abomination before the Lord : 
 and thou ^ shalt not cause the 
 land to sin, which the Lord 
 thy God giveth thee for an in- 
 heritance. 
 
 5 IF When a man hath taken 
 a new wife, he shall not go 
 out to war, neither shall he be 
 charged with any business : hut 
 he shall be free at home one 
 
OfphJorff. DEUTERON 
 
 year, aiut sluiU cliocr up liLs 
 Avife whitli he hath taken. 
 
 i) •" No iimii nliall take the 
 nether or tlie upitcr millstone to 
 pledge: lor lie taketh a mun^s 
 life to i)ledfre. 
 
 7 •' If a man l>e found nteal- 
 inii any of hin l»retlm*n of the 
 children of Israel, and maketh 
 nierehandi)*e of him, or w^lleth I 
 him; then that thief slinll die; ! 
 and thou skilt put evil away '. 
 from amon^ y<jn. ! 
 
 S •• Take heed in the nlainie ; 
 <»f leprosy, that thou oW'rve : 
 diligently, and do arcordin^' 
 to all that the prit-sts tin* !>*- | 
 viteH shall teach you: as 1 com- I 
 nianded them, xo ye shall ol>- 
 fc'erve to do. 
 
 *.) Hemember wliat the L o r n 
 thy G<»d did unto IVIiriam by 
 the uay, after that ye were 
 Come forth out of Kfxvjit. 
 
 m •: When tliou dost lend thy 
 bn»tlier any thinir, thou nhalt 
 ni»t .e:o into his house to fetch 
 his i.ledge. 
 
 11 Thou ehalt stand abroad, 
 and the man t^) whom thou j 
 dost lend sluill brinu' out the : 
 I'ltd;^e abroad unto thee. | 
 
 12 And if the man he yHK)r, thou | 
 ^lialt not sleep with his jdedtre : 
 
 lo In any case thou shalt de- 
 liver him the pledge again when 
 the sua goeth do^ii, tliat he 
 may sleep in his oami raiment, 
 and bless thee : and it shall be 
 ri'jditeousness unto tliee before 
 the Lord thy God. 
 
 14 •; Thou shalt not oppress an 
 hired servant thai is poor and 
 needy, whether he he of thy bre- 
 thren, or of thy strangers that 
 are in thy land within tliy gates : 
 
 lo At bis day thou shalt give 
 him his hire, neither shall the 
 sun go do^Ti upon it ; for lie is 
 poor, and settetli liis heart up- 
 on it : lest he cry against thee 
 luito the LoED, and it be sm 
 luito thee. 
 
 IG The fatheiB shall not be put 
 to death for the children, nei- 
 ther shall the childien be put 
 io death for the fathers : every 
 
 O^tY, XXV. Of charily. 
 
 man shall be put to death for 
 his own R»n. 
 
 17 ^ 'i'hou shall not pervert 
 the ju<lirnu'nt of the stnniger, 
 nor of the latlu'rless; nor Uike 
 a widow's niinunt to pledge: 
 
 18 Jhit thnn shalt remember 
 that thou wast a bondman in 
 Kgypt, and the Ix)R1» thy God 
 redeemed thee thenc-e : then*- 
 i\)V\' I command thee to do this 
 thing. 
 
 !!♦ ^ When tlmu cuttest down 
 thine harvest in thy field, and 
 hast foru'ot a sheaf in the field, 
 thon shalt not tro again to fetch 
 it : it shall l»e for the strang«*r, 
 for the fatherlesSj and for the 
 widow: that the Lori» thy (JckI 
 may bli*ss thee in all the work 
 of thine hands. 
 
 20 When thon l)eatest thine 
 olive tree thou shalt not go over 
 the bouglis again : it shall l>e 
 for the HtraiiLM-r, for the father- 
 less, an<l for tin* widow. 
 
 21 When thou gatherest the 
 graiK'S of thy vineyard, thou 
 shalt not gl<*an it afterward: it 
 shall l»e for the stranger, for the 
 fatherless, and for tlie widow. 
 
 22 And thou shalt remember 
 that thr)U wast a bondman in the 
 land of Egy])t : th(?refore I com- 
 mand thee to do this tiling. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 
 1 Stripes must iiot exceed Unty. 4 
 27. c ox \» ■wot io he mitzzied. 5 0/ 
 raining scrd int(o a hrofhfr. 11 0/ 
 the iiinn'dfHt tronutn. 13 0/ uv- 
 jnst }r('i(fhfs. 17 TJie meuiorj/ of 
 Amalek is to be blotted out. 
 
 IF there be a controversy be- 
 tween men, and they come 
 unto judgment, tliat the judgeif 
 may judge them; then they shall 
 justify the righteous, and con- 
 demn the M-icked. 
 
 2 And it shall be, if the wicked 
 man he worthy to be beaten, 
 that the judge shall cause liim 
 to lie down, and to be beaten 
 before his face, according to his 
 fault, by a certahi number. 
 
 3 Forty stripes he may give 
 him, and not exceed: lest, if 
 he should exceed, and beat him 
 
Of unyu^ DEUTEROKOIMY, XXYI. 
 
 above these -with many stripes, 
 then thy brother should seem 
 vile imto thee. 
 
 4 ^■. Thon shalt not muzzle the 
 ox 's^'hen he treadeth out the 
 corn. 
 
 5 IF If brethren dwell together, 
 and one of them die, and have 
 no cliild, the wife of the dead 
 shall not marry without imto a 
 stranger : her husband's brother 
 shall go in unto her, and take 
 her to him to wife, and perform 
 the duty of an husband's bro- 
 ther rmto her. 
 
 6 And it shall be, that the first- 
 bom which she beareth shall 
 succeed in the name of his bro- 
 ther which is dead, that liis 
 name be not put out of Israel. 
 
 7 And if the man like not to 
 take his brother's wife, then let 
 his brother's wife go up to the 
 gate unto the elders, and say. 
 My husband's brother refuseth 
 to raise up unto his brother a 
 name in Israel, he will not per- 
 form the duty of my husband's 
 brother. 
 
 8 Then the elders of his city 
 shall call him, and speak unto 
 him : and if he stand to it, and 
 say. I like not to take her ; 
 
 9 Then shall his brother's wife 
 come imto him in the presence 
 of the elders, and loose his shoe 
 from off his foot, and spit in his 
 face, and shall answer and say, 
 So shall it be done unto that 
 man that will not build up his 
 
 •brother's house. 
 
 10 And his name shall be call- 
 ed in Israel, The house of him 
 that hath his shoe loosed. 
 
 11 *:. When men strive together 
 one with another, and the wife 
 of the one diaweth near for to 
 deliver her husband out of the 
 hand of liim that smiteth him, 
 and putteth forth her hand, and 
 taketh him by the secrets : 
 
 12 Then thou shalt cut off" her 
 liand, thine eye shall not pity 
 her, 
 
 13 H Thou shalt not have in 
 thy bag divers weights, a great 
 and a small. 
 
 iceights, <^'c. 
 
 14 Thou shalt not have in 
 thine house divers measures, a 
 great and a small. 
 
 15 But thou shalt have a per- 
 fect and just weight, a perfect 
 and just measure shalt thou 
 have: that thy days may be 
 lengthened m the land wliich 
 the Lord thy God giveth thee. 
 
 16 For all that do such things, 
 and all that do unrighteously, 
 are an abomination unto the 
 LoED thy God. 
 
 17 ^ Remember what Amalelv 
 did unto thee by the way, when 
 ye were come forth out of E- 
 
 gypt; 
 
 18 How he met thee by the 
 way, and smote the hindmost 
 of thee, even all that were fee- 
 ble behind thee, when thou wast 
 faint and weary ; and he feared 
 not God. 
 
 19 Therefore it shall be, when 
 the Lord thy God hath given 
 thee rest from_ all thine enemies 
 round about, in the land which 
 the Lord thy God giveth thee 
 for an inheritance to possess 
 
 it, that thou shalt blot out the 
 remembrance of Amalek from 
 under heaven; thou shalt not 
 forget it. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 1 The confession of Jtim that offereth 
 the hasfcet of firstfruits. 12 The 
 prayer of him that giveth his third 
 year's tithes. 16 The covenant 'be- 
 tween God mid the people. 
 
 /i ^L) it shall be, when thou 
 XX art come in unto the land 
 w^hich the Lord thy God giveth 
 thee for an inheritance, and 
 possessest it, and dwellest there- 
 in; 
 
 2 That thou shalt take of the 
 fii'st of all the fruit of the earth, 
 which thou shalt biing of th\^ 
 land that the Lord thy God giv- 
 eth thee, and shalt put it in a 
 basket, and shalt go unto the 
 place which the Lord thy God 
 shall choose to place his name 
 there. 
 
 3 And thou shalt go unto the 
 priest that shall be in those days, 
 and say unto him, I profess this 
 
Oj offering 
 
 DEUTERONOMY, XXVI. 
 
 t1u.'/ii»'hi'lli*. 
 
 (lay \mio the Lord thy God, 
 lliat I am coiiic unto the Cdunto' 
 Avhicli tlu' LoHT) Hwaru unto our 
 j'atlici-s for to fiiv<' ua. 
 4 And till' i>rk'st shall take the 
 basket out of thine hand, and 
 
 brouifht away the liallovx-d 
 things out of mine hows*-, and 
 also have p-iven tlwni unto the 
 Levite, and unto tlie stran^'er, 
 to the fatln'rh'SH, and to th»' wi- 
 dow, according.' to all thy < t»ni- 
 
 set it down before the altar of ; niandinrnts whirli thou 
 
 the Lord thy (iod. 
 
 eomniandtd nie : I liav« 
 
 hast 
 not 
 
 5 And thou shalt speak and | tranefiri-essedthyi'dnniandnients, 
 Ray before the Lord thy God, A neither have I forgotten them: 
 
 Syrian ready to itcrish tvas my 
 father, and lie went down in- 
 to E^'ypt, and s(tj<»urned there 
 with a few, and became there 
 a nation, jrreat, mighty, and 
 populous : j 
 
 G And tlie P^L'yptians evil en- 
 treated us, and attlicted ur, and 
 laid ujion us hard bondaf,a* : 
 
 7 And wlieii we cried unto the 
 Lord (iod of our fathei-s. the 
 Lord heard our voice, and look- 
 ed on our ailliction, and our 
 labour, and our oi)i)ression : 
 
 8 And the LoHU brouirht us 
 forth out of P^trypt with a iiiiLrh- 
 ty hand, and witli an outstietch- 
 ed ann, and witli Lqeat terrible- 
 ness, and with signs, and with 
 wonders : 
 
 And ho hath brought us into 
 thiR i»laoe, and hath priven ur 
 this \\m(\,eve)i a land that flow- 
 eth with milk and honey. 
 
 lU And now, behold, I have 
 brought the iii-stfruits of the 
 land, which thou, O Lord, hast 
 given me. And thou shalt set 
 it before the Lord thy God, and 
 worship before the Lord thy 
 God: 
 
 11 And thou shalt rejoice in 
 every good thing which the 
 Lord thy God hath given unto 
 thee, and imto thine liouse, thou, 
 and the Le^ite, and the stranger 
 that is among you. 
 
 12 H When thou hast made an 
 
 14 I have not eaten thereof 
 mv mourning, neither have I 
 taken away ought there(»f for 
 ani/ unclean use, nor given 
 itught thereof for the dead : Intt 
 I have hearkened to the voice of 
 the Lord my GckI, and havo 
 done according to all that thou 
 hast coninian(le<l nu*. 
 
 1") L(M)k down from thy holy 
 habitation, from heaven, and 
 bless thy Deoi>le Israel, and the 
 land which tliou hast given us, 
 as thou swarcRt unto our fathei-R, 
 a land that floweth with milk 
 and honey. 
 
 1(1 • 'I'his day the Lord thy 
 (i(Kl hath connnanded tliee to 
 do these statutes and judgments : 
 thou shalt therefore keeii and do 
 them with all thine heart, and 
 with all thy soul. 
 
 17 1'hou hast avouched the 
 Lord this day to be thy God, 
 and to walk in his ways, and to 
 keep his statutes, and his com- 
 mandments, and his judgments, 
 and to hearken unto his voi<'e : 
 
 18 ^Vnd the Lord hath avouch- 
 ed thee this day to be his pecu- 
 liar people, as he hath promised- 
 thee, and that thou shouldest 
 keep all his commandments; 
 
 19 And to make thee high a- 
 bove all nations wliich he hath 
 made, in praise, and in name, 
 and in honour; and that tliou 
 mayest be an holy people unto 
 
 end of tithing all the tithes of the Lord thy God, as he hath 
 
 thine increase the third year, 
 which is the year of tithing, and 
 hast given it unto the Levite, 
 the stranger, the fatherless, and 
 the widow, that they may eat 
 within thy gates, and be filled ; 
 13 Then thou shalt say before 
 the Lord thy God, I liave 
 
 spoken. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVII. 
 
 1 Tl.e peoijle are commatuled to icrlfe 
 the knv ux)on stones, 5 and to hvild 
 an altar of ivhole stones. 11 Tlie 
 tribes divided on Gerizim and ElaJ. 
 14 TJie curses pi'onounced on monnt 
 Ebal. 
 
OlmUence DEUTERONOMY, XXVII. 
 
 ND Moses with the elders mount Gerizim to 
 
 xjL of Israel commanded the 
 people, saying, Keep all the 
 commandments which I com- 
 mand you this day. 
 
 2 And it shall be on the day 
 when ye shall pass over Jordan 
 unto the land which the Lokd 
 thy God giveth thee, that thou 
 
 ■shalt set thee up great stones, 
 and plaister them with plaister : 
 
 3 And thou shalt Avrite upon 
 them all the words of tliis law, 
 when thou art passed over, that 
 
 J thou mayest go in unto the land 
 , which the Loed thy God giveth 
 ' thee, a land that floweth with 
 millv and honey ; as the Loed 
 ' God of thy fathers hath pro- 
 mised thee. 
 
 ] 4 Therefore it shall be when 
 ^ ye be gone over Jordan, that ye 
 shall set up these stones, which 
 ' I command you this day, in 
 . mount Ebal, and thou shalt 
 ' plaister them with plaister. 
 , 5 And there shalt thou build 
 I an altar unto the Loed thy God, 
 ' an altar of stones : thou shalt 
 I not lift up ani/ iron tool upon 
 
 them. 
 ' 6 Thou shalt build the altar 
 of the Loed thy God of whole 
 ' stones : and thou shalt offer 
 ■ burnt offerings thereon unto the 
 ' Loed thy God: 
 
 ] 7 And thou shalt offer peace 
 i offermgs, and shalt eat there, 
 ' and rejoice before the Loed 
 ] thy God. 
 
 i 8 And thou shalt write upon 
 ] the stones all the words of this 
 ) law very plainly. 
 
 9 H And Moses and the priests 
 
 enjoined. 
 
 bless the 
 people, when ye are come ovei- 
 Jordan ; Simeon, and Levi, and 
 Judah, and Issachar, and Jo- 
 seph, and Benjamin : 
 
 13 And these shall stand upon 
 mount Ebal to curse ; Eeuben, 
 Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, 
 Dan, and Naphtali. 
 
 14 IF And the Levites shall 
 speak, and say unto all the men 
 of Israel with a loud voice, 
 
 15 Ciused be the man that 
 maketh an?/ graven or molten 
 image, an abomination unto the 
 Loed, the work of the hands of 
 the craftsman, and putteth it 
 in a secret place. And all the 
 people shall answer and say. 
 Amen. 
 
 16 Cursed be he that setteth 
 light by his father or his mo- 
 ther. And all the people shall 
 say, Amen. 
 
 17 Ciused be he that removeth 
 his neighbour's landmark. And 
 all the people shall say. Amen. 
 
 18 Cursed be he that maketh 
 the blind to Avander out of the 
 way. And all the people shall 
 say. Amen. 
 
 19 Cursed be he that perverteth 
 the judgment of the stranger, 
 fatherless, and widow. And all 
 the people shall say. Amen. 
 
 20 Cmsed be he that lieth with 
 his father's mfe ; because he un- 
 covereth his father's skirt. And 
 all the people shall say, Amen. 
 
 21 Cursed be he that lieth with 
 any manner of beast. And all 
 the people shall say, Amen. 
 
 22 Cursed be he that lieth with 
 his sister, the daughter of his 
 
 the Le\dtes spake mito all Is- ; father, or the daughter of his 
 
 rael, saying. Take heed, and 
 hearken, O Israel; this day 
 thou art become the people of 
 the Loed thy God. 
 
 10 Thou shalt therefore obey 
 the voice^ of the Loed thy God, 
 and do his commandments and 
 his statutes, which I command 
 thee this day. 
 
 11 IF And Moses charged the 
 people the same day, saying, 
 -12 These shall stand upon 
 
 mother. And all the people 
 shall say. Amen. 
 
 23 Cm-sed be he that Heth with 
 his mother in law. And all the 
 people shall say. Amen. 
 
 24 Cursed be he that smiteth 
 liis neighbour secretly. And all 
 the people shall say. Amen. 
 
 25 Cursed be he that taketh 
 reward to slay an innocent per- 
 son. And all the people shall 
 say, Amen. 
 
BkmmM DEUTERONOMY. XXVIII. 
 
 obedience. 
 
 2(] Cursed he he that ronfirm- tliee pleiitocniR in goodn, in tlie 
 
 eth not all the worcln of tin's 
 law to do tliem. And all the 
 Ijeople shall i^av, Amen. i 
 
 CHAPTER XXVIII. | 
 
 1 The bk'i^siwjsfor obedience. 15 Tlte j 
 
 cnrnesfor disobedience. 
 
 AND it shall come to paae, | 
 . if thou Bhalt hearken di- \ 
 ligently unto the voice of the 
 Loun thy (Jod, to obsene and 
 to do all his commandments 
 which I command thee this '•■ 
 day, that the Loud thy Cod; 
 will set thee on hitrh above all 1 
 nations c)f the earth : 
 
 2 And all these blessings shall } 
 come on thee-, and < »vertake thee, ' 
 if thou shalt heaiken inito the : 
 voice of the Loun tliv (Jod. ' 
 
 3 Blessed .shalt thou be in tl 
 
 fruit of thy botly, and in tlu 
 fruit of ♦hy cattle, and in the 
 fruit of thy proimd, in the land 
 which tlu' Loun sware uuU) thy 
 fathers to ^dve thee. 
 
 12 The Loun shall oiK-n unto 
 thee his gcKjd treasure, the hea- 
 ven to pive the rain mito thy 
 land in his sea>=on, and to ble^s 
 all the work of thine hand: 
 and thou shalt lend unto many 
 nations, and thou shalt not 
 borrow. 
 
 13 And the Lord shall make 
 thee the head, and not the tail ; 
 and thou shalt l)e above only, 
 and thou shalt not be beneatli ; 
 if that thou hearken unto the 
 connnandments of the Loun thy 
 God, which I command thee this 
 
 city, and blessed ^halt thou be day, to observe and to do litem : 
 
 in the field. 
 
 14 And thou shalt not tro aside 
 
 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of from any of the words which I 
 
 thy body, and the fniit of thy 
 ground, and the fruit of thy 
 cattle, the increase of thy kine, 
 and the flocks of thy sheep. 
 
 5 Blessed ahall be thy basket 
 and thy store. 
 
 () Jilessed shall thou be when 
 thou comest in, and blessed *'/m// , 
 thou be when thou goest out. | 
 
 7 The Loun shall cause thine 
 enemies that rise up ap:ain8t ; 
 thee to be smitten before thy 
 
 ;nnnand thee this day, lo the 
 riirht hand, or lo the left, to fro 
 alter other t^ods to serve them. 
 
 lo ^ But it shall come to pass, 
 if thou wilt not hearken unto the 
 voice of the Loun thy God, to 
 observe to do all his command- 
 ments and his statutes which 
 I command thee this day ; that 
 all these curses shall come upon 
 thee, and overtake thee : 
 
 IG Cimied shalt thou be in the 
 
 face : they shall come out a- city, and cursed shalt thou be 
 
 gainst thee one way, and flee 
 before thee seven ways. 
 
 8 The Loud shall command 
 the blessing upon thee in thy 
 storehouses, and in all that thou 
 settest thine hand unto ; and 
 be shall bless thee in the land 
 which the Lord thy God giveth 
 thee. 
 
 9 The Lord shall establish thee 
 an holy people unto himself, as 
 he hath sworn unto thee, if thou 
 shalt keep the commandments 
 of the Lord thy God, and walk 
 in his ways. 
 
 10 And all people of the earth 
 shall see that thou art called by 
 the name of the Lord; and 
 they shall be afraid of thee. 
 
 11 And the Lord shall make 
 
 in tlie held. 
 
 17 Cursed shall be thy basket 
 and thy store. 
 
 18 Cui-sed shall be the fruit of 
 thy body, and the fruit of thy 
 land, the increase of thy kine, 
 and the flocks of thy sheep. 
 
 10 Cursed shalt thou be when 
 thou comest in, and cursed shalt 
 thou be when thou ccoest out. 
 
 20 The Lord shall send up- 
 on thee cursing, vexation, and 
 rebuke, in all that thou settest 
 thine hand unto for to do, until 
 thou be destroyed, and until 
 thou perish quickly ; because of 
 the wickedness of thy doings, 
 whereby thou hast forsaken me. 
 
 21 The Lord shall make the 
 pestilence cleave unto thee, im- 
 
Curses for 
 
 DEUTEEONGIVIY, XXYIII. disobedience. 
 
 til lie have consumed thee from 
 off the land, whither thon goest 
 to possess it. 
 
 22 The LoBD shall smite thee 
 with a consmnption, and with a 
 fever, and with an inliammation, 
 and with an extreme bm-ning, 
 and with the sword, and with 
 blasting, and with mildew ; and 
 they shall pm-sne thee nntil 
 thou perish. 
 
 . 23 And thy heaven that is over 
 thy head shall be brass, and the 
 earth that is under thee shall be 
 iron. 
 
 24 The LoKD shall make th< 
 
 be violently taken away from 
 before thy face, and shall not 
 be restored to thee : thy sheep 
 shall be given unto thine ene- 
 mies, a.nd thou shalt have none 
 to rescue them. 
 
 32 Thy sons and thy daugh- 
 ters shall be given unto another 
 people, and thine eyes shall look, 
 and fail with longing for them 
 all the day long : and there shall 
 be no might in thine hand. 
 
 33 The fruit of thy land, and 
 all thy labours, shall a nation 
 which thou knowest not eat up ; 
 and thou shalt be only oppress- 
 
 rain of thy land powder and \ ed and crushed alway : 
 
 dust : from heaven shall it come 
 down upon thee, until thou be 
 destroyed. 
 
 25 The Lord shall cause thee 
 to be smitten before thine ene- 
 mies : thou shalt go out one 
 way agauist them, and flee 
 seven ways before them : and 
 shalt be removed into all the 
 kingdoms of the earth. 
 
 26 And thy carcase shall be 
 meat unto all fowls of the air, 
 and unto the beasts of the earth, 
 and no man shall fray them 
 away. 
 
 27 The LoED will smite thee 
 with the botch of Egypt, and 
 with the emerods, and with the 
 scab, and with the itch, whereof 
 thou canst not be healed. 
 
 28 The LoED shall smite thee 
 with madness, and blindness, 
 and astonishment of heart : 
 
 29 And thou shalt grope at 
 noonday, as the blind gropeth 
 in darlmess, and thou shalt not 
 prosper in thy ways : and thou 
 shalt be only oppressed and 
 spoiled evermore, and no man 
 shall save thee. 
 
 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, 
 and another man shall lie with 
 her : thou shalt build an house, 
 and thou shalt not dwell there- 
 in : thou shalt plant a vineyard, 
 and shalt not gather the grapes 
 thereof. 
 
 31 Thine ox shall be slam be- 
 fore thine eyes, 'and thou shalt 
 
 34 So that thou shalt be mad 
 for the sight of thine eyes which 
 thou shalt see. 
 
 35 The LoED shall smite thee 
 in the knees, and m the legs, 
 with a sore botch that cannot 
 be healed, from the sole of thy 
 foot unto the top of thy head. 
 
 36 The LoED shall bring thee, 
 and thy king which thou shalt 
 set over thee, unto a nation 
 which neither thou nor thy fa- 
 thers have known; and there 
 shalt thou sers^e other gods, 
 wood and stone. 
 
 37 And thou shalt become an 
 astonislmient, a proverb, and 
 a byword, among all nations 
 wliither the Loed shall lead 
 thee. 
 
 38 Thou shalt carry much seed 
 out into the field, and shalt ga- 
 ther but little in ; for the locust 
 shall consume it. 
 
 39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, 
 and dress them, but shalt neither 
 drink of the v/ine, nor gather 
 the grapes ; for the worms shall 
 eat them. 
 
 40 Thou shalt have olive trees 
 throughout all thy coasts, but 
 thou shalt not anoint thyself 
 with the oil; for thine olive 
 shall cast his fruit. 
 
 41 Thou shalt beget sons and 
 daughters, but thou shalt not 
 enjoy them; for they shall go 
 into captivity. 
 
 42 All thy trees and fruit of thy 
 
 not eat thereof: thine ass shall i land shall the locust consume. 
 
Cxu^sfar DEUTEKONOMY, XXVIII. (lii^'di^nce. 
 
 in The Rtmiiirer that f.v ^ith-jthc Lokd thy God Imtli ^iven 
 in tliee nliall ^vt up alM»ve tlier ; thct*. 
 
 very hi^rh ; and thou shall come | r>:j And thou sludt cut tlie fruit 
 down veiT low. \ of thine t>wii iMwly, the Ihsh oi 
 
 44 He pliall lend to thee, and thy sons and (»f thy dauirhters, 
 rliou shalt not lend to him: he which tlie Loud thy (mkI hath 
 
 liall he the head, and thou 
 >halt he the tail. 
 
 45 Morcovor all these cui-wfi 
 •-liall come upon tln-e, and shall 
 pui-sue the(», and overtake thee, 
 till thou l»o destroyed; Ix'canse 
 thou hearkenedst not unto the 
 \«>ice of the Loiin thy CUhI, to 
 krep his conmiaiidments an«l 
 liis statutis which he conunand- 
 ( d thee 
 
 driven thre, in the sieire, and in 
 the stniitness, wherewith thine 
 enemies shall distretJs ther : 
 
 rA So that the man thut is 
 tender amonf? you, and ver>' 
 delicate, his eye shall he evil to- 
 ward his hrother,and toward the 
 wife of his hopom, and toward 
 the renuiant of his children 
 which he shall leave : 
 
 C),') So that he will not pive to 
 
 4(> And they shall l^e upon thee any of them of the flesh of his 
 for a sii^ni and for a wonder, ' cluldren whom lie shall cat 
 and upon thy seed for ever. 
 
 47 I^-eause thou servi'dst not 
 tlie Loud thy (Jod witli joN-ful- 
 ness, and with L^ladiicss of la'art, 
 Inr tlieahundancr of all thinu^s; 
 
 4S Theivfore shalt th<m st^'rve 
 thine enemies which the I.okd 
 >hall send aurainst thee, in hun- 
 ger, and in thii-st, and in naki'd- 
 ii«'ss, and in want of all t/iimrs: 
 and he shall i>ut a yoke of iron 
 ni>on thy neck, until he liave 
 destroyed thee. 
 
 40 The LoiU) shall hrinjr a 
 nation ai2;ainst thee from far, 
 from the end of the earth, as 
 s'li'ift as the eatrle tiieth ; a na- 
 tion whose tongue thou shalt 
 not tmderstand ; 
 
 50 A nation of fierce counte- 
 nance, wliich shall not rejrard 
 the person of the old, nor shew 
 favotu' to the young : 
 
 51 And he shall eat the fruit 
 of thy cattle, and the fruit of 
 thy land, until thou be destroy- 
 ed: which aho shall not leave 
 thee either com, wine, or oil, 
 or the increase of thy kine, or 
 flocks of thy sheep, until he 
 have destroyed thee. 
 
 52 And he shall besiege thee 
 in all thy gates, until thy high 
 and fenced walls come do^Ti, 
 wherein thou trustedst, through- 
 out all thy land: and he shall 
 
 iM'cause he hath nothing left 
 him in the siege, and in the 
 stniitness, wherewith thine ene- 
 mies shall distress thee in all 
 thy gates. 
 
 56 The tender and delicate wo- 
 man among yim, which would 
 not adventure to set the sole of 
 her ioot ui>on the ground for 
 dclieatrness and teudeniess, her 
 eye shall l>e evil toward the 
 husband of her bosf)m, and t(j- 
 ward her son, and toward her 
 daughter, 
 
 57 And toward her yotmg one 
 that Cometh out from between 
 her feet, and toward her chil- 
 dren which she shall bear: for 
 8h(i shall eat them for want of 
 all things secretly in the siege 
 and straitness, wherewith thine 
 enemy shall distress thee in thy 
 gates. 
 
 58 If thou wilt not observe to 
 do all the words of this law that 
 are written in tliis book, that 
 thou mavest fear this glorious 
 and fearful name, THE LOED 
 THY GOD; 
 
 59 Then the Lord will make 
 thy plagues wonderful, and the 
 plagues of thy seed, even great 
 plagues, and of long continu- 
 ance, and sore sicknesses, and 
 of long continuance. 
 
 60 Moreover he will bring 
 
 besiege thee in all thy gates upon thee all the diseases of 
 throughout all thy land, which Egypt, which thou wast afraid 
 
Curses for DEUTERONOMY, XXIX. 
 
 of; and they shall cleave mito 
 thee. 
 
 61 Also every eickne^, and 
 every plague, which is not writ- 
 ten m the book of this law, them, 
 will the LoKD bring uj^.on thee, 
 until thou be destroyed. 
 
 62 And j-e shall be left few 
 in number, whereas ye were as 
 the stars of heaven for multi- 
 tude ; because thou wouldest not 
 obey the voice of the Lord thy 
 God. 
 
 63 And it shall come to pass, 
 that as the Loed rejoiced over 
 you to do you good, and to miil- 
 tiply you; so the Loed will 
 rejoice over you to destroy you, 
 
 .and to bring you to nought; 
 :and ye shall be plucked from 
 I off the land whither thou goest 
 [ to possess it. 
 ! 64 And the Loed shall scatter 
 
 thee among all people, from th-e 
 
 one end of the earth even unto 
 
 the other ; and there thou slialt 
 
 «erve other gods, which neither 
 
 thou nor thy fathei^ hav€ known, 
 , even vvood and etone. 
 
 65 And among these nations 
 shalt thou find no ease, neither 
 shall the sole of thy foot liave 
 rest: but the Loed shall give 
 thee there a trembling heart, 
 and failing of eyes, and soitow 
 of mmd : 
 
 66 And thy life shall hang in 
 doubt before thee ; and thoii 
 shalt fear day and night, and 
 shalt liave none assurance of 
 thy hfe : 
 
 67 In the morning thou shalt 
 say. Would God it were even ! 
 and at even thou shalt say, 
 Would God it were morning ! 
 for the fear of thine heart where- 
 with thou shalt fear, and for the 
 sight of thine eyes which thou 
 shalt see. 
 
 68 And the Lobd shall bring 
 thee into Eg^T)t again with 
 ships, by the way whereof I 
 spake unto thee. Thou shalt see 
 it no more again : and there ye 
 shall be sold unto 3'oiu enemies 
 
 , for bondmen and bondwomen, 
 , and no man shall buy ^ou. 
 
 disobedience. 
 
 CHAPTEH XXIX. 
 
 1 3Ios€s exhorteth them to obedience^ 
 hy the memcry of the icorls they 
 have seeu. 10 ATI are presented 
 before the Lord to enter into his 
 covenant. 18 The great irraih on 
 him that flattereth himself in his 
 icicledness. 29 Secret things he- 
 long unto God. 
 
 THESE are the words of 
 the covenant, wliich the 
 Lord commanded Moses to 
 ; make ^ith the chikken of Is- 
 I lael in the land of Moab, beside 
 ' the covenant which he made 
 j with them m Horeb. 
 I 2 •^ And Moses called imto all 
 Israel, and said imto them. Ye 
 have seen all that the Loed did 
 before your eyes in the land of 
 Egy-pt unto Pharaoh, and unto 
 all his servants, and unto all his 
 I land ; 
 
 ; 3 The great temptations wliich 
 ; thine eyes have seen, the sig-ns, 
 and those great miracles : 
 I 4 Yet the Lord hath not given 
 i you an heart to perceive, and 
 j eyes to see, and ears to h^ir, 
 ! unto this day. 
 
 I 5 And I have led you forty 
 ! yeai^ ia the wilderness : your 
 ' clothes are not waxen old upon 
 I you, and thy shoe is not waxen 
 ! old upon tliy foot. 
 I 6 Ye have not eaten bread, 
 I neither have ye di'unk wine or 
 ; strong druak: that ye might 
 know that I am the Lord your 
 God. 
 
 7 And when ye came unto this 
 place, Sihon the king of Hesh- 
 bon, and Og the kmg of Ba- 
 shan, came out against us unto 
 battle, and we smote them : 
 
 8 And we took their land, and 
 gave it for an inheritance un- 
 to the Eeubenites, and to the 
 Gadites, and to the half tribe of 
 Manasseh. 
 
 9 Keep therefore the words of 
 this covenant, and do them, that 
 ve mav prosper Iq all that ye do. 
 
 10 % Ye stand this day all of 
 j'ou before the Lord yoiu God ; 
 your captains of your tribes, 
 your elders, and your officers, 
 with all the men of Israel, 
 
 M 
 
An exhorkiUon DEUTERONOMY, XXIX. 
 
 to obedlaice. 
 
 11 Your little ones, your wives, 
 and thy stranger that is in thy ! 
 camp, from the hewer of thy | 
 wood unto the drawer of thy 
 water : 
 
 12 That thou shouldest enter 
 into covenant with the Lord thy 
 God, and into his oath, which 
 the Lord thy God maketh with 
 thee tliis day : 
 
 13 That he may establish thee 
 to day for a people unto liim- 
 self, and that he may be imto 
 thee a God, as he hath said un- 
 to thee, and as he hath sworn 
 unto thy fatliers, to Abraham, 
 to Isaac, and to Jacob. 
 
 14 Neither with you only do 
 I make this covenant and this 
 oath ; 
 
 15 But with him that standeth 
 here with us this day before the 
 Lord our God, and also with him 
 that is not here with us tliis day : 
 
 16 (For ye know how we have ' 
 dwelt in the land of Ecrj^pt ; and ! 
 how we came tlu'ough the na- 
 tions which ye passed by ; j 
 
 17 And ye have seen their j 
 abominations, and their idols, 
 wood and stone, silver and gold, j 
 wliich were among them :) j 
 
 18 Lest there should be among I 
 you man, or woman, or family, 
 or tribe, whose heart tumeth 
 away this day from the Lord 
 our God, to go and serve the 
 gods of these nations; lest there 
 should be among you a root that 
 beareth gall and wormwood ; 
 
 19 And it come to pass, when 
 he heareth the words of this 
 curse, that he bless himself in 
 his heart, saying, I shall have 
 peace, though I walk in the 
 imagination of mine heart, to 
 add drunkenness to thirst : 
 
 20 The Lord will not spare 
 him, but then the anger of the 
 Lord and his jealousy shall 
 smoke against that man, and all 
 the curses that are written in 
 this book shall lie upon him, 
 and the Lord shall blot out his 
 name from under heaven. 
 
 21 And the Lord shall separate 
 Mm unto evil out of all the 
 
 tribes of Israel, according to all 
 the curses of the covenant that 
 are written in tliis book of the 
 law : 
 
 22 (So that the generation to 
 come of your children that shall 
 rise up after you, and the stran- 
 ger that shall come from a far 
 land, shall say, when they see 
 the plagues of that hmd. and 
 the sicknesses which the Lord 
 hath laid upon it ; 
 
 23 And that the whole land 
 thereof is^ brimstone, and salt, 
 and buniing, that it is not sown, 
 nor beareth, nor any grass grow- 
 eth therein, like the overthrow 
 of iSodom, and GomoiTah, Ad- 
 mah, and Zeboim, which the 
 Lord overthrew in his anger, 
 and in his wrath : 
 
 24 Even all nations shall say, 
 V/herefore hath the Lord done 
 thus unto this land? what mean- 
 eih the heat of this great anger? 
 
 25 Then men shall say. Be- 
 cause they have forsaken the 
 covenant of the Lord God of 
 their fathers, which he made 
 with them when he brought 
 them forth out of the land of 
 Egypt: 
 
 26 For they went and served 
 other gods, and worshipped 
 them, gods whom they knew 
 not, and whom, he had not 
 given unto them : 
 
 27 And the anger of the Lord 
 was kindled against this land, 
 to bring upon it all the curses 
 that are written in this book : 
 
 28 And the Lord rooted them 
 out of their land in anger, and 
 in wrath, and in great indigna- 
 tion, and cast them into another 
 land, as it is this day. 
 
 29 The secret things belong 
 unto the Lord our God: but 
 those things which are revealed 
 belong unto us and to oiu" chil- 
 dren for ever, that we may do 
 all the words of this law. 
 
 CHAPTER XXX. 
 
 1 Great mercies promised unto tlie 
 repentant. 11 The commandment 
 is manifest. 15 Death and life are 
 set before them. 
 
Mercy promised 
 
 A ND it shall come to pass, 
 J\. when all these things are 
 come npon thee,_ the blessing 
 and the curse, which I have set 
 before thee, and thoii shalt call 
 them to mind among all the 
 nations, whither the Loed thy 
 God hath driven thee, 
 
 2 And shalt retm-n mito the 
 Lord thy God, and shalt obey 
 his voice according to ail that I 
 command tliee this day, thon 
 and thy childi'en, with all thine 
 lieart, and T\dth all thy soul ; 
 
 DEUTERONOMY, XXX. to the imiitenL 
 
 his statutes which are written 
 in this book of the law, and if 
 thou turn unto the Lord thy 
 God with all thine heart, and 
 with all thy soul. 
 
 11 ^ For this commandment 
 which I command thee this day, 
 it is not hidden from thee, nei- 
 ther is it far off. 
 
 12 It is not in heaven, that 
 thou shouldest say, Who shall 
 go up for us to heaven, and 
 bring it unto us, that we may 
 hear it, and do it ? 
 
 3 That then the Loed thy God | 13 Neither is it beyond the sea, 
 will tmn thy captivity, and have ; that thou shouldest say. Who 
 compassion upon thee, and will shall go over the sea for us, and 
 
 leturn and gather thee from all 
 the nations, whither the Loed 
 thy God hath scattered thee. 
 
 4 If ani/ of thine be driven out 
 unto the outmost parts of hea- 
 ven, from thence will the Loed 
 thy God gather thee, and from 
 thence will he fetch thee : 
 
 5 And the Loed thy God will 
 bring thee into the land which 
 thy fathers possessed, and thou 
 shalt possess it ; and he will do 
 thee good, and multiply thee i 
 above thy fathers. | 
 
 6 And the Loed thy God will | 
 circumcise thine heart, and the i 
 heart of thy seed, to love the 
 Loed thy God with all thine 
 heart, and with all thy soul, that 
 thou mayest live . 
 
 7 And the Loed thy God "svill 
 put all these curses upon thme 
 enemies, and on them that hate 
 thee, which persecuted thee. 
 
 8 And thou shalt return and 
 obey the voice of the Loed, and 
 do all his commandments which 
 I command thee this day. 
 
 9 And the Loed thy God will 
 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 of 
 thy land, for good : for the Loed 
 will again rejoice over thee for 
 good, as he rejoiced over thy 
 fathers : 
 
 10 If thou shalt hearken unto 
 the voice of the Lord thy God, 
 to keep his commandments and 
 
 bring it unto us, that we may 
 hear it, and do it ? 
 
 14 But the word is very nigh 
 unto thee, in thy mouth, and 
 in thy heart, that thou mayest 
 do it. 
 
 15 IT See, I have set before thee 
 this day life and good, and death 
 and evil ; 
 
 16 In that I command thee 
 this day to love the Loed thy 
 God, to walk in Ms ways, and 
 to keep his commandments and 
 his statutes and his judgments, 
 that thou mayest live and mul- 
 tiply : and the Loed thy God 
 shall bless thee in the land whi- 
 ther thou goest to possess it. 
 
 17 But if thine heart turn a- 
 way, so that thou wilt not hear, 
 but slialt be drawn away, and 
 worship other gods, and serve 
 them; 
 
 18 I denounce imto you this 
 day, that ye shall sm'ely perish, 
 and that ye shall not prolong 
 your days upon the land, whi- 
 ther thou passest over Jordan 
 to go to possess it. 
 
 19 I call heaven and earth to 
 record this day against you, 
 that I have set before you life 
 and death, blessing and cursing : 
 therefore choose life, that both 
 thou and thy seed may live : 
 
 20 That thou mayest love the 
 Loed thy God, and that thou 
 mayest obey his voice, and that 
 thou mayest cleave imto him: 
 for he is thy life, and the length 
 
 M2 
 
The people 
 
 DEUTERONOMY, XXXI. 
 
 encouraged. 
 
 of thy days : that thou mayest 
 d^vell iu the land which the 
 Lord sware unto thy fathers, to 
 Abraham, to Isaac, and to Ja- 
 cob, to give them. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXI. 
 1 Moses encourageth the people. 7 He 
 encourageth Joshua. 9 He deliver, 
 eth the laiv unto the priests to read 
 it in tJie seventh year to the joeople. 
 14 God giveth a charge to Joshua, 
 19 and a song to testify against the 
 2)eople. 2i Moses delivereth the book 
 of the law to the Levites to leep. 28 
 He maleth a protestatimi to the 
 elders. 
 
 AND Moses went and spake 
 - these words unto all Israel. 
 2 And he said unto them, I am 
 
 with thee, he will not fail thee, 
 neither forsake thee : fear not, 
 neither be dismayed. 
 
 9 t And Moses wrote this law, 
 and delivered it unto the priests 
 the sons of Levi, which bare 
 the ark of the covenant of the 
 Lord, and unto all the elders 
 of Israel. 
 
 10 And Moses commanded 
 them, saying, At the end of 
 every seven years, in the so- 
 lemnity of the year of release, 
 in the feast of tabeniacles, 
 
 11 When all Israel is come to 
 appear before the Lord thy 
 God in the place wliich he shall 
 choose, thou shalt read this law 
 
 an hundred and twenty years j before all Israel in their hear- 
 
 old this day ; I can no more go 
 out and come m : also the Lord 
 hath said unto me. Thou shalt 
 not go over this Jordan. 
 
 3 The Lord thy God, he will 
 go over before thee, and he will 
 destroy these nations from be- 
 fore thee, and thou shalt possess 
 them: and Joshua, he shall go 
 over before thee, as the Lord 
 hath said. 
 
 4 And the Lord shall do unto 
 them as he did to Sihon and to 
 
 12 Gather the people together, 
 men, and women, and children, 
 and thy stranger that is within 
 thy gates, that they may hear, 
 and that they may learn, and 
 fear the Lord your God, and 
 observe to do all the words 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 
 
 Og, kings of the Amorites, and ; as ye live in the land whither 
 imto the land of them, whom ' ye go over Jordan to possess it. 
 
 he destroyed. 
 5 And the Lord shall give I 
 
 14 If And the Lord said unto 
 Moses, Behold, thy days ap- 
 
 them up before your face, that . proach that thou must die : call 
 ye may do unto them accord- ! Joshua, and present yoiu^selves 
 ing unto all the commandments in the tabernacle of the congre- 
 
 which I have commanded you. 
 
 6 Be strong and of a good cou- 
 rage, fear not, nor be afraid of 
 them : for the Lord thy God, he 
 it is that doth go with thee ; he 
 will not fail thee, nor forsake 
 thee. 
 
 7 H And Moses called unto 
 Joshua, and said unto him in 
 the sight of all Israel, Be strong 
 and of a good courage : for thou 
 must go with this people unto 
 the land which the Lord hath 
 sworn unto their fathers to give 
 them; and thou shalt cause 
 them to inherit it. 
 
 8 And the Lord, he it is that 
 doth go before thee ; he will be 
 
 gation, that I may give him a 
 charge. And Moses and Joshua 
 went, and presented themselves 
 in the tabernacle of the congre- 
 gation. 
 
 15 And the Lord appeared in 
 the tabernacle in a pillar of a 
 cloud: and the pillar of the 
 cloud stood over the door of 
 the tabernacle. 
 
 16 t And the Lord said unto 
 Mcses, Behold, thou shalt sleep 
 with thy fathers ; and this peo- 
 ple will rise up, and go a whor- 
 ing after the gods of the stran- 
 gers of the land, whither they 
 go to he among them, and will 
 forsake me, and break my cp- 
 
Their future DEUTERONOMY, XXXII. aposkisy foretold. 
 
 Tenant which I have made with 
 them. 
 
 17 Then my anger shall be 
 kindled against them in that 
 day, and I will forsake them, 
 and I will hide my face from 
 them, and they shall be de- 
 voured, and many e\Tils and 
 troubles shall befall them; so 
 that they will say in that day, 
 Are not these evils come upon 
 us, because our God is not a- 
 mong us ? 
 
 18 And I will surely hide my 
 face in that day for all the evils 
 which they shall have wrought, 
 in that they are turned unto 
 other gods. 
 
 19 Now therefore write ye this 
 song for j'-ou, and teach it the 
 children of Israel: put it in 
 their mouths, that this song 
 may be a witness for me against 
 the children of Israel. 
 
 20 For when I shall have 
 brought them into the land 
 which I sware unto their fa- 
 thers, that floweth v\ath milk 
 
 I and honey ; and they shall have 
 
 eaten and filled themselves, and 
 
 I waxen fat ; then will they turn 
 
 1 unto other gods, and serve them, 
 
 and provoke me, and break my 
 
 covenant. 
 
 21 And it shall come to pass, 
 when many evils and troubles 
 are befallen them, that this song 
 
 1 shall testify against them as a 
 witness ; for it shall not be for- 
 gotten out of the mouths of 
 their seed : for I know then ima- 
 gination which they go about, 
 even now, before I have brought 
 them into the land which I 
 sware. 
 1 22 t Moses therefore wrote this 
 * song the same day, and taught 
 it the cliildren of Israel. 
 23 And he gave Joshua the 
 ] son of Nun a charge, and said, 
 Be strong and of a good comage : 
 for thou shalt bring the chil- 
 i dren of Israel mto the land 
 i which I sware unto them : and 
 
 I will be with thee. 
 I 24 ^ And it came to pass, when 
 •i Moses had made an end of 
 
 writing the words of this law in 
 a book, until they were finished, 
 
 25 That Moses commanded the 
 Levites, which bare the ark of 
 the covenant of the Lord, saying, 
 
 26 Take this book of the law, 
 and put it in the side of the ark ^ 
 of the covenant of the Lord 
 your God, that it may be there 
 for a witness against thee. 
 
 27 For I knoAV thy rebellion, 
 and thy stiff neck: behold, 
 while I am yet ahve with you 
 this day, ye have been rebelli- 
 ous against the Lord ; and how 
 much more after my death? 
 
 28 H Gather unto me all the 
 elders of your tribes, and your 
 officers, that I may speak these 
 words in their ears, and call 
 heaven and earth to record a- 
 gainst them. 
 
 29 For I know that after my 
 death ye will utterly corrupt 
 yoiu'selves, and turn aside from 
 the way which I ha^e com- 
 manded you ; and evil will be- 
 fall you in the latter days ; be- 
 cause ye will do evil in the sight 
 of the Lord, to provoke him to 
 anger through the work of your 
 hands. 
 
 30 And Moses spake in the 
 ears of all the congregation of 
 Israel the words of this song, 
 until they were ended. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIL 
 
 1 Moses' song, wMch sefteth forth 
 God's mercy and vengeance. 46 He 
 exhorteth them to set their hearts 
 upon it. 4:8 God sendeth him up 
 to mount Neho, to see the land, 
 ami die. 
 
 GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and 
 I will speak; and hear, O 
 earth, the words of my mouth. 
 
 2 My doctrine shall drop as the 
 rain, my speech shall distil as 
 the dew, as the small rain up- 
 on the tender herb, and as the 
 showers upon the grass : 
 
 3 Because I will publish the 
 name of the Lord: ascribe ye 
 greatness unto our God. 
 
 4 He is the Eock, his work is 
 perfect : for all his ways are 
 judgment : a God of truth and 
 
The sonu 
 
 DEUTERONOMY, XXXII. 
 
 qf Moses. 
 
 witliout iniquity, just and right 
 18 lie. 
 
 5 They have corrupted tliem- 
 Belves, their spot is not the spot 
 of his cln'ldren : they are a per- 
 verse and crooked ii:eneration. 
 
 6 Do ye thus requite the Lord, 
 O fooh'sh people and unwise.-' 
 is not he thy father that hath 
 bought thee? hath he not made 
 thee, and established thee ? 
 
 7 T Remember the days of old, 
 consider the years of many ge- 
 nerations: ask thy father, and 
 he will shew thee; thy elders, 
 and thcv will tell thee. 
 
 8 When the Most High divided 
 to the nations their inheritance, 
 
 16 They provoked him to jea- 
 lousy with strange ^ods, with 
 abominations i>rovoked they 
 him to anger. 
 
 17 They sacrificed unto devils, 
 not to God ; to gods whom they 
 knew not, to new gods that came 
 iiewly up, whom your fathers 
 feared not. 
 
 18 Of the Rock that begat thee 
 thou art immindful, and hast 
 forgotten God that formed thee. 
 
 19 And when the Lord saw it, 
 he abhorred them, because of 
 the provoking of his sons, and 
 of his daughters. 
 
 20 And he said, I will hide my 
 face from them. I will see what 
 
 v/hen he separated the sons of , their end shall he : for they are 
 Adam, he set the bounds of the a very froward generation, chil- 
 people according to the number dren in whom is no faith, 
 of the children of Israel. I 21 They have moved me to 
 
 9 For tlie Lord's portion is his ' jealousy with that ivhich is not 
 people ; Jacob is the lot of his ' God ; they have provoked me 
 inheritance. ^ ^ | to anger with their vanities : and 
 
 10 He found him in a desert \ I will move them to jealousy 
 land, and in the waste howling with those which are not a 
 wilderness; lie led him about, people; I will provoke them to 
 he instructed him, he kept liim , anger with a foolish nation. ^ • 
 as the apple of his eye. | 22 For a fire is kindled in mine 
 
 11 As an eagle stirreth up her anger, and shall burn imto the 
 nest, fluttereth over her young, ' lowest hell, and shall consume 
 spreadcth abroad her wings, the earth with her increase, and 
 taketh them, beareth them on set on fire the foundations of the 
 her wings : j mountains. 
 
 12 So the Lord alone did lead 23 I will heap mischiefs upon 
 him, and there v:as no strange them; I will spend mine an-ows 
 god vdWi him. I upon them. 
 
 13 He made him ride on the I 24 They shall he bumt with 
 high places of the earth, that himger, and devoured with 
 he might eat the increase of the burning heat, and with bitter 
 fields ; and he made him to suck destruction : I will also send 
 honey out of the rock, and oil the teeth of beasts upon them, 
 out of the flinty rock ; | mth the poison of serpents of 
 
 14 Butter of Idne, and milk of the dust. 
 
 sheep, with fat of lambs, and i 25 The sword without, and ter- 
 rams of the breed of Bashan, and ror within, shall destroy both 
 goats, with the fat of kidneys of the young man and the virgin, 
 
 wheat ; and thou didst diinlt the 
 pure blood of the grape. 
 15 % But Jeshiu'un waxed fat, 
 and kicked : thou art waxen fat, 
 
 tlie suckling also with the man 
 of gray hairs. 
 
 26 I said, I would scatter them 
 into comers, I would make the 
 
 thou art gro^ai thick, thou art ; remembrance of them to cease 
 covered loith fatness ; then he I from among men : 
 forsook God which made him, | 27 Were it not that I feared 
 and lightly esteemed the Rock i the -wTath of the enemy, lest 
 of his salvation. I their adversaries should behave 
 
Tlie song 
 
 DEUTERONOMY, XXXII. 
 
 qf Moses. 
 
 themselves strangelj^ a7id lest 
 they should say, Our hand is 
 liigh, and the Lord hath not 
 done all this. 
 
 28 For they are a nation void 
 of counsel, neither is there any 
 understandmg in them. 
 
 29 O that they were wise, 
 that they understood this, that 
 they would consider their latter 
 end! 
 
 30 How should one chase a 
 thousand, and two put ten thou- 
 sand to flight, except their Eock 
 had sold them, and the Lord 
 had shut them up? 
 
 31 For their rock is not as our 
 Eock, even our enemies them- 
 selves being judges. 
 
 32 For their ^ine is of the vine 
 of Sodom, and of the fields of 
 Gomorrah: their grapes are 
 grapes of gall, then clusters are 
 bitter : 
 
 33 Their wine is the poison of 
 di'agons, and the cruel venom 
 of asps. 
 
 34 Is not this laid up in store 
 with me, and sealed up among 
 ray treasures ? 
 
 35 To me helongeth vengeance, 
 and recompence ; their foot shall 
 slide in due time: for the day 
 of their calamity is at hand, and 
 the things that shall come upon 
 them make haste. 
 
 36 For the Lord shall judge 
 his people, and repent himself 
 for his servants, when he seeth 
 that their power is gone, and 
 there is none shut up, or left. 
 
 37 And he shall say. Where 
 are their gods, their rock in 
 whom they trusted, 
 
 38 Wliich did eat the fat of 
 their sacrifices, and drank the 
 wine of their drink offerings? 
 let them rise up and help j^ou, 
 and be your protection. 
 
 39 See now that I, even I, am 
 he, and thei^e is no god with 
 me : I kill, and I make alive ; 
 I womid, and I heal: neither 
 is there any that can deliver 
 out of my hand. 
 
 40 For I hft up my hand to 
 lieaven, and say^ I live for ever. 
 
 41 If I v/het my glittering 
 sword, and mine hand take 
 hold on judgment ; I will ren- 
 der vengeance to mine enemies, 
 and will reward them that hate 
 me. 
 
 42 I will make mine arrows 
 drunk with blood, and my 
 sword shall devour flesh; and 
 that with the blood of the slain 
 and of the captives, from the 
 beginning of revenges upon the 
 enemy. 
 
 43 Eejoice, O ye nations, with 
 his people : for he will avenge 
 the blood of liis servants, and 
 will render vengeance to his ad- 
 versaries, and will be merciful 
 unto his land, and to his people, 
 
 44 IF And Moses came and 
 spake all the words of tliis song 
 in the ears of the people, he, 
 and Hoshea the son of Nmi. 
 
 45 And Moses made an end of 
 speaking all these words to all 
 Israel: 
 
 46 And he said unto them, Set 
 yom- hearts unto all the words 
 which I testify among you this 
 day, which ye shall command 
 your children to observe to do, 
 all the words of this law. 
 
 47 For it is not a vain thing 
 for you ; because it is your life : 
 and through this thing ye shall 
 prolong your days in the land, 
 whither ye go over Jordan to 
 possess it. 
 
 48 And the Lord spake unto 
 Moses that selfsame day, saying, 
 
 49 Get thee up into this moun- 
 tain Abarim, untom.o\mi Nebo, 
 which is in the land of Moab, 
 that is over against Jericho; 
 and behold the land of Canaan, 
 which I give unto the children 
 of Israel for a possession : 
 
 50 And die in the mount whi- 
 ther thou goest up, and be ga- 
 thered unto thy people ; as Aa- 
 ron thy brother died in mount 
 Hor, and was gathered mito his 
 people: 
 
 51 Because ye trespassed a- 
 gainst me among the children 
 of Israel at the waters of Meri- 
 bah'Kadesh, in the wilderness 
 
TM prophecy DEUTERONOMY, XXXIII. 
 
 of Moses. 
 
 of Zin; because ye sanctified 
 me not in the midst of tlie 
 children of Israel. 
 
 52 Yet thou shalt see tlie land 
 before thee ; but thou shalt not 
 go thither unto tlic land wliich 
 I give the children of Israel. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIII. 
 1 TJie majpstu of God. G The bkss- 
 
 ings of the twelve tribes. 26 The 
 
 e.vcellenci/ of Israel. 
 
 AND this is the blessing, 
 wherewith Moses the man 
 of God blessed the cliildren of 
 Israel before his death. 
 
 2 And he said, The Lord came 
 from Sinai, and rose up from 
 Sen- unto them ; he sinned forth 
 from mount Pa ran, and he came 
 with ten thousands of saints : 
 from his right hand tvent a iiery 
 law for them. 
 
 3 Yea, he loved the people; 
 all his saints are in thy hand : 
 and they sat down at thy feet; 
 everf/ one shall receive of thy 
 worcts. 
 
 4 Moses commanded us a law, 
 even the inheritance of the con- 
 gregation of Jacob. 
 
 5 And he was king in Jeshu- 
 run, when the heads of the peo- 
 ple and the tribes of Israel were 
 gathered together. 
 
 6 ^ Let Eeiiben live, and not 
 die ; and let 7iot his men be few. 
 
 7 i\ And this is the blessing of 
 .Tudah: and he said, Hear, 
 Lord, the voice of Judah, and 
 bring liim unto his people : let 
 his hands be sufficient for him ; 
 and be thou an help to him from 
 his enemies. 
 
 8 V\ And of Levi he said, Let 
 thy Thummim and thy Urim 
 he -svith thy holy one, whom 
 thou didst prove at Massah, and 
 with w^hom thou didst strive at 
 the waters of Meribah ; 
 
 9 Who said unto his father 
 and to his mother, I have not 
 seen him; neither did he ac- 
 knowledge his brethren, nor 
 knew his own children: for 
 they have obser^^ed thy w^ord, 
 and kept thy covenant. 
 
 10 They shall teach Jacob thy 
 
 judgments, and Israel thy law : 
 they shall put incense before 
 thee, and whole bunit sacrifice 
 upon tliine altar. 
 
 11 Bless, LoKD, his substance, 
 and accept the work of his 
 hands : smite through the loins 
 of them that rise against him, 
 and of them that hate him, that 
 they rise not agam. 
 
 12 1 And of Benjamin he said, 
 The beloved of the Lord shall 
 dwell in safety by him ; and the 
 Lord shall cover him all the 
 day long, and he shall dwell 
 bet^veen his shoulders. 
 
 13 If And of Joseph he said. 
 Blessed of the Lord he his 
 land, for the precious things of 
 heaven, for the dew, and for the 
 deep that coucheth beneath, 
 
 14 And for the precious fruits 
 brought forth by the sun, and 
 for the precious tilings put forth 
 by the moon, 
 
 15 And for the chief things of 
 the ancient mountains, and for 
 the precious things of the last- 
 ing hills, 
 
 16 And for the precious things 
 of the earth and fiUness there- 
 of, and/br the good will of him 
 that dwelt in the bush : let the 
 blessing come upon the head of 
 Joseph, and upon the top of the 
 head of him that was separated 
 from his brethren. 
 
 17 His glory is like the firstling 
 of his bullock, and his horns are 
 like the horns of unicorns : with 
 them he shall push the people 
 together to the ends of the earth : 
 and they are the ten thousands 
 of Ephraim, and they are the 
 thousands of Manasseh. 
 
 18 1[ And of Zebulun he said, 
 Eejoice, Zebulun, in thy going 
 out ; and, Issachar, in thy tents. 
 
 19 They shall call the people 
 unto the mountain; there they 
 shall offer sacrifices of righte- 
 ousness : for they shall suck of 
 the abundance of the seas, and 
 o/" treasures hid in the sand. 
 
 20 ^ And of Gad he said. Bless- 
 ed be he that enlargeth Gad: 
 he dwelleth as a lion, and tear- 
 
flfs death 
 
 DEUTEEONOMY, XXXIV. 
 
 and huriaL 
 
 eth the arm with the crown of 
 the head. 
 
 21 And he provided the first 
 part for himself, because there, 
 171 a portion of the lawgiver, was 
 he seated; and he came with 
 the heads of the people, he ex- 
 ecuted the justice of the Loed, 
 a]id his judgments with Israel. 
 
 22 H And of Dan he said, Dan 
 is a lion's whelp : he shall leap 
 from Bashan. 
 
 23 ^f And of Naphtali he said, 
 
 Naphtali, satisfied with fa- 
 vour, and full with the bless- 
 ing of the LoED : possess thou 
 the west and the south. 
 
 24 H And of Asher he said, 
 Let Asher be blessed with chil- 
 dren ; let him be acceptable to 
 his brethi'en, and let Mm dip 
 liis foot in oil. 
 
 25 Thy shoes shall be iron and 
 brass ; and as thy days, so shall 
 thy strength be. 
 
 26 H The^^e is none like unto 
 the G od of Jeshurun, who rid- 
 eth upon the heaven in thy help, 
 and in his excellency on the sky. 
 
 27 The eternal God is thy re- 
 fuge, and underneath are the 
 everlasting arms: and he shall 
 thi'ust out the enemy from be- 
 fore thee; and shall eay, De- 
 stroy them. 
 
 28 Israel then shall dwell in 
 safety alone : the fountaiQ of 
 Jacob shall be upon a land of 
 com and wine; also his hea- 
 vens shall diop down dew. 
 
 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: 
 who is lilie unto thee, O people 
 saved by the Loed, the shield 
 of thy help, and who is the 
 sword of thy excellency! and 
 thine enemies shall be found 
 liars unto thee ; and thou shalt 
 tread upon their high places. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIV. 
 
 1 Moses from inount Nebo viewefh 
 the land. 5 He dieth there. 6 His 
 burial. 7 His age. 8 Thirty days' 
 mourning for him. 9 Joshua suc- 
 ceedeth him. 10 The praise of 
 Moses. 
 
 AND Moses went up from 
 - the plains of Moab unto 
 the mountain of Nebo, to the 
 
 top of Pisgah, that is over a- 
 gainst Jericho. And the Loed 
 shewed him aU the land of Gi- 
 lead, unto Dan, 
 
 2 And all Naphtali, and the 
 land of Ephi^im, and Manas- 
 seh, and all the land of Judah, 
 unto the utmost sea, 
 
 3 And the south, and the plain 
 of the valley of Jericho, the city 
 of palm trees, unto Zoar. 
 
 4 And the Loed said unto 
 him, This is the land which I 
 sware mito Abraham, rmto 
 Isaac, and rmto Jacob, saying, 
 I will give it unto thy seed : I 
 have caused thee to see if with 
 thine eyes, but thou shalt not 
 go over thither. 
 
 5 H So Moses the servant of 
 the Loed died there m the 
 land of Moab, according to the 
 v>'ord of the Loed. 
 
 6 And he buried him in a val- 
 ley in the land of Moab, over 
 against Beth-peor : but no man 
 loioweth of his sepulchre unto 
 this day. 
 
 7 II And Moses was an hun- 
 dred and twenty yeai-s old when 
 he died: his eye was not dim, 
 nor his natural force abated. 
 
 8 ^ And the children of Israel 
 wept for Moses in the plains of 
 Moab thiity clays : so the days 
 of weeping aiid momiiing for 
 Moses were ended. 
 
 9 H And Joshua the son of 
 Nun was full of the spirit of 
 wisdom; for Moses had laid 
 his hands upon him: and the 
 children of Israel hearkened 
 unto him, and did as the Loed 
 commanded Moses. 
 
 10 1[ And there arose not a 
 prophet smce in Israel like un- 
 to Moses, whom the Loed knew 
 face to face, 
 
 11 In all the signs and the 
 wonders, which the Loed sent 
 him to do in the land of Egypt 
 to Pharaoh, and to all his ser^ 
 vants, and to all his land, 
 
 12 And in all that mighty 
 hand, and in all the great ter- 
 ror which Moses shewed in tlie 
 sight of all Israel. 
 
 M3 
 
THE BOOK OF JOSHUA. 
 
 I 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 The Lord appointetU Joshua to suc- 
 ceed M^ses. 3 The borders of the 
 promised land. 5, 9 God jyromisrfh 
 fo assist Joshua. 8 He ffivefh him 
 instructions. 10 He lyrepareih the 
 peo2)le to pass over Jordan. 12 Jo- 
 .shnn putteth the two tribes and 
 half in mind of their promise to Mo- 
 ses. K) TJiey promise him fealty. 
 
 NOW after the death of 
 Moses the servant of tlie 
 Lord it came to pass, that the 
 Lord spake unto Joshua the 
 son of Nun, Moses' minister, 
 saying, 
 
 2 Moses my servant is dead; 
 now tlierefore aiise, go over this 
 Jordan, thou, and all this peo- 
 ple, unto the land Avhicli I do 
 give to them, even to the chil- 
 dicn of Israel. 
 
 3 Every place that the sole of 
 your foot shall tread upon, that 
 hare I given mito you, as I said 
 unto Moses. 
 
 4 From the wilderness and this 
 Lebanon even unto the great 
 river, the river Euphrates, all 
 the land of the Hittites, and 
 luito the great sea toward the 
 going down of the sun, shall be 
 your coast. 
 
 5 There shall not any man be 
 able to stand before thee all the 
 days of thy life : as I was v^^itli 
 Moses, so I will be with thee : 
 I wdll not fail thee, nor forsake 
 thee. 
 
 6 Ke strong and of a good cou- 
 rage : for mito this people shalt 
 thou divide for an inheritance 
 the land, which I sware unto 
 their fathers to give them. 
 
 7 Only be thou stTong and very 
 courageous, that thou may est 
 obser^-e to do according to all 
 the law, which Moses niy ser- 
 vant commanded thee : turn not 
 from it to the right hand or to 
 the left, that thou mayest pros- 
 per whithersoever thou goest. 
 
 8 This book of the law shall 
 not depart out of thy moutfi ; 
 
 but thou shalt meditate therein 
 day and night, that thou mayest 
 observe to do according to all 
 that is written therein : for then 
 thou shalt make thy way pros- 
 perous, and then thou slialt 
 have good success. 
 
 9 Ha^•e not I commanded thee ? 
 Be strong and of a good courage ; 
 be not afraid, neither be thou 
 dismayed: for the Lord thy 
 God is with thee wliithersoever 
 thou goest. 
 
 10 H Then Joshua commanded 
 the officers of the people, say- 
 ing, 
 
 11 Pass through the host, and 
 command the people, saying, 
 Prepare you victuals ; for vnth- 
 in three days ye shall pass over 
 tliis Jordan, to go in to possess 
 the land, which the Lord your 
 God giveth you to possess it. 
 
 12 If And to the Reubenites, 
 and to the Gadites, and to half 
 the tribe of Manasseh, spake 
 Joshua, saying, 
 
 13 Remember the word wliich 
 Moses the servant of the Lord 
 commanded you, saying. The 
 Lord your God hath given 
 you rest, and hath given you 
 this land. 
 
 14 Your wives, your little ones, 
 and your cattle, shall remain 
 in the land which Moses gave 
 you on this side Jordan; but 
 ye shall pass before yom- bre- 
 tliren armed, all the mighty 
 men of valour, and help them ; 
 
 15 Until the Lord have given 
 your brethren rest, as he hath 
 given you, and they also have 
 possessed the land which the 
 Lord your God giveth them: 
 then ye shall return unto the 
 land of your possession, and 
 enjoy it, which Moses the 
 Lord's servant gave you on 
 this side Jordan toward the 
 sunrising. 
 
 16 H And they answered Jo- 
 shua, saying. All that thou 
 
B€iJiah concealeth 
 
 JOSHUA, II. 
 
 the tico t 
 
 conimandest us we wiU do, and 
 whithersoever thou sendest us, 
 we ynll go. 
 
 17 According as we hearkened 
 unto Moses in all things, so will 
 w€ hearken unto thee : only the 
 Lord thy God be with thee, as 
 he was with Moses. 
 
 18 ^Tliosoever he be that doth 
 rebel against thy command- 
 ment, and will not hearken 
 unto thy words in all that thou 
 eommandest him, he shall be 
 put to death: only be strong 
 and of a good courage. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 1 Eahah receiveth and eoneealeih the 
 two spies sent from SMitim. 8 Tlie 
 covenant between her and them. 23 
 Their return and relation. 
 
 AND Joshua the son of Nun 
 . sent out of Shittim two 
 men to spy secretly, saying, Go 
 view the land, even Jericho. 
 And they went, and came into 
 an harlot's house, named Ea- 
 hab, and lodged there. 
 
 2 And it was told the long of 
 Jericho, saying, Behold, there 
 came men in hither to night of 
 the cliildren of Israel to search 
 out the country. 
 
 3 And the king of Jericho sent 
 imto Rahab, saying. Bring forth 
 the men that are come to thee, 
 which are entered into tliine 
 house: for they be come to 
 search out all the country. 
 
 4 And the woman took the 
 two men, and hid them, and 
 said thus, There came men 
 unto me, but I wist not whence 
 they ivere : 
 
 5 And it came to pass about 
 the time of shutting of the gate, 
 when it was dark, that the men 
 went out : whither the men went 
 I wot not: pursue after them 
 quickly; for ye shall overtake 
 them. 
 
 6 But she had brought them 
 up to the roof of the house, and 
 hid them with the staU^s of flax, 
 which she had laid in order up- 
 on the roof. 
 
 7 And the men piusued after 
 them the way to Jordan unto 
 
 the fords : and as soon as they 
 which pui'sued after them were 
 gone out, they shut the gate. 
 
 8 ^ And before they were laid 
 down, she came up ujito them 
 upon the roof; 
 
 9 And she said unto the men, 
 I Imow that the Lord hath 
 given you the land, and that 
 yoiir teiTor is fallen upon us, 
 and that all the inhabitants of 
 the land faint because of you. 
 
 10 For we have heard how 
 the Lord dried up the water 
 of the Eed sea for you, viien 
 ye came out of EgjTpt; and 
 what ye did unto the two kings 
 of the Amorites, that were on 
 the other side Jordan, Sihon 
 and Og, whom ye utterly de- 
 stroyed. 
 
 11 And as soon as we had 
 heard these things, our hearte 
 did melt, neither did there re- 
 main any more courage in a-ny 
 man, because of you: for the 
 Lord your God, he is God in 
 heaven above, and in earth be- 
 neath. 
 
 12 Now therefore, I pray you, 
 swear unto me by the Lord, 
 since I have shewed you kind- 
 ness, that ye will also shew kind- 
 ness unto my father's house, and 
 give me a true token : 
 
 13 And that ye will save alive 
 my father, and my mother, and 
 my brethren, and my sisters, and 
 all that they have, and deliver 
 oiu- lives from death. 
 
 14 And the men answered lier. 
 Our life for your's, if ye utter 
 not this our business. And it 
 shall be, when the Lord hath 
 given us the land, that we will 
 deal kindly and truly with 
 thee. 
 
 15 Then she let them dowii by 
 a cord through the window : for 
 her house was upon the town 
 wall, and she dwelt upon the 
 wall. 
 
 16 And she said unto then?. 
 Get you to the mountain, lest 
 the pui'suers meet you; and 
 hide youi^selves there three 
 days, until the pursuers be re- 
 
Tlie spies' relation. 
 
 JOSHUA, III. Joshua is encouraged. 
 
 turned: and afterw'ard may ye 
 s?o your way. 
 
 17 And the men said nnto 
 her, We will be blameless of 
 this thine oath which thou liast 
 made us 8wear. 
 
 18 Behold, when we come in- 
 to the land, thou shalt bind this 
 liiie of scarlet thread in the win- 
 dow which thou didst let us 
 down by : and thou shalt biinj? 
 thy father, and thy mother, and 
 thy brethren, and all thy fa- 
 ther's household, home imto 
 thee. 
 
 19 And it shall be, that who- 
 soever shall go out of the doors 
 of thy house into the street, his 
 blood shall be upon his head, 
 and we will be guiltless: and 
 whosoever shall be with thee in 
 the house, his blood shall be on 
 our head, if an?/ hand be upon 
 him. 
 
 20 And if thou utter this our 
 business, then we will be quit 
 of thine oath which thou hast 
 made us to swear .^ 
 
 21 And she said, According 
 luito your words, so be it. And 
 she sent them away, and they 
 departed: and she bound the 
 scarlet line in the window. 
 
 22 And they went, and came un- 
 to the mountain, and abode there 
 three days, imtil the pursuers 
 were returned: and the pur- 
 suers sought th^m throughout 
 all the way, but found them not. 
 
 23 H So the two men returned, 
 and descended from the moun- 
 tain, and passed over, and came 
 to Joshua the son of Nun, and 
 told him all thing's that befell 
 them : 
 
 24 And they said unto Joshua, 
 Truly the Lord hath delivered 
 into our hands all the land ; for 
 even all the inhabitants of the 
 country do faint because of us. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 Joslni'i Cometh to Jordcm. 2 Tlie 
 Officers instruct the people f&r the 
 passage. 7 Tlie Lord encoKvagefh 
 Joshna. 9 Joslma encourageth the 
 people, li The waters of Jordan 
 Qxe divided. 
 
 AND Joshua rose early hi 
 the morning; and they re- 
 moved from Shittim, and came 
 to Jordan, he and all the chil- 
 dren of Israel, and lodged there 
 before they passed over. 
 
 2 And it came to pass after 
 three days, that the officers 
 went through the host; 
 
 3 And they commanded the 
 people, saying, Wlien ye see 
 the ark of the covenant of the 
 Lord your God, and the priests* 
 the Levites bearing it, then ye 
 shall remove from your place, 
 and so after it. 
 
 4 Yet there shall be a space 
 between you and it, about two 
 thousand cubits by measure : 
 come not near unto it, that ye 
 may laiow the way by which 
 ye must go : for ye have not 
 passed this way heretofore. 
 
 5 xVnd Joshua said unto the 
 people. Sanctify yourselves : for 
 to morrow the Lord will do 
 vronders among you. 
 
 6 And Joshua spake unto the 
 priests, saving. Take up the 
 ark of the covenant, and pass 
 over before the people. And 
 they took up the ark of the 
 covenant, and went before the 
 people. 
 
 7 II And the Lord said unto 
 Joshua, This day will I begin 
 to magnify thee in the sight of 
 all Israel, that they may know 
 that, as I was with Moses, so I 
 will be with thee. 
 
 8 And thou shalt command the 
 priests that bear the ark of the 
 covenant, saying, AVhen ye are 
 come to the brink of the water 
 of Jordan, ye shaU stand still in 
 Jordan. 
 
 ^ *il And Joshua said unto the 
 children of Israel, Come hither, 
 and hear the words of the Lord 
 your God. 
 
 10 And Joshua said, Hereby 
 ye shall know that the living 
 God is among you, and that 
 he will without fail drive out 
 from before you the Canaan - 
 ites, and the Hittites, and the 
 Hi\dte85 and the Perizzites, and 
 
The tvalers of JOSHUA 
 
 the Girgasliites, and tlie Amor- 
 ites, and the Jebusites. 
 
 11 Behold, the ark of the co- 
 venant of the Ijord of all the 
 earth passeth over before you 
 into Jordan. 
 
 12 Now therefore take you 
 twelve men out of the tribes 
 bi Israel, out of every tribe a 
 man, 
 
 13 And it shall come to pass, 
 as soon as the soles of the feet 
 of the priests that bear the ark 
 of the LoKD, the Lord of all 
 the earth, shall rest in the wa- 
 ters of Jordan, that the waters 
 of Jordan shall be cut G&from 
 the waters that come down from 
 above ; and they shall stand up- 
 on an heap. 
 
 14 ^ And it came to pass, when 
 the people removed from their 
 tents, to pass over Jordan, and 
 the priests bearing the ark of 
 the covenant before the people ; 
 
 15 And as they that bare the 
 ark Vv-ere come mito Jordan, 
 and the feet of the priests that 
 bare the ark were dipped in the 
 brim of the water, (for Jordan 
 overlloweth all his banks all the 
 time of harvest,) 
 
 16 That the waters which came 
 down from above stood and 
 rose up upon an heap very far 
 from the city Adam, that is be- 
 side Zaretan: and those that 
 came do^vn toward the sea of 
 the plain, even the salt sea, 
 failed, and were cut off: p^nd 
 the people passed over right a- 
 gainst Jericho. 
 
 17 And the priests that bare 
 the ark of the covenant of the 
 LoKi) stood film on dry ground 
 in the midst of Jordan, and all 
 the Israelites passed over on dry 
 ground, until all the people were 
 passed clean over Jordan. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Jordan divided. 
 
 CHxiPTER IV. 
 
 1 Twelve men are a;ppointed to taJce 
 Hvelve stonesfor a memorial out of 
 Jordan. 9 Twelve otlier stones are 
 set np in the midst of Jordan. 10, 
 19 The people pass over. 11 God 
 mngnifieth Joshim. 20 'The twelve 
 stones arejntched in Gilgal. 
 
 AND it came to pass, when 
 . all the people were clean 
 passed over Jordan, that the 
 LoED spake unto Joshua, say- 
 ing, 
 
 2 Take you twelve men out of 
 the people, out of every tribe a 
 man, 
 
 3 And command ye them, 
 saying, Take you hence out of 
 the midst of Jordan, out of the 
 place where the priests' feet 
 stood &m, t^^elve stones, and 
 ye shall carry them over with 
 you, and leave them in the 
 lodging place, where ye shall 
 lodge this night. 
 
 4 Then Joshua called the 
 twelve men, whom he had pre- 
 pared of the children of Israel, 
 out of every tribe a man : 
 
 5 And Joshua said unto them. 
 Pass over before the ark of the 
 LoKD your God into the midst 
 of Jordan, and take you up 
 every man of you a stone up- 
 on his shoulder, according unto 
 the number of the tribes of the 
 children of Israel : 
 
 6 That this may be a sign a- 
 mong you, that when your chil- 
 dren ask their fathers in time 
 to come, saying. What mean ye 
 by these stones ? 
 
 7 Then ye shall answer them, 
 That the waters of Jordan were 
 cut off before the ark of the co- 
 venant of the Lord; when it 
 passed over Jordan, the waters 
 of Jordan were cut off: and 
 these stones shall be for a me- 
 morial unto the children of Is- 
 rael for ever. 
 
 8 And tlie children of Israel 
 did so as Joshua commanded, 
 and took up twelve stones out 
 of the midst of Jordan, as the 
 Lord spake unto Joshua, ac- 
 cording to the number of the 
 tribes of the childi^en of Israel, 
 and carried them over with 
 them unto the place where they 
 lodged, and laid them down 
 there. 
 
 9 And Joshua set up twelve 
 stones in the midst of Jordan, 
 in the place where the feet of 
 
The people 
 
 the priests which bare the ark 
 of the covenant stood : and they 
 are there unto this day. 
 
 10 t For the priests which bare 
 the ark stood in the midst of 
 Jordan, until every thing was 
 finished that the Lord com- 
 manded Joshua to speak unto 
 the people, according to all that 
 Moses (Commanded Joshua : and 
 the people hasted and passed 
 over. 
 
 11 And it came to pass, when 
 all the people were clean passed 
 over, that the ark of the Lord 
 passed over, and the priests, in 
 the ijresence of the people. 
 
 12 And the children of Reu- 
 ben, and the childi'en of Gad, 
 and half the tribe of Manas- 
 seh, passed over armed before 
 the children of Israel, as Mo- 
 ses spake unto them : 
 
 13 About forty thousand pre- 
 pared for war passed over be- 
 fore the Lord unto battle, to 
 the plains of Jericho. 
 
 14 ^ On that day the Lord 
 magnified Joshua in the sight 
 of all Israel; and they feared 
 him, as they feared Moses, all 
 the days of his life. 
 
 15 And the Lord spake unto 
 Joshua, saying, 
 
 16 Command the priests that 
 bear the ark of the testimony, 
 that they come up out of Jor- 
 dan. 
 
 17 Joshua therefore command- 
 ed the priests, saying, Come ye 
 up out of Jordan. 
 
 18 And it came to pass, when 
 the priests that bare the ark of 
 the covenant of the Lord were 
 come up out of the midst of 
 Jordan, and the soles of the 
 priests' feet were lifted up un- 
 to the diy land, that the waters 
 of Jordan returned unto their 
 place, and flowed over all his 
 banks, as thet/ did before. 
 
 19 K And the people came up 
 out of Jordan on the tenth dai/ 
 of the first month, and encamp- 
 ed in Gilgal, in the east border 
 of Jericho. 
 
 20 And those twelve stones, 
 
 JOSHUA, V. pass over Jordan. 
 
 which they took out of Jordan, 
 did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. 
 
 21 And he spake unto the chil- 
 di'en of Israel, saying. When 
 your children shall ask their fa- 
 thers in time to come, saying. 
 What mean these stones? 
 
 22 Then ye shall let your chil; 
 dren know, saying, Israel came 
 over this Jordan on dry land. 
 
 23 For the Lord your God 
 dried up the waters of Jordan 
 from before you, until ye were 
 passed over, as the Lord your 
 God did to the Red sea, which 
 he dried up from before us, un- 
 til we were gone over : 
 
 24 That all the people of the 
 earth might know the hand of 
 the Lord, that it is mighty : 
 that ye might fear the Lord 
 your God for ever. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 Tlte Canaanites are afraid. 2 Jo- 
 shua reneweth circumcision. 10 
 Hie passover is kept at Gilfjal. 12 
 Manna ceaseth. 13 An Angci ap- 
 peareth to Joshua. 
 
 AND it came to pass, when 
 . all the Ivings of the Amor- 
 ites, which were on the side of 
 Jordan westward, and all the 
 kings of the Canaanites, which 
 were by the sea, heard that the 
 Lord had dried up the waters 
 of Jordan from before the chil- 
 dren of Israel, until we were 
 passed over, that their heart 
 melted, neither was there spiiit 
 in them any more, because of 
 the children of Israel. 
 
 2 1[ At that time the Lord 
 said unto Joshua, Make thee 
 sharp knives, and circumcise 
 again the children of Israel the 
 second time. 
 
 3 And Joshua made him sharp 
 knives, and circmncised the 
 children of Israel at the hill of 
 the foreskins. 
 
 4 And this is the cause why 
 Joshua did circumcise : All the 
 people that came out of Egypt, 
 that were males, even a,ll the 
 men of war, died in the wil- 
 derness by the way, after they 
 came out of Egypt. 
 
Circumcision reneiced, JOSHUA, VI. 
 
 Jericho is shut up. 
 
 5 Now all the people that came 
 out were cucumcised : but all 
 the people that were born in the 
 wilderness by the way as they 
 came forth out of Egypt, them 
 they had not circumcised. 
 
 6 For the children of Israel 
 walked forty years in the wil- 
 derness, till all the people that 
 were men of war, which came 
 out of Egypt, were consumed, 
 because they obeyed not the 
 voice of the Loed : unto whom 
 the LoED sware that he would 
 not shew them the land, which 
 the LoED sware unto their 
 fathers that he would give us, 
 a land that floweth with milk 
 and honey. 
 
 7 And theh children, whom he 
 laised up in their stead, them 
 Joshua circumcised: for they 
 were uncircumcised, because 
 they had not circumcised them 
 by the way. 
 
 8 And it came to pass, when 
 they had done circumcising all 
 the people, that they abode in 
 their places in the camp, till 
 they were whole. 
 
 9 And the Loed said unto 
 Joshua, Tliis day have I rolled 
 away the reproach of Egypt 
 from off you. Wherefore the 
 name of the place is called Gil- 
 gal unto this day. 
 
 10 % And the children of Is- 
 rael encamped in Gilgal, and 
 kept the passover on the four- 
 teenth day of the month at even 
 in the plams of Jericho. 
 
 11 And they did eat of the old 
 corn of the land on the morrow 
 after the passover, unleavened 
 cakes, and parched corn in the 
 selfsame day. 
 
 12 H And the manna ceased 
 on the morrow after they had 
 eaten of the old corn of the 
 land; neither had the children 
 of Israel manna any more ; but 
 they did eat of the fruit of the 
 land of Canaan that year. 
 
 13 H And it came to pass, when 
 »Toshua was by Jericho, that he 
 lifted up liis eyes and looked, 
 and, benold, there stood a man 
 
 over against him with his sword 
 di'awn in his hand : and Joshua 
 went unto him, and said unto 
 him. Art thou for us, or for our 
 adversaries ? 
 
 14 And he said, Nay; but as 
 captain of the host of the Loed 
 am I now come. And Joshua 
 fell on his face to the earth, 
 and did worship, and said unto 
 him, What saith my lord unto 
 liis servant? 
 
 15 And the captain of theLoED's 
 host said unto Joshua, Loose 
 thy shoe from off thy foot ; for 
 the place whereon thou standest 
 is holy. And Joshua did so. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 1 Jericlio is shut up. 2 God instruct- 
 eth Joshua how to besiege it. 12 
 The city is compassed. 17 It must 
 be accursed. 20 The ivalls fall 
 down. 22 Eahab is saved. 26 TJie 
 builder of Jericho is cursed. 
 
 I^OW Jericho was straitly 
 JL^ shut up because of the chil- 
 dren of Israel : none went out, 
 and none came in. 
 
 2 And the Loed said unto 
 Joshua, See, I have given into 
 thine hand Jericho, and the 
 king thereof, and the mighty 
 men of valour. 
 
 3 And ye shall compass the 
 city, all i/e men of war, and 
 go round about the city once. 
 Thus shalt thou do six days. 
 
 4 And seven priests shall bear 
 before the ark seven trumpets 
 of rams' horns : and the seventh 
 day ye shall compass the city 
 seven times, and the priests shall 
 blow with the trumpets. 
 
 5 And it shall come to pass, 
 that when they make a long 
 blast with the ram's horn, and 
 when ye hear the sound of the 
 trumpet, all the people shall 
 shout with a great shout ; and 
 the wall of the city shall fall 
 down flat, and the people shall 
 ascend up every man straight 
 before him. 
 
 6 H And Joshua the son of Nun 
 called the priests, and said un- 
 to them, Take up the ark of the 
 covenant, and let seven priests 
 
Jericho is taJx^i, 
 
 JOSHUA, VI. 
 
 and destronaJ. 
 
 bear seven trumpets of rams' 
 liorns before the ark of the Lord. 
 
 7 And he said mi to the people, 
 Pass on, and compass the city, 
 and let him that is amied pass 
 on before the ark of the Lord. 
 
 8 II And it came to pass, when 
 Joshua had spoken unto the peo- 
 ple, that the seven priests bear- 
 ing the seven trumpets of rams' 
 horns passed on before the Lord, 
 and blew with the trumpets : 
 and the ark of the covenant of 
 the Lord followed them. 
 
 9 ^ And the armed men went 
 before the priests that blew with 
 the trumpets, and the rereward 
 came after the ark, the priests 
 going on, and blowing with the 
 trumpets. 
 
 10 And Joshua had command- 
 ed the people, saying. Ye shall 
 not shout, nor make any noise 
 -with your voice, neither shall 
 an// word proceed out of your 
 mouth, imtil the day I bid you 
 sho\it ; then shall ye shout. 
 
 11 So the ark of the Lord com- 
 passed the city, going about it 
 once : and they came into the 
 camp, and lodged in the camp. 
 
 12 If And Joshua rose early 
 in the morning, and the priests 
 took up the ark of the Lord. 
 
 13 And seven priests bearing 
 seven trmnpets of rams' horns 
 before the ark of the Lord went 
 on continually, and blew with 
 the trumpets : and the armed 
 men went before them ; but the 
 rereward came after the ark of 
 the Lord, the priests going on, 
 and blowing with the trumpets. 
 
 14 And the second day they 
 compassed the city once, and 
 returned into the camp : so they 
 did six days. 
 
 15 And it came to pass on the 
 seventh day, that they rose early 
 about the dawning of the day, 
 and compassed the city after 
 the same manner seven times : 
 only on that day they compassed 
 the city seven times. 
 
 16 And it came to pass at the 
 seventh time, when the priests 
 blew with the trumpets, Joshua 
 
 said mito the people. Shout ; ibr 
 the Lord hath given you tlie 
 city. 
 
 17 II And the city shall be ac- 
 cursed, even it, and all that are 
 therein, to the Lord : only Ka- 
 hab the harlot shall live, she 
 and all tliat are with her in the 
 house, because she hid the mes- 
 sengers that we sent. 
 
 18 And ye, in any wise keej) 
 yourselves from the accui-ned 
 tiling, lest ye make t/ ourselves 
 accursed, when ye take of the 
 accursed thing, and make the 
 camp of Israel a cmse, and 
 trouble it. 
 
 19 But all the silver, and gold, 
 and vessels of brass and iron, 
 are consecrated unto the Lord : 
 they shall come into the trea- 
 siuy of the Lord. 
 
 20 So the people shouted when 
 the priests blew with the trum- 
 pets : and it came to pass, when 
 the people heard the sound of 
 the trumpet, and the people 
 shouted with a great shout, that 
 the wall fell down flat, so that 
 the people went ujj into the city, 
 every man straight before him, 
 and they took the city. 
 
 21 And they utterly destroyed 
 all that was in the city, both 
 man and woman, young and 
 old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, 
 with the edge of the sword. 
 
 22 But Joshua had said unto 
 the two men that had spied out 
 the country, Go into the harlot's 
 house, and bring out thence the 
 woman, and all that she hath, 
 as ye sware unto her. 
 
 23 And the young men that 
 were spies went in, and brought 
 out Rahab, and her father, and 
 her mother, and her brethren, 
 and all that she had ; and they 
 brought out all her kindred, 
 and left them without the camp 
 of Israel. 
 
 24 And they burnt the city 
 with fire, and all that was there- 
 in : only the silver, and the gold, 
 and the vessels of brass and of 
 iron, they put into the treasury 
 of the house of the Lord. 
 
AcMn*s trespass. 
 
 25 And JosTina saved Rahab 
 the harlot alive, and her father's 
 household, and all that she had ; 
 and she dwelleth in Israel even 
 nnto this day ; because she hid 
 the messengers, which Joshua 
 sent to spy out Jericho. 
 
 26 H And Joshua adjured them 
 at that time, saying, Cmsed be 
 the man before the Loed, that 
 riseth up and buildeth this city 
 Jericho : he shall lay the foun- 
 dation thereof in his firstborn, 
 and in his youngest son shall 
 he set up the gates of it. 
 
 27 So the Loed was with Jo- 
 shua ; and his fame was noised 
 throughout all the country. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 1 The Israelites are smitten at Ai. 
 6 Joshua's complaint. 10 God in- 
 structeth him what to do. IQAehan 
 is taken hy the lot. 19 His confes- 
 sion. 22 He and all he had are 
 destroyed in the valley of Achor. 
 
 BUT the children of Israel 
 committed a trespass in the 
 accursed thing : for Achaii, the 
 son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, 
 the son of Zerah, of the tribe 
 of Judah, took of the accursed 
 thing: and the anger of the 
 Loed was kindled against the 
 children of Israel. 
 
 2 And Joshua sent men from 
 Jericho to Ai, which is beside 
 Beth-aven, on the east side of 
 Beth-el, and spake unto them, 
 saying. Go up and view the 
 country. And the men went 
 up and viewed Ai. 
 
 3 And they returned to Joshua, 
 and said unto him, Let not all 
 the people go up ; but let about 
 two or three thousand men go 
 up and smite Ai ; 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 thousand 
 men : and they fled before the 
 men of Ai. 
 
 5 And the men of Ai smote of 
 them about thirty and six men : 
 for they chased therefrom before 
 the gate even unto Shebarim, 
 and smote them in the going 
 
 JOSHUA, YII. Joshua's complairtt. 
 
 down: wherefore the hearts of 
 the people melted, and became 
 as water. 
 
 6 IF And Joshua rent his clothes, 
 and fell to the earth upon his 
 face before the ark of the Loed 
 until the eventide, he and the 
 elders of Israel, and put dust 
 upon their heads. 
 
 7 And Joshua said, Alas, O 
 Lord God, wherefore hast thou 
 at all brought this people over 
 Jordan, to deliver us into the 
 hand of the Amorites, to destroy 
 us? would to God we had been 
 content, and dwelt on the other 
 side Jordan ! 
 
 8 O Lord, what shall I say, 
 when Israel tumeth their backs 
 before their enemies ! 
 
 9 For the Canaanites and all 
 the inhabitants of the land shall 
 hear of it, and shall environ us 
 round, and cut off our name 
 from the earth: and what wilt 
 thou do unto thy great name ? 
 
 10 H And the Loed said unto 
 Joshua, Get thee up ; wherefore 
 liest thou thus upon thy face ? 
 
 11 Israel hath sinned, and tliey 
 have also transgressed my cove- 
 nant which I commanded them : 
 for they have even taken of the 
 accursed thing, and have also 
 stolen, and dissembled also, and 
 they have put it even among 
 their own stuff. 
 
 12 Therefore the childi-en of 
 Israel could not stand before 
 their enemies, but turned their 
 backs before their enemies, be- 
 cause they were accursed : nei- 
 ther will I be with you any 
 more, except ye destroy the ac- 
 cursed from among you. 
 
 13 Up, sanctify the people, and 
 say. Sanctify yourselves against 
 to morrow: for thus saith the 
 Loed God of Israel, There^ is 
 an accursed thing in the midst 
 of thee, O Israel: thou canst 
 not stand before thine enemies, 
 until ye take away the accursed 
 thing from among you. 
 
 14 In the morning therefore ye 
 shall be brought according to 
 your tribes : and it shall be, that 
 
Achan talxn hy U, JOSHUA 
 
 tlio tribe ^vlli(•ll the Lord taketh I 
 shall come aocordin^ to the fa- 
 milies thereof; and the family 
 which the Lord shall take shall 
 come by households; and the 
 household which the Lord shall 
 take shall rome man bv man. 
 
 \~) And it shall be, that he that 
 is taken with the accui-sed thinjjc 
 shall ]>e biunt with lire, he and 
 all that he hath : because he 
 hath trans^xressed the covenant 
 of the Lord, and because he 
 hath wrouLdit folly in L-;racl. 
 
 1<) "' S(» .Joshua rose \\\) early in 
 the morniuL%andbrou{rht Israel 
 })y their tribes; and the tribe of 
 .ludah was taken : 
 
 17 And he broucrht the family 
 of .Tudah ; and he took the fa- 
 mily of the Zarhitts: and he 
 brouirht the family of the Zar- 
 hites man by man; and Zabdi 
 was taken : 
 
 18 And he brought his house- 
 hold man by man ; and Achan, 
 the son of C'aiTui, the son of 
 Zabdi, the son of Zemh, of the 
 tribe of . Tudah, was tiiken. 
 
 \\) And Joshua siiid unto A- 
 chan. My son, give, I pray thee, 
 glory to the Lord Crod of Israel, 
 and make conlession nnto him; 
 and tell me now wluit thou hast 
 done ; hide it not from me. 
 
 20 And Achan answered Jo- 
 shua, and said. Indeed I have 
 sinned atrainst the Ix)ED God of 
 Israel, and thus and thus liave 
 I done : 
 
 21 When I saw amonj? the 
 spoils a goodly Babylonish gar- 
 ment, and two hundred shekels 
 of silver, and a wedge of gold of 
 fifty shekels weight, then I co- 
 veted them, and took them; 
 and, behold, they are hid in the 
 earth in the midst of my tent, 
 and the silver under it. 
 
 22 •[ So Joshua sent messengers, 
 and they ran nnto the tent ; and, 
 behold, it was hid in his tent, 
 and the silver under it. 
 
 23 And they took them out 
 of the midst of the tent, and 
 brought them unto Joshua, and 
 unto all the children of Israel, 
 
 VIII. 
 
 and put to thuth. 
 tlie 
 
 and laid them out before 
 Lord, 
 
 24 And Joshua, and all Israel 
 with him, took Achan the son of 
 Zerah, and the silver, and tin* 
 gannent, and the wedge of gold, 
 and his sons, and his daughters, 
 and his oxen, and his asses, an(l 
 his sheen, and his tent, and all 
 that he had: and tlu'y brought 
 them unto the valley of Achor. 
 
 2.1 And Joshua said, Why haf^t 
 thou troubled usV the Lord 
 shall trouble thee this day. And 
 all Israel stoned him with stones, 
 and burned them with lire, af- 
 ter they had stoned them with 
 stones. 
 
 2») And they raised over him a 
 great heap of stones unto this 
 day. So the Lord turned fiom 
 the fierceness of his anger. 
 AMierefore the name of that 
 place was called. The valley of 
 Achor, unto this day. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 1 Go(l rncournf/fth Joshtia. 3 Thp 
 utratngom wherehy Ai irax (nltni. 
 29 The lino thereof in hanged, so 
 Jonhun Itnildetli an altar, 32 irrif- 
 eth tlie hue on stowK, :w proj^urul- 
 eth blessings and cumings. 
 
 AND the Lord said unto Jo- 
 J\. shua. Fear not, neither l>e 
 thou dismayed : take all the peo- 
 ple of war with thee, and arise, 
 go up to Ai : see, I have given 
 into thy hand the king of Ai, 
 and his people, and his city, 
 and his land : 
 
 2 And thou shalt do to Ai and 
 her king as thou (bdst unto Jeri- 
 cho and her king : only the spoil 
 thereof, and the cattle thereof, 
 shall ye take for a prey unto 
 yourselves: lay thee an ambush 
 for the city behind it. 
 
 3 ^ So Joshua arose, and all the 
 people of war, to go up against 
 Ai : and Joshua chcse out thirty 
 thousand mighty men of valom', 
 and sent them av.ay by night. 
 
 4 And he commanded them.say- 
 ing, Behold, ye shall lie in wait 
 against the city, even behind 
 the city : go not ver>' far from 
 the city, but be ye all ready : 
 
Tlie dratacfem 
 
 JOSHUA, VIII. 
 
 foi' taking Ai. 
 
 5 And I, and all the people 
 tliat are with me, will approach 
 unto the city : and it shall come 
 to pass, when they come out a- 
 gainst us, as at the first, that we 
 yn\\ flee before them, 
 
 6 (For they will come out after 
 us) till we have drawn them 
 from the city ; for they will say, 
 They flee before us, as at the 
 first : therefore we will flee be- 
 fore them. 
 
 7 Then ye shall rise up from 
 the ambush, and seize upon the 
 city: for the Loed yoiu- God 
 will deliver it into your hand. 
 
 8 And it shall be, when yq haye 
 taken the city, that ye shall set 
 the city on tire : according to 
 the commandment of the Lord 
 shall ye do. See, I have com- 
 manded you. 
 
 9 1[ Joshua therefore sent them 
 forth: and they went to lie in 
 ambush, and abode between 
 Beth-el and Ai, on the west side 
 of Ai : but Joshua lodged that 
 night among the people. 
 
 10 And Joshua rose up early in 
 the nioiTLing, and numbered the 
 people, and went up, he and the 
 elders of Israel, before the peo- 
 ple to Ai. 
 
 11 And all the people, even the 
 people of war that were with 
 him, went up, and drew nigh, 
 and came before the city, and 
 pitched on the north side of Ai : 
 now there was a valley between 
 them and Ai, 
 
 12 And he took about five 
 thousand men, and set them to 
 lie in ambush between Beth-el 
 and Ai, on the west side of the 
 city. 
 
 13 And when they had set the 
 people, even all the host that 
 was on the north of the city, 
 and their liers in wait on the 
 west of the city, Joshua went 
 that night into the midst of the 
 valley. 
 
 14 ![ And it came to pass, when 
 the king of Ai saw it, that they 
 
 .hasted and rose up early, and 
 the men of the city went out 
 against Israel to battle, he and 
 
 all his people, at a time appoint- 
 ed, before the plain ; but he wist 
 not that there were liers in am- 
 bush against him behind the 
 city. 
 
 15 And Joshua and all Israel 
 made as if they were beaten be- 
 fore them, and fled by the way 
 of the wilderness. 
 
 16 And all the people that were 
 in Ai were called together to 
 pursue after them: and they 
 pursued after Joshua, 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 Israel: and they 
 left the city open, and pursued 
 after Israel. 
 
 18 And the Loed said unto Jo- 
 shua, Stretch out the spear that 
 is in thy hand toward Ai; for 
 I will give it into thine hand. 
 And Joshua stretched out the 
 spear that he had in his hand 
 toward the city. 
 
 19 And the ambush arose quick- 
 ly out of their place, and they 
 ran as soon as he had stretched 
 out his hand : and they entered 
 into the city, and took it, and 
 hasted and set the city on fire. 
 
 20 And when the men of Ai 
 looked behind them, they saw, 
 and, behold, the smoke of the 
 city ascended up to heaven, and 
 they had no power to flee this 
 way or that way : and the peo- 
 ple that fled to the wilderness 
 tm-ned back upon the pursuers. 
 
 21 And when Joshua and all 
 Israel saw that the ambush had 
 taken the city, and that the 
 smoke of the city ascended, then 
 they tiuned again, and slew the 
 men of Ai. 
 
 22 And the other issued out of 
 the city against them; so they 
 were in the midst of Israel, some 
 on this side, and some on that 
 side : and they smote them, so 
 that they let none of them re- 
 main or escape. 
 
 23 And the king of Ai they 
 took alive, and brought him to 
 Joshua. 
 
 24 And it came to pass, when 
 
Joshua baildeih 
 
 JOSHUA, IX. 
 
 an altar in Efjctl. 
 
 Israel had made an end of slay- 
 ing all the inhabitants of Ai in 
 the iield, in the Tvildeniess where- 
 in they chased them, and when 
 they were all fallen on the edge 
 of the sword, nntil they were 
 consumed, that all the Israelites 
 retnmed unto Ai, and smote it 
 with the edge of the sword. 
 
 25 And so it was, Ihat all that 
 fell that day, both of men and 
 women, were twelve thousand, 
 eve7i all the men of Ai. 
 
 26 For Joshua drew not his hand 
 back, wherewith he stretched 
 out the spear, mitil he had ut- 
 terly destroyed all the inhabit- 
 ants of Ai, 
 
 27 Only the cattle and the spoil 
 of that city Israel took for a i)rey 
 inito themselves, according unto 
 the word of the Lord which he 
 commanded Joshua. 
 
 28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and 
 made it an heap for ever, even 
 a desolation unto this day. 
 
 29 And the king of Ai he hang- 
 ed on a tree imtil eventide : and 
 as soon as the sun was down, 
 Joshua commanded that they 
 should take his carcase down 
 from the tree, and cast it at the 
 entering of the gate of the city, 
 and raise thereon a great heap 
 of stones, that remaineth unto 
 this day. 
 
 30 H Then Joshua built an altar 
 unto the Lord God of Israel in 
 mount Ebal, 
 
 31 As Moses the servant of the 
 Lord commanded the children 
 of Israel, as it is written in the 
 book of the law of Moses, an al- 
 tar of whole stones, over which 
 no man hath lift up an?/ iron : 
 and they offered thereon burnt 
 offerings unto the Lord, and sa- 
 crificed peace offerings. 
 
 32 If And he wrote there upon 
 the stones a copy of the law of 
 Moses, which he wrote in the 
 presence of the children of Is- 
 rael. 
 
 33 And all Israel, and their 
 elders, and officers, and their 
 judges, stood on this side the 
 ark and on that side before the 
 
 priests the Levitee, wliich bare 
 the ark of the covenant of tlie 
 Lord, as well the stranger, as he 
 that was bom among them ; hall 
 of them over against mount Ge- 
 rizim, and half of them over 
 against mount Ebal ; as Moses 
 the servant of the Lord had 
 conunanded before, that they 
 should bless the people of Israel. 
 
 34 And afterward he read all 
 the words of the law, the bless- 
 ings and cursings, according to 
 all that is written in the book 
 of the law. 
 
 35 There was not a word of all 
 that Moses commanded, which 
 Joshua read not before all the 
 congregation of Israel, witli the 
 women, and the little ones, and 
 the strangers that were conver- 
 sant among them. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 1 TJie Tiingn conihi^ie againat Icrael. 
 3 The Gibeonifes by craft obtain 
 a league. V) For wJiich they are 
 comlemned to jjerpetnal bondage. 
 
 AND it came to pass, when 
 . all the kings wliich wei'e 
 on this side Jordan, in the hills, 
 and in the valleys, and in all the 
 coasts of the great sea over a- 
 gainst Lebanon, the Hittite, and 
 the Amorite, the Canaanite, the 
 Perizzite, the Hivite, and the 
 Jebusite, heard thereof; 
 
 2 That they gathered them- 
 selves together, to fight with Jo- 
 shua and with Israel, with one 
 accord. 
 
 3 H And when the inhabitants 
 of Gibeon heard what Joshua 
 had done unto Jericho and to Ai, 
 
 4 They did work wiHly, and 
 went and made as if they had 
 been ambassadors, and took old 
 sacks upon their asses, and wine 
 bottles, old, and rent, and bound 
 up; 
 
 5 And old shoes and clouted 
 upon their feet, and old gar- 
 ments upon them; and all the 
 bread of their provision was dry 
 and mouldy. 
 
 6 And they went to Joshua un- 
 to the camp at Gilgal, and said 
 unto him, and to the men of 
 
Tli^ Gibeonites 
 
 JOSHUA, IX. 
 
 obtain a league. 
 
 Israel, We be come from a far 
 country : now therefore make ye 
 a league with us. 
 
 7 And the men of Israel said 
 unto the Hivites, Peradventure 
 ye dwell among us; and how 
 shall we make a league with 
 you ? 
 
 8 And they said unto Joshua, 
 AV'e are thy servants. And Jo- 
 shua said unto them, Who are 
 ye ? and from whence come ye ? 
 
 9 And they said unto him, From 
 a very far country thy servants 
 are come because of the name 
 of the LoED thy God: for we 
 have heard the fame of him, and 
 all that he did in Egypt, 
 
 10 And all that he did to the 
 two kings of the Amorites, that 
 tvere beyond Jordan, to Sihon 
 king of Heshbon, and to Og 
 king of Bashan, which was at 
 Ashtaroth. 
 
 11 Wherefore our elders and 
 all the inhabitants of our coun- 
 try spake to us, saymg. Take 
 victuals with you for the jour- 
 ney, and go to meet them, and 
 say luito them. We are your 
 servants: therefore now make 
 ye a league with us. 
 
 12 Tliis our bread we took hot 
 for om- pro\dsion out of our 
 houses on the day we came forth 
 to go unto you ; but now, behold, 
 it is dry, and it is mouldy : 
 
 13 And these bottles of wine, 
 which we filled, were new ; and, 
 behold, they be rent : and these 
 our garments and om- shoes are 
 become old by reason of the 
 very long journey. 
 
 14 And the men took of their 
 'sictuals, and asked not counsel 
 at the mouth of the Lord. 
 
 15 And Joshua made peace 
 with them, and made a league 
 with them, to let them live : 
 and the princes of the congre- 
 gation sware mito them. 
 
 16 IF And it came to pass at the 
 end of three days after they had 
 made a league with, them, that 
 they heard that they were their 
 neighbom-s, and that they dwelt 
 among them. 
 
 17 And the children of Israel 
 jom-neyed, and came unto their 
 cities on the third day. Now 
 their cities were Gibeon, and 
 Chephirah, and Beeroth, and 
 Kirjath-jearim. 
 
 18 And the children of Israel 
 smote them not, because the 
 princes of the congregation had 
 sworn unto them by the Lord 
 God of Israel. And all the con- 
 gregation murmured against the 
 prmces. 
 
 19 But all the princes said 
 unto all the congregation. We 
 have sworn unto them by the 
 Lord God of Israel : now there- 
 fore we may not touch them. 
 
 20 This we will do to them; 
 we will even let them live, lest 
 wrath be upon us, because of 
 the oath which we sware unto 
 them. 
 
 21 And the princes said unto 
 them. Let them live; but let 
 them be hewers of wood and 
 drawers of water unto all the 
 congregation; as the princes 
 had promised them. 
 
 22 H And Joshua called for 
 them, and he spake unto them, 
 saying, Wherefore have ye be- 
 guiled us, saying. We are very 
 far from you; when ye dwell 
 among us ? 
 
 23 Now therefore ye «r^ curs- 
 ed, and there shall none of you 
 be freed from being bondmen, 
 and hewers of wood and draw- 
 ers of water for the house of my 
 God. 
 
 24 And they answered Joshua, 
 and said, Because it was cer- 
 tainly told thy servants, how 
 that the Lord thy God com- 
 manded his servant Moses to 
 give you all the land, and to 
 destroy all the inhabitants of 
 the land from before you, there- 
 fore we were sore afraid of our 
 lives because of you, and have 
 done this thing. 
 
 25 And now, behold, we are 
 in thine hand: as it seemeth 
 good and right unto thee to do 
 unto us, do. 
 
 26 And so did he unto them. 
 
7V 8VM ami JOSHUA, X 
 
 and delivered tlicin out of the 
 liand ol the eliildn-n of iBrael, 
 tliat tliey slew them nut. 
 27 And .losliiia made tliem 
 tliat day hewern of >voo<l and 
 dmweis of Nvnter for the con- 
 jrre^'ation, and i\>v the altar of 
 the J^oun, even unto this dav. 
 in the i)lace wliich he should 
 choose. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 1 Ftff hiu'jn irur (n/niiist (iiheon. G 
 Joshtui rt'Hiiutli it. 10 (itxl Jiyht- 
 vth agaiuht tht-ni irith haHiUont^». 
 12 3V/e «ioi and iuihui tftand t'tUl 
 at the tcoid of JohIiku. If. Thf 
 five kiUi/Harr uiined iii a rare. Xi 
 They are bronyht forth, 21 neoru- 
 fidlp USt'd, 2i> ifud hittl'/ed. '2H S>'- 
 et-ti kin'jK more are eotu/iiered. 43 
 Jofihuu rettinu'lh to Gd{Hd. 
 
 NOW it came to i)as8, when 
 Adoni-zedec kin^ of Je- 
 ruBidem had heard how Joshua 
 liad taken Ai, and had utterly 
 destroyed it; as he had done 
 to Jericlio and her kinir, so he 
 had dojie to Ai and her kinir: 
 and how tlie inliahitants of 
 (iil)eon had made in-aee with 
 Inrael, and were annniK them; 
 
 2 That they feared preatly, 
 l)ecau8e Gilx'on was a ^^reat 
 city, as one of the royal eities, 
 and because it was preater than 
 Ai, and all the men thereof 
 irere mitrhty. 
 
 3 Wherefore Adoni-zedec king 
 of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham 
 king of Hebron, and unto Piram 
 king of Jarmuth, and luito Ja- 
 
 nwaii Ftawl Mill. 
 
 sent unto Joshua to the camp 
 to Gilgal saying. Slack not tliy 
 hand fiom thv servants; come 
 up to us Muidvly, and saNe us, 
 and help us : for all tlie kingH 
 of the Amorites that dwell in 
 the moimtains are gathered to 
 gether a^cainst us. 
 
 7 So .Kmhua ascended fn»m 
 Gilgul, he, and all the jjcople 
 of war with him, and all the 
 mighty men of \alour. 
 
 8 f Antl th»' Loitn said unto 
 Joshua, Fear them not: for I 
 have deli>ered them into thine 
 hand; theie shall not a man of 
 tliem stand befort^ thee. 
 
 \) Joshua therefore came unto 
 them suddenly, and went up 
 from (iilu-al all nigjjt. 
 
 10 And the L(jui) dis<'omfited 
 them iH'fore Israel, and slew 
 them with a great slaughter at 
 (Jilx-'on, and chased them along 
 the way that goeth up to J5i'th- 
 horon, and smote them to Aze- 
 kith. and unto Makkedah. 
 
 11 And it came tojiass, as they 
 lied from before Israel, and 
 
 I were in the going down to li<ith- 
 ' horon, that the Lord cast down 
 I great stones from heaven ni)on 
 i thcni unto Azekah, and tliey 
 died: thet/ were moie which 
 died with hailstones than thei/ 
 whom the children of Israel slew 
 with the sword. 
 
 12 ^ Then spake Joshua to the 
 Lord in the day when the Lord 
 delivered up the Amorites be- 
 
 pliia king of Lachish, and unto I fore the cliildren of Israel, and 
 
 Debir king of Eglon, saying, 
 
 4 Come up unto me, and help 
 me, that we may smite Cxibeon : 
 for it hath made peace with Jo- 
 shua and with the children of 
 Israel. 
 
 5 Therefore the five kings of 
 the Amorites, the king of Jeru- 
 salem, the king of Hebron, the 
 king of Jarmuth, the king of 
 Lachish, the king of Eglon, ga> 
 
 I he said in the sight of Israel, 
 ' Sun, stand thou still upon Gi- 
 beon; and thou, Moon, in the 
 valley of Ajalon. 
 13 And the sun stood still, and 
 the moon stayed, imtil the peo- 
 ple had avenged themselves up- 
 on their enemies. Is not this 
 wTitten in the book of Jasher? 
 So the sun stood still in the 
 midst of heaven, and hasted 
 
 thered themselves together, and not to go doAvn about a whole 
 
 went up, they and all their hosts. 
 and encamped before Gibeon, 
 and made war against it. 
 6 If And the men of Gibeon 
 
 day. 
 
 14 And there was no day like 
 that before it or after it, that 
 the Lord hearkened unto the 
 
The jive conihined 
 
 JOSHUA, X. 
 
 lings are slain. 
 
 voice of a man: for the Lord 
 foii:2lit for Israel. 
 
 15 *! And Joshua returned, and 
 all Israel mth him, unto the 
 camp to Gilgal. 
 
 16 But these five Idngs fled, 
 and hid themselves in a cave 
 at Makkedah. 
 
 17 And it was told Joshua, 
 saying, The five longs are found 
 hid in a cave at Maldcedah. 
 
 18 And Joshua said, Eoll great 
 stones upon the mouth of the 
 cave, and set men by it for to 
 keep them : 
 
 19 And stay ye not, but pursue 
 after yom* enemies, and smite 
 the liindmost of them; suffer 
 them not to enter into their 
 cities: for the Lord your God 
 hath deUvered them into your 
 hand. 
 
 20 And it came to pass, when 
 Joshua and the children of Is- 
 rael had made an end of slaying 
 them with a very great slaugh- 
 ter, till they were consumed, 
 that the rest which remained of 
 them entered into fenced cities. 
 
 21 And all the people returned 
 to the camp to Joshua at Mak- 
 kedah in peace: none moved 
 his tongue against any of the 
 children of Israel. 
 
 22 Then said Joshua, Open the 
 mouth of the cave, and bring 
 out those five kings unto me 
 out of the cave. 
 
 23 And they did so, and brought 
 forth those five kings unto him 
 out of the cave, the king of Je- 
 rusalem, the king of Hebron, 
 the king of Jarmuth, the king of 
 Lachish, and the king of Eglon. 
 
 24 And it came to pass, when 
 they brought out those kings 
 unto Joshua, that Joshua called 
 for all the men of Israel, and 
 said unto the captains of the 
 men of war which went with 
 him. Come near, put your feet 
 upon the necks of these kings. 
 Aad they came near, and put 
 their feet upon the necks of 
 them. 
 
 25 And Joshua said unto them. 
 Fear not, nor be dismayed, be 
 
 strong and of good courage : for 
 thus shall the Lord do to all 
 yom- enemies agaiast whom ye 
 fight. 
 
 26 And aftei-ward Joshua smote 
 them, and slew them, and hang- 
 ed them on five trees : and they 
 were hanging upon the trees 
 until the evening. 
 
 27 And it came to pass at the 
 time of the gomg down of the 
 Sim, that Joshua commanded, 
 and they took them down ofi' 
 the trees, and cast them into the 
 cave wherein they had been hid, 
 and laid great stones in the 
 cave's mouth, which remain 
 until this very day. 
 
 28 ^And that day Joshua took 
 Makkedah, and smote it with 
 the edge of the sword, and the 
 kuig thereof he utterly destroy- 
 ed, them, and all the souls that 
 wei^e therein; he let none re- 
 main : and he did to the king of 
 Malikedah as he did unto the 
 king of Jericho. 
 
 29 Then Joshua passed from 
 Makkedah, and all Israel with 
 liim, unto Libnah, and fought 
 against Libnah : 
 
 30 And the Lord delivered it 
 also, and the king thereof, into 
 the hand of Israel ; and he smote 
 it with the edge of the sword, 
 and all the souls that icere 
 therein ; he let none remain m 
 it ; but did unto the king there- 
 of as he did unto the king of 
 Jericho. 
 
 31 H And Joshua passed from 
 Libnah, and all Israel with him, 
 unto Lachish, and encamped 
 against it, and fought against it : 
 
 32 And the Lord delivered 
 Lachish into the hand of Israel, 
 which took it on the second day, 
 and smote it with the edge of 
 the sword, and all the souls that 
 were therein, according to all 
 that he had done to Libnah. 
 
 33 H Then Horam kmg of Ge- 
 zer came up to help Lachish; 
 and Joshua smote him and his 
 people, imtil he had left him 
 
 I none remaining. 
 
 ! 34 K And from Lachish Joshua 
 
Josltud smUeth 
 
 JOSHUA, XI. 
 
 divei'S other kings. 
 
 V)assed unto Eglon, and all Is- 
 rael with him; and they en- 
 camped against it, and fought 
 against it : 
 
 'Mj And they took it on that 
 day, and smote it with the edge 
 of the sword, and all the souls 
 that iveo'e therein he utterly 
 destroyed that day, according 
 to all that he had done to La- 
 chish. 
 
 36 And Joshua went up from 
 Eglon, and all Israel with him, 
 unto Hebron; and they fought 
 against it : 
 
 _ 37 And they took it, and smote 
 it with the edge of the sword, 
 and the king thereof, and all 
 the cities thereof, and all the 
 soids that were therein ; he left 
 none remaining, according to all 
 that he had done to Eglon ; but 
 destroyed it utterly, and all the 
 souls that ivere therein. 
 
 38 ^ And Joshua returned, and 
 all Israel with him, to Debir; 
 and fought against it : 
 
 39 And he took it, and the king 
 thereof, and all the cities there- 
 of; and they smote them Avith 
 the edge of the sword, and ut- 
 terly destroyed all the souls that 
 were therein; he left none re- 
 maining: as he had done to 
 Hebron, so he did to Debir, and 
 to the king thereof; as he had 
 done also to Libnah, and to her 
 king. 
 
 40 H So Joshua smote all the 
 country of the hills, and of the 
 south, and of the vale, and of 
 the spiings, and all their Idngs : 
 he left none remaining, but ut- 
 terly destroyed all that breath- 
 ed, as the Lord God of Israel 
 commanded. 
 
 41 And Joshua smote them 
 from Kadesh-bamea even unto 
 Gaza, and all the country of 
 Goshen, even unto Gibeon. 
 
 42 And all these kings and 
 their land did Joshua take at 
 one time, because the Lord God 
 of Israel fought for Israel. 
 
 43 And Joshua returned, and 
 all Israel Avith liim, unto the 
 camp to Gilgal. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 1 Diver a lings overcome at the wa- 
 ters of Merom. 10 Ilazor is taken 
 and htirnt. IGAJl the country talen 
 by Joshua. 21 TJie Analims cut oj'. 
 
 AND it came to pass, when 
 . Jabin king of Hazor had 
 heard those thing's, that he sent 
 to Jobab king of Madon, and to 
 the khig of Shimron, and to the 
 king of Achsliapli, 
 
 2 And to the kings that tvere 
 on the north of the mountains, 
 and of the i)lains south of Cliin- 
 neroth, and in the valley, and 
 in the borders of Dor on the 
 west, 
 
 3 And to the Canaanite on the 
 east and on the west, and to the 
 Amorite, and the Hittite, and 
 the Peiizzite, and the Jebusite 
 in the mountains, and to the 
 Hivite under Hennon in the 
 land of Mizpeh. 
 
 4 And they went out, they and 
 all their hosts with them, much 
 l^eople, even as the sand that is 
 upon the sea shore in multi- 
 tude, with horses and chariots 
 very many. 
 
 5 And when all these kings 
 were met together, they came 
 and pitched together a4 the wa- 
 ters of Merom, to fight against 
 Israel. 
 
 6 If And the Lord said unto 
 Joshua, Be not afraid because 
 of them: for to morrow about 
 this time will I deliver them 
 up all slain before Israel : thou 
 shalt hough their horses, and 
 bum their chariots with fire. 
 
 7 So Joshua came, and all the 
 people of war with him, against 
 them by the waters of Merom 
 suddenly; and they fell upon 
 them. 
 
 8 And the Lord deliA^ered 
 them into the hand of Israel, 
 who smote them, and chased 
 them unto great Zidon, and un- 
 to Misrephoth-maim, and unto 
 the valley of Mizpeh east- 
 ward; and they smote them, 
 until they left them none re- 
 maining. 
 
 9 And Joshua did unto them 
 
/-r«;ji 
 
 3 takeih 
 
 JOSHUA, Xn. The Anal:ims ail of. 
 
 as tlie LoKD bade liim: he 
 houghed their horses, and burnt 
 ^heir chariots with fii^. 
 
 10 T And Joshua at that time 
 turned back, and took Hazor, 
 and smote the king thereof with 
 -the sword : for Hazor beforetime 
 was the head of all those king- 
 doms. 
 
 11 And they smote all the souls 
 that were therein with the edge 
 of the sword, utterly destroying 
 them : ther^ was not any left to 
 breathe: and he burnt Hazor 
 with fire. 
 
 12 And all the cities of those 
 kings, and all the kings of them, 
 <lid Joshua tak€, and -smote them 
 with the edge of the sword, and 
 he utterly destroyed them, as 
 l^Ioses the servant of the Loed 
 ^•ommanded. 
 
 13 But as for th-e cities that 
 stood still in their strength, Is- 
 rael burned none of them, save 
 Hazor only; that did Joshua 
 bum. 
 
 14 And all the spoil of these 
 cities, and the cattle, the cliil- 
 dren of Israel took for a prey 
 imto themselves ; but every man 
 they smote with the edge of the 
 sword, until they had destroyed 
 tliem, neither left they any to 
 breatlie. 
 
 15 If As the Loud commanded 
 Moses his servant, so did Moses 
 <'ormnand Joshua, and so did 
 Joshua ; he left nothing undone 
 of all that the Loed commanded 
 Moses. 
 
 16 So Joshua took all that 
 land, the hills, and all the 
 -south countiy, and all the land 
 4jf Goshen, and the valley, and 
 the plam, and the mountain 
 of Israel, and the ^^lley of the 
 same ; 
 
 17 Even from the mount Ha- 
 .lak, tliat goeth up to Seir, even 
 unto Baal-gad in the valley of 
 Lebanon under mount Hermon : 
 and all their kings he took, and 
 smote them, and slew them. 
 
 18 Joshua made war a long 
 [time with all those kings. 
 
 { 19 There was not a city that 
 
 made peace with the childien 
 of Isiael, save the Hivites the 
 inhabitants of Gibeon : all other 
 they took in battle. 
 
 20 For it was of the Loed to 
 harden their hearts, that they 
 should come against Israel in 
 battle, that he might destroy 
 them utterly, and that they 
 might have no favour, but that 
 he might destroy tliem, as the 
 Loed eommanded Moses. 
 
 21 HAnd at that tune came 
 Joshua, and cut ofi" the Ana- 
 kims from the moTintains, from 
 Hebron, from Debir, from A- 
 nab, and from ail the moun- 
 tains of Judah, and from all the 
 momitains of Israel: Joshua 
 destroyed them utterly with 
 then- cities. 
 
 22 There was none of the Ana- 
 kims left in the land of the chil- 
 di-en of Israel : only in Gaza, in 
 Gath, and in Ashdod, there re- 
 mained. 
 
 23 So Joshua took the whole 
 land, according to all that the 
 Loed said unto Moses ; and Jo- 
 shua gave it for an inheritance 
 unto Israel according to their 
 divisions by their tribes. And 
 the land rested from war. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 1 The two Idngs tvhose cmmMes 3To- 
 
 ses took and disposed of. 7 The ctie 
 
 and thirty Mngs on the other side 
 
 Jardan wJiicli JosJiua smote. 
 
 NOW these are the kings of 
 the land, which the chil- 
 dren of Israel smote, and pos- 
 sessed their land on the othei' 
 side Jordan toward the rising of 
 the sun, from the river Arncn 
 unto mount Hermon, and all 
 the plain on the east : 
 
 2 Sihon Idng of the Amorites, 
 who dwelt in Heshbon, and 
 ruled from Aroer, which is up- 
 on the bank of the river Amon, 
 and from the middle of the ri- 
 ver, and from half Gilead, even 
 unto the river Jabbok, which 
 is the border of the cliildren of 
 Ammon ; 
 
 3 And from the plain to the 
 sea of Chinneroth on the east, 
 
 N 
 
ThiHu one Jcings JOSHUA, XIII. mitien ly Joslnui. 
 
 and unto the sea of the plain, i 17 The kinsr of Tappnah, one ; 
 even the salt sea on the east, ; tlie king of Heplier, one ; 
 the way to Beth-jeshimotli ; and j 18 The king of Apliek, one. 
 from tlie south, under Ashdoth- tlie king of Lasliaron, one ; 
 pisgah: I 19 Tlie khig of Madon, one. 
 
 4 If And the roast of Oc: king of the king of Hazor, one ; 
 Bashan, rchich was of tlie rein- ! 20 The king of Shimron-ine- 
 nant of the giants, that dwelt j ion, one; the king of Achshapli . 
 at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, one ; 
 
 5 And reigned in mount Her- | 21 The king of Taanach, one : 
 mon, and in 8alcah, and in all the king of Megiddo, one ; 
 P>ashan, unto the border of the 22 'J'he khig of Kedesh, one : 
 Geshurites and the Maachath- the king of Jokneamof Carmel. 
 ites, and half (Jilend, the bor- one; 
 
 der of 8ihon king of lleshbon. 23 The king of Dor in the coast 
 i) Them did Mose.s the tenant of Dor. one; the king of the na- 
 of the LoKi) and the children of tions of Gilgal, one- 
 Israel smite: and Moses the ser- 24 The king of Tiraah, one: 
 vant of the Loko gave it for a all the kings thirty and one. 
 l»os6ession unto the Reul)enites, CHAPTEJi XIII. 
 ind the Gadites, and the half i Tfie hounds of the haul not yvf ro,i. 
 
 tribe of INIanassel 
 7 II And these are the kings of 
 the country -vvhirh Joshua and 
 the children of Israel smote on 
 this side Jordan on the west, 
 from Baal-gad in the valley of" 
 Lebanon even unto the mount 
 Halak, that goeth up to Seir; 
 which Joshua gave unto the 
 
 qtun'fl. 8 The inheritunre of thi 
 two tribes and half. 14, 3:5 Thf 
 Lord and hitt sacrifices are the in- 
 heritance of Levi. 1.0 The hoiin<h 
 of the inheritance of lieuhtn. 21 
 ilie - 
 
 Balaam stain. 2\ 
 
 hi.Hiids oj 
 
 the inheritance of Cad, 29 aud oj 
 the half tribe of ManasHeh. 
 
 NOW Joshua was old and 
 stricken in years : and the 
 
 tribes of Israel for a possession Lord said unto him, Thou art 
 according to their divisions ; old and stricken in years, and 
 
 8 In the mountains, and in the there remaineth yet very much 
 valleys, and in the plains, and land to be possessed, 
 in the springs, and in the wil- 2 Tin's is the land that yet 
 
 demess, and in the south coun- 
 try ; the Hittites, the Amorites, 
 and the Canaanites, the Periz- 
 zites, the Hivites, and the Je- 
 
 remaineth: all the borders (jf 
 the Philistines, and all Ge- 
 shuri, 
 3 From Sihor, which is before 
 
 busites : Egj^pt, even unto the borders 
 
 9 HThe king of Jericho, one; of Lkron northward, which is 
 the king of Ai, which is beside counted to the Canaanite : five 
 Beth-el, one ; lords of the Philistines ; th(? 
 
 10 The king of Jerusalem, one ; Gazathites, and the Ashdoth- 
 the king of Hebron, one; I ites, the Eshkalonites, the Git- 
 
 11 The king of Jarmuth, one; . tites, and the Ekionites; also 
 the king of Lachish, one ; i the A v ites : 
 
 12 The king of Eglon, one ; the 4 Fiom the south, all the land 
 
 king of Gezer, one ; 
 
 13 The king of Debir, one ; the 
 king of Geder, one ; 
 
 14 The king of Hormah, one ; 
 the king of Arad, one ; 
 
 15 The king of Libnah, one; 
 the Idng of AduUam, one ; 
 
 16 The king of Makkedah, 
 one ; the king of Beth-el^ one ; 
 
 of the Canaanites, and Mearah 
 that is beside the Sidonians, un- 
 to Aphek, to the borders of the 
 Amorites : 
 
 5 And the land of the Giblites, 
 and all Lebanon, toward the 
 sunrismg, from Baal-gad under 
 momit Hermon unto the enter- 
 ing into Hamath» 
 
The unsubdued land JOSHUA, XIII. 
 
 to he ddvidcd. 
 
 6 All tlie inhabitants of the 
 liill comitiy from Lebanon un- 
 to Misrephoth-maim, and all 
 the Sidonians, them T\ill I diive 
 out from before the children of 
 Israel: only diyide thon it by 
 lot mito the Israelites for an in- 
 heritance, as I have commanded 
 thee. 
 
 7 Now therefore divide this 
 land for an inheritance unto the 
 nine tribes, and the half tribe of 
 Manasseh, 
 
 8 With whom the Eeubenites 
 and the Gadites have received 
 their inheritance, which Moses 
 gave them, beyond Jordan east- 
 ward, even as Moses the ser- 
 vant of the Lord gave them ; 
 
 9 From Aroer, that is upon 
 the bank of the river Anion, 
 and the city that is in the midst 
 of the river, and all the plain of 
 Medeba unto Dibon ; 
 
 ■ 10 And all the cities of Sihon 
 - king of the Amorites, which 
 reigned in Heshbon, unto the 
 border of the children of Am- 
 nion; 
 
 11 And Gilead, and the border 
 of the Geshurites and Maach- 
 athites, and all mount Hermoii, 
 and all Bashan unto Salcah ; 
 
 12 All the kingdom of Og in 
 Bashan, which reigned in Ash- 
 taroth and in Edi'ei, who re- 
 mamed of the remnant of the 
 giants: for these did Moses 
 smite, and cast them out. 
 
 13 Nevertheless the children of 
 , Israel expelled not the Geshm^- 
 
 ites, nor the Maachathites : but 
 the Geshurites and the Maach- 
 
 , athites dwell among the Israel- 
 
 , ites until this day. 
 
 i 14 Only unto the tribe of Levi 
 he gave none inheritance; the 
 
 ; sacrifices of the Lord God of 
 Israel made by fire are then in- 
 heritance, as he said mito them. 
 
 , 15 IF And Moses gave unto the 
 tribe of the children of Reuben 
 
 1 inhe^'itance according to then 
 families. 
 16 And their coast was from 
 
 , Aroer, that is on the bank of 
 
 ! the river Arnon, and the city 
 
 that is m the midst of the river, 
 and all the plain by Medeba ; 
 
 17 Heshbon, and all her cities 
 that are in the plain; Dibon, 
 and Bamoth-baal, and Beth- 
 baal-meon, 
 
 18 And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, 
 and Mephaath, 
 
 19 And Khjathaim, and Sib- 
 mah, and Zareth-shahar in the 
 mount of the valley, 
 
 20 And Beth-peor, and Ash- 
 doth-pisgah, and Beth-jeshi- 
 moth, 
 
 21 And aU the cities of the 
 plain, and all the kingdom of 
 Sihon king of the Amorites, 
 which reigned in Heshbon, 
 whom Moses smote witli the 
 princes of Midian, Evi, and. 
 Eekem, and Zur, and Hur, and 
 Eeba, ivhich ivere dukes of Si- 
 hon, dwelling in the country. 
 
 22 1[ Balaam also the son of 
 Beor, the soothsayer, did the 
 children of Israel slay witli the 
 sword among them that were 
 slain by them. 
 
 23 And the border of the chil- 
 dren of Reuben was Jordan, and 
 the border thereof. This was the 
 inheritance of the children of 
 Reuben after their families, the 
 cities and the villages thereof. 
 
 24 And Moses gave inherit- 
 ance unto the tribe of Gad, even 
 unto the cliildren of Gad ac- 
 cording to their families. 
 
 25 And their coast was Jazer, 
 and all the cities of Gilead, and 
 half the land of the children of 
 Ammon, unto Aroer that is be- 
 fore Rabbah ; 
 
 26 And from Heshbon unto 
 Ramath-mizpeh, and Betoiiim ; 
 and from Mahanaim unto the 
 border of Debir; 
 
 27 And in the valley, Beth- 
 aram, and Beth-nimrah, and 
 Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest 
 of the kingdom of Sihon long 
 of Heshbon, Jordan and his 
 border, even unto the edge of 
 the sea of Chinnereth on the 
 other side Jordan eastward. 
 
 28 This is the inheritance of 
 the children of Gad after tlieir 
 
 N 2 
 
The land divided hy lot. JOSHUA, XIV. 
 
 families, the cities, and their 
 villages. 
 
 29 t And Moses gave inherit- 
 ance unto the half tribe of Ma- 
 nasseh: and this was the pos- 
 session of the half tribe of the 
 cliildren of Manasseh by their 
 families. 
 
 ^0 And their coast was from 
 Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the 
 kingdom of Og king of Bashan, 
 and all the to^\ns of Jair, which 
 fire in Bashan, threescore cities: 
 
 31 And lialf Gilead, and Ash- 
 taroth, and Edrei, cities of the 
 Ivingdom of Og in Bashan, we^^e 
 pertaining unto the children of 
 Machir the son of Manasseh, 
 even to the one half of the chil- 
 
 ^dren of Machir by their families. 
 
 32 These ar^ the countries 
 which Moses did distribute for 
 inheritance in the plains of Mo- 
 ab, on the other side Jordan, by 
 Jericho, eastward. 
 
 33 But unto the tribe of Levi 
 Moses gave not any inherits 
 ance': the Lord God of Israel 
 was their inheritance, as he said 
 unto them. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 1 71^6 nine tribes and a half are to 
 ■ have their inheritance hy lot. 6 Ca- 
 leb by privilege dbtaineth Hebron. 
 AND these are the countries 
 . wliich the cliildren of Is- 
 rael inherited in the land of Ca- 
 naan, which Eleazar the priest, 
 and Joshua the son of Nun, 
 
 Caleb dbtaineth Hd/im. 
 
 land, save cities to dwell in, 
 with their suburbs for their cat- 
 tle and for their substance. 
 
 5 As the Lord commanded 
 Moses, so the children of Israel 
 did, and they divided the land. 
 
 G f Then the children of Judah 
 came unto Joshua in Gil gal : 
 and Caleb the son of Jephun- 
 neli the Kenezite said unto him, 
 Thou Imowest the thing that the 
 Lord said unto Moses the man 
 of God concerning me and thee 
 in Kadesh-baraea. 
 
 7 Foify years old was I when 
 Moses the servant of the Lord 
 sent me from Kadesh-baniea 
 to espy out the land; and I 
 brought him word again as it 
 was in mine heart. 
 
 8 NcAertheless my brethren 
 that went up with me made the 
 heart of the people melt : but I 
 wholly followed the Lord my 
 God. 
 
 9 And Moses sware on that 
 day, saying. Surely the land 
 whereon thy feet have trodden 
 shall be tliine inheritance, and 
 thy children's for ever, because 1 
 thou hast wholly followed thdl 
 Lord my God. ; - 
 
 10 And now, behold, the Lord 
 hath kept me alive, as he said, 
 these forty and five years, even 
 since the Lord spake this word 
 unto Moses, while the children 
 q/* Israel wandered in the wil- 
 derness : and now, lo, I am this 
 
 and the heads of the fathers of- day fourscore and live years old. 
 
 the tribes of the children of Is- 
 rael, distributed for inheritance 
 to them. 
 
 2 By lot was their inheritance, 
 as the Lord commanded by the 
 hand of Moses, for the nine 
 tribes, and/br the half tribe. 
 
 3 For Moses had given the in- 
 heritance of two tribes and an 
 half tribe on the other side Jor- 
 dan: but rmto the Levites he 
 gave none inheritance among 
 them. 
 
 4 For the children of Joseph 
 were two tribes, Manasseh and 
 Epliraim : therefore they gave 
 
 11 As yet I am as strong this 
 day as / was in the day that 
 Moses sent me : as my strength 
 was then, even so is my strength 
 now, for war, both to go out, and 
 to come in. 
 
 12 Now therefore give me this 
 mountain, whereof the Lord 
 spake in that day; for thou 
 heardest in that day how the 
 Anakims ivere there, and that 
 the cities were great and fenced : 
 if so be the Lord will he with 
 me, then I shall be able to drive 
 them out, as the Lord said. 
 
 13 And Joshua blessed him. 
 
 no part unto the Levites in the and gave unto Caleb the son of 
 
TJie hm'ders of 
 
 •Teplmimeli Hebron for an in- 
 heritance. 
 
 14 Hebron tlierefore became 
 the inheritance of Caleb the 
 
 JOSHUA, XV. the Jot of Juchh. 
 
 7 And the border went np to- 
 ward Debir from the valley of 
 Achor, and so northward, look- 
 toward Gilgal, that is be- 
 
 son of Jephmmeh the Kenezite \ fore the going np to Adnmmira, 
 unto this day, because that he | which is on the south side of 
 wholly followed the Loed God i the river :^ and the border^ pass- 
 oflsrael. • - . ■■ -■ ■ '^ -r-. 
 
 15 And the name of Hebron 
 before was Khjath-arba ; which 
 Arha was a great man among 
 the Anakims. And the land 
 had rest from war. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 The horders of the lot of Jiiddh. 
 13 Caleb's portion and conquest. 
 16 Othniel, for his valour, hath 
 Achsah, Caleb's daughter, to icife. 
 18 She obtaineth a blessing of her 
 father. 21 Tlie cities of Judah. 63 
 'The Jebusites not conquered. 
 
 ed toward the waters of En- 
 shemesh, and the goings out 
 thereof were at En-rogel : 
 
 8 And the border went up by 
 the vallej" of the son of Hmnom 
 imto the south side of the Je- 
 busite ; the same is JeiTisalem : 
 and the border went up to the 
 top of the mountain that lieth 
 before the valley of Hinnom 
 westward, which is at the end 
 of the valley of the giants north- 
 ward : 
 
 9 And the border was di-awn 
 
 nnHIS then was the lot of from the top of the hill luito the 
 JL the tribe of the childi'en of fountain of the water of Neph- 
 
 Judah by then famihes; even 
 to the border of Edom the wil- 
 derness of Zm southward ivas 
 the uttennost part of the south 
 coast. j 
 
 2 And their south border was 
 
 toah, and went out to the cities 
 of mount Ephron : and the bor- 
 der was dra^Ti to Baal ah, which 
 is Ku'jath-jearim : 
 10 And the border compass- 
 ed from Baalah westward mito 
 
 from the shore of the salt sea, ! mount Seir, and passed along 
 
 from the bay that looketh south- 
 ward : 
 
 imto the side of mount Jearim, 
 which is Chesalon, on the north 
 
 3 And it went out to the south side, and went down to Beth- 
 side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and ! shemesh, and passed on .to Tim- 
 
 passed along to Zin, and as- 
 cended up on the south side 
 imto Kadesh-barnea, and pass- 
 ed along to Hezron, and went 
 up to Adar, and fetched a com- 
 pass to Karkaa : 
 
 4 From thence it passed to- 
 ward Azmon, and went out 
 unto the river of Egypt; and 
 the goings out of that <^oast 
 were at the sea : this shall be 
 yoiu" south coast. 
 
 5 And the east border was the 
 salt sea, even unto the end of 
 Jordan. And their border in 
 the north quarter icas from the 
 bay of the sea at the uttermost 
 part of Jordan : 
 
 6 And the border went up to 
 Beth-hogla, and passed along by 
 the north of Beth-arabah ; and 
 the border went up to the stone 
 of Bohan the son of Keuben : 
 
 nah: 
 
 11 And the border went out 
 unto the side of Eki'on north- 
 ward : and the border was dravrn 
 to Shicron, and passed along to 
 mount Baalah, and went out 
 unto Jabneel ; and the goings 
 out of the border were at the 
 sea. 
 
 12 And the west border ivas 
 to the great sea^ and the coast 
 thereof. This is the coast of 
 the children of Judah round 
 about according to then fami- 
 lies. 
 
 13 51 And unto Caleb the son 
 of Jephimneh he gave a part 
 among the cliildren of Judah, 
 according to the commandment 
 of the Lord to Joshua, even the 
 (,'ity of Arba the father of Anak, 
 which citi/ is Hebron. 
 
 14 And Caleb di'ove thence the 
 
TJie cities 
 
 JOSHUA, XV. 
 
 of Judah. 
 
 tliree sons of Anak, Slieshai, and and Aiii, and Rimmon : all the 
 
 Aliiman, and Talmai, the chil- 
 dren of Anak. 
 lo And he went up thence to 
 the inhabitants of Debir: and 
 the name of Debir before was 
 Kirjath-sepher. 
 
 16 T And Caleb said, He that 
 siniteth Kirjath-sepher, and tak- 
 eth it, to him will I give Ach- 
 sah my daughter to wife. 
 
 17 And Otlmiel the son of 
 Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, 
 took it : and he gave him Ach- 
 sah his daughter to wife. 
 
 18 And it came to pass, as she 
 came unto him, that she moved 
 him to ask of her father a field : 
 and she lighted off her ass; 
 and Caleb said unto her, What 
 wouldest thou ? 
 
 19 "VMio answered, Give me a 
 blessing; for thou hast given 
 me a south land; give me also 
 springs of water. And he gave 
 her the upper springs, and the 
 nether springs. 
 
 20 Tliis is the inheritance of 
 the tribe of the children of 
 Judah according to their fami- 
 lies. 
 
 21 And the uttermost cities of 
 the tribe of the children of Ju- 
 dah toward the coast of Edom 
 southward were Kabzeel, and 
 Eder, and Jagur, 
 
 22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, 
 and Adadah, 
 
 23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, 
 and Itlman, 
 
 24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bea- 
 loth, 
 
 25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and 
 Kerioth, and Hezron, which is 
 Hazor, 
 
 26 Amam, and Shema, and 
 Moladah, 
 
 27 And Hazar-gaddah, and 
 Heshmon, and Beth-palet, 
 
 23 And Hazar-shual, and Beer- 
 sheba, and Bizjothjah, 
 
 29 Baalah, and lim, and Azem, 
 
 30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, 
 and Hormah, 
 
 31 And Ziklag, and Madman- 
 nah, and Sansannah, 
 
 32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, 
 
 cities arg twenty and nine, with 
 their villages : 
 
 ^3 And in the valley, Eshtaol, 
 and Zoreah, and Ashnah, 
 
 34 And Zanoah, and En-gan- 
 nim, Tappuah, and Enam, 
 
 35 Jai-muth, and Adullam, 
 Socoh, and Azekah, 
 
 36 And Sharaim, and Adi- 
 thaim, and Gederah, and Ge- 
 derothaim ; fomteen cities with 
 their villages : 
 
 37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and 
 Migdal-gad, 
 
 38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, 
 and Joktheel, 
 
 39 Lachish, and Bozkath, and 
 Eglon, 
 
 40 And Cabbon, and Lalmaam, 
 and Kithlish, 
 
 41 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, 
 and Naamah, and Makkedah; 
 sixteen cities with their vil- 
 lages : 
 
 42 Libnah, and Ether, and 
 Ashan, 
 
 43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, 
 and Nezib, 
 
 44 And Keilah, and Achzib, 
 and Mareshah ; nine cities with 
 their villages : 
 
 45 Ekron, with her towns and 
 her villages : 
 
 46 From Ekron even unto the 
 sea, all that la?/ near Ashdod, 
 with their villages : 
 
 47 Ashdod with her to^Tis 
 and her villages, Gaza with her 
 towns and her villages, unto the 
 river of Egypt, and the great 
 sea, and the border thereof: 
 
 48 H And in the mountains, 
 Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, 
 
 49 And Dannah, and Kirjath- 
 sannah, which is jDebir, 
 
 50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, 
 and Anim, 
 
 51 And Goshen, and Holon, 
 and Giloh; eleven cities with 
 their villages : 
 
 52 Arab, and Dumah, and 
 Eshean, 
 
 53 And Janum, and Beth-tap- 
 puah, and Aphekah, 
 
 54 And Humtah, and Kirjath- 
 arba, which is Hebron, and 
 
The horchi'S of 
 
 JOSHUA, XYI. Jcs^ph and Ephraim. 
 
 Zior ; nine cities with their vil- 
 lages : 
 
 55 Maon, Carmel, and Zipli, 
 and Jiittah, 
 
 56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, 
 and Zanoah, 
 
 57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; 
 ten cities with their villages : 
 
 58 Halhnl, Beth-zui', and Ge- 
 dor, 
 
 59 Aiid Maarath, and Beth- 
 anoth, and Eltekon; six cities 
 with their villages : 
 
 60 Kirjath-baal, which is Kir- 
 jath-jearim, and Eabbah; two 
 cities with their villages : 
 
 61 In the wilderness, Beth-ara- 
 bah, Middin, and Secacah, 
 
 62 And Nibshan, and the city 
 of Salt, and En-gedi ; six cities 
 with their villages. 
 
 63 ^ As for the Jebusites the 
 inhabitants of Jernsalem, the 
 children of Judah could not 
 drive them ont : but the Jebus- 
 ites dwell with the children of 
 Judah at Jerusalem unto this 
 day. 
 
 CHAPTER XVL 
 1 Tlie gemral borders of the sons of 
 Joseph. 5 The border of the inhe- 
 ritance of Ephraim. 10 The Ca- 
 naauites not eonqitei'ed. 
 
 AND the lot of the children 
 - of Joseph fell from Jordan 
 by Jericho, unto the water of 
 Jericho on the east, to the wil- 
 derness that goeth up from Jeii- 
 cho throughout mount Beth-el, 
 
 2 And goeth out from Beth-el 
 to Luz, and passeth along unto 
 the borders of Archi to Ataroth, 
 
 3 And goeth down westw^ard to 
 the coast of Japhleti, unto the 
 coast of Beth-horon the nether, 
 and to Gezer: and the goings 
 out thereof are at the sea. 
 
 4 So the children of Joseph, 
 Manasseli and Ephraim, took 
 their inheritance. 
 
 5 U And the border of the 
 childi'en of Ephraim according 
 to their families was thus : even 
 the border of then inheritance 
 on the east side v/as Ataroth- 
 addar, unto Beth-horon the up- 
 per; 
 
 6 And the border went out 
 toward the sea to Michmethah 
 on the north side ; and the bor- 
 der went about eastward unto 
 Taanath-sliiloh, and passed by 
 it on the east to Janohah ; 
 
 7 And it went down from Ja- 
 nohah to Ataroth, and to Na- 
 arath, and came to Jericho, and 
 went out at Jordan, 
 
 8 The border went out from 
 Tappuah westward unto the ri- 
 ver Kanah ; and the goings out 
 thereof w^ere at the sea. This 
 is the inheritance of the tribe 
 of the children of Ephraim by 
 their families. 
 
 9 And the separate cities for 
 the cliildren of Ephmim were 
 among the inheritance of the 
 childi'en of Manasseh, all the 
 cities with their villages. 
 
 10 And they drave not out the 
 Canaanites that dwelt in Ge- 
 zer: but the Canaanites dwell 
 among the Ephraimites unto 
 this day, and serve under tri- 
 bute. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIL 
 
 1 The Jot of Manasseh. 7 His coast. 
 
 12 T7ie Canaanites not driven out. 
 
 14 The children of Joseph obtain 
 
 another lot. 
 
 mi-IEEE was also a lot for 
 i the tribe of Manasseh ; for 
 he was the firstborn of Joseph ; 
 to wit, for Machir the firstborn 
 of Manasseh, the father of Gi- 
 lead : because he was a man of 
 war, therefore he liad Gilead 
 and Bashan. 
 
 2 There was aJso a lot for the 
 rest of the children of Manas- 
 seh by their families; for the 
 children of Abiezer, and for the 
 chikhen of Helek, and for tlie 
 children of Asriel, and for the 
 children of Shechem, and for 
 the children of Hepher, and for 
 the children of Shemida : these 
 wej^e the male children of Ma- 
 nasseh the son of Joseph by 
 their families. 
 
 3 '^ But Zelophehad, the son 
 of Heplier, the son of Gilead, 
 the son of Machir, the son of 
 Manasseli, had no sons, but 
 
Tlie lot and JOSHUA, XVIIl 
 
 tlaiaghters : and these are the 
 names of his (lansrhters, Mali- 
 lah, and Noah, Hoglah, Mil- 
 rali, and Tu*?ah. 
 
 4 And they came near before 
 Eleazar the priest, and before 
 Josliua the son of Nun, and 
 before the princes, saying, The 
 LoKD commanded Moses to 
 j^^ive ns an inheritance among 
 our brelilircn. Therefore ac- 
 coTflin.ur to tlie commanihnent 
 of the Lord he gave tliem an 
 inheritance among the brethren 
 of their fatlier. 
 
 5 And there fell ten i)ortions 
 to Manasseli. beside the land of 
 Gflead and Bashan, wliicli were 
 on the other side Jordan ; 
 
 6 Because the daughters of 
 Manasseli had an inlientance 
 among his sons: and the rest 
 of Mana^ssch's sons had the 
 land of Gilead. 
 
 7 •[ And the coast of Manas- 
 
 coast (J Maaat^h. 
 
 her towns, even three coun- 
 tiies. 
 
 12 Yet the cliildren of ^fanas*- 
 seh could not (Wve out the in- 
 habitants of those cities; but 
 the Canaanites would dwell m 
 that land. 
 
 13 Yet it came to pass, whei> 
 the childien of Israel were wax- 
 en strong, that they put the Ca- 
 naanites to tiibute; but did not 
 utterly diive them out. 
 
 14 And the children of Joseph 
 spake imto Joshua, saying. 
 Why hast thou given me hitt 
 one lot and one portion to in- 
 herit, seeing I am a great jeo- 
 ple, forasmuch as the Luin> 
 hath blessed me hitherto? 
 
 15 And Joshua answered thcni, 
 If thou be a great people, theti 
 get t\iQ(i \\\) to the wood coun- 
 try, and cut down for thyself 
 there in the land of the Periz- 
 zites and of the giants, if nievint 
 
 eeb was from Asher to Mich- Epliraim l)e too narrow for tliee 
 
 nfiethah, that Heth l^'fore 8he- 
 chem; and the border went a- 
 long on the light hand unto the 
 inhabitants of En-tapj)uah. 
 
 8 Now Manasseh had the land 
 c^ Tappuah: Tmt 'J'appuah on 
 the border of Manasseh belong- 
 ed to tlie children of Ephraim ; 
 
 And the coast descended 
 tmto the river Kanah, south- 
 ward of the river: these cities 
 of Ephraim are among the ci 
 
 16 And the children of Joseph 
 said. The hill is not enough for 
 us : and all the Canaanites that 
 dwell in the land of the valley 
 have chariots of iron, both they 
 who are of Beth-shean and her 
 towns, and ihey who are of the 
 valley of Jezi^'cl. 
 
 17 And Joshua sx'ake imto the 
 house of Joseph, even to Eph- 
 raim and to Manasseh, saying. 
 Thou art a great people, and 
 
 ties of Manasseh : the coast of | hast great povver: thou shalt 
 Manasseh also was on the north j not have one lot only : 
 
 side of tiie river, and the out- 
 goings of it were at the sea : 
 ^10 Southward it zaas Eph- 
 
 18 But the mountain shall be 
 thine ; for it is a wood, and thou 
 shalt cut it down : and the out- 
 
 raim's, and northward it teas ! goings of it shall be thine : for 
 Manasseh's, and the sea is his | thou shalt drive out the Ca- 
 border ; and they met together ; naanites, though they have ii'on 
 
 in Asher on the north, and in 
 Issacliar on the east. 
 11 And 3Ianasseh had in Is- 
 sachar and in Asher Beth-shean 
 and her towns, and Iblearn and 
 her towns, and tlie mhabitants 
 of Dor and her towns, and the 
 inhabitants of En-dor and hor 
 towns, and the inhabitants of 
 Taauach and her towns, and 
 the inhabitants of M^giddo and 
 
 chariots, and though they be 
 
 strong. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 1 TJie tahermicle is set up at Shilori. 
 2 Tlie remainder of the land h 
 ckseribed, and divided info seven 
 parfs. 10 Joshua divideth it by lot. 
 11 27?e I'M andb&yder of Benjamin. 
 21 llieir cities. 
 
 AND the whole congrega- 
 . tion of the children of Is- 
 rael assembled together at Shi- 
 
The remmnder of JOSHUA. 
 
 loh, and set up the tabernacle 
 of the congregation there. And 
 the land was subdued before 
 them. 
 
 2 And there remained among 
 the children of Israel seven 
 tribes, which had not yet re- 
 ceived their inheritance. 
 
 3 And Joshua said unto the 
 children of Israel, How long 
 are ye slack to go to possess the 
 land, vv^hich the Loed God of 
 your fathers hath given you? 
 
 4 Give out from among you 
 tln*ee men for each tribe : and I 
 will send them, and they shall 
 icise, and go thi'ough the land, 
 and describe it according to the 
 inheritance of them ; and they 
 shall come again to me. 
 
 5 And they «hall divide it 
 into seven parts: Judah shall 
 abide in their coast on the 
 south, and the house of Joseph 
 shall abide in their coasts on 
 the north. 
 
 6 Ye shall therefore describe 
 the land into seven parts, and 
 bring the description liither to 
 me, that I may cast lots for you 
 here before the Loed om- God. 
 
 7 But the Levites have no 
 part among you ; for the priest- 
 hood of the LoED is their in- 
 heritance : and Gad, and Reu- 
 ben, and half the tribe of Ma- 
 nasseh, have received their in- 
 heritance beyond Jordan on the 
 east, which Moses the servant 
 of the Loed gave them. 
 
 8 H And the men arose, and 
 went away : and Joshua charg- 
 ed them that went to describe 
 the land, saying. Go and walk 
 through the land, and describe 
 it, and come again to me, that 
 I may here cast lots for you be- 
 fore the Loed in Shiloh. 
 
 9 And the men went and pass- 
 ed through the land, and de- 
 scribed it by cities into seven 
 parts in a book, and came a- 
 gain to Joshua to the host at 
 Shiloh. 
 
 10 H And Joshua cast lots for 
 them in Shiloh before the 
 Loed: and there Joshua di- 
 
 , XVIII. the land is divided. 
 
 vided the land unto the chil- 
 dren of Israel according to their 
 divisions. 
 
 11 *!T And the lot of the tribe 
 of the children of Benjamin 
 came up according to their fa- 
 milies : and the coast of their lot 
 came forth betw^een the chil- 
 dren of Judah and the children 
 of Joseph. 
 
 12 And their border on the 
 north side vras from Jordan; 
 and the border went up to the 
 side of Jericho on the north 
 side, and went up through the 
 mountains westward; and the 
 goings out thereof were at the 
 wilderness of Beth-aven. 
 
 13 And the border went over 
 from thence toward Luz, to the 
 side of Luz, which is Beth-el, 
 southward ; and the border de- 
 scended to Ataroth-adar, near 
 the hill that lieth on the south 
 side of the nether Beth-horon. 
 
 14 And the border was draA\n 
 thence, and compassed the cor- 
 ner of the sea southward, frcm 
 the hill that lieth before Beth- 
 horon southward; and the go- 
 ings out thereof were at Kir- 
 jath-baal, which is Kirjath-jea- 
 rim, a city of the children of 
 Judah : this was the v/est quar- 
 ter. 
 
 15 And the south quarter was 
 from the end of Kirjj^th-jearim, 
 and the border went out on the 
 west, and went out to the well 
 of waters of N^ephtcah : 
 
 16 And the border came down 
 to the end of the mountain that 
 lieth before the valley of the son 
 of Himiom, and which is in the 
 valley of the giants on the north, 
 and descended to the valley of 
 Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi 
 on the south, and descended to 
 En-rogel, 
 
 17 And was drawn from the 
 north, and went forth to En- 
 shemesh, and went forth toward 
 Geliloth, which is over against 
 the going up of Adummim, and 
 descended to the stone of Bo- 
 han the son of Reuben, 
 
 18 And passed along toward 
 
 N3 
 
The lots of 
 
 JOSHUA, XIX. 
 
 Simeon, Zehuliui, 
 
 the side over against Arabah 
 northward, and went down un- 
 to Arabah : 
 
 19 And the border passed a- 
 lona: to the side of Beth-hoe:lah 
 northward: and the outgoings 
 of the border were at the north 
 bay of the salt sea at the south 
 end of Jordan: this iL^as the 
 S' .nth coast. 
 
 20 And Jordan was the border 
 (f it on the east side. This 
 7ras the inheritance of the cliil- 
 (Iren of Benjamin, 1)y the coasts 
 thereof round about, according 
 to their famihes. 
 
 21 Now the cities of the tribe 
 of the children of Benjamin 
 according to tlieir famihes were 
 Jericho, and Betli-hoglah, and 
 tlie valley of Keziz, 
 
 22 And Beth-arabah, and Ze- 
 maraim, and Beth-el, 
 
 23 And Avim, and Parah, and 
 Oplu*ah, 
 
 24 And Chephar-haamraonai, 
 and Ophni, and Oaba; twelve 
 cities witli their villages : 
 
 25 Gibeon, and Kamah, and 
 3>eeroth, 
 
 20 And Mizpeh, and Chephi- 
 rah, and Mozah, 
 
 27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, 
 and Taralah, 
 
 28 And Zelah, Eleph, and 
 Jebusi, which is JeiTisalem, 
 Gibeath, and Kirjath; four- 
 teen cities with their villages. 
 This is the inheritance of the 
 children of Benjamin accord- 
 ing to their families. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 1 TJie lot of Simeon, 10 of Zehulun, 
 17 of IsscicJwr, 2i of Asher, 32 of 
 Naphtali, 4,0 of Dan. 49 I'he cJiil- 
 dren of Israel give an inheritance 
 to Joshua. 
 
 AND the second lot came 
 - forth to Simeon, even for 
 the tribe of the children of Si- 
 meon according to their fami- 
 lies : and their inheritance was 
 within the inheritance of the 
 children of Judah. 
 2 And they had in their inhe- 
 ritance Beer-sheba, and Sheba, 
 and Moladah, 
 
 3 And Hazar-shual, and Ba- 
 lali, and Azem, 
 
 4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, 
 and Homiah, 
 
 5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marca- 
 both, and Hazar-susah, 
 
 G And 15eth-lebaoth, and Sho- 
 ndien ; tlmteen cities and their 
 >illages : 
 
 7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, 
 and Ashan; four cities and 
 their A-illages : 
 
 8 And all the villages that 
 were round about these cities 
 to Baalath-beer, Kamath of the 
 south. This is the inheritance 
 of the tribe of the children of 
 Simeon according to theii- fami- 
 lies. 
 
 9 Out of the portion of the 
 children of Judah was the in- 
 heritance of the children of Si- 
 meon : for the part of the chil- 
 dren of Judah was too much 
 for them: therefore the chil- 
 dren of Simeon had their inhe- 
 ritance witliin the inheritance 
 of them. 
 
 10 H And the third lot came 
 up for the children of Zebulun 
 according to their families : and 
 the border of their inheritance 
 was unto Sarid : 
 
 11 And their border went up 
 toward the sea, and Maralah, 
 and reached to Dabbasheth, and 
 reached to the river that is be- 
 fore Jokneam ; 
 
 12 And turned from Sarid 
 eastv/ard toward the sun rising 
 unto the border of Chisloth- 
 tabor, and then goeth out to 
 Daberath, and goeth up to Ja- 
 phia, 
 
 13 And from thence passeth 
 on along on the east to Gittah- 
 hepher, to Ittah-kazin, and go- 
 eth out to Eemmon-methoar to 
 Neah; 
 
 ^ 14 And the border compasseth 
 it on the north side to Hanna- 
 thon : and the outgoings thereof 
 are in the valley of Jiphthah-el : 
 15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, 
 and Shimron, and Idalah, and 
 Beth-lehem: twelve cities with 
 their villages. 
 
I^sachar, Asher, 
 
 JOSHUA, XIX. NmjJitaU, and Bwi. 
 
 16 This is the inheritance of 
 the children of Zebulnn accord- 
 ing to their families, these cities 
 with their villages. 
 
 11 ^ And the fourth lot came 
 out to Issachar, for the childi-en 
 of Issachar according to theii- 
 families. 
 
 18 And their border was toward 
 Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and 
 Shimem, 
 
 19 And Haphraim, and Shihon, 
 and. Anaharath, 
 
 20 And Eabbith, and Kishion, 
 and Abez, 
 
 21 And Remeth, and En-gan- 
 nim, and En-haddah, and Beth- 
 pazzez ; 
 
 22 And the coast reacheth to 
 
 31 This is the inheritance of 
 the tribe of the children of A- 
 sher according to their families, 
 these cities with their yiilages. 
 
 32 ^ The sixth lot came out to 
 the children of Naphtali, even 
 for the childi'en of Nai)htali ac- 
 cording to their families. 
 
 33 And thek coast was from 
 Heleph, from Allon to Zaanan- 
 nim, and Adami, Nekeb, and 
 Jabneel, unto Lakum ; and the 
 outgoings thereof were at Jor- 
 dan: 
 
 34 And then the coast tumeth 
 westward to Aznoth-tabor, and 
 goeth out from thence to Hul?:- 
 kolr, and reacheth to Zebuluii 
 
 , on the south side, and reachetli 
 Tabor, and Shahazimah, and ! to Asher on the west side, and 
 Beth-snemesh ; and the outgo- | to Judah upon Jordan toward 
 ings of their border were at Jor- . the simrising. 
 dan: sixteen cities with their 35 And the fenced cities are 
 villages. IZiddim, Zer, and Hammath, 
 
 23 This is the inheritance of Eakkath, and Chinnereth, 
 tlie tribe of the children of Issa- 36 And Adamah, and Eaniah, 
 
 char according to their families, 
 the cities and their villages. 
 
 24 IF And the iifth lot came out 
 for the tribe of the children of 
 Asher according to their families. 
 
 25 And their border was Hel- 
 kath, and Hali, and Beten, and 
 Achshaph, 
 
 26 And Alammelech, and A- 
 mad, and Misheal; and reach- 
 eth to Cannel westward, and to 
 Shihor-libnath ; 
 
 27 And turneth toward the sun- 
 rising to Beth-dagon, and reach- 
 eth to Zebulun, and to the valley 
 of Jiphthah-el tovrard the north 
 side of Beth-emek, and Neiel, 
 and goeth out to Cabul on the 
 left hand, 
 
 28. And Hebron, and Rehob, 
 and Hammon, and. Kanah, eveu 
 unto great Zidon ; 
 
 29 And then the coast turneth 
 - to Eamah, and to the strong 
 
 city Tyre ; and the coast tumeth 
 to Hosah; and the outgoings 
 thereof are at the sea from the 
 coast to Achzib : 
 
 30 Ummah also, and Aphek, 
 and Rehob: twenty and two 
 cities with their villages. 
 
 and Hazor, 
 
 37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and 
 En-hazor, 
 
 38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, 
 Horem, and Beth-anath, and 
 Beth-shemesh ; nineteen cities 
 with their villages. 
 
 39 This is the inheritance of 
 the tribe of the childi-en of ISTaph- 
 tali according to their families, 
 the cities and their villages. 
 
 40 IF And the seventh lot came 
 out for the tribe of the childieii 
 of Dan according to their fami- 
 nes. 
 
 41 And the coast of their inhe- 
 ritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, 
 and Ir-shemesh, 
 
 42 And Shaalabbin, and Aja- 
 lon, and Jethlah, 
 
 43 And Elon, and Thioinathah, 
 and Ekron, 
 
 44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbe- 
 thon, and Baalath, 
 
 45 And Jelmd, and Bene-be- 
 rak, and Gath-rimmon, 
 
 46 And Me-jarkon, and Rak~ 
 kon, with the border before 
 Japho. 
 
 47 And the coast of the cliil- 
 dien of Dan went out too little 
 
JoshucCs inheritance. JOSHUA, XX. 
 
 for them : therefore the chil- 
 dren of Dan went up to fight 
 against Leshem, and took it, 
 and smote it with the edge of 
 the sword, and possessed it, and 
 dwelt therein, and called Le* 
 shem, Dan, after the name of 
 Dan their father. 
 
 48 This is the inheritance of 
 the tribe of the children of Dan 
 according to their families, these 
 cities with their villages. 
 
 49 ^ AVhen they had made an 
 ead of dividing the land for in- 
 heritance by their coasts, the 
 children of Is^rael gave an in- 
 heritance to Joshua the son of 
 Nun among them : 
 
 50 According to the word of 
 the Lord they gave him the 
 city which he asked, even Tim- 
 nath-serah in momit Ephraim : 
 and he built the city, and dwelt 
 therein. 
 
 51 These are the inlieritances, 
 which Eleazar the pnest, and 
 Joshua the son of Kun, and 
 the heads of the fathers of the 
 tribes of the children of Israel, 
 divided for an inheritance by 
 lot in Sliiloh before the Lord, 
 at the door of the tabernacle of 
 the congregation. So they made 
 an end of dividing the countiy. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 1 God commandeth , 7 and the chil- 
 dren of Israel appoint the six cities 
 of refuge. 
 
 THE Lord also spake unto 
 Joshua, saying, 
 
 2 Speak to the children of Is- 
 rael, saying. Appoint out for 
 you cities of refuge, whereof I 
 SDake unto you by the hand of 
 Moses : 
 
 3 That the slayer that Idlleth 
 ani/ person unawares «7if^' un- 
 wittingly may fiee thither : and 
 they shall be your refuge from 
 the avenger of blood. 
 
 4 And when he that doth flee 
 unto one of those cities shall 
 stand at the entering of the gate 
 of the city, and shall declare his 
 cause in the ears of the elders 
 of that city, they shall take him 
 into the city unto them, and 
 
 TIte cities of refuge, 
 
 give him a place, that he may 
 dwell among them. 
 
 5 And if the avenger of blood 
 pursue after him, then they 
 shall not deliver the slayer ui) 
 into his hand ; because he smote 
 his neighbour unwittingly, and 
 hated him not beforetime. 
 
 6 And he shall dwell in that 
 city, until he stand before the 
 congregation for judgment, and 
 until the death of the high priest 
 that shall be in those days : then 
 shall the slayer return, and come 
 unto his own city, and unto his 
 o^vn house, unto the city from 
 whence he fled. 
 
 7 1i And they appointed Ke- 
 desh in Galilee in mount Naph- 
 tali, and Shechem in mount E- 
 phraim, and Kirjatli-arba, wliicit 
 is Hebron, in the moimtain of 
 Judah. 
 
 8 And on the other skle Jor- 
 dan by Jericho eastward, they 
 assigned Bezer in the wilder- 
 ness upon the plain out of the 
 tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth 
 in Gilead out of the tribe of 
 Gad, and Golan in Bashan out 
 of the tribe of Manasseh. 
 
 9 These were the cities ap- 
 pointed for all the children of 
 Israel, and for the stranger that 
 so.joumeth among them, that 
 whosoever killeth any person 
 at unawares might flee thither, 
 and not die by the hand of the 
 avenger of blood, until he stood 
 before the congregation. 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 1 Eight and forty cities given by lot, 
 out of the other tribes, unto the Le- 
 vifes. 43 Ged gave the land, and 
 rest unto the Israelites, according 
 to his pi-omise. 
 
 THEN came near the heads 
 of the fathers of the Le- 
 vites unto Eleazar the priest, 
 and unto Joshua the son of 
 Nun, and unto the heads of 
 the lathers of the tribes of the 
 children of Israel ; 
 2 And they spake unto them 
 at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, 
 saying, The Lord commanded 
 by tlie hand of Moses to give 
 
FJjjU and foHy cities JOSHUA, XXI. 
 
 given to the Levites. 
 
 lis cities to dwell in, with the 
 suburbs thereof for our cattle. 
 
 3 And the childien of Israel 
 gave unto the Levites out of 
 their inheritance, at the com- 
 mandment of the Lord, these 
 cities and theh suburbs. 
 
 4 And the lot came out for the 
 families of tlie Kohathites : and 
 the children of Aaron the priest, 
 which IV ere of the Levites, had 
 by lot out of the tribe of Judah, 
 and out of the tribe of Simeon, 
 and out of the tribe of Benja- 
 min, tlurteen cities. 
 
 5 And the rest of the children 
 of Koliath had by lot out of the 
 families of the tribe of Ephraim, 
 and out of the tribe of Dan, and 
 out of the half tribe of Manas- 
 seh, ten cities. 
 
 6 And the children of Gershon 
 had by lot out of the families of 
 the tribe of Issachar, and out 
 of the tribe of Asher, and out of 
 the tribe of Naphtali, and out 
 of the half tribe of Manasseh in 
 Bashan, thirteen cities. 
 
 7 The children of Merari by 
 their families had out of the 
 tribe of Reuben, and out of the 
 tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe 
 of Zebulun, twelve cities. 
 
 8 And the children of Israel 
 gave by lot unto the Levites 
 these cities with their subui'bs, 
 as the Lord commanded by the 
 hand of Moses. 
 
 9 H And they gave out of the 
 tribe of the children of Judah, 
 and out of the tribe of the chil- 
 dren of Simeon, these cities 
 which are here mentioned by 
 name, 
 
 10 Which the children of Aa- 
 ron, being of the families of the 
 Kohathites, who were of the 
 children of Levi, had : for their's 
 was the first lot. 
 
 11 And tliey gave them the 
 city of Arba the father of Anak, 
 which city is Hebron, in the 
 hill country of Judah, with the 
 suburbs thereof round about 
 it. 
 
 12 But the fields of the city, 
 and the villages thereof, gave 
 
 they to Caleb the son of Je- 
 phunneh for his possession. 
 
 13 f Thus they gave to the 
 children of Aaron the priest 
 Hebron with her suburbs, to be 
 a city of refuge for the slayer ; 
 and Libnah with her suburbs, 
 
 14 And Jatth with her sub- 
 urbs, and Eshtemoa with her 
 suburbs, 
 
 15 And Holqn with her suburbs, 
 and Debir with her suburbs, 
 
 16 And Ain with her suburbs, 
 and Juttah with her suburbs, 
 and Beth-shemesh with her sub- 
 urbs; nine cities out of those 
 two tribes. 
 
 17 And out of the tribe of Ben- 
 jamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, 
 Geba with her suburbs, 
 
 18 Anathoth with her suburbs, 
 and Almon with her subiu-bs; 
 four cities. 
 
 19 All the cities of the chil- 
 dren of Aaron, the priests, were 
 thirteen cities with their sub- 
 urbs. 
 
 20 IT And the families of the 
 children 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 She- 
 chem with her suburbs in mount 
 Ephraim, to be a city of refuge 
 for the slayer ; and Gezer with 
 her suburbs, 
 
 22 And Kibzaim with her sub- 
 urbs, and Beth-horon with her 
 suburbs ; four cities. 
 
 23 And out of the tribe of Dan, 
 Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gib- 
 bethon with her suburbs, 
 
 24 Aijalon with her suburbs, 
 Gath-rimmon with her suburbs ; 
 four cities. 
 
 25 And out of the half tribe of 
 Manasseh, Tanach with her sub- 
 urbs, and Gath-rimmon with 
 her suburbs ; two cities. 
 
 26 All the cities were ten with 
 their suburbs for the families 
 of the childi-en of Kohath that 
 remained. 
 
 27 IF And unto the children of 
 Gershon, of the families of the 
 
EigJit and forty dlies JOSHUA, XXII. given to thi Indies. 
 
 Levites, out of the other half 
 tribe of Manasseh theT/ gave 
 Golan in Bashan with lier sub- 
 urbs, to he a city of refuge for 
 the slayer ; and Beesh-terah with 
 her subui-bs ; two cities. 
 
 28 And out of the tribe of Issa- 
 char, Kishon with her suburbs, 
 Dabareh with her suburbs, 
 
 29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, 
 En-gannim with her submbs; 
 four cities. 
 
 30 And out of the tribe of A- 
 sher, Mislial with her suburbs, 
 Abdon with her suburbs, 
 
 31 Helkath with her suburbs, 
 and Rehob with her suburbs; 
 four cities. 
 
 32 And out of the tribe of Naph- 
 t^li, Kedesh in Galilee with her 
 suburbs, to he a city of rel'uge 
 for the slayer; and Hammoth- 
 dor with her subiubs, and Kar- 
 tan with her submbs; three 
 cities. 
 
 33 All the cities of the Ger- 
 shonites according to their fa- 
 milies were thirteen cities with 
 their suburbs. 
 
 34 IF And unto the families of 
 the cliildren of Merari, the rest 
 of the Levites, out of the tiibe 
 of Zebulun, Jokneam with her 
 suburbs, and Kaitah with her 
 
 , ^-suburbs, 
 1^^ 35 Dimnah with her suburbs, 
 Nahalal with her suburbs ; four 
 cities. 
 
 36 And out of the tribe of Eeu- 
 ben, Bezer with her suburbs, 
 and Jabazah with her suburbs, 
 
 37 Kedemoth v/ith her suburbs, 
 and Mephaath with her sub- 
 urbs ; foui- cities. 
 
 38 And out of the tribe of Gad, 
 Ramoth in Gilead with her sub- 
 urbs, to he a city of refuge for 
 the slayer ; and Mahanaim wiih 
 her suburbs, 
 
 39 Heshbon with her suburbs, 
 Jazer wdth her suburbs; four 
 cities in all. 
 
 40 So all the cities for the cliil- 
 dren of Merari by their fami- 
 lies, which were remaining of 
 the families of the Levites, w^ere 
 ht/ their lot twelve cities. 
 
 41 All the cities of the Levites 
 within the possession of the chil- 
 dren of Israel were forty and 
 eight cities with their submbs. 
 
 ^ These cities were every one 
 with their suburbs round about 
 them : thus were all these cities. 
 
 43 ^ And the Lord gave un- 
 to Israel all the land which he 
 sware to give unto their fathers ; 
 and they possessed it, and dv,elt 
 therein. 
 
 44 And the Lord gave them 
 rest round about, according to 
 all that he sware unto their fa- 
 thers: and there stood not a 
 man of all their enemies before 
 them; the Lord delivered all 
 their enemies into their hand. 
 
 45 There failed not ought of 
 any good thing which the Lord 
 had spoken unto the house of 
 Israel ; all came to pass. 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 
 1 The two tribes awl half with a hUss- 
 ing are sent home. 10 Tliey hnihl 
 the altar of testimony in their jour- 
 ney. 11 llie Israelites are offended 
 thereat. 21 lliey give them good 
 satisfaction. 
 
 THEN Joshua called the Reu- 
 benites, and the Gadites, 
 and the half tribe of Manasseh, ' 
 
 2 And said unto them. Ye have 
 kept all that Moses the servant 
 of the Lord commanded you, 
 and have obeyed my voice in 
 all that I commanded you : 
 
 3 Ye have not left yom' bre- 
 thren these many days unto 
 this day, but have kept the 
 charge of the commandment of 
 the Lord your God. 
 
 4 And now the Lord your 
 God hath given rest unto your 
 brethren, as he promised them : 
 therefore now return ye, and 
 get you unto your tents, and 
 unto the land of your posses- 
 sion, which Moses the servant 
 of the Lord gave you on the 
 other side Jordan. 
 
 5 But take diligent heed to do 
 the commandment and the law, 
 which Moses the servant of the 
 Lord charged you, to love the 
 Lord your God, and to walk 
 
The two ttibes and JOSHUA, XXIP. half hiild an altar. 
 
 in all his ways, and to keep Ms 
 commandments, and to cleave 
 imto him, and to serve him with 
 all your heart and with all your 
 soul. 
 
 6 So Joshua blessed them, and 
 sent them away : and they went 
 imto their tents. 
 
 7 ^ Now to the one half of the 
 tribe of Manasseh Moses had 
 g{\Qi\ possession in Bashan : but 
 xmto the o^/i^rhalf thereof gave 
 Joshua among tlieh bretliren on 
 this side Jordan westward. And 
 ^vhen Joshua sent them avfay 
 also imto their tents, then he 
 blessed them, 
 
 8 And he spake unto them, say- 
 ing, Eetum with much riches 
 unto your tents, and with very 
 much cattle, with silver, and 
 with gold, and with brass, and 
 with ii'on, and with very much 
 raiment : divide the spoil of your 
 enemies with your brethren. 
 
 9 If And the children of Eeuben 
 and the children of Gad and the 
 half tribe of Manasseh returned, 
 and departed from the children 
 of Israel out of Shiloh, which is 
 in the land of Canaan, to go un- 
 to the country of Gilead, to the 
 land of their possession, whereof 
 .they were possessed, according 
 to the word of the Loed by the 
 hand of Moses. 
 
 . 10 %. And when they came unto 
 the borders of Jordan, that are 
 in the land of Canaan, the chil- 
 dren of Eeuben and the children 
 of Gad and the half tribe of Ma- 
 nasseh built there an altar by 
 Jordan, a great altar to see to. 
 
 11 % And the children of Israel 
 heard say. Behold, the children 
 of Eeuben and the children of 
 Gad and the half tribe of Ma- 
 nasseh have built an altar over 
 against the land of Canaan, in 
 the borders of Jordan, at the pas- 
 sage of the children of Israel. 
 
 12 And when the children of 
 Israel heard of it, the whole 
 congregation of the children of 
 Israel gathered themselves to- 
 gether at Shiloh, to go up to 
 war against them. 
 
 13 And the children of Israel 
 sent unto the children of Eeu- 
 ben, and to the children of Gad, 
 and to the half tribe of Manas- 
 seh, into the land of Gilead, 
 Phinehas the son of Eleazarthe 
 priest, 
 
 14 And with him ten princes, 
 of ea(*h chief house a prince 
 throughout all the tribes of Is- 
 rael; and each one ivas an head 
 of the house of then- fathers a- 
 mong the thousands of Israel. 
 
 15 IF And they came unto the 
 children of Eeuben, and to the 
 childi-en of Gad, and to the half 
 tribe of Manasseh, unto the land 
 of Gilead, and they spake with 
 them, saying, 
 
 16 Thus saith the whole con- 
 gregation of the LoED, What 
 trespass is this that ye have 
 committed against the God of 
 Israel, to turn away tWs day 
 from following the Loed, in 
 that ye have builded you an 
 altar, that ye might rebel this 
 day against the Loed? 
 
 17 Is the iniquity of Peor too 
 Httle for us, from which we are 
 not cleansed until this day, al- 
 though there was a plague in 
 the congregation of the Loed, 
 
 18 But that ye must turn away 
 this day from following the 
 Loed? and it will be, seeing ye 
 rebel to day against the Loed, 
 that to morrow he will be wroth 
 with the whole congregation of 
 Israel. 
 
 19 Notwithstanding, if the land 
 of yom- possession he unclean, 
 then pass ye over unto the land 
 of the possession of the Loed, 
 wherein the Loed's tabernacle 
 dwelleth, and take possession a- 
 mong us : but rebel not against 
 the Loed, nor rebel against us, 
 in building you an altar beside 
 the altar of the Loed our God. 
 
 20 Did not Achan the son of 
 Zerah commit a trespass in the 
 accursed thing, and wrath fell 
 on all the congregation of Is- 
 rael? and that man perished 
 not alone in his iniquity. 
 
 21 IFThen the children of Eeu- 
 
The tribes vindicate JOSHUA, XXIII. 
 
 theii' coii<Jiu-t. 
 
 ben and the children of God and 
 the half tribe of Manasseh an- 
 swered, and said unto the heads 
 of the thousands of Israel, 
 
 22 The Lord God of gods, the 
 Lord God of gods, he knoweth, 
 and Israel he shall know ; if it 
 be in rebellion, or if in trans- 
 gression against the Lord, (save 
 us not this day,) 
 
 23 That we have built us an 
 altar to timi from following the 
 Lord, or if to offer thereon 
 burnt offering or meat offering, 
 or if to offer peace offerings 
 thereon, let the Lord himself 
 require it; 
 
 24 And if we have not rather 
 done it for fear of this thing, 
 saying. In time to come yoiu- 
 children might speak unto our 
 children, saying. What have ye 
 to do with the Lord God of 
 Israel ? 
 
 25 For the Lord hath made 
 Jordan a border between us and 
 you, ye children of Reuben and 
 children of Gad ; ye liave no part 
 in the Lord : so shall your chil- 
 dren make our childien cease 
 from fearmg the Lord. 
 
 26 Therefore we said, Let us 
 now prepare to build us an al- 
 tar, not for biunt offering, nor 
 for sacrifice : 
 
 27 But that it mat/ be a wit- 
 ness between us, and you, and 
 our generations after us, that 
 we might do the service of the 
 Lord before him with our 
 burnt offerings, and with our 
 sacrilices, and with om- peace 
 offerings; that your cliildren 
 may not say to our children in 
 time to come, Ye have no part 
 in the Lord. 
 
 28 Therefore said we, that it 
 shall be, when they should so 
 say to us or to our generations 
 in time to come, that we may 
 say again. Behold the pattern 
 of the altar of the Lord, which 
 our fathers made, not for burnt 
 offerings, nor for sacrifices ; but 
 it is a witness between us and 
 you. 
 
 29 God forbid that we should 
 
 rebel against the Lord, and 
 turn this day from following 
 the Lord, to build an altar i'or 
 burnt offerings, for meat offer- 
 ings, or for sacrifices, beside the 
 altar of the Lord our God that 
 is before his tabernacle. 
 
 30 IF And when Phinehas ihc; 
 priest, and the princes of the 
 congregation and heads of the 
 thousands of Israel which icere 
 with him, heard the words that 
 the children of Reuben and the 
 children of (iad and the childi-en 
 of Manasseh spake, it i)lea8ed 
 them. 
 
 31 And Phinehas the son of 
 Eleazar the priest said unto the 
 cliildren of Reuben, and to the 
 children of Gad, and to the chil- 
 dren of Manasseh, This day we 
 perceive that the Lord is among 
 us, becanse ye have not com- 
 mitted this trespass against the 
 Lord: now ye have delivered 
 the children of Israel out of the 
 hand of the Lord. 
 
 32 If And Phinehas the son of 
 Eleazar the priest, and the prin- 
 ces, returned from the children 
 of Reuben, and from the chil- 
 dren of Gad, out of the land of 
 Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, 
 to the children of Israel, and 
 brought them word again. 
 
 33 And the thing pleased i\\e. 
 cliildren of Israel; and the chil- 
 dren of Israel blessed God, and 
 did not intend to go up against 
 them in battle, to destroy the 
 land wherein the children of 
 Reuben and Gad dwelt. 
 
 34 And the children of Reuben 
 and the children of Gad called 
 the altar Ed: for it shall be a 
 witness between us that the 
 Lord is God. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 1 Joshua's exhortation before his 
 death, 3 by former benefits, h by 
 promises, 11 and by ihredtenings. 
 
 AND it came to pass a long 
 time after that the Lord 
 had given rest unto Israel from 
 all their enemies round about, 
 that Joshua waxed old a?i(l 
 stricken in age. 
 
Joshua's exhoiiation JOSHUA, XXIV. 
 
 hffore Ms death. 
 
 2 And Joshua called for all Is- 
 rael, andioT their elders, and for 
 their heads, and for their judges, 
 and for their officers, and said 
 imto them, I am old and strick- 
 en in age : 
 
 3 And ye have seen all that the 
 Lord your God hath done nnto 
 all these nations because of you; 
 for the LoED your God is he that 
 hath fought for you. ^ 
 
 4 Behold, I have divided un- 
 to you by lot these nations that 
 remain, to be an inheritance for 
 your tribes, from Jordan, with 
 all the nations that I have cut 
 off, even unto the great sea west- 
 ward. 
 
 5 And the Lobd your God, 
 he shall expel them from.before 
 you, and dm^e them from out of 
 your sight ; and ye shall possess 
 their land, as the Loed youi^ God 
 hath promised imto you. 
 
 6 Be ye therefore very coura- 
 geous to keep and to do all that 
 is written in the book of the law 
 of Moses, that ye turn not aside 
 therefrom to the right hand or 
 /o the left; 
 
 7 That ye come not among 
 these nations, these that remain 
 among you ; neither make men- 
 tion of the name of their gods, 
 nor cause to swear by them, nei- 
 ther seiTC them, nor bow your- 
 selves unto them : 
 
 8 But cleave unto the Lord 
 your God, as ye have done un- 
 to this day. 
 
 9 For the Loed hath driven out 
 from before you great nations 
 and strong : but a^for you, no 
 man hath been able to stand 
 before you unto this day. 
 
 10 One man of you shall chase 
 a thousand: for the Lord your 
 God, he it is that tighteth for 
 you, as he hath promised you. 
 
 11 Take good heed therefore 
 unto yourselves, that ye love 
 the Lord your God. 
 
 12 Else if ye do in any wise go 
 back, and cleave unto the rem- 
 nant of these nations, even these 
 that remain among you, and 
 shall make maniages with them. 
 
 and go in imto them, and they 
 to you : 
 
 13 Know for a certainty that 
 the Lord your God ^-ill no more 
 diive out anp q/* these nations 
 from before you; but they shall 
 be snares and traps unto yon, 
 and scourges in your sides, and 
 thorns in your eyes, until ye 
 perish from off this good land 
 wMch the Lord your God hath 
 given you. 
 
 14 And, behold, tins day I am 
 going the way of all the earth : 
 and ye Iniow in all your hearts 
 and in all your souls, that not 
 one thing hath failed of all the 
 good things which the Lord your 
 God spake concerning you; all 
 are come to pass unto you, and 
 not one thing hath failed there ofw 
 
 15 Therefore it shall come to 
 pass, that as all good things are 
 come upon you, which the Lord 
 your God promised you ; so shall 
 the Lord bring upon you all e\il 
 thingSj until he have destroyed 
 you from off this good land which 
 the Lord your God hath given 
 you. 
 
 16 When ye have transgressed 
 the covenant of the Lord your 
 God, which lie commanded you, 
 and have gone and served other 
 gods, and bowed yomselves to 
 them; then shall the anger of 
 the Lord be kindled against you, 
 and ye shall perish quickly from 
 off the good land which be hath 
 given unto you. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIY. 
 1 Joshua assenibleth tJie tribes at She^ 
 cJiem. 2 A brief history of God's 
 be\iefifs.frmn Tercih. lillerenew- 
 efJi the covenant betiveeu them and 
 God. 26 A stone the icitness of the 
 covenant. 29 Joshua's age, death, 
 and. buried. 32 Joseph's bones are 
 buried. 33 Eteatiar dieth. 
 
 AND Joshua gathered all the 
 - tribes of Israel to She- 
 chem, and called for the elders 
 of Israel, and for their heads, and 
 for their judges, and for their 
 officers; and they presented 
 themselves before God. 
 2 And Joshua said unto all the 
 people^ Thus saith the Lord God 
 
Josluui assenibleth the JOSHUA, XXIV. 
 
 b-ibes at Shechevii. 
 
 of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on 
 the other side of the flood in old 
 time, even Terah, the father of 
 Abraham, and the father of 
 Nachor : and they served other 
 gods. 
 
 3 And I took your father Abra- 
 ham from the other side of the 
 flood, and led him throughout 
 all the land of Canaan, and mul- 
 tiplied liis seed, and gave him 
 Isaac. 
 
 4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob 
 and Esau: and I gave \mto 
 Esau moimt Seir, to possess it ; 
 but Jacob and liis cliildrcn went 
 do\Mi into Egypt. 
 
 5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, 
 and I plagued Egypt, according 
 to that which I did among them : 
 and afterward I brought you out. 
 
 G And I brought yoiu: fathers 
 out of Egypt : and ye came un- 
 to the sea; and the Egyptians 
 pursued after your fathei-s with 
 chariots and hoi-semen unto the 
 Red sea. 
 
 7 And when they cried unto 
 the Lord, he put darkness be- 
 tween yovi and the Egyptians, 
 and brought the sea upon them, 
 and covered them; and your 
 eyes have seen what I have done 
 in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the 
 wilderness a long season. 
 
 8 And I brought you into the 
 land of the Amorites, which 
 dwelt on the other side Jordan ; 
 and they fought with you : and 
 I gave them into your hand, 
 that ye might possess their land ; 
 and I destroyed them from be- 
 fore vou. 
 
 9 Then Balak the son of Zip- 
 por, king of Moab, arose and 
 warred against Israel, and sent 
 and called Balaam the son of 
 Be or to curse you : 
 
 10 But I would not hearken un- 
 to Balaam ; therefore he blessed 
 yon still : so I delivered you out 
 of his hand. 
 
 11 And ye went over Jordan, 
 and came unto Jericho : and the 
 men of Jericho fought against 
 you, the Amorites, and the Pe- 
 lizzites, and the Ganaanites, and 
 
 the Hittites, and the Girgashites, 
 the Hivites, and the Jebusites ; 
 and I delivered them hito your 
 hand. 
 
 12 And I sent the hornet before 
 you, which drave them out from 
 before you, even the two kings 
 of the Amorites ; but not with 
 thy sword, nor with thy. bow. 
 
 13 And I have given you a land 
 for which ye did not labour, and 
 cities which ye built not, and ye 
 dwell in them ; of the ^ ineyards 
 and oliveyards which ye planted 
 not do ye eat. 
 
 14 IF Now therefore fear the 
 Lord, and serve him in since- 
 rity and in truth : and put away 
 the gods which your fathers serv- 
 ed on the other side of the flood, 
 and in Egypt ; and serve ye the 
 Lord. 
 
 15 And if it seem evil mito you 
 to sene the Lord, choose you 
 this day whom ye will serve ; 
 whether the gods which your fa- 
 thers served tliat were on the 
 other side of the flood, or the 
 gods of the Amorites, in whose 
 land ye dwell: but as for me 
 and my house, we will serve the 
 Lord. 
 
 16 And the people answered 
 and said, God forbid that we 
 should forsake the Lord, to 
 serve other gods ; 
 
 17 For the Lord our God, he 
 it is that brought us up and our 
 fathers out of the land of Egypt, 
 from the house of bondage, and 
 which did those great signs in 
 our sight, and preserved us m all 
 the way wherein we went, and 
 among all the people through 
 whom we passed : 
 
 18 And the Lord drave out 
 from before us all the people, 
 even the Amorites which dwelt 
 in the land: therefore will we 
 also sers^e the Lord ; for he' is 
 our God. 
 
 19 And Joshua said unto the 
 people, Ye cannot serve the 
 Lord: for he is an holy God; 
 he is a jealous God ; he will not 
 forgive your transgressions nor 
 your sins. 
 
The covenant renewed. JOSHUA, XXIV. 
 
 Joshua's death. 
 
 20 If ye forsake the Lord, and 
 serve strange gods, then he will 
 turn and do you hurt, and con- 
 sume you, after that he hath 
 done you good. 
 
 21 And the people said unto 
 Joshua, Nay ; but we will serve 
 the LoEP. 
 
 - 22 And Joshua said unto the 
 people, Ye are witnesses against 
 yourselves that ye have chosen 
 you the Loed, to serve him. And 
 they said, We are witnesses. 
 
 23 Now therefore put away, 
 said he, the strange gods which 
 are among you, and incline your 
 heart unto the Lord God of Is- 
 rael. 
 
 24 And the people said unto 
 Joshua, The Loed our God will 
 we serve, and his voice will we 
 obey. 
 
 25 So Joshua made a covenant 
 mth the people that day, and 
 set them a statute and an ordi- 
 nance in Shechem. 
 
 26 H And Joshua wrote these 
 words in the book of the law of 
 God, and took a great stone, 
 and set it up there under an 
 oak, that ivas by the sanctuary 
 of the LoED. 
 
 27 And Joshua said unto ail 
 the people, Behold, this stone 
 shall be a witness unto us ; for it 
 liath heard all the words of the 
 Loed Avliich he spake unto us : 
 
 it shall be therefore a witness 
 unto you, lest ye deny your 
 God. 
 
 28 So Joshua let the people 
 depart, every man imto his in- 
 heritance. 
 
 29 ^ And it came to pass after 
 these things, that Joshua the 
 son of Nun, the sers^ant of the 
 LoED, died, being an hundred 
 and ten years old. 
 
 30 And they buried him m 
 the border of his inheritance 
 in Timnath-serah, which is in 
 mount Ephraim, on the north 
 side of the hill of Gaash. 
 
 31 And Israel served the Loed 
 all the days of Joshua, and ail 
 the days of the elders that over- 
 lived Joshua, and which had 
 known all the works of the Loed, 
 that he had done for Israel. 
 
 32^ 1[ And the bones of Joseph, 
 which the childi'en of Israel 
 brought up out of Egypt, buried 
 they in Shechem, in a parcel 
 of ground which Jacob bought 
 of the sons of Hamor the fa- 
 ther of Shechem for an hundred 
 pieces of silver : and it became 
 the inheritance of the children 
 of Joseph. 
 
 33 And Eleazar the son of 
 Aaron died; and they bmied 
 him in a hill that pertained to 
 Phinehas his son, which was 
 given him in mount Ephraim. 
 
 THE BOOK OF JUDGES. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Tlid acts of Judah and Simeon. 4 
 AdoYti-hezel: justly requited. 8 Je- 
 ruscderii tahen. 10 Hebron taken. 
 11 Othniel hath AcJisah to ivifefor 
 faking^ of Dehir. 16 The Kenites 
 dwell in Judah. 17 Hormah, Gaza, 
 Askelon and Ekron taken. 21 Tlie 
 acts of Benjariiin. 22 Of the house 
 of Joseph, who take Beth-el. 30 Of 
 Zehulun. 3lOfAsher. dSOfNaph- 
 tali. 34: Of Dan. 
 
 ISTOW after the death of Jo- 
 -LS shua it came to pass, that 
 the children of Israel aslted the 
 Lord, saying, Who shall go up 
 
 for us against the Canaanites 
 lirst, to fight against them ? 
 2 And the Loed said, Judah 
 
 I shall go up : behold, I ha^e 
 
 I delivered the land into his 
 
 j hand. 
 
 I 3 And Judah said unto Simeon 
 his brother, Come up with me 
 into my lot, that we may fight 
 against the Canaanites; and I 
 likewise will go with thee into 
 thy lot. So Simeon went with 
 him. 
 
 4 And Judah went up ; and the 
 Loed delivered the Canaanites 
 
Tlie acts (if 
 
 and tlie Perizzites into their 
 hand: and tlicy slew of them 
 in Bezek ten tlioiiFand men. 
 
 5 And they found Adoni- 
 l)ezek in IJezek : and they 
 fought airainst liim, and tliey 
 slew the Canaanites and the 
 Perizzites. 
 
 G But Adoni-bezek fled; and 
 they pni-sued after liim, and 
 ( auLdit liim. and ent off liis 
 thnnihs and liis iricat toes. 
 
 7 And Adoni-bezek f^aid, Tlirce- 
 Kcore and ten kinpR, havini? their 
 thumbs and their preat toes cut 
 (»ff, fj-athered ffieii- meat under 
 
 JUDGES, I. meral inlMi. 
 
 ifive me also sprinps of water. 
 And Caleb jiave her the ui)iier 
 Hpriuus and the nether Hiniiurs. 
 
 V) •; And the ehil(hx*n «»f the 
 Kenite, Closes' father in law, 
 went u]) out of the city of \ aim 
 trees with the children of Judah 
 into the wilderness of Judah, 
 which lifth in the south of A- 
 rad; and they went and dwelt 
 anioufr the jKople. 
 
 17 And Judah went with Si- 
 meon his brother, and they slew 
 the Canaanites that iidiabited 
 Zei'hath, and utterly destroyed 
 it. And the name of the city 
 
 table : as I have done, so I was culled Honnah. 
 
 (iod hath requit<'d me. And 
 they brouf?ht him to Jerusalem, 
 and tliere he died. 
 
 8 Nov,- the children of Judali 
 had foutrht ajrainst Jerusalem, 
 and had taken it, and smitten 
 it with the ed.ire of the sword, 
 and set the city on fire. 
 
 9 •' And afterward the children 
 of Judah went do\\ii to ii^'ht a- 
 irainst the Canaanites, that dwelt 
 in the mountain, and in the 
 south, and in the valley. 
 
 10 And Judah went airainst the 
 Canaanites that dwelt in He- 
 bron : (now the name of Hebron 
 before teas Kirjath-arba:) and 
 they slew .Shesliai, and Aldmau, 
 and Talmai. 
 
 11 And from thence he went 
 against the inhabitants of De- 
 bir: and the name of Debir 
 before zcas Kirjath-sepher : 
 
 12 And Caleb said. He that 
 smiteth Kirjath-sepher, and tak- 
 vAli it, to him will I give Achsah 
 my daughter to wife. 
 
 13 And Otlmiel the son of Ke- 
 naz, Caleb's younger brother, 
 took it : and he gave him Ach- 
 sah Ills daughter to Avife. 
 
 14 And it came to pass, when 
 she came to him, that she mov- 
 ed him to ask of her father a 
 field: and she lighted from off 
 her ass; and Caleb said imto 
 her, What wilt thou? 
 
 15 And she said unto him, 
 Give me a blessing; for thou 
 hast given me a south land; 
 
 18 Also Judah took Gaza witli 
 the ( oast tliereof, and Askelon 
 with the coast thereof, and Ek- 
 ron with the C( ast thereof. 
 
 V.) And the Lord was with 
 Judah; and he drave out the 
 inhabitants of the mountain ; 
 but could not drive out tlie in- 
 habitants of the valley, becaust; 
 tli«\v had chariots of iron. 
 
 20 And they gave Hebron unto 
 Caleb, as Moses said: and lie 
 expelled thence the three Kor.s 
 of Anak. 
 
 21 And the children of l^nja- 
 min did not drive out the Jebus- 
 it^s that inhabited Jernsalem; 
 but the Jebusites dwell w ith the 
 childien of Benjamin in Jerusa- 
 lem unto this day. 
 
 22 •[ And the house of Josepli, 
 they also went up against Beth- 
 el : and the Lord was with them. 
 
 23 And the house of Josei-h 
 sent to descry Beth-el. (Now 
 the name of the city before was 
 Luz.) 
 
 24 And the spies saw a man 
 come forth out of the city, and 
 they said unto liim, fehew us, 
 we pray thee, the entrance into 
 the city, and we \Nill shew thee 
 mercy. 
 
 25 And when he shewed them 
 the entrance into the city, they 
 smote the city w ith the edge of 
 the sword; but they let go the \ 
 man and all his family. * 
 
 26 And the man went into the 
 land cf the Hittites, and bviilt a 
 
The Canaanites not JUDGES, 11. ichoUv dnven out. 
 
 city, and called the name thereof Akrabbim, from the rock, and 
 Luz : which is the name thereof upward, 
 imto this day. | CHAPTER II. 
 
 27 !^ Neither did Manasseh l An angel rehnl-eth the people at 
 diive OTit the inhabitants of Bocldm. 6 The wiclcedness of the 
 Beth-shean and her towns, nor 
 Taanach 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 m that land. 
 
 new generation after Joshua, li 
 God's anger and pity ioivards them. 
 20 TJie Canaanites are left to prove 
 Israel. 
 
 AND an angel of the Lord 
 . came up from Gilgal to 
 Bochim, and said, I made you to 
 go up out of Egypt, and haye 
 brought you unto the land which 
 23 And it came to pass, when 1 1 sware imto your fathers ; and 
 Ism el was strong, that they put I said, I will never break my 
 the Canaanites to tribute, and ] covenant ^ith you. 
 did not utterly diive them out. j 2 And ye shall make no league 
 ■ 29 1' Neither did Ephraim diive i T\ith the inhabitants of this 
 out the Canaanites that dwelt i land ; ye shall throw down their 
 in Gezer ; but the Canaanites altars : but ye have not obeyed 
 
 dwelt in Gezer among them, 
 
 30 r Neither did Zebulun diive 
 but the inhabitants of Eatron, 
 nor the inhabitants of Nahalol ; 
 but the Canaanites dwelt among 
 them, and became tributaries. 
 
 31 ^ Neither did Asher drive out 
 
 my voice: why have ye done 
 
 this? 
 3 AVherefore I also said, I will 
 
 not diive them out from before 
 
 you ; but they shall be as thorns 
 \ in your sides, and then gods 
 ' shall be a snare unto you. 
 
 the inhabitants of Accho, nor the 4 And it came to pass, when 
 inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ah- ^ the angel of the Loed spake 
 lab,norofAclizib,norofHelbah, I these words unto all the chil 
 
 nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob 
 
 32 But the Asherites dwelt 
 among the Canaanites, the in- 
 habitants of the land : for they 
 did not diive them out. 
 
 33 *" Neither did Naphtah drive 
 out the inhabitants of Beth- 
 ^hemesh, nor the inhabitants 
 of Beth-anath ; but he dwelt a- 
 mong the Canaanites, the inha- 
 
 dren of Israel, that the people 
 lifted up their voice, and wept. 
 
 5 And they called the name of 
 that place Bochim: and they 
 sacrificed there unto the Lokd. 
 
 6 ^ And when Joshua had let 
 the people go, the children of 
 Israel went every man unto his 
 inheritance to possess the land. 
 
 7 And the people served the 
 
 bitants of the land: nevertheless LoED all the days of Joshua, 
 the hihabitants of Beth-shemesh and all the days of the eldei^s 
 and of Beth-anath became tri- that outhved Joshua, who had 
 butaiies unto them. seen all the gTcat works of the 
 
 i 34 And the Amoiites forced Loed, that he did for Israel, 
 the childi-en of Dan into the ' 8 And Joshua the son of Nun, 
 
 mountain: for they would not 
 suffer them to come down to 
 the valley : 
 
 .35 But the Amorites would 
 dwell in mount Heres ia Aija- 
 lon, and ia Shaalbim: yet the 
 hand of the house of Joseph 
 prevailed, so that they became 
 tributaries. 
 
 ; 36 And the coast of the Amor- 
 ites tva^ from the going up to 
 
 the seiwant of the Loed, died, 
 being an hundred and ten years 
 old. 
 
 9 And they buried him in 
 the border of his inheritance ia 
 Titnnath-heres, in the mount 
 of Ephraim, on the north side 
 of the hiU Gaash. 
 
 10 And also all that generation 
 were gathered unto their fathers : 
 and there arose another genera- 
 
God's anger and JUDGES, 
 
 tion after them, which knew not 
 tlie^ Lord, nor yet the works 
 which he had done for Israel. 
 
 11 IF And the children of Israel 
 did evil in the sisht of the Lord, 
 and served Baalim : 
 
 12 And they forsook the Lord 
 God of their fathers, which 
 brought them out of the land 
 of Egypt, and folloAved other 
 gods, of the gods of the people 
 that were round about them, 
 and bowed themselves unto 
 them, and provoked the Lord 
 to anger. 
 
 13 And they forsook the Lord, 
 and served Baal and Ashtaroth. 
 
 14 1[ And the anger of the 
 Lord was hot against Israel, 
 and he delivered them into the 
 hands of spoilers that spoiled 
 them, and he sold them into 
 the hands of their enemies round 
 about, so that they could not 
 any longer stand before their 
 enemies. 
 
 15 Whithersoever they went 
 out, the hand of the Lord was 
 against them for evil, as the 
 Lord had said, and as the Lord 
 liad sworn unto them : and they 
 were greatly distressed. 
 
 16 if Nevertheless the Lord 
 raised up judges, wliich deli- 
 vered them out of the hand of 
 those that spoiled them. 
 
 17 And yet they would not 
 hearken unto their judges, but 
 they went a whoring after other 
 gods, and bowed themselves un- 
 to them: they turned quickly 
 out of the way which their fa- 
 thers walked in, obeying the 
 commandments of the Lord; 
 but they did not so. 
 
 18 And when the Lord rais- 
 ed them up judges, then the 
 Lord was with the judge, and 
 delivered them out of the hand 
 
 III. pity towards Israel. 
 
 selves more than their fatliers, 
 in following other gods to serve 
 them, and to bow down unto 
 them; they^ ceased not from 
 their own doings, nor irom their 
 stubborn way. 
 
 20 H And the anger of the Lord 
 was hot against Israel ; and he 
 said. Because that this people 
 hath transgressed my covenant 
 which I commanded tlieir fa- 
 thers, and have not hearkened 
 unto my voice ; 
 
 21 I also will not henceforth i 
 drive out any from before them 1 
 of the nations which Josliua leit | 
 when he died : 
 
 22 That through them I may I 
 prove Israel, whether they will ^ 
 keep the way of the Lord to 
 walk therein, as their fatheiH^ 
 did keep it, or not. 
 
 23 Therefore the Lord left 
 those nations, without driving 
 them out hastily; neither de- 
 livered he them into the hand 
 of Joshua. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 1 TJie nations wliich ivere left to prove 
 Israel. 6 By co'nimunion icith them, 
 they commit idolatry. 8 Oihniel 
 delivereth them from Chnshan-ri- 
 shathaim. 12 Ehud from Eglon. 31 
 Shamgar from the Philistines. 
 
 ^VTOW these are the nations 
 JJM which the Lord left, to 
 prove Israel by them, even as 
 many o/" Israel as had not 
 known all the wars of Canaan ; 
 
 2 Only that the generations 
 of the children of Israel might 
 know, to teach them war, at 
 the least such as before knew 
 nothing thereof; 
 
 3 Namely, five lords of the 
 Philistines, and all the Canaan- 
 ites, and the Sidonians, and the 
 Hivites that dwelt in mount 
 Lebanon, from mount Baal- 
 
 of their enemies all the days of i hermon imto the entering in of 
 
 the judge: for it repented the 
 Lord because of their groanings 
 by reason of them that oppress- 
 ed them and vexed them. 
 19 And it came to pass,* when 
 the judge was dead, that they 
 returned, and corrupted them- 
 
 Hamath. 
 4 And they were to prove Is- 
 rael by them, to know whether 
 they w^ould hearken unto the 
 commandments of the Lord, 
 wliich he commanded their fa- 
 thers by the hand of Moses. 
 
Othnkl and Ehud 
 
 JUDGES, III. 
 
 deliver Isi'ciel. 
 
 5 ![ And the children of Israel 
 dwelt among the ^ Canaanites, 
 Hittites, and Amorites, and Pe- 
 rizzites, and Hivites, and Je- 
 busites : 
 
 6 And they took their daugh- 
 ters to be theu' wives, and gave 
 their daughters to their sons, 
 and served their gods. 
 
 7 And the children of Israel did 
 evil in the sight of the Lord, and 
 forgat the Lokd their God, and 
 served Baahm and the groves. 
 
 8 IF Therefore the anger of the 
 Lord -vvas hot against Israel, 
 and he sold them into the hand 
 of Chushan-rishathaim long of 
 Mesopotamia : and the children 
 of Israel served Chnshan-iisha- 
 thaim eight years. 
 
 9 And when the children of 
 Israel cried unto the Loed, the 
 LoED raised np a dehverer to 
 the childi'en of Israel, who de- 
 livered them, even Othniel the 
 son of Kenaz, Caleb's yonnger 
 brother. 
 
 10 And the Spuit of the Loed 
 came upon him, and he judged 
 Israel, and went out to war: 
 and the Loed dehvered Chu- 
 shan-rishathaim king of Me- 
 sopotamia into his hand; and 
 his hand prevailed against Chu- 
 shan-rishathaim. 
 
 11 And the land had rest forty 
 years. And Othniel the son of 
 Kenaz died. 
 
 12 IF And the children of Is- 
 lael did e\'il again in the sight 
 of the LoED : and the Loed 
 strengthened Eglon the king of 
 Moab against Israel, because 
 they had done evil in the sight 
 of the LoED. 
 
 13 And he gathered imto him 
 the children of Ammon and 
 Amalek, and went and smote 
 Israel, and possessed the city of 
 palm trees. 
 
 14 So the children of Israel 
 served Eglon the king of Moab 
 eighteen years. 
 
 15 But when the children of 
 Israel cried unto the Loed, the 
 Lord raised them up a deli- 
 verer, Ehud the son of Gera, a 
 
 Benjamite, a man lefthanded: 
 and by him the cliildi'en of Is- 
 rael sent a present unto Eglon 
 the king of Moab. 
 
 16 But Ehud made him a dag- 
 ger which had two edges, of a 
 cubit length; and he did gird 
 it under his raiment upon his 
 right thigh. 
 
 17 And he brought the present 
 imto Eglon king of Moab : and 
 Eglon was a veiy fat man. 
 
 18 And when he had made an 
 end to ofier the present, he sent 
 away the people that bare the 
 present. 
 
 19 But he himself turned again 
 from the quarries that were by 
 Gilgal, and said, I have a se- 
 cret errand unto thee, O king : 
 who said. Keep silence. And 
 all that stood by him went out 
 from him. 
 
 20 And Ehud came tmto him ; 
 and he was sitting in a summer 
 parloiu-, which he had for him- 
 self alone. And Ehud said, I 
 have a message from God imto 
 thee. And he arose out of his 
 seat. 
 
 21 And Ehud put forth his 
 left hand, and took the dagger 
 from his right thigh, and thrust 
 it into his belly : 
 
 22 And the haft also went in 
 after the blade; and the fat 
 closed upon the blade, so that 
 he could not draw the dagger 
 out of his belly; and the dirt 
 came out. 
 
 23 Then Ehud went forth 
 tlirough the porch, and shut 
 the doors of the parlour upon 
 him, and locked them. 
 
 24 When he was gone out, his 
 servants came ; and when they 
 saw that, behold, the doors of 
 the parloiu" were locked, they 
 said, Surely he covereth his 
 feet in liis summer chamber. 
 
 25 And they tarried till they 
 were ashamed : and, behold, he 
 opened not the doors of the par- 
 lour ; therefore they took a key, 
 and opened them: and, behold, 
 their lord was fallen dowTi dead 
 on the earth. 
 
 U 
 
Deboi'ah and Paral: 
 
 2i) And Ehud ewaped \\liile 
 they tanied, and passed hryoiid 
 the quanies, aud eBC«n>cd unto 
 ►SMrath. 
 
 Z7 And it came to naw, when 
 lie was ronie, tlmt uv Mew a 
 truniv»et in tlie mountain nlKph- 
 laini, and the children nf Israel 
 went down with him from the 
 mount, and he before them. 
 
 lis An<l he «iid unto thera, 
 Foll(*w alter me: f<»r the Ivoun 
 hath delivei-ed yourcnemies tlie 
 Moabitey into your hand. And 
 they went down alter him, and 
 
 JUDGES, IV. (Mii>er tJte Uaellks. 
 
 an<l the cliildren of Israel come 
 up to her for judt^ment. 
 
 (> And she Bent and «dled Ba- 
 rak the son of Al)inoam out <»f 
 Kedesh-naphtali, and sjiid unt(» 
 him, Ilath n(»t the liouo Ciixl of 
 Isniel ettninian<led, s(i//in,ir, (io 
 and <lraw t<»wanl nioiuit 'J'aU»r, 
 and Uikv with thee ten thouKiin<l 
 men of tlie childivn of Nanh- 
 tali and of tlie children of Ze- 
 bulunV 
 
 7 And I will dmw unto thee to 
 the river Kishon Sisera, the cap- 
 t;iin of .Tabin's army, witli his 
 
 took the lords of JortUui toward chariots and his multitude; and 
 
 Moab, and sufl'eixxl not a man 
 t(» |>ass over. j 
 
 2'J And they slew of ]Moab at 
 tliat time al)out ten thousiind 
 men, all lusty, and all men oi 
 valour; and there etK^ped not 
 a man. 
 
 1 will deliver him into thine 
 Iiand. 
 
 8 And Barak said unto her. If 
 thou wilt fro with me, then I 
 will izo: but if thou wilt not go 
 with me, l/ien I will not uo. 
 
 \) And she Kiid, I will surely go 
 
 '3i) 8o ^loab was sulxlued that with thee : notwithstanding; tlie 
 
 day under the hand of Ismel 
 And the land luid rest fouix-ore 
 years. 
 
 31 T And after him was Sham- 
 gar the son of Anath, which slew 
 of the Philistines six hundred 
 men with an ox poad: and he 
 also delivered Israel. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 1 Deborah aud Kara I: deliver them 
 
 from Jabin and tiisera. 18 Jael 
 
 killeth Sisira. 
 
 journey tliat th(ni takest shall 
 not be for thine honour; for the 
 LoRU shall sell Sisera into the 
 hand of a woman. And Debo- 
 rah arose, and went with Barak 
 to Kedesh. 
 
 10 11 And Barak called Zebulun 
 and Nai)htali to Kedesh ; and he 
 went up with ten thousand men 
 at liifl leet : and Debomh went 
 up with him. 
 
 Now Heber the Kenite 
 
 11 
 
 AND tlie cliildren of Ismel which was of the children of 
 . again did evil in the sight ! Hobab the father in law of Mo- 
 of the Lord, when Ehud was see, had severed himself from the 
 
 dead. 
 2 And the Lord sold them into 
 
 the hand of Jabin king of Ca- is by Kedesh. 
 
 Kenites, and pitched his tent 
 imto the i)lain of Zaanaim, which 
 
 naan, that reigned in Hazor; 
 the captain of whose host was 
 Sisera, which dwelt in Haro- 
 sheth of the Gentiles. 
 
 3 And the cliildren of Israel 
 cried unto the Lord : for he had 
 nine hundi-ed chariots of iron; 
 and twenty yeai-s he mightily 
 oppressed the children of Israel. 
 
 4 ^. And Deborah, a prophetess, 
 the wife of Lapidoth, she judged 
 Israel at that time. 
 
 5 And she dwelt under the palm 
 tree of Deborah between Eamah 
 and Beth-el in mount Ephraim : 
 
 12 And they shewed Sisera that 
 Barak the son of Abinoam was 
 gone up to mount Tabor. 
 
 13 And Sisera gathered toge- 
 ther all his chariots, even nine 
 hundred chariots of iron, and 
 all the i>eople that were with 
 liim, from Harosheth of the Gen- 
 tiles unto the river of Kishon. 
 
 14 And Deborah said unto Ba- 
 rak, Up; for this is the day in 
 which the Lord hath delivered 
 Sisera into thine hand: is not 
 the Lord gone out before thee V 
 So Barak went down from moimt 
 
Jael hilleih Sisera. 
 
 JUDGES, Y. 
 
 Dehcrrah's song. 
 
 Tabor, and ten thousand men 
 after him. 
 
 15 And the Lose discomfited 
 Sisera, and all his chariots, and 
 all his host, with the edge of the 
 sword before Barak ; so that Si- 
 sera lighted down o^his chariot, 
 and fled away on his feet. 
 
 16 But Barak pursued after the 
 chariots, and after the host, unto 
 Harosheth of the Gentiles : and 
 all the host of Sisera fell upon 
 the edge of the swoixi; and there 
 was not a man left. 
 
 17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on 
 his feet to the tent of Jael the 
 wife of Heber the Kenite : for 
 there ivas peace between Jabin 
 the Idng of Hazor and the house 
 of Heber the Kenite. 
 
 18 IF And Jael went out to meet 
 Sisem, and said unto him. Turn 
 in, my lord, turn in to me ; fear 
 not. And when he had turned 
 in unto her into the tent, she 
 covered liim with a mantle. 
 
 19 And lie said imto her, Give 
 me, I pray thee, a little water to 
 
 , drink; for I am thirsty. And 
 she opened a bottle of milk, and 
 gave him drinlt, and covered 
 iiim. 
 
 20 Again he said unto her. 
 Stand in the door of the tent, 
 and it shall be, when any man 
 doth come and enquire of thee, 
 and say. Is there any man here ? 
 that thou shalt say, No. 
 
 21 Then Jael Heber's wife took 
 1 a nail of the tent, and took an 
 
 1 hammer hi her hand, and went 
 softly unto him, and smote the 
 
 ! nail into his temples, and fast- 
 
 V , ened it nito the ground : for he 
 was fast asleep and weary. So 
 
 . he died. 
 
 22 And, behold, as Barak pur- 
 ! sued Sisera, Jael came out to 
 
 meet him, and said unto him, 
 , Come, and I will shew thee the 
 
 man whom thou seekest. And 
 , when he came into her te7it, be- 
 
 liold, Sisera lay dead, and the 
 
 nail tvas in his temples. 
 
 23 So God subdued on that day 
 ; Jabin the king of Canaan before 
 ut I the children of Israel. 
 
 24 And the hand of the childi'cn 
 of Israel prospered, and prevail- 
 ed against Jabin the king of Ca- 
 naan, until they had destroyed 
 Jabin king of Canaan. 
 CHAPTER V. 
 T7?e song of Deborah and BaraJ:. 
 
 THEN sang Deborah and 
 Barak the son of Abinoam 
 on that day, saying, 
 
 2 Pmise ye the Loed for the 
 avenging of Ismel, when the 
 people willirigly offered them- 
 selves. 
 
 3 Hear, O ye kings : give ear, 
 O ye princes ; I, eveii 1, will shig 
 unto the Loei) ; I will sing praise 
 to the Lord God of Israel. 
 
 4 Lord, when thou wentest out 
 of Seir, when thou marchedet 
 out of the field of Edom, tlie 
 earth trembled, and the hea- 
 vens dropped, the clouds also 
 dropped water. 
 
 5 The mountains melted from 
 before the Lord, even that Su:ai 
 from before the Lord God of 
 Israel. 
 
 6 In the days of Shamgar the 
 son of Anath, in the days of 
 Jael, the highways were unoc- 
 cupied, and the tmvellers walk- 
 ed tlnough byways. 
 
 7 The inhabitants o/'the vil- 
 lages ceased, they ceased in Is- 
 rael, until that I JDeborah arose, 
 that I arose a mother in Israel. 
 
 8 They chose new gods; then 
 was war in the gates : was there 
 a shield or spear seen among 
 forty thousand in Ismel? 
 
 9 My heart is toward the go- 
 vemoi-s of Israel, that offered 
 themselves willingly among the 
 people. Bless ye the Lord. 
 
 10 Speak, ye that ride on white 
 asses, ye that sit in judgment, 
 and walk by the w^ay. 
 
 11 Thei/ that are delivered 
 from the noise of archers in the 
 places of di'awhig water, there 
 shall they rehearse the righteous 
 acts of the Lord, even the right- 
 eous acts toward the inhabitants 
 of liis villages in Israel: then 
 shall the people of the Lord go 
 down to the gates. 
 
 o 
 
The song of JUDGES, VI. Deborah and Burah. 
 
 12 Awake, awake, Deborali: i helj) of the Lord, to the liulp of 
 
 a^vake, awake, utter a song: the Lord au'amst tlie miphty. 
 
 24 Blessed al)Ove women shall 
 .Tael the wife of Heber the Ken- 
 ite be, blessc'tl shall slie be abo\ e 
 women in tlie tent. 
 
 25 He asked water, and she 
 trave him milk; slie brought 
 
 arise, Barak, and lead thy 
 <aptivity captive, thou son of 
 Abinoam. 
 
 13 Then he madt^ him tliat re- 
 maineth liave dominion over tlie 
 nobles amonir tlie people: the 
 
 Loiu> made me have dominion iforth butter in a lordly dish. 
 over the mifrhty. | 20 She put her hand to the nail, 
 
 14 Out of Ejiliraim teas there and her right hand to the work- 
 a root of them against Amalek; men's hnnuuer; and with the 
 after thee, lienjamin, among thy hammer nhe smote Sisera, she 
 pe(.ple; out of Machir came down smote oil his head, when she had 
 -overnoi-s, and out of Zebulun pierced and stricken tlu^ouL'h his 
 iliey that handle the pen of the temples. 
 
 ^^riter. I 27 At her feet lie bowed, he 
 
 15 And the princes of Issachar fell, he lav down : at her feet he 
 li^ere with Deborah ; even Issa- bowed, he* fell : where he bowed, 
 char, and also lianik : he was there he fell down dead. 
 
 sent on foot into the valley. For 28 Tlie mother of 8isera look- _ 
 the divisions of KeulH'n there ed out at a window and cried- 
 were gR'at thoughts of heart. i through the lattice. Why is his 
 IG Why ab(xlest thou among chariot 60 long in coming? why 
 the 6heei»folds, U) hear the bleats tarry the wheels of his chariots ? 
 ings of the Hocks? For the di- I 2*> Her wise ladies answered 
 visions of Keuben there were her, yea, she returned answer to 
 great searchings of heart. ! herself, 
 
 17 Gilead abode beyond Jor- 3!) Have thev not si>ed? havel 
 dan: and wliy did Dan remain they not divided the prey; to 
 in ships? Asher continued on every man a damsel or two; to 
 the sea shore, and abode in liis Sisera a prey of divers coloms, 
 breaches. I a prev of divers coloim? of nee- 
 
 18 ZebiUun and Naphtali were dlework, of divers coloms of' 
 a people that jeoparded their needlework on both sides, meet 
 lives unto the death in the high for the necks of them that take 
 l)lace8 of the field. the spoil? 
 
 19 The khiu's came am/ fought, 31 So let all thine enemies 
 then fought the kings of Ca- perish, O Lord: but let them 
 naan in Taanach by the waters that love him he as the sun when 
 of Megiddo ; they took no gain ^ he goeth forth in liis might, 
 of money. And the land had rest forty 
 
 20 They fought from heaven ; years. 
 
 CHAPTER VL 
 
 the stars in their com'ses fought 
 afiramst Sisera. 
 
 21 The river of Kishon swept 
 them away, that ancient river, 
 the river Kishon. O my soul, 
 thou hast trodden down strength. 
 
 22 Then were the horeehoofs 
 broken by the means of the 
 pransings, the pransings of their 
 mighty ones. 
 
 23 Curse ye Meroz, said the 
 angel of the Lord, curse ye bit- 
 terly the inhabitants thereof; 
 because they came not to the 
 
 1 The Israelites for their sin are op- 
 pressed by Midian. 8 A jn-ophH 
 rebuketh them, il An angel send- 
 eth Gideon for their deliverance. 
 17 Gideon's present is consumed 
 with fire. 25 Gideon destroyeth 
 Baal's altar, and ofereth a sacrifice 
 itpon the altar Jenovahshalom. 28 
 Joash defendeth his son, and calleth 
 him JeriMfOxd. 33 Gideon's army. 
 36 Gideon's signs. 
 
 AND the children of Israel 
 did evil in the sight of the 
 Lord: and the Lord delivered 
 
Tlie Israelites are 
 
 JUDGES, VI. oppressed hy Midian. 
 
 them into the hand of Midian 
 seven years. 
 
 2 And the hand of Midian pre- 
 vailed against Israel: and be- 
 cause of the Midianites the chil- 
 dren of Israel made them the 
 dens which are in the mountains, 
 and caves, and strong holds. 
 
 3 And so it was, when Israel 
 had sown, that the Midianites 
 came up, and the Amalekites, 
 and the childien of the east, e- 
 ven they came up against them ; 
 
 4 And they encamped agamst 
 them, and destroyed the increase 
 of the earth, till thou come un- 
 to Gaza, and left no sustenance 
 for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, 
 nor ass. 
 
 5 For they came up with their 
 cattle and their tents, and they 
 came as grasshoppers for multi- 
 tude ; for both they and their 
 camels were without number: 
 and they entered into the land 
 to destroy it. 
 
 6 And Israel was greatly im- 
 poverished because of the Mi- 
 dianites ; and the children of 
 Israel cried unto the Loed. 
 
 7 IF A.nd it came to pass, when 
 the children of Israel cried unto 
 the Lord because of the Mi- 
 dianites, 
 
 8 That the Lord sent a prophet 
 unto the children of Israel, 
 which said unto them, Thus 
 saith the Lord God of Israel, I 
 brought you up from Egypt, and 
 brought you forth out of the 
 house of bondage ; 
 
 9 And I delivered you out of 
 the hand of the Egyptians, and 
 out of the hand of all that op- 
 pressed you, and drave them out 
 from before you, and gave you 
 their land ; 
 
 10 And I said unto you, I am 
 the Lord your God ; fear not the 
 gods of the Amorites, in whose 
 land ye dwell : but ye have not 
 obeyed my voice. 
 
 11 II And there came an angel of 
 the Lord, and sat under an oak 
 which ivas in Ophrah, that per- 
 tained unto JosLshtheAhi-eznte : 
 and his son Gideon threshed 
 
 wheat by the winepress, to hide 
 it from the Midianites. 
 
 12 And the angel of the Lord 
 appeared unto him, and said un- 
 to him, The Lord is with thee, 
 thou mighty man of valour. 
 
 13 And Gideon said unto him, 
 Oh my Lord, if the Lord be 
 with us, why then is all this be- 
 fallen us ? and where be all his 
 miracles which our fathers told 
 us of, saying, Did not the Lord 
 bring us up from Egypt? but 
 now the Lord hath forsaken us, 
 and delivered us into the hands 
 of the Midianites. 
 
 14 And the Lord looked upon 
 him, and said. Go in this thy 
 might, and thou shalt save Is- 
 rael from the hand of the Midi- 
 anites : have not I sent thee ? 
 
 15 And he said unto him. Oh 
 my Lord, wherewith shall I save 
 Israel? behold, my family is 
 poor in Manasseh, and I am the 
 least in my father's house. 
 
 16 And the Lord said unto 
 him, Surely I will be with thee, 
 and thou shalt smite the Midi- 
 anites as one man. 
 
 17 And he said unto him. If 
 now I have found grace in thy 
 sight, then shew me a sign that 
 thou talkest with me. 
 
 18 Depart not hence, I pray 
 thee, until I come unto thee, and 
 bring forth my present, and set 
 it before thee. And he said, I 
 will tarry until thou come agaui. 
 
 19 IF And Gideon went in, and 
 made ready a kid, and unleaven- 
 ed cakes of an ephah of flour : 
 the flesh he put in a basket, and 
 he put the broth in a pot, and 
 brought it out unto him under 
 the oak, and presented it. 
 
 20 And the angel of God said 
 unto him, Take the flesh and the 
 unleavened cakes, and lay them 
 upon this rock, and pour out the 
 broth. And he did so. 
 
 21 IF Then the angel of the Lord 
 put forth the end of the staff that 
 tvas in his hand, and touched 
 the flesh and the unleavened 
 cakes ; and there rose up fire out 
 of the rock, and consumed the 
 
 02 
 
Gideon is sent 
 
 JUDGES, VI. 
 
 to di'licer Israel. 
 
 flesli and the uuleavened cakeB. 
 Tlicn the anirel oi tlie Louu de- 
 parted out ol" his si^lit. 
 
 22 And wlien (iideon i)erceiv- 
 ed that he wa^- an angel of the 
 Lord, Gideon said, Ahis, O 
 Lord God! for liecauso I liave 
 Been an ang;el of the Lord face 
 to face. 
 
 23 And the Lord said unto liim, 
 Peace he inito thee; fear not: 
 thou shalt not die. 
 
 24 Then Gideon built an altar 
 there unto tlie Lord, and called 
 it Jehovah-shaloni : unto thifi 
 day it is yet in Oi»lu-ah of the 
 Abi-ezrites. 
 
 2o •[ And it came to pass tlie 
 same night, tliat the Lord said 
 unto him. Take thy father's 
 young bullo<k, even the second 
 bullock of seven years old, and 
 tlirow down the altar of Baal 
 that thy iather hath, and cut 
 down the grove that is by it : 
 
 2() And build an altar unto the 
 Lord thy (iod ui)<»n the top of 
 tliis rock, in the ordered ]>lace. 
 and take the second bulhxk, and 
 otler a bunit sacrifice with the 
 wood of the grove which thou 
 shalt cut down. 
 
 27 Then Gideon took ten men 
 of his servants, and did as the 
 Lord had said unto him: and 
 vso it was, because he feared his 
 father's household, and the men 
 of the city, that he could not 
 do it by day, that he did it by 
 night. 
 
 28 H And when the men of the 
 city arose early in the morning, 
 behold, the altar of Baal was 
 cast do\^^l, and the grove was cut 
 down that tvas by it, and the se- 
 cond bullock was offered upon 
 the altar that was built. 
 
 29 And they said one to an- 
 other, AVho hath done this 
 thing? And when they enquir- 
 ed and asked, they said, Gide- 
 on the son of Joash hath done 
 this thing. 
 
 30 Then the men of the city 
 said unto Joash, Brmg out thy 
 son, that he may die : because 
 he hath cast doTMi the altar of 
 
 Bmil, and because he hath cut 
 down the grove that was by it, 
 
 31 And Joash said unto all that 
 stood against hiju, Will ye plead 
 for Baal? will yo save him? ho 
 that will plead for him, let him 
 be put to death whilst it is yet 
 morning : if he be a god, let him 
 plead for himself, because one 
 hath cast down his altar. 
 
 \^1 Therefore on that day he call- 
 ed him Jerubbaal, saynig, Let^ 
 liaal plead against him, becausei 
 he hath thrown down his altar. 
 
 33 •{ Then all the Midianites 
 and the Amalekites and the 
 children of the east were gather- 
 ed together, and went over, and 
 pitched in the valley of Jezreel. 
 
 34 But the Sniiit of the Lord 
 came upon Gideon^ and he blew 
 a trumi>et ; and Abi-ezer w as ga- 
 thered alter him. 
 
 li") And he sent messengers 
 througlumt all Manasseh; who 
 also was gathered after him : and 
 he sent messengers unto Asher, 
 and imto Zebulun, and mito 
 Naphtali ; and they came up to 
 meet them. 
 
 ;^3 *': And Gideon said unto God, 
 If thou wilt save Israel by mine 
 hand, as thou hast said, 
 
 37 Behold, I will put a fleece of 
 wool in the floor ; and if the dew 
 be on the fleece only, and it he 
 dry upon all the earth he side, 
 then shall 1 know that thou wilt 
 save Israel by mine liand, as 
 thou hast said. 
 
 38 And it was so : for he rose up 
 early on the morrow, and thrust 
 the fleece together, and wringed 
 the dew out of the fleece, a bowl 
 full of water. 
 
 39 And Gideon said unto God, 
 Let not thine anger be hot a- 
 gainst me, and I will speak 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 so that night : 
 for it was drj'- upon the fleece 
 only, and there was dew on all 
 the ground. 
 
Gideon's array reduced JUDGES, VII. 
 
 to three hmidred. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 1 Gideon's army of two mid thirty 
 thousaml is hroiiglit to three hun- 
 dred. 9 -He is encouraged hy the 
 dream and interp^-etation of the 
 barley calce. 16 His stratagem of 
 trumpets and lamps in pitchers, 
 24 The Ephraimites take Oreb and 
 Zeeb. 
 TMHEN Jerubbaal, wlio is 
 X Gideon, and all tlie people 
 that were with him, rose up 
 early, and pitched beside the 
 well of Harod : so that the host 
 of the Midianites were on the 
 north side of them, by the hill 
 of Moreh, in the valley. 
 
 2 And the Lord said unto Gi- 
 deon, The people that are with 
 thee are too many for me to give 
 the Midianites into their hands, 
 lest Israel vaunt themselves a- 
 gainst me, saying, Mine ov/n 
 hand hath saved me. 
 
 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim 
 in the ears of the people, saying. 
 Whosoever is fearful and afraid, 
 let him return and depart early 
 from mount Gilead. And there 
 returned of the people twenty 
 and two thousand; and there 
 remained ten thousand. 
 
 4 And the Lord said mito 
 Gideon, The people are yet too 
 many; bring them down unto 
 the water, and I will try them for 
 thee there : and it shall be, that 
 of whom I say unto thee. This 
 shall go with thee, the same shall 
 go with thee ; and of whomsoever 
 I say unto thee. This shall not go 
 with thee, the same shall not go. 
 
 5 So he brought down the peo- 
 ple unto the water : and the Lord 
 said unto Gideon, Every one that 
 lappeth of the water with his 
 tongue, as a dog lappeth, him 
 shalt thou set by himself; like- 
 wise 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 hun- 
 dred men: but all the rest of 
 the people bowed down upon 
 their knees to drink water. 
 
 7 And the Lord said mito Gi- 
 deon, By the three hundred men 
 
 that lapped will I save you, and 
 deliver the Midianites into thine 
 hand : and let all the other peo- 
 ple go every man unto his place. 
 
 8 So the people took victuals in 
 their hand, and then trumpets : 
 and he sent all the rest o/'Israel 
 every man unto his tent, and 
 retained those three hundred 
 men: and the host of Midian 
 was beneath him in the valley. 
 
 9 IF And it came to pass the same 
 night, that the Lord said unto 
 him. Arise, get thee down unto 
 the host ; for I have delivered it 
 into thine hand. 
 
 10 But if thou fear to go down, 
 go thou with Phurah thy ser- 
 vant down to the host : 
 
 11 And thou shalt hear what 
 they say; and afterward shall 
 thine hands be strengthened to 
 go down unto the host. Then 
 went he down with Phurah his 
 servant unto the outside of the 
 armed men that were in the 
 host. 
 
 12 And the Midianites and the 
 Amalekites and all the children 
 of the east lay along in the val- 
 ley like grasshoppers for mul- 
 titude; and their camels were 
 without number, as the sand by 
 the sea side for multitude. 
 
 13 And when Gideon was come, 
 behold, there was a man that 
 told a dream unto his fellow, and 
 said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, 
 and, lo, a cake of barley bread 
 tumbled into the host of Midian, 
 and came unto a tent, and smote 
 it that it fell, and overturned it, 
 that the tent lay along. 
 
 14 And his feUow answered and 
 said, This is nothing else save 
 the sword of Gideon the son of 
 Joash, a man of Israel : for into 
 his hand hath God delivered 
 Midian, and all the host. 
 
 15 H And it was so, when Gi- 
 deon heard the telling of the 
 dream, and the interpretation 
 thereof, that he worshipped, and 
 returned into the host of Israel, 
 and said. Arise; for the Lord 
 hath delivered into your hand 
 the host of Midian. 
 
The MidkinUee JUDGES, VIII 
 
 16 And lie dividod the tliree 
 luindred men into three e<jnipa- 
 nies, and lie put a truinpet in 
 every man's hand, with empty 
 pitchers, and lamps within the 
 pitchere. 
 
 17 And he said unto them, 
 liook on me, and do likewise : 
 and, Ix'hold, when I come to 
 the outside of the camp, it shall 
 be that, as 1 do, so shall ye do. 
 
 18 When I blow with a tnim- 
 l>et, I and all that are with me, 
 then blow ye the trumpets also 
 on every side of all tlie camp, 
 and say. The sword of the Loui», 
 and of Gideon. 
 
 19 1i So (iideon, and the hun- 
 dred men that were with him, 
 came unto the outside of the 
 camp in the l)eginninK of the 
 middle watch ; and tlu^y had 
 l)ut new ly set the watch : and 
 thev blew the trumpets, and 
 brake the pitchei-s that were in 
 their hands. 
 
 20 And the three comi)anies 
 blew the trumpets, and brake 
 the pitchei-s, and held the lamps 
 in their leit hands, and the trum- 
 pets in their rijiht hands to blow 
 ivithal : and they cried. The 
 sword of the Lord, and of Gi- 
 deon. 
 
 21 And they stood every man 
 in liis place round about the 
 camp : and all the host ran, and 
 ci-ied, and fled. 
 
 22 And the three hundred blew 
 the trumpets, and the Lord set 
 every man's sword against his 
 fellow, even throughout all the 
 host : and the host fled to Beth- 
 shittah in Zererath, and to the 
 border of Abel-meholah, mito 
 Tabbath. 
 
 23 And the men of Israel ga- 
 thered themselves together out 
 of Naphtali, and out of Asher, 
 and out of all Manasseh, and 
 pursued after the Midianites. 
 
 24 IF And Gideon sent mes- 
 sengers tliroughout all mount 
 Ephraim, saying, Come down 
 against the IVIidianites, and take 
 before them the waters unto 
 Beth-barah and Jordan. Then 
 
 are put tofliyht. 
 all the men of Ephraim ga- 
 thered themselves together, and 
 t<^K)k the waters unto Beth-ba- 
 rah and Joitlan. 
 2o And they took two prinreg 
 of the Midianit*»p, Orel) and 
 Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon 
 the rock Onb, and Ze«'b thry 
 slew at the winepress of Zeeb, 
 and pursued Midian. and brought 
 the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to 
 Gideon on the other side Jordan. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 1 Giilvon parijieth the EphrnimifeH. 
 4 l^nrrnth ami PtHuel rvfuf<e to re. 
 litrp (wideon's nniiif. 10 Zehah aiul 
 Zuhnuniw. are tuketi. 1.3 Snrcoth 
 and Ptuiiel are denlroj/ed. IK (Ji. 
 deoii revengeth hin Ifrefnren'H death 
 on Zelah and Zahuunnn. 'il lie 
 refusf'th government. 21 IliHephod 
 cauM of idolatry. 28 Midian 8id>. 
 dntd. 29 (iideon'g children, and 
 death. .33 The IttraiiUea' idulalry 
 and ingratitnde. 
 
 AND the men of Ei)hraim 
 . said mi to him, Why hast 
 thou served us thus, tliat thou 
 calledst us not. when thou wjent- 
 est to fight with the Midianites ? 
 And they did cliide with him 
 sharply. 
 
 2 And he said unto them, 
 AN'liat have I done now in com- 
 parison of you ? Is not the glean- 
 ing of the grar)e8 of Ephraim 
 better than the vintage of Abi- 
 ezer ? 
 
 3 God hath delivered into your 
 hands the princes of Midian, 
 Oreb and Zeeb : and what was 
 I able to do in comparison of 
 you? Then their anger was a- 
 
 bated tow ard him, when he liad 
 said that. 
 
 4 H And Gideon came to Jor- 
 dan, and passed over, he, and 
 the three hundred men that 
 were with him, faint, yet pur- 
 suing them. 1 
 
 5 And he said unto the men of I 
 Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves 
 of bread unto the peoj)le that 
 follow me ; for they be faint, and 
 I am pursuing after Zebah and 
 Zalmimna, kings of Midian. 
 
 6 H And the princes of Succoth 
 gaid, Are the hands of Zebah 
 
ZehaJi and 
 
 JUDGES, vm. 
 
 Zalmmina taken. 
 
 and Zalmmina now in tliine 
 hand, that we should give bread 
 unto thine aimy? 
 
 7 And Gideon said, Therefore 
 when the Lord hath dehvered 
 Zebah and Zalmnnna into mine 
 hand, then I will tear your flesh 
 with the thorns of the wilder- 
 ness and with briers. 
 
 8 ![ And he went up thence to 
 Penuel, and spake imto them 
 likewise : and the men of Pe- 
 nuel answered him as the men 
 of Succoth had answered him. 
 
 9 And he spake also unto the 
 men of Penuel, saying, When 
 I come again m pteace, I will 
 break down this tower. 
 
 10 •[ Now Zebah and Zalmunna 
 were in Karkor, and then* hosts 
 with them, about fifteen thou- 
 sand men, all that were left of 
 all the hosts of the childi'en of 
 the east : for there fell an hun- 
 dred and twenty thousand men 
 that drew sword. 
 
 11 ^ And Gideon went up by 
 the way of them that dwelt in 
 tents on the east of Kobah and 
 JogbehaK, and smote the host : 
 for the host was secui^. 
 
 12 And when Zelah and Zal- 
 munna fled, he pursued after 
 them, and took the two kings of 
 Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, 
 and discomfited all the host. 
 
 13 ![ And Gideon the son of 
 Joash returned from battle be- 
 fore the sun was up, 
 
 14 And caught a young man 
 of the men of Succoth, and en- 
 quiied of him : and he described 
 unto him the princes of Succoth, 
 and the elders thereof, even 
 tln-eescore and seventeen men. 
 
 15 And he came unto the men 
 of Succoth, and said, Behold 
 
 . Zebah and Zalmmina, with 
 whom ye did upbraid me, say- 
 ing. Are the hands of Zebah 
 and Zalmunna now in thine 
 hand, that we should give bread 
 unto thy men that are weary? 
 
 16 And he took the eldei^ of the 
 city, and thorns of the wilder- 
 ness and briers, and with them 
 he taught the men of Succoth. 
 
 17 And he beat down the tower 
 of Penuel, and slew the men of 
 the city. 
 
 18 ^ Then said he unto Zebah 
 and Zalm.unna, What manner 
 of men were they whom j^e slew 
 at Tabor? And they answer- 
 ed, As thou art, so were they ; 
 each one resembled the chil- 
 di"en of a king. 
 
 19 And he said. They were 
 my brethren, even the sons of 
 my mother : as the Lose Hveth, 
 if ye had saved them alive, 1 
 would not slay you. 
 
 20 And he said unto Jether his 
 tii*stbom, Up, and slay them. 
 But the youth drew not his 
 swoi-d: for he feared, because 
 he was yet a youth. 
 
 21 Then Zebah and Zal- 
 munna said. Pise thou, and fall 
 upon us: for as the man is, 
 so is his strength. And Gi- 
 deon arose, and slew Zebah and 
 Zahnumia, and took away the 
 ornaments that were on their 
 camels' necks. 
 
 22 IF Then the men of Israel 
 said unto Gideon, Pule thou 
 over us, both thou, and thy 
 son, and thy son's son also : for 
 thou hast dehvered us ft-om the 
 hand of Midian. 
 
 23 And Gideon said imto them, 
 I will not rule over you, neither 
 shall my son rule over you : the 
 LoED shall rule over you. 
 
 24 % And Gideon said unto 
 them, I would desire a request 
 of you, that 5'e would give me 
 eveiy man the earrings of his 
 prey. (For they had golden 
 ^n-ings, because they were Ish- 
 maehtes.) 
 
 25 And they answered. We 
 will willingly give them. And 
 they spread a garment, and did 
 cast therein every man the ear- 
 rings of his prey. 
 
 26 And the weight of the gold- 
 en earrings that he requested 
 was a thousand and seven hun- 
 dred shekels of gold ; beside or- 
 naments, and collars, and purple 
 raiment that wa^ on the kings 
 of Midian, and beside the chains 
 
AIniiielech is 
 
 JUDGES, IX. 
 
 ma<le hiuj. 
 
 that were about their camels' i AND Abimelecli tlie Fon of 
 H«'cks. I ±\_ Jenibba^il went to Slie- 
 
 r And Gid on made an ephod : eliem uni.o liis mother's bre- 
 
 t hereof, and \.nt it in In's city. 
 even in Ophrah : and all Israel 
 went thither a whorinijj after it : 
 wlnV'h thing: Ijeeame a snare un- 
 to Gideon, and to liis house. 
 28 *f Thus was Midian snbilued 
 before the cliildivn of Israel, so 
 tliat they lifted up tlieir heads 
 no more. And the countr>' was 
 in quietness forty years in the 
 diys of Gideon. 
 2i> •[ And Jerubbnal the son 
 (»f Joash went and dwelt in Lis 
 own house. 
 
 'M) And Gitl(3on had tlireesrore 
 and ton sons of his body bei^ot- 
 ton : for he liad many wives. 
 :U And Ids concubine that W(is 
 in Slieehem, she also bare him 
 a son, v/liosc name he called 
 Abimelecli. 
 
 :^2 *I And Gideon the son of 
 Joash died in a ^ood old aire, 
 and wa.s buried in the sepulchre 
 of Joash his father, in Oplu-ah 
 of the Abi-C'zrites. 
 :33 And it came to pass, as soon 
 as Gideon was dead, that the 
 <'hildren of Israel turned a^ain, 
 and went a whorini; after Baa- 
 lim, and made Baal-be rith tlieir 
 •^od. 
 
 ?A And the children of Israel 
 rememlx^red not the Lord their 
 God, who had delivered them 
 <jut of the hands of all their 
 enemies on every side : 
 :35 Neither shewed they kind- 
 ness to the house of Jerubbaal, 
 namely, Gideon, accordinsr to 
 all the goodness which he had 
 shewed unto Israel. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 1 Ahimelech by conspiracy with the 
 Shechemites, mvl murder c/fhis bre- 
 thren, is made king. 7 Jotham by 
 a parable rebnl-eth them, and fore- 
 telletk their ruin. 22 Goal con&pir. 
 eth with the Shechemites against 
 him. ?,0 Zebul revealeth it. 34 Ahi- 
 melech overcorneth them, and soweth 
 the city vnth salt. 4fi He burneth 
 the hold of the god Berith. 50 At 
 Tliebez he is slain by a piece of a 
 miUstone. 56 Joilmm's curse isfuL 
 JilUd, 
 
 thren, and communed with 
 them, and with all the family 
 ()f the hous<3 of liis motlier's 
 father, sayinp:, 
 
 2 Speak, I pray you, in iha 
 ears of all the men of Shechem, 
 Whether is better for you, ei- 
 ther that all tlie sons of Jemb- 
 baal, which are threescore and 
 ten persons, reijoi over you, or 
 that one reij^'u over j*ou? re- 
 meml)cr also that I am your 
 bone and your llesh. 
 
 3 And his mother's bretliren 
 spake of him in the ears of all 
 the mim of Shechem all these 
 words: and tlieir hearts in- 
 <*lined to follow Abimelech; for 
 they said, He is our brother. 
 
 4 And they gave him three- 
 score and ten pieces of silver 
 out of the house of Baal-l>erith, 
 whei-ewith Abimelecli hired vain 
 and li,i,dit persons, wliich follow- 
 ed him. 
 
 5 And he went unto his father's 
 house at Ophrah, and slew his 
 brethren the sons of Jembbaal, 
 bein^ threescore and ten per- 
 sons, upon one stone : notwith- 
 standing yet Jotham tlie yount:- 
 est son of Jerubbaal was left; 
 for he hid himself. 
 
 G And all the men of Shechem 
 gathered together, and all the 
 house of Millo, and went, and 
 made Abimelech king, by the 
 plain of the pillar that was in 
 Shechem. 
 
 7 •[And when they told it to 
 Jotham, he went and stood in 
 the top of mount Gerizim, and 
 lifted up his voice, and cried, 
 and said unto them. Hearken 
 unto me, ye men of Shechem, 
 that God may hearken unto 
 you. 
 
 8 The trees went forth on a 
 time to anoint a king over them ; 
 and they said unto the olive 
 tree. Reign thou over us. 
 
 9 But the olive tree said un- 
 to them. Should I leave my 
 fatne^ wherewith by me they 
 
JotMm^s parable 
 
 JUDGES, IX. 
 
 of the trees. 
 
 honour God and man, and go to 
 be promoted over the tiees ? 
 
 10 And the trees said to the 
 fig tree, Come thou, and reign 
 over us. 
 
 11 But the fig tree said unto 
 them. Should I forsake my 
 
 chem, and from the house of 
 Millo, and derom' Abimelech. 
 
 21 Aiid Jotham ran away, and 
 fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt 
 there, for fear of Abimelech his 
 brother. 
 
 22 IF When Abimelech had 
 
 sweetaess, and my good fruit, reigned thi'ee years over Israel, 
 
 and go to be promoted over the 
 trees? 
 
 12 Then said the trees unto 
 the Tine, Come thou, and reign 
 over us. 
 
 13 And the vine said imto 
 them. Should I leave my wine, 
 which cheereth God and man, 
 and go to be promoted over the 
 trees? 
 
 14 Then said all the trees un- 
 to the bramble, Come thou, and 
 reign over us. 
 
 15 And the bramble said unto 
 the trees. If in truth ye anoint 
 me king over you, then come 
 and put your trust in my sha- 
 dow: and if not, let fire come 
 out of the bramble, and devour 
 the cedars of Lebanon. 
 
 16 Now therefore, if ye have 
 done truly and sincerely, in that 
 ye have made Abimelech king, 
 and if ye have dealt well with 
 Jerubbaal and his house, and 
 have done unto him according 
 to the deserving of his hands ; 
 
 17 (For my father fought for 
 you, and adventured his life far, 
 and delivered you out of the 
 handof Midian:^ 
 
 18 And ye are risen up against 
 my father's house this day, and 
 have slain his sons, threescore 
 and ten persons, upon one stone, 
 and have made Abimelech, the 
 son of his maidservant, king 
 over the men of Shechem, be- 
 cause he is your brother ;) 
 
 19 If ye then have dealt truly 
 and sincerely with Jerubbaal 
 and with his house this day, 
 Ihen rejoice ye in Abimelech, 
 and let him also rejoice in you : 
 
 20 But if not, let fire come out 
 from Abimelech, and devour 
 the men of Shechem, and the 
 house of IVIillo; and let fire 
 come out from the men of She- 
 
 23 Then God sent an evil spi- 
 rit between Abimelech and the 
 men of Shechem ; and the men 
 of Shechem dealt treacherously 
 with Abimelech : 
 
 24 That the cruelty do7ie to the 
 threescore and ten sons of Je- 
 rubbaal might come, and their 
 blood be laid upon Abimelech 
 theii' brother, which slew them ; 
 and upon the men of Shechem, 
 which aided him in the killing 
 of liis bretliren. 
 
 25 And the men of Shechem 
 set Hers in wait for him in the 
 top of the mountains, and they 
 robbed all that came along that 
 way by them: and it was told 
 Abimelech. 
 
 26 And Gaal the son of Ebed 
 came with his brethren, and 
 went over to Shechem : and the 
 men of Shechem put their con- 
 fidence in him. 
 
 27 And they went out into the 
 fields, and gathered their vine- 
 yards, and trode the grapes^ 
 and made merry, and went in- 
 to the house of then god, and 
 did eat and drink, and cursed 
 Abimelech. 
 
 28 And Gaal the son of Ebed 
 said. Who is Abimelech, ai^d 
 who is Shechem, that we should 
 serve him? is not he the son of 
 Jerubbaal? and Zebul his of- 
 ficer? serve the men of Hamor 
 the father of Shechem : for why 
 should we sen^e him ? 
 
 29 And would to God this peo- 
 ple were under my hand ! then 
 would I remove Abimelech. 
 And he said to Abimelech, In- 
 crease thine army, and come out. 
 
 30 IF And when Zebul the ruler 
 of the city heard the words of 
 Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger 
 was kindled. 
 
 31 And he sent messengers 
 
 OS 
 
The Sliechemites 
 
 JUDGES, IX. 
 
 are overcome. 
 
 imto Abimelecli privily, sajing-, 
 Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed 
 and his brethren be come to 8he- 
 chem ; and, behold, they fortify 
 tlie city a2:ainst thee. 
 
 32 Now therefore uji by niji;ht, 
 thou and the people that is with 
 thee, and lie in wait in the field : 
 
 33 And it shall be, that in the 
 morning, as soon as the sun is 
 up, thou shalt rise early, and 
 set iiix)n the city : and, behold, 
 ?vhe;i he and the people that is 
 with him come out against thee, 
 tlien mayest thou do to them as 
 thou shalt find occasion. 
 
 34 If And Abimelech rose up, 
 and all the people that tvere 
 with him, by night, and they 
 laid wait against Shechem in 
 foiu- companies. 
 
 35 And Gaal the son of Ebed 
 went out, and stood in the en- 
 tering of the gate of the city : 
 and Abimelech rose up, and 
 the people that 7vere ^v^th him, 
 from lying in wait. 
 
 36 And when Gaal saw the 
 people, he said to Zebul, Be- 
 hold, there come people do^ni 
 from the top of the mountains. 
 And Zebul said imto him. Thou 
 seest the shadow of the moim- 
 tains as. if they v)ere men. 
 
 37 And Gaal spake again and 
 said, See there come people 
 down by the middle of the land, 
 and another company come a- 
 long by the plain of Meonenim. 
 
 38 Then said Zebul mito 
 him, Where is now thy mouth, 
 wherewitli thou saidst, Who 
 is Abimelech, that we should 
 serve hun ? «> not this the peo- 
 ple that thou hast despised ? go 
 out, I pray now, and fight with 
 them. 
 
 39 And Gaal went out before 
 the men of Shechem, and fought 
 with Abimelech. 
 
 40 And Abimelech chased him, 
 and he fled before him, and 
 many were overthroTvn and 
 wounded, even unto the enter- 
 ing of the gate. 
 
 41 And Abimelech dwelt at 
 Arimiah : and Zebul thrust out 
 
 Gaal and his brethren, that they 
 should not dwell in Shechem. 
 
 42 And it came to pass on the 
 morrow, that the peoi)le went 
 out into the field ; and they told 
 Abimelech. 
 
 43 And he took the people, 
 and divided them into three 
 companies, and laid wait in the 
 field, and looked, and, behold, 
 the j^eople were come foi-th out 
 of the city; and he rose up a- 
 gainst them, and smote them. 
 
 44 And Abimelech, and the 
 company that was with him, 
 rushed forward, and stood in 
 the entering of the gate of the 
 city: and the two other com- 
 panies lan upon all the ])eople 
 that ivere in the fields, and slew J 
 them. ' 
 
 45 And Abimelech fought a- 
 gainst the city all that day ; and 
 he took the city, and slew the 
 people that loas therein, and 
 beat down the city, and sowed 
 it with salt. 
 
 46 1[ And when all the men 
 of the tower of Shechem heard 
 that, they entered into an hold 
 of the house of the god Berith. 
 
 47 And it was told Abimelech, 
 that all the men of the tower 
 of Shechem were gathered to- 
 gether. 
 
 48 And Abimelech gat him w\> 
 to mount Zalmon, he and all 
 the people that were with him ; 
 and Abimelech took an ax in 
 his hand, and cut down a bough 
 from the trees, and took it, and 
 laid it on his shoulder, and said 
 unto the people that ivere with 
 him. What ye have seen me do, 
 make haste, and do as I have 
 done. 
 
 49 And all the people likewise 
 cut down every man his bough, 
 and followed Abimelech, and 
 put them to the hold, and set 
 the hold on fire upon them ; so 
 that all the men of the tower 
 of Shechem died also, about a 
 thousand men and women. 
 
 50 IF Then went Abimelech to 
 Thebez, and encamped agaiust 
 Tkebez, and took it. 
 
. The Ammonites, <^c. 
 
 '- 51 But there was a strong- 
 tower witliin the city, and thi- 
 ther fled all the men and wo- 
 men, and all they of the city, 
 and shut it to them, and gat 
 them up to the top of the tower. 
 
 52 And Abimelech came vmto 
 the tower, and fought against 
 it, and went hard unto the door 
 of the tower to burn it with fire. 
 
 53 And a certain woman cast 
 a piece of a millstone upon Abi- 
 melech's head, and all to brake 
 his scull. 
 
 54 Then he called hastily mi- 
 to the young man his armour- 
 bearer, and said unto him. Draw 
 thy sword, and slay me, that men 
 say not of me, A woman slew 
 him. And liis young man thi'ust 
 Inm tlirough, and he died. 
 
 55 And when the men of Israel 
 saw that Abimelech was dead, 
 they departed every man unto 
 his place. 
 
 . 56 H Thus Gk)d rendered the 
 wickedness of Abimelech, which 
 he did unto his father, in slay- 
 ing his seventy brethren :. 
 57 And all the evil of the men 
 of Shechem did God render 
 upon their heads: and upon 
 them came the curse of Jotham 
 the son of Jerubbaal. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 1 Tola judgeth Israel in Shamir. 3 
 Jair, ivhose thii-tp sons had thirty 
 cities. 6 llie Philistines and Am- 
 monites oppi'ess Israel. 10 In their 
 inisery God sendeth tliem, to their 
 false gods. 15 Upon tlieir repent, 
 ance lie pitieth them. 
 
 AND after Abimelech there 
 . arose to defend Isi"ael Tola 
 the son of Puah, the son of 
 Dodo, a man of Issachar; and 
 he dwelt in Shamii- in mount 
 Ephraim. 
 
 2 And he judged Isi^ael twenty 
 and three yeai^, and died, and 
 was buried in Shamir. 
 
 3 HAnd after him arose Jair, 
 a Gileadite, and judged Israel 
 twenty and two years. 
 
 4 And he had thirty sons that 
 rode on thirty ass colts, and 
 they had thirty cities, which I 
 
 JUDGES, X. oppress Israel. 
 
 are called Havoth-jah unto this 
 day, which are in the land of 
 Gilead. 
 
 5 And Jah died, and was bu- 
 ried in Gamon. 
 
 6 f And the children of Israel 
 did evil again in the sight of the 
 Lord, and served Baalim, and 
 Ashtaroth, and the gcds of Sy- 
 ria, and the gods of Zidon, and 
 the gods of Moab, and the gods 
 of the childi'en of Ammon, and 
 the gods of the Philistines, and 
 forsook the Lord, and served 
 not him. 
 
 7 And the anger of the Lord 
 was hot against Israel, and he 
 sold them into the hands of the 
 Philistines, and into the hands 
 of the children of Amnion. 
 
 8 And that year they vexed 
 and oppressed the children of 
 Israel: eighteen years, all the 
 children of Ismel that ivere on 
 the other side Jordan in the 
 land of the Amorites, which is 
 in Gilead. 
 
 9 Moreover the children of 
 Ammon passed over Jordan to 
 fight also against Judah, and 
 against Benjamin, and against 
 the house of Ephraim ; so that 
 Ismel wa« sore distressed. 
 
 10 % And the children of I«- 
 mel cried unto the Lord, say- 
 ing, V/e have sinned againet 
 thee, both because we have for- 
 saken our God, and also served 
 Baalim. 
 
 11 And the Lord said unto 
 the children of Israel, Did not 
 / deliver you from the Egyp- 
 tians, and from th^ Amorites, 
 from the children of Ammon, 
 and from ihQ Pliilistines ? 
 
 12 The Zidonians also, and the 
 Amalekites, and the Maonites, 
 did oppress you; and ye cried 
 to me, and I delivered you out 
 of their hand. 
 
 13 Yet ye have forsaken me, 
 and served other gods: where- 
 fore I will deliver you no more. 
 
 14 Go and cry unto the gcds 
 which ye have chosen ; let them 
 deliver you in the time of your 
 tribulation. 
 
JephtJiah is JUDGES, XI. 
 
 15 1[ And the cliildren of Israel 
 said unto the Lord, We have 
 sinned : do thou unto us what- 
 soever seeraeth good imto thee ; 
 d^3liver us only, we pray thee, 
 this day. 
 
 16 And they put away the 
 strange gods from among them, 
 and served the Lokd: and his 
 soul was grieved for the miser>' 
 of Israel. 
 
 17 Then the children of Am- 
 nion were gathered together, 
 and encamped in Gilead. And 
 the children of Israel assem- 
 bled thamselves together, and 
 encamped in Mizpeh. 
 
 18 And the people and princes 
 of Gilead said one to another, 
 AV'hat man is he that will begin 
 to fight against the children of 
 
 (^gen captain. 
 
 6 And they said unto Jeph- 
 thah, Come, and be our cai)tain, 
 that we may fight with the chil- 
 dren of Ammon. 
 
 7 And Jephtliah said unto the 
 elders of Gilead, Did not ye 
 hate me, and exi)el me out of 
 my father's hoiiFc ? and why are 
 ye come unto 7ne now when ye 
 ai-e in distress ? 
 
 8 And the elders of Gilead said 
 mito Jephtliah, Therefore we 
 turn again to thee now, that 
 thou niayest go with us, and 
 fight against the childien of 
 Ammon, and be our head over 
 all the inhabitants of Gilead. 
 
 9 And Joi)litliah said unto the 
 elders of Gilead, If ye bring me 
 home again to fight against the 
 children of Ammon, and the 
 
 Amnion? he shall be head over! Lord deliver them before me. 
 
 all the inhabitants of Gilead. 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 1 The covennnt hehceen Jephfhah and 
 the Gileadifefi, that he should be 
 their Jteatl. 12 TJte (reed y of peace 
 between him and the Anihtonitcs is 
 in vain. 29 JephtJiah's vow. 32 
 His conquest of the Ammonites. 34 
 He pcrfornteth his vow on his 
 daughter. 
 
 I^OW Jephthah the Gilead- 
 1\ ite was a mighty man of 
 valour, and he was the son of 
 an harlot: and Gilead begat 
 Jephthah. 
 2 And Gilead's wife bare him 
 sons ; and his wife's sons grew 
 up, and they thrust out Jeph- 
 thah, and said unto him. Thou 
 shalt not inherit in our father's 
 
 shall I be your head ? 
 
 10 And the elders of Gilead 
 said unto Jephthah, The Lor7> 
 be witness between us, if we do 
 not so according to thy words. 
 
 11 Tlien Jephthah went with 
 the elders of Gilead, and the 
 people made him head and cap- 
 tain over them: and Jephthah 
 uttered all his words before the 
 Lord in Mizpeh. 
 
 12 ^And Jephthah sent mes- 
 sengers unto the king of the 
 children of Ammon, saying. 
 What hast thou to do with me, 
 that thou art come against me 
 to fight in my land ? 
 
 13 And the king of the cliil- 
 dren of Ammon answered unto 
 
 house; for thou art the son of the messengers of Jephthah, 
 
 a strange woman. 
 
 3 Then Jephthah fled from 
 his brethren, and dwelt in the 
 land of Tob: and there were 
 gathered vain men to Jephthah, 
 and went out with him. 
 
 4 H And it came to pass in pro- 
 cess of time, that the children 
 of Ammon made war against 
 Israel. 
 
 5 And it was so, that when the 
 
 Because Israel took away my 
 land, when they came up out of 
 Egypt, from Amon even unto 
 Jabbok, and unto Jordan : now 
 therefore restore those lands 
 again peaceably. 
 
 14 And Jephthah sent mes- 
 sengers again unto the king of 
 the children of Ammon : 
 
 15 And said unto him, Thus 
 saith Jephthah, Israel took not 
 
 children of Ammon made war away the land of Moab, nor the 
 against Israel, the elders of Gi- j land of the children of Am* 
 lead went to fetch Jephthah out mon : 
 of the land of Tob : . I 16 But when Israel came up 
 
His emhassy to 
 
 JUDGES, XI. 
 
 tlis Icing of Amnion. 
 
 from Egypt, and walked tkrougli 
 the wilderness unto the Red sea, 
 and came to Kadesh ; 
 
 17 Then Israel sent messen- 
 gers unto the king of Edom, 
 saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass 
 through thy land : but the king 
 of Edom would not hearken 
 thereto. And in like manner 
 they sent unto the king of Moab : 
 but he would not consent : and 
 Israel abode in Kadesh. 
 
 18 Then they went along 
 through the wilderness, and 
 compassed the land of Edom, 
 and the land of Moab, and came 
 by the east side of the land of 
 Moab, and pitched on the other 
 side of Arnon, but came not 
 withui the border of Moab : for 
 Arnon was the border of Moab. 
 
 19 And Israel sent messengers 
 imto Sihon king of the Amorites, 
 the Idng of Heshbon ; and Israel 
 said unto him. Let us pass, we I 
 pray thee, thi'ough thy land in- 
 to my place. 
 
 20 But Sihon trusted not Israel 
 to pass through his coast: but 
 Sihon gathered all his people 
 together, and pitched in Jahaz, 
 and fought against Israel. 
 
 21 And the Lord God of Israel 
 delivered Sihon and all liis peo- 
 ple into the hand of Israel, and 
 they smote them : so Israel pos- 
 sessed all the land of the A- 
 morites, the inhabitants of that 
 country. 
 
 22 And they possessed all the 
 coasts of the Amorites, from 
 Arnon even unto Jabbok, and 
 from the wilderness even unto 
 Jordan. 
 
 23 So now the Lord God of 
 Israel hath dispossessed the A- 
 morites from before liis people 
 Israel, and shouldest thou pos- 
 sess it ? 
 
 24 Wilt not thou possess that 
 which Chemosh thy god giveth 
 thee to possess ? So whomsoever 
 the Lord our God shall drive 
 out from before us, them will 
 we possess. 
 
 25 And now art thou any thing 
 better than Balak the son of 
 
 Zippor, king of Moab? did he 
 ever strive against Israel, or did 
 he ever fight against them, 
 
 26 While Israel dwelt in Hesh- 
 bon and her towns, and in Aroer 
 and her towns, and in all the 
 cities that be along by the coasts 
 of Arnon, three hundred years? 
 why therefore did ye not recover 
 them within that time ? 
 
 27 Wherefore I have not sin- 
 ned against thee, but thou doest 
 me wrong to war against me : 
 the Lord the Judge be judge 
 this day between the children 
 of Israel and the children of 
 Ammon. 
 
 28 Howbeit the king of the 
 children of Ammon hearkened 
 not unto the words of Jephthali 
 which he sent him. 
 
 29 IF Then the Spirit of the 
 Lord came upon Jephthah, and 
 he passed over Gilead, and Ma- 
 
 I nasseh, and passed over Mizpeh 
 I of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of 
 
 Gilead he passed over unto the 
 
 children of Ammon. 
 
 30 And Jephthah vowed a vow 
 imto the Lord, and said. If 
 thou shalt without fail deliver 
 the (jhildi'en of Ammon into 
 mine hands, 
 
 31 Then it shall be, that what- 
 soever Cometh forth of the doors 
 of my house to meet me, when 
 I return in peace from the chil- 
 dren of Ammon, shall surely be 
 the Lord's, and I will ofier it up 
 for a burnt offering. 
 
 32 IF So Jephthali passed over 
 unto the children of Ammon 
 to fight against them; and the 
 Lord delivered them into his 
 hands. 
 
 33 And he smote them from 
 Aroer, even till thou come to 
 Minnith, even twenty cities, 
 and unto the plain of the vine^ 
 yards, with a very great slaugh- 
 ter. Thus the children of Am- 
 mon were subdued before the 
 children of Israel. 
 
 34 IF And Jephthah came to 
 Mizpeh unto his house, and, 
 behold, his daughter came out 
 to meet him with timbrels and 
 
The Ephraimites JUDGES, XII. 
 
 with dances: and she 7vas his 
 only child; beside lier he had 
 neither son nor daughter. 
 
 *^ And it came to pass, when 
 he saw her, that he rent liis 
 clothes, and said, Alas, ray 
 daughter! thou hast brought 
 me very low, and thou art one 
 of them that trouble me : for I 
 have opened my mouth unto the 
 Lord, and I cainiot go bark. 
 
 3G And she said unto him, My 
 lather, if thou hast opened thy 
 
 quarrel tcith JephOtah. 
 
 thee ? we will bum thine house 
 upon thee with fire. 
 
 2 And Jephthah said unto 
 them, I and my people were at 
 great strife with the children of 
 Ammon; and when I called i 
 you, ye delivered me not out of f 
 their hands. ' 
 
 3 And when I saw that ye de- 
 livered me not, I put my life in 
 my hands, and passed over a- 
 gaiust the children of Ammon, 
 and the Lord delivered them 
 
 mouth unto the Lord, do to into ray hand: wherefore then . 
 me according k) that which hath ; are ye come up imto me this 
 
 proceeded out of thy mouth 
 forasmuch as the Lord hath 
 taken vengeance for thee of 
 thine enemies, even of the chil- 
 dren of Ammon. 
 
 37 And she said unto her father, 
 Let this thmg be done for me : 
 let me alone two months, that I 
 may go up and down upon the 
 mountains, and bewail my vir- 
 ginity, I and my fellows. 
 
 38 And he said. Go. And he 
 sent her away for two months : 
 and she went with her compa- 
 nions, and bewailed her virgin- 
 ity upon the mountains. 
 
 39 And it came to pass at the 
 end of two months, that she re- 
 turned unto her father, who did 
 with her according' to his vow 
 which he had vowed : and she 
 knew no man. And it was a 
 custom in Isi-ael, 
 
 40 That the daughters of Is- 
 rael went yearly to lament the 
 daughter of Jephthah the Gi- 
 leadite foiu" days in a year. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 1 The Ephraimites, qnarreUlng with 
 Jephthah, and discerned by Shibbo- 
 leth, are slain by the Gilectdites. 7 
 Jephthah dieth. 8 Ibzan, who had 
 thirty sons and thirty daughters, 
 11 and Elon, 13 and Abdon, who 
 had forty sons and thirty nepheios, 
 judged Israel. 
 
 AND the men of Ephraim 
 _ gathered themselves toge- 
 ther, and went northward, and 
 said unto Jephthah, Wherefore 
 passedst thou over to fight a- 
 gainst the children of Ammon 
 
 day, to fight against rae ? 
 
 4 Then Jephthah gathered to- 
 gether all the men of Gilead. 
 and fought with Ephraim : and 
 the men of Gilead smote Epli- 
 raim, because they said. Ye Gi- 
 leadites are fugitives of Eph- 
 mim among the Ei)hraimites, 
 a?id among the Manassites. 
 
 5 And the Gileadites took the 
 passages of Jordan before the 
 Ephraimites : and it was so, that 
 when those Epliraimites wliich 
 were escaped said. Let rae go 
 over; that the men of Gilead 
 said unto him. Art thou an 
 Ephraimite? If he said. Nay; 
 
 6 Then said they unto him, kSay 
 now Shibboleth : and he said Sib- 
 boleth : for he could not frame 
 to pronounce it right. Then they 
 took him, and slew him at the 
 passages of Jordan: and there 
 fell at that time of the Ephraim- 
 ites forty and two thousand. 
 
 7 And Jephthah judged Israel 
 six years. Then died Jephthah 
 the Gileadite, and was buried in 
 one of the cities of Gilead. 
 
 8 1[ And after him Ibzan of 
 Beth-lehem judged Israel. 
 
 9 And he had thirty sons, and 
 thirty daughters, whom he sent 
 abroad, and took in thirty daugh- 
 ters from abroad for liis sons. 
 And he judged Israel seven 
 years. 
 
 10 Then died Ibzan, and was 
 buried at Beth-lehem. 
 
 11 H And after him Elon, a Ze- 
 bulonite, judged Israel ; and he 
 
 and didst not call us to go with judged Israel ten years. 
 
An angel appearefh 
 
 12 And Elon the Zebulonite 
 died, and was buried in Aijalon 
 in the conntry of Zebnlnn. 
 
 13 ^ And after Mm Abdon 
 the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, 
 judged Israel. 
 
 14 And he had forty sons and 
 thuiy nephews, that rode on 
 threescoie and ten ass colts : and 
 he judged Israel eight years. 
 
 15 And Abdon the son of Hil- 
 lel the Pirathonite died, and was 
 biuied in Phathon in the land 
 of Ephraim, in the mount of the 
 Amalekites. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 1 Israel is in tlie hand of the Philis- 
 tines. 2 An angel appeareth to Ma- 
 noah's wife. 8 The angel appeareth 
 to Manoah. 15 Manoah's sacrifice, 
 tvhereby the angel is discovered. 24 
 Sa7)ison is horn. 
 
 AND the children of Israel 
 . did e^il again in the sight 
 of the Lord ; and the Lord de- 
 livered them into the hand of 
 the Philistines forty years. 
 
 2 1[ And there was a certain 
 man of Zorah, of the family of 
 the Danites, whose name was 
 Manoah ; and his wife was bar- 
 ren, and bare not. 
 
 3 And the angel of the Lord 
 appeared tmto the woman, and 
 said unto her. Behold now, thou 
 art barren, and bearest not : but 
 thou shalt conceive, and bear a 
 son. 
 
 4 Now therefore beware, I pray 
 thee, and drink not wine nor 
 strong drink, and eat not any 
 unclean thing : 
 
 5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, 
 and bear a son; and no razor 
 shall come on his head : for the 
 child shall be a Nazarite unto 
 God from the womb: and he 
 shall begin to deliver Israel out 
 of the hand of the Philistines. 
 
 6 1[ Then the woman came and 
 told her husband, saying, A man 
 of God came unto me, and his 
 countenance was like the coun- 
 tenance of an angel of God, very 
 terrible : but I asked him not 
 whence he was, neither told he 
 me his name : 
 
 JUDGES, XIII. to 3Ianoah's tvife. 
 
 7 But he said unto me, Behold, 
 thou shalt conceive, and bear a 
 son ; and now diink no wme nor 
 strong drink, neither eat any un- 
 clean thing : for the child shall 
 be a Nazarite to God from the 
 womb to the day of his death. 
 
 8 H Then Manoah intreated the 
 Lord, and said, O my Lord, let 
 the man of God which thou didst 
 send come again imto us, and 
 teach us what we shall do unto 
 the child that shall be bom. 
 
 9 And God hearkened to the 
 voice of Manoah; and the angel 
 of God came again unto the wo- 
 man as she sat in the field : but 
 Manoah her husband was not 
 with her. 
 
 10 And the woman made haste, 
 and ran, and shewed her hus- 
 band, and said unto him. Behold, 
 the man hath appeared unto me, 
 that came unto me the other day, 
 
 11 And Manoah arose, and 
 went after his wife, and came 
 to the man, and said unto him, 
 A7't thou the man that spakest 
 imto the woman? And he said, 
 I am. 
 
 12 And Manoah said, Now let 
 thy words come to pass. How 
 shall we order the child, and 
 how shall w^e do unto him ? 
 
 13 And the angel of the Lord 
 said unto Manoah, Of all that 
 I said unto the woman let her 
 beware. 
 
 14 She may not eat of any 
 thing that cometh of the vine, 
 neither let her drink wine or 
 strong diink, nor eat any un- 
 clean thing: all that I com- 
 manded her let her observe. 
 
 15 ^ And Manoah said unto the 
 angel of the Lord, I pray thee, 
 let us detain thee, until we shall 
 have made ready a kid for thee. 
 
 16 And the angel of the Lord 
 said unto Manoah, Though thou 
 detain me, I wdll not eat of thy 
 bread : and if thou wilt oifer a 
 burnt offering, thou must offer 
 it unto the Lord. For Manoah 
 knew not that he was an angel 
 of the Lord. 
 
 17 And Manoah said mito the 
 
Samson is horn. 
 
 JUDGES, XIV. 
 
 He kUleih a lion. 
 
 anpel of the Lord, What i^ thy 
 name, that when tliy fiayiiiys 
 come to pass we may do thee 
 honom- ? 
 
 18 And the anisel of the Lord 
 said unto him, Wliy askest thou 
 thus after my name, seeing it is 
 secret? 
 
 19 So Manoah took a kid with 
 a meat olferinp:, and otiered it 
 upon a rock unto tlie Lord : and 
 the an^el did wonderously ; and 
 Manoah and his wife looked on. 
 
 20 For it came to pass, when 
 the flame went up toward hea- 
 ven from oft' the aUar, that the 
 angel of the Lord ascended in 
 the flame of the altar. And 
 Manoah and his wife looked on 
 it, and fell on their faces to the 
 ground. 
 
 21 But the angel of the Lord 
 did no more appear to Manoah 
 and to his wife. Then Manoah 
 knew that he was an angel of 
 the Lord. 
 
 22 And Manoah said unto his 
 wife. We shall surely die, be- 
 cause we have seen God. 
 
 23 But his wife said mito him, 
 If the Lord were pleased to kill 
 us, he would not have received 
 a bunit oflering and a meat ofler- 
 ing at our hands, neither would 
 he have shewed us all these , 
 things, nor would as at this j 
 time have told us such things 
 as these. I 
 
 24 H And the woman bare a son, 
 and called his name Samson: 
 and the child grew, and the 
 Lord blessed him. 
 
 25 And the Spirit of the Lord 
 began to move him at times in 
 the camp of Dan between Zo- 
 rah and Eshtaol. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 1 Samson desirefh a wife of the Phi- 
 listines. 5 In his journey he killeth 
 a lion. S In a second journey he 
 Jindeth honey in the carcase, lo 
 Samson's marriage feast. 12 His 
 riddle hy his wife is made known. 
 19 He spoileth thirty Philistines. 20 
 His wife is married to another. 
 
 AND Samson went down to 
 . Timnath, and saw a woman 
 
 in Timnath of the daughters 
 of the I^hilistines. 
 
 2 xVnd he came up, and told 
 his father and his mother, and 
 said, I have seen a woman in 
 Timnath of the daughters of the 
 Philistines: now therefore get 
 her for me to wife. 
 
 3 Then his father and his mo- 
 ther said unto him, Is there ne- 
 ver a woman among the daugh- 
 ters of thy brethren, or among 
 all my people, that thou goest 
 to take a wife of the uncircum- 
 cised Pliilistines? And Samson 
 
 I said unto his father. Get her for 
 me ; for she pleasetli me well. 
 I 4 I3ut his father and liis mo- 
 I ther knew not tliat it was of the 
 I Lord, that he sought an occa- 
 sion against the Philistines : foi* 
 at that time the Philistines had 
 ! dominion over Israel. 
 I 5 1[ Then went Samson down, 
 and his lather and his mother, 
 to Timnath, and came to the 
 vineyards of Timnath : and, be- 
 hold, a young lion roared against 
 him. 
 
 6 And the Spirit of the Lord 
 came mightily upon him, and 
 he rent him as he would have 
 rent a kid, and he had nothing 
 in his hand : but he told not his 
 father or liis mother what he had 
 done. 
 
 7 And he went down, and talk- 
 ed with the woman; and she 
 pleased Samson well. 
 
 8 ^ And after a time he return- 
 ed to take her, and he turned a- 
 side to see the carcase of the lion : 
 and, behold, there was a swarm 
 of bees and honey in the carcase 
 of the lion. 
 
 9 And he took thereof in his 
 hands, and went on eating, and 
 came to liis 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 carcase of the lion. 
 
 10 1[ So his father went down 
 unto the woman: and Samson 
 made there a feast ; for so used 
 the young men to do. 
 
 11 And it came to pass, when 
 
they saw him, that they brought 
 thirty companions to be with 
 him. 
 
 12 ^ And Samson said unto 
 them, I will now put forth a 
 riddle unto you : if ye can cer- 
 tainly declare it lae within the 
 seven days of the feast, and find 
 it out, then I will give you thir- 
 ty sheets and thiiiy change of 
 garments : 
 
 13 But if ye cannot declare it 
 me, then shall ye give me thir- 
 ty sheets and thirty change of 
 
 . garments. And they said unto 
 him, Put forth thy riddle, that 
 we may hear it. 
 
 14 And he said unto them, Out 
 of the eater came forth meat, 
 and out of the strong came forth 
 sweetness. And they could not 
 in three days expound the rid- 
 
 15 And it came to pass on the 
 seventh day, that they said un- 
 to Samson's wife. Entice thy 
 husband, that he may declare 
 unto us the riddle, lest we bum 
 thee and thy father's house with 
 fire : have ye called us to take 
 that we have ? is it not so 9 
 
 16 And Samson's wife wept be- 
 fore him, and said, Thou dost 
 but hate me, and lovest me not : 
 thou hast put forth a riddle unto 
 the children of my people, and 
 hast not told it me. And he said 
 unto her. Behold, I have not 
 told it my father nor my mo- 
 ther, and shall I tell it thee ? 
 
 17 And she wept before him 
 the seven days, while their feast 
 lasted: and it came to pass on 
 the seventh day, that he told 
 her, because she lay sore upon 
 him : and she told the riddle to 
 the children of her people. 
 
 18 And the nien of the city said 
 luito him on the seventh day be- 
 fore the sun went down. What is 
 sweeter than honey? and what 
 is stronger than a lion ? And he 
 said unto them. If ye had not 
 plowed with my heifer, ye had 
 not found out my riddle. 
 
 19 1[ And the Spirit of the Lord 
 came upon him, and he went 
 
 JUDGES, XV. He is denied Ms wife, 
 
 down to Ashkelon, and slew 
 thirty men of them, and took 
 their spoil, and gave change of 
 garments unto them which ex- 
 pounded the riddle. And his 
 anger was kindled, and he went 
 up to his father's house. 
 20 But Samson's wife was given 
 to his companion, whom he had 
 used as his friend. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 1 Samson is denied ?tis wife. 3 He 
 burmtJi the Philistines' corn with 
 foxes and firebrands. 6 His wife 
 and. her father are btirnt by the Pni- 
 lisfines. 7 Samson smiteth them hip 
 and thigh. 9 He is bound by the men 
 of Judah, and delivered to the Phi- 
 listines. 11 He MUetJi them with a 
 jawbone. 18 God ma}:eth the foun- 
 tain En-haM-&re for him in Lehi. 
 
 BUT it came to pass within 
 a while after, in the time 
 of wheat harvest, that Samson 
 visited his wife with a kid ; and 
 he said, I will go in to my wife 
 into the chamber. But her fa- 
 ther would not suffer him to 
 go in. 
 
 2 And her father said, I verily 
 thought that thou hadst utterly 
 hated her; therefore I gave her 
 to thy companion: is not her 
 younger sister fairer than she? 
 take her, I pray thee, instead 
 of her. 
 
 3 IF And Samson said concern- 
 ing them, Now shall I be more 
 blameless than the Philistines, 
 though I do them a displeasure. 
 
 4 And Samson went and caught 
 tliree hundred foxes, and took 
 firebrands, and turned tail to 
 tail, and put a firebrand in the 
 midst between two tails. 
 
 5 And when he had set the 
 brands on fire, he let them go 
 into the standing com of the 
 Philistines, and burnt up both 
 the shocks, and also the stand- 
 ing corn, Tvith the vineyards and 
 olives. 
 
 6 If Then the PhiListines said, 
 Who hath done this ? And they 
 answered, Samson, the son in 
 law of the Timnite, because he 
 had taken his wife, and given 
 her to his companion. And the 
 
Sam6an*8feai8 JUDGES, XVI 
 
 Philistines rame up, and burnt 
 her and lier fatlier witli fire. 
 
 7 HAnd .Samson Siiid unto them, 
 Though ye have done tliis, yet 
 will I be avenged of you, and 
 after that I will ceape. 
 
 S And he 8nu»t43 them hip and 
 thigh with a great slaughter: 
 and he went down and dwelt in 
 the top of the rock Etam. 
 
 \^ H Then the Philistines went 
 up, and pitched in Judidi, and 
 spread themselves in Lehi. 
 
 10 And the men of Judah said, 
 Why are ye come up against us? 
 And they answered, To bin<i 
 Samson are we come up, to do 
 to him as he liath doni; to us. 
 
 11 Then three thousjuid men 
 of Judah went to the top of the 
 rtx'k Etam, and sjiid to Samson, 
 Knowest thou not that the Phi- 
 listines are rulers over us? what 
 is this ffifit thou hai«t done unto 
 us? And he said unto them. As 
 they did unto me, so liave I done 
 unto them. 
 
 12 And they said unto him. We 
 are come down to bind thee, that 
 we may deliver thee into the 
 hand of the Philistines. And 
 Samson said unto them, Swear 
 unto me, that ye \^ill not fall 
 upon me yourselves. 
 
 13 And they spake unto him. 
 
 qf strength. 
 
 17 And it came to pass, when 
 he had made an ena of speak- 
 ing, that he cast away the jaw- 
 bone out of his hand, and called 
 that place Pamath-lehi. 
 IS 11 And he was sore athirst. 
 and called on the Lord, and 
 siud. Thou liast given this great 
 deliverance into the hand of thy 
 servant : and now shall I die lor 
 thirst, and fall into the hand of 
 the uncircumcised? 
 11) But God clave an hollow 
 place that tcaji in the jaw, and 
 there came water thereout ; and 
 when he had dnnik, his spirit 
 came again, and he revived: 
 wherefon^ he called the name 
 thereof En-hakkore, which is 
 in Lehi unto this day. 
 20 And he judtjed fsrael in the 
 days of the Philistines twenty 
 years. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 1 Sammu at Gaza earajtrth, and rnr- 
 rifith nirnii the gatex of the city. 
 4 Delilah, cormnted b if the Philis- 
 tiues, entireth SavuHni. (! Thrice 
 she is d'ceived. 15 At last nhe over- 
 comtth hitu. 21 Tlir PhiUftfin/'s take 
 him, awl put out his eyen. 22 His 
 strength renetcing, he pulleth down 
 the house ujxm the PhilistiwH, aiid 
 dii'th. 
 
 rilHEN went Samson to Gaza, 
 X and saw there an harlot, and 
 
 gaying. No; but we will bind ; went in unto her. 
 
 thee fast, and deliver thee into 
 their hand: but surely we will 
 not kill thee. And they bound 
 him with two new cords, and 
 brought him up from the rock. 
 14: ^ And when he came unto 
 Lehi, the Philistines shouted 
 against him : and the Spirit of , shall kill him 
 the LoED came mightily upon | 3 And Samson lay till 
 
 2 And it ivas told the Gazites, 
 saying, Samson is come hither. 
 And they compassed him in, and 
 laid wait for him all night in the 
 gate of the city, and were quiet 
 all the night, saying. In the 
 morning, when it is day, we 
 
 mid- 
 
 him, and the cords that were night, and arose at midniglit, 
 upon his anus became as flax and took the doors of the gate 
 that was burnt with Are, and his of the city, and the two posts, 
 bands loosed from oflf hie Imnds. ; and went away with them, bar 
 15 And he found a new jaw- J and all, and put them upon his 
 bone of an ass, and put forth ; shoulders, and carried them up 
 his hand, and took it, and slew , to the top of an hill that is be- 
 
 a thousand men therewith. 
 16 And Samson said, With the 
 
 fore Hebron. 
 4 % And it came to pass after- 
 
 jawbone of an ass, heaps upon ward, that he loved a woman 
 heaps, with the jaw of an ass in the valley of Sorek, whose 
 have I slain a thowand men. 1 name was Delilali. 
 
DelUaKs falsehood. 
 
 JUDGES, XVI. 
 
 Samson's Uindness. 
 
 5 And the lords of the Pliilis- 
 tines came up unto her, and 
 said unto her. Entice him, and 
 see wherein his great strength 
 lieth, and by what means we 
 may prevail against him, that 
 we may bind him to afflict 
 him: and we will give thee 
 every one of us eleven hundred 
 pieces of silver. 
 
 ; 6 ^ And Delilah said to Sam- 
 son, Tell me, I pray thee, where- 
 in thy great strength lieth, and 
 . wherewith thou mightest be 
 ' bound to afflict thee. 
 
 7 And Samson said unto her, 
 : If they bind me with seven 
 ' green withs that were never 
 t dried, then shall I be weak, 
 
 and be as another man. 
 i 8 Then the lords of the Phi- 
 listines brought up to her seven 
 green withs which had not been 
 dried, and she bound him with 
 them. 
 
 9 Now there were men lying 
 in wait, abiding with her in the 
 chamber. And she said unto 
 Mm, The Philistines he upon 
 , thee, Samson. And he brake 
 the withs, as a thread of tow 
 is broken when it toucheth the 
 fire. So his strength was not 
 known. 
 ' 10 And Delilah said unto Sam- 
 son, Behold, thou hast mocked 
 1 me, and told me lies : now tell 
 me, I pray thee, wherewith thou 
 ^ mightest be bound. 
 I 11 And he said unto her, If 
 they bind me fast with new 
 j ropes that never were occupied, 
 7 then shall I be weak, and be as 
 
 another man. 
 I 12 Delilah therefore took new 
 ropes, and bound him there- 
 ' with, and said unto him. The 
 \ Philistines he upon thee, Sam- 
 ij son. And there were liers in 
 I wait abiduig in the chamber. 
 % And he brake them from off 
 . his arms like a thread, 
 i 13 And Delilah said unto Sam- 
 ' son, Hitherto thou hast mock- 
 : ed me, and told me lies: tell 
 -< me wherewith thou mightest 
 be bound. And he said unto 
 
 her, If thou weavest the seven 
 locks of my head with the web. 
 
 14 And she fastened it with 
 the piQ, and said unto him, 
 The Philistmes he upon thee, 
 Samson. And he awaked out 
 of his sleep, and went away 
 with the pin of the beam, and 
 with the web. 
 
 15 H And she said unto him. 
 How canst thou say, I love 
 thee, when thine heart is not 
 with me? thou hast mocked 
 me these three times, and hast 
 not told me wherein thy great 
 strength lieth. 
 
 16 And it came to pass, when 
 she pressed him daily vdth her 
 words, and urged him, so that 
 his soul was vexed unto death ; 
 
 17 That he told her aU his 
 heart, and said unto her. There 
 hath not come a razor upon 
 mine head; for I have been a 
 Nazarite unto God from my 
 mother's womb : if I be shaven, 
 then my strength will go from 
 me, and I shall become weak, 
 and be like any other man. 
 
 18 And when Delilah saw that 
 he had told her all his heart, 
 she sent and called for the lords 
 of the PhiUstines, saying. Come 
 up this once, for he hath shew- 
 ed me all his heart. Then the 
 lords of the Philistines came up 
 unto her, and brought money in 
 their hand. 
 
 19 And she made him sleep 
 upon her knees ; and she called 
 for a man, and she caused him 
 to shave off the seven locks of 
 his head; and she began to af- 
 flict him, and his strength went 
 from him. 
 
 20 And she said, The Philis- 
 tines he upon thee, Samson. 
 And he awoke out of his sleep, 
 and said, I will go out as at 
 other times before, and shake 
 myself. And he wist not that 
 the LoBD was departed from 
 him. 
 
 21 IF But the Philistines took 
 him, and put out his eyes, and 
 brought him down to Gaza, and 
 bound him with fetters of brass ; 
 
Sam8on*6 death. 
 
 JUDGES, XVII. 
 
 Mieah's ulohttru. 
 
 Mild lie did j^rind in the prison : the dead wliirli Jic plew at liis 
 lionw. (lentil voro more than thej/ 
 
 '22 Howbeit the hair of hw I >vhi<li he slew in his lit'*', 
 head be^'un to grow again alter j 'M Then hw brethren and all 
 he was shaven. 
 
 23 Then the lords of the Phi- 
 listines Leathered them to^'ether 
 for to otl'er a ^RMit saeritice un- 
 to Dajron their j,'(>tl, and to re- 
 joice: for they said. Our trod 
 hath delivered Sanison oiir ene- 
 my into our hand. 
 
 24 And when the people saw 
 him, thev i)rais<Ml their pofl : for 
 they siiid, ()ur god hath deliNer- 
 ed into our hands our enemy, 
 and the destroyer of our conn- 
 tr>-, whieh slew many of us. 
 
 25 Aiul it came to pass, when 
 their hearts were merr>', that 
 they said. Call for Sanison, 
 that he may make us sport. 
 And they called for Samson 
 out of tlie i)nson house; and 
 lie made them sport: and they 
 s<'t him Ix'tween the [lillars. 
 
 2() And Samson said unto the 
 lad tliat held him by the hand. 
 Sutler me that I may feel the pil- 
 lars whereup(m the house stand- 
 <'th, that I may lean upon them. 
 
 27 Now the house was full of 
 men and women : and all the 
 lords of the Philistines were 
 there; and there tvere ujKm the 
 roof about three thousand men 
 and women, that beheld while 
 Samson made sjjort. 
 
 28 And Samson called unto the 
 Lord, and said, O Lord God, 
 remember me, I pray thee, and 
 strengthen me, I pray thee, only 
 this once, O God, that I may 
 be at once avenged of the Phi- 
 listines for my two eyes. 
 
 the house of his father came 
 <lown, and took him, and 
 l»rought him up, and buried 
 him iK'twiM'ii Zorali and Ksh- 
 taol in the burjingplace of Ma- 
 noah his father. And he judged 
 Israel twenty years. 
 
 CH.U^TER XVII. 
 1 Of the moneij that MicuhfitfU nlol^, 
 then rtstortd, his mother mulclh 
 iiiutgen, 6 and he ortmuwntH for 
 them. 7 He hireth a Levite to be 
 his priest. 
 
 AN D there wan a man of 
 mount Enhraim, whose 
 name was Micafi. 
 
 2 And he said nnto his mo- 
 ther. The eleven hnndn'd she- 
 kels of silver that were taken 
 from thee, about which thou 
 cursedst, and spakest of also in 
 mine ears, behold, the silver is 
 with me; I took it. And his 
 mother said, Blessed be thou of 
 the Lord, my son. 
 
 3 And when he had restored 
 the eleven hundred shekels of 
 silver to his mother, his mother 
 said, I had wholly dedicated 
 the silver unto the Lord from 
 my hand for my son, to make 
 a graven image and a molten 
 image : now therefore I will 
 restore it unto thee. 
 
 4 Yet he restored the money 
 nnto his mother; and his mo- 
 ther took two hundred shekels 
 of silver, and gave them to the 
 founder, who made thereof a 
 graven image and a molten 
 image : and they were in the 
 
 29 And Samson took hold of house of Micah. 
 the two middle pillars upon 5 And the man Micah had an 
 which the house stood, and on house of gods, and made an 
 which it was borne up, of the i ephod, and teraphim, and con- 
 one with hie right hand, and of j secrated one of his sons, who 
 the other with his left. became his priest. 
 
 30 And Samson said, Let me i 6 In those days there was no 
 die with the Philistines. And i king in Israel, but every man 
 he bowed himself with all his ' did that which was right in his 
 
 might; and the house fell up- 
 on the lords, and upon all the I 
 
 own eyes. 
 7 If And there was 
 
 a young 
 
 people that were therein. So ' man out of Beth-lehem-judah 
 
The Danites 
 
 JUDGES, XVIII. 
 
 seek an inlieritance. 
 
 of the family of Judah, who 
 luas a Le^ite, and he sojourned 
 there. 
 
 8 And the man departed out 
 of the city from Beth-lehem- 
 judah to sojourn where he could 
 find a place: and he came to 
 moimt Ephi-aim to the house 
 of Micah, as he journeyed. 
 
 9 And iNIicah said unto him, 
 Whence comest thou? And he 
 said unto him, I am a Levite of 
 Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to 
 sojourn where I may iind a 
 place. 
 
 10 And Micah said unto him. 
 Dwell with me, and be unto 
 me a father and a priest, and 
 I will give thee ten shekels of 
 silver by the year, and a suit of 
 aoparel,^ and thy yictuals. So 
 the Levite went in. 
 
 11 And the Levite was content 
 to dwell with the man ; and the 
 young man was unto him as one 
 of his sons. 
 
 12 And Micah consecrated the 
 Levite; and the young man be- 
 came his priest, and was in the 
 
 i house of Micah. 
 \ 13 Then said Micah, Now 
 ' know I that the Loed will do 
 , me good, seeing I have a Levite 
 \ to my priest. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 [j 1 The Danites send five men to seeJc 
 [| out an inheritance. 3 At the house 
 of Micah they consult with Jona- 
 j than, a}id are encouraged in their 
 way. 7 They search Laish, and 
 bring hack news of good hope. 11 
 Six hundred men are sent to sur- 
 prise it. 14: In the way they rob 
 micah of his priest and his conse- 
 p) crate things. 27 Tliey win Laish, 
 i mid call it Dan. 30 TJiey set up 
 ^ idolatry, wherein Jonathan inhe- 
 1 rited the priesthood. 
 
 \ XN those days there was no 
 ^ JL king in Israel : and in those 
 '; days the tribe of the Danites 
 sought them an inheritance to 
 dwell in ; for unto that day all 
 ! their inheritance had not fallen 
 i unto them among the tribes of 
 
 Israel. 
 , 2 And the children of Dan 
 \ sent of their family five men 
 
 from their coasts, men of va- 
 lour, from Zorah, and from 
 Eshtaol, to spy out the land, 
 and to search it ; and they said 
 unto them, Go, search the land : 
 who when they came to mount 
 Ephi-aim, to the house of Mi- 
 cah, they lodged there. 
 
 3 When they were by the 
 house of Micah, they knew the 
 voice of the young man the 
 Levite : and they turned in 
 thither, and said unto him, 
 AVho brought thee hither? and 
 what makest thou in this place ^ 
 and what hast thou here ? 
 
 4 And he said unto them. 
 Thus and thus dealeth Micah 
 with me, and hath hired me, 
 and I am his priest. 
 
 5 And they said unto him. 
 Ask counsel, we pray thee, of 
 God, that we may Imow whe- 
 ther our way which we go shall 
 be prosperous. 
 
 6 And the priest said unto them. 
 Go in peace: before the Loed 
 is yom' way wherein ye go. 
 
 7 H Then the five men depart- 
 ed, and came to Laish, and saw 
 the people that were therein, 
 how they dwelt careless, after 
 the manner of the Zidonians, 
 quiet and secine; and there 
 was no magistrate in the land, 
 that might put them to shame 
 in any thing ; and they were 
 far from the Zidonians, and had 
 no business with any man. 
 
 8 And they came unto their 
 brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol : 
 and their brethren said unto 
 them, What say ye ? 
 
 9 And they said, Ai'ise, that we 
 may go up against them : for we 
 have seen the land, and, behold, 
 it is very good : and are ye still ? 
 be not slothful to go, and to 
 enter to possess the land. 
 
 10 When ye go, ye shall come 
 unto a people secui'e, and to a 
 large land : for God hath given 
 it into yom- hands; a place 
 where there is no want of any 
 thing that is in the earth. 
 
 11 H And there went from 
 thence of the family of the , 
 
The Daniies rob 
 
 JUDGES, xvin. 
 
 Micah qf his iihUs. 
 
 Danitep, c»iit of ZoraU and out 
 of P^shtaol, six liuiidred men 
 ajjpointed uitli weaionB of war. 
 
 12 And tliey went nj), and 
 1 (itched in Kiijatli-jeanni, in 
 Judah: wherefore they called 
 that place INIahaneli-dan unto 
 this day : behold, it is behind 
 Kirjath-jearim. 
 
 13 And they passed thence 
 unto mount Ephraim, and came 
 imto the house of Micah. 
 
 14 ^ Then answered tlie five 
 men that went to spy out the 
 country of Laish, and sjiid un- 
 to their brethren, Do ye know 
 that there is in these houses 
 an ephod, and teraphim, and 
 a graven image, and a molten 
 image? now therefore consider 
 what ye liave to do. 
 
 15 And they turned thither- 
 ward, and came to the house 
 of the young man the Levite, 
 even luito the house of Micah, 
 and siiluted him. 
 
 IG And the six hundred men 
 appointed with their weapons 
 of war, which ivere of the chil- 
 dren of Dan, stood by the en- 
 tering of the gate. 
 
 17 And the five men tliat went 
 to spy out the land went uj), 
 and came in tluther, ami took 
 the graven image, and the e- 
 phod, and the teraphim, and 
 
 and the teraphim, and the graven 
 image, and went in the midst of 
 the i»eople. 
 
 21 ►So they turned and depart- 
 ed, and put the little ones and 
 the cattle and the carriage be- 
 fore them. 
 
 22 1I^;w/ when they were a good 
 way from the house of Micah, 
 the men that tvere in the houses 
 near to Micah's house wen? ga- 
 thered together, and overtook 
 the children of Dan. 
 
 23 And they cried unto the cliil- 
 dren of Dan. And they turned 
 their faces, and said unto Micah, 
 AV'hat aileth thee, that thou 
 comest with such a comiianyV 
 
 24 And he said. Ye liave taken 
 away my gods which I made, 
 and the i)riest, and ye are gone 
 away: and what have I more? 
 and what is this that ye say 
 luito me. What aileth thee? 
 
 2^j And the children of Dan 
 said mito him. Let not thy voice 
 be heard among us, lest angry 
 fellows nm upon thee, and thou 
 lose thy life, with the lives of 
 thy household. 
 
 26 And the cliildren of Dan 
 went their way : and when Mi- 
 cah saw that they were too 
 strong for him, he turned and 
 went back imto his house. 
 
 27 And they took the things 
 
 the molten image : and the ! which Micah had made, and 
 priest stood in the entering of i the priest which he had, and 
 the gate with the six hundred came unto Laish, unto a people 
 men that loere appointed with '. that ivere at quiet and secure : 
 
 w eapons of war. 
 
 18 And these went into Mi- 
 cah's house, and fetched the 
 carved image, the ephod, and 
 the teraphim, and the molten 
 image. Then said the priest 
 unto them, What do ye ? 
 
 19 And they said unto him, 
 Hold thy peace, lay thine hand 
 upon thy mouth, and go with 
 us, and be to us a father and a 
 priest : is it better for thee to be 
 a priest unto the house of one 
 man, or that thou be a priest un- 
 
 and they smote them with the 
 edge of the sword, and burnt 
 the city with fire. 
 
 28 And there was no deliverer, 
 because it was far from Zidon, 
 and they had no business with 
 anj/ man; and it was in the 
 valley that lieth by Beth-re- 
 hob. And they built a city, 
 and dwelt therein. 
 
 29 And they called the name of 
 the city Dan, after the name of 
 Dan their father, who was bom 
 unto Israel : howbeit the name of 
 
 to a tribe and a family in Israel ? \ the city was Laish at the first. 
 
 20 And the priest's heart was 
 glad, and he took the ephod, 
 
 30 1 And the children of Dan 
 set up the graven image : and 
 
A LevUe comeih 
 
 JUDGES, XIX. 
 
 to lodge in Gibeah. 
 
 Jonatliaii, the son of Gershom, 
 the son of Manasseh, he and 
 liis sons were priests to the tribe 
 of Dan until the day of the 
 captivity of the land. 
 31 And they set them up Mi- 
 cah's graven image, which he 
 made, all the time that the 
 house of God was in Shiloh. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 1 A Levite goeth to Beth-lehem to 
 fetch home his wife. 16 An old 
 Tnan entertaineth him at Qiheah. 
 22 The Giheonifes abuse his concu- 
 bine to death. 29 He divideth her 
 into twelve pieces, to send them to 
 the twelve tribes. 
 
 A ND it came to pass in those 
 jl\. days, when there was no 
 long in Israel, that there was 
 a certain Levite sojourning on 
 the side of mount Ephraim, 
 who took to him a concubine 
 ' out of Beth-lehem-judah. 
 2 And his concubine played the 
 whore against him, and went 
 away from him unto her father's 
 house to Beth-lehem-judah, and 
 was there four whole months. 
 I 3 And her husband arose, and 
 went after her, to speak friendly 
 unto her, and to bring her again, 
 having his servant with him, 
 and a couple of asses : and she 
 : brought him into her father's 
 house : and when the father of 
 the damsel saw him, he rejoiced 
 to meet him. 
 
 4 And his father in law, the 
 damsel's father, retained him ; 
 and he abode with him tlnee 
 
 ! days : so they did eat and drink, 
 ' and lodged there. 
 
 5 % Ajid it came to pass on 
 j the fourth day, when they arose 
 I early ia the morning, that he 
 
 rose up to depart : and the dam- 
 sel's father said unto his son in 
 law. Comfort thine heart with 
 a morsel of bread, and after- 
 ward go your way. 
 
 6 And they sat down, and did 
 eat and drink both of them to- 
 gether: for the damsel's father 
 had said unto the man, Be con- 
 tent, I pray thee, and tarry all 
 night, and let thine heart be 
 merry. 
 
 7 And when the man rose up 
 to depart, his father in law 
 urged him : therefore he lodg- 
 ed there again. 
 
 8 And he arose early in the 
 morning on the fifth day to 
 depart: and the damsel's fa- 
 ther said, Comfort thine heart, 
 I pray thee. And they tarried 
 untn afternoon, and they did 
 eat both of them. 
 
 9 And when the man rose up 
 to depart, he, and his conc^u- 
 bine, and his servant, his fa- 
 ther in law, the damsel's father, 
 said unto him. Behold, now the 
 day draweth toward evening, I 
 pray you tarry all night: be- 
 hold, the day groweth to an 
 end, lodge here, that thine heart 
 may be meny ; and to morrow 
 get you early on your way, that 
 thou mayest go home. 
 
 10 But the man would not 
 tarry that night, but he rose up 
 and departed, and came over 
 against Jebus, which is Jeru- 
 salem; and there were with 
 him two asses saddled, his con- 
 cubine also was with him. 
 
 11 And when they were by 
 Jebus, the day was far spent; 
 and the servant said unto his 
 master. Come, I pray thee, and 
 let us turn in into this city of 
 the Jebusites, and lodge in it. 
 
 12 And his master said unto 
 him, We will not turn aside 
 hither into the city of a stran- 
 ger, that is not of the children 
 of Israel ; we will pass over to 
 Gibeah. 
 
 13 And he said unto his ser- 
 vant. Come, and let us draw 
 near to one of these places to 
 lodge all night, in Gibeah, or 
 in Eamah. 
 
 14 And they passed on and 
 went their way; and the sun 
 went down upon them when 
 they were by Gibeah, which 
 helongeth to Benjamin. 
 
 15 And they turned aside thi- 
 ther, to go in and to lodge in 
 Gibeah : and when he went in, 
 he sat him down in a street of 
 the city : for there was no man 
 
TJie Leuik's concubine JUDGES, XX. 
 
 abused to death. 
 
 that took them into Ids house 
 to lodsiiiff, 
 
 IG '1 And, l)eliold, there came an 
 old man from his work out ol' 
 the field at even, which ?/yw also 
 of mount Ephraira : and he so- 
 journed in Gil>eah : but the men 
 of the place were Benjamites. 
 
 17 And when he had lifted up 
 his eyes, he saw a wayfaring 
 man in the street of the city : 
 and the old man said, ^^'hither 
 goest thou? and whence com- 
 est thou V 
 
 18 And he said unto him. We 
 are passing from Ik'th-lehem- 
 rudah toward tlie side of UKnuit 
 Ephraim; from tbt-ncc (tm I:| 
 and I went to Bcth-lchcm-ju- 1 
 dah, but I am no7v going to ! 
 the house of the Lokd; and 
 there is no man that receiveth 
 me to house. 
 
 19 Yet there is both straw and 
 l)rovendcr for our asses; and 
 tlicre is bread and wine also for 
 nie, and for thy handmaid, and 
 for the young man irhich is with 
 thy servants: there is no want 
 of any thing. 
 
 20 And the old man said, Peace 
 be with thee ; howsoever let all 
 thy wants He upon me; only 
 lodge not in the street. 
 
 21 So he brought him mto his 
 house, and gave provender unto 
 the asses : and they w ashed their 
 feet, and did eat and drink. 
 
 22 H Aow as they were making 
 their hearts merry, behold, the 
 men of the city, ceilain sons of 
 Belial, beset the house round 
 about, and beat at the door, and 
 spake to the master of the house, 
 the old man, saying, Bring forth 
 the man that came into thine 
 house, that we may know him. 
 
 23 And the man, the master of 
 the house, went out unto them, 
 and said unto them, Nay, my 
 brethren, nai/, I pray you, do 
 not so wickedly ; seeing that this 
 man is come into mine house, 
 do not this folly. 
 
 24 Behold, here is my daughter 
 a maiden, and his concubine; 
 tliem I will bring out now, and 
 
 humble ye them, and do witli 
 them what seemeth good mito 
 you : but unto this man do not 
 so vile a thing. 
 
 25 But the men would not 
 hearken to him: so the man 
 took his concubine, and brought 
 her forth \mt<» them; and tliey 
 knew her, and a])used her all 
 the night until the morning : 
 and when the day began to 
 spring, they let her go. 
 
 20 Then came the woman in 
 the dawning of the day, and 
 fell down at the door of the 
 man's house w here her lord was, 
 till it was light. 
 
 27 And her lord rose up in the 
 moniing, and opened the doors 
 of the house, and went out to go 
 liis way : and, behold, the wo- 
 man his concubines was fallen 
 down at the door of the house, 
 and her hands were upon the 
 threshold. 
 
 2S And he said unto her, Up, 
 and let us l)e going. But none 
 answered. Then the man took 
 her up upon an ass, and the 
 man rose up, and gat him un- 
 to liis place. 
 
 29 II And when he was come 
 into his house, lie took a knife, 
 and laid hold on his concubine, 
 and divided her, tog-ether with 
 her bones, into twelve pieces, 
 and sent her into all the coasts 
 of Israel. 
 
 30 And it was so, that all that 
 saw it said. There was no such 
 
 : deed done nor seen from the day. 
 I that the childien of Israel came 
 j up out of the land of Egypt un- 
 to this day : consider of it^ take 
 advice, and speak i/our minds. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 1 The Levite in a general assewhly 
 declareth his tvrong. 8 The decree 
 of the assembly. 12 TJie Benjamites, 
 being cited, maJ:e head against the 
 Israelites. 18 The Israelites in two 
 battles lose forty thousand. 26 They 
 destroy by a stratagem, all the Ben- 
 jamites, except six mindred. 
 THEN all the children of Is- 
 rael went out, and the con- 
 gregation was gathered together 
 as one man, from Dan even io 
 
The Israeliies 
 
 JUDGES, XX. 
 
 go against Gibeah, 
 
 Beer-slieba, -with, the land of Gi- 
 lead, unto the Lokd in IMizpeh. 
 
 2 And the chief of all the peo- 
 ple, ^f^?i of all the tribes of Is- 
 mel, presented themselves in the 
 assembly of the people of God, 
 fom- hundi'ed thousand footmen 
 that drew sword. 
 
 3 (Now the cliildren of Ben- 
 jamin heard that the children 
 of Israel were gone up to Miz- 
 peh.) Then said the children 
 of Israel, Tell us, how was this 
 wickedness ? 
 
 4 And the Levite, the husband 
 of the woman that was slain, 
 answered and said, I came into 
 Gibeah that belongeth to Ben- 
 jamin, I and my concubine, to 
 lodge. 
 
 5 And the men of Gibeah rose 
 against me, and beset the house 
 round about upon me by night, 
 and thought to have slain me : 
 and my concubine have they 
 forced, that she is dead. 
 
 6 And I took my concubine, 
 and cut her in pieces, and sent 
 her throughout all the countiy 
 of the inheritance of Ismel : for 
 they have committed lewdness 
 and folly in Israel. 
 
 7 Behold, ye are all children 
 of Israel; give here your ad^dce 
 and counsel. 
 
 8 ^And all the people arose 
 as one man, saying, We will 
 not any of lis go to his tent, 
 neither will we any of its tmii 
 into his house. 
 
 9 But now this shall he the 
 thing which we will do to Gi- 
 beah; we will go up by lot 
 
 : against it; 
 
 I lO And we will take ten men of 
 ' an himdi-ed throughout all the 
 tribes of Israel, and an hundi'ed 
 of a thousand, and a thousand 
 ; out of ten thousand, to fetch 
 i \ictual for the people, that they 
 , may do, when they come to 
 i Gibeah of Benjamin, according 
 i to all the folly that they have 
 ' wrought in Israel. 
 
 11 So all the men of Israel were 
 i gathered against the city, knit 
 together as one man. 
 
 12 IF And the tribes of Ismel 
 sent men thi'ough all the tribe 
 of Benjamin, saying, What wick- 
 edness is this that is done among 
 you? 
 
 13 Now therefore deliver ns 
 the men, the childien of Be- 
 lial, which are in Gibeah, that 
 we may put them to death, and 
 put away evil from Israel. But. 
 the children of Benjamin would 
 not hearken to the voice of their 
 brethren the chikhen of Israel : 
 
 14 But the children of Ben- 
 jamin gathered themselves to- 
 gether out of the cities unto Gi- 
 beah. to go out to battle against 
 the childi^en of Israel. 
 
 15 And the childi'en of Ben- 
 jamin were numbered at that 
 time out of the cities twenty and 
 six thousand men that di'ew 
 sword, beside the inhabitants 
 of Gibeah, which were number- 
 ed seven hundi-ed chosen men. 
 
 16 Among all this people there 
 we7'€ seven hundred chosen men 
 lefthanded; every one could 
 sling stones at an hair breadth, 
 and not miss. 
 
 17 And the men of Israel, be- 
 side Benjamin, were numbered 
 four hundi>ed thousand men that 
 drew sword : all these were men 
 of war. 
 
 18 IF And the children of Israel 
 arose, and went up to the house 
 of God, and asked counsel of 
 God, and said, Which of us shall 
 go up fii-st to the battle against 
 the children of Benjamin? And 
 the Lord said, Judah shall go 
 up first. 
 
 19 And the children of Ismel 
 rose up in the morning, and en- 
 camped against Gibefdi. 
 
 20 And the men of Ismel went 
 out to battle against Benjamin ; 
 and the men of Israel put them- 
 selves in array to fight against 
 them at Gibeah. 
 
 21 And the cliiidien of Benja- 
 min came forth out of Gibeah, 
 and destroj^ed down to the 
 gromid of the Israelites that 
 day twenty and t-^o thousand 
 men. 
 
 P 
 
The Benjamitee 
 
 JUDGEi?, XX. miiiten and dettaih < 
 
 22 And the people the men of i times, in flie lii^hwayp, (»f wliich 
 
 iBmel encniintirt'd theniKi-lveK, 
 and fciet their battle ajjaui in 
 array in the place whem they 
 put themselves in army the tirst 
 day. 
 
 23 (And the children of Iprael 
 uent up and wept before the 
 LoRi» until even, and asked 
 counR'l of the Louo, wiyintr, 
 Shall I po np a:jain t<» battle a- 
 painst the children of IJenjamin 
 
 »ne goeth np to the liouse of 
 (iiH-l, and the other to GiU'ah 
 in the field, about tliirty nun 
 of Israel. 
 
 32 And the children f>f Benja- 
 min said, They rtr6' smitten down 
 iK'fore us, as at the lirst. Hut 
 the children of Isniel Kud, l-.et 
 us llee, and draw them from the 
 city unto tlie highways. 
 
 S^ And all the men (»f Israel 
 
 my brother? And the Lou n rose up out of their place, tuid 
 paid, (fo ui> a^'ainst him.) | put themselves in array at Baal- 
 
 24 And the childivu (»f Ismel 
 came near a^'ainst the children 
 of Benjamin the s^^cond day 
 
 2/> And IV'UJamin went forth of(iilH.'ah. 
 
 tamar: and the liei-s m wait of 
 Israel came forth oiit (tf their 
 phurs, even out of the meadt)\' ^ 
 
 airainst them out {»f (iiln-ah the 
 second day, and destroyed do\sn 
 to the }>'n»und of the children 
 of Isniel airain eiirhteen tliou- 
 sand men ; all these drew the 
 sv.-ord. 
 
 34 And there came ajrainst (ii- 
 Iwah ten thouwmd <-h<isen men 
 out of all Israel, and the battle 
 was sore : but they knew not that 
 evil W(Ls near them. 
 
 3.5 And the Loan smote Ben- 
 
 2G *I Then nil the children of jainin before Israel: and the 
 Israel, and all the i>eoi»le, went children of Israel destroyed of 
 up, and came unto the h(»use of the lienjamites that day twenty 
 (tod, and wept, and s^it tlierebe- and five thousand and an hun- 
 fore tlie Loun, and fasted tliat dred men : all these th-ew the 
 day imtil even, and otlered burnt sword. 
 
 otterinirs and peace otlerings be- ] 
 fore the Loun 
 
 3<jSo the children of Benjamin 
 s;\w that they were smitten : for 
 
 27 And the* children of Israel the men (;f Israel gave i)lace to 
 enquired of tlie Lr>ui>, (for the the Ik'ujamites, because they 
 
 ark of the 
 
 tliere in tliose days. 
 
 enant of God U'os trusted unto the liers in wait 
 
 I which they liad set beside Gi- 
 
 2.S And IMiinehas, the son of E- beah. 
 
 leazar, the son of Aaron, stood 37 And the liers in wait hasted, 
 
 before it in those days,) say- and iiished upon Giljeah; and 
 
 ing. Shall I yet again go out to the liers in wait drew themselves 
 
 battle against the children of along, and smote all the city 
 
 Benjamin my brother, or shall I 
 cease? And the Lord said. Go 
 up ; for to morrow I will deUver 
 them into thine hand. | 
 
 29 And Israel set liere in wait 
 round abctut Gibeah. 
 
 30 And the cliildren of Israel 
 went up against the cliildren of 
 Benjamin on the third day, and 
 put themselves in array against 
 Gibeah, as at other times. 
 
 31 And the cliildren of Benja- 
 min went out against the people, 
 and were drawn away from the 
 city ; and they began to smite of 
 the people, and kill, as at other 
 
 with the edge of the sword. 
 
 38 Xow there was an appointed 
 sign between the men c»f Israel 
 and the liers in wait, that thev 
 should make a great flame with 
 smoke rise up out of the city. 
 
 39 And when the men of Israel 
 retired in the battle, Benjamin 
 began to smite and kill of the 
 men of Israel about thirty i>eT' 
 sons : for they said, Surely they 
 are smitten down before us, as 
 in the first battle. 
 
 40 But when the flame began 
 to arise up out of the city with a 
 pillar of smoke, the Benjamites 
 
The desolation of 
 
 looked beMnd them, and, be- 
 hold, the flame of the city as- 
 cended up to heaven. 
 
 41 And when the men of Israel 
 tmned again, the men of Benja- 
 min were amazed : for they saw 
 that evil was come upon them. 
 
 42 Therefore they turned their 
 backs before the men of Israel 
 unto the way of the wilderness ; 
 but the battle overtook them: 
 and them which came out of 
 the cities they destroyed in the 
 midst of them. 
 
 43 Thus they inclosed the Ben- 
 jamites round about, aiid chas- 
 ed them, and trode them down 
 with ease over against Gibeah 
 toward the sunrising. 
 
 44 And there fell of Benja- 
 mui eighteen thousand men; all 
 
 I these were men of valour. 
 
 45 And they turned and fled 
 toward the wilderness unto the 
 rock of Eimmon : and they 
 gleaned of them in the high- 
 ways five thousand men; and 
 
 I pursued hard after them unto 
 Gidom, and slew two thousand 
 men of them. 
 
 46 So that all which feU that 
 day of Benjamin were twenty 
 and five thousand men that drew 
 the sword ; all these were men 
 of valour. 
 
 47 But six hundred men turned 
 and fled to the wilderness unto 
 the rock Eimmon, and abode in 
 
 ; the rock Kimmon four months. 
 : 48 And the men of Israel turn- 
 ed again upon the children of 
 , Benjanun, and smote them with 
 t the edge of the sword, as well 
 j the men of everp city, as the 
 1 beast, and all that came to 
 j hand : also they set on fire all 
 the cities that they came to. 
 I CHAPTER XXI. 
 
 i i The people heivail the desolation of 
 . Benjamin. 8 By the destruction 
 of Jdbesh-gikad they provide them 
 four hundred wives. 16 They ad- 
 vise them to surprise the virgins 
 that danced at Shiloli. 
 
 IVTOW the men of Israel had 
 ^ Xl sworn in Mizpeh, saying, 
 I There shall not any of us give 
 
 JUDGES, XXI. Benjamin lewaUed. * 
 
 his daughter unto Benjamin to 
 wife. 
 
 2 And the people came to the 
 house of God, and abode there 
 till even before God, and lifted 
 up their voices, and wept sore ; 
 
 3 And said, O Loed God of Is- 
 rael, why is this come to pass in 
 Israel, that there should be to 
 day one tribe lacking in Israel ? 
 
 4 And it came to pass on the 
 morrow, that the people rose 
 early, and built there an altar, 
 and offered burnt offerings and 
 peace offerings. 
 
 5 And the children of Israel 
 said. Who is there among all 
 the tribes of Israel that came 
 not up with the congregation 
 imto the LoED? For they had 
 made a great oath concerning 
 him that came not up to the 
 LoED to Mizpeh, saying. He 
 shall surely be put to death. 
 
 6 And the childi'en of Israel 
 repented them for Benjamin 
 their brother, and said, There 
 is one tribe cut off from Israel 
 this day. 
 
 7 How shall we do for wives 
 for them that remain, seeing we 
 have sworn by the Loed that 
 we will not give them of our 
 daughters to wives ? 
 
 8 IF And they said, What one 
 is there of the tribes of Israel 
 that came not up to Mizpeh to 
 the LoED? And, behold, there 
 came none to the camp from 
 Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. 
 
 9 For the people were nmii- 
 bered, and, behold, there were 
 none of the inhabitants of Ja- 
 besh-gilead there. 
 
 10 Aiid the congregation sent 
 thither twelve thousand men of 
 the vaiiantest, and command- 
 ed them, saying. Go and smite 
 the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 
 with the edge of the sword, with 
 the women and the children. 
 
 11 And this is the thing that ye 
 shall do. Ye shall utterly destroy 
 every male, and eveiy woman 
 that hath lam by man. 
 
 12 _ And they found among 
 the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 
 
 P2 
 
Wires sought f&r 
 
 JUDGES, XXI. 
 
 tJtem that escaped. 
 
 ioiir hundred yoims virpiiifl, that ! Shccliem, and on the Bouth of 
 had known no man ])y lying ' hchcniali. 
 
 with any male : and they brought j 2(J 'i'lu'ieforc tljoy coninmnded 
 them unto the camp to Sliiloh, the children of Benjamin, nay- 
 which is hi the land of Canaan, ing, (io and lie in wait in the 
 
 13 And the whole conjrre^ation vineyarils; 
 
 Bent some to speak to the chil- 1 21 And eeej and, behold, if tlie 
 dren of Benjamin that zcere in danj,diten? ol Shiloli come out to 
 the nxk Kinnnon, and to call dance in dances, then come ye 
 peaceably imto them. i out of the vineyardn, and catch 
 
 14 And Benjamin came again you eveiy man his wile of the 
 at that time; and they gave them daugliters of 8hik)h, and go to 
 wives which they had saved alive the land of Benjamin. 
 (»f the women of Jabesh-gilead : '■ 22 And it shall be, wlien their 
 
 and yet so they suificed them not. 
 15 And the people repented 
 them for Benjamin, because that 
 the Loiu) had made a breach in : 
 the tnl>es of Israel. 
 
 fathers or their brethren come 
 unto us to complain, that we 
 will siiy unto them, lie favour- 
 able unto them for our fakes: 
 because we reserved not to each 
 
 16 T Then the elders f>f the con- ! man lu*s wife in the war : for ye 
 gregation said. How shall we do ' did not give unto them at this 
 for wives for them that remain, | time, that ve sliould be guilty, 
 seeing the women are destroyed ' 23 And tlie cliildren of Ben- 
 out of Benjanu'n? Ijamin did so, and took them 
 
 17 And they said. There must wives, according to their num- 
 he an inheritance for them that , ber, of them that danced, v. horn 
 l)e escaped of Benjamin, that a | they caught : and they went 
 tribe be not destioyed out of^aix{ returned unto their inhe- 
 Israel, ^ I ritance, and repaired the cities, 
 
 18 Ho\ybeit we may not give and dwelt hi them. 
 
 them v» ives of our daugliters : ; 24 And the cliildren of Israel 
 for the children of Israel liave | departed thence^ at that tira(% 
 swoni, sayhig, Cui'sed be he that every man to his tribe and to 
 
 giveth a wife to Benjamin 
 19 Then they said, Behold, 
 there is a feast of the Lonn in 
 Shiloh yearly i?i a place wliich 
 is on the north side of Beth-el, 
 on the east side of the higliway 
 that goetli up fiom Beth-el to 
 
 his family, and they went out 
 frcmi thence every man to his 
 inheritance. 
 
 2;5 In tliose days there was no 
 Icing hi Israel: everj^ man did 
 that which was right in his o\mi 
 eyes. 
 
 THE BOOK OF RUTH. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Elimelech driven by famim into 
 Moah, dieth there. 4 Maldon ami 
 Chilion, having vmrried icives of 
 Moah, die also. 6 Naomi return- 
 ing homeward, 8 dissumleth her two 
 daughters in laiv from going icith 
 her. 14: Orpah leaveth her, hut Ruth 
 with great constancy accompanieth 
 her. 19 They tivo come to Beth-lehem, 
 where they are gladly received. 
 
 NOW it came to pass in the 
 days when the judges niled, 
 that there was a famine in the 
 
 land. And a certain man of Beth- 
 lehem-judah went to sojourn in 
 the country of Moab, he, and his 
 wife, and his two sons. 
 
 2 And the name of the man was 
 Elimelech, and the name of his 
 w^ife Naomi, and the name of his 
 two sons Mahlon and Chilion, 
 Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-ju- 
 dah. And they came into the 
 country of Moab, and continued 
 there. 
 
 3 And Elimelech Naomi's hus- 
 
Naomi and Biith 
 
 RUTH, II. 
 
 7'eturn to Beth-leliem. 
 
 band died; and slie was left, 
 and her tYv'o sons. 
 
 4 And they tool?: them wives of 
 the women of Moab ; the name 
 of the one was Orpah, and the 
 name of the other Ruth : and 
 they dwelled there abont ten 
 years. 
 
 5 And Mahlon and Chilion died 
 also both of them : and the wo- 
 man was left of her two sons 
 and her husband. 
 
 6 IF Then she arose with her 
 daughters in law, that she 
 mic:ht return from the country 
 of Moab : for she had heard in 
 the country of Moab how that 
 the LoED had visited his people 
 in giving them bread. 
 
 7 Wherefore she went forth out 
 of the place where she was, and 
 her two daughters in law with 
 her ; and they went on the way 
 to return unto the land of Judah. 
 
 8 And Naonii said unto her 
 two daughters in law. Go, return 
 each to her mother's house : the 
 
 I Lord deal Idndly with you, as 
 ye have dealt with the dead, and 
 Vv'ith me. 
 
 9 The LoED grant you that ye 
 may find rest, each of you in the 
 house of her husband. Then she 
 kissed them ; and they lifted up 
 their voice, and wept. 
 
 10 And they said unto her. 
 Surely we will return with thee 
 unto thy people. 
 
 11 And Naomi said. Turn a- 
 gain, my daughters : why v/ill ye 
 go with me ? are there yet any 
 more sons in my womb, that 
 they may be your husbands ? 
 
 12 Turn again, my daughters, 
 go your way ; for I am too old 
 to have an husband. If I should 
 say, I have hope, if 1 should 
 have an husband also to night, 
 and should also bear sons ; 
 
 13 Would ye tarry for them 
 till they were grown ? would ye 
 stay for them from having hus- 
 bands? nay, my daughters; for 
 it grieveth me much for your 
 sakes that the hand of the Lord 
 is gone out against me. 
 
 14 And they lifted up their 
 
 voice, and wept again : and Or- 
 pah kissed her mother in law; 
 but Ruth clave unto her. 
 
 15 And she said, Behold, thy 
 sister in law is gone back unto 
 her people, and unto her gods : 
 return thou after thy sister in 
 law. 
 
 16 And Ruth said, Intreat me 
 not to leave thee, or to return 
 from following after thee: for 
 wliither thou goest, I will go; 
 and where thou lodgest, I Vv^ill 
 lodge : thy people shall he my 
 people, and thy God my God : 
 
 17 Where thou diest, will I die, 
 and there will I be buried : the 
 LoED do so to me, and more 
 also, if ought but death part 
 thee and me. 
 
 18 When she saw that she was 
 stedfastly minded to go with her, 
 then she left spealdng unto her. 
 
 19 f So they two went until 
 they came to Beth-lehem. And 
 it came to pass, when they were 
 come to Eeth-lehem, that all the 
 city was moved about them, and 
 they said, Is this K'aomi ? 
 
 20 And she said 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 
 LoED hath brought me home 
 again empty : why then call ye 
 me Naomi, seeing the Lord hath 
 testified against me, and the Al- 
 mighty hath afilicted me ? 
 
 22 So Naomi returned, and 
 Ruth the Moabitess, her daugh- 
 ter in law, with her, which re- 
 turned out of the country of 
 Moab : and they came to Beth- 
 lehem in the beginning of bar- 
 ley harvest. 
 
 CHAPTER XL 
 1 Buih gleaneth in the. fields ofBoaz. 
 4 Boaz talcing Tc'iiowledge of her, S 
 sheweth her great favour. 18 That 
 which she got, she carrieth to Na^ 
 omi. 
 
 AND Naomi had a kinsman 
 - of her husband's, a mighty 
 man of wealth, of the family of 
 Eltoielech; and his name was 
 Boaz. 
 
Enth {jleanetli in 
 
 RUTH, II. 
 
 the fields of Boaz. 
 
 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said 
 unto Naomi, Let me now go to 
 tlie field, and glean eai-s of corn 
 after him in whose sight I shall 
 fhid grace. And she said mi to 
 her. Go, my daughter. 
 
 3 And she went, and came, 
 and gleaned in the field after 
 the reapers : and her hap was 
 to light on a part of the field 
 helongint; mito Boaz, who was 
 of the Idndred of Elimelech. 
 
 4 1[ And, behold, Boaz came 
 from Beth-lehem, and said unto 
 the reapers. The Lord be with 
 you. And they answered him, 
 The Lord bless thee. 
 
 5 Then said Boaz unto his ser- 
 vant that was set over the reap- 
 ers. Whose damsel is this ? 
 
 6 And the servant that was set 
 over the reapers answered and 
 said. It is the Moahitish damsel 
 that came Ijack with Naomi out 
 of the countrj' of Moab : 
 
 7 And she said, I pray you, let 
 me glean and gather after the 
 reapei-s among the sheaves: so 
 she came, and hath continued 
 even from the monimg until 
 now, that she tanied a little in 
 the house. 
 
 8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, 
 Hearest thou not, my daughter? 
 Go not to glean in another field, 
 neither go from hence, but abide 
 here fast by my maidens : 
 
 9 Let thuie eyes be on the field 
 that they do reap, and go thou 
 after them : ha^e I not charged 
 the young men that they shall 
 not touch thee ? and when thou 
 art atliu'st, go unto the vessels, 
 and diink of that which the 
 young men have drawn. 
 
 10 Then she fell on her face, 
 and bowed herself to the ground, 
 and said unto him, Why have I 
 found grace in thine eyes, that 
 thou shouldest take knowledge 
 of me, seeing I am a stranger ? 
 
 11 And Boaz answered and said 
 unto her, It hath fully been 
 shewed me, all that thou hast 
 done unto thy mother in law 
 since the death of thine hus- 
 band; and how thou hast left 
 
 thy father and thy mother, and 
 the land of thy nativitVj and art 
 come unto a people winch thou 
 knewest not heretofore. 
 
 12 The Lord recompense thy 
 work, and a full reward be given 
 thee of the Lord God of Israel, 
 mider whose wings thou art 
 come to tmst. 
 
 13 Then she said. Let me find 
 favour in thy sight, my lord ; for 
 that thou hast comforted me, 
 and for that thou hast spoken 
 friendly unto thine handmaid, 
 though I be not like unto one 
 of thine handmaidens. 
 
 14 And Boaz said unto her, At 
 mealtime come thou hither, and 
 eat of the bread, and dip thy mor- 
 sel in the vinegar. And she sat 
 beside the reapei-s : and he reach- 
 ed lier parched corn, and she did 
 eat, and was sufficed, and left. 
 
 15 And when she was risen up 
 to glean, Boaz commanded his 
 young men, saying. Let her 
 glean even among the sheaves, 
 and reproach her not : 
 
 16 And let fall also some of the 
 liandfuls of purpose for her, and 
 leave them, that she may glean 
 them, and rebuke her not. • 
 
 17 So she gleaned in the fields 
 until even, and beat out that she 
 had gleaned : and it was about 
 an ephah of barley. 
 
 18 11 And she took it up, and 
 went into the city : and her mo- 
 ther in law saw what she had 
 gleaned : and she brought forth, 
 and gave to her that she had re- 
 served after she was sufficed. 
 
 19 And her mother in law said 
 unto her, Where hast thou glean- 
 ed to day ? and where wrought- 
 estthou? blessed be he that did 
 take knowledge of thee. And 
 she shewed her mother in law 
 with whom she had wrought, 
 and said, The man's name with 
 whom I wrought to day is Boaz. 
 
 20 And Naomi said unto her 
 daughter in law, Blessed be he 
 of the Lord, who hath not left 
 off his kindness to the living 
 and to the dead. And Naomi 
 said imto her, The man is near 
 
By NaGTiii's insiructiaa, 
 
 of Idn unto us, one of our next 
 kinsmen. 
 
 21 And Euth the Moabitess 
 said, He said unto me also, Thon 
 shalt keep fast by my young 
 men, until they have ended ail 
 my harvest. 
 
 22 And Naomi said unto Euth 
 her daughter in law, It is good, 
 my daughter, that thou go out 
 with his maidens, that they meet 
 thee not in any other field. 
 
 23 So she kept fast by the maid- 
 ens of Boaz to glean mito the 
 end of barley harvest and of 
 wheat harvest ; and dwelt with 
 her mother in law. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 1 By Naomi's instruciion, 5 Euth li- 
 eth at Boaz' s feet. 8 Boaz acTcnow- 
 ledgeth the right of a Mnsman. li 
 He sendeth her away with six mea- 
 sures of barley. 
 
 THEN Naomi her mother 
 in law said unto her, My 
 daughter, shall I not seek rest 
 for thee, that it may be well with 
 thee? 
 
 2 And now is not Boaz of our 
 kindi'ed, with whose maidens 
 thou wast? Behold, he win- 
 noweth barley to night in the 
 thi'esliingfloor. 
 
 3 Wash thyself therefore, and 
 anoint thee, and put thy raiment 
 upon thee, and get thee do"^Ti 
 to the floor : but make not thy 
 self known unto the man, i.ntil 
 he shall have done eatmg and 
 drinking. 
 
 4 And it shall be, when he lieth 
 doY/n, that thou shalt mark the 
 place where he shall lie, and 
 thou shalt go in, and uncover 
 his feet, and lay thee down; 
 and he will tell thee what thou 
 shalt do. 
 
 5 And she said unto her, All 
 that thou sayest unto me I will 
 do. 
 
 6 H And she went down unto 
 the floor, and did according to 
 all that her mother in law bade 
 her. 
 
 7 And when Boaz had eaten 
 and drunk, and his heart was 
 meiTy, he went to lie down at 
 
 EUTH, III. Buth lieth at Boaz's feet. 
 
 the end of the heap of com : and 
 she came softly, and uncovered 
 his feet, and laid her down. 
 
 8 ^[ And it came to pass at mid- 
 night, that the man was afraid, 
 and turned himself: and, be- 
 hold, a woman lay at his feet. 
 
 9 And he said. Who art thou? 
 And she answered, I am Euth 
 thine handmaid: spread there- 
 fore thy skirt over thine hand- 
 maid ; for thou art a near kins- 
 man. 
 
 10 And he said, Blessed be thou 
 of the Lord, my daughter : for 
 thou hast shewed more kindness 
 in the latter end than at the be- 
 ginning, inasmuch as thou fol- 
 lowedst not young men, whether 
 poor or rich. 
 
 11 And now, my daughter, fear 
 not; I will do to thee all that 
 thou feqmi^est: for all the city 
 of my people doth know that 
 thou art a virtuous woman. 
 
 12 And now it is true that I am 
 thp near kinsman : howbeit there 
 is a kinsman nearer than I. 
 
 13 Tarry this night, and it shall 
 be in the morning, that if he 
 will perform unto thee the part 
 of a kinsman, well ; let him do 
 the kinsman's part : but if he 
 will not do the part of a kins- 
 man to thee, then will I do the 
 part of a kinsman to thee, as 
 the LoED liveth : he down until 
 the morning. 
 
 14 IF And she lay at his feet 
 until the morning : and she rose 
 up before one could know an- 
 other. And he said. Let it not 
 be known that a woman came 
 into the floor. 
 
 15 Also he said. Bring the vail 
 that thou hast upon thee, and 
 hold it. And when she held it, 
 he measured six measures of 
 barley, and laid it on her : and 
 she went into the city. 
 
 16 And when she came to her 
 mother in law, she said, Who 
 art thou, my daughter? And 
 she told her all that the man 
 had done to her. 
 
 17 And she said, These six 
 measures of barley rave he me ; 
 
Bmz taUh RUTH, IV. 
 
 for he Raid to mo. Go not empty 
 unto tliv mother in hiw. 
 18 Tlien Raid s]ie. Sit Btill, 
 my dau^ht'T, until tlion know 
 liow the matter will full: for 
 the man will not be in rest, 
 until he liave finished the thing 
 this day. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 l^oaz ralU'th ivfo juihjnwnt thfi wxt 
 kiii>>intn. r. lie rcfiisefh the re- 
 
 ffiiiji'ion according to the rrymuer 
 racl. 9 Ii(Hiz huyeth the in. 
 
 itfinp: 
 
 Zritnnce. 11 W wtrriHh «»//^ | ;^*V"'''7 " "' /'i'i^"'* .'"^'^r 
 13 She hearcth Ohcd the uramifa- \ I hlljon s_and 3lahIon 8, of tlie 
 
 JiuiJi to iciff'. 
 
 ohanRinp, for to ronfinn all 
 tilings; a man phu'ked of!" hiB 
 Fhoe, and gave f/ to liie neigh- 
 bour : and tliis was a tcetimony 
 in Israel. 
 
 8 Therefore the kinpman said 
 unto Ikiaz. Buy it for thee. So 
 lie drew otf Iuh shoe. 
 
 9 H And Boaz paid unto the 
 elderR, and unto all the i)eoi»le, 
 Ye are ^itnesseB this <lay, that 
 I liave l)onght all that my/.v 
 Elimelech'8, and all that 7/y/.v 
 
 thcr of David. 18 The {/enerafion 
 of Pharez. 
 
 rriHEN went Boaz up to tlio 
 L gate, and wit him down 
 there: and, brliold, tlie kinsman 
 of whom Boaz spake rame by; 
 TUito wh(»m be said, llo, Bueh a 
 one ! turn aside, sit down heiv. 
 And he turned aside, aiid sat ' from the gate of his place : ye 
 
 luind of Naomi. 
 10 Moreover Ruth tlie IVIoab- 
 itesp, the wnfe of Malilon, have 
 I purchased to be my wife, to 
 raise ui» the name of the dead 
 upon his inheritance, that the 
 name of the dead be not cut (If 
 from among IiIb brethren, and 
 
 down. 
 
 2 And he took Um men of the ' 
 elders of the city, and said, Sit ye 
 down here. And they sat down. 
 
 '^ And h" sa-d untx) the kins- 
 
 are witnesses this day. 
 11 And all the ]»eople tliat were 
 in the gate, and the elders, said, 
 We are witnesses. The Lorij 
 make the woman that is come 
 
 man, Naomi, that is come again ' into thine lious3 like Ra'^-hel 
 
 out of the country of Moab, 
 selleth a parcel of land, which 
 icas our brother Elimelech's : 
 4 And I thought to advertise 
 thee, saying. Buy it before the 
 inhabitants, and before the eld- 
 ers of my people. If thou wilt 
 
 and like Leah, wliich two did 
 build the house of Israel : and 
 do thou worthily in Ephnitah, 
 and ]>e famous in Betli-h'liein : 
 12 And let tlry hor.Fe be like 
 the house of Pharez, whom Ta- 
 mar bare unto Judali, of the 
 
 redeem it, redeem it: but if s<:'ed which the Lord shall give 
 thou wilt not redeem it, //i^« thee of this young woman. 
 
 tell me, tliat I may Iniow : for 
 there is none to redeem it be- 
 side thee ; and I am after thee. 
 And he said, I will redeem it. 
 Then said Boaz, What day 
 thou buyest the field of the 
 hand of Naomi, thou must buy 
 it also of Ruth the Moabitess, 
 the Vv^ife of tlie dead, to raise up 
 the name of the dead upon his 
 inheritance. 
 
 6 ^And the kinsman said, I 
 cannot redeem it for myself, 
 lest I mar mine owti inherit- 
 ance : redeem thou my right to 
 thyself; for I cannot redeem it. 
 
 7 Now this luas the manner in 
 former time in Israel concern- 
 ing redeeming and concerning 
 
 13 H So Boaz took Ruth, and 
 she was his wife : and when he 
 went in unto her, the Lord 
 gave her conception, and she 
 bare a son. 
 
 14 And the women said imto 
 Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, 
 which hath not left thee this 
 day without aldnsman, that his 
 name may be famous in Israel. 
 
 15 And he shall be unto thee 
 a restorer of thj/ life, and a nou- 
 risher of thine old age ; for thy 
 daughter in law, which loveth 
 thee, which is better to thee 
 than seven sons, hath bom him. 
 
 16 And Naomi took the child, 
 and laid it in her bosom, ana 
 became nurse unto it. 
 
Elkanah favmreth and I. SAIMUEL, I. 
 
 comfGiieth Hcmncih. 
 
 17 And tlie women her neigh- 
 bours gave it a name, sajing, 
 There is a son bom to Naomi ; 
 and they called his name Obed : 
 he is the father of Jesse, the 
 father of David. 
 
 18 1[ Now these aj^e the gene- 
 I'ations of Pharez : Pharez be- 
 gat Hezron, 
 
 19 And Hezron begat Earn, and 
 Eam begat Amminadab, 
 
 20 And Amminadab begat 
 Nahshon, and Nahshon begat 
 Salmon, 
 
 21 And Salmon begat Boaz, 
 and Boaz begat Obed, 
 
 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and 
 Jesse begat David. 
 
 THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL, 
 
 OTHERWISE CALLED, 
 
 THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS. 
 
 CHAPTER L 
 
 1 Ellmtuih a Levite, Imving tiuo 
 wives, wwsM23peth yearly at Shiloh. 
 4 He cherisheth Hannah, though 
 barren, andprovoJced by Penimiah. 
 9 Hannah in grief prayeth for a 
 child. 12 Eli first rebuking her, 
 afterwards blessefh her. 19 Han- 
 nah having born Samuel, stayeih 
 at home till fee be weaned. 2'% She 
 presenteth him, accoi'ding to her 
 vow, to the Lord. 
 "VTOW there was a certain man 
 XN of Eamathaim-zophim, of 
 mount Ephraim, and his name 
 was Elltanah, the son of Jero- 
 ham, the son of Elihu, the son 
 of Tohiij the son of Zuph, an 
 Ephrathite : 
 
 2 And he had two wives ; the 
 name of the one was Han- 
 nah, and the name of the other 
 Penimiah: and Peninnah had 
 children, but Hannah had no 
 children. 
 
 3 And this man went up out of 
 his city yearly to worship and 
 to sacrifice unto the Lord of 
 hosts in Shiloh. And the two 
 sons of Eli, Hophni and Phi- 
 nelias, the priests of the Lord, 
 were there. 
 
 4 ^ And when the time was 
 that Elkanah offered, he gave 
 to Peninnah his wife, and to 
 all her sons and her daughters, 
 portions : 
 
 5 But unto Hannah he gave 
 a worthy portion; for he loved 
 Hannah : but the Lord had shut 
 up her womb. 
 
 6 And her adversary also pro- 
 voked her sore, for to make her 
 
 fret, because the Lord had shut 
 up her womb. 
 
 7 And as he did so year by 
 year, when she went up to the 
 house of the Lord, so she pro- 
 voked her; therefore she wept, 
 and did not eat. 
 
 8 Then said Elkanah her hus- 
 band to her, Hannah, why weep- 
 est thou? and Avhy eatest thou 
 not? and why is thy heart 
 grieved? am not I better to 
 
 I thee than ten sons ? 
 
 9 IF So Hannah rose up after 
 : they had eaten in Shiloh, and 
 
 after they had drunk. Now Eli 
 I the priest sat upon a seat by a 
 I post of the temple of the Lord, 
 I 10 And she was in bitterness 
 
 of soul, and prayed unto the 
 
 Lord, and wept sore. 
 
 11 And she vowed a vow, and 
 said, O Lord of hosts, if thou 
 wilt indeed look on the afflic- 
 tion of thine handmaid, and 
 remember me, and not forget 
 thine handmaid, but wilt give 
 mito thine handmaid a man 
 child, then I will give him un- 
 to the Lord all the days of his 
 life, and there shall no razor 
 come upon his head. 
 
 12 And it came to pass, as 
 she continued praying before 
 the Lord, that Eli marked her 
 mouth. 
 
 13 Now Hannah, she spake in 
 her heart ; only her lips moved, 
 b)ut her voice was not heard: 
 therefore EU thought she had 
 been drimken. 
 
 P3 
 
Samuel is ho^m. I. SAMUEL, II. 
 
 14 And Eli B.iid unto her, How 
 long ^\^lt tlion l)e drunken? put 
 away tliy wine from thee. 
 
 15 And Hannali answered and 
 said, No, my lord, I am a woman 
 of a so^■o^^'ful spirit: I have 
 drunk neither wine nor stronj? 
 drink, but have poured out my 
 soul before tlie Lord. 
 
 Ki Count not thine handmaid 
 for a dauu:liter of lielial : for out 
 of the abundance of my com- 
 i»laint and grief have I sijoken 
 liitherto. 
 
 17 Then Eli answered and wiid, 
 Go in peace : and the Crod of 
 Ismel grant thee thy ])etition 
 that thou hast asked of liim. 
 
 18 And she said, Let thine 
 handmaid find grace in thy 
 sight. So the woman went her 
 way, and did eat, and her coun- 
 tenance was no more sad. 
 
 10 *[ And they rose up in the 
 morning early, and woi-shipped 
 ];efore the Lord, and return- 
 ed, and came to their house to 
 Ramah : and Elkanah knew 
 
 Hannah*8 song. 
 
 with three bullocks, and one 
 ephah of flour, and a bottle of 
 wine, and brought him unto the 
 house of tlic LoKu in Shiloh: 
 and the child teas young. 
 2o And they slew a bullock, 
 and brought the <hild to Eli. 
 
 26 And she wiid, Oli my loixl, 
 as thy soul liveth, my loid, I 
 am the woman that stood by 
 thee here, praying unto the 
 Lord. 
 
 27 For this child I prayed ; and 
 the Lord hath given me my 
 petition which I asked of him : 
 
 28 Therefore also I have lent 
 him to the Lr)RD; as long as he 
 liveth he shall be lent to the 
 Lord. And he worshipped tlie 
 Lord there. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 1 Ilcmiah's mutj in thanhfulness. 12 
 The »iu of Eli's sons, m Suinuel's 
 vnnisfvu. 20 By Eli's blessing 
 Uannnh is viore fruif/ul. 22 Eli 
 rejYTovrth his sous, 'in A prophecy 
 apainst Eli's honse. 
 
 AND Hannah prayed, and 
 - said. My heart i*ejoiceth in 
 
 Hnnuah his wife ; and the Lord , the Lord, mine honi is exalt- 
 
 renienibcR'd her. 
 
 20 Wherefore it came to pass, 
 wiien the time was come about 
 after Hannah had conceived, 
 that she bare a son, and called 
 his name Samuel, sar/in§'. Be- 
 cause I have asked lum of the 
 Lord. 
 
 21 And the man Elkanah, and 
 all his house, went up to offer 
 unto the Lord the yearly sacri- 
 fice, and his vow. 
 
 22 But Hannah went not up ; 
 far she said unto her husband, 
 / will not go 2ip until the child 
 be weaned, and then I -snll bring 
 him, that he may appear before 
 the LoED, and there abide for 
 ever. 
 
 23 And Elkanah her husband 
 said unto her, Do what seemeth 
 thee good ; taiTy until thou have 
 weaned Mm; only the Lord 
 establish his word. So the wo- 
 man abode, and gave her son 
 sack until she weaned him. 
 
 24 IF And when she had weaned 
 him, she took him up with her, 
 
 ed in the Lord: my mouth is 
 enlarged over mine enemies; 
 because I rejoice in thy saha- 
 tion. 
 
 2 There is none holy as the 
 Lord : for there is none beside 
 thee : neither is there any rock 
 like our God. 
 
 3 Talk no more so exceeding 
 proudly ; let not arrogancy come 
 out of your mouth : for the Lord 
 is a God of knov.iedge, and by 
 him actions are weighed. 
 
 4 The bows of the mighty men 
 are broken, and they that stum- 
 bled are girded with strength. 
 
 5 They that were full have 
 hired out themselves for bread ; 
 and they that were hungr>^ ceas- 
 ed : so that the bairen hath bom 
 seven ; and she that hath many 
 children is waxed feeble. 
 
 6 The Lord killeth, and maketh 
 alive : he bringeth down to the 
 grave, and bringeth up. 
 
 7 The Lord maketh poor, and 
 maketh rich: he bringeth low, 
 and lifteth up. 
 
The sia ofElVs sans. I. SAIMUEL, II. 
 
 SamneVs ministry. 
 
 8 He raiseth up tlie poor out 
 of the dust, ajid lifteth up the 
 beggar from the dunghill, to 
 set ihem among piinces, and to 
 make them inherit the throne 
 of glory : for the pillars of the 
 earth are the Lord's, and he 
 hath set the world upon them. 
 
 9 He will keep the feet of his 
 saints, and the wicked shall be si- 
 lent in da-rkness ; for by sti'ength 
 shall no man preTail. 
 
 10 The adversaries of the Loed 
 shall be broken to pieces; out 
 of heaven shall he thunder up- 
 on them : the Loed shall judge 
 the ends of the earth; and he 
 shall give strength unto Ms 
 king, and exalt the horn of his 
 anointed. 
 
 11 And Elkanah went to Ea- 
 mah to his house. And the child 
 did minister mito the Loed be- 
 fore Eli the priest. 
 
 12 *; Now the sons of EH icere 
 sons of Belial; they knew not 
 the Loed. 
 
 13 And the priest's custom with 
 the people was, that, when any 
 man oflered saciiiice, the priest's 
 sen-ant canie, while the flesh 
 was m seething, with a fleshhcok 
 of three teeth in his hand; 
 
 14 And he struck it into the pan, 
 or kettle, or caldron, or pot ; all 
 that the fleslihook brought up 
 the priest took for himself. So 
 they did in Shiloh imto all the 
 Israelites that came thither. 
 
 15 Also before they bmut the 
 fat, the priest's servant came, 
 and said to the man that sacri- 
 ficed. Give flesh to roast for the 
 priest ; for he will not have sod- 
 den flesh of thee, but raw. 
 
 16 And if any man said unto 
 him, Let them not fail to bmn 
 the fat presently, and then take 
 as mu4ih as thy soul desireth; 
 then he would answer him. 
 Nay ; but thou shalt give it 
 me now : and if not, I wHl take 
 ithj force. 
 
 17 Wherefore the sin of the 
 young men was very great be- 
 fore the Loed : for men abhor- 
 red the offering of the Lord. 
 
 18 ^ But Samuel ministered 
 before the Loed, being a child, 
 girded with a Imen ephod. 
 
 19 Moreover his mother made 
 him a little coat, and brought it 
 to him from year to year, when 
 she came up with her husband 
 to offer the vearly sacrifice. 
 
 20 ^ And Eh blessed Eikanah 
 and his wife, and said. The Loed 
 
 ' give thee seed of this woman for 
 I the loan which is lent to the 
 ' Loed. And they went unto their 
 ^ own home. 
 
 I 21 And the Loed visited Han- 
 ' nah, so that she conceived, and 
 bare three sons and two daugh- 
 ters. And the child Samuel 
 ' grew before the Loed. 
 I 22 ^ Xow Eli was veiy old, 
 ' and heard all that his sons did 
 unto all Israel; and how they 
 ; lay with the women that as- 
 ; sembled at the door of the ta- 
 bernacle of the congregation. 
 ^ And he said unto them, 
 ! "Why do ye such things ? for I 
 hear of your &\il deahngs by all 
 this people. 
 
 24 Xay, my sons; for it is 
 no good report that I hear : ye 
 make the Ix)Ed's people to trans- 
 , gress. 
 
 ' 25 If one man sin against an- 
 other, the judge shall judge 
 him : but if a man sin against 
 the Loed, who shall intreat 
 for him ? Notwitlistanding they 
 i hearkened not imto the voice of 
 ; their father, because the Loed 
 I would slay them. 
 I 26 And the child Samuel 
 ■ grew on, and was in faAoro: 
 : both with the Loed, and also 
 ' with men. 
 
 : 27 ^ And there came a man of 
 ; God unto Eli, and said imto 
 him. Thus saith the Loed, Did 
 I plainly appear imto the house 
 i of thy father,^ when they were 
 i in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? 
 ! 28 And did I choose him out of 
 I all the tribes of Israel to be my 
 i priest, to offer upon mine altar, 
 I to bum incense, to wear an e- 
 ! phod before me ? and did I give 
 i unto the house of thy father all 
 
^4 prophecy 
 
 I. SAMUEL, III. against ElVs house. 
 
 the ofFcrinps made by fire of the 
 children of Israel? 
 
 29 Wlierefure kick ye at my 
 eacritice and at mine ollbring, 
 which I have commanded in mi/ 
 lia])itation ; and hunourest thy 
 sons above me, to make your- 
 selves fat with the chiefeet of 
 all the ofl'eriiigs of Israel my 
 I^eople? 
 
 30 Wherefore th. 
 Israel wiitli, I wild indeed that 
 thy house, and the house of thy 
 father, sliould walk before me 
 for ever : but now the Lord 
 saith. Be it far from me; for 
 them that honour me I will 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 How the icoril of the Lord vm first 
 rcrealed to Sauuul. 11 Gml Ull- 
 fth Samn*l the destruction of Eli' a 
 honte. IT) Sunnui, though lofh, tell, 
 cth Eli tht" I'isioii. 19 fjamuel 'jroic 
 eth in credit. 
 
 AND the child Samuel mi- 
 . nistered unto the Lord be- 
 fore Eli. And tlie wonl of the 
 Lord was precious in those days ; 
 Lord God of tliere tvas no open vision. 
 
 2 And it came to pass at thot 
 time, when Eli 7Crt.y laid down in 
 his place, and his eyes Ixigan to 
 wax dim, tliat he could not see; 
 
 3 And ere the lamp of God went 
 
 — ..V ..v,..w.„ ...^ * „^. out in the temple of the Lord. 
 
 honour, and they that desnise j where the ark of God tims, and 
 
 me shall be hVhtly esteemed, 
 
 31 Behold, the days come, that 
 I will cut oil" thine anu, and the 
 arm of thy father's house, that 
 there shall not be an old man 
 in thine house. 
 
 32 And thou shalt see an ene- 
 my in my habitation, in all the 
 wealth wliich God shall give 
 Israel : and there sliall not Ije 
 an old man in thuie house for 
 ever. 
 
 :33 And the man of thine, whom 
 I shall not cut off from mine 
 altar, shall be to consiiuie thine 
 eyes, and to giieve thine heart : 
 and all the increase of tlune 
 house slmll die in the flower of 
 their age. 
 
 34 And this shaU be a sign 
 imto thee, that shall come up- 
 on thy two sons, on Hoplmi and 
 Phinehas ; hi one day they shall 
 die both of them. 
 
 35 And I will raise me up a 
 faithful piiest, that shall do ac- 
 cording to that which is in mine 
 heart and m my mind: and I 
 will build liim a sure house; 
 and he shall walk before mine 
 anointed for ever. 
 
 36 And it shall come to pass, 
 that eveiy one that is left in 
 thine house shall come and 
 crouch to him for a piece of sil- 
 ver and a morsel of bread, and 
 shall say, Put me, I pray thee, 
 into one of the priests' offices, 
 that I may eat a piece of bread. 
 
 Samuel was laid down to sleep ; 
 
 4 That the Loud called Samuel : 
 and he answered. Here am I. 
 
 5 And he ran unto Eli, and 
 said, Here am I ; for thou call- 
 edst me. And he said, I called 
 not; lie do>Mi agam. And he 
 went and lay down. 
 
 G And the Lord called yet 
 again, Samuel. And Samuel 
 arose and went to Eli, and said, 
 Here am I ; for thou didst call 
 me. And he answered, I called 
 not. my son ; lie do^vTi again. 
 
 7 Now Samuel did not yet know 
 the Lord, neither was the word of 
 the Lord yet revealed unto liim. 
 
 8 And the Lord called Samuel 
 again the third time. And he 
 arose and went to Eli, and said, 
 Here am I ; for thou didst call 
 me. And Eli perceived that the 
 Lord had called the child. 
 
 9 Therefore Eli said unto Sa- 
 muel, Go, lie down : and it shall 
 be, if he call thee, that thou 
 shalt say, Speak, Lord; for thy 
 servant heareth. So Samuel 
 went and lay down in Ms place. 
 
 10 And the Lord came, and 
 stood, and called as at other 
 times, Samuel, Samuel. Then 
 Samuel answered, Speak; for 
 thy sers-ant heareth. 
 
 11 % And the Lord said to 
 Samuel, Behold, I will do a 
 thing in Israel, at which both 
 the ears of every one that hear- 
 eth it shall tingle. 
 
The Israelites are 
 
 I. SAMUEL, IV. overcome at Eben-ezer, 
 
 12 In that day I will perform 
 against Eli aU things which 
 I have spoken concerning his 
 house : when I begin, I will also 
 make an end. 
 
 13 For I have told him that I 
 will judge his house for ever for 
 the iniquity which he knoweth ; 
 because his sons made them- 
 selves vile, and he restrained 
 them not. 
 
 14 And therefore I have sworn 
 unto the house of Eli, that the 
 iniquity of EH's house shall not 
 be purged with sacrifice nor of- 
 fering for ever. 
 
 15 IF And Samuel lay until the 
 morning, and opened the doors 
 of the house of the Lord. And 
 Samuel feared to shew Eli the 
 vision. 
 
 16 Then Eli called Samuel, and 
 said, Samuel, my son. And he 
 answered, Here am I. 
 
 17 And he said. What is the 
 thing that the Lord hath said 
 unto thee? I pray thee hide it 
 not from me: God do so to 
 thee, and more also, if thou hide 
 ant/ thing from me of all the 
 things that he said unto thee. 
 
 18 And Samuel told him every 
 whit, and hid nothing from him. 
 And he said. It is the Lokd : let 
 him do what seemeth him good. 
 
 19 If And Samuel grew, and 
 the Lord was with him, and did 
 let none of his words fall to the 
 ground. 
 
 20 And all Israel from Dan 
 even to Beer-sheba loiew that 
 Samuel was established to be 
 8L prophet of the Lord. 
 
 21 And the Lord appeared 
 again in Shiloh: for the Lord 
 revealed himself to Samuel in 
 Shiloh by the word of the Lord. 
 
 CHAPTEK IV. 
 
 l.The Israelites are overcome by the 
 Philistines at Eben-e^er. 3 They 
 fetch the arJc unto the terror of the 
 ""'"■■■ 10 They are smitten 
 
 again, the arJc talcen, Hophni and 
 Phinehas are slain. 12 Eli at the 
 news, falling hacMvard, hreaTceth 
 his neclc. 19 Phinehas' wife, clis- 
 
 i couraged in her travail ivith I-cha- 
 
 J bod, dieth. 
 
 AND the word of Samuel 
 . came to all Israel. Now 
 Israel went out against the PM- 
 listines to battle, and pitched 
 beside Eben-ezer : and the Phi- 
 listines pitched in Aphek. 
 
 2 And the Philistines put them- 
 selves in array against Israel: 
 and when they joined battle, Is- 
 rael was smitten before the Phi- 
 listines : and they slew of the 
 army in the field about four 
 thousand men. 
 
 3 IF And when the people were 
 come into the camp, the elders 
 of Israel said, Wherefore hath 
 the Lord smitten us to day be- 
 fore the Philistines ? Let us fetch 
 the ark of the covenant of the 
 Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, 
 when it cometh among us, it 
 may save us out of the hand of 
 our enemies. 
 
 4 So the people sent to Shi- 
 loh, that they might brmg from 
 thence the ark of the covenant 
 of the Lord of hosts, which 
 dwelleth between the cheru- 
 bims: and the two sons of Eli, 
 Hopluii and Phinehas, were 
 there with the ark of the cove- 
 nant of God. 
 
 5 And when the ark of the^ co- 
 venant of the Lord came into 
 the camp, all Israel shouted with 
 a great shout, so that the earth 
 rang again. 
 
 6 And when the Philistines 
 heard the noise of the shout, 
 they said, What meaneth the 
 noise of this great shout in the 
 camp of the Hebrews? And 
 they understood that the ark 
 of the Lord was come into the 
 camp. 
 
 7 And the Philistines were a- 
 fraid, for they said, God is come 
 into the camp. And they said, 
 Woe unto us! for there hath 
 not been such a thing hereto- 
 fore. 
 
 8 Woe imto us ! who shall de- 
 liver us out of the hand of these 
 mighty Gods? these are the 
 Gods that smote the Egyptians 
 with all the plagues in the wil- 
 derness. 
 
Eli's death. 
 
 I. SAMUEL, V. 
 
 Dagon falldh 
 
 9 Be strong, and c\mt your- 
 selves like men, O ye IMiilistines, 
 that ye be not servants unto the 
 Hebrews, as they ha,v(? been to 
 you : quit youi-selves like men, 
 and fight. 
 
 10 ^[ And the Philistines fought, 
 and Israel was smitten, and they 
 fled everj' man into his tent: 
 and there was a very great 
 slaughter; for there fell of Is- 
 rael thirty tliousand footmen. 
 
 11 And' the ark of God was 
 taken ; and the two sons of E- 
 li, Hoplmi and Fhinohas, were 
 slain. 
 
 12 •[ And there ran a man of 
 Benjamin out of the array, and 
 came to Sliiloh the same day 
 with his clothes rent, and with 
 earth uj^on his head. 
 
 13 And when he came, lo, Eli 
 sat upon a seat by the wayside 
 watching : for his lieart trem- 
 bled for the ark of God. And 
 when tJie man came into the 
 city, and told it, all the city 
 cried out. 
 
 14 And when Eli heard the 
 noise of the crying, he said. 
 What meaneth the noise of this 
 tumult ? And the man came in 
 hastily, and told Eli. ^ 
 
 15 Now Eli was ninety and 
 eight years old; and his eyes 
 were dim, that he could not see. 
 
 16 And the man said unto Eli, 
 I am he that came out of the 
 army, and I fled to day out of 
 the army. And he said, What 
 is there done, my son ? 
 
 17 And the messenger answer- 
 ed and said, Israel is fled be- 
 fore the Philistines, and there 
 hath been also a great slaugh- 
 ter among the people, and thy 
 two sons also, Hophni and Phi- 
 nehas, are dead, and the ark of 
 God is taken. 
 
 18 And it came to pass, when 
 he made mention of the ark of 
 God, that he fell from off the 
 seat backward by the side of the 
 gate, and his neck brake, and 
 he died : for he was an old man, 
 and heavy. And he liad judged 
 Israel forty years. 
 
 19 H And his daughter in law, 
 Phinehas' wife, was with child, 
 near to be delivered : and wlien 
 she heard the tidings that the 
 ark of God was taken, and that 
 her father in law and her hus- 
 band were dead, she bowed her- 
 self and tmvailed ; for her pains 
 came upon her. 
 
 20 And about the time of her 
 death the women that stood by 
 her said unto her. Fear not ; for 
 thou hast bom a son. But she 
 answered not, neither did she 
 regard it. 
 
 21 And she named the child 
 I-chab<xl, saying, The glory is 
 departed from Israel: because 
 the ark of God was taken, and 
 because of her father in law and 
 her husband. 
 
 22 And she said. The glory is 
 departed from Israel: for the 
 ark of God is taken. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 Tlie PliilhfinoH having brought the 
 ark info Ashdotl, f^el it in the house 
 of Do.gon. 3 Dagon is smitten down 
 and cut in ^nccos, and they of Af>h- 
 dod smitten rnith emerods. 8 So God 
 dealeth ivith them of Gath, ivhen 
 it was brought thither: 10 and co 
 with them of Elron, when it I'xcs 
 brought thither. 
 
 AND the Philistines took the 
 - ark of God, and brought it 
 from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod. 
 
 2 W^lien the Philistines took 
 the ark of God, they brought it 
 into the house of Dagon, and 
 set it by Dagon. 
 
 3 H And when they of Ashdod 
 arose early on the morrow, be- 
 hold, Dagon was fallen upon 
 his face to the earth before the 
 ark of the Loed. And they took 
 Dagon, and set him in his place 
 again. 
 
 4 And when they arose early 
 on the morrow morning, behold, 
 Dagon was fallen upon his face 
 to the ground before the ark of 
 the Lord ; and the head of Da- 
 gon and both the palms of his 
 hands were cut off upon the 
 threshold; only the sticmp of 
 Dagon was left to him. 
 
before ike arh. 
 
 I. SAMUEL, VI. 
 
 The arJc sznt \ 
 
 5 Therefore neither the priests 
 of Dagon, nor any that come 
 into Dagon's house, tread on 
 the thi'eshold of Dagon in Ash- 
 dod unto this day. 
 
 6 But the hand of the Loed 
 was heavy upon them of Ash- 
 dod, and he destroyed them, 
 and smote them with emerods, 
 even Ashdcd and the coasts 
 thereof. 
 
 7 And when the men of Ash- 
 dod saw that itivas so, they said, 
 The ark of the God of Israel 
 shaU not abide with us : for his 
 hand is sore upon us, and upon 
 Dagon our god. 
 
 8 They sent therefore and ga- 
 thered all the lords of the Phi- 
 iisjtines unto them, and said, 
 What shall we do with the ark 
 of the God of Israel ? And they 
 answered, Let the ark of the 
 God of Israel be carried about 
 unto Gath. And they carried 
 the ark of the God of Israel 
 about thither. 
 
 9 And it was so, that, after 
 they had carried it about, the 
 hand of the Loed was against 
 the city with a very great de- 
 struction : and he smote the 
 men of the city, both small and 
 great, and they had emerods in 
 then secret parts. 
 
 10 IF Therefore they sent the 
 ark of God to Ekron. And it 
 came to pass, as the ark of God 
 came to Eki'on, that the Ela^on- 
 ites cried out, saying, They have 
 brought about the ark of the 
 God of Israel to us, to slay us 
 and om^ people. 
 
 11 So they sent and gathered 
 together all the lords of the Phi- 
 listines, and said, Send away the 
 ark of the God of Israel, and let 
 it go again to his own place, that 
 it slay us not, and our people : 
 for there was a deadly destruc- 
 tion throughout all the city; 
 the hand of God was very heavy 
 there. 
 
 12 And the men that died not 
 were smitten with the emerods : 
 and the cry of the city went up 
 to heaven. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 1 After seven months the PJiilistines 
 tale counsel how to send hach the 
 arh. 10 They bring it on a new 
 cart with an offering unto Beth- 
 shemesh. 19 The people are smit- 
 ten for looJdng into the arh. 21 
 They send to them of Kirjath- 
 jearim to fetch it. 
 
 AND the ark of the Loed 
 - was in the country of the 
 Philistines seven months. 
 
 2 And the Philistines called 
 for the priests and the diviners, 
 saying, What shall we do to 
 the ark of the Loed? tell us 
 wherewith we shall send it to 
 his place. 
 
 3 And they said. If ye send 
 away the ark of the God of Is- 
 rael, send it not empty ; but in 
 any wise return him a trespass 
 ofieriog : then ye shall be heal- 
 ed, and it shall be kno^n to 
 you why his hand is not re- 
 moved from you. 
 
 4 Then said they. What shall 
 he the trespass offering v/hich 
 we shall return to him? They 
 answered, Five golden emerods, 
 and five golden mice, according 
 to the number of the lords of 
 the Philistines : for one plague 
 was on you all, and on your 
 lords. 
 
 5 Wherefore ye shall make 
 images of your emerods, and 
 images of your mice that mar 
 the land; and ye shall give 
 glory unto the God of Israel: 
 peradventure he will hghten his 
 hand from off you, and from off 
 your gods, and from off your land. 
 
 6 WTierefore then do ye harden 
 your hearts, as the Egyptians 
 and Pharaoh hardened theii' 
 hearts? when he had "WTOught 
 w^onderfully among them, did 
 they not let the people go, and 
 they departed ? 
 
 7 Kow therefore make a new 
 cart, and take two milch kine, 
 on which there hath come no 
 yoke, and tie the kine to the 
 cart, and bring their calves home 
 from them : 
 
 8 And take the ark of the Loed, 
 and lay it upon the cart; and 
 
The arh hronght 
 
 I. SAMUEL, VII. 
 
 to BeOi-she^iu'fih. 
 
 put the jewels of gold, which 
 ye return him for a trespass 
 offering, in a coffer by the side 
 thereof; and send it away, that 
 it may go. 
 
 9 And see, if it goeth up by the 
 way of his own coast to Beth- 
 shemesh, then he hath done us 
 thifi great e\'il : but if not, then 
 we shall know that it is not his 
 hand that smote us; it zvas a 
 chance that happened to us. 
 
 10 ![ And the men did so ; and 
 took two milch kine, and tied 
 them to the cart, and shut up 
 their calves at home : 
 
 11 And they laid the ark of the 
 Lord upon the cart, and the 
 coffer with tlie mice of gold and 
 the images of their cmerods. 
 
 12 And the kine took the 
 straight way to tlie way of Be4;h- 
 shemesh, ajid went along the 
 highway, lowing as they went, 
 and turned not aside to the right 
 hand or to the left; and the 
 lords of the Philistines went 
 after iliom unto tlie border of 
 Beth-shemesh. 
 
 13 And the?/ of Beth-shemesh 
 were reaping their wheat har- 
 vest in the valley : and they lift^ 
 ed up their eyes, and saw the 
 ark, and rejoiced to see it. 
 
 14 And the cart came into the 
 field of Joshua, a Betli-shemite, 
 and stood there, where there was 
 a great stone : and they clave 
 the wood of the cart, and offered 
 the kine a burnt offering unto 
 the LoKD. 
 
 15 And the Levites took down 
 the ark of the Lord, and the 
 coffer that was with it, wherein 
 the jewels of gold icere, and put 
 them on the great stone : and 
 the men of Beth-shemesh offer- 
 ed burnt offerings and sacrificed 
 sacrifices the same day imto the 
 Lord. 
 
 16 And when the five lords of 
 the Philistines had seen it, they 
 returned to Ekron tlie same day. 
 
 17 And these are the golden 
 emerods which the Philistmes 
 returned /or a trespass offering 
 unto the Lord ; for Ashdod one, 
 
 for Gaza one, for Askelon one, 
 for Gath one, for Ekron one ; 
 
 18 And the golden mice*, ac- 
 cording to the number of all the 
 cities of the Pldlistines belong- 
 ing to ihe^ five lords, both of 
 fenced cities, and of countiy vil- 
 lages, even imto the great stone 
 ry Abel, whereon they set down 
 the ark of the Lord: which 
 stone remameth unto tliis day 
 in the field of Joshua, the Beth- 
 shemite. 
 
 19 ![ And he smote the men 
 of Beth-shemesh, because they 
 had looked into the ark t)f the 
 Lord, even he smote of the peo- 
 ple firty thousand and threescore 
 and ten men : and i\\Q people la- 
 mented, because the Lord had 
 smitten man?/ of the pet)ple with 
 a great slaughter. 
 
 20 And the men of Beth-she- 
 mesh said. Who is able to stand 
 before tliis holy Lord God? and 
 to wliom slifdl he go up from us ? 
 
 21 ![ And they sent messengers 
 to the inhal^itants of Kirjath- 
 jearim, saying. The Philistines ? 
 have brought again the ark of 
 the Lord; come ye down, and 
 fete'h it up to you. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 1 They of Kiriath-jearim Iring the 
 ark into the house of Abimidab, ami 
 sanctify Eleazar his son to keep if. 
 2 After tirenty years 3 the Israel- 
 ites, by Sarauel's raeans, solemniy 
 repent at Mizpeh. 7 ^liih Samuel 
 prayeth. and sacrificeth, the Lo'rd 
 discomHtetlt the Pldlistines by thun- 
 der at Eben-ezer. 13 Tite Philistines 
 are subdued. 15 Samuel yjeaeecd^ly 
 and religiously jiidgeth Israel. 
 
 AND the men of Kirjath- 
 jearim came, and fetched 
 up the ark of the Lord, and 
 brought it into the house of A- 
 binadab in the hill, and sancti- 
 fied Eleazar his son to keep the 
 ark of the Lord. 
 2 And it came to pass, while 
 the ark abode in lOrjath-jearim, 
 that the time was long; for it 
 was tw^enty years: and all the 
 house of Isiael lamented after 
 I the Lord. 
 i 3 ^ And Samuel spake unto all 
 
The Israeliks repent. I. SAl^iUEL, VIII. Tliey desire a Icing, 
 
 the house of Israel, saying, If 
 ye do return unto the Loed with 
 all your hearts, then put away 
 the strange gods and Ashtaroth 
 from among you, and prepare 
 your hearts unto the Loed, and 
 serve Mm only : and he will de- 
 liver you out of the hand of the 
 Philistines. 
 
 4 Then the children of Israel 
 did put away Baalim and Ashta- 
 roth, and served the Loed only. 
 
 5 And Samuel said, Gather all 
 Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray 
 for you unto the Loed. 
 
 6 And they gathered together 
 to Mizpeh, and di'ew water, 
 and poured it out before the 
 Loed, and fasted on that day, 
 and said there. We have sin- 
 ned against the Loed. And 
 Samuel judged the cliildren of 
 Israel in Mizpeh. 
 
 7 And when the Pliilistines 
 heard that the children of Israel 
 were gathered together to Miz- 
 peh, the lords of the Philistines 
 went up against Israel. And 
 when the children of Israel 
 heard it, they were alraid of the 
 Phihstines. 
 
 8^ And the children of Israel 
 said to Samuel, Cease not to cry 
 unto the Lord our God for us, 
 that he will save *us out of the 
 hand of the Philistines. 
 
 9 H And Samuel took a suck- 
 ing lamb, and offered it for a 
 burnt offering wholly unto the 
 Loed: and Samuel cried unto 
 the Loed for Israel; and the 
 Loed heard him. 
 
 10 And as Samuel was offering 
 up the burnt offering, the Philis- 
 tines drew near to battle against 
 Israel : but the Loed thundered 
 with a great thunder on that 
 day upon the Philistines, and 
 discomfited them; and they 
 were smitten before Israel. 
 
 11 And the men of Israel went 
 out of Mizpeh, and pursued the 
 Philistines, and sm.ote them, un- 
 til thet/ came under Beth-car. 
 
 12 Then Samuel took a stone, 
 and set it between Mizpeh and 
 Shen, and called the name of 
 
 it Eben-ezer, saying. Hitherto 
 hath the Loed helped us. 
 
 13 f So the Philistines were sub- 
 dued, and they came no more 
 into the coast of Israel : and the 
 hand of the Loed was against 
 the Philistines all the days of 
 Samuel. 
 
 14 And the cities wliich the Phi- 
 listines had taken from Israel 
 were restored to Israel, from Ek- 
 ron even unto Gath; and the 
 coasts thereof did Israel deliver 
 out of the hands of the Philis- 
 tines. And there was peace be- 
 tween Israel and the Amorites. 
 
 15 And Samuel judged Israel 
 all the days of his life. 
 
 16 And he went from year to 
 year in circuit to Beth-el, and 
 Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judg- 
 ed Israel in ail those places. 
 
 17 And his return loas to Ea- 
 mah ; for there vjas his house ; 
 and there he judged Israel ; and 
 there he built an altar unto the 
 Loed. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 1 By occasion of the ill government of 
 Samuel's sons, fhe Israelites asJc a 
 Mng. 6 Samitel praying in grief, 
 is comforted hy God: 10 He telleth 
 the m,anner of a Mng. 19 God wiU- 
 etJi Samuel to yield unto the impor- 
 ttmity of the people. 
 
 AND it came to pass, when 
 . Samuel was old, that he 
 made his sons judges over Is- 
 rael. 
 
 2 Now the name of his first- 
 bom was Joel ; and the name of 
 his second, Abiah: they were 
 judges m Beer-sheba. 
 
 3 And his sons walked not in 
 his ways, but turned aside after 
 lucre, and took bribes, and per- 
 verted judgment. 
 
 4 Then all the elders of Israel 
 gathered themselves together, 
 and came to Samuel unto Pa- 
 mah, 
 
 5 And said unto him. Behold, 
 thou art old, and thy sons walk 
 not in thy ways : now make us 
 a Idng to judge us like all the 
 nations. 
 
 6 IF But the tiling displeased 
 Samuel, when they said, Give 
 
rhe mann*^ </ I. SAMITEL, IX 
 
 us a king to judge ns. And Sa- 1 
 iiiuel pmyed unto the Ix)RI). | 
 
 7 And the Loud siiid unto Sa- 
 muel, Hearken unto th«' voiec 
 of the people hi all that they ^ 
 «^ay unto thee : lor they Imve I 
 not rejected thee, but tliey luive ' 
 rejected me, that 1 should not ■ 
 reign over them. 
 
 8 According to all the works 
 wliich they have done since the 
 day tliat I ])rrjuv.'ht tln'm uj) out 
 of Egypt even unto this dtiy, 
 wherewith they liave forsidvcn 
 me, and served other gods, fK) do 
 thev alfto unto thee. 
 
 9 Now therefore liearken unto 
 their voice : howl)eit yet nrotest 
 fiolennily unto them, ana shew 
 them the nianm^r of the king 
 tliat shall reign over tlx'iu. 
 
 10 ■" And S:unuel told all the 
 words of tlie Iahw unto the i;eo- 
 )ile that asked oihiin a king. 
 
 11 And he wiid, Tiiis will be tlie 
 -iianner of the Idng tluit shall 
 reign over you: He will tidve 
 vonr sons, and ai>iK)iiit them for 
 himself, for Ids chariots, and to 
 be lii- hoi-semen ; and some sliall 
 run before his clmriot^. 
 
 12 And he will apiK)int liim 
 capiaiiLS over thousands, and 
 
 18 And ye shall ciy out in tliat 
 day l)ecau8e of vour king which 
 ye shall have clios^*n you; and 
 the Lord will not hear you in 
 that day. 
 
 11) 11 Nevertheless the peonle 
 refused to ol)ey the voice of Sa- 
 muel ; and thev said. Nay ; bvtt 
 we will have a King over us; 
 
 20 'J'luit we als<j may l>e like 
 all the nations; and that our 
 king may judge us, and go out 
 Infore us, and light our battles. 
 
 21 AikI Samuel heanl all tlie 
 words of the pet»ple, and he re*- 
 liearsed them in the ears of the 
 
 LollD. 
 
 22 And the Lord said to Sa- 
 muel, Hearken unto (heir voice, 
 and make them a king. And 
 Sximuel said m>to the men of 
 Israel, Go ye every man imto 
 his city. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 1 Skiul <hif]Miiri»g to find his father's 
 asses, C l>y the ronyiAH af hin ser. 
 tuHf, 11 and direct uni of yonnp 
 nuiuteiis, IS according tn (!od n 
 rcvelaliitn, 18 Cometh to Samuel. 
 19 Smrmel entcrtaiiuth Saul at 
 the ftast. 2'i HmuveJ, aftrr eecixt 
 coinmnnicution, bringetn iSaiU on 
 his icay. 
 
 ^VTOW there was a man of 
 
 captains over fifties; and ffi// 1 1.\ Ben jamip, whose name t^«5 
 set them to ear his ground, and I Kish, the son of Abiel, the son 
 to reiii) his harvest^ and to make | of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, 
 liis instrument^ ol war, and in- : the son of Apliiah, a Benjamite, 
 
 stMiiuents of his chariots. 
 13 And he will take your daugh- 
 
 a mighty man of r>ower. 
 2 And he had a son, 
 
 whose 
 
 tei^s io be confectionaries, and to I name was Saul, a choice young 
 
 be cooks, and to be bakers. 
 14 And he will take your fields, 
 
 man, and a goodly: and there 
 ivas not among the children of 
 
 and your vineyards, and your ^ Israel a goodlier person than he : 
 oliYeyards,^f^/i the best o/'/A^m, fiom his shoulders and upward 
 
 and give them to his servants. 
 15 And he will take the tenth 
 of your seed, and of your vine- 
 yards, and give to his officers, 
 and to his servants. 
 
 he was liigher than any of the 
 people. 
 
 3 And the asses of Kish Saul's 
 father were lost. And Kish said 
 to Saul his son, Take now one 
 
 16 And lie will take your men- of the servants with thee, and 
 
 serA'ants, and yoiu' maidservants^ 
 and your gocidlieet young men, 
 and your asses, and put them to 
 his work. 
 17 He will take the tenth of 
 your slieep : and ye shall be his 
 e^rvants. 
 
 arise, go seek the asses. 
 4 And he passed through 
 momit Ephraim, and passed 
 through the land of Shalisha, 
 but they found them not : then 
 they passed through the land of 
 Shahm, and there they were 
 
Saul is sent to 
 
 I. SAMUEL, IX. seeh his father's asses. 
 
 not : and lie passed throngli the 
 land of the Ber jamites, but they 
 found them not. 
 
 5 And when they were come to 
 the land of Znph, Saul said to 
 his servant that was with him, 
 Come, and let ns retmn; lest 
 my father leave caring for the 
 asses, and take thought for ns. 
 
 6 And he said nnto him, Behold 
 now, there is in this city a man 
 of God, and he is an honom-able 
 man; all that he saith cometh 
 surely to pass : now let us go thi- 
 ther ; peradventure he can shew 
 us our way that we should go. 
 
 7 Then said Saul to his ser^ ant, 
 But, behold, if we go, what shall 
 Vv^e bring the man ? for the bread 
 is spent in our vessels, and thei'e 
 is not a present to biing to the 
 man of God : what have we ? 
 
 8 And the servant answered 
 Saul again, and said, Behold, 
 I have here at hand the fourth 
 part of a shekel of silver : that 
 will I give to the man of God, 
 to tell us oui' way. 
 
 9 (Beforetime in Israel, when 
 a man went to enquire of God, 
 thus he spake, Come, and let 
 us go to the seer : for he that is 
 now called a Prophet was be- 
 foretime called a Seer.) 
 
 10 Then said Saul to his ser- 
 vant, Well said ; come, let us 
 go. So they went unto the city 
 where the man of God was. 
 
 11 ^ And as they went up 
 the hill to the city, they found 
 young maidens going out to 
 draw water, and said unto them, 
 Is the seer here ? 
 
 12 And they answered them, 
 and said. He is; behold, he is 
 before you: make haste now, 
 for he came to day to the city ; 
 for there is a sacrifice of the 
 people to day in the high place : 
 
 13 As soon as ye be come in- 
 to the city, ye shall straightway 
 find him, before he go up to the 
 high place to eat : for the people 
 will not eat until he come, be- 
 cause he doth bless the sacrifice ; 
 and afterwards they eat that be 
 bidden. Now therefore get you 
 
 up ; for about this time ye shall 
 find him. 
 
 14 And they went up into the 
 city : and when they were come 
 into the city, behold, Samuel 
 came out against them, for to 
 go up to the high place. 
 
 15 IF Now the Lokd had told 
 Samuel in his ear a day before 
 Saul came, saying, 
 
 16 To morrow about this time 
 I will send thee a man out of 
 the land of Benjamin, and thou 
 shalt anoint him to he captam 
 over my people Israel, that he 
 may save my people out of the 
 hand of the Philistines : for I 
 have looked upon my people, be- 
 cause their cry is come unto me. 
 
 17 And when Samuel saw Saul, 
 the LoKD said unto him. Behold 
 the man whom I spake to thee 
 of! this same shall reign over 
 my people. 
 
 18 Then Saul drew near to Sa- 
 muel in the gate, and said, Tell 
 me, I pray thee, where the seer's 
 house is. 
 
 19 And Samuel answered Saul, 
 and said, I am the seer : go up 
 before me unto the high place ; 
 for ye shall eat with me to day, 
 and to morrow I will let thee go, 
 and wiU tell thee all that is in 
 thine heart. 
 
 20 And as for tliine asses that 
 were lost thi-ee days ago, set not 
 thy mind on them ; for they are 
 found. And on whom is aU the 
 desire of Israel? Is it not on 
 thee, and on all thy father's 
 house ? 
 
 21 And Saul answered and said, 
 Am not I a Benjamite, of the 
 smallest of the tribes of Israel ? 
 and my family the least of all 
 the families of the tribe of Ben- 
 jamin ? wherefore then speakest 
 thou so to me ? 
 
 22 And Samuel took Saul and 
 his servant, and brought them 
 into the parlour, and made them 
 sit m the chiefest place among 
 them that were bidden, which 
 were about thirty persons. 
 
 23 And Samuel said unto the 
 cook, Biiug the portion which I 
 
Saul is amnnted. 
 
 pave thee, of wliicli I said unto 
 tliee, Set it })y thee. 
 
 24 And the rook took up the 
 slioulder, iiiMl t/iat wliicli ica.s 
 upon it, and si't it lielmv Saul. 
 And Sdffuiel siii<l. Behold that 
 whirh is left ! set it iM-loie thee, 
 fiful eat : lor \uito this time liath 
 it been kept lor thee Binee I 
 said, I have invited the jK-ople. 
 So Saul did eat with Samuel 
 that day. 
 
 2") •' And wlien tliey were come 
 down IVoui the hiixh place into 
 the city, S funnel communed 
 with Saul upon the top of the 
 house. 
 
 2(> And they nropc early : and 
 it came to pass alniut the si»rinjr I 
 of the day, that Sanuiel called 
 Saul to the top of the house, say- 
 in?, I'p, that I may send thee 
 away. And Saul arose, and they 
 went out both of them, he and 
 Samuel, abroad. 
 
 27 And as they were proinjr do^Mi 
 to the J-'ud of the city, Samuel 
 said to Saul, Bid the servant 
 pass on before us, (and he pass- 
 ed on.) but stand thou still a 
 wliile, that I may shew thee the 
 word of God. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 1 S'mvul ouointrlh S'inL 2 He ron- 
 Jlrmclh him hfi jredirfion of three 
 sifins. 9 Saul's heart is chanued, 
 and he jrrophesiefh. U Ue conceal- 
 eth the nuitfer of the kingdom from 
 
 I. SAMUEL. X. Heprophmdh. 
 
 3 Tlien *ihalt thou po on iVjr- 
 ward from tlience, and thou shalt 
 come to the plain of 'J'abor, 
 and there shall meet thee three 
 men jroiniJ: up to (iod to Betli-t.'l, 
 one carrying three kids, and an- 
 other (arninj^ three loav(s of 
 bread, and another carrjinj; a 
 bottle of wine : 
 
 4 And they will palute thee, and 
 frive thee two loaves of bn*ad; 
 which thou shalt receive of their 
 hands. 
 
 5 Alter that thou shalt come 
 to the hill of (.iod, where f.v the 
 L-^aiTison of the I'liilistines : and 
 it shall com<* to pns8 when thou 
 art come thither to tlie city, that 
 thou shalt meet a company of 
 Itrojihetrt comiuK down fn»m the 
 hijrli place with a pstdtery, and 
 a tabret, and a pipe, and a haris 
 before them; and they shall 
 prophesy : 
 
 I) And the Spirit of the Ii(»RD 
 will come upon thee, and thou 
 shalt propheBy with them, and 
 shalt be turned into another 
 man. 
 
 7 And let it be, wlien these 
 Bi^ms are come unto thee, that 
 thou do as occasion serve thee ; 
 for God f.v with thee. 
 
 8 And thou shalt go down be- 
 fore me to Gilgal ; and, behold, 
 I will come down unto thee, to 
 offer burnt ofierinps, and to sacri- 
 
 hh uncle. 11 Said is chosen at Miz- \ lice sacrifices of peace otferinpp : 
 
 jjch hy lot. 26 Tlte different affec 
 tions of his subjects. 
 
 THEN Samuel took a vial 
 of oil, and poured it ujjon 
 his head, and kissed him, and 
 said, Is it not because the Lord 
 hath anointed thee to be captain 
 over his iuheritance ? 
 2 When thou art departed from 
 me to day, then thou shalt find 
 two men by Rachel's sepulchre 
 in the border of Benjamin at 
 Zelzah ; and they will say unto 
 thee. The asses which thou went- 
 est to seek are foimd : and, lo, 
 
 seven days shalt thou tarr>', till 
 I come to thee, and shew thee 
 what thou shalt do. 
 
 9 •[ And it was so, that when he 
 had turned liis back to go from 
 Samuel, God gave hira another 
 heart : and all those signs came 
 to pass that day. 
 
 10 And when they came thither 
 to the hill, behold, a company 
 of prophets met him ; and the 
 Spirit of God came upon him, 
 and he prophesied among them. 
 
 11 And it came to pass, when 
 all that laiew him beforetirae 
 
 thy father hath left the care of saw that, behold, he prophe- 
 the asses, and sorroweth for you, sied among the prophets, then 
 saying, What shall I do for my the people said one to another, 
 son?- I Wliat is this that is come unto 
 
Saul is cJiGsen 
 
 I. SAMUEL, XI. 
 
 king at Mizpeli. 
 
 the son of Kish ? Is Saul also 
 among the prophets ? 
 
 12 And one of the same place 
 answered and said, But who is 
 theh father? Therefore it be- 
 came a proverb, Is Saul also 
 among the prophets ? 
 
 13 And when he had made an 
 end of prophesying, he came to 
 the high place. 
 
 14 % And Saul's uncle said unto 
 him and to his servant. Whither 
 went ye ? And he said. To seek 
 the asses : and when we saw that 
 they were no where, we came to 
 Samuel. 
 
 15 And Saul's uncle said. Tell 
 me, I pray thee, what Samuel 
 said unto you. 
 
 16 And Saul said mito his uncle, 
 ' He told us plainly that the asses 
 
 were found. But of the matter 
 of the kingdom, whereof Samuel 
 spake, he told him not. 
 
 17 ^ And Samuel called the 
 peonle together unto the Loed 
 to Mizpeh ; 
 
 ' 18 And said unto the children 
 \ of Israel, Thus saith the Losn 
 I God of Israel, I brought up Is- 
 rael out of Egypt, and deliver- 
 ed you out of the hand of the 
 1 Egyptians, and oiit of the hand 
 of ail Idngdoms, and of them 
 that oppressed you : 
 ; 19 And ye have this day reject- 
 \ ed your God, who himself saved 
 i you out of all your adversities 
 I and your tribulations; and ye 
 have said unto him, Nat/, but 
 set a khig over us. Now there- 
 fore present yourselves before 
 the Lord by your tribes, and by 
 your thousands. 
 
 20 And v/hen Samuel had 
 caused all the tribes of Israel 
 to come near, the tribe of Ben- 
 jamin was taken. 
 
 21 When he had caused the 
 tribe of Benjamin to come^ near 
 by their families, the family of 
 Matri was taken, and Saul the 
 son of Kish was taken: and 
 when they sought him, he could 
 not be found. 
 
 22 Therefore they enquired of 
 the Lord further, if the man 
 
 should yet come thither. And 
 the Lord answered. Behold, he 
 hath hid himself among the stuff. 
 
 23 And they ran and fetched 
 him thence : and when he stood 
 among the people, he vv^as higher 
 than any of the people from his 
 shoulders and upward. 
 
 24 And Samuel said to all the 
 people. See ye him whom the 
 Lord hath chosen, that there 
 is none like him among all 
 the people ? And all the people 
 shouted, and said, God save the 
 king. 
 
 25 Then Samuel told the peo- 
 ple the manner of the kingdom, 
 and wi'ote i^ in a book, and laid 
 i^ up before the Lord. And 
 SamLiel sent all the people a- 
 way, every man to his house. 
 
 26 If And Saul also went home 
 to Gibeah ; and there went with 
 him a band of men, whose hearts 
 God had touched. 
 
 27 But the children of Belial 
 said. How shall this man save 
 us ? And they despised him, and 
 brought him no presents. But 
 he held his peace. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 1 NaJiash offereth them of Jahesh- 
 gilead a reproaciiful condition. 4 
 They send messengers, and are de- 
 liver'ed by Said. 12 Said tliereby 
 is confirmed, and his kingdom re- 
 
 THEN Nahash the Ammon- 
 ite came up, and encamped 
 against Jabesh-gilead : and all 
 the men of Jabesh said- unto 
 Nahash, Make a covenant with 
 us, and vfe will serve thee. 
 
 2 And Nahash the Ammonite 
 answered them. On this co7i- 
 dition will I make a covenant 
 with you, that I may thrust out 
 all your right eyes, and lay it 
 for a reproach upon all Israel. 
 
 3 And the elders of Jabesh 
 said unto him. Give us seven 
 days' respite, that we may send 
 messengers unto all the coasts 
 of Israel : and then, if there be 
 no man to save us, we ^ill come 
 out to thee. 
 
 4 1[ Then came the messengers 
 to Gibeah of Saul, and told the 
 
Saul rescueth I. SAMUEL. XII, 
 
 tidings in the ears of the wo- 
 ple : and all the people lil'tea up 
 their voices, and wept. 
 
 5 And, beliold. Saul came after 
 the herd out of the lield; and 
 Saul w\id, AVhat aileth the i)eo- 
 ple that tliey weepV And they 
 told him the tidhigs of the men 
 of Jabesli. 
 
 (3 And the Spuit of God came 
 ui)on Saul when he heard tliose 
 tidings, and his anger was kin- 
 dled greatly. 
 
 7 And he took a yoke of oxen, 
 and hewed them in i»ieceR, and 
 sent t/tem throughout all the 
 coasts of Israel by tlie hands of 
 messengers, saying. Whosoever 
 c(jm(.'th not forth after Saul and 
 after Samuel, so shall it be done 
 unto his oxen. And the fear of 
 the Lord fell on the i)eople, and 
 they came out with one consent. 
 
 8 And when he numl)ered them 
 fn Be/.ek, the children of Israel 
 were three hinidred thousand, 
 and the men of Judah thirty 
 thousand. 
 
 9 And they said imto the mes- 
 sengei-s that came, Thus shall 
 ye say unto the men of Jabesh- 
 gilead. To morrow, by fhat time 
 the sun be hot, ye shall have 
 help. .Vud the messengers came 
 and sliewed it to the men of 
 Jabesh ; and they were glad. 
 
 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh 
 said. To morrow we will come 
 out mito you, and ye shall do 
 with us ail that seemeth good 
 unto you. 
 
 11 And it was so on the mor- 
 row, that Saul put tfee people 
 
 aS4n three companies; and they 
 came into the midst of the host 
 in the morning watcli, and slew 
 the Ammonites until the heat 
 of the day : and it came to pass, 
 that they which remained were 
 scattered, so that two of them 
 were not left together. 
 
 12 ^ And the people said unto 
 Samuel, Who is he that said, 
 Shall Saul reign over us ? bring 
 the men, that we may put them 
 to death. 
 
 13 And Saul said, There shall 
 
 J(ibesfi-(iile(ul. 
 
 not a man be put to death this 
 day: for to day the Lokk hath 
 wrought salvation in Israel. 
 
 14 Then said Samuel to the 
 I>eoi)le, Come, and let us go to 
 (iilgal, and renew the kingdom 
 there. 
 
 15 And all the people went to 
 Gilgal; and there they made 
 Saul king before the Loud in 
 Gilgal; and there they sacrific- 
 ed sacrifices of peace ofi'erings 
 before the Lord ; and there Saul 
 and all the men of Israel rejoic- 
 ed greatly. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 1 Sumnel testifieth his integrity, r. lie 
 re]irnveth the j^ojie of inQr<ititiule. 
 k; He tcrrifieth them imtfi thumUr 
 in harvest time. 20 He comjbrteth 
 them in God's mercy. 
 
 AND Samuel said unto all Ts- 
 . rael. Behold, I have heark- 
 ened unto your voice in all that 
 ye said unto me, and have made 
 a king over you. 
 
 2 And now, behold, the kinj? 
 walketh before you : and I am 
 old and grayheaded; and, be- 
 hold, my sons are with you : and 
 I have walked l)efore you from 
 my childhood unto this day. 
 
 3 Behold, here I am : "svitness 
 against me before the Lord, 
 and before his anointed : whose 
 ox have I taken? or whose ass 
 have I taken? or whom have 
 I defrauded? whom have I op- 
 pressed ? or of whose hand have 
 I received ant/ bribe to blind 
 mine eyes therewith? and I will 
 restore it you. 
 
 4 And they said, Thou hast 
 not defrauded us, nor oppressed 
 us, neither hast thou taken ought 
 of any man's hand. 
 
 5 And he said unto them. The 
 Lord is witness against you, and 
 his anointed is witness this day, 
 that ye have not found ought in 
 my hand. And they answered, 
 He is witness. 
 
 6 IF And Samuel said unto the 
 people. It is the Lord that ad- 
 vanced Moses and Aaron, and 
 that brought your fathers up 
 out of the land of Egj^pt. 
 
Samuel ccHleth for 
 
 I. SAMUEL, XII. 
 
 tliimdaf and rain. 
 
 7 Now therefore stand still, that 
 I may reason with yon before 
 the Lord of all the righteous 
 acts of the Lord, which he did 
 to you and to your fathers. 
 
 8 When Jacob was come into 
 Egypt, and your fathers cried 
 unto the Lord, then the Lord 
 sent Moses and Aaron, which 
 brought forth your fathers out 
 of Egypt, and made them dwell 
 in this place. 
 
 9 And when they forgat the 
 Lord their God, he sold them in- 
 to the hand of Sisera, captaia of 
 the host of Hazor, and into the 
 hand of the Philistiaes, and into 
 the hand of the king of Moab, 
 and they fought against them. 
 
 10 And they cried unto the 
 Lord, and said. We have sinned, 
 because we have forsaken the 
 Lord, and have served Baalim 
 and Ashtaroth : but now deliver 
 us out of the hand of our ene- 
 mies, and we will serve thee. 
 
 11 And the Lord sent Jerub- 
 baal, and Bedan, and Jeph- 
 thah, and Samuel, and deliver- 
 ed you out of the hand of your 
 enemies on every side, and ye 
 dwelled safe. 
 
 12 And when ye saw that Na- 
 hash the king of the children of 
 Ammon came against you, ye 
 said unto me, Kay ; but a king 
 shall reign over us: when the 
 Lord your God was your king. 
 
 13 Now therefore behold the 
 Mng whom ye have chosen, and 
 whom ye have desired ! and, be- 
 hold, the Lord hath set a king 
 over you. 
 
 14 If ye will fear the Lord, and 
 serve him, and obey his voice, 
 and not rebel against the com- 
 mandment of the Lord, then 
 shall both ye and also the king 
 that reigneth over you continue 
 following the Lord your God : 
 
 15 But if ye will not obey the 
 voice of the Lord, but rebel 
 against the commandment of the 
 Lord, then shall the hand of the 
 Lord be against you, as it was 
 against your fathers. 
 
 16 K Now therefore stand and 
 
 see this great tiling, which the 
 Lord will do before your eyes. 
 
 17 Is it not wheat harvest to 
 day ? I will call unto the Lord, 
 and he shall send thunder and 
 rain ; that ye may perceive and 
 see that your wickedness i6' great, 
 which ye have done in the sight 
 of the Lord, in asking you a Idng. 
 
 18 So Samuel called unto the 
 Lord ; and the Lord sent thun- 
 der and rain that day: and all 
 the people greatly feared the 
 Lord and Samuel. 
 
 19 And all the people said unto 
 Samuel, Pray for thy servants 
 unto the Lord thy God, that we 
 die not : for we have added unto 
 all our sins this evil, to ask us a 
 king. 
 
 20 IF And Samuel said unto the 
 people, Fear not : ye have done 
 all this wickedness : yet turn not 
 aside from following the Lord, 
 but serve the Lord with all your 
 heart ; 
 
 21 And turn ye not aside : for 
 then should ye go after vain 
 things, which cannot profit nor 
 deliver ; for they are vain. 
 
 22 For the Lord will not for- 
 sake his people for Ms great 
 name's sake: because it hath 
 pleased the Lord to make you 
 his people. 
 
 23 Moreover as for me, God 
 forbid that I should sin against 
 the Lord in ceasing to pray for 
 you: but I will teach you the 
 good and the right way : 
 
 24 Only fear the Lord, and 
 serve him in truth with all your 
 heart: for consider hov>^ great 
 things he hath done for you. 
 
 25 But if ye shall still do wick- 
 edly, ye shall be consumed, both 
 ye and your Idng. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 1 Saul's selected hand. 3 He calleth 
 the Hebrews to Gilgal against tJie 
 Philistines, ivhose garrison Jona- 
 than had smitten. 5 T/ie Philis- 
 tines' great host. 6 TJie distress 
 of the Israelites. 8 Sanl, weary of 
 staying for Samuel, sacrificeth. 11 
 Samuel reprovethhim. 17 The three 
 spoiling bands of the Philisd'nes. 
 19 The policy of the PhiUstincs, to 
 suffer no smith in Israel. 
 
SauTs select hand, I. SAMUEL, XIII. Samuel reiyroveOi him. 
 
 SAUL reigned one year ; and 
 when lie liad reigned two 
 years over Israel, 
 
 2 8aul cliopo him three thou- 
 sand men of Israel; whereof 
 two thousand were with Saul in 
 Michmash and in mount Beth- 
 el, and a thousand were with 
 Jonathan in Gibeah (»f Deuja- 
 min : and the rest of the people 
 he sent every man to his tent. 
 
 3 And Jonathan smote the gar- 
 rison of the Philistines that was 
 in Geba, and the Philistines 
 heard of it. And Saul blew the 
 trumpet throughout all the land, 
 saying, Let the Hebrews hear. 
 
 4 And all Israel heard say that 
 Saul had smitten a garrison of 
 the Philistines, and that Israel 
 also was had in abomination with 
 the Philistines. And the iK'Ople 
 were called together after Saul 
 to Gilgal. 
 
 5 ^ And the IMiilistines gather- 
 ed themselves together to fight 
 with Israel, thii-ty thousand cha- 
 riots, and six thousand horee- 
 men, and p,eoi)le as the sand 
 which is on the sea shore in 
 multitude: and they came up, 
 and pitched in Michmash, east- 
 ward from Beth-a^xin. 
 
 G When the men of Israel saw 
 that they were in a strait, (for 
 the people were distressed.) then 
 the i)eople did liide themselves 
 in caves, and in thickets, and 
 in rocks, and in liigh places, 
 and in pits. 
 
 7 And some of the Hebrews 
 went over Jordan to the land of 
 Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, 
 he was yet in Gilgal, and all 
 the people followed him trem- 
 bling. 
 
 8 H And he tarried seven days, 
 according to the set time that 
 Samuel had appointed : but Sa- 
 muel came not to Gilgal; and 
 the people were scattered from 
 him. 
 
 9 And Saul said, Bring hither 
 a bmut offering to me, and peace 
 offerings. And he offered the 
 burnt offering. 
 
 10 And it came to pass, that as 
 
 soon as he had made an eiid of 
 ollcriug tbe b\init offeriug, be- 
 hold, Samuel came; an<l Saul 
 went out to meet liim, that he 
 might salute him. 
 
 11 •[ And Samuel said, What 
 liast thou done? And Saul s;iid, 
 Because I saw that the iteoule 
 were scattered I'rom me, and that 
 thou earnest not within the days 
 apjujinted, and that the Philis- 
 tines gathered themselves toge- 
 ther at Michmash ; 
 
 12 Therefore said I, The Phi- 
 listines will come down now 
 upon me to Ciilgal, and I have 
 not made supjdication unto the * 
 Loud : I forced myself therefore, ( 
 and offered a burnt offering. j 
 
 13 And Samuel said to Saul, 
 Thou hast dime foolishly : thou 
 hast not kei)t the commandment 
 of tlie Loui) tliy God, which he 
 commanded thee : for now woidd 
 the LoRO have estiiblished thy 
 kingdom upon Israel for ever. 
 
 14 But now thy kingdom shall 
 not continue: the Lord liath 
 sought him a man after his own 
 heart, and the IjORD hath com- 
 manded him to be captain over 
 his people, because thou hast 
 not kept that which the Loud 
 commanded thee. 
 
 15 And Samuel arose, and gat 
 him up from Gilgal unto Giljeah 
 of Benjamin. And Saul num- 
 bered tiie people that were pre- 
 sent with liim, about six hmi- 
 dred men. 
 
 16 And Saul, and Jonathan his 
 son, and the people that were 
 l)resent with them, abode in Gi- 
 beah of Benjamin : but the Phi- 
 listines encamped in Michmash. 
 
 17 ^ And the spoilers came out 
 of the camp of the Philistines in 
 three companies : one company 
 turned unto the way that lead- 
 eth to Ophrah, unto the land of 
 Shual: 
 
 18 And another company turn- 
 ed the way to Beth-horon : and 
 another company turned to the 
 way of the border that looketh 
 to the valley of Zeboim toward 
 the wilderness. 
 
■Tonaihan smiteth the I. SAIVIUEL, XIY. PMistines' gmrism, 
 
 4 '^ And bet^veen tlie passages, 
 by wliich Jonathan sought to go 
 oyer unto the Philistines' garri- 
 son, there ivas a sharp rock on 
 the one side, and a shai-p rock 
 on the other side : and the name 
 of the one icas Bozez, and the 
 name of the other Seneh. 
 
 5 The forefront of the one teas 
 situate noithward over against 
 ^lichmash, and the ether south- 
 ward over against Gibeah. 
 
 6 A:nd Jonathan said to the 
 young man that bare his armour. 
 
 19 ^ Now there was no smith 
 found throughout all the land 
 c f Ismel : for the Philistines said, 
 Lest the Hebrews n^ke them 
 swords or spears : 
 
 20 But all the Israelites went 
 down to the Philistines/to sharp- 
 en every man his share, and Ms 
 coulter, and his ax, and his mat- 
 tock. 
 
 .21 Yet they had a file for the 
 mattocks, and for the coulters, 
 and for the forks, and for the 
 axes, and to shari^en the goads. 
 
 22 So it came to pass in the day I Come, and let us go over unto 
 of battle, that there was neither : the garrison of these imchcum- 
 sword nor spear found ia the | cised : it may be that the Lokd 
 hand of any of the people that | will work for us : for there is no 
 were with Saul and Jonathan : restraint to the Lged to save by 
 but ^-ith Said and with Jona- many or by few. 
 
 than his son was there found. 7 And his annorirb^irer said 
 
 23 And the garrison of the Phi- . unto him. Do all that is in thine 
 
 heart : tmn thee ; behold, I am 
 with thee acccTding to thy heart. 
 
 8 Then said J onathan. Behold, 
 we will pass over rmto th^se men, 
 and we will discover om'selves 
 imto them. 
 
 9 If they say thus imto us, Tar- 
 '-''^^se'ifetli I ^ ^Jitil we come to j'ou; then 
 
 /. ,7 T3-„ ' TTVi TT-lll CtQTir] C+ill -I-n /MTV Tilar'Ck 
 
 listuies went out to the passage 
 of Michmash. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 I 1 JonoAhan, unwitting to his father, 
 
 the ptnest, or the people, goefh and 
 
 I miraculously smiteth thePhilistines' 
 
 garrison. 15 A dizine tei-ror maJ:eth 
 
 \ them heat themselves. 17 Sanh not 
 
 stamn{j the pnesfs ansicer, seitetli , ~ .^^ t ^^^^ ■ - ■ ^ 
 
 on thevA. 21 The captivated He- \ v>'e will stand still m om' place. 
 hrews, and thehidden Israelites, join and will not go up unto them. 
 
 against them. 21 Said's unadvised 
 adjuration hinder eth the victory. 
 32 He restraineth the people from 
 eating hlcod. 35 He huRdeth an 
 altar. 38 Jonathan, taTcen ?)?y lot, 
 is saved by the people. i7 Saul's 
 strength and family. 
 
 i\ 
 
 10 But if they say thus, Come 
 I up unto us ; then we will go up : 
 for the LoEi> hath delivered 
 them into oui hand ; and this 
 shall be a sign unto us. 
 i 11 And both of them discover- 
 l^OW it came to pass upon a ed themselves unto the garrison 
 ±S day, that Jonathan the son of the Philistines : and the Phi- 
 of Saul said unto the young man listinessaid,Behold,the Hebrews 
 that bare his armour, Come, and come forth out of the holes where 
 let us go over to the Philistines' they had hid themselves, 
 garrison, that is on the other side. \ 12 And the men of the garrison 
 But he told not his father. I answered Jonathan and his ar- 
 
 2 And Saul tarried in the ut- mourbearer, and said, Come up 
 teiTuost paii: of Gibeah under to us, and we will shew you a 
 a pomegmnate tree which is m \ thing. And Jonathan said unto 
 Migron : and the people that j his armom^earer. Come up after 
 were with him ivere about six ; me : for the Loed hath delivered 
 hundred men ; i them into the hand of Israel. 
 
 3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahi- I 13 And Jonathan climbed up 
 tub, I-chabod's brother, the son ; upon his hands and upon his 
 of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the ■ feet, and his annourbearer af- 
 Loed's priest in Shiloh, VNcariag ter hi-m : and they fell before 
 anephod. And the people knew ; Jonathan; andhisarmourbearer 
 not that Jonathan was gone, ! slew after bijn, 
 
 " Q 
 
SauTs ailjuraiwn I. SAMUEL, XIV, 
 
 14 And thnt first Hlaiiplitor, 
 which Jonatlian and liis ar- 
 raourbeaivr made, was about 
 twenty men, witliin as it were 
 an half acre of land, rvliich a 
 yoke of (hxeii mif^ht plotv. 
 
 15 And tliere was treml»linp: 
 in the host, in tlie Held, and 
 among all the i>eoi>le : the gar- 
 rison, and the F])oilei-s, they also 
 trem])lcd, and tlie earth ([naked : 
 8o it was a very great trem])ling. 
 ^ 16 And the wat<'hnien of Saul 
 in Gilwah of IJcnjaniin louk- 
 ed; and, Ixdiold. tin* multitude 
 melted away, antl they went on 
 beating down one another. 
 
 17 Tlien said Saul unto the 
 Beople that xcere with him, 
 NumlK'r now, and we who iw 
 gone from us. And when they 
 Imd nunil)ered, behold, Jona- 
 than and his aiinourbearer were 
 not there. 
 
 18 And Saul said unto Ahiali, 
 Bring hither the ark of (lod. 
 For the ark of God was at 
 that time with the cliildreu of 
 Israel. 
 
 19 If And it came to paF-s, while 
 Saul t'dked unto the priest, that 
 the noise that uuiii in the host of 
 the Philistines went on and in- 
 creased : and Saul said unto the 
 priest, Withdraw thine hand. 
 
 20 And Said and all tlie peo- 
 ple that were with him assem- 
 bled themselves, and they came 
 to the battle : and, behold, every 
 man's sword was against his fel- 
 low, and there was a very great 
 discomliture. 
 
 21 Moreover the Hebrews that 
 were with the Philistines before 
 that time, which went up with 
 them into the camp from the 
 country romid about, even they 
 also turned to be with the Is- 
 raelites that were with Saul and 
 Jonathan. 
 
 22 Likewise all the men of Is- 
 rael w^hich had hid themselves 
 in mount Ephraim, when they 
 heard that the Philistines fled, 
 even they also followed hard 
 after them in the battle. 
 
 23 So the Lord saved Israel 
 
 hindereOi tJte victory. 
 
 that day : and tlie battle iiassod 
 over unto lieth-aven. 
 
 24 ^ And the men of Israel 
 were distressed that day: iorl 
 Saul had adjured the peopli 
 saying. Cursed he the man Uu 
 eateth ant/ food until evening, 
 that 1 may be avenged on mine 
 enemies. So none of the people 
 tasted anf/ foiKl. 
 
 25 And all they of tlie land 
 came to a wood; and there waH 
 honev upon the ground. 
 
 2(> And when the j^eople werr 
 come into the wood, behold, the 
 honey dnjjjped ; but no man i)Ut 
 his hand to liis month : for the 
 IK'ople feared the oath. 
 
 27 But Jonatlian heard n<»t 
 when his father charged the 
 people with the oath : wheie- 
 foR' he put f<jrth the end of the 
 rod that wan in his hand, and 
 chi)ped it in an honeycomb, and 
 nut his hand to his month; and 
 his eves were enlightened. 
 
 28 Then answered one of the 
 peoi)le, and said. Thy iather 
 straitly chrtrged the iieonle with 
 an oath, saying, Cursed be the 
 man that eateth an// food this 
 day. And the jKJople were faint. 
 
 21) Then said Jonathan, My 
 father hath troubled the land : 
 see, I pray you, how mine eyes 
 have been enlightened, Ijcause 
 I tasted a little of this honey. 
 
 30 How much more, if haply 
 the people had eaten freely to 
 day of the spoil of their ene- 
 mies which they found? for 
 had there not been now a much 
 greater slaughter among the 
 Philistines? 
 
 31 And they smote the Philis- 
 tines that day from IMichmash 
 to Aijalon : and the people were 
 very faint. 
 
 32 And the people flew upon 
 the spoil, and took sheep, and 
 oxen, and calves, and slew them 
 on the ground : and the r>eople 
 did eat them with the blood. 
 
 33 ^ Then they told Saul, 
 saying. Behold, the people sin 
 against the Lord, in that they 
 eat with the blood. And he said. 
 
 ♦I 
 
The people 
 
 I. SAMUEL, XIV. 
 
 rescue Joncdhan. 
 
 Ye have tmnsgressed : roll a 
 great stone mito me tMs day. 
 
 34 And Saul said, Disperse 
 yourselves among the people, 
 and say unto them. Bring me 
 hither every man his ox, and 
 every man his sheep, and slay 
 them here, and eat ; and sin not 
 against the Lord in eating with 
 the blood. And all the people 
 brought every man his ox with 
 him that night, and slew them 
 there. 
 
 35 And Saul built an altar unto 
 the Lord: the same was the 
 first altar that he built unto the 
 Lord. 
 
 36 H And Saul said. Let us go 
 down after the Philistines by 
 
 I night, and spoil them until the 
 
 morning light, and let us not 
 
 leave a man of them. And they 
 ! said, Do whatsoever seemeth 
 
 good imto thee. Then said the 
 ; priest. Let us draw near hither 
 
 unto God. 
 , 37 And Saul asked counsel of 
 
 God, Shall I go down after the 
 \ Philistines ? wilt thou deliver 
 j them into the hand of Israel ? 
 I But he answered him not that 
 
 day. 
 < 38 And Saul said, Draw ye 
 
 near hither, all the chief of 
 . the people : and know and see 
 ^ wherein this sin hath been this 
 (day. 
 
 i 39 For, as the Lord liveth, 
 i] which saveth Israel, though it 
 ■j be in Jonathan my son, he shall 
 1 surely die. But there ivas not 
 ila man among all the people 
 ] that answered him. 
 
 40 Then said he unto all Is- 
 'rael, Be ye on one side, and I 
 
 and Jonathan my son will be 
 on the other side. And the peo- 
 ple said unto Saul, Do what 
 seemeth good unto thee. 
 
 41 Therefore Saul said unto 
 the Lord God of Israel, Give 
 a perfect lot. And Saul and 
 Jonathan were taken: but the 
 people escaped. 
 
 42 And Saul said, Cast lots be- 
 
 I; tween me and Jonathan my son. 
 D And Jonathan was taken. 
 i 
 
 43 Then Saul said to Jona- 
 than, Tell me what thou hast 
 done. And Jonathan told him, 
 and said, I did but taste a httle 
 honey with the end of the rod 
 that 'was in mine hand, and, lo, 
 I must die. 
 
 44 And Saul answered, God do 
 so and more also : for thou shalt 
 surely die, Jonathan. 
 
 45 And the people said unto 
 Saul, Shall Jonathan die, wlio 
 hath wi'ought this great salva- 
 tion in Israel? God forbid : as 
 the Lord liveth, there shall 
 not one hair of his head fall to 
 the ground ; for he hath wrought 
 with God tliis day. So the peo- 
 ple rescued Jonathan, that he 
 died not. 
 
 4Q Then Saul v>^ent up from 
 following the Philistines: and 
 the Philistines went to their 
 own place. 
 
 47 H So Saul took the kingdom 
 over Israel, and fought against 
 all his enemies on every side, 
 against Moab, and against the 
 cliildren of Amnion, and against 
 Edom, and against the kings 
 of Zobah, and against the Phi- 
 listines: and whithersoever he 
 turned himself, he vexed them. 
 
 48 And he gathered an host, 
 and smote the Amalekites, and 
 delivered Israel out of the hands 
 of them that spoiled them. 
 
 49 Now the sons of Saul were 
 Jonathan, and Ishui, and Mel- 
 chi-shua : and the names of liis 
 two daughters we7'e these ; the 
 name of the firstborn Merab, 
 and the name of the younger 
 Michal : 
 
 50 And the name of Saul's wife 
 was Ahinoam, the daughter of 
 Ahimaaz : and the name of the 
 captain of his host was Abner, 
 the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. 
 
 51 And Kish was the father 
 of Saul ; and Ner the father of 
 Abner was the son of Abiel. 
 
 52 And there was sore w^ar r?- 
 gainst the Philistines all the days 
 of Saul : and when Saul saw aiiy 
 strong man, or any valiant man, 
 he took him unto him. 
 
 Q2 
 
Saul spamig Agag is I. SAMUEL, XV. rejected for disobedience. 
 CHAPTER XV. would not utterly destroy them : 
 
 1 Samuel sendefh Saul to destroy A- but every tiling thai was vile 
 - - ~ - - , xen. and refuse, that they destroyed 
 
 utterly. 
 
 10 H Then came the word of 
 the Lord unto Samuel, saying, 
 
 11 It repenteth me that I have 
 set up Saul to be king: for he 
 is turned back from following 
 me, and hath not performed my 
 commandments. And it grieved 
 Samuel ; and he cried unto the 
 Lord all night. 
 
 12 And when Samuel rose early 
 to meet Saul in the morning, it 
 was told Samuel, saying, Saul 
 came to Carmel, and, behold, 
 he set him up a place, and is 
 gone about, and passed on, and 
 gone down to Gil gal. 
 
 13 And Samuel came to Saul : 
 and Saul said imto him. Bless- 
 ed be thou of the Lord : I have 
 performed the commandment 
 of the Lord. 
 
 14 And Samuel said, What 
 meaneth then this bleating of 
 the sheep in mine ears, and the 
 lowing of the oxen which I hear? 
 
 15 And Saul said. They have 
 brought them from the Ama- 
 lekites: for the people spared 
 the best of the sheep and of 
 the oxen, to sacrifice unto the 
 Lord thy God; and the rest 
 we have utterly destroyed. 
 
 16 Then Samuel said unto 
 Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee 
 what the Lord hath said to 
 me this night. And he said 
 unto him, Say on. 
 
 17 And SamueL said, When 
 thou wast little in thine own 
 sight, wast thou not made the 
 head of the tribes of Israel, and * 
 the Lord anointed thee king 
 over Israel ? 
 
 18 And the Lord sent thee 
 on a journey, and said, Go and 
 utterly destroy the sinners the 
 Amalekites, and fight against 
 them until they be consumed. 
 
 19 Wherefore then didst thou 
 not obey the voice of the Lord, 
 biit didst fly upon the spoil, and 
 didst evil in the sight of the 
 Lord? 
 
 maleJc. 6 Saul favoureth the Ken 
 ifes. 8 He spareth Agag and the 
 best of the spoil. 10 Samuel de- 
 nounceth unto Saul, commending 
 and excusing himself, God's rejec- 
 tion of him fw his disobedience. 
 2i Saul's humiliation. 32 Samuel 
 killeth Agag. 3i Samuel and Sctul 
 part. 
 
 SAMUEL also said unto Saul, 
 The Lord sent me to anoint 
 thee to be king over his people, 
 over Israel : no^v therefore heark- 
 en thou unto the voice of the 
 words of the Lord. 
 
 2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
 I remember that which Amalek 
 did to Israel, how he laid wait 
 for him in the way, when he 
 came up from Egypt. 
 
 3 NoAv go and smite Amalek, 
 and utterly destroy all that they 
 have, and spare them not; but 
 slay both man and woman, in- 
 fant and suckling, ox and sheep, 
 camel and ass. 
 
 4 And Saul gathered the peo- 
 ple together, and numbered 
 them in Telaim, two hundred 
 thousand footmen, and ten 
 thousand men of Judah. 
 
 5 And Saul came to a city of 
 Amalek, and laid wait in the 
 valley. 
 
 6 H And Saul said imto the 
 Kenites, Go, depart, get you 
 down from among the Ama- 
 lekites, lest I destroy you with 
 them: for ye shewed loudness 
 to all the children of Israel, 
 when they came u.p out of E- 
 gypt. So the Kenites departed 
 from among the Amalekites. 
 
 7 And Saul smote the Amalek- 
 ites from Havilah until thou 
 comest to Shur, that is over 
 against Egypt. 
 
 8 And he took Agag the king 
 of the Amalekites alive, and 
 utterly destroyed all the people 
 with the edge of the sword. 
 
 9 But Saul and the people 
 spared Agag, and the best of 
 the sheep, and of the oxen, and 
 of the fathngs, and the lambs, 
 and all that was good, and 
 
SauVs humtliatim, I. SAMUEL, XVI. Samuel MUetJi Agag. 
 
 20 And Saul said unto Samuel, 
 Yea, I have obeyed the voice of 
 the LoED, and have gone the 
 way which the Lord sent me, 
 and have brought Agag the king 
 of Amalek, and have utterly de- 
 stroyed the Amalekites. 
 
 21 But the people took of the 
 spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief 
 of the things which should have 
 been utterly destroyed, to sacri- 
 fice unto the Lord thy God in 
 Gilgal. 
 
 22 And Samuel said. Hath the 
 Lord as great delight in burnt 
 offerings and sacrifices, as in 
 obeying the voice of the Lord ? 
 Behold, to obey is better than 
 sacrifice, and to hearken than 
 the fat of rams. 
 
 23 For rebellion is as the sin 
 of witchcraft, and stubbornness 
 is as iniquity and idolatry. Be- 
 cause thou hast rejected the word 
 of the Lord, he hath also reject- 
 ed thee from being Idng. 
 
 24 H And Saul said unto Sa- 
 muel, I have smned : for I have 
 transgressed the commandment 
 of the Lord, and thy words : 
 because I feared the people, and 
 obeyed their voice. 
 
 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, 
 pardon my sin, and turn again 
 with me, that I may worsliip 
 the Lord. 
 
 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, 
 I will not return with thee : for 
 thou hast rejected the word of 
 the Lord, and the Lord hath 
 rejected thee from being king 
 over Israel. 
 
 27 And as Samuel turned a- 
 bout to go away, he laid hold 
 upon the skirt of his mantle, 
 and it rent. 
 
 28 And Samuel said unto him. 
 The Lord hath rent the king- 
 dom of Israel from thee this 
 day, and hath given it to a 
 neighbour of thine, that is bet- 
 ter than thou. 
 
 29 And also the Strength of Is- 
 rael will not lie nor repent : for 
 he is not a man, that he should 
 repent. 
 
 30 Then he said, I have sinned : 
 
 yet honour me now, I pray thee, 
 before the elders of my people, 
 and before Israel, and tui'n again 
 with me, that I may worship the 
 Lord thy God. 
 
 31 So Samuel turned again 
 after Saul; and Saul worship- 
 ped the Lord. 
 
 32 H Then said Samuel, Bring 
 ye hither to me Agag the king 
 of the Amalekites. And Agag 
 came unto him delicately. And 
 Agag said. Surely the bitterness 
 of death is past. 
 
 33 And Samuel said, As thy 
 sword hath made women child- 
 less, so shall thy mother be 
 childless among women. And 
 Samuel hewed Agag in pieces 
 before the Lord in Gilgal. 
 
 34 H Then Samuel went to 
 Bamah; and Saul went up to 
 his house to Gibeah of Saul. 
 
 35 And Samuel came no more 
 to see Saul until the day of 
 his death : nevertheless Samuel 
 mourned for Saul : and the Lord 
 repented that he had made Saul 
 king over Israel. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 1 Samuel sent hy God, under pi-efence 
 of a sacrifice, cometh to Beth-leJiem. 
 6 His human judgment is reproved. 
 11 He anointeth David. 15 Said 
 sendeth for David to quiet his evil 
 spirit. 
 
 AND the Lord said unto 
 - Samuel, How long wilt 
 thou mourn for Saul, seeing I 
 have rejected him from reign- 
 ing over Israel ? fill tliin e horn 
 with oil, and go, I will send 
 thee to Jesse the Beth-lehem- 
 ite : for I have provided me a 
 king among his sons. 
 
 2 And Samuel said, How can 
 I go? if Saul hear it, he will 
 kill me. And the Lord said. 
 Take an heifer with thee, and 
 say, I am come to sacrifice to 
 the Lord. 
 
 3 And call Jesse to the sacri- 
 fice, and I will shew thee what 
 thou shalt do: and thou shalt 
 anoint unto me him whom I 
 name unto thee. 
 
 4 And Samuel did that which 
 
Samuel, sent hy God, I. SAMUEL, XVI. 
 
 ancinteth David. 
 
 Mie Lord spake, and came to 
 Betli-lehem. And the elders of 
 the town trembled at his com- 
 ing, and said, Comest thou 
 peaceably ? 
 
 5 And he said. Peaceably: I 
 am come to sacrifice unto the 
 Lord: sanctify yourselves, and 
 come with me to the sacrifice. 
 And he sanctified Jesse and his 
 sons, and called them to the 
 sacrifice. 
 
 6 % And it came to pass, when 
 they were come, that he looked 
 on Eliab, and said. Surely the 
 Lord's anointed is before him. 
 
 7 But the Lord said xmto 
 Samuel, Look not on his coun- 
 tenance, or on the height of his 
 stature ; because I have refused 
 him : for the Lord seeth not as 
 man seeth ; for man looketh on 
 the outward appearance, but the 
 Lord looketh on the heart. 
 
 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, 
 and made him pass before Sa- 
 muel. And he said, Neither hath 
 the Lord chosen this. 
 
 9 Then Jesse made Shammah 
 to pass by. And he said. Neither 
 hath the Lord chosen this. 
 
 10 Again, Jesse made seven of 
 liis sons to pass before Samuel. 
 And Samuel said imto Jesse, 
 The Lord hath not chosen 
 these. 
 
 11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, 
 Are here all thy children? And 
 he said. There remaineth yet 
 the yomigest, and, behold, he 
 keepeth the sheep. And Samuel 
 said unto Jesse, Send and fetch 
 him: for we will not sit down 
 till he come hither. 
 
 12 And he sent, and brought 
 him in. Now he was ruddy, 
 and withal of a beautiful coun- 
 tenance, and goodly to look to. 
 And the Lord said, Arise, anoint 
 him : for this is he. 
 
 13 Then Samuel took the horn 
 of oil, and anointed him in the 
 midst of his brethren : and the 
 Spirit of the Lord came upon 
 David from that day forward. 
 So Samuel rose up, and went to 
 Eamah. 
 
 14 H But the Spirit of the Lord 
 departed from Saul, and an evil 
 spirit from the Lord troubled 
 him. 
 
 15 And Saul's sen^ants said 
 unto him. Behold now, an evil 
 spirit from God troubleth thee. 
 
 16 Let our lord now command 
 thy servants, which are before 
 thee, to seek out a man, who is 
 a cunning player on an harp : 
 and it shall come to pass, when 
 the evil spirit from God is upon 
 thee, that he shall play with his 
 hand, and thou shalt be well. 
 
 17 And Saul said unto his ser- 
 vants. Provide me now a man 
 that can play well, and bring 
 him to me. 
 
 18 Then answered one of the 
 sers^ants, and said, Behold, I 
 have seen a son 'of Jesse the 
 Beth-lehemite, that is cunning 
 in playing, and a mighty vali- 
 ant man, and a man of war, and 
 prudent in matters, and a come- 
 ly person, and the Lord is with 
 him. 
 
 19 H Wherefore Saul sent mes- 
 sengers unto Jesse, and said, 
 Send me David thy son, which 
 is with the sheep. 
 
 20 And Jesse took an ass la- 
 den with bread, and a bottle of 
 wine, and a kid, and sent them 
 by David his son unto Saul. 
 
 21 And David came to Said, 
 and stood before him: and he 
 loved him greatly; and he be- 
 came his armourbearer. 
 
 22^ And Saul sent to Jesse, 
 saying, Let David, I pray thee, 
 stand before me; for he hath 
 found favour in my sight. 
 
 23 And it came to pass, when 
 the evil spirit from God was 
 upon Saul, that David took an 
 harp, and played with his hand : 
 so Saul was refreshed, and was 
 well, and the evil spirit departed 
 from him. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 1 The armies of (he Israelites and 
 Philistines being ready to battle, 4 
 Goliath Cometh 2^'>"oudli/ forth to 
 challenge a combat. 12 David, sent 
 hy his father to visit his brethren. 
 
Goliatliwof^y I. SAMUEL, XVH. dsjkt^ Israel 
 
 day; give me a man, that we 
 may figlit together. 
 
 11 When Saul and all Israel 
 heard those words of the Phi- 
 iistme, they were dismayed, and 
 greatly afraid. 
 
 12 *ll Now David was the son 
 of that Ephrathite of Beth-le- 
 hem-judah, whose name was 
 Jesse ; and he had eight sons : 
 and the man went among men 
 for an old man in the days of 
 
 Saul. 
 
 13 And the three eldest sons 
 of Jesse went and followed Saul 
 to the battle : and the names of 
 his three sons that went to the 
 battle were Eliab the firstborn, 
 and next unto him Abinadab, 
 and the third Shammah. 
 
 14 And David was the young- 
 est: and the three eldest fol- 
 lowed Saul. 
 
 15 But David went and return- 
 ed from Saul to feed his father's 
 sheep at Beth-lehem. 
 
 16 And the Philistine drew 
 near morning and evening, and 
 presented himself forty days. 
 
 17 And Jesse said xmto David 
 his son, Take now for thy bre- 
 thi'en an ephah of this parch- 
 ed co7m, and these ten loaves, 
 and run to the camp to thy bre- 
 thren; 
 
 18 And carry these ten cheeses 
 unto the captain of their thou- 
 sand, and look how thy brethi'en 
 fare, and take theii' pledge. 
 
 19 Now Saul, and they, and all 
 the men of Israel, were in the 
 valley of Elah, fighting with the 
 Philistines. 
 
 20 H And David rose up early 
 in the morning, and left the 
 sheep with a keeper, and took, 
 and went, as Jesse had com- 
 manded him; and he came to 
 the trench, as the host was 
 going forth to the fight, and 
 shouted for the battle. 
 
 21 For Israel and the Pliilis- 
 tines had put the battle in ar- 
 ray, army apainst anny. 
 
 22 And David left his car- 
 riage in the hand of the keeper 
 of the carriage, and mn into the 
 
 taJceth the cliallenge. 28 Eliah chid- 
 eth him. 30 He is brought to Said. 
 32 He sheiveOi the rectsonof his con- 
 fidence,. 38 Without armour, armed 
 by faith, he slayeth the giant. 55 
 Saul talceth notice of David. 
 XrOW the Philistines gather- 
 -Li ed together their armies to 
 battle, and were gathered to- 
 gether at Shochoh, which be- 
 longeth to Judah, and pitched 
 between Shochoh and Azekah, 
 in Ephes-dammim. 
 
 2 And Saul and the men of 
 Israel were gathered together, 
 and pitched by the valley of 
 Elah, and set the battle in ar- 
 ray against the Philistines. 
 
 3 And the Pliihstines stood on 
 a mountain on the one side, and 
 Israel stood on a -moimtain on 
 the other side : and there was a 
 \alley between them. 
 
 4 H And there went out a 
 champion out of the camp of 
 the Philistines, named Goliath, 
 of Gath, whose height was six 
 cubits and a span. 
 
 5 And he had an helmet of 
 brass upon his head, and he 
 was armed with a coat of mail ; 
 and the weight of the coat was 
 five thousand shekels of brass. 
 
 6 And he had greaves of brass 
 upon his legs, and a target of 
 brass between his shoulders. 
 
 7 And the staff of his spear 
 was like a weaver's beam ; and 
 his spear's head iveighed six 
 hundred shekels of iron: and 
 one bearing a shield went be- 
 fore him. 
 
 8 And he stood and cried mi- 
 to the armies of Israel, and said 
 inito them. Why are ye come 
 out to set your battle in array ? 
 am not I a Philistine, and ye 
 servants to Saul? choose you a 
 man for you, and let liim come 
 &o^y\\ to me. 
 
 9 If he be able to fight with 
 me, and to kill me, then will 
 we be your servants: but if I 
 prevail against him, and kill 
 him, then sliall ye be our ser- 
 vants, and serve us. 
 
 10 And the Philistine said, I 
 defy the armies of Israel this 
 
David accepkth 
 
 I. SAIMUEL, XVII. 
 
 tlie cJmTlenge, 
 
 army, and came and sainted his 
 brethren. 
 
 23 And as he talked with 
 them, behold, there came np 
 the champion, the Philistine 
 of Gath, Goliath by name, out 
 of the armies of the Philis- 
 tines, and spake according to 
 the same words: and David 
 heard them. 
 
 24 And all the men of Israel, 
 when they saw the man fled 
 from him, and were sore afraid. 
 
 25 And the men of Israel said, 
 Have ye seen this man that is 
 come np ? snrely to defy Israel 
 is he come np : and it shall be, 
 that the man who Idlleth him, 
 the king will enrich him with 
 great riches, and will give him 
 his daughter, ancl make his fa- 
 ther's house free in Israel. 
 
 26 And David spake to the 
 men that stood by him, saying, 
 What shall be done to the man 
 that killeth this Philistine, and 
 taketh away the reproach from 
 Isi-ael? for who is this uncir- 
 cnmcised Phihstine, that he 
 shonld defy the armies of the 
 iivmg God? 
 
 27 And the people answered 
 him after this manner, saying, 
 So shall it be done to the man 
 that killeth him. 
 
 28 '^ And Eiiab his eldest 
 brother heard when he spake 
 nnto the men; and Eiiab's an- 
 ger was kindled against David, 
 and he said. Why earnest thou 
 down hither? and with whom 
 hast thon left those few sheep 
 in the wilderness? I know thy 
 pride, and the nanghtiness of 
 thine heart; for thon art come 
 down that thon mightest see the 
 battle. 
 
 29 And David said, What have 
 I now done? Is there not a 
 cause ? 
 
 30 ^ And he tnmed from him 
 toward another, and spake af- 
 ter the same manner: and the 
 people answered him again af- 
 ter the former manner. 
 
 31 And v/hen the words were 
 heard which David spake, they 
 
 rehearsed them before Saul : 
 and he sent for him. 
 
 32 H And David said to Saul, 
 Let no man's heart fail because 
 of him ; thy serv^ant will go and 
 fight with this Phihstine. 
 
 33 And Saul said to David, 
 Thou art not able to go against 
 this Phihstine to fight vnih. him : 
 for thou art but a youth, and he 
 a man of war from his youth. 
 
 34 And David said unto Saul, 
 Thy servant kept liis father's 
 sheep, and there came a Hon, 
 and a bear, and took a lamb 
 out of the flock : 
 
 35 And I went out after liim, 
 and smote him, and delivered it 
 out of his mouth : and when he 
 arose against me, I caught him 
 by his beard, and smote him, 
 and slew him. 
 
 36 Thy servant slew both the 
 lion and the bear : and this un- 
 circumcised Philistine shall be 
 as one of them, seeing he hath 
 defied the armies of the living 
 God. 
 
 37 David said moreover, The 
 LoED that delivered me out of 
 the paw of the Hon, and out of 
 the paw of the bear, he wUl de- 
 liver me out of the hand of this 
 Philistine. And Saul said unto 
 David, Go, and the Loed be 
 with thee. 
 
 38 ^ And Saul armed David 
 with his armour, and he put 
 an helmet of brass upon his 
 head; also he armed him with 
 a coat of mail. 
 
 39 And David girded his sword 
 upon his armour, and he assay- 
 ed to go ; for he had not prov- 
 ed it. And David said nnto 
 Saul, I cannot go with these ; for 
 I have not proved them. And 
 David put them ofi" him. 
 
 40 And he took his staff in his 
 hand, and chose him five smooth 
 stones out of the brook, and put 
 them in a shepherd's bag which 
 he had, even in a scrip ; and his 
 sling was m his hand : and he 
 drew near to the Philistine. 
 
 41 And the Philistine came 
 on and drew near imto David: 
 
and shyeth 
 
 I. SAIVIUEL, XVII. 
 
 the (fiant. 
 
 and the man that bai'e the shield 
 went before liim. 
 
 42 And when the Philistine 
 looked about, and saw David, 
 he disdained him: for he was 
 but a youth, and ruddy, and 
 of a fair countenanee. 
 
 43 And the Philistine said un- 
 to David, Ami B, dog, that thou 
 comest to me with staves ? And 
 the Philistine cursed David by 
 his gods. 
 
 44 And the Philistine said to 
 David, Come to me, and I will 
 give thy flesh unto the fowls of 
 the air, and to the beasts of the 
 field. 
 
 45 Tlien said David to the 
 Philistine, Thou comest to me 
 with a s^^i-d, and with a spear, 
 and with a shield: but I come 
 to thee in the name of the 
 LoED of hosts, the God of the 
 armies of Israel, whom thou 
 hast defied. 
 
 46 This day will the Lord 
 deliver thee into muie hand; 
 and I will smite thee, and take 
 thine head from thee; and I 
 "•.vill give the carcases of the 
 host of the Pliilistines this day 
 unto the fowls of the air, and 
 to the wild beasts of the earth ; 
 that all the earth may Iniow that 
 there is a God in Israel. 
 
 47 And all this assembly shall 
 know that the Loed saveth not 
 with sword and spear : for the 
 battle is the Lord's, and he will 
 give you into our hands. 
 
 48 And it came to pass, when 
 the Philistine arose, and came 
 and diew nigh to meet David, 
 that David hasted, and ran to- 
 ward the army to meet the 
 Philistine. 
 
 49 And David put his hand in 
 his bag, and took thence a stone, 
 and slang it, and smote the Phi- 
 listine in his forehead, that the 
 stone sunk into his forehead; 
 and he fell upon his face to the 
 earth. 
 
 50 So David prevailed over 
 the Pliilistine with a sluig and 
 with a stone, and smote the 
 Philistine, and slew him; but 
 
 there was no sword in the band 
 of David. 
 
 51 Therefore David ran, aud 
 stood upon the Phihstine, and 
 took his sword, and di'ew it out 
 of the sheath thereof, and slevv' 
 him, and cut off his head there- 
 mth. And when the Philistines 
 saw their champion was dead» 
 they fled. 
 
 52 And the men of Israel and 
 of Judah arose, and shouted, 
 and pm^ued the Philistines, un- 
 til thou come to the valley, and 
 to the gates of Ekron. And the 
 wounded of the Phiiistmes fell 
 down by the way to Shaaraim, 
 even unto Gath, and unto Ek- 
 ron. 
 
 53 And the children of Israel 
 returned from chasing after the 
 Phihstmes, and they spoiled 
 their tents. 
 
 54 And David took the head 
 of the Pliilistine, and brought 
 it to Jerusalem ; but he put his 
 annour m his tent. 
 
 55 *il And when Saui saw David 
 go forth aga^inst the Philistuie, 
 he said unto Abner, the captain 
 of the host, Abner, whose son is 
 this youth? And Abner said, As 
 thy soul hveth, O king, I cannot 
 teU. 
 
 56 And the king said. Enquire 
 thou whose ^n the stripling 
 is. 
 
 51 And as David returned from 
 the slaughter of the PMlistme, 
 Abner took hhn, and brought 
 him before Saul v^th the head 
 of the Pliilistme in his hand. 
 
 58 And Saul said to him, Whose 
 son art thou, thou young man? 
 And David answered, I am the 
 son of thy servant Jesse the 
 Eeth-iehemite. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 1 Jonatltan loveih David. 5 Scad en. 
 viefh his praise, 10 seeleth io hill 
 him in his fury, 12 feareth him 
 for his good success, 17 cfferetli 
 him his daughters for a snare. 22 
 David persuaded to he the Icing's 
 son in laiv, giveth two hundred 
 foresJcins of the Philistines for 31i~ 
 chaVs dowry. 28 Saul's hatred, 
 and David's glory increai-eih, 
 Q3 
 
SauV 8 jealousy and I. SAMUEL, XVIII. hatred of David. 
 
 AND it came to pass, when 
 he had made an end of 
 bpealdui^ unto Saul, that the 
 soul of Jonathan was knit with 
 the soul of David, and Jonathan 
 loved him as liis own soul. 
 
 2 And Saul took him that day, 
 and would let 1dm ^o no more 
 home to his father's house. 
 
 3 Then Jonathan and David 
 made a covenant, because he 
 loved him as liis own soul. 
 
 4 And Jonathan stripped him- 
 self of the robe that ivas up- 
 on him, and gave it to David, 
 and Ids gannents, even to his 
 sword, and to his bow, and to 
 his girdle. 
 
 5 ^ And David went out whi- 
 thersoever Saul sent him, and 
 behaved himself wisely : and 
 Saul set liim over the men of 
 war, and he was accepted in the 
 sight of all the people, and also 
 in the sight of Saul's servants. 
 
 6 And it came to pass as they 
 came, when David was returned 
 from the slaughter of the Plii- 
 listine. that the women came 
 out of all cities of Israel, shig- 
 ing and dancing, to meet king 
 Said, withtabrets, with joy, and 
 with instruments of musick. 
 
 7 And the women answered 07ie 
 another as they played, and said. 
 Said hatli slain his thousands, 
 and David his ten thousands. 
 
 8 And Saul yas veiy wTotli, and 
 the saying displeased him; and 
 he said. They have ascribed un- 
 to David ten thousands, and to 
 me they have ascribed but thou- 
 sands: and what can he have 
 more but the kingdom ? 
 
 9 And Saul eyed David from 
 that day and forward. 
 
 10 ^ And it came to pass on 
 the morrow, that the evil spirit 
 from God came upon Saul, and 
 he prophesied in the midst of 
 the house : and David played 
 with his hand, as at other times : 
 and there was a javelin in Saul's 
 hand. 
 
 11 And Saul cast the javelin; 
 for he said, I will smite David 
 even to the waU with it. And 
 
 David avoided out of his pre-» 
 sence twice. 
 
 12 H And Saul was afraid of Da- 
 vid, because the Lord was with 
 him and was departed from Saul. 
 
 13 Therefore Saul removed him 
 from him, and made him liis 
 captain over a thousand; and 
 he went out and came in before 
 the people. 
 
 14 And David behaved himself 
 wisely in all his w ays ; and the 
 Lord ivas with liun. 
 
 15 Wherefore when Saul saw 
 that he behaved himself veiy 
 wisely, he was afraid of him. 
 
 IG But all Israel and Judah 
 loved David, because he went 
 out and came in before them. 
 
 17 H And Saul said to David, 
 Behold my elder daughter Me- 
 rab, her will I give thee to wife ; 
 only be thou valiant for me, and 
 fight the Lord's battles. For 
 Saul said. Let not mine hand 
 be upon him, but let the hand 
 of the Philistines be upon liim. 
 
 18 And David said unto Saul, 
 Who am I ? and what is my life, 
 or my father's family in Israel, 
 that I should be son in law to 
 the king? 
 
 19 But it came to pass at the 
 time when Merab Saul's daugh- 
 ter should have been given to 
 David, that she -was given unto 
 Adriel the Meholathite to wife. 
 
 20 And Michal Saul's daugh- 
 ter loved David : and they told 
 Saul, and the tiling pleased him. 
 
 21 And Saul said, I will give 
 him her, that she may be a snare 
 to him, and that the hand of the 
 Philistines may be against him. 
 Wlierefore Saul said to Da^'id, 
 Thou shalt this day be my son 
 in law in the one o/the twain. 
 
 22 ^ And Saul commanded his 
 seTY£ints,sai/itig, Commune with 
 David secretly, and say. Behold, 
 the idng hath dehght in thee, 
 and all his servants love thee: 
 now therefore be the king's sou 
 in law. 
 
 23 And Saul*s ser\^ants spake 
 those words in the ears of David. 
 And David said, Seemeth it to 
 
Miclml given to I. SAIVIUEL, 
 
 you a light thing to be a king's Ms 
 son in law, seeing that 1 am a 
 poor man, and lightly esteemed ? 
 
 24 And the servants of Saul 
 told him, saying, On this man- 
 ner spake Da^-id. 
 
 25 And Saul said, Thus shall 
 ye say to David, The king de- 
 sireth not any dowiy, but an 
 hundred foreskins of the Philis- 
 tines, to be avenged of the king's 
 enemies. But Saul thought to 
 make Da^dd fall by the hand of 
 the Philistines. 
 
 26 And when his servants told 
 David these words, it pleased 
 David well to be the king's son 
 in law : and the days vv^ere not 
 expired. 
 
 27 Wherefore David arose and 
 went, he and his men, and slew 
 of the Philistines two hundi'ed 
 men; and David brought their 
 foresldns, and they gave them 
 in full tale to the king, that he 
 might be the king's son in law. 
 And Saul gave him Michal his 
 daughter to wife. 
 
 28 ^ And Saul saw and knew^ 
 that the Lord zvas with Da^id, 
 and that Michal Saul's daugh- 
 ter loved him. 
 
 29 And Saul was yet the more 
 afraid of Da^rid; and Saul be- 
 came David's enemy continu- 
 ally. 
 
 30 Then the princes of the Phi- 
 listines went forth : and it came 
 to pass, after they went forth. 
 that David behaved himself 
 more wisely than all the ser- 
 vants of Saul ; so that his name 
 was much set by. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 1 Jonathan discloseth Jiis father's 
 purpose to Mil David, i He per. 
 suadeth his father to reconcilia- 
 tion. 8 By reason of David's good 
 success in a 7ieio icar, Saul's ma- 
 licious raqe hreciketh out against 
 him. 12 Michal deeeiveth her father 
 with an image in David's bed. 18 
 David Cometh to Samuel in Nai- 
 otJi. 20 Said's messengers sent to 
 icike David, 22 and Saul himself, 
 prophesy. 
 
 AND Saul spake to Jona- 
 than his son, and to all 
 
 XIX. 
 
 David to icife, 
 that they should 
 
 sers^ants, 
 Mil David. 
 
 2 But Jonathan Saul's son de- 
 lighted much in David : and Jo- 
 nathan told David, saying, Saul 
 my father seeketh to Mil thee : 
 now therefore, I pray thee, take 
 heed to thyself until the mom- 
 uig, and abide in a secret place, 
 and Mde thyself: 
 
 3 And I wQl go out and stand 
 beside my father in the field 
 where thou art, and I will com- 
 mune with my father of thee ; 
 and what I see, that I will tell 
 thee. 
 
 4 ^ And Jonathan spake good 
 of David unto Saul his father, 
 and said unto him, Let not the 
 king sin against Ms servant, a- 
 gainst David; because he hath 
 not sinned against thee, and be- 
 cause his works have been to 
 thee-ward very good : 
 
 5 For he did put Ms hfe in his 
 hand, and slew the Philistine, 
 and the Loed wrought a great 
 salvation for all Ismel: thou 
 sawest it, and didst rejoice: 
 v,iierefore then wilt thou sin a- 
 gainst innocent blood, to slay 
 David without a cause ? 
 
 6 And Saul hearkened unto the 
 voice of Jonathan: and Saul 
 sware, As the Lord liveth, he 
 shall not be slain. 
 
 7 And Jonathan called David, 
 and Jonathan shewed Mm all 
 those things. And Jonathan 
 brought David to Saul, and he 
 was in his presence, as in times 
 past. 
 
 8 ^ And there was war again : 
 and David went out, and fought 
 with the PMhstines, and slew 
 them with a great slaughter; 
 and they fled from Mm. 
 
 9 And the evil spirit from the 
 Lord was upon Saul, as he sat 
 m Ms house with Ms javelin in 
 Ms hand: and David played 
 with his hand. 
 
 10 And Saul sought to smite 
 David even to the wall with the 
 javelin ; but he slipped away out 
 of Saul's presence, and he smote 
 the javelin mto the wall: and 
 
I. SA]\IUEL 
 
 escaped that 
 
 Michol's artifice 
 
 David fied, and 
 liit^ht. 
 
 11 Saul also sent messengers 
 unto David's house, to watch 
 him, and to slay him in the 
 morning: and Michal David's 
 wife told him, saying, If thou 
 save not thy life to night, to 
 morrow thou shalt be slain. 
 
 12 ^ So Michal let David down 
 through a window : and he went, 
 and tied, and escaped. 
 
 13 And Michal took an image, 
 and laid it in the bed, and put a 
 pillow of goats' hair for his bol- 
 ster, and covered it with a cloth. 
 
 14 And when Saul sent mes- 
 sengei-s to take David, she said, 
 He is sick. 
 
 15 And Saul sent the messen- 
 gers again to see David, saying, 
 Bring him up to me in the bed, 
 that I may slay him. 
 
 16 And when the messengers 
 were come in, behold, there was 
 an image in the bed, vrith a pil- 
 low of goats' hairioT his bolster. 
 
 17 And Saul said unto Michal 
 
 XX. to save Band's life, 
 
 mah, and came to a great well 
 that is in Sechu : and he asked 
 and said. Where are Samuel and 
 David? And one said, Behold, 
 they be at Naioth in Kamah. 
 
 23 And he went thither to Nai- 
 oth in Ramah: and the Spirit 
 of God was upon him also, and 
 he went on, and prophesied, un- 
 til he came to Naioth in Ramah. 
 
 24 And he stripped off his 
 clothes also, and prophesied be- 
 fore Samuel in like manner, and 
 lay down naked all that day and 
 all that night. Wherefore they 
 say. Is Saul also among the pro- 
 phets? 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 1 David considfeth with Jonathan 
 fw his safety. 11 Jonathan and Da- 
 vid reneio their covenant hy oath. 
 18 Jonathan s folcen to David. 24 
 Saul, miMing David, seeJceth to Mil 
 Jonathan. 35 Jonathan lovingly 
 taJcefh his leave of David. 
 
 AND David fled from Nai- 
 . oth in Ramah, and came 
 and said before Jonathan, What 
 have I done ? what is mine ini- 
 
 Wliy hast thou deceived me so, ! quity ? and what is my sin be- 
 and sent away mine enemy, that ' fore thy father, that he seeketli 
 lie is escaped? And Michal an- ' my life? 
 
 swered Saul, He said unto me. 
 Let me go; why should I loll 
 thee? 
 
 18 ^So David fled, and escaped, 
 and came to Samuel to Ramah, 
 and told him all that Saul had 
 done to him. And he and Sa- 
 muel went and dwelt in Naioth. 
 
 19 And it was told Saul, saying, 
 Behold, David is at Naioth in 
 Ramah. 
 
 20 And Said sent messengers 
 to take David: and vvhen they 
 saw the company of the prophets 
 prophesying, and Samuel stand- 
 ing as appointed over them, the 
 Spirit of God was upon the mes- 
 sengers of Saul, and they also 
 prophesied. 
 
 21 And when it was told Saul, 
 he sent other messengers, and 
 they prophesied lil?:ewise. And 
 Saul sent messengers again the 
 third time, and they prophesied 
 also. 
 
 22 Then went he also to Ra- 
 
 2 And he said unto him, God 
 forbid ; thou shalt not die : be- 
 hold, my father will do nothing 
 either great or small, but that 
 he will shew it me: and why 
 should my father hide tliis thing 
 from me ? it is not so. 
 
 3 And David sware moreover, 
 and said. Thy father certainly 
 Imoweth that I have found grace 
 in thine eyes ; and he saith, Let 
 not Jonathan know this, lest he 
 be grieved: but truly as the 
 Lord liveth, and as thy soul liv- 
 eth, thei^e is but a step between 
 me and death. 
 
 4 Then said Jonathan unto Da- 
 vid, Whatsoever thy soul desir- 
 eth, I will even do it for thee. 
 
 5 And David said unto Jona- 
 than, Behold, to morrow is the 
 new moon, and I should not fail 
 to sit with the Idng at meat : but 
 let me go, that I may hide my- 
 self in the field unto the third 
 day at even. 
 
The league Mween 
 
 I. SAIVIUEL, XX. David and Jonailmn. 
 
 6 If tliy father at all miss me, 
 then say, David earnestly asked 
 ^eaiw of me that he might iTin 
 to Beth-lehem his city : for there 
 is a yearly sacrifice there for all 
 the family. 
 
 7 If he say thus, It is well ; thy 
 servant shall have peace : but if 
 he be very wroth, then be sure 
 that e^il is determined by him. 
 
 8 Therefore thou shalt deal 
 kindly with thy servant; for 
 thou hast brought thy servant 
 into a covenant of the Loed 
 with thee: notwithstanding, if 
 there be in me iniquity, slay me 
 thyself; for why shouldest thou 
 bring me to thy father ? 
 
 9 And Jonathan said. Far be 
 it from thee : for if I knew cer- 
 tainly that evil were determin- 
 ed by my father to €ome upon 
 thee, then would not I tell it 
 thee? 
 
 10 Then said David to Jona- 
 than, Who shall tell me? or 
 what if thy father answer thee 
 roughly? 
 
 11 IF And Jonathan said unto 
 David, Come, and let us go out 
 into the field. And they went 
 out both of them into the field. 
 
 12 And Jonathan said unto 
 David^ O Loed God of Israel, 
 when 1 have sounded my father 
 about to morrow any time, or 
 the third dat/, and, behold, if 
 there he good toward David, and 
 I then send not unto thee, and 
 sliew it thee ; 
 
 13 The Loed do so and much 
 more to Jonathan: but if it 
 please my father to do thee evil, 
 then I will shew it thee, and 
 send thee away, that thou may- 
 est go in peace : and the Loed 
 be with thee, as he hath been 
 mth my father. 
 
 14 And thou shalt not only 
 while yet I live shew me the kind- 
 ness of the Loed, that I die not : 
 
 15 But also thou shalt not cut 
 off thy kindness from my house 
 for ever : no, not when the Loed 
 hath cut off the enemies of Da- 
 ^'id every one fi'om the face of 
 the earth. 
 
 16 So Jonathan made a cove- 
 nant with the house of Da^dd, 
 saying, Let the Loed even re- 
 quire it at the hand of David's 
 enemies. 
 
 17 And Jonathan caused Da- 
 vid to swear again, because he 
 loved him : for he loved liim as 
 he loved his own soul. 
 
 18 Then Jonathan said to Da- 
 vid, To morrow is the new 
 moon : and thou shalt be miss- 
 ed, because thy seat will be 
 empty. 
 
 19 And when thou hast stayed 
 three days, then thou shalt go 
 down quickly, and come to the 
 place where thou didst hide thy- 
 self when the business was in 
 hand, and shalt remain by the 
 stone Ezel. ^ 
 
 20 And I will shoot three arrows 
 on the side thereof as though I 
 shot at a mark. 
 
 21 And, behold, I will send a 
 lad, saying. Go, find out the 
 arrows. If I expressly say unto 
 the lad, Behold, the arrows are 
 on this side of thee, take them ; 
 then come thou: for there is 
 peace to thee, and no hurt; as 
 the Loed liveth. 
 
 22 But if I say thus unto the 
 young man, Behold, the arrows 
 are beyond thee ; go thy way : for 
 the Loed hath sent thee away. 
 
 23 And as touching the matter 
 which thou and I have spoken 
 of, behold, the Loed he between 
 thee and me for ever. 
 
 24 ^ So David hid himself in 
 the field: and when the new 
 moon was come, the king sat 
 him down to eat meat. 
 
 25 And the king sat upon his 
 seat, as at other times, even up- 
 on a seat by the wall : and Jo- 
 nathan arose, and Abner sat by 
 Saul's side, and David's place 
 was empty. 
 
 26 Nevertheless Saul spake 
 not any thing that day : for he 
 thought. Something hath befall- 
 en him, he is not clean ; surely 
 he is not clean. 
 
 27 And it came to pass on the 
 morrow, which was the second 
 
Saul seeketh to 
 
 I. SAMUEL, XXI. 
 
 IciH Jandllm,! 
 
 day of the month, that David's 
 place was empty : and Saul said 
 unto Jonatlian his son. Where- 
 fore come til not the son of Jesse 
 to meat, neither yesterday, nor 
 to day ? 
 
 28 And Jonathan answered 
 Saul, David earnestly asked 
 leave of me to go to Beth-le- 
 hem: 
 
 29 And he said. Let me go, I 
 pray thee; for our family hath 
 a sacrifice in the city; and my 
 brother, he hath commanded 
 me to he there : and now, if I 
 have found favour in tliine eyes, 
 let me {^et away, 1 i)ray thee, 
 and see my brethren. Therefore 
 he cometh not unto tlie king's 
 table. 
 
 30 Then Saul's anger was kin- 
 dled against Jonathan, and he 
 said unto him. Thou son of the 
 perverse rebellious woman, do 
 not I know that thou hast cho- 
 sen the son of Jesse to thine own 
 confusion, and unto the confu- 
 sion of thy mother's nakedness? 
 
 31 For as long as the son of 
 Jesse liveth upon the ground, 
 thou shalt not be established, 
 nor thy kingdom. Wherefore 
 now send and fetch him unto 
 me, for he shall surely die. 
 
 32 And Jonathan answered 
 Saul his father, and said unto 
 him, Wherefore shall he be 
 slain ? what hath he done ?_ 
 
 33 And Saul cast a javelin at 
 him to smite him: whereby 
 Jonathan Imew that it was de- 
 termined of his father to slay 
 David. 
 
 34 So Jonathan arose from the 
 t^ble in fierce anger, and did eat 
 no meat the second day of the 
 month: for he was grieved for 
 David, because his father had 
 done him shame. 
 
 35 IF And it came to pass in the 
 morning, that Jonathan went 
 out into the field at the time ap- 
 pointed with David, and a little 
 lad with him. 
 
 36 And he said mito his lad, 
 Rim, find out now the arrows 
 which I shoot. And as the lad 
 
 ran, he shot an arrow beyond 
 him. 
 
 37 And when the lad was come 
 to the place of the arrow which 
 Jonathan had shot, Jonathan 
 cried after the lad, and said, Is 
 not the arrow beyond thee ? 
 
 38 And Jonathan cried after 
 the lad. Make speed, haste, stay 
 not. And Jonathan's lad gatlier- 
 ed up the arrows, and came to 
 his master. 
 
 39 But the lad knew not any 
 thing : only Jonathan and Da- 
 vid knew the matter. 
 
 40 And Jonatlian gave his ar- 
 tillery unto his lad, and said 
 unto him. Go, carry them to tlie 
 city. 
 
 41 '\And as soon as the lad v.as 
 gone, David arose out of a place 
 toward the south, and fell on his 
 face to the ground, and bowed 
 himself three times : and they 
 kissed one another, and v/ept 
 one with another, until David 
 exceeded. 
 
 42 And Jonathan said to David, 
 Go in peace, forasmuch as we 
 have swoni both of us in the 
 name of the Lord, saying. The 
 Lord be between me and thee, 
 and between my seed and thy 
 seed for ever. And he arose and 
 departed: and Jonathan went 
 into the city. 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 1 David at Nob dbtaineth of Aliiine- 
 lech halloived bread. 7 Doeg was 
 present. 8 David tal-eth Goliath's 
 sword. 10 David at Guth feig^ieth 
 himself mad. 
 
 THEN came David to Nob 
 to Ahimelech the priest: 
 and Ahimelech was afraid at 
 the meeting of David, and said 
 unto him. Why art thou alone, 
 and no man with thee ? 
 2 And David said unto Ahune- 
 lech the priest. The king hath 
 commanded me a business, and 
 hath said unto me. Let no man 
 know any thing of the business 
 whereabout I send thee, and 
 what I have commanded thee : 
 and I have appointed my ser- 
 vants to such and such a pla(*e. 
 
Damd feigiidh 
 
 I. SAIVIUEL, XXII. 
 
 madness at Gatli. 
 
 3 Now therefore what is imder 
 tliine hand? give me five loaves 
 o/bi'ead in mine hand, or what 
 there is present. 
 
 4 And the priest answered Da- 
 vid, and said. There is no com- 
 mon bread under mine hand, 
 but there is hallowed bread ; if 
 the young men have kept them- 
 selves at least from women. 
 
 5 And Da'^dd answered the 
 priest, and said unto him. Of a 
 truth women have been kept 
 from us about these three days, 
 since I came out, and the vessels 
 of the young men are holy, and 
 the bread is in a manner com- 
 mon, yea, though it were sancti- 
 fied this day in the vessel. 
 
 6 So the priest gave him hal- 
 lowed bread: for there was no 
 bread there but the shewbread, 
 that was taken from before the 
 Lord, to put hot bread in the 
 day when it was taken away. 
 
 7 Now a certain man of the ser- 
 vants of Saul was there that 
 day, detained before the Loed ; 
 and his name wa^ Doeg, an E- 
 domite, the chiefest of the herd- 
 men that belonged to Saul. 
 
 8 ![ And David said unto Ahi- 
 melech. And is there not here un- 
 der thine hand spear or sword? 
 for I have neither brought my 
 sword nor my weapons with me, 
 because the king's business re- 
 quired haste. 
 
 9 And the priest said, The 
 sword of Goliath the Philistine, 
 whom thou slewest in the valley 
 of Elah, behold, it is here wrap- 
 ped in a cloth behind the ephod : 
 if thou wilt take that, take it: 
 for there is no other save that 
 here. And Da^-id said, There is 
 none like that ; give it me. 
 
 10 ^ And David arose, and fled 
 that day for fear of Saul, and 
 went to Achish the king of Gath. 
 
 11 And the servants of Achish 
 said unto him, Is not this David 
 the king of the land ? did they 
 not sing one to another of liim in 
 dances, sajdng, Saul hath slain 
 his thousands, and David his 
 ten thousands? 
 
 12 And David laid up these 
 words in his heart, and was sore 
 afraid of Achish the king of 
 Gath. 
 
 13 And he changed his beha- 
 viour before them, and feigned 
 himself mad in their hands, and 
 scrabbled on the doors of the 
 gate, and let his spittle fall down 
 upon his beard. 
 
 14 Then said Achish unto his 
 servants, Lo, ye see the man is 
 mad: wherefore then have ye 
 brought him to me ? 
 
 15 Have I need of mad men, 
 that ye haA^e brought this, fel- 
 low to play the mad man in my 
 presence? shall thisyfe/^^^ come 
 into my house ? 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 
 1 Companies resort unto David at A- 
 didlam. 3 At Mizpeh Tie commend- 
 efJi Ms parents unto the Mng of 
 3Ioal>. 5 Admonished b?/ Gad, he 
 Cometh to Hareth. 6 Said going 
 to pursue him, coniplaineth of his 
 servants' iinfaitli fulness. 9 Loeg 
 accuseth Ahimelech, 11 Saul com>- 
 mamJeth to Mil the priests. 17 The 
 footmen refusing, Doeg executetli 
 it. 20 Abiathar escaping, hringeth 
 David the neivs. 
 
 DAVID therefore departed 
 thence, and escaped to the 
 cave Adullam: and when his 
 brethi'en and all his father's 
 house heard it, they went down 
 thither to him. 
 
 2 And every one that ivas in 
 distress, and every one that was 
 in debt, and every one that was 
 discontented, gathered them- 
 selves unto him ; and he became 
 a captain over them : and there 
 were with him about four hun- 
 dred men. 
 
 3 ^ And David went thence to 
 Mizpeh of Moab : and he said 
 unto the king of Moab, Let my 
 father and my mother, I pray 
 thee, come forth, and be with 
 you, till I know what God will 
 do for me. 
 
 4 And he brought them before 
 the Idng of Moab: and they 
 dwelt "with him all the while 
 that David was in the hold. 
 
 5 H And the prophet Gad said 
 
The priests of 
 
 I. SAMUEL, XXII. 
 
 Nob shin. 
 
 unto DaTid, Abide not in the 
 hold; depart, and get thee into 
 the land of Judah. Then Da- 
 vid departed, and came into the 
 forest of Hareth. 
 
 6 ^ When Saul heard that Da- 
 \ id was discovered, and the men 
 that were with him^ (now Saul 
 abode in Gibeah under a tree in 
 Ramah, having his spear in his 
 hand, and all his^ servants were 
 standing about Mm;) 
 
 7 Then Saul said unto his ser- 
 vants that stood about him, Hear 
 now, ye Beujamites; will the 
 son of Jesse give every one of 
 you fields and vineyards, and 
 make you all captains of thou- 
 sands, and captains of hundreds ; 
 
 8^ That all of you have con- 
 spired against me, and there is 
 none that shev/eth me that my 
 son hath made a league with 
 the son of Jesse, and there is 
 none of you that is sorry for 
 me, or sheweth imto me that 
 my son hath stirred up my ser- 
 vant against me, to He m wait, 
 as at this day ? 
 
 9 1[ Then answered Doeg the 
 Edomite, which was set over 
 the servants of Saul, and said, 
 I saw the son of Jesse coming 
 to Nob, to Ahimelech the son 
 of Ahitub. 
 
 10 And he enctuired of the Lord 
 for him, and gave him victuals, 
 and gave him the sword of Go- 
 Hath the Philistine. 
 
 11 Then the Idng sent to call 
 Ahimelech the priest, the son 
 of Ahitub, and all his father's 
 house, the priests that were in 
 Nob : and they came aU of them 
 to the Idng. 
 
 12 And Saul said, Hear now, 
 thou son of Ahitub. And he 
 answered. Here I am, my lord. 
 
 13 And Saul said unto him, 
 Why have ye conspired against 
 nie, thou and the son of Jesse, 
 in that thou hast given him 
 bread, and a sword, and hast en- 
 quired of God for him, that he 
 should rise against me, to lie in 
 wait, as at this day ? 
 
 14 Then Ahimelech answered 
 
 the king, and said. And who is 
 so faitliful among all thy ser- 
 vants as David, which is the 
 king's son iii law, and goeth at 
 thy bidding, and is honomable 
 in thine house ? 
 
 15 Did I then begin to encjiiire 
 of God for him? be it far from 
 me : let not the king impute anr/ 
 thing unto his servant, nor to 
 all the house of my father : for 
 thy senant knew nothing of all 
 this, less or more. 
 
 16 And the king said, Thou 
 shalt surely die. Ahimelech, 
 thou, and all thy father's house. 
 
 17 ^ And the king said mito the 
 footmen that stood about liim. 
 Turn, and slay the priests of the 
 Lord ; because their hand also is 
 with David, and because they 
 knew when he fled, and did not 
 shew it to me. But the ser\ ants 
 of the l^'ing would not put forth 
 then- hand to faU upon tlie 
 priests of the Lord. 
 
 18 And the Idng said to Doe^:, 
 Turn thou, and fall upon the 
 priests. And Doeg the Edomite 
 turned, and he fell upon the 
 priests, and slew on that day 
 fourscore and five pereons that 
 did wear a linen ephod. 
 
 19 And Nob, the city of tiie 
 priests, smote he with the edge 
 of the sword, both men and wo- 
 men, childi'en and sucklings, 
 and oxen, and asses, and sheep, 
 with the edge of the sword. 
 
 20 H And one of the sous of 
 Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 
 named Abiathar, escaped, aiid 
 fled after David. 
 
 21 And Abiathar shev/ed David 
 that Saul had slain the Lord's 
 priests. 
 
 22 And David said unto Abi- 
 athar, I knew it that day, when 
 Doeg the Edomite was there, 
 that he would surely tell Saul : 
 I have occasioned the death of 
 all the persons of thy father's 
 house. 
 
 23 Abide thou with me, iear 
 not : for he that seeketh my life 
 seeketh thy life: but witii nie 
 thou shalt be in safeguard. 
 
The treachery 
 
 I. SAMUEL, XXin. 
 
 oftJie KeiJites. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 
 1 David, enquiring of the Lord hi/ 
 AMatJmr, rescueih Keilah. 7 God 
 shelving him the coming of Saul, 
 and the treachery of the JS^eilites, he 
 escapeth from Keilah. li In Ziph 
 Jonathan cometh and comaforteth 
 him. 19 The Ziphites discover him 
 to Saul. 25 At Maori he is rescued 
 from Said by the invasion of the 
 Philistines. 29 He dweUeth at En~ 
 gedi. 
 
 THEN they told David, say- 
 ing. Behold, the Philistines 
 fight against Keilah, and they 
 rob the threshingfloors. 
 
 2 Therefore David enquired of 
 the LoED, saying. Shall I go and 
 smite these ^ Philistines? And 
 the Lord said nnto David, Go, 
 and smite the Philistines, and 
 save Keilah. 
 
 3 And Da^-id's men said nnto 
 him, Behold, we be afraid here 
 in Jndah : how much more then 
 if we come to Keilah against the 
 armies of the PhiKstuies ? 
 
 4 Then David enqnned of the 
 LosD yet again. And the Lord 
 answered him and said. Arise, 
 go down to Keilah; for I will 
 deliver the Philistines into thine 
 hand. 
 
 5 So Da\^d and his men went 
 to Keilah, and fought with the 
 Philistines, and brought away 
 their cattle, and smote them 
 with a great slaughter. So Da- 
 vid saved the inhabitants of 
 Keilah. 
 
 6 And it came to pass, when 
 Abiathar the son of Ahimelech 
 fled to David to Keilah, that he 
 came down ivith an ephod in 
 his hand. 
 
 7 ^ And it was told Sanl that 
 David was come to Keilah. And 
 Saul said, God hath delivered 
 him into mine hand; for he is 
 shut in, by entering into a town 
 that hath gates and bars. 
 
 8 And Saul called all the peo- 
 ple together to war, to go down 
 to Keilah, to besiege David and 
 his men. 
 
 9 ^ And David knew that Saul 
 secretly practised mischief a- 
 gainst him ; and he said to Abi- 
 
 athar the priest, Bring hither the 
 ephod. 
 
 10 Then said David, O Lord 
 God of Israel, thy servant hath 
 certainly heard that Saul seek- 
 eth to come to KeUah, to destroy 
 the city for my sake. 
 
 11 Will the men of Keilah de- 
 liver me up into his hand? will 
 Saul come down, as thy servant 
 hath heard ? O Lord God of Is- 
 rael, I beseech thee, tell thy ser- 
 vant. And the Lord said, He 
 will come down. 
 
 12 Then said David, Will the 
 men of Keilah deliver me and 
 my men into the hand of Saul ? 
 And the Lord said, They will 
 deliver thee up. 
 
 13 ^ Then David and his men, 
 which were about six hundred, 
 arose and departed out of Kei- 
 lah, and went whithersoever 
 they could go. And it was told 
 Saul that David was escaped 
 from Keilah ; and he forbare to 
 go forth. 
 
 14 And David abode ia the wil- 
 derness in strong holds, and re- 
 mained in a mountain in the 
 wilderness of Ziph. And Saul 
 sought him every day, but God 
 delivered him not into his 
 hand. 
 
 15 And David saw that Saul 
 was come out to seek his life : 
 and David was in the wilder- 
 ness of Ziph in a wood. 
 
 16 11 And Jonathan Saud's^son 
 arose, and went to David into 
 the wood, and strengthened his 
 hand in God. 
 
 17 And he said unto him, Fear 
 not: for the hand of Saul my 
 father shall not find thee ; and 
 thou shalt be king over Israel, 
 and I shall be next unto thee ; 
 and that also Saul my father 
 Imoweth. 
 
 18 And they two made a co- 
 venant before the Lord: and 
 David abode in the wood, and 
 Jonathan went t^ his house. 
 
 19 IF Then came up the Ziphites 
 to Saul to Gibeah, saying. Doth 
 not David hide himself with us 
 in strong holds in the ■wood, in 
 
^'ivlpumiethDavul I. SA]\IUEL, XXIV. 
 
 the lull of Hachilah, which is on 
 the 8oiith of Jeshiiiioii? 
 2(JNow therefore, O kinp:,ccmc 
 down acc'oixiinj^ to all the desire 
 of thy Ronl to njrne dov.ii; and 
 our i»ait i^hall be to deliver liim 
 into the kin,i,''s hand. 
 
 21 And Saul said. Blessed be ye 
 of the Lord; for ye have com- 
 passiun on me. 
 
 22 Go, I pray yon, i)repare yet, 
 and know and see hie place wheixj 
 his hamit is, and who hath seen 
 him there : for it is told me that 
 he dealeth ver>' sul)tilly. 
 
 23 See therefore, and tak( 
 
 David cuttetJt oj)' 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 1 Dand in n mve at En^cdi, hnvunj 
 cut ojf Sunl's skirf, sjxireth kin life. 
 8 He slu'irvth therehp his iimocencv. 
 n; Saul, urluoulediiing his /unit, 
 tdJ.eth an oath of JJavid, aiid aV- 
 imvteth. 
 
 AND it came to i)a«8, when 
 - Said was returned fi-om 
 following: the Pliilistinefi, tliat 
 it wns tokl him, sayinp. Behold, 
 Davkl is in the wilderness of 
 En-pedi. 
 
 2 Then Said took three thou- 
 sand chosen men out of all Is- 
 mel, and went to seek David 
 
 knowledge of all the lurking and his men upon the rocks of 
 
 places where he hideth himself, 
 and come ye aprain to me with 
 the certahity, and I will go with 
 you : and it shall come to pass 
 if he be in the land, tliat I will 
 search him out throughout all 
 the thousands of Judah. 
 
 24 And they arose, and went to 
 Ziph before Saul : but David 
 and liis men were in the wil- 
 derness of Maon, in the plain 
 on the south of Jeshinion. 
 
 25 Saul also and his men went 
 to seek him. And they told Da- 
 vid: wherefore he came down 
 into a rock, and abode in the 
 wilderness of ]\Iaon. And when 
 Saul heard that, he pui-sued af- 
 ter Da\'id in the wilderness of 
 Maon. 
 
 26 And Saul went on this side 
 of the mountain, and David and 
 liis men on that side of the moun- 
 tain : and David made haste to 
 get away for fear of Saul; for 
 Saul and his men compassed Da- 
 vid and liis men round about to 
 take them. 
 
 27 •[ But there came a messen- 
 ger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, 
 and come; for the Pliilistines 
 have invaded the land. 
 
 23 Wherefore Saul returned 
 
 the wild goats. 
 
 3 And he came to the sheej)- 
 cotes by the way, where teas a 
 cave ; and Saul went in to cover 
 his feet : and David and his men 
 remained in the sides of the cave. 
 
 4 And the men of David said 
 unto him. Behold the day of 
 which the Lord said unto thee, 
 Behold, I will deliver thine ene- 
 my into thine hand, that thou 
 may est do to him as it shall seem 
 good unto thee. Then David 
 arose, and cut off the skirt of 
 Saul's robe privily. 
 
 5 And it came to pass after- 
 ward, that David's heart smote 
 him, because he liad cut off 
 Said's skirt. 
 
 6 And he said unto his men 
 The Lord forbid that I should 
 do tliis thing unto my master, 
 the Lord's anointed, to stretch 
 forth mine hand against him, 
 seeing he is the anointed of the 
 Lord. 
 
 7 So David stayed his servants 
 with these words, and suffered 
 them not to rise against Saul. 
 But Saul rose up out of the cave, 
 and went on his way. 
 
 8 David also arose after\N'ard. 
 and went out of the cave, and 
 
 from pureuing after David, and | cried after Saul, saying. My lord 
 
 went against the Philistines 
 therefore they called that place 
 Sela-hammahlekoth. 
 29 1i And David went up from 
 thence, and dwelt in strong holds 
 at En-gedi. 
 
 the king. And when Saul look- 
 ed behind him, David stooped 
 \\'ith his face to the earth, and 
 bowed himself. 
 
 9 ^ And David said to Saul, 
 Wherefore heareet thou men's 
 
SauVs slcirt. 
 
 I. SAMUEL, XXV. 
 
 Samuel dietJi. 
 
 words, sayiiig. Behold, David 
 seeketli thy hurt? 
 
 10 Behold, this day thine eyes 
 have seen how that the Lord 
 had delivered thee to day into 
 mine hand in the cave: and 
 some bade me Idll thee: but 
 mine eye spared thee; and I 
 said, I mil not put forth mine 
 hand against my lord ; for he is 
 the Lord's anomted. 
 
 11 Moreover, my father, see, 
 yea, see the skirt of thy robe in 
 my hand: for in that I cut off 
 the sku't of thy robe, and Idlled 
 thee not, laiow thou and see that 
 there is neither evil nor trans- 
 gression m mine hand, and I 
 have not simied against thee; yet 
 thou huntest my soul to take it. 
 
 12 The Lord judge between me 
 and thee, and the Lord avenge 
 me of thee : but mine hand shall 
 not be upon thee. 
 
 13 As saith the proverb of the 
 ancients. Wickedness proceed- 
 eth from the wicked : but mine 
 
 I hand shall not be upon thee. 
 
 14 After whom is the long of 
 Israel come out? after whom 
 
 i dost thou pursue ? after a dead 
 dog, after a flea. 
 
 15 The Lord therefore be judge, 
 and judge between me and thee, 
 and see, and plead my cause, and 
 deliver me out of thme hand. 
 
 16 \ And it came to pass, when 
 David had made an end of speak- 
 ing these words unto Saul, that 
 Saul said, Is this thy voice, my 
 son David? And Saul lifted up 
 his voice, and wept. 
 
 ' 17 And he said to David, Thou 
 I art more righteous than I : for 
 \ thou hast rewarded me good, 
 
 whereas I have rewarded thee 
 
 evil. 
 
 18 And thou hast shewed this 
 I day how that thou hast dealt 
 ' wellwithme: forasmuch as when 
 j the Lord had delivered me into 
 i thine hand, thou killedst me not. 
 I 19 F or if a man find his enemy , 
 ( will he let him go well away? 
 I wherefore the Lord reward thee 
 ' good for that thou hast done 
 
 unto me this day. 
 
 20 And now, behold, I know 
 well that thou shalt surely be 
 long, and that the kingdom of 
 Israel shall be estabhshed in 
 thine hand. 
 
 21 Swear now therefore unto 
 me by the Lord, that thou wilt 
 not cut off my seed after me, and 
 that thou wilt not destroy my 
 name out of my father's house. 
 
 22 And David sware unto Saul. 
 And Saul went home ; but Da- 
 vid and his men gat them up 
 unto the hold. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 1 Safrmel cUeth. 2 David in Paran 
 sendeth to Nahal. 10 ProvoJced bp 
 Ndbal's churlishness, he mindeth to 
 destroy h im. 14 Abigail understand- 
 ing thereof, 18 talceth a present, 23 
 and by her wisdom 32 pacifieth Da- 
 vid. 36 Nabal hearing thereof dieth. 
 39 David tal-eth Abigail and Ahi- 
 noam to be his wives. i4 Michal 
 is given to Phalti. 
 AND Samuel died ; and all the 
 xl- Israelites were gathered to- 
 gether, and lamented him, and 
 buried him in his house at Ea- 
 mah. AndDavid arose, and went 
 down to the wilderness of Paran. 
 
 2 And there was a man in Ma- 
 011, whose possessions were in 
 Caimel ; and the man was very 
 great, and he had three thousand 
 sheep, and a thousand goats: 
 and he was shearing his sheep 
 in Carmel. 
 
 3 Now the name of the man was 
 Nabal ; and the name of his wife 
 Abigail : and she ivas a woman 
 of good understanding, and of a 
 beautiful countenance : but the 
 man was churlish and evil in 
 his doings ; and he ivas of the 
 house of Caleb. 
 
 4 IF And David heard in the 
 wilderness that Nabal did shear 
 his sheep. 
 
 5 And David sent out ten young 
 men, and David said unto the 
 young men. Get you up to Car- 
 mel, and go to Nabal, and greet 
 him in my name : 
 
 6 And thus shall ye say to him 
 that liveth in prosperity. Peace 
 he both to thee, and peace he to 
 thine house, and peace he unto 
 aU that thou hast. 
 
^ahdl*8 churlislmess. I. SAMUEL, XXV. AhigaU by her icisdoui 
 
 7 And now I have heard that 
 thou hapt shearers: now thy 
 shepherds which were with iis, 
 we hurt them not, neitlier was 
 
 there ought missing unto them, 
 all the while they were in Car- 
 mel. 
 
 8 Ask thy young men, and they 
 will shew thee. Wherefore let 
 the young men find favour in 
 thine eyes: for we come in a 
 good day: give, I pray thee, 
 whatsoever Cometh to thine hand 
 unto thy seiTants, and to thy 
 son David. 
 
 9 And when David's young 
 men came, they spake to Nabal 
 according to all those words in 
 the name of David, and ceased. 
 
 10 1[ And Nabal ansv.ered Da- 
 vid's servants, and said. Who is 
 David? and who is the son of 
 Jesse? there be many servants 
 now a days that break away 
 every man from his master. 
 
 11 Shall I then take my bread, 
 and my water, and my flesh that 
 I have killed for my shearers, 
 and give it unto men, whom I 
 know not whence they be ? 
 
 12 So David's young men turn- 
 ed their way, and went again, 
 and came and told him all those 
 sayings. 
 
 13 And David said unto his 
 men. Gird ye on eveiy man his 
 sword. And they girded on eve- 
 ry man liis sword; and David 
 also girded on his sword: and 
 there went up after David about 
 foiu- hundred men; and two 
 hundi'ed abode by the stuff. 
 
 14 H But one of the young men 
 told Abigail, Nabal's wife, say- 
 ing, Behold, David sent mes- 
 sengers out of the wilderness to 
 salute our master; and he rail- 
 ed on them. 
 
 15 But the men were very good 
 imto us, and we were not hurt, 
 neither missed we any thing, as 
 long as we were conversant Tvith 
 them, when we were in the fields : 
 
 16 They were a wall mito us 
 both by night and day, all the 
 while we were with them keep- 
 ing the sheep. 
 
 17 Now therefore know and con- 
 sider what thou wilt do ; for evil 
 is determined against our mas- 
 ter, and against all his house- 
 liold: for he is such a son of 
 Belial, that a man cannot sjieak 
 to him. 
 
 18 !f Then Abigail made haste, 
 and took two hundred loaves, 
 and two bottles of wine, and five 
 sheep ready dressed, and five 
 moasuroR of i)arched corn, and 
 an hundred clusters of raisins, 
 and t^vo hundred cakes of figs, 
 and laid them on asses. 
 
 19 And she said unto her ser- 
 vants Go on before me; be- 
 hold, I come after you. But she 
 told not her husband Nabal. 
 
 20 And it was so, as she rode 
 on the ass, that she came down 
 by the covert of the hill, and, 
 behold, Da\id and liis men came 
 down against her ; and she met 
 them. 
 
 21 Now David had said. Surely 
 in vain have I kept all that this 
 felloiv hath in the wilderness, 
 
 so that nothing was missed of | 
 all that pertained unto him : 
 and he hath requited me evil ! 
 for good. 
 
 22 So and more also do God 
 unto the enemies of David, if I 
 leave of all that pertain to him 
 by the morning light any that 
 pisseth against the wall. 
 
 23 And when Abigail saw Da- 
 vid, she hasted, and lighted off 
 tVie ass, and fell before David 
 on her face, and bowed herself 
 to the ground, 
 
 24 And fell at his feet, and 
 said, Upon me, my lord, upon 
 me let this iniquity be : and let 
 thine handmaid, I pray thee, 
 speak in thine audience, and 
 hear the words of thine hand- 
 maid. 
 
 •25 Let not my lord, I pray 
 thee, regard this man of Belial, 
 even Nabal: for as his name 
 is, so is he ; Nabal is his name, 
 and folly is with him: but I 
 thine handmaid saw not the 
 young men of my lord, whom 
 thou didst send. 
 
pacifieth David. 
 
 I. SAMUEL, XXV. 
 
 Ee mametJi lier. 
 
 26 Now therefore, my lord, as 
 the LoKD liveth, and as tliy soul 
 livetli, seeing the Loed hath 
 witliholden thee from coming 
 to shed blood, and from aveng- 
 ing thyself with thine own hand, 
 now let thine enemies, and they 
 that seek evil to my lord, be as 
 Nabal. 
 
 27 And now this blessing which 
 tliine handmaid hath brought 
 unto my lord, let it even be 
 given unto the young men that 
 follow my lord. 
 
 28 1 pray thee, forgive the tres- 
 pass of thine handmaid : for the 
 LoED will certainly make my 
 lord a sm-e house ; because my 
 lord fighteth the battles of the 
 LoED, and evil hath not been 
 found in thee all thy days. 
 
 29 Yet a man is risen to pur- 
 sue thee, and to seek thy soul : 
 but the soul of my lord shall 
 be bound in the bundle of hfe 
 with the LoED thy God; and 
 the souls of thine enemies, them 
 shall he sling out, as out of the 
 middle of a sling. 
 
 30 Audit shall come to pass, 
 when the Loed shall have done 
 to my lord according to all the 
 good that he hath spoken con- 
 cerning thee, and shall have ap- 
 pointed thee ruler over Israel ; 
 
 31 That this shall be no grief 
 unto thee, nor offence of heart 
 imto my lord, either that thou 
 hast shed blood causeless, or that 
 my lord hath avenged himself: 
 but when the Loed shall have 
 dealt well with my lord, then 
 remember thine handmaid. 
 
 32 IF And David said to Abi- 
 gail, Blessed be the Loed God 
 of Israel, which sent thee this 
 day to meet me : 
 
 33 And blessed be thy advice, 
 and blessed be thou, which hast 
 kept me this day from coming 
 to shed blood, and from aveng- 
 ing myself with mine own hand. 
 
 34 For in very deed, as the 
 Loed God of Israel liveth, which 
 hath kept me back from hurting 
 thee, except thou hadst hasted 
 and come to meet me, surely 
 
 there had not been left unto 
 Nabal by the momhig hght any 
 that pisseth against the wall. 
 
 35 So David received of her 
 hand /A«^ which she had brought 
 him, and said unto her, Go up 
 in peace to thine house ; see, I 
 have hearkened to thy voice, 
 and have accepted thy person. 
 
 36 ^ And Abigail came to Na- 
 bal; and, behold, he held a 
 feast in his house, lilie the feast 
 of a king; and Nabal's heart 
 was merry within him, for he 
 was very drunken: wherefore 
 she told liim nothing, less or 
 more, until the morning light. 
 
 37 But it came to pass in the 
 morning, when the wine was 
 gone out of Nabal, and his wife 
 had told him these things, that 
 his heart died within hun, and 
 he became as a stone. 
 
 38 And it came to pass about 
 ten days after, that the Loed 
 smote Nabal, that he died. 
 
 39 IF And when David heard 
 that Nabal was dead, he said. 
 Blessed be the Loed, that hath 
 pleaded the cause of my reproach 
 from the hand of Nabal, and 
 hath kept his serv^ant from evil : 
 for the Loed hath returned the 
 wickedness of Nabal upon his 
 own head. And David sent and 
 communed with Abigail, to take 
 her to him to wife. 
 
 40 And when the servants of 
 David were come to Abigail to 
 Carmel, they spake unto her, 
 saying, David sent us mi to thee, 
 to take thee to hitn to wife. 
 
 41 And she arose, and bowed 
 herself on her face to the earth, 
 and said. Behold, let thine hand- 
 maid be a servant to wash the 
 feet of the servants of my lord. 
 
 42 And Abigail hasted, and 
 arose, and rode upon an ass, 
 with five damsels of her's that 
 went after her; and she went 
 after the messengers of David, 
 and became his wife. 
 
 43 David also took Ahinoam of 
 Jezreel ; and they were also both 
 of them his wives. 
 
 44 IF But Saul had given Mi- 
 
David again 
 
 dial liis daughter, David's wife, 
 to Plialti tlie son of Laisli, which 
 was of Gallim. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 
 1 SanJ, by the discover]/ of the Ziph^ 
 ifcs, Cometh to Uachihth agatnM 
 David. 5 David coming into the 
 trench stayeth Abishai from kill- 
 ing Saul, but taketli his spear and 
 cruse. 13 David reyn-oveth Abner, 
 18 and exhort eth fSanl. 21 iSaul 
 acknoiclcdi/eth his sin. 
 
 AND the Ziphites came un- 
 . to Saul to Gibeah, paymjr, 
 Doth not David hide himself 
 in the hill of Hachilah, ichicli 
 is before Jeshimon ? 
 
 I. SAIMUEL, XXVI. smreOi SauVs life. 
 
 to the earth at once, and I will 
 not smite liim the second time. 
 
 9 And David said to Abishai, 
 Destroy him not: for who can 
 stretch forth his hand against 
 the Lord's anointed, and be 
 guiltless ? 
 
 lU David said fnrtheiTnore, As 
 the Lord liveth, the Lord sliall 
 smite him ; or his day shall come 
 to die ; or he shall descend into 
 battle, and perish. 
 
 11 The Lord forbid that I 
 should stretch forth mine hand 
 against the Lord's anointed : but, 
 I pray thee, take thou now the 
 
 2 Then Saul arose, and went spear that is at his bolster, and 
 
 down to the -wildeniess of Ziph, 
 having three thousand chosen 
 men of Israel with him, to seek 
 David in the wilderness of Ziph. 
 
 3 And Saul pitched in the hill 
 of Hachilah, which is before 
 Jeshimon, by the way. But 
 David abode in the wilderness, 
 and he saw that Said came af- 
 ter him into the wilderness. 
 
 4 David theivforc sent out spies, 
 and understood that Saul was 
 come in very deed. 
 
 5 ^[ And David arose, and came 
 to the place where Saul had 
 pitched : and David beheld the 
 place Avhere Saul lay, and Ab- 
 ner the son of Ner, the captain 
 of liis host : and Saul lay m the 
 trench, and the people pitched 
 round about him. 
 
 6 Then answered David and 
 said to Ahimelech the Hittite, 
 and to Abishai the son of Ze- 
 ruiah, brother to Joab, saying. 
 Who will go down with me to 
 Saul to the camp ? And Abishai 
 said, I will go down with thee. 
 
 7 So David and Abishai came 
 to the people by night: and, 
 behold, Saul lay sleeping with- 
 in the trench, and his spear stuck 
 in the groimd at his bolster : but 
 Abner and the people lay round 
 about him. 
 
 8 Then said Abishai to David, 
 God hath delivered thine enemy 
 into tliine hand this day: now 
 therefore let me smite him, I 
 pray thee, with the spear even 
 
 the cruse of water, and let us go. 
 
 12 So Da\id took the spear and 
 the cruse of water I'rom Saul's 
 bolster; and they gat them away, 
 and no man saw i/, nor knew tl, 
 neither awaked: for they were 
 all asleep ; because a deep sleep 
 from the Lord was fallen upon 
 them. 
 
 13 If Then David went over to 
 the other side, and sto(jd on the 
 top of an hill afar off; a great 
 space beirifr between them : 
 
 14 And David cried to the 
 people, and to Abner the son of 
 Ner, saymg, Answerest thou not, 
 Abner? Then Abner answered 
 and said. Who art thou that 
 criest to the king? 
 
 15 And David said to Abner, 
 Art not thou a valiant man? 
 and who is like to thee in Is- 
 rael ? wherefore then hast thou 
 not kept thy lord the king ? for 
 there came one of the people in 
 to destroy the king thy lord. 
 
 16 This thing is not good that 
 thou hast done. As the Lord 
 liveth, ye are worthy to die, 
 because ye have not kept your 
 master, the Lord's anointed. 
 And iiow see where the king's 
 spear is, and the cruse of water 
 that was at his bolster. 
 
 17 Ajid Saul knew David's 
 voice, and said. Is this thy voice, 
 my son Da\ad? And Da\dd said, 
 It is my voice, my lord, O king. 
 
 18 And he said. Wherefore doth 
 my lord thus pursue after his 
 
David JketJi to 
 
 seiTant? for what have I done? 
 or what evil is in mine hand? 
 
 19 Now therefore, I pray thee, 
 let my lord the king hear the 
 words of his servant. If the 
 LoED have stirred thee up a- 
 gainst me, let him accept an oifer- 
 ing : but if the^ be the children 
 of men, cursed be they before the 
 LoED ; for they have dj-iven me 
 out this day from abiding in the 
 inheritance of the Loed, saying, 
 Go, seiTC other gods. 
 
 20 Now therefore, let not my 
 blood fall to the earth before 
 the face of the Loed: for the 
 king of Israel is come out to seek 
 a flea, as when one doth hunt 
 a partridge in the mountains. 
 
 21 IF Then said Saul, I have 
 sinned : return, my son David : 
 for I will no more do thee harm, 
 because my soul was precious 
 in thine eyes this day: behold, 
 I have played the fool, and have 
 eiTed exceedingly. 
 
 22 And Da\dd answered and 
 said. Behold the king's spear! 
 and let one of the young men 
 come over and fetch it. 
 
 23 The Loed render to every 
 man his righteousness and his 
 faithfulness: for the Loed de- 
 livered thee into mj/ hand to 
 day, but I would not stretch 
 forth mine hand against the 
 Loed's anointed. 
 
 24 And, behold, as thy life was 
 much set by this day in mine 
 eyes, so let my life be much set 
 by in the eyes of the Loed, and 
 let him deliver me out of all 
 tribulation. 
 
 25 Then Saul said to David, 
 Blessed be thou, my son David : 
 thou shalt both do great things, 
 and also shalt still prevail. So 
 David went on his way, and 
 Saul returned to his place. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVII. 
 1 Saul hearing David to he in Gatli 
 seeTceth no more for Mm. 5 David 
 heggefh ZiMag of AcliisJi. 8 He, in- 
 vading other countries, persuadeth 
 AcMsh he fought against Judah. 
 
 AND David said in his heart, 
 „ I shall now perish one day 
 
 I. SAMUEL, XXYII. 
 
 Acliish at GaiJi, 
 
 by the hand of Saul : there is 
 nothing better for me than that 
 I should speedily escape into the 
 land of the Philistines ; and Saul 
 shall despair of me, to seek me 
 any more in any coast of Israel : 
 so shall I escape out of his hand, 
 
 2 And David arose, and he 
 passed over with the six hun- 
 dred men that were with Mm 
 unto Achish, the son of Maoch, 
 king of Gath. 
 
 3 And David dwelt with A- 
 chish at Gath, he and his men, 
 every man with his household, 
 even David with his two wives, 
 Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and 
 Abigail the Carmelite ss, Nabal's 
 wife. 
 
 4 And it was told Saul that 
 David was fled to Gath : and he 
 sought no more again for him. 
 
 5 H And David said unto A- 
 chish. If I have now found grace 
 in thine eyes, let them give me 
 a place in some to^Ti in the coun- 
 try, that I may dwell there : for 
 why should thy servant dwell in 
 the royal city with thee ? 
 
 6 Then Achish gave him Zik- 
 lag that day : wherefore Ziklag 
 pertaineth unto the kings of 
 Judah mito this day. 
 
 7 And the time that David 
 dwelt in the country of the Phi- 
 listines was a full year and four 
 months. 
 
 8 IT And David and his men went 
 up, and invaded the Geshur- 
 ites, and the Gezrites, and the 
 Amalekites: for those nations 
 were of old the inhabitants of 
 the land, as thou goest to Shur, 
 even unto the land of Egypt. 
 
 9 And David smote the land, 
 and left neither man nor w^o- 
 man aKve, and took away the 
 sheep, and the oxen, and the 
 asses, and the camels, and the 
 apparel, and returned, and came 
 to Achish. 
 
 10 And Acliish said. Whither 
 have ye made a road to day? 
 And David said. Against the 
 south of Judah, and against the 
 south of the Jerahmeelites, and 
 against the south of the Kenites. 
 
>^(u! seekeVi to I. SAMTEL. XXVIII. a tcitch at EuhIoj'. 
 
 liatli a familiar 8] (irit, that I may 
 \n) to Irt, and eiKiuirt' of 1r*i. 
 And liiH servantH 8uid to liim, 
 Ik'liold. tfiere is a woman tliat 
 liath a iamiliar Hpirit at Kii-dor. 
 8 And Saul disguised himself, 
 and put on otlier numcnt, and 
 
 j he went, aiid two men with him, 
 and they eame U) the woman by 
 nij^dit : and he said, I pniy thee, 
 
 I divine unto me by the familiar 
 
 : spirit, and brin^ me /lim up, 
 whom I shall name luito thee. 
 
 I 9 And the wonum said uiit<j 
 him, liehold, thou kiiowest wliat 
 Stiul hath done, liow he liath 
 
 , cut oft" those that liave jamiliar 
 
 ' enirits, and the wizards, out of 
 tne land : wherefore then layest 
 thou a snare for my life, to cause 
 me to die ? 
 
 I 10 And Saul sware to her by 
 
 AND it came to pass in those tlie I>oki», wiving:, As the Loud 
 days, that the l*hilistines liveth, there sliall no punishment 
 gathered their armies tofxether happen to thee for this thinj?. 
 
 11 Then said the woman. Whom 
 
 11 And David saved neither 
 man nor woman alive, to bring 
 tidings to (Jath, saying. Lest 
 they should tell on us, tsaying, 
 ►So did David, and so will be 
 his manner all the while he 
 dwellctli in the country of the 
 Philistines, 
 
 12 And Achish l)elievetl Da- 
 \id, saying, He hath made his 
 ijeople Isi-ael utterly to abhor 
 Iiim; therefore he eliall be my 
 servant for ever. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVHI. 
 1 ArhUh j/nth'th ronjhU'^xre in D«i. 
 I'id. 3 S'IhI, having thHlroyed the 
 imtclies, 4 ami noir in hi» feur fur- 
 s'lkcn of God, 7 seeltth to a mfrh. 
 '.» The wUch, eiiconraged by Said, 
 raiseth up Sainuel. 15 Saul hear, 
 ing his raiu, fainteth. 2\ 2ne ico- 
 tiian loith his strvuiifs refresh him 
 with meat. 
 
 for warfare, to fight with Israel. 
 And Achish Siiid unto David. 
 
 sliall I bring up unto thee ? And 
 
 Knf)W thou assuredly, that thou he said, Bring me up Samuel. 
 
 shalt go out with me to battle, 
 thou and thy men. 
 
 2 .Vnd David said to Achish, 
 Surely thou shalt know what thy 
 servant can do. And Achish 
 said to David, Therefore will I 
 make thee keeper of mine head 
 for ever. 
 
 3 •[ Now Samuel was dead, and 
 all Israel had lamented him, and 
 buried liim in Eamali, even 
 in liis OTNii city. And Saul had 
 put avvay those that had fami- 
 liar spirits, and the wizards, out 
 of the land. 
 
 4 And the Philistines gathered 
 themselves together, and came 
 and pitched in Shunem: and 
 Saul gathered all Israel together, 
 and they pitched in Gilboa. 
 
 5 And when Saul saw the host 
 of the Philistines, he was afraid, 
 and his heart greatly trembled. 
 
 G And when Saul enquired of 
 the Lord, the Lord answered 
 him not, neither by dreams, nor 
 by Urim, nor by prophets. 
 
 7 % Then said Saul unto his 
 servants, Seek me a woman that 
 
 12 And when the woman saw 
 i Samuel, she cried with a loud 
 I ^oice : and the woman sjiake 
 
 to Saul, saying. Why hast thou 
 deceived me? for thou art Saul. 
 
 13 And the king said unto her. 
 Be not afraid: lor what sawest 
 thou? And the woman said un- 
 to Saul, I saw gods ascending 
 out of the earth. 
 
 14 And he said unto her. What 
 form is he of? And she said. 
 An old man cometh up; and 
 he is covered with a mantle. 
 And Saul perceived that it was 
 Samuel, and he stooped with h /v 
 face to the ground, and bowod 
 himself. 
 
 15 II And Samuel said to Saul, 
 Why hast thou disquieted me, 
 to bring me up? And Saul an- 
 swered, I am sore distressed ; for 
 the Philistines make war against 
 me, and God is departed from 
 me, and answereth me no more, 
 neither by prophets, nor by 
 dreams: therefore I have call- 
 ed thee, that thou mayest make 
 known unto me what I shall do. 
 
Kkml irtfi/iine-d of his I.SAMUEL, XXIX. approaching rum. 
 
 16 Then said Samuel, Where- 
 fore then dcst thou a«k of me, 
 seeing- the Loed is departed from 
 thee , and is become thine enemy ? 
 
 17 And the Lord hath done 
 to him, as he spake by me : for 
 the LosD hath rent the kiiigdom 
 out of tliine hand, and given it 
 to thy neighbour, even to David : 
 
 18 Beeause thou obeyedst not 
 the voice of the Lobd, nor ex- 
 ecutedst his fierce wrath up- 
 on Amalek, therefore hath the 
 Lord done this thing unto thee 
 tliis day. 
 
 19 Moreover the Lobd wiU also 
 deliver Israel with thee into the 
 hand of the Philistines : and to 
 morrow shali thou and thy soiis 
 be with me : the Loed also shall 
 deliver the host of Israel into 
 the hand of the Philistmes. 
 
 20 Then Saul fell straightway 
 all along on the earth, and was 
 sore afraid, because of the words 
 of Samuel: and there was no 
 strength m him; for he had 
 eaten no bread all the day, nor 
 all the niglit. 
 
 21 H And the wonaan came unto 
 Saul, and saw that he was sore 
 troubled, and said unto him, 
 Behold, thine handmaid hath 
 obeyed thy voice, and I have 
 put my life in my hand, and 
 have hearkened unto thy words 
 which thou spakest unto me. 
 
 22 Now therefore, I pray thee, 
 hearken thou also unto the voice 
 of tliine handmaid, and let me 
 set a morsel of bread before 
 thee ; and eat, that thou mayest 
 have strength, when thou goest 
 on thy way. 
 
 23 But he refused, and said, I 
 will not eat. But his servants, 
 together with the woman, com- 
 pelled liim; and he hearkened 
 unto their voice. So he arose 
 from the earth, and sat upon 
 
 . the bed. 
 
 24 And the woman had a fat 
 calf in the house ; and she hast- 
 ed, and killed it, and took flour, 
 and kn^tded it, and did bake 
 
 I unleavened bread thereof: 
 
 [ 25 And she brought it before 
 
 Saul, and before his servants; 
 and they did eat. Then they rose 
 up, and went away that night. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIX. 
 
 1 David marcliing ivith the Philis- 
 tmes, 3 is disallowed by their prin- 
 ces. 6 AchisJi dimiissetli him, with 
 commendations of his fidelity , 
 IVrOW the Philistines gather- 
 J-^ ed together all their armies 
 to Aphek: and the Israelites 
 pitched by a fountain which is 
 in Jezreel. 
 
 2 And the lords of the Philis- 
 tines passed on by hundieds, 
 and by thousands: but David 
 and his men passed on in the 
 rereward with Acliish. 
 
 3 Then said the piinces of the 
 Philistines, What do these He- 
 brevv'S here 9 And Acliish said 
 unto the princes of the Philis- 
 tines, Is not this David, the ser- 
 vant of Sard the king of Israel, 
 which hath been with me these 
 days, or these years, and I have 
 found no fault in him since he 
 fell U7ito me unto this day ? 
 
 4 And the prmces of the Philis- 
 tines were wroth with him ; and 
 the prmces of the Philistines 
 said unto him, Make this fellow 
 return, that he may go again to 
 liis place which thou hast ap- 
 pointed him, and let him not go 
 down with us to battle, lest in 
 the battle he be an adversary to 
 us : for wherewith should he re- 
 concile himself unto his master? 
 should it not be with the heads 
 of these men ? 
 
 5 Is not this David, of whom 
 they sang one to another in 
 dances, saying, Saul slew his 
 thousands, and David his ten 
 thousands ? 
 
 6 IF Then Achish called Da- 
 vid, and said unto him. Surely, 
 as the Lord liveth, thou hast 
 been upright, and thy going out 
 and thy coming m with me in 
 the host is good in my sight : 
 for I have not found evil in thee 
 since the day of thy coming un- 
 to me unto this day : neverthe- 
 less the lords favour thee not. 
 
 7 Wherefore now return, and 
 
 R 
 
The AmakkHes 
 
 go in peace, that tboii (li5q)lease 
 Jiot the lords of the Philistines. 
 
 8 •[ And David i^aid unto A- 
 c'hish, But what have I done? 
 and what hast thou found in 
 thy servant so long as I have 
 been with thee unto this day, 
 that I may not go tight against 
 the enemies of my lord the Idng? 
 
 9 And Aeliish answered and 
 ^<lid to David, I know that thou 
 art good in my siglit, as an an- 
 gel of God: notwithstanding the 
 [♦rinces of the Philistines have 
 said. He sliall not go up with us 
 to the l)attle. 
 
 10 Wherefore now rise up early 
 in the morning with thy mas- 
 ter's servants that are come with 
 thee: and as soon as ye he up 
 early in the morning, and have 
 light, depart. 
 
 -11 So David and his men rose 
 lip early to depai-t in the moni- 
 ing, to return into tlie land of 
 the Phihstines. And the Phi- 
 listines went lip to .lezreel. 
 
 CHAI^TEll XXX. 
 I The AmalekUt'H Kjjt)il ZUdng. 4 Da- 
 vid asking couni*el is eiu.ouragcd 
 hy God to jwrme them. 11 /?// the 
 means of a remved Egyptian he is 
 brought to the enemies, and reco- 
 vereth all the spoil. '11 Jhivid's Ian; 
 to divide the sioil rgnoHi/ between 
 them that fight and them that keep 
 the stuff, 'itj Ue sendeth presents to 
 his friends. 
 
 AND it came to pass, when 
 - David and his men were 
 come to Ziklag on the third 
 day, that the Amalekites had 
 invaded the south, and Ziklag 
 and smitten Zilcla; 
 it w ith fire ; 
 2 And had taken the women 
 
 I. SAMUEL, XXX. 8ix,il Zikhvj. 
 
 5 And David's two wives weixi 
 taken captives, Ahhicmm the- 
 JezreelitesH, and Abigail the 
 wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 
 
 G And David was greatly dis- 
 tressed ; for the i)Coi)le spake of 
 stoniiig him,ljecau8*i the soul of 
 all the people was grieved, e^ ery 
 man for liis sons and lior his 
 daughters: but David encou- 
 raged liimself in the Lord his 
 God. 
 
 7 And David said to Abiathar 
 the priest, Ahimelech's son. 
 I>ray thee, bring me hither the 
 ephod. And Abiathar brought 
 thither the ephod to David. 
 
 8 And David enquired at tlie 
 LoRo. saying. Shall I pursue 
 after this troop? shall I over- 
 take them? And he answered 
 him. Pursue : for thou slialt 
 surely overtake them, and with- 
 out fail recover nil. 
 
 \) So David went, he and tlw 
 six hunched men ihdXwere with 
 hhn, and came to the brook 
 Besor, where those that were left 
 behind stayed. 
 
 lU But David pursued, he and 
 four hundred men : for two hun- 
 dred abode belund, which weie 
 so faint tliat they could not go 
 over the brook Besor. 
 
 11 H And they found an Egyp- 
 tian in the field, and brought 
 him to David, and gave him 
 bread, and he did eat ; and they 
 made him drink water ; 
 
 12 And they gave him a piece of 
 «xa^v .^xn.icvf3. 1 a cake of tigs, and two clusters 
 and bunied , of raisins : and when he had 
 
 eaten, his spirit came again to 
 
 him : for he had eaten no bread, 
 
 captives, that were therein : they ! nor drunk any water, three days 
 
 I 
 
 
 slew not any, either great or 
 small, but carried them away, 
 and went on their way. 
 
 3 If So David and his men came 
 to the city, and, behold, it was 
 burned with fire; and their 
 wives, and their sons, and their 
 daughters, w^ere taken captives.' 
 
 4 Then David and the people 
 that ivere with him lifted np 
 their voice and wept, until they 
 had no more power to weep. 
 
 and three nights. 
 
 13 And David said unto him. 
 To whom helongest thou? and 
 whence art thou? And he said, 
 I am a yomig man of Eg5T}t, 
 servant to an Amaleldte; aiid 
 my master left me, because thiee 
 days a gone I fell sick. 
 
 14 We made an invasion upon 
 the south of the Cherethites, 
 and upon the coast which be- 
 lon^eth to Judah, and upon the 
 
David recovereth 
 
 sonth of Caleb ; aud we burned 
 Ziklag with fire. 
 
 15 And David said to him, 
 Canst thou bring me down to 
 this company? And he said, 
 Swear unto me by God, that 
 thou wilt neither kill me, nor 
 deliver me into the hands of 
 my master, and I mil brmg thee 
 down to this company. 
 
 16 H And when he had brought 
 him down, behold, thet/ were 
 spread abroad upon all the earth, 
 eating and drinking, and danc- 
 ing, because of all the great spoil 
 that they had taken out of the 
 land of the Phihstines, and out 
 of the land of Judah. 
 
 17 And David smote them from 
 the twilight even unto the even- 
 ing of the next day : and there 
 escaped not a man of them, save 
 four hundred young men, which 
 rode upon camels, and fled. 
 
 18 And David recovered all 
 that the Amalekites had car- 
 ried away: and David rescued 
 his two wives. 
 
 19 And there was nothing lack- 
 ing to them, neither small nor 
 great, neither sons nor daugh- 
 ters, neither spoil, 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 before those other 
 cattle, and said, This is David's 
 spoil. 
 
 21 ^ And David came to the 
 two hundi*ed men, which were 
 so faint that they could not fol- 
 low David, whom they had made 
 also to abide at the brook Be- 
 sor : and they went forth to meet 
 David, and to meet the people 
 that were with him : and when 
 David came near to the people, 
 
 ' he saluted them. 
 
 22 Then answered all the wick- 
 I ed men and men of Belial, of 
 : those that went with David, apd 
 
 said, Because they went not with 
 us, we will not give them ought 
 of the spoil that we have reco- 
 vered, save to every man his 
 wife and his children, that they 
 
 SAIHUEL, XXXI. the spoil 
 
 may lead M^m away, and de- 
 part. 
 
 23 Then said David, Ye shall 
 not do so, my brethren, with 
 that which the Lord hath giv- 
 en us, who hath presented us, 
 and delivered the company that 
 came against us into our hand. 
 
 24 For who will hearken unto 
 you in this matter? but as his 
 part is that goeth down to the 
 battle, so shall his part be that 
 tarrieth by the stuff: they shall 
 part alike. 
 
 25 And it was so from that day 
 forward, that he made it a sta- 
 tute and an ordinance for Israel 
 unto this day. 
 
 26 ^ And when David came to 
 Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto 
 the elders of Judah, eve?i to his 
 friends, saying. Behold a pre- 
 sent for you of the spoil of the 
 enemies of the Loed ; 
 
 27 To them which were in Beth- 
 el, and to them which ivere in 
 south Eamoth, and to them 
 which were in Jattir, 
 
 28 And to them which were in 
 Aroer, and to them which were 
 in Siphmoth, and to them which 
 were in Eshtemoa, 
 
 29 And to them which ivere in 
 Eachal, and to them v/hich we7'e 
 in the cities of the Jerahmeel- 
 ites, and to them which ivere in 
 the cities of the Kenites, 
 
 30 And to them which were 
 in liomiah, and to them which 
 were in Chor-ashan, and to them 
 which were in Athach, 
 
 31 And to them which were in 
 Hebron, and to all the places 
 where David himself and his 
 men were wont to haunt. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXI. 
 1 Saul Jiaving lost his army, and Ms 
 sons slain, he and his armourhearer 
 Mil themselves. 7 The Philistines 
 possess the forsalcen towns of the 
 Israelites. 8 They triumph over the 
 dead carcases. 11 They of Jabesh- 
 gilead, recovering the bodies by 
 night, burn them at Jdbesh, and 
 mournfully bury their bones. 
 "\rOW the Philistines fought 
 x\ against Israel: and the 
 men of Israel fled from before 
 R2 
 
The hattle 
 
 I. SAMUEL, XXXI. 
 
 at GiUnjct. 
 
 the Pliilistines, and fell down 
 slain in mount Gilboa. 
 
 2 And the Philistines followed 
 hard upon Saul and ni on his 
 sons; and the riiilistines slew 
 Jonathan, and Abinadab, and 
 Melehi-shua, Saul's sons. 
 
 3 And the battle went sore a- 
 painst Saul, and the archei-s hit 
 him ; and he was sore wounded 
 of the archers. 
 
 4 Then said Saul unto his 
 armombeorer, Draw thy sword, 
 and thrust me throuuh there- 
 with ; lest these uncircumeised 
 come and thrust me throu£z;h, 
 and abuse me. But his armour- 
 bearer would not; for he was 
 sore afraid. Therefore Saul took 
 a sword, and fell upon it. 
 
 5 And when his armoinbcarer 
 saw that Said was dead, he fell 
 likewise upon his sword, and died 
 with him. 
 
 i) So Saul died, and his three 
 
 that Saul and his sons were 
 dead, they foreook the cities, 
 and fled; and the riiilistines 
 ( ame ar.d dwelt in them. 
 8 And it came to i;ass on the 
 morrow, when the Philistines 
 came to strip the slain, that 
 they found Saul and his three 
 sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 
 And they cut oft" his head, , 
 and stripped oft" his amiour, and 
 sent into the land of the Philis- 
 tines round about, to publish it 
 in the house of tlteir idols, and 
 amonp the people. 
 I 10 And they put his annour 
 i in the house of Ashtaroth : and 
 ' they fastened his body to the 
 wall of Beth-shan. 
 
 11 ^\ And when the inhabitants 
 of .Tabesh-prilead heard of that 
 Avhich the Pliilistines had done 
 to Said ; 
 
 12 All the valiant men arose, 
 and went all ni^lit, and took the 
 
 sons, and liis armourbearer, and ' body of Saul and the bcxlics of 
 all his men, that same day to- ! his sons from the wall of Beth- 
 gether. shan, and came to Jabesh, and 
 
 7 T And when the men of Is- ! bunit them there, 
 rael that ivere on the other side I 13 And they took their bones, 
 of the valley, and //if// that ?t'^r^ and buried them under a tree 
 on the other side Jordan, saw at Jabesh, and fasted seN en 
 that the men of Israel fled, and ' days. 
 
 THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL, 
 
 OTHERWISE CALLED, 
 
 THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 The AnmleMte, who hronght tid- 
 iv'js of the overfhrov), and accused 
 himself of Said's death, is slain. 
 17 David lament eth Suul and Jo- 
 nathan icith a song. 
 
 l^kTOW it came to pass after 
 ^Ll the death of Saul, when 
 David was returned from the 
 slaus:hter of the Amalekites, 
 and David had abode two days 
 in Ziklag ; 
 
 2 It came even to pass on the 
 tliird day, that, behold, a man 
 came out of the camp from Saul 
 "with his clothes rent, and earth 
 upon Ills head: and so it was, 
 
 when he came to David, that he 
 fell to the earth, and did obei- 
 sance. 
 
 3 And Da\-id said unto him, 
 From whence comest thou? 
 And he said unto him, Out of 
 the camp of Israel am I escaped. 
 
 4 And David said unto him. 
 How went the matter? I pray 
 thee, tell me. And he answer- 
 ed, That the people are fled 
 from the battle, and many of ; 
 the people also are fallen and i 
 dead; and Saul and Jonathan 
 his son are dead also. j 
 
 5 And David said unto the 
 yoimg man that told him, How 
 
David Imneiiteth 
 
 II. SAMUEL, I. 
 
 Saul and Jonathan. 
 
 knowest thou that Saul and 
 Jonathan his son be dead ? 
 
 6 And the yoiuig man that 
 told him said, As I happened 
 by chance upon mount Gilboa, 
 behold, Saul leaned upon his 
 spear ; and, lo, the chariots and 
 horsemen followed hard after 
 him. 
 
 7 And when he looked behind 
 him, he saw me, and called unto 
 me. And I answered, Here am I. 
 
 8 And he said unto me. Who 
 art thou? And I answered him, 
 I am an Amaleldte. 
 
 9 He said unto me again. 
 Stand, I pray thee, upon me, 
 and slay me : for anguish ^ is 
 come upon me, because my life 
 is yet whole in me. 
 
 10 So I stood upon him, and 
 slew him, because I was sure 
 that he could not live after that 
 he was fallen : and I took the 
 crown that ivas upon his head, 
 and the bracelet that was on 
 his ann, and have brought them 
 hither unto my lord. 
 
 11 Then David took hold on 
 his clothes, and rent them ; and 
 likewise all the men that we7'e 
 with liim : 
 
 12 And they mourned, and 
 wept, and fasted until even, for 
 Saul, and for Jonathan his son, 
 and for the people of the Lord, 
 and for the house of Israel ; be- 
 cause they were fallen by the 
 sword. 
 
 13 ^ An*d David said unto 
 the young man that told him, 
 Whence art thou? And he 
 answered, I am the son of a 
 stranger, an Amalekite. 
 
 14 And David said mi to him, 
 How wast thou not afraid to 
 stretch forth thine hand to de- 
 stroy the Lokd's aiiointed? 
 
 15 And David called one of the 
 young men, and said. Go near, 
 and fall upon him. And he 
 smote him that he died. 
 
 16 And David said unto him. 
 Thy blood be upon thy head; 
 for thy mouth hath testified a- 
 gainst thee, saying, I have slain 
 the Lord's anointed. 
 
 17 U And David lamented with 
 this lamentation over Saul and 
 over Jonathan his son : 
 
 18 (Also he bade them teach 
 the children of Judah the use 
 of the bow : behold, it is writ- 
 ten in the book of Jasher.) 
 
 19 The beauty of Israel is slain 
 upon thy high places : how are 
 the mighty fallen ! 
 
 20 Tell it^ not in Gath, pub- 
 lish it not in the streets of As- 
 kelon; lest the daughters of 
 the Philistines rejoice, lest the 
 daughters of the uncircumcised 
 triumph. 
 
 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, 
 let there be no dew, neither let 
 there be rain, upon you, nor 
 fields of ofierings : for there the 
 shield of the mighty is vilely 
 
 ; cast away, the shield of Saul, 
 j as though he had not been an- 
 I ointed with oil. 
 
 22 From the blood of the slain, 
 1 from the fat of the mighty, the 
 ■ bow of Jonathan turned not 
 
 back, and the sword of Saul 
 j returned not empty. 
 j 23 Saul and Jonathan loere 
 1 lovely and pleasant in their 
 I lives, and in their death they 
 ; were not di\T:ded : they w^ere 
 : swifter than eagles, they w^ere 
 I stronger than lions. 
 I 24 Ye daughters of Israel, 
 , weep over Saul, who clothed 
 ' you in scarlet, with other de- 
 j lights, who put on ornaments 
 of gold upon your apparel. 
 ! 25 How are the mighty fallen 
 ; in the midst of the battle ! O 
 'Jonathan, thou wast slain in 
 I thine high places. 
 ! 28 1 am distressed for thee, my 
 brother Jonathan: very plea- 
 sant hast thou been imto me : 
 thy love to me was wonderful, 
 passing the love of women. 
 27 How are the mighty fallen, 
 and the weapons of wai' perish- 
 ed! 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 1 David, by God's direction, with Jris 
 co7)imny goefh up to Hebron, wJtcre 
 Tie is made Mng of Jiidah. 5 Hfi 
 commemleth them of Jabesh-giJ^ad 
 for their Iciiidness to Saul. 8 Ahner 
 
I'd rid is maJe 
 
 II. SAMUEL, II. 
 
 waheth iHhJjosheth king of hrael. 
 12 A nwrkd skirmish hctu-ccn tialve 
 of Abner' s and f irelve of Jo(ih' ti men. 
 18 Amhel is skiin. 25 At Abtier's 
 /notion Jo<ih souudeth a retreat. 32 
 Asahcl's bnrifd. 
 
 AND it came to paps after 
 - tliis, that David enquired 
 of the Loud, saying, Shall I 
 &o up into any of the cities of 
 JiidahV And the Lord Boid 
 unto liim, Go up. And David 
 said, Wluther shall I go up? 
 And he said, Unto Hebron. 
 
 2 8o David went up thither, 
 and his two wives also, Ahi- 
 noam the Jezreelitess, and Abi- 
 i^ail Nabal's wife the Canuelite. 
 
 3 And his men that were with 
 liim did David bring up, every 
 man with his household : and 
 they dwelt in the cities of He- 
 bron. 
 
 4 And the men of Judah came 
 and there they anointed David 
 king over tlie house of Judah. 
 And they told David, saying. 
 T/tat the men of .Tabesh-gileaa 
 trrre thcf/ that buried Saul. 
 
 r» T And David sent messen- 
 gers mito the men of Jabesh- 
 gilead, and said unto them, 
 Blessed he ye of the Loed, that 
 ye have shewed this kindness 
 unto your lord, even unto Saul, 
 and have buried him. 
 
 G And now the Lord shew 
 kindness and truth unto you: 
 and I also will requite you this 
 kindness, because ye have done 
 this thmg. 
 
 7 Therefore now let yom- hands 
 be streujgthened, and be ye va- 
 liant: for your master Saul is 
 dead, and also the house of Ju- 
 dah have anointed me king over 
 them. 
 
 8 T But Abner the son of Ner, 
 captain of Saul's host, took Ish- 
 bosheth the son of Saul, and 
 brought liim over to Mahanaim ; 
 
 9 And made him king over 
 Gilead, and over the Ashur- 
 it^s, and over Jezreel, and over 
 Ephraim, and over Benjamin, 
 and over all Israel. 
 
 10 Ish-bosheth Saul's son was 
 foiiy years old when he beg^n 
 
 Icing over JiultJi. 
 
 to reign over Israel, and reign- 
 ed two years. But tlie house of 
 Judah Ibllowed David. 
 
 11 And the time that David 
 was king in Hebron over the 
 house of Judah was seven yearg^ 
 and six months. 
 
 12 ^ And Abner the son of 
 Ner, and the servants of Ish- 
 bosheth the son of Saul, went 
 out from Mahanaim to Oibeon. 
 
 13 And Joab the son of Zerui- 
 ah, and the servants of David, 
 went out, and met together by 
 the i)ool of Gibeon : juid they 
 sat do^\^l, the one on the (jne 
 side of the pool, and the other 
 on the other side of the pool. 
 
 14 And Abner said to Joab, 
 Let the young men now arise, 
 and play before us. And Joab 
 said, Let them arise. 
 
 15 Then there arose and went 
 over by number twelve of Ben- 
 jamin, which pertained to Ish- 
 boshetli the son of Saul, and 
 twelve of the servants of David. 
 
 IG And they caught every one 
 his fellow by the head, and 
 thrust his sword in his fellow's 
 side; so thev fell dovm toge- 
 ther: wherefore that place wap 
 called Helkath-hazzurim, which 
 is in Gibeon. 
 
 17 And there was a verj' soie 
 battle that day ; and Abner was 
 beaten, and the men of Isra^;!, 
 before the senante of David. 
 
 18 H And there were three sons 
 of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abi- 
 shai, and Asahel: and Asahel 
 was as light of foot as a wild 
 roe. 
 
 19 And Asahel pursued after 
 Abner ; and in going he turned 
 not to the right hand nor to the 
 kit from following Abner. 
 
 20 Then Abner looked behind 
 him, and said, Art thou Asahel ? 
 And he ansv, ered, I am. 
 
 21 And Abner said to him. 
 Turn thee aside to thy right 
 hand or to thy left, and lay thee 
 hold on one of the young men, 
 and take thee his armoiu*. But 
 Asahel would not turn aside 
 from following of him. 
 
Amliel is slain. 
 
 II. SAMUEL, III'. David toaxeth stt'onger. 
 
 22 And Abner said again to 
 Asaliel, Turn thee aside from 
 following me : wherefore should 
 I smite thee to the ground? 
 how then should I hold up my 
 face to Joab thy brother? 
 
 2*3 Howbeit he refused to turn 
 aside : wherefore Abner with the 
 hinder end of the spear smote 
 him under the fifth rih, that the 
 spear came out beliindhim ; and 
 he fell down there, and died in 
 the same place : and it came to 
 pass, that as many as came to 
 the place where Asahel fell down 
 and died stood still. 
 
 24 Joab also and Abishai pur- 
 sued after Abner : and the sun 
 went down when they were 
 come to the hill of Ammah, 
 that lieth before Giah by the 
 way of the wilderness of Gi- 
 beon. 
 
 25 % And the childien of Ben- 
 jamin gathered themselves to- 
 gether after Abner, and became 
 one troop, and stood on the top 
 of an hill. 
 
 26 Then Abner called to Joab, 
 and said, Sliall the sword devour 
 for ever? knowest thou not that 
 it will be bitterness in the latter 
 end? how long shall it be then, 
 ere thou bid the people return 
 from following their brethren? 
 
 27 And Joab said, As God liv- 
 eth, unless thou hadst spoken, 
 surely then in the morning the 
 people had gone up every one 
 from following his brother. 
 
 28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and 
 ail the people stood still, and 
 pursued after Isi^el no more, 
 neither fought they any more. 
 
 29 And Abner and his men 
 walked all that night tlnough 
 the plain, and passed over Jor- 
 dan, and went through all Bi- 
 thron, and they came to Ma^ 
 hanaim. 
 
 30 And Joab returned from fol- 
 lowing Abner : and when he ha d 
 gathered all the people together, 
 there lacked of David^s servants 
 nineteen men and Asahel. 
 
 Abner's men, so that three hun- 
 dred and thi^ee score men died. 
 32 H And they took up Asahel, 
 and buried him in the sepulchre 
 of his father, wliich was in Beth- 
 lehem. And Joab and his men 
 went all night, and they came 
 to Hebron at break of day. 
 
 CHAPTEB III. 
 
 1 During the imr David siill waxeth 
 sir€ng€r. 2 Six sons ivere ho9'n to 
 him in Hebron. 6 Ahner, displeas- 
 ed ivith IsliJjoshetlu 12 revolietJi to 
 David. 13 David reqnirefh a con- 
 dition to bring Min his tvife Mi'- 
 chal. 17 Abner, havin-g communed 
 tvith the Israelites^ is feasted by 
 David, and dismissed. 22 Joab, re- 
 tnrning frma hoJtle, is displeased 
 tvith the Mng, and Mlleth Abner. 
 28 David eurseih Joab, 31 and 
 'inotirnefh for Abner. 
 
 ^'^TOW there was long war be- 
 ly tween the house of Saul and 
 the house of David : but David 
 waxed stronger and stronger, 
 and the house of Saul waxed 
 weaker and weaker. 
 
 2 U And unto David were sous 
 bom in Hebron : and his first- 
 bom was Amnon, of Ahinoam 
 the Jezreelitess ; 
 
 3 And his second, Chileab, of 
 Abig-ail the wife of I^abal the 
 Carmelite; and the third, Ab- 
 salom the son of Maacah the 
 daughter of Talmai kmg of 
 Geshur ; 
 
 4 And the fourth, Adonijah the 
 son of Haggith; and the fifth, 
 Shephatiah the son of Abital ; 
 
 5 x\nd the sixth, Ithream, by 
 Eg] ah David's wife. These wene 
 born to David in Hebron. 
 
 6 % And it came to pass, while 
 there was war between the house 
 of Saul and the house of David^ 
 that Abuer made himself strong 
 for the house of Saul. 
 
 7 And Saul had a concubine, 
 whose name zaas Eizpah, the 
 daughter of Aiah : and Ish- 
 hosheth said to Abner, Where- 
 fore hast thou gone in unto mj*- 
 fa therms concubine? 
 
 8 Then was Abner very wroth 
 
 31 But the sen^ants of David for the words of Ish-bcsheth, 
 badamittejiof Benjamin, ^ndirf and said, Am I a dog's head. 
 
Algiers revdi. 
 
 II. SAIVIUEL, III. 
 
 JixJb hlkth Ah,,*,. 
 
 wliich against Jiukh do gliew 
 kindnesB thi? day unto the 
 hoii»e of {Saul tliy lather, to his I 
 bretlnen, au<l to liis Iricnds, | 
 and have not di-livtrtd tht'c in- 1 
 to the liand of David, that thou ' 
 diaiiroKt me to day >vith a fauh ; 
 eoneeniiuj? this woimui ? | 
 
 9 So do (jJod to Abner, and 
 more also, exeejjt, as the LoRn 
 liath sworn to David, even »o I 
 do to liini; 
 
 lU To translate the kingdom 
 from tlic house of Saul, and to 
 set up the thri>n«' «>f David over 
 Israel and over .ludah, from Dan 
 even to lieer-Fhe])a. 
 
 11 And he rould not answer 
 Abner a word again, beeause 
 he feared him. 
 
 12 •! And AImkt sent mes- 
 sanfjers to David on his behalf, 
 Siiyinp, ^Vhose is tJie land? sny- 
 ini; also, ]Mak<' thy hNT^ue Avith 
 me, and, behold, my hand shall 
 he with thee, to bring about all 
 Israel unto thee. 
 
 13 ^f And he said, Well ; I will 
 make a league with thee : but 
 one tiling I require of tliee, that 
 is, Thou shalt not see my faee, 
 exeept tliou iirst bring Miehal 
 Saul's dfiught<'r, when thou com- 
 est to see my face. 
 
 14 And Da\ id s^'ut messengers 
 to Ish-bosheth Said's son, sfiy- 
 ing. Deliver me my wife Miehal, 
 which I espoused to me for an 
 hundi-ed foreslviiis of the Philis- 
 tines. 
 
 15 And Ish-bosheth sent, and 
 took her from her liusband, even 
 from Phaltiel the son of Laish. 
 
 16 And her husband went with 
 her along weeping behind her 
 to Bahmim. Tlien said Abner 
 imto him, Go, return. And he 
 returned, 
 
 17 ^ And Abner had communi- 
 cation with the elders of Israel, 
 sajdng, Ye sought for David in 
 times past to be king orer you : 
 
 18 Now then do it: for the 
 Lord hath spoken of David, 
 saying, By the hand of my ser- 
 vant David I will save my peo- 
 ple Israel out of the hand of the 
 
 rhilistines, and out of the ha)id 
 of all their enemies. 
 
 !!♦ And Abner also spake in 
 the ears of H-njamin : and .Mi- 
 ner went also to speak in t)ie* 
 eai^ of David in Hebron all 
 that seemed go(xl to Israel, and 
 that seemed gfjod to tlie wliole 
 liouse of lienjamin. 
 
 2(1 So Abner came to Darid to 
 Hebron, and twenty men witJj 
 him. An<l David nuule Abiu'r 
 and the men that were witli 
 him a fea.^. 
 
 21 And Abner said unto David, 
 I will arise and go, and will ga- 
 ther all Israel unto my lord the 
 king, that they may make a 
 k'ague with thee, aiuf that thou 
 mayest reign over all that tliine 
 heart desireth. And Davi<l sent 
 Abner away; and he went in 
 I»eace. 
 
 22 •^ And, behold, the scnants 
 of D;ivid aiul Joab cam«' from 
 piirsuitii^ a trofjp. and brought 
 in a great spoil with them: but 
 Abner Mvw not with David in 
 Hebron ; for he had sent him 
 away and he was gone in peace. 
 
 Z\ When Joab and all the liost 
 that teas with him were come, 
 they told Joab, saying, Abner 
 the son of Ner came to the king, 
 and he liath sent him away, and 
 he is gone in r)eace. 
 
 24 Then Joab came to tlie 
 king, and said. What hast thou 
 done ? behold, Abner came un- 
 to thee ; why is it that thou hast 
 sent him away, and he is quite 
 gone ? 
 
 25 Thou knowest Abner the 
 son of Ner, that he came to de- 
 ceive thee, and to know thy go- 
 ing out and thy coming in, and 
 to Ivnow all that thou doest. 
 
 26 And when Joab was come 
 out from David, he sent mes- 
 sengers after Abner, which 
 brought liim again from the 
 well of Sirah : but David knew 
 it not. 
 
 27 And when Abner was re- 
 tmned to Hebron, Joab took 
 him aside in the gate to speak 
 with him quietly, and smcte 
 
Ikiiid monrneth 
 
 II. SAiVIUEL, IV. 
 
 for Ahnei: 
 
 him tliei-e under the fifth rib, ' is a prince and a great man 
 that he died, for the blood of j fallen this day in Israel? 
 
 Asaliel his brother. 
 
 28 TI And afterward when Da- 
 vid heard it, he said, I and my 
 kingdom are guiltless before the 
 Lord for ever from the blood of 
 Abner the son of Ner : 
 
 29 Let it rest on the head of 
 Joab, and on all his father's 
 house; and let there not fail 
 from the house of Joab one that 
 hath an issue, or that is a leper, 
 or that leaneth on a staff, or that 
 falleth on the sword, or that 
 lacketh bread. 
 
 30 So Joab and Abishai his 
 brother slew Abner, because he 
 had slahi their brother Asahel 
 at Gibe on in the battle. 
 
 31 t And David said to Joab, 
 and to all the people that were 
 yntla. him, Eend your clothes, 
 and gird you with sackcloth, 
 and mourn before Abner. And 
 king David /iim^s^//" followed the 
 bier. 
 
 38 And they buried Abner in 
 HebTOn : and the king lifted up 
 his voice, and wept at the grave 
 of Abner; and all the people 
 wept. 
 
 33 And the long lamented over 
 Abn^r, and said. Died Abner as 
 a fool dieth ? 
 
 34 Thy hands were not bound, 
 nor thy feet put into fetters : as a 
 man falleth before wicked men, 
 so fellest thou. And all the peo- 
 ple wept agam over him. 
 
 35 And when all the people 
 came to cause David to eat 
 meat while it was yet day, Da- 
 vid sware, saying, kSo do God 
 to me, and more also, if I taste 
 bread, or ought else, till the sim 
 be down. 
 
 ' 36 And all the people took no- 
 tice of it, and it pleased them : as 
 whatsoever the king did pleased 
 all the people. 
 
 37 For all the people and all 
 Israel understood that day that 
 it was not of the king to slay 
 Abner the son of Ner. 
 
 38 And the king said unto his 
 sen ants. Know ye not that there 
 
 39 And I am this day weak, 
 though anointed Idng; and 
 these men the sons of Zeruiah 
 be too hard for me : the Loed 
 shall rewaixi the doer of evil ac- 
 cording to his wickedness. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 Th-e Israelites heinif troubled at flie 
 death of Abner, 2 Baanah and Ite- 
 cliah slay Isli-hosheth, andbring his 
 head to Hebron. 9 David causeth 
 til em to he slain, and Ish-hosheth's 
 head to be buried. 
 
 AND when Saul's son heard 
 - that Abner was dead in 
 Hebron, his hands were feeble, 
 and all the Israelites were trou- 
 bled. 
 
 2 And Saul's son had two men 
 that were captains of bands: 
 the name of the one ivas Baa- 
 nah, and the name of the other 
 Eechab, the sons of Rimmon 
 a Beerothite, of the children of 
 Benjamin: (for Beeroth also 
 was reckoned to Ben^jamin : 
 
 3 And the Be^rothites fled to 
 Gittaim, and were sojourners 
 there until this day.) 
 
 4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, 
 had a son that was lame of his 
 feet. He was five years old when 
 the tidings came of Saul and Jo- 
 nathan out of Jezreel, and his 
 nurse took him up, and fled: 
 and it came to pass, as she made 
 haste to flee, that he fell, and 
 became lame. And his name 
 was Mephibosheth. 
 
 5 And the sons of Rimmon the 
 Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, 
 w^ent, and came about the heat 
 of the day to the house of Ish- 
 bosheth, who lay on a bed at 
 noon, 
 
 6 And they came thither in- 
 to the midst of the house, as 
 though they would have fetch- 
 ed wheat ; and they smote him 
 under the fifth rib : and Rechab 
 and Baanah his brother escaped. 
 
 7 For when they came into the 
 house, he lay on his bed in liis 
 bedchamber, and they smote 
 him, and slew him, and be- 
 
 Ii3 
 
Darid mfuJe kino 
 
 heade<l him, and tool 
 
 and ^'nt theiii away through the 
 
 I>hun all niglit. 
 
 8 And tliey hroii'-dit the liead 
 of l8h-boHheth unto David to 
 Hebron, and Kiid tn tlie kintr, 
 Behold the head of Ish-bosheth 
 the son of Said tliine enemy, 
 whieli sou^dit tliy lif«*; and tin- 
 T^oui) hath aveu'-'ed my lord 
 tlie kinj: this day of Saul, and 
 of his seed. 
 
 1) •' And David answered He- 
 eliab and Haaiiah his brotlier, 
 the sons of Hinnnon tlie Beer- 
 othite, an<l said unto tli^m, ^.v 
 the I.oRi» liveth, who hath re- 
 deemed my soul out of all ad- 
 versity, 
 
 10 \Vhen one told mc, Rayinpr, 
 Behold, Saul is dead, thinkinir 
 to have brou'-cht ^'o(m1 tidiu^s, I 
 took hold of him, and slew him 
 in ZiklaL', who tliou;^lit that I 
 vould have piven him a reward 
 for his tidintis: 
 
 11 How mueh more, when 
 wirlved men have slain a rijrh- 
 teou"-; in'i-son in his own house 
 upon his bed? sliall I not there- 
 fore now re«inin' his blood of 
 your hand, and take you away 
 from the earth ? 
 
 12 And David eommanded his 
 youn^c men. and they slew them, 
 and eut off their hands and their 
 feet, and han^red them \\\) over 
 tlie pool in Hel)ron. But they 
 took the head of Ish-bosheth, 
 and buried it in the sepulchre 
 of Abner in Hebron. 
 
 CHAPTER y. 
 
 1 Tlie tribes come to Hebron to anoint 
 
 David over laracl. 4 David's age. 
 
 II. SAMUEL, V. or,; nil Isnut. 
 
 his head, in Israel: and the Lrmn said t<» 
 thee. Thou tnhalt fee<l my peo- 
 ple Israel, and thou Bhnlt be a 
 captain f)ver Isniel. 
 
 3 So all the elders of Israel 
 canu* to the kin^ to Hidiron ; 
 and kin^' David made a lea;rue 
 
 ' with tiiem in Hebron before the 
 l.oKo: an<l they anointed Duvitl 
 kinir over Israel. 
 
 4 ^ David wa.s thirty years old 
 when he ln'^an to reign, and he 
 rei^nied Ibrty yeai-s. 
 
 /> In Hebron he reigned over 
 JmLdi Rc»ven years and six 
 months: and in Jerusalem he 
 reiv'ued thirty and three years 
 ov«'r all Isniel and Judidi. 
 
 6 *fi And tlR' king and his men 
 went to Jerusjilem unto the Je- 
 busites, the inhabitant*^ of the 
 land: which spake unto David, 
 wiying. Except thf)U take away 
 th»' blind and the lame, thou 
 shalt !i(»t (ome in hither: think- 
 ing, David cannot come in hi- 
 ther. 
 
 7 Nevertheless David took the 
 strong hold of Zion : the same 
 is the city of David. 
 
 8 And David said on that 
 day, Whosoever getteth up to 
 the gutter, and sniiteth the Je- 
 busites. and the lame and the 
 blind, that are hated (jf David's 
 soul, he .shall be chief and cap- 
 tain. Wherefore they said. The 
 blind and the lame shall not 
 come into the house. 
 
 9 So David dwelt in the foH, 
 and called it the city of David. 
 And David built round about 
 from Millo and inward. 
 
 __ ,..,.. 10 And David went on, and 
 
 Q He taling Zion from the Jebimtes ^TQVf great, and the LoRD God 
 
 djceUrth in if. 11 Hiram sendeth to of hosts was with him. 
 
 David. \^ Eleven sons are horn to -ii r a,-,.i HiroTri kintr of Tvta 
 
 him in Jerusalem. 17 Dcvifl, di- ^^. ^^"^^ Wiram king 01 lyre 
 
 reefed by God. smiteth the Philis. sent messengers to David, and 
 
 tines at Banl-perazim, 22 and again cedar trees, and carpenters, and 
 
 oA the mnJhemj trees. 
 
 rflHEN cam3 all the tribes of an house. 
 
 masons : and they built David 
 
 X Israel to David unto He- 
 bron, and spake, sayina-, Behold, 
 v:e are thy bone and tliy flesh. 
 
 2 Also in time past, when Saul 
 was king over us, thou wast lie 
 that leddest out and broughtest 
 
 12 And David perceived tliat 
 the Lord had established him 
 Idng over Israel, and tliat he 
 had exalted his kingdom for his 
 people Israel's sake. 
 
 13 IF And David took him more 
 
David smiteth 
 
 II. SAMUEL, VI. 
 
 (lie PhilMines. 
 
 concubines and wives ont of Je- 
 rusalem, after he was come from 
 Hebron : and there were yet sons 
 and daughtei-s bom to Dayid. 
 
 14 And these be the names of 
 those that were bom unto him 
 in Jerusalem ; Shammuah, and 
 Shobab, and Nathan, and So- 
 lomon, 
 
 15 Ibhar al^o, and Elishua, and 
 Nepheg, and Jajihia, 
 
 16 And Elishama, and Eliada, 
 and Eliphalet. 
 
 17 IF But when the Philistines 
 heard that they had anointed 
 David king over Israel, all the 
 Philistines came up to seek Da- 
 vid; and David heard of it, and 
 went down to the hold. 
 
 18 The Philistines also came 
 gmd spread themselves in the 
 valley of Eephaim. 
 
 19 And David enquired of the 
 Lord, saying, Shall I go up to 
 the Philistines? wilt thou deli- 
 ver them into mine hand? And 
 the Lord said imto David, Go 
 up : for I will doubtless deliver 
 the Philistines into thme hand. 
 
 20 And David came to Baai- 
 perazim, and David smote them 
 there, and said, The Loed hath 
 broken forth upon mine enemies 
 before me, as the breach of wa- 
 ters. Therefore he called the 
 name of that place Baal-perazim. 
 
 21 And there they left their 
 images, and David and his men 
 burned them. 
 
 22 ^ And the Philistines came 
 up yet again, and spread them- 
 selves in the valley of Rephaim. 
 
 23 And when David enquired 
 of the Lord, he said. Thou shalt 
 not go up ; but fetch a compass 
 behind them, and come upon 
 them over against the mulberry 
 trees. 
 
 =24 And let it be, w^hen thou 
 hearest the sound of a going in 
 the tops of the mnlherry trees, 
 that then thou shalt bestir thy- 
 self : for then shall the Loed 
 so out before thee, to smite the 
 host of the Philistines. 
 25 And David did so^ as the 
 Loed had comnmnded him ; and 
 
 smote the Philistines from Oeba 
 until thou come to Gazer. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 1 David fefclietli the arh fr<mi Kir- 
 jatJi-jearim on a ncio cart. 6 17^- 
 zah is smitten at Perez-uzzah. 9 
 God blesseth Obed^dcmi for the arV. 
 12 David bringing the arJc into Zion 
 uith sacri-ftces, danceth before it^ 
 for ivhich Michal despiseth him. 17 
 He placeth it in a tabernacle with 
 great joy and feasting. 20 Michal 
 reiyroving David, fcr his religious 
 joy is childless to her death. 
 
 AGAIN, David gathered to- 
 gether all the chosen men 
 of Israel, thirty thousand. 
 
 2 And David arose, and went 
 with all the people that were 
 with him from Baale of Judah, 
 to biing up fix)m thence the ark 
 of God, whose name is called 
 by the name of the Lord of 
 hosts that dwelleth between the 
 cherubims. 
 
 3 And they set the ark of God 
 upon a new cait, and brought 
 it out of the house of Abinadab 
 that luas in Gibeah : and Uzzah 
 and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, 
 drave the new cart. 
 
 4 And they brought it out of 
 the house of Abinadab which 
 was at Gibeah, accompanying 
 the ark of God : and Ahio went 
 before the ark. 
 
 5 And David and all the house 
 of Israel played before the Loed 
 on all manner of instruments 
 made ofwc wood, even on harps, 
 and on psalteries, and on tim- 
 brels, and on comets, and on 
 cymbals. 
 
 6 % And when they came to 
 N"achon's threshingfloor, Uzzah 
 put forth his hand to the ark 
 of God, and took hold of it ; for 
 the oxen shook it. 
 
 7 And the anger of the Loed 
 was kindled against Uzzah ; and 
 God smote him there for his 
 error ; and there he died by the 
 ark of God. 
 
 8 And David was displeased, 
 because the Lord had made a 
 breach upon Uzzah: and he 
 called the name of the place 
 Pere^-iizzah to this day. 
 
Th- ad- is II. S.VML' 
 
 !) And David was afraid of the 
 [.i»i:i» tJuit <kiy, and said. How 
 sluill the ark of the Loku coiuc 
 to nioV I 
 
 10 So David would not rcmo\e , 
 the aik of the L<»ici) unto liini 
 into th<' <ity of Da\id: hut Da- 
 vid cani'd itnsi<le int4)the liou^e 
 
 rOlM'd-iulnni the Ciittite. 
 
 11 And the ark of tin* Lf»Ki» 
 fi»ntinued in tlie liouse of Ohed- 
 edoni tlie (Jiltito tliree iU4)nth»<: 
 and the Loi:i> hleened Obed- 
 i-d(>m, and .nil iii« hoiiwhold, 
 
 12 • And it was told kinu' Da- 
 vid, saying, Tlie J,oiti> lioth 
 hle,s«edthe iiou»e of ( )iied-od«»m, 
 and all tliat prrt(t'tiketh wwio 
 liini. In^'eauar' of the ark of (hxl. 
 So David went and hror.Kht up 
 the ark of (iixl fnaa tlie house 
 of ()hed-edi>ni into the city of 
 David with .udadn«3!js. | 
 
 r.> And it was sf>. thai whtHi 
 tht*y that Inire tlie ark of the 
 l.oun hi'.d ^'oue six jjnees, ho 
 sa<iiiu'ed n\en and fatlin{-'8. 
 
 14 And Daviil <iiuired hidbn/ 
 the LoKO with all his uiiKht ; 
 and David tuas girded with a 
 linen ephod. I 
 
 V) So David and all the house 
 of Isniel l»rou;-dit up tlie ark of 
 the IjOrd wiLli Hliontuig, aud 
 ivith the sound of the truniix-'t. 
 
 Hi Aud as the ark of the Lord 
 (•:ime into the city of David, 
 IVlielial Saul's daughter looked 
 through a wiiuhnv, and saw king 
 David leaping and dancing be- 
 fore the LoED ; and she despised 
 liiiu in her heart. 
 
 17 *^ Aud they brought in the 
 ark of the Lord, and set it in 
 his place, in the midst of the ta- 
 bernacle that David had i)it<jh- 
 od for it: and David ollered 
 burnt offerings and peace ofier- 
 ings before the Lord. 
 
 18 And as soon as David liad 
 made an end of ofiering bunit 
 offerings and peace ofi'erings, he 
 blessed the people in the name 
 of the LoED of hosts. 
 
 19 And he dealt among all the 
 people, even among the whole 
 multitude of Israel, as well to 
 
 EL, VII. hoUiflU 0. Zion. 
 
 the w ouKMi aa men. to evi^ry one 
 a cake of bitiad, uiiu a g4>otlpiec*> 
 ilf' JU\sh, and a lIuKon of irine. 
 So all the iH'ople cVeimrteil cver>' 
 one to ln> iioUH*'. 
 2'i • Then David retimie<l to 
 !»1«'>«< his h(»useh(»hl. And Mirluil 
 th<* daughter «*f Saul canu' out 
 to meet David, and hai<l. How 
 glorious waa tlie king of Israel 
 to day, who uiu-overexl hiiiuielt 
 to day in the eyes (»f the lumd- 
 niaitU «)f his s<'r\ants, an one td 
 tlie vain ft-llows hliiuueleis«ly nA- 
 rovcRtli hiniwdf ! 
 21 .VudDavidMiidiuito^Iicluil, 
 It waa Ijefoie the Lord, whiHi 
 cho«e ine Ufon* thy father, and 
 Ix'fore all his hor.?»e, to appoint 
 me ruler over tlie jieople of the 
 L«HtD, over Israel : flieicfuiv' will 
 I play Iw'fore tlte Lord. 
 I 22 And I will yet U' iiK)re vile 
 than thu8, and will I»e bane in 
 mine own Bighi: and of tliie 
 maidstTvants which thou luuit 
 ! spok»*n of, of them hliall 1 be 
 had in lioniair. 
 
 2I> TheR'fore Mithal tlie dHUgh> 
 \ ter of Saul had no chiUl unl4» the 
 I day other death. 
 ! CHAFTKIt VII. 
 
 1 Nathan Ji lift (ijtj/roriuy fhf vttrpos^ 
 j of Da rid to lanld (iful an lioiiife, 4 
 after hi/ thr inn'd of (ift't forlnddeth 
 \ him. 12 Ifr prt/tmntth him l>PHeHtH 
 I and bh-miu'jft iu hi* geed. 18 l)a- 
 I riu'K hrui/c/ ami t]uiul$>jiviny. 
 
 AND it came to pass, when 
 the king sat in his house, 
 
 i and the Lord had given him 
 
 . rest round about fiom all hib 
 
 I enemies ; 
 
 1 2 That the king said unto Na- 
 than the prophet, See now, I 
 dwell iu ail house of eedarj but 
 the ark of God dwelletli withiii 
 curtains. 
 
 j 3 And Natlian said to the king, 
 
 I Go, do all that is in thine heart; 
 
 ! for the Lord is with tliee. 
 
 ! 4 •[ And it came to pass that 
 night, that the word of the Lord 
 came imto Nathan, saying, 
 5 Go and tell my servant Da- 
 vid, Thus saith the Loud, Shalt 
 thou build me an house for me 
 to dwell in ? 
 
GoiTs pi-oim&!S 
 
 II. SAjMUEL, yii. 
 
 to David. 
 
 6 Wliereas I have not dwelt in 
 €in^ house since the time that 
 1 brouglit up the childien of Is- 
 rael out of Eg3T)t, even to this 
 daj', but have walked in a tent 
 and in a tabernacle. 
 
 7 In all the places wherein I 
 ha^ e walked with all the chil- 
 dren of Israel spake I a word 
 with any of the tribes of Israel, 
 whom I commanded to feed my 
 l-eople Israel, saying. Why build 
 ye not me an house of cedar ? 
 
 S Now therefore so shalt thou 
 say unto my servant David, Thus 
 saith the Loed of hosts, I took 
 thee from the sheepcote, from 
 following the sheep, to be ruler 
 over my people, over Israel :' 
 
 9 And I was with thee whither- 
 soever thou wentest, and have 
 cut off all thine enemies out of 
 thy sight, and have made thee a 
 great name, like unto the name 
 of the great inen that are in the 
 earth. 
 
 10 Moreover I will appoint a 
 place for my people Israel, and 
 will plant them, that they may 
 dwell in a place of their o^ti, 
 and move no more ; neither shall 
 the children of wickedness afflict 
 them any more, as beforetime, 
 
 11 And as since the time that 
 I commanded judges to be over 
 my people Israel, and have caus- 
 ed thee to rest from all thine ene- 
 mies. Also the Lord telleth thee 
 that he will make thee an house. 
 
 12 !; And when thy days be 
 fidfilled, and thou shalt sleep 
 Fith thy fathei'S, I will set up 
 thy seed after thee, which shall 
 proceed out of thy bowels, and 
 I will establish his Idngdom. 
 
 13 He shall build an house for 
 13ay name, and I will stabhsh the 
 throne of his kingdom for ever. 
 
 14 I will be his father, and he 
 shall be my son. If he cx)mmit 
 iniquity, I will chasten him wiih 
 the rod of men, and with the 
 stripes of the children of men : 
 
 15 But my mercy shall not de- 
 ppii; away from him, as I took 
 ti frouL Saul, whom I put away 
 before thee. 
 
 IG And thine house and thy 
 kingdom shall be established 
 for ever befoie thee : thy throne 
 shall be established for ever. 
 
 17 Accordhig to all these words, 
 and according to all this vision, 
 so did Nathan speak unto David. 
 
 18 1[ Then went long David in, 
 and sat before the Loed, and he 
 said. Who ain I, O Lord God? 
 and what is my house, that thou 
 hast brought me hitherto ? 
 
 19 And this was yet a small 
 thing in thy sight, O Lord God ; 
 but thou hast spoken also of 
 thy servant's house for a great 
 wliile to come. And is this the 
 manner of man, O Lord God? 
 
 20 And what can David say 
 more unto thee ? for thou. Lord 
 God, knowest thy servant. 
 
 21 For thy word's sake, and ac- 
 cording to thine own heart, hast 
 thou done all these great things, 
 to make thy servant know them, 
 
 22 Wherefore thou art great, O 
 Loed G od : for there is none Hke 
 thee, neither is there any God 
 beside thee, according to all that 
 we have heard Tvith our ears. 
 
 23 And what one nation in the 
 earth is lilie thy people, even 
 lOve Israel, whom God went to 
 redeem for a people to himself, 
 and to make him a name, and 
 to do for you great things and 
 terrible, for thy land, before thy 
 people, which thou redeemedst 
 to thee from EgjTJt,/ro2» the 
 nations and their gods ? 
 
 24 For thou hast confirmed to 
 thyself thy people Israel to he 
 a people unto thee for ever : and 
 thou, Loed, art become th^ 
 God. 
 
 25 And now, O Loed God, the 
 word that thou hast spoken con- 
 cerning thy servant, and con- 
 cerning his house, establish it 
 for ever, and do as thou hast said. 
 
 26 And let thy name be mag- 
 nified for ever, saying. The 
 Loed of hosts is the God OA^er 
 Israel : and let the house of thy 
 servant David be established 
 before thee. 
 
 27 For thou^ O Lord of Jiosts, 
 
Piu'id mhhuih II. SAMl'EL, VIII. hitt erieuwf. 
 
 0(k1 of Israel, liast revealed to ' Syrians iM'c-arae wnaiits to Da- 
 thy Hervaiit, wiyinpr, I will Imild j vkI, ami lnoii^'ht jriltH. And the 
 tlu-e an hoiiw: thercfon.' hath I Lfnci» prenorved David \vhith«i- 
 tliy 8»Tvant lonnd in his heart wu'ver hr vfnt. 
 to pray tliis pniyer nnto thee. | 7 Antl 1 >avid t<K.>k the nhii-ld** 
 2S And now, () Lord (ion, thou ofvold that were on the wTvantH 
 art that (J(k], ar.d thy words Ik» ' olHadadezer, and brought them 
 
 to Jenisiilem. 
 
 H And ln»m I^tah. and from 
 Hcrothni, cities of lladad<*zer, 
 kin-r I)a\id took excee<linK 
 nuuh hniss. 
 
 1> • WIkmi Toi kinp (»f Hanmth 
 hranl that David had Fniitten 
 all the h(»st (»f Hadadezer, 
 
 lo 'I'lun Toi sent .lorani )ii« 
 
 pon \nito kin? David, to salute 
 
 him, and to M«i*8 him. Ixcanw; 
 
 he had fonvdit against Ha<lad- 
 
 ezcr, and smitten him: for Ha- 
 
 nu,l the Sf/ruins. 9 '^W (ift,i.'/er luul wars with Toi. And 
 
 U.S. hJTrJl'L'^^lJ:: I -f^'ram hron.ht with him ves^dn 
 
 ' * " iM/i (a (UmI. h <^'^ sdvcr, and vewels ol ^old,and 
 
 true, and thou hast i»rom:s«Ml 
 this i:oodness \nito thy servant : 
 •i*.* 'J'hcr«'f(»iv n<»w lit it jilens** 
 thee to Mess the house of thy 
 servant, that it may <-ontinue 
 ior ever Wfore thee: for thou, 
 () Lonl Goi», hast sjioken it: 
 and with thy Mtssin? let the 
 house of thy servant be blessed 
 for ever. 
 
 CHAIT'ER VIII. 
 1 Dariil nulxhi'fh Ihr rhilinfirwn niul 
 
 the Mo<ihitrn. :< Up uniteth Hn. 
 
 ihuhzn- 
 
 mule'h 
 nf* hii 
 
 $i4nl Jhirid '/<<// 
 
 Itr pfifleth garriyous in Edotn. 1«J 
 
 Ihiviit'g oflcern. 
 
 AND after this 
 I>ass, that Davi<l smote the 
 IMiilistines. and sulMlued them : 
 and David took Methep-ammah 
 out of the hand of the Philis- 
 tines. 
 
 2 And he sni()te Moab, and 
 measured them with a line, cast- 
 inir them down to the ground; 
 even with two lines measured 
 
 vess«'ls of brass : 
 
 11 Which also kinj; David di<l 
 t fame to jdetlicate unto the T.ouo, with the 
 
 silver and pold that he had de- 
 dicated of all r.atiouB which he 
 pulxlned ; 
 
 12 Of Syria, and of l^Ioab, and 
 ('fthe children of Amnion, and of 
 the IMulistines, and of Amalek, 
 and of the si'oil of Hadadezer, 
 son of l?eh<^b, kins of Zobah. 
 
 13 And David pat him a name 
 
 ho to put to death, and with one | wIkmi he returned from smitinp 
 full line to keep alive. And so , of the Syrians in the valley of 
 the Moabites became David's salt, being' eighteen thousand 
 servants, and brouf^ht pifts. 
 3 •" David emote also Hadad- 
 
 men. 
 
 14 •[ And he put pnrrisons in 
 ezer, the son of Rehob, kinir of j Edom ; throutjhout all Edom 
 
 Zol>ah, as he went to recover his 
 border at the river Euphrates. I 
 4 And David tr>ok from hira 
 a thousand chariots, and seven 
 hundred horsemen, and twenty 
 thousand footmen : and David 
 houghed all the chanot horses, 
 but resened of them /or an 
 hundred chariots. 
 
 gut he parrisons, and all they of 
 dom became David's ser\ants. 
 And the Lonn preserved David 
 whithersoever he went. 
 
 15 And David reigned over 
 all Israel; and David executed 
 judgment and justice unto all 
 his ix?ople. 
 
 16 And Joab the son of Zenn'ah 
 
 5 And when the SjTians of ^ teas over the host; and .Teho- 
 Damascus came to succour Ha- ' shaphat the son of Ahilud teas 
 dadezer king of Zobah, Da^•id I recorder ; 
 slew of the Syrians two and [ ^ 
 twentj^ thousand men. 
 
 17 And Zadok the son of A- 
 ^ hitub, and Ahimelech the eon 
 6 Then David put garrisons : of Abiathar, were the rri€*ste ; 
 in Syria of Damascus : and the and Seraiah was the scribe ; 
 
Bacid sendeth 
 
 II. SAMUEL, IX. 
 
 foi' MephtbcsJieth. 
 
 18 And Benaiah the son of Je- 
 hoiada was over both the Che- 
 rethites and the Pelethites ; and 
 David's sons were chief rulers. 
 
 thy master's son all that per- 
 tained to (Saul and to all his 
 house. 
 
 10 Thou therefore, and thy 
 r<Ti A T>rr-i?T? TV SOUS, aud thy servants, shall till 
 
 , n li^^^ 1 it'^ nr t the land for him, and thou shalt 
 I David hy Ziha sendeth for Mephu^ I.' ^^ - ,;,_ /v,,,Ve fv,„+ +!.„ 
 hoshetli. 7 For Jonathan's sake he- \^^^^ }^^ t lie fruits, that tJiy 
 enfertaineth him at his table, and { masters son may have lood to 
 resforeth him all that was Said's. \ eat: but Mephibosheth thy mas- 
 9 He maketh Ziba his farmer. j ter's son shall eat bread alway 
 A ND David said. Is there yet at my table. Now Ziba had fif- 
 Xjl any that is left of the house teen sons and twenty servants. 
 
 of Saul, that I may shew him 
 kindness for Jonathan's sake ? 
 
 2 And there was of the house 
 of Saul a servant whose name 
 was Ziba. And when they had 
 called him imto David, the king 
 said unto him, Ai^t thou Ziba? 
 And he said, Thy seiTant is he. 
 
 3 And the king said. Is there 
 not yet any of the house of Saul, 
 that I may shew the kindness of 
 God unto him? And Ziba said 
 imto the king, Jonathan hath 
 yet a son, which is lame on his 
 feet. 
 
 4 And the king said unto him. 
 Where is he? And Ziba said 
 unto the king, Behold, he is in 
 the house of Machir, the son of 
 Ammiel, in Lo-debar. 
 
 5 IF Then king David sent, and 
 fetched him out of the house 
 of Machir, the son of Ammiel, 
 from Lo-debar. 
 
 6 Now when Mephibosheth, 
 the son of Jonathan, the son of 
 Saul, was come unto David, he 
 fell on liis face, and^ did reve- 
 rence. And David said, Meplii- 
 bosheth. And he answered, Be- 
 hold thy servant ! 
 
 7 IF And David said unto him. 
 Fear not : for I will surely shew 
 thee Idndness for Jonathan thy 
 father's sake, and will restore 
 thee all the land of Saul thy fa- 
 ther; and thou shalt eat bread 
 at my table continually. 
 
 8 And he bowed himself, and 
 said, What is thy servant, that 
 thou shouldest look upon such 
 a dead dog as I am ? 
 
 9 fThen the king called to 
 Ziba, Saul's servant, and said 
 unto him, I have given unto 
 
 11 Then said Ziba unto the 
 king, According to all that my 
 lord the king hath commanded 
 his servant, so shall thy servant 
 do. As for Mephibosheth, said 
 the king", he shall eat at my ta- 
 ble, as one of the king's sons. 
 
 12 And Mephibosheth had a 
 young son, v/liose name was 
 Micha. And all that dwelt in 
 the house of Ziba were servants 
 unto Mephibosheth. 
 
 13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in 
 JeiTisalem: for he did eat con- 
 tinually at the king's table ; and 
 was lame on both his feet. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 1 David's messengers, sent to com- 
 fort Hanun the son of N ah ash, are 
 villainously entreated. 6 The Am- 
 monites, strengthened by the Syri- 
 ans, are overcome by Joab and Abi- 
 shai. 15 Shohach, 'maldng a new 
 supply of the Syrians at Helam, is 
 slain by David. 
 
 AND it came to pass after 
 ^- this, that the king of the 
 children of Ammon died, and 
 Hanun his son reigned m his 
 stead. 
 
 2 Then said David, I will shew 
 kindness unto Hanmi the son 
 of Nahash, as his father shewed 
 kmdness imto me. And David 
 sent to comfort him by the hand 
 of his servants for his father. 
 And David's servants came in- 
 to the land of the children of 
 Ammon. 
 
 3 And the princes of the chil- 
 dren of Ammon said mito Ha- 
 nun their lord, Thinkest thou 
 that David doth honour thy fa- 
 ther, that he hath sent comfort- 
 ers unto thee ? hath not David 
 rather sent his servants unto 
 
Tlw AmDWftih'x 
 
 II. SAMUEL, XI. 
 
 are thfmVd. 
 
 thee, to pearrli the citv, and to i the peo^ile that were with hhn, 
 gpy it out, and to overthrow it? 
 
 4 Wlierefore Haiiun took Da- 
 vid's wnantH, and shaved iA\ 
 the one half of tlieii- l>eard8, ^ 
 
 and cnt oft' their ^^annentfi in ' were lU*d, tluMi lied tliey uIko 
 the middle, even to their but- i l)el'ore Alnnhai, and enteivd in- 
 tockp, and sent tlieni away. I to the city. So Juah retimip<l 
 
 5 When tliey told it nnto from the cliildren of Amnion, 
 David, lie sent to meet tliem, and came to .Ternwdem. 
 
 unto the hattle apainst tlio Sy- 
 rians : and tliey Hed K^forc liini. 
 14 And wlien tlie fhildn-n of 
 Anunon saw that tlie SyriaiiH 
 
 beeanse tlie men Mere greatly 
 ashamed : and the kinp Baid, I 
 
 lo •* And when the Syrians saw 
 that Ihev weiv snnitten >m toro 
 
 Tarry at Jericho until your j Israel, they jrathercd theraselveg 
 
 beards be grown, and then re- 
 turn. 
 
 together, 
 Kj And Hadarczer nent, ami 
 
 6 KAnd wlien the cliildren of.lironpht out the Syrians that 
 
 Amnion saw that they stank 
 l)efore David, the children of 
 Ammon sent and hired the Sy- 
 rians of 1^'th-rehoh, and the 
 Syrians of Zoba, twenty thou- 
 Band fo<)tmen, and of kinjr Maa- 
 cah a thousand m<*n, and of Isli- 
 tol) twelve thousjiiid men. 
 
 7 And when David heard (»f ?7, 
 lie sent .T(4ih, and all the ho^i 
 of the miirhty men. 
 
 8 And tlie children of Ammon 
 came out, and put the battle in 
 array at the entering in of the 
 pate : and the Syrians of ZoKa, 
 and of IJehol), and Ish-tob, and 
 IMaaciih, were by themselves in 
 the field. 
 
 9 When Joab saw that the 
 front of the battle was airainst 
 him before and Ix'hind, he chose 
 of all the choice men of Israel, 
 and put them in array against 
 the Syrians : 
 
 10 And the rest of the people 
 he delivered into the hand of 
 Abishai his brother, that he 
 might put them hi array against 
 the children of Ammon. 
 
 11 And he said, If the Syrians 
 be too strong for me, then thou 
 ehalt help me : but if the chil- 
 dren of Ammon be too strong 
 for thee, then I will come and 
 help thee. 
 
 12 Be of good courage, and let 
 us play the men for om* people, 
 and for the cities of our God : 
 and the Lord do that which 
 seemeth him good. 
 
 were In-yond the river : and they 
 (•ann* to Helam; and Shobacli 
 the captain of the h<tst of Ha- 
 darezer went Ik* fore them. 
 17 And when it was told l)avi<l, 
 he gathered all Isniel togethei- 
 and 1 assed over Jordan, and 
 ' came to Helam. And the Sy- 
 rians set themselves in array 
 a'-'ainst David, and fought with 
 j him. 
 
 ! 18 And the Syrians fletl before 
 ; Israel ; and David slew the men 
 \ of seven hundred chariots of 
 : tlie Syrians, and forty thousand 
 hoisemeUj and smote Shobach 
 1 the caiitain of their host, who 
 I died tlierc. 
 
 I 19 And when all the kings 
 that were servants to Hadarezer f 
 ' saw that they were smitten Ix'- 
 ; fore Israel, they made peace with 
 Israel, and sened them. So the 
 I SjTians feared to help the chil- 
 dren of Ammon any more. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 1 \Miile Jrxd) h('sU'uc<l lk(hbah, Da- 
 vid commWeth adulter jj irith Bath- 
 sheba. a Uriuh, sent for bfi David 
 to cover the adtdleru, trould }wt fjo 
 home 'neither sober nor drunken. 
 14 He enrrieth to Joed) the letter of 
 his death. 18 Jortb gendeth the iwim 
 thereof to David. 20 David laketfi 
 Bath-sheba to wife. 
 
 AND it came to pass, after 
 . the year was expired, at 
 the time when Idngs go forth 
 ! to hattle, that David sent Joab, 
 and his seiTants with him, and 
 i all Israel ; and they destroyed 
 
 13 And Joab di'ew nigh, and : the children of Ammon, and 
 
David's adultery 
 
 II. SAMUEL, XI. 
 
 with Baih-slieha. 
 
 besieged Eabbah. But David 
 tarried still at Jerusalem. 
 
 2 l[And it came to pass in an 
 eveningtide, that David arose 
 from off his bed, and walked 
 upon the roof of the king's 
 house : and from the roof he 
 saw a woman washing herself; 
 and the woman was very beau- 
 tiful to look upon. 
 
 3 And David sent and enquir- 
 ed after the woman. And one 
 said. Is not this Bath-sheba, the 
 daughter of Eliam, the v/ife of 
 Uriah the Hittite? 
 
 4 And David sent messengers, 
 and took her ; and she came in 
 unto liim, and he lay mth her ; 
 for she was purified from her 
 uncleanness : and she retui-ned 
 unto her house. 
 
 5 And the woman conceived, 
 and sent and told David, and 
 said, lam with child. 
 
 6 IF And David sent to Joab, say- 
 ing. Send me Uriah the Hittite. 
 And Joab sent Uriah to David. 
 
 7 And when Uriah was come 
 unto him, David demanded of 
 him how Joab did, and how the 
 people did, and how the war 
 prospered. 
 
 8 And David said to Uriah, 
 Go do^vn to thy house, and v/ash 
 thy feet. And Uriah departed 
 out of the king's house, and there 
 followed him a mess of meat 
 from the king. 
 
 9 But Uriah slept at the door 
 of the king's house with all the 
 servants of his lord, and went 
 not down to his house. 
 
 10 And when they had told 
 David, saying, Uriah went not 
 down unto his house, David 
 said unto Uriah, Camest thou 
 not from thp journey ? why then 
 didst thou not go down unto 
 thine house ? 
 
 11 And Uriah said unto David, 
 The ark, and Israel, and Judah, 
 abide in tents; and my lord 
 Joab, and the servants of my 
 lord, are encamped in the open 
 fields ; shall I then go into mine 
 house, to eat and to drink, and 
 to lie with my wife? as thou 
 
 livest, and as thy soul liveth, I 
 will not do this thing. 
 
 12 And David said to Uriah, 
 Tarry here to day also, and to 
 morrow I will let thee depart. 
 So Uriah abode in Jerusalem 
 that day, and the mon^ow. 
 
 13 And when David had call- 
 ed him, he did eat and diink 
 before him; and he made him 
 drunk : ^ and at^ even he went 
 out to lie on his bed with the 
 servants of his lord, but went 
 not down to his house. 
 
 14 IF And it came to pass in 
 the morning, that David w^rote 
 a letter to Joab, and sent it by 
 the hand of Uriah. 
 
 15 And he wrote in the letter, 
 saying. Set ye Uriah in the fore- 
 front of the hottest battle, and 
 retire ye from liim, that he may 
 be smitten, and die. 
 
 16 And it came to pass, when 
 Joab observed the city, that 
 he assigned Uriah unto a place 
 where he knew that vahant men 
 were. 
 
 17 And the men of the city went 
 out, and fought with Joab : and 
 there fell some of the people of 
 the servants of David ; and Uri- 
 ah the Hittite died also. 
 
 18 IF Then Joab sent and told 
 David all the things concerning 
 the war ; 
 
 19 And charged the messenger, 
 saying. When thou hast made 
 an end of telling the matters of 
 the war unto the king, 
 
 20 And if so be that the king's 
 wrath arise, and he say unto 
 thee. Wherefore approached ye 
 so nigh unto the city when ye 
 did fight? knew ye not that 
 they would shoot from the wall ? 
 
 21 Who smote Abimelech the 
 son of Jerubbesheth? did not 
 a woman cast a piece of a mill- 
 stone upon him from the wall, 
 that he died in Thebez? why 
 went ye nigh the wall ? then 
 say thou. Thy servant Uriah the 
 Hittite is dead also. 
 
 22 IF So the messenger went, 
 and came and shewed David 
 all that Joab had sent him for. 
 
NitUiOJiS parahk II. SAMt' 
 
 23 And the meseen^er said un- 
 to David, iSurely tli<* men pre- 
 \ ail<?d agaiiLst hh, and atme out 
 unto UH into the tield, and we 
 w«'re ui)on tliem even luito the 
 ♦'ut^'iinp of the gate. 
 
 24 And tlie phooters ^liot from 
 oil' the wall in)on thy servants: 
 and some of the kui^s servants 
 l)e dea<l, and thy servant Uriali 
 tile Ilittite is dead also, 
 
 2') Tlien David f^\u\ unto the 
 iueB#«'UKer, Thiis shalt thou «iy 
 unt<> Joab, Let not tliis tlnn« 
 flisplease tliee, for tlic sword 
 ilevoiuetli one as well as an- 
 other: niidte thy battle more 
 stronJT aiiainst the city, and 
 overthrow it: and encouiuge 
 thou lum. 
 
 2{\ *' And when the wife of 
 I'riah heard tlmt Uriali lier 
 liusband was dead, fjlie mourn- 
 ed for her husband. 
 
 27 And when the inoummg 
 was past, David sent and fetoh- 
 ♦•d lier to his house, nnd she be- 
 < anie his wife, and V)are him a 
 »*on. lint the thiu^ that Davi^i 
 liad done displeased the Loud. 
 
 CHAPTER Xir. 
 
 1 N(ifht(u'i< parahlr of the eite Inmh 
 rrttin*'f)i David to }h' hUuirn jiulge. 
 7 jMirk}. n'iiroGcd hy Ndfhat}, ecu- 
 fei^th his 6i», at\d is txirdotied. 
 l'> Darid inourtn'th and j/t-aycili 
 f.Y,- the rhild, vhile it Urod. 21 
 Solo)twn is Iforn, and named Jedi- 
 fii/ih. 2«> Darid takefh llctbhali, 
 n}td tortureth the people thereof. 
 
 AND the Lord sent Nathan 
 - imto David. And he came 
 unto him, and said unto him, 
 Tliere w^ere two men in one 
 city : the one rich, and tlie other 
 poor. 
 
 2 The rich man had exceeding 
 many flocks and herds : 
 
 3 But the iXKDr man liad no- 
 thins, save one little ewe lamb, 
 w hich he had bought and nou- 
 rislied up: and it gi-ew up to- 
 gether with him, and with hie 
 children; it did eat of his own 
 meat, and drank of his own cup, 
 and lay in his bosom, and was 
 mito him as a daughter. 
 
 4 Aiid there came a iraveller 
 
 EL. xn. 
 
 fifOte cioe hiiiih. 
 
 I unto the rich nian, and he spar- 
 
 ! ed to take :jf his own flcx'k find 
 
 ! of his own herd, to diess lor tlw 
 
 j wa>'iaring man that was come 
 
 unto him; but t<^^>ok tlie p(M)r 
 
 man's lamb, and dressed it <br 
 
 the man tliiit was come t<j him. 
 
 I 5 And David's anger was gn^at- 
 
 ly kindled against tht; man : and 
 
 i he said to Natlian, As the L<iKi» 
 
 liveth, the man that hath doiic 
 
 this thifiM^ slmll siu-ely die : 
 
 And he shall iv><toiie the lamb 
 
 iouribld, be<*ause he did this 
 
 thing, and because he had no 
 
 pity. 
 
 7 H And Natlian said to Da\ id, 
 TIkju art the man. Thus «iiitii 
 the L<mi> (iod of I«mel, I an- 
 ointed tJu*e king over Israel, and 
 I delivered thee out of t)ie IuukI 
 of Haul; 
 
 8 And I gave thee thy master'g 
 1 louse, and tliy master's wive« 
 into thy l)OS<mi, aiui gave thee- 
 the liouse of Israel and of Ju- 
 dah ; aiwi if Ikut had been too 
 little, I would moreover have 
 given imto tlioe such and such 
 thhiirs. 
 
 9 Wherefore lia*t thou desjjised 
 the commandment of the Loed, 
 to do evil in his eigiitV thou 
 hast killed Uriali tlie Hittite 
 with the sword, and hast taken 
 hv, witie to be thy wife, arwl hast 
 i^lain him w ith the sword oi the 
 children of Ammon. 
 
 10 Now ilierefore the sword 
 sliall never depart from thine 
 house; because thou hast de- 
 spised me, and h^st taken the 
 wife of Uriah the Hittite to be 
 thy wife. 
 
 11 Tlius saith the I>ord, Be- 
 liold, I will raise up evil against 
 thee out of thine own house, 
 and I T\dll take thy wives be- 
 fore tlune eyes, and give them 
 unto thy neighbour, and he shall 
 lie ^dth thy wives in the sight 
 of this sun. 
 
 12 For thou didst it secretly: 
 but I will do this thing before 
 all Israel, and before the sun. 
 
 13 And David said unto Na- 
 than^ I have simied against the 
 
Dai'id is pardoned 11. SAMUEL, XII. 
 
 Solomon is horn. 
 
 Lord. And Nathan said unto 
 David, The Loed also hath put 
 away thy sin ; thou shalt not die. 
 
 14 Howbeit, because by this 
 deed thou hast given great oc- 
 casion to the enemies of the 
 LosT) to blaspheme, the child 
 also that is bom unto thee shall 
 surely die. 
 
 15 1[ And Nathan departed un- 
 to his house. And the Loed 
 struck the child that Uriah's 
 wife bare unto David, and it 
 was very sick. 
 
 16 David therefore besought 
 God for the child ; and David 
 fasted, and went in, and lay all 
 night upon the earth. 
 
 17 And the elders of his house 
 arose, and went to him, to raise 
 him up from the earth : but he 
 would not, neither did he eat 
 bread with them. 
 
 18 And it came to pass on the 
 seventh day, that the cliild died. 
 And the servants of David fear- 
 ed to tell him that the child 
 was dead : for they said, Behold, 
 
 i wiiile the cliild was yet alive, 
 i we spake unto him, and he 
 woidd not hearken unto our 
 voice : how will he then vex 
 himself, if we tell him that the 
 child is dead ? 
 
 19 But when David saw that 
 his servants whispered, David 
 perceived that the child was 
 dead : therefore David said un- 
 to his servants, Is the child 
 dead? And they said. He is 
 dead. 
 
 20 Then David arose from the 
 earth, and washed, and anoint- 
 ed himself, and changed his ap- 
 parel, and came into the house 
 of the Lord, and worshipped : 
 then he came to his own house ; 
 and when he reriuhed, they set 
 
 I bread before him, and he did 
 i eat. 
 
 j 21 Then said his servants un- 
 [! to him. What tiling is this that 
 ij thou hast done ? thou didst fast 
 I and weep for the child, while it 
 ! ivas alive; but when the child 
 i, was dead, thou didst rise and 
 ; eat bread. 
 
 22 And he said. While the 
 child was yet alive, I fasted and 
 wept : for I said, Who can tell 
 whether God will be gmcious to 
 me, that the child may live ? 
 
 23 But now he is dead, where- 
 fore should I fast? can I bring 
 him back again? I shall go to 
 him, but he shall not return to 
 me. 
 
 24 IT And David comforted 
 Bath-sheba his wife, and went 
 in unto her, and lay with her : 
 and she bare a son, and he call- 
 ed his name Solomon : and the 
 Lord loved him. 
 
 25 And he sent by the hand 
 of Nathan the prophet ; and he 
 called his name Jedidiah, be- 
 cause of the Lord. 
 
 26 1[ And Joab fought against 
 Rabbah of the childi'en of Am- 
 mon, and took the royal city. 
 
 27 And Joab sent messengers to 
 David, and said, I have fought 
 against Eabbali, and ha^e taken 
 the city of waters. 
 
 28 Now therefore gather the 
 rest of the people together, and 
 encamp against the city, and 
 take it : lest I take the city, and 
 it be called after my name. 
 
 29 And David gathered all the . 
 people together, and went to 
 liabbah, and fought against it, 
 and took it. 
 
 30 And he took their king's 
 crown fi'om off his head, the 
 weight whereof ivas a talent of 
 gold with the precious stones : 
 and it was set on David's head. 
 And he brought forth the spoil 
 of the city in great abundance. 
 
 31 And he brought forth the 
 people that ivere thereia, and 
 put them under saws, and under 
 harrows of iron, and imder axes 
 of iron, and made them pass 
 through the brickldln : and thus 
 did he unto all the cities of the 
 childi^en of Ammon. So David 
 and all the people returned un- 
 to Jerusalem. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 1 Amnon loving Tamar, hv Jonadah'.s 
 
 coumel feigning himself sieJc, ra- 
 
 vkJietb her. 15 He bateili her, and 
 
Aimion forceth II. SAMUEL, XIII. his sitster Tumur. 
 
 but lie refuBod to eat. Ai:fl 
 Amnon paid. Have (jiit all men 
 Irom me. And tliey went cut 
 eveiy man from him. 
 
 lU And Amnon said unto Ta- 
 mar, Uring the meat into the 
 chamher, that I may eat of 
 thine hand. And Tamar took 
 the rakes which nhe had made, 
 and broiipht them into the 
 cliaml)er to Annion her bif>thei . 
 
 11 And when she had l)rou^ht 
 them unto him to eat, he took 
 liold of her, and said unto her. 
 Come lie \\ith me, my ^^iHter. 
 
 12 And Fhe answered him, Nay, 
 my brother, do not iorce me; 
 
 sr.rh thing oupht to l)e 
 n Israel : do not thou 
 this foUv. 
 
 r.5 And I, whither phall I cauee 
 my shame to go? and as f»)r 
 tliee, thou shalt Ixj as one of 
 the fools in Israel. Now there- 
 fore, I jiray thee, sjeak unto the 
 king; ior he will not withhold 
 me irom thee. 
 
 14 Ilowlx'it he would not hear- 
 ken unto her voice : but, being 
 stn.nger than she, forced her, 
 and lay with her. 
 
 15 *y. Then Amnon hated her 
 exceedingly • so that the hatred 
 wherewith he hated her tvas 
 greater than the love wherewith 
 he had loved her. And Amnon 
 said unto her, Arise, be gone. 
 
 10 And she said unto him. 
 There is no cause : this evil in 
 sending me away is greater than 
 the other that thou didst unto 
 me. But he w ould not heaiken 
 unto her. 
 
 17 Then he called his servant 
 that ministered imto him, and 
 said, Put now this woman out 
 from me, and bolt the door alter 
 her. 
 
 18 And she had a garment of 
 divers colours upon her: for 
 with such robes were the kiiig's 
 daughters that were virgins 
 aprarelled. Then his servant 
 brought her out, and bolted the 
 door after her. 
 
 191! And Tamar put ashes en 
 her head, and rent her garment 
 
 shamffuUt/ tnrneth her atray. 19 
 Abtuiloin I iifrvlniiu'lh her, aiul con- 
 ceah'lli his pnrjJOK*-. 'Z:i At a shivji. 
 shenriutj, (timmg all thekiui/'ssoun, 
 he lilleth Aniuvti. :50 Ihirhl ij'if^i'- 
 ing at the )ieirH is romforlnl by Jo. 
 wuhd). 'M Ab»idomj\ieth to Talm-ii 
 at Gcahnr. 
 
 AND it came to pass after this, 
 Xjl tliat A]>salom the son of 
 David had a fnir sister, wliese 
 name was Tamar; and Amnon 
 tlie son of Da\id loved her. 
 
 2 And Amnon was so vexed, 
 that he fell sick for his sister 
 Tamar; for she vas a virgin; 
 and Anmon tliought it haid for 
 him to do any tiling to her. , „. 
 
 15 liut Amnon had a iViend, I for no 
 Avliose name was .buuukd), the done 
 son of Shimcah I )avid's brother: 
 and Jonadab was a verj' subtil 
 man. 
 
 4 And he said unto him. Why 
 art thou, heifiif^ the king's son, 
 lean from day to day V wilt thou 
 not tell me ? And Amnon said 
 luito him, I love Tamar, my bro- 
 ther Absalom's sister. 
 
 5 And Jonadab Sitid unto him. 
 Lay thee down on thy ])ed, and 
 make thyself sick: and when 
 thy father conieth to see thee, 
 say unto him, I pray thee, let 
 my sister Tamar come, and give 
 me meat, and dress the meat in 
 my sight, that I may see it, and 
 eat it at her hand. 
 
 G 1[ So Amnon lay do-vvn, and 
 made himself sick : and when 
 the king was come to see him, 
 Amnon said imto the king, I 
 pray thee, let Tamar my sister 
 come, and make me a couple of 
 cakes in my sight, that I may 
 eat at her hand. 
 
 7 Then David sent home to 
 Tamar, saying, Go now to thy 
 brother Amnon's house, and 
 dress him meat. 
 
 8 So Tamar w^ent to her bro- 
 ther Amnon's house ; and he 
 w^as laid down. And she took 
 flom-, and kneaded it, and made 
 cakes in his sight, and did bake 
 the cakes. 
 
 9 And she took a pan, and 
 poured them out before him; 
 
Aiiinon slain hy 
 
 n. SAMUEL, XIII. AbsrXimCs command. 
 
 of divers colours that ivas on her, 
 and laid her hand on her head, 
 and went on crying. 
 
 20 And Absalom her brother 
 said unto her, Hath Amnon thy 
 brother been with thee? but 
 hold now thy peace, my sister : 
 he is thy brother; regard not 
 this thing. So Tamar remained 
 desolate in her brother Absa- 
 
 , lom's house. 
 
 21 K But when king David 
 
 30 ^ And it came to pass, while 
 they were in the way, that 
 tidings came to David, saying, 
 Absalom hath slain all the 
 king's sons, and there is not 
 one of them left. 
 
 31 Then the king arose, and 
 tare his garments, and lay on 
 the earth; and all his servants 
 stood by with their clothes rent. 
 
 32 And Jonadab, the son of 
 Shimeah David's brother, an- 
 
 heard of all these things, he was ] swered and said. Let not my 
 very wroth. I lord suppose that they have 
 
 22 xind Absalom spake unto slain all the young men the 
 his brother Amnon neither good ; king's sons ; for Amnon only is 
 nor bad : for Absalom hated • dead : for by the appointment of 
 Amnon, because he had forced Absalom this hath been deter- 
 
 his sister Tamar. 
 
 23 ^ And it came to pass after 
 two full years, that Absalom 
 had sheepshearers in Baal-ha- 
 zor, which is beside Ephraim: 
 and Absalom invited all the 
 king's sons. 
 
 24 And Absalom came to the 
 king, and said, Behold now, thy 
 servant hath sheepshearers ; let 
 the king, I beseech thee, and his 
 servants go with thy servant. 
 
 25 And the king said to Absa- 
 lom, Nay, my son, let us not all 
 now go, lest we be chargeable 
 imto thee. And he pressed him : 
 howbeit he would not go, but 
 blessed him. 
 
 26 Then said Absalom, If not, 
 I pray thee, let my brother Am- 
 non go with us. And the king 
 said unto him. Why should he 
 go with thee ? 
 
 27 But Absalom pressed him, 
 that he let Amnon and all the 
 king's sons go with him. 
 
 28 ^ Now Absalom had com- 
 manded liis servants, saying, 
 Mark ye now when Amnon's 
 heart is merry with wine, and 
 when I say unto you. Smite Am- 
 non; then kill him, fear not: 
 have not I commanded you? be 
 courageous, and be valiant. 
 
 29 And the servants of Absalom 
 did unto Amnon as Absalom had 
 commanded. Then all the king's 
 sons arose, and every man gat 
 him up upon his mule, and fled. 
 
 mined from the day that he 
 forced his sister Tamar. 
 
 33 Now therefore let not my 
 lord the Idng take the thing to 
 his heart, to think that all the 
 king's sons are dead : for Am- 
 non only is dead. 
 
 34 But Absalom fled. And the 
 young man that kept the watch 
 lifted up his eyes, and looked, 
 and, behold, there came much 
 people by the way of the hill 
 side behind him. 
 
 35 And Jouadab said unto the 
 king, Behold, the king's sons 
 come : as thy servant said, so it is. 
 
 36 And it came to pass, as soon 
 as he had made an end of speak- 
 ing, that, behold, the king's sons 
 came, and lifted up their voice 
 and wept : and the king also and 
 all his servants wept very sore. 
 
 37 IF But Absalom fled, and 
 went to Talmai, the son of Am- 
 mihud, king of Geshur. And 
 David mourned for his son 
 every day. 
 
 38 So Absalom fled, and went 
 to Geshur, and was there three 
 years. 
 
 39 And the soul of king David 
 longed to go forth unto Absa- 
 lom : for he was comforted con- 
 cerning Amnon, seeing he was 
 dead. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 1 Joah, suborning a undoiv of Te- 
 
 Icoah, hy a parable to incline the 
 
 ling's heart to fetch home Absalom, 
 
JoaVs artifice to II. SAlVfl^EL, XIV. hring Mf^imi hme. 
 
 brinneth him to Jrrumlem. 2'» Ah- 
 ixdoin'ti hfHinty, hnir, tttul chiUluu. 
 2M Afirr tiro iieavH, AfiMttom hu 
 Joab is hrongltt into the king « 
 pi-esence. 
 
 lyrOWJoal) the son of Zeniinh 
 li perrcivi'd tliat tlie king's 
 licait irns toward Absalom. 
 
 2 And Joiib sent to 'J'ekoah, and 
 tt'tclu'd tlieiice a wise woman. 
 :ind said unto lior, 1 pray thee, 
 ti'iirn thyself to be a nioumer, 
 and jmt on now monming ap- 
 pai-e^ar.d anoint not thyselt with 
 oil, but Ix' as a woman that had 
 a lonji; time mourned lor the dead: 
 
 3 And eome to the kin^', and 
 speak on this manner unto him. 
 »So Joab put the words in her 
 mouth. 
 
 4 ^ And when the woman of 
 Tekoali spake to tlie kinf?, she 
 it'll on lier face to tlu' ground, 
 and did ol>eisi\n(e, and said, 
 ll«dl>, () king. 
 
 5 And the kinjr Paid mito her, 
 AVhat aileth thee? And she an- 
 swered, I am indeed a widow 
 woman, and mine liusband is 
 dead. 
 
 G And thy handmaid had two 
 sons, and they two ptrove toge- 
 ther in the field, and there teas 
 none to part them, but the one 
 smote the other, and slew him. 
 
 7 And, l>ehold, the whole fa- 
 mily is risen against thine hand- 
 maid, and they said, Deliver 
 him that smote his brother, that 
 we may kill him, for the life of 
 his brother whom he slew ; and 
 we wDl destroy the heir also: 
 and so they sliall quench my 
 coal which is left, and shall not 
 leave to my husband neiiher 
 namie nor remainder upon the 
 earth. 
 
 8 And the king said imto the 
 woman, Go to thine house, and 
 I will give charge concerning 
 thee. 
 
 9 And the woman of Tekoah 
 said unto the king, My lord, O 
 king, the iniquity he on me, and 
 on my father's house : and the 
 king and his throne be guiltless. 
 
 10 And the king said, Who- 
 
 soeTer Paifh ovffkt unto th«e. 
 bring him to me, and he sliall 
 not touch thre aiiy more. 
 
 11 Uhcn said she, 1 j.ray thee, 
 let the king remember the l.oim 
 thy (iod, that thou wouliUst not 
 suhcr the re\engen* <.f blood to 
 destroy any more, lest they de- 
 Htr<»y my son. And lie said, Aif 
 the L(»un liveth, then' sliall not 
 one hair of thy son fall to tho 
 earth. 
 
 12 Then the woman naid. Let 
 thiiH* handmaid, I i>ray thee. 
 SI eak ime word unto my lord 
 the king. And he said. Say on. 
 
 13 And the woman said, \\ here- 
 forc then hast thou thought such 
 
 a thing against the i ('(^i^le of' 
 (icdV lor the king doth sjieak 
 this thing as one w hich is faulty, 
 in that the king doth nctt fetch 
 home again his banished. 
 
 14 For we nnist needs die, and 
 are as water spilt on the ground, 
 which cannot be gathered up 
 again ; neith.erdoth (iod rcsjicct 
 aiii/ person : yet doth he d<'\ise 
 means, that his banished be not 
 expelled from him. 
 
 lo N<jw therefore that I nm 
 come to speak of this thing un- 
 to my lord the king, it is be- 
 cause the people have made me 
 afraid : and tny handmaid said, 
 I w ill now si)eak unto the king ; 
 it may be that the king will per- 
 fonn the request of his hand- 
 maid. 
 
 16 For the king will hear, to 
 deliver his handmaid out of the 
 hand of the man that would de- 
 stroy me and my son together 
 out of the inheritance of God. 
 
 17 Then thine handmaid said, 
 The word of ray lord the king 
 shall now be comfortable: for 
 as an angel of Gcd, so is my 
 lord the king to discern gw^d 
 and bad : therefore the Lokd thy 
 God will be with thee. 
 
 18 Then the king answered and 
 said unto the woman, Hide not 
 from me, I pray thee, the thing 
 that I shall ask thee. And the 
 woman said, Let my lord the 
 king now speak. 
 
Absahnts return 
 
 11. SAMUEL, XV. 
 
 to Jemsiiktii. 
 
 19 And the king said, Is not 
 the liand of Joab with thee in 
 all this? And the woman an- 
 swered and said, As thy soul liv- 
 eth, my lord the king, none can 
 turn to the right hand or to the 
 left from ought that my lord the 
 }uiig hath spolien : for thy ser- 
 A ant Joab, he bade me, and he 
 put all these words in the mouth 
 of thine handmaid : 
 
 20 To fetch about this foim of 
 speech hath thy servant Joab 
 done tliis thing : and my lord is 
 wise, according to the wisdom 
 of an angel of God, to know all 
 thine^s that are in the earth. 
 
 21 ^ And the long said unto 
 Joab, Behold now, I have done 
 tliis thing: go therefore, biing 
 the young man Absalom again. 
 
 22 And Joab fell to the gromid 
 on his face, and bowed himself, 
 and thanked the king : and Joab 
 said. To day thy servant loiow- 
 etli that I have foimd grace m 
 thy sight, my lord, O king, in 
 that the king hath fulfilled the 
 
 : lequest of his servant. 
 
 23 So Joab arose and went to 
 Geshur, and brought Absalom 
 to Jerusalem. 
 
 24 And the king said, Let him 
 turn t^ liis own house, and let 
 
 \ liim not see my face. So Absa- 
 
 ; lom retmTied to his own house, 
 
 i and saw not the long's face. 
 
 i 25 1[ But in all Israel there was 
 
 ( none to be so much praised as 
 
 j Absalom for his beauty: from 
 
 ! the sole of his foot even to the 
 
 ! crown of his head there was no 
 
 I blemish in him. 
 
 1 26 And when he polled his 
 
 ' head, (for it was at every year's 
 
 end that he polled it : because 
 
 the hair was heavy on him, 
 
 therefore he polled it:) he 
 
 weighed the hah of his .head at 
 
 two himdred shekels after the 
 
 Idng's weight. 
 
 27 And unto Absalom there 
 v.^ere bom three sons, and one 
 daughter, whose name wa^ Ta- 
 niar : she was a woman of a fan- 
 countenance. 
 
 28 IF So Absalom dwelt two full 
 
 years in Jerusalem, and saw not 
 the king's face. 
 
 29 Therefore Absalom sent for 
 Joab, to have sent him to the 
 king ; but he would not come to 
 him: and when he sent again 
 the second time, he would not 
 come. 
 
 30 Therefore he said unto his 
 sen-ants. See, Joab's field is near 
 mine, and he hath barley there ; 
 go and set it on fire. And Absa- 
 lom's servants set the field on 
 fire. 
 
 31 Then Joab arose, and came 
 to Absalom unto his house, and 
 said imto him, AVherefore have 
 thy servants set my field on fire ? 
 
 32 And Absalom answered Joab, 
 Behold, I sent tmto thee, saying, 
 Come hither, that I may send 
 thee to the kuig, to say. Where- 
 fore am I come from Geshur? 
 it had been good for me to have 
 been there still: now therefore 
 let me see the king's face ; and 
 if there be any iniquitj' in me, 
 let him kill me. 
 
 33 So Joab came to the king, 
 and told hinr> : and when he had 
 called for Absalom, he came to 
 the king, and bowed himself on 
 his face to the ground before 
 the king : and the king kissed 
 Absalom. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 1 Absalom, by fair speeches and cour- 
 tesies, steoJetli the hearts of Ii=ra>^l. 
 7 Under 2ri'etence of a vow he oh- 
 taineth leave to go to Hebron. 10 
 He malefh there a great conspi- 
 racy. 13 David 2ipon the ■nevx 
 fleeth from. Jerusalem. 19 Ittai 
 icoidd not leave Mm. 24 Zadol- 
 and Abiathar are sent bach xnth 
 the arl\ 30 David and his corn- 
 pany go up mount Olivet iveeping. 
 
 31 iie curseth AhithopheVs counsel. 
 
 32 Hushai is sent bacic icith instruc. 
 tions. 
 
 AND it came to pass after 
 this, that Absalom prepar- 
 ed him chariots and horses, and 
 fifty men to run before him. 
 2 And Absalom rose up early, 
 and stood beside the way of the 
 gate : and it was so, that when 
 any man that had a controversy 
 came to the kmg for judgment, 
 
Afjicdom*8 conspiracy. 
 
 then A])Siilom called inito him, 
 and siiid, Of what city art thou? 
 And he siiid. Thy servant in of 
 one of the triV)es of Isniel. 
 3 And Absalom naid unto him. 
 See, thv mattei-H are good and 
 ritrht; i»nt there i'a- no man de- 
 puted of tlie kint; to liear thee. 
 
 I Ahsiil(»ni HMJil moreover, Oh 
 tluit I were made jiidire in tlie 
 land, that every man which liath 
 any suit or c-anse mipjht come 
 unto me, and 1 would do him j 
 ju.^tice! i 
 
 5 And it >vas .so, that when any 
 man came nijrh to him to do 
 him obeisance, he put forth hin 
 hand, and took liim, and kissed 
 liim. 
 
 G And on this manner did Ab- ; 
 salom to all Israel that cjime to 
 tlie king for judgment : so Absa- 
 lom Bt<»le the hearts of the men 
 of Israel. 
 
 7 •^ And it <ame to i)as« after 
 forty years, that Absidom said 
 nnto the king, I pray thee, let 
 nie go and pay my vow, which 
 I have vowed mito the Lord, 
 in Hebron. 
 
 *S For thy servant vowed a vow 
 while I abode at Geshur in Sy- 
 ria, saying. If tlie Ix)RI) shall 
 bnng me again indeed to Je- 
 rusalem, then I will serve the 
 Lord. 
 
 And the king said unto him. 
 Go in peace. So he arose, and 
 went to Hebron. 
 
 10 1[ But Absalom sent spies 
 tliroughout all the tribes of Is- 
 rael, saying, As soon as ye hear 
 the soimd of the trumpet, then 
 ye shall say, Absalom reigneth 
 in Hebron. 
 
 II And with Absalom went two 
 hundred men out of Je"nis^- 
 lem, that iveiy called ; and they 
 went in their simplicity, and 
 they knew not any thing. 
 
 12 And Absalom sent for A- 
 hithophel the Giloiiite, David's 
 coimsellor, from his city, even 
 from Giloh, while he offered sa- 
 crifices. And the conspiracy was 
 strong ; for the people increased 
 continually with Absalom. 
 
 II. SA^IUEL. XV. DaruUftiijht. 
 
 13 •[ And there cnrae a messen- 
 ger to \)i\\ id, saying, 'J'he hearts 
 of the men of Israel are after 
 Absalom. 
 
 14 And David said unto all his 
 servants that were with him at 
 .lerusalem. Arise, and let us flee ; 
 lor we shall not el^^e escajK? from 
 Alws'ilom : make speed to depart, 
 lest he oveitiike us suddenly, and 
 bring evil \\\yo\\ us, and smite the 
 city with the edge of the sword. 
 
 15 And the king's servants said 
 nnto the king, Ik'hold, thy ser- 
 vants are ready to do whatsoever 
 my lord the Idng shall appoint. 
 
 1«> And the king went forth, 
 and all his household alter him. 
 And the king left ten women, 
 which were concubines, to keep 
 the house. 
 
 17 And the king went forth, 
 and all tin* people after him, 
 and taiTied in a i»lace that was 
 far off. 
 
 18 And all his servants i>as9ed 
 on l)eside him ; and all the Che- 
 rethites, and all the Pelethites. 
 and all the Gittitos, six hundreil 
 men which came after him from 
 Gath, 1 ;issed on iM-fore the king. 
 
 r.) •' 'IMien said tlie king to It- 
 tai the Gittite, Wherefore goest 
 thou also with ns? return to thy 
 place, and abide with the king : 
 for thou art a stranger, and also 
 an exile. 
 
 20 Whereas thou camt-st bul 
 yesterday, should I this day 
 make thee go up and down with 
 us? seeing I go wliither I may, 
 return thou, and take back thy 
 brethren : mercy and truth be 
 with thee. 
 
 21 And Ittai answered the king, 
 and said, As the Lord liveth, 
 and as my lord the king liveth, 
 surely in what place my lord the 
 Idng shall be, whether in death 
 or life, even there also will thy 
 sersant be. 
 
 22 And David said to Ittai, Go 
 and pass over. And Ittai the 
 Gittite passed over, and all liis 
 men, and all the little ones that 
 ivere with him. 
 
 23 And all the countrj^ 
 
 y wept I 
 
The a,lc sent hack. II. SAMUEL, XYI. 
 
 Z'ihcCs falsehccd. 
 
 with a loud voice, and all the 
 people passed over: the kmg 
 also himself passed over the 
 brook Kidron, and all the peo- 
 ple passed over, toward the way 
 of the wilderness. 
 
 24 S And lo Zadok also, and 
 all the Levites were with him, 
 bearing the ark of the covenant 
 of Gcd : and they set down the 
 ark of God ; and Abiathar went 
 up, mitilallthe people had done 
 passing ont of the city. 
 
 25 And the king said mito Za- 
 dok, Carry back the ark of God 
 into the city : if I shall find fa- 
 -vour in the eyes of the Lord, he 
 will bring me agam, and shew 
 me both it, and his habitation : 
 
 26 But if he thus say, I have 
 no delight in thee ; behold, here 
 am I, let iiim do to me as eeem- 
 eth good unto him. 
 
 27 The king said also unto 
 Zadok the priest, Art not thou 
 a seer? return into the citj^ in 
 peace, and your two sons with 
 yooi, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jo- 
 nathan the son of Abiathar. 
 
 :28 See, I will tarry in the plain of 
 the wilderness, until there come 
 word from you to certify me. 
 
 29 Zadok therefore and Abia- 
 thar carried the ark of God a- 
 gain to Jerusalem: and they 
 tarried there. 
 
 30 IF And David went up by 
 the ascent of mount Olivet, and 
 wept as he went up, and had his 
 head covered, and he w^ent bai^e- 
 foot : and all the people that ivas 
 with liim covered every man his 
 head, and they went up, weeping 
 as they went up. 
 
 31 % And one told David, saj^ 
 ing, Aliithophel is among the 
 conspiratoi's mth Absalom. And 
 David said, O Lord, I pmy thee, 
 turn the comisel of Ahithophel 
 into foolishness. 
 
 32 H And it came to pass, that 
 when David was come to the top 
 of the mount, where he worship- 
 ped God, behold, Hushai the 
 Arcliite came to meet him with 
 his coat rent, and earth up^n his 
 head : 
 
 33 Unto whom David said. If 
 thou passest on with me, then 
 thou shalt be a burden unto me : 
 
 34 But if thou return to the 
 city, aud say unto Absalom, I 
 V ill be thy serAant. O long ; as 
 I have been thy father's servant 
 hitherto, so will I now also be 
 thy servant : then mayest thou 
 for me defeat the counsel of 
 Ahithophel. 
 
 35 And hast thou not there 
 with thee Zadok and Abiathar 
 the i-riests? therefore it shall 
 be, that what thing soever thou 
 shalt hear out of the Mng's 
 house, thou shalt tell it to Za- 
 dok and Abiathar the priests. 
 
 36 Behold, thei/ have there tn ith 
 them their tv>"0 sons, Aliimaaz 
 Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abi- 
 athar's son; and by tliem ye 
 shall send unto me every thing 
 that ye can hear. 
 
 37 So Hushai David's friend 
 came into the city, and Absalom 
 came into Jerusalem. 
 
 CHAPTER XYI. 
 1 Ziba, hy presents and false sugges- 
 tions, obtadnefh his master's ialie- 
 ritance. 5 At Baliurim Shimei 
 cursetTi David. 9 David icith pa- 
 tience abstaineth, and restraineih 
 others, from revenge. 15 Hvshai 
 insinuateth himself into Absalom's 
 counsel. 20 Ahithophel' s counsel. 
 
 AND when David was a little 
 - past the top of the hill, be- 
 hold, Ziba the servant of Mephi- 
 bosheth met him, with a couple 
 of asses saddled, and upon them 
 two hundred loaves of bread, and 
 an hundi-ed bunches of raisins, 
 and an hundred of summerfruits, 
 and a bottle of wine. 
 
 2 And the long said unto Ziba, 
 What meanest thou by these? 
 And Ziba said, The asses be for 
 the king's household to ride on ; 
 and the bread and summer fiiiit 
 for the young men to eat ; and 
 the wine, that such as be f^iint 
 in the wildeiTiess may drink. 
 
 3 And the king said. And where 
 is thy master's son? And Ziba 
 said unto the Idng, Behold, lie 
 abideth at Jerusalem: for he 
 
 , said, To day shall the house of 
 S 
 
Shiinei earseth Darid. 
 
 Twacl restore me tlie kingdom 
 of my iatlier. 
 
 4 Then Kiiid the kin? to Ziha. 
 lieliuld, tliine are all that per- 
 ta'uied nnto Mci>hil>oslieth. And 
 Ziha sjiid, I hinnhly iR'SceehtlK'e 
 that I may tind gniee in thy 
 si'-'ht, my lord, () kintr. 
 
 .">• And when kintr J )a\ id came 
 to JJahurim.W'hold, tlienceeame 
 <»ut a man of tlu* family of the 
 )i(»nse of Said, whose nanu? tras 
 Shimei, the Hon of (Jera: lie 
 ranie forth, and enrsed still as 
 he cjini'^'. 
 
 <l And he east stones at David, 
 and at all tlie serviint* of kin? 
 David: and jill the i)eoi)le and 
 nil tlie mighty nuMi irrre on his 
 ) JLdit hand and <»n liis left. 
 
 7 And tlins sjiid .S)iim«*i wh«*n 
 he (iirs^'d. Come ont, eome ont, 
 Thon hhxKly man, and thon man 
 of Bolial: 
 
 5 The Lonn liath returned upon 
 tliee all tlie lilocnl of the Iiouse 
 of Saul, in wlios ■ st<»ad thou hast 
 HMLMicd: an<l th«* Loun hatli de- 
 liven'd the kinirdom into tin* 
 iiand of Absalom tliy son: and, 
 behold, thou art taken in thy 
 misehief, because thou art a 
 bioodv man. 
 
 \S •^ Tlien said Abisliai the son 
 of Zeruiah nnto the kin?. Why 
 should this dead do? curse my 
 lord the kin? ? let me ?o over, I 
 l>ray thee, and take otf his head. 
 
 10 And the king said, What { 
 have I to do with you, ye sons ; 
 of Zeruiah? so let him curse, 
 because the Lord hath said unto 
 him, Ciu^e David. Who shall 
 then sav, Wherefore hast thou 
 done so r 
 
 11 ALiid David said to Abishai, 
 and to all his servants, Behold, 
 my son, which came forth of my 
 bowels, seeketh my life : how 
 much more now may this Ben- 
 jamite do it ?■ let hun alone, and 
 let lum curse ; for the Lord hath 
 bidden him. 
 
 12 It may be that the Lord will 
 look on muie affliction, and that 
 the Lord will requite me good 
 for his cursing this day. 
 
 IL SAML^EL, XVI. AJiithqM's cmn»l \ 
 
 V^ And as David and liis men 
 went by the way, Shimei went 
 alon? on the liill's niile over n- 
 gainst hini, and cursed as he 
 went, and threw stones at him, 
 and east dust. 
 
 14 And the kin?, and all tlie 
 people that were with liim, enme 
 wearv, and refreshed tliemselvcs 
 tlien'. 
 
 !">•; And Alwdom, and all the 
 |>eoiile tlie m<*n of Israrl. (a me 
 to .TeruNilem, and Ahith<»i>hel 
 with him. 
 
 1<) And it came to imss. when 
 Hushai the Archite, David'8 
 friend, was come unto Al>salom, 
 that liushai said imto Aljsalom, 
 CicKl sjive the king, (ickI save the 
 kin?. 
 
 17 And Absal<»m said to Hu- 
 shai, Is this thy kindness to thy 
 frirnd? why w«'nteHt tht»u not 
 with thv Iriend? 
 
 18 And Hushai said unto Al>sa- 
 lom. Nay ; but whom the LoRn, 
 and this i»eople, and all th^^ men 
 oi" Isniel, cho(ts(', his will I be, 
 and with him will I abid<'. 
 
 \\) And a?ain, whom should T 
 sene? skould /not serine in the 
 presence of his son? as I have 
 served in thy father's presence, 
 so ^\^ll I be in thy r)resence. 
 
 20 •[ Then said Absalom to A- 
 hithoiihel. Give counsel amon^ 
 you what we shall do. 
 
 21 And Ahithophel said unto 
 Absalom, Go in mito thv father's 
 concubines, which he hath left 
 to keep the house; and all Is- 
 rael shall hear that thou art ab- 
 horred of thy father: then shall 
 the hands of all that are with 
 thee be strong. 
 
 22 So they spread Absalom a 
 tent upon the top of the house ; 
 and Absalom went in unto his 
 father's concubuies in the sight 
 of all Israel. 
 
 23 And the counsel of Ahitho- 
 phel, which he coimselled in 
 those days, was as if a man had 
 enquired at the oracle of God : 
 so was all the counsel of Ahitho- 
 phel both with David and with 
 Absalom. 
 
defeated by HusliaVs. II. SAMUEL, XVII. David admed thereof, 
 
 lion, shall utterly melt : for all 
 Israel laioweth tliat thy father 
 is a mighty man, and thei/ which 
 he with him are valiant men. 
 
 11 Therefore I coimsel that all 
 Israel be generally gathered un- 
 to thee, from Dan even to Beer- 
 sheba, as the sand that is by the 
 sea for multitude ; and that thou 
 go to battle in thine own person. 
 
 12 So shall we come upon him 
 in some place where lie shall be 
 found, and we ynW light upon 
 him as the dew falleth on the 
 ground : and of him and of all 
 the men that are with him there 
 shall not be left so much as one. 
 
 13 Moreover, if he be gotten 
 into a city, then shall all Israel 
 bring ropes to that city, and we 
 will draw it into the river, un- 
 til there be not one small stone 
 found there. 
 
 14 And Absalom and all the 
 men of Israel said. The counsel 
 of Hushai the Archite is better 
 than the counsel of Ahithophel. 
 For the Lord had appointed 
 to defeat the good counsel of 
 Ahithophel, to the intent that 
 the LoED might biiog e^'il upon 
 Absalom. 
 
 15 H Then said Hushai unto Za- 
 dok and to Abiathar the priests, 
 Thus and thus did Ahithophel 
 counsel Absalom and the elders 
 of Israel; and thus and thus 
 have I counselled. 
 
 16 Now therefore send quickly, 
 and tell David, saying, Lodge 
 not this night in the plains of 
 the wilderness, but speedily pass 
 over; lest the king be swallow- 
 ed up, and all the people that 
 are with him. 
 
 17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz 
 stayed by En-rogel; for they 
 might not be seen to come mto 
 the city : and a wench went and 
 told them; and they went and 
 told king David. 
 
 18 Nevertheless a lad saw them, 
 and told Absalom : but they went 
 both of them away quickly, and 
 came to a man's house in Ba- 
 hurim, which had a well in his 
 court; whither they went doVn. 
 
 S2 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 1 Ahithophel's counsel is overthrown 
 by Hushai' s, according to God's ap- 
 pointment. 15 Secret intelligence 
 is sent unto David. 23 AMthoplicl 
 hangeth himself. 25 Amasa is 
 made captain. 27 David at Maha- 
 naim is famished with provision. 
 
 "\/rOREOVER Ahithophel 
 jSa. said unto Absalom, Let 
 me now choose out twelve thou- 
 sand men, and I will arise and 
 piursue after David this night; 
 
 2 And I Tvill come upon him 
 while he is weary and weak 
 handed, and will make him a- 
 fraid: and all the people that 
 are with him shall flee ; and I 
 will smite the king only : 
 
 3 And I will bring back all the 
 people unto thee : the man whom 
 thou seekest is as if all retmn- 
 ed : so all the people shall be in 
 peace. 
 
 4 And the saj^ng pleased Ab- 
 salom well, and all the elders of 
 Israel. 
 
 5 Then said Absalom, Call now 
 Hushai the Archite also, and let 
 us hear likewise what he saith. 
 
 6 And when Hushai was come 
 to Absalom, Absalom spake un- 
 to him, saying, Aliithophel hath 
 spoken after this manner : shall 
 we do after his saying ? if not ; 
 speak thou. 
 
 7 And Hushai said unto Absa- 
 lom, The counsel that Ahitho- 
 phel hath given is not good at 
 this time. 
 
 8 For, said Hushai, thou know- 
 est thy father and his men, that 
 they he mighty men, and they 
 he chafed in their minds, as a 
 bear robbed of her whelps in the 
 field: and thy father is a man 
 of war, and will not lodge with 
 the people. 
 
 i 9 Behold, he is hid now in some 
 ■, pit, or in some other place : and 
 
 it will come to pass, when some 
 ' of them be oveiihi-own at the 
 ' first, that whosoever heareth it 
 ' will say. There is a slaughter 
 I a,mong the people that follow 
 
 Absalom. 
 10 And he also that is valiant, 
 
 whose heart is as the heart of a 
 
A..i,m iuatle cai^tain. II. SAMUEL. XVIH. 
 
 r.) Aud the woman te>uk mid 
 Kl'ieud a covering' o\ir the wellV 
 iiKHUh, and Hprvud ;;ruuiid com 
 theivon ; and the thing was not 
 known. 
 
 2(J And when Al>*«ah)ni'8 eer- 
 ^ ants c-anie tt) tlie woman to the 
 lioiiK*.', they said, \\ here ia Ahi- 
 niaaz and Jonathan? And the 
 Woman wiid nnto them, Tliey 
 he ;ix»ne o\er the bnK>k of water. 
 And \\lien they liad son^ht and 
 could not find them, tliey retuni- 
 ed to JeiKKilem. 
 
 21 And it cam** to pnKs, after 
 they were dei»iirteil, tliat they 
 (am ' I'.ji out of the well, and 
 went and told kin^ David, and 
 said unto David, Ariw, and pass 
 fjuieUly over the water : for thus 
 hatli Ahithophel counselled 
 gainst you. 
 
 22 Then David aropc, and all 
 
 TJte battle in tlu 
 
 and earthen vesHi'lf*, and ulu-at, 
 and Imrhy, and lh>ur,and pan li- 
 ed corn, and l>ean8, and lentile^, 
 and nanhed puhe, 
 XJ And Imney, and butter, and 
 Khee|». and chi'eK** t>f kine, for 
 David, a?id f»»r the |»e(»i»le that 
 tcere with him, to eat : lor they 
 said. The |ieo|»le is hun^rry, 
 and weaiy, and tliirbty, in the 
 N\ ildenicK!*. 
 
 I CHAPTER XVIH. 
 
 , 1 Dnrid vu inuj th*- nrmirx iv fin i< 
 i mirch yiri-li '' ' 1 ,■ 
 
 ton,. .; 7V / 
 i /» n Ml fhf I 
 
 ! .V ' ■ ' M. MM ,,.,.. ,^ 
 
 'Via/ tu!o n fit. 
 I'J Ahimiaz 
 
 ., ulingi to Ihiriil. 
 
 'Xi htivnl invitrncfh/or Aftfmhnn. 
 
 I- AND David numbered the 
 ' 1\. |»eoi»le that tvere with him, 
 and K'-t captains of thoUKindb 
 
 the jn'ople that were >\ith him, and captiiine of hundreils over 
 anil they passed over Jordan : | them. 
 
 by the monunp light there lack- ( 2 And David sent forth a third 
 cd not one of them that wa^ not , paii ol the i>eople under the hand 
 
 pone over Jtirdan. 
 
 of Joub, and a third jiart under 
 
 23*" And when Ahithojihel saw , the hand (»f Abishai the son of 
 
 ^ " * ■ ^ — -Li 11 .. 1 /,.jnij,ii^ Joub's brother, and a 
 
 third part under the hand of 
 Itt^ii the (iittite. And the kin;,' 
 said unto the i>eople, I will sure- 
 ly go forth with you mywlf also. 
 3 But the i>e(»ple answered. 
 Thou shalt not iro forth : ior if 
 we flee away, they will not care 
 for us; neither if half of us die, 
 will they care for us: but now 
 thou art worth ten thousand of 
 us: therefore now it is better 
 
 that hiscounsol was not followed, 
 he siiddled h in ass, and arose, and 
 gat lu'm home to his house, to 
 his city, end put his household 
 in order, and lianged liimi*elf, 
 and died, and was l)uried in the 
 sepulchre of his father. 
 
 24 Then David came to Maha- 
 naim. And Absalom passed over 
 Jorckn, he and all the men of 
 Israel with him. 
 
 23 * And Absalom made Araa- 
 
 sa cai)tain of the host instead of I that thou succour us out of the 
 Joab : which Aiuasa was a man's city. 
 
 sou, whose name teas Itlua an 4 And the king said unto them, 
 Israelite, that went in to Abigail j What SL'enieth you l)e8t I will do. 
 the daugliter of Naliash, sister to l And th& king stood by the gate 
 
 Zeruiah Joab's mother. 
 2'5 So Israel and Absalom pitch- 
 ed in the land of Gilead. 
 
 side, and all the people came out 
 
 by hundreds and by thousands, 
 
 5 Aiid the king commanded Jo- 
 
 27 •" Aud it came to i»ass, when j ab and Abishai and Ittai, saving, 
 David was come to Mahanaim, ; Deal gently for my sake with the 
 that Shobi the son of Xahash of i young man, even with Absalom. 
 Rabbah of the cliildren of Am- j And all the people heard when 
 nion. and Machir the son of Am- | the king gave all the captains 
 miel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai charge concerning Absalom. 
 
 the Gileadite of Eogelim, 
 
 6 •[ So the people went out into 
 
 23 Brought beds, and basons, i the field against Israel : and the 
 
teood of Ephraim. II. SAMUEL, XYHI. Absalom's placp. 
 
 battle was in the wood of Eph- 
 raim; 
 
 7 ^Vhe^e the people of Israel 
 were slain before the servants 
 of David, and there was there 
 a great slaughter that day of 
 twenty thousand jnen. 
 
 8 For the battle was there scat- 
 
 16 And Joab blew the tnnnpet, 
 and the people retimied from 
 pursuing after Israel : for Joab 
 held back the people. 
 
 17 And they took Absalom, and 
 cast him into a great pit in the 
 wood, and laid a yevj great heap 
 of stones upon him : and all Is- 
 
 tered over the face of all the i mel fled every one to liis tent. 
 country : and the wood devour- | 18 *[ Now Absalom in liis life- 
 ed more people that day than i time had taken and reared up 
 the sword devoured. 
 9 ^ And Absalom met the ser- 
 
 for himself a pillar, wliich is in 
 
 the king's dale : for he said, I 
 vants of David. And Alsalom have no son to keep my name 
 rode upon a mule, and the mule ! in remembrance : and he called 
 went under the thick boughs of | the pillar after his own name : 
 a great oak, and his head caught and it is called unto this day, 
 hold of the oak, and he was i Absalom's place, 
 taken up between the heaven j 19 ^ Then said Ahimaaz the 
 and the earth; and the mule ! son of Zadok, Let me now nm, 
 that ivas under him went away, i and bear the Imig tidings, how 
 
 that the Lord hath avenged him 
 
 of his enemies. 
 saw Absalom hanged in an oak. | 20 And Joab said unto him, 
 11 And Joab said unto the man ! Thou shalt not bear tidings this 
 that told him. And, behold, thou ' day, but thou shalt bear tidings 
 sawest him, and why didst thou : another day : but this day thou 
 not smite him there to the ' shalt bear no tidings, because the 
 groimd? and I would have given j king's son is dead. 
 thee ten shekels of silver, and a i 21 Then said Joab to Cushi, 
 
 10 And a certain man saw if, 
 and told Joab, and said, Behold, I 
 
 girdle. 
 
 12 And the man said unto 
 Joab, Though I should receive 
 a thousand shekels of silver in 
 mine hand, yet v>'ould I not put 
 forth mine hand against the 
 king's son: for in our hearing 
 the Idng charged thee and Abi- 
 
 Go tell the king what thou hast 
 seen. And Cushi bowed liimself 
 imto Joab, and ran. 
 22 Then said Ahimaaz the son 
 of Zadok yet again to Jcab. But 
 howsoever, let me, I pray thee, 
 also run after Cushi. And Joab 
 said. Wherefore wilt thou run, 
 
 shai and Ittai, saying. Beware j my son, seeing that thou hast 
 
 that none touch the yoimg man 
 Absalom. 
 
 13 Otherwise I should have 
 wrought falsehood against mine 
 own life : for there is no matter 
 Md from the king, and thou thy- 
 self woiddest have set thyself 
 against me, 
 
 14 Then said Joab, I may not 
 tarry thus with thee. And he 
 took three darts in his hand, and 
 thrust them thi'ough the heaii 
 of Absalom, while he was yet 
 alive in the midst of the oak. 
 
 15 And ten young men that bare 
 Joab's ai-mour compassed about 
 and smote Absalom, and slew 
 bim. 
 
 no tidings ready ? 
 
 23 But howsoever, said he, let 
 me run. And he said unto him, 
 Eun. Then Ahimaaz ran by the 
 way of the plain, ajid overran 
 Cushi. 
 
 24 And Da^id sat between the 
 tAvo gates: and the watchman 
 went up to the roof over the gate 
 unto the wall, and lifted up his 
 eyes, and looked, and behold a 
 man running alone. 
 
 25 And the watchman cried, 
 and told the Idng. And the 
 king said. If he be alone, there 
 is tidings in his mouth. Ar.d 
 he came apace, and di'ew near. 
 
 26 And the watchman saw an- 
 
David mounieih 
 
 II. SAMI'EL, XIX. 
 
 for Ahinhm . 
 
 other man ninniiip : and the 
 \vatchm;ui(alkHlinit()thei)(>rt«*r, 
 and Kiiid, Ik-hold another man 
 running: alone. An<l the kin^' 
 sakl, He alt^o brintietli tithn^'s. 
 
 27 And the watelinian said, Me 
 thinkeththe running' of the i'ore- 
 iiiost is like the rnnnin^^ of Ahi- 
 luaa/. the wm of Zadok. And 
 the kinix Raid, He is a ko(h1 man, 
 and ((^nieth with ^'(kxI tidings. 
 
 28 And Ahimaaz railed, and 
 8aid unto tlie kin^'. All is well. 
 And he fell d(»wn to the earth 
 upon his laee Wfoie the kint?, 
 and said, Bk'ssed he the L(»Ri) 
 thy (i(i«l. which hath delivered 
 up the men tliat lilt( d uj» their 
 hand airainst my lord the king. 
 
 21) And the king Niid. Ih the 
 young man Ahsiilom sale? And 
 Ahimaaz answered, NN'hen Joab 
 s**nt the king's servant, and me 
 tliy servant, I saw a gieat tinnult, 
 hut I knew not what '\t was. 
 
 ')() And the king said H)it(} /lini. 
 Turn aside, and stand here. And 
 he turned aside, and stood still. 
 
 !^1 And, Ix-'hold, Cushi came ; 
 and Ci shi s<iid, Tidings, my lord 
 the king : for the Loiin hath 
 avenged thee this day of all them 
 that roS4' up against thee. 
 
 32 And the king said unto Cu- 
 shi. Is the young man Absalom 
 safe? And C'ushi answered, The 
 enemies of my lord the king, 
 and all that rise against thee to 
 do ihee hurt, be as that yoimg 
 man is. 
 
 33 •; And the king was much 
 moved, and went up to the cham- 
 ber over the gate, and wept: 
 and as he went, thus he said, O 
 my son Absalom, my son, my 
 son Absalom ! would God I had 
 died for thee, O xibsalom, my 
 son, my son ! 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 1 Joah causeth the linq to cease his 
 mournivg. 9 The hraelites are 
 earnest to bring the Icing had: ii 
 Daind sendeth to the p7-i€st8 to in- 
 cite them of Jvdah. 18 Shimei is 
 pardoned. 2i Mephihosheth excused. 
 r>2 Barzillai dismissed, Chimham 
 his son is faJcen info the Icing's fa- 
 mily. 41 The Israelites expostulate 
 
 j irith Jndah for bringing home the 
 king \rit1innt theui. 
 
 AND it was told Joab, Be- 
 -IV hold, the king wei*|»eth and 
 nuturneth fur A])Sid(>m. 
 2 And the vi( tory that day wan 
 I tamed into mouniing unto all 
 i the i>eople : for the peonle heaid 
 siiy that dav how the king was 
 grieved for his son. 
 I 3 And the jn'ople gat them by 
 stealth that day into the city, 
 ; as peojde In-ing ashamed steal 
 , away when they llee hi battle. 
 ! 4 I>ut the king covered his 
 face, and the king cried with u 
 loud v(»iee, () my son Absalom, 
 () Absalom, my son, mv son ! 
 I r> And .loab came into the house 
 , to the king, and sjiid, Thou hast 
 , shamed this day the faces of all 
 I thy servants. whi( h this day have 
 j saved thy life, and the lives of 
 I thy sons and of thy djiughters, 
 i and the lives of thy wives, and 
 the lives (»f thy concubines; 
 t) In that thou lovest thine 
 enemies, and ha test thy friends. 
 For thou hast declared this day, 
 that thou regardest neither prin- 
 ces nor servants : for this day I 
 perceive, that if Absalom had 
 lived, and all we had died this 
 dav, then it had pleased thee 
 well. 
 
 7 Now therefore arise, go forth, 
 and speak comfoi-tably imto tliy 
 servants: for I swear by the 
 Lord, if thou go not forth, ther«^ 
 will not tarr>' one with thee this 
 night: and that will be worse 
 unto thee than all the evil that 
 befell thee from thy youth until 
 now. 
 
 8 Then the king arose, and sat 
 in the gate. And they told unto 
 all the people, saying. Behold, 
 the king doth sit in the gate. 
 And all the people came before 
 the king : for Israel had fled 
 every man to liis tent. 
 
 9 IF And all the people were at 
 strife throughout all the tribes 
 
 i of Israel, sajdng, The long sav- 
 I ed us out of the hand of our 
 j enemies, and he delivered us 
 ' out of the hand of the Philis- 
 
Shimei pardoned 
 
 II. SAMUEL, XIX. 
 
 by David. 
 
 tines ; and now lie is fled out of 
 the land for Absalom. 
 
 10 And Absalom, whom we 
 anointed over ns, is dead in bat- 
 tle. Now therefore why speak 
 ye not a word of bringing the 
 Idng back? 
 
 11 ^ And king Da\dd sent to Za- 
 dok and to Abiathar the priests, 
 saying, Speak unto the elders of 
 Judah, saying. Why are ye the 
 last to bring the king baclf to 
 his house ? seeing the speech of 
 all Israel is come to the king, 
 eve7i to liis house. 
 
 12 Ye are my brethren, ye are 
 my bones and my flesh : where- 
 fore then are ye the last to bring 
 back the king ? 
 
 13 And say ye to Amasa, Art 
 thou not of my bone, and of my 
 flesh? God do so to me, and 
 more also, if thou be not cap- 
 tain of the host before me con- 
 tinually in the room of Joab. 
 
 14 And he bowed the ht^rt of 
 all the men of Judah, ev^n as 
 the heart of one man; ®o tliat 
 tliey sent this word unto the 
 king, Return thou, and all thy 
 servants. 
 
 15 So the king i-etumed, and 
 came to Jordan. And Judah 
 came to Gilgal, to go to meet 
 the king, to conduct the king 
 over Jordan. 
 
 16 K And Shimei the son of 
 Oera, a Benjamite, which was 
 of Bahurim, ha-sted and came 
 down with the men of Judah 
 to meet king David. 
 
 17 And there were a thousand 
 men of Benjamin with him, and 
 Ziba the servant of the house of 
 Saul, and his fifteen sons and 
 his twenty servants with him; 
 and they went over Jordan be- 
 fore the king. 
 
 18 And there went over a ferry 
 boat to c*ariy over the king's 
 household, and to do what he 
 thought gocd. And Sliimei the 
 son of Gera fell down before 
 the king, as he was come over 
 Jordan; 
 
 19 And said imto the kmg, 
 Let not my loixi impute ini- 
 
 quity unto me, neither do thou 
 remember that which thy ser- 
 vant did perversely the day that 
 my lord the king went out of 
 Jerusalem, that the king should 
 take it to his heart. 
 
 20 For thy servant doth know 
 that I have sinned: therefore, 
 behold, I am come the first this 
 day of all the house of Joseph 
 to go down to meet my lord the 
 king. 
 
 21 But Abishai the son of Ze- 
 ruiah answered and said. Shall 
 not Sliimei be put to death for 
 this, because he cursed the 
 Lord's anointed? 
 
 22 And David said. What have 
 I to do with you, ye sons of Ze- 
 ruiah, that ye should this day 
 be adversaries unto me? shall 
 there any man be put to death 
 this day in Israel? for do not 
 I know that I am this day king- 
 over Israel ? 
 
 23 Therefore the long said un- 
 to Shimei, Thou shalt not die. 
 And the long sware unto him. 
 
 24 H And Mephibosheth the 
 son of Saul came down to meet 
 the king, and had neither dress- 
 ed his feet, nor trimmed his 
 beard, nor washed his clothes, 
 from the day the king departed 
 until the day he came again 
 in peace. 
 
 25 And it came to pass, when 
 he was come to Jeiiisalem to 
 meet the king, that the Idng 
 said unto him, Wherefoie went- 
 est not thou with me, Mephi- 
 bosheth? 
 
 26 And he answered. My lord, 
 O king, my servant deceived 
 me : for thy ser^^ant said, I will 
 saddle me an ass, that I may 
 ride thereon, and go to the kmg ; 
 because thy ser\"ant is lame. 
 
 27 And he hath slandered thy 
 servant unto my lord the king ; 
 but my lord the king is as an 
 angel of God : do therefore zvhat 
 is good in thine eyes. 
 
 28 For all of my father's house 
 were but dead men before my 
 lord the king: yet didst thou 
 set thy servant among them tliat 
 
JDarid's orali'tiuJe 
 
 did eat attliino own tnlde. AMiat 
 riirht tlierclbrc liavc T yet to cry 
 any more unto the kiiiji;? 
 
 2'.) And the kinir wiid unto liira, 
 Why fJi)eakest tliou any more 
 of tliy mattei-sV I liave Kiid .. 
 Tliou and Zihn divide tlie land. I z 
 
 iii) And ^Nlephiboslu'th said nn- 
 to the kinfr, Yea, let him take 
 
 II. ,SA3n;EL, XX. to JlarJfhi. 
 
 tliee : and wliat80(ner tlion fhalt 
 iiffinire of me, that will I tlo for 
 thee. 
 
 '^\) And all tin* ix?ople went over 
 
 rdiin. And when the kint; wa« 
 
 eome over, the kin^' kissed Har- 
 
 ai, and hletved him: and he 
 
 returned unto liis own i>hiro. 
 
 4i) Then the kinj:; went on to 
 
 .Ir 
 
 all, lorasmueh as my lord tlie | (Tiliral. and Chimham went on 
 
 witb him : and all the people of 
 Ji;dah conducted the kin^% and 
 
 Iu'A'j: is come airam m peace im- 
 to his own hous.*. 
 
 *.U *i And LJar/illai the Gileadite 
 camo down from Hoirelim, and 
 Wi*nt over Jordan witli the kinjx, 
 t ) c<niduct hiia over Jordiui. 
 
 '.V2 Now IJiir/illai was a veiy 
 
 also half the people of Israel. 
 41 •^ And, K'lK.ld, all the men 
 of Israel came to the kinir, and 
 wiid unto the kin.L% \\'hy have 
 our bn'thren the men of Jn- 
 
 aj:ed man, even tiiui-score yeai-H dah stolen thee away, and have 
 old: and he had provided the hruu^'^ht tlie kin??, and his house- 
 kinii of sustenance wlule Ike lay hold, and all David'H men with 
 at jVIalianaim ; for he teas a ' ' 
 veiy frreat man. 
 oli And the kino; said unto Bar- 
 
 him, over .Jordan? 
 42 And all the men of Judah 
 
 answeiT'd the men oi Israel, 
 zillai. Come thou over with me, | Because the kin;; is near of kin 
 and I will feed thee with me in to us: wherelore then l)e ye an- 
 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 34 And Barzfllai said unto the 
 kiu-T. How Ion;:: have I to live, 
 that I should ^o \i\\ with the 
 kiujc unto Jerusalem? 
 
 ^") I am this diiy fourscore years 
 old: and can 1 discern l)ctween 
 
 pry for thie matter? have we 
 eaten at all of the kind's cost 9 
 or hath he piven us any gift? 
 43 And the men of Israel an- 
 swered the nien of Judah, and 
 said. We have ten i>arts in the 
 kinir, and we have also more 
 
 good and evil? can thy sonant i riir/i/ in David than ye: why 
 taste what I eat or what I drink? | then did ye despise us, that our 
 can I hear any more the voice advice should not be lirst liad 
 of suigiui,' men and sinirin^^ wo- in brin^'ing back our king? And 
 men? wherefore tlien should thy tlie words of the men of Judah 
 eer\ant be yet a burden unto my ! were fiercer than the words of 
 
 lord the Idng? 
 3G Thy servant will go a little 
 way over Jordan with the king : 
 and wliy should the Idng re- 
 compense it me vciih such a 
 reward ? 
 
 37 Let thy serv^ant, 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 mother. But behold thy ser- 
 vant Chimham; let him go over 
 w" itli my lord the king ; and do 
 to liim what shall seem good 
 unto thee. 
 
 38 And the kmg answered, 
 Chimham shall go over with 
 
 the men of Israel. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 1 By orrasion of the qwirrff, Shebft 
 tnaleth a party in Israel. :i Da- 
 vid'» ten concubiaest are shut up in 
 Xterpctnal prison. 4 Amasa, mode 
 captain overJtMlnhJs slain hi/Joah. 
 14r Joab puramth fihelm unto Abd. 
 in A luise icoman aaveth the fify hy 
 SJieba's head. 23 David's queers. 
 
 AND there happened to be 
 . there a man of Behal, 
 whose name teas Sheba, the 
 son of Biehri, a Benjamite: 
 and he blevr a trumpet, and 
 said, We have no part in Da- 
 vid, neither have we inherit- 
 ance in the son of Jesse : every 
 
 me. and I wdll do to him that man to his tents, O Israel, 
 whicli shall seem good imto ! 2 So every man of Israel went 
 
Amam slam hy Jocib. II. SAMUEL, XX. Joah purmeth Sheha. 
 
 up from after David, and fol- 
 lowed Slieba tlie son of Bicliri : 
 but tlie men of Judah clave 
 imto theii* king, from Jordan 
 even to Jerasalem. 
 
 3 1[ And David came to his 
 house at Jerasalem; and the 
 long took the ten women his 
 (X)noubines, whom he had left 
 to keep the house, and put them 
 in ward, and fed them, but w-ent 
 not in unto them. So they were 
 shut up unto the day of their 
 death, living in widowhood. 
 
 4 U Then said the king to 
 Amasa, Assemble me the men 
 of Judah within three days, and 
 be thou here present. 
 
 5 So Amasa went to assemble 
 the men of Judah : but he tar- 
 
 ■ ried longer than the set time 
 which he had appointed him. 
 
 6 And David said to Abishai, 
 Now shall Sheba the son of 
 Bichri do us more harm than 
 did Absalom: take thou thy 
 lord's servants, and pui^ue af- 
 ter him, lest he get him fenced 
 cities, and escape us. 
 
 7 And there went out after him 
 Joab's men, and the Cherethites, 
 and the Pelethites, and all the 
 mighty men : and they went out 
 of Jerusalem, to pursue after 
 Sheba the son of Bichri. 
 
 I 8 When they icere at the gi-eat 
 
 stone which is in Gibeon, A- 
 
 masa went before them. And 
 
 Joab's garment that he had put 
 
 on was girded unto him, and 
 
 upon it a girdle ivith a sword 
 
 I fastened upon his loins m the 
 
 I sheath thereof; and a^ he went 
 
 1 forth it fell out. 
 
 I ' 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art 
 
 thou in health, my brother? And 
 
 I Joab took Amasa by the beard 
 
 1 with the right hand to kiss him. 
 
 I 10 But Amasa took no heed 
 
 j to the sword that was in Joab's 
 
 I hand: so he smote him there- 
 
 ! with in the fifth rih, and shed 
 
 out his bowels to the ground, 
 
 and struck him not again ; and 
 
 he died. So Joab and Abishai 
 
 ills brother pursued after Sheba 
 
 the son of Bichri. 
 
 11 And one of Joab's men 
 stood by liim, and said, He that 
 favoureth Joab, and he that is 
 for David, let him go after Joab. 
 
 12 And Amasa wallowed in 
 blocd in the midst of the liigh- 
 way. And when the man saw 
 that all the people stood still, 
 he removed Amasa out of the 
 highway mto the field, and cast 
 a cloth upon him, when he saw 
 that eveiy one that came by him 
 stood still. 
 
 13 When he was removed out 
 of the highv;ay, all the people 
 went on after Joab, to pursue 
 after Sheba the son of Bichri. 
 
 14 H And he went through all 
 the tribes of Israel unto Abel, 
 and to Beth-maachah, and all 
 the Berites : and they were ga- 
 thered together, and v>'ent also 
 after him. 
 
 15 And they came and besieged 
 him in Abel of Beth-maachah, 
 and they cast up a bank against 
 the city, and it stood in the 
 trench : and all the people that 
 were with Joab battered the 
 wall, to throw it down. 
 
 16 IT Then cried a wise woman 
 out of the city. Hear, hear ; say, 
 I pray you, unto Joab, Come 
 near hither, that I may speak 
 with thee. 
 
 17 And when he was come near 
 unto her, the woman said, Art 
 thou Joab? And he answered, 
 I am he. Then she said unto 
 him, Hear the words of thiue 
 handmaid. And he answered, I 
 do hear. 
 
 18 Then she spake, saying, 
 They were wont to speak in old 
 time, saying. They shall surely 
 ask counsel at Abel: and so 
 they ended the matter. 
 
 19 I am one of them that are 
 peaceable and faithful in Is- 
 rael : thou seekest to destroy a 
 city and a mother in Israel : 
 why wilt thou swallow up the 
 mheritance of the Lord? 
 
 20 And Joab answered and 
 said. Far be it, far be it from 
 me, that I should swallow up 
 or destroy. 
 
 S3 
 
S'/vM ofSaurs II. SAMUEL, XXI. 9oiis are hauj. ./ 
 
 *2l The matter is not so: but 3 WhcR'fore David wiid iihu* 
 mail of iiiouiit riiihmim. She- '. ih^' (tiln'onileH, What hIuiII I do 
 
 l)a the 8(>n of JJuliri hy naiae, 
 h.ath liftod up liis hand aKaiiift 
 tho killer, even niraiust David: 
 (l.'liver hiia only, and I will 
 depart from the (ity. And the 
 woman Riid inito Joab, liehold, 
 his head Blrnll be tliruwu to thee 
 ov« r the wall. 
 
 22 Then the woman went un- 
 t» all the i>eoi»le in Ikt wisdom. 
 
 tor youV and wheivN^ith Khali 
 I make the atonement, that ve 
 may l)le»8 the inheritance of the 
 1-nm.? 
 
 4 And the GfU'oniteB paid ur.- 
 to him, We will liave no nilver 
 nor ^'old of Saul, nor (»f his 
 house ; neither for v.p shalt thou 
 kill any nuin in Israel. And he 
 Niid, What ye bliAll eay, thai 
 
 And they cut otf the liead of will I do f»)r you. 
 
 Sheba the Fon of Biehri, and 
 fust it out to Joab. And he j 
 Mew a trumpet, and they re- 
 tired from the city, <*veiy man 
 to hi^ tent. And .h^ii\) relumed 
 ti> Jerusalem mito the kin^. 
 2'.) * Now Joab was over all 
 
 T) And they answered the kinp. 
 The man that consumed us. and 
 that deviled n?ain.«it us that we 
 should be destroyed from re- 
 maining in any of the coaets of 
 Israel, 
 
 Let seven men of his soius liO 
 
 the host of Ismel: and Ik'uaiaii delivered unto us, jmd we will 
 
 tlie son t>f Jehoiada was over 
 the Cherethites and over the 
 Pvlethites : 
 
 24 And Adorain tens over the 
 tribute: and Jehoshaiihat the 
 son of Aliilud tvas recorder: 
 'J") And Sheva was srril>e : and 
 Zailt.k and Abiathar were the 
 l.riehts : 
 
 2') And L-a also the Jairitc was 
 ;• chief nder about David 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 77k' three years' f nut dw for the Gi~ 
 U.ouifPH censeth, hy hniifjing ffven 
 t' !yinl'8 soits. 10 liizpah's kiml- 
 /• •«« foi'o the dead. 12 Dur'id bu. 
 rirdi the houes of Sud and Jonn. 
 tltiin in his father' ft nfpidrhre. 15 
 ronr battles ng uu»t the I*hilinfiurs, 
 irhcreln foiti' vuliuHfs of David tiny 
 fonr gianfs. 
 
 rnHEN" there wa« a famine 
 -L iu tlie days of David three 
 years, year after year ; and Da- 
 
 hang them up unto the L(»i:n in 
 ! (iiijeah of Saul, irhoni the IjiLD 
 I did choose. And the king said, 
 I will give them. 
 
 I 7 I hit the king spared Meohi- 
 I bosheth, the (HAi of Jonathan 
 the son of Said, because of the 
 i Lom/s oath that icas l>etween 
 I them, Ixtween David and Jo- 
 nathan the son of Saul. 
 8 But the king took the two 
 sons of IJizpah the daughter of 
 Aiah,whom she bare luito Saul, 
 Ann(»ni and Mephibosheth ; 
 and the five sons of Michal the 
 diuigliter of Saul, whom she 
 bronglit up for Adriel the son 
 of liar/illai the Meholathite : 
 And he delivered them into 
 the hands of the Gibeonites, and 
 they hanged them in the hill be- 
 fore the Lord : and they fell all 
 seven together, and were put to 
 
 \\d enquired of the Lord. And ^ death in the days of harvest, in 
 the Lord answered, It is fori the first days, in the begmning 
 Said, and for his bloody house, of barley harvest. 
 
 because he slew the Gibeonites. 
 2 And the king called the Gi- 
 
 10 % And Rizijah the daugh- 
 ter of Aiah took sackcloth, and 
 
 beonites, and said unto them ; spread it for her upon the rock, 
 (now the Gibeonites icere not of, from the beginning of harvest 
 the children of Israel, but of the ; until water dropped upon them 
 remnant of the Amorites ; and ^ out of heaven, and suflered nei- 
 the cliildren of Israel had sworn | ther the birds of the air to rest 
 liufo them: and Saul sought ' on them by day, nor the beasts 
 to slay them in his zeal to the of the field by night, 
 children of Israel and Judah.) I 11 And it was told David what 
 
Four giants 
 
 II. SAMUEL, XXII. 
 
 are BhriK 
 
 Rizpah the daughter of Akh, 
 the concubine of ^ul, had 
 done. 
 
 12 ^ And David went and took 
 the bones of Saul and the bones 
 of Jonathan his son from the 
 men of Jabesh-gilead, which had 
 stolen them from the street of 
 Beth-shan, where the Philistines 
 hadlianged them, when the Plii- 
 listines had slain Saul in Gil- 
 boa: 
 
 13 And he brought up from 
 thence the bones of Saul and 
 the bones of Jonathan his son ; 
 and they gathered the bones of 
 them that were hanged. 
 
 14 And the bones of Saul and 
 Jonathan his son buried they 
 in the countiy of Benjamin in 
 
 ' Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish 
 his father : and they performed 
 all that the Iring commanded. 
 And after that God was in treat- 
 ed for the land. 
 
 15 ^ Moreover the Pliilistines 
 ' had yet war again with Israel ; 
 ( and Da^dd went down, and his 
 
 servants with him, and fought 
 against the Phihstines : and Da- 
 vid waxed faint. 
 
 16 And Ishbi-benob, which was 
 of the sons of the giant, the 
 vv^eight of whose spear zceighed 
 three hundi-ed shekels of brass 
 in weight, he being girded vritli 
 a new sword, thought to have 
 slain David. 
 
 17 But Abishai the son of Ze- 
 ruiah succoured hini, and smote 
 the Philistme, and killed him. 
 Then the men of David sware 
 
 I imto him, saymg, Thou shalt go 
 ! no more out with us to battle, 
 
 that thou quench not the light 
 
 of Israel. 
 
 18 A.nd it came to pass after 
 this, that there was again a bat- 
 
 t tie vrith the Philistines at Gob : 
 then Sibbechai the Kushathite 
 slew Saph, which was of the 
 sons of the giant. 
 
 19 And there was again a 
 battle in Gob with the Pliilis- 
 tines, where Elhanan the son of 
 Jaare-oregini, a Beth-lehemite, 
 slew the brother c?/' Goliath the 
 
 I Gittite, tho st-afF of vrhose spear 
 was like a weaver's beam. 
 
 20 And there was 5'et a battle 
 in Gath, where was a man of 
 
 I great stature, that had on every 
 I hand six fingers, and on every 
 I foot six toes, four and twenty in 
 ' number ; and he also was borii 
 to the giant. 
 
 21 iVnd when he defied Israel, 
 Jonathan the son of Shimeali 
 the brother of David slew him. 
 
 22 These four were bom to the 
 giant in Gath, and fell by the 
 hand of David, and by the hand 
 of his servants. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIL 
 A psalm of fhanlsgiving for GofVa 
 2>oicerf(d delii'crcmcc, and manifold 
 blessings. 
 
 AND Da.vid spake unto tlie 
 _ LoED the words of this song 
 in the day that the Lord lia<i 
 delivered him out of the liand 
 of all his enemies, and out of 
 the hand of Saul : 
 
 2 And he said, The Lord is my 
 rock, and my fortress, and my 
 deliverer ; 
 
 3 The God of my rock: in him 
 will I trust: he is my shield, 
 and the honi of my salvation, 
 my high tovrer, and my refuge, 
 my saviom'; thou savest me 
 from violence. 
 
 4 I will call on the Lokd, tvho 
 is worthy to be praised : so shall 
 I be saved from mine enemies. 
 
 5 ^\Tien the waves of death 
 compassed me, the floods of un- 
 godly men made me afraid ; 
 
 6 The sorrows of hell compass- 
 ed me about ; the snares of death 
 prevented me ; 
 
 7 In my distress I called up^u 
 the IjOSD, and cried to my God : 
 and he did hear my voice out of 
 his temple, and my cry did en- 
 ter into his ears. 
 
 8 Then the earth sliook and 
 trembled; the fomulations of 
 heaven moved and shook, be- 
 cause he was wroth. 
 
 9 There went up a smoke out 
 of his nostrils, and fire out of 
 his mouth devoiu'ed : coals were 
 kindled by it. 
 
A pfithu of 
 
 in He bowed the heavens also, 
 rin<l oam3 down; and darknes** 
 frrr.s under his feet. 
 
 11 And lie rode uihju a rhernl:), 
 and did fly: and he was Keen 
 upon the win^^s of the wind. 
 
 12 And he nuule daiknet?s pa- 
 vilions round about him, dark 
 water's, and thick clouds of the 
 s!cie'«i, 
 
 r.i Through the brifJchtncBS be- 
 i' n<* him were coals of fire kin- 
 dled. 
 
 14 The Lr»i:n thundered from 
 hcoven, and the most lli;;h ut- 
 t«*red his voice. 
 
 15 And he sent out arrows, and 
 scattered tlicm ; liL'htning, and 
 di«romtited them. 
 
 ih And th(,' cliannels of the sea 
 -ippeared, tlR' foundations of the 
 
 II. SAMUEL, XXII. tJiaiikming M 
 
 the npriprht man thou wilt shew 
 thys<'lf nidi^dit. 
 
 27 With the pure thou wilt 
 shew thyself pure; and witli 
 the frowaRl thou wilt shew thy- 
 self unsavourj'. 
 
 28 And the afflicted people 
 thou wilt Rave: but thine eves 
 are upon the luiughty, that 
 thou niiiyest biinj.' them down. 
 
 *2^.^ For thou art my lamp, () 
 liORo: and the Louu will 
 liirhti'u mv darkness. 
 
 3<J For by thee I liave run 
 throu^di a tro<.ip: by my Go<l 
 have I leaped over a wall. 
 
 31 As for (lod, his way is i)er- 
 fect; the W(jrd of the L(>RU is 
 tried : he is a buckler to all 
 them that trust in him. 
 
 32 For wh(j is God, save the 
 
 worl<l were discovered, at the re- j L(»ri)? and who is a rock, save 
 bukini,^ of the Lori>, at the bhist ' our G(xl? 
 
 ;>}the bi-eath of his nostrili 
 i~ \ht sent from above, he took 
 
 la"; he drew me out of many 
 
 water- ; 
 f>^ He delivered me from my 
 
 33 God is my strength ami 
 power : and he maketh my way 
 ix'ifect. 
 
 34 He maketh my feet like 
 h\\\^h^' feet : and setteth me up- 
 
 stiong enemy, and from them I on mv high j daces. 
 
 tliat hate<.l me: for they were 
 too strong for me. 
 
 11) They prevented me in the 
 dny of my calamity: but the 
 LoKo was my stay. 
 
 2t) He brought me forth also 
 into a large place : he delivered 
 mo, because lie delighted in me. 
 
 21 The Lord rewarded me ac- 
 cording to my righteousness : ac- 
 cording to the cleanness of my 
 hands hath he recom))ensed me. 
 
 22 For I have kept the ways of 
 the Lord, and have not wick- 
 edly departed from my God. 
 
 23 For all his judgments tvere 
 l>efore me : and as for his sta- 
 tutes, I did not depart from 
 them. 
 
 24 1 was also upright before 
 him, and have kept myself from 
 mine iniqnitj'. 
 
 25 Therefore the Lord hath re- 
 compensed me according to my 
 lighteousness \ according to my 
 cleanness in his ej-e sight. 
 
 26 \Mth the merciful thou wilt 
 <l\ew thyself mercifulj a»f/ with 
 
 3;"i lie teacheth my hands to 
 war; so that a bow of steel is 
 broken by mine anns. 
 
 3(j Thou hast also given me 
 the sliield of tliy salvation : and 
 thy gentleness hath made me 
 great. 
 
 37 Thou hast enlarged my 
 steps under me; 80 that my 
 feet did not slip. 
 
 38 I have pursued mine ene- 
 mies, and destroyed them ; and 
 tnmed not again until I had 
 consumed them. 
 
 39 And I have consumed them, 
 and wounded them, that they 
 conid not arise : yea, they are 
 fallen under my feet. 
 
 40 For thou hast girded me 
 \\'ith strength to battle : them 
 that rose up against me hast 
 thou subdued under me. 
 
 41 Thou hast also given me 
 the necks of mine enemies, that 
 I might destroy them that hate 
 me. 
 
 42 They looked, but there was 
 none to save; even unto the 
 
God's ddwemnce. II. SAMUEL, XXIII. JDavids miohtyiiieii. 
 
 LoKD, but he answered them 
 not. 
 
 43 Then did I beat them as 
 small as the dust of the earth, 
 I did stamp them as the mire of 
 the street, and did spread them 
 abroad. 
 
 44 Thou also hast delivered me 
 from the strivuigs of my people, 
 thou hast kept me to be head of 
 the heathen : a people which I 
 knew not shall serve me._ 
 
 45 Strangers shall submit them- 
 selves imto me : as soon as they 
 hear, they shall be obedient mi- 
 to me. 
 
 46 Stiangers shall fade away, 
 and they shall be afraid out of 
 their close places. 
 
 47 The LoKD liveth ; and bless- 
 ed be my rock ; and exalted be 
 the God of the rock of my sal- 
 vation. 
 
 48 It is God that avenge th me, 
 and that bringeth down the peo- 
 ple under me, 
 
 49 And that bringeth me forth 
 from mine enemies: thou also 
 hast hfted me up on high above 
 them that rose up against me : 
 thou hast delivered me from the 
 violent man. 
 
 50 Therefore I will give thanks 
 unto thee, O Loed, among the 
 heathen, and I will sing praises 
 unto thy name. 
 
 51 He is the tower of salvation 
 for his king : and sheweth mercy 
 to his anointed, unto David, and 
 to his seed for evermore. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 
 1 David, in his last ivords, professetli 
 his faith in God's promises to be 
 beyond sense oi' experience. 6 Tlie 
 different state of the u'icl-ed. 8 A 
 catalogue of David's mighty men. 
 "VTOW these he the last words 
 Xi of David. David the son 
 of Jesse said, and the man who 
 tvas raised up on high, the an- 
 ointed of the God of Jacob, and 
 the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 
 
 2 The Spirit of the Lord spake 
 by me, and his word was in my 
 tongue. 
 
 3 The God of Israel said, the 
 Kock of Israel spake to me, He 
 
 that ruleth over men must be 
 Just, ruling m the fear of God. 
 
 4 And he shall be as the light 
 of the morning, 2vhen the sun 
 riseth, even a mornmg without 
 clouds; as the tender grass 
 springing out of the earth by 
 clear shining after rain. 
 
 5 Although my house be not so 
 with God; yet he hath made 
 with me an everlasting coA'^e- 
 nant, ordered in all things, and 
 sure: for this is all my salva- 
 tion, and all mp desire, although 
 he make it not to grow. 
 
 6 ^ But the sons of Belial shali 
 be all of them as thorns thrust 
 away, because they cannot be 
 taken with hands : 
 
 7 But the man that shall touch 
 them must be fenced with iron 
 and the staff of a spear; and 
 they shall be utterly burned 
 with fire in the same place. 
 
 8 H These be the names of the 
 mighty men whom David had : 
 The Tachmonite that sat in the 
 seat, chief among the captains ; 
 the same wa^' Adino the Eznite : 
 he lift up his spear against eight 
 hundred, whom he slew at one 
 time. 
 
 9 And after him wa^ Eleazar 
 the son of Dodo the Ahohite, 
 one of the three mighty men 
 with David, when they defied 
 the Philistines that were there 
 gathered together to battle, and 
 the men of Israel were gone a- 
 way : 
 
 10 He arose, and smote the 
 Philistines until his hand was 
 weary, and his hand clave un- 
 to the sword: and the Lord 
 wrought a great victoiy that 
 day; and the people returned 
 after him only to spoil. 
 
 11 And after him was Sham- 
 mah the son of Agee the Ha- 
 rarite. And the Philistines were 
 gathered together into a troop, 
 where was a piece of ground 
 full of lentiles : and the people 
 fled from the Philistines. 
 
 12 But he stood in the midst 
 of the ground, and defended it, 
 and slew the Philistines: and 
 
A cntnlogvp <j 
 
 11. SA^RT.L, XXIII. DaruTt inhhtu : 
 
 tliL' LoBD wrought a gitiat vio- 
 
 t«.ry. 
 
 13 And tliree of the thirty 
 chief wriit down, and mma U> 
 David in tlu' li.irvi'^t time nnU) 
 the cave cf A(hillain : and th<* 
 \UH)\) of the rhili»itincs |tit(]ie<l 
 in tlie valley of Hc'iiliaini. 
 
 14 And David trris tln*n in nn 
 linld, ai.d the parri^on of tlie 
 i'hilistines tcaa tlien in Beth- 
 hht-ni. 
 
 1") And David lontred, and 
 w»id. Oil tliat one wonld pive 
 nie drink ol' the ^vat^•r of thy 
 well <»f Beth-leheni, whicli Ls 
 hy thM-uti.! 
 
 h\ And the three mi?hty men 
 brakr throuirh the luwt of the 
 Philistines, and dn'W water out 
 
 22 Thcpo thinffs did Ik*naiah 
 tlie Hon of .lelnjiada, an<l liad 
 tlie name among three mighty 
 men. 
 
 'X>\ He wan more lionom-ahle 
 than tin* thirty, hut lie attained 
 not to Xhv first three. And Da- 
 vid net him over liu< jruard. 
 
 24 Asidu'l the hmther of Joab 
 was one <.f the thirtv ; Elluman 
 the mw of D(k1() of Ik*th-lehem, 
 
 *J") Shamniah the HanKlite, 
 Elika thr HanHlite, 
 
 2<; Ilelrz the I'altite, Ini the 
 8on of Ikkesh the Tekoite, 
 
 27 Al.iezer the Amthothite, 
 Mfliumiai the Hushathite, 
 
 2.'^ /alnion the Ahohite, ^^la- 
 harai th<* Ni'tophathite, 
 
 2*.» Ileleh the S4.n of Rinnah, 
 
 of the wfll of ll'th-leliem, that a Nctopliathit**. Ittai the Hon oj* 
 teas by the ^'ate, and took »7, Kihai out of (iiln^ah of tlie chil- 
 and brought it to David: ne- j dnn of li<*nianiin, 
 vertheless he would not drink ! IV) R-naiali the Pirathonite, 
 then'of, but poured it out imto| Iliddai <»f the bn^)k*< of (Jaash 
 
 the Loiu 
 
 17 And he paid, B<* it far fif)n 
 nie, O Loui», that I sliould d 
 
 this: is Jiot this the blucnl of j the f^ons of Ja.shen. Jonathan^ 
 the men that went in jeopardy of '** "^^ ^ ^ " ' 
 
 their lives ? therefoi-e he wonld 
 not drink it. These things did 
 thcpc three miirhty men 
 
 :U Abi-albon tli«.' Arbathitc, 
 
 \zmaveth the narhumite, 
 
 '.^2 Kliahba th<- Shaallx>nite, of 
 
 11- 1 ^ 
 
 S5 Sharamali the Harante, 
 
 Ahiam the son of Sharar tlie 
 
 Hararite. 
 'M Elii.helet the son of Ahai?- 
 
 18 And Abishai, tlie brother of bai, the son of the Maachathite, 
 
 Joab, the son of Zeniiah, was 
 chief among three. And he lift- 
 ed np his spear ag-ainst three 
 hundred, and slew them, and 
 had the name among three. 
 
 19 AVas he not most honour- 
 able of three ? therefore he was 
 their captain: howlxjit he at- 
 tained not unto the Jirst tliree. 
 
 20 And Benaiah the son of 
 Jehoiada, tlie son of a valiant 
 man, of Kabzeel, v.'ho had done 
 many acts, he slew two lionlike 
 men of Moab : lie went down 
 also and slew a lion m the midst 
 of a pit m time of snow : 
 
 21 And he slew an Egyptian, a 
 goodly man : and the Egyptian 
 had a spear in his hand ; but he 
 went down to him with a staff, 
 and plucked the spear out of the 
 Egyptian's hand, and slew him 
 with his own spear. 
 
 Eliam the son of Ahitho[»hel 
 the (iilonite, 
 
 *i5 Hezrai the Cuniiolite, Paa- 
 rai the Arbite, 
 
 3!) Igal the son of Nathan of 
 Zobali, Raid the Gadite, 
 
 37 Zelek the Ammonite, Na- 
 hari the Beerothite, armour- 
 bearer to Joab the eon of Ze- 
 nn'ah, 
 
 38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an 
 Ithrite, 
 
 30 Unah the Hittite: thirty 
 
 and seven in all. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 1 Dncid, tempted hjj Satan, forcpth 
 Joab to number the people, r* The 
 cajjtainft, in nine mouths and twen- 
 ty dayf, bring the invster of thirteen 
 hundred thoumwlfidhting men. 10 
 David, having three plagues pro- 
 poumled by Gad, repenteth, and 
 ehooseth the three days' pestilence, 
 15 After tlie death of threescore and 
 
DavicVs sin in 
 
 (en thousayid, David hy repentance 
 preventcth the destruction of Jeru- 
 salem. 18 David, hy Gad's direc- 
 tion, purchascth Arannah's thresh- 
 ing floor ; ivhere having sacrificed, 
 the plague stayeth. 
 A ND agaiii the anger of the 
 jl\. Losd was kindled against 
 Israel, and he moved David a- 
 gainst them to saj-, Go, num- 
 ber Israel and Judah. 
 
 2 For the king said to Joab the 
 captiiin of the host, wiiich ivas 
 with him, Go now tluough all 
 the tribes of Israel, from Dan 
 even to Beer-sheba, and nimiber 
 ye the people, that I may know 
 the number of the people. 
 
 3 And Joab said unto the kuig, 
 Now the LoED thy G od add un- 
 to the people, ho^' many soever 
 they be, an hundredfold, and 
 that the eyes of my lord the 
 king may see it : but why doth 
 my lord the king delight in this 
 thing ? 
 
 4 Notwitlistanding the long's 
 word prevailed agauist Joab, 
 and against the captams of the 
 host. And Joab and the cap- 
 tains of the host went out from 
 the presence of the king, to 
 number the people of Israel. 
 
 5 H And they passed over Jor- 
 dan, and pitched in Aroer, on 
 the right side of the city that 
 lieth in the midst of the river 
 of Gad, and toward Jazer : 
 
 6 Then they came to Gilead, 
 and to the land of Tahtim-hod- 
 shi ; and they came to Dan-jaan, 
 and about to Zidon, 
 
 7 And came to the strong hold 
 of TjTe, and to all the cities of 
 the Hi^ltes, and of the Canaan- 
 ites : and they went out to the 
 south of Judah, even to Beer- 
 sheba. 
 
 8 So when thej^ had gone 
 through all the land, they came 
 to Jerusalem at the end of nine 
 months and twenty days. 
 
 9 And Joab gave up the sum 
 of the number of the people 
 unto the king : and there were 
 in Israel eight hundred thou- 
 sand valiant men that drew the 
 sword; and the men of Judah 
 
 II. SAlVrUEL, XXIY. nuniberino Israel 
 
 tvere five hundred thousand 
 men. 
 
 10 % And David's heart smote 
 him after that he had number- 
 ed the people. And David said 
 unto the Lord, I have sinned 
 greatly in that I have done : and 
 now, I beseech thee, Lord, 
 take away the iniquity of thy 
 servant ; for I have done very 
 foolishly. 
 
 11 For when David was up in 
 the moinuig, the word of the 
 Lord came unto the prophet 
 Gad, David's seer, saying, 
 
 12 Go and say mito David, 
 Thus saith the Lord, I ofler 
 thee three things ; choose thee 
 one of them, that I may do it 
 xmto thee. 
 
 13 So Gad came to David, and 
 told liim, and said unto him, 
 Shall seven years of famine 
 come imto thee in thy land? or 
 vvilt thou flee three months be- 
 fore thine enemies, while they 
 pm'sue thee? or that there be 
 three ckiys' pestilence in thy 
 land ? now advise, and see what 
 answer I shall return to him 
 that sent me. 
 
 14 And David said unto Gad, 
 I am in a great strait : let us fall 
 now into the hand of the Lord ; 
 for his mercies «r^ great: and 
 let me not fall into the hand of 
 man. 
 
 15 IF So the Lord sent a pes- 
 tilence upon Israel from the 
 morning even to the time ap- 
 pointed : and there died of the 
 people from Dan even to Beer- 
 sheba seventy thousand men. 
 
 16 And Avhen the angel stretch- 
 ed out his hand upon Jerusa- 
 lem to destroy it, the Lord re- 
 pented him of the evil, and said 
 to the angel that destroyed the 
 people, It is enough : stay now 
 thine hand. And the angel of 
 the Lord was by the threshing- 
 place of Araunah the Jebusite. 
 
 17 And Da\id spake unto the 
 Lord when he saw the angel 
 that smote the people, and said, 
 Lo, I have sinned, and I have 
 done wickedly : but these sheep, 
 
.AraimaKs o^iercms II. SAMUEL, XXIV. qffer to Varul 
 
 wliat have they done ? l«^t thine tiike and ofTer up what geemeth 
 liand, I j>niy tlitf, l>e«irninPtme, p<j(>d unto liini : U*liold, here 
 and ajranifit my latherV hoiiw*. j be ox<*n for burnt wi<riH(i\ and 
 
 18 *! And (Jad came tluit day thn^shinp inntrimientFand fither 
 to David, and said unto him, inKtnimenta of the o\v)\ 1< r 
 Go up^ ixar an altar unto the ! w<K»d. 
 
 Ix)Bi» ni the t)ireHhinK'^tl(Xjr of: 21K\n tlie«»e things did Arnu- 
 Araunali the .TeVjusite. | iiah, as a kinp, pive unto thr 
 
 19 And David, a<-cordinp to the ' kinp. And Amunah Kai«l unto 
 Rayinp of Gad, went up a* tlie tlie kinjr, The Loki» tli\ (i««] 
 LoRi» romman«lr*d. , ampt tiiee. 
 
 2<J And Annniali looked, and 24 And th«' kinp wiid ui.i«» A- 
 Haw the kinir and his wnants raunah, Nav ; V)Ut I will wimly 
 coming on t4»ward hiin : nn(l buy i7 ()f thee at a pri<t* : nei- 
 
 Araunah wont out, and l>ow«'d 
 himwlf Ix-fore the king on his 
 face uiK)n tlie ?n)und. 
 21 And Araunah paid, Wliere- 
 fore in my lonl the king eoine 
 to his 8iT\ ant V And I )avid said. 
 To buy th** t]ireshiii^fl»)or of 
 thee, to build an altar unto tlie 
 Lord, that the pla;rue may Ix' 
 stayed fn>m the i^Miple. 
 
 ther will I oiler burnt off* riiipK 
 unto the LoRU my Clod of that 
 which doth ami me n(<tliiij^r. 
 So David l>ouffht the threhhint- 
 floor and the oxen for lifty slie- 
 kcls of silver, 
 
 2.") And David built there an 
 altar unto the LoRi», and «»f- 
 fea*d bunit offerinps and peace 
 ijffcrinirs. So the LoRi> was in- 
 
 22 And Araunah sjiid unto tR-atcd for the land, and the 
 David, Let my Innl the king plague was Btayed from Israel. 
 
 THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS, 
 
 COMMONLY CALLED, 
 
 THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Ahi$hng rherinhfth David i.j hin 
 extreme age. 5 Adonijnh, DaviiVi 
 ilnrUug, uxiirpe/h the kingdom. 11 
 By the coiinf(*-l of Nathan, 15 Buth- 
 tJieba mov< th the king, 2:2 aiul Xa- 
 than fuiumlfth her. 28 David re- 
 uftreth hlx fMith to BathshelMi. 32 
 Solomon, hft Ihtrid's nppfnninx/'nt, 
 ht^ina anointed king by AaAok and 
 Xathnn, the p^ojAe trinmpfi. 41 
 Jonathan bringing these neicn, A- 
 donijuh's gnfstts fly. .'0 Adonijah, 
 flying to the horan of the altar, up- 
 on his good behaviour is dismissed 
 by Solomon. 
 
 NOW Idng Da\'id was old 
 and stricken in years ; and 
 they covered him with clothes, 
 but he gat no heat. 
 
 2 Wherefore his senants said 
 imto him. Let there be wught 
 for my lord the king a young 
 \Trgin : and let her stand before 
 the king, and let her cherish 
 liim, and let her lie in thy bo- 
 
 som, that my lord the king may 
 get heat. 
 
 3 So they sought ff»r a iair 
 damsel throughout all the coasts 
 of Israel, and found Abisha'^ a 
 Shunammite, and brought her 
 to the king. 
 
 4 And the damsel tras vtr>- 
 fair, and cherished the king, 
 and ministered to him : but tlie 
 king knew her not. 
 
 5 •' Then Adonijah the son of 
 Haggith exalted himself, saying. 
 I will be king : and he prepai-ed 
 him chariote and horsemen, a];d 
 fift>^ men to run before him. 
 
 6 And his father had not dis- 
 pleased him at any time in f-ay- 
 ing. Why hast thou done ^o? 
 and he also was a verj^ goodly 
 man ; and his mother bare him 
 after Absalom. 
 
 7 And he conferred with Joab 
 the son of Zeruiah, and witli 
 
Xcdimn's adcice 
 
 I. KINGS, I. 
 
 to Bath-skeba. 
 
 Abiatliar the priest: and they 
 t'^llowing Adonijah helped him. 
 
 8 But Zadok the priest, and 
 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, 
 and Nathan the prophet, and 
 Shimei, and Eei, and the migh- 
 ty men which belonged to Da- 
 vid, were not with Adonijah. 
 
 9 And Adonijah slew sheep 
 and oxen and fat cattle by the 
 stone of Zoheleth, wliich is by 
 En-rogel, and called all his 
 brethren the Idng's sons, and 
 all the men of Judah the king's 
 seiTants : 
 
 10 But Nathan the prophet, 
 and Benaiah, and the mighty 
 men, and Solomon his brother, 
 he called not. 
 
 11 If Wherefore Nathan spake 
 unto Bath-sheba the mother of 
 Solomon, saying, Hast thou not 
 heard that Adonijah the son of 
 Haggith doth reign, and Dayicl 
 our lord knoweth it not ? 
 
 12 NoAV therefore come, let me, 
 I pray thee, give thee counsel, 
 that thou mayest save thine 
 own life, and the life of thy son 
 Solomon. 
 
 13 Go and get thee in unto Idng 
 David, and say unto him, Didst 
 not thou, my lord, Oking, swear 
 unto thine handmaid, saying, 
 Assuredly Solomon thy son 
 shall reign after me, and he 
 shall sit upon my throne ? why 
 then doth Adonijah reign ? 
 
 14 Behold, while thou yet talk- 
 est there with the king, I also 
 will come m after thee, and 
 confirm thy words. 
 
 15 IF And Bath-sheba went in 
 unto the king into the chamber : 
 and the king was very old ; and 
 Abishag the Shunammite mi- 
 nistered unto the Idng. 
 
 16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and 
 did obeisance unto the king. 
 And the \uiig said. What would- 
 est thou ? 
 
 17 And she said unto him, My 
 lord, thou swarest by the Lord 
 
 vthy God unto thine handmaid, 
 saying, Assm-edly Solomon thy 
 son shall reign after me, and he 
 .^all sit upon my throne. 
 
 18 And now, behold, Adonijah 
 reigneth ; and now, my lord the 
 king, thou knowest it not : 
 
 19 And he hath slain oxen and 
 fat cattle and sheep in abun- 
 dance, and hath called all the 
 sons of the king, and Abiatliar 
 the priest, and Jcab the captain 
 of the host : but Solomon thy 
 servant hath he not called. 
 
 20 And thou, my lord, O kiug, 
 the eyes of all Israel are upon 
 thee, that thou shculdest tell 
 them who shall sit on the throne 
 of my lord the Idng after him. 
 
 21 Otherw'ise it shall come to 
 pass, when my lord the king 
 shall sleep with his fathers, that 
 I and my son Solomon shall be 
 counted offenders. 
 
 22 ^And, lo, while she yet 
 talked with the Idng, Nathan 
 the prophet also came in. 
 
 23 And they told the Idng, say- 
 ing, Behold Nathan the prophet. 
 And when he was come in be- 
 fore the Idng, he bowed himself 
 before the Idng with his face to 
 the ground. 
 
 24 And Nathan said, My lord, 
 O king, hast thou said, Adonijali 
 shall reign after me, and he 
 shall sit upon my throne ? 
 
 25 For he is gone down this 
 day, and hath slain oxen and 
 fat cattle and sheep in abun- 
 dance, and hath called all the 
 Idng's sons, and the captains 
 of the host, and Abiathar the 
 priest; and, behold, they eat 
 and diink before him, and say, 
 God save Idng Adonijah. 
 
 26 But me, even me thy ser- 
 vant, and Zadok the priest, and 
 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, 
 and thy sen^ant Solomon, hath 
 he not called. 
 
 27 Is this thing done by my 
 lord the king, and thou hast not 
 shewed it unto thy servant, who 
 should sit on the tin-one of my 
 lord the Idng after him ? 
 
 28 IF Then king David answer- 
 ed and said, Call me Bath-sheba. 
 And she came into the king's 
 presence, and stood before the 
 king. 
 
David m(di'eOi 
 
 I. KINGS. I. 
 
 Solomon king. 
 
 29 And the king sware, and 
 said, ^.v the Loud livetli, that 
 hath redeemed my buul out of 
 all distress, 
 
 30 Even as I sware mi to thee 
 by the Lord God of Israel, say- 
 ing, Assuredly Solomon thy son 
 shall reign after me, and he 
 shall sit upon my throne in my 
 stead; rven so will 1 ceitiiiidy 
 do this day. 
 
 \M Then Bath-sheba Ixiwed 
 with Jier face to the earth, and 
 did reverence to the king, and 
 said, Let my lord king David 
 live lor ever. 
 
 32 • And kini; David «<aid,Call 
 mo Zadok the i)riest, and Na- 
 than the proiihet, and Benaiah 
 the son of Jehoiada. And they 
 came l)efore the king. 
 
 ;53 The king also said unto 
 them, Take witli you tlu; ser- 
 vants of your lord, and cause 
 Solomon my son to ride uiK>n 
 
 nacle, and anointed Solomon. 
 And they blew the trumpet: 
 and all the i>eoi>le siud, CJoq 
 save king Solomon. 
 
 40 An<l all the i>eoi)le came up 
 after him, and the i)eople piped 
 with piin's, and rejoiced with 
 great joy, so that the earth rent 
 with the sound of them. 
 
 41 •; And Adonijah and all the 
 guests that were with him heaid 
 it as they had made an end oi 
 eating. And when .Joab heard 
 the sound of the trumi>et, he 
 said, Wherelore is this noise oi 
 the city l>ehig in an uproar? 
 
 4*2 And while he. vet sjiake, 
 Udiold, Jonathan the son o: 
 Abiatliar the priest came : and 
 Adonijah said \nito him. Come 
 in ; for thou art a valiant man, 
 and bringest g(Mxl tidings. 
 
 43 And Jonathan answered and 
 said to Adonijah, Verily our lord 
 king David hath made Solo- 
 
 mine own mule, and bring lum j m<m khig. 
 down to (iihon : I 44 And the king hath sent 
 
 :34 And let Zadok the priest with him Zadok the priest, and 
 and Nathan the prophet anoint Nathan the prophet, and Be- 
 him there king over Isniel : and naiah the son of Jehoiada, and 
 blow ye with the trumpet, and the Cherethites, and the l*ei 
 
 say, God save king S<^)lomon. 
 3o Then ye shall come up af- 
 ter him, that he may come and 
 sit upon my throne ; for he shall 
 be king in my stead : and I 
 
 lethites, and they liave caus- 
 ed liim to ride upon the king'i 
 mule : _ 
 
 45 And Zadok the priest and 
 Nathan the proi)het have an- 
 
 \\dL\e appointed him to be mler j ointed him king in Gihon : and 
 over Israel and over Judah. i they are come up from thenc 
 
 36 And Benaiah the son of Je- rejoicing, so that the city rauL 
 hoiada answered the king, and again. 1 his is the noise that ye 
 said. Amen : the Lord God of have heard, 
 my lord the king say so too. 4(5 And also Solomon sitteth 
 
 37 As the Lord hath been with on the throne of the kingdom, 
 
 my lord the king, even so be he 
 with Solomon, and make his 
 throne greater than the throne 
 of my lord king David. 
 
 38 So Zadok the priest, and 
 Nathan the prophet, and Be- 
 naiah the son of Jehoiada, and 
 the Cherethites, and the Pe- 
 lethites, w'ent do^ii, and caused 
 Solomon to ride upon king Da- 
 vid's mule, and brought him to 
 Gihon. 
 
 39 And Zadok the priest took 
 an liom of oil out of the taber- 
 
 47 And moreover the king's 
 sen ants came to bless our lord 
 king David, saying, God make 
 the name of Solomon better 
 than thy name, and make his 
 throne greater than thy throne. 
 And the king bowed himself 
 upon the bed. 
 
 48 And also thus said the king. 
 Blessed be the Lord God of 
 Israel, which hath given oiie to 
 sit on my throne this day, mine 
 eyes even seeing it. 
 
 49 And all the guests that were 
 
DavkVs last charge 
 
 I. KINGS, II. 
 
 to Solomon. 
 
 with Adonijah were afraid, and 
 rose up, and went every man 
 his way. 
 
 50 TAnd Adonijah feared be- 
 cause of Solomon, and arose, 
 and went, and caught hold on 
 the horns of the altar. 
 
 51 And it was told Solomon, 
 saying, Behold, Adonijah fear- 
 eth king Solomon: for, lo, he 
 hath caught hold on the homs 
 of the altar, saying. Let king 
 Solomon swear unto me to day 
 that he will not slay his servant 
 with the sword. 
 
 52 And Solomon said, If he 
 will shew himself a worthy man, 
 
 i there shall not an hair of him 
 I fall to the earth : but if v/icked- 
 I ness shall be found in him, he 
 i shall die. 
 
 53 So king Solomon sent, and 
 they brought him down from 
 the altar. And he came and 
 bowed himself to king Solo- 
 mon: and Solomon said unto 
 
 I him, Go to thine house. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 \ 1 David, having given a charge to 
 
 i Solomon, 3 of religiousness, 5 of 
 
 Jodb, 7 of Barzillai, 8 of Shimei, 
 
 10 dieth. 12 Solomon sncceedeth. 
 
 i 13 Adonijah, moving Bath-sheha to 
 
 sue nnto Solomon for Abishag, is 
 
 put to death. 26 Ahiaihar, having 
 
 Ms life given him, is depiHved of 
 
 the priesthood. 28 Joah fleeing to 
 
 the horns of the altar is there slain. 
 
 '■ 35 Benaiah is put in Joah's room, 
 
 and Zadoh in Ahiathar's. 36 Shi- 
 
 \ mei, confined to Jerusalem, by oc- 
 
 I casion of going thence to Gath, is 
 
 put to death. 
 
 I "VTOW the days of David drew 
 \±\ nigh that he should die; 
 and lie^ charged Solomon his 
 I son. saying, 
 
 2 I go the way of all the earth : 
 be thou strong therefore, and 
 shew thyself a man ; 
 
 3 And keep the charge of the 
 LoKD thy God, to wall?: in his 
 
 ii \vays, to keep his statutes, and 
 I his commandments, and his 
 judgrnents, and his testimonies, 
 as it is written in the law of Mo- 
 ses, that thou mayest prosper 
 J in all that thou doest, and whi- 
 !j thersoever thou tumest thyself: 
 
 4 That the Lord may continue 
 his word which he spake con- 
 cerning me, saying. If thy chil- 
 dren take heed to their way, to 
 walk before me in truth with 
 all their heart and with all their 
 soul, there shall not fail thee 
 (said he) a man on the throne 
 of Israel. 
 
 5 Moreover thou knowest also 
 what Joab the son of Zeruiah 
 did to me, and what he did to 
 the two captains of the hosts of 
 Israel, unto Abner the son of 
 Ner, and mito Amasa the son of 
 Jether, whom he slew, and shed 
 the blood of war in peace, and 
 put the blood of war upon his 
 girdle that was about his loins, 
 and in his shoes that were on 
 his feet. 
 
 6 Do therefore according to thy 
 wisdom, and let not his hoar 
 head go down to the grave in 
 peace. 
 
 7 But shew kindness unto the 
 sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, 
 and let them be of those that 
 eat at thy table : for so they 
 came to me when I fled because 
 of Absalom thy brother. 
 
 8 And, behold, thou hast mth 
 thee Shimei the son of Gera, a 
 Benjamite of Bahurim, which 
 cursed me with a grievous curse 
 in the day when I went to Ma- 
 hanaim : but he came down to 
 meet me at Jordan, and I sware 
 to him by the Lord, saying, I 
 will not put thee to death with 
 the sword. 
 
 9 Now therefore hold liim not 
 guiltless: for thou art a wise 
 man, and knowest what thou 
 oughtest to do unto him; but 
 his hoar head bring thou down 
 to the grave with blood. 
 
 10 So David slept with his 
 fathers, and was buried in the 
 city of David. 
 
 11 And the days that David 
 reigned over Israel were forty 
 years: seven years reigned he 
 in Hebron, and thirty and three 
 years reigned he in Jerusalem. 
 
 12 H Then sat Solomon upon 
 the throne of David Ws father ; 
 
Adonijah is 
 
 and his kingdom was establish- 
 ed greatly. 
 
 13 H And Adonijah the son of 
 Haggith came to Bath-sheba the 
 mother of Solomon. And she 
 said, Comest thou peaceably? 
 And he said, Peaceably. 
 
 14 He said moreover, I have 
 somewhat to say imto thee. And 
 
 , she said, Say on. 
 
 15 And he said. Thou Imowest 
 that the kingdom was mine, and 
 that all Israel set their faces 
 on me, that I should reign: 
 howbeit the kingdom is turned 
 about, and is become my bro- 
 ther's : for it was his from the 
 Lord. 
 
 16 And now I ask one petition 
 of thee, deny me not. And she 
 said unto him, Say on. 
 
 17 And he said. Speak, I pray 
 thee, unto Solomon the king, 
 (for he will not say thee nay,) 
 that he give me Abishag the 
 Shunammite to wife. 
 
 18 And Bath-sheba said, Well ; 
 I will speak for thee unto the 
 king. 
 
 19 IF Bath-sheba therefore went 
 unto king Solomon, to speak 
 unto him for Adonijah. And 
 the king rose up to meet her, 
 and bowed himself unto her, 
 and sat down on his throne, and 
 caused a seat to be set for the 
 king's mother; and she sat on 
 his right hand. 
 
 20 Then she said, I desire one 
 small petition of thee ; I pray 
 thee, say me not nay. And the 
 king said unto her. Ask on, my 
 mother : for I will not say thee 
 nay. 
 
 21 And she said. Let Abishag 
 the Shunammite be given to 
 Adonijah thy brother to wife. 
 
 22 And king Solomon answer- 
 ed and said unto his mother. 
 And why dost thou ask Abishag 
 the Shunammite for Adonijah ? 
 ask for him the kingdom also ; 
 for he is mine elder brother; 
 even for him, and for Abiathar 
 the priest, and for Joab the son 
 of Zeruiah. 
 
 23 Then king Solomon sware 
 
 I. KINGS, II. pnl to death. 
 
 by the Lord, saying, God do so 
 to me, and more also, if Adoni- 
 jah have not spoken this word 
 against his own life. 
 
 24 Now therefore, as the Lord 
 liveth, which hath established 
 me, and set me on the throne 
 of David my father, and who 
 hath made me an house, as he 
 promised, Adonijah shall be put 
 to death this day. 
 
 25 And Idng Solomon sent by 
 the hand of Benaiah the son of 
 Jehoiada ; and he fell upon him 
 that he died. 
 
 26 ^ And unto Abiathar the 
 priest said the king. Get thee 
 to Anathoth, imto thine own 
 fields ; for thou art worthy of 
 death: but I will not at this 
 time put thee to death, because 
 thou barest the ark of the Lord 
 God before David my father, 
 and because thou hast been af- 
 flicted in all wherein my father 
 was afliicted. 
 
 27 So Solomon thnist out A- 
 biathar from being priest unto 
 the Lord; that he might fulfil 
 the w^ord of the Lord, which 
 he spake concerning the house 
 ofEliinShiloh. 
 
 28 IT Then tidings came to 
 Joab: for Joab had turned af- 
 ter Adonijah, though he turned 
 not after Absalom. And Joab 
 fled unto the tabernacle of the 
 Lord, and caught hold on the 
 horns of the altar. 
 
 29 And it was told king Solo- 
 mon that Joab was fled unto the 
 tabernacle of the Lord; and, 
 behold, he is by the altar. Then 
 Solomon sent Benaiah the son 
 of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall 
 upon him. 
 
 30 And Benaiah came to the 
 tabernacle of the Lord, and said 
 unto him. Thus saith the king. 
 Come forth. And he said. Nay ; 
 but I will die here. And Be- 
 naiah brought the Idng; word a- 
 gain, saying, Thus said Joab, 
 and thus he answered me. 
 
 31 And the king said rmto him, 
 Do as he hath said, and fall 
 upon him, and bury him ; that 
 
Joed) is sJain. 
 
 I. KINGS, III. 
 
 Shimei put to death. 
 
 thou mayest take away the in- 
 nocent blood, which Joab shed, 
 from me, and from the house of 
 my father. 
 
 32 And the Lord shall return 
 his blood upon his own head, 
 who fell upon two men more 
 righteous and better than he, 
 and slew them with the sword, 
 my father David not loiowing 
 thereof, to tvit, Abner the son of 
 Ner, captain of the host of Israel, 
 and Amasa the son of Jether, 
 captain of the host of Judah. 
 
 33 Their blood shall therefore 
 return upon the head of Joab, 
 and upon the head of his seed 
 for ever: but upon David, and 
 upon his seed, and upon his 
 house, and upon his throne, 
 shall there be peace for ever 
 from the Loed. 
 
 34 So Benaiah the son of Je- 
 hoiada went up, and fell upon 
 him, and slew him : and he was 
 buried in his own house in the 
 wilderness. 
 
 35 IF And the king put Benai- 
 ah the son of Jehoiada in his 
 room over the host: and Za- 
 dok the priest did the king put 
 in the room of Abiathar. 
 
 36 % And the khig sent and 
 called for Shimei, and said unto 
 liim, Build thee an house in Je- 
 rusalem, and dwell there, and go 
 not forth thence anj^ whither. 
 
 37 For it shall be, that on the 
 day thou goest out, and passest 
 over the brook Kidron, thou 
 shalt Imow for certain that thou 
 shalt surely die : thy blood shall 
 be upon thine o^n head. 
 
 38 And Shimei said unto the 
 king. The sa^ying is good: as 
 my lord the long hath said, so 
 wQl thy servant do. And Shi- 
 mei dwelt in Jerusalem many 
 days. 
 
 39 And it came to pass at the 
 end of thi'ee years, that two of 
 the servants of Shimei ran away 
 unto Achish son of Maachah 
 king of Gath. And they told 
 Shunei, saying. Behold, thy ser- 
 vants be in Gath. 
 
 40 And Shimei arose, and sad- 
 
 dled his ass, and went to Gath 
 to Achish to seek his ser^'ants : 
 and Shimei Avent, and brought 
 his servants from Gath. 
 
 41 And it was told Solomon 
 that Shimei had gone from Je- 
 rusalem to Gath, and was come 
 again. 
 
 42 And the king sent and called 
 for Shimei, and said unto him. 
 Did I not make thee to swear by 
 the LoED, and protested ujito 
 thee, sajdng, Know for a certain, 
 on the day thou goest out, and 
 walkest abroad any whither, 
 that thou shalt surely die ? and 
 thou saidst unto me. The word 
 that I have heard is good. 
 
 43 Why then hast thou not 
 kept the oath of the Lord, and 
 the commandment that I have 
 charged thee vath ? 
 
 44 The king said moreover to 
 Shimei, Thou loiowest all the 
 wickedness which thine ^ heart 
 is privy to, that thou didst to 
 David my father : therefore the 
 Lord shall return thy wicked- 
 ness upon thine own head ; 
 
 45 And king Solomon shall be 
 blessed, and the tln^one of Da- 
 vid shall be estabhshed before 
 the LoED for ever. 
 
 46 So the king commanded 
 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; 
 which went out, and fell upon 
 him, that he died. And the 
 Idngdom was established in the 
 hand of Solom.on. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 1 Solomon marrieth Pharaoh' sdangli- 
 ter. 2 High jjlac&s being in use, 
 Solomon sacrificeth at Gibeon. 5 
 Solomon at Gibeon, in the choice 
 which God gave him, tyref erring 
 wisdom,, obtaineth wisdom, riches, 
 and honour. 16 Solomon's judg- 
 ment betiueen the two harlots male- 
 eth him renowned. 
 
 AND Solomon made affinity 
 - -with Pharaoh king of E- 
 gj1)t, and took Pharaoh's daugh- 
 ter, and brought her into the 
 city of David, imtil he had made 
 an end of building his own 
 house, and the house of the 
 Lord, and the wall of JerUiSa- 
 lem round about. 
 
• l^olomoa asketh tcisdom. I. KINGS, III. lli»jucl{)nvntldic*(n 
 
 2 Only the i>eople gacrificed iii 
 high places, because there was 
 no house built inito the name 
 of the Lord, until those days. 
 
 3 And Solomon loved the Lord, 
 walking ui the st^itutes of David 
 liis father: only he sacriticed 
 andbunit incense in high places. 
 
 4 And the king went to uibeon 
 to sacrifice there ; for that iva^ 
 the great high i)lace : a thou- 
 f^and bmnt otierings did »Solo- 
 nion ofier upon that altar. 
 
 o ^[ In Gibeon the Lord appear- 
 ed to Solomon in a dream by 
 night: and Gotl said, Ask what 
 I shall give thee. 
 
 G And Solomon said, Thou hast 
 shewed unto tliy servant David 
 my father great iiu icy, accord- 
 ing as he walked before thee in 
 tnith, and in righteousness, and 
 in uprightness of heart with 
 thee; and thou hast kept for 
 him this great kindness, that 
 thou hast given him a son to sit 
 on liis throne, as it is this day. 
 
 7 And now, O Lord my (xod, 
 thou hast made thy servant king i 
 instead of David my father : and ! 
 I am but a little child : I know j 
 not hotv to go out or come in. 
 
 8 And thy senant is in the | 
 midst of thy people which thou 
 hast chosen, a great people, that 
 <'annot be ninnbered nor count- 
 ed for multitude. 
 
 9 Give therefore thy senant 
 an understanding heart to judge 
 thy people, that I may discern 
 between good and bad : for who 
 is able to judge this thy so great 
 a people ? 
 
 10 Ajid the speech pleased the 
 Lord, that Solomon had asked 
 this thing. 
 
 11 And God said imto him, 
 Because thou hast asked this 
 thing, and hast not asked for 
 thyself long life; neither hast 
 asked riches for thyself, nor 
 hast asked the h'fe of thine ene- 
 mies ; but hast asked for thyself 
 imderstanding to discern judg- 
 ment ; 
 
 12 Behold, I have done accord- 
 ing to thy words: lo, I have 
 
 given thee a wise and an under- 
 standing heart: so that there 
 was none like thee beibre tliee, 
 neither alter thee shaU any ai ise 
 like unto thee. 
 
 13 And I have also given tliee 
 that which thou hast not asked, 
 both riches, and honour : so that 
 there shall not be any among 
 the kings like mito thee all thy 
 days. 
 
 14 And if thou wilt walk in my 
 ways, to keep my statutes anil 
 my commandments, as thv fa- 
 ther David did walk, then 1 will 
 lengthen thy days. 
 
 15 And Solomon awoke ; and, 
 behold, it rvas a dream. And he 
 came to Jerusalem, and stoc<l 
 before the ark of the covenant 
 of the Lord, and ottered up 
 bimitoft'erings, and offered peace 
 otterings, aiid made a feast to all 
 his servants. 
 
 IG M Then came there two wo- 
 nien, that ivere harlots, unto the 
 king, and stood Ijefore him. 
 
 17 And the one woman said, O 
 my lord, I and this w onian dwell 
 in one house ; and I was deli- 
 vered of a child with her m the 
 house. 
 
 18 And it came to pass the 
 third day after that I was deli- 
 vered, that this woman v»as de- 
 livered also : and we were toge- 
 ther; there was no stranger with 
 us in the house, save we two in 
 the house. 
 
 19 And this woman's child die<l 
 in the night; because she o\Qr~ 
 laid it. 
 
 20 And she arose at midnight, 
 and took my son from beside me, 
 while thine handmaid slept, and 
 laid it in her bosom, and laid 
 her dead child in my bosom. 
 
 21 And when I rose in the 
 morning to give my child suck, 
 behold, it was dead : but when 
 I had considered it in the morn- 
 ing, behold, it was not my son, 
 which I did bear. 
 
 22 And the other woman said, 
 Nay ; but the living is my son, 
 and the dead is thy son.^ And 
 this said, No ; but the dead i^ 
 
the tico harlots. 
 
 I. KINGS, IV. 
 
 Solomon's officers 
 
 thy son, and tlie living is my 
 son. Thus they spake before the 
 kin 2^. 
 
 23 Then said the king, The one 
 saith, Tliis is my son that liveth, 
 and thy son is the dead : and the 
 other saith, Nay ; but thy son is 
 the dead, and my son is the 
 living. 
 
 24 And the king said, Bruig me 
 a sword. And they brought a 
 sword before the king. 
 
 25 And the king said, Divide 
 the living child in two, and give 
 half to the one, and half to the 
 other. 
 
 26 Then spake the woman 
 Avhose the living child was unto 
 the long, for her bowels yearned 
 upon her son, and she said, O 
 my lord, give her the livmg 
 child, and in no wise slay it. 
 But the other said, Let it be 
 neither mine nor thine, but di- 
 vide it. 
 
 27 Then the king answered and 
 said. Give her the living child, 
 and in no wise slay it: she is 
 the mother thereof. 
 
 28 And all Israel heard of the 
 .iudgment which the Idng had 
 judged; and they feared the 
 king : for they saw that the wis- 
 dom of God was in him, to do 
 judgment. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 1 Solomon's pi-inces. 7 His twelve 
 officers for provision. 20, 21 The 
 peace andlargeness of Ids Mngdom. 
 22 His daily provision. 26 His sta- 
 bles. 29 His ivisdom. 
 
 SO king Solomon was king 
 over all Israel. 
 
 2 And these were the princes 
 which he had ; Azariah the son 
 of Zadok the priest, 
 
 3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the 
 sons of Shisha, scribes; Jeho- 
 shaphat the son of Ahilud, the 
 recorder. 
 
 4 And Benaiah the son of Je- 
 hoiada tvas over the host: and 
 Zadok and Abiathar were the 
 priests : 
 
 5 And Azariah the son of Na- 
 than was over the officers : and 
 Zabud the son of Nathan was 
 
 principal officer, and the king's 
 friend : 
 
 6 And Ahishar 2i'as over the 
 household: and Adoniram the 
 son of Abda was over the tri- 
 bute. 
 
 7 IF And Solomon had twelve 
 officers over all Israel, which 
 provided victuals for the king 
 and his household: each man 
 his month in a year made pro- 
 vision. 
 
 8 And these a^^e their names : 
 The son of Hur, in mount Eph- 
 raim: 
 
 9 The son of Dekar, in IVIakaz, 
 and in Shaalbim, and Beth-she- 
 mesh, and Elon-beth-hanan : 
 
 10 The son of Hesed, in Aru- 
 both; to him. pertained Sochoh, 
 and all the land of Hepher : 
 
 11 The son of Abinadab, in all 
 the region of Dor; which had 
 Taphath the daughter of Solo- 
 mon to wife : 
 
 12 Baana the son of Ahilud ; to 
 himpertainedTsLansich andMe- 
 giddo, and all Beth-shean, which 
 is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, 
 from Beth-shean to Abel-meho- 
 lah, even unto the place that is 
 bej^ond Jokneam : 
 
 13 The son of Geber, in Ra- 
 moth-gilead ; to him pertained 
 the towns of Jair the son of Ma- 
 nasseh, Avhich «r^ in Gilead : to 
 him also pertained the region 
 of Argob, which is in Bashan, 
 threescore great cities with walls 
 and brasen bars : 
 
 14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo 
 had Mahanaim : 
 
 15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali ; 
 he also took Basmath the daugh- 
 ter of Solomon to wife : 
 
 16 Baanah the son of Hushai 
 was in Asher and in Aloth : 
 
 17 Jehoshaphat the son of Pa- 
 ruah, in Issachar : 
 
 18 Shimei the son of Elah, in 
 Benjamin : 
 
 19 Geber the son of Uri was in 
 the country of Gilead, in the 
 country of Sihon king of the 
 Amorites, and of Og king of 
 Bashan; and he was the only 
 officer which zvas in the land. 
 
Solomon's greatness I. KINGS, 
 
 20 H Judah and Israel were 
 many, as the sand whicli is by 
 the sea in nmltitude, eatmg and 
 drinkmg, and making meriy. 
 
 21 And Solomon reigned over 
 ail kmgdoms from the river mito 
 tlie land of the Philistines, and 
 I in to the border of Egypt : they 
 brought presents, and served So- 
 lomon all the days of his life. 
 
 22 ^ And Solomon's provision 
 for one day was thirty measmes 
 of tine flour, and threescore mea- 
 sures of meal, 
 
 23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty 
 oxen out of the pastures, and 
 an hundred sheep, beside harts, 
 and roebucks, and fallowdeer, 
 and fatted fowl. 
 
 24 For he had dominion over 
 all the region on this side the 
 riA-er, from Tiphsah even to Az- 
 zah, over all the kings on this 
 side the river : and he had peace 
 on all sides round about him. 
 
 25 And Judah and Israel dwelt 
 safely, every man under his vine 
 and under his fig tree, from Dan 
 even to Beer-sheba, all the days 
 of Solomon. 
 
 26 IF And Solomon had forty 
 thousand stalls of horses for his 
 chariots, and twelve thousand 
 horsemen. 
 
 27 And those officers pro^aded 
 victual for king Solomon, and 
 for all that came unto king So- 
 lomon's table, every man in his 
 month : they lacked nothing. 
 
 28 Barley also and straw for the 
 horses and dromedaries brought 
 they unto the place where the 
 officers were, every man accord- 
 ing to his charge. 
 
 29 1[ And God gave Solomon 
 wisdom and understanding ex- 
 ceeding much, and largeness of 
 heart, even as the sand that is 
 on the sea shore. 
 
 30 And Solomon's wisdom ex- 
 celled the wisdom of all the chil- 
 dren of the east country, and all 
 the wisdom of Egypt. 
 
 31 For he was wiser than all 
 men ; than Ethan the Ezrahite, 
 and Heman, and Chalcol, and 
 Darda, the sons of Mahol : and 
 
 V. and wisdom. 
 
 his fame was in all nations round 
 about. 
 
 32 And he spake three thousand 
 proverbs : and his songs were a 
 thousand and five. 
 
 33 And he spake of trees, from 
 the cedar tree that is in Lebanon 
 even unto the hyssop that spring- 
 eth out of the wall : he spake 
 also of beasts, and of fowl, and 
 of creeping things, and of fishes. 
 
 34 And there came of all people 
 to hear the wisdom of Solomon, 
 from all kings of the earth, which 
 liad heard of his wisdom. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 1 Hiram, sending to congratulate So- 
 lomon, is certified of his purpose to 
 build the temme, and desired to fur- 
 nish hiyn with timber thereto. 7 Hi- 
 ram, blessing God for Solomon, and 
 requesting food for his family, fur. 
 nisheth him with trees. 13 The 
 number of Solomon^ s worJcmen and 
 labourers. 
 
 AND Hiram Idng of Tyre sent 
 . his servants unto Solomon ; 
 for he had heard that they had 
 anointed him long in the room 
 of his father: for Hiram was 
 ever a lover of David. 
 
 2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, 
 saying, 
 
 3 Thou knowest how that Da- 
 vid my father could not build 
 an house unto the name of the 
 LoED his God for the wars which 
 were about him on every side, 
 until the Loed put them under 
 the soles of his feet. 
 
 4 But now the Lord my God 
 hath given me rest on every side, 
 so that there is neither adver- 
 sary nor evil occurrent. 
 
 5 And, behold, I purpose to 
 build an house unto the name 
 of the Lord my God, as the 
 Lord spake unto David my fa- 
 ther, saying, Thy son, whom I 
 will set upon thy throne in thy 
 room, he shall build an house 
 unto my name. 
 
 6 Now therefore command thou 
 that they hew me cedar trees out 
 of Lebanon; and my ser\^ants 
 shall be with thy servants: and 
 unto thee will I give hire for thy 
 sen^ants according to all that 
 
The hmlMng of 
 
 I. KINGS, VI. 
 
 BdomorHs te^nple. 
 
 thou slialt appoint: for thou 
 knowest that there is not among 
 us any that can skill to hew tim- 
 ber like unto the Sidonians. 
 
 7 H And it came to pass, when 
 Hii-ani heard the words of Solo- 
 mon , that he rejoiced greatly, and 
 said, Blessed de the Lord this 
 day, which hath given unto Da- 
 vid a wise ^n over tliis great 
 people. 
 
 8 And Hiram sent te> Solomon, 
 saying, I have considered the 
 things which thou sentest to me 
 for : and I will do all thy desire 
 concerning timber of cedar, and 
 concerning timber of fii\ 
 
 9 My servants shall biing them 
 down from Lebanon unto the 
 sea : and I will convey them by 
 sea in floats unto the place that 
 thou shalt appoint me, and will 
 cause them to be discharged 
 there, and thou shalt receive 
 thern : and thou shalt accom- 
 plish my desire, in giving food 
 for my household. 
 
 10 So Hiram g-ave Solomon ce- 
 dar trees ar^i fir trees ucco7^d- 
 ing" to all his desire. 
 
 11 And Solomon gave Hiram 
 Iwenty thousand measures of 
 ^vheat for food to his house- 
 hold, and twenty measmes of 
 pure oil : thus gave Solomon to 
 Hiram year by year. 
 
 12 And the Loed gaTe Solonion 
 %visdom, as he p3>omfeed him: 
 and there ts^s peace between 
 Hiram and ^lomon ; and they 
 two made a league together. 
 
 13 H And king Solomon raised 
 a levj^ out of all Israel ; and the 
 levy was thirty thousand men. 
 
 14 And he sent them to Leba- 
 non, ten thousand a month by 
 courses : a month they were in 
 Lebanon, and two months at 
 home : and Adoniram ivas over 
 the levy. 
 
 15 And Solomon had threescore 
 and ten thousand that bare bur- 
 dens, and fourscore thousand 
 hewers in the mountains ; 
 
 16 Beside the chief of Solomon's 
 officers which tvere over thework, 
 three thousand and three hun- 
 
 dred, which ruled over the peo- 
 ple that wrought in the work. 
 
 17 And the king commanded, 
 and they brought great stones, 
 costly stones, and hewed stones, 
 to lay the foundation of the 
 honse, 
 
 18 And Solomon's builders and 
 Hiram's buildei^ did hew them, 
 and the stonesquarers : so they 
 preimred timber and stones to 
 build the house. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 1 Th£ huilding of Solomon's femple. 
 5 The chambers thereof. 11 God's 
 promise unto it. 16 The cieling and 
 adorning of it. 23 The cheruhims. 
 31 The doors, 36 Tlie court 37 
 The tiine of huilding it. 
 
 AN D it came to pass in the 
 . four hundred and eightieth 
 year after the children of Isi-ael 
 were come out of the land of 
 Egypt, in the fourth year of 
 Solomon's reign over Israel, in 
 the month Zif, which is the se- 
 cond month, that he began to 
 build the house of the Loed. 
 
 2 And the house which king 
 Solomon built for the Loed, the 
 length thereof was threescore 
 cubits, and the breadth there- 
 of twenty cubits, and the height 
 thereof thirty cubits. 
 
 3 And the porch before the tem- 
 ple of the house, twenty cubits 
 mms the length thereof, accord- 
 ing to the breadth of the house ; 
 and ten cubits was the breadth 
 thereof before the house. 
 
 4 And for the house he made 
 windows of narrow lights. 
 
 5 ll And ag-ainst the wall of the 
 house he built chambers round 
 about, against the walls of the 
 house round about, both of the 
 temple and of the oracle : and he 
 m^ade chambers round about : 
 
 6 The nethermost chamber was 
 five cubits broad, and the middle 
 tvas six cubits broad, and the 
 third was seven cubits broad : for 
 without in the wall of the house 
 he made nanowed rests round 
 about, that tlie beams should not 
 be fastened in the walls of the 
 house. 
 
 7 And the house, when it was 
 
 T 
 
The ornanvnits 
 
 I. KINGS, ^n.. 
 
 of (lie iem^ilf. 
 
 in building, was built of stone 
 made ready before it was broup:ht 
 thither : so that there was neither 
 hammer nor ax nor any tool of 
 iron heard in the house, while it 
 was in building;, 
 
 8 The door for the middle cham- 
 ber ivas in the right side of the 
 house : and they went up with 
 winding stairs into the middle 
 chamber, and out of the middle 
 into the tlihd. 
 
 9 So he built the house, and 
 finished it; and covered the 
 house with beams and boards 
 of cedar. 
 
 10 And then he built chambers 
 against all the house, five cubits 
 high: and they rested on the 
 house with timber of cedar. 
 
 11 ^ And the word of the Lord 
 came to Solomon, saying, 
 
 12 C oncer nins' this house 
 which thou art in building, if 
 thou wilt walk in my statutes, 
 and execute my judgments, and 
 keep all my commandments to 
 walk iu them ; tlien will I per- 
 form my word with thee, which 
 I spake unto David thy father : 
 
 13 And I will dwell among the 
 cliildren of Israel, and -svill not 
 forsake my people Israel. 
 
 14 So Solomon built the house, 
 and finished it. 
 
 15 And he built the walls of 
 the house within with boards' 
 of cedar, both the floor of the 
 house, and the walls of the ciel- 
 ing: and he covered them on 
 the inside with wood, and co- 
 vered the floor of the house with 
 planl^ of fir. 
 
 16 And he built twenty cubits 
 on the sides of the house, both 
 the floor and the walls with 
 boards of cedar : he even built 
 them for it within, even for the 
 oracle, even for the most holy 
 place. 
 
 17 And the house, that is, the 
 temple before it, was forty cu- 
 bits long. 
 
 18 And the cedar of the house 
 within was carved with knops 
 and open flowers: all was ce- 
 dar ; there was no stone seen. i 
 
 19 And the oracle he prepared 
 in the house witliin, to set then^ 
 the ark of the covenant of the 
 Lord. 
 
 20 And the oracle in the foic- 
 part was twenty cubits in length, 
 and twenty cubits in breadth, 
 and twenty cubits in the height 
 thereof: and he overlaid it with 
 pure gold; and so covered the 
 altar ivhich was o/* cedar. 
 
 21 So Solomon overlaid the 
 house within with pme gold : 
 and he made a partition by the 
 cliams of gold before the oracle ; 
 and he overlaid it with gold. 
 
 22 And the whole house lie 
 overlaid with gold, until he had 
 finished all the house : also the 
 \\ hole altar that was by the oia- 
 cle he overlaid with gold. 
 
 23 If And within the oracle 
 he made two cherubims o/" olive 
 tree, each ten cubits high. 
 
 24 And five cubits was the one 
 wing of the cherub, and five cu- 
 bits the other wing of the che- 
 rub: from the uttermost iiart 
 of the one wing unto the utter- 
 most part of the other were ten 
 cubits. 
 
 25 And the other cherub teas 
 ten cubits : both the cherubims 
 uwre of one measure and one 
 size. 
 
 26 The height of the one che- 
 rub tvas ten cubits, and so was 
 it of the other cherub. 
 
 27 And he set the cherubims 
 vi^ithin the inner house: and 
 they stretched forth the wings 
 of the cherubims, so that the 
 wing of the one touched the one 
 v;all, and the wing of the other 
 cherub touched the other wall ; 
 and their wings touched one an- 
 other in the midst of the house. 
 
 28 And he overlaid the cheru- 
 bims with gold. 
 
 29 And he car^^ed all the walls 
 of the house round about with 
 can'^ed figures of cherubims and 
 palm trees and open flowers, 
 within and without. 
 
 30 And the floor of the house 
 he overlaid with gold, Avithin 
 and without. 
 
King Solmnon^s 
 
 31 H And for the entering of the 
 oracle he made doors of ohve 
 tree: the Imtel and side posts 
 were a fifth part of the wdll. 
 
 32 The two doors also were of 
 olive tree ; and he carved upon 
 them carvings of cherubims and 
 palm trees and open flowers, and 
 overlaid them with gold, and 
 spread gold upon the cherubims, 
 and upon the palm trees. 
 
 33 So also made he for the door 
 of the temple posts o/" olive tree, 
 a fourth part of the ivall. 
 
 34 And the two doors ^vere of 
 fir tree : the two leaves of the 
 one door were folding, and the 
 two leaves of the other door were 
 folding. 
 
 35 And he carved thereon che- 
 rubims and palm trees and open 
 flowers : and covered them with 
 gold fitted upon the carved w^ork. 
 
 36 If And he built the inner 
 court with three rows of hewed 
 stone, and a row of cedar beams. 
 
 37 II In the fourth year was the 
 foundation of the house of the 
 Lord laid, in the month Zif : 
 
 ,38 And in the eleventh year, 
 in the month Bui, w^hich is the 
 eighth month, was the house fi- 
 nished throughout all the parts 
 thereof, and according to all the 
 fashion of it. So was he seven 
 years in building it. 
 
 . CHAPTER VII. 
 1 The building of Solomon's house. 2 
 Of the house of Lebanon. 6 Of the 
 porch of pillars. 7 Of the porch of 
 judgment. 8 Of the house for Pha- 
 raoh's daughter. 13 Hiram's ivorJc 
 .. of the two inllars. 23 Of the molten 
 sea. 27 Of the ten bases. 38 Of the 
 . ten lavers, 40 and all tJie vessels. 
 
 BUT Solomon was building his 
 own house thirteen years, 
 and he finished all his house. 
 
 2 H He built also the house 
 of the forest of Lebanon ; the 
 length thereof was an hundred 
 cubits, and the breadth thereof 
 fifty cubits, and the height there- 
 of thirty cubits, upon four rows 
 of cedar piUars, with cedar beams 
 upon the pillars. 
 
 3 And it was covered with ce- 
 dar above upon the beams, that 
 
 KINGS, YII. other huUdlngs. 
 
 lay on forty five pillars, fifteen 
 in a row. 
 
 4 And there were endows in 
 three row^s, and light was against 
 light in three ranks. 
 
 5 And all the doors and posts 
 v:)ere square, with the windows : 
 and light was against light in 
 three ranks. 
 
 6 IF And he made a porch cf 
 pillars ; the length thereof uhih 
 fifty cubits, and the breadth 
 thereof thirty cubits: and the 
 porch was before them : and the 
 other pillars and the thick beam 
 were before them. 
 
 7 IF Then he made a porch 
 for the throne where he might 
 judge, even the porch of judii- 
 ment : and it was covered with 
 cedar from one side of the floor 
 to the other. 
 
 8 IF And his house where lie 
 dwelt had another court within 
 the porch, which was of the like 
 work. Solomon made also a)i 
 house for Pharaoh's daughtei-, 
 whom he had taken to wife, like 
 unto this porch. 
 
 9 All these luere o/*costly stones, 
 according to the measures of 
 hewed stones, sawed with saws, 
 v/ithin and without, even fron 
 the foundation unto the coping, 
 and so on the outside toward tlie 
 great court. 
 
 10 And the foundation was of 
 costly stones, even great stones, 
 stones of ten cubits, and stones 
 of eight cubits. 
 
 11 And above were costly 
 stones, after the measures of 
 hewed stones, and cedars. 
 
 12 And the great court round 
 about was with tlii'ee rows of 
 hewed stones, and a row of ce- 
 dar beams, both for the inner 
 court of the house of the Lord, 
 and for the porch of the house. 
 
 13 IF And king Solomon sent 
 and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 
 
 14 He was a widow's son of t]ie 
 tribe of Naphtali, and his father 
 was a man of Tyre, a worker in 
 brass: and he was filled witli 
 wisdom, and understanding, and 
 cunning to worlc all works in 
 
 T2 
 
Hira))ts icmlz 
 
 I. KINGS, VII. 
 
 for the temxfle. 
 
 brass. And lie came to king So- 
 lomon, and wrought all his work, 
 
 15 For he cast two pillars of 
 brass, of eighteen cubits high 
 apiece : and a line of twelve cu- 
 bits did compass either of them 
 about. 
 
 16 And he made two chapiters 
 o/* molten brass, to set upon the 
 tops of the pillars : the height of 
 the one chapiter was five cubits, 
 and the height of the other cha- 
 in ter was five cubits : 
 
 17 And nets of checker work, 
 and wreaths of chain work, for 
 the chapiters which we7'e upon 
 the top of the pillars ; seven for 
 tlie one chapiter, and seven for 
 the other chapiter. 
 
 18 And he made the pillars, 
 and two rows round about upon 
 the one network, to cover the 
 chapiters that were upon the top, 
 with pomegranates : and so did 
 he for the other chapiter. 
 
 19 And the chapiters that were 
 upon the top of the pillars were 
 of lily work in the porch, four 
 cubits. 
 
 20 And the chapiters upon the 
 two pillars had pomegranates 
 also above, over against the bel- 
 ly which was by the network: 
 and the pomegranates were two 
 hundred in rows round about 
 ui)on the other chapiter. 
 
 21 And he set up the pillars in 
 the porch of the temple : and he 
 set up the right pillar, and callec^ 
 the name thereof Jachin : and 
 he set up the left pillar, and call- 
 ed the name thereof Boaz. 
 
 22 And upon the top of the pil- 
 lars was lily work : so Avas the 
 work of the pillars finished. 
 
 23 ^ And he made a molten sea, 
 ten cubits from the one brim to 
 the other : it ivas round all about, 
 and his height was five cubits : 
 and a line of thirty cubits did 
 compass it round about. 
 
 24 And under the brim of it 
 round about theo'e were knops 
 compassmg it, ten in a cubit, 
 compassing the sea round about : 
 the knops were cast in two rows, 
 when it was cast. 
 
 25 It stood upon twelve oxen, 
 three looking toward the north, 
 and three looking toward the 
 west, and three looking toward 
 the south, and three looking to- 
 ward the east : and the sea was 
 set di\)o\Q upon them, and all 
 their hinder parts were inward. 
 
 26 And it tvas an hand breadth 
 thick, and the brim thereof was 
 wrought like the brim of a cup, 
 with flowei-s of lilies : it contain- 
 ed two thousand baths. 
 
 27 If And he made ten bases of 
 brass ; four cubits was the length 
 of one base, and four cubits the 
 breadth thereof, and tln-ee cubits 
 the height of it. 
 
 28 And the work of the bases 
 ivas on tliis 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 base 
 above: and beneath the lions 
 and oxen were certain additions 
 made of thin work. 
 
 30 And every base had four bra- 
 sen wheels, and plates of brass : 
 and the four comers thereof 
 had undersetters : under the 
 laver tvei^e undersetters molten, 
 at the side of every addition. 
 
 31 And the mouth of it within 
 the chai)iter and above icas a cu- 
 bit : but the mouth thereof was 
 round after the work of the base, 
 a cubit and an half: and also up- 
 on the mouth of it wei^e gravings 
 with their borders, foursquare, 
 not round. 
 
 32 And under the borders were 
 four wheels; and the axletrees 
 of the wheels were joined to the 
 base : and the height of a wheel 
 was a cubit and half a cubit. 
 
 33 And the work of the wheels 
 was like the work of a chariot 
 wheel : their axletrees, and their 
 naves, and thek felloes, and 
 their spokes, were all molten. 
 
 34 And there were four under- 
 setters to the four comers of one 
 base : and the undersetters were 
 of the very base itself. 
 
TIiram*s work 
 
 I. KINGS, VIII. 
 
 for the knijije. 
 
 35 And in the top of the base tvas 
 there a round compass of half a 
 cubit high : and on the top of the 
 base the ledges thereof and the 
 borders iheieoiwere of the same. 
 
 36 For on the plates of the ledg- 
 es thereof, and on the borders 
 thereof, he graved cherubims, 
 lions, and palm trees, according 
 to the proportion of every one, 
 and additions round about. 
 
 37 After this manner he made 
 the ten bases : all of them had 
 one casting, one measure, and 
 one size. 
 
 38 H Then made he ten lavei-s 
 of brass: one laver contained 
 forty baths : and every laver was 
 four cubits : and upon every one 
 of the ten bases one laver. 
 
 39 And he put five bases on the 
 right side of the house, and live 
 on the left side of the house : 
 and he set the sea on the right 
 side of the house eastward over 
 against the south. 
 
 40 IF And Hiram made the la- 
 vers, and the shovels, and the 
 basons. So Hiram made an end 
 of doing all the work that he 
 made king Solomon for the 
 house of the Lokd : 
 
 41 The two pillars, and the two 
 bowls of the chapiters that were 
 on the top of the two Pinal's ; and 
 the two networks, to cover the 
 two bowls of the chapiters which 
 loere upon the top of the pillars; 
 
 42 And four hundi-ed pome- 
 granates for the two networks, 
 even two row^s of pomegranates 
 for one network, to cover the 
 two bowls of the chapiters that 
 were upon the pillars ; 
 
 43 And the ten bases, and ten 
 ' lavers on the bases ; 
 
 44 And one sea, and twelve 
 oxen under the sea ; 
 
 : 45 And the pots , and the shovels , 
 and the basons: and all these 
 vessels, which Hiram made to 
 king Solomon for the house of 
 the Lord, tvere o/" bright brass. 
 46 In the plain of Jordan did 
 the king cast them, in the clay 
 ground between Succoth and 
 Zarthan. 
 
 47 And Solomon left all the ves- 
 sels unweighed, because they 
 were exceeding many: neither 
 was the w^eight of the brass 
 found out. 
 
 48 And Solomon made all the 
 vessels that pertained unto the 
 house of the Loed : the altar 
 of gold, and the table of gold, 
 whereupon the sheAvbread urns, 
 
 49 And the candlesticks of pure 
 gold, five on the right side^ and 
 five on the left, before the oracle, 
 with the flowers, and the lamps, 
 and the tongs o/*gold, 
 
 50 And the bowls, and the 
 snuffers, and the basons, and 
 the spoons, and the censers of 
 pure gold; and the hinges of 
 gold, both for the doors of the 
 iimer house, the most holy place ^ 
 and for the doors of the house, 
 to loit, of the temple. 
 
 51 So was ended all the work 
 that king Solomon made for the 
 house of the Lord. And Solo- 
 mon brought in the things wliich 
 David his father had dedicated ; 
 even the silver, and the gold, and 
 the vessels, did he put among 
 the treasm'es of the house of the 
 Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 1 The feast of the dedication of the 
 
 temple. 12, 54 Solomon's hlessinff. 
 
 22 Solomon's prayer. 62 His sacri- 
 
 fice of peace offerings. 
 
 THEN Solomon assembled 
 the elders of Israel, and all 
 the heads of the tribes, the chief 
 of the fathers^ of the children of 
 Israel, unto kuig Solomon in Je- 
 rusalem, that they might bring 
 up the ark of the covenant of the 
 Lord out of the city of David, 
 which is Zion. 
 
 2 And all the men of Israel as- 
 sembled themselves unto king 
 Solomon at the feast in the 
 month Ethanim, which is tlie 
 seventh month. 
 
 3 And all the elders of Israel 
 came, and the priests took ui> 
 the ark. 
 
 4 And they brought up the ark 
 of the Lord, and the tabernacle 
 of the congregation, and all the 
 
t^oh/mon's prayer at the I. KINGS, VIII. dedication of the temple. 
 
 lioly vessels that were in the 
 tabernacle, even those did the 
 priests and the Levites bring up. 
 
 5 And king Solomon, and all 
 the congregation of Israel, that 
 were assembled nnto him, were 
 with him before the ark, sa- 
 crificing sheep and oxen, that 
 could not be told nor numbered 
 for multitude. 
 
 G And the priests brought in 
 tlie ark of the covenant of the 
 LoFvD unto his place, into the. 
 Oracle of the house, to the most 
 holy 2)Iace, even imder the wings 
 of the cherubims. 
 
 7 For the cherubims spread 
 forth their two wings over the 
 place of the ark, and the che- 
 rubims covered the ark and the 
 h-taves thereof above. 
 
 8 And they drew out the staves, 
 that the ends of the staves were 
 seen out in the holy place before 
 the oracle, and they were not 
 seen without: and there they 
 are unto this day. 
 
 9 There was nothing in the 
 ark save the two tables of stone, 
 which Moses put there at Ho- 
 reb, when the Lord made a 
 covenant with the children of 
 Israel, when they came out of 
 the land of Egypt. 
 
 10 And it came to pass, when 
 the priests were come out of the 
 holy place, that the cloud filled 
 the house of the Lord, 
 
 11 So that the priests could not 
 stand to minister because of the 
 cloud : for the glory of the Lord 
 had filled the house of the Lord. 
 
 12 IF Then spake Solomon, The 
 Lord said that he would dwell 
 in the thick darkness. 
 
 13 I have surely built thee an 
 house to dwell in, a settled place 
 for thee to abide in for ever. 
 
 14 And the king turned his face 
 about, and blessed all the con- 
 gregation of Israel : (and aU the 
 congregation of Israel stood;) 
 
 15 And he said. Blessed be the 
 Lord God of Israel, which spake 
 with his mouth unto David my 
 father, and hath with his hand 
 luliilled it, saying, 
 
 16 Since the day that I brought 
 forth my people Israel out of 
 Egypt, I chose no city out of all 
 the tribes of Israel to build an 
 house, that my name might be 
 therein; but I chose David to 
 be over my people Israel. 
 
 17 And it was in the heart of 
 David my father to build an 
 house for the name of the Lord 
 God of Israel. 
 
 18 And the Lord said unto Da- 
 vid my father, "Whereas it was in 
 thine heart to build an house 
 unto my name, thou didst well 
 that it was in thine heart. 
 
 19 Nevertheless thou shalt not 
 build the house; but thy son 
 that shall come forth out of thy 
 loins, he shall build the house 
 unto my name. 
 
 20 And the Lord hath perform- 
 ed his word that he spake, and 
 I am risen up in the room of 
 David my father, and sit on the 
 throne of Israel, as the Lord pro- 
 mised, and have built an house 
 for the name of the Lord God 
 of Israel. 
 
 21 And I have set there a place 
 for the ark, wherein is the cove- 
 nant of the Lord, which he made 
 with our fathers,when he brought 
 them out of the land of Egypt. 
 
 22 If And Solomon stood before 
 the altar of the Lord in the pre- 
 sence of all the congregation of 
 Israel, and spread forth his hands 
 toward heaven : 
 
 23 And he said, Lord God of 
 Israel, there is no God lilie thee, 
 in heaven above, or on earth be- 
 neath, who keepest covenant and 
 mercy with thy servants that 
 walk before thee with all their 
 heart : 
 
 24 Who hast kept with thy ser- 
 vant David my father that thou 
 promisedst him: thou spakest 
 also with thy mouth, and hast 
 fulfilled it with thine hand, as 
 it is this day. 
 
 25 Therefore now. Lord God 
 of Israel, keep with thy servant 
 David my father that thou pro- 
 misedst him, saying. There shall 
 not fail thee a man in my sight 
 
I, KINGS, VIII 
 
 t^dcmon's prayer at the 
 
 to sit on the throne of Israel ; so 
 that thy children take heed to 
 their way, that they walk before 
 me as thou hast walked before 
 me. 
 
 26 And now, O God of Israel, 
 let thy word, I pray thee, be ve- 
 rified, which thou spakest unto 
 thy sen ant David my father. 
 
 27 But will God indeed dwell 
 on the earth? behold, the hea- 
 ven and heaven of heavens can- 
 not contain thee; how much 
 less this house that I have 
 builded? 
 
 28 Yet have thou respect unto 
 the "prayer of thy servant, and 
 to his supplication, O Lokd my 
 God, to hearken unto the cry 
 
 dedicatmi of the temple, 
 
 and forgive the sin of thy peo- 
 ple Israel, and biing them a- 
 gain unto the land which thou, 
 gavest unto their fathei^. 
 
 35 ^ ^Tien heaven is shut up, 
 and there is no ram, because 
 they have sianed against thee; 
 if they pray toward this place, 
 and confess thy name, and turn 
 from their sin, when thou af- 
 fiictest them : 
 
 36 Then hear thou in heaven, 
 and forgive the sin of thy ser- 
 vants, and of thy people Israel, 
 that thou teach them the good 
 way v/hereiu they should walk, 
 and give rain upon thy land, 
 which thou hast given to thy 
 people for an inheritance. 
 
 ai]d to the prayer, which thy | 37 H K there be in the land 
 servant prayeth befoie thee to ' feimine, if there be pestilence. 
 
 day : 
 
 ! blasting, mildew, locust,^ or if 
 
 29 That thine eyes may be j there be ttitei'ioiller: if their ene- 
 open toward this house night \ my besiege them in the land of 
 and day, even towaixi the place ■ then cities; whatsoever plague, 
 
 of which thou hast said, My 
 name shall be there : that thou 
 mayest hearken unto the prayer 
 which thy servant shall make 
 toward this place. 
 
 30 And hearken thou to the 
 supplication of thy servant, and 
 of thy people Israel, when they 
 shair pray toward this place : 
 and hear thou in heaven thy 
 dwellmg place : and when thou 
 hearest, forgive. 
 
 31 ^ If any man trespass a- 
 
 whatsoever si(!]aiess there be ; 
 
 38 What prayer and suppli- 
 cation soever be made by any 
 man, or by all thy people Israel, 
 which shall Iniow eveiy man 
 the plague of his own heart, and 
 spread forth his hands toward 
 this house : 
 
 39 Then hear thou in heaven 
 thy dwelling place, and forgive, 
 and do, and give to eveiy man 
 accoixiing to his ways, whose 
 heart thou knowest ; (for thou. 
 
 gainst his neighbour, and an i even thou only, knowest the 
 oath be laid upon him to cause hearts of all the children of 
 liim to swear, and the oath come ; men ;) 
 
 before thine altar in this house : i 40 That they may fear thee all 
 32 Then hear thou in heaven, the days that they live in the 
 and do, and judge thy sersants, ; land which thou gavest imto our 
 condemning the wicked, to bring | fethers. 
 his way upon his head ; and jus- i 41 Moreover concerning 
 tifyingrthe righteous, to give hit 
 according to Ms righteousness. 
 
 tranger, that is not of thy 
 
 ,, ^ people Israel, but cometh out 
 
 83 T When thy people Israel i of a far country for thy name's 
 
 l»e smitten down before the ene- 
 my, because they have sinned 
 agamst thee, and shall turn 
 again to thee, and confess thy 
 name, and pray, and_ make 
 supplication unto thee in this 
 house : 
 31 Then hear thou in heaven, 
 
 sake; 
 
 42 (For they shall hear of thy 
 great name, and of thy strong- 
 hand, and of thy stretched out 
 arm ;) when lie shall come and 
 pray toward this house ; 
 
 43 Hear thou in heaven thy 
 dwelling place, and do accord- 
 
Sdomon^s praypr 
 
 in J? to all that the stmnjrer oall- 
 etii to thee lor: that all i)Coi)l(! 
 of the earth may know tliy name, 
 to fear thee, as do thy people Is- 
 rael ; and that they may know 
 that this liouse, which I luive 
 builded, is called by thy name. 
 
 44 ^ If thy peoi)le go out to 
 battle again.st tlieir enemy, whi- 
 thersoever thon shalt send them, 
 and shall pmy unto the Lord 
 toward the city which thou hast 
 chosen, and towanl the house 
 that I have built for thy name : 
 
 4o Then hear thou in heaven 
 their i)rayer and their supplica- 
 tion, and maintain their cause. 
 
 46 If they sin against thee, (for 
 there is no man that sinneth 
 not,) and thou be angry with 
 them, and deliver them to the 
 enemy, so that they carry them 
 
 KINGS, Vm. at the (luliadwu 
 
 ])ronghte8t fortli out of Egyjit, 
 from the midst of the funmce 
 of iron : 
 
 52 Tliat thine eyes nwy be 
 open unto the supplicitiun of 
 thy servant, and unto tlie tiuy)- 
 l)lication of thy i)eople Israel, 
 to hearken unto them in all that 
 they call for unto thee. 
 
 5,S For thou didst separate them 
 from among all the people of the 
 earth, to be thine inheritance, as 
 thou spakest by the hand of 
 Moses thy senant, when thou 
 brouglitest our fathers <nit of 
 Egypt, O Lord God. 
 
 54 And it was so, that when 
 Solomon had made an end of 
 praying all this prayer and sup- 
 plication unto the Lord, he 
 arose from before the altar of 
 the Lord, from kneeling on 
 
 fiway captives mito the land of his knees with his hands spread 
 
 the enemv, far or near ; 
 47 Yet if they shall bethink | 
 themselves in the land whither 
 they were earned captives, and 
 repent, and make supplication 
 
 up to heaven. 
 
 ^^ And he stood, and blessed 
 all the congregation of Israel 
 with a loud voice, saying, 
 
 50 Blessed be the Lor d, that 
 
 unto thee in the land of them hath given rest unto his peoj>le 
 that carried them captives, say- Israel, according to all that he 
 ing. We have sinned, and have promised : there hath not failed 
 done perversely, we liave com- one word of all his good pro- 
 mitted wickedness ; i mise, which he promised by the 
 
 48 And so return unto thee hand of Moses his servant, 
 with all their heart, and with 57 The Lord our God be witli 
 all their soul, in the land of us, as he was with our fathers: 
 their enemies, which led them let him not leave us, nor forsake 
 
 away captive, and pray unto 
 thee toward their land, which 
 thou gavest imto their fathers, 
 the city Avhich thou hast cho- 
 sen, and the house which I have 
 built for thy name : 
 
 49 Then hear thou their prayer 
 and their supplication in heaven 
 thy dwelling place, and main- 
 tain their cause, 
 
 50 And forgive thy people that 
 have sinned against thee, and all 
 their transgTessions Avherein they 
 have transgressed against thee, 
 and give them compassion be- 
 fore them Avho carried them cap- 
 tive, that they may have com- 
 jjassion on them : 
 
 51 For they be thy people, and 
 thine inheritance, which thou 
 
 58 That he may incline our 
 hearts unto him, to walk in all 
 his ways, and to keep his com- 
 mandments, and his statutes, 
 and his judgments, which he 
 commanded our fathers. 
 
 59 And let these my woids, 
 wherewith I have made suppli- 
 cation before the Lord, beTiigh 
 unto the Lord out God day 
 and night, that he maintain the 
 cause of his sen-ant, and the 
 cause of his people Israel at all 
 times, as the matter shall re- 
 quire : 
 
 60 That all the people of the 
 earth may know that the Lord 
 is God, and thai there is none 
 else. ... 
 
 « t 
 
of tlie temple. 
 
 I. KINGS, IX. God's (xmenant with 7dm. 
 
 61 Let your heart therefore be 
 perfect with the Loed our God, 
 to walk in his statutes, and to 
 keep liis commandments, as at 
 this day. 
 
 62 H And the king, and all Is- 
 rael with him, offered sacrifice 
 before the Loed. 
 
 63 And Solomon offered a sacri- 
 fice of peace offerings, which he 
 offered unto the Loed, two and 
 twenty thousand oxen, and an 
 hundred and twenty thousand 
 sheep. So the king and all the 
 children of Israel dedicated the 
 house of the Lord. 
 
 64 The same day did the king 
 hallow the middle of the court 
 that tvas before the house of 
 the Loed: for there he offered 
 burnt offerings, and meat offer- 
 ings, and the fat of the peace of- 
 ferings : because the brasen altar 
 that was before the Loed was 
 too little to receive the burnt of- 
 ferings, and meat offerings, and 
 the fat of the peace offerings, 
 
 65 And at that time Solomon 
 held a feast, and all Israel with 
 him, a great congregation, from 
 the entering in of Hamath unto 
 the river of Egypt, before the 
 Loed our God, seven days and 
 seven days, even fourteen days. 
 
 66 On the eighth day he sent 
 the people away: and they 
 blessed the king, and went un- 
 to their tents joyful and glad 
 of heart for all the goodness 
 that the Loed had done for 
 David his servant, and for Is- 
 rael his people. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 1 GocVs covenant in a vision loitJi So- 
 lomon. 10 TJie mutual presents of 
 Solomon and Hiram. 15 In Solo- 
 mon's worl's the Gentiles ivere his 
 bondmen, tlie Israelites Jionourahle 
 servants. 24 PJiaraolis daughter 
 removeth to her house. 25 Solomon's 
 yearly solemn sacrifices. 2Q His 
 navy fetcheth gold from OjMr. 
 AND it came to pass, when 
 -xiL Solomon had finished the 
 building of the house of the 
 Loed, and the king's house, 
 and all Solomon^s desire which 
 he was pleased to do. 
 
 2 That the Loed appeared to 
 Solomon the second time, as he 
 had appeared unto him at Gi- 
 beon. 
 
 3 And the Loed said unto him, 
 I have heard thy prayer and thy 
 supplication, that thou hast made 
 before me : I have hallow^ed this 
 house, which thou hast built, to 
 put my name there for ever ; and 
 mine eyes and mine heart shall 
 be there peipetually. 
 
 4 And if thou wilt walk before 
 me, as David thy father walked, 
 in integrity of heart, and in up- 
 rightness, to do according to all 
 that I have commanded thee, 
 and wilt keep my statutes and 
 my judgments : 
 
 5 Then I will establish the 
 throne of thy kingdom upon 
 Israel for ever, as I promised 
 to David thy father, saying. 
 There shall not fail thee a man 
 upon the throne of Israel. 
 
 6 But if ye shall at all turn 
 from following me, ye or your 
 children, and will not keep my 
 commandments and my sta- 
 tutes which I have set before 
 you, but go and serve other 
 gods, and worship them : 
 
 7 Then will I cut off Israel out 
 of the land which I have given 
 them ; and this house, which I 
 have hallowed for my name, will 
 I cast out of my sight ; and Is- 
 rael shall be a proverb and a 
 byword among all people : 
 
 8 And at this house, which is 
 high, every one that passeth by 
 it shall be astonished, and shall 
 hiss; and they shall say. Why 
 hath the Loed done thus unto 
 this land, and to this house ? 
 
 9 And they shall answer. Be- 
 cause they forsook the Lord 
 their God, who brought forth 
 their fathers out of the land of 
 Egypt, and have taken hold 
 upon ^ other gods, and have 
 worshipped them, and served 
 them : therefore hath the Loed 
 brought upon them all this evil. 
 
 10 ^ And it came to pass at the 
 end of twenty years, when Sc- 
 lomon had built the two houses, 
 
 T 3 
 
Sdonion huildeth 
 
 I. KINGS, X. 
 
 dioera cities. 
 
 the house of the Lord, and the ] 
 Iving's liouse, I 
 
 11 {Now Hiram the king of | 
 Tyre had furnished KSolomon 
 with cedar trees and fir trees, 
 and ^vith gold, according to all 
 his desire,) that then king So- 
 lomon gave Hiram twenty cities 
 in the land of Galilee. 
 
 12 And Hiram came out from 
 Tyre to see the cities which So- 
 lomon had gi\en him ; and they 
 pleased him not. 
 
 13 And he said. What cities 
 are these which thou hast given 
 me, my brother? And he called 
 them the land of Cabul unto 
 this day. 
 
 14 And Hiram sent to the long 
 sixscore talents of gold. 
 
 15 U And tliis is the reason of 
 the levy which king Solomon 
 raised ; for to build the house of 
 the Lord, and his own house, 
 and Millo, and the wall of Je- 
 rusalem, and Hazor, and Me- 
 giddo, and Gezer. 
 
 Hi For Pharaoh king of Egj^pt 
 had gone up, and taken Gezer, 
 and burnt it with fiie, and slain | 
 tlie Canaanites that dwelt in the ! 
 city, and given it for a present 
 luito his daughter, Solomon's 
 VI fe. 
 
 17 And Solomon built Gezer, 
 and Beth-horon the nether, 
 
 18 And Baalath, and Tadmor 
 in the wilderness, in tlite land, 
 
 19 And all the cities of store 
 that Solomon had, and cities 
 for his chariots, and cities for 
 his horsemen, and that which 
 Solomon desired to build in Je- 
 rusalem, and in Lebanon, and 
 in all the land of his dominion. 
 
 20 And all the people that 
 v^ere left of the Amorites, Hit- 
 tites, Perizzites, Hivites, and 
 Jebusites, which were not of 
 the children of Israel, 
 
 21 Their children that were 
 left after them in the land, 
 whom the children of Israel 
 also were not arble utterly to 
 destroy, upon those did Solo- 
 m.on levy a tribute of bondser- 
 vice unto this day. 
 
 22 But of the children of Is- 
 rael chd Solomon make no bond- 
 men: but they were men of 
 war, and his servants, and his 
 princes, and his captains, and 
 rulers of his chariots, and his 
 horsemen. 
 
 23 These ivere the chief of tlie 
 oiiicers that were over Solo- 
 mon's work, five hundred and 
 lifty, which bare rule over the 
 people that wrought in the 
 work. 
 
 24 ^ But Pharaoh's daughter 
 came up out of the city of Da- 
 vid unto her house wliich So- 
 lomon had built for her: then 
 did he build Millo. 
 
 25 IF And three times in a year 
 did Solomon oflfer burnt offer- 
 ings and peace offerings upon 
 the altar which he built unto 
 the Lord, and he burnt incense 
 upon the altar that was before 
 the Lord. So he finished the 
 house. 
 
 26 H And king Solomon made 
 a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, 
 which is beside Eloth, on the 
 shore of the Red sea, in the 
 land of Edom. 
 
 27 And Hiram sent in the navy 
 his servants, shipmen that had 
 laiowledge of the sea, with the 
 servants of vSolomon. 
 
 28 And they came to Ophir, 
 and fetched from thence gold, 
 four hundred and twenty ta- 
 lents, and brought it to king 
 Solomon. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 1 Tlie queen of Sheha admiretli the 
 laisdmn of Solomon. 14 Solomon's 
 gold. 16 His targets. 18 The 
 throm of ivorij. 21 His vessels. 
 21: His presents. 2G His chariots 
 and hoi-se. 28 His tribute. 
 
 A ND when the queen of Sheba 
 jt\. heard of the fame of Solo- 
 mon concerning the name of the 
 Lord, she came to prove him 
 with hard questions. 
 
 2 And she came to Jerusalem 
 with a very great train, with 
 camels that bare spices, and 
 very much gold, and precious 
 stones : and when she was come 
 
The queen oj SMa's I, KINGS, X. 
 
 visit to Sohiiwn. 
 
 to Solomon, she communed with 
 him of all that was in her heart. 
 
 3 And Solomon told her all 
 her questions : there was not 
 an^ thing hid from the Mng, 
 which he told her not. 
 
 4 And when the queen of 
 Sheba had seen all Solomon's 
 wisdom, and the house that he 
 had built, 
 
 5 And the meat of his table, 
 and the sitting of his servants, 
 and the attendance of his mi- 
 nisters, and their apparel, and 
 liis cupbearers, and his ascent 
 by which he went up unto the 
 house of the Lord; there was 
 no more spirit in her. 
 
 6 And she said to the kmg. It 
 was a true report that I heard 
 in mine own land of thy acts 
 and of thy wisdom. 
 
 7 Howbeit I believed not the 
 words, until I came, and mine 
 eyes had seen it: and, behold, 
 the half was not told me : thy 
 wisdom and prosperity exceed- 
 eth the fame which I heard. 
 
 8 Happy are thy men, happy 
 are these thy servants, which 
 stand continually before thee, 
 and that hear thy wisdom. 
 
 9 Blessed be the Loed thy God, 
 which delighted in thee, to set 
 thee on the throne of Israel : be- 
 cause the LosD loved Israel for 
 ever, therefore made he thee 
 king, to do judgment and jus- 
 tice. 
 
 10 And she gave the king an 
 hundred and twenty talents of 
 gold, and of spices very great 
 store, and precious stones : there 
 came no more such abundance 
 of spices as these which the 
 queen of Sheba gave to king 
 Solomon. 
 
 11 And the navy also of Hi- 
 ram, that brought gold from 
 Ophir, brought in from Ophir 
 great plenty of almug trees, 
 and precious stones. 
 
 12 And the king made of the 
 almug trees pillars for the house 
 of the Lord, and for the king's 
 house, harps also and psalteries 
 for singers : there came no such 
 
 almug trees, nor were seen un- 
 to this day. 
 
 13 And Idug Solomon gave 
 unto the queen of Sheba all her 
 desire, whatsoever she asked, 
 beside that which Solomon gave 
 her of his royal bounty. So she 
 turned and went to her own 
 country, she and her servants. 
 
 14 UNow the weight of gold 
 that came to Solomon in one 
 year was six hundred three- 
 score and six talents of gold, 
 
 15 Beside that he had of the 
 merchantmen, and of the traf- 
 fick of the spice merchants, and 
 of all the kings of Arabia, 
 and of the governors of the 
 countrj^ 
 
 16 H And king Solomon made 
 two hundred targets of beaten 
 gold: six hundred shekels of 
 gold went to one target. 
 
 17 And he made three hun- 
 dred shields of beaten gold; 
 three pound of gold went to one 
 shield : and the king put them 
 in the house of the forest of Le- 
 banon. 
 
 18 ^ Moreover the king made a 
 great throne of ivory, and over- 
 laid it with the best gold. 
 
 19 The throne had six steps,' 
 and the top of the tlnrone was 
 round behind: and there were 
 stays on either side on the place 
 of the seat, and two lions stood 
 beside the stays. 
 
 20 And twelve lions stood there 
 on the one side and on the other 
 upon the six steps: there was 
 not the like made in any king- 
 dom. 
 
 21 H And all king Solomon's 
 drinking vessels wet^e of gold, 
 and all the vessels of the house 
 of the forest of Lebanon were 
 o/^pure gold; none were q/" sil- 
 ver: it was nothing accounted 
 of in the days of Solomon. 
 
 22 For the king had at sea a 
 na^^ of Tharshish with the 
 navy of Hiram : once in three 
 years came the navy of Thar- 
 shish, bringing gold, and silver, 
 ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 
 
 23 So king Solomon exceeded 
 
(Solomon is I. KINGS, XL 
 
 all the kinss of the earth for 
 I idles and for wisdom. 
 
 24 •! And all the earth son^^ht 
 to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, 
 which God had put in liis heail. 
 
 2-) And they brouj^ht every 
 man his present, vessels of sil- 
 ver, and vessels of gold, and 
 garments, and armour, and 
 spices, horses, and mules, a rate 
 year bv year. 
 
 2<j •[ And Solomon j?athered to- 
 ii;ether chariots and horsemen : 
 and he had a thousand and four 
 hundred chariots, and twelve 
 thousand hoi-semen, whom he 
 bestowed in the cities for cha- 
 riots, and with the kin;j? at Je- 
 rusalem. 
 
 27 And the kinp: made silver 
 to he in Jerusalem as stones, 
 and cedars made he to be as the 
 sycomoie trees that are in the 
 \ale, for abundance. 
 
 28 •[ And Solomon had liorses 
 brought out of Egypt, and linen 
 yam : the king's merchants re 
 
 SPiJucei} to idi)kd)if. 
 
 they will turn away your heart 
 after their gods : Solomon clave 
 unto these in love. 
 
 3 And he had seven lanidred 
 wives, pnnces«;e8, and three hun- 
 ched concubines: and his wives 
 turned away his heai-t. 
 
 4 For it came to jtass, when 
 Solomon was old, titat his wives 
 turned away his heart after other 
 gods : and his heart was not 
 perfect with the LoiU) his God, 
 as rvas the heart of David hi« 
 father. 
 
 o For Solomon went after Ash- 
 t()reth the goddess of the Zido- 
 nians, and after Milcom the a- 
 bomination of the Ammonites. 
 
 () And Solomon did evil in the 
 sight of the Lord, and went not 
 fully after the Lord, as did Da- 
 vid his father. 
 
 7 Then did Solomon build an 
 liigh place for Chemosh, the a- 
 bomination of Moab, in the hill 
 that is before Jerusalem, and for 
 Molech, the abomination of the 
 
 <*eived the linen yarn at a price, i children of Animon. 
 
 29 And a chariot came \\\) and 
 went out of Egypt for six hun- 
 dred shekels of silver, and an 
 horee for an luuidred and fiftj' : 
 and so for all the kings of the 
 llittites, and for the kings of 
 Syria, did they bring them out 
 by their means. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 1 iytjlomon's icives aiul coyicnbines. 4 
 III his old age they draw him to idol- 
 atry. 9 God threateneth him. 14 
 Solomon's adversaries were Hadxul, 
 vyho loas entertained in Egypt, 23 
 Rezon, who reigned in Damascus, 
 20 and Jeroboam, to ivhom Ahi- 
 jah prophesied. 41 Solomon's acts, 
 reign, ami death : Rehoboam sue- 
 ceedeth him. 
 
 BUT Idng Solomon loved 
 many strange women, to- 
 gether with the daughter of 
 Pharaoh, women of the Mo- 
 abites. Ammonites, Edomites, 
 Zidouians, and Hittites ; 
 2 Of the nations concerning- 
 which the Lord said unto the 
 cliildren of Israel, Ye shall not 
 go in to them, neither shall they 
 come in unto you : /or surely 
 
 8 And like^7ise did he for all 
 his strange wives, which burnt 
 incense and siicriliced unto their 
 gods. 
 
 9 ^ And the Lord was angry 
 with Solomon, because his heart 
 was turned from the Lord God 
 of Israel, which had appeared 
 unto him twice, 
 
 10 And had commanded him 
 concerning this thing, that he 
 should not go after other gods : 
 but he kept not that which the 
 Lord commanded. 
 
 11 Wherefore the Lord said 
 unto Solomon, Forasmuch as 
 this is done of thee, and thou 
 hast not kept my covenant and 
 my statutes, which I have com- 
 manded thee, I will surely rend 
 the Ivingdom from thee, and will 
 give it to thy servant. 
 
 12 Notwithstanding in thy days 
 I will not do it for David thy 
 father's sake : bttt 1 will rend it 
 out of the hand of thy son. 
 
 13 Howbeit I will not rend 
 away all the kingdom ; but will 
 give one tribe to thy son for 
 
Sdomon's adversaries. I. KINGS, XI. Solcmm's adversaries. 
 
 David my servant's sake, and 
 for Jerusalem's sake which I 
 have chosen. 
 
 14 ^ And the Loed stirred up 
 an adversaiy unto Solomon, Ha- 
 dad the Edomite : he was of the 
 king's seed in Edom. 
 
 15 For it came to pass, when 
 David was in Edom, and Joab 
 the captain of the host was gone 
 up to bury the slain, after he had 
 smitten every male in Edom ; 
 
 16 (For six months did Joab 
 remain there with all Israel, 
 until he had cut off every male 
 in Edom :) 
 
 17 That Hadad fled, he and 
 certain Edomites of his father's 
 servants with him, to go into 
 Egypt; Hadad being yet a lit- 
 tle child. 
 
 18 And they arose out of Mi- 
 dian, 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 
 house, and appointed him vic- 
 tuals, and gave him land. 
 
 19 And Hadad found great 
 favour in the sight of Pharaoh, 
 so that he gave him to wife the 
 sister of his own wife, the sister 
 of Tahpenes the queen. 
 
 20 And the sister of Tahpenes 
 bare him Genubath his son, 
 whom Tahpenes weaned in Pha- 
 raoh's house : and Genubath 
 was in Pharaoh's household a- 
 mong the sons of Pharaoh. 
 
 21 And when Hadad heard in 
 Egyi)t that David slept with 
 his fathers, and that Joab the 
 captain of the host was dead, 
 Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me 
 depart, that I may go to mine 
 own country. 
 
 22 Then Pharaoh said unto 
 him, But what hast thou lacked 
 with me, that, behold, thou seek- 
 est to go to thine own country? 
 And he answered, Nothing: 
 howbeit let me go in any wise. 
 
 23 li And God stirred him up an- 
 other adversary, Eezon the son 
 of Eliadah, which fled from his 
 lord Hadadezer kiug of Zobah : 
 
 24 And he gathered men unto 
 him, and became captain over 
 a band, when David slew them 
 of Zobah: and they went to 
 Damascus, and dwelt therein, 
 and reigned in Damascus. 
 
 25 And he was an adversary 
 to Israel all the days of Solo- 
 mon, beside the mischief that 
 Hadad did: and he abhorred 
 Israel, and reigned over Syria. 
 
 26 ^ And Jeroboam the son 
 of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Ze- 
 reda, Solomon's sers^ant, whose 
 mother's name was Zeruah, a 
 widow woman, even he lifted 
 up his hand against the king. 
 
 27 And this zvas the cause that 
 he lifted up his hand against 
 the king : Solomon built Millo, 
 and repaired the breaches of the 
 city of David his father. 
 
 28 And the man Jeroboam was 
 a mighty man of valour : and 
 Solomon seeing the young man 
 that he was industrious, he made 
 him ruler over all the charge of 
 the house of Joseph. 
 
 29 And it came to pass at that 
 time when Jeroboam went out 
 of Jerusalem, that the prophet 
 Ahijah the Shilonite found him 
 in the way; and he had clad 
 himself with a new garment; 
 and they tAvo were alone in the 
 field: 
 
 30 And Ahijah caught the new 
 garment that was on him, and 
 rent it in twelve pieces : 
 
 31 And he said to Jeroboam, 
 Take thee ten pieces : for thus 
 saith the Lord, the God of Israel, 
 Behold, I will rend the kingdom 
 out of the hand of Solomon, and 
 will give ten tribes to thee : 
 
 32 (But he shall have one tribe 
 for my servant David's sake, 
 and for Jerusalem's sake, the 
 city which I have chosen out 
 of all the tribes of Israel :) 
 
 33 Because that they have for- 
 saken me, and have worshipped 
 Ashtoreth the goddess of the 
 Zidonians, Chemosh the god 
 of the Moabites, and Milcom 
 the god of the children of Am- 
 mon, and have not waUved in 
 
i<domo)i huikleth 
 
 I. KINGS, X. 
 
 dioeis cities. 
 
 tho house of the Lord, and the ] 
 king s house, 
 
 11 {Now Hiram the king of 
 Tyre had furnished Solomon 
 with cedar trees and lir trees, 
 and with gold, according to all 
 his desh'e,) that then king So- 
 lomon gave Hiram twenty cities 
 in the land of Galilee. 
 
 12 And Hiram came out from 
 Tyre to see the cities which So- 
 lomon had given him ; and they 
 t)leased him not. 
 
 13 And ho said. What cities 
 are these which thou hast given 
 me, my brother? And he called 
 them the land of Cabul unto 
 this day. 
 
 14 And Hinim sent to the king 
 sixscore talent-^ of gold. 
 
 15 ^ And this is tho reason of 
 tlie levy which king Solomon 
 raised ; for to build the house of 
 tlie LoTiD, and his own house, 
 and Millo, and the wall of Je- 
 rusalem, and Hazor, and Me- 
 gfddo, and Gezer. 
 
 1<3 For Pharaoh king of Egj'pt 
 had gone up, and taken Gezer, 
 and bunit it with fiie, and slain 
 tlie Canaanites that dwelt in the 
 city, and given it^br a present 
 unto his daughter, Solomon's 
 wife. 
 
 17 And Solomon built Gezer, 
 and Beth-horon the nether, 
 
 18 And Baalath, and Tadmor 
 in the wilderness, in tlie land, 
 
 19 And all the cities of store 
 that Solomon had, and cities 
 for his chariots, and cities for 
 his horsemen, and that which 
 Solomon desired to build in Je- 
 rusalem, and in Lebanon, and 
 in all the land of his dominion. 
 
 20 And all the people that 
 ttjere left of the Amorites, Hit- 
 tites, Perizzites, HiWtes, and 
 Jebusites, which wei^e not of 
 the children of Israel, 
 
 21 Their cliildren that were 
 left after them in the land, 
 whom the children of Israel 
 also were not able utterly to 
 destroy, upon those did Solo- 
 m.on levy a tribute of bondser- 
 vice unto this day. 
 
 22 But of the cliildren of Is- 
 rael did Solomon make no bond- 
 men : but they were men of 
 war, and his servants, and his 
 princes, and his captains, and 
 rulei-s of his chariots, and his 
 horsemen. 
 
 23 These ivere the chief of the 
 ollicers that we7'e over Solo- 
 mon's work, five hundred and 
 fifty, which bare nde over tlie 
 peoi)le that wrought in the 
 work. 
 
 24 ^ But Pharaoh's daughter , 
 came up out of the city oif Da- 1 
 vid unto her house which So- 
 Inmoji had built for her: then 
 did he build Millo. 
 
 25 II And three times in a year 
 did Solomon offer burnt offer- 
 ings and peace offerings upon 
 the altar which he built unto 
 the Lord, and he burnt incense 
 upon the altar that ivas before 
 the Lord. So he finished the 
 house. 
 
 26 U And king Solomon made 
 a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, 
 which is beside Eloth, on the 
 shore of the Red sea, in the 
 land of Edom. 
 
 27 And Hiram sent in the navy 
 his servants, shipmen that had 
 loiowledge of the sea, with the 
 servants of Solomon. 
 
 28 And they came to Ophir, 
 and fetched from thence gold, 
 four hundred and twenty ta- 
 lents, and brought it to king 
 Solomon. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 1 Tlie queen of Sheha admireth the 
 loisdam of Solomon. 14 Solomon's 
 gold. 16 His targets. 18 The 
 thro)%e of ivory. 21 His vessels. 
 2i His presents. 26 His chariots 
 and hoi-se. 28 His tribute. 
 
 A ND when the queen of Sheba 
 j\. heard of the fame of Solo- 
 mon concerning the name of the 
 Lord, she came to prove him 
 with hard questions. 
 
 2 And she came to Jerusalem 
 with a very great train, with 
 camels that bare spices, and 
 very much gold, and precious 
 stones : and when she was come 
 
 i 
 i 
 
The qv£en of Skd)a:s I, KINGS, X. 
 
 msit to Sohv.icn, 
 
 to Solomon, she communed with 
 him of all that was in her heart. 
 
 3 And Solomon told her all 
 her questions : there was not 
 any thing hid from the kin^ 
 winch he told her not. 
 
 4 And when the queen of 
 Sheba had seen all Solomon's 
 wisdom, and the house that he 
 had built, 
 
 5 And the meat of his table, 
 and the sitting of his ser^-ants, 
 and the attendance of his mi- 
 nisters, and their apparel, and 
 liis cupbearei-s, and his ascent 
 by which he went up unto the 
 house of the Lord; there was 
 no more spirit in her. 
 
 6 And she said to the king. It 
 was a true report that I heard 
 in mine own land of thy acts 
 and of thy wisdom. 
 
 7 Howbeit I belicTed not the 
 words, until I came, and mine 
 eyes had seen it: and, behold, 
 the half was not told me : thy 
 wisdom and prosperity exceed- 
 eth the fame which I heard. 
 
 8 Happy are thy men, happy 
 are these thy servants, which 
 stand continually before thee, 
 and that hear thy wisdom. 
 
 9 Blessed be the Loed thy God, 
 which delighted in thee, to set 
 thee on the throne of Israel : be- 
 cause the LoED loved Israel for 
 ever, therefore made he thee 
 king, to do judgment and jus- 
 tice. 
 
 10 And she gave the king an 
 hundred and twenty talents of 
 gold, and of spices very great 
 store, and precious stones : there 
 came no more such abundance 
 of spices as these which the 
 queen of Sheba gave to king 
 Solomon. 
 
 11 And the navy also of Hi- 
 ram, that brought gold from 
 OpMr, brought in from Ophir 
 great plenty of almug trees, 
 and precious stones. 
 
 12 And the king made of the 
 almug trees pillars for the house 
 of the Lord, and for the king's 
 house, harps also and psalteries 
 for singers : there came no such 
 
 almug trees, nor were seen un- 
 to this day. 
 
 13 And Idng Solomon gave 
 unto the queen of Sheba all her 
 desire, whatsoever she asked, 
 beside that which Solomon gave 
 her of his royal bounty. So she 
 turned and went to her own 
 country, she and her servants. 
 
 14 ^Now the weight of gold 
 that came to Solomon in one 
 year was six hundred three- 
 score and six talents of gold, 
 
 15 Beside that he had of the 
 merchantmen, and of the traf- 
 fick of the spice merchants, and 
 of all the kings of Arabia, 
 and of the governors of the 
 countrsT-. 
 
 16 H And king Solomon made 
 two hundred targets of beaten 
 gold: six hundred shekels of 
 gold went to one target. 
 
 17 And he made three hun- 
 dred shields of beaten gold; 
 three pound of gold went to one 
 shield : and the king put them 
 in the house of the forest of Le- 
 banon. 
 
 18 % Moreover the king made a 
 great throne of ivory, and over- 
 laid it with the best gold. 
 
 19 The throne had six steps,- 
 and the top of the throne was 
 round behind: and there were 
 stays on either side on the place 
 of the seat, and two lions stood 
 beside the stays. 
 
 20 And twelve lions stood there 
 on the one side and on the other 
 upon the six steps: there was 
 not the lilie made in any king- 
 dom. 
 
 21 % And all king Solomon's 
 drinldng vessels ivere of gold, 
 and all the vessels of the house 
 of the forest of Lebanon were 
 of pure gold ; none were of sil- 
 ver: it was nothing accounted 
 of in the days of Solomon. 
 
 22 For the king had at sea a 
 navy of Tharshish with the 
 navy of Huam : once in three 
 years came the navy of Thar- 
 shish, bringmg gold, and silver, 
 ivoiy, and apes, and peacocks. 
 
 23 So king Solomon exceeded 
 
Solomon is 
 
 I. KINGS, XI. 
 
 seduced to itUHutiii. 
 
 all the kinss of the earth for 
 riches and lor wisdom. 
 24 •! And all the earth pon^'ht 
 to Solomon, to heiir hin wisdom, 
 wliich G<kI liad put in liis heart. 
 *25 And they brouj^ht every 
 man his pri'sent, vessels of sil- 
 ver, and vessels of gold, and 
 garments, and armour, and 
 spices, horses, and mules, a rate 
 year l)v year. 
 
 2<i •: And Sohmion gathered to- 
 gether chariots and horsemen : 
 and he had a thousiind and four 
 hundred chariots, and twelve 
 thousand hoi-senu'n, whom he 
 l)estowed in tlie cities for cha- 
 riots, and with the kini; at Je- 
 msalem. 
 
 27 And the kinp: made silver 
 to he in Jerusalem as stones, 
 and cedars made he to he as the 
 sycomore trees that are in the 
 vale, for abundanee. 
 *2S •[ And Solomon had horses 
 broui^dit out of Eirypt, and linen 
 yam : the kinjj;'8 miTchants re- 
 <'eived the linen yarn at a price. 
 29 And a chariot came up and 
 went out of K^'ypt for six hun- 
 di-ed shekels of silver, and an 
 hoi-se for an hundred and lift\' : 
 and so for all the kinj;s of the 
 Tlittites, and for tlie kings of 
 Syria, did they bring them out 
 J\v their means. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 1 S^jlomon's jr/tv.s a)Ml coiicnhines. 4 
 In his old (t'je fhcy draw him to iclol- 
 otry. 9 God threa'emth him. 14 
 Solomon's advermrips were HadmJ, 
 vyho was entertained in Egypt, 23 
 Rezon, who reigned in TJamusens, 
 2r. and Jeroboam, to whom Ahi- 
 jah prophesied. 41 Solomon's acts, 
 reign, and deaih : liehoboam suc- 
 ceedeth him. 
 
 BU T king Solomon loved 
 many strange women, to- 
 gether with the daughter of 
 Pharaoh, women of the Mo- 
 abites. Ammonites, Edomites, 
 Zidonians, and Hittites ; 
 2 Of the nations concerning' 
 which the Lord said nnto the 
 cliildren of Israel, Ye shall not 
 go in to them, neither shall they 
 come in nnto yon : /br surely 
 
 they will turn away your lieart 
 after their gods : Solomon clave 
 unto these in love. 
 
 And h(.* had seven hundred 
 wives, princesses, and three hun- 
 ih«'d concubines: and his wives 
 turned away his heart. 
 
 4 For it came to pass, when 
 Solomon was old, that his wives 
 turned away his heart after other 
 gods : and his heart was not 
 peri'ect with the Loiin his God, 
 as was the heart of David his 
 lather. 
 
 T) For Solomon went after Asli- 
 toreth the gfKldess of the Zido- 
 nians, and after Milcom the a- 
 bomination of the Ammonites. 
 
 j) And Solomon did evil in tlie 
 sight of the LoHi), and went not 
 fidly after the Lokd, as did Da- 
 vid his father. 
 
 7 Then did Solomon build an 
 high place for Chemosh, the a- 
 bomination of Moab, in the hill 
 that ?,v iK'fore Jerusalem, and foi 
 3lolech, the abomination of the 
 children of Amnion. 
 
 5 And likewise did he for all 
 his strange wives, which burnt 
 incense and sa<.Tiliced unto their 
 gods. 
 
 9 •[ And the Lord was angry 
 with Solomon, because his heart, 
 was turned from the Lord God 
 of Israel, which had appeared 
 unto him twice, 
 
 10 And had commanded him 
 concerning this thing, that he 
 should not go after other gods : 
 but he kei)t not that which the 
 Lord commanded. 
 
 11 Wherefore the Lord said 
 unto Solomon, Forasmuch as 
 this is done of thee, and thou 
 hast not kept my covenant and 
 mj^ statutes, which I have com- 
 manded thee, I will sm-ely rend 
 the Ivingdom from thee, and will 
 give it to thy servant. 
 
 12 Notwithstanding in thy days 
 
 1 will not do it for David thy 
 father's sake : htit I will rend it 
 out of the hand of thy son. 
 
 13 Howbeit I will not rend 
 away all the kingdom ; but will 
 give one tribe to thy son for 
 
Solomon's adversaries. I. KINGS, XI. Solommi*s adversaries. 
 
 David my servant's sake, and 
 for Jerusalem's sake which I 
 have chosen. 
 
 14 ![ And the Lord stirred up 
 an adversary unto Solomon, Ha- 
 dad the Edomite : he was of the 
 king's seed in Edom. 
 
 15 For it came to pass, when 
 David was in Edom, and Joab 
 the captain of the host was gone 
 up to bury the slain, after he had 
 smitten eveiy male in Edom ; 
 
 16 (For six months did Joab 
 remain there with all Israel, 
 imtil he had cut off every male 
 in Edom :) 
 
 17 That Hadad fled, he and 
 certain Edomites of his father's 
 servants with him, to go into 
 Egypt ; Hadad being yet a lit- 
 tle child. 
 
 18 And they arose out of Mi- 
 dian, and came to Paran: and 
 they took men with them out 
 of Paran, and they came to 
 Egypt, imto^ Pharaoh king of 
 Egypt ; which gave him an 
 house, and appointed him vic- 
 tuals, and gave him land. 
 
 19 And Hadad found great 
 favom^ in the sight of Pharaoh, 
 so that he gave him to wife the 
 sister of his oivn wife, the sister 
 of Tahpenes the queen. 
 
 20 And the sister of Tahpenes 
 bare him Genubath his son, 
 whom Tahpenes weaned in Pha- 
 raoh's house : and Genubath 
 was in Pharaoh's household a- 
 mong the sons of Pharaoh. 
 
 21 And when Hadad heard in 
 EgjTt that David slept with 
 his fathers, and that Joab the 
 captain of the host was dead, 
 Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me 
 depart, that I may go to mine 
 o^vn coimtry. 
 
 22 Then Pharaoh said unto 
 him, But what hast thou lacked 
 with me, that, behold, thou seek- 
 est to go to thine own country ? 
 And he answered, Notliing: 
 howbeit let me go in any wise. 
 
 23 1[And God stirred him up an- 
 other adversary, Eezon the son 
 of Eliadah, which fled from his 
 lord Hadadezer king of Zobah : 
 
 24 And he gathered men unto 
 him, and became captain over 
 a band, w^hen David slew them 
 of Zobah: and they went to 
 Damascus, and dwelt therein, 
 and reigned in Damascus. 
 
 25 And he was an adversary 
 to Israel all the days of Solo- 
 mon, beside the mischief that 
 Hadad did: and he abhorred 
 Israel, and reigned over Syria. 
 
 26 1[ And Jeroboam the son 
 of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Ze- 
 reda, Solomon's servant, whose 
 mother's name was Zeruah, a 
 widow woman, even he lifted 
 up his hand against the king. 
 
 27 And this was the cause that 
 he lifted up his hand against 
 the king : Solomon built Millo, 
 and repaired the breaches of the 
 city of David his father. 
 
 28 And the man Jeroboam was 
 a mighty man of valour : and 
 Solomon seeing the young man 
 that he was industrious, he made 
 him ruler over all the charge of 
 the house of Joseph. 
 
 29 And it came to pass at that 
 time when Jeroboam went out 
 of Jerusalem, that the prophet 
 Ahijah the Shilonite found him 
 in the way; and he had clad 
 himself with a new garment; 
 and they two were alone in the 
 field: 
 
 30 And Ahijah caught the new 
 garment that was on him, and 
 rent it in twelve pieces : 
 
 31 And he said to Jeroboam, 
 Take thee ten pieces : for thus 
 saith the Lord, the God of Israel, 
 Behold, I will rend the kingdom 
 out of the hand of Solomon, and 
 will give ten tribes to thee : 
 
 32 (But he shall have one tribe 
 for my servant David's sake, 
 and for Jerusalem's sake, the 
 city which I have chosen out 
 of all the tribes of Israel :) 
 
 33 Because that they have for- 
 saken me, and have worshipped 
 Ashtoreth the goddess of the 
 Zidonians, Chemosh the god 
 of the Moabites, and Milcom 
 the god of the childi^en of Am- 
 mon, and have not walked in 
 
Solomoii's death. I. KINGS, XII. 
 
 my ways, to do that which is 
 right in mine eyes, and to keep 
 my statutes and my judgments, 
 as did David liis father. 
 
 34 Howbeit I will not take the 
 whole kingdom out of his hand : 
 but I will make him ])rince all 
 the days of his life for David my 
 servant's sake, whom I chose, 
 because he kept my command- 
 ments and mv statutes : 
 
 35 But I will take the king- 
 dom out of his son's hand, and 
 will give it unto thee, even ten 
 tribes. 
 
 36 And unto his son will I give 
 one tribe, that David my servant 
 may have a light alway before 
 me in Jerusalem, the city which 
 I have chosen me to put my 
 name there. 
 
 37 And I will take thee, and 
 thou shalt reign according to all 
 that thy soul desireth, and shalt 
 be king over Israel. 
 
 38 And it shall be, if thou wilt 
 hearken unto all that I com- 
 mand tliee, and wilt walk in my 
 ways, and do that is right in my 
 sight, to keep my statutes and 
 my commandments, as David 
 my servant did; that I will be 
 with thee, and build thee a sure 
 housej as I built for David, and 
 will give Israel unto thee. 
 
 39 And I will for this afflict 
 the seed of David, but not for 
 ever. 
 
 40 Solomon sought therefore 
 to kill Jeroboam. And Jero- 
 boam arose, and fled into Egypt, 
 unto Shishak king of Egjnit, 
 and was in Eg>T)t imtil the 
 death of Solomon. 
 
 41 If And the rest of the acts 
 of Solomon, and all that he did, 
 and his wisdom, are they not 
 written in the book of the acts 
 of Solomon ? 
 
 42 And the time that Solomon 
 reigned in Jerusalem over all 
 Israel was forty years. 
 
 43 And Solomon slept with 
 his fathers, and was buried in 
 the city of David his father: 
 and Rehoboam his son reigned 
 in his stead. 
 
 Jiehcboam made hmj. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 1 Tlie It^nu'liiein, asm'tnbled at She. 
 chem to croirn Itthdxxnn, hy Je- 
 rofifHim )iiale a suit of relaxation 
 vuto him. 6 Kehdtoavi, refusing 
 the obi men's counsel, by the ndvire 
 of yoHUff men, ansii^ereth tlioa 
 roKfjhln. k; Ten tribes revolting, 
 kill Aaoram, aud male JiehofxHim 
 to fli-e. 21 RehfJKXHii, raixing "u 
 army, is forbidden by SheniHidh. 
 25 Jer(tlHxim strengtheneth himself 
 by cities, 2»; and by the idolidry of 
 the two ralves. 
 
 j AND Rehoboam went to 8he- 
 j XX chem : for all Israel were 
 I come to Shechem to mak^ him 
 king. 
 
 2 And it came to pass, when 
 Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who 
 was vet in Egj^»t, heard of it, 
 (for he >yns fled from the pre- 
 
 sence of king Sohmion, and Je- 
 roboam dwelt in Egypt;) 
 
 3 That they sent and called 
 him. And Jeroboam and all the 
 congregation of Israel came, and 
 spake unto Rehoboam, saying, 
 
 4 Thy father made oiu* yoke 
 grievous: now therefore make 
 thou the grievous service of thy 
 father, and his heavy yoke which 
 he put upon us, lighter, and we 
 will serve thee. 
 
 5 And he said unto them, De- 
 part yet for three days, then 
 come again to me. And the 
 people departed. 
 
 6 If And king Rehoboam con- 
 sulted with the old men, that 
 stood before Solomon his father 
 while he yet lived, and said, How 
 do ye advise that I may answer 
 this people ? 
 
 7 And they spake unto liim, 
 saying. If thou wilt be a servant 
 unto this people this day, and 
 wilt sen^e them, and answer 
 them, and speak good words 
 to them, then they will be thy 
 serv ants for ever. 
 
 8 But he forsook the counsel 
 of the old men, which they had 
 given him, and consulted with 
 the young men that were grown 
 up with him, and which stoml 
 before him : 
 
 9 And he said unto thern, 
 What coimsel give ye that we 
 
Ten tribes revolt 
 
 I. KINGS, xn. 
 
 from Behdboam. 
 
 may answer this people, who 
 have spoken to me, saying:, Make 
 the yoke which thy father did 
 put upon us lighter ? 
 
 10 And the young men that 
 were grown up with him spake 
 imto him, saying, Thus shalt 
 thou speak unto this people that 
 spake unto thee, saying, Thy 
 father made our yoke heavy, 
 but make thou it lighter unto 
 us; thus shalt thou say unto 
 them, My little finger shall be 
 thicker than my father's loins. 
 
 11 And now whereas my father 
 did lade you with a heavy yoke, 
 I will add to your yoke: my 
 father hath chastised you with 
 whips, but I w^ill chastise you 
 with scorpions. 
 
 12 % So Jeroboam and all the 
 people came to Eehoboam the 
 third day, as the king had ap- 
 pointed, saying, Come to me 
 again the third day. 
 
 13 And the king answered the 
 people roughly, and foi*sook the 
 old men's counsel that they gave 
 him; 
 
 14 And spake to them after 
 the coimsel of the young men, 
 saying, My father made your 
 yoke heavy, and I will add to 
 your yoke : my father also chas- 
 tised you with whips, but I -vvill 
 chastise you with scorpions. 
 
 15 Wherefore the Mng heark- 
 ened not unto the people; for 
 the cause was from the Lokd, 
 that he might perform his say- 
 ing, which the Lokd spake by 
 Aliijah the Shilonite imto Je- 
 roboam the son of Nebat. 
 
 16 IF So when all Israel saw 
 that the king hearkened not 
 unto them, the people answered 
 the Iring, saying. What portion 
 have we in Da\id? neither have 
 vje inheritance in the son of 
 Jesse : to your tents, O Israel : 
 now see to thine o^vn house, 
 David. So Israel departed un- 
 to their tents. 
 
 17 But as for the cliildren of 
 Israel which dwelt in the cities 
 of Judah, Eehoboam reigned 
 over them. I 
 
 18 Then king Eehoboam sent 
 Adoram, who ivas over the tri- 
 bute ; and all Israel stoned hiin 
 vrith stones, that he died. There- 
 fore king Eehoboam made speed 
 to get him up to his chariot, to 
 flee to Jerusalem. 
 
 19 So Israel rebelled against 
 the house of David unto this 
 day. 
 
 20 And it came to pass, when 
 all Israel heard that Jeroboam 
 was come again, that they sent 
 and called him unto the con- 
 gregation, and made him long 
 over all Israel : there was none 
 that followed the house of Da- 
 \i&, but the tribe of Judah only. 
 
 21 1[ And when Eehoboam was 
 come to Jerusalem, he assem- 
 bled all the house of Judah, 
 with the tribe of Benjamin, an 
 himdred and fourscore thousand 
 chosen men, which were war- 
 riors, to fight against the house 
 of Israel, to bring the kingdom 
 again to Eehoboam the son of 
 Solomon. 
 
 22 But the word of God came 
 unto Shemaiah the man of God, 
 saying, 
 
 23 Speak unto Eehoboam, the 
 son of Solomon, king of Judah, 
 and unto all the house of Judah 
 and Benjamin, and to the rem- 
 nant of the people, sayuig, 
 
 24 Thus saith the Loed, Ye 
 shall not go up, nor fight against 
 your brethren the children of 
 Israel : return every man to liis 
 house ; for this thing is from me. 
 They hearkened therefore to the 
 word of the Lokd, and returned 
 to depart, according to the word 
 of the Lokd. 
 
 25 ^ Then Jeroboam built She- 
 chem in mormt Ephraim, and 
 dwelt therein; and went out 
 from thence, and built Penuel. 
 
 26 And Jeroboam said in his 
 heart, Now shall the kingdom 
 return to the house of David : 
 
 27 If this people go up to do 
 sacrifice in the house of the 
 Lord at Jerusalem, then shall 
 the heart of this people turn 
 again unto theu' lord, even 
 
Jeroboam's idolatry. 
 
 unto Relioboam kincj of Jiiflah, 
 and they Rhall kill me, and po 
 again to Rehoboam king of Ju- 
 dah. 
 
 28 Whereni)on the king took 
 counsel, and made two calves 
 of gold, and said unto them, It 
 is too much for you to go up to 
 Jerusalem : behold thy gods, O 
 Israel, which brought thee up 
 out of the land of Egypt. 
 
 20 And he s»H the one in Beth- 
 el, and the other jmt he in Dan. 
 
 ^ And this thing became a 
 Bin : for the people went to wor- 
 ship before the one, even imto 
 Dan. 
 
 31 And he made an house of 
 liigh places, and made i>riests of 
 the lowest of the peoide, which 
 were not of tlie sons of Levi. 
 
 32 And Jeroboam ordained a 
 feast in the eighth month, on 
 the fifteenth day of the mcmth, 
 like unto the feast tliat is in 
 Judah, and he offered upon the 
 altar. So did he in Beth-cl, sa- 
 crificing unto the calves that 
 he had made : and he i)laced in 
 Beth-el the priests of the high 
 places which he had made. 
 
 33 8o he offered upon the altar 
 which lie had made in Beth-el 
 the fifteenth day of the eighth 
 month, even in the month which 
 he had devised of his o^^Tl heart ; 
 and ordained a feast imto the 
 cliildren of Israel : and he of- 
 fered upon the altar, and burnt 
 incense. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 1 Jeroboam's hand, that offered vio- 
 lence to him that prophesied against 
 his altar at Beth-el, withereth, 6 
 and at the prayer of the prophet is 
 resfm-ed. 7 The prophet, refusing 
 the Mnq's entertainment, dei>arteth 
 from Beth-el. 11 An old prophet, 
 seducing him, hringeth him back. 
 20 He is rejyi-oved by God, 2?> slain 
 by a lion, 20 buried by the old pro- 
 phet, ?>1 icho confirmefh his pro- 
 J)hecy. 33 Jeroboam's obstinacy. 
 i ND, behold, there came a 
 L man of God out of Judah 
 by the word of the Lord unto 
 Beth-el : and Jeroboam stood by 
 the altar to bum incense. 
 2 And he cried against the altar 
 
 I. KINGS, XIII. 
 
 His liatid mOu'reth. 
 
 in the word of the Loim. and 
 said, O altar, altar, thus wiith the 
 Loud; Behold, a child shall he 
 bom unto the house of David, 
 Josiali by name ; and upon thee 
 shall he offer the priests of the 
 high ])laces that bum incense 
 upon thee, and men's bones shall 
 be burnt ui)on thee. 
 
 3 And he gave a sign the same 
 day, saying, Tliis is the sign 
 which the Lord hath sitoken; 
 Behold, the altar shall b(i rent, 
 and the ashes that are up<>n it 
 shall be poured out. 
 
 4 And it came to pass, when 
 king Jeroboam heard tlie saying 
 of the man of God, which had 
 cried against the altar ui Beth-el, 
 that he put fortli his hand from 
 the altar, saying. Lay hold on 
 him. And his hand, which he 
 put forth against hun, diled up, 
 so that he could not pull it in 
 again to him. 
 
 5 The altar also was rent, and 
 the ashes poured out from the 
 altar, acconhng to the sign which 
 the man of God liad given by 
 the word of the Lord. 
 
 6 And the king answered and 
 said unto the man of (»od, In- 
 treat now the face of tha Lord 
 thy God, and pray for me, that 
 my hand may be restored me 
 again. And the man of God Ije- 
 sought the Lord, and the king's 
 hand was restored him again, 
 and became as it was before. 
 
 7 And the king said unto the 
 man of God, Come home wiili 
 me, and refresh thyself, and I 
 will give thee a reward. 
 
 8 And the man of God said 
 unto the king. If thou wilt give 
 me half thine house, I will not 
 go in with thee, neither will I 
 eat bread nor drink water in this 
 place : 
 
 9 For so was it charged me by 
 the word of the Lord, saying. 
 Eat no bread, nor drink water, 
 nor turn again by the same way 
 that thou earnest. 
 
 10 So he went another vray, 
 and returned not by the way 
 that he came to Beth-el. 
 
Tlie disobedient 
 
 I. KINGS, xin. 
 
 pi'opliet slaii?. 
 
 11 IT Now there dwelt an old 
 prophet in Beth-el ; and his sons 
 came and told him all the works 
 that the man of God Lad done 
 that day in Beth-el : the words 
 which he had spoken unto the 
 king, them they told also to 
 their father. 
 
 12 And their father said imto 
 them. What way went he ? For 
 his sons had seen what way the 
 man of God went, which came 
 from Judah. 
 
 13 And he said nnto his sons, 
 Saddle me the ass. So they 
 saddled him the ass: and he 
 rode thereon, 
 
 14 And went after the man of 
 God, and found him sitting un- 
 der an oak: and he said unto 
 Mm, Art thou the man of God 
 that earnest from Judah? And 
 he said, I am. 
 
 15 Then he said unto liim, 
 Come home with me, and eat 
 bread. 
 
 16 And he said, I may not re- 
 turn with thee, nor go in with 
 thee : neither will I eat bread 
 nor drink water mth thee in 
 this place : 
 
 17 For it was said to me by the 
 word of the Lord, Thou shalt 
 eat no bread nor di-ink water 
 there, nor turn again to go by 
 the way that thou earnest. 
 
 18 He said unto him, I am a 
 prophet also as thou art; and 
 an angel spake unto me by the 
 word of the Loed, saying, Bring 
 liim back with thee into thine 
 house, that he may eat bread 
 and drink water. But he lied 
 unto him. 
 
 19 So he went back with him, 
 and did eat bread in his house, 
 and drank water. 
 
 20 1[ And it came to pass, as 
 they sat at the table, that the 
 word of the Loed came unto the 
 prophet that brought him back : 
 
 21 And he cried unto the man 
 of God that came from Judah, 
 sajing, Thus saith the Loed, 
 Forasmuch as thou hast dis- 
 obeyed the mouth of the Loed, 
 and hast not kept the command- 
 
 ment which the Lord thy God 
 commanded thee, 
 
 22 But earnest back, and hast 
 eaten bread and diamk water 
 in the place, of the wliich the 
 Lord did say to thee. Eat no 
 bread, and diink no water ; thy 
 carcase shall not come unto the 
 sepulchre of thy fathers. 
 
 23 1[ And it came to pass, after 
 he had eaten bread, and after 
 he had drunk, that he saddled 
 for him the ass, to ivit, for tlie 
 prophet whom he had brouglit 
 back. 
 
 24 And when he was gone, a 
 lion met him by the way, and 
 slew him : and his carcase was 
 cast in the way, and the ass 
 stood by it, the lion also stood 
 by the carcase. 
 
 25 And, behold, men passed by, 
 and saw the carcase cast in the 
 way, and the lion standmg by 
 the cai-case : and they came and 
 told it m the city where the old 
 prophet dwelt. 
 
 26 And when the prophet that 
 brought liim back from the way 
 heard thereof, he said, It is tha 
 man of God, who was disobedi- 
 ent unto the word of the Loed : 
 therefore the Lord hath deli- 
 Tered him unto the lion, wliich 
 hath torn him, and slain him 3 
 according to the word of tlie 
 Lord, which he spake unto him. 
 
 27 And he spake to his sons, 
 saying, Saddle me the ass. And 
 they saddled him. 
 
 28 And he went and found his 
 carcase cast in the way, and the 
 ass and the lion standing by the 
 carcase : the lion had not eaten 
 the carcase, nor torn the ass. 
 
 29 And the prophet took up 
 the carcase of the man of God, 
 and laid it upon the ass, and 
 brought it back: and the old 
 prophet came to the city, to 
 mourn and to bury him. 
 
 30 And he laid his carcase in 
 his own grave ; and they mourn- 
 ed over him, saving, Alas, rny 
 brother ! 
 
 31 And it came to pass, after 
 he had buried him, that he 
 
J*idrMUi*s ipife 
 
 fipako to }m rods, sj^yiiitf, AVlion 
 I am dead, then bury me in tlie 
 8e[»ulelire wherein the man ot 
 Ciod is buried; lay my bones 
 Ix-side Ills lx)nes : 
 32 For tlie payins: which he 
 cried by the word of the Loud 
 as^aiuf^t the altar in Beth-el, and 
 a^ain^t all the houws of tlie 
 lii^h plaees which are hi the 
 cities of Samaria, shall tamely 
 come to i)a*;s. 
 
 3P» !: After thifi thing Jerolwam 
 rt'tunied n(»t frcjm Iuk evil way, 
 but made attain of the lowest 
 of the ix^'ople priests of the h'v^h 
 places: whosoever woidd, he 
 cor.heeratedhim, and he Ixxame 
 one of the priests of the high 
 places, 
 
 *U And this thin?: lx?came sin 
 inito the house of .TerolK)am, 
 even to cut it otf, and to destn^y 
 it trom oif the face of the eailh. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 1 AJiljnh lu'hig «<>/.•. Jero^tnnm anvl. 
 fth his irij'e disfjniKfd irifh jn'fsi-nfn 
 to (he )»'oj)hrt Ahijnh at SJiiloh. 
 5 Aiiijali, t'orcmtnu'd by G<mI, dc- 
 lUtHiUeOi iioiVs jv(hjiiit'nt. \1 Ahi- 
 jnJi (Jtrfh, (did i^ hnrv'd. 10 Xadah 
 siirr-fipdrth Jcn)ho<im. 21 IMin- 
 honiit's trirled reign. 2Tt SJiixhitl: 
 
 I. KINGS, XIV. ooelh to Mijuh. 
 
 tliee fur her son ; for he is Rick : 
 thus and tlnis shalt thou say 
 unto her: for it Rliall be, when 
 she Cometh in, tliat she nhall 
 leign hei-Bclf to be another zvo- 
 man. 
 
 8 And it was 50, when Ahijah 
 heard the sound of her feet, as 
 she came in at the door, that 
 he t-aid. Come in, thou wife of 
 Jerolx)am; why feignest thou 
 thyself /o be another? for I am 
 sent to thee with heavy iidinf^s. 
 
 7 Go tell .Jeroboam, Thus 
 saith tlie Loud (iod of Israel, 
 Forasmuch as I exalt^-d thee 
 from amont; the i>eople, and 
 made thw prince over my peo- 
 ple Ismel, 
 
 8 And rent the kinjrdom away 
 from the house of Da\id, and 
 pave it thee : and pet thou hast 
 not been as my servant David, 
 who kept my commandments, 
 and who ibllowed me with all 
 his heart, to do that only which 
 was rifrht in mine eyes ; 
 
 9 But hast done evil above all 
 that were before thee : lor thou 
 Imst gone and made thee other 
 go<ls, and molten images, to 
 provoke me to anger, and hast 
 
 Hfy/doth Jernmlem. idAbijam sue cast me behind thy back : 
 <-i'(dr(h liehoboani. 10 Therefore', behold, I will 
 
 A T that time Abijah the son bring evil uijon the houRC of 
 
 of Jeroboam fell sick. 
 
 Jeroboam, and will cut ofl" from 
 
 2 And Jeroboam said to his Jeroboam him tliat pLsseth a- 
 
 wife. Arise, I pray thee, and dis- 
 guise thyself, that thou be not 
 known to be the wife of Jero- 
 boam ; and get thee to 8hiloh : 
 behold, there is Alii.jah the pro- 
 phet, which told me ihSii I should 
 be king over this people. 
 
 3 And take with thee ten 
 loaves, and cmcknels, and a 
 cnise of honey, and go to him : 
 he shall tell thee what shall be- 
 come of the child. 
 
 4 And Jeroboam's w^fe did so, 
 and arose, and went to Shiloh, 
 and came to the house of Ahijah. 
 But Ahijah could not see ; for his 
 eyes were set by reason of liis age. 
 
 5 ^And the Lord said unto 
 Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Je- 
 
 gainst the wall, and him that 
 is shut up and left in Israel, 
 and will take away the remnant 
 of the house of Jeroboam, as a 
 man taketh away dung, till it 
 be all gone. 
 
 11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam 
 in the city shall the dogs eat; 
 and him that dieth in the field 
 shall the fowls of the air eat : for 
 the Lord hath spoken it. 
 
 12 Arise thou therefore, get 
 thee to thine own house: and 
 when thy feet enter into the 
 city, the child shall die. 
 
 13 And all Israel shall mourn 
 for him, and biuy liim : for he 
 only of Jeroboam shall come to 
 the grave, because in him there 
 
 Loboam cometh to ask a thing of is foimd some good thing to- 
 
Behoboam's reign I. KINGnS, 
 
 ward the Loed God of Israel 
 in the house of Jeroboam. 
 
 14 Moreover the Loed shall 
 raise him up a king over Israel, 
 who shall cut off the house of 
 Jeroboam that day : but what ? 
 even now. 
 
 15 For the Loed shall smite 
 Israel, as a reed is shaken in 
 the water, and he shall root up 
 Israel out of this good land, 
 which he gave to their fathers, 
 and shall scatter them beyond 
 the river, because they have 
 made their groves, provoking 
 the Loed to anger. ^ 
 
 16 And he shall give Israel up 
 because of the sins of Jeroboam, 
 who did sin, and who made Is- 
 rael to sm. 
 
 17 r And Jeroboam's wife arose, 
 and departed, and came to Tir- 
 zah : and when she came to the 
 threshold of the door, the child 
 died ; 
 
 18 And they buried him ; and 
 all Israel mourned for him, ac- 
 cording to the word of the Loed, 
 which he spake by the hand of 
 his servant Ahijah the prophet. 
 
 19 And the rest of the acts of 
 Jeroboam, how he warred, and 
 how he reigned, behold, they are 
 written in the book of the chi'o- 
 nicles of the kings of Israel. 
 
 20 And the days which Jero- 
 boam reigned luere two and 
 twenty years : and he slept with 
 his fathers, and liadab his son 
 reigned in his stead. 
 
 21 ^ And Rehoboam the son 
 of Solomon reigned in Judah. 
 Rehoboam ivas forty and one 
 years old v,hen he began to 
 reign, and he reigned seventeen 
 years in Jerusalem, the city 
 which the Loed did choose out 
 of all the tribes of Israel, to 
 put his name there. And his 
 mother's name ivas Kaamah an 
 Ammonitess. 
 
 22 And Judah did evil in the 
 sight of the Loed, and they 
 provoked him to jealousy with 
 their sins which they had com- 
 mitted, above aU that their fa- 
 tliers had done. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 and death. 
 
 23 For they also built them 
 high places, and images, and 
 groves, on every high hill, and 
 under every green tree. 
 
 24 And there were also sodom- 
 ites in the land: and they did 
 according to all the abomina- 
 tions of the nations which the 
 Loed cast out before the chil- 
 di-en of Israel. 
 
 25 1[ And it came to pass in the 
 fifth year of king Eehoboam, 
 that Shishak king of Egjrpt 
 came up against Jerusalem : 
 
 26 And he took away the trea- 
 sures of the house of the Loed, 
 and the treasures of the king's 
 house ; he even took away all : 
 and he took away all the shields 
 of gold which Solomon had 
 made. 
 
 ^ 27 And king Rehoboam made 
 in their stead brasen shields, 
 and committed them unto the 
 hands of the chief of the guard, 
 which kept the door of the king's 
 house. 
 
 28 And it was so, when the 
 king went into the house of the 
 Loed, that the guard bare them, 
 and brought them back into the 
 guard chamber. 
 
 29 IF Now the rest of the acts 
 of Rehoboam, and all that he 
 did, are they not wiitten in the 
 book of the chronicles of the 
 kings of Judah ? 
 
 30 And there vras war between 
 Rehoboam and Jeroboam all 
 their days. 
 
 31 And Rehoboam slept with 
 his fathers, and was bmied with 
 his fathers in the city of David. 
 And his mother's name was 
 Naamah an Ammonitess. And 
 Abijam his son reigned in his 
 stead. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 1 Abi jam's iviclced reign. 7 Asa suc- 
 ceedefli Mm. 9 Asas good reign. 
 16 Tlie war hetiveen Baasha and 
 Mm cause fh Mm to mal-e a league 
 with Ben-liadud. 23 Jehoshaphat 
 succeedeth Asa. 25 Nadah's wicl-^ 
 ed reign. 27 Baasha conspiring a- 
 gainst Mm executeth AMjali's pro- 
 pliecy. 31 Nadab's acts and death . 
 33 Baasha s wielded, reign. 
 
Mi jam's tciclced reign. I. KINGS, XV. AgiCs good itinn. 
 
 NOW in tlie eiprhteenth year i made an idol in a prove ; and 
 of kin?: Jeroltoani the son | Asa destroyed Iier idol, and 
 of Nebat reigned Abijam over , bunit it by the brook Kidroii. 
 Jndah. 14 But the hi^di placen \vere 
 
 2 Three years reijnied he in ; not removed: nevertheless A- 
 Jerusalem. And his mother's wi's heart was ])ert'ect with tlie 
 name 7vas INIaaehah, the daugh- Lord all his days. 
 
 ter of Abishalom. ' 15 And he bronpht in the 
 
 3 And he walked in all the thinjjs which his lather had de 
 
 dicated. and the thinf^^s \\]iu]\ 
 himself had dedicated, into the 
 lionfie of the Lord, silver, and 
 
 sins of his father, which he had 
 done before him : and his heart 
 
 was not rcifect with the Lord 
 
 his God, as the heart of David pold, and vessels. 
 
 his father. 16 ![ And there was war bo 
 
 4 Nevertheless for David's sake tween Asa and Baasha king oi 
 
 did the Lord his God trive him \ Israel all their days. 
 
 Ji lamp in Jernsalem, to set up 17 And Baasha Idnej of Tsiael 
 
 his son after him, and to esta- 
 blish Jenisalem : 
 5 Beeansf^ David did that trh ich 
 teas ripht in tin; eyes of the 
 Lord, and turned not aside from 
 
 went uj) airainst Judah, and 
 bnilt liamah, that he mipht not 
 suffer an^v to jro out or come in 
 to Asa kniff of Judah. 
 18 Then Asa took all the silve 
 
 any thing that he connnanded and the j^rold that irere leit in 
 
 liim all the days of his life, save the treasures of the house of tlu; 
 
 only in the matter of Uriali the j Lord, and the treasures of the 
 
 Hittite. kinjf's house, and delivered them 
 
 6 And there was war between into the hand of his servants : 
 
 liehoboam and Jeroboam all the and kinpr Asa sent them to B<^n- 
 
 <lays of his life. hadad, the Fon of Tabrimcm, the 
 
 7 Now the rest of the nets of 
 Abijam, and all that he did, are 
 they not written in the book of 
 the chronieles of the kings of 
 Judah ? And there was war be- 
 tween Abijam and Jeroboam. 
 
 son of Hezion, king of Syria, 
 that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 
 19 There is a league between 
 me and thee, and between my 
 father and thy father: behold, 
 I have sent imto thee a present 
 
 8 And Abijam slept with his of silver and gold; eorne and 
 fathers ; and they buried him | break thy league with Baasha 
 
 in the eity of David : and Asa 
 hie son reigned in his stead. 
 
 9 If And in the twentieth year 
 of Jeroboam king of Israel 
 leigned Asa over Judah. 
 
 10 And forty and one years 
 reigned he in Jerusalem. And 
 his mother's name was Maa- 
 chah, the daughter of Abisha- 
 lom. 
 
 11 And Asa did that which 
 was right in the eyes of the 
 Lord, as did David his father. 
 
 12 And he took away the so- 
 domites out of the land, and 
 lemoved all the idols that his 
 fathers had made. 
 
 13 And also Maachah his mo- 
 ther, even her he removed from 
 being queen, because she had 
 
 king of Israel, that he may de- 
 part from me. 
 
 20 8o Ben-hadad hearkened 
 mito king Asa, and sent the 
 captains of the hosts wliich hit 
 had against the cities of Israel, 
 and smote Ijon, and Dan. and 
 Abel -beth- maachah, and all 
 Cinneroth, with all the land of 
 Naphtali. 
 
 21 And it came to pass, when 
 Baasha heard thereof, that Ik? 
 left off building of Eamah, and 
 dwelt in Tirzah. 
 
 22 Then king Asa made a ])ro- 
 clamation throughout all Judah ; 
 none was exempted: and they 
 took away the stones of Kamah, 
 and the timber thereof, where- 
 with Baasha had builded; and 
 
Baaslia destroyetli 
 
 I. KINGS, XVI. 
 
 Jeroboam's house. 
 
 king Asa built vAih them Geba 
 of Benjamin, and Mizpali. 
 
 23 The rest of all the acts of 
 Asa, and all his might, and all 
 that he did, and the cities which 
 he built, are they not written 
 in the book of the chronicles of 
 the kings of Judah? Neverthe- 
 less in the time of his old age 
 he was diseased in Ms feet. 
 
 24 And Asa slept with his fa- 
 thers, and was bmied with his 
 fathers in the city of David his 
 father : and Jehoshaphat his son 
 reig-ned in his stead. 
 
 25 ![ And IsTadab the son of 
 Jeroboam began to reign over 
 Israel in the second year of Asa 
 king of Judah, and reigned over 
 Israel two years. 
 
 26 And he did evil in the sight 
 of the LoKD, and walked in the 
 way of his father, and in his sin 
 wherewith he made Israel to sin. 
 
 27 H And Baasha the son of A- 
 liijali, of the house of Issachar, 
 conspired against him; and Baa- 
 sha smote him at Gibbethon, 
 ^\^hich belonged to the Philis- 
 tines ; for Nadab and all Israel 
 laid siege to Gibbethon. 
 
 2B Even in the tliird year of 
 Asa king of Judah did Baasha 
 slay him, and reigned in his 
 stead. 
 
 29 And it came to pass, when 
 he reigned, that he smote all 
 the house of Jeroboam ; he left 
 not to Jeroboam any that breath- 
 ed, until he had destroyed him, 
 according unto the saying of 
 the LoED, which he spake by 
 his servant Ahijah the Shilonite : 
 
 30 Because of the sins of Je- 
 roboam which he sinned, and 
 which he made Israel sin, by 
 his provocation wherewith he 
 provoked the Loed God of Is- 
 rael to anger. 
 
 31 1[ Now the rest of the acts 
 of Nadab, and all that he did, 
 are they not written in the book 
 of the chronicles of the kings of 
 Israel? 
 
 32 And there was war between 
 Asa and Baasha long of Israel 
 all their days. 
 
 33 In the third year of Asa 
 king of Judah began Baasha 
 the son of Ahijah to reign over 
 all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and 
 four years. 
 
 34 And he did evil in the sight 
 of the LoED, and walked in the 
 way of Jeroboam, and in his sin 
 wherewith he made Israel to sin. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 1, 7 Jehu's propliecy against Baa- 
 sha. G Elah succeedeih Mm. 8 
 Zimri conspiring against Elah suc- 
 ceedefh him. 11 Zimri executeth 
 Jehu's prophecy. 15 Omri, made 
 ling by the soldiers, forceth Zimri 
 desperately to hum himself. 21 
 The Mngdom being divided, Omri 
 
 frevaileth against Tibni. 23 Omri 
 uildeth Samaria. 25 His ivicJced 
 reign. 27 Ahab succeedeth him. 29 
 Ahab's most ivicJced reign. 34 Jo- 
 shtia's curse upon Hiel the builder 
 of Jericho. 
 n^HEN the word of the Loed 
 X came to Jehu the son of Ha- 
 nani against Baasha, saying, 
 
 2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee 
 OTit of the dust, and made thee 
 prince over my people Israel; 
 and thou hast walked in the 
 way of Jeroboam, and hast 
 made my people Israel to sin, 
 to provoke me to anger with 
 their sins ; 
 
 3 Behold, I will take away the 
 posterity of Baasha, and the pos- 
 terity of his house; and will 
 make thy house like the house 
 of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 
 
 4 Him that dieth of Baasha in 
 the city shall the dogs eat ; and 
 him that dieth of his in the fields 
 shall the fowls of the air eat. 
 
 5 Now the rest of the acts of 
 Baasha, and what he did, and 
 his might, are they not written 
 in the book of the chronicles of 
 the kings of Israel ? 
 
 6 So Baasha slept with his fa- 
 thers, and was buried in Tirzah : 
 and Elah his son reigned in his 
 stead. 
 
 7 And also by the hand of the 
 prophet Jehu the son of Hana- 
 ni came the word of the Loeo 
 agauist Baasha, and against his 
 house, even for all the e\-il that 
 he did in the sight of the Lord, 
 
ZimrVs treason, I. KINGS, XVI. 
 
 in provokuij? liiin to anger ^v^t]l 
 tlie work of liis liauds, in beinj? 
 like tlie lioiiHo of Jeroboam ; and 
 because lie killed him. 
 
 8 H In the twenty and sixth 
 year of Asa king of Judah be- 
 gan Elah the son of Baasha to 
 reign over Israel in Tuzah, two 
 years. 
 
 9 And his sersant Zinu'i, cap- 
 tain of half his chariots, con- 
 spired against him, as he was in 
 Tirzah, drinking himself dnmk 
 in the house of Ai-za steward of 
 his house in Tu-zah. 
 
 10 And Zimri went in and 
 smote liim, and killed him, in 
 the twenty and seventh year t)f 
 Asa king of Judah, and reigned 
 in his stead. 
 
 11 H And it came to pass, when 
 he began to reign, as soon as he 
 sat on his throne, thai he slew 
 all the house of Baasha: he 
 left him not one tliat pisseth 
 against a wall, neither of his 
 kinslblks, nor of his friends. 
 
 12 Thus did Zimri destroy all 
 the house of Baasha, according 
 to iho word of tlie Lord, which 
 he spake against Baasha by Jehu 
 the ])rophet, 
 
 13 For all the sins of Baasha, 
 and the sins of Elah his son, 
 by which they sinned, and by 
 which they made Israel to sin, 
 in provoking the Lord God 
 of Israel to anger with their 
 vanities. 
 
 14 Now the rest of the acts of 
 Elah, and all that he did, ai^e 
 they not written in the book of 
 the cln-onicles of the kings of 
 Israel ? 
 
 15 H In the twenty a,nd seventh 
 year of Asa king of Judah did 
 Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. 
 And the people we7'e encamped 
 against Gibbethon, which be- 
 longed to the Philistines. 
 
 16 And the people that were 
 encamped heard say, Zimri hath 
 conspired, and hath also slain 
 the king: wherefore all Israel 
 made Omri, the captain of the 
 host, king over Israel that day 
 in the camp. 
 
 reign, aiul dtaih. 
 
 17 And Omri went u]) from 
 Gibbethon, and all Israel with 
 him, and they besieged Tirzah. 
 
 18 And it came to pass, when 
 Zimri saw that the city was 
 taken, that he went into the 
 palace of the king's house, and 
 burnt the king's house over him 
 with fire, and died, 
 
 11> For his sins which he sinned 
 in doing evil in the sight of the 
 LoKD, in walking in the way of 
 Jeroboam, and in his sin which 
 he did, to make Israel to sin. 
 
 20 Now tlie rest of the acts of 
 Zimri, and liis treason that he 
 wrought, are they not written 
 in the book of the chronicles of 
 the kings of Israel ? 
 
 21 H Then were the i)eople of 
 Israel divided into two parts: 
 half of the people followtKl Tib- 
 ni the son of Ginath, to make 
 him king ; and half followed 
 Omri. 
 
 22 But the people that follow- 
 ed Omri prevailed against the 
 people that followed Tilmi the 
 son of Ginath : so Tibni died, 
 and Omri reigned. 
 
 23 ^ In the thirty and fii"st year 
 of Asa king of Judah began Om- 
 ri to reign over Israel, twelve 
 years: six years reigned he in 
 Tirzah. 
 
 24 And he bought the hill .Sa- 
 maria of Shemer for two talents 
 of silver, and built on the hill, 
 and called the name of the city 
 which he built, after the name 
 of 8hemer, owner of the hill, 
 Samaria. 
 
 25 ^ But Omri wrought evil in 
 the eyes of the Lord, and did 
 worse than all that were before 
 him. 
 
 26 For he walked in all the Avay 
 of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 
 and in his sin wherewith he 
 made Israel to sin, to provoke 
 the Lord God of Israel to anger 
 with their vanities. 
 
 27 Now the rest of the acts 
 of Omri which he did, and his 
 might that he shewed, are they 
 not written in the book of the 
 chronicles of the kings of Israel? 
 
A}i€ib*s wicked reign. 
 
 28 So Onu'i slept with his fa- 
 thers, and was buried in Sama- 
 ria : and Ahab Ms son reigned 
 in his stead. 
 
 29 IF And in the thii-ty and 
 eighth year of Asa king of Jti- 
 dah began Ahab the son of 
 Omri to reign over Israel : and 
 Ahab the son of. Omri reigned 
 over Israel in Samaria twenty 
 and two years. 
 
 30 And Ahab the son of Om- 
 ri did evil in the sight of the 
 Lord above all that were be- 
 fore him. 
 
 31 And it came to pass, as if it 
 had been a light thing for him 
 to walk in the sins of Jeroboam 
 the son of Nebat, that he took 
 to wife Jezebel the daughter of 
 Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, 
 and went and served Baal, and 
 worshipped him. 
 
 32 And he reared up an altar 
 for Baal in the house of Baal, 
 which he had built in Samaria. 
 
 33 And Ahab made a grove; 
 and Ahab did more to provoke 
 the Lord God of Israel to anger 
 than all the kings of Israel that 
 were before hnn. 
 
 34 If In his days did Hiel the 
 Beth-elite build Jericho : he laid 
 the foundation thereof in Abi- 
 ram his firstborn, and set up 
 the gates thereof in his young- 
 est son Segub, according to the 
 word of the Lord, which he 
 spake by Joshua the son of 
 Kun. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 1 Elijali, having prophesied against 
 Ahab, is sent to Cherifh, ivJiere tJw 
 ravens feed Mm.. 8 He is sent to 
 the tvidoiv of Zarephath. 17 He 
 raiseth the ividoiu's son. 24: The 
 ivoman helieveth him. 
 AND Elijah the Tishbite, zvko 
 x^ tvas of the inhabitants of 
 Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the 
 Lord God of Israel liveth, be- 
 fore whom I stand, there shall 
 not be dew nor rain these years, 
 but according to my word. 
 
 2 And the word of the Lord 
 came unto him, saying, 
 
 3 Get thee hence, and turn thee 
 eastward, and hide thyself by 
 
 I. KINGS, XVII. Elijcih fed hy rmens. 
 
 the brook Cherith, that is be- 
 fore Jordan. 
 
 4 And it shall be, that thou 
 shalt diink of the brook ; and I 
 have commanded the ravens to 
 feed thee there. 
 
 5 So he went and did according 
 unto the word of the Lord : for 
 he went and dwelt by the broolv 
 Cherith, that is before Jordan. 
 
 6 And the ravens brought him 
 bread and flesh in the morning, 
 and bread and flesh in the even- 
 mg ; and he drank of the brook. 
 
 7 And it came to pass after a 
 while, that the brook diied up, 
 because there had been no rain 
 in the land. 
 
 8 ^ And the word of the Lord 
 came unto him, saying, 
 
 9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, 
 wliich belong eth to Zidon, and 
 dwell there: behold, I have 
 commanded a widow woman 
 there to sustain thee. 
 
 10 So he arose and went to Za- 
 rephath. And when he came to 
 the gate of the city, behold, the 
 widow woman was there gather- 
 ing of sticks : and he called to 
 her, and said. Fetch me, I pray 
 thee, a little water hi a vessel, 
 that I may drink. 
 
 11 And as she was going to 
 fetch it, he called to her, and 
 said. Bring me, I pray thee, a 
 morsel of bread in thine hand. 
 
 12 And she said. As the Lord 
 thy God liveth, I have not a 
 cake, but an handful of meal 
 in a barrel, and a little oil in a 
 cruse: and, behold, I am ga- 
 thering two sticks, that I may 
 go in and dress it for me and my 
 son, that we may eat it, and die. 
 
 13 And Elijah said unto her, 
 Fear not ; go and do as thou 
 hast said : but make me thereof 
 a little cake first, and bring it 
 unto me, and after make for thee 
 and for thy son. 
 
 14 For thus saith the Lord God 
 of Israel, The barrel of meal 
 shall not waste, neither shall the 
 cruse of oil fail, until the day 
 that the Lord sendeth rain up- 
 on the earth. 
 
hlli]nh raiseth 
 
 I. KINGS, XVIII. 
 
 tJie triJotc's so)). 
 
 V) And Bhe went and did ao- 
 c<»rdin^' to tin.* siiyintr of Elijah : 
 and hhe, and lie, and her house, 
 did eat many days. 
 
 It) And the barrel of meal 
 wasted not, neither did the <-nise 
 of oil fail, aot'ordinir to the word 
 of the Iajri>, which lie 8i>ake by 
 Kli^iidi. 
 
 17 *^ And it came to j»ase after 
 tliese thinjrp, that the pon of the 
 woman, the mistreprt(»lthe houst*, 
 il'll sick; and his 8i<kness >N-aK 
 so pore, that then* was no breath 
 left in him. 
 
 IS And she said unto Elijah, 
 ^^'hat have I to do with thee, 
 <) thou man of (io*!? art thou 
 come unto me to vtiW my sin to 
 remembrance, and to slay my 
 son V 
 
 !!• And he said luito her. Give 
 lae thy son. And he took him out 
 of herlMfsom.and carried him up 
 into a loft, where he alxxle, and 
 ]i)id him upon his cmii l»ed. 
 
 2i> And he cried unto the Lonn, 
 and said, O Loui> my (kkI, hast 
 thou also Inoujrht evil ui>on the 
 widow vith whom I sojouni, by 
 slaying her son ? 
 
 21 And he stretched himself 
 ui on the child three times, and 
 cried unto the IjOru, and said, 
 
 EoRD my God, I i»ray thee, 
 let this child's soul come into 
 him ajrain. 
 
 22 And the Lord heard the 
 \oice of Elijah; and the soul of 
 the child came into liim again, 
 and he revived. 
 
 23 And Elijah took the child, 
 and brought liim do\sni out of 
 the chamber into the house, and 
 delivered him unto his mother : 
 and Elijah said, See, thy son 
 liveth. 
 
 24 ^. And the woman said to 
 Elijah, Now by this I know that 
 thou art ^ man of God, and that 
 the word of the Lord in thy 
 mouth is truth. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 1 In the extremity of famine Elijah, 
 sent to AJtah, meefetk good Ohadiah. 
 9 Obadiah hringeth Ahah to Elijah. 
 17 Elijah, reproving AJiah, by fire 
 
 from heuven ronrinrefh Jhuil s 
 \ prnphetf<. 41 Elijah, hj/ pnti/rr 
 olttaitutig rain, folloicrth Ahah tu 
 Jczreel. 
 
 AND it came to paw after 
 many da>-8, that the word 
 of the I^)Hit came to Elijah in 
 the third year, saying, (io, shew 
 thyself uuU» Ahab; and I will 
 send rain \\\^n\ the eartli. 
 
 2 And Elijah went to shew 
 hinL«<-'lf unto AhaV). And titer r 
 was a s<^)re famine in Samaria. 
 
 \^ And Almb called Obadiah, 
 whi<li fras the governor of his 
 hous<'. (Now Obadiah feared 
 the IvORD greatly: 
 
 4 Eor it was so, when Jezebel 
 cut ott'the j>roi>het« of the Ii<»Ri). 
 that Obadiah to<»k an hundivcl 
 |)n)ithets, and hid them by tifty 
 in a cave, and fed them witii 
 bread and wjiter.) 
 
 o And Aliab said unto Oba- 
 diah, Go into the land, unto all 
 fount^iins of water, and unto all 
 brooks: peradventure we may 
 find grass to save the horses and 
 mules alive, that we lose not all 
 the beasts. 
 
 G So they divided the land be- 
 tween them to pass throughout 
 it : Ahab went one way by him- 
 self, and Obadiah went another 
 way by himself. 
 
 7 ^ And as Oliadiah was in the 
 way, behold, Elijah met him: 
 and he knew him, and fell on 
 his face, and said, Art thou that 
 my loiti Elijah ? 
 
 8 And he answered him, I am : 
 go, tell thy lord. Behold, Ehjah 
 is here. 
 
 9 And he said, Wliat have I 
 sinned, that thou wouldest de- 
 liver thy servant into the hand 
 of Ahab, to slay me ? 
 
 10 As the Lord thy God liveth, 
 there is no nation or kingdom, 
 whither my lord hath not sent 
 to seek thee : and when the>- 
 said, He is not there ; he took 
 an oath of the kingdom and na- 
 tion, that they found thee not. 
 
 11 And now thou sayest. Go, tell 
 thy lord. Behold, Elijah is here. 
 
 12 And it shall come to pass. 
 
Elijah convmceth 
 
 as soon as I am gone from thee, 
 that the Spiiit of the Loud shall 
 cany thee whither I know not ; 
 and so when I come and tell A- 
 hab, and he cannot find thee, he 
 shall slay me : but I thy servant 
 fear the Lord from my yonth. 
 
 13 ^^'as it not told my lord what 
 I did when Jezebel slew the pro- 
 phets of the Lord, how I hid an 
 hundred men of the Lord's pro- 
 phets by fifty in a cave, and fed 
 them with bread and water ? 
 
 14 And now thou sayest. Go, 
 tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is 
 here : and he shall slay me. 
 
 15 And Elijah said. As the 
 Lord of hosts liveth, before 
 whom I stand, I will surely 
 shew myself unto him to day. 
 
 16 So Obadiah went to meet 
 Ahab, and told him : and Ahab 
 went to meet Elijah. 
 
 17 IF And it came to pass, when 
 Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab 
 said unto him. Art thou he that 
 trouble th Israel? 
 
 18 And he answered, I have 
 not troubled Israel; but thou, 
 and thy father's house, in that 
 ye have forsaken the command- 
 ments of the Lord, and thou 
 hast followed Baalim. 
 
 19 Now therefore send, and ga- 
 ther to me all Israel unto mount 
 Cannel, and the prophets of 
 Baal four hundred and fifty, and 
 the prophets of the gToves four 
 hundred, wliich eat at Jezebel's 
 table. 
 
 20 So Ahab sent unto all the 
 childi^en of Israel, and gather- 
 ed the prophets together unto 
 moujit Carmel. 
 
 21 And Elijah came unto all 
 the people, and said. How long 
 halt ye between two opinions? 
 if the Lord be God, follow him : 
 but if Baal, then follow him. 
 And the people answered him 
 not a word. 
 
 22 Then said Elijah unto the 
 people, I, even I only, remain a 
 prophet of the Lord ; but Baal's 
 prophets are four hundred and 
 fifty men. 
 
 23 Let them therefore give us 
 
 I. KINGS, XVIII 
 
 BaaVs prophets. 
 
 two bullocks ; and let them 
 choose one bullock for them- 
 selves, and cut it in pieces, and 
 lay it on wood, and put no fire 
 under: and I will di^ess the 
 other bullock, and Jay it on 
 wood, and put no fire tinder : 
 
 24 And call ye on the name of 
 your gods, and I will call on the 
 name of the Lord : and the God 
 that answereth by fire, let him 
 be God. And all the people 
 answered and said, It is well 
 spoken. 
 
 25 And Elijah said unto the 
 prophets of Baal, Choose you 
 one bullock for yourselves, and 
 dress it first ; for ye are many ; 
 and call on the name of your 
 gods, but put no fire under. 
 
 26^ And they took the bullock 
 wliich was given them, and they 
 dressed it, and called on the 
 name of Baal from morning 
 even until noon, saying, O Baal, 
 hear us. But there was no voice, 
 nor any that answered. Ard 
 they leaped upon the altar which 
 was made. 
 
 27 And it came to pass at neon, 
 that Elijah mocked them, and 
 said. Cry aloud :^ for he is a god ; 
 either he is talldng, or he is pui - 
 suing, or he is in a journey, or 
 peradventure he sleepeth, and 
 must be awaked. 
 
 28 And they cried aloud, and 
 cut themselves after their man- 
 ner with Imives and lancets, till 
 the blood gushed out upon them. 
 
 29 And it came to pass, when 
 midday was past, and they pro- 
 phesied until the time of the 
 offering of the evening sacrifice, 
 that there tvas neither voice, 
 nor any to answer, nor any that 
 regarded. 
 
 30 And Elijah said unto all the 
 people. Come near unto me. 
 And all the people came near 
 unto him. And he repaired the 
 altar of the Lord that was bro- 
 ken down. 
 
 31 And Elijah took twelve 
 stones, accordmg to the number 
 of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, 
 unto whom the word of the Lokd 
 
 U 
 
Baal's pi'ophets slain. I. KINGS, XIX, 
 
 came, saying, Israel shall be thy 
 name: 
 
 32 And with the stones he built 
 un altar in the name of the IjORD : 
 and he made a trench about the 
 altar, as great as would contain 
 two measures of seed. 
 
 33 And he put the wood in 
 order, and cut the bullock in 
 pieces, and laid him on the wood, 
 and said, Fill foin barrels with 
 water, and pour it on the bunit 
 i^acrifice, and on the wood. 
 
 ^ And he said. Do it tlie se- 
 cond time. And they did it the 
 second time. And he said, Do 
 it the third time. And they did 
 it the third time. 
 
 35 And the water ran round 
 about the altar ; and he filled 
 the treuch also with water., 
 
 36 And it came to pass at the 
 time of the ofterins of the even- 
 ing sacrifice, that Elijah the pro- 
 phet came near, and siiid. Lord 
 God of Abraham, Isaac, and of 
 Israel, let it be knoAvn this day 
 that thou art God in Israel, and 
 that I am thy servant, and that 
 I have done all these things at 
 thy word. 
 
 37 Hear me, O Lord hear me, 
 that this people may knov>^ that 
 thou art the Lord God, and 
 that thou hast turned their heart 
 back again. 
 
 38 Then the fire of the Lord 
 fell, and consumed the burnt 
 sacrifice, and the wood, and the 
 stones, and the dust, and lick- 
 ed up the water that was in the 
 trench. 
 
 39 And when all the people saw 
 it, they fell on their faces : and 
 they said, The Lord, he is the 
 God ; the Lord, he is the God. 
 
 40 And Elijah said unto them, 
 Take the prophets of Baal ; let 
 not one of them escape. And 
 they took them: and Elijah 
 brought them down to the brook 
 Kishon, and slew them there. 
 
 41 1[ And Elijah said unto 
 Ahab, Get thee up, eat and 
 drink; for there is a sound of 
 abundance of rain. 
 
 42 So Ahab went up to eat and 
 
 Elijah dbtuiudh rail. 
 
 to drink. And Elijah went up to 
 the top of Camiel ; and he cast 
 liimself do\vn upon the earth, and 
 put his face between his knees, 
 
 43 And said to his ser\ant. Go 
 up now, look toward the sea. 
 And he went up, and look«'d, 
 and said, latere is nothing. And 
 he said. Go again seven times. 
 
 44 And it came to pass at the 
 seventli time, that he said. Be- 
 hold, there ariseth a little cloud 
 out of the sea, like a man's hand. 
 And he said, Go up, say unto 
 Ahab, Prepare th^ chariot, nvA 
 get thee down, that the rain stoj) 
 thee not. 
 
 45 And it came to pass hi the 
 mean while, that the heaven was 
 black with clouds and wind, and 
 there was a great laui. And A- 
 hab rode, and went to Jezreel. 
 
 46 And the hand of the Lord 
 was on Elijah; and he girded up 
 his loins, and ran before Ahab 
 to the entrance of Jezreel. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 1 Elijah, threatcwd by Jezebpl,flee(h 
 fo lieersfieha. 4 I)i the irildernesn, 
 being vx-nry of his life, he is com- 
 forted by an angel. 9 At Horeb 
 God apiieareth unto him, sending 
 him to anoint Iliizael, Jehu, and 
 Elinha. 19 Elisha, taking leave of 
 hisfrieruls, folloiceth Elijah. 
 
 AND Ahab told Jezebel all 
 . that Elijah had done, and 
 mthal how he had slain all the 
 prophets with the sword. 
 
 2 Then Jezebel sent a messen- 
 ger unto Elijah, saying, So let 
 the gods do to me, and more 
 also, if I make not thy life as 
 the life of one of them by to 
 moiTow about this time. 
 
 3 And when he saw that, he 
 arose, and went for liis life, and 
 came to Beer-sheba, which be- 
 long-eth to Judah, and left his 
 servant there. 
 
 4 ^ But he himself went a day's 
 journey into the wilderness, and 
 came and sat dowTi under a juni- 
 per tree: and he requested for 
 himself that he might die ; and 
 said, It is enough ; now, O Lord, 
 take away my life ; for I am not 
 better than my fathers. 
 
God appeweth to 
 
 I. KINGS, XIX. 
 
 Elijah in Hcreb. 
 
 5 And as he lay and slept un- 
 der a juniper tree, behold, then 
 an angel touched him, and said 
 unto Mm, Aiise and eat. 
 
 6 And he looked, and, behold, 
 there was a cake baken on the 
 coals, and a cruse of water at 
 his head. And he did eat and 
 drink, and laid liim down a- 
 gain. 
 
 7 And the angel of the Loed 
 came again the second time, and 
 touched him, and said. Arise 
 and eat ; because the journey is 
 too great for thee. 
 
 8 And he arose, and did eat and 
 drink, and went in the strength 
 of that meat forty days and forty 
 nights unto Horeb the mount of 
 God. 
 
 9 IT And he came thither unto 
 a cave, and lodged there ; and, 
 behold, the word of the Lord 
 came to him, and he said un- 
 to him, What doest thou here, 
 EHjah? 
 
 10 And he said, I have been 
 very jealous for the Lord God 
 of hosts : for the children of Is- 
 rael have forsaken thy covenant, 
 thrown down thine altars, a.nd 
 slain thy prophets with the 
 sword ; and I, even 1 only, am 
 left ; and they seek my life, to 
 take it away. 
 
 11 And he said. Go forth, and 
 stand upon the mormt before the 
 Lord. And, behold, the Lord 
 passed by, and a great and strong 
 wind rent the mountains, and 
 brake in pieces the rocks before 
 the Lord; but the Lord was 
 not in the wind : and after the 
 wind an earthquake; but the 
 Lord was not in the earth- 
 quake : 
 
 12 And after the earthquake a 
 fire; but the Lord was not in 
 the fire: and after the fire a 
 still small voice. 
 
 13 And it was so, when Elijah 
 heard it, that he wrapped his 
 face in his mantle, and went 
 out, and stood in the entering in 
 of the cave. And, behold, there 
 came a voice unto liim, and said. 
 What doest thou here, Elijah ? 
 
 14 And he said, I have been 
 very jealous for the Lord God of 
 hosts: because the children of 
 Israel have forsaken thy cove- 
 nant, thrown down tliine altars, 
 and slain thy prophets with the 
 sword; and I, even 1 only, am 
 left; and they seek my life, to 
 take it away. 
 
 15 And the Lord said unto 
 him, Go, return on thy way to 
 the wilderness of Damascus: 
 and when thou cornest, anoint 
 Hazael to be king over Syria : 
 
 16 And Jehu the son of Nim- 
 shi shalt thou anoint to be king 
 over Israel : and Elisha the son 
 of Shaphat of Abel-meholah 
 shalt thou anoint to be prophet 
 in thy room. 
 
 17 And it shall come to pass, 
 that him that escapeth the sword 
 of Hazael shall Jehu slay : and 
 him that escapeth from the 
 sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. 
 
 18 Yet I have left jne seven 
 thousand in Israel, all the knees 
 which have not bowed unto Ba- 
 al, and every mouth vfhich hath 
 not kissed him. 
 
 19 IF So he departed thence, and 
 found Elisha the son of Shaphat, 
 who was plowing with tvv^elve 
 yoke of oxen before him, and 
 he with the twelfth : and Elijah 
 passed by him, and cast his man- 
 tle upon him. 
 
 20 And he left the oxen, and 
 ran after Elijah, and said. Let 
 me, I pray thee, kiss my father 
 and my mother, and then I will 
 follow thee. And he said unto 
 him, Go back agam: for w^hat 
 have I done to thee ? 
 
 21 And he returned back from 
 him, and took a yoke of oxen, 
 and slew them, and boiled their 
 flesh with the instruments of the 
 oxen, and gave unto the people^ 
 and they did eat. Then he arose, 
 and went after Elijah, and min- 
 istered unto liim. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 1 Ben-hadad, not content idth Al tab's 
 homage, besiegeth Samaria. 13 By 
 the direction of a prophet, the Sy^ 
 Hans are slain. 22 As the prophet 
 foreivarned Ahah,the Sy7'ian$, trnst- 
 U2 
 
nm-JuuhtJ tcandh I. KINGS, XX. against t'aumHit. 
 
 diiL^t wild f<»r to thy MTvnnt at 
 tht* lii>*t I will do : Imt this thin^' 
 I may ii(»t do. And thu iir-swh- 
 KiTH dcpurtnd, and brought him 
 word n^Miiii. 
 
 10 And Ik'n-hndnd w lit unto 
 
 I him, and siiid. The ^;»kIk do ho 
 
 > I unto me, and more also, if the 
 
 I dust ol JSanuiriji shall 8ullice lor 
 
 AND lien-hadad tlie kinp ()f handtuls lor all the peoi)le that 
 - Syria ^'atheriMl all his host ' follow mo, 
 together: and t/tere were thirty ' 11 And the kin^' <»f Ismel an- 
 and two kiuKS with him, and swered and siiid. Tell /lim, Let 
 hdisix, and chariots: and he j not him that ^^rdeth on /iiiZ/rtr- 
 iiit up and K'siepd Siunaria, fiess Imast himself as lie tliat 
 
 iii'j in (fir ViiUei/ft, come ngaiunt him 
 in Auhrk. 2X )>'// Otv \rord o/ the 
 jiiojjfift, II ml iiiil'ii juil^nmnt, (he 
 !>i;rinUH are s^iki(tiii nunin. 'S\ Jlie 
 tSi/iinuM Hubmitdug (lumtflveg, A- 
 hnh Hetidi'(h liitiJntifad inrtti/ iri(h 
 (I roi'emtu(. IW The yrophH, under 
 thi" iMiruble of a jiUffftwr. vuiking 
 Ahidt (u judge himself, ileuouiiceth 
 (i'imI's jiulgmi lit U'hutisl hint 
 
 {ind warred a^'ainst it. 
 
 2 And he sent meK'H*nper« to 
 Ahal) king of Israel into the 
 t ity. and said unto him, Thus 
 saith Hen-hadad, 
 
 \\ Thy silver and thy gold is 
 mine ; thy wives also and thy 
 children, even the goodliest, are 
 mine. 
 
 4 And the king of Israel an- 
 swere<i and wiid, IVly lord, 
 king, iucording to thy sjiying, I 
 am ihinc. and all that 1 have. 
 
 T) And the inessmgei-s eanie a- 
 gain, and siiid. Thus siK.*aketh 
 Ben-hadad, wiving, Although 1 
 have sent unto thee, Siiying, 
 Thou shalt deliver me thy sil- 
 ver, and thy gold, and thy w ivos, 
 and thy children ; 
 
 () Yet I will send my servants 
 mito thee to morrow about this 
 time, and they shall search thine 
 house, and the houses of tliy 
 servants; and it shall be, that 
 whatsoever is i>leasant in thine 
 eyes, they shall put it in their 
 hand, and take it away. 
 
 7 Then the king of Israel call- 
 ed all the elders of the land, and 
 said, Mark, I pmy you, and see 
 how this 7nan seeketh mischief: 
 for he sent mito me for my 
 wives, and for my cliildren, and 
 lor my silver, and for my gold ; 
 and I denied him not. 
 
 8 And all the elders and all the 
 people said mito him, Hearken 
 not unto him, nor consent. 
 
 9 Wherefore he said unto the 
 messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell 
 my lord the king, All that thou 
 
 putteth it olf. 
 
 12 And it (ame t4> )»ass, wlien 
 Ben-hadad heard this meswige, 
 as he uuLs drinking, he ar.d the 
 kin;:s in the jiavilioiis, that he 
 said unto his servants. Set your- 
 selves in array. And they 8<t 
 themselves in array airainst the 
 city. 
 
 13 ^ And, iK'hold, there came 
 a prophet unto Ahab king <»f 
 Ismel, saying. Thus saith the 
 Loun, Hast thou s<*en all this 
 great multitude? lx.'hold, I will 
 deliver it into thine hand this 
 (lay ; and thou shalt know that 
 I am thi' LoHP. 
 
 14 And Ahab said. By wliom? 
 And he said. Thus saith the 
 Loun, Even by the young men 
 of the princes of the nrovinces. 
 Then he wiid. Who snail order 
 the battle? And he answered. 
 Thou. 
 
 15 Then he numlx?red the 
 young men of the princes of the 
 provinces, and they were two 
 hundred and thirty two: and 
 after them he numbered all the 
 people, even all the children of 
 Israel, being seven thousand. 
 
 1(5 And they went out at noon. 
 But Ben-hadad was drinking 
 himself drunk in the pavilions 
 he and the kings, the thirty aiKi 
 two kings that helped him. 
 
 17 And the young men of the 
 princes of the provinces went 
 out first; and Ben-hadad sent 
 out, and they told him, saying. 
 There are men come out of Sa- 
 maria. 
 
The Syrians are 
 
 18 And he said, AYlietlier they 
 be come out for peace, take them 
 alive ; or whether they be come 
 out for war, take them alive. 
 
 19 So these young men of the 
 princes of the pro\Tnces came 
 out of the city, and the army 
 which followed them. 
 
 20 And they slew every one 
 liis man : and the Syrians tied ; 
 and Israel pursued them : and 
 Ben-hadad the king of Syria 
 escaped on an horse with the 
 horsemen. 
 
 21 And the Idng of Israel went 
 out, and smote the horses and 
 chariots, and slew the Syrians 
 with a great slaughter. 
 
 22 *[ And the prophet came to 
 
 I. KINGS, XX. 
 
 twice defeated. 
 
 God, and spake imto the Idng 
 of Israel, and said, Thus saith 
 the Lord, Because the Syrians 
 have said, The Loed is God of 
 the hills, but he is not God of 
 the valleys, therefore \d\\ I de- 
 liver all this great multitude 
 into thine hand, and ye shall 
 know that I am the Lord. 
 
 29 And they pitched one over 
 against the other seven days. 
 And so it was, that in the se- 
 venth day the battle was joined : 
 and the childien of Israel slew 
 of the SjTians an hundred thou- 
 sand footmen in one day. 
 
 30 But the rest fled to Aphek, 
 into the city; and there a wall 
 fell upon twenty and seven thou- 
 
 the king of Israel, and said unto sand of the men that zvere left. 
 him, Go, strengthen thyself, and : And Ben-hadad fled, and came 
 
 mark, and see what thou doest : 
 for at the return of the year the 
 king of Syria will come up a- 
 gainst thee. 
 
 23 And the servants of the king 
 of Syria said unto him. Then 
 gods a7'e gods of the hills ; there- 
 fore they were stronger than we ; 
 but let us fight against them in 
 the plain, and surely we shall be 
 stronger than the v. 
 
 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 that thou hast lost, 
 horse for horse, and chariot for 
 chariot: and we will fight a- 
 gainst them in the plain, a}id 
 surely we shall be stronger than 
 they. And he hearkened unto 
 their voice, and did so. 
 
 26 And it came to pass at the 
 return of the year, that Ben-ha- 
 dad numbered the Syiians, and 
 went up to Aphek, to fight a- 
 gainst Israel. 
 
 27 And the children of Israel 
 were numbered, and were all 
 present, and went against them: 
 and the children of Israel pitch- 
 ed before them like two little 
 flocks of kids ; but the SjTians 
 filled the country. 
 
 28 II And there came a man of 
 
 into the city, into an inner cham- 
 ber. 
 
 31 ^ And his seiTants said unto 
 hun, Behold now, we have heard 
 that the Idngs of the house of 
 Israel are merciful kings : let 
 us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on 
 our loins, and ropes upon our 
 heads, and go out to the Idng 
 of Israel : peradventm'e he will 
 save thy life. 
 
 32 So they ghded sackcloth on 
 their loins, and put ropes on 
 their heads, and came to the 
 king of Israel, and said, Thy 
 servant Ben-hadad saith, 1 pray 
 thee, let me five. And he said, 
 Is he yet ahve? he is my bro- 
 ther. 
 
 33 Now the men did diligent- 
 ly observe whether an^ thing 
 would come from him, and did 
 hastily catch it : and they said. 
 Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then 
 he said. Go ye, brmg him. Then 
 Ben-hadad came forth to him; 
 and he caused him to come up 
 into the chariot. 
 
 34 And Ben-hadad said imto 
 him, The cities, which my fa- 
 ther took from thj^ father, t will 
 restore; and thou shalt make 
 streets for thee in Damascus, 
 as my father made in Samaria. 
 Then said Ahab, I will send 
 thee away with this covenant. 
 
MaVs death furddd. 
 
 So he made a covenant with him, 
 and sent him away. 
 
 3;> *^ And a certain man of the 
 sons of thti i)ioi)liet8 paid unto 
 his neighbour in tlie word of the 
 Lord, Smite me. I pray thee. 
 And the man reiused to Bmite 
 him. 
 
 3G Then wid he unto him. Be- 
 cause thou haPt not obeyed the 
 \oi('e of the Lori>, Ix'hold, as 
 soon as thou art departed from 
 me, a Hon sliall slay thee. And 
 as soon as he was departed from 
 liim, a Hon found him, and Blew 
 him. 
 
 37 Then he found another 
 mnn, and siiid. Smite me, I 
 pi My thee. And tlie man smote 
 liini, so that in smiting he 
 Wdurided film. 
 
 I. KINGS, XXI. 
 
 Jexehel proctireth 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 
 1 Ahah \>eiuq denied Naf>ofh'g rhie- 
 yard in {/neved. fi Jezphel itHtiwj 
 lettem ayaiuHt Ntibolh, he is con. 
 deunu'd of hUmphemii. l.l Ahidt 
 tdkcth posKession of tlie vinci/urd. 
 17 Elijilh ih'iiOHiireili }iidijiurntH (i. 
 fjuiuxt Ahnh nud JerJul. •J.-, Wirk. 
 ed Ali(d> yejMUtiity, (Jml dtferretli 
 the judgment. 
 
 AND it came to pasB after 
 tliese tliin^B, that Naboth 
 tl»e JezR'ehte liad a vineyard, 
 wliich was in Jezn^el^ hard by 
 tlie i)alace of Ahab kmg of Sa- 
 maria. 
 
 2 And Ahab spake unto Na- 
 both, sayint?. Give me thy vine- 
 yard, that I may have it for a 
 i^arden of herbs, because it is 
 near unto my house : and I will 
 prive thee lor it a better vineyard 
 
 o8 So the prophet departed, than it ; or, if it seem good to 
 and waited for the king by the thee, I w ill give thee the worth 
 
 way, and disguised himself with 
 aslies upon his face. 
 3y And as the king passed by, 
 he cried unto the king : and he 
 said, Thy servant went out into 
 the midst of the battle ; and, 
 behold, a man turned aside, 
 and brought a man unto me, 
 and said, Keep this man : if 
 by any means he be missing, 
 then shall thv life be for his 
 life, or else thou shalt pay a 
 talent of silver. 
 
 40 And as thy servant was 
 busy here and there, he was 
 gone. And the king of Israel 
 said unto him, So shall thy 
 judgment be; thyself hast de- 
 cided it. 
 
 41 And he hasted, and took 
 the ashes away from his face; 
 and the king of Israel discern- 
 ed him that he was of the pro- 
 phets. 
 
 42 And he said unto him, Thus 
 saith the Lord, Because thou 
 hast let go out of th^ hand a 
 man w^hom I appointed to utter 
 destruction, therefore thy hfe 
 shall go for his life, and thy 
 people for his people. 
 
 43 And the king of Israel went 
 to his house heavy and displeas- 
 ed, and came to Samaria. 
 
 of it in monej 
 
 3 And Xabuth said to Ahab, 
 The Lord forbid it me, that I 
 should give the inheritance of 
 my lathers unto thee. 
 
 4 And Ahab came into his 
 house heavy and displeased be- 
 cause of the woi-d which Naboth 
 the Jezreelite had s[)oken to 
 him : for he had said, I will not 
 give thee the inheritance of my 
 fathers. And he laid him down 
 upon his bed, and turned away 
 his face, and would eat no breaa. 
 
 5 IF But Jezebel his wife came 
 to him, and said unto him, Why 
 is thy spirit so sad, that thou 
 eatest no bread ? 
 
 6 And he said unto her, Be- 
 cause I spake unto Naboth the 
 Jezreelite, and said unto him. 
 Give me thy vineyard for mo- 
 ney ; or else, if it please thee, I 
 will give thee another A-ineyard 
 for it : and he answered, I will 
 not give thee my vineyard. 
 
 7 And Jezebel his wife said 
 unto him, Dost thou now go- 
 vern the kingdom of Israel? 
 arise, and eat bread, and let 
 thine heart be merry : I will 
 give thee the vineyard of Na- 
 both the Jezreelite. 
 
 8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's 
 
Ncd'otlis death. 
 
 I. KINGS, XXI. Judgments against AJiah. 
 
 name, and sealed Ikem witli liis 
 seal, and sent the letters nnto 
 the elders and to the nobles that 
 ?i'e7'e in liis city, dwelling with 
 Naboth. 
 
 9 And she wrote in the letters, 
 saying, Proclaim a fast, and 
 set Naboth on high among the 
 people : 
 
 10 And set two men, sons of 
 Belial, before him, to^ bear wit- 
 ness against him, saying, Thou 
 didst blaspheme God and the 
 king. And then carry him out, 
 and stone him, that he may 
 die. 
 
 11 And the men of his city, 
 even the elders and the nobles 
 who were the inhabitants m his 
 city, did as Jezebel had sent 
 unto them, and as it was writ- 
 ten in the letters which she had 
 sent unto them. 
 
 12 They proclaimed a fast, and 
 set Naboth on high among the 
 people. 
 
 13 And there came in two men, 
 children of Belial, and sat before 
 him : and the men of Belial wit- 
 nessed against him, even against 
 Naboth, in the presence of the 
 people, saying, Naboth did blas- 
 pheme God and the Idng. Then 
 they carried him forth out of the 
 city, and stoned him with stones, 
 that he died. 
 
 14 Then they sent to Jezebel, 
 saying, Naboth is stoned, and 
 is dead. 
 
 15 If And it came to pass, when 
 Jezebel heard that Naboth was 
 stoned, and was dead, that Je- 
 zebel said to Ahab, Arise, take 
 possession of the vineyard of 
 Naboth the Jezreelite, w^hich 
 he refused to give thee for 
 money : for Naboth is not alive, 
 but dead.^ 
 
 16 And it came to pass, v/hen 
 Ahab heard that Naboth was 
 dead, that Ahab rose up to go 
 down to the vineyard of Naboth 
 the Jezreelite, to take possession 
 of it. 
 
 17 IT And the word of the Lord 
 came to Elijah the Tishbite, say- 
 
 18 Arise, go down to meet A- 
 hab king of Israel, which is in 
 Samaria: behold, he is in the 
 vineyard of Naboth, whither he 
 is gone down to possess it. 
 
 19 And thou shalt speak un- 
 to him, saying, Thus saith the 
 Lord, Hast thou killed, and 
 also taken possession ? And thou 
 shalt speak unto him, saying. 
 Thus saith the Lord, In the 
 place where dogs licked the 
 blood of Naboth shall dogs lick 
 thy blood, even thine. 
 
 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, 
 Hast thou found me, O mine 
 enemy? And he answered, I 
 have found thee : because thou 
 hast sold thyself to work evil 
 in the sight of the Lord. 
 
 21 Behold, I will bring evil 
 upon thee, and will take away 
 thy posterity, and will cut ofi 
 from Ahab him that pisseth a- 
 gainst the wall, and him that 
 is shut up and left in Israel, 
 
 22 And will make thine house 
 like the house of Jeroboam the 
 son of Nebat, and like the house 
 of Baasha the son of Ahijah, 
 for the provocation wherewith 
 thou hast provoked me to anger, 
 and made Israel to sin. 
 
 23 And of Jezebel also spake 
 the Lord, saying. The dogs 
 shall eat Jezebel by the wall of 
 Jezreel. 
 
 24 Him that dieth of Ahab in 
 the city the dogs shall eat ; and 
 him that dieth in the field shall 
 the fowls of the air eat. 
 
 25 If But there was none like 
 unto Ahab, which did sell him- 
 self to w^ork wickedness in the 
 sight of the Lord, whom Jeze- 
 bel his wife stirred up. 
 
 26 And he did very abominably 
 in following idols, according to 
 all things as did the Amorites, 
 whom the Lord cast out before 
 the childi'en of Israel. 
 
 27 And it came to pass, when 
 Ahab heard those words, that 
 he rent liis clothes, and put 
 sackcloth upon his flesh, and 
 fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and 
 went softly. 
 
Mid) seeketh to I. KIN'GS, XXIL 
 
 28 And the wortl of tlie JjMtv 
 came U) Elijtili the I'i'^libite, 
 sayiiis, 
 
 29 Seest thou how Ahah 1mm- 
 hleth liiiiiHelf U-foix* nieV be- 
 cause lie huniblt'th himself l)C- 
 fore nie, 1 ^vill not ]>nuii the 
 I'vil ill bin days : liui in liis son's 
 days will 1 bring the evil ui>on 
 his house. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIL 
 
 1 AJuth, Sidwed by fnW fnojj}ie(n, 
 iirtordin{j to tfn' tntnl of Micuuih, 
 is i<liiin at linnufOi-iiilcad. 'M The 
 tUn/H lirk up his blood, mid Ahdzidh 
 Mucf*'f'deth him. 41 Jthoghajihal'H 
 >iood rd'jn. 4.1 ///> ait». W) Jfho. 
 rum sncaeileth him. 1,1 AliazuiJt't 
 evil reign. 
 
 AND they continued three 
 . years witliout war between 
 Syria and Israel. 
 
 2 An<l it cann* to pass in tin* 
 third yr;ir, that .lelioshaidiat t]»e 
 king of .lud'di came down to the 
 kinj? of Israel. 
 
 3 And tlie king of Israel said 
 unto his servants. Know ye that 
 Ramotli in (J Head is our's, and 
 we ^r still, and take it not out of 
 the hand (►itlic kiir-c of Syria? 
 
 4 And lie wiid unto Jehosha- 
 vhat. Wilt thou jro with me to 
 battle to Kamoth-gilead? And 
 
 rccotrr llahicth-^fllt <?- f. 
 
 Imlah, by whom we may «'n- 
 • inii-e of tlie LoHi>: but I liat*- 
 him; for he doth not i'roilK>y 
 Kood coneeniinj? me, but <\ii. 
 An<l Jehoshaphat said. Let n<>t 
 the kini,' pay ko, 
 
 9 Then tlu' kin^; of Israel (ail- 
 ed an oflii-er, and said, linsten 
 hither Mieaiah tlie son of Ini- 
 lah. 
 
 10 And the kmpr of Israel and 
 Jehoshaphat the kinp of .Tudali 
 sat each on his throne, haviim 
 put on their robes, in a void 
 place in the entrance t>f the Kat<* 
 of Samaria ; and all the pn»i hets 
 prophesii'd lM'f()re them. 
 
 11 And /edekiah the son <>f 
 Chenaanah made him hoii.s of 
 iron: and he wiid. Thus saith 
 the L«»Ri», With these shalt tlioii 
 I»ush the Syrians, until thou ha\ e 
 consiuiied them. 
 
 12 And aH the projihets j-ro- 
 phesied so, Fa>'inp, Go up to 
 Hamoth-prilead, and j»rositer : for 
 the Loiu) shall deliver it into 
 the kinir's hand. 
 
 Hi And the messenger that was 
 pone to call Mieaiah spakr- vi?i- 
 to him, wiyinjr, Beheld iiow, 
 the words of the i)rophets de- 
 clare good unto the king with 
 
 Jehoshaphat said to the king I one mouth: let thy word, I pray 
 
 of Isi-ael, I am as thou art, my 
 people as thy people, my horses 
 as thy horses. 
 
 5 And Jehoshaphat said unto 
 the king of Israel, Enquire, I 
 pray thee, at the word of iJie 
 Lord to day. 
 
 6 Then the king of Israel ga- 
 thered the prophets together, 
 about four hundred men, and 
 said unto them, Shall I go a- 
 gainst Ramoth-gilead to battle, 
 or shall I forbear? And they 
 said. Go up; for the Lord shall 
 deliver it into the hand of the 
 king. 
 
 7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is 
 there not liere a prophet of the 
 Lord besides, that we might 
 enquire of him ? 
 
 8 And the king of Israel said 
 unto Jehoshaphat, Thei^e is yet 
 one man, Mieaiah the son of 
 
 thee, be like the word of one of 
 them, and speak that ichich is 
 gr)od. 
 
 14 And Mieaiah said, As the 
 Lord livetli, what the Lord 
 saith unto me, that "will I sj»cak. 
 
 15 •[ So he came to the king. 
 And the king said unto liim, 
 Mieaiah, shall we go against 
 Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall 
 we forbear? And he answered 
 him. Go, and i-rosper: for the 
 Lord shall deliver it into the 
 hand of the king. 
 
 16 And the king said unto him, 
 How many tunes shall I adjure 
 thee that thou tell me nothing 
 but that which is tiiie in the 
 name of the Lord ? 
 
 17 And he said, I saw all Is- 
 rael scattered upon the hills, as 
 sheep that have not a sheplierd : 
 and the Lord said, These have 
 
MicaiaKs pivphecy. I. KINGS, XXII. Ahcib is shin In hcdtle. 
 
 no master : let them return ev^ry 
 man to his house in peace. 
 
 18 And the king of Israel said 
 unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell 
 thee that he would prophesy 
 no good concerning me, but 
 evil? 
 
 19 And he said, Hear thou 
 therefore the word of the Lokd : 
 I saw the Lord sitting on his 
 throne, and all the host of hea- 
 ven standing by him on his 
 right hand and on his left. 
 
 20 And the Loed said, Who 
 shall persuade Ahab, that he 
 may go up and fall at Eamoth- 
 gilead? And one said on this 
 manner, and another said on 
 that manner. 
 
 21 And there came forth a spi- 
 lit, and stood before the Loed, 
 and said, I will persuade liim. 
 
 22 And the Lord said unto 
 liim, YvTierewith? And lie said, 
 I will go forth, and I will be a 
 lying spirit iq the mouth of all 
 his prophets. And he said, Thou 
 shalt pereuade him, and prevail 
 also : go forth, and do so. 
 
 23 Now therefore, behold, the 
 Lord hath put a lying spirit 
 in the mouth of all these thy 
 prophete, and the Lord hath 
 spoken evil concerning thee. 
 
 24 But Zedekiah the son of Che- 
 naanah went near, and smote 
 Micaiah on the cheek, and said, 
 Which way went the Spirit of 
 the Lord from me to speak unto 
 thee? 
 
 25 And Micaiah said. Behold, 
 thou shalt see in that day, when 
 thou«halt go into an inner cham- 
 ber to hide thyself. 
 
 26 And the king of Israel said. 
 Take Micaiah, and carry him 
 back unto Amon the governor 
 of the city, and to Joa^h the 
 king's son ; 
 
 27 And say. Thus saith the 
 king. Put ibis fellow in the pri- 
 son, and feed him with bread 
 of affliction and with water of 
 affliction, until I come in peace. 
 
 28 And Micaiah said, If thou 
 return at all in peace, the Lord 
 hath not spoken by me. And he 
 
 said. Hearken, O people, eveiy 
 one of you, 
 
 29 So the kmg of Israel mu\ 
 Jehoshaphat the king of Judali 
 went up to Eamoth-gilead. 
 
 30 And the king of Israel said 
 unto Jehoshaphat, I will dis- 
 guise myself, and enter into the 
 battle; but put thou on thy 
 robes. And the king of Israel 
 disguised himself, and went into 
 the battle. 
 
 31 But the king of Syria com- 
 manded his thirty and two cap- 
 tains that had iiile over hU 
 chariots, saving. Fight neither 
 \yith. small nor great, save only 
 with the Idling of Israel. 
 
 32 And it came to pass, wlien 
 the captains of the chariots saw 
 Jehoshaphat, that they said. 
 Surely it is the king of Isiael. 
 And they turned a^ide to light 
 against him: and Jehoshaphat 
 cried out. 
 
 33 And it came to pass, when 
 the captains of the chariots per- 
 ceived that it ivas not the king 
 of Israel, that they turned back 
 from pursuing him. 
 
 34 And a certain man drev/ 
 a bow at a venture, and smote 
 the king of Israel between tlie 
 joints of the harness: where- 
 fore he said unto the diiver of 
 his chariot. Turn thine liand^ 
 and carry me out of the host 1> 
 for I am wounded. 
 
 35 And the battle increased 
 that day: and the king was 
 stayed up in his chariot against 
 the Syrians, and died at even : 
 and the blood i^n out of the 
 wound into the midst of t}]e 
 chariot. 
 
 36 And there went a proclama- 
 tion throughout the host about 
 the going down of the sun, say- 
 ing, Every man to his cit\% and 
 every man to his ovm country. 
 
 37 it So the king died, and wo.t* 
 brought to Samaria; and they 
 buried the king in Samaria. 
 
 38 And one washed the cha- 
 riot in the pool of Samaria ; and 
 the dogs licked up his blood; 
 and they washed his armour j 
 
 U3 
 
M'jsJiap^ioes rem. I. KINGS. XXII. 
 
 acc(»rdinp wwio the word of the 
 LoKi) wliicli h«' Ppako. 
 
 Ii*.)No\v the r<'st ol'tlif ft< ts of A- 
 hab, and all that \w did, and tlu* 
 ivory house whirh he made, and 
 all the cities that he huilt, are 
 tliey not written in the l)<M»k of the 
 chronicles of tin* kinsis of Israel? 
 
 4<J So Ahab slept with his fa- 
 thers ; and Ahaziah his son 
 reigned in his stead. 
 
 41 •^ And Jehoshaphat the son 
 of Asa bejran to reijrn over .Tu- 
 
 A}iaziah*6 )v/(/»}. 
 
 4<» And the remnant of the 
 s<Klomites, wliich remained in 
 the days of his father A>a, he 
 t<M>k out of the land. 
 
 47 There irns then no kinp in 
 Edom : a <l«'pnty r/v/.v kinir. 
 
 4S Jehoshaphat made ships f»f 
 Thai-shish to ko to Ophir for 
 pold: but they went not; for 
 the shii»8 were broken nt Ezion- 
 geV>er. 
 
 4'.^ Then said Ahaziah the son 
 of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let 
 
 dih in the fourth year of Aliab ; my SL*rvants po with thy s«*r- 
 king of Israel. i vants in the ships. But Jeho- 
 
 42 Jehoshai>hat f/vi.v thirty and j sliaphat would n()t. 
 
 five years old when he iM'iran to 
 reign ; and lie reigned twenty 
 and five years in Jerusalem. 
 Ami his mother's name was A- 
 zubrth tlie dautrhtcr of Shilhi. 
 43 And he walked in all the ways 
 of Asa his fatlier: he tunu'd 
 not aside from it, doing that 
 
 51) ^I And Jehoshai»hat slept 
 ^nth his fathers, and was buried 
 with his fathers in the city of 
 David his father : and Jehoram 
 his son n*iirne<l in his stead. 
 
 r>l •* Ahaziah the son of Ahab 
 l)egan t^> n'ign over Israel in 
 Samaria the seventeenth veurof 
 
 which was right in the eyes of Jehr»shaphat kingof Judah,and 
 
 the Lord: nevertheless the higli reigned two years over Isniel. 
 
 |)lac"es were not taken away ;. /or 52 And he did evil in the sight 
 
 the i>«»ople olfered and bunit in- of the Lord, and walk( d in the 
 
 cense yet in the hiirh ])laces. 
 44 And Jehoshaphat made 
 peace with tlie king of Ismel. 
 
 way of his father, and in the 
 way f>f his mother, and in the 
 way of Jerol)<»am the ^on of Ne- 
 
 -15 Now the rest of the acts of bat, who made Ismel to sin : 
 Jehoshaphat. and his might that 5,3 For he served Baal, and 
 he sliewed, and how he warred, W(jrshipped him, and provoked 
 are they not written in the book to anger the liORD (iixl of Is- 
 of the clironicles of the kings of rael, according to all that Ids 
 Judah? father had done. 
 
 THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS, 
 
 COMMONLY CALLED, 
 
 THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE KINGS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Moah rehelleth. 2 Ahaziah. sending 
 to BaaUzehub, hath his judgment 
 by Elijah. 5 Elijah twice bi-ingeth 
 jire from heaven upon them icliom 
 Ahaziah sent to apprehend him. 13 
 He pitieih the third captain, and, 
 fneouragedby an angel, telleth the 
 king of his death, 17 Jehoram sue- 
 ceedeth Ahaziah. 
 
 THEN Moab rebelled against 
 Israel after the death of A- 
 liab. 
 2 And Ahaziah fell down 
 
 I through a lattice in his upper 
 I chamber that was in Samaria, 
 : and was sick : and he sent mes- 
 ! sengers, and said unto them, 
 i Go, enquire of Baal-zebub the 
 I god of Ekron whether I shall 
 I recover of this disease. 
 
 3 But the angel of the Lord 
 I said to Elijah the Tishbite, A- 
 rise, go up to meet the messen- 
 I gers of the king of Samaria, and 
 I say unto them, Is it not because 
 ' there is not a God in Israel, that 
 
Elijah calleth down 
 
 II. KINGS, I. 
 
 Jire from heaven. 
 
 ye go to enquire of Baal-zebub 
 the god of Ekron ? 
 
 4 Now therefore thus saith the 
 Lord, Thou shalt not eome do-uii 
 from that bed on which thou art 
 gone up, but shalt surely die. 
 And Elijah departed. 
 
 5 ^ And when the messengers 
 turned back unto him, he said 
 unto them. Why are ye now 
 turned back ? 
 
 6 And they said unto him, 
 There came a man up to meet 
 us, and said unto us. Go, turn 
 again unto the kmg that sent 
 you, and say unto him, Thus 
 saith the Lord, Is it not be- 
 cause there is not a God in 
 Israel, that thou sendest to en- 
 quire of Baal-zebub tlie god of 
 Ekron ? therefore thou shalt not 
 come down from that bed on 
 which thou art gone up, but 
 shalt siu-ely die. 
 
 7 And he said unto them. 
 What manner of man was he 
 which came up to meet you, 
 and told you these words? 
 
 8 And they answered him, 
 He was an hairy man, and 
 girt Avith a girdle of leather 
 about his loins. And he said, 
 It is Elijah the Tishbite. 
 
 9 Then the Idng sent unto 
 liim a captain of fifty with his 
 fifty. And he went up to him : 
 and, behold, he sat on the top 
 of an hill. And he spake unto 
 him, Thou man of God, the 
 king hath said, Come down. 
 
 10 And Elijah answered and 
 said to the captain of fifty. If I 
 be a man of God, then let fire 
 come down from heaven, and 
 consume thee and thy fifty. 
 And there came clown fire from 
 heaven, and consumed him and 
 his fifty. 
 
 11 Again also he^ sent unto 
 him another captain of fifty 
 with his fifty. And he answer- 
 ed and said unto him, O man 
 of God, thus hath the king 
 said, Come down quickly. 
 
 12 And Elijah answered and 
 said unto them. It 1 be sl man 
 of God, let fire come down from 
 
 heaven, and consume thee and 
 thy fifty. And the fiie of God 
 came down from heaven, and 
 consumed him and his fifty. 
 
 13 ^ And he sent again a cap- 
 tain of the third fifty with liis 
 fifty. And the tliird captain of 
 fifty went up, and came and 
 fell on his knees before Elijah, 
 and besought liim, and said un- 
 to him, O man of God, I pray 
 thee, let my life, and the lile 
 of these ^ fitly thy seivants, be 
 precious in thy sight. 
 
 14 Behold, there came fire 
 down from heaven, and burnt 
 up the two captains of the for- 
 mer fifties with theii' fifties: 
 therefore^ let my life now be 
 precious in thy sight. 
 
 15 And the angel of the Lord 
 said unto Elijah, Go down with 
 him : be not afraid of him. And 
 he arose, and went do^vn with 
 him unto the long. 
 
 16 And he said unto him. Thus 
 saith the Lord, Forasmuch as 
 thou hast sent messengers to 
 enquire of Baal-zebub tiie god 
 of Ekron, is it not because there 
 is no God in Israel to enquire 
 of liis word? therefore thou 
 shalt not come down ofi" that 
 bed on which thou art gone up, 
 but shalt surely die. 
 
 17 H So he died according to 
 the word of the Lord which 
 Elijah had spoken. And Jeho- 
 ram reigned in his stead in the 
 second year of Jehoram the son 
 of Jehoshaphat king of Judah ; 
 because he had no son, 
 
 18 Now the rest of the acts of 
 Ahaziah which he did, are they 
 not written in the book of the 
 chronicles of the Idngs of Is- 
 rael? 
 
 CHAPTER IL 
 
 1 Elijah, taling Ms leave of Elisha, 
 tvi'th Jiis mantle divideth Jordan, 
 9 and, granting Elisha his request, 
 is talen up by a fiery chariot into 
 heaven. 12 Elisha, dividing Jar- 
 dan ivith Elijah's mantle, is ac~ 
 Tinoidedged his successor. 16 TJie 
 young prophets, hardly obtaining 
 leave to seeJc Elijah, coidd not find 
 Mm. 19 Elisha with salt heideth 
 
tUijah ii taken II. KINGS, II. up into Jteaven. 
 
 jail f^akl unto Elisha, A»k what 
 I nhall do lor thee, l>efore I be- 
 taken away from thee. And 
 N D it carae to pasB, when \ Elipha said, I pray tliee, let a 
 
 ffip vnwholesome waters. 23 Bears 
 (Ifsfroy the children that mocked 
 Elishu. 
 
 A> . . , ... 
 
 j..\. the Lord would take up jciouble portion of thy Ppirit be 
 
 Elijah into heaven by a whirl- uj)on iiii\ 
 
 v/ind, that Elijali went with 10 And he Paid, Thmi hast 
 
 Kliflha from Giljral. 
 
 tasked a hard thing: nevertlie- 
 
 2 And Elijali said unto Elislia, \ lesa, if thou see me trhen I am 
 Tarry here, 1 i>ray tht-e: for the taken from thee, it sliall l.>e po 
 Lord hath SL-nt ni;.' to IJeth-el. junto thee; but if not, it shall 
 And Elislia Hiiid imto him, ^a^ j not l>e .vo. 
 
 tile Lord liveth, and as thy sonl | 11 And it came to pass, as they 
 liveth, I will not leave thee. So still went on, and tiilked, that, 
 they went down to IJeth-el. j behold, there appeared a eha- 
 
 3 And the koiis of the prophets i riot of tire, and horses of lire, 
 that 7ve)'e at lieth-cl came forth ' and oarted them lx)th asnnder : 
 to Elislia, and sjiid unto him, and Ehjah went up by a whirl- 
 Knowest thou that the Lord, \\'ind into heaven. 
 
 will tiike away thy maf^ter fnmi j 12 ^ And Elisha saw it, and 
 thy head to day? And he said, ! he cried, IVIy father, my father. 
 Yea, I know it ; hold ye your ^ the chariot of Israel, and the 
 peace. i lioi-»emen thereof. And he saw 
 
 4 And Elijah said unto him, him no more : and he took hold 
 Elisha, tarry here, I i)my thee ; of his own clothes, and rent 
 for the Lord hath sent me to ; them in two pieces. 
 
 Jericho. And he sjiid. As the i 13 He took up also the mantle 
 Lord liveth, and as thy soul j of Elijah that fell from him, 
 liveth, I will not leave thee. So i and went back, and stood by 
 
 they came to Jericho. 
 
 I the l)ank of Jordan ; 
 
 ■> And the sons of the prophets j 14 And he took the mantle of 
 tliat were at Jericho came to Elijah that fell from him, and 
 Elisha, and said unto him, I smote the waters, and said, 
 Knowest thou tliat the Lord I Where is the Lord God of 
 will take away thy master from | Elijah? and when he also had 
 thy head to day? And he an- ! smitten the waters, they parted 
 
 swered, Yea, I know it; hold 
 ye your peace. 
 
 6 And Elijah said unto liim, 
 Tarry, I pmy thee, here; for 
 
 Iiither and thither : and Elisha 
 went over. 
 
 15 And when the sons of the 
 prophets which were to view at 
 
 the Lord hath sent me to Jor- j Jericho saw him, they said. The 
 
 dan. And he said, As the Lord 
 liveth, and as thy soul liveth, 
 I will not leave thee. And tliey 
 two went on. 
 
 spirit of Elijah doth rest on 
 Elisha. And they came to meet 
 him, and bowed themselves to 
 the ground before him. 
 
 7 And fifty men of the sons of ! 16 U And they said unto him, 
 the prophets went, and stood to \ Behold now, there be with thy 
 
 view afar ofl": and they two stood 
 by Jordan. 
 
 8 And Elijali took his mantle, 
 and wrapped it together, and 
 smote the waters, and they 
 
 seiTants fifty strong men; let 
 them go, we pray thee, and seek 
 thy master: lest peradventure 
 the Spirit of the Lord hath 
 taken him up, and cast him 
 
 were divided hither and thi- ; upon some mountain, or into 
 
 ther, so that they two went 
 over on diy ground. 
 9 T And it came to pass, when 
 they were gone over, that Eli- 
 
 some valley. And he said, Y'e 
 shall not send. 
 
 17 And when they urged him 
 till he was ashamed, he said, 
 
3Ioah rebeJkth 
 
 II. KINGS, III. 
 
 against Israel. 
 
 Send. They sent therefore fifty 
 men; and they sought three 
 days, but found hun not. 
 
 18 And when they came again 
 to him, (for he tarried at Jeri- 
 cho,) he said unto them, Did I 
 not say imto you, Go not? 
 
 19 ^ And the men of the city 
 said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray 
 thee, the situation of this city is 
 pleasant, as my lord seeth : but 
 the water is naught, and the 
 ground barren. 
 
 20 And he said. Bring me a 
 new cruse, and put salt therein. 
 And they brought it to him. 
 
 21 And he y^^ent forth unto the 
 spring of the waters, and cast 
 the salt in there, and said, Thus 
 saith the Loed, I have healed 
 these waters ; there shall not be 
 from tlience any more death or 
 barren land. 
 
 22 So the waters were healed 
 unto this day, according to the 
 sajdng of Ehsha which he spake. 
 
 23 ^ And he went up from 
 thence unto Beth-el : and as he 
 was going up by the way, there 
 came forth little children out of 
 the city, and mocked him, and 
 said unto him, Go up, thou bald 
 head ; go up, thou bald head. 
 
 24 And he turned back, and 
 looked on them, and cursed 
 them in the name of the Lord. 
 And there came forth two she 
 bears out of the wood, and tare 
 forty and two children of them. 
 
 25 And he went from thence to 
 mount Carmel, and jfrom thence 
 he returned to Samaria. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 Jehoram's reign. 4 Mesha rebelleth. 
 6 Jelioram, ivith Jehoshaphat, and 
 the king of Edom, being distressed 
 for want of water, by Elisha ob- 
 tainetli water, and promise of vic- 
 tory. 21 The Moabites, deceived 
 by the colour of the water, coming 
 to spoil, are overcome. 26 The Icing 
 of 3Ioab, by sacrificing the Icing of 
 Edom's son, raiseth the siege, 
 IVrOW Jehoram the son of 
 JLl Ahab began to reign over 
 Israel in Samaria the eighteenth 
 year of Jehoshaphat kmg of Ju- 
 dah, and reigned tv/elve years. 
 
 2 And he wrought evil in the 
 sight of the Lord ; but not like 
 his father, and like his mother : 
 for he put away the image of 
 Baal that his father had made. 
 
 3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto 
 the sins of Jeroboam the son of 
 Nebat, which made Israel to sin ; 
 he departed not therefrom. 
 
 4 H And Mesha king of Moab 
 was a sheepmaster, and render- 
 ed unto the king of Israel an 
 hundred thousand lambs, and 
 an hundred thousand rams, with 
 the wool. 
 
 5 But it came to pass, when 
 Ahab was dead, that the king 
 of Moab rebelled against the 
 king of Israel. 
 
 6 ^ And king Jehoram went 
 out of Samaria the same time, 
 and numbered all Israel. 
 
 7 And he went and isent to 
 Jehoshaphat the king of Ju- 
 dah, saying, The king of Moab 
 hath rebelled against me : wilt 
 thou go with me against Moab 
 to battle? And he said, I will 
 go up: I am as thou art, my 
 people as thy people, and my 
 horses as thy horses. 
 
 8 And he said. Which way 
 shall we go up? And he an- 
 swered, The way through the 
 wilderness of Edom. 
 
 9 So the Idng of Israel went, 
 and the kmg of Judah, and the 
 king of Edom : and they fetch- 
 ed a compass of sev^ days' jour- 
 ney : and there was no water for 
 the host, and for the cattle that 
 followed them. 
 
 10 And the king of Israel said, 
 Alas ! that the Lord hath called 
 these three kings together, to 
 deliver them into the hand of 
 Moab ! 
 
 11 But Jehoshaphat said. Is 
 there not here a prophet of the 
 Lord, that we may enquire of 
 the Lord by him? And one 
 of the king of Israel's servants 
 answered and said, Here is Eli- 
 sha the son of Shaphat, which 
 poured water on the hands of 
 Elijah. 
 
 12 And Jehoshaphat said, The 
 
Ths Moahites 
 
 II. KINGS, IV. 
 
 are de/eakd. 
 
 word of the Lord is with him. 
 So the king of iBiael and Jeho- 
 Bhaphat and the king of Edom 
 went down to him. 
 13 And Elisha said niito the 
 Idng of Israel, Wliat have I to 
 do with tliee? get tliee to tlie 
 prophets of thy fatlier, and to 
 the prophets of tliy mother. 
 And the king of Israel said 
 unto him. Nay: for the Lord 
 hath called these three kings 
 
 22 And they rose up early in 
 the morning, and the sim shone 
 upon the water, and the Moab- 
 ites saw the water on the other 
 side as red as blood : 
 
 23 And they said. This is 
 blood: the kings are surely 
 slain, and they have smitten 
 one another: now therefore, 
 Moab, to the spoil. 
 
 24 And when they came to 
 the camp of Israel, the Israel- 
 
 together to deliver them into ites rose up and smote the Mo- 
 the hand of Moab. abites, so that they fled before 
 
 14 And Elisha said. As the them: but they went forward 
 Lord of hosts liveth, before smiting the Moabites, even in 
 whom I stand, surely, were it their country. 
 
 not that I regard the presence 25 And they beat doAvn the 
 of Jehoshai)hat the king of Ju- cities, and on every good piece 
 dali, I would not look toward of land cast eveiy man his Ftone, 
 thee, nor see thee. _ and filled it ; and they stopped 
 
 15 But now bring me a min- all the wells of water, and fell- 
 strel. And it came to pass, ed all the good trees : only in 
 when the minstrel played, that K ir-harase thief t they the stones 
 the hand of the Lord came ; thereof ; howbeit the slingers 
 
 V7ent about it, and smote it. 
 26 ^ And when the king of 
 Moab saw that the battle was 
 too «ore for him, he took AM'th 
 him seven hundred men that 
 Ye shall not see wind, neither drew swords, to break through 
 
 upon him. 
 
 16 And he said. Thus saith 
 the Lord, Make this valley 
 full of ditches. 
 
 17 For thus saith the Lord, 
 
 shall ye see rain ; yet that val- even unto the king of Edom : 
 ley shall be filled with water, I but they could not. 
 that ye may drink, both ye, and j 27 Then he took his eldest 
 your cattle, and your beasts. son that should have reigned in 
 
 18 And this is but a liglit thing his stead, and offered him for 
 in the sight of the Lord : he will a burnt offering upon the wall. 
 
 deliver the Moabites also into 
 your hand. 
 
 And there was great indigna- 
 tion against Israel: and they 
 
 19 And ye shall smite eveiy departed from him, and return- 
 fenced city, and eveiy choice ed to their oivn land. 
 
 city, and shall fell every good 
 tree, and stop all w^ells of wa- 
 ter, and mar every good piece 
 of land with stones. 
 
 20 And it came to pass in the 
 morning, when the meat offer- 
 ing was offered, that, behold, 
 there came water by the way 
 of Edom, and the country was 
 filled with water. 
 
 21 ^ And when all the Moab- 
 ites heard that the kings were 
 come up to fight against them, 
 they gathered all that were able 
 to put on armour, and upward, 
 and stood in the border. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 Elisha mrdHpliefh the imdoio's oil. 
 8 He giveth a son to the good Shu- 
 nammite. 18 He raiseth again her 
 dead son. 38 At Gilgal he healeth 
 the deadly pottage. 42 He satisfieth 
 an hundred men with twenty loaves. 
 
 ^VTOW there cried a certain 
 iS woman of the wives of the 
 sons of the prophets unto Eli- 
 sha, saying. Thy servant my 
 husband is dead; and thou 
 Icnowest that thy sen-ant did 
 fear the Lord: and the cre- 
 ditor is come to take unto him 
 my two sons to be bondmen. 
 
ElisJm multiplieth 
 
 II. KINGS, IV. 
 
 tlie ividoiv's oil. 
 
 2 And Elisha said imto her, 
 What shall I do for thee? teU 
 me, what hast thou in the 
 house? And she said, Tliine 
 handmaid hath not any thing 
 in the house, save a pot of oil. 
 
 3 Then he said. Go, borrow 
 thee vessels abroad of all thy 
 neighbours, even empty ves- 
 sels ; borrow not a few. 
 
 4 And when thou art come in, 
 thou shalt shut the door upon 
 thee and upon thy sons, and 
 shalt pour out into all those 
 vessels, and thou shalt set aside 
 that which is full. 
 
 5 So she went from him, and 
 shut the door upon her and up- 
 on her sons, who brought the 
 vessels to her; and she poured 
 out. 
 
 6 And it came to pass, when 
 the vessels were full, that she 
 said unto her son. Bring me yet 
 a vessel. And he said unto her, 
 There is not a vessel more. And 
 the oil stayed. 
 
 7 Then she came and told the 
 man of God. And he said, Go, 
 sell the oil, and pay thy debt, 
 and live thou and thy childi-en 
 of the rest. 
 
 8 % And it fell on a day, that 
 EHsha passed to Shunem, where 
 tvas a great woman; and she 
 constrained him to eat bread. 
 And so it was, that as oft as he 
 passed by, he turned in thither 
 to eat bread. 
 
 9 And she said unto her hus- 
 band, Behold now, I perceive 
 that this is an holy man of 
 God, which passeth by us con- 
 tinually. 
 
 10 Let us make a little cham- 
 ber, I pray thee, on the wall; 
 and let us set for him there a 
 bed, and a table, and a stool, 
 and a candlestick : and it shall 
 be, when he cometh to us, that 
 he shall turn in thither. 
 
 11 And it fell on a day, that 
 he came thither, and he turn- 
 ed into the chamber, and lay 
 there. 
 
 12 And he said to Gehazi his 
 servant, Call this Shmiammite. 
 
 And when he had called her, 
 she stood before him. 
 
 13 And he said unto him, Say 
 now unto her. Behold, thou hast 
 been careful for us with all this 
 care; what is to be done for 
 thee ? wouldest thou be spoken 
 for to the king, or to the captain 
 of the host? And she answer- 
 ed, I dwell among mme own 
 people. 
 
 14 And he said, What then is 
 to be done for her ? And Gehazi 
 answered. Verily she hath no 
 cMld, and her husband is old. 
 
 15 And he said. Call her. And 
 when he had called her, she 
 stood in the door. 
 
 16 And he said. About this 
 season, according to the time of 
 life, thou shalt embrace a son. 
 And she said, Nay, my lord, 
 thou man of God, do not lie 
 mito thme handmaid. 
 
 17 And the woman conceived, 
 and bare a son at that season 
 that EHsha had said unto her, 
 according to the time of life. 
 
 18 1[ And when the child was 
 grown, it fell on a day, that he 
 went out to his father to the 
 reapers. 
 
 19 And he said unto his father. 
 My head, my head. And he 
 said to a lad. Carry hun to his 
 mother. 
 
 20 And when he had taken 
 him, and brought him to his 
 mother, he sat on her knees till 
 noon, and then died. 
 
 21 And she went up, and laid 
 him on the bed of the man of 
 God, and shut the door upon 
 him, and went out. 
 
 22 And she called unto her 
 husband, and said. Send me, I 
 pray thee, one of the young 
 men, and one of the asses, that 
 I may run to the man of God, 
 and come agam. 
 
 23 And he said. Wherefore 
 wilt thou go to him to day ? it 
 is neither new moon, nor sab- 
 bath. And she said. It shalt 
 he well. 
 
 24 Then she saddled an ass, 
 and said to her servant, Drive, 
 
Tfte SlamammiU'e II. KINGS, IV. 
 
 and jro fons-nrd; slack not tbj/ 
 riding' lor nu',ex(^'|>t I \i'u\ tlR-<*. 
 2o !So fIk* went and (nnuv un- 
 to the imin of (ioil to mount 
 Ciinnel. And it r.im«' to i»aH»», 
 when the man ol' (Jod niw lier 
 afar oft", that lie Kiid to (Jeliayj 
 liis servant, Ik'liold, t/onder w 
 tliat SliunanimiU.' : 
 
 9on raitetl to lij\'. 
 
 h» ej-cfi \\\^^\\ \\w, eyen, and liis 
 Imndn uiM.n liw hands: and 
 lie Htretened hiniwdl in^)n the 
 child ; and the flesli ul' llie ehiUl 
 wnxe<i wnnn. 
 
 li") Then lie returned, and walk- 
 ed in the house Xjd and i'n»; and 
 went up, and 8tret<lied hinibell 
 ^ U|jon him : and the <liild sneezed 
 2<i Kun now, 1 i»my tlan?, to f»even timet*, and the child oi»en- 
 meet her, and Kiy untn her. Is i-d his « 
 
 it well with theeV u it well 'dk\ A 
 
 s evit*. 
 md he 
 
 called (iehazi, and 
 
 >\ith thy Imshand? is it well ^lid, Call this Shunammite, 8<> 
 with th(" child? And she an- he (tUled her. And when uhe 
 
 swertnl, // is widl. 
 27 And when she came to the 
 man of (iotl to the hill, she 
 rautdit him hy tlu* liet : hut 
 
 ! wa« <i»me in unto him, he wiid. 
 Take \\\\ thv son. 
 37 Then she went in. and f« 11 
 at his feet, and Ikjwc*! lieixdf 
 
 (iehazi i-tinie near to ihnwt her to the ground, and took up her 
 
 away. And the man of God | wm, and went out. 
 
 said, 
 
 soul 
 
 Let her ahnie; for her j 38 •^ And Klisha (^me again to 
 is ve\e<l within her: and , Gilpal : an<l there tras a deaiih 
 
 the T/Ouit hath hid // from me, 
 and hath not toM me. I 
 
 28 Then she sjiid, Did 1 det^ire j 
 a Bon of my lonlV did 1 n<jt say, I 
 Do n<»t de<'eive meV 
 
 29 Then he said to Oeluizi, 
 Gird up thy loins, and tak<' my 
 stalf in thine luind, and ^ro thy 
 way: if llnm meet any man, 
 salute him not ; and if any 
 salute thee, answer him iM>t 
 again : and lay mv stalf ui>on 
 the face of the child. 
 
 W And the mother of the child 
 eaid. As the Loru liveth, and 
 a^ thy soul liveth, I will not 
 
 in the land ; and the S4»nH <il the 
 prophets /r^^esitting IxfoiX' him : 
 and he said unto his servant. Set 
 <m the ^'reat i)ot, and seethe p<»t^ 
 taire for the sons of the pro))hots. 
 
 3V< And one went out into the 
 held to pjitlier Ivorhs, anil loi:n<l 
 a w ild vine, and itratliere<l there- 
 of wild jrounis his lap full, and 
 C5U1U' and shred them into tla^ 
 rK)t of pottage: for they knew 
 them not. 
 
 4<J So they ix>ured out for the 
 men to eat. And it cam<^ to 
 pass, as they were t-iitiuK of the 
 I)otta;re, that they cried out, and 
 
 leave thee. And he arcjse, and said, O thou man of God, there 
 
 followed her. 
 
 , w death in the pot. And they 
 
 31 And Gehazi passed on be- could not eat thereof. 
 fore them, and laid the staft" 41 But he said, Then brinf? 
 upon the face of the child; but meal. And he cast it into the 
 there was neither voice, nor i)ot ; and he said. Pour out lor 
 
 hearing 
 
 again to 
 
 him, saying, The child is not 
 
 awaked. 
 
 32 And when Elfsha was come 
 into the house, behold, the child 
 was dead, and laid ur>on his bed. 
 
 33 He went in therefore, and 
 shut the door nix)n them twain, 
 and prayed unto the Lord. 
 
 34 And he went up, and lay 
 upon the cMld, and put his 
 
 Wliereibre he went I the people, that they may eat. 
 meet liim, and told And there was no Imrm in the 
 pot. 
 
 42 ^ And there came a man 
 from Baal-f-halisha, and brought 
 the man of God bread ol" the 
 fu-stfiiiit^, twenty loaves of bar- 
 ley, and full ears of com in the 
 husk thereof. And he said, Giv*? 
 unto the people, that they may 
 eat. 
 
 43 And his servitor said. What, 
 
 mouth upon hffi mouth, and ' should I set this before an hr.n- 
 
Naaman is cured 
 
 11. KINGS, V. 
 
 of Jtis leprosy. 
 
 dred men ? He said again, Give 
 the people, that they may eat : 
 for thus saith tlie Lokd, They 
 shall eat, and shall leave thereof. 
 44 ^o he set it before them, 
 and they did eat, and left there- 
 of, accorchng to the vrord of the 
 Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 1 Naaman, hy the report of a cap- 
 tive maid, is sent to Samaria to be 
 cured of his lepi'osy. 8 EUsha, send, 
 ing him to Jordan, cureth him. 15 
 He refusing Naaman s gifts grant, 
 eth him some of the earth. 20 Geha. 
 zi, abusing his master's name unto 
 Naaman, is smitten with leprosy. 
 "VrOW Naaman, captain of the 
 XM host of the king of Syria, 
 was a great man with his mas- 
 ter, and honourable, because by 
 him the Lord had given deliver- 
 ance unto Syria : he was also a 
 mighty man in valour, but he 
 vjas a leper. 
 
 2 And the Syrians had gone out 
 by companies, and had brought 
 away captive out of the land of 
 Israel a little maid; and she 
 waited on Naaman's wife. 
 
 3 And she said unto her niis- 
 tress, AVould God my lord were 
 with the prophet that is in Sa- 
 maria ! for he would recover him 
 of his leprosy. 
 
 4 And one went in, and told 
 his lord, saying. Thus and thus 
 said the maid that is of the land 
 of Israel. 
 
 5 And the king of SjTia said, 
 Go to, go, and I will send a let- 
 ter unto the king of Israel. And 
 he departed, and took with him 
 ten talents of silver, and six 
 thousand pieces of gold, and ten 
 changes of raiment. 
 
 6 And he brought the letter to 
 the king of Israel, saying, Now 
 when this letter is come unto 
 thee, behold, I have thereivith 
 sent Naaman my servant to thee, 
 that thou mayest recover him of 
 his leprosy. 
 
 7 And it came to pass, v/hen the 
 long of Israel had read the let- 
 ter, that he rent his clothes, and 
 said, Am\ God, to kill and to 
 make alive, that tills man doth 
 
 send imto me to recover a man 
 of his leprosy ? wherefore con- 
 sider, I pray you, and see how he 
 seeketh a quarrel agamst me. 
 
 8 ^ And it was so, when Elislia 
 the man of God had heard that 
 the Idng of Israel had rent his 
 clothes, that he sent to the kiug, 
 sajTng, Wherefore hast thou rent 
 thy clothes? let him come now 
 to me, and he shall loriow that 
 there is a prophet in Israel. 
 
 9 So Naaman came with his 
 horses and with his chariot, and 
 stood at the door of the house of 
 Ehsha. 
 
 10 And Ehsha sent a messen- 
 ger unto him, saymg. Go and 
 wash in Jordan seven times, and 
 thy flesh shall come again to 
 thee, and thou shalt be clean. 
 
 11 But Naaman was -s^Toth, and 
 went away, and said. Behold, I 
 thought. He will surely come out 
 to me, and stand, and call on the 
 name of the Loed his G od, and 
 strike his hand over the place, 
 and recover the leper. 
 
 12 Are not Abana and Phar- 
 par, rivers of Damascus, better 
 than all the waters of Israel? 
 may I not wash in them, and be 
 clean ? So he turned and went 
 away in a rage. 
 
 13 And his servants came near, 
 and spake unto him, and said, 
 My father, if the prophet had 
 bid thee do some great thing, 
 wouldestthou not have done it?- 
 how much rather then, when he 
 saith to thee, Wash, and be clean ? 
 
 14 Then went he dov^n, and 
 dipped himself seven times in 
 Jordan, according to the saying 
 of the man of God : and his flesh 
 came again like unto the flesh of 
 a little child, and he was clean. 
 
 15 IF And he returned to the 
 man of God, he and all his com- 
 pany, and came, and stood be- 
 fore him: and he said. Behold, 
 now I know that there is no 
 God in all the earth, but in Is- 
 rael : now therefore, I pray thee, 
 take a blessing of thy sen^ant. 
 
 16 But he said, As the Lord 
 Hveth, before whom I Btand. J 
 
OcJuc.i is smitten 
 
 will rtreive none. And he urged 
 him to take it ; but he refused. 
 
 17AndNaamanPai(l,SlialUh('re 
 nut then, I pniy thee, l»e ^ivcn 
 to thy servant two niulis' burden 
 of earth? for thy servant Mill 
 heneeforth offer neither burnt 
 offering nor saeritiee unto other 
 irmh, but unto the Tx)RD. 
 
 18 In this thiuf? the Lord i^ar- 
 don thy servant, that when my . , 
 
 master prt)eth into the house of and oxen,and menservants, and 
 Himnion to woi-sliin tlu're, and j 
 he leaneth on my nand, and I j 
 
 IL KINGS, VI. tcith In^i-of^v. 
 
 before his master. And Elislia 
 «iid unto him, Whenee comest 
 thou^{\(i\ii\y.\^ And he said, Thy 
 s<'rvant went no whith<T. 
 2() And he s{\id unto him. Went 
 not mine heart with thee, wlien 
 the man turned ajrain fnmi liis 
 eliariot to meet theeV Is it a 
 time to reeeive money, and to 
 reeei\-e pnnnents, and olive- 
 jTinls, and vineyanls, and sheei). 
 
 bow myself in the house of Rim- 
 
 ma idser van tsV 
 
 27 The leprosy therefoit^ of Naa- 
 man slmll cle<'ive unto thee, and 
 
 mon: wlien I l)ow down m^-stdf j unto thy seed for e\er. And he 
 
 in the house of Kimnion, tlu: 
 Ijord pardon thy servant in this 
 thin^'. 
 
 v.) And he said unto him. Go 
 ill i>eaee. So he dei)arted from 
 him a little way. 
 
 20 ^ But Gehazi, the wn^ant of 
 Elislia the man of God, said. 
 Behold, my master hath f?i>are<l 
 Naainan this Syrian, in not re- 
 ceiviuf? at his hands that wliieh 
 he brought: but, as the Lord 
 liveth, I will run after 1dm, and 
 take somewliat of him. 
 
 21 So Geliazi followed after 
 Naaman. And when Naaman 
 Baw liim running after him, he 
 
 went out from his presence a 
 lei)er as white as snow. 
 CHAPTER VL 
 
 1 Elisha, gifina leave to the iiouuj 
 2Jiuphe(H to emarge their dweuinas, 
 ciiusi'th iron to fiirim. R He ais. 
 chtieth the King of Si/i'Vi'm couufel. 
 13 The army, irhicn wax »fut to 
 JJofhiiH to apprehend Elisha, is 
 tiiuf/en with hlindnesa. 11) Being 
 brought into Sumuriu, the^ are dis- 
 viissed in jtcittY. 21 Thejtnniuein 
 S'liiiarin rtini*eth Komen to vtt their 
 oirn children. 30 The king sendeth 
 to slay Eliaha. 
 
 AND the sons of the prophets 
 - fiaid unto Elisha, Behold 
 now, the place where we dwell 
 
 lighted down from the chariot to ; with thee is too strait for us. 
 meet him, and said, Is all well ? j 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto 
 
 22 And he said, All is well. My 
 lua.-ter liath sent me, saying, Be 
 
 Jordan, and take thence every 
 man a beam, and let us make 
 
 hold, CN en now there be come to us a place there, where we may 
 me from mount Ephraim two dwell. And he answered, Go ye. 
 
 yomig men of the sons of the 
 prophets: give them, I pray 
 thee, a talent of silver, and two 
 changes of gannents. 
 
 23 And Naaman said, Be con- 
 tent, take two talents. And he 
 urged him, and bound two ta- 
 lents of silver in two bag"s, with 
 two changes of garments, and 
 laid them upon two of his ser- 
 vants; and they bare them be- 
 fore him. 
 
 24 And when he came to the 
 toweV, he took them from their 
 hand, and bestowed them in the 
 house : and he let the men go, 
 and they departed. 
 
 25 But he went in, and stood 
 
 3 And one said. Be content, I 
 pray thee, and go with thy ser- 
 vants. And he answered, I will 
 go. 
 
 4 So he went with them. And 
 when they came to Jordan, they 
 cut do^^^l wood. 
 
 5 But as one was felling a 
 beam, the ax head fell into the 
 water: and he cried, and said, 
 Alas, master! for it was bor- 
 rowed. 
 
 6 And the man of God said. 
 Where fell it? And he shewed 
 him the place. And he cut do^vn 
 a stick, and cast it in tliither; 
 and the iron did swim. 
 
 7 Therefore said he, Take it 
 
TJie Syncins are 
 
 up to thee. And he put out his 
 hand, and took it. 
 
 8 IF Then the king of Syria 
 warred against Israel, and took 
 counsel with his sers'ants, say- 
 ing, In such and such a place 
 shall be my camp. 
 
 9 And the man of God sent 
 unto the king of Israel, sajdng, 
 Beware that thou pass not such 
 a place ; for thither the Syrians 
 are come down. 
 
 10 And the king of Israel sent 
 to the place which the man of 
 God told him and warned him 
 of, and saved himself there, not 
 once nor twice. 
 
 11 Therefore the heart of the 
 king of Syria was sore troubled 
 for this thing ; and he called his 
 servants, and said unto them, 
 Will ye not shew me which of 
 us is for the king of Israel ? 
 
 12 And one of his servants said, 
 None, my lord, O king : but EH- 
 sha, the prophet that is in Israel, 
 telleth the king of Israel the 
 words that thou epeakest in thy 
 bedchamber. 
 
 13 IT And he said. Go and spy 
 where he is, that I may send 
 and fetch him. And it was told 
 him, saying. Behold, he is in 
 Dothan. 
 
 14 Therefore sent he thither 
 horses, and chariots, and a great 
 host: and they came by night, 
 and compassed the city about. 
 
 15 And when the servant of 
 the man of God was risen early, 
 and gone forth, behold, an host 
 compassed the city both with 
 horses and chariots. And his 
 servant said unto him, Alas, my 
 master ! how shall we do ? 
 
 16 And he answered, Fear not : 
 for they that be with us are 
 more than they that be with 
 them. 
 
 17 And EHsha prayed, and said, 
 LoED, I pray thee, open his eyes, 
 that he may see. And the Lord 
 opened the eyes of the young 
 man ; and he saw : and, behold, 
 the mountain was full of horses 
 and chariots of fire round about 
 Ehsha. 
 
 II. KINGS, VI. 
 
 strucJc blind. 
 
 18 And when they came down 
 to him, Elisha prayed unto the 
 LoED, and said. Smite tliis peo- 
 ple, I pray thee, with blindness. 
 And he smote them with blind- 
 ness according to the word of 
 Elisha. 
 
 19 IF And Elisha said unto them, 
 This is not the way, neither is 
 this the city : follow me, and I 
 will bring you to the man whom 
 ye seek. But he led them to 
 Samaria. 
 
 20 And it came to pass, when 
 they were come into Samaria, 
 that Elisha said. Lord, open 
 the eyes of these men, that they 
 may see. And the Lord opened 
 their eyes, and they saw ; and, 
 behold, the^ were m the midst 
 of Samaria. 
 
 21 And the king of Israel said 
 unto Ehsha, when he saw them, 
 My father, shall I smite them ? 
 shall I smite them ? 
 
 22 And he answered, Thou 
 shalt not smite them: would- 
 est thou smite those whom thou 
 hast taken captive with thy 
 sword and with thy bow? set 
 bread and water before them, 
 that they may eat and diink, 
 and go to their master. 
 
 23 And he prepared great pro- 
 vision for them : and when they 
 had eaten and drunk, he sent 
 them away, and they went to 
 their master. So the bands of 
 Syria came no more into the 
 land of Israel. 
 
 24 IF And it came to pass after 
 this, that Ben-hadad king of Sy- 
 ria gathered all his host, and 
 went up, and besieged Samaria. 
 
 25 And there was a great fa- 
 mine in Samaria : and, behold, 
 they besieged it, imtil an ass's 
 head was sold for fourscore 
 pieces of silver, and the foiuih 
 part of a cab of dove's dung for 
 five pieces of silver. 
 
 26 And as the king of Israel was 
 passing by upon the wall, there 
 cried a woman unto him, saying, 
 Help, my lord, O king. 
 
 27 And he said. If the Lord 
 do not help thee, whence shall 
 
EU^ia i)ropJiesieth II. KINGS, VII. incvedtiAe iHiulu. 
 
 I help tliCM*? out of the bam- j and t\v<) measurcR of Imrley Ibr 
 
 Moor, or out of the wniepresB 
 28 And the kin;j 
 Wliat ailetli thei^ 
 swered, Tliis woman said untc 
 nie, (iive thy son, tliat we may 
 tat liini to day, and we will eat 
 my 8on to morrow. 
 
 a sliekel, in the K«ite of Samaria, 
 aid unto her, j 2 'I'hm a l<»rd on whow hand 
 And she an- ' the kiii^' leaned answend the 
 man of (lod, and said, liehold, 
 if the I.ouo would makr win- 
 dows in ln-aven, mijiht thifi 
 thing he? And he wiid, Jkliold, 
 
 2i) 80 we boik'd my eon, and thou nhalt see it with tliiue eycf, 
 did eat him : and I said unto her ! but nhalt not eat thereof. 
 on the next ckiy, Give thy pon, I 3 11 And there were four le- 
 that we may eat him: and she | i)rouH nu-n at the enterin^,^ in of 
 
 liath hid her son. 
 
 W) * And it came to paw, when 
 llie kinir heard the words of the 
 woman, that he rent his elothes; 
 and he i»assed by uion the wall, 
 and tlie people looK<'d. and, be- 
 hold, he had saekeloth witliin 
 upon his flesh. 
 
 :U '11 wn he said, fJoddo poand 
 
 the pate : and they wiid one to 
 an«»ther, Why sit we here until 
 we die V 
 
 4 If we pay, We will enter into 
 the city, then the famine is in 
 the city, and we shall die there : 
 and if we sit still here, we die 
 also. Now therefore come, and 
 let UP fall unto the host of the 
 
 more also to me, if the head of Syrians: if they pave us alive, 
 Klisha the son of Shaplmt shall I we shall liy«; ; and if they kill 
 
 stand on him this day. 
 1^2 Ihit Elisha sat in his house, 
 and the eldei-s sat with him; 
 and the kiii'^ sent a man from 
 beibre him: but ere the mes- 
 senger came to him, he said to 
 the elders, See ye how this son 
 of a murderer hatli sent to take 
 
 UP, we shall but die. 
 
 5 And they rose uj) in the twi- 
 light, to go unto the camj) of 
 the Syrians : and when they 
 were come to the uttermost part 
 of the camp of Syria, behold, 
 there ivas no man there. 
 
 G For the Lord had made the 
 
 iway mine head? look, when; host of the Syrians to hear a 
 " ' ' " noise of chariots, and a noise 
 of horses, even the noise of a 
 great host : and they said one to 
 another, Lo, the king of Israel 
 hath hired against us the kings 
 of the Hittites, and the kings of 
 the Egyptians, to come upon us. 
 
 7 W^herefore they arose and 
 fled in the twilight, and left 
 their tents, and their horses, and 
 their asses, even the camp as it 
 IV as, and fled for their life. 
 
 8 And when these lepers came 
 to the uttermost part of the camp, 
 they went into one tent, and did 
 eat and drink, and carried thence 
 
 the messenger cometh, shut the 
 <loor, and hold him fast at the 
 door : is not the sound of liis 
 master's feet behind him? 
 33 And while he yet talked 
 with them, behold, the messen- 
 ger came do^vTi unto hini : and 
 lie said, Behold, this evil is of 
 the Lord; what should I wait 
 lor the Lord any longer ? 
 
 CHAPTER VIL 
 1 Elisha p}ophet<ieth incredible 2}lenty 
 in Samaria. 3 Four Jej)ers, ven- 
 turing on the host of the Sj/rians, 
 bring tidings of their flight. 12 
 TJie ling, finding by spies the nev 
 
 to be true, spoileth the tents of the \ '■, „_ -i Z^-, ■, ^ 1 -^^ , 
 
 Syrians. 17 The Iwd, who would ^il^er, and gold and raiment,, 
 
 ■ ' '• ■' ' ... and went and hid 2^ ,• and came 
 
 again, and entered into another 
 
 tent, and carried thence also. 
 
 not believe the p/rophecy of plenti/, 
 having the charge of the gate, is 
 trodden to death in the press. 
 
 THEN Elisha said, Hear ye 
 the word of the Lord ; Thus 
 saith the Lord, To morrow 
 about this time shall a measure 
 of fine floiir be sold for a shekel, 
 
 and went and hid it. 
 9 Then they said one to another, 
 W"e do not well : this day is a 
 day of good tidings, and we hold 
 our peace : if we tarry till the 
 
ElisJia's prophecif 
 
 II. lais^GS, YIII. 
 
 is verified. 
 
 morning light, some mischief 
 will come upon us : now there- 
 fore come, that we may go and 
 tell the Idiig's household. 
 
 10 So they came and called un- 
 to the porter of the city : and they 
 told them, sajdng. We came to 
 the camp of the SjTians, and, 
 behold, there was no man there, 
 neither voice of man, but horses 
 tied, and asses tied, and the tents 
 as they ivere. 
 
 11 And he called the porters; 
 and they told it to the king's 
 house Yfithin. 
 
 12 IF And the king arose in the 
 night, and said unto liis servants, 
 I will now shew 5^ou what the 
 Sj^ians have done to us. They 
 know that we be hungiy ; there- 
 fore are they gone out of the 
 camp to hide themselves in the 
 field, saying. When they come 
 out of the city, we shall catch 
 them alive, and get into the city. 
 
 13 And one of his servants an- 
 swered and said, Let some take, 
 I pray thee, five of the horses 
 that remain, which are left in 
 the city, (behold, they are as all 
 the multitude of Israel that are 
 left in it : behold, I say, they are 
 even as all the multitude of the 
 Israelites that are consumed :) 
 and let us send and see. 
 
 14 They took therefore two 
 chariot horses ; and the king 
 sent after the host of the Syii- 
 ans, sajang, Go and see. 
 
 15 And they went after them 
 imto Jordan : and, lo, all the i 
 way ivas full of gaiTaents and 
 vessels, which the Syiians had 
 cast away in thek haste. And 
 the messengers returned, and 
 told the king. 
 
 16 And the people went out, and 
 spoiled the tents of the Syiians. 
 So a measure of fine flour was 
 sold for a shekel, and two mea- 
 sm^es of barley for a shekel, ac- 
 cording to the word of the Loed. 
 
 17 H And the king appomted the 
 lord on whose hand he leaned to 
 have the charge of the gate : and 
 the people trode upon him in the 
 gate, and he died, as the man of 
 
 God had said, who spake when 
 the king came down to him. 
 
 18 And it came to pass as the 
 man of God had spoken to the 
 king, sajdng, Two measures of 
 barley for a shekel, and a mea- 
 sm-e of fine flour for a shekel, 
 shall be to moiTOw about this 
 time in the gate of Samaria : 
 
 19 And that lord answered the 
 man of God, and said. Now, be- 
 hold, i/'the Lord should make 
 T^dndows in hea-\'en, might such 
 a thing be ? And he said, Behold, 
 thou shalt see it with thine eyes, 
 but shalt not eat thereof. 
 
 20 And so it fell out imto him : 
 for the people trode upon liim 
 in the gate, and he died. 
 
 CHAPTER YIII. 
 
 1 Tlie Shunammite, having left her 
 comifry seven years, to avoid the 
 forewarned famine, fw Elisha' smi- 
 racle salce hath her land restored hy 
 the Mng. 7 Hazael, heing sent with 
 a pi'esent by Ben-liadad to Elisha 
 at Damascus, after he had heard 
 the prophecy, Idlleih his master, 
 and suGceedeth him. 16 Jehoram's 
 li-icl'ed reign in Jiidah. 20 Edom 
 and Libnah revolt. 23 Ahaziah siic- 
 ceedeth Jehoram. 25 Almziah's 
 ivicked reign. 28 He visiteth Jeho. 
 ram tvounded, at Jezreel. 
 
 THEN spake Elisha unto the 
 woman, whose son he had 
 restored to life, sa>^g. Arise, 
 and go thou and thine house- 
 hold, and sojoiuTL wheresoever 
 thou canst sojomn : for the Loed 
 hath called for a famine; and 
 it shall also come upon the land 
 seven years. 
 
 2 And the woman arose, and 
 did after the saying of the man 
 of God : and she went with her 
 household, and sojourned in the 
 land of the Philistines seven 
 j'ears. 
 
 3 And it came to pass at the 
 seven years' end, that the woman 
 returned out of the land of the 
 Philistines : and she went forth 
 to cry unto the king for her 
 house and for her land. 
 
 4 And the king talked with 
 Gehazi the servant of the man 
 of God, saving, Tell me, I pray 
 
Hazitel kilkth 
 
 11. KINGS, vm. 
 
 his manter. 
 
 theo, all the great tilings that | 
 Elisha hath done. | 
 
 And it ranu' to jiasR, np \n' 
 
 13 And Haznel Niid, Rnt what, 
 I.V thy wnant a dofr^ that he 
 Klunihi do thinKreat tlinipV And 
 
 wjifi telling the king how he had ' Klisha answered. The Lounhatli 
 restored a dead b(»dy to life, that, ' shewed nie that thou a/iait be 
 behold, the wtauan. wh(>se R»n ' king over »Syria. 
 he had restored to life, eried to j 14 So he deparU'd from Elisha, 
 the king for her honse and for and came to his master; who 
 her land. And (ieha/i said, ]My ! said t(» him, ^Vhat said Elisha 
 lord, () king, this is the woman, i to thee? And he answered. He 
 and this m her son, whom Eli- ] told me //»«/ thou shonldeetsure- 
 
 Bha 1 estored to lif 
 G And when the king asked 
 the woman, she told him. 8o 
 the king appointed unto her a 
 certain otlicer, saying, IN st<»re all 
 that iras her's, and all the friiits 
 of the held since tlie day that she 
 left the land, even until now. 
 
 7 •[ And Eli>*ha came to Da- ' Joram the 
 mascus ; an<l Ik^n-hadad the 
 king of Syria was sick; and it 
 was told liini, saying, The man 
 of (Jod is come hither. 
 
 8 And the king said unto Ha- 
 zael. Take a i)resent in thine 
 hand, and go, meet the man of 
 God, and enquire of the LoRn 
 bv him, saying, Shall I recover 
 of this disease? 
 
 9 So Ha/ael went to meet him, 
 and took a jjresent with him, even 
 
 ly recover. 
 
 15 And it came to poBR ou the 
 monow, that he took a thick 
 cloth, and dipped it in water, 
 and spivjul it on his face, so that 
 he died: and Hazael reigned in 
 his stead. 
 
 IG •[ And in the fifth vear of 
 son of Ahab king of 
 Israel, Jelioshaphat beinff then 
 king of Judah, .Tehoram the son 
 of ,Tehosha|ihat king of Judah 
 Iw'gan to reign. 
 
 17 Thiiiy and two years old 
 w as he when he began to reign ; 
 and he reigned eight years in 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 18 And he walked in the way 
 of the kings of Israel, as did the 
 house of Ahab : for the daugh- 
 ter of Ahal) was his wife : and he 
 
 ofevcrj- good thing of Damascus, ' did evil in the sight of the Lord. 
 
 forty camels' burden, and came I 
 and stood before him, and said, 
 Thy son Ben-hadad king of Sy- 
 ria hath sent me to thee, sajong. 
 Shall I recover of this disease ? 
 
 10 And Elisha said unto him, 
 Go, say unto him, Thou mayest 
 certainly recover: howbeit the 
 Lord hath shewed me that he 
 shall surely die. 
 
 11 And he settled his coimte- 
 nance stedfastly, until he was 
 
 19 Yet the Lord would not 
 destroy Judah for Da\'id his ser- 
 vant's sake, as he promised him 
 to give him alway a light, and 
 to his children. 
 
 20 •[ In his days Edom revolt- 
 ed from under the hand of Judah , 
 and made a king over themselves. 
 
 21 So Joram went over to Zair, 
 and all the chariots with him: 
 and he rose by night, and smote 
 the Edomites which compassed 
 
 ashamed: and the man of God him about, and the captains of 
 
 wept. 
 
 12 And Hazael said, Why weep- 
 eth my lord ? And he answered, 
 
 the chariots : and the people fled 
 I into their tents. 
 22 Yet Edom revolted from un- 
 
 Because I know the evil that der the hand of Judah unto this 
 
 thou wilt do unto the children 
 of Israel : their strong holds wilt 
 thou set on fire, and their young 
 men wilt thou slay with the 
 sword, and wilt dash their chil- 
 dren, and rip up their women 
 with chUd. 
 
 day. Then Libnah revolted at 
 the same time. 
 
 23 And the rest of the acts of 
 Joram, and all that he did, are 
 they not wrritten in the book of 
 the chronicles of the kings of 
 Judah? 
 
Ahaziah's tvicked reign. II. KINGS, IX. JeJm is anoiaied king. 
 
 24 And Joram slept with his 
 fathers, and was buried with his 
 fathers in the city of David: 
 and Ahaziah his son reigned in 
 his stead. 
 
 25 II In the twelfth year of 
 Joram the son of Ahab king of 
 Israel did Ahaziah the son of 
 Jehoram king of Judah begin 
 to reign. 
 
 26 Two and twenty years old 
 was Ahaziah when he began to 
 reign ; and he reigned one year 
 in Jerusalem. And his mother's 
 name was Athaliah, the daugh- 
 ter of Omri long of Israel. 
 
 27 And he walked in the way 
 of the house of Ahab, and did 
 evil in the sight of the Lord, 
 as did the house of Ahab : for 
 he was the son in law of the 
 house of Ahab. 
 
 28 ^ And he went with Joram 
 the son of Ahab to the war a- 
 gamst Hazael king of Syria in 
 Kamoth-gilead ; and the Syrians 
 wounded Joram. 
 
 29 And king Joram went back 
 to be healed in Jezreel of the 
 wounds which the Syrians had 
 given him at Ramah, when he 
 fought against Hazael king of 
 Syria. And Ahaziah the son 
 of Jehoram king of Judah went 
 down to see Joram the son of 
 Ahab in Jezi-eel, because he was 
 sick. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 1 Elisha sendeth a young prophet 
 with instructions to anoint Jehu 
 at Bamoth-gilead. i The prophet 
 
 • having done his message fleeth. 11 
 Jehu, being made Mng hy the sol- 
 diers, Idlleth Joram in the field of 
 Nahoth. 27 Ahaziah is stain at 
 Gur, and buried at Jerusalem. 30 
 Proud Jezebel is thrown down out 
 of a window, and eaten by dogs. 
 
 AND Elisha the prophet call- 
 - ed one of the children of 
 the prophets, and said unto him, 
 Gird up thy loins, and take this 
 box of oil in thine hand, and go 
 to Eamoth-gilead : 
 2 And when thou comest thi- 
 ther, look out there Jehu the 
 son of Jehoshaphat the son of 
 Nimshi, and go in, and make 
 
 him arise up from among his 
 brethren, and carry him to an 
 inner chamber ; 
 
 3 Then take the box of oil, and 
 pour it on his head, and say, 
 Thus saith the Lord, I have 
 anomted thee king over Israel, 
 Then open the door, and flee, 
 and tariy not. 
 
 4 1[ So the young man, even 
 the young man the prophet, 
 went to Eamoth-gilead. 
 
 5 And when he came, behold, 
 the captahis of the host ivere 
 sitting ; and he said, I have 
 an errand to thee, O captain. 
 And Jehu said, Unto which of 
 all us ? And he said. To thee, O 
 captain. 
 
 6 And he arose, and went into 
 the house; and he poured the 
 oil on his head, and said unto 
 him. Thus saith the Lord God 
 of Israel, I have anointed thee 
 king over the people of the Lord, 
 even over Israel. 
 
 7 And thou shalt smite the 
 house of Ahab thy master, that 
 I may avenge the blood of my 
 servants the prophets, and the 
 blood of all the servants of the 
 Lord, at the hand of Jezebel. 
 
 8 For the whole house of Ahab 
 shall perish: and I will cut off 
 from Ahab him that pisseth a- 
 gainst the wall, and him that is 
 shut up and left in Israel : 
 
 9 And I will make the house 
 of Ahab like the house of Jero- 
 boam the son of Nebat, and like 
 the house of Baasha the son of 
 Ahijah : 
 
 10 And the dogs shall eat Je- 
 zebel in the portion of Jezreel, 
 and there shall be none to bury 
 her. And he opened the door, 
 and fled. 
 
 11 1[ Then Jehu came forth 
 to the servants of his lord : and 
 one said unto him, Is all wxll ? 
 wherefore came this mad fel- 
 low to thee ? And he said unto 
 them, Ye know the man, and 
 his communication. 
 
 12 And they said. It is false ; 
 tell us now. And he said, Thus 
 and thus spake he to me, say- 
 
Jrhu hilhOt Joram i,i II. KINGS, IX. 
 
 iiipj, Thiifi wiitli tlie Lord, I liave 
 anointed tliee kiii^r over Israel. 
 
 V.\ Then tliey liasted, and took 
 eveiy man his garment, and put 
 it nnder liim on the top of tlie 
 Btairs, and V)lew \vith tnimpetn, 
 saying, Jehu is king. 
 
 14 So Jehu the son <»f Jelio- 
 pliaphat the son of Nimshi eon- 
 H\ .ired against Joram. ( N( »w Jo- 
 ram had kept Kamotli-gilead, 
 
 the fieiJ qf Nalxith . 
 J(jram said, INIake 
 
 21 And 
 
 ready. And his cliariot vas 
 made ready. And .loram king 
 of Ismel und Aluiziah king of 
 Judali went out, each in his 
 clianot, and they went out a- 
 gainst Jeliu, and met liim in 
 the portion of Nabotli the Jez- 
 reelite. 
 
 22 And it came to pass, when 
 Jomm Baw Jelni, that lie Siiid, 
 
 lie and all Israel, Ixnause of Ha- | Is it peace, Jehu? And he an- 
 
 zael king of Syria. 
 1.5 Ihit king J«)T-am 
 turned to Ix' hcalr^l in 
 
 swered, Wluit peace, so long as 
 the whoredoms of thy motlh' 
 
 of the wounds which the Syrians 
 had givi'u him, when he Ibught 
 with Ha/ael king of Syria.) And 
 .Felui siiid. If it be your minds, 
 then let none go forth nor es- 
 cape out of the city to go to tell 
 ?7 in Jezreel. 
 
 K) So Jehu rode m a chariot, 
 and went to Jezreel ; for Joram 
 
 Jezreel | Jezebel and her witchcraltfl are 
 
 so many V 
 
 21^ And Joram turned his 
 hands, and lied, and said to 
 Ahaziali, There is treachery, O 
 Ahaziah, 
 
 24 And Jehu drew a bow with 
 his full strength, and smote Je- 
 horam between his arms, and 
 the anow went out at his heart, 
 
 lay tliere. And Ahaziah king of! and he sunk down in his chariot. 
 
 Judah was 
 Jonnn. 
 
 •ome down to see 
 
 25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar 
 his cai»tain, Take up, and cast 
 
 17 And there stood a watchman \ him in the jtortion of tlie lield 
 on the tower in Jezreel, and he of Naboth the Jezreelite : for 
 spied the company of Jehu as remember how that, when I 
 he came, and said, I see a com- and thou rode together after 
 pany. And Joram said, Take | Ahab his father, the Lord laid 
 an hoi-seman, and send to meet 
 them, and let liim say, Is it 
 l>eace ? 
 
 IS So there went one on horse- 
 l)ack to meet him, and said. 
 Thus saith the king, Is it 
 
 this bmden uix)n him ; 
 26 Surely I have seen vester- 
 day the bkxxl of Naboth and 
 the blood of his sons, saith the 
 Lord ; and I will reunite thee 
 a.x.,io ^tvx..»x ^..^ .wx.n, -•; ... , in ttiis plat, saith tne Lord. 
 peace ? And Jehu said, What | Now therefore take and cast 
 hast thou to do with peace ? i him into the plat o/ ground, 
 tuni thee behind me. And the | according to the word of the 
 
 watchman told, saying, The 
 messenger came to them, but 
 he Cometh not again. 
 
 19 Then he sent out a second 
 on horseback, which came to 
 them, and said, Thus saith the 
 Idng, Is it peace? And Jehu 
 answered, What hast thou to do 
 with peace? turn thee behind 
 me. 
 
 20 And the watchman told, 
 saying, He came even unto 
 them, and cometh^ not again : 
 and the driving is like the driv- 
 ing of Jehu the son of Nimshi ; 
 for he driveth furiously. 
 
 Lord. 
 
 27 1[ But when Aliaziah the 
 long of Judah saw this, he fled 
 by the way of the garden house. 
 And Jehu followed after liim, 
 and said, Smite him also in 
 the chariot. Ajid they did so at 
 the going up to Gur, which is 
 by Ibleam. And he fled to Me- 
 giddo, and died there. 
 
 28 And his sejTants canied 
 him in a chariot to Jerusalem, 
 and buried him in his sepul- 
 chre with his fathers in the city 
 of David. 
 
 29 And in the eleventh year 
 
Ahah's seventy 
 
 n. KINGS, X. 
 
 sons heheaded. 
 
 of Jorain the son of Ahab began 
 Ahaziah to reign over Judah. 
 
 30 T And when Jehu was come 
 to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it ; 
 and she r^iiited her face, and 
 tired her head, and looked out 
 at a window. 
 
 31 And as Jehu entered in at 
 the gate, she said, Had Zimri 
 peace, who slew his master? 
 
 32 And he Lifted up his face to 
 the window, and said, Who is 
 on my side ? who ? And there 
 looked out to liim two or three 
 eunuchs. 
 
 33 And he said,Throw her do^vTi. 
 So they thi'ew her down: and 
 some of her blood was spiinkled 
 on the wall, and on the horses : 
 and he trode her under foot. 
 
 brought up Ahab's children, 
 saying, 
 
 2 Now as soon as this letter 
 Cometh to you, seeing your mas- 
 ter's sons are with you, and 
 there are with you chariots and 
 horses, a fenced city also, and 
 armour; 
 
 3 Look even out the best and 
 meetesfc of your master's sons, 
 and set him en his father's 
 throne, and fight for your mas- 
 ter's house. 
 
 4 But they were exceedingly 
 afraid, and said, Behold, two 
 kings stood not before him : how 
 then shall we stand? 
 
 5 And he that was o\er the 
 house, and he that was over 
 the city, the eldei^ also, and 
 
 34 And when he was come in, ; the bringers up of the children, 
 he did eat and drink, and said, ! sent to Jehu, saying, "VVe are 
 Go, see now this cm^ed woman, \ thy senants, and will do all 
 and bury lier : for she is a long's 1 that thou shalt bid us; we will 
 daughter. I not make any Iring : do thou 
 
 35 And they went to bury her : \ that which is good in thine eyes. 
 but they found no more of her j 6 Then he MTote a letter the 
 than the scull, and the feet, and ^ second time to them, saying, If 
 the palms of her hands. ^ .ye be mine, and ifje will hear- 
 
 36 Wherefore they came again, \ ken imto my ^-oice, take ye the 
 and told him. And he said, ! heads of the men yom- master's 
 This is the word of the Ix)kd, | sons, and come to me to Jezreel 
 which he spake by his servant by to morrow this time. Now 
 Ehjah the Tishbite, saying. In \ the king's sons, being- seventy 
 the portion of Jezreel shall dogs | persons, tvere with the great 
 eat the flesh of Jezebel : ! men of the city, which brought 
 
 37 And the carcase of Jezebel 
 shall be as dung upon the face 
 of the field in the portion of 
 Jezreel ; so that they shall not 
 eay. This is Jezebel. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 1 Jehu, by his letters, canseih seven- 
 ty of Ahab's children to he behead- 
 ed. S He excuseth the fact by the 
 prophecy of Elijah. 12 At the shear- 
 ' ing house he slayeth tivo and forty 
 ; of Ahaziah' s brethren. 15Heta]ceth 
 ■ JelionoAah into his company. 1?, By 
 svhtiUy he destroyeth all the^icor- 
 shippers of Baal. 29 Jehu folloiceth 
 Jer^xKim's sins. 32 Hazael oppress- 
 eth Is7'ael. 3i Jehoahaz succeedeih 
 Jehu. 
 
 AND Ahab had seventy sons 
 - in Samaria. And Jehu 
 wrote letters, and sent to Sama- 
 ria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, 
 to the elders, and to them th^t 
 
 them up. 
 
 7 And it came to pass, when 
 the letter came to them, that 
 they took the king's sons, and 
 slew seventy persons, and put 
 their heads in baskets, and sent 
 him them to Jezreel. 
 
 8 ^ And there came a messen- 
 ger, and told him, saying, They 
 have brought the heads of the 
 king's sons. And he said, Lay 
 ye them in two heaps at the 
 enteiing in of the gate until the 
 morning. 
 
 9 And it came to pass in the 
 morning, that he went out, and 
 stood, and said to all the people. 
 Ye be righteous : behold, I con- 
 spired against my master, and 
 slew him: but who slew all 
 these ? 
 
Jehu destroyelh (til 
 
 II. KINGS, X. 
 
 Ihutl!* n'< ',>](! J >jtfr8. 
 
 10 Know now tliat there shall 
 fall unto tho rarth nnthm 
 th».» word of the LoKi>, which 
 the Loud spake conceniini; the 
 
 19 Now thei^fore oftll unto nie 
 
 of all the prophets of liaal, nil hin 
 
 wnants, and all his priestH; let 
 
 none Ix* wanting: for I have a 
 
 house of Ahah : for the LoRP great wirriHre to do to Banl 
 hath done that whieh ho epake I whosoever shiUl be wanting?, Ik 
 
 by his H<-'rvant Elijah, 
 
 11 So Jehu slew all that re- 
 mained of the hous«' of Ahab 
 in Jezn'el, and all his ^'n•at 
 men, and his kinsfolks, and his 
 I>riests, until he left him none 
 remainin^c. 
 
 12 ^ And he arose and de- 
 l>arted, and came to Samaria. 
 A)i'i as he rras at the shearing 
 liousc in the way, 
 
 \\\ ^iA\\\ met with the bn'thren 
 of Ahaziah kinir of Judah, and 
 said, Who are yeV And tliey 
 answered. We are the brethren 
 i>i Ahaziah: and we go dowTi 
 to wdut<» the children of the 
 kini; aTid the children of the 
 «iueen. 
 
 14 And he said. Take them 
 alive. And thev took them a- 
 live, and slew them at the pit 
 of the shearing house, even two 
 and f()rty men ; neither left he 
 any of them. 
 
 15 *' And when lie was depart- 
 ed thence, he lighted on Jeho 
 nadab the son of Kechab com- 
 ing to meet him : and he sa- 
 luted him, and said to him, Is 
 thine heart right, as my heart 
 is ^^^th thy heart? And Jeho- 
 nadab answered. It is. If it be, 
 
 I sluill not live. But Jehu tlid it 
 in Bubtilty. to the hitent that 
 he might destroy the worehip- 
 jM'i-s of liaal. 
 
 20 And Jehu said. Proclaim a 
 solemn assembly for Baiil. An<l 
 they pr<H'lainie(i it. 
 
 21 And Jehu s<'nt through all 
 Isniel : and all the' worshipiwrs 
 of Baal came, so that there was 
 not a ma?i left that came not. 
 And they came into the hous«; 
 ot Baal : and the house of Baal 
 was fid I from one end to an- 
 other. 
 
 22 And he said unto him that 
 ivas over the vestry. Bring tortli 
 vestments for all the worship- 
 IKMs of Baal. And he brought 
 them forth vestments. 
 
 2*.^ And Jehu went, and Jeho- 
 na<lab the son of Bechab, into 
 the house of Bjial, and said unto 
 the worshipi)ers of Baal, Searcli, 
 and look that there be here with 
 you none of the servants of tlie 
 Lord, but the worshippers of 
 Baal only. 
 
 24 And when they went in to 
 otler sacrifices and burnt offer- 
 ings, Jehu appointed fourscore 
 men without, and said, //'any of 
 the men whom I have brought 
 
 give me thine hand. And he into your hands escape, he that 
 
 gave him liis hand ; and he took 
 liim up to him into the chariot. 
 
 16 And he said, Come with 
 me, and see my zeal for the 
 Lord. So they made him ride 
 in his chariot. 
 
 17 And when he came to Sa^ 
 maria, he slew all that remained 
 unto Ahab in Samaria, till he 
 had destroyed him, according to 
 the saying of the Lord, which 
 he spake to Elijah. 
 
 18 If And Jehu gathered all the 
 people together, and said unto 
 
 letteth him go^ liis life shall be 
 for the life of him. 
 
 2o And it came to pass, as soon 
 a« he had made an end of offer- 
 ing the burnt offering, that Jehu 
 said to the guard and to the 
 captains, Go in, and slay them ; 
 let none come forth. And they 
 smote them with the edge of 
 the sword; and the guard and 
 the captains cast them out, and 
 went to the city of the house of 
 Baal. 
 
 26 And they brought forth the 
 
 them, Ahab served Baal a lit- j images out of the house of Baal 
 tie ; but Jehu shall serve him j and burned them. 
 
 much. 
 
 27 And they brake down the 
 
Haziiel stniteth Israel. II. KINGS, XI. Aihaliah's massacre. 
 
 image of Baal, and brake down 
 the house of Baal, and made it 
 a draught house imto this day. 
 
 28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal 
 out of Israel. 
 
 29 1[ Howbeit from the sins 
 of Jeroboam the son of Xebat, 
 who made Israel to sin, Jehu 
 departed not from after them, 
 to wit, the golden calves that 
 were in Beth-el, and that were 
 in Dan. 
 
 30 And the Lord said unto 
 Jehu, Because thou hast done 
 well in executing that which is 
 right in mine eyes, and hast 
 done unto the house of Ahab 
 axjcording to all that was in 
 mine heart, thy children of the 
 fourth generation shaU sit on 
 the throne of Israel. 
 
 31 But Jehu took no heed to 
 walk in the law of the Lord God 
 of Israel with all his heart : for 
 he departed not from the sins 
 of Jeroboam, which made Israel 
 to sin. 
 
 32 IF In those days the Lord 
 began to cut Israel short: and 
 Hazael smote them in all the 
 coasts of Israel ; 
 
 33 From Jordan eastward, all 
 the land of Gilead, the Gadites, 
 and the Reubenites, and the 
 Manassites, from Aroer, which 
 is by the river Arnon, even 
 Gilead and Bashan. 
 
 34 Now the rest of the acts of 
 Jehu, and all that he did, and 
 all his might, are they not TNTit- 
 ten in the book of the chroni- 
 cles of the kings of Israel ? 
 
 35 And Jehu slept with his 
 fathers: and they buried him 
 in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his 
 son reigned in his stead. 
 
 : 36 And the time that Jehu 
 i reigned over Israel in Samaria 
 ' was twenty and eight years. 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 1 Jejioash, being saved by JeTiosheba 
 his aunt from AthaliaKs massacre 
 of the se4d royal, is hid six years in 
 the house of God. i Jehoiada, giv- 
 ing order to the captains, in the 
 seventh year anointeth him king. 
 
 1. 13 Athaliah is slain. 17 Jehoiada 
 restoreth the worship of God. 
 
 AND when Athahah the mo- 
 - ther of Ahaziah saw that 
 her son was dead, she arose and 
 destroyed all the seed royal. 
 
 2 But Jehosheba, the daughter 
 of king Joram, sister of Aha- 
 ziah, took Joash the son of Aha- 
 ziah, and stole him from among 
 the king's sons ichich were 
 slain; and they hid him, even 
 him and his nua-se, in the bed- 
 chamber fi'om Athaliah, so that 
 he was not slain. 
 
 3 And he was ^-ith her hid in 
 the house of the Lord six years. 
 And Athaliah did reign over 
 the land. 
 
 4 ^ And the seventh year Je- 
 hpiada sent and fetched the 
 rulers over hundi'eds, with the 
 captains and the guard, and 
 brought them to him into the 
 house of the Lord, and made 
 a covenant with them, and took 
 an oath of them in the house of 
 the Lord, and shewed them the 
 king's son. 
 
 5 And he commanded them, 
 saying. This is the thing that 
 ye shall do ; A tMrd part of you 
 that enter in on the sabbath 
 shall even be keepers of the 
 watch of the king's house ; 
 
 6 And a thud part shall he at 
 the gate of Sur ; and a third part 
 at the gate behuid the guard: 
 so shall ye keep the watch of 
 the house, that it be not broken 
 down. 
 
 7 And two parts of all you that 
 go forth on the sabbath, even 
 they shall keep the watch of 
 the house of the Lord about 
 the king. 
 
 8 And ye shall compass the 
 king romid about, every man 
 with his weapons in his hand: 
 and he that cometh withia the 
 ranges, let him be slain: and 
 be ye with the king as he goeth 
 out and as he cometh in. 
 
 9 And the captains over the 
 hundreds did according to all 
 things that Jehoiada the priest 
 commanded: and they took 
 every man his men that were 
 to come in on the sabbath, with 
 
 X2 
 
Afhaliah is slain. II. KINGS, 
 
 tlif ni that sliuukl pro out on the* 
 8al)])}ith, and came to Jehoiuchi 
 tli»' i»rieKt. 
 1(1 And tu the cai)tan)8 over 
 hundreds did the priest ^ive 
 k'lDii David's 8jK.'ar8 and sliieldp, 
 tlint fvere in tlie temple of the 
 Loiii*. 
 
 11 And the puard stootl, eveiy 
 man with his weapons in his 
 hand, round alumt tlie kin^', 
 from tlie rii^ht eonier of the 
 temple to the left comer of the 
 temple, n/ong^ by the altar and 
 the temple. 
 
 12 And he broutrht forth the 
 kiuir's son, and put the cniwn 
 u\>o\\ him, and t^'are him the 
 testimony; and they made hijn 
 kiu'j, and anoiuted hiiu ; and 
 they elanju'd their hancl*, and 
 said. (Jo<l save the kin^. 
 
 13*^ And when Athaliah lieard 
 the noisi' of the puard a/id of 
 the |teoi»le, she came to the 
 I eoplii into the temple of the 
 Loh:>. 
 
 14 And when she looked, be- 
 hold, the king stoml by a i)illar, 
 as the manner was, and the 
 piinc'is and the trumpeters by 
 the king, and all the people of 
 the land rejoiced, and blew with 
 trumpets: and Athaliah rent 
 her clothes, and cried. Treason, 
 Treason. 
 
 15 But Jehoiada the priest com- 
 manded the cajjtains of the hun- 
 dreds, the officei-s of the host, 
 and said unto them. Have her 
 forth without the ranges : and 
 him that followeth her kill with 
 the sword. For the priest had 
 said, Let her not be slain in the 
 house of the Lord. 
 
 16 And they laid hands on 
 her; and she went by the way 
 by the which the horses came 
 into the king's house : and there 
 was she slain. 
 
 17 H And Jehoiada made a co- 
 
 XII. Jehoash reigiwth treU. 
 
 land weni into the house of 
 liiud, and l)rake it down ; his 
 altars and his images brake they 
 in jiieces thoroughly, and slew 
 Mattan the priest of Baal Ixdore 
 the altars. And the iiriest ap- 
 l»ointed officers over the house 
 ol the LoKi>. 
 
 lU And he took the rulers over 
 lnindre<ls, and the captains, and 
 the guard, and all the peopk' 
 <»f the land; and they brought 
 down the king from the house 
 of the Loiin, and came by the 
 way of the gate of the guard to 
 the king's house. And he sat on 
 the throne of the kings. 
 
 20 And all the neople of the 
 land rejoiced anu the city was 
 in (piiet : anil they slew Atha- 
 liah with the sword beside the 
 king's liouse. 
 
 21 Seven years old was Jeho- 
 ash when he l)egan to reign. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 1 JiliCHtiih roigueth mil all the da}/t 
 of J(}nii(uln. 4 Hf (/iirffi (n-iUrfor 
 the rt'jmir of the temple. 17 ILiznt-l 
 i» diverted from Jernn(dem by a 
 jrrefu'nt of the hfdlowed treamires. 
 19 JehfHish Iteiug ffUiin by hiH scr. 
 I'fints, Ainazidh siuceedeth hitu. 
 
 IN the seventh year of Jehu 
 Jehoash began to reign ; and 
 forty years reigned he in Jeni- 
 salem. And his mother's name 
 was Zil)iah of Beer-sheba. 
 
 2 And Jehoash did that which 
 was right in the sight of the 
 Lord all his days wherein Je- 
 hoiada the priest instructed him. 
 
 3 But the high places were not 
 taken away: the people still 
 sacrificed and burnt incense in 
 the high places. 
 
 4 •[ And Jehoash said to the 
 priests. All the money of the 
 dedicated things that is brought 
 
 ! into the house of the Lord, 
 
 I even the money of exery one 
 
 that passeth the account, the 
 
 venant between the Lord and i money that every man is set at. 
 
 the king and the people, that 
 they should be the Lord's peo- 
 ple ; between the king also and 
 the people. 
 18 And all the people of the 
 
 and all the money that cometh 
 into any man's heart to bring 
 into the house of the Lord, 
 5 Let the priests take it to 
 them, every man of his ac- 
 
The temple repaired. II. KINGS, XII. 
 
 Jehoash is slain. 
 
 quaintance: and let them re- 
 pair the breaches of the house, 
 wheresoever any breach shall 
 be found. 
 
 6 But it was so, that in the 
 three and twentieth year of 
 king Jehoash the priests had 
 not repaired the breaches of the 
 house. 
 
 7 Then Idng Jehoash called 
 for Jehoiada the priest, and the 
 other priests, and said unto 
 them. Why repair ye not the 
 breaches of the house? now 
 therefore receive no more mo- 
 ney of your acquaintance, but 
 deliver it for the breaches of 
 the house. 
 
 8 And the priests consented to 
 receive no mo7'e money of the 
 people, neither to repair the 
 breaches of the house. 
 
 9 But Jehoiada the priest took 
 a chest, and bored a hole in the 
 lid of it, and set it beside the 
 altar, on the right side as one 
 cometh into the house of the 
 Lord : and the priests that kept 
 the door put therein all the 
 money that was brought into 
 the house of the Lord. 
 
 10 And it was so, when they 
 saw that there ivas much mo- 
 ney m the chest, that the king's 
 scribe and the high priest came 
 up, and they put up in bags, and 
 told the money that was foimd 
 in the house of the Lord. 
 
 11 And they gave the money, 
 being told, into the hands of 
 them that did the work, that 
 had the oversight of the house 
 of the Lord: and they laid it 
 out to the carpenters and build- 
 ers, that wrought upon the house 
 of the Lord, 
 
 12 And to masons, and hew- 
 ers of stone, and to buy timber 
 and hewed stone to repair the 
 breaches of the house of the 
 Lord, and for all that was laid 
 out for the house to repair it. 
 
 13 Howbeit there were not 
 made for the house of the Lord 
 bowls of silver, snuffers, basons, 
 trumpets, any vessels of gold, or 
 vessels of silver, of the money 
 
 that was brought into the house 
 of the Lord : 
 
 14 But they gave that to the 
 workmen, and repaired there- 
 with the house of the Lord. 
 
 15 Moreover they reckoned 
 not with the men, into whose 
 hand they delivered the money 
 to be bestowed on workmen : 
 for they dealt faithfully. 
 
 16 The trespass money and sin 
 money was not brought into 
 the house of the Lord : it was 
 the priests'. 
 
 11 H Then Hazael king of Sy- 
 ria went up, and fought against 
 Gath, and took it : and Hazael 
 set his face to go up to Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 18 And Jehoash king of Judah 
 took all the hallowed tilings that 
 Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and 
 Ahaziah, his fathers, idngs of 
 Judah, had dedicated, and his 
 o^vn hallowed things, and all 
 the gold that was found in the 
 treasures of the house of the 
 Lord, and in the king's house, 
 and sent it to Hazael kmg of 
 Syria : and he went away from 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 19 HAnd the rest of the acts 
 of Joash, and all that he did, 
 are they not written in the book 
 of the chronicles of the kings of 
 Judah ? 
 
 20 And his servants arose, and 
 made a conspiracy, and slew 
 Joash in the house of Millo, 
 which goeth down to Silla. 
 
 21 For Jozachar the son of Shi- 
 meath, and Jehozabad the son 
 of Shomer, his servants, smote 
 him, and he died; and they 
 buried him with his fathers in 
 the city of David : and Amaziah 
 his son reigned in his stead. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 1 Jehoahaz's wicJced reign. 3 JeJio- 
 ahaz, opp'ressed by Hazael, is reliev- 
 ed by prayer. 8 Joasli SHCceedeth 
 him. 10 Hig wicked reign. 12 Je- 
 roboam succeedeth him. H Elisha 
 dying prophesieth to Joash three 
 victories over the Syrians. 20 27? e 
 Moabites invading the laml, Eli- 
 sha's bones raise up a dead man. 
 22 Hazael dying, Joash getteth 
 three victories over BenJiadad. 
 
Hazael (nypresBes Israel II. KINGS, XIII. 
 
 El{^a8(h'i(th. 
 
 IN tlio three and twentieth 
 year of Joash the Fon of A- 
 haziah king of Judali Jehon- 
 haz tlie eon of Jeliu lK.'gan to 
 reign over L^rael in Sainaria, 
 atid reigned seventeen years. 
 2 And he did that vhich was 
 evil in tlie sight of the I.(jiii), 
 ar.d followed the sins of Jero- 
 boam the son of Nebat, whicl: 
 
 11 And lie did that 7vhU'h was 
 evil in the sight of the Louo; 
 he departed not from all the 
 sins of Jt'rohoani the mm of 
 Nebat, who made Israel pin : 
 but he walked therein. 
 
 12 And the rest of the arts of 
 .Tuash, and all that he did, and 
 his might wherewith he fought 
 against Ama/iah king of Jndah. 
 
 made Israel to sin ; he departed . are they not written in the bool^ 
 
 not therelrom. 
 3 "^ And the anger of the Lord 
 was kindled against Israel, and 
 he delivered them into the hand 
 of Hazael king of Syria, and 
 
 of the Vlironicles of the kings 
 of Israel ? 
 
 13 And Joash slept witli his 
 fathers; and .Teroboitm sat up- 
 on liis throne : and Jojish was 
 
 into the hand of Ikn-liadad the i buried in Samaria with the 
 
 son of Ha/ael, all their days 
 
 4 And .Tehoahaz besought the 
 Loint, and the Loim hearkened 
 unto him : for he saw the op- 
 pression of Israel, because the 
 king of Syria ()j (pressed them. 
 
 5 (And the Lokd gave Israel 
 a saviour, so that they went out 
 from under the hand of the 
 8>Tians: and the children of 
 Israel dwelt in their t«nts, as 
 beforetime. 
 
 () Nevertheless they de]»arted 
 not from the sins of the house 
 of Jeroboam who made Israel 
 sin, but v/alked therein : and 
 there remained the grove also 
 in Samaria.) 
 
 7 Neither did he leave of the 
 people to Jehoaliaz but fifty 
 horsemen, and ten chariots, and 
 ten thousand footmen ; for the 
 king of Syria had destroyed 
 them, and had made them like 
 the dust by threshing. 
 
 8 •[ Now the rest of the acts of 
 Jehor.haz, and all that he did, 
 and liis might, «r^ they not 
 written in tlie book of the chro- 
 nicles of the kings of Israel? 
 
 9 And Jehoahaz slept with his 
 fathei-s: and they buried him 
 in Samaria : and Joash his son 
 reigned in his stead. 
 
 10 ![ In the thirty and seventh 
 year of Joash king of Judali 
 began Jehoasli the son of Je- 
 hoahaz to reign over Israel in 
 Samaria, and reigned sixteen 
 years. 
 
 I kings of Israel. 
 I 14 •[ Now Elisha was fallen 
 { sick of his sickness whenOf he 
 jched. And Joash the king of 
 Israel came down unto him, and 
 wept over his face, and said, < ) 
 my father, my father, the clia- 
 riot of Israel, and the horsemen 
 thereof. 
 
 ir» And Elisha said luito him. 
 Take bow and anows. And 
 he took unto him bow and ar- 
 rows. 
 
 ]() And he said to the king of 
 Israel, I*ut thine hand upon 
 the bow. And he put his hand 
 upo}i it: and Elisha put his 
 hands upon the king's hands. 
 
 17 And he said, Oi)en the win- 
 dow eastward. And he oix^ned 
 it. Then Elisha said. Shoot. 
 And he shot. And he said, The 
 arrow of tlie Lori/s deliverance, 
 and the arrow of deliverance 
 from SjTia : for thou shalt smite 
 the Syrians in Aphek, till thou 
 have consumed them. 
 
 18 And he said. Take the ar- 
 rows. And he took them. And 
 he said unto the king of Israel. 
 Smite upon the ground. And 
 he smote thiice, and stayed. 
 
 19 And the man of God was 
 wroth with him, and said, Thou 
 shouldest have smitten five or 
 six times; then hadst thou smit- 
 ten SjTia till thou hadst con- 
 sumed it: whereas now thou 
 shalt smite S>Tia but thrice. 
 
 20 If And Elisha died, and they 
 
Amazmlis good reign. 11. KINGS, XIV, 
 
 buried him. And the bands of 
 the Moabites invaded the land 
 at the coming in of the year. 
 
 21 And it came to pass, as they 
 were burying a man, that, be- 
 hold, they spied s^hdimdiofmen ; 
 and they cast the man into the 
 sepulchre of Elisha : and when 
 the man was let down, and 
 touched the bones of Elisha, 
 he revived, and stood up on his 
 feet. 
 
 22 IT But Hazael king of Syria 
 oppressed Israel all the days of 
 Jehoahaz. 
 
 23 And the Lord was gracious 
 unto them, and had compas- 
 sion on them, and had respect 
 
 His victoiy over Edmi. 
 
 he did according to all things 
 as Joash his father did. 
 
 4 Howbeit the high places were 
 not taken away : as yet the 
 people did sacrifice and burnt 
 incense on the high places. 
 
 5 IF And it came to pass, as 
 soon as the kingdom was con- 
 firmed in his hand, that he slew 
 his servants which had slain the 
 king his father. 
 
 6 But the childi'en of the mur- 
 derers he slew not: according 
 unto that which is written in 
 the book of the law of Moses, 
 wherein the Lord command- 
 ed, saying, The fathers shall 
 not be put to death for the chil- 
 
 unto them, because of his cove- ' dren, nor the children be put 
 naiit with Abraham, Isaac, and | to death for the fathers ; but 
 Jacob, and would not destroy i every man shall be put to death 
 them, neither cast he them from j for his own sin. 
 
 his presence as yet. 
 
 7 He slew of Edom in the 
 
 24 So Hazael king of Syria ! valley of salt ten thousand, and 
 
 died; and Ben-hadad his son 
 reigned in his stead. 
 25 And Jehoash the son of Je- 
 hoahaz took again out of the 
 hand of Ben-hadad the son of 
 Hazael the cities, which he had 
 taken out of the hand of Jeho- 
 ahaz his father by war. Three 
 times did Joash beat him, and 
 recovered the cities of Israel. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 1 Amaziah's good reign. 5 His jus- 
 tice on the murderers of Ms father . 
 7 His victory over Edom. 8 Ama. 
 ziah, provoking Jehoash, is over- 
 come and spoiled. 15 Jeroboam, sue-. 
 ceedeth Jehoash. 17 Amaziah slain 
 by a conspiracy. 21 Azariah suc- 
 eeedeth him. 23 Je7-dboam's wicked 
 reign. 28 Zachariah succeedeth 
 Mm. 
 
 IN the second year of Joash 
 son of Jehoahaz king of Is- 
 rael reigned Amaziah the son 
 of Joash king of Judah. 
 
 2 He was twenty and five years 
 old when he began to reign, and 
 reigned twenty and nine years 
 in Jerusalem. And his mother's 
 name was Jehoaddan of Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 3 And he did that which was 
 right in the sight of the Lord, 
 yet not like David his &ther: 
 
 took Selah by war, and called 
 the name of it Jolitheel unto 
 this day. 
 
 8 IF Then Amaziah sent mes- 
 sengers to Jehoash, the son of 
 Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of 
 Israel, saying. Come, let us look 
 one another in the face. 
 
 9 And Jehoash the king of Is- 
 rael sent to Amaziah king of 
 Judah, saying, The thistle that 
 was in Lebanon sent to the ce- 
 dar that was in Lebanon, say- 
 ing. Give thy daughter to my 
 son to wife: and there passed 
 by a wild beast that was in 
 Lebanon, and trode down the 
 thistle. 
 
 10 Thou hast indeed smitten 
 Edom, and thine heart hath 
 lifted thee up : glory of this, 
 and tarry at home: for why 
 shouldest thou meddle to thj/ 
 hurt, that thou shouldest fall, 
 even thou, and Judah with thee ? 
 
 11 But Amaziah would not 
 hear. Therefore Jehoash king 
 of Israel went up ; and he and 
 Amaziah king of Judah look- 
 ed one another in the face at 
 Beth-shemesh, which belongeth 
 to Judah. 
 
 12 And Judah was put to the 
 
Atnazicih is slain. II. KINGS, XV. JerdboanCshadreirjn. 
 
 worse before Ifirael ; and they i Joa^h king of Isra^il began to 
 fled every nian to tlieir tents. ' reign in Samaria, and reif^ned 
 
 13 And Jehoasli king of Israel ^ forty and one years. 
 tDok Amaziah king of Judali, i 24 And lie did that tchich teas 
 the son of Jehoash the son of ; evil in the sight of the Lord: he 
 Ahaziah, at Beth-she mesli, and departed not from all the sins 
 
 came to Jerusalem, and brak«j 
 down the wall of Jenisah'm fn)m 
 the gate of Ei)hraim mito the 
 corner gate, four hmidred onV)its. 
 
 14 And he took all the gold and 
 sliver, and all the vessels that 
 were found in the house of the 
 Lord, and in the treasures of 
 the king's house, and hostages, 
 and returned to Samaria. 
 
 If) "^ Now the rest of the art« of 
 Jehoash which he did, and his 
 might, and how he fought with 
 Amaziah king of Jutlih, are 
 
 of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 
 who ma<le Israel to sin. 
 
 25 He restoH'd the coast of Is- 
 rael from the entering of Ha- 
 math mito the sea of the plain, 
 according to the word of the 
 Lord God of Israel, which he 
 spake by the hand of his servant 
 Jonah, the son of Amittai, the 
 prophet, which tvas of Gath- 
 he])her. 
 
 2<) For the Lord saw the afflic- 
 tion of Israel, that it wan very 
 bitter: for there wa,s not any 
 
 they not written in the book of shut uj), nor any left, nor any 
 the chronicles of the kings of helper for Israel. 
 
 Israel V 
 
 I 27 And the Lord said not that 
 
 IB And Jehoash slept with his he would blot out the name of 
 
 fathers, and was buried in Sa 
 maria with the kings of Isracd 
 
 Israel Irom under heaven : but 
 he saved them by the hand of 
 
 and Jeroboam his son reigned ! Jerolx>am the son of Joash 
 
 in his stead. 
 
 28 If Now the rest of the acts of 
 
 17 •[ And Amaziah the son of ! Jeroboam, and all that he did, 
 
 Joash king oi" Judah lived af- 
 tei- til' (lentil of Jclioasli sou of 
 Jelioahaz king ol Israel til'teen 
 yeare. 
 
 18 And the rest of the acts of 
 Amaziah, are they not written 
 in the book of the chronicles of 
 the kings of Judah ? 
 
 19 Now they made a conspi- 
 mcy against him in Jerusalem : 
 and he fled to Lachish ; but they 
 sent after him to Lachish, and 
 slew him there. 
 
 20 And they brought him on 
 hoi-ses: and he was buried at 
 Jerusalem with his fathers in 
 the city of David. 
 
 21 K And all the people of Ju- 
 dah took Azariah, wliich was 
 sixteen years old, and made 
 him king instead of his father 
 Amaziah. 
 
 22 He built Elath, and restored 
 it to Judah, after that the king 
 slept with his fathers. 
 
 23 H In the fifteenth year of 
 Amaziah the son of Joash king 
 of Judah Jeroboam the son of 
 
 and his nn'ght, how he warred, 
 and Ijowhe recovered Damascus, 
 and Hamath, which helorii^ed to 
 Judah, for Israel, are they Tiot 
 written in the book of the chro- 
 nicles of the kings of Israel ? 
 29 And Jeroboam slept with 
 his fathers, even with the kings 
 of Israel; and Zachaiiah his 
 son reigned in his stead. 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 1 Azaridh's good reign. 5 He dying a 
 leper, Jotham mccepdeth. 8 Zacha- 
 riah, the Inat of Jehti'a generation, 
 reigninr/ ill, is dfiin by Shallurn. 
 13 Shallum, reigning a month, is 
 slain by Menahem. 16 3Ienahem 
 strengtlieneth himself by Pnl. 21 
 PeJcaJiiah succeedeth him. 23 Pe- 
 lahiah is slain by Pekah. 27 Pe- 
 kah is oppressed by Tiglnth^pileser, 
 and slain by Hoshea. 32 Jotham' s 
 good reign. 36 Ahaz succeedeth 
 him. 
 
 IN the twenty and seventh 
 year of Jeroboam long of Is- 
 rael began Azariah son of Ama- 
 ziah king of Judah to reign. 
 2 Sixteen years old was he 
 when he began to reign, and he 
 
The reigns 0/ Amriah, II. lONGS, XV. Zuclmrmh, Shdlum, ^c, 
 
 reigned two and fifty years in | Judah ; and he reigned a full 
 Jerusalem. And his mother's month in Samaria. 
 
 name was Jecholiah of Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 3 And he did that which was 
 right in the sight of the Loed, 
 according to all that his lather 
 Amaziah had done ; 
 
 4 Saye that the high places 
 were not removed: the people 
 sacrificed and bniTit incense still 
 on the high places. 
 
 5 ^ And the Lord smote the 
 king, so that he was a leper nnto 
 the day of his death, and dwelt 
 in a several honse. And Jotham 
 the Idng's son wa^ over the honse, 
 judging the people of the land. 
 
 6 And the rest of the acts of 
 Azariah, and all that he did, 
 are they not written in the book 
 of the chronicles of the kings of 
 Judah? 
 
 7 So Azariah slept with his fa- 
 thers ; and they buried him with 
 his fathei-s m the city of David : 
 and Jotham his son reigned in 
 his stead. 
 
 8 If In the thirty and eighth 
 year of Azariah king of Judah 
 did Zachariah the son of Jero- 
 boam reign over Israel m Sama- 
 ria six months. 
 
 9 And he did that tvhich zuas 
 evil in the sight of the Lord, 
 a« his fathers had done: he 
 departed not from the sins of 
 Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who 
 made Israel to sin. 
 
 10 And Shallum the son of 
 Jabesh conspired against him, 
 and smote him before the peo- 
 ple, and slew him, and reigned 
 in his stead. 
 
 11 And the rest of the acts 
 of Zachariah, behold, they are 
 written in the book of the chro- 
 nicles of the kings of Israel. 
 
 12 This was the word of the 
 LoED which he spake unto Jehu, 
 saying, Thy sons shall sit on the 
 throne of Israel unto the fourth 
 generation. And so it came to 
 pass. 
 
 13 H Shallum the son of Jabesh 
 began to reign in the nine and 
 thirtieth year of Uzaziah king of 
 
 14 For Menahem the son of 
 Gadi went up from Tirzah, and 
 came to Samaria, and smote 
 Shallum the son of Jabesh in 
 Samaiia, and slew him, and 
 reigned in his stead. 
 
 15 And the rest of the acts of 
 Shallum, and his conspiracy, 
 which he made, behold, they 
 are wiitten in the book of the 
 chronicles of the kings of Israel. 
 
 16 ^ Then Menahem smote 
 TipliFah, and all that were 
 therein, and the coasts thereof 
 ti'om Tii-zah : because they open- 
 ed not to him, therefore he smote 
 it ; and all the women therein 
 that were with child he ripped up. 
 
 17 In the nine and thirtieth 
 year of Azariah king of Judah 
 began Menahem the son of 
 Gadi to reign over Israel, a7id 
 reigned ten years m Samaria. 
 
 18 And he did that which was 
 evil in the sight of the Lord.: 
 he departed not all his days 
 from the sins of Jeroboam the 
 son of Nebat, who made Israel 
 to sin. 
 
 19 And Pul the king of Assy- 
 ria came against the land : and 
 Menahem gave Pul a thousand 
 talents of silver, that his hand 
 might be with him to confirm 
 the kingdom in his hand. 
 
 20 And Menahem exacted the 
 money of Israel, even of all the 
 mighty men of wealth, of each 
 man fifty shekels of silver, ix) 
 give to the king of Assyria. So 
 the king of Assyria turned back, 
 and stayed not there in the land. 
 
 21 % And the rest of the acts of 
 Menahem, and all that he did, 
 are they not written in the book 
 of the chronicles of the king« of 
 Israel? 
 
 22 And Menahem slept with 
 his fathers^ and Pekahiah his 
 son reigned in his stead. 
 
 23 If In the fiftieth year of A- 
 zariah king of Judah Pekahiah 
 the son of Menahem began to 
 reign over Israel in Samaria, 
 and reigned two years. 
 
 X3 
 
rhr' rdjng ofPel'oJ), II. KINGS, XVI. 
 
 24 And he did thai which was 
 <-\i] ill the sifrht of the Lokd: 
 li'.' departed not from the ein8 
 of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 
 wlio madn Israel to sin. 
 
 2~> But Pekah tlie son of Rema- 
 liali, a captain of li's, conspired 
 a 'gainst hnn, and smote liini in 
 Samaria, in the palace of the 
 ,kinu,'s house, uitli Ai.nob and 
 A rich, and with him tilty men 
 of the Gileadit<'s : and lie killed 
 him. and reigned in his room. 
 
 2<j And the rest of the acts of 
 P«»kaliiah, ami all tlud he did, 
 beliold, they are written in the 
 book of the chronicles of the 
 kinirs of Israel. 
 
 27 ^ In the two and fiftieth 
 year of Azariah kin^^ of Judali 
 Pekah the son of l^emaliah 
 bei?an to reisz^n over Israel in 
 Samaria, afid reifffied twenty 
 .veai-s. 
 
 28 And he did that which teas 
 evil in the sight of the Lord: 
 1\" departed not from the sins 
 of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 
 who made Israel to sin. 
 
 29 In the days of Pekah kinir 
 ('f Israel came Tiglath-i)ileser 
 kiiii? of Assyria, and trK)k Ijon, 
 and Abel-be th-maachah, and 
 Janoah, and Kedesh and Ha- 
 zor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all 
 the land of Naphtali, and car- 
 ried them captive to Assyria. 
 
 3() And Hoshea the son of Elah 
 made a conspiracy aaainst Pekah 
 tlie son of Remaiiah, and smote 
 him, and slew him. and reigned 
 in his stead, in the twentieth 
 year of Jotham the son of Uz- 
 ziah. 
 
 31 And the rest of the acts of 
 Pekah. and all that he did, be- 
 liold, they are written in the 
 boolv of the chronicles of the 
 kings of Israel. 
 
 32 ^ In the second year of Pe- 
 i;ah the son of Eemaliah king of 
 Israel began Jotham the son of 
 Uzziah long of Judah to reign. 
 
 33 Five and twenty years old 
 was he w^hen he began to reign, 
 and he reigned sixteen years in 
 Jerusalem. And his mother's 
 
 Hoeh'a, JtAham, ^r. 
 
 name was JeruBha, the daugh- 
 U^r of Zadok. 
 
 '.54 And he did that which was 
 right in the sight of the Lord: 
 he did according to all that his 
 father Uzziah had done. 
 S,') H Howbeit the high places 
 were not removed : the peojile 
 sacrificed and bunied incense 
 still in the high iilaces. He bnilt 
 the higher gate of the liouse of 
 the Lord. 
 
 30 ?! Now the rest of the acts of 
 Jotham, and all that he did, are 
 they not writt^'ii in ihi^ hook of 
 the chronicles of tlie kings of 
 Jnddi? 
 
 I 37 In those days the Lf)RD l)e- 
 gan to send against Jndiih Re- 
 ziii the kinir of Syria, and Pekah 
 the son of Remaiiah. 
 tiS And Jotham slept with his 
 fiithers, and was buried with his 
 I fathers in the city of David his 
 fatlier : and Ahaz his son reign- 
 ed in his stead. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 1 Ahnz's wicked reign. 5 Ahaz, ai^ 
 ^nilod hy Hrzin and Pehih, hirefk 
 Ti(rlifh.piU'8Pr aQfxiHut fhan. 10 
 Alidz, HPwliuQ a jMiffern of an altar 
 from Lkimasctfn to Uriinh, div&rt- 
 elh the brawn altar to his own de- 
 votion. 17 He sjjoilfifh the temple. 
 19 Hezeliah gia-ceedelh him. 
 
 IN the seventeenth year of 
 Pekah the son of Remaiiah 
 Ahaz the son of Jotham king of 
 Judah began to reign. 
 
 2 Twenty years old was Ahaz 
 when he began t© reign, and 
 reigned sixteen years in Jeni- 
 salem, and did not that which 
 was right in the sight of the 
 Lord his God, like David his 
 father. 
 
 3 But he walked in the way 
 of the kings of Israel, yea, and 
 made his son to pass through 
 the fire, according to the abomi- 
 nations of the heathen, w*hom 
 the Lord cast out from before 
 the children of Israel. 
 
 4 And he sacrificed and burnt 
 incense in the high places, and 
 on the hiUs, and under every 
 green tree. 
 
 5 t Then Rezin kmg of Syria 
 
Ahciz^s icicked reign. 11. KINGS, XVII, Ee sjooUetJi the temple. 
 
 and Pekah son of Eemaliah king 
 of Israel came tip to Jerusalem 
 to war : and they besieged Ahaz, 
 but could not overcome him. 
 
 6 At that time Eezin king of 
 Syria recovered Elath to Syria, 
 and drave the Jews from Elath : 
 and the Syrians came to Elath, 
 and dwelt there unto this day. 
 
 7 So Ahaz sent messengers to 
 Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, 
 saying, I am thy eerv^ant and 
 thy son : come up, and save me 
 out of the hand of the king of 
 Syria, and out of the hand of 
 the kuig of Israel, which rise up 
 against me. 
 
 8 And Ahaz took the silver 
 and gold that was found in the 
 house of the Lokd, and in the 
 treasures of the kiag's house, 
 and sent it for a present to the 
 king of Assyria. 
 
 9 And the Idug of Assyria 
 hearkened unto him: for the 
 king of Assyria went up against 
 Damascus, and took it, and 
 carried the people of it captive 
 to Kir, and slew Eezin. 
 
 10 If And king Ahaz went to 
 Damascus to meet Tiglath-pile- 
 ser king of Assyria, and saw an 
 altar that was at Damascus : and 
 king Ahaz sent to Urijah the 
 priest the fashion of the altar, 
 and the pattern of it, according 
 to all the worlonanship thereof. 
 
 11 And Urijah the priest built 
 an altar accordiag to all that 
 king Ahaz had sent from Da- 
 mascus: so Urijah the priest 
 made it against Idng Ahaz came 
 from Damascus. 
 
 12 And when the king was 
 come from Damascus, the king 
 saw the altar : and the king ap- 
 proached to the altar, and offer- 
 ed thereon. 
 
 13 And he burnt his burnt of- 
 fering and his meat offering, and 
 poured his drink offeiing, and 
 sprinkled the blood of his peace 
 offerings, upon the altar. 
 
 14 And he brought also the 
 brasen altar, which was before 
 the Lord, from the forefront 
 of the house, from between the 
 
 altar and the house of the Lord, 
 and put it on the north side of 
 the altar. 
 
 15 And king Ahaz commanded 
 
 Urijah the priest, saying, Upon 
 
 the great altar bum the morning 
 
 burnt offering, and the evening 
 
 ! meat offering, and the king's 
 
 j burnt sacrifice, and his meat oi- 
 
 \ fering, with the burnt offering of 
 
 ! all the people of the land, and 
 
 their meat offering, and their 
 
 drink offerings; and sprinkle 
 
 upon it all the blood of the burnt 
 
 offering, and all the blood of the 
 
 sacrifice: and the brasen altar 
 
 j shall be for me to enquire ft?/. 
 
 j 16 Thus did Urijah the priest, 
 
 according to all that king Ahaz 
 
 , commanded. 
 
 ^ 17 ^ And king Ahaz cut off th-e 
 I borders of the bases, and re- 
 moved the laver from oft" them ; 
 ' and took down the sea from off 
 the brasen oxen that were under 
 it, and put it upon a pavement 
 of stones. 
 
 18 And the covert for the sab- 
 bath that they had built in tlie 
 house, and the king's entry v/itli- 
 out, turned he from the house of 
 the Lord for the king of Assyria. 
 
 19 II Now the rest of the acts of 
 Ahaz which he did, are they not 
 written in the book of the chro- 
 nicles of the idngs of Judah ? 
 
 20 And Ahaz slept with his fa- 
 thers, and was buried with his 
 fathers in the city of David: 
 and Hezekiah his son reigned m. 
 his stead. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 1 Hoshea's iviclced reign. 3 Being 
 subdued by Shahnaneser, he con- 
 spireth against Mm ivith So ling 
 of Egypt. 5 Samaria for their sins 
 is captivated. 24 The strange iia^ 
 tions, ivhich ivere transplanted in 
 Sam^rria, being plagued loith lions, 
 mcd^e a mixture of religions. 
 
 IN the twelfth year of Almz 
 king of Judah began Ho- 
 shea the son of Elah to" reign in 
 Samaria over Israel nine years. 
 2 And he did that which ivas 
 evil in the sight of the Lord, 
 but not as the kings of Israe? 
 that were before him. 
 
Israel is carried II. KINGS, XVII. into eayffirifi/. 
 
 3 T Against liim cnme up Slial- painst Israel, and against Ju- 
 maiieser king of Assyria ; and dali, by all the prophets, ami b// 
 Hoshea became his servant, and all the seers, saying, Turn ye 
 gave him presents. ^ 1 from your evil ways, and keep 
 
 4 And the king of AssjTia my commandments and my 
 
 found conspiracy m Hoshea: 
 for he had sent messengers to 
 ►S) king of Eg>i)t, and brought 
 no present to the king of Assy- 
 ria, as he hud done year by year : 
 therefore the king of Ass\Tia 
 shut him up, and bound him 
 in prison. 
 
 5 ^ Then the king of Assy- 
 ria came up throughout all the 
 land, and Ment up to Samaria, 
 and l>e8ieged it three years. 
 
 6 1( In the ninth year of Ho- 
 
 stiitutes, according to all the 
 law which I commanded your 
 ; fathers, and wliich I sent to you 
 by my servants the proi)het8. 
 
 14 Notwithstanding they would 
 not hear, but hardened their 
 iiecks, like to the neck of their 
 fathei-s, that did not believe in 
 the Lord their God. 
 
 15 And they rejected liis sta- 
 tutes, and his covenant that he 
 made with their fathers, and his 
 testimonies which he testified 
 
 shea the king of As'^yria took ' against tliem ; and they follow- 
 Samaria, and canied Israel a- 'ed vanity, aiul became vain, and 
 way into Assyria, and i)laced 'went alter the heathen that M'^rc 
 
 them in Halah and in Habor 
 ffj^ the river of Gozan, and in 
 tiie cities of the Medes. 
 
 7 For so it was, that the chil- 
 dren of Israel had sinned a- 
 gainst the Lord their God, 
 which had brought them up 
 out of the land of Egj-pt, from 
 mider the hand of Pharaoh 
 king of Egypt, and had feared 
 other gods, 
 
 8 And walked in the statutes 
 of the heathen, whom the liOKD 
 cast out from before the children 
 of Israel, and of the kings of 
 Israel, which they had made. 
 
 9 And the children of Israel did 
 secretly those things tliat were 
 not right agamst the Loin) their 
 God, and they built them high 
 places in all their cities, from 
 the tower of the watchncken to 
 the fenced cit>^ 
 
 10 And they set them up im- 
 ages and groves in every high 
 hill, and imder every green tree : 
 
 11 And there they burnt in- 
 cense in all the high places, as 
 did the heathen whom the Loed 
 carried away before them; and 
 wrought wicked things to pro- 
 voke the Loed to anger : 
 
 12 For they served idols, where- 
 of the LoED had said unto them, 
 Ye shall not do this thing. 
 
 13 Yet the Loed testified a- 
 
 round about them, concerning' 
 whom the Lord had charged 
 them, that they should not do 
 like them. 
 
 16 And they left all the com- 
 mandments of the Lord tlieir 
 God, and made them molten 
 images, even two calves, and 
 made a grove, and woi'shippcd 
 all the host of heaven, and 
 served Baal. 
 
 17 And they caused their sons 
 and their daughters to pass 
 through the tire, and used di- 
 vination and enchantments, and 
 sold themselves to do evil in the 
 sight of the Lord, to provoke 
 him to anger. 
 
 18 Therefore the Lord was 
 very angry with Israel, and re- 
 moved them out of his sight: 
 there was none left but the tribe 
 of Judah only. 
 
 19 Also Judah kept not the 
 commandments of the Lord 
 their God, but w^alked in the 
 statutes of Israel which they 
 made. 
 
 20 And the Loed rejected all 
 the seed of Israel, and afflicted 
 them, and delivered them into 
 the hand of spoilers, until he 
 had cast them out of his sight. 
 
 21 For he rent Israel from the 
 house of DaA-id ; and they made 
 Jeroboam the son of Nebat king : 
 
Tlie mlced worship II. KINGS, XVII. 
 
 oftJie Samaritans. 
 
 and Jeroboam drave Isi^ael from 
 following the Lord, and made 
 them sin a great sin. 
 
 22 For the children of Israel 
 walked in all the sins of Jero- 
 boam which he did; they de- 
 l)arted not from them ; 
 
 23 Until the Lord removed 
 Israel out of his sight, as he 
 had said by all his seiTants the 
 prophets. So was Israel carried 
 away ont of their own land to 
 Assyi'ia nnto this day. 
 
 24 1i And the king of Assyria 
 brought men from Babylon, and 
 from Cnthah, and from Ava, 
 and from Hamath, and from 
 Sephar^^aim, and placed them 
 in the cities of Samaria instead 
 of the children of Israel : and 
 they possessed Samaria, and 
 dwelt in the cities thereof. 
 
 25 And so it was at the be- 
 ginning of their dwelling there, 
 that they feared not the Lord : 
 therefore the Lord sent lions 
 among them, which slew some 
 of them. 
 
 26 Wherefore they spake to the 
 king of Assyria, saying. The na- 
 tions which thou hast removed, 
 and placed in the cities of Sa- 
 maria, laiow not the manner of 
 the God of the land : therefore 
 he hath sent lions among them, 
 and, behold, they slay them, be- 
 cause they Imow not the manner 
 of the God of the land. 
 
 27 Then the king of Assyria 
 commanded, saying. Carry thi- 
 ther one of the priests 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 priests 
 whom they had carried away 
 from Samaria came and dwelt 
 in Beth-el, and taught them 
 how they should fear the Lord. 
 
 29 Howbeit every nation made 
 gods of their own, and put tliem 
 in the houses of the high places 
 wliich the Samaritans had made, 
 every nation in their cities where- 
 in they dwelt. 
 
 30 And the men of Babylon 
 
 made Succoth-benoth, and the 
 men of Cuth made Nergal, and 
 the men of Hamath made A- 
 shima, 
 
 31 And the Avites made Nib- 
 haz and Taiiak, and the Sephar- 
 vites burnt their children in fii'e 
 to Adrammelech and Anamme- 
 lech, the gods of Sephan-aim. 
 
 32 So they feared the Lord, 
 and made mito themselves of 
 the lowest of them priests of 
 the high places, which sacri- 
 ficed for them ia the houses of 
 the high places. 
 
 33 They feared the Lord, and 
 serv^ed their own gods, after the 
 manner of the nations whom 
 they carried away from thence. 
 
 34 Unto this day they do after 
 the former manners : they fear 
 not the Lord, neither do they 
 after their statutes, or after theii^ 
 ordinances, or after the law and 
 commandment which the Lord 
 commanded the children of Ja- 
 cob, whom he named Israel ; 
 
 35 With whom the Lord had 
 made a covenant, and charged 
 them, saying, Ye shall not fear 
 other gods, nor bow yourselves 
 to them, nor sevye them, nor 
 sacrifice to them : 
 
 36 But the Lord, who brought 
 you up out of the land of Egypt 
 with great power and a stretch- 
 ed out arm, him shall ye fear, 
 and him shall ye worship, and 
 to him shall ye do sacrifice. 
 
 37 And the statutes, and the 
 ordinances, and the law, and 
 the commandment, which he 
 ^Tote for you, ye shall observe 
 to do for evermore ; and ye shall 
 not fear other gods. 
 
 38 And the covenant that I 
 have made with you ye shall 
 not forget ; neither shall ye fear 
 other gods. 
 
 39 But the Lord your God ye 
 shall fear ; and he shall deliver 
 you out of the hand of all your 
 enemies. 
 
 40 Howbeit they did not heark- 
 en, but they did after their for- 
 mer manner. 
 
 41 So these nations feared the 
 
JlezeliuOCs 
 
 II. KINGS, XVIII. 
 
 (food reion. 
 
 Lord, and Bervod their graven 
 images, botli their children, and 
 their children's children : as did 
 their fathers, so do they unto 
 this day. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI I r. 
 
 1 Hezel kill's {fcuhl roign. 4 He df- 
 
 s'rof/clh idohitrii, and prnnprrefh. 
 
 9 Sumnria i» carried cnpfive for 
 
 their aiim. 13 Senn lehenh iutiui- 
 
 iug Jmlah is fnuijied hy n tribute. 
 
 17 R ih-A)inke}i , Ht'iit t>if SeuHdche. 
 
 rilt atjtiiu, rtvilrth li-.elinh^ and 
 
 h}/ hhsfhemtms yvrsM (k/o;»s boU- 
 
 viteth the people to revolt. 
 
 ^VTOW it came to mw in the 
 
 Xi third year of Hoshea son 
 
 of Elah kinjf of Isniel, that 
 
 Hez.ekiah the son of Ahaz kiii^ 
 
 of Judah ])e,iran to rei^n. 
 
 2 Twenty and live years old 
 was he when he hciran to rei^i ; 
 and he reifrned twenty and nine 
 years in Jerusalem. His mo- 
 ther's name also jra.<( Abi, the 
 daujxhter of Zachariah. 
 
 3 And he did t/iat which was 
 riu;ht in the siirht of the Lori>, 
 accordintr to all that David his 
 father did. 
 
 4 •[ He removed the high 
 l)laces, and bmke the images, 
 and cut do^^^l the groves, and 
 brake in i)iece8 the brasen ser- 
 pent that Moses had made : 
 for unto those days the chil- 
 dren of Israel did burn in- 
 cense to it: and he called it 
 Nehushtan. 
 
 5 He trusted in the Lord God 
 of Israel ; so that after him was 
 none like him among all the 
 Irings of Judah, nor ani/ that 
 were before him. 
 
 6 For he clave to the Lord, 
 and departed not from follow- 
 ing him, but kept his com- 
 mandments, which the Lord 
 commanded Moses. 
 
 7 And the Lord was with him ; 
 and he prospered whithersoever 
 he went forth : and he rebelled 
 against the king of Assyria, and 
 served him not. 
 
 8 He smote the Philistines, 
 even unto Gaza, and the bor- 
 ders thereof, from the tower of 
 the watchmen to the fenced city. 
 
 9 H And ft came to r»aiw in 
 the Iburth year of king Heze- 
 kiuh, whi<h was the seventh 
 vear <if Hoshea son (»f Elah 
 kinir of Isrn^d, that Shalmane- 
 ser king of Assyria came up a- 
 gainst Samaiia. and iK'sieged it. 
 
 10 And at the end of three 
 years they tfx*\i it : eren in the 
 sixth year of Hezekiah, that is 
 the ninth year of Hoshea king 
 of Ismel, Samariji was taken. 
 
 11 And the king of Assyria did 
 carry away Israel unto Assyria, 
 and put them in Halnh and in 
 Habor h// the river of (Jo/.iui, 
 and in the cities of the Medes : 
 
 12 H(M^ius<' they t>l)eyed not the 
 voice of the Lord their (J<k1, but 
 tmnsgressed his (ovenant, and 
 all that ^Vloses the sers'ant of the 
 Lord commanded, and would 
 not hear them, nor do them. 
 
 Vii *! Now in the fouileenth 
 year oi' king Hezekiah did Sen- 
 nacherib king of Assyria come 
 \\\) against all the fenced cities 
 of Judah. and took them. 
 
 14 And Hezekiah king of Ju- 
 dah sent to the king of Assyria 
 to La<hish, saying, I have of- 
 tended: return from me: that 
 which thou jnittest on me will 
 I bear. And the khig of As- 
 syria ai)pointed unto Hezekiah 
 king of Judah three hundred 
 talents of silver and thirty ta- 
 lents of gold. 
 
 15 And Hezekiah gave him all 
 the silver that was found in the 
 house of the Lord, and in the 
 treasurefj of the kiner's house. 
 
 16 At that time did Hezekiah 
 cut ofl" the gold f ram the doors 
 of the temple of the Lord, and 
 from the pillars which Heze- 
 kiah king of Judah had over- 
 laid, and gave it to the king of 
 Assyria. 
 
 17 *\ And the king of Assyria 
 sent Tartan and Eabsaris and 
 Rab-shakeh from Lachish to 
 king Hezekiah Avith a great 
 host against Jenisalem. And 
 they went up and came to Je- 
 rusalem. And when they were 
 come up, they came and gtood 
 
Eub-s^iakeh's 
 
 II. KINGS, XYIII. hlasphemms speech. 
 
 by the conduit of the upper 
 pool, which is in the highway 
 of the fuller's field. 
 
 18 And when they had called 
 to the king, there came out to 
 them Eliakim the son of Hil- 
 Idah, wliich was over the house- 
 hold, and Sliebna the scribe, 
 and Joah the son of Asaph the 
 recorder. 
 
 19 And Rab-shakeh said unto 
 them, Speak ye now to Heze- 
 kiah. Thus saith the great king, 
 the king of Assyria, AV" hat con- 
 fidence is this wherein thou 
 trustest ? 
 
 20 Thou sayest, (but thei/ are 
 hut vain words.) / have coun- 
 sel and strength for the war. 
 Now on whom dost thou trust, 
 
 ' that thou rebeliest against me ? 
 
 21 Now, behold, thou trustest 
 upon the staff of this biuised 
 reed, even upon Egypt, on 
 which if a man lean, it will go 
 
 ^ into his hand, and pierce it : 
 
 ' so is Pharaoh Idng of Egypt 
 
 ( unto all that trust on Mm. 
 
 j 22 But if ye say imto me. We 
 
 ' trust in the Lokd our God: is 
 
 not that he, whose high places 
 
 I and whose altars Hezekiah hath 
 
 taken away, and hath said to 
 
 Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall 
 
 worship before this altar in Je- 
 
 I rusalem ? 
 
 23 Now therefore, I pray thee, 
 give pledges to my lord the king 
 of AssjTia, and I will deliver 
 thee two thousand horses, if 
 thou be able on thy part to set 
 ; riders upon them. 
 ■ 24 How then T\ilt thou turn 
 ' away the face of one captain of 
 -the least of my master's ser- 
 vants, and put thy trust on E- 
 gypt for chariots and for horse- 
 men ? 
 
 25 Am I now come up with- 
 : out the Lokd against this place 
 ! to destroy it? The Loed said 
 ' to me, Go up against this land, 
 
 and destroy it. 
 
 I = 26 Then said Eliakim the son 
 
 of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and 
 
 \ Joah, imto Rab-shakeh, Speak, 
 
 ( J pray thee, to thy servants in 
 
 the Syrian language; for we 
 undei-stand it: and talk not 
 with us in the Jews' language 
 in the ears of the people that 
 are on the wall. 
 
 27 But Eab-shakeh said unto 
 them. Hath my master sent me 
 to thy master, and to thee, to 
 speak these words ? hath he not 
 sent me to the men which sit 
 on the wall, that they may eat 
 their own dung, and drinli their 
 own piss with you ? 
 
 28 Then Eab-shakeh stood and 
 cried with a loud voice m the 
 Jews' language, and spake, say- 
 ing. Hear the word of the great 
 king, the king of Assyria : 
 
 29 Thus saith the king, Let 
 not Hezekiah deceive you: for 
 he shall not be able to deliver 
 you out of his hand : 
 
 30 Neither let Hezekiah make 
 you trust in the Lord, say- 
 ing. The Lord will surely de- 
 liver us, and this city shall not 
 be delivered into the hand of 
 the king of Assyria. 
 
 31 Hearken not to Hezekiah : 
 for thus saith the king of Assy- 
 ria, Make an agreement with 
 me by a present, 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 eveiy one the waters of his 
 cistern : 
 
 32 Until I come and take you 
 away to a land like your own 
 land, a land of com 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 Hezekiah, 
 when he persuadeth you, saying, 
 The Lord will deliver us. 
 
 33 Hath any of the gods of the 
 nations delivered at all his land 
 out of the hand of the king of 
 Assyria ? 
 
 34 Where are the gods of Ha- 
 math, and of Arpad? where are 
 the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, 
 and Ivah ? have they delivered 
 Samaria out of mine hand ? 
 
 35 Who are they among all 
 the gods of the countries, that 
 
JlezthiaJi mmmvig II. KINGS, XIX. 
 
 sendeth to Is<(iah. 
 
 liave delivered their couiitr>' out 
 of miiie hand, tliat tlie Loud 
 should deliver Jerusalem out 
 of mine hand V 
 
 3G But the people held their 
 pea<:e, iind aiLSwei^-d him not 
 a word: for the king's com- 
 mandment was, saying, Answer 
 liim not. 
 
 37 Then came Eliakim the 
 son of Hilkiah, which icaa over 
 the household, and 8hebna the 
 scril)e, and Joah the s(3n of A- 
 saph the recorder, to Hezeldah 
 with their clothes rent, and told 
 him the words of Kal>slialveh. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX 
 
 1 Hezekidh tnonrning st-udeth to I- 
 S(ii((h to praii for them. G InainJi 
 Cfomforteth them. S SeutuicherP), 
 going to eneonuter Tirhakah, t^iiul- 
 eth a hlasjihemoits letter to Ileze- 
 kiah. li Hezekiah's prayer. 20 
 Isaiah's propheey of the pride and 
 destrii.cfion of Seinuirlurilt. mul the 
 good of Zioii. 'd^i An au<j'l nhii/cfh 
 the Assi/rians. 'M', Si'nnHrh« rib is 
 slain at Nineceh by his onn sons. 
 
 AND it came to pass, when 
 - king Hezekiah heard it, 
 that he rent his clothes, and 
 covered himself with sackcloth, 
 and went into the house of the 
 Lord. 
 
 2 And he sent Eliakim, which 
 was over the household, and 
 Shebna the scribe, and the eld- 
 ers of the priests, covered with 
 sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet 
 the son of Amoz. 
 
 3 And they said unto him. 
 Thus saith Hezekiah, This day 
 is a day of trouble, and of re- 
 buke, and blasphemy: for the 
 children are come to the birth, 
 and the7'e is not strength to 
 bring forth. 
 
 4 It may be the Lord thy 
 God will heai- all the words of 
 Eab-shakeh, whom the king of 
 Assyria his master hath sent to 
 reproach the living God; and 
 will reprove the words which 
 the Lord thy God hath heard : 
 wherefore lift up iht/ prayer for 
 the remnant that are left. 
 
 5 So the servants of king He- 
 zekiah came to Isaiah. 
 
 6 ?I And Isaiah said unto them, 
 Thus sliall ye say to your master. 
 Thus stiith the Lord, Be not 
 afraid of the words which tlicni 
 liast heard, with which the ser- 
 vants of the king of Assyria have 
 blasi»hemed rae. 
 
 7 Behold, I will send a blast 
 ujMjn him, arid he shall liejir 
 a rumour, and shall return to 
 his own land; and I will cause 
 him to fall by the sword in his 
 own land. 
 
 8 If So Ival)-flliakeh returned, 
 and found the king of Assyria 
 warring against Libnah : for he 
 had heard that he was departed 
 from Lachihh. 
 
 9 And when he heard say of 
 Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Be- 
 hold, he is come out to fight 
 against thee : lie sent messen- 
 gers agam unto Hezekiah, say- 
 ing. 
 
 10 Thus sliall ye speak to He- 
 zekiah king of Judah, saying. 
 Let not thy God in whom thou 
 trustest deceive thee, saying, 
 Jerusfilem slmll not be deliver- 
 ed into the hand of the king of 
 Assyria. 
 
 11 Behold, thou hast heard 
 wliat the kings of Assyria have 
 done to all lands, by destroying 
 them utterly: and shalt thou 
 be delivered? 
 
 12 Have the gods of the na- 
 tions delivered them which my 
 fathers have destroyed; a* Go- 
 zan, and Haran, and Eezeph, 
 and tlie children of Eden which 
 were in llielasar? 
 
 13 Where is the king of Ha- 
 math, and the king of Arpad, 
 and the king of the city of Se- 
 pharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah? 
 
 14 H And Hezekiah received 
 the letter of the hand of the 
 messengers, and read it: and 
 Hezekiah went up into the 
 house of the Lord, and spread 
 it before the Lord. 
 
 15 And Hezeldah prayed be- 
 fore the Lord, and said, O Lord 
 God of Israel, which dwellest 
 between the cherubims, thou 
 art the God, even thou alone, of 
 
II. KINGS, XIX, 
 
 Isaiah*s pi'ophecy 
 
 all the kingdoms of the earth ; 
 thou hast made heaven and 
 earth, 
 
 16 LoED, bow down thine ear, 
 and hear: open, Lord, thine 
 eyes, and see : and hear the 
 words of Seimacherib, which 
 hath sent him to reproach the 
 living God. 
 
 17 Of a truth, Lord, the kings 
 of Assyria have destroyed the 
 nations and their lands, 
 
 18 And have cast their gods 
 into the lire : for they ivere no 
 gods, but the work of men's 
 hands, wood and stone : there- 
 fore they have destroyed them. 
 
 19 Now therefore, O Lord our 
 God, I beseech thee, save thou 
 us out of his hand, that all the 
 kingdoms of the earth may know 
 that thou a7't the Lord God, 
 even thou only. 
 
 20 H Then Isaiah the son of 
 Amoz sent to Hezekiah, say- 
 ing. Thus saith the Lord God 
 of Israel, That which thou hast 
 prayed to me against Senna- 
 cherib king of Assyria I have 
 heard. 
 
 21 This is the word that the 
 Lord hath spoken concerning 
 him; The virgin the daughter 
 of Zion hath despised thee, and 
 laughed thee to scorn ; the 
 daughter of Jerusalem hath 
 shaken her head at thee. 
 
 22 Whom hast thou reproach- 
 ed and blasphemed? and a- 
 gainst whom hast thou exalted 
 ihi/ voice, and lifted up thine 
 eyes on high? even against the 
 Holy One of Israel. 
 
 23 By thy messengers thou hast 
 reproached the Lord, and hast 
 said, With the multitude of my 
 chariots I am come up to the 
 height of the mountains, to the 
 sides of Lebanon, and will cut 
 down the tall cedar trees thereof, 
 and the choice fir trees thereof: 
 and I will enter into the lodg- 
 ings of his borders, and into the 
 forest of liis Carmel. 
 
 24 I have digged and drunk 
 strange waters, and with the 
 sole of my feet have I dried 
 
 against Sennacherib. 
 
 up all the rivers of besieged 
 places. 
 
 25 Hast thou not heard long 
 ago how I have done it, and of 
 ancient times that I have form- 
 ed it ? now have I brought it to 
 pass, that thou shouldest be to 
 lay waste fenced cities into ruin- 
 ous heaps. 
 
 26 Therefore their inhabitants 
 were of small power, they were 
 dismayed and confounded ; they 
 were as the grass of the field, 
 and as the green herb, as the 
 grass on the house tops, and as 
 corn blasted before it be grown 
 up. 
 
 27 But I linow thy abode, and 
 thy going out, and thy coming 
 in, and thy rage against me. ^ 
 
 28 Because thy rage against 
 me and thy tumult is come up 
 into mine ears, therefore I will 
 put my hook in thy nose, and 
 my bridle in thy lips, and I 
 will turn thee back by the way 
 by which thou earnest. 
 
 29 And this shall be a sign un- 
 to thee, Ye shall eat this year 
 such things as grow of them- 
 selves, and in the second year 
 that which springeth of the 
 same; and in the third year 
 sow ye, and reap, and plant 
 vineyards, and eat the fruits 
 thereof. 
 
 30 And the remnant that is 
 escaped of the house of Judah 
 shall yet again take root down- 
 ward, and bear fruit upward. 
 
 31 For out of Jerusalem shall 
 go forth a remnant, and they 
 that escape out of mount Zion : 
 the zeal of the Lord o/" hosts 
 shall do this. 
 
 32 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord concerning the king of 
 Assyria, He shall not come 
 into this city, nor shoot an 
 arrow there, nor come before 
 it with shield, nor cast a bank 
 against it. 
 
 33 By the way that he came, 
 by the same shall he return, 
 and shall not come into this 
 city, saith the Lord. 
 
 34 For I will defend this city. 
 
KezcUaliS sickMS8 
 
 II. KINGS, XX. 
 
 and piayer. 
 
 to save it, for mine own sake, 
 and for my servant David's 
 sake. 
 
 35 ^ And it came to pass tliat 
 niglit, that the angel of the 
 LoRU went out, and smote in 
 the camp of the Assyrians an 
 hundied fourscore and five 
 thousand : and wlien they arose 
 early in the moniing, behold, 
 they ivere all dead corpses. 
 
 3<j 80 Sennacherib king of As- 
 syria depiuted, and went and 
 returned, and dwelt at Nine- 
 veli. 
 
 37 And it came to pass, as he 
 was woi'phipi)ing in the house 
 of Nisroch his god, that A- 
 dramnielecli and Sliarezer liis 
 sons smote liiiu with the sword : 
 
 of David thy father, I have 
 heard thy prayer. I liave seen 
 thy teai-s : iKdiold, I will heal 
 thee : on the third day thou 
 slialt go up unto the house of 
 the Lord. 
 
 And I will add unto tliy days 
 filteen yeai-s; and I will deliver 
 thc^e and this city out of the 
 hand of the king of Assyria ; 
 and I will defend this city for 
 mine own sake, and for my ser- 
 vant David's sake. 
 
 7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump 
 of ligs. And they took and laid 
 it on the boil, and he re<;overed. 
 
 8 H And Hezekiah said unto 
 Isaiah, What ahall be the sign 
 that the Lobd will heal me, and 
 that I shall go u\) into the liouse 
 
 and they escaped into the land . of the Lord the third day ? 
 
 of Amienia. And Esarliaddon 
 his son reigned in his stead. 
 
 9 And Isaiah said, This sign 
 shalt thou have of the Lord, 
 that the Lord will do the thing 
 that he hath spoken : shall the 
 shadow go fonvard ten degrees, 
 or go back ten degrees ? 
 
 10 And Hezekiah answered. It 
 is a light thing for the shadow 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 1 Tipzelinh, Jmriv,/ roroived a rn^»- 1 
 }»i.ge of di'iifh, Inj prayer hath hin , 
 life Irngfheu4f(l. s The sun goeth 
 ie)i degrees huckxcard for a aign of ■ 
 that 2>''Oinise. 12 B*'ro<larh-l)nlii. 
 
 dan .'^eiulwg to lui^it HezejM he.\^Q go downi ten degrees: na^ 
 cause 0/ the wonder, hath notice - ~. . - - - '^ . - •« 
 of his treasures. 14 Isaiah under- 
 standing thereof for etelleth the Ba- 
 bylonian captivity. 20 Manasseh 
 SH^ceedeth H"zeJ:iah. 
 
 IN those days was Hezekiah 
 sick unto death. And the 
 
 middle court, that the word of 
 the Lord came to him, saying, 
 5 Turn again, and tell Heze- 
 kiah the captain of my people. 
 
 but let the shadow return back- 
 ward ten degrees. 
 11 And Isaiah the prophet 
 cried unto the Lord: and he 
 brought the sliadow ten degrees 
 backward, by which it had gone 
 prophet Isaiah tlie son of Amoz , down in the dial of Ahaz. 
 came to him, and said mito him, I 12 H At that time Berodach- 
 Thus saitli the Lord, Set thine \ baladan, the son of Baladan, 
 house in order ; for thou shalt j king of Babylon, sent letters 
 die, and not live. | and a present unto Hezekiah : 
 
 2 Then he turned his face to | for he had heard that Hezekiah 
 the wall, and prayed imto the ' had been sick. 
 
 Lord, saymg, 13 And Hezekiah hearkened 
 
 3 I beseech thee, O Lord, re- ] unto them, and shewed them 
 member now how I have walked i all the house of his precious 
 before thee in truth and with ! things, the silver, and the gold, 
 a perfect heart, and have done | and the spices, and the precious 
 that which is good in thy sight. 1 ointment, and all the house of 
 And Hezekiah wept sore. j his armom-, and all that was 
 
 4 And it came to pass, afore j found in his treasures : there 
 Isaiah was gone out into the was nothing in his house, nor 
 
 in all his domhiion, that Heze- 
 kiah shewed them not. 
 14 1i Then came Isaiah the 
 prophet unto king Hezekiah, 
 
 Thus saith the Loed, the God ' and said imto him, What said 
 
The Bcibylmiisli 
 
 these men? and from whence 
 came they unto thee ? And He- 
 zeldah said, They are come from 
 a far country, even from Baby- 
 lon. 
 
 15 And he said, What have 
 they seen in thine house ? And 
 Hezelriah answered, All the 
 things that are in mine house 
 ha^.e they seen: there is no- 
 thing among my treasures that 
 I have not shewed them. 
 
 16 And Isaiah said unto He- 
 zekiah, Hear the word of the 
 
 LOED. 
 
 17 Behold, the days come, that 
 all that is in thine house, and 
 that which thy fathers have laid 
 up in store unto this day, shall 
 be carried into Babylon : nothing 
 shall be left, saith the Lord. 
 ^ 18 And of thy sons that shall 
 issue from thee, which thou 
 shalt beget, shall they take a- 
 way ; and they shall be eunuchs 
 in the palace of the king of Ba- 
 bylon, 
 
 19 Then said Hezeldah unto 
 Isaiah, Good is the word of the 
 LoED which thou hast spoken. 
 And he said, Is it not good, 
 if peace and truth be in my 
 days? 
 
 20 ^ And the rest of the acts 
 of Hezekiah, and all his might, 
 and how he made a pool, and 
 a conduit, and brought water 
 into the city, are they not -writ- 
 ten in the book of the chroni- 
 cles of the kings of Judah? 
 
 21 And Hezeldah slept with 
 his fathers : and Manasseh his 
 son reigned in his stead. 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 1 Manasseh's reign. 3 His great 
 idolatry. 10 His wicKedness ccms. 
 eth i^Tophecies against Judah. 17 
 Amon succeedeth him. 19 Amon's 
 wicJced reign. 23 He being slain 
 by his servants, and those murder- 
 ers slain by the people, Josiah is 
 made Mng. 
 
 MANASSEH was twelve 
 years old when he began 
 to reign, and reigned fifty and 
 five years in Jerusalem. And 
 his mother's name was Heph- 
 zi-bah. 
 
 II. KINGS, XXI. captivUy foretold. 
 
 2 And he did that which was 
 evil in the sight of the L o e d, 
 after the abominations of the 
 heathen, whom the Lord cast 
 out before the children of Israel. 
 
 3 For he built up again the 
 high places which Hezeldah 
 his father had destroyed; and 
 he reared up altars for Baal, 
 and made a grove, as did Ahab 
 king of Israel; and worship- 
 ped all the host of heaven, and 
 served them. 
 
 4 And he built altars in the 
 house of the Loed, of which 
 the Lord said, In Jerusalem 
 will I put my name. 
 
 5 And he built altars for all 
 the host of heaven in the two 
 courts of the house of the Lord. 
 
 6 And he made his son pass 
 through the fire, and observed 
 times, and used enchantments, 
 and dealt with familiar spirits 
 and wizards : he wrought much 
 wickedness m the sight of the 
 Lord, to provoke him to anger. 
 
 7 And he set a graven image 
 of the grove that he had made 
 in the house, of which the Lord 
 said to David, and to Solomon 
 his son. In this house, and m 
 Jerusalem, which I have chosen 
 out of all tribes of Israel, will 
 I put my name for ever : 
 
 8 Neither will I make the feet 
 of Israel move any more out of 
 the land which I gave their fa- 
 thers ; only if they will observe 
 to do according to all that I 
 have commanded them, and 
 according to all the law that 
 my servant Moses commanded 
 them. 
 
 9 But they hearkened not : and 
 Manasseh seduced them to do 
 more evil than did the nations 
 whom the Lord destroyed be- 
 fore the children of Israel, 
 
 10 U And the Lord spake by 
 his servants the prophets, say- 
 ing, 
 
 11 Because Manasseh long of 
 Judah hath done these abomi- 
 nations, and hath done wicked- 
 ly above all that the Amorites 
 did, which were before him. 
 
Mana^h*8reiffn. II. KINGS, XXII. Josiah'simxl iruju. 
 
 and hath made Judah also to and Borved the idols that hh 
 pin witli liis idols : | father served, and wornlnYi-ed 
 
 12 Therefore thuB wiith the . them : 
 
 Lord (jod of Israel, liehold, | 22 And he forROok the Loud 
 
 Ciod of his fathers, and walked 
 not in the way of the LoRr». 
 
 23 *[ And the st^^^•ant8 of Anion 
 eonsiiired a^'ainst him, and slew 
 tli<' kin^' in his own housr, 
 
 24 Ar.d the people of the land 
 slew all them that had consiiir- 
 ed against king Anion : and the 
 neople of the land made .Tosiali 
 *n's son kin^' in his stead. 
 
 25 Now the rest of the acts of 
 Anion which he did, are they 
 not wntten in the hook cf tlw 
 
 I am bnnginf^ sn/ch evil njion 
 Jerusfilem and Jiulah, that 
 whosoever heareth of it, both 
 his ears shall tiiifrh'. 
 
 13 And I will stri'tch over Je- 
 rusalem the line of Samaria, 
 and the i)hinimet of the house 
 of Ahab: and I will wipe Je- 
 rusalem as a man wipeth a, , , 
 
 dish, willing it, and turning it ' In's son king in his stead 
 upside doNNTi. 
 
 14 And I will forsake the rem- 
 nant of mine inheritance, and ,. . 
 
 deliver them into the hand of chnmicles of thekingsofJudahV 
 their enemies; and they shall 2G And he was buried in his 
 l)econie a prey and a spoil to all sepulchre in the gard«.'n ol 
 their enemies ; Vzza : and Josiah his son reign- 
 
 15 Because they have done that ed in his stead. 
 which was evil in my sight, and 
 
 have provoked me to anger, 
 since the day their fathers came 
 forth out of Egyp.t, even unto 
 this day. 
 
 16 Moreover Manasseh slied 
 innocent blood very much, till 
 he had tilled Jerusalem from 
 one end to another; V)eside his 
 sin wherewith he made Jr.dali 
 to sin, in doing that ivhich was 
 evil in the sight of the I.ord. 
 
 17 ^ Now the rest of the acts 
 of Manasseh, and all that he 
 did, and his sin that he sin- 
 ned, are they not wTitten in 
 the book of the chronicles of right in the sight of the Lord, 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 
 1 Joftiah's {ffxid reign. 3 He toketk 
 care for the rejxiir of the tcmjle. K 
 llilkidh hariug fotiud (i Ix.ulc <f the 
 Imr, Jimah semlefh to Unhh'ih to 
 enquire of the Lord. IT, Jlnldah 
 prophesieth the deiitrncfiou of Je- 
 rtiH4ilem. but respite thereof in Jo- 
 siith's time. 
 
 JOSIAH was eight years old 
 when he began to reign, and 
 he reigned thirty and one years 
 in Jerusalem. And his mother's 
 name teas Jedidah, the daugh- 
 ter of Adaiali of Boscath. 
 2 And he did that which was 
 
 the kings of Judah ? 
 
 18 And Manasseh slept with 
 his fathers, and was buried in 
 the garden of his own house, in 
 the garden of Uzza : and Amon 
 his son reigned in his stead. 
 
 19 ^ Amon was twenty and 
 two years old when he began 
 to reign, and he reigned two 
 years in Jerusalem. And his 
 mother's name icas Meshulle- 
 meth, the daughter of Haruz 
 of Jotbah. 
 
 20 And he did that which was 
 evil in the sight of the Lord, as 
 his father Manasseh did. 
 
 21 And he walked in all the 
 way that his father walked in, 
 
 and walked in all the way of 
 David his father, and turned 
 not aside to the right hand or 
 to the left. 
 
 3 f And it came to pass in the 
 eighteenth year of king Josiah, 
 that the king sent Shaphan the 
 son of Azaliah, the son of ]Me- 
 shullam, the scribe, to the house 
 of the Lord, saying, 
 
 4 Go up to Hilkiah the high 
 priest, that he may sum the 
 silver which is brought into the 
 house of the Lord, which the 
 keepers of the door have ga- 
 thered of the people : 
 
 5 And let them deliver it into 
 the hand of the doers of the 
 
A book ofilie law found. II. KINGS, XXII. Huldah's prophecy. 
 
 work, that have the oversight 
 of the house of the Loed : and 
 let them give it to the doers 
 of the work which is in the 
 house of the Lord, to repair 
 the breaches of the house, 
 
 6 Unto carpenters, and build- 
 ers, and masons, and to buy 
 timber and hewn stone to re- 
 pair the house. 
 
 7 Howbeit there was no reck- 
 oning made with them of the 
 money that was delivered mto 
 their liand, because they dealt 
 faithfully. 
 
 8^ %\ And Hilkiah the high 
 priest said unto Shaphan the 
 scribe, I have found the book 
 
 ; of the law in the house of the 
 Lord. And Hilkiah gave the 
 boolc to Shaphan, and he read 
 it. 
 
 i) And Shaphan the scribe 
 came to the king, and brought 
 the king word again, and said, 
 Thy servants have gathered the 
 
 I money that was found in the 
 house, and have delivered it 
 
 I into the hand of them that do 
 the work, that have the over- 
 sight of the house of the Lord. 
 
 10 And Shaphan the scribe 
 srhewed the king, saying, Hil- 
 kiah the priest hath delivered 
 me a book. And Shaphan read 
 it before the king. 
 
 11 And it came to pass, when 
 the khig had heard the words 
 of the book of the law, that he 
 rent his clothes. 
 
 12 And the king commanded 
 Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam 
 the son of Shaphan, and Achbor 
 the son of Michaiah, and Sha- 
 phan the scribe, and Asahiah a 
 servant of the king's, saying, 
 
 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 found : 
 for great is the wrath of the 
 Lord that is kindled against 
 us, because our fathers have 
 
 j not hearkened imto the words 
 ' of this book, to do according 
 I unto all that which is written 
 i conceniing us. 
 
 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and 
 Ahikam, and Achbor, and Sha- 
 phan, and Asahiah, went unto 
 Huldah the prophetess, the wdfe 
 of Shallum the son of Tilivah, 
 the son of Harhas, keeper of 
 the wardrobe; (now she dwelt 
 in Jerusalem in the college;) 
 and they communed with her. 
 
 15 H And she said unto them. 
 Thus saith the Lord God of 
 Israel, Tell the man that sent 
 you to me, 
 
 16 Thus saith the Lord, Be- 
 hold, I will bring evil upon this 
 place, and upon the inhabitants 
 thereof, even all the words of 
 the book which the king of Ju- 
 dah hath read : 
 
 17 Because they have forsaken 
 me, and have burned incense 
 unto other gods, that they might 
 provoke me to anger with all 
 the works of their hands ; there- 
 fore my wrath shall be kindled 
 against this place, and shall not 
 be quenched. 
 
 18 But to the king of Judah 
 which sent you to enquire of the 
 Lord, thus shall ye say to him. 
 Thus saith the Lord God of 
 Israel, As touching" the words 
 which thou hast heard ; 
 
 19 Because thine heart was 
 tender, and thou hast humbled 
 thyself before the Lord, when 
 thou heardest what I spake a- 
 gainst this place, and against the 
 inhabitants thereof, that they 
 should become a desolation and 
 a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, 
 and wept before me ; I also have 
 heard thee, saith the Lord. 
 
 20 Behold therefore, I will ga- 
 ther thee unto thy fathers, and 
 thou shalt be gathered into thy 
 grave in peace ; and thine eyes 
 shall not see all the evil which I 
 will bring upon this place. And 
 they brought the king word 
 again. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 
 1 Josiah causeih the hooh ta he read 
 
 in a solemn assemhlp. 3 He renew- 
 
 eth the covenant of the Lord. 4 He 
 
 destroyeth idolatry. 15 He burnt 
 
 j d^ad men's bones upon the altar of 
 
 I Beth-el, as was foreprophesied. 21 
 
Josiah destroyeth 
 
 II. KINGS, XXIII. idolatry in Jtidnh, 
 
 He lept a most solemn passover. 24 i 
 He put away iriiches and all abo- 
 mination. 26 God's jjwd ivrath a- ■ 
 gainst Judah. 2d Josiah, jprovoking 
 Fhara^h-nechoh , is slaiH at Me- 1 
 f/iddo. 31 Jehoahaz, succeeding \ 
 him, is imprisoyied by Pharaoh- 1 
 iiechoh, who made Jehoiakim king. I 
 3G Jehoiakim' s wicked reign. 
 
 AND the king sent, and they ; 
 . gathered unto him all the ! 
 elders of Judah and of Jerusa- 
 lem. 
 
 2 And the king went up into 
 the house of the Lord, and all 
 the men of Judah and all the 
 inhabitants of Jerusalem with 
 liim, and the priests, and the 
 l)rophet8, and all the people, • 
 Ijoth small and great : and he 
 read ui their ears all the words 
 of the book of the covenant 
 which was found in the house | 
 of the Lord. I 
 
 3 % And the king stood by a pil- j 
 lar, and made a covenant beibre 
 the Lord, to walk after the Lord, 
 and to keep his commandments 
 and his testimonies and his sta- 
 tutes with all their heart and all 
 their soul, to perform the words 
 of this covenant that were writ- '. 
 ten in this book. And all the 
 people stood to the covenant. j 
 
 4 And the king commanded; 
 Hilkiah the high priest, and the 
 priests of the second order, and ! 
 the keepers of the door, to biing 
 forth out of the temple of the '' 
 Lord all the vessels that were 
 made for Baal, and for the grove, | 
 and for all the host of heaven : j 
 and he biuned them without Je- 1 
 rusalem in the fields of Kidion, 
 and carried the ashes of them 
 unto Beth-el. 
 
 5 And he put down the idol- 
 atrous priests, whom the kings 
 of Judah had ordained to bum 
 incense in the high places in the 
 cities of Judah, and in the places 
 round about Jerusalem; them 
 also that burned incense unto 
 Baal, to the sun, and to the 
 moon, and to the planets, and 
 to all the host of heaven. 
 
 6 And he brought out the grove 
 from the house of the Lord, 
 
 without Jerusalem, unto the 
 brook Kidron, and burned it at 
 the brook ividron, and stami-ed 
 it small to powder, and cast the 
 powder thereof upon the graves 
 of the children of the people. 
 
 7 And he brake down the 
 houses of the sodomites, that 
 were by the house of the Lord, 
 where the women wove hang- 
 ings for the grove. 
 
 8 And he brought all the priests 
 out of the cities of Judah, and 
 defiled the high places where 
 the priests had bunied incense, 
 from Geba to Beer-sheba, and 
 brake down the high places of 
 the gates that ivere in the enter- 
 ing in of the gate of Joshua the 
 govenior of the city, which icere 
 on a man's left hand at the gate 
 of the city. 
 
 9 Nevertheless the priests of the 
 high places came not up to the 
 altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, 
 but they did eat of the unleaven- 
 ed bread among their brethren. 
 
 10 And he defiled Topheth, 
 which is in the valley of the 
 children of Hinnom, that no 
 man might make his son or his 
 daughter to pass through the 
 fire to Molech. 
 
 11 And he took away the horses 
 that the kings of Judah had giv- 
 en to the sun, at the entering in 
 of the house of the Lord, by the 
 chamber of Nathan-melech the 
 chamberlain, which was m the 
 suburbs, and burned the chariots 
 of the sun with fire. 
 
 12 And the altars that were on 
 the top of the upper chamber of 
 Ahaz, which the kings of Judah 
 had made, and the altars which 
 Manasseh had made in the two 
 courts of the house of the Lord, 
 did the king beat down, and 
 brake them down from thence, 
 and cast the dust of them into 
 the brook Kidron. 
 
 13 And the high places that 
 were before Jerusalem, which 
 were on the right hand of the 
 mount of corruption, which So- 
 lomon the king of Israel had; 
 builded for Ashtoreth the abo-' 
 
JosiaJi keepeth 
 
 II. KINGS, XXIII. a solemn passover. 
 
 mination of the Zidonians, and 
 for Chemosli the abomination 
 of the Moabites, and for Mil- 
 corn the abomination of the 
 children of Amnion, did the 
 king defile. 
 
 14 And he brake in pieces the 
 images, and cut down the groves, 
 and filled their places with the 
 bones of men. 
 
 15 IFMoreover the altar that was 
 at Beth-el, and the high place 
 which Jeroboam the son of Ne- 
 bat, who made Israel to sin, had 
 made, both that altar and the 
 high place he brake down, and 
 bnmed the high place, and 
 stamped it small to powder, 
 and bnmed the grove. 
 
 16 And as Josiah turned him- 
 self, he spied the sepulchres that 
 ivere there in the mount, and 
 sent, and took the bones out of 
 the sepulchres, and burned them 
 upon the altar, and polluted it, 
 according to the word of the 
 LoED which the man of God 
 proclaimed, who proclaimed 
 these words. 
 
 17 Then he said, What title is 
 that that I see ? And the men of 
 the city told him, It is the sepul- 
 chre of the man of God, which 
 came from Judah, and proclaim- 
 ed these things that thou hast 
 done against the altar of Beth-el. 
 
 18 And he said, Let him alone ; 
 let no man move his bones. So 
 they let his bones alone, with 
 the bones of the prophet that 
 came out of Samaria. 
 
 19 And all the houses also of the 
 high places that were in the ci- 
 ties of Samaria, which the kings 
 of Israel had made to provoke 
 the Lord to anger, Josiah took 
 away, and did to them accord- 
 ing to all the acts that he had 
 done in Beth-el. 
 
 20 And he slew all the priests 
 of the high places that were 
 there upon the altars, and burn- 
 ed men's bones upon them, and 
 returned to Jerusalem. 
 
 21 H And the king command- 
 ed all the people, saying, Keep 
 the passover unto the Lord 
 
 your God, as it is written in the 
 book of this covenant. 
 
 22 Surely there was not holden 
 such a passover from the days of 
 the judges that judged Israel, 
 nor m all the days of the kings 
 of Israel, nor of the kings of 
 Judah ; 
 
 23 But in the eighteenth year 
 of king Josiah, ivherein this 
 passover was holden to the Loed 
 in Jerusalem. 
 
 24 ^ Moreover the workers 
 with familiar spirits, and the 
 wizards, and the images, and 
 the idols, and all the abomina- 
 tions that were spied in the land 
 of Judah and m Jerusalem, did 
 Josiah put away, that he might 
 perform the words of the law 
 which were written in the book 
 that Hilkiah the priest found in 
 the house of the Lord. 
 
 25 And like unto hun was there 
 no Idng before him, that turned 
 to the Lord with all his heart, 
 and with all his soul, and with 
 all his might, according to all 
 the law of Moses ; neither after 
 him -arose there any like him. 
 
 26 H Notwithstanding the Lord 
 turned not from the fierceness 
 of his great wrath, wherewith 
 his anger was kindled against 
 Judah, because of all the pro- 
 vocations that Manasseh had 
 provoked him v/ithal. 
 
 27 And the Lord said, I will 
 remove Judah also out of my 
 sight, as I have removed Israel, 
 and will cast off this city Jeru- 
 salem which I have chosen, and 
 the house of which I said. My 
 name shall be there. 
 
 28 Now the rest of the acts of 
 Josiah, and all that he did, are 
 they not written in the book of 
 the chronicles of the kings of 
 Judah ? 
 
 29 1[ In his days Pharaoh-ne- 
 choh king of Egypt went up 
 against the king of Assyria to 
 the river Euphrates: and king 
 Josiah went against him; and 
 he slew him at Megiddo, when 
 he had seen him. 
 
 30 And his servants carried him 
 
Jo8iah destroveth II. KINGS, XXIII. uMUry in Judah. 
 
 He kept a mmt solemn )xn<sover. 24 ; without Jenisalem, llllto tlie 
 He put nicav j<;ii<heH uud all abo- j^ro^k Kidnm, and burned it at 
 
 Uaiust Judah. 20 J (mah, provoking \\\^^ ^^V'l' ^^^*"^' "' and kIhuii ed 
 Pharauh-ncchoh. is sUnu at Me- \ ?^ small to powder, and cant tlie 
 (fiddo. 31 Jehoahnz, suereeding powder tliereol Upon the ^Taves 
 of the cliildren of the jjeople. 
 
 7 And he brake down tlie 
 hou^ef* of the Podoniit^H, that 
 trere by the house of the Lord, 
 where the women wove hang- 
 ings for the grove. 
 
 8 And he brought all the prief^ts 
 out of the cities of Judah, and 
 defiled the high places where 
 the priests had bimied incense, 
 from (ieba to Beer-pheba, and 
 brake down the high ulaces of 
 the gates that tvere in tne enter- 
 ing in of the gate of Joslnia the 
 governor of the city, which tvcre 
 on a man's lelt hand at the gate 
 of the city. 
 
 9 Nevertheless the priests of the 
 3 ^ And the king stood by a pil- high i)laces came not up to the 
 
 lar, and made a covenant Ik lore altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, 
 
 liim, is imprinoned by Pharaoh 
 tU'Choh, who nuide Jehoiakim king. 
 3G Jehoiakini's wicked reign. 
 
 AND the king sent, and they 
 . gathered unto him all the 
 eldei-8 of Judah and of Jerusa- 
 l<;m. 
 
 2 And the king went up into 
 the house of the Lonn, and all 
 the men of Judah and ail tli<* 
 inhabitants of Jerusalem with 
 Imn, and the priests, and the 
 prophets, and all tlu; people, 
 both small and great : and he 
 read in their ears all the words 
 of the book of the covenant 
 which was found in the house 
 of the Lord. 
 
 the Lord, to walk after the Lord, 
 and to k('ci> his commandments 
 and his totimonics and his sta- 
 tutes with all their heart and all 
 their soul, to perlbnu the wonls 
 of this covenant that were writ- 
 ten in this book. And all the 
 people stood to the covenant. 
 4 And the king commanded ; 
 Hilkiah the high i)riest, and the 
 
 but they did eat of the unleaven- 
 ed bread among their brethren. 
 
 10 And he defiled Topheth, 
 which is in the valley of the 
 children of Hinnom, that no 
 man might make his son or his 
 daughter to pass through the 
 fire to Molech. 
 
 11 And he took away the horses 
 that the kings of Judah had giv- 
 
 priests of the second order, and en to the sun, at tlie entering m 
 the keepers of the door, to biing of the house of the Lord, by the 
 forth out of the temi)le of the chamber of Nathan-melech the 
 Lord all the vessels that were chamberlain, which was in the 
 made for Baal, and for the grove, I suburbs, and burned the chariots 
 and for all the host of heaven : I of the sun with fire, 
 and he bmiied them without Je- ! 12 And the altars that were on 
 rusalem in the fields of Kidion, the top of the upper chamber of 
 and carried the ashes of them ' Ahaz, which the kings of Judah 
 
 unto Beth-el. 
 5 And he put down the idol- 
 
 had made, and the altars which 
 Manasseh had made in the two 
 
 atrous priests, whom the kings ' courts of the house of the Lord, 
 of Judah had ordained to bum i did the king beat down, and 
 incense in the high places in the brake them down from thence, 
 
 cities of Judah, and in the places 
 round about Jerusalem; them 
 also that burned incense unto 
 Baal, to the sun, and to the 
 moon, and to the planets, and 
 to all the host of heaven. 
 6 And he brought out the grove 
 from the house of the Lord, 
 
 and cast the dust of them into 
 the brook Kidron. 
 13 And the high places that 
 were before Jerusalem, which 
 were on the right hand of the 
 mount of corruption, which So- 
 lomon the king of Israel had 
 builded for Ashtoreth the abo- 
 
JoskJi Tceepeth 
 
 II. KINGS, XXIII. 
 
 a solemn passov^r. 
 
 mination of the Zidonians, and 
 for Chemosh the abomination 
 of the Moabites, and for Mil- 
 corn the abomination of the 
 children of A mm on, did the 
 king defile. 
 
 14 And he brake in pieces the 
 images, and cut down the groves, 
 and filled their places with the 
 bones of men. 
 
 15 TRIoreoYer the altar that was 
 at Beth-el, and the high place 
 which Jeroboam the son of Ne- 
 bat, who made Israel to sin, had 
 made, both that altar and the 
 high place he brake down, and 
 burned the high place, and 
 stamped it small to powder, 
 and burned the grove. 
 
 16 And as Josiah tm-ned him- 
 self, he spied the sepulchres that 
 tvere there in the mount, and 
 sent, and took the bones out of 
 the sepulchres, and burned them 
 upon the altar, and polluted it, 
 according to the word of the 
 Lord which the man of God 
 proclaimed, who proclaimed 
 these words. 
 
 17 Then he said. What title is 
 that that I see ? And the m.en of 
 the city told him, It is the sepul- 
 chre of the man of God, which 
 came from Judah, and proclaim- 
 ed these things that thou hast 
 done against the altar of Beth-el. 
 
 18 And he said. Let him alone ; 
 let no man move his bones. So 
 they let his bones alone, with 
 the bones of the prophet that 
 came out of Samaria. 
 
 19 And all the houses also of the 
 liigh places that were in the ci- 
 ties of Samaria, which the kings 
 of Israel had made to provoke 
 the Lord to anger, Josiah took 
 away, and did to them accord- 
 ing to all the acts that he had 
 done in Beth-el. 
 
 20 Aaid he slew all the priests 
 of the high places that were 
 there upon the altars, and burn- 
 ed men's bones upon them, and 
 returned to Jerusalem. 
 
 21 H And the king command- 
 ed all the people, saying. Keep 
 the passover unto the Lord 
 
 your God, as it is written in the 
 book of this covenant. 
 
 22 Surely there was not holden 
 such a passover from the days of 
 the judges that judged Israel, 
 nor m all the days of the kings 
 of Israel, nor of the kings of 
 Judah ; 
 
 23 But in the eighteenth year 
 of king Josiah, ivherein this 
 passover was holden to the Lord 
 in Jerusalem. 
 
 24 IF Moreover the ivorkers 
 with familiar spiiits, and the 
 ■^Tzards, and the images, and 
 the idols, and all the abomina- 
 tions that were spied in the land 
 of Judah and in Jerusalem, did 
 Josiah put away, that he might 
 perform the words of the law 
 which were written in the book 
 that Hilkiah the priest found in 
 the house of the Lord. 
 
 25 And like unto him was there 
 no king before him, that turned 
 to the Lord with all his heart, 
 and with all his soul, and with 
 all his might, according to all 
 the law of Moses ; neither after 
 him 'arose there ant/ like him. 
 
 26 IF Notwithstanding the Lord 
 turned not from the fierceness 
 of his great wrath, wherewith 
 his anger was kindled against 
 Judah, because of all the pro- 
 vocations that Manasseh had 
 provoked him v/ithal. 
 
 27 And the Lord said, I will 
 remove Judah also out of my 
 sight, as I have removed Israel, 
 and will cast off this city Jeru- 
 salem which I have chosen, and 
 the house of which I said. My 
 name shall be there. 
 
 28 Now the rest of the acts of 
 Josiah, and all that he did, are 
 they not written in the book of 
 the chronicles of the kings of 
 Judah ? 
 
 29 IF In his days Pharaoh-ne- 
 choh long of Egypt went up 
 against the king of Assyria^ to 
 the river Euphrates: and king 
 Josiah went against him; and 
 he slew him at Megiddo, when 
 he had seen him. 
 
 30 And his sers ants carried him 
 
Mmhazs and II. KINGS, XXIV. 
 
 in a cliaiiot dead from IVIe^'iddo, 
 and bruufrht liini to .TeniKileni, 
 and l)nried him in liis ovsii 8o- 
 pulchre. And tlie jicople ol'tlie 
 land to<)k.Teli(. alia/ tlit'son ol'.To- 
 .siali,and anointed liim. and made 
 him kinj; in his lather's stead. 
 
 31 •'.Tehoaha/. was twenty and 
 three years old when he bejjan 
 to reiyrn ; and he ivigned three 
 montliH in Jern*^alem. And his 
 mother's name ?rrrsHamutal,the 
 diiughter of.Teremiah olLihnah. 
 
 32 And he did that vhich was 
 evil in the siirht of the Loui 
 
 Jehoiakim*B reigns. 
 
 evil reigu. 10 Jerumlnn in talrn 
 and carried captive into BiOiylon. 
 17 Zedekiah i« iiuule kino, aiul 
 reigneth ill unto the titter lUntruc 
 tion qfJudah. 
 
 IN liis days Nehnehadnez/ar 
 kin^' of liahylon come ni>. 
 and Jehoiakim l)ecame liiK ser- 
 vant three years : then he turn- 
 ed and rebelled {i^ainHt him. 
 2 And the Lrmn wnt ajrainst 
 him hands of the Chaldet's, and 
 hands of the SyrianR, and bands 
 of the Moabitew, and btmds ol the 
 children of Amnion, and sent 
 accordinj^ to all that his lathers them against Judah to destroy 
 
 had done. 
 
 I it, according to the word of the 
 
 33 And Pharaoh-neclioh pnt liOiin, which he spake by his 
 
 him in bands at Kiblah in tin 
 land of Hamath, that he mi^ht 
 not rei^Mi in Jernsalem; and 
 
 wrvants the proidiets. 
 3 Snrely at the commandment 
 i" the Lord came this ujjon Ju- 
 
 nnt the land to a tnbute of an dah, to remove them ont of his 
 hundred talents of silver, and a ' siM;ht, for the sins of Manasseh, 
 
 talent of irold. 
 34 And Pharaoh-nechoh made 
 
 a( cordinjj: to all that he did ; 
 4 And also tor the innocent 
 
 Eliakim the son of Josiah king blofjd that he shed: for he filled 
 
 in the room of Josiah his father, i 
 and turned his name to Jehoi- 
 
 akim, and took Jehoahaz away : ' don. 
 
 Jerusalem with innocent bhxjd; 
 wliich the Lobd would not pai- 
 
 and he came to Egypt, and died 
 there. 
 
 35 And Jehoiakim gave the 
 silver and the gold to Pharaoh ; 
 but he taxed the land to give the 
 money according to the com- 
 mandment of Pliaraoh: he ex- 
 
 5 If Now the rest of the ac ts oi 
 Jehoiakim, and all that he did. 
 are they not written in the book 
 of the cnronicles of the kings oi 
 Judah? 
 
 G So Jehoiakim slejit with his 
 fathers : and Jehoiachin his son 
 
 acted the silver and the gold of; reigned in his stead. 
 
 the people of the land, of every 7 And the king of Egj-pt came 
 
 one according to his taxation, ! not again any more out of his 
 
 to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh. I land: for the king of Babylon 
 3<5 *" Jehoiakim teas twenty had taken from the ri\ er of E- 
 
 and live years old when he be- i gyi't unto the river Euphrates 
 
 gan to reign; and he reigned - - ■ - 
 
 eleven years in Jerusalem. And 
 
 his mother's name was Zebu- 
 
 dah, the daughter of Pedaiah of 
 
 Eumah. 
 37 And he did thai which was 
 
 evil in the sight of the Lord, 
 
 according to all that his fathers 
 
 had done. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 1 Jehoialim, first subdued by Nebu- 
 chadnezzar, then rebelling against 
 him, 'prociirefh his own ruin. 5 
 Jehoiachin succeedeth him. 7 The 
 king of Egypt is vanquished by the 
 Idng of. Babylon, 8 Jehoiachin's 
 
 ail that pertained to the king ol 
 Egypt. 
 
 8 % Jehoiachin was eighteen 
 years old when he began to 
 reign, and he reigned in Jeru- 
 salem three months. And hif^ 
 mother's name was Nehushta. 
 the daughter of Elnathan ol 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 9 And he did that which wa.^ 
 evil in the sight of the Lord. 
 according to all that his father 
 had done. 
 
 10 IF At that time the senant^ 
 of Nebuchadnezzar king of Ba- 
 
Jerusalem twice 
 
 II. KINGS, xxy. 
 
 hesieged and tdkefit. 
 
 bylon came up against Jerusa- 
 lem, and tke city was besieged. 
 
 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king 
 of Babylon came against the city, 
 and his servants did besiege it. 
 
 12 And Jehoiachin the king of 
 Judah went out to the king of 
 Babylon, he, and his mother, 
 and his sei^ants, and his princes, 
 and his officers : and the king of 
 Babylon took him in the eighth 
 year of his reign. 
 
 13 And he carried out thence 
 all the treasures of the house 
 of the LoED, and the treasures 
 of the king's house, and cut -in 
 pieces all the vessels of gold 
 which Solomon king of Israel 
 had made in the temple of the 
 LoKD, as the Lord had said. 
 
 14 And he carried away all Je- 
 rusalem, and all the princes, and 
 all the mighty men of valoiu, 
 even ten thousand captives, and 
 all the craftsmen and smiths: 
 none remained, save the poorest 
 sort of the people of the land. 
 
 15 And he carried away Jehoia- 
 chin to Babylon, and the king's 
 mother, and the king's wives, 
 and his officers, and the mighty 
 of the land, those earned he in- 
 to captivity from Jerusalem to 
 Babylon. 
 
 16 And all the men of might, 
 even seven thousand, and crafts- 
 men and smiths a thousand, all 
 that were strong and apt for war, 
 even them the king of Babylon 
 brought captive to Babylon. 
 
 17 %. And the Idng of Baby- 
 lon made Mattaniah his father's 
 brother king in his stead, and 
 changed his name to Zedekiah. 
 
 18 Zedekiah was twenty and 
 one years old when he began to 
 reign, and he reigned eleven 
 years in Jerusalem. And his mo- 
 ther's name was Hamutal, the 
 daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 
 
 19 And he did that which was 
 evil in the sight of the Lord, 
 according to all that Jehoiakim 
 had done. 
 
 20 For through the anger of 
 the Lord it came to pass in Je- 
 rusalem and Judah, until he had 
 
 cast them out from his presence, 
 that Zedekiah rebelled against 
 the king of Babylon. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 
 1 Jerusalem is hesieged. 4 ZedeJdah 
 talcen, his sons slain, Ms eyes put 
 out. 8 Nehuzar-adan defaceth the 
 city, carrieth the remnant, except 
 a few poor labourers, into capti- 
 vity, 13 spoileth and carrieth away 
 the treasures. 18 Tlie nchles are 
 slain at Bihlah. 22 Gedaliah, ivho 
 ivas set over them that remained, 
 being slain, the rest flee info E~ 
 gypt. 27 Evil-merodach advanceth 
 Jehoiachin in his court. 
 
 AND it came to pass m the 
 ninth year of his reign, in 
 the tenth month, m the tenth 
 da?/ of the month, that Nebu- 
 chadnezzar king of Babylon 
 came, he, and all his host, a- 
 gainst Jerusalem, and pitched 
 against it ; and they built forts 
 against it round about. 
 
 2 And the city was besieged 
 unto the eleventh year of king 
 Zedekiah. 
 
 3 And on the ninth day of the 
 fourth month the famine pre- 
 vailed in the city, and there was 
 no bread for the people of the 
 land. 
 
 4 ^ And the city was broken 
 up, and all the men of war Jted 
 by night by the way of the gate 
 between two walls, which is by 
 the king's garden: (now the 
 Chaldees were against the city 
 roundabout :) Sind the king went 
 the way toward the plain. 
 
 5 And the army of the Chal- 
 dees pmsued after the king, and 
 overtook him in the plains of Je- 
 richo: and all his army were 
 scattered from him. 
 
 6 So they took the king, and 
 brought him up to the king of 
 Babylon to Eiblah; and they 
 gave judgment upon him. 
 
 7 And they slew the sons of Ze- 
 dekiah before his eyes, and put 
 out the eyes of Zedekiah, and 
 bound him with fettere of brass, 
 and carried him to Babylon. 
 
 8 H And in the fifth month, on 
 the seventh dai/ of the month, 
 which is the nineteenth year of 
 
The nobles are 
 
 II. KINGS, XXV. 
 
 stain at Uiblah. 
 
 king Nebuchadnezzar king of 
 Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, 
 captain of the guard, a senant 
 of the king of Babylon, unto 
 Jerusalem : 
 
 9 And he burnt the house of 
 the Lord, and the king's house, 
 and all the houses of Jenisalem, 
 and every great man's house 
 burnt he with fire. 
 
 10 And all the array of the Chal- 
 dees, that were with the captain 
 of the guard, brake down the 
 walls of Jerusalem round about. 
 
 11 Now the rest of the people 
 that were left in the city, and 
 the fugitives that fell away to 
 the king of Babylon, with the 
 remnant of the multitude, did 
 Nebuzar-adan the captain of the 
 guard carry away. 
 
 12 But the captain of the guard 
 left of the poor of the land ^o be 
 vinedressers and husbandmen. 
 
 13 And the i)illars of brass that 
 were in the house of tlie Loud, 
 and the bases, and the brasen sea 
 that was in the house of the 
 Lord, did the Chaldees break in 
 pieces, and carried the brass of 
 them to Babylon. 
 
 14 And the pots, and the sho- 
 vels, and the snuffers, and the 
 spoons, and all the vessels of 
 brass wherewith they minister- 
 ed, took they away. 
 
 15 And the firepans, and the 
 bowls, and such things as were 
 of gold, in gold, and of silver, 
 in silver, the captain of the 
 guard took away. 
 
 16 The two pillars, one sea, 
 and the bases which Solomon 
 had made for the house of the 
 Lord; the brass of all these 
 vessels was without weight. 
 
 17 The height of the one pil- 
 lar was eighteen cubits, and the 
 chapiter upon it was brass : and 
 the height of the chapiter three 
 cubits ; and the wreathen work, 
 and pomegranates upon the cha- 
 piter round about, all of brass : 
 and like unto these had the 
 second pillar with wreathen work. 
 
 18 IT And the captain of the 
 guard took Seraiah the chief 
 
 priest, and Zephaniah the se- 
 cond priest, and the three keep- 
 ers of the door : 
 
 19 And out of the city lie took 
 an officer that was set over the 
 men of war, and five men of 
 them that were in the king's 
 presence, which were found in 
 the city, and the principal scribe 
 of the host, which mustered the 
 people of the land, and three- 
 score men of the people of the 
 land that were found in the city : 
 
 20 And Nebuzar-adan captain 
 of the guard took these, and 
 brought them to the king of Ba- 
 bylon to liiblah : 
 
 21 And the king of Babyloi 
 smote them, and slew them at 
 Kiblah in the land of Hamath . 
 So Judah was carried away out 
 of their land. 
 
 22 If And a^for the people that 
 remained in the land of Judah, 
 wliom Nebuchadnezzar king of 
 Babylon had left, even over them 
 he made Gedaliah the son of A- 
 liikani, the sonof Shaphan.nder. 
 
 23 And when all the captains of 
 the armies, they and their men, 
 heard that the king of Babylon 
 had made Gedaliah governor, 
 there came to Gedaliah to Miz- 
 pah, even Ishmael the son of 
 Nethaniah, and Johanan the son 
 of Careah, and Seraiah the son 
 of I'anhumeth the Netophath- 
 ite, and Jaazaniah the son of a 
 Maachathite, they and their men . 
 
 24 And Gedaliah sware to them, 
 and to their men, and said unto 
 them. Fear not to be the ser- 
 vants of the Chaldees : dwell in 
 the land, and serve the king 
 of Babylon ; and it shall be well 
 with you. 
 
 25 But it came to pass in the 
 seventh month, that Ishmael 
 the son of Nethaniah, the son 
 of Elishama, of the seed royal, 
 came, and ten men with him, and 
 smote Gedaliah, that he died, and 
 the Jews and the Chaldees that 
 were with him at Mizpah. 
 
 26 And all the people, both 
 small and great, and the cap- 
 tains of the armies, arose, and 
 
 1(1 
 
 i 
 
Adain's line to Noah. I. CHEONICLES, I. The sons of SJiem. 
 
 came to Egypt: for they were 
 afmid of the Chaldees. 
 27 IF And it came to pass in the 
 seven and thirtieth year of the 
 captivity of Jehoiachin king of 
 Judah, in the twelfth month, on 
 the seven and twentieth daj/ of 
 the month, that Evil-merodach 
 king of Babylon in the year that 
 he began to reign did lift up the 
 head of Jehoiachin king of Ju- 
 dah out of prison ; 
 
 28 And he spake kindly to liim, 
 and set his thi'one above the 
 throne of the kings that were 
 with him in Babylon ; 
 
 29 ^Vnd changed his prison gar- 
 ments : and he did eat bread 
 continually before him all the 
 days of his life. 
 
 30 And his allowance ivas a con- 
 tinual allowance given him of 
 the king, a daily rate for every 
 day, all the days of his life. 
 
 THE FIEST BOOK OF THE 
 
 CHRONICLES. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Adam's line to Noah. 5 The sons of 
 Japheth. 8 The sons of Ham. 17 
 The sons of Shem. 2i:Sh€-in's line 
 to Abraham. 29 Ishmael's sons. 32 
 TJie sons ofKeiurah. 31 The pos- 
 terity of Abraham hy Esau. 43 The 
 Mngs of Edom. 51 The dulces of 
 Edom. 
 
 ADAIM, Sheth, Enosh, 
 . 2 Kenan, Mahalaleel,Jered, 
 
 3 Henoch, Methuselah, La- 
 mech, 
 
 4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Ja- 
 pheth. 
 
 5 *[ The sons of Japheth ; Go- 
 mer, and Magog, and Madai, 
 and Javan, and Tubal, and Me- 
 shech, and Tiras. 
 
 6 And the sons of Gomer; 
 Ashchenaz, and Eiphath, and 
 Togarmah. 
 
 7 And the sons of Javan ; Eli- 
 shah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and 
 Dodanim. 
 
 8 ^ The sons of Ham ; Gush, 
 and IVIizraim, Put, and Canaan. 
 
 9 And the sons of Gush ; Seba. 
 and Havilah, and Sabta, and 
 Eaamah, and Sabtecha. And 
 the sons of Eaamah; Sheba, 
 and Dedan. 
 
 10 And Gush begat Ximrod: 
 he began to be mighty upon the 
 earth. 
 
 11 And Mizraim begat Ludim, 
 and Anamim, and Lehabim, and 
 Naphtuhim, 
 
 12 And Pathrusim, and Gas- 
 luhim, (of whom came the Phi- 
 listines,) and Caphthorim. 
 
 13 And Ganaan begat Zidon 
 his firstborn, and Heth, 
 
 14 The Jebusite also, and the 
 Amorite, and the Gii'gashite, 
 
 15 And the Hivite, and the 
 Arkite, and the Sinite, 
 
 16 And the Arvadite, and the 
 Zemarite, and the Hamathite. 
 
 17 ^ The sons of Shem ; Elam., 
 and Asshur, and Ai'phaxad, ajicl 
 Lud, and Aram, and Uz. and 
 Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. 
 
 18 And Arphaxad begat She- 
 lah, and Shelah begat Eber. 
 
 19 And unto Eber were born 
 two sons : the name of the one 
 was Peleg ; because in liis days 
 the earth was divided : and his 
 brother's name ivas Joktan. 
 
 20 And Joktan begat Almodad, 
 and Sheleph, and Hazai-maveth, 
 and Jerah, 
 
 21 Hadoram also, and Uzal. and 
 Dildah, 
 
 22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and 
 Sheba, 
 
 23 And Oplur, and Havilah, 
 and Jobab. All these were the 
 sons of Joktan. 
 
 24 *; Shem. Arphaxad, Shelah, 
 
 25 Eber, Peleg. Eeu, 
 
 26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 
 
 27 Abram : the same is Abra- 
 ham. 
 
 28 The sons of Abraham ; I- 
 saac, and Ishmael. 
 
 29 *[ These are then genera- 
 tions : The fii-stbom of Ishmael, 
 Nebaioth : then Kedar, and Ad- 
 beel, and IMibsam. 
 
AI»'aJiam*8 post^ritu. 
 
 30 Mishma, and Dumah, Mas- 
 sa, Hadad, and Tema, 
 
 31 Jetur, Napliish, and Kede- 
 mali. These are the sons oflsh- 
 mael. 
 
 32 IF Now the sons of Keturah, 
 Abraham's concubine : she bare 
 Zimran, and Jokshan, and INIe- 
 dan, and Midian, and Ishbak, 
 and Sliiiah. And tlie sons of 
 Jokshan ; 8heba, and Dedan. 
 
 33 And tlie sons of IMidiau; E- 
 phah, and Eplier, and Henoch, 
 and Abida, and Eldaah. All 
 these are tlie sons of Keturah. 
 
 34 And Abraham begat Isaac. 
 The sons of Isaac ; Esau and 
 Israel. 
 
 351[ The sons of Esau ; Eliphaz, 
 Keuel, and Jeusli, and Jaalam, 
 and Korah. 
 
 36 The sons of Eliphaz; Te- 
 man, and Omar, Zeplii, and 
 Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and 
 Amalek. 
 
 37 The sons of Reuel ; Nahath, 
 Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. 
 
 38 And the sons of Seir ; Lo- 
 tan, and 8hobal, and Zibcon, 
 and Anah, and Diehon, and 
 Ezar, and Dislian. 
 
 39 And the sons of Lotan ; Hori, 
 and Homam: and Timna was 
 Lotan's sister. 
 
 40 The sons of Shobal ; Alian, 
 and Manahath, and Ebal, She- 
 plii, and Onam. And the sons 
 of Zibeon ; Aiah, and Anah. 
 
 41 The sons of Anah ; Dishon. 
 And the sons of Dishon ; Am- 
 ram, and Eshban, and Ithran, 
 and Cheran. 
 
 42 The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, 
 and Zavan, and Jakan. The 
 sons of Dislian ; Uz, and Aran. 
 
 43 1[ Now these are the kings 
 that reigned in the^ land of E- 
 dom before an?/ long reigned 
 over the childien of Israel ; Bela 
 the son of Beor : and the name 
 of his city was Dinhabah. 
 
 44 And when Bela was dead, 
 Jobab the son of Zerah of Boz- 
 rah reigned in his stead. 
 
 45 And when Jobab was dead, 
 Husham of the land of the Te- 
 manites reigned in his stead. 
 
 I. CHRONICLES, II. Tlie kings of Edma. 
 46 And when Husham was 
 
 i 
 
 91 
 
 dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, 
 which smote Midian in tlie Held 
 of Moab, reigned in his stead : 
 and the name of his city was 
 Avith. 
 
 47 And when Hadad was dead, 
 ►Samlah of Masrekah reigned in 
 his stead. 
 
 48 And when Samlah was dead, 
 Shaul of Rehoboth by the river 
 reigned in his stead. 
 
 49 And when Shaul was dead, 
 Baal-lianan the son of Achbor 
 reigned hi liis stead. 
 
 5(J And when iiaal-hanan was, 
 dead, Hadad reigned in his stead 
 and the name of his city teas' 
 Pai; and his wdle's name was 
 Mehetfibel, the daughter of Ha- 
 tred, the daughter of Mezahab. 
 
 51 ![ Hadad died also. And 
 the dukes of Edom were ; duke 
 Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Je- 
 theth, 
 
 52 Duke Aholibamah, duke 
 Elah. duke Pinon, 
 
 53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, 
 duke Mibzar, 
 
 54 Duke Magdiel, duke Imm. 
 These are the dukes of Edom. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 1 Tlte sons of Israel. 3 I7/e posterity 
 of Jiulah hij Tavvar. 13 T}ie chit- 
 ciren of Jesse. 18 The posterity of 
 Caleb the son of Hezron. 21 Hez. 
 ron's posterity by the daughter of 
 Machir. 25 Jerahmeel's posterity. 
 34r Sheshan's posterity. 42 Aiwther 
 branch of Caleb's posterity. 50 The 
 X)Osterity of Caleb the son of Hur. 
 
 THESE are the sons of Israel; 
 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and 
 Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, 
 
 2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, 
 Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 
 
 3 If The sons of Judah; Er, 
 and Onan, and Shelah : which 
 three were bom unto him of the 
 daughter of Shua the Canaan- 
 itess. And Er, the firstborn of 
 Judah, was evil in the sight of 
 the Lord ; and he slew him. 
 
 4 And Tamar his daughter in 
 law bare him Pharez and Zerah. 
 All the sons of Judah were five. 
 
 5 The sons of Pharez ; Hezron, 
 and Hamul. 
 
Judali's posterity. 
 
 6 And the sons of Zerah ; Zim- 
 ri, and Ethan, and Heman, and 
 Calcol, and Dara : five of them 
 in all. 
 
 7 And the sons ofCarmi ; Achar, 
 the tronbler of Israel, who trans- 
 gressed in the thing accursed. 
 
 8 And the sons of Ethan ; A- 
 zariah. 
 
 9 The sons also of Hezron, that 
 were bom unto him ; Jerahmeel, 
 and Earn, and Chelubai. 
 
 10 And Eam begat Ammina- 
 dab; and Amminadab begat 
 Nahshon, prince of the children 
 of Judah ; 
 
 11 And Nahshon begat Salma, 
 and Salma begat Boaz, 
 
 12 And Boaz begat Obed, and 
 Obed begat Jesse, 
 
 13 IF And Jesse begat his first- 
 born Eliab, and Abinadab the 
 second, and Shimma the third, 
 
 14 Nethaneel the fom-th, Ead- 
 dai the fifth, 
 
 15 Ozem the sixth, David the 
 seventh : 
 
 16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, 
 and Abigail. And the sons of 
 Zeruiah ; Abishai, and Joab, and 
 Asahel, three. 
 
 17 And Abigail bare Amasa: 
 and the father of Amasa was 
 Jether the Ishmeelite. 
 
 18 ^ And Caleb the son of Hez- 
 ron begat children of Azubah 
 his wife, and of Jerioth: her 
 sons are these ; Jesher, and Sho- 
 bab, and Ardon. 
 
 19 And when Azubah was dead, 
 Caleb took unto him Ephrath, 
 which bare him Hur. 
 
 20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri 
 begat Bezaleel. 
 
 21 IT And afterward Hezron 
 went in to the daughter of Ma- 
 chir the father of Gilead, whom 
 he married when he was three- 
 score years old; and she bare 
 him Segub. 
 
 22 And Segub begat Jair, who 
 had three and twenty cities in 
 the land of Gilead. 
 
 23 And he took Geshur, and 
 Aram, with the towns of Jair, 
 from them, with Kenath, and 
 the towns thereof, even three- 
 
 I. CHROKICLES, II. 
 
 score cities. 
 
 Hezron' s posterity. 
 
 All these belonged 
 to the sons of Machir the father 
 of Gilead. 
 
 24 And after that Hezron was 
 dead in Caleb-ephratah, then 
 Abiah Hezron's wife bare him 
 Ashur the father of Tekoa. 
 
 25 IT And the sons of Jerah- 
 meel the firstborn of Hezron 
 were, Eam the firstborn, and 
 Bunah, and Oren, and Ozern, 
 and Ahijah. 
 
 26 Jerahmeel had also another 
 wife, whose name was Atarah ; 
 she was the mother of Onam. 
 
 27 And the sons of Eam the 
 firstborn of Jerahmeel were, 
 Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 
 
 28 And the sons of Onam 
 were, Shannnai, and Jada. And 
 the sons of Shammai; Nadab, 
 and Abishur. 
 
 29 And the name of the wife 
 of Abishur was Abihail, and she 
 bare him Ahban, and Molid. 
 
 30 And the sons of Nadab; 
 Seled, and Appaim: but Seled 
 died without children. 
 
 31 And the sons of Appaim ; 
 Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; 
 Sheshan. And the children of 
 Sheshan; Ahlai. 
 
 32 And the sons of Jada the 
 brother of Shanamai; Jether, 
 and Jonathan : and Jether died 
 without children. 
 
 33 And the sons of Jonathan ; 
 Peleth, and Zaza. These were 
 the sons of Jerahmeel. 
 
 34 IF Now Sheshan had no sons, 
 but daughters. And Sheshan 
 had a servant, an Egyptian, 
 whose name teas Jarha. 
 
 35 And Sheshan gave his 
 daughter to Jarha his servant to 
 wife ; and she bare him Attai. 
 
 36 And Attai begat Nathan, 
 and Nathan begat Zabad, 
 
 37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, 
 and Ephlal begat Obed, 
 
 38 And Obed begat Jehu, and 
 Jehu begat Azariah, 
 
 39 And Azariah begat Helez, 
 and Helez begat Eleasah, 
 
 40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, 
 and Sisamai begat Shallum, 
 
 41 And Shallum begat Jeka- 
 
Cald/s i)OSteritii. 
 
 I. CHRONICLES, III. 
 
 DariiTti f^m^ 
 
 miah, and Jekamiah begat Eli- 1 
 bhama. 
 
 42 T Now the sons of Caleb the 1 
 brother of Jerahmeel were. Me- 1 
 8ha his lii-ptboni, wliich mvw the I 
 father of Zipli; and the pons ofi 
 Mareshali the father of Hebron. | 
 
 43 And the sons of Hebron ;| 
 Korah, and Tappuah, and Re-, 
 keni, and Slienm. ■ 
 
 44 And Slienia l)efrat Raham, i 
 the father of .hirkoani : and Re- 
 kem })e;rat Shaniniai. I 
 
 4") And the son of Shanimai 
 ivas Blaon : and Maon wa^ tlie 
 father of Ik^tli-znr. I 
 
 H) And Ephah, Caleb's roneu- 1 
 bine, bare Haran, and Moza, and 
 Gazez : and Haran Ix'jrat f Ja/ez. 
 
 47 And the sons of Jahdai ; i 
 Regem, and Jotham, and (ie- 1 
 ehain, and I*elet, and Ephah, ! 
 and Shaaph. I 
 
 48 IMaaehah, Caleb's concnbine, 
 bare Sjlieber, and Tirhanah. i 
 
 49 She ])are also JShaaph the fa- 
 ther (»f Madmannah, Sheva tlie ' 
 fatlier of Machbenah, and tlie 
 lather of (ilibea : and the daugh- 
 ter of Caleb was Aclisa. 
 
 50 T These were the sons of 
 Caleb the son of Hnr, the first- 
 born of Ephratah ; Shobal the 
 father of Kirjath-jearim, 
 
 51 Salma the father of Beth- 
 lehem. Hareph the father of 
 Beth-gader. 
 
 52 And Shobal the father of! 
 Kirjath-jearim had sons; Ha- 
 roeh, and half of the Mana- 
 hethites. 
 
 53 And the families of Kirjath- 
 jeaiim; the Ithrites, and the 
 Fidiites, and the Shmnathites, 
 and the Misliraites; of them 
 came the Zareathites, and the 
 Eahtaulites. 
 
 54 The sons of Salma ; Beth- 
 lehem, and the Netophathites. 
 Ataroth, the house of Joab, and 
 half of the Manahethites, the 
 Zorites. 
 
 55 And the families of the 
 scribes which dwelt at Jabez; 
 the Tirathites, the Shimeath- 
 ites, and Suchathites. These 
 are the Kenites that came of 
 
 Hemath, the lather of the house 
 of Rechab. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 llie Hous of David. 10 His line to 
 Zedekitih. 17 The successors qf 
 Jeconiah. 
 
 NOW these were the sons of 
 David, which were bom 
 unto him in Hebron ; the tirst- 
 boni Amnon, of Ahinoam the 
 Jezreelitess ; the second Daniel, 
 of Abigail the Carmelitess: 
 
 2 The thinl, Absalom the son 
 of Maachah the daughter of Tal- 
 mai kingof Geshur: the fourth, 
 Adonijali the son of Haggith : 
 
 3 The fifth, Shephatiah of A- 
 bital : the sixth, Ithream by 
 Eglah his wife. 
 
 4 Tliese six were bom unto 
 him in Hebron ; and there he 
 reigned seven years and six 
 months: and in Jerusalem he 
 reigned tliirty and three years. 
 
 5 And these were bom unto 
 him in Jerusalem ; Shimea, and 
 Shobab, and Nathan, and So- 
 lomon, four, of Bath-shua the 
 daughter of Ammiel : 
 
 (5 Ibhar also, and Elishama, 
 and Eliphelet, 
 
 7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and 
 Japhia, 
 
 8 And Elishama, and Eliada, 
 and Eliphelet, nine. 
 
 9 These were all the sons of Da- 
 vid, beside the sons of the con- 
 cubines, and Tamar their sister. 
 
 10 *\\ And Solomon's son was 
 Rehoboam. Abia his son, Asa 
 his son, Jenoshaphat his son, 
 
 11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his 
 son, Joash his son, 
 
 12 Amaziah his son, Azariah 
 his son, Jotham his son, 
 
 13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his 
 son, Manasseh his son, 
 
 14 Anion his son, Josiah his son. 
 
 15 And the sons of Josiah were, 
 the firstborn Johanan, the second 
 Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, 
 the fourth Shallum. 
 
 16 And the sons of Jehoiakim : 
 Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his 
 son. 
 
 17 IF And the sons of Jeconiah ; 
 A^sir, Salathiel his son, 
 
and successors. 
 
 I. CHRONICLES, IV. Judah's pcsterity. 
 
 18 Malcliiiam also, and Pe- 
 daiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, 
 Hoshama, and ISTedabiali. 
 
 19 And the sons of Pedaiah 
 tvere, Zeriibbabel, and Sbiniei : 
 and tlie sons of Zenibbabel; 
 Meshnllam, and Hananiah, and 
 Shelomitli their sister : 
 
 20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, 
 and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, 
 Jushab-hesed, fiTe. 
 
 21 And the sons of Hananiah ; 
 Pelatiah, and Jesaiah : the sons 
 of Eephaiah, the sons of Arnan, 
 the sons of Obadiah, the sons of 
 Shechaniah. 
 
 22 And the sons of Shechaniah ^ 
 Shemaiah : and the sons of She- 
 maiah ; Hattnsh, and Igeal, and 
 Bariah, and Neariah, and Sha- 
 phat, six. 
 
 23 And the sons of Neariah; 
 Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and 
 Azrikam, three. 
 
 24 And the sons of Elioenai 
 tvere, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, 
 and Pelaiah, and Aklmb, and 
 Johanan, and Dalaiah, and A- 
 nani, seven. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 1, 11 TJie pos-ent7j of Judah. hij Caleb 
 the son of Hur. 5 Of AsJiur the 
 posthumous son of Hezron. 9 Of 
 Jahez, mid his prayer. 21 The 
 posterity of Shelah. 21 TJie pos- 
 terity and cities of Simeon. 39 
 Their conquest of Gedor, and of 
 the Amalekites in mount Seir. 
 
 THE sons of Judah; Pha- 
 rez, Hezron, and Carmi, and 
 Hui', and Shobal. 
 
 2 And Eeaiah the son of Shobal 
 begat Jahath; and Jahath begat 
 Ahuniai, and Lahad. These are 
 the families of the Zorathites. 
 
 3 And these were of the father 
 of Etani; Jezreel, and Ishma, 
 and Idbash: and the name of 
 theii- sister was Hazelelponi : 
 
 4 And Penuel the father of 
 Gedor, and Ezer the father of 
 Hushah. These are the sons of 
 Hnr, the iirstbom of Ephratah, 
 the father of Beth-lehem. 
 
 5 IT And Ashnr the father of 
 Tekoa had two wives, Helah 
 and Naarah. 
 
 6 And Naarah bare him Ahu- 
 
 zam, and Hepher, and Temeni, 
 and Haahashtari. These were 
 the sons of Naarah. 
 
 7 And the sons of Helah were, 
 Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. 
 
 8 And Coz begat Anub, and 
 Zobebah, and the families of 
 Aharhel the son of Harnm. 
 
 9 K And Jabez was more ho- 
 nourable than his brethren : and 
 his mother called liis name Ja- 
 bez, saying, Because I bare him 
 with sorrow. 
 
 10 And Jabez called on the 
 God of Israel, saying. Oh that 
 thou wouldest bless me indeed, 
 and enlarge my coast, and that 
 thine hand might be with me, 
 and that thou wouldest keep 
 me from evil, that it may not 
 grieve me! And God granted 
 him that which he requested. 
 
 11 IF And Chelub the brother 
 of Shuah begat Mehir, which 
 was the father of Eshton. 
 
 12 And Eshton begat Beth-ra- 
 pha, and Paseah, and Tehinnali 
 the father of Ir-nahash. These 
 are the men of Rechah. 
 
 13 And the sons of Kenaz; 
 Othniel, and Seraiah: and the 
 sons of Othniel ; Hathath. 
 
 14 And Meonothai begat Opli- 
 rah: and Seraiah begat Joab, 
 the father of the valley of Char- 
 ashim ; for they were craftsmen. 
 
 15 And the sons of Caleb the 
 son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, 
 and Naam : and the sons of E- 
 lah, even Kenaz. 
 
 16 And the sons of Jehaleleel ; 
 Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and 
 Asareel. 
 
 17 And the sons of Ezra were, 
 Jether, and Mered, and Epher, 
 and Jalon: and she bare Mi- 
 riam, and Shammai, and Ish- 
 bah the father of Eshtemoa. 
 
 18 And his wife Jehudijah bare 
 Jered the father of Gedor, and 
 Heber the father of Socho, and 
 Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. 
 And these are the sons of Bith- 
 iah the daughter of Pharaoh, 
 which Mered took. 
 
 19 And the sons of his wife 
 Hodiah the sister of Naham, the 
 
The poskrUy and I. CHRONICLES, IV. cities CifSiDieon. 
 
 father of Keilah the Garmite, ! 
 and Eshtemoa tlie Maachatliite. 
 2(J And tlie ("^ons of Shimon 
 ivere, Aninon, and Rmnali, Ben- 
 hanan, and Tilon. And the sons 
 of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Ben- 
 zolieth. 
 
 21 H The Bons of Shelah the 
 Fon of Judah were, Er the fa- 
 ther of Lecali, and Laadah tlie 
 father of Mareshali, and the 
 famines of the house of them 
 that wronglit line Hnen, of the 
 liouse of Ashbea, 
 
 22 And Jokim, and the men 
 of Chozeba, and Joash, and 8a- 
 laph. who had the dominion in 
 Mo;ib, and Jashubi-leh<*m. And 
 these are ancient things. 
 
 23 Tliese iverc tlie potters, and 
 those that dwelt among plant'* 
 and hedges: there they dwelt 
 with the king for liis work. 
 
 24 !i The sons of Simeon tvere, 
 Nemuel, and Juniin, Jarib, Ze- 
 rali, afKi Slianl : 
 
 2o Shallum his son, Miljsam 
 liis son, Mishnia liis son. 
 
 26 And the sons of Mishma; 
 Hamuel his son, Zacchm* his 
 son, Sliimei his son. 
 
 27 Aiid Shimei had sixteen 
 sons and six daughters ; but his 
 brethren had not many chil- 
 dren, neither did all their family 
 multiply, like to the children 
 of Judah. 
 
 28 And they dwelt at Beer- 
 sheba, and Moladah, and Ha- 
 zar-shual, 
 
 29 And at Bilhali, and at Ezem, 
 and at Tolad, 
 
 30 And at Bethuel, and at Hor- 
 mali, and at Ziklag, 
 
 31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and 
 Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, 
 and at Shaaraim. These were 
 their cities unto the reign of 
 David. 
 
 32 And their villages were, 
 Etam, and Ain, Eimmon, and 
 Tochen, and Ashan, five cities : 
 
 33 And all their villages that 
 ivere round about the same 
 cities, unto Baal. These were 
 their habitations, and theii' ge- 
 nealogy. 
 
 34 And Meshobab, and Jam- 
 lech, and Joshah tlie son of 
 Amaziali, 
 
 3i") And Joel, and Jehu the son 
 of J()si}>iah the son of Seraiah, 
 the son of Asiel, 
 
 30 And Elioenai, and Jaako- 
 bah and Jeshohaiah, and A- 
 wiiaii, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, 
 and Benaiah, 
 
 37 And Ziza the son of Shi- 
 phi, the son of Allon, the son 
 of Jedaiah, the son of Shiran, 
 the 8(m of Shemaiah ; 
 
 38 These mentioned by their 
 names ivere princes in their fa- 
 milies: and the house of their 
 fathers increaned greatly. 
 
 39 M And they went to the en- 
 trance of (ledor, even unto the 
 east side of the valley, to seek 
 pasture for their ilocks. 
 
 40 And they found fat i)asture 
 and good, and the land ivas wide, 
 and quiet, and peaceable ; for 
 thei/ of Ham had dwelt there of 
 old. 
 
 41 And these written by name 
 came in the days of Hezekiah 
 king of Judah, and smote their 
 tent>», and the habitations that 
 were found there, and destroyed 
 them utterly unto this day, and 
 dwelt in their rooms: because 
 t/iere was pasture there for their 
 flocks. 
 
 42 And some of them, even 
 of the sons of Simeon, five 
 hundred men, went to mount 
 Seir, having ibr their captains 
 Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Ee- 
 phaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of 
 Ishi. 
 
 43 And they smote the rest of 
 the Amalekites that were es- 
 caped, and dwelt there unto this 
 day. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 1 T7?e line of Keuhen {vylio lost his 
 hirthright) unto the captivity. 9 
 Tlieir habitation and conquest of 
 the Hagarites. 11 The chief men 
 and habitations of Gad. 18 The 
 number and conqiiest of Reuben, 
 Gad, and the half of Mamxsseh. 
 23 The habitations and chief men 
 of that half tribe. 25 Their captu 
 vityfor their sin. 
 
Th£ chief 
 
 I. CHRONICLES, V. 
 
 men of Gad. 
 
 "VrOWthe sons of Eeuben the 
 Xi firstborn of Ismel, (for he 
 was the firstborn; but, foras- 
 much as he defiled his father's 
 bed, his birthright was given 
 unto the sons of Joseph the 
 son of Israel: and the genea- 
 logy is not to be reckoned after 
 the birthright. 
 
 2 For Judah prevailed above 
 his brethren, and of him came 
 the chief ruler ; but the birth- 
 right was Joseph's :) 
 
 3 The sons, / sat/, of Reuben 
 the firstborn of Israel were, Ha- 
 noch, and Pallu, Hezron, and 
 Carmi. 
 
 4 The sons of Joel ; Shemaiah 
 his son, Gog his son, Shimei 
 his son, 
 
 5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, 
 Baal his son, 
 
 6 Beerah his son, whom Til- 
 gath-pilneser king of Assyria 
 carried away captive: he was 
 prince of the Reubenites. 
 
 7 And his brethren by then- 
 families, when the genealogy 
 of theii- generations was reck- 
 oned, were the chief, Jeiel, and 
 Zechariah, 
 
 8 And Bela the son of Azaz, 
 the son of Shema, the son of 
 Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even 
 unto Nebo and Baal-meon : 
 
 9 And eastward he inhabited 
 unto the entering in of the wil- 
 derness from the river Euphra- 
 tes: because their cattle were 
 multiplied in the land of Gi- 
 lead. 
 
 10 And in the days of Saul they 
 made war with the Hagarites, 
 who fell by their hand : and they 
 
 \ dwelt in their tents throughout 
 all the east land of Gilead. 
 
 11 H And the children of Gad 
 dwelt over against them, in the 
 
 i land of Bashan unto Salcah : 
 
 12 Joel the chief, and Shapham 
 ! the next, and Jaanai, and Sha- 
 
 phat in Bashan. 
 
 13 And their brethren of the 
 house of their fathers were, 
 Michael, and Meshullam, and 
 Sheba^ and Jorai, and Jachan, 
 and Zia, and Heber, seven. 
 
 14 These are the children of 
 Abihail the son of Huri, the son 
 of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, 
 the son of Michael, the son of 
 Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the 
 son of Buz ; 
 
 15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the 
 son of Guni, chief of the house 
 of their fatliers. 
 
 16 And they dwelt in Gilead 
 in Bashan, and in her towns, 
 and in all the suburbs of Sha- 
 ron, upon their borders. 
 
 17 All these were reckoned by 
 genealogies in the days of Jo- 
 tham king of Judah, and in the 
 days of Jeroboam king of Israel. 
 
 18 If The sons of Reuben, and 
 the Gadites, and half the tribe 
 of Manasseh, of valiant men, 
 men able to bear buckler and 
 sword, and to sKoot with bow, 
 and skilful in war, were four 
 and forty thousand seven hun- 
 dred and threescore, that went 
 out to the war. 
 
 19 And they made war with 
 the Hagarites, with Jetur, and 
 Nephish, and Nodab. 
 
 20 And they were helped against 
 them, and the Hagarites were 
 delivered into their hand, and all 
 that were with them : for they 
 cried to God in the battle, and 
 he was intreated of them ; be- 
 cause they put their trust in him. 
 
 21 And they took away their 
 cattle ; of their camels fifty thou- 
 sand, and of sheep two hundred 
 and fifty thousand, and of asses 
 two thousand, and of men an 
 hundred thousand. 
 
 22 For there fell down many 
 slain, because the war was of 
 God. And they dwelt in their 
 steads until the captivity. 
 
 23 If And the children of the 
 half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in 
 the land: they increased from 
 Bashan unto Baal-hermon and 
 Senir, and imto moimt Hermon. 
 
 24 And these were the heads 
 of the house of their fathers, 
 even Epher, andlshi, and Eliel, 
 and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and 
 Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty 
 men of valour, famous men, and 
 
 Y3 
 
The line I. CHRONICLES. VI. 
 
 heads of the house of theu- fa- 
 thei"8. 
 
 25 IF And they transgressed a- 
 gamst the God of then- fathers, 
 and went a whoiing after the 
 
 gods of the people of the land, the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 
 
 whom God destroyed before 
 them. 
 
 26 And the God of Israel stir- 
 red up the spu-it of Pul king of 
 Assyria, and the spirit of Til- 
 gath-pilneser king of Assyiia, 
 and he carried them away, even 
 the Eeubenites, and the Gadites, 
 and the half tribe of Manasseh, 
 and brought them luito Halah, 
 and Habor, and Hara, and to 
 the river Gozan, unto this day. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 1 TJic sons of Levi, i The line of the 
 pi-iests unio the captivity. 10 The 
 families of Gershatn, Merari, and 
 Kohath. 49 The office of Aaron, 
 and his line unto Ahiinaaz. 51 Tlie 
 cities of the prients and Levites. 
 
 THE sons of Levi ; Gerehon, 
 Koliath, and Merari. 
 
 2 And the sons of Kohath; 
 Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and 
 Uzziel. 
 
 3 And the children of Amram ; 
 Aaron, and Moses, and Miri- 
 am. The sons also of Aaron ; 
 Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and 
 Ithamar. 
 
 4 ^ Eleazar begat Phinehas, 
 Phinehas begat Abishua, 
 
 5 And Abishua begat Bukki, 
 and Bukki begat Uzzi, 
 
 6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, 
 and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, 
 
 7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and 
 Amariah begat Ahitub, 
 
 8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, 
 and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 
 
 9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, 
 and Azariah begat Johanan, 
 
 10 And Johanan begat Aza- 
 riah, (he it is that executed the 
 priest's office in the temple that 
 Solomon built in Jerusalem :) 
 
 11 And Azariah begat Amari- 
 ah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 
 
 12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, 
 and Zadok begat Shallum, 
 
 13 And Shallum begat Hilki- 
 ah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, 
 
 of ilie imests. 
 
 14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, 
 and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, 
 
 15 And Jehozadak went into 
 captivity, when the Lokd carried 
 away Judah and Jerusalem by 
 
 ""l 
 
 ^ 
 
 16 H The sons of Levi ; Ger- 
 shom, Kohath, and Merari. 
 
 17 And these be the names of 
 the sons of Gershom ; Libni, and 
 Shimei. 
 
 18 And the sons of Kohath 
 were, Amram, and Izhar, and 
 Hebron, and Uzziel. 
 
 19 The sons of Merari ; Mahli, 
 and Muslii. And these are the 
 families of the Levites accord- 
 ing to their fathers. 
 
 20 Of Gershom ; Libni his son, 
 Jahath his son, Zimmah liia so] 
 
 21 Joah liis son, Iddo his eoi 
 Zerah his eon, Jeaterai his son. 
 
 22 The sons of Kohath ; Am- 
 minadab his son, Korah his son, 
 Assir his son, 
 
 23 Elkanah his son, and Ebi- 
 asaph his son, and Assir his son, 
 
 24 Tahath his son, Uriel his 
 son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul 
 his son. 
 
 25 And the sons of Elkanah 
 Amasai, and Ahimoth. 
 
 26 As for Elkanah: the son« 
 of Elkanah ; Zophai his son, and 
 Nahath his son, 
 
 27 Eliab his son, Jeroham liis 
 son, Elkanah his son. 
 
 28 And the sons of Samuel 
 the firstborn Yashni, and Abial 
 
 29 The sons of Merari; Mahj^ 
 Libni his son, Shimei his son, 
 Uzza his son, 
 
 30 Shimea^ his son, Haggiah 
 his son, Asaiah his son. 
 
 31 And these are they whom 
 David set over the service of 
 song in the house of the Lord, 
 after that the ark had rest. 
 
 32 And they ministered before 
 the dwelling place of the taber- 
 nacle of the congregation with 
 singiag, until Solomon had bmlt 
 the house of the Loed iq Jeni- 
 salem : and then they waited on 
 their office according to their 
 order. 
 
 33 And these are they that 
 
 \ 
 
 if 
 
The office of 
 
 I. CHEONICLES, VI. Aarm and his sons. 
 
 waited with tlieir cliildren. Of 
 the sons of the Kohathites : He- 
 man a singer, the son of Joel, 
 the son of Shemuel, 
 
 34 The son of Elkanah, the 
 son of Jeroham, the son of E- 
 liel, the son of Toah, 
 
 35 The son of Zuph, the son 
 of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, 
 the son of Amasai, 
 
 36 The son of Elkanah, the 
 son of Joel, the son of Azariah, 
 the son of Zephaniah, 
 
 37 The son of Tahath, the son 
 of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, 
 the son of Korah, 
 
 38 The son of Izhar, the son 
 of Kohath, the son of Levi, the 
 son of Israel. 
 
 39 And his brother Asaph, who 
 stood on his right hand, even 
 Asaph the son of Berachiah, the 
 son of Shimea, 
 
 40 The son of Michael, the son 
 of Baaseiah, the son of Mal- 
 cliiah, 
 
 41 The son of Ethni, the son 
 of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 
 
 42 The son of Ethan, the son 
 of Zinomah, the son of Shimei, 
 
 43 The son of Jahath, the son 
 of Gershom, the son of Levi. 
 
 44 And their brethren the sons 
 of Merari stood on the left hand : 
 Ethan the son of Kishi, the son 
 of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 
 
 45 The son of Hashabiah, the 
 eon of Amaziah, the sonof Hil- 
 kiah, 
 
 46 The son of Amzi, the son of 
 Bani, the son of Shamer, 
 
 47 The son of Mahli, the son 
 of Mnshi, the son of Merari, the 
 son of Levi. 
 
 48 Their brethren also the Le- 
 vites were appointed unto all 
 manner of ser\dce of the taber- 
 nacle of the house of God. 
 
 , 49 ^ But Aaron and his sons 
 offered upon the altar of the 
 burnt offering, and on the altar 
 of incense, and were appointed 
 for all the work of the place 
 most holy, and to make an atone- 
 ment for Israel, according to all 
 that Moses the servant of God 
 had commanded. 
 
 50 And these are the sons of 
 Aaron ; Eleazar his son, Phine- 
 has his son, Abishua his son, 
 
 51 Buldd his son, Uzzi Ms son, 
 Zerahiah his son, 
 
 52 Meraioth his son, Amariah 
 his son, Ahitub his son, 
 
 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his 
 son. 
 
 _ 54 H Now these nre their dwell- 
 ing places throughout their cas- 
 tles in their coasts, of the s^ons of 
 Aaron, of the families of the Ko- 
 hathites : for theu's was the lot. 
 
 55 And they gave them He- 
 bron in the land of Judah, and 
 the suburbs thereof round about 
 it. 
 
 56 But the fields of the oity, and 
 the villages thereof, they gave 
 to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 
 
 57 And to the sons of Aaron 
 they gave the cities of Judah, 
 namely, Hebron, the city of 
 refuge, and Libnah with her 
 suburbs, and Jattir, and Esh- 
 temoa, with their suburbs, 
 
 58 And Hilen with her sub- 
 urbs, Debir with her suburbs, 
 
 59 And Ashan with her sub- 
 urbs, and Beth-shemesh with 
 her suburbs : 
 
 60 And out of the tribe of Ben- 
 jamin ; Geba with her suburbs, 
 and Alemeth with her suburbs, 
 and Anathoth with her suburbs. 
 All their cities throughout their 
 families were thirteen cities. 
 
 61 And unto the sons of Ko- 
 hath, which were left of the fa- 
 mily of that tribe, were cities 
 given out of the half tribe, 
 namely, out o/'the half tribe of 
 Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. 
 
 62 And to the sons of Gershom 
 throughout their families out of 
 the tribe of Issachar, and out of 
 the tribe of Asher, and out of 
 the tribe of Naphtali, and out 
 of the tribe of Manasseh in Ba^- 
 shan, thirteen cities. 
 
 63 Unto the sons of Merari 
 were given by lot, throughout 
 their families, out of the tribe 
 of Reuben, and out of the tribe 
 of Gad, and out of the tribe of 
 Zebulun, twelve cities. 
 
The cUies of the I. CHRONICLES, VH. piiests and Lemles, 
 
 B4 And the children of Israel I 78 And on the other Bide .Tor- 
 gave to the Leviti'8 these cities dan by Jericho, on the east side 
 with their suburbs. I of Jordan, tvere ffiven thein out 
 
 (>5 And they gave by lot out of i of the tribe of Keuben, liezer in 
 the tribe of the cluldren of Ju- 1 the ^vildemess >^ith her suburbs, 
 dah, and out of the tril)e of the and Jahzah ^^ith her suburbs, 
 
 chikhen of Simeon, and out of 
 the tribe of the childien of Ben- 
 jamin, the>ie cities, which are 
 called by their names. 
 
 ^) And the reaiilue of the fa- 
 milies of the sons of Kohath 
 had cities of their coasts out of 
 tlie tribe of Ephraim. 
 
 ()7 And they gave unto them, 
 o/*the cities oi' refuge, Shechem 
 in mount Ephraim with her sub- 
 urbs ; the!/ f^ace also (iezer with 
 her suburbs, 
 
 68 And Jokmeam with her sub- 
 ur})s, and Beth-horon ^\'ith her 
 suburbs, 
 
 (59 And Aijalon with her sub- 
 urbs, and Gath-rinmion with her 
 suburbs : 
 
 70 And out of the lialf tribe of 
 Manasseh; Aner with her sub- 
 lubs, and Bileam with her sub- 
 url)s, for the liimily of the rem- 
 nant of the sons of Kohath. 
 
 71 Unto the sons of Gershom 
 were given out of the family of 
 the half tribe of Manasseh, Go- 
 lan in Bashan with her suburbs, 
 and Ashtaroth \N'ith her suburbs; 
 
 72 And out of the tribe of Issa- 
 char ; Kedesh w ith her suburbs, 
 Dabemth with her suburbs, 
 
 73 And Ramoth with her sub- 
 urbs, and Anem with her sub- 
 lubs : 
 
 74 And out of the tribe of A- 
 sher ; Mashal with her suburbs, 
 and Abdon with her suburbs, 
 
 75 Ajid Hukok with her sub- 
 lubs, and Eehob with her sub- 
 lubs : 
 
 76 And out of the tribe of 
 JS^aphtali; Kedesh in Galilee 
 with her submbs, and Hammon 
 with her suburbs, and Kirjath- 
 aim with her suburbs. 
 
 77 Unto the rest of the chil- 
 dren of Merari were given out 
 of the tribe of Zebulun, Rim- 
 mon with her subm-bs, Tabor 
 with her suburbs : 
 
 9 Kedemoth also with her 
 suburbs, and Mephaath with 
 her suburbs : 
 
 80 And out of tlie tribe of Gad ; 
 Ramoth in Gilead with lier sub- 
 urbs, and Mahanaim with her 
 suburbs, 
 
 81 And Heshbon with her sub- 
 urbs, and Jazer witli her suburbs. 
 
 CHAPIER VII. 
 1 Tfie sons of hmchar, of Benja- 
 viiu, 13 of Nuphtali, H of Manage 
 «*'//, 20, 24 and of Ephraim. 21 
 The calamity of Ephraim by the 
 men of Oath. 23 Beriah is horn. 
 28 Ephroim's habitations. 30 llie 
 sons of Asher. 
 "M"OW the sons of Issachar 
 XN were, Tola, and l*uah, Ja- 
 shub, and Hhimrom, four. 
 
 2 And the sons of Tola ; Uzzi. 
 and Rephaiah and Jeriel, and 
 Jahmai, and Jibsam, and »She- 
 muel, heads of their father's 
 house, to wit, of Tola: they 
 were valiant men of might in 
 their generations; whose num- 
 ber was in the days of David 
 two and twenty thousand and 
 six himdred. 
 
 3 And the sons of Uzzi ; Iz- 
 rahiah : and the sons of Izrahi- 
 ah ; Michael, and Obadiah, and 
 Joel, Ishiah, five : all of them 
 chief men. 
 
 4 And with them, by their 
 generations, after the house of 
 their lathers, were bands of 
 soldiers for war, six and thirty 
 thousand men: for they had 
 many wives and sons. 
 
 5 And their brethren among 
 all the families of Issachar were 
 valiant men of might, reckoned 
 in all by their genealogies four- 
 score and seven thousand. 
 
 6 ^ The sons of Benjamin; 
 Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, 
 three. 
 
 7 And the sons of Bela ; Ez- 
 bon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and 
 Jerimoth, and In, five ; heads 
 
The sons of 
 
 I. CHRONICLES, VII. 
 
 Ephraim, <^c. 
 
 of the house of their fathers, 
 mighty men of valour ; and 
 were reckoned by then genea- 
 logies twenty and two thousand 
 and thirty and four. 
 
 8 And the sons of Becher; 
 Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, 
 and Elioenai, and Omri, and 
 Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Ana- 
 thoth, and Alameth. All these 
 are the sons of Becher. 
 
 9 And the number of them, 
 after their genealogy by their 
 generations, heads of the house 
 of then fathers, mighty men of 
 valour, was twenty thousand 
 and two hundred. 
 
 10 The sons also of Jediael ; 
 Bilhan : and the sons of Bilhan ; 
 Jeush, and Benjamm, and Ehud, 
 and Chenaanah, and Zethan, 
 and Tharshish, and Ahishahar. 
 
 11 All these the sons of Je- 
 diael, by the heads of their fa- 
 thers, mighty men of valour, 
 were seventeen thousand and 
 two hundred soldiers, fit to go 
 out for war and battle. 
 
 12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, 
 the children of Ir, and Hushim, 
 the sons of Aher. 
 
 ^13 1! The sons of Naphtali ; 
 Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, 
 and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. 
 
 14 ^ The sons of Manasseh; 
 Ashriel, whom she bare : {but 
 his concubine the Aramitess bare 
 Machir the father of Gilead : 
 
 15 And Machir took to wife the 
 sister of Huppim and Shuppim, 
 whose sister's name was Maa- 
 chah;) and the name of the 
 second was Zelophehad: and 
 Zelophehad had daughters. 
 
 16 And Maachah the wife of 
 Machir bare a son, and she call- 
 ed his name Peresh; and the 
 name of his brother was She- 
 resh ; and his sons were Ulam 
 and Eakem. 
 
 17 And the sons of Ulam ; Be- 
 dan. These were the sons of 
 Gilead, the son of Machir, the 
 son of Manasseh. 
 
 18 And his sister Hammole- 
 keth bare Ishod, and Abiezer, 
 and Mahalah, 
 
 19 And the sons of Shemidah 
 were, Ahian, and Shechem, and 
 Likhi, and Aniam. 
 
 20 If And the sons of Ephraim ; 
 Shuthelah, and Bered his son, 
 and Tahath his son, and Eladah 
 his son, and Tahath his son, 
 
 21 % And Zabad his son, and 
 Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, 
 and Elead, whom the men of 
 Gath that were bom in that land 
 slew, because they came down 
 to take away their cattle. 
 
 22 And Ephraim their father 
 mourned many days, and his 
 brethren came to comfort him. 
 
 23 1[ And when he went in to 
 his wife, she conceived, and bare 
 a son, and he called his name 
 Beriah, because it went evil with 
 his house. 
 
 24 (And his daughter was She- 
 rah, who built Beth-horon the 
 nether, and the upper, and Uz- 
 zen-sherah.) 
 
 25 And Eephah was his son, 
 also Eesheph, and Telah his 
 son, and Tahan his son, 
 
 26 Laadan his son, Ainmihud 
 his son, Elishama his son, 
 
 27 Non his son, Jehoshuah his 
 son. 
 
 28 H And their possessions and 
 habitations were, Beth-el and 
 the towns thereof, and eastward 
 Naaran, and westward Gezer, 
 with the towns thereof; She- 
 chem also and the towns there- 
 of, imto Gaza and the towns 
 thereof : 
 
 29 And by the borders of the 
 cliildren of Manasseh, Beth- 
 shean and her towns, Taanach 
 and her towns, Megiddo and 
 her towns. Dor and her towns. 
 In these dwelt the children of 
 Joseph the son of Israel. 
 
 30 t The sons of Asher ; Im- 
 nah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and 
 Beriah, and Serah their sister. 
 
 31 And the sons of Beriah; 
 Heber, and Malchiel, who is the 
 father of Birzavith. 
 
 32 And Heber begat Japhlet, 
 and Shomer, and Hotham, and 
 Shua their sister. 
 
 33 And the sons of Japhlet ; 
 
The eons and cUf I. CHRONICLES, VIII. men o/nenjmm, 
 
 Pasach and Bimhal, and AfIi- 
 vatli. Tlu'se arc the children 
 of Japhlet. 
 
 34 And the pons of Shamer; 
 Ahi, and Roligali, Jehubbali, 
 and Aram. 
 
 35 And the pons of his brother 
 Helem ; Zojiliah, and Imna, and 
 Shelesh, and Anial. 
 
 36 The pons of Zoi>hah; Suah, 
 and Haniepher, and Hhiial, and 
 Beri and Imnili, 
 
 37 Ik'zt'r, and H(m1, and Sliam- 
 nia, and Shilshali, and Ithran, 
 and Ik'eni. 
 
 38 And tlie sons of .Tether ; 
 Jephunneh, and Pispah, and 
 Ara. 
 
 39 And the sons of Ulla ; Arah, 
 and Haniel, and Rezia. 
 
 40 All tlu'Pe irere the children 
 of Asher, heads of their iather'w 
 house, choice and miirhty men 
 of valour, chief of the princes. 
 And the number throuM:hout 
 the genealogy of them that were 
 
 apt to the war atut to battle teas ZaMi, 
 
 wife, Jo})ab, and Zibia, and Me- 
 pha, and Maleham, 
 
 10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and 
 Minna. Tliese were hie eonp, 
 heads of the fathers. 
 
 11 And of Hushim he begat 
 Abitub, and Elpaal. 
 
 12 The sons of Elnaal ; TAyer, 
 and Misham, and Sliamed, who 
 built Ono, and LcmJ, with tlie 
 towns thereof: 
 
 13 Beriah also, and Shema, who 
 ttere lieads cf the fathers of tlie 
 inhabitants of Aijal()n,wh()drove 
 away the iniiabitants of (Jath : 
 
 14 And Aliio, Shashak, and 
 Jeremotli, 
 
 15 And Zebadiali, and Arad, 
 and Ader, 
 
 10 And Michael, and Ippah, and 
 Joha, the sons otiicriah ; 
 
 17 And Zebadiali. and Mesliul- 
 lara, and Ht/.eki, an<l llebcr, 
 
 18 Ishnierai also, and Jezliah, 
 and Jobab, the P<mp of Elpaal ; 
 
 19 And .Jakim, and Ziclni, and 
 
 twenty and six thousand men. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 1 TJie sous and chief nwn of Benja- 
 min. .33 The stock of Saul and 
 Jonathan. 
 I^OW Benjamin l>egat Bela 
 Xl liis firstborn, Aslibel the 
 second, and Aharah tlie third, 
 
 2 Nohah the fourth, and Ra- 
 pha the fifth. 
 
 3 And the sons of Bela were, 
 Addar, and Gem, and Abihud, 
 
 4 And Abishua, and Naaman, 
 and Ahoah, 
 
 5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, 
 and Huram. 
 
 6 And these are the sons of 
 Ehud : these are the heads of 
 the fathers of the inhabitants of 
 Geba, and they removed them 
 to Manahath : 
 
 7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, 
 and G^ra, he removed them, 
 and begat Uzza, and Aliihud. 
 
 8 And Shaharaim begat chil- 
 dren in the countiy of Moab, 
 after he had sent them away; 
 Hushim and Baara were hie 
 vnves. 
 
 9 Aoid he begat of Hodeeh his 
 
 20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, 
 and Eliel, 
 
 21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, 
 and Shimrath, the pons of 
 Hhimlii ; 
 
 22 And Ishpan, and Heber, 
 and Eliel, 
 
 23 And Abdon, and Zichri, 
 and Hanan, 
 
 24 And Hananiah, and Elam, 
 and Antothijah, 
 
 25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, 
 the sons of Shashak; 
 
 26 And Shamsherai, and 8he- 
 hariah, and Athaliah, 
 
 27 And.Taresiah, and Eliah, and 
 Zichri, tlie sons of Jeroham. 
 
 28 These were heads of the fa- 
 thers, by their generations, chief 
 men. These dwelt in Jenisalem. 
 
 29 And at Gibeon dwelt the 
 father of Gibeon ; whose wife's 
 name was Maachah : 
 
 30 And his firstborn son Abdon, 
 and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, 
 and Nadab, 
 
 31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and 
 Zacher. 
 
 32 And Mildoth begat Shi^ 
 meah. And these also dwelt 
 
Tlie inhahitants 
 
 I. CHEONICLES, IX. 
 
 of Jerusalem, 
 
 with their brethren in Jerusa- 
 lem, over against them. 
 
 33 T And Ner begat Kish, and 
 Kish begat Saul, and Saul be- 
 gat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, 
 and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. 
 
 34 And the son of Jonathan 
 was Merib-baal ; and Merib- 
 baal begat Micah. 
 
 35 And the sons of Micah were, 
 Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, 
 and Ahaz. 
 
 36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah ; 
 and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, 
 and Azmaveth, and Zimii ; and 
 Zimri begat Moza, 
 
 37 And Moza begat Binea : 
 Kapha was his son, Eieasah his 
 son, Azel his son : 
 
 ! 38 And Azel had six sons, whose 
 names a7'e these, Azrikam, Bo- 
 cheru, and Ishmael, and Shea- 
 riah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. 
 All these wei^e the sons of A^el. 
 
 i 39 And the sons of Eshek his 
 
 1 brother were, Ulam his first- 
 born, Jehush the second, and 
 
 . Eliphelet the third. 
 
 40 And the sons of Ulam were 
 mighty men of valour, archers, 
 and had many sons, and sons' 
 sons, an hundred and fifty. All 
 
 , these are of the sons of Ben- 
 jamin. 
 
 JN CHAPTER IX. 
 
 1 Tke original of Israel's and Judah' s 
 
 I genealogies. 2 The Israelites, 10 the 
 priests, 14 and the Levites, with Ne- 
 
 j thinims, which dwelt in Jerusalem,. 
 
 \ 27 TJie charge of certain Levites. 
 35 Tlie stocJi of Saul and Jonathan. 
 
 SO all Israel were reckoned 
 by genealogies ; and, behold, 
 \ they were written in the book 
 . of the kings of Israel and Judah, 
 r who were carried away to Baby- 
 , Ion for their transgression. 
 j 2 T Now the first inhabitants 
 that dwelt in then* possessions 
 in theii' cities wei^e, the Israel- 
 I ites, the priests, Le\dtes, and the 
 Nethinims. 
 
 3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of 
 the children of Judah, and of 
 the children of Benjamin, and 
 of the children of Ephraim, and 
 Manasseh : 
 
 4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, 
 the son of Omri, the son of 
 Imri, the son of Bani, of the 
 children of Pharez the son of 
 Judah. 
 
 5 And of the Shilonites ; Asai- 
 ah the firstborn, and his sons. 
 
 6 And of the sons of Zerah; 
 Jeuel, and their brethren, six 
 hundred and ninety. 
 
 7 And of the sons of Benjamin ; 
 Sallu the son of Meshullam, the 
 son of Hodaviah, the son of Ha- 
 senuah, 
 
 8 And Ibneiah the son of Je- 
 roham, and Elah the son of 
 Uzzi, the son of IMichri, and 
 Meshullam the son of Shepha- 
 thiah, the son of Eeuel, the son 
 of Ibnijah; 
 
 9 And their brethren, according 
 to their generations, nine hun- 
 died and fifty and six. All these 
 men were chief of the fathers 
 in the house of their fathers. 
 
 10 H And of the priests ; Jedai- 
 ah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 
 
 11 And Azariah the son of 
 Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, 
 the son of Zadok, the son of 
 Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the 
 ruler of the house of God ; 
 
 12 And Adaiah the son of Je- 
 roham, the son of Pashur, the 
 son of Malchijah, and Maasiai 
 the son of Adiel, the son of 
 Jahzerah, the son of Meshul- 
 lam, the son of Meshillemith, 
 the son of Immer ; 
 
 13 And theii^ brethren, heads 
 of the house of their fathers, 
 a thousand and seven hundred 
 and threescore ; verj" able men 
 for the work of the service of 
 the house of God. 
 
 14 And of the Levites ; She- 
 maiah the son of Hasshub, the 
 son of Azrilmm, the son of Ha- 
 shabiah, of the sons of Merari ; 
 
 15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, 
 and Galal, and Mattaniah the 
 son of Micah, the son of Zichri, 
 the son of Asaph ; 
 
 16 And Obadiah the son of 
 Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the 
 son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah 
 the son of Asa, the son of Elka- 
 
27k? inhabitants 
 
 I. CHRONICLES, IX. 
 
 <if Jtmmkin. 
 
 illages 
 
 nah, tliat dwt'lt in the 
 of the Netophathitt^-H. 
 
 17 Ai\d the ixjiters fvere, Sluil- 
 liiin, and Akkub, and Tahnon, 
 andAlninan,andtlieirl)retliren: 
 8hallum wa.s the chief; 
 
 18 Who liitherto wailed in the 
 king's gate eju^tward : they were 
 portei-8 in the companies of the 
 cliildrcn of Levi. i 
 
 10 And ShaUuni the Bon of 
 Kore, the son of Eliiasaph, the 
 W)n of Korali, and his brethren, 
 of the liouse of his father, the | 
 Korahitcs, were over the w(jrk 
 of tlie service, keei)ers of the 
 pates of the UilxTnacle : and ! 
 tlieir fatliers, heiufi- over the 
 host of tlie LoKU, were keei^- . 
 ers of the entry. | 
 
 2(J And Phinehas the Bon of I 
 Kleazar was the niler over them 
 in time past, and the Lord UHUi | 
 with liim. 
 
 21 And Zecliariali the son of 
 IVIeslielemiali was iK)rter of the 
 door of tlie tabernacle of the 
 congregation. i 
 
 22 All these which were chosen 
 to Ix? porters in the gates were 
 two hnndred and twelve. These 
 were reckoned by their gene- 
 alogy in their villages, whom 
 David and Samuel the neer did 
 ordain in their set olfiL-e. 
 
 23 Ho they and their children 
 had the oversight of the gates of 
 the house of the IxmD, namely, ! 
 the house of the tabernacle, by ; 
 wards. | 
 
 24 In four rjuarters were the | 
 porters, toward the east, west, 
 north, and south. i 
 
 25 And their bretliren, which \ 
 ivere in their villages, were to 
 come after seven days from time 
 to time with them. 
 
 26 For these Levites, the four 
 chief porters, were in their set 
 oflSce, and were over the cham- 
 bers and treasuries of the house 
 of God. 
 
 27 ^ And they lodged round 
 about the house of God, because 
 the charge was upon them, and 
 the opening thereof every morn- 
 ing j^er/aiw^^/ to them. 
 
 28 And certain of them had 
 the charge of the iTiinistcring 
 vessels, that they should bring 
 them in and out by tale. 
 
 2i< Some of them also irere 
 appointed to oversee the vessels, 
 and all the instnunents of the 
 sjinctnary.andthe line Hour, and 
 the wine, and the oil, and the 
 frankincense, and the spices. 
 
 tiU And some of the wjns t)f the 
 Itriests made the ointment of the 
 spices. 
 
 31 And Mattithiah, oit£ of the 
 Levites, who was the tii"stlH)m 
 of Shalhnn the Konihit<*, had 
 the set oiWvti over the tilings 
 tliat were made in the pans. 
 
 32 And other of their bretliren, 
 of the pons of the Kohathites, 
 were over the shewbread, to 
 prepare it every sabljath. 
 
 1^ And tlbese are the singei-s, 
 chief of the fathers of the Levites, 
 who remaining in the chaml>ers 
 were free : l<)r they were employ- 
 ed hi that work day and night. 
 
 34 These chief fathers of the 
 Levites were cluef throughout 
 their generations; these dwelt 
 at Jerusalem. 
 
 35 •; And in Gibeon dwelt the 
 father of Gibeon, Jehiel, wlioBe 
 wife's name ivas Maachah : 
 
 3<3 And his tirstbom f^on Ab- 
 don, then Zur, and Kish, and 
 Baal, and Ner, and Nadab, 
 
 37 And Gedor, and Ahio, and 
 Zechariah, and Mikloth. 
 
 38 And Miklothljegat Shimeam. 
 And they also dwelt with their 
 brethren at Jeinisalem, over a- 
 gainst tlieir brethren. 
 
 39 And Ner begat Kish ; and 
 Kish begat Saul; and Saul be- 
 gat Jonathan, and IVIalchi-shua, 
 and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. 
 
 40 And the son of Jonatlian 
 was Merib-baal : and Merib- 
 baal begat Micah. 
 
 41 And the sons of Micah ivere, 
 Pithon, and Melech, and Tah- 
 rea, and Ahaz. 
 
 42 And Ahaz begat Jarah ; and 
 Jarah begat Alemeth, and Az- 
 maveth, and Zimri; and Zimri 
 begat Moza ; 
 
SauVs oveHhrm. I. CHRONICLES, X. David made king. 
 
 43 And Moza begat Binea ; and 
 Rephaiali Ms son, Eleasah his 
 son, Azel his son. 
 
 44 And Azel had six sons, 
 whose names are these, Az- 
 rikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, 
 and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and 
 Hanan : these were the sons of 
 Azel. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 1 Saul's overtJirovj and death. 8 The 
 Philistines triumx>h over Saul. 11 
 The Mndness of Jahesh-gilead to- 
 ivards Said and his sons. 13 Said's 
 sin, for ivhich the kingdom was 
 translated from him to David. 
 
 ^OW the Philistines fought 
 -i-N against Israel; and the 
 men of Israel fled from before 
 the Philistines, and fell down 
 slain in mount Gilboa. 
 
 2 And the Philistines followed 
 hard after Saul, and after his 
 sons ; and the Philistines slew 
 Jonathan, and Abinadab, and 
 Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. 
 
 3 And the battle went sore 
 against Saul, and the archers 
 hit him, and he was wounded 
 of the archers. 
 
 4 Then said Saul to his armour- 
 bearer, Draw thy sword and 
 tlirust me tln'ough therewith; 
 lest these uncircumcised come 
 and abuse me. But his ar- 
 mourbearer would not ; for he 
 was sore afraid. So Saul took 
 a sword, and fell upon it. 
 
 5 And when his armourbearer 
 saw that Saul was dead, he fell 
 likewise on the sword, and died. 
 
 6 So Saul died, and his thi^ee 
 sons, and all his house died 
 together. 
 
 7 And when all the men of 
 Israel that were in the valley 
 saw that they fled, and that Saul 
 and his sons were dead, then 
 they forsook their cities, and 
 fled : and the Philistines came 
 and dwelt in them. 
 
 8 H And it came to pa«s on 
 the morrow, when the Philis- 
 tines came to strip the slain, 
 that they found Saul and his 
 sons feUen in mount Gilboa. 
 
 9 And when they had stripped 
 
 him, they took his head, and his 
 armour, and sent into the land 
 of the Philistines round about, 
 to caiTy tidings unto their idols, 
 and to the people. 
 
 10 And they put his armour 
 in the house of their gods, and 
 fastened his head in the temple 
 of Dagon. 
 
 11 H And when all Jabesh- 
 gilead heard all that the Philis- 
 tines had done to Saul, 
 
 12 They arose, all the valiant 
 men, and took away the body 
 of Saul, and the bodies of his 
 sons, and brought them to Ja- 
 besh, and buried their bones 
 under the oak in Jabesh, and 
 fasted seven days. 
 
 13 H So Saul died for his trans- 
 gression which he committed 
 against the Lokd, even against 
 the word of the Lord, which 
 lie kept not, and also for asking 
 counsel of one that had a fami- 
 liar spirit, to enquire ofit; 
 
 14 And enquired not of the 
 Lord : therefore he slew him, 
 and turned the kingdom imto 
 David the son of Jesse. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 1 David by a general consent is made 
 Mng at Hebron. 4 He ivimieth the 
 castle of Zion from the Jehusifes 
 by Joab's valour. 10 A catalogue 
 of David's mighty vnen. 
 
 THEN all Israel gathered 
 themselves to David unto 
 Hebron, saying, Behold, we a7'e 
 thy bone and thy flesh. 
 
 2 And moreover in time past, 
 even when Saul was king, thou 
 tvast he that leddest out and 
 broughtest in Israel : and the 
 Lord thy God said unto thee, 
 Thou shalt feed my people Is- 
 rael, and thou shalt be ruler over 
 my people Israel. 
 
 3 Therefore came all the elders 
 of Israel to the king to Hebron ; 
 and David made a covenant with 
 them inHebronbefore the Lord ; 
 and they anointed David king 
 over Israel, according to the word 
 of the Lord by Samuel. 
 
 4 II And David and all Israel 
 went to Jerusalem, which is Je- 
 
A aUalogiw (^ 
 
 burt; where the .TehuwiteK icere, j 
 the inhahitnnts of the liuid. 
 
 ;j And tlie iiihahitJinti* of Je- 
 biiB Raid to David, Tliou shalt 
 not oome liither. NeverthelesH 
 David took the castle of Zion, 
 >vhi<h i.v tlie city of David. 
 
 And David said, WhowK^ver 
 Rniiteth the .lehusites lirvt nhall 
 l>e chief an<l captain. So .Iivih 
 tlie 8on (»f Zeruiah went hr^t up, 
 and wa^ chief. 
 
 7 And David dwelt in the 
 castle; thend'ore they adled it 
 the city of David, 
 
 S And he huilt the city round 
 alx>ut, even from Millo n)und 
 about : and .Toab repaired the 
 rest of the city. 
 
 \) So David waxed greater and 
 greater: for tlie Lord of hosts 
 »/v/.v with hiui. 
 
 1(1 • Thes<' also are the chief 
 of the mighty men wlmm David 
 luid, who strengthened them- 
 Belves with him in his kingdom, 
 and with all Israel, to make him 
 kinir, acconlimr to the word of 
 the ].oKiMon«'eniing Israel. 
 
 11 And this in the nnml>er of 
 the miirlity men whom David 
 had: .lashoheam, an Hachmon- 
 ite, the chief of the captains : he 
 lifted up his Pi>ear against three 
 hundred slain />///? j;« at one time. 
 
 12 And alter iiim 7/v/.y Eh*azar 
 the 8on of D<mIo, the Ahohite, 
 who was one of the three migh- 
 ties. 
 
 13 He was with David at Pas- 
 danimim, and there the Phi- 
 listines were gathered together 
 to battle, where was a i>arcel 
 of ground full of barley ; and 
 the i)eople fled from before the 
 Philistines. 
 
 14 And they set themselves in 
 the midst of that parcel, and 
 delivered it, and slew the Plii- 
 listines ; and the Lord saved 
 them by a great deliverance. 
 
 15 li Now three of the tliirty 
 captains went down to the rock 
 to Da\'id, into the cave of Adul- 
 1am ; and the host of the Philis- 
 tines encamped in the valley of 
 Rephaim. 
 
 I. CHRONICLES, XI. DaruTv nn,,hl,i „.„. 
 
 16 And David iruji then in the 
 hold, and the Philistines* garri- 
 son was then at Ikth-lehem. 
 
 17 An<l David longe<l, and said, 
 ( )h that one would give me drink 
 of the water of the well of lieth- 
 lehem, that is at the gate ! 
 
 IM And the thnn* bmke througlj 
 the ho«t of the Philistines, and 
 drew water out of tlie well ot 
 Beth-lehem, that was by the 
 gate, and t<K»k i7, and brought 
 it \x^ David: but David would 
 not drink nf it, but iK)ured it 
 out to the I^)RD 
 
 W) And wiid, Mv Oixl forbid it 
 me, tliat 1 shoidJ do this thing : 
 slinll I drink the bl<MKl of t hew 
 men that have put their lives in 
 jeopardy V lor with the jeopardj/ 
 of their lives they bn>ught it. 
 Therefore he would not drink 
 it. These things did these three 
 mightiest. 
 
 2() •" And Abifiliai the brother ol 
 .loab, he wa« chief of the three : 
 lor lifting up his si>ear ngainst 
 three hundixd, he slew M^r/i, and 
 liad a name among the three. 
 
 21 Of the three, he was more 
 honoundde than the two ; for h( 
 was their cai>tain : ]K)wl)eit he 
 attained not to iha first three. 
 
 22 }i<inaiah the son of Jehoi- 
 ada, the eon of a valiant man ol 
 Kab7.eel, who had done manj 
 acts ; he slew two lionlike men 
 of Moab : also he went down 
 and slew a lion in a pit in o 
 snowy day. 
 
 23 And he slew an Egj^^tian. 
 a man of great stature, fiv< 
 cubits high; and in the Egyp- 
 tian's hand was a spear like fi 
 weaver's beam; and he went 
 down to him with a staff, and 
 plucked the spear out of the 
 Eg>7)tian'8 hand, and slew him 
 with his o^vn si)ear. 
 
 24 These things did Benaiah 
 the son of Jehoiada, and had the 
 name among the three mighties. 
 
 2o Behold, he was honourable 
 among the thirty, but attained 
 not to the first three : and Da- 
 vid set him over his guard. 
 
 26 H Also the valiant men of 
 
^IThe mnpanies that I. CHEONICLES, XII. 
 
 came to David. 
 
 the armies were, Asahel the 
 brother of Joab, Elhanan the 
 son of Dodo of Beth-lehem, 
 
 27 Shammoth the Harorite, 
 Helez the Pelonite, 
 
 28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Te- 
 koite, Abi-ezer the Antothite, 
 
 29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, 
 Ilai the Ahohite, 
 
 30 Maharai the Netophathite, 
 Heled the son of Baanah the 
 Netophathite, 
 
 31 Ithai the son of Ribai of 
 Gibeah, thai pertained to the 
 children of Benjamin, Benaiah 
 the Pirathonite, 
 
 32 Hurai of the brooks of Ga- 
 ash, Abiel the Arbathite, 
 
 33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, 
 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, 
 
 34 The sons of Hashem the 
 Gizonite, Jonathan the son of 
 Shage the Hararite, 
 
 35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the 
 Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, 
 
 36 Hepher the Mecherathite, 
 Ahijah the Pelonite, 
 
 37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naa- 
 rai the son of Ezbai, 
 
 38 Joel the brother of Nathan, 
 Mibhar the son of Haggeri, 
 
 39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naha- 
 rai the Berothite, the armour- 
 bearer of Joab the son ofZeruiah, 
 
 40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the 
 Ithrite, 
 
 41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad 
 the son of Ahlai, 
 
 42 Adina the son of Shiza the 
 Renbenite, a captain of the Eeu- 
 benites, and thirty with him, 
 
 43 Hanan the son of Maachah, 
 and Joshaphat the Mithnite, 
 
 44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Sha- 
 ma and Jehiel the sons of Ho- 
 than the Aroerite, 
 
 45 Jediael the son of Shimri, 
 and Joha his brother, the Tizite, 
 
 46 Eliel the Maha^dte, and Jeri- 
 bai, and Josha^iah,the sons of El- 
 naam, and Ithmah the Moabite, 
 
 47 EHel, and Obed, and Jasiel 
 the Mesobaite. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 1 The companies that came to David 
 at Ziklag. 23 The armies that came 
 to him at Hebron. 
 
 "VTOW these are they that 
 jJM came to Da\'id to Ziklag, 
 while he yet kept himself close 
 because of Saul the son of Kish : 
 and they were among the migh- 
 ty men, helpers of the war. 
 
 2 Thej/ were armed with bows, 
 and could use both the right 
 hand and the left in hurling 
 stones and shooting arrows out 
 of a bow, even of Saul's bre- 
 thren of Benjamin. 
 
 3 The chief was Ahiezer, then 
 Joash, the sons of Shemaah 
 the Gibeathite ; and Jeziel, 
 and Pelet, the sons of Azma- 
 veth ; and Berachah, and Jehu 
 the Antothite, 
 
 4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, 
 a mighty man among the thirty, 
 and over the thirty ; and Jeremi- 
 ah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, 
 and Josabad the Gederathite, 
 
 5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and 
 Bealiah, and Shemariah, and 
 Shephatiah the Haruphite, 
 
 6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and 
 Azareel, and Joezer, and Jasho- 
 beam, the Korhites, 
 
 7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, 
 the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. 
 
 8 And of the Gadites there se- 
 parated themselves unto Da^id 
 into the hold to the wilderness 
 men of might, and men of war 
 fit for the battle, that could han- 
 dle shield and buckler, whose 
 faces were like the faces of lions, 
 and were as swift as the roes 
 upon the mountains ; 
 
 9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the 
 second, Eliab the third, 
 
 10 Mishmannah the fourth, 
 Jeremiah the fifth, 
 
 11 Attai the sixth, Ehel the 
 seventh, 
 
 12 Johanan the eighth, Elza- 
 bad the ninth, 
 
 13 Jeremiah the tenth, Mach- 
 banai the eleventh. 
 
 14 These were of the sons of 
 Gad, captains of the host : one 
 of the least was over an him- 
 dred, and the greatest over a 
 thousand. 
 
 15 These are they that went 
 over Jordan in the first month, 
 
Tlie armed troops I. CHRONICLES, XII. that came to Laiul. 
 
 when it liad overflo\ni all his 
 hanks ; and they put to fliglit all 
 them of the valleys, both toward 
 the east, and toward the west. 
 
 16 And there came of the chil- 
 dren of Benjamin and Judah to 
 the hold unto David. 
 
 17 And David went ont to meet 
 them, and answered and said 
 unto them. If ye l)e come peace- 
 ably unto me to help me, mine 
 heart shall be knit unto you : 
 but if pe be come to betray me 
 to mine enemies, seeing there 
 is no wrong in mine hands, the 
 God of our fathers look thereon, 
 and rebuke it. 
 
 18 Then the spirit came upon 
 Amasai, who teas chief of the 
 captains, and he said. Thine 
 are we, David, and on thy side, 
 thou son of Jesse : peace, peace 
 he unto thee, and peace be to 
 thine helpers ; for thy God help- 
 eth thee. Tlien David received 
 them, and made them captains 
 of the band. 
 
 19 And there fell same of Ma- 
 nasseh to David, when he came 
 with the Philistines against 8aul 
 to battle : but they helped them 
 not : for the lords of the Philis- 
 tines ujion ad\isement sent him 
 away, saying, He will fall to his 
 master Saul to the jeopardy of 
 our heads. 
 
 20 As he went to Ziklag, there 
 fell to liim of Manasseh, Ad- 
 nah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, 
 and Michael, and Jozabad, and 
 Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of 
 the thousands that were of Ma- 
 nasseh. 
 
 21 And they helped Da\dd a- 
 gainst the band of the rovers: 
 for they were all mighty men 
 of valoiu", and were captains in 
 the host. 
 
 22 For at that time day by day 
 there came to David to help 
 him, until it was a great host, 
 like the host of God. 
 
 23 H And these are the num- 
 bers of the bands that were 
 ready armed to the war, and 
 came to David to Hebron, to 
 turn the kingdom of Saul to 
 
 him, according to the word of 
 the Lord. 
 
 24 The children of Judah that 
 bare shield and si)ear were six 
 thousand and eight hundred, 
 ready armed to the war. 
 
 2o Of the cliildren of Simeon, 
 mighty men of valour for the 
 war, seven thousand and one 
 hundred. 
 
 2G Of the children of Levi fcjur 
 tliousand and six hundred. 
 
 27 And Jehoinda ivas the lender 
 of the Aaronites, and with him 
 were three thousand and seven 
 hundred ; 
 
 28 And Zadok, a young man 
 mightv of valour, and of liie 
 fathers house twenty and two 
 captains. 
 
 29 And of the children of P^n- 
 jamin, the kindred of Saul, three 
 thousand : for hitherto the great- . 
 est jiart of them had kept the ** 
 ward of the house of Saul. 
 
 30 And of the children (f 
 Ephraim twenty thousand and 
 eight hundred, mighty men of 
 valour, famous throughout the 
 house of their fathers. 
 
 31 And of the half tribe of Ma- 
 nasseh eighteen thousand, which 
 were expressed by name, to ccrae 
 and make David Icing. 
 
 32 And of the children of Issa- 
 char, which were men that had 
 understanding of the times, to 
 know what Israel ought to do ; 
 the heads of them icere two 
 hundred ; and all their brethren 
 ivere at their commandment. 
 
 33 Of Zebulun, such as went 
 forth to battle, expert in war, 
 with all instruments of war, fif- 
 ty thousand, which could keep 
 rank : they were not of double 
 heart. 
 
 34 And of Naphtali a thou- 
 sand captains, and with them 
 with shield and spear thirty and 
 seven thousand. 
 
 35 And of the Danites expert 
 in war twenty and eight thou- 
 sand and six hundred. 
 
 36 And of Asher, such as went 
 forth to battle, expert in war, 
 forty thousand. 
 
The arlcfetclied I. CHKONICLES, Xni.fmnKirjatJi-jeanm. 
 
 37 And on the otlier side of 
 Jordan, of the Eeubenites, and 
 the Gadites, and of the half 
 tribe of Manasseh, with all 
 manner of instruments of war 
 for the battle, an hmidred and 
 twenty thousand. 
 
 38 All these men of war, that 
 could keep rank, came with a 
 perfect heart to Hebron, to 
 make David king over all Is- 
 rael: and all the rest also of 
 Israel were of one heart to 
 make Da^dd king. 
 
 39 And there they were with 
 David thi-ee days, eatmg and 
 drinking: for their brethren 
 had prepared for them. 
 
 40 Moreover they that were 
 nigh them, even unto Issachar 
 and Zebulun and Naphtah, 
 brought bread on asses, and on 
 camels, and on mules, and on 
 oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of 
 figs, and bunches of raisins, and 
 wine, and oil, and oxen, and 
 sheep abundantly: for there 
 teas joy in Israel. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 1 David fetclietli the avTc loitJi great 
 solemnity from KirjatJi-jearim, 9 
 Uzza being smitten, the ark is left 
 at the house of Obed-edom. 
 
 AND David consulted with 
 - the captains of thousands 
 and hmidreds, and with every 
 leader. 
 
 2 And David said unto all the 
 congregation of Israel, Hit seem 
 good unto you, and that it be of 
 the LoKD our God, let us send 
 abroad unto onr brethren every 
 where, that are left in all the 
 land of Israel, and with them 
 also to the priests and Levites 
 vjhich are in their cities and 
 suburbs, that they may gather 
 themselves imto us : 
 
 3 And let us bring again the 
 ark of our God to us : for we 
 enqmi'ed not at it in the days 
 of Saul. 
 
 4 And all the congregation said 
 that they would do so : for the 
 thing was right in the eyes of 
 all the people. 
 
 5 So David gathered aU Israel 
 
 together, from Shihqr of Egypt 
 even unto the entering of He- 
 math, to bring the ark of God 
 from Kirjath-jearim. 
 
 6 And David went up, and all 
 Israel, to Baalah, that is, to liir- 
 jath-jeai'im, which belonged to 
 Judah, to bring up thence the 
 ark of God the Lokd, that 
 dwelleth betiveen the cherub- 
 ims, whose name is called on it. 
 
 7 And they carried the ark of 
 God in a new cart out of the 
 house of Abinadab : and Uzza 
 and Ahio drave the cart. 
 
 8 And David and all Israel 
 played before God with all their 
 might, and with singhig, and 
 with hai^ps, and with psalteries, 
 and with timbrels, and with 
 cymbals, and with trumpets. 
 
 9 H And when they came un- 
 to the threshingfloor of Chidon, 
 Uzza put forth his hand to hold 
 the ark ; for the oxen stumbled. 
 
 10 And the anger of the Lord 
 was kindled against Uzza, and 
 he smote him, because he put 
 his hand to the ark : and there 
 he died before God. 
 
 11 And David was displeased, 
 because the Loed 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, saying, How shall 
 I bring the ark of God home to 
 me? 
 
 13 So David brought not the 
 ark home to himself to the city 
 of David, but carried it aside 
 into the house of Obed-edom 
 the Gittite. 
 
 14 And the ark of God remain- 
 ed with the family of Obed-edom 
 in his house three months. And 
 the LoED blessed the house of 
 Obed-edom, and all that he had. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 1 Hiram's Mndness to David. 2 Da- 
 vid's felicity in people, wives, aiid 
 children. 8 His tivo victories a- 
 gainst the Philistines. 
 \T0W Hiram king of Tyre 
 -LN sent messengers to Da- 
 vid, and timber of cedars, with 
 
Tlie PhUistines I. CHRONICLES, XV. twice defeaied. 
 
 15 And it Bhall be, when thou 
 
 maeons and carpenters, to build 
 liim an house. 
 
 2 And DaWd perceived that 
 the Lord had confirmed him 
 king over Israel, for his king- 
 dom was lifted up on liigh, be- 
 cause of his people Israel. 
 
 3 ^ And David took more wives 
 at Jerusalem : and David begat 
 more sons and daughters. 
 
 4 Now these are the names of 
 his children which he had in 
 Jerusalem ; Shammua, and Sho- 
 bab, Nathan, and Solomon, 
 
 5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and 
 Elpalet, 
 
 6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and 
 Japhia, ■ 
 
 7 And Elishama, and Beeliada, 
 and Eliphalet. 
 
 8 ^ And when the Pliilistines 
 lieard that David was anointed 
 king over all Israel, all the Phi- 
 listines went up to seek David. 
 
 shalt hear a sound of going in 
 the tops of the mulberry trees, 
 that then thou shalt go out to 
 battle : for God is gone forth 
 before thee to smite the host of 
 the Philistines. 
 
 16 David therefore did as God 
 conmiunded him: and they 
 smote tlie liost of the Philistines 
 from Gibeon even to Gazer. 
 
 17 And the fame of David went 
 out into all lands ; and the Lord 
 brought the fear of liim upon all 
 nations. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 1 David, having prepared a place for 
 the ark, ordereth the priests and 
 Levifes to hring it from Obed-edom. 
 2.3 He perf</rmeth the solemnity 
 thereof with great joy. 29 Michal 
 despise th him. 
 
 i j A ND David made him houses 
 
 L- I XJL in the city of David^ and 
 
 prepared a place for the ark of 
 
 And David heard of it, and G(Ki. and pitched for it a tent. 
 
 went out against tliem. 
 
 9 And the Philistines came 
 and spread themselves in the 
 valley of Rephaim. 
 
 10 And David enquired of 
 God, saying, Sliall I go up a- 
 gainst the Philistines ? and wilt 
 thou deliver them into mine 
 hand? And the Lord said un- 
 to him, Go up ; for I will deliver 
 them into thine hand. 
 
 11 So they came up to Baal-pe- 
 razim; and David smote them 
 there. Then Da\id said, God 
 hath broken in upon mine ene- 
 mies by mine hand like the 
 breaking forth of waters : there- 
 fore they called the name of 
 that place Baal-perazim. 
 
 12 And when they had left 
 their gods there, David gave a 
 commandment, and they were 
 burned with fire. 
 
 13 And the Philistines yet a- 
 gain spread themselves abroad 
 in the valley. 
 
 14 Therefore David enquired 
 again of God ; and God said un- 
 to him. Go not up after them ; 
 turn away from them, and come 
 upon them over against the mul- 
 berry trees. 
 
 2 Tlien David said. None ought 
 to carry the ark of God but the 
 Levites : for them hath the Lord 
 chosen to carry the ark of God, 
 and to minister unto liim for ever. 
 
 3 And David gathered all Is- 
 rael together to Jerusalem, to 
 bring up the ark of the Lord 
 imto his place, which he had 
 prepared for it. 
 
 4 And David assembled the 
 children of Aaron, and the Le- 
 vites: 
 
 5 Of the sonsofKohath; Uriel 
 the chief, and his brethren an 
 hundred and twenty : 
 
 6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah 
 the chief, and his brethren two 
 hundred and twenty : 
 
 7 Of the sons of Gershom; 
 Joel the chief, and his brethren 
 an hundred and thirty : 
 
 8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; 
 Shemaiah the chief, and his 
 brethren two hundred : 
 
 9 Of the sons of Hebron ; Eliel 
 the chief, and his brethren four- 
 score : 
 
 10 Of the sons of Uzziel ; Am- 
 minadab the chief, and his bre- 
 thren an hundred and twelve. 
 
 11 And David called for Zadok 
 
The ark brought 
 
 and Abiathar tlie priests, and 
 for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, 
 and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, 
 and Amminadab, 
 
 12 And said unto them, Ye are 
 the chief of the fathers of the 
 Levites: sanctify yourselves, 60/^ 
 ye and your brethren, that ye 
 may bring up the ark of the 
 Lord God of Israel unto the 
 place that I have prepared for it. 
 
 13 For because ye did it not 
 at the first, the Lord our God 
 made a breach upon us, for that 
 we sought him not after the due 
 order. 
 
 14 So the priests and the Le- 
 vites sanctified themselves to 
 bring up the ark of the Lord 
 God of Israel. 
 
 15 And the children of the Le- 
 vites bare the ark of God upon 
 their shoulders with the staves 
 thereon, as Moses commanded 
 according to the word of the 
 Lord. 
 
 16 And David spake to the 
 chief of the Levites to appoint 
 their brethi'en to be the sing- 
 ers with instruments of musick, 
 psalteries and harps and cym- 
 
 CHEONICLES, XV. up to Zion. 
 
 pheleh, and Mikneiah, and 
 Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and A- 
 zaziah, with harps on the She- 
 minith to excel. 
 
 22 And Chenaniah, chief of the 
 Levites, was for song: he in- 
 structed about the song, because 
 he was skilful. 
 
 23 And Berechiah and Elkanah 
 were doorkeepers for the ark. 
 
 24 And Shebaniah, and Jeho- 
 shaphat, and Nethaneel, and A- 
 masai, and Zechariah, and Be- 
 naiah, and Eliezer, the priests, 
 did blow with the trumpets 
 before the ark of God: and 
 Obed-edom and Jehiah ivere 
 doorkeepers for the ark. 
 
 25 IT So David, and the elders 
 of Israel, and the captains over 
 thousands, went to bring up the 
 ark of the covenant of the Lord 
 out of the house of Obed-edom 
 with joy. 
 
 26 And it came to pass, when 
 God helped the Levites that 
 bare the ark of the covenant of 
 the Lord, that they offered seven 
 bullocks and seven rams. 
 
 27 And David was clothed with 
 a robe of fine linen, and all the 
 
 bals, sounding, by lifting up the I Le\ates that bare the ark, and 
 
 voice with joy. 
 17 So the Levites appointed 
 
 the singers, and Chenaniah the 
 master of the song with the sing- 
 
 Heman the son of Joel ; and of \ ers : David also had upon Mm 
 
 his brethren, Asaph the son of 
 Berechiah; and of the sons of 
 Merari their brethren, Ethan 
 the son of Kushaiah ; 
 18 And with them their bre- 
 thren of the second degree, Ze- 
 
 an ephod of linen. 
 28 Thus all Israel brought up 
 the ark of the covenant of the 
 Lord with shouting, and with 
 sound of the cornet, and with 
 trumpets, and with cymbals, 
 
 chariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and 1 making a noise with psalteries 
 Shemiramoth, and Jeluel, and i and harps 
 
 Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and 
 Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and 
 Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and O- 
 bed-edom, and Jeiel, the porters. 
 
 19 So the singers, Heman, 
 Asaph, and Ethan, were ap- 
 pointed to sound with cjTiibals 
 of brass; 
 
 20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, 
 and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, 
 and Unni, and Ehab, and Maa- 
 seiah, and Benaiah, with psal- 
 teries on Alamoth ; 
 
 21 And Mattithiah, and Eli- 
 
 29 H And it came to pass, as 
 the ark of the covenant of the 
 Lord came to the city of David, 
 that Michal the daughter of Saul 
 looking out at a window saw 
 king David dancing and play- 
 ing: and she despised him in 
 her heart. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 1 David's festival sacrifice. 4 He or. 
 dereth a choir to sing thanlsgiving. 
 7 The psalm of thanlsgiving. 37 
 He appointeth, ministers, porters, 
 priests, and musicians, to attend 
 continually on the ark. 
 
DavicCs x>8cdm 
 
 I. CHRONICLES, XVI. of thanksifwino. 
 
 S' 
 
 O^ they brought the ark of ; his judgments are in all the 
 earth. 
 
 15 Be ye mindful always of his 
 covenant; the word which he 
 comnianded to a thousand ge- 
 nerations ; 
 
 IG Even of the covenant which 
 he made with Abraham, and of 
 his oath unto Isaac ; 
 
 17 And hath confirmed the 
 same to Jacob for a law, and to 
 Israel for an everlasting cove- 
 nant, 
 
 18 Saying, Unto thee will I give 
 the land of Canaioi, tlie lot of 
 your inheritance ; 
 
 19 When ye were but few, even 
 a few, and strangers in it. 
 
 20 And when they went from 
 nation to nation, and from one 
 kingdom to another people ; 
 
 21 He suflered no man to do 
 tliem wrong : yea, he reproved 
 kings lor their sakes, 
 
 22 Sat/ing, Touch not mine an- 
 ohited, and do my prophets no 
 haiTQ. 
 
 23 Sing mito the Lord, all the 
 earth; shew forth from day to 
 day his salvation. 
 
 24 Declare his glory among the 
 heathen; liis niiirvellous works 
 among all nations. 
 
 25 For great is the Lord, and 
 greatly to be praised : he also is 
 to be feared above all gods. 
 
 26 For all the gods of the peo- 
 ple are idols: but the Lord 
 made the heavens. 
 
 27 Glory and honour are in his 
 presence ; strength and gladness 
 are in his place. 
 
 28 Give unto the Lord, ye kin- 
 dreds of the people, give unto 
 the Lord glory and strength. 
 
 29 Give imto the Lord the 
 gloiy due unto his name : biing 
 an offering, and come before 
 him: worship the Lord in the 
 beauty of holiness. 
 
 30 Fear before him, all the 
 earth: the world also shall be 
 stable, that it be not moved. 
 
 31 Let the heavens be glad, and 
 let the earth rejoice : and let 
 men say among the nations, The 
 Lord reigneth. 
 
 > God, and set it in tlie midst 
 of the tent that David had pitch- 
 ed for it : and they ollered bunit 
 sacrifices and peace oflerings be- 
 fore God. 
 
 2 And when David had made 
 an end of oftering the bimit ol- 
 fermgs and the peace otferings, 
 he blessed the people in the 
 name of the Lord. 
 
 3 And he dealt to every one of 
 Ismel, both man and woman, to 
 eveiy one a loaf of bread, and a 
 good piece of flesh, and a flagon 
 of wine. 
 
 4 H And he appointed certain 
 of the Levites to minister before 
 the ark of the Lord, and to re- 
 cord, and to thank and praise 
 the Lord God of Israel : 
 
 5 Asaph tlie chief, and next to 
 him Zecliariah. Jeiel, and She- 
 miramoth,and.Jehiel.andMatti- 
 thiah, and Eliab, and Benaiali, 
 and Obed-edom :_and Jeiel witli 
 psalteiies and with harps; but 
 Asaph made a sound with cym- 
 bals; 
 
 6 Benaiah also and Jaliaziel 
 the priests with tnmipets con- 
 tmually before the ark of the 
 covenant of God. 
 
 7 H Then on that day David 
 delivered first this psalm to 
 thank the Lord into the hand 
 of Asaph and his brethren. 
 
 8 Give thanks imto the Lord, 
 call upon his name, make known 
 liis deeds among the people. 
 
 9 Sing unto him, sing psalms 
 unto him, talk ye of all liis won- 
 drous works. 
 
 10 Glory ye in his holy name : 
 let the heart of them rejoice that 
 seek the Lord. 
 
 11 Seek the Lord and his 
 strength, seek his face conti- 
 nually. 
 
 12 Eemember his marvellous 
 works that he hath done, his 
 w^onders, and the judgments of 
 his mouth ; 
 
 13 O ye seed of Israel his ser- 
 vant, ye children of Jacob, his 
 chosen ones. 
 
 14 He is the Lord our God; 
 
The Levites left I. CHRONICLES, XVII. to wait on the arlc. 
 
 32 Let the sea roar, and the 
 fulness thereof: let the fields 
 rejoice, and all that is therein. 
 
 33 Then shall the trees of the 
 wood sing out at the presence 
 of the LoKD, because he cometh 
 to judge the earth. 
 
 34 O give thanks unto the 
 Lord; for he is good; for his 
 mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 35 And say ye. Save us, O God 
 of our salvation, and gather us 
 together, and deliver us from 
 the heathen, that we may give 
 thanks to thy holy name, and 
 glory in thy praise. 
 
 36 Blessed he the Lord God of 
 Israel for ever and ever. And 
 all the people said. Amen, and 
 praised the Lord. 
 
 37 H So he left there before the 
 ark of the covenant of the Lord 
 Asaph and his brethren, to min- 
 ister before the ark continually, 
 as every day's work required : 
 
 38 And Obed-edom with their 
 brethi'en, threescore and eight; 
 Obed-edom also the son of Je- 
 dutliun and Hosah to be por- 
 ters: 
 
 39 And Zadok the priest, and 
 his brethren the priests, before 
 the tabernacle of the Lord in 
 the high place that was at Gi- 
 beon, 
 
 40 To ofier burnt offerings unto 
 the Lord upon the altar of the 
 burnt offering continually morn- 
 ing and evening, and to do ac- 
 cording to all that is written in 
 the law of the Lord, which he 
 commanded Israel ; 
 
 41 And with them Heman and 
 Jeduthun, and the rest that were 
 chosen, who were expressed by 
 name, to give thanks to the Lord, 
 because his mercy endureth for 
 ever ; 
 
 42 And with them Heman and 
 Jeduthun with trumpets and 
 c>Tnbals for those that should 
 make a sound, and with musical 
 instruments of God. And the 
 sons of Jeduthun were porters. 
 
 43 And all the people departed 
 every man to his house : and Da- 
 vid returned to bless his house. 
 
 CHAPTER XYII. 
 
 1 Naflmn first app-oving the purpose 
 of David, to huild God an house, 3 
 after hy the icord of God forhiddeth 
 Mm. 11 He pro^niseth him blessings 
 and benefits in his seed. 16 David's 
 prayer and thanlisgiving. 
 
 "^OW it came to pass, as Da- 
 -i-N \dd sat in his house, that 
 David said to Nathan the prc- 
 phet, Lo, I dwell in an house cf 
 cedai-s, but the ark of the cc- 
 verant of the Lord remain eih 
 under curtains. 
 
 2 Then Nathan said unto La- 
 ^id, Do all that is m thine heait ; 
 for God is with thee. 
 
 3 ^ And it came to pass the 
 same night, that the word of 
 God came to Nathan, saying, 
 
 4 Go and tell David my ser- 
 vant, Thus saiththe Lord, Thcu 
 shalt not build me an house to 
 dwell in : 
 
 5 For I have not dwelt in an 
 house since the day that I 
 brought up Israel unto this day ; 
 but have gone from tent to tent, 
 and from one tabernacle to an- 
 other. 
 
 6 Wheresoever I have walked 
 with all Israel, spake I a word 
 to any of the judges of Israel, 
 whom I commanded to feed my 
 people, saying, Whj^ have ye not 
 built me an house of cedars ? 
 
 7 Now therefore thus shalt thcu 
 say unto my servant David, 
 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I 
 took thee from the sheepcote, 
 even from following the sheep, 
 that thou shouldest be ruler over 
 my people Israel : 
 
 8 And I have been with thee 
 whithersoever thou hast walk- 
 ed, and have cut off 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 Also I wdll ordain a place for 
 my people Israel, and will plant 
 them, and they shall dwell in 
 their place, and shall be moved 
 no more ; neither shall the chil- 
 dren of wickedness waste them 
 any more, as at the beginning, 
 
DaviiTs psalm I. CHRONICLES, XVIII. of IhanWuiao. 
 
 10 And since the time tliat 1 1 name of fjreatness and terriljle- 
 
 coramanded judires to be over |neBs,]jyflrivin?r out nations from 
 
 my people Ismel. Moreover I 
 ynW subdue all tliine enemies. 
 Fui-themiore I toll thee that the 
 Lord will build thee an house. 
 11 ^ And it shall come to pass. 
 
 before thy people, whom thou 
 hast redeemed out of Egyi)t? 
 
 22 For thy people Israel didst 
 thou make thine owni peoi)le for 
 
 ver ; and thou, Lord, becamest 
 
 when thy days be expired that their God. 
 thou must po to he with thy fa- I 2l> Therefore now, Lord, let the 
 thers, that I will raise up thy thinir that tliou hast spoken eon- 
 seed after thee, which shall be ceniinp thy servant and concem- 
 of tliy sons ; and I will establish in?^ his house be established for 
 liis langdom. ever, and do as thou hast said. 
 
 12 He shall build me an house, | 24 Let it even b(; established, 
 and I will stablish liis throne for , that thy name may be magni- 
 ever. tied for ever, saying, The Lord 
 
 13 I ^v^ll be his father, and he | of hosts is the God of Israel, 
 shall be my son : and I will not i even a God to Israel : and let 
 take my mercy away from him, \ the house of David thy servant 
 
 as I took it from him that was 
 before thee : 
 
 14 But I ^vfll settle him in mine 
 house and in my kingdom lor 
 ever: and his tlirone shall be 
 establislied for evermc^re. 
 
 15 According to all these words, 
 and accorduig to all this vision, 
 so did Nathan speak unto David. 
 
 16 II And David the king-came 
 and sat before the Lord, and 
 said. Who am I, O Lord God, 
 and what aV im'iie house, that 
 thou hast bruuglit me hitherto? 
 
 17 And yet this was a small 
 thing in thine eyes, O God ; for 
 thou hast also spoken of thy 
 servant's house for a great while 
 to come, and hast regarded me 
 according to the estate of a man 
 of high degree, O Lord God. 
 
 18 What can David .sp^aA: more 
 to thee for the honour of thy 
 servant? for thou knowest thy 
 servant. 
 
 19 O Lord, for thy servant's 
 sake, and according to thine own 
 heart, hast thou done all this 
 greatness, in making known all 
 these great things. 
 
 20 O Lord, there is none like 
 thee, neither is there any God 
 beside thee, according to all that 
 we have heard with our ears. 
 
 21 And what one nation in the 
 earth is like thy people Israel, 
 whom God went to redeem to he 
 his own people, to make thee a 
 
 he established l)efore thee. 
 
 25 For thou, O my God, hast 
 told thy servant that thou wilt 
 build him an liouse : therefore 
 thy servant hath Ibund in his 
 heart to pray before thee. 
 
 2G And now. Lord, thou art 
 God, and hast promised this 
 goodness unto thy servant : 
 
 27 Now therefore let it please 
 thee to bless the house of thy 
 servant, that it may be before 
 thee for ever : for thou blessest, 
 
 Lord, and it shall be blessed 
 for ever. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 1 David $Khdi(€th the Philisfinfis find 
 the Moahites. 3 He amiteth Hadar- 
 ezer and the Syrians. 9 Ton cend- 
 etli Hadoram ivith presents to bless 
 David. 11 21ie j)resents 4xml the 
 spoil David dedicateth to God. 13 
 He putfeth ffarriso^is in Edom. 14 
 David's officers. 
 
 IVrOW after this it came to 
 JlN pass, that David smote the 
 Philistines, and subdued them, 
 and took Gath and her towns out 
 of the hand of the Philistines. 
 
 2 And he smote Moab; and 
 the Moabites became David's 
 sen-ants, and brought gifts. 
 
 3 ^ And David smote Hadar- 
 ezer king of Zobah unto Ha- 
 math, as he went to stablish 
 his dominion by the river Eu- 
 phrates. 
 
 4 And David took from him 
 a thousand chariots, and seven 
 
David suhdueih I. CHRONICLES, XIX. 
 
 his enemies. 
 
 thousand horsemen, and twenty- 
 thousand footmen: David also 
 houghed all the chariot horses, 
 but resei'\^ed of them an hmi- 
 dred chariots. 
 
 5 And when the Syiians of 
 Damascus came to help Hadar- 
 ezer kmg of Zobah, David slew 
 of the Syrians two and twenty 
 thousand men. 
 
 6 Then David put garrisons 
 in Syria-damascus ; and the Sy- 
 rians became David's servants, 
 and brought gifts. Thus the 
 LoKD preserved David whither- 
 soever he went. 
 
 7 And David took the shields 
 of gold that were on the sers^ants 
 of Hadarezer, and brought them 
 to Jerusalem. 
 
 8 Likewise from Tibhath, and 
 from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, 
 brought Da^id very much brass, 
 wherewith Solomon made the 
 brasen sea, and the pillars, and 
 the vessels of brass. 
 
 9 !i Now when Tou king of 
 Hamath heard how Da^id had 
 smitten all the host of Hadar- 
 ezer king of Zobah ; 
 
 10 He sent Hadoram his son to 
 king David, to enqmi^e of his 
 welfare, and to congratulate him, 
 because he had fought against 
 Hadarezer, and smitten him; 
 (for Hadarezer had war with 
 Tou;) and with him all man- 
 ner of vessels of gold and silver 
 and brass. 
 
 11 IF Them also king Da^^d 
 dedicated unto the Loed, with 
 the silver and the gold that he 
 brought fi'om all these nations ; 
 from Edom, and from Moab, 
 and from the children of Am- 
 mon, and from the Philistines, 
 and from Amalek. 
 
 12 Moreover Abishai the son of 
 Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in 
 the valley of salt eighteen thou- 
 sand. 
 
 13 H And he put garrisons in 
 Edom; and all the Edomites 
 became David's servants. Thus 
 the LoKD preserved David whi- 
 thersoever he went. 
 
 14 H So David reigned over all 
 
 Israel, and executed judgment 
 and justice among all his people. 
 
 15 And Joab the son of Zerui- 
 ah was over the host ; and Je- 
 hoshaphat the son of Ahilud, 
 recorder. 
 
 16 And Zadok the son of Ahi- 
 tub, and Abimelech the son of 
 Abiathar, ivere the priests ; and 
 Shavsha was scribe ; 
 
 17 And Benaiah the son of Je- 
 hoiada was over the Cherethites 
 and the Pelethites ; and the sons 
 of David were chief about the 
 king. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX 
 1 David's messengers, sent to comfort 
 Hanun the son of Naliash, are vil- 
 lanously entreated. 6 The Ammon- 
 ites, strengthened hy the Syrians, 
 are overcome hy Joab and Abishai. 
 16 Shophach, making a new supply 
 of the Syrians, is slain hy David. 
 
 "M^OW it came to pass after 
 X 1 this, that Nahash the king 
 of the children of Animon died, 
 and his son reigned hi his stead. 
 
 2 And David said, I will shew 
 kindness unto Hanun the son of 
 Nahash, because his father shew- 
 ed kmdness to me. And David 
 sent messengers to comfort him 
 concerning his father. So the 
 servants of David came into the 
 land of the childi^en of Amnion 
 to Hanun, to comfoii: him. 
 
 3 But the princes of the chil- 
 dren of Animon said to Hanun, 
 T hink pst thou that David doth 
 honour thy father, that he hath 
 sent comforters unto thee? are 
 not his servants come unto thee 
 for to search, and to overthrow, 
 and to spy out the land ? 
 
 4 Wherefore Hanun took Da- 
 vid's sen-ants, and shaved them, 
 and cut off thek garments in the 
 midst hard by their buttocks, 
 and sent them away. 
 
 5 Then there went certain, and 
 told David how the men were 
 served. And he sent to meet 
 them : for the men were greatly 
 ashamed. And the Idng said, 
 Tarry at Jericho until your 
 beards be grown, and thenretiun. 
 
 6 % And when the childien of 
 Ammon saw that they had made 
 
 Z2 
 
The AmmmiU's I. CHRONICLES, XX. are overcome. 
 
 themselves odious to David, Ha- ' that they were put to the worse 
 nun and the children of Animon ' before Israel, they sent niessen- 
 
 sent a thousand talents of silver 
 to hire tliem cliariots and horse- 
 men out of Mesopotamia, and 
 out of 8yria-maachah, and out 
 of Zobah. 
 7 80 they hired thirtv and two 
 
 p:ers, and drew fortli the Syrians 
 that 7i'ere beyond the river : and 
 Shophach the captain of the host 
 of Hadarezer tveJit before them. 
 ^ 17 And it was told David ; and 
 thcrrd all Israel, and pass- 
 
 thousand cliariots. and the kin.tr led over Jordan, and ( 
 
 of Maachfili and liis people ; win 
 came and pitched beibre Mede- 
 ba. And the chikhen of Amnion 
 {gathered themselves together 
 from then- cities, and came to 
 battle. 
 
 8 And when David heard of it, 
 he sent Joab, and all the host of 
 the mij-dity men. 
 
 9 And the cliikhen of Am- 
 nion came out, and i)ut the bat- 
 tle in array before the gate of 
 the city: and the kings that 
 were come ivere by themselves 
 in the field. 
 
 10 Now when Joab saw that 
 the battle was set against him 
 before and behind, he chose out 
 of all the choice of Israel, and 
 put them in aw^ against the 
 Syrians. 
 
 11 And the rest of the people 
 he delivered unto the hand of 
 Abishai his brother, and they 
 set themselves in array against 
 the cliildren of Amnion. 
 
 12 And he said. If the Syrians 
 be too strong for me, then thou 
 slialt help me : but if the cliil- 
 dren of Ammon be too strong 
 for thee, then I mil help thee. 
 
 13 Be of good courage, and let 
 us behave oiu'selves valiantly 
 for our people, and for the cities 
 of oiu- God : and let the Lord 
 do that which is good in his 
 sight. 
 
 14 So Joab and the people that 
 wei'e with him drew nigh before 
 the Syrians unto the battle ; and 
 they fled before him. 
 
 15 And when the children of 
 Ammon saw that the Sjrrians 
 were fled, they likewise fled be- 
 fore Abishai lus brother, and en- 
 tered into the city. Then Joab 
 came to Jerusalem. 
 
 16 H And when the Syrians saw 
 
 anie upon 
 them, and set the battle in array 
 agahist them. So when David 
 had put the battle in airay a- 
 gainst the Syrians, they fought 
 with him. 
 
 18 But the Syrians fled before 
 Israel ; and David slew of the Sy- 
 rians seven thousand men which 
 fought in cliariots, and forty 
 thousand footmen, and killed 
 Shophach the captain of the 
 liost. 
 
 19 And when the ser^'ant8 of 
 Hadarezer saw that they were 
 put to the worse before Israel, 
 they made peace with David, 
 and became his servants : nei- 
 ther would the Syrians help the 
 children of Ammon any more. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 1 Rahhah is besieged by Joab, spoiled 
 by David, ava the people (hereof 
 tortured, i Hiree guints are slain 
 in three several overthroics of the 
 Philistines. 
 
 AND it came to pass, that 
 after the year was expired, 
 at the time that kings go out to 
 battle, Joab led forth the power 
 of the army, and wasted the 
 country of the children of Am- 
 mon, and came and besieged 
 Rabbah. But David tarried at 
 Jerusalem. And Joab smote 
 Rabbah, and destroyed it. 
 
 2 And David took the crown 
 of their king from off" his head, 
 and found it to weigh a talent 
 of gold, and there were pre- 
 cious stones in it; and it was 
 set upon David's head : and he 
 brought also exceeding much 
 spoil out of the city. 
 
 3 And he brought out the peo- 
 ple that were in it, and cut them 
 with saws, and with harrows of 
 iron, and with axes. Even so 
 dealt David with all the cities 
 
The people 
 
 I. CHRONICLES, XXI. 
 
 are numhered. 
 
 of the cMldren of Ammon. And 
 David and all the people return- 
 ed to Jerusalem. 
 
 4 IF And it came to pass after 
 this, that there arose war at 
 Gezer with the Philistines; at 
 which time Sibbechai the Hu- 
 shathite slew Sippai, that was 
 ofthe children of the giant: and 
 they were subdued. 
 
 5 And there was war again with 
 the Philistines; and Elhanan 
 the son of Jair slew Lahmi the 
 brother of Goliath the Gittite, 
 whose spear stdiS was like a wea- 
 ver's beam. 
 
 6 And yet again there was war 
 at Gath, where was a man of 
 great stature, whose fingers and 
 toes were four and twenty, six 
 on each hand, and six on each 
 
 foot : and he also was the son of 
 the giant. 
 
 7 But when he defied Israel, 
 Jonathan the son of Shimea 
 David's brother slew him. 
 
 8 These were born unto the 
 giant in Gath ; and they fell by 
 the hand of David, and by the 
 hand of his servants. 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 1 David, tempted by Satan, forceth 
 Joah to number the people. 5 The 
 number of the people being brought, 
 David rejpenteth of it. 9 David 
 having three plagues propounded 
 by Gad chooseth the pestilence. 14 
 After the death of seventy thousand, 
 David by repentance preventeth the 
 destruction of Jerusalem. 18 Da- 
 vid, by Gad's direction, purchaseth 
 Oman's threshing floor : where hav- 
 ing built an altar, God giveth a 
 1 sign of his favour by fire, and stay- 
 I ■ eth the plague. 28 David sacrifice'th 
 ] there, being restrahied from' Gibe- 
 I on by fear of the angel. 
 
 AND Satan stood up against 
 I -OL Israel, and provoked David 
 I to number Israel. 
 'j 2 And David said to Joab and 
 to the rulers of the people. Go, 
 I number Israel from Beer-sheba 
 I even to Dan; and bring the 
 • number of them to me, that I 
 i may know it. 
 
 3 And Joab answered, The 
 LoED make his people an hun- 
 dred times so many more as they 
 
 be : but, my lord the king, are 
 they not all my lord's Servian ts ? 
 why then doth my lord require 
 this thing? why will he be a 
 cause of trespass to Israel ? 
 
 4 Nevertheless the king's word 
 prevailed against Joab. Where- 
 fore Joab departed, and went 
 throughout all Israel, and came 
 to Jerusalem. 
 
 5 HAnd Joab gave the sum of 
 the number of the people unto 
 David. And all thet/ o/" Israel 
 were a thousand thousand and 
 an hundi'ed thousand men that 
 drew sword : and Judah was four 
 hundred threescore and ten thou- 
 sand men that di'ew sword. 
 
 6 But Levi and Benjamin 
 counted he not among them: 
 for the king's word was abo- 
 minable to Joab. 
 
 7 And God was displeased with 
 this thing; therefore he smote 
 Israel. 
 
 8 And David said unto God, 
 I have sinned greatly, because 
 I have done this thing: but 
 now, I beseech thee, do away 
 the iniquity of thy servant ; for 
 I have done very foolishly. 
 
 9 1[ And the Lord spake unto 
 Gad, David's seer, saying, 
 
 10 Go and tell David, saying, 
 Thus saith the Loed, I offer 
 thee three things: choose thee 
 one of them, that I may do it 
 unto thee. 
 
 11 So Gad came to David, and 
 said unto him, Thus saith the 
 LoED, Choose thee 
 
 12 Either three years' famine ; 
 or three montks to be destroyed 
 before thy foes, while that the 
 sword of thine enemies over- 
 taketh thee ; or else three days 
 the sword of the Loed, even 
 the pestilence, in the land, and 
 the angel of the Loed destroy- 
 ing throughout all the coasts of 
 Israel. Now therefore advise 
 thyself what word I shall bring 
 again to him that sent me. 
 
 13 And David said unto GM, 
 I am in a great strait: let me 
 fall now into the hand of the 
 Loed; for very great are liis 
 
God stayeth 
 
 I. CHRONICLES, XXII. 
 
 mercies: but let me not fall 
 into the hand of man. 
 14 H Fo the Lord sent peRtilence 
 upon Israel : and there fell of 
 Israel seventy thousand men. 
 . 15 And God sent an anpel un- 
 to Jenisalem to destroy it : and 
 as he was destroyinir, the Lord 
 beheld, and lie repented liini of 
 the evil, and said to the an^'el 
 that destroyed, It is enough, stay 
 now tliine hand. And the angel 
 of the Lord stood by the thresh- 
 ingfloor of Oman the Jebusite. 
 
 16 And David lifted up his eyes, 
 and saw the angel of the Lord 
 stand between the earth and the 
 heaven, having a drawn sword 
 in his hand stretched out over 
 Jerusalem. Then David and 
 the elders of Israel, who were 
 clothed in sackcloth, fell upon 
 their faces. 
 
 17 And David said unto Cod, 
 Is it not I that commanded the 
 
 i people to be numbered? even 
 [ it is that have sinned and done 
 evil indeed ; but as for these 
 sheep, what have they done? 
 let thine hand, I pray thee, O 
 Lord my God, be on me, and 
 on my father's house ; but not 
 on thy people, that they should 
 be i^lagued. 
 
 18 *i Then the angel of the 
 
 the placmc. 
 
 thou shalt grant it me for the 
 full price : that the plague may 
 be stayed from the people. 
 
 23 And Oman said unto Da- 
 vid, Take it to thee, and let 
 ray lord the king do that ichich 
 is good in his eyes : lo, I give 
 thee the oxen a /so for burnt 
 oflerings, and tlie threshing 
 instruments for wood, and the 
 wheat for the meat oflering; I 
 give it all. ^ 
 
 24 And king David said to Or- ■ 
 nan. Nay ; but I will verily buy I 
 it for the full price: for I ^\ill| 
 not take that which is thine for 
 the Lord, nor ofier burnt ofier- 
 ings ^\^thout cost. 
 
 25 Ho David gave to Oman for I 
 the place six hundred shekels of I 
 gold by weight. 
 
 2G And Da^^d built there an 
 altar unto the Lord, and offer- 
 ed burnt offerings and peace 
 offerings, and called upon the 
 Lord; and he answered him 
 from heaven by fire upon the 
 altar of burnt offering. 
 
 27 And the Lord command- 
 ed the angel; and he put vp 
 his sword again into the sheath 
 thereof. 1 
 
 28 H At that time when Davidf 
 saw that the Lord had answered ■ 
 him in the threshingfloor of Or- 
 
 LoRD commanded Gad to say to nan the Jebusite, then he sacri- 
 
 David, that David should go up, 
 and set up an altar unto the i 
 
 ficed there. 
 29 For the tabernacle of the 
 
 Lord in the threshingfloor of Lord, which Moses made in the 
 
 Oman the Jebusite. 
 
 19 And David went up at the 
 saying of Gad, which he spake ] 
 in the name of the Lord. | 
 
 20 And Oman turned back, and 
 
 wildemess, and the altar of the 
 burnt offering, were at that sea- 
 son in the high place at Gibeon. 
 30 But David could not go be- 
 fore it to enquire of God : for he 
 
 saw the angel ; and his four sons was afraid because of the sword 
 
 with him hid themselves. Now 
 Oman was threshing wheat. 
 
 21 And as David came to Or- 
 nan, Oman looked and saw 
 Da^id, and went out of the 
 threshingfloor, and bowed him- 
 self to David with his face to 
 the ground. 
 
 22 Then David said to Oman, 
 Grant me the place of this 
 threshingfloor, that I may build 
 an altar therein unto the Lord : 
 
 of the angel of the Lord. 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 
 1 David ,forel-nowing the place of the 
 temple, j/repareth abundance for the 
 huitding of it. 6 He instructeth So- 
 lomon in God's promises, and hi8 
 duty in building the temple. 17 He 
 chargeth the pinnces to assist his 
 son. 
 
 THEN Da\dd said. This is the 
 house of the Lord God, and 
 this is the altar of the burnt 
 offering for Israel. 
 
DavicTs charge I. CEEONICLES, XXII. 
 
 2 And David commanded to 
 gather together the strangers 
 that we7'e in the land of Is- 
 rael; and he set masons to 
 hew wrought stones to build 
 the house of God. 
 
 3 And David prepared iron in 
 abundance for the nails for the 
 doors of the gates, and for the 
 joinings; and brass in abun- 
 dance without weight ; 
 
 4 Also cedar ti-ees in abun- 
 dance: for the Zidonians and 
 they of Tyre brought much 
 cedar wood to Da^dd. 
 
 5 And David said, Solomon 
 my son is yoimg and tender, 
 and the house that is to be 
 builded for the Loud must be 
 exceeding magnifical, of fame 
 and of glory throughout all 
 countries : I will therefore now 
 make preparation for it. So Da- 
 vid prepared abundantly before 
 his death. 
 
 6 f Then he called for Solo- 
 mon his son, and charged him 
 to build an house for the Lord 
 Godof Isi-ael. 
 
 7 And David said to Solomon, 
 My son, as for me, it was in my 
 mind to build an house unto the 
 name of the Loed my God : 
 
 8 But the word of the Loed 
 came to me, saying. Thou hast 
 shed blood abundantly, and hast 
 made great wars : thou shalt not 
 build an house unto my name, 
 because thou hast shed much 
 blood upon the earth in my 
 sight. 
 
 9 Behold, a son shall be bom 
 to thee, who shall be a man of 
 rest; and I will give him rest 
 from all his enemies round a^ 
 bout : for his name shall be Solo- 
 mon, and I will give peace and 
 quietness unto Israel in his days. 
 
 10 He shall build an house for 
 my name ; and he shall be my 
 eon, and I will be his father; 
 and I will establish the tlirone of 
 his kingdom over Israel for ever. 
 
 11 Now, my son, the Loed be 
 with thee ; and prosper thou, and 
 build the house of the Lord thy 
 God, as he hath said of thee. 
 
 to Solcfnon. 
 
 12 Only the Lord give thee 
 wisdom and understandmg, and 
 give thee charge concerning Is- 
 rael, that thou mayest keep the 
 law of the Lord thy God. 
 
 13 Then shalt thou prosper, if 
 thou takest heed to fulfil the 
 statutes and judgments which 
 the Lord charged Moses with 
 concerning Israel: be strong, 
 and of good courage ; dread not, 
 nor be dismayed. 
 
 14 Now, behold, in my trouble 
 I have prepared for the house of 
 the Lord an hundred thousand 
 talents of gold, and a thousand 
 thousand talents of silver ; and 
 of brass and iron without weight ; 
 for it is in abundance : timber 
 also and stone have I prepared ; 
 and thou mayest add thereto. 
 
 15 Moreover there are work- 
 men with thee in abundance, 
 hewers and workers of stone 
 and timber, and all manner of 
 cmming men for every manner 
 of work. 
 
 16 Of the gold, the silver, and 
 the brass, and the iron, there 
 is no number. Arise therefore, 
 and be doing, and the Lord be 
 with thee. 
 
 17 IF Da^dd also commanded all 
 the priuces of Israel to help So- 
 lomon his son, saying, 
 
 18 Is not the Lord your God 
 with you? and hath he not giv- 
 en you rest on every side? for 
 he hath given the inhabitants 
 of the land into mine hand ; and 
 the land is subdued before the 
 Lord, and before his people. 
 
 19 Now set your heart, and your 
 soul to seek the Lord your God ; 
 arise therefore, and build ye the 
 sanctuary of the Lord God, to 
 bring the ark of the coverant of 
 the L<mD, and the holy vessels 
 of God, into the house that is to 
 be built to the name of the Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIIL 
 
 1 David in his old age maJceth Solo- 
 mon king. 2 TIw numher and dis- 
 tribittion of the Levites. 7 lite fa- 
 milies of the Gershanifes. 12 Tlie 
 sons of KoTiafh. 21 Tlie sous of Me- 
 rari. 21 Tlie office of the Levites. 
 
David maJcdh I. CHRONICLES, XXIII. Solomon hnn. 
 
 SO wlien David Wtis old and 
 full of days, he made Solo- 
 mon liis Bon kin^' over Israel. 
 
 2 ^ And he fratliered to{?ethor 
 all the princes of Israel, with 
 the priests and the Levites. 
 
 3 Now the I^evites were nnm- 
 b3red from the aire of thiiiy 
 years and iii)ward: and their 
 numlxir by their polls, man by 
 man, was tliirty and eight thou- 
 Faiid. 
 
 4 Of which, twenty and four 
 thousand iccre to set fnnvard the 
 work of the hous<' of the L<»Hi>; 
 and six thousand tvere otlicerH 
 and judges : 
 
 5 Moreover four thousand tcere 
 portfTs ; and four thousand i)rais- 
 ed the liOiin with the instru- 
 ments which I nuide, said Da- 
 vid^ to praise thereicith. 
 
 6 And David divided them into 
 coni'Bes among the sons of Levi, 
 namely, Gershon, Kohath, and 
 Me ran. 
 
 7 ![ Of the Geivhonites were, 
 Laadan, and Sliimei. 
 
 8 The sons of Laadan; the 
 chief teas Jehiel, and Zetham, 
 and Joel, three. 
 
 9 The sons of 8himei ; Shelo- 
 mith, and Haziel, and Haran, 
 three. These ivere the chief of 
 tlie fathers of Laadan. 
 
 10 And the sons of Shimei were, 
 .Tahath, Zina, and Jeush, and 
 Beriah. These four were the 
 sons of Shimei. 
 
 11 And .Tahath was the chief, 
 and Zizah the second: but Je- 
 ush and Beriah had not many 
 sons; therefore they were in 
 one reckoning, according to 
 their father's house. 
 
 12 \ The sons of Kohath ; Am- 
 ram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, 
 fonr. 
 
 13 The sons of Amram ; Aaron 
 and Moses : and Aaron was se- 
 parated, that he should sanctify 
 the most holy things, he and his 
 sons for ever, to burn incense be- 
 fore the Lord, to minister unto 
 him, and to bless in his name 
 for ever. 
 
 14 Now concerning^ Moses the 
 
 man of Go<l, his sons were 
 named of the tril)e of Levi. 
 
 15 The sons of Moses tvcre, 
 Gershom, and Eliezer. 
 
 1() Of the sons of Gershom, 
 Shebuel ?/y/.s^ the chief. 
 
 17 And the sons of Eliezer 
 7/'^7r, Kehabiah the chief. And 
 Eliezer had none other sons; 
 but the sons of IJehabiah were 
 veiy many. 
 
 IS Of the sons of Izhar; She- 
 loniith the chief. 
 
 I'J Of tlie sons of Hebron; 
 Jeriah the first, Amariah the 
 second, Jahaziel the third, and 
 Jekameam the fourth. 
 
 2() Of the sons of Uzziel ; Mi- 
 cah the lirst, and Jesiah the 
 second. 
 
 21 ^ The sons of Merari ; 
 Mahli, and Mushi. The sons 
 of Mahli ; Eleazar, and Kish. 
 
 22 And Eleazar died, and hatl 
 no sons, but daughters : and 
 their brethren the sons of Kish 
 took them. 
 
 23 The eons of Mushi ; Mahli, 
 and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. 
 
 24 If These were the sons of 
 Levi after the house of their 
 fathers; even the chief of the 
 fathers, as they were counted by 
 number of names by their polls, 
 that did the work for the service 
 of the house of the Lord, from 
 the age of twenty years and up- 
 ward. 
 
 25 For David said, The Lord 
 God of Israel hath given rest 
 unto his people, that they may 
 dwell in Jerusalem for ever : 
 
 26 And also unto the Levites ; 
 they shall no more carry the ta- 
 bernacle, nor any vessels of it 
 for the service thereof. 
 
 27 For by the last words of Da- 
 vid the Levites were numbered 
 from twenty years old and above : 
 
 28 Because their office was to 
 wait on the sons of Aaron for 
 the sendee of the house of the 
 Lord, in the courts, and in the 
 chambers, and in the purifying 
 of all holy things, and the work 
 of the service of the house of 
 God; 
 
The dimsions 
 
 29 Both for the shewbread, and 
 for the fine fioiirfonneat ofi'ering, 
 and for the unleavened cakes, 
 and for that tvhich is baked in 
 the pan, and for that which is 
 fried, and for all manner of 
 measure and size ; 
 
 30 And to stand every morning 
 to thank and praise the Lord, 
 and hkewise at even ; 
 
 31 And to ofier all burnt sa- 
 a'ifices unto the Lord in the 
 sabbaths, in the new moons, and 
 on the set feasts, by number, ac- 
 cording to the oixier commanded 
 unto them, contmually before 
 the Lord : 
 
 32 And that they should keep 
 the charge of the tabernacle of 
 the congregation, and the charge 
 of the holy^;/£?c^, and the charge 
 of the sons of Aaron theh bre- 
 thi-en, in the service of the house 
 of the Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 1 The divisicns of the sons of Aarcn 
 
 hy lot into four and tiuenty orders. 
 
 20 llie Kohathites, 27 and the Me- 
 
 rarites divided hy lot. 
 
 'l^OW these are the divisions 
 Xi of the sons of Aaron. The 
 sons of Aaron ; Nadab, and A- 
 bihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 
 
 2 But Nadab and Abihu died 
 before their father, and had no 
 children : therefore Eleazar and 
 Ithamar executed the priest's 
 office. 
 
 3 And David distributed them, 
 both Zadok of the sons of Elea- 
 zar, and Ahimelech of the sons 
 of Ithamar, according to then- 
 offices m their ser^dce. 
 
 4 And there were more chief 
 men found of the sons of Elea- 
 zar than of the sons of Ithamar ; 
 and thus were they divided. A- 
 mong the sons of Eleazar there 
 were sixteen chief men of the 
 house of their fathers, and eight 
 among the sons of Ithamar ac- 
 cording to the house of then- 
 fathers. 
 
 5 Thus were they divided by 
 lot, one sort with another; for 
 the governors of the sanctuar\% 
 
 I. CHRONICLES, XXIV. of the priests. 
 
 God, were of- the sons of Elea- 
 zar, and of the sons of Ithamar. 
 
 6 And Shemaiah the son of 
 Nethaneel the scribe, one of the 
 Levites, wrote them before the 
 Idng, and the princes, and Za- 
 dok the priest, and Ahimelech 
 the son of Abiatbar, and before 
 the chief of the^ fathers of the 
 priests and Levites: one prin- 
 cipal household being taken 
 for Eleazar, and one taken for 
 Ithamar. 
 
 7 Now the first lot came forth 
 to Jehoiarib, the second to Je- 
 daiah, 
 
 8 The thii-d to Eaiim, the 
 fourth to Seorim. 
 
 9 The fifth to l^Ialchijah, the 
 sixth to Mijamin, 
 
 10 The seventh to Halvkoz, the 
 eighth to Abijah, 
 
 11 The ninth to Jeshuah, the 
 tenth to Shecaniah, 
 
 12 The eleventh to Eliashib, 
 the twelfth to Jakim, 
 
 13 The tliu'teenth to Hurrah, 
 the fourieenth to JcFhebeab, 
 
 14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the 
 sixteenth to Immer. 
 
 15 The seventeenth to Hezir, 
 the eighteenth to Aj^hses. 
 
 16 The nineteenth to Pethn- 
 hiah. the twentieth to Jehezekel, 
 
 17 The one and twentieth to 
 Jachhi, the two and twentieth 
 to GamuL 
 
 18 The three and twentieth to 
 Delaiah, the four and twentieth 
 to Maaziah. 
 
 19 These were the orderings 
 of them in their service to come 
 mto the house of the Lord, ac- 
 cording to their manner, under 
 Aaron their father, as the Lori> 
 God of Israel had commanded 
 him. 
 
 20 *l And the rest of the sons of 
 Levi were these : Of the sons of 
 Amram ; Shubael : of the sons 
 of Shulael; Jehdeiah. 
 
 21 Concerning Eehabiah: of 
 the Fons of Eehabiah, the first 
 was Isshiah. 
 
 22 Of the Izharites: Shelo- 
 moth: of the sons of Shelo- 
 
 and governors of the hoiise of ' moth ; Jahath. 
 
 Z3 
 
Tlie diiisioiiS 
 
 I. CHRONICLES, XXV. 
 
 of Ote siiiifei's. 
 
 23 And tlio sons of Hebron ; 
 Jeiiuli the first, Aniariah tlie 
 second, Jaliaziel tlie third, Je- 
 kameam the fourtli. 
 
 24 (ff the sons of Uzziel ; Mi- 
 chah : of the sons of ]\Iichah ; 
 Shamir. 
 
 2") Tlie brother of Micliah fras 
 Issliiah : of the sons of Isshiah; 
 Zechariah. 
 
 2G The «ons of Merari were 
 IVIahli and iMushi : the sons of 
 Jaaziah : 1^'no. 
 
 imijihesied with a liarp, to jqve 
 thanks and to praise the Lord. 
 
 4 Of Henian : the sons of 
 Henian ; Hukkiah, Mattam'ah, 
 Uzziel, Shehucl, and .Tcrinioth, 
 Hananiah, Hanani, Kliathah, 
 Giddalti, and Jlnniamti-ezer, 
 Joshln'kashah, :Mallothi, Ho- 
 thir, and ^lahazioth : 
 
 T) All tliese tcere the sons of 
 Henian the kinK''8 seer in the 
 wortls of God, to lift up the 
 honi. And God pave to He- 
 
 27 *^ The sons of IVIerari by i man fourteen sons and three 
 
 Jaaziah ; Heno, and Slioham, 
 and Zaccur, and Ibri. 
 
 dauirhters. 
 <) All these jaere 
 
 under the 
 
 28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who hands of tln'ir father fur son«< in 
 
 had no sons. ^ 
 
 21) Conceriiinpc Kisli 
 of Kish was .lerahmeel. 
 
 iiO The sons also of I\rushi 
 Mahli, and Eder, and.bMimoth 
 These were the sons of the Le 
 
 the house of the Lord, with cym- 
 
 the son \ bals, psalteries, and han>s, lor 
 
 I the service of the house of God, 
 
 i accordinir to the kinjr's order to 
 
 I Asai)h, Jediithun, and Henian. 
 
 So the number of them, with 
 
 ites after the house of their their bretlu-en that were instruct- 
 
 fiithers. 
 
 ed in the songs of the Lord, even 
 
 31 These likewise cast lots over i all that were cunning, was two 
 
 a'zainst their brethren the sons 
 of Aaron in the i»n*scnce of Da- 
 vid th<" kinir, and Zadok, and 
 AhiiiK'lccli, and the chief of the 
 fathers of the priests and Levites, 
 even the principal fathere over 
 against their younger brethi'en. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 1 The n>anl>er ami o^ces of the sing- 
 ers. 8 Their divimon by lot into 
 four and ttcenty ardent. 
 
 MOREOVER David and 
 the captains of the host 
 saparated to the service of the 
 sons of Asaph, and of Heman, 
 and of Jeduthun, who should 
 prophesy ^vith hai-ps, with psal- 
 teries, and Nvith cj^mbals: and 
 the number of the workmen ac- 
 cording to tlieir service was : 
 
 2 Of the sons of Asaph ; Zac- 
 cur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, 
 and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph 
 under the hands of Asaph, which 
 prophesied according to the or- 
 d^r of the Idng. 
 
 3 Of Jeduthun; the sons of 
 Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, 
 and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and 
 Mattithiah, six, under the hands 
 of their father Jeduthun, who 
 
 hundred fourscoi-e and eight. 
 
 8 H And they cast lots, ward 
 against ivard, as well the small 
 as the great, tlie teacher as the 
 scholar. 
 
 9 Now the first lot came forth 
 for Asaph to Joseph : the se- 
 cond to Gedaliah, who >vith his 
 brethren and sons ivere twelve : 
 
 10 The third to Zaccur, he, 
 his sons, and liis brethren, were 
 twelve : 
 
 11 The fourth to Izri, he, liLs 
 sons, and his brethren, were 
 twelve : 
 
 12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, 
 his sons, and his brethren, were 
 twelve : 
 
 13 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, 
 his sons, and his brethren, ivere 
 twelve : 
 
 14 The seventh to Jesharelah, 
 he, his sons, and his brethren, 
 were twelve : 
 
 15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, 
 his sons, and his brethren, were 
 twelve : 
 
 16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, 
 his sons, and his brethren, were 
 twelve : 
 
 17 The tenth to Shimei, he. 
 
Thedivisims ^ I. CHEONICLES, XXVI. 
 
 of tJie poiieis. 
 
 his sons, and his brethren, were 
 twelve : 
 
 18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, 
 his sons, and his brethren, tvere 
 twelve : 
 
 19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, 
 he, his sons, and his brethren, 
 were twelve : 
 
 20 The thirteenth to Shnbael, 
 he, his sons, and his brethi^en, 
 were twelve : 
 
 21 The fourteenth to Matti- 
 thiah, he, his sons, and his bre- 
 thren, were twelve : 
 
 22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, 
 he, his sons, and his brethren, 
 were twelve : 
 
 23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, 
 he, his sons, and his brethren, 
 were twelve : 
 
 24 The seventeenth to Josh- 
 bekashah, he, his sons, and his 
 brethren, were twelve : 
 
 25 The eighteenth to Hanani, 
 he, his sons, and his brethien, 
 were twelve : 
 
 ■ 26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, 
 he, his sons, and his brethren, 
 were twelve : 
 
 27 The twentieth to Eliathah, 
 he, his sons, and his brethren, 
 were twelve : 
 
 28 The one and twentieth to 
 Hothir, he, his sons, and his 
 brethren, were twelve : 
 
 29 The two and twentieth to 
 Giddalti, he, his sons, and his 
 brethren, were twelve : 
 
 30 The three and twentieth to 
 Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his 
 brethren, were twelve : 
 
 31 The four and twentieth to 
 Eomamti-ezer, he, his sons, and 
 his brethren, were twelve. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 1 T7?e divisions of the porters. 13 The 
 gates assigned hy lot. 20 The Le- 
 vites that had charge of the trea- 
 sures. 29 Officers and judges. 
 
 CONCERNING the divisions 
 of the porters : Of the Kor- 
 hites was Meshelemiah the son 
 of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. 
 2 And the sons of Meshelemiah 
 were, Zechariah the firstborn, 
 Jediael the second, Zebadiah the 
 third, Jathniel the fourth, 
 
 3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan 
 the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. 
 
 4 Moreover the sons of Obed- 
 edom were, Shemaiah the first- 
 bom, Jehozabad the second, 
 Joah the third, and Sacar the 
 fourth, and Nethaneel the filth, 
 
 5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar 
 the seventh, Peulthai the eighth : 
 for God blessed him. 
 
 6 Also mito Shemaiah liis 
 son were sons born, that ruled 
 throughout the house of their 
 father: for they were mighty 
 men of valour. 
 
 7 The sons of Shemaiah; 
 Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, 
 Elzabad, whose brethren were 
 strong men, Elihu, and Sema- 
 chiah. 
 
 8 All these of the sons of Obed- 
 edom : they and their sons and 
 their brethren, able men for 
 strength for the service, were 
 threescore and two of Obed- 
 edom. 
 
 9 And Meshelemiah had sons 
 and brethren, strong men, eigh- 
 teen. 
 
 10 Also Hosah, of the children 
 of Merari, had sons ; Simri the 
 chief, (for though he was not the 
 firstborn, yet his father made 
 him the chief;) 
 
 11 Hilldah the second, Teba- 
 hah the third, Zechariah the 
 fourth: all the sons and bre- 
 thren of Hosah were thirteen. 
 
 12 Among these were the di- 
 visions of the porters, even a- 
 mong the chief men, having- 
 wards one against another, to 
 minister in the house of the 
 Lord. 
 
 13 H And they cast lots, as well 
 the small as the great, according 
 to the house of theii- fathers, for 
 every gate. 
 
 14 And the lot eastward fell to 
 Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah 
 his son, a wise counsellor, they 
 cast lots ; and his lot came out 
 northward. 
 
 15 To Obed-edom southward; 
 and to his sons the house cf 
 Asuppim. 
 
 16 To Shuppim and Hosah the 
 
TJie U^pers I. CHRONICLES, XXVII. qfihe treasures. 
 
 29 % Of the IzharitefJ, Cliena- 
 niah and liin sons were for the 
 outward business over Ismel, for 
 otiicei-s and jnd^es. 
 
 30 And of tlie Ilebronites, 
 Hashabiah and liis brethren. 
 
 /ot came forth v/estward, with 
 the ^ate Sliallecheth, by the 
 causeway of the going up, ward 
 ajxainst ward. 
 17 ICastward ivere six Levites, 
 nortliward four a day, southward 
 
 four a day, and toward Asuppim | men of valour, a thousand and 
 
 two an I two. | seven luuKli-d were officers a- 
 
 18 At Parl)ar westward, four at mong them oi Israel on tin's side 
 
 the causeway, a.'/r/ two at Parbar. i Jordan westward in all the bu- 
 ll) These are the divisions oflsiness of the Lord, and m the 
 
 the porters among the sons of service of tlie king. 
 
 Kore, and among the sons of 
 Merari. 
 20 t And of the Levites, Ahi- 
 
 31 Among the Hebronit<^s tvas 
 Jerijah the chief, even among 
 the Hebronites, according to 
 
 jalwtTcXsover the treasures of the tlie generations of his fathers. 
 
 house of G<kI, and over tlie trea- 
 sures of the dedicated things. 
 
 In the lortieth year of the reign 
 of David they were sought for. 
 
 21 As coneernin'^ the sons of and there were found among 
 
 liaadan; the sons of the Ger- 
 sho]iite Laadan, chief fathers, 
 even of Laadan the Gershonite, 
 were Jehieli. 
 
 22 The sons of Jehieli; Ze- 
 tliam, and Joel his brother, 
 
 them mighty men of valour at 
 Jazer of Gilead. 
 32 And his brethren, men of 
 valour, wei'e two tlionsand and 
 seven hundred chief fathei-s, 
 whom king David made rulers 
 
 wliich were over the treasures : over the Peubenites, the Gad- 
 
 of the house of the Lord. 
 
 I ites, and the half tribe of Ma- 
 
 .23 Of the Amramites. and the nasseh, for every matter per- 
 Izharites, the Hebronites, and taining to God, and afi'airs of 
 the Uzzielites : t the king. 
 
 24 And Shebuel the Bon of i CHAPTER XXVII 
 Gei-shom the son of Moses, ivas \ ^ j^,, /,,,.^^., ,„^v»Hs/or every seve. 
 ruler ol tlie treasures. \ rul month. 1(J The princes of the 
 
 25 And his brethren by Elie- tivelve tribes. 2:i The mmibering of 
 zer; Rehabiah his son, and Je-| the iyeopleis hindered. 25 David a 
 shaiah his son, and Jomm his j »<^verul officers. 
 
 son, and Zichri his son, and i IVTOW the children of Israel 
 Shelomith his son. ^ ^ | jJN after their number, to wit, 
 
 26 Which Shelomith and his , the chief fathers and captains of 
 brethren ivere over all the trea- thousands and hundreds, and 
 siires of the dedicated things, i their oiTicers that served the king 
 -^hich David the king, and the i in any matter of the courses, 
 chief fathere, the captains over | wliich came in and went out 
 thousands and hundreds, and I month by month throughout all 
 
 the captains of the host, had 
 dedicated. 
 
 27 Out of the spoils won in 
 battles did they dedicate to main- 
 tain the house of the Lord. 
 
 23 And all that Samuel the 
 seer, and Saul the son of Kish, 
 and Abiier the son of Ner, and 
 Joab the son of Zeruiah, had 
 dedicated; and whosoever had 
 dedicated an]/ thing", it was un- 
 der the hand of Shelomith, and 
 of his brethren. 
 
 the months of the year, of every 
 course tvere twenty and four 
 thousand. 
 
 2 Over the first course for the 
 first month was Jashobeam the 
 son of Zabdiel: and in his 
 coulee vjere twenty and four 
 thousand. 
 
 3 Of the children of Perez was 
 the chief of all the captains of 
 the host for the fii-st month. 
 
 4 And over the course of the 
 second month was Dodai an 
 
Tlie captains 
 
 I. CHRONICLES, XXVII. /or every mmtlu 
 
 Ahohite, and of his course was 
 Mikiotli also tlie ruler: in his 
 course likewise were twenty and 
 four thousand. 
 
 5 The tliird captain of the host 
 for the third month ti'as Benai- 
 ah the son of Jehoiada, a chief 
 priest: and in his coiuse were 
 twenty and four thousand. 
 
 6 This is that Benaiah, who 
 ivas mighty among the thiity, 
 and above the thu ty : and in his 
 course was Ammizabad his son. 
 
 7 The fourth captain for the 
 fourth month ivas Asahel the 
 brother of Joab, and Zebadiah 
 his son after him: and in his 
 course ivere twenty and four 
 thousand. 
 
 8 The fifth captam for the fifth 
 month was Shamhuth the Iz- 
 rahite : and in his com'se were 
 twenty and four thousand. 
 
 9 The sixth captain for the 
 sixth month icas Ira the son of 
 Ikkesh the Tekoite : and in his 
 course were twenty and four 
 thousand. 
 
 10 The seventh captain for the 
 seventh month was Helez the 
 Pelonite, of the children of E- 
 plrraim : and in his coui-se were 
 twenty and four thousand. 
 
 11 The eighth captain for the 
 eighth month was Sibbecai the 
 Hushathite, of theZarhites: and 
 in his course ivere twenty and 
 four thousand. 
 
 12 The ninth captain for the 
 ninth month was Abiezer the 
 Anetothite, of the Benjamites : 
 and in his course were twenty 
 and four thousand. 
 
 13 The tenth captain for the 
 tenth month was Maharai the 
 Netophatliite, of the Zarhites: 
 and in his course were twenty 
 and four thousand. 
 
 14 The eleventh captain for 
 the eleventh month was Benai- 
 ah the Pirathonite, of the chil- 
 dren of Ephraim: and in his 
 course were twenty and four 
 thousand. 
 
 15 The twelfth captain for the 
 twelfth month was Heldai the 
 Netophathite, of Othniel : and 
 
 in his course were twenty and 
 four thousand. 
 
 16 U Furthermore over the 
 tribes of Israel : the ruler of the 
 Eeubenites ivas Eliezer the son 
 of Zichri: of the Simeonites, 
 Shephatiah the son of Maachah : 
 
 17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah 
 the son of Kemuel : of the Aa- 
 ronites, Zadok : 
 
 18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the 
 brethren of David : of Issachar, 
 Omri the son of Michael : 
 
 19 Of Zebulun, Islnnaiah the 
 son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, 
 Jerimoth the son of Azriel : 
 
 20 Of the children of Ephraim, 
 Hoshea the son of Azaziah : of 
 the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel 
 the son of Pedaiah : 
 
 21 Of the half tribe of Manas- 
 seh in Gilead, Iddo the son of 
 Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaa- 
 siel the son of Abner : 
 
 22 Of Dan, Azareel the son 
 of Jeroham. These were the 
 princes of the tribes of Israel. 
 
 23 ^ But David took not the 
 number of them from twenty 
 years old and under: because 
 the LoEi) had said he would in- 
 crease Israel lilie to the stars of 
 the heavens. 
 
 24 Joab the son of Zeruiah be- 
 gan to number, but he finished 
 not, because there fell wrath for 
 it against Israel ; neither was the 
 nmnber put in the account of 
 the chronicles of king David. 
 
 25 ^ And over the king's trea- 
 sures was Azmaveth the son of 
 Adiel : and over the storehouses 
 in the fields, in the cities, and 
 in the villages, and in the cas- 
 tles, was Jehonathan the son of 
 Uzziah : 
 
 26 And over them that did the 
 work of the field for tillage of 
 the gromid was Ezri the son of 
 Chelub : 
 
 27 And over the vineyards was 
 Shimei the Eamathite : over the 
 increase of the vineyaixis for 
 the wine cellars was Zabdi the 
 Shiphmite : 
 
 28 And over the olive trees and 
 the sycomore trees that were in 
 
David exhomh I. CHRONICLES, XXVIII. 
 
 the lew plains was Baal-hanan 
 the Gederite : and over the cel- 
 lars of oil was Joash : 
 
 2J And over the herds that fed 
 in Sharon ivas 8hitrai the 8ha- 
 ronite : and over the herds that 
 were in the valleys was 8ha- 
 phat the son of Adlai : 
 
 3<) Over the camels also was 
 Obil the Ishmaelite: and over 
 the asses was Jehdeiah the Me- 
 ronothite : 
 
 31 And over the flocks teas 
 Jaziz the Hagerite. All these 
 were the rnlers of the snbstance 
 which icas kin^ David's. 
 
 :?2 Also. loiiatlian David's uncle 
 was a (ounsellor, a wise nian, 
 and a scril)e : and Jehiel the 
 son of Hachmoni was with the 
 king's sons : 
 
 I^ And Ahithophel was the 
 king's counsellor : and Hushai 
 the Archite was the king's com- 
 panion : 
 
 34 And after Aliitho]>hel ivas 
 Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, 
 and Abiathar: and the general 
 of the king's anny was Joab. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVIII. 
 
 1 David in a solemn asscmhhf having 
 declared God's favour to )iim, and 
 promise to his son Salomon, exhort, 
 eth them to fear God. 9, 20 He 
 enconrageth Solomon to huild the 
 temple. 11 He giveth him jyattems 
 for the form, and gold and silver 
 for the materials. 
 
 A ND David assembled all the 
 x\. princes of Israel, the prin- 
 ces of the tribes, and the cap- 
 tains of the companies that mi- 
 nistered to the king by course, 
 and the captains over the thou- 
 sands, and captains over the 
 hundreds, and the stewards 
 over all the substance and pos- 
 session of the king, and of hie 
 sons, with the officers, and with 
 the mighty men, and with all 
 the valiant men, unto Jerusa- 
 lem. 
 
 2 Then DaA^id the king stood 
 up upon his feet, and said, Hear 
 me, my brethren, and my peo- 
 ple : As for me, I had in mine 
 heart to build an house of rest 
 
 to fear Got}, 
 
 for the ark of the covenant of 
 the Lord, and lor the iootstool 
 ()f our (lod, and had made ready 
 ibr the building : 
 
 3 But God siiid unto me, Thou 
 sh{dt not build an house tor my 
 name, because thou hast been 
 a man of war, and hast shed 
 blood. 
 
 4 Howbeit the Lord God of 
 Israel chose me before all the 
 house of my father to be king 
 over Ismel ibr ever : for he hath 
 chosen Judah to be the ruler; 
 and of the house of Judah, the 
 house of my father; and among 
 the sons of my fatlier he liked 
 me to make me king over all 
 Israel : 
 
 5 And of all my Eons, (for the 
 Lord hath given me many 
 sons,) he hath chosen Solomon 
 my son to sit upon the throne 
 of the kingdom of the Lord 
 over Israel. 
 
 6 And he said unto me, So- 
 lomon thy son, he shall build 
 my house and my courts : for I 
 have chosen him to be my son, 
 and I will be his father. 
 
 7 Moreover I will establish his 
 kingdom for ever, if he be con- 
 stant to do my commandments 
 and my judgments, as at this 
 day. 
 
 8 Now therefore in the sight 
 of all Israel the coneregation of 
 the Lord, and in the audience 
 of our God, keep and seek for 
 all the commandments of the 
 Lord your God: that ye may 
 possess this good land, and leave 
 it for an inheritance for your 
 children after you for ever. 
 
 9 ^ And thou, Solomon my 
 son, know thou the God of thy 
 father, and serve him with a 
 perfect heart and with a will- 
 ing mind : for the Lord search- 
 eth all hearts, and imderstand- 
 eth all the imaginations of the 
 thoughts : if thou seek him, he 
 will be found of thee ; but if 
 thou forsake him, he will cast 
 thee off for ever. 
 
 10 Take heed now; for the 
 Lord hath chosen thee to build 
 
His instrmtims I. CHRONICLES, XXIX. 
 
 to Solomon. 
 
 an house for the sanctuary : be 
 strong, and do it. 
 
 11 1[ Then David gave to So- 
 lomon his son the pattern of 
 the porch, and of the houses 
 thereof, and of the treasuries 
 thereof, and of the upper cham- 
 bers thereof, and of the inner 
 parlours thereof, and of the place 
 of the mercy seat, 
 
 12 And the pattern of all that 
 he had by the spirit, of the courts 
 of the house of the Lord, and of 
 all the chambers round about, 
 of the treasuries of the house of 
 God, and of the treasuries of the 
 dedicated things : 
 
 13 Also for the courses of the 
 priests and the Levites, and for 
 all the work of the service of 
 the house of the Loed, and for 
 all the vessels of service in the 
 house of the Lord. 
 
 14 He gave of gold by weight 
 for things of gold, for all instru- 
 ments of all manner of service ; 
 silver also for all instruments of 
 silver by weight, for all instru- 
 ments of every kind of service : 
 
 15 Even the weight for the 
 candlesticks of gold, and for 
 their lamps of gold, by weight 
 for every candlestick, and for 
 the lamps thereof: and for the 
 candlesticks of silver by weight, 
 both for the candlestick, and 
 also for the lamps thereof, ac- 
 cording to the use of every can- 
 dlestick. 
 
 16 And by weight he gave gold 
 for the tables of shewbread, for 
 every table ; and likewise silver 
 for the tables of silver : 
 
 17 Also pure gold for the flesh- 
 hooks, and the bowls, and the 
 cups : and for the golden basons 
 he gave gold by weight for every 
 bason; and likewise silver by 
 weight for every bason of silver : 
 
 18 And for the altar of incense 
 refined gold by weight; and gold 
 for the pattern of the chariot of 
 the cherubims, that spread out 
 their wings, and covered the ark 
 of the covenant of the Lord. 
 
 19 All this, said David, the 
 Lord made me understand in 
 
 writing by his hand upon me, 
 even all the works of this pat- 
 tern. 
 
 20 And David said to Solomon 
 his son. Be strong and of good 
 courage, and do it : fear not, nor 
 be dismayed : for the Lord God, 
 even my God, will be with thee ; 
 he will not fail thee, nor forsake 
 thee, until thou hast fiinshed 
 all the work for the service of 
 the house of the Lord. 
 
 21 And, behold, the courses of 
 the priests and the Levites, even 
 they shall be with thee for all 
 the service of the house of God : 
 and there shall be with thee 
 for all manner of worlnnanship 
 every willing skilful man, for 
 any manner of service : also the 
 princes and all the people will 
 be wholly at thy commandment. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIX. 
 
 1 David, by his example and inh-eaty, 
 6 causefh tlie princes and people to 
 offer unllingly. 10 David's thanJcs- 
 giving and prayer. 20 The people, 
 having Messed God, and soxrijiced, 
 make Solomon Mng. 26 David's 
 reign and death. 
 
 FURTHERMORE David 
 the king said unto all the 
 congregation, Solomon my son, 
 whom alone God hath chosen, 
 is yet young and tender, and 
 the work is great: for the pa- 
 lace is not for man, but for the 
 Lord God. 
 
 2 Now I have prepared with 
 all my might for the house of 
 my God the gold for things to 
 be made of gold, and the silv^er 
 for things of silver, and the brass 
 for things of brass, the iron for 
 things of iron, and wood for 
 things of wood; onyx stones, 
 and stones to be set, glistering 
 stones, and of divers colours, and 
 all manner of precious stones, 
 and marble stones in abundance. 
 
 3 Moreover, because I have set 
 my affection to the house of my 
 God, I have of mine own proper 
 good, of gold and silver, which 
 I have given to the house of my 
 God, over and above all that I 
 have prepared for the holy house. 
 
The offmngs I. CHRONICLES, XXIX 
 
 4 Even tliree tlioiipand taleiite 
 of i^old, of the gold of Ophir, 
 and seven thousand talents of 
 refined silver, to overlay the 
 ^valls of the houses loitlial : 
 
 5 The gold for things of gold, 
 and the silver for tkitii^s of sil- 
 ver, and for all manner of work 
 to be made hy the hands of ar- 
 tificers. And who tlieii is will- 
 ing to consecrate his service this 
 day unto the Loud? 
 
 for Ote temi>le. 
 
 we thank thee, and praise tliy 
 glorious name. 
 
 14 But who am I, and what is 
 my i»eoi>lej that we should he 
 al)le to otter so willingly after 
 tliis sort? for all things come of 
 thee, and of tldne o\\ii liave we 
 given thee. 
 
 15 For we are strangers before 
 thee, and sojourners, as tvere 
 all our fathei's : our days on the 
 earth are as a sliadow, and there 
 
 <) ^ Then the chief of the fa- is none abiding, 
 thers and i)rince8 of the tnbea \ IG O Loud our God, all this 
 of Israel, and the cai)tains of 1 store that we liave iirepared to 
 
 build thee au house for thine 
 holy name cometh of tlune hand, 
 and is all thine own. 
 
 17 I know also, my God, that 
 thou triest the heart, and hast 
 pleasure m ui)rightnes6. As for 
 me, in the upiightness of mine 
 heart I have wilHngly ottered 
 all these things : and now have 
 I seen with j(>y thy people, which 
 are present here, to oti'er willing- 
 ly unto thee. 
 
 18 O Loiu) God of Abraham, 
 Isiiac, and of Israel, our fathers, 
 keej) this for ever in the ima- 
 guiation of the thoughts of the 
 heart of thy people, and prepare 
 their heart unto thee : 
 
 19 And give unto 8olomon 
 my son a peifcct heart, to keep 
 thy commandments, thy testi- 
 monies, and thy statutes, and to 
 do all these things, and to build 
 the palace,/^?' the which I have 
 made provision. 
 
 20 K And David said to all 
 the congregation. Now bless the 
 Lord your God. And all the 
 congregation blessed the Lord 
 God of their fathers, and bowed 
 down their heads, and worship- 
 ped the Lord, and the Idng. 
 
 21 And they sacrificed sacri- 
 fices unto the Lord, and offered 
 burnt offerings unto the Lord, 
 on the morrow after that day, 
 even a thousand bullo(;ks, a 
 thousand rams, arul a thousand 
 lambs, with their drink offerings, 
 and sacrifices in abundance for 
 all Israel : 
 
 22 And did eat and diirik be- 
 
 thousands and of hundieds, with 
 the rulers of the king's work, 
 oftered willingly, 
 
 7 And gave for the service of 
 the house of (Jod of gold five 
 thoustmd talents and ten thou- 
 sand drams, and of silver ten 
 thousand talents, and of brass 
 eighteen thousand talents, and 
 one hundred thousand talents 
 of iron. 
 
 8 And they v> ith whom precious 
 stones weie found gave them to 
 the treasure of the house of the 
 Lord, by the hand of Jehiel the 
 Gershonite. 
 
 9 Then the Jieople rejoiced, 
 for that they oflered willingly, 
 because with perfect heart they 
 offered willingly to the Lord : 
 and David the long also rejoiced 
 with great joy. 
 
 10 H Wherefore David blessed 
 the Lord before all the congre- 
 gation : and Da^id said, Blessed 
 be thou. Lord God of Israel our 
 father, for ever and ever. 
 
 11 Thine, O Lord, is the great- 
 ness, and the power, and the 
 glory, and the victory, and the 
 majesty: 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 reignest over 
 all ; and in tliine hand is power 
 and might; and in tliine hand 
 it is to make great, and to give 
 strength unto all. 
 
 13 Now therefore, om^ God, 
 
Dcwidis rekjn I. CHEONICLES, XXIX. 
 
 and death. 
 
 fore the Lord on that day with 
 great gladness. And they made 
 Solomon the son of David Idng 
 the second time, and anointed 
 him unto the Lord to be the 
 chief governor, and Zadok to be 
 priest. 
 
 23 Then Solomon sat on the 
 . throne of the Lord as king in- 
 stead of David his father, and 
 prospered; and all Israel obeyed 
 him. 
 
 24 And all the princes, and the 
 migll1;y men, and all the sons 
 likewise of king David, submit- 
 ted themselves unto Solomon 
 the king. 
 
 25 And the Lord magnified 
 Solomon exceedingly in the 
 sight of all Israel, and bestowed 
 upon him such royal majesty as 
 had not been on any king before 
 him in Israel. 
 
 26 IF Thus David the son of 
 Jesse reigned over all Israel. 
 
 27 And the time that he reign- 
 ed over Israel was forty years ; 
 seven years reigned he in He- 
 bron, and thirty and three t/ears 
 reigned he in Jerusalem. 
 
 28 And he died in a good old 
 age, full of days, riches, and 
 honour: and Solomon his son 
 reigned in his stead. 
 
 29 Now the acts of David 
 the king, first and last, be- 
 hold, they are written in the 
 book of Samuel the seer, and 
 in the book of Nathan the pro- 
 phet, and in the book of Gad 
 the seer, 
 
 30 With all his reign and liis 
 might, and the times that went 
 over him, and over Israel, and 
 over all the kingdoms of the 
 countries. 
 
 THE SECOND BOOK OF THE 
 
 CHRONICLES. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 The solemn offering of Solomon at 
 Gibeon. 7 Solomon's choice of ivis- 
 dom is blessed by God. 13 Solomon's 
 strength and wealth. 
 
 AND Solomon the son of Da- 
 . vid was strengthened in his 
 kingdom, and the Lord his j3rod 
 was with him, and magnified 
 him exceedingly. 
 
 2 Then Solomon spake unto all 
 Israel, to the captams of thou- 
 sands and of hundi'eds, and to 
 the judges, and to every gover- 
 nor in all Israel, the chief of 
 the fathers. 
 
 3 So Solomon, and all the con- 
 gregation with him, went to the 
 high place that was at Gibeon ; 
 for there was the tabernacle^ of 
 the congregation of God, which 
 Moses the serv^ant of the Lord 
 had made in the wilderness. 
 
 4 But the ark of God had Da- 
 vid brought up from Kirjath- 
 jearim to the place which Da- 
 vid had prepared for it : for he 
 had pitched a tent for it at Je- 
 rusalem. 
 
 5 Moreover the brasen altar, 
 that Bezaleel the son of Uri, 
 the son of Hur, had made, he 
 put before the tabernacle of the 
 Lord: and Solomon and the 
 congregation sought unto it. 
 
 6 And Solomon went up thi- 
 ther to the brasen altar before 
 the Lord, which was at the ta- 
 bernacle of the congregation, and 
 offered a thousand burnt offer- 
 ings upon it. 
 
 7 H In that night did God ap- 
 pear unto Solomon, and said 
 unto him, Ask w^hat I shall give 
 thee. 
 
 8 And Solomon said unto God, 
 Thou hast shewed great mercy 
 unto David my father, and hast 
 made me to reign in his stead. 
 
 9 Now, O Lord God, let thy 
 promise unto David my father 
 be established : for thou hast 
 made me long over a people 
 like the dust of the earth in 
 multitude. 
 
 10 Give me now wisdom and 
 knowledge, that I may go out 
 and come in before this people : 
 
Solomon's ines.^vje II. CHRONICLES, U. 
 
 to TTuram. 
 
 f( ►! who can jud^e tliis thy peo- 
 ple, that is so great? 
 
 11 And Ciod f-aid to Solomon, 
 Beeaurie tliin was m thine heart, 
 and thou hast not asked rklies, 
 wealth, or honour, nor the Hfe 
 of tliine enemies, neither yet ha^^t 
 asked long life ; but hast asked 
 wisdijm and knowledge i<)r thy- 
 self, that thou ma vest judge my 
 lK?oitle, over whom I have made 
 thee king : 
 
 12 Windom and knowledge is 
 granted \mto thee; and I will 
 give thee riches, and wealth, and 
 honour, such as none of the 
 kinns have had that have been 
 Ix^fore thee, neither shall there 
 any after thee have the like. 
 
 13 ■" Then Solomon ranm/'rom 
 his journey/ to the high place 
 tliat was at Gibeon to Jenisa^ 
 lem, from before the taljeniacle 
 of the eonirregation, and reigned 
 over Israel. 
 
 14 And Solomon gathered cha- 
 riots and horsemen : and he had 
 a thousand and four hundred 
 chariots, and twelve thousand 
 hoi-semen, wliich he placed in 
 the chariot cities, and with the 
 king at Jerusalem. 
 
 15 And the king made silver 
 and gold at Jerusalem as plen- 
 teous as stones, and cedar trees 
 made he as the sycomore trees 
 that are in the vale for abun- 
 dance. 
 
 16 And Solomon had horses 
 brought out of Eg>7jt, and linen 
 yarn : the king's merchants re- 
 ceived the linen yam at a price. 
 
 17 And they fetched up, and 
 brought forth out of Eg^-pt a 
 chariot for six hundred shekels 
 of silver, and an horse for an 
 hundred and fifty: and so 
 brought they out horses for all 
 the longs of the Hittites, and 
 for the kings of Ssrria, by their 
 means. 
 
 CHAPTER n. 
 
 1, 17 Solomon's labourers for the 
 building of the temple. 3 His em^ 
 basso ge to Ruram for worlnnen 
 and provision of stuff. 11 Huram 
 sendeth him a hind aiiswer. 
 
 AND Solomon determined to 
 build an house for the name 
 of the Lord, and an house for 
 his kingdom. 
 
 2 /Vnd Solomon told out tliree- 
 score and ten thousand men to 
 bear burdens, and fourscore thou- 
 sand to hew in the mountain, 
 and tliree thousand and six hun- 
 dred to oversee them. 
 
 3 ^ And S<jlomon sent to Hu- 
 ram the king of Tyre, sjtyiuir, 
 
 I As thou didst deal with David 
 
 my father, and didst send him 
 
 I cedars to build him an house 
 
 I to dwell therein, even so deal 
 
 with me. 
 
 4 Behold, I build an house to 
 the name of the Lord my God, 
 to dedicate it to him, aiid to 
 
 j bum beft>re him sweet incense, 
 and for the continual shewbread, 
 I and for the bumt oft'erings mom- 
 i ing and evening, on the sal> 
 I batlis, and on the new moons, 
 I and on the solemn feasts of the 
 i Lord our God. This is an or- 
 dinance for ever to Israel. 
 
 5 And tlie house which I build 
 is great: for great is our God 
 above all gods. 
 
 6 But who is able to build him 
 an house, seeing the heaven and 
 heaven of heavens cannot con- 
 tain him ? who am I then, that I 
 should build him an house, save 
 only to bum sacrifice before him? 
 
 7 Send me now therefore a man 
 cunning to work in gold, and in 
 silver, and in brass, and in iron, 
 and in pun>le, and crimson, and 
 blue, and that can sldll to gra% e 
 with the cunning men that are 
 ^ith me in Judah and in Jemsa- 
 lem. whom David my father did 
 provide. 
 
 8 Send me also cedar trees, fir 
 trees, and algmn trees, out of 
 Lebanon: for I know that thy 
 servants can skill to cut tim- 
 ber in Lebanon; and, behold, 
 my servants shall be with thy 
 servants, 
 
 9 Even to prepare me timber 
 in abundance : for the house 
 which I am about to build shall 
 be wonderful great. 
 
Tlie Jmilding 
 
 10 And, behold, I will give to 
 thy servants, the hewers that 
 cut timber, twenty thousand 
 measures of beaten wheat, and 
 twenty thousand measures of 
 barley, and twenty thousand 
 baths of wine, and twenty thou- 
 sand baths of oil. 
 
 11 IF Then Huram the king of 
 Tyre answered in writing, which 
 he sent to Solomon, Because the 
 Lord hath loved his people, he 
 hath made thee king over them. 
 
 12 Huram said moreover, Bless- 
 ed be the Lord God of Israel, 
 that made heaven and earth, who 
 hath given to David the king a 
 wise son, endued with prudence 
 and understanding, that might 
 build an house for the Lord, and 
 an house for his kingdom. 
 
 13 And now I have sent a cun- 
 ning man, endued with under- 
 standing, of Huram my father's, 
 
 14 The son of a woman of the 
 daughters of Dan, and his father 
 teas a man of Tyre, skilful to 
 work in gold, and in silver, in 
 brass, in iron, in stone, and in 
 timber, in purple, in blue, and in 
 fine linen, and in crimson ; also 
 to grave any manner of graving, 
 and to find out every device 
 which shall be put to Mm, with 
 thy cunning men, and with the 
 cunning men of my lord David 
 thy father. 
 
 15 Now therefore the wheat, and 
 the barley, the oil, and the wine, 
 which my lord hath spoken of, 
 let him send Unto his servants : 
 
 16 And we will cut wood out 
 of Lebanon, as much as thou 
 shalt need: and we will brmg 
 it to thee in fiotes by sea to 
 Joppa ; and thou shalt carry it 
 up to Jerusalem. 
 
 17 H And Solomon numbered all 
 the strangers that wej^e in the 
 land of Israel, after the number- 
 ing wherewith David his father 
 had numbered them ; and they 
 were found an hundred and fifty 
 thousand and thi^ee thousand 
 and six hundred. 
 
 18 And he set threescore and 
 ten thousand of them to be 
 
 II. CHROKICLES, III. of the temple, 
 
 bearers of burdens, and four- 
 score thousand to be hewers m 
 the mountain, and three thou- 
 sand and six hiuidred overseers 
 to set the people a work. 
 CHAPTER III. 
 1 Tlie place, and time of building the 
 temple. 3 The measure and orna- 
 ments of the house. 11 The che- 
 rubims. 14 Tfie vail and pillars. 
 
 THEN Solomon began to 
 build the house of the Lord 
 at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, 
 where the Lord appeared ilnto 
 David his father, in the place 
 that David had prepared in the 
 threshingfloor of Oman the Je- 
 busite. 
 
 2 And he began to build m 
 the second dat/ of the second 
 month, in the fom-th year of his 
 reign. 
 
 3 If Now these are the things 
 wherein Solomon was instruct- 
 ed for the building of the house 
 of God. The length by cubits 
 after the first measure was three- 
 score cubits, and the breadth 
 twenty cubits. 
 
 4 And the porch that was 
 in the front of the house, the 
 length of it was according to the 
 breadth of the house, twenty cu- 
 bits, and the height was an hun- 
 dred and twenty : and he over- 
 laid it within with pure gold. 
 
 5 And the greater house he 
 cieled with fir tree, which he 
 overlaid with fine gold, and set 
 thereon palm trees and chains. 
 
 6 And he garnished the house 
 with precious stones for beau- 
 ty: and the gold was gold of 
 Parvaim. 
 
 7 He overlaid also the house, 
 the beams, the posts, and the 
 walls thereof, and the doors 
 thereof, with gold; and graved 
 cherubims on the walls. 
 
 8 And he made the most holy 
 house, the length whereof wa^s 
 according to the breadth of the 
 house, twenty cubits, and the 
 breadth thereof twenty cubits : 
 and he overlaid it with fine gold, 
 amounting to six hundred ta- 
 lents. 
 
TJie fumUare 
 
 II. CHRONICLES, IV. 
 
 of the temple. 
 
 9 And the weight of tlie nails 
 was fifty shekels of gold. And 
 he overlaid the upper chambers 
 ■with p:old. 
 
 10 And in the most holy house 
 he made two cherubims of im- 
 age work, and overlaid them with 
 gold. 
 
 11 1[ And the wings of the che- 
 rubims were twenty cubits long : 
 one ^vinir of the one cherub was 
 five cubits, reachiutj: to the wall 
 of the liou^^e : and the other wing 
 was likewise five cubits, reach- 
 ing to the wing of the other 
 cherub. 
 
 12 And one \\m^ of the other 
 cherub n'as five cubits, reach- 
 ing to the wall of the house : 
 and the other wing was five 
 cubits also, joining to the wing 
 of the other cherub. 
 
 13 The wings of these che- 
 rubims spread themselves forth 
 twenty cubits : and they st(X)d on 
 their feet, and their faces icere 
 inward. 
 
 14 H And he made the vail of 
 blue, and purple, and crimson, 
 and fine linen, and wrought che- 
 rubims thereon. 
 
 15 Also he made before the 
 house two pillars of thirty and 
 five cubits high, and the chapi- 
 ter that ivas on the top of each 
 of them ivas five cubits. 
 
 16 And he made chains, as in 
 the oracle, and put them on the 
 heads of the pillars ; and made 
 an hiuidred pomegranates, and 
 put them on the chains. 
 
 17 And he reared up the pillars 
 before the temple, one on the 
 right hand, and the other on 
 the left; and called the name 
 of that on the right hand Ja- 
 chm, and the name of that on 
 the left Boaz. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 1 The altar of brass. 2 The molten 
 sea upon tivelve oxen. 6 TJ/e ten 
 lavers, candlesticks, and tables. 9 
 TJie courts, and the instruments of 
 brass. 19 TJie instruments of gold. 
 
 MOREOVER he made an al- 
 tar of brass, twenty cubits 
 the length thereof, and twenty 
 
 cubits the breadth thereof, and 
 Um cubits the height thereof. 
 
 2 II Also he made a molten sea 
 of ten cubits from brim to brim, 
 round in compass, and five cu- 
 bits the height thereof; and a 
 line of thirty cubits did compass 
 it round about. 
 
 3 And under it was the simili- 
 tude of oxen, which did com- 
 l>a^s it round about: ten in a 
 cul)it, compassing the sea round 
 a])out. Two rows of oxen tvere 
 cast, when it was cast. 
 
 4 It stood u]ion twelve oxen, 
 three looking toward the north, 
 and three looking t(jward the 
 west, and three looking toward 
 the south, and three looking to- 
 ward the east : and the sea was 
 set fihove upon them, and all 
 their hinder parts were inward. 
 
 5 And the thickness of it ivas 
 an handbreadth, and the brim 
 of it like the work of the brim 
 of a cup, with flowers of lilies ; 
 and it received and held three 
 thousand baths. 
 
 6 ^ He made also ten lavers, 
 and put five on the right hand, 
 and five on the left, to wash in 
 them : such things as they of- 
 fered for the burnt oflering they 
 washed in them ; but the sea 
 was for the priests to wash in. 
 
 7 And he made ten candlesticks 
 of gold according to their form, 
 and set them in the temple, five 
 on the right hand, and five on 
 the left. I 
 
 8 He made also ten tables, and I 
 placed them in the temple, five I 
 on the right side, and five on * 
 the left. And he made an hun- \ 
 dred basons of gold. 
 
 9 ^ Furthermore he made the 
 court of the priests, and the 
 great court, and doors for the 
 court, and overlaid the doors of 
 them with brass. 
 
 10 And he set the sea on the 
 right side of the east end, over 
 against the south. 
 
 11 And Huram made the pots,' 
 and the shovels, and the ba- 
 sons. And Huram finished the 
 work that he was to make for 
 
 I 
 
Tlie arh h-mght II. CHRONICLES, V. 
 
 into the oracle. 
 
 king Solomon for the house of 
 God; 
 
 12 To ivit, the two pillars, and 
 the 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 ; 
 
 13 And four hundred pome- 
 granates on the two wreaths ; 
 two rows of pomegranates on 
 each wreath, to cover the two 
 pommels of the chapiters which 
 were upon the pillars. 
 
 14 He made also bases, and la- 
 yers made he upon the bases ; 
 
 15 One sea, and twelve oxen 
 under it. 
 
 16 The pots also, and the sho- 
 vels, and the fleshhooks, and all 
 their instruments, did Huram 
 his father make to king Solo- 
 mon for the house of the Lord 
 of bright brass. 
 
 17 In the plain of Jordan did 
 the Idng cast them, in the clay 
 ground between Succoth and 
 Zeredathah. 
 
 18 Thus Solomon made all 
 these vessels in great abun- 
 dance : for the weight of the 
 brass could not be found out. 
 
 19 H And Solomon made all 
 the vessels that were for the 
 house of God, the golden altar 
 also, and the tables whereon the 
 shewbread was set ; 
 
 20 Moreover the candlesticks 
 mth their lamps, that they 
 should bum after the manner 
 before the oracle, of pure gold ; 
 
 21 And the flowers, and the 
 lamps, and the tongs, made he 
 Q/*gold, and that perfect gold ; 
 
 22 And the snuffers, and the 
 basons, and the spoons, and the 
 
 I censers, of pure gold : and the 
 ' entry of the house, the inner 
 j doors thereof for the most holy 
 I place, and the doors of the house 
 1 of the temple, were ©/"gold. 
 
 \ CHAPTER V. 
 
 il The dedicated treasures. 2 Tlie 
 solemn induction of the arh into 
 ' the oracle. 11 God being py-aised 
 giveth a visible sign of his favour. 
 
 THUS all the work that So- 
 lomon made for the house 
 of the Lord was finished : and 
 Solomon brought in^ all the 
 things that David his father 
 had dedicated; and the silver, 
 and the gold, and all the instru- 
 ments, put he among the trea- 
 sures of the house of God. 
 
 2 K Then Solomon assembled 
 the elders of Israel, and all the 
 heads of the tribes, the chief of 
 the fathers of the cliildren of 
 Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring 
 up the ark of the covenant of 
 the Lord out of the city of Da- 
 vid, which is Zion. 
 
 3 Wherefore all the men of Is- 
 rael assembled themselves unto 
 the kmg in the feast which was 
 in the seventh month. 
 
 4 And all the elders of Israel 
 came ; and the Levites took up 
 the ark. 
 
 5 And they brought lip the 
 ark, and the tabernacle of the 
 congregation, and all the holy 
 vessels that were in the taber- 
 nacle, these did the priests and 
 the Levites bring up. 
 
 6 Also king Solomon, and all 
 the congregation of Israel that 
 were assembled unto him before 
 the ark, sacrificed sheep and 
 oxen, which could not be told 
 nor numbered for multitude. 
 
 7 And the priests brought in 
 the ark of the covenant of the 
 Lord unto his place, to the ora- 
 cle of the house, into the most 
 holy place, even under the wings 
 of the cherubims . 
 
 8 For the cherubims spread 
 forth their wings over the place 
 of the ark, and the cherubims 
 covered the ark and the staves 
 thereof above. 
 
 9 And they drew out the staves 
 of the ark, that the ends of the 
 staves were seen from the ark 
 before the oracle ; but they were 
 not seen without. And there it 
 is unto this day. 
 
 10 There was nothing in the 
 ark save the two tables which 
 Moses put therein at Horeb, 
 when the Lord made a cove- 
 
Solomon Uesseth Gocl. II. CHRONICLES, VI. 
 
 His prauer at 
 
 nant with tlie children of Israel, 
 wlien they came out of Egypt. 
 
 11 II And it came to pasB, 
 when the piiests were come out 
 of the holy place : (for all the 
 priests that ivsre present were 
 sanctified, and did not then wait 
 by course : 
 
 12 Also the Levites which were 
 the singers, all of them of Asaph, 
 of Heman, of Jeduthun, with 
 their sons and their brethren, 
 being" arrayed hi white linen, 
 having cymbals and psalteries 
 and harps, stood at the east 
 end of the altar, and with them 
 an hundred and twenty priests 
 sounding with trumpets :) 
 
 13 It came even to pass, as the 
 tnmipeters and suigers ivere as 
 one, to make one sound to be 
 heard in praising and thanking 
 the Lord ; and when they lilted 
 up their voice with the tnmipets 
 and cjnubals and instruments 
 of musick, and praised the Lord, 
 saying. For he is good ; for his 
 mercy endureth for ever: that 
 then the house was filled with 
 a cloud, even the house of the 
 Lord; 
 
 14 So that the priests could not 
 stand to mhiister by reason of the 
 cloud : for the glorj^ of the Lord 
 had filled the house of God. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 1 Solomon, having blessed the people, 
 blesseth God. 12 Solomon's pj-ayer 
 in the consecration of the temple, 
 upon the hrasen scaffold. 
 
 THEN said Solomon, The 
 Lord hath said that he 
 would dwell in the thick dark- 
 ness. 
 
 2 But I have built an house of 
 habitation for thee, and a place 
 for thy dwelling for ever. 
 
 3 And the Idng turned his face, 
 and blessed the whole congre- 
 gation of Israel : and all the 
 congregation of Israel stood. 
 
 4 And he said. Blessed be the 
 Lord God of Israel, who hath 
 with his hands fulfilled that 
 which he spake with his mouth 
 to my father David, saying, 
 
 5 Since the day that I brought 
 
 forth my people out of the land 
 of Egypt I chose no city among 
 all tlie tribes of Israel to build 
 an house in, that my name 
 might be there ; neither chose 
 I any man to be a ruler over 
 my i)eople Israel : 
 G But I have chosen Jerusa- 
 lem, that my name might be 
 there ; and have chosen David 
 to be over my people Israel. 
 
 7 Now it was in the heart of 
 David my father to build an 
 house for the name of the Lord 
 God of Israel. 
 
 8 But the Lord paid to David 
 my father, Forasmuch as it was 
 in thine heart to build an house 
 for my name, thou didst well in 
 that it was in thine heart : 
 
 9 Notwithstanding thou shalt 
 not build the house ; but thy 
 son which shall come forth out 
 of thy loins, he shall build the 
 house for my name. 
 
 10 The Lord therefore hath 
 perfoiTQed his word that he hatbj 
 siioken : for I am risen up in the] 
 room of David my lather, and 
 am set on the throne of Israel, 
 as the Lord promised, and have 
 built the house for the name of 
 the Lord God of Israel. 
 
 11 And in it have I put the 
 ark, wherein is the covenant of 
 the Lord, that he made with the 
 children of Israel. 
 
 12 H And he stood before the 
 altar of the Lord in the presence 
 of all the congregation of Israel, 
 and spread forth his hands : 
 
 13 For Solomon had made a 
 brasen scafibld, of five cubits 
 long, and five cubits broad, and 
 three cubits high, and had set it 
 in the midst of the court : and up- 
 on it he stood, and kneeled down 
 upon his knees before all the con- 
 gregation of Israel, and spread | 
 forth his hands toward heaven, 
 
 14 And said, O Lord God of 
 Israel, there is no God like thee 
 in the heaven, nor in the earth ; 
 which keepest covenant, and 
 shewest mercy unto thy ser- 
 vants, that walk before thee 
 with aU their hearts : 
 
 I 
 
tlie consscratim II. CHEONICLES, VI. 
 
 of tlie temple. 
 
 15 Thou whicli hast kept with 
 thy servant David my father that 
 which thou hast promised himi ; 
 and spakest with thy mouth, 
 and hast fulfilled it with thine 
 hand, as it is this day. 
 
 16 Now therefore, O Loed God 
 of Israel, keep with thy servant 
 David my father that which 
 thou hast promised him, sayiag, 
 There shall not fail thee a man 
 in my sight to sit upon the 
 throne of Israel; yet so that 
 thy children take heed to their 
 way to walk in my law, as thou 
 hast walked before me. 
 
 17 Now then, O Lord God of 
 Israel, let thy word be verified, 
 which thou hast spoken unto 
 thy sen ant David. 
 
 18 But will God in very deed 
 dwell with men on the earth? 
 behold, heaven and the heaven 
 of heavens cannot contain thee ; 
 how much less this house which 
 I have built ! 
 
 19 Have respect therefore to 
 the prayer of thy servant, and 
 to his supplication, O Loud my 
 God, to hearken unto the cry 
 and the prayer which thy ser- 
 vant prayeth before thee : 
 
 20 That thine eyes may be 
 open upon this house day and 
 night, upon the place where- 
 of thou hast said that thou 
 wouldest put thy name there ; 
 to hearken unto the prayer 
 which thy servant prayeth to- 
 ward this place. 
 
 21 Hearken therefore unto the 
 supplications of thy servant, and 
 of thy people Israel, which they 
 shall make toward this place : 
 hear thou from thy dwelling 
 place, even from heaven; and 
 when thou hearest, forgive. 
 
 22 H If a man sin against his 
 neighbour, and an oath be laid 
 upon him to make him swear, 
 and the oath come before thine 
 altar in this house ; 
 
 23 Then hear thou from heaven, 
 and do, and judge thy servants, 
 by i^equiting the wicked, by re- 
 compensing his way upon his 
 own head ; and by justiiymg the 
 
 righteous, by giving him accord- 
 ing to his righteousness. 
 
 24 U And if thy people Israel 
 be put to the worse before the 
 enemy, because they have sin- 
 ned against thee ; and shall re- 
 turn and confess thy name, and 
 pray and make supplication be- 
 fore thee in this house ; 
 
 25 Then hear thou from the 
 heavens, and forgive the sin 
 of thy people Israel, and bring 
 them again unto the land which 
 thou gavest to them and to thefr 
 fathers. 
 
 26 H When the heaven is shut 
 up, and there is no ram, because 
 they have sinned against thee ; 
 i/et if they pray toward this 
 place, and confess thy name, and 
 turn from their sin, when thou 
 dost affict them ; 
 
 27 Then hear thou from hea- 
 ven, and forgive the sin of thy 
 servants, and of thy people Is- 
 rael, when thou hast taught 
 them the good way, wherein 
 they should walk; and send 
 rain upon thy land, which thou 
 hast given unto thy people for 
 an inheritance. 
 
 28 U If there be dearth in the 
 land, if there be pestilence, if 
 there be blasting, or mildew, lo- 
 custs, or caterpillers ; if their ene- 
 mies besiege them in the cities 
 of their land; whatsoever sore 
 or whatsoever sickness there be : 
 
 29 Then what prayer or what 
 supplication soever shall be 
 made of any man, or of all thy 
 people Israel, when every one 
 shall know his own sore and 
 his own grief, and shall spread 
 forth his hands in this house : 
 
 30 Then hear thou from heaven 
 thy dwelling place, and forgive, 
 and render unto every man ac- 
 cording unto all his ways, whose 
 heart thou Imowest; (for thou 
 only knowest the hearts of the 
 children of men :) 
 
 31 That they may fear thee, 
 to walk in thy ways, so long as 
 they live in the land which thou 
 gavest unto om' fathers. 
 
 32 ^ Moreover concerning the 
 
:^ohmon's prayer II. CHRONICLES, VII. 
 
 stranger, whk-li is not of thy poo- 
 l>le Israel, but is come Ironi a 
 far country for thy t,Meat name's 
 ^ake, and thy mi,i,'hty luind, and 
 thy stretched out arm ; if they 
 come and i>niy in this house; 
 
 'S3 Then liear tliou from tlie 
 heavens, ere ft from tliy dwell- 
 in.i:: j)lace, and do accorchn^' to 
 all that the stran^^*r calletli to 
 tliee for ; that all people of 
 tlie earth may know thy name, 
 and fear thee, as dof/i thy jx'o- 
 I>le Israel, and may know that 
 this house which 1 have built 
 is calh'd liy thy name. 
 
 lU If thy iK'oplo ^o out to war 
 a.ii;ainst their enemies by the way 
 that thou shalt send them, and 
 they pray unto thee towaixl this 
 city which thou hast chosen, and 
 the house which I liave built 
 for thy name ; 
 
 3.J Tlien hear thou from the 
 heavens their pniyer and their 
 supplication, and maintain their 
 cause. 
 
 3<5 If they sin against thee, (for 
 t/ierc is no man which simieth 
 not.) and thou be angry with 
 them, and deliver them over 
 before t/teir enemies, and they 
 carr>' tliem away captives unto 
 a land far off or near ; 
 
 37 Yet if they bethink them- 
 selves in the land whither tliey 
 are carried captive, and turn and 
 pray unto tliee in the land of 
 their captivity, sapng, We have 
 smned, we have done amiss, and 
 have dealt wickedly ; 
 
 88 If they return to thee with 
 all their heart and ^^^th all their 
 soul in the land of their cajjti- | 
 vity, whither they have earned ' 
 them captives, and pray toward 
 their land, wliich thou gavest 
 
 and sticrijhy. 
 
 40 Now, my God, let, I iK'seech 
 thee, thine eyes Ikj oi)en, and 
 let thine ears be att<Mit unto the 
 pniyer t/tot is made in this place. 
 
 41 Now therefore arise, (J houn 
 (i«)d,int<f thy resting place, thou, ( 
 and tlie ark of thy strength : let j 
 thy priests, () Loud d'od, be ' 
 cl<»thed with salvati(»n, and let { 
 thy saintH rejoice in gtxMlness. 
 
 42 ( ) Loitn (jod, turn not away 
 the face of thine anointed : re- 
 meml>er the mercies of David 
 thy servant. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 1 Goil hnviu'j given lentimnmi to So. 
 lomou's proyerhy Jirf from hravm, 
 (tud alnru in the tmnjAe, tht j^ojAe 
 irotHhip tiim. 4 Monion'H HtjUmn 
 mrrijirp. M S^tlfinon haviny kevt 
 the /e<i8t of tabernacU's, (tud the 
 f flint of the dedication of the altar, 
 dittmiHffeth the people. 12 dofl ap. 
 })enrin'j to Solomon giveth him pro- 
 iniiH'fi u]ton condition. 
 
 ^VTOW when Solomon had 
 -i-M made an end of praying, 
 the fire came down from heaven, 
 and consumed the burnt ofl'ering 
 and the sacrifices ; and the glory 
 of the Lord tilled the house. 
 
 2 And the i)nests could not en- 
 ter into the house of the Loim, 
 because the glory of the Lord 
 had tilled the Lord's house. 
 
 3 And when all the cliildren 
 of Israel saw how the fire came 
 down, and the glory of the Lord 
 upon the house, they bowed 
 themselves with their faces to 
 the ground upon the pavement, 
 and worshipped, and praised the 
 Lord, saying. For he is good ; 
 for his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 4 K Then the king and all the 
 l)eople offered sacrifices before 
 the Lord. 
 
 5 And king Solomon offered 
 
 unto their fathers, and toward ^ a sacrifice of twenty and two 
 the city which thou hast chosen. \ thousand oxen, and an hundred 
 
 and toward the house w^hich I 
 have built for thy name : 
 39 Then hear thou from the 
 heavens, even from thy dwell- 
 ing place, their prayer and their 
 supplications and maintain their 
 
 and twenty thousand sheep : so 
 the king and all the people de- 
 dicated the house of God. 
 6 Ajid the priests waited on 
 their offices : the Levites also 
 with instruments of musick of 
 
 cause, and forgive thy people the Lord, which David the king 
 which have sinned against thee, i had made to praise the Lord, 
 
Gotfs covenant 11. CHRONICLES, VII. 
 
 with Solomon. 
 
 because Ms meix3y endureth for 
 ever, when David praised by 
 tlieir ininistiy ; and the priests 
 sounded trumpets before them, 
 and all Ismel stood. 
 
 7 Moreover Solomon hallowed 
 the middle of the coni-t that ivas 
 before the house of the Losd : 
 for there he offered bnnit offer- 
 ings, and the fat of the peace 
 offerings, because the brasen 
 altar v^^hich Solomon had made 
 was not able to receive the 
 burnt offerings, and the meat 
 offerings, and the fat. 
 
 8 ^ Also at the same time 
 Solomon kept the feast seven 
 days, and all Israel with him, 
 a veiy great congregation, from 
 the enteiing in of Hamath unto i 
 the river of Egypt. 
 
 9 And in the eighth day they I 
 made a solemn assembly : for 
 they kept the dedication of the 
 altar seven days, and the feast 
 seven days. 
 
 10 And on the three and twen- 
 tieth day of the seventh month 
 he sent the people away into 
 their tents, glad and meiry in 
 heart for the goodness that tlie 
 LoKD had shewed unto David, 
 and to Solomon, and to Israel 
 
 I his people. 
 
 ! 11 Thus Solomon finished the 
 ! house of the Lord, and the 
 , king's house : and all that oame 
 ! into Solomon's heart to make 
 ' in the house of the Loed, and in 
 I Ms own house, he prosperously 
 j effected. 
 
 12 H And the Loed appeared 
 I to Solomon by night, and said 
 I unto him, I ha^^ heard thy 
 prayer, and have chosen tMs 
 I place to myself for an house of 
 i sacrifice. 
 j 13 If I shut up heaven that 
 
 I i there be no rain, or if I com- 
 j mand the locusts to devour the 
 
 I I land, or if I send pestilence 
 ! among my people ; 
 
 14 If my people, whicli are 
 called by my name, shall hium- 
 ble themselves, and pray, and 
 seek my face, and turn from 
 their wicked ways ; then will 
 I! 
 
 I hear fi'om heaven, and will 
 foi-give tlieir sin, ancl will heal 
 their land. 
 
 15 Now mine eyes shall be open, 
 and mine ears attent unto the 
 prayer that is made in this place. 
 
 16 For now have I chosen and 
 sanctified this house, that my 
 name may be there for ever: 
 and mine eyes and mine heart 
 shall be there pei-petually. 
 
 17 And as for thee, if thou wilt 
 walk before me, as David thy 
 father walked, and do according 
 to all that I have commanded 
 thee, and shalt observe my sta- 
 tutes and my judgments ; 
 
 18 Then wfll I stablish the 
 tMone of thy kingdom, accord- 
 hig as I have covenanted with 
 David thy father, saying, There 
 shall not fail thee a man to be 
 ruler in Israel. 
 
 19 But if ye turn away, and 
 forsake my statutes and my 
 commandments, which I have 
 set before you, and shall go and 
 serve other gods, and worsMp 
 them ; 
 
 20 Then wiU I pluck them up 
 by the roots out of my land 
 which. I have given them ; and 
 this house, which I have sanc- 
 tified for my name, will I cast 
 out of my sight, and will make 
 it to he a proverb and a byword 
 among all nations. 
 
 21 And this house, wMch is 
 Mgh, shall be an astomshment 
 to every one that passeth by it ; 
 so that he shall say, "Why hath 
 the Lord done thus unto tMs 
 land, and unto this house ? 
 
 22 And it shall be answered. 
 Because they forsook the Lord 
 Ood of their fathers, wMch 
 brought them forth out of the 
 land of Egypt, and laid hold 
 on other gods, and worshipped 
 them, and served them : there- 
 fore hath he brought all this 
 evil upon them. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 1 Solcmicns hnikUngs. 7 The Gen- 
 tiles wliieh icere left Solomon made 
 tributaries; hnt the Israelites rul. 
 . eQ's, 11 Flmraoiis daughter removeth 
 A a 
 
^V'/f;»k/n'« 
 
 II. CHRONICLES 
 
 to her house. 12 iktlo-nu^n s yenrly 
 itftU-mn Siicrificett. 14 J I*' ajyjMnuf- 
 eth (he prifnh mul Ij ritf* tn their 
 jilucvH. 17 The iMvy Jttrhvth i/Ud 
 from Ophir. 
 
 AND it came to paRs at the 
 . end of twenty yearp, where- 
 in Solomon liatl built tlie house 
 of tlie Loud, and his own liouse, 
 *2 Tliat the citit'H wliich llurani 
 ha<l restnn'd to Solomon, Solo- 
 mon ])uilt tliein, and canned the 
 (•liildivn of Isra<'l to dwtd! thrre. 
 
 3 And Si)lomon wt-nt to Ha- 
 math-zobah, and iirevailed a- 
 gainst it. 
 
 4 And he built Tadmor in the 
 wilderness, and all tlic store ci- 
 ties, wliich he built in Ilamath. 
 
 o Also he built Hcth-horon 
 the upiK^r, and lii'th-horon the 
 netlicr, fenced cities, with walls, 
 ^ates, and bai-s : 
 
 ii And liaalath, and all the 
 store cities that Sdlomon liad. 
 and all tlie cliariot cities, and 
 tlu^ cities of the hoi-senien, and 
 all that Solomon desiivd to 
 build in Jerusalem and in Le- 
 banon, and throui;nout all the 
 land of his dominion. 
 
 7 •" As for all tlie people that 
 trere left of tlie Ilittites, and 
 the Amorites, and tli<^ IN'rizzites, 
 and the liivites, and tlie Jel)U- 
 sites, wliich were not of Israel, 
 
 8 But of their children, who 
 were left after them in the land, 
 whom the cliildren of Israel eon- 
 punied not, them did Solomon 
 make to pay tribute mitil this 
 day. 
 
 9 But of the children of Israel 
 did Solomon make no servants 
 for his work ; but they were 
 men of war, and cliief of his 
 captains, and captains of his 
 chariots and horsemen. 
 
 10 And these ivere the chief 
 of Idng Solomon's officers, even 
 two himdred and fifty, that bare 
 rule over the people. 
 
 11 ^ And Solomon brought up 
 the daughter of Pharaoh out of 
 the city of David unto the house 
 that he had built for her: for 
 be said, My wife shall not dwell 
 
 VIII. hfiliJiujs. 
 
 in the house of David kinp of 
 Isnul, because t/ie places are 
 holy, whereunto the ark of the 
 
 [ LoKO hath come. 
 
 I 12 • Then Solomon onere<l 
 burnt oflV'HnpH nnt4) the Lohi> 
 
 j on the altar of the Loiin, wlji«h 
 
 I he had built l>efore the i»orch, 
 
 13 Kven after a certain rate 
 every day, otlerinj,' acci>rdini: to 
 the commandment of Mor-s, on 
 the wibbaths, and on the new 
 mo<»ns, and on the solemn feasts, 
 three times in the year, eren in 
 
 , the liast of unleavened brtad, 
 
 I and in tlie iea^t of weeks, and in 
 
 I the feast of tabernacleM. 
 11 • And he ai>pointed, accord- 
 iiiir ti) the onler of David his 
 father, the court's of the priestn 
 to their service, and the Levites 
 to their charges, to praiw* and 
 minister l»efore the priests, as 
 the duty of every day required : 
 the porters also by their courses 
 at every gate : for so had David 
 the man of (iod commanded. 
 15 And they departed not from 
 the commandment of the king 
 unto the i)riestfi and Levites 
 concerning any matter, or con- 
 cerning the treasures. 
 1«> Now all the work of Solo- 
 mon was prepared unto the day 
 of the foundation of the house 
 of the LoRO, and imtil it was 
 finished. So the house of the 
 Lord was perfected. 
 
 17 H Then went Solomon to 
 Ezion-geber and to Eloth. at the 
 sea side in tlie land of Edom. 
 
 18 And Huram sent him by the 
 hands of his servants ships, and 
 servants that had knowledge of 
 the sea ; and they went with the 
 servants of Solomon to Ophir. 
 and took thence four hundred 
 and fifty talents of gold, and 
 brought them to king Solomon. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 1 Tf)€ qtieen of Sheba admireth the 
 wisdom, of Solomon. 13 Solomon^ a 
 gold. 15 His targets. 17 Ttie throm 
 of ivory. 20 His vessels. 23 His 
 presents. 25 flits chariots and horse. 
 26 His tributes. 29 His reign and 
 death. 
 
II. CHRONICLES, IX. 
 
 The queen of 
 
 AND when the queen of 
 . Sheba heard of the fame 
 of Solomon, she came to prove 
 Solomon with hard ctuestions 
 at Jerusalem, with a very great 
 company, and camels that bare 
 spices, and gold in abundance, 
 and precious stones : and when 
 she was come to Solomon, she 
 conununed with him of all that 
 was in. her heart. 
 
 2 And Solomon told her all her 
 questions : and there was no- 
 thing hid from Solomon which 
 he told her not. 
 
 3 And when the queen of Sheba 
 had seen the -^dsdom of Solomon, 
 and the house that he had built, 
 
 4 And the meat of his table, 
 and the sitting of his servants, 
 and the attendance of his mmis- 
 ters, and their apparel ; his cup- 
 bearers also, and then apparel ; 
 and his ascent by which he went 
 
 j up into the house of the Lord ; 
 there was no more spirit m her. 
 
 5 And she said to the king, It 
 was a true report wliich I heard 
 in mine own land of tMne acts, 
 and of thy ^visdom : 
 
 < 6 Howbeit I believed not their 
 words, until I came, and mine 
 . eyes had seen it: and, behold, 
 ' the one half of the greatness of 
 thy wisdom was not told me : 
 for thou exceedest the fame 
 j that I heard. 
 
 I 7 Happy are thy men, and 
 { happy are these thy servants, 
 i winch stand contiaually before 
 I thee, and hear thy wisdom. 
 ' 8 Blessed be the Loed thy God, 
 which dehghted in thee to set 
 thee on his throne, to be king 
 for the Lord thy God: because 
 thy God loved Israel, to esta- 
 bhsh them for ever, therefore 
 made he thee king over them, 
 to do judgment and justice. 
 9 And she gave the long an 
 hundred and twenty talents of 
 gold, and of spices great abun- 
 dance, and precious stones : 
 neither was there any such 
 . spice as the queen of Sheba 
 I gave king Solomon. 
 I 10 And the servants also of 
 
 Sheha's visil. 
 
 Huram, and the ser\'ants of 
 Solomon, ^ which brought gold 
 from Ophii', brought algum trees 
 and precious stones. 
 
 11 And the Mng made of the 
 algum trees terraces to the 
 house of the Lord, and to the 
 Idng's palace,^ and harps and 
 psalteries for singers : and there 
 were none such seen before in 
 the land of Judah. 
 
 12 And king Solomon gave to 
 the queen of Sheba all her de- 
 sire, whatsoever she asked, be- 
 side that which she had brought 
 unto the king. So she turned, 
 and went away to her own land, 
 she and her servants. 
 
 13 H Now the weight of gold 
 that came to Solomon hi one 
 year was six hundi'ed and thiee- 
 score and six talents of gold ; 
 
 14 Beside that ivhich chapmen 
 and merchants brought. And 
 all the kmgs of Arabia and go- 
 vernors of the country brought 
 gold and silver to Solomon. 
 
 15 H And king Solomon made 
 two hundi'ed targets of beaten 
 gold : six hundred shekels of 
 beaten gold went to one target. 
 
 16 And three hundred shields 
 made he o/* beaten gold: tlnee 
 hundred shekels of gold went 
 to one shield. And the king 
 put them in the house of tlie 
 forest of Lebanon. 
 
 17 Moreover the king made a 
 great thione of ivory, and over- 
 laid it with pure gold. 
 
 18 And the^^e were six steps to 
 the throne, with a footstool of 
 gold, which icere fastened to 
 the throne, and stays on each 
 side of the sitting place, and two 
 lions standing by the stays : 
 
 19 And twelve hons stood 
 there on the one side and on 
 the other upon the six steps. 
 There was not the like made 
 in any kingdom. 
 
 20 n[ And all the drmking 
 vessels of king Solomon icere 
 of gold, and all the vessels of 
 the house of the forest of Le- 
 banon tvere ©/"pure gold: none 
 were of silver ; it was not any 
 
 Aa2 
 
4Ni)li 
 ^V rluM 
 
 >Woj„r,;/g rfijn II. CnRONICLES. X 
 
 th'mfc acconnted of in the days 
 
 otfSoloilKfll. 
 
 21 For tho kin^'p fliii**; went 
 to 'J'aishish witli the HervaiitH 
 C)i" Hiiram : every three yt*ai-s 
 once came the Hlii)>K «>1 Taivhish 
 bnn;j:iiif; jrold, and silver, ivor>', 
 tnid a] «'s, and jH*ac<M'kK. 
 
 22 And kinc Solomon law^ed 
 all the kinp* of the earth in 
 riches and wisdom. 
 
 Z\ •; And all the kinjrs of the 
 earth 8ont,dit the itreseiu**' of 
 Solomon, to lirar his wis<lom, 
 that (mmI had i»nt in his lieart. 
 
 *24 And tliey bmn^dit eveiy man 
 lii.s pix'sent, vesHels of silver, and 
 vessels of Kold, and miment, 
 harness, and spices, lioi>es, and 
 laiiles, a mte yrar hy year. 
 
 2^") •^ And Sol<»nion had fonr 
 thousand stalls for hoiscs and 
 rliariot>*, and twelve thousand 
 hoi-semen ; whom lie l»estowed 
 in the chariot cities, and with 
 tlio kinr: at Jerusalem. 
 
 2t) • And lie rri^rned over all 
 the kinirs from the nv<'r even 
 unto tli«' land of the Philistines, 
 and to the hordcr ()f lOjrypt. 
 
 27 And the kin^ made silver in 
 .Terusalem as stones, and cedar 
 trees made he aB tlie sycomrire 
 trees that (n-e ui the low plains 
 in abundance. 
 
 28 And they broujrht nnto 8o- 
 lomon hoi-ses out of Egj'pt, and 
 out of all lands. 
 
 29 •; Now the rest of the acts 
 of Solomon, fii-st and last, a7'e 
 they not Amtten in the book of 
 Nathan the prophet, and in the 
 jtropheoy of Aliijah the Sliilon- 
 ite, and in the visions of Iddo 
 the seer against Jeroboam the 
 son of Nebat? 
 
 30 And Solomon reigned in 
 Jerusalem over all Israel forty 
 yeai-s. 
 
 31 And Solomon slept with 
 his fathers, and he was buried 
 in the city of David his father : 
 and Rehoboam his son reigned 
 in his stead. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 1 The Israelites, assembled at She- 
 . chem to croxcn Eehohocim, by Jero- 
 
 aiul (h'ath. 
 
 boant rnalr n mtii of rtUimtinn un- 
 to him. l!» tnJ><>-ini, nf'ii<iii I tin 
 oUl vtfu's < ' 
 
 yoiiuij III' - 
 1<1 Trn t,, 
 
 rttui. atvl 111 '':< /.'./,. v./ --//i (,, it,,. 
 Nl> Iteholioam went to She- 
 m : lor to Shechem were 
 
 all Israel come to make him 
 
 kini:. 
 
 2 And it came to pass, when 
 J«-rob<.am the Kon of Nrbat, 
 who iraa in K^'ypt, whitlu'r ho 
 had tied from the prewncc ol 
 Solomon the kin<-r. luard //, that 
 Jeroboam returiK'doutoi Ivcviit. 
 
 3 And tliey sent an<l calle(l 
 Inm. So Jero])oam and all Is- 
 mel came and spake to Heho- 
 boam, saying, 
 
 4 Thy father made our yoke 
 prievous: now therelore ease 
 thou Somewhat the grievous 
 servitude of thy father, and his 
 heavy yoke that lie put upon uh, 
 and \v«' will serve thee. 
 
 5 And he sidd unt^> them, Come 
 a^'ain nwU) me alter three days. 
 And till' iM'ople denartvd. 
 
 G •; Aiul kinir Kelioboam tof>k 
 counsel with the old men that 
 had stiKKl before Solomon his 
 lather while he yet lived, say- 
 ing, What counsel give ye me 
 to return answer to this people? 
 
 7 And they spake nnto him, 
 saying. If thou be kind to this 
 peoi>le, and i)lease them, and 
 speak good words to them, they 
 ^nll l>e thy senants for ever. 
 
 8 But he forsook the counsel 
 which tlie old men gave liim, 
 and took counsel with the young 
 men that were brought up with 
 him, that stood before him. 
 
 9 And he said unto them, AV'hat 
 advice give ye that we may re- 
 turn answer to this people, which 
 have spoken to me, saving, Ease 
 somewhat the yoke that thy fa- 
 ther did put upon ils ? 
 
 10 And the young men that 
 were brought uj) with him spake 
 unto him, saying, Thus shalt 
 thou answer the people that f 
 spake mito thee, sajang. Thy 
 father made our yoke heavy, 
 but make thou it somewhat 
 
Ten tribes revolt II. CHRONICLES, XI. 
 
 lighter for lis : thus shalt thou say 
 imto them, My ]itt\ej^ng-e7' shall 
 be thicker than my father's loins. 
 
 11 For whereas my father pr.t 
 a heavy yoke upon you, I will 
 put more to yom" yoke : my fa- 
 ther chastised you with whips, 
 but I will chastise you with 
 scorpions. 
 
 12 So Jeroboam and all the 
 people came to Eehoboam on 
 the thu'd day, as the king bade, 
 saying, Come again to me on 
 
 the third day. 
 
 13 And the Idng answered 
 : them roughly ; and Idng Eeho- 
 '. boam forsook the counsel of the 
 , old men, 
 
 14 And answered them after 
 f the ad^dce of the young men, 
 , saying, My father made your 
 ; yoke heavy, but I will add 
 ; thereto : my father chastised 
 ; you with wliips, but I will chas- 
 tise you with scorpions. 
 
 J 15 So the Idng hearkened not 
 1 linto the people : for the cause 
 was of God, that the Lord 
 ) might perform his word, which 
 • he spake by the hand of Ahijah 
 ithe Shilonite to Jeroboam ithe 
 . son of Xebat. 
 
 ( 16 ^ And when all Israel saw 
 that the Idng would not heark- 
 en unto them, the people an- 
 swered the Idng, saving. What 
 ; portion have we in I)a\id ? and 
 we have none inlieritance in the 
 ' son of Jesse : every man to your 
 tents, O Israel: and now, Da- 
 vid, see to thine own house. So 
 .all Israel went to their tents. 
 \ 17 But as for the children of 
 ^Israel that dwelt in the cities of 
 Judah, Rehoboam reigned over 
 them. 
 18 Then Idng Rehoboam sent 
 Hadoram that was over the 
 
 from B<.'hoboaiii. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 ] BeJiohoani raising an army fo sub- 
 chie Israel, is forbidden hy Sheinai- 
 ali. 5 He sfrengfheneth his ling- 
 dom u-ich forts and lyrovision. IP. 
 The priests and Levites, and such 
 as feared God, forsalen hy Jero- 
 boam, sirenafhen the Mngdom of 
 Judah. 18 The wives and children 
 of Eehoboam. 
 
 AND when Eehoboam was 
 - come to Jerusalem, he ga- 
 thered of the house of Judah 
 and Benjamin an hundred and 
 
 fom'score thousand chosen men, 
 which were warriors ,_ to fight 
 against Israel, that he might 
 bring the kingdom agaia to Re- 
 hoboam. 
 
 2 But the word of the Lord 
 came to Shemaiah the man of 
 God, saj^ng, 
 
 3 Speak imto Rehoboam the 
 son of Solomon, king of Judah, 
 and to all Israel in Judah and 
 Benjamin, saying, 
 
 4 Thus saith the Lord, Ye 
 shall not go up, nor fight a- 
 gainst your brethren: return 
 every man to his house : for 
 this thing is done of me. And 
 they obeyed the words of the 
 Lord, and returned from going 
 against Jeroboam. ' 
 
 5 ^ And Rehoboam dwelt in 
 Jerusalem, and built cities for 
 defence in Judah. 
 
 6 He built even Beth-lehern, 
 and Etam, and Tekoa, 
 
 7 And Beth-zur, and Shoco, 
 and Adullam, 
 
 8 And Gath, and Mareshah, 
 and Ziph, 
 
 9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, 
 and Azekah, 
 
 10 And Zorah, and Aijalon , and 
 Hebron, which are in Judah and 
 in Benjamin fenced cities. 
 
 11 And he fortified the strong 
 
 tribute ; and the children of i holds, and put captains in them, 
 Israel stoned hhn with stones, i and store of victual, and of oil 
 that he died. But Idng Reho- and wine. 
 
 boam made speed to get him 
 up to his chariot, to flee to Je- 
 rusalem. 
 19 And Israel rebelled against 
 the house of Da^id unto this 
 day. 
 
 12 And in every several city 
 he put shields and spears, and 
 made them exceeding strong, 
 having Judah and Benjamin on 
 his side. 
 
 13 % And the priests and the 
 
Vehoboam^sfamiln. II. CHRONICLES, XII. Shishak's inrasim. 
 
 Levites that ivere in all Israel 
 resorted to him out of all their 
 coasts. 
 
 14 For the Le^^te8 left their 
 suburbs and their i)OssesBion, 
 and came to Judah and Jerusa- 
 lem : for Jeroboam and his sonw 
 had cast tlieni oill'roni cxccutint: 
 the Idiot's ollicc unto the J.oiuc 
 
 15 And lie ordained liini priests 
 for the hif^h places, and for the 
 devils, and for the calves wliich 
 he had made. 
 
 10 And after them out of all 
 the tribes of Israel such a^ set 
 their hearts to seek the Lord 
 God of Israel came to Jerusa- 
 lem, to sacrifice unto the Loiin 
 God of their fathers. 
 
 17 8o they strengthened the 
 kinj^dom of Judah, and made 
 Rehoboam the son of Solomon 
 strong, three yeai-s: for three 
 yeai"s they walked in the way 
 of David and Solomon. 
 
 18 ^ And Kehoboam took him 
 Mahalath the dauijhter of Jeri- 
 motli the son of David to wife, 
 n7id Abihail the daughter of 
 Eliab the son of Jesse ; 
 
 19 Wliich bare him children; 
 Jeush, and Shamariah, and Za- 
 liam. 
 
 20 And after her he took Maa- 
 chah the daughter of Absalom ; 
 which bare him Abijah, and At- 
 tai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. 
 
 21 And Kehoboam loved Maa- 
 chah the daughter of Absalom 
 above all his wives and his con- 
 cubines: (for he took eighteen 
 wives, and threescore concu- 
 bines; and begat twenty and 
 eight sons, and tlireescore daugh- 
 ters.) 
 
 22 And Eehoboam made Abi- 
 jah the son of Maachah the 
 chief, to be ruler among his bre- 
 thren : for he thought to make 
 him king. 
 
 23 And he dealt wisely, and 
 dispersed of all his children 
 throughout all the countries 
 of Judah and Benjamin, unto 
 ever>' fenced city : and he gave 
 them victual in abundance. 
 And he desired many wives. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 1 Rehdifxim, formkiug the Lord, is 
 pnninlud by Shislntk. r, lie <iu(l the 
 priurrs, ri'iH'Htiiiii tit the pnud-hinff 
 o/Sh'iii<ii<th,(irr dtliv* red from de. 
 strnrtUm, but not from Hjxtil. Mi 27/0 
 rei(ni (unl death of Iieh<jl>oa)it. I 
 
 AND it came to pass, when* 
 - Rehoboam had established 
 the kingdom, and had strength- 
 ened himself, he fors(K)k the law 
 of the Lord, and all Israel with 
 him. 
 
 2 And it came to pass, that in 
 the fifth vear of king Rehoboam 
 Shishak king of Egypt came u\i 
 against Jerusalem, because they 
 had transgressed against the 
 
 LORU, 
 
 3 With twelve liundred cha- 
 riots, and threescore thousand 
 hoi-semen : and the people were 
 without number that came with 
 him out of Egypt ; the Lubims, 
 the Suklciims, and the Etliio- 
 piansrf 
 
 4 And he took the fenced citieB 
 which pertained to Judah, and 
 came to Jerusalem. 
 
 5 II Then came Shemaiah the 
 prophet to Rehoboam, and to 
 the i^rinces of Judah, that w^ere 
 gathered together to Jerusalem 
 because of Shishak, and said 
 unto them. Thus saith the Lord, 
 Ye have forsaken me, and there- 
 fore have I also left you in the 
 hand of Shishak. 
 
 G Wliereupon the princes of 
 Israel and the king humbled 
 themselves ; and they said. The 
 Lord is righteous. 
 
 7 And when the Lord saw that 
 they humbled themselves, the 
 word of the Lord came to She- 
 maiah, saying, They have hum- 
 bled themselves; therefore I 
 will not destroy them, but I will 
 grant them some deliverance; 
 and my wrath shall not be pour- 
 ed out upon Jerusalem by the 
 hand of Shishak. 
 
 8 Nevertheless they shall be his 
 servants; that they may know 
 my service, and the service of 
 the kingdoms of the countries. 
 
 9 So Shishak king of Egypt 
 came up against Jerusalem, and 
 
Mehoboam's death II. CHEONICLES, XIII. 
 
 Ahijah's reign. 
 
 took away the treasures of the 
 house of the Loed, and the trea- 
 sures of the king's house; he 
 took all : he carried away also 
 the sliields of gold which Solo- 
 mon had made. 
 
 10 Instead of which long Re- 
 hoboam made shields of bmss, 
 and committed them to the 
 hands of the chief of the guard, 
 that kept the entrance of the 
 king's house. 
 
 11 And when the king entered 
 into the house of the Lord, the 
 guard came and fetched them, 
 and brought them again into the 
 guard chamber. 
 
 12 And when he humbled him- 
 self, the wrath of the Lord turn- 
 ed from him, that he would not 
 destroy him altogether: and also 
 in Judah things went w^ell. 
 
 13 "H So Idng Rehoboam 
 strengthened himself in Jeru- 
 salem, and reigned: for Eeho- 
 boam was one and forty years 
 old when he began to reign, 
 and he reigned seventeen years 
 in Jerusalem, the city which the 
 Lord had chosen out of all the 
 tribes of Israel, to put his name 
 there. And his mother's name 
 was Naamah an Ammonitess. 
 
 14 And he did e\dl, because he 
 prepared not his heart to seek 
 the Lord. 
 
 15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, 
 first and last, are they not writ- 
 ten in the book of Shemaiah the 
 prophet, and of Iddo the seer 
 concerning genealogies ? And 
 there were wars between Re- 
 hoboam and Jeroboam conti- 
 nually. 
 
 16 And Rehoboam slept with 
 his fathers, and was buried in 
 the city of David : and Abijah 
 liis son reigned in his stead. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 1 Abijah succeeding mal-etli ivar a- 
 
 gainst Jeroboam,. 4 He declarefh 
 
 the right of his cause. 13 Trusting 
 
 in God he overcometh Jeroboam. 21 
 
 The ivives and children of Abijah. 
 
 lyrOW in the eighteenth year 
 
 ±S of king Jeroboam began 
 
 Abijah to reign over Judah. 
 
 2 He reigned three years in 
 Jerusalem. His mother's name 
 also teas Michaiah the daughter 
 of Uriel of Gibeah. And there 
 was war between Abijah and 
 Jeroboam. 
 
 3 And Abijah set the battle in 
 array with an army of valiant 
 men of war, even lour hundred 
 thousand chosen men: Jerobo- 
 am also set the battle in array 
 against him with eight hundred 
 thousand chosen men, being 
 mighty men of valour. 
 
 4 II And Abijah stood up up- 
 on mount Zemaraim, which is 
 in mount Ephraim, and said. 
 Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and 
 all Israel ; 
 
 5 Ought ye not to know that 
 the Lord God of Israel gave 
 the kingdom over Israel to Da- 
 vid for ever, even to him and to 
 his sons by a covenant of salt? 
 
 6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Ne- 
 bat, the servant of Solomon the 
 son of David, is risen up, and 
 hath rebelled against his lord. 
 
 7 And there are gathered unto 
 him_ vam men, the childi'en of 
 Belial, and have strengthened 
 themselves against Rehoboam 
 the son of Solomon, when Re- 
 hoboam was young and ten- 
 derhearted, and could not with- 
 stand them. 
 
 8 And now ye think to with- 
 stand the kingdom of the Lord 
 in the hand of the sons of Da- 
 vid; and ye he a great multi- 
 tude, and there are with you 
 golden calves, which Jeroboam 
 made you for gods. 
 
 9 Have ye not cast out the 
 priests of the Lord, the sons 
 of Aaron, and the Levites, and 
 have made you priests after the 
 manner of the nations of other 
 lands? so that whosoever Com- 
 eth to consecrate himself with a 
 yoimg bullock and seven rams, 
 the same may be a priest of 
 them that are no gods. 
 
 10 But as for us, the Lord is 
 our God, and we have not forsak- 
 en him ; and the priests, which 
 minister unto the Lord, are the 
 
Ahijah ilf/rattth 
 
 ►JOiH of Aaron, and tho I^cvites 
 irnit winm thrir l>usine»«: 
 11 And tlicy l)iini uTjto the 
 Lord (*vt*n- nK)niin^' and eve- 
 ry eveninir Imnit wirrilict'S and 
 sweet iiK'.nRt* : the Kliewhri'nd 
 :i1ko set thvy in order njion tin* 
 pnre table ; and tlie eandlewtiek 
 
 II. CHRONICLES, XIV. 
 
 Jerobotth 
 
 of u'old Nvitli the lamps thereof, I wvIh^'p, are written m tlic story 
 
 of Aliijnli : and the Lord btnn*k 
 liiin, an«l lie di( d. 
 
 21 • Hut Ahijah waxed nii^rlity, 
 and niarri»«l fourteen >viv(s, and 
 N^'/at twi'nty an<l two hmis, and 
 Kixt«M'n diiUK'hterB. 
 
 2*J And th»' rest of the art« of 
 \hi.iah, and hw wnj-s, and hin 
 
 to bum every evenin/: : for wo 
 keen tlie cliaru'e of th«' Loitn our 
 (irMl; but ve liave foi-saken him. 
 12 And, Ndiokl, (l(n\ liiniself 
 is with us f(»r our eantain, and 
 ]iis prie*»ts witli sounding tnnn- 
 p?ts to er>' alarm acainst you. () 
 
 if the pr(»phet IcUlo. 
 
 CHA1>TEK XIV. 
 
 1 Ann tntro-tdin'j drnfroi/fth i'litlnfrf/. 
 
 9C / 
 
 Zcr„l , , ' / 
 
 eliiklnMi of iHnul. ti-dit ye not ^ O () Abijali slept with his ta- 
 air:iin.«:t the Loan (J(Kl(.f vonrfa- O then*, and they buried him 
 
 th"i-s ; for w 
 V.\ •' But " 
 
 hall not i)ros;>er. 
 r(»b<»;im eaus«'(l nn 
 
 ; \\\ the rity of David: and Asa 
 his s(in n*iirnfd in his strad. In 
 
 anibu^liment to eome alnmt 1)0- his days the land wa* (iiiiet ten 
 hind them : so they weR* !)efore } years. 
 
 .Tudah, an«l the ambushment 
 xi'is b'hind them. 
 
 14 And v. hen .Tudali looked 
 ba<k, Ik-1i(i1(1, the battle fras 
 ho\urM and b'hind: ainl they 
 eried imto the Loun, an<l the 
 l>rie8ts R)unded with tho tiiun- 
 
 IH*tS. 
 
 15 Then the men of .Tudah 
 
 pave a shout: and as the men 
 of .Tudah shouted, it came to 
 pa«s, that (ifxl smote ,]«*roboam 
 .nid all Israel before Abijali and 
 Judah. 
 
 l(j And the ehildren of Israel 
 fh d before Judah : and CmmI de- 
 livered them into their hand. 
 
 17 And Al)i.iah and his peoi»le 
 
 2 And Asa did that which it^as 
 iro<Ml and riplit in the eyes of 
 tJie LoiM) his («(xl: 
 
 'i For he took away the altars 
 of the strauL'e ^ods, and the luKh 
 plaees, and l>n»ke down the im- 
 aL'es, and eut down the proves : 
 
 4 And commanded Judah to 
 seek the Lor:> G(kI of their fa- 
 thers, and to do the law and the 
 connnandment. 
 
 r> Also he took away out of 
 all tlu' eities of Judah tlie In'trh 
 jtlaees and the imajres : and the 
 kincrdom was f[\net !>i*fore liim. 
 
 T) •^ And he built leneed eities 
 in Judah : lor the land had rest, 
 and he had no war in those 
 
 slew them with a trrtat slaugh- 1 y* ars ; In'oause tho Lord had 
 
 ter: so there fell doA\Ti slain of 
 Israel live hundred thousand 
 chosen men. 
 
 18 Thus the children of Israel 
 were brouaht und'_r at that time, 
 and the children of Judah pre- 
 vailed, because they relied upon 
 the Lord God of their fatliers. 
 
 19 And Abijali I'Ursued after 
 Jeroboam, and tv'ok cities from 
 him, Beth-el with the towns 
 thereof, and Jcslianah with the 
 towTJS thereof, and Ephrain with 
 the towns thereof. 
 
 20 Neither did Jeroboam re- 
 cover strength agam in the days 
 
 ^nven him rest. 
 
 7 Tlierefore he said unto Ju- 
 dah, Let us bufld these cities, 
 and make about t/iem walls, and 
 towers, prates, and bars, zchile 
 the land in yet before us: be- 
 cause we have sought the Loan 
 our God. we liave souglit him, 
 and he hath given us rest on 
 evorj^ side. So they biiilt and 
 prospered. 
 
 8 Arid Asa had an army of men 
 that bare forgets and si-ears, out 
 of Judah tliree hundred thou- 
 sand ; and out of Benjamin, that 
 bare shields and drew bows, two 
 
Asa putteth 
 
 II. CHRONICLES, XV. 
 
 away iddlairn. 
 
 hundred andfoui'score thousand : 
 all these tvere mighty men of 
 valour. 
 
 9 H And there came out against 
 them Zerah the Ethiopian with 
 an host of a thousand thousand, 
 and thi'ee hundred chariots ; and 
 came unto Mareshah. 
 
 10 Then Asa went out against 
 him, and they set the battle in 
 array in the valley of Zephathah 
 at Mareshah. 
 
 11 And Asa cried unto the 
 LoED his God, and said, Lord, 
 it is nothing with thee to help, 
 whether with many, or with them 
 that have no power : help us, O 
 Lord our God; for we rest on 
 thee, and in thy name we go a- 
 gainst this multitude. O Lord, 
 thou art our God ; let not man 
 prevail against thee. 
 
 12 So the Lord smote the E- 
 thiopians before Asa, and before 
 Judah; and the Ethiopiaus fled. 
 
 ' 13 And Asa and the people that 
 were with him pursued them 
 unto Gerar : and the Ethiopians 
 were overthrown, that they could 
 not recover themselves ; for they 
 
 , were destroyed before the Lord, 
 and before his host; and they 
 carried away veiy much spoil. 
 
 14 And they smote all the ci- 
 ties round about Gerar ; for the 
 fear of the Lord came upon 
 them : and they spoiled all the 
 cities; for there was exceeding 
 much spoil in them. 
 
 15 They smote also the tents of 
 I cattle, and carried away sheep 
 j and camels in abundance, and 
 
 returned to Jerusalem. 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 1 Asa with Jndah arid 'many of Is- 
 rael, moved hy the prophecy ofA^a- 
 ridh the son of Oded, make a solem.n 
 covenant with God. IG He putteth 
 I down Maachah his nvother for her 
 
 idolatry. 18 He bringeth dedicate 
 things into the house of God, and 
 enjoyeth a long peace. 
 
 AND the Spirit of God came 
 - upon Azariah the son of 
 Oded: 
 
 2 And he went out to meet 
 Asa, and said unto him. Hear 
 ye me, Asa, and all Judah and 
 
 Benjamin; The Lord is with 
 you, while ye be with him ; and 
 if ye seek him, he will be found 
 of you; but if ye forsake him, 
 he will forsake you. 
 
 3 Now for a long season Israel 
 hath been without the true God, 
 and without a teaching priest, 
 and without law. 
 
 4 But when they in their trou- 
 ble did turn unto the Lord Gcd 
 of Israel, and sought him, lie 
 was found of them. 
 
 5 And in those times there was 
 no peace to him tliat went out, 
 nor to liim tliat came in, but 
 great vexations tvere upon all 
 the inhabitants of the countries. 
 
 6 And nation was destroyed 
 of nation, and city of city : for 
 God did vex them with all ad- 
 versity. 
 
 7 Be ye strong therefore, arjd 
 let not your hands be weak : for 
 your work shall be rewaicled. 
 
 8 And when Asa heard these 
 words, and the prophecy of Oded 
 the prophet, he took courage, 
 and put away the aboniiuable 
 idols out of all the land of J u- 
 dah and Benjamin, and out of 
 the cities which he had taken 
 from mount Ephi^im, and re- 
 newed the altar of the Lord, 
 that was before the porch of 
 the Lord. 
 
 9 And he gathered all Judah 
 and Benjamin, and the strangers 
 with them out of Ephraim and 
 Manasseh, and out of Simeon : 
 for they fell to him out of Israel 
 ill abundance, when they saw 
 that the Lord his God was with 
 him. 
 
 10 So they gathered themselves 
 together at Jerusalem in the 
 thhd month, in the fifteenth 
 year of the reign of Asa. 
 
 11 And they offered unto the 
 Lord the same time, of the spoil 
 which they had brought, seTcn 
 hundred oxen arid seven thou- 
 sand sheep. 
 
 12 And they entered into a co- 
 venant to seek the Lord God 
 of their fathers with all theii- 
 heart and with all their soul ; 
 
 Aa3 
 
Asa is repivved II. CHRONICLES, XVI, 
 
 13 That whosoever would not 
 seek the Lord God of Israel 
 should be put to death, whether 
 small or great, whether man or 
 woman. 
 
 14 And they s^vai'e unto the 
 Lord with a loud voice, and ^vith 
 nhoutins:, and with tnmipets, 
 and with comets. 
 
 15 And all Judah rejoiced at 
 the oath : for they had sworn 
 with all their heart, and sought 
 liim with their whole desire; 
 and he was found of them : and 
 the Lord gave them rest romid 
 about. 
 
 l»i •[ And also concern? nfc 
 T^Iaachah the mother of Asa the 
 king, he removed her from be- 
 ing' queen, because she had made 
 an idol in a grove : and Asa cut 
 down her idol, and stamped ?t, 
 and bunit ii at the brook Ki- 
 dron. 
 
 17 But the high places 'svere not 
 taken away out of Israel : ne- 
 vertheless the heart of Asa was 
 perfect all his days. 
 
 18 ![ And he brought into the 
 house of God the things that his 
 father had dechcated, and that 
 he himself had dedicated, silver, 
 and gold, and vessels. 
 
 19 And there was no inore war 
 unto the live and thirtieth year 
 of the reign of Asa. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 1 Asa, hy the aid of the Syrians, di- 
 verteth Btiasha from building of 
 Ranuih. 7 Bcir^ 7'cjyroved thereof 
 hy Hanani, lie patteth him in pri- 
 aon. 11 Among his other acts in 
 his disease he seel:eth not to God,, 
 hilt to the pliysicians. 13 His death 
 and burial. 
 
 IN the six and thirtieth 5^ear 
 of the reign of Asa Baasha 
 king of Israel came up against 
 •Tudah, and built Eamah, to the 
 iiitent that he might let none i 
 go out or come in to Asa king 
 of Judah. 
 
 2 Then Asa brought out silver 
 and gold out of the treasures of 
 the house of the Lord and of the 
 king's house, and sent to Ben- 
 i'ladad Idng of Syria, that dwelt 
 at Damascus, saying, 
 
 Iry Hanani. 
 
 3 There is a league between 
 me and thee, as there was Ije- 
 tween my father and thy father : 
 behold, I have sent thee silver 
 and gold ; go, break thy league 
 with Baasha king of Israel, that 
 he may depart from me. 
 
 4 And Ben-hadad hearkened 
 unto king Asa, and sent the 
 captains of his armies against 
 the cities of Israel ; and they 
 smote Ijon, and l)an, and Al)el- 
 maim, and all the store cities of 
 Naphtali. 
 
 5 And it came to pass, when 
 Baasha heard it, that he left oft' 
 building of Ramah, and let his 
 work cease. 
 
 G Then Asa the Idng took all 
 Judah; and they canied away 
 tlie stones of Ramah, and the 
 timber thereof, Avherewith Baa- 
 sha was building ; and he built 
 tliere^nth Geba and Mizpah. 
 
 7 % And at that time Hanani 
 the seer came to Asa king of 
 Judah, and said unto him. Be- 
 cause thou hast relied on the 
 king of Syria, and not relied on 
 the Lord thy God, therefore is 
 the host of the king of Syria 
 escaped out of thine liand. 
 
 8 Were not the Ethiopians and 
 the Lubiras a huge host, ^\^th 
 very many chariots and horse- 
 men? yet, because thou didst 
 rely on the Lord, he delivered 
 them into tliine hand. 
 
 9 For the eyes of the Lord run 
 to and fro throu.ghout the whole 
 earth, to shew himself strong m 
 the behalf of tliem whose heart 
 is perfect toward him. Herein 
 thou hast done foolishly : there- 
 fore from henceforth thou shalt 
 have wars. 
 
 10 Then Asa was wroth with 
 the seer, and put him in a pri- 
 son house ; for he was in a rage 
 with him because of this thin?. 
 And Asa oppressed some of the 
 people the same time. 
 
 11 !i And, behold, the acts of 
 Asa, first and last, lo, they are 
 written in the book of the kings 
 of J udah and Israel. 
 
 12 And Asa in the thirty and 
 
JeJicsJiaphaCs 
 
 nintli year of liis reign was dis- 
 eased in his feet, until his dis- 
 ease teas exceeding great : yet 
 in his disease he sought not to 
 the Lord, bnt to the phj'sicians. 
 
 13 ^ And Asa slept with his 
 fathers, and died in the one and 
 fortieth year of his reign. 
 
 14 And they bnried him m his 
 own sepulcln'es, wliieh he had 
 made for himself in the city of 
 David, and laid him in the bed 
 which was filled ^ with sweet 
 odours and divers kinds of spices 
 pi-epared by the apothecaries' 
 art : and they made a veiy great 
 bm-ning for him. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 1 Jelwsliapliat, succeeding Asa, reign- 
 efJi icell, and prcspereth. 7 lie send- 
 efh Levites loith the princes to teach 
 Judah. 10 His enemies being ter- 
 rified by God, some of tliem bring 
 him presents and tribute. 12 His 
 greatness, captains, and armies. 
 
 AND Jehoshaphat his son 
 . reigned in his stead, and 
 strengthened himself ag-ainst 
 Israel. 
 
 2 And he placed forces in all 
 the fenced cities of Judah, and 
 set garrisons in the ^ land of 
 Judah, and in the cities of E- 
 phi-aim, which Asa. his father 
 had taken. 
 
 3 And the Lord was with Jeho- 
 shaphat, because he walked in 
 the first Vi'ays of his father David, 
 and sought not unto Baalim ; 
 
 4 But sought to ihsALoRD God 
 of his father, and walked in his 
 commandments, and not after 
 the doings of Israel. 
 
 5 Therefore the Lord stablished 
 the Idngdom in his hand; and 
 all Judah brought to Jehosha- 
 phat presents ; and he had riches 
 and honour in abmidance. 
 
 ^6 And his heart was lifted up 
 in the ways of the Lord : more- 
 over he took away the high 
 places and groves out of Judah. 
 7 ^ Also in tlie third year of 
 his reign he sent to his princes, 
 even to Ben-hail, and to Oba- 
 diah, and to Zechariah, and to 
 
 II. CHBONICLES, XVII. 
 
 8 And with 
 
 gccd reign, 
 
 them he sent 
 Levites, even Shemaiah, and 
 Nethaniah, and Zehadiah, and 
 Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and 
 Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and 
 Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, Le- 
 vites ; and with them Elishama 
 and Jehomm, priests. 
 
 9 And they taught in Judah, 
 and had the bool?: of the law of 
 the Lord with them, and went 
 about throughout all the cities 
 of Judah, and taught the people. 
 
 10 H And the fear of the Lord 
 fell upon all the kingdoms of 
 the lauds that were round a- 
 bout Judah, s^ that they made 
 no war against Jehoshaphat. 
 
 11 Also some of the Philistines 
 brought Jehoshaphat presents, 
 and tribute silver ; and the Ara- 
 bians brought him flocks, seven 
 thousand and seven hundred 
 rams, and seven thousand and 
 seven hundi-ed he goats. 
 
 12 IF And Jehoshaphat waxed 
 great exceedingly; and he built 
 in Judah castles, and cities ci 
 store. 
 
 13 And he had much business 
 in the cities of Judah : and the 
 men of war, mighty men of va- 
 lour, were in Jerusalem. 
 
 14 And these are the numbers 
 of them according to tlie house 
 of theii' fathers : Of Judah, the 
 captains of thousands; Acliiah 
 the chief, and mth him mighty 
 men of valour three hundred 
 thousand. 
 
 15 And next to liim ivas Je- 
 hohanan the captain, and with 
 him two bundled and fourscore 
 thousand. 
 
 16 And next him ivas Amasiah 
 the son of Zichri, who willingly 
 offered himself unto the Lord ; 
 and mth him two hundred thou- 
 sand mighty men of valour. 
 
 17 And of Benjamin ; Eliada a 
 mighty man of valour, and with 
 him armed men with bow and 
 shield two hundred thousand. 
 
 18 And next him was Jeho- 
 zabad, and vrith him an hun- 
 
 Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to i dred and fourscore thousand 
 teach in the cities of Judah. I ready prepared for the war. 
 
Jehoshaphat 
 
 II. CHRONICLES, XVIII. joiuetJi mill Ahah. 
 
 19 These waited on the king, JehoBliapliat king of Jnclali Pat 
 
 1>e8ide those wlioni tlie king put i eitlier of tlieni on his tlirone, 
 
 in the fenced citiL'S tliroughout ' ' "' ' ' " ' 
 
 all Judah. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI H. 
 
 1 Jehoshaphat , jollied iii ajfinifff trifh 
 Aha'}, is ])ersiia(k'<l to {fo with hint 
 against Uauiotli-ijihad. 4 Altai, 
 
 seduced by false prophets, accord- 1 ^^y^ , , , i ,. , - 
 
 iny fo the irord of Micaiah, is Uienaanah had made him lioms 
 slain there. \ of iron, <nnd wiid, Tluis saith tlie 
 
 clothed in their rol)eK, and they 
 Bat in a void place at the enter- 
 ing hi of the gate of Samaria ; 
 and all the propheta prophesied 
 he fore them. 
 lO And Zedekiah the 8on of 
 
 ^VTOW Jehoshai>hat had riches 
 Xl and hoiioiw in <il)undance, 
 and joined alliiiity with Ahah. 
 2 An(i after certain yeai-s he 
 went down to Ahah to Samaria. 
 And Aliab killed sheep ancl 
 oxen for him in ahnndance, and 
 f(>r the people that he had with 
 
 Loito, With these thou 8halt push 
 Syria until they l)e consumed. 
 
 11 And all the prophets i>ro- 
 phesied so, sayhig, Go up to Ka- 
 moth-gilead, and i)ros[)er: lor 
 tlie Lord shall deliver it hito 
 the hand of the khig. 
 
 12 And the messenger that 
 
 him, and ]>ersuaded him to go went to call Micaiah si)ake to 
 up tvith him to Kamoth-gilead. I him, saying, Ikdiold, the words 
 3 And Ahab Icing of Israel said of the prophets declare good to 
 unto.Tehoshaphat king of Judah, ! the king with one assent; let 
 Wilt thou go with me to Ka- ! thy word therefore, I pray thee, 
 laoth-gileadV And he answeix^d | l>e like one of their's, and speak 
 
 him, I am as thou art, and my 
 people as thy people; and we 
 tcill be with thee in the war. 
 
 thou good. 
 13 And Micaiah said. As the 
 Lord liveth, even what my God 
 
 4 IF And Jehoshaphat said un- i saith that ^v^ll I speak, 
 to the king of Isiael, Enrpiire, 14 And wlien he was come to 
 I pray thee, at the word of the the king, the king said unto him, 
 
 LoRu to day. 
 
 5 Therefore the king of Israel 
 gathered together of prophets 
 four hundied men, and said unto 
 tliem, Shall we go to Eamoth- 
 gilead to battle, or shall I for- 
 bear? And they said. Go up; 
 for God \Nill deliver it into the 
 king's hand. 
 
 6 But Jehoshaphat said. Is 
 there not here a iH'ophet of the 
 Lord besides, that we might 
 enquire of him ? 
 
 Micaiah, shall we go to Ifa- 
 moth-giJead to battle, or shall 
 I forbear? And he said. Go ye 
 up, and prosper, and they shall 
 be delivered into your hand. 
 15 And the king said to him. 
 How many times shall I adjure 
 thee that thou say nothing but 
 the truth k) me in the name of 
 the Lord ? 
 
 IG Then he said, I did see all 
 Israel scattered upon the moun- 
 I tains, as sheep that have no 
 
 7 And the king of Israel said shepherd : and the Lord said, 
 TTuto Jehoshaphat, There is yet These have no master ; let them 
 
 one man, by whom we may en- 
 quire of the Lord : but I hate 
 him; for he never prophesied 
 good unto me. but always evil : 
 the same is Micaiah the son of 
 Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, 
 Let not the Idng say so. 
 
 8 And the king of Israel called 
 for one of his officers, and said, 
 Fetch quickly Micaiah the son 
 of Imla. 
 
 9 And the king of Israel and 
 
 return therefore every man to 
 iiis house in peace. 
 
 17 And the Idng of Israel said 
 to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell 
 thee that he would not prophesy 
 good unto me, but evil ? 
 
 18 Again he said. Therefore 
 hear the word of the Lord; I 
 saw the Lord sitting upon his 
 throne, and all the host of hea- 
 ven standing on his right hand 
 and on his left. 
 
Mob is slain 
 
 II. CHEONTCLES, XIX. 
 
 in battle. 
 
 19 And the Lord said. Who 
 shall entice Ahab king of Israel, 
 that he may go np and fall at 
 Ramoth-gilead? And one spake 
 sajdng after this manner, and an- 
 other saying after that manner. 
 
 20 Then there came out a spirit, 
 and stood before the Lord, and 
 said, I will entice him. And the 
 Lord said unto him. Wherewith ? 
 
 21 And he said, I will go out, 
 and be a lying spirit in the 
 mouth of ail his prophets. And 
 the Lord said, Thou shalt entice 
 him, and thou shalt also prevail : 
 go out, and do even so. 
 
 22 Now therefore, behold, the 
 Lord hath put a lying spirit in 
 the mouth of these thy prophets, 
 and the Lord hath spoken evil 
 against thee. 
 
 23 Then Zedekiah the son of 
 Chenaanah came near, and 
 smote Micaiah upon the cheek, 
 and said, Which way went the 
 Spirit of the Lord from me to 
 speak unto thee ? 
 
 24 And Micaiah said, Behold, 
 thou shalt see on that day when 
 thou shalt go into an inner 
 chamber to hide thyself. 
 
 25 Then the king of Israel said. 
 Take ye Micaiah, and carry him 
 back to Amon the governor oi 
 the city, and to Joash the king's 
 son ; 
 
 26 And say, Thus saith the 
 king, Put this fellotv in the pri- 
 son, and feed him with bread 
 of affliction and with water ot 
 affliction, until I return in peace. 
 
 27 And Micaiah said, If thou 
 certainly return in peace, then 
 hath not the Lord spoken by 
 me. And he said, Hearken, all 
 ye people. 
 
 28 So the king of Israel and 
 Jehoshaphat the Idng of Judah 
 went up to Eamoth-gilead. 
 
 29 And the king of Israel said 
 imto Jehoshaphat, I will dis- 
 guise myself, and will go to the 
 battle; but put thou on thy 
 robes. So the king of Israel dis- 
 guised himself; and they went 
 to the battle. 
 
 30 Now the king of Syria had 
 
 commanded the captains of the 
 chariots that were with hiiu, 
 saying. Fight ye not with small 
 or great, save only with the king 
 of Israel. 
 
 31 And it came to pass, when 
 the captains of the chariots saw 
 Jehoshaphat, that they said, It 
 is the king of Israel. Therefore 
 they compassed about him to 
 fight: but Jehoshaphat cried 
 out, and the Lord helped him ; 
 and God moved them to depart 
 from him. 
 
 32 For it came to pass, that, 
 when the captains of the cha- 
 riots perceived that it was not 
 the king of Israel, they turned 
 back again from pursuing him. 
 
 33 And a certain man drew a 
 bow at a venture, and smote 
 the king of Israel between the 
 joints of the harness : therefore 
 he said to his chariot man, Turn 
 thine hand, that thou mayest 
 carry me out of the host ; for I 
 am wounded. 
 
 34 And the battle increased 
 that day: howbeit the king of 
 Israel stayed himself up in his 
 chariot against the Syrians un- 
 til the even : and about the time 
 of the sun going down he died. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX 
 1 JelioshapJiat, repi-oved by JeJm, 
 visitefh his Mngdom. 5 His in- 
 structions to the judges, 8 to the 
 priests and Levites. 
 
 AND Jehoshaphat the king 
 - of Judah returned to his 
 house in peace to Jerusalem. 
 
 2 And Jehu the son of Hananl 
 the seer went out to meet him, 
 and said to king Jehoshaphat, 
 Shouldest thou help the ungod- 
 ly, and love them that hate the 
 Lord? therefore is wrath upon 
 thee from before the Lord. 
 
 3 Nevertheless there are good 
 things found m thee, in that 
 thou hast taken away the groves 
 out of the land, and hast pre- 
 pared thine heart to seek God. 
 
 4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at 
 Jerusalem : and he went out 
 again through the people from 
 Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, 
 
Moshajihai's 
 
 II. CHRONICLES, XX. imi^r t/i dist,eAs. 
 
 nnd brought them bark unto tlie 
 liORD God of tlieir iatliei-8. 
 
 5 ^f And he sot judges in the 
 land tliroujrhout all the fenced 
 citieK of Judah, eity l>y city, 
 
 6 And Baid to the judj?es, Take 
 heed what ye do : for ye judge 
 not for man, but for the Lord, 
 who 7.S' with you in the judgment. 
 
 7 Wherei'ore now let the fear of 
 the Lord be upon you; take 
 heed and do it: for there is 
 no iniquity with the Lord our 
 (Jod, nor resi)ect of persona, 
 nor taking of giits. 
 
 IT came to pass after this also, 
 that the children of Mwd), 
 and the children of Ammon, 
 and with them other beside the 
 Ammonite's, came against Je- 
 hoshaphat to battle. 
 
 2 Thi'u there came some that 
 told .Tchoshajihat, raying. There 
 cometli M great multitudeagaiiist 
 thee Irom beyond the sea on tijis 
 side Syria ; and, behold, thev he 
 in Hazazon-tamar, which i.9 Eji- 
 gedi. 
 
 3 And Jehosliaphat feared, and 
 set himself to seek the Lord, 
 
 8 •^ 3Ioreover in Jenisalem did j and proclaimed a fast through- 
 
 Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, 
 and of the priests, and of the 
 chief of the fathei-s of Israel, 
 ibr the judgment of th.e Lord, 
 and ibr contiovei-sies, when they 
 returned to Jenisalem. 
 
 9 And he charged them, saying. 
 Thus shall ye do in the fear of 
 the Lord, faithfully, and with a 
 1 eifect heart. 
 
 10 And what cause soever shall 
 come to you of your brethren 
 thatdwell in their cities, between 
 blood and blood, ])ctween law 
 and commandment, stiitutes and 
 judgments, ye shall even warn 
 them that t^iey tresi)as6 not a- 
 gainst the Lord, and so wrath 
 come upon you, and uiion your 
 brethren : this do, and ye shall 
 not trespass. 
 
 11 And, behold, Amariah the 
 chief priest is over you in all 
 matters of the Lord; and Ze- 
 badiah the son of Ishmael, the 
 ruler of the house of Judah, for 
 all the king's matters : also the 
 Levites shall be officers before 
 you .Deal coura ge on si y , an d the 
 Lord shall be with the good. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 1 Jehosha2)hat in his fear proclaini- 
 eth a fast. 5 Ris prayer, ll- Tl}e 
 prophecy of Jahaziel. 20 Jehosha- 
 phat exhorfeth the ))eople, and set. 
 feth singers to waise the Lord. 22 
 TJie qreat overthrow of the eiiemies. 
 26 The people, having blessed God 
 at Berachah, return in triiirtiph. 31 
 Jehoshapliat's reign. 35 His con- 
 voy of ships, ivhich he made ivith 
 Ahaziah, according to the 2yrophecy 
 of Eliezer, unhappily perished. 
 
 out all Judah. 
 
 4 And Judah gathered them- 
 selves together, to ask fielp of 
 the Lord: even out of all i\\Q 
 cities of Judah they came to seek 
 the Lord. 
 
 5 If And Jehoshaphat stood in 
 the congregation of Judah and 
 Jenisalem, in the house of the 
 LoRi\ before the new court, 
 
 G And said, O Lord G(xl of 
 om* iathers, art not thou God 
 in heaven ? and nilest not thou 
 over all the kingdoms of the 
 heathen? and in thine hand is 
 there not power and might, so 
 that none is able to withstand 
 thee? 
 
 7 Art not thou our Godj ic}io 
 didst drive out the inhabitants 
 of this land before thy people 
 Israel, and gavest it to the seed 
 of Abraham thy friend for ever? 
 
 8 And they dwelt therein, and 
 have built thee a sanctuary there- 
 in for thy name, saying, 
 
 9 If, when evil cometh upon 
 us, as the sword, judgment, or 
 pestilence, or famuie, we stand 
 before this house, and in thy 
 presence, (for thy name is in 
 this house,) and ciy unto thee 
 in our affliction, then thou wilt 
 hear and help. # 
 
 10 And now, behold, the chiI-« 
 di'en of Ammon and Moab and J 
 mount 8eir, whom thou would- 
 est not let Israel invade, when 
 they came out of the land of 
 Egypt, but they turned from 
 them, and destroyed them not ; 
 
The pi'opheey 
 
 II. CHROOTCLES, XX. 
 
 of Jcihaziel. 
 
 11 Behold, I saij, how they re- 
 vrarcl us, to come to cast us out 
 of thy possession, which thou 
 hast given us to uxherit. 
 
 12 O our God, wilt thou not 
 judge them? for we have no 
 might against this great com- 
 pany that cometh against us; 
 neither know we what to do: 
 but our eyes ar^ upon thee. 
 
 13 And all Judah stood be- 
 fore the LoKD, with their little 
 ones, then wives, and their chil- 
 dren. 
 
 14 If Then upon Jahaziel the 
 son of Zechariah, the son of Be- 
 naiah, the son of Jeiel, the son 
 of Mattaniah, a Levite of the 
 sons of Asaph, came the Spirit 
 of the LoKD in the midst of the 
 congregation ; 
 
 15 And he said, Hearken ye, 
 all Judah, and ye inhabitants of 
 Jerusalem, and thou king Jeho- 
 shaphat. Thus saith the Loed 
 unto you. Be not afraid nor dis- 
 mayed by reason of this great 
 multitude ; for the battle is not 
 your's, but God's. 
 
 16 To morrow go ye down a- 
 gainst them : behold, they come 
 up by the cliff' of Ziz ; and ye 
 shall find them at the end of 
 the brook, before the wilderness 
 of Jeruel. 
 
 17 Ye shall not need to fight in 
 tliis battle : set yourselves, stand 
 ye still, and see the salvation of 
 the LoED with you, O Judah 
 and Jerusalem : fear not, nor be 
 dismayed ; to morrow go out a- 
 gainst them : for the Loed will 
 be with you. 
 
 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his 
 head with his face to the ground : 
 and all Judah and the inhabit- 
 ants of Jerusalem fell before the 
 Loed, worshipping the Loed. 
 
 19 And the Levites, of the chil- 
 dren of the Kohathites, and of 
 the children of the Korhites, 
 stood up to praise the Loed God 
 of Israel with a loud voice on 
 high. 
 
 20 IF And they rose early in the 
 morning, and went forth into 
 .the ^\ildeniess of Tekoa: and 
 
 as they went forth, Jehosha- 
 phat stood and said. Hear me, 
 O Judah, and ye inhabitants of . 
 Jerusalem ; Believe in the Loed 
 your God, so shall ye be esta- 
 blished ; believe his prophets, so 
 shall ye prosper. 
 
 21 Arid when he had consulted 
 with the people, he appointed 
 singers unto the Loed, and that 
 should praise the beauty of holi- 
 ness, as they went out before the 
 army, and to say, Praise the 
 Loed; for his mercy endttreth 
 for ever. 
 
 22 IF And when they began to 
 sing and to praise, the Loed set 
 ambushments against the chil- 
 dren of Ammon, Moab, and 
 mount Seir, which were come 
 against Judah; and they were 
 smitten. 
 
 23 For the children of Ammon 
 and Moab stood up against the 
 inhabitants of mount Sen, ut- 
 terly to glay and destroy them : 
 and when they had made an end 
 of the inhabitants of Seir, every 
 one helped to destroy another. 
 
 24 And when Judah came to- 
 ward the watch tovfer in the v/il- 
 derness, they looked unto the 
 multitude, and, behold, they 
 were dead bodies fallen to the , 
 earth, and none escaped. 
 
 25 And when Jehoshaphat and 
 his people came to take away 
 the spoil of them, they found 
 among them iii abundance both 
 riches with the dead bodies, and 
 precious jewels, which they strip- 
 ped off for themselves, more than 
 they could carry away : and they 
 were three days in gathering of 
 the spoil, it was so much. 
 
 26 IF And on the fourth day they 
 assembled themselves in the val- 
 ley of Berachah ; for there they 
 blessed the Loed : therefore the 
 name of the same place was call- 
 ed, The valley of Berachah, unto 
 this day. 
 
 27 Then they returned, every 
 man of Judah and Jerusalem, 
 and Jehoshaphat in the forefront 
 of them, to go again to Jerusa- 
 lem with joy ; for the Loed had 
 
JtJiomm slaycOi II. CHRONICLES, XXI. 
 
 made them to rejoice over their 
 enemies. 
 
 28 And they came to Jeriisa- 
 lem witli pHidtenes and liarps 
 and trumpets mi to the house of 
 the LoKD. 
 
 29 And the fear of God wafi 
 on all the kingdoms of those 
 countiies, when they had heard 
 that the I.ohd fought against the 
 enemies of Israel. 
 
 30 8o the realm of .Tehoshai>hat 
 was quiet : for his God gave him 
 rest round about. 
 
 31 1[ And Jehoshaphat reigned 
 over Judah : he 2ras thiity and 
 five years old when he began to 
 reign, and he reigned twenty and 
 five yeai-s in Jerusalem. And 
 his mother's name iva^ Azubah 
 the daughter of 8hilhi. 
 
 32 And he walked in the way of 
 Asa his father, and de])artcd not 
 from it, doing that irhich iva^ 
 right in the sight of the Lord. 
 
 33H()wbeit the high places were 
 not taken away : for as yet the 
 
 {)eople had not prepared their 
 learts unto the God of their 
 fathers. 
 
 34 Now the rest of the acts of 
 Jehoshaphat, first and last, be- 
 liold, they are written in the 
 book of Jehu the son of Ha- 
 nani, who w mentioned in the 
 book of the kings of Ismel. 
 
 35 If And after this did Jeho- 
 shaphat king of Judah join him- 
 self with Ahaziah king of Israel, 
 who did veiy wickedly : 
 
 36 And he joined himself with 
 him to make ships to go to Tar- 
 shish : and they made the ships 
 in Ezion-gaber. 
 
 37 Then Eliezer the son of Do- 
 davah of Mareshah prophesied 
 against Jehoshaphat, saying. Be- 
 cause thou hast joined thyself 
 with Ahaziah, the Lord hath 
 broken thy works. And the ships 
 w^ere broken, that they were not 
 able to go to Tarshish. 
 
 CHj^PTER XXI. 
 
 1 Jelioram, succeeding Jehoshaphat, 
 
 slayeth his hrethren. 5 His iviclced 
 
 reign. 8 Edom and Libnah revolt. 
 
 12 The prophecy of Elijah against 
 
 his hiethrfK. 
 
 him in irr'fiug. Ifi PhiliKtin^s (aid 
 Arabians ojypress him. 18 Hin iu- 
 curahlc. disease, iuj'avious death, 
 and bnrifd. 
 
 NOW Jehoshaphat slept with 
 his lathers, and was ])uried 
 with liis fathers in the city of 
 David. And Jehoram liis son 
 reigned in his stead. 
 
 2 And he had l)rethren the sons 
 of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Je- 
 hiel, and Zechariah, and Aza- 
 riah, and 3Iichael, and Shepha- 
 tiah : all these 7rere the sons of 
 Jelioshai>hat king of Israel. 
 
 3 And their lather gave them 
 great gifts of silver, and of gold, 
 and of precious things, witli 
 fenced cities in Judah : but tlie 
 kingdom gave lie to Jelioram; 
 because he icas the lii"stbonj. 
 
 4 Now when Jehoram was risen 
 up to the kingdom of his fathei'. 
 he strengthened himself, and 
 slew all his brethren with the 
 sword, and divers also of the 
 princes of Israel. 
 
 5 H Jehoram was thirty and 
 two years old when he began 
 to reign, and he reigned eight 
 years in Jerusalem. 
 
 G And he walked in the way c/f 
 the kmgs of Israel, like as did 
 the house of Ahab : for he had 
 the daughter of Ahab to wife : 
 and he ^vrought that which was 
 evil in the eyes of the Lord. 
 
 7 Howbeit the Lord would not 
 destroy the house of David, be- 
 cause of the covenant that he 
 had made with David, and as lie 
 promised to give a light to him 
 and to his sons for ever. 
 
 8 ![ In his days the Edomites 
 revolted from under the domi- 
 nion of Judah, and made them- 
 selves a king. 
 
 9 Then Jehoram went forth 
 W'ith his princes, and all his cha- 
 riots with him : and he rose up 
 by night, and smote the Edom- 
 ites which compassed him in, 
 and the captains of the chariots. 
 
 10 So the Edomites revolted 
 from under the hand of Judah 
 unto this day. The same tim< 
 also did Libnah revolt fro] 
 
 
Jehm'am^s death 
 
 under his hand ; because he had 
 forsaken the Lord God of his 
 fathers. 
 
 . 11 Moreover he made high 
 places in the mountains of Ju- 
 dah, and caused the inhabitants 
 of Jei-usalem to commit forni- 
 cation, and compelled Judah 
 thereto. 
 
 12 ^ And there came a writing 
 to him from Elijah the prophet, 
 sa.ying. Thus saith the Lokd 
 God of David thy father. Be- 
 cause thou hast not walked in 
 the ways of Jehoshaphat thy 
 father, nor in the ways of Asa 
 Iring of Judah, 
 
 13 But hast walked in the way 
 of the longs of Israel, and hast 
 made Judah and the inhabit- 
 ants of Jerusalem to go a whor- 
 ing, like to the whoredoms of 
 the house of Ahab, and also 
 hast slain thy brethren of thy 
 father's house, which were bet- 
 ter than thyself: 
 
 14 Behold, Tvith a great plague 
 will the LoED smite thy people, 
 and thy cliildren, and thy wives, 
 and all thy goods : 
 
 15 And thou shalt have great 
 sickness by disease of thy bowels, 
 until thy bowels fall out by rea- 
 son of the sickness day by day. 
 
 16 ^ Moreover the Loed stii- 
 red up against Jehoram the 
 spirit of the Philistines, and of 
 the Arabians, that were near 
 the Ethiopians : 
 
 17 And they came up into Ju- 
 dah, and brake into it, and car- 
 ried away all the substance that 
 was found in the Idng's house, 
 a,nd his sons also, and Ms wives ; 
 60 that there was never a son 
 left him, save Jehoahaz, the 
 youngest of his sons. 
 
 18 ^ And after all this the Loed 
 smote him in his bowels with an 
 incurable disease. 
 
 19 And it came to pass, that in 
 
 II. CHRONICLES, XXII. Ahazialh reign. 
 
 20 Thirty and two years old 
 was he when he began to reign, 
 and he reigned in Jerusalem 
 eight years, and departed with- 
 out being desired. Howbeit they 
 bmied him in the cit^^ of David, 
 but not in the sepulchres of the 
 kmgs. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIL 
 1 Aliaziah succeeding reigneth ivlck. 
 edly. 5 In his confederacy vjith 
 Joram flie son of Ahab, he is simn 
 hy Jehu. 10 Athcdiah, destroying 
 cdl the seed roycd,save Jcash, tvhom 
 Jehoshabeath Ms aunt hid, utmrp- 
 eth the Icing dom. 
 
 AND the inhabitants of Je- 
 rusalem made Ahaziah his 
 youngest son king in his stead : 
 for the band of men that came 
 with the Arabians to the camp 
 had slain all the eldest. So A- 
 haziah the son of Jehoram king 
 of Judah reigned. 
 
 2 Forty and two years old icas 
 Ahaziah when he began to reign, 
 and he reigned one year in Je- 
 rusalem. His mother's name 
 also was Athaliah the daughter 
 of Omri. 
 
 3 He also walked in the ways 
 of the house of Ahab : for his 
 mother was his counsellor to do 
 wickedly. 
 
 4 Wherefore he did evil in the 
 sight of the Loed like the house 
 of Ahab : for they were his coim- 
 sellors after the death of his fa- 
 ther to his clesti'uction. 
 
 5 H He walked also after their 
 counsel, and went with Jehoram 
 the son of Ahab long of Israel 
 to war against Hazael king of 
 Syria at Ramoth-gilead : and the 
 Syrians smote Joram. 
 ^ 6 And he returned to be healed 
 in Jezreel because of the wounds 
 which were given him at Eamah, 
 when he fought with Hazael king 
 of Syria. And x\zariah the son 
 of Jehoram king of Judah went 
 do-^qi to see Jehoram the son of 
 
 process of time, after the end of j Ahab at Jezreel, because he was 
 
 two years, his bowels fell out by 
 reason of his sicloiess : so he 
 died of sore diseases. And his 
 people made no burnuig for him, 
 like the burning of his fathers. 
 
 sick. 
 
 7 And the destruction of Alia- 
 ziah was of God by coming to 
 Joram : for when he was come, 
 he went out witli Jehoram 
 
J<asli is 
 
 II. CHRONICLES, XXIII. 
 
 made king. 
 
 ap:ainst Jehu the son of Nirashi, dah, and gathered the Levites 
 whom the Lord had anointed out of all the cities of Judah, 
 
 to cut off the house of Ahab. 
 
 8 And it came to pass, tliat, 
 when Jehu was executing judg- 
 ment upon the house of Ahab, 
 and found the i)rinces of Judah, 
 and the sons of the brethren of 
 Ahaziah, that ministercnl to A- 
 haziah, he slew them. 
 
 9 And he sought Ahaziah : and 
 they caught him, (for he was hid 
 in {Samaria,) and brought him 
 to Jehu : and when they had 
 slain him, they buried him : Be 
 
 and the chief of the fathei-s of 
 Israel, and they came to Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 3 And all the congregation made 
 a covenant with the king in the 
 house of God. And he said mito 
 them, Behold, the king's sou 
 shall reign, as the Lord hath 
 said of the sons of David. 
 
 4 This is the thing that ye 
 shall do; A third part of you 
 entering on the sabbath, of the 
 
 ' iniests and of the Levites, ahail 
 
 cause, said they, he is the son ot be poitei-s of the doors; 
 Jehoshaphat, who sought the i 5 And a third pail shall be at 
 Lord with all his heart. 80 the the king's house ; and a third 
 
 house of Ahaziah had no power 
 
 to keep still the kingdom. j 
 
 10 «[ But when Athaliali the 
 
 mother of Ahaziah saw that her | liORi). 
 
 J tart at the gate of the founda- 
 tion : and all the people s/ia/l be 
 in the comts of the house of the 
 
 son was dead, she arose and de 
 stroyed all the seed royal of the 
 house of Judah. 
 11 But Jehoshabeath, the 
 
 G But let none come into the 
 house of the Lord, save the 
 priests and they tliat minister 
 of the Levites; they shall go in, 
 
 daughter of the king, took Jo- for they are holy : but all the 
 ash the s<m of Ahaziah, and jteople shall keep the watch of 
 stole him from among the king's ' the Lord. 
 
 sons that were slain, and put liim 
 and his nurse in a bedchamber. 
 ISo Jehoshabeath, the daughter 
 of king Jehoram, the wife of Je- 
 hoiada the priest, (for she was 
 the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him 
 from Athaliah, so that she slew 
 him not. 
 
 12 And he was with them hid 
 in the house of God six years: 
 and Athaliah reigned over the 
 land. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 1 Jehoiada, hamno set things in order, 
 
 'inal-eth Joash ling. 12 Athaliah is 
 
 slain. 16 Jehoiada restoreth the 
 
 irorshij) of God. 
 
 AND in the seventh year Je- 
 hoiada strengthened him- 
 self, and took the captains of 
 himdreds, Azariah the son of 
 Jeroham, and Ishmael the son 
 of Jehohanan, and Azariah the 
 son of Obed, and Maaseiah the 
 son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat 
 the son of Zichri, into covenant 
 with liim. 
 2 And they went about in Ju- 
 
 7 And the Levites shall com- 
 pass the king round about, eve- 
 ry man with his weapons in his 
 hand ; and whosoever else com- 
 etli into the house, he shall 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 priest had com- 
 manded, and took every man 
 his men that were to come in 
 on the sabbath, with them that 
 were to go out on the sabbath : 
 for Jehoiada the priest dismiss- 
 ed not the courses. 
 
 9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest 
 dehvered to the captains of hun- 
 dreds spears, and bucklers, and 
 shields, that had been king Da- 
 vid's, which were in the house 
 of God. 
 
 10 And he set all the people, 
 every man having his weapon 
 in his hand, from the right side 
 of the temple to the left side of 
 the temple, along by the altar 
 
AtJialkih is stain. 
 
 II. CHEONICLES, XXIV. 
 
 by the king 
 
 and the temple, 
 roimd about. 
 
 11 Then they brought out the 
 king's son, and put upon him 
 the crown, and gave him the 
 testimony, and made him king. 
 And Jehoiada and his sons an- 
 ointed him, and said, God save 
 the king. 
 
 12 ^ISTow when Athaliah heard 
 the noise of the people nmning 
 and praising the king, she came 
 to the people into the house of 
 the LoED : 
 
 13 And she looked, and, behold, 
 the king stood at his pillar at 
 the entering in, and the princes 
 and the trumpets by the king : 
 and all the people of the land 
 rejoiced, and sounded with trum- 
 pets, also the singers with in- 
 struments of musick, and such 
 as taught to sing praise. Then 
 Athaliah rent her clothes, and 
 said, Treason, Treason. 
 
 14 Then Jehoiada the priest 
 brought out the captains of hun- 
 dreds that were set oyer the host, 
 and said unto them, Have her 
 forth of the ranges : and whoso 
 folio weth her, let him be slain 
 with the sword. For the priest 
 said. Slay her not in the house 
 of the LoKD. 
 
 15 So they laid hands on her ; 
 and when she was come to the 
 entering of the horse gate by 
 the king's house, they slew her 
 there. 
 
 . 16 1i And Jehoiada made a co- 
 venant between him, and be- 
 tween all the people, and be- 
 tween the Idng, that they should 
 be the Lokd's people. 
 
 17 Then all the people went 
 to the house of Baal, and brake 
 it down, and brake his altars 
 and Ills images in pieces, and 
 slew Mattan the priest of Baal 
 before the altars. 
 
 18 Also Jehoiada appointed the 
 offices of the house of the Lord 
 by the hand of the priests the 
 Levites, whom David had dis- 
 tributed in the hou.se of the Loed, 
 to offer the burnt offerings of the 
 XoED, as it is written in the law 
 
 Joasli's reign. 
 
 of Moses, with rejoicing and with 
 singing, as it ivas ordained by 
 David. 
 
 19 And he set the porters at 
 the gates of the house of the 
 LoED, that none which was un- 
 clean in any thing should enter 
 in. 
 
 20 And he took the captains of 
 hundreds, and the nobles, and 
 the govemoi-s of the people, and 
 all the people of the land, and 
 brought down the king from 
 the house of the Loed: and 
 they came through the high gate 
 into the king's house, and set 
 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 slain 
 Athahah with the sword. 
 
 CHAPTEU XXIV. 
 1 Joash reigneih icell all the days of 
 JeJioiada. i He giveth order for 
 the repair of the temple. 15 Je- 
 hoiada's death and honourable hu- 
 rial. 17 Joash, falling to idolatry, 
 slayeth Zechariah the son of Je- 
 hoiada. 23 Joash is spoiled by the 
 Syrians, and slain by Zabad and 
 Jehozabad. 27 Amaziah succeedeth 
 him. 
 
 JOASH was seven years old 
 when he began to reigii, 
 and he reigned forty years in 
 Jerusalem. His mother's name 
 also icas Zibiah of Beer-sheba. 
 
 2 And Joash did that ivhich 
 ivas right in the sight of the 
 LoED all the days of Jehoiada 
 the priest. 
 
 3 And Jehoiada took for him 
 two wives; and he begat sons 
 and daughters. 
 
 4 H And it came to pass after 
 this, that Joash was minded to 
 repair the house of the Loed. 
 
 5 And he gathered together 
 the priests and the Levites, and 
 said to them, Go out unto the 
 cities of Judah, and gather of 
 all Israel money to repair the 
 house of your God from year 
 to year, and see that ye hasten 
 the matter. Howbeit the Le- 
 vites hastened it not. 
 
 6 And the king called for Je- 
 
J(X(sli repaircOi 
 
 lioiada the chief, and paid unto 
 Inni, Why Iiant thou not requir- 
 ed of the Levites to hnw^ in 
 out of Judali and out of Jerusa- 
 lem the collection, according to 
 the comma n (line lit of Moses the 
 Fer\'ant of the I.okd, and of the 
 congre^'-ation of Israel, for the 
 t<abemacle of witness? 
 
 7 For tlie sons of Athaliah, 
 that wicked woman, had broken 
 up the house of (iod; and also 
 all the dedicated things of the 
 house of the Lord did they be- 
 stow uiion Baalim. 
 
 8 And at the king's command- 
 ment they made a chest, and 
 set it without at the gate of the 
 house of the Lord. 
 
 9 And they made a proclama- 
 tion through Judah and Jerusa- 
 lem, to bring in to the Lord the 
 collection tliat Moses the ser- 
 > ant of Ciod laid ui>on Israel in 
 the wildeniess. 
 
 10 And all the princes and all 
 the people rejoiced, and brought 
 in, and cast into the chest, un- 
 til they had made an end. 
 
 11 Now it came to pass, that 
 at what time the chest was 
 brought mito the king's office 
 by the hand of the Levites, and 
 when they raw that there was 
 much money, the king's scribe 
 and the high priest's officer came 
 and emptied the chest, and took 
 it, and carried it to his x^lace 
 again. Thus they did day by 
 day, and gathered money in 
 abundance. 
 
 12 And the king and Jehoiada 
 gave it to such as did the work 
 of the sersice of the house of 
 the Lord, and hired masons and 
 cai-penters to repair the house 
 of the Lord, and also such as 
 wTought ii'on and brass to mend 
 the house of the Lord. 
 
 13 So tlie workmen wrought, 
 and the work was perfected by 
 them, and they set the house of 
 God in his state, and strength- 
 ened it. 
 
 14 Aiid when they had finished 
 it, they brought the rest of the 
 money before the king and Je- 
 
 ll. CHHONICLES, XXIV. Ote tempJe. 
 
 hoiada, whereof wore made ves- 
 sels ibr the house of the Lord, 
 even vessels to minister, and to 
 oiler tritlial, and spoons, jmd 
 vessels of gold and silver. And 
 they olfered burnt offerings in 
 the house of tlie Lord continu- 
 ally all the days of Jehoiada. 
 
 15 ^ But Jchoiiida waxed old, 
 and was full of days when Ik; 
 died; an hundred and tliirty 
 years old 7vas lie when he died. 
 
 10 And they buried him in the 
 city of David among the kings, 
 because he had done good in 
 Isi-ael. botli towanl God, and 
 toward his house. 
 
 17 Now alter the death of Je- 
 hoiatla came the princes of Ju- 
 dah, and made obeisance tf> the 
 king. Then the king hearken- 
 ed unto them. 
 
 18 And they left the hoiise of 
 the Lord (jlod of their fathers, 
 and sened groves and idols : 
 and wrath came upon Judah 
 and Jerusalem for tliis their 
 trespass. 
 
 19 Yet he sent prophets to 
 them, to bring them again unto 
 the Lord; and they testified a- 
 gainst them : but they would not 
 give ear. 
 
 20 And the Spirit of God came 
 upon Zechariah the son of Je- 
 hoiada the priest, which stood 
 above the people, and said un- 
 to them, Thus saith God, Why 
 transgress ye the command- 
 ments of the Lord, that ye can- 
 not prosper? because ye have 
 forsaken the Lord, he hath also 
 forsaken you. 
 
 21 And they conspired against 
 him, and stoned him with stones 
 at the commandment of the king 
 in the court of the house of the 
 Lord. 
 
 22 Thus Joash the king re- 
 membered not the kindness 
 wliich Jehoiada his father had 
 done to him, but slew his son, 
 And when he died, he said, Th( 
 Lord look upon it, and requi 
 it. 
 
 23 ^ And it came to pass at the 
 end of the year, that the host of 
 
 "I 
 
JoasJi is slain 
 
 Syiia came up against Mm : and 
 they came to Jiidah and Jeru- 
 salem, and destroyed all the prin- 
 ces of the people from among 
 the people, and sent all the spoil 
 of them unto the Mng of Da- 
 mascus. 
 
 24 For the army of the Syrians 
 came ydth. a small company of 
 men, and the Loed delivered a 
 veiy great host into their hand, 
 because they had forsaken the 
 LoKD God of their fathers. ^ So 
 they executed judgment against 
 Joash. 
 
 25 And when they were depart- 
 
 II. CHEONIOLES, XXY. AmaziaKs reign. 
 
 salem. And his mother's name 
 was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 
 
 2 And he did that ivhich teas 
 right in the sight of the Lord, 
 but not with a perfect heart. 
 
 3 ^ Now it came to pass, when 
 the kingdom was established to 
 him, that he slew liis servants 
 that had killed the Idng his fa- 
 ther. 
 
 4 But he slew not their childi'en, 
 but did as it is written in the 
 law in the book of Moses, where 
 the Lord commanded, saying. 
 The fathers shall not die for 
 the children, neither shall the 
 
 ed fi-om him, (for they left him | childi-en die for the fathers, but 
 in great diseases,) his own ser- | eyeiy man shall die for his own 
 
 vants consphed against hini for sm. 
 
 the blood of the sons of Jehoiada 
 the priest, and slew him on his 
 bed, and he died : and they bu- 
 ried him in the city of David, 
 but they bmied him not in the 
 sepulchres of the kmgs. 
 26 And these are they that con- 
 spired against him; Zabad the 
 son of Shimeath an Ammon- 
 itess, and Jehozabad the son of 
 Shimiith a Moabitess. 
 - 27 ^ Now concerning his sons, 
 and the greatness of the burdens 
 laid upon him, and the repair- 
 ing of the house of God, behold, 
 they are written in the story 
 of the book of the kings. ^ And 
 Amaziah his son reigned in his 
 stead. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 1 Amaziah heginneth to reign ivell. 
 3 He executeth justice on the trai- 
 tors. 5 Having hired an army of 
 Israelites against the Edomifes, at 
 the word of a prophet he loseth the 
 hundred talents, and dismisseth 
 ' them. 11 He overthroiveth the E- 
 domites. 10, 13 Tlie Israelites, dis- 
 contented with their dismission, 
 spoil as they return home. 14 Ama- 
 ziah, pron€l of his victory, serveth 
 the gods ofEdom, and despiseth the 
 admonitions of the prophet. 17 He 
 provoketh Joash to his overthrow. 
 25 His reign. 27 He is slain by con- 
 spiracy. 
 
 AMAZIAH was twenty and 
 - five years old wheJi he be- 
 gan to reign, and he reigned 
 twenty and nine years in Jeru- 
 
 5 ^ Moreover Ama-ziah gather- 
 ed Judah together, and made 
 them captains over thousands, 
 and captains over hundreds, ac- 
 cording to the houses of their 
 fathers, thi'oughout all Judah 
 and Benjamin: and he num- 
 bered them from twenty years 
 old and above, and found them 
 three hundred thousand choice 
 men, able to go forth to war, that 
 could handle spear and shield. 
 
 6 He hired also an hundred 
 thousand mighty men of valour 
 out of Israel for an hujidred ta- 
 lents of silver. 
 
 7 But there came a man of God 
 to him, saying, O king, let not 
 the army of Israel go mth thee ; 
 for the Lord is not with Israel, 
 to wit,^ with all the children of 
 Ephraim. 
 
 8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be 
 strong for the battle : God shall 
 make thee fall before the enemy : 
 for God hath power to help, and 
 to cast down. 
 
 9 And Amaziah said to the man 
 of God, But what shall we do 
 for the hundred talents which 
 I have given to the army of Is- 
 rael? And the man of God an- 
 swered. The Lord is able to give 
 thee much more than this. 
 
 10 Then Amaziah separated 
 them, to ivit, the army that was 
 come to him out of Ephiaim, to 
 go home again : wherefore theii' 
 
AmazUiJi's 
 
 n. CHRONICLES, XXV. 
 
 challt'lifc. 
 
 anperwafiprreatlykindlcdapainst 
 Judali, and tliey rehinied home 
 in great an per. 
 
 11 H And Amaziah ptrentrthen- 
 ed liimself, and led iortli liis 
 people, and went to the valley 
 of Bait and smote of the chil- 
 dren of 8eir ton thonsand. 
 
 12 And other ten thousand iffl 
 alive did the childien of Jndah 
 rany away ('ai>tive, and brought 
 them unto the top of the rtK-k, 
 and cast them down from the 
 toj) of the YiK'k, that they all 
 were broken in pieces. 
 
 13 1 But the soldiers of the 
 army which Amaziah sent back, 
 that they should not go with 
 him to battle, icll ujKni the cities 
 of .Tudah. from Samana even \ni- 
 to Beth-horon, and smote three 
 thousand of them, and took 
 much s|)oil. 
 
 14 *" Now it came to jiass, after 
 that Amaziah was come irom the 
 slaughter of the P^domites, that 
 lie brought the gods of the chil- 
 dren of Seir, and set them up to 
 he his gods, and bowed down 
 himself l^efore them, and burn- 
 ed incense unto them. 
 
 15 AVherefore the anger of the 
 Lord was kindled against Ama- 
 ziah, and he sent imto him a 
 prophet, which said unto him, 
 Why hast thou sought after the 
 gods of the people, which could 
 not deliver their own people out 
 of thine hand ? 
 
 16 And it came to pass, as he 
 talked with him, that the king" 
 said unto him, Art thou made 
 of the king's comisel ? forbear ; 
 why shouldest thou be smitten ? 
 
 sent to Amaziah king of . Tudah, 
 saying, The thistle that was in 
 Lebanon sent to the cedar that 
 was in Lebanon, saying, CJive 
 thy daughter to my scm to wife : 
 and there passed by a wild beast 
 that was in Lebanon, and trode 
 down the thistle. 
 
 19 Thou safest, Lo, thou ha/st 
 smitten the f^domites; and thine 
 heart lifteth thee i\\) to boast: 
 abide now at home; why should- 
 est thou meddle to thine hurt, 
 that thou shouldest fall, ecen 
 thou and .Tudah with thee? 
 
 20 But Amaziah would not 
 hear; for it came of God, that 
 he might deliver them into the 
 hand o/' their enemies, because 
 they sought after the gcds of 
 Edom. 
 
 21 8o Joash the king of Israel 
 went up; and they saw one 
 another in the face, both he 
 and Amaziah king of .Tudah, at 
 IJeth-shemesh, which belongeth 
 to .Tudah. 
 
 22 And .Tudah was i>ut to the 
 worse belbre Israel, and they 
 fled every man to his tent. 
 
 23 And Joash the king c»f Is- 
 rael took Amaziah king of .Tu- 
 dah, the son of .Toash, the son 
 of .Tehoahaz. at Beth-shemesh, 
 and brought him to Jerusalem, 
 and brake down the wall of Je- 
 rusalem from the gate of Eph- 
 raim to the comer gate, four 
 himdred cubits. 
 
 24 And he took all the gold and 
 the silver, and all the vessels 
 that were found in the house of 
 God with Obed-edom, and the 
 treasures of the king's house, 
 
 Then the prophet forbare, and the hostages also, and returned 
 
 said, I know that God hath de- 
 termined to destroy thee, be- 
 cause thou hast done this, and 
 hast not hearkened unto my 
 counsel. 
 
 17 IF Then Amaziah king of 
 Judah took advice, and sent to 
 Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the 
 son of Jehu, king of Israel, say- 
 ing, Come, let us see one an- 
 other in the face. 
 
 to Samaria. 
 
 25 '^ And Amaziah the son of 
 Joash king of Judah lived after 
 the death of Joash son of Jeho- 
 ahaz long of Israel fifteen years. 
 
 26 Now the rest of the acts of A- 
 maziah, first and last, behold, are 
 they not written in the book of 
 
 \ the kings of Judah and Israel? 
 j 27 IF Now after the time that 
 Amaziah did turn away from 
 
 18 And Joash king of Israel following the Lord they made 
 
Uzziali begins II. CHEOmCLES, XXYI. to reign well 
 
 a conspkacy against him in Je- 
 nisalem; and lie fled to La- 
 chish : but they sent to Lachish 
 after him, and slew him there. 
 28 And they brought him upon 
 horses, and buried him with his 
 faiJiei-s in the city of Judah. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 1 Uzziali succeeding, and reigning 
 vjell in the dai/s of Zecliariali, pro- 
 spereih. 16 Waxing proud, he in- 
 vadeth the priest's office, and is 
 smitten u'ith leprosy. 22 He dieth, 
 and Jotham succeedeth him. 
 
 THEN all the people of Judah 
 took Uzziah, who icas six- 
 teen years old, and made him 
 king in the room of his father 
 Amaziah. 
 
 2 He built Eloth, and restored 
 it to Judah, after that the king 
 slept with his fathers. 
 
 3 Sixteen years old tvas Uzziah 
 when he began to reign, and he 
 reigned fifty and two years in 
 Jerusalem. His mother's name 
 also ivas Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 
 
 4 And he did that ichich ivas 
 right in the sight of the Lokd, 
 according to all that his father 
 Amaziah did. 
 
 5 And he sought God in the 
 days of Zechariah, who had 
 understanding in the visions of 
 God : and as long as he sought 
 the Lord, God made him to 
 prosper. 
 
 6 And he went forth and war- 
 red against the Philistines, and 
 brake down the wall of Gath, 
 and the wall of Jabneh, and the 
 wall of Ashdod, and built cities 
 about Ashdod, and among the 
 Philistines. 
 
 7 And God helped hiTr> agaiast 
 the Philistines, and against the 
 Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, 
 and the Mehunims. 
 
 8 And the Ammonites gave 
 gifts to Uzziah: and his name 
 spread abroad even to the enter- 
 ing in of EgjT^t; for he strength- 
 ened Aew?5^//'exceedmgly. 
 
 ^ 9 Moreover Uzziah built towers 
 in Jerusalem at the comer gate, 
 and at the valley gate, and at 
 the turniag of the wall, and for- 
 tified them. 
 
 10 Also he bmlt towers hi the 
 desert, and digged many wells : 
 for he had much cattle, both 
 LQ the low country, and in the 
 plains: husbandmen also, and 
 vine dressers in the mountains, 
 and in Carmel: for he loved 
 husbandry. 
 
 11 Moreover Uzziah had an 
 host of fighting men, that went 
 out to war by bands, according 
 to the number of their account 
 by the hand of Jeiel the scribe 
 and Maaseiah the ruler, imder 
 the hand of Hananiah, one of 
 the Idng's cap tarns. 
 
 12 The whole number of the 
 chief of the fathers of the migh- 
 ty men of valour ivere two thou- 
 sand and six hundred. 
 
 13 And under their hand icas 
 an army, three himdred thou- 
 sand ancl seven thousand and 
 five hundred, that made war 
 with mighty power, to help the 
 Idng against the enemy. 
 
 14 And Uzziah prepared for 
 them throughout all the host 
 shields, and spears, and hel- 
 mets, and habergeons, and bows, 
 and slings to cast stones. 
 
 15 And he made in Jerusalem 
 engines, invented by cunning 
 men, to be on the towers and 
 upon the bulwarks, to shoot ar- 
 rows and great stones withal. 
 And his name spread far a- 
 broad ; for he was marvellously 
 helped, till he was strong. 
 
 16 ![ But when he was strong, 
 his heart was lifted up to his 
 destruction: for he transgress- 
 ed against the Lord his God, 
 and went into the temple of the 
 Lord to biun incense upon the 
 altar of incense. 
 
 17 And Azariah the priest went 
 in after him, and with him fom-- 
 score priests of the Lord, that 
 were valiant men : 
 
 18 And they withstood Uzziah 
 the king, and said unto him. 
 It appertaineth not imto thee, 
 Uzziah, to burn incense unto 
 the Lord, but to the priests the 
 sons of Aaron, that are conse- 
 crated to bum incense: go out 
 
rzzkih dieth. II. CHRONICLES, XXVII. J,Miam*8 reig^i. 
 
 oi the sanctiiaiy ; for thou liast 
 trcPi)a?se(J ; neither a/ia/l it be 
 ibr thine honour from tlie Loud 
 Ood. 
 
 19 Then Uzziah ^Ya8 wroth, and 
 had a censer in liis liand to burn 
 incense : and wliile lie was wrotli 
 with the i>riests,tlie leprosy even 
 rose up in his forehead before 
 tlie priests in the house of the 
 Lord, from beside the incense 
 altur. 
 
 20 And Azariah the chief priest, 
 and all the priests, Un^ked upon 
 him, and, l)ehold, he tca^ le- 
 l»roiis in his foivher.d, and they 
 thrust him out Irom thence; 
 yea, himself hasted also U) po 
 out, because the Loud had smit- 
 ten him. 
 
 21 And Uzziah the kinp was a 
 leper luito the day of his death, 
 and dwelt in a several house 
 
 house of tlie Lord, and on the 
 wall of 0])licl he built nnich. 
 
 4 Moreover he built cities in 
 the mountains of Judah, and in 
 the Ibrests he built castles and 
 towers. 
 
 5 ^ He foupcht also with the 
 kinf? of the Ammonites, and 
 ] ire vailed against them. And 
 tlie children of Ammon pave 
 him the same year an hundred 
 talentii of silver, and ten tluji'- 
 sand measures of wheat, and ten 
 thousand of barley. So much 
 did the children of Ammon pay 
 mito him, lK)th the Beeond year, 
 and the third. 
 
 <j So .Totliam Ix'came mij^hty, 
 because he jirepared his ways 
 before the Loud his (iod. 
 
 7 •[ Now the rest of the acts of 
 Jotham, and all his wars, and 
 his ways, lo, they are written in 
 
 heiiis,'- a leper; for he was cut ofl", the book of the kings of Israel 
 from th<* house of the Lord: | and Judah. 
 and Jotham his son ?/7/.y over i H He was five and twenty yeare 
 the kinp's house, judging the I old when he began to reign, 
 l>eople of the land. and reigned sixteen years in 
 
 22 •' Now the rest of the acts Jerusalem, 
 of Uzziah, lii-st and last, did i 9 *! And Jotham slept with his 
 Isaiah the prophet, the son of fathers, and they buried him in 
 
 Amoz, write. 
 23 So Uzziah slept with his 
 fathei-s, and they buried him 
 with liis fatliei-s in the field of 
 the burial which belonq-ed to 
 the kings ; for they said, He is 
 a leper: and Jotham his son 
 reigned in his stead. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVII. 
 
 1 Jotham roi(inin(i well jji-oiipcreth. 
 5 He sithdueth the Ammonites. 7 
 His reirjn. 9 AJiaz succeedcth him. 
 
 JOTHAM icas twenty and 
 five years old when he be- 
 gan to reign, and he reigned 
 sixteen years in Jeiiisalem. His 
 mother's name also ivas Jeru- 
 sliah, the daughter of Zadok. 
 
 2 And he did that ivhich was 
 right in the sight of the Lokd, 
 according to all that his father 
 Uzziah did: howbeit he enter- 
 ed not into the temple of the 
 Loud. And the people did yet 
 corruptly. 
 
 3 He built the high gate of the 
 
 the city of I)a\ id : and Ahaz his 
 son reigned in his stead. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVIII. 
 
 1 Ahaz rei(ini)u,j vcri/ idrkodbj in 
 {jrojitly ajllrtrd h>/ tlie Slfvinns. C 
 Jiuhfh }>eiu(j aijjtirntcd hy the Ik. 
 raelites ?.s sent home hy the eonnnd 
 of Oded the prophet. Ifi Ahaz send- 
 ing for aid to Asxyria is not heljjed 
 thereby. 22 In hia disfresM he {/row- 
 eih more idolairoun. 2(5 He dying, 
 Hezelciah sueceedeth him. 
 
 AHAZ icas twenty years old 
 - when he began to reign, 
 and he reigned sixteen years in 
 Jerusalem : but he did not that 
 which was right in the sight of 
 the Lord, like David his fa- 
 ther : 
 
 2 For he walked in the ways of 
 the Idngs of Israel, and made 
 also molten images for Baalim. 
 
 3 Moreover he burnt incense 
 in the valley of the son of Hin- 
 nom, and burnt his children in 
 the fire, after the abominations 
 of the heathen whom the Lord 
 
 i 
 
Aim reigneth II. CHRONICLES, XXYIH, 
 
 had cast out before tlie children 
 of Israel. 
 
 4 He sacrificed also and burnt 
 incense in the high places, and 
 on the hills, and under every 
 green tree. 
 
 5 Wherefore the Loed his Cod 
 deUvered Mm into the hand of 
 the king of Syria; and they 
 smote liim, and carried away a 
 great multitude of them cap- 
 tives, and brought them to Da- 
 mascus. And he was also de- 
 livered into the hand of the Idng 
 of Israel, who smote him with a 
 great slaughter. 
 
 6 ^ For Pekah the son of Ee- 
 maliah slew in Judah an hun- 
 dred and twenty thousand m 
 one day, ivhich were all valiant 
 men : because they had forsaken 
 ih& LoKD God of their fathers. 
 
 7 And Zichri, a mighty man 
 of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the 
 king's son, and Azrikam the go- 
 vernor of the house, and Elka- 
 nah that ivas next to the Idng. 
 
 8 And the children of Israel 
 carried away captive of their 
 brethren two hundi'ed thousand, 
 women, sons, and daughters, and 
 took also away much spoil from 
 them, and brought the spoil to 
 Samaria. 
 
 9 But a prophet of the Lord 
 was there, w^hose name was O- 
 ded : and he went out before 
 the host that came to Samaria, 
 and said unto them, Behold, 
 1:>ecause the Loed God of your 
 fathers was wroth with Judah, 
 
 I he hath delivered them into 
 
 yom- hand, and ye have slam 
 ] them m a rage that reacheth 
 I up imto heaven. 
 ; 10 And now ye purpose to keep 
 
 under the children of Judah 
 ' and Jerusalem for bondmen and 
 ; bondwomen unto you : but are 
 j there not with you, even with 
 1 you, sins against the Loed your 
 j God? 
 
 j ll^Now hear me therefore, and 
 ' deliver the captives again, which 
 ^ ye have taken captive of your 
 I brethren: for the fierce wrath 
 i of the Lord is upon you. 
 
 very iciclcedly. 
 
 12 Then certain of the heads 
 of the childi'en of Ephraim, 
 Azariah the son of Johanan, 
 Berechiah the son of Meshille- 
 moth, and Jehizkiah the son of 
 Shallum, and Amasa the son of 
 Hadlai, stood up against them 
 that came from the v/ar, 
 
 13 And said unto them, Ye 
 shall not bring in the captives 
 hither : for v/hereas we have 
 offended against the Loed al- 
 ready/, ye intend to add more to 
 our sins and to cur trespass : for 
 our trespass is great, and there 
 is fierce wi^ath against Israel. 
 
 14 So the aimed men left the 
 captives and the spoil before the 
 prmces and all the congregation. 
 
 15 And the men which were 
 expressed by name rose up, and 
 took the captives, and with the 
 spoil clothed all that were nak- 
 ed among them, and arrayed 
 them, and shod them, and gave 
 them to eat and to drink, and 
 anointed them, and carried all 
 the feeble of them upon asses, 
 and brought them to Jericho, 
 the city of palm trees, to their 
 brethi^en : then they retmiied to 
 Samaria. 
 
 16 % At that time did king 
 Ahaz send unto the kings of 
 Assyria to help him. 
 
 17 For again the Edomites had 
 come and smitten Judah, and 
 carried away captives. 
 
 18 The Philistines also had 
 invaded the cities of the lew 
 country, and of the south of 
 Judah, and had taken Beth- 
 shemesh, and Ajalon, and Ge- 
 deroth, and Shocho with the 
 villages thereof, and Timnah 
 with the villages thereof, Gim- 
 zo also and the villages there- 
 of: and they dwelt there. 
 
 19 For the Loed brought Ju- 
 dah low because of Ahaz king 
 of IsiTiel ; for he made Judah 
 naked, and transgressed sore 
 against the Loed. 
 
 20 And Tilgath-pilneser king 
 of Assyria came unto liim, and 
 distressed him, but strengthen- 
 ed him not. 
 
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HezekiaKs 
 
 II. CHRONICLES, XXIX. 
 
 21 For Ahaz took away a por- 
 tion out of the house of the 
 Lord, and out of the house of 
 the king, and of the princes, 
 and gave it unto the king of 
 Assyria: but he helped him 
 not. 
 
 22 IF And in the time of his 
 distress did he trespass yet more 
 against the Lord: this is that 
 kmg Ahaz. 
 
 23 For lie sacrificed unto the 
 gods of Damascus, which smote 
 him : and he said, Because the 
 gods of the kings of Syria help 
 them, therefore will I sacrifice 
 to them, that they may help 
 ms. But they were the ruin of 
 him, and of all Israel. 
 
 24 And Ahaz gathered toge- 
 ther the vessels of the house of 
 God, and cut in pieces the ves- 
 sels of the house of God, and 
 shut up the doors of the house 
 of the Lord, and he made him 
 altars m every corner of Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 25 And in every several city 
 of Judah he made high places 
 to bum incense mito other gods, 
 and provoked to anger the Lord 
 God of his fathers. 
 
 26 IF Now the rest of his acts 
 and of all his ways, first and 
 last, behold, they are wiitten in 
 the book of the kings of Judah 
 and Israel. 
 
 27 And Ahaz slept with his 
 fathers, and they buried him 
 in the city, even in Jerusalem : 
 but they brought him not into 
 the sepulchres of the kings of 
 Israel: and Hezekiah his son 
 reigned in his stead. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIX. 
 
 1 HezeJtiaTi's good reign. 3 He restor- 
 eth religion. 5 He exhorteth the 
 Levites. 12 They sanctify them- 
 selves, and cleanse the house of 
 God. 20 Hezehiah offereth solemn 
 sacrifices, ivherein the Levites were 
 m,oi'e foriuard than the priests. 
 
 HEZEKIAH began to 
 reign when he was five 
 and twenty years old, and he 
 reigned nine and twenty years 
 in Jerusalem, And his mo- 
 
 good reign. 
 
 ther's name was Abijah, the 
 daughter of Zechariah. 
 
 2 And he did that which was 
 right in the sight of the Lord, 
 according to all that David his 
 father had done. 
 
 3 IF He in the first year of his 
 reign, in the first month, open- 
 ed the doors of the house of the 
 Lord, and repaired them. 
 
 4 And he brought in the priests 
 and the Levites, and gathered 
 them together into the east 
 street, 
 
 5 And said unto them, Hear 
 me, ye Levites, sanctify now 
 yourselves, and sanctify the 
 house of the Lord God of your 
 fathers, and carry forth the fil- 
 thiness out of the holy place. 
 
 6 For our fathers have tres- 
 passed, and done that which 
 was evil in the eyes of the 
 Lord our God, and have for- 
 saken him, and have turned 
 away their faces from the ha- 
 bitation of the Lord, and turned 
 their backs. 
 
 7 Also they have shut up the, 
 doors of the porch, and put oui| 
 the lamps, and have not burned 
 incense nor offered burnt offer- 
 ings in the holy place unto the 
 God of Israel. 
 
 8 Wherefore the wrath of the 
 Lord was upon Judah and Je- 
 nisalem, and he hath delivered 
 them to trouble, to astonish- 
 ment, and to hissing, as ye see 
 with your eyes. 
 
 9 For, lo, our fathers have 
 fallen by the sword, and our 
 sons and our daughters and our 
 wives ai^e in captivity for this. 
 
 10 Now it is in mine heart to 
 make a covenant with the Lord 
 God of Israel, that his fierce 
 wrath may turn away from us. 
 
 11 My sons, be not now neg- 
 ligent : for the Lord hath cho- 
 sen you to stand before him, to 
 serve him, and that ye should 
 minister unto him, and bum 
 incense. 
 
 12 IF Then the Levites arose, 
 Mahath the son of Amasai, and 
 Joel the son of Azariah, of the 
 
TU house of II. CHRONICLES, XXIX. 
 
 God cleans(',d. 
 
 sons of the Kohathites : and of 
 the sons of Merari, Kish the son 
 of Abdi, and Azariah the son of 
 JehaJelel : and of the Gershon- 
 ites ; Joah the son of Zimmah, 
 and Eden the son of Joah : 
 
 13 And of the sons of EHza- 
 phan; fSliimri, and Jeiel: and 
 of the sons of Asaph; Zecha- 
 riah, and Mattaniah : 
 
 14 And of the sons of Heman ; 
 Jehiel, and Shimei : and of the 
 sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, 
 and Uzziel. 
 
 15 And they gathered their 
 brethren, and sanctified them- 
 selves, and came, according to 
 the commandment of the long, 
 by the words of the Loed, to 
 cleanse the house of the Lord. 
 
 16 And the priests went into 
 the inner part of the house of 
 the Lord, to cleanse it, and 
 brought out all the uncleanness 
 that they found in the temple 
 of the Lord into the court of 
 the house of the Lord. And the 
 Levites took it, to carry it out 
 abroad into the brook Kidron. 
 
 17 Now they began on the first 
 dai/ of the first month to sanc- 
 tify, and on the eighth day of 
 the month came they to the 
 porch of the Lord: so they 
 sanctified the house of the 
 Lord in eight days; and in 
 the sixteenth day of the first 
 month they made an end. 
 
 18 Then they went in to He- 
 zekiah the king, and said, We 
 have cleansed all the house of 
 the Lord, and the altar of 
 burnt ofl'ering, with all the ves- 
 sels thereof, and the shewbread 
 table, with all the vessels thereof. 
 
 19 Moreover all the vessels, 
 which king Ahaz in his reign 
 did cast away in liis transgres- 
 sion, have we prepared and sanc- 
 tified, and, behold, they ai^e 
 before the altar of the Lord. 
 
 20 IF Then Hezekiah the king 
 rose early, and gathered the 
 rulers of the city, and went up 
 to the house of the Lord. 
 
 21 And they brought seven 
 i)iillocks, and seven rams, and 
 
 seven lambs, and seven he goats, 
 for a sin offering for the king- 
 dom, and for the sanctuary, 
 and for Judah.^ And he com- 
 manded the priests the sons of 
 Aaron to offer them on the altar 
 of the Lord. 
 
 22 So they killed the bullocks, 
 and the priests received the 
 blood, and sprinkled it on the 
 altar: likewise, when they had 
 killed the rams, they sprinkled 
 the blood upon the altar: they 
 Idlled also the lambs, and they 
 sprinkled the blood upon the 
 altar. 
 
 23 And they brought forth the 
 he goats for the sin offering 
 before the king and the con- 
 gregation; and they laid their 
 hands upon them : 
 
 24 And the priests killed them, 
 and they made reconciliation 
 with their blood upon the altar, 
 to make an atonement for all 
 Israel : for the Idng command- 
 ed that the burnt offermg and 
 the sin offering should be made 
 for all Israel. 
 
 25 And he set the Levites in 
 the house of the Lord with 
 cymbals, -with psalteries, and 
 with harps, according to the 
 commandment of David, and 
 of Gad the king's seer, and 
 Nathan the prophet : for so 
 ivas the commandment of the 
 Lord by his prophets. 
 
 26 And the Levites stood with 
 the instruments of David, and 
 the priests vv^ith the trumpets. 
 
 27 And Hezekiah commanded 
 to ofier the burnt offering upon 
 the altar. And when the burnt 
 offering began, the song of the 
 Lord began also with the trum- 
 pets, and with the instruments 
 ordained by David king of Israel. 
 
 28 And all the congregation 
 worshipped, and the singers 
 sang, and the trumpeters sound- 
 ed : and all this continued until 
 the burnt oflfermg was finished. 
 
 29 And when they had made an 
 end of ofiering, the king and all 
 that were present with liim bow- 
 ed themselves, and worshipped. 
 
 Bb2 
 
Hezeldalis 
 
 3iJ Moreover 
 
 Icing and the princes command 
 ed the Levites to smg praise 
 unto the Lord with the words 
 of David, and of Asaph the 
 seer. And they sang praises 
 with gladness, and they bowed 
 their heads and worshipped. 
 
 31 Then Hezekiah answered 
 and said, Novv^ ye have con- 
 secrated yourselves imto the 
 Lord, come near and bring 
 sacrifices and thank ofiferings 
 into the house of the Lord. 
 And the congregation brought 
 
 II. CHRONICLES, XXX. sohmn passover. 
 
 Hezekiah the AND Hezekiah sent to all 
 J\. Israel and Judah, and 
 wrote letters also to Ephraim 
 and Manasseh, that they should 
 come to the house of the Lord 
 at Jerusalem, to keep the pass- 
 over unto the Lord God of 
 Israel. 
 
 2 For the king had taken coun- 
 sel, and his princes, and all the 
 congregation in Jerusalem, to 
 keep the passover in the second 
 month. 
 
 3 For they could not keep it 
 at that time, because the priests 
 
 in sacrifices and thank offer- ! had not sanctified themselves 
 ings ; and as many as were of ' sufiiciently, neither had the 
 a free heart bmiit offerings. i people gathered themselves to- 
 32 And the number of the ' gether to Jerusalem. 
 
 burnt offerings, which the con- 
 gregation brought, was thi'ee- 
 score and ten bullocks, an hun- 
 dred ram!5, and two hundred 
 
 4 And the tiling pleased the 
 king and all the congregation. 
 
 5 So they established a decree 
 to make proclamation through- 
 
 lambs : all these wc7'e for a j out all Israel, from Beer-sheba 
 
 burnt offering to the Lord. | even to Dan, that they should 
 
 33 And the consecrated things ! come to keep the passover un- 
 
 '/rere six hundred oxen and 
 three thousand sheep. 
 
 34 But the priests were too 
 ievi, so that they could not flay 
 all the burnt otfermgs : where- 
 fore their bretln-en the Levites 
 did help them, till the work 
 was ended, and imtil the othe7' 
 priests had sanctified them- 
 selves : for the Levites tvere 
 more upright in heart to sanc- 
 tify themselves than the priests. 
 
 35 And also the burnt offer- 
 ings vjere in abundance, with 
 the fat of the peace ofi'eiings, 
 and the drink offerings for 
 every bm'nt offering. So the 
 service of the house of the 
 Lord was set m order. 
 
 36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and 
 ail the people, that God had 
 prepared the people : for the 
 thing was done suddenly. 
 
 CHAPTER XXX. 
 
 1 HezeMaJi procJaimeth a solemn 
 passover on tlie second month for 
 JudoJi and Israel. 13 Hie assem- 
 bly, having destroyed the altars of 
 idolatry, keep the feast fourteen 
 days. 27 The piests atid Levites 
 bless th^ people. \ 
 
 to the Lord God of Israel at 
 Jerusalem : for they had not 
 done it of a long time in such 
 sort as it was written. 
 
 6 So the posts went with the 
 letters from the king and his 
 princes throughout all Israel 
 and Judah, and according to 
 the conunandment of the king, 
 saying, Ye children of Israel, 
 turn again unto the Lord God 
 of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, 
 and he will return to the rem- 
 nant of you, that are escaped 
 out of the hand of the kings 
 of Assyria. 
 
 7 And be not ye like your fa- 
 thers, and like your brethren, 
 which trespassed against the 
 Lord God of their fathers, 
 who therefore gave them up to 
 desolation, as ye see. 
 
 8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, 
 as your fathers were, but 5deld 
 yourselves unto the Lord, and 
 enter into his sanctuary, which 
 he hath sanctified for ever : and 
 ser^e the Lord your God, that 
 the fierceness of his wrath may 
 turn away from you. 
 
 9 For rf ye turn again unto 
 
II. CHEONICLES, XXX. 
 
 The feast is kept 
 
 the LoKD, yoiir brethren and 
 yonr children shall find com- 
 passion before them that lead 
 them captive, so that they shall 
 come again into this land: for 
 the Lord yom- God is gracious 
 and merciful, and will not tm-n 
 away his face from yon, if ye 
 return unto him. 
 
 10 So the posts passed from 
 city to city through the coun- 
 try of Ephraim and Manasseh 
 even unto Zebulun: but they 
 laughed them to scorn, and 
 mocked them. 
 
 11 Nevertheless divers of A- 
 sher and Manasseh and of Ze- 
 bulun humbled themselves, and 
 came to Jerusalem. 
 
 12 Also in Judah the hand of 
 God was to give them one heart 
 to do the commandment of the 
 king and of the princes, by the 
 word of the Lord. 
 
 13 IF And there assembled at 
 Jerusalem much people to keep 
 the feast of unleavened bread 
 in the second month, a very 
 great congregation. 
 
 14 And they arose and took 
 away the altars that were in Je- 
 rusalem, and all the altars for 
 incense took they away, and 
 cast them into the brook Kidron. 
 
 15 Then they lolled the pass- 
 over on the fourteenth day of the 
 second month: and the priests 
 and the Legates were ashamed, 
 and sanctified themselves, and 
 brought in the burnt offerings 
 into the house of the Lord. 
 
 16 And they stood in their place 
 after then manner, according to 
 the law of Moses, the man of 
 God: the priests sprinkled the 
 blood, which they received of 
 the hand of the Levites. 
 
 17 For there were many in 
 the congregation that were not 
 sanctified : therefore the Le- 
 vites had the charge of the kill- 
 ing of the passovers for every 
 one that icas not clean, to sanc- 
 tify them unto the Lord. 
 
 18 For a multitude of the peo- 
 ple, even many of Ephi'aim, 
 and Manasseh, Issachar, and 
 
 with gladness. 
 not cleansed 
 
 Zebulun, had 
 themselves, yet did^ they eat 
 the passover otherwise than it 
 was written. But Hezekiah 
 prayed for them, saying. The 
 good Lord pardon every one 
 
 19 That prepareth his heart 
 to seek God, the Lord God of 
 his fathers, though he he not 
 cleansed according to the puri- 
 fication of the sanctuary. 
 
 20 And the Lord hearkened to 
 Hezekiah, and healed the people. 
 
 21 And the children of Israel 
 that were present at Jerusalem 
 kept the feast of unleavened 
 bread seven days with great 
 gladness: and the Levites and 
 the priests praised the Lord 
 day by day, singing with loud 
 instruments unto the Lord. 
 
 22 And Hezekiah spake com- 
 fortably unto all the Levites 
 that taught the good knowledge 
 of the Lord: and they did 
 eat thi'oughout the feast seven 
 days, ofieiing peace offerings, 
 and making confession to the 
 Lord God of their fathers. 
 
 23 And the whole assembly 
 took counsel to keep other se- 
 ven days : and they kept other 
 seven days with gladness. 
 
 24 For Hezekiah king of Judah 
 did give to the congregation a 
 thousand bullocks and seven 
 thousand sheep ; and the princes 
 gave to the congregation a thou- 
 sand bullocks and ten thousand 
 sheep: and a great nimiber of 
 priests sanctified themselves. 
 
 25 And all the congregation 
 of Judah, with the priests and 
 the Levites, and all the congre- 
 gation that came out of Israel, 
 and the strangers that came out 
 of the land of Israel, and that 
 dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. 
 
 26 So there was great joy in 
 Jerusalem: for since the time 
 of Solomon the son of David 
 Idng of Israel there was not the 
 like in Jerusalem. 
 
 27 H Then the priests the Le- 
 vites arose and blessed the peo- 
 ple : and their voice was heard, 
 and their prayer came up to his 
 
Firsffruits II. CHEONICLES, XXXI. 
 
 holy dwelling place, even unto 
 heaven. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXI. 
 
 1 TJte people is forward in destroying 
 idolatry. 2 HezeHah ordereth the 
 courses of the priests and Levites, 
 and p^'ovidetli for their ivork and 
 maintenance. 5 The pcojyle's for- 
 wardness in offerings aiul tithes. 
 11 HezeMah appointeth officers to 
 dispose of the tithes. 20 The sin- 
 ceriiy of Hezehiah. 
 
 I^OW when all this was 
 1\ finished, all Israel that 
 were present went out to the 
 cities of Judah, and brake the 
 images in pieces, and cut down 
 the groves, and threw doA\ai the 
 high places and the altars out 
 of all Judah and Benjamm, in 
 Ephraim also and Manasseh, 
 until they had utterly destroy- 
 ed them all. Then all the cliil- 
 dren of Israel returned, every 
 man to liis possession, into their 
 own cities. 
 
 2 % And Hezekiah appointed 
 the courses of the priests and 
 the Levites after their courses, 
 every man according to his ser- 
 vice, the priests and Levites for 
 
 6 And concerning^ the chil- 
 dren of Israel and Judah, that 
 dwelt ill the cities of Judah, 
 they also brought in the tithe 
 of oxen and sheep, and the tithe 
 of holy things wliich were con- 
 secrated unto the Lord their 
 God, and laid them by heaps. 
 
 7 In the third month they 
 began to lay the foundation of 
 the heaps, and finished them 
 in the seventh month. 
 
 8 And when Hezekiah and 
 the princes came and saw the 
 heai-s, they blessed the Lord, 
 and his people Israel. 
 
 9 Then Hezekiah questioned 
 with the priests and the Levites 
 concerning the heaps. 
 
 10 Aiid Azariah the chief priest 
 of the house of Zadok answered 
 him, and said. Since the people 
 began to bring the offerings into 
 the house of the Lord, we have 
 had enough to eat, and have 
 left plenty: for the Lord hath 
 blessed his people; and that 
 which is left is this great store. 
 
 11 1[ Then Hezekiah com- 
 manded to prepare chambers 
 
 bunit offerings and for peace of- 1 in the house of the Lord ; and 
 
 ferings, to minister, and to give 
 thanks, and to praise in the gates 
 of the tents of the Lord. 
 
 3 He ajjjiointed also the king's 
 portion of his substance for the 
 burnt offerings, to wit, for the 
 morning and evening burnt of- 
 ferings, and the burnt offer- 
 ings for the sabbaths, and for 
 the new moons, and for the set 
 feasts, as it is written in the 
 law of the Lord. 
 
 4 Moreover he commanded 
 the people that dwelt in Jeru- 
 salem to give the portion of the 
 priests and the Levites, that 
 they might be encouraged in 
 the law of the Lord. 
 
 5 IF And as soon as the com- 
 mandment came abroad, _ the 
 children of Israel brought in a- 
 bundance the firstfruits of com, 
 wine, and oil, and honey, and 
 of all the increase of the field ; 
 and the tithe of all things 
 brought they in abundantly. 
 
 they prepared thenij 
 
 12 And brought m the offer- 
 ings and the tithes and the de- 
 dicated things faithfully: over 
 which Cononiah the Levite was 
 ruler, and Shimei his brother 
 was the next. 
 
 13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, 
 and Nahath, and Asahel, and 
 Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and 
 Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Ma- 
 hath, and Benaiah, were over- 
 seers under the hand of Cono- 
 niah and Shimei his brother, 
 at the commandment of Heze- 
 kiah the king, and Azariah the 
 ruler of the house of God. 
 
 14 And Kore the son of Im- 
 nah the Levite, the porter to- 
 ward the east, was over the free- 
 will offerings of God, to distri- 
 bute the oblations of the Lord, 
 and the most holy things. 
 
 15 And next him were Eden| 
 and Miniamin, and Jeshua, 
 and Shemaiah, Amariah, and 
 
Sennacherib 
 
 II. CHRONICLES, XXXII. invadetli JudaJi, 
 
 Shecaniah, in the cities of the 
 priests, in their set office, to give 
 to their brethren by courses, 
 as well to the great as to the 
 small : 
 
 16 Beside their genealogy of 
 males, from three years old and 
 upward, even unto every one 
 that entereth into the house of 
 the LoED, his daily portion for 
 their service in then- charges 
 according to their courees ; 
 
 17 Both to the genealogy of 
 the priests by the house of their 
 fathers, and the Levites from 
 twenty years old and upward, 
 in their charges by their com ses ; 
 
 18 And to the genealogy of all 
 their little ones, their wives, and 
 their sons, and their daughters, 
 through all the congregation: 
 for in their set office they sanc- 
 tified themselves in holiness : 
 
 19 Also of the sons of Aaron 
 the priests, which ivere in the 
 fields of the suburbs of their 
 cities, in every several city, the 
 men that were expressed by 
 name, to give portions to all 
 the males among the priests, 
 and to all that were reckoned by 
 genealogies among the Levites. 
 
 20 ^ And thus did Hezeldah 
 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 began in the service of the 
 house of God, and in the law, 
 and in the commandments, to 
 seek his God, he did it with all 
 his heart, and prospered. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXII. 
 
 1 Sennacherib invading Juddh, He- 
 zeMah fortijieth Jiimself, and en- 
 eourageth /ws people. 9 Against 
 the blasphemies of Sennacherib, by 
 message and letters, Hezeldah and 
 Isaiah pray. 21 An angel desiroy- 
 eth the host of the Assyrians, to the 
 gloi^y of HezeJciah. 24 Hezeldah 
 praying in his sickness, God giv. 
 eth'him a sign of recovei-y. 25 
 He ivaxing lyroud is humbled by 
 God. 27 His wealth and ivories. 
 31 His error in the ambasmge of 
 Babylon. 32 He dying, 3Iana8seh 
 mcceedeth him. 
 
 AFTER these thmgs, and 
 - the establishment there- 
 of, Sennacherib king of Assy- 
 ria came, and entered into 
 Judah, and encamped against 
 the fenced cities, and thought 
 to win them for himself. 
 
 2 And when Hezeldah saw that 
 Sennacherib was come, and that 
 he was purposed to fight against 
 Jerusalem, 
 
 3 He took counsel with his 
 princes and his mighty men to 
 stop the waters of the fountains 
 which were without the city: 
 and they did help him. 
 
 4 So there was gathered much 
 people together, who stopped all 
 the fountains, and the brook 
 that ran through the midst of 
 the land, saying. Why should 
 the kings of Assyria come, and 
 find much water? 
 
 5 Also he strengthened himself, 
 and built up all the wall that 
 was broken, and raised it up to 
 the towers, and another wall 
 without, and repaired Millo m 
 the city of David, and made 
 darts and shields in abundance. 
 
 6 And he set captains of war 
 over the people, and gathered 
 them together to him in the 
 street of the gate of the city, 
 and spake comfortably to them, 
 saying, 
 
 7 Be strong and courageous, 
 be not afraid nor dismayed for 
 the king of Assyria, nor for all 
 the multitude that is with him : 
 for there be more with us than 
 with him : 
 
 8 With him is an arm of flesh ; 
 but with us is the Loed our 
 God to help us, and to fight our 
 battles. And the people rested 
 themselves upon the words of 
 Hezeldah Idng of Judah. 
 
 9 IF After this did Sennache- 
 rib Idng of Assyria send liis 
 servants to Jerusalem, (but he 
 himself laid siege against La- 
 chish, and all his power with 
 him,) imto Hezel?:iah king of 
 Judah, and unto all Judah that 
 were at Jerusalem, saying, 
 
 10 Thus saith Sennacherib king 
 
The Assyrian II. CHRONICLES, XXXII. army cut qil 
 
 of Assyria, Whereon do ye tnist, 
 that ye abide in the siege in 
 Jerusalem ? 
 
 11 Doth not Hezekiah per- 
 suade you to give over your- 
 selves to die by famine and by 
 thirst, saying, The Lord our 
 God shall deliver us out of the 
 hand of the king of Assyria ? 
 
 12 Hath not the same Heze- 
 kiah taken away his high places 
 and liis altars, and conmianded 
 .Tudah and Jerusalem, saying, 
 Ye shall worship before one al- 
 tar, and bum incense upon it? 
 
 13 Know ye not what I and 
 ray fathers have done unto all 
 the people of other lands ? were 
 the gods of the nations of those 
 lands any ways able to deliver 
 their lands out of mine hand ? 
 
 14 Who teas there among all 
 the gods of tliose nations that 
 my fathers utterly destroyed, 
 that could deliver his p.eople 
 out of mine hand, that your 
 God should be able to deliver 
 you out of mine hand ? 
 
 15 Now therefore let not He- 
 zekiah deceive you, nor per- 
 suade you on this manner, nei- 
 ther yet believe him: for no 
 god of any nation or kingdom 
 was able to deliver his people 
 out of mine hand, and out of 
 the hand of my fathers: how 
 much less shall your God deli- 
 ver you out of mine hand ? 
 
 16 And his servants spake yet 
 more against the Lop.n God. and 
 o^ainst his sers'ant Hezekiah. 
 
 17 He wrote also letters to rail 
 on the Lord God of Israel, and 
 to speak against him, saying, As 
 the gods of the nations of other 
 lands have not dehvered their 
 people out of mine hand, so shall 
 not the God of Hezekiah deliver 
 his people out of mine hand. 
 
 18 Then they cried with a loud 
 voice in the Jews' speech unto 
 the people of Jerusalem that 
 ivere on the Avail, to affright 
 them, and to trouble them ; that 
 they might take the city. 
 
 19 And they spake agaiust the 
 God of Jerusalem, as against 
 
 the gods of the people of the 
 earth, ichich were the work of 
 the hands of man. 
 
 20 And for this cause Heze- 
 kiah the king, and the prophet 
 Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed 
 and cried to heaven. 
 
 21 ![ And the Lord sent an 
 angel, which cut oft' all the 
 mighty men of valour, and the 
 leaders and captahis in the 
 camp of the king of Assyria. 
 So he returned with shame of 
 face to Id's oa\ii land. And when 
 he was come into the house of 
 his god, they that came forth of 
 his o\n\ bowels slew him there 
 with the sword. 
 
 22 Thus the Lord saved Heze- 
 kiah and the inhabitants of Je- 
 rusalem from the baud of Sen- 
 nacherib i\it king of Assyria, 
 and from tlie hand of all other, 
 and guided them on every side. 
 
 23 And many brought gifts 
 unto the Lord to Jenisalem, 
 and presents to Hezekiah king 
 of Judah: so that he was mag- 
 nified in the sight of all nations 
 from thenceforth. 
 
 24 •[ In those days Hezekiah 
 was sick to the death, and pray- 
 ed unto the Lord : and lie spake 
 unto him, and he gave him a 
 sign. 
 
 25 But Hezekiah rendered not 
 again accorchng to the benefit 
 done unto him; for his heart 
 was lifted up : therefore there 
 was wrath upon him, and upon 
 Judah and Jerusalem. 
 
 26 Notwithstanding Hezekiah 
 humbled himself for the pride 
 of his heart, both he and the 
 inhabitants of Jerusalem, so 
 that the wTath of the Lord 
 came not upon them in the 
 days of Hezekiah. 
 
 27 IF And Hezekiah had ex- 
 ceeding much riches and ho- 
 nour : and he made himself trea- 
 suries for silver, and for gold, 
 and for precious stones, and for 
 spices, and for shield-S, and for 
 all manner of pleasant jewels ; 
 
 28 Storehouses also for the in- 
 crease of corn, and wine, and 
 
Manasseh's 
 
 II. CHKONICLES, XXXIII. wicked reign. 
 
 oil; and stalls for all manner 
 of beasts, and cotes for flcclrs. 
 
 29 Moreover lie provided him 
 cities, and possessions of flocks 
 and herds in abundance: for 
 God had given hinj, substance 
 very much, 
 
 30 This same Hezekiah also 
 stopped the upper watercourse of 
 Gihon, and brought it straight 
 down to the west side of the 
 city of David. And Hezekiah 
 prospered in all his works. 
 
 31 ^[ Howbeit in the business of 
 the ambassadors of the princes 
 of Babylon, who sent unto him 
 to enquire of the wonder that 
 was done in the land, God left 
 Mm, to try him, that he might 
 know all that was in his heart. 
 
 32 II Now the rest of the acts 
 of Hezekiah, and his goodness, 
 behold, they are written in the 
 vision of Isaiah the prophet, the 
 eon of Amoz, and in the book of 
 the kings of Judah and Israel. 
 
 33 And Hezeldah slept with 
 his fathers, and they buried 
 him in the chiefest of the sepul- 
 chres of the sx)ns of David : and 
 all Judah and the inhabitants 
 of Jerusalem did him honour at 
 his death. And Manasseh his 
 son reigned in his stead. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIIL 
 1 Manasseli's ivicTced reign. 3 He set- 
 teth up idolatry, and would not be 
 admonished. 11 He is carried in- 
 to Babylon. 12 Upon Ms prayer to 
 God lie is released, and putt eth doivn 
 idolatry. 18 His acts. 20 He dying. 
 Anion siicceedeth him. 21 Am^on 
 reigning 'wicJcedly is slain by his 
 servants. 25 The murderers being 
 slain, Josiah siicceedeth hira. 
 
 MANASSEH was twelve 
 years old when he began 
 to reign, and he reigned fifty 
 and five years in Jerusalem : 
 
 2 But did that which was evil 
 in the sight of the Lokd, like 
 unto the abominations of the 
 heathen, whom the Lord had 
 cast out before the children of 
 Israel. 
 
 3 H For he built again the high 
 places which Hezekiah his fa- 
 ther had broken down, and he 
 
 reared up altars for Baalim, and 
 made groves, and worshipped all 
 the host of heaven, and served 
 them. 
 
 4 Also he built altars in the 
 house of the Lord, whereof the 
 Lord had said, In Jerusalem 
 shall my name be for ever. 
 
 5 And he built altars for all the 
 host of heaven in the two courts 
 of the house of the Lord. 
 
 6 And he caused his children 
 to pass through the fire in the 
 valley of the son of Hinnom : 
 also he observed times, and 
 used enchantments, and used 
 witchcraft, and dealt with a fa- 
 miliar spirit, and with wizards : 
 he wrought much evil in the 
 sight of the Lord, to provoke 
 him to anger. 
 
 7 And he set a carved image, 
 the idol which he had made, in 
 the house of God, of which Gcd 
 had said to David and to Solo- 
 mon his son, In this house, and 
 in Jerusalem, which I have cho- 
 sen before all the tribes of Israel, 
 will I put my name for ever : 
 
 8 Neither will I any more re- 
 move the foot of Israel from 
 out of the land which I have 
 appointed for your fathers; so 
 that they will take heed to do all 
 that I have commanded them, 
 according to the whole law and 
 the statutes and the ordinances 
 by the hand of Moses. 
 
 9 So Manasseh made Judah 
 and the inhabitants of Jerusa- 
 lem to err, and to do worse than 
 the heathen, whom the Lord 
 had destroyed before the chil- 
 dren of Israel. 
 
 10 And the Lord spake to Ma- 
 nasseh, and to Ms people : but 
 they would not hearken. 
 
 11 1[ Wherefore the Lord 
 brought upon them the captains 
 of the host of the king of Assyria, 
 which took Manasseh among the 
 thorns, and bound him with fet- 
 ters, and carried Mm to Babylon. 
 
 12 And when he was in afflic- 
 tion, he besought the Lord Ms 
 God, and humbled himself great- 
 ly before the God of his fathers, 
 
 Bb3 
 
II. CHRONICLES, XXXIV. 
 
 A:noris reiffii, 
 
 13 And prayed unto him : and 
 lie was intreated of him, and 
 heai'd his supplication, and 
 brought him again to Jerusa- 
 lem into his kingdom. Then 
 Manasseh knew that the Lqrd 
 he ivas God. 
 
 14 Now after this he built a 
 Avail v/ithout the city of David, 
 on the west side of Gihon, in 
 the valley, even to the entering 
 in at the fish gate, and com- 
 1 assed about Ophel, and raised 
 it up a veiy great height, and 
 put captains of war in all the 
 fenced cities of Judah. 
 
 15 And he took away the 
 strange gods, and the idol out 
 of the house of the Loed, and 
 all the altars that he had built 
 iu the mount of the house of the 
 LoKD, and in Jerusalem, and 
 cast them out of the city. 
 
 IG And he repaired the altar of 
 the Lord, and sacrificed thereon 
 peace offerings and thank ofier- 
 in^s, and commanded Judah to 
 serve the Lord God of Israel. 
 
 17 Nevertheless the people did 
 sacrifice still in the high places, 
 :^'et uiito the Lord their God only. 
 
 18 If Now the rest of the acts 
 of Manasseh, and his prayer 
 Tinto his God, and the words of 
 the seers that spake to him in 
 the name of the Lord God of 
 Israel, behold, they are writ- 
 ten in the book of the kings of 
 Israel. 
 
 19 His prayer also, and how 
 God was intreated of him, and 
 all his sins, and his feespass, and 
 the- places vf herein he built high 
 places, and set up groves and 
 graven ima,ges, before he was 
 hmnbled : behold, they are writ- 
 ten among the sayings of the 
 s^ers, 
 
 20 IF So Manasseh slept with his 
 fathers, and they bmied him in 
 his own house : and Amon his 
 son reigned in his stead. 
 
 21 H Amon ivas two and twen- 
 ty years old when he began to 
 reign, and reigned two years in 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 22 But he did that which was 
 
 Joskili's reign . 
 
 evil in the sight of the Lord, 
 as did Manasseh his father : for 
 Amon sacx'ificed unto all the 
 carved images which Manasseh 
 his father had made, and seiTed 
 them ; 
 
 23 And humbled not himself 
 before the Lord, as Manasseh 
 his father had humbled himself; 
 but Amon trespassed more and 
 more. 
 
 24 And his ser\-ants conspired 
 agamst him, and slew him iu 
 his own house. 
 
 25 1[ But the people of the land 
 slew all them that had conspir- 
 ed against king Amon ; and the 
 people of the land made Josiah 
 his son king in his stead. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIV. 
 
 1 JosiaJis good reign. 3 He destroy- 
 eth idolatry. 8 He taketli order for 
 the rejiair of the temple, li HUM. 
 oh having found a booh of the laiv, 
 Josiah sendeth to Huldah to enquire 
 of the Loi-d. 23 Huldah prophesieth 
 the destruction of Jerusalem, hut 
 respite thereof in JosiaKs time. 29 
 Josiah, causing it to he read in a 
 solemn assemhly, reneweth the cove- 
 nant with God. 
 
 JOSIAH ivas eight years old 
 when he began to reign, and 
 he reigned in Jerusalem one and 
 thirty years. 
 
 2 And he did that which was 
 right in the sight of the Lord, 
 and Avallted in the ways of Da- 
 vid his father, and declined nei- 
 ther to the right hand, nor to 
 the left. 
 
 3 1[ For in the eighth year of Ms 
 reign, while he was yet young, 
 he began to seek after the God 
 of David his father : and in the 
 twelfth year he began to purge 
 Judah and Jerusalem from the 
 high places, and the groves, and 
 the carv^ed images, and the mol- 
 ten images. 
 
 4 And they brake down the 
 altars of Baalim in his pi-esenee ; 
 and the images, that were on 
 high above them, he cut down ; 
 and the groves, and the carved 
 images, and the molten images, 
 he brake in pieces, and made 
 dust of them, and strowed it 
 
EilMahJindeth II. CHRONICLES, XXXIY. a hcoJc erf ihe Jav% 
 
 upon the graves of them that 
 had sacrificed unto them. 
 
 5 And he burnt the bones of 
 the priests upon their altars, and 
 clea-nsed Juda.h and Jerusalem. 
 
 6 And so did he in the cities of 
 Manasseh, and Ephraioi, and 
 Simeon, even unto Naphtali, 
 with their mattocks round about. 
 
 7 And when he had broken 
 down the altars and the groves, 
 and had beaten the gxaven im- 
 ages into powder, and cut down 
 all the idols throughout all the 
 land of Israel, he returned to 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 8 IFNow in the eighteenth year 
 of his reign, when he had purged 
 the land, and the house, he sent 
 Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and 
 Maaseiah the goveiTxOr of the 
 city, and Joah the sc>n of Joahaz 
 the recorder, to repair the house 
 of the LoED his Grod. 
 
 9 And when they came to 
 Hilldah the high priest, they 
 delivered the money that was 
 brought into the house of God, 
 which the Levites that ]s:ept the 
 doors had gathered of the hand 
 of Manasseh and Ephraim, and 
 of all the remnant of Israel, and 
 of all Judah and Benjamin ; and 
 they returned to Jerusalem. 
 
 10 And they put it in the hand 
 of the workmen that had the 
 oversight of the house of tlie 
 Lord, and they gave it to the 
 workmen that wix)ught in the 
 house of the Lord, to repair 
 and amend the house : 
 
 11 Even to the artificers and 
 buildei-s gave they it, to buy 
 hewn stone, and timber for 
 couplings, and to fioor the 
 houses whi<*h the Idngs of Ju- 
 dah had destroyed. 
 
 12 And the men did the work 
 faitlifully : and the overseei^ of 
 them 7vere Jahath and Oba- 
 diah, the Levites, of the sons 
 of Merari ; and Zechariah and 
 MeshuUam, of the sons of the 
 Kohathites, to set it forward; 
 and other of the Le'vites, all 
 that could skill of instruments 
 of musi£?lc 
 
 13 Also they were over the 
 bearers of burdens, and ivere 
 overseers of all that wrought tlie 
 work in any manner of ser\'ice : 
 and of the Levites there were 
 scribes, and ofiicei-s, and portein, 
 
 14 ^ And when they broiiglit 
 out the money that was brought 
 into the hou?:e of the Lord, Hil- 
 ldah the priest foimd a book of 
 the law of the Lord given by 
 Moses. 
 
 15 And Hilkiah answered and 
 said to Shaphan the scribe, I 
 have found the book of the lavv' 
 in the house of the Lord. And 
 Hilldah delivered the book to 
 Shaphan. 
 
 16 And Shaphan candied tlie 
 book to the king, and brought 
 the king word back again, say- 
 ing. All that was conimitted to 
 thy servants, they do it. 
 
 17 And they hav^ gathered 
 together the money that vas 
 found in the house of the Lort?, 
 and have delivered it into t\\<i 
 hand of the overseei^, and to 
 the hand of the workmen. 
 
 18 Then Shaphan the scribe 
 told the king, saying, Hilkiali 
 the priest hath given me a book. 
 And ShaplMin read it before the 
 Idng. 
 
 19 And it came to imss, when 
 the king had he^rd the words of 
 the law, that he Tent Ms clothes. 
 
 20 And the king commanded 
 Hilkiah, and Alnlvam the son 
 of Shaphan, and Abdon the son 
 of Micah, and Shaphan the 
 scribe, and Asaiah a servant of 
 the Idng's, sapng, 
 
 21 Go, enquire of the Lord for 
 me, and for them that are leit 
 in Israel and in Judah, concern- 
 ing the vrords of the book that is 
 found : for great is the wrath of 
 the IjORD that is poiu'ed out upon 
 us, because our fathers have not 
 kept the word of the Lord, to 
 do after all that is written in 
 tliis book. 
 
 22 And Hilkiah, and they that 
 the king had appointed, v>'ent 
 to Huldah the prophetess, tlie 
 wife of Slialkmi the son of Tilv- 
 
HvMalC^ 
 
 II. CHRONICLES, XXXY, 
 
 vath. tlie Ron of Hasrah, keep- 
 er t»i the waitliolx' ; (now she 
 dwelt in Jerusalem in the col- 
 lege :) and they spake to her to 
 that effect. 
 
 Xn'ophecii. 
 
 he read in their ears all the words 
 of the book of the covenant that 
 was found in the house of the 
 Loud. 
 31 And the kiii^ stood in his 
 
 23 ^i And she answered them, place, and made a covenant l)e- 
 ThuB saith the Lori> God of Is- lore the Lf)Ki), to walk alU*r the 
 rael, Tell ye the man that sent Lord, and to keep his command- 
 you to me, i ment^, and his testimonies, and 
 
 24 Thus saith the Lord, Be- i his statutes, with all his heart, 
 hold, I will brin.? evil npon this and with all his soul, to perfomi 
 
 l>lace, and ui>on the inhabitants 
 thereof, even all the cui-ses that 
 lue written in the book which 
 
 the words of the covenant which 
 are written in this book. 
 32 And lie caused all that , 
 
 they have read before the long were present in Jerusalem and 
 
 of Judah : 
 25 Bt'canse they liave forsaken 
 
 I Benjamin to stand to it. And 
 the inhabitants of JeriLsalem 
 
 me, and have bunicd incense , did according to the covenant* 
 untoothergocls, that they might of God, tlie God of their fa- 
 
 provoke me to anger witli all 
 the works of their hands ; there- 
 
 thers. 
 33 And Josiah took away all 
 
 fore my wrath shall be poured 'he abominations out of all the 
 out upon this i»lace, and shall countries ihnt pertained to the 
 not l)e quenched. j children of Israel, and made 
 
 26 And a.s for the king of Ju- 1 all that were present in Israel to 
 dah, who sent yon to en(|uire of sene, even to sene the Lord 
 llie Lord, so shall ye say v.nto their God. And all his days 
 him. Thus saith the Loud God i they de})arted not from follow- 
 
 (;f Israel concerning the words 
 which thou hast heard ; 
 
 27 Because thine heart was 
 tiMider, and thou didst humble 
 thyself before God, when thou 
 lieardest his words agahjst tliis 
 place, and against the inha- 
 bitants thereof, and Immbledst 
 thyself before me, and didst 
 rend thy clothes, and weep be- 
 fore me; I have even heard 
 tkpe also, saith the Lord. 
 
 28 Behold, I will gather thee 
 to thy fathers, and thou shalt 
 be gathered to thy gra^'e in 
 peace, neither shall tliine eyes 
 see all the evil that I will bring 
 iii'on this place, and upon the 
 inhabitants of the same. So they 
 brought the king word again. 
 
 29 ^ Then the king sent and 
 gathered together all the elders 
 of Judjali and Jerusalem. 
 
 30 And the king went up mto 
 th3 house of the Lord, and all 
 the men of Judah, and the in- 
 liabitants of Jerusalem, and the 
 
 mg the Lord, tlie God of their 
 fatliers. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXV. 
 
 1 Josifih keepeth a viosf anlemn pasn. 
 over. 20 He, lyrovokmrj I'hnraoh- 
 licrjio, is ddin at Megiddo. 25 La- 
 mentdtio'usfor JosiaJt. 
 
 MOEEOVER Josiah kept a- 
 passover unto the Lord in 
 Jerusalem : and they killed the 
 passover on the fourteenth day 
 of the first month. 
 
 2 And he set the priests in their 
 charges, and encouraged them 
 to the service of the house of 
 the Lord, 
 
 3 And said unto the Legates 
 that taught all Israel, which 
 were holy unto the Lord, Put 
 the holy ark in the house which 
 Solomon the son of David king 
 of Israel did build ; it shall not 
 be a burden upon i/oiir shoul- 
 ders : seiTe now the Lord your 
 God, and his people Israel, 
 
 4 And prepare yourselves by 
 the houses of yom* fathers, after 
 
 priests, and the Levites, and all i yom- courses, according to the 
 the people, great and small : and I writing of David king of Israel, 
 
MiaJi Jceepeth a 11. CHEONICLES, XXXV. solemn pass&uer. 
 
 and according to the writing of 
 Solomon his son. 
 
 5 And stand in the holy place 
 accorduig to the divisions of the 
 families of the fathers of your 
 brethi-en the people, and aftej- 
 the di^-ision of the families of 
 the Le-s^ites. 
 
 6 So kill the passover, and 
 sanctify yom-selves, and prepare 
 your brethi'en, that thet/ may 
 do according to the word of the 
 Lord by the hand of Moses. 
 
 7 And Josiah gave to the peo- 
 ple, of the flock, lambs and kids, 
 all for the passover ofterings, for 
 all that were present, to the nmn- 
 ber of tliirty thousand, and three 
 tlionsand bullocks : these were 
 of the Idng's substance. 
 
 8 And his princes gave will- 
 ingly unto the people, to the 
 priests, and to the Levites : Hil- 
 kiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, 
 rulers of the house of God, gave 
 unto the priests for the passover 
 offerings two thousand and six 
 Imndi'ed small cattle, and thi^ee 
 hundi'ed oxen. 
 
 9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah 
 and Nethaneel, his brethren, and 
 Hashabiah and Jeiel and Joza- 
 bad, chief of the Levites, gave 
 imto the Levites for passover 
 offerings five thousand small 
 cattle, and five hundi'ed oxen. 
 
 10 So the service was prepared, 
 and the priests stood in their 
 place, and the Levites in their 
 courses, according to the king's 
 conmiandment. 
 
 11 And they lolled the pass- 
 over, and the priests sprinkled 
 the blood from their hands, and 
 the Levites flayed them. 
 
 12 And they removed the bmut 
 offerings, that they might give 
 according to the divisions of the 
 families of the people, to offer 
 unto the Loed, as it is -vmtten 
 in the book of Moses. And so 
 did they with the oxen. 
 
 13 And they roasted the pass- 
 over with fii'e according to the 
 ordinance: but the other holy 
 offerings sod they in pots, and 
 in caldrons, and in pans, and 
 
 divided them speedily among 
 all the people. 
 
 14 And afterward they made 
 ready for themselves, and for 
 the priests : because the priests 
 the sons of Aaron icere busied 
 in offering of burnt offerings 
 and the fat until night; there- 
 fore i^nQ Levites prepared^ for 
 themselves, and for the priests 
 the sons of Aaron. 
 
 15 And the singers the sons 
 of Asaph ivere in their place, 
 accordmg to the commandment 
 of David, and Asaph, and He- 
 man, and Jeduthmi the king's 
 seer; and the porters tvaited 
 at every gate; they might not 
 depart from their service; for 
 their brethren the Levites pre- 
 pared for them. 
 
 16 So all the seiwice of the 
 LoED was prepared the same 
 day, to keep the passover, and 
 to offer burnt offerings upon the 
 altar of the Lord, according 
 to the commandment of king 
 Josiah. 
 
 17 And the children of Israel 
 that were present kept the pass- 
 over at that time, and the feast 
 of unleavened bread seven days. 
 
 18 And there was no passover 
 like to that kept in Israel from 
 the days of Samuel the prophet ; 
 neither did all the kings of Israel 
 keep such a passover as Josiah 
 kept, and the priests, and the 
 Levites, and all Judah and Is« 
 rael that were present, and the 
 inhabitants of Jerusalem. 
 
 19 In the eighteenth year of the 
 reign of Josiah was this passover 
 kept. 
 
 20 % After all this, when Josiah 
 had prepared the temple, Necho 
 king of Egypt came up to fight 
 against Charchemish by Eu- 
 phrates: and Josiah went out 
 against him. 
 
 21 But he sent ambassadors to 
 liim, saying. What have I to do 
 with thee, thou long of Judah? 
 I come not against thee this day, 
 but against the house wherewith 
 I have war : for God command- 
 ed me to make haste : forbear 
 
Josiah is 
 
 II. CHRONICLES, XXXVI. >^uin in UtW . 
 
 thee fiom meddling with God, 
 who is with nie, that he destroy 
 thee not. 
 
 22 Neverthelefis Josiah would 
 not turn his lace from liim, but 
 dis;2:iiiped himself, that lie miirht 
 li!?ht with him, and hcjirkcned 
 not milo the words of Xeelio from 
 the mouth of (j(xi, and came to 
 Jip:ht in the valley ot Me^iddo. 
 
 23 Aiid the archei-s shot at kinj? 
 Josiah ; ar.d the kin^^ said to his 
 servants, Have me away ; for I 
 am sore w<nmded. 
 
 24 His servants therefore took 
 him out of that chariot, and put 
 him in the second chariot that 
 he had; and they brouirlit him 
 to Jerusalem, and he died, and 
 was buried in one of the sepul- 
 chres of his fathei-s. And all 
 Judah and Jerusalem mourned 
 for Josiah. 
 
 2.5 1 And Jeremiah lamented 
 for Josiah : and all the sinffin?; 
 men and the sinjrintr women 
 spake of Josiah in their lamen- 
 tations to this day, and made 
 them an ordinance in Israel : 
 and, behold, they are written 
 in the lamentations. 
 
 26 Now the rest of the acts of 
 Josiah, and his iroodness, accord- 
 ing to thai ivhich was \\Titten 
 in the law of the Lord, 
 
 27 And his deeds, fii>;t and last, 
 behold, they are ^Titten in the 
 book of the kings of Israel and 
 Judah. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVL 
 
 1 Jehoahaz succeeding is deposed by 
 PJinraoh, caul carried info Egypt. 
 5 Jeltoialim reigning ill is carried 
 hound into Babylon. 9 Jehoia- 
 chin siutceeding reigneth ill, and 
 is brought into Babylon. 11 Zede- 
 hidh succeeding reigneth ill, and 
 despiseth the prophets, and rebel, 
 leth against Nebuchadnezzar. 14 Je- 
 rusalem, for the sins of the pmests 
 a nd people, is wholly destroyed. 22 
 Tlie proclamation of Cyrus. 
 
 THEN the people of the land 
 took Jehoahaz the son of 
 Josiah, and made him king in 
 his Mher's stead in Jerusalem. 
 2 Jehoahaz was twenty and 
 three years old when he began 
 
 to reign, and lie reigned three 
 months in .Icnisalem. 
 
 3 And the king of Eg>'pt \mi 
 him down at Jerusalem, and 
 condenmed the land in an hun- 
 dred talents of silver and a ta- 
 lent of gold. 
 
 4 And the king of Eg>'pt made 
 EHakim his brother king over 1 
 Judah and Jerusalem, and I 
 turned his name to Jehoiakim. 
 And Xecho took .Tehoahaz his 
 brother, and carried liim to 
 Egypt. 1 
 
 5 ^[Jehoiakim teas twenty and I 
 five yeare old when he began ' 
 to reign, and he reigned eleven 
 years in Jerusalem : and he did 
 that ivhich was evil hi the sight 
 
 of the Loud his God. 
 () Against him came up Nebu- 
 chadnezzar king of Babylon, and 
 lK)und him in fetters, to carry 
 him to Babylon. ■ 
 
 7 Nebuchadnezzar also cairied ■ 
 of the vessels of the house of the J 
 Loan to Bjibylon. and put them 
 
 in liis temple at Babylon. 
 
 8 Now the rest of the acts of Je- 
 hoiakim, and liis abominations 
 which he did. and tliat which 
 was found in him, behold, they 
 are written in the book of the 
 kings of Israel and Judah : and 
 .Tehoiachin his son reigned in 
 his stead. 
 
 9 ^ Jehoiachin tvas eight years 
 old when he began to reign, and 
 he reigned three months and ten 
 days in Jerusalem : and he did 
 that which was evil in the sight 
 of the Lord. 
 
 10 And when the year was 
 expired, king Nebuchadnezzar 
 sent, and brought him to Ba- _ 
 bylon, with the goodly vessels * 
 of the house of the Lord, and « 
 made Zedekiah his brother king 
 over Judah and Jerusalem. 
 
 11 ^ Zedekiah was one and 
 twenty years old when he be- 
 gan to reign, and reigned eleven 
 years in Jerusalem. , 
 
 12 And he did that which ivas I 
 evil in the sight of the Lord his I 
 God, and hmnbled not himself 
 before Jeremiah the prophet 
 
Jemsahm 
 
 II. CHROKICLES, XXXYI. 
 
 is destroyed. 
 
 speakings from tlie mouth of the 
 
 LOKD. 
 
 13 And he also rebelled agahist 
 king- Nebuchadnezzar, who had 
 made Mm swear by God: but 
 he stiffened liis neck, and har- 
 dened his heart from turning 
 nnto the Loed God of Israel. 
 
 14 IF Moreover all the chief of 
 the priests, and the people, trans- 
 gressed \'ery much after all the 
 abominations of the heathen; 
 and polluted the house of the 
 Lord which he had hallowed m 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 15 And the Loed God of their 
 fathers sent to them by liis 
 messengers, rising up betimes, 
 and sending ; because he had 
 compassion on his people, and 
 on his dwelling place : 
 
 16 But they mocked the mes- 
 sengers of God, and despised his 
 words, and misused his prophets, 
 until the wrath of the Loed 
 arose against his people, till 
 there was no remedy. 
 
 17 Therefore he brought upon 
 them the long of the Chaldees, 
 who slew their young men with 
 the sword m the house of then 
 sanctuary, and had no com- 
 liassion upon yoinig man or 
 maiden, old man, or him that 
 stooped for age : he gave them 
 all into his hand. 
 
 18 And all the vessels of the 
 house of God, great and small, 
 and the treasures of the house 
 of the Lord, and the treasures 
 
 of the king, and of his princes ; 
 all these he brought to Babylon. 
 
 19 And they burnt the house 
 of God, and brake down the 
 wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all 
 the palaces thereof with fire, and 
 destroyed all the goodly vessels 
 thereof. 
 
 20 And them that had escaped 
 from the sword carried he away 
 to Babylon ; where they were 
 servants to liim and his sons 
 until the reign of the kingdom 
 
 21 To" fulfil the word of the 
 Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, 
 until the land had enjoyed her 
 sabbaths : /or as long as she 
 lay desolate she kept sabbath, to 
 fulfil threescore and ten years. 
 
 22 U Now in the first year of 
 Cyrus king of Persia, that the 
 word of the Lord spoken by 
 the mouth of Jeremiah might 
 be accomplished, the Lord 
 stirred up the spirit of Cyrus 
 king of Persia, that he made 
 a proclamation thi'oughout all 
 his kingdom, and put it also in 
 writing, saying, 
 
 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of 
 Persia, All the kingdoms of the 
 earth hath the Lord God of 
 heaven given me ; and he liath 
 charged me to build him an 
 house in Jerusalem, which is 
 in Judah. Who is there among 
 you of all his people ? The 
 Lord his God be with him, and 
 let him go up. 
 
 EZRA. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 The proclamation of Cyrus for the 
 hidlding of the temple. 5 The peo- 
 ple provide for the return. 7 Gyrus 
 resforeih the vessels of the temple 
 to Sheshhazzar. 
 
 "VrOW in the first year of Cy- 
 jL 1 rus king of Persia, that the 
 word of the Lord by the mouth 
 of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, 
 the Lord stirred up the spirit 
 of Cyrus long of Persia, that he 
 made a proclamation through- 
 
 out all his kingdom, and put it 
 also in writing, saying, 
 
 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Per- 
 sia, The Lord God of he?iven 
 hath given me all the Idngdoms 
 of the earth ; and he hath charg- 
 ed me to build him an house at 
 Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 
 
 3 Who is there among you of 
 all his people ? his God be with 
 him, and let liim go up to Jeru- 
 salem, which is in Judah, and 
 build the house of the Lord 
 
(^yrus restoreth th' vessels. EZRA, II. TJie muitler of the jteopk 
 
 God of Israel, (he is the God,) 
 wliifli is in Jerusiik-m. 
 
 4 And wliopoever remainc.-tli 
 in any place wheixj he eojonrn- 
 etli, let the men of his place 
 hel]) liim with silver, and with 
 irold, and with jz:oo<_l8, and with 
 ])easts, ])e'*ide the freewill otler- 
 in;-' lor the hoiiHe of God that is 
 in Jerusalem. 
 
 5 ^ Then rose up the chief of 
 the fathei*s of Judah and lien- 
 jamin, and the iniests, and the 
 Levites, witli idl //lem whos(^' 
 spirit (idd had raised, to ^o up 
 to build the house of the Loui» 
 which is in Jerusalem. 
 
 G And all they that tcere about 
 tlicm strengthened their liands 
 with vessels of silver, with jrold, 
 with uoods, and with beasts, and 
 witli precious thiuus. beside all 
 that was willin.iily olfered. 
 
 7 H Also Cyius the kiufr broui^ht 
 forth the vessels of the house ol 
 the Lord, which Nebuchadnez- 
 zar had brought ibrth out of 
 Jerusalem, and had put them 
 in the house of his pods ; 
 
 8 Even those did CVrus kinj? of 
 Persia brinif forth by the hand 
 of Mithredath the treasurer, and 
 numbered them unto Sheshbaz- 
 zar, the prince of Judah. 
 
 9 And this is the number of 
 them : thirty chargers of gold, 
 a thousand chargers of silver, 
 nine and twenty knives, 
 
 10 Thirty basons of gold, silver 
 basons of a second soj^t four hun- 
 dred and ten, and other vessels 
 a thousand. 
 
 11 All the vessels of gold and 
 of silver icere five thousand 
 and four hundi-ed. All these 
 did Sheshbazzar bring up with 
 them of the captivity that were 
 brolight up from Babylon unto 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 1 The number that return, of the 
 people, 36 of the piriests, 40 of the 
 Levites, 43 of the Nethinims, 55 of 
 Solo}no7i's servants, 62 of the priests 
 lohich could not sheio their pedigree. 
 64 The ivhole number of^ them, with 
 their substance. 68 Their oblations. 
 
 "VTOW these are the rliildren 
 XI of the province that went 
 uj) out of the captivity, of those 
 which had been carried away, 
 whom Nebucliadnezzar tlie king 
 of Babylon had carried away 
 unto Babylon, and came again 
 unto Jerusalem and Judah, eve- 
 ry one unto his city ; 
 
 2 Wluch came with Zerub- 
 bal>el : Jeshua, Nehemiah, 8e- 
 raiah, Keelaiah, Mordecai. Bil- 
 shan, Mb.par, Bigvai, Kehum, 
 Baanali. The number of the 
 men of the jieople ol Israel : 
 
 3 The childn^n of Parosh, two 
 thousand an hundred seventy 
 and two. 
 
 4 The children of Shephatiah, 
 three hundred seventy and two. 
 
 5 The children of Arab, seven 
 hundred seventy and five. 
 
 (j The cliildren of I'ahath- 
 moab, of the children of Jeshua 
 and Joab, two thousand eight 
 hundred and twelve. 
 
 7 The children of Elam, a thou- 
 sand two hundred iifty and flour. ' 
 
 <S The children of Zattu, nine 
 bundled forty and five. 
 
 9 The children of Zaccai, seven 
 hundred and tlireescore. 
 
 10 The children of Bani, six 
 hundred forty and two. 
 
 11 The children of Bebai, six 
 hundred twenty and three. 
 
 12 The children of Azgad, a 
 thousand two hundred twenty 
 and two. 
 
 13 The children of Adonikam, 
 six hundred sixty and six. 
 
 14 The children of Bigvai, two 
 thousand fifty and six. 
 
 15 The children of Adin, four 
 hundred fifty and four. 
 
 16 The children of Ater of 
 Hezekiah, ninety and eight. 
 
 17 The cliildren of Bezai, three 
 hundred twenty and three. 
 
 18 The children of Jorah, an 
 hundred and twelve. 
 
 19 The cliildren of Hashum, two 
 hundred twenty and three. " 
 
 20 The children of Gibbar, 
 ninety and five. 
 
 21 The children of Beth-lehera, 
 an hundred twenty and three. 
 
Kho returned 
 
 EZEA, II. 
 
 from Babylon. 
 
 22 The men of Netopliah, fifty 
 and six. 
 
 23 The men of Anathoth, an 
 hundred twenty and eight. 
 
 24 The childien of Azmayeth, 
 forty and two. 
 
 25 The childi'en of Kirjath- 
 arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 
 seven hundred and forty and 
 three. 
 
 26 The children of Eamah and 
 Gaba, six hundred twenty and 
 one. 
 
 27 The men of Michmas, an 
 hundred twenty and two. 
 
 28 The men of Beth-el and Ai, 
 two hundred twenty and thi'ee. 
 
 29 The childi-en of Kebo, fifty 
 and two. 
 
 30 The children of Magbish, 
 an hundred fifty and six. 
 
 31 The children of the other 
 Elam, a thousand two hundred 
 fifty and four. 
 
 32 The children of Harim, three 
 hundred and twenty. 
 
 33 The children of Lod, Hadid, 
 and Ono, seven hundred twenty 
 and five. 
 
 34 The children of Jericho, 
 thi'ee hujidred forty and five. 
 
 35 The children of Senaah, 
 three thousand and six hundi-ed 
 and thirty. 
 
 36 H The priests : the children 
 of Jedaiah, of the house of Je- 
 shua, nine hundred seventy and 
 three. 
 
 37 The children of Immer, a 
 thousand fifty and two. 
 
 38 The children of Pashur, a 
 thousand two hundred forty and 
 seven. 
 
 39 The children of Harim, a 
 thousand and seventeen. 
 
 40 H The Levites : the children 
 of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the 
 children of Hodaviah, seventy 
 and four. 
 
 41 ^ The singers : the children 
 of Asaph, an hmidred twenty 
 and eight. 
 
 42 1 The children of the porters : 
 the children of Shallum, the 
 children of Ater, the cliildi'en of 
 Talmon, the children of AMnib, 
 the children of Hatita, the chil- 
 
 dren of Shobai, in all an hun- 
 dred thirty and nine. 
 
 43 f The Nethinims : the cliil- 
 di'en of Ziha, the children of 
 Hasupha, the children of Tab- 
 baoth, 
 
 44 The children of Keros, the 
 children of Siaha, the children 
 of Padon, 
 
 45 The childi-en of Lebanah, 
 the children of Plagabah, the 
 children of Akkub, 
 
 46 The children of Hagab, the 
 childi-en of Shalmai, the chil- 
 dren of Hanan, 
 
 47 The children of Giddel, the 
 childi'en of Gahar, the childi'en 
 of Eeaiah, 
 
 48 The children of Eezin, the 
 children of Nekoda, the cMl- 
 dien of Gazzam, 
 
 49 The children of Uzza, the 
 children of Paseah, the childi'en 
 of Besai, 
 
 50 The children of Asnah, the 
 children of Mehunim, the chil- 
 dien of Nephusim, 
 
 51 The children of Bakbuk, 
 the children of Hakupha, the 
 cliildren of Harhur, 
 
 52 The children of Bazluth, the 
 children of Mehida, the cliildren 
 of Harsha, 
 
 53 The children of Barkos, the 
 childi'en of Sisera, the cliildren 
 of Thamah, 
 
 54 The children of ISTeziah, the 
 children of Hatipha. 
 
 55 H The children of Solomon's 
 servants : the children of Sotai, 
 the children of Sophereth, the 
 children of Peruda, 
 
 56 The childi'en of Jaalah, the 
 childi-en of Darken, the chil- 
 dren of Giddel, 
 
 57 The children of Shephatiah, 
 the children of HattU, the chil- 
 dren of Pochereth of Zebaim, 
 the childi-en of Ami. 
 
 58 All the Nethinims, and the 
 childien of Solomon's servants, 
 u'e7'e three hundred ninety and 
 two. 
 
 59 And these were they which 
 went up from Tel-melah, Tel- 
 harsa. Cherub, Addan, and Im- 
 mer ; but they could not shew 
 
Tlie nwnher of the peoiAe. EZRA, III. 
 
 their father's house, and their 
 seed, wliether they were of Is- 
 rael : 
 
 m The cliildren of Delaiah, the 
 eliildren of Tobiah, the children 
 of Nekoda, six hundred fifty 
 and two. 
 
 Gl l! And of the children of the 
 priests : the children of Haba- 
 iah, the children of Koz, the 
 children of Barzillai ; which 
 took a wife of the dau^rhters 
 Barzillai the Gileadite, and was 
 called after their name : 
 
 62 These soii^^ht their register 
 among those that were reckoned 
 l)y genealogy, but they were not 
 found : therefore were they, as 
 IKjlluted, J. ut from the priesthood. 
 
 <v^) And tlie Tirsluitlia said un- 
 to them, tliat tlicy should not 
 eat of the most holy thinp:s, 
 till there stood up a priest with 
 Urim and with Thummim. 
 
 64 ^ Tlie whole congregation 
 together wfis forty and two 
 thousand tluee hundred and 
 threescore, 
 
 65 Beside their se^^•anti5 and 
 their maids, of whom there were 
 seven thousand three himdred 
 thirty and seven : and there were 
 among them two hundred sing- 
 ing men and singing women. 
 
 66 Their horses were seven 
 hundred thirty and six; their 
 mules, two hmidred forty and 
 five ; 
 
 67 Their camels, four hun- 
 dred thirty and five ; their asses 
 six thoiLsand seven hmidred and 
 twenty. 
 
 68 •! And some of the chief of 
 the fathers, when they came to 
 the house of the Lord which is 
 at Jerusalem, offered freely for 
 the house of God to set it up in 
 his place : 
 
 69 They gave after their ability 
 unto the treasure of the work 
 threescore and one thousand 
 drams of gold, and five thou- 
 sand pound of silver, and one 
 hundred priests* garments. 
 
 70 So the priests, and the Le- 
 vites, and some of the people, 
 and the singers, and the por- 
 
 Tlie, altar is set up. 
 
 Uin. and the Nethinims, dwelt 
 in their cities, and all Israel in 
 their cities. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 The altar in fwt tip. 4 Offiririijt 
 fr(ane)itvd. 7 Workmen pn'ixired. 
 H lite foil mint ions of the tem^Ae are 
 Inid in great Joy and mounnuy. 
 
 AND when the seventh month 
 was come, and the children 
 of Israel were in the cities, the 
 f people gathered themselves to- 
 gether as one man to Jerusalem. 
 
 2 Then stood up Jeshua the 
 son of Jozadak, and his bre- 
 thren the priests, and Zenib- 
 babel the son of IShealtiel, and 
 his Itrethren, and builded the 
 altar of the God of Israel, to 
 oiiVr burnt offerings thereon, as 
 it is written in the law of Moses 
 the man of God. 
 
 3 And they set the altar upon 
 his bases ; for fear ivas upon 
 them because of the peoi)le of 
 those countries : and they otter- 
 ed burnt offerings thereon unto 
 the Lord, even burnt ofierings 
 moniing and evening. 
 
 4 They kept also the feast of 
 tabernacles, as it is written, 
 and offered the daily burnt of- 
 ferings by number, according to 
 the custom, as the duty of everj^ 
 day required ; 
 
 5 And afterward offered the 
 continual burnt ofieiing, both 
 of the new moons, and of all the 
 set feasts of the Lord that were 
 consecrated, and of every one 
 that willingly offered a freewill 
 offering unto the Lord. 
 
 6 From the first day of the 
 seventh month, began they to 
 offer burnt oflEerings unto the 
 Lord. But the foundation of 
 the temple of the Lord was not 
 yet laid. 
 
 7 They gave money also unto 
 the masons, and to the carpen- 
 ters ; and meat, and drink, and 
 oil, unto them of Zidon, and to 
 them of Tyre, to bring cedar 
 trees from Lebanon to the sea 
 of Joppa, according to the grant 
 that they had of Cyrus king of 
 Pereia. 
 
Tlie foandtdim 
 
 EZRA, IV. 
 
 of the temple laid. 
 
 8 H Now in the second year of 
 their coming nnto the house 
 of God at Jerusalem, in the 
 second month, began Zerub- 
 babel the son of Shealtiel, and 
 Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and 
 the remnant of their brethren 
 the priests and the Levites, and 
 all they that were come out of 
 the captivity unto Jerusalem; 
 and appointed the Levites, from 
 twenty years old and upward, 
 to set forward the work of the 
 house of the Lord. 
 
 9 Then stood Jeshua with his 
 sons and his brethren, Kadmiel 
 and his sons, the sons of Ju- 
 dah, together, to set forward 
 the workmen in the house of 
 God : the sons of Henadad, 
 with their sons and their bre- 
 thren the Levites. 
 
 10 And when the builders laid 
 the foundation of the temple of 
 the Lord, they set the priests 
 in their apparel with trumpets, 
 and the Levites the sons of A- 
 saph with cymbals, to praise 
 the Lord, after the ordinance 
 of David king of Israel. 
 
 11 And they sang together by 
 course in praising and giving 
 thanks unto the Lord ; because 
 he is good, for his mercy en- 
 dureth for ever toward Israel. 
 And all the people shouted with 
 a great shout, when they praised 
 the Lord, because the founda- 
 tion of the house of the Lord 
 was laid. 
 
 12 But many of the priests and 
 Levites and chief of the fathers, 
 who were ancient men, that 
 had seen the first house, when 
 the foundation of this house 
 was laid before their eyes, wept 
 with a loud voice; and many 
 shouted aloud for joy : 
 
 13 So that the people could not 
 discern the noise of the shout of 
 joy from the noise of the weep- 
 ing of the people : for the people 
 shouted with a loud shout, and 
 the noise was heard afar off. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 The adversaries, being not accepted 
 in the hiHlding of the temple with 
 
 the Jews, endeavour to hinder it. 
 7 Their letter to Artaxerxes. 17 
 The decree of Artaxerxes. 23 The 
 building is hindered. 
 
 l^OW when the adversaries 
 xM of Judah and Benjamin 
 heard that the children of the 
 captivity builded the temple mi- 
 to the Lord God of Israel ; 
 
 2 Then they came to Zerub- 
 babel, and to the chief of the 
 fathers, and said unto them, Let 
 us build with you : for we seek 
 yom- God, as ye doj and we do 
 sacrifice unto him since the days 
 of Esar-h addon king of Assur, 
 which brought us up hither. 
 
 3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, 
 and the rest of the chief of the 
 fathers of Israel, said unto them, 
 Ye have nothing to do with us 
 to build an house unto our God ; 
 but we ourselves together will 
 build unto the Lord God of Is- 
 rael, as king Cyrus the king of 
 Persia hath commanded us. 
 
 4 Then the people of the land 
 weakened the hands of the peo- 
 ple of Judah, and troubled them 
 in building, 
 
 5 And hired counsellors against 
 them, to frustrate their purpose, 
 all the days of Cyrus king of 
 Persia, even until the reign of 
 Darius Idng of Persia. 
 
 6 And^ in the reign of Aha- 
 suerus, in the beginning of his 
 reign, wrote they unto him an 
 accusation against the inhabit- 
 ants of Judah and Jerusalem. 
 
 7 % And in the days of Ar- 
 taxerxes T\Tote Bishlam, Mith- 
 redath, Tabeel, and the rest of 
 their companions, unto Arta- 
 xei-xes king of Persia ; and the 
 writing of the letter was wiitten 
 in the Syrian tongue, and inter- 
 preted in the Syrian tongue. 
 
 8 Eehum the chancellor and 
 Shimshai the scribe wrote a 
 letter against Jerusalem to Ar- 
 taxerxes the king in this sort : 
 
 9 Then w7'ote Rehum the chan- 
 cellor, and Shimshai the scribe, 
 and the rest of their compa- 
 nions ; the Dinaites, the Aphar- 
 sathchites, the Tarpelites, the 
 
TJie U'tter smt to Artaxerxes. EZRA, V, 
 
 Apliarsites, tlie Archevites, the 
 Babylonians, the Siisancliite8, 
 t}ie Deliavite8,rt7jr/ tlieElamik-s, 
 
 10 And the rest of tlie nations 
 whom the ^neat and noble As- 
 nai>i)er brou^dit over, and set in 
 the cities of 8ainana, and the 
 rest that arc on this side the 
 nver, and at sucli a time. 
 
 11 1i This is the coj.y of the let- 
 ter that they sent unto him, even 
 mito Ailaxerxes the kin^r; Thy 
 servants the men on this side 
 tlie river, and at such a time. 
 
 12 Be it known unto the kinjr, 
 that the Jews which came up 
 from thee to us are come un- 
 to Jerusalem, buildinjx the re- 
 bellious and the bad city, and 
 have set up the vails thereof^ 
 and joined the foundations. 
 
 13 Be it known now unto the 
 kin?, that, if this city be build- 
 ed, and the walls set up again, 
 then will they not i)ay t<jll, tri- 
 bute, and custom, and .so thou 
 slialt endamage the revenue ol" 
 the kin^s. 
 
 14 Now because we have main- 
 tenance from the king's palace, 
 and it was not meet for us to 
 see tlie king's dishonour, there- 
 fore have we sent aud certified 
 the king ; 
 
 15 That search may be made 
 in the book of the records of 
 thy fathers : so shalt thou lind 
 in the book of the records, and 
 know^ that this city is a rebelli- 
 ous city, and hmtful unto kings 
 and provinces, and that they 
 have moved sedition v»'ithm the 
 same of old time : for which cause 
 was this city destroyed. 
 
 16 AVe certify the king that, if 
 tliis city be builded again, and 
 the walls thereof set up, by this 
 means thou shalt have no por- 
 tion on this side the river. 
 
 17 % Then sent the Idng an an- 
 swer unto Rehum the chancel- 
 lor, and to Shimshai the scribe, 
 and to the rest of their compa- 
 nions that dwell in Samaria, and 
 unto the rest beyond the river, 
 Peace, and at such a time. 
 
 18 The letter which ye sent 
 
 TIte hiihlitnj <if th*' 
 
 unto us hath been plainly read 
 
 before me. 
 
 11) Ajid T commanded, and 
 search hath been made and 
 it is found that this city of 
 old time hath made insuirec- 
 tion against kings, and that le- 
 bellion and sedition have been 
 made therein. 
 
 20 There have been mighty 
 kings also over Jerusalem, whicli 
 ha\e r\iled over all countries 
 beyond the river; and toll, tii- 
 bute, and custom, was jiaid unto 
 them. 
 
 21 Give ye now commandment 
 to cause these men to cease, and 
 that this city be not builded, 
 until another commandment 
 shall l>e given from me. 
 
 22 Take heed now that ye fail 
 not to do this : why should 
 damage grow to the hurt of the 
 kings ? 
 
 23 •! Now when the copy of 
 king Ai-taxerxes' letter was read 
 before Kehmn. and Shimshai 
 the scribe, and their com) anions, 
 they went u]) in haste to Jeru- 
 salem unto the Jews, and made 
 them to cease by force and power. 
 
 24 Then ceased the work of 
 the house of God which is at 
 Jerusalem. So it ceased unto 
 the second year of the reign r)f 
 Darius king of Persia. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 Zeriibhahel and Jeshua, incited by 
 Har/gai and Zechariah, set forward 
 the huilding of the ten^Ae. 3 Tat- 
 nai and iShethar-boznai could not 
 hinder the Jews. 6 llieir letter to 
 Darius against the Jews. 
 
 THEN the prophets, Haggai 
 the prophet, and Zechariah 
 the son oflddo, prophesied unto 
 the Jews that wei'e in Judah 
 and Jerusalem in the name of the 
 God of Israel, even unto them. 
 
 2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the 
 son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the 
 son of Jozadak, and began to 
 build the house of God which 
 is at Jerusalem : and with them 
 were the prophets of God help- 
 ing them. 
 
 3 II At the same time came to 
 
 ♦ 
 
 I 
 
temple is renewed. 
 
 EZRA, VI. 
 
 Darius's decree. 
 
 them Tatnai, governor on this 
 side the river, and Shethar-boz- 
 nai, and their companions, and 
 said thus unto them, Who hath 
 commanded you to build this 
 house, and to make up this wall? 
 
 4 Then said we unto them af- 
 ter this manner, What are the 
 names of the men that make 
 this building ? 
 
 5 But the eye of theii' God 
 was upon the elders • of the 
 Jews, that they could not cause 
 them to cease, till the matter 
 came to Darius : and then they 
 returned answer by letter con- 
 cerning this matter. 
 
 6 1; The copy of the letter that 
 Tatnai, governor on this side 
 the river, and Shethar-boznai, 
 and liis companions the Aphar- 
 sachites, which were on this side 
 the river, sent mito Darius the 
 king : 
 
 7 They sent a letter unto him, 
 wherem was written thus ; Unto 
 Darius the idng, all peace, 
 
 8 Be it known unto the king, 
 that Yie went into the province 
 of Judea, to tlie house of the 
 great God, which is builded with 
 great stones, and timber is laid 
 in the walls, and this vv'ork goeth 
 fast on, and prospereth in their 
 hands. 
 
 9 Then asked we those elders, 
 and said unto them thus. Who 
 commanded you to build this 
 house, and to make up these 
 walls ? 
 
 10 We asked their names also, 
 to certify thee, that we might 
 write the names of the men that 
 were the chief of them. 
 
 11 And thus they returned us 
 answer, saymg. We are the ser- 
 vants of the God of heaven and 
 earth, and build the house that 
 was buiided these many years 
 ago, wliich a great kmg of Israel 
 builded and set up. 
 
 12 But after that our fathers 
 had provoked the God of hea- 
 ven unto wrath, he gave them 
 into the hand of Nebuchadnez- 
 zar the king of Babylon, the 
 Chaldean, who destroyed this 
 
 house, and carried the people 
 away into Babylon. 
 
 13 But in the first year of Cyrus 
 the king of Babylon the same 
 king Cyrus made a decree to 
 build this house of God. 
 
 14 And the vessels also of gold 
 and silver of the house of God, 
 which Nebuchadnezzar took out 
 of the temple that was in Jeru- 
 salem, and brought them into 
 the temple of Babylon, those 
 did CjTus the Idng take out of 
 the temple of Babylon, and they 
 were dehvered unto o?ie, whose 
 name was Sheshbazzar, whom 
 he had made governor ; 
 
 15 And said unto him. Take 
 these vessels, go, carry them into 
 the temple that is in Jerusalem, 
 and let the house of God be 
 builded in his place. 
 
 16 Then came the same Shesh- 
 bazzar, and laid the formdation 
 of the house of God which is 
 in Jerusalem : and since that 
 time even untU now hath it 
 been ui building, and 7/et it is 
 not finished. 
 
 17 Now therefore, if it seem 
 good to the kmg, let there be 
 search made in the Idng's trea- 
 sm-e house, which is there at 
 Babylon, whether it be so, that 
 a decree was made of Cynis the 
 Idng to build this house of God 
 at Jerusalem, and let the Idng 
 send his pleasm-e to us concern- 
 ing this matter. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 1 Darius, finding the decree of Cyrus, 
 maketh a new decree for the ad- 
 vanceinent of the building. 13 By 
 the help of the enemies, and the di- 
 rections of the prophets, the tempU 
 is finished. 16 The feast of the dedi. 
 cation is Ixcpt, 19 and the passover. 
 
 THEN Darius the king made 
 a decree, and search was 
 made in the house of the rolls, 
 where the treasures were laid 
 up in Babylon. 
 
 2 And there was found at Ach- 
 metha, in the palace that is in 
 the province of the Medes, a 
 roll, and therein was a record 
 thus wiitten : 
 
Dariu8*8 decree. 
 
 EZKA, VI. 
 
 The temiHe Jimilud, 
 
 3 In the first year of Cyiais tlie 
 kin^ the sfune Cyrus the kiii^ 
 made a cUcrce concealing the 
 liouse of God at Jei-usalem, Let 
 the house be buikk^d, the place 
 where they ottered Faontires, 
 and let the foundations thereot 
 be strongly laid; the heit^dit 
 tliereof threescore cubits, oiid 
 the breadth thereof tlueescure 
 cubits ; 
 
 4 With three rows of preat 
 stones, and a row of new tini- 
 l)er : and let the expences be 
 given out of the kind's house : 
 
 5 And also kt the jrolden 
 and silver vessels of the house 
 c»f Ciod, which Nebuchadnez/ar 
 took forth out of the temple 
 which is at Jeiusalem, and 
 brought unto Babylon, l)C re- 
 stored, and brouudit a^Min unto 
 the temjile wliicli is at Jerusa- 
 lem, evert/ one to his place, and 
 place thon in the house of (Jod. 
 
 G Now therefore, 'i'atnai, gover- 
 nor beyond the liver, Sliethar- 
 boznai, and your comjianions 
 the Aphai-sachit^'s, which are 
 l)eyond the river, be ye far from 
 thence : 
 
 7 Let the work of this house 
 of God alone ; let the governor 
 of the Jews and the eldere of 
 the Jews build this house of 
 God in his place. 
 
 8 IMoreover I make a decree 
 what ye shall do to tlie elders 
 of these Jews for the building 
 of tliis house of God : that of the 
 king's goods, even of the tiibute 
 beyond the river, ibrtliwith ex- 
 pences be given unto these men, 
 that they be not hindered. 
 
 9 And that which they have 
 need of, both yoimg bullocks, 
 and rams, and lambs, for the 
 bm-nt ofierings of the God of 
 heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and 
 oil, according to the appoint- 
 ment of the priests which are at 
 Jerusalem, let it be given them 
 day by day without fail : 
 
 10 That they may offer sacrifices 
 of sweet savours unto the God 
 of heaven, and pray for the life 
 of the king, and of his sons. 
 
 11 Also I have made a decree, 
 that whosoever shall alter this 
 word, let timber be pulled d(iwn 
 from his house, and being set 
 up, let In'm be hanged thereon; 
 aud let his house be made a 
 duughill for this. 
 
 12 And the God that hath 
 caused his name to dwell there 
 destrov all kings and people, 
 that shall put to their hand to 
 alter and to destroy this house 
 of (]}(m1 which is at Jerusalem. 
 I Darius have made a decree ; 
 let it Ik* done with sjieed. 
 
 13 ^ Then Tatnai, governor 
 on this side the river, Shethar- 
 boznai, and their comiianic^s, 
 accoiding to that which Darius 
 the king had sent, so they did 
 sj»eedi]y, 
 
 14 And the eldei-s of the Jews 
 builded, and they prosj)ered 
 tlirough the prophesying of 
 Haggai the prophet and Ze- 
 chariah the son of Iddo. And 
 they builded, and finished e7, 
 according to the commandment 
 of the Ci(Kl of Israel, and ac- 
 cording to the commandment 
 of Cyrus, and Darius, and Ar- 
 taxei-xes king of Persia. 
 
 15 And this house was finished 
 on the tliird day of the month 
 Adar, which was in the sixth 
 year of the reign of Darius the 
 king. 
 
 IG t And the children ofl 
 Israel, the priests, and thel 
 Levites, and the rest of thel 
 children of the captivity, kept I 
 the dedication of this house of I 
 God with joy, 
 
 17 And offered at the dedication 
 of this house of God an hundred 
 bullocks, two himdred rams, four 
 hundred lambs ; and for a sin 
 ofiering for all Israel, trvelve he 
 goats, according to the number 
 of the tribes of Israel. 
 
 18 And they set the priests 
 in their divisions, and the Le- 
 vites in their courses, for the 
 service of God, which is at Je- 
 rusalem ; as it is written in the 
 book of Moses. 
 
 19 And the children of the 
 
and dedicated. 
 
 EZRA, VII. Artamrxes' ccmmission. 
 
 captivity kept the passover iipon 
 the fourteenth daj/ of the &st 
 month, 
 
 20 For the priests and the Le- 
 vites were piu'ified together, all 
 of them ivei^e pm-e. and killed 
 the passover for all the chil- 
 dren of the captivity, and for 
 their brethren the priests, and 
 for themselves. 
 
 21 And the children of Israel, 
 which were come again out of 
 capti%ity, and all such as had 
 separated themselves imto them 
 from the filthiness of the hea- 
 then of the land, to seek the 
 LoED God of Israel, did eat, 
 
 22 And kept the feast of \m- 
 leavened bread seven days ^ith 
 joy: for the Lokd had made 
 them joyful, and turned the 
 heart of the Idng of Assyria 
 unto them, to strengthen their 
 hands m the work of the house 
 of God, the God of Israel. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 1 Ezra goetli up to Jerusalem. 11 
 The gracious commission of Arta. 
 xerxes to Ezra. 27 Ezra hlesseth 
 God for 1i is fa vour. 
 
 "^rOW after these things, in 
 JJM the reign of Artaxerxes 
 Idng of Persia, Ezra the son 
 of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, 
 the son of Hilkiah, 
 
 2 The son of Shallum, the son 
 of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 
 
 3 The son of Amariah. the son 
 of Azariah, the son of IMeraioth, 
 
 4 The son of Zerahiah, the son 
 of Uzzi, the son of Bukld, 
 
 5 The son of Abishua, the 
 son of Phuiehas, the son of fi- 
 le azar, the son of Aaron the 
 chief priest : 
 
 6 This Ezra went up from Ba- 
 bylon; and he icas a ready 
 scribe in the law of Moses, 
 which the Loed God of Israel 
 had given : and the king grant- 
 ed him all his request, accord- 
 ing to the hand of tjie Loed 
 his God upon him. 
 
 7 And there went up some of 
 the children of Israel, and of 
 the priests, and the Levites, 
 and the singers, and the por- 
 
 ters, and the Nethinims, mito 
 Jerusalem, in the seventh year 
 of Artaxerxes the Idng. 
 
 8 And he came to Jerusalem 
 in the fifth month, which icas 
 in the seventh year of the king. 
 
 9 For upon the first da?/ of the 
 first month began he to go up 
 from Babylon, and on the first 
 dai/ of the fifth month came he 
 to Jerusalem, according to the 
 good hand of liis God upon him. 
 
 10 For Ezra had prepared liis 
 heart to seek the law of the 
 Loed, and to do it, and to teach 
 in Israel statutes and judgments. 
 
 11 ^ Now this is the copy of the 
 letter that the king Artaxerxes 
 gave imto Ezra the priest, the 
 scribe, even a scribe of the vrords 
 of the commandments of the 
 Loed, and of his statutes to Israel. 
 
 12 Artaxerxes, Idng of Idngs, 
 unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of 
 the law of the God of heaven, 
 Iterfect 2Jeace, and at such a time. 
 
 13 I make a decree, that all 
 they of the people of Israel, and 
 of his priests and Le\ites, in 
 my realm, which are minded 
 of theh own freewill to go up 
 to Jenisalem, go with thee. 
 
 14 Forasmuch as thou art sent 
 of the king, and of his seven 
 counsellors, to enqime concern- 
 ing Judah and Jerusalem, ac- 
 cording to the law of thy God 
 which is in thine hand ; 
 
 15 And to carry the silA^er and 
 gold, which the king and his 
 counsellors have freely offered 
 unto the God of Israel, whose 
 habitation is in Jerusalem, 
 
 16 And all the silver and gold 
 that thou canst find in all the 
 province of Babylon, with the 
 freewill offering of the people, 
 and of the priests, offering will- 
 ingly for the house of theh God 
 which is in Jerusalem : 
 
 17 That thou mayest buy 
 speedily with this money bul- 
 locks, rams, lambs, with their 
 meat offerings and thefr drink 
 offermgs, and offer them upon 
 the altar of the house of yoiu- 
 God which is in Jerusalem. 
 
Ezra's grip/ for the EZRA 
 
 to bring them to Jonisalem un- 
 to the houfic ofonr CJckI. 
 
 31 ^ Then wl' d.'itjMU'd from 
 the river of Ahava on tlie t\v(?lftli 
 daf/ of the first month, to ^^o 
 imto Jcrupalem : and the liand 
 of onr God was npon ns, and 
 he delivered ns from tlie hand 
 of tlie enemy, and of such as 
 lay in wait by the way. 
 
 32 And we rame to Jenisalem, 
 and abode there three days. 
 
 33 H Now on the fourth day 
 was the silver and the pold 
 and the vessels weitrhed in the 
 house of our God by the hand 
 of ^leremoth the son of Uriah 
 the priest; and with him iras 
 Eleazar the son of Phinelias; 
 and with them was .Tozabad the 
 son of Jeshna, and Noadiah the 
 son of Binnni, Levites; 
 
 34 By number and by weifrht 
 of every one : and all the weight 
 was written at that time. 
 
 3.5 Also the children of those 
 that had been carried away, 
 which were come out of the 
 captivity, olfered burnt offerinirs 
 unto the God of Israel, twelve 
 bullocks for all Isia^'l, ninety 
 and six rams, seventy and seven 
 lambs, twelve lie goats/br a sin 
 offering: all this ?ras a burnt 
 offering unto the Lord. 
 36 H And they delixered the 
 king's commissions unto the 
 king's lieutenants, and to the 
 governors on this side the river : 
 and they fmihered the people, 
 and the house of God. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 1 Ezra monrnethfor the affinifi/ofthe 
 
 people icifh strangers. 5 He prayeth 
 
 nn'o God ivith confession of sins. 
 
 "VrOW when these tilings were 
 jl\ done, the princes came to 
 me, saying, The people of Israel, 
 and the priests, and the Levites, 
 have not separated themselves 
 from the people of the lands, 
 doing according to their abomi- 
 nations, even of the Canaanites, 
 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the 
 Jebusites, the Ammonites, the 
 Moabites, the Egyptians, and 
 the Amorites. 
 
 , IX. strange liuuiiaifis. 
 
 2 For they have taken of their 
 daughters for themselves, anJ 
 for their sons: so that the holy 
 seed have mingled themselves 
 with the people of those lands 
 yea, the hand of the nrinccs 
 and rulers hath been criief in 
 this tresi)as8. 
 
 3 And when I heard this thmp 
 I rent my garment and my p^- ,j 
 tie, and plucked olf the liaii ' 
 my lu'ad and of my beard, ai 
 sat down a.stonied. 
 
 4 Then were assembled m. , 
 me eveiy one that tiembled a 
 the wonls of the God of Israc. 
 l)ecause of the transgix'ssicm v: 
 those that had been carried 
 away; and I sat astonied unt 1 
 the evening sacrifice. 
 
 5 ^ And at the evening sacj- 
 fice I arose up from my heav - 
 ness; and liavuig rent my ga -, 
 ment and my mantle, I fell npo i 
 my knees, and spread out my 
 hands unto the Lord my (Uh\, 
 
 G And said, O my (Jod, 1 am 
 ashamed and blush to lift rj 
 my face to thee, my Gml: lor 
 our im'quities are increased over 
 our head, and our trespass is 
 grown up unto the heavens. 
 
 7 Since the days of our fatlit > 
 have we been in a great trespass 
 unto this day ; and for our \ri- 
 quities have we, oiu kings, and 
 our priests, been delivered into 
 the liand of the kings of tje 
 lands, to the swoixi, to captivity, 
 and to a spoil, and to confusion 
 of face, as it is this day. 
 
 8 And now for a little space 
 grace hath been shewed from 
 the Lord our God, to leave us a 
 remnant to escape, and to give 
 us a nail in his holy place, that 
 oiu- God may lighten our eyes, 
 and give us a little reviving in 
 oiu- bondage. 
 
 9 For we were bondmen; yet 
 our God hath not forsaken us 
 in our bondage, but hath ex- 
 tended mercy unto us in the 
 sight of the kings of Persia, to 
 give us a reviving, to set up 
 the house of our God, and to 
 repair the desolations thereof, 
 
He is encoiira{)ed 
 
 and to give us a wall in Judah 
 and in Jerusalem. 
 
 10 And now, our God, what 
 shall we say after this? for we 
 have forsaken thy command- 
 ments, 
 
 11 Which thou hast command- 
 ed by thy servants the prophets, 
 saying, The land, unto which ye 
 go to possess itj is an miclean 
 land with the nlthiness of the 
 people of the lands, mth theii- 
 abominations, which have filled 
 it from one end to another with 
 then uncleanness. 
 
 12 Now therefore give not your 
 daughters unto their sons, nei- 
 ther take their daughters unto 
 your sons, nor seek their peace 
 or their wealth for ever: that 
 ye may be strong, and eat the 
 good of the land, and leave it 
 for an inheritance to your chil- 
 dren for ever. 
 
 13 And after all that is come 
 upon us for om' evil deeds, and 
 for our great trespass, seeing that 
 thou our God hast punished us 
 less than our iniquities deserve, 
 and hast given us such deliver- 
 ance as this ; 
 
 14 Should we again break thy 
 commandments, and join in af- 
 finity with the people of these 
 abominations ? wouldest not 
 thou be angry with us till thou 
 hadst consumed us, so that 
 there should be no remnant nor 
 escaping ? 
 
 15 O Lord God of Israel, thou 
 art righteous : for we remain yet 
 escaped, as it is this day: be- 
 hold, we are before thee in our 
 trespasses : for we cannot stand 
 before thee because of this. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 1 Sliechaniah encourageth Ezra to 
 
 reform the strange marriages. 6 
 
 Ezra mourning assembleth the peo- 
 
 ., pie. 9 The people, at the exhorta- 
 
 1 tion of Ezra, repent, and promise 
 
 I amendment. 15 The care to perform^ 
 
 ■\ it. 18 The names of them vjhich 
 
 had married strange wives. 
 
 l^OW when Ezra had pray- 
 -lA ed, and when he had con- 
 fessed, weeping and casting him- 
 self down before the house of 
 
 EZRA, X. to reform them. 
 
 God, there assembled unto him 
 out of Israel a very great con- 
 gregation of men and women 
 and children: for the people 
 wept very sore. 
 
 2 And Shechaniah the son of 
 Jehiel, o?ie of the sons of Elam, 
 ansv/ered and said unto Ezi'a, 
 We have trespassed against our 
 God, and have taken strange 
 wives of the people of the land : 
 yet now there is hope in Israel 
 concerning tliis thing. 
 
 3 Now therefore let us make 
 a covenant with our God to put 
 away all the wives, and such as 
 are born of them, according to 
 the counsel of my lord, and of 
 those that tremble at the com- 
 mandment of om- God; and let 
 it be done according to the law. 
 
 4 Arise; for this matter be- 
 longeth unto thee : we also will 
 be with thee : be of good cou- 
 rage, and do it. 
 
 5 Then arose Ezra, and made 
 the chief priests, the Levites, 
 and all Israel, to swear that 
 they should do according to this 
 word. And they sware. 
 
 6 IF Then Ezra rose up from 
 before^ the house of God, and 
 went into the chamber of Jo- 
 hanan the son of Eliashib : and 
 when he came tliither, he did 
 eat no bread, nor drink water: 
 for he mourned because of the 
 transgression of them that had 
 been carried away. 
 
 7 And they made proclama- 
 tion throughout Judah and Je- 
 rusalem unto all the ciiildi-en of 
 the captivity, that they should 
 gather themselves together unto 
 Jerusalem ; 
 
 8 And that whosoever would 
 not come within three days, ac- 
 cording to the counsel of the 
 princes and the elders, all his 
 substance should be forfeited, 
 and himself separated from the 
 congregation of those that had 
 been carried away. 
 
 9 ^ Then all the men of Judah 
 and Benjamin gathered them- 
 selves together unto Jerusalem 
 within three days. It was the 
 
 Cc2 
 
Tlie people rejyent. 
 
 ninth month, on the twentieth 
 dai/ of the month ; and all the 
 people sat in the street of the 
 house of God, trembling because 
 of this matter, and for the great 
 rain. 
 
 10 And Ezi'a the priest stood 
 up, and said unto them, Ye have 
 transgressed, and have taken 
 strange wives, to increase the 
 trespass of Israel. 
 
 11 Now therefore make con- 
 fession unto the Lord God of 
 your fathei-s, and do his plea- 
 sme : and separate yom^elves 
 from tlie people of the land, 
 and from the strange wives, 
 
 12 Then all the congregation 
 answered and said with a loud 
 voice, As thou hast said, so must 
 we do. 
 
 13 But the people a7'e many, 
 and it is a time of much rain 
 and wc are not able to stand 
 without, neither is this a work 
 of one day or two : for we are 
 many that have transgressed in 
 this thing. 
 
 14 Let now our rulers of all 
 the congregation stand, and let 
 all them which have taken 
 strange wives in our cities come 
 at ai»pointed times, and with 
 them the elders of every city, 
 and the judges thereof, imtil 
 the fierce wTath of our God for 
 this matter be turned from us. 
 
 15 *} Only Jonathan the son of 
 A«ahel and Jahaziah the son of 
 Tikvali vvere employed about 
 this matter: and Meshullam 
 and Shabbethai the Levite help- 
 ed them. 
 
 16 And the children of the 
 captivity did so. And Ezra the 
 priest, with certain cliief of the 
 fathers, after the house of their 
 fathers, and all of them by their 
 names, were separated, and sat 
 down in the fiist day of the tenth 
 month to examine the matter. 
 
 17 And they made an end vdth 
 all the men that had taken 
 strange wives by the first day 
 of the first month. 
 
 18 ^ And among the sons of 
 the priests there were found 
 
 EZRA, X. The nams of those 
 
 that had taken strange wives. 
 namely, of the sons of .Tcshua 
 the son of Jozadak, and his bre- 
 thren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, 
 and Jarib, and Gedaliah. 
 
 19 And they gave their bands 
 that they would put away their 
 wives; and l)eing guilty, thci/ 
 offered a ram of the flock for 
 tlieir trespass. 
 
 20 And of the sons of Immer ; 
 Hanani and Zebadiah. 
 
 21 And of the sons of Harim ; 
 Maaseiah, and Elijah, and She- 
 niaiah, and Jeliiel, and Uz- 
 ziah. 
 
 22 And of the sons of Pashur ; 
 Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, 
 Nothaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. 
 
 23 Also of the Levites ; Joza- 
 bad, and 8himei, and Kelaiah, 
 (the same is Kelita,) Pethaluah, 
 Judah, and Eliezer. 
 
 24 Of the singers also; Elia- 
 shib : and of the porters ; Shal- 
 lum. and Telem. and Uri. 
 
 25 Moreover oi Israel : of the 
 sons of Parosh ; Kamiah. and 
 Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Mi- 
 amin, and Eleazar, and Mal- 
 cliijah, and Benaiah. 
 
 26 And of the sons of Elam ; 
 Mattaniah', Zechariah, and Je- 
 liiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, 
 and Ehah. 
 
 27 And of the sons of Zattu ; 
 Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, 
 and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and 
 Aziza, 
 
 28 Of the sons also of Bebai ; 
 Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, 
 and Athlai. 
 
 29 And of the sons of Bani ; 
 Meshullam, Malluch, and A- 
 daiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and 
 Eamoth. 
 
 30 And of the sons of Pahath- 
 moab; Adna, and Chelal, Be- 
 naiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, 
 Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Ma- 
 nasseh. 
 
 31 And of the sons of Harim ; 
 Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, She- 
 maiah, Shimeon, 
 
 32 Benjamin, Malluch, and 
 Shemariah. 
 
 33 Of the sons of Hashum; 
 
 
icho had married 
 
 NEHEMIAH, I. 
 
 Mattenai, Mattatliali, Zabad, 
 Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, 
 and Shimei. 
 
 34 Of the sons of Bard; Maa- 
 dai, Amram, and Uel, 
 
 35 Benaiali, Bedeiali, Chelluli, 
 
 36 Yaniah, Meremoth, EliasMb, 
 
 37 Mattaniali, Mattenai, and 
 Jaasau, 
 
 38 And Bani, and Binnni, 
 Shimei, 
 
 39 And Slielemiali, and Na- 
 than, and Adaiah, 
 
 strange icives. 
 
 40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sha- 
 rai, 
 
 41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, 
 Shemariah, 
 
 42 Shallum, Amariah, and Jo- 
 seph. 
 
 43 Of the sons of Nebo ; Jeiel, 
 Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebma, Ja- 
 dau, and Joel, Benaiah. 
 
 44 All these had taken strange 
 wives: and some of them had 
 wives by whom they had chil- 
 dren. 
 
 THE BOOK OF NEHBMIAH. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Nehemiah, understanding hy Ha- 
 nani the misery of Jerusalem, 
 mourneth, fasteth, and pi'ayetli. 
 5 His p^-ayer. 
 
 THE words of Nehemiah the 
 son of Haehaliah. And it 
 came to pass in the month Chis- 
 leu, in the twentieth year, as I 
 was in Shushan the palace, 
 
 2 That Hanani, one of nay 
 brethren, came, he and certain 
 men of Jndah ; and I asked 
 them concerning the Jews that 
 had escaped, which were left of 
 the captivity, and concerning 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 3 And they said imto me. The 
 remnant that are left of the cap- 
 tivity there in the province are 
 in great afiliction and reproach : 
 the wall of Jerusalem also is 
 broken down, and the gates 
 thereof are burned mth fire. 
 
 4 H And it came to pass, when 
 I heard these words, that I eat 
 down and wept, and mourned 
 certain days, and fasted, and 
 prayed before the God of heaven, 
 
 5 And said, I beseech thee, O 
 LoED God of heaven, the great 
 and terrible God, that keepeth 
 covenant and mercy for them 
 that love him and obseiTe his 
 commandments : 
 
 6 Let thine ear now be atten- 
 tive, and thine eyes open, that 
 thou mayest hear the prayer of 
 'thy sen^ant, which I pray before 
 
 thee now, day and night, for the 
 children of Israel thy servants, 
 and confess the sins of the chil- 
 dren of Israel, which we have 
 sinned against thee : both I and 
 my father's house have sinned. 
 
 7 We have dealt very corruptly 
 agamst thee, and have not kept 
 the commandments, nor the sta- 
 tutes, nor the judgments, which 
 thou commandedst thy servant 
 Moses. 
 
 8 Remember, I beseech thee, 
 the word that thou command- 
 edst thy servant Moses, saying. 
 If ye transgress, I will scatter 
 you abroad among the nations : 
 
 9 But if ye turn unto me, and 
 keep my commandments, and 
 do them; though there were of 
 you cast out unto the uttermost 
 part of the heaven, ^et will I 
 gather them from thence, and 
 will bring them unto the place 
 that I have chosen to set my 
 name there. 
 
 10 Now these are thy servants 
 and thy people, whom thou hast 
 redeemed by thy great power, 
 and by thy strong hand. 
 
 11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let 
 now thine ear be attentive to 
 the prayer of thy seiTant, and 
 to the pra^^er of thy servants, 
 who desire to fear thy name : 
 and prosper, I pray thee, thy 
 servant this day, and grant him 
 mercy in the sight of this ma-n. 
 For I wag the long's cupbearer, 
 
NehendaJi coinelh 
 
 NEHEMIAH, II. 
 
 to JenisaJein. 
 
 CHAPTER II. I 
 
 1 Arlaxerxcs understanding the caitse 
 of Nehcmialt's sadness sencleth hhii 
 ivith letters and commission to Je- I 
 rusalem. 9 Nehcndah, to the grief j 
 of the enemies, co'ineth toJerusidem. ' 
 12 He vieiceih secrefli/ tlie rains of 
 the walls. 17 He incifeth the Jens 
 to build in despite of the enemies. 
 
 AND it came to pass in the 
 . month Nisan, in the twen- 
 tieth year of Ai'tiixei-xes the 
 Idng, that wine zvas before him : 
 and I took np tlie wine, and 
 gave if imto tlie kmg. Now I 
 had not been bpforetime Fad hi 
 his presence. 
 
 2 Wherefore the king said im- 
 to me, Why is thy countenance 
 sad, seeuig thon art not sick? 
 this is notliing else but sorrow 
 of heart. Then I was verj^ sore 
 afraid, 
 
 3 And said imto the long. Let 
 tlie king live for ever: why 
 should not my countenance be 
 sad, when the city, the place 
 of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth 
 waste, and the gates thereof are 
 consumed with fire? 
 
 4 Then the king said unto me. 
 For what dost thou make re- 
 quest? iSo I prayed to the God 
 of heaven. 
 
 5 And I said unto the king, 
 If it please the king, and if thy 
 servant have found favour in 
 thy sight, that thou w^ouldest 
 send me unto Judah, unto the 
 city of my fathers' sepulchres, 
 that I may build it. 
 
 6 And the king said unto me, 
 (the queen also sitting by him,) 
 For how long shall thy jomney 
 be ? and when wilt thou return ? 
 So it pleased the long to send 
 me ; and I set him a time. 
 
 7 Moreover I said unto the 
 king, If it please the kuig, let 
 letters be given me to the go- 
 vernors beyond the river, that 
 they may convey me over till I 
 come into Judah ; 
 
 8 And a letter unto Asaph the 
 keeper of the king's forest, that 
 he may give me timber to make 
 beams for the gates of the pa- 
 lace which appertained to the 
 
 » 
 
 house, and for the wall of the 
 city, and for the house that I 
 shall enter into. And the king 
 granted me, according to the 
 good hand of my Gcd upon me. 
 
 9 H Then I came to the go- 
 vernors beyond the river, and 
 gave them the king's letters. 
 Now the king had sent cap- 
 tains of the army and horsemen 
 -with me. 
 
 10 W'hen Sanballat the Hc- 
 ronite, and Tobiah the servant, 
 the Ammonite, heard of it, it 
 grieved them exceedingly that 
 there was come a man to seek 
 the welfare of the children of 
 Israel. 
 
 11 So I came to Jerasalem, and 
 was there tluce days. 
 
 12 ^ And I arose in the night, 
 I and some few men with me ; 
 neither told I any man what 
 my God had put in my heart 
 to do at Jerusalem : neither was 
 there any beast with me, save 
 the beast that I rede upon. 
 
 13 And I went out by night by 
 the gate of the valley, even be- 
 fore the dragon well, and to the 
 dung port, and viewed the walls 
 of Jerusalem, w^hich were broken 
 down, and the gates thereof were 
 consumed with fire. 
 
 14 Then I went on to the gate 
 of the fountain, and to the king's 
 pool : but there was no place 
 for the beast that was under me 
 to pass. 
 
 15 Then went I up in the night 
 by the brook, and viewed the 
 wall, and turned back, and en- 
 tered by the gate of the valley, 
 and so returned. 
 
 16 And the rulers knew not 
 whither I went, or what I did; 
 neither had I as yet told it to 
 the Jews, nor to the priests, uot 
 to the nobles, nor to the rulers, 
 nor to the rest that did the work, 
 
 17 ^ Then said I unto them. Ye 
 see the distress that we are in, 
 how Jerusalem lieth waste, and 
 the gates thereof are burned with 
 fire : come, and let us build up 
 the wall of Jerusalem, that we 
 be no more a reproach. 
 
The hidlders 
 
 18 Then I told tliem of the 
 liand of my God which was 
 good upon me; as also the 
 king's words that he had spo- 
 ken imto me. And they said, 
 Let ns rise np and build. So 
 they strengthened their hands 
 for this good work. 
 
 19 But when Sanballat the Ho- 
 ronite, and Tobiah the servant, 
 the Ammonite, and Geshem the 
 Arabian, heard it, they laughed 
 lis to scorn, and despised us, and 
 said, What is this thing that ye 
 do? will 5^e rebel against the 
 king? 
 
 20 Then answered I them, and 
 said unto them. The God of hea- 
 ven, he will prosper us; there- 
 fore vv^e his ser^^ants will arise 
 and build : but ye have no por- 
 tion, nor right, nor memorial, in 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 The names and order of them that 
 
 huilded the ivall. 
 
 THEKEliashib the liigh priest 
 rose up with liis brethren 
 the priests, and they buikled the 
 sheep gate ; they sanctified it, 
 and set up the doors of it ; even 
 imto the tower of IMeah they 
 sanctified it, unto the tower of 
 Hananeel. 
 
 2 And next unto him builded 
 the men of Jericho. And next 
 to them builded Zaccur the son 
 of Imri, 
 
 3 But the fish gate did the sons 
 of Hassenaah build, who also 
 laid the beams thereof, and set 
 up the doors thereof, the locks 
 thereof, and the bars thereof. 
 
 4 And next unto them repaired 
 Meremoth the son of Urijah, the 
 son of Koz. And next unto them 
 repau^ed Meshullam the son of 
 Berechiah, the son of Mesheza- 
 beel. And next unto them re- 
 paired Zadok the son of Baana. 
 
 5 And next unto them^ the Te- 
 koites repaired ; but their nobles 
 put not their necks to the work 
 of their Loid. 
 
 6 Moreover the old gate repair- 
 ed Jehoiada the son of Paseah, 
 and Meshullam the fcon of Be- 
 
 KEHEMIAH, III. of the wall. 
 
 sodeiah; they laid the beams 
 
 thereof, and set up the doors 
 thereof, and the locks thereof, 
 and the bars thereof. 
 
 7 And next unto them repair- 
 ed Melatiah the Gibeonite, and 
 Jadon the Meronothite, the men 
 of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, mito 
 the throne of the governor on 
 this side the river. 
 
 8 Next unto him repaired Uz- 
 ziel the son of Harhaiah, of the 
 goldsmiths. Next. unto him also 
 repaired Hananiah the son oione 
 o/the apothecaries, and they for- 
 tified Jerusalem mito the broad 
 wall. 
 
 9 And next unto them repau- 
 ed Eephaiah the son of Hur, 
 the ruler of the half part of Je- 
 rusalem. 
 
 10 And next unto them repaired 
 Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, 
 even over against his house. 
 And next unto him repaii'ed 
 Hattush the son of Hashabniah. 
 
 11 Malchijah the son of Harim, 
 and Hashub the son of Pahath- 
 moab, i-epaired the other piece, 
 and the tower of the furnaces. 
 
 12 And next unto him repaii^ed 
 Shalium the son of Halohesh, 
 the ruler of the half part of Je- 
 rusalem, he and his daughters. 
 
 13 The valley gate repaired 
 Hanun, and the inhabitants of 
 Zanoah; they built it, and set 
 up the doors thereof, the locks 
 thereof, and the bars thereof, 
 and a thousand cubits on the 
 wall unto the dung gate. 
 
 14 But the dung gate repaired 
 Malchiah the son of Kechab, the 
 ruler of part of Beth-haccerem ; 
 he built it, and set up the doors 
 thereof, the locks thereof, and 
 the bars thereof. 
 
 15 But the gate of the fountain 
 repaired Shallun the son of Col- 
 hozeh, the ruler of part of Miz- 
 pah ; he built it, and coveied it, 
 and set up the doors therecf, the 
 locks thereof, and the bars there- 
 of, and the wall of the pool of 
 Siloah by the king's f arden, and 
 imto the stairs that go doT\Ti from 
 the city of David. 
 
TJie hailders 
 
 NEHEMIAH, IV. 
 
 qf the trail. 
 
 16 After him repaired Nehemi- 
 ^h the son of AzVmk, tlie ruler 
 of the half part of Be(h-ziir, un- 
 to the place over against the se- 
 pulchres of David, and to the 
 pool that was made and unto 
 the house of the mighty. 
 
 17 After him repaired the Le- 
 vites, Rehum the son of Bani. 
 Next unto liim repaired Hasha- 
 biah, the ruler of the half part 
 of Keilah, in his part. 
 
 18 After him repaired their bre- 
 thren, Bavai the son of Hena- 
 dad, the ruler of the half part of 
 Keilah. 
 
 19 And next to him repaired 
 Ezer the son of Jeshua, the 
 ruler of Mizpah, another piece 
 over against the going up to 
 the armomy at the turning of 
 the 2vall. 
 
 20 Aiter him Banich the son of 
 Zabbai ^ earnestly repaired the 
 other piece, from the turning of 
 the icall unto the door of the 
 house of Eliashib the high i^riest. 
 
 21 After him repaired Mere- 
 moth the son of Urijah the son 
 of Koz another piece, from the 
 door of the house of Eliashib 
 even to the end of the house of 
 Eliashib. 
 
 22 And after him repaired the 
 priests, the men of the plain. 
 
 23 After him repaired Benja- 
 min and Hashub over against 
 their house. After him repair- 
 ed Azariah the son of IVIaaseiah 
 the son of Ananiah by his house. 
 
 24 After him repaired Binnui 
 the eon of Henadad another 
 piece, from the house of Aza- 
 riah mito the turning of the 
 wall, even unto the comer. 
 
 25 Palal the son of Uzai, over 
 against the tmiiing of the wall, 
 and the tower which lieth out 
 from the king's high house, that 
 was by the court of the prison. 
 After him Pedaiah the son of 
 Parosh. 
 
 26 Moreover the Nethinims 
 dwelt in Ophel, unto the place 
 over against the water gate to- 
 ward the east, and the tower 
 that lieth out. 
 
 27 After them the Tekoitos 
 rejiaired .inother piece, over 
 against the great tower that 
 lieth out, even imto the wall i 
 of Ophel. I 
 
 28 From above the horse gate 
 repaired the priests, every one 
 over against his house. 
 
 29 After them repaired Zadok 
 tlie son of Immer over against 
 his house. After him rei)aired 
 also Shemaiah the son of 8he- 
 chaniah, the keeper of the east 
 gate. 
 
 30 After him repaired Hana- 
 niah the son of Shelemiah, and 
 Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, 
 another piece. After liim repair- 
 ed IMeshullam the son of Bere- 
 chiah over against his chamber. 
 
 31 After liim repaired Mal- 
 chiah the goldsmitli's son mito 
 the place of the Nethinims, and 
 of tlie merchants, over against 
 the gate Miphkad, and to the 
 going up of the comer. 
 
 32 And between the going up 
 of the comer mito the sheep 
 gate repaired the goldsmiths 
 and the merchants. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 WliiU the enemies scoff, Nehemiah 
 jyrajieth and contimieth the icork. 
 7 Uiulerstanding the ivrath and 
 secrets of the enemy, he setteth a 
 watch. 13 He arnieth the labourers, 
 19 and giveth military xtrecepts. 
 
 BUT it came to pass, that 
 when Sanballat heard that 
 we builded the wall, he was 
 wroth, and took great indigna- 
 tion, and mocked the Jews. 
 
 2 And he spake before his bre- 
 thren and the army of Samaria, 
 and said, What do these feeble 
 Jews? will they fortify them- 
 selves ? will they sacrifice ? will 
 they make an end in a day? will 
 they revive the stones out of the 
 heaps of the rubbish which are 
 burned? 
 
 3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite 
 was by him, and he said, Even 
 that which they build, if a fox 
 go up, he shall even break down 
 their stone wall. 
 
 4 Hear, O our God ; for we are 
 
Neheuikui guardeth 
 
 NEHEl^nAH, ly. 
 
 against (lie enemies. 
 
 despised: and tm-n their rep reach; fight for ycur brethren, your 
 upon their own head, and give sons, and your danghters, your 
 them for a prey in the land of wiyes, and your houses. 
 
 captivity : 
 
 15 And it came to pass, vrhen 
 
 5 And cover not their iniquity, ' our enemies heard that it was 
 and let not their sin be blotted \ known unto us, and God had 
 out from before thee : for they ; brought their counsel to nought, 
 
 have provoked thee to anger be^ 
 fore the builders. 
 6 So built we the wall ; and all 
 the wall was joined together un- 
 to the half thereof : for the peo- 
 ple had a mind to v^'ork. 
 
 that we retmiied ail of us to the 
 wall, every one raito his work. 
 16 And it came to pass from 
 that time forth, that the halt 
 of my seiTants wrought in the 
 work, and the other half of 
 
 7 % But it came to pass, iliat ' them held both the spears, tlie 
 
 when Sanballat, and Tobiah, 
 and the Arabians, and the Am- 
 monites, and the Ashdodites, 
 lieard that the walls of Jerusa- 
 lem were made up, and that the 
 breaches began to be stopped, 
 then they were very wroth, 
 8 And conspired all of them 
 
 shields, and the bows, said the 
 habergeons; and the rulers 
 ivere behind all the house of 
 Judah, 
 17 They which builded on the 
 vrall, and they that bare bur- 
 dens, with those that laded, 
 every one with one of his hands 
 
 together to come a7id to fight ; wrought in the work, and with 
 against Jerusalem, and to bin- j the other hand held a weapon. 
 
 der it. 
 
 18 For the builders, every one 
 
 9 Nevertheless we made cm- 1 had his sword girded by his side, 
 prayer unto our God, and set \ and so builded. And he that 
 a watch agamst them day and i sounded the timnpet et'rti- by me. 
 
 night, because of them. 
 10 And Judah said, 
 strength of the bearers of bur 
 dens is decayed, and there 
 
 , 19 % And I said unto the nc- 
 
 The : bles, and to the rulers, and to 
 
 the rest of the people, The work 
 
 great and large, and we are 
 
 much rubbish; so that we are ' separated upon the wall, one far 
 
 not able to build the wall. 
 
 liom another. 
 
 11 And our adversaries said, i 20 In what place therefore ye 
 They shall not know, neither . hear the sound of the trumpet, 
 
 see, till we come in the midst 
 among them, and slay them, 
 and cause the work to cease. 
 12 And it came to pass, that 
 
 resort ye thither mito us: om- 
 God shall fight for us. 
 21 So we labom^ed in the work : 
 and half of them held the spears 
 
 when the Jews which dwelt ; from the rising of the morning 
 
 by them came, they said unto : till the stars appeared. 
 
 us ten times, From all places 1 22 Likewise at the same time 
 
 whence ye shall return unto us 
 the?/ will he upon you. 
 
 13 % Therefore set I in the 
 lower places behind the wail, 
 and on the higher places, I even 
 set the people after then fa- 
 milies with their swords, their 
 spears, and their bows. 
 
 14 And I looked, and rose up, 
 and said mito the nobles, and 
 to the rulers, and to the rest 
 of the people, Be not ye afraid 
 of them: remember the Lord, 
 uhich is great and terrible, and 
 
 said I unto the people. Let eve- 
 ry one with his servant^ lodge 
 within Jerusalem, that in the 
 night they may be a gUiard to 
 us, and labour on the day. 
 23 So neither I, nor my bre- 
 thren, nor mj^ servants, nor the 
 men of the guard v»liich follow- 
 ed me, none of us put off" cur 
 clothes, saving- that every one 
 put them off for v\'ashing. 
 
 CHAPTER Y. 
 1 TJie Jews ooinplain of (heir (Uhi, 
 mortgage, atid hondage. G Nel.e. 
 ec3 
 
Tlie practice of 
 
 midh rehnl-eth the usurers, and 
 causeth them to make a covenant 
 of rest if lit ion. 14 He forhearefh his 
 oivn allowance, and keepeth hospi- 
 tality. 
 
 AND tliere was a great cr>^ 
 of the people and of their 
 wives against their brethren the 
 Jews. 
 
 2 For there were that said, AV^e, 
 our sons, and our daui,dit<3i-s, are 
 many : therefore we take up com 
 for them, that we may eat, and 
 live. 
 
 3 Some also there were that said. 
 We ha\e mortgaged our lands, 
 \ineyards, and houses, that we 
 might buy com, because of the 
 deartli. 
 
 4 There were also that said. 
 We liave borrowed money for 
 the king's tribute, and that up- 
 on our lands and vineyards. 
 
 5 Yet now our flesh is as the 
 flesh of our brethren, our chil- 
 dren as theii- cliildren : and, lo, 
 we bring into bondage om* sons 
 
 NEHEMIAH, V. umry refimned. 
 
 them money and com : I pray 
 yon, let us leave oft* this usury. 
 
 11 Hestore, I pray you, to them, 
 even this day, their lands, their 
 ^•ineyards, their olivevards, and 
 their houses, also the Inmdredth 
 part of the money, and of the 
 com, the wine, and the oil, that 
 ye exact of them. 
 
 12 Then said they^ We will 
 restore thei7i, and will require 
 notliing of them ; so will we do 
 as thou sayest. Then I called 
 the priests, and took an oath of 
 tliem, that they should do ac- 
 corduig to this promise. 
 
 13 Also I shook my lap, and 
 said. So God shake out eveiy 
 man from his house, and from 
 his labour, that perlbrmeth not 
 this promise, even thus be he 
 shaken out, and emptied. And 
 all the congregation said, Amen, 
 and i)raisc'd the Lord. And the 
 people did according to tliis pro- 
 mise. 
 
 14 ![ Moreover from the tune 
 and our daughters to be servants, ' that I was appointed to be their 
 and swne of our daughters are governor in the land of Judah, 
 
 brought unto bondage al ready 
 neither is it in our power to re- 
 deem them ; for other men have 
 our lands and vineyards. 
 
 6 •[ And I was very angiy when 
 I heard their cry and these 
 words. 
 
 7 Then I consulted with my- 
 self, and I rebuked the nobles, 
 and the rulers, and said unto 
 them, Ye exact usury, every 
 one of his brother. And I set a 
 great assembly against them. 
 
 8 And I said unto them. We 
 after our ability have redeemed 
 our brethren the Jews, which 
 were sold unto the heathen ; and 
 will ye even sell your brethren ? 
 or shall they be sold unto us? 
 Then held they then- peace, and 
 fomid nothing to ansioer. 
 
 9 Also I said, It is not good 
 that ye do : ought ye not to walk 
 in the fear of our God because 
 of the reproach of the heathen 
 our enemies ? 
 
 10 1 liliewise, and my brethren, 
 
 from the twentietli year even 
 unto the two and tliirtieth year 
 of Aiiaxerxes tlie kmg that is, 
 twelve years, I and my brcthi-en 
 have not eaten the bread of the 
 governor. 
 
 15 But the fomier governors 
 that had beeti before me were 
 chargeable mito the people, and 
 had taken of them bread and 
 wine, beside forty shekels of sil- 
 ver; yea, even their servants 
 bare rule over the people : but 
 so did not I, because of the fear 
 of God 
 
 16 Y^ea, also I continued in the 
 work of this wall, neither bought 
 we any land: and all my ser- 
 vants were gathered thither un- 
 to the work. 
 
 17 Moreover there were at my 
 table an hundred and fifty of the 
 Jews and rulers, beside those 
 that came unto us from among 
 the heathen that are about us. 
 
 18 Now that which was pre- 
 pared /br me daily was one ox 
 
 and my servants, might exact of ; and six choice sheep ; also fowls 
 
Saribdllafs craft, 
 
 were prepared for me, and once 
 in ten days stoi^ of all sorts of 
 wine : yet for all tMs required 
 not I the bread of the governor, 
 because the bondage was heavy 
 npon this people. 
 19 Think upon me, my God, 
 for good, according to all that 
 I have done for this people. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 1 Saiiballat pracUseth hy craft, by 
 rumours, hy hired prophecies, to 
 terrify Nehemiah. 15 The worh 
 is finished to frie terror of the ene- 
 mies. 17 Secret intelligence passeth 
 between tJie enemies and the nobles 
 of Judah. 
 
 "XrOW it came to pass, when 
 i_N Sanballat, and Tobiah, and 
 Geshem the Arabian, and the 
 rest of our enemies, heard that I 
 had builded the wall, and that 
 there was no breach left therein ; 
 (though at that time I had not 
 set up the doors upon the gates ;) 
 
 2 That Sanballat and Geshem 
 sent unto me, saying, Come, let 
 us meet together in some one of 
 the villages in the plain of Ono. 
 But they thought to do me mis- 
 chief. 
 
 3 And I sent messengers unto 
 them, saying, I am doing a 
 great work, so that I cannot 
 come down: why should the 
 work cease, whilst I leave it, 
 and come down to you? 
 
 4 Yet they sent unto me four 
 times after this sort; and I 
 answered them after the same 
 manner. 
 
 5 Then sent Sanballat his ser- 
 vant imto me in lilie manner 
 the fifth time with an open let- 
 ter in his hand ; 
 
 6 Wherein was written, It is 
 reported among the heathen, 
 and Gashmu saith ^7, that thou 
 and the Jews think to rebel : for 
 which cause thou buildest the 
 wall, that thou mayest be their 
 Idng, according to these words. 
 
 7 And thou hast also appoint- 
 ed prophets to preaoh of thee 
 at Jerusalem, saying. There is 
 a king in Judah : and now shall 
 
 :it be reported to the king ac- 
 
 NEHEMIAH, VI. TM icall is Jlnislmd. 
 
 cording to these words. Come 
 now therefore, and let us take 
 counsel together. 
 
 8 Then I sent unto him, saying, 
 There are no such things done 
 as thou sayest, but thou feignest 
 them out of thine own heart. 
 
 9 For they all made us afraid, 
 saying, Their hands shall be 
 weakened from the work, that 
 it be not done. Now therefore, 
 
 God, strengthen my hands. 
 
 10 Afterward I came unto the 
 house of Shemaiah the son of 
 Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, 
 who was shut up ; and he said. 
 Let us meet together in the 
 house of God, within the temple, 
 and let us shut the dooi^ of the 
 temple: for they will come to 
 slay thee ; yea, in the night will 
 they come to slay thee. 
 
 11 And I said. Should such a 
 man as I flee ? and who is there ^ 
 that, being as I arn, would go 
 into the temple to save his life ? 
 
 1 will not go in. 
 
 12 And, io, I perceived that 
 God had not sent him ; but that 
 he pronomiced this prophecy 
 against me : for Tobiah and 
 Sanballat had hired him. 
 
 13 Therefore ivas he hired, 
 that I should be afraid, and do 
 so, and sin, and that they might 
 have matter for an evil report, 
 that they might reproach me. 
 
 14 My God, think thou upon 
 Tobiah and Sanballat accord- 
 ing to these their works, and on 
 the prophetess INoadiali, and the 
 rest of the prophets, that would 
 have put me in fear. 
 
 15 1i So the wall was finished in 
 the twenty and fifth day of the 
 month EIul, in fifty and two 
 days. 
 
 16 And it came to pass, that 
 when all our enemies heard 
 thereof, and all the heathen that 
 were about us saw these things^ 
 they were much cast down in 
 their own eyes : for they perceiv- 
 ed that this work was wrought 
 of our God. 
 
 17 IF Moreover in those days 
 the nobles of Judah sent many 
 
A regiskr of the NEHEMI 
 
 lettei-s unto Tobiah, and the let- 
 ters of Tobiali came* unto tliem. 
 
 18 For there ?rere many in Jii- 
 dah fiwom unto him, because 
 lio tvas the son in law of 81ie- 
 ohaniah the son of Arali ; and 
 Ills son Johanan had taken the 
 dauo:liter of Meshullam the son ' 
 of Berechiali. ' 
 
 19 Also they reported his good 
 deeds beibre me, and uttered 
 my words to him. And Tobiah 
 sent letters to put me in fear. 1 
 
 CHAPTER YII. j 
 
 1 Nehemich coiuhiiffclh the cliarae of ' 
 JrvHsnlcni to Ilanaui and Hami- 
 ninh. 5 A refjister of the generdoffy 
 of them which aim/' (it the first out 
 of Bahiilon, 9 of the fx'opte, 39 of 
 the priests, 43 of the Lr cites, 46 of \ 
 the Nethinims, 57 of Solomon s ser- j 
 rant ft, f.3 cnid of th^ jniesfs ichich j 
 conld not find their jyedifjrce. nt; j 
 T}ie whole number of thnn, inth j 
 their substance. 70 Their oblations. 
 
 'V^O^V it came to pass, when 
 Li the wall was built, and I 
 had set up the dooi-s, and the 
 porters and the sinirers and the 
 Levites were appointed, 
 
 2 That I fxsLve my brother Ha- 
 nani, and Hananiah the ruler j 
 of the palace, charge over Je- j 
 rusalem : for he icas a faithful I 
 man, and feared God above j 
 many. | 
 
 3 And I said unto them. Let j 
 not the gates of Jerusalem be i 
 opened until the sun be hot ; and 
 wiiile they stand by. let them j 
 shut the doors, and bar them : I 
 and appoint watches of the in- 
 habitants of Jerusalem, eveiy 
 one in his watch, and every one 
 to be o^er against his house. 
 
 4 Now the city teas large and 
 great : but the x)eo])le ivere few 
 therein, and the houses were 
 not builded. 
 
 5 1[ And my God put into mine 
 heart to gather together the no- 
 bles, and the rulers, and the peo- 
 ple, that they might be reckoned 
 by genealogy. And I found a re- 
 gister of the genealogy of them 
 which came up at the first, and 
 found written therein, 
 
 6 These are the children of the 
 
 AH, VII. geneatogif of flteiii 
 
 province, that went up out of the 
 captivity, of those that had been 
 carried away^ whom Nebuchad- 
 nezzar the kmg of Babylon had 
 canied away, and came again to 
 Jerusalem and to Judah, everj' 
 one imto his city ; 
 
 7 Who came with Zerubba- 
 bel, JcKhua, Nehemiah, Azariah, 
 Raann'ah, Nahamani, Mordecai, 
 Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Ne- 
 hum, Baanah. The nimiber, / 
 sat/, of the men of the people of 
 Israel ivris this; "''-' 
 
 8 The children of Parosh, two 
 thousand an hundred seventy 
 and two. 
 
 The childien of Shephatiah, 
 three hundred seventy and two. 
 
 10 The cliildren of Arah, six 
 hundred fifty and two. 
 
 11 The children of Pahath- 
 moab, of the children of Jeshua 
 and Joab, two thousand and 
 eight lumdred and eighteen. 
 
 12 The children of Elam, a 
 thousand two hundred fifty and 
 four. 
 
 13 The children of Zattu, eight 
 hundred forty and five. 
 
 14 The children of Zaccai, seven 
 hundred and threescore. 
 
 15 The chikh'en of Binnui, six 
 hundred forty and eight. 
 
 16 The children of Bebai, six 
 hundred twenty and eight. 
 
 17 The children of Azgad, two 
 thousand three lumdred twenty 
 and two. 
 
 18 The children of Adonikam, 
 six hundred threescore and se- 
 ven. 
 
 19 The children of Bigvai, two 
 thousand threescore and seven. 
 
 20 The cliildren of Adin, six 
 hundred fifty and five. 
 
 21 The children of Ater of He- 
 zekiah, ninety and eight. 
 
 22 The children of Hashum, 
 three hundred twenty and eight. 
 
 23 The children of Bezai, thi'ee 
 hundred twenty and foiu*. 
 
 24 The children of Hariph, an 
 hundred and twelve. 
 
 25 The children of Gibeon, 
 ninety and five. 
 
 26 The men of Beth-lehem and 
 
trJd-:], . 
 
 ni:he:miah, ytl 
 
 Netophah, an hundred foTKacore 
 and eieht. 
 
 27 The men of Anathoth, an 
 Limdred twenty and eight. 
 
 2i The men of Eeth-cizmaTeth, 
 fom- and tvro. 
 
 2^ The men of Kiriath-jeaiim, 
 
 from Bd/gion. 
 
 47 The children of Keroe, ike 
 children of Sia, the chSdien of 
 Padon, 
 
 48 The chndren of Lebana, tibe 
 children of Hagata, the children 
 of Shahnai. 
 
 49 The children of Han an . tbe 
 
 Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven children of GiddeL the children 
 
 hundred forty and thr 
 
 3«j The men of Eamah and Ga- 
 
 ba. riix hnndred rw^^nty and one. 
 
 31 The men of ^Michmas, an. 
 hundred and twenrr and two. 
 
 32 The men of Beth-el and Al 
 an hundred nvenry and three. 
 
 33 The men of the other ^ebo. 
 fifn- and nvo. 
 
 34 The children of the other 
 Elani, a thousand two hundred 
 fifn- and four. 
 
 3-5 The children of Harim, three 
 hundred and twenty. 
 
 ofGahar, 
 rjtj The children of Beaiah, the 
 children of KeTfn, the children 
 of ^'^ ekc>da. 
 
 51 The cloldren of Gfazzani, the 
 children of ITzza. the children 
 ofPhaseah. 
 
 52 The children of Besai, the 
 children of Mennim, the chil- 
 dren of XepM?he^im, 
 
 53 The chil.iren of Bakbnk. 
 the children of Haknr.ha, the 
 children of Harhnr, 
 
 54 The children of BazHtK the 
 
 36 The children of Jericho, children of Mehida. the children 
 
 three hundred forty and fire. 
 
 37 The children of Lod. Hadli 
 and One, seven htmdred twenty 
 and one. 
 
 38 The children of Senaah. 
 three thousand nine hundred 
 - -id thirty. 
 
 ~^ ♦ '' The ririe>T? : the chil<iren 
 
 '41 fh- :^::-' of Pashnr, a 
 thousand :-.:. Lunsired forty and 
 — ven. 
 
 42 The children of Tfp-Trm, a 
 tiic-nsand and seventeen. 
 
 43 •■ The Le-ites : the chfldren 
 of Jeshr.a. c-f Ka'imiel. and of 
 the chil'iren of Hcdevah, seven- 
 ty and fonr. 
 
 44 *" The singers : Hhe children 
 f Asaph, an hundred forty and 
 
 riirht. 
 
 4d •" T^if -: :::rr^ : ::_f children 
 of Sha""- :Lr ::^ dren of A- 
 ter. the :LilirTi. :i ^ ilznon. the 
 :hildren of Akknb. the .iiilirri: 
 
 iHatita. the children c: ■^1:': :.i. 
 an hnn^i:-^ rhi— - - il ri.L:. 
 
 4^ •" Tlir^X-liiiizi- :::r :Lil- 
 dren ci ^ilii. :lr :1i1:1;tIl of 
 Eashur>ha, the chUtiren of Tab- 
 Vaoth. 
 
 of Harsha. 
 55 The children of Earkr<s. the 
 
 chndren cf Sisera. the children 
 
 '-: 11 T Lilh^en of Xeziah, ilie 
 
 clil IT r-„ : I Katirha. 
 
 57 *" The chil'iren of Solcrnion'a 
 servants : the children of S^tta?, 
 .-.^ lilrlr-n rf S<-.Th^-^-h zh^ 
 
 : l-nrfPerida.' 
 
 ;^Tle children of Jar:?. ±^ 
 chiliiren of Darken, the chil-iren 
 ofGiddeh 
 
 5? The chil'iren of Sher hiiriah. 
 the chil«iren of Hatdl. the chil- 
 dren of Pc<:hereth of Zetaizn, 
 thechil«iren :iAiLi::i. 
 
 6':> All the V^- ^ - -^ ?_iii :he 
 chil«iren of Silmins s^rvints. 
 icere thiee hundied ninety asd 
 two. 
 
 61 And these -jrere they which 
 went Tir» also from Teh^nelah, 
 Tel-haresha. Cherob, Addon^ 
 s_:ii: Iz_i_ r ' :t :hey cotild not 
 S-i T~ :_TLr : tLtis hotise. nor 
 *-^- s-ri, -^^l-rdier they ttere 
 
 :'- The children of Delaiah, the 
 ciJI'iren of Tobiah, the cMldreii 
 of >*ekoda, six hundred foity 
 and two. 
 
 63 •" And of the priests : the 
 children of Hat-ai^ the chil- 
 
The law read and NEHEMIAH, VIII. 
 
 dren of Koz, the cliiklren of 
 Barzillai, which toolc one of the 
 daiifrht^rs of Barzillai tlie Gi- 
 leadite to wife, and was called 
 after their name. 
 
 64 These souf^ht their register 
 among those that were reckon- 
 ed by genealogy, but it was not 
 found: thereioi-e were they, as 
 polluted, i)utfi<)ni the pnest hood. 
 
 G;5 And the Tirshatha said un- 
 to them, that they should not 
 eat of the most holy things, till 
 there stood up a priest with U- 
 rim and Thummim. 
 
 66 H The whole congregation 
 together urns forty and two thou- 
 sand tlu-ee hundred and three- 
 score, 
 
 67 Beside their manservants 
 and their maidservants, of whom 
 there tvere seven thousand tlu-ee 
 hundred tliirty and seven : and 
 they had two liundred forty and 
 five singing men and singing 
 women. 
 
 GS Their horses, seven hundred 
 thirty and six : their mules, two 
 hmidrcd forty and five : 
 
 69 Their camels, four hundred 
 thirty and five : six thousand 
 seven Inmdred and twenty asses. 
 
 70 H And some of the chief of 
 the fathers gave imto the work. 
 The Tirsliatlia gave to the trea- 
 siu"e a thousand drams of gold, 
 fifty basons, five Inmdred and 
 thirty priests' garments. 
 
 71 And some of the chief of the 
 fathers gave to the treasiu-e of the 
 work twenty thousand drams of 
 gold, and two thousand and two 
 hundred poxmd of silver. 
 
 72 And that which the rest of 
 the people gave was twenty 
 thousand drams of gold, and 
 two thousand pound of silver, 
 and tln-eescore and seven priests* 
 garments. 
 
 73 So the priests, and the Le- 
 vites, and the porters, and the 
 singers, and some of the people, 
 and the Nethinims, and all Is^ 
 rael, dwelt in their cities; and 
 when the seventh month came, 
 the children of Israel were in 
 their Qities, 
 
 expowuled hy Ezra, 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 1 Thfi rcUfi'ioun manner of reading 
 and hearing the law. 9 Tliey corn- 
 fort the people. 13 Tlie forward- 
 ness of tJiem to hear aud he ia- 
 sfrurted. IG Tfiey keep the feast of 
 tabernacles. 
 
 AND all the people gathered 
 
 themselves together as one 
 inan into the street that iras l>e- 
 fore the water gate; and they 
 spake \uito Ezra the scribe to 
 bruig the book of the law of Mo- 
 ses, which the Lokd had com- 
 manded to Israel. 
 
 2 And Ezra the priest brought 
 the law before the congregation 
 both of men and women, and 
 all that could hear with imder- 
 standing, upon the first day of 
 the seventh month. 
 
 3 And he read therein before 
 the street that was before the 
 water gate from the morning 
 until midday, before the men 
 and the women, and those that 
 could understand ; and the ears 
 of all the people were attentive 
 unto the book of the law. 
 
 4 And Ezia the scribe stood 
 upon a puli»it of wood, which 
 they had made for the ijuri-'ose ; 
 and beside him stood Matti- 
 thiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, 
 and Urijah, and Hilldah, and 
 Maaseiah, on his right hand; 
 and on his left hand, Pedaiah, 
 and Misliael, and Malchiah, and 
 Hashum, and Hashbadana, Ze- 
 chariah, and Meshullam. 
 
 5 And Ezra opened the book 
 in the sight of all the people ; 
 (for he was above all tlie peo- 
 ple;) and when he opened it, 
 all the people stood up : 
 
 6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, 
 the great God. And all the peo- 
 ple answered, Amen, Amen, with 
 lifting up their hands : and they 
 bowed their head*, and worship- 
 ped the LoED with their faces to 
 the ground. 
 
 7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and 
 Sherebiah, Jamiii, Akkub, Shab- 
 bethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Ke- 
 lita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, 
 F^laiah, and the Levitts, caused 
 
 ( 
 
The feast of 
 
 ISTEHEMIAH, IX. 
 
 tahernades Icex^t, 
 
 the people to understand the 
 law: and the people stood in 
 their place. 
 
 8 So they read in the book in 
 the law of God distinctly, and 
 gave the sense, and caused them 
 to understand the reading. 
 
 9 IF And ISTehemiah, which is 
 the Tirshatha, and Ezra the 
 priest the scribe, and the Le- 
 vites that taught the people, said 
 unto all the people. This day is 
 holy unto the Loed your God ; 
 mourn not, nor weep. For all 
 the people wept, when they heard 
 the words of the law. 
 
 10 Then he said unto them, 
 Go your way, eat the fat, and 
 drink the sweet, and send por- 
 tions unto them for whom no- 
 thing is prepared : for this day 
 is holy unto our Lord : neither 
 be ye sorry ; for the joy of the 
 Loed is your strength. 
 
 11 So the Levites stilled all the 
 people, saying, Hold your peace, 
 for the day is holy ; neither be 
 ye grieved. 
 
 12 And all the people went 
 their way to eat, and to drink, 
 and to send portions, and to 
 make great mirth, because they 
 had understood the words that 
 were declared unto them. 
 
 13 H And on the second day 
 were gathered together the chief 
 of the fathers of all the people, 
 the priests, and the Levites, unto 
 Ezra the scribe, even to under- 
 stand the words of the law. 
 
 14 And they found written in 
 the law which the Loed had 
 commanded by Moses, that the 
 children of Israel should dwell 
 in booths in the feast of the 
 seventh month : 
 
 15 And that they should pub- 
 lish and proclaim in all their 
 cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, 
 Go forth unto the mount, and 
 fetch olive branches, and pine 
 branches, and myrtle branches, 
 and palm branches, and branches 
 of thick trees, to make booths, 
 Q.'&itis written. 
 
 16 H So the people went forth, 
 and brought them^ and made 
 
 themselves booths, every one 
 upon the roof of his house, and 
 in their courts, and in the comlis 
 of the house of God, and in the 
 street of the water gate, and in 
 the street of the gate of Ephi-aim. 
 
 17 And all the congregation of 
 them that were come agam out 
 of the captivity made booths, 
 and sat imder the booths: for 
 since the days of Jeshua the 
 son of Nun unto that day had 
 not the children of Israel done 
 so. And there was very great 
 gladness. 
 
 18 Also day by day, from the 
 first day unto the last day, he 
 read in the book of the law of 
 God. And they kept the feast 
 seven days; and on the eighth 
 day icas a solemn assembly, ac- 
 cording unto the manner. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 1 A solemn fast, and repentance of 
 the people. 4 Tlie Levites maJce a 
 religious confession of God's good- 
 ness, and their luicJcedness. 
 
 "^VTOW in the twenty and 
 ±\ fourth day of this month 
 the children of Israel were as- 
 sembled with fasting, and with 
 sackclothes, and earth upon 
 them. 
 
 2 And the seed of Israel se- 
 parated themselves from all 
 strangers, and stood and con- 
 fessed their sins, and the ini- 
 quities of their fathers. 
 
 3 And they stood up in their 
 place, and read in the book of 
 the law of the Loed their God 
 one fourth part of the da,y ; and 
 another fourth part they con- 
 fessed, and worshipped the Loed 
 their God. 
 
 4 H Then stood up upon the 
 stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, 
 and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, 
 Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and 
 Chenani, and cried with a loud 
 voice unto the Loed their God. 
 
 5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, 
 and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashab- 
 niah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, She- 
 baniah, and Pethahiah, said. 
 Stand up and bless the Lord 
 your God for ever and ever: 
 
Tlie Levites confess NEHEMIAH 
 and blessed be thy glorious 
 
 name, wliicli is exalted above 
 all blessing and praise. 
 6 Thou, even thou, art Lord 
 alone ; thou Imst made heaven, 
 the heaven of heavens, with all 
 their host, the earth, and all 
 
 IX. GocVs o^^dness, 
 
 and laws, by the hand of 
 
 tutes, 
 
 Moses thy servant 
 15 And ^^avest tliem bread from 
 heaven for their hunger, and 
 broughtest forth water for them 
 out of the rock for their thiret, 
 and i)romiKedst them that tliey 
 
 things that are therein, the seas, I should go in to possess the laiid 
 and all that is therein, and thou \ which thou liadst swoni to give 
 preservest them all; and the host tliem. 
 
 of heaven worshippeth thee. 
 
 7 Thou art the Lord the God, 
 who didst choose Abram, and 
 broughtest hun forth out of Ur 
 of the Chaldees, and gavest him 
 the name of A])rahani; 
 
 8 And foundest his heart faith- 
 fid before thee, and madest a co- 
 
 IG But they and our fathers 
 dealt proudly, and hardened 
 their necks, and hearkened not 
 to thy commandments, 
 
 17 And refused to obey, neither 
 were mindful of thy wondere 
 that thou didst among them; 
 but hardened their necks, and 
 
 venant with him to give the land j ui their rebellion appointed a 
 
 of the Canaanites, the Hittites, 
 the Amorites, and the Peiizzites, 
 and the Jebusites, and the Gir- 
 gashites, to give it, I say, to liLs 
 seed, and hast performed thy 
 words ; for thou art righteous : 
 
 9 And didst see the affliction 
 of our fathers in Egypt, and 
 heardest their cry by the Eed 
 sea; 
 
 10 And sliewedst signs and 
 wonders upon Pharaoh, and on 
 all liis servants, and on all the 
 people of his land: for thou 
 
 captain to return to their borid- 
 age : but thou art a God ready- 
 to pardon, gracious and merci- 
 ful, slow to anger, and of gieat 
 kindness, and forsookest them 
 not. 
 
 18 Yea, when tliey had made 
 them a molten calf, and said. 
 This is thy God that brought 
 thee up out of Egypt, and had 
 wrought gi-eat provocations ; 
 
 19 Yet thou in thy manifold 
 mercies forsookest them not in 
 the wilderness : the pillar of the 
 
 knewest that they dealt proudly cloud departed not from them 
 against them. So didst thou get | by day, to lead them in the way ; 
 
 thee a name, as it is tliis day. 
 11 And thou didst divide the 
 sea before them, so that they 
 went through the midst of the 
 sea on the diy land; and then- 
 persecutors thou threwest into 
 the deeps, as a stone into the 
 mighty waters. 
 
 ^ 12 Moreover thou leddest 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 should go. 
 
 13 Thou<?amest down also upon 
 mount Sinai, and spa-kest with 
 them from heaven, and gavest 
 them right judgments, and true 
 laws, good statutes and comr 
 mandments : 
 
 14 And madest known unto 
 them thy holy sabbath, and 
 commandedst them precepts, sta- 
 
 neitherthe pillar of fire by night, 
 to shew them light, and the way 
 wherein they should go. 
 
 20 Thou gavest also thy good 
 spirit to instruct them, and with- 
 heldest not thy manna from their 
 mouth, and gavest them water 
 for their thii-st. 
 
 21 Yea, fort,y years didst thou 
 sustain them in the wilderness, 
 so that they lacked nothing; 
 theii- clothes w^axed not old, and 
 their feet swelled not. 
 
 22 Moreover thou gavest them 
 kingdoms and nations, and didst 
 divide them mto corners : so they 
 possessed the land of Sihon, and 
 the land of the king of Heshbon, 
 and the land of Og king of Ba- 
 shan. 
 
 23 Their children also multi- 
 pliedst thou as the stars of hea- 
 
and the sins 
 
 NEHEMIAH, IX. 
 
 of tJie people. 
 
 ven, and brougMest them into 
 the land, concerning which thon 
 hadst promised to theii^ fathers, 
 that they should go in to pos- 
 sess it. 
 
 24 So the children went in and 
 possessed the land, and thou 
 subduedst before them the in- 
 habitants of the land, the Ca- 
 naanites, and gavest them into 
 their hands, with their kings, 
 and the people of the land, that 
 they might do with them as they 
 would. 
 
 25 And they took strong cities, 
 and a fat land, and possessed 
 houses full of all goods, wells 
 digged, vineyards, and olive- 
 yards, and fruit trees in abtm- 
 dance : so they did eat, and were 
 filled, and became fat, and de- 
 Kghted themselves in thy great 
 goodness. 
 
 26 Nevertheless they were dis- 
 obedient, and rebelled against 
 thee, and cast thy law behind 
 their backs, and slew thy pro- 
 phets which testified against 
 them to tmn them to thee, and 
 they wrought great provocations. 
 
 27 Therefore thou deliveredst 
 them into the hand of then ene- 
 mies, who vexed them : and in 
 the time of their trouble, when 
 they cried unto thee, thou heard- 
 est them from heaven ; and ac- 
 cording to thy manifold mercies 
 thou gavest them saviours, who 
 saved them out of the hand of 
 their enemies. 
 
 28 But after they had rest, they 
 did evil again before thee : there- 
 fore leftest thou them in the 
 hand of their enemies, so that 
 they had the dominion over 
 them : yet when they returned, 
 and cried unto thee, thou heard- 
 est them from heaven ; and many 
 times didst thou deliver them 
 according to thy mercies ; 
 
 29 And testhiedst against them, 
 that thou mightest bring them 
 again unto thy law: yet they 
 dealt proudly, and hearkened 
 not unto thy commandments, 
 but sinned against thy judgments, 
 (which if a man do, he shall live 
 
 in them;) and withdrew the 
 shoulder, and hardened their 
 neck, and would not hear. 
 
 30 Yet many years didst thou 
 forbear them, and testifiedst a- 
 gainst them by thy spmt in thy 
 prophets: yet would they not 
 give ear : therefore gavest thou 
 them into the hand of the peo- 
 ple of the lands. 
 
 31 Nevertheless for thy great 
 mercies' sake thou didst not ut- 
 terly consume them, nor forsake 
 them; for thou art a gracious 
 and merciful God. 
 
 32 Now therefore, our God, the 
 great, the mighty, and the ter- 
 rible God, who keepest cove- 
 nant and mercy, let not ail the 
 trouble seem httle before thee, 
 that hath come upon us, on our 
 kings, on our princes, and on our 
 priests, and on our prophets, and 
 on oiu- fathers, and on all thy 
 people, since the time of the 
 kings of Assyria unto this day. 
 
 33 Howbeit thou art just in 
 all that is brought upon us ; for 
 thou hast done right, but we 
 have done wickedly : 
 
 34 Neither have our kings, our 
 princes, our priests, nor our fa- 
 thers, kept thy law, nor heark- 
 ened unto thy commandments 
 and thy testimonies, wherewith 
 thou didst testily against them. 
 
 35 For they have not served 
 thee in then kingdom, and in 
 thy great goodness that thou 
 gavest them, and in the large 
 and fat land which thou gavest 
 before them, neither tujTied they 
 from their wicked works. 
 
 36 Behold, we are servants this 
 day, and /or the land that thou 
 gavest unto our fathers to eat 
 the fruit thereof and the good 
 thereof, behold, we are sen^ants 
 in it: 
 
 37 And it yieldeth much in- 
 crease unto the kings whom 
 thou hast set over us because 
 of our sins ; also they have do- 
 minion over oiu" bodies, and over 
 our cattle, at their pleasm'e, and 
 we are in great distress. 
 
 38 And because of all this we 
 
The s^aliiig 
 
 NEHEMIAH, X. 
 
 of iJic covenant. 
 
 make a siue covenant, and write 
 it; and oui' i)rin(.'es, Levites, 
 ami priests, seal unto it. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 1 Tlie tiames of them (haf sealed the 
 ccvcnant. 29 The points of the co- 
 venant. 
 
 l^OW those that sealed ivere, 
 ±S Nehemiah, the Th-shatha, 
 the son of Hachaliali, and Zid- 
 kijah, 
 
 2 Seiaiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 
 
 3 Paslmr, Amaiiah, IMalehijah, 
 
 4 Hattush. 8hebania]i3Ialhich, 
 
 5 Hariin, Meremotli, Obadiah, 
 () Daniel, (iinnetlion, Banieh, 
 
 7 Meshnllam, Ahi.jah, IMijamin, 
 
 8 Maaziah, Bilgai, 8hemaiah : 
 these irere the priests. 
 
 9 And the Levites : hoth Jeshna 
 the son of ^Njzaiiiah, l^innni of 
 the sons of Ileiiadad, Kadniiel ; 
 
 10 And their brethren, 81 iel)a- 
 niah, Hodijah, Kelita, relaiah, 
 Hanan, 
 
 11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, 
 
 12 Zaeevn, 8herebiah, Sheba- 
 niah, 
 
 13 Hodijah, Eani, Beninn. 
 
 14 The chief of the people; 
 Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, 
 Zatthn, Bani, 
 
 15 Bnnni, Aztad, Bebai, 
 Ki Adonijah, Bic:vai, Adin, 
 
 17 Ater. Hizkijah, Azzm, 
 
 18 Hodijah, Haslumi, Bezai, 
 
 19 Hariph, Anathotli, Nebai 
 
 20 Magpiash, Meshullam, He- 
 zir, 
 
 21 Meshezabeel, Za dok, Jaddua, 
 
 22 Pelatiah. Hanan, Anaiah, 
 23Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, 
 
 24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, 
 
 25 Eehum, Hashabnah, Maa- 
 seiah, 
 
 26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 
 
 27 Mallnch, Harim, Baanah. 
 
 28 H And the rest of the people, 
 the priests, the Levites, the por- 
 ters, the singers, the Nethinims, 
 and all they that had separated 
 themselves "^ from the people of 
 the lands unto the law of God, 
 then- wives, their sons, and their 
 daughters, every one having 
 knowledge, and having imder- 
 standing ; 
 
 29 They clave to their brethren, 
 their nobles, and entered into a 
 cui'se, and into an oath, to Avalk 
 in God's law, which was given 
 by Moses the servant of God, 
 and to observe and do all the 
 commandments of the Loud our 
 Lord, and his judgments and 
 his statutes ; 
 
 30 And that we would not give 
 our daughtei's unto the people of 
 the land, nor take their daugh- 
 tei's lor our sons : 
 
 31 And if the people of the 
 lar.d bring ware or any victuals 
 on tlie sabbath day to sell, that 
 we would not buy it of them on 
 the sabbath, or on the holy day : 
 and that we would leave the 
 se\enth year, and the exaction 
 of every debt. 
 
 32 Also we made ordinances for 
 us, to charge omselves yearly 
 \\ith the third part of a shekel 
 for the service of the house of 
 our God ; 
 
 33 For the shev/bread, and for 
 the continual meat offering, and 
 ibr the continual bmiit offer- 
 ing, of the sabbaths, of the new 
 moons, for the set feasts, and 
 for the holy things, and for the 
 sin offerings to make an atone- 
 ment for Israel, and/br all the 
 work of the house of our God. 
 
 34 And we cast the lots among 
 the p'riests, the Levites, and the 
 people, for the wood oHeiing, 
 to bring it into the house of our 
 God, after the houses of our 
 fa there, at times appointed year 
 by year, to bum upon the altar 
 of the Lord our God, as it in 
 written in the law : 
 
 3^5 And to bring the firstfruits of 
 our ground, and the firstfruits of 
 all fiTiit of all trees, year by year, 
 imto the house of the Lord : 
 
 36 Also the firstborn of our 
 sons, and of our cattle, as it is- 
 ^\Titten in the law, and the first- 
 lings of our herds and of our 
 flocks, to bring to the house of 
 our God, imto the priests that 
 minister in the houFe of our God : - ' 
 
 37 And that we should biing 
 the firstfruits of our dough, and 
 
The inhaUtants NEHEMIAH, XI. of Jerusalem. 
 
 5 And Maaseiah tlie son of 
 
 our offeiings, and the fruit of all 
 manner of trees, of wine and of 
 oil, unto the priests, to the cham- 
 bers of the house of our God; 
 and the tithes of our groujid 
 unto the Levites, that the same 
 Levites might have the tithes in 
 all the cities of our tillage. 
 
 38 And the priest the son of 
 Aaron shall be with the Levites, 
 when the Levites take tithes: 
 and the Levites shall bring up 
 the tithe of the tithes unto the 
 hoi^e of om- God, to the cham- 
 bers, into the treasure house. 
 
 39 For the childi'en of Israel 
 and the childi'en of Levi shall 
 bring the offering of the com, 
 of the new wine, and the oil, 
 mito the chambers, where are 
 the vessels of the sanctuary, and 
 the priests that minister, and the 
 porters, and the singers : and we 
 mil not foi'sake the house of our 
 God. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 1 The riders, voluntary men, and tlie 
 tenth man chosen by lot, dwell at 
 Jerusalem. 3 A catalogue of their 
 names. 20 The residue dwell in 
 other cities. 
 
 AND the rulers of the people 
 - dwelt at Jerusalem: the 
 rest of the people also cast lots, 
 to bring one of ten to dwell in 
 Jerasalem the holy city, and nine 
 parts to dwell in other cities. 
 
 2 And the people blessed all the 
 men, that willingly offered them- 
 selves to dwell at Jerusalem. 
 
 3 % Now these are the chief of 
 the province that' dwelt in Jeru- 
 salem : but in the cities of Judah 
 dwelt every one in his possession 
 in then cities, to wit, Israel, the 
 priests, and the Levites, and the 
 Nethinims, and the children of 
 Solomon's sen^ants. 
 
 4 And at Jerusalem dwelt cer- 
 tain of the children of Judah, 
 and of the children of Benja- 
 mhi. Of the children of Judah , 
 Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the 
 son of Zechariah, the son of A- 
 mariah, the son of Shephatiah, 
 the son of Mahalaleel, of the 
 chUdi^en of Perez ; 
 
 Baruch, the son^ of Col-hozeh, 
 the son of Hazaiah, the son of 
 Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the 
 son of Zechariah, the son of 
 Shiloni. 
 
 6 All the sons of Perez that 
 dwelt at Jerusalem were four 
 hundred threescore and eight 
 valiant men. 
 
 7 And these are the sons of 
 Benjamin; Sallu the son of 
 Meshullam, the son of Joed, the 
 son of Pedaiah, the son of Ko- 
 laiah, the son of Maaseiah, the 
 son of Itliiel, the son of Jesaiah. 
 
 8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, 
 nine hundred twenty and eight. 
 
 9 And Joel the son of Zichri 
 was their overseer : and Judah 
 the son of Senuah was second 
 over the city. 
 
 10 Of the priests : Jedaiah the 
 son of Joiarib, Jachin. 
 
 11 Seraiah the son of Kilkiah, 
 the son of Meshullam, the son 
 of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, 
 the son of Ahitub, ivas the ruler 
 of the house of God. 
 
 12Jbid their brethi^en that did 
 the work of the house were eight 
 hundred twenty and two: and 
 Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the 
 son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, 
 the son of Zechariah, the son of 
 Pashur, the son of Malchiah, 
 
 13 And his brethi^en, chief of 
 the fathers, two hundred forty 
 and two : and Amashai the son 
 of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, 
 the son of Meshillemoth, the 
 son of Immer, 
 
 14 And their brethi'en, mighty 
 men of valour, an hundi^ed twen- 
 ty and eight : and their overseer 
 was Zabdiel, the son of 07ie of 
 the great men. 
 
 15 Also of the Levites : She- 
 maiah the son of Hashub, the 
 son of Aziikam, the son of Ha- 
 shabiah, the son of Bunni ; 
 
 16 And Sha^bbethai and Joza- 
 bad, of the chief of the Levites, 
 had the oversight of the outward 
 business of the house of God. 
 
 17 And Mattaniah the son of 
 Blicha, the son of Zabdi, the son 
 
Tlie mhahitants NEHEMIAH, XII. 
 
 of Apaph, iras tlie priiuipal to 
 Ix'Kin tlie tliaiiksgivin^' in pray- 
 er: and Bakl)ukiali tlie seeond 
 among his brethren, and Abda 
 
 (if othr cU\( :*. 
 
 they dwelt from Reer-8lieba luito 
 the vnlley r)f Hinnom. 
 131 Tlie children also of B<-n- 
 jamin from (Jeba dwelt at ]\Iieh- 
 
 the son of Shamnnia, the son of masli, an(i Aija, and Ikth-el, 
 
 and 7/A their villages 
 I '2 And at Anatiioth, Nob, 
 
 Ananiah, 
 
 1^ Hazor, Eamah, Gitt^iim, 
 aj Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 
 rj.") Lod, and Ono, the valley of 
 
 craftsmen. 
 3() And of the Levites were ' 
 
 divisions in Judali, and in Ben- 
 
 Oalal. the son of Jedntlinn. 
 IS All the Levites in the holy 
 city trcre two liunched fum-score 
 and four. 
 
 19 3[oreover the porters, Ak- 
 kub, Talmon, and tlieir bre- 
 thren that kept the gates, ivcre 
 an hundred seventy and two. 
 
 20 ^, And the residue of Israel, 
 of the priests, a)id the Levites, ijamin. 
 were in all the cities of Judali, 
 eveiy one in liis inheritance. 
 
 21 Ihit the Nethinims dwelt 
 in Ophel : and Ziha and Gispa 
 irere over the Nethinims. 
 
 22 The overseer also (.f the Le- 
 vites at Jerusalem w(i,s Uzzi the 
 son of Bani, the son of Hasha- 
 biah, the son of Mattaniah, the 
 son of IMicha. Of the sons of A- 
 saph, the singers irere over the 
 business of the house of OckI. 
 
 23 For it xras the king's com- 
 mandment concerning them. 
 
 1 Tlie 
 V'hirh 
 
 that a certain i)ortion should , moth, 
 
 CHAPTER XI L 
 
 priesfa. 8 ami the Leviten, 
 I carne up irith Zfrubhabel. 
 10 TfiP ftnrcpsinon of high prUftfu. 
 22 Certnin chief Levifcs. 27 The 
 HfAemuity o/" the dedication of the 
 vnlh. 44 The ojjicen of ],rieHln niul 
 J.cvifes iipjtoiHtcd in the trmjjle. 
 
 NOAN' these are the priests 
 and tlie Levites that went 
 up with Zerubba])el the son of 
 Shealtiel, and Jeshua : Seraiali, 
 Jeremiah, Ezra, 
 
 2 Amariah, Mallucli, Hattush, 
 
 3 Shechaniah, Kehum, Mere- 
 
 be for the singei*8, due for eN ery '■ 
 
 day. I 
 
 24 And rethaliiah the son of 
 
 Meshezabeel, of the children of, daiali, 
 
 4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, 
 
 5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 
 
 6 Sheraaiah, and Joiarib, Je- 
 
 Zerah the son of Judali, ivas at 
 the king's hand in all matters 
 concerning the people. 
 
 25 And for the villages, with 
 their fields, some of the children 
 of Judali dwelt at Kirjath-arba, 
 and i}i the villages thereof, and 
 at Dibon, and in the villages 
 thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and 
 in the villages thereof, 
 
 26 And at Jeshua, and at Mo- 
 ladah, and at Beth-phelet, 
 
 27 And at Hazar-shual, and at 
 Beer-sheba, 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 
 Zareah, and at Jarmuth, 
 
 80 Zanoah, Adullam, and in 
 their villages, at Lachish, and 
 the fields thereof, at Azekah, 
 and in the villages thereof. And 
 
 8allu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedai- 
 alh These icere the chief of the 
 l»riest8 and of their brethren in 
 the days of Jeshua. 
 
 8 Moreover the Levites: Je- 
 shua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Shere- 
 biah, Judah, and Mattaniah, 
 li'hich was over tlie thanksgiv- 
 ing, he and his brethren. 
 
 9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, 
 their brethren, were over a- 
 gainst them in the watches. 
 
 10 IF And Jeshua begat Joia- 
 kim, Joiakim also begat Elia- 
 shib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, 
 
 11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, 
 and Jonathan begat Jaddua. 
 
 12 And in the days of Joiakim 
 were priests, the chief of the 
 fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; 
 of Jeremiah, Hananiah ; 
 
 13 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of 
 Amariah, Jehohanan ; 
 
Tlie dedication 
 
 NEHEMIAH, XII. 
 
 of the wall. 
 
 14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of 
 Shebamah, Joseph ; 
 
 15 Of Harim, Adna ; of Merai- 
 oth, Helkai ; 
 
 16 0fIddo,Zecliariah; of Gin- 
 nethon, Meshnllam ; 
 
 17 Of Abijali, Zichri; of Mi- 
 niamin, of Moadiah, Piltai ; 
 
 18 Of Bilgah, Shammua; of 
 Sliemaiah, Jehonathan ; 
 
 19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; 
 of Jedaiah, Uzzi ; 
 
 20 Of Sallai, KaUai ; of Amok, 
 Eber; 
 
 21 Of HiUdah, Hasbabiali; of 
 Jedaiab, Nethaneel. 
 
 22 % The Levites in the days of 
 Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, 
 and Jaddua, were recorded chief 
 of the fathers : also the priests, to 
 the reign of Darius the Persian. 
 
 23 The sons of Levi, the chief 
 of the fathers, tvei^e written in 
 the book of the chronicles, even 
 until the days of Johanan the 
 son of Eliashib. 
 
 24 And the chief of the Le- 
 i vites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, 
 
 and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, 
 ^vith theh brethren over agaiiist 
 them, to praise and to give 
 thanks, according to the com- 
 mandment of David the man 
 of God, ward over against ward. 
 
 25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, 
 Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, 
 Akkub, were porters keeping 
 
 ! the ward at the thresholds of 
 the gates. 
 
 26 These tvei^e in the days of 
 Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the 
 son of Jozadak, and in the days 
 of Kehemiah the governor, and 
 of Ezra the priest, the scribe. 
 
 27 1[ And at the dedication of 
 the vrall of Jerusalem they 
 sought the Levites out of all 
 their places, to bring them to 
 Jerusalem, to keep the dedica- 
 tion with gladness, both with 
 
 I thanksgivings, and with sing- 
 I ing, with cymbals, psalteries, 
 I and with harps. 
 ( 28 And the sons of the singers 
 i gathered themselves together, 
 both out of the plain country 
 romid about Jerusalem, and 
 
 from the villages of Netopha- 
 thi; 
 
 29 Also from the house of Gil- 
 gal, and out of the fields of 
 Geba and Azmaveth: for the 
 singers had builded them vil- 
 lages round about Jerusalem. 
 
 30 And the priests and the Le- 
 vites piuified themselves, and 
 pm-ified the people, and the 
 gates, and the wall. 
 
 31 Then I brought up the 
 princes of Judah upon the wall, 
 and appointed two great compa- 
 nies of them that gave thanks, 
 whereof one went on the right 
 hand upon the wall toward the 
 dung gate : 
 
 32 And after them went Ho- 
 shaiah, and half of the princes 
 of Judah, 
 
 33 And Azariah, Ezra, and 
 Meshullam, 
 
 34 Judah, and Benjamin, and 
 Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, 
 
 35 And certain of the priests' 
 sons with trumpets; namely, 
 Zechariah the son of Jonathan, 
 the son of Shemaiah, the son of 
 Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, 
 the son of Zaccur, the son of 
 Asaph : 
 
 36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, 
 and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, 
 Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, 
 Hanani, with the musical instru- 
 ments of David the man of God, 
 and Ezra the scribe before them. 
 
 37 And at the fountain gate, 
 which was over against them, 
 they went up by the stairs of 
 the city of David, at the going 
 up of the wall, above the house 
 of David, even unto the water 
 gate eastward. 
 
 38 And the other company of 
 them that gave thanks went over 
 against them, and I after them, 
 and the half of the people upon 
 the wall, from beyond the tower 
 of the furnaces even unto the 
 broad wall ; 
 
 39 And from above the gate 
 of Ephraim, and above the old 
 gate, and above the fish gate, 
 and the tower of Hananeel, and 
 the tower of Meah, even unto 
 
Israel sspamted NEHEMIAH, XIII. 
 
 the sheep gate : and they stood 
 still in the prison gate. 
 
 40 So stood the two companies 
 of them that gave thanks in the 
 lionse of God, and I, and the half 
 of the rulers Avith me : 
 
 41 And the priests; Eiiakim, 
 Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michai- 
 ah, Ehoenai, Zeehariah, and 
 Hananiah, with trnmpets; 
 
 42 And IMaaseiah, and She- 
 maiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, 
 and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, 
 and Elam, and Ezer. And the 
 singers sang loud, with Jezra- 
 liiah their overseer. 
 
 43 Also that day they offered 
 grcat sacrifices, and rejoiced: 
 for God had made them rejoice 
 vnih. great joy: the wives also 
 and the children rejoiced: so 
 that the joy of Jerusalem was 
 heard even afar off. 
 
 44 1[ And at that time were 
 some appointed over the cham- 
 bers for the treasures, for the 
 offerings, for the firstfruits, and 
 for the tithes, to gather into 
 them out of the fields of the ci- 
 ties the portions of the law for 
 the priests and Levites : for Ju- 
 dah rejoiced for the priests and 
 for the Levites that waited. 
 
 45 And both the smgers and 
 the porters kept the ward of 
 their God, and the ward of the 
 pmification, according to the 
 commandment of David, a?icl 
 of Solomon his son. 
 
 46 For in the days of David 
 and Asaph of old there were 
 chief of the singers, and songs 
 of praise and thanksgiving unto 
 God. 
 
 47 And all Israel in the days 
 of Zerubbabel, and in the days 
 of Nehemiah, gave the portions 
 of the singers and the porters, 
 every day his portion : and they 
 sanctified hol^ things unto the 
 Levites; and the Levites sanc- 
 tified them unto the children of 
 Aaron. 
 
 CHAPTER XIIL 
 
 from strangers. 
 
 cavseth the chainhei's to he cleansed. 
 10 He reformeth the offices in the 
 house of God. 15 The violation of 
 the sabbath, 23 and the marriages 
 iviih strange wives. 
 
 ON that day they read in the 
 be ' ■" ■ ■ 
 
 1 Upon the reading oftlie law separa- 
 tion is made from the mixed mul- 
 titude. 4 Nehemiah, at his return 
 
 book of Moses in the audi- 
 ence of the people ; and therein 
 was found written that the Am- 
 monite and the Moabite should 
 not come into the congregation 
 of God for ever ; 
 
 2 Because they met not the 
 childi*en of Israel with bread 
 and with water, but hired Ba- 
 laam against them, that he 
 should curse them: howbeit 
 our God turned the curse into 
 a blessing. 
 
 3 Now it came to pass, when 
 they had heard the law, that 
 they separated from Israel all 
 the mixed multitude. 
 
 4 1[ And before this, Eliashib 
 the priest, having the oversight 
 of the chamber of the house 
 of our God, was allied unto 
 Tobiah : 
 
 5 And he had prepared for 
 him a great chamber, w^liere 
 aforetime they laid the meat 
 offerings, the frankincense, and 
 the vessels, and the tithes of the 
 corn, the new wine, and the oil, 
 which was commanded to be 
 given to the Levites, and the 
 singers, and the porters; and 
 the offerings of the priests. 
 
 6 But in all tliis time was not 
 I at Jerusalem: for in the two 
 and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes 
 king of Babylon came I unto 
 the Idng, and after certain days 
 obtained I leave of the king : 
 
 7 And I came to Jerusalem, 
 and understood of the evil that 
 Eliashib did for Tobiah, in pre- 
 paring him a chamber in the 
 courts of the house of God. 
 
 8 And it grieved me sore : 
 therefore I cast forth all the 
 household stuff of Tobiah out 
 of the chamber. 
 
 9 Then I commanded, and 
 they cleansed the chambers: 
 and thither brought I again the 
 vessels of the house of God, 
 
Nehemiah reformeth ISTEHEMIAH, XIII. 
 
 ce'dain aliises. 
 
 with the meat offering and the 
 frankincense. 
 
 10 ^ And I perceived that the 
 portions of the Levites had not 
 been given them: for the Le- 
 vites and the singers, that did 
 the work, were fled every one 
 to his field. 
 
 11 Then contended I with the 
 rulers, and said, Why is the 
 house of God forsaken ? And I 
 gathered them together, and set 
 them in their place. 
 
 12 Then brought all Judah 
 the tithe of the com and the 
 new wine and the oil unto the 
 treasuries. 
 
 13 And I made treasurers over 
 the treasmies, Shelemiah the 
 priest, and Zadok the scribe, and 
 of the Levites, Pedaiah: and 
 next to them was Hanan the 
 son of Zaccur, the son of Mat- 
 taniah: for they were coimted 
 faithful, and their office was to 
 distribute unto their brethi-en. 
 
 14 Remember me, O my God, 
 conceniuig this, and wipe not 
 out my good deeds that I have 
 done lor the house of my God, 
 and for the offices thereof. 
 
 15 ^ In those days saw I in Ju- 
 dah some treading wuie presses 
 on the sabbath, and bringing in 
 sheaves, and lading asses; as 
 also wine, grapes, and figs, and 
 all manner of bui^dens, which 
 they brought into Jerusalem on 
 the sabbath day : and I testified 
 against them in the day where- 
 in they sold victuals. 
 
 16 There dwelt men of Tyre 
 also therein, which brought fish, 
 and all manner of ware, and sold 
 on the sabbath unto the children 
 of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 
 
 17 Then I contended with the 
 nobles of Judah, and said unto 
 them. What evil thing is this 
 that ye do, and profane the 
 sabbath day ? 
 
 18 Did not your fathers thus, 
 and did not our God bring all 
 this evil upon us, and upon this 
 city? yet ye bring more wiath 
 upon Israel by profanmg the 
 sabbath. 
 
 19 And it came to pass, that 
 when the gates of Jerusalem 
 began to be dark before the sab- 
 bath, I commanded that the 
 gates should be shut, and charg- 
 ed that they shordd not be 
 opened till after the sabbath: 
 and some of my sen^ants set I 
 at the gates, that there should 
 no burden be brought in on the 
 sabbath day. 
 
 20 So the merchants and sell- 
 ers of aU kind of ware lodg- 
 ed v/ithout Jerusalem once or 
 twice. 
 
 21 Then I testified against them, 
 and said mito them, Why lodge 
 ye about the wall ? if ye do so 
 again, I will lay hands on you. 
 From that time forth came they 
 no more on the sabbath. 
 
 22 And I commanded the Le- 
 vites that they should cleanse 
 themselves, and that they 
 should come and keep the 
 gates, to sanctify the sabbath 
 day. Remember me, O my 
 God, concerning this also, and 
 spare me according to the great- 
 ness of thy mercy. 
 
 23 ^ In those days also saw I 
 Jews that had married wives 
 of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of 
 Moab: 
 
 24 And theii' children spake 
 half in the speech of Ashdod, 
 and could not speak in the 
 Jews' language, but according 
 to the languptge of each people. 
 
 25 And I contended with them, 
 and cm-sed them, and smote cer- 
 tain of them, and plucked off 
 their hair, and made them swear 
 by God, saying. Ye shall not 
 give yom- daughters unto their 
 sons, nor take their daughtei-s 
 mito your sons, or for yourselves. 
 
 26 Did not Solomon king of 
 Israel sin by these things? yet 
 among many nations was there 
 no king like him, who vras 
 beloved of his God, and God 
 made him Idng over all Israel : 
 nevertheless even him did out- 
 landish women cause to sin. 
 
 27 Shall we then hearken unto 
 you to do all this great evil, to 
 
AJiasuei-us inaketh 
 
 ESTHER, I. 
 
 roiial f casts. 
 
 transsrregs against our God in 
 marrying strange wives ? 
 
 28 And one of the sons of Joi- 
 ada, the son of Eliasliib the liigh 
 priest, was son in law to San- 
 ballat the Horonite : therefore I 
 chased liun from me. 
 
 29 Remember them, O my 
 God, because they have defiled 
 the priesthood, and the cove- 
 
 nant of the priesthood, and of 
 the Levites. 
 
 30 Thus cleansed I them from 
 all strangers, and appointed the 
 wards of the priests and the Le- 
 ntes, eveiT one in his business ; 
 
 31 And for the wood offering, 
 at tunes appointed, and for the 
 firstfruits. Remember me, O 
 my God, for good. 
 
 THE BOOK OF ESTHER. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Ahasuerus riiaJceth royal feasts. 10 
 Vashfi, sent for, refnseth to conic 
 13 Ahasuerus, hn the counsel of 
 Memncan, inaketh the decree of 
 Tiiens sovereignty. 
 '\TOW it came to pass in the 
 JJM days of Ahasueiiis, (this is 
 Ahasuerus wliich reii^ned, from 
 India even unto Ethiopia, over 
 an hundred and seven and twen- 
 ty provinces :) 
 
 2 That in those days, when 
 the king Ahasuerus sat on the 
 throne of his kingdom, which 
 ivas in Shushan the palace, 
 
 3 In the tlmd year of his leign, 
 he made a feast unto all Ids 
 princes and his servants; the 
 power of Persia and Media, the 
 nobles and princes of the pro- 
 vinces, being before liim : 
 
 4 When he shewed the riches 
 of his glorious kingdom and the 
 honour of liis excellent majesty 
 many days, even an himdred 
 and fourscore days. 
 
 5 And when these days were 
 expii-ed, the long made a feast 
 unto all the people that were 
 present in Shushan the palace, 
 both unto great and small, se- 
 ven days, in the couit of the 
 garden of the king's palace ; 
 
 6 Where were white, green, 
 and blue, hangings, fastened 
 with cords of fine linen and pur- 
 ple to silver rings and pillars of 
 marble : the beds were of gold 
 and silver, upon a pavement of 
 red, and blue, and white, and 
 black, marble. 
 
 7 And they gave them drink 
 
 in vessels of gold^ (the vessels 
 being diverse one from another,) 
 and royal wme in abundance, 
 according to the state of the 
 king. 
 
 8 And the drinking teas ac- 
 cording to the law; none did 
 compel : for so the king had ap- 
 pointed to all the officers of his 
 house, that they should do ac- 
 cording to eveiy man's pleasure. 
 
 9 Also Vashti the queen made 
 a feast for the women in the 
 royal house v.liich belonged to 
 king Ahasuerus. 
 
 10 *f[ On the seventh day, when 
 I the heart of the king was mer- 
 I ry with wine, he commanded 
 I Mehiunan, Biztha, Harbona, 
 iBigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, 
 
 and Carcas, the seven chamber- 
 lains that served in the presence 
 I of Ahasuems the king, 
 I 11 To bring Vashti the queen 
 ; before the king with the crown 
 j royal, to shew the people and 
 the princes her beauty : for she 
 j was fair to look on. 
 I 12 But the queen Vashti refused 
 , to come at the king's command- 
 j ment by ^w chamberlains: there- 
 fore was the king very wroth, and 
 , his anger burned in liim. 
 I 13 U Then the king said to 
 the wise men, which knew the 
 j times, (for so was the king's 
 , manner toward all that knew 
 i law and judgment : 
 I 14 And the next mito him ivas 
 ' Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, 
 Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and 
 Memr<can, the seven princes of 
 Persia and Media, which saw 
 
Vasht{s disdbedierwe. 
 
 ESTHER, II. A new queen to he chosen. 
 
 tlie king's face, and wliicli sat 
 the first in the kingdom ;) 
 
 15 What shall we do unto the 
 queen Vashti according to law, 
 because she hath not perfonned 
 the commandment of the king 
 Ahasuerus by the chamberlains ? 
 
 16 And Memucan answered 
 before the king and the princes, 
 Vashti the queen hath not done 
 wrong to the long only, but also 
 to all the princes, and to all the 
 people that are in all the pro- 
 vinces of the king Ahasuerus. 
 
 17 FoY^his deed of the queen 
 shall come abroad unto all wo- 
 men, so that they shall despise 
 then- husbands in their eyes, 
 when it shall be reported, The 
 king Ahasuerus commanded 
 Vashti the queen to be brought 
 in before him, but she came not. 
 
 18 Likewise shall the ladies of 
 Persia and Media say this day 
 unto all the king's princes, which 
 have heard of the deed of the 
 queen. Thus shall there arise 
 too much contempt and wTath. 
 
 19 If it please the king, let 
 there go a royal commandment 
 from him, and let it be written 
 among the laws of the Pei-sians 
 and the Medes, that it be not 
 altered, That Vashti come no 
 more before king Ahasuerus; 
 and let the king give her royal 
 estate imto another that is bet- 
 ter than she. 
 
 20 And when the king's decree 
 which he shall make shaU be 
 published throughout all his em- 
 pu'e, (for it is great,) all the wives 
 shall give to then- husbands ho- 
 nom% both to great and small. 
 
 21 And the saying pleased the 
 Idng and the piiaces; and the 
 king did according to the word 
 of Memucan : 
 
 22 For he sent letters into all 
 the king's provinces, into eveiy 
 pro^dnce according to the writ- 
 ing thereof, and to every people 
 after their language, that every 
 man should bear rule in his 
 own house, and that it should 
 be published according to the 
 langv-age of every people. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 1 Out of the clioice of virgins a queen 
 is to he chosen. 5 Mordecai the nurs- 
 ing father of Esther. 8 Esther is 
 preferred hy Hegai before the rest. 
 12 Tlie manner of purification, and 
 going in to the Mng. 15 Esther best 
 pleasing the Jcing is made queen. 21 
 Mxyrdecai discovering a treason is 
 receded in the chronicles. 
 
 AFTER these things, when 
 - the wrath of king Ahasuerus 
 was appeased, he remembered 
 Vashti, and wliat she had done, 
 and what was decreed against 
 her. 
 
 2 Then said the king's seiTajits 
 that ministered mito him. Let 
 there be fair young virgins sought 
 for the king : 
 
 3 And let the king appoint of- 
 ficers in all the provinces of his 
 kingdom, that they may gather 
 together all the fair young vir- 
 gins unto Shushan the palace, 
 to the house of the women, imto 
 the custody of Hege the king's 
 chamberlain, keeper of the wo- 
 men; and let theii' things for 
 purification be given them : 
 
 4 And let the maiden which 
 pleaseth the long be queen in- 
 stead of Vashti. And the thing 
 pleased the king ; and he did so. 
 
 5 H Now in Shushan the palace 
 there was a certain Jew, whose 
 name was Mordecai, the son of 
 Jair, the son of SMmei, the son 
 of Kish, a Benjamite ; 
 
 6 Wlio had been carried away 
 from Jerusalem with the cap- 
 tivity which had been carried 
 away with Jecom'ah king of Ju- 
 dah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the 
 king of Babylon had carried 
 away. 
 
 7 And he brou.ght up Hadas- 
 sah, that is, Esther, his uncle's 
 daughter: for she had neither 
 father nor mother, and the maid 
 ivas fair and beautiful; whom 
 Mordecai, when her father and 
 mother were dead, took for his 
 own daughter. 
 
 8 H So it came to pass, v/hen 
 the Idng's commandment and 
 his decree was heard, and when 
 many maidens were gathered 
 
 Dd 
 
Estlier lest pJeaslng the ESTHER, II. 
 
 I'ing 18 mui}*' queen. 
 
 together uiito SliiiHhan tlie pa- 1 Hepai tlie king's clmnil)erlain, 
 lace, to the custody of llegai, : tlie keei>er of the ^vonlell, a|)- 
 tliat Estlier was broujrht alsu ixiiiited. And Esther ohtained 
 unto tlie king'8 house, to the | favour in the sight of all them 
 custody of Hegai, keeper of the , that looked upon her. 
 
 women. ' ' 
 
 9 And the maiden pleased him 
 
 IG 80 Esther was taken unto 
 
 »,.*..v» ...^ ....w,.v,. .,.^««^«»*..x.. I king Ahasuerus into his house 
 
 and she obtained Kindness of J royal in the t<*iitli month, which 
 
 him; and lu- 
 
 (lily gave her w the month 'Jehetli, in tho 
 
 her things for puritication, with si'venth year of his reign, 
 such things as belonged to her, j 17 And the king loved Esther 
 and seven maidens, ?rA/(7i /r^rt' , above all the women, and she 
 meet to be given her, out of the obtained grace and favour in his 
 king's house: and he i)refened sight more than all the virgins; 
 lier and her maids unto tlie l)est so that he set the rojyl crown 
 />/ric^ of the house of the women. ^ " ^ — ' "' ^ ' ^ ^ 
 
 10 Esther had not shewed her 
 people nor her kindred : for 
 iVIordecai had charged her that 
 she should not shew it. 
 
 11 And Mordecai walked everj' 
 day l>efore the court of the 
 women's house, to know how 
 Esther did, and what should 
 become of her. 
 
 12 •[ Now when every maid's 
 turn was come to go in U) king 
 Ahasuerus, after that sli<? had 
 been twelve month"*, according 
 to the manner of the women, 
 (for so were the days of their pu- 
 rifications accomplished, to ivit, 
 six months with oil of myrrh, 
 and six months with sweet o- 
 dours, and with other things for 
 the purifying of the women ;) 
 
 13 Then thus came every maid- 
 en unto the king; whatsoever 
 she desired was given her to go 
 ^\^th her out of the house of the 
 women imto the king's house. 
 
 14 In the evening she went, 
 and on the morrow she returned 
 into the second house of the 
 women, to the custody of Slia- 
 ashgaz, the king's chamberlain, 
 which kept the concubines : she 
 came in unto the king no more, 
 except the king delighted in 
 her, and that she were called 
 by name. 
 
 15 ^ Now when the turn of 
 Esther, the daughter of Abihail 
 the uncle of Mordecai, who had 
 taken her for his daughter, was 
 come to go in unto the king, 
 she required nothing but what 
 
 ujion her head, and made her 
 (lueen instead of \'ashti. 
 
 I 18 Then the king made a great 
 feast unto all his princes and 
 
 j his servants, even Esther's feast ; 
 and he made a release to the 
 jirovinces, and gave gifts, accoi'd- 
 mg to the state of the king. 
 
 : ll> And when the virgins were 
 gathered together the second 
 timCj then Mordecai sat in the 
 kings gate. 
 
 2U P^sther had not yet shewed 
 her kindred nor her i>eople; as 
 Mordecai had charged her: for 
 Kstlier did the commandment 
 of IMordecai, like as when she 
 wjis brought up with him. 
 
 21 •; In those days, while Mor- 
 decai sat hi the king's gate, two 
 of the king's chamberlains, Big- 
 than and Teresli, of those which 
 kept the door, were wroth, and 
 sought to lay hand on the king 
 Ahasuenis. 
 
 22 And the thing was known 
 to Mordecai, who told it unto 
 Esther the queen; and Esther 
 certified the king thereof in 
 ]Moidecai's name. 
 
 23 And when inquisition was 
 made of the matter, it was found 
 out; therefore they were both 
 hanged on a tree: and it was 
 written in the book of the chro- 
 nicles before the king. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 1 Haman, advanced by the king, and 
 despised by Mordecai, seeketh re- 
 venge upon all the Jews. 7 He cast- 
 eth lots. 8 Re obtaineth by calum. 
 niation a decree of the king to put 
 the Jews to deaths 
 
Haman seeketh to 
 
 ESTHER, III. 
 
 destroy the Jeics. 
 
 A FTER these tilings did king 
 J\. Ahasuems promote Haman 
 the son of Hammedatha the A- 
 gagite, and advanced him,^ and 
 set his seat above all the princes 
 that ive)'e with him. 
 
 2 And all the king's servants, 
 that were in the king's gate, 
 bowed, and reverenced Haman : 
 for the king had so commanded 
 concerning him. But Mordecai 
 bowed not, nor did him reve- 
 rence, 
 
 3 Then the Idng's servants, 
 which icere in the king's gate, 
 said unto Mordecai, Why trans- 
 gressest thou the king's com- 
 mandment? 
 
 4 Now it came to pass, when 
 they spake daily unto him, and 
 he hearkened not unto them, 
 that they told Haman, to see 
 whether Mordecai's matters 
 would stand: for he had told 
 them that he was a Jew. 
 
 5 And when Haman saw that 
 Mordecai bowed not, nor did 
 him reverence, then was Ha- 
 man full of wrath. 
 
 6 And he thought scorn to lay 
 hands on Mordecai alone; for 
 they had shewed him the people 
 of Mordecai : wherefore Haman 
 sought to destroy all the Jews 
 that were throughout the whole 
 kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the 
 people of Mordecai. 
 
 7 If In the iirst month, that is, 
 the month Nisan, in the twelfth 
 year of king Ahasuerus, they 
 cast Pur, 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 H And Haman said unto king 
 Ahasuerus, There is a certain 
 
 '. people scattered abroad and dis- 
 persed among the people in all 
 the provinces of thy kingdom ; 
 and their laws are diverse from 
 all people ; neither keep they the 
 
 ' king's laws: therefore it is not 
 for the king's profit to suffer them. 
 
 9 If it please the king, let it 
 \. be written that they may be 
 ', destroyed: and I will pay ten 
 
 thousand talents of silver to the 
 hands of those that have the 
 charge of the business, to bring 
 it into the Idng's treasuries. 
 
 10 And the king took his ring 
 from his hand, and gave it unto 
 Haman the son of Hammedatha 
 the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. 
 
 11 And the Idng said unto 
 Haman, The silver is given to 
 thee, the people also, to do with 
 them as it seemeth good to thee. 
 
 12 Then were the king's scribes 
 called on the thirteenth day of 
 the first month, and there was 
 wiitten according to all that 
 Haman had commanded unto 
 the king's lieutenants, and to 
 the governors that were over 
 every provmce, and to the ru- 
 lers of eveiy people of every 
 proviuce according to the writ- 
 ing thereof, and to every peo- 
 ple after their language ; in the 
 name of king Ahasuerus was 
 it^ wiitten, and sealed with the 
 king's ring. 
 
 13 And the letters were sent 
 by posts into all the king's pro- 
 vinces, to destroy, to kill, and to 
 cause to perish, all Jews, both 
 young and old, little children 
 and women, in one day, even 
 upon the thirteenth dai/ of the 
 twelfth month, which is the 
 month Adar, and to take the 
 spoil of them for a prey. 
 
 14 The copy of the writing for 
 a commandment to be given in 
 eveiy province was pubhshed 
 unto all people, that they should 
 be ready against that day. 
 
 15 The posts went out, being 
 hastened by the king's com- 
 rnandment, and the decree was 
 given in Shushan the palace. 
 And the king and Haman sat 
 down to drink; but the city 
 Shushan was perplexed. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 The great mourning of Mordecai 
 and the Jews. 4 Esther, understand- 
 ing it, setideth to Moi'decai, ivho 
 sheweth the cause, and advisefh her 
 to iiTiidertake the suit. 10 She ex- 
 cusing herself is threatened hy Mor- 
 decai. 15 She appointing a fast un- 
 dertalceth the suit. 
 
 Dd2 
 
MardecaVs charge ESTHEE, IV, 
 
 WHEN Mordecai perceived 
 ^ all that was done, Mor- 
 decai rent his clothes, and put 
 on saclccloth with ashes, and 
 went out into the midst of the 
 city, and cried with a loud and 
 a bitter cry ; 
 
 2 And came even before the 
 king's gate : for none might en- 
 ter into the king's gate clothed 
 Avith sackcloth. 
 
 3 And in evei y province, whi- 
 thersoever the king's command- 
 ment and his decree came, there 
 was great mourning among the 
 Jews, and fasting, and weeping, 
 and wailing; and many lay m 
 sackcloth and ashes. 
 
 4 H 80 Esther's maids and her 
 ehambeilains came and told it 
 her. ^ Then was the queen ex- 
 ceedingly grieved ; and she sent 
 raiment to clothe Mordecai, and 
 to take away his sackcloth from 
 him : but he received it not. 
 
 5 Then called Esther for Ha- 
 tach, 0)ie of the king's cham- 
 berlains, whom he had appoint- 
 ed to attend upon her, and gave 
 him a commandment to Mor- 
 decai, to know what it ivaa, and 
 whv it teas. 
 
 6 So Hatach went forth to Mor- 
 decai mito the street of the city, 
 which zvas before the king's gate. 
 
 7 And Mordecai told him of 
 all that had happened unto him, 
 and of the sum of the money 
 that Haman had promised to 
 pay to the king's treasiu:ies for 
 the Jews, to destroy them. 
 
 8 Also he gave hun the copy 
 of the Avriting of the decree that 
 was given at Shushan to destroy 
 them, to shew it unto Esther, 
 and to declare it unto her, and 
 to charge her that she should go 
 in unto the king, to make sup- 
 plication unto him, and to make 
 request before him for her people. 
 
 9 And Hatach came and told 
 Esther the words of Mordecai. 
 
 10 H Again Esther spake unto 
 Hatach, and gave him^ com- 
 mandment unto Mordecai ; 
 
 11 All the king's servants, and 
 the people of the king's pro- 
 
 to Esther. 
 
 vinces, do know, that whosoever, 
 whether man or woman, shall 
 come unto the king into the 
 inner coiui, who is not called, 
 there is one law of his to put 
 hiin to death, except such to 
 whom the king shall hold out 
 the golden sceptre, that he may 
 live : but I have not been called 
 to come in mito the king these 
 thirty days. 
 
 12 And they told to Mordecai 
 Esther's words. 
 
 13 Then Mordecai command- 
 ed to answer Esther, Think not 
 with thyself that thou shalt es- 
 cape in the king's house, more 
 than all the Jews. 
 
 14 For if thou altogether bold- 
 est thy peace at tliis time, then 
 shall there enlargement and de- 
 liverance arise to the Jews from 
 another place; but thou and 
 thy father's house shall ])e de- 
 stroyed : and who knowcth whe- 
 ther thou art come to tlie king- 
 dom for such a time as this? 
 
 15 t Then Esther bade them 
 return Mordecai this ansicer, 
 
 16 Go, gather together^ all the 
 Jews that are present in Shu- 
 shan, and fast ye for me, and 
 neither eat nor drink tlu-ee days, 
 night or day: I also and my 
 maidens will fast likewise ; and 
 so will I go in mito the Idng, 
 which is not according to the 
 law : and if I perish, I perish. 
 
 17 So Mordecai went his way, 
 and did according to all that 
 Esther had commanded him. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 1 Esther, adventuring on the king's 
 favour, obtainelh the grace of the 
 golden ^ceptre, and inviteth the Icing 
 and Haman to a banquet. 6 She, 
 being encouraged by the Idng in 
 her suit, inviteth them to another 
 banquet the next day. 9 Haman, 
 iwoud of his advancement, repineth 
 at the contempt of Mordecai. 14 By 
 the counsel of Zeresh he buildeth 
 for him a pair of galloios. 
 
 "^OW it came to pass on the 
 JlI third day, that Esther put 
 on her royal apparel, and stood 
 in the inner court of the king's 
 house, over against the king's 
 
EstUr inviteth ESTHER, VI. 
 
 house: and tlie king sat upon 
 his myal throne in the royal 
 house, over against the gate of 
 the house. 
 
 2 And it was so, when the king 
 saw Esther the queen standing 
 in the court,^ that she obtained 
 favour in his sight: and the 
 king held out to Esther the 
 golden sceptre that was in his 
 hand. So Esther drew near, and 
 touched the top of the sceptre. 
 
 3 Then said the king unto her, 
 What wilt thou, queen Esther? 
 and what is thy request? it 
 shall be even given thee to the 
 half of the kingdom. 
 
 4 And Esther answered. If it 
 seem good unto the king, let the 
 long and Haman come this day 
 unto the banquet that I have 
 prepared for him. 
 
 5 Then the Idng said, Cause 
 Haman to make haste, that he 
 may do as Esther hath said. 
 So the Idng and Haman came 
 to the banquet that Esther had 
 prepared. 
 
 6 H And the king said unto 
 Esther at the banquet of wine, 
 What ^5 thy petition? and it 
 shall be granted thee : and what 
 is thy request? even to the half 
 of the kingdom it shall be per- 
 formed. 
 
 7 Then answered Esther, and 
 said, My petition and my re- 
 quest is ; 
 
 8 If I have found favour in the 
 sight of the king, and if it please 
 the long to grant my petition, 
 and to perform my request, let 
 
 i the Idng and Haman come to 
 i the banquet that I shall prepare 
 for them, and I will do to mor- 
 row as the kmg hath said. 
 
 9 H Then went Haman forth 
 I that day joyful and with a glad 
 ! heart: but when Haman saw 
 I Mordecai in the king's gate, 
 < that he stood not up, nor moved 
 i for him, he was full of mdig- 
 ' nation against Mordecai. 
 
 10 Nevertheless Haman re- 
 i f rained himself: and when he 
 i came home , he sent and called for 
 i' his friends, and Zeresh his wife. 
 
 Haman to a "banquet. 
 
 11 And Haman told them of 
 the glory of his riches, and the 
 multitude of his children, and 
 all the things wherein the king 
 had promoted him, and how he 
 had advanced him above the 
 princes and servants of the Iring. 
 
 12 Haman said moreover. Yea, 
 Esther the queen did let no man 
 come in with the king unto the 
 banquet that she had prepared 
 but myself; and to morrow am 
 I invited unto her also with the 
 king. 
 
 13 Yet all this availeth me no- 
 thing, so long as I see Mordecai 
 the Jew sitting at the king's gate. 
 
 14 II Then said Zeresh his wife 
 and all his friends unto him, 
 Let^ a gallows be made of fifty 
 cubits high, and to morrow speak 
 thou mito the king that Mor- 
 decai may be hanged thereon: 
 then go thou in merrily with the 
 king unto the banquet. And 
 the thing pleased Haman; and 
 he caused the gallows to be made. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 1 Ahasuerus, reading in the chroni- 
 cles of the good service done hy Mor- 
 decai, taJceth care for his reward. 
 i Haman, coming to sue that Mor- 
 decai might he hanged, v.naivares 
 giveth counsel that he might do him 
 honour. 12 Complaining of his mis- 
 fortune, his fi'iends tell him of his 
 final destiny. 
 
 ON that night could not the 
 king sleep, and he com- 
 manded to bring the book of 
 records of the chronicles; and 
 they were read before the king. 
 
 2 And it was found written, 
 that Mordecai had told of Big- 
 thana and Teresh, two of the 
 king's chamberlains, the keep- 
 ers of the door, who sought to 
 lay hand on the Idng Ahasuerus. 
 
 3 And the Idng said, What 
 honour and dignity hath been 
 done to Mordecai for this ? Then 
 said the king's servants that 
 ministered unto him, There is 
 nothing done for him. 
 
 4 H And the king said. Who is 
 in the court? Now Haman was 
 come into the outward court of 
 the king's house, to speak unto 
 
Mordecai receiveth ESTHER, VII. great hovoms. 
 
 resh his wife vuito liim, If Mor- 
 decai be ot the seed of the Jews, 
 before whom thoii liast begun 
 to fall, thou Bhalt not inevail 
 against him, but elialt Burely 
 fall before him. 
 
 14 And while they were yet 
 talking with him, came the 
 king's chamberlains, and hasted 
 to bring Haman imto the ban- 
 quet that Esther had prepared. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 1 Esther, cnterluhiiug the ling and 
 Haman, maleth suit for her oun 
 life ami herptoph's. 6 She accnseth 
 ILtman. 7 The king in his anger, 
 finder standing of the ifallons vhich 
 Haman had made Jor Mfyrdccui, 
 canseth him to be hanged thereon. 
 
 the king to hang Mordecai on 
 the gallows that he had pre- 
 pared for him, 
 
 5 And the king's servants said 
 unto him, Behold, Haman stand- 
 eth in the court. And the king 
 said, Let him come in. 
 
 (i 8o Haman came in. And 
 the king said unto him, What 
 shall be done imto the man 
 whom the king delighteth to 
 honoiu"? Now Haman thought 
 in his heart, To whom would 
 the king delight to do honour 
 more than to myself? 
 
 7 And Haman answered the 
 king, For the man whom the 
 king delighteth to honour, 
 
 8 Let the royal apparel be 
 brought which the king Kseth 
 to wear and the hoi-se that the 
 king rideth upon, and the cro^Ti 
 royal which is set upon liis head : 
 
 9 And let this apparel and 
 horse be delivered to the hand 
 of one of the king's most noble 
 princes, that they may array 
 the man withal whom the king 
 delighteth to honour, and bring 
 him on hoi'seback through the 
 street of the city, and proclaim 
 before him. Thus shall it be 
 done to the man whom the king 
 delighteth to honour. 
 
 10 Then the king said to Ha- 
 man, Make haste, a7id take the 
 apparel and the horse, as thou 
 hast said, and do even so to 
 Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth 
 at the king's gate : let nothing 
 fail of all that thou hast spoken. 
 
 11 Then took Haman the ap- 
 parel and the horse, and array- 
 ed Mordecai, and brought him 
 on horseback through the street 
 of the city, and proclaimed be- 
 fore him, Thus shall it be done 
 unto the man whom the king 
 delighteth to honour. 
 
 12 If And Mordecai came again 
 to the king's gate. But Haman 
 hasted to his house mourning, 
 and having his head covered. 
 
 13 And Haman told Zeresh 
 his wife and all his friends eve- 
 ry thing- that had befallen him. 
 Then said his wise men and Ze- 
 
 SO the king and Haman came 
 to banquet with Esther the 
 queen. 
 
 2 And the king said again unto 
 Esther on the second day at the 
 banquet of wine. What is thy 
 petition, queen Esther? and it 
 shall he granted thee : and what 
 is thy request? and it shall be 
 performed, even to the half of 
 the kingdom. 
 
 3 Then Esther the queen an- 
 swered and said, If I have found 
 favour in thy sight, O king, and 
 if it please the king, let my life 
 be given me at my petition, and 
 my people at my request : 
 
 4 For we are sold, I and my 
 people, to be destroyed, to be 
 slain, and to perish. But if we 
 had been sold for bondmen and 
 bondwomen, I had held my 
 tongue, although the enemy 
 could not countervail the king's 
 damage. 
 
 5 If Then the king Ahasuerus 
 answered and said unto Esther 
 the queen, Who is he, and where 
 is he, that durst presume in his 
 heart to do so ? 
 
 6 And Esther said, The adver- 
 sary and enemy is this wicked 
 Haman. Then Haman was afraid 
 before the king and the queen. 
 
 7 If And the king arising from 
 the banquet of wine in his wrath 
 went into the palace garden: 
 and Haman stood up to make 
 request for his life to Esther 
 
Haman is hanged. 
 
 ESTHEE, YIII. Foi'mer letters reversed. 
 
 tlie queen ; for lie saw that there 
 was e\'il determined against him 
 by the king. 
 
 8 Then the king returned out 
 of the palace garden into the 
 place of the banquet of wine ; 
 and Haman was fallen upon 
 the bed whereon Esther tvas. 
 Then said the long, Will he 
 force the queen also before me 
 in the house ? As the word 
 went out of the kmg's mouth, 
 they covered Haman's face. 
 
 9 And Harbonah, one of the 
 chamberlains, said before the 
 king, Behold also, the gallows 
 fifty cubits high, which Haman 
 had made for Mordecai, who 
 had spoken good for the king, 
 standeth in the house of Haman. 
 Then the king said, Hang him 
 thereon. 
 
 10 So they hanged Haman on 
 the gallows that he had prepar- 
 ed for Mordecai._ Then was the 
 king's wi'ath pacified. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 1 Blorclecai is advanced. 3 Esther 
 maJceih suit to reverse Haman s let- 
 ters. 7 Ahasuerus granteth to the 
 Jews to defend themselves. 15 Mor- 
 decaVs honour, and the Jews' joy. 
 
 OK that day did the king 
 Ahasuerus give the house 
 of Haman the Jews' enemy unto 
 Esther the queen. And Mor- 
 decai came before the king ; for 
 Esther had told what he was 
 imto her. 
 
 2 And the king took off his 
 ring, which he had taken fi-om 
 Haman, and gave it unto Mor- 
 decai. And Esther set Morde- 
 cai over the house of Haman. 
 
 3 % And Esther spake yet again 
 before the Mng, and fell down 
 at his feet, and besought him 
 with tears to put away the mis- 
 chief of Haman the Agagite, 
 and his device that he had de- 
 vised against the Jews. 
 
 4 Then the king held out the 
 golden sceptre toward Esther. 
 So Esther arose, and stood be- 
 fore the king, 
 
 5 And said. If it please the 
 king, and if I have found favour 
 
 in his sight, and the thing seem 
 right before the king, and I be 
 pleasing in his eyes, let it be 
 written to reverse the letters de- 
 vised by Haman the son of Ham- 
 medatha the Agagite, wliich he 
 wrote to destroy the Jews which 
 are in all the king's provinces : 
 
 6 For how can I endure to see 
 the evil that shall come unto 
 my people? or how can I en- 
 dure to see the destruction of 
 my Idndred? 
 
 7 H Then the king Ahasuerus 
 said unto Esther the queen and 
 to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I 
 have given Esther the house oi 
 Haman, and him they have hang- 
 ed upon the gallows, because he 
 laid his hand upon the Jews. 
 
 8 Write ye also for the Jews, 
 as it liketh you, in the Idng's 
 name, and seal it with the king's 
 ring: for the writing which is 
 written in the Idng's name, and 
 sealed with the king's ring, may 
 no man reverse. 
 
 9 Then were the king's scribes 
 called at that time in the third 
 month, that is, the month Si- 
 van, on the three and twentieth 
 day thereof; and it was written 
 according to all that Mordecai 
 commanded rmto the Jews, and 
 to the heutenants, and the de- 
 puties and rulers of the pro- 
 vinces which are from India un- 
 to Ethiopia, an hundred twenty 
 and seven provinces, unto eyeiy 
 province according to the wiitu: g 
 thereof, and unto every people 
 after their language, and to the 
 Jews according to their writing, 
 and according to their language. 
 
 10 And he wrote in the kmg 
 Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it 
 with the king's ring, and sent 
 letters by posts on horseback, 
 and riders on mules, camels, 
 and young dromedaries : 
 
 11 Wherein the long granted 
 the Jews which were in every 
 city to gather themselves toge- 
 ther, and to stand for then life, 
 to destroy, to slay, and to cause 
 to perish, aU the power of the 
 people and provmce that would 
 
The enemies qf 
 
 aswiult them, both little ones 
 and women, and to take the 
 spoil of them for a prey, 
 12 Upon one day in all the 
 
 ESTHER, IX. 
 
 the Jeics sl/dn. 
 
 2 The Jews gathered them- 
 Bt'lves together in their citiefl 
 thr()Ui:;hout all the provinces of 
 tlie king Ahasuenis, to lay hand 
 
 of king Ahasuems, on pucii as sought their hurt : 
 
 provmces 
 
 namely, npon the thirteen tl 
 daf/ of the twelfth month, which 
 is the month Adar. 
 13 The copy of the ^^Titing for 
 a commandment to be given in 
 eveiy jtrovince teas pnblifihed 
 imto all people, and that the 
 Jews should be ready against 
 that day to avenge themselves 
 on their enemies. 
 ^14 So the posts that rode upon 
 mules and camels went out, be- 
 ing hastened and pressed on by 
 the king's commandment. And 
 the decree was given at 8hu- 
 shan the palace. 
 
 and no man could withstand 
 them ; for the fear of them fell 
 upon all people. 
 
 3 And all the rulers of the pro- 
 vinces, and the lieutenants, and 
 
 I tlie deputies and oificers of the 
 ; king, helped the Jews; because 
 I the tear of Mordecai fell upon 
 I them. 
 
 4 For Mordecai was great in 
 the king's house?, and his fame , 
 went out throughout all tlie pro- i 
 vinces : for this man Mordecai I 
 waxed greater and greater. 
 
 5 Thus tlie Jews smote all their 
 enemies with the stroke of the 
 
 15 H And Mordecai went out ' sword, and slaughter, and de- 
 
 from the presence of the king in 
 royal a])parel of blue and white, 
 and with a great crown of gold, 
 and with a garment of fine linen 
 and purple : and the city of Shu- 
 slian rejoiced and was glad. 
 
 16 The Jews had light, and 
 gladness, and joy, and honour. 
 
 17 And in eveiy province, and 
 in eveiy city, whithersoever the 
 king's commandment and his 
 decree came, the Jews had joy 
 and gladness, a feast and a good 
 
 struction, and did what they 
 would mito those that hated 
 them. 
 
 6 And in Shushan the palace 
 the Jews slew and destroyed 
 live hundred men. 
 
 7 And Pai-shandatha, and Dal- 
 plion, and Aspatha, 
 
 8 And Poratha, and Adalia, j 
 and Aridatha, 
 
 9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, ] 
 and Aridai, and Yajezatha, ' 
 
 10 The ten sons of Haman the 
 
 day. And many of the people of, son of Hammedatha, the enemy 
 
 the land became Jews ; for the 
 
 fear of the Jews fell upon them. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 1 The Jews {the rulers, /w fear of 
 Mordecai, helping them) slay their 
 enemies, with the ten sons of Ha. 
 man. 12 Ahasiierns, at the request 
 of Esther, granfeth another day of 
 slaughter, and Haman s sons to be 
 hanged. 20 Tlie two days ofPurim 
 are made festival. 
 "VrOAV in the twelfth month, 
 i_^ that is, the month Adar, 
 on the thirteenth day of the 
 same, w-hen the king's com- 
 mandment and his decree drew 
 near to be put in execution, in 
 the day that the enemies of the 
 Jews hoped to have power over 
 them, (though it was turned to 
 the contrary, that the Jews had 
 rule over them that hated them;) 
 
 of the Jews, slew they ; but on 
 the spoil laid they not their hand. 
 
 11 On that day the number of 
 those that were slain in Shu- 
 shan the palace was brought be- 
 fore the king. 
 
 12 1[ And the king said unto 
 Esther the queen, The Jews 
 have slain and destroyed five 
 hundred men in Shushan the 
 palace, and the ten sons of Ha- 
 man; what have they done in 
 the i-est of the long's provmces ? 
 now what is thy petition? and 
 it shall be granted thee : or what _ 
 is thy request further? and it 
 shall be done. 
 
 13 Then said Esther, If it please 
 the Idng, let it be granted to the 
 Jews which are in Shushan to 
 do to morrow also according un* 
 
Haman^s ten sons hanged. ESTHER, IX. Tlie tiw days ofFurka, 
 to this day's decree, and let Ha- \ make them days of feasting and 
 
 man's ten sons be hanged upon 
 the gallows. 
 
 14 And the king commanded 
 it so to be done : and the decree 
 was given at Shnshan ; and they 
 hanged Haman's ten sons. 
 
 15 For the Jews that were in 
 Shnshan gathered themselves 
 together on the fom-teenth day 
 also of the month Adar, and 
 slew thi'ee hundred men at Shu- 
 shan ; but on the prey they laid 
 not then hand. 
 
 16 But the other Jews that were 
 in the king's provinces gathered 
 themselves together, and stood 
 for their lives, and had rest from 
 their enemies, and slew of their 
 foes seventy and five thousand, 
 but they laid not their hands on 
 the prey, 
 
 17 On the thirteenth day of the 
 month Adar; and on the four- 
 teenth day of the same rested 
 thej', and made it a day of feast- 
 ing and gladness. 
 
 18 But the Jews that were at 
 Shushan assembled together on 
 the thirteenth day thereof, and 
 on the fourteenth thereof; and 
 on the fifteenth day of the same 
 they rested, and made it a day 
 of feasting and gladness. 
 
 19 Therefore the Jews of the 
 villages, that dwelt in the im- 
 walled towns, made the four- 
 teenth day 01 the month Adar 
 a day of gladness and feasting, 
 and a good day, and of sending 
 portions one to another. 
 
 20 *[ And Mordecai wrote these 
 things, and sent lettere unto all 
 the Jews that ivere in all the 
 provinces of the king Ahasue- 
 rus, both nigh and far, 
 
 21 To stabhsh this among them, 
 that they should keep the fom- 
 teenth day of the month Adar, 
 and the fifteenth day of the 
 same, yearly, 
 
 22 As the days wherein the 
 Jews rested from their enemies, 
 and the month which was tmn- 
 ed unto them from sorrow to 
 joy, and from mourning into 
 a good day: that they should 
 
 joy, and of sending portions one 
 to another, and gifts to the poor. 
 
 23 And the Jews undertook to 
 do as they had begun, and as 
 Mordecai had written unto them ; 
 
 24 Because Haman the son of 
 Hammedatha, the Agagite, the 
 enemy of all the Jews, had de- 
 vised against the Jews to destroy 
 them, and had cast Pur, that «>, 
 the lot, to consume them, and to 
 destroy them ; 
 
 25 But when Esther came be- 
 fore the king, he commanded by 
 letters that his wicked device, 
 which he devised against the 
 Jews, should retora upon his 
 own head, and that he and his 
 sons should be hanged on the 
 gallows. 
 
 26 AYherefore they called these 
 days Purim after the name of 
 Pur. Therefore for all the words 
 of this letter, and of that which 
 they had seen^ concerning this 
 matter, and which had come un- 
 to them, 
 
 27 The Jews ordained, and 
 took upon them, and upon their 
 seed, and upon all such as join- 
 ed themselves unto them, so as it 
 should not fail, that they would 
 keep these two days according to 
 their writing, and according to 
 their appointed time every year; 
 
 28 And that these days should 
 he remembered and kept through- 
 out every generation, every fa- 
 mily, every province, and every 
 city ; and that these days of Pu- 
 rim should not fail from among 
 the Jews, nor the memorial of 
 them perish from their seed. 
 
 29 Then Esther the queen, the 
 daughter of Abihail, and Mor- 
 decai the Jew, wrote with all au- 
 thority, to confirm this second 
 letter of Purim. 
 
 30 And he sent the letters un- 
 to all the Jews, to the hundi'ed 
 twenty and seven provinces of 
 the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with 
 words of peace and truth, 
 
 31 To confirm these days of 
 Puiim in their times appointed^ 
 according as Mordecai the Jew 
 
 Dd3 
 
Satan, aiypearing 
 
 JOB, I. 
 
 hefo7-e God, 
 
 and Esther the queen had en- 
 joined them, and as they had 
 decreed for themselves and for 
 their seed, the matters of the 
 fastings and their cry. 
 
 32 And the decree of Esther 
 confirmed these matters of Fu- 
 rim; and it was written in the 
 book. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 1 Ahasuerus's greatness. 3 Mwdc- 
 
 cais advancement. 
 
 AND the king Ahasuems laid 
 J\. a tribute upon the land, 
 and upon the isles of the sea. 
 
 2 And all the acts of his pow- 
 er and of his might, and the 
 declaration of the greatness of 
 Mordecai, where im to the king 
 advanced him, are they not 
 wiitten in the book of the chro- 
 nicles of the kings of Media and 
 Persia? 
 
 3 For Mordecai the Jew was 
 next unto king Ahasuenis, and 
 great among the Jews, and ac- 
 cepted of the multitude of his 
 bretliren, seeking the wealth of 
 his people, and speaking peace 
 to all his seed. 
 
 THE BOOK OF JOB. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 The holiness, riches, and reliffioiis 
 care of Job for his children. G Sa- 
 tan, appearing before God, by ca- 
 lumniation obfaineth leave to tempt 
 Job. 13 Understandinq of the lof^s 
 of his goods and children, in his 
 ■mourning he blesseth God. 
 
 THERE was a man in the 
 land of Uz, whose name iras 
 Job ; and that man was perfect 
 and upright, and one that feared 
 God, and eschewed evil. 
 
 2 And there were bom un- 
 to him seven sons and three 
 daughters. 
 
 3 His substance also was seven 
 thousand sheej), and three thou- 
 sand camels, and five hundi'ed 
 yoke of oxen, and five himdred 
 she asses, and a very great house- 
 hold ; so that this man was the 
 greatest of all the men of the 
 east. 
 
 4 And his sons went and feast- 
 ed i)i their houses, every one 
 his day ; and sent and called for 
 their three sisters to eat and to 
 drink with them. 
 
 o And it was so, when the days 
 of /A^ir feasting were gone about, 
 that Job sent and sanctified 
 them, and rose up early in the 
 morning, and ofiered burnt offer- 
 ings according' to the number of 
 tiiem all : for Job said. It may 
 be that my sons have sinned, 
 and cursed God in their hearts. 
 Thus did Job continually. 
 
 6 ^ Now there was a day when 
 the sons of God came to present 
 themselves before the Lord, and 
 Satan came also among them. 
 
 7 And the Lord said unto Satan, 
 Wlience comest thou? Then 
 Satan answered the Lord, and 
 said. From going to and fro in 
 the earth, and from wallmig up 
 and down in it. 
 
 8 And the Lord said unto Sa- 
 tan, Hast thou considered my 
 servant Job, that the^^e is none 
 hke him in the earth, a perfect 
 and an upright man, one that 
 feareth God, and escheweth evil? 
 
 9 Then Satan answered the 
 Lord, and said. Doth Job fear 
 God for nought ? 
 
 10 Hast not thou made an 
 hedge about him, and about his 
 house, and about all that he 
 hath on every side? thou hast 
 blessed the work of his hands, 
 and his substance is increased 
 in the land. 
 
 11 But put forth thine hand 
 now, and touch all that he hath, 
 and he will curse thee to thy 
 face. 
 
 12 And the Lord said unto 
 Satan, Behold, all that he hath 
 is in thy power ; only upon him- 
 self put not forth thine hand. 
 So Satan went forth from the 
 presence of the Lord. 
 
 13 IF And there was a day when 
 his sons and his daughters were 
 
obtaineth leave 
 
 JOB, II. 
 
 to tempt Job. 
 
 eating and drinking wine in their 
 eldest brother's house : 
 
 14 And there came a messen- 
 ger tmto Job, and said, The oxen 
 were plowing, and the asses 
 feeding beside them : 
 
 15 And the Sabeans fell upoii 
 them, and took them away ; yea, 
 they have slain the seryants with 
 the edge of the sword; and I 
 only am escaped alone to tell 
 thee. 
 
 16 \\Tiile he was yet spealdng, 
 there came also another, and 
 said. The fire of God is fallen 
 from heaven, and hath bm-ned 
 up the sheep, and the servants, 
 and consumed them ; and I only 
 am escaped alone to tell thee. 
 
 17 While he was yet speaking, 
 there came also another, and 
 said. The Chaldeans made out 
 three bands, and fell upon the 
 camels, and have^ earned them 
 away, yea, and slaiQ the servants 
 ^ith the edge of the sword ; and 
 I only am escaped alone to tell 
 thee. 
 
 18 While he was yet spealdng, 
 there came also another, and 
 said, Thy sons and thy daugh- 
 ters were eating and drinking 
 wine in their eldest brother's 
 house: 
 
 19 And, behold, there came a 
 great wind from the wilderness, 
 and smote the four corners of 
 the house, and it fell upon the 
 young men, and they are dead ; 
 and I only am escaped alone to 
 tell thee. 
 
 20 Then Job arose, and rent 
 his mantle, and shaved his head, 
 and fell down upon the ground, 
 and worshipped, 
 
 21 And said, Naked came I 
 out of my mother's womb, and 
 
 .naked shall I return thither: 
 the Lord gave, and the Lord 
 hath taken away ; blessed be the 
 name of the Lord. 
 
 22 In all this Job sinned not, 
 nor charged God foohshly. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 1 Satan appearing again before God 
 obtaineth further leave to tempt 
 Job. 7 He smiteth him with sore 
 
 boils. 9 Job reproveth his ivife, 
 moving him to curse God. 11 His 
 three friends condole uifh him in 
 silence. 
 
 AGAIN there was a day when 
 _ the sons of God came to 
 present themselves before the 
 Lord, and Satan came also a- 
 mong them to present himself 
 before the Lord. 
 
 2 And the Lord said unto Sa- 
 tan, From whence comest thou? 
 And Satan answered the Lord, 
 and said. From gomg to and fro 
 in the earth, and from walking 
 up and down in it. 
 
 3 And the Lord said unto Sa- 
 tan, Hast thou considered my 
 servant Job, that there is none 
 like him in the earth, a perfect 
 and an upright man, one that 
 feareth God, and escheweth evil? 
 and still he holdeth fast his in- 
 tegrity, although thou movedst 
 me against him, to destroy him 
 without cause. 
 
 4 And Satan answered the 
 Lord, and said, Sinn for sldn, 
 yea, all that a man hath will 
 he give for his life. 
 
 5 But put forth thine hand now, 
 a.nd touch his bone and his flesh, 
 and he will cui-se thee to thy face. 
 
 6 And the Lord said unto Sa- 
 tan, Behold, he is in thine hand ; 
 but save his life. 
 
 7 f So went Satan forth from 
 the presence of the Lord, and 
 smote Job with sore boils from 
 the sole of his foot imto his 
 crown. 
 
 8 And he took him a potsherd 
 to scrape himself withal; and he 
 sat down among the ashes. 
 
 9 ^ Then said Ms wife unto him. 
 Dost thou still retam thine in- 
 tegrity ? curse God, and die. 
 
 10 But he said unto her, Thou 
 speakest as one of the foolish 
 women speaketh. What? shall 
 we receive good at the hand of 
 God, and shall we not receive 
 evil r In all this did not Job sm 
 mth his lips. 
 
 11 If Now when Job's thi'ee 
 friends heard of all this evil 
 that was come upon him, they 
 
Jx^ cursetli the 
 
 JOB. III. 
 
 day of Jiis hhih. 
 
 came every one from his own 
 place; Eliphaz the Temanite, 
 and Bildad the Shuhite, ana 
 Zophar the Naamathite : for 
 they liad made an apitointment 
 together to come to mouni with 
 him and to comfort him. 
 
 12 And when they lifted up 
 their eyes afar off, and Icnew 
 him not, they lifted np their 
 voice, and wept; and they rent 
 every one his mantle, and sprin- 
 Ivled dnst upon their heads to- 
 ward heaven. 
 
 13 So they sat do^vn with liim 
 upon the ground seven days and 
 seven nights, and none spake a 
 word unto him : for they saw that 
 his grief was very great. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 Job curses the day and services of 
 hishirfh. l^ The ease of death. 20 
 He compJdhieth of life, because of 
 
 his ani/idsh. 
 
 AFTER this opened Job his 
 Jl\. month, and cursed his day. 
 
 2 And Job spake, and said, 
 
 3 Let the day perish wherein 
 I was boni, and the night in 
 which it was said. There is a 
 man child conceived. 
 
 4 Let that day be darkness ; let 
 not God regard it from above, 
 neither let the light shine up- 
 on it. 
 
 5 Let darkness and the shadow 
 of death stain it; let a cloud 
 dwell upon it ; let the blackness 
 of the day terrify it. 
 
 6 As for that night, let darlmess 
 seize npon it ; let it not be joined 
 imto the days of the year, let it 
 not come into the number of the 
 months. 
 
 7 Lo, let that night be solitary, 
 let no joyful voice come therein. 
 
 8 Let them curse it that curse 
 the day, who are ready to raise 
 np their moiuning. 
 
 9 Let the stars of the twdlight 
 thereof be dark ; let it look for 
 light, but have none ; neither let 
 it see the dawning of the day : 
 
 10 Because it shut not up the 
 doors of my mother'' s womb, nor 
 hid sorrow from mine eyes. 
 
 11 Why died I not from the 
 
 womb? ivhy did I not give up 
 the ghost when I came out of 
 the belly? 
 
 12 Why did the knees prevent 
 me? or why the breasts that 1 
 should suck ? 
 
 13 For now should I have lain 
 still and been quiet, I should 
 have slept : then had I been at 
 rest, 
 
 14 With kings and counsellors 
 of the earth, which ])uilt deso- 
 late places for themselves ; 
 
 15 Or with princes that had 
 gold, who filled their houses 
 with silver : 
 
 16 Or as an hidden untimely 
 birth I had not been ; as infants 
 irhich never saw light. 
 
 17 There the wicked cease /ro7?i 
 troubling; and there the weary 
 be at rest. 
 
 18 There the prisoners rest to- 
 gether ; they hear not the voice 
 of the oppressor. 
 
 19 The small and great are 
 there; and the servant is free 
 from his master. 
 
 20 AVherefore is light given to 
 liim that is in misery, and life 
 unto the bitter in soul ; 
 
 21 Which long for death, but 
 it Cometh not; and dig for it 
 more than for hid treasures ; 
 
 22 Which rejoice exceedingly, 
 and are glad, when they can 
 find the grave ? 
 
 23 Why is light given to a man 
 whose way is hid, and whom 
 God hath hedged in ? 
 
 24 For my sighing cometh be- 
 fore I eat, and my roarings are 
 poured out like the waters. 
 
 25 For the thing which I great- 
 ly feared is come upon me, and 
 that which I was afraid of is 
 come imto me. 
 
 26 I was not in safety, neither 
 had I rest, neither was I quiet : 
 yet trouble came. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 Elijphaz repi'oveth Job for vjant of 
 religion. 7 He teacheth God's judg. 
 ments to be not /w the righteous, 
 but for the wicked. 12 His fearful 
 vision, to humble the excellency of 
 creatures before God. 
 
ElixJImz reproveth Job, 
 
 JOB, IV. 
 
 and rekiteth his vision. 
 
 THEN Eliphaz the Temanite 
 answered and said, 
 
 2 If we assay to commnne with 
 thee, mlt thou be grieved? but 
 who can withhold himself from 
 speaking ? 
 
 3 Behold, thou hast instructed 
 many, and thou hast strength- 
 ened the weak hands. 
 
 4 Thy words have upholden 
 him that was falling, and thou 
 hast strengthened the feeble 
 knees. 
 
 5 But now it is come upon thee, 
 and thou faintest; it toucheth 
 thee, and thou art troubled. 
 
 6 Is not this thy fear, thy con- 
 fidence, thy hope, and the up- 
 rightness of thy ways ? 
 
 7 Remember, I pray thee, who 
 ever perished, being innocent? 
 or where were the righteous cut 
 off? 
 
 8 Even as I have seen, they 
 that plow iniquity, and sow 
 wickedness, reap the same. 
 
 9 By the blast of God they pe- 
 rish, and by the breath of his 
 nostrils are they consumed. 
 
 10 The roaring of the lion, and 
 the voice of the fierce lion, and 
 the teeth of the young lions, are 
 broken. 
 
 11 The old lion perisheth for 
 lack of prey, and the stout lion's 
 whelps are scattered abroad. 
 
 12 Now a thing was secretly 
 brought to me, and mine ear 
 received a little thereof. 
 
 13 In thoughts from the visions 
 of the night, when deep sleep 
 falleth on men, 
 
 14 Fear came upon me, and 
 trembling, which made all my 
 bones to shake. 
 
 15 Then a spirit passed before 
 my face ; the hair of my flesh 
 stood up : 
 
 16 It stood still, but I could not 
 discern the form thereof: an 
 image was before mine eyes, 
 there was silence, and I heard 
 a voice, saying, 
 
 17 Shall mortal man be more 
 just than God? shall a man be 
 more pure than his maker ? 
 
 18 Behold, he put no trust in 
 
 his servants ; and his angels he 
 charged with folly : ^ 
 
 19 How much less in them that 
 dwell in houses of clay, whose 
 foundation is in the dust, zvhich 
 are crushed before the moth? 
 
 20 They are destroyed from 
 morning to evening: they pe- 
 rish for ever without any re- 
 garding it. 
 
 21 Doth not their excellency 
 which is in them go away ? they 
 die, even without wisdom. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 TJie harm of inconsideration. 3 
 The end of the ivicked is misery, 
 6 God is to he regarded in afflic- 
 tion. 17 The liappy end of God's 
 correction. 
 
 CALL now, if there be any 
 that will answer thee; and 
 to which of the saints wilt thou 
 turn? 
 
 2 For wrath killeth the foolish 
 man, and envy slayeth the silly 
 one. 
 
 3 1 have seen the foolish taking 
 root : but suddenly I cursed his 
 habitation. ^ 
 
 4 His children are far from 
 safety, and they are crushed in 
 the gate, neither is there any to 
 deliver them. 
 
 5 Whose harvest the hungry 
 eateth up, and taketh it even out 
 of the thorns, and the robber 
 swalloweth up their substance. 
 
 6 Although affliction cometh 
 not forth of the dust, neither 
 doth trouble spring out of the 
 ground ; 
 
 7 Yet man is bom unto trouble, 
 as the sparks fly upward. 
 
 8 I would seek unto God, and 
 unto God would I commit my 
 cause : 
 
 9 Which doeth great things and 
 unsearchable; marvellous things 
 without number : 
 
 10 Who giveth rain iipon the 
 earth, and sendeth waters upon 
 the fields : 
 
 11 To set up on high those that 
 be low ; that those which mourn 
 may be exalted to safety. 
 
 12 He disappointeth the de- 
 vices of the crafty, so that theia^ 
 
The happy end JOB, 
 
 hands cannot peifonn their en- 
 terprise. 
 
 13 He taketh tlie wise in their 
 o\vn craftiness : and the counsel 
 of the froward is caiTied head- 
 long. 
 
 14 They meet with darkness 
 in the daytime, and grope in the 
 noonday as in the night. 
 
 15 But lie savetli the poor from 
 the sword, Irom their mouth, and 
 from the hand of the mighty. 
 
 ^ li) 8o the poor hath hope, and 
 iniquity stoppeth her mouth. 
 
 17 Behold, hap])y is the man 
 whom God correcteth : there- 
 fore despise not thou the chas- 
 tenhig of the Almighty : 
 
 18 For he maketh sore, and 
 bindeth up : he woimdeth, and 
 liis hands make whole. 
 
 19 He shall deliver thee in six 
 troubles : yea, in seven there 
 shall no evil touch thee. 
 
 20 In famine he shall redeem 
 thee from death: and in war 
 from the power of the sword. 
 
 21 Thou shalt be liid Irom the 
 scourge of the tongue : neither 
 shalt thou be afraid of destruc- 
 tion when it cometli. 
 
 22 At desti-uction and famine 
 thou shalt laugh : neither shalt 
 thou be afraid of the beasts of 
 the earth. 
 
 23 For thou shalt be in league 
 with the stones of the field: 
 and the beasts of the field shall 
 be at peace with thee. 
 
 24 And thou shalt Imow that 
 thy tabernacle shall he in peace ; 
 and thou shalt visit thy habita- 
 tion, and shalt not sin. 
 
 25 Thou shalt know also that 
 thy seed shall be great, and 
 thine offspring as the grass of 
 the earth. 
 
 26 Thou shalt come to tht/ 
 grave in a full age, hke as a 
 shock of com cometh in in his 
 season. 
 
 27 Lo this, we have searched 
 it, so it is; hear it, and know 
 thou it for thy good. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 1 Job sheweth that his complaints 
 . ai'e not causeUss. 8 He ivishefh 
 
 VI. 
 
 fif GoiVs con'ecUon, 
 
 for death, ivherein he is assured 
 of comfort. 14 He rej/tovetk his 
 Jriends of wilindni'ss. 
 
 BUT Job answered and said, 
 2 Oh that my grief were 
 tlu-oughly weighed, and my 
 calamity laid in the balances 
 together ! 
 
 3 For now it would be heavier 
 than the sand of the sea : there- 
 fore my words are swallowed up. 
 
 4 For the arrows of the Al- 
 mighty are within me, the poi- 
 son whereof diinketh up my 
 spiiit : the terrors of God do set 
 themselves in anay against me. 
 
 5 Doth the wild ass bray when 
 he hath grass? or loweth the ox 
 over his lodder? 
 
 G Can that wliich is unsavoury 
 be eaten without salt? or is there 
 a?i?/ taste in the white of an egg? 
 
 7 The things that my soul re- 
 fused to touch ai'e as my sor- 
 rowful meat. 
 
 8 Oh that I might have my 
 request; and that God would 
 grant me the thing that I long 
 for ! 
 
 9 Even that it would please God 
 to destroy me ; that he would let 
 loose his hand, and cut me off! 
 
 10 Then should I yet have 
 comfort; yea, I would harden 
 myself in sorrow : let him not 
 spare ; for I have not concealed 
 the words of the Holy One. 
 
 11 What is my strength, that I 
 should hope ? and what is mine 
 end, that I should prolong my 
 life? 
 
 12 Is my strength the strength 
 of stones? or is my flesh of 
 brass ? 
 
 ^ 13 Is not my help in me ? and 
 is wisdom driven quite from me ? 
 
 14 To him that is afflicted 
 pity should be shewed from his 
 friend; but he forsaketh the fear 
 of the Almighty. 
 
 15 My brethren have dealt de- 
 ceitfully as a brook, and as the 
 stream of brooks they pass away; 
 
 16 Which are blackish by rea- 
 son of the ice, and wherein the 
 snow is hid : 
 
 17 What time they wax warm, 
 
Job exaiseih his 
 
 JOB, YII. 
 
 desire of death. 
 
 they vanish : when it is hot, they 
 are consumed out of their place. 
 
 18 The paths of their way are 
 timied aside; they go to no- 
 thing, and perish. 
 
 19 The troops of Tema looked, 
 the companies of Sheba waited 
 for them. 
 
 20 They were confonnded be- 
 cause they had hoped; they 
 came thither, and were ashamed. 
 
 21 For now ye are nothmg ; ye 
 see mt/ castmg down, and are 
 afraid. 
 
 22 Did I say, Brmg imto me ? 
 or, Give a reward for me of 
 your substance ? 
 
 23 Or, Deliver me from the 
 enemy's hand? or, Eedeem me 
 from the hand of the mighty ? 
 
 24 Teach me, and I will hold 
 my tongue : and cause me to un- 
 derstand wherein I have erred. 
 
 25 How forcible are right words ! 
 but what doth yom- arguing re- 
 prove ? 
 
 26 Do ye imagine to reprove 
 words, and the speeches of one 
 that is desperate, which are as 
 wind? 
 
 27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fa- 
 therless, and ye dig a pit for 
 your friend. 
 
 28 Now therefore be content, 
 look upon me ; for it is evident 
 unto you if Hie. 
 
 29 Eeturn, I pray you, let it 
 not be iniquity; yea, return a- 
 gain, my righteousness is in it. 
 
 30 Is there iniquity in my 
 tongue? cannot my taste dis- 
 cern perverse things ? 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 1 Job excuseth Ms desire of death. 12 
 He complaineth of Ms own restless- 
 ness, 17 and God's imtchfulness. 
 /S there not an appointed time 
 to man upon earth ? «?'^ ?iot 
 his days also like the days of 
 an hireling ? 
 
 2 As a servant earnestly de- 
 sireth the shadow, and as an 
 hireling looketh for the reward 
 o/" his work: 
 
 3 (So am I made to possess 
 months of vanity, and weari- 
 some nights are appointed to me. 
 
 4 When I lie down, I say. When 
 shall I arise, and the night be 
 gone ? and I am full of tossings 
 to and fro imto the dawning of 
 the day. 
 
 5 My flesh is clothed with worms 
 and clods of dust; my skin is 
 broken, and become loathsome. 
 
 6 My days are swifter than a 
 weaver's shuttle, and are spent 
 without hope. 
 
 7 O remember that my life is 
 wind: mine eye shall no more 
 see good. 
 
 8 The eye of him that hath 
 seen me shall see me no mo7'e : 
 tliine eyes are upon me, and I 
 am not. 
 
 9 As the cloud is consumed 
 and vanisheth away : so he that 
 goeth down to the grave shall 
 come up no more. 
 
 10 He shall return no more 
 to his house, neither shall his 
 place know him any more. 
 
 11 Therefore I will not refrain 
 my mouth ; I will speak in the 
 anguish of my spirit; I will 
 complain m the bitterness of 
 my soul. 
 
 12 Jm I a sea, or a whale, that 
 thou settest a watch over me ? 
 
 13 When I say, My bed shall 
 comfort me, my couch shall ease 
 my complaint ; 
 
 14 Then thou scarest me with 
 dreams, and terrifiest me through 
 visions : 
 
 15 So that my soul chooseth 
 strangling, and death rather 
 than my life. 
 
 16 I loathe it; I would not 
 live alway: let me alone; for 
 my days are vanity. 
 
 17 What is man, that thou 
 shouldest magnify him? and 
 that thou shouldest set thuie 
 heart npon him ? 
 
 18 And that thou shouldest 
 visit him every morning, and 
 try him every moment? 
 
 19 How long wilt thou not de- 
 part from me, nor let me alone 
 till I swallow down my spittle ? 
 
 20 I have sinned; what shall 
 I do unto thee, O thou preserver 
 of men? why hast thou set me 
 
Bildad sheweih 
 
 as a mark against thee, so that 
 I am a burden to myself? 
 21 And why dost thou not par- 
 don my transgression, and take 
 away mine iniquity? for now 
 shall I sleep in the dust; and 
 thou shalt seek me in the morn- 
 ing, but I shall not be. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 1 Bildad sheweOi God's justice in deal- 
 inij ivith men according to their 
 iDorls. 8 He allegeth antiquity to 
 'Drove the certain destruction of the 
 hypocrite. 20 He applieth God's 
 just deaUng to Job. 
 
 THEN answered Bildad the 
 Shuhite, and said, 
 
 2 How long wilt thou speak 
 these things^ and how long 
 shall the words of thy mouth 
 be like a strong wuid ? 
 
 3 Doth God pervert judgment? 
 or doth the Almighty pervert 
 justice ? 
 
 4 If thy children have sinned 
 against him, and he have cast 
 them away for their transgres- 
 sion; 
 
 5 If thou wouldest seek unto 
 God betimes, and make thy 
 supplication to the Almighty ; 
 
 6 If thou wert pme and up- 
 right ; surely now he would 
 awake for thee, and make the 
 habitation of thy righteousness 
 prosperous. 
 
 7 Though thy beginning was 
 small, yet thy latter end should 
 greatly increase. 
 
 8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the 
 former age, and prepare thyself 
 to the search of thek fathers: 
 
 9 (For we are but o/" yesterday, 
 and know nothmg, because our 
 days upon earth are a shadow :) 
 
 10 Shall not they teach thee, 
 and tell thee, and utter words 
 out of their heart ? 
 
 11 Can the rush grow up with- 
 out mire? can the flag grow 
 without water? 
 
 12 Whilst it is yet in his green- 
 ness, and not cut down, it wi- 
 thereth before any other herb. 
 
 13 So are the paths of all that 
 forget God ; and the hypocrite's 
 hope shall perish : 
 
 JOB, Vin. GocCsjust dediiig. 
 
 14 Whose hope shall be cut 
 off, and whose trust shall be a 
 s])ider's web. 
 
 15 He shall lean upon his 
 house, but it shall not stand: 
 he shall hold it fast, but it shall 
 not endure. 
 
 16 He is green before the sun, 
 and his branch shooteth forth in 
 his garden. 
 
 17 His roots are wrapped about 
 the heap, and seeth the place of 
 stones. 
 
 18 If he destroy him from his 
 place, then it shall deny him, 
 saj/ing I have not seen thee. 
 
 19 Behold, this is the joy of 
 his way, and out of the earth 
 shall others grow. 
 
 20 Behold, God will not cast 
 away a perfect man, neither will 
 he help the evil doers : 
 
 21 Till he fill thy mouth with 
 laughing, and thy lips with re- 
 joicing. 
 
 22 They that hate thee shall be 
 clothed with shame ; and the 
 dwelling place of the wicked 
 shall come to nought. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 1 Job, acJcnowledging God's justice, 
 
 sheweth there is no conteMing loith 
 
 him. 22 Man's innocency is not to 
 
 be condemned by afflictions. 
 
 THEN Job answered and said, 
 2 I know it is so of a truth : 
 but how should man be just with 
 God? 
 
 3 If he will contend with him, 
 he cannot answer him one of a 
 thousand. 
 
 4 He is wise in heart, and 
 mighty in strength: who hath 
 hardened himself against him, 
 and hath prospered ? 
 
 5 Which removeth the moun- 
 tains, and they know not : which 
 overturneth them in his anger. 
 
 6 Which shaketh the earth out 
 of her place, and the pillars 
 thereof tremble. 
 
 7 Which commandeth the sun, 
 and it riseth not; and sealeth 
 up the stars. 
 
 8 Which alone spreadeth out 
 the heavens, and treadeth upon 
 the waves of the sea. 
 
Job achfiGwledgeih JOB, X. God's perfections. 
 
 tlie swift ships: as the eagle 
 that hasteth to the prey. 
 
 27 If I say, I will forget my 
 compl8.int, I will leave off my 
 heaviness, and comfort myself: 
 
 28 I am afraid of all my sor- 
 rows, I know that thou wilt not 
 hold me innocent. 
 
 29 J/I be wicked, why then 
 labom- 1 in vain ? 
 
 30 If I wash myself with snow 
 water, and make my hands ne- 
 ver so clean ; 
 
 31 Yet shalt thou plnnge me in 
 the ditch, and mine own clothes 
 shall abhor me. 
 
 32 For he is not a man, as I 
 am, that I should answer him, 
 and we should come together in 
 judgment. 
 
 33 Neither is there any days- 
 man betwixt us, that might lay 
 his hand upon us both. 
 
 34 Let him take his rod away 
 from me, and let not his fear 
 teiTify me : 
 
 35 Then would I speak, and not 
 fear him ; but it is not so with me. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 1 Job, talcing liberty of complaint, 
 expostvMtetJi ivifh God about Ms 
 a^ictions. 18 He complaineth of 
 life, and craveth a little ease before 
 death. 
 
 MY soul is weary of my life ; 
 I will leave my complaint 
 upon myself; I will speak in 
 the bitterness of my soul. 
 
 2 I will say unto God, Do not 
 condemn me ; shew me where- 
 fore thou contendest Vvdth me. 
 
 3 Is it good unto thee that 
 thou shouldest oppress, that thou 
 shouldest despise the work of 
 thine hands, and shine upon the 
 eoimsel of the wicked ? 
 
 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or 
 seest thou as man seeth ? 
 
 5 Are thy days as the days of 
 man? are thy years as man's 
 days, 
 
 6 That thou enquirest after 
 mine iniquity, and searchest 
 after my sin? 
 
 7 Thou knowest that I am not 
 wicked ; and there is none that 
 can deliver out of thine hand. 
 
 9 Which maketh Arcturus, 
 Orion, and Pleiades, and the 
 chambers of the south. 
 
 10 Which doeth great things 
 past finding out ; yea, and won- 
 ders without number. 
 
 11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I 
 see him not : he passeth on also, 
 but I perceive hnn not. 
 
 12 Behold, he taketh away, who 
 can hinder him? w^ho will say 
 unto him, What doest thou? 
 
 13 If God wiU not withdraw 
 his anger, the proud helpers do 
 stoop under him. 
 
 14 How much less shall I an- 
 swer him, and choose out my 
 words to reason vath him ? 
 
 15 Whom, though I were righ- 
 teous, yet would I not answer, 
 hut I would make supphcation 
 to my judge. 
 
 16 If I had called, and he had 
 answered me ; yet would I not 
 believe that he had hearkened 
 imto my voice. 
 
 17 For he breaketh me with 
 a tempest, and multiplieth my 
 wounds without cause. 
 
 18 He will not suffer me to 
 take my breath, but filleth me 
 with bitterness. 
 
 19 If I speak of strength, lo, 
 he is strong: and if of judg- 
 ment, who shall set me a time 
 to plead ? 
 
 20 If I justify myself, mine 
 own mouth shall condemn me : 
 if I say, I am perfect, it shall 
 also prove me perverse. 
 
 21 Though I were perfect, yet 
 would I not know my soul: I 
 would despise my life. 
 
 22 This is one thing, therefore 
 I said it. He destroyeth the per- 
 fect and the TNdcked. 
 
 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, 
 he will laugh at the trial of the 
 innocent. 
 
 24 The earth is given into the 
 hand of the wicked : he covereth 
 the faces of the judges thereof; 
 if not, where, and who is he ? 
 
 25 Now my days are swifter 
 than a post: they flee away, 
 they see no good. 
 -26 They are passed away as 
 
M expostulateth with God. JOB, XI. Zophar repi'oveth Job. 
 
 8 Thine hands have made me 
 and fashioned me together romid 
 about; yet thou dost destroy 
 me. 
 
 9 Remember, I beseech thee, 
 that thou hast made me as the 
 clay; and v/ilt thou bring me 
 into dust again ? 
 
 10 Hast thou not poured me 
 out as milk, and cmdled me like 
 cheese ? 
 
 11 Thou hast clothed me with 
 skin and flesh, and hast fenced 
 me with bones and sinews. 
 
 12 Thou liast granted me life 
 and favour, and thy \isitation 
 hath preserved my spiiit. 
 
 13 And these thing's hast thou 
 liid in thine heart : I know that 
 tliis is with thee. 
 
 14 If I sin, then thou markest 
 me, and thou wilt not acquit 
 me from mine iniquity. 
 
 15 If I he wicked, woe unto 
 me ; and if I be righteous, 7/et 
 will I not lift up my head. / 
 am full of confusion ; therefore 
 see thou mine affliction ; 
 
 16 For it increaseth. Thou 
 hmitest me as a fierce lion : and 
 again thou shewest thyself mar- 
 vellous upon me. 
 
 17 Thou renewest thy wit- 
 nesses against me, and increas- 
 est thine indignation upon me ; 
 changes and war are against 
 me. 
 
 18 Wlierefore then hast thou 
 brought me forth out of the 
 womb? Oh that I had given 
 up the ghost, and no eye had 
 seen me ! 
 
 19 1 should have been as though 
 I had not been ; I should have 
 been canied from the womb to 
 the grave. 
 
 20 Are not my days few ? cease 
 then, and let me alone, that I 
 may take comfort a little, 
 
 21 Before I go whence I shall 
 not return, even to the land 
 of darkness and the shadow of 
 death ; 
 
 22 A land of darkness, as dark- 
 ness itself;^ and of the shadow 
 of death, without any order, and 
 where the light is as darkness. 
 
 CHAPTER XL 
 
 1 Zophar rep^'oveth Job fm- justifying 
 himself. 5 God's wisdoin is uii- 
 searchable. 13 TJie assured bless- 
 ing of rejientance. 
 
 THEN answered Zophar the 
 Naamathite and said, 
 
 2 Should not the multitude of 
 words be answered ? and should 
 a man full of talk be justified? 
 
 3 Should thy lies make men 
 hold their peace? and when thou 
 mockest, shall no man make 
 thee ashamed ? 
 
 4 For thou hast said. My doc- 
 trine is pure, and I am clean 
 in tliine eyes. 
 
 5 But oh that God would speak, 
 and open his lips against thee ; 
 
 6 And that he would shew 
 thee the secrets of wisdom, that 
 they are double to that which 
 is! Know therefore that God 
 exacteth of thee less than thine 
 iniquity deserveth. 
 
 7 Canst thou by searching find 
 out God? canst thou find out m 
 the Almighty unto perfection ? I 
 
 8 It is as high as heaven; f 
 what canst thou do? deeper than 
 hell ; what canst thou know ? 
 
 9 The measure thereof is long- 
 er than the earth, and broader 
 than the sea. 
 
 10 If he cut off, and shut up, 
 or gather together, then who 
 can hinder him? 
 
 11 For he laioweth vain men : 
 he seeth wickedness also; will 
 he not then consider it 9 
 
 12 For vain man would be wise, 
 though man be bom like a wild 
 ass's colt. 
 
 13 If thou prepare thine heart, 
 and stretch out thine hands to- 
 ward him ; 
 
 14 If iniquity be in thine hand, 
 put it far away, and let not wick- 
 edness dwell in thy tabernacles. 
 
 15 For then shalt thou lift up 
 thy face without spot ; yea, thou 
 shalt be stedfast, and shalt not 
 fear: 
 
 16 Because thou shalt forget 
 tht/ misery, and remember it as 
 waters that pass away : 
 
 17 And thine age shall be 
 
Jdf acknmdedgetTi 
 
 JOB, 
 
 clearer than tlie noonday ; thon 
 shalt shine forth, thou shalt be 
 as the morning. 
 
 18 And thou shalt be secure, 
 because there is hope ; yea, thou 
 shalt dig about thee, and thou 
 shalt take thy rest in safety. 
 
 19 Also thou shalt lie down, 
 and none shall make thee a- 
 fraid; yea, many shall make 
 suit unto thee. 
 
 20 But the eyes of the wicked 
 shall fail, and they shall not 
 escape, and their hope shall be 
 as the gi\dng up of the ghost. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 1 Job mainfainetli himself against Ids 
 fi-iends that reprove him. 7 He ac- 
 Jcnowledgeth the general doctrine 
 of God's omnipotency. 
 
 AND Job answered and said, 
 - 2 No doubt but ye are the 
 people, and wisdom shall die 
 with you. 
 
 3 But I have understanding as 
 well as you; I am not inferior 
 to you: yea, who knoweth not 
 such things as these ? 
 
 4 I am as one mocked of his 
 neighbour, who calleth upon 
 God, and he answereth him: 
 the just upright man is laughed 
 to scorn. 
 
 5 He that is ready to slip with 
 his feet is as a lamp despised 
 in the thought of him that is 
 at ease. 
 
 6 The tabernacles of robbers 
 prosper, and they that provoke 
 God are secure ; into whose hand 
 God brmgeth abundantly. 
 
 7 But ask now the beasts, and 
 they shall teach thee ; and the 
 fowls of the air, and they shall 
 tell thee : 
 
 8 Or speak to the earth, and it 
 shall teach thee : and the fishes 
 of the sea shall declare unto 
 thee. 
 
 9 Who laioweth not in all'these 
 that the hand of the Loed hath 
 wrought this ? 
 
 10 In whose hand is the soul 
 of eveiy living thing, and the 
 breath of all mankind. 
 
 11 Doth not the ear try words ? 
 and the mouth taste his meat ? 
 
 XII. God!s oinnipotency, 
 
 12 With the ancient is wisdom ; 
 and in length of days under- 
 standing. 
 
 13 With him is wisdom and 
 strength, he hath counsel and 
 understanding. 
 
 14 Behold, he breaketh down, 
 and it cannot be built again : he 
 shutteth up a man, and there 
 can be no opening. 
 
 15 Behold, he withholdeth the 
 waters, and they dry up: also 
 he sendeth them out, and they 
 overturn the earth. 
 
 16 With him is strength and 
 wisdom: the deceived and the 
 deceiver are his. 
 
 17 He leadeth counsellors a- 
 way spoiled, and maketh the 
 judges fools. 
 
 18 He looseth the bond of 
 kings, and girdeth theii' loins 
 with a ghdle. 
 
 19 He leadeth priaces away 
 spoiled, and overthroweth the 
 mighty. 
 
 20 He removeth away the 
 speech of the trusty, and tak- 
 eth away the understanding of 
 the aged. 
 
 21 He poureth contempt up- 
 on princes, and weakeneth the 
 strength of the mighty. 
 
 22 He discovereth deep things 
 out of darkness, and bringeth out 
 to light the shadow of death. 
 
 23 He iacreaseth the nations, 
 and destroyeth them : he enlarg- 
 eth the nations, and straiteneth 
 them again. 
 
 24 He taketh away the heart 
 of the chief of the people of the 
 earth, and causeth them to wan- 
 der in a wildemess where there 
 is no way. 
 
 25 They grope in the dark with- 
 out light, and he maketh them 
 to stagger like a drunken man. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 1 Job repi'oveth, his friends of par- 
 tiality. 11 He professeth his con- 
 fide')ice in God: 20 and intreateth 
 to 1c7iow his own sins, and God's 
 purpose in afflicting him. 
 
 LO, mine eye hath seen all 
 this, nune ear hath heard 
 and understood it. 
 
Job's confidence in God. 
 
 2 What ye know, the same do 
 I know also : I am not inferior 
 unto you. 
 
 3 Siu-ely I would speak to the 
 Almighty, and I desire to rea- 
 son with God. 
 
 4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye 
 are all physicians of no value. 
 
 5 O that ye would altogether 
 hold your peace ! and it should 
 be yoiu- wisdom. 
 
 6 Hear now my re-asoning, and 
 hearken to the pleadings of my 
 lips. 
 
 7 Will ye speak wickedly for 
 God? and talk deceitfully for 
 him? 
 
 8 Will ye accept his person? 
 will ye contend for God? 
 
 9 Is it good that he should 
 search you out ? or as one man 
 mocketh another, do ye so mock 
 him? 
 
 10 He will surely reprove you, 
 if ye do secretly accept persons. 
 
 11 Shall not his excellency 
 make you afraid? and his dread 
 fall upon you ? 
 
 12 Your remembrances are 
 like unto ashes, your bodies to 
 bodies of clay. 
 
 13 Hold your peace, let me 
 alone, that I may speak, and 
 let come on me what will. 
 
 14 Wherefore do I take my 
 flesh in my teeth, and put my 
 life in mine hand r 
 
 15 Though he slay me, yet 
 will I trust in him : but I will 
 maintain miae own ways before 
 liim. 
 
 16 He also shall be my salva- 
 tion : for an hj^ocrite shall not 
 come before him. 
 
 17 Hear diligently my speech, 
 and my declaration with your 
 ears. 
 
 18 Behold now, I have ordered 
 m^ cause ; I know that I shall 
 be justified. 
 
 19 Who is he that will plead 
 with me ? for now, if I hold my 
 tongue, I shall give up the ghost. 
 
 20 Only do not two things 
 unto me : then will I not hide 
 myself from thee. 
 
 21 Withdraw thine hand far 
 
 JOB, XIV. TJie shc/rtness cf life, 
 
 from me : and let not thy dread 
 make me afraid. 
 
 22 Then call thou, and I will 
 answer: or let me speak, and 
 answer thou me. 
 
 23 How many are mine iniqui- 
 ties and sins ? make me to know 
 my transgression and my sm. 
 
 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy 
 face, and boldest me for thine 
 enemy ? 
 
 25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven 
 to and fro ? and wilt thou pur- 
 sue tlie dry stubble ? 
 
 26 For thou writest bitter things 
 against me, and makest me to 
 possess the iniquities of myyouth. 
 
 27 Thou puttest my feet also in 
 the stoclvs, and lookest naiTowly 
 unto all my paths ; thou settest a 
 print upon the heels of my feet. 
 
 23 And he, as a rotten thing, 
 consumeth, as a garment that 
 is moth eaten. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 1 Job intreateth God for favour, by 
 the shortness of life, ana certainty 
 of death. 7 Tliough life once lost 
 be irrecoverable, pet he waiteth for 
 his change. 16 By sin the creature 
 is subject to corruption. 
 
 MAN that is bom of a wo- 
 man is of few days, and 
 full of trouble. 
 
 2 He Cometh forth like a flower, 
 and is cut down : he fleeth also 
 as a shadow, and continueth not. 
 
 3 And dost thou open thine eyes 
 upon such an one, and bringest 
 me into judgment with thee ? 
 
 4 AVho can bring a clean thing 
 out of an unclean ? not one. 
 
 5 Seeing his days are de- 
 termined, the number of his 
 months are with thee, thou 
 hast appointed his bounds that 
 he cannot pass ; 
 
 6 Turn from him, that he may 
 rest, till he shall accomplish, as 
 an hireling, his day. 
 
 7 For there is hope of a tree, 
 if it be cut down, that it will 
 sprout again, and that the tender 
 branch thereof will not cease. 
 
 8 Though the root thereof wax 
 old in the earth, and the stock 
 thereof die in the ground ; 
 
and ceiiainfy of death. JOB, XV. 
 
 9 Yet tkrough the scent of 
 water it will bud, and bring 
 forth boughs like a plant. 
 
 10 But man dieth, and wasteth 
 away : yea, man giveth up the 
 ghost, and where is he ? 
 
 11 As the watei-s fail from the 
 sea, and the flood decayeth and 
 drieth up : 
 
 12 So man lieth down, and 
 riseth not: till the heavens he 
 no more, they shall not awake, 
 nor be raised out of theh sleep. 
 
 13 O that thou wouldest hide 
 me in the grave, that thou 
 wouldest keep me secret, until 
 thy wi-ath be past, that thou 
 wouldest appoint me a set time, 
 and remember me ! 
 
 14 If a man die, shall he live 
 again ? all the days of my ap- 
 pointed time will I wait, till my 
 change come. 
 
 15 Thou shalt call, and I will 
 answer thee : thou wilt have a de- 
 sire to the work of thine hands, 
 
 16 For now thou numberest 
 my steps : dost thou not watch 
 over my sin ? 
 
 17 My transgression is sealed 
 up in a bag, and thou sewest 
 up mine iniquity. 
 
 18 And surelj^ the moimtain 
 falling cometh to nought, and 
 the rock is removed out of his 
 place. 
 
 19 The waters wear the stones : 
 thou washest away the things 
 which grow out of the dust of 
 the earth ; and thou destroyest 
 the hop-e of man. 
 
 20 Thou prevailest for ever 
 against him, and he passe th: 
 thou changest his countenance, 
 and sendest him away. 
 
 21 His sons come to honour, 
 and he knoweth it not; and 
 they are brought low, but he 
 perceiveth it not of them. 
 
 22 But his flesh upon him shall 
 have pain, and his soul within 
 Mm shall mourn. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 1 Eliphaz reproveth Job of impiety 
 in justifying himself. 17 He irrov- 
 eth by tradition the unquietness of 
 wicked men. 
 
 Eliplmz reproveth Job. 
 
 THEN answered Eliphaz the 
 Temanite, and said, 
 
 2 Should a wise man utter vain 
 Imowledge, and fill his belly 
 with the east wind ? 
 
 3 Should he reason with unpro- 
 fitable talk? or with speeches 
 wherewith he can do no good? 
 
 4 Yea, thou castest ofl" fear, and 
 restrainest prayer before God. 
 
 5 For thy mouth uttereth thine 
 iniquity, and thou choosest the 
 tongue of the crafty. 
 
 6 Thine own mouth condemn- 
 eth thee, and not I : yea, thuie 
 own Mps testify against thee. 
 
 7 A7't thou the first man that 
 was born? or wast thou made 
 before the hills ? 
 
 8 Hast thou heard the secret 
 of God? and dost thou restrain 
 wisdom to thyself? 
 
 9 What knowest thou, that we 
 know not ? what understandest 
 thou, which is not in us ? 
 
 10 With us are both the gray- 
 headed and very aged men, 
 much elder than thy father. 
 
 11 Are the consolations of God 
 small with thee? is there any 
 secret thing with thee ? 
 
 12 Why doth thine heart carry 
 thee away? and what do thy 
 eyes wink at, 
 
 13 That thou tmTiest thy spi- 
 rit against God, and lettest such 
 words go out of thy mouth ? 
 
 14 What is man, that he should 
 be clean ? and he which is born 
 of a woman, that he should be 
 righteous ? 
 
 ^ 15 Behold, he putteth no trust 
 m his saints ; yea, the heavens 
 are not clean in his sight. 
 
 16 How much more abomi- 
 nable and filthy is man, which 
 drinketh miquity like water ? 
 
 17 I will shew thee, hear me ; 
 and that which I have seen I 
 will declare ; 
 
 18 Which wise men have told 
 from theh fathers, and have not 
 hid it : 
 
 19 Unto whom alone the earth 
 was given, and no stranger pass- 
 ed among them. 
 
 20 The wicked man travaileth 
 
The disquietude JOB, 
 
 with paiii all his daye, and the 
 number of years is liidden to 
 tlie oppressor. 
 
 21 A dieadful sound is in his 
 ears : in prosperity the destroyer 
 shall come upon him. 
 
 22 He belie veth not that he 
 shall return out of darkness, and 
 he is ^\ aited for of tlie sword. 
 
 23 Pie wandereth abroad for 
 bread, sai/in^, Wliere is it} lie 
 knoweth that the day of dark- 
 ness is ready at Ids hand. 
 
 24 Trouble and anfj:uish shall 
 make him afraid ; they sliall 
 prevail a^^ainst him, as a king 
 ready to tlie kittle. 
 
 25 For he stietcheth out his 
 hand against God, and strength- 
 eneth himself against the Al- 
 mighty. 
 
 2G He runneth upon him, even 
 on his neck, upon the tliick 
 bosses of his bucKlers : 
 
 27 Because he covereth his face 
 with his fatness, and maketh 
 eollops of fat on his flanks. 
 
 28 And he dwelleth in deso- 
 late cities, and in houses which 
 no man inhabiteth, which are 
 ready to become heaps. 
 
 29 He shall not be rich, nei- 
 ther shall liis substance con- 
 tinue, neither shall he prolong 
 the perfection thereof upon the 
 earth. 
 
 30 He shall not depart out of 
 darkness; the flame shall dry 
 up his branches, and by the 
 breath of liis mouth shall he 
 go away. 
 
 31 Let not him that is deceived 
 trust in vanity : for vanity shall 
 be his recompence. 
 
 32 It shall be accomplished 
 before his time, and his branch 
 shall not be green. 
 
 33 He shall shake off" his un- 
 ripe grape as the vine, and shall 
 cast off his flower as the olive. 
 
 34 For the congregation of hy- 
 pocrites shall he desolate, and 
 lire shall consume the taberna- 
 cles of bribery. 
 
 35 They conceive mischief, and 
 bring forth vanity, and their 
 beUy prepareth deceit. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 of wicked men. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 1 Job reprovith hisfricmh of u nine r. 
 cif Illness. 7 He sheweth the pitiful- 
 mess of his case. 17 He maintuineth 
 his innocency. 
 
 THEN Job answered and 
 said, 
 
 2 I have heard many such 
 things : miserable comforters 
 are ye all. 
 
 3 Shall vain words have an 
 end ? or what emboldeneth thee 
 that thou answerest ? 
 
 4 I also could speak as ye do : 
 if your soid were in my soul's 
 stead, I could heap up words 
 against you, and shake mine 
 head at you. 
 
 5 But I would strengthen you 
 >vith my mouth, and the mov- 
 ing of my lips should ass wage 
 J/ our ffri^. 
 
 G Though I speak, my grief 
 is not asswaged : and though I 
 forbear, what am I eased ? 
 
 7 But now he hath made me 
 weary : thou hast made deso- 
 late all my company. 
 
 8 And thou hast filled me with 
 wrinkles, which is a witness a- 
 gainst me: and my leanness 
 rising up in me beareth witness 
 to my face. 
 
 9 He teareth me in his wiath, 
 who hateth me : he gnasheth 
 upon me with his teeth; mine 
 enemy sharpeneth his eyes up- 
 on me. 
 
 10 They have gaped upon me 
 with their mouth; they have 
 smitten me upon the cheek re- 
 proachfully ; they have gathered 
 themselves together against me. 
 
 11 God hath delivered me to the 
 ungodly, and turned me over in- 
 to the hands of the wicked. 
 
 12 I was at ease, but he hath 
 broken me asunder: he hath 
 also taken me by my neck, and 
 shaken me to pieces, and set 
 me up for his mark. 
 
 13 His archers compass me 
 round about, he cleaveth my 
 reins asunder, and doth not 
 spare ; he pom-eth out my gall 
 upon the ground. 
 
 14 He breaketh me with breach 
 
Job appeahth to God. JOB, 
 
 upon breach, he runneth upon 
 me like a giant. 
 15 1 have sewed sackcloth upon 
 my skin, and defiled my honi 
 in the dust. 
 
 16 My face is foul -with weep- 
 ing, and on my eyelids is the 
 shadow of death ; 
 
 17 Not for an^ injustice in 
 mine hands : also my prayer 
 is pure. 
 
 18 O earth, cover not thou my 
 blood, and let my cry have no 
 place. 
 
 19 Also now, behold, my wit- 
 ness is in heaven, and my re- 
 cord is on high. 
 
 20 My friends scorn me : but 
 mine eye poui'eth out tears un- 
 to God. 
 
 21 O that one might plead 
 for a man with God, as a man 
 pleadeth for his neighbour ! 
 
 22 When a few years are come, 
 then I shall go the way whence 
 I shall not return. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 1 Job apioealeth fr&m men to God. 6 
 
 - Tlie unmerciful dealing oftnen ivitJi 
 
 the afflicted may astonish, hut not 
 
 discourage the righteous. 11 His 
 
 hope is not in life, hut in death. 
 
 MY breath is corrupt, my 
 days are extinct, the 
 graves are ready for me. 
 
 2 Are there not mockers with 
 me? and doth not mine eye 
 continue in their provocation ? 
 
 3 Lay down now, put me in a 
 surety with thee ; who is he that 
 will strike hands with me ? 
 
 4 For thou hast hid their heart 
 from understanding : therefore 
 shalt thou not exalt them. 
 
 5 He that speaketh flattery to 
 his friends, even the eyes of his 
 children shall fail. 
 
 6 He hath made me also a by- 
 word of the people ; and afore- 
 time I was as a tabret. 
 
 7 Mine eye also is dim by 
 reason of sorrow, and all my 
 membei-s are as a shadow. 
 
 8 Upright men shall be asto- 
 nied at this, and the innocent 
 shall stir up himself against the 
 hypocrite. 
 
 XVII. BUdad reproveth Job. 
 
 9 The righteous also shall hold 
 on his way, and he that hath 
 clean hands shall be stronger 
 and stronger. 
 
 10 But as for you all, do ye 
 return, and come now : for I 
 cannot find one wise man a- 
 mong you. 
 
 11 My days are past, my pur- 
 poses are broken off, even the 
 thoughts of my heart. 
 
 12 They change the night into 
 day: the light is short because 
 of darkness. 
 
 13 If I wait, the grave is mine 
 house : I have made my bed in 
 the darkness. 
 
 14 I have said to corruption, 
 Thou art my father i to the 
 worm, Thou art my mother, 
 and my sister. 
 
 15 And where is now my hope ? 
 as for my hope, who shall see it ? 
 
 16 They shall go down to the 
 bars of the pit, when our rest 
 together is in the dust. 
 
 CHAPTMl XVIII. 
 1 Bildad reproveth Job of presumption 
 and impatience. 5 The calamities 
 of the ivicJced. 
 
 THEN answered BUdad the 
 Shuhite, and said, 
 
 2 How long will it be ere ye 
 make an end of words ? mark, 
 and afterwards we will speak. 
 
 3 Wherefore are we counted 
 as beasts, and reputed vile in 
 your sight ? 
 
 4 He teareth himself in his an- 
 ger : shall the earth be forsaken 
 for thee ? and shall the rock be 
 removed out of his place ? 
 
 5 Yea, the light of the wicked 
 shall be put out, and the spark 
 of his fire shall not shine. 
 
 6 The light shall be dark in 
 his tabernacle, and his candle 
 shall be put out with him. 
 
 7 The steps of his strength shall 
 be straitened, and his own coun- 
 sel shall cast him down. 
 
 8 For he is cast into a net by 
 his own feet, and he walketh 
 upon a snare. 
 
 9 The gin shall take him by 
 the heel, and the robber shall 
 prevail against him. 
 
Calamities oftJie mckecl. JOB, 
 
 10 The snare is laid for him 
 in the ground, and a trap for 
 him in the wiiy. 
 
 11 Terrors sliall make him a- 
 fraid on every side, and shall 
 drive him to liis feet. 
 
 12 His stren^^th sliall be hun- 
 gerbitten, and destruction ahall 
 be ready at his side. 
 
 13 It sliall devour the strenj^th 
 of his skin : even the lii-stboni of 
 death shall devour his strength. 
 
 14 His coniidence shall be root- 
 ed out of his tabernacle, and it 
 shall bring him to the kiiig of 
 terrors. 
 
 15 It shall dwell in his taber- 
 nacle, because it is none of his: 
 brimstone shall be scattered ui3- 
 on his habitation. 
 
 IG His roots shall be dried 
 up beneath, and above shall his 
 branch be cut oft". 
 
 17 His remembrance shall pe- 
 rish from the earth, and he shall 
 have no name in the street. 
 
 18 He shall be driven from 
 light into darkness, and chased 
 out of the world. 
 
 19 He shall neither liave son nor 
 nephew among his people, nor 
 any remaining in his dwellings. 
 
 20 They that come alter him 
 shall be astonied at his day, as 
 they that went before were af- 
 fiighted. 
 
 21 Surely such are the dwell- 
 ings of the wicked, and this is 
 the place of him that loioweth 
 not God. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 1 Job, complaining of his friends' 
 crueltij, sheweth there is miser u 
 enough in him to feed their cruel- 
 tij. 21, 28 He cravelh pity. 23 He 
 helievelh the resurrection. 
 
 THEN Job answered and said, 
 2 How long will ye vex my 
 soul, and break me in pieces 
 with words ? 
 
 3 These ten times have ye 
 reproached me : ye are not a- 
 shamed that ye make yourselves 
 strange to me. 
 
 4 And be it indeed that I have 
 erred, mine error remaineth with 
 myself. 
 
 XIX. Job slieweQi Ids misei^f. 
 
 5 If indeed ye \vill magnily 
 yourselves against me, and 
 plead against me my rei)roach : 
 
 G Know now that (jJod hath 
 oveilhrowii me, and hath com- 
 passed me with liis net. 
 
 7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, 
 but I am not heard : I ciy aloud, 
 but there is no judgment. 
 
 8 He hath fenced uj) my wav 
 that I cannot pass, and he hath 
 set darkness in my patlis. 
 
 i) He hath stripped me of my 
 gloiy, and taken the crowny>'om 
 my head. 
 
 10 He hath destroyed me on 
 every side, and I am gone : and 
 mine hope liath he removed like 
 a tree. 
 
 11 He hath also kindled his 
 wrath against me, and he count- 
 eth me mito him as one of his 
 enemies. 
 
 12 His troops come together, 
 and mise up their way against 
 me, and encamp round about 
 my tabernacle. 
 
 13 He hath put my brethren far 
 from me, and mine accjuaintance 
 are verily estranged from me. 
 
 14 My khisfolk have failed, 
 and my familiar friends have 
 forgotten me. 
 
 15 They that dwell in mine 
 house, and my maids, count me 
 for a stranger : I am an alien in 
 their sight. 
 
 IG I called my servant, and he 
 gave me no answer ; I intreated 
 him with my mouth. 
 
 17 INIy breath is strange to my 
 wife, though I intreated for the 
 children's sake of mine own 
 body. 
 
 18 Yea, young children despis- 
 ed me ; I arose, and they spake 
 against me. 
 
 19 All my inward fiiends ab- 
 horred me : and they whom I 
 loved are turned against me. 
 
 20 My bone cleaveth to my skin 
 and to my flesh, and I am es- 
 caped with the skin of my teeth. 
 
 21 Have pity upon me, have 
 pity upon me, O ye my friends ; 
 for the hand of God hath touch- 
 ed me. 
 
Tlie, state and portion JOB, 
 
 22 Why do ye persecute me as 
 God, and are not satisfied with 
 my flesh ? 
 
 23 Oh that my words were 
 now written ! oh that they were 
 printed yd. a book ! 
 
 24 That they were graven with 
 an iron pen and lead ia the rock 
 for ever ! 
 
 25 For I Imow that my re- 
 deemer liveth, and that he shall 
 stand at the latter dat/ upon the 
 earth : 
 
 26 And though after my skin 
 worms destroy this bod^, yet in 
 my flesh shall I see God : 
 
 27 Whom I shall see for myself, 
 and mine eyes shall behold, and 
 not another; though my reias 
 
 j be consumed within me. 
 
 28 But ye should say, Why per- 
 secute we him, seenig the root 
 of the matter is found in me ? 
 
 29 Be ye afraid of the sword : 
 for wrath bringeth the punish- 
 ments of the swoixi, that ye may 
 
 i know there is a judgment. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 * Zophar sheweth the state and portion 
 I of the iDicked. 
 
 THEN answered Zophar the 
 Naamathite, and said, 
 
 2 Therefore do my thoughts 
 cause me to answer, and for 
 this I make haste. 
 
 3 I have heard the check of 
 my reproach, and the spirit of 
 my understanding causeth me 
 to answer. 
 
 4 Knowest thou not this of old, 
 since man was placed upon earth, 
 
 1 5 That the triumphing of the 
 I wicked is short, and the joy of 
 I the hypocrite but for a moment? 
 ] 6 Though his excellency mount 
 ' up to the heavens, and his head 
 
 reach unto the clouds ; 
 ; 7 Vet he shall perish for ever 
 I like his own dung : they which 
 \ have seen him shall say, Where 
 
 is he ? 
 1 8 He shall fly away as a dream, 
 I and shall not be found: yea, 
 ' he shall be chased away as a 
 i vision of the night. 
 
 9 The eye also vjhich saw him 
 * shall see him no more ; neither 
 
 XX. cf the icieked. 
 
 shall his place any more behold 
 him. 
 
 10 His children shall seek to 
 please the poor, and his hands 
 shall restore their goods. 
 
 11 His bones are full of the 
 sin of his youth, which shall lie 
 down with him in the dust. 
 
 12 Though wickedness be sweet 
 in his mouth, though he hide it 
 under his tongue ; 
 
 13 Though he spare it, and 
 forsake it not ; but keep it still 
 within his mouth : 
 
 14 Yet his meat in his bowels 
 is turned, it is the gall of asps 
 within him. 
 
 15 He hath swallowed down 
 riches, and he shall vomit them 
 up again : God shall cast them 
 out of his belly. 
 
 16 He shall suck the poison 
 of asps : the viper's tongue shall 
 slay him. 
 
 17 He shall not see the rivers, 
 the floods, the brooks of honey 
 and butter. 
 
 18 That which he laboured for 
 shall he restore, and shall not 
 swallow it down : according to 
 his substance shall the restitu- 
 tion be, and he shall not rejoice 
 therein. 
 
 19 Because he hath oppressed 
 and hath forsaken the poor ; be- 
 cause he hath violently taken 
 away an house which he build- 
 ed not ; 
 
 20 Surely he shall not feel qui- 
 etness in his belly, he shall not 
 save of that which he desired. 
 
 21 There shall none of his meat 
 be left ; therefore shall no man 
 look for his goods. 
 
 22 In the fulness of his sufii- 
 ciency he shall be in straits : 
 every hand of the wicked shall 
 come upon him. 
 
 23 When he is about to fill his 
 belly, God shall cast the fury of 
 his wrath upon him, and shall 
 rain it upon him while he is 
 eating. 
 
 24 He shall flee from the iron 
 weapon, and the bow of steel 
 shall strike him through. 
 
 25 It is drawn, and cometh out 
 
 Ee 
 
Wicked men 
 
 JOB, 
 
 of the body ; yea, the p:littering 
 fiword Cometh out of liis gall: 
 terrors are upon him. 
 
 26 All darkness ahall he hid 
 in liis secret places : a fun not 
 blouii shall consume liim ; it 
 shall go ill with liim that is left 
 in his tabeniacle. 
 
 27 The heaven shall reveal liis 
 iniquity; and the earth shall 
 rise uj) against him. 
 
 28 The hicrease of liis house 
 shall depart, and his frooda shall 
 flow away in tlu* day of his wrath. 
 
 21) Tliis is tlie i)ortion of a 
 wicked man from Goil, and the 
 heritage ai)pointed mito him by 
 God. 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 1 Job shewefh that even in the judo, 
 ment of man he hath reason to be 
 grieved. 7 Somctim^'s the wicked 
 do so ]/ro.'i])er, (if> they denjuxc God. 
 16 Sometitnes their dexfrurfion is 
 manifest. 22 llie happi/ ami iin- 
 happii are alike in death. 27 llie 
 jiuVjnient of the loicked is in an- 
 other worhl. 
 
 BUT Job answered and said, 
 2 Hear diligently my speech, 
 and let this be your consolations. 
 
 3 Sulfcr mo that I may speak ; 
 and after that I have spoken, 
 mock on. 
 
 4 As for me, is my complaint 
 to man? and if it were so, why 
 should not my spirit be troubled ? 
 
 5 Mark me, and be astonished, 
 and lay your hand upon your 
 mouth. 
 
 6 Even when I remember I 
 am afraid, and trembling taketh 
 hold on my flesh. 
 
 7 Wherefore do the wicked live, 
 become old, yea, are mighty in 
 power ? 
 
 8 Their seed is established in 
 their sight with them, and their 
 offspring before their eyes. 
 
 9 Their houses are safe from 
 fear, neither is the rod of God 
 upon them. 
 
 10 Their bull gendereth, and 
 faileth not; their cow calveth, 
 and casteth not her calf. 
 
 11 They send forth their lit- 
 tle ones like a flock, and their 
 children dance. 
 
 XXI. sometimes prosjjer. 
 
 12 They take the timbrel and 
 harp, and rejoice at the somid 
 of the organ. 
 
 13 They si)end their days in 
 wealth, and in a moment go 
 down to the grave. 
 
 14 Therefore they say unto 
 God, Depart from us ; for we 
 desire not the knowledge of thy 
 ways. 
 
 15 What is the Almighty, that 
 we should serve him? and what 
 proflt should we have, if we 
 pray mito him? 
 
 IG Lo, their goo<l is not ui their 
 hand : the coimsel of tlie wick- 
 ed is far from me. 
 
 17 How oft is the candle of the 
 wicked put out! and how oft 
 Cometh their destruction upon 
 tliem ! God distributeth soitows 
 in his anger. 
 
 18 They are as stubble before 
 the wind, and as chaft' that the 
 storm carrieth away. 
 
 19 God layeth up liis iniquitv 
 for his childnm : he rewardeth 
 him, and he shall know it. 
 
 20 His eyes shall see liis de- 
 struction, and he shall drink of 
 tin? wrath of the Almighty. 
 
 21 For what pleasure liath he 
 in liis house after Mm, when 
 the number of liis months is 
 cut off" in the midst ? 
 
 22 Shall any teach God know- 
 ledge ? seeing he judgeth those 
 that are high. 
 
 23 One die th in his full strength, 
 being wholly at ease and quiet. 
 
 24 His breasts are full of milk, 
 and his bones are moistened 
 with marrow. 
 
 25 And another dieth in the 
 bitterness of his soul, and never 
 eateth with pleasure. 
 
 26 They shall lie down alike in 
 the dust, and the worms shall 
 cover them. 
 
 27Behold, I know your thoughts, 
 and the devices which ye wrong- 
 fully imagine against me. 
 
 28 For ye say, Where is the 
 house of the prince ? and where 
 are the dwelling places of the 
 wicked ? 
 
 29 Have ye not asked them 
 
Eliphaz accuseth JOB, 
 
 that go by the way? and do ye 
 not know their tokens, 
 
 30 That the wicked is reseiTed 
 to the day of destruction? they 
 shall be brought forth to the 
 day of wrath. 
 
 31 Who shall declare his way 
 to his face? and who shall re- 
 pay him what he hath done ? 
 
 32 Yet shall he be brought to 
 the grave, and shall remain in 
 the tomb. 
 
 33 The clods of the valley shall 
 be sweet unto him, and every 
 man shall draw after him, as 
 there are innumerable before 
 him. 
 
 34 How then comfort ye me 
 in vain, seeing in your answers 
 there remaineth falsehood? 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 
 1 Eliphaz slieweth that man's good- 
 ness profiteth not God. 5 He ac- 
 cuseth job of divers sins. 21 He 
 exhorteth him to repentance, with 
 promises of mercy. 
 
 THEN Eliphaz the Temanite 
 answered and said, 
 
 2 Can a man be profitable imto 
 God, as he that is wise may be 
 profitable imto himself? 
 
 3 Is it any pleasm-e to the Al- 
 mighty, that thou art righteous ? 
 or is it gain to him, that thou 
 makest thy ways perfect? 
 
 4 Will he reprove thee for fear 
 of thee ? will he enter with thee 
 into judgment? 
 
 5 Is not thy wickedness great? 
 and thine iniquities infinite ? 
 
 6 For thou hast taken a pledge 
 from thy brother for nought, 
 and stripped the naked of their 
 clothing. 
 
 7 Thou hast not given water 
 to the weary to drink, and thou 
 hast withholden bread from the 
 hungry. 
 
 8 But as for the mighty man, 
 he had the earth ; and the ho- 
 nourable man dwelt in it. 
 
 9 Thou hast sent widows away 
 empty, and the aims of the fa- 
 therless have been broken. 
 
 10 Therefore snares «r^ round 
 about thee, and sudden fear 
 troubleth thee ; 
 
 XXII. Job of divers sins. 
 
 11 Or darkness, that thou canst 
 not see ; and abundance of wa- 
 ters cover thee. 
 
 12 Is not God in the height of 
 heaven ? and behold the height 
 of the stars, how high they are ! 
 
 13 And thou sayest. How doth 
 God know? can he judge through 
 the dark cloud? 
 
 14 Thick clouds a7'e a cover- 
 ing to him, that he seeth not ; 
 and he walketh m the circuit 
 of heaven. 
 
 15 Hast thou marked the old 
 way which wicked men have 
 trodden? 
 
 16 Which were cut down out 
 of time, whose foundation was 
 overflown with a flood : 
 
 17 Which said unto God, De- 
 part from us : and what can the 
 Almighty do for them? 
 
 18 Yet he filled their houses 
 with good things : but the coun- 
 sel of the wicked is far from me. 
 
 19 The righteous see it, and are 
 glad: and the innocent laugh 
 them to scorn. 
 
 20 Whereas our substance is 
 not cut down, but the remnant 
 of them the fire consumeth. 
 
 21 Acquaint now thyself with 
 j him, and be at peace : thereby 
 
 good shall come unto thee. 
 1 22 Eeceive, I pray thee, the 
 law from his mouth, and lay up 
 his words iu thine heart. 
 23 If thou retmii to the Al- 
 
 mighty, thou shalt be buUt up, 
 thou shalt put away iniquity far 
 from thy tabernacles. 
 
 24 Then shalt thou lay up gold 
 as dust, and the gold of Ophii- 
 as the stones of the brooks. 
 
 25 Yea, the Almighty shall 
 be thy defence, and thou shalt 
 have plenty of silver. 
 
 26 For then shalt thou have thy 
 delight in the Almighty, and 
 shalt lift up thy face unto God. 
 
 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer 
 unto him, and he shall hear thee, 
 and thou shalt ftay thy vows. 
 
 28 Thou shalt also decree a 
 thing, and it shall be establish- 
 ed unto thee: and the light 
 shall shine upon thy ways. 
 
 Ee2 
 
M) hngeOi to JOB, XXIII. 
 
 29 Wlien men are cast down, 
 tlieii thou Bhalt say, There is 
 lilting up ; and he shall Bave 
 the hunible person. 
 
 30 He shall deliver the island 
 of the innocent : and it is deli- 
 vered by the pureness of thine 
 hands. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 
 I Jd) longeth to appear before God, 
 fi in confidence of his mercy. 8 
 God. who 78 invisible, ohserveth our 
 ways. \l Job's innocency. 13 God's 
 decree is immutable. 
 
 THEN Job answered and 
 said, 
 
 2 Even to day is my complaint 
 bitter : my stroke is heavier than 
 my iiroanincr. 
 
 3 Oh that 1 laiew where I might 
 find him ! thai I might come 
 eve 71 to his seat ! 
 
 4 I woidd order mr/ cause be- 
 fore him, and fill my mouth 
 with arguments. 
 
 5 I would know the words 
 iL'hrch he would answer me. 
 and understand what he would 
 say unto me. 
 
 6 Will he i)lead against me 
 v.ith his great jjower? No; but 
 he would put strens^th in me. 
 
 7 There the righteous might 
 dispute -with him; so should I 
 be delivered for ever from my 
 judge. 
 
 8 Behold, I go forward, but he 
 is not there ; and backward, but 
 I cannot perceive him : 
 
 9 On the left hand, where he 
 doth work, but I cannot behold 
 him : he liideth himself on the 
 right hand, that I cannot see 
 him : 
 
 10 But he knoweth the way that 
 I take : when he hath tried me, 
 I shall come forth as gold. 
 
 II IVIy foot hath held his steps, 
 his way have I kept, and not 
 declined. 
 
 12 Neither have I gone back 
 from the commandment of his 
 lips : I have esteemed the words 
 of his mouth more than my ne- 
 cessary/bo^. 
 
 13 But he is in one mind, and 
 who can turn him? and what 
 
 a^ypear hefcre God. 
 
 his soul desireth, even that he 
 doeth. 
 
 14 For he performeth the thinf^ 
 that is appointed for me: arid 
 many such things are with him. 
 
 15 riierefore am I trouljled at 
 his presence : when 1 consider, 
 I am afraid of him. 
 
 IG For God maketli my heart 
 soft, and the Almighty trou- 
 ble th me : 
 
 17 Because I was not cut ofli" be- 
 fore the darkness, neither hath 
 he covered the darkness from' 
 my face. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 I Wicledness goeth often tinjmnish' 
 cd. 17 There is a secret judgment 
 for the wicked. • 
 
 WHY, seeing times are not 
 hidden from the Almigh- 
 ty, do they that know liim not 
 see his days ? 
 
 2 Some remove the landmarks ; 
 they violently take aw^ay flocks, 
 and feed thereof. 
 
 3 They drive away the ass of 
 the fatherless, they take the 
 widow's ox for a pledge. 
 
 4 They tuni iha needy out of 
 the way : the p'oor of the earth 
 hide themselves together. 
 
 5 Behold, as wild asses in the 
 desert, go they forth to their 
 work ; rising betimes for a prey : 
 the wilderness yieldeth food for 
 them and for their children. 
 
 6 They reap every one liis com 
 in the field: and they gather 
 the vintage of the wicked. 
 
 7 They cause the naked to 
 lodge without clothing, that they 
 have no covering in the cold. 
 
 8 They are wet with the showers 
 of the mountains, and embrace 
 the rock for want of a shelter. 
 
 9 They pluck the fatherless 
 from the breast, and take a 
 pledge of the poor. 
 
 10 They cause him to go nak- 
 ed without clothing, and they 
 take away the sheaf /"/-om the 
 hungry; 
 
 II Which make oil within 
 their walls, and tread their wine- 
 presses, and suffer thirst. 
 
 12 Men groan from out of the 
 
BUdad asssiietJi 
 
 JOB, XXV. 
 
 God's sovereignty. 
 
 city, and the ^oul of the wound- 
 ed crieth out: yet God layeth 
 not folly to them. 
 
 13 They are of those that rebel 
 against the light; they know 
 not the ways thereof, nor abide 
 in the paths thereof. 
 
 14 The mnrderer rising with 
 the light killeth the poor and 
 needy, and in the night is as a 
 thief. 
 
 15 The eye also of the adul- 
 terer waiteth for the twilight, 
 saying, No eye shall see me : 
 and disguiseth his face. 
 
 16 In the darli they dig through 
 houses, which they had marked 
 for themselves in the daytime : 
 they know not the hght. 
 
 17 For the morning is to them 
 even as the shadow of death : if 
 one Imow them, they are in the 
 terrors of the shadow of death. 
 
 18 He is swift as the waters; 
 their portion is cursed in the 
 earth: he beholdeth not the 
 way of the vineyards. 
 
 19 Drought and heat consume 
 the snow waters : so doth the 
 grave those lohich have sinned. 
 
 20 The womb shall forget him; 
 the woim shall feed sweetly on 
 him ; he shall be no more re- 
 membered ; and wickedness 
 shall be broken as a tree. 
 
 21 He evil entreateth the bar- 
 ren that beareth not : and doeth 
 not good to the widow. 
 
 22 He draweth also the mighty 
 with his power: he riseth up, 
 and no man is sure of life. 
 
 23 Though it be given him to 
 be in safety, whereon he resteth ; 
 yet his eyes are upon their ways. 
 
 24 They are exalted for a httle 
 while, but are gone and brought 
 low ; they are taken out of the 
 way as all other, and cut off as 
 the tops of the ears of com. 
 
 25 And if it he not so now, who 
 will make me a liar, and make 
 my speech nothing worth? 
 
 CHAPTEH XXV. 
 
 Bildad sheivefh that man cannot be 
 
 justified before God. 
 
 THEN answered Bildad the 
 Shuhite, and said, 
 
 2 Dominion and fear are with 
 him, he maketh peace in his 
 high places. 
 
 3 Is there any number of his 
 armies? and upon whom doth 
 not his light arise ? 
 
 4 How then can man be jus- 
 tified with God? or how can 
 he be clean that is bom of a 
 woman? 
 
 5 Behold even to the moon, and 
 it shine th not ; yea, the stars are 
 not pure in his sight. 
 
 6 How much less man, that is 
 a worm? and the son of man, 
 which is a worm? 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 
 1 Job, reproving the uncharitcthle 
 
 spii'it of BUdcul, 5 a^GJcnovjledgeth 
 
 the 2'>ower of God to be infinite and 
 
 unsearchable. 
 
 BUT Job answered and said, 
 2 How hast thou helped 
 him that is without power? how 
 savest thou the arm that hath 
 no sti-ength? 
 
 3 How hast thou counselled 
 him that hath no wisdom? and 
 how hast thou plentifully de- 
 clared the thing as it is ? 
 
 4 To whom hast thou uttered 
 words? and whose spirit came 
 from thee ? 
 
 5 Dead things are formed from 
 under the waters, and the in- 
 habitants thereof. 
 
 6 Hell is naked before hitn, and 
 destruction hath no covering. 
 
 7 He stretcheth out the north 
 over the empty place, and hang- 
 eth the earth upon nothing. 
 
 8 He bindeth up the waters in 
 his thick clouds ; and the cloud 
 is not rent under them. 
 
 9 He holdeth back the face of 
 his throne, and spreadeth his 
 cloud upon it. 
 
 10 He hath compassed the wa- 
 ters with bounds, until the day 
 and night come to an end. 
 
 11 The pUla^rs of heaven trem- 
 ble and are astonished at his 
 reproof. 
 
 12 He divideth the sea with 
 his power, and by his under- 
 standiag he smiteth through 
 the proud. 
 
M protestcth JOB, XXVII, 
 
 13 By his spirit lie liath par- 
 nlshed the lieavens; his hand 
 hath formed the crooked ser- 
 pent. 
 
 14 Lo, these are parts of his 
 ways: but liow httle a portion 
 is heard of him? but tlie thun- 
 der of Ids power who caii imder- 
 stand? 
 
 CHAPTER XXVII. 
 
 1 Jfiij protest fth his sincrrity. 8 lite 
 
 Inipocritc is irithout }io}m\ 11 The 
 
 h\cssiu{ts irhich the wicked have are 
 
 turned into curses. 
 
 MOREOVER Job continued 
 his parable, and said, 
 
 2 As God Hveth, who hatli 
 taken away my judgnnent ; and 
 the Almighty, who hath vexed 
 my soul ; 
 
 3 All the wliile my breath in in 
 me, and the spirit of God is in 
 my nostrils ; 
 
 4 My lips shall not si)eak wick- 
 edness, nor my tongue utter de- 
 ceit. 
 
 5 God forbid that I should 
 justify you : till I die I will not 
 leniove muie integrity from me. 
 
 G IMy righteoiLsness 1 hold fast, 
 and will not let it go : my heart 
 shall not reproach me so long as 
 I live. 
 
 7 Let mine enemy be as the 
 wicked, and he that riseth up 
 against me as the unrighteous. 
 
 8 For what is the hope of the 
 hypocrite, though he hath gain- 
 ed, when God taketh away liis 
 soul? 
 
 9 Will God hear his cry when 
 trouble cometh upon him ? 
 
 10 AVill he delight himself in 
 the Almighty? will he always 
 call upon God? 
 
 11 1 will teach you by the hand 
 of God : that which is with the 
 Almighty will I not conceal. 
 
 12 Behold, all ye yourselves 
 have seen it ; why then are ye 
 thus altogether vain ? 
 
 13 This is the portion of a wick- 
 ed man with God, and the heri- 
 tage of oppressors, ichich they 
 shall receive of the Almighty. 
 
 14 If his children be multi- 
 plied, it is for the sword : and 
 
 his sincerity, j 
 
 his offspring shall not be satis- 
 fied with bread. 
 
 15 Those that remain of him 
 shall be buried in death : and 
 his widows shall not weep. 
 
 IG Though he heap up silver 
 as the dust, and prepare rai- 
 ment as the clay; 
 
 17 He may prepare it, but the 
 just shall put it on, and the in- 
 nocent shall divide the silver. 
 
 IH He buildcth his house as a 
 moth, and as a booth that the 
 keei>er maketh. 
 
 19 The rich man shall lie down, » 
 but he shall not be gathered : he . 
 ojieneth Ids eyes, and he is not. 
 
 20 Terrors take hold on him as 
 watei-s, a tempest stealeth him 
 away in the night. 
 
 21 The east wind carrieth him 
 away, and he departeth : and as 
 a storm hurleth him out of his 
 place. 
 
 22 For God shall cast upon him, 
 and not sjiare : he would fain 
 flee out of his hand. 
 
 23 Men shall claj) their hands 
 at him, and shall hiss him out 
 of liis place. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVIII. 
 
 1 Tliere is a knoicledqe of natural 
 thivos. 12 But trisdom is an ex- 
 ccUent gift of God. 
 
 SURELY there is a vein for 
 the silver, and a place for 
 gold where they fine it. 
 
 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, 
 and brass is molten out of the 
 stone. 
 
 3 He setteth an end to dark- 
 ness, and searcheth out all per- 
 fection : the stones of darkness, 
 and the shadow of death. 
 
 4 The flood breaketh out from 
 the inhabitant ; even the waters 
 forgotten of the foot : they are 
 dried up, they are gone away 
 from men. 
 
 5 As for the earth, out of it 
 cometh bread : and under it is 
 turned up as it were fire. 
 
 6 The stones of it are the place 
 of sapphires : and it hath dust 
 of gold. 
 
 7 There is a path which no 
 
Tlie tmdmn of God!s JOB, XXIX. ways beyond man*s reach. 
 
 fowl Imowetli, and whicli the 
 vulture's eye hath not seen : 
 
 8 The hon's whelps have not 
 trodden it, nor the fierce lion 
 passed by it. 
 
 9 He putteth forth his hand 
 upon the rock ; he overtumeth 
 the mountains by the roots. 
 
 10 He cutteth out rivere a- 
 mong the rocks; and his eye 
 seeth every precious thing. 
 
 11 He bindeth the floods from 
 overflowing ; and the thing that 
 is hid bringeth he forth to Hght. 
 
 12 But where shall wisdom be 
 foimd? and where is the place 
 of undei^tanding ? 
 
 13 Man knoweth not the price 
 thereof; neither is it found in 
 the land of the livmg. 
 
 14 The depth saith. It is not 
 in me : and the sea saith. It is 
 not with me. 
 
 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, 
 neither shall silver be weighed 
 for the price thereof. 
 
 16 It cannot be valued with 
 the gold of Ophir, with the pre- 
 cious onyx, or the sapphire. 
 
 17 The gold and the ciystal 
 cannot equal it: and the ex- 
 change of it shall not be for 
 jewels of fine gold. 
 
 18 No mention shall be made 
 of coral, or of pearls : for the 
 price of wisdom is above rubies. 
 
 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall 
 not equal it, neither shall it be 
 valued with pure gold. 
 
 20 Whence then cometh wis- 
 dom? and where is the place of 
 imderstanding? 
 
 21 Seeing it is hid fix)m the 
 eyes of all living, and kept close 
 from the fowls of the air. 
 
 22 Destruction and death say, 
 We have heard the fame there- 
 of with our ears. 
 
 23 God miderstandeth the way 
 thereof, and he knoweth the 
 place thereof. 
 
 24 For he looketh to the ends 
 of the earth, and seeth under 
 the whole heaven ; 
 
 25 To make the weight for the 
 winds; and he weigheth the 
 waters by measure. 
 
 26 When he made a decree for 
 the rain, and a way for the light- 
 ning of the thunder : 
 
 27 Then did he see it, and de- 
 clare it; he prepared it, yea, 
 and searched it out. 
 
 28 And unto man he said. Be- 
 hold, the fear of the Lord, that 
 is wisdom ; and to depart from 
 evil is miderstanding. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIX. 
 
 Job bemoanetJi himself of Ms former 
 
 prospei^ity and honour. 
 
 MOREOYEE Job continued 
 his parable, and said, 
 
 2 Oh that I were as in months 
 past, as in the days when God 
 preserved me ; 
 
 3 When his candle shined upon 
 my head, and when by his light 
 I walked through darlmess ; 
 
 4 As I was in the days of my 
 youth, when the secret of God 
 was upon my tabernacle ; 
 
 5 When the Almighty was yet 
 with me, when my children were 
 about me ; 
 
 6 When I washed my steps with 
 butter, and the rock poured me 
 out rivers of oil ; 
 
 7 When I went out to the gate 
 tlu'ough the city, when I pre- 
 pared my seat in the street ! 
 
 8 The yoimg men saw me, and 
 hid themselves: and the aged 
 arose, and stood up. 
 
 9 The princes refrained talk- 
 ing, and laid their hand on their 
 mouth, 
 
 10 The nobles held their peace, 
 and then tongue cleaved to the 
 roof of their mouth. 
 
 11 When the ear heard rne^ 
 then it blessed me; and when 
 the eye saw me, it gave witness 
 to me: 
 
 12 Becanse I delivered the 
 poor that cried, and the father- 
 less, and him that had none to 
 help him. 
 
 13 The blessing of him that 
 was ready to perish came upon 
 me: and I caused the widow's 
 heart to sing for joy. 
 
 ^ 14 I put on righteousness, and 
 it clothed me: my judgment 
 was as a robe and a diadem. 
 
Jd)S hoiK/ur is 
 
 JOB, XXX. 
 
 turned into corttempl. 
 
 15 I was eyes to the blind, and 
 feet ivas I to the lame. 
 
 16 I was a father to the poor 
 and the cause which I Imew not 
 
 1 searched out. 
 
 17 And I brake the jaws of the 
 wicked, and plucked the spoil 
 out of his teeth. 
 
 18 Tlien T said, I shall die in 
 ray nest, and I shall multiply 
 mi/ days as the sand. 
 
 19 My root tvas spread out by 
 the waters, and tlie dev/ lay ail 
 night upon my branch. 
 
 20 My glory was fresh in me, 
 and my bow was renewed in my 
 liand. 
 
 21 Unto me m^n gave ear, and 
 waited, and kept silence at my 
 counsel. 
 
 22 After my words they spake 
 not again ; and my speech di-op- 
 ped upoTi them. 
 
 23 And they waited for me as 
 for the rain; and they opened 
 their mouth wide as for the lat- 
 ter rain. 
 
 24 1/l laughed on them, they be- 
 lieved it not ; and the light of my 
 countenance they cast not down. 
 25 I chose out their way, and 
 sat cliief, and dwelt as a khig in 
 the army, as one ifuit comlbrt^ 
 etli the mourners. 
 
 CHAPTER XXX 
 1 JoVs honour is turned into extreme 
 contempt. 15 His prosperity into 
 calamity. 
 
 BUT now thei/ thai are 
 younger than I have me in 
 derision, whose fathers I would 
 have disdained to have set with 
 the dogs of my flock. 
 
 2 Yea, whereto mi^ht the 
 strength of their hands profit 
 me, in whom old age was pe- 
 rished? 
 
 3 For want and famine the^/ 
 ivere solitaiy; fleeing into the 
 wilderness in former time de- 
 solate and waste. 
 
 4 Who cut up mallows by the 
 bushes, and juniper roots for 
 their meat. 
 
 5 They were driven forth from 
 among men, (tbey cried after 
 them as after a tliief ;) I 
 
 G To dwell in the cliffs of the 
 valleys, in caves of the earth, 
 and i/i the rocks. 
 
 7 Among the bushes they bray- 
 ed ; under the nettles tliey were 
 gathered together. 
 
 8 The,!/ were children of fools, 
 yea, children of base men : they 
 were viler tlian the eaiih. 
 
 9 And now am I their song, 
 yea, I am their byword. 
 
 10 They abhor me, they flee 
 far from me, and si)are not to 
 s] lit in my face. 
 
 11 Because he hath loosed my 
 cord, and afflicted me, they have 
 also let loose the bridle before 
 me. 
 
 12 Upon my right hand rise the 
 youth ; they piLsh away my feet, 
 and they raise up against me 
 the ways of their destruction. 
 
 13 They mar my path, thev set 
 forward my calamity, tney have 
 no helper. 
 
 14 They came upon me as a 
 wide breaking in of waters : in 
 the desolation they rolled them- 
 selves upon me. 
 
 15 Terrors are tirnied upon me : 
 they pursue my soul as the wind : 
 and my welfare passe th away as 
 a cloud. 
 
 16 And now my soul is poured 
 out upon me ; the days of afflic- 
 tion liave taken hold upon me. 
 
 ^ 17 My bones are pierced in me 
 in the night season: and my 
 sinews take no rest. 
 
 18 By the great force of my 
 disease is my gannent chang- 
 ed : it bindeth me about as the 
 collar of my coat. 
 
 19 He hath cast me into the 
 mire, and I aln become like 
 dust and ashes. 
 
 29 I cry unto thee, and thou 
 dost not hear me : I stand up, 
 and thou regardest me not. 
 
 21 Thou art become cruel to 
 me : with thy strong hand thou 
 opnosest thyself against me. 
 
 22 Thou liftest me up to the 
 wind; thou causest me to ride 
 upon it, and dissolvest my sub- 
 stance. 
 
 23 For I know that thou wilt 
 
Job protesfeth JOB, 
 
 bring me to death, and to the 
 house appointed for all li-sing. 
 
 24 Howbeit he will not stretch 
 out his hand to the gmve, though 
 they ciy in his destruction. 
 
 25 Did not I weep for him that 
 was in trouble ? was not my soul 
 grieved for the poor? 
 
 26 When I looked for good, 
 then evil came unto me: and 
 when I waited for light, there 
 came darkness. 
 
 27 My bowels boiled, and rest- 
 ed not: the days of affliction 
 prevented me. 
 
 28 I went mourning without 
 the sun : I stood up, and I cried 
 in the congregation. 
 
 29 I am a brother to dragons, 
 and a companion to owls. 
 
 30 My sl^ is black upon me, 
 and my bones are burned with 
 heat 
 
 31 My harp also is turned to 
 mourning, and my organ into 
 the voice of them that weep. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXI. 
 
 Job ')naketh a solemn pi-otestation of 
 
 his integrity in several duties. 
 
 I MADE a covenant with mine 
 eyes; why then should I 
 think upon a maid? 
 
 2 For what portion of God is 
 there from above ? and what in- 
 heritance of the Almighty from 
 on high? 
 
 3 Is not destruction to the wick- 
 ed? and a strange punishment 
 to the workers of iniquity? 
 
 4 Doth not he see my ways, 
 and count all my steps ? 
 
 5 If I have walked with va- 
 nity, or if my foot hath hasted 
 to deceit ; 
 
 6 Let me be weighed in an even 
 balance, that God may know 
 mine integTity. 
 
 7 If my step hath turned out of 
 the way, and mme heart walked 
 after mine eyes, and if any blot 
 hath cleaved to mine hands ; 
 
 8 Then let me sow, and let an- 
 other eat ; yea, let my offspring 
 be rooted out. 
 
 9 If mine heart have been de- 
 ceived by a woman, or ifl have 
 laid wait at my neighbour's door ; 
 
 XXXI. his integrity. 
 
 10 Then let my wife grind un- 
 to another, and let others bow 
 down upon her. 
 
 11 For this is an heinous 
 crime; yea, it is an iniquity to 
 he punished hy the judges. 
 
 12 For it is a fire that consum- 
 eth to destruction, and would 
 root out all mine increase. 
 
 13 If I did despise the cause of 
 my manservant or of my maid- 
 sersant, when they contended 
 with me ; 
 
 14 What then shall I do when 
 God riseth up? and when he 
 ^isiteth, what shall I answer 
 him? 
 
 15 Did not he that made me 
 in the womb make him? and 
 did not one feishion us in the 
 womb? 
 
 16 If I have withheld the poor 
 from their desire, or have caused 
 the eyes of the widow to fail ; 
 
 17 Or have eaten my morsel 
 myself alone, and the fatherless 
 hath not eaten thereof; 
 
 18 (For from my youth he was 
 brought up with me, as ivith a 
 father, and I have guided her 
 from my mother's womb ;) 
 
 19 If I have seen any perish 
 for want of clothing, or any 
 poor without covering ; 
 
 20 If his loins have not blessed 
 me, and ^yhe were not warmed 
 with the fleece of my sheep ; 
 
 21 If I have Hfted up my hand 
 against the fatherless, when I 
 saw my help in the gate : 
 
 22 Then let mine arm fall from 
 my shoulder blade, and mine 
 arm be broken from the bone. 
 
 23 For destruction /"rom God 
 was a terror to me, and by rea- 
 son of his highness I could not 
 endure. 
 
 24 If I have made gold my 
 hope, or have said to the fine 
 gold, Thou art my confidence ; 
 
 25 If I rejoiced because my 
 wealth was great, and because 
 mine hand had gotten much ; 
 
 26 Ifl beheld the sun wjien it 
 shined, or the moon walking in 
 brightness ; 
 
 27 And my heart hath been 
 Ee3 
 
Elihu reproveth 
 
 JOB, XXXII. 
 
 Job's friends. 
 
 secretly enticed, or my mouth 
 hath kissed my hand : 
 
 28 This also ivere an iniquity 
 to be jjujiished by the judge : 
 for I should have denied the 
 God that is above. 
 
 29 If I rejoiced at the destruc- 
 tion of him that hated me, or 
 lifted up myself when evil found 
 him: 
 
 30 Neither have I suffered my 
 
 2 Then was Idndled the wrath 
 of Elihu the son of Barachel 
 the Buzit(^, of the kinched of 
 Kam : against Job was his wrath 
 kindled, because he justified 
 himself rather than God. 
 
 3 Also against his three friends 
 was his wrath kindled, because 
 they had found no answer, and 
 yet had condemned Job. 
 
 4 Now EUhu had waited till 
 
 mouth to sin by wishing a curse Job had spoken, because they 
 to his soul. I wei'e elder than he. 
 
 31 If the men of my tabernacle j 5 When Elihu saw that there 
 said not, Oh that we had of his : ivas no answer in the mouth of 
 
 flesh ! we cannot be satisfied. 
 
 32 The stranger did not lodge 
 in the street : but I opened my 
 doors to the traveller. 
 
 33 If I covered my transgres- 
 sions as Adam, by hiding mine 
 iniquity in my bosom : 
 
 31 Did I fear a great multitude, 
 or did the contempt of families 
 terrify me, that I kept silence, 
 and went not out of the door? 
 
 35 Oh that one would hear me ! 
 behold, my desire is, that the 
 Almighty would answer me, and 
 that mine adversary had written 
 a book. 
 
 these three men, then his wrath 
 was kindled. 
 
 (> And Elihu the son of Bara- 
 chel the Buzite answered and 
 said, I am young, and ye arc 
 veiy old; wherefore I was a- 
 fraid, and dmst not shew you 
 mine opinion. 
 
 7 I said. Days should speak, 
 and multitude of years should 
 teach -svisdom. 
 
 8 But there ^ is a spirit in 
 man : and the inspiration of the 
 Almighty giveth them under- 
 standing. 
 
 9 Great men are not always 
 
 36 Sm-ely I would take it upon | "vvise : neither do the aged un- 
 
 my shoulder, a7id bind it as a 
 crown to me. 
 
 37 I would declare unto him 
 the number of my steps ; as a 
 prince would I go near unto him. 
 
 38 If my land cry against me, 
 or that the furrows likewise 
 thereof complain ; 
 
 39 If I have eaten the fmits 
 thereof without money, or have 
 caused the owners thereof to lose 
 their life : 
 
 40 Let thistles grow instead of 
 wheat, and cockle instead of bar- 
 ley. The words of Job are ended. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXII. 
 
 1 ElOm is angry ivith Job and his 
 three friends. 6 Because toisdom 
 Cometh not from age, he excuseth 
 the boldness of his youth. 11 He 
 rep'oveth them for not satisfying 
 of Job. 16 His zeal to speah. 
 
 SO these three men ceased to 
 answer Job, because he was 
 righteous in his own eyes. 
 
 dei-stand judgment. 
 
 10 Therefore I said, Hearken 
 to me; I also wUl shew mine 
 opinion. 
 
 11 Behold, I waited for your 
 words; I gave ear to your rea- 
 sons, wliilst ye searched out 
 what to say. 
 
 12 Yea, I attended unto you, 
 and, behold, there was none oi 
 you that convinced Job, or that 
 answered his words : 
 
 13 Lest ye should say, We have 
 found out wisdom : God thrust- 
 eth him do^vn, not man. 
 
 14 Now he hath not directed 
 his words against me : neither 
 will I answer him with your 
 
 15 They were amazed, they an- 
 swered no more: they left off 
 speaking. 
 
 16 When I had waited, (for 
 they spake not, but stood stUl, 
 and ansYfered no more ;) 
 
 1 I 
 
EJihu hJameth Job's 
 
 17 / said, I will ans"wer also 
 my part, I also will skew mine 
 opinion. 
 
 18 For I am full of matter, tlie 
 spirit within me constraineth 
 me. 
 
 19 Behold, my belly is as wine 
 which hath no vent ; it is ready 
 to bm^t like new bottles. 
 
 20 I will speak, that I may be 
 refreshed: I viih. open my lips 
 and answer. 
 
 21 Let me not, I pray yon, ac- 
 cept any man's person, neither 
 let me give flattering titles unto 
 man. 
 
 22 For I know not to give flatter- 
 ing titles ; in so doing my maker 
 would soon take me away. 
 
 CHAPTEH XXXIII. 
 1 Elihu offeretli himself instead of 
 God, icith sincerity and meeJcness, 
 to reason witli Job. 8 He excuseth 
 God from giving '•nian an account 
 of las icaiis, hy his greatness. 1^ 
 God calletli man to rexx^ntance hy 
 visians, 19 hy afflictions, 23 and 
 by his minisiry. 31 He inciteth Job 
 to attention. 
 THEEEFOEE, Job, I pray 
 thee, hear my speeches, 
 and hearken to all my words. 
 
 2 Behold, now I have opened 
 my mouth, my tongue hath spo- 
 ken in my mouth. 
 
 3 My words shall be of the 
 uprightness of my heaii: and 
 my lips shaU utter knowledge 
 clearly. 
 
 4 The Spirit of God hath made 
 me, and the breath of the Al- 
 mighty hath given me life. 
 
 5 If thou canst answer me, set 
 thj^ icords in order before me, 
 stand up. 
 
 6 Behold, I am according to 
 thy wish in God's stead : I also 
 am formed out of the clay. 
 
 7 Behold, my ten-oi; shall not 
 make thee afraid, neither shall 
 my hand be heavy upon thee.^ 
 
 8 Surely thou hast spoken in 
 mine hearing, and I have heard 
 the voice of thy words, saying, 
 
 9 1 am clean \s-ithout transgres- 
 Bion, I am mnocent ; neither is 
 there iniquity in me. 
 
 10 Beliold, he findeth occasions 
 
 W^ 
 
 JOB, XXXIII. rash compJaining. 
 
 against me, he counteth me for 
 his enemy, 
 
 11 He putteth my feet in the 
 stocks, he marketh all my paths. 
 
 12 Beliold, in this thoii art not 
 just: I wiil answer thee, that 
 God is greater than man. 
 
 13 Why dcst thou strive against 
 him? for he giveth not account 
 of any of his matters. 
 
 14 For God speaketh once, yea 
 twice, yet man perceiveth it 
 not. 
 
 15 In a dream, in a vision of 
 the night, when deep sleep fall- 
 eth upon men, in slumberings 
 upon the bed ; 
 
 16 Then he openeth the ears 
 of men, and sealeth theii- iii- 
 stru(^tion, 
 
 17 That he may withdraw man 
 from his pui-pose, and hide pride 
 from man. 
 
 18 He keepeth back his soul 
 fi'om the pit, and his life from 
 perishing by the sword. 
 
 19 He is chastened also with 
 pain upon his bed, and the mul- 
 titude of his bones with strong 
 2)ain.: 
 
 20 So that his life abhorreth 
 bread, and his soul dainty meat. 
 
 21 His flesh is consumed away, 
 that it cannot be seen ; and his 
 bones that were not seen stick 
 out, 
 
 22 Yea, his soul draweth near 
 unto the grave, and his life to 
 the destroyei-s. 
 
 23 If there be a messenger with 
 him, an intei-preter, one among 
 a thousand, to shew unto man 
 his uprightness : 
 
 24 Then he is gracious unto 
 him, and saith, Deliver liim 
 from going down to the pit: I 
 have found a ransom. 
 
 25 His flesh shall be fresher 
 than a child's: he shall retm-n 
 to the days of his youth : 
 
 26 He shall pray unto God, and 
 he will be favourable unto liim : 
 and he shall see his face with 
 joy: for he will render imto 
 man his righteousness. 
 
 27 He looketh upon men, and 
 if any say, I have sinned, and 
 
God omnipotent 
 
 JOB, XXXIV. 
 
 eamiot he unjust. 
 
 perverted that which was right, 
 and it profited me not ; 
 
 28 He will deliver his sonl from 
 going into tlie pit, and liia life 
 shall see the light. 
 
 29 Lo. all these things worketh 
 God oltentimes with man, 
 
 30 To bring back his soul from 
 the pit, to be enlightened with 
 the light of the living. 
 
 31 Mark well, O Job, hearken 
 unto me: hold thy peace, and 
 
 I will speak. 
 
 32 If thou hast any tiling to 
 say, answer me : speak, for I 
 desire to justify thee. 
 
 33 If not, hearlven unto me: 
 hold thy peace, and I shall 
 teach thee wisdom. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIV. 
 
 1 Elihn nccHsefh Jot>for charging God 
 with injustice. 10 God omnipotent 
 cannot be unjnst. :^1 Man must 
 hionble himself unto God. 3i Elihn 
 reirt-oveth Job. 
 
 FURTHERMORE Ehliu an- 
 swered and said, 
 
 2 Hear my words, O ye wise 
 men ; and give ear imto me, ye 
 that have knowledge. 
 
 3 For the ear trietli words, as 
 the mouth tasteth meat. 
 
 4 Let us choose to us judgment : 
 let us know among ourselves 
 what is good. 
 
 5 For Job hath said, I am 
 righteous : and God hath taken 
 away my judgment. 
 
 6 Should I lie against my 
 right? my wound is incurable 
 witliout transgression. 
 
 7 What man is like Job, who 
 drinketh up scorning like water? 
 
 8 Which goeth in company 
 with the workers of iniquity, 
 and walketh with wicked men. 
 
 9 For he hath said, It proliteth 
 a man nothing that he should 
 delight himself with God. 
 
 10 Therefore hearken unto me, 
 ye men of understanding: far 
 be it from God, that he should 
 do wickedness ; and from the 
 Almighty, that he should com- 
 mit iniquity. 
 
 II For the work of a man shall 
 he render unto him, and cause 
 
 every man to find according to 
 his ways. 
 
 12 Yea, surely God will not do 
 wiclcedly, neither will the Al- 
 mighty pervert judgment. 
 
 13 Who hath given him a 
 charge over the earth? or who 
 hath disposed the whole world? 
 
 14 If he set liis heart upon 
 man, if he gather unto himself 
 his si)irit and his breath ; 
 
 15 All flesh shall perish toge- 
 ther, and man shall turn again 
 unto dust. 
 
 IG If now thou hast under- 
 standing, hear this : hearken to 
 tlie voice of my words. 
 
 17 Shall even he that hateth 
 right govern ? and wilt thou con- 
 demn him that is most just ?^ 
 
 18 Is it Jit to say to a king. 
 Thou art wicked? and to prin- 
 ces, Ye are imgodly ? 
 
 10 How much less to him that 
 accepteth not the persons of 
 princes, nor regardeth the rich 
 more tlian the poor? for they 
 all are the work of his hands. 
 
 20 In a moment shall they die, 
 and the people shall be troubled 
 at midnight, and pass away : and 
 the mighty shall be taken away 
 without hand. 
 
 21 For his eyes are upon the 
 ways of man, and he seeth all 
 his goings. 
 
 22 There is no darkness, nor 
 shadow of death, where the 
 workers of iniquity may hide 
 themselves. 
 
 23 For he will not lay upon 
 man more than right ; that he 
 should enter into judgment with 
 God. 
 
 24 He shall break in pieces 
 mighty men without number, 
 and set others in their stead. 
 
 25 Therefore he knoweth their 
 wor]?:s, and he overtumeth them 
 in the night, so that they are 
 destroyed. 
 
 26 He striketh them as wicked 
 men in the open sight of others ; 
 
 27 Because they turned back 
 from him, and would not con- 
 sider any of his ways : 
 
 28 So that they cause the cry 
 
3Ian's goochiess 
 
 JOB, XXXV. 
 
 profitetli not God. 
 
 of tlie poor to come iinto him, 
 and lie heareth the cry of the 
 afflicted. 
 
 29 When he giveth quietness, 
 who then can make trouble? 
 and when he hideth his face, 
 who then can behold him ? whe- 
 ther it be done against a nation, 
 or against a man only : 
 
 30 That the hypocrite reign not, 
 lest the people be ensnared. 
 
 31 Surely it is meet to be said 
 unto God, I have borne chas- 
 tisement, I will not offend any 
 more : 
 
 32 That which I see not teach 
 thou me: if I have done ini- 
 quity, I will do no more. 
 
 33 Should it he according to thy 
 muid? he vni)! recompense it, 
 v/hether thou refuse, or whether 
 thou choose ; and not I : there- 
 fore speak what thou knowest. 
 
 34 Let men of imderstanding 
 tell me, and let a wise man 
 hearken unto me. 
 
 35 Job hath spoken without 
 knowledge, and his words were 
 without wisdom. 
 
 36 My desii'e is that Job may 
 be tried unto the end because of 
 his answers for wicked men. 
 
 37 For he addeth rebellion 
 luito his sin, he clappeth his 
 hands among us, and multipli- 
 eth his words against God. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXV. 
 1 Comparison is not to he made ivitJi 
 God, hecavse our good or evil can- 
 not extend unto him. 9 Many cry 
 in their afflictions, hut are not 
 heard for want of faith. 
 
 ELIHU spake moreover, and 
 said, 
 
 2 Thinkest thou this to be right, 
 I that thou saidst. My righteous- 
 ness is more than God's ? 
 
 3 For thou saidst. What advan- 
 I tage will it be unto thee ? and^ 
 ' What profit shall I have, if I be 
 \ cleansed from my sin ? 
 
 i 4 I will answer thee, and thy 
 
 1 companions with thee. 
 
 ■ 5 Look unto the heavens, and 
 see; and behold the clouds 
 which are higher than thou. 
 6 If thou sinnest, what doest 
 
 thou against him? or if thy 
 transgressions be multiplied, 
 what doest thou unto him ? 
 
 7 If thou be righteous, what 
 givest thou him? or what re- 
 ceiveth he of thine hand ? 
 
 8 Thy wickedness may hurt 
 a man as thou art; and thy 
 righteousness may profit the 
 son of man. 
 
 9 By reason of the multitude 
 of oppressions they make the 
 oppressed to cry : they cry out by 
 reason of the arm of the mighty. 
 
 10 But none saith. Where is 
 God my maker, who giveth 
 songs in the night ; 
 
 11 Who teacheth us more than 
 the beasts of the earth, and mak- 
 eth us wiser than the fowls of 
 heaven ? 
 
 12 There they cry, but none 
 giveth answer, because of the 
 pride of evil men. 
 
 13 Surely God will not hear 
 vanity, neither will the Al- 
 mighty regard it. 
 
 14 Although thou sayest thou 
 shalt not see him, yet judgment 
 is before him; therefore trust 
 thou in him. 
 
 15 But now, because it is not 
 so, he hath visited in his anger ; 
 yet he knoweth it not in great 
 extremity : 
 
 16 Therefore doth Job open liis 
 mouth in vain ; he multiplieth 
 words without knowledge. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVI. 
 
 1 Elihu sheweth how God is just in 
 
 his ways. 16 Hoio Jd>'s sins hinder 
 
 God's hUssings. 24 God's ivories are 
 
 to he magnified. 
 
 ELIHU also proceeded, and 
 said, 
 
 2 Suffer me a little, and I will 
 shew thee that / have yet to 
 speak on God's behalf. 
 
 3 I will fetch my knowledge 
 from afar, and will ascribe righ- 
 teousness to my Maker. 
 
 4 For truly my words shall not 
 be false: he that is perfect in 
 knowledge is with thee. 
 
 5 Behold, God is mighty, and 
 despiseth not any : he is mighty 
 in strength and ^^'^sdom. 
 
God is just in his tcaus. JOB, XXXVII. 
 
 He is to he feaytd. 
 
 6 He preserveth not tlie life of 
 the wicked : but givetli right to 
 the poor. 
 
 7 He >vithdraweth not his eyes 
 from the rijrhteous: but "witli 
 kings are the// on the tlirone ; 
 yea, he doth establish them for 
 ever, and they are exalted. 
 
 8 And if ihef/ be bomid in fet- 
 ters, and be holden in cords of 
 afHietion ; 
 
 9 Then he sheweth them their 
 work, and their transgressions 
 that they have exceeded. 
 
 10 He openeth also their ear 
 to discipline, and conmiandeth 
 tliat they retiuii from iniciuity. 
 
 11 If they obey and serve him, 
 they shall spend their days in 
 prosperity, and their years in 
 pleasmes. j 
 
 12 But if they obey not, they i 
 shall perish by the sword, and 
 they shall die ^Wthout know- 
 ledge. 
 
 13 But the hypocrites in heart 
 heap up wrath: they cry not 
 when he bindeth tliem. 
 
 14 They die in yontli, and their 
 lite is among the unclean. 
 
 15 He delivereth the poor in 
 his afthction, and openeth their 
 ears in oppression. 
 
 16 Even so would he have re- 
 moved thee out of the strait 
 into a broad place, where there 
 is no straitness ; and that which 
 should be set on thy table should 
 be full of fatness. 
 
 17 But thou hast fulfilled the 
 judgment of the wicked : judg- 
 luent and justice take hold on 
 thee. 
 
 18 Because there is wTath, be- 
 ware lest he take thee away 
 ^vith his stroke : then a great 
 ransom cannot deliver thee. 
 
 19 Will he esteem thy riches? 
 wo, not gold, nor all the forces 
 of strength. 
 
 20 Desii-e not the night, when 
 people are cut oflfin their place. 
 
 21 Take heed, regard not ini- 
 quity : for this hast thou chosen 
 rather than affliction. 
 
 22 Behold, God exalteth by liis 
 power : who teacheth like him? 
 
 23 Who hath enjoined him his 
 way ? or who can say, Thou hast 
 ^Mought iniquity? 
 
 24 Remember that thou magni- 
 fy his work, which men beliold. 
 
 25 Every man may see it ; man 
 may behold it afar off. 
 
 2(3 Beliold, God is great, and 
 we know him not, neither can - 
 the number of his years be 
 searched out. 
 
 27 For he maketh small the 
 drops of water: they pour dcmii 
 rain according to the vapour 
 tliereof : 
 
 28 Which the clouds do drop 
 and distil upon man abundantly. 
 
 29 Also can anj/ undei-stand 
 the spreadings of the clouds, or 
 i\\Q noise of his tabernacle? 
 
 30 Behold, he spreadeth liis 
 light upon it, and covereth the 
 bottom of the sea. 
 
 31 For by them judgeth lie 
 the people; he giveth meat in 
 abundance. 
 
 32 With clouds he covereth 
 the light; and commandeth it 
 not to shine by the cloud that 
 Cometh betwixt. 
 
 33 The noise thereof sheweth 
 concerning it, the cattle also 
 concerning the vapour. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVII. 
 
 1 God is to he feared hecause of his 
 great worJxS. 15 His wisdom is ini- 
 searchable in tfiem. 
 
 AT this also my heart trem- 
 - bleth, and is moved out of 
 his place. 
 
 2 Hear attentively the noise 
 of his voice, and the sound that 
 goeth out of his mouth. 
 
 3 He directeth it under the 
 whole heaven, and his lightning 
 unto the ends of the earth. 
 
 4 After it a voice roareth : he 
 thundereth ^vith the voice of his 
 excellency; and he will not 
 stay them when his voice is 
 heard. 
 
 5 God thundereth marvellous- 
 ly with his voice ; great things 
 doeth he, v/hich we cannot com- 
 prehend. 
 
 6 For he saith to the snow, Be 
 thou on the earth; likewise to 
 
God's wisdom 
 
 JOB, XXXYIII. 
 
 is unsearchable. 
 
 the small rain, and to the great 
 rain of his strength. 
 
 7 He sealeth up the hand of 
 every man; that all men may 
 know his work. 
 
 8 Then the beasts go into dens, 
 and remain in their places. 
 
 9 Out of the south cometh the 
 whuiwind : and cold out of the 
 north. 
 
 10 By the breath of God frost 
 is given : and the breadth of the 
 waters is straitened. 
 
 11 Also by watering he wea- 
 rieth the thick cloud: he scat- 
 tereth his bright cloud : 
 
 12 And it is turned round a- 
 bout by his counsels : that they 
 may do whatsoever he com- 
 mandeth them upon the face 
 of the world in the earth. 
 
 13 He causeth it to come, whe- 
 ther for correction, or for his 
 land, or for mercy. 
 
 14 Hearken unto this, O Job : 
 stand still, and consider the 
 wondrous works of God. 
 
 15 Dost thou know when God 
 disposed them, and caused the 
 light of his cloud to shine ? 
 
 ^ 16 Dost thou know the balanc- 
 ings of the clouds, the wondi'ous 
 v/orks of him which is perfect in 
 knowledge ? 
 
 17 How thy garments are warm, 
 when he quieteth the earth by 
 the south wind ? 
 
 18 Hast thou with him spread 
 out the sky, which is strong, 
 and as a molten looking glass ? 
 
 19 Teach us what we shall say 
 unto him ; for we cannot order 
 our speech by reason of dark- 
 ness. 
 
 20 Shall it be told hun that I 
 speak? if a man speak, surely 
 he shall be swallowed up. 
 
 21 And now men see not the 
 bright light which is in the 
 clouds : but the wind passe th, 
 and cleanseth them. 
 
 22 Fair weather cometh out of 
 the north : with God is terrible 
 majesty. 
 
 23 Touching the Almighty, 
 we cannot find him out; he is 
 excellent in power, and in judg- 
 
 ment, and in plenty of justice : 
 
 he will not afflict. 
 24 Men do therefore fear him : 
 
 he respecteth not any that are 
 
 wise of heart. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVIII. 
 
 1 God cliallengeth Job to answer. 4 
 God, hy Jiis mighty u'oi^Jcs, con- 
 vinceth Job of ignwance, 31 and 
 of imbecility. 
 
 THEN the Lord answered 
 Job out of the whirlwmd, 
 and said, 
 
 2 Who is this that darkeneth 
 counsel by words without know- 
 ledge? 
 
 3 Gird up now thy loins like 
 a man; for I will demand of 
 thee, and answer thou me. 
 
 4 W here wast thou when I laid 
 the foundations of the earth? 
 declare, if thou hast understand- 
 ing. 
 
 5 Who hath laid the measures 
 thereof, if thou knowest ? or who 
 hath stretched the line upon it ? 
 
 6 Whereupon are the founda- 
 tions thereof fastened? or who 
 laid the corner stone thereof; 
 
 7 AYhen the morning stars sang 
 together, and all the sons of God 
 shouted for joy ? 
 
 8 Or who shut up the sea with 
 doors, when it brake forth, as if 
 it had issued out of the womb ? 
 
 9 When I made the cloud the 
 garment thereof, and tliick dark- 
 ness a swaddlingband for it, 
 
 10 And brake up for it my 
 decreed place, and set bars and 
 doors. 
 
 11 And said, Hitherto shalt 
 thou come, but no further : and 
 here shall thy proud waves be 
 stayed? 
 
 12 Hast thou commanded the 
 morning since th^ days; and 
 caused the dayspring to know 
 his place ; 
 
 13 That it might take hold of 
 the ends of the earth, that the 
 wicked might be shaken out of 
 it? 
 
 14 It is turned as clay to the 
 seal; and they stand as a gar- 
 ment. 
 
 15 Ajid from the wicked their 
 
Mm*8 vmkness JOB, XXXIX 
 
 light is withholden, and the 
 high arm shall be broken. 
 
 16 Hast thou entered into the 
 springs of the sea? or hast thou 
 walked in the search of the 
 depth ? 
 
 17 Have the gates of death 
 been opened unto thee ? or hast 
 thou seen the doors of the sha- 
 dow of death ? 
 
 18 Hast thou perceived the 
 breadth of the earth? declare if 
 thou knowest it all. 
 
 19 Where is the way where 
 light dwelleth ? and as for dark- 
 ness, where is the place thereof, 
 
 20 That thou shouldest take it 
 to the bound thereof, and that 
 thou shouldest know the paths 
 to the house thereof? 
 
 21 Knowest thou it, because 
 thou wast then bom ? or because 
 the number of thy daj's is great? 
 
 22 Hast thou entered into the 
 treasiu-es of the snow? or hast 
 thou seen the treasures of the 
 hail, 
 
 23 Which I have reserved a- 
 gamst the time of trouble, a- 
 gainst the day of battle and war? 
 
 24 By what way is the light 
 parted, tvhich scattereth the east 
 wind upon the earth ? 
 
 25 AVho hath divided a water- 
 course for the overflowing of 
 waters, or a way for the light- 
 ning of thunder ; 
 
 26 To cause it to rain on the 
 earth, where no man is; on 
 the wilderness, wherein there is 
 no man ; 
 
 27 To satisfy the desolate and 
 waste ground; and to cause 
 the bud of the tender herb to 
 spring forth? 
 
 28 Hath the rain a father ? or 
 who hath begotten the drops of 
 dew? 
 
 29 Out of whose womb came 
 the ice ? and the hoary frost of 
 heaven, who hath gendered it ? 
 
 30 The waters are hid as with 
 a stone, and the face of the deep 
 is frozen. 
 
 31 Canst thou bind the sweet 
 influences of Pleiades, or loose 
 the bands of Orion ? 
 
 and ignorance 
 
 32 Canst thou bring forth Maz- 
 zaroth in his season? or canst 
 thou guide Arcturus with his 
 sons? 
 
 33 Knowest thou the ordi- 
 nances of heaven? canst thou 
 set the dominion thereof in the 
 earth? 
 
 34 Canst thou lift up thy voice 
 to the clouds, that abundance 
 of waters may cover thee ? 
 
 35 Canst thou send lightnings, 
 that they may go, and say unto 
 thee. Here we are ? 
 ^ 36 Who hath put wisdom in the 
 inward parts ? or who hath given 
 undei-standing to the heart ? 
 
 37 Who can number the clouds 
 in wisdom ? or who can stay the 
 bottles of heaven, 
 
 38 When the dust groweth into 
 hardness, and the clods cleave 
 fast together? 
 
 39 AVllt thou hunt the prey for 
 the hon ? or fill the appetite of 
 the young lions, 
 
 40 W^hen they couch in their 
 dens, and abide in the covert i 
 t() lie in wait ? ^ 
 
 41 Who provideth for the raven 
 his food? when his yoimg ones 
 cry unto God, they wander for 
 lack of meat. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIX. 
 
 1 Of the wild goafs and Jiinds. 5 Of 
 the wild ass. 9 The unicorn. 13 Tfie 
 peacocJc', storJf, and ostrich. 19 The 
 horse. 26 TJie hmok. 27 The eagle. 
 
 KNOWEST thou the time 
 when the wild goats of the 
 rock bring forth? or canst thou j 
 mark when the hinds do calve ? 
 
 2 Canst thou number the 
 months that they fulfil? or 
 knowest thou the time when ' 
 they bring forth ? 
 
 3 They bow themselves, they 
 bring forth their yoimg one«, 
 they cast out their sorrows. 
 
 4 Their young ones are in good ■ 
 liking, they grow up with com ; i 
 they go forth, and return not j 
 unto them. , 
 
 5 Who hath sent out the wild » 
 ass free ? or who hath loosed the 
 bands of the wild ass ? 
 
 6 Whose house I have made 
 
compared with JOB, 
 
 the wilderness, and tlie barren 
 land his dwellings. 
 
 7 He scorneth the multitude of 
 the city, neither regardeth he 
 the crying of the driver. 
 
 8 The range of the mountains 
 is his pasture, and he searcheth 
 after every green thing. 
 
 9 Will the unicorn be willing 
 to serve thee, or abide by thy 
 crib? 
 
 10 Canst thou bind the unicorn 
 with his band in the furrow? 
 or will he harrow the valleys 
 after thee ? 
 
 11 Wilt thou trust him, be- 
 cause his strength is great? or 
 wilt thou leave thy labour to 
 him? 
 
 12 Wilt thou believe him, that 
 he will bring home thy seed, 
 and gather it into thy bam ? 
 
 13 Gavest thou the goodly wings 
 unto the peacocks? or wmgs 
 and feathers unto the ostrich ? 
 
 14 Which leaveth her eggs in. 
 the earth, and warmeth them in 
 dust, 
 
 15 And forgetteth that the foot 
 may crush them, or that the 
 V, ild beast may break them. 
 
 16 She is hardened against 
 her young ones, as though they 
 were not her's : her labour is in 
 vain without fear ; 
 
 17 Because God hath deprived 
 her of wisdom, neither hath he 
 imparted to her understanding. 
 
 18 What time she lifteth up 
 herself on high, she sconieth 
 the horse and his rider. 
 
 19 Hast thou given the horse 
 strength ? hast thou clothed his 
 neck with thunder ? 
 
 20 Canst thou make him afmid 
 as a grasshopper? the glory of 
 his nostrils is terrible. 
 
 21 He paweth in the valley, and 
 rejoiceth in his strength : he go- 
 eth on to meet the armed men. 
 
 22 He mocketh at fear, and is 
 not affrighted; neither turneth 
 he back from the sword. 
 
 23 The quiver rattleth against 
 him, the glittering spear and 
 the shield. 
 
 24 He swalloweth the ground 
 
 XL. God's mighty icorJcs. 
 
 with fierceness and rage: nei- 
 ther believeth he that it is the 
 sound of the trumpet. 
 
 25 He saith among the tnun- 
 pets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth 
 the battle afar off, the thunder 
 of the captains, and the shouting. 
 
 26 Doth the hawk fly by thy 
 wisdom, and stretch her wings 
 toward the south? 
 
 27 Doth the eagle mount up 
 at thy command, and make her 
 nest on high ? 
 
 28 She dwelleth and abideth 
 on the rock, upon the crag of 
 the rock, and the strong place. 
 
 29 From thence she seeketh 
 the prey, and her eyes behold 
 afar oif. 
 
 30 Her young ones also suck 
 up blood: and where the slain 
 are, there is she. 
 
 CHAPTER XL. 
 1 Job humhleth Mniself to God. 6 God 
 stirretli Mm up to slievj Ms righte- 
 ousness, power, and wisdom. 15 Of 
 the beTtemoth. 
 
 MOEEOVER the Lord 
 answered Job, and said, 
 
 2 Shall he that contendeth 
 with the Almighty instruct him ? 
 he that reproveth God, let him 
 answer it. 
 
 3 IF Then Job answered the 
 Lord, and said, 
 
 4 Behold, I am vile ; what shall 
 I answer thee ? I will lay mine 
 hand upon my mouth. 
 
 5 Once have I spoken; but I 
 will not answer : yea, twice ; but 
 I wUl proceed no fm-ther. 
 
 6 ^ Then answered the Lord 
 unto Job out of the whirlwind, 
 and said, 
 
 7 Gird up thy loins now like 
 a man : I will demand of thee, 
 and declare thou mito me. 
 
 8 Wilt thou also disannul my 
 judgment? wilt thou condemn 
 me, that thou mayest be righ- 
 teous ? 
 
 9 Hast thou an arm lilie God ? 
 or canst thou thunder with a 
 voice like him? 
 
 10 Deck thyself now with ma,- 
 jesty and excellency ; and array 
 thyself with glory and beauty. 
 
GocCs great power 
 
 JOB, XLI. seen in Hie Uiialhan, 
 
 11 Cast abroad the rage of thy 
 wrath: and behold every one 
 that is proud, and abase liim. 
 
 12 Look on every one that 
 is proud, and bring him low; 
 and tread down the wicked in 
 their place. 
 
 13 Hide them in the dust to- 
 gether ; and bind their faces in 
 secret. 
 
 14 Then will I also confess 
 unto thee that thine own right 
 hand can save thee. 
 
 15- H Behold now behemoth, 
 wliich I made with thee; he 
 eateth grass as an ox. 
 
 16 Lo now, his strength is in 
 his loins, and his force is in the 
 navel of his belly. 
 
 17 He moveth liis tail like a 
 cedar : the sinews of his stones 
 are wrapped together. 
 
 18 His bones are as strong 
 pieces of bmss; his bones are 
 like bars of iron. 
 
 19 He is the chief of the ways 
 of God : he that made him can 
 make liis sword to approach un- 
 to him. 
 
 20 Surely the mountains bring 
 him forth food, where all the 
 beasts of the field play. 
 
 21 He lieth under the shady 
 trees, m the covert of the reed, 
 and fens. 
 
 22 The shady trees cover him 
 tvith their shadow ; the billows 
 of the brook compass Mm about. 
 
 23 Behold, he diinketh up a 
 river, and hasteth not : he trust- 
 eth that he can di'aw up Jordan 
 into his mouth. 
 
 24 He taketh it with his eyes : 
 his nose pierce th through snares. 
 
 CHAPTER XLI. 
 
 Of God's great power in the leviathan. 
 
 CANST thou draw out le- 
 viathan with an hook? or 
 his tongue with a cord which 
 thou lettest down ? 
 
 2 Canst thou put an hook in- 
 to his nose? or bore his jaw 
 through with a thorn ? 
 
 3 Will he make many sup- 
 plications unto thee? will he 
 speak soft words unto thee ? 
 
 4 Will he make a covenant 
 with thee? wilt thou take him 
 for a servant for ever ? 
 
 5 Wilt thou play with him as 
 tvith a bird? or wilt thou bind 
 him for thy maidens ? 
 
 6 Shall the companions make a 
 banquet of him? shall they part 
 him among the me i-chants? 
 
 7 Canst thou fill his skin with 
 barbed irons? or his head with 
 fish spears ? 
 
 8 Lay thine hand upon him, 
 remember the battle, do no 
 more. 
 
 9 Behold, the hope of him is 
 in vain: snail not one be cast 
 down even at the sight of him ? 
 
 10 None is so fierce that dare 
 stir him up: who then is able 
 to stand before me ? 
 
 11 Who hath prevented me, 
 that I should repay him? what- 
 soever is under the whole hea- 
 ven is mine. 
 
 12 I will not conceal his parts, 
 nor his power, nor liis comely 
 proportion. 
 
 13 Who can discover the face of 
 his garment? or who can come 
 to him with his double bridle ? 
 
 14 Who can open the doors 
 of his face ? his teeth are ter- 
 rible round about. 
 
 15 His scales are his i>ride, shut 
 up together as with a close seal. 
 
 16 One is so near to another, 
 that no air can come between 
 them. 
 
 17 They are joined one to an- 
 other, they stick together, that 
 they cannot be sundered. 
 
 18 By his neesings a light doth 
 shine, and his eyes are like the 
 eyelids of the morning. 
 
 ^ 19 Out of his mouth go burn- 
 ing lamps, and sparks of fire 
 leap out. 
 
 20 Out of his nostrils goeth 
 smoke, as out of a seething pot 
 or caldron. 
 
 21 His breath kindleth coals, 
 and a flame goeth out of his 
 mouth. 
 
 22 In his neck remaineth 
 strength, and sorrow is turned 
 iuto joy before him. 
 
God acceptetJi Job, JOB, 
 
 23 The flakes of .his flesh are 
 joined together: they are firm 
 in themselves; they cannot be 
 moved. 
 
 24 His heart is as firm as a 
 stone; yea, as hard as a piece 
 of the nether millstone. 
 
 25 When he raiseth up him- 
 self, the mighty are afraid: by 
 reason of breaMngs they pmily 
 themselves. 
 
 26 The sword of him that layeth 
 at him cannot hold : the spear, 
 the dart, nor the habergeon. 
 
 27 He esteemeth iron as straw, 
 and brass as rotten wood. 
 
 28 The arrow cannot make 
 him flee: slhigstones are tmn- 
 ed with hun into stubble. 
 
 29 Darts are counted as stub- 
 ble : he laugheth at the shaking 
 of a spear. 
 
 30 Sharp stones are under 
 him : he spreadeth sharp point- 
 ed things upon the mire. 
 
 31 He maketh the deep to boil 
 like a pot: he maketh the sea 
 like a pot of ouitment. 
 
 32 He maketh a path to shitie 
 after him ; one would think the 
 deep to be hoary. 
 
 33 Upon earth there is not his 
 lilie, who is made without fear. 
 
 34 He beholdeth all high 
 thing's: he is a long over all 
 the cliildren of pride. 
 
 CHAPTER XLII. 
 1 Job mhmitteth himself unto God. 7 
 God. 2)ref erring Job's cause, iimTceth 
 Ids friends submit themselves, mid 
 accepteth him. 10 He magnifieth 
 and blesseth Job. 16 Job's age and 
 death. 
 ' rpHEN Job answered the 
 j X Lord, and said, 
 , 2 I know that thou canst do 
 every thing, and that no thought 
 ' can be withholden from thee. 
 I 3 Who is he that hideth coun- 
 sel without knowledge? there- 
 ! fore have I uttered that I un- 
 derstood not; things too won- 
 derful for me, which I knew 
 . not. 
 
 1 4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I 
 
 ' will speak: I will demand of 
 
 thee, and declare thou imto me. 
 
 XLH. 
 
 and hksseth Jiim. 
 
 5 I have heard of thee by the 
 hearing of the ear: but now 
 mine eye seeth thee. 
 
 6 Wherefore I abhor myself^ 
 and repent in dust and ashes. 
 
 7 ^ And it was 5o, that after 
 the Lord had spoken these 
 words unto Job, the Lord said 
 to Eliphaz the Temanite, My 
 wrath is kindled agauist thee, 
 and agauist thy two friends: 
 for ye have not spoken of me 
 the thing that is right, as my 
 servant Job hath. 
 
 8 Therefore take unto you now 
 seven bullocks and seven rams, 
 and go to my sen^ant Job, and 
 offer^ up for yourselves a burnt 
 offering; and my servant Job 
 shall pray for you : for him will 
 I accept : lest I deal with you 
 afte7^ your folly, in that ye have 
 not^ spoken of me the thing 
 which is right, like my servant 
 Job. 
 
 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite 
 and Bildad the Shuhite and 
 Zophar the Naamathite went, 
 and did according as the Lord 
 commanded them: the Lord 
 also accepted Job. 
 
 10 And the Lord turned the 
 captivity of Job, when he prayed 
 for his friends: also the Lord 
 gave Job twice as much as he 
 had before. 
 
 11 Then came there unto him 
 all his brethren, and all his 
 sisters, and all they that had 
 been of his acquaintance be- 
 fore, and did eat bread with 
 him in his house : and they 
 bemoaned him, and comforted 
 him over all the evil that the 
 Lord had brought upon him: 
 eyeiy man also gave him a 
 piece of money, and every one 
 an earring of gold. 
 
 12 So the Lord blessed the 
 latter end of Job more than 
 his begmning : for he had four- 
 teen thousand sheep, and six 
 thousand camels, and a thou- 
 sand yoke of oxen, and a thou- 
 sand she asses. 
 
 13 He had also seven sons and 
 three daughters. 
 
Happiness of the godly. PSALMS. The Icingdam of Cknst. 
 
 14 And he called the name 
 of the liret, Jemima ; and the 
 name of the second, Kezia ; and 
 the name of the thiid, Keren- 
 liappuch. 
 
 15 And in all the land were 
 no women found so fair as the 
 daughtei-s of Job: and tlieir 
 
 father pave them inheritance 
 anions their brethren. 
 
 K) AfUtT this lived Job an 
 hundred and forty years, and 
 saw his sons, and his sons' sons, 
 even four generations. 
 
 17 So Job died, being' old and 
 full of days. 
 
 THE BOOK OF PSALMS. 
 
 PSALM I. 
 
 1 Tlic happiness of the godly. 4 Tlie 
 uuhajipiness of the nnfj(xUy. 
 
 BLESSED is the man that 
 walketh not in the counsel 
 of the ungodly, nor standeth in 
 the way of smnei'S, nor sitteth 
 in the seat of the scornful. 
 
 2 But his dehght is in the law 
 of the Lord; and in his law 
 doth he meditate day and night. 
 
 3 And he shall be like a tree 
 planted by the rivei-s of water, 
 that bringeth foiih his fruit in 
 his season ; his leaf also shall 
 not ^^'ither; and whatsoever he 
 doeth shall prosper. 
 
 4 The ungodly are not so: 
 but aj-e like the chaff which 
 the wuid driveth away. 
 
 5 Therefore the ungodly shall 
 not stand in the judgment, nor 
 sinners in the congregation of 
 the righteous. 
 
 6 For the Lord knoweth the 
 way of the righteous: but the 
 way of the imgodly shall perish. 
 
 PSALM IL 
 
 1 llie Mngdom of Christ. 10 Kings 
 
 are exhorted to accept it. 
 
 WHY do the heathen rage, 
 and the people imagine a 
 vain thing? 
 
 2 The Idngs of the earth set 
 themselves, and the rulers take 
 counsel together, against the 
 Lord, and against his anointed, 
 sa?/ing, 
 
 3 Let us break their bands 
 asunder, and cast away their 
 cords from us. 
 
 4 He that sitteth in the hea- 
 vens shall laugh : the Lord shall 
 have them in derision. 
 
 5 Then shall he speak unto 
 
 them in his wTath, and vex them 
 in his sore displeasme. i 
 
 G Yet have I set my king upon 
 my holy hill of Zion. 
 
 7 I ^v^ll declare the decree : 
 the Lord hath said mito me, 
 Thou ari my Son; tliis day 
 have I begotten thee. 
 
 8 Ask of me, and I shall give 
 thee the heathen/or tliine inhe- 
 ritance, and the uttennost j)ai"ts 
 of the earth /or thy possession. 
 
 9 Thou shalt break them with 
 a rod of iron ; thou shalt dash 
 them in pieces like a potter's 
 vessel. 
 
 10 Be wise now therefore, O ye 
 kings : be instructed, ye judges 
 of the earth. 
 
 11 Serve the Lord with fear, 
 and rejoice ^^ith trembling. 
 
 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be 
 angrj% and ye perish /rom the 
 way, when his ^\Tath is kindled 
 but a little. Blessed are all 
 they that put their trust in him. 
 
 PSALM III. 
 
 TliC security of God's protection. 
 
 A Psalm of David, %vhen he fled from 
 
 Absalom his son. 
 
 LOED, how are they increas- 
 ed that trouble me ! many 
 are they that rise up against me. 
 
 2 Many there he which say of 
 my soul, There is no help for 
 him in God. Selah. 
 
 3 But thou, O Lord, art a 
 shield for me; my glory, and 
 the lifter up of muie head. 
 
 4 I cried unto the Lord with 
 my voice, and he heard me out 
 of his holy hill. Selah. 
 
 5 I laid me do^Ti and slept; 
 I awaked; for the Lord sus- 
 tained me. 
 
David prayeth PSALMS, 
 
 6 I will not be afraid of ten 
 thousands of people, that ha^e 
 set themselves agauist me round 
 about. 
 
 7 Arise, O Loed; save me, 
 
 my God : for thou hast smit^ 
 ten all mine enemies upon the 
 cheek bone; thou hast broken 
 the teeth of the ungodly. 
 
 8 Salvation belongeth unto the 
 LoED : thy blessing is upon thy 
 people. Selah. 
 
 PSALM IV. 
 
 1 David prayeth for audience. 2 He 
 reprovetli and exliorteth Ms ene- 
 mies. 6 Man's happiness is in God's 
 favour. 
 
 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 HEAE me when I caU, O 
 God of my righteousness : 
 thou hast enlarged me ivhen I 
 was in distress; have mercy 
 upon me, and hear my prayer. 
 
 2 O ye sons of men, how long 
 will ye turn my glory into 
 shame? hoiij long will ye love 
 vanity, and seek after leasing ? 
 Selah. 
 
 3 But know that the Loed 
 hath set apart him that is god- 
 ly for himself: the Loed will 
 heai' when I call unto him. 
 
 4 Stand in awe, and sin not: 
 commune with your own heart 
 upon your bed, and be still. 
 Selah. 
 
 5 Offer the sacrifices of right- 
 eousness, and put your trust iu 
 the Loed. 
 
 6 There he many that say. 
 Who will shew us any good? 
 Loed, lift thou up the hght of 
 thy countenance upon us. 
 
 7 Thou hast put gladness in 
 my heart, more than in the 
 time that their com and then 
 wine increased. 
 
 8 I will both lay me down in 
 peace, and sleep : for thou, Loed, 
 only makest me dwell in safety. 
 
 PSALM V. 
 1 David prayeth, and pi-ofesseth his 
 study in prayer, i God favoureth 
 not the indeed. 7 David, professing 
 Ms faith, prayeth unto God to guide 
 Mm, 10 to destroy his enemies, 11 
 and to preserve the godly. 
 
 God. to hear him. 
 
 To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, 
 A Psalm, of David. 
 
 GIVE ear to my words, O 
 Loed, consider my medi- 
 tation. 
 
 2 Hearken unto the voice of 
 i^y cry, my King, and my God : 
 for unto thee will I pray. 
 
 3 My voice shalt thou hear in 
 the morning, O Loed; in the 
 morning will I direct my prayer 
 unto thee, and will look up. 
 
 4 For thou art not a God that 
 hath pleasure in wickedness: 
 neither shall evil dwell with 
 thee. 
 
 5 The foolish shall not stand 
 in thy sight: thou hatest all 
 workers of iniquity. 
 
 6 Thou shalt destroy them 
 that speak leasing: the Loed 
 will abhor the bloody and de- 
 ceitful man. 
 
 7 But as for me, I will come 
 into thy house in me multitude 
 of thy mercy : and in thy fear 
 will I worship toward thy holy 
 temple. 
 
 8 Lead me, O Loed, in thy 
 righteousness because of mine 
 enemies ; make thy way straight 
 before my face. 
 
 9 For there is no faithfulness 
 in their mouth; their inward 
 part is very wickedness; their 
 throat is an open sepulchi-e; 
 they flatter with their tongue. 
 
 10 Destroy thou them, O God ; 
 let them faU by their own coun- 
 sels ; cast them out in the mul- 
 titude of their transgressions; for 
 they have rebelled against thee. 
 
 11 But let aU those that put 
 their trust in thee rejoice: let 
 them ever shout for joy, because 
 thou defendest them : let them 
 also that love thy name be joy- 
 ful hi thee. 
 
 12 For thou, Loed, wilt bless 
 the righteous ; with favour wilt 
 thou compass him as icith a 
 shield. 
 
 PSALM VL 
 
 1 David's complaint in Ms sicTcness. 
 
 8 By faith he triumpheth over Ms 
 
 enemies. 
 
 To the chief Musician on Neginoth 
 
 upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. 
 
David^s prayer in sickness^ PSALMS. wid agaitist his enemits. 
 
 OLORD, rebuke me not in 
 tliine ang:er, neither chas- 
 ten me in thy hot difipleasiire. 
 
 2 Have mercy upon me, O 
 Lord; for I am weak: O 
 Lord, heal me; for my bones 
 are vexed. 
 
 3 My soul is also sore vexed : 
 but thou, O Lord, how Ion?:? 
 
 4 Return, O Lord, deliver 
 my soul: oh save me for thy 
 mercies' sake. 
 
 5 For in death there is no re- 
 membrance of thee : in tlie grave 
 who sliall give tliee thanks ? 
 
 6 I am wear>' with my groan- 
 ing; all the night make I my 
 bed to s^nm ; I water my couch 
 >vith my tears. 
 
 7 Mine eye is consiuned be- 
 cause of grief; it waxeth old 
 because of all mine enemies. 
 
 8 Depart from me, all ye work- 
 ers of iniquity; for the Lord 
 hath heard the voice of my 
 weeping. 
 
 9 The Lord hath heard my 
 supplication; the Lord will 
 receive my prayer. 
 
 10 Let all mine enemies be 
 ashamed and sore vexed: let 
 them return and be ashamed 
 suddenly. 
 
 PSALM VII. 
 
 1 David praj/efh against the malice 
 of his enemies, professing his in- 
 nocency. 10 By fai'th he seeth his 
 defence, and the destruction of his 
 enemies. 
 
 Shiggaion of David, which he sang 
 unto the Lord, concerning the 
 words of Cush the Benjamite. 
 
 OLOED my God, in thee do 
 I put my trust: save me 
 from all them that persecute 
 me, and deliver me : 
 
 2 Lest he tear my soul like a 
 lion, rending it in pieces, while 
 there is none to deliver. 
 
 3 O Lord my God, if I have 
 done this ; if there be iniquity 
 in my hands ; 
 
 4 If I have rewarded evil unto 
 him that was at peace with me ; 
 (yea, I have delivered him that 
 without cause is mine enemy :) 
 
 5 Let the enemy persecute my 
 soul, and take it; yea, let him 
 
 tread down my life upon the 
 eartli, and lay mine honoiu* in 
 the dust. (Selah. 
 
 6 Arise, O Lord, m thine an- 
 ger, lift up thyself because of 
 the rage of mine enemies : and 
 awake for me to the judgment 
 that thou hast commanded. 
 
 7 So shall the congi-egation of 
 the people compass tliee about : 
 for their sakes therefore return 
 thou on high. 
 
 8 The Lord shall judge the 
 people : judge me, O Lord, ac- 
 cording to my righteousness, and 
 according to mine integrity that 
 is in me. 
 
 9 Oh let the wickedness of the 
 wicked come to an end ; but es- 
 tiiblishtliejust: for the righteous 
 God trieth the hearts and reins. 
 
 10 IMy defence is of God, which 
 savetli tlie ur»right in heart. 
 
 11 Ciod judgeth the righteous, 
 and God is angry with the wick- 
 ed every day. 
 
 12 If he tiuTi not, he will wheti 
 his sword ; he hath bent his bow, 
 and made it ready. 
 
 13 He hath also prepared for 
 him the instruments of death; 
 he ordainetli his arrows against 
 the persecutors. 
 
 14 Behold, he travaileth with 
 iniquity, and hath conceived 
 miscliiei, and brought forth 
 falsehood. 
 
 15 He made a pit, and digged 
 it, and is fallen into the ditch 
 which he made. 
 
 16 His mischief shall return 
 upon his own head, and his vio- 
 lent dealing shall come down 
 upon his own pate. 
 
 17 I will praise the Lord ac- 
 cording to his righteousness : 
 and will sing praise to the name 
 of the Lord most high. 
 
 PSALM VIIL 
 
 God's glory is magnified by his icorls, 
 
 and by his love to mun. 
 
 To the chief Musician upon Gittitb, 
 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 OLOED our Lord, how ex- 
 cellent is thy name in all 
 the earth! who hast set thy 
 glory above the heavens. 
 
David praised Go^t 
 
 PSALMS, and incUeth others thereto. 
 
 2 Out of the moTitli of babes 
 and sucklings bast thou ordain- 
 ed strength because of thine ene- 
 mies, that thou mightest still 
 the enemy and the avenger. 
 
 3 When I consider thy hea- 
 vens, the work of thy fingers, 
 the moon and the stars, which 
 thou hast ordained ; 
 
 4 AVhat is man, that thou art 
 mindful of liim? and the son of 
 man, that thou visitest him? 
 
 5 For thou hast made him a 
 little lower than the angels, and 
 hast crowned him with gloiy 
 and honour. 
 
 6 Thou madest him to have 
 dominion over the works of thy 
 hands ; thou hast put all things 
 under his feet : 
 
 7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and 
 the beasts of the field ; 
 
 8 The fowl of the air, and the 
 fish of the sea, and whatsoever 
 passeth through the paths of 
 the seas. 
 
 9 O Lord our Lord, how excel- 
 lent is thy name in all the earth ! 
 
 PSALM IX. 
 1 David praisefh God for execuHng 
 of judgment. U He incitetli others 
 to praise liim. 13 He prayeth that 
 he may have cause to praise him. 
 To the chief Musician upon Muth- 
 labben, A Psalm of David. 
 
 I WILL praise thee, O Loed, 
 with my whole heart ; I will 
 shew forth all thy marvellous 
 works. 
 
 2 I will be glad and rejoice in 
 thee : I will sing praise to thy 
 name, O thou most High. 
 
 3 When mine enemies are 
 turned back, they shall fall and 
 perish at thy presence. 
 
 4 For thou hast maintained my 
 right and my cause ; thou satest 
 in the throne judging right. 
 
 5 Thou hast rebuked the hea- 
 then, thou hast destroyed the 
 wicked, thou hast put out their 
 name for ever and ever. 
 
 6 O thou enemy, destructions 
 are come to a perpetual end: 
 and thou hast destroyed cities; 
 their memorial is perished with 
 them. 
 
 7 But the LoED shall endure 
 for ever : he hath prepared his 
 throne for judgment. 
 ^ 8 And he shall judge the world 
 in righteousness, he shall mi- 
 nister judgment to the people 
 in uprightness. 
 
 9 The Loed also will be a re- 
 fuge for the oppressed, a refuge 
 in times of trouble. 
 
 10 And they that ^ know thy 
 name will put their trust in 
 thee : for thou, Lord, hast not 
 forsaken them that seek thee. 
 
 11 Sing praises to the Lord, 
 which dwelleth in Zion: declare 
 among the people his doings. 
 
 12 When he maketh inqui- 
 sition for blood, he remember- 
 eth them : he forgetteth not the 
 cry of the humble. 
 
 13 Have mercy upon me, O 
 Loed; consider my trouble 
 which I suffer of them that 
 hate me, thou that liftest me 
 up from the gates of death : 
 
 14 That I may shew forth aU 
 thy praise in the gates of the 
 daughter of Zion : I will rejoice 
 in thy salvation. 
 
 _ 15 The heathen are sunk down 
 in the pit that they made : in 
 the net which they hid is their 
 own foot taken. 
 
 16 The Loed is known hy the 
 judgment which he executeth: 
 the wicked is snared in the work 
 of his own hands. Higgaion. 
 Selah. 
 
 17 The wicked shall be turned 
 into hell, and all the nations 
 that forget God. 
 
 18 For the needy shall not 
 alway be forgotten i the ex- 
 pectation of the poor shall not 
 perish for ever. 
 
 19 Arise, O Lord; let not 
 man prevail: let the heathen 
 be judged in thy sight. 
 
 20 Put them in fear, O Lord : 
 that the nations may know them- 
 selves to be but men. Selah. 
 
 PSALM X. 
 
 1 David complaineth to God of the 
 
 outrage of the icicl-ed. 12 He pi-ay- 
 
 eth for remedy. 16 He professeth 
 
 his confidence. 
 
Davul complaineOi to PSALMS. God of the tciclcp.d. 
 
 16 Tho Lord is King for ever 
 
 WIY standest thou afar off, 
 O Lord ? ivhy liidest thou 
 thyself m times of trouble ? 
 
 2 The wicked in his piide doth 
 persecute the i)Oor : let them be 
 taken m the devices that they 
 have imagined. 
 
 3 For the wicked boasteth of 
 his heart's desire, and blesseth 
 the covetous, whom the Lord 
 abhorreth. 
 
 4 The ^vicked, thiough the 
 pride of his countenancCj will 
 not seek after God : God is not 
 in all liis thoughts. 
 
 5 His ways are always griev- 
 ous; thy judgments are far a- 
 bove out of his sight : as for all 
 
 and ever: the heathen are pe- 
 rished out of his land. 
 
 17 Lord, thou hast heard the 
 desire of the humble : thou wilt 
 l)repare their heart, thou wilt 
 cause thine ear to hear : 
 
 18 To judge the fatherless and 
 the oppressed, that the man of 
 the earth may no more oppress. 
 
 PSALM XI. 
 
 1 David encourageth liimaelf in God 
 against his enemies. 4 Ine 2yrovi- 
 dencc aM justice of God. 
 
 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of 
 David. 
 
 IN the Lord put I my tnist: 
 how say ye to my soul. Flee 
 
 his enemies, he pulfeth at them. ' as a bird to your moimtain ? 
 
 6 He hath said in his heart, I j 2 For, lo, the wicked bend 
 shall not be moved : for / shall . their bow, they make ready 
 never be in advei-sity. ^ | their arrow upon the stiing, 
 
 7 His mouth is full of cursing ' that they may privily shoot at 
 
 and deceit and fraud : under liis 
 tongue is mischief and vanity. 
 
 8 He sitteth in the lurking 
 places of the villages: in the 
 secret places doth he murder 
 the innocent: his eyes are pri- 
 vily set against the poor. 
 
 9 He lieth in wait secretly as 
 a lion in his den: he lieth in 
 wait to catch the poor : he doth 
 catch the poor, when he draw- 
 eth him into his net. 
 
 10 He croucheth, and hum- 
 bleth liimself, that the poor 
 may fall by Ms strong ones. 
 
 11 He hath said in his heart, 
 God hath forgotten: he hideth 
 his face ; he -svill never see it. 
 
 12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift 
 up thuie hand: forget not the 
 humble. 
 
 13 Wherefore doth the wicked 
 contemn God? he hath said in his 
 heart, Thou wilt not require it. 
 
 14 Thou hast seen it ; for thou 
 beholdest mischief and spite, to 
 requite it with thy hand: the 
 poor committeth himself unto 
 thee ; thou art the helper of the 
 fatherless. 
 
 15 Break thou the arm of the 
 wicked and the evil man : seek 
 out his wickedness till thou find 
 
 the upright in heart. 
 
 3 If the foundations be destrov- 
 ed, what can the righteous do ? 
 
 4 The Lord is in his holy tem- 
 ple, the Lord's throne is in hea- 
 ven : liis eyes behold, his eyelids 
 try, the cluldren of men. 
 
 5 The Lord trieth the right- 
 eous : but the wicked and him 
 that loveth violence his soul 
 hateth. 
 
 6^ Upon the wicked he shall 
 rain snares, fire and brimstone, 
 and an horrible tempest: this 
 shall be the portion of their cup. 
 
 7 For the righteous Lord lov- 
 eth righteousness; his counte- 
 nance doth behold the upright. 
 
 PSALM XIL 
 
 1 David, destitute of human co^mfort, 
 craveth help of God. 3 He com- 
 forteth himself imth God's judg- 
 ments on the iviched, and confi- 
 dence in God's tried promises. 
 To the chief Musician upon Shemi- 
 nith, A Psalm of David! 
 
 HELP, Lord; for the godly 
 man ceaseth; for the faith- 
 ful fail from among the chil- 
 dren of men. 
 
 2 They speak vanity every one 
 with his neighbour: with flat- 
 tering lips and with a double 
 heart do they speak. 
 
I>avid piwjeth for grace. PSALMS. TJie coii-upHon of 7nan. 
 
 3 The LoED shall cut off all 
 flattermg lips, and the tongue 
 that speaketh proud thing's : 
 
 4 Who have said, With our 
 tongue will we prevail; our 
 lips are ova own: who is lord 
 over us ? 
 
 o For the oppression of the 
 IK)or, for the sighing of the 
 needy, now will I arise, saith the 
 Loed; I will set kim in safety 
 from him that puffeth at him. 
 
 6 The words of the Loed are 
 pure words : as silver tried in a 
 furnace of earth, purified seven 
 times. 
 
 7 Thou shalt keep them, O 
 Loed, thou shalt preserve them 
 from ithis generation for ever. 
 
 8 The wicked walk on every 
 1 side, when the vilest men are 
 ' exalted. 
 
 i PSALM XIII. 
 
 1 David ccrniplaineth of delay in help. 
 3 He prayeth for preventing grace. 
 I 5 He hoastetli of divine mercy. 
 I To the chief Musician, A Psalm of 
 I -David. 
 
 HOW long wilt thou forget 
 me, O Loed? for ever? 
 Iww long wilt thou hide thy 
 face from me ? 
 
 _ 2 How long shall I take counsel 
 in my soul, having sorrow in my 
 heart daily? how long shall mine 
 enemy be exalted over me ? 
 
 3 Consider and hear m-e, O 
 Loed my God: lighten mine 
 eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of 
 death ; 
 
 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have 
 prevailed against him; and 
 those that trouble me rejoice 
 when I am moved. 
 
 5 But I have trusted in thy 
 mercy; my heart shall rejoice 
 in thy salvation. 
 
 6 I will sing unto the Loed, 
 because he hath dealt bounti- 
 fully with me. 
 
 PSAL3I XIV. 
 
 1 David describeth the corrnption of 
 
 a natural man. 4 He convinceth 
 
 the wicked by the light of their 
 
 conscience. 7 He glorieth in the 
 
 salvation of God. 
 
 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of 
 
 David. 
 
 THE fool hath said in his 
 heart, There is no God, 
 They are corrupt, they have 
 done abominable works, there 
 is none that doeth good. 
 
 2 The Loed looked down from 
 heaven upon the children of men, 
 to see if there were any that did 
 understand, and seek God. 
 
 3 They are all gone aside, they 
 are all together become filthy : 
 there is none that doeth good, 
 no, not one. 
 
 4 Ha-N-e all the workers of ini- 
 quity no knowledge? who eat 
 up my people as they eat bread, 
 and call not upon the Loed. 
 
 5 There were they in great 
 fear : for God is in the genera- 
 tion of the righteous. 
 
 6 Ye have shamed the counsel 
 of the poor, because the Loed 
 is his refuge. 
 
 7 Oh that the salvation of Is- 
 rael were come out of Zion! 
 when the Loed bringeth back 
 the captivity of his people, Jacob 
 shall rejoice, arid Israel shall be 
 glad. 
 
 PSALM XV. 
 
 David describeth a citizen of Zion. 
 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 LOED, who shall abide in 
 thy tabernacle? who shall 
 dwell in thy holy hill ? 
 
 2 He that walketh uprightly, 
 and worketh righteousness, and 
 speaketh the truth in his heart. 
 
 3 He that backbiteth not with 
 his tongue, nor doeth evil to his 
 neighbour, nor taketh up a re- 
 proach agauist his neighbour. 
 
 4 In whose eyes a vile person is 
 contemned; but he honom-eth 
 them that fear the Loed. He 
 that sweareth to his own hurt, 
 and changeth not. 
 
 5 He that putteth not out his 
 money to usury, nor taketh re- 
 ward against the innocent. He 
 that doeth these things shall 
 never be moved. 
 
 PSALM XVI. 
 1 David, in distrust of merits, and 
 hatred of idolatry, Heeth to God 
 for preservation. 5 Ac sheweth the 
 hope of his calling, of the resurrec- 
 tion, and life everlasting. 
 Ff 
 
I)avtd*s trust in 
 
 Micljtim of Darid. 
 
 PRESERVE me, O God : for 
 ill thee do I i)ut my trust. 
 
 2 my soul, tliou liast said 
 unto the Lokd, Thou art my 
 Loi-d: my goodness extendeth 
 not to thee ; 
 
 3 But to the saints tliat are in 
 the eaiili, and to tlie excellent, 
 in wliom is all my delijrht. 
 
 4 Their sorrows shall be mul- 
 tiplied tliat hapten after ano- 
 ther Kod: their diink otYerinKs 
 of blood \y\\\ I not otl'er, nor 
 take up their names into my 
 lil)S. 
 
 5 The Lord is the portion of 
 muie inheritance and of my 
 cup : thou maintainest my lot. 
 
 G The lines are fallen unto me 
 in pleasant places ; yea, I liave 
 a froodly heritairo. 
 
 7 I Avill bless the Lord, who 
 liath fiiven me counsel: my 
 reins also instruct me in the 
 night seasons. 
 
 8 I have set the Lord always 
 before mo : because he is at my 
 right hand, I shall not be moved. 
 
 Therefore my heart is glad, 
 and my gloiy rejoiceth : my 
 ilesh also shall rest in hope. 
 
 10 For thou y\\\i not leave my 
 soul in hell; neither wilt thou 
 sutler thine Holy One to see 
 corruption. 
 
 11 Thou Tvilt shew me the path 
 of life : in thy presence is ful- 
 ness of joy ; at thy right hand 
 tfiere are pleasm'es for ever- 
 more. 
 
 PSALM XVII. 
 1 David, in confidence of his integri- 
 ty, craveth defence of God against 
 Ms enemies. 10 He sfieiaeth their 
 pride, craft, ami eagerness. 13 He 
 prayeth against them in confidence 
 of his hope. 
 
 A Prayer of David. 
 
 HEAR the right, O Lord, 
 attend imto my crj^ give 
 ear unto my prayer, that goeth 
 not out of feigned lips. 
 2 Let my sentence come forth 
 from thy presence; let thine 
 eyes behold the things that are 
 egtual. 
 
 PSALMS. GixVs ][tr(ivi(kim . 
 
 3 Tliou hast proved mine heart ; 
 thou hast visited me in the night ; 
 thou liast tried me, and shalt 
 tind nothing; I am purposed 
 that my mouth shall not tranif- 
 gress. 
 
 4 Concemmg the works of men, 
 by tho- word of thy lips I liave 
 kei>t me from the patiis of the 
 destroyer. 
 
 5 Hold up my goings in thy 
 I>aths, that my footsteps slij) not. 
 
 G I have called upon thee, for 
 thou wilt hear me, O God: in- 
 cline thine ear unto me, and 
 hear my speech. 
 
 7 Shew thy marvellous loving- 
 kindness, (J thou that savest by 
 thy right lijind them wliich put 
 their trust in thee from those 
 that rise up against them. 
 
 8 Keep me as the apple of the 
 eye, hide me imder the shadow 
 of thy wings, 
 
 i) From the bricked that oppress 
 me, frojn my deadly enemies, 
 who compass me about. 
 
 10 They are inclosed in their 
 o^^^l fat : with their mouth they 
 speak proudly. 
 
 11 They have now compassed 
 us in our steps: they have set 
 their eyes bousing dov.Ti to the 
 earth : 
 
 12 Like as a lion that is greedy 
 of his prey, and as it were a 
 yoimg lion lurking in secret 
 places. 
 
 13 Arise, O Lord, disappoint 
 him, cast him do^vn : deliver ray 
 sold from the wicked, ichich is 
 thy sword : 
 
 14 From men tvhich are thy 
 hand, O Lord, from men of the 
 world, which have theu' portion 
 in this life, and whose belly thou 
 fillest with thy hid treasure: 
 they are full of children, and 
 leave the rest of their substance 
 to their babes. 
 
 15 As for me, I will behold tliv 
 face in righteousness : I shall V>e 
 satisfied, when I awake, with thy 
 likeness. 
 
 PSALM XVIII. 
 
 David praiseth God for his manifold 
 
 and marvellous blessings. 
 
David's pscdm 
 
 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of 
 David, the servant of the Lord, 
 who spake unto the Lord the words 
 of this song in the day that the 
 Lord delivered him from the hand 
 of all his enemies, and from the 
 hand of Saul : And he said, 
 
 I WILL love thee, O Loed, 
 my strength. 
 
 2 The Loed is my rock, aud 
 my fortress, and my deliverer; 
 my God, my strength, in whom 
 I will trust; my buckler, and 
 the horn of my salvation, and 
 my. high tower. 
 
 3 1 will call upon the Loed, wJio 
 is worthy to be praised : so shall 
 I be saved from mine enemies. 
 
 4 The sorrows of death com- 
 passed me, and the floods of 
 ungodly men made me afraid. 
 
 5 The sorrows of hell com- 
 passed me about : the snares of 
 death prevented me. 
 
 6 In my distress I called upon 
 the Loed, and cried unto my 
 God : he heard my voice out of 
 his temple, and my ciy came 
 before him, even into his ears. 
 
 7 Then the earth shook and 
 trembled; the foundations also 
 of the hills moved and were 
 shaken, because he was wroth. 
 
 8 There went up a smoke out 
 of his nostrils, and fire out of 
 his mouth devoui'ed : coals were 
 Irindled by it. 
 
 9 He bowed the heavens also, 
 and came dovai: and darkness 
 was under his feet. 
 
 10 And he rode upon a cherub, 
 and did fly : yea, he did fly up- 
 on the wings of the wind. 
 
 11 He made darkness his secret 
 place ; his pavilion round about 
 him were dark Avaters and thick 
 clouds of the sides. 
 
 12 At the brightness that was 
 before him his thick clouds pass- 
 ed, hail stones and coals of fire. 
 
 13 The Loed also thundered ui 
 the heavens, and the Highest 
 gave his voice ; hail stones and 
 coals of fire. 
 
 14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, 
 - and scattered them ; and he shot 
 
 out lightnings, and discomfited 
 them. 
 
 PSALMS. of thcmTiSfjivvag. 
 
 15 Then the channels of waters 
 were seen, and the foundations 
 of the world were discovered at 
 thy rebulie, O Loed, at the blast 
 of the breath of thy nostrils. 
 
 16 He sent from above, he took 
 me, he drew me out of many 
 waters. 
 
 17 He delivered me from my 
 strong enemy, and from them 
 which hated me : for they were 
 too strong for me. 
 
 18 They prevented me in the 
 day of my calamity: but the 
 Loed was my stay. 
 
 19 He brought me forth also 
 into a large place ; he delivered 
 me, because he delighted in me. 
 
 20 The Loed rewarded me 
 according to my righteousness ; 
 according to the cleamiess of my 
 hands hath he recompensed me. 
 
 21 For I have kept the ways of 
 the Loed, and have not wick- 
 edly departed from my God. 
 
 22 For all his judginents were 
 before me, and I did not put 
 away his statutes from me. 
 
 23 I was also upright before 
 him, and I kept myseK from 
 mine iniquity. 
 
 24 Therefore hath the Loed 
 recompensed me accordmg to 
 my righteousness, according to 
 the cleanness of my hands m 
 his eyesight. 
 
 25 With the merciful thou wilt 
 shew thyself merciful ; with an 
 upright man thou wilt shew thy- 
 self upright ; 
 
 26 With the pure thou wilt 
 shew thyself pure ; and with the 
 froward thou wilt shew thyself 
 froward. 
 
 27 For thou wilt save the af- 
 flicted people; but wilt bring 
 down high looks. 
 
 28 For thou wilt light my can- 
 dle: the Loed my God will 
 enlighten my darkness. 
 
 29 For by thee I have run 
 through a troop; and by my 
 God have I leaped over a wall. 
 
 30 As for God, his way is per- 
 fect: the word of the Loed is 
 tried: he is a buckler to all 
 those that trust in him. 
 
 Pf 2 
 
Dari<rs imlm PSALMS. 
 
 31 For who w God save the 
 Lord? or who is a rock save 
 our God? 
 
 ?-2 It is God that p:irdeth me 
 witli strength, and niaketli my 
 way perfect. 
 
 :^3 He maketh my feet like 
 liinds' feet, and setteth me up- 
 on my high iJaces. 
 
 ;34 He teacheth my hands to 
 war. f!o that a bow of steel is 
 l)rok(Mi by mine arms. 
 
 35 Thou liast also given me 
 the sliield of thy salvation : and 
 thy liiiht hand hath holden me 
 up, and thy gentleness hath 
 made me great. 
 
 :3<i Thou hast enlarged my steps 
 under me, that my feet did not 
 slip. 
 
 37 I liave pursued mine ene- 
 mies, and overtaken them : nei- 
 ther did I tuni agahi till they 
 were ('<)nsumed. 
 
 38 1 have wounded them that 
 they were not able to rise : they 
 a Hi fallen under my feet. 
 
 31) For thou hast girded me 
 with strength unto the battle: 
 thou hast subdued under me 
 those that rose up a^auist me. 
 
 41) Thou hast also given me 
 the necks of mine enemies; 
 that I might destroy them that 
 liate me. 
 
 41 They cried, but there was 
 none to save them: even mito 
 
 the Lord, but he answered them | for the sun, 
 
 of iJianhyhiiiij. 
 
 ed be my rock ; and let the God 
 of my salvation be exalted. 
 
 47 It is God that avenge th rac, 
 and subdueth the people under 
 me. 
 
 48 He delivereth me from mine 
 enemies : yea thou liftest me up 
 above those that rise up against 
 ine : thou hast delivered me 
 from the violent man. 
 
 41) Therefore will I give thanks 
 inito thee, O Lord, among the 
 heathen, and sing praises mito 
 thy name. 
 
 5() Great deliverance giveth he 
 to his king ; and sheweth mercy 
 to his anointed, to David, and 
 to Ills seed for evennore. 
 
 PSALM XIX. 
 1 TJie creatures sheio Ood'n glfn-y. 7 
 The word his grace. 12 David i/ray. 
 
 eth for grace. 
 To the chief Masician, A Psalm of 
 
 David. 
 rpHE heavens declare the glory 
 JL of God; and the finnament 
 sheweth his handywork. 
 
 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, 
 and night unto night sheweth 
 knowledge. 
 
 3 There is no speech nor lan- 
 guage, where their voice is not 
 heard. 
 
 4 Their line is gone out through 
 all the earth, and their words 
 to the end of the world. In 
 them hath he set a tabernacle 
 
 not. 
 
 42 Then did I beat them small 
 as the dust before the wind: I 
 did cast them out as the dirt in 
 the streets. 
 
 43 Thou hast delivered me 
 from the strivings of the peo- 
 ple; and thou hast made me 
 the head of the heathen : a peo- 
 ple whom I have not known 
 shall sers'e me. 
 
 44 As soon as they hear of me, 
 they shall obey me : the stran- 
 gers shall submit themselves 
 unto me. 
 
 45 The strangers shall fade a- 
 way, and be afraid out of their 
 close places. 
 
 46 The Lord liveth ; and bless- 
 
 5 Which is as a bridegroom 
 coming out of his chamber, and 
 rejoiceth as a strong man to run 
 a race. 
 
 6 His going forth is from the 
 end of the heaven, and his cir- 
 cuit imto the ends of it: and 
 there is nothing hid from the 
 heat thereof. 
 
 7 The law of the Lord is per- 
 fect, converting the soul: the 
 testimony of the Lord is sure, 
 making wise the simple. 
 
 8 The statutes of the Lord 
 are right, rejoicing the heart: 
 the commandment of the Lord 
 is pure, enlightening the eyes. 
 
 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, 
 enduring forever: the judgments 
 
David prayeth jur grace, 
 
 of the LoED are true aiid right- 
 eous altogether. 
 
 10 More to be desired are they 
 than gold, yea, than much fine 
 gold: sweeter also than honey 
 and the honeycomb. 
 
 11 Moreover by them is thy 
 servant warned : and in keeping 
 of them there is great reward. _ 
 
 12 Who can understand his 
 errors? cleanse thou me from 
 Becret faults. 
 
 13 Keep back thy servant also 
 from presumptuous sins; let 
 them not have dominion over 
 me: then shall I be upright, 
 and I shall be innocent from 
 the great transgression. 
 
 14 Let the words of my mouth, 
 and the meditation of my heart, 
 be acceptable in thy sight, O 
 LoKD, my strength, and my 
 redeemer. 
 
 PSALM XX. 
 
 1 TJie church hlessetJi the Mng in Jiis 
 
 exploits. 7 Her confidence in Gods 
 
 succour. 
 
 To the chief MusiciaD, A Psalm of 
 
 David. 
 
 TELE LoED hear thee in the 
 day of trouble ; the name of 
 the God of Jacob defend thee ; 
 
 2 Send thee help from the sanc- 
 tuary, and strengthen thee out 
 of Zion ; 
 
 3 Remember all thy offeruigs, 
 and accept thy burnt sacrifice ; 
 Selah. 
 
 4 Grant thee accordiug to thine 
 own heart, and fulfil all thy 
 counsel. 
 
 5 We will rejoice hi thy sal- 
 vation, and in the name of our 
 God we will set up our banners : 
 the Lord fulfil all thy petitions. 
 
 6 Now know I^ that the Loed 
 Baveth Ills anointed; he will 
 hear him from his holy heaven 
 with the saving strength of his 
 right hand. 
 
 7 Some trust m. chariots, and 
 some in horses : but we will re- 
 member the name of the Loed 
 our God. 
 
 8 They are brought down and 
 fallen: but we are risen, and 
 etand upright. 
 
 PSALMS. Thanlcsgidng for victory. 
 
 9 Save, Loed : let the long hear 
 us when we call. 
 
 PSALM XXL 
 
 1 A tlianTisgiving for victory. 7 Con- 
 fidence of farther success. 
 
 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of 
 DaTid. 
 
 THE long shall joy in thy 
 strength, O Loed; and in 
 thy salvation how greatly shall 
 he rejoice ! 
 
 2 Thou hast given him liis 
 heart's desire, and hast not 
 withholden the request of his 
 Hps. Selah. 
 
 3 For thou preventest him with 
 the blessings of goodness : thou 
 settest a crown of pui'e gold on 
 his head. 
 
 4 He asked life of thee, and 
 thou gavest it him, even length 
 of clays for ever and ever. 
 
 5 His glor^' is great in thy sal- 
 vation: honour and majesty hast 
 thou laid upon him. 
 
 6 For thou hast made him 
 most blessed for ever : thou hast 
 made him exceeding glad ^vith 
 thy eomitenance. 
 
 7 For the idng trusteth m the 
 Loed, and thi'ough the mercy 
 of the most High he shall not 
 be moved. 
 
 8 Thine hand shall find out 
 all thine enemies : thy right 
 hand shall find out those that 
 hate thee. 
 
 9 Thou shalt make them as a 
 fiery oven in the time of thine 
 anger: the Loed shall swal- 
 low them up in his wrath, and 
 the fire shall devour- them. 
 
 10 Then fruit shalt thou de- 
 stroy from the earth, and their 
 seed from among the children 
 of men. 
 
 11 For they intended evil a- 
 gainst^ thee : they imagined a 
 mischievous device, zvhich they 
 are not able to perform. 
 
 12 Therefore shalt thou make 
 them turn their back, ichen thou 
 shalt make ready thine arrows 
 upon thy strings against the 
 face of them. 
 
 13 Be thou exalted, Loed, in 
 
David CMnplaineth in PSALMS. 
 
 tliine owii fitrenpth : so will we 
 sin;? and praise thy power. 
 
 PSALM XXII. 
 1 David complahieth in great discou- 
 ragement. lie prat/eth in great 
 distress. 23 He irraiseth God. 
 To the chief Musician upoft Aijeleth 
 Shahar, A Psalm of David. 
 
 MY G(xl, my God, why hast 
 thou forsaken me? why 
 art thou so far from helping 
 me, and from the words of my 
 roaring ? 
 
 2 O my God, I cry in the day- 
 thne, l)iit thou hearest not; and 
 in the night season, and am not 
 silent. 
 
 3 But thou art holy, thou that 
 inhabitest the praises of Israel. 
 
 4 Our fathei-s trusted in thee : 
 tliey trusted, and thou didst de- 
 liver them. 
 
 Tliey cried unto thee, and 
 
 Oreai digcouragemeiit. 
 
 like a potsherd ; and my tongue 
 clcaveth to my jaws; and tliou 
 liast brought me into the dust 
 of death. 
 10 For dogs have compassed 
 me : tlie assembly of the wicked 
 have inclosed me : they pierced 
 my hands and my feet. 
 
 17 I may tell all my bones : 
 they look and stare upon me. 
 
 18 They part my gannents a- 
 mong them, and cast lots upon 
 my vesture. 
 
 19 But be not thou far from 
 me, O Lord: O my strength, 
 haste thee to help me. 
 
 20 Deliver my soid from the 
 sword ; my darlmg from the 
 power of the dog. 
 
 21 Save me from the lion's 
 mouth : for thou hast heard me 
 from the horns of the unicorns. 
 
 22 I will declare thy name un- 
 
 M ere delivered : they trusted in ' to my brethren : in the midst 
 thee, and w ere not confomided. j of the congregation will I praise 
 
 6 But I am a wonn, and no 
 man ; a reproach of men, and 
 despised of the people. 
 
 7 All they that see me laugh 
 3ue to sconi : they shoot out the 
 lip, they shake the head, saying, 
 
 8 He trusted on the Lord that 
 he would deliver him : let him 
 deliver him, seeing he delighted 
 in him. 
 
 But thou art he that took me 
 out of the womb: thou didst 
 make me hope when I ivas up- 
 on my mother's breasts. 
 
 10 I was cast upon thee from 
 the womb: thou art my God 
 from my mother's belly. 
 
 11 Be not far from me; for 
 trouble is near; for there is 
 none to help. 
 
 12 Many bulls have compass- 
 ed me : strong bulls of Bashan 
 have beset me round. 
 
 13 They gaped upon me with 
 their mouths, as a ravening and 
 a roaring lion. 
 
 14 I am poured out lilie wa- 
 ter, and all my bones are out of 
 joint: my heart is like wax; 
 it is melted in the midst of my 
 bowels. 
 
 15 My strength is dried up 
 
 thee. 
 
 23 Ye that fear the Lord, 
 praise him; all ye the seed of 
 Jacob, glorify lum; and fear 
 him, all ye the seed of Israel. 
 
 24 For he hath not despised nor 
 abhorred the affliction of the 
 afflicted; neither hath he hid 
 his face from him; but when 
 he cried mito him, he heard. 
 
 25 My praise shall he of thee 
 in the great congregation : I 
 will pay my vows before them 
 that fear him. 
 
 26 The meek shall eat and be 
 satisfied: they shall praise the 
 Lord that seek him : your heart 
 shall live for ever. 
 
 27 All the ends of the worid 
 shall remember and turn unto 
 the Lord : and all the kindreds 
 of the nations shall worship be- 
 fore thee. 
 
 28 For the kingdom is the 
 Lord's: and he is the gover- 
 nor among the nations. 
 
 29 All they that be fat upon 
 earth shall eat and worsliip : 
 all they that go down to the dust 
 shall bow before him : and none 
 can keep alive his own soul. 
 
 30 A seed shall ser^'e him ; it 
 
Ms cmjidmce in God^s PSALMS. 
 
 shall be accoTinted to tlie Lord 
 for a generation. 
 31 They shall come, and shall 
 declare his righteousness unto 
 a people that shall be bom, that 
 he hath done this. 
 
 PSALM XXIII. 
 
 DavicVs confidence in God's grace. 
 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 THE LoKD is my shepherd; 
 I shall not want. 
 
 2 He maketh me to lie down 
 in green pastures: he leadeth 
 me beside the still waters. 
 
 3 He restoreth my soul: he 
 leadeth me m the paths of righ- 
 teousness for his name's sake. 
 
 4 Yea, though I walk through 
 the valley of the shadow of 
 death, I will fear no evil: for 
 thou art with me ; thy rod and 
 thy staff they comfort me. 
 
 5 Thou preparestatable before 
 me in the presence of mine ene- 
 mies: thou anointest my head 
 ■v^^th oil ; my cup runneth over. 
 
 6 Surely goodness and mercy 
 shall follow me all the days of 
 my life : and I will dwell in the 
 house of the Loed for ever. 
 
 PSALM XXIV. 
 
 i God's lardsMp in the ivorld. 3 TJie 
 
 citizens of Ms spiritual Mngdom. 
 
 7 An exhorfatio^i to receive Mm. 
 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 THE earth is the Lord's, and 
 the fulness thereof; the world, 
 and they that dwell therein. 
 
 2 For he hath founded it upon 
 the seas, and established it upon 
 the floods. 
 
 3 Who shall ascend into the 
 hill of the Lord ? or who shall 
 stand in his holy place? 
 
 4 He that hath clean hands, 
 and a pure heart; who hath 
 not lifted up his soul unto va^ 
 nity, nor sworn deceitfully. 
 
 5 He shall receive the bless- 
 ing from the Lord, and right- 
 eousness from the God of his 
 salvation. 
 
 6 This is the generation of 
 them that seek him, that seek 
 thy face, O Jax^ob. Selah. 
 
 7 Lift up your heads, O ye 
 gates; and be ye lift up, ye 
 
 <j)'ace^ and in praper. 
 
 everlasting doors ; and the King 
 of glory shall come m. 
 
 8 Who is tliis Kmg of glory? 
 The Lord strong and mighty, 
 the Lord mighty in battle. 
 
 9 Lift up your heads, ye 
 gates ; even lift them up, ye 
 everlasting doors ; and the King 
 of glory shall come in. 
 
 10 Who is this Kmg of glory? 
 The Lord of hosts, he is the 
 King of glory. Selah. 
 
 PSALM XXV. 
 
 1 DavicTs confidence iu prayer. 7 He 
 
 prayeth for remission of sins, 16 
 
 and for help in afiliction. 
 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 UNTO thee, O Lord, do I 
 lift up my soul. 
 
 2 O my God, I trust in thee : 
 let me not be ashamed, let not 
 mine enemies triumph over me. 
 
 3 Yea, let none that wait on 
 thee be ashamed: let them be 
 ashamed which transgress with- 
 out cause. 
 
 4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord ; 
 teach me thy paths. 
 
 5 Lead me in thy truth, and 
 teach me : for thou art the God 
 of my salvation ; on thee do I 
 wait all the day. 
 
 6 Remember, O Lord, thy 
 tender mercies and thy lo\ing- 
 kmdnesses ; for they have been 
 ever of old. 
 
 7 Eemember not the sins of my 
 youth, nor my transgressions: 
 according to thy m^ercy remem- 
 ber thou me for thy goodness' 
 sake, O Lord. 
 
 8 Good and upright is the 
 Lord: therefore will he teach 
 sinnei^ in the way. 
 
 9 The meek will he guide in 
 judgment: and the meek will 
 he teach his way. 
 
 10 All the paths of the Lord 
 are mercy and truth unto such 
 as keep his covenant and his 
 testimonies. 
 
 11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, 
 pardon mine iniquity; for it is 
 great. 
 
 12 What man is he that feareth 
 the Lord? him shall he teach 
 in the way that he shall choose. 
 
David rescnidh iiato God. PSALMS, 
 
 13 His eoul phall dwell at ease ; 
 and his seed shall inherit the 
 earth. 
 
 14 The secret of the Lord is 
 with them that fear liim; and 
 he will shew them his covenant. 
 
 15 Mine eyes are ever toward 
 the Lord; for he shall pluck 
 my feet out of the net. 
 
 16 Turn thee unto me, and 
 have mercy upon me ; for I am 
 desolate and afflicted. 
 
 17 The troubles of my heart 
 are enlarged : bring thou me 
 out of my distresses. 
 
 18 Look upon mine affliction 
 and my pain; and forgive all 
 my sins. 
 
 19 Consider mine enemies ; for 
 they are many ; and they hate 
 me with cruel hatred. 
 
 20 O keep my soul, and deliver 
 :riie : let rne nut be ashamed ; for 
 I put my trust in thee. 
 
 21 Let integrity and upright- 
 ness preserve me ; for I wait on 
 thee. 
 
 22 Redeem Israel, O God, out 
 of all his troubles. 
 
 PSALM XXVI. 
 David rcforMh unto God in con- 
 fidence of his inltgrify. 
 A Psalm of David. 
 JUDGE me. O Lord; for 
 fj I have walked in mine in- 
 tegrity: I have trusted also in 
 the Lord ; therefore I shall not 
 slide. 
 
 2 Examine me, O Lord, and 
 T.rove me ; try my reins and my 
 heart. 
 
 3 For thy lovingkindness is 
 before mine eyes: and I have 
 walked in thy tmth. 
 
 4 I have not sat with vain per- 
 sons, neither viW I go in with 
 dissemblers. 
 
 5 I have hated the congrega- 
 tion of evil doers ; and will not 
 sit with the wicked. 
 
 6 I will wash mine hands in 
 innoeency: so will I compass 
 thuie altar, O Lord : 
 
 7 That I may publish with the 
 voice of thanJ^sgiving, and tell 
 of all thy wondrous works. 
 
 8 LoED, I have loved the ha- 
 
 His love for God's s^rtu'ce. 
 
 bitation of thy house, and the 
 place where thine honour dwell- 
 eth. 
 
 9 Gatlier not my soul with 
 sinners, nor ray life with bloody 
 men : 
 
 10 In whose hands is miscliief, 
 and their right hand is full of 
 bribes. 
 
 11 But as for me, I will walk 
 in mme integrity: redeem me, 
 and be merciful unto me. 
 
 12 My foot standeth in an even 
 place : in the congregations wiil 
 I bless the Lord. 
 
 PSALM XXVII. 
 1 David sufiaiiuith hix faith by tftc 
 2'ower of God, 4 by his love to tht 
 service of God, \) by prayer. 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 THE Lord is my light and 
 my salvation; whom shall 
 I fear? the Lord is the strength 
 of my life ; of whom shall I be 
 afraid ? 
 
 2 When the wicked, even mine 
 enemies and my foes, came up- 
 on me to eat up my flesh, they 
 stumbled and fell. 
 
 3 Though an host should en- 
 camp against me, my heart shall 
 not fear: though war should 
 rise against me, in tliis ivill I be 
 confident. 
 
 4 One thing have I desired of 
 the Lord, that will I seek after; 
 that I may dwell in the house 
 of the Lord all the days of 
 my life, to behold the beauty 
 of the Lord, and to enquire in 
 his temple. 
 
 5 For in the time of trouble he 
 shall hide me in his pavilion: 
 in the secret of liis tabernacle 
 shall he hide me; he shall set 
 me up upon a rock. 
 
 6 And now shall mine head be 
 lifted up above mine enemies 
 round about me : therefore will 
 I ofler in his tabernacle sacri- 
 fices of joy ; I will sing, yea, I 
 will sing praises imto the Lord. 
 
 7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry 
 with my voice : have mercy also 
 upon me, and answer me. 
 
 8 When thou saidst. Seek ye 
 my face; my heart said unto 
 
David pi-ayeth PSALMS, 
 
 thee, Thy face, Loed, will I 
 seek. 
 
 9 Hide not thy face/*«r from 
 me; put not thy seiTant away 
 in anger: thou hast been my 
 help ; leave me not, neither for- 
 sake me, O God of my salva- 
 tion. 
 
 10 AYhen my father and my 
 mother forsake me, then the 
 Lord will take me up. 
 
 11 Teach me thy way, O Loed, 
 and lead me in a plahi path, be- 
 cause of mine enemies. 
 
 12 Deliver me not over unto 
 the will of mine enemies : for 
 false witnesses are risen up a- 
 gainst me, and such as breathe 
 out cruelty. 
 
 13 I had fainted, unless I had 
 believed to see the goodness of 
 the LoED in the land of the 
 living. 
 
 14 Wait on the Loed: be 
 of good courage, and he shall 
 strengthen thhie heart : wait, I 
 saj% on the Loed. 
 
 PSALM XXYIII. 
 1 David prayetli eariiestly against his 
 enemies. 6 He Me-sseih God. 9 lie 
 prayetli for the people. 
 
 A Psabn of David. 
 
 UNTO thee will I cry, O 
 Loed my rock; be not 
 silent to me : lest, «/"thou be si- 
 lent to me, I become like them 
 that go down into the pit. 
 
 2 Hear the voice of my suppli- 
 cations, when I cry unto thee, 
 when I lift up my hands toward 
 thy holy oracle. 
 
 3 Draw me not away with the 
 wicked, and with the workers 
 of iniquity, which speak peace 
 to their neighbom's, but mis- 
 chief is m then hearts. 
 
 4 Give them according to their 
 deeds, and according to the 
 Vv'ickedness of their endeavouis: 
 give them after the work of 
 their hands; render to them 
 their desert. 
 
 5 Because they regard not the 
 works of the Loed, nor the 
 operation of his hands, he shall 
 destroy them, and not build them 
 up. 
 
 against his eheraies. 
 
 6 Blessed be the Loed, because 
 he hath heard the voice of my 
 supplications. 
 
 7 The Loed is my strength 
 and my shield ; my heart trusts 
 ed in him, and I am helped: 
 therefore my heart greatly re- 
 joiceth ; and with my song will 
 I praise him. 
 
 The Loed is their strength, 
 and he is the savhig strength 
 of his anointed. 
 
 9 Save thy people, and bless 
 thine inheritance: feed them 
 also, and hit them up for ever. 
 
 PSALM XXIX. 
 
 1 David exliorteth princes to give glcry 
 
 to God, 3 hy reason of liis power, 11 
 
 and protection of his people. 
 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 GaYE unto the Loed, O ye 
 r mighty, give unto the Loed 
 glory and strength. 
 
 2 Give unto the Loed the glory 
 due unto his name; worship 
 the Loed in the beauty of holi- 
 ness. 
 
 3 The voice of the Loed is up- 
 on the waters : the God of glory 
 thundereth: the Loed is upon 
 many waters. 
 
 4 The voice of the Loed is povr- 
 erful ; the voice of the Loed is 
 full of majesty. 
 
 5 The voice of the Loed break- 
 eth the cedars; yea, the Loed 
 breakeththe cedars of Lebanon. 
 
 6 He maketh them also to skip 
 Hke a calf; Lebanon and Sirion 
 like a young unicorn. 
 
 7 The voice of the Loed di- 
 vide th the flames of lire. 
 
 8 The voice of the Loed shak- 
 eth the wilderness; the Loed 
 sbaketh the wilderness of Ka- 
 desh. 
 
 9 The voice of the Loed malr- 
 eth the hinds to calve, and dis- 
 covereth the forests : and in his 
 temple doth eveiy one speak of 
 his glory. 
 
 10 The Loed sitteth upon the 
 flood; yea, the Loed sitteth 
 King for ever. 
 
 11 The Loed will give strength 
 unto his people ; the Loed will 
 bless liis people with peace. 
 
 Ff 3 
 
Diuid tnmselli God. 
 
 PSALM XXX. 
 
 1 D'lvid praiseth God for his deliver- 
 iitwe. 4: He exhorteth others to 
 J) raise him by example of God's 
 deiding ivUh him. 
 
 A Prialm mid Song at the dedication 
 of tlic liouse of David. 
 
 I WILL extol thee, O Lord; 
 for thou hast lifted me up, 
 autl ha.st not made my foes to 
 r<Moice over me. 
 
 ti O Lord my God, I cried unto 
 thee, and thou hast healed me. 
 
 :'> () Lord, thou hast brought 
 up my soul from the grave: 
 thou hast kei)t me alive, that I 
 sliould not go down to the pit. 
 
 4 Sing unto the Lord, O ye 
 sniuts of his, and give thanks 
 at tlie remembrance of liis ho- 
 liness. 
 
 5 For his anger endure th Jmt 
 a uioment; in liis favour is life : 
 weeping may enduie for a night, 
 but joy Cometh in the moniing. 
 
 ♦) And in my prosperity I said, 
 I shall never be moved. 
 
 7 Lord, by thy favour thou 
 liast made my mountain to 
 stand strong: thou didst liide 
 thy face, and I was troubled. 
 
 8 I cried to thee, O Lord ; and 
 unto the Lord I made suppli- 
 cation. 
 
 9 AVliat profit is there in my 
 blood, when I go doNvn to the 
 pit? Shall the dust praise thee? 
 shall it declare thy truth ? 
 
 10 Hear, O Lord, and have 
 mercy upon me : Lord, be thou 
 my helper. 
 
 1 1 Thou hast turned for me my 
 mourning into dancing: thou 
 hast put off my sackcloth, and 
 girded me with gladness ; 
 
 12 To the end that my glory 
 may sing praise to thee, and not 
 be silent. O Lord my God, I 
 will give thanks unto thee for 
 ever. 
 
 PSALM XXXI. 
 1 David sheunng his confidence in God 
 , cravetk his heln. 7 He rejoiceth in 
 his mercy. 9 He prayeth in his ca- 
 lamity. 19 He praiseth God for his 
 goodness. 
 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of 
 David. 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 He craveth GcxVs Mp. 
 
 IN thee, O Lord, do I put 
 my tmst; let me never be 
 ashamed: deliver me in thy 
 righteousness. 
 
 2 Bow down tliine ear to me ; 
 deliver me speedily: be thou 
 my strong rock, for an house 
 of defence to save me. 
 
 3 For thou art my rock and 
 my fortress; therefore for thy 
 name's sake lead me, and guido 
 me. 
 
 4 Pull me out of the net that 
 they have laid privily for me : 
 for thou art my strength. 
 
 5 Into tliine hand I commit my 
 spiiit: thou hast redeemed me, 
 O Lord God of truth. 
 
 G I have hated them that re- 
 gard lying vanities : but I trust 
 in the Lord. 
 
 7 I will be glad and rejoice in 
 tliy mercy: for thou hast con- 
 sidered my trouble; thou hast 
 known my soul in adversities ; 
 
 8 And hast not shut me up in- 
 to the hand of the euemy : thou 
 hast set my feet in a large room. 
 
 9 Have mercy upon me, O 
 Lord, for I am in trouble : mhie 
 eye is consumed vnth grief, 2/ea, 
 my soul and my belly. 
 
 10 For my life is spent with 
 grief, and my years with sigh- 
 ing: my strength faileth be- 
 cause of mine iniquity, and my 
 bones are consumed. 
 
 11 1 was a reproach among all 
 mine enemies, but especially 
 among my neighbours, and a 
 fear to mme acquaintance : they 
 that did see me without fled 
 from me. 
 
 12 I am forgotten as a dead 
 man out of mind : I am lil^e a 
 broken vessel. 
 
 13 For I have heard the slan- 
 der of many : fear was on every 
 side : while they took counsel 
 together against me, they de\as- 
 ed to take away my life. 
 
 14 But I trusted in thee, O 
 Lord : I said. Thou art my God. 
 
 15 My times are in thy hand : 
 deliver me from the hand of 
 mine enemies, and from them 
 that persecute me. 
 
David prayetli in calamity. PSALMS. God's promises hring jcy. 
 
 16 Make thy face to shine up- 
 on thy servant: save me for 
 thy mercies' sake. 
 
 17 Let me not be ashamed, O 
 Lord; for I have called upon 
 thee : let the wicked be asham- 
 ed, and let them be silent in the 
 grave. 
 
 18 Let the lying lips be put to 
 silence; which speak grievous 
 things proudly and contemptu- 
 ously against the righteous. 
 
 19 Oh how great is thy good- 
 ness, which thou hast laid up for 
 them that fear thee ; which thou 
 hast wrought for them that trust 
 in thee before the sons of men ! 
 
 20 Thou shalt hide them in the 
 secret of thy presence from the 
 pride of man : thou shalt keep 
 them secretly in a pavilion from 
 the strife of tongues. 
 
 21 Blessed be the Lord : for he 
 hath shewed me his marvellous 
 Idndness in a strong city. 
 
 22 For I said in my haste, I 
 am cut oif from before thine 
 eyes: nevertheless thou heard- 
 est the voice of my supplications 
 when I cried unto thee. 
 
 23 O love the Lord, all ye his 
 Faints : ./or the Lord preserveth 
 the faithful, and plentifully re- 
 wardeth the proud doer. 
 
 24 Be of good courage, and he 
 shall strengthen your heart, all 
 ye that hope in the Lord. 
 
 PSALM XXXII. 
 
 1 Blessedness eonsisteth in remission 
 of sins. 3 Confession of sins giveth 
 ease to the conscience. 8 God's pro- 
 tnises hring joy. 
 
 A Psalm of David, Maschil. 
 
 BLESSED is he whose trans- 
 gression is forgiven, whose 
 sin is covered. 
 
 2 Blessed is the man unto 
 whom the Lord imputeth not 
 
 I iniquity, and in whose spirit 
 ' there is no guile. 
 
 3 When I kept silence, my 
 1 bones waxed old through my 
 
 roarmg all the day long. 
 
 4 For day and night thy hand 
 v/as heavy upon me : my mois- 
 ture is turned into the drought 
 of summer. Selah. 
 
 5 I acknowledged my sin luito 
 thee, and mine iniquity have I 
 not hid. I said, I will confess my 
 transgressions unto the Lord; 
 and thou forgavest the iniquity 
 of my sin. Selah. 
 
 6 For this shall every one that 
 is godly pray unto thee in a time 
 when thou mayest be found: 
 surely in the floods of great wa- 
 ters they shall not come nigh 
 unto him. 
 
 7 Thou art my hiding place ; 
 thou shalt preserve me from 
 trouble; thou shalt compass 
 me about with songs of deli- 
 verance. Selah. 
 
 8 I will instruct thee and teach 
 thee in the way which thou 
 shalt go : I will guide thee with 
 mine eye. 
 
 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as 
 the mule, which laave no under- 
 standing: whose mouth must 
 be held in with bit and bridle, 
 lest they come near unto thee. 
 
 10 Many sorrows shall be to 
 the wicked: but he that trust- 
 eth in the Lord, mercy shall 
 compass him about. 
 
 11 Be glad in the Lord, and re- 
 joice, ye righteous: and shout 
 for joy, all ye that are upright 
 in heart. 
 
 PSALM XXXIIL 
 1 God is to he praised for his good- 
 ness, 6 for his xx)wer, 12 and for 
 his providence. 20 Confidence i'sto 
 he placed in God. 
 
 "OEJOICE in the Lord, O 
 XV ye righteous : for praise is 
 comely for the upright. 
 
 2 Praise the Lord with harp : 
 smg unto him with the psaltery 
 and fin instrument often strings. 
 
 3 Sing mito him a new song ; 
 play skilfully with a loud noise. 
 
 4 For the word of the Lord 
 is right ; and all liis works are 
 done in truth. 
 
 5 He loveth righteousness and 
 judgment: the earth is full of 
 the goodness of the Lord. 
 
 6 By the word of the Lord were 
 the heavens made ; and all the 
 host of them by the breath of 
 his mouth. 
 
David praisdli God, and PSALMS. 
 
 exJiortetJi otJiers thereto. 
 
 7 He prathereth the waters of 
 the sea toj^ether as an heap : he 
 layeth up the depth iii store- 
 houses. 
 
 8 Let all the earth fear the 
 Lord : let all the mhabitants of 
 the v/oiid stand in awe of liim. 
 
 9 For he spake, and it was 
 done; he commanded, and it 
 stood fast. 
 
 10 The Lord bringeth the coun- 
 sel of the lieathen to nouglit: 
 lie maketh the devices of the 
 people of none eflect. 
 
 11 The coimsel of the Lord 
 standeth for ever, the thoughts 
 of his lieait to all generations. 
 
 12 Blessed is the nation whose 
 God ii" tlie Lord ; ajid the peo- 
 ple whom he hath chosen for 
 his own inheritance. 
 
 13 Tiie Lord looketh from hea- 
 ven ; he beholdcth all the sons 
 of men. 
 
 14 From the place of his har 
 bitation he looketh upon all the 
 inhabitants of the earth. 
 
 15 He fashioneth their hearts 
 alike; he consideretli all their 
 works. 
 
 16 There is no king saved by 
 the multitude of an host: a 
 mighty man is not delivered 
 by much strength. 
 
 17 An horse is a vain thing for 
 safety : neither shall he deliver 
 (1)27/ by his great sti'ength. 
 
 18 Behold, the eye of the Lord 
 is upon them that fear him, up- 
 on tliem that hope m his mercy; 
 
 19 To deliver their soul from 
 death, and to keep them alive 
 in famine. 
 
 20 Our soul waiteth for the 
 Lord : he is our help and our 
 shield. 
 
 21 For our heart shall rejoice 
 in him, because we have trusted 
 in liis holy name. 
 
 22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be 
 upon us, according as we hope 
 in thee. 
 
 PSALM XXXIV. 
 1 David jjraisetJi God, and exhorteih 
 others thereto by his experience. 8 
 They are blessed that trust in God. 
 11 He exhort eth to the fear of God. 
 15 The privileges of the righteous. 
 
 A Psalm of David, wlion lie changed 
 his beliaviour Ixfore Abinu-loch; 
 who drove bim away, and ho do- 
 parted. 
 
 I WILL bless the Lord at all 
 times: his praise shall con- 
 tinually he in my mouth. 
 
 2 I\Iy soul shall make her boast 
 in the Lord : the humble shall 
 hear thereof, and be glad. 
 
 3 O magnify the Lord with 
 me, and let us exalt his name 
 together. 
 
 4 I sought the Lord, and he 
 heard me, and delivered me 
 from all my fears. 
 
 5 They looked unto him, and 
 were lightened : and their faces 
 were not ashamed. 
 
 6 Tins poor man cried, and the 
 Lord heard him, and saved him 
 out of all his troubles. 
 
 7 The angel of the Lord en- 
 campeth round about them that 
 fear him, and delivereth them. 
 
 8 O taste and see that the Lord 
 is good : blessed is the man that 
 trusteth in Mm. 
 
 9 O fear the Lord, ye his saints : 
 for there is no want to them that 
 fear him. 
 
 10 The young lions do lack, 
 and suifer hunger: but they 
 that seek the Lord shall not 
 v/ant any good thing-. 
 
 11 Come, ye children, hearken 
 mito me : I will teach you the 
 fear of the Lord. 
 
 12 What man is he that desir- 
 eth life, and loveth mant/ days, 
 that he may see good ? 
 
 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, 
 and thy lips from speaking guile. 
 
 14 Depart from evil, and do 
 good ; seek peace, and pursue it._ 
 
 15 The eyes of the Lord are 
 upon the righteous, and his ears 
 are open imto their cry. 
 
 16 The face of the Lord is a- 
 gainst them that do evil, to cut 
 oif the remembrance of them 
 from the earth. 
 
 17 The righteous cry, and the 
 Lord heareth, and delivereth 
 them out of all their troubles. 
 
 18 The Lord is nigh unto them 
 that are of a broken heart ; and 
 
David's pi'ayer for safety, PSALMS. 
 
 and against his enemies. 
 
 saveth such as be of a contrite 
 spirit. 
 
 19 Many are the afflictions of 
 the righteous : but the Loed de- 
 livereth him out of them all. 
 
 20 He keepeth all his bones: 
 not one of them is broken. 
 
 21 Evil shall slay the wicked : 
 and they that hate the righte- 
 ous shall be desolate. 
 
 22 The Lord redeemeth the 
 soul of his servants : and none 
 of them that trust in liim shall 
 be desolate. 
 
 PSALM XXXV. 
 1 David jyrayeth for his own safety, 
 and his enemies' confusion. 11 Re 
 complaineth of their wrongful deal- 
 ing. 22 Thereby he inciteth God 
 against them. 
 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 PLEAD my cause, O Lord, 
 ■«ith them that strive with 
 me: fight against them that 
 fight against me. 
 
 2 Take hold of shield and buck- 
 ler, and stand up for mine help. 
 
 3 Draw out also the spear, and 
 stop the way agamst them that 
 persecute me : say unto my soul, 
 I am thy salvation. 
 
 4, Let them be confounded and 
 put to shame that seek after my 
 soul : let them be turned back 
 and brought to confusion that 
 devise my hurt. 
 
 5 Let them be as chaff before 
 the wind : and let the angel of 
 the Lord chase them. 
 
 6 Let their way be dark and 
 slippery: and let the angel of 
 the Lord persecute them. 
 
 7 For without cause have they 
 hid for me their net in a pit, 
 which without cause they have 
 digged for my soul. 
 
 8 Let destruction come upon 
 him at unawares; and let his 
 net that he hath hid catch him- 
 self : into that very destruction 
 let him fall. 
 
 9 And my soul shall be joyful 
 in the Lord : it shall rejoice in 
 his salvation. 
 
 10 All my bones shall say. 
 Lord, who is like unto thee, 
 which deliverest the poor from 
 
 him that is too strong for him, 
 yea, the poor and the needy 
 from him that spoileth him? 
 
 11 False witnesses did rise up ; 
 they laid to my charge things 
 that I knew not. 
 
 12 They rewarded me evil for 
 good to the spoiling of my soul. 
 
 13 But as for me, when they 
 were sick, my clothuig loas 
 sackcloth: I humbled my soul 
 with fasting; and my prayer 
 returned into mine own bosom. 
 
 14 1 behaved myself as though 
 he had been my friend or bro- 
 ther: I bowed down heavily, 
 as one that moumeth for his 
 mother. 
 
 15 But in mine adversity they 
 rejoiced, and gathered them- 
 selves together: yea, the ab- 
 jects gathered themselves toge- 
 ther against me, and I loiew it 
 not; they did tear me, and 
 ceased not : 
 
 16 With hypocritical mockers 
 in feasts, they gnashed upon me 
 with their teeth. 
 
 17 Lord, how long wilt thou 
 look on? rescue my soul from 
 their destructions, my darling 
 from the lions. 
 
 18 I will give thee thanks in 
 the great congregation: I will 
 praise thee among much people. 
 
 19 Let not them that are mine 
 enemies wrongfully rejoice oyer 
 me : neither let them wink with 
 the eye that hate me without a 
 cause. 
 
 20 For they speak not peace : 
 but they devise deceitful mat- 
 ters against them that are quiet 
 in the land. 
 
 21 Yea, they opened their 
 mouth wide against me, and 
 said, Aha, aha, our eye hath 
 seen it. 
 
 22 This thou hast seen, O 
 Lord: keep not silence: O 
 Lord, be not far from me. 
 
 23 Stir up thyself, and awake 
 to my judgment, even unto my 
 cause, my God and my Lord. 
 
 24 Judge me, O Lord my God, 
 according to thy righteousness ; 
 and let them not rejoice over me. 
 
Excellency of God's iiiei-cy. PSALMS. 
 
 Hie different esUUe 
 
 25 Let them not my in theii' 
 hearts, Ah, so would we have 
 it: let them not say. We have 
 swallowed him up. 
 
 26 Let them be ashamed and 
 brought to confusion together 
 that rejoice at mine hui-t: let 
 them be clothed with shame and 
 dishonour that magnify them- 
 selves against me. 
 
 27 Let them shout for joy, and 
 be glad, that favour my right- 
 eous cause: yea, let them say 
 continually. Let the Lord be 
 niagnihed, which hath pleasure 
 in the i)rosperity of his servant. 
 
 28 And my tongue shall speak 
 of thy rigliteousness and of thy 
 praise all the day long. 
 
 PSALM XXXVI. 
 
 1 TJie gricvons estate of the icicl-ed. 
 
 5 The excellency of God's 'mercy. 
 
 10 David prayeth for favour to 
 
 God's chddren. 
 
 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of 
 
 David the servant of the Lord. 
 
 THE transgression of the wick- 
 ed saith mtliin my heart, 
 that there is no fear of God be- 
 fore Ids eyes. 
 
 2 For he flattereth himself in 
 his own eyes, until his iniquity 
 be found to be hateful. 
 
 3 The words of his mouth are 
 iniquity and deceit : he hath left 
 off to be wise, and to do good. 
 
 4 He deviseth mischief upon 
 his bed; he eetteth liimself in 
 a way that is not good ; he ab- 
 hoiTeth not evil. 
 
 5 Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the 
 heavens; and thy faithfulness 
 reacheth unto the clouds. 
 
 6 Thy righteousness is like the 
 great mountains; thy judgments 
 are a great deep : O Lord, thou 
 preservest man and beast. 
 
 7 How excellent is thy loving- 
 kindness, O God ! therefore the 
 children of men put their trust 
 under the shadow of thy wings. 
 
 8 They shall be abundantly 
 satisfied with the fatness of thy 
 house; and thou shalt make 
 
 of life : in tliy light shall we see 
 hght. 
 
 10 O continue thy lovingkind- 
 ness unto them tliat Iniow thee ; 
 and thy righteousness to the up- 
 right in heart. 
 
 11 Let not the foot of pride 
 come agauist me, and let not 
 the hand of the wicked remove 
 me. 
 
 12 There are the workers of 
 iniquity fallen: they are cast 
 do\Mi, and shall not be able 
 to rise. 
 
 PSALM XXXVII. 
 
 David persuadeth to p<dienc€ ami 
 
 confidence in God, hy the dij^erent 
 
 estate of the godly and the wicked, 
 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 FRET not thyself because of 
 evildoers, neither be thou 
 envious against the workers of 
 iniquity. 
 
 2 For they shall soon be cut 
 do^vn like the grass, and wither 
 as the green herb. 
 
 3 Trust in the Lord, and do 
 good; so shalt thou dwell in 
 the land, and verily thou shalt 
 be fed. 
 
 4 Delight thyself also in the 
 Lord; and he shall give thee 
 the desires of thine heart. 
 
 5 Commit thy way unto the 
 Lord; trust also in him; and 
 he shall bring it to pass. 
 
 6 And he shall bring forth thy 
 righteousness as the light, and 
 thy judgment as the noonday. 
 
 7 Rest in the Lord, and wait 
 patiently for him : fret not thy- 
 self because of him who pros- 
 pereth in his way, because of 
 the man who bringeth wicked 
 devices to pass. 
 
 8 Cease from anger, and for- 
 sake wrath : fret not thyself in 
 any wise to do evil. 
 
 9 For evildoers shall be cut 
 off: but those that wait upon 
 the Lord, they shall inherit the 
 earth. 
 
 10 For yet a little while, and 
 the wicked shall not be: yea. 
 
 them drink of the river of thy j thou shalt diligently consider 
 pleasures. his place, and it shall not be. 
 
 . 9 For with thee is the fountain 1 11 But the meek shall inherit 
 
of tlie godly 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 and tlie wicked. 
 
 the eartli; and shall delight 
 themselves in the abundance of 
 peace. 
 
 12 The wicked plotteth against 
 the just, and gnasheth upon him 
 with his teeth. 
 
 13 The Lord shall laugh at 
 him : for he seeth that his day 
 is coming. 
 
 14 The wicked have drawn out 
 the sword, and have bent their 
 bow, to cast down the poor and 
 needy, and to slay such as be of 
 upright conversation. 
 
 15 Their sword shall enter into 
 their own heart, and their bows 
 shall be broken. 
 
 16 A little that a righteous man 
 hath is better than the riches of 
 many wicked. 
 
 17 For the arms of the wicked 
 shall be broken : but the Loed 
 upholdeth the righteoiis. 
 
 18 The LoED Imoweth the days 
 of the upright : and their inhe- 
 ritance shall be for ever. 
 
 19 They shall not be ashamed 
 in the evil time : and in the days 
 of famine they shall be satisfied. 
 
 20 But the wicked shall perish, 
 and the enemies of the Loed 
 shall be as the fat of lambs: 
 they shall consume ; into smoke 
 shall they consume away. 
 
 21 The wicked borroweth, and 
 payeth not again : but the right- 
 eous sheweth mercy, and giveth. 
 
 22 For such as be blessed of 
 him shall inherit the earth ; and 
 ther/ that be cursed of him shall 
 be cut off. 
 
 23 The steps of a good man are 
 ordered by the Loed: and he 
 delighteth in his way. 
 
 24 Though he fall, he shall not 
 be utterly cast down: for the 
 Loed upholdeth him with his 
 hand. 
 
 25 1 have been young, and noiv 
 am old ; yet have I not seen the 
 righteous forsaken, nor his seed 
 begging bread. 
 r 26 He is ever merciful, and 
 lendeth ; and his seed is blessed. 
 
 27 Depart from evil, and do 
 good ; and dwell for evermore. 
 
 28 For the Loed loveth judg- 
 
 ment, and forsaketh not his 
 saints; they are preserved for 
 ever : but the seed of the wick- 
 ed shall be cut off. 
 
 29 The righteous shall inherit 
 the land, and dwell therein for 
 ever. 
 
 30 The mouth of the righteous 
 speaketh wisdom, and his tongue 
 talketh of judgment. 
 
 31 The law of his God is in his 
 heart; none of his steps shall 
 slide. 
 
 32 The wicked watcheth the 
 righteous, and seeketh to slay 
 him. 
 
 33 The Loed will not leave 
 him in his hand, nor condemn 
 him when he is judged. 
 
 34 Wait on the Loed, and keep 
 his way, and he shall exalt thee 
 to mherit the land: when the 
 wicked are cut off, thou shalt 
 see it. 
 
 35 I have seen the wicked in 
 great power, and spreading him- 
 self like a green bay tree. 
 
 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, 
 he was not : yea, I sought him, 
 but he could not be found. 
 
 37 Mark the perfect man, and 
 behold the upright : for the end 
 of that man is peace. 
 
 38 But the transgressors shall 
 be destroyed together : the end 
 of the wicked shall be cut off. 
 
 39 But the sahation of the 
 righteous is of the Loed: he 
 is their strength in the time of 
 trouble. 
 
 40 And the Loed shall help 
 them, and deliver them: he 
 shall deliver them from the 
 wicked, and save them, because 
 they trust in him. 
 
 PSALM XXXVIII. 
 David moveth God to fal'e compas- 
 sion of Jiis pitifid case. 
 A Psalm of David, to bring to re- 
 membrance. 
 OLOED, rebuke me not in 
 thy ^vrath : neither chasten 
 me in thy hot displeasure. 
 
 2 For thine arrows stick fast 
 in me, and thy hand presseth 
 me sore. 
 
 3 There is no soundness in my 
 
David lYuwetli God to 
 
 flesh because of tliine aii?er; 
 neither is there any rest m my 
 bones because of my sm. 
 
 4 For mine inifjuities are gone 
 over mine liead: as an heavy 
 burden they are too heavy for 
 me. 
 
 5 My wounds stink and are cor- 
 rupt because of my foolishness. 
 
 G I am troubled ; 1 am bowed 
 down frreatly; I go moummg 
 all the day long. 
 
 7 For my loins are filled with 
 a loathsome disease : and there 
 is no soundness in my flesh. 
 
 8 1 am feeble and sore broken : 
 I have roared by reason of the 
 disquietness of my heart. 
 
 9 Lord, all my desire is before 
 thee; and my groaning is not 
 hid from thee. 
 
 10 ]My heart panteth, my 
 strength faileth me : as for the 
 light of mine eyes, it also is 
 gone from mo. 
 
 11 ]\Iy lovers and ray friends 
 stand aloof from my sore ; and 
 my kinsmen stand afar oft'. 
 
 12 They also that seek after 
 my life lay snares /br me: and 
 they that seek my hurt speak 
 mischievous things, and imagine 
 deceits all the day long. 
 
 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard 
 not ; and / it-as as a dimib man 
 that openeth not his mouth. 
 
 14 Thus I was as a man that 
 heareth not, and m whose mouth 
 are no reproofs. 
 
 15 For in thee, O Lord, do I 
 hope : thou wilt hear, O Lord 
 my God. 
 
 16 For I said, Hear me, lest 
 otherwise they should rejoice 
 over me : when my foot shppeth, 
 they magnify themselves against 
 me. 
 
 17 For I am ready to halt, and 
 my sorrow is continually before 
 me. 
 
 18 For I will declare mine ini- 
 quity ; I will be sorry for my sin. 
 
 19 JBut mine enemies are live- 
 ly, and they are strong: and 
 they that hate me wrongfully 
 are multiplied. 
 
 20 They also that render evil 
 
 PSALMS. talcc c/:mipamon of him. 
 
 for good are mine adversaries; 
 because I follow the thing that 
 good is. 
 
 21 Forsake me not, O Lord: 
 
 my God. be not far from me. 
 
 22 Make haste to help me, O 
 Lord my salvation. 
 
 PSALM XXXIX. 
 
 1 DavkVa care of his thou/jhis. 4 TJir 
 consideratioii of the brevity and 
 vanity of life, 7 the reverence of 
 (TtHVH jndiinients, lu and prayer, 
 are his bridles of iin patient y. 
 
 To the chief Musician, even to Jedu- 
 thuii, A Psalm of David. 
 
 T SAID, 
 X my ways. 
 
 ^nll take heed to 
 that I sin not 
 with my tongue : I will keep 
 my mouth with a bridle, while 
 the wicked is before me. 
 
 2 I was dumb with silence, I 
 held my peace, even from good ; 
 and my sorrow was stin-ed. 
 
 3 My heart was hot within 
 me, while I was musing the 
 fire bunied : then spake I with 
 my tongue, 
 
 4 Lord, make me to Imow 
 mine end, and the measure of 
 my days, what it is ; that I may 
 know how frail 1 am. 
 
 5 Behold, thou hast made my 
 days as an handbreadth; and 
 mine age is as nothing before 
 thee: verily every man at his 
 best state ts altogether vanity. 
 Selah. 
 
 6 Surely every man walketh 
 in a vain shew : surely they are 
 chsquieted hi vain : he heapeth 
 up riches, and knoweth not who 
 shall gather them. 
 
 7 And now, Lord, what wait I 
 for ? my hope is in thee. 
 
 8 Deliver me from all my 
 transgressions: make me not 
 the reproach of the foolish. 
 
 9 1 was dumb, I opened not my 
 mouth ; because thou didst it. 
 
 10 Eemove thy stroke away 
 from me : I am consumed by 
 the blow of thine hand. 
 
 11 When thou with rebukes 
 dost con-ect man for iniquity, 
 thou makest his beauty to con- 
 sume away like a moth : surely 
 every man is vanity. Selah. 
 
Benefit of tnist in God. 
 
 12 Hear my prayer, O Loed 
 and give ear unto my cry ; hold 
 not thy peace at my tears : for 
 I am a stranger with thee, and 
 a sojomner, as all my fathers 
 weo^e. 
 
 13 O spare me, that I may 
 recover strength, before I go 
 hence, and be no more. 
 
 PSALM XL. 
 1 Tlw benefit of confidence in God. 
 6 Obedience is the best sacrijjce. 11 
 The sense of David's evils inflam- 
 eth his prayer. 
 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of 
 David. 
 
 T WAITED patiently for the 
 X Lord ; and he inclined mito 
 me, and heard my cry. 
 2 He brought me up also out 
 of an horrible pit, out of the 
 miry clay, and set my feet up- 
 on a rock, a7id established my 
 goings. 
 
 ^ 3 And he hath put a new song 
 in my mouth, even praise unto 
 our God : many shall see it, and 
 fear, and shall trust in the Lord. 
 
 4 Blessed is that man that 
 maketh the Lord his trust, and 
 respecteth not the proud, nor 
 such as tm-n aside to lies. 
 
 5 Many, O Lord my God, are 
 thy wonderful works which thou 
 hast done, and thy thoughts 
 which are to us-ward: they 
 cannot be reckoned up in order 
 imto thee : if I would declare 
 and speak of them, they are 
 more than can be numbered. 
 
 6 Sacilficf^ and offering thou 
 didst not desire ; mine ears hast 
 thou opened: burnt offering 
 and sin offering hast thou not 
 required. 
 
 7 Then said I, Lo, I come : in 
 the volume of the book it is 
 written of me, 
 
 8 I delight to do thy will, O 
 my God : yea, thy law is within 
 my heart. 
 
 9 I have preached righteous- 
 ness in the great congregation : 
 lo, I have, not refrained my lips, 
 O Lord, thou Imowest. 
 
 10 I have not hid thy righte- 
 ousness within my heart ; I have 
 
 PSALMS. God's care of the poor. 
 
 declared thy faithfulness and thy 
 salvation : I have not concealed 
 thy loving-kindness and thy truth 
 from the great congregation. 
 
 11 Withhold not thou thy ten- 
 der mercies from me, O Lord : 
 let thy lovinglmidness and thy 
 truth continually preserve me. 
 
 12 For innumerable evils have 
 compassed me about : mine ini- 
 quities have taken hold upon 
 me, so that I am not able to 
 look up; they are more than 
 the hairs of mine head : there- 
 fore my heart faileth me. 
 
 13 Be pleased, O Lord, to de- 
 liver me : O Lord, make haste 
 to help me. 
 
 14 Let them be ashamed and 
 confoimded together that seek 
 after my soul to destroy it ; let 
 them be driven backward and 
 put to shame that wish me evil. 
 
 15 Let them be desolate for a 
 reward of their shame that say 
 unto me, Aha, aha. 
 
 16 Let all those that seek thee 
 rejoice and be glad in thee : let 
 such as love thy salvation say 
 continually, The Lord be mag- 
 nified. 
 
 17 But I am poor and needy ; 
 t/et the Lord thinketh upon me : 
 thou art my help and my deli- 
 verer; make no tarrying, O my 
 God. 
 
 PSALM XLI. 
 
 1 God's care of the poor. 4 David coni- 
 
 plaineth of Ms atemies'' treachery. 
 
 10 Hefieeth to God for succour. 
 
 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of 
 
 David. 
 
 BLESSED is he that consi- 
 dereth the poor : the Lord 
 will deliver Inm in time of trou- 
 ble. 
 
 2 The Lord will preserve 
 him, and keep him alive; and 
 he shall be blessed upon the 
 earth: and thou wilt not de- 
 liver him unto the will of his 
 enemies. 
 
 3 The Lord will strengthen 
 him upon the bed of languish- 
 ing : thou wilt make all his bed 
 in his sickness. 
 
 4 1 said, Lord, be merciful unto 
 
Davi(fs md to sei-ve PSALMS. 
 
 me : heal my soul ; for I have 
 sinned agamst thee. 
 
 5 IMine enemies speak evil of 
 me, When shall he die, and his 
 name perish? 
 
 6 And if he come to see me, he 
 speaketh vanity: his heart ga- 
 thereth iniquity to itself; ivken 
 lie goeth abroad, he telleth it. 
 
 7 All that hate mc -svliisper 
 together against me: against 
 me do they devise my hurt. 
 
 8 An enl disease, sat/ they. 
 cleaveth fast unto 1dm : and 
 noiv that he lieth he shall rise 
 up no more. 
 
 9 Yea, mine own familinrfriend, 
 in whom I tiiisted, wh.ich did 
 eat of my bread, liath lilted up 
 his heel agamst me. 
 
 10 But thou, O Lord, be mer- 
 ciful unto me, and raise me up, 
 that I may requite them. 
 
 11 By this I Ivuow that thou fa- 
 Aourest me, because mine ene- 
 my doth not triumph over me. 
 
 12 And as for me, thou up- 
 holdest me hi mhie integrity, 
 and settest me before thy face 
 for ever. 
 
 13 Blessed he the Lord God of 
 Israel from everlasting, and to 
 everlasting. Amen, and Amen. 
 
 PSALM XLII. 
 
 1 BamfVs zenl to serve God in the 
 femijle. 5 He encourageth his soul 
 to trust in God. 
 
 To the chief Musician, Maschil, for 
 the sons of Korah.' 
 
 A S the hart panteth after the 
 J\. water brooks, so panteth 
 my soul after thee, O God. 
 
 2 My soul thu-steth for God, 
 for the living God : when shall 
 I come and appear before God? 
 
 3 My tears have been my meat 
 day and night, while they con- 
 tinually say mito me, Where is 
 thy God? 
 
 4 When I remember these 
 things, I pour out my soul in 
 me: for I had gone with the 
 multitude, I went with them 
 to the house of God, with the 
 voice of joy and praise, with a 
 multitude that kept holyday. 
 
 '^ 5 Why art thou cast down, O 
 
 God in tJie temple. 
 
 my soul? and 7vht/ art thou 
 disquieted in me ? hope thou in 
 God : for I shall yet praise him 
 for the help of his comitenance. 
 
 6 O my God, my soul is cast 
 down within me : therefore will 
 I remember thee from the land 
 of Jordan, and of the Hennon- 
 ites, from the hill Mizar. 
 
 7 Deep calleth unto deep at 
 the noise of thy waterspouts: 
 all thy waves and thy billows 
 are gone over me. 
 
 8 Yet the Lord will command 
 his lo\'ingldndness in the day- 
 time, and in the night liis song 
 shall he with me, and my prayer 
 imto the God of my life. 
 
 9 I will say unto God my rock. 
 Why hast thou forgotten me? 
 why go I mourning because of 
 the oppression of the enemy ? 
 
 10 As with a sword in my 
 bones, mine enemies reproach, 
 me; wliile they say daily unto 
 me. Where is thy God? 
 
 11 Why art thou cast down, 
 
 my soul? and why art thou 
 disquieted within me? hope 
 thou in God: for I shall yet 
 praise him, who is the health of 
 my countenance, and my God. 
 
 PSALM XLIIL 
 
 1 David, lyraying to he restored to the 
 temple, 2)rom,iseth to serve God joy- 
 fully. 5 He encourageth his soul to 
 trust in God. 
 
 JUDGE me, O God, and plead 
 my cause against an ungodly 
 nation : O deliver me from the 
 deceitful and unjust man. 
 
 2 For thou art the God of my 
 strength: why dost thou cast 
 me off? why go I mourning 
 because of the oppression of the 
 enemy ? 
 
 3 O send out thy light and 
 thy truth: let them lead me; 
 let them bring me unto thy holy 
 hill, and to thy tabernacles. 
 
 4 Then will I go unto the altar 
 of God, unto God my exceeding 
 joy: yea, upon the harp will I 
 praise thee, O God my God. 
 
 5 Why art thou cast down, O 
 my soul? and why art thou 
 disquieted within me? hope in 
 
TJie church cmnplaineth 
 
 God : for I shall yet praLse him, 
 zuho is the health of my comi- 
 tenance, and my God. ^ 
 PSALM XLIV. 
 
 1 The clmrch, in memorij of former- 
 favours, 7 complaiiietJi of their 
 jjresent evils. 17 Professing her 
 integrity, 23 she fervently prayetli 
 for succour. 
 
 To the chief Musician for the sons of 
 Korah, Maschil. 
 
 WE have heard with our 
 ears, O God, oiir fathers 
 have told ns, what work thou 
 didst in their days, in the times 
 of old. 
 
 2 How thou didst drive out the 
 heathen with thy hand, and 
 plantedst them ; how thou didst 
 afflict the people, and cast them 
 out. 
 
 3 For they got not the land in 
 possession by their own sword, 
 neither did their own arm save 
 them ; but thy right hand, and 
 thine arm, and the light of thy 
 countenance, because thou hadst 
 a favour unto them. 
 
 4 Thou art my Kmg, O God : 
 command deliverances for Ja- 
 cob. 
 
 5 Through thee will we push 
 down our enemies : through thy 
 name will we tread them under 
 that rise up against us. 
 
 6 For I will not trust in my bow, 
 neither shall my sword save me. 
 
 7 But thou hast saved us from 
 our enemies, and hast put them 
 to shame that hated us. 
 
 8 In God we boast all the day 
 long, and praise thy name for 
 ever. Selah. 
 
 9 But thou hast cast off, and 
 put us to shame ; and goest not 
 forth with our armies. 
 
 10 Thou makest us to turn 
 back from the enemy : and they 
 which hate us gpoil for them- 
 selves. 
 
 11 Thou hast given us like 
 sheep appointed for meat ; and 
 hast scattered us among the 
 heathen. 
 
 12 Thou sellest thy people for 
 nought, and dost not increase 
 thy wealth by their price. 
 
 PSALMS. of present evils. 
 
 13 Thou makest us a reproach 
 to our neighbours, a scorn and 
 a derision to them that are 
 round about us. 
 
 14 Thou makest us a byword 
 among the heathen, a shaldng 
 of the head among the people. 
 
 15 My confusion is continually 
 before me, and the shame of my 
 face hath covered me, 
 
 16 For the voice of him that 
 reproacheth and blasphemeth; 
 by reason of the enemy and 
 avenger. 
 
 17 All this is come upon us; 
 yet have we not forgotten thee, 
 neither have we dealt falsely in 
 thy covenant. 
 
 18 Our heart is not turned 
 back, neither have our steps 
 declined from thy way ; 
 
 19 Though thou hast sore bro- 
 ken us in the place of di'agons, 
 and covered us -^ith the shadow 
 of death. 
 
 20 If we have forgotten the 
 name of our God, or stretched 
 out oiu- hands to a strange god ; 
 
 21 Shall not God search this 
 out ? for he knoweth the secrets 
 of the heart. 
 
 22 Yea, for thy sake are we kill- 
 ed all the day long ; we are count- 
 ed as sheep for the slaughter. 
 
 23 Awake, why sleepest thou, 
 O Lord? arise, cast us not oif 
 for ever. 
 
 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy 
 face, and forgettest^ our afflic- 
 tion and our oppression ? 
 
 25 For oiu" soul is bowed down 
 to the dust : om- belly cleaveth 
 unto the earth. 
 
 26 Arise for our help, and re- 
 deem us for thy mercies' sake. 
 
 PSALM XLV. 
 
 1 TJie majesty and grace of Clirisfs 
 
 kingdom. 10 TJie dutyoftlie church, 
 
 and the benefits thereof. 
 To the chief Musician upon Shoshan- 
 
 nim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, 
 
 A Song of loves. 
 
 IV/TY heart is inditing a good 
 AjJL matter: I speak of the 
 things which I have made touch- 
 mg the king : my tongue is the 
 pen of a ready writer. 
 
TJie nuijesty and grace PSALMS. 
 
 2 Thou art fairer than the cliil- 
 dren of men: grace is i)OUied 
 into thy lips: therefore God 
 liath blessed thee for ever. 
 
 3 Gird thy swoid upon ihj/ 
 tliigh, O most niighty, -svith thy 
 gloiy and thy majesty. 
 
 4 And in thy majesty ride 
 prosperously because of truth 
 and meekness a?ul righteous- 
 ness ; and thy right hand shall 
 teach thee terrible things. 
 
 5 Tliine arrows are sharp in 
 the heart of the king's enemies ; 
 irhereby the peoi)le fall mider 
 thee. 
 
 G Thy throne, O God, is for 
 ever and ever: the sceptre of 
 thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 
 
 7 Thou lovest righteousness, 
 and liatest wickedness: there- 
 fore God, thy God, hath anouit- 
 ed thee witli the oil of gladness 
 al)Ove thy iellows. 
 
 8 All thy garments smell of 
 myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, 
 out of the ivoiy palaces, where- 
 by they have made thee glad. 
 
 9 Kings' daughters ivere among 
 thy honourable women : upon 
 thy right hand did stand the 
 queen in gold of Ophir. 
 
 10 Hearken, O daughter, and 
 consider, and incline tliine ear ; 
 forget also thine own people, 
 and thy father's house ; 
 
 11 So shall the king greatly 
 desire thy beauty : for he is thy 
 Lord ; and worship thou him. 
 
 12 And the daughter of Tyre 
 shall he there with a gift; even 
 the rich among the people shall 
 in treat thy favour. 
 
 13 The king's daughter is all 
 glorious within : her clothing is 
 of wrought gold. 
 
 14 8he slmll be brought unto 
 the king in raiment of needle- 
 work: the virgins her compa- 
 nions that follow her shall be 
 brought unto thee. 
 
 15 With gladness and rejoic- 
 ing shall they be brought : they 
 shall enter into the king's pa- 
 lace. 
 
 16 Instead of thy fathers shall 
 be thy children, whom thou 
 
 of Chnd*s kingdorn. 
 
 mayest make princes in all the 
 earth. 
 
 17 I \\\\\ make thy name to be 
 remenibered in all generations : 
 therefore shall the people praise 
 thee for ever and ever. 
 PSALM XLVI. 
 1 TJie confidence icldch the church 
 
 hath in God. 8 An exhortation to 
 
 behold it. 
 To the chief Musician for the sons of 
 Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. 
 
 GOD is our refuge and 
 strength, a very present 
 help in trouble. 
 
 2 Therelbre will not we fear, 
 though the earth be removed, 
 and though the mountains be car- 
 ried into the midst of the sea ; 
 
 3 Though the waters thereof 
 roar and be troubled, thoupch 
 the mountains shake \rith the 
 swelHng thereof. 8elah. 
 
 4 There is a river, the streams 
 whereof shall make glad the city 
 of God, the holy place of the 
 tabemacles of the most High. 
 
 5 God is in the midst of her; 
 she shall not be moved: God 
 shall help her, and that right 
 early. 
 
 G The heathen raged, the king- 
 doms were moved: he uttered 
 his voice, the earth melted. 
 
 7 The Lord of hosts is with 
 us; the God of Jacob is our 
 refuge. Selah. 
 
 8 Come, behold the works of 
 the Lord, what desolations he 
 hath made in the earth. 
 
 9 He maketh wai-s to cease 
 imto the end of the earth; he 
 breaketh the bow, and cuttetli 
 the spear in sunder; he burn- 
 etii the chariot in the fiie. 
 
 10 Be still, and laiow that I 
 am God: I will be exalted a- 
 mong the heathen, I will be 
 exalted in the earth. 
 
 11 The Lord of hosts is with 
 us; the God of Jacob is our 
 reftige. Selah. 
 
 PSALM XLVII. 
 
 Tlie nations are exhorted cheerfully 
 
 to entertain the kingdom of Christ 
 
 To the chief Musici?n, A Pfalm for 
 
 the sons of Korah. 
 
Tlie oimanimts and 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 pnvUeges of (lie cJmrcJi. 
 
 OCLAP your hands, all ye 
 people : shout unto God with 
 the voice of triumph. 
 
 2 For the Lokd most high is 
 terrible ; he is a great King over 
 all the earth. 
 
 3 He shall subdue the people 
 under us, and the nations un- 
 der our feet. 
 
 4 He shall choose our inherit- 
 ance for us, the excellency of 
 Jacob whom he loved. Selah. 
 
 5 God is gone up with a shout, 
 the LoED with the sound of a 
 trumpet. 
 
 6 Sing praises to God, sing 
 praises: sing praises unto our 
 King, SLQg praises. 
 
 7 For God is the King of all 
 the earth : sing ye praises with 
 imderstanding. 
 
 8 God reigneth over the hea- 
 then: God sitteth upon the 
 thi'one of his holiness. 
 
 9 The piinces of the people 
 are gathered together, even the 
 people of the God of Abraham : 
 for the shields of the earth be- 
 long unto God: he is greatly 
 exalted. 
 
 PSALM XLVIII. 
 The orrnaments and privileges of the 
 
 ch urch. 
 
 A Song and Psalm for the sons of 
 Korah. 
 
 GREAT is the Loed, and 
 greatly to be praised in the 
 city of our God, in the moun- 
 tain of his holiness. 
 
 2 Beautiful for situation, the 
 joy of the whole earth, is mount 
 Zion, on the sides of the north, 
 the city of the great King. 
 
 3 God is known in her palaces 
 for a refuge. 
 
 4 For, lo, the Idngs were assem- 
 bled, they passed by together. 
 
 5 They saw it, and so they 
 mars^elled; they were troubled, 
 and hasted away. 
 
 6 Fear took hold upon them 
 there, and pain, as of a woman 
 in travail. 
 
 7 Thou breakest the ships of 
 Tarshish with an east wind. 
 
 8 As we have heard, so have 
 we seen in the city of the Loed 
 
 of hosts, in the city of our God : 
 God will establish it for ever. 
 Selah. 
 
 9 We have thought of thy 
 lovingkindness, O God, in the 
 midst of thy temple. 
 
 10 According to thy name, O 
 God, so is thy praise unto the 
 ends of the earth: thy right 
 hand is full of righteousness. 
 
 11 Let moimt Zion rejoice, let 
 the daughters of Judah be glad, 
 because of thy judgments. 
 
 12 Walk about Zion, and go 
 round about her : tell the tow- 
 ers thereof. 
 
 13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, 
 consider her palaces; that ye 
 may tell it to the generation 
 following. 
 
 14 For this God is our God 
 for ever and ever: he will be 
 our guide even imto death. 
 
 PSALM XLIX. 
 
 1 An earnest persuasion to build the 
 faith of resurrection, not on icorld- 
 ly power, hut on God. 16 Wai'ldhj 
 prosperity is not to he admired. 
 
 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for 
 the sons of Korah. 
 
 HEAR this, all ye people; 
 give ear, all ye inhabitants 
 of the world : 
 
 2 Both low and high, rich and 
 poor, together. 
 
 3 My mouth shall speak of 
 wisdom ; and the meditation of 
 my heart shall be of under^ 
 standing. 
 
 4 I will incline mine ear to a 
 parable: I will open my dark 
 saying upon the harp. 
 
 5 Wherefore should I fear in 
 the days of evil, when the ini- 
 quity of my heels shall compass 
 me about? 
 
 6 They that trust in their 
 wealth, and boast themselves in 
 the multitude of theii* riches ; 
 
 7 None of them can by any 
 means redeem his brother, nor 
 give to God a ransom for him : 
 
 8 (For the redemption of their 
 soul is precious, and it ceasetli 
 for ever :) 
 
 9 That he should still live for 
 ever, and not see corruption. 
 
Tlie majesty of 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 God in the chinch. 
 
 10 For lie seetb that wise men 
 die, likewise the fool and the 
 brutish person perish, and leave 
 their wealth to others. 
 
 11 Their inward thought is, 
 that their houses shall conti- 
 nue for ever, a)id their dwell- 
 ing places to all generations; 
 they call their landis after their 
 (mil names. 
 
 12 Nevertheless man beinfr in 
 honour abideth not : he is lilie 
 the beasts t/iat perish. 
 
 13 Tliis their way is their folly : 
 yet their posterity approve their 
 sayings. Selah. 
 
 14 Like sheep they are laid in 
 the grave; death sliall feed on 
 them; and the upright sliall 
 have dominion over them in 
 the moniing ; and their beauty 
 shall consume in the grave from 
 their dwelling. 
 
 15 But Godwin redeem my soul 
 from the ijower of the grave : 
 for he shall receive me. Selah. 
 
 16 Be not thou afraid when 
 one is made rich, when the glo- 
 ry of his house is increased ; 
 
 17 For when he dieth he shall 
 carry notliing away: his glory 
 shall not descend after him. 
 
 18 Though vrliile he lived he 
 blessed his soul : and men will 
 praise thee, when thou doest 
 well to thyself. 
 
 19 He shall go to the genera- 
 tion of his fathers; they shall 
 never see light. 
 
 20 Man that is in honour, and 
 understandeth not, is like the 
 beasts that perish. 
 
 PSALM L. 
 
 1 The majesty of God in tlie church. 
 5 His order to gather saints. 7 
 
 Tlie jyleaswe of God is not in ce- 
 remonies, 14 5w 
 
 obedience. 
 
 hut in sincerity of 
 
 A Psalm of Asaph. 
 
 THE mighty God, even the 
 Lord, hath spoken, and 
 called the earth from the rising 
 of the Sim imto the going down 
 thereof. 
 
 2 Out of Zion, the perfection 
 of beauty, God hath shined. 
 
 3 Our God shall come, and 
 
 shall not keep silence: a fire 
 shall devour before him, and 
 it shall be very tempestuous 
 round about him. 
 
 4 He shall call to the heavens 
 from above, and to the earth, 
 that he may judge his people. 
 
 5 Gather my saints together 
 unto me ; those that ha\e made 
 a covenant with me by sacrifice. 
 
 6 And the lieavens shall de- 
 clare his righteousness : for God 
 is judge liimself. Selah. 
 
 7 Hear, O my people, and I 
 will speak; O Israel, and I will 
 testify against thee : I am God, 
 even thy God. 
 
 8 I will not reprove thee for 
 thy sacrifices or thy burnt offer- 
 ings, to have been continually 
 before me. 
 
 9 I will take no bullock out of 
 thy hoiLse, nor he goats out of 
 thy folds. 
 
 10 For every beast of the forest 
 is mine, and the cattle upon a 
 thousand hills. 
 
 11 I know all the fowls of the 
 mountains : and the wild beasts 
 of the field are mine. 
 
 12 If I were hungr>% I would 
 not tell thee : for the world is 
 mine, and the fulness thereof. 
 
 13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, 
 or di'ink the blood of goats ? 
 
 14 Offer unto God thanksgiv- 
 ing ; and pay thy vows unto the 
 most High : 
 
 15 And caU upon me in the 
 day of trouble : I will deliver 
 thee, and thou shalt glorify me. 
 
 16 But^ unto the wicked God 
 saith. What hast thou to do to 
 declare my statutes, or that thou 
 shouldest take my covenant in 
 thy mouth ? 
 
 17 Seeing thou hatest instruc- 
 tion, and castest my words be- 
 hind thee. 
 
 18 When thou sawest a thief, 
 then thou consentedst with him, 
 and hast been partaker with 
 adulterers. 
 
 19 Thou givest thy mouth to 
 evil, and thy tongue frameth 
 deceit. _ 
 
 20 Thou sittest and speakest 
 
David prayetJi for 
 
 against thy brother ; thou slan- 
 derest thme own mother's son. 
 
 21 These thing's hast thou 
 clone, and I kept silence ; thou 
 thoughtest thai I was altoge- 
 ther such an one as thyself: 
 hut I will reprove thee, and set 
 them in order before thine eyes. 
 
 22 Now consider this, ye that 
 forget God, lest I tear you in 
 pieces, and there be none to 
 deliver. 
 
 23 Whoso offereth praise glo- 
 rifieth me : and to him that or- 
 dereth his conversation aright 
 will I shew the salvation of God. 
 
 PSALM LI. 
 
 1 David prayeth for remission of sins, 
 ivJiereof he moMeth a deep confes- 
 sion, 6 -He prayeth for sanctifi- 
 cation. 16 God delighteth not in 
 sax;rifice, hut in sincerity. 18 He 
 prayeth for the church. 
 
 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of 
 David, when Nathan the prophet 
 came unto him, after he had gone 
 in to Bath-sheba. 
 
 HAYE mercy upon me, O 
 God, according to thy lov- 
 ingkindness : according unto the 
 multitude of thy tender mercies 
 blot out my transgressions. 
 
 2 Wash me throughly from 
 mine iniquity, and cleanse me 
 from my sin. 
 
 3 For I acloaowledge my trans- 
 gressions: and my sin is ever 
 before me. 
 
 4 Against thee, thee only, have 
 I sinned, and done this evil in 
 thy sight: that thou mightest 
 be justified when thou speakest, 
 and be clear when thou judgest. 
 
 5 Behold, I was shapen in ini- 
 quity; and in sin did my mo- 
 ther conceive me. 
 
 6 Behold, thou desirest truth 
 in the inward parts : and in the 
 hidden part thou shalt make 
 me to loiow wisdom. 
 
 7 Purge me with hyssop, and 
 I shall be clean : wash me, and 
 I shall be whiter than snow. 
 
 8 Make me to hear joy and 
 gladness ; that the bones which 
 thou hast broken may rejoice. 
 
 9 Hide thy face from my sins, 
 and blot out all mine iniquities. 
 
 PSALMS. remisdon of sins. 
 
 10 Create in me a clean heart, 
 
 God ; and renew a right spirit 
 within me. 
 
 11 Cast me not away from thy 
 presence ; and take not thy holy 
 spirit from me. 
 
 12 Restore unto me the joj- of 
 thy salvation; and uphold me 
 with thy free spirit. 
 
 13 Then will I teach trans- 
 gressors thy ways; and sinners 
 shall be converted unto thee. 
 
 14 Deliver me from blood- 
 guiltiness, O God, thou God of 
 my salvation: and my tongue 
 shall smg aloud of thy right- 
 eousness. 
 
 15 O Lord, open thou my lips ; 
 and my mouth shall shew forth 
 thy praise. 
 
 16 For thou desirest not sa- 
 crifice ; else would I give it : 
 thou delightest not in burnt of- 
 fering. 
 
 17 The sacrifices of God are 
 a broken spirit: a broken and 
 a contrite heart, O God, thou 
 wilt not despise. 
 
 18 Do good in thy good plea- 
 sure unto Zion : build thou the 
 walls of Jerusalem. 
 
 19 Then shalt thou be pleas- 
 ed with the sacrifices of right- 
 eousness, with burnt ofiermg 
 and whole burnt oflering : then 
 shall they offer . bullocks upon 
 thine altar. 
 
 PSALM LIT. 
 
 1 David, condemning the spifefulness 
 of Doeg, prophesieth fcis destruc- 
 tion. 6 The righteous shall rejoice 
 at it. 8 David, iipon Tiis confidence 
 in God's mercy, giveth thanks. 
 
 To the chief Musician, Maschil, A 
 Psalm of David, when Doeg the 
 Edomite came and told Saul, and 
 said unto him, David is come to 
 the house of Ahimelech. 
 
 WHY boastest thou thyself 
 in mischief, O mighty 
 man? the goodness of God en- 
 dureth continually. 
 
 2 Thy tongue deviseth mis- 
 chiefs ; lil?:e a sharp razor, work- 
 ing deceitfully. 
 
 3 Thou lovest evil more than 
 good ; and lying rather than to 
 speak righteousness. Selah. 
 
77ui cormption (\f man. 
 
 4 Thou lovest all devouring 
 words, O thou deceitful tongue, 
 
 5 God shall lilvewi^e destroy 
 thee for ever, he shall take thee 
 away, and pluck thee out of tht/ 
 dwelliug place, and root thee 
 out of the land of the living. 
 Selah. 
 
 G The rightt^ous aUo shall see, 
 and fear, and shall laugh at 
 him : 
 
 7 Lo, this is the man that 
 made not God his strength; 
 but tmsted in the abundance 
 of his riches, and strengthened 
 himself in his wickedness. 
 
 8 But I am like a green olive 
 tree in the house of God: I 
 trust in the mercy of God for 
 ever and ever. 
 
 9 I will praise thee for ever, 
 because thou hast done it : and 
 I will wait on thy name ; for it 
 is good before thy saints. 
 
 PSALM LIII. 
 
 1 David descriheth the corruption of 
 
 a natural man. 4 He ccnvinceth the 
 
 p.-icled by the light of their own 
 
 conscience. 6 lie glorielh in the 
 
 solvation of God. 
 
 To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, 
 
 Maschil, A Psalm of David. 
 
 THE fool hath said in liis 
 heart. There is no God. 
 Corrupt are they, and have 
 done abominable iniquity : there 
 is none that docth good. 
 
 2 God looked down from hea- 
 ven upon the childien of men, 
 to see if there were an?/ that did 
 understand, that did seek God. 
 
 3 Every one of them is gone 
 back: they are altogether be- 
 come filthy ; there is none that 
 doeth good, no, not one. 
 
 4 Have the workers of iniquity 
 no knowledge ? who eat up my 
 I^ople as they eat bread : they 
 have not called upon God. 
 
 5 There were they in great 
 fear, where no fear was: for 
 God hath scattered the bones 
 of him that encampeth against 
 thee : thou hast put them to 
 shame, because God hath de- 
 spised them. 
 
 6 Oh that the salvation of Is- 
 
 PSALMS. DamiTs prayer in distra^. 
 
 rael wei'e come out of Zion! 
 
 AV'hen God bringeth back the 
 
 captivity of liis people, Jacob 
 
 shall rejoice, and Israel shall be 
 
 glad. 
 
 PSALM LIV. 
 
 1 David, complaininff of the Ziphimtf, 
 prayeth fm- salcafitm. 4 Upon his 
 confidence in Cod's help he i/romis- 
 eth sacrifice. 
 
 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, 
 Maschil, A Psalm of David, when 
 the Zipliims came and said to Saul, 
 Doth not David hide himself with 
 us? 
 
 SAVE me, O God, by thy 
 name, and judge me by thy 
 strength. 
 
 2 Hear my prayer. O God; give 
 ear to the words oi my mouth. 
 
 3 For strangers are risen up 
 against me, and oppressors seek 
 after my soul: tlicy have not 
 set God before them. Selah. 
 
 4 Behold, God is mine helper : 
 the Lord is with them that up- 
 hold my soul. 
 
 5 He shall reward evil unto 
 mine enemies : cut them olf in 
 thy truth. 
 
 6 I will freely sacrifice unto 
 thee : I will praise thy name, 
 
 Lord ; for it is good. 
 
 7 For he liath delivered me 
 out of all trouble: and mine 
 eye hath seen his desire upon 
 mine enemies. 
 
 PSALM LV. 
 
 1 David in his jyrayer complai'nefh of 
 his fearful case. 9 He prayeth a- 
 gainst his enemies, ofivhose iviched- 
 tiess and treachery he complaineth. 
 IG He comforteth himself in God's 
 preservation of him, and confusion 
 of his enemies. 
 
 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, 
 Maschil, A Psalm of David. 
 
 GIVE ear to my prayer, O 
 God ; and hide not thyself 
 from my supplication. 
 
 2 Attend unto me, and hear 
 me : I mourn in my complaint, 
 and make a noise ; 
 
 3 Because of the voice of the 
 enemy, because of the oppres- 
 sion of the wicked: for they 
 cast iniquity upon me, and in 
 wrath they hate me. 
 
 4 My heart is sore pained with- 
 
He cmnplainetJi 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 of Ms enemies. 
 
 in me : and the terrors of death 
 are fallen upon me. 
 
 5 Fearfulness and trembling 
 are come upon me, and horror 
 hath overwhelmed me. 
 
 6 And I said, Oh that I had 
 wings like a dove! for then 
 would I fly away, and be at rest. 
 
 7 Lo, then would I wander far 
 oif, ajid remain in the wilder- 
 ness. Selah. 
 
 8 I would hasten my escape 
 from the windy storm and tem- 
 pest. 
 
 9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide 
 their tongues: for I have seen 
 violence and strife in the city. 
 
 10 Day and night they go a- 
 bout it upon the walls thereof: 
 mischief also and sorrow are in 
 the midst of it. 
 
 11 Wickedness is in the midst 
 thereof: deceit and guile depart 
 not from her streets. 
 
 12 For it IV as not an enemy 
 that reproached me; then I 
 could have lx)me it: neither 
 was it he that hated me that 
 did magnify himself against 
 me; then I would have hid 
 myself from him : 
 
 13 But it was thou, a man 
 mine equal, my guide, and mine 
 acquaintance. 
 
 14 We took sweet counsel to- 
 gether, and walked unto the 
 house of God in company. 
 
 15 Let death seize upon them, 
 and let them go down quick in- 
 to hell : for wickedness is in their 
 dwellings, and among them. 
 
 16 As for me, I will call upon 
 God ; and the Loed shall save 
 me. 
 
 17 Evening, and morning, and 
 at noon, will I pray, and cry 
 aloud: and he shall hear my 
 voice. 
 
 18 He hath delivered my soul 
 in peace from the battle that 
 was against me : for there were 
 many with me. 
 
 19 God shall hear, and afflict 
 them, even he that abideth of 
 old. Selah. Because they have 
 no changes, therefore they fear 
 not God. 
 
 20 He hath put forth his hands 
 agauist such as be at peace with 
 hrm : he hath broken his cove- 
 nant. 
 
 21 The words of his mouth 
 were smoother than butter, but 
 war was in his heart : his words 
 were softer than oU, yet were 
 they drawn swords. 
 
 22 Cast thy burden upon the 
 Loed, and he shall sustain thee : 
 he shall never suffer the right- 
 eous to be moved. 
 
 23 But thou, O God, shalt 
 bring them down into the pit 
 of destniction : bloody and de- 
 ceitful men shall not live out 
 half their days ; but I will trust 
 in thee. 
 
 PSALM LVI. 
 
 1 David, p^-aying to God in coiifi- 
 dence of Ms ivord, cmnplainetli of 
 his enemies. 9 He professeth his 
 confidence in God's ivord, and pro- 
 miseth to praise him. 
 
 To the chief Musician upon Jonath- 
 elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, 
 when the Philistines took him in 
 Gath. 
 
 BE merciful mito me, O God : 
 for man would swallow me 
 up; he fighting daily oppress- 
 eth me. 
 
 2 Mine enemies would daily 
 swallow me up : for the^ be 
 many that fight against me, O 
 thou most High. 
 
 3 What time I am afraid, I 
 will trust in thee. 
 
 4 In God I will praise his 
 word, in God I have put my 
 trust ; I will not fear what flesh 
 can do unto me. 
 
 5 Every day they wrest my 
 words: all their thoughts are 
 against me for evil. 
 
 6 They gather themselves to- 
 gether, they hide themselves, 
 they mark my steps, when they 
 wait for my soul. 
 
 7 Shall they escape by iniqui- 
 ty? in thine anger cast down 
 the people, O God. 
 
 8 Thou tellest my wanderings : 
 put thou my tears into thy 
 bottle: are they not in thy 
 book? 
 
 9 When I cry unto thee, then 
 
DaMs confidence in God. PSALMS. Wicked judges reproved. 
 
 shall mine enemies turn back : 
 this I know ; for God is for me. 
 
 10 In God will I praise his 
 word : in the Lord will I praise 
 his word. 
 
 11 In God have I put my 
 trust : I will not be afraid what 
 man can do unto me. 
 
 12 Thy vows are upon me, 
 
 God: I will render praises 
 unto thee. 
 
 13 For thou hast delivered my 
 soul from death : wilt not thou 
 deliver my feet from falling, 
 that I may walk before God in 
 the hght of the Uving ? 
 
 PSALM LVIL 
 
 1 David in prayer fleeing unto God 
 complainetli of his dangerous case. 
 7 He encourageth himself to maise 
 God. 
 
 To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, 
 Michtam of David, when he fled 
 from Saul in the cave. 
 
 BE merciful unto me, God, 
 be merciful imto me : for 
 my soul trusteth in thee : yea, 
 in the shadow of thy "^ings will 
 I make my refuge, until these 
 calamities be overpast. 
 
 2 I will cry unto God most 
 high; unto God that peifonn- 
 eth all things for me. 
 
 3 He shall send from heaven, 
 and save rnQfrom the reproach 
 of him that would swallow me 
 up. Selah. God shall send forth 
 his mercy and his truth. 
 
 4 My soul is among lions : and 
 I lie even among them that are 
 set on fire, even the sons of 
 men, whose teeth are spears 
 and arrows, and their tongue a 
 sharp sword. 
 
 5 Be thou exalted, O God, a- 
 bove the heavens ; let thy glory 
 be above all the earth. 
 
 6 They have prepared a net 
 for my steps ; my soul is bowed 
 down: they have digged a pit 
 before me, into the midst where- 
 of they are fallen themselves. 
 Selah. 
 
 7 My heart is fixed, O God, 
 my heart is fixed: I will sing 
 and give praise. 
 
 8 Awake up, my glory ; awake, 
 
 psaltery and harp : I myself \siiil 
 awake early. 
 
 9 I will praise thee, O Lord, 
 among the people: I will sing 
 unto thee among the nations. 
 
 10 For thy mercy is great un- 
 to the heavens, and thy truth 
 unto the clouds. 
 
 11 Be thou exalted, O God, 
 above the heavens : let thy glo- 
 ly he above all the earth. 
 
 PSALM LVIII. 
 
 1 David reproveth wic7:ed judges, 3 
 describeth the nature of the wick- 
 ed, 6 devoteth them to God's judg- 
 ments, 10 whereat the righteous shall 
 rejoice. 
 
 To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, 
 Michtam of David. 
 
 DO ye indeed speak righte- 
 ousness, O congregation? 
 do ye judge uprightly, O ye 
 sons of men ? 
 
 2 Yea, in heart ye work wick- 
 edness; ye weigh the violence 
 of your hands in the earth. 
 
 3 The wicked are estranged 
 from the womb : they go astray 
 as soon as they be bom, speak- 
 ing lies. 
 
 4 Their poison is like the poi- 
 son of a serr;ent : they are like 
 the deaf adder that stoppeth 
 her ear ; 
 
 5 Which will not hearken to 
 the voice of charmers, charm- 
 ing never so wisely. 
 
 6 Break their teeth, O God, 
 in their mouth: break cut the 
 great teeth of the young hons, 
 O Lord. 
 
 7 Let them melt away as waters 
 which run continually: when 
 he bendeth his bow to shoot 
 his arrows, let them be as cut 
 in pieces. 
 
 8 As a snail which melteth, let 
 every one of them pass away : 
 like the untimely birth of a 
 woman, that they may not see 
 the sun. 
 
 9 Before your pots can feel 
 the thorns, he shall take them 
 away as with a whirlwind, both 
 living, and in his wrath. 
 
 10 The righteous shall rejoice 
 when he seeth the vengeance : 
 
David prayeth 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 for deliverance. 
 
 he shall wash his feet in the 
 blood of the wicked. 
 11 So that a man shall say, 
 Verily there is a reward for the 
 righteous: verily he is a God 
 that judgeth in the earth. 
 
 PSALM LIX. 
 1 David prayeth to he delivered from 
 
 his enemies. 6 He complaineth of 
 
 their cruelty. 8 He trusteth in God. 
 
 11 He prayeth against them. 16 He 
 
 praiseth God. 
 To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, 
 
 Michtam of David ; when Saul sent, 
 
 and they watched the house to kill 
 
 him. 
 
 T\ELIYEK me from mine 
 AJ enemies, O my God : de- 
 fend me from them that rise up 
 against me. 
 
 2 Dehver me from the workers 
 of iniquity, and save me from 
 bloody men. 
 
 3 For, lo, they lie in wait for 
 my soul: the mighty are ga- 
 thered against me ; not for my 
 transgression, nor for my sin, 
 
 Lord. 
 
 4 They run. and prepare them- 
 selves without mp fault : awake 
 to help me, and behold. 
 
 5 Thou therefore, O Lord God 
 of hosts, the God of Israel, awake 
 to visit all the heathen : be not 
 merciful to any wicked trans- 
 gressors. Selah. 
 
 6 They return at evening: 
 they make a noise like a dog, 
 and go round about the city. 
 
 7 Behold, they belch out with 
 their mouth : swords are in then 
 lips: for who, sai/ they, doth 
 hear? 
 
 8 But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh 
 at them; thou shalt have all 
 the heathen in derision. 
 
 9 Because of his strength will 
 
 1 wait upon thee: for God is 
 my defence. 
 
 10 The God of my mercy shall 
 prevent me : God shall let me 
 see my desire upon mine ene- 
 mies. 
 
 11 Slay them not, lest my peo- 
 ple forget : scatter them by thy 
 power; and bring them down, 
 O Lord our shield. 
 
 12 For the sin of their mouth 
 
 and the words of their h'ps let 
 them even be taken in then- 
 pride: and for cursing and ly- 
 ing which they speak. 
 
 13 Consume them in wrath, 
 consume them, that they may 
 not he : and let them know that 
 God ruleth in Jacob imto the 
 ends of the earth. Selah. 
 
 14 And at evening let them 
 return; and let them make a 
 noise like a dog, and go round 
 about the city. 
 
 15 Let them wander up and 
 down for meat, and grudge if 
 they be not satisfied. 
 
 16 But I will sing of thy power; 
 yea, I will sing aloud of thy 
 mercy in the morning : for thou 
 hast been my defence and re- 
 fuge in the day of my trouble. 
 
 17 Unto thee, O my strength, 
 will I sing : for God is my de- 
 fence, and the God of my mercy. 
 
 PSALM LX. 
 
 1 David, complaining to God of for- 
 mer judgment, 4 'now, upmi better 
 hope, prayeth for deliverance. 6 
 Comforting himself in God's pro- 
 mises, he craveth that help ivhereon 
 he trusteth. 
 
 To the chief Musician upon Shushan- 
 eduth, Michtam of David, to teach ; 
 when he strove with Aram-naha- 
 raim and with Aram-zobah, when 
 Joab returned, and smote of Edom 
 in the valley of salt twelve thousand. 
 
 OGOD, thou hast cast us 
 off, thou hast scattered us, 
 thou hast been displeased; O 
 turn thyself to us again. 
 
 2 Thou hast made the earth to 
 tremble; thou hast broken it: 
 heal the breaches thereof; for 
 it shaketh. 
 
 3 Thou hast shewed thy people 
 hard things : thou hast made us 
 to drink the wine of astonish- 
 ment. 
 
 4 Thou hast given a banner 
 to them that fear thee, that it 
 may be displayed because of the 
 truth. Selah. 
 
 5 That thy beloved may be 
 delivered; save with thy right 
 hand, and hear me. 
 
 6 God hath spoken in his 
 hohness; I will rejoice, I Avill 
 
 Gg2 
 
David craveth GocCs help. 
 
 divide Shechem, and mete out 
 the valley of Siiccoth. 
 
 7 Gilead is mine, and Manas- 
 seh is mine ; Ephraim also is 
 the strength of mine head ; Ju- 
 dah is my lawgiver ; 
 
 8 Moab is my washpot; over 
 Edom will I cast out my shoe : 
 Philistia, triumph thou because 
 of me. 
 
 9 AVho will bring me into the 
 strong city? who will lead me 
 into Edom ? 
 
 10 Wilt not thou, O God, tvhich 
 hadst cast us off? and thou, O 
 God, ivhich didst not go out 
 with our armies ? 
 
 11 Give us help from trouble : 
 for vain is the help of man. 
 
 12 Through God ^ye shall do 
 valiantly : for he it is that shall 
 tread down our enemies. 
 
 PSALM LXI. 
 1 David fleeth to God upon hisfonricr 
 €Xi>erience. 4 He voweth perpetual 
 service unto him, because, of his 
 promises. 
 To the chief Musician uponNcginah, 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 HE All my cry, O God; at- 
 tend unto my prayer. 
 
 2 From the end of the earth 
 mil I cry unto thee, when my 
 heart is overwhelmed : lead me 
 to the rock that is higher than I. 
 
 3 For thou hast been a shelter 
 for me, and a strong tower from 
 the enemy. 
 
 4 I ^dll abide in thy taberna- 
 cle for ever : I wHl trust in the 
 covert of thy wings. Selah. 
 
 5 For thou, O God, hast heard 
 my vows: thou hast given me 
 the heritage of those that fear 
 thy name. 
 
 6 Thou wilt prolong the king's 
 life : and his years as many ge- 
 nerations. 
 
 7 He shall abide before God 
 for ever : O prepare mercy and 
 truth, ivhich may presers^e him. 
 
 8 So will I sing praise unto 
 thy name for ever, that I may 
 daily perform my vows. 
 
 PSALM LXII. 
 
 1 David professing his confidence in 
 
 God discourageth his enemies. 5 In 
 
 PSALMS. He encourageOi the godlu. 
 
 the samp confidence he encourageth 
 the godlu. 9 No trust is to he put 
 in worldly things. 11 Power and 
 mercy belong to God. 
 
 To the chief Musician, to Jcduthun, 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 TRULY my soul waiteth upon 
 God : from him cometh my 
 salvation. 
 
 2 He only is my rock and my 
 salvation ; he is my defence ; I 
 shall not be greatly moved. 
 
 3 How long will ye imagine 
 mischief against a man? ye 
 shall be slain all of you: as a 
 bowing wall shall ye be, and as 
 a tottering fence. 
 
 4 They only consult to cast 
 him do-vm from his excellency : 
 they delight in lies : they bless 
 with their mouth, but they cui-se 
 inwardly. Selah. 
 
 5 My soul, wait thou only up- 
 on God; for my expectation is 
 from him. 
 
 6 He only is my rock and m; 
 salvation: he is my 
 shall not be moved. 
 
 my 
 
 7 In God is my salvation and 
 my glory: the rock of my 
 strength, and my refuge, is in 
 God. 
 
 8 Trust in him at all times; 
 ye people, pour out yom- heart 
 before him : God is a refuge for 
 us. Selah. 
 
 9 Surely men of low degree are 
 vanity, and men of high degree 
 are a lie: to be laid in the 
 balance, they are altogether 
 lighter than vanity. 
 
 10 Trust not in oppression, and 
 become not vain in robbery: 
 if riches increase, set not j'our 
 heart upon them. 
 
 11 God hath spoken once; 
 twice have I heard this; that 
 power helongeth imto God. 
 
 12 Also unto thee, O Lord, he- 
 longeth mercy: for thou ren- 
 derest to every man according 
 to his work. 
 
 PSALM LXIIL 
 
 1 David's thirst for God. 4 His man. 
 ner of blessing God. 9 His confi. 
 dence of his enemies' destructicyn, 
 and his own safety. 
 
Bavidts thirst for God. 
 
 A Psalm of David, when he was in 
 the wilderness of Judah. 
 
 OGOD, thou art my God; 
 early will I seek thee : my 
 soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh 
 longeth for thee in a dry and 
 thirsty land, where no water is ; 
 
 2 To see thy power and thy 
 gloiy, so as I have seen thee in 
 the sanctuary. 
 
 3 Because thy lo\Tngkindness 
 is better than life, my lips shall 
 praise thee. 
 
 4 Thus vnll I bless thee while 
 I live : I will lift up my hands 
 in thy name. 
 
 5 My soul shall be satisfied as 
 with maiTOw and fatness; and 
 my mouth shall praise thee with 
 joyful Hps : 
 
 6 When I remember thee upon 
 my bed, and meditate on thee 
 in the night watches. 
 
 7 Because thou hast been my 
 help, therefore in the shadow of 
 thy wings will I rejoice. 
 
 8 My soul followeth hard after 
 thee : thy right hand upholdeth 
 me. 
 
 9 But those that seek my soul, 
 to destroy it, shall go into the 
 lower parts of the earth. 
 
 10 They shall faU by the 
 sword: they shall be a portion 
 for foxes. 
 
 11 But the long shall rejoice 
 in God; every one that swear- 
 eth by him shall glory : but the 
 mouth of them that speak Hes 
 shall be stopped. 
 
 PSALM LXIV. 
 
 1 David prayethfor deliverance, com- 
 plaining of his enemies. 7 He pro- 
 miseth himself to see such an evi- 
 dent destruction of Ms enemies, as 
 the righteous shall rejoice at it. 
 
 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of 
 Dayid. 
 
 HEAR my voice, O God, in 
 my prayer: preserve my 
 life from fear of the enemy. 
 
 2 Hide me from the secret 
 counsel of the wicked ; from the 
 insurrection of the workers of 
 iniquity : 
 
 3 Who whet their tongue like 
 a sword, «nrf bend their bows 
 
 PSALMS. Blessedness of God's chosen. 
 
 to shoot their arrows, even bit- 
 ter words : 
 
 4 That they may shoot in se- 
 cret at the perfect : suddenly do 
 they shoot at him, and fear not. 
 
 5 They encourage themselves 
 in an evil matter : they com- 
 mune of laying snares privily ; 
 they say. Who shall see them ? 
 
 6 They search out iniqui- 
 ties ; they accomplish a dili- 
 gent search: both the inward 
 thought of every one of them, 
 and the heart, is deep. 
 
 7 But God shall shoot at them 
 with an arrow; suddenly shall 
 they be wounded. 
 
 8 So they shall make their 
 own tongue to fall upon them- 
 selves : all that see them shall 
 flee away. 
 
 9 And all men shall fear, and 
 shall declare the work of God ; 
 for they shall wisely consider of 
 his doing. 
 
 ^ 10 The righteous shall be glad 
 in the Loed, and shall trust 
 in him ; and all the upright in 
 heart shall glory. 
 
 PSALM LXV. 
 
 1 David praiseth God for his grace. 
 
 4: TJie blessedness of God's chosen 
 
 by reason of benefits. 
 
 To the chief Musician, A Psalm and 
 
 Song of Dayid. 
 
 PRAISE waiteth for thee, O 
 God, in Sion : and unto thee 
 shall the vow be performed. 
 
 2 O thou that nearest prayer, 
 unto thee shall all flesh come. 
 
 3 Iniquities prevail against me : 
 as for our transgressions, thou 
 shalt pm-ge them away. 
 
 4 Blessed is the man whom 
 thou choosest, and causest to 
 approach unto thee, that he may 
 dwell in thy courts : we shall 
 be satisfied with the goodness 
 of thy house, even of thy holy 
 temple. 
 
 5 Bi/ terrible things in right- 
 eousness wilt thou answer us, O 
 God of our salvation ; ivho art 
 the confidence of all the ends 
 of the earth, and of them that 
 are afar off" upon the sea : 
 
 Which by his strength set- 
 
David exhorteth 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 to praise God. 
 
 tetli fast the mountains ; being- 
 girded with power : 
 
 7 Which stilleth tlie noise of the 
 seas, the noise of tlieir waves, 
 and the tumult of the people. 
 
 8 They also that dwell in the 
 uttermost parts are afraid at 
 thy tokens : thou makest the 
 outgoings of the morning and 
 evening to rejoice. 
 
 9 Thou visitest the earth, and 
 waterest it : thou greatly en- 
 richest it vdth the river of God, 
 which is full of water : thou 
 
 Ereparest them com, when thou 
 ast so provided for it. 
 
 10 Thou waterest the ridges 
 thereof abundantly : thou set- 
 tlest the furrows thereof: thou 
 makest it soft with sliowers : thou 
 blessest the springing thereof. 
 
 11 Thou croAvnest the year 
 with thy goodness ; and thy 
 paths drop fatness. 
 
 12 They drop icpon the pastures 
 of the wilderness : and the little 
 hills rejoice on every side. 
 
 13 The pastures are clothed 
 with flocks ; the valleys also are 
 covered over with com; they 
 shout for joy, they also smg. 
 
 PSALM LXVI. 
 
 1 David exhorteth to praise God, 5 to 
 
 observe his great icorks, 8 to bless 
 
 him for his gracious benefits. 12 
 
 He voweth for himself religious ser. 
 
 vice to God. 16 He declareth God's 
 
 special goodness to himself. 
 
 To thcj chief Musician, A Song or 
 
 Psalm. 
 
 MAIvE a joyful noise unto 
 God, all ye lands : 
 
 2 Sing forth the honour of his 
 name : make his praise glorious. 
 
 3 Say unto God, How terrible 
 art thou in thy works ! through 
 the greatness of thy power shall 
 thine enemies submit them- 
 selves unto thee. 
 
 4 All the earth shall worship 
 thee, and shall sing unto thee ; 
 they shaU sing to thy name. 
 Selah. 
 
 5 Come and see the works of 
 God : he is terrible in his doing 
 toward the children of men. 
 
 6 He turned the sea into dry 
 land: they went through the 
 
 flood on foot : there did we re- 
 joice in him. 
 
 7 He ruleth by his power for 
 ever; his eyes behold the na- 
 tions : let not the rebellious 
 exalt themselves. Selali. 
 
 8 O bless our God, ye people, 
 and make the voice of his praise 
 to be heard : 
 
 9 Which holdeth our soul in 
 life, and sufteieth not our feet 
 to be moved. 
 
 10 For thou, O God, hast proved 
 us : thou liast tried us, as silver 
 is tried. 
 
 11 Thou broughtest us into the 
 net ; thou laidst afiliction upon 
 our loins. 
 
 12 Thou hast caused men to 
 ride over our heads ; we went 
 through fire and through water : 
 but thou broughtest us out into 
 a wealthy j}lace. 
 
 13 I will go into thy house 
 with burnt ofierings : I will pay 
 thee my vows, 
 
 14 Which my lips have utter- 
 ed, and my mouth hath spoken, 
 when I was in trouble. 
 
 15 I will offer unto thee bumt 
 sacrifices of fatlings, with the 
 incense of rams; I will offer 
 bullocks with goats. Selah. 
 
 16 Come and hear, all ye that 
 fear God, and I will declare what 
 he hath done for my soul. 
 
 17 I cried unto him with my 
 mouth, and he was extolled 
 with my tongue. 
 
 18 If I regard iniquity in my 
 heart, the Lord will not hear me : 
 
 19 But verily God hath heard 
 me; he hath attended to the 
 voice of my prayer. 
 
 20 Blessed be God, which hath 
 not turned away my prayer, nor 
 his mercy from me. 
 
 PSALM LXVIL 
 
 1 A prayer for the enlargement of 
 God's kingdom, 3 to the joy of the 
 people, 6 and the increase of God's 
 bles 
 
 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, 
 A Psalm or Song. 
 
 OOD be merciful unto us, and 
 bless us ; and cause his face 
 to shine upon m 
 
A prayer at i 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 removing of the arJc. 
 
 2 That tliy way may be known 
 upon earth, thy saving health 
 among all nations. 
 
 3 Let the people praise thee, 
 O God ; let all the people praise 
 thee. 
 
 4 O let the nations be glad and 
 sing for joy: for thon shalt 
 judge the people righteously, 
 and govern the nations upon 
 earth. Selah. 
 
 5 Let the people praise thee, 
 O God ; let all the people praise 
 thee. 
 
 6 Then shall the earth yield 
 her increase ; and God, even 
 our o-^Ti God, shall bless us. 
 
 7 God shall bless us ; and all the 
 ends of the earth shall fear him. 
 
 PSALM LXVIII. 
 
 1 A prayer at the removing of the arli. 
 
 4: An exhortation to praise God for 
 
 his mercies, 7 for his care of the 
 
 church, 19 for his great icorls. 
 
 To the chief Musician, A Psalm or 
 
 Song of David. 
 
 LET God arise, let his enemies 
 be scattered : let them also 
 that hate him flee before him. 
 
 2 As smoke is driven away, so 
 drive them away : as wax melteth 
 before the fii'e, so let the wicked 
 perish at the presence of God. 
 
 3 But let the righteous be glad; 
 let them rejoice before God : yea, 
 let them exceedingly rejoice. 
 
 4 Sing unto God, sing praises to 
 his name : extol him that lideth 
 upon the heavens by his name 
 JAH, and rejoice before him. 
 
 5 A father of the fatherless, 
 and a judge of the widows, is 
 God in his holy habitation. 
 
 6 God setteth the sohtary in 
 families : he bringeth out those 
 which are bound with chains : 
 but the rebellious dweU in a 
 dry land. 
 
 7 O God, when thou weiitest 
 forth before thy people, when 
 thou didst march thi^ough the 
 wilderness; Selah: 
 
 8 The earth shook, the heavens 
 also dropped at the presence 
 of God: even Sinai itself was 
 moved at the presence of God, 
 the God of Israel. 
 
 9 Thou, O God, didst send a 
 plentiful rain, whereby thou 
 didst confirm thine inheritance, 
 when it was weary. 
 
 10 Thy congregation hath dwelt 
 therein : thou, O God, hast pre- 
 pared of thy goodness for the 
 poor. 
 
 11 The Lord gave the word: 
 great was the company of those 
 that published it. 
 
 12 Kings of armies did flee 
 apace : and she that tarried at 
 home divided the spoil. 
 
 13 Though ye have lien among 
 the pots, ^et shall ye he as the 
 wings 01 a dove covered with 
 silver, and her feathers with 
 yellow gold. 
 
 14 When the Almighty scat- 
 tered kmgs in it, it was white 
 as snow in Salmon. 
 
 15 The hiU of God is as the 
 hill of Bashan ; an high liill as 
 the hill of Bashan. 
 
 16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? 
 this is the hill which God desir- 
 eth to dwell in; yea, the Loed 
 will dwell in it for ever. 
 
 17 The chariots of God are 
 twenty thousand, even thou- 
 sands of angels : the Lord is 
 among them, as in Sinai, in the 
 holy place. 
 
 18 Thou hast ascended on liigh, 
 thou hast led captivity captive : 
 thou hast received gifts for 
 men ; yea, for the rebellious 
 also, that the Loed God might 
 dwell among them. 
 
 19 Blessed he the Lord, who 
 daily loadeth us with henefits^ 
 even the God of our salvation. 
 Selah. 
 
 20 He that is our God is the 
 God of salvation ; and unto God 
 the Lord helong the issues &om 
 death. 
 
 21 But God shall wound the 
 head of his enemies, and the 
 haiiy scalp of such an or^e as 
 goeth on still in his trespasses. 
 
 22 The Lord said, I will bring 
 again fiom Bashan, I vnll bring 
 my people again from the depths 
 of the sea : 
 
 23 That thy foot may be dipped 
 
David coinplaimth 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 of his oj^iciiim. 
 
 in the blood of thine enemies, 
 and the tongue of thy dogs in 
 the same. 
 
 24 They liave seen tliy going's, 
 O God; even tlie goings of my 
 GocL my King, in the sanctuary. 
 
 2o The singers went K-fore, tlie 
 lilayers on instmments,/'o//o?rr^/ 
 after ; among them irere tlie 
 damsels playing Avith timhrels. 
 
 2G Bless ye (lOtl in the con- 
 gregations^ even the Lord, from 
 the lountam of Israel. 
 
 27 There is little Benjamin 
 
 To the chief Musician upon Shoshan- 
 niin, A Psahn of i)avitl. 
 
 QAVE me. O God; for the 
 lO waters are come in mito my 
 soul. 
 
 2 I sink in deep mire, where 
 there is no standing : I am 
 come into deeo waters, where 
 the fl(MRl8 overflow me. 
 
 3 I am weai-v of my crjing : 
 my throat is dried : mine eyes 
 fail while I wait for my God. 
 
 4 They that hate me without 
 a cause are more than the hairs 
 
 irith their ruler, the princes of of mine head: they that would 
 
 .Tudah (uid their comicil, the 
 princes of Zehulun, ana the 
 jtrinces of Nanhtidi. 
 28 Thy God liath command- 
 ed thy strength : strengthen, i 
 
 destroy me, bein^ niine enemies 
 \\Tongfully, are mighty : then I 
 restored that which I took not 
 away. 
 ;") () God, thou knowest my 
 
 O God, that which thou hast | foolishness ; and my sins are 
 
 not hid from thee. 
 
 6 Let not them that wait on 
 thee, O Lord God of hosts, be 
 ashamed for my sake : let not 
 tli(»s<; that seek thee be con- 
 founded for my sake, O God 
 of Israel. 
 
 7 liecause for thy sake I have 
 borne reproach ; shame hath 
 covered my face. 
 
 8 I am become a stranger unto 
 my brethren, and an alien imto 
 my mother's children. 
 
 9 For the zeal of thine house 
 hath eaten me up ; and the re- 
 proaches of them that reproach- 
 ed thee are fallen upon me. 
 
 10 AVhen I wept, and chasten- 
 ed my soul with fasting, that 
 was to my reproach. 
 
 11 I made sackcloth also my 
 garment; and I became a pro- 
 verb to them. 
 
 12 They that sit in the gate 
 speak against me ; and I was 
 the song of the drunkards. 
 
 13 But as for me, my prayer 
 is unto thee, O Lord, in an ac- 
 ceptable time : O God, in the 
 multitude of thy mercy hear me, 
 in the tiiith of thy salvation. 
 
 14 Deliver me out of the mire, 
 and let me not sink : let me be 
 delivered from them that hate 
 me, and out of the deep waters. 
 
 15 Let not the waterflood over- 
 
 wroutrht for us. 
 
 2*.) Because of thv temple at 
 Jerusalem shall kings bring 
 l^resents imto thee. 
 
 30 Kebuke the company of 
 sin^annen, the multitude of the 
 bulls, with the calves of the 
 ])e()I)le, till every one submit 
 hinisielf ^\'ith pieces of silver : 
 scatter thou the people that de- 
 light in war. 
 
 31 IMnces shall come out of 
 EgM)t ; E thiol )ia shall soon 
 stretch out her hands imto God. 
 
 32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms 
 of the earth ; O sing praises im- 
 to the Lord ; Selah : 
 
 33 To liim that rideth upon the 
 heavens of heavens, ivhich loere 
 of old; lo, he doth send out liis 
 voice, and that a mighty voice. 
 
 34 Ascribe ye strength unto 
 God : his excellency is over 
 Israel, and his strength is in 
 the clouds. 
 
 35 O God, thou art terrible 
 out of thy holy places : the 
 God of Israel is he that givetli 
 strength and power imto his 
 people. Blessed be God. 
 
 PSALM LXIX. 
 
 1 David complmnetJi of his affliction. 
 13 He pi'ayefh for deliverance. 22 
 He devoteth his, enemies to de- 
 struction. 30 He praiseth God ivith 
 thanksgiving. 
 
David devoteth Ms emmies. PSALMS. 
 
 Ee pi-aiseth God. 
 
 flow me, neither let the deep 
 swallow me up, and let not the 
 pit shut her mouth upon me. 
 
 16 Hear me, O Lord; for thy 
 lovingkindness is good: turn 
 unto me according to the mul- 
 titude of thy tender mercies. 
 
 17 And hide not thy face from 
 thy serv'ant ; for I am in trou- 
 ble : hear me speedily. 
 
 18 Draw nigh imto my soul, 
 and redeem it : deliver me be- 
 cause of mine enemies. 
 
 19 Thou hast knovm my re- 
 proach, and my shame, and 
 my dishonoru : mine adversa- 
 ries are all before thee. 
 
 20 Keproach hath broken my 
 heart ; and I am full of heavi- 
 ness : and I looked /br some to 
 take pity, but there was none ; 
 and for comforters, but I found 
 none. 
 
 21 They gave me also gall for 
 my meat ; and in my thirst they 
 gave me vinegar to drink. 
 
 22 Let their table become a 
 snare before them : and that 
 which should have been for their 
 welfare, let it become a trap. 
 
 23 Let then eyes be dark- 
 ened, that they see not; and 
 make their loias continually to 
 shake. 
 
 24 Pour out thine indignation 
 upon them, and let thy wrath- 
 ful anger take hold of them. 
 
 25 Let their habitation be de- 
 solate ; and let none dwell in 
 their tents. 
 
 26 For they persecute him 
 whom thou hast smitten ; and 
 they talk to the grief of those 
 whom thou hast wounded. 
 
 27 Add iniquity unto their ini- 
 quity : and let them not come 
 into thy righteousness. 
 
 28 Let them be blotted out of 
 the book of the living, and not 
 be wiitten with the righteous. 
 
 29 But I am ixx)r and sorrow- 
 ed: let thy salvation^ O God, 
 set me up on high. 
 
 30 1 will praise the name of God 
 with a song, and will magnify 
 him with thanksgiving. 
 
 31 This also «hall please the 
 
 Lord better than an ox or bul- 
 lock that hath horns and hoofs. 
 
 32 The humble shall see this, 
 and be glad : and your heart 
 shall live that seek God. 
 
 33 For the Lord heareth the 
 poor, and despiseth not his pri- 
 soners. 
 
 34 Let the heaven and earth 
 praise him, the seas, and every 
 tiling that moveth therein, 
 
 35 For God will save Zion, and 
 \\dll build the cities of Judah : 
 that they may dwell there, and 
 have it m possession. 
 
 36 The seed also of his ser- 
 \^nts shall inherit it : and they 
 that love his name shall dwell 
 therein. 
 
 PSALM LX5. 
 
 David soliciteth God to the speedy 
 destruction of the wicked, mm pre- 
 servation of the godly. 
 
 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of 
 David, to bring to remembrance. 
 
 Jl/fAKE haste, O God, to de- 
 ^yj. liver me; make haste to 
 help me, O Lord. 
 
 2 Let them be ashamed and 
 confoimded that seek after my 
 soul : let them be tmned back- 
 ward, and put to confusion, that 
 desire my huit. 
 
 3 Let them be turned back for 
 a reward of their shame that 
 say. Aha, aha. 
 
 4 Let all those that seek thee 
 rejoice and be glad in thee : 
 and let such as love thy salva- 
 tion say contiQually, Let God 
 be magnified. 
 
 5 But I am poor and needy : 
 make haste unto me, O God : 
 thou art my help and my 
 dehverer; O Lord, make no 
 tarrying. 
 
 PSALM LXXI. 
 
 1 David, in confidence of faith, and 
 experience of God's favour, jprayeth 
 hoth for himself, and against the 
 enemies of his smd. 14 He promis- 
 eth constancy. 17 He prayeth for 
 perseverance. 19 He praiseth God, 
 and promiseth to do it cheerfidly. 
 
 IN thee, O Lord, do I put my 
 trust : let me never be put 
 to confusion. 
 
 Gg3 
 
Damd prayethfai hinisfjf, 
 
 2 Deliver me in tliy rigliteous- 
 neps, and cuufie me to e8Ctti>e : 
 incline thine ear unto me, and 
 8a ve me. 
 
 3 lie tliou my ptrong habita- 
 tion, wliereunto I may conti- 
 nually rcHort : thou ]ii\^t given 
 commandment to nave me ; for 
 thou art my rock and my for- 
 treRR, 
 
 4 Deliver mo O ray GckI, out 
 of the hand ol the wicked, out 
 of the hand of the unriirhteous 
 and cruel man. 
 
 5 For thou art my hope, O 
 T.ord Ooi»: thou art my trust 
 from my youtli. 
 
 6 By thee have I lx»en holdon 
 ui» from the wond) : tliou art 
 h»' that t(»ok me out of my mo- 
 ther's ])owc1k : my praipe afiall 
 hr continually of thee. 
 
 7 I am as a wonder inito many; 
 l^ut thou art mv stronc: R'fupre. 
 
 8 Let my niou'th Ik.' filled trith 
 thy oraise and irith thy honour 
 all tlie day. 
 
 Ij Ca.st me not off in the time 
 of old age ; forsake me not 
 when my strength faileth. 
 
 10 For mine enemies speak 
 
 PSALMS. andf(yrSolo}non. 
 
 from my youth : and hitherto 
 have I declared thy wondrous 
 works. 
 
 18 Now also when I am old 
 and greyheaded, O Gcxi, forsake 
 me not ; until I have shewed 
 thy stPMiKth mito this genera- 
 tion, and thy power to every 
 one that is to c<jme. 
 VJ Tliy righteousness also, O 
 Cf(xl, is very high, who hast 
 done great tilings : O God, who 
 is like unto thee ! 
 I 2() Thou, which hast shewed me 
 I gn;at and sore troubles, shalt 
 qtu'cken me again, and shalt 
 ! bring me up again from the 
 depths of the earth. 
 21 Thou shalt increase my 
 greatness, and comfort me on 
 everj- side. 
 
 I 22 I will also praise thee with 
 I the psalter>% evefi thy truth, () 
 my (mkI: unto thee will I sing 
 I with the harp, O thou Holy One 
 of Israel. 
 
 I 2*3 My lips shall greatly rejoice 
 ] when I sing unto thee ; and my 
 soul, which thou hast redeemed. 
 ! 24 My tongue also shall talk of 
 tliy righteousness all the d;r 
 
 against me ; and they that lay long : for they are confoui 
 
 wait for my soul take counsel 
 together, 
 
 11 Saj-ing, God hath forsaken 
 liini: i)ei-secute and take him; 
 for there is none to deliver him. 
 
 12 O God, be not far frcjm me : 
 O my God, make haste for my 
 help. 
 
 13 Let them be confounded 
 and consumed that are adver- 
 saries to my soul ; let them be 
 covered icith reproach and dis- 
 honom- that seek my hurt. 
 
 14 But I will hope continually, 
 and -svill yet praise thee more 
 and more. 
 
 '' 15 INIy mouth shall shew forth 
 thy lighteousness and thy sal- 
 vation all the day ; for I laiow 
 not the numbers thereof. 
 
 16 I will go in the strength of 
 the Lord God : I will make 
 ip.ention of thy righteousness, 
 even of thine only. 
 
 17 O God, thou hast taught me 
 
 U.V 
 
 id- 
 
 ed, for they are brought unto 
 sliame, tliat seek my hurt. 
 
 PSALM LXXIL 
 
 1 Dai'Ul, prai/iny for Solomon, shew. 
 
 eth the yoodtiess and glory of hin, 
 
 in tj/ve, and in truth, of Cfirist's 
 
 kingaom. 18 He blesseth God. 
 
 A Psalm for Solomon. 
 
 GI\^ the king thy judgments, 
 O God, and thy righteous- 
 ness unto the king's son. 
 
 2 He shall judge thy people 
 with righteousness, and thy poor 
 with judgment. 
 
 3 The mountains shall bring 
 peace to the people, and the 
 little hills, by righteousness. 
 
 4 He shall judge the poor of 
 the people, he shall save the 
 children of the needy, and shall 
 break in pieces the oppressor. 
 
 5 They shall fear thee as long 
 as the sun and moon endure, 
 throughout all generations. 
 
 6 He shall come down like 
 
The pi'omrity PSALMS. 
 
 rain upon the mown grass : as 
 showers that water the earth. 
 
 7 In his days shall the right- 
 eous flourish ; and abundance 
 of peace so long as the moon 
 endureth. 
 
 8 He shall have dominion also 
 from sea to sea, and from the 
 river imto the ends of the earth. 
 
 9 They that dwell in the wilder- 
 ness shall bow before him ; and 
 his enemies shall lick the dust. 
 
 10 The kings of Tarshish and nigh slipped. 
 
 of ffie wicked, 
 
 thereof, the pi'osperity of the vjicJc- 
 ed. 13 ITie ivound given thereby^ 
 diffidence. 15 Tlie victory over it, 
 hnowledge of God's purpose, in de- 
 stroying of the wicked, and sus- 
 taining the righteous. 
 
 A Psalm of Asaph. 
 
 TRULY God is good to Is- 
 rael, even to such as are of 
 a clean heart. 
 
 2 But as for me, my feet were 
 almost gone ; my steps had well 
 
 of the isles shall bring pre- 
 sents : the kings of Sheba and 
 Seba shall offer gifts. 
 
 11 Yea, all Idngs shall fall 
 down before him : all nations 
 shall serve him. 
 
 12 For he shall dehver the needy 
 when he crieth; the poor also, 
 and him that hath no helper. 
 
 13 He shall spare the poor and 
 needy, and shall save the souls 
 of the needy. 
 
 14 He shall redeem their soul 
 from deceit and violence : and 
 precious shall their blood be in 
 his sight. 
 
 15 And he shall live, and to 
 him shall be given of the gold 
 of Sheba : prayer also shall be 
 made for him continually ; and 
 daily shall he be praised. 
 
 16 There shall be an handful 
 of com in the earth upon the 
 top of the mountains ; the fruit 
 thereof shall shake like Leba- 
 non :^ and thej/ of the city shall 
 flourish like grass of the earth. 
 
 17 His name shall endure for 
 ever : his name shall be conti- 
 nued as long as the sun : and 
 men shall be blessed in him : all 
 nations shall call him blessed. 
 
 18 Blessed be the Lord God, 
 the God of Israel, who only 
 doeth wondrous things. 
 
 19 And blessed be his glorious 
 name for ever : and let the whole 
 earth be filled with his glory; 
 Amen, and Amen. 
 
 20 The prayers of David the 
 son of Jesse are ended. 
 
 PSALM LXXIII. 
 
 1 The prophet, prevailing in a temp- 
 tation, 2 sheweth the occasion 
 
 3 For I was envious at the 
 foolish, when I saw the pros- 
 perity of the wicked. 
 
 4 For there are no bands in 
 their death : but their strength 
 is firm. 
 
 5 They are not in trouble as 
 other men ; neither are they 
 plagued like other men. 
 
 6 Therefore pride compasseth 
 them about as a chain ; violence 
 covereth them as a garment. 
 
 7 Their eyes stand out with 
 fatness : they^ have more than 
 heart could wish. 
 
 8 They are corrupt, and speak 
 wickedly concerning oppres- 
 sion : they speak loftily. 
 
 9 They set their mouth against 
 the heavens, and their tongue 
 walketh through the earth. 
 
 10 Therefore his people return 
 hither : and waters of a full cup 
 are wrung out to them. 
 
 11 And they say, How doth 
 God know? and is there know- 
 ledge in the most High ? 
 
 12 Behold, these ar^e the un- 
 godly, who prosper in the world; 
 they increase in riches. 
 
 13 Verily I have cleansed my 
 heart in vain, and washed my 
 hands in innocency. 
 
 14 For aU the day long have 
 I been plagued, and chastened 
 every morning. 
 
 15 If I say, I wiU speak thus ; 
 behold, I should offend against 
 the generation of thy children. 
 
 16 When I thought to know 
 this, it was too painful for me ; 
 
 17 Until I went into the sanc- 
 tuary of God ; then understood 
 I their end. 
 
The demlation 
 
 18 Surely thou didst set thorn 
 in slii)per}' jthices : thou castedHt 
 them down into destruction. 
 
 19 How are tlicy broufdit into 
 desolation, as in a moment! 
 they are utterly couBumed with 
 terroi-s. 
 
 20 As a dream when one awak- 
 eth ; so, O Lord, when tliou 
 awakt'st, thou eiialt deKi)iFe 
 tlu'ir inia^'e. 
 
 21 Thus my heart was ^*oved, 
 and I was pneked in my reins. 
 
 22 »So i'oolisli nas I, and i^'no- 
 rant : I w a« (vs a l)eaBt before 
 thee. 
 
 23 Nevertheless I am conti 
 
 P8AI.MS. qfOie mnchwrv. 
 
 that the eremy hath done wick- 
 edly in the sanrtuarj'. 
 
 4 Thine enemies roar in the 
 midst of thy ronirR'pations ; they 
 s«^t up their ensi^nisyor Bif^ne. 
 
 5 A man was famous accord- 
 in p as he had lifted up axes 
 upon the thick treei. 
 
 (> But now tliey break down 
 the caiTed work thereof at once 
 with axes and hanuners. 
 
 7 They have cast fire int<) thy 
 sanctuar>', tlicy liavc defiled bj/ 
 ccutinpdown the* dwelling,' place 
 of tliy name to the K'round. 
 
 8 They said in their hearts, 
 liCt us destroy them together : 
 
 nually with thee : thou hast they have burned uj) all the sy- 
 
 holden mc by my nVht hand 
 
 24 Thou shalt fiuide me with 
 thj^ counsel, and aftenvurd re- 
 ceive me to p:lor>'. 
 
 25 Whom have I in heaven hut 
 thee^ and there is none upon 
 earth that I desire beside thee. 
 
 2<3 My flesh and my heart fail- 
 eth : hut God is the stren^^th of 
 my heart, and my portion for 
 ever. 
 
 27 For, lo, they that are far 
 from thee shall perish : thou 
 hast destroyed all them that go 
 a whoring from thee. 
 
 28 But it is good for me to 
 
 nagogues of G(xi in the land. 
 
 9 We see not our signs : there 
 is no more any prophet : nei- 
 tlier is there among us any that 
 knoweth how long. 
 
 10 O God, how long shall the 
 adversarA' reproach? shall the 
 
 : enemy blaspheme thy name for 
 ever ? 
 
 11 Why withdrawest thou thy 
 hand, even thy right hand ? 
 pluck it out of thy bosom. 
 
 12 For God is ray King of old, 
 working salvation in tlie midst 
 of the earth. 
 
 13 Thou didst divide the sea 
 
 draw near to God: I have put by thy strength: thou brakest 
 my trust in the Lord God, that the heads of the di^agons in the 
 
 I may declare all thy works. 
 
 PSALM LXXIV. 
 
 1 TJie prophet complaincth of the 
 
 
 
 waters. 
 
 14 Thou brakest the heads of 
 leviathan in pieces, and gavest 
 him to he meat to the people 
 inhabiting the wilderness. 
 
 15 Thou didst cleave the foun- 
 tain and the flood : thou driedst 
 up mighty rivers. 
 
 16 The day is thine, the night 
 GOD, why hast thou cast also is thine : thou hast prepar- 
 ns ofif for ever ? whj/ doth ed the light and the sun. 
 
 17 Thou hast set all the bor- 
 ders of the earth : thou hast 
 
 desolation of the mnctuari/. 10 He 
 •movcth Goilto help in consideration 
 of his jwwer, IS of his reproachful 
 enemies, of his children, and of his 
 covenant. 
 
 Mascbil of Asaph. 
 
 tliine anger smoke against the 
 sheep of thy pasture ? 
 
 2 Eemember thy congregation, i made summer and winter. 
 
 ivhich thou hast purchased of j 
 old ; the rod of thine inherit- 
 
 18 Kemember this, that the 
 enemy hath reproached, O Lobd, 
 
 ance, which thou hast redeem- and that the foolish people have 
 ed ; tliis mount Zion, wherein blasphemed thy name. 
 
 thou hast dwelt. 
 
 19 O deliver not the soid of 
 
 3 Lift up thy feet unto the thy turtledove imto the multi- 
 perpetual desolations; even all tude of the wicked: forget not 
 
The proud rebuked. 
 
 the congregation of thy poor for 
 ever. 
 
 20 Have respect tmto the co- 
 venant : for the dark places of 
 the earth are full of the habi- 
 tations of cruelty. 
 
 21 O let not the oppressed re- 
 turn ashamed : let the poor and 
 needy praise thy name. 
 
 22 Arise, O God, plead thine 
 own cause : remember how the 
 foolish man reproacheth thee 
 daily. 
 
 23 Forget not the voice of thine 
 enemies : the tumult of those 
 that rise up against thee in- 
 creaseth continually. 
 
 PSALIM LXXV. 
 
 3. The prophet praiseth God. 2 He 
 promiseth to judge uprightly. 4 
 Me rehuketh the proud by consi- 
 deration of God's pt^ovidence. 9 
 He praiseth God, and promiseth to 
 execute justice. 
 
 To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, 
 A Psalm or Song of Asaph. 
 
 TTNTO thee, O God, do we 
 U give thanks, unto thee do 
 "we give thanks: for that thy 
 name is near thy wondrous 
 works declare. 
 
 2 When I shall receive the con- 
 gregation I will judge uprightly. 
 
 3 The earth and all the inha- 
 bitants thereof are dissolved : I 
 bear up the pillars of it. Selah. 
 
 4 I said unto the fools, Deal 
 not foolishly : and to the wick- 
 ed. Lift not up the horn : 
 
 5 Lift not up your horn on high : 
 speak not with a stiff neck. 
 
 6 For promotion cometh nei- 
 ther from the east, nor from 
 ihe west, nor from the south. 
 
 7 But God is the judge : he 
 putteth down one, and setteth 
 up another. 
 
 8 For in the hand of the Loed 
 there is a cup, and the wine is 
 red ; it is full of mixture ; and 
 •he poureth out of the same : 
 but the dregs thereof, all the 
 wicked of the earth shall wring 
 them out, and drink them. 
 
 9 But I will declare for ever ; I 
 -will sing praises to the God of 
 Jacob. 
 
 PSALMS. 6rO(f s majesty in tlie church. 
 
 10 All the horns of the wicked 
 
 also will I cut off; but the horns 
 
 of the righteous shall be exalted. 
 
 PSALM LXXVI. 
 
 1 A declaration of God's majesty in 
 the church. 11 An exhortation to 
 serve him reverently. 
 
 To the chief Musician on Neginoth, 
 A Psalm or Song of Asaph. 
 
 IN Judah is God known : his 
 name is great in Israel. 
 
 2 In Salem also is his taber- 
 nacle, and his dwelling place in 
 Zion. 
 
 3 There brake he the arrows 
 of the bow, the shield, and the 
 sword, and the battle. Selah. 
 
 4 Thou art more glorious and 
 excellent than the mountains 
 of prey. 
 
 5 The stouthearted are spoil- 
 ed, they have slept their sleep : 
 and none of the men of might 
 have found their hands. 
 
 6 At thy rebuke, O God of 
 Jacob, both the chariot and 
 horse are cast into a dead sleep. 
 
 7 Thou, even thou, art to be 
 feared: and who may stand in 
 thy sight when once thou art 
 angiy? 
 
 8 Thou didst cause judgment 
 to be heard from heaven; the 
 earth feared, and was still, 
 
 9 When God arose to judg- 
 ment, to save all the meek of 
 the earth. Selah. 
 
 10 Surely the wrath of man 
 shall praise thee : the remainder 
 of wrath shalt thou restrain. 
 
 11 Vow, and pay mito the Loed 
 your God : let all that be round 
 about him bring presents unto 
 liim that ought to be feared. 
 
 12 He shall cut off the spirit 
 of princes : he is terrible to the 
 kings of the earth. 
 
 PSALM LXXVII. 
 1 The psalmist sheweth what fierce 
 combat he had unth diffidence. 10 
 The victory ivhich he had by con- 
 S'ideration of God's great and gra- 
 cious worTcs. 
 To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, 
 A Psalm of Asaph. 
 
 I CRIED unto God with my 
 voice, even imto God with 
 
Tlie psdmisCs cwiibai PSALMS. frt^ diffidencp. 
 
 thy path in the great waters, and 
 
 my voice ; and he gave ear un- 
 to me. 
 
 2 In the day of my trouble I 
 sought the Lord : my Fore ran 
 in the niglit, and ceased not: 
 my soul refused to be ((jiiiibrted. 
 
 31 remeiubeicd (Jod, mid was 
 troubled: 1 (•(•nii)]aiiied, audmy 
 spirit was overwlielmed. Selah. 
 
 4 Thou boldest mine eves 
 waking: I am so troubled that 
 I cannot speak. 
 
 5 1 have considered the days of 
 old, the yeare of nneient times. 
 
 6 1 call to remembmuce my 
 song in the night : I commune 
 with mine own heart: and my 
 spirit made diligent search. 
 
 7 Will the Lord cast off for 
 ever? and will he be favourable 
 no more ? 
 
 8 Is his mercy clean gone for 
 ever? doth his promise fail for 
 evennore ? 
 
 9 Hath God forgotten to be 
 gracious ? hath he in anger shut 
 up his tender mercies ? Selah. 
 
 10 And I said, This is my in- 
 finuity : hut I icill remember 
 the years of the right hand of 
 the most High. 
 
 11 I will remember the works 
 of the Lord: surely I ^\ill re- 
 member thy wondei-s of old. 
 
 12 I will meditate also of all 
 thy work, and talk of thy doings. 
 
 13 Thy way, O God, is in the 
 eanctuaiy: who is so great a 
 God as our God? 
 
 14 Thou art the God that do- 
 est wonders : thou hast declared 
 thy strength among the people. 
 
 15 Thou hast ^Aih thine ami 
 redeemed thy people, the sons 
 of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. 
 
 16 The waters saw thee, O 
 God, the waters saw thee ; they 
 were afraid: the depths also 
 were troubled. 
 
 17 The clouds poured out wa^ 
 ter : the sides sent out a sound : 
 thine arrows also went abroad. 
 
 18 The voice of thy thunder 
 was in the heaven: the light>- 
 nings lightened the world: the 
 earth trembled and shook. 
 
 19 Thy way is in the sea, and 
 
 thy footstops are not known. 
 
 20 Thou leddest thy people like 
 a flock by the liand of Moses and 
 Aaron. 
 
 PSALM LXXVin. 
 \ An exhortation both to learn and to 
 
 preach the law of God. 9 The story 
 
 of (iod'n irrath againRt the inere. 
 
 didons ((ud disohedienf. r.7 The Is. 
 
 raelifeH bnn<j rtircfrd, God chose 
 
 Judah, Zion, and David. 
 Maachll of Asaph. 
 
 GIVE ear, O my people, to 
 my law : incline your ears 
 to the words of my nioutli. 
 
 2 I will oi)en my mouth in a 
 |)arable : I will utter dark say- 
 ings of old : 
 
 3 Which we have heard and 
 kno\Mi, and our fathers have 
 told us. 
 
 4 We w^ll not hide them from 
 their childi'en, shewing tf> tlie 
 generation to come the praises 
 of the Lord, and his strengtli, 
 and his wonderful works that 
 he hath done. 
 
 5 For he established a testi- 
 mony in Jacob, and appointed 
 a law in Israel, which he com- 
 manded our fathers, that they 
 should make them known to 
 their cliildren : 
 
 G That the generation to come 
 might know them, even the chil- 
 dren which should be bom; 
 who should arise and declare 
 them to their children : 
 
 7 That they might set their 
 hope in God, and not forget 
 the works of God, but keep hiel 
 commandments : I 
 
 8 And might not be as their 
 fathers, a stubborn and rebel- 
 lious generation; a generation 
 that set not their heart aright,^ 
 and whose spirit was not sted- 
 fast with God. 
 
 9 The children of Ephraim, 
 being armed, and carrying bows, 
 turned back in the day of battle. 
 
 10 They kept not the covenant 
 of God, and refused to walk in 
 his law ; 
 
 11 And forgat his works, and 
 his wonders that he had shewed 
 them. 
 
GocVs m-ath against the PSALMS, ineredulmis and disobedient. 
 
 12 Marvellous things did he 
 ill the sight of their fathers, in 
 the land of Egypt, in the field 
 of Zoan. 
 
 13 He divided the sea, and caus- 
 ed them to pass through; and 
 he made the waters to stand as 
 an heap. 
 
 14 In the daytime also he led 
 them with a cloud, and all the 
 night with a light of fire. ^ 
 
 15 He clave the rocks in the 
 ^vildemess, and gave them drinlr 
 as out of the great depths. 
 
 16 He brought streams also out 
 of the rock, and caused waters 
 to run down like rivers. 
 
 17 And they sinned yet more 
 against him by provoking the 
 most High in the wilderness. 
 
 18 And they tempted God in 
 their heart by asking meat for 
 theii' lust. 
 
 19 Yea, they spake against 
 God; they said, Can God fur- 
 nish a table in the wilderness? 
 
 20 Behold, he smote the rock, 
 that the waters gushed out, and 
 the streams overflowed; can he 
 give bread also ? can he provide 
 flesh for his people ? 
 
 21 Therefore the Loed heard 
 this, and was wroth : so a fire 
 was kindled against Jacob, and 
 anger also came up against Is- 
 rael ; 
 
 22 Because they believed not 
 in God, and trusted not in his 
 salvation : * 
 
 23 Though he had command- 
 ed the clouds from above, and 
 opened the doors of heaven, 
 
 24 And had rained down manna 
 upon them to eat, and had given 
 them of the com of heaven. 
 
 25 Man did eat angels' food: 
 he sent them meat to the full. 
 
 26 He caused an east wind to 
 blow in the heaven : and by his 
 power he brought in the south 
 wind. 
 
 27 He rained flesh also upon 
 them as dust, and feathered fowls 
 like as the sand of the sea : 
 
 28 And he let it fall in the 
 midst of their camp, round a- 
 bout their habitations. 
 
 29 So they did eat, and were 
 well filled: for he gave them 
 their own desire ; 
 
 30 They were not estranged 
 from their lust. But while their 
 meat was yet in their mouths, 
 
 31 The wrath of God came up- 
 on them, and slew the fattest 
 of them, and smote down the 
 chosen men of Israel. 
 
 32 For all this they siimed stiU, 
 and believed not for his won- 
 drous works. 
 
 33 Therefore their days did he 
 consume in vanity, and their 
 years in trouble. 
 
 34 When he slew them, then 
 they sought him: and they re- 
 turned and enquired early after 
 God. 
 
 35 And they remembered that 
 God tvas their rock, and the 
 high God their redeemer. 
 
 36 Nevertheless they did flatter 
 him with their mouth, and they 
 lied unto him with their tongues. 
 
 37 For their heart was not right 
 with him, neither were they sted- 
 fast in his covenant. 
 
 38 But he, being- full of compas- 
 sion, forgave their iniquity, and 
 destroyed them not : yea, many 
 a time turned he his anger away, 
 and did not stir up all his wrath. 
 
 39 For he remembered that they 
 were but flesh ; a wmd that pass- 
 eth away, and cometh not again. 
 
 40 How oft did they provoke 
 him in the wilderness, and 
 grieve him in the desert ! 
 
 41 Yea, they turned back and 
 tempted God, and limited the 
 Holy One of Israel. 
 
 42 They remembered not his 
 hand, nor the day when he de- 
 livered them from the enemy. 
 
 43 How he had wrought his 
 signs in Egypt, and his wonders 
 in the field of Zoan : 
 
 44 And had turned their rivers 
 into blood; and their floods, that 
 they could not drink. 
 
 45 He sent divers sorts of flies 
 among them, which devoured 
 them ; and frogs, which destroy- 
 ed them. 
 
 46 He gave also their increase 
 
God^s wiaOi aaaimt the 
 
 unto the caterpiller, and their 
 labour imto tlie kxi-ust. 
 
 47 He deFtroyed their vines 
 \\1th liail, and their sycomore 
 treeR with frost. 
 
 48 He ^^ave up their cattle also 
 to the liail, and their flocks to 
 hot thunderlwlti?. 
 
 49 He cast uiion them the 
 fierceness of his an^rt^r, >\Tatli, 
 and indi^-^nation, and trouble, 
 
 PSALMS, incredulous and din/bedittd. 
 
 02 He gave liis i)eople over 
 also \mt<) tlie swonl ; and uas 
 wrotli with his mhenUmce. 
 
 (k5 Tlie lire consumed their 
 young men ; and their nmidens 
 were not given to marriage. 
 
 04 Their priests fell by the 
 sword ; and their widows made 
 no lamentation. 
 
 Go Then the Lord awaked ;i< 
 one out of sleep, and like 
 
 by seTiding evil angels among \ mighty man that shouteth by 
 
 them. 
 oU He made a way to his anger : 
 
 reastju of wine. 
 (><j And he Fnu)te his enemies 
 
 he spared not their sonl from in the hinder pails: he put them 
 death, but gave their lile over to a pen>etiud reproach. 
 
 to the i>estilene 
 
 51 And smote all the firstborn 
 in Egypt; the chief of their 
 strength m the tabernacles of 
 Ham : 
 
 52 But made his own people to 
 go f(.rth like sheep, and guided 
 them in the wUdeniess like a 
 flock. 
 
 53 And he led them on pafely, 
 so that they feared not : but the 
 sea ovenvhelmed their enemies. 
 
 54 And he brought them t<j 
 the Ix^rder of liis sanctuary, 
 even to this mountain, which 
 his right hand had jiurchased. 
 
 07 Moreover he refused the 
 tal)en)acle of Joseph, and chose 
 not the trilje of Epluaim : 
 
 (>S 13ut chose the triln* of Ju- 
 dah, the mount Zion which he 
 loved. 
 
 09 And he built his sanctuary 
 like high palaces, like the eaith 
 which he hath established for 
 ever. 
 
 70 He chose David also his 
 servant, and took liiiu ftom the 
 sheepfolds : 
 
 71 From following the ewes 
 great with young he brought 
 him to feed Jai'ob his people, 
 
 5.5 He cast out the heathen also and Israel his inheritance. 
 
 before tliem, and divided them 
 an Inheritance by line, and made 
 the tribes of Israel to dwell in 
 their tents. 
 
 50 Yet they tempted and pro- 
 voked the most higli God, and 
 kept not his testimonies : 
 
 57 But turned back, and dealt 
 uuftiithfiilly like their fathers: 
 they were tmned aside like a 
 deceitful bow. 
 
 58 For they provoked him to 
 
 72 So he fed them according to 
 the integrity of his heart ; and 
 guided them by the sldlfulness 
 of his hands. 
 
 PSALM LXXIX. 
 1 The pmlmist complaim-th of the de- 
 
 solution ofJeruscaem. S Heprapeth 
 
 for deliverance, 13 and j)romiseth 
 
 thankftdness. 
 
 A Psalm of Asaph. 
 
 OGOD, the heathen are come 
 into thine inheritance ; thy 
 
 anger with their high places, , holy temple have they defiled ; 
 and moved him to jealousy with \ they have laid Jerusalem on 
 
 their graven images. 
 59 When God heard this, he 
 
 heaps. 
 2 The dead bodies of thy ser- 
 
 was wToth, and gi'eatly abhorred \ vants have they given to he 
 
 Israel : 
 
 meat unto the fowls of the hea- 
 
 00 So that he forsook the taber- : ven, the flesh of thy saints unto 
 
 nacle of Shiloh, the tent which 
 he placed among men ; 
 01 And delivered his strength 
 into captivity, and his glory 
 into the enemy's hand. 
 
 the beasts of the earth. 
 3 Their blood have they shed 
 like water romid about Jeru- 
 salem; and there was none to 
 bury them. 
 
Desolcdion of Jerusalem. PSALMS. 
 
 3Iiseries of the church. 
 
 4 We are become a reproach 
 to our neighbours, a scorn and 
 derision to them that are round 
 about us. 
 
 5 How long, Lord? wilt thou 
 be angry for ever? shall thy 
 jealousy bum like fire ? 
 
 6 Poiu- out thy wrath upon the 
 heathen that have not known 
 thee, and upon the kingdoms 
 that have not called upon thy 
 name. 
 
 7 For they have devoured Ja- 
 cob, and laid waste his dwelling 
 place. 
 
 8 O remember not against us 
 former iniquities: let thy ten- 
 der mercies speedily prevent us : 
 for we are brought veiy low. 
 
 9 Help us, O God of our sal- 
 vation, for the glory of thy 
 name : and deKver us, and 
 purge away our sins, for thy 
 name's sake. 
 
 10 Wherefore should the hea- 
 then say, Where is their God? 
 let him be known among the 
 heathen in our sight b?/ the 
 revenging of the blood of thy 
 servants which is shed. 
 
 11 Let the sighing of the pri- 
 soner come before thee; ac- 
 cording to the greatness of thy 
 power preserve thou those that 
 are appointed to die ; 
 
 12 And render unto our neigh- 
 bours sevenfold into their bosom 
 their reproach, wherewith they 
 have reproached thee, O Lord. 
 
 13 So we thy people and sheep 
 of thy pasture will give thee 
 thanks for ever: we vdll shew 
 forth thy praise to all genera- 
 tions. 
 
 PSALM LXXX. 
 
 1 TJie psalmist in Ms prayer com- 
 
 plaineth of the miseries of the 
 
 church. 8 God's former favours 
 
 are turned into jitdgments. li He 
 
 pray eth for deliverance. 
 
 To the chief Musician upon Shoshan- 
 
 nim-Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. 
 
 GIVE ear, O Shepherd of 
 Israel, thou that leadest 
 Joseph like a flock; thou that 
 dwellest between the cherubims, 
 shine forth. 
 2 Before Ephraim and Benja- 
 
 min and Manasseh stir up thy 
 strength, and come and save us, 
 
 3 Turn us again, O God, and 
 cause thy face to shine ; and we 
 shall be saved. 
 
 4 O Lord God of hosts, how 
 long wilt thou be angry against 
 the prayer of thy people ? 
 
 5 Thou feedest them with the 
 bread of tears ; and givest them 
 tears to di'ink in great measure. 
 
 6 Thou makest us a strife unto 
 our neighbours: and our ene- 
 mies laugh among themselves. 
 
 7 Turn us again, God of 
 hosts, and cause thy face to 
 shine ; and we shall be saved. 
 
 8 Thou hast brought a vine out 
 of Egypt: thou hast cast out 
 the heathen, and planted it. 
 
 9 Thou preparedst room be- 
 fore it, and didst cause it to 
 take deep root, and it filled the 
 land. 
 
 10 The hills were covered with 
 the shadow of it, and the boughs 
 thereof were like the goodly 
 cedars. 
 
 11 She sent out her boughs 
 unto the sea, and her branches 
 mito the river. 
 
 12 Why hast thou the7i broken 
 down her hedges, so that all they 
 which pass by the way do pluck 
 her? 
 
 13 The boar out of the wood 
 doth waste it, and the wild beast 
 of the field doth devour it. 
 
 14 Return, we beseech thee, O 
 God of hosts : look down from 
 heaven, and behold, and visit 
 this vine ; 
 
 15 And the vineyard which thy 
 right hand hath planted, and the 
 branch that thou madest strong 
 for thyself. 
 
 16 It is burned with fire, it is 
 cut down: they perish at the 
 rebuke of thy countenance. 
 
 17 Let thy hand be upon the 
 man of thy right hand, upon 
 the son of man whom thou 
 madest sti'ong for thyself. 
 
 18 So will not we go back fi-om 
 thee : quicken us, and we will 
 call upon thy name. 
 
 19 Turn us again, O Lord God 
 
ExhoiiaHwi to praise God. 
 
 of hosts, cause thy face to shine ; 
 and we shall be saved. 
 PSALM LXXXI. 
 
 I An exhortation to a solemn praiftina 
 of God. 4 (jod chnllen'jpfh that duty 
 by reason of his benejits. 8 God, ex- 
 horting to obedience, comjdaineth 
 of their disobedience, which proveth 
 their own hurt. 
 
 To the chief IVfusician upon Gittith, 
 A P.mlnt of Asaph. 
 
 SING aloud unto God our 
 strength: make a joyful 
 noise unto the God of Jacob. 
 
 2 Take a j)salni, and bring hi- 
 ther the tiinbix.'!, tlie pleasant 
 harp with the i>salteiy. 
 
 3 Blow up the trumpet in the 
 new moon, in the time appoint- 
 ed, on our solemn feast day. 
 
 4 For this tvaa a statute for Is- 
 rael, and a law of the God of 
 Jacob. 
 
 5 This he ordained in Joseph 
 /or a testimony, when he went 
 out through the land of Egypt : 
 where I heard a language that 
 I understood not. 
 
 6 I removed his shoulder from 
 the binden : his hands were de- 
 livered from the ix)ts. | 
 
 7 Thou calledst in trouble, and 
 I delivered thee; I answered 
 thee in the secret place of thun- 
 der : I proved thee at the waters 
 ofMeribah. Selah. 
 
 8 Hear, O my people, and I 
 will testify unto thee : O Israel, 
 if thou wilt hearken unto me ; 
 
 9 There shall no strange god 
 be in thee; neither shalt thou 
 worsliip any strange god. 
 
 10 I am the Lord thy God, 
 wliich brought thee out of the 
 land of Egypt : open thy mouth 
 wide, and I will fill it. 
 
 II But my people would not 
 hearken to my voice; and Is- 
 rael would none of me. 
 
 12 So I gave them up unto 
 their own hearts' lust : and they 
 walked in their own counsels. 
 
 13 Oh that my people had 
 hearkened unto me, and Israel 
 had walked in my ways ! 
 
 14 I should soon have subdued 
 
 PSALMS. The judges re^yioved. 
 
 15 The haters of the Lord 
 should have submitted them- 
 selves unto him : but their time 
 should have endured for ever. 
 
 K) He should have fed them 
 
 also with the finest of the wheat : 
 
 and with honey out of the rock 
 
 should I have satisfied thee. 
 
 PSALM LXXXn. 
 
 1 The psalmist, having exhorted the 
 judges, 5 and reproved their neg- 
 ligence, Sprayeth God to judge. 
 
 A Psalm of Asaph. 
 
 GOD standeth in the congre- 
 gation of the mighty; he 
 judgeth among the gods. 
 
 2 How long will ye judge un- 
 justly, and accept the persons of 
 the wicked? Selah. 
 
 3 Defend the poor and father- 
 less: do justice to the aftiicted 
 and needy. 
 
 4 Deliver the poor and needy : 
 rid them out of the hand of the 
 wicked. 
 
 5 They know not, neither will 
 they understand ; they walk on t 
 in darkness: all the foundations ■ 
 of tlic earth are out of course. 
 
 6 I have said. Ye are gods; 
 and all of you are children of 
 the most High. 
 
 7 But ye shall die lilce men, and 
 fall like one of the princes. 
 
 8 Arise, O God, judge the 
 earth : for thou shalt inherit all 
 nations. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIIL 
 
 1 A complaint to God of the enemies' 
 
 conspiracies. 9 A prayer against 
 
 them that oppress the church. 
 
 A Song or Psalm of Asaph. 
 
 KEEP not thou silence, O 
 God: hold not thy peace, 
 and be not still, O God. 
 
 2 For, lo, thine enemies make 
 a tumult: and they that hate 
 thee have lifted up the head. 
 
 3 They have taken crafty coim- 
 sel agaiQst thy people, and con- 
 sulted agaiast thy hidden ones. 
 
 4 They have said. Come, and 
 let us cut them ofi" from being 
 a nation ; that the name of Is- 
 rael may be no more in remem- ; 
 
 their enemies, and turned my brance. 
 
 hand against their adversaries. I 5 For they have consulted to- 
 
Tlie Uessedness 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 of God's service. 
 
 gether witli one consent : they 
 are confederate against thee : 
 
 6 The tabernacles of Edom, 
 and the Ishmaelites ; of Moab, 
 and the Hagarenes ; 
 
 7 Gebal, and Anamon, and 
 Amalek; the Phihstmes with 
 the inhabitants of Tyre ; 
 
 8 Assur also is joined with 
 them: they have holpen the 
 children of Lot. Selah. 
 
 9 Do nnto them as unto the 
 Midianites ; as to Sisera, as to 
 . Jabin, at the brook of Kison : 
 
 10 Which i^QiMied at En-dor; 
 they became as dmig for the 
 earth. 
 
 11 Make their nobles lil5:e Oreb, 
 and like Zeeb: yea, all their 
 princes as Zebah, and as Zal- 
 munna : 
 
 12 Who said, Let us take to 
 cm-selves the nouses of God in 
 possession. 
 
 13 O my God, make them like 
 a wheel; as the stubble before 
 the wind. 
 
 14 As the fire bumeth a wood, 
 and as the flame setteth the 
 mountains on fire ; 
 
 15 So persecute them with thy 
 tempest, and make them afraid 
 with thy storm. 
 
 16 Fill their faces with shame ; 
 that they may seek thy name, 
 
 Lord. 
 
 17 Let them be confounded 
 and troubled for ever; yea, let 
 them be put to shame, and 
 perish : 
 
 18 That men may know that 
 thou, whose name alone is JE- 
 HOVAH, art the most high 
 over all the earth. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIV. 
 
 1 Tlie prophet, longing for the com- 
 munion of the sanctuary, 4 shew- 
 eth how blessed they are that dwell 
 therein. 8 He prayeth to he restored 
 unto it. 
 
 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, 
 A Psalm for the sons of Korah. 
 
 HOW amiable are thy taber- 
 nacles, O Lord of hosts ! 
 2 My soul longeth, yea, even 
 fainteth for the courts of the 
 Lord : my heart and my flesh 
 crieth out for the living God. 
 
 3 Yea, the sparrow hath found 
 an house, and the swallow a nest 
 for herself, where she may lay 
 her young, even thine altars, O 
 Lord of hosts, my King, and 
 my God. 
 
 4 Blessed are they that dwell 
 in thy house : they will be still 
 praising thee. Selah. 
 
 5 Blessed is the man whose 
 strength is in thee; in whose 
 heart are the ways of them. 
 
 6 Who passing through the val- 
 ley of Baca make it a well ; the 
 rain also fiUeth the pools. 
 
 7 They go from strength to 
 strength, every one of them in 
 Zion appeareth before God. 
 
 8 O Lord God of hosts, hear 
 my prayer : give ear, O God of 
 Jacob. Selah. 
 
 9 Behold, O God our shield, 
 and look upon the face of thine 
 anointed. 
 
 10 For a day in thy courts is 
 better than a thousand. I had 
 rather be a doorkeeper in the 
 house of my God, than to dwell 
 in the tents of wickedness. 
 
 11 For the Lord God is a sun 
 and shield : the Lord will give 
 grace and glory : no good thing 
 will he withhold from them that 
 walk uprightly. 
 
 12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is 
 the man that trusteth in thee. 
 
 PSALM LXXXV. 
 1 The psalmist, out of the experience 
 of former mercies, prayeth for the 
 continuance thereof. 8 He promis- 
 eth to ivait the7'eon, out of confi- 
 dence of God's goodness. 
 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for 
 the sons of Korah. 
 
 LOED, thou hast been favour- 
 able unto thy land: thou 
 hast brought back the captivity 
 of Jacob. 
 
 2 Thou hast forgiven the ini- 
 quity of thy people, thou hast 
 covered all their sin. Selah. 
 
 3 Thou hast taken away all thy 
 wrath : thou hast turned thyself 
 from the fierceness of thine an- 
 ger. 
 
 4 Turn us, O God of our sal- 
 vation, and cause thine anger 
 toward us to cease. 
 
David imploreth GocCs aid. PSALMS. 
 
 5 Wilt thou be angry with us 
 for ever? vnlt thou draw out 
 thine anger to all generations? 
 
 G Wilt thou not revive us again : 
 that thy peojjle may rejoice in 
 thee? 
 
 7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, 
 and grant us thy salvation. 
 
 8 I will hear what God the 
 Lord will speak: for he will 
 speak peace unto his people, 
 and to his saints : but let them 
 not turn again to folly. 
 
 9 Surely his salvation is nigh 
 them that fear liim ; that gloiy 
 may dwell in our land. 
 
 10 Mercy and truth are met to- 
 gether ; righteousness and peace 
 have kissed each other. 
 
 11 Truth shall spring out of the 
 earth; and lighteousness shall 
 look down from heaven. 
 
 12 Yea, the Lord shall give 
 that irhich is good; and our 
 land shall yield her increase. 
 
 13 Righteousness shall go be- 
 fore him; and shall set us in 
 the way of his steps. 
 
 PSALM LXXXVI. 
 1 David strennthcueth his prayer hy 
 the conscience of his religion, 5hy 
 the Goodness and power of God. 
 11 He desireth the continnance of 
 farvver grace. 14 Coinplaininy of 
 the proud, he craveth some tohen 
 of GocVs goodness. 
 
 A Prayer of David. 
 
 BOW dovm. thine ear, O 
 Lord, hear me: for I am 
 poor and needy. 
 
 2 Preserve my soul ; for 1 am 
 holy : O thou my God, save thy 
 Bers^ant that trusteth in thee. 
 
 3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord : 
 for I cry unto thee daily. 
 
 4 Eejoice the soul of thy ser- 
 vant : for unto thee, O Lord, do 
 I lift up my soul. 
 
 5 For thou, Lord, art good, and 
 ready to forgive ; and plenteous 
 in mercy unto all them that call 
 upon thee. 
 
 6 Give ear, O Lord, unto my 
 prayer ; and attend to the voice 
 of my supplications. 
 
 7 In the day of my trouble I 
 will call upon thee: for thou 
 wilt answer me. 
 
 Tits complaint oftfie proud. 
 
 8 Among the gods there is 
 none like unto thee, O Lord; 
 neither are there any works 
 like unto thy w^orks. 
 
 9 All nations whom thou hast 
 made shall come and worship 
 before thee, O Lord ; and shall 
 glorify thy name. 
 
 10 For thou art great, and do- 
 est wondrous things : thou art 
 God alone. 
 
 11 Teach me thy way, O Lord ; 
 
 1 w ill walk in thy truth : unite 
 my heart to fear thv name. 
 
 12 I will praise thee, O Lord 
 my God, with all my heart: 
 and I will glorify thy name for 
 evermore. 
 
 13 For great is thy mercy to- 
 ward me : and thou hast deliver- 
 ed my soul from the lowest hell. 
 
 14 O God, the proud are risen 
 against me, and the assemblies 
 of violent men have sought af- 
 ter my soul; and have not set 
 thee beibre them. 
 
 15 But thou, O Lord, art a God 
 full of compassion, and gracious, 
 longsufiering, and plenteous in 
 mercy and truth. 
 
 16 O turn unto me, and have 
 mercy upon me ; give thy 
 strength unto thy servant, and 
 save the son of thine handmaid. 
 
 17 Shew me a token for good ; 
 that they which hate me may 
 see it, and be ashamed : because 
 thou. Lord, hast holpen me, and 
 comforted me. > 
 
 PSALM LXXXVIL 
 1 The nature and glory of the church. 
 4:' The increase, honour, and com- 
 fort of the members thereof. 
 A Psalm or Song for the sons of 
 Korah. 
 
 HIS foundation is in the 
 holy mountains. 
 
 2 The Lord loveth the gates 
 of Zion more than all the dwell- 
 ings of Jacob. 
 
 3 Glorious things are spoken 
 of thee, O city of God. Selah. 
 
 4 I will make mention of Ea- 
 hab and Babylon to them that 
 know me : behold Philistia, and 
 Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man 
 was bom there. 
 
A pi'ayer containing PSALMS. 
 
 5 And of Zion it sliall be said, 
 This and that man was bom in 
 her: and the highest himself 
 shall establish her. 
 
 6 The Lord shall count, when 
 he write th np the people, that 
 this man was bom there. Selah. 
 
 7 As well the singers as the 
 players on instruments shall he 
 there: all my springs are in 
 thee. 
 
 PSALM LXXXVIII. 
 A prayer containing a grievous 
 complaint. 
 A Song or Psalm for the sons of Ko- 
 rah, to the chief Musician upon 
 Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of He- 
 man the Ezrahite. 
 
 OLOED God of my salva- 
 tion, I have cried day and 
 night before thee : 
 
 2 Let my prayer come before 
 thee: incline thine ear nnto 
 my cry ; 
 
 3 For my soul is full of trou- 
 bles : and my life draweth nigh 
 vmto the grave. 
 
 4 I am counted with them that 
 go down into the pit: I am as 
 a man that hath no strength : 
 
 5 Free among the dead, like 
 the slain that lie in the grave, 
 whom thou rememberest no 
 more : and they are cut off 
 from thy hand. 
 
 6 Thou hast laid me in the low- 
 est pit, in darkness, m the deeps. 
 
 7 Thy wrath heth hard upon 
 me, and thou hast afflicted me 
 \sith all thy waves. Selah. 
 
 8 Thou hast put away mine ac- 
 quaintance far from me; thou 
 hast made me an abomination 
 unto them: I am shut up, and 
 I cannot come forth. 
 
 9 Mine eye moumeth by rea- 
 son of affliction : Lord, I have 
 called daily upon thee, I have 
 stretched out my hands unto 
 thee. 
 
 10 Wilt thou shew wonders to 
 the dead? shall the dead arise 
 ind praise thee ? Selah. 
 ' 11 Shall thy lovingkindness be 
 leclared in the grave? or thy 
 
 'aithfulness in destruction ? 
 
 12 Shall thy wonders be known 
 
 a grievous complaint. 
 
 in the dark? and thy righteous- 
 ness in the land of forgetfulness? 
 
 13 But unto thee have I cried, 
 
 Lord; and in the morning 
 shall my prayer prevent thee. 
 
 14 Lord, why castest thou off 
 my soul ? wh^ hidest thou thy 
 face from me ? 
 
 15 1 am afflicted and ready to die 
 from m?/ youth up : while I suf- 
 fer thy terrors I am distracted. 
 
 16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over 
 me ; thy terrors have cut me off. 
 
 17 They came round about me 
 daily like water ; they compass- 
 ed me about together. 
 
 18 Lover and friend hast thou 
 put far from me, and mine ac- 
 quaintance into darkness. 
 
 PSALM LXXXIX. 
 
 1 The psalmist praiseth God for Ms 
 covenant, 5 for Ms wonderfid pow- 
 er, 15 for (he care of Ms church, 
 19 /07- Ms favour to the Mngdom 
 of David. 38 Then complcdning 
 of contrary events, i6 he expostu- 
 lateth, prayeth, and hlesseth God. 
 
 Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. 
 
 I WILL sing of the mercies of 
 the Lord for ever : with my 
 mouth will I make known thy 
 faithfulness to all generations. 
 
 2 For I have said, Mercy shall 
 be built up for ever : thy faith- 
 fulness shalt thou establish in 
 the very heavens. 
 
 3 1 have made a covenant with 
 my chosen, I have sworn unto 
 David my sers^ant, 
 
 4 Thy seed will I establish for 
 ever, and build up thy throne to 
 all generations. Selah. 
 
 5 And the heavens shall praise 
 thy wonders, O Lord : thy faith- 
 fulness also in the congregation 
 of the saints. 
 
 6 For who in the heaven can be 
 compared unto the Lord ? who 
 among the sons of the mighty 
 can be likened unto the Lord ? 
 
 7 God is greatly to be feared in 
 the assembly of the saints, and 
 to be had iq reverence of all 
 them that are about him. 
 
 8 O Lord God of hosts, who is 
 a strong Lord like unto thee? 
 or to thy faithfulness round a- 
 bout thee ? 
 
God*8 promises of favour PSALMS. to ilie Jcuigdotn qf Dai id. 
 
 9 Thou rulcRt the m^inp of | 2/5 I will set his hand also in 
 tJie Mia : wlien the wiwx'H tlierc- ! the sea, and hia right hand in 
 
 of arise, thou stillest them. 
 
 1 the rivei-s. 
 
 10 Thou hast hroken Kahah in I 2(1 He shall cr>' unto nie, Thou 
 itieces, as one that is slain ; thou [ art my father, my God, and the 
 
 liast seattered thhie enemies 
 \\'ith thy strong arm. 
 
 11 The heavens are thine, the 
 cartli also ;.v thine: as for the 
 world and the fulness thereof, 
 tliou hast founded them. 
 
 12 The north and the south 
 thou Ijast created them: Talior 
 and Ilermou ehall rejoice in thy 
 name. 
 
 13 Thou hast a mighty arm : 
 
 roek of mv salvation. 
 
 27 Also I will make him mi/ 
 fti-KtV>oni, liigher than the kings 
 of the earth. 
 
 28 ]My mercy will I keep for 
 him for evermore, and my cove- 
 nant shall stand fast with him. 
 
 2*.> His seed also \m'11 I make to 
 endure for ever, and Ids tluone 
 as the days of heaven. 
 
 3<) If his children forsake my 
 
 strong is thy hand, and high is j law, and walk not in my judg- 
 
 thy right hand. 
 
 14 Justice and judgment are 
 the habitation of thy throne : 
 mercy and truth shall go before 
 thy iace. 
 
 15 IJlcssed is the jicoole that 
 know the joyful sound: they 
 shall walk, () I.oud, in the light 
 of thy countenance. 
 
 li\ In thy name shall they re- 
 joice all the day : and in thy 
 righteousnesy shall they be ex- 
 alted. 
 
 ments: 
 
 I '.31 If they break my statutes, 
 and keep not my command- 
 ments ; 
 
 32 Then will I visit their trans- 
 gression with the rod, and their 
 iniquity witli stripes. 
 
 33 Nevertheless my loving- 
 kindness will I not utterly take 
 from him, nor suli'er my faith- 
 fulness to fail. 
 
 34 My covenant will I not 
 break, nor alter the thing that 
 
 17 For thou art the glory of is gone out of my lips. 
 
 "35 Once have I swoni by my 
 
 their strength: and in thy 
 voiu our honi shall be exalted. 
 18 For the Loiu) is our defence ; 
 and the Holy One of Israel is 
 our king. 
 
 lioliness that I will not lie unto 
 David. 
 
 3^3 His seed shall endure lor 
 ever, and his throne as the sun 
 
 19 Then thou spakest in vL^sion ! before me. 
 to thy holy one, and saidst, I ! 37 It shall be established for 
 
 2.V mighty ; I liave exalted one ; 
 chosen out of the people. 
 
 20 I have found David my ' 
 seiTant ; with my holy oil have I 
 I anointed him : 
 
 ! fid witness in heaven. Selah. 
 
 38 But thou hast cast off and 
 j abhorred, thou hast been wroth 
 i with thine anointed. 
 
 39 Thou ha^t made void the 
 21 With whom my hand shall > covenant of thy senant : thou 
 
 be established: mine ann also 
 shall strengthen him. 
 
 22 The enemy shall not exact 
 upon him ; nor the son of wick- 
 edness afflict him. 
 
 23 And I will beat down his 
 foes before his face, and plague 
 them that hate him. 
 
 24 But my faithfulness and my 
 mercy shall be with him: and 
 in my name shall his horn be 
 exalted. 
 
 hast profaned his crown bf/ cast- 
 inf^ it to the ground. 
 
 40 Thou hast broken down all 
 his hedges; thou hast brought 
 his strong holds to ruin. 
 
 41 All that pass by the way- 
 spoil him: he is a reproach to 
 liis neighbom-s. 
 
 42 Thou hast set up the right 
 hand of his adversaries; thou 
 havSt made all his enemies to 
 rejoice. 
 
hof 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 htimcm life. 
 
 43 Thou hast also turned the 
 edge of his sword, and hast not 
 made him to stand in the battle. 
 
 44 Thou hast made his glory 
 to cease, and cast his throne 
 down to the ground. 
 
 45 The days of his youth hast 
 thou shortened: thou hast co- 
 vered him with shame. Selah. 
 
 46 How long, Lord ? wilt thou 
 hide thyself for ever ? shall thy 
 wrath bum like fire ? 
 
 47 Kemember how short my 
 time is: wherefore hast thou 
 made all men in vain ? 
 
 48 What man is he that liveth, 
 and shall not see death ? shall he 
 deliver his soul from the hand 
 of the grave ? Selah. 
 
 49 Lord, where are thy former 
 lovingkindnesses, which thou 
 swarest unto David in thy truth ? 
 
 50 Eemember, Lord, the re- 
 proach of thy servants ; how I 
 do bear in my bosom the re- 
 proach o/*all the mighty peo- 
 ple ; 
 
 51 Wherewith thine enemies 
 have reproached, O Loed; 
 wherewith they have reproach- 
 ed the footsteps of thine an- 
 ointed. 
 
 52 Blessed be the Lord for 
 evermore. Amen, and Amen. 
 
 PSALM XC. 
 
 1 Moses, setting fwth God's provi- 
 dence, 3 complaiiieth of Jmman 
 fragility, 7 divine chastisements, 
 10 and brevity of life. 12 He pray- 
 eth for the hnowledge and sensible 
 experience of God's goodp^-ovidence. 
 A Prayer of Moses the man of God. 
 
 LORD, thou hast been our 
 dwelling place in all ge- 
 j nerations. 
 
 2 Before the mountains were 
 brought forth, or ever thou 
 hadst formed the earth and the 
 world, even from everlasting to 
 everlasting, thou art God. 
 
 3 Thou tumest man to de- 
 struction; and sayest, Eetum, 
 ye children of men. 
 
 4 For a thousand years in thy 
 sight are but as yesterday when 
 it is past, and as a watch in the 
 night. 
 
 5 Thou carriest them away 
 as with a flood; they are as a 
 sleep : in the morning thet/ are 
 like grass which groweth up. 
 
 6 In the moixiing it flourish- 
 eth, and groweth up; in the 
 evening it is cut down, and 
 withereth. 
 
 7 For we are consumed by 
 thine anger, and by thy wrath 
 are we troubled. 
 
 8 Thou hast set our iniquities 
 before thee, our secret sins in 
 the light of thy countenance. 
 
 9 For all our days are passed 
 away in thy wrath : we spend 
 our years as a tale that is told. 
 
 10 The days of our years are 
 threescore years and ten; and 
 if by reason of strength they 
 be fourscore years, yet is their 
 strength laboiu- and sorrow; 
 for it is soon cut off, and we 
 fly away. 
 
 11 Who knoweth the power of 
 thine anger? even according to 
 thy fear, so is thy wrath. 
 
 12 So teach us to number our 
 days, that we may apply our 
 hearts unto wisdom. 
 
 13 Eetum, O Loed, how long ? 
 and let it repent thee concern- 
 ing thy sen^ants. 
 
 14 O satisfy us early with thy 
 mercy ; that we may rejoice and 
 be glad all om- days. 
 
 15 Make us glad according 
 to the days wherein thou hast 
 afilicted us, and the years 
 wherein we have seen evil. 
 
 16 Let thy work appear unto 
 thy servants, and thy glory un- 
 to their children. 
 
 17 And let the beauty of the 
 Loed our God be upon us : and 
 establish thou the work of our 
 hands upon us; yea, the work 
 of our hands establish thou it. 
 
 PSALM XCL 
 
 1 The state of the godly. 3 Tlieir 
 
 safety. 9 Their habitation. 11 
 
 Their servants. 14 Tlieir friend; 
 
 ivith the effects of them all. 
 
 HE that dwelleth in the se- 
 cret place of the most High 
 shall abide under the shadow of 
 the Almighty. 
 
TJie security of the godly. PSALMS. Exhoiiatkni to p^-aise God. 
 
 2 I will say of the Lord, He is 
 my refuge and my fortress : my 
 God ; in him will I trust. 
 
 3 Surely he shall deliver thee 
 from the snare of the fowler, and 
 from the noisome pestilence. 
 
 4 He shall cover thee mth his 
 feathers, and under his wuigs 
 shalt thou trust : his truth shall 
 be thy shield and buckler. 
 
 5 Thou shalt not be afraid for 
 the terror by night ; nor for the 
 arrow that flieth by day ; 
 
 6 Nor for the pestilence that 
 walketh in darkness; nor for 
 the destruction that wasteth at 
 noonday. 
 
 7 A thousand shall fall at thy 
 side, and ten thousand at thy 
 right hand; hut it shall not 
 come nigh thee. 
 
 8 Only with thine eyes shalt 
 thou behold and*see the reward 
 of the wicked. 
 
 9 Because thou hast made the 
 Lord, which is my refuge, even 
 the most High, thy habitation ; 
 
 10 There shall no evil befall 
 thee, neither shall any plague 
 come nigh thy dwelling. 
 
 11 For he shall give his angels 
 charge over thee, to keep thee 
 in all thy ways. 
 
 12 They shall bear thee up in 
 their hands, lest thou dash thy 
 foot against a stone. 
 
 13 Thou shalt tread upon the 
 lion and adder : the young lion 
 and the dragon shalt thou tram- 
 ple under feet. 
 
 14 Because he hath set his love 
 upon me, therefore will I deliver 
 him : I will set him on high, be- 
 cause he hath known my name. 
 
 15 He shall call upon me, and 
 I will answer him : I will he 
 with him in trouble ; I will de- 
 liver him, and honour him. 
 
 16 With long life will I satis- 
 fy him, and shew him my sal- 
 vation. : 
 
 PSALM XCII. 
 
 1 T]\,e prophet exhorteth to praise 
 God, 4 for his great wwlcs, 6 for 
 his judgments on the wicked, 10 
 and for his goodness to the godly. 
 
 A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. 
 
 /T is a good thing to give .i 
 thanks unto the Lord, and m 
 to sing praises unto thy name, W 
 O most High : " 
 
 2 To shew forth thy loving- 
 kindness in the morning, and 
 thy faithfulness every night, 
 
 3 Upon an instrument of ten 
 strings, and upon the psaltery ; 
 upon the harp with a solemn 
 sound. 
 
 4 For thou. Lord, hast made 
 me glad through thy work: I 
 will triumph in the works of 
 thy hands. 
 
 5 O Lord, how great are thy 
 works! a?id thy thoughts are 
 very deep. 
 
 6 A brutish man knoweth not ; 
 neither doth a fool understand 
 this. 
 
 7 When the wicked spring as 
 the grass, and when all the 
 workers of iniquity do flourish ; 
 it is that they shall be destroy- 
 ed for ever : 
 
 8 But thou, Lord, art most 
 high for evermore. 
 
 9 For, lo, thine enemies, O 
 Lord, for, lo, thine enemies 
 shall perish; all the workers 
 of iniquity shall be scattered. 
 
 10 But my horn shalt thou 
 exalt like the horn of an uni- 
 corn : I shall be anointed with 
 fresh oil. 
 
 11 Mine eye also shall see mj/ 
 desire on mine enemies, and 
 mine ears shall hear my de- 
 sire^ of the wicked that rise up 
 against me. 
 
 12 The righteous shall flourish 
 hke the palm tree : he shall grow 
 like a cedar in Lebanon. 
 
 13 Those that be planted in the 
 house of the Lord shall flourish 
 in the courts of our God. 
 
 14 They shall still biing forth 
 fruit in old age ; they shall be 
 fat and flourishing ; 
 
 15 To shew that the Lord is 
 upright; he is my rock, and 
 there is no unrighteousness in 
 him. 
 
 PSALM xcin. 
 
 TJie majesty, power, and holiness of 
 Christ's kingdom. 
 
Majesty of Christ's hingdoi n . PSALMS . 
 
 THE LoKD reignetli, lie is 
 clothed "with majesty; the 
 Lord is clothed with strength, 
 wherewith he hath ghded him- 
 self: the world also is stablish- 
 ed, that it camiot be moved. 
 
 2 Thy throne is established of 
 old : thou ao't from everlasting. 
 
 3 The floods have lilted up, O 
 Lord, the floods have lifted up 
 their vi)ice; the floods lift up 
 their waves. 
 
 4 The Lord on high is migh- 
 tier than the noise of many wa- 
 ters, 7/ea, than the mighty waves 
 of the sea. 
 
 ^ 5 Thy testimonies are very sm^e : 
 holmess becometh thine house, 
 O Lord, for ever. 
 
 PSALM XCIV. 
 i TJie prophet, calling for justice, 
 complainetJi of tyranny and im- 
 jnety. 8 He teacheth GocVs provi- 
 dence. 12 He sheweth the bless- 
 edness of affliction. 16 God is the 
 defender of the afflicted. 
 
 OLOED God, to whom ven- 
 geance belongeth ; O Ood, 
 to whom vengeance belongeth, 
 shew thyself 
 
 2 Lift up thyself, thou judge 
 of the earth : render a reward 
 to the proud. 
 
 3 Lord, how long shall the 
 wicked, how long shall the 
 wicked triumph? 
 
 4 How long shall they utter 
 and speak hard things ? and all 
 the workers of iniquity boast 
 themselves ? 
 
 5 They break in pieces thy 
 people, O Lord, and afiiict 
 thine heritage. 
 
 6 They slay the -svidow and 
 the stranger, and murder the 
 fatherless. 
 
 7 Yet they say. The Lord shall 
 not see, neither shall the God of 
 Jacob regard it. 
 
 8 Understand, ye brutish a- 
 mong the people : and ye fools, 
 when will ye be wise ? 
 
 9 He that planted the ear, 
 shall he not hear? he that form- 
 ed the eye, shall he not see ? 
 
 10 He that chastiseth the hea- 
 then, shall not he correct? he 
 
 Blessedness qf a^ffiiction. 
 
 that teacheth man knowledge, 
 shall not he know 9 
 
 11 The Lord knoweth the 
 thoughts of man, that they are 
 vanity. 
 
 12 Blessed is the man whom 
 thou cliastenest, O Lord, and 
 teachest him out of thy law ; 
 
 13 That thou mayest give him 
 rest from the days of adversity, 
 until the pit be digged for the 
 wicked. 
 
 14 For the Lord will not cast 
 ofi' his people, neither will he 
 forsake his inheritance. 
 
 15 But judgment shall return 
 ujito righteousness : and all the 
 upright in heart shall follow it. 
 
 16 Who will lise up for me 
 against the evildoers? or who 
 will stand up for me against the 
 workers of iniquity? 
 
 17 Unless the Lord had been 
 my help, my soul had almost 
 dwelt in silence. 
 
 18 When I said. My foot slip- 
 peth ; thy mercy, O Lord, held 
 me up. 
 
 19 In the multitude of my 
 thoughts within me thy com- 
 forts delight my soul. 
 
 20 Shall the throne of iniquity 
 have fellowship with the-e, which 
 frame th mischief by a law? 
 
 21^ They gather themselves to- 
 gether against the soul of the 
 righteous, and condemn the in- 
 nocent bleed. 
 
 22 But the Lord is my defence ; 
 and my God is the rock of my 
 refuge. 
 
 23 And he shall bring upon 
 them their own iniquity, and 
 shall cut them off in their own 
 wickedness ; yea, the Lord our 
 God shall cut them off". 
 
 PSALM XCV. 
 
 1 An exhortation to2:>raise God, 3/or 
 Ms greatness, 6 and for his good- 
 ness, 8 and not to tevfipt Mm. 
 
 r\ COME, let^ us su2g unto 
 
 the Lord: let us make a 
 joyful noise to the rock of our 
 salvation. 
 
 2 Let us come before his pre- 
 sence with thanksgivuig, and 
 Hh 
 
An exhortation 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 to praise, God. 
 
 make a joyful noise unto him 
 with psalms. 
 
 3 For the Lord is a great God, 
 and a great King above all gods. 
 
 4 In his hand are the deep 
 places of the earth : the strength 
 of the hills is his also. 
 
 5 The sea is his, and he made 
 it: and his hands formed the 
 dry land. 
 
 6 O come, let us worship and 
 bow down : let us kneel before 
 the Lord our maker. 
 
 7 For he is our God; and we 
 are the people of his pasture, 
 and the sheep of his hand. To 
 day if ye will hear his voice, 
 
 8 Harden not your heart, as in 
 the provocation, and as in the 
 day of temptation in the wil- 
 derness : 
 
 9 When your fathers tempted 
 me, proved me, and saw my 
 work. 
 
 10 Forty years long was I 
 grieved wath this generation, 
 and said. It is a people that do 
 err in their heart, and they have 
 not kno^vn my ways : 
 
 11 Unto whom I sware in my 
 wrath that they should not enter 
 into my rest. 
 
 PSALM XCVI. 
 1 An exhortation to praise God, 4: for 
 Jiis greatness, 8 for his Jcingdom, 
 11 for his general judgment. 
 
 OSING unto the Lord a 
 new song: sing unto the 
 Lord, all the earth. 
 
 2 Sing unto the Lord, bless 
 his name ; shew forth his salva- 
 tion from day to day. 
 
 3 Declare his glory among the 
 heathen, his wonders among all 
 people. 
 
 4 For the Lord is great, and 
 greatly to be praised: he is to 
 be feared above all gods. 
 
 5 For all the gods of the na- 
 tions are idols: but the Lord 
 made the heavens. 
 
 6 Honour and majesty are be^ 
 fore him: strength and beauty 
 are in his sanctuary. 
 
 7 Give unto the Lord, O ye 
 kindreds of the people, give un- 
 to the Lord glory and strength. 
 
 8 Give mito the Lord the glory 
 due unto his name : bring an of- 
 fering, and come into his comis. 
 
 9 O worship the Lord in the 
 beauty of holiness : fear before 
 him, all the earth. 
 
 10 Say among the heathen that 
 the Lord reigneth: the world 
 also shall be established that 
 it shall not be moved : he shall 
 judge the people righteously. 
 
 11 Let the heavens rejoice, and 
 let the earth be glad; let the 
 sea roar, and the fulness there- 
 of 
 
 12 Let the field be joyful, and 
 all tliat is therein: then shall 
 all the trees of the wood rejoice 
 
 13 Before the Lord: for he 
 cometh, for he cometh to judge 
 the earth: he shall judge the 
 world with righteousness, and 
 the people with his truth. 
 
 PSALM XCVII. 
 1 The majesty of God's kingdom. 7 
 TJie church rejoiceth at God's judg- 
 ments upon idolaters. 10 An eocho'r- 
 tation to godliness and gladness. 
 
 THE Lord reigneth; let the 
 earth rejoice; let the mul- 
 titude of isles be glad thereof. 
 
 2 Clouds and darkness are 
 round about him : righteousness 
 and judgment are the habita- 
 tion of his throne. 
 
 3 A fire goeth before him, and 
 bumeth up his enemies round 
 about. 
 
 4 His lightnings enlightened 
 the world: the earth saw, and 
 trembled. 
 
 5 The hills melted like wax 
 at the presence of the Lord, at 
 the presence of the Lord of the 
 whole earth. 
 
 6 The heavens declare his right- 
 eousness, and all the people see 
 his glory. 
 
 7 Confounded be all they that , 
 serve graven images, that boast 
 themselves of idols : worship him, 
 all ye gods. 
 
 8 Zion heard, and was glad; 
 and the daughters of Judah re- 
 joiced because of thy judgments, 
 O Lord. 
 
 9 For thou, Lord, art high 
 
ExJm'kdions to tcorsliip PSALMS. 
 
 above all the earth: thou art 
 exalted far above all gods. 
 
 10 Ye that love the Lord, hate 
 evil : he preserveth the souls of 
 his saints; he dehvereth them 
 out of the hand of the wicked. 
 
 11 Light is sown for the righ- 
 teous, and gladness for the up- 
 right in heart. 
 
 12 Eejoice in the Lord, ye righ- 
 teous; and give thanks at the 
 remembrance of his holiness. 
 
 PSALM XCVIII. 
 
 1 The psalmist exhorteth the Jews, 
 4 the Gentiles, 7 and all the crea- 
 tures to praise God. 
 A Psalm. 
 
 OSING mito the Lord a 
 new song ; for he hath done 
 marvellous things: his right 
 hand, and his holy arm, hath 
 gotten him the victory. 
 
 2 The Lord hath made known 
 his salvation : his righteousness 
 hath he openly shewed in the 
 sight of the heathen. 
 
 3 He hath remembered his 
 mercy and his truth toward the 
 house of Israel : all the ends of 
 the eaiih have seen the salva^ 
 tion of our God. 
 
 4 Make a joyful noise unto 
 the Lord, all the earth: make 
 a loud noise, and rejoice, and 
 sing praise. 
 
 5 Sing unto the Lord with the 
 harp; with the harp, and the 
 voice of a psalm. 
 
 6 With trumpets and sound 
 of cornet make a joyful noise 
 before the Lord, the King. 
 
 7 Let the sea roar, and the 
 fulness thereof; the world, and 
 they that dwell therein. 
 
 8 Let the floods clap their 
 hands: let the hills be joyful 
 together 
 
 9 Before the Lord; for he 
 cometh to judge the earth : with 
 righteousness shall he judge 
 the world, and the people with 
 equity. 
 
 PSALM XCIX. ^ 
 
 1 The prophet, setting forth the Icing - 
 
 dom of God in Zion, 5 exhorteth 
 
 all, by the example of forefathers, 
 
 to worship God at his holy hill. 
 
 and praise God. 
 
 THE Lord reigneth; let the 
 people tremble : he sitteth 
 between the cherubims ; let the 
 earth be moved. 
 
 2 The Lord is great in Zion; 
 and he is high above all the 
 people. 
 
 3 Let them praise thy great and 
 terrible name ; /or it is holy. 
 
 4 The king's strength also lov- 
 eth judgment; thou dost esta- 
 bhsh equity, thou executest 
 judgment and righteousness in 
 Jacob. 
 
 5 Exalt ye the Lord om^ God, 
 and worship at his footstool; 
 for he is holy. 
 
 6 Moses and Aaron among his 
 priests, and Samuel among them 
 that call upon his name ; they 
 called upon the Lord, and he 
 answered them. 
 
 7 He spake unto them in the 
 cloudy pillar : they kept his tes- 
 timonies, and the ordinance that 
 he gave them. 
 
 8 Thou answeredst them, O 
 Lord our God: thou wast a 
 God that forgavest them, though 
 thou tookest vengeance of their 
 iaventions. 
 
 9 Exalt the Lord our God, 
 and worship at his holy hill; 
 for the Lord our God is holy. 
 
 PSALM C. 
 1 An exhoo'tation to praise God cheer, 
 fidly, 3 for his greatness, 4 and for 
 his power. 
 
 A Psalm of praise. 
 
 MAKE a jojrful noise unto 
 the Lord, all ye lands. 
 
 2 Serve the Lord with glad- 
 ness : come before his presence 
 with singing. 
 
 3 Know ye that the Lord he is 
 God: it is he that hath made 
 
 and not we ourselves; we 
 
 are his people, and the sheep 
 of his pasture, 
 
 4 Enter into his gates mth 
 thanksgiving, and into his courts 
 with praise: be thanlrful imto 
 him, and bless his name. 
 
 5 For the Lord is good; his 
 mercy is everlasting; and his 
 truth endureth to all genera- 
 tions. 
 
 Hh2 
 
The pr(4)Iiet coinplaiuelh . 
 
 PSALM CI. 
 
 David maJceth a vmc and profession 
 
 of godliness. 
 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 I WILL Biiig of mercy and 
 jiwlu;meiit : unto thee, O 
 LoKi), will I sing. 
 
 2 I will behave myself wisely 
 in a perfect way. O when wilt 
 thou come unto me ? I will walk 
 witliin my house with a perfect 
 lieart. 
 
 3 1 will set no mcked thing be- 
 iore mine eyes : 1 hate the work 
 of them that turn aside ; it shall 
 not cleave to me. 
 
 4 A froward lieait shall depait 
 from me : I 'will not know a 
 wicked person. 
 
 5 Whoso piivily slandereth his 
 neighbour, him will I cut off: 
 him that hath an high look and 
 a i)r()ud heart ^^ill not I sutler, 
 
 PSALMS. qf his afflicted case. 
 
 4 My heart is emitten. and 
 
 () Mine eyes shall he ui)on the ed lil^e grass. 
 
 withered like grass; so that I 
 forget to eat my bread. 
 
 5 By reason of the voice of my 
 groaning my bones cleave to my 
 skin. 
 
 6 I am like a pelican of the 
 wilderness: I am lUce an owl 
 of the desert. 
 
 7 1 watch, and am as a sparrow 
 alone upon the house top. 
 
 8 IMine enemies reproach me 
 all the day ; ajid they that are 
 mad against me are sworn a- 
 gahi^t me. 
 
 9 For I have eaten a»hes like 
 bread, aud mingled my drink 
 with weeping, 
 
 10 Because of thine indignation 
 and tliy wrath : for thou hast 
 lifted me up, and cast me down. 
 
 11 jMy days are like a shadow 
 that dcclincth : and I am wither- 
 
 faithful of tlie land, that they 
 may dwell with me : he that 
 walketh in a perfect ^vaJ% he 
 shall serve me. 
 
 7 He that worketh deceit shall 
 not dwell witliin my house : he 
 that telleth lies shall not tarry 
 in my e^ight. 
 
 8 I Avill early destroy all the 
 wicked of the land ; that I may 
 cut ofl' all Avicked doere from the 
 city of the Lord. 
 
 PSALM OIL 
 
 1 Tlie ^n-ophet in his lyraiicr maleth 
 a grievous complaint. 12 He taleth 
 comfort in the eternity and mere?/ 
 of (xcxl. 18 Tlie mercies of God are 
 to he recoi-ded. 23 He sustainetk 
 his v:eakness by the unchangeahle- 
 ■ ness of God. 
 
 A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is 
 overwhelmed, and pouieth out his 
 complaint before the Lokd. 
 
 HEAR my prayer, O Loed, 
 aud let my cry come imto 
 thee. 
 
 2 Hide not thy face from me 
 in the day when I am iu trou- 
 ble ; incline thine ear unto me : 
 in the day when I call answer 
 me speedily. 
 
 3 For my days are consumed 
 like smoke, and my bones are 
 burned as an hearth. 
 
 12 But thou, O Lord, shalt en- 
 dure for ever ; and thy remem- 
 brance unto all generations. 
 
 13 Thou slialt arise, and have 
 mercy upon Zion : for the time 
 to favour her, yea, the set time, 
 is come. 
 
 14 For thy sen'ants take plea- 
 sure in her stones, and favour 
 the dust thereof. 
 
 15 So the heathen shall fear 
 the name of the Lord, and all 
 the kings of the earth thy glory. 
 
 IG When the Lord shall build 
 up Zion, he shall appear in his 
 glory. 
 
 17 He will regard the prayer 
 of the destitute, and not despise 
 then- praj-er. 
 
 18 This shall be written for 
 the generation to come: and 
 the people which shall be cre- 
 ated shall praise the Lord. 
 
 19 For he hath looked down 
 from the height of his sanctuary ; 
 from heaven did the Lord be- 
 hold the earth ; 
 
 20 To hear the groaning of the 
 prisoner : to loose those that are 
 appointed to death ; 
 
 21 To declare the name of the 
 Lord in Zion, and his praise in 
 Jerusalem ; 
 
An exhortation to Ness 
 
 22 WTien the people are gather- 
 ed together, and the kmgdoms, 
 to serve the Loed. 
 
 23 He weakened my strength 
 in the way; he shortened my 
 days. 
 
 24 I said, O my God, take me 
 not away in the midst of my 
 days : thy years are throughout 
 all generations. 
 
 25 Of old hast thou laid the 
 foundation of the earth: and 
 the heavens m^e the work of 
 thy hands. 
 
 26 They shall perish, but thou 
 shalt endure : yea, all of them 
 shall wax old like a garment; 
 as a vesture shalt thou change 
 them, and they shall be changed : 
 
 27 But thou art the same, and 
 thy years shall have no end. 
 
 28 The children of thy servants 
 shall continue, and their seed 
 shall be established before thee. 
 
 PSALM CHI. 
 1 An exliortation to hless God for Ms 
 w£rcy, 15 Mid for the constancy 
 thereof. 
 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 BLESS the Lord, O my soul : 
 and all that is within me, 
 bless his holy name. 
 
 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, 
 and forget not all his benefits : 
 
 3 Who forgiveth all thine ini- 
 quities; who healeth all thy 
 diseases ; 
 
 4 Who redeemeth thy life ft'om 
 destruction ; who crov/neth thee 
 with lovingkindness and tender 
 mercies ; 
 
 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth 
 with good things; so that thy 
 youth is renewed like the eagle's. 
 
 6 The Lord executeth right- 
 eousness and judgment for all 
 that are oppressed. 
 
 7 He made known his ways 
 unto Moses, his acts unto the 
 children of Israel. 
 
 8 The Lord is merciful and 
 gracious, slow to anger, and 
 plenteous in mercy. 
 
 9 He will not always chide: 
 neither will he keep his anger 
 for ever. 
 
 10 He hath not dealt with us 
 
 PSALMS. God far his mercy. 
 
 after our sins; nor rewarded us 
 according to our iniquities. 
 
 11 For as the heaven is high 
 above the earth, so great is his 
 mercy toward them that fear 
 him. 
 
 12 As far as the east is from 
 the west, so far hath he removed 
 our transgressions from us. 
 
 13 Like as a father pitieth his 
 children, so the^ Lord pitieth 
 them that fear him. 
 
 14 For he knoweth our frame ; 
 he remembereth that we are 
 dust. 
 
 15 As for man, his days ai^e as 
 grass : as a flower of the field, 
 so he flourisheth. 
 
 16 For the wind passeth over 
 it, and it is gone ; and the place 
 thereof shall know it no more. 
 
 17 But the mercy of the Lord 
 is from everlasting to everlast- 
 ing upon them that fear him, 
 and his righteousness unto chil- 
 dren's children ; 
 
 18 To such as keep his cove- 
 nant, and to those that remem- 
 ber his commandments to do 
 them. 
 
 19 The Lord hath prepared his 
 throne in the heavens ; and his 
 kingdom ruleth over all. 
 
 20 Bless the Lord, ye his an- 
 gels, that excel in strength, that 
 do his commandments, heark- 
 ening unto the voice of his word. 
 
 21 Bless ye the Lord, all 7/e his 
 hosts ; pe ministers of his, that 
 do his pleasure. 
 
 22 Bless the Lord, all his works 
 in all places of Ins dominion : 
 bless the Lord, O my soul. 
 
 PSALM CIV. '\ 
 
 1 A meditation upon tJie mighty pow- 
 er, 7 and wonderful providence of 
 God. 31 God's glory is eternal. 33 
 The prophet voweth perpetually to 
 praise God. 
 
 BLESS the Lord, O my soul. 
 O Lord my God, thou art 
 very great; thou art clothed 
 with honour and majesty. 
 2 Who coverest thyself with 
 light as with a garment: who 
 stretchest out the heavens like 
 a curtain : 
 
A meditation upon 
 
 3 Who layeth the beams of his 
 chambei-s in tlie watei"8: who 
 maketh the clouds his chariot: 
 who walketh upon the wings of 
 the wind : 
 
 4 Who maketh liis ancrels spi- 
 rits ; his ministei-s a fUiminu: fire : 
 
 5 iVIio laid the fomidations of 
 the earth, that it should not be 
 removed for ever. 
 
 6 Thou coveredst it ^ith the 
 deep as with a garment : the 
 waters stood above the moun- 
 tains. 
 
 7 At thy rebuke they fled : at 
 the voice of thy thunder they 
 liasted away. 
 
 8 They go up by the moun- 
 tains ; they go do^vn by the val- 
 leys unto the place which thou 
 hast ibunded for them. 
 
 9 Thou hast set a bound that 
 they may not pass over; that 
 they turn not agam to cover the 
 earth. 
 
 10 He sendeth the springs into 
 the valleys, ivhich run among 
 the hills. 
 
 11 They give drink to every 
 lx3ast of the field : the wild asses 
 quench their thirst. 
 
 12 By them shall the fowls 
 of the heaven have their habi- 
 tation, which sing among the 
 branches. 
 
 13 He watereth the hills from 
 his chambers : the earth is satis- 
 fied with the fruit of thy works. 
 
 14 He causeth the grass to^row 
 for the cattle, and herb for the 
 service of man: that he may 
 bring forth food out of the 
 earth; 
 
 15 And wine that maketh glad 
 the heart of man, and oil to 
 make his face to shine, and 
 hresidwhich strengtheneth man's 
 heart. 
 
 16 The trees of the Lokd are 
 full of sap ; the cedars of Le- 
 banon, which he hath planted j 
 
 17 W^here the birds make their 
 nests: as for the stork, the fir 
 trees are her house. 
 
 18 The high hills are a refuge 
 for the wild goats ; and the rocks 
 for the conies. 
 
 PSALMS. GoiVs majesty, pcicer, ^r. 
 
 10 He appointed the moon for 
 seasons: tlie sun knoweth his 
 going down. 
 
 20 Thou makest darkness, and 
 it is night: wherein all tlie beasts 
 of the forest do vreai) forth. 
 
 21 The young lions roar after 
 their prey, and seek their meat 
 from God. 
 
 22 The sun ariseth, they gather 
 themselves together, and lay 
 tliem down in their dens. 
 
 23 Man goeth forth unto his 
 work and to his labour until 
 the evening. 
 
 24 O Lord, how manifold are 
 thy works ! in wisdom hast thou 
 made them all : the earth is full 
 of thy riches, 
 
 25 So is this great and wide 
 sea, wherein ore things creep- 
 ing innumerable, both small and 
 groat beasts. 
 
 26 There go the ships: there 
 is that leviathan, whom tliou 
 hast made to play therein. 
 
 27 These wait all upon thee; 
 that thou mayest give them 
 their meat in due season. 
 
 28 That thou givest them they 
 gather : thou openest thine hand, 
 they are filled with good. 
 
 29 Thou hidest thy face, they 
 are troubled : thou takest away 
 their breath, they die, and re- 
 turn to their dust. 
 
 30 Thou sendest forth thy spi- 
 rit, they are created : and thou 
 renewest the face of the earth. 
 
 31 The glory of the Lokd shall 
 endure for ever : the Lord shall 
 rejoice in his works. 
 
 32 He looketh on the earth, 
 and it trembleth: he toucheth 
 the hills, and they smoke. 
 
 33 I will sing imto the Lord 
 as long as I live : I will sing 
 praise to my God while I have 
 my being. 
 
 34 My meditation of him shall 
 be sweet : I -^ill be glad in the 
 Lord. 
 
 35 Let the sinners be consumed 
 out of the earth, and let the 
 wicked be no more. Bless thou 
 the Lord, O my soul. Praise 
 ye the Lord, 
 
God's p^'ovidence ovei- 
 
 PSALM CV. 
 
 1 An exhortation to praise God, arid 
 to seelc out his worJcs. 7 TJie story 
 of God's providence over Abraham, 
 16 over Joseph, 23 over Jacob in 
 Egypt, 26 over Moses delivering the 
 Isi-aelites, 37 over the Israelites 
 brought out of Egypt, fed in the 
 wHdeviiess, avid planted in Canaan. 
 
 OOIVE thanks unto the 
 Lord ; call upon his name : 
 make known his deeds among 
 the people. 
 
 2 Sing imto him, smg psalms 
 unto Mm: talk ye of all his 
 wondrous works. 
 
 3 Glory ye in his holy name : 
 let the heart of them rejoice 
 that seek the Lord. 
 
 4 Seek the Lord, and his 
 strength: seek his face ever- 
 more. 
 
 5 Kemember his marvellous 
 works that he hath done; his 
 wonders, and the judgments of 
 his mouth ; 
 
 6 O ye seed of Abraham his 
 servant, ye children of Jacob 
 his chosen. 
 
 7 He is the Lord our God: 
 his judgments are in ail the 
 earth. 
 
 8 He hath remembered his co- 
 venant for ever, the word which 
 he commanded to a thousand 
 generations. 
 
 9 Which covenant he made 
 with Abraham, and his oath 
 unto Isaac ; 
 
 10 And confirmed the same un- 
 to Jacob for a law, and to Israel 
 for an everlasting covenant : 
 
 11 Saying, Unto thee wUl I 
 give the land of Canaan, the 
 lot of your inheritance : 
 
 12 When they were but o, few 
 men in number ; yea, very few, 
 and strangers in it. 
 
 13 When they went from one 
 nation to another, from one 
 kingdom to another people ; 
 
 14 He sujffered no man to do 
 them wrong: yea, he reproved 
 kings for their sakes ; 
 
 \^ Saying, Touch not mine 
 anointed, and do my prophets 
 no harm. 
 
 X6 Moreover he called for a fe- 
 
 PSALMS. Ah-aham, Joseph, ^c. 
 
 mine upon the land: he brake 
 the whole stafi* of bread. 
 
 17 He sent a man before them, 
 even Joseph, who was sold for 
 a servant : 
 
 18 Whose feet they hiut with 
 fetters : he was laid in iron : 
 
 19 Until the time that his word 
 came: the word of the Lord 
 tried him. -^ 
 
 20 The king sent and loosed 
 him ; even the ruler of the peo- 
 ple, and let him go free. 
 
 21 He made hitn lord of his 
 house, and ruler of all his sub- 
 stance : 
 
 22 To bind his princes at his 
 pleasure ; and teach his senators 
 wisdom. 
 
 23 Israel also came into E- 
 gypt; and Jacob sojourned in 
 the land of Ham. 
 
 24 And he increased his peo- 
 ple greatly; and made them 
 stronger than their enemies. 
 
 25 He turned their heart to 
 hate his people, to deal subtilly 
 with his servants. 
 
 26 He sent Moses his servant ; 
 and Aaron whom he had cho- 
 
 27 They shewed his signs a- 
 mong them, and wonders ia the 
 land of Ham. 
 
 28 He sent darkness, and made 
 it dark; and they rebelled not 
 against his word. 
 
 29 He turned their waters into 
 blood, and slew their fish. 
 
 30 Their land brought forth 
 frogs ill abundance, in the cham- 
 bers of their kings. 
 
 31 He spake, and there came 
 divers sorts of flies, and lice in 
 all their coasts. 
 
 32 He gave them hail for rain, 
 and flaming fire in their land. 
 
 33 He smote their vines also 
 and their fig trees; and brake 
 the trees of their coasts. 
 
 34 He spake, and the locusts 
 came, and caterpillers, and that 
 without niunber, 
 
 35 And did eat up all the herbs 
 in their land, and devoured the 
 fruit of their ground. 
 
 36 He smote also all the first- 
 
JsraeTs rebellions. 
 
 PSALIMS. 
 
 and God's tnercies. 
 
 bom in their land, the chief of 
 all their fitren^^h. 
 
 37 He brou^^ht them forth also 
 with silver and gold : and there 
 teas not one feeble person a- 
 monp their tribes. 
 
 38 Egypt was glad when they 
 dei)arted : for the fear of them 
 fell npon them. 
 
 39 He spread a cloud for a 
 covering ; and tire to give light 
 in the niglit. 
 
 M) The people asked, and he 
 brought cinaiis, and witisfied 
 them with the bread of heaven. 
 
 41 He ojiened the rork, and the 
 watei-s gushed out ; they ran in 
 the dr>- ]th\res like a river. 
 
 42 For he remenil)ered his holy 
 l)romise, and Abraham his ser- 
 vant. 
 
 43 And he brought fortli his 
 people with joy, and his chosen 
 with gladness : 
 
 44 And gave them the lands of 
 the heathen : jrnd they inherit- 
 ed the labour of the iieoiile; 
 
 45 That they might observe 
 Ills statutes, and keei) Lis laws. 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CVT. 
 1 TliC psalmist eyhorteth to praise 
 God. 4 JWe pruveth far pardon of 
 ftin, as God dia u:ith the fathers. 
 7 The sfoi-ii of the people s rebel- 
 lion, and Goils mere if. 47 He con- 
 clndeth with prayer and praise. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord. O 
 give thanks imto the Lord; 
 for he is good: for liis mercy 
 endure th for ever. 
 
 2 Who can utter the mighty 
 acts of the Lord ? leho can shew 
 forth all his praise ? 
 
 3 Blessed are they that keep 
 judgment, and he that doeth 
 righteousness at all times. 
 
 4 Eemember me, O Lord, with 
 the favour that thou bearest 
 unto thy people: O visit me 
 with thy salvation ; 
 
 5 That I may see the good of 
 thy chosen, that I may rejoice 
 in the gladness of thy nation, 
 that I may glory with thine in- 
 heritance. 
 
 6 We have sinned "^ith our 
 
 fathers, we liave committed ini- 
 quity, wr have done wickedly. , 
 
 7 Our fathere understood not 
 thy wtmders in Egypt ; thev re- 
 memlx-rc'd not tin* multitude of 
 tliy mercies ; but provoked him 
 at the sea, even at the Red sea. 
 
 8 Nevertheless he saved them 
 for his name's sake, that he 
 might make his mighty power 
 to be known. 
 
 9 He rebuked the Red sea 
 also, and it was dried up : so he 
 led them throiigh the depths, 
 as through the wilderness. 
 
 ll) \i\(\ he saved them from 
 the hand of him that hated 
 them, and redeemed them from 
 the hand of the enemy. 
 
 11 And the waters covered 
 tlieir enemies: there was not 
 one of them left. 
 
 12 Then believed they his 
 woixls ; they sang his nraise. 
 
 13 They soon forgat nis works ; 
 they waited not for his coun- 
 sel: 
 
 14 But lasted exceedingly in 
 the wilderness, and tempted 
 God in the desert. 
 
 15 And he gave them their 
 request ; but sent leaimess into 
 their soul. 
 
 16 They envied Moses also in 
 the camp, and Aaron the saint 
 of the Lord. 
 
 17 The earth opened and swal- 
 lowed up Dathan, and covered 
 the company of Abiram. 
 
 18 And a lire was kindled in 
 their company ; the flame burn- 
 ed up the wicked. 
 
 19 They made a calf in Ho- 
 reb, and worshipped the molten 
 image. 
 
 20 Thus they changed their 
 glory into the simDitude of an 
 ox that eateth grass. 
 
 21 They forgat God their sa- 
 viour, which had done great 
 things in Egypt; 
 
 22 Wondrous works in the land 
 of Ham, and terrible things by 
 the Red sea. 
 
 23 Therefore he said that he 
 would destroy them, had not 
 jMoses his chosen stood before 
 
IsrmVs rebellions, 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 and Godts mercies. 
 
 him in the breach, to turn away 
 his wrath, lest he should de- 
 stroy them. 
 
 24 Yea, they despised the plea- 
 sant land, they believed not his 
 word : 
 
 25 But murmured in their 
 tents, and hearkened not imto 
 the voice of the Loed. 
 
 26 Therefore he lifted up his 
 hand against them, to over- 
 throw them in the wilderness : 
 
 27 To overthrow their seed also 
 among the nations, and to scat- 
 ter them in the lands. 
 
 28 They joined themselves also 
 unto Baal-peor, and ate the sa- 
 crifices of the dead. 
 
 29 Thus they provoked him to 
 anger with their inventions : and 
 the plague brake in upon them. 
 
 30 Then stood up Phinehas, 
 and executed judgment: and 
 so the plague was stayed. 
 
 31 And that was counted unto 
 him for righteousness unto all 
 generations for evermore. 
 
 32 They angered him also at 
 the waters of strife, so that it 
 went ill with Moses for their 
 sakes : 
 
 33 Because they provoked his 
 spirit, so that he spake unad- 
 visedly with his lips. 
 
 34^ They did not destroy the 
 nations, concerning whom the 
 Lord commanded them : 
 
 35 But were mingled among 
 the heathen, and learned their 
 works. 
 
 36 And they served their idols : 
 which were a snare unto them. 
 
 37 Yea, they sacrificed their 
 sons and their daughters unto 
 devils, 
 
 38 And shed innocent blood, 
 even the blood of their sons 
 and of their daughters, whom 
 they sacrificed unto the idols 
 of Canaan: and the land was 
 polluted with blood. 
 
 39 Thus were they defiled with 
 their own works, and went a 
 whoring with their own inven- 
 tions. 
 
 40 Therefore was the wrath of 
 the Lord kindled against his 
 
 people, insomuch that he ab- 
 horred his own inheritance. 
 
 41 And he gave them into the 
 hand of the heathen ; and they 
 that hated them ruled over 
 them. 
 
 42 Their enemies also oppressed 
 them, and they were brought in- 
 to subjection under their hand. 
 
 43 Many times did he deliver 
 them; but they provoked him 
 with their counsel, and were 
 brought low for their iniquity. 
 
 44 Nevertheless he regarded 
 their afiSliction, when he heard 
 their cry : 
 
 45 And he remembered for 
 them his covenant, and repent- 
 ed according to the multitude of 
 his mercies. 
 
 46 He made them also to be 
 pitied of all those that carried 
 them captives. 
 
 47 Save us, O Loed our God, 
 and gather us from among the 
 heathen, to give thanks unto 
 thy holy name, and to triumph 
 in thy praise. 
 
 48 Blessed be the Lord God of 
 Israel from everlasting to ever- 
 lasting: and let all the people 
 say. Amen. Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CVII. 
 
 1 The psalmist exhortefh the redeem- 
 ed, in praising God, to observe his 
 manifold p^-ovidence, 4 .over tra- 
 vellers, 10 over captives, 17 over 
 sielc men, 23 over seaman, 33 and 
 in divers varieties of life. 
 
 OGIYE thanks unto the 
 Lord, for he is good: for 
 his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 2 Let the redeemed of the 
 Lord say so, whom he hath 
 redeemed from the hand of the 
 enemy; 
 
 3 And gathered them out of 
 the lands, from the east, and 
 from the west, from the north, 
 and from the south. 
 
 4 They wandered in the wil- 
 derness in a solitary way ; they 
 found no city to dwell in. 
 
 5 Hungry and thirsty, their 
 soul fainted in them. 
 
 6 Then they cried unto the 
 Lord in their trouble, and he 
 
 Hh3 
 
An exJiodatimi PSALMS. 
 
 delivered tliem out of their dis- 
 tresses. 
 
 7 And be led them forth by 
 the right way, that they might 
 so to a city of habitation. 
 
 8 Oh that men would praise 
 the Lord for his goodness, and 
 for his v.'ondeiful works to the 
 children of men ! 
 
 9 For he satisfieth the longing 
 soul, and filleth the himgiy soul 
 with goodness. 
 
 10 Such as sit in darkness and 
 in the shadow of death, being 
 boiuid hi affliction and iron ; 
 
 il Because they rebelled 
 
 tojiraise God. 
 
 declare his works with rejoic- 
 ing. 
 
 23 They that go down to the j 
 sea in ships, that do busmess in ] 
 great wateis ; \ 
 
 24 These see the works of the 
 Lord, and his wonders in the 
 deep. 
 
 25 For he commandeth, and 
 raiseth the stonny wind, wliich 
 lifteth up the wa\ es thereof. 
 
 26 They mount up to the hea- 
 ven, they go down again to the 
 dei)ths : their soul is melted be- 
 cause of trouble. 
 
 27 They reel to and fro, and 
 
 gainst the words of God, ar^d ! stagger like a drmiken man, and 
 
 contemned the comisel of the 
 most High : 
 
 12 Thereibre he brought do^vn 
 their heart with labour; they 
 fell do^\T!, and there was none 
 to help. 
 
 13 Then they cried unto the 
 Lord in their trouble, and he 
 saved them oyt of their dis- 
 tiosses. 
 
 14 He brought them out of 
 darkness and the shadow of 
 death, and brake their bands 
 la sunder. 
 
 15 Oh that men would praise 
 the LoRD/br his goodness, and 
 for liis wonderful works to the 
 children of men ! 
 
 16 For he hath broken the 
 gates of brass, and cut the bars 
 oi iron in sunder. 
 
 17 Fools because of their trans- 
 gression, and because of their 
 iniquities, are afflicted. 
 
 18 Their soul abhorreth all 
 manner of meat ; and they di'aw 
 near unto the gates of death. 
 
 19 Then they cry unto the 
 Lord in theii* trouble, and he 
 saveth them out of their dis- 
 tresses. 
 
 20 He sent his word, and healed 
 them, and delivered them from 
 then- destructions. 
 
 21 Oh that men would praise 
 the Lord for his goodness, and 
 
 for his wonderful works to the 
 children of men ! 
 
 22 And let them sacrifice the 
 sacrifices of thanksgiving, and 
 
 Lire at their wit's end. 
 
 28 Then they cry mito the 
 Lord in tlieir trouble, and he 
 bringcth them out of their dis- 
 tresses. 
 
 29 He maketh the storm a calm, 
 so tha t the waves thereof are still . 
 
 30 Then are they glad because 
 they be quiet; so he bringeth 
 tliem unto their desired haven. 
 
 31 Oh tliat men would praise | 
 the Lokd/o?' his goodness, and 
 
 for his wonderful works to the 
 children of men \ 
 
 32 Let them exalt him also in 
 the congregation of the people, 
 and praise him in the assembly 
 of the eldei-s. 
 
 33 He tmneth rivers into a 
 wilderness, and the watersprings 
 into diy groimd ; 
 
 34 A fruitful land into bar- 
 renness, for the wickedness of 
 them that dwell therein. 
 
 35 He tumeth the wUdemess 
 into a standing water, and dry 
 ground into watersprings. 
 
 36 And there he maketh the 
 hungiy to dwell, that they may 
 prepare a city for habitation ; 
 
 37 And sow the fields, and 
 plant ^-ineyards, which may 
 yield fruits of increase. 
 
 38 He blesseth them also, so 
 that they are multiplied greatly ,* 
 and suflereth not their cattle to 
 decrease. 
 
 39 Again, they are minished 
 and brought low through op- 
 pression, affliction, and sorrow. 
 
Bavidds cm\fideme in God. PSALMS. He devoteth Ms enemies. 
 
 40 He pouretli contempt upon 
 princes, and cansetli them to 
 wander in the wilderness, where 
 there is no way. 
 
 41 Yet setteth he the i)oor on 
 high from affliction, and maketh 
 hi?n families like a flock. 
 
 42 The righteous shall see it, 
 and rejoice: and all iniquity 
 shall stop her mouth. 
 
 43 Whoso is wise, and will 
 observe these things, even they 
 shall understand the loving- 
 kindness of the LoED. 
 
 PSALM CVIIL 
 
 1 David encourageth hhnselffo praise 
 God. 5 He prayeth for Ocas as- 
 sistance according^ to his promise. 
 11 Bis confidence in God's help. 
 A Song or Psalm of David. 
 
 OGOD, my heart is fixed ; 
 I will sing and give praise, 
 even with my glory. 
 
 2 Awake, psaltery and haii): 
 I myself ^t\\ awake early. 
 
 3 I will praise thee, O Lord, 
 among the people: and I will 
 sing praises unto thee among 
 the nations. 
 
 4 For thy mercy is great a- 
 bove the heavens : and thy truth 
 reacheth unto the clouds. 
 
 5 Be thou exalted, O God, 
 above the heavens: and thy 
 glory above all the earth ; 
 
 6 That thy beloved may be 
 delivered: save with thy right 
 hand, and answer me. 
 
 7 God hath spoken in his ho- 
 liness ; I wHl rejoice, I will di- 
 vide Shechem, and mete out the 
 valley of Succoth. 
 
 8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh 
 is mine; Ephraim also is the 
 strength of mine head ; Judah 
 is my lawgiver ; 
 
 9 Moab is my v/ashpot; over 
 Edom will I cast out my shoe ; 
 over Philistia will I triumph. 
 
 10 Who will bring me into the 
 strong city? who v/iil lead me 
 into Edom? 
 
 11 Wilt not thou, O God, who 
 hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, 
 O God, go forth with our hosts ? 
 
 12 Give us help from trouble : 
 for vain is the help of man. 
 
 13 Through God we shall do 
 valiantly : for he it is that shall 
 tread down our enemies. 
 
 PSALM CIX. 
 1 David, complaining of his slander- 
 ous enemies, under the person of 
 Judas devoteth them. 16 He sheiv- 
 eth their sin. 21 Complaining of his 
 own misery, he prayeth for help. 
 29 He promiseth thanlcf illness. 
 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of 
 David. 
 
 HOLD not thy peace, O God 
 of my praise ; 
 
 2 For the mouth of the wicked 
 and the mouth of the deceitful 
 are opened against me : they 
 have spoken agamst me with a 
 lying tongue. 
 
 3 They compassed me about 
 also with words of hatred ; and 
 fought against me 'without a 
 cause. 
 
 4 For my love they are my 
 adversaries: but I give myself 
 unto prayer. 
 
 5 And they have rewarded me^ 
 evil for good, and hatred for my 
 love. 
 
 6 Set thou a wicked man over 
 him : and let Satan stand at his 
 righihand. 
 
 7 When he shall be judged, let 
 him be condemned : and let his 
 prayer become sin. 
 
 8 Let his days be few ; and let 
 another take his oiEce. 
 
 9 Let his children be father- 
 less, and his wife a widow. 
 
 10 Let his children be conti- 
 nually vagabonds, and beg : let 
 them seek their bread also out 
 of their desolate places. 
 
 11 Let the extortioner catch 
 all that he hath; and let the 
 strangei-s spoil his labour. 
 
 12 Let there be none to ex- 
 tend mercy unto him: neither 
 let there be any to favour his 
 fatherless cliildren. 
 
 13 Let his posterity be cutoff; 
 and in the generation following 
 let their name be blotted out. 
 
 14 Let the iniquity of his fa- 
 thers be remembered with the 
 Lord ; and let not the sin of his 
 mother be blotted out. 
 
 15 Let them be before the 
 
David prayetfi fc/r Jielp. PSALMS. The h'mgdom of Clirist. 
 
 Lord continually, that he may 
 cut off the memory of them from 
 the earth. 
 
 IG Because that he remember- 
 ed not to shew mercy, but per- 
 secuted the poor and needy man. 
 
 30 I will greatly praise the 
 Lord vnth my mouth; yea, I 
 will praise liim among the mul- , 
 titude. 
 
 31 For he shall stand at the ] 
 right hand of the poor, to save 
 
 that he might even slay the him from those that condemn 
 broken in heart. 
 
 17 As he loved cursing, so let 
 it come unto him: as he de- 
 lighted not in blessing, so let it 
 be far from him. 
 
 18 As he clothed liimself with 
 cursing like as with liis gar- 
 ment, so let it come into his 
 bowels like water, and like oil 
 into his bones. 
 
 19 Let it be unto him as the 
 garment which covereth him. 
 
 his soul. 
 
 PSALM ex. 
 
 1 Ttte Jcingdom, 4 the m-iesthood, 5 
 the conquest, 7 and the passion of 
 Christ. 
 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 THE Lord said unto my 
 Lord, Sit thou at my right 
 hand, until I make thine ene- 
 mies thy footstool. 
 2 The Lord shall send the 
 rod of thy strength out of Zion : i 
 
 and for a girdle wherewith he rule thou in the midst of thine 
 is girded continually. i enemies. 
 
 20 Let this be the reward of i 3 Thy people shall be willing 
 mine adversaries from the Lord, in the day of thy p.ower, in the 
 and of them that speak evil a- beauties of holiness from the 
 gainst my soul. | womb of the morning : thou 
 
 21 But do thou for me, O God hast the dew of thy youth. 
 
 the Loixl, for thy name's sake : 
 because thy mercy is good, de- 
 liver thou me. 
 
 22 For I am poor and needy, 
 and my heart is wounded with- 
 in me. 
 
 23 I am gone like the shadow 
 when it declineth : I am tossed 
 up and do■w^l as tlie locust. 
 
 24 My knees are weak tlirough 
 fasting ; and my flesh faileth of 
 fatness. 
 
 25 I became also a reproach 
 imto them: when they looked 
 upon me they shaked their 
 heads. 
 
 26 Help me, O Lord my God: 
 O save me according to thy 
 mercy : 
 
 27 That they may know that 
 this is thy hand; that thou. 
 Lord, hast done it. 
 
 28 Let them cm-se, but bless 
 thou : when they arise, let them 
 be ashamed; but let thy ser- 
 vant rejoice. 
 
 29 Let mine advei-saries be 
 clothed with shame, and let 
 them cover themselves with 
 their own confusion, as with a 
 mantle. 
 
 4 The Lord hath sworn, and 
 \Nill not repent. Thou art a 
 priest for ever after the order 
 of Melchizedek. 
 
 5 The Lord at thy right hand 
 shall strike through kings in 
 the day of his wrath. 
 
 G He shall judge among the 
 heathen, he shall fill the places 
 with the dead bodies; he shall 
 wound the heads over many 
 countries. 
 
 7 He shall drink of the brook 
 in the way: therefore shall he 
 hft up the head. 
 
 PSALM CXI. 
 
 iTlie psalmist hy his examjjJe incitetk 
 others to praise God for h is glorious, 
 5 and graci&us works. 10 Tlie fear 
 of God hreedeth true wisdom. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord. I 
 will praise the Lord with 
 mt/ whole heart, in the assem- 
 bly of the upright, and in the 
 congregation. 
 
 2 The works of the Lord are 
 great, sought out of all them 
 that have pleasure therein. 
 
 3 His work is honourable and 
 glorious : and his righteousness 
 endureth for ever. 
 
Tlie security and 
 
 4 He hath made his wonderful 
 works to be remembered: the 
 Lord is gracious and full of 
 compassion. 
 
 5 He hath given meat mito 
 them that fear him : he will ever 
 be mindful of his covenant. 
 
 6 He hath shewed his people 
 the power of his works, that he 
 may give them the heritage of 
 the heathen. 
 
 7 The works of his hands are 
 verity and judgment; all his 
 commandments are sure. 
 
 8 They stand fast for ever and 
 ever, and are done in truth and 
 uprightness. 
 
 9 He sent redemption unto his 
 people : he hath commanded 
 his covenant for ever : holy and 
 reverend is his name. 
 
 10 The fear of the Lord is the 
 beginning of wisdom: a good 
 understanding have all they 
 that do his commandments : his 
 praise endureth for ever. 
 
 PSALM cxn. 
 
 1 Godliness hath the promises of this 
 life, 4 and of the life to come. 10 
 the prosperity of the godly shall he 
 an eyesore to the wiclced. 
 
 PKAISEyetheLoRD. Bless- 
 ed is the man that feareth 
 the Lord, that delighteth great- 
 ly in his commandments. 
 
 2 His seed shall be mighty 
 upon earth: the generation of 
 the upright shall be blessed. 
 
 3 Wealth and riches shall be 
 in his house: and his righte- 
 ousness endureth for ever. 
 
 4 Unto the upright there a- 
 riseth light in the darkness: 
 he is gracious, and full of com- 
 passion, and righteous. 
 
 5 A good man sheweth favour, 
 and lendeth : he will guide his 
 affairs with discretion. 
 
 6 Surely he shall not be moved 
 for ever : the righteous shall be 
 in everlasting remembrance. 
 
 7 He shall not be afraid of 
 evil tidings : his heart is fixed, 
 trusting in the Lord. 
 
 8 His heart is established, he 
 shall not be afraid, until he see 
 his desire upon his enemies. 
 
 PSALMS . pi-osjymtij of the godly. 
 
 9 He hath dispersed, he hath 
 given to the poor ; his righteous- 
 ness endureth for ever ; his honi 
 shall be exalted with honour. 
 
 10 The wicked shall see it^ and 
 be grieved ; he shall gnash with 
 his teeth, and melt away: the 
 desire of the wicked shall perish. 
 
 PSALM CXIIL 
 
 1 An exhortation to po-aise God for 
 
 his excellency, 6 for his mercy. 
 
 PEAISE ye the Lord. Praise, 
 O ye servants of the Lord, 
 praise the name of the Lord. 
 
 2 Blessed be the name of the 
 Lord from this time forth and 
 for evermore. 
 
 3 From the rising of the sun 
 unto the going down of the 
 same the Lord's name is to be 
 praised. 
 
 4 The Lord is high above all 
 nations, and his glory above the 
 heavens. 
 
 5 Who is like unto the Lord 
 our God, who dwelleth on high, 
 
 6 Who humbleth himself to 
 behold the things that are in 
 heaven, and in the earth ! 
 
 7 He raiseth up the poor out 
 of the dust, and lifteth the 
 needy out of the dunghill ; 
 
 8 That he may set him with 
 princes, even with the princes 
 of his people. 
 
 9 He maketh the barren wo- 
 man to keep house, and to be 
 a joyful mother of children. 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXIV. 
 An exhortation, hy the example of 
 the dumb creatures, to fear God in 
 his church. 
 
 WHEN Israel went out of 
 Egypt, the house of Ja- 
 cob from a people of sti-ange 
 language ; 
 
 2 Judah was his sanctuary, and 
 Israel his dominion. 
 
 3 The sea saw it, and fled: 
 Jordan was driven back. 
 
 4 The mountains skipped like 
 rams, and the little hills like 
 lambs. 
 
 5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, 
 that thou fleddest ? thou Jordan, 
 that thou wast driven back? 
 
The vanity of idols. 
 
 6 Ye mountains, that ye skip- 
 
 Eed like rams; and ye little 
 ills, like lambs ? 
 
 7 Tremble, thou earth, at the 
 presence oi the Lord, at the 
 presence of the God of Jacob ; 
 
 8 Which turned the rock into 
 a standing water, the flmt into 
 a fountain of waters. 
 
 PSALM CXV. 
 
 1 Because God is trulu glorious, 4 
 and idols are vanity, 9 he exhortefh 
 to confidence in God. 12 God is to 
 be blessed for his blessings. 
 
 I^OT unto us, O Lord, not 
 -LN unto us, but unto thy name 
 sive glory, for thy mercy, and 
 for thy truth's sake. 
 
 2 Wherefore should the hea- 
 then say. Where is now their 
 God? 
 
 3 But our God is in the hea- 
 vens : he hath done whatsoever 
 he hath pleased. 
 
 4 Their idols are silver and 
 gold, the work of men's hands. 
 
 5 They have mouths, but they 
 speak not : eyes have they, but 
 they see not : 
 
 6 They have ears, but they 
 hear not : noses have they, but 
 they smell not : 
 
 7 They have hands, but they 
 handle not : feet have they, but 
 they walk not: neither speak 
 they through their throat. 
 
 8 They that make them are 
 lilve unto them ; so is every one 
 that trusteth in them. 
 
 9 O Israel, trust thou in the 
 Lord: he is their help and 
 their shield. 
 
 10 O house of Aaron, trust in 
 the Lord : he is their help and 
 their shield. 
 
 11 Ye that fear the Lord, trust 
 in the Lord: he is their help 
 and their shield. 
 
 12 The Lord hath been mind- 
 ful of us : he will bless us ; he 
 will bless the house of Israel ; he 
 will bless the house of Aaron. 
 
 13 He will bless them that fear 
 the Lord, both small and great. 
 
 14 The Lord shall increase you 
 more and more, you and your 
 children. 
 
 PSALMS. Profession qflove to God. 
 
 15 Ye are blessed of the Lord 
 which made heaven and earth. 
 
 IG The heaven, even the hea- 
 vens, aj'e the Lord's: but the 
 eai-th hath he given to the chil- 
 dren of men. 
 
 17 The dead praise not the 
 Lord, neither any that go do^\'n 
 into silence. 
 
 IS But we will bless the Lord 
 from tliis time forth and for 
 evermore. Praise the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXVI. "it 
 
 1 The psalmist prof essefh his love uitd 
 duty to God for his deliverance. 12 
 lie studielh to be thankful. 
 
 I LOVE the Lord, because 
 he hath heard my voice and 
 my supplications. 
 
 2 Because he hath inclined his 
 ear unto me, therefore will I 
 call upon him as long as I live. 
 
 3 The soiTows of death com- 
 passed me, and the pains of 
 hell gat hold upon me : I found 
 trouble and sorrow. 
 
 4 Then called I upon the name 
 of the Lord ; O Lord, I beseech 
 thee, deliver my soul. 
 
 5 Gracious is the Lord, and 
 righteous ; yea, our God is mer- 
 ciful. 
 
 6 The Lord preserveth the 
 simple : I was brought low, and ' 
 he helped me. 
 
 7 Return unto thy rest, O my 
 soul; for the Lord hatn dealt 
 boimtifully with thee. 
 
 8 For thou hast delivered my 
 sold from death, mine eyes from 
 tears, and my feet from fall- 
 ing. 
 
 9 I will walk before the Lord 
 in the land of the living. 
 
 10 I believed, therefore have I 
 spoken : I was greatly afflicted : 
 
 11 1 said in my haste, All men 
 «r^ liars. 
 
 12 What shall I render unto 
 the Lord /or all his benefits 
 toward me ? 
 
 13 I will take the cup of sal- 
 vation, and call upon the name 
 of the Lord. 
 
 14 I will pay my vows unto 
 the Lord now m the presence 
 of all his people. 
 
Exhortation to praise God. 
 
 15 Precious in the sight of the 
 Lord is the death of his saints. 
 
 16 O LoED, truly I am thy 
 servant ; I am thy servant, and 
 the son of thine handmaid : thou 
 hast loosed my bonds. 
 
 17 I will offer to thee the sa- 
 crifice of thanksgiving, and will 
 call upon the name of the Loed. 
 
 18 I will pay my vows unto the 
 Lord now in the presence of all 
 his people, 
 
 19 In the com'ts of the Lord's 
 house, m the midst of thee, 
 Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXVII. — 
 
 An e-xliortation to praise God for his 
 raercy and truth. 
 
 PRAISE the Lord, all ye 
 nations : praise him, all ye 
 people. 
 
 2 For his merciful kindness is 
 great toward us : and the truth 
 of the Lord endureth for ever. 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXVIII. 
 
 1 An exhortation to praise God for 
 Ms mercy. 5 The psalmist by his 
 experience sheiveth how good it is to 
 trust in God. 19 Under the type of 
 the psalmist the coming of Christ 
 in his Jcingdom is expressed. 
 
 OGIYE thanks mito the 
 Lord; for he is good: be- 
 cause Ills mercy endureth for 
 ever. 
 
 2 Let Israel now say, that his 
 mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 3 Let the house of Aaron now 
 say, that his mercy endureth 
 for ever. 
 
 4 Let them now that fear the 
 Lord say, that his mercy en- 
 dureth for ever. 
 
 5 I called upon the Lord in 
 distress : the Lord answered me, 
 and set me in a large place. 
 
 6 The Lord is on my side; I 
 will not fear : what can man do 
 unto me ? 
 
 7 The Lord taketh my part 
 with them that help me : there- 
 fore shall I see my desire upon 
 them that hate me. 
 
 8 It is better to trust in the 
 Lord than to put confidence in 
 man. 
 
 PSALMS. Chrisfs Mngdmi typiJkdS 
 
 9 It is better to trust in the 
 Lord than to put confidence in 
 princes. 
 
 10 All nations compassed me 
 about : but in the name of the 
 Lord will I destroy them. 
 
 11 They compassed me about; 
 yea, they compassed me about : 
 but in the name of the Lord I 
 will destroy them. 
 
 12 They compassed me about 
 Kke bees ; they are quenched as 
 the fu^e of thorns: for in the 
 name of the Lord I will destroy 
 them. 
 
 13 Thou hast thrust sore at me 
 that I might fall : but the Lord 
 helped me. 
 
 14 The Lord is my strength 
 and song, and is become my 
 salvation. 
 
 15 The voice of rejoicing and 
 salvation is m the tabernacles of 
 the righteous : the right hand of 
 the Lord doeth valiantly. 
 
 16 The right hand of the Lord 
 is exalted : the right hand of the 
 Lord doeth valiantly. 
 
 17 1 shall not die, but live, and 
 declare the works of the Lord. 
 
 18 The Lord hath chastened 
 me sore : but he hath not given 
 me over unto death. 
 
 19 Open to me the gates of 
 righteousness : I will go into 
 them, and I will praise the 
 Lord : 
 
 20 This gate of the Lord, into 
 which the righteous shall enter. 
 
 21 I will praise thee : for thou 
 hast heard me, and art become 
 my salvation. 
 
 22 The stone which the build- 
 ers refused is become the head 
 stone of the comer. 
 
 23 This is the Lord's doing ; it 
 is marvelloiis in our eyes. 
 
 24 This is the day which the 
 Lord hath made ; we will rejoice 
 and be glad in it. 
 
 25 Save now, I beseech thee, 
 O Lord: O Lord, I beseech 
 thee, send now prosperity. 
 
 26 Blessed be he that cometh in 
 the name of the Lord : we have 
 blessed you out of the house of 
 the Lord. 
 
Prayers, praises, and 
 
 PSALMS. professions of obedience. 
 
 27 God is the Lord, which 
 hath shewed us hght : bind the 
 Bacriiice with cords, even uiito 
 the horns of the altar. 
 
 28 Thou art my God, and I 
 will praise thee : thou art my 
 God, I will exalt thee. 
 
 29 O give thanks unto the 
 LoED ; for he is good : for his 
 mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 PSALM CXIX. 
 Tliis pmlm coniainetlt sundry pray- 
 ers, praises, ami professions ofobe- 
 die}ice. 
 
 ALEPH. 
 
 BLESSED are the undefiled 
 in the way, who walk in the 
 law of the Lord. 
 
 2 Blessed are they that keep 
 his testimonies and that seek 
 him with the whole heart. 
 
 3 They also do no iniquity: 
 they walk in his ways. 
 
 4 Thou hast commanded us to 
 keep thy precepts diligently. 
 
 5 tliat my ways were directed 
 to keep thy statutes ! 
 
 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, 
 when I have respect unto all thy 
 commandmen ts . 
 
 7 I will ijraise thee with up- 
 rightness of heart, when I shall 
 have learned thy righteous judg- 
 ments. 
 
 8 I will keep thy statutes: O 
 forsake me not utterly. 
 
 BETH. 
 
 9 Wherewithal sliall a young 
 man cleanse his way ? by taking 
 heed thereto according to thy 
 word. 
 
 10 With my whole heart have 
 I sought thee : O let me not wan- 
 der from thy commandments. 
 
 11 Thy word have I hid in 
 mine heart, that I might not sin 
 against thee. 
 
 12 Blessed art thou, O Lord : 
 teach me thy statutes. 
 
 13 With my lips have I declared 
 all the judgments of thy mouth. 
 
 14 I have rejoiced in the way 
 of thy testimonies, as much as 
 in all riches. 
 
 15 I will meditate in thy pre- 
 cepts, and have respect unto thy 
 ways. 
 
 16 I will delight myself in thy 
 statutes: I will not forget thy 
 word. 
 
 GIMEL. -^ 
 
 17 Deal bountifully with thy 
 servant, that I may live, and 
 keep thy word. 
 
 18 Open thou mine eyes, that 
 I may behold wondrous tilings 
 out of thy law. 
 
 19 1 am a stranger in the earth : 
 hide not thy commandments 
 from me. 
 
 20 My soul breaketh for the 
 longing that it hath unto thy 
 judgments at all times. 
 
 21 Thou hast rebuked the 
 proud that are cursed, wluch do 
 err from thy commandments. 
 
 22 Kemove from me reproach 
 and contempt; for I have kept 
 thy testimonies. 
 
 23 Princes also did sit and 
 speak against me : but thy ser- 
 vant did meditate in thy statutes. 
 
 24 Thy testimonies also are my 
 delight and my coimsellors. 
 
 DALETH. 
 
 25 My soul cleaveth unto the 
 dust: quicken thou me accord- 
 ing to thy word. 
 
 26 I have declared my ways, 
 and thou heardest me: teach 
 me thy statutes. 
 
 27 Make me to understand the 
 way of thy precepts : so shall I 
 talk of thy wondrous works. 
 
 28 My soul melteth for heavi- 
 ness: strengthen thou me ac- 
 cording unto thy word. 
 
 29 Remove from me the way 
 of lying : and grant me thy law 
 graciously. 
 
 30 I have chosen the way of 
 truth: thy judgments have I 
 laid before me. 
 
 31 I have stuck unto thy tes- 
 timonies : O Lord, put me not 
 to shame. 
 
 32 I will run the way of thy 
 commandments, when thou shaft 
 enlarge my heart. 
 
 HE. ^^^ 
 
 33 Teach me, O Lord, the way 
 of thy statutes ; and I shall keep 
 it unto the end. 
 
 34 Give me understanding, and 
 
Prayers, praises, and 
 
 I shall keep thy law; yea, I 
 shall observe it with m?/ whole 
 heart. 
 
 35 Make me to go in the 
 path of thy commandments ; for 
 therein do I delight. 
 
 36 Incline my heart imto thy 
 testimonies, and not to covet- 
 ousness. 
 
 37 Tnm away mine eyes from 
 beholding vanity ; and quicken 
 thou me in thy way. 
 
 38 Stablish thy word mito thy 
 servant, who is devoted to thy 
 fear. 
 
 39 Turn away my reproach 
 which I fear : for thy judgments 
 are good. 
 
 40 Behold, I have longed after 
 thy precepts : quicken me in thy 
 righteousness. 
 
 VAIJ. 
 
 41 Let thy mercies come also 
 tmto me, O Lord, even thy sal- 
 vation, according to thy word. 
 
 42 So shall I have wherewith 
 to answer him that reproacheth 
 me : for I trust in thy word. 
 
 43 And take not the word of 
 truth utterly out of my mouth ; 
 for I have hoped in thy judg- 
 ments. 
 
 44 So shall I keep thy law con- 
 tinually for ever and ever. 
 
 45 And I will walk at liberty : 
 for I seek thy precepts. 
 
 46 I will speak of thy testimo- 
 nies also before kings, and will 
 not be ashamed. 
 ^47 And I will delight myself 
 in thy commandments, which I 
 have loved. 
 
 48 My hands also will I lift up 
 unto thy commandments, v/hich 
 I have loved ; and I will medi- 
 tate in thy statutes. ^ 
 
 ZAIN. 
 
 49 Remember the word unto 
 thy servant, upon which thou 
 hast caused me to hope. 
 
 50 This is my comfort in my 
 affliction: for thy word hath 
 quickened me. 
 
 51 The proud have had me 
 greatly in derision: ^et have I 
 not declined from thy law. 
 
 52 I remembered thy judg- 
 
 PSALMS. professions of obedience. 
 
 ments of old, O Lord; and 
 have comforted myself. 
 
 53 Horror hath taken hold 
 upon me because of the wicked 
 that forsake thy law. 
 
 54 Thy statutes have been my 
 songs in the house of my pil- 
 grimage. 
 
 55 I have remembered thy 
 name, O Lord, in the night, 
 and have kept thy law. 
 
 56 This I had, because I kept 
 thy precepts. 
 
 CHETH. 
 
 57 Thou art my portion, O 
 Lord : I have said that I would 
 keep thy words. 
 
 58 I intreated thy favoiu* with 
 my whole heart: be merciful 
 unto me according to thy word. 
 
 59 I thought on my ways, and 
 turned my feet imto thy testi- 
 monies. 
 
 60 I made haste, and delayed 
 not to keep thy commandments. 
 
 61 The bands of the vdcked 
 have robbed me : hut I have not 
 forgotten thy law. 
 
 62 At midnight I will rise to 
 giveihanks unto thee because 
 of thy righteous judgments. 
 
 63 I am a companion of all 
 them that fear thee, and of them 
 that keep thy precepts. 
 
 64 The earth, O Lord, is full of 
 thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. 
 
 TETH. -^ 
 
 65 Thou hast dealt well with 
 thy servant, O Lord, according 
 unto thy word. 
 
 66 Teach me good judgment 
 and knowledge : for I have be- 
 lieved thy commandments. 
 
 67 Before I was afflicted I v/ent 
 astray : but now have I kept thy 
 word. 
 
 68 Thou art good, and doest 
 good ; teach me thy statutes. 
 
 69 The proud have forged a lie 
 against me : hut I will keep thy 
 precepts with mp whole heart. 
 
 70 Their heart is as fat as 
 grease; hut I delight in thy law. 
 
 71 It is good for me that I have 
 been afflicted; that I might 
 learn thy statutes. 
 
 72 The law of thy mouth is 
 
Prayei's, praises, and 
 
 PSALMS. professions qf obedience. 
 
 better unto me than thousands 
 of gold and silver. 
 
 JOD. "^^ 
 
 73 Thy hands have made me 
 and fashioned me : give me un- 
 derstanding, that I may learn 
 thy commandments. 
 
 74 They that fear thee will be 
 glad when they see me ; because 
 1 have hoped in thy word. 
 
 75 I know, O Lord, that thy 
 judgments are right, and that 
 thou in faitlifulness hast afflicts 
 ed me. 
 
 7G Let, I pray thee, thy mer- 
 ciful kindness be for my com- 
 fort, according to thy woi-d un- 
 to thy servant. 
 
 77 Let thy tender mercies oome 
 unto me, that I maj'' live : for 
 thy law is my delight. 
 
 78 Let the proud be ashamed ; 
 for they dealt perversely with 
 me ^vithout a cause : but I will 
 meditate in thy precepts. 
 
 79 Let those that fear thee turn 
 unto me, and those that have 
 laiown thy testimonies. 
 
 80 Let my heart be sound in 
 thy statutes; that I be not a- 
 shamed. 
 
 CAPH. 
 
 81 My soul fainteth for thy 
 salvation: but I hope in thy 
 word. 
 
 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, 
 saying, When wilt thou comfort 
 me? 
 
 83 For I am become like a 
 bottle in the smoke; ^et do I 
 not forget thy statutes. 
 
 84 How many are the days of 
 thy servant? when wilt thou 
 execute judgment on them that 
 persecute me ? 
 
 85 The proud have digged pits 
 for me, which are not after thy 
 law. 
 
 86 All thy commandments are 
 faithful: they persecute me 
 wrongfully ; help thou me. 
 
 87 They had almost consumed 
 me upon earth; but I forsook 
 not thy precepts. 
 
 88 Quicken me after thy lov- 
 ingldndness; so shall I keep 
 the testimony of thy mouth. 
 
 :i 
 
 LAMED. 
 
 89 For ever, O Lord, thy word 
 is settled in heaven. 
 
 90 Thy faithfulness is unto all 
 generations: thou hast establish- 
 ed the earth, and it abideth. 
 
 91 They continue this day ac- 
 cording to thine ordinances : for 
 all are thy servants. 
 
 92 Unless thy law had been my 
 delights, I should then have pe- 
 rished in mine affliction. 
 
 93 I will never forget thy pre- 
 cepts : for with them thou hast 
 quickened me. 
 
 94 I am thine, save me ; for 
 have sought thy precepts. 
 
 95 The wicked have waited for 
 me to destroy me : but I will 
 consider thy testimonies. 
 
 % I have seen an end of all 
 perfection: but thy command- 
 ment is exceeding oroad. 
 
 MEM. * 
 
 97 how love I thy law ! it is 
 my meditation all the day. 
 
 98 Thou through thy com- 
 mandments hast made me wiser 
 than mine enemies : for they are 
 ever with me. 
 
 99 I have more understanding 
 than all my teachers: for thy , 
 testimonies are my meditation. ■ 
 
 100 I understand more than I 
 the ancients, because I keep thy I 
 precepts. I 
 
 101 I have refrained my feet « 
 from every evil way, that I 
 might keep thy word. 
 
 102 I have not departed horn. 
 thy judgments: for thou hast 
 taught me. 
 
 103 How sweet are thy words 
 unto my taste ! yea, sweeter 
 than honey to my mouth ! 
 
 104 Through thy precepts I get 
 understanding : therefore I hate 
 every false way. 
 
 NUN. "*" 
 
 105 Thy word is a lamp unto my 
 feet, and a light unto my path. 
 
 106 I have sworn, and I will 
 perform it, that I will keep thy 
 righteous judgments. 
 
 107 I am afflicted very much : 
 quicken me, O Lord, according 
 unto thy word. 
 
Prayers, pi-aises, and PSALMS. 
 
 108 Accept, I beseech thee, the 
 freewill offerings of my mouth, 
 O Lord, and teach me thy 
 judgments. 
 
 109 My soul is continually in 
 my hand: yet do I not forget 
 thy law. 
 
 110 The wicked have laid a 
 snare fo^ me : yet I erred not 
 from thy precepts. 
 
 111 Thy testimonies have I 
 taken as an heritage for ever: 
 for they are the rejoicing of my 
 heart. 
 
 112 I have incliaed mine heart 
 to perform thy statutes alway, 
 even unto the end. _ 
 
 SAMECH. 
 
 113 I hate vain thoughts : but 
 thy law do I love. 
 
 114 Thou art my hiding place 
 and my shield: I hope in thy 
 word. 
 
 115 Depart from me, ye evil- 
 doers : for I will keep the com- 
 mandments of my God. 
 
 116 Uphold me according unto 
 thy word, that I may live : and 
 let me not be ashamed of my 
 hope. 
 
 117 Hold thou me up, and I 
 shall be safe : and I will have 
 respect unto thy statutes conti- 
 nually. 
 
 118 Thou hast trodden down 
 aU them that err from thy sta- 
 tutes : for their deceit is false- 
 hood. 
 
 119 Thou puttest away all the 
 wicked of the earth like dross : 
 therefore I love thy testimonies. 
 
 120 My flesh trembleth for fear 
 of thee ; and I am afraid of thy 
 judgments. 
 
 AIN. 
 121 1 have done judgment and 
 justice: leave me not to mine 
 oppressors. 
 
 122 Be surety for thy servant 
 for good : let not the proud op- 
 press me. 
 
 123 Mme eyes fail for thy sal- 
 vation, and for the word of thy 
 righteousness. 
 
 124 Deal with thy servant ac- 
 cording unto thy mercy, and 
 teach me thy statutes. 
 
 professions of obedience. 
 
 125 1 am thy seiTant ; give me 
 understanding, that I may know 
 thy testimonies. 
 
 126 It is time for thee. Lord, to 
 work : for they have made void 
 thy law. 
 
 127 Therefore I love thy com- 
 mandments above gold; yea, 
 above fine gold. 
 
 128 Therefore I esteem all thi!/ 
 precepts concerning all things 
 to be right; and I hate eveiy 
 false way. ,^ 
 
 PE. 
 
 129 Thy testimonies are won- 
 derful: therefore doth my soul 
 keep them. 
 
 130 The entrance of thy words 
 giveth light; it giveth under- 
 standing unto the simple. 
 
 131 I opened my mouth, and 
 panted: for I longed for thy 
 commandments. 
 
 132 Look thou upon me, and 
 be merciful unto me, as thou 
 usest to do unto those that love 
 thy name. 
 
 133 Order my steps in thy 
 word : and let not any iniquity 
 have .dominion over me. 
 
 134 Deliver me from the op- 
 pression of man : so will I keep 
 thy precepts. 
 
 135 Make thy face to shine 
 upon thy servant; and teach me 
 thy statutes. 
 
 138 Elvers of waters run down 
 mine eyes, because they keep 
 not thy law. 
 
 TZADDI. 
 
 137 Kighteous ai^t thou, O 
 Lord, and upright are thy 
 judgments. 
 
 138 Thy testimonies that thou 
 hast commanded are righteous 
 and very faithful. 
 
 139 My zeal hath consumed 
 me, because mine enemies have 
 forgotten thy words. 
 
 140 Thy word is very pure : 
 therefore thy servant loveth it. 
 
 141 I am small and despised : 
 pet do not I forget thy precepts. 
 
 142 Thy righteousness is an 
 everlasting righteousness, and 
 thy law is the truth. 
 
 143 Trouble and anguish have 
 
Prayers, praises, and PSALMS. 
 
 taken hold on me : i/et thy com- 
 mandments are my delijj^hts. 
 
 144 Tlie rishtconsness of thy 
 testimonies is everlasting : give 
 me undei-standing, and I shall 
 live. 
 
 KOPH. 
 
 145 I cried with 7nt/ whole 
 heart ; hear me, O Lord : I will 
 keep thy statutes. 
 
 146 1 cried unto thee ; save me, 
 and I shall keep thy testimonies. 
 
 147 I prevented the dawning 
 of the morning, and cried: I 
 hoped in thy word. 
 
 148 Mine eyes prevent the 
 night watches, that I might 
 meditate in thy word. 
 
 149 Hear my voice according 
 mi to thy lovingkmdness : O 
 Lord, quicken me according to 
 thy judgment. 
 
 150 They draw nigh that fol- 
 low after mischief: they are far 
 from thy law. 
 
 151 Thou art near, O Lord^ 
 and all thy commandments are 
 tmth. 
 
 152 Concerning thy testimonies, 
 I have known of old that thou 
 hast founded them for ever. 
 
 RESH. '' 
 
 153 Consider mine affliction, 
 and deliver me: for I do not 
 forget thy law. 
 
 154 Plead my cause, and deli- 
 ver me: quicken me according 
 to thy word. 
 
 155 Salvation is far from the 
 \sicked: for they seek not thy 
 statutes. 
 
 156 Great are thy tender mer- 
 cies, O Lord: quicken me ac- 
 cording to thy judgments. 
 
 157 Many are my persecutors 
 and mine enemies ; ^et do I not 
 decline from thy testimonies. 
 
 158 I beheld the transgressors, 
 and was grieved; because they 
 kept not thy word. 
 
 159 Consider how I love thy 
 precepts : quicken me, O Lord, 
 according to thy lovingkindness. 
 
 160 Thy word is true /rom the 
 beginning: and every one of thy 
 righteous judgments endureth 
 forever. 
 
 professions of obedience, 
 
 8CHIN. 
 
 161 Princes have pei-secuted 
 me ^vithout a cause: but my 
 heart standeth in awe of thyi 
 word. 
 
 162 I rejoice at thy word, 
 one that findeth great spoil. 
 
 1G3 1 hate and abhor lying : Imt 
 thy law do I love. 
 
 164 Seven times a day do I 
 praise thee because of thy righ- 
 teoijs judgments. 
 
 165 Great peace have they 
 which love thy law: and no- 
 thing shall offend them. 
 
 li]C) Lord, I have lioijed for thy 
 salvation, and done thy com- 
 mandments. 
 
 167 My soul hath kept thy 
 testimonies; and I love them 
 exceedingly. 
 
 168 I have kept thy precepts 
 and thy testimonies : for all my 
 ways are before thee. 
 
 TAU. 
 
 169 Let my cry come near be- 
 fore thee, O Lord: give me 
 understanding according to thy 
 word. 
 
 170 Let my supplication come 
 before thee : deliver me accord- 
 ing to thy word. 
 
 171 My lips shall utter praise, 
 when thou hast taught me thy 
 statutes. 
 
 172 My tongue shall speak of 
 thy word : for all thy command- 
 ments are righteousness. 
 
 173 Let thine hand help me; 
 for I have chosen thy precepts. 
 
 174 I have longed for thy sal- 
 vation, O Lord; and thy law 
 is my delight. 
 
 175 Let my soul live, and 
 shall praise thee; and let thy 
 judgments help me. 
 
 176 I have gone astray like a 
 lost sheep; seek thy ser\'ant; 
 for I do not forget thy com- 
 mandments. 
 
 PSALM CXX. 
 
 1 David prayeth against Doeg, 3 re- 
 
 proveth his tongue, 5 complaineth 
 
 of his necessary conversation imth 
 
 the loicTced. 
 
 A Song of degrees. 
 
 I 
 
 "1 
 
 it? 
 
 IN my distress I cried unto the 
 L( 
 
 Lord, and he he^rd me. 
 
TJie safety of tJie godly. 
 
 PSALMS. TJie church Uesseth God. 
 
 2 Deliver my soul, O Loed, 
 from lying lips, and from a de- 
 ceitful tongue. 
 
 3 What shall be given unto 
 thee? or what shall be done 
 imto thee, thou false tongue ? 
 
 4 ShaiT arrows of the mighty, 
 with coals of juniper. 
 
 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn 
 in Mesech, that I dwell in the 
 tents of Kedar ! 
 
 6 My soul hath long dwelt with 
 him that hateth peace. 
 
 7 I am for peace : but when I 
 speak, they are for war. 
 
 PSALM CXXI. 
 
 'Ute great safety of the godly, ivhopiU 
 
 their trust in God's protection. 
 
 A Song of degi-ees. 
 
 I WILL lift up mine eyes unto 
 the hills, from whence com- 
 eth my help. 
 
 2 My help cometh from the 
 Lord, wliich made heaven and 
 earth. 
 
 3 He will not suffer thy foot to 
 be moved : he that keepeth thee 
 will not slumber. 
 
 4 Behold, he that keepeth Is- 
 rael shall neither slumber nor 
 sleep. 
 
 5 The Lord is thy keeper : the 
 Lord is thy shade upon thy 
 right hand. 
 
 6 The smi shall not smite thee 
 by day, nor the moon by night. 
 
 7 The Lord shall preserve thee 
 from all evil : he shall preserve 
 thy soul. 
 
 8 The Lord shall preserve thy 
 going out and thy coming in 
 from this time forth, and even 
 for evermore. _ 
 
 PSALM CXXII. 
 1 David professetli Ms joy for tlie 
 church, 6 and prayeth for the 
 2xace thereof. 
 
 A Song of degrees of David. 
 
 I WAS glad when they said 
 unto me, Let us go into the 
 house of the Lord. 
 
 2 Our feet shall stand mthin 
 thy gates, O Jerusalem. 
 
 3 Jerusalem is builded as a 
 ' city that is compact together : 
 
 4 Whither the tribes go up, 
 the tribes of the Lord, unto 
 
 the testimony of Israel, to give 
 thanks unto the name of the 
 Lord. 
 
 5 For there are set thrones of 
 judgment, the thrones of the 
 house of David. 
 
 6 Pray for the peace of Jeru- 
 salem : they shall prosper that 
 love thee. 
 
 7 Peace be within thy walls, 
 and prosperity within thy pa- 
 laces. 
 
 8 For my brethren and com- 
 panions' sakes, I will now say, 
 Peace be withm thee. 
 
 9 Because of the house of the 
 Lord our God I will seek thy 
 good. ^-. 
 
 PSALM CXXIII. 
 1 The godly profess their confidence 
 in God, 3 and pray to he delivered 
 from contempt. 
 
 A Song of degrees. 
 TTNTO thee lift I up mme 
 U eyes, O thou that dwell- 
 est in the heavens. 
 
 2 Behold, as the eyes of ser- 
 vants look unto the hand of 
 their masters, and as the eyes 
 of a maiden unto the hand of 
 her mistress ; so our eyes wait 
 upon the Lord our God, until 
 that he have mercy upon us. 
 
 3 Have mercy upon us, O 
 Lord, have mercy upon us: 
 for we are exceedingly filled 
 with contempt. 
 
 4 Our soul is exceedingly fill- 
 ed with the scorning of those 
 that are at ease, and with the 
 contempt of the proud. 
 
 PSALM CXXIV. - 
 
 The church Uesseth God foi' a mira- 
 culous deliverance. 
 A Song of degrees of David. 
 
 I'F it had not been the Lord 
 who was on oiu- side, novN'^ 
 may Israel say ; 
 
 2 If it had not been the Lord 
 who was on our side, when men 
 rose up against us : 
 
 3 Then they had swallowed us 
 up quick, when then wrath was 
 Idndled against us : 
 
 4 Then the waters had over- 
 whelmed us, the stream had 
 gone over our soul : 
 
Safety of the rigUeous. PSALMS. 
 
 5 Then the proud waters had 
 gone over our soul. 
 
 6 Blessed be the Lord, who 
 hath not given us a^ a prey to 
 their teeth. 
 
 7 Our soul is escaped as a bird 
 out of the snare of the fowlers : 
 the snare is broken, and we are 
 escaped. 
 
 8 Oui- help is in the name of 
 the Lord, who made heaven 
 and earth. 
 
 PSALM CXXV. ^ 
 
 1 The safety of such as trust in God. 
 4 A prayer for the godly, and a- 
 gainst the wicked. 
 
 A Song of degrees. 
 
 THEY that trust in the Lord 
 shall be as mount Zion, 
 zvhich cannot be removed, but 
 abideth for ever. 
 
 2 As the mountains are round 
 about Jerusalem, so the Lord 
 is round about his people from 
 henceforth even for ever. 
 
 3 For the rod of the wicked 
 shall not rest upon the lot of 
 the righteous; lest the righte- 
 ous put forth theii" hands unto 
 iniquity. 
 
 4 Do good, O Lord, mito those 
 that be good, and to them that 
 are upright in their hearts. 
 
 5 As for such as turn aside unto 
 their crooked ways, the Lord 
 shall lead them forth with the 
 workers of iniquity : but peace 
 shall be upon Israel. 
 
 PSALM CXXVI. 
 1 The church, celebrating her incre- 
 dible return out of captivity, 4 
 prayeth for, and prophedeth the 
 good success thereof. 
 
 A Song of degrees. 
 "ITTHEN the Lord turned a- 
 VV gain the captivity of Zion, 
 we were like them that dream. 
 
 2 Then was our mouth filled 
 with laughter, and our tongue 
 with singing : then said they a- 
 mong the heathen. The Lord 
 hath done great things for 
 them. 
 
 3 The Lord hath done great 
 things for us ; whereof we are 
 glad. 
 
 4 Turn again our captivity, O 
 
 Children are God's gift. 
 
 Lord, as the streams in the 
 south. ' 
 
 5 They that sow in tears shall 
 reap in joy. 
 
 6 He that goeth forth and 
 weepeth, bearing precious seed, 
 shall doubtless come again with 
 rejoicing, bringing his sheaves 
 with him. ^ 
 
 PSALM CXXVII. 
 
 1 TJie virtue of God's blessing. 3 
 Good children are his gift. 
 
 A Song of degrees for Solomon. 
 
 EXCEPT the Lord build the 
 house, they labour in vain 
 that build it : except the Lord 
 keep the city, the watchman 
 waketh but in vain. 
 
 2 It is vain for you to rise up 
 early, to sit up late, to eat the 
 bread of sorrows : /br so he giv 
 eth his beloved sleep. 
 
 3 liO, children are an heritage 
 of the Lord: a/ifZ the fruit of] 
 the womb is his reward. 
 
 4 As arrows a7'e in the hand of ^ 
 a mighty man ; so are children 
 of the youth. 
 
 5 Happy is the man that hath 
 his quiver full of them : they 
 shall not be ashamed, but they 
 shall speak with the enemies in 
 the gate. ^ 
 
 PSALM CXXVIII. 
 
 Tlie sumlry blessings which follow 
 
 them that fear God. 
 
 A Song of degrees. 
 
 BLESSED is every one that 
 feareth the Lord; that 
 walketh in his ways. 
 
 2 For thou shalt eat the la- 
 bour of thine hands: happy 
 shalt thou be., and it shall be 
 well with thee. 
 
 3 Thy wife shall be as a fruit- 
 ful vine by the sides of thine 
 house: thy children lilre olive 
 plants round about thy table. 
 
 4 Behold, that thus shall the 
 man be blessed that feareth the 
 Lord. 
 
 5 The Lord shall bless thee 
 out of Zion : and thou shalt see 
 the good of Jerusalem all the 
 days of thy life. 
 
 6 Yea, thou shalt see thy chil- 
 
 I 
 
Exhortation to praise God. PSALMS. David! s care far the arh 
 
 dren's cliildren, and peace upon 
 Israel. 
 
 PSALM CXXIX. '" 
 
 1 An exhcyi'tation to praise God for 
 saving Israel in their great afflic- 
 tions. 5 The haters of the church 
 are cursed. 
 
 A Song of degrees. 
 
 MANY a time have they af- 
 flicted me from my youth, 
 may Israel now say : 
 
 2 Many a time have they af- 
 flicted me from my youth : yet 
 they have not prevailed against 
 me. 
 
 3 The plowers plowed upon 
 my back : they made long their 
 furrows. 
 
 4 The Lord is righteous : he 
 hath cut asunder the cords of 
 the wicked. 
 
 5 Let them aU be confoimded 
 and turned back that hate Zion. 
 
 6 Let them be as the grass upo7i 
 the housetops, which withereth 
 afore it groweth up : 
 
 7 Wherewith the mower filleth 
 not his hand ; nor he that bind- 
 eth sheaves his bosom. 
 
 8 Neither do they which go by 
 say, The blessing of the Lord 
 be upon you: we bless you in 
 the name of the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXXX. 
 
 1 The psalmist professeth his hope in 
 prayer, 5 and his patience in hope. 
 7 He exhorteth Israel to hope in 
 God. 
 
 A Song of degrees. 
 
 OUT of the depths have I 
 cried unto thee, O Lord. 
 
 2 Lord, hear my voice: let 
 thine eai^ be attentive to the 
 voice of my supplications. 
 
 3 If thou. Lord, shouldest mark 
 iniquities, O Lord, who shall 
 stand? 
 
 4 But there is forgiveness with 
 thee, that thou mayest be feared. 
 
 5 1 wait for the Lord, my soul 
 doth wait, and in his word do I 
 hope. 
 
 6 My soul waiteth for the Lord 
 more than they that watch for 
 the morning : / saj/, more than 
 they that watch for the morning. 
 
 7 Let Israel hoi)e in the Lord : 
 
 for with the Lord there is mer- 
 cy, and with him is plenteous 
 redemption. 
 
 8 And he shall redeem Israel 
 from all his iniquities. ^ 
 
 PSALM CXXXI. 
 
 1 David, professing his hiiAnility, 3 
 
 exhorteth Israel to hope in God. 
 
 A Song of degrees of David. 
 
 LORD, my heart is not 
 haughty, nor mine eyes 
 lofty: neither do I exercise 
 myself in great matters, or in 
 things too high for me. 
 
 2 Surely I have behaved and 
 quieted myself, as a child that 
 is weaned of his mother: my 
 soul is even as a weaned child. 
 
 3 Let Israel hope in the Lord 
 from henceforth and for ever. 
 
 PSALM CXXXII. 
 
 1 David in his prayer commendeth 
 unto God the religious care he had 
 for the arJc. 8 His prayer at the 
 removing of the arJc, 11 with a re- 
 petition of God's promises. 
 A Song of degrees. 
 
 LOED, remember David, and 
 all his afliictions : 
 
 2 How he sware unto the Lord, 
 «?i^ vowed unto the mighty God 
 of Jacob ; 
 
 3 Surely I will not come into 
 the tabernacle of my house, nor 
 go up into my bed ; 
 
 4 I will not give sleep to mine 
 eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, 
 
 5 Until I find out a place for 
 the Lord, an habitation for the 
 mighty God of Jacob. 
 
 6 Lo, we heard of it at Eph- 
 ratah : we foimd it in the fields 
 of the wood. 
 
 7 We will go into his taber- 
 nacles: we will worship at his 
 footstool. 
 
 8 Arise, O Lord, into thy 
 rest ; thou, and the ark of thy 
 strength. 
 
 9 Let thy priests be clothed 
 with righteousness ; and let thy 
 saints shout for joy. 
 
 10 For thy servant David's 
 sake turn not away the face of 
 thine anointed. 
 
 11 The Lord hath sworn in 
 truth unto David; he will not 
 
Ej'liodatiotiS to hless 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 and}yraise God. 
 
 tiini from it ; Of the fniit of thy j 
 body will I set upon thy throne. | 
 
 12 If thy children ^vill keep my : 
 covenant and my tefitimony that T)1^ALS 
 I shall teach tliem, their chil- X ye tl 
 dren shall al^o sit upon thy 
 throne for evennore. 
 
 13 For the Loud hath chosen 
 Zion ; h(! hath desired it for his 
 habitation. 
 
 14 This is my rest for ever: 
 here will I dwell; for I have 
 desired it. 
 
 15 1 will abmidantly bless lier 
 provision : I will satisfy her 
 poor with ])read. 
 
 1() I will also clothe her pnests 
 with Sidvation : and her saints 
 shall shout aloud ior joy. 
 17 There will I make the horn 
 of David to bud : I have ordain- 
 ed a lami> for mine anointed. 
 IS His enemies will I clothe 
 with shame: but ui>on himself 
 shall his crown llounsh. ^ 
 PSALM CXXXIII. 
 The beiu'Jit of the communion of 
 Sditifs. 
 A Sonj? of degrees of David. 
 
 BEHOLD, how good and how 
 pleasant it is for brethren 
 to dwell to^a'ther in unity ! 
 
 2 // is like the i)recious oint- 
 ment upon the head, that ran 
 down upon the beard, eve?i Aa- 
 ron's beard : that went do^ii to 
 the sldi-ts of his gannents; 
 
 3 As the dew of Hennon, aiul 
 as the deii' that descended upon 
 the mountains of Zion : for there 
 the Lord commanded the bless- 
 ing, even life for evermore. 
 
 PSALM CXXXIV. ^ 
 An exhortation to hless God. 
 A Song of degrees. 
 
 BEHOLD, bless ye the Lord, 
 all 1/e senants of the Lord, 
 which by night stand in the 
 house of the Lord. 
 
 2 Lift up your hands in the 
 sanctuarj', and bless the Lord. 
 
 3 The Lord that made hea- 
 ven and earth bless thee out of 
 Zion. ^ 
 
 PSALM CXXXV. 
 1 An exhortation to ^aise God for 
 his mercy, 5 for his power, 8 /w 
 
 //j> judgment 8. 15 Tlie vanitu of 
 idols, ly Ah exhortation to oleHV 
 
 IL'VLSE ye the Loud. Praise 
 "le name of the Loud; 
 praise him, O ye servants of tlie 
 Lord. 
 
 2 Ye that stand in the house of 
 the Lord, in the courts of the 
 house of om- God, 
 
 3 Praise the Lord; for the 
 Lord is good: sing praises un- 
 to his name ; for it is i)leasant. 
 
 4 For the Lord hath chosen 
 Jacob unto himself, and Israel 
 for liis peculiar treasure. 
 
 5 For I know that the Lord 
 is great, and that oiu' Lord is 
 above all gods. 
 
 r> AVhatsoever tlie Lord i»leas- 
 ed, that did he in heaven, and 
 in earth, in the seas, and all 
 deep places. 
 
 7 He causeth the vapours to 
 ascend from the ends of the 
 earth; he maketh lightnhigs 
 for the rain ; he bringeth the 
 wind out of liis treasuries. 
 
 8 "Who smote the firetboni 
 of Egj'pt, both of man and 
 beast. 
 
 9 Who sent tokens and won- 
 dei-s into the midst of thee, O 
 Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and up- 
 on all his servants. 
 
 1(J Who smote great nations, 
 and slew mighty kings ; 
 
 11 Sihon king of the Amorites, 
 and Og king of Bashan, and all 
 the kingdoms of Canaan : 
 
 12 And gave their land /or an 
 heritage, an heritage mito Israel 
 his people. 
 
 13 Thy name, O Lord, endur- 
 eth for ever; and thy memo- 
 rial, O Lord, throughout all 
 generations. 
 
 14 For the Lord will judge liis 
 people, and he ^vill repent him- 
 self concerning his servants. 
 
 15 The idols of the heathen 
 are silver and gold, the work of 
 men's hands. 
 
 16 They have mouths, but they 
 speak not ; eyes have they, but 
 they see not ; 
 
 17 They have ears, but they 
 
God's ruereies 
 
 PSALMS. pmiicuhrly enuniended. 
 
 liear not; neither is there an?/ 
 breath in theii' mouths. 
 
 18 They that make them are 
 like unto them : so is every one 
 that tmsteth in them. 
 
 19 Bless the Lord, O house of 
 Israel : bless the Loed, O house 
 of Aaron : 
 
 20 Bless the Lord, O house of 
 Levi: ye that fear the Lord, 
 bless the Lord. 
 
 21 Blessed be the Lord out of 
 Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusa- 
 lem. Praise ye the Lord. _ 
 
 PSALM CXXXVI. 
 
 .4}^ exhortation to give thanks to God 
 for particular mercies. 
 
 OOIVE thanks unto the 
 Lord; for he is good: for 
 his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 2 O give thanks unto the God 
 of gods : for his mercy endureth 
 for ever. 
 
 3 O give thanks to the Lord of 
 lorc^: for his mercy endureth 
 for ever. 
 
 4 To him who alone doeth 
 great wonders: for his mercy 
 endureth for ever. 
 
 5 To him that by wisdom made 
 the heavens : for his mercy en- 
 dureth for ever. 
 
 6 To him that stretched out the 
 eaith above the waters : for his 
 mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 7 To him that made great 
 lights : for his mercy endureth 
 for ever : 
 
 8 The sun to rule by day : for 
 his mercy endureth for ever : 
 
 9 The moon and stars to rule 
 by night: for his mercy en- 
 dureth for ever. 
 
 10 To him that smote Egypt 
 in their firstborn : for his mercy 
 endureth for ever : 
 
 11 And brought out Israel from 
 among them : for his mercy en- 
 dureth for ever : 
 
 12 With a strong hand, and 
 with a stretched out arm: for 
 his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 13 To him which divided the 
 Ked sea into parts : for his mer- 
 cy endureth for ever : 
 
 14 And made Israel to pass 
 
 through the midst of it : for his 
 mercy endureth for ever : 
 
 15 But overthrew Pharaoh and 
 his host in the Eed sea : for his 
 mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 16 To him which led his peo- 
 ple thi'ough the wildeiT^ess : for 
 his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 17 To him which smote great 
 Idngs : for his mercy endureth 
 for ever : 
 
 18 And slew famous Idngs : for 
 his mercy endureth for ever : 
 
 19 Sihon king of the Amor- 
 ites: for his mercy endureth 
 for ever : 
 
 20 And Og the king of Bashan : 
 for his mercy endureth for ever : 
 
 21 And gave their land for an 
 heritage : for his mercy endur- 
 eth for ever : 
 
 22 Even an heritage unto Is- 
 rael his servant : for his mercy 
 endureth for ever. 
 
 23 Who remembered us in our 
 low estate : for his mercy en- 
 dureth for ever : 
 
 24 And hath redeemed us from 
 our enemies : for his mercy en- 
 dureth for ever. 
 
 25 mo giveth food to all flesh : 
 for his mercy endureth for ever. 
 
 26 O give thanks unto the God 
 of heaven : for his mercy en- 
 dureth for ever. _ 
 
 PSALM CXXXVII. " 
 1 The constancy of the Jews in cap- 
 tivity. 7 The pi'ophet curseth Edom 
 and Bahel. 
 
 BY the rivers of Babylon, 
 there we sat down, yea, 
 we wept, when we remember- 
 ed Zion. 
 
 2 We hanged our harps upon 
 the willows in the midst thereof. 
 
 3 For there they that carried 
 us away captive required of us 
 a song ; and they that wasted us 
 required of us mirth, saying^ 
 Sing us 072^ of the songs of Zion. 
 
 4 How shall we sing the Lord's 
 song in a strange land? 
 
 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusa- 
 lem, let my right hand forget 
 her cunning. 
 
 6 If I do not remember thee, 
 let my tongue cleave to the roof 
 
 I i 
 
David pi'ais2th God for PS^NXMS. 
 
 of my month ; if I prefer not Je- 
 lusalem above my chief joy. 
 
 7 Remember, O Lord, the cliil- 
 (Ircn of Edom in the day of Jeni- 
 galem ; who said, Ka^e 27 rase it, 
 even to tlie foundation tliereof. 
 
 8 O daughter of Babylon, wlio 
 ai-t to hQ destroyed ; happy shall 
 he he, that rewardeth thee as 
 thou lia.st sen'ed us. 
 
 9 Happy shall he he, that tak- 
 eth and dasheth thy little ones 
 against the stones. 
 
 PSALM cxxxviir. 
 
 1 David jy)'mse(h God for (he truth of 
 his n-ord. 4 He prophcsiefh that 
 the linn a of the earth shall praise 
 God. 7 He professcth his confidence 
 in God. 
 
 A Psilm of David. 
 
 I WILL praise thee with my 
 Avholc heart : before the go(]fe 
 will I sing praise imto thee. 
 2 1 will Avoi-sliip toward thy holy 
 temple, and praise thy name for 
 thy lovingkindness and for thy 
 truth: for thou hast magnified 
 thy word above all thy name. 
 
 3 In the day when I cried thou 
 answeredst me, and strength- 
 enedst me icith strength in my 
 soul. 
 
 4 All the kings of the enrth shall 
 praise thee, O Lord, when they 
 near the words of thy mouth. 
 
 5 Yea, they shall sing in the 
 ways of the Lord : for great is 
 the glory of the Lord. 
 
 6 Though the Lord he high, 
 yet hath he respect unto the 
 lowly : but the proud he know- 
 eth afar off. 
 
 7 Though I walk in the midst 
 of trouble, thou wilt revive me : 
 thou shalt stretch forth thine 
 hand against the wrath of mine 
 enenades, and thy right hand 
 shall save me. 
 
 8 The Lord will perfect that 
 which concemeth me : thy mer- 
 cy, O Lord, endureth for ever : 
 forsake not the works of thine 
 own hands. ^ 
 
 PSALM CXXXIX. 
 
 1 David praisetli God for his allseeing 
 
 providence, 17 and for his infinite 
 
 i^ercies. 19 He defieth the wicJced. 
 
 33 He prayeth for sincerity. 
 
 his aUsedng promleuce. 
 
 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of 
 David. 
 
 OLOPD, thou hast searched 
 me, and known one. 
 
 2 Thou knowest my downsit- 
 ting and mine uprising, thou un- 
 derstandest my thought afar off. 
 
 3 Thou comjiassest my i)ath 
 and my lying down, and art ac- 
 quainted 7vith all my ways. 
 
 4 For there is not a word in 
 my tongue, hut, lo, O Lord, thou 
 knowest it altogether. 
 
 5 Thou hast beset me behind 
 and before, and laid thiue hand 
 upon me. 
 
 G Such knowledge is too won- 
 deiiul for me ; it is high, I can- 
 not attain unto it. 
 
 7 Whither shall I go from thy 
 spirit? or whither shall I flee 
 from thy presence ? 
 
 8 If I ascend up into heaven, 
 thou art there : iil make my bed 
 in hell, behold, thou art there. 
 
 9Ifl take the wings of the 
 morning, and dwell in the ut- 
 termost parts of the sea ; 
 
 10 Even there shall thy hand 
 lead me, and thy right hand 
 shall hold me. 
 
 11 If I say. Surely the darkness 
 shall cover me ; even the night 
 shall l3e light about me. 
 
 12 Yea, the darkness hideth 
 not from thee; but the night 
 shine th as the day: the dark- 
 ness and the light are both a- 
 lilvc to thee. 
 
 13 For thou hast possessed my 
 reins : thou hast covered me in , j 
 my mother's womb. * 
 
 14 I will praise thee ; for I am ' 
 fearfully and wonderfully made : 
 mars^ellous are thy works ; and 
 that my soul knoweth right well . 
 
 15 My substance was not hid \ 
 from thee, when I was made in 
 secret, and curiously -^Tought in 
 the lowest parts of the earth. 
 
 16 Thine eyes did see my sub- 
 stance, yet being imperfect ; and 
 in thy book all mp members 
 were written, which in continu- 
 ance were fashioned, when as 
 yet there mas none of them. 
 
 17 How precious also are thy 
 
and 
 and 
 
 He pinyeth to God 
 
 thoughts rnito me, O God ! how 
 great is the sum of them ! 
 IS If 1 should count them, 
 they are more in number than 
 the sand : when I awake, I am 
 still with thee. 
 
 19 Surely thou wilt slay the 
 wicked, O God: depart from 
 me therefore, ye bloody men. 
 
 20 For they speak against thee 
 wickedly, and thine enemies 
 take thj/ name in vain. 
 
 21 Do not I hate them, O 
 LoED, that hate thee? and am 
 not I grieved with those that 
 rise up against thee ? 
 
 22 I hate them with perfect 
 hatred: I count them mine 
 ene mie s 
 
 23 Search me, O God, 
 know my heart: try me, 
 laiow my thoughts : 
 
 24 And see if there he any 
 wicked way in me, and lead 
 me in the way everlasting. ^^ 
 
 PSALM CXL. ^ 
 
 1 David prayeth to he delivered from 
 
 Saul and Doeg. 8 He prayeth a. 
 
 gainst them. 12 He comforteth 
 
 himself by confidence in God. 
 
 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of 
 
 David. 
 
 DELIVEE me, O Lord, from 
 the evil man : preserve me 
 from the violent man ; 
 
 2 Which imagine mischiefs in 
 their heart ; continually are they 
 gathered together /or war. 
 
 3 They have sharpened their 
 tongues lil^e a serpent; adders' 
 poison is under theh lips. Selah. 
 
 4 Keep me, O Loed, from the 
 hands of the wicked ; preserve 
 me from the violent man ; who 
 have purposed to overthrow my 
 goings. 
 
 5 The proud have hid a snare 
 for me, and cords; they have 
 spread a net by the wayside ; they 
 have set gins for me. Selah, 
 
 6 I said unto the Loed, Thou 
 art my God : hear the voice of 
 my supplications, O Loed. 
 
 7 O God the Lord, the strength 
 of my salvation, thou hast cover- 
 ed my head in the day of battle. 
 
 8 Grant not, O Lord, the desires 
 
 PSALMS. for various "blessings. 
 
 of the wicked : further not his 
 wicked device; lest they exalt 
 themselves. Selah. 
 
 9 As for the head of those that 
 compass me about, let the mis- 
 chief of their own lips coverthem. 
 
 10 Let burning coals fall upon 
 them : let them be cast into the 
 fire ; into deep pits, that they 
 rise not up again. 
 
 11 Let not an evil speaker be 
 established in the earth : evil 
 shall hunt the violent man to 
 overthrow him. 
 
 12 I know that the Lord will 
 maintain the cause of the afflict- 
 ed, and the right of the poor. 
 
 13 Siu'ely the righteous shall 
 give thanks unto thy name : 
 the upright shall dwell in thy 
 presence. ^ 
 
 PSALM CXLI. 
 
 1 David prayeth that his suit may he 
 acceptable, 3 his conscience sincere, 
 7 and his life safe from snares. 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 LORD, I cry unto thee : make 
 haste unto me ; give ear unto 
 my voice, when I cry unto thee. 
 
 2 Let my prayer be set forth 
 before thee as incense ; and 
 the lifting up of my hands as 
 the evening sacrifice. 
 
 3 Set a watch, O Loed, before my 
 mouth ; keep the door of my lips. 
 
 4 Incline not my heart to anj/ 
 evil thing, to practise wicked 
 works with men that work ini- 
 quity: and let me not eat of 
 their dainties. 
 
 5 Let the righteous smite me ; 
 it shall be a kindness : and let 
 him reprove me ; it shall be an 
 excellent oil, which shall not 
 break my head : for yet my 
 prayer also shall be in their 
 calamities. 
 
 6 When their judges are over- 
 thrown in stony places, they 
 shall hear my words ; for they 
 are sweet. 
 
 7 Our bones are scattered at 
 the grave's mouth, as when one 
 cutteth and cleaveth wood upon 
 the earth. 
 
 8 But mine eyes are imto thee, 
 O God the Lord: in thee is 
 
 Ii2 
 
JkiiiiVs cowfurt in prayer . PSALMS. lie iyiayeUifur ckltcerance. 
 
 2 And enter not into jmlpment 
 
 witlitliy s'Tvont: iorintliy ^.i^^llt 
 
 slmll no man living lie juHtitied. 
 
 imit^ft m^j iiii^v; iciivA iv^i *"'-,| 3 For tlie enemy liatli i erne- 
 
 nnd tlie gins of the workere of cuted my houI ; lie liatli smitten 
 
 my tru^t; leave not my soul 
 ilestitute. 
 
 1) Keep me from the Bnares 
 ivliich they have laid for me. 
 
 nmiuity. 
 
 10 Let the .wieked fall into 
 their own nets, whilst that 1 
 withal escape. ^ 
 
 PSALM CXLII. 
 
 l)<(t'id she ire th that in his trouble 
 oli his comfort was in jnayer tin- 
 to God. 
 
 Maschil of David ; A Prayer 'vrhen 
 Lu wxs in the cave. 
 
 I CRIED unto the Lord with 
 my voice ; with my voice 
 unto the Lord did 1 make my 
 f-upnlication. 
 
 *2 I poured out my complaint 
 Ik 'fore him; I shewed before 
 him my troul)le. 
 
 ;> When mv spirit was over- 
 whelmed witiiin me, then thou 
 Knewest my path. In the way 
 wherein I walked have they 
 l>rivily laid a snare for me. 
 
 4 I looked on inp right hand, 
 and beheld, but there ivus no 
 man that would know me : re- 
 fuge failed me ; no man cared 
 for my soul. 
 
 5 I cried unto thee, O Lord : I 
 said, Thourtr/ my refuge ai^d my 
 portion in the land of the livuig. 
 
 (> Attend unto my cry ; for I 
 am brought veiy low : deliver 
 me from my persecutors; for 
 they are stronger than I. 
 7 Bnng my soul out of piison, 
 that I may praise thy name : 
 the righteous shall compass me 
 about ; for thou shalt deal boun- 
 tifully with me. 
 
 PSALM CXLIIL 
 1 David p)-ayeth for favour in judg- 
 ment. 3 He coniplaineth of his 
 griefs. 5 He strengtheneth his 
 faith by meditation and prayer. 7 
 He prayeth for grace, 9 for deli- 
 verance, 10 for sanctification, 12 
 for destruction of his enemies. 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 HEAE my prayer, Lord, 
 give ear to my suppli- 
 cations : in thy faithfulness 
 answer me, and in thy righte- 
 ousness. 
 
 my life down to the ground ; 
 he hath made me to dwell in 
 darkness, as those that have 
 lK*en long dead. 
 
 4 I'herefore is my spirit over- 
 whelmed within me ; my heart 
 within me is desolate. 
 
 5 I remember the days of old ; 
 I meditate on all thy works* I 
 muse on the wc>rk of thy hands. 
 
 I stretch foilh my hands im- 
 to thee : mv soul ttnrstetli alter 
 thee as a thii'sty land. Selah. 
 
 7 Ilear me speedily, O Lord: 
 my siiirit faileth : hide not thj' 
 face from me, lest I be like unto 
 them that go down into the pit. 
 
 8 Cause me to hear thy loving- 
 kindness in the morning ; lor 
 in thee do I tnist : cause me 
 to know the way wherein I 
 should walk ; for I lift up my 
 soul unto thee. 
 
 1) Deliver me, O Loed, from 
 mine enemies : I flee unto thee 
 to hide me. 
 
 10 Teach me to do thy will ; 
 for thou art my Clod: thy spi- 
 rit is good ; lead me into the 
 land of uprightness. 
 
 11 Quicken me, O Lord, for 
 thy name's sake : for thy righ- 
 teousness' sake bring my soul 
 out of trouble. 
 
 12 And of thy mercy cut off 
 mine enemies, and destroy all 
 them that afflict my soul : for 
 I am thy servant. ^_ 
 
 PSALM CXLIV. 
 
 1 David hlesseth God for his mercy 
 both to him and to man. 5 He 
 prayeth that God v^mdd power f idly 
 deliver him from his enemies. 9 He 
 promiseth to praise God. 11 He 
 prayeth for the happy state of the 
 kingdom. 
 
 A Psalm of David. 
 
 BLESSED be the Lord 
 my strength, which teach- 
 eth my hands to war, and my 
 fingers to fight : 
 2 My goodness, and my for- 
 
David e:doUeth GocVs 
 
 PSALMS. 
 
 poicer and goodness. 
 
 tress; my high tower, and my 
 deliverer ; my shield, and he 
 in whom I trnst; who subdu- 
 eth my people under me. 
 
 3 Lord, what is man, that thou 
 takest knowledge of him ! or the 
 son of man, that thou makest 
 account of him ! 
 
 4 Man is like to vanity : his 
 days ai'e as a shadow that 
 passeth away. 
 
 5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, 
 and come down : touch the 
 mountains, and they shall 
 smoke. 
 
 6 Cast forth lightning, and 
 scatter them : shoot out thine 
 arrows, and destroy them. 
 
 7 Send thine hand from above ; 
 rid me, and deliver me out of 
 gi-eat waters, from the hand of 
 strange children ; 
 
 8 Whose mouth speaketh va- 
 nity, and their right hand is a 
 right hand of falsehood. 
 
 9 I will sing a new song unto 
 thee, O^ God : upon a psaltery 
 and an instrument of ten strmgs 
 ■will I sing praises unto thee. 
 
 10 It is he that giveth salva- 
 tion unto kings : who deliver- 
 eth DaA^d his servant from the 
 hurtful sword. 
 
 11 Rid me, and deliver me 
 from the hand of strange chil- 
 dren, whose mouth speaketh 
 vanity, and their right hand is 
 a right hand of falsehood : 
 
 12 That our sons mai/ be as 
 plants grown up in their youth ; 
 that our daughters mai/ be as 
 comer stones, polished after 
 the similitude of a palace : 
 
 13 That our garners mai/ be 
 full, affording all manner of 
 store : that our sheep may 
 bring forth thousands and ten 
 thousands in our streets : 
 
 14 That our oxen may be strong 
 to labour; that there be no 
 breaking in, nor going out ; 
 that there be no complaining 
 in our streets. 
 
 ^ 15 Happy is that people, that 
 is in such a case : yea, happy 
 is that people, whose God is the 
 Lord. ^ 
 
 PSALM CXLV. "^ 
 
 1 David praiseth God for his fame, 
 Sfo7' his goodness, 11 for his lirtg- 
 dom, 14 for his providence, 17 for 
 Ms saving mercy. 
 
 David's Psalm of praise. 
 
 I WILL extol thee, my God, 
 O king ; and I will bless thy 
 name for ever and ever. 
 
 2 Every day -^411 1 bless thee ; 
 and I Avill praise thy name for 
 ever and ever. 
 
 3 Great is the Lord, and greatly 
 to be praised ; and his greatness 
 is unsearchable. 
 
 4 One generation shall praise 
 thy works to another, and shall 
 declare thy mighty acts. 
 
 5 I will speak of the glorious 
 honour of thy majesty, and of 
 thy wondrous works. 
 
 6 And 7nen shall speak of the 
 might of thy terrible acts : and 
 I will declare thy greatness. 
 
 7 They shall abundantly utter 
 the memory of thy great good- 
 ness, and shall sing of thy righ- 
 teousness. 
 
 8 The Lord is gracious, and 
 full of compassion ; slow to an- 
 ger, and of great mercy. 
 
 9 The Lord is good to all : and 
 his tender mercies are over all 
 his works. 
 
 10 All thy works shall praise 
 thee, O Lord ; and thy saints 
 shall bless thee. 
 
 11 They shall speak of the 
 glory of thy kingdom, and talk 
 of thy power ; 
 
 12 To make known to the sons 
 of men his mighty acts, and the 
 glorious majesty of his kingdom. 
 
 13 Thy kingdom is an ever- 
 lasting kingdom, and thy do- 
 minion endureth throughout 
 all generations. 
 
 14 The Lord upholdeth all 
 that fall, and raiseth up all 
 those that be bowed down. 
 
 15 The eyes of all wait upon 
 thee ; and thou givest them 
 their meat in due season. 
 
 16 Thou openest thine hand, 
 and satisfiest the desire of every 
 living thing. 
 
 17 The Lord is righteous in 
 
Exhorlatioiis to PSALMS. 
 
 all his ways, and lioly in all Lis 
 works. 
 
 18 The Lord is nigh imto all 
 them that call upon him, to all 
 that call ui;on him in truth. 
 
 19 He vdll fulfil the desire of 
 them that fear him : he also 
 will hear theii' ciy, and will 
 ea^•e them. 
 
 20 The Lord presen'eth all 
 them that love him : but all 
 the wicked will he destroy. 
 
 21 IMy mouth shall speak the 
 praise of the Lord : and let all 
 flesh bless his holy name for 
 ever and ever. __ 
 
 PSALM CXLVI. 
 
 1 TJie 2^sahvist voveth perpetual 
 )}i-ai8es to God. 3 He e.rhorteth not 
 to trust in man. 5 God, for his 
 power, justice, mercy, and king- 
 dom, is only icortlm to he trusted. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise 
 the Lord, O my soul. 
 
 2 While I live will I j^raise the 
 Lord : I will sing praises imto 
 my God while I have any being. 
 
 3 Put not yom- tnist m princes, 
 72or in the son of man, in whom 
 there is no help. 
 
 4 His breath goeth forth, he 
 retumeth to his earth ; in that 
 ver>^ day his thoughts perish. 
 
 5 Hap])y is he that hath the 
 God of Jacob for his help, whose 
 hoi)e is m the Lord his Ood : 
 
 G Which made heaven, and 
 earth, the sea, and all that there- 
 in is : which keepeth truth for 
 ever : 
 
 7 Wliich executeth judgment 
 for the oppressed : which giveth 
 food to the hmigry. The Lord 
 looseth the prisoners : 
 
 8 The Lord openeth the eyes 
 of the blind : the Lord raiseth 
 them that are bowed doAvn ; the 
 Lord loveth the righteous : 
 
 9 The Lord preserveth the 
 strangers; he relieve th the fa- 
 therless and widow : but the 
 way of the wicked he tmneth 
 upside down. 
 
 10 The Lord shall reign for 
 ever, even thy God, O Zion, 
 unto all generatiouB. Praise 
 ye the Lobd. 
 
 praise Gcd. 
 
 ' PSALM CXLVn. 
 
 1 TJie pftophet exhorteth to praise 
 God J or his care of the church, 4 i 
 his 'jHJircr, fi and his merrij : 7 torn 
 praise him fen' his providence : 12 I 
 to praise him for his blessings upon * 
 tlie kingdom, \6 for his pov)cr over 
 the meteors, 19 and for his ordi- 
 nances in the church. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord: fori 
 it is good to sing praises! 
 imto our God ; for it is plea- 
 sant ; and praise is comely. 
 
 2 The Lord doth build up Je- 
 rusalem : he gathereth together 
 the outcasts of Israel. 
 
 3 He healeth the broken in 
 heart, and bindeth up their 
 wounds. 
 
 4 He telleth the number of 
 the stai-s ; he calleth them all 
 by their names. 
 
 5 Great is our Lord, and of 
 ^reat power: his midei-standing 
 is infinite. 
 
 G The Lord lifteth up the 
 meek : he casteth the \Wcked 
 do\\'n to the groimd. 
 
 7 Sing unto the Lord with 
 thanksgiving ; sing praise upon 
 the haip unto our God : 
 
 8 Who covereth the heaven 
 with clouds, who prepareth rain i 
 for the earth, who maketh grass | 
 to grow upon the mountains. 
 
 9 He giveth to the beast his] 
 food, and to the young ravens} 
 which cry. 
 
 10 He delighteth not in tliel 
 strength of the horse : he taketlii 
 not pleasure in the legs of a man» ' 
 
 11 The Lord taketh pleasure 
 in them that fear him, in those 
 that hope in his mercy. 
 
 12 Praise the Lord, O Jeru- 
 salem; praise thy God, O Zion. 
 
 13 For he hath strengthened 
 the bars of thy gates ; he hath 
 blessed thy childi'en within thee. 
 
 14 He maketh peace in thy 
 borders, and filleth thee with 
 the finest of the wheat. 
 
 15 He sendeth forth his com- 
 mandment upon earth : his 
 word runneth very s^viftly. 
 
 16 He giveth snow like wool : 
 he scattereth the hoarfrost like 
 
M tilings exiiorted PSALMS. 
 
 17 He castetli fortli his ice like 
 morsels : who can stand before 
 his cold? 
 
 18 He sendeth out his word, 
 and melteth them: he cans- 
 eth his wind to blow, and the 
 watei-s flow. 
 
 19 He sheweth his woixi nn- 
 
 to praise God. 
 PSALM CXLIX. 
 
 to Jacob, liis statutes and his i tion of saints. 
 
 1 TJi£ jyrophet e^hortefli to praise 
 God J or n is love to the church, 5 
 and for that power ichich he hath 
 given to the church. 
 
 PEAISE ye the Lord. Sing 
 imto the Lord a new song, 
 and his praise in the congrega- 
 
 jiidgments unto Israel. 
 20 He hath not dealt so with ! 
 any nation : and as for his judg- 
 ments, they have not known 
 them. Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CXLVIIL 
 
 i Tfie psalmist exhorietk the celestial, 
 7 the ten-e-strial, 11 a^id the rational 
 creatures to praise God. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise 
 ye the Lord from the hea- 
 vens : praise him in the heights. 
 
 2 Praise ye him, all his angels : 
 praise ye hinij all his hosts. 
 
 3 Praise ye him, sun and moon : 
 praise him, all ye stains of Hght. 
 
 4 Praise him, ye heavens of 
 heavens, and ye wateiB that be 
 above the heavens. 
 
 5 Let them praise the name of 
 the Lord : for he commanded, 
 and they were created. 
 
 6 He hath also stablished them 
 foi' ever and ever : he hath made 
 a decree which shall not pass. 
 
 7 Praise the Lord from the 
 earth, ye dragons, and all deeps : 
 
 8 Fhe, and hail; snow, and 
 vapours ; stormy wind fulfilling 
 his word : 
 
 9 Mountains, and all hills; 
 fruitful trees, and all cedars : 
 
 ^ 10 Beasts, and all cattle ; creep- 
 ing things, and iijTng fowl : 
 
 11 Kings of the earth, and all 
 people ; princes, and all judges 
 of the earth : 
 
 12 Both yoimg men, and maid- 
 ens ; old men, and children : 
 
 13 Let them praise the name 
 of the Lord : for his name alone 
 is excellent ; Ms glory is above 
 the earth and heaven. 
 
 14 He also exalteth the horn of 
 his people, the praise of all his 
 saints ; eve)i of the children of 
 Israel, a people near unto him. 
 Praise ye the Lord. 
 
 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that 
 made him: let the children of 
 Zion be joyful in their Iving. 
 
 3 Let them praise his name m 
 the dance : let them sing praises 
 mito him with the timbrel and 
 hai-p. 
 
 4 For the Lord talveth pleasure 
 in his people ; he will beautify 
 the meek -with salvation. 
 
 5 Let the saints b-e jojdul in 
 glory : let them sing aloud upon 
 their beds. 
 
 6 Let the high praises of God 
 be in then mouth, and a two- 
 edged sword in then hand ; 
 
 7 To execute vengeance upon 
 the heathen, and punishments 
 upon the people ; 
 
 8 To bind their kings with 
 chains, and their nobles with 
 fetters of iron ; 
 
 9 To execute upon them the 
 judgment written : this honour 
 have all his samts. Praise ye 
 the Lord. 
 
 PSALM CL. 
 
 1 An exhortation to praise God, 
 3 with all Mild of iustrunients. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise 
 God in his sanctuaiy : praise 
 him in the fiimament of his 
 power. 
 
 2 Pmise liim for his mighty 
 acts : praise him according to 
 his excellent greatness. 
 
 3 Praise him with the sound of 
 the tiTimpet : praise him with 
 the psalteiy and harp. 
 
 4 Praise him vrith the timbrel 
 and dance : praise him with 
 stringed mstruments and organs. 
 
 5 Praise hhn upon the loud 
 C3nnbals : praise liim upon the 
 high sounding cymbals. 
 
 6 Let eveiy thhig that hath 
 breath praise the Lord. Pi-aise 
 ye the Lord. 
 
THE PROVERBS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 The use of the proverbs. 7 An ex- 
 hortation to fear God, and believe 
 his woid. 10 To avoid the enticings 
 of sinners. 20 Wisdom comvlain- 
 eth of her contempt. 21: IShe threat- 
 eueth her contemners. 
 
 THE proverbs of Solomon the 
 son of David, king of Israel; 
 
 2 To know wisdom and in- 
 stiiK'tion ; to perceive tlie words 
 of imderstandinfr ; 
 
 3 To receive the instruction of 
 wisdom, justice, and judgment, 
 and equity ; 
 
 4 To give suhtilty to the simple, 
 to the yoimg man knowledge 
 and discretion. 
 
 5 A v>'ise jnan will hear, and 
 will increase leaniing ; and a 
 man of understanding shall 
 attain mito wise counsels : 
 
 6 To miderstand a proverb, 
 and the inteipretation ; the 
 words of the wise, and their 
 xlark sayings. 
 
 7 ^ The fear of the Lord is 
 the beginning of knowledge : 
 hut fools despise wisdom and 
 instruction. 
 
 8 My son, hear the insti-uction 
 of thy father, and forsake not 
 the law of thy mother : 
 
 9 For they shall be an orna- 
 ment of grace unto thy head, 
 and chains about thy neck. 
 
 10 ^ My son, if sinners entice 
 tliee, consent thou not. 
 
 11 If they say, Come with us, 
 let us lay wait for blood, let 
 us lurk privily for the innocent 
 M-ithout cause : 
 
 12 Let us swallow them up alive 
 as the grave ; and whole, as those 
 that go down into the pit : 
 
 13 We shall find all precious 
 substance, we shall fill our 
 houses with spoil : 
 
 14 Cast in thy lot among us ; 
 let us all have one purse : 
 
 15 My son, walk not thou in 
 the way with them ; refrain thy 
 loot from their path : 
 
 16 For tlieir feet nm to evil, 
 and make haste to shed blood. 
 
 17 Surely in vain the net is 
 spread in the sight of any bird. 
 
 18 And they lay wait for their 
 oivti blood ; they lurk privily 
 for their own lives. 
 
 19 So are the ways of every 
 one that is greedy of gain ; 
 ivhich taketh away the life of 
 the owneiR thereof. 
 
 20 11 Wisdom crieth without; 
 she uttereth her voice in the 
 streets : 
 
 21 She crieth in the chief place 
 of concourse, in i\\Q openings 
 of the gates : in the (,'ity she 
 uttereth her words, saying, 
 
 22 How long, ye simple ones, 
 will ye love simplicity? and the 
 sconiers delight in their scom- 
 
 I ing, and fools hate knowledge? 
 
 I 23 Turn you at my reproof: 
 behold, I will pour out my spi- 
 rit unto you, I will make known 
 my words unto you. 
 
 j 24 1 Because 1 have called, and 
 ye refused ; I have stretched out 
 my hand, and no man regarded ; 
 
 I 25 But ye have set at nought 
 all my counsel, and would none 
 of my reproof : 
 
 j 2G I also will laugh at your 
 calamity ; I will mock when 
 your fear cometh ; 
 
 i 27 When your fear cometh as 
 desolation, and your destruction 
 
 I cometh as a whhlwind ; when 
 distress and anguish cometh up- 
 on you. 
 
 : 28 Then shall they call upon 
 
 I me, but I will not answer ; 
 they shall seek me early, but 
 they shall not find me : ■ 
 
 I 29 For that they hated Imow- 
 ledge, and did not choose the 
 fear of the Lord : i 
 
 j 30 They would none of my 1 
 
 , counsel : they despised all my f 
 
 I reproof. I 
 
 I 31 Therefore shall they eat of I 
 the fruit of their own way, and * 
 
 j be filled with their own devices. 
 
 *i 
 
Tlie study of wiscbin PEOYEEBS, II. p^-cmcietli gcdUness. 
 
 32 For the tummg away of the 
 simple shall slay them, and the 
 prosperity of fools shall destroy 
 them. 
 
 33 But whoso hearkeneth imto 
 me shall dwell safely, and shall 
 be quiet from fear of evil. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 1 Wisdom promiseth godliness to her 
 
 children, 10 and safety fro'm evil 
 
 company, 20 and direction in good 
 
 ivays. 
 
 MY son, if thou wilt receive 
 my words, and hide my 
 commandments with thee ; 
 
 2 So that thou incline thine ear 
 imto wisdom, and apply thine 
 heart to understanding ; 
 
 3 Yea, if thou criest after Imow- 
 ledge, and liftest up thy voice 
 for imderstanding ; 
 
 4 If thou seekest her as sil- 
 ver, and searchest for her as^br 
 hid treasures ; 
 
 5 Then shalt thou understand 
 the fear of the Lord, and find 
 tiie knowledge of G od. 
 
 6 For the Loed giveth wisdom : 
 out of his mouth cometh know- 
 ledge and undei'standing. 
 
 7 He layeth up sound wisdom 
 for the righteous : he is a buck- 
 ler to them that walk uprightly. 
 
 8 He keepeth the paths of 
 judgment, and preserveth the 
 way of his saints. 
 
 9 Then shalt thou understand 
 righteousness, and judgment, 
 and equity ; y^«, every good path. 
 
 ^ 10 U When wisdom entereth 
 into tliine heart, and laiowledge 
 is pleasant unto thy soul ; 
 
 11 Discretion sh^U presence 
 thee, understanding shall keep 
 thee : 
 
 12 To deliver thee from the way 
 of the evil 7nan, from the man 
 that speaketh froward things ; 
 
 13 Who leave the paths of up- 
 rightness, to walk in the ways 
 of darkness ; 
 
 14 Who^ rejoice to do evil, and 
 delight in the frowardness of 
 the wicked ; 
 
 15 Whose ways are crooked, and 
 thei/ froward m their paths : 
 
 16 To deliver thee from the 
 
 strange woman, even fix)m the 
 stranger which flattereth with 
 her words ; 
 
 17 Wiiich forsaketh the guide 
 of her youth, and forge tteth the 
 covenant of her God. 
 
 18 For her house inciineth 
 unto death, and her paths mito 
 the dead. 
 
 19 None that go unto her re- 
 turn again, neither take they 
 hold of the paths of life. 
 
 20 That thou mayest walk in 
 the way of good men, and keep 
 the paths of the righteous. 
 
 21 For the upright shall dwell 
 in the land, and the perfect 
 shall remain in it. 
 
 22 But the wicked shall be cut 
 ofi'from the earth, and the trans- 
 gressors shall be rooted out of it. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 An exhortation to obedience, 5 to 
 faith, 7 to mortijication, 9 to devo- 
 tion, 11 to patience. 13 The ha2ypy 
 gain of icisdcm. 19 Tlie power, 
 21 and the benefits of wisdom. 27 
 An exhortation to charitableness, 
 30 peaceahleness, 31 and contevt- 
 edness. 33 TJie cursed state of the 
 loicked. 
 
 MY son, forget not my law ; 
 but let thine heart keep 
 my commandments : 
 
 2 For length of days, and long 
 life, and peace, shall they add 
 to thee. 
 
 3 Let not mercy and truth for- 
 sake thee : bind them about 
 thy neck ; write them upon the 
 table of thine heart : 
 
 4 So shalt thou find favoiu and 
 good understanding in the sight 
 of God and man. 
 
 5 ^ Trust in the Loed with all 
 thine heart ; and lean not unto 
 thine own imdei'standing. 
 
 6 In all thy ways acknowledge 
 him, and he shall dnect thy 
 paths. 
 
 7 II Be not wise in thine o-wii 
 eyes : fear the Loed, and dei ai t 
 from evil. 
 
 8 It shall be health to thy na- 
 vel, and marrow to thy bones. 
 
 9 Honour the Loed with thy 
 substance, and with the first- 
 fruits of all thine increase : 
 
 Ii3 
 
Tlie heneJU of wisdom. 
 
 10 So shall thy bams be filled 
 with plenty, and thy presses 
 shall burst out with new wine. 
 -" 11 H My son, despise not the 
 chastening of the Lord ; neither 
 be weary of his coirection : 
 
 12 For whom the Lord loveth 
 lie correcteth ; even as a father 
 the son in whom he delightcth. 
 
 13 H Happy is tlie man that 
 lindeth wisdom, and the man 
 that getteth miderstanding. 
 
 14 For the mercliandise of it 
 is better than the mercliandise 
 of silver, and the gain thereof 
 tlian fine gold. 
 
 lo She is more precious than 
 rubies : and all the tilings thou 
 canst desire are not to be com- 
 pared unto Iter. 
 
 16 Length of days is in her 
 right hand ; and in her left 
 hand riches and honour. 
 
 17 Her ways are ways of plea- 
 santness, and all her paths are 
 peace. 
 
 18 She is a tree of life to them 
 tliat lay hold upon her : and 
 happy is every one that retain- 
 eth her. 
 
 19 The Lord by wisdom hath 
 founded the earth; by under- 
 standing hath he established 
 the lieavens. 
 
 20 By his knowledge '(h.Q depths 
 are brol^en up, and the clouds 
 drop doAMi the dew. 
 
 ■^ 21 1 My son, let not them 
 depart from tliine eyes : keep 
 sound wisdom and discretion : 
 
 22 So shall they be life unto thy 
 soul, and grace to thy neclc. 
 
 23 Tlien shalt thou walk m thy 
 way safely, and thy foot shall 
 not stumble. 
 
 24 When thou liest down, thou 
 shalt not be afraid : yea, thou 
 shalt lie do\\Ti, and thy sleep 
 shall be sweet. 
 
 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, 
 neither of the desolation of the 
 wicked, when it cometh. 
 
 26 For the Lord shall be thy 
 confidence, and shall keep thy 
 foot from being taken. 
 
 27 *ii Withhold not good from 
 them to whom it is due, when 
 
 peo\t:rbs, IV. 
 
 Ail exliorkdiun to 
 
 it is in the power of thine hand 
 to do it. 
 
 28 Say not unto thy neigh- 
 bour. Go, and come again, and 
 to morrow I will give ; when 
 thou hast it by thee. 
 
 29 Devise not evil agamst thy 
 neighbour, seeing he dwelletli 
 securely by thee. 
 
 30 •[ Strive not witli a man 
 without cause, if he have done 
 thee no liann. 
 
 31 ^ Envy thou not the op- 
 pressor, and choose none of lus 
 ways. 
 
 32 For the froward is abomi- 
 nation to tlie Lord: but his 
 secret is with the righteous. 
 
 33 ^ The curse of the Lord 
 is in the house of the \dcked : 
 but he blesseth the habitation 
 of tlie jiLst. 
 
 34 Smely he sconieth the 
 scoiiiers : but he giveth grace 
 unto the lowly. 
 
 35 The wise shall inherit glory : 
 but shame shall be the promo- 
 tion of fools. _ 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 1 Solomon, fo ]'M?rsnade ohedirnce, 3 
 fihnceth what ins'ri(cflon he had 
 of his parenfa, 5 fo study ivisdom, 
 14 aiul to shim the path of the 
 VHcked. 20 He cxhoiteth to faith, 
 2^^ and sand ificat ion. 
 
 HEAR, yQ children, the in- 
 stniction of a father, and 
 attend to know understanding. 
 
 2 For I give you good doctrine, 
 foi-sake ye not my law. 
 
 3 For I was my father's son, 
 tender and only beloved in the 
 siglit of my mother. 
 
 4 He taught me also, and said 
 unto me. Let thine heart retain 
 my words : keep my command- 
 ments, and live. 
 
 5 Get wisdom, get under- 
 standing : forget it not ; nei- 
 ther decline from the words of 
 my mouth. 
 
 6 Forsake her not, and she 
 shall preserve thee : love her, 
 and she shall keep thee. 
 
 7 Wisdom is the principal 
 thing ; therefore get wisdom : 
 and with all thy gettini 
 imderstanding. 
 
 get I 
 
 J 
 
tJie diidy of icisdom. PRO VEliBS, V. 
 
 '8 Exalt her, and she shall 
 promote thee : she shall bring 
 thee to honour, when thou dost 
 embrace her. 
 
 9 She shall give to thine head 
 an ornament of grace : a crown 
 of glory shall she deliver to thee. 
 
 10 Hear, O my son, and receive 
 my sayings; and the years of 
 thy life shall be many. 
 
 11 I have taught thee in the 
 way of wisdom ; I have led thee 
 in right paths. 
 
 12 When thou goest, thy steps 
 shall not be straitened ; and 
 when thou runnest, thou shalt 
 not stumble. 
 
 13 Take fast hold of instruc- 
 tion ; let her not go : keep her ; 
 for she is thy life. 
 
 14 IF Enter not into the path of 
 the wicked, and go not in the 
 way of eyil men. 
 
 15 Avoid it, pass not by it, 
 turn from it, and pass away. 
 
 16 For they sleep not, except 
 they have done mischief; and 
 their sleep is taken away, unless 
 they cause some to fall. 
 
 17 For they eat the bread of 
 wickedness, and drink the wine 
 of violence. 
 
 18 But the path of the just is 
 as the shining light, that shineth 
 more and more unto the perfect 
 day. 
 
 19 The way of the wicked is 
 as darlaiess : they loiow not at 
 what they stumble. 
 
 20 1[ My son, attend to my 
 words; incline thine ear unto 
 my sayings. 
 
 21 Let them not depart from 
 thine eyes; keep them in the 
 midst of thine heart. 
 
 22 For they are life unto those 
 that find them, and health to all 
 their flesh. 
 
 23 IF Keep thy heart with all 
 diligence ; for out of it are the 
 issues of life. 
 
 24 Put away from thee a fro- 
 ward mouth, and perverse lips 
 put far from thee. 
 
 25 Let thine eyes look right 
 on, and let thine eyelids look 
 straight before thee. 
 
 MiscMefa oficJim-edom. 
 
 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, 
 and let all thy ways be esta- 
 blished. 
 
 27 Turn not to the right hand 
 nor to the left : remove thy foot 
 from evil. 
 
 CHAPTER V. "" 
 
 1 Solomon exhcrteth to the study of 
 wisdom. 3 He slieiveth the mischief 
 of whoredmn and rict. 15 He exhort- 
 etli to contentedness, liberality, and 
 chastity. 22 The wicked are ovet:^ 
 taken iviih their own sin^. 
 
 MY son, attend unto my wis- 
 dom, and bow thine ear to 
 my imderstanding : 
 
 2 That thou mayest regard dis- 
 cretion, ^nd that thy lips may 
 keep knowledge. 
 
 3 IF For the lips of a strange 
 woman drop as an honeycomb, 
 and her mouth is smoother than 
 oil: 
 
 4 But her end is bitter as worm- 
 wood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 
 
 5 Pier feet go down to death.; 
 her steps take hold on hell. 
 
 6 Lest thou shouldest pon-der 
 the path of life, her ways are 
 moveable, that thou canst not 
 know them. 
 
 7 Hear me now therefore, O ye 
 childien, and depart not from 
 the words of my mouth. 
 
 8 Eemove thy way far from 
 her, and come not nigh the door 
 of her house : 
 
 9 Lest thou give thine honour 
 unto othei-s, and thy years unto 
 tlie cruel : 
 
 10 Lest strangers be filled with 
 thy wealth ; and thy laboui^ be 
 in the house of a stranger ; 
 
 11 And thou mourn at the last, 
 when thy flesh and thy body 
 are consumed, 
 
 ^ 12 And say. How have I hated 
 instruction, and my heart de- 
 spised reproof; 
 
 13 And have not obeyed the 
 voice of my teachei-s, nor in- 
 clined mine ear to them that 
 instructed me ! ^ 
 
 14 I was almost in all evil in 
 the midst of the congTCgation 
 and assembly. 
 
 15 IF Drink waters out of tliine 
 
Against sm-elisliq), 
 
 own cistern, and running watere 
 out of thine OAvn well. 
 
 16 Let tliy fountains be dis- 
 persed abroad, and rivers of 
 waters in the streets. 
 
 17 Let them be only thine ovm, 
 and not strangers' with thee. 
 
 18 I^et thy fountain be bless- 
 ed: and rejoice with the >vife 
 of tliy youth. 
 
 19 Let her be as the loving 
 hind and pleasant roe ; let her 
 breasts satisfy thee at all times ; 
 and be thou ravished always 
 with her love. 
 
 20 And why wilt thou, my son, 
 be ravished with a strange wo- 
 man, and embrace the bosom of 
 a stranger? 
 
 21 Yov the ways of man a?'^ be- 
 fore the eyes of the Lord, and 
 he pondercth all his goings. 
 
 22 ^[ His own iniquities shall 
 take the wicked himself, and he 
 shall be holden with the cords 
 of his sins. 
 
 23 He shall die without uistruc- 
 tion ; aiK^ in the greatness of 
 lii*^ folly he shall go astray. 
 
 CHAFrER VL 
 1 Against sxretiship, 6 idleness, 12 
 and mfscJn'evoHsness. 16 Sevpn 
 things hatefid to God.. 20 T]ie 
 hles:dngs of obedience. 25 The mis- 
 chiefs of wJioredom. 
 
 MY son, if thou be surety 
 for thy friend, if thou 
 hast stricken thy hand with a 
 stranger, 
 
 2 Thou art snared with the 
 words of thy mouth, thou art 
 talsien with the yfords of thy 
 mouth. 
 
 3 Do this now, my son, and de- 
 liver thyself, when thou art come 
 into the hand of thy friend ; go, 
 humble thyself, and make suie 
 thy friend. 
 
 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, 
 nor slumber to thine eyelids. 
 
 .5 Deliver thyself as a roe from 
 the liand of the hunter, and as 
 a bird from the hand of the 
 fowler. 
 
 6 IF Go to the ant, thou slug- 
 gard; consider her ways, and 
 be wise : 
 
 PROVERBS, VI. 
 
 idleness f <^c. 
 
 7 Which having no guide, over- 
 seer, or ruler, 
 
 8 Pro^•idcth her meat in the 
 summer, and gathereth her 
 food in the har\'est. 
 
 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O 
 sluggard? when ^vilt thou arise 
 out of thy sleep ? 
 
 10 Yei a Uttle sleep, a little 
 slumber, a little folding of the 
 hands to sleep : 
 
 11 So shall tliy poverty come 
 as one that travelleth, and thy 
 want as an armed man. 
 
 12 '[ A naiighty person, a vdck- 
 ed man, walketh with a fro ward 
 mouth. 
 
 13 He winkcth with liis eyes, 
 he speaketh with his feet, he 
 teacheth with liis fingers ; 
 
 14 Frowardness is in his heart, 
 he deviseth mischief continu- 
 ally ; he soweth discord. 
 
 15 Therefore shall liis cala- 
 mity come suddenly; suddenly 
 shall he be broken without re- 
 medy. 
 
 IG ^ These six things doth the 
 Lord hate: yea, seven ai^e an 
 abomination unto him : 
 
 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, 
 and hands that shed innocent 
 blood, 
 
 18 All heart that deviseth -wick- 
 ed imaginations, feet that be 
 swift in running to mischief, 
 
 19 A false witness that speak- 
 etli lies, and he that sov;eth dis- 
 cord among brethren. 
 
 20 •; My son, keep thy father's 
 commandment, and forsake not 
 the law of thy mother : 
 
 21 Bind them continually upon 
 tliuie heart, aiid tie them about 
 thy neck. 
 
 22 When thou goest, it shall 
 lead thee; when thou sleepest, 
 it shall keep thee; and when 
 thou awakest, it shall talk with 
 thee. 
 
 23 For the commandment is 
 a lamp; and the law is light; 
 and reproofs of instruction are 
 the way of life : 
 
 24 To keep thee from the evil 
 woman, from the flattery of the 
 tongue of a strange woman. 
 
Solomon persiiadeth PROYERBS, VII. 
 
 to wisdmn. 
 
 25 Lust not after her beauty 
 in thine heart; neither let her 
 take thee with her eyelids. 
 
 26 For by means of a whorish 
 woman a man is brought to a 
 piece of bread: and the adul- 
 teress will hunt for the precious 
 life. 
 
 27 Can a man take fire in his 
 bosom, and his clothes not be 
 burned ? 
 
 28 Can one go upon hot coals, 
 and his feet not be burned? 
 
 29 So he that goeth in to his 
 neighbom-'s wife ; whosoever 
 toucheth her shall not be in- 
 nocent. 
 
 30 Men do not despise a thief, 
 if he steal to satisfy his soul 
 when he is hungry ; 
 
 31 But //he be foimd, he shall 
 restore sevenfold ; he shall give 
 all the substance of his house. 
 
 32 But whoso committeth a- 
 dultery with a woman lacketh 
 understanding: he that doeth 
 it destroyeth his own soul. 
 
 33 A wound and dishonour 
 shall he get ; and his reproach 
 shall not be wiped away. 
 
 34 For jealou^sy is the rage of 
 a man: therefore he will not 
 spare in the day of vengeance. 
 
 35 He will not regard any ran- 
 som; neither will he rest con- 
 tent, though thou givest many 
 gifts. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 1 Solomon persuadeth to a sincere 
 and hind familiarity toith wisdom. 
 6 In an exam^tle of his own expe- 
 rience, Jie slieimtli 10 tlie cunning 
 of an whore, 22 and the desperate 
 simplicity of a young wanton. 24 
 He dehorteth from such wicked- 
 ness. 
 
 MY son, keep my words, and 
 lay up my commandments 
 with thee. 
 
 2 Keep my commandments, 
 and live; and my law as the 
 apple of thine eye. 
 
 3 Bind them upon thy fingers, 
 wiite them upon the table of 
 thine heart. 
 
 4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art 
 my sister; and call understand- 
 ing thy kinswoman : 
 
 5 That they may keep thee 
 from the strange woman, from 
 the stranger ivhich flattereth 
 with her words. 
 
 6 IF For at the window of my 
 house I looked through my 
 casement, 
 
 7 And beheld among the sim- 
 ple ones, I discerned among the 
 youths, a yoimg man void of 
 understanding, 
 
 8 Passing thi-ough the street 
 near her comer; and he went 
 the way to her house, 
 
 9 In the twihght, in the even- 
 ing, in the black and dark night : 
 
 10 And, behold, there met him 
 a woman with the attire of an 
 harlot, and subtil of heart. 
 
 11 (She is loud and stubborn ; 
 her feet abide not in her house : 
 
 12 Now is she without, now in 
 the streets, and lieth in wait at 
 eveiy comer.) 
 
 13 So she caught him, and 
 kissed him, and with an impu- 
 dent face said unto him, 
 
 14 / have peace ofterings with 
 me ; this day have I payed my 
 vows. 
 
 15 Therefore came I forth to 
 meet thee, diligently to seek thy 
 face, and I have found thee. 
 
 16 I have decked my bed with 
 coverings of tapestry, wath cann- 
 ed works, with fine linen of 
 Egypt. 
 
 17 I have perfumed my bed 
 with myrrh, aloes, and cinna- 
 mon. 
 
 18 Come, let us take our fill 
 of love until the morning : let - 
 us solace ourselves with loves. 
 
 19 For the goodman is not at 
 home, he is gone a long journey : 
 
 20 He hath taken a bag of 
 money with him, ajid will come 
 home at the day appointed. 
 
 21 With her much fair speech 
 she caused him to yield, with 
 the flattering of her lips she 
 forced him. 
 
 22 He goeth after her straight- 
 way, as an ox goeth to the slaugh- 
 ter, or as a fool to the correction 
 of the stocks ; 
 
 23 Till a dart stiike thi'ough 
 
TJie solemn call. 
 
 PROVERBS, VIII. exceJlencv, ncdiw. 
 
 his liver; as a bird hasteth to 
 the snare, and kiioweth not that 
 it is for his life. 
 
 24 II Hearken unto me now 
 therefore, O ye children, and at- 
 tend to the words of my mouth. 
 
 25 Let not tliine heart decline 
 to her ways, go not astray in her 
 paths. 
 
 26 For she hath cast do^^^l 
 many wounded : yea, many 
 strong men have been slain by 
 her. 
 
 27 Her house is the way to hell, 
 going down to the chambers of 
 death. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 1 Hie fame, G and evidency of ivls- 
 dom. 10 21ie cxcellcncn, 12 tlie 'na- 
 ture, 15 the power, 18 the riches, 
 22 and the eternity of wisdom. 32 
 Wisdom is to be desired for the 
 blessedness it briagcth. 
 
 DOTH not wisdom cry? and 
 understanding put forth her 
 voice ? 
 
 2 She standeth in the top of 
 high places, by the way in the 
 places of the paths. 
 
 3 She crieth at the gates, at 
 the entry of the city, at the 
 
 . coming in at the dooi-s. 
 
 4 Unto you, O men, I call ; and 
 my voice is to the sons of man. 
 
 5 O ye simple, understand wis- 
 dom : and, ye fools, be ye of an 
 understanding heart. 
 
 6 Hear ; for I Avill speak of ex- 
 cellent things ; and the opening 
 of my lips shall be right things. 
 
 7 For my mouth shall speak 
 tnith; and wickedness is an 
 abomination to my lips. 
 
 8 All the words of my mouth 
 are in righteousness; there is 
 nothing froward or perverse m 
 them. 
 
 9 They are all plain to him 
 that understandeth, and right 
 to them that find knowledge. 
 
 10 Receive my instruction, and 
 not silver; and knowledge ra- 
 ther than choice gold. 
 
 11 For wisdom is better than 
 rubies ; and all the things that 
 may be desired are not to be 
 compared to it. ^^ 
 
 12 I wisdom dwell with pru- 
 den(;e, and find out knowledge 
 of witty inventions. 
 
 13 The fear of the Lord is to 
 hate evil : pride, and anogancy, 
 and the evil way, and the fro- 
 ward mouth, do I hate. 
 
 14 Counsel is mine, and sound 
 wisdom : I am understandhig ; 
 I have strength. 
 
 15 By me kings reign, and 
 princes decree justice. 
 
 16 By me princes nile, and 
 nobles, even all the judges of 
 the earth. 
 
 17 I love them that love me ; 
 and those that seek me early 
 shall find me. 
 
 18 Riches and honour are with 
 me; j/ea, durable riches and 
 righteousness. 
 
 19 My fruit is better than gold, 
 yea, than fine gold ; and my 
 revenue than choice silver. 
 
 20 I lead in the way of righ- 
 teousness, in the midst of the 
 paths of judgment: 
 
 21 That I may cause those tliat 
 love me to inherit substance-; 
 and I will fill their treasures. 
 
 22 The Lord possessed me in 
 the beginning of his way, before 
 his works of old. 
 
 23 I was set up from everlast- 
 ing, from the beginning, or ever 
 the earth was. 
 
 24 When there were no depths, 
 I was brought forth ; when there 
 were no fountains abounding 
 with water. 
 
 25 Before the mountains were 
 settled, before the hills was I 
 brought forth : 
 
 26 While as yet he had not 
 made the earth, nor the fields, 
 nor the highest part of the dust 
 of the world. 
 
 27 When he prepared the hea- 
 vens, I was there : when he set 
 a compass upon the face of the 
 depth : 
 
 28 When he established the 
 clouds above : when he strength- 
 ened the fountains of the deep : 
 
 29 When he gave to the sea his 
 decree, that the waters should 
 not pass his commandment: 
 
etermty, discipUae, and PEOYEEBS, IX. dodrim of icisdom. 
 
 when lie appointed tlie foun- 
 dations of the earth : 
 
 30 Then I was by him, as one 
 brought up with him: and I 
 was daily his delight, rejoicing 
 always before him ; 
 
 31 Kejoicing in the habitable 
 part of his earth ; and my de- 
 lights tvere with the sons of 
 men. 
 
 32 Now therefore hearken unto 
 me, O ye children: for blessed 
 are they that keep my ways. 
 
 33 Hear instruction, and be 
 wise, and refuse it not. 
 
 34 Blessed is the man that 
 heareth me, watching daily at 
 my gates, waiting at the posts 
 of my doors. 
 
 35 For whoso findeth me find- 
 eth life, and shall obtain fayour 
 of the LoED. 
 
 36 But he that sinneth against 
 me wi'ongeth his own soul : all 
 they that hate me love death. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 1 T]ie discipline, i and doctrine of 
 idsdom. 13 The custom, 16 and 
 error of folly. 
 
 T^SDOM hath builded her 
 f V house, she hath hewn out 
 
 her seven pillars : 
 
 2 She hath killed her beasts; 
 she hath mingled her wine ; she 
 hath also fm-nished her table. 
 
 3 She hath sent forth her maid- 
 ens : she crieth upon the high- 
 est places of the city, 
 
 4 Whoso is simple, let him turn 
 in hither : asfo7' him that want- 
 eth understanding, she saith to 
 him, 
 
 5 Come, eat of my bread, and 
 drink of the wine which I have 
 mingled. 
 
 6 Forsake the foolish, and live ; 
 and go in the way of under- 
 standing. 
 
 7 He that reproveth a scorner 
 getteth to himself shame : and 
 he that rebuketh a wicked mari 
 getteth himself a blot. 
 
 8 Eeprove not a scomer, lest he 
 hate thee : rebuke a mse man, 
 and he will love thee. 
 
 9 Give instruction to a wise 
 man, and he wHl be yet wiser : 
 
 teach a just man, and he will 
 increase in learning. 
 
 10 The fear of the Loed is 
 the beginning of wisdom : and 
 the knowledge of the holy is 
 understanding. 
 
 11 For by me thy days shall 
 be multiplied, and the yeai-s of 
 thy life shall be increased. 
 
 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt 
 be wise for thyself: but ?/thqu 
 scornest, thou alone shalt bear it, 
 
 13 IF A foolish woman is cla- 
 morous : she is simple, and 
 laioweth nothing. 
 
 14 For she sitteth at the door 
 of her house, on a seat in the 
 high places of the city, 
 
 15 To call passengers who go 
 right on their ways : 
 
 16 AVhoso is simple, let him 
 turn in hither : and as for him 
 that wanteth understanding, she 
 saith to him, 
 
 17 Stolen waters are sweet, 
 and bread eaten in secret is 
 pleasant. 
 
 18 But he knoweth not that the 
 dead are there; and that her 
 guests are in the depths of hell. 
 
 CHAPTER X. "~^ 
 
 From this chapter to the Jive and 
 twentieth are sundry observations 
 of moral virtues, and their con- 
 trary vices. 
 
 THE proverbs of Solomon. 
 A wise son maketh a glad 
 father : but a foolish son is the 
 heaviness of his mother. 
 
 2 Treasures of wickedness pro- 
 fit nothing: but righteousness 
 delivereth from death. 
 
 3 The LoED will not suffer the 
 soul of the righteous to famish : 
 but he casteth away the sub- 
 stance of the wicked. 
 
 4 He becometh poor that deal- 
 eth with a slack hand : but the 
 hand of the diligent maketh 
 rich. 
 
 5 He that gathereth in sum- 
 mer is a wise son: put he that 
 sleepeth in harvest is a son that 
 cause th shame. 
 
 6 Blessings arg upon the head 
 of the just : but violence cover- 
 eth the mouth of the wicked. 
 
Mcn'ol miiies, ami 
 
 PROVERBS, XI. th/^ir contrary ekes. 
 
 7 The memory of tlie just is 
 blsFsed: but the name of the 
 wicked shall rot. 
 
 8 The wise in heart will re- 
 ceive commandments: but a 
 prating fool sliall fall. 
 
 9 He that walketh uprightly 
 walketh surely: but he that 
 perverteth his Avays shall be 
 known. 
 
 10 He that winketh with the 
 eye causeth sorrow : but a prat- 
 ing fool shall fall. 
 
 11 The mouth of a righteous 
 man is a well of life : but vio- 
 lence covereth the mouth of the 
 wicked. 
 
 12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: 
 but love covereth all sins. 
 
 13 In the lips of him that hath 
 understanding wisdom is found : 
 but a rod is for the back of him 
 that is void of imderstanding. 
 
 14 Wise men lay up know- 
 ledge : but the mouth of the 
 foolish is near destruction. 
 
 15 The rich man's wealth is 
 his strong city : the destruction 
 of the poor is their poverty. — 
 
 16 The labour of the righteous 
 tendeih to life : the fruit of the 
 ^vicked to sin. 
 
 17 He is in the way of life 
 that keepeth instmction : but 
 he that refuseth reproof erreth. 
 
 18 He that hideth hatred with 
 lying lips, and he that uttereth 
 a slander, is a fool. 
 
 19 In the multitude of words 
 there wanteth not sin: but he 
 that refraineth his lips is wise. 
 
 20 The tongue of the just is as 
 choice silver : the heart of the 
 wicked is little w^orth. 
 
 21 The lips of the righteous 
 feed many: but fools die for 
 want of wisdom. 
 
 22 The blessing of the Loed, 
 it maketh rich, and he addeth 
 no sorrow with it. 
 
 23 It is as sport to a fool to do 
 mischief: but a man of under- 
 standiQg hath wisdom. 
 
 24 The fear of the wicked, it 
 shall come upon him: but the 
 desire of the righteous shaU be 
 granted. 
 
 25 As the whirlwind passe th, 
 so is the wicked no more : but 
 the righteous is an everlasting 
 foundation. 
 
 26 As vinegar to the teeth, and 
 as smoke to the eyes, so is the 
 sluggard to them that send him. 
 
 27 The fear of the Lord pro- 
 longeth days: but the years of 
 the wicked shall be shortened. 
 
 28 The hope of the righteoViS 
 shall be gladness: but the ex- 
 pectation of the wicked shall 
 perish. 
 
 29 The way of the Lord is \ 
 strength to the upright : but de- 
 stniction shall be to the workeis 
 of iniquity. 
 
 30 The righteous shall never 
 be removed: but the wi<;ked 
 shall not inhabit the earth. 
 
 31 The mouth of the just bring- 
 etli forth wisdom: but the frc- 
 ward tongue shall be cut out. 
 
 32 The lips of the righteous 
 know what is acceptable : but 
 the mouth of the wicked ^peak- 
 eth frowardness. _ 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 A FALSE balance is abomi- , 
 nation to the Lord : but | 
 a just weight is his delight. 
 
 2 When pride cometh, then 
 Cometh shame: but with the 
 lowly is wisdom. 
 
 3 The mtegrity of the upright 
 shall guide them : but the per- 
 verseness of transgressors shall 
 destroy them. 
 
 4 Riches profit not in the day 
 of wrath : but righteousness de- 
 livereth from death. 
 
 5 The righteousness of the per- 
 fect shall direct his way: but 
 the wicked shall fall by his own 
 wickedness. 
 
 6 The righteousness of the up- 
 right shall deliver them: but 
 transgressors shall be taken in 
 their own naughtiness. 
 
 7 When a wicked man dieth, 
 his expectation shall perish : 
 and the hope of unjust men 
 perisheth. 
 
 8 The righteous is delivered 
 out of trouble, and the wicked 
 cometh in his stead. — 
 
Moral viiii(£s, ami 
 
 PROVERBS, XII. their contrary vices. 
 
 9 An hypocrite with his mouth 
 destroyeth his neighbour: but 
 through knowledge shall the 
 just be delivered. 
 
 10 When it goeth well with the 
 righteous, the city rejoiceth: and 
 when the wicked perish, there is 
 shouting. 
 
 11 By the blessing of the up- 
 right the city is exalted: but 
 it is overthrown by the mouth 
 of the mcked. 
 
 12 He that is void of -wdsdom 
 despiseth his neighbour : but a 
 man of understanding holdeth 
 liis peace. 
 
 13 A talebearer revealeth se- 
 crets : but he that is of a faith- 
 ful spirit concealeth the mat- 
 ter. 
 
 14 Where no coimsel is, the 
 people fall: but in the mul- 
 titude of counsellors there is 
 safety. 
 
 15 He that is surety for a 
 stranger shall smart /br it: 
 and he that hateth suretiship 
 is sure. 
 
 16 A gracious woman retaineth 
 honour : and strong men retain 
 riches. 
 
 17 The merciful man doeth 
 good to his own soul: but he 
 that is cruel troubleth his own 
 flesh. 
 
 18 The wicked worketh a de- 
 ceitful work: but to him that 
 soweth righteousness shall be a 
 sure reward. 
 
 19 As righteousness tendeth to 
 life : so he that pursueth evil 
 jmrsueth it to his own death. 
 
 20 They that are of a froward 
 heart are abomination to the 
 Lord : but such as are upright 
 in their way are his delight. 
 
 21 Though hand join m hand, 
 the wicked shall not be unpu- 
 nished: but the seed of the 
 righteous shall be delivered. 
 
 22 J5 a jewel of gold in a 
 swine's snout, so is a fair wo- 
 man which is without discre- 
 tion. 
 
 23 The desii-e of the righteous 
 is only good : hut the expecta- 
 tion of the wicked is ^Tath. 
 
 / 
 
 24 There is that scattereth, and 
 yet increaseth ; and there is that 
 withholdeth more than is meet, 
 but it tendeth to poverty. 
 
 25 The liberal soul shall be 
 made fat: and he that water- 
 eth shall be watered also him- 
 self. 
 
 26 He that withholdeth corn, 
 the people shall curse him : but 
 blessing shall be upon the head 
 of Mm that selleth it. 
 
 27 He that diligently seeketh 
 good procureth favour: but he 
 that seeketh mischief, it shall 
 come unto him. 
 
 28 He that trusteth in liis 
 riches shall fall: but the righ- 
 teous shall flourish as a branch. 
 
 29 He that troubleth his own 
 house shall inherit the wind: 
 and the fool shall be servant to 
 the wise of heart. 
 
 30 The fruit of the righteous 
 is a tree of life ; and he that 
 wunieth souls is wise. 
 
 31 Behold, the righteous shall 
 be recompensed in the earth: 
 much more the wicked and tlie 
 sioner. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 TTTTHOSO loveth iastruction 
 V T loveth knowledge : but he 
 that hateth reproof is brutish. 
 
 2 A good mu7i obtaiaeth favour 
 of the LoED : but a man of wick- 
 ed devices wUl he condemn. 
 
 3 A man shall not be esta- 
 blished by wickedness : but the 
 root of the righteous shall not 
 be moved. 
 
 4 A virtuous woman is a crown 
 to her husband: but she that 
 maketh ashamed is as rotten- 
 ness in his bones. 
 
 5 The thoughts of the righte- 
 ous are right : but the coimsels 
 of the wicked are deceit. 
 
 6 The words of the wicked are 
 to lie in wait for blood : but the 
 mouth of the upright shall de- 
 liver them. 
 
 7 The wicked are overthrown, 
 and are not : but the house of 
 the righteous shall stand. 
 
 8 A man shall be commended 
 according to his wisdom : but he 
 
Moral vhiues, and PROVERBS, XIII. their contrary vices. 
 
 that is of a perverse heart shall 
 be despised. 
 
 ' 9 He that is despised, and hath 
 a servant, is better than he that 
 honoiireth liiniself, and lacketh 
 bread. 
 
 10 A righteous man rcgardeth 
 the hfe of liLs beast; but the 
 tender mercies of the wicked 
 are cniel. 
 
 11 He that tillcth liis land shall 
 be satisfied with bread : but he 
 that followeth vain persons is 
 void of understanding. 
 
 12 The wicked desireth the net 
 of evil men : but the root of the 
 righteous yieldeth/r z< it. 
 
 13 The wicked is snared by 
 tlie transgression of his lips: 
 but the just shall come out of 
 trouble. 
 
 14 A man shall he satisfied 
 with good by the fruit of his 
 mouth: and the recorapence 
 of a man's hands slmll be ren- 
 dered unto liim. 
 
 15 The way of a fool is right 
 in liis own eyes: but he that 
 hearkeneth mito counsel is wise. 
 
 IG A fool's wrath is presently 
 known : but a prudent man 
 covereth shame. 
 
 17 He that speaketh tnith 
 sheweth forth righteousness : 
 but a false witness deceit. 
 
 18 There is that speaketh like 
 the piercings of a sword : but 
 the tongue of the wise is health. 
 
 ^ 19 The lip of truth shall be es- 
 tablished for ever : but a lying 
 tongue is but for a moment. 
 
 20 Deceit is m the heart of 
 them that imagine evil: but to 
 the counsellors of peace is joy. 
 
 21 There shall no evil happen 
 to the just : but the wicked shall 
 be filled with mischief. 
 
 22 L>ing lips are abomination 
 to the Lord : but they that deal 
 tnily are liis delight. 
 
 23 A prudent man concealeth 
 knowledge: but the heart of 
 fools ])roclaimeth foolishness. 
 
 24 The hand of the diligent 
 shall bear rule: but the sloth- 
 ful shall be under tribute. 
 
 25 Heaviness in the heart of 
 
 man maketh it stoop: but a 
 good word maketh it glad. 
 2tj The righteous is more ex- 
 cellent than his neighbour : but 
 the way of the wicked seducetli 
 them. 
 
 27 The slotliful man roasteth 
 not that which he took in hunt- 
 ing : but the substance of a di- 
 ligent man is precious. 
 
 28 In the way of righteousness 
 is life ; and in the puihway the re- 
 ft/ there is no death. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 A WISE son heareth his fa- 
 ther's instniction: but a 
 sconier heareth not rebuke. 
 
 2 A man shall eat good by 
 the fruit oi his mouth: but the 
 soul of the transgressors shall 
 eat violence. 
 
 3 He that keepeth his mouth 
 keepeth his life : but he that 
 openeth wide liis lips shall liave 
 destniction. 
 
 4 The soul of the sluggard de- 
 sireth, and hath notliing : but 
 the soul of the diligent shall be 
 made fat. 
 
 5 A righteous man hateth ly- 
 ing : but a wicked man is loath- 
 some, and Cometh to shame. 
 
 6 Righteousness keepeth him 
 that is upright in the way : but 
 wickedness overthroweth the 
 sinner. 
 
 7 There is that maketh himself 
 rich, yet hath nothing : there is 
 that maketh liimself poor, yet 
 hath great riches. 
 
 8 The ransom of a man's life 
 are his riches: but the poor 
 heareth not rebuke. 
 
 9 The light of the righteous 
 rejoiceth : but the lamp of the 
 wicked shall be put out. 
 
 10 Only by pride cometh con- 
 tention: but with the well ad- 
 vised is wisdom. 
 
 11 Wealth gotten by vanity 
 shall be diminished: but he 
 that gathereth by labour shall 
 increase. 
 
 12 Hope deferred maketh the 
 heart sick : but when the desii-e 
 cometh, it is a tree of life. 
 
 13 Whoso despiseth the word 
 
3Iord virtues, and PROYEEBS, XIV. Oieir cmitrm-y vices. 
 
 shall be destroyed : but lie that 
 feareth the connnandment shall 
 be rewarded. 
 
 14 The law of the wise is a 
 fountain of life, to depart from 
 the snares of death. 
 
 15 Good understanding giveth 
 favour: but the way of trans- 
 gressors is hard. 
 
 16 Every prudent man dealeth 
 with knowledge : but a fool lay- 
 eth open his folly. 
 
 17 A wicked messenger falleth 
 into mischief: but a faithful 
 ambassador is health. 
 
 18 Poverty and shame shall 
 be to him that refuseth instruc- 
 tion : but he that regardeth re- 
 proof shall be honoured. 
 
 19 The desire accomplished 
 is sweet to the soul: but it is 
 abommation to fools to depart 
 from evil. 
 
 20 He that walketh with wise 
 men shall be vrise : but a com- 
 panion of fools shall be de- 
 stroyed. 
 
 21 Evil pursueth sinners : but 
 to the righteous good shall be 
 repayed. 
 
 22 A good man leaveth an in- 
 lieritance to his childi^en's chil- 
 dren: and the wealth of the 
 sinner is laid up for the just. 
 
 23 Much food is in the till- 
 age of the poor : but there is 
 that is destroyed for want of 
 judgment. 
 
 ' 24 He that spareth his rod hat- 
 eth his son : but he that loveth 
 him chasteneth him betimes. 
 
 25 The righteous eateth to the 
 satisfying of his soul : but the 
 belly of the wicked shall want. 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 EVERY wise woman build- 
 eth her house : but the fool- 
 ish plucketh it down with her 
 hands. 
 
 2 He that walketh in his up- 
 rightness feareth the Lord : but 
 he that is perverse ui his ways 
 despiseth Mm. 
 
 3 In the mouth of the foolish 
 is a rod of pride : but the lips of 
 the wise shall preserve them. 
 
 4 Where no oxen are, the crib 
 
 is clean : but much increase is 
 by the strength of the ox. 
 
 5 A faithful witness will not 
 lie: but a false witness will 
 utter lies. 
 
 6 A scomer seeketh wisdom, 
 and Jindeth it not : but know- 
 ledge is easy unto him that un- 
 derstandeth. 
 
 7 Go from the presence of a 
 foolish maUj when thou per- 
 ceivest not in him the lips of 
 knowledge. "^ 
 
 8 The wisdom of the prudent is 
 to understand his way : but the 
 folly of fools is deceit. 
 
 9 Fools make a mock at sin: 
 but among the righteous there 
 is favour. 
 
 10 The heart knoweth his own 
 bitterness; and a stranger doth 
 not intermeddle with his joy. 
 
 11 The house of the wicked 
 shall be overthrown: but the 
 tabernacle of the upright shall 
 flourish. 
 
 12 There is a way which seem- 
 etli right unto a man, but tlie 
 end thereof are the ways of 
 death. 
 
 13 Even in laughter the heart 
 is sorrowful; and the end of 
 that mirth is heaviness. 
 
 14 The backslider in heart shall 
 be filled with his own ways : and 
 a good man shall he satisfied 
 from himself. 
 
 15 The simple believeth eve- 
 ry word : but the prudent ma/n 
 looketh well to his going. — ~ 
 
 16 A wise man feareth, and 
 departeth from evil: but the 
 fool rageth, and is confident. 
 
 17 He that is soon angry deal- 
 eth foolishly: and a man of 
 wicked devices is hated. 
 
 18 The simple inherit folly: 
 but the prudent are crowned 
 with knowledge. 
 
 19 The evil bow before the 
 good; and the 's\T:cked at the 
 gates of the righteous. 
 
 20 The poor is hated even of 
 his o^vn neighbour : but the rich 
 hath many friends. 
 
 21 He that despiseth his neigh- 
 bour sinneth : but he that hath 
 
PROVERBS, 
 
 poor, happy is 
 
 Moral virtues, and 
 
 mercy on the 
 lie. 
 
 22 Do they not err that devise 
 evil ? bnt meicy and truth shall 
 be to them tliat devise pood. - 
 
 23 In all labour there is i)rofit : 
 but the talk of the lips tendeth 
 only to peuiu-y. 
 
 24 The crown of the wise is 
 their riches : hut the foolisliness 
 of fools i^ folly. 
 
 25 A tine witness delivereth 
 Rouls: but a deceitful witness 
 PI)eaketh lies. 
 
 2(3 In the fear of the Lord is 
 strong conlidence : and his chil- 
 dren shall have a place of refuge. 
 
 27 The fear of the Lord i* a 
 ibmitain of lii'e, to depart from 
 the snares of death. 
 
 28 In the multitude of people 
 is the king's honour : but in the 
 want of people is the destiTic- 
 tion of the prince. 
 
 " 29 He that is slow to wrath is 
 of great understanding : but he 
 that is hasty of spirit exalteth 
 folly. 
 
 30 A sound heart is the life of 
 the flesh : but envy the rotten- 
 ness of tlie bones. 
 
 31 He that oi)i)resseth the poor 
 reproacheth his Maker : but he 
 that honoureth liim hath mercy 
 on the poor. 
 
 32 The wicked is driven away 
 in his wickedness : but the righ- 
 teous hath hope in liis death. 
 
 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart 
 of liim that hath understanding : 
 but that which is in the midst 
 of fools is made known. 
 
 XV. tlteir conlrary vios. 
 
 every place, beholding the evil 
 and the good. 
 
 4 A wholesome tongue is a tree 
 of life : but pen'erseness there- 
 in is a breach in the spirit. 
 
 5 A fool despiseth his father's 
 instruction : but he that regard- 
 eth reproof is prudent. 
 
 G In the house of the riglitoous 
 is much treasure : but in the re- 
 venues of the wicked is trouble. 
 
 7 The lips of the Avise disperse 
 knowledge : but the heart of the 
 ioolish (locth not so. 
 
 8 The sacnfire of the wicked 
 is an abomination to the Lord : 
 but the i)rayer of the upright is 
 his delight. 
 
 1) The way of the wicked is an 
 abomination unto the Lord: 
 but he loveth him that follow- 
 eth after righteousness. 
 
 10 Correction is grievous unto 
 him that forsaketh the way : aiul 
 he tliat hateth reproof shall die. 
 
 11 Hell and destruction are be- 
 fore the Lord : how much more 
 then the hearts of the cliildi*en 
 of men ? ^ 
 
 12 A scomer loveth not one 
 that reproveth liim: neither 
 will he go unto the wise. 
 
 13 A merry heart maketh a 
 cheerful countenance: but by 
 soiTow of the heart the spirit is 
 broken. 
 
 14 The heart of him that hath 
 understanding seeketh know- 
 ledge : but the mouth of fools 
 
 ' feedeth on foolishness. 
 I 15 All the days of the afflicted 
 are evil : but he that is of a mer- 
 
 34 Righteousness exalteth a ry heart hath a continual feast. 
 
 nation: but sin is a reproach 
 to any people. 
 
 35 The king's favour is toward 
 
 a -VAdse ser\'ant : but his wrath is 
 
 against him that causeth shame. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 A SOFT answer tumeth away 
 wrath : but grievous wordfe 
 stir up anger. 
 
 2 The tongue of the wise 
 useth knowledge aright: but 
 the mouth of fools poureth out 
 foolishness. 
 
 3 The eyes of the Lord are in 
 
 16 Better is little vnth the fear 
 of the Lord than great treasure 
 and trouble therewith. 
 
 17 Better is a dinner of herbs 
 where love is, than a stalled ox 
 and hatred therewith. 
 
 18 A wrathful man stirreth up 
 strife : but he that is slow to an- 
 ger appease th strife. 
 
 19 The way of the slothful 
 man is as an hedge of thorns : 
 but the way of the righteous is 
 made plain. 
 
 20 A wise eon maketh a glad 
 
Moral virtiies, and PROVEEBS, XVI. their contrary vices. 
 
 father: but a foolish man de- 
 spise th his mother. — 
 
 21 Folly is joy to him that 
 is destitute of wisdom: but a 
 man of understanding walketh 
 uprightly. 
 
 22 Without counsel purposes 
 are disappointed: but in the 
 multitude^ of counsellors they 
 are established. 
 
 23 A man hath joy by the an- 
 swer of his mouth : and a word 
 spoken in due season, how good 
 is it ! 
 
 24 The way of life is above to 
 the wise, that he may depart 
 from hell beneath. 
 
 25 The LoKD will destroy the 
 house of the proud : but he will 
 establish the border of the widow. 
 
 26 The thoughts of the wick- 
 ed are an abomination to the 
 Lord: but the words of the 
 pure are pleasant words. 
 
 27 He that is greedy of gain 
 troubleth his own house; but 
 he that hateth gifts shall live. 
 
 28 The heart of the righteous 
 studieth to answer: but the 
 mouth of the wicked poureth 
 out evil things. 
 
 29 The LoED is far from the 
 wicked: but he heareth the 
 prayer of the righteous. 
 
 30 The light of the eyes rejoic- 
 eth the heart : a7id a good report 
 maketh the bones fat. 
 
 31 The ear that heareth the 
 reproof of life abideth among 
 the wise. 
 
 32 He that refuseth instruction 
 despiseth his own soul : but he 
 that heareth reproof getteth un- 
 derstanding. 
 
 33 The fear of the Loed is the 
 instruction of wisdom ; and be- 
 fore' honour is humility. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 THE preparations of the heart 
 in man, and the answer of 
 the tongue, is from the Loed. 
 
 2 All the ways of a man are 
 clean in his own eyes ; but the 
 Loed weigheth the spirits. 
 
 3 Commit thy works unto the 
 Lord, and thy thoughts shall be 
 established. 
 
 4 The Loed hath made all 
 things for himself: yea, even 
 the wicked for the day of evil.^ 
 
 5 Every one that is proud in 
 heart is an abommation to the 
 Lord: though hand join in 
 hand, he shall not be unpu- 
 nished. 
 
 6 By mercy and truth iniquity 
 3 purged: and by the fear of 
 
 the Lord men depart from 
 evil. 
 
 7 When a man's ways please 
 the Lord, he maketh even his 
 enemies to be at peace with him. 
 
 8 Better is a little with righ- 
 teousness than great revenues 
 without right. 
 
 9 A man's heart deviseth his 
 way: but the Lord directeth 
 his steps. 
 
 10 A divine sentence is in the 
 lips of the king: his mouth 
 transgresseth not in judgment. 
 
 11 A just weight and balance 
 are the Lord's : all the weights 
 of the bag are his w^ork. 
 
 12 It is an abomination to 
 kings to commit wickedness : 
 for the throne is established by 
 righteousness. 
 
 13 Eighteous lips are the de- 
 light of kings; and they love 
 him that speaketh right. 
 
 14 The wrath of a king is as 
 messengers of death : but a wise 
 man will pacify it. 
 
 15 In the light of the king's 
 countenance is life; and his 
 favour is as a cloud of the lat- 
 ter rain. 
 
 16 How much better is it to 
 get wisdom than gold! and to 
 get understanding rather to be 
 chosen than silver ! 
 
 17 The highway of the upright 
 is to depart from evil: he that 
 keepeth his way preserveth his 
 soul. 
 
 18 Pride goeth before destruc- 
 tion, and an haughty spirit be- 
 fore a fall. 
 
 19 Better it is to he of an hum- 
 ble spirit with the lowly, than to 
 divide the spoil with the proud. 
 
 20 He that handleth a matter 
 wisely shall find good : and who- 
 
Moral virtues, and PROVERBS, XVII. ilieir contrary vie s. 
 
 eo trusteth in tlie Lord, happy 
 is lie. 
 
 21 The wise in heart shall be 
 called prudent: and the sweet- 
 ness of the lips increase th learn- 
 ing. 
 
 22 Understanding is a well- 
 spring of life unto him that 
 hath it: but the instruction of 
 fools is folly. 
 
 23 The heart of the wise teach- 
 eth his mouth, and addeth learn- 
 ing to his lips. 
 
 24 Pleasant words are as an 
 lioneycomb, sweet to the soul, 
 and health to the bones. — 
 
 25 There is a way that seemeth 
 right unto a man, but the end 
 thereof are the ways of death. 
 
 26 He that laboweth laboureth 
 for himself; for liis mouth crav- 
 eth it of liim. 
 
 27 An ungodly man diggeth 
 up evil : and in his lips there is 
 as a burning fire. 
 
 28 A froward man soweth strife : 
 and a whisperer separateth cliief 
 friends. 
 
 29 A violent man enticeth his 
 neighbour, and leadeth him in- 
 to the way that is not good. 
 
 30 He shutteth his eyes_ to de- 
 vise froward things : moving liis 
 lips he bringeth evil to pass. 
 
 31 The hoarj' head is a crown 
 of glory^ if it be found in the 
 way of nghteousness. 
 
 32 He that is slow to anger is 
 better than the mighty ; and he 
 that ruleth his spirit than he 
 that taketh a city. 
 
 33 The lot is cast into the lap ; 
 but the w^hole disposing thereof 
 is of the Lord. 
 
 y CHAPTER XVIT. 
 
 "OETTER is a dry morsel, and 
 XJ quietness therewith, than 
 * an house full of sacrifices with 
 strife. 
 
 2 A wise ser^-ant shall have 
 rule over a son that causeth 
 shame, and shall have part of 
 the inheritance among the bre- 
 thren. 
 
 3 The fining pot is for silver, 
 and the furnace for gold: but 
 the Lord trieth the hearts. 
 
 4 A wicked doer giveth heed 
 to false lips; and a liar giveth 
 ear to a naughty tongue. 
 
 5 Whoso mocketh the poor re- 
 proacheth his Maker: a}id he 
 that is glad at calamities shall 
 not be unpunished. 
 
 G Children's children arc the 
 crown of old men ; and the glo- 
 ry of children are their fathers. ^ 
 
 7 Excellent speech becometh 
 not a fool : much less do lying 
 lips a prince. 
 
 8 A gift is as a i;)recious stone 
 in the eyes of mm that hath 
 it: whithersoever it tumeth, it 
 prospereth. 
 
 9 He that covereth a trans- 
 gression seeketh love; but he 
 that repeateth a matter sepa- 
 rateth ver?/ friends. 
 
 10 A reproof entereth more 
 into a wise man than an hun- 
 dred stripes into a fool. 
 
 11 An evil man seeketh only 
 rebellion : therefore a cruel 
 messenger shall be sent against 
 liim. 
 
 12 Let a bear robbed of her 
 whelps meet a man, rather 
 than a fool in his folly. 
 
 13 Whoso rewardeth evil for 
 good, evil shall not depart from 
 his house. 
 
 14 The beginning of strife is 
 as when one letteth out water : J 
 therefore leave off contention, I 
 before it be meddled \vith. ' 
 
 15 He that justifieth the wick- 
 ed, and he that condemneth 
 the just, even they both are 
 abomination to the Lord. 
 
 16 Wherefore is there a price 
 in the hand of a fool to get wis- 
 dom, seeing he hath no heart 
 to it 9 
 
 17 A friend loveth at all times, 
 and a brother is bom for ad- 
 versity. 
 
 18 A man void of understand- 
 ing striketh hands, and beconi- 
 eth surety in the presence of his 
 friend. 
 
 19 He loveth transgression that 
 loveth strife : and he that exalt- 
 eth his gate seeketh destruction. 
 
 20 He that hath a froward 
 
Moi'd mines, and PROYERBS, XVIII. their contrary vices. 
 
 heart findeth no good : and he 
 that hath a perverse tongue fall- 
 eth mto mischief. 
 
 21 He that begetteth a fool 
 doeth it to his sorrow : and the 
 father of a fool hath no joy. 
 
 22 A merry heart doeth good 
 like a medicine : but a broken 
 spirit drieth the bones. 
 
 23 A wicked man taketh a gift 
 out of the bosom to pervert the 
 ways of judgment. 
 
 24 Wisdom is before him that 
 hath understanding; but the 
 eyes of a fool are in the ends 
 of the earth. 
 
 25 A foolish son is a grief to 
 his father, and bitterness to her 
 that bare nim. 
 
 26 Also to punish the just is 
 not good, nor to strike princes 
 for equity. 
 
 27 He that hath knowledge 
 spareth his words: and a man 
 of understanding is of an ex- 
 cellent spirit. 
 
 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth 
 liis peace, is counted wise : and 
 he that shutteth his lips is es- 
 teemed a man of understanding. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 mHROUGH deshe a man, 
 i having separated himself, 
 seeketh and intermeddleth with 
 all wisdom. 
 
 2 A fool hath no delight in un- 
 dei-standing, but that his heart 
 may discover itself. 
 
 3 When the wicked cometh, 
 then cometh also contempt, and 
 with ignominy reproach. 
 
 4 The words of a man's mouth 
 are as deep waters, and the 
 wellspring of wisdom as a flow- 
 
 I ing brook. 
 
 I 5 It is not good to accept the 
 person of the wicked, to over- 
 
 , throw the righteous in judg- 
 
 j ment. 
 
 ' 6 A fool's lips enter into con- 
 tention, and his mouth calleth 
 for strokes. 
 
 7 A fool's mouth is his de- 
 struction, and his lips are the 
 snare of his soul. 
 
 8 The words of a talebearer 
 are as wounds, and they go 
 
 down into the innermost parts 
 of the belly. 
 
 9 He also that is slothful in 
 his work is brother to him that 
 is a great waster. 
 
 10 The name of the Lord is 
 a strong tower: the righteous 
 runneth into it, and is safe. 
 
 11 The rich man's wealth is 
 his strong city, and as an high 
 wall in his own conceit. 
 
 12 Before destruction the heart 
 of man is haughty, and before 
 honour is humility. 
 
 13 He that answereth a matter 
 before he heareth it, it is folly 
 and shame unto him. 
 
 14 The spirit of a man will 
 sustain his infirmity; but a 
 womided spuit who can bear? 
 
 15 The heart of the prudent 
 getteth knowledge ; and the ear 
 of the wise seeketh knowledge. 
 
 16 A man's gift maketh room 
 for hini, and bringeth him be- 
 fore great men. 
 
 17 He that is first in his own 
 cause seemeth just; but his 
 neighbour cometh and search- 
 eth hitn. 
 
 18 The lot causeth contentions 
 to cease, and parteth between 
 the mighty. 
 
 19 A brother offended is hard- 
 er to he won than a strong city : 
 and their contentions are like 
 the bars of a castle. 
 
 20 A man's belly shall be sa- 
 tisfied with the fruit of his 
 mouth; and with the increase 
 of his hps shall he be filled. 
 
 21 Death and life are in the 
 power of the tongue : and they 
 that love it shall eat the fruit 
 thereof. 
 
 22 Whoso findeth a wife find- 
 eth a good thing, and obtaineth 
 favom- of the Lord. 
 
 23 The poor useth intreaties; 
 but the rich answereth roughly. 
 
 24 A man that hath friends 
 must shew himself friendly: 
 and there is a friend that stick- 
 eth closer than a brother. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. '^ 
 
 BETTER is the poor that 
 walketh in his integrity, than 
 
Moi'd miueSt and PROVEEBS, XX. thir contrary vicfs. 
 
 he that is perverse in his lips, 
 and is a fool. 
 
 2 Also, that the soul be with- 
 out knowledge, it is not good; 
 and he that hasteth with his 
 teet sinneth. 
 
 3 The foolishness of man per- 
 verteth his way: and his heart 
 fretteth against the Lokd. 
 
 4 Wealth maketh many friends ; 
 but the poor is separated from 
 his neighbour. 
 
 5 A false witness shall not be 
 unpunished, and he that speak- 
 etli lies shall not escape. 
 
 6 Many will intreat the favour 
 of the i)rince : and every man 
 is a friend to him that giveth 
 gifts. 
 
 7 All the brethren of the poor 
 do hate him: how much more 
 do liis friends go far from him ? 
 he pursueth them ivith ^yords, 
 yet they are wanting to him. 
 
 8 He that getteth wisdom lov- 
 eth his own soul : he that keep- 
 etli understanding shall find 
 good. 
 
 9 A false witness shall not be 
 uupiuiished, and he that speak- 
 etli lies sliall perish. 
 
 10 Delight is not seemly for 
 a fool ; much less for a servant 
 to have rule over princes. 
 
 11 The discretion of a man 
 deferreth his anger; and it is 
 his glory to pass over a trans- 
 gression. 
 
 ^ 12 The king's wrath is as the 
 roaring of a Hon ; but his favour 
 is as dew upon the grass. 
 
 13 A foolish son is the cala- 
 mity of his father : and the con- 
 tentions of a wife are a conti- 
 nual dropping. 
 
 14 House and riches are the 
 inheritance of fathers: and a 
 prudent wife is from the Lord. 
 
 15 Slothfulness casteth into a 
 deep sleep; and an idle soul 
 shall suffer himger. 
 
 16 He that keepeth the com- 
 mandment keepeth his own 
 soul ; but he that despiseth his 
 ways shall die. 
 
 17 He that hath pity upon the 
 poor lendeth unto the Lord; 
 
 and that which he hath given 
 will he pay liim again. 
 
 18 Chasten thy son while there 
 is hope, and let not thy soul 
 spare for his crying. 
 
 19 A man of great wrath shall 
 suffer punishment: for if thou 
 deliver him, yet thou must do it 
 again. 
 
 20 Hear counsel, and receive 
 instruction, that thou mayest be 
 wise in thy latter end. 
 
 21 There are many devices 
 in a man's heart; nevertheless 
 the counsel of the Lord, that 
 shall stand. 
 
 22 The desire of a man is his 
 kindness: and a poor man is 
 better than a liar. 
 
 23 The fear of the Lord tend- 
 eth to life : and he that hath it 
 shall abide satisfied; he shall 
 not be visited with evil. 
 
 24 A slothful man hideth liis 
 hand in his bosom, and will 
 not so much as bring it to his 
 mouth again. 
 
 25 Smite a scomer, and the 
 simple will beware : and re- 
 prove one that hath under- 
 standing, and he will under- 
 stand knowledge. 
 
 26 He that waste th his father, 
 and chaseth away his mother, 
 is a son that cause th shame, and 
 bringeth reproach. 
 
 ^ 27 Cease, my son, to hear the 
 instruction that causeth to err 
 from the words of knowledge. 
 
 28 An ungodly witness scometh 
 judgment : and the mouth of the 
 wicked devoureth iniquity. 
 
 29 Judgments are prepared for 
 scomers, and stripes for the back 
 of fools. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 WINE w a mocker, strong 
 drink is raging : and who- 
 soever is deceived thereby is not 
 wise. 
 
 2 The fear of a king is as the 
 roaring of a Hon: whoso pro- 
 voke th him to anger siimeth 
 against his own soul. 
 
 3 It is an honom* for a man 
 to cease from strife : but every 
 fool will be meddling. 
 
31<yral virtues, and PROVERBS, XXI. their contrary vices. 
 
 4 The sluggard will not plow 
 by reason of the cold; there- 
 fore shall he beg in harv^est, and 
 
 have nothing. 
 
 5 Coimsel in the heart of man 
 is like deep water; but a man 
 of imderstanding T^dll draw it 
 out. 
 
 6 Most men will proclaim 
 every one his own goodness: 
 but a faithful mian who can 
 find? 
 
 7 The just man waUieth in 
 his integrity: his children are 
 blessed after him. 
 
 8 A king that sitteth in the 
 throne of judgment scattereth 
 away all evil with his eyes. 
 
 9 Who can say, I have made 
 my heart clean, I am pure from 
 my sin? 
 
 10 Divers weights, and divers 
 measm-es, both of them are a- 
 like abomination to the Lord. 
 
 11 Even a child is known by 
 his doings, whether his work he 
 pure, and whether it be right. 
 
 12 The hearing ear, and the 
 seeing eye, the Lokd hath made 
 even both of them. 
 
 13 Love not sleep, lest thou 
 come to poverty; open thine 
 ejres, and thou shalt be satisfied 
 with bread. 
 
 14 It is naught, it is naught, 
 saith the buyer : but when he is 
 gone his way, then he boasteth. 
 
 "' 15 There is gold, and a mul- 
 titude of rubies : but the lips of 
 knowledge are a precious jewel. 
 
 16 Take his garment that is 
 surety /or a stranger : and take 
 a pledge of him for a strange 
 woman. 
 
 17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a 
 man ; but afterwards his mouth 
 shall be filled -^dth gravel. 
 
 18 Every pm-pose is establish- 
 ed by counsel: and with good 
 advice make war. 
 
 19 He that goeth about as 
 a talebearer revealeth secrets 
 therefore meddle not with him 
 that flattereth with his lips. 
 
 20 Whoso curseth his father 
 or his mother, his lamp shall be 
 put out in obscure darkness. 
 
 21 An inheritance may he got- 
 ten hastily at the beginning; 
 but the end thereof shall not be 
 blessed. 
 
 22 Say not thou, I will re- 
 compense evil ; hut wait on the 
 LoKD, and he shall save thee. 
 
 23 Divei's weights are an abo- 
 mination imto the LoED ; and a 
 false balance is not good. 
 
 24 Man's goings are of the 
 Lord ; how can a man then un- 
 derstand his own way? 
 
 25 It is a snare to the man 
 who devoureth that which is 
 holy, and after vows to make 
 enquirJ^ 
 
 26 A wise king scattereth the 
 wicked, and bringeth the wheel 
 over them. 
 
 27 The spirit of man is the can- 
 dle of the Lord, searching all 
 the inward parts of the belly. 
 
 28 Mercy and truth presene 
 the king : and his throne is up- 
 holden by mercy. 
 
 29 The glory of young men is 
 their strength : and the beauty 
 of old men is the grey head. 
 
 30 The blueness of a wound 
 cleanseth away evil : so do stripes 
 the inward parts of the beUy. - 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 
 THE king's heart is in the 
 hand of the Lord, as the 
 rivers of water: he tumeth it 
 whithersoever he will. 
 ^ 2 Every way of a man is right 
 in his own eyes : but the Lord 
 pondereth the hearts. 
 
 3 To do justice and judgment 
 is more acceptable to the Lord 
 than sacrifice. 
 
 4 An high look, and a proud 
 heart, and the plowing of the 
 wicked, is sin. 
 
 5 The thoughts of the diligent 
 tend only to plenteousness ; but 
 of every one that is hasty only 
 to want. 
 
 6 The gettmg of treasures by a 
 lying tongue is a vanity tossed 
 to and fro of them that seek 
 death. 
 
 7 The robbery of the wicked 
 shall destroy them; because they 
 refuse to do judgment. 
 
Mordl virtues, and PROVERBS, XXII. Omr contrary vices. 
 ^ 8 The way of man is froward 24 Proud and haughty scomer 
 
 and strange : but as for the 
 pure, his work is right. 
 
 9 It is better to dwell in a 
 comer of the housetop, than 
 with a brawling woman in a 
 wide house. 
 
 10 The soul of the wicked de- 
 sire th evil : his neighbour find- 
 eth no favour in his eyes. 
 
 11 When the scomer is pu- 
 nished, the simple is made 
 wise : and when the wise is 
 instructed, he receiveth know- 
 ledge. 
 
 12 The righteous man wisely 
 considereth the house of the 
 wicked : but God overthroweth 
 the wicked for their wickedness. 
 
 13 Whoso stoppeth his eai^s 
 at the cry of the poor, he also 
 shall cry himself, but shall not 
 be heard. 
 
 14 A gift in secret pacific th 
 anger: and a reward in the 
 bosom strong wrath. 
 
 15 It is joy to the just to do 
 judgment : l3ut destruction shall 
 be to tlie worlvcrs of iniquity. 
 
 16 Tlie man that wandereth 
 out of the way of undei-stand- 
 ing shall remain in the congre- 
 gation of the dead. 
 
 17 He that loveth pleasure 
 shall be a poor man : he that 
 loveth Avine and oil shall not 
 be rich. 
 
 18 The wicked shall be a ran- 
 som for the righteous, and the 
 transgressor for the upright. 
 
 ' 19 It is better to dwell in the 
 wilderness, than with a conten- 
 tious and an angiy woman. 
 
 20 There is treasure to be de- 
 sired and oil in the dwelling of 
 the wise; but a foolish man 
 spendeth it up. 
 
 21 He that foUoweth after righ- 
 teousness and mercy findeth 
 life, righteousness, and honour. 
 
 22 A wise man scaleth the 
 city of the mighty, and cast- 
 eth down the strength of the 
 confidence thereof. 
 
 23 Whoso keepeth his mouth 
 and his tongue keepeth his soul 
 from troubles. 
 
 is his name, who dealeth in 
 proud wrath. — 
 
 25 The desire of the slothful 
 killeth him; for his hands re- 
 fuse to labour. 
 
 26 He coveteth greedily all the 
 day long: but the righteous 
 giveth and spareth not. 
 
 27 The sacrifice of the wick- 
 ed is abomination: how much 
 more when he bringeth it with 
 a wicked mind ? 
 
 28 A false witness shall pe- 
 rish : but the man that heareth 
 speaketh constantly. 
 
 29 A wicked man hardeneth 
 his face : but as for the up- 
 right, he directeth his way. 
 
 30 There is no wisdom nor 
 understanding nor counsel a- 
 gainst the IjORD. 
 
 31 The horse is prepared a- 
 gainst the day of battle : but 
 safety is of the Lord. ^ 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 
 A GOOD name is rather to be 
 . chosen than great riches, 
 and loving favour rather than 
 silver and gold. 
 
 2 The rich and poor meet to- 
 gether : the Lord is the maker 
 of them all. 
 
 3 A prudent man foreseeth the 
 evil, and hideth himself: but 
 the ^ simple pass on, and are 
 punished. 
 
 4 By humility and the fear 
 of the Lord are riches, and 
 honour, and life. 
 
 5 Thorns and snares are in 
 the way of the froward : he that 
 doth keep his soul shall be far 
 from them. 
 
 6 Train up a child in the way- 
 he should go : and when he is 
 old, he will not depart from it. 
 
 7 The rich ruleth over the poor, 
 and the borrower is servant to 
 the lender. 
 
 8 He that soweth iniquity shall 
 reap vanity : and the rod of his 
 anger shall fail. 
 
 9 He that hath a bountiful 
 eye shall be blessed ; for he giv- 
 eth of his bread to the poor. 
 
 10 Cast out the scorner, and 
 
Morcd virtues, and PROVERBS, XXIII. tJwir contrary vices. 
 
 contention shall go out; yea, 
 strife and reproach shall cease. 
 
 11 He that loveth pnreness of 
 heart, for the grace of his lips 
 the king shall be his friend. 
 
 12 The eyes of the Lokd pre- 
 serve knowledge, and he over- 
 throweth the words of the trans- 
 gressor. 
 
 13 The slothful man saith, 
 There is a lion without, I shall 
 be slain in the streets. 
 
 14 The mouth of strange wo- 
 men is a deep pit: he that is 
 abhorred of the Lord shall fall 
 therein. 
 
 15 Foolishness is bound in the 
 heart of a child; but the rod 
 of correction shall drive it far 
 from him. 
 
 16 He that oppresseth the poor 
 to increase Ins riches, and he 
 that giveth to the rich, shall 
 surely come to want. 
 
 17 Bow down thine ear, and 
 hear the words of the wise, and 
 apply thine heart unto my know- 
 ledge. 
 
 18 For it is a pleasant thing 
 if thou keep them withia thee ; 
 they shall withal be fitted in 
 thy lips. 
 
 19 That thy trust may be in 
 the Lord, I have made l^lo^vn 
 to thee this day, even to thee. 
 
 20 Have not I written to thee 
 excellent things in counsels and 
 knowledge, 
 
 21 That I might make thee 
 know the certainty of the words 
 of truth; that thou mightest 
 answer the words of truth to 
 them that send unto thee ? 
 
 22 Rob not the poor, because 
 he is poor : neither oppress the 
 afflicted in the gate : 
 
 23 For the Lord will plead 
 then cause, and spoil the soul 
 of those that spoiled them. 
 
 24 Make no friendship with an 
 angry man ; and with a furious 
 man thou shalt not go : 
 
 25 Lest thou leam his ways, 
 and get a snare to thy soul. 
 
 26 Be not thou one of them 
 that strike hands, or of them 
 that are sureties for debts. 
 
 27 If thou hast nothing to pay, 
 why should he take away thy 
 bed from under thee ? 
 
 28 Remove not the ancient 
 landmark, which thy fathers 
 have set. 
 
 29 Seest thou a man diligent 
 in his business ? he shall stand 
 before kings ; he shall not stand 
 before mean men. _^. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 
 WHEN thou sittest to eat 
 with a ruler, consider di- 
 ligently what is before thee : 
 
 2 And put a knife to thy throat, 
 if thou be a man given to ap- 
 petite. 
 
 3 Be not desirous of his dain- 
 ties : for they are deceitful meat. 
 
 4 Labour not to be rich : cease 
 from thine own wisdom. 
 
 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes 
 upon that which is not? for 
 riches certainly make them- 
 selves wings ; they fly away as 
 an eagle toward heaven. 
 
 6 Eat thou not the bread of 
 him that hath an evil eye, nei- 
 ther desire thou his daijtity 
 meats : 
 
 7 For as he thinketh in his 
 heart, so is he : Eat and drink, 
 saith he to thee ; but his heart 
 is not with thee. 
 
 8 The morsel which thou hast 
 eaten shalt thou vomit up, and 
 lose thy sweet words. 
 
 9 Speak not in the ears of a 
 fool: for he will despise the 
 wisdom of thy words. 
 
 10 Remove not the old land- 
 mark; and enter not into the 
 fields of the fatherless : 
 
 11 For their redeemer is migh- 
 ty; he shall plead their cause 
 with thee. 
 
 12 Apply thine heart unto m- 
 struction, and thine ears to the 
 words of Imowledge. 
 
 13 Withhold not cori'ection 
 from the child: for if thou 
 beatest him with the rod, he 
 shall not die. 
 
 14 Thou shalt beat him with 
 the rod, and shalt deliver his 
 soul from hell. 
 
 15 My son, if thine heart be 
 
 Kk2 
 
Moral virtues, and PROVERBS, XXIV. Oteir cmtrai-y vices. 
 
 wise, my heart shall rejoice, 
 even mine. 
 
 16 Yea, my reins f-liall rejoice, 
 when thy lips speak v\'^\\i things. 
 
 17 Let not thine heart envy 
 sinners : bnt he thou in the fear 
 of the Lord all the day long. 
 
 18 For smely there is an end ; 
 and thine expectation shall not 
 be cut off. 
 
 19 Hear thou, my son, and be 
 wise, and guide thine heart in 
 the way. 
 
 20 Be not among winobibliers; 
 among riotous eatoi s ol llesli : 
 
 21 For the drunlcaid and the 
 glutton shall come to jioverty: 
 and drowsiness shall clothe a 
 man with rags. 
 
 22 Hearken unto thy father 
 that begat thee, and despise not 
 thy mother when she is old. 
 
 23 Buy the truth, and sell it 
 not ; aho wisdom, and instruc- 
 tion, and undei-standmg. 
 
 24 The father of the righte- 
 ous shall greatly rejoice : and 
 he that begettcth a wise child 
 shall have joy of him. 
 
 25 Thy father and thy mother 
 shall be glad, and she that bare 
 thee shall rejoice. 
 
 2G My son, give me thine lieart, 
 and let thine eyes observe my 
 ways. 
 
 27 For a whore is a deep ditch ; 
 and a strange woman is a nar- 
 row i)it. 
 
 28 She also lieth in wait as/br 
 a prej% and increaseth the trans- 
 gressors among men. 
 
 29 Who hath woe ? who hath 
 sorrow? who hath contentions? 
 who hath babbling? who hath 
 woimds without cause? who 
 hath redness of eyes ? 
 
 30 They that tarry long at 
 the wine ; they that go to seek 
 mixed wine. 
 
 31 Look not thou upon the 
 wine when it is red, when it 
 giveth his colour in the cup, 
 ivhen it moveth itself aright. 
 
 32 At the last it biteth like 
 a serpent, and stingeth like an 
 adder. 
 
 33 Thine eyes shall behold 
 
 strange women, and thine heart 
 shall utter per\'erse things. 
 
 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he ■ 
 that lieth down in the midst I 
 of the sea, or as he that lieth f 
 upon the top of a mast. 
 
 35 They have stricken me, 
 t-halt thou say, and I was not 
 sick ; they have beaten me, and 
 I felt it not: when shall I a- 
 wake ? I will seek it vet again, m 
 -- CHAPTER XXIV. I 
 
 BE not thou envious against " 
 evil men, neither desire to 
 l)e with them. 
 
 2 For their heart studieth de- 
 stniction, and their lips talk of 
 mischief. 
 
 3 Through wisdom is an house ■ 
 buiklcd: jnul }iy understanding I 
 it is csta] dished: f 
 
 4 And by knowledge shall the 
 chambers be filled with all pre- 
 cious and pleasant riches. 
 
 5 A Avise man is strong ; yea, 
 a man of knowledge increaseth 
 strength. 
 
 G For by wise counsel thou 
 shalt make thy war: and in 
 multitude of counsellor there 
 is safety. 
 
 7 Wisdom is too high for a 
 fool : he openeth not his mouth 
 in the gate. 
 
 8 He that deviseth to do evil 
 shall be called a mischievous 
 person. 
 
 9 The thought of foolishness 
 is sin : and the scomer is an 
 abomination to men. 
 
 10 //"thou faint in the day of 
 adversity, thy strength is small. 
 
 11 If thou forbear to deliver 
 them that are drawTi unto death, 
 and those that are ready to be 
 slain; 
 
 12 If thou sayest, Behold, we 
 knew it not ; doth not he that 
 pondereth the heart consider 
 if^ and he that keepeth thy 
 soul, doth not he know it^ and 
 shall not he render to every 
 man according to his works ? 
 
 13 My son, eat thou honey, 
 because it is good; and the 
 honeycomb, which is sweet to 
 thy taste : 
 
Morcd virtues, and PROYEEBS, XXV. tlieir contrary vices. 
 
 14 So shall tlie knowledge of 
 wisdom be unto thy soul : when 
 thou hast found it, then there 
 shall be a reward, and thy ex- 
 pectation shall not be cut off. 
 
 15 Lay not wait, O wicked 
 man, against the dwelling of 
 the righteous; spoil not his 
 resting place : 
 
 16 For a just man falleth se- 
 ven times, and riseth up again : 
 but the wicked shall fall into 
 mischief. 
 
 17 Eejoice not w^hen thine ene- 
 my falleth, and let not thine 
 heart be glad when he stum- 
 bleth: 
 
 18 Lest the Lokd see it, and 
 it displease him, and he turn 
 away his wrath from him. 
 
 19 Fret not thyself because 
 of evil men, neither be thou 
 envious at the wicked ; 
 
 20 For there shall be no reward 
 to the evil man ; the candle of 
 the wicked shall be put out. 
 
 21 My son, fear thou the Lord 
 and the king : and meddle not 
 with them that are given to 
 change : 
 
 22 For their calamity shall rise 
 suddenly; and who knoweth the 
 ruin of them both ? 
 
 23 These things also belong to 
 the wise. It is not good to have 
 respect of persons in judgment. 
 
 24 He that saith unto the mck- 
 ed, Thou art righteous; him 
 shall the people curse, nations 
 shall abhor him : 
 
 25 But to them that rebuke 
 him shall be delight, and a good 
 blessing shall come upon them. 
 
 26 Evert/ man shall kiss his 
 lips that giveth a right answer. 
 
 27 Prepare thy work without, 
 and make it fit for thyself in 
 
 . the field ; and afterwards build 
 1 thine house. 
 
 ! 28 Be not a witness against 
 I thy neighbour without cause; 
 { and deceive not with thy lips. 
 
 29 Say not, I will do so to 
 I _ him as he hath done to me : I 
 i will render to the man accord- 
 ing to his work. 
 I 30 I went by the field of the 
 
 slothful, and by the vineyard 
 of the man void of understand- 
 ing; 
 
 31 And, lo, it was all grown 
 over with thorns, and nettles 
 had covered the face thereof, 
 and the stone wall thereof was 
 broken down. 
 
 32 Then I saw, and considered 
 it well : I looked upon it, and 
 received instruction. 
 
 33 Yet a little sleep, a little 
 slumber, a little folding of the 
 hands to sleep : 
 
 34 So shall thy poverty come 
 as one that travelleth ; and thy 
 w^ant as an armed man. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 1 Observations about kings, 8 and 
 about avoiding causes of qucirrels, 
 and sundry causes thereof. 
 
 THESE are also proverbs 
 of Solomon, which the men 
 of Hezeldah king of Judah co- 
 pied out. 
 
 2 It is the glory of God to 
 conceal a thing: but the ho- 
 noiu of kings is to search out 
 a matter. 
 
 3 The heaven for height, and 
 the earth_ for depth, and the 
 heart of kings is unsearchable. 
 
 4 Take away the di^oss from 
 the silver, and thera shall come 
 forth a vessel for the finer. 
 
 5 Take away the wicked/rom 
 before the king, and his throne 
 shall be established in rightep 
 ousness. 
 
 6 Put not forth thyself in the 
 presence of the king, and stand 
 not in the place of great men : 
 
 7 For better it is that it be 
 said unto thee, Come up hi- 
 ther; than that thou shouldest 
 be put lower in the presence 
 of the prince whom thine eyes 
 have seen. 
 
 8 Go not forth hastily to strive, 
 lest thou know not what to do 
 in the end thereof, when thy 
 neighbour hath put thee to 
 shame. 
 
 9 Debate thy cause with thy 
 neighbour himself; and disco- 
 ver not a secret to another : 
 
 10 Lest he that heareth it put 
 
Sundt-y moi-al 
 
 PROVERBS, XXVI. 
 
 maxims and 
 
 thee to shame, and thine infamy 
 turn not away. 
 
 11 A word fitly spoken is like 
 apples of gold in pictures of 
 silver. 
 
 12 As an eaning of gold, and 
 an ornament of line gold, so is 
 a wise reprover upon an obe- 
 dient ear. 
 
 13 As the cold of snow in the 
 time of harvest, so is a faithful 
 messenger to them that send 
 him : for he refresheth the soul 
 of his masters. 
 
 14 Whoso boasteth himself of 
 a false gift is like clouds and 
 wind without rain. 
 
 15 By long forbearing is a 
 prince persuaded and a soft 
 tongue breaketh tlie bone. 
 
 16 Hast thou found honey? 
 eat so much as is sufficient for 
 thee, lest thou be filled there- 
 with, and vomit it. 
 
 17 Withdraw thy foot from 
 thy neighbour's house ; lest he 
 be weaiy of thee, and so hate 
 thee. 
 
 18 A man that beareth false 
 witness against his neighbour 
 is a maul, and a sword, and a 
 shaiT) arrow. 
 
 19 Confidence in an unfaithful 
 man in time of trouble is like 
 a broken tooth, and a foot out 
 of joint. 
 
 20 As he that taketh away a 
 gannent in cold weather, and 
 as vinegar upon nitre, so is he 
 that singeth songs to an heavy 
 heart. 
 
 21 If thine enemy be hungry, 
 give him bread to eat; and if 
 he be thirsty, give him water 
 to drink : 
 
 22 For thou shalt heap coals 
 of fire upon his head, and the 
 LoKD shall reward thee. 
 
 23 The north wind driveth 
 away rain: so doth an an- 
 gry countenance a backbiting 
 tongue. 
 
 24 It is better to dwell in the 
 comer of the housetop, than 
 with a brawling woman and in 
 a wide house. i 
 
 25 As cold waters to a thirsty 1 
 
 soul, so is good news from a far 
 countiy. 
 
 2G A righteous man falling 
 down before the wicked is as 
 a troubled fomitain, and a cor- 
 rupt spiing. 
 
 27 It is not good to eat much 
 honey : so for men to search 
 their own glory is not glory. 
 
 28 He that hath no rule over 
 his ovn\ spirit is like a city that 
 is broken doAvn, and without 
 walls. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 1 Observations (d>out fools, 13 about 
 slngijards, ITatid about contentious 
 busybodies. 
 
 AS snow in summer, and as 
 J\- lain in han^est, so honour 
 is not seemly for a fool. 
 
 2 As the biid by wandering, 
 as the swallow by flying, so the 
 ciuse causeless shall not come.^ 
 
 3 A whip for the horse, a bri- 
 dle for the ass, and a rod for 
 the fool's back. 
 
 4 Answer not a fool according 
 to his folly, lest thou also 
 like unto liim. 
 
 5 Answer a fool according to 
 his folly, lest he be wise in his 
 own conceit. 
 
 6 He that sendeth a message 
 by the hand of a fool cutteth off 
 the feet, and drinketh damage. 
 
 7 The legs of the lame are not 
 equal: so is a parable in the 
 mouth of fools. 
 
 8 As he that bindeth a stone 
 in a sling, so is he that giveth 
 honour to a fool. 
 
 9 ^5 a thorn goeth up into the 
 hand of a drunkard, so is a 
 parable in the mouth of fools. 
 
 10 The great God that formed 
 all things both rewardeth the 
 fool, and rewardeth transgres- 
 sors. 
 
 11 As a dog retumeth to his 
 vomit, so a fool retumeth to his 
 folly. 
 
 12 Seest thou a man wise in 
 his own conceit ? there is more 
 hope of a fool than of him. 
 
 13 The slothful man saith, 
 There is a lion in the way; a 
 Hon is in the streets. 
 
 be I 
 
observations 
 
 PROVERBS, XXVII. 
 
 of Solomon. 
 
 • 14 As the door tiimeth upon 
 his hinges, so doth the slothful 
 upon Ms bed. 
 
 15 The slothful hideth liis hand 
 in his bosom; it grieveth him 
 to bring it again to his mouth. ^ 
 
 16 The sluggard is wiser in his 
 own conceit than seven men 
 that can render a reason. 
 
 17 He that passeth by, and 
 meddleth with strife belonging 
 not to him, is like one that tak- 
 eth a dog by the ears. 
 
 18 As a mad man who casteth 
 firebmnds, arrows, and death, 
 
 19 So is the man that deceiveth 
 his neighbom-, and saith, Am not 
 I in sport? 
 
 20 Where no wood is, there the 
 fire goeth out : so where there is 
 no talebearer, the stiife ceaseth, 
 
 21 As coals are to bm-ning coals, 
 and wood to fire ; so is a conten- 
 tious man to kindle strife. 
 
 22 The words of a talebearer 
 are as wounds, and they go down 
 into the innermost parts of the 
 belly. 
 
 23 Burning lips and a wicked 
 heart are like a potsherd cover- 
 ed with silver dross. 
 
 24 He that hateth dissembleth 
 with his lips, and layeth up de- 
 ceit witlmi him ; 
 
 25 When he speaketh fair, be- 
 lieve him not : for there are se- 
 ven abomhiations in his heart. 
 
 26 Whose hatred is covered by 
 deceit, his wickedness shall be 
 shewed before the whole con- 
 gregation. 
 
 27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall 
 fall therein : and he that rolleth 
 a stone, it will return upon him. 
 
 28 A lying tongue hateth those 
 that are afflicted by it; and a 
 flattering mouth worketh ruin. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVII. -^ 
 
 1 Observations of selflove, 5 of true 
 love, 11 o/ care to avoid offences, 23 
 I and of the household care. 
 
 BOAST not thyself of to mor- 
 row; for thou knowest not 
 ' what a day may bring forth. 
 
 2 Let another man praise thee, 
 
 i and not tliine o^vn mouth; a 
 
 stranger, and not thhie own lips. 
 
 3 A stone is heavy, and the sand 
 weighty; but a fool's wrath is 
 heavier than them both. 
 
 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is 
 outrageous ; but who is able to 
 stand before envy? 
 
 5 Open rebuke is better than 
 secret love. 
 
 6 Faithful are the wounds of 
 a friend; but the kisses of an 
 enemy are deceitful. 
 
 7 The full soul loatheth an 
 honeycomb; but to the hun- 
 gry soul every bitter thing is 
 sweet. 
 
 8 As a bird that wandereth 
 from her nest, so is a man that 
 wandereth from his place. 
 
 9 Ointment and perfume re- 
 joice the heart: so doth the 
 sweetness of a man's friend by 
 hearty counsel. 
 
 10 Thine own friend, and thy 
 father's friend, forsake not ; nei- 
 ther go into thy brother's house 
 in the day of thy calamity : for 
 better is a neighbour that is 
 near than a brother far ojff. 
 
 11 My son, be wise, and make 
 my heart glad, that I may an- 
 swer him that reproacheth me. 
 
 12 A prudent man foreseeth 
 the evil, aiid hideth himself; 
 but the simple pass on, and are 
 punished. 
 
 13 Take his garment that is 
 surety for a stranger, and take 
 a pledge of him for a strange 
 woman. 
 
 14 He that blesseth his friend 
 with a loud voice, rising early 
 in the morning, it shall be 
 counted a curse to him.^ 
 
 15 A continual dropping in a 
 very ramy day and a conten- 
 tious woman are alike. 
 
 16 Whosoever hideth her hid- 
 eth the ^vind, and the ointment 
 of his right hand, which bewray- 
 eth itself. 
 
 17 Iron sharpeneth hon; so 
 a man sharpeneth the counte- 
 nance of his friend. 
 
 18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree 
 shall eat the fruit thereof: so 
 he that waiteth on his master 
 shall be honomed. 
 
Sundry moral 
 
 10 As in water face answereih 
 to face, so the heart of man to 
 man. 
 
 20 Hell and destniction are 
 never full ; po the eyes of man 
 are never satisfied. 
 
 21 As the lining pot for silver, 
 and tlic fnniace for ^old; bo is 
 a man to his praise. 
 
 22 Tliou^di tliou shouldest bray 
 a fool in a mortar anionic wheat 
 vriih a pestle, f/et will not his 
 ioolislmess depart from him. 
 
 23 lie thou dili^'ent to know 
 the state of tliy thx-ks, and look 
 well to thy herds. 
 
 24 For riches are not for ever : 
 and doth the crown e future to 
 every generation ? 
 
 25 The hay appeareth, and the 
 tender prass shewetli itself, and 
 herbs of the mountains are ga- 
 thered. 
 
 2G Tlie lambs are for thy cloth- 
 intr, and tlie goats are the price 
 oftlieiicld. 
 
 27 And t/inii shalt have goats' 
 milk enou-di for tliy iood, for 
 the fo(Kl of thy household, and 
 for the maintenance for tliy 
 maidens. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVni. 
 General obseriuitions o/imjnett/ and 
 
 religioKS integrity. 
 rpHE wicked flee when no man 
 
 X ])Tu-sueth: but the righteous 
 are bold as a lion. 
 
 2 For the transgression of a 
 land many are the princes there- 
 of: but by a man of understand- 
 ing and knowledge the state 
 IhereofshaW be prolonged. 
 
 3 A poor man that oppresseth 
 tlie poor is like a sweeping rain 
 wliicli leaveth no food. 
 
 4 They that forsake the law 
 praise the wicked: but such as 
 keep the law contend with them. 
 
 5 Evil men undei-stand not 
 judgment: but tliey that seek 
 the Lord imderstand all things. 
 
 6 Better is the poor that walk- 
 eth in his uprightness, than he 
 that is perverse in his ways, 
 though he be rich. 
 
 7 Whoso keepeth the law is a 
 wise son : but he that is a com- 
 
 rRovERBs, xxvni. 
 
 mariins and 
 
 nanion of riotous men sliameth 
 his father. 
 
 8 He that by usury and unjust 
 gain increaseth his substancv, he 
 sliall trather it for liim that will 
 pity the ]i(ior. 
 
 {) He that tumeth away his ear 
 from heariii-T the law, even his 
 prayer shall he abomination. 
 
 10 Whoso causeth the righteous 
 to go astray in an evil way, he 
 shall fall himself into his (nvn 
 pit : but the ui»right shall have 
 go<Ml Ihinfi'S in ]»ossePsion, 
 
 11 The rich man is wise in his 
 own conceit: but the poor that 
 hath understanding eearcheth 
 him out. 
 
 12 When righteous men do re- 
 joice, there is great glor>- : but 
 wIk'u the wicked rise, a man is 
 hidden. 
 
 13 He that covereth liis sins 
 shall not prosper: but whoso 
 confesseth and forsaketh them 
 shall have mercy. 
 
 14 Hapi»y is the man that fear- 
 eth alway: but he that harden- 
 eth his heart shall fall into nn's- 
 chief. 
 
 15 As a roaring lion, and a rang- 
 ing bear; so is a ^vicked ruler 
 over the poor people. 
 
 16 The ])rince that wanteth 
 understanchng is also a great 
 oppressor: hut he that hateth 
 covetoiLsness shall prolong his 
 days. 
 
 17 A man that doeth violence 
 to the blood of anr/ person shall 
 flee to the pit ; let no man stay 
 him. 
 
 18 Whoso walketh uprightly 
 shall be saved: but he that is 
 perverse in his ways shall fall 
 at once. 
 
 19 He that tilleth his land shall 
 have plentj^ of bread : but he 
 that followeth after vain persons 
 shall have poverty enough. 
 
 20 A faithful man shall a- 
 bound with blessings: but he 
 that maketh haste to be rich 
 shall not be innocent. 
 
 21 To have respect of persons 
 is not good: for for a piece of 
 bread that man will transgress. 
 
d)servatioiis 
 
 PEOVEKBS, XXIX. 
 
 of SoJomvn, 
 
 22 He that liasteth to be rich 
 hath an evil eye, and consider- 
 eth not that poverty shall come 
 upon liim. 
 
 23 He that rebuketh a man 
 afterwards shall find more fa- 
 vour than he that flattereth 
 "with the tongue. 
 
 24 Whoso robbeth his father 
 or liis mother, and saith. It is 
 no transgression; the same is 
 the companion of a destroyer. 
 
 25 He that is of a proud heart 
 stirreth up strife : but he that 
 putteth his trust in the Lord 
 shall be made fat. 
 
 26 He that trusteth in his own 
 heart is a fool : but whoso walli- 
 eth wisely, he^ shall be delivered. 
 
 27 He that giveth unto the poor 
 shall not lack : but he that hid- 
 €th his eyes shall have many a 
 curse. 
 
 28 When the wicked rise, men 
 hide themselves : but when they 
 perish, the righteous mcrease. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIX. .^ 
 1 Observations ofpiibUclc government, 
 15 and of p^-ivate. 22 Of anger, 
 irride, thievery, cowardice, aiul cor- 
 ruption. 
 
 HE, that being often reproved 
 hardeneth his neck, shall 
 suddenly be destroyed, and that 
 without remedy. 
 2 When the righteous are in 
 authority, the people rejoice: 
 but when the wicked beareth 
 rule, the people mourn. 
 . 3 Whoso loveth wisdom re- 
 joiceth his father: but he that 
 keepeth company with harlots 
 spendeth his substance. 
 
 4 The king by judgment esta- 
 blisheth the land: but he that 
 receiveth gifts overthroweth it. 
 
 5 A man that flattereth his 
 neighbom' spreadeth a net for 
 his feet. 
 
 6 In the transgression of an 
 evil man there is a snare: but 
 the righteous doth sing and re- 
 joice. 
 
 7 The righteous considereth the 
 . cause of the poor : but the wick- 
 ed regardeth not to know it. 
 
 8 Scornful men bring a city 
 
 into a snare : but wise men truii 
 away wrath. 
 
 d If a, wise man contendeth 
 wdth a foolish man, whether he 
 rage or laugh, there is no rest. 
 
 10 The bloodthhsty hate the 
 upright: but the just seek his 
 soul. 
 
 11 A fool uttereth all his mind : 
 but a wise man keepeth it in till 
 afterwards. 
 
 12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all 
 his servants ao'e wicked. 
 
 13 The poor and the deceitful 
 man meet together: the Lokd 
 lighteneth both their eyes. 
 
 14 The king that faithfully 
 judgeth the poor, his throne 
 shall be established for ever. 
 
 15 The rod and reproof give 
 msdom: but a child left to 
 himself loimgeth his mother to 
 shame. 
 
 16 W^hen the wicked are mul- 
 tiplied, transgression increas- 
 eth : but the righteous shall see 
 then faU. 
 
 17 Conect thy son, and he shall 
 give thee rest; yea, he shall 
 give delight unto thy soul. 
 
 18 Where there is no vision, 
 the people perish: but he that 
 keepeth the law, happy is he. 
 
 19 A sers^ant will not be cor- 
 rected by words : for though he 
 understand he will not answer. 
 
 20 Seest thou a man that is 
 hasty in his words? there is more 
 hope of a fool than of him. 
 
 21 He that delicately bringeth 
 up his servant from a child shall 
 have him become his son at the 
 length. 
 
 22 An angry man stirreth up 
 stiife, and a furious man abound- 
 eth in transgression. 
 
 23 A man's pride shall brmg 
 him low: but honour shall up- 
 hold the humble in spirit. 
 
 24 Whoso is partner with a 
 thief hateth his own soul: he 
 heareth cursing, and bewrayeth 
 it not. 
 
 25 The fear of man bringeth 
 a snare : but whoso putteth his 
 trust in the Lord shall be safe. 
 
 26 Many seek the niler's fa- 
 
 Kk3 
 
Agiir's confession PROVERBS, XXX, 
 
 vour; but everj/ man's judgment 
 Cometh from the Lord. 
 
 27 An unjust man is an abomi- 
 nation to the just : and he that 
 is upright in the way is abomi- 
 nation to the wicked. 
 ^ CHAPTER XXX. 
 
 1 Aanrs confession of his faith. 1 
 
 Tfie two ]X)int8 of his prayer. 10 
 
 The meanest are not to he loronged. 
 
 11 Four wicked generations. 15 
 
 Four things insatiable. 17 Parents 
 
 are not to he despised. 18 Four 
 
 things hard to he known. 21 Four 
 
 things intolerable. 21 Four things 
 
 exceeding ivise. 29 Four things 
 
 stately. 32 Wrath is to be prevented. 
 
 THE words of Agur the son 
 of Jakeh, even the prophe- 
 cy : the man spake unto Ithiel, 
 even unto Ithiel and Ucal, 
 
 2 Surely I am more brutish f=aith not, It is enough. 
 
 than aiijt/ man, and have not 
 the understanding of a man. 
 3 1 neither learned wisdom, nor 
 
 and x>rayer. 
 
 12 There is a generation that 
 are pure in their own eyes, 
 and 7/et is not washed from their 
 lilthiness. 
 
 13 There is a generation, O 
 how lofty are their eyes! and 
 their eyelids are lifted up. 
 
 14 There is a generation, whose 
 teeth are as swords, and their 
 jaw teeth as knives, to devour 
 the poor from off the earth, and 
 the needy from among men. 
 
 15 The horseleach hath two 
 daughters, cri/infr. Give, give. 
 There are three things that are 
 never satisfied, i/ea, four things 
 say not. It is enough : 
 
 16 The grave; and the barren 
 womb ; the earth that is not fill- 
 ed with water : and the fire that 
 
 17 The eye that mocketh at his 
 father, and despiseth to obey his 
 mother, the ravens of the valley 
 
 have the knowledge of the holy, shall pick it out, and the young 
 
 4 Who hath ascended up into 
 heaven, or descended? who hath 
 gathered the wind in his fists? 
 who hath bound the waters in a 
 garment? who hath established 
 all the ends of the earth ? what 
 is his name, and what is his 
 son's name, if thou canst tell? 
 
 5 Every word of God is pure : 
 lie is a shield unto them that 
 put their trust in him. 
 
 6 Add thou not unto his words, 
 lest he reprove thee, and thou 
 be found a liar. 
 
 7 Two things have I required 
 of thee ; deny me them not be- 
 fore I die : 
 
 8 Remove far from me vanity 
 and lies: give me neither po- 
 verty nor riches: feed me with 
 food convenient for me : 
 
 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, 
 and say. Who is the Lord? or 
 lest I be poor, and steal, and 
 take the name of my God in 
 vain. 
 
 10 Accuse not a servant unto 
 his master, lest he curse thee, 
 and thou be found guilty. 
 
 11 There is a generation that 
 curseth their father, and doth 
 iKit bless their mother. 
 
 eagles shall eat it. 
 
 18 There be three things which 
 are too wondeifid for me, yea, 
 four which I know not : 
 
 19 The way of an eagle in the 
 air ; the way of a serpent upon 
 a rock ; the way of a sliip in the 
 midst of the sea ; and the way of 
 a man with a maid. 
 
 20 Such is the way of an adul- 
 terous woman ; she eateth, and 
 A\ipeth her mouth, and saith, I 
 have done no wickedness. 
 
 21 For three things the earth 
 is disquieted, and for four which 
 it cannot bear : 
 
 22 For a senant when he reign- 
 eth ; and a fool when he is filled 
 with meat ; 
 
 23 For an odious woman when 
 she is married; and an hand- 
 maid that is heir to her mis- 
 tress. 
 
 24 There be four things which 
 are little upon the earth, but 
 they are exceeding wise : 
 
 25 The ants are a people not 
 strong, yet they prepare their 
 meat in the summer ; 
 
 26 The conies are but a feeble 
 folk, yet make they their houses 
 in the rocks ; 
 
LemueVs lesson PROVERBS, XXXI. of temperance, 
 
 10 1[ Who can find a virtuous 
 price 
 
 27 The locnsts have no king, 
 yet go they forth all of them by 
 bands; 
 
 28 The spider taketh hold with 
 her hands, and is in kings' pa- 
 laces. 
 
 29 There be three things which 
 go well, yea, four are comely in 
 going: 
 
 30 A lion ivhicli is strongest 
 among beasts, and tumeth not 
 away for any ; 
 
 31 A greyhound; an he goat 
 also ; and a king, ag-ainst whom 
 there is no rising up. 
 
 ^ d2 If thou hast done foolishly 
 in lifting up thyself, or if thou 
 hast thought evil, lat/ thine 
 hand upon thy mouth. 
 33 Surely the churning of milk 
 bringeth forth butter, and the 
 wringing of the nose bringeth 
 forth blood: so the forcing of 
 wrath bringeth forth strife. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXI. 
 1 LemiieVs lesson of chastity and tem- 
 per ance. 6 The afflicted are to he 
 comforted and ctefe tided. 10 The 
 praise and properties of a good wife. 
 
 alHE words of king Lemuel, 
 - the prophecy that his mo- 
 ther taught him. 
 
 2 What, my son? and what, 
 the son of my womb ? and what, 
 the son of my vows ? 
 
 3 Give not thy strength unto 
 women, nor thy ways to that 
 which destroyeth Idngs. 
 
 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, 
 it is not for kings to drink wine ; 
 nor for princes strong diink : 
 
 o Lest they drink, and forget 
 the law, and pers^ert the judg- 
 ment of any of the afflicted. 
 
 6 Give strong drink unto him 
 that is ready to perish, and wine 
 unto those that be of heavy 
 hearts. 
 
 7 Let him drink, and forget his 
 poverty, and remember his mi- 
 sery no more. 
 
 8 Open thy mouth for the 
 dumb in the cause of aU such 
 as are appointed to destruction. 
 
 9 Open thy mouth, judge righ- 
 teously, and plead the cause of 
 the poor and needy. 
 
 is far 
 
 woman? for her 
 above rubies. 
 
 11 The heart of her husband 
 doth safely trust in her, so that 
 he shall have no need of spoil. 
 
 12 She will do him good and 
 not evil all the days of her life. 
 
 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, 
 and worketli willingly with her 
 hands. 
 
 14 She is like the merchants' 
 ships; she bringeth her food 
 from afar. 
 
 15 She riseth also while it is 
 yet night, and giveth meat to 
 her household, and a portion to 
 her maidens.^ 
 
 16 She considereth a field, and 
 buyeth it: with the fruit of 
 her hands she planteth a vine- 
 yard. 
 
 17 She girdeth her loins with 
 strength, and strengtheneth her 
 arms. 
 
 18 She perceiveth that her 
 merchandise is good: her can- 
 dle goeth not out by night. 
 
 19 She layeth her hands to the 
 spindle, and her hands hold the 
 distaff. 
 
 20 She stretcheth out her hand 
 to the poor ; yea, she reacheth 
 forth her hands to the needy. 
 
 21 She is not afraid of the snovr 
 for her household: for all her 
 household ai^e clothed with scar- 
 let. 
 
 ^ 22 She maketh herself cover- 
 ings of tapestiy ; her clothing is 
 silk and pm-ple. 
 
 23 Her husband is Imown in 
 the gates, when he sitteth a- 
 mong the elders of the land. 
 
 24 She maketh fine linen, and 
 selleth it; and delivereth gii- 
 dles unto the merchant. 
 
 25 Strength and honour are 
 her clothing ; and she shall re- 
 joice in time to come. 
 
 26 She openeth her mouth with 
 wisdom; and in her tongue is 
 the law of Idndness. 
 
 27 She looketh well to the ways 
 of her household, and eateth not 
 the bread of idleness. 
 
 28 Her cliildren arise up, and 
 
All ffiiiigs here 
 
 ECCLESIASTES, I. 
 
 helmc are vain. 
 
 call her blessed; her husband 
 also, and he piaiseth her. 
 
 29 Many daughters have done 
 virtuously, but thou excellest 
 them all. 
 
 30 Favour is deceitful, and 
 
 beauty is vain : but a woman 
 that feareth the Lord, she shall 
 be praised. 
 
 31 Give her of the fruit of her 
 hands; and let her own works 
 praise her m the gates. 
 
 ECCLESIASTES: 
 
 Or, the preacher. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Tlie preacher slieweth that all hu- 
 man coKTses are vain: 4 because 
 the creatures are restless hi their 
 courses, 9 they brin^ forth nothing 
 new, and all old things are forgot- 
 ten, 12 ami because he hath found 
 it so in the stmlies of wisdom. 
 
 THE words of the Preacher, 
 the son of David, king in 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the 
 Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all 
 is vanity. 
 
 3 What profit hath a man of 
 all his labour which he taketh 
 under the sun ? 
 
 4 One generation passeth a- 
 way, and another generation 
 cometh: but the earth abideth 
 for ever. 
 
 5 The sun also ariseth, and the 
 sun goeth down, and hasteth to 
 his place where he arose. 
 
 6 The wind goeth toward the 
 south, and tumeth about unto 
 the north; it whirleth about 
 continually, and the wind re- 
 turiieth again according to his 
 circuit?. 
 
 7 All the rivers nm into the 
 sea; yet the sea is not full; 
 unto the place from whence the 
 rivers come, thither they return 
 again. 
 
 8 All things are full of labour; 
 man camiot utter it : the eye is 
 not satisfied with seeing, nor the 
 ear filled with hearing. 
 
 9 The thing that hath been, it 
 is that w^hich shall be ; and that 
 which is done is that which shall 
 be done : and there is no new 
 thing under the sun. 
 
 10 Is there ani/ thuig whereof 
 it may be said, See, this is new? 
 
 it hath been aheady of old time, 
 which was before us. 
 
 11 TJiere is no remembrance 
 of former things ; neither shall 
 there be ani/ remembrance of 
 things that are to come with 
 those that shall come after. 
 
 12 1[ I the Preacher was king 
 over Israel in Jerusalem. 
 
 13 And I gave my heart to seek 
 and search out by wisdom con- 
 cerning all things that are done 
 under heaven : this sore travail 
 hath God given to the sons of 
 man to be exercised therewith. 
 
 14 I have seen all the works 
 that are done imder the sun; 
 and, behold, all is vanity and 
 vexation of spirit. 
 
 15 That which is crooked can- 
 not be made straight : and that 
 which is wanting cannot be num- 
 bered. 
 
 16 1 communed with mine own 
 heart, saying, Lo, I am come to 
 great estate, and have gotten 
 more wisdom than all they that 
 have been before me in Jerusa- 
 lem: yea, my heart had great 
 experience of wisdom and know- 
 ledge. 
 
 17 And I gave my heart to 
 know wisdom, and to know mad- 
 ness and folly : I perceived that 
 this also is vexation of spirit. 
 
 18 For in much wisdom is much 
 grief: and he that increaseth 
 loiowledge increaseth sorrow. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 1 Tlie vanity of human courses in the 
 WM'Tcs of pleasure. 12 Though the 
 ivise he better than the fool, yet both 
 have one event. 18 Tlie vanity of 
 human labour, in leaving it they 
 know not to whom. 2i Nothing 
 better than joy in our labour; hut 
 that is God's gift. 
 
The vamttf 
 
 ECCLESIASTES, II. 
 
 of all tMnQS. 
 
 I SAID ill mine heart, Go to 
 now, I will prove thee with 
 mirth, therefore enjoy plea- 
 sm-e: and, behold, this also is 
 Tanity. 
 
 2 I said of laughter, It is mad : 
 and of mirth, What doeth it ? 
 
 3 I sought in mine heart to 
 give myself mito wine, yet ac- 
 quainting mine heart with wis- 
 dom; and to lay hold on folly, 
 till I might see what was that 
 good for the sons of men, which 
 they should do under the hea- 
 ven all the days of their life. 
 
 4 I made me great works; I 
 builded me houses; I planted 
 me vineyards : 
 
 5 I made me gardens and or- 
 chards, and I planted trees in 
 them of all kind q/* fruits : 
 
 6 1 made me pools of water, to 
 water therewith the wood that 
 bringeth forth trees : 
 
 7 I got me servants and maid- 
 ens, and had ser^^ants born in 
 my house; also I had great 
 possessions of great and small 
 cattle above all that were in 
 Jerusalem before me : 
 
 8 I gathered me also silver and 
 gold, and the peculiar treasure 
 of kings and of the provinces : 
 I gat me men singers and wo- 
 men smgers, and the delights of 
 the sons of men, as musical in- 
 struments, and that of all sorts. 
 
 9 So I was great, and increased 
 more than all that were before 
 me in Jerusalem : also my wis- 
 dom remamed with me. 
 
 10 And whatsoever mine eyes 
 deshed I kept not from them, 
 I withheld not my heart from 
 any joy; for my heart rejoiced 
 in all my labour : and this was 
 my portion of all my labour. 
 
 11 Then I looked on all the 
 works that my hands had 
 wi'ought, and on the labour 
 that I had laboured to do: 
 and, behold, all was vanity and 
 vexation of spirit, and there 
 was no profit under the sun. 
 
 12 IF And I turned myself to 
 behold wisdom, and madness, 
 and folly: for what can the 
 
 man do that cometh after the 
 king? even that which hath 
 been already done. 
 
 13 Then I saw that wisdom 
 excelleth folly, as far as hght 
 excelleth darkness. 
 
 14 The wise man's eyes are 
 in his head ; but the fool walk- 
 eth in darkness : and I myself 
 perceived also that one event 
 happeneth to them all. 
 
 15 Then said I in my heart, 
 As it happeneth to the fool, so 
 it happeneth even to me; and 
 why was I then more wise? 
 Then I said in my heart, that 
 this also is vanity. 
 
 16 For there is no remembrance 
 of the wise more than of the fool 
 for ever ; seeing that which now 
 is in the days to come shall all 
 be forgotten. And how dieth 
 the wise man ? as the fool. 
 
 17 Therefore I hated life ; be- 
 cause the work that is wrought 
 under the sun is grievous unto 
 me : for all is vanity and vex- 
 ation of spirit. 
 
 18 IF Yea, I hated all my labour 
 which I had taken under the 
 sun r because I should leave it 
 unto the man that shall be af- 
 ter me. 
 
 19 And who knoweth whether 
 he shall be a wise man or a fool ? 
 yet shall he have rule over all 
 my labour wherein I have la- 
 boured, and wherein I have 
 shewed myself wise under the 
 sun. This is also vanity. 
 
 20 Therefore I went about to 
 cause my heart to despair of all 
 the labour which I took under 
 the smi. 
 
 21 For there is a man whose 
 labour is in wisdom, and in 
 Imowledge, and in equity; yet 
 to a man that hath not laboured 
 therein shall he leave it for liis 
 portion. This also is vanity and 
 a great e\dl. 
 
 22 For what hath man of all 
 his labour, and of the vexation 
 of his heart, wherein he hath 
 laboured under the sun ? 
 
 23 For all his days are sor- 
 rows, and his travail grief; yea, 
 
A season for ECCLESIASTES, 
 
 his heart taketh not rest m the 
 -night. This is also vanity. 
 
 24 H There is nothing better 
 for a man, than that he should 
 eat and drink, and that he 
 should make his soul enjoy 
 good in his labour. Tliis also I 
 saw, that it was from the hand 
 of God. 
 
 25 For who can eat, or who 
 else can hasten hereunto, more 
 than I? 
 
 26 For God giveth to a man 
 that is good in his sight wisdom, 
 and knowledge, and joy : biit to 
 the sinner he giveth travail, to 
 gather and to heap up, that he 
 may give to him that is good 
 before God. This also is vanity 
 and vexation of spirit. 
 
 \ CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 By the necesmry change of times, 
 vanity is added to human travail. 
 11 TJiere is an excelle)icy in God's 
 inorJcs. 16 But as for mnn, God 
 shall judge his icoiks there, and 
 here he shall he lilce a beast. 
 
 TO every thing' there is a 
 season, and a time to every 
 purpose under the heaven : 
 
 2 A time to be bom, and a time 
 to die; a time to plant, and a 
 time to pluck up that ivhich is 
 planted ; 
 
 3 A time to kill, and a time to 
 heal ; a time to break down, and 
 a time to build up ; 
 
 4 A time to weep, and a time 
 to laugh ; a time to mourn, and 
 a time to dance ; 
 
 5 A time to cast away stones, 
 and a time to gather stones 
 together; a time to embrace, 
 and a tune to refrain from em- 
 bracing ; 
 
 6 A time to get, and a time 
 to lose ; a time to keep, and a 
 time to cast away ; 
 
 7 A time to rend, and a time 
 to sew; a time to keep silence, 
 and a time to speak ; 
 
 8 A time to love, and a time 
 to hate ; a time of war, and a 
 time of peace. 
 
 9 What profit hath he that 
 worketh in that wherein he 
 laboureth? 
 
 III. everu tJdng. 
 
 10 I have seen the travail, 
 which God hath given to the 
 sons of men to be exercised 
 in it. 
 
 11 He hath ruade every thing 
 beautiful in his time : also he 
 hath set the world in their 
 heart, so that no man can find 
 out tlie work that God maketh 
 from the beginning to the end. 
 
 12 I know that there is no 
 good in them, but for a man 
 to rejoice, and to do good in 
 his life. 
 
 13 And also that every man 
 should eat and drink, and en- 
 joy the good of all his labour, 
 it is the gift of God. 
 
 14 I know that, whatsocer 
 God doeth, it shall be for ever : 
 notliing can be put to it, nor 
 any tiling taken from it: and 
 God doeth it, that m£n should 
 fear before him. 
 
 15 That wliich hath been is 
 now; and that which is to be 
 liath already been; and God 
 requireth that wliich is jjast. 
 
 16 ^ And moreover I saw un- 
 der the sun the place of judg- 
 ment, that wickedness was 
 there ; and the place of righte- 
 ousness, that iniquity was there. 
 
 17 I said in mine heart, God 
 shall judge the righteous and 
 the wicked : for there is a time 
 there for every purpose and for 
 every work. 
 
 18 I said in mine heart con- 
 cerning the estate of the sons 
 of men, that God might mani- 
 fest them, and that they might 
 see that they themselves are 
 
 19 For that which befalleth 
 the sons of men befalleth 
 beasts; even one thing befall- 
 eth them : as the one dieth, so 
 dieth the other ; yea, they have 
 all one breath; so that a man 
 hath no preeminence above a 
 beast : for all is vanity. 
 
 20 All go unto one place ; all 
 are of the dust, and all tiu-n to 
 dust again. 
 
 21 Who knoweth the spirit of 
 man that goeth upward, and the 
 
Vanity through 
 
 ECCLESIASTES, IV. 
 
 spirit of the beast that goetli 
 downward to the earth? 
 22 Wherefore I perceive that 
 there is nothing better, than 
 that a man should rejoice in his 
 own works ; for that is his por- 
 tion : for who shall bring him to 
 see what shall be after him.? 
 
 CHAPTER TV. 
 1 Vanity is increased unto men by op- 
 pression, 4 hy envy, 5 hy idleness, 
 7 by covetousness, 9 by solitariness, 
 13 by ivilftdness. 
 
 SO I returned,' and consider- 
 ed all the oppressions that 
 are done under the sun : and be- 
 hold the tears of sicch as were 
 oppressed, and they had no 
 comforter; and on the side of 
 theii' oppressors there was pow- 
 er ; but they had no comforter. 
 
 2 Wherefore I praised the dead 
 which are _ already dead more 
 than the living which are j^et 
 alive. 
 
 3 Yea, better is he than both 
 they, which hath not yet been, 
 who hath not seen the evil work 
 that is done under the sun. 
 
 4 IT AgaiQ, I considered all tra- 
 vail, and every right work, that 
 for this a man is envied of his 
 neighbour. This is also vanity 
 and vexation of spirit. 
 
 5 The fool foldeth his hands 
 together, and eateth his own 
 flesh. 
 
 6 Better is an handful with 
 quietness, than both the hands 
 full with ti-avail and vexation 
 of spirit. 
 
 7 1[ Then I returned, and I saw 
 vanity under the sun. 
 
 8 There is one alone, and 
 there is not a second; yea, he 
 hath neither child nor brother : 
 yet is there no end of all his la- 
 bom*; neither is his eye satis- 
 fied with riches; neither saith 
 he. For whom do I labour 
 and bereave my soul of good? 
 This is also vanity, yea, it is a 
 sore travail. 
 
 9 % Two are better than one ; 
 because they have a good re- 
 ward for their labour. 
 
 .10 For if they fall, the one 
 
 oppre^ion, <^c. 
 
 will lift up his fellow : but woe 
 to him that is alone when he 
 falleth; for he hath not an- 
 other to help him up. 
 
 11 Again, if two lie together, 
 then they have heat: but how 
 can one be warm alone ? 
 
 12 And if one prevail agaiast 
 him, two shall withstand him; 
 and a tlireefold cord is not 
 quickly broken. 
 
 13 H Better is a poor and a wise 
 child than an old and foolish 
 Mng, who will no more be ad- 
 monished. 
 
 14 For out of prison he com- 
 eth to reign; v>^hereas also he 
 that is bom in his kingdom 
 becometh poor. 
 
 15 I considered all the living 
 which walk under the sun, with 
 the second child that shall stand 
 up m his stead. 
 
 16 There is no end of all the 
 people, even of all that have 
 been before them: they also 
 that come after shall not re- 
 joice in him. Surely this also is 
 vanity and vexation of spirit. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 1 Vanities in divine service, 8 in mur- 
 muring against op2yression, 9 and 
 in riches. 18 Joy in riches is the 
 gift of God. 
 
 KEEP thy foot when thou 
 goest to the house of God, 
 and be more ready to hear, than 
 to give the sacrifice of fools : for 
 they consider not that they do 
 evil. 
 
 2 Be not rash with thy mouth, 
 and let not thine heart be hasty 
 to utter am/ thing before God : 
 for God is in heaven, and thou 
 upon earth: therefore let thy 
 words be few. 
 
 3 For a dream cometh through 
 the multitude of business; and 
 a fool's voice is known by mul- 
 titude of words. 
 
 4 When thou vowest a vow un- 
 to God, defer not to pay it ; for 
 he hath no pleasure in fools: 
 pay that wliich thou hast vowed. 
 
 5 Better is it that thou should- 
 est not vow, than that thou 
 shouldest vow and not pay. 
 
The vanity 
 
 G Suffer not thy mouth to cause 
 tliy flesh to sin ; neither say thou 
 before the angel, that it teas an 
 error : wherefore should God be 
 angiy at thy voice, and destroy 
 the work of thine hands ? 
 
 7 For in the multitude of 
 dreams and many words there 
 are also divers vanities: but 
 fear thou God. 
 
 8 H If thou seest the oppression 
 of the poor, and violent pervert- 
 ing of judgment and justice in a 
 province, manel not at the mat- 
 ter: for he that is higher than 
 the highest regardeth ; and there 
 be liiglier than they. 
 
 9 ^ Moreover the profit of the 
 earth is for all: the king him- 
 self ib ser^'ed by the field. 
 
 10 He that loveth silver shall 
 not be satisfied with silver ; nor 
 he that loveth abundance with 
 increase : tliis is also vanity. 
 
 11 When goods increase, they 
 are increased that eat them: 
 and what good is there to tlie 
 owners thereof, saving the be- 
 holding of them with their eyes? 
 
 12 The sleep of a labouring 
 man is sweet, whether he eat 
 little or much: but the abund- 
 ance of the rich will not sufier 
 liim to sleep. 
 
 13 There is a sore evil which I 
 have seen luider the sun, name- 
 ly, riches kept for the owneis 
 thereof to their hm-t. 
 
 14 But those riches perish by 
 evil travail: and he begetteth 
 a son, and there is nothing in 
 his hand. 
 
 15 As he came forth of his 
 mother's womb, naked shall he 
 return to go as he came, and 
 shall take nothing of his labour, 
 wliich he may carry away in his 
 hand. 
 
 16 And this also is a sore evil, 
 that in all points as he came, so 
 shall he go: and what profit 
 hath he that hath labom^d for 
 the wind? 
 
 ^ 17 All his days also he eateth 
 in darkness, and he hath much 
 sorrow and wrath with his sick- 
 ness. 
 
 ECCLESIASTES. VI. oj riches. 
 
 18 H Behold that which I have 
 seen : it is good and comely/br 
 one to eat and to diink, and to 
 enjoy the good of all his laboiu* 
 that he taketh uiider the sim all 
 the days of his life, wliich God 
 giveth him : for it ishm portion. 
 
 19 Every man also to whom 
 God hath given ridies and 
 wealth, and hath given liini 
 nower to eat thereof, and to take 
 nis portion, and to rejoice in his 
 labour; this is the gift of God. 
 
 20 For he shall not nnn.'h re- 
 member the days of his life ; 
 because God answereth him in 
 the joy of liis heart. 
 
 ^ • CHAPTER VI. 
 
 I Tlie vanity of riches vuthout use. 
 3 Of children, i> nml old ago with- 
 out riches. 9 The vanity of siaht 
 and meandering desires. 11 The 
 conclusion of vanities. 
 
 THERE is an evil which I 
 have seen under the sim, 
 and it is common among men : 
 
 2 A man to whom God hath 
 given riches, wealth, and ho- 
 nour, so that he Avanteth no- 
 thing for his soul of all that he 
 desireth, yet God giveth him 
 not power to eat thereof, but a 
 stranger eateth it: this is va- 
 nity, and it is an evil disease. 
 
 3 *[ If a man beget an hundied 
 children, and live many years, 
 so that the days of his years be 
 many, and his soul be not filled 
 with good, and also that he have 
 no burial ; I say, that an imtime- 
 ly birth is better than he. 
 
 4 For he cometh in with vanity, 
 and departeth in darkness, and 
 his name shall be covered with 
 darkness. 
 
 5 Moreover he hath not seen 
 the sun, nor known ant/ thing- : 
 this hath more rest than the 
 other. 
 
 6 ![ Yea, though he live a thou- 
 sand years twice told, yet hath 
 he seen no good : do not all go 
 to one place ? 
 
 7 All the labom- of man is for 
 his mouth, and yet the appetite 
 is not filled. 
 
 8 For what hath the wise more 
 
 i 
 
Of a good nmne, 
 
 than the fool? what hath the 
 poor, that loioweth to walk be- 
 fore the living ? 
 9 IF Better is the sight of the 
 eyes than the wandering of the 
 
 ECCLESIASTES, VII. 
 
 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit 
 to be angry: for anger resteth 
 in the bosom of fools. 
 
 10 Say not thou, What is the 
 cause that the former days were 
 
 desire : this is also vanity and better than these ? for thou dost 
 
 vexation of spmt. 
 
 not enquire wisely concerning 
 
 10 That which hath been is this, 
 named already, and it is known 11 If Wisdom is good with an 
 that it is man : neither may inheritance : and hy it there is 
 
 profit to them that see the snn. 
 
 12 For wisdom is a defence, 
 and money is a defence : but 
 the excellency of knowledge 
 is, that wisdom giveth life to 
 them that have it. 
 
 13 Consider the work of God: 
 for who can make that straight, 
 wliich he hath made crooked ? 
 
 14 In the day of prosperity be 
 joyful, bnt in the day of adver- 
 sity consider : God also hath set 
 the one over against the other, 
 
 ^ /^^ the end that man should find 
 23 The diffi- \ nothing after him. 
 
 15 All things have I seen in 
 
 he contend with him that is 
 mightier than he. 
 
 11 IT Seeing there be many 
 things that increase vanity, 
 what is man the better ? 
 
 12 For who Imoweth v/hat is 
 good for man in this life, all the 
 days of his vain life which he 
 spendeth as a shadow ? for who 
 can tell a man what shall be 
 after him under the sun ? 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 1 Bemedies against vanity are, a 
 good name, 2 mortification, 7 pa- 
 tience, 11 wisdom. "" '"^ " " ^ 
 culty of wisdom. 
 
 A GOOD name is better than the days of my vanity : there 
 precious ointment ; and the is a just man tiiat i)erisheth in 
 day of death than the day of i his righteousness, and there is 
 one's birth. I a wicked man that prolongeth 
 
 2 1[ /^ is better to go to the | his life in his wickedness, 
 house of mourning, than to go| 16 Be not righteous over much; 
 to the house of feasting : for \ neither make thyself over wise : 
 that is the end of all men ; \ why shouldest thou destroy thy- 
 
 and the living will lay it to , self? 
 
 his heart. 
 
 17 Be not over much wicked. 
 
 3 Sorrow is better than laugh- ; neither be thou foolish : why 
 ter : for by the sadness of the ' shouldest thou die before thy 
 countenance the heart is made I time ? 
 
 better. 
 
 18 It is good that thou should- 
 
 4 The heart of the wise is in | est take hold of this ; yea, also 
 the house of mourning ; but the \ from this withdraw not thine 
 
 heart of fools is in the house of 
 mirth. 
 
 5 It is better to hear the re- 
 buke of the wise, than for a 
 man to hear the song of fools. 
 
 6 For as the crackhng of thorns 
 under a pot, so is the laughter 
 of the fool : this also is vanity. 
 
 7 T Surely oppression maketh 
 a wise man mad; and a gift 
 destroyeth the heart. 
 
 8 Better is the end of a thing 
 than the beginning thereof: and 
 the patient in sphit is better 
 than the proud in spirit. 
 
 hand: for he that feareth God 
 shall come forth of them all. 
 
 19 Wisdom strengtheneth the 
 wise more than ten mighty meii 
 which are in the city. 
 
 20 For there is not a just man 
 upon earth, that doeth good, 
 and sinneth not. 
 
 21 Also take no heed unto all 
 words that are spoken ; lest thou 
 hear thy servant curse thee : 
 
 22 For oftentimes also thine 
 own heart knoweth that thou 
 thyself likewise hast cursed 
 others. 
 
Kings are to ECCLESIASTES. VIII 
 
 23 H All this have I proved by 
 wisdom : I said, I will be wise ; 
 but it was far from me. 
 
 24 That which is far off, and 
 exceeding deep, who can find 
 it out? 
 
 25 I applied mine heart to 
 know, and to search, and to 
 seek out wisdom, and the rea- 
 son of things, and to know tlie 
 wickedness of folly, even of 
 foolishness ami madness: 
 
 26 And I find more bitter than 
 death the woman, whose heart 
 is snares and net^, and her 
 hands as bands: whoso pleas- 
 eth God slmll escai)e from her ; 
 but the sunier sliall be taken 
 by her. 
 
 27 Behold, this have I found, 
 saith the preacher, counting one 
 by one, to find out the account : 
 
 28 AVhich yet my soul seeketh, 
 but I find not : one man among 
 a thousand have I found ; but a 
 woman among all those liave I 
 not found, 
 
 29 Lo, this only have I found, 
 that God hath made man up- 
 right; but they liave sought 
 out many inventions. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 1 Kinqs are greatly to he respected. 
 6 ITje divine providence is to he 
 ohserved. 12 It is hetter with the 
 godly in adversity, than icith the 
 wicked in prosperity. 16 The work 
 of God is wisearchahle. 
 
 WHO is as the wise man? 
 and who knoweth the in- 
 terpretation of a thing ? a man's 
 wisdom maketh his face to shine, 
 and the boldness of his face shall 
 be changed. 
 
 2 I counsel thee to keep the 
 king's commandment, and that 
 in regard of the oath of God. 
 
 3 Be not hasty to go out of 
 his sight: stand not in an evil 
 thing ; for he doeth whatsoever 
 pleaseth him. 
 
 4 Where the word of a king is, 
 there is power: and who may 
 say unto him, What doest thou? 
 
 5 Whoso keepeth the com- 
 mandment shall feel no evil 
 thing : and a wise man's heart 
 
 he resp€cted.\ \ 
 
 discemeth both time and judg« 
 ment. 
 
 6 H Because to every purpose 
 there is time and judgment, 
 therefore the misery of man 
 is great upon liim. 
 
 7 For lie knoweth not that 
 which shall l>e: for who can 
 tell him when it shall be ? 
 
 8 There is no man that hath 
 power over the spirit to retain 
 the spuit ; neither hath he power 
 in the day of death: and there 
 is no discharge in that war; 
 neither shall wickedness deUver 
 those that are given to it, 
 
 9 All tliis have I seen, and 
 applied my heart unto ever, 
 work that is done under the! 
 sun: there is a time wherein 
 one man ruleth over anotheri 
 to his own hurt. 
 
 10 And so I saw the ^vicked 
 buried, who had come and gone 
 from the place of the holy, and 
 tliey were forgotten in the city 
 where they had so done : this ts\ 
 also vanity. 
 
 11 Because sentence against^ 
 an evil work is not executed 
 speedily, therefore the heart of 
 the fK)n8 of men is fully set in 
 them to do evil. 
 
 12 H Though a sinner do evil 
 an hundred times, and his dat/s 
 be prolonged, yet surely I know 
 that it shall be well with them 
 that fear God, which fear before 
 him: 
 
 13 But it shall not be well with 
 the wicked, neither shall he pro- 
 long his days, which are as a 
 shadow ; because he feareth not 
 before God. 
 
 14 There is a vanity which is 
 done upon the earth ; that there 
 be just men, unto whom it liap- 
 peneth according to the work 
 of the wicked ; again, there be 
 wicked men, to whom it liap- 
 peneth according to the work of 
 the righteous: I said that this 
 also is vanity. 
 
 15 Then I commended miifh, 
 because a man hath no better 
 thing under the sun, than to 
 eat, and to drink, and to be 
 
 i 
 
 1 
 
All things com ECCLESIASTES, IX. 
 
 alike to all. 
 
 merry : for that shall abide with 
 him of his labom- the days of 
 his life, which God giveth him 
 under the smi. 
 
 16 H When I applied mine 
 heart to know wisdom, and to 
 see the business that is done 
 upon the earth : (for also there 
 is that neither day nor night 
 seeth sleep with his eyes :) 
 
 17 Then I beheld all the work 
 of God, that a man cannot find 
 out the work that is done under 
 the sun : because though a man 
 labour to seek it out, yet he 
 shall not find it; yea farther; 
 though a wise man think to 
 know it, yet shall he not be 
 able to find it. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 1 Like things happen to good and 
 had. i: There is a necessity of death 
 unto men. 7 Comfort is all their 
 portion in this life. 11 God's pro- 
 vidence ruleth over all. 13 Wisdom 
 is better than strength. 
 
 FOR all this I considered in 
 my heart even to declare 
 all this, that the righteous, and 
 the wise, and their works, are 
 in the hand of God: no man 
 knoweth either love or hatred 
 b^ all that is before them. 
 
 2 All things come alike to all : 
 there is one event to the right- 
 eous, and to the wicked ; to the 
 good and to the clean, and to 
 the unclean ; to him that sacri- 
 ficeth, and to him that sacrific- 
 eth not : as is the good, so is the 
 sinner; and he that sweareth, 
 as he that feareth an oath. 
 
 3 Tliis is an evil among all 
 things that are done under the 
 smi, that there is one event 
 unto all : yea, also the heart 
 of the sons of men is full of 
 evil, and madness is in their 
 heart while they live, and after 
 that thet/ go to the dead. 
 
 4 IT For to him that is joined 
 to all the living there is hope : 
 for a living dog is better than a 
 dead lion. 
 
 5 For the living know that they 
 shall die: but the dead Imow 
 not any thing, neither have they 
 
 any more a reward ; for the me- 
 mory of them is forgotten. 
 
 6 Also their love, and their 
 hatred, and their envy, is now 
 perished ; neither have they any 
 more a portion for ever in any 
 thing that is done under the 
 sun. 
 
 7 1" Go thy way, eat thy bread 
 with joy, and drink thy wine 
 with a merry heart; for God 
 now accepteth thy works. 
 
 8 Let thy garments be alwaj^s 
 white ; and let thy head lack no 
 ointment. 
 
 9 Live joyfully with the wife 
 whom thou lovest all the days 
 of the hfe of thy vanity, which 
 he hath given thee under the 
 sun, all the days of thy vanity : 
 for that is thy portion in this 
 life, and in thy labour which 
 thou takest under the sun. 
 
 10 Whatsoever thy hand find- 
 eth to do, do it with thy might ; 
 for there is no work, nor device, 
 nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in 
 the grave, whither thou goest. 
 
 11 IF I returned, and saw un- 
 der the sun, that the race is not 
 to the swift, nor the battle to 
 the strong, neither yet bread to 
 the wise, nor yet riches to men 
 of understanding, nor yet favour 
 to men of skill; but time and 
 chance happeneth to them all. 
 
 12 For man also knoweth not 
 his time : as the fishes that are 
 taken in an evil net, and as the 
 birds that are caught in the 
 snare ; so are the sons of men 
 snared in an evil time, when it 
 falleth suddenly upon them. 
 
 13 IF This wisdom have I seen 
 also under the sun, and it seem- 
 ed great imto me : 
 
 14 There was a little city, and 
 few men within it; and there 
 came a great king against it, 
 and besieged it, and bmlt great 
 bulwarks against it : 
 
 15 Now there was found in it 
 a poor wise man, and he by his 
 wisdom delivered the city; yet 
 no man remembered that same 
 poor man. 
 
 16 Then said I, Wisdom is bet- 
 
ECCLESIASTES, X. tms^m mid folly: 
 ter than strength : nevertheless ' lips of a fool will swallow up 
 
 the poor man's wisdom is de- 
 spised, and his words are not 
 heard. 
 
 17 The words of wise men are 
 heard in qniet more than the cry 
 of him that riileth among fools. 
 
 18 Wisdom is better than wea- 
 pons of war: but one sinner 
 destroyeth much good. 
 
 -^ CHAPTER X. 
 
 1 Observations of ivisdom and folly 
 
 himself. 
 
 13 The beginning of the words 
 of his mouth is foolishness : and 
 the end of his talk is mischiev- 
 ous madness. 
 
 14 A fool also is full of words : 
 a man cannot tell what shall 
 be ; and what shall be after him, 
 who can tell him ? 
 
 15 The labour of the foolish 
 wearieth every one of them. 
 
 16 of riot, 18 slothfulness. 19 and , because he knoweth not how 
 ™„,..,. «^ Ti^.„'. .i....„7,.- .^7..-„„- ' to go to the city. 
 
 16 H Woe to thee, O land 
 when thy king is a child, and 
 thy princes eat in the morning ! 
 
 17 Blessed art thou, O land, 
 when thy king is the son of 
 nobles, and thy princes eat in 
 due season, for strength, and 
 not for drunkenness ! 
 
 18 11 By much slothfulness the 
 building decayeth ; and through 
 idleness of the hands the house 
 droppeth through. 
 
 19 IF A feast is made for laugh- 
 ter, and wine maketh merry: 
 but money answereth all things. 
 
 20 1[ Curse not the king, no 
 not in thy thought; and ciu-se 
 not the rich in thy bedchamber : 
 for a bird of the air shall carry 
 the voice, and that which hath 
 wings shall tell the matter. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 1 Directions for charity. 7 Death 
 
 in life, 9 and the day of judgment 
 
 in the days of youth, are to be 
 
 thought on. 
 
 money. 20 Men's thoughts of kings 
 ought to be reverent. 
 
 DEAD flies cause the oint- 
 ment of the apothecaiy to 
 send forth a stinking savour: 
 so doth a little folly him that is 
 in reputation for wisdom aiid 
 honour. 
 
 2 A Avise man's heart is at his 
 right hand ; but a fool's heart at 
 his left. 
 
 3 Yea also, when he that is a 
 fool walketh by the way, his wis- 
 dom faileth him, and he saith 
 to every one that he is a fool. 
 
 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise 
 up against thee, leave not thy 
 place; for yielding pacifieth 
 great ofiences. 
 
 5 There is an e\dl which I have 
 seen imder the sun, as an error 
 which proceedeth from the ruler : 
 
 6 Folly is set in great dignity, 
 and the rich sit in low place. 
 
 7 I have seen sen'^ants^ upon 
 horses, and princes walking as 
 servants upon the earth. 
 
 8 He that diggeth a pit shall 
 fall into it; and whoso break- 
 eth an hedge, a serpent shall 
 bite him. 
 
 9 Whoso removeth stones shall 
 be hurt therewith ; and he that 
 cleaveth wood shall be endan- 
 gered thereby. 
 
 10 If the iron be blunt, and he 
 do not whet the edge, then must 
 he put to more strength: but 
 wisdom is profitable to direct. 
 
 11 Surely the serpent will bite 
 without enchantment; and a 
 babbler is no better. 
 
 12 The words of a wise man's 
 mouth are gracious; but the 
 
 CAST thy bread upon the 
 waters: for thou shalt find 
 it after many days. 
 
 2 Give a portion to seven, and 
 also to eight; for thou knowest 
 not what evil shall be upon the 
 earth. 
 
 3 If the clouds be full of rain, 
 they empty themselves upon the 
 earth : and if the tree fall to- 
 ward the south, or toward the 
 north, in the place where the 
 tree faileth, there it shall be. 
 
 4 He that observeth the wind 
 shall not sow; and he that re- 
 gardeth the clouds shall not reap. 
 
 5 As thou knowest not what 
 
The Ch-eatw to 
 
 ECCLESIASTES, XII. 
 
 he remetribered. 
 
 is the way of the spirit, nor how 
 the bones do grow in the womb 
 of her that is with child : even 
 so thou knowest not the works 
 of God who maketh all. 
 
 6 In the morning sow thy seed, 
 and in the evening withhold not 
 thine hand: for thou knowest 
 not whether shall prosper, either 
 this or that, or whether they both 
 shall be alike good. 
 
 7 11 Truly the light is sweet, 
 and a pleasant thing it is for 
 the eyes to behold the sun : 
 
 8 But if a man live many years, 
 and rejoice in them all ; yet let 
 him remember the days of dark- 
 ness; for they shall be many. 
 All that Cometh is vanity. 
 
 9 IF Eejoice, O young man, in 
 thy youth; and let thy heart 
 cheer thee in the days of thy 
 youth, and walk in the ways 
 of thine heart, and in the sight 
 of thine eyes : but know thou, 
 that for all these things God 
 will bring thee into judgment. 
 
 10 Therefore remove sorrow 
 from thy heart, and put away 
 evil from thy flesh : for child- 
 hood and youth m-e vanity. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 1 TJie Creatoi- is to he remembered in 
 
 due time. 8 The preacher's care 
 
 to edify. 13 The fear of God is 
 
 the chief antidote of vanity. 
 
 REMEMBER now thy Crea- 
 tor in the days of thy youth, 
 while the evil days come not, 
 nor the years draw nigh, when 
 thou shalt say, I have no plea- 
 siue in them ; 
 
 2 While the sun, or the light, 
 or the moon, or the stars, be 
 not darkened, nor the clouds 
 return after the rain : 
 
 3 In the day when the keep- 
 ers of the house shall tremble, 
 and the strong men shall bow 
 themselves, and the grinders 
 cease because they are few, and 
 those that look out of the win- 
 dows be darkened, 
 
 4 And the doors shall be shut 
 
 in the streets, when the sound 
 of the grinding is low, and he 
 shall rise up at the voice of the 
 bud, and all the daughters of 
 musick shall be brought low ; 
 
 5 Also when they shall be 
 afraid of that which is high, 
 and fears shall be in the way, 
 and the almond tree shall flou- 
 rish, and the grasshopper shall 
 be a burden, and desire shall 
 fail: because man goeth to his 
 long home, and the mourners 
 go about the streets : 
 
 6 Or ever the silver cord be 
 loosed, or the golden bowl be 
 broken, or the pitcher be broken 
 at the fountain, or the wheel 
 broken at the cistern. 
 
 7 Then shall the dust return 
 to the earth as it was : and the 
 spirit shall retmn unto God who 
 gave it. 
 
 8 11 Vanity of vanities, saith 
 the preacher ; all is vanity. 
 
 9 And moreover, because the 
 preacher was wise, he still taught 
 the people knowledge; yea, he 
 gave good heed, and sought out, 
 and set in order many pro- 
 verbs. _ 
 
 10 The preacher sought to find 
 out acceptable words: and that 
 which was wiitten was upright, 
 even words of truth. 
 
 11 The -words of the wise are 
 as goads, and as nails fastened 
 bt/ the masters of assemblies, 
 which are given from one shej)- 
 herd. 
 
 12 And further, by these, my 
 son, be admonished: of maldng 
 many books there is no end; 
 and much study is a weariness 
 of the flesh. 
 
 13 1[ Let us hear the conclu- 
 sion of the whole matter : Fear 
 God, and keep his command- 
 ments : for this is the whole dutp 
 of man. 
 
 14 For God shall bring every 
 work into judgment, with every 
 secret thingj whether it be good, 
 or whether it be evil. 
 
THE SONG OF SOLOMON. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Tlie church's loce nnto Christ. 5 
 ^he confesmth her deformity, 7 and 
 prai/eth to be directed to his flock. 
 8 Christ directeth her to the shep- 
 herds' tents: 9 and shewing his 
 love to her, 11 giveth her gracious 
 promises. 12 The church andChnst 
 congratulate one another. 
 
 THE song? of songs, Avbich is 
 ►Solomon's. 
 
 2 Let liini kiss me with the 
 kisses of his mouth : for thy love 
 is better tlian wine. 
 
 3 Because of the savour of thy 
 good ointments tliy name is as 
 ointment p^^^rccl forth, tliere- 
 fore do the virgins love thee. 
 
 4 Draw me, we will nm after 
 thee : the king hath brought 
 me into his chambei-s: we will 
 be glad and rejoice in thee, we 
 will remember thy love more 
 than wine : the upnght love thee. 
 
 5 I atn black, but comely, O 
 ye daughters of Jerusalem, as 
 the tents of Kedar, as the cur- 
 tains of Solomon. 
 
 6 Look not upon me, because I 
 «m black, because the smi hath 
 looked upon me: my mother's 
 cliildren were angry with me; 
 they made me the keeper of the 
 vineyards; but mine own vine- 
 yard have I not kept. 
 
 7 Tell me, O thou whom my 
 soul loveth, where thou feedest, 
 where thou makes t th?/ flock to 
 rest at noon : for why should I 
 be as one that tumeth aside by 
 the flocks of thy companions ? 
 
 8 ^ If thou know not, O thou 
 fairest among women, go thy 
 way forth by the footsteps of 
 the flock, and feed thy kids be- 
 side the shepherds' tents. 
 
 9 I have compared thee, O my 
 love, to a company of horses in 
 Pharaoh's chariots. 
 
 10 Thy cheeks are comely with 
 rows of jewels, thy neck with 
 chains of gold. 
 
 11 We will make thee borders 
 of gold with studs of silver. 
 
 12 If While the king sitteth at 
 his table, my spikenard sendeth 
 forth the smell tliereof. 
 
 13 A bundle of myrrh is my 
 wellbeloved unto me; he shall 
 lie all night betwixt my breasts. 
 
 14 My beloved is unto me as a 
 cluster of camphire in the vine- 
 yards of En-gedi. 
 
 15 Behold, thou art fair, my 
 love ; behold, thou art fair ; 
 thou hast doves' eyes. 
 
 10 Behold, thou art fail', my 
 beloved, yea, pleasant : also our 
 bed is green. 
 
 17 The beams of our house are 
 cedar, and our rafters of fir. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 I TJie mutual love of Christ and his 
 church. 8 The hope, 10 and call- 
 i^W of the chtirch. 14 Christ's care 
 of the church. Ifi Tlte profession of 
 the church, her faith and hope. 
 
 I AM the rose of Sharon, and 
 the lily of the valleys. 
 
 2 As the lily among thonis, so 
 is my love among the daughters. 
 
 3 As the apple tree among the 
 trees of the wood, so is my be- 
 loved among the sons. I sat 
 down under his shadow with 
 great delight, and his fruit was 
 sweet to my taste. 
 
 4 He brought me to the ban- 
 queting house, and his banner 
 over me was love. 
 
 5 Stay me with flagons, com- 
 fort me with apples : for I am 
 sick of love. 
 
 6 His left hand is under my 
 head, and his right hand doth 
 embrace me. 
 
 7 I charge you, O ye daugh- 
 ters of Jerusalem, by the roes, 
 and by the hinds of the field, 
 that ye stir not up, nor awake 
 mt/ love, till he please. 
 
 8 If The voice of my beloved ! 
 behold, he cometh leaping upon 
 the mountains, skipping upon 
 the hills. 
 
 9 My beloved is like a roe or 
 a young hart: behold, he stand- 
 
The church 
 
 SOLOMON'S SONG, III. glorieth in Christ. 
 
 eth behind our wall, lie looketli 
 forth at the windows, shewing 
 himself through the lattice. 
 
 10 My beloved spake, and said 
 unto me, Eise up, my love, my 
 fair one, and come away. 
 
 11 For, lo, the winter is past, 
 the rain is over and gone ; 
 
 12 The flowers appear on the 
 earth; the time of the singing 
 of birds is come, and the voice of 
 the turtle is heard in our land ; 
 
 13 The fig tree putteth forth 
 her green figs, and the vines 
 with the tender grape give a 
 good smell. Arise, my love, my 
 fair one, and come away. 
 
 14 ^ O my dove, that art in the 
 clefts of the rock, in the secret 
 places of the stairs, let me see 
 thy countenance, let me hear 
 thy voice ; for sweet is thy voice, 
 and thy countenance is comely. 
 
 15 Take us the foxes, the little 
 foxes, that spoil the vines : for 
 our vines have tender grapes. 
 
 16 IF My beloved is mine, and 
 I am his : he feedeth among the 
 lilies. 
 
 17 Until the day break, and 
 the shadows flee away, turn, my 
 beloved, and be thou like a roe 
 or a young hart upon the moun- 
 tains of Bether. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 1 The church's fight and victory^ in 
 temptation. 6 The church glorieth 
 in Christ. 
 
 BY night on my bed I sought 
 him whom my soul loveth : 
 I sought him, but I found him 
 not. 
 
 2 I will rise now, and go about 
 the city in the streets, and in 
 the broad ways I wiU seek him 
 whom my soul loveth : I sought 
 him, but I found him not. 
 
 3 The watchmen that go about 
 the city found me : to whom I 
 said. Saw ye him whom my soul 
 loveth? 
 
 4 It was but a little that I 
 passed from them, but I found 
 him whom my soul loveth: I 
 held him, and would not let 
 him go, until I had brought 
 him into my mother's house, 
 
 and into the chamber of her 
 that conceived me. 
 5 1 charge you, O ye daughters 
 of Jerusalem, by the roes, and 
 by the hinds of the field, that 
 ye stir not up, nor awake my 
 love, till he please. 
 
 6 1[ Who is this that cometh 
 out of the wilderness like pillars 
 of smoke, perfumed with myrrh 
 and franldncense, with all pow- 
 ders of the merchant? 
 
 7 Behold his bed, which is Solo- 
 mon's; threescore valiant men 
 are about it, of the valiant of 
 Israel. 
 
 8 They aU hold swords, being 
 expert in war : every man hath 
 his sword upon his thigh be- 
 cause of fear in the night. 
 
 9 King Solomon made himself 
 a chariot of the wood of Leba- 
 non. 
 
 10 He made the pillars there- 
 of of silver, the bottom thereof 
 of gold, the covering of it of 
 purple, the midst thereof being 
 paved with love, for the daugh- 
 ters of Jerusalem. 
 
 11 Go forth, O ye daughters of 
 Zion, and behold king Solomon 
 with the crown wherewith his 
 mother crowned him in the day 
 of his espousals, and in the day 
 of the gladness of his heart. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 1 CJirist setteth forth the graces of the 
 chwch. 8 He sheweth his love to 
 her. 16 The church prayeth to he 
 made fit for his presence. 
 
 BEHOLD, thou art fair, my 
 love ; behold, thou art fair ; 
 thou hast doves' eyes within thy 
 locks : thy hair is as a flock of 
 goats, that appear from mount 
 Gilead. 
 
 2 Thy teeth are Hke a flock 
 of sheep that are even shorn, 
 which came up from the wash- 
 ing; whereof every one bear 
 twins, and none is barren a- 
 mong them. 
 
 3 Thy lips are like a tliread 
 of scarlet, and thy speech is 
 comely: thy temples are like 
 a piece of a pomegranate within 
 thy locks. 
 
Clirid sUmth his SOLOMON'S SONG, V. love to the church. 
 
 4 Thy neck is like the tower 
 of David builded for an ar- 
 moury, whereon there hang a 
 thousand bucklers, all shields 
 of mighty men. 
 
 5 Thy two breasts are like two 
 yomig roes that are twuis, which 
 feed among the lilies. 
 
 6 Until the day break, and the 
 shadows flee away, I will get me 
 to the mountain of myrrh, and 
 to the hill of frankuicense. 
 
 7 Thou art all fair, my love; 
 there is no spot in thee. 
 
 8 ![ Come with me from Le- 
 banon, m?/ spouse, with me 
 from Lebanon : look I'rom the 
 top of Amana, from the top of 
 Shenir and Hermon, from the 
 lions' dens, from the mountains 
 of the leopards. 
 
 9 Thou hast ravished my heart, 
 my sister, m.y spouse ; thou hast 
 ra\dshed my heart with one of 
 thine eyes, with one chain of 
 thy neck. 
 
 10 How fair is thy love, my 
 sister, mt/ spouse ! how much 
 better is thy love than wine! 
 and the smell of thine oint- 
 ments than all spices ! 
 
 11 Thy lips, O mi/ spouse, drop 
 as the honeycomb : honey and 
 milk are under thy tongue ; and 
 the smell of thy garments is 
 like the smell of Lebanon. 
 
 12 A garden inclosed is my sis- 
 ter, mj/ spouse; a spring shut 
 up, a fountain sealed. 
 
 13 Thy plants are an orchard 
 of pomegranates, with pleasant 
 fiTiits; camphire, with spike- 
 nard, 
 
 14 Spikenard and saffron; ca- 
 lamus and cinnamon, with all 
 trees of frankincense; myrrh 
 and aloes, with all the chief 
 spices : 
 
 15 A fountain of gardens, a well 
 of living waters, and streams 
 from Lebanon. 
 
 16 IT Awake, O north wind; 
 and come, thou south; blow 
 upon my garden, that the spices 
 thereof may flow out. Let my 
 beloved come into his garden, 
 and eat his pleasant fruits. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 Christ aivaJieth the church with his 
 calling. 2 TJie church having a taste 
 of Christ's love is sick of love. 9 A 
 description of Christ by his graces. 
 
 I AM come into my garden, 
 my sister, mt/ spouse : I have 
 gathered my myrrh with my 
 spice; I have eaten my honey- 
 comb with my honey; I have 
 diiink my wine with my milk : 
 eat, O friends ; drink, yea, drink 
 abundantly, O beloved. 
 
 2 III sleep, butmy heart wake th : 
 it is the voice of my beloved that 
 knocketh, saying. Open to me, 
 my sister, my love, my dove, my 
 undefiled : lor my head is filled 
 with dew, and my locks with 
 the di'ops of the night. 
 
 3 I have put off my coat ; how 
 shall I put it on ? I have washed 
 my feet; how shall I defile them? 
 
 4 My beloved put in his hand 
 by the hole of the door, and my 
 bowels were moved for him. 
 
 5 I rose up to open to my be- 
 loved; and my hands dropped 
 with myrrh, and my fingers 
 with sweet smelling myrrh, up- 
 on the handles of the lock. | 
 
 6 I opened to my beloved ; but j 
 my beloved had withdrawn him- j 
 self, and was gone : my soul j 
 failed when he spake : I sought ] 
 him, but I could not find him ; j 
 I called him, but he gave me 
 no ansv/er. I 
 
 7 The watchmen that went | 
 about the city found me, they 1 
 smote me, they wounded me; 
 the keepers of the walls took 
 away my veil from me. 
 
 8 I charge you, O daughters 
 of Jerusalem, if ye find my 
 beloved, that ye tell him, that 
 I am sick of love. 
 
 9 ^ What is thy beloved more 
 than another beloved, O thou 
 fairest among women? what 
 is thy beloved more than an- 
 other beloved, that thou dost so \ 
 charge us ? ^* 
 
 10 My beloved is white and 
 ruddy, the chiefest among ten 
 thousand. 
 
 11 His head is as the most fine , 
 
TJie graces 
 
 gold, his locks ai^e bushy, and 
 black as a raven. 
 
 12 His eyes are as the eyes of 
 doves by the rivei-s of watei^, 
 washed with milk, and fitly set. 
 
 13 His cheeks are as a bed 
 of spices, as sweet flowers : his 
 lips like lilies, di'opping sweet 
 smelling myrrh. 
 
 14 His hands ar^ as gold rings 
 set with the beiyl : his belly is 
 as bright ivory overlaid with 
 sapphires. 
 
 15 His legs are a^ pillai^ of 
 marble, set npon sockets of fine 
 gold : his countenance is as Le- 
 banon, excellent as the <;edars. 
 
 16 His mouth is most sweet : 
 yea, he is altogether lovely. 
 This is my beloved, and this 
 is my friend, O daughters of 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 1 Tlie cJiurch pi'ofesseth her faith 
 
 in (JJirist. i Clirist sheivetJi the 
 
 graces of the church, 10 and his 
 
 love towards her. 
 TT7TIITHEE is thy beloved 
 
 VV gone, O thou fairest a- 
 mong women? wliither is thy 
 beloved tmiied aside ? that we 
 may seek him with thee. 
 
 2 My beloved is gone down 
 into his garden, to the beds of 
 spices, to feed in the gardens, 
 and to gather lilies. 
 
 3 I am my beloved's, and my 
 beloved is mine : he feedeth 
 among the lilies. 
 
 4 % Thou art beautiful, O 
 my love, as Tirzah, comely as 
 Jerusalem, terrible as an army 
 with bannei-s. 
 
 5 Turn away thine eyes from 
 me, for they have overcome me : 
 thy hail' is as a flock of goats 
 that appear from Gilead, 
 
 6 Thy teeth are as a flock of 
 sheep which go up from the 
 wasMng, whereof every one 
 beareth twins, and there is not 
 one barren among them. 
 
 7 As a piece of a pomegranate 
 are thy temples within thy locks. 
 
 8 There are threescore queens. 
 and fomscore concubines, and 
 virgins without number. 
 
 SOLOMON'S SONG, VI. of the cliurch. 
 
 9 My dove, my undetiled is but 
 one ; she is the only one of her 
 mother, she is the choice one of 
 her that bare her. The daugh- 
 ters saw her, and blessed her ; 
 7/ea, the queens and the concu- 
 bines, and they pmised her. 
 
 10 H Who is she that looketh 
 forth as the morning, fair as the 
 moon, clear as the sun, and ter- 
 rible as «?i army with banners ? 
 
 11 I went down into the^ gar- 
 den of nuts to see the fruits of 
 the valley, and to see whether 
 the vine flourished, and the 
 pomegranates budded. 
 
 12 Or ever I was aware, my 
 soul made me like the chariots 
 of Ammi-nadib. 
 
 13 Eetum, return, O Shulam- 
 ite ; return, return, that we may 
 look upon thee. What will ye 
 see in the Shulamite ? As it were 
 the company of two aimies. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 1 A further description of the church's 
 graces. 10 TJie church xorofesseth 
 her faith and desire. 
 
 HOW beautiful are thy feet 
 with shoes, O prmce's 
 daughter ! the joints of thy 
 thighs are like jewels, the work 
 of the hands of a cunning work- 
 man. 
 
 2 Thy navel is like a round 
 goblet, which wanteth not li- 
 quor : thy belly is like an heap 
 of wheat set about with lilies. 
 
 3 Thy two breasts are lilie two 
 young roes that are twins. 
 
 4 Thy neck is as a tower of 
 ivory; thine eyes like the fish- 
 pools in Heshbon. by the gate 
 of Bath-rabbim : thy nose is as 
 the tower of Lebanon which 
 looketh toward Damascus. 
 
 5 Thine head upon thee is hke 
 Carmel. and the hair of thine 
 head like purple ; the king is 
 held in the galleries. 
 
 6 How fair and how pleasant 
 aii thou, O love, for delights ! 
 
 7 This thy stature is like to 
 a palm tree, and thy breasts to 
 clusters of grapes. 
 
 8 I said, I will go up to the 
 palm tree, I ynW take hold of 
 
 Ll 
 
'The church's SOLOMON'S SONG, VIII. love to Christ. 
 
 5 Who is this that cometh up 
 from the wilderness, leaning 
 upon her beloved ? I raised thee 
 up under the apple tree : there 
 thy mother brought thee forth : 
 there she brought thee forth 
 that bare thee. 
 
 6 If Set me as a seal upon thine 
 heart, as a seal upon tliine arm : 
 for love is strong as death ; jea- 
 lousy is cruel as the grave : the 
 coals thereof are coals of lire, 
 which hath a most vehement 
 flame. 
 
 7 Many waters cannot quench 
 love, neither can the floods 
 diown it : if a man would give 
 all the substance of his house 
 for love, it would utterly be 
 contemned. 
 
 8 H We have a little sister, and 
 she hath no breasts : what shall 
 we do for our sister in the day 
 when she shall be spoken for ? 
 
 9 If she be a wall, we will build 
 upon her a palace of silver : and 
 if she be a door, we will inclose 
 her with boards of cedar. 
 
 10 1 am a wall, and my breasts 
 like towers : then was I in his 
 eyes as one that found favour. 
 
 11 Solomon had a vineyard at 
 Baal-hamon ; he let out the vine- 
 yard unto keepers ; every one 
 for the fruit thereof was to biing 
 a thousand pieces of silver. 
 
 12 My vineyard, which is mine, 
 is before me : thou, O Solo- 
 mon, must have a thousand, 
 and those that keep the fruit 
 thereof two hundred. 
 
 13 Thou that dwellest in the 
 gardens, the companions hear- 
 ken to thy voice : cause me to 
 hear it. 
 
 14 H Make haste, my beloved, 
 and be thou like to a roe or to 
 a young hart upon the moun- 
 tains of spices. 
 
 the boughs thereof: now also 
 thy breasts shall be as clusters 
 of the vine, and the smell of 
 thy nose like apples ; 
 
 9 And the roof of thy mouth 
 like the best wine for my be- 
 loved, that goeth down sweetly, 
 causing the lips of those that 
 are asleep to speak. 
 
 10 U I am my beloved's, and 
 his desire is toward me. 
 
 11 Come, my beloved, let us 
 go forth into the field; let us 
 lodge in the villages. 
 
 12 Let us get up early to the 
 vineyards ; let us see if the 
 vine flourish, whether the ten- ' 
 der grape appear, and the pome- ' 
 granates bud forth : there will ; 
 I give thee my loves. I 
 
 13 The mandrakes give a smell, I 
 and at our gates are all manner ■ 
 of lAe&sant fruits, new and old, ' 
 which I have laid up for thee, 
 
 my beloved. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 1 The love of the church to Christ. 6 
 The vehemency of love. 8 The ccdl- 
 ing of the Gentiles. 14 The church 
 pi'ayeth for Christ's coming. 
 
 OTHAT thou wert as my 
 brother, that sucked the 
 breasts of my mother! when 
 I should find thee without, I 
 would kiss thee ; yea, I should 
 not be despised. 
 
 2 I would lead thee, and bring 
 thee into my mother's house, 
 who would insti'uct me : I 
 would cause thee to drink of 
 spiced wine of the juice of my 
 pomegranate. 
 
 3 His left hand should be un- 
 der my head, and his right hand 
 should embrace me. 
 
 4 I charge you, O daughters of 
 Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, 
 nor awake mi/ love, until he 
 
THE BOOK OF THE PEOPHET 
 
 ISAIAH. 
 
 CHAPTER I. ; 
 
 1 Isaiah camplaineth of Judah fryr \ 
 her rebellion. 5 He kimenteth her \ 
 jvdgraents. 10 He wpbraldeth their 
 whole service. 16 He exhcrrteth ; 
 to repentance, with prr/raises and. \ 
 threatenings. 21 Bewailing their \ 
 wickedness, he denrninceth God's 
 judgments. 25 He prorni&eth grace, 
 28 and threateneth destruction to 
 the wicked. I 
 
 THE vision of Isaiah tlie | 
 son of Amoz, wMcli he ' 
 saw concerning Judah and Je- 
 rusalem in the days of Uzziah, 
 Jotham Ahaz, and Hezekiah, 
 kings 01 Judah. 
 
 2 Hear, O heavens, and give 
 ear, O earth : for the Loed hath 
 spoken, I have nourished and 
 brought up children, and they 
 liave rebelled against me. 
 
 3 The ox knoweth his owner, 
 and the ass his master's crib : 
 but Israel doth not know, my 
 people doth not consider. 
 
 4 Ah sinful nation, a people 
 laden with iniquity, a seed of 
 evildoers, children that are cor- 
 rupters : they have forsaken the 
 LoED, they have provoked the 
 Holy One of Israel unto anger, 
 they are gone away backward. 
 
 5 •[ Why should ye be stricken 
 any more ? ye will revolt more 
 and more : the whole head is 
 sick, and the whole heart faint. | 
 
 6 From the sole of the foot 
 even unto the head there i^ no 
 soimdness in it ; but wounds, 
 and bruises, and putrifying 
 sores : they have not been 
 closed, neither boimd up, nei- 
 ther mollified with omtment. 
 
 7 Your country is desolate, your 
 cities are burned with fire : yoiu- 
 land, strangers devoiu it in your 
 presence, and it is desolate, as 
 overthro^Ti by strangers. 
 
 8 And the daughter of Zion 
 is left as a cottage in a vine- 
 yard, as a lodge in a garden of 
 cucumbers, as a besieged city. 
 
 9 Except the Lobd of hosts 
 had left unto us a very small 
 remnant, we should have been 
 as Sodom, and we should have 
 been like unto Gomorrah. 
 
 10 •" Hear the word of the 
 LoED, ye rulers of Sodom ; give 
 ear unto the law of our God, ye 
 people of Gomorrah. 
 
 11 To what purpose is the mul- 
 titude of your sacrifices unto me ? 
 saith the Loed : I am full of the 
 burnt offerings of rams, and the 
 fat of fed beasts ; and 1 delight 
 not in the blood of bullocks, or 
 of lambs, or of he goats. 
 
 12 A\Tien ye come to appear 
 before me, who hath re<:iuired 
 this at your hand, to tread my 
 courts ? 
 
 13 Bring no more vain obla- 
 tions ; incense is an abomina- 
 tion imto me : the new moons 
 and sabbaths, the calling of as- 
 semblies, I cannot away with; 
 it is iniquity, even the solemn 
 meeting. 
 
 14 Your new moons and your 
 appointed feasts my soul hateth : 
 they are a trouble unto me : I 
 am weary to bear the7n. 
 
 15 And when ye spread forth 
 your hands, I will hide mine 
 eyes from you : yea, when ye 
 make many prayers, I will not 
 
 ! hear : your hands are full of 
 
 , blood. 
 
 ' 16 •" Wash you, make you 
 clean ; put away the evil of 
 your doings from before mine 
 eyes ; cease to do evil : 
 IT Leam to do well ; seek 
 judgment, reheve the oppress 
 ed, judge the fatherless, plead 
 for the widow. 
 
 ' 18 Come now, and let us rea- 
 son together, saith the Lobd: 
 
 1 though your sins be as scarlet, 
 they shall be as white as snow ; 
 though they be red like crim- 
 son, they shall be as wool. 
 19 K ye be wiUing and obe- 
 L12 
 
A prophecy of 
 
 ISAIAH, II. 
 
 CJiiiat^s kingdom. 
 
 dient, ye shall eat the good of 
 the land : 
 
 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, 
 ye shall he devoured M'ith the 
 sword : for the mouth of the 
 Lord hatli spoken it. 
 
 21 ^ How is the faithful city 
 l)ecome an liarlot ! it was full of 
 judgment; ri,^hteousnes8 lodged 
 in it ; but now murderers. 
 
 22 Tliy silver is become dross, 
 thy wine mixed w ith water : 
 
 23 Thy princes are rebellious, 
 and companions of ^ thieves : 
 every one loveth gifts, and 
 followeth after rewards : they 
 judge not the fatherless, nei- 
 tlier doth the cause of the wi- 
 dow ('ome mito them. 
 
 24 Therefore saith the Lord, 
 the Lord of hosts, the mighty 
 One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me 
 of mine adversaries, and avenge 
 me of mine enemies : 
 
 20 % And I will tuni my hand 
 upon thee, and purely purge 
 away thy dross, and take away 
 all thy tin : 
 
 2G And I will restore thy judges 
 as at the first, and thy counsellois 
 as at the beginning : aitenvard 
 thou shalt be called. The city of 
 righteousness, the faithful city. 
 
 27 Zion shall be redeemed 
 with judgment, and her con- 
 verts with righteousness. 
 
 28 1l And the destruction of 
 the transgressors and of the 
 siimei's shall be together, and 
 they that forsake the Lord 
 shall be consumed. 
 
 29 For they shall be asham- 
 ed of the oaks which ye have 
 desiied, and ye shall be con- 
 founded for the gardens that ye 
 have chosen. 
 
 30 For ye shall be as an oak 
 whose leaf fadeth, and as a 
 garden that hath no water. 
 
 31 And the strong shall be 
 as tow, and the maker of it 
 as a spark, and they shall both 
 bum together, and none shall 
 quench iliem. 
 
 CHAPTER H. 
 
 1 Isaiah prophesieth the ccmiing of 
 Christ's kingdom. 6 Wickedness 
 
 is the catiae of God's forsahing. 10 
 He eorliortrth to fear, because of the 
 powerful effects of God's majesty. 
 
 THE word that Isaiah the 
 son of Amoz saw concern- 
 ing Judah and Jerusalem. 
 
 2 And it shall come to pass in 
 the last days, that the moun- 
 tain of the Lord's house shall 
 be established in the top of the 
 mountains, and shall be exalted 
 above the hills ; and all nations 
 shall flow unto it. 
 
 3 And many people shall go 
 and say. Come ye, and let us go 
 up to the mountain of the Lord, 
 to the house of the God of Ja- 
 cob ; and he will teach us of his 
 ways, and we wiU walk in his 
 paths : for out of Zion shall go 
 forth the law, and the word of 
 the Lord Irom Jerusalem. 
 
 4 And he shall judge among the 
 nations, and shall rebuke many 
 people : and they shall beat 
 their swords into plowshares, 
 and their spears into pruning- 
 hooks: nation shall not lilt up 
 sword against nation, neither 
 shall they learn war anj^ more. 
 
 5 O house of Jacob, come ye. 
 and let us walk in the light of 
 the Lord. 
 
 6 II Therefore thou hast for- 
 saken thy people the house of 
 Jacob, because they be replen- 
 ished from the east, and are 
 soothsayers like the rhilistines, 
 and they please themselves in 
 the children of strangers. 
 
 7 Their land also is full of sil- 
 ver and gold, neither ?5 there any 
 end of their treasures ; their land 
 is also full of horses, neither is 
 there any end of their chariots : 
 
 8 Their land also is full of 
 idols ; they worship the work 
 of their own hands, that which 
 their own fingers have made : 
 
 9 And the mean man boweth 
 down, and the great man hum- 
 ble th himself: therefore forgive 
 them not. 
 
 10 II Enter into the rock, and 
 hide thee in the dust, for fear 
 of the Lord, and for the glorj^ 
 of his majesty. 
 
The cdtamities ISAIAH, III. 
 
 11 The lofty looks of man shall 
 be humbled, and the haughti- 
 ness of men shall be bowed 
 down, and the Lord alone shall 
 be exalted m that day. 
 
 12 For the day of the Lord of 
 hosts shall be upon every one 
 that is proud and lofty, and 
 upon every one that is lifted 
 up; and he shall be brought 
 low: 
 
 13 And upon all the cedars 
 of Lebanon, that are high and 
 lifted up, and upon all the oaks 
 of Bashan, 
 
 . 14 And upon all the high 
 mountains, and upon all the 
 hills that are lifted up, 
 
 15 And upon every high tower, 
 and upon every fenced wall, 
 
 16 Ajid upon all the ships of 
 Tarshish, and upon all pleasant 
 pictiu-es. 
 
 17 And the loftiness of man 
 shall be bowed down, and the 
 haughtiness of men shall be 
 made low : and the Lord alone 
 shall be exalted in that day. 
 
 18 And the idols he shall ut- 
 terly abolish. 
 
 19 And they shall go into the 
 holes of the rocks, and into the 
 caves of the earth, for fear of 
 the Lord, and for the glory of 
 his majesty, when he ariseth to 
 shake terribly the earth. 
 
 20 In that day a man shall cast 
 his idols of silver, and his idols 
 of gold, which they made each 
 one for himself to worship, to 
 the moles and to the bats ; 
 
 21 To go into the clefts of the 
 rocks, and into the tops of the 
 ragged rocks, for fear of the 
 Lord, and for the glory of his 
 majesty, when he ariseth to 
 shake terribly the earth. 
 
 22 Cease ye from man, whose 
 breath is in his nostrils : for 
 wherein is he to be accounted 
 of? 
 
 _ CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 The great confusion which cometh 
 hy sin. 9 TJie impudency of the 
 people. 12 The oppression and 
 covetousness of the rulers. 16 The 
 judgments ivhich shall he for the 
 p^-ide of the women. 
 
 coming upon Jmlah. 
 
 FOE, behold, the Lord, the 
 Lord of hosts, doth take 
 away from Jerusalem and from 
 Judah the stay and the staff, 
 the whole stay of bread, and 
 the whole stay of water, 
 
 2 The mighty man, and the 
 man of war, the judge, and the 
 prophet, and the prudent, and 
 the ancient, 
 
 3 The captain of fifty, and the 
 honourable man, and the coun- 
 
 sellor, and the cunning artificer, 
 and the eloquent orator. 
 
 4 And I will give children to 
 be their princes, and babes shall 
 rule over them. 
 
 5 And the people shall be op- 
 pressed, every one by another, 
 and every one by his neigh- 
 bour : the child shall behave 
 himself proudly against the an- 
 cient, and the base against the 
 honourable. 
 
 6 When a man shall take hold 
 of his brother of the house of his 
 father, saving, Thou hast cloth- 
 ing, be thou our ruler, and let 
 this ruin be under thy hand : 
 
 7 In that day shall he swear, 
 saying, I will not be an healer ; 
 for in my house is neither bread 
 nor clothing : make me not a 
 ruler of the people. 
 
 8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and 
 Judah is fallen : because their 
 tongue and their doings are a- 
 gainst the Lord, to provoke the 
 eyes of his gioiy. 
 
 9 ^ The shew of their counte- 
 nance doth witness against them ; 
 and they declare their sin as 
 Sodom, they hide it not. Woe 
 imto their soul! for they have 
 rewarded evil unto themselves. 
 
 10 Say ye to the righteous, 
 that it shall be well with him : 
 for they shall eat the fruit of 
 their doings. 
 
 11 Woe unto the wicked ! it 
 shall be ill with him: for the 
 reward of his hands shall be 
 given him. 
 
 12 II As for my people, chil- 
 dren are their oppressors, and 
 women rule over them. O my 
 people, they which lead thee 
 
TJie Uesshigs of ISAIAH, IV. ChHtiCs hngdinn. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 In the ertremilu of eviU, diriHt's 
 kingdoni tihiul be a naurlwny. 
 
 AND in tliat day pcvon wo- 
 - men pliall take hold of 
 one man, paying, \Ve will eat 
 our owii bread, and wear our 
 own apparel : only let us l)€ 
 calif d liy thy name, to take 
 away onr reT)rf'a<h. 
 j 2 In that any shall the branch 
 ' ()f the Loini Ik* heaiitilul and 
 jflorionp, and the Irnit of the 
 earth .shall be excellent and 
 j comely for them that are es- 
 
 causwj thee to err, and destroy 
 the way of thy paths. 
 
 13 The Lord ptandeth up to 
 plead, and Ptiind»'th to judge 
 the i)eople. 
 
 14 The Lord will enter in- 
 to judgment with the ancients 
 of liis people, and tlie iirinces 
 thereof: for ye have eaten up 
 the vineyard ; the pjioil of the 
 poor is in your houpes. 
 
 1;") What mean ye that ye Ix^at 
 my i)eople to pieces, and grind 
 the faces of tlie poor ? paith the 
 Lord Gon of hopts. 
 
 16 T Moreover the Lord I caped of Israel 
 
 paith, Ik cause the daughters 
 of Zion are hauglity, and walk 
 with ptretched ibrth necks and 
 wanton eyes, walking and mine- | shall b<' called holy, ei^en every 
 
 I 3 And it phall come to poP8. 
 j thai lir that is left in Zion, and 
 I he that ri'maineth in Jerupalem, 
 
 ing as they go, and making a 
 tinkling with their feet : 
 
 17 Thereibre the Lord will 
 snu'tc with a peal) the crown of 
 the head of the daughters of 
 Zion, and the Loud will dis- 
 cover their secret j'arts. 
 
 18 In that day the Lord will 
 take away the bravorv- of theii- 
 tinkling ornaments about ilieir 
 
 feet, and tJieir cauls, and their 
 round tires like the moon, 
 
 19 The chainp, and the brace- 
 lets, and the mufllers, 
 
 20 The bonnets, and the or- 
 naments of the legs, and tlie 
 headbands, and the tablets, and 
 the earrings, 
 
 21 The rings, and nose jewels, 
 
 22 The changeable suits of ap- 
 parel, and the mantles, and the 
 wimples, and the crisping pins, 
 
 23 Tlie glasses, and the fine li- 
 nen, and the hoods, and the vails. 
 
 24 And it shall come to pass, 
 that instead of sweet smell there 
 shall be stink; and instead of 
 a girdle a rent ; and instead of 
 well set hair baldness ; and in- 
 stead of a stomacher a girding 
 of sackcloth ; and bimaing in- 
 stead of beauty. 
 
 25 Thy men shall fall by the 
 sword, and thy mighty in the war. 
 
 26 And her gates shall lament 
 and mourn ; and she being de- 
 solate shall sit upon the groimd. 
 
 one that is written among the 
 living in Jerupalem: 
 
 4 When the Lord sliall have 
 washed away the filth of the 
 daughters of Zion, and shall 
 have purged the blood of Jeru- 
 palem from the midst thereof 
 by tlie sjiirit of judgment, and 
 by the spirit of burning. 
 
 5 And the Lord will create 
 u] on every dwelling place of 
 mount Zion, and uT)on her as- 
 semblies, a cloud and smoke by 
 d{iy, and the phining of a flam- 
 ing fire by night : for upon all 
 the glory shall be a defence. 
 
 6 And there shall be a taber- 
 nacle for a shadow in the day- 
 time from the heat, and for a 
 place of refuge, and for a covert 
 from storm and from rain. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 Under the jmrahle of a vineyard 
 God excvseth his severe judgment. 
 P Uis jndi/menfs upon covetous- 
 n^ss, 11 upon lasciviousness, 13 
 upon imjriety, 20 and upon injus- 
 tice. 26 T?ie executioners of God's 
 judgments. 
 
 "VrOW will I sing to my well- , 
 lyi beloved a song of my be- 
 loved touching his vineyard. 
 My wellbeloved hath a vine- 
 yard in a very fruitful hill : 
 2 And he fenced it, and gather- 
 ed out the stones thereof, and 
 planted it with the choicest vine, 
 
 i 
 
Goctsjudffmenis ISAIAH, V. upm sinrm^. 
 
 neither consider the operation 
 of his hands. 
 
 13 IF Therefore my people are 
 gone into captivity, because they 
 have no knowledge: and their 
 honourable men are famished, 
 and their multitude dried up 
 with thirst. 
 
 14 Therefore heU hath enlarged 
 herself, and opened her mouth 
 without measure: and their 
 glory, and their multitude, and 
 their pomp, and he that rejoic- 
 eth, shall descend into it. 
 
 15 And the mean man shall 
 be brought down, and the migh- 
 ty man shall be humbled, and 
 the eyes of the lofty shall be 
 hiunbled : 
 
 16 But the LoED of hosts shall 
 be exalted in judgment, and God 
 that is holy shall be sanctified 
 in righteousness. 
 
 17 Then shall the lambs feed 
 after their manner, and the 
 waste places of the fat ones 
 shall strangers eat. 
 
 18 Woe unto them that draw 
 iniquity with cords of vanity, 
 and sin as it were with a cart 
 rope : 
 
 19 That say. Let him make 
 speed, and hasten his work, 
 that we may see it: and let 
 the counsel of the Holy One 
 of Israel draw nigh and come, 
 that we may know it ! 
 
 20 IF Woe unto them that call 
 evil good, and good evil; that 
 put darkness for light, and light 
 for darkness ; that put bitter for 
 sweet, and sweet for bitter ! 
 
 21 Woe unto them that are 
 wise in their own eyes, and pru- 
 dent in their own sight ! 
 
 22 Woe unto them that are 
 mighty to drink wine, and men 
 of strength to mingle strong- 
 drink: 
 
 23 Which justify the wicked 
 for reward, and take away the 
 righteousness of the righteous 
 from him ! 
 
 24 Therefore as the fire de- 
 voureth the stubble, and the 
 flame consumeth the chaff', so 
 their root shall be as rottenness, 
 
 and built a tower in the midst 
 of it, and also made a winepress 
 therein : and he looked that it 
 should biing foith grapes, and 
 it brought forth wild grapes. 
 
 3 And now, O inhabitants of 
 Jerusalem, and men of Judah, 
 judge, I pray you, betwixt me 
 and my vineyard. 
 
 4 What could have been done 
 more to my vineyard, that I 
 have not done in it? wherefore, 
 when I looked that it should 
 bring forth grapes, brought it 
 forth wild grapes? 
 
 5 And now go to; I will tell 
 you what I will do to my vine- 
 yard: I will take away the 
 hedge thereof, and it shall be 
 eaten up ; and break down the 
 wall thereof, and it shall be 
 trodden down : 
 
 6 And I will lay it waste: it 
 shall not be pruned, nor dig- 
 ged; but there shall come up 
 briei-s and thoms: I will also 
 command the clouds that they 
 rain no rain upon it. 
 
 7 For the vineyard of the Lord 
 of hosts is the house of Israel, 
 and the men of Judah his plea- 
 sant plant : and he looked for 
 judgment, but behold oppres- 
 sion ; for righteousness, but be- 
 hold a cry. 
 
 8 IF Woe unto them that join 
 house to house, that lay field 
 to field, till there he no place, 
 that they may be placed alone 
 in the midst of the earth 1 
 
 9 In nunc ears said the Lord 
 of hosts. Of a truth many houses 
 shall be desolate, even great and 
 fair, without inhabitant. 
 
 10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard 
 shaU yield one bath, and the 
 seed of an homer shall yield an 
 ephah. 
 
 11 IF Woe unto them that rise 
 up early in the morning, that 
 they may follow strong diink; 
 that continue until night, till 
 wine inflame them ! 
 
 12 And the harp, and the viol, 
 the tabret, and pipe, and wme, 
 are in their feasts : but they re- 
 gard not the work of the Loed, 
 
Isaiah*8 visum 
 
 and their blossom shall go up as 
 dust: because tliey have cast 
 away the law of the Lord of 
 hosts, and despised the word of 
 the Holy One of Israel. 
 
 25 Therefore is the anger of 
 the Lord kindled against liis 
 people, and he hath stretched 
 forth his hand against them, 
 and hath smitten them: and 
 the hills did tremble, and their 
 carcases were toni in the midst 
 of the streets. For all this his 
 anger is not turned away, but 
 his hand is stretched out still. 
 
 2G !i And he will lift up an en- 
 sign to the nations from far, and 
 will hiss unto them from the end 
 of the earth : and, behold, they 
 shall come wnth speed s\dftly : 
 
 27 None shall be weary nor 
 stumble among them; none 
 sliall slumber nor sleep; nei- 
 ther shall the girdle of their 
 loins be l(X>sed, nor the latchet 
 of their shoes be l)roken : 
 
 28 ^V"hoie arrows are sharp, 
 and all their bows bent, their 
 horses* hoofs shall be coimted 
 like ilint, and their wheels Uke 
 a whirlwind : 
 
 213 Tlieir roaring shall he like a 
 lion, they shall roar like young 
 lions : yea, they shall roar, and 
 lay hold of the prey, and shall 
 cany it away safe, and none 
 shall deliver it. 
 
 3i> And in that day they shall 
 roar against them like the roar- 
 ing of the sea : and if one look 
 unto the land, behold darloiess 
 and sorrow, and the light is dark- 
 ened m the heavens thereof. 
 
 CHAPTER YI. 
 
 1 Isaiah, in a vision of the Lord in 
 his glory, 5 being terrified, is con- 
 firmed for his message. 9 He shew- 
 eth the dlistinacy of the people nnfo 
 their desolation. 13 A remnant 
 shall he sa ved. 
 
 IN the year that king Uzziah 
 died I saw also the Lord sit- 
 ting upon a throne, high and 
 lifted up, and his train filled 
 the temple. 
 
 2 Above it stood the seraphims : 
 each one had six wmgs; with 
 
 ISAIAH, VI. of GaCs ghrii. 
 
 twain he covered his face, and 
 
 with twain he covered his feet, 
 and with twain he did fly. 
 
 3 And one cried unto another, 
 and said. Holy, holy, holy, is 
 the Lord of hosts : the whole 
 earth is full of his glory. 
 
 4 And the posts of the door 
 moved at the voice of him that 
 cried, and the house was filled 
 with smoke. 
 
 5 II Then said I, Woe is me ! 
 for I am undone ; because I am 
 a man of unclean lips, and I 
 dwell in the mid«t of a people 
 of unclean lips : for mine eyes 
 have seen the King, the Lord 
 of hosts. 
 
 G Then flew one of the sera- 
 phims unto me having a live 
 coal in his hand, lohich he had 
 taken with the tongs from oil" 
 the altar : 
 
 7 And he laid it tiTon ray 
 mouth, and said, Lo, this hath 
 touched thy lips; and thine 
 iniquity is taken away, and thy 
 sin i>urged. 
 
 8 Also I heard the voice of the 
 Lord, saying. Whom shall I send, 
 and who will go for us? Then 
 said I, Here am I ; send me. 
 
 9 ^ And he said. Go, and tell 
 this people. Hear ye indeed, but 
 understand not; and see ye in- 
 deed, but perceive not. 
 
 10 IVIake the heart of this peo- 
 ple fat, and make their ears 
 heavy, and shut their eyes; 
 lest they see with their eyes, 
 and hear with their ears, and 
 understand with their heart, 
 and convert, and be healed. 
 
 11 Then said I, Lord, how 
 long? And he answered, Until 
 the cities be wasted without in- 
 habitant, and the houses with- 
 out man, and the land be ut- 
 terly desolate, 
 
 12 And the Lord have re- 
 moved men far away, and there 
 be a great forsaking in the midst 
 of the land. 
 
 13 *[ But yet in it shall be a 
 tenth, and it shall return, and 
 shall be eaten : as a teil tree, 
 and as an oak, whose substance 
 
 ;l 
 
AJmz cmnforted hy Isaiah, ISAIAH, VII. 
 
 Christ is pi-mnised. 
 
 is in them, when they cast their 
 
 leaves: so the holy seed shall 
 
 be the substance thereof. 
 
 CHAPTER VIL 
 
 1 Aliaz, being irouhled with fear of 
 
 Ttezin and PeJcah, is comforted by 
 
 Isaiah. 10 Ahaz, having liberty to 
 
 choose a sign, and refusing it, hath 
 
 for a sign, Christ promised. 17 His 
 
 judgment is prophesied to come by 
 
 Assyria. 
 
 A ND it came to pass in the 
 J\. days of Ahaz the son of 
 Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king 
 of Judah, that Rezin the king 
 of Syria, and Pekah the son of 
 Remaliah, king of Israel, went 
 up toward Jerusalem to war 
 against it, but could not prevail 
 against it. 
 
 2 And it was told the house of 
 David, saying, Syria is confe- 
 derate with Ephraim. And his 
 heart was moved, and the heart 
 of his people, as the trees of the 
 wood are moved with the wind. 
 
 3 Then said the Lord unto Isai- 
 ah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, 
 thou, and Shear-jashub thy son, 
 at the end of the conduit of the 
 upper pool in the highway of the 
 fuller's field ; 
 
 4 And say unto him. Take heed, 
 and be quiet ; fear not, neither 
 be fainthearted for the two tails 
 of these smoking firebrands, for 
 the fierce anger of Eezin with 
 Syria, and of the son of Eema- 
 liah. 
 
 5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and 
 the son of Eemaliah, have taken 
 evil counsel against thee, saying, 
 
 6 Let us go up against Judah 
 and vex it, and let us make 8 
 breach therein for us, and set a 
 king in the midst of it, even the 
 son of Tabeal : 
 
 7 Thus saith the Lord God, It 
 shall not stand, neither shall it 
 come to pass. 
 
 8 For the head of Syria is 
 Damascus, and the head of Da^- 
 mascus is Eezin; and within 
 threescore and five years shall 
 Ephraim be broken, that it be 
 not a people. 
 
 9 And the head of Ephraim is 
 Samaria, and the head of Sama- 
 
 ria is Eemaliah's son. If ye will 
 not believe, surely ye shall not 
 be established. 
 
 10 ^ Moreover the Lord spake 
 again unto Ahaz, saying, 
 
 11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord 
 thy God; ask it either in the 
 depth, or in the height above. 
 
 12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, 
 neither will I tempt the Lord. 
 
 13 And he said, Hear ye now, 
 O house of David ; Is it a small 
 thing for you to weary men, but 
 will ye weary my God also? 
 
 14 Therefore the Lord himself 
 shall give you a sign; Behold, 
 a virgin shall conceive, and bear 
 a son, and shall call his name 
 Immanuel. 
 
 15 Butter and honey shall he 
 eat, that he may know to refuse 
 the evil, and choose the good. 
 
 16 For before the child shall 
 loiow to refu^ the evil, and 
 choose the good, the land that 
 thou abhorrest shall be forsaken 
 of both her kings. 
 
 17 K The Lord shall bring upon 
 thee, and upon thy people, and 
 upon thy father's house, days 
 that have not come, from the 
 day that Ephraim departed from 
 Judah ; even the king of Assyria. 
 
 18 And it shall come to pass in 
 that day, that the Lord shall 
 hiss for the fly that is in the 
 uttermost part of the rivers of 
 Egypt, and for the bee that is 
 in the land of Assyria. 
 
 19 And they shall come, and 
 shall rest all of them in the 
 desolate valleys, and in the 
 holes of the rocks, and upon all 
 thorns, and upon all bushes. 
 
 20 In the same day shall the 
 Lord shave with a razor that is 
 hired, namely., by them beyond 
 the river, by the king of Assyria, 
 the head, and the haii- of the 
 feet : and it shall also consume 
 the beard. 
 
 21 And it shall come to pass in 
 that day, that a man shall nou- 
 rish a yoimg cow, and two sheep; 
 
 22 And it shall come to pass, 
 for the abundance of milk thai 
 they shall give he shall eat 
 
 L13 
 
A piophecu a/jcwid ISAIAH, VIII. 
 
 l)iitter: for butter and honey 
 shall eveiy one eat that is lelt 
 in the land. 
 
 23 And it shall come to pass in 
 tliat day, that every place shall 
 be, where there were a thousand 
 vines at a thousand silverlin^s, 
 it shall even be for briers and 
 thorns. 
 
 24 With arrows and with bows 
 shall men come thither; be- 
 cause all the land shall become 
 briei-s and thonis. 
 
 25 And on all hills that shall 
 1)6 dig{i:ed with the mattock, 
 there shall not come thither 
 the fear of briers and thorns: 
 bat it shall be for the sending 
 forth of oxen, and for the tread- 
 in:? of lesser cattle. 
 
 CHAPTER yill. 
 1 III 3Talier-s]ialaI-hatih-}>(iz, he pro- 
 phedefh that Hijria and Israel shall 
 he siibdufd htj Assifvia. 5 Judah 
 likewise for thrir injidclitif. 9 (tod's 
 judgments shall he uurcsisfible. 11 
 (Comfort shall be to them that fear 
 iiod. 19 Great afflictiom to idol- 
 ater a. 
 
 MOREOVER the Lord said 
 unto me. Take thee a great 
 roll, and ^vTite in it with a man's 
 j)en concerning Maher-shalal- 
 hash-baz. 
 
 2 And I took imfco me faithful 
 witnesses to record, Uriah the 
 ]»riest, and Zechariah the son of 
 Jeberechiah. 
 
 3 And I went unto the pro- 
 phetess ; and she conceived, and 
 bare a son. Then said the Lord 
 to me, Call his name Maher- 
 slialal-hash-baz. 
 
 4 For before tlie child shall 
 have knowledge to eiy. My fa- 
 ther, and my mother, the riches 
 of Damascus and the spoil of i 
 Samaria shall be taken away j 
 before the king of Assyria. 
 
 Siflia and Israel. 
 
 and many, even the king of 
 Assyria, and all his glory : and 
 he shall come up over all his 
 channels, and go over all liis 
 banks : 
 
 8 And he shall pass through Ju- 
 dah; he shall overflow and go 
 over, he shall reach ei'e)i to the 
 neck; and the stretching out of 
 his wings shall till the breadth 
 of thy land, O Immanuel. 
 
 9 If Associate yourselves, O ye 
 people, and ye shall be broken 
 111 pieces ; and give ear, all ye of 
 far countries: gird yourselves, 
 and ye shall be broken in pieces; 
 gird yourselves, and ye shall be 
 broken in pieces. 
 ^ 10 Take coiuisel together, and 
 it shall come to nought ; speak 
 the word, and it shall not stand : 
 for God is with us. 
 
 11 If For the Lord spake thus 
 to me with a strong hand, and 
 instructed me that I sliould not 
 walk in the way of this people, 
 saying, 
 
 12 Say ye not, A confederacy, 
 to all the7n to whom this people 
 shall say, A confederacy; nei- 
 ther fear ye theii- fear, nor be 
 afraid. 
 
 13 Sanctify the Lord of hosts 
 himself; and tet him be your 
 tear, and let him he your dread. 
 
 14 And he shall be for a sanc- 
 tuary ; but for a stone of stum- 
 bling and for a rock of oiBfence 
 to both the houses of Israel, for 
 a gin and for a snare to the in- 
 habitants of Jenisalem. 
 
 15 And many among them shall 
 stumble, and fall, and be broken, 
 and be snared, and be taken. 
 
 16 Bind up the testimony, seal 
 the law among my disciples. 
 
 17 And I will wait upon the 
 Lord, that hideth his face from 
 
 ! The Lord spake also unto ; the house of Jacob, and I will 
 
 me again, saymg, 
 
 6 Forasmuch as this people re- 
 fuse th the waters of SMloah that 
 go softly, and rejoice in Rezin 
 and Remaliah's son ; 
 
 7 Now therefore, behold, the 
 Lord bringeth up upon them 
 the waters of the river, strong 
 
 look for him. 
 
 18 Behold, I and the children 
 whom the Lord hath given me 
 are for signs and for wonders in 
 Israel from the Lord of hosts, 
 which dwelleth in mount Zion. 
 
 19^ ^ And when they shall say 1 
 imto you. Seek mito them that ] 
 
The churches joy 
 
 ISAIAH, IX. 
 
 in ChrisCs lirlh. 
 
 have familiar spirits, and unto 
 wizards that peep, and that mut- 
 ter : should not a people seek 
 unto their God? for the living 
 to the dead? 
 
 20 To the law and to the tes- 
 timony: if they speak not ac- 
 cording to this ^x)rd, it is be- 
 cause tJwre is no light in them. 
 
 21 And they shall pass through 
 it, hardly bestead and hxmgry: 
 and it shall come to pass, that 
 when they shall be hungiy, 
 they shall fret themselves, and 
 curse their king and their God, 
 and look upward. 
 
 22 And they shall look unto 
 the earth; and behold trouble 
 and darkness, dimness of an- 
 guish ; and tfie?/ shall be driven 
 to darkness. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 1 WJiat joy shall he in the midst of 
 a^ictions, hy the Tnngdom and hirth 
 of Christ. 8 Tlie judgments upon 
 Israel foi- their pride, IB for their 
 hypocrisy, 18 and for their impe- 
 nitency. 
 
 VTEVERTHELESS the dim- 
 JJN ness shall not be such as 
 was in her vexation, when at 
 the first he lightly afflicted the 
 land of Zebulun and the land 
 of Naphtali, and aftei-ward did 
 more grievously afflict her by 
 the way of the sea, beyond Jor- 
 dan, in Galilee of the nations. 
 
 2 The people that walked in 
 darkness have seen a great light : 
 they that dwell in the land of 
 the shadow of death, upon them 
 hath the light shined. 
 
 3 Thou hast multiplied the na- 
 tion, and not increased the joy : 
 they joy before thee according 
 to the joy in harvest, and as 
 men rejoice when they divide 
 the spoil. 
 
 4 For thou hast broken the 
 yoke of his bm'den,and the staff 
 of his shoulder, the rod of his op- 
 pressor, as in the day of Midian. 
 
 5 For eyeiy battle of the war- 
 rior is with confused noise, and 
 garments rolled in blood ; but 
 this shall be with burning and 
 fuel of fire. 
 
 6 For mito us a child is born, 
 unto us a son is given : and the 
 government shall be upon his 
 shoulder: and his name shall 
 be called Wonderful, Counsel- 
 lor, The mighty God, The ever- 
 lasting Father, The Prince of 
 Peace. 
 
 7 Of the increase of his govern- 
 ment and peace there shall be 
 no end, upon the thi'one of Da- 
 vid, aud upon his kingdom, to 
 order it^ and to establish it with 
 judgment and with justice from 
 henceforth even for ever. The 
 zeal of the Lord of hosts will 
 perform this. 
 
 8 ^ The Lord sent a word into 
 Jacob, and it hath lighted upon 
 Israel. 
 
 9 x\nd all the people shall know, 
 even Ephraim and the inhabit- 
 ant of Samaria, that say in the 
 pride and stoutness of heart, 
 
 10 The bricks are fallen down, 
 but we will build with hewn 
 stones: the sycomores are cut 
 down, but we will change them 
 into cedars. 
 
 11 Therefore the Loed shall 
 set up the adversaries of Pezin 
 against him, and join his ene- 
 mies together ; 
 
 12 The Syrians before, and the 
 Philistines behind; and they 
 shall devour Israel with open 
 mouth. For aU this his anger 
 is not turned away, but his hand 
 is stretched out still. 
 
 13 ^ For the people turneth 
 not unto him that smite th them, 
 neither do they seek the Loed 
 of hosts. 
 
 14 Therefore the Loed will cut 
 off" from Israel head and tail, 
 branch and rush, in one day. 
 
 15 The ancient and honomable, 
 he is the head ; and the prophet 
 that teacheth lies, he is the taiL 
 
 16 For the leaders of this peo- 
 ple cause them to err ; and ihetj 
 that are led of them are de- 
 stroyed. 
 
 17 Therefore the Lord shaU 
 have no joy in their yomig men, 
 neither shall have mercy on 
 their fatherless and widov* s : for 
 
The looe oftyrwils. ISAIAH, X. Assyna^sfaUfmeloU. 
 
 every one is an hjT^ocrite and j 5110 Assyrian, the rod of mine 
 an evildoer, and every month angler, and tlie staff in their liand 
 speaketh folly. For all this his is mine ind^'^rnation. 
 
 anger is not tnnied away, but 
 his hand is stretched out still. 
 
 18 1[ For wiclcedness burnetii 
 a.s the fire : it shall devour the 
 briers and thorns, and shall Icin- 
 dle in the thickets of the forest, 
 and they shall mount up like 
 the lifting up of smoke. 
 
 19 Throu^di the wrath of the 
 Lord of hosts is the land dark- 
 ened, and the people shall be as 
 the fuel of the fire : no man shall 
 spare his brother. 
 
 20 And he shall snatch on the 
 right hand, and be hungrrj'- ; and 
 he shall eat on the left hand, 
 and they shall not be satisfied : 
 they shall eat every man the 
 flesh of his oami arm : 
 
 21 Mana^seh, Ephraim; and 
 Ephraim, Manasseh : and they 
 together shall be against Judah. 
 For all this his anger is not 
 turned away, but his hand is 
 stretched out still. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 1 Tlte woe of tyrants. 5 Assyna, tlie 
 rod of h II poor if es, for his ]y]-i(le shall 
 be hroTcen. 20 A remnant of Israel 
 shall be saved. 2t Israel is cowi- 
 forted with promise of deliverance 
 from Assyria. 
 
 WOE unto them that decree 
 unrighteous decrees, and 
 that write grie^■ousness which 
 they have prescribed ; 
 
 2 To turn aside the needy from 
 judgment, and to take away the 
 right from the poor of my peo- 
 ple, that vv^dows may be their 
 prey, and thai they may rob the 
 fatherless ! 
 
 3 And what will ye do in the 
 day of visitation, and in the de- 
 solation tvhich shall come from 
 far? to whom will ye flee for 
 help? and where v^ill ye leave 
 your gloiy ? 
 
 4 Without me they shall bov/ 
 down under the prisoners, and 
 they shall fall under the slain. 
 For all this his anger is not turn- 
 ed away, but his hand is stretch- 
 ed out still. 
 
 G I will send him against an 
 hypocritical nation, and against 
 the people of my wrath will 1 
 give hhn a charge, to take the 
 spoil, and to take the prey, and 
 to tread them down like the 
 mire of the streets. 
 
 7 Howbeit he meaneth not so, 
 neither doth ]m heart think so ; 
 but it is in his heart to destroy 
 and cut off nations not a few. 
 
 8 For he saith. Are not my 
 princes altogether kings? 
 
 9 Is not Calno as Carchemish? 
 is not Hamath as Arpad ? is not 
 Samaria as Damascus ? 
 
 10 As my hand hath found the 
 kingdoms of tlie idols, and whose 
 graven images did excel them of 
 Jerusalem and of Samaria ; 
 
 11 Shall I not, as I have done 
 unto Samaria and her idols, so 
 do to Jenisalem and her idols ? 
 
 12 Wherefore it shall come to 
 pass, that when the Lord hath 
 performed his whole work upon 
 mount Zion and on Jenisalem, I 
 will punish the fiuit of the stout 
 heart of the king of Assyria, and 
 the glory of his high looks. 
 
 13 For he saith. By the strength 
 of my hand I have done il, and 
 by my -wisdom; for I am pm- 
 dent: and I have removed the 
 bounds of the people, and have 
 robbed their treasures, and I 
 have put down the inhabitants 
 like a valiant man : 
 
 14 And my hand hath found 
 as a nest the riches of the peo- 
 ple : and as one gathereth eggs 
 thai are left, have I gathered 
 all the earth; and there was 
 none that moved the wdng, or 
 opened the mouth, or peeped. 
 
 15 Shall the ax boast itself a- 
 gainst him that heweth there- 
 with? or shall the saw magnify 
 itself against him that shaketh 
 it? as if the rod should shake 
 itself against them that lift it 
 up, or as if the^ staff should lift 
 up itself as if it tvere no wood. 
 
 16 Therefore shall the Lord, 
 
Israel cmnfmied with ISAIAH, XI. 
 
 the Lord of hosts, send among 
 his fat ones leanness ; and under 
 his glory he shall kindle a bmii- 
 ing Hive the burning of a fire. 
 
 17 And the light of Israel shall 
 be for a fii'e, and his Holy One 
 for a flame : and it shall bum 
 and devour his thorns and his 
 briers in one day ; 
 
 18 And shall consume the glo- 
 ly of his forest, and of his fruit- 
 ful field, both soul and body: 
 and they shall be as when a 
 standardbearer fainteth. 
 
 19 And the rest of the trees of 
 his forest shall be few, that a 
 child may write them. 
 
 20 HAnd it shaU come to pass 
 in that day, that the remnant of 
 Israel, and such as are escaped 
 of the house of Jacob, shall no 
 more again stay upon him that 
 smote them ; but shall stay up- 
 on the Lord, the Holy One of 
 Israel, in truth. 
 
 21 The remnant shall return, 
 even the remnant of Jacob, unto 
 the mighty God. 
 
 22 For though thy people Is- 
 rael be as the sand of the sea, yet 
 a remnant of them shall return : 
 the consumption decreed shaU 
 overflow with righteousness. 
 
 23 For the Lord God of hosts 
 shall make a consumption, even 
 determined, in the midst of all 
 the land. 
 
 24 % Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God of hosts, O my peo- 
 ple that dwellest in Zion, be not 
 afraid of the Assyrian : he shall 
 smite thee with a rod, and shall 
 lift up his stafl" against thee, after 
 the manner of Egypt. 
 
 25 For yet a very little while, 
 and the indignation shall cease, 
 and mine anger in then destruc- 
 tion. 
 
 26 And the Lord of hosts shaU 
 stir up a scourge for him accord- 
 ing to the slaughter of Midian 
 at the rock of Oreb : and as his 
 rod ^vas upon the sea, so shall 
 lie lift it up after the manner of 
 Egypt. 
 
 27 And it shall come to pass 
 in that day, that his burden shall 
 
 a pj'&niise of deliverance. 
 
 be taken away from ofl'thy shoul- 
 der, and his yoke from off" thy 
 neck, and the yoke shall be de- 
 stroyed because of the anointing. 
 
 28 He is come to Aiath, he is 
 passed to Migron ; at Michmash 
 he hath laid up his carriages : 
 
 29 They are gone over the pas- 
 sage : they have taken up their 
 lodging at Geba; Eamah is a- 
 fraid ; Gibeah of Saul is fled. 
 
 30 Lift up thy voice, O daugh- 
 ter of Gallim: cause it to be 
 heard unto Laish, O poor Ana- 
 thoth. 
 
 31 Madmenah is removed ; the 
 inhabitants of Gebim gather 
 themselves to flee. 
 
 32 As yet shall he remain at 
 Nob that day: he shall shake 
 his hand against the mount of 
 the daughter of Zion, the hill of 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 33 Behold, the Lord, the Lord 
 of hosts, shall lop the bough with 
 terror : and the high ones of sta- 
 ture shall he hewn doT\Ti, and 
 the haughty shall be humbled. 
 
 34 And he shall cut dowii the 
 thickets of the forest with iron, 
 andr Lebanon shall fall by a 
 mighty one. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 1 The peaceable hingdom of the 
 Branch out of the root of Jesse. TO 
 The victorious restoration of Is- 
 rael, and vocation of the Gentiles. 
 
 A ND there shall come forth a 
 xV rod out of the stem of Jesse, 
 and a Branch shall grow out oi 
 his roots : 
 
 2 And the spirit of the Lord 
 shall rest upon him, the spirit of 
 wisdom and underBtanding, the 
 spirit of counsel and might, the 
 spirit of knowledge and of the 
 fear of the Lord ; 
 
 3 And shall make him of quick 
 understanding in the fear of the 
 Lord: and he shall not judge 
 after the sight of his eyes, nei- 
 ther reprove after the hearing of 
 his ears : 
 
 4 But with righteousness shall 
 he judge the poor, and reprove 
 with equity for the meek of the 
 earth: and he shall smite the 
 
CalJing of (Jie GentUes, ISAIAH, XII. ami restoration ofJuro"} 
 earth with the rod of liis mouth, 
 
 and with the breath of his hps 
 shall he slay the wicked, 
 
 And ri.uhteoiisness shall be 
 the girdle of his loins, and faith- 
 fulness the girdle of his reins. 
 
 6 The wolf also shall dwell with 
 the lamb, and the leopard shall 
 lie d(Avii Avith the kid ; and the 
 calf and the young lion and 
 the fatling together; and a little 
 child shall lead them. 
 
 7 And the cow and tlie bear 
 shall feed; their young ones 
 shall lie down together : and 
 the lion shall eat straw like the 
 ox. 
 
 8 And the sucking child shall 
 play on the hole of the asp, and 
 the weaned child shall put his 
 hand on the cockatrice' den. 
 
 9 They shall not hurt nor de- 
 stroy in all my holy mountain : 
 for the earth sliall be fidl of the 
 knowledge of the Lord, as the 
 waters cover the sea. 
 
 10 If And in that day therel 
 
 shall lay their hand upon Edom 
 and Moab ; and the children of 
 Annnon shall obey them. 
 
 15 And the Lord shall utterly 
 destroy the tongue of the Egyp- 
 tian sea; and with his mighty 
 wind shall he shake his hand 
 over the river, and shall smite 
 it in the seven streams and 
 make meii go over diyshod, 
 
 10 And there shall be an high- 
 way for the remnant of his peo- 
 ple, which shall be left, from 
 Assyna ; like as it was to Israel 
 in the day that he came up out 
 of the land of Eg5T)t. ^ 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 Ajoyfvl f}itnik}<f/irintj of the faithful 
 
 for the mercies of (i<hL 
 
 AND in that day thou slialt 
 _ say, O Lord, 1 will praise 
 thee: though thou wast angry 
 with me, thine anger is turned 
 away, and thou comfortedst me. 
 2 Behold, (jlod in my salvation ; 
 I will trust, and not be afraid : 
 for the Lord JEHOVAH is 
 
 shall be a root of Jesse, which | my strength and w// song; he 
 shall stand for an ensign of the ' also is become my salvation. 
 
 3 Thei-efore with joy shall ye 
 lo- I draw water out of the wells of 
 salvation. 
 
 l^eople ; to it shall the Gentiles 
 seek : and his rest shall be 
 rious. 
 
 11 And it shall come to pass in i 4 And in that day shall ye say, 
 that day, that the Lord shall set Praise the Lord, call upon his 
 
 his hand again the second time 
 to recover^ the remnant of his 
 people, which shall be left, from 
 Assyria, and from Egypt, and 
 from Pathros, and from Cush, 
 and from Elam, and from Shi- 
 nar, and from Hamath, and from 
 the islands of the sea. 
 
 12 And he shall set up an en- 
 sign for the nations, and shall 
 assemble the outcasts of Israel, 
 and gather together the dispers- 
 ed of Judah from the four cor- 
 ners of the earth. 
 
 13 The envy also of Ephraim 
 shall depart, and the adversaries 
 of Judah shall be cut off: Eph- 
 raim shall not envy Judah, and 
 Judah shall not vex Ephraim. 
 
 14 But they shall fly upon the 
 shoulders of ih& Philistines to- 
 ward the west; they shall spoil 
 them of the east together : they 
 
 name, declare his doings among 
 the people, make mention that 
 his name is exalted. 
 
 5 Sing unto the Lord; for he 
 hath done excellent things : this 
 is known in all the earth. 
 
 6 Cry out and shout, thou in- 
 habitant of Zion: for great is 
 the Holy One of Israel in the 
 midst of thee. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 1 Gal musfereth the armies of Ms 
 wrath. 6 He threateneth to destroy 
 Babylon by the Medes. 19 The de- 
 solation of Babylon. 
 THE bmden of Babylon, 
 which Isaiah the son of 
 Amoz did see. 
 
 2 Lift ye up a banner upon the 
 high mountain, exalt the voice 
 unto them, shake the hand, that 
 they may go into the gates of 
 the nobles. 
 
Bahyhii threatened, ISAIAH, XIY. 
 
 3 1 have commanded my sanc- 
 tified ones, I have also called 
 my mighty ones for mine an- 
 ger, even them that rejoice in 
 my highness. 
 
 4 The noise of a multitude in 
 the momi tains, like as of a great 
 people; a tumultnons noise of 
 the Idngdoms of nations gather- 
 ed together : the Lokd of hosts 
 mustereth the host of the battle. 
 
 5 They come from a far coun- 
 try, from the end of heaven, 
 even the Lord, and the wea- 
 pons of his indignation, to de- 
 stroy the whole land. 
 
 6 f Hov/1 ye ; for the day of 
 the LoKD is at hand; it shall 
 come as a destruction from the 
 Almighty. 
 
 7 Therefore shall all hands 
 be faint, and every man's heart 
 shall melt : 
 
 8 And they shall be afraid: 
 pangs and sorrows shall take 
 hold of them ; they shall be in 
 pain as a woman that travail- 
 eth : they shall be amazed one 
 at another; then faces shall be 
 as flames. 
 
 9 Behold, the day of the Lord 
 cometh, cruel both with wrath 
 and fierce anger, to lay the land 
 desolate : and he shall destroy 
 the sinners thereof out of it. 
 
 10 For the stars of heaven and 
 the constellations thereof shall 
 not give their hght_: the sun 
 shall be darkened in his go- 
 ing forth, and the moon shall 
 not cause her light to shine. 
 
 11 And I will punish the world 
 for their evil, and the wicked 
 for their iniquity; and I will 
 cause the arrogancy of the proud 
 to cease, and will lay low the 
 haughtiness of the terrible. 
 
 12 I will make a man more 
 precious than fine gold; even 
 a man than the golden wedge 
 of Ophir. 
 
 13 Therefore I will shake the 
 heavens, and the earth shall re- 
 move out of her place, in the 
 wrath of the Lord of hosts, and 
 in the day of his fierce anger. 
 
 14 And it shall be as the chas- 
 
 JEfer uUer desolatim. 
 
 ed roe, and as a sheep that 
 no man taketh up: they shall 
 every man tmn to his own 
 people, and flee every one into 
 his own land. 
 
 15 Every one that is found 
 shall be thrust through; and 
 every one that is jomed unto 
 them shall fall by the sword. 
 
 16 Their children also shall 
 be dashed to pieces before their 
 eyes ; their houses shall be spoil- 
 ed, and their wives ravished. 
 
 17 Behold, I will stir up the 
 Medes against them, which shall 
 not regard silver; and as for 
 gold, they shall not delight in it. 
 
 18 Their bows also shall dash 
 the young men to pieces; and 
 they shall have no pity on the 
 fruit of the womb; their eye 
 shall not spare children. 
 
 19 IF And Babylon, the glory 
 of kingdoms, the beauty of the 
 Chaldees' excellency, shall be 
 as when God overthrew Sodom 
 and Gomorrah. 
 
 20 It shall never be inhabited, 
 neither shall it be dwelt in from 
 generation to generation: nei- 
 ther shall the Arabian pitch tent 
 there; neither shall the shep- 
 herds make their fold there. 
 
 21 But wild beasts of the de- 
 sert shall lie there; and then- 
 houses shall be full of doleful 
 creatures ; and owls shall dwell 
 there, and satyrs shall dance 
 there. 
 
 22 And the wild beasts of the 
 islands shall ciy in their de- 
 solate houses, and dragons in 
 their pleasant palaces : and her 
 time is near to come, and her 
 days shall not be prolonged. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 1 God's merciful restoration of Israel. 
 
 4 Their triumphant insultation over 
 
 Babel. 24 God.'s purpose against As- 
 
 syria. 29 Palesii'na is threatened. 
 
 FOR the Lord will have 
 mercy on Jacob, and will 
 yet choose Israel, and set them 
 in their own land : ^ and the 
 strangers shall be joined with 
 them, and they shall cleave to 
 the house of Jacob. 
 
ITie triumph of 
 
 ISAIAH, XIV. Israel over Babyhn. 
 
 2 And the people shall take 
 them, and biing them to their 
 jjlace : and the house of Israel 
 shall possess them in the land 
 of the Lord for serv^ants and 
 handmaids : and they shall take 
 them captives, whose captives 
 they were ; and they shall rule 
 over their oppressors. 
 
 3 And it shall come to pass in 
 the day that the Lord shall give 
 thee rest from thy soitow, and 
 from thy fear, and from the 
 liard bondage wherein thou wast 
 made to seiTC, 
 
 4^ H That thou shalt take up 
 this proverb against the king of 
 Babylon, and say. How hath 
 the oppressor ceased ! the gold- 
 en city ceased ! 
 
 5 The Lord hath broken the 
 staff of the wicked, and the 
 sceptre of the rulei-s. 
 
 6 He who smote the people in 
 wrath with a continual stroke, 
 he that ruled the nations in 
 anger, is persecuted, and none 
 hindereth. 
 
 7 The whole earth is at rest, 
 and is quiet ; they break forth 
 into singing, 
 
 8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at 
 thee, and the cedars of Leba- 
 non, saying. Since thou art laid 
 do^vn, no feller is come up a- 
 gainst us. 
 
 9 Hell from beneath is moved 
 for thee to meet thee at thy com- 
 ing : it stiiTeth up the dead for 
 thee, even all the chief ones of 
 the earth; it hath raised up 
 from their tluones all the kings 
 of the nations. 
 
 10 All they shall speak and 
 say unto thee. Art thou also 
 become weak as we? art thou 
 become like unto us? 
 
 11 Thy pomp is brought down 
 to the grave, and the noise of 
 thy viols: the worm is spread 
 under thee, and the worms co- 
 ver thee. 
 
 12 How art thou fallen from 
 heaven, O Lucifer, son of the 
 morning! how art thou cut 
 down to the ground, which 
 didst weaken the nations ! 
 
 13 For thou hast said in thine 
 heart, I will ascend into heaven, 
 I will exalt my throne above 
 the stars of God : I will sit also 
 upon the mount of the congrega- 
 tion, in the sides of the north : 
 
 14 I will ascend above the 
 heights of the clouds; I will 
 be like the most High. 
 
 15 Yet thou shalt be brought 
 down to hell, to the sides of 
 the pit. 
 
 16 They that see thee shall nar- 
 rowly look upon thee, and consi- 
 der thee, saying. Is this the man 
 that made the earth to tremble, 
 that did shake kingdoms ; 
 
 17 That made the world as a 
 wilderness, and destroyed the 
 cities thereof; that opened not 
 the house of his prisoners ? 
 
 18 All the kings of the nations, 
 even all of them, lie in gloiy, 
 every one in liis own house. 
 
 19 But thou art cast out of 
 thy grave like an abominable 
 branch, and as the raiment of 
 these that are slain, thrust 
 through with a sword, that go 
 do-vvn to the stones of the pit ; 
 as a carcase trodden urder feet. 
 
 20 Thou shalt not be joined 
 wdth them in burial, because 
 thou hast destroyed thy land, 
 and slain thy people : the seed 
 of e\ildoers shall never be re- 
 nowned. 
 
 21 Prepare slaughter for his 
 children for the iniquity of their 
 fathers; that they do not rise, 
 nor possess the land, nor fill the 
 face of the world with cities. 
 
 22 For I will rise up against 
 them, saith the Lord of hosts, 
 and cut off from Babylon the 
 name, and remnant, and son, 
 and nephew, saith the Lord. 
 
 23 I will also make it a pos- 
 session for the bittern, and pools 
 of water: and I will sweep it 
 with the besom of destruction, 
 saith the Lord of hosts. 
 
 24 IF The Lord of hosts hath 
 sworn, saying, Surely as I have 
 thought, so shall it come to 
 pass; and as I have purposed, 
 so shall it stand : 
 
The lamentable 
 
 ISAIAH, XV. 
 
 state of Moab. 
 
 25 That I will break the Assy- 
 rian in my land, and upon my 
 momitains tread him mider foot : 
 then shall his yoke depart from 
 off them, and his burden depart 
 from oft' their shoulders. 
 
 26 This is the purpose that is 
 purposed upon the whole earth : 
 and this is the hand that is 
 stretched out upon all the na- 
 tions. 
 
 27 For the Lord of hosts hath 
 purposed, and who shall disan- 
 nul it ? and his hand is stretch- 
 ed out, and who shall turn it 
 back? 
 
 28 In the year that king Ahaz 
 died was this burden. 
 
 29 H Rejoice not thou, whole 
 Palestina, because the rod of 
 him that smote thee is broken : 
 for out of the serpent's root shall 
 come forth a cockatrice, and his 
 fruit shall be a fiery flying ser- 
 pent. 
 
 30 And the firstborn of the 
 poor shall feed, and the needy 
 shall lie down in safety : and I 
 will kill thy root with famine, 
 and he shall slay thy remnant. 
 
 31 Howl, O gate ; cry, O city ; 
 thou, whole Palestina, art dis- 
 solved: for there shall come 
 from the north a smoke, and 
 none shall be alone in his ap- 
 pointed times. 
 
 32 What shall one then answer 
 the messengers of the nation? 
 That the Loed hath founded 
 Zion, and the poor of his people 
 shall trust in it. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 The latnentdble state of Moah. 
 
 ri1HE burden of Moab. Be- 
 JL cause in the night Ar of 
 Moab is laid waste, and brought 
 to silence ; bec^ause in the night 
 Kir of Moab is laid waste, and 
 brought to silence ; 
 
 2 He is gone up to Bajith, and 
 to Dibon, the high places, to 
 weep: Moab shall howl over 
 Nebo, and over Medeba: on 
 all their heads shall be bald- 
 ness, and every beard cut off. 
 
 3 In their streets they shall 
 
 gird themselves with sackcloth : 
 on the tops of their houses, and 
 in their streets, every one shall 
 howl, weeping abundantly. 
 
 4 And Heshbon shall cry, and 
 Elealeh: their voice shall be 
 heard even unto Jahaz : there- 
 fore the armed soldiers of Moab 
 shall cry out; his life shall be 
 grievous unto him. 
 
 5 My heart shall cry out for 
 Moab ; his fugitives shall flee 
 imto Zoar, an heifer of three 
 years old: for by the mount- 
 ing up of Luhith with weeping 
 shall they go it up ; for in the 
 way of Horonaim they shall 
 raise up a cry of destruction. 
 
 6 For the waters of Nimrim 
 shall be desolate : for the hay is 
 withered away, the grass faileth, 
 there is no green thing. 
 
 7 Therefore the abundance 
 they have gotten, and that 
 which they have laid up, shall 
 they carry away to the brook 
 of the willows. 
 
 8 For the cry is gone round 
 about the borders of Moab ; the 
 howling thereof unto Eglaim, 
 and the howling thereof unto 
 Beer-eHm. 
 
 9 For the waters of Dimon 
 shall be full of blood : for I will 
 bring more upon Dimon, lions 
 upon him that escapeth of Moab, 
 and upon the remnant of the 
 land. CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 1 Modh is exhorted to yield dhedienee 
 to Christ's Mngdom. 6 Moah is 
 threatened for her pride. 9 The 
 prophet hewaileth her. 12 Thejudg. 
 ment of Moab. 
 
 SEND ye the lamb to the rul- 
 er of the land from Sela to 
 the wilderness, unto the mount 
 of the daughter of Zion. 
 
 2 For it shall be, that, as a 
 wandering bird cast out of the 
 nest, so the daughters of Moab 
 shall be at the fords of Amon. 
 
 3 Take counsel, execute judg- 
 ment ; make thy shadow as the 
 night in the midst of the noon- 
 day ; hide the outcasts ; bewray 
 not him that wandereth. 
 
 4 Let mine outcasts dwell with 
 
Moab, Syiia, and 
 
 ISAIAH, XVII. 
 
 Israel threaten^. 
 
 thee, Moab; be thou a covert 
 to them from the face of the 
 spoiler: for the extortioner is 
 at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, 
 the oppressors are consmned out 
 of the land. 
 
 5 And in mercy shall the 
 throne be established: and he 
 shall sit upon it in truth in the 
 tabernacle of David, judging, 
 and seeking judgment, and hast- 
 ing righteousness. 
 
 6 H We have heard of the pride 
 of Moab; he is very proud: 
 even of his haughtiness, and his 
 pride, and his wrath: but his 
 lies shall not be so. 
 
 7 Therefore shall Moab howl 
 for Moab, every one shall howl : 
 for the foundations of Kir-ha- 
 reseth shall ye mourn; surely 
 the^ are stricken. 
 
 8 For the fields of Heshbon 
 languish, and the vine of 8ib- 
 mah : the lords of the heathen 
 have broken down the principal 
 plants thereof, they are come 
 even unto Jazer, they wander- 
 ed through the wilderness : her 
 branches are stretclied out, they 
 are gone over the sea. 
 
 9 IF Therefore I will bewail with 
 the weeping of Jazer the vine of 
 Sibmah : I will water thee with 
 my tears, O Heshbon, and E- 
 lealeh : for the shouting for thy 
 summer fruits and for thy har- 
 vest is fallen. 
 
 10 And gladness is taken a- 
 Avay, and joy out of the plenti- 
 fid field ; and in the vineyards 
 there shall be no singing, nei- 
 ther shall there be shouting: 
 the treaders shall tread out no 
 wine in their presses; I have 
 made their vintage shouting to 
 cease. 
 
 11 Wherefore my bowels shall 
 sound like an harp for Moab, 
 and mine inward parts for Kir- 
 hai-esh. 
 
 12 H And it shall come to pass, 
 when it is seen that Moab is 
 weary on the high place, that he 
 shall come to his sanctuary to 
 pmy ; but he shall not prevail. 
 
 13 This is the word that the 
 
 Lord hath spoken concerning 
 Moab since that time. 
 14 But now the Lord hath spo- 
 ken, saying, Within three years, 
 as the years of an hireling, and 
 the glory of Moab shall be con- 
 temned, with all that great mul- 
 titude; and the remnant shall 
 be verj^ small and feeble. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 1 Syria and Israel are threatened. C 
 A remnant shall forsake idolatry. 
 9 The rest shall he plagued for 
 their impiety. 12 The woe of Is- 
 raeVs enemies. 
 
 THE burden of Damascus. 
 Behold, Damascus is taken 
 away from being a city, and it 
 shall be a minous heap. 
 
 2 The cities of Aroer are for- 
 saken : they shall be for flocks, 
 which shall lie down, and none 
 shall make them afraid. 
 
 3 The fortress also shall cease 
 from Ephraim, and the king- 
 dom from Damascus, and the 
 remnant of Syria : they shall be 
 as the glory of the children of 
 Israel, saith the Lord of hosts. 
 
 4 And in that day it shall come 
 to pass, that the glory of Jacob 
 shall be made thin, and the fat- 
 ness of his flesh shall wax lean. 
 
 5 And it shall be as when the 
 harvestman gathereth the com, 
 and reapeth the ears with his 
 arm ; and it shall be as he that 
 gathereth ears in the valley of 
 ±?ephaim. 
 
 6 % Yet gleaning grapes shall 
 be left in it, as the shalang of an 
 olive tree, two or three berries 
 in the top of the uppermost 
 bough four or five in the out- 
 most iruitful branches thereof, 
 saith the Lord God of Israel. 
 
 7 At that day shall a man look 
 to his Maker, and his eyes shall 
 have respect to the Holy One of 
 Israel. 
 
 8 And he shall not look to the 
 altars, the work of his hands, 
 neither shall respect that which 
 his fingers have made, either 
 the groves, or the images. 
 
 9 IF In that day shall his strong 
 cities be as a forsaken bough, 
 
EtUma and ISAIAH, 
 
 and an uppermost branch, which 
 they left because of the chil- 
 di'en of Israel : and there shall 
 be desolation. 
 
 10 Because thou hast forgotten 
 the God of thy salvation, and 
 hast not been mindful of the 
 rock of thy strength, therefore 
 shalt thou plant pleasant plants, 
 and shalt set it with strange 
 slips : 
 
 11 In the day shalt thou make 
 thy plant to grow, and in the 
 morning shalt thou make thy 
 seed to flourish : but the hanest 
 shall be a heap in the day of 
 grief and of desperate sorrow. 
 
 12 IF Woe to the multitude 
 of many people, which make a 
 noise like the noise of the seas ; 
 and to the rushing of nations, 
 that make a rushing like the 
 rushing of mighty waters ! 
 
 13 The nations shall rush like 
 the rushing of many waters: 
 but God shall rebuke them, and 
 they shall flee far off, and shall 
 be chased as the chaff" of the 
 mountains before the wind, and 
 like a rolling thing before the 
 whirlwind. 
 
 14 And behold at eveningtide 
 trouble ; and before the morn- 
 ing he is not. This is the por- 
 tion of them that spoil us, and 
 the lot of them that rob us. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 1 God in care of his people ivill destroy 
 the Ethiopians. 7 An access there- 
 by shall grow unto the church. 
 
 WOE to the land shadow- 
 ing with wings, which is 
 beyond the rivers of Ethiopia : 
 
 2 That sendeth ambassadors 
 by the sea, even in vessels of 
 bulrushes upon the waters, say- 
 ing, Goj ye swift messengers, 
 to a nation scattered and peel- 
 ed, to a people terrible from 
 then beginning hitherto; a 
 nation meted out and trodden 
 do^vn, whose land the rivers 
 have spoiled ! 
 
 3 All ye inhabitants of the 
 world, and dwellers on the earth, 
 see ye, when he lifteth up an 
 ensign on the mountains; and 
 
 , XVni. Eoypt fhreatmed. 
 
 when he bloweth a tnunpet, 
 hear ye. 
 
 4 For so the Lord said unto 
 me, I will take my rest, and I 
 will consider in my dwelling 
 place like a clear heat upon 
 herbs, and like a cloud of dew 
 in the heat of harshest. 
 
 5 For afore the harvest, when 
 the bud is perfect, and the sour 
 grape is ripening in the flower, 
 he shall both cut off" the sprigs 
 with pruning hooks, and take a- 
 way and cut down the branches. 
 
 6 They shall be left together 
 unto the fowls of the mountains, 
 and to the beasts of the earth : 
 and the fowls shall summer up- 
 on them, and all the beasts of 
 the earth shall winter upon 
 them. 
 
 7 H In that time shall the pre- 
 sent be brought unto the Lord 
 of hosts of a people scattered 
 and peeled, and from a people 
 terrible from their beginning 
 hitherto; a nation meted out 
 and trodden under foot, whose 
 land the rivers have spoiled, to 
 the place of the name of the 
 LoRn of hosts, the mount Zion. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 1 The confusion of Egypt. 11 TJie 
 foolishness of their pri7ices. 18 TJie 
 calling of Egypt to the church. 23 
 The covenant of Egypt, Assyria, 
 and Israel. 
 
 THE burden of Egypt. Be- 
 hold, the Lord rideth up- 
 on a swift cloud, and shall come 
 into Egypt: and the idols of 
 Egypt shaU be moved at his pre- 
 sence, and the heart of Egypt 
 shall melt in the midst of it. 
 
 2 And I will set the Egyptians 
 against the Egyptians : and they 
 shall fight eveiy one against his 
 brother, and every one against 
 his neighbour ; city against city, 
 and kingdom against kingdom, 
 
 3 And the spirit of Egypt shall 
 fail in the midst thereof; and 
 I will destroy the counsel there- 
 of: and they shall seek to the 
 idols, and to the charmers, and 
 to them that have familiar spi- 
 
 l rits, and to the wizards. 
 
Tliemifiisim of Egypt. ISAIAH, XIX. The calling of Egypt. 
 
 4 And the Egyptians will I give 
 over into the hand of a cruel 
 lord; and a fierce king shall 
 rule over them, saith the Lord, 
 the Lord of hosts. 
 
 5 And the waters shall fail from 
 the sea, and the river shall be 
 wasted and dried up. 
 
 6 And they shall turn the ri- 
 vei-s far away; and the brooks 
 of defence shall be emptied and 
 dried up: the reeds and flags 
 shall wither. 
 
 7 The paper reeds by the 
 brooks, by the mouth of the 
 brooks, and every thing so\\ai 
 by the brooks, shall ^vither, be 
 driven away, and be no more. 
 
 8 The fishers also shall mourn, 
 and all they that cast angle in- 
 to the brooks shall lament, and 
 they that spread nets upon the 
 waters shall languish. 
 
 9 Moreover they that work in 
 fine flax, and they that weave 
 networks, shall be confounded. 
 
 10 And they shall be broken in 
 the puri>ose8 thereof, all that 
 make sluices and ponds lor 
 fish. 
 
 11 If Surely the princes of Zoan 
 are fools, the counsel of the wise 
 counsellors of Pharaoh is be- 
 come brutish : how say ye unto 
 Pharaoh, I am the son of the 
 wise, the son of ancient kings? 
 
 12 Where are they? where 
 are thy wise men ? and let them 
 tell thee now, and let them 
 know what the Lord of hosts 
 hath purposed upon Egypt. 
 
 13 The piinces of Zoan are be- 
 come fools, the princes of Noph 
 are deceived ; they have also se- 
 duced Egypt, even they that are 
 the stay of the tribes thereof. 
 
 14 The Lord hath mingled 
 a per^^erse spirit in the midst 
 thereof: and they have caused 
 Egypt to err in every work 
 thereof, as a drunken man 
 staggereth in his vomit. 
 
 15 Neither shall there be any 
 work for Egypt, which the head 
 or tail, branch or rush, may do. 
 
 16 In that day shall Egypt be 
 like imto women : and it shall 
 
 be afraid and fear because of 
 the shaking of the hand of 
 the Lord of hosts, which he 
 shake th over it. 
 
 17 And the land of Judah shall 
 be a terror unto Egypt, every 
 one that maketh mention there- 
 of shall be afraid in himself, be- 
 cause of the counsel of the Lord 
 of hosts, wliich he hath deter- 
 mined against it. 
 
 18 K In that day shall five ci- 
 ties in the land of Egypt speak 
 the language of Canaan, and 
 swear to the Lord of hosts; 
 one shall be called. The city 
 of destruction. 
 
 19 In that day shall there be 
 an altar to the Lord in the midst 
 of the land of Egypt, and a pil- 
 lar at the border thereol" to the 
 Lord. 
 
 20 And it shall be for a sign 
 and for a witness unto the Lord 
 of hosts in the land of Egypt : 
 for they shall cry unto the Lord 
 because of the oppressors, and 
 he shall send them a saviour, 
 and a great one, and he shall 
 deliver them. 
 
 21 And the Lord shall be 
 knoTvn to Egypt, and the E- 
 gyptians shall know the Lord 
 in that day, and shall do sa- 
 crifice and oblation; yea, they 
 shall vow a vow unto the Lord, 
 and perform it. 
 
 22 And the Lord shall smite 
 Egypt : he shall smite and heal 
 it: and they shall return even 
 to the Lord, and he shall be in- 
 treated of them, and shall heal 
 them. 
 
 23 IF In that day shall there 
 be a highway out of Egypt to 
 Assyria, and the Assyrian shall 
 come into Egypt, and the E- 
 gyptian into Assyria, and the 
 Egyptians shall serv^e with the 
 Assyrians. 
 
 24 In that day shall Israel be 
 the third with Egypt and with 
 Assyria, even a blessing in the 
 midst of the land : 
 
 25 Whom the Lord of hosts 
 shall bless, saying. Blessed he 
 Egypt my people, and Assyria 
 
Tlie capUvity of Egypt. ISAIAH, XX. 
 
 The fall of Babylon. 
 
 the work of my hands, and Is- 
 rael mine inheritance. 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 A typ>e prefiguring the slvtmeful cap- 
 tivity of Egypt and Ethiopia. 
 
 IN the year that Tartan came 
 unto Ashdod, (when Sargon 
 the king of Assyria sent him,) 
 and fought against Ashdod, and 
 took it ; 
 
 2 At the same time spake the 
 LoKD by Isaiah the son of A- 
 moz, saying, Go and loose the 
 sackcloth from off thy loins, and 
 put off thy shoe from thy foot. 
 And he did so, walking naked 
 and barefoot. 
 
 3 And the Lord said, Like as 
 my servant Isaiah hath walked 
 naked and barefoot three years 
 for a sign and wonder upon E- 
 gypt and upon Ethiopia ; 
 
 4 So shall the king of Assyria 
 lead away the Egyptians pri- 
 soners, and the Ethiopians cap- 
 tives, young and old, naked and 
 barefoot, even with their but- 
 tocljs uncovered, to the shame 
 of Egypt. 
 
 5 And they shall be afraid 
 and ashamed of Ethiopia their 
 expectation, and of Egypt their 
 glory. 
 
 6 And the mhabitant of this 
 isle shall say m that day. Be- 
 hold, such IS our expectation, 
 whither we flee for help to be 
 delivered from the king of As- 
 syria : and how shall we escape ? 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 1 The prophet, bewailing the capti- 
 vity of his people, seeth in a vision 
 the fall of Babylon by the Medes 
 and Persians. 11 Edom, scorning 
 the prophet, is moved to repent- 
 ance. 13 The set time of Arabia's 
 calamity. 
 
 THE burden of the desert 
 of the sea. As whirlwinds 
 in the south pass through; so 
 it Cometh from the desert, from 
 a terrible land. 
 2 A grievous vision is declared 
 unto me ; the treacherous dealer 
 dealeth treacherously, and the 
 spoiler spoileth. Goup,OElam: 
 besiege, O Media ; all the sigh- 
 ing thereof have I made to cease. 
 
 3 Therefore are my loins filled 
 with pain: pangs have taken 
 hold upon me, as the pangs of 
 a woman that travaileth : I was 
 bowed down at the hearing of 
 it ; I was dismayed at the see- 
 ing of it. 
 
 4 My heart panted, fearfulness 
 affrighted me : the night of my 
 pleasure hath he tm^ned into 
 fear unto me. 
 
 5 Prepare the table, watch in 
 the watchtower, eat, drink: a- 
 rise, ye princes, and anoint the 
 shield. 
 
 6 For thus hath the Lord said 
 unto me, Go, set a watchman, 
 let him declare what he seeth. 
 
 7 And he saw a chariot with 
 a couple of horsemen, a cha^ 
 riot of asses, and a chariot of 
 camels; and he hearkened di- 
 ligently with much heed : 
 
 8 And he cried, A Hon: My 
 lord, I stand continually up- 
 on the watchtower in the day- 
 time, and I am set in my ward 
 whole nights : 
 
 9 And, behold, here cometh 
 a chariot of men, with a cou- 
 ple of horsemen. And he an- 
 swered and said, Babylon is 
 fallen, is fallen; and all the 
 graven images of her gods he 
 
 I hath broken unto the ground. 
 I 10 O my threshing, and the 
 : com of my floor : that which 
 il have heard of the Lord of 
 
 hosts, the God of Israel, have 
 
 I declared unto you. 
 
 11 H The burden of Drnnah, 
 He calleth to me out of Seir, 
 Watchman, what of the night ? 
 Watchman, what of the night ? 
 
 12 The watchman said. The 
 morning cometh, and also the 
 night: if ye will enquire, en- 
 quire ye : return, come. 
 
 13 H The burden upon Ara- 
 bia. In the forest in Aiabia 
 shall ye lodge, O ye travelling 
 companies of Dedanim. 
 
 14 The inhabitants of the land 
 of Tema brought water to him 
 that was thirsty, they prevented 
 with their bread him that fled. 
 
 15 For they fled from the 
 
TJie prophet lamenteth ISAIAH, 
 
 Bwords, from the drawn sword, 
 and from the bent bow, and 
 from the grievousness of war. 
 
 IG For thus luith tlie I^ord 
 said unto me, AVithin a year, 
 according to the years of an 
 liireling and all the glory of 
 Kedar shall lail : 
 
 17 And the residue of the num- 
 ber of archers, the mighty men 
 of the children of Kedar, shall 
 be diminished: for the I^okd 
 God of Israel hath si)oken it. 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 1 The prophet ((uiuutrth the inva- 
 sion of Jetrrij \>ii Ihr Pernians. 8 
 Jlf reprovcth tluir hnmnn wimlom 
 <nid vorUUij jop. l.'i ilc propJie- 
 th Sh(hn<i's (hprivafion, 20 <iml 
 
 Kli'iLim, preiiiinriiKj the Kingdom 
 <>f('lirist,hi»mhxtUnr 
 
 rnj 
 
 i Hut ion 
 pilE burden of the valley of 
 vision. What aileth thee 
 now, that thou ail wholly gone 
 up to the housetops? 
 
 2 Thou that art full of stirs, a 
 tumultuous city, a joyous city : 
 thy slain men are not slain with 
 the swoixl, nor dead in battle. 
 
 3 All thy ndens are fled toge- 
 ther, they are bomid by the 
 archers: all that are found in 
 thee are bound together, which 
 have fled from far. 
 
 4 Therefore said I, Look away 
 from me ; I ^vill weep bitterly, 
 labour not to comfoit me, be- 
 cause of the spoiling of the 
 daughter of my people. 
 
 5 For it is a day of trouble, 
 and of treading do^vn, and of 
 perplexity by the Lord God of 
 liosts in the valley of vision, 
 breaking down the walls, and 
 of crying to the mountains. 
 
 6 And Elam bare the quiver 
 mth chariots of men and horse- 
 men, and Kir imcovered the 
 shield. 
 
 7 And it shall come to pass, 
 that ihy choicest valleys shall 
 be full of chariots, and the 
 horsemen shall set themselves 
 in array at the gate. 
 
 8 H Aiid he discovered the co- 
 vering of Judah, and thou didst 
 look in that day to the armour 
 of the house of the forest. 
 
 !, XXII. the invasion qfjeicry, 
 
 9 Ye liave seen also the 
 breaches of the city of David, 
 that they are many : and ye 
 gathered together the wateis of 
 the lower pool. 
 
 lU And ye liave numbered tlie 
 houses of Jerusalem, and the 
 houses have ye broken down 
 to Ibrtify the wall. 
 
 11 Ye made also a ditch l)e- 
 tween the two walls fur the wa- 
 ter of the old pool : but ye have 
 not looked unto the maker there- 
 of, neither had respect unto him 
 that fashioned it long ago. 
 
 12 And hi that day chd the 
 Lord God of hosts call to wecj)- 
 hig, and to mouniing, and to 
 baldness, ar.d to girding with 
 siukcloth : 
 
 13 And behold joy and glad- 
 ness, slaying oxen, and killing 
 sheepj eating flesh, and drink- 
 ing wme : let us eat and drink ; 
 for to morrow we shall die. 
 
 14 And it was revealed in mine 
 ears by the Lord of liosts. 
 Surely this ini(iuity shall not 
 be i)urged from you till ye die, 
 saith tlie Lord God of hosts. 
 
 15 H Thus saith the Lord God 
 of hosts, Go, get thee mito tliis 
 treasurer, even unto Shebna, 
 which is over the house, and 
 sat/, 
 
 IG What hast thou here? and 
 whom hast thou here, that thou 
 hast hewed thee out a sepulchre 
 here, as he that heweth him 
 out a sepulchre on high, and 
 that graveth an habitation for 
 lumself in a rock ? 
 
 17 Behold, the Lokd will cairy 
 thee away with a mighty cap- 
 tivity, and will surely cover 
 thee. 
 
 18 He will surelv violently turn 
 and toss thee like a ball into a 
 large country : there shalt thou 
 die, and there the chariots of 
 thy glory shall be the shame of 
 thy lord's house. 
 
 19 And I will drive thee from 
 thy station, and from thy state 
 shall he pull thee down. 
 
 20 H And it shall come to pass 
 in that day, that I will call my 
 
The miserabU ISAIAH, XXIII. 
 
 serrant Eliakim tlie son of Hil- 
 Idali : 
 
 21 And I will clotlie him with 
 thy robe, and strengthen him 
 with thy gii'dle, and I will com- 
 mit thy government into his 
 hand : and he shall be a father 
 to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 
 and to the house of Jndah. 
 
 22 And the key of the house 
 of David will I lay npon his 
 shoulder ; so he shall open, and 
 none shall shut; and he shall 
 shut, and none shall open. 
 
 23 And I will fasten him as a 
 nail in a sme place; and he 
 shall be for a glorious throne 
 to his father's house. 
 
 24 And they shall hang upon 
 him all the gloiy of his father's 
 house, the offspring and the is- 
 sue, all vessels of small quan- 
 tity, from the vessels of cups, 
 even to all the vessels of flagons. 
 
 25 In that day, saith the Lord 
 of hosts, shall the nail that is 
 fastened in- the sure place be 
 removed, and be cut down, and 
 fall ; and the burden that was 
 upon it shall be cut off: for the 
 LoED hath spoken it. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 1 TJie miserable overthrow of Tyre. 
 
 17 Their unhappy return. 
 rnHE bmden ofJTyre. ,Howl, 
 
 overthrmo qf Tpre, 
 
 6 Pass ye over to TarshLsh; 
 howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. 
 
 7 Is this your ^ joyous citt/, 
 whose antiquity is of ancient 
 days? her ovm feet shaU cany 
 her afar off to sojourn. 
 
 8 Who hath taken this coim- 
 sel against Tyre, the crowning 
 citi/, whose merchants are prin- 
 ces, whose traffickers aie the 
 honourable of the earth ? 
 
 9 The Lord of hosts hath 
 purposed it, to stain the pride 
 of all glory, and to bring into 
 contempt all the honourable of 
 the earth. 
 
 10 Pass thi'ough thy land as a 
 river, O daughter of Tarshish : 
 there is no more strength. 
 
 11 He stretched out his hand 
 over the sea, he shook the king- 
 doms: the Lord hath given a 
 commandment against the mer- 
 chant citi/, to destroy the strong 
 holds thereof. 
 
 12 And he said. Thou shalt no 
 more rejoice, O thou oppressed 
 virgin, daughter of Zidon: a- 
 rise, pass over to Chittim ; there 
 also shalt thou have no rest. 
 
 13 Behold the land of the 
 Chaldeans; this people was 
 not, till the Assyrian foimded 
 it for them that dwell in the 
 wilderness: they set up the 
 
 ye ships of Tarsliish ; for i towers thereof, they raised up 
 
 it is laid waste, so that there 
 is no house, no entering in: 
 from the land of Chittim it is 
 revealed to them. 
 
 2 Be still, ye inhabitants of 
 the isle; thou whom the mer- 
 chants of Zidon, that pass over 
 the sea, have replenished. 
 
 3 And by great waters the seed 
 of Sihor, the harvest of the 
 river, is her revenue; and she 
 is a mart of nations. 
 
 4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon : 
 for the sea hath spoken, even 
 the strength of the sea, saying, 
 I travail not, nor bring forth 
 children, neither do I nourish up 
 young men, wor bring up virgins. 
 
 5 As at the report concerning 
 Egypt, so shall they be sorely 
 pained at the report of Tyre. 
 
 the palaces thereof; and he 
 brought it to ruin. 
 
 14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish : 
 for your strength is laid waste. 
 
 15 And it shall come to pass in 
 that day, that Tyre shaU be for- 
 gotten seventy years, according 
 to the days of one king : after 
 
 I the end of seventy years shall 
 Tyre sing as an harlot. 
 
 16 Take an harp, go about 
 the city, thou harlot that hast 
 been forgotten; make sweet 
 melody, sing many songs, that 
 thou mayest be remembered. 
 
 17 f And it shaU come to pass 
 after the end of seventy years, 
 that the Lord will visit Tyre, 
 and she shaU turn to her hire, 
 and shall commit fornication 
 with all the kingdoms of the 
 
God* s judgments 
 
 world upon the face of the 
 eai"th. 
 
 18 And her merchandise and 
 her hire shall be holiness to the 
 Lord : it shall not be treasured 
 nor laid up; for her merchan- 
 dise shall be for them that dwell 
 before the Lord, to eat sufficient- 
 ly, and for durable clothing. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 1 Tlie doleful judgments of God upon 
 the land. 13 A remntnt shall joy- 
 fully 2^fii^^ him. 16 God in his 
 jndgmcnts shall advance hia king- 
 dom. 
 BEHOLD, the Lord raak- 
 eth the earth empty, and 
 maketh it waste, and tunieth it 
 upside do\Nai, and scattereth a- 
 broad the inhabitants thereof. 
 
 2 And it shall be, as with the 
 V)eople, so with the priest; as 
 with the servant, so with his 
 master; as with the maid, so 
 with her mistress; as with the 
 buyer, so with the seller; as 
 with the lender, so with the 
 borrower; as with the taker 
 of usury, so ^N-ith the giver of 
 usuiT to him. 
 
 3 The land shall be utterly 
 emptied, and utterly spoiled : 
 for the Lord hath spoken this 
 word. 
 
 4 The earth moumeth and 
 fadeth away, the world lan- 
 guisheth and fadeth away, the 
 haughty people of the earth do 
 languish. 
 
 5 The earth also is defiled 
 under the inhabitants thereof; 
 because they ha^ e transgressed 
 the laws, changed the ordinance, 
 broken the everlasting covenant. 
 
 6 Therefore hath the curse de- 
 voured the earth, and they that 
 dwell therein are desolate : there- 
 fore the inhabitants of the earth 
 are burned, and few men left. 
 
 7 The new wine moumeth, the 
 vine languisheth, all the merry- 
 hearted do sigh. 
 
 8 The mirth of tabrets ceas- 
 eth, the noise of them that re- 
 joice endeth, the joy of the haip 
 ceaseth. 
 
 9 They shall not drink wine 
 
 ISAIAH, XXIV. 
 
 upon the land. 
 
 with a song ; strong drink shall 
 be bitter to them that drmk it. 
 
 10 The city of confusion is bro- 
 ken down : every house is shut 
 up, that no man may come in.^ 
 
 11 There is a crying for wine in 
 the streets ; all joy is darkened, 
 the mirth of the land is gone. 
 
 12 In the city is left desola- 
 tion, and the gate is smitten 
 with destiaiction. 
 
 13 H When thus it shall be in 
 the midst of the land among 
 the people, there shall be as the 
 shaking of an olive tree, and as 
 the gleaning grapes when the 
 vintage is done. 
 
 14 They shall lift up their 
 voice, they shall sing for the 
 majesty of the Lord, they shall 
 ciy aloud from the sea. 
 
 15 Wherefore glorify ye the 
 Lord in the fires, even the 
 name of the Lord God of Is- 
 rael in the isles of the sea. 
 
 16 % From the uttermost pait 
 of the earth have we heard 
 songs, even glorj^ to the right- 
 eous. But I said. My leanness, 
 my leanness, woe unto me ! the 
 treacherous dealers have dealt 
 treacherously ; yea, the treach- 
 erous dealers have dealt veiy 
 treacherously. 
 
 17 Fear, and the pit, and the 
 snare, a7'e upon thee, O inha- 
 bitant of the earth. 
 
 18 And it shall come to pass, 
 that he who fleeth from the 
 noise of the fear shall fall into 
 the pit; and he that cometh 
 up out of the midst of the pit 
 shall be taken in the snare : for 
 the windows from on high are 
 open, and the foundations of the 
 earth do shake. 
 
 19 The earth is utterly bro- 
 ken down, the earth is clean 
 dissolved, the earth is moved 
 exceedingly. 
 
 20 The earth shall reel to and 
 fro like a drunkard, and shall 
 be removed like a cottage ; and 
 the transgression thereof shall 
 be heavy upon it ; and it shall 
 fall, and not rise again. 
 
 21 And it shall come to pass in 
 
The irrophet 
 
 ISAIAH, XXV. 
 
 prmseili God. 
 
 that day, that the Lord shall 
 punish the host of the high ones 
 that are on high, and the kings 
 of the earth upon the earth. 
 
 22 And they shall be gathered 
 together, as prisoners are ga- 
 thered in the pit, and shall be 
 shut up in the prison, and after 
 many days shall they be visited. 
 
 23 Then the moon shall be 
 confounded, and the sun a^- 
 shamed, when the Lord of 
 hosts shall reign in moimt Zi- 
 on, and in Jerusalem, and be- 
 fore his ancients gloriously. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 1 TJie 'prophet p^-aisetli God, for his 
 judgments, 6 for Ms saving bene- 
 fits, 9 atid for his victoHous sal- 
 vation. 
 
 OLOED, thou art my God; 
 I will exalt thee, I will 
 praise thy name ; for thou hast 
 done wonderful things; thy 
 counsels of old are feithfulness 
 and truth. 
 
 2 For thou hast made of a city 
 an heap ; of a defenced city a 
 ruin : a palace of strangers to 
 be no city; it shall never be 
 
 • built. 
 
 3 Therefore shall the strong 
 people glorify thee, the city of 
 the terrible nations shall fear 
 thee. 
 
 4 For thou hast been a strength 
 to the poor, a strength to the 
 needy in his distress, a refuge 
 from the storm, a shadow from 
 the heat, when the blast of the 
 terrible ones is as a storm «- 
 gainst the wall. 
 
 5 Thou shalt bring down the 
 noise of strangers, as the heat 
 in a dr5^ place; even the heat 
 ^-ith the shadow of a cloud: 
 the branch of the terrible ones 
 shall be brought low. 
 
 6 ^ And in this mountain shall 
 the Lord of hosts make unto 
 all people a feast of fat things, 
 a feast of wines on the lees, 
 
 I of fat things full of marrow, of 
 
 I wines on the lees well refined. 
 
 I 7 And he will destroy in this 
 
 I mountain the face of the co- 
 
 , vering cast over all people, and 
 
 the vail that is spread over all 
 nations. 
 
 8 He will swallow up death 
 in victoiy; and the Lord God 
 will wipe away tears from off 
 all faces; and the rebuke of 
 his people shall he take away 
 from off all the earth: for the 
 Lord hath spoken it. 
 
 9 IF And it shall be said in 
 that day, Lo, tliis is our God; 
 we have waited for him, and 
 he will save us: this is the 
 Lord ; we have waited for him, 
 we will be glad and rejoice in 
 his salvation. 
 
 10 For in this mountain shall 
 the hand of the Lord rest, and 
 Moab shall be trodden down 
 under him, even as straw is 
 trodden down for the dunghill. 
 
 11 And he shall spread forth 
 liis hands in the miidst of them, 
 as he that swim me th spreadeth 
 forth his hands to swim: and 
 he shall bring down their pride 
 together with the spoils of their 
 hands. 
 
 12 And the fortress of the high 
 fort of thy walls shall he bring-: 
 down, lay low, and bring to the 
 ground, even to the dust. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 
 1 A song inciting to confidence in God^ 
 
 5fo7' his judgment,^, 12 and for his 
 
 favour to his people. 20 An exhor. 
 
 tation to ivait on God. 
 
 IN that day shall this songr 
 be sung in the land of Ju- 
 dah; We have a strong city; 
 salvation will God appoint /br 
 waUs and bulwarks. 
 
 2 Open ye the gates, that the 
 righteous nation which keepeth 
 the truth may enter in, 
 
 3 Thou wilt keep him in per- 
 fect peace, whose mind is stayed- 
 on thee : because he trusteth in 
 thee. 
 
 4 Trust ye in the Lord fop 
 ever: for in the Lord JEHO- 
 VAH is everlasting strength : - 
 
 5 If For he bringeth doT\Ti them 
 that dweU on high; the lofty 
 city, he layeth it low ; he layeth 
 it low, even to the ground ; he 
 bringeth it even to the dust. 
 
 Mm 
 
A song iacHino to ISAIAH, 
 
 6 The foot shall tread it down, 
 even tlie feet of the poor, and 
 tlie stei)8 of the needy. 
 
 7 The way of the jiiet is niv 
 rightnefis: thou, most upright, 
 dost weigh tlie i)atli of tlie just. 1 
 
 8 Yea, in the way of thy judg- j 
 inents, O Lord, have we wait^ [ 
 ed for thee; the desire of our 
 soul is to thy name, and to the 
 remembrance of thee. 
 
 9 With my soul have I desir- 
 ed thee in the night ; yea, witli 
 my spirit witliin me vdW I seek 
 thee early : fur when thy judg- 
 ments are in the earth, the in- 
 habitants of tlie world will leani i 
 righteousness. 
 
 lU Let favour be shewed to the 
 wicked, yet will he not learn 
 righteousness: in the land of 
 upriglitness will he deal un- 
 justly, and will not beliold the 
 majesty of the IjORD. 
 
 11 Lord, tchen thy liand is 
 lifted up, they will not see : but 
 they shall see, and be ashamed 
 for their envy at the people; 
 yea, the fire of thine enemies 
 shall devour them. 
 
 12 *I Lord, thou wilt ordain 
 peace for us : for thou also hast 
 ^^Tought all our works in us. 
 
 13 O Lord our God, other 
 lords beside thee have had do- 
 minion over us: but by thee 
 oiily will we make mention of 
 thy name. 
 
 14 Thet/ are dead, they shall 
 not live; they are deceased, 
 they shall not rise : therefore 
 hast thou visited and destroy- 
 ed them, and made all their 
 memory to perish. 
 
 15^ Thou hast increased the 
 nation, O Lord, thou hast in- 
 creased the nation: thou art 
 glorified: thou hadst removed 
 it far unto all the ends of the 
 earth. 
 
 16 Lord, in trouble have they 
 visited thee, they poured out 
 a prayer when thy chastening 
 10 as upon them. 
 
 17 Like as a woman with child, 
 that draweth near the time of 
 her delivery, is in pain, and 
 
 XXVII. cmfuleuc^. iu (U.d. 
 
 crieth out in her pangs ; so have 
 we been in thy sight, () Loud. 
 
 18 We have l)een with child, 
 we have been in jiain, we have 
 as it were brought forth wind ; 
 we have not wrought any deli- 
 venince in the earth ; neither 
 have the inhabitants of the 
 world fallen. 
 
 rj Thy dead men shall live, 
 together with my dead body 
 shall they arise. Awake and 
 sing, ye that dwell in dust : 
 for thy dew is as the dew «>1" 
 herbs, and the earth shall ctist 
 out the dead. 
 
 20 •[ Come, my people, entei 
 thou into thy chambers, and 
 shut thy doors about thee : hifle 
 thyself as it were for a little 
 moment, until the indignation 
 be overi>ast. 
 
 21 For, behold, the Lord com- 
 eth out of his place to pmiish 
 the inhabitants of the earth for 
 their ini(iuity : the earth also 
 shall disclose her blooil, and 
 shall no more cover her slain. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVII. . 
 1 TJtP care of Cod over his vi$ieyanl. 
 7 His rli'igtiwrnenta differ from 
 jud(nrwnf8. V2 The churcfi ofJeiCH 
 and Gcntiks. 
 
 IN that day the Lord witli 
 his sore and great and strong 
 sword shall punish leviathan 
 the piercing 8en)ent, even le- 
 viathan that crooked sen'ent; 
 and he shall slay the dragon 
 that is in the sea. 
 
 2 In that day sing ye imto 
 her, A vineyard of red wine. 
 
 3 I the Lord do keep it; I 
 will water it every moment: 
 lest ant/ hurt it, I will keep it 
 night and day. 
 
 4 Fury is not in me : who 
 would set the briers and thorns 
 against me in battle? I would 
 go through them, I would buni 
 them together. 
 
 5 Or let him take hold of my 
 strength, that he may make 
 peace with me; and he shall 
 make peace with me. 
 
 6 He shall cause them that 
 come of Jacob to take root : 
 
God's chastisements, ISAIAH, XXVIII. Ephraim threateMcl. 
 
 Israel shall blossom and bud, 
 and fiU the face of the world 
 with fruit. 
 
 7 H Hath he smitten him, as 
 he smote those that smote him ? 
 or is he slain according to the 
 slaughter of them that are slain 
 by him? 
 
 8 In measm*e, when it shoot- 
 eth forth, thou wilt debate with 
 it: he stayeth his rough wind 
 in the day of the east wind. 
 
 9 By this therefore shall the 
 iniquity of Jacob be purged; 
 and this is all the fruit to take 
 away his sin ; when he maketh 
 aU the stones of the altar as 
 chalkstones that are beaten in 
 sunder, the groves and images 
 shall not stand up. 
 
 10 Yet the defenced city shall 
 be desolate, and the habitation 
 forsaken, and left like a wilder- 
 ness : there shall the calf feed, 
 and there shall he lie down, and 
 consume the branches thereof. 
 
 11 When the boughs thereof 
 are withered, they shall be bro- 
 ken off : the women come, and 
 set them on fire : for it is a 
 people of no understanding: 
 therefore he that made them 
 will not have mercy on them, 
 and he that formed them will 
 shew them no favoiu-. 
 
 ^ 12 If And it shall come to pass 
 in that day, that the Lord shall 
 beat off from the channel of the 
 river unto the stream of Egypt, 
 and ye shall be gathered one by 
 one, O ye children of Israel. 
 13 And it shall come to pass 
 in that day, that the great trum- 
 pet shall be blown, and they 
 shall come which were ready 
 to perish in the land of As- 
 syria, and the outcasts in the 
 land of Egypt, and shall wor- 
 ship the Lord in the holy 
 mount at Jerusalem. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVIII. 
 
 1 The prophet threatenefh Ephraim 
 for their pride and drunkenness. 
 5 The residue shall be advanced in 
 the kingdom of Christ. 7 He re- 
 huTceth their error. 9 Tlieir unlo- 
 vjardness to learn, 14 and their 
 
 security. 16 Christ the sure foun- 
 dation is promised. 18 TJieir se- 
 curity shall he tried. 23 They are 
 incited to the consideration of God's 
 discreet p^-ovidence. 
 
 WOE to the crown of pride, 
 to the drunkards of Eph- 
 raim, whose glorious beauty is a 
 fading flower, which are on the 
 head of the fat valleys of them 
 that are overcome with wine ! 
 
 2 Behold, the Lord hath a 
 mighty and strong one, ivhich as 
 a tempest of hail and a destroy- 
 ing storm, as a flood of mighty 
 waters overflowing, shall cast 
 down to the earth vdth. the hand. 
 
 3 The crown of pride, the 
 drunkards of Ephraim, shall 
 be trodden under feet : 
 
 4 And the glorious beauty, 
 which is on the head of the fat 
 valley, shall be a fading flower, 
 and as the hasty fruit before the 
 summer; which when he that 
 looketh upon it seeth, while it is 
 yet in his hand he eateth it up. 
 
 5 ^ In that day shall the Lord 
 of hosts be for a crown of glory, 
 and for a diadem of beauty, un- 
 to the residue of his people, 
 
 6 And for a spirit of judgment 
 to him that sitteth in judgment, 
 and for strength to them that 
 tarn the battle to the gate. 
 
 7 IF But they also have err- 
 ed through wine, and through 
 strong drinlc are out of the way ; 
 the priest and the prophet have 
 erred through strong diink, they 
 are swallowed uj) of wine, they 
 are out of the way through 
 strong di'ink ; they err in vision, 
 they stumble in judgment. 
 
 8 For all tables are full of 
 vomit ajid filthiness, so that 
 there is no place clean. 
 
 9 IF Whom shall he teach know- 
 ledge? and whom shall he make 
 to understand doctrine? them 
 that are weaned from the milk, 
 and drawn from the breasts. 
 
 10 For precept must he upon 
 precept, precept upon precept; 
 line upon line, line upon line ; 
 here a little, and there a little : 
 
 11 For with stammering lips 
 
 M m2 
 
Christ the sure 
 
 ISAIAH, XXIX, foundation lyrmnised. 
 
 and another tongue will he 
 speak to this people. 
 
 12 To whom he said, This 
 is the rest whereivith ye maj- 
 cause the weary to rest; and 
 this is the refreshing : yet they 
 would not hear. 
 
 13 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 
 snared, and taken. 
 
 14 IF Wherefore hear the word 
 of the LoRD^ ye scornful men, 
 that rule this people which is 
 in Jerusalem. 
 
 15 Because ye have said. We 
 have made a covenant with 
 death, and with hell are we at 
 agreement ; when the overflow- 
 ing scourge shall pass through, 
 it shall not come unto us : for 
 we have made lies our refuge, 
 and under falsehood have we 
 hid ourselves : 
 
 16 II Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God, Behold, I lay in 
 Zion for a foundation a stone, 
 a tried stone, a precious corner 
 stone, a sure foundation: he 
 that believe th shall not make 
 haste. 
 
 17 Judgment also will I lay 
 to the line, and righteousness 
 to the plummet: and the hail 
 shall sweep away the refuge of 
 lies, and the waters shall over- 
 flow the hiding place. 
 
 18 1[ And your covenant with 
 death shall be disannulled, and 
 your agreement with hell shall 
 not stand; when the overflow- 
 ing scourge shall pass through, 
 then ye shall be trodden down 
 by it. 
 
 19 From the time that it goeth 
 forth it shall take you: for 
 morning by morning shall it 
 pass over, by day and by night : 
 and it shall be a vexation only 
 to imderstand the report. 
 
 20 For the bed is shorter than 
 that a man can stretch himself 
 on it: and the covering nar- 
 
 rower than that he can wrap 
 himself in it. 
 
 21 For the Lord shall rise up 
 as in mount Perazim, he shall 
 be wroth as in the valley of Gi- 
 beon, that he may do his work, 
 his strange work ; and bring to 
 pass his act, his strange act. 
 
 22 Now therefore be ye not 
 mockers, lest your bands be 
 made strong : for I have heard 
 from the Lord God of hosts a 
 consumption, even determined 
 upon the whole earth. 
 
 23 H Give ye ear, and hear 
 my voice; hearken, and hear 
 my speech. 
 
 24 l)oth the ploT\Tnan plow all 
 day to sow ? doth he open and 
 break the clods of his ground? 
 
 25 When he hath made plain 
 the face thereof, doth he not 
 cast abroad the fitches, and 
 scatter the cummin, and cast 
 in the principal wheat and the 
 appointed barley and ihQ rie in 
 their place ? 
 
 26 For his God doth instruct 
 him to discretion, and doth 
 teach him. 
 
 27 For the fitches are not 
 threshed with a threshing in- 
 strument, neither is a cart wheel 
 turned about upon the cum- 
 min ; but the fitches are beaten 
 out with a stafl", and the cum- 
 min with a rod. 
 
 28 Bread corn is bruised; be- 
 cause he will not ever be thresh- 
 ing it, nor break it with the 
 wheel of his cart, nor bniise it 
 with his horsemen. 
 
 29 This also cometh forth from 
 the Lord of hosts, which is won- 
 derful in comisel, and excellent 
 in working. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIX. 
 1 God's Jieavv judgment upon Jeru- 
 salem. 1 The unsatiahleness of her 
 enemies. 9 The senselessness, 13 
 and deep hypocrisy of the Jews. 
 18 A promise of sanctification to 
 the godly. 
 
 WOE to Ariel, to Ariel, the 
 city where David dwelt ! 
 add ye year to year; let them 
 kill sacrifices. 
 
 il 
 
The siege of 
 
 2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and 
 there shall be heaviness and sor- 
 row : and it shall be unto me as 
 Ariel. 
 
 3 And I will camp against thee 
 round about, and will lay siege 
 against thee with a mount, and 
 I will raise forts against thee. 
 
 4 And thou shalt be brought 
 down, and shalt speak out of 
 the ground, and thy speech shall 
 be low out of the dust, and thy 
 voice shall be, as of one that 
 hath a familiar spirit, out of the 
 ground, and thy speech shall 
 whisper out of the dust. 
 
 5 Moreover the multitude of 
 thy strangers shall be like small 
 dust, and the multitude of the 
 terrible ones shall be as chaff 
 that passeth away : yea, it shall 
 be at an instant suddenly. 
 
 6 Thou shalt be visited of the 
 LoED of hosts with thunder, and 
 with earthquake, and great noise, 
 with storm and tempest, and the 
 flame of devouring fire. 
 
 7 IF And the multitude of all 
 the nations that fight against 
 Ariel, even all that fight against 
 her and her munition, and that 
 distress her, shall be as a dream 
 of a night vision. 
 
 8 It shall even be as when an 
 hungry man dreameth, and, be- 
 hold, he eateth; but he awaketh, 
 and his soul is empty: or as 
 when a thirsty man dreameth, 
 and, behold, he drinketh; but 
 he awaketh, and, behold, he is 
 faint, and his soul hath appetite : 
 so shall the multitude of all the 
 nations be, that fight against 
 
 I mount Zion. 
 
 I 9 If Stay yourselves, and won- 
 I der; cry ye out, and cry: they 
 ; are drunken, but not with wine ; 
 
 they stagger, but not mth strong 
 I drink. 
 
 ! 10 For the Lord hath poured 
 I out upon you the spirit of deep 
 I sleep, and hath closed your eyes : 
 i the prophets and your rulei-s, the 
 ' seers hath he covered. 
 
 11 And the vision of all is be- 
 i come unto you as the words 
 
 of a book that is sealed, which 
 
 ISAIAH, XXIX. Jerusalem foretold. 
 
 men deliver to one that is learn- 
 ed, saying, Eead this, I pray 
 thee : and he saith, I cannot ; 
 for it is sealed : 
 
 12 And the book is delivered 
 to him that is not learned, say- 
 ing, Eead this, I pray thee : and 
 he saith, I am not learned. 
 
 13 If Wherefore the Lord said, 
 Forasmuch as this people diaw 
 near me with their mouth, and 
 with their lips do honoiu' me, 
 but have removed their heart 
 far from me, and their fear to- 
 ward me is taught by the pre- 
 cept of men : 
 
 14 Therefore, behold, I will 
 proceed to do a marvellous work 
 among this people, even a mar- 
 vellous work and a wonder : for 
 the wisdom of their wise men 
 shall perish, and the understand- 
 ing of their prudent men shall 
 be hid. 
 
 15 Woe unto them that seek 
 deep to hide their counsel from 
 the Lord, and their works are 
 in the dark, and they say, Who 
 seeth us ? and who knoweth us ? 
 
 16 Surely your turning of things 
 upside down shall be esteemed 
 as the potter's clay : for shall the 
 work say of him that made it, He 
 made me not? or shall the thing 
 framed say of him that framed 
 it. He had no understanding ? 
 
 17 Is it not yet a very little 
 while, and Lebanon shall be 
 turned into a fruitful field, and 
 the fruitful field shall be es- 
 teemed as a forest ? 
 
 18 If And in that day shall the 
 deaf hear the words of the book, 
 and the eyes of the blind shall 
 see out of obscurity, and out of 
 darkness. 
 
 19 The meek also shall increase 
 their joy in the Lord, and the 
 poor among men shall rejoice 
 in the Holy One of Israel. 
 
 20 For the terrible one is brought 
 to nought, and the scomer is 
 consumed, and all that watch 
 for iniquity are cut off: 
 
 21 That make a man an of- 
 fender for a word, and lay a 
 snare for him that reproveth in 
 
Coiijideiice in 
 
 ISAIAH, XXX. 
 
 Eovpt rciyrovecl. 
 
 the gate, and turn aside the just 
 for a thmg of nought. 
 
 22 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord, who redeemed Abraham, 
 conceming the house of Jacob, 
 Jacob shall not now be ashamed, 
 neither shall his face now wax 
 pale. 
 
 23 But when he seeth his chil- 
 dien, the work of mine hands, 
 in the midst of him, they shall 
 sanctify my name, and sancti- 
 f>" the Holy One of Jacob, and 
 shall fear the God of Israel. 
 
 24 They also that erred in spi- 
 rit shall come to understanding, 
 and they that muimured shall 
 leani doctrine. 
 
 CHAPTER XXX. 
 1 Tlie pronhet threateneth the peo- 
 ple for their coufidenee. in Eifypt, 
 8 and eontei)ipt of God's word. 18 
 God's mercies towards his chnrch. 
 27 God's v)rath, and the people's 
 joy, in the destruction of Assyria. 
 
 WOE to the rebellious chil- 
 dien, saith the LoiU), that 
 take comisel, but not of me; 
 and that cover with a covering, 
 but not of my spirit, that they 
 may add sin to sin : 
 
 2 That walk to go down into 
 Egypt, and have not asked at my 
 mouth ; to strengthen themselves 
 in the strength of Pharaoh, and 
 to trust in the shadow of Egypt ! 
 
 3 Therefore shall the strength 
 of Pharaoh be your shame, and 
 the tmst in the shadow of Egypt 
 ^oicr confusion. 
 
 4 For his princes were at Zoan, 
 and his ambassadors came to 
 Hanes. 
 
 5 They were all ashamed of a 
 people ^^«/ could not profit them, 
 nor be. an help nor profit, but 
 a shame, and also a reproach. 
 
 6 The burden of the beasts of 
 the south : into the land of trou- 
 ble and anguish, from vchence 
 come the young and old lion, 
 the viper and fiery fiying ser- 
 pent, they will carry their riches 
 upon the shoulders of young 
 asses, and their treasures upon 
 the bunches of camels, to a peo- 
 ple that shall not profit them. 
 
 7 For the Egyptians shall help 
 in vain, and to no purpose : there- 
 fore have I cried concerning this, 
 Their strength in to sit still. 
 
 8 If Now go write it before 
 them in a table, and note it in 
 a book, that it may be for the 
 time to come for ever and ever : 
 
 9 That this is a rebellious 
 people, lying children, children 
 that will not hear the law of 
 the Lord : 
 
 10 Which say to the seers. See 
 not; and to the prophets. Pro- 
 phesy not unto us right tilings, 
 SI eak unto us smooth things, 
 prophesy deceits : 
 
 11 Get you out of the way, 
 turn aside out of the path, cause 
 the Holy One of Israel to cease 
 from before us. 
 
 12 Wherefore thus saith the 
 Holy One of Israel, Because 
 ye despise this word, and trust 
 in oppression and penerseness, 
 and stay thereon : 
 
 13 Therefore this iniquity shall 
 be to you as a breach ready 
 to fall, swelling out in a high 
 wall, whose breaking cometh 
 suddenly at an instant. 
 
 14 And he shall break it as the 
 breaking of the potters' vessel 
 that is broken in i>ieces; he 
 shall not spare : so that there 
 shall not be found in the burst- 
 ing of it a sherd to take fire 
 from the hearth, or to take wa- 
 ter withal out 01 the pit. 
 
 15 For thus saith the Lord 
 God, the Holy One of Israel; 
 In returning and rest shall ye 
 be saved; in quietness and 
 in confidence shall be your 
 strength : and ye would not. 
 
 16 But ye said, No; for we 
 will flee upon horses ; therefore 
 shall ye flee : and, We will ride 
 upon the swift; therefore shall 
 they that pursue you be swift. 
 
 17 One thousand shall flee at 
 the rebuke of one; at the re- 
 buke of five shall ye flee : till 
 ye be left as a beacon upon the 
 top of a mountain, and as an 
 ensign on an hill. 
 
 18 \ And therefore wiU the 
 
Gods mtrcies 
 
 ISAIAH, XXXI. 
 
 toward his churcli. 
 
 LoED wait, that he may be 
 gmcious unto you, and there- 
 fore will he be exalted, that he 
 may have mercy upon you : for 
 the LoED is a God of judgment: 
 blessed are all they that wait 
 for him. 
 
 19 For the people shall dwell 
 in Zion at Jerusalem : thou 
 shalt weep no more : he will be 
 very gracious unto thee at the 
 voice of thy cry ; when he shall 
 hear it, he will answer thee. 
 
 20 And though the Lord give 
 you the bread of adversity, and 
 the water of affliction, yet shall 
 not thy teachers be removed in- 
 to a coraer any more, but thine 
 eyes shall see thy teachers : 
 
 21 And thine eai's shall hear a 
 word behmd thee, sajdng, This 
 is the way, walk ye in it, when 
 ye turn to the right hand, and 
 when ye turn to the left. 
 
 22 Ye shall defile also the co- 
 vermg of thy graven images of 
 silver, and the ornament of thy 
 molten images of gold: thou^ 
 shalt cast them away as a men- 
 struous cloth; thou shalt say 
 unto it. Get thee hence. 
 
 23 Then shall he give the rain 
 of thy seed, that thou shalt sow 
 the ground withal; and bread 
 of the increase of the earth, and 
 it shall be fat and plenteous: 
 in that day shall thy cattle feed 
 in large pastm-es. 
 
 24 The oxen likewise and the 
 young asses that ear the ground 
 shall eat clean provender, which 
 hath been winnowed with the 
 shovel and with the fan. 
 
 2o And there shall be upon 
 eveiy high mountain, and up- 
 on eveiy high hUl, rivers and 
 streams of waters in the day of 
 the great slaughter, when the 
 towers fall. 
 
 2(5 Moreover the light of the 
 moon shall be as the light of 
 the sim. and the hght of the 
 sun shall be sevenfold, as the 
 light of seven days, in the day 
 that the Loed bindeth up the 
 breach of his people, and heal- 
 eth the stroke of theii' womid. 
 
 27 11 Behold the name of the 
 LoED cometn from far, burn- 
 ing with his anger, and the bur- 
 den thereof is heavy : his lips 
 are full of indignation, and his 
 tongue as a devouring fire : 
 
 28 And his breath, as an over- 
 flowing stream, shall reach to 
 the midst of the neck, to siit 
 the nations with the sieve of 
 vanity:^ and there shall be a 
 bridle in the jaws of the peo- 
 ple, causing them to eiT. 
 
 29 Ye shall have a song, as in 
 the night ivhen a holy solem- 
 nity is kept; and gladness of 
 heart, as when one gceth with a 
 pipe to come into the mountain 
 of the LoED, to the mighty One 
 of Israel. 
 
 30 And the Loed shaU cause 
 his glorious voice to be heard, 
 and shall shew the lighting 
 down of his arm, with the in- 
 dignation of his anger, and with 
 the flame of a devouring fire, 
 with scatteiing, and tempest, 
 and hailstones. 
 
 31 For through the voice of 
 the LoED shall the Assyrian be 
 beaten down, which smote with 
 a rod. 
 
 32 And in every place where 
 the grounded staff" shall pass, 
 which the Lord shall lay upon 
 him, it shall be with tabrets and 
 haii)s : and in battles of shaking 
 \^all he fight with it. 
 
 33 For Tophet is ordained of 
 old ; yea, for the king it is pre- 
 pared; he hath made it deep 
 and large: the pile thereof is 
 fire and much wood , the breath 
 of the LoED, \\ke a stream of 
 brimstone, doth kindle it. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXL -^ 
 
 1 Tlie prophet sliewetli the cursed 
 folly in trusting to Eqypt, and fw- 
 saMng of God. 6 He exhortefh to 
 conversion. 8 He sheweth the fall 
 of Assyria. 
 
 WOE to them that go down 
 to Egypt for help; and 
 stay on horses, and trust in cha- 
 riots, because they are many; 
 and in horsemen, because they 
 are very strong; but they look 
 
The Uemngs of 
 
 ISAIAH, XXXII. 
 
 not unto the Holy One of Is- 
 rael, neither seek the Lord ! 
 
 2 Yet he also is am'fc, and will 
 bring evil, and will not call 
 back his words: but will arise 
 a.^ainst the house of the evil- 
 doers, and against the help of 
 them that work iniquity. 
 
 3 Now the Egyptians are men, 
 and not God; and their hoi-ses 
 flesh, and not spirit. AVhen the 
 Lord shall stretch out liis hand, 
 both he that helpeth shall fall, 
 and he that is holpen shall fall 
 down, and they all shall fail to- 
 gether. 
 
 4 For thus hath the Lord spo- 
 ken unto me. Like as the lion 
 and the young lion roanng on his 
 prey, when a multitude oi' sliep- 
 herds is called forth against him, 
 he will not be afraid of their 
 voice, nor abase himself for the 
 noise of them : so shall the IjORD 
 of hosts come dovm. to tight for 
 mount Zion, and for the hill 
 thereof. 
 
 5 As birds flying, so will the 
 Lord of hosts defend Jerusa- 
 lem ; defending also he will de- 
 liver it; and passing over he 
 will preserve it. 
 
 6 ^f Turn ye imto him from 
 whom the children of Israel 
 have deeply rcNolted. 
 
 7 For in that day every man 
 shall cast away his idols of sil- 
 ver, and his idols of gold, which 
 your own hands have made un- 
 to joufor a sin. 
 
 8 ^ Then shall the Assyrian 
 fall with the SAVord, not of a 
 mighty man; and the sword, 
 not of a mean man, shall de- 
 vour him : but he shall flee from 
 the sword, and Ms young men 
 shall be discomfited. 
 
 9 And he shall pass over to 
 his strong hold for fear, and 
 his princes shall be afraid of 
 the ensign, saith the Lord, 
 w^hose fire is in Zion, and his 
 furnace in Jerusalem. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXII. 
 1 Tlie blessings of Christ's Mngdom. 
 9 Desolation is foreshewn. 15 Re- 
 storation is promised to succeed. 
 
 ClirisCs kin{/ihm. 
 
 BEHOLD, a king shall reign 
 in righteousness, and prin- 
 ces shall rule in judgment. 
 
 2 And a man shall be as an 
 hiding i)lace from the wind, and 
 a coveii from the tei^pest; as 
 rivei's of water in a dry place, 
 as the shadow of a great rock 
 in a weary land. 
 
 3 And the eyes of them that see 
 shall not be dim, and the ears 
 of them that hear shall hearken. 
 
 4 The heart also of the rash 
 shall understand knowledge, and 
 the tongue of the stammerers 
 shall be ready to speak i)lainly. 
 
 5 The vile person shall be no 
 more called liberal, nor the chiul 
 said to be bountiful. 
 
 G For the vile person will speak 
 yillany, and his heart will work 
 ini(iuity, to practise hypocrisy, 
 and to utter error against the 
 Lord, to make empty the soul 
 of the hungiy, and lie will cause 
 the diink of the thirsty to fail. 
 
 7 The instruments also of the 
 churl are evil : he deviseth wick- 
 ed devices to destroy the poor 
 with lymg words, even when 
 the needy speaketh right. 
 
 8 But the liberal deviseth libe- 
 ral things ; and by Uberal things 
 shall he stand. 
 
 9 ![ Rise up, ye women that 
 are at ease; hear my voice, ye 
 careless daughters ; give ear im- 
 to my speech. 
 
 10 Many days and years shall 
 ye be troubled, ye careless wo- 
 men : for the vintage shall fad, 
 the gathering shall not come. 
 
 11 Tremble, ye women that are 
 at ease ; be troubled, ye careless 
 ones : strip you, and make you 
 bare, and gird sackcloth upon 
 your loins. 
 
 12 They shall lament for the 
 teats, for the pleasant fields, for 
 the fruitful vine. 
 
 13 Upon the land of my peo- 
 ple shall come up thorns and 
 briers ; yea, upon all the houses 
 of joy in the joyous city : 
 
 14 Because the palaces shall 
 be forsaken; the multitude of 
 the city shall be left; the forts 
 
The enemies of 
 
 ISAIAH, xxxni. 
 
 Zhn threatened. 
 
 and towers shall be for dens for 
 ever, a joy of wild asses, a pas- 
 ture of flocks ; 
 
 15 Until the spirit be poured 
 upon us from on high, and the 
 wilderness be a fruitful field, 
 and the fruitful field be counted 
 for a forest. 
 
 16 Then judgment shall dwell 
 in the wilderness, and righte- 
 ousness remain in the fruitful 
 field. 
 
 17 And the work of righteous- 
 ness shall be peace; and the 
 efiect of righteousness quietness 
 and assurance for ever. 
 
 18 And my people shall dyN^ell 
 in a peaceable habitation, and 
 in sure dwellings, and in quiet 
 restmg places ; 
 
 19 When it shall hail, coming 
 down on the forest ; and the city 
 shall be low in a low place. 
 
 20 Blessed are ye that sow be- 
 side ail waters, that send forth 
 thither the feet of the ox and 
 the ass. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIII. 
 1 God's judginents against the ene- 
 mies of the church. 13 The privi- 
 leges of the godly. 
 
 WOE to thee that spoilest, 
 and thou wast not spoil- 
 ed; and dealest treacherously, 
 and they dealt not treacherously 
 with thee ! when thou shalt cease 
 to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; 
 and when thou shalt make an 
 end to deal treacherously, they 
 shall deal treacherously with 
 thee. 
 
 2 O Lord, be gracious unto 
 us; we have waited for thee: 
 be thou their arm every morn- 
 ing, our salvation also in the 
 time of trouble. 
 
 3 At the noise of the tumult 
 the people fled; at the lifting 
 up of thyself the nations were 
 scattered. 
 
 4 And your spoil shall be ga- 
 thered like the gathering of the 
 caterpiller: as the nmning to 
 and fro of locusts shall he run 
 upon them. 
 
 , 5 The Lord is exalted; for 
 he dwelleth on high: he hath 
 
 filled Zion with judgment and 
 righteousness. 
 
 6 And wisdom and knowledge 
 shaU be the stability of thy 
 times, and strength of salva- 
 tion: the fear of the Lord is 
 his treasure. 
 
 7 Behold, their ^-aliant ones 
 shall crj^ without : the ambaesa- 
 doi^s of peace shall weep bitterly. 
 
 8 The highways lie waste, the 
 wayfaring man ceaseth : he hath 
 broken the covenant, he hatli 
 despised the cities, he regardeth 
 no man. 
 
 9 The earth mounaeth and lan- 
 guisheth : Lebanon is ashamed 
 and hewn down : Sharon is lil^e 
 a wilderness; and Bashan and 
 Carmel shake off their fruits. 
 
 10 Now will I rise, saith the 
 Lord ; now^ will I be exalted ; 
 now will I lift up myself. 
 
 11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye 
 shall bring forth stubble : your 
 breath, as fire, shall devour you. 
 
 12 And the people shall be as 
 the burnings of hme : as thorns 
 cut up shall they be burned in 
 the fire. 
 
 13 ^ Hear, ye that are far ofi", 
 what I have done ; and, ye that 
 «r^near, acknowledge my might. 
 
 14 The sinners in Zion are 
 afraid ; fearfulness hath surpris- 
 ed the hypocrites. Who among 
 us shall dwell with the devoniing 
 fire? who among us shall dwell 
 with everlasting bummgs ? 
 
 15 He that walketh righteously, 
 and speaketh uprightly ; he that 
 despiseththe gain of oppressions, 
 that shaketh his hands from 
 holding of bribes, that stoppeth 
 his ears from hearhig of blood, 
 and shutteth his eyes from see- 
 ing evil ; 
 
 16 He shall dwell on high : his 
 place of defence shall he the 
 munitions of rocks : bread sliall 
 be given him; his vraters shall 
 be sure. 
 
 17 Thine eyes shall see the king- 
 in his beauty : they shall behold 
 the land that is very far off. 
 
 18 Thine heart shall meditate 
 terror. Where is the scribe? 
 
 Mm3 
 
GrxTs vengeance uix>n ISAIAH, XXXIV. 
 
 v>'here is the receiver ? wliere is 
 he that counted tlie towers ? 
 
 19 Thou shalt not see a fierce 
 people, a r>eoi)le of a deeper 
 speech than tliou canst per- 
 ceive ; of a starnmerin/? tongue, 
 tkat thou canst not understand. 
 
 20 Look upon Zion, the city 
 of our solemnities: tliine eyes 
 shall see Jenisalem a quiet ha- 
 bitation, a tabernacle that shall 
 not be taken do^^Tl ; not one of 
 the stakes thereof shall ever be 
 removed, neither shall any of 
 the cords thereof be broken. 
 
 21 But there the glorious Lord 
 tvill be unto us a i)lace of broad 
 rivers and streams ; wherein 
 shall go no galley \\'ith oars, 
 neither shall gallant ship pass 
 t'lereby. 
 
 22 For the Lord is our judge, 
 the Lord is oiu* lawgiver, the 
 Lord is our king; he will save 
 us. 
 
 23 Thy tacklings are loosed; 
 they could not well strengthen 
 their mast, they could not 
 spread the sail : then is the 
 r»rey of a great spoil divided; 
 th? lame take the prey. 
 
 24 And the inhabitant shall not 
 say, I am sick : the people that 
 dwell tlierein shalt he lorgiven 
 their iniquity. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIV. 
 
 1 Tlic jfuhjments wJicreunfh God 
 ycvcuneth his church. 11 'flie de- 
 solation of her enemies. 16 lite 
 rertninty of the XTOphecy. 
 
 C(>3IE near, ye nations, to 
 hear ; and hearken, ye peo- 
 ple : let the earth hear, and all 
 that is therein ; the world, and 
 all things that come forth of it. 
 
 2 For the indignation of the 
 Lord is upon all nations, and 
 his fury upon all their armies : 
 he hath utterly destroyed them, 
 he hath delivered them to the 
 slaughter. 
 
 3 Their slain also shall be cast 
 out, and their stink shall come 
 up out of their carcases, and the 
 mountains shall be melted with 
 their blood. 
 
 4: And all the host of heaven 
 
 Vie enemies of Zion. 
 
 shall be dissolved, and the hea- 
 vens shall be rolled together as 
 a scroll : and all their host sliall 
 fall down, as the leaf falleth oft" 
 from the vine, and as a falling 
 Jifi- from the. fig tree. 
 
 5 For my sword shall be bath- 
 ed in heaven : behold, it shall 
 come do\vn upon Idumea, and 
 upon the people of my curse, to 
 judgment. 
 
 T) The sword of the Lord is 
 filled with blood, it is made fat 
 with fatness, and with the blood 
 of lambs and goats, with the fat 
 of the kidneys of raiiLS : for the 
 Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah. 
 and a great slaughter in the land 
 of Idumea. 
 
 7 And the unicorns shall come 
 do^vn with them, and tlie bul- 
 locks with the bulls ; and their 
 land shall be soaked with blofxl, 
 and their dust made fat with 
 fatness. 
 
 8 For it is the day of the Lord's 
 vengeance, and the year of re- 
 compences for the controversy 
 of Zion. 
 
 9 And the streams thereof shall 
 be turned into pitch, and the 
 dust thereof into brimstone, and 
 the land thereof shall become 
 burning pitch. 
 
 10 It snail not be quenched 
 night nor day ; the smoke there- 
 of shall go up for ever: from 
 generation to generation it shall 
 lie waste ; none shall pass through 
 it for ever and ever. 
 
 11 ^ But the connorant and 
 the bittern shall possess it ; the 
 owl also and the raven shall 
 dwell in it : and he shall stretch 
 out upon it the hue of confusion, 
 and the stones of emptiness. 
 
 12 They shall call the nobles 
 thereof to the kingdom, but 
 none shall be there, and all her 
 princes shall be nothing. 
 
 13 And thorns shall come up 
 in her palaces, nettles and bram- 
 bles in the fortresses thereof: 
 and it shall be an habitation of 
 dragons, and a court for owls. 
 
 14 The wild beasts of the de- 
 sert shall also meet \\1th the 
 
The blessings 
 
 ISAIAH, XXXV. 
 
 of the gospel. 
 
 wild beasts of the island, and 
 the satyr shall cry to his fel- 
 low; the screech owl also shall 
 rest there, and find for herself 
 a place of rest. 
 
 15 There shall the great owl 
 make her nest, and lay, and 
 hatch, and gather under her 
 shadow: there shall the vul- 
 tures also be gathered, every 
 one with her mate. 
 
 16 1[ Seek ye out of the book 
 of the Lord, and r^ad : no one 
 of these shall fail, none shall 
 want her mate: for my mouth 
 it hath commanded, and his 
 spuit it hath gathered them. 
 
 17 And he hath cast the lot for 
 them, and his hand hath divided 
 it unto them by hne : they shall 
 possess it for ever, from gene- 
 ration to generation shall they 
 dwell therein. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXV. 
 1 TJie joyful flowisMng of GJirisfs 
 Mngdom. 3 The weak are encou- 
 raged by the virtues and privileges 
 of the gospel. 
 
 rjlHE wilderness and the so- 
 X litary place shall be glad for 
 them; and the desert shall re- 
 joice, and blossom as the rose. 
 
 2 It shaU blossom abundantly, 
 and rejoice even with joy and 
 singing : the glory of Lebanon 
 shall be given unto it, the excel- 
 lency of Carmel and Sharon , they 
 shall see the glory of the Loed, 
 and the excellency of our God. 
 
 3 K Strengthen ye the weak 
 hands, and confirm the feeble 
 knees. 
 
 I 4 Say to them that are of a 
 I fearful heart. Be strong, fear 
 \ not : behold, your God will come 
 I loith vengeance, even God with 
 
 a recompence ; he will come and 
 , save you. 
 
 5 Then the eyes of the blind 
 i shall be opened, and the ears of 
 
 the deaf shall be unstopped. 
 I 6 Then shall the lame man 
 i leap as an hart, and the tongue 
 ' of the dumb sing: for in the 
 
 wilderness shall waters break 
 
 out. and streams in the desert. 
 7 And the parched ground shall 
 
 become a pool, and the thirsty 
 land springs of water : in the ha- 
 bitation of dragons, where each 
 lay, shall he grass with reeds 
 and rushes. 
 
 8 And an highway shall be 
 there, and a way, and it shall be 
 called The way of holiness ; the 
 unclean shall not pass over it ; 
 but it shall he for those : the way- 
 faring men, though fools, shall 
 not err therein. 
 
 9 No lion shall be there, nor 
 any ravenous beast shall go up 
 thereon, it shall not be found 
 there; but the redeemed shall 
 walk there : 
 
 10 And the ransomed of the 
 IjOED shall return, and come to 
 Zion with songs and everlasting- 
 joy upon their heads : they shall 
 obtain joy and gladness, and sor- 
 row and sighing shall flee away. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVL 
 
 1 Sennache?'ih invadeth Judah. 4 
 JRahshaJceh, sent by Sennacherib, 
 by blasphemous persuasions soli- 
 citeth the people to revolt. 22 His 
 words are told to HezeMah. 
 
 IVTOW it came to pass in the 
 -Li ^ fourteenth year of king He- 
 zekiah, that Sennacherib king 
 of Assyria came up against all 
 the defenced cities of Judah, and 
 took them. 
 
 2 And the king of Assyria sent 
 Eabshakeh from Lachish to Je- 
 rusalem unto king Hezekiah 
 with a great army. And he stood 
 by the conduit of the upper pool 
 in the highway of the ftjller's 
 field. 
 
 3 Then came forth unto him 
 Ehakim, Hilldah's son, which 
 was over the house, and Shebna 
 the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's 
 son, the recorder. 
 
 4 IT And Eabshakeh said unto 
 them. Say ye now to Hezekiah, 
 Thus saith the great king, the 
 king of Assyria,What confidence 
 is this wherein thou trustest? 
 
 5 I say, sayest thou, (but they 
 are hut vain words) / have 
 counsel and strength for war: 
 now on whom dost thou trust, 
 that thou rebeUest against me ? 
 
Hahshaheli »Aicitdh ISAIAH, XXXVII. the people to revolt. 
 
 6 Lo, tlioii tmstest in the staff 
 of this broken reed, on Ep>'pt ; 
 whereon if a man lean, it will go 
 into his hand, and pierce it : so 
 is Pharaoh kinj? of Egypt to all 
 that trust in hira. 
 
 7 But if thou say to me, We 
 trust in the Lord our God: is 
 it not he, 'SA^liose hi2rh places and 
 whose altars Hezekiah hath tak- 
 en away, and said to Judah and 
 to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship 
 before this altar? 
 
 8 Now therefore erive pledges, 
 I i»ray thee, to my master the 
 king of Assyria, and I will give 
 thee two thousand horses, if thou 
 be able on thy part to set riders 
 upon them. 
 
 9 How then wilt thou turn 
 away the face of one captain of 
 the least of my master's servants, 
 and put thy trust on Egyy)t for 
 chariots and for hoi-semen? 
 
 10 And am I now come up 
 without the Lord against this 
 land to destroy it? the Lord 
 said unto me, Go up against 
 this land, and destroy it. 
 
 11 ^. Then said Eliakim and 
 Sliebna and Joah unto Eabsha- 
 keh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy 
 servants in the Syrian language ; 
 for we understand it : and si>eak 
 not to us in the Jews' language, 
 in the ears of the i>eople that 
 are on the wall. 
 
 12 ^ But Rabshakeh said. Hath 
 my master sent me to thy mas- 
 ter and to thee to speak these 
 words? hath he not sent me to 
 the men that sit upon the wall, 
 that they may eat their own 
 dung, and drink their o^vn piss 
 with you ? 
 
 13 Then Eabshakeh stood, and 
 cried \^ith a loud voice in the 
 Jews' language, and said. Hear 
 ye the words of the great king, 
 the Idng of Assyria. 
 
 14 Thus saith the long. Let not 
 Hezekiah deceive you: for he 
 shall not be able to deliver you. 
 
 15 Neither let Hezekiah make 
 >ou trust in the Lord, saying, 
 The Lord will surely deliver us : 
 this city shall not be delivered 
 
 into the hand of the king of 
 Assyria. 
 
 IG Hearken not to Hezekiah : 
 for thus saith the king of Assy- 
 ria, Make an agreement with 
 me ft// a present, and come out 
 to me : and eat ye every one of 
 his vine, and every one of his 
 fig tree, and drink ye every one 
 the waters of his own cistern ; 
 
 17 Until I come and take you 
 away to a land like your (nvn 
 land, a land of com and ^vine, 
 a land of bread and vineyards. 
 
 18 Beivare lest Hezekiah per- 
 suade you, saying, The Lord 
 will deliver us. Hath any of the 
 gods of the nations delivered 
 his land out of the hand of the 
 king of AsgjTia? 
 
 19 Where are the gods of Ha- 
 math and Ar]ihad? Avhere are 
 the gods of Sepharvaim? and 
 have they delivered Samaria out 
 of my hand? 
 
 20 Who are they among all 
 the gods of these lands, that 
 have delivered their land out of 
 my hand, that the Lord should 
 deliver Jerusalem out of my 
 hand ? 
 
 21 But they held their peace, 
 and answered him not a word : 
 for the king's commandment 
 was, saving, Answer him not. 
 
 22 ^ then came Ehakim, the 
 son of Hilkiah, that icas over 
 the household, and Shebna the 
 scribe, and Joah, the son of A- 
 saph, the recorder, to Hezekiah 
 with their clothes rent, and told 
 him the words of Rabshakeh. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVII. 
 1 Hezekiah mourning sendeth to Isai- 
 ah to yyray fw them. 6 Isaiah com- 
 fm-teth them. 8 Sennacherib, going 
 to encounter Tirhakah, sendeth a, 
 blasphemous letter to Hezekiah. li 
 Hezekiah's prayp'. 21 Isaiah's pro- 
 phecy of the pride and destruction 
 of Sennacherib, and the good of 
 Zion. 36 An angel slayeth the As- 
 syrians. 37 Sennacherib is slain at 
 Nineveh by his own soiis. 
 
 AND it came to pass, when 
 . king Hezekiah heard it, 
 that he rent his clothes, and 
 covered liimself with sackcloth, 
 
SennaclienVs letter. ISAIAH, XXXVII. HezeMah's prayer. 
 
 and went into the house of the 
 Lord. 
 
 2 And he sent Elialdm, who 
 was over the household, and 
 Shebna the scribe, and the eld- 
 ers of the priests covered with 
 sackcloth, unto Isaiah the pro- 
 phet the son of Amoz. 
 
 3 And they said unto him. 
 Thus saith Hezekiah, This day 
 is a day of trouble, and of re- 
 buke, and of blasphemy: for 
 the children are come to the 
 birthj and there is not strength 
 to bring forth. 
 
 4 It may be the Lord thy God 
 ^vill hear the words of Rabsha- 
 keh, whom the king of Assjria 
 his master hath sent to reproach 
 the livmg God, and will reprove 
 the words which the Lord thy 
 God hath heard : wherefore lift 
 up thi/ prayer for the remnant 
 that is left. 
 
 5 So the seiTants of Idng He- 
 zeldah came to Isaiah. 
 
 6 ^ And Isaiah said unto them. 
 Thus shall ye say unto your 
 master, Thus saith the Lord, 
 Be not afraid of the words that 
 thou hast heard, wherewith the 
 servants of the king of Assyria 
 have blasphemed me. 
 
 7 Behold, I will send a blast 
 upon liim, and he shall hear a 
 rumour, and return to his own 
 land; and I will cause him to 
 fall by the sword in his own 
 land. 
 
 8 If So Eabshakeh returned, 
 and found the king of Assyria 
 warring against Libnah : for he 
 liad heard that he was departed 
 from Lachish. 
 
 9 And he heard say concerning 
 Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He 
 is come forth to make war with 
 thee. And when he heard it, he 
 sent messengers to Hezekiah, 
 saying, 
 
 10 Thus shaU ye speak to He- 
 zekiah king of Judah, saying, 
 Let not thy God, in whom thou 
 trustest, deceive thee, saying, Je- 
 rusalem shall not be given into 
 the hand of the king of Assyria. 
 
 11 Behold, thou hast heard 
 
 what the kings of Assyria have 
 done to all lands by destroying 
 them utterly ; and shalt thou be 
 delivered? 
 
 12 Have the gods of the nations 
 delivered them which my fathers 
 have destroyed, as Gozan, and 
 Haran, and Eezeph, and the 
 children of Eden which were in 
 Telassar? 
 
 13 Where is the king of Ha- 
 math, and the king of Arphad, 
 and the Idng of the citj'' of Se- 
 pharvaim, Hena, and Ivah ? 
 
 14 H And Hezekiah received 
 the letter from the hand of the 
 messengers, and read it: and 
 Hezekiah went up unto the 
 house of the Lord, and spread 
 it before the Lord. 
 
 15 And Hezekiah prayed mito 
 the Lord, saying, 
 
 16 O Lord of hosts, God of Is- 
 rael, that dwellest between the 
 cherubims, thou «r^ the God, 
 even thou alone, of all the king- 
 doms of the earth: thou hast 
 made heaven and earth. 
 
 17 Incline thine ear, O Lord, 
 and hear; open thine eyes, O 
 Lord, and see : and hear all the 
 words of Senna(5herib,whichhath 
 sent to reproach the living God. 
 
 18 Of a truth. Lord, the kings 
 of Assyria have laid v/aste all 
 the nations, and then' coimtries, 
 
 19 And have cast their gods 
 into the fire : for they were no 
 gods, but the work of men's 
 hands, wood and stone: there- 
 fore they have destroyed them. 
 
 20 Now therefore, O Lord our 
 God, save us from his hand, that 
 all the Idngdoms of the earth 
 may know that thou ar^ the 
 Lord, even thou only. 
 
 21 If Then Isaiah the son of 
 Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, say- 
 ing. Thus saith the Lord God of 
 Israel, Whereas thou hast pray- 
 ed to me against Sennacherib 
 king of Assyria: 
 
 22 This is the word which the 
 Lord hath spoken concernmg 
 him; The virgin, the daughter 
 of Zion, hath despised thee, 
 and laughed thee to scorn ; the 
 
An angel destroyeth ISAIAH, XXXVIII. the Assyrian army. 
 
 daughter of Jerusalem hath sha- 
 ken her head at thee. 
 
 23 Whom hast thou reproached 
 and blasphemed? and against 
 whom hast thou exalted th?/ 
 voice, and lifted up thine eyes 
 on high? even agauist the Holy 
 One of Israel. 
 
 24 By thy senants hast thou 
 reproached the Lord, and hast 
 said. By the multitude of my 
 chariots am I come up to the 
 height of the mountains, to the 
 sides of Lebanon; and I will 
 cut do\vn the tall cedars thereof, 
 and the choice fir trees thereof: 
 and I will enter into the height 
 of his border, and the forest of 
 his Cai-mel. 
 
 25 I have digged, and drunk 
 water ; and with the sole of my 
 feet have I dried up all the ri- 
 vers of the l^esieged places. 
 
 26 Hast thou not heard long 
 ago, how I have done it; and 
 of ancient times, that I have 
 foimed it? now have I brought 
 it to pass, that thou shouldest 
 be to lay waste defenced cities 
 into ruinous heaps. 
 
 27 Therefore their inhabitants 
 were of small power, they were 
 dismayed and confounded : they 
 were as the gmss of the field, and 
 as the green herb, as the grass 
 on the housetops, and as corn 
 blasted before it be grown up. 
 
 28 But I know thy abode, and 
 thy going out, and thy coming 
 in. and thy rage against me. 
 
 29 Because thy rage against me, 
 and thy tumult, is come up into 
 mine ears, therefore will I put 
 my hook in thy nose, and my 
 bridle in thy hps, and I will turn 
 thee back by the way by which 
 thou camest. 
 
 30 And this shall he a sign unto 
 thee, Ye shall eat this year such 
 as groweth of itself; and the se- 
 cond year that which springeth 
 of the same : and in the third 
 year sow ye, and reap, and plant 
 vineyards, and eat the fruit 
 thereof. 
 
 31 And the remnant that is es- 
 caped of the house of Judah shall 
 
 again take root downward, and 
 bear fruit upward : 
 
 32 For out of Jerusalem shall 
 go forth a remnant, and they 
 that escape out of mount Zion : 
 the zeal of the Lord of hosts 
 shall do this. 
 
 33 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
 concerning the king of Assyria, 
 He shall not come into this city, 
 nor shoot an arrow there, nor 
 come before it with shields, nor 
 cast a bank against it. 
 
 34 By the way that he came, 
 by the same shall he return, and 
 shall not come into this city, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 35 For I will defend tliis city 
 to save it for mine owti sake, and 
 for my servant David's sake. 
 
 36 Then the angel of the Lord 
 went forth, and smote in the 
 camp of the Assyrians a hun- 
 dred and fourscore and five 
 thousand : and when they arose 
 early in the morning, behold, 
 they were all dead coriises. 
 
 37 H So Sennacherib king of 
 Assyria departed, and went and 
 returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 
 
 38 And it came to pass, as he 
 was worshipping in the house of 
 Nisroch his god, that Adramme- 
 lech and Sharezer his sons smote 
 him with the sword; and they 
 escaped into the land of Arme- 
 nia : and Esar-haddon his son 
 reigned in his stead. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVIIL 
 
 1 HezeMaJi, having received a mes- 
 sage of death, by prayer hath his 
 life lengthened. 8 The sun goeth 
 ten degrees bacJcivard, for a sign 
 of that promise. 9 His song of 
 thanJcsgiving. 
 
 FI" those days was Hezekiah 
 sick unto death. And Isaiah 
 the prophet the son of Amoz 
 came unto him, and said unto 
 him, Thus saith the Lord, Set 
 thine house in order: for thou 
 shalt die, and not live. 
 
 2 Then Hezekiah turned his 
 face toward the wall, and pray- 
 ed unto the Lord, 
 
 3 And said, Eemember now, 
 Lord, I beseech thee, how 
 
HezsJdaVs soiig 
 
 ISAIAH, XXXIX. 
 
 of tlianlcsgiving. 
 
 I have walked before thee in 
 truth and with a perfect heart, 
 and have done that which is 
 good in thy sight. And Heze- 
 kiah wept sore. 
 
 4 If Then came the word of the 
 LoEi) to Isaiah, saying, 
 
 5 Go, and say to HezeMah, 
 Thus saith the Lokd, the God of 
 David thy father, I have heard 
 thy prayer, I have seen thy 
 tears: behold, I will add unto 
 thy days fifteen years. 
 
 6 And I will deliver thee and 
 this city out of the hand of the 
 king of Assyria : and I wiil de- 
 fend this city. 
 
 7 And this shall be a sign unto 
 thee from the Lord, that the 
 Lord will do this thing that he 
 hath spoken ; 
 
 8 Behold, I will bring again the 
 shadow of the degrees, which is 
 gone down in the sun dial of A- 
 haz, ten degrees backward. So 
 the sun returned ten degrees, by 
 wliich degrees it was gone down. 
 
 9 IF The writing of HezeMah 
 king of Judah, when he had 
 been sick, and was recovered 
 of his sickness : 
 
 10 I said in the cutting off of 
 my days, I shall go to the gates 
 of the grave : I am deprived of 
 the residue of my years. 
 
 11 I said, I shall not see the 
 Lord, even the Lord, in the 
 land of the li^dng : I shall be- 
 hold man no more with the m~ 
 habitants of the world. 
 
 12 Mine age is departed, and 
 is removed from me as a shep- 
 herd's tent : I have cut off like 
 a weaver my life : he will cut 
 me off with pining sickness: 
 from day even to night wilt 
 thou make an end of me. 
 
 13 1 reckoned till morning, that, 
 as a Hon, so will he break all my 
 bones : from day even to night 
 wilt thou make an end of me. 
 
 14 Like a crane or a swallow, 
 so did I chatter : I did mourn as 
 a dove : mine eyes fail with look- 
 ing upward : O Lord, I am op- 
 pressed ; undertake for me. 
 
 15 What shaU I say? he hath 
 
 both spoken unto me, and him- 
 self hath done it: I shall go 
 softly all my years in the bitter- 
 ness of my soul. 
 
 16 O Lord, by these things men 
 live, and in all these things is the 
 life of my spuit : so wilt thou re- 
 cover me, and make me to live. 
 
 17 Behold, for peace I had 
 great bitterness : but thou hast 
 in love to my soul delivered it 
 from the pit of corruption : for 
 thou hast cast all my sins be- 
 hind thy back. 
 
 18 For the grave cannot praise 
 thee, death can not celebrate 
 thee : they that go down into the 
 pit cannot hope for thy truth. 
 
 19 The hving, the living, he 
 shall praise thee, as I do this 
 day : the father to the children 
 shaU make known thy truth. 
 
 20 The Lord was ready to 
 save me : therefore we will sing 
 my songs to the stiinged instru- 
 ments all the days of om' life in 
 the house of the Lord. 
 
 21 For Isaiah had said. Let 
 them take a lump of figs, and 
 lay it for a plaister upon the 
 boLl,-and he shall recover. 
 
 22 Hezekiah also had said, 
 What is the sign that I shall go 
 up to the house of the Lord ? 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIX. 
 
 1 Merodaeli-hcdadan, sending to visit 
 HezeJciah because of the wonder, 
 hath notice of his treasures. 3 Isai- 
 ah, understanding thereof, foretell- 
 eth the Babylonian captivity. 
 
 AT that time Merodach-balar 
 x\_ dan, the son of Baladan, 
 king of Babjdon, sent letters 
 and a present to Hezeldah : for 
 he had heard that he had been 
 sick, and was recovered. 
 
 2 And Hezekiah was glad of 
 them, and shewed them the 
 house of his precious things, 
 the silver, and the gold, and 
 the spices, and the precious 
 ointment, and all the house of 
 his armour,^ and all that was 
 found in his treasures: there 
 was nothing in his house, nor 
 in all his dominion, that Heze- 
 kiah shewed them not. 
 
Tlie pi'omvlgaHon 
 
 ISAIAH, XL. 
 
 </ the <jc8i>el. 
 
 3 H Then came Is^aiali the ino- 
 phet unto king Hezekiah, and 
 said unto him. What said tliese 
 men? and from whence came 
 they unto thee ? And Hezekiah 
 said, They are come from a far 
 country unto me, even from 
 Babylon. 
 
 4 Then said he, What have 
 they seen in thine house? And 
 Hezekiah answered, All that is 
 in mine house have they seen: 
 there is nothing among my trea- 
 sures that I have not shewed 
 them. 
 
 5 Then said Isaiah to Heze- 
 kiah, Hear the word of the 
 Lord of hosts : 
 
 6 Behold, the days come, that 
 all that is in thine house, and 
 that which thy fathers have laid 
 up in store until this day, shall 
 be carried to Ikibylon : nothing 
 shall be lelt, saitli the Lord. 
 
 7 And of thy sons that shall 
 issue from thee, which thou 
 shalt beget, shall they take a- 
 way; and they shall be eu- 
 nuchs in the palace of the Idng 
 of Babylon. 
 
 8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, 
 Good is the word of the Lord 
 which thou hast spoken. He said 
 moreover. For there shall be 
 peace and truth in my days. 
 
 CHAPTER XL. 
 1 The promulgation of the gospel. 3 
 T}}e jn'eacliing of John Baptist. 9 
 The itreaching of the apostles. 12 
 Tlie pi'ophet hy the omnipotency of 
 God, 18 and his incomparableaess, 
 26 comfo^'teth the people. 
 
 COMFORT ye, comfort ye 
 my people, saith your God. 
 
 2 Speak ye comfortably to Je- 
 i-usalem, and cry unto her, that 
 her warfare is accomplished, 
 that her iniquity is pardoned: 
 for she hath received of the 
 Lord's hand double for all her 
 sins. 
 
 3 ^ The voice of him that crieth 
 in the wilderness. Prepare ye the 
 way of tlie Lord, make straight 
 in the desert a highway for our 
 God. 
 
 4 Every valley shall be exalted, 
 
 andeveiy mountahi and hill shall 
 be made low : and the ciooked 
 shall be made straight, and the 
 rough places plain : 
 
 5 And the glory of the Lord 
 shall be revealed, and all flesh 
 shall see it together: for the 
 mouth of the Lord hath sj oken 
 it. 
 
 6 The voice said, Cry. And he 
 said, What shall Iciy? All flesh 
 is grass, and all the goodliness 
 thereof is as the flower of tlie 
 field : 
 
 7 The grass wi there th, the 
 flower fadeth: because the spi- 
 rit of the Loud bloweth upon it : 
 surely the people is grass, 
 
 8 The grass withereth, the 
 flower fadeth : but the word of 
 our God shall stand for ever. 
 
 9 H O Zion, that bringest good 
 tidings, get thee up into the 
 high moimtam ; O Jemsalem, 
 tliat bringest good tidings, lift up 
 thy voice witli strength; lift it 
 up J be not afraid ; say unto the 
 cities of Judah, Behold your 
 God! 
 
 10 Behold, the Ix)rd God will 
 come with strong hand, and his 
 arm sliall rule for liim : behold, 
 his reward is with him, and liis 
 work before him. 
 
 11 He shall feed his flock like 
 a shepherd : he shall gather the 
 lambs with his arm, and carry 
 them in his bosom, and shall 
 gently lead those that are with [ 
 young. ', 
 
 12 IF Who hath measured the " 
 watere in the hollow of his \ 
 hand, and meted out heaven ' 
 with the span, and compre- 
 hended the dust of the earth 
 in a measure, and weighed the ♦ 
 niountains in scales, and the 1 
 hills in a balance ? \ 
 
 13 Who hath directed the Spi- f 
 rit of the Lord, or being his 
 counsellor hath taught him? 
 
 14 With whom took he coun- 
 sel, and who instructed him, 
 and taught him in the path 
 of judgment, and taught him 
 knowledge, and shewed to him 
 the way of understanding ? 
 
The vanity oflikeni,ig ISAIAH, XLI. God to any other heinfj. 
 
 15 Behold, tlie nations are as 
 a drop of a bncket, and are 
 counted as the small dust of the 
 balance: behold, he taketh up 
 the isles as a TCiy little thing. 
 
 16 And Lebanon is not suf- 
 ficient to burn, nor the beasts 
 thereof sufficient for a burnt 
 offering. 
 
 17 All nations before him are 
 as nothing ; and they are count- 
 ed to him less than nothing, 
 and vanity. 
 
 18 IF To whom then will ye 
 liken God? or what likeness 
 "wdll ye compare unto him ? 
 
 19 The workman melteth a 
 graven image, and the gold- 
 smith spreadeth it over mth 
 gold, and caste th silver chains. 
 
 20 He that is so impoverished 
 that he hath no oblation choos- 
 eth a tree tliat will not rot ; he 
 seeketh unto him a cmming 
 workman to prepare a graven 
 image, that shall not be moved. 
 
 21 Have ye not kno^Ti? have 
 ye not heard ? hath it not been 
 told you from the beginning? 
 have ye not understood from 
 the foundations of the earth ? 
 
 22 It is he that sitteth upon 
 the circle of the earth, and 
 the inhabitants thereof ar^ as 
 grasshoppers ; that stretcheth 
 out the heavens as a curtain, 
 and spreadeth them out as a 
 tent to dwell in : 
 
 23 That bringeth the princes 
 to nothing; he maketh the 
 judges of the earth as vanity. 
 
 24 Yea, they shall not be 
 planted; yea, they shall not 
 be sown: yea, their stock shall 
 not take root in the earth : and 
 he shall also blow upon them, 
 and they shall mther, and the 
 whirlwind shall take them away 
 as stubble. 
 
 25 To whom then will ye ]iken 
 me, or shall I be equal? saith 
 the Holy One. 
 
 26 Lift up your eyes on high, 
 and behold who hath created 
 these things, that bringeth out 
 their host by number: he call- 
 eth them all by names by the 
 
 greatness cf his might, for that 
 he is strong m power; not one 
 faileth. 
 
 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, 
 and speakest, O Israel, My way 
 is hid from the Loed, and my 
 judgment is passed over from 
 my God? 
 
 28 IF Hast thou not known? 
 hast thou not heard, that the 
 everlasting God, the Loed, 
 the Creator of the ends of the 
 earth, fainteth not, neither is 
 weaiy? there is no searching 
 of his understanding. 
 
 29 He giveth power to the 
 faint ; and to them that have no 
 might he increaseth strength. 
 
 30 Even the youths shall faint 
 and be weary, and the j^oung 
 men shall utterly fall : 
 
 31 But they that wait upon 
 the Loed shall renew their 
 strength; they shall mount up 
 with wmgs as eagles ; they shall 
 run, and not be weary; and 
 they shall walk, and not faint. 
 
 CHAPTER XLI. 
 
 1 God ex]:ostidatet}i ivith Ms people/ 
 
 about Tiis mercies to the cliurch, 10 
 
 ahoiit his promises, 21 and about 
 
 the vanity of idols. 
 
 KEEP silence before me, O 
 islands; and let the peo- 
 ple renew their strength : let 
 them come near ; then let them 
 speak: let us come near toge- 
 ther to judgment. 
 
 2 Who raised up the righteous 
 man from the east, called him 
 to his foot, gave the nations be- 
 fore him, and made him rule 
 over kings? he gave them as 
 the dust to his sword, and as 
 driven stubble to his bow. 
 
 3 He pursued them, and pass- 
 ed safely ; even by the way thai 
 he had not gone wTlth his feet. 
 
 4 Who hath wrought and done 
 it, calling the generations from 
 the beguming ? I the Loed, the 
 first, and with the last ; I «m he. 
 
 5 The isles saw it, and feared ; 
 the ends of the earth were a- 
 fraid, drew near, and came. 
 
 6 They helped every one his 
 neighbour ; and every one said 
 
Tlie church exhoiied 
 
 ISAIAH, XLI. 
 
 to trust in God. 
 
 to his brother, Be of good 
 coiimge. 
 
 7 80 the carpenter encourag- 
 ed the goldsmith, and he tliat 
 smootheth with the hammer 
 him that smote the anvil, say- 
 ing, It is ready for the sodering : 
 and he fastened it with nails, 
 that it should not he moved. 
 
 8 But thou, Israel, art my ser- 
 vant, Jacob whom I have chosen, 
 the seed of Abmliam my friend. 
 
 Thou whom I have talven 
 from the ends of the earth, and 
 called thee from the cliief men 
 thereof, and said unto thee. 
 Thou art my servant; I have 
 chosen thee, and not cast thee 
 away. 
 
 10 ^ Fear thou not ; for I am 
 with thee : be not dismayed ; for 
 I at7i thy God : I will strength- 
 en thee ; yea, I will help thee ; 
 yea, I will uphold thee with the 
 right hand of my righteousness. 
 
 11 Behold, all they that were 
 incensed against thee shall be 
 ashamed and confounded : they 
 shall be as notliing; and they 
 that strive with thee shall perish. 
 
 12 Thou slialt seek them, and 
 slialt not find them, even them 
 that contended with thee : they 
 that war against thee shall be 
 as nothing, and as a thing of 
 nought. 
 
 13 For I the Lord thy God 
 will hold thy right hand, say- 
 ing unto thee. Fear not ; I will 
 help thee. 
 
 14 Fear not, thou worm Ja- 
 cob, and ye men of Israel; I 
 w^ill help thee, saith the Lord, 
 and thy redeemer, the Holy 
 One of Israel. 
 
 15 Behold, I will make thee 
 a new sharp threshing instru- 
 ment having teeth: thou shalt 
 thresh the mountains, and beat 
 the7n small, and shalt make the 
 hills as chaff. 
 
 16 Thou shalt fan them, and 
 the wind shall caiTy them away, 
 and the whirlwind shall scatter 
 them : and thou shalt rejoice 
 in the Lord, and shalt glory in 
 the Holy One of Israel. 
 
 17 When the poor and need>' 
 seek water, and there is none, 
 and their tongue faileth for 
 thirst, I the Lord will hear 
 them, / the God of Israel will 
 not ibrsake them. 
 
 18 I will open rivei-s in higli 
 places, and fountauis in the 
 midst of the valleys: I will 
 make the wilderness a j)ool of 
 water, and the diy land springs 
 of water. 
 
 19 I will plant in the wil- 
 derness the cedar, the shittah 
 tree, and the myrtle, and the 
 oil tree; I will set hi the de- 
 sert the fir tree, and the pine, 
 and the box tree together : 
 
 20 That they^ may see, and 
 know, and consider, and under- 
 stand together, that the hand 
 of the Lord hath done this, and 
 the Holy One of Ismel hath 
 created it. 
 
 21 Produce your cause, saith 
 the Lord; brhig forth your 
 strong reasons, saith the King 
 of Jacob. 
 
 22 Let them bring them forth, 
 and shew us what shall hap- 
 pen : let them shew the former 
 thmgs, what they be, that we 
 may consider them, and know 
 the latter end of them ; or de- 
 clare us things for to come. 
 
 23 Shew the things that are to 
 come hereafter, that we may 
 know that ye are gods: yea, 
 do good, or do evil, that we 
 may be dismayed, and behold 
 it together. 
 
 24 Behold, ye are of nothing, 
 and yom* work of nought : an 
 abomination is he that choos- 
 eth you. ^ 
 
 25 I have raised up one from , 
 the north, and he shall come : 
 from the rising of the sun shall 
 he call upon my name: and 
 he shall come upon princes as 
 upon morter, and as the potter 
 treadeth clay. 
 
 26 Who hath declared from 
 the beginning, that we may 
 know? and beforetime, that 
 we may say. He is righteous? 
 yea, thei^e is none that shew- 
 
CJirist's missmi 
 
 ISAIAH, XLH. 
 
 to the Gentiles. 
 
 eth, yea, there is none that de- 
 clareth, yea, there is none that 
 heareth your words. 
 
 27 The first shall say to Zion, 
 Behold, behold them: and I 
 will give to Jerusalem one that 
 bringeth good tidings. 
 
 28 For I beheld, and there loas 
 no man; even among them, 
 and there was no counsellor, 
 that, when I asked of them, 
 could answer a word. 
 
 29 Behold, they are all va- 
 nity ; their works are nothing : 
 their molten images are wind 
 and confusion. 
 
 CHAPTEK XUI. 
 1 TliC office of Christ, graced unOi 
 ineelcness and constancy. 5 God's 
 promise unto him. 10 An exhoi-- 
 tation to praise God for his gospel. 
 17 He rep)-oveth the people of in- 
 credidity. 
 
 BEHOLD my servant, whom 
 I uphold; mine elect, in 
 ivhom my soul _ dehghteth ; I 
 have put my spirit upon him: 
 he shall bring forth judgment 
 to ihQ Gentiles. 
 
 2 He shall not cry, nor lift 
 up, nor cause his voice to be 
 heard in the street. 
 
 3 A bruised reed shall he not 
 break, and the smoking flax 
 shall he not quench: he shall 
 bring forth judgment unto truth. 
 
 4 He shall not fail nor be dis- 
 couraged, till he have set judg- 
 ment in the earth : and the , 
 isles shall wait for his law. j 
 
 5 H Thus saith God the Lord, j 
 he that created the heavens, '■ 
 and stretched them out; he 
 that spread forth the earth, and 
 that which cometh out of it; 
 he that giveth breath imto the 
 people upon it, and spirit to \ 
 them that walk therein : i 
 
 6 I the Lord have called thee 
 in righteousness, and will hold 
 thine hand, and will keep thee, 
 and give thee for a covenant of 
 the people, for a light of the 
 Gentiles ; 
 
 7 To open the blind eyes, to 
 brmg out the prisoners from 
 the prison, and them that sit 
 
 in darkness out of the prison 
 house. 
 
 8 I am the Lord : that is my 
 name : and my glory will I 
 not give to another, neither my 
 praise to graven images. 
 
 9 Behold, the fonner things are 
 come to pass, and new things do 
 I declare: before they spring 
 forth I tell you of them. 
 
 10 Sing unto the Lord a new 
 song, and his praise from the 
 end of the earth, ye that go 
 down to the sea, and all that 
 is therein; the isles, and the 
 mhabitants thereof. 
 
 11 Let the wilderness and the 
 cities thereof lift up their voice, 
 the \Tllages that Kedar doth 
 inhabit: let the inhabitants of 
 the rock sing, let them shout 
 from the top of the mountains. 
 
 12 Let them give glory unto 
 the Lord, and declare his pmise 
 in the islands. 
 
 13 The Lord shall go forth 
 as a mighty man, he shall stir 
 up jealousy lilie a man of war : 
 he shall cry, yea, roar ; he shall 
 prevail against his enemies. 
 
 14 I have long time holden my 
 peace ; I have been still, and re- 
 frained myself : now will I cry 
 like a travailing woman ; I will 
 destroy and devour at once. 
 
 15 I will make waste moun- 
 tains and hills, and dry up all 
 their herbs; and I will make 
 the rivers islands, and I will di-y 
 up the pools. 
 
 16 And I will bring the blind 
 hj a way that they knew not; 
 I will lead them in paths that 
 they have not known: I will 
 make darkness light before 
 them, and crooked thmgs 
 straight. These things will I 
 do unto them, and not forsake 
 them. 
 
 17 H They shaU be turned 
 back, they shall be greatly a- 
 shamed, that trust in graven 
 images, that say to the molten 
 images, Ye are oiu- gods. 
 
 18 Hear, ye deaf; and loolv, 
 ye blind, that ye may see. 
 
 19 Who is bUnd, but my ser- 
 
God cojnforteth the ISAIAH 
 
 vniit? or deaf, ns my hk'swmi- 
 iiL'i- that 1 sent? wlio is hlind 
 as he that is i>eifcct, and blind 
 aft the Loun'8 servant V 
 
 20 Seeing many tlanpp, l)ut 
 thou o])8(.*iveKt not; oi>ening 
 the eai-8, but lie heairth not. 
 
 21 'J'he Loud is well pleawd 
 ior his ni^hteousness' wike; he 
 will nia^rnily the law, and make 
 it honourable. 
 
 2*2 But tliift is a i)eople rol>- 
 bed and Hpoiled; thei/ are all 
 (»f them snared in h(»les, and 
 they are hid in piison houses: 
 tluy are lor a prey, and none 
 delivereth ', for a gi>oil, and none 
 Niith. Kestore. 
 
 2',J Who amonpr you will pive 
 ear to thisV who will hearken 
 and hear for the time to come? 
 24 \Vh(t ^rave Jacob for a siKiil 
 and Israel to the robK-iv? did 
 not the LoKi>, he atrainst whom 
 we have sinned? for they would 
 not walk in his ways, neither I 
 were they ol>edient unto his law. ' 
 2.J Tlirk'lbre 1m.' hath poured j 
 upon him the fury of his an^rer, ' 
 and the strenirth of battle : and \ 
 it hath set him on tire round | 
 about, yet he knew not; and 
 it bunied him, yet he laid it 
 not to heart. 
 
 CHAPTER XLIII. 
 1 Tlie Lord cotn/orteth the church 
 icith his pro)iiiHts. s llf uppt'dl. 
 eth to the i>eo})le for iritufss of his 
 omniixtteiicii. 14 Ht\fortt*lhth fhfiu 
 the dt'fitrnrtion of lidhiilon, "[>< ond 
 his wonderful deliveromc of his 
 people. 22 He reproveth the people 
 as inexcusable. 
 
 BUT now thus saith the Lord 
 that created thee, O Jacob, 
 and he that formed thee, O Is- 
 rael, Fear not: for I have re- 
 deemed thee, I have called thee 
 by thy name ; thou art mine. 
 
 2 When thou passest tlirough 
 the waters, I will be with thee ; 
 and through the rivers, they 
 shall not overflow^ thee : when 
 thou walkest through the fire, 
 thou shalt not be burned ; nei- 
 ther shall the flame kindle 
 upon thee. 
 
 3 For I am the Loed thy God, 
 
 , XLIII. church ttith ynroininef. 
 
 the Holy One of iRrael, thy Sa- 
 viour: 1 pave Egypt for thy 
 ransom, Ethiopia and Seba lor 
 thee. 
 
 4 Since tliou waftt preciouB in 
 my Bight, thou hast In-en ho- 
 nourable, and I have loved thee : 
 therefore will I give men for 
 thee, and people for thy life. 
 
 o Fear not: f(»r 1 am with 
 thee: I will bring thy seed 
 from the east, and gather thee 
 from the west; 
 
 G 1 will say to the north. Give 
 up; and to the south, Keep nijt 
 back: bring my sons from far, 
 and my daughters from the ends 
 of the earth ; 
 
 7 Keen every one that ift called 
 by my name : for I liave created 
 him for my gloiy, I have formed 
 him; vea, I have made him, 
 
 5 •' Bring forth the blind i^-o- 
 ple that have eyes, and the deaf 
 that have ears. 
 
 *J Let all the nations be gather- 
 ed together, and let the iKMijjle 
 be aftsembled : wIkj among them 
 can declare this, and shew U9 
 fonner things? let them biing 
 forth their witnesses, that they 
 may be justitied: or let them 
 hear, and say, // is truth. 
 
 10 Ye are my ^^itnesses, saith 
 the Lord, and my servant whom 
 I have chosen : that ye may 
 know and believe me, and un- 
 derstand that I am he : before 
 me there was no God formed, 
 neither shall there he after me. 
 
 Ill, even I, am the Lord ; and 
 beside me there is no saviour. 
 
 12 I have declared, and have 
 saved, and I have shewed, when 
 there was no strange ffod among 
 you : therefore ye are my wit- 
 nesses, saith the Lord, that I 
 am God. 
 
 13 Yea, before the day was I 
 am he ; and there is none that 
 can deliver out of my hand : I 
 will work, and who shall let it ? 
 
 14 ^ Thus saith the Lord, 
 your redeemer, the Holy One 
 of Israel; For your sake I 
 have sent to Babylon, and have 
 brought down all their nobleB, 
 
Babylon' sfdlfm-etold. ISAIAH, 
 
 and the Chaldeans, whose cry 
 is in the ships. 
 
 15 I am the Lord, your Holy 
 One, the creator of Israel, your 
 King. 
 
 16 Thus saith the Lord, which 
 maketh a way in the sea, and a 
 path in the mighty waters ; 
 
 17 Which bringeth forth the 
 chariot and horse, the army 
 and the power; they shaU He 
 down together, they shall not 
 rise : they are extinct, they are 
 quenched as tow. 
 
 18 H Eemember ye not the 
 former things, neither consider 
 the things of old. 
 
 19 Behold, I will do a new 
 thing ; now it shall spring forth ; 
 siiall ye not Imow it? I will 
 even make a way in the wilder- 
 ness, and rivers in the desert. 
 
 20 The beast of the field shall 
 honour me, the dragons and 
 the owls : because I give waters 
 in the wilderness, a,nd rivers in 
 the desert, to give drink to my 
 people, my chosen. 
 
 ' 21 This people have I formed 
 for myself; they shall shew 
 forth my praise. 
 
 22 H But thou hast not called 
 upon me, O Jacob; but thou 
 hast been weary of me, O Israel. 
 
 23 Thou hast not brought me 
 the small cattle of thy burnt 
 offerings; neither hast thou 
 honoured me with thy sacri- 
 fices. I have not caused thee 
 to serve with an offering, nor 
 wearied thee with incense. 
 
 24 Thou hast bought me no 
 sweet cane with money, nei- 
 ther hast thou filled me with 
 the fat of thy sacrifices: but 
 thou hast made me to serve 
 with thy sins, thou hast wea- 
 ried me with thine iniquities. 
 
 25 I, even I, am he that blot- 
 teth out thy transgressions for 
 mine own sake, and will not 
 remember thy sms. 
 
 26 Put me in remembrance : 
 let us plead together: declare 
 thou, that thou mayest be jus- 
 tified. 
 
 27 Thy first father hath sinned, 
 
 XLIV. The, churcli comforted. 
 
 and thy teachers have trans- 
 gressed against me. 
 28 Therefore I have profaned 
 the princes of the sanctuary, 
 and have given Jacob to tne 
 curse, and Israel to reproaches. 
 
 CHAPTER XLIV. 
 
 1 God comforteth the church with his 
 promises. 7 The vanity of idols, 
 9 ond folly of idol tymlcers. 21 He 
 exhorteth to praise God for his re- 
 demption and omnipotency. 
 
 "VTT^T now hear, O Jacob my 
 X servant ; and Israel, whom 
 I have chosen : 
 
 2 Thus saith the Lord that 
 made thee, and formed thee 
 from the womb, which will help 
 thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my 
 servant; and thou, Jesurmi, 
 whom I have chosen. 
 
 3 For I will pour water upon 
 him that is thirsty, and floods 
 upon the dry ground: I will 
 pour my spirit upon thy seed, 
 and my blessing upon thine 
 offspring : 
 
 4 And they shall spring up as 
 among the grass, as willows by 
 the water courses. 
 
 5 One shall say, I am the 
 Lord's; and another shall call 
 himself by the name of Jacob ; 
 and another shall subscribe 
 with his hand unto the Lord, 
 and surname himself by the 
 name of Israel. 
 
 6 Thus saith the Lord the 
 King of Israel, and Ms redeem- 
 er the Lord of hosts ; I am the 
 first, and I am the last ; and 
 beside me there is no God. 
 
 7 And who, as I, shall call, and 
 shall declare it, and set it in or- 
 der for me, since I appointed the 
 ancient people ? and the things 
 that are coming, and shall come, 
 let them shew unto them. 
 
 8 Fear ye not, neither be a- 
 fraid : have not I told thee from= 
 that time, and have declared 
 it^ ye a7^e even my witnesses. 
 Is there a God beside me ? yea, 
 there is no God; I Imow not 
 ani/. 
 
 9 IF They that make a graven 
 image .are all of them vanity ; 
 
The folly of the 
 
 ISAIAH, XLIV. 
 
 malcers of khU. 
 
 and theii' delectable things shall 
 not profit; and they are their 
 own witnesses; they see not, 
 nor know; that they may be 
 ashamed. 
 
 10 Who hath foiined a god, or 
 molten a graven image that is 
 profitable for nothing ? 
 
 11 Behold, all his fellows shall 
 be ashamed : and the workmen, 
 they are of men ; let them all 
 be gathered together, let them 
 stand up ; i/et they shall fear, 
 and they shall be ashamed to- 
 gether. 
 
 12 The smith with the tongs 
 both worketh in the coals, and 
 fasliioneth it with hammers, and 
 worketh it with tlie strength of 
 his arms: yea, he is hmigry, 
 and his strength faileth: he 
 drinketh no water, and is faint. 
 
 13 The carpenter stretcheth 
 out his rule ; he marketh it ont 
 with a hne; he fitteth it with 
 planes, and he marketh it out 
 with tne compass, and maketh 
 it after the figure of a man, ac- 
 cording to the beauty of a man ; 
 that it may remain in the house. 
 
 14 He heweth him down ce- 
 dars, and taketh the cypress and 
 the oak, which he strengthen- 
 eth for himself among the trees 
 of the forest : he planteth an ash, 
 and the rain doth nourish it. 
 
 15 Then shall it be for a man 
 to bum : for he will take there- 
 of, and waim himself; yea, he 
 kindleth it, and baketh bread; 
 yea, he maketh a god, and wor- 
 shippeth it; he maketh it a 
 gTaven image, and faileth down 
 thereto. 
 
 16 He bumeth part thereof in 
 the fire; with part thereof he 
 eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, 
 and is satisfied : yea, he warm- 
 eth himself, and saith. Aha, I 
 am warm, I have seen the fire : 
 
 17 And the residue thereof he 
 maketh a god, even his graven 
 image : he faileth down unto 
 it, and worshippeth it, and pray- 
 eth unto it, and saith. Deliver 
 me ; for thou art my god. 
 
 18 They have not known nor 
 
 understood: for he hath shut 
 their eyes that they cannot 
 see ; and their hearts, that they 
 cannot understand. 
 
 19 And none considereth in 
 his heart, neither is there know- 
 ledge nor understanding to say, 
 I have burned part of it in the 
 fire; yea, also I have baked 
 bread upon the coals thereof; 
 I have roasted flesh, and eaten 
 it: and shall I make the re- 
 sidue thereof an abomination? 
 shall I fall domi to the stock 
 of a tree ? 
 
 20 He feedeth on ashes : a de- 
 cei\ed heart hath turned him 
 aside, that he cannot deliver 
 his soul, nor say. Is there not 
 a lie in my right hand? * 
 
 21 If Kemember these, O Jacob 
 and Israel; for thou art my 
 servant: I have formed thee; 
 thou art my servant : O Israel, 
 thou shalt not be forgotten of 
 me. 
 
 22 I have blotted out, as a 
 tliick cloud, thy transgressions, 
 and, as a cloud, thy sins: re- 
 turn unto me; for I have re- 
 deemed thee. 
 
 23 Sing, O ye heavens • for the 
 LoKD hath done it: shout, ye 
 lower parts of the earth : break 
 forth into singing, ye moun- 
 tains, O forest, and every tree 
 therein: for the Lokd hath 
 redeemed Jacob, and glorified 
 himself in Israel. 
 
 24 Thus saith the Lord, thy 
 redeemer, and he that formed 
 thee from the womb, I am the 
 LoED that maketh all things; 
 that stretcheth forth the hea- 
 vens alone; that spreadeth a- 
 broad the earth by myself; 
 
 25 That frustrate th the tokens 
 of the hars, and maketh di- 
 vuiers mad; that tumeth wise 
 men backward, and maketh 
 their knowledge foolish ; 
 
 26 That confirmeth the woixl 
 of his senant, and performeth 
 the counsel of his messengers ; 
 that saith to Jerusalem, Thou 
 shalt be inhabited; and to the 
 cities of Judah, Ye shall be 
 
Cyrus called for ISAIAH, XLV. the clmrcJts sake. 
 
 eartli open, and let them bring 
 forth salvation, and let righte- 
 OTisnees spilng up together; I 
 
 built, and I "will raise up the 
 decayed places thereof : 
 27 That saith to the deep, Be 
 
 diy, and I will dry up thy ri- the LoKD.haye created it. 
 
 9 Woe unto him that strivetli 
 
 vers : 
 
 28 That saith of Cyrus, He 
 u my shepherd, and shall per- 
 form all my pleasure : even say- 
 ing to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be 
 built; and to the temple, Thy 
 foundation shall be laid. 
 CHAPTER XLV. 
 1 God calleth Cyrus for Ms cTiurcli's 
 sake. 5 By his omnipotency he 
 challengeth obedience. 20 He con- 
 vinceth the idols of vanity by his 
 saving power. 
 
 THUS saith the Lord to his 
 anointed, to Cyrus, whose 
 right hand I have holden, to 
 subdue nations before him ; and 
 I wHl loose the loins of kings, 
 to open before him the two 
 leaved gates; and the gates 
 shall not be shut ; 
 
 2 I will go before thee, and 
 make the crooked places 
 straight: I vnil break in pieces 
 the gates of brass, and cut in 
 sunder the bars of iron : 
 
 3 And I will give thee the trea- 
 
 with his Maker! Let the pot- 
 sherd strive with the potsherds 
 of the earth. Shall the clay say 
 to him that fashioneth it. What 
 makest thou ? or thy work, He 
 hath no hands ? 
 
 10 Woe unto him that saith 
 mito his father. What begettest 
 thou? or to the woman. What 
 hast thou brought forth ? 
 
 11 Thus saith the Lord, the 
 Holy One of Israel, and his 
 Maker, Ask me of things to 
 come concerning my sons, and 
 conceniing the work of my 
 hands command ye me. 
 
 12 I have made the earth, and 
 created man upon it: I, even 
 
 ' my hands, have stretched out 
 I the heavens, and all their host 
 i have I commanded. 
 i 13 I have raised him up in 
 I righteousness, and I will direct 
 ' all his ways : he shall build my 
 I city,^ and he shall let go my 
 captives, not for price nor re- 
 
 sures of darkness, and hidden ■ ward, saith the Lord of hosts, 
 riches of secret places, that thou I ^ 14 Thus j^aith the Lord, TIk 
 mayest know that I, the Lord, ' ' 
 
 which call thee by thy name, 
 am the God of Israel. 
 4 For Jacob my servant's sake, 
 and Israel mine elect, I have 
 
 labour of EgjTpt, and merchan- 
 dise of Ethiopia and of the Sa- 
 beans, men of stature, shall 
 come over unto thee, and they 
 shall be thine : the3^ shaU come 
 
 even called thee by thy name : ; after thee ; in chains they shall 
 I have surnamed thee, though i come over, and they shall fall 
 
 thou hast not known me. 
 
 I down unto thee, they shall make 
 
 5 ^lam the Lord, and there supplication unto thee, saying, 
 is none else, there is no God be- j Surely God i5 in thee ; aiad there 
 side me : I girded thee, though j is none else, there is no God. 
 
 thou hast not known me 
 
 6 That they may know from 
 the rising of the sun, and from 
 the west, that there is none be- 
 side me. I am the Lord, and 
 there is none else. 
 
 7 I form the light, and create 
 darkness: I make peace, and 
 create evil : I the Lord do all 
 these thijigs. 
 
 8 Drop down, ye heavens, from 
 above, and let the skies pour 
 down righteousness: let the 
 
 15 Yerily thou art a God that 
 hidest thyself, God of Israel, 
 the Saviour. 
 
 16 They shall be ashamed, and 
 also coiifoimded, aU of them: 
 they shall go to confusion toge- 
 ther that are makers of idols. 
 
 17 But Israel shall be saved 
 in the Lord with an everla^it- 
 ing salvation: ye shall not be 
 ashamed nor confoimded world 
 without end. 
 
 18 For thus saith the Lord 
 
Idols are not to he ISAIAH, 
 
 that created the heavens; God 
 himself that formed the earth 
 and made it ; he hath estabhsh- 
 ed it, he created it not in vain, 
 he formed it to be inliabited: 
 I am the Lord; and there is 
 none else. 
 
 ^ 19 1 have not spoken in secret, 
 in a dark place of the earth : I 
 said not unto the seed of Ja- 
 cob, Seek ye me in vain : I the 
 Lord speali: righteovisness, I de- 
 clare things that are light. 
 
 20 H Assemble yourselves and 
 come; draw near together, ye 
 that are escaped of the nations : 
 they have no knowledge that 
 set up the wood of their graven 
 image, and pray unto a god that 
 cannot save. 
 
 21 Tell ye, and bring them 
 near ; yea, let them take coim- 
 eel together : who hath declared 
 this from ancient time? who 
 hath told it from that time? 
 have not I the Lord? and 
 there is no God else beside 
 me ; a just God and a Saviom- ; 
 there is none beside me. 
 
 22 Look unto me, and be ye 
 saved, all the ends of the earth : 
 for I am God, and there is none 
 else. 
 
 23 I have sworn by myself, 
 the word is gone out of my 
 mouth in righteousness, and 
 shall not return. That unto me 
 eveiy laiee shall bow, every 
 tongue shall swear. 
 
 24 .Surely, shall one say, in the 
 Lord have I righteousness and 
 strength : even to him shall men j 
 come ; and all that are incensed ' 
 against him shall be ashamed. 
 
 25 In the Lord shall all the 
 seed of Israel be justified, and 
 shall glory. 
 
 CHAPTER XLVI. 
 
 1 The idols of Babylon could not 
 save themselves. 3 God saveth his 
 people to the end. 5 Idols are not 
 comparable to God for power, 12 
 or present salvation. 
 
 BEL boweth down, Nebo 
 stoopeth, their idols were 
 upon the beasts, and upon the 
 cattle: your carriages were 
 
 , XLVI. compared mlh God. 
 
 heavy loaden ; they are a bur- 
 den to the weary beast. 
 
 2 They stoop, they bow down 
 together; they could not deli- 
 ver the burden, but themselves 
 are gone into captivity. 
 
 3 1[ Hearken unto me, O house 
 of Jacob, and all the remnant 
 of the house of Israel, wliich 
 are borne by me from the bel- 
 ly, which are carried from the 
 womb : 
 
 4 And even to your old age I 
 am he ; and even to hoar hairs 
 will I cany you : I have made 
 and I will bear; even I will 
 carry and will deliver you. 
 
 5 If To whom will ye liken me, 
 and make me equal, and com- 
 pare me, that we may be like ? 
 
 6 They lavish gold out of the 
 bag, and weigh silver in the 
 balance, and hire a goldsmith ; 
 and he maketh it a god: they 
 fall down, yea, they worship. 
 
 7 They bear him upon the 
 shoulder, they carry him, and 
 set him in his place, and he 
 standeth; from his place shall 
 he not remove : yea, one shall 
 ciy unto him, yet can he not J 
 answer, nor save him out of | 
 his trouble. 
 
 8 Remember this, and shew 
 yourselves men : bring it again 
 to mind, O ye transgressors. 
 
 9 Eemember the fonner things 
 of old : for I am God, and thei^e 
 is none else; / am God, and 
 there is none like me, 
 
 10 Dec^laring the end from the 
 beginning, and from ancient 
 times the things that are not 
 yet done, saying. My counsel 
 shall stand, and I will do all 
 my pleasure : 
 
 11 Calling a ravenous bird from 
 the east, the man that executeth 
 my counsel from a far country : 
 yea, I have spoken if, I will 
 also bring it to pass; I have 
 purposed it, I will also do it. 
 
 12 IF Hearken unto me, ye 
 stouthearted, that are far from 
 righteousness : 
 
 13 I bring near my righteous- 
 ness ; it shall not be far off, and 
 
God's judcj^nmts ISAIAH, XLVII. 
 
 my salvation shall not tarry : 
 and I will place salvation in 
 Zion for Israel my glory. 
 CHAPTER XLVII. 
 
 1 God's judgment upon Babylon and 
 Chaldea, 6 for their unmerciful- 
 tiess, 7 pride, 10 and cverboldness, 
 11 shall he unresistihle. 
 
 COME down, and sit in tlie 
 dust, O vii'gin daughter of 
 Babylon, sit on the ground: 
 there is no throne, O daugh- 
 ter of the Chaldeans : for thou 
 shalt no more be called tender 
 and delicate. 
 
 2 Take the millstones, and 
 grind meal : uncover thy locks, 
 make bare the leg, uncover the 
 thigh, pass over the rivers. 
 
 3 Thy nakedness shall be un- 
 covered, yea, thy shame shall 
 be seen : 1 will take vengeance, 
 and I wiU not meet thee as a 
 man. 
 
 4: As for our redeemer, the 
 LoED of hosts is his name, 
 the Holy One of Israel. 
 
 5 Sit thou silent, and get thee 
 into darkness, O daughter of 
 the Chaldeans: for thou shalt 
 no more be called. The lady of 
 kingdoms. 
 
 6 if I was wroth with my peo- 
 ple, I have polluted mine in- 
 heritance, and given them into 
 thine hand: thou didst shew 
 them no mercy; upon the an- 
 cient hast thou very heavily laid 
 thy yoke. 
 
 7 % And thou saidst, I shall 
 be a lady for ever : so that thou 
 didst not lay these things to thy 
 heart, neither didst remember 
 the latter end of it. 
 
 8 Therefore hear now this, thou 
 that art given to pleasures, that 
 dwellest carelessly, that sayest 
 in thine heart, I am, and none 
 else beside me ; I shall not sit 
 as a widow, neither shall I know 
 the loss of children : 
 
 9 But these two things shall 
 come to thee in a moment in 
 one day, the loss of children, 
 and widowhood: they^ shall 
 come upon thee in their per- 
 fection for the multitude of thy 
 
 upon Babylon. 
 
 sorceries, and for the great abun- 
 dance of thine enchantments. 
 
 10 H For thou hast trusted in 
 thy wickedness : thou hast said, 
 None seeth me. Thy wisdom 
 and thy knowledge, it hath per- 
 verted thee ; and thou hast said 
 in thine heait, I am, and none 
 else beside me. 
 
 11 H Therefore shall evil come 
 upon thee ; thou shalt not know 
 from whence it riseth : and mis- 
 chief shall fall upon thee ; thou 
 shalt not be able to put it off: 
 and desolation shall come upon 
 thee suddenly, which thou shalt 
 not know. 
 
 12 Stand now with thine en- 
 chantments, and with the mul- 
 titude of thy sorceries, wherein 
 thou hast laboured from thy 
 youth; if so be thou shalt be 
 able to profit, if so be thou 
 mayest pre^ ail. 
 
 13 Thou art wearied in the 
 multitude of thy counsels. Let 
 now the astrologers, the star- 
 gazers, the monthly prognosti- 
 cators, stand up, and rave thee 
 from these things that shall 
 come upon thee. 
 
 14 Behold, they shall be as 
 stubble; the fire shall burn 
 them; they shall not deliver 
 themselves from the power of 
 the fiame : there shall not be a 
 coal to warm at, nor fire to sit 
 before it. 
 
 15 Thus shall they be unto 
 thee with whom thou hast la- 
 boured, even thy merchants, 
 from thy youth: they shall 
 wander every cue to his quar- 
 ter ; none shall save thee. 
 
 CHAPTER XLVIII. 
 1 God, to convince the people of their 
 foreknovm obstinacy, revealed his 
 prophecies. 9 He savefh ilicm for 
 his own sal-e. 12 He exhmieth 
 them to obedience, because of his 
 povjer and providence. 16 He la- 
 msnfeth their backicardness. 20 
 He powerfully delivereth his out 
 of Babylon. 
 
 HEAE ye this, O house of 
 Jacob, which are called 
 by the name of Israel, and are 
 come forth out of the waters of 
 Nn 
 
The intent, 
 
 Jiidah, which swear by the name 
 of the Lord, and make mention 
 of the God of Israel, but not in 
 truth, nor in righteousness. 
 
 2 For they call themselves of 
 the holy city, and stay them- 
 selves upon the God of Is- 
 rael ; The Lord of hosts is liis 
 name. 
 
 3 I have declared the former 
 things fi-om the beginning ; and 
 they went forth out of my 
 mouth, and I shewed them; I 
 did them suddenly, and they 
 came to pass. 
 
 4 Because I knew that thou art 
 obstinate, and thy neck is an 
 iron sinew, and thy brow brass ; 
 
 5 I have even from the begin- 
 ning declared i^. to thee; before 
 it came to pass I shewed it thee : 
 lest thou shouldest say. Mine 
 i lol hath done them, and my 
 graven image, and my molten 
 image, hath commanded them. 
 
 6 Thou hast heard, see all this : 
 and will not ye declare it? I 
 have shewed thee new things 
 from this time, even hidden 
 tilings, and thou didst not know 
 them. 
 
 7 They are created now, and 
 not from the beginning; even 
 before the day when thou heard- 
 est them not ; lest thou should- 
 est say. Behold, I knew them. 
 
 8 Yea, thou heardest not ; yea, 
 thou knewest not; j^ea, from 
 that time that thine ear was not 
 opened: for I knew that thou 
 w^ouldest deal very treacher- 
 ously, and wast called a trans- 
 gressor from the v/omb. 
 
 9 K For my name's sake will 
 I defer mine anger, and for my 
 praise will I refrain for thee, 
 that I cut thee not off. 
 
 10 Behold, I have refined thee, 
 but not with silver; I have 
 caosen thee in the furnace of 
 a 'Action. 
 
 11 For mine own sake, eveji 
 f)r mine own sake, will I do 
 it: for how should m?/ name 
 be polluted? and I will not give 
 my glory imto another. 
 
 32 If Hearken unto me, Ja- 
 
 ISAIAH, XLVin. ofpropJiecif. 
 
 cob and Israel, my called ; lam 
 he; I am the first, I also am 
 
 the last. 
 
 13 Mme hand also hath laid 
 the foundation of the earth, and 
 my right hand hath spanned 
 the heavens : when I call unto 
 them, they stand up together. 
 
 14 All ye, assemble yourselves, 
 and hear; which among them 
 hath declared these things 9 
 The Lord hath loved him : he 
 will do his pleasure on Baby- 
 lon, and his arm shall be on 
 the Chaldeans. 
 
 15 I, even I, have spoken ; 
 yea, I have called him : I have 
 brought him, and he shall make 
 his way prosperous. 
 
 16 H Come ye near unto me, 
 hear ye this ; I have not spoken 
 in secret from the beginning;! 
 from the time that it v.as. there! 
 am I : and now the Lord God, ■ 
 and liis Spirit, hath sent me. 
 
 17 Thus saith the Lord, thy 
 liedeemer, the Holy One of Is- 
 rael; I am the Lord thy God 
 which teacheth thee to profit, 
 which leadeth thee by the way 
 that thou shouldest go. 
 
 18 O that thou hadst hear- 
 kened to my commandments! 
 then had thy peace been as a 
 river, and thy righteousness as 
 the waves of the sea : 
 
 19 Thy seed also had been as 
 the sand, and the offspring of 
 thy bov/els like the gravel there- 
 of; his name should not have 
 been cut off nor destroyed from 
 before me. 
 
 20 H Go ye forth of Babylon, 
 flee ye from the Chaldeans, 
 with a voice of singing declare 
 ye, tell this, utter it even to the 
 end of the earth ; say ye. The 
 Lord hath redeemed his ser-j 
 vant Jacob. ■ 
 
 21 And they thirsted not zvhenm 
 he led them through the de-i 
 serts: he caused the waters to| 
 flow out of the rock for them : J 
 he clave the rock also, and the 
 waters gushed out. 
 
 22 There is no peace,- saith 
 the Lord, unto the Tvicked. 
 
 I 
 
CJirist is sent 
 
 ISAIAH, XLIX. 
 
 to tlie Gentiles. 
 
 CHAPTER XLIX. 
 
 1 Christ, being sent to the Jews, com- 
 plidnetli of them. 5 He is sent to 
 the Gentiles with gracious 2-)ro- 
 mises. 13 GocVs love is perpetual to 
 his church. 18 The ample restoi'a- 
 tion of the church. 2i The power- 
 ful deliverance out of captivity. 
 
 LISTEN, O isles, imto me; 
 and hearken, ye people, 
 from far; The Loed hath call- 
 ed me from the womb; from 
 the bowels of my mother hath 
 he made mention of my name. 
 
 2 And he hath made my mouth 
 like a shai-p sword; in the sha- 
 dow of his hand hath he hid me, 
 and made me a polished shaft ; 
 in his quiver hath he hid me ; 
 
 3 And said unto me, Thou art 
 my seiTant, O Israel, in whom 
 I ^vill be gloriiied. 
 
 ^ 4 Then I said, I have laboured 
 in vain, I have spent my strength 
 for nought, and in vain: yet 
 surely my judgment is with the 
 Lord, and my work with my 
 God. 
 
 ^ Aiid now, saith the Lokd 
 that foiTned me from the womb 
 to be his seiwant, to bring Ja- 
 cob again to him, Though Is- 
 rael be not gathered, yet shall 
 I be glorious in the eyes of the 
 LoRi), and my God shall be my 
 strength. 
 
 6 And he said. It is a light 
 thing that thou shouldest be my 
 servant to raise up the tribes of 
 Jacob, and to restore the pre- 
 served of Israel : I will also give 
 thee for a light to the Gentiles, 
 that thou mayest be my salva- 
 tion unto the end of the earth. 
 
 7 Thus saith the Lord, the 
 Eedeemer of Israel, and his 
 Holy One, to him whom man I 
 despiseth, to him whom the na- ' 
 tion abhorreth, to a servant of: 
 rulers, Kings shall see and arise, ; 
 princes also shall worship, be- ' 
 cause of the Lord that is faith- ! 
 ful, and the Holy One of Israel, i 
 and he shall choose thee. | 
 
 8 Thus saith the Lord, In an I 
 acceptable time have I heard 
 thee, and in a day of salvation ' 
 have I helped thee : and I will 
 
 preserve thee, and give thee for 
 a covenant of the people, to 
 establish the earth, to cause to 
 inherit the desolate heritages ; 
 
 9 That thou mayest say to the 
 prisoners, Go forth ; to them that 
 are in darkness. Shew your- 
 selves. They shall feed in the 
 ways, and their pastm-es shall 
 he in all high places. 
 
 10 They shall not hunger nor 
 thiist; neither shall the heat 
 nor sun smite them : for he that 
 hath mercy on them shall lead 
 them, even by the sprnigs of vra- 
 ter shall he guide them. 
 
 11 And I will make all my 
 mountains a way, and my high- 
 ways shall be exalted. 
 
 12 Behold, the^e shall come 
 from far : and, lo, these from the 
 north and from the west; and 
 these from the land of Sinim. 
 
 13 H Sing, O heavens ; and be 
 joyful, O earth ; and break forth 
 into singing, O mountains : for 
 the Lord hath comforted his 
 people, and will have mercy 
 upon his aftiicted. 
 
 14 But Zioii said. The Lord 
 hath forsaken me, and my Lord 
 hath forgotten me. 
 
 15 Can a woman forget her 
 sucking child, that she should 
 not have compassion on the son 
 of her womb? yea, they may 
 forget, yet will I not forget thee. 
 
 16 Behold, I have graven thee 
 upon the palms of my hands ; 
 thy walls are continually be- 
 fore me. 
 
 17 Thy children shall make 
 haste ; thy destroyers and they 
 that made thee waste shall go 
 forth of thee. 
 
 18 H Lift up thine eyes round 
 about, and behold: all these 
 gather themselves together, and 
 come to thee. As I live, saith 
 the Lord, thou shalt surely 
 clothe thee with them all, as 
 with an ornament, and bind 
 them on thee, as a bride doeth. 
 
 19 For thy waste and thy deso- 
 late places, and the land of thy 
 destruction, shall even now be 
 too narrow by reason of the in- 
 
 Nn2 
 
liestomtion of the church. ISAIAH, L. Christ's patient siiffenng. 
 
 habitants, and tliey that swal- 
 lowed thee \ip shall be far away. 
 
 20 The children which thou 
 yhalt have, after thou hast lost 
 the other, shall say again in 
 thine eai-s. The place is too 
 strait for me : givQ place to me 
 that I may dwell. 
 
 21 Then shalt thou say m 
 thine heart. Who hath begot- 
 ten me these, seeing I have lost 
 ray children, and am desolate 
 a captive, and removing to and 
 froV and who hath brought up 
 these ? Behold, I was left alone ; 
 tliese, where had they been ? 
 
 22 Thus saith the Lord God, 
 Beliold, I will hft up mine hand 
 to the Gentiles, and set up my 
 standard to the people : and they 
 sliall bring thy sons in iheir 
 arms, and thy daughters shall 
 be carried upon their shoulders. 
 
 23 And kings shall be thy nurs- 
 ing fathers, and their queens thy 
 nursing mothers: they shall 
 
 THUS saith the Lord, Where 
 is the bill of your mother's 
 divorcement, whom I have put 
 away ? or which of my creditors 
 is it to whom I have sold you ? 
 Behold, for your iniquities have 
 ye sold youi-selves, and for your 
 transgressions is your mother 
 put away. 
 
 2 Wherefore, when I came, 
 was there no man ? when I call- 
 ed, was there none to answer? 
 Is my hand shortened at all, 
 that it cannot redeem ? or have 
 I no power to deliver? behold, 
 at my rebul^e I dry up the sea, 
 I make the rivers a wilderness : 
 their fish stinketh, because there 
 is no water, and dieth for thirst. 
 
 3 I clothe the heavens with 
 blackness, and I make sack- 
 cloth their covering. 
 
 4 The Lord God hath given 
 me tlie tongue of the learned, 
 that I should laiow how to speak 
 a word in season to him that is 
 
 bow down to thee with their \ weary : he wakeneth morning 
 
 by moining, he wakeneth mine 
 ear to hear as the leamed. 
 
 5 H The Lord God hath opened 
 mine ear, and I was not rebelli- 
 ous, neither turned away back. 
 
 G I gave my back to the smit- 
 ers, and my cheeks to them 
 that plucked off the hair : I hid 
 not my face from shame and 
 spitting. 
 
 7 % For the Lord God will help 
 me ; therefore shall I not be con- 
 
 face toward the earth, and lick 
 up the dust of thy feet; and 
 thou shalt laiow that I am the 
 liORD: for they shall not be 
 ashamed that wait for me. 
 
 24 If Shall the prey be taken 
 from the mighty, or the lawfid 
 captive delivered ? 
 
 25 But thus saith the Lord, 
 Even the captives of the migh- 
 ty shall be taken away, and the 
 l>rey of the temble shall be de- 
 
 livered : for I will contend with | fomided : therefore have I set 
 him that contendeth with thee, j my face like a flint, and I know 
 and I ^vill save thy children. | that I shall not be ashamed. 
 2G And I will feed them that i 8 He is near that justifieth me ; 
 oppress thee with their own i who will contend with me ? let 
 flesh ; and they shall be drunk- \ us stand together : who is mine 
 
 en with their own blood, as with 
 sweet wine : and all flesh shall 
 know that I the Lord am thy 
 Saviour and thy Eedeemer, the 
 mighty One of Jacob. 
 
 CHAPTER L. 
 1 Christ sheiveth that the dereliction 
 of the Jews is not to he imputed to 
 him, by his ability to save, 5 by his 
 fibedience in that ivorlc, 7 atid by 
 his confidence in that assistance. 
 10 An exhortation to trust in God, 
 and not in ourselves. 
 
 ad\ersaiy? let him come near 
 to me. 
 
 9 Behold, the Lord God will 
 help me; who is he that shall 
 condemn me ? lo, they all shall 
 wax old as a garment; the 
 moth shall eat them up. 
 
 10 If Who is among you that 
 feareth the Lord, that obeyeth 
 the voice of his sersant, that 
 walketh in darkness, and hath 
 no light? let him trust in the 
 
An exhoiiatton 
 
 ISAIAH, LI. 
 
 to trust ill C%-iiit. 
 
 name of the Lord, and stay up- 
 on his God. 
 
 11 Behold, all ye that kindle 
 a fii-e, that compass yourselves 
 about with sparks : wall?: in the i 
 light of your fire, and in the ' 
 sparks that ye have kindled. 
 This shall ye have of mine hand; 
 ye shall lie down in sorrow. 
 
 CHAPTER LI. 
 1 An exhortation, after the pattern of 
 Abraham, to trust in Christ, 3 hij 
 reason of his comfortable promises, 
 4 of his righteous salvation, 7 and 
 mans 'mortality. 9 Christ hy his 
 sanctified arm defendeth his from 
 the fear of man. 17 He beicaileth 
 the afflictions of Jerusalem, 21 and 
 p)-omiseth deliverance. 
 
 HEAEKEjST to me, ye that 
 follow after righteousness, 
 ye that seek the Lord: look 
 unto the rock whence ye are 
 
 ' hewn, and to the hole of the 
 pit whence ye are digged. 
 2 Look unto Abraham your 
 father, and unto Sarah that 
 bare you: for I called liim a- 
 lone, and blessed him, and in- 
 creased him. 
 
 ( 3 For the Lord shall comfort 
 Zion: he will comfort all her 
 waste places ; and he will make 
 her ^^ildemess Uke Eden, and 
 her desert like the garden of the 
 Lord ; joy and gladness shall be 
 found therein, thanksgiving, and 
 the voice of melody. 
 
 4 IF Hearken mito me, my peo- 
 ple; and give ear unto me, O 
 my nation : for a law shall pro- 
 ceed from me, and I will make 
 my judgment to rest for a light 
 of the people. 
 
 5 IVIy righteousness is near; 
 , my salvation is gone forth, and 
 
 mine arms shall judge the peo- 
 ple; the isles shall wait upon 
 me, and on mine aim shall 
 they trust. 
 
 6 Lift up your eyes to the hea- 
 vens, and look upon the earth 
 beneath: for the heavens shall 
 vanish away hke smoke, and 
 the earth shall wax old like a 
 garment, and they that dwell 
 therein shall die in like man- 
 ner : but my salvation shall be 
 
 for ever, and my righteousness 
 shall not be abolished. 
 
 7 ^ Hearken unto me, ye that 
 know righteousness, the people 
 in whose heart is my law ; fear 
 5"e not the reproach of men, 
 neither be ye afi-aid of then re- 
 vilings. 
 
 8 For the moth shall eat them 
 up lilie a garment, and the worm 
 shall eat them lil^e wool: but 
 my righteousness shall be for 
 ever, and my salvation from 
 generation to generation. 
 
 9 IF Awake, awake, put on 
 strength, O ami of the Lord; 
 awake, as m the ancient days, 
 ill the generations of old. Art 
 thou not it that hath cut Ea- 
 hab, a?id wounded the di-agon? 
 
 10 Art thou not it which hath 
 dried the sea. the waters of the 
 great deep ; that hath made the 
 depths of the sea a way for the 
 ransomed to pass over ? 
 
 11 Therefore the redeemed of 
 the Lord shall retura, and come 
 with singing unto Zion ; and 
 everlasting joy shall be upon 
 their head: they shall obtam 
 gladness and joy; and sorrow 
 and momTiing shall flee away. 
 
 12 I, even I, am he that com- 
 forteth you : who art thou, that 
 thou shouldest be afraid of a 
 man that shall die, and of the 
 son of man which shall be made 
 as grass ; 
 
 13 And forge ttest the Lord 
 thy maker, that hath stretched 
 forth the heavens, and laid the 
 foundations of the earth; and 
 hast feared continually every 
 day because of the fury of tlie 
 oppressor, as if he were ready 
 to destroy? and where is the 
 fury of the oppressor ? 
 
 14 The captive exile hasteneth 
 that he may be loosed, and that 
 he should not die in the pit, nor 
 that his bread should fail. 
 
 15 But I am the Lord thy God, 
 that divided the sea, whose waves 
 roared: The Lord of hosts is 
 his name. 
 
 16 And I have put my words 
 in thy mouth, and I have cover- 
 
Deliverance pi'omised. 
 
 ed thee in the shadow of mine 
 hand, that I may i)lai)t the hea- 
 vens, and lay the foimdations of 
 the earth, and say unto Zion, 
 Thou art my people. 
 
 17 H Awake, awake, stand np, 
 
 Jemsalem, which hast drunk 
 at the hand of the Lord the cup 
 of his fiuy ; tliou hast drunken 
 the dregs of the cup of trem- 
 bliii?:. and wrung them out. 
 
 18 There is none to guide her 
 among all the sons whom she 
 hath brought forth; neither is 
 there any that taketh her by 
 the hand of all the sons that 
 she hath brought up. 
 
 19 These two thin^^^s are come 
 imto thee; who shall be soriy 
 for thee? desolation, and de- 
 struction, and the famine, and 
 the sword: by whom shall I 
 comfort thee? 
 
 20 Thy sons have fainted, they 
 lie at the head of all the streets, 
 as a wild bull in a uet : tliey are 
 full of the fury of the Loku, the 
 rebuke of thy God. 
 
 21 ^ Therefore hear now this, 
 thou afflicted, and diimken, but 
 not Avith wine : 
 
 22 Thus saith thy Lord the 
 Loiii), and thy God that plead- 
 eth the cause of his people, Be- 
 hold, I have taken out of thine 
 hand the cup of trembling, even 
 the dregs of the cup of my fray ; 
 thou shalt no more drink it 
 again : 
 
 23 But I will put it into the 
 hand of them that afflict thee ; 
 which have said to thy soul, 
 Bovy' do^^-n, that we may go 
 over: and thou hast laid thy 
 body as the ground, and as the 
 street, to them that went over. 
 
 CHAPTER LII. 
 
 1 Christ persnadeth the church to 
 helieve his free redewption, 7 to 
 receive the ministers thereof, 9 to 
 joy in the power thereof, 11 and to 
 free themselves from bondage. 13 
 Christ's I'ingdom shall he excdted. 
 
 AWAKE, awake ; put on thy 
 - strength, O Zion; put on 
 thy beautiful garments, O Jeru- 
 salem, the holy city : for hence- 
 forth there shall no more come 
 
 ISAIAH, LII. Christ's free redemiitim. 
 
 into thee the imciicumcised and 
 the unclean. 
 
 2 81ial<:e thyself from the dust ; 
 arise, and sit down O Jerusa- 
 lem: loose thyself from the 
 bands of thy neck, O captive 
 daughter of Zion. 
 
 3 For thus saith the Lord, Ye 
 have sold yourselves for nought; 
 and ye shall be redeemed with- 
 out money. 
 
 4 For thus saith the Lord GoP, 
 My people went down aforetime 
 into Egypt to sojourn there; 
 and the Assyrian oppressed them 
 without cause. 
 
 5 Now therefore, what have I 
 here, saith the Lord, that my 
 people is taken away for nought? 
 they that rule over them make 
 them to howl, saith the Lord; 
 and my name continually every 
 day is blasY)hemed. 
 
 6 Therefore my people shall 
 know my name : therefore they 
 shall know in that day that I 
 am he that doth speak : behold, 
 it is I. 
 
 7 H How beautiful upon the 
 mountains are the feet of him 
 that bringeth good tidings, that 
 publisheth peace ; that biingeth 
 good tidings of good, that pub- 
 lisheth salvation ; that saith mi- 
 to Zion, Thy God reigneth ! 
 
 8 Thy watchmen shall lift up 
 the voice ; with the voice toge- 
 ther shall they sing: for they 
 shall see eye to eye, when the 
 Lord shall bring again Zion. 
 
 9 ^ Break forth into joy, sing 
 together, ye waste places of Je- 
 rusalem: for the Lord hath 
 comforted liis people, he hath 
 redeemed Jerusalem. 
 
 10 The Lord hath made bare 
 his holy arm in the eyes of all 
 the nations; and all the ends 
 of the earth shall see the sal- 
 vation of our God. 
 
 11 H Depart ye, depart ye, go 
 ye out from thence, touch no 
 unclean thing- ; go ye out of the 
 midst of her ; be ye clean, that 
 bear the vessels of the Lord. 
 
 12 For ye shall not go out with 
 haste, nor go by flight : for the 
 
His Immiliatiaii 
 
 ISAIAH, LIII. 
 
 and mffenngs. 
 
 Lord will go before you; and 
 the God of Israel will he your 
 rereward. 
 
 13 *!i Behold, my servant shall 
 deal prudently, he shall be ex- 
 alted and extolled, and be very 
 liigh. 
 
 14 As many were astonied at 
 thee ; his visage was so marred 
 more than any man, and his form 
 more than the sons of men : 
 
 15 So shall he spiinldo many 
 nations ; the kings shall shut 
 their mouths at him : for that 
 which had not been told them 
 shall they see : and that which 
 they liad not heard shall they 
 consider. 
 
 CHAPTER LIII. 
 
 1 The pi-ophet, complaining of incre- 
 
 dnliti/, excusetli me scandal of the 
 
 cross^ 4 hy the benefit of his passion, 
 
 10 atul the good success thereof. 
 
 WHO imth believed our re- 
 port? and to whom is the 
 arm of the Lord revealed? 
 .2 For he shall grow up before 
 him as a tender plant, and as a 
 root out of a dry ground : he 
 hath no form nor comeliness ; 
 and when "sre shall see him, 
 there is no beauty that we 
 sliould desire him. 
 
 3 He is despised and rejected 
 of men ; a man of sorrows, and 
 acquamted with grief: and we 
 hid as it were our faces from 
 him ; he was despised, and we 
 esteemed him not. 
 
 4 •[[ Surely he hath borne om* 
 griefs, and carried our sorrows : 
 yet we did esteem him stricken, 
 smitten of God, and afflicted. 
 
 5 But liewas wounded for our 
 transgressions,^ he was bruised 
 for our iniquities : the chastise- 
 ment of our peace was upon 
 him; and with his stripes we 
 are healed. 
 
 6 All we like sheep liave gone 
 astray ; we have turned every 
 one to his own way; and the 
 Lord hath laid on him the 
 iniquity of us all. 
 
 7 He was oppressed, and he was 
 afflicted, yet he opened not his 
 mouth : he is brought as a lamb 
 
 to the slaughter, and as a sheep 
 before her shearers is dumb, so 
 he openeth not his mouth. 
 
 8 He was taken from prison and 
 from judgment : and who shall 
 declare his generation? for he 
 was cut off out of the land of 
 the living : for the transgression 
 of my people was he stricken. 
 
 9 And he made his grave with 
 the wicked, and with the rich 
 in liis death; because he had 
 done no violence, neither ivas 
 any deceit in his mouth. 
 
 10 H Yet it pleased the Lord to 
 bniise him ; he hath put him 
 to grief : w^en thou shalt make 
 his soul an offering for sin, he 
 shall see his seed, he shall pro- 
 long his days, and the pleasure 
 of the Lord shall prosper in his 
 hand. 
 
 11 He shall see of the travail of 
 his soul, and shall be satisfied : 
 by his knowledge shall my righ- 
 teous servant justify many ; for 
 he shall bear their iniquities. 
 
 12 Therefore will I divide him 
 a portion with the great, and 
 he shall divide the spoil with 
 the strong ; because he hath 
 poured out his soul unto death : 
 and he was numbered with the 
 transgressors ; and he bare the 
 sin of many, and made inter- 
 ce^ion for the transgressors. 
 
 CHAPTEH LIV. 
 \ T)\e 'prophet, for the comfort of 
 the Gentiles, prophesieth the ampli- 
 tude of their church, 4 their safety, 
 6 their certain deliverance out of 
 ajfliction, 11 their fair edification, 
 15 and their sure preservation. 
 
 SING, O ban-en, thou that 
 didst not bear ; break forth 
 into singing, and ciy aloud, 
 thou that didst not travail with 
 child : for more are the cliil- 
 dren of the desolate than the 
 children of the married wife, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, 
 and let them stretch forth the 
 curtains of thine habitations : 
 spare not, lengthen thy cords, 
 and strengthen thy stal^es ; 
 
 3 For thou shalt break forth 
 
The church, 
 
 ISAIAH, LV. 
 
 is comfoiiA^d. 
 
 on the right liand and on the | 14 In righteousness shalt thou 
 left ; and thy seed shall inherit j be established : thou shalt be far 
 the Gentiles, and make the de- '" 
 solate cities to be inhabited. 
 4 Fear not ; for thou shalt not be 
 ashamed : neither be thou con- 
 founded ; for thou shalt not be 
 put to shame : for thou shalt for- 
 
 from oppression ; for thou shalt 
 not fear : and from tenor ; for it 
 shall not come near thee. 
 15 Behold, they shall surely 
 gather together, but not by me : 
 whosoever shall gather together 
 
 get the shame of thy youth, and | against thee shall fall for thy 
 
 shalt not remember the reproach 
 of thy widowhood any more. 
 
 5 For thy Maker is thine hus- 
 band ; the Lord of hosts is his 
 name ; and thy Kedeemer the 
 Holy One of Israel ; The God 
 of the whole earth shall he be 
 called. 
 
 6 For the Lord hath called 
 
 sake. 
 
 16 Behold, I have created the 
 smith that bloweth the coals 
 in the fire, and that bringeth 
 forth an instrument for his 
 work; and I have created the 
 waster to destroy. 
 
 17 II No weapon that is form- 
 ed against thee shall prosper ; 
 
 thee as a woman forsaken and and eveiy tongue that shall rise 
 
 grieved in spirit, and a -vrife of 
 youth, when thou 3vast refused, 
 saith thy God. 
 
 7 For a small moment have I 
 forsaken thee ; but with great 
 mercies will I gather thee. 
 
 8 In a little wrath I hid my 
 face from thee for a moment; 
 but with everlasting kindness 
 -Avill I have mercy on thee, saith 
 the Lord thy Redeemer. 
 
 9 For this is as the waters of 
 Noah imto me : for as I have 
 sworn that the watere of Noah 
 should no more go over the 
 earth ; so have I sworn that I 
 would not be wroth with thee, 
 nor rebuke thee. 
 
 10 For the mountains shall 
 depart, and the hills be remov- 
 ed; but my kindness shall not 
 depart from thee, neither shall 
 the covenant of my peace be 
 removed, saith the Lord that 
 hath mercy on thee. 
 
 11 If O thou afflicted, tossed 
 with tempest, and not comfort- 
 ed, behold, I will lay thy stones 
 with fair colours, and lay thy 
 foundations with sapphires. 
 
 12 And I will make thy ^vin- 
 dows of agates, and thy gates 
 of carbuncles, and all thy bor- 
 ders of pleasant stones. 
 
 13 And all thy children shall 
 1)3 taught of the Lord; and 
 g -eat shall be the peace of thy 
 O-iildren. 
 
 against thee in judgment thou 
 shalt condemn. This is the 
 heritage of the servants of the 
 Lord, and their righteousness 
 is of me, saith the Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER LV. 
 
 1 Tlie jn-ophet, ivith the piomises of 
 Clirisf, calleth to faith, (\ and to 
 repent (inop. 8 Tlie happy success 
 of them that believe. 
 
 HO, every one that thirst- 
 eth, come ye to the waters, 
 and he that hath no money ; 
 come ye, buy, and eat ; yea, 
 come, buy wine and milk with- 
 out money and without price. 
 
 2 Wherefore do ye spend mo- 
 ney for that which is not bread ? 
 and your labour for that which 
 satisfieth not? hearken diligent>- 
 ly unto me, and eat ye that 
 which is good, and let your 
 soul delight itself in fatness. 
 
 3 Incline your ear, and come 
 unto me : hear, and your soul 
 shall live ; and I will make an 
 everlasting covenant with you, 
 even the sure mercies of David. 
 
 4 Behold, I have given him/br 
 a witness to the people, a leader 
 and commander to the people. 
 
 5 Behold, thou shalt call a 
 nation that thou fcnowest not, 
 and nations that knew not thee 
 shall run unto thee because of 
 the Lord thy God, and for the 
 Holy One of Israel ; for he hath 
 glorified thee. 
 
Exhortation to ISAIAH, LVI, 
 
 6 •! Seek ye the Lord while 
 he may be found, call ye upon 
 him while he is near : 
 
 7 Let the -wicked forsake his 
 way, and the unrighteous man 
 liis thoughts : and let him re- 
 turn unto the Lord, and he -svill 
 have mercy upon him; and to 
 our God, for he will abundantly 
 pardon. 
 
 8 ^ For my thoughts are not 
 your thoughts, neither are yoiu 
 ways my vrays, saith the Lord. 
 
 For as the heavens are higher 
 than the earth, so are my ways 
 liigher than 3'our ways, and my 
 thoughts than your thoughts. 
 
 10 For as the ram cometh down, 
 and the snow from heaven, and 
 retunieth not thither, but wa- 
 tereth the earth, and maketh 
 it bring forth and bud, that it 
 may give seed to the sower, and 
 bread to the eater : 
 
 11 So shall my word be that 
 goeth forth out of my moi"itli : it 
 f^hall not ret um unto me void, but 
 it shall accomplish that which 
 I please, and it shall prosper in 
 the thing whereto I sent it. 
 
 12 For ye shall go out with joy, 
 and be led forth vath peace : the 
 mountains and the hills shaE 
 
 break forth before you into sing- ! cepted upon mine altar; tor 
 ing, and all the tTees of the field | mine house shall be called an 
 shall clap their hands. | house of prayer for all people. 
 
 13 Instead of the thorn shall j 8 The Lord^ G od which gather- 
 come up the fir tree, and instead ! eth the outcasts of Israel saith, 
 of the brier shall come up the [ Yet will I gather others to him, 
 
 lidiness of life. 
 
 keepeth the sabbath from pol- 
 lutmg it, and keepeth his hand 
 from doing any evil. 
 
 3 ^ Neither let the son of the 
 stranger, that hath joined him- 
 self to the Lord, speak, say- 
 ing. The Lord hath utterly 
 separated me from his people : 
 neither let the eunuch say. Be- 
 hold, I ara a diy tiee. 
 
 4 For thus saith the Lord un- 
 to the eimuchs that keep my 
 sabbaths, and chcose the things 
 that please me, and take hold 
 of my covenant; 
 
 5 E-\-en unto them will I give 
 in mine house and within my 
 walls a place and a name better 
 tlian of sons and of daughters : 
 I will give them an e^eila sting 
 name, that shall not be cut off. 
 
 6 Also the sons of the stranger, 
 that join themselves to the Lord, 
 to seiTe liim, and to love the 
 name of the Lord, to be his ser- 
 vants, everj^ one that keepeth the 
 sabbath from polluting it, and 
 taketh hold of my covenant ; 
 
 7 Even them vdU I biing to 
 my holy mountain, and make 
 them joyful m my house of 
 prayer : their burnt ofierings 
 and theh sacrifices shall be ac- 
 
 myrtle tree : and it shall be to 
 the Lord for a name, for an 
 everlastmg sign that shall not 
 be cut off. 
 
 CHAPTER LVI. 
 1 Tlie propliet ejfliorteth to sanc-ifi- 
 cation. 3 He promiseth it sltall he 
 ge)ieral without respect of per- 
 sons. 9 lie inveigheth against mind 
 icatclimen. 
 
 THUS saith the Lord, Keep 
 ye judgment, and do jus- 
 tice : for my salvation is near 
 to come, and my righteousness 
 to be revealed. 
 
 2 Blessed is the man that do- 
 eth this, and the son of man 
 that lay eth hold on it ; that 
 
 beside these that are gathered 
 unto him. 
 
 9 % All \Q beasts of the field, 
 come to devour, yea, all ye 
 beasts in the forest. 
 
 10 His watchmen are blind : 
 they are all ignorant, they are 
 all dumb dogs, they cannot 
 bark ; sleepmg, Ijdng down, 
 loving to slumber. 
 
 11 Yea, thiey are greedy dogs 
 which ckn never have enough, 
 and they are shepherds that can- 
 not understand : they all look 
 to theh o'\Mi way, eveiy- one for 
 his gain, from his quarter. 
 
 12 Come ye, say they, I vvill 
 fetch wijie, and we. will fill oiu- 
 
 N n3 
 
■The Jetcs reproved 
 
 ISAIAH, LVII. 
 
 for tlieir iddalrv. 
 
 Helves with strong drink ; and 
 to moiTow shall be as this day, 
 and much more abundant. 
 
 CHAPTER LVII. 
 
 1 TJie blessed dmih of the rigldcons. 
 ;■? God reproveth the Jews for their 
 ivJiorish idolatry. 13 He giveth evan- 
 (jelical promises to the penitent. 
 
 THE righteous perisheth, and 
 no man layeth it to heart : 
 and merciful men ai-e taken 
 away, none considering that the 
 righteous is taken away from 
 the evil to come. 
 
 "2 He shall enter into peace : 
 they shall rest in their beds, each 
 one walking in his uprightness. 
 
 P> ^ But draw near hither, ye 
 sonf4 of the sorceress, the seed 
 of the adulterer and the whore. 
 
 4 Against whom do ye sport 
 yourselves ? against whom malce 
 ye a wide mouth, and draw out 
 the tongue ? are ye not chil- 
 dren of transgression, a seed of 
 falsehood, 
 
 5 Enflaming yourselves with 
 idul^ under every green tree, 
 slaying the children in the val- 
 le>'s under the clifts of the rocks ? 
 
 6 Among the smooth stones cf 
 the stream is thy portion ; they, 
 they are thy lot : even to them 
 hast thou poured a drink offer- 
 ing, thou hast oft'ered a meat 
 offering. Should I receive com- 
 fort in these ? 
 
 7 Upon a lofty and high moun- 
 tain hast thou set thy bed : even 
 thither wentest thou up to offer 
 sacrifice. 
 
 8 Behind the doors also and 
 the posts hast thou set up thy 
 remembrance : for thou hast 
 discovered thyself to another 
 than me, and art gone up ; 
 thou hast enlarged thy bed, 
 and made thee a covenant with 
 them ; thou lovedst their bed 
 where thou sawest it. 
 
 9 And thou wentest to the king 
 with ointment, and didst increase 
 thy perfumes, and didst send 
 thy messengers far off, and didst 
 debase thyself even imto hell. 
 
 10 Thou art wearied in the 
 greatness of thy way ; yet saidst 
 
 thou not. There is no hope : 
 thou hast found the life of thine 
 hand ; therefore thou wast not 
 grieved. 
 
 11 And of whom hast thou been 
 afraid or feared, that thou hast 
 lied, and hast not remembered 
 me, nor laid it to thy heart? have 
 not 1 held my peace even of old, 
 and thou fearest me not ? 
 
 12 I will declare thy righteous- 
 ness, and thy works ; for they 
 shall not profit thee. 
 
 13 II When thou criest, let thy 
 companies deliver thee ; but the 
 wind shall cany them aU away ; 
 vanity shall take them : but he 
 that putteth his trust in me 
 shall possess the land, and shall 
 inherit my holy moinitain ; 
 
 14 And shall say. Cast ye up, 
 cast ye up, prepare the way, 
 take up the stumblingblock out 
 of the way of my people. 
 
 15 For thus saith the high 
 and lofty One that inhabiteth 
 eteniity, whose name is Holy; 
 I dwell in the high and holy 
 place., with him also that is of 
 a contrite and hiunble spirit, to 
 revive the spirit of the humble, 
 and to re^■ive the heart of the 
 contrite ones. 
 
 16 For I will not contend for 
 ever, neither will I be always 
 wroth : for the spirit should fail 
 before me, and the souls ivhich 
 I have made. 
 
 17 For the iniquity of his co- 
 vetousness was I wroth, and 
 smote him : I hid me, and was 
 ^vroth, and he went on froward' 
 ly in the way of his heart. 
 
 18 I have seen his ways, and 
 will heal him : I will lead him 
 also, and restore comforts luito 
 him and to his moumei-s. 
 
 19 1 create the fmit of the lips ; 
 Peace, peace to him that is far 
 off, and to him that is near, saith 
 the Lord ; and I will heal him. 
 
 20 But the wicked are like 
 the troubled sea, when it can- 
 not rest, whose waters cast up 
 mire and dirt. 
 
 21 There is no peace, saith 
 God, to the wicked. 
 
 an- 
 
 J 
 
The fast which 
 
 ISAIAH, LVni. 
 
 God a<}ceptelh^ 
 
 CHAPTER LVIII. 
 
 1 T7/e pi-ophet, being sent to reprove 
 hypocrisy, 3 exp'resseth a counter- 
 feit fast and a true. 8 He declar- 
 eth what promises are due unto 
 g-odUness, 13 and to the Jceeping 
 of the sahhath. i 
 
 CRY aloud, spare not, lift 
 up thy voice like a trum-| 
 pet, and shew my people their 
 transgression, and the house of 
 Jacob their sins. i 
 
 2 Yet they seek me daily, and 
 delight to know my \mys, as a 
 nation, that did righteousness, 
 and forsook not the ordinance of 
 their God : they ask of me the 
 ordinances of justice ; they take 
 delight in approaching to God. 
 
 3 ^ Wherefore have we fasted, 
 sap they, and thou seest not? 
 wherefore have we aflflicted om* 
 soul, and thou takest no know- 
 ledge? Behold, in the day of 
 your fast ye find pleasure, and 
 exact all your labom^s. 
 
 4 Behold, ye fast for strife and 
 debate, and to smite with the 
 ftst of wickedness : ye shall not 
 fast as ye do this day, to make 
 j^our voice to be heard on high. 
 
 5 Is it such a fast that I have 
 chosen? a day for a man to 
 afflict his soul? is it to bow 
 down liis head as a bulruslx, 
 and to spread sackcloth and 
 ashes under him ? wilt thou 
 call this a fast, and an accept- 
 able day to the Lord ? 
 
 6 Is not this the fest that 
 I have chosen ? to loose the 
 bands of wickedness, to undo 
 the heavy burdens, and to let 
 the oppressed go free, and that 
 ye break eveiy yoke ? 
 
 7 Is it not to deal thy bread 
 to the hungry, and that thou 
 bring the poor that are cast out 
 to thy house ? when thou seest 
 the naked, that thou cover him ; 
 and that thou hide not thyself 
 from tliine own flesh? 
 
 8 % Then shall thy light break 
 forth as the morning, and thine 
 liealth shall spring forth speed- 
 ily : and thy righteousness shall 
 go before thee : the glory of the 
 LoED sliall be thy rereward. 
 
 I 9 Then shalt thou call, and 
 ithe LoED shall answer; thou 
 \ shalt cry, and he shall say, Here 
 I am. If thou take away from 
 the midst of thee the j^oke, tlie 
 ' putting forth of the finger, and 
 speaking vanity ; 
 ! 10 And if thou draw out thy 
 soul to the hungry, and satisiy 
 the afflicted soul ; then shall thy 
 light rise in obscmity, and tliy 
 darlniess be as the neon day : 
 
 11 And the Lord shall guide 
 thee continually, and satisfy thy 
 soul in di'0ught,and make fat thy 
 bones : and thou shalt be like a 
 watered garden, and lilie a spring 
 of water, whose waters fail not. 
 
 12 And they that shall be of 
 thee shall build the old waste 
 places : thou shalt raise up the 
 foundations of many genem- 
 tions ; and thou shalt be called. 
 The repairer of the breach, The 
 restorer of paths to dwell in. 
 
 13 II If thou turn away thy foot 
 from the sabbath, from domg 
 thy pleasure on my holy day ; 
 and call the sabbath a delight, 
 the holy of the Lord, honour- 
 able ; and shalt honom* him,- 
 not doing thine own ways, nor 
 finding thine own pleasm^e, nor 
 speaking thiiie own words : 
 
 14 Then shalt thou delight 
 thyself in the Lord ; and I will 
 cause thee to ride upon the high 
 places of the eaiih, and feed 
 thee with the heritage of Jacob 
 thy father : for the mouth of tlie 
 Lord hath spoken it. 
 
 CHAPTER LIX. 
 
 1 T}}e damnahle nature of sin. 3 TJ/e 
 sins of the Jews. 9 Ccdamity is for 
 sin. 16 Salvation is only of God. 
 20 TJie covenant of the Eedeemer. 
 
 BEHOLD, the Loed\ Imnd 
 is not shoi-tened, that it can- 
 not save ; neither his ear heavy^ 
 that it cannot hear : 
 
 2 But your miquities have se- 
 pamted between you and yorn- 
 God, and your sms have liid 
 
 I his face from you, that he will 
 j not hear. 
 
 3 For your hands are defiled 
 I with blood, and yom* fiiigers 
 
Tlie sins of tJh} Jeics. 
 
 witli iniquity; your lips have 
 spoken lies, your tongue hath 
 muttered perveiseness. 
 
 4 None calleth for justice, nor 
 fi}ii/ pleadetb lor tnith : they 
 trust in vanity, and ppeak lies ; 
 t]i?y conceive mischief, and 
 bring: forth iniquity. 
 
 5 They hatch cockatrice* eggs, 
 an 1 weave the spider's web : he 
 th it eateth of their eggs dieth. 
 
 ISAIAH, LX. SaJmUion {» only qf God. 
 
 ing and utteiing from the heart 
 words of falsehood. 
 
 14 And judgment is turiK-d 
 away backward, and justice 
 standetli afar off: for truth is 
 fallen in the street, and equity 
 cannot enter. 
 
 15 Yea, truth faileth : and he 
 that departeth from evil luaketh 
 himself a prey : and the Lord 
 saw it, and it displeased liim 
 
 md that which is crushed break- that there ivas no jud'^ment. 
 
 eth out into a viper. 
 
 () Their webs eliall not be- ' 
 
 come garments, neither shall j 
 
 they cove]- themselves with their 
 
 IG 1[ And he saw tliat there 
 ivas no man, and wondered that 
 there was no intercessor : there- 
 fore his arm brought salvation 
 
 works : their works are works unto him ; and his righteous- 
 of iniquity, and the act of vio- ness, it sustained him. 
 
 lence is in their hands. 
 
 17 For he put on righteousncfw 
 
 Their feet run to evil, and as a breastplate, and an lielmet 
 they make haste to shed inno- ! of salvation upon liis head; and 
 cent blood : their thoughts ai^e \ he put on the garments of ven- 
 thoughts of ini(iuity ; wasting , geance for clothing, and was 
 and destruction are in their i clad with zeal as a cloke. 
 paths. I 18 According to their deeds, 
 
 8 The way of peace they know ' accordingly he \dll repay, fur>- 
 not ; and there is no judgment ! to In's advci'sariee, recompence 
 in their goings : they have made \ to his enemies ; to the islands 
 them ci'ooked i^aths : whosoever \ he will repay recompence. 
 goeth therein shall not know 
 peace. 
 
 10 8o shall they fear the name 
 
 of the Lord from the west, and 
 
 9 •[ Therefore is judgment far I liis gloiy from the lising of the 
 
 from us, neither doth justice 
 overtake us : we wait for hght, 
 but behold obscurity ; for bright- 
 ness, hilt we walk in darkness. 
 10 We gi'ope for the wall lilce 
 
 sun. When the enemy shall 
 come in like a flood, the 8pi- 
 lit of the Lord shall lilt up a 
 standard against him. 
 20 K And the Redeemer shall 
 
 the blind, and we grope as if. come to Zion, and unto them 
 
 ire had no eyes : we stiunble 
 at noon day as in the night; 
 71' s are in desolate places as 
 dead men. 
 
 that turn from transgression in 
 Jacob, saitb the Lord. 
 21 As for me, tliis is my cove- 
 nant with them, saith the Lord: 
 
 11 We roar all like bears. My spirit that is upon thee, and 
 ClvA mouiTi sore lilce doves : my words which I have put in thy 
 we look for judgment, but there mouth, shall not depart out of thy 
 is no7ie ; for salvation, hut it is mouth, nor out of the mouth of 
 far oft' from us. \ thy seed, nor out of the mouth of 
 
 12 For our ti-ansgressions are thy seed's seed, saith the Lori>, 
 multiplied before thee, and our from henceforth and for ever. 
 
 sins testifv against u.s : for our 
 transgressions «r^ v>ith us : and 
 o,s for our iniquities, we know 
 them ; 
 
 13 In transgressing and lying 
 against tlie Lord, and departing 
 away fiom our (&od, speaking 
 opi^ession and revolt, conceiv- 
 
 CHAPTER LX. 
 
 1 T7?e glory of ilie clmrcli in the 
 abundant access of the Gentiles. 
 15 and the great blessings after a 
 short a,ffl(Ction. 
 
 AEISE, shme; for thy light 
 _ is come, and the glory of 
 the Lord is risen upon thee. 
 
27^ conversion 
 
 ISAIAH, LX. 
 
 ofili£ Gentiles, 
 
 2 For, behold, the darkness 
 shall cover the eaiih, and gross 
 darkness the people : but the 
 LoED shall arise upon thee, 
 and his glory shall be seen upon 
 thee. 
 
 3 And the Gentiles shall come 
 to thy light, and Jdngs to the 
 biightness of thy rising. 
 
 4 Lift up tliine eyes round a- 
 bout, and see : all they gather 
 themselves together, they come 
 to thee : thy sons shall come 
 from far, and thy daughters 
 shall be nursed at thp side. 
 
 5 Then thou shalt see, and 
 flovv^ together, and thine heart 
 shall fear, a.nd be enlarged; 
 because the abundance of the 
 sea shall be converted unto 
 thee, the forces of the Gentiles 
 shall come unto thee. 
 
 6 The multitude of camels shall 
 cover thee, the dromedaries of 
 Midian and Ephah; all they 
 from Sheba shall come : they 
 shall bring gold and incense ; 
 and they shall shew forth the 
 praises of the Loed. 
 
 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall 
 be gathered together unto thee, 
 the rams of Nebaioth shall mi- 
 nister unto thee : they shall 
 come up with acceptance on 
 nime altar, and I Avill glorify 
 the house of my glory. 
 
 8 Who are these that fly as a 
 cloud, and as the doves to their 
 windows ? 
 
 9 Surely the isles shall wait 
 for me, and the ships of Tar- 
 shish first, to bring thy sons 
 from far, their silver and their 
 gold with them, unto the name 
 of the LoED thy God, and to the 
 Holy One of Israel, because he 
 hath glorified thee. 
 
 10 And the sons of strangers 
 shall build up thy walls, and 
 their kmgs shall minister unto 
 thee : for in my wrath I smote 
 thee, but in my favour have I 
 had mercy on thee. 
 
 11 Therefore thy gates shall 
 be open continually ; they shall 
 not be shut day nor night : that 
 men may bring unto thee the 
 
 forces of the Gentiles, and that 
 their kings mai/ be brought. 
 
 12 For the nation and king- 
 dom that will not serve thee 
 shall perish; yea, those nations 
 shall be utterly wasted. 
 
 13 The gloiy of Lebanon shall 
 come unto thee, the fir tree, 
 the pine tree, and the box to- 
 gether, to beautify the place of 
 my sanctuary ; and I will make 
 the place of my feet glorious. 
 
 14 The sons also of them that 
 afflicted thee shall come bend- 
 ing mito thee ; and all they that 
 despised thee shall bow them- 
 selves down at the soles of thy 
 feet; and they shall call thee, 
 The city of the Loed, The Zion 
 of the Holy One of Israel. 
 
 15 Whereas thou hast been for- 
 saken and hated, so that no man 
 went through ihee, I will make 
 thee an eternal excellency, a joy 
 of many generations. 
 
 16 Thou shalt also suck the 
 milk of the Gentiles, and shalt 
 suck the breast of kings : and 
 thou shalt know that I the Loed 
 am thy Saviour and thy Redeem- 
 er, the mighty One of Jacob. 
 
 17 For brass I will bring gold, 
 and for iron I will bring silver, 
 8.nd for wood brass, and for 
 stones iron : I will also make 
 thy oiFicei"s peace, and thine 
 exactors righteousness. 
 
 18 Violence shall no more be 
 heard in thy land, wasting nor 
 destruction within thj borders ;. 
 but thou shalt call thy v>"al]s 
 Salvation, and thy gates Praise. 
 
 19 The sun shall be no more 
 thy light by day ; neither for 
 brightness shall the moon give 
 light unto thee : but the Loed 
 shall be unto thee an everlasting 
 light, and thy God thy glory. 
 
 20 Thy sun shall no more go 
 down ; neither shall thy moon 
 withdraw itself: for the Loed 
 shall be thine e^^erlasting light, 
 and the days of thy mourning 
 shall be ended. 
 
 21 Thy people also shall be all 
 righteous : they shall inherit the 
 land for ever, the branch of my 
 
Jlie restoration and ISAIAH, LXI. Uessednees oftlie chmrh. 
 
 planting, the work of my hands, ] an everlasting covenant witli 
 that 1 may be glorified. them. 
 
 22 A little one shall become 9 And their seed shall be known 
 a thousand, and a small one a I among the Gentiles, and their 
 strong nation : I the Lord will otrsi)ring among the people : all 
 
 hasten it in his time 
 
 CHAPTER LXI. 
 
 1 TJie office of Christ, i The for- 
 irardiiess, 7 a)id blessings of the 
 faithful. 
 
 mHE Spirit of the Lord God 
 J_ is upon me ; because the 
 Lord hath anointed me to 
 preach good tidings unto the 
 meek ; he hath sent me to bind 
 
 tliat see them shall acknowledge 
 them, that they are tlie seed 
 which the Lord hath l)lesKed. 
 10 I will greatly rej«jice in tlie 
 Lord, my soul shall be joyful 
 in my God; for he hath clotlied 
 me with the gannents of salva- 
 tion, he hath covered me with 
 the robe of rightx'ousness, as a 
 bridegroom decketh // im.se/fwith 
 
 up the brokenhearted, to pro- ornaments, and as a bride adorn- 
 (^laim liberty to the captives, eth herself with her jewels, 
 and the opening of the prison 11 For as the earth bringeth 
 to them that are bound ; forth her bud, and as the garden 
 
 2 To proclaim the acceptable ' causeth the things that are sown 
 
 year of the Lord, and the day 
 of vengeance of our God; to 
 comfort all that mouni ; 
 
 3 To appoint unto them that 
 niouni in Zion, to give mito 
 them beauty for ashes, the oil 
 of joy for mouniuig, the gar- 
 ment of praise for the spirit of 
 heaviness ; that they might be 
 called trees of righteousness, 
 the planting of the Lord, that 
 he might be glorified. 
 
 4 H And they shall build the 
 old wastes, they shall raise up 
 the former desolations, and they 
 shall rex)air the waste cities, tlie 
 desolations of many generations, 
 
 5 And strangei-s shall stand and 
 feed your flocks, and the sons of 
 the alien shall he your plo^Mnen 
 and your vinedressers. 
 
 6 But ye shall be named the 
 Priests of the Lord : men shall 
 call you the Ministers of our 
 God : ye shall eat the riches of 
 the Gentiles, and in their gloiy 
 shall ye boast yoiu-selves. 
 
 7 ^ For your shame pe shall 
 have double ; and/or confusion 
 they shall rejoice in then* por- 
 tion : therefore in their land they 
 shall possess the double : ever- 
 lasting joy shall be unto them. 
 
 8 For I the Lord love judg- 
 ment, I hate robbery for burnt 
 offering ; and I wUl direct their 
 work in tnith, and I will make 
 
 in it to spring forth ; so the Lord 
 God will cause righteousness 
 and praise to spiing forth befoie 
 all the nations. 
 
 CIIAI^ER LXII. 
 1 The fervent desire of the pro^ihet to 
 conjirm the church in GckI s pro- 
 mises. T) The office f)f the minis, 
 ters (unto vhich they are incited) 
 in preaching the {fosjyel, 10 (fiid 
 pr eparinu the ^X'ople thereto. 
 T^OIi Zion's sake will I not hold 
 X. my peace, and for Jerusa- 
 lem's sake I will not rest, until 
 the righteousness thereof go forth 
 as briglitness, and the salvation 
 thereof as a lamp that burnetii. 
 
 2 And the Gentiles shall see 
 thy righteousness, and all kings 
 thy glory: and thou shalt be 
 called by a new name, which the 
 mouth of the Lord shall name. 
 
 3 Thou shalt also be a crown 
 of glory in the hand of the Lord, 
 and a royal diadem in the hand 
 of thy God. 
 
 4 Thou shalt no more be termed 
 Forsaken ; neither shall thy land 
 any more be termed Desolate : 
 but thou shalt be called Hephzi- 
 bah, and thy land Beulah : for 
 the Lord delighteth in thee, and 
 thy land shall be married. 
 
 5 % For as a young man mar- 
 rieth a virgin, so shall thy sons 
 marry thee : and as the bride- 
 groom rejoiceth over the bride, 5o 
 shall thy God rejoice over thee. 
 
Oirist sJmveth 
 
 ISAIAH, LXIII. 
 
 6 I have set watcliinen upon 
 thy Avails, O JeiTisalem, which 
 shall never hold their peace day 
 nor night : ye that make mention 
 of the Lord, keep not silence, 
 
 7 And give him no rest, till he 
 establish, and till he make Je- 
 rusalem a praise in the earth. 
 
 8 The LoKD hath sworn by 
 his right hand, and by the arm 
 of his strength, Sm-ely I will 
 no more give thy corn to be 
 meat for thme enemies ; and 
 the sons of the stranger shall 
 not drink thy wine, for the 
 which thon hast laboiu'ed : 
 
 ^ 9 But they that have gathered 
 it sliall eat it, and praise the 
 Loed; and they that have 
 brought it together shall di'inli 
 it in the coiuis of m.j holiness. 
 10 % Go thi'ongh, go thi'ough 
 the gates; prepare j^e the way 
 of the people ; cast up, cast up 
 the highway; gather out the 
 stones ; lift up a standard for 
 the people. > 
 
 his poicer to save. 
 
 alone; and of the people ^^^r^ 
 was none with me : for 1 will 
 tread them in mine anger, and 
 trample them m my fury ; and 
 their blood shall be sprinkled 
 upon my garraents, and I will 
 stain all my raiment. 
 _ 4 For the day of vengeance is 
 in mme heart, and the year of 
 my redeemed is come. 
 
 5 And I looked, and there ivas 
 none to help; and I wondered 
 that there was none to uphold : 
 therefore mine own arm brought 
 salvation imto me ; and my fury, 
 it upheld me. 
 
 6 And I will tread down the 
 people in mine anger, and make 
 them drmik in my furj% and I 
 will bring down their strength 
 to the earth. 
 
 7 H I Tsill mention the loving- 
 kindnesses of the LoKD, and 
 the praises of the Loed, accord- 
 mg to an that the Loed hath 
 bestowed on us, and the great 
 goodness toward the hcu^e of 
 
 11 Behold, the Loed hath pro- ! Israel, which he hath bestowed 
 claimed imto the end of the world, ' on them according to his mer- 
 8ay ye to the daughter of Zion, | cies, and accordmg to the miil- 
 Behold, thy salvation cometh; titude of liis lovingkindnesses. 
 
 behold, his reward is with him, 
 and his work before him. 
 12 And they shall call them. 
 The holy people, The redeemed 
 of the Loed: and thou shalt 
 be caUed, Sought out, A city 
 not forsaken. 
 
 CHAPTER LXIIL 
 1 Christ sheweih iclw he is, 2 ichat 
 his victor tj over his enemies, 7 and 
 what his mercy toward his church. 
 10 In his just wrath he remember- 
 eth his free tnercy. 15 TJie church 
 in their prayer, 17 and complaint, 
 _vrQfess their faith. 
 
 H O is this that cometh ■ 
 
 8 For he said. Surely thej^ are 
 my people, children that will 
 not lie : so he was their Saviour. 
 
 9 In all their affliction he was 
 afflicted, and the angel of his 
 presence saved them: in his 
 love and in his pit^^ he redeem- 
 ed them; and he bare them, 
 and carried them all the days 
 of old. 
 
 10 ^ But they rebeUed, and 
 vexed his holy Spirit : therefore 
 he was turned to be their enemy, 
 and he fought agamst them. 
 
 , 11 Then he remembered the 
 
 from Edom, with dyed \ days of old, Moses, and liis pec- 
 
 garraents from Bozrah ? this : pie, saping. Where is he that 
 
 that is glorious in his apparel, ; brought them up out of the sea 
 
 W^ 
 
 travelling in the greatness of his 
 strength ? I that speak in righ- 
 teousness, mighty to save. 
 2 Wherefore art thou red in 
 thine apparel, and thy garments 
 like him that treadeth in the 
 winefat? 
 
 3 1 have trodden the winepress ' lasting name ? 
 
 with the shepherd of his flock? 
 where is he that put his holy 
 Spirit withm him ? 
 12 That led them by the right 
 hand of Moses \s-ith his glorious 
 ann, dividing the water before 
 them, to make liimself an ever- 
 
A prayer for tlie ISAIAH, 
 
 13 That led them through the 
 deep, as an horse in the wil- 
 derness, that they should not 
 stumble ? 
 
 14 As a beast goeth down into 
 the valley, the Spirit of the 
 Lord caused him to rest: so 
 didst thou lead thy people, to 
 make thyself a glorious name. 
 
 15 H Look down from heaven, 
 and behold from the habitation 
 of thy holiness and of thy glo- 
 ry: where is thy zeal and thy 
 strength, the sounding of thy 
 bowels and of thy mercies to- | 
 ward me ? are they restrained ? 
 
 16 Doubtless thou art our fa- 
 ther, though Abraham be igno- 
 rant of us, and Israel acknow- 
 ledge us not : thou, O Lord, art 
 oiu- father, our redeemer; thy 
 name is from everlasting. 
 
 17 H O Lord, why hast thou 
 made us to en- from thy ways, 
 and hardened our heart from 
 thy fear? Eetum for thy ser- 
 vants' sake, the tribes of thine 
 inheritance. 
 
 18 The people of thy holiness 
 liave possessed it but a little 
 while : om* adversaries have trod- 
 den dovm thy sanctuaiy. 
 
 19 We are thine : thou never 
 barest rale over them; they 
 were not called by thy name. 
 
 CHAPTER LXIV. 
 1 TJie church prayeth for the illus- 
 tration of GocVs power. 5 Cele- 
 hrating God's mercy, it nialeOi 
 confession of their natural cor- 
 ruptions. 9 It complaineth of their 
 tiffilction. 
 f\SL that thou wouldest rend 
 \J the heavens, that thou 
 wouldest come down, that the 
 mountains might flow do^vn at 
 thy presence, 
 
 2 As when the melting fire 
 bumeth, the lire causeth the wa- 
 ters to boil, to make thy name 
 known to thine adversaries, that 
 the nations may tremble at thy 
 presence ! 
 
 3 When thou didst terrible 
 things which we looked not for, 
 thou earnest down, the moun- 
 tains flowed down at thy pre- 
 sence. 
 
 LXIV. return of GocCs mercy. 
 
 4 For since the beginning of the 
 world men have not heard, noi* 
 perceived by the car, neither 
 hath the eye seen, O God, be- 
 side thee, what he hath prepared 
 for him that waiteth for him. 
 
 5 Thou meetest him that re- 
 joiceth and worketh righteous- 
 ness, those that remember thee 
 in thy ways : behold, thou art 
 wroth; for we have sinned: in 
 those is continuance, and we 
 shall be saved. 
 
 G But we are all as an unclean 
 thiiif^, and all our righteous- 
 nesses are as filthy rags; and 
 we all do fade as a leaf; and 
 om- iniquities, like the wind, 
 have talven us away. 
 
 7 And there is none that call- 
 eth upon thy name, that stir- 
 reth up himself to take hold of 
 thee : for thou hast hid thy face 
 from us, and hast consumed us, 
 because of our iniquities. 
 
 8 But now, O Lord, thou art 
 our father ; we are the clay, and i 
 thou our potter ; and we all are j 
 the work of thy hand. 
 
 9 1[ Be not \\Toth veiy sore, 
 
 Lord, neither remember ini- | 
 quity for ever: behold, see, we 
 beseech thee, we are all thy 
 people. 
 
 10 Thy holy cities are a wil- 
 derness, Zion is a wildernees, 
 Jerusalem a desolation. 
 
 11 Our holy and our beautiful 
 house, where our fathers praised : 
 thee, is burned up v/ith fire : and 
 all om' pleasant things are laid 
 waste. 
 
 12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for 
 these things, O Lord? wilt thou 
 hold thy peace, and afflict us 
 very sore ? 
 
 CHAPTER LXV. 
 \Tlie callinq of the Gentiles. 2 Tlie 
 Jews, for their incredulity, idolatry, 
 aiul hypocrisy, are rejected. 8 A 
 remnant shall he saved. 11 Jndf/- 
 m^nfs on the ivicJced, and blessings 
 on the godly. 17 TJie Messed state 
 of the tiew Jerusalem. 
 
 I AM sought of them that ask- 
 ed not for me ; I am found 
 of them that sought me not: 
 
 1 said, Behold me, behold me, 
 
Bejection of the Jeics. ISAIAH, LXV. The mic Jerusalem. 
 unto a nation that was not call- 1 12 Therefore will I number you 
 
 ed by my name. 
 
 to the sword, and ye shall all bow 
 
 2 I have spread out my hands j down to the slaughter : because 
 all the day unto a rebellious peo- 1 when I called, ye did not answer ; 
 pie, which walketh in a way that \ when I spake, ye did not hear ; 
 tvas not good, after their own | but did evil before mine eyes. 
 
 thoughts ; 
 
 3 A people that provoketh me dehghted not. 
 
 UU.V K.L±yj. \^»l_l. KJ\.X^JX'^ iiXiJ-lV^ ^J^l^, 
 
 and did choose that wherein I 
 
 to anger continually to my face . 
 that sacrificeth in gardens, and 
 bumeth incense upon altars of 
 brick; 
 
 4 Which remain^ among the 
 graves, and lodge in the monu- 
 ments, which eat swine's flesh, 
 and broth of abominable things 
 is in their vessels ; 
 
 5 Which say, Stand by thy- 
 self, come not near to me: for 
 I am holier than thou. These 
 
 13 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God, Behold, my servants 
 shall eat, but ye shall be hungry : 
 behold, my seiwants shaU diink, 
 but ye shall be thirsty : behold, 
 my servants shall rejoice, but 
 ye shall be ashamed : 
 
 14 Behold, my servants shall 
 sing for joy of heart, but ye shall 
 cry for sorrow of heart, and shall 
 howl for vexation of spirit. 
 
 15 And ye shall leave your 
 
 are a smoke in my nose, a fii'e \ name for a curse unto my cho- 
 
 that bmneth all the day. 
 
 6 Behold, it is written before 
 me : I will not keep silence, but 
 will recompense, even recom- 
 pense into their bosom, 
 
 7 Your iniquities, and the ini- 
 quities of yom' fathers together, 
 saith the Lord, which have burn- 
 ed incense upon the mountains, 
 and blasphemed me upon the 
 liills: therefore will I measure 
 their former work into their bo- 
 som. 
 
 8 IF Thus saith the Lord, As 
 the new ^vine is found in the 
 cluster, and one saith. Destroy 
 it not ; for a blessmg is in it : so 
 will I do for my servants' sakes, 
 that I may not destroy them all. 
 
 9 And I will bring forth a seed 
 out of Jacob, and out of Judah 
 an inheritor of my mountains : 
 and mine elect shall inherit it, 
 and my servants shall dwell 
 there. 
 
 10 And Sharon shall be a fold 
 of flocks, and the valley of A- 
 
 sen ; for the Lord God shall slay 
 thee, and call his servants by 
 another name : 
 
 16 That he who blesseth him- 
 self in the earth shall bless 
 himself in the God of truth; 
 and he that sweareth m the earth 
 shall swear by the God of truth ; 
 because the former troubles ai^e 
 forgotten, and because they are 
 hid from mine eyes. 
 
 17 H For, behold, 1 create new 
 heavens and a new earth : and 
 the former shall not be remem- 
 bered, nor come into mind. ^ 
 
 18 But be ye glad and rejoice 
 for ever in that which I create : 
 for, behold, I create Jerusalem 
 a rejoicing, and her i)eople a 
 joy. 
 
 19 And I will rejoice in JeiTi- 
 salem, and joy in my people : 
 and the voice of weeping shall 
 be no more heard in her, nor 
 the voice of crying. 
 
 20 There shall be no more 
 thence an infant of days, nor 
 
 chor a place for the herds to | an old man that hath not fill' 
 lie down in, for my people that i ed his days : for the child shall 
 
 have sought me. 
 11 IF But ye are they that for- 
 sake the Lord, that forget my 
 holy mountain, that prepare a 
 table for that troop^ and that 
 furnish the drink offeiing unto 
 that number. 
 
 die an hundied years old; but 
 the sinner bein^ an hundred 
 years old shall be accui-sed. 
 21 And they shall build houses, 
 and inhabit them; and they 
 shall plant vineyards, and eat 
 the fruit of them. 
 
The huvMe cotnfi/iied. ISAIAH, 
 
 22 They shall not build, and 
 another inhabit ; tliey shall not 
 plant, and another eat: for as 
 the days of a tree are the days 
 of my i>eople, and mine elect 
 shall lon^ enjoy the uork of 
 their hands. 
 
 23 They shall not labour in 
 vain, nor bring forth for tiou- 
 ble; for they are the seed of 
 the blessed of the Lord, and 
 their oftspring with them. 
 
 24 And it shall come to pass, 
 that before they call, I will an- 
 swer; and while they are yet 
 si)eaking, I will liear. 
 
 25 The wolf and the lamb 
 shall feed together, and the lion 
 shall eat straw like the bullock : 
 and dust shall be the serpent's 
 meat. They shall not hurt nor 
 destroy in all my holy moun- 
 tain, saith the Lord. 
 
 CHAPITER LXVI. 
 1 Tlie alorious Cod trill be seryrd iu 
 Jinmhle sincerity. T) He comforleth 
 the hninhlf iritJi (he mnrvellons ye- 
 v^'ration, \0 and n'ifh the (jrarions 
 henejitfi of the chnrcfi. 1.") (io<r.<< se- 
 vere indqmen/s ap'dnst the wicked. 
 19 The Gmtiles ahdl have an holy 
 church, 24 and 8€e tlie damnition 
 of (he icicked. 
 
 THUS saith the Lord, The 
 heaven is my throne, and 
 the earth is my footstool *. where 
 is the house that ye build unto 
 me? and where is the place of 
 my rest ? 
 
 2 For all those things hath 
 mine hand made, and all those 
 things have been, saith the 
 Lord: but to this man /will I 
 look, even to him that is poor 
 and of a contrite spirit, and 
 trembleth at my word. 
 
 3 He that killeth an ox is as 
 if he slew a man ; he that sa- 
 crifice th a lamb, as if he cut ofif 
 a dog's neck; he that offereth 
 an oblation, as if he offered 
 swine's blood; he that bmneth 
 incense, as if he blessed an idol. 
 Yea, they have chosen their own 
 w^ays, and their soul delighteth 
 in their abominations. 
 
 4 I also will choose their de- 
 lusions, and will bring their 
 
 LXVI. Tlui gaiJierhuj of all 
 
 fears unon them ; because when 
 I called, none did answer ; when 
 I spake, they did not hear : but 
 they did evil before niine eyes, 
 and chose that in which I de- 
 lighted not. 
 
 5 •[ Hear the word of the Lord, 
 ye that tremble at his word ; 
 Your brethren that hated you, 
 that cast you out for my name's 
 sake, said. Let the Lord be glo- 
 rified : but he shall appear to 
 your joy, and they shall be 
 ashamed.^ 
 
 (> A voice of noise from the 
 city, a voice from the temple, a 
 voice of the Lord that rendereth 
 recompence to his enemies. 
 
 7 Before she travailed, slie 
 brought forth; before her pain 
 came, she Asas delivered of a 
 man child. 
 
 8 Who hath heard such a tiling? 
 who hath seen such things? Shall 
 the earth be made to bring forth 
 in one day? or shall a nation 
 be bom at once ? for as soon as 
 Zion tiavailed, she brought forth 
 her children. 
 
 9 Shall I bring to the birth, 
 and not cause to bring forth? 
 saith the Lord: shall I cause 
 to bring forth, and shut the 
 ivomh ? saith thy God. 
 
 10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, 
 and be glad with her, all ye that 
 love her: rejoice for joy with 
 her, all ye that mourn for her : 
 
 11 That ye may suck, and be 
 satisfied with the breasts of her 
 consolations ; that ye may milk 
 out, and be delighted with the 
 abundance of her gloiy. 
 
 12 For thus saith the Lord, 
 Behold, I will extend peace to 
 her like a river, and the gloiy 
 of the Gentiles like a flowing 
 stream: then shall ye suck, ye 
 shall be borne upon her sides, 
 and be dandled upon her Imees. 
 
 13 As one whom his mother 
 comforteth, so will I comfort 
 you ; and ye shall be comforted 
 in Jerusalem. 
 
 14 And when ye see this, your 
 heart shall rejoice, and your 
 bones shall flouiish like an 
 
nations together 
 
 herb: and the hand of the 
 LoKD shall be known^ toward 
 liis servants, and his mdigna- 
 tion toward his enemies. 
 
 15 For, behold, the Loed will 
 come with fire, and with his 
 chaiiots like a whirlwind, to 
 render his anger with fury, and 
 his rebuke with flames of fire. 
 
 16 For by fii'e and by his sword 
 will the LoKD plead with all flesh : 
 and the slain of the Loed shall 
 be many. 
 
 17 They that sanctu^^ them- 
 selves, and purify themselves in 
 the gardens behuid one tree in 
 the midst, eating swine's flesh, 
 and the abomination, and the 
 mouse, shall be consumed to- 
 gether, saith the Losd. 
 
 18 For i know then works and 
 their thoushts: it shall come, 
 that I will gather all nations 
 and tongues; and they shall 
 come, and see my glory. 
 
 19 And I will set a sign among 
 them, and I will send those that 
 escape of them unto the nations, 
 to Tai'shish, Pul, and Lud, that 
 draw the bow, to Tubal, and 
 Javan, to the isles afar off, that 
 have not heard my fame, neither 
 have seen my glory; and they 
 
 ISAIAH, LXVI. 
 
 into one clmrcli. 
 
 shall declare my glory among 
 the Gentiles. 
 
 20 And they shall biing all your 
 brethren/br an offering unto the 
 LoED out of all nations upon 
 horses, and in chariots, and in 
 httei-s, and upon mules, and up- 
 on swift beasts, to my holy moun- 
 tam Jerusalem, saith the Lord, 
 as the children of Israel bring 
 an offering in a clean vessel into 
 the house of the Loed. 
 
 21 And I will also take of them 
 for priests and for Levites, saith 
 the LoED. 
 
 22 For as the new heavens and 
 the new earth, which I will 
 make, shall remain before me, 
 saith the Loed, so shall your 
 seed and your name remain. 
 
 23 And it shall come to pass, 
 that from one new moon to an- 
 other, and from one sabbath to 
 another, shall all flesh come to 
 worship before me, saith the 
 LoED. 
 
 24 And they shall go forth, 
 and look upon the carcases of 
 the men that have transgressed 
 against me : for their worm shall 
 not die, neither shall their fii-e 
 be quenched ; and they shall be 
 an abhorring unto all flesh. 
 
 THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET 
 
 JEREMIAH. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 The time, 3 nncl the calling of Je- 
 remiah. 11 His prophetical visions 
 of an aJviond rod and a seething 
 pot. 15 His heavy message against 
 Judah. 17 God encourageth him 
 tinth his promise of assistance. 
 
 THE words of Jeremiah the 
 son of HUkiah, of the priests 
 that were in Anathoth in the 
 land of Benjamin : 
 
 2 To whom the word of the 
 LoED came m the days of Jo- 
 siah the son of Amon long of 
 Judah, m the thhteenth year 
 of his reign. 
 
 3 It came also in the days of 
 Jehoiakim the son of Josiah 
 king of Judah, unto the end of 
 
 the eleventh year of Zedekiah 
 the son of Josiah king of Ju- 
 dah, unto the carrying away of 
 Jerusalem captive in the fifth 
 month. 
 
 4 Then the word of the Lord 
 came unto me, saying, 
 
 5 Before I formed thee in the 
 belly I knew thee; and before 
 thou earnest forth out of the 
 womb I sanctified thee, and 1 
 ordained thee a prophet unto 
 the nations. 
 
 6 Then said I, All, Lord God ! 
 behold, I cannot speak: for I 
 am a child. 
 
 7 If But the Lord said unto me, 
 Say not, 1 am a child : for thou 
 shalt go to all that I shall send 
 
God ex^ostulateffi 
 
 JEREMIAH, 11. 
 
 mth the Jtu'S, 
 
 thee, and whatsoever I command 
 thee thou shalt speak. 
 
 8 Be not afraid of their faces : 
 for I am with thee to deliver 
 thee, saith the Lord. 
 
 9 Then the Lord put forth his 
 hand, and touched my mouth. 
 And the Lord said unto me, 
 Beliold, I liave put my words 
 in thy mouth. 
 
 10 See, I have ^ this day set 
 thee over the nations and over 
 the kingdoms, to root out, and 
 to pull down, and to destroy, 
 and to throw down, to build, 
 and to plant. 
 
 11 H Moreover the word of the 
 Lord came unto me, saying, 
 Jeremiah, what seest thou? And 
 I said, I see a rod of an almond 
 tree. 
 
 12 Then said the Lord unto 
 me. Thou hast well seen: for 
 I will hasten my word to per- 
 form it. 
 
 13 And the word of the Lord 
 came unto me the second time, 
 saying. What seest thou? And 
 I said, I see a seething pot ; and 
 the face thereof is toward the 
 north. 
 
 14 Then the Lord said unto 
 me. Out of the north an evil 
 shall break forth upon all the 
 inhabitants of the land. 
 
 15 For, lo, I will call all the 
 families of the kingdoms of the 
 north, saith the Lord ; and they 
 shall come, and they shall set 
 every one his throne at the en- 
 tering of the gates of Jerusalem, 
 and against all the walls thereof 
 round about, and against all the 
 cities of Judah. 
 
 16 And I will utter my judg- 
 ments against them touching 
 all their wickedness, who have 
 forsaken me, and have burned 
 incense unto other gods, and 
 worshipped the works of their 
 own hands. 
 
 17 II Thou therefore gird up 
 thy loins, and arise, and speak 
 unto them all that I command 
 thee : be not dismayed at their 
 faces, lest I confound thee be- 
 fore them. 
 
 18 For, behold, 1 have made 
 thee tliis day a defenced city, 
 and an iron pillar, and brasen 
 walls against tlie whole land, 
 against the kings of Judah, 
 against the princes thereof, a- 
 gainst the pnests thereof, and 
 against the people of the land. 
 
 19 And they shall fight against 
 thee ; but they shall not i^revail 
 against thee ; for I am with thee, 
 saith the Lord, to deliver thee. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 1 God, having shelved his former 
 kindness, expostnlateth irkh the 
 Jews their causeless revolt, 9 be- 
 yond any example. 14 ITtey are 
 the causes of their oion cahimities. 
 20 The sins of Judah. 31 Her con- 
 fidence is rejected. 
 
 MOREOVER the word of 
 the Lord came to me, 
 saying, 
 
 2 Go and cry in the ears of 
 Jenisalem, saying. Thus saith 
 the Lord; I remember thee, 
 the kindness of thy youth, the 
 love of thine espousals, when 
 thou wen test after me in the 
 wilderness, in a land that was 
 not sown. 
 
 3 Israel was holiness unto the 
 Lord, and the firstfruits of his 
 increase : all that devour him 
 shall offend; evil shall come 
 upon them, saith the Lord. 
 
 4 Hear ye the word of the 
 Lord, O house of Jacob, and 
 all the families of the house of 
 Israel : 
 
 5 If Thus saith the Lord, What 
 iniquity have your fathers found 
 in me, that they are gone far 
 from me, and have walked after 
 vanity, and are become vain ? 
 
 6 Neither said they. Where is 
 the Lord that brought us up 
 out of the land of Egypt, that 
 led us through the wilderness, 
 through a land of deserts and of 
 pits, through a land of drought, 
 and of the shadow of death, 
 through a land that no man 
 passed through, and where no 
 man dwelt? 
 
 7 And I brought you into a 
 plentiful country, to eat the 
 fruit thereof and the goodnegs 
 
and reproveth tliem 
 
 JEEEMIAH, II. 
 
 fm- tltelr idolatry. 
 
 thereof; but when je entered, 
 ye defiled my land, and made 
 mine heritage an abomination. 
 
 8 The priests said not. Where 
 is the LoED? and they that 
 handle the law knew me not: 
 the pastors also transgressed a- 
 gainst me, and the prophets pro- 
 phesied by Baal, and walked 
 after thing's that do not profit. 
 
 9 IF Wherefore I \siU yet plead 
 with yon, saith the Lokd, and 
 with yom- children's childi'en 
 will I plead. 
 
 10 For pass over the isles of 
 Ohittim, and see; and send 
 unto Kedar, and consider dili- 
 gently, and see if there be such 
 a tiling. 
 
 11 Hath a nation changed 
 their gods, which «r^ yet no 
 
 ! gods? but my people have 
 I changed their glory for that 
 which doth not profit. 
 
 12 Be astonished, O ye hea- 
 vens, at this, and be horribly 
 afraid, be ye yery desolate, 
 saith the LoRi). 
 
 13 For my people have com- 
 , mitted tvvo evils; they have 
 
 I foi-saken me the fountain of 
 i living waters, and hewed them 
 
 out cisterns, broken cisterns, 
 
 that can hold no water. 
 
 14 ^ Is Israel a servant ? is he 
 a homeborn slaved why is he 
 spoiled ? 
 
 15 The young lions roared up- 
 on him, and yelled, and they 
 made his land waste : his cities 
 are burned T\ithout inhabitant. 
 
 16 Also the children of Xoph 
 and Tahapanes have broken 
 the croA\Ti of thy head. 
 
 I 17 Hast thou not procured this 
 ] unto thyself, in that thou hast 
 ( foi'saken the Lor^D thy God, 
 I when he led thee by the way ? 
 
 18 And now what hast thou 
 to do in the way of Esyi>t, to 
 diink the waters of Sihor? or 
 what hast thou to do in the 
 way of Assyria, to drink the 
 watei-s of the river ? 
 
 19 Thine own wickedness shall 
 correct thee, and thy backslid- 
 ings shall reprove thee : know 
 
 therefore and see that it is an 
 evil thing and bitter, that thou 
 hast forsaken the Lord thy 
 God, and that my fear is not 
 in thee, saith the Lord God of 
 hosts. 
 
 20 IT For of old time I have 
 broken thy yoke, and burst thy 
 bands; and thou saiclst, I will 
 not transgress ; when upon eve- 
 ly high hill and under every 
 green tree thou wanderest, play- 
 ing the harlot. 
 
 21 Yet I had planted thee a 
 noble vine, wholly a right seed : 
 how then art thou turned into 
 the degenerate plant of a strange 
 vine unto me ? 
 
 22 For though thou wash thee 
 with nitre, and take thee much 
 sope, pet thine iniquity is mark- 
 ed before me, saith the Lord 
 God. 
 
 23 How canst thou say, I am 
 not polluted, I have not gone 
 after Baalim? see thy way in 
 the valley, know what thou 
 hast done : thou art a swift dro- 
 medary traversing her ways ; 
 
 24 A wild ass used to the wil- 
 derness, that snufteth up the 
 wmA at her pleasure; in her 
 occasion who can tmn her a- 
 way? all they that seek her 
 will not weary themselves; in 
 her month they shall find her. 
 
 25 Withhold thy foot from 
 being unshod, and thy throat 
 fi'om thirst: but thou saidst, 
 There is no hope : no ; for I 
 have loved strangers, and after 
 them will I go. 
 
 26 As the thief is ashamed 
 when he is fomid, so is the 
 house of Israel ashamed ; they, 
 their kings, theii^ princes, and 
 their priests, and their prophets, 
 
 27 Saying to a stock. Thou art 
 my father ; and to a stone. Thou 
 hast brought me forth : for they 
 have tiuned their back unto me, 
 and not iheir face : but in the 
 time of their trouble they wiU 
 say, Arise, and save us. 
 
 28 But where are thy gods that 
 thou hast made thee ? let them 
 
 i arise, if they can save thee in the 
 
(rotTs ffreat mercy hi JEREMIAH, III. Judaic 8 vile uhcmkm. 
 
 time of thy trouble : for accord- 
 ing to the number of thy cities 
 are thy gods, O Judah. 
 
 29 Wherefore will ye plead 
 with me ? ye all have transgress- 
 ed against me, saith the Lord. 
 
 30 In vain have I smitten your 
 children; they received no cor- 
 rection : your owti sword hath 
 devoured yoiu" prophets, like a 
 destroying lion. 
 
 31 ^ O generation, see ye the 
 word of the Lord. Have I 
 been a wilderness unto Israel? 
 a land of darkness? wherefore 
 say my people, We are lords ; we 
 vdW come no more unto thee ? 
 
 32 Can a maid forget her or- 
 naments, or a biide her attire? 
 yet my people have forgotten 
 me days without number. 
 
 33 Why trimmest thou thy way 
 U) seek love? therefore hast thou 
 also taught the wicked ones thy 
 ways. 
 
 34 Also in thy sldrts is found 
 the blood of the souls of the 
 poor innocents : I have not 
 found it by secret search, but 
 upon all these. 
 
 35 Yet thou sayest, Because I 
 am innocent, surely his anger 
 sliall turn from me. Behold, I 
 will plead with thee, because 
 thou sayest, I have not sinned. 
 
 36 Why gaddest thou about so 
 much to change thy way ? thou 
 also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, 
 as thou wast ashamed of As- 
 syria. 
 
 37 Yea, thou shalt go forth 
 from him, and thine hands up- 
 on thine head: for the Lord 
 hath rejected thy confidences, 
 and thou shalt not prosper in 
 
 '^^"'- CHAPTER HI. 
 
 1 GocCs (treat mercy in Judalis vile 
 iiihoredom. <^ Judah is ivorse tlian 
 Israel. 12 TJre p^'omises of the gos- 
 pel to the penitent. 20 Israel reprov- 
 ed, and called by God, maJceth a 
 solemn confession of their sins. 
 
 rnHEY say, If a man put away 
 X his wife, and she go from 
 him, and become another man's, 
 shall he return unto her again? 
 shall not that land be greatly 
 
 polluted? but thou hast played 
 the harlot with many lovere ; 
 yet return again to me, saith the 
 Lord. 
 
 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the 
 high places, and see where thou 
 hast not been lien with. In the 
 ways hast thou sat for them, as 
 the Arabian in the wilderness; 
 and thou hast polluted the land 
 witli thy whoredoms and with 
 thy wickedness. 
 
 3 Therefore the showere have 
 been withholden, and there 
 hath been no latter raiji ; and 
 thou liadst a whore's forehead, 
 thou refusedst to be ashamed. 
 
 4 Wilt thou not from tliis time 
 cry unto me. My father, thou 
 art the guide of my youth ? 
 
 5 Will he reserve his anger for 
 ever? will he keep it to the end? 
 I3ehold, thou hast spoken and 
 done evil things as thou couldest. 
 
 G % The Lord said also unto 
 me in the days of Josiah the 
 king. Hast thou seen that which 
 backsliding Israel hath done? 
 she is gone u]) upon every high 
 mountain and under every green 
 tree, and there hath played the 
 harlot. 
 
 7 And I said after she had done 
 all these things, Tuni thou unto 
 me. But she returned not. And 
 her treacherous sister Judah 
 saw it. 
 
 8 And I saw, when for all the 
 causes whereby backsliding Is- 
 rael committed adulteiy I had 
 put her away, and given her a 
 bill of divorce ; yet her treacher- 
 ous sister Judah feared not, 
 but went and played the harlot 
 also. 
 
 9 And it came to pass thi'ough 
 the lightness of her whoredom, 
 that she defiled the land, and 
 committed adultery with stones 
 and with stocks. 
 
 10 And yet for all tliis her 
 treacherous sister Judah hath 
 not turned unto me with her 
 whole heart, but feignedly, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 11 And the Lord said unto 
 me. The backsliding Israel hath 
 
Judah cutul Israel 
 
 JEREMIAH, IV. called to repenkince. 
 
 justified herself more than trea- 
 cherous Judah. 
 
 12 1[ Go and proclaim these 
 words toward the north, and 
 say. Return, thou backslidina; 
 Israel, saith the Lokd ; and 1 
 Vvill not cause mine anger to 
 fall upon you: for I am mer- 
 ciful, spith the Lord, and I will 
 not keep anger for ever. 
 
 13 Only aclniowledge thine 
 iniquity, that thou hast trans- 
 gTessed against the Loed thy 
 God, and hast scattered thy 
 ways to the strangers under 
 every green tree, and ye have 
 not obeyed my voice, saith the 
 
 LOED. 
 
 14 Turn, O baclcsliding chil- 
 dren, saith the Loed ; for I am 
 married mito you: and I will 
 take you one of a city, and two 
 of a family, and I will biing 
 you to Zion : 
 
 15 And I will give you pastors 
 according to mine heart, which 
 shall feed you with knowledge 
 and miderstanding. 
 
 16 And it shall come to pass, 
 when ye be multiplied and m- 
 creased in the land, in those 
 days, saith the Loed, they shall 
 say no more, The ark of the co- 
 venant of the Loed: neither 
 shall it come to mind: neither 
 shall they remember it ; neither 
 shall they visit it; neither shall 
 that be done any more. 
 
 17 At that time they shall call 
 Jerusalem the throne of the 
 Loed : and all the nations shall 
 be gathered unto it, to the name 
 of the LoED, to Jerusalem : nei- 
 ther shall they walk any more 
 after the imagination of then- 
 evil heart. 
 
 18 In those days the house of 
 Judah shall walk with the house 
 of Israel, and they shall come 
 together out of the land of the 
 north to the land that I have 
 given for an inheritance unto 
 your fathers. 
 
 19 But I said, How shall I put 
 thee among the children, and 
 give thee a pleasant land, a 
 goodly heritage of the hosts of 
 
 nations ? and I said. Thou shalt 
 call me. My father; and shalt 
 not turn away from me. 
 
 20 If Surely as a wife trea- 
 cherously departeth from her 
 husband, so have ye dealt trea- 
 cherously with me, O house of 
 Israel, saith the Loed. 
 
 21 A voice was heard upon the 
 high places, weeping and sup- 
 plications of the children of Is- 
 rael: for they have per\'erted 
 theii' way, and they have for- 
 gotten the Loed their God. 
 
 22 Return, ye backsliding chil- 
 dren, and I will heal your back- 
 slidings. Behold, we come unto 
 thee ; for thou art the Loed our 
 God. 
 
 23 Truly in vain is salvation 
 hoped for from the hills, a7id 
 from the multitude of momi- 
 
 tains: truly in the Loed our 
 God is the salvation of Israel. 
 
 24 For shame hath devoured 
 the labour of oiu' fathers from. 
 our youth; their flocks and 
 their herds, their sons and their 
 daughters. 
 
 25 We lie down in our shame, 
 and our confusion covereth us : 
 for we have sinned against the 
 Loed our God, we and our 
 fathers, from om* youth even 
 unto this day, and have not 
 obeyed the voice of the Loed 
 om- God. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 1 God calleth Israel htj his promise. 
 3 He exiiorteth Judah to repeiitance 
 hy fearful judgments. 19 A griev- 
 ous lamentation for the miseries of 
 Judah. 
 
 IF thou wilt return, O Israel, 
 saith the Loed, return unto 
 me : and if thou wilt put away 
 thine abominations out of my 
 sight, then shalt thou not re- 
 move. 
 
 2 And thou shalt swear, The 
 Loed liveth, in truth, in judg- 
 ment, and in righteousness; 
 and the nations shaU bless 
 themselves in him, and in him 
 shall they glory. 
 
 3 ^[ For thus' saith the Lord 
 to the men of Judah and Je- 
 rusalem, Break up your fallow 
 
Jadah is threatened JEREMIAH, IV. 
 
 ground, and sow not among 
 thorns. 
 
 4 Circumcise youi-selves to the 
 Lord, and take away the fore- 
 skins of your lieart, ye men of 
 Judah and inhabitants of Je- 
 rusalem : lest my fury come 
 forth like tire, and bum that 
 none can quench it, because of 
 the evil of your doings. 
 
 5 Declare ye in Judah, and 
 
 iiublish in Jerusalem ; and say, 
 Mow ye the trumpet in the 
 land: ciy, gather together, and 
 say. Assemble yourselves, and 
 let us go into the defenced cities. 
 G Set up the standard toward 
 Zion : retire, stay not : for I a\ ill 
 bnng evil from the north, and a 
 great destruction. 
 
 7 The lion is come up from 
 his thicket, and the destroyer 
 of the Gentiles is on his way ; 
 he is gone forth from his place 
 to make thy land desolate ; and 
 thy cities shall be laid waste, 
 without an inhabitant. 
 
 8 For this gird you with sack- 
 cloth, lament and howl : ibr the 
 
 ^cith Iwstile invasion. 
 
 are swifter than eagles. Woe 
 unto us ! for we are spoiled. 
 
 14 O Jerusalem, wash thine 
 heart from wickedness, that 
 thou mayest be sa\ed. How 
 long shall thy vain thoughts 
 lodge witliin thee ? 
 
 15 For a voice declaieth from 
 Dan, and publisheth affliction 
 from mount Ephraim. 
 
 IG Make ye mention to the 
 nations; behold, publish a- 
 gahist Jerusalem, iliat watch- 
 ers come from a far coiuitry, 
 and gi\ e out their voice against 
 the cities of Judah. 
 
 17 As keepeis of a field, are 
 they against her round about; 
 because she hath been rebelli- 
 ous against me, saith the Lord. 
 
 18 Thy way and thy doings 
 have procured these things un- 
 to thee ; this is thy wickedness, 
 because it is bitter, because it 
 reacheth unto thine heart. 
 
 19 ^[ My bowels, my bowels! 
 I am pained at my very heart; 
 my heart niaketh a noise in me ; 
 I cannot hold my peace, because 
 
 fierce anger of the Lord is not \ thou hast heard, my soul, the 
 turned back from us. I sound of the trumpet, the alann 
 
 9 And it shall come to pass ' of war. 
 
 at that day, saith the Lord, 20 Destruction upon destruc- 
 that the heart of the king shall tion is cried ; for the whole 
 perish, and tlie heart of the land is spoiled : suddenly are 
 princes ; and the priests shall ' my tents spoiled, and my cur- 
 be astonished, and the prophets ! tains in a moment, 
 shall wonder. I 21 How long shall I see the 
 
 10 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! standard, and hear the sound 
 surely thou hast greatly deceiv- j of the ti-nmpet ? 
 cd this people and Jerusalem, i 22 For my people is foolish, 
 saying, Ye shall ha^ e peace ; they ha^•e not kno^Ti me ; they 
 whereas the sword reacheth unto ; are sottish children, and they 
 the soul. I have none understanding : they 
 
 11 At that time shall it be said . are wise to do evil, but to do 
 to this people and to Jerusalem, good they have no knowledge. 
 A dry wind of the high places ; 23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, 
 in the wilderness toward the \ it was without form, and void ; 
 daughter of my people, not to and the heavens, and they had 
 fan, nor to cleanse, j no lieht. 
 
 12 Even a full wind from! 24 1 beheld the mountains, and, 
 those places shall come unto lo, they treinbled, and all the 
 me: now also will I give sen- 'hills moved lightly. 
 
 tence against them. | 25 I beheld, and, lo. there was 
 
 13 Behold, he shall come up no man, and all the biids of the 
 as clouds, and his chariots shall hea^ ens were fled. 
 
 be as a whirlwind : his horees I 26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruit- 
 
GocCs judgiMnts 
 
 JEREMIAH, V. 
 
 iirxm tlie Jews. 
 
 ful place was a wilderness, and 
 all the cities thereof were bro- 
 ken down at the presence of the 
 Lord, and by his fierce anger. 
 
 27 For thus hath the Lord 
 said, The whole land shall be 
 desolate ; yet will I not make a 
 full end. 
 
 28 For this shall the earth 
 mourn, and the heavens above 
 be black: because I have spo- 
 ken it, I have purposed e7, and 
 will not repent, neither will I 
 turn back from it. 
 
 29 The whole city shall flee 
 for the noise of the horsemen 
 and bowmen ; they shall go in- 
 to thickets, and climb up upon 
 the rocks: every city shall be 
 forsaken, and not a man dwell 
 therein. 
 
 30 And when thou art spoiled, 
 what v^lt thou do? Though 
 thou clothest thyself with crim- 
 son, thougli thou deckest thee 
 with ornaments of gold, though 
 thou rentest thy face with paint- 
 ing, in vain shalt thou make thy- 
 self fair ; thy lovei-s Vf ill despise 
 thee, they will seek thy life. 
 
 31 For I have heard a voice as 
 of a woman in travail, and the 
 anguish as of her that bringeth 
 forth her first child, the voice 
 of the daughter of Zion, that 
 bewaileth hei^elf, that spread- 
 eth her hands, saying'. Woe is 
 me now ! for my soul is wearied 
 because of murderers. 
 
 CHAPTER V, 
 
 1 The judgmenfs of God upon the 
 Jews, for their pei'verseness, 7 for 
 their adultery, 10 for their impiety, 
 19 /or their contempt of God. 25 and 
 foi' their great corruption in the 
 civil state, 30 and ecclesiastical. 
 
 T>UN ye to and fro through 
 J\) the streets of Jerusalem, 
 and see now, and know, and 
 seek in the broad places thereof, 
 if ye can find a man, if there be 
 any that executeth judgment, 
 that seeketh the truth; and I 
 will pardon it. 
 2 And though they say, The 
 Lord liveth; surely they swear 
 falsely. 
 
 3 O Lord, are not thine eyes 
 upon the truth? thou hast 
 stricken them, but they have 
 not gxieved; thou hast con- 
 sumed them, but they have 
 refused to receive correction: 
 they have made their faces 
 harder than a rock; they have 
 refused to return. 
 
 4 Therefore I said, Surely these 
 ar^ poor; they are foolish: for 
 they know not the way of the 
 Lord, nor the judgment of their 
 God. 
 
 5 I will get me unto the great 
 men and will speak unto them : 
 for they have known the way of 
 the Lord, and the judgment of 
 their God: but these have al- 
 together broken the yoke, and 
 burst the bonds. 
 
 6 Wherefore a lion out of the 
 forest shall slay them, and a 
 wolf of the evenings shall spoil 
 them, a leopard shall watch 
 over their cities : every one that 
 goeth out thence shall be torn 
 in pieces: because their trans- 
 gressions are many, and theii- 
 backslidings are increased. 
 
 7 *ll How shall I pardon thee 
 for this? thy children have for- 
 saken me, and sworn by them 
 that are no gods : when I had 
 fed them to the full, they then 
 committed adultery, and assem- 
 bled themselves by troops in the 
 harlots' houses. 
 
 8 They were as fed horees in 
 the morning: every one neigh- 
 ed after his neighbour's wife. 
 
 9 Shall I not visit for these 
 things^ saith the Lord: and 
 shall not my soul be avenged 
 on such a nation as this ? 
 
 10 IF Go ye up upon her walls, 
 and destroy; but make not a 
 full end: take away her bat- 
 tlements ; for they are not the 
 Lord's. 
 
 11 For the house of Israel and 
 the house of Judah have dealt 
 very treacherously agamst me, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 12 They have belied the Lord, 
 and said, It is not he ; neither 
 shall evil come upon v.s; nei- 
 
 Oo 
 
Gocl^s judg\m)its 
 
 JEREMIAH, VI. 
 
 wp<^/^ (he Jews. 
 
 ther shall we see sword nor 
 famine : 
 
 13 And the prophets shall be- 
 come wind, and the word is not 
 in them: thus shall it be done 
 nnto them. 
 
 14 Wherefore thus saith the 
 Lord God of hosts, Because ye 
 speak this word, behold, I will 
 make my words in thy mouth 
 fire, and this people wood, and 
 it shall devour them. 
 
 15 Lo, I will brmg a nation 
 upon you from far, O house of 
 Israel, saith the Lord: it is a 
 mighty nation, it is an ancient 
 nation, a nation whose language 
 thou knowest not, neither un- 
 derstandest what they say. 
 
 16 Their quiver is as an open 
 sepulchre, they are all mighty 
 men. 
 
 17 And they shall eat up tliine 
 harvest, and thy bread, which 
 thy sons and thy daughters 
 should eat: they sliall eat up 
 thy flocks and tliine herds : they 
 shall eat up thy vines and thy 
 fig trees : they shall impoverish 
 thy fenced cities, wherein thou 
 trustedst, with the swcrd. 
 
 18 Nevertheless in those days, 
 saith the Lord, I will not make 
 a full end with you. 
 
 19 H And it shall come to pass, 
 when ye shall say, Wherefore 
 doeth the Lord our God all 
 these thing's unto us ? then shalt 
 thou answer them, Lil^e as ye 
 have foi-saken me, and served 
 strange gods in your land, so 
 shall ye serve strangers in a 
 land that is not your's. 
 
 20 Declare this in the house of 
 Jacob, and publish it in Judah, 
 saying, 
 
 21 Hear now this, O foolish 
 people, and without understand- 
 ing; which have eyes, and see 
 not ; which have ears, and hear 
 not: 
 
 22 Fear ye not me? saith the 
 Lord: will ye not tremble at 
 my presence, which have placed 
 the sand for the bound of the 
 sea by a pei-petual decree, that 
 it cannot pass it: and though 
 
 the waves thereof toss them- 
 selves, yet can they not prevail ; 
 though they roar, yet can they 
 not pass over it? 
 
 23 But this people hath a re- 
 volting and a rebellious heart; 
 they are revolted and gone. 
 
 24 Neither say they in tlieir 
 heart. Let us now fear the Lord 
 our God, that giveth rain, both 
 tlie former and the latter, in his 
 season : he reserveth unto us the 
 appointed weeks of the harvest. 
 
 25 H Your iniquities have tuni- 
 ed away these things, and yo\ir 
 sins have withholden good 
 things from you. 
 
 2G For among my people are 
 found wicked 7nen: they lay 
 wait, as he that setteth snares; 
 they set a trap, they catch men. 
 
 27 As a cage is full of birds, so 
 are their houses full of deceit : 
 therefore they are become great, 
 and waxen rich. 
 
 28 They are waxen fat, they 
 shine : yea, they overpass tlie 
 deeds of the wicked : they judge 
 not the cause, the cause of the 
 fatlierless, yet they prosper; 
 and the right of the needy do 
 they not judge. 
 
 29 Sliall I not visit for these 
 things'^ saith the Lord: shall 
 not my soul be avenged on such 
 a nation as this ? 
 
 30 IF A wonderful and honible 
 thing is committed in the land ; 
 
 31 The prophets prophesy 
 falsely, and the priests bear rule 
 by then- means ; and my people 
 love to have it so: and what 
 will ye do in the end thereof? 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 1 The enemies sent against Judah 
 4 encourage themselves. 6 God 
 setteth them, on work because of 
 their sins. 9 The prophet l/rmenf- 
 efh the judgments of God because 
 of their sins. 18 He pfroclaimeth 
 God's lorath. 26 He calletli the 
 people to mourn for the judgment 
 on their sins. 
 
 OYE children of Benjamin, 
 gather yourselves to flee 
 out of the midst of Jerusalem, 
 and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, 
 and set up a sign of fii'e in Beth-, 
 
The propM lammiedi JEEEMIAH, YI. 
 
 Gocds judijitients. 
 
 haccerem: for e\i\ appeareth 
 out of the north, and great de- 
 struction. 
 
 2 I have lilcened the daughter 
 of Zion to a comely and deli- 
 cate woman. 
 
 3 The shepherds with their 
 flocks shall come unto her; 
 they shall pitch their tents a- 
 gainst her round about; they 
 shall feed every one in Ms place. 
 
 4 Prepare ye war against her ; 
 arise, and let us go up at noon. 
 Woe unto us ! for the day goeth 
 away, for the shadows of the 
 evening are stretched out. 
 
 5 Arise, and let us go by night, 
 and let us destroy her palaces. 
 
 6 IF For thus hath the Lord of 
 hosts said, Hew ye down trees, 
 and cast a mount against Jeru- 
 salem : this is the city to be \i- 
 sited; she is wholly oppression 
 in the midst of her. 
 
 7 As a foimtain caste th out her 
 waters, so she casteth out her 
 wickedness: \iolence and spoil 
 is heard in her ; before me con- 
 tinually is grief and wounds. 
 
 8 Be thou instructed, O Jeru- 
 salem, lest my soul depart from 
 thee ; lest I make thee desolate, 
 a land not inhabited. 
 
 9 H Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts, They shall throughly 
 glean the remnant of Israel as a 
 \Tne : turn back thine hand as a 
 grapegatherer into the baskets. 
 
 10 To whom shall I speak, and 
 give warning, that they may 
 hear? behold, their ear is un- 
 cu'cmncised, and they cannot 
 hearken : behold, the word of the 
 Lord is unto them a reproach ; 
 they have no dehght in it. 
 
 11 Therefore I am full of the 
 
 I will stretch out my hand up- 
 on the inhabitants of the land, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 13 For from the least of tiiem 
 even mito the greatest of them 
 every one is given to covetous- 
 ness; and from the prophet 
 even unto the priest every one 
 dealeth falsely. 
 
 14 They have healed also the 
 hurt of the daughter of my 
 people slightly, saying, Peace, 
 peace ; when there is no peace. 
 
 15 Were they ashamed when 
 they had committed abomina- 
 tion ? nay, they were not at all 
 ashamed, neither could they 
 blush : therefore they shall fall 
 among them that fall: at the 
 time that I visit them they shall 
 be cast down, saith the Lord. 
 
 16 Thus saith the Lord, Stand 
 ye in the ways, and see, and ask 
 for the old paths, where i^ the 
 good way, and wa,lk therein, and 
 ye shall find rest for yom' souls. 
 But they said. We will not wall?: 
 therein. 
 
 17 Also I set watchmen over 
 you, saying. Hearken to the 
 somid of the trumpet. But they 
 said. We will not hearken. 
 
 18 % Therefore hear, ye nations, 
 and know, O congregation, what 
 is among them. 
 
 19 Hear, O earth: behold, I 
 will brmg evil upon this people, 
 even the fruit of their thoughts, 
 because they have not heark- 
 ened mito my words, nor to my 
 law, but rejected it. 
 
 20 To what pinpose cometli 
 there to me incense from She- 
 ba, and the sv^eet cane from a 
 far comitry? yom bmnt offer- 
 ings are not acceptable, nor 
 
 fuiy of the Lord ; I am weary ■ your sacrifices sweet mito me. 
 with holding in : I will pom- it | 21 Therefore thus saith the 
 out upon \hid children abroad, ; Lord, Behold, I will lay stum- 
 and upon the assembly of young | blingblocks before this people, 
 men together : for even the ' and the fathers and the sons to- 
 husband wiXh. the wife shall be gether shall fall upon them ; the 
 taken, the aged \sdth him that ■ neighboiu and his friend sliall 
 is full of days. | perisli. 
 
 12 And their houses shall be | 22 Thus saith the Lord, Be- 
 tumed unto others, loith their \ hold, a people cometh from tlie 
 fields and wives together : for I north country, and a great na^ 
 
 Oo2 
 
The Jeics called 
 
 JEREMIAH, VII. 
 
 to Yex)cniance. 
 
 tion shall be raised from the 
 sides of the earth. 
 
 23 They shall lay hold on bow 
 and spear; they are cruel, and 
 have no mercy ; their voice roar- 
 eth lilve the sea ; and they ride 
 npon horses, set in array as men 
 for war against thee, O daughter 
 of Zion. 
 
 24 We have heard the fame 
 thereof: our hands wax feeble : 
 anguish hath taken hold of us, 
 and pain, as of a woman in tra- 
 vail. 
 
 25 Go not forth into the field, 
 nor walk by the way; for the 
 sword of the enemy and fear 
 is on every side. 
 
 2(5 % O daughter of my people, 
 gird thee viith sackcloth, and 
 wallow thyself in ashes : make 
 thee nioiirning, as for an only 
 son, most bitter lamentation: 
 for the spoiler shall suddenly 
 come upon us. 
 
 27 I have set thee/br a tower 
 and a fortress among my people, 
 that thou niaycst know and ivy 
 tlieir way. 
 
 28 They are all grievous re- 
 ^()lters, walking with slanders: 
 iliey are brass and iiou; they 
 are all corrupters. 
 
 29 The bellows are burned, the 
 lead is consumed of the ifire; 
 the founder melteth in vain : 
 for the ^vicked are not plucked 
 away. 
 
 30 Eeprobate silver shall men 
 rail them, because the Lord 
 hath rejected them. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 1 Jeremic-Ji is sent to call for true re- 
 pentance, to prevent the Jews' caji- 
 th'ity. 8 He rejecfeth their vain 
 confidence, 12 by the example of 
 Shiloh. 17 He threafeneth them 
 for their idolatry. 21 He rejecteth 
 the sacrifices of the disobedient. 29 
 He eochorteih to mourn for their 
 aJyominations in Tophet, 32 and 
 the judgments foi' the same. 
 
 THE word that came to Je- 
 remiah from the Loed, say- 
 ing, 
 2 Stand in the gate of the 
 Loed's house, and proclaim 
 there this word, and say, Hear 
 
 the word of the Loed, all ye 
 o/" Judah, that enter in at these 
 gates to worslup the Loed. 
 
 3 Thus saith the Loed of hosts, 
 the God of Israel, Amend your 
 ways and your doings, and 1 will 
 cause you to dwell in this place. 
 
 4 Trust ye not in lying words, 
 saying, The temple of the Lokd, 
 The temple of the Loe]), The 
 temple of the Loed, are these. 
 
 5 For if ye throughly amend 
 your ways and your doings; 
 if ye throughly execute judg- 
 ment between a man and his 
 neighbour ; 
 
 6 //'ye oppress not tlie stran- 
 ger, the fatherless, and the wi- 
 dow, and shed not innocent 
 blood in this i)lace, neither walk 
 alter other gods to your hurt : 
 
 7 Then will I cause you to 
 dwell in tliis place, in the land 
 that I gave to yom- fathers, for 
 ever and ever. 
 
 8 H Behold, ye trust in lying 
 woids, that cannot prolit. 
 
 9 Will ye steal, murder, and 
 commit adultery, and swear 
 iaUely, and burn incense unto 
 Baal, and walk after other gcds 
 whom ye know not ; 
 
 10 And come and stand before 
 me in this house, which is call- 
 ed by my name, and say, AVe 
 are delivered to do all these 
 abominations? 
 
 11 Is tliis house, wliich is call- 
 ed by my name, become a den 
 of lobbers in your eyes? Be- 
 hold, even I have seen it, saith 
 the Loed. 
 
 12 But go ye now i:nto my place 
 which was in Shiloh, where I 
 set my name at the first, and 
 see what I did to it for the wick- 
 edness of my people Israel. 
 
 13 And now, because ye have 
 done all these works, saith the 
 Loed, and I spake unto you, 
 rising up early and speaking, 
 but ye heard not ; and I called 
 you, but ye answered not ; 
 
 14 Therefore will I do unto 
 this house, which is called by 
 my name, wherein ye trust, and 
 unto the place which I gave to 
 
Thw are threatened 
 
 you and to your fathers, as I 
 have done to Shiloh. 
 
 15 And I will cast you out of 
 my sight, as I have cast out all 
 your brethren, even the whole 
 seed of Ephraim. 
 
 16 Therefore pray not thou for 
 this people, neither lift up cry 
 nor prayer for them, neither 
 make intercession to me : for I 
 will not hear thee. 
 
 17 II Seest thou not what they 
 do in the cities of Judah and 
 in the streets of Jerusalem ? 
 
 18 The children gather wood, 
 and the fathers kindle the fire, 
 and the women knead their 
 dough, to make cakes to the 
 queen of heaven, and to pour 
 out drink offerings unto other 
 gods, that they may provoke 
 me to anger. 
 
 19 Do they provoke me to an- 
 ger? saith the Lord: do they 
 not provoke themselves to the 
 confusion of their own faces ? 
 
 20 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God; Behold, mine an- 
 ger and my fury shall be pour- 
 ed out upon this place, upon 
 man, and upon beast, and up- 
 on the trees of the field, and 
 upon the fruit of the ground; 
 and it shall bum, and shall 
 not be quenched. 
 
 21 H Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosfcs, the God of Israel; Put 
 your burnt offerings unto your 
 sacrifices, and eat flesh. 
 
 22 For I spake not unto your 
 fathers, nor commanded them 
 in the day that I brought them 
 out of the land of Egypt, con- 
 cerning burnt ofterings or sa- 
 crifices : 
 
 23 But this thmg commanded 
 I them, saying. Obey my voice, 
 and I will be your God, and ye 
 shall be my people : and walk ye 
 in all the ways that I have com- 
 manded 5^ou, that it may be well 
 imto you. 
 
 24 But they hearkened not, nor 
 inclined their ear, but walked in 
 the counsels and in the imagi- 
 nation of their evil heart, and 
 went backward, and not forward. 
 
 JEREMIAH, VII. for their idolatry. 
 
 25 Since the day that your fa- 
 thers came forth out of the land 
 of Egypt unto this day I have 
 even sent unto you all my ser- 
 vants the prophets, daily rising 
 up early and sending them : 
 
 26 Yet they hearkened not un- 
 to me, nor inchned their ear, 
 but hardened their neck: they 
 did worse than their fathers. 
 
 27 Therefore thou shalt speak 
 all these words unto them ; but 
 they will not hearken to thee : 
 thou shalt also call mito them ; 
 but they will not answer thee. 
 
 28 But thou shalt say unto 
 them, This is a nation that 
 obeyeth not the voice of the 
 Lord their God, nor receiv- 
 eth correction: truth is perish- 
 ed, and is cut off from their 
 mouth. 
 
 29 1[ Cut off thine hair, Je- 
 rusalem, and cast it away, and 
 take up a lamentation on high 
 places; for the Lord hath re- 
 jected and forsaken the gene- 
 ration of his wrath. 
 
 30 For the children of Judah 
 have done evil in my sight, 
 saith the Lord: they have 
 set their abominations in the 
 house which is called by my 
 name, to pollute it. 
 
 31 And they have built the 
 high places of Tophet, which 
 is in the valley of the son of 
 Hinnom, to burn their sons 
 and their daughters in the fire ; 
 which I commanded them not, 
 neither c^ame it into my heart. 
 
 32 IF Therefore, behold, the 
 days come, saith the Lord, 
 that it shall no more be called 
 Tophet, nor the valley of the 
 son of Hinnom, but the valley 
 of slaughter : for they shall bury 
 in Tophet, till there be no place. 
 
 33 And the carcases of this peo- 
 ple shall be meat for the fowls of 
 the heaven, and for the beasts 
 of the earth; and none shall 
 fray them away. 
 
 34 Then will I cause to cease 
 from the cities of Judah, and 
 from the streets of Jerusalem, 
 the voice of mirth, and the 
 
The cahimties JEREMIAH, VIII. 
 
 voice c>f gladness, the voice of 
 the bridegroom, and the voice 
 of tlie bride : for the land shall 
 I e desolate. 
 
 CHAPTER Vni. 
 1 The calamity of the Jews, both dead 
 
 aud olii-e. 4 He njAiraideth their 
 
 foolish and shameless ini2)cnif('nrii. 
 
 Vi) He sheireth their grievojis jndg. 
 
 me)it, 18 a)id hewaileth their des- 
 
 jyerafe estate. 
 
 \T that time, saith the Lord, 
 
 of the Jens. 
 
 people know not the judgment 
 of the Lord. 
 
 8 HoAv do ye say. We are wise, 
 and the law of the Lord is with 
 us ? Lo, certainly in vain made 
 he it ; the pen of the scribes is 
 in Aain. 
 
 9 The wise men are ashamed, 
 they are dismayed and taken : 
 lo, they have rejected the word 
 of the Lord; and what wisdom 
 
 they shall bring out the I win them? 
 boncsof the kings of Judah, and j 10 Therefore will I give their 
 the bones of his princes, and | Avives unto others, and their 
 the bones of the priests, and the | fields to them that shall inherit 
 bones of the propliets, and i\\Q\them: for every one from the 
 bones of the inhabitants of Je- I least even unto the greatest is 
 rusaleni, out of their graves : j given to covetousness, from the 
 
 2 And they shall spread them prophet even unto the priest 
 Isefore the sun, and the moon, ■ every one dealeth falsely. 
 andalltheliostofheaven,wlioml 11 For they have healed the 
 they have loved, and whom they ; hurt of the daughter of my 
 have sened, and after whom people slightly, saying, l*eace, 
 they have walked, and whom peace ; when tliere is no i)eace. 
 they have sought, and whom \ 12 AVere they ashamed when 
 they have woi-shipped : they they had committed abomina- 
 shall not be gathered, nor be ; tion ? nay, they were not at all 
 1 )uried ; they shall be for dimg , ashamed, neither could they 
 upon the face of the earth. j blush: thereibre shall they fall 
 
 3 And death shall be chosen among them that i'all : in the 
 rather than life by all the resi- time of their visitation they 
 due of them that remain of this shall be cast down, saith the 
 e\ il family, which remain in all \ Lord. 
 
 the places whither I have driven I 13 H I will surely consume 
 tliem, saith the Lord of hosts, jthcm, saith the Lord: there 
 
 4 •' IMoreover thou shalt ?i\y shall be no grapes on the vine, 
 unto them. Thus saith the ! nor ties on tl.e fig tree, and the 
 LoRPj 8hall they fall, and leaf shall fade ; and /A^ //iin^* 
 not arise? shall he tmn away, that I have given them shall 
 and not return ? pass away from them. 
 
 5 Why then is this people ofi 14 AVhy do we sit still? as- 
 Jerusalem slidden back by a semble yourselves, and let us 
 
 reri>etual backsliding? they 
 liold fast deceit, they refuse to 
 leturn. 
 () I hearkened and heard, hut 
 
 enter into the deienced cities, 
 and let us be silent there : for 
 the Lord our God hath put us 
 to silence, and given us water of 
 
 they spake not aright : no man | gall to drink, because we have 
 repented him of his wicked- ! sinned against the Lord. 
 
 ness, saj-ing. What have I done ? 
 e^ery one turned to his course, 
 as tiie horse rusheth into the 
 battle. 
 
 7 Yea, the stork in the heaven 
 knoweth her appointed times; 
 and the turtle and the crane 
 and the swallow observ^e the 
 time of their coming ; but my 
 
 15 We looked for peace, but no 
 good came ; and for a time of 
 health, and behold trouble ! 
 
 16 The snorting of his horses 
 was heard from Dan : the whole 
 land trembled at the sound of 
 the neighing of his strong ones ; 
 for they are come, and have 
 devoured the land, and all that 
 
Jeremiah hewmleth the JEEEMIAH, IX. 
 
 sins of the people. 
 
 is in it ; the city, and those that 
 dwell therein. 
 
 17 For, behold, I will send ser- 
 pents, cockatrices, among you, 
 which will not be charmed, and 
 they shall bite you, saith the 
 Lord. 
 
 18 IF When I would comfort 
 myself against sorrow, my heart 
 is faint in me. 
 
 19 Behold the voice of the cry 
 of the daughter of my people 
 because of them that dwell in a 
 far country : Is not the Lord in 
 Zion? is not her king in her? 
 Why have they provoked me to 
 anger with their graven images, 
 imd with strange vanities? 
 
 20 The hai-vest is past, the 
 summer is ended, and we are 
 not saved. 
 
 21 For the hurt of the daugh- 
 ter of my people am I hurt ; I 
 am black; astonishment hath 
 taken hold on me. 
 
 22 Is there no balm in Gilead ; 
 is there no physician there? 
 why then is not the health of 
 the daughter of my people re- 
 covered? 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 1 Jeremiah Imitenteth the Jews for 
 their manifold sins, 9 and for their 
 judgment. 12 Disobedience is the 
 cause of their hitter calamity. 17 
 He exhorteth to mourn for their 
 destruction, 23 and to trust not in 
 themselves, hut in God. 25 He 
 threateneth both Jews and Gentiles. 
 
 OH that my head were wa- 
 ters, and mine eyes a foun- 
 tain of tears, that I might weep 
 day and night for the slain of 
 the daughter of my people ! 
 
 2 Oh that I had in the wilder- 
 ness a lodging place of wayfar- 
 ing men; that I might leave 
 my people, and go irom them! 
 for they be all adulterers, an 
 assembly of treacherous men. 
 
 3 And they bend their tongues 
 Hke their bow/br lies : but they 
 are not valiant for the truth 
 upon the earth; for they pro- 
 ceed from evil to evil, and they 
 know not me, saith the Lord. 
 
 4 Take ye heed every one of 
 his neighbour, and trust ye not 
 
 in any brother: for every bro- 
 ther will utterly supplant, and 
 every neighbour will walk with 
 slanders. 
 
 5 And they will deceive every 
 one his neighbour, and will not 
 speak the truth : they have 
 taught their tongue to speak 
 lies, and weary themselves to 
 commit iniquity. 
 
 6 Thine habitation is in the 
 midst of deceit ; through deceit 
 they refuse to Imow me, saith 
 the Lord. 
 
 7 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord of hosts, Behold, I will 
 melt them, and try them; for 
 how shall I do for the daugh- 
 ter of my people ? 
 
 8 Their tongue is as an arrow 
 shot out; it speaketh deceit: 
 one speaketh peaceably to his 
 neighbour with his mouth, but 
 in heart he layeth his wait. 
 
 9 II Shall I not visit them for 
 these things? saith the Lord: 
 shall not my soul be^ avenged 
 on such a nation as this ? 
 
 10 For the mountains will I 
 take up a weeping and wail- 
 ing, and for the habitations of 
 the wilderness a lamentation, 
 because they are burned up, 
 so that none can pass through 
 them; neither can men hear 
 the voice of the cattle; both 
 the fowl of the heavens and the 
 beast are fled ; they are gone. 
 
 11 And I will make Jerusalem 
 heaps, and a den of dragons; 
 and I will make the cities of 
 Judah desolate, without an in- 
 habitant. 
 
 12 IF Who is the wise man, that 
 may understand this ? and who 
 is he to whom the mouth of the 
 Lord hath spoken, that he may 
 declare it, for what the land pe- 
 risheth and is burned up like 
 a wilderness, that none passeth 
 through? 
 
 13 And the Lord saith. Be- 
 cause they have forsal^en my 
 law which I set before them, 
 and have not obeyed my voice, 
 neither walked therein ; 
 
 14 But have walked after the 
 
An exJwrtaiion 
 
 JEREMIAH, X. 
 
 to trust in God. 
 
 imagination of their own heart, 
 and after Baalim, wliich their 
 fathers taught them : 
 
 15 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord of hosts, the God of Is- 
 rael ; Behold, 1 will feed them, 
 even this people, with worm- 
 wood, and give them water of 
 gall to diink. 
 
 Itj I will scatter them also a- 
 mong the heathen, whom nei- 
 ther they nor their fathers have 
 known : and I will send a sword 
 aft )r them, till I have consmned 
 thsm. 
 
 17 IT Thus saith the Lord of 
 ho^-ts. Consider ye, and call for 
 tho momiiing women, that they 
 may come ; and send for cunning 
 wimen, that they may come : 
 
 18 And let them make haste, 
 and take up a wailing for us, 
 that our eyes may run doAvn 
 with tears, and our eyehds gush 
 out with waters. 
 
 19 For a voice of wailing is 
 heard out of Zion, How are we 
 spoiled! we are greatly con- 
 founded, because we have for- 
 saken the land, because our 
 dwelHngs have cast us out. 
 
 20 Yet hear the word of the 
 Lord, O ye women, and let 
 your ear receive the word of his 
 mouth, and teach your daugh- 
 ters wailing, and every one her 
 neighbour lamentation. 
 
 21 For death is come up into 
 our windows, and is entered 
 into our palaces, to cut oif the 
 children from without, and the 
 young men from the streets. 
 
 22 Speak, Thus saith the Lord, 
 Even the carcases of men shall 
 fall as dmig upon the open field, 
 and as the handful after the har- 
 vestman, and none shall gather 
 theTu, 
 
 23 1[ Thus saith the Lord, Let 
 not the wise man glory in his 
 wisdom, neither let the mighty 
 man glory in his might, let not 
 the rich man glory in his riches : 
 
 24 But let him that glorieth 
 glory in this, that he under- 
 standeth and knoweth me, that 
 I am the Lord which exercise 
 
 lovingkindness, judgment, and 
 righteousness, in the earth: for 
 in these things I delight, saith 
 the Lord. 
 
 25 1[ Behold, the days come, 
 saith the Lord, that I will pu- 
 nish all them which are circum- 
 cised with the uncircumcised ; 
 
 26 Egypt, and Judah, and E- 
 dom, and the chikhen of Am- 
 mon, and Moab, and all that 
 are in the utmost comers, that 
 dwell in the wilderness : for all 
 these nations are uncircumcis- 
 ed, and all the house of Israel 
 are uncircumcised in the heart. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 1 The unequal comparison of Gfod 
 and idolfi. 17 Tfie prophet exhort, 
 etli to flee from the calamity to 
 come. 19 He lamenfeth the spoil 
 of the tabernacle by foolinh pa». 
 tors. Z3 He makeih an humble 
 supplication. 
 
 HEAR ye the word which 
 the Lord speaketh unto 
 you, O hoase of Israel : 
 
 2 Thus saith the Lord, Learn 
 not the way of the heathen, and 
 be not dismayed at the signs 
 of heaven ; for the heathen are 
 dismayed at them. 
 
 3 For the customs of the peo- 
 ple are vain : for one cutteth a 
 tree out of the forest, the woik 
 of the hands of the workman, 
 with the ax. 
 
 4 They deck it with silver and 
 with gold; they fasten it with 
 nails and with hammers, that 
 it move not. 
 
 5 They are upright as the 
 palm tree, but speak not : they 
 must needs be borne, because 
 they cannot go. Be not afraid 
 of them; for they cannot do 
 evil, neither also ts it in them 
 to do good. 
 
 6 Forasmuch as there is none 
 like unto thee, O Lord; thou 
 art great, and thy name is great 
 in might. 
 
 7 Who would not fear thee, O 
 King of nations? for to thee 
 doth it appertain: forasmuch 
 as among aU the wise men of 
 the nations, and in all theii 
 
The vanity of idols. 
 Idngdoms, there i 
 
 JEEEMIAH, 
 
 none like 
 
 unto thee. 
 
 8 But they are altogether brut- 
 ish and foolish : the stock is a 
 doctrine of vanities. 
 
 9 Silver spread into plates is 
 brought from Tarshish, and gold 
 from Uphaz, the work of the 
 workman, and of the hands of 
 the founder: blue and purple 
 is their clothing: they are all 
 the work of cunning men. 
 
 10 But the Lord is the true 
 God, he is the living God, and 
 an everlasting Idng : at Iris wrath 
 the earth shall tremble, and the 
 nations shall not be able to a- 
 bide his indignation. 
 
 11 Thus shall ye say unto 
 them, The gods that have not 
 made the heavens and the 
 earth, even they shall perish 
 from the earth, and from un- 
 der these heavens. 
 
 12 He hath made the earth by 
 his power, he hath established 
 the world by his wisdom, and 
 hath stretched out the heavens 
 hy his discretion. 
 
 13 When he uttereth his voice, 
 there is a multitude of waters 
 in the heavens, and he causeth 
 the vapours to ascend from the 
 ends of the earth; he maketh 
 lightnings with rain, and biing- 
 eth forth the wind out of his 
 treasures. 
 
 14 Every man is brutish in 
 his knowledge : eveiy founder 
 is confounded by the graven 
 
 - image : for his molten image 
 is falsehood, and there is no 
 breath in them. 
 
 15 They are vanity, and the 
 work of eiTOi-s : m tbs time of 
 their visitation they shall peiish. 
 
 16 The portion of Jacob is not 
 like them : for he is the former 
 of all things ; and Israel is the 
 rod of his inheritance : The 
 Lord of hosts is his name. 
 
 17 1l Gather up thy wares out 
 of the land, O mhabitant of the 
 fortress. 
 
 18 For thus saith the Lord, 
 Behold, I will sling out the in- 
 habitants of the land at this 
 
 XI. The kibernade spoiled. 
 and will distre^ them. 
 
 once, 
 
 that they may find it so. 
 
 19 IF Woe is me for my huii ! 
 my wound is grievous: but I 
 said, Truly this is a grief, and 
 I must bear it. 
 
 20 My tabeiTiacle is spoiled, 
 and all my cords are broken: 
 my children are gone forth of 
 me, and they «re not : there is 
 none to stretch forth my tent 
 any more, and to set up my 
 curtains. 
 
 21 For the pastors are become 
 brutish, and have not sought 
 the Lord : therefore they shall 
 not prosper, and all then flocks 
 shall be scattered. 
 
 22 Behold, the noise of the 
 bruit is come, and a great com- 
 motion out of the north coun- 
 try, to make the cities of Judah 
 desolate, and a den of dragons. 
 
 23 IT O Lord, I know that the 
 way of man is not in himself: 
 it is not in man that walketh to 
 direct his steps. 
 
 24 O Lord, con-ect me. but 
 with judgment; not in thine 
 anger, lest thou bring me to 
 nothing. 
 
 25 Pour out thy fury upon the 
 heathen that know thee not, 
 and upon the families that call 
 not on thy name : for they liave 
 eaten up Jacob, and devoured 
 him, and consumed him, and 
 have mode his habitation de- 
 solate. 
 
 CHAPTER XL 
 1 Jeremiah pi-odahnetJi God's cove- 
 nant, 8 rebnTceth the Jews' diso- 
 beying thereof, 11 prophesiefh evils 
 to come upon them, IS and n.piou 
 the men of Anailioth, for conspir- 
 ing to Mil Jeremiah. 
 
 THE word that came to Jere- 
 miah fi'om the Lord, saying, 
 
 2 Hear ye the words cf this 
 covenant, and speak unto the 
 men of Judah, and to the in- 
 habitants of Jerusalem ; 
 
 3 And say thou mito them. 
 Thus saith the Lord God of 
 Israel; Cmsed be the man that 
 obeyeth not the words of this 
 covenant, 
 
 008 
 
/v/Zs denmiieed JEREMIAH, XI, 
 
 4 ^\^lich I commanded your 
 fathers in the day that I brought 
 them forth out of the laiid of 
 Egypt, from the iron fiu-nace, 
 saying. Obey my voice, and do 
 them, according to all wliicli I 
 command you: so Bliall ye be 
 my people, and I will be your 
 God : 
 
 '~) That I may perform the oath 
 v/liicli I have sworn unto your 
 fa thers, to give them a land flow- 
 ing \vith millc and honey, as it 
 is this day. Tlien answercd I, 
 and said, So be it, O Lord. 
 
 () Then tlie Lord said unto 
 mo, Proclaim all these words 
 in the cities of Judah, and in 
 the streets of Jerusalem, say- 
 ing. Hear ye the words of tlils 
 covenant, and do them. 
 
 7 For I earnestly protested 
 \mto your fathers in the day 
 tliat 1 brought them up out of 
 tlie land of Egypt, even unto 
 this day, rising early and pro- 
 testing, saying. Obey my voice. 
 
 8 Yet they obeyed not, nor 
 inclined their ear, but walked 
 every one in the imagination 
 of their axil heart : therefore I 
 will bring upon tliem all the 
 words of this covenant, which 
 I commanded tJiem to do; but 
 they did them not. 
 
 9 And the Lord said imto me, 
 A conspiracy is found among 
 the men of Judah. and among 
 the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 
 
 10 They are turned back to the 
 iniquities of their forefathers, 
 which refused to liear my words ; 
 and they went after other gods 
 to serve them: the house of 
 Israel and the house of Judah 
 liave broken my covenant which 
 I made with their fathers. 
 
 11 ^ Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord, Behold, I will bring e^al 
 upon them, which they shall not 
 be able to escape ; and though 
 they shall eiy unto me, I will 
 not hearken unto them. 
 
 12 Then shall the cities of Ju- 
 dah and inhabitants of Jerusa' 
 lem go, and. cry unto the gods 
 unto whom they offer incense : 
 
 a^aiiist tlie Jeics, 
 
 but they shall not save them at 
 all in the time of their trouble. 
 
 13 For according to the num- 
 ber of thy cities were thy gods, 
 O Judah ; and according to the 
 numl)er of the streets of Jeru- 
 salem have ye set \\\) altars to 
 that shameful thing, even al- 
 tars to bmn incense unto Baal. 
 
 14 Therefore piay not thou for 
 this people, neither liit up a cry 
 or prayer for them : for I will 
 not hear them in the time that 
 they cry unto me for their 
 trouble. 
 
 15 What hath my beloved to 
 do in mine house, seeing she 
 hath wTought lewdness with 
 many and the holy flesh is 
 |)assea from thee? when thou 
 doest evil, then thou rejoicest. 
 
 IG The Lord called thy name, 
 A green olive tree, fair, and of 
 goodly fniit: with the noise of 
 a gieat tumult he hath kindled 
 fire upon it. and the branches 
 of it are broken. 
 
 17 For the Lord of hosts, that 
 planted thee, hath pronounced 
 evil against thee, for the evil of 
 the house of Israel and of the 
 house of Judah, which they 
 have done against themselves 
 to provoke me to anger in of- 
 fering incense unto Baal. 
 
 18 it And the Lord hath given 
 me knowledge of it, and I know 
 it : then thou shewedst me their 
 doings. 
 
 19 But I was like a lamb or an 
 ox that is brought to the slaugh- 
 ter ; and I knew not that they 
 had devised devices against me, 
 saying. Let us destroy the tree 
 with the fruit thereof, and let 
 us cut him off* from the land of 
 the living, that his name may 
 be no more remembered. 
 
 20 But, O Lord of hosts, that 
 judgest righteously, that triest 
 the reins and the heart, let me 
 see thy vengeance on them : for 
 unto thee have I revealed my 
 cause. 
 
 21 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord of the men of Anathoth, 
 that seek thy life, saying. Pro* 
 
God's heritage 
 
 JEREMIAH, XII. 
 
 forscilcen of Mm. 
 
 phesy not in the name of the with thee ; yea, they have call- 
 XoRD, that thoii die not by our ed a multitude after thee : be- 
 hand: lieve them not, though they 
 
 ■ 22 Therefore thus saith the speak fair words unto thee. 
 Lord of hosts. Behold, I will 7 *[ I have forsaken mine 
 punish them : the yomig men house, I have left mine heri- 
 shall die by the sword ; their j tage ; I have given the dearly 
 -sons and then daughters shall beloved of my soul into the 
 
 die by famine : 
 : 23 And there shall be no rem- 
 nant of them : for I will bring 
 QYil upon the men of Anathoth, 
 even the year of their visitation. 
 
 CHAPTER XIL 
 1 Jeremiah, complaining of i%& wieJ:- 
 
 hand of her enemies. 
 
 8 Mine heritage is unto me 
 as a Hon in the forest ; it crietli 
 out against me : therefore have 
 I hated it. 
 
 9 Mine heiitage is unto me 
 «5 a speckled bird, the birds 
 
 ed's prosperity, b7j faith seeth their .-ro^-^fl about are against her; 
 
 Trir'etS'J^.-r'^^fefJ'SiTinft <^f^^ ye assemble all tbe teasts 
 ■-'•'•- oi the field, come to devour. 
 
 10 Many pastors have destroj-- 
 ed my vineyard, they have ti'od- 
 den my portion under foot, they 
 
 him, 7 and lamenteth his heritage. 
 14 lie ^•omisefh to the penitent 
 return f'roni oaptivity. 
 
 RIGHTEOUS art thou, O . , .. 
 Lord, when I plead with have made my pleasant portion 
 thee : yet let me talk with thee ; a desolate wilderness. 
 
 of thy judgments: Wherefore 
 •doth the v^^ay of the wicked 
 prosper? wherefore are all they 
 happy that deal very tieacher- 
 ously ? 
 
 2 Thou hast planted them, 
 yea, they have taken root : they 
 grow, yea, they bring forth fiiiit : 
 thou art near in their mouth, 
 -and far from their reins. 
 
 3 But thou, O Lord, know- 
 est me : thou hast «een me, and 
 tried mine heart toward thee : 
 pull them out Kke «heep for the 
 slaughter, and prepare them for 
 the day of slaughter. 
 
 4 How long shall the land 
 momTi,^ and the herbs of every 
 field wither, for the wickedness 
 of them that dwell therein? the 
 -beasts are consumed, and the 
 birds; because they said, He 
 «hall not see our last end. 
 
 5 II If thou hast run with the 
 footmen, and they have wea^ 
 ried thee, then how canst thou 
 contend with horses? and if 
 in the land of peace, wherein 
 thou trustedst, they wearied 
 thee, then how wilt thou do in 
 the swelling of Jordan? 
 
 6 For even thy brethren, and 
 the house of thy father, even 
 ihey have dealt treacherously 
 
 11 They have made it desolate, 
 ajid being desolate it mouiii- 
 eth unto me; the whole land 
 is made desolate, because no 
 man layeth it to heart. 
 
 12 The spoilers are come upoiu 
 all high places through the wil- 
 derness : for the sword of the 
 Lord shall devour from the 
 one end of the land even to the 
 other end of the land : no flesh 
 shall have peace. 
 
 13 They have sown wheat, 
 but shall reap thorns: they 
 have put themselves to pain, 
 hut shall not profit: and they 
 shall be ashamed of your re- 
 venues because of the fierce 
 anger of the Lord. 
 
 14 IF Thus saith the Lord 
 against ah mine evil neigli- 
 bom^s, that touch the inherit- 
 ance which I have caused my 
 people Israel to inherit ; Behold, 
 I wlU pluck them out of tlitir 
 land, and pluck out the house 
 of Judah from among them. 
 
 15 And it shall come to ):ass, 
 after that I have plucked them 
 out I will return, and have com- 
 passion on them, and will bring 
 them again, every man to his 
 heritage, and every man to his 
 land. 
 
The desti-udion of 
 
 16 And it shall come to pass, 
 if they will diligently learn the 
 ways of my peoi)lc, to swear by 
 my name, Tlie Lord liveth ; as 
 they taiight my people to swear 
 1 )y Baal ; tlien shall they be built 
 in the midst of my people. 
 
 17 But if they will not obey, I 
 will utterly pluck u\) and destroy 
 tiiat nation, saith the Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER XIIL 
 1 In the tyi>e of a linen girdle, hidden 
 at Enphrate», Gotl jvefinweth the 
 des'miction of ///» peome. 12 Un- 
 der the pirahle of the ho! ties filled 
 with wi)ie heforetellcth their drunk- 
 rmiess in misery. IT) He exhorfeth 
 to prevent their future jiulffments. 
 22 He sheweth their abominations 
 are the cause thereof. 
 
 TI^HUkS saith the Lord unto 
 X me. Go and get thee a li- 
 nen girdle, and put it upon thy 
 loins, and put it not in water. 
 
 2 So I got a girdle accorduig 
 to the word of the Lord, and 
 put it on my loins. 
 
 3 And the word of the IjORd 
 came mito me the second time, 
 saying. 
 
 4 Take the girdle that thou 
 hast got. which is upon thy 
 loins, and arise, go to Euphra- 
 tes, and hide it there in a hole 
 of the rock. 
 
 5 So I went, and hid it by 
 Euphrates, as the Lord com- 
 manded me. 
 
 6 And it came to pass after 
 
 JEREMIAH, Xin. JudaJi lypified, 
 
 walk in the imagination of their 
 lieart, and walk after other gods, 
 to serve them, and to worsliip 
 them, shall even be as this gir- 
 dle, wliich is good for nothing. 
 
 11 For as the girdle cleaveth 
 to the loms of a man, so have 
 I caused to cleave unto me the 
 whole house of Israel and the 
 whole house of Judah, saith the 
 Lord ; that they might be unto 
 me for a people, and for a name, 
 and for a praise, and for a glor>' : 
 but they would not hear. 
 
 12 H Therefore thou shalt spciik 
 unto them this word ; Thus saith 
 the Lord God of Israel, Every 
 bottle sliall be filled with wine : 
 and they shall say unto thee. 
 Do Ave not ceiixiinly know that 
 every bottle shall be filled with 
 wine? 
 
 13 Then shalt thou say unto 
 them. Thus saith the Lord, 
 Behold, I will fill all the inha^- 
 bitants of tliis land, even the 
 kings tliat sit upon David's 
 throne, and the priests, and 
 the prophets, and all the in- 
 haljitants of Jerusalem, \^ith 
 drunkenness. 
 
 14 And I will dash them one 
 against another, even the fa^ 
 thers and the sons together, 
 saith the Lord : I will not pity, 
 nor spare, nor have mercy, but 
 destroy them. 
 
 . 15 If Hear ye, and give ear; 
 
 many days, that the Lord said j be not proud: for the Lord 
 
 unto me. Arise, go to E^iphra- ; hath spoken. 
 
 tes, and take the girdle from I 16 Give glory to the Lord 
 
 thence, which I commanded 
 thee to hide there. 
 
 7 Then I went to Euphrates, 
 and digged, and took the girdle 
 from the place where I had 
 hid it : and, behold, the giidle 
 was marred, it was profitable 
 for nothing. 
 
 8 ThQn the word of the Lord 
 came unto me, saying, 
 
 9 Thus saith the Lord, After 
 this manner will I mar the pride 
 of Judah, and the great pride of 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 10 This evil people, which re- 
 fuse to hear my words, which 
 
 your God, before he cause 
 darkness, and before your feet 
 stumble upon the dark moim- 
 tains, and, while ye look for 
 light, he turn it into the sha- 
 dow of death, a7id make i^ 
 gross darkness. 
 
 17 But if ye will not hear it, my 
 soul shall weep in secret places 
 for your pride ; and mine eye 
 shall weep sore, and run down 
 with tears, because the Lord's 
 flock is carried away captive. 
 
 18 Say unto the king and to 
 the queen. Humble yourselves, 
 sit down : for your principalis 
 
A grievous demih. JEEEMIAH, XIV. Jeremiah*s prayer. 
 
 ties shall come down, even the 
 cro^Ti of your glory. 
 
 19 The cities of the south shall 
 be shut up, and none shall open 
 them : Judah shall be carried 
 ^way captive ail of it, it shall be 
 "w^holly carried away captive. 
 
 20 Lift up your eyes, and be- 
 hold them that come from the 
 north: where is the flock that 
 was given thee, thy beautiful 
 flock? 
 
 21 What wilt thou say when 
 lie shall punish thee? for thou 
 hast taught them io Ve cap- 
 tains, and as chief over thee : 
 shall not sorrows take thee, as 
 a woman in travail? 
 
 22 ^ And if thou say in thine 
 Jieart, Wherefore come these 
 things upon me ? For the great- 
 ness of thine iniriuity are thy 
 skirts discovered, and thy heefe 
 made bare. 
 
 23 Can the Ethiopian change 
 ■his skin, or the leopard his spots ? 
 Ihen may ye also do good, that 
 are accustomed to do evil. 
 
 24 Therefore will I scatter them 
 as the stubble that passeth away 
 by the wind of the wilderness. 
 
 25 This is thy lot, the portion 
 of thy measm-es from me, saith 
 the Lord; because thou hast 
 -forgotten me, and trusted in 
 falsehood. 
 
 26 Therefore will I discover 
 thy sldrts upon thy face, that 
 .thy shame may appear. 
 
 27 I have seen thine adulteries, 
 and thy neighings, the lewdness 
 of thy whoredom, and thine a- 
 bominations on the hills in the 
 fields. Woe unto thee, O Jeru- 
 salem! wilt thou not be made 
 clean ? when shall it once he f 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 1 The grievous famine 7 causeth Je- 
 remiah to pray. 10 Tlie Loi'd loill 
 not he inireated for the people. 13 
 Lying p>'ophets are no excuse for 
 them. 17 Jeremiah is moved to 
 complain for them. 
 
 THE word of the Lord that 
 came to Jeremiah concern- 
 ing the dearth. 
 2 Judah moumeth, and the 
 
 gates thereof languish; they 
 are black unto the ground ; and 
 the ciy of Jerusalem is gone up. 
 
 3 And their nobles have sent 
 their little ones to the waters : 
 they came to the pits, and found 
 no water; they returned with 
 their vessels empty ; they were 
 ashamed and confounded, and 
 covered their heads. 
 
 4 Because the ground is chapt, 
 for there was no rain in the 
 earth, the plowmen were asham- 
 ed, they covered their heads. 
 
 5 Yea, the hind also calved in 
 the field, and forsook it, be- 
 cause there was no grass. 
 
 6 And the wild asses did stand 
 in the high places, they snufied 
 up the winid like dragons ; their 
 eyes did fail, because there was 
 no grass. 
 
 7 HO Lord, though our ini- 
 quities testify agamst us, do thou 
 it for thy name's sake : for our 
 backslidmgs are many ; we have 
 simied against thee. 
 
 8 O the hope of Israel, the sa- 
 'sdour thereof in time of trou- 
 ble, why shouldest thou be as 
 a stranger m the land, and as 
 a wayfaring man that tumeth 
 aside to tarry for a night ? 
 
 9 V/hy shouldest thou be as a 
 man astonied, as a mighty man 
 that cannot save? yet thou, O 
 Lord, art in the midst of us, 
 and we are called by thy name ; 
 leave us not. 
 
 10 H Thus saith the Lord un- 
 to this people, Thus have they 
 loved to wander, they have not 
 refrained their feet, therefore 
 the Lord doth not accept them ; 
 he win now remember theu ini- 
 quity, and visit their sins. 
 
 11 Then said the Lord unto 
 me. Pray not for this people for 
 their good. 
 
 12 When they fast, I will not 
 hear their cry; and when they 
 offer burnt offering and an ob- 
 lation, I will not accept them : 
 but I vvill consume them by the 
 sword, and by the famine, and 
 by the pestilence. 
 
 13 11, Then said I, Ah, Lord 
 
Jeremuih*s complaint. 
 
 God! behold the prophets say 
 unto them, Ye shall not see the 
 sword, neither shall ye have 
 famine; but I will give you 
 assured peace in this place. 
 
 14 Then the Lord said un- 
 to me. The prophets prophesy 
 lies in my name : I sent them 
 not, neither have I command- 
 ed them, neither spake unto 
 them : they prophesy unto you 
 a false vision and di^^nation, 
 and a thing of nought, and the 
 deceit of their heart. 
 
 15 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord concerning the prophets 
 that prophesy in my name, and 
 I sent them not, yet they say, 
 Sword and famine shall not be 
 in tliis land; By sword and 
 famine shall those prophets be 
 consumed. 
 
 16 And the people to whom 
 they prophesy shall be cast out 
 in the streets of Jerusalem be- 
 cause of the famine and the 
 sword; and they shall have 
 none to bury them, them, their 
 wives, nor their sons, nor their 
 daughters : for I will pour their 
 wickedness upon them. 
 
 17 H Therefore thou shalt say 
 this word unto them ; Let mine 
 eyes run down with tears night 
 and day, and let them not cease : 
 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 field, 
 then behold the slain with the 
 sword ! and if I enter into the 
 city, then behold them that are 
 sick with famine ! yea, both the 
 prophet and the priest go about 
 into a land that they know 
 not. 
 
 19 Hast thou utterly rejected 
 Judah? hath thy soul lothed 
 Zion? why hast thou smitten 
 us, and there is no healing for 
 us? we looked for peace, and 
 there is no good; and for the 
 time of healing, and behold 
 trouble ! 
 
 20 We acknowledge, O Lord, 
 our TOkedness, and the ini- 
 
 JEREMIAH, XV. The rejection and 
 
 quity of our fathere: for we 
 have sinned against thee. 
 
 21 Do not abhor us, for thy 
 name's sake, do not disgrace 
 the throne of thy gloiy : re- 
 member, break not thy cove- 
 nant with us. 
 
 22 Are there an^ among the 
 vanities of the Gentiles that can 
 cause rain? or can the heaveus 
 give showers? art not thou he, 
 
 Lord our God? therefore we 
 Avill wait upon thee : for thou 
 hast made all these thinf^s. 
 
 ' CHAPTER XV. 
 
 1 TJie utter rejection and mardfold 
 jwlgments of the Jews. 10 jere- 
 miah, complaining of their s^ite, 
 receiveth a promise for himselj, 12 
 and a threatening for them. 15 
 He prayeth, 19 and receiveth a gra- 
 cious pj'omise. 
 
 THEN said the Lord imto 
 me, Though Moses and 
 Samuel stood before me, j/et 
 my mind could not be toward 
 this people : cast them out of 
 my sight, and let them go 
 forth. 
 
 2 And it shall come to pass, 
 if they say unto thee. Whither 
 shall we go forth? then thou I 
 shalt tell them, Thus saith the 
 Lord; Such as are for death, | 
 to death ; and such as ar^ for 
 the sword, to the sword; and 
 such as are for the famine, to 
 the famine ; and such as are for 
 the captivity, to the captivity. 
 
 3 And I will ai)point over them 
 four lands, saith the Lord : the 
 sword to slay, and the dogs to 
 tear, and the fowls of the heaven, 
 and the beasts of the earth, to 
 devour and destroy. 
 
 4 And I will cause them to 
 be removed mto all kingdoms 
 of the earth, because of Ma- 
 nasseh the son of Hezeldah 
 king of Judah, for that which 
 he did in Jerusalem. 
 
 5 For who shall have pity up. 
 on thee, O Jerusalem? or who 
 shall bemoan thee ? or who shall 
 go aside to ask how thou doest ? 
 
 6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith 
 the Lord, thou art gone back- 
 ward; therefore will 1 stretch 
 
judgments of Hie Jews. 
 
 out my hand against thee, and 
 destroy thee ; I am weaiy with 
 repenting. 
 
 7 And I will fan them with a 
 fan in the gates of the land ; I 
 will bereave them of children, 
 I will destroy my people, siJice 
 tliey retnni not from their wa^'s. 
 
 8 Thek widows are increased 
 to me above the sand of the 
 seas : I have brought upon them 
 against the mother of the yomig 
 men a spoiler at noonday : I 
 have caused him to fall upon it 
 suddenly, and terrors upon the 
 citJ^ 
 
 9 She that hath borne seven 
 languisheth : she hath given up 
 the ghost ; her sun is gone down 
 w^hile it was yet day : she hath 
 been ashamed and confounded : 
 and the residue of them will I 
 deliver to the sword before theii- 
 enemies, saith the Loed. 
 
 10 ^ Woe is me, my mother, 
 that thou hast borne me a man 
 of stiife and a man of contention 
 to the whole earth ! I have nei- 
 ther lent on usury, nor men have 
 lent to me on usury ; i/et every 
 one of them doth curse me. 
 
 11 The Lord said, Verily it 
 shall be vrell mth thy remnant ; 
 verily I -will cause the enemy to 
 entreat thee icell in the time of 
 e^-il and in the time of affliction. 
 
 12 Shall ii'on break the north- 
 ern iron and the steel ? 
 
 13 Thy substance and thy trea- 
 sures will I give to the spoil 
 without price, and that for all 
 thy sins, even in all thy borders. 
 
 14 x\nd I -^ill make thee to pass 
 \di\\ thine enemies into a land 
 which thou Imowest not : for a 
 lire is kindled in mine anger, 
 which shall biun upon you. 
 
 15 H O LoED, thou knowest: 
 remember me, and visit me, 
 and revenge me of my perse- 
 cutors ; take me not away in thy 
 longsuffering : know that for thy 
 sake I have suffered rebuke. 
 
 16 Thy words were found, and 
 I did eat them; and thy word 
 was xmto me the joy and re- 
 joicing of mine heart : for I am 
 
 JEEEMIAH, XVI. 
 
 A gracious promise. 
 
 called by thy name, O Loed 
 God of hosts. 
 
 17 I sat not in the assembly 
 of the mockers, nor rejoiced ; I 
 sat alone because of thy hand : 
 for thou hast filled me with in- 
 dignation. 
 
 18 W^hy is my pain perpetual, 
 and my wound mcurable, which 
 refuse th to be healed? wilt thou 
 be altogether unto me as a liar, 
 and as waters that fail ? 
 
 19 IF Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord, If thou return, then will 
 I bring thee agaui, and thou 
 shalt stand before me : and if 
 thou take forth the precious 
 from the vile, thou shalt be 
 as my mouth : let them return 
 unto thee ; but retmii not thou 
 unto them. 
 
 20 And I will make thee un- 
 to this people a fenced brasen 
 wall: and they shall fight a- 
 gainst thee, but they shall not 
 prevail against thee : for I am 
 with thee to save thee and to 
 deliver thee, saith 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. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 1 Hie prophet, under the types of 
 ahstaining from marriage, from 
 houses of moirrning and feasting, 
 foresheiceth the fitter ruin of the 
 Jens, 10 because they tvere icm'se 
 than their fathers. 14 Their return 
 from captivity shall he stranger 
 than their deliverance out of Egypt. 
 16 God will doubly recompense their 
 idolatry. 
 
 THE word of the Lord came 
 also unto me, saying, 
 
 2 Thou shalt not take thee a 
 wife, neither shalt thou have 
 sons or daughters in this place. 
 
 3 For thus saith the Lord con- 
 cerning the sons and concerning 
 the daughters that are bom in 
 this place, and concerning their 
 mothers that bare them, and 
 concerning their fathers that 
 begat them in this land ; 
 
 4 They shall die of grievous 
 deaths; they shall not be la- 
 mented; neither shall they be 
 
TJie utter ruin of 
 
 buried; but they shall be as 
 dung upon the face of the earth : 
 and they shall be consumed by 
 the sword, and by famine ; and 
 their carcases shall be meat for 
 the fowls of heaven, and for the 
 beasts of the earth. 
 
 5 For thus saith the Lord, 
 Enter not into the house of 
 mouraing, neither go to lament 
 nor bemcan them: for I have 
 taken away my peace from this 
 people, saith the Lord, even 
 lovingldndness and mercies. 
 
 6 Both the great and the small 
 shall die in tliis land : they shall 
 not be bulled, neither shall men 
 lament for them, nor cut them- 
 selves, nor make themselves bald 
 for them : 
 
 7 Neither shall men tear the?n- 
 selves for them in mourning, 
 to comfort them for the dead; 
 neither shall men give them the 
 cup of consolation to drink for 
 their father or for their mother. 
 
 8 Thou shalt not also go in- 
 to the house of feasting, to sit 
 with them to eat and to drink. 
 
 9 For thus s^ith tlie Lord of 
 hosts, the God of Israel; Be- 
 hold, I will cause to- cease out 
 of this place m yom- eyes, and 
 in your days, the voice of miith, 
 and the voice of gladness, the 
 voice of the bridegroom, and 
 the voice of the bride. 
 
 10 ^ And it shall come to pass, 
 when thou shalt shew this peo- 
 ple all these words, and they 
 shall say mito thee. Wherefore 
 hath the Lord pronoimced all 
 this great evil against us? or 
 what is our iniquity ? or what is 
 our sin that we have committed 
 agamst the Lord our God? 
 
 11 Then shalt thou say imto 
 them, Because your fathers 
 have forsaken me, saith the 
 Lord, and have walked af- 
 ter other gods, and have serv- 
 ed them, and have worshipped 
 them, and have forsaken me, 
 and have not kept my law ; 
 
 12 And ye have done worse 
 than your fathers ; for, behold, 
 ye walk every one after the ima- 
 
 JEPtEMI AH, XVI. the Jews foreshetm. 
 
 gination of his evil heart, that 
 they may not hearken unto me : 
 
 13 Therefore will I cast you 
 out of this land into a land 
 that ye know not, neither ye 
 nor your fathers; and there 
 shall ye serve other gods day 
 and night; where I will not 
 shew you favour. 
 
 14 1[ Therefore, behold, the 
 days come, saith the Lord, that 
 it shall no more be said. The 
 Lord liveth, that brouglit up 
 the children of Israel out of the 
 land of Egypt ; 
 
 15 But, The Lord liveth, that 
 brought up tlie cliildren of Is- 
 rael from the land of the north, 
 and from all the lands whither 
 he had driven them : and 1 will 
 bring them again into their land 
 that I gave unto their fathers. 
 
 16 H Behold, I will send for 
 many fishers, saith the Lord, 
 aud they shall fish them; and 
 after will I send for many hunt- 
 ers, and they shall himt them 
 from eveiy mountain, and from 
 every hill, and out of the holes 
 of the rocks. 
 
 17 For mine eyes are upon all j 
 their ways; they are not hid 
 from my face, neither is their 
 iniquity hid from mine eyes. 
 
 18 And first I will recompense ' 
 their iniquity and their sm dou- 
 ble; because they have defiled 
 my land, they have filled mine 
 inheritance with tlie carcases of 
 their detestable and abomiuable 
 things. 
 
 19 O Lord, my strength, and 
 my fortress, and my refuge in 
 the day of afiliction, the Gen- 
 tiles shall come unto thee from 
 the ends of the earth, and shall 
 say. Surely our fathers have in- 
 herited hes, vanity, and things 
 wherein there is no profit. 
 
 20 Shall a man make gods unto 
 liimself, and they are no gods ? 
 
 21 Therefore, behold, I will 
 this once cause them to know, 
 I will cause them to laiow mine 
 hand and my might; and they 
 shall know that my name is 
 The Lord. 
 
JitdaJi*s captivity. JEREMIAH, XVII. The salvation of God. 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 1 The captivity of Jmlah. for her sin. 
 5 Trust in man is cursed, 7 in God 
 is blessed. Q Tlie deceitful heart 
 cannot deceive God. 12 TJie sal- 
 vation of God. 15 The prophet 
 complaineth of the mockers of his 
 prophecy. 19 He is sent to ren£iv the 
 covenant in halloicing the sabbath. 
 
 THE sin of Judah is written 
 with a pen of iron, and with 
 the point of a diamond : it is 
 graven upon the table of then- 
 heart, and upon the horns of 
 your altars ; 
 
 2 Whilst their (Mdren remem- 
 ber their altars and their groves 
 by the green trees upon the high 
 hills. 
 
 3 O my mountain in the field, 
 I will give thy substance and 
 all thy treasiu'es to the spoil, 
 and thy high places for sin, 
 throughout all thy borders. 
 
 4 And thou, even thyself, shalt 
 discontinue from thine heritage 
 that I gave thee; and I will 
 cause thee to serve thine enemies 
 in the land which thou loiowest 
 not : for j''e have kindled a fire 
 in mine anger, which shall bui'n 
 for ever. 
 
 5 H Thus saith the Lord ; Cursed 
 be the man that trusteth in man, 
 and maketh flesh his arm, and 
 whose heart departeth from the 
 Lord. 
 
 6 For he shall be like the heath 
 in the desert, and shall not see 
 when good cometh; but shall 
 inhabit the parched places in 
 the wilderness, in a salt land 
 and not inhabited. 
 
 7 Blessed is the man that tnist- 
 eth in the Lord, and whose hope 
 the Lord is. 
 
 8 For he shall be as a tree 
 planted by the waters, and that 
 spreadeth out her roots by the 
 river, and shall not see when 
 heat cometh, but her leaf shall 
 be green ; and shall not be care- 
 ful in the year of drought, nei- 
 ther shall cease from yielding 
 fruit. 
 
 9 II The heart is deceitful a- 
 bove all things, and desperately 
 wicked : who can laiow it ? 
 
 10 I the Lord search the heart, 
 / try the reins, even to give 
 every man according to his ways, 
 and according to the fruit of his 
 doings. 
 
 11 As the partridge sitteth on 
 eggs, and hatcheth them not; 
 so he th£it getteth riches, and 
 not by right, shall leave them 
 in the midst of his days, and 
 at his end shall be a fool. 
 
 12 1[ A glorious high throne 
 from the beginning is the place 
 of our sanctuary. 
 
 13 O Lord, the hope of Is- 
 rael, all that forsake thee shall 
 be ashamed, and they that de- 
 part from me shall be T\Titten 
 in the earth, because they have 
 forsaken the Lord, the fountain 
 of living waters, 
 
 14 Heal me, O Lord, and I 
 shall be healed; save me, and 
 I shall be saved: for thou art 
 my praise. 
 
 15 ^ Behold, they say unto me. 
 Where is the word of the Lord ? 
 let it come now. 
 
 16 As for me, I have not 
 hastened from being a pastor 
 to follow thee : neither have I 
 desired the woeful day; thou 
 knowest : that which came out 
 of my lips was right before thee. 
 
 17 Be not a terror unto me: 
 thou ai't my hope in the day 
 of evU. 
 
 18 Let them be confounded 
 that persecute me, but let not 
 me be confounded : let them be 
 dismayed, but let not me be 
 dismayed : bring upon them the 
 day of evil, and destroy them 
 with double destruction. 
 
 19 H Thus said the Lord unto 
 me; Go and stand in the gate 
 of the children of the people, 
 whereby the kings of Judah 
 come ui, and by the which they 
 go out, and in all the gates of 
 Jerusalem ; 
 
 20 And say unto them. Hear ye 
 the word of the Lord, ye kings 
 of Judah, and all Judah, and 
 all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 
 that enter in by these gates : 
 
 21 Thus saith the Lord ; Take 
 
GocCs i^oim- over JEREMIAH, XVIII. nations tyinfii'd. 
 
 2 Ariso, and go down to tlio 
 
 heed to yourselves, and bear no 
 l)urden on the sabbath day, nor 
 bring it in by the gates of Je- 
 nisalem ; 
 
 22 Neither carry forth a bur- 
 den out i>f your houses on the 
 sabbath day, neither do ye any 
 work, but hallow ye the sabbath 
 day, as I commanded your fa- 
 thers. 
 
 23 But they obeyed not, neither 
 inclined their ear, but made their 
 neck stilf, that they might not 
 hear, nor receive instmction. 
 
 24 And it sliall come to pass, 
 if ye diligently hearken unto 
 me', saith the Lord, to bring 
 
 potter's house, and there I will 
 cause thee to hear my words. 
 
 3 Then I went down to tlie 
 potter's house, and, behold, he 
 wrought a work on the wheels. 
 
 4 And the vessel that he made 
 of clay was marred in the hand 
 of the potter: so he made it 
 again another vessel, as seemed 
 good to the potter to malce it. 
 
 o Then the word of the Loiid 
 
 came to me, saying, 
 i 6 O house of Israel, cannot I 
 I do with you as this potter? saith 
 j the liOiu). Behold, as the clay 
 
 is in the potter's hand, so are ye 
 
 in no burden through the gates i in mine hand, () house of Israel. 
 
 of this city on the sabbath day,, 
 but hallow tlie sabbath day, to 
 do no work therein ; 
 
 25 Then shall there enter into 
 the gates of this city kings and 
 pnnces sitting upon the throne 
 of David, liding in chariots and 
 oiv hoi-ses, they, and their prin- 
 ces, the men of Judah, and the 
 inhabitants of Jerusalem : and 
 this city shall remain for ever. 
 
 2() AihI they shall come from 
 tlie cities of Judah, and from 
 the places about Jerusalem, and 
 
 1 At what instant I shall speak 
 concerning a nation, and con- 
 cerning a kingdom, to pluck up, 
 and to pull do^vn, and to de- 
 stroy it ; 
 
 8 If that nation, aeainst whom 
 I have pronounced, turn from 
 their evil, I will repent of the 
 evil that I thought to do imto 
 them. 
 
 9 And at what instant I shall 
 speak concerning a nation, and 
 conceniing a kingdom, to build 
 and to jilant it ; 
 
 from the land of Benjamin, and j 10 If it do evil in my sight, 
 irom the plain, and from the that it obey not my voice, then 
 
 moimtains, and from the south 
 bringing burnt offerings, and 
 sacrifices, and meat^ otterings, 
 and incense, and bringing sa- 
 crifices of praise, unto the house 
 of the Lord. 
 
 27 But if ye will not hearken 
 imto me to hallow the sabbath 
 day, and not to bear a burden, 
 even entermg in at the gates of 
 Jerusalem on the sabbath day ; 
 then v>411 1 Irindle a fire in the 
 gates thereof, and it shall de- 
 vour the i)alaces of Jenisalem, 
 and it shall not be quenched. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 1 Under the tiipe of a potter is shewed 
 God's fxbsoliite power in disposing 
 of nafi&m. 11 Jiulgmenfs threat- 
 ened to Judah for her strange re- 
 volt. 18 Jeremiah p^- ay etli against 
 his conspirators. 
 
 THE word which came to Jere- 
 miah from, the Lobd, saying, 
 
 I will repent of the good, where- 
 with I said I would benefit them. 
 
 11 IF Now therefore go to, speak 
 to the men of Judah, and to the 
 inhabitants of Jerusalem, say- 
 mg, Thus saith the Lord; Be- 
 hold, I frame evil against you, 
 and devise a device against you : 
 return ye now every one from 
 his evil way, and make your 
 ways and yom' doings good. 
 
 12 And they said. There is no 
 hope: but we will walk after 
 our own devices, and we Arill 
 every one do the imagination 
 of his evil heart. 
 
 13 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord; Ask ye now among the 
 heathen, who hath heard such 
 things : the virgin of Israel hath 
 done a veiy horrible thing. 
 
 14 Will « man leave the snow 
 of Lebanon which cometh from 
 
A cGnspiracy 
 
 JEREMIAH, XIX. 
 
 against Jeremiah. 
 
 the rock of the field ? or shall the 
 cold flowing waters that come 
 from another place be forsaken ? 
 
 15 Because my people hath 
 forgotten me, they have bm-n- 
 ed incense to vanity, and they 
 have caused them to stunable 
 in their waj^s from the ancient 
 paths, to walk in paths, in a 
 way not cast np ; 
 
 16 To make their land desolate, 
 and a perpetual hissing ; every 
 one that passeth thereby shall 
 be astonished, and wag his head. 
 
 17 I will scatter them as with 
 an east wind before the enemy ; 
 I will shew them the back, and 
 not the face, in the day of their 
 calamity. 
 
 18 IF Then said they, Come, 
 and let iis devise devices against 
 Jeremiah ; for the law shall not 
 perish from the priest, nor comi- 
 sel from the wise, nor the word 
 from the prophet. Come, and let 
 us smite him with the tongue, 
 and let ns not give heed to any 
 of his words. 
 
 19 Give heed to me, O Lord, 
 and hearken to the voice of 
 them that contend with me. 
 
 20 Shall evil be recompensed 
 for good? for they have digged 
 a pit for my sonl. Remember 
 that I stood before thee to speak 
 good for them, and to tm^n a- 
 way thy wrath irom them. 
 
 21 Therefore deliver np then- 
 children to the famine, and pour 
 out their blood by the force of 
 the sword; and let their wives 
 be bereaved of their children, 
 and be widows; and let their 
 men be put to death; let their 
 young men be slain by the 
 sword in battle. 
 
 22^ Let a cry be heard from 
 tiieir houses, when thou shalt 
 l)ring a troop suddenly upon 
 them: for they have digged a 
 l)it to take me, and hid snares 
 for my feet. 
 
 23 Yet, Lord, thou Imowest 
 all their counsel against me to 
 slay 7ne : forgive not their ini- 
 quity, neither blot out their sin 
 from thy sight, but let them be 
 
 overthrown before thee; deal 
 thus vdth them in the time of 
 thine anger. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 Under the type of breaking a potter'' s 
 vessel is foreslieived the desolation 
 of the Jeivsfor their sins. 
 
 THUS saith the Lord, Go 
 and get a potter's earthen 
 bottle, and take of the ancients 
 of the people, and of the an- 
 cients of the priests ; 
 
 2 And go forth unto the valley 
 of the son of Hmnom, which 
 is by the entry of the east gate, 
 and proclaim there the words 
 that I shall tell thee, 
 
 3 And say, Hear ye the word 
 of the Lord, O kings of Judah, 
 and inhabitants of Jerusalem; 
 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
 the God of Israel; Behold, I 
 will bring evil upon this place, 
 the which whosoever heareth, 
 his ears shall tingle. 
 
 4 Because they have forsaken 
 me, and have estranged this 
 place, and have burned incense 
 in it unto other gods, whom 
 neither they nor their fathers 
 have known, nor the kings of 
 Judah, and have filled this place 
 with the blood of innocents ; 
 
 5 They have built also the high 
 places of Baal, to bum their 
 sons with Rrefor burnt offerings 
 unto Baal, which I commanded 
 not, nor spake it, neither came 
 it into my mind : 
 
 6 Therefore, behold, the days 
 come, saith the Lord, that this 
 place shall no more be called 
 Tophet, nor The valley of the 
 son of Hinnom, but The valley 
 of slaughter. 
 
 7 And I will make void the 
 counsel of Judah and Jerusa- 
 lem in this place; and I will 
 cause them to fall by the sword 
 before their enemies, and by 
 the hands of them that seek 
 their lives: and their carcases 
 will I give to be^meat for the 
 fowls of the heaven, and for the 
 beasts of the earth. 
 
 8 And I will make this city 
 desolate, and an liissing ; every 
 
PasJiur's mw name, 
 
 one that passetli thereby shall 
 be astonished and hiss because 
 of all the plagues thereof. 
 
 9 And I will cause them to eat 
 the flesh of their sons and the 
 flesh of their daughters, and 
 they shall eat every one the 
 flesh of his friend in the siege 
 and straitness, vrherewith their 
 enemies, and they that seek 
 their lives, shall straiten them. 
 
 10 Then shalt thou break the 
 bottle in the sight of the men 
 that go with thee, 
 
 11 And shalt say unto them, 
 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 
 Even so will I break this people 
 and this city, as one breaketh a 
 potter's vessel, that cannot be 
 made whole again: and they 
 shall bury them in Tophet, till 
 there he no place to bui*v. 
 
 12 Thus will I do unto this 
 place, saith the Lord, and to 
 the inhabitants thereof, and even 
 make this city as Tophet : 
 
 13 And the houses of Jerusa- 
 lem, and the houses of the 
 kings of Judah, shall be defiled 
 as the place of Tophet, because 
 of all the houses upon whose 
 roofs they have burned incense 
 unto all the host of heaven, and 
 have poured out diink ofierings 
 unto other gods. 
 
 14 Then came Jeremiah from 
 Tophet, wliither the Lord had 
 sent him to prophesy; and he 
 stood in the court of the Lord's 
 house ; and said to all the people, 
 
 15 Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts, the God of Israel; Be- 
 hold, I will bring upon this city 
 and upon all her towns all the 
 evil that I have pronounced 
 against it, because they have 
 hardened their necks, that they 
 might not hear my words. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 1 Pashur, smiting Jeremiah, receiv- 
 eth a new name, and a fearful 
 doom,. 7 Jeremiah complaineth of 
 contempt, 10 /)/ treachery, li and 
 of his birth. 
 
 "VrOW Pashur the son of Im- 
 i-N mer the priest, who was 
 also chief governor in the house 
 
 JEREMIAH, XX. mid fearful doom. 
 
 of the Lord, heard that Jere- 
 miah prophesied these things. 
 
 2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah 
 the prophet, and put him in the 
 stocks that tvere in the high gate 
 of Benjamin, which was by the 
 house of the Lord. 
 
 3 And it came to pass on the 
 morrow, that Pashur brought 
 forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. 
 Then said Jeremiah unto him, 
 The Lord hath not called thy 
 name Pashur, but Magor-miF- 
 sabib. 
 
 4 For thus saith the Lord, 
 Behold, I will make thee a ter- 
 ror to thyself, and to all thy 
 friends : and they shall fall by 
 the sword of their enemies, and 
 thine eyes shall behold it: and 
 I will give all Judah into the 
 hand of the king of Babylon, 
 and he shall carry them cap- 
 tive into Babylon, and shall 
 slay them with the sword. 
 
 5 Moreover I will deliver all 
 the strength of this city, and all 
 the labours thereof, and all the 
 precious things thereof, and all 
 the treasures of the kings of Ju- 
 dah will I give into the hand 
 of their enemies, which shall 
 spoil them, and take them, and 
 carry them to Babylon. 
 
 6 And thou, Pashur, and all 
 that dwell in thine house shall 
 go into captivity : and thou shalt 
 come to Babylon, and there thou 
 shalt die, and shalt be buried 
 there, thou, and all thy friends, 
 to whom thou hast prophesied 
 lies. 
 
 7 11 O Lord, thou hast deceived 
 me, and I w^as deceived : thou 
 art stronger than I, and hast 
 prevailed : I am in derision dailj^ 
 every one mocketh me. 
 
 8 For since I spake, I cried 
 out, I cried violence and spoil ; 
 because the word of the Lord 
 was made a reproach unto me, 
 and a derision, daily. 
 
 9 Then I said, I will not make 
 mention of him, nor speak any 
 more in his name. But his word 
 was in mine heart as a burning 
 fire shut up in mj bones, and 
 
Jerevdiah's complaint. JEREMIAH, XXI. 
 
 I was weaiy with forbearing, 
 and I coTild not sta?/. 
 
 10 ^. For I heard the defam- 
 ing of many, fear on everj^ side. 
 Report, saj/ tliey, and we will 
 report it. AU my famihai's 
 watched for my halting, say- 
 ing, Perad venture he will be 
 enticed, and we shall prevail 
 against him, and we shall take 
 onr revenge on him. 
 
 11 But the Lord is with me as 
 a mighty terrible one : therefore 
 my persecutors shall stumble, 
 and the3^ shall not prevail : they 
 shall be greatly ashamed; for 
 they shall not prosper: their 
 everlasting confusion shall ne- 
 ver be forgotten. 
 
 12 But, O LoKD of hosts, that 
 triest the righteous, and seest 
 the rems and the heart, let me 
 see thy vengeance on them : for 
 unto thee have I opened my 
 cause. 
 
 13 Sing unto the Lord, praise 
 ye the Lord : for he hath deh- 
 vered the soul of the poor fi'om 
 the hand of evildoers. 
 
 14 *[ Cm^sed l)e the day where- 
 in I was born : let not the day 
 wherein my mother bare me be 
 blessed. 
 
 15 Cursed &g the man who 
 brought tidings to my father, 
 saying, A man child is bom mi- 
 to thee ; making him very glad. 
 
 16 And let that man be as the 
 cities winch the Lord over- 
 threw, and repented not: and 
 let him hear the cry in the 
 mornmg, and the shouting at 
 noontide ; 
 
 17 Because he slew me not 
 from the womb; or that mj^ 
 mother might have been my 
 grave, and her womb to he al- 
 ways great icith me. 
 
 18 Wherefore came I forth out 
 of the womb to see labour and 
 sorrow, that my days should be 
 consumed with shame ? 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 
 1 ZedeJiiah sendeth to Jeremiah to 
 enquire the event of Nebuclmdrez- 
 zar's war. 3 Jeremiah foretelleth 
 a hard siege and miserable capii- 
 
 A hard siege fo)'etoM. 
 
 vity. 8 He counselleth the people 
 to fall to the Chaldeans, 11 and 
 upbraideth the king's house. 
 
 THE word which came unto 
 Jeremiah from the Lord, 
 when king Zedekiah sent unto 
 him Pasluu the son of Mel- 
 chiah, and Zephaniah the son 
 of Maaseiah the priest, saj'ing, 
 
 2 Enquire, I pray thee, of the 
 Lord for us; for Nebuchad- 
 rezzar long of Babylon maketh 
 war against us ; if so be that the 
 Lord will deal with us accord- 
 ing to all Ills wondrous works, 
 that he may go up from us. 
 
 3 H Then said Jeremiah unto 
 them. Thus shall j-e say to Ze- 
 dekiah : 
 
 4 Thus saith the Lord God 
 of Israel; Behold, I will turn 
 back the weapons of war that 
 are in. your hands, wherewith ye 
 fight against the Idng of Baby- 
 lon, and aqainst the Chaldeans, 
 which besiege you without the 
 walls, and I will assemble them 
 into the midst of this city. 
 
 5 And I myself will fight a- 
 gainst you with an outstretched 
 hand and with a strong arm, 
 even in anger, and in fury, and 
 in great wi^ath. 
 
 6 And I ^ill smite the inha- 
 bitants of this city, both man 
 and beast: they shaU die of a 
 great pestilence. 
 
 7 And afterward, saith the 
 Lord, I will dehver Zedekiah 
 king of Judah, and his servants, 
 and the people, and such as are 
 left in this city from the pesti- 
 lence, from the sword, and from 
 the famine, mto the hand of 
 Nebuchadrezzar king of Baby- 
 lon, and into the hand of their 
 enemies, and into the hand of 
 those that seek their Hfe: and 
 he shall smite them ^\\til the 
 edge of the sword ; he shall not 
 spare them, neither have pity, 
 nor have mercy. 
 
 8 ^ And imto this people thou 
 shalt say. Thus saith the Lord ; 
 Behold, I set before you the way 
 of life, and the way of death. 
 
 9 He that abideth in this city 
 
The Icing's home JEREMIAH, XXII. 
 
 shall die by the sword, and by 
 the famine, and by the pesti- 
 lence : but he that poeth out, 
 and falleth to the Chaldeans 
 that besiege you, he shall live, 
 and his life shall be unto him 
 lor a prey. 
 
 10 For I have set my face a^ 
 gainst tliis city fer evil, and not 
 for good, saith the Lord: it 
 shall be given into the hand of 
 the king of Babylon, and he 
 shall bum it mth fire. 
 
 11 If And touching the house 
 of the king of Judah, say. Hear 
 ye the word of the IjORd ; 
 
 12 O house of David, thus 
 saith the Lord; Execute jud; 
 
 exhorted to rqwut. ' 
 the fatherless^ nor the widow, 
 neither shed mnoc^nt blood in 
 this place. 
 
 4 For if ye do this thing in- 
 deed, then shall there enter in 
 by the gates of this house longs 
 sitting upon the throne of Da- 
 vid, riding in chariots and on 
 horses, he, and his servants, and 
 his people. 
 
 5 But if ye will not hear these 
 words, I swear by myself, saitli 
 the Lord, that this house shall 
 become a desolation. 
 
 6 For thus saith the Lord unto 
 the king's house of Judah ; Thou 
 aH Gilead unto me, and the head 
 of Lebanon : yet surely I will 
 
 ment in the morning, and deli- 1 make thee a wilderness, and 
 ver him thai u spoiled out of the j cities which are not inhabited, 
 liand of the oppressor, lest my I 7 And I -will prepare destroy- 
 fury go out like fire, and bum ' ers against thee, every one with 
 that none can quench it, because I his weapons : and they shall cut 
 
 of the e\-il of your doings. 
 13 Behold, 1 am against thee, 
 O inhabitant of the valley, and j 
 
 do^\ni thy choice cedars, and cast 
 th'm into the fire. * 
 8 And many nations shall pass 
 
 rock of the plain, saith the \ by tliis cit>% and they shall say. 
 Lord; which say. Who shall j every man to his neighbour^ 
 come down against us ? or who I Wherefore hath the Lord don( 
 shall enter into our habitations? | thus mito this great city? 
 
 14 But I \\\i\ punish you ac- | 9 Then they siiall answer, Be 
 cording to the fruit of your do- ; cause they have forsaken thej 
 ings, saith the Lord : and I will : covenant of the Lord their God 
 kindle a fire in the forest there- : and worshipped other gods, and 
 of, and it shall devour all things , served them. 
 round about it. 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 1 He exhorteth to 7'epcnfanre, tvi'h 
 
 promises ami threats. 10 Tliejudg- 
 
 merit of Shallum, 13 of JehoiaJcim, 
 
 20 and of Coniali. 
 
 THUS saith the Lord; Go 
 down to the house of the 
 king of Judah, and speak there 
 this word, 
 
 2 And say. Hear the word of 
 the Lord, O king of Judah, 
 that sittest upon the throne of 
 David, thou, and thy ser^^ants, 
 and thy people that enter in by 
 these gates : 
 
 3 Thus saith the Lord;^ Ex- 
 ecute ye judgment and righte- 
 ousness, and deliver the spoil- 
 ed out of the hand of the op- 
 pressor: and do no wrong, do 
 no violence to the stranger, 
 
 10 % Weep ye not for the dead, 
 neither bemoan liim : hut vvxep 
 sore for liim that goeth away: 
 for he shall return no more, nor 
 see his native country. 
 
 11 For thus saith the Lord 
 toucliing Shallum the son of Jo- 
 siah king of Judah, wliich reign- 
 ed instead of Josiah his father, 
 which went forth out of this 
 place ; He shall not return thi- 
 ther any more : 
 
 12 But he shall die in the place 
 whither they have led him cap- 
 tive, and shall see this land no 
 more. 
 
 13 If Woe unto him that build- 
 eth his house by unrighteous- 
 ness, and his chambers by wi'ong; 
 that useth his neighbour's ser- 
 vice without wages, and giveth 
 him not for his work ; 
 
The judifment JEKEMIAH, XXIII. 
 
 14 Tliat saith, I will build me 
 a wide_ house and large cham- 
 bers, and cutteth him out win- 
 dows; and it is cieled with ce- 
 dar, and painted with vermilion. 
 
 15 Shalt thou reign, because 
 thou closest thyself in cedar? 
 did not thy father eat and diink, 
 and do judgment and justice, 
 and then it was well with him? 
 
 16 He judged the cause of the 
 poor and needy; then it was 
 well with him : was not this to 
 know me ? saith the Loed. 
 
 17 But thine eyes and tliine 
 heart are not but for thy covet- 
 ousness, and for to shed inno- 
 cent blood, and for oppression, 
 and for violence, to do it. 
 
 18 Therefore thus saith the 
 Loed concerning Jehoiakim the 
 son of Josiah king of Judah ; 
 They shall not lament for him, 
 saying, Ah my brother ! or. Ah 
 sister ! they shall not lament for 
 him, saying. Ah lord! or. Ah 
 his glorj^ ! 
 
 19 He shall be buried with the 
 burial of an ass, dra^vn and cast 
 forth beyond the gates of Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 20 1[ Go up to Lebanon, and 
 cry; and lift up thy voice in 
 Bashan, and ciy from the pas- 
 sages: for all thy lovers are 
 destroyed. 
 
 21 I spake unto thee in thy 
 prosperity; hut thou saidst, I 
 will not hear. This hath been 
 thy manner from thy youth, 
 that thou obeyedst not my 
 voice. 
 
 22 The wind shall eat up all 
 thy pastors, and thy lovers shall 
 go into captivity: surely then 
 shalt thou be ashamed and con- 
 founded for all thy wickedness. 
 
 23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, 
 that makest thy nest in the ce- 
 dars, how gracious shalt thou be 
 when pangs come upon thee, the 
 pain as of a woman in travail ! 
 
 24 As I live, saith the Loed, 
 though Coniah the son of Je- 
 hoialdm Idng of Judah were the 
 signet upon my right hand, yet 
 would I pluck thee thence ; 
 
 of JehoiaJdm, «|'t'. 
 
 25 And I will give thee into 
 the hand of them that seek thy 
 life, and into the hand of them 
 whose face thou fearest, even 
 into the hand of Nebuchadrez- 
 zar king of Babylon, and into 
 the hand of the Chaldeans. 
 
 26 And I will cast thee out, and 
 thy mother that bare thee, into 
 another country, where ye were 
 not born; and there shall ye die. 
 
 27 But to the land w^hereimto 
 they desire to retura, thither 
 shall they not return. 
 
 28 Is this man Coniah a de- 
 spised broken idol? is he a 
 vessel w^herein is no pleasure? 
 wherefore are they cast out, he 
 and his seed, and are cast into 
 a land which they know not ? 
 
 29 O earth, earth, earth, hear 
 the woid of the Loed. 
 
 30 Thus saith the Loed, Write 
 ye this man childless, a man 
 that shall not prosper in his 
 days : for no man of his seed 
 shall prosper, sitting upon the 
 throne of David, and ruling any 
 more in Judah. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 
 1 He prophesieth a resioration of the 
 scattered floch. 5 CJn'ist shalt rjde 
 mid save them. 9 Against fahe 
 projyhets, 33 and mockers of the 
 true prophets. 
 
 WOE be unto the pastors 
 that destroy and scatter 
 the sheep of my pasture i saith 
 the Loed. 
 
 2 Therefore thus saith the 
 Loed God of Israel against the 
 pastors that feed my people ; Ye 
 have scattered my flock, and 
 driven them away, and have not 
 visited them : behold, I will visit 
 upon you the evil of your do- 
 ings, saith the Loed. 
 
 3 And I will gather the rem- 
 nant of my flock out of all 
 countries whither I have driv- 
 en them, and will bring them 
 again to their folds; and they 
 shall be fruitful and increase. 
 
 4 And I will set up shepherds 
 over them wliich shall feed 
 them: and they shall fear no 
 more, nor be dismayed, neither 
 
Clirist is pjmiised. JEREMIAH, XXIII. 
 
 Against falsi 
 
 shall tliey be lacking, saith the 
 Lord. 
 
 5 IF Behold, the days come, 
 saith the Lord, that I will raise 
 unto David a righteous Branch, 
 and a King shall reign and pros- 
 per, and shall execute judgment 
 and justice in the earth. 
 
 6 In his days Judah shall be 
 saved, and Israel shall dwell 
 safely : and this is his name 
 whereby he shall be called, 
 THE LORD OUR RIGHT- 
 EOUSNESS. 
 
 7 Therefore, behold, the days 
 come, saith the Lord, that they 
 shall no more say, The Lord 
 liveth, which brought up the 
 children of Israel out of the 
 land of Egypt ; 
 
 8 But, The Lord liveth, which 
 brought up and which led the 
 seed of the house of Israel out of 
 the noith comitry, and from all 
 countries whither I had driven 
 them; and they shall dwell in 
 their own land. 
 
 9 IF Mine heart within me is 
 broken because of the r'rophets ; 
 all my bones shake ; I am like 
 a drunken man. and Hke a man 
 whom ^vine hath overcome, be- 
 cause of the Lord, and because 
 of the words of his holiness. 
 
 10 For the land is full of adul- 
 terei-s; for because of swearing 
 the land moumeth; the plea- 
 sant places of the wilderness are 
 dried up, and their course is evil, 
 and their force is not right. 
 
 11 For both prophet and priest 
 are profane; yea, in my house 
 have I foimd their wickedness, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 12 Wherefore their way shall 
 be mito them as slippery ways 
 in the darkness: they shall be 
 driven on, and fall therein : for 
 I will biing evil upon them, 
 even the year of their visita- 
 tion, saith the Lord. 
 
 13 And I have seen folly in 
 the prophets of Samaria ; they 
 prophesied in Baal, and caused 
 my people Israel to err. 
 
 14 I have seen also in the pro- 
 phets of Jerusalem an horrible 
 
 thmg: they commit adultery, 
 and walk in lies : they strengtli- 
 en also the hands of evildoers, 
 that none doth return from his 
 wickedness: they are all of 
 them unto me as Sodom, and 
 the inhabitants thereof as Go- 
 morrah. 
 
 15 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord of hosts concerning the 
 prophets; Behold, I will feed 
 them mth wormwood, and 
 make them drink the water of 
 gall : for from the prophets of 
 Jerusalem is prolan eness gone 
 forth into all the land. 
 
 16 Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts, Hearken not unto the 
 words of the prophets that 
 prophesy unto you : they make 
 you vain : they speak a vision 
 of their own heart, and not out 
 of the mouth of the Lord. 
 
 17 They say still unto them 
 that despise me. The Lord hath 
 said. Ye shall have peace ; and 
 they say mito every one that 
 walketh after the imagination 
 of his own heart, No evil shall 
 come upon you. ( 
 
 18 For who hath stood in the It 
 counsel of the Lord, and hath ' \ 
 perceived and heard his word? 
 who hath marked liis word, and 
 heard it''^ 
 
 19 Behold, a whirlwind of the 
 Lord is gone forth in fury, e^ en 
 a grievous whulwind: it shall 
 fall grievously upon the head of 
 the wicked. 
 
 20 The anger of the Lord shall 
 not retmii, until he have exe- 
 cuted, and till he have perform- 
 ed the thoughts of his heart: 
 in the latter days ye shall con- 
 sider it perfectly. 
 
 21 I have not sent these pro- 
 phets, yet they ran : I have not 
 spoken to them, yet they pro- 
 phesied. 
 
 22 But if they had stood in my 
 coimsel, and had caused my peo- 
 ple to hear my words, then they 
 should have turned them from 
 their evil way% and from the 
 evil of their doings. 
 
 23 ^m I a God at hand, saith | j 
 
propMs, andfhockers JEEEMIAH, XXIV. of true prophets. 
 
 the Lord, and not a God afar 
 off? 
 
 24 Can any hide himself in se- 
 cret places that I shall not see 
 him ? saith the Lord. Do not I 
 fill heaven and earth? saith the 
 Lord. 
 
 25 I have heard what the pro- 
 phets said, that prophesy lies 
 in my name, saying, I have 
 dreamed, I have dreamed. 
 
 26 How long shall this be in 
 the heart of the prophets that 
 prophesy lies? yea, they are 
 prophets of the deceit of their 
 own heart ; 
 
 27 Which think to cause my 
 people to forget my name by 
 their dreams which they tell 
 eveiy man to his neighbom', 
 as their fathers have forgotten 
 my name for Baal. 
 
 28 The prophet that hath a 
 dieam, let him tell a dream; 
 and he that hath my word, let 
 him speak my word faithfully. 
 What is the chaff to the wheat? 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 29 Is not my word like as a 
 fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a 
 hammer that breaketh the rock 
 in pieces? 
 
 30 Therefore, behold, I am 
 against the prophets, saith the 
 Lord, that steal my words every 
 one from his neighbour. 
 
 31 Behold, I am against the 
 prophets, saith the Lord, that 
 use their tongues, and say, He 
 saith. 
 
 32 Behold, I am agamst them 
 that prophesy false dreams, saith 
 the Lord, and do teU them, and 
 cause my people to err by their 
 lies, and bj^ their lightness ; yet 
 I sent them not, nor command- 
 ed them: therefore they shall 
 not profit this people at aU, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 33 H And when this people, or 
 the prophet, or a priest, shall 
 ask thee, saying. What is the 
 burden of the Lord ? thou shalt 
 then say unto them, What bm- 
 den? I will even forsake you, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 34 And as for the prophet, and 
 
 the priest, and the people, that 
 shall ^&Y, The burden of the 
 Lord, I wiU even punish that 
 man and his house. 
 
 35 Thus shall ye say eveiy one 
 to his neighbouj, and every one 
 to his brother, What hath the 
 Lord answered? and, W^hat 
 hath the Lord spoken? 
 
 36 And the burden of the Lord 
 shall ye mention no more : for 
 every man's word shall be his 
 burden; for ye have perverted 
 the words of the living God, of 
 the Lord of hosts our God. 
 
 37 Thus shalt thou say to the 
 prophet, What hath the Lord 
 answered thee ? and, What hath 
 the Lord spoken ? 
 
 38 But suice ye say. The bm- 
 den of the Lord ; therefore thus 
 saith the Lord ; Because ye say 
 this word, The burden of the 
 Lord, and I have sent unto you, 
 saying. Ye shall not say. The 
 burden of the Lord ; 
 
 39 Therefore, behold, I, even 
 I, will utterly forget you, and I 
 will forsake you, and the city 
 that I gave you and your fa- 
 thers, and cast you out of my 
 presence : 
 
 40 And I will bring an ever- 
 lasting reproach upon you, and 
 a perpetual shame, which shall 
 not be forgotten. 
 
 CHAPTEE XXIV. 
 1 Tinder the type of good and tad figs, 
 i lie foresheweth the restoration of 
 them that ivere in captivity, 8 and 
 the desolation of ZedeMah and the 
 rest. 
 
 THE Lord shewed me, and, 
 behold, two baskets of figs 
 we7'e set before the temple of the 
 Lord, after that Nebuchadrez- 
 zar king of Babylon had carried 
 away captive Jeconiah the son 
 of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and 
 the princes of Judah, with the 
 carpenters and smiths, from Je- 
 iTisalem, and had brought them 
 to Babylon. 
 
 2 One basket had very good 
 
 figs, even like the figs that are 
 
 first ripe ; and the other basket 
 
 had very naughty figs, wliich 
 
 Pp 
 
Type of Jigs, ^c. 
 
 could not be eaten, they were 
 so bad. 
 
 3 Then said the Lord unto 
 me, What seest thou, Jeremiah ? 
 And I said, Figs ; the good figs, 
 very good; and the evil, veiy 
 evil, that cannot be eaten, they 
 are so e^dl. 
 
 4 ^ Again the word of the Lord 
 came unto me, saying, 
 
 5 Thus saith the Lord, the 
 God of Israel ; Like these good 
 figs, so will I acknowledge them 
 
 JEREMIAH, XXV. Bdb^mwh capticitu 
 
 THE word that came to Je- 
 remiah concerning all the 
 people of Judah in the fourtli 
 year of Jehoiakim the son of 
 Josiah king of Judah, that was 
 the first year of Nebuchadrezzar 
 king of Babylon ; 
 
 2 The which Jeremiah the pro- 
 phet spake unto all the people 
 of Judah^ and to all the inha- 
 bitants 01 Jerusalem, saymg, 
 
 3 From the thirteenth year of 
 Josiah the son of Amon king 
 
 that are carried away captive | of Judah, even unto this day, 
 
 of Judah, whom I have sent out 
 of this place into the land of 
 the Chaldeans for their good. 
 
 6 For I will set mine eyes up- 
 on them for good, and I will 
 bring them again to this land : 
 and I will build them, and not 
 pull them dovni ; and I will plant 
 them, and not pluck them up. 
 
 7 And I will give them an 
 heart to know me, that I am 
 the Lord: and they shall be 
 my people, and I will be their 
 God : for they shall return rnito 
 me with their whole heart. 
 
 8 IF And as the evil figs, which 
 cannot be eaten, they are so evil; 
 surely thus saith the IjORD, So 
 will I give Zedekiah the king 
 of Judah, and his princes, and 
 the residue of Jerusalem, that 
 remain in this land, and them 
 that dwell in the land of Egypt: 
 
 9 And I will deliver them to be 
 removed into all the kingdoms 
 of the earth for their hurt, to 
 be a reproach and a proverb, a 
 taunt and a ciu^e, in all places 
 whither I shall drive them. 
 
 10 And I will send the sword, 
 the famine, and the pestilence, 
 among them, till they be con- 
 sumed from off the land that 
 I gave unto them and to their 
 fathers. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 1 Jeremiah reproving the Jews' dis- 
 obedience to the projohets, 8 fore- 
 telUth the seventy years' captivity, 
 12 and after that, the destruction 
 of Babylon. 35 Tinder the type of 
 a cup of wine he foresheweth the 
 destruction of all nations. 34. Tlie 
 howling of the shepherds. 
 
 that is the three and twentieth 
 year, the Avord of the Lord hath 
 come unto me, and I have spo- 
 ken unto you, rising early and 
 speaking ; but ye have not hear- 
 kened. 
 
 4 And the Lord hath sent un- 
 to you all his servants the pro* 
 phets, rising early and sending 
 them ; but ye have not hearken-? 
 ed, nor inclined your ear to hear. 
 
 5 They said. Turn ye again 
 now every one from his evil way, 
 and from the evil of your do- 
 higs, and dwell in the land that 
 the Lord hath given unto you 
 and to your fathers for ever and 
 ever : 
 
 6 And go not after other gods 
 to serve them, and to worehip 
 them, and provoke me not to 
 anger with the works of your 
 hands ; and I will do you no hurt. 
 
 7 Yet ye have not hearkened 
 unto me, saith the Lord; that 
 ye might provoke me to anger 
 with the works of your hands to 
 your own hurt. 
 
 8 IF Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord of hosts ; Because ye have 
 not heard my words, 
 
 9 Behold, I will send and take . 
 all the families of the north,! 
 saith the Lord, and Nebu-I 
 chadrezzar the king of Baby- 1 
 Ion, my servant, and will bring I 
 them against this land, and a- f 
 gainst the inhabitants thereof, 
 and against all these nations 
 round about, and wfll utterly 
 destroy them, and make them 
 an astonishment, and an hiss- 
 ing, and perpetual desolations. 
 
and acertlirow of JEEEMIAH, XXV. dime's nations foretold. 
 
 10 Moreover I will take from ! of the Philistines, and Ashlce- 
 them the voice of mirth, and 
 the voice of gladness, the voice 
 of. the bridegroom, and the 
 voice of the bride, the sound 
 of the millstones, and the light 
 of the candle. 
 
 11 And this whole land shall 
 be a desolation, and an asto- 
 nishment; and these nations 
 shall serve the kmg of Baby- 
 lon seventy years, 
 
 12 IF And it shall come to pass, 
 when seventy years are accom- 
 plished, that I will pimish the 
 king of Babylon, and that na- 
 tion, saith the Lord, for their 
 iniquity, and the land of the 
 Chaldeans, and will make it 
 perpetual desolations. 
 
 13 And I will bring upon that 
 land all my words which I have 
 pronounced against it, even all 
 that is written in this book, 
 which Jeremiah hath prophe- 
 sied against all the nations. 
 
 14 For many nations and great 
 kings shall serve themselves of 
 them also: and I will recom- 
 pense them according to their 
 deeds, and according to the 
 works of their own hands. 
 
 15 H For thus saith the Loeb 
 God of Israel unto me ; Take 
 the wine cup of this fury at my 
 hand, and cause ail the nations, 
 to whom I send thee, to drink it. 
 
 16 And they shall drink, and 
 be moved, and be mad, because 
 of the sword that I will send 
 among them. 
 
 17 Then took I the cup at the 
 Lord's hand, and made all the 
 nations to drink, unto whom 
 the Lord had sent me : 
 
 18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the 
 cities of Judah, and the kings 
 thereof, and the princes thereof, 
 to make them a desolation, an 
 astonishment, an hissing, and a 
 curse ; as it is this day ; 
 
 19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and 
 his sers^ants, and liis princes, 
 and all his people ; 
 
 20 And all the mingled people, 
 and all the kings of the land of 
 XJz, and all the kings of the land 
 
 Ion, and Azzah, and Ekron, and 
 the remnant of Ashdod, 
 
 21 Edom, and Moab, and the 
 children of Ammon, 
 
 22 And all the kings of Tyrus, 
 and all the kings of Zidon, and 
 the kings of the isles which are 
 beyond the sea, 
 
 23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, 
 and all that are in the utmost 
 comers, 
 
 24 And all the kings of Arabia, 
 and all the kings of the muigled 
 people that dwell in the desert, 
 
 25 And all the kings of Zimri, 
 and all the Idngs of Elam, and 
 all the kings of the Medes, 
 
 26 And all the kings of the 
 north, far and near, one with 
 another, and all the Idngdoms 
 of the world, which at^e upon 
 the face of the earth: and the 
 king of Sheshach shall drink 
 after them. 
 
 27 Therefore thou shalt say mi- 
 to them. Thus saith the Lord 
 of hosts, the God of Israel; 
 Drink ye, and be drunken, and 
 spue, and fall, and rise no more, 
 because of the SAvord wliich I 
 will send among you. 
 
 28 And it shall be, if they re- 
 fuse to take the cup at thine 
 hand to drink, then shalt thou 
 say unto them. Thus saith the 
 Lord of hosts; Ye shall cer- 
 tainly drink. 
 
 29 For, lo, I begin to bring 
 evil on the city which is called 
 by my name, and should ye be 
 utterly unpunished? Ye shall 
 not be unpunished: for I will 
 call for a sword upon all the 
 inhabitants of the earth, saith 
 the Lord of hosts. 
 
 30 Therefore prophesy thou 
 against them all these words, 
 and say unto them, The Lord 
 shall roar from on high, and 
 utter his voice from his holy 
 habitation; he shall mightily 
 roar upon his habitation; he 
 shall give a shout, as they that 
 tread the grajies, against all 
 the inhabitants of the earth. 
 
 31 A noise shall come even to 
 Pp2 
 
Jeremiah denaanchiQ JEEEMIAH, XXVI. 
 
 Go(Ts tl treats 
 
 the ends of the earth; for the 
 Lord hath a controversy with 
 the nations, he will plead with 
 all flesh ; he will give them that 
 are wicked to the sword, saith 
 the Lord. 
 
 32 Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts. Behold, evil shall go forth 
 from nation to nation, and a 
 great whirlwind shall be raised 
 up from the coasts of the earth. 
 
 33 And the slain of the Lord 
 shall be at that day from one 
 end of the earth even unto the 
 other end of the earth: they 
 shall not be lamented, neither 
 
 words that I command thee to 
 speak unto them ; diminish not 
 a word : 
 
 3 If so be they will hearken, 
 and tuni every man from his 
 evil way, that I may repent me 
 of the evil, vrhich I purpose to 
 do unto them because of the 
 evil of their doings. 
 
 4 And thou shalt say unto 
 them, Thus saith Wiq Lord; 
 If ye will not hearken to me, 
 to wallc in my law, wliich I 
 have set before you, 
 
 5 To hearken to the words of 
 lamented, neither my servants the prophets, whom 
 
 gathered, nor buried ; they shall I sent unto you, both rising up 
 
 be dung upon the ground. 
 
 34 ^. Howl, ye shepherds, and 
 cry ; and wallow yourselves in 
 the ashes, ye principal of the 
 flock: for the days of your 
 slaughter and of your disper- 
 sions are accomplished ; and ye 
 shall fall like a pleasant vessel. 
 
 35 And the shepherds shall 
 have no way to flee, nor the^ 
 piincipal of the flock to escape. 
 
 36 A voice of the cry of the 
 shepherds, and an howling of 
 the principal of the flock, shall 
 he heard: for the Lord hath 
 spoiled their pastm-e. 
 
 37 And the peaceable habita- 
 tions are cut do\\Ti because of 
 the fierce anger of the Lord. 
 
 38 He hath forsaken his covert, 
 as the lion : for their land is de- 
 solate because of the fierceness 
 of the oppressor, and because of 
 his fierce anger. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 1 Jeremiah hy promises and threat- 
 enings exhorteth to repentance. 8 
 He is therefore apprehended, 10 
 and arraigned. 12 His apology. 
 16 He is qnit in judgment, by the 
 example of Micah, 20 and of Uri- 
 jah, 2i and by the care of MiJcam. 
 
 IN the beginning of the reign 
 of Jehoiakim the son of Jo- 
 siah king of Judah came this 
 word from the Lord, saying, 
 2 Thus saith the Lord ; Stand 
 in the court of the Lord's house, 
 and speak unto aU the cities of 
 Judah, which come to worship 
 in the Lord's house, all the 
 
 early, and sending them, but ye 
 have not hearkened ; 
 
 6 Then will I make this house 
 like Shiloh, and will make this 
 city a curse to all the nations of 
 the earth. 
 
 7 So the priests and the pro- 
 phets and all the people heard 
 Jeremiah speaking these words 
 in the house of the Lord. 
 
 8 K Now it came to pass, when 
 Jeremiah had made an end of 
 speaking all that the Lord 
 had commanded him to speak 
 unto all the people, that the 
 piiests and the prophets and 
 all the people took him, say- 
 ing, Thou shalt surely die. 
 
 9 Why hast thou prophesied 
 in the name of the Lord, say- 
 ing. This house shall be Uke 
 Shiloh, and this city shall be 
 desolate without an inhabit- 
 ant? And all the people were 
 gathered against Jeremiah in 
 the house of the Lord. 
 
 10 H When the princes of Ju- 
 dah heard these things, then 
 they came up from the king's 
 house unto the house of the 
 Lord, and sat down in the 
 entry of the new gate of the 
 Lord's house. 
 
 11 Then spake the priests and 
 the prophets unto the princes 
 and to all the people, saying. 
 This man is worthy to die ; 
 for he hath prophesied against 
 this city, as ye have heard with 
 your ears. 
 
is arrame<h JEEEMIAH, XXYII. lid acqiiitkd. 
 
 12 ^ Then spake Jeremiah vji- i who prophesied against this city 
 to all the piinces and to all the and agamst this land according 
 people, saying, The Losd sent to all the words of Jereniiah : 
 me to prophesy against this \ 21 And when Jehoialdm the 
 house and against this city all long, -sviih all his mighty men, 
 the words that ye have heard. ' and all the piinces, heard his 
 
 13 Therefore no^' amend yom' words, the Idng sought to piit 
 ways and yom' doings, and obey hhn to death : but when Uri- 
 the voice of the Loed your God ; jah heard it, he was afraid, and 
 and the Lord will repent him fied, and went into Egypt ; 
 
 of the evil that he hath pro- 1 22 And Jehoialdm the king 
 nomiced against you. sent men into Egypt, nameJi/^ 
 
 14 As for me, behold, I am in | Elnathan the son of Achbor, 
 
 yom' hand : do -^ith me as seem- 
 eth good and meet unto you. 
 
 15 But know ye for certahi, 
 that if jQ put me to death, 
 ye shall sm'ely biing innocent 
 blood upon youi-selves, and 
 upon this citj', and upon the 
 inhabitants thereof: for of a 
 ti'uth the LoKD hath sent me 
 imto you to speak all these 
 words in yom' ears. 
 
 16 ^ Then said the pi-inces and 
 all the people ujito the priests 
 and to the prophets ; This man 
 is not worthy to die : for he 
 hath spoken to us in the name 
 of the Lord om God. 
 
 17 Then rose up certain of the 
 elders of the land, and spake to 
 all the assembly' of the people, 
 sayuig, 
 
 18 Micah the Morasthite pro- 
 phesied in the days of Heze- 
 Mah long of Judah, and spake 
 to all the people of Judah, say- 
 ing, Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts; Zion shall be plowed 
 like a field, and Jerusalem 
 shall become heaps, and the 
 mountain of the house as the 
 high places of a forest. 
 
 19 Did Hezeldah king of Ju- 
 dah and all Judah put him at 
 all to death? did he not fear 
 
 and certain men with him into 
 
 Eg-^-pt. 
 
 23 And they fetched forth Uri- 
 jah out of Egj-pt. and brought 
 him unto Jehoialdm the king; 
 who slew him with the sword, 
 and cast his dead body into the 
 graves of the common people. 
 
 24 Nevertheless the hand of 
 Ahiliam the son of Shaphan 
 was with Jeremiah, that they 
 should not give him mto the 
 hand of the people to put him 
 to death. 
 
 CHAPTER XXYII. 
 1 Under the type of bonds and yol-es 
 he prophesieth the suhduiiig of the 
 neighhonr 7:ings iinfo Kehucliad- 
 nezzar. 8 He exhoiieth fliem to 
 yield, and not to believe the false 
 prophets. 12 TJie lil:e he doe'th to 
 Zedel-iah. 19 He foretelleth, the 
 remnant of the vessels shall be 
 carried to Babylon, and there con- 
 tinue until the day of visitation. 
 
 IX the beginning of the reign 
 of Jehoialdm the son of Jo- 
 siah king of Judah came this 
 word imto Jeremiah from the 
 Lord, saving, 
 
 2 Thus saith the Lord to me ; 
 Make thee bonds and yokes, 
 and put them upon thy neck, 
 
 3 And send them to the king 
 of Edom, and to the khig of 
 
 the Lord, and besought the Moab, and to the king ofthe 
 Lord, and the Lord repent- ' Ammonites, and to the king of 
 ed him of the evil which he i Tjtus, and to the Idng of Zi- 
 had pronoun(;ed against them? don, by the hand of the mes- 
 Thus might we procme great sengers winch come to Jent- 
 
 e^^l against om' souls. 
 
 ! salem imto Zedeldah king of 
 
 20 And there was also a man | Judah ; 
 that prophesied in the name i 4 And command them to say 
 of the Lord, Urijah the son unto then- masters. Thus saith 
 of Shemaiah of Edrjath-jearim, the Lord of hosts, the God of 
 
Jeremiah counselktli JEREMIAH, XXVII. 
 
 Israel; Thus shall ye say unto 
 your masters ; 
 
 5 I have made the earth, the 
 man and the beast that are 
 upon the ground, by my great 
 power and by my outstretched 
 ann, and have given it unto 
 whom it seemed meet unto me. 
 
 6 And now^ have I given all 
 these lands into the hand of 
 Ne])uchadnezzar tlie king of 
 Babylon, my servant; and the 
 beasts of the held have I given 
 him also to serve him. 
 
 7 And all nations shall sen'e 
 liim, and his son, and liis son's 
 son, mitil the ver>^ time of his 
 land come : and then many 
 
 submission. 
 
 13 Why will ye die, thou and 
 thy people, by the sword, by 
 the famine, and by the pesti- 
 lence, as the Lord hath si)olven 
 against the nation that will not 
 serve the king of Babylon ? 
 
 14 Therefore hearken not un- 
 to the words of the proi)het8 
 that speak unto you, saying, 
 Y^ shall not serve the king of 
 Bal>>'lon : for they prophesy a 
 lie unto you. 
 
 15 For I have not sent them, 
 saith the Lord, yet they pro- 
 phesy^ a lie in nky name; that 
 I might drive you out, and that 
 ye might perish, ye, and the 
 prophets that prophesy unto 
 
 nations and great kings shall ! you. 
 
 serve themselves of him. I 16 Also I spake to the priests 
 
 8 And it shall come to pass, ' and to all this people, saying, 
 that the nation and kingdom ' Thus saith the Lord; Hear- 
 wliich will not ser^'e tlie same ken not to the words of your 
 Nel)uchadnezzar the king of luophets that prophesy unto 
 Babylon, and that will not put you, saying, l>ehold, the ves- 
 their neck under the yoke of sels of the Lord's house shall 
 the king of Babylon, that na- now shortly be brought again 
 tion will I pimish, saith the from Babylon : for they pro- 
 LoRD, with the sword, and phesy a lie unto you. 
 with the famine, and with the | 17 Hearken not unto them ; 
 pestilence, until I have con- serve the king of Babylon, and 
 
 sumed them by his hand. 
 
 I live : wherefore should this city 
 
 9 Therefore hearken not ye be laid waste ? 
 to your prophets, nor to your! 18 But if they be prophets, 
 diviners, nor to your dream- and if the word of the Lord 
 ers, nor to your enchanters, nor be with them,^ let them now 
 to your sorcerers, which speak \ make intercession to the Lord 
 imto you. saying. Ye shall not . of hosts, that the vessels which 
 serve the king of Babylon : are left in the house of the 
 
 10 For thej^ prophesy a lie ! Lord, and in the house of the 
 imto you, to remove you far i king of Judah, and at Jerusa- 
 from your land ; and that I ! lem, go not to Babylon, 
 should drive you out, and ye I 19 IF For thus saith the Lord 
 should perish. of hosts concerning the pillars, 
 
 11 But the nations that bring ! and concerning the sea, and 
 their neck under the yoke of I concerning the bases, and con- 
 the king of Babylon, and serve ceming the residue of the ves- 
 him, those wiU I let remain sels that remain in this city, 
 still in their own land, saith ! 20 Which Nebuchadnezzar 
 the Lord ; and they shall till king of Babylon took not, when 
 it, and dwell therein. | he carried away captive Jeco- 
 
 12 II I spake also to Zedekiah niah the son of Jehoiakim king 
 king of Judah according to all of Judah from Jerusalem to 
 these words, saying, Bring your ^ Babylon, and all the nobles of 
 necks under the yoke of the ' Judah and Jerusalem ; 
 king of Babylon, and serve him | 21 Yea, thus saith the Lord 
 
 and his people, and live. 
 
 1 of hosts, the God of Israel, con- 
 
Hananiah's 
 
 JEREMIAH, XXVin. 
 
 false pivphecy. 
 
 ceming the vessels that remain 
 in the house of the Lord, and 
 in the house of the kmg of 
 Judah and of Jerusalem ; 
 22 They shall be carried to 
 Babylon, and there ghall they 
 be until the day that I visit 
 them, saith the Lord; then 
 will I bring them up, and re- 
 store them to this place. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVIII. 
 
 1 Hananiah prophesieth falsely the 
 return of the vessels, and of Jeco- 
 niah. 5 Jeremiah, wishing it to he 
 true, sheweth that the event ivill 
 declare who are true prophets. 
 10 Hananiah hrealceth Jeremiah's 
 yoke. 12 Jeremiah telleth of an 
 iron yoJce, 15 and foretelleth Ha- 
 naniah's death. 
 
 A ND it came to pass the same 
 -jljL year, in the beginning of 
 the reign of Zedekiah king of 
 Judah, in the fom-th year, and 
 in the fifth month, that Hsu- 
 naniah the son of Azur the 
 prophet, which was of Gibeon, 
 spake imto me in the house of 
 the Lord, in the presence of 
 the priests and of all the peo- 
 ple, saying, 
 
 2 Thus speaketh the Lord of 
 hosts, the God of Israel, saying, 
 I have broken the yoke of the 
 king of Babylon. 
 
 3 Within two full yeai-s will 
 I bring agaia into this place 
 all the vessels of the Lord's 
 house, that Nebuchadnezzar 
 kiag of Babylon took away 
 from this place, and carried 
 them to Babylon : ^ 
 
 4 And I will bring again to 
 this place Jeconiah the son of 
 Jehoiakim Idng of Judah, w^ith 
 all the captives of Judah, that 
 went mto Babylon, saith the 
 Lord: for I will break the 
 yoke of the king of Babylon. 
 
 5 ^ Then the prophet Jere- 
 miah said unto the prophet Ha- 
 naniah in the presence of the 
 priests, and in the presence of 
 all the people that stood in the 
 house of the Lord, 
 
 6 Even the prophet Jeremiah 
 Baid, Amen: the Lord do so: 
 the LoBD perform thy words 
 
 which thou hast prophesied, to 
 bring again the vessels of the 
 Lord's house, and all that is 
 carried away captive, from Ba- 
 bylon into this place. 
 
 7 Nevertheless hear thou now 
 this word that I speak in thine 
 ears, and in the ears of all the 
 people ; 
 
 8 The prophets that have been 
 before me and before thee^ of 
 old prophesied both against 
 many countries, and against 
 great kingdoms, of war, and of 
 evil, and of pestilence. 
 
 9 The prophet which prophe- 
 sieth of peace, when the word 
 of the prophet shall come to 
 pass, then shall the prophet be 
 known, that the Lord hath 
 truly sent him. 
 
 10 H Then Hananiah the pro- 
 phet took the yoke from off the 
 prophet Jeremiah's neck, and 
 brake it. 
 
 11 And Hananiah spake in 
 the presence of all the people, 
 saying, Thus saith the Lord; 
 Even so vnH I break the yoke 
 of Nebuchadnezzar king of 
 Babylon from the neck of all 
 nations mthin the space of two 
 full years. And the prophet 
 Jeremiah went his way. 
 
 12 IF Then the word of the 
 Lord came unto Jeremiah the 
 prophet, after that Hananiah 
 the prophet had broken the 
 yoke from off the neck of the 
 prophet Jeremiah, saying, 
 
 13 Go and tell Hananiah, say- 
 ing. Thus saith the Lord ; Thou 
 hast broken the yokes of wood ; 
 but thou shalt make for them 
 yokes of iron. 
 
 14 For thus saith the Lord 
 of hosts, the God of Israel; I 
 have put a yoke of iron upon 
 the neck of all these nations, 
 that they may serve Nebu- 
 chadnezzar king of Babylon; 
 and they shall serve him: and 
 I have given him the beasts of 
 the field also. 
 
 15 H Then said the prophet 
 Jeremiah unto Hananiah the 
 prophet, Hear now, Hananiah ; 
 
Jeremiah's letter JEREMIAH, XXIX, 
 
 The Lord hath not sent thee; 
 but thou makest tliis people to 
 trust in a lie. 
 
 16 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord ; Behold, I will cast thee 
 
 from off the face of the earth ; ; nished. 
 
 to the caiJiloe Jeicn. 
 
 wives for your sons, and give 
 your daughters to husbands, 
 that they may bear sons and 
 daughters; that ye may be in- 
 creased there, and not dimi- 
 
 tliis year thou shalt die, be- 
 (;ause thou hast taught rebel 
 lion against the Lord. 
 
 7 And seek the peace of the 
 city whither I have caused you 
 to be carried away f^aptives, and 
 
 17 So liananiah the prophet pray unto the Lord for it : for 
 
 died the same year in the se- 
 venth month. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIX. 
 
 1 Jeremiah semleth a letter to the cap- 
 tives in Babylon, to he quiet there, 
 
 . 8 and not to believe the dreamn of 
 their prophets, 10 and that they 
 shall return ivith grace after se- 
 venty years. 15 He foretetlcth the 
 destruction of the rest for their dis- 
 obedience. 20 He sheweth the fear- 
 ful end of Ahab and ZedeJciah, two 
 lying prophets. 21: Shemaiah writ- 
 efh a letter against Jeremiah. 30 
 Jeremiah readeth his doom. 
 
 "IVTOW these are the words 
 JJN of the letter that Jeremiah 
 the prophet sent from Jeru- 
 salem unto the residue of the 
 eldei-s which were earned away 
 captives, and to the priests, and 
 to the prophets, and to all the 
 people whom Nebuchadnezzar 
 had carried away captive from 
 Jerusalem to Babylon ; 
 
 2 (After that Jeconiah tiie 
 king, and the queen, and the 
 eunuchs, the princes of Judah 
 and Jerusalem, and the car- 
 penters, and the smiths, were 
 departed from Jerusalem ;) 
 
 3 By the hand of Elasah the 
 son of Shaphan. and Gema- 
 riah the son of Hilkiah, (whom 
 Zedekiah Idng of Judah sent 
 unto Babylon to Nebuchadnez- 
 zar king of Babylon) saying, 
 
 4 Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts, the God of Israel, unto 
 all that are carried away cap- 
 tives, whom I have caused to 
 be carried away from Jerusa- 
 lem unto Babylon ; 
 
 5 Build ye houses, and dwell 
 in them ; and plant gardens, 
 and eat the fruit of them ; 
 
 6 Take ye wives, and beget 
 sons and daughters; and take 
 
 in the peace thereof shall ye 
 have peace. 
 
 8 If For thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts, the God of Israel; Let 
 not^ your prophets and your 
 divinei"s, that he in tlie midst 
 of you, deceive you, neither 
 hearken to your dreams wliich 
 ye cause to be dreamed. 
 
 9 For they prophesy falsely 
 unto you in my name : I have 
 not sent them, saith the Lord. 
 
 10 IF For thus saith the Lord, 
 That after seventy years be ac- 
 complished at Babylon I will 
 visit you, and perfonn my good 
 word toward you, in causing 
 you to return to tins place. 
 
 11 For I know the thoughts 
 that I think toward you, saith 
 the Lord, thoughts of peace, 
 and not of evil, to give you an 
 expected end. 
 
 12 Then shall ye call upon 
 me, and ye shall go and pray 
 unto me, and I will hearken 
 unto you. 
 
 13 And ye shall seek me, and 
 find me, v/hen ye shall search 
 for me with all your heart. 
 
 14 And I will be fotmd of you, 
 saith the Lord : and I will turn 
 away your captivity, and I will 
 gather you from all the nations, 
 and from all the places whither 
 I have driven you, saith the 
 Lord; and I will bring you 
 again into the place v^hence I 
 caused you to be earned away 
 captive. 
 
 15 ^ Because ye have said, 
 The Lord hath raised us up 
 prophets in Babylon ; 
 
 16 Know that thus saith the 
 Lord of the king that sitteth 
 upon the throne of David, and 
 of all the people that dv^elleth 
 
ShenimaJi's lefkr, JEREMIAH, XXX. 
 
 in this city, and of your bre- 
 thren that are not gone forth 
 with you into captivity ; 
 
 17 Thus saith the Lokd of 
 hosts ; Behold, I vrill send upon 
 them the sword, the famine, and 
 the pestilence, and will make 
 them lilie vile figs, that cannot 
 be eaten, they are so evil. 
 
 18 And I will persecute them 
 with the sword, with the fandne, 
 and with the pestUence, and will 
 deliver them to be removed to 
 all the kingdoms of the earth, 
 to be a cui-se, and an astonish- 
 ment, and an hissiag, and a re- 
 proach, among all the nations 
 whither I have driven them : 
 
 19 Because they have not 
 hearkened to my words, saith 
 the Loan, which I sent imto 
 them by my servants the pro- 
 phets, rising up early and send- 
 ing them; but ye would not 
 hear, saith the Lord. 
 
 20 H Hear ye therefore the 
 word of the Lord, all ye of 
 the captivity, whom I have sent 
 from JeiTisalem to Babylon : 
 
 21 Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts, the God of Israel, of A 
 hab the son of Kolaiah, and of 
 Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, 
 which prophesy a he unto you 
 m my name; Behold, I wiU 
 dehver them into the hand of 
 Nebuchadrezzar king of Ba- 
 bylon ; and he shaU slay them 
 before your eyes ; 
 
 22 And of them shall be taken 
 i up a cm-se by all the captivity 
 ' of Judah which are m Bab:^^- 
 
 lon, saying, The Lord make 
 I thee hke Zedekiah and hke 
 I Ahab, whom the Idng of Ba- 
 I bylon roasted in the fire ; 
 * 23 Because they have commit- 
 
 ted villany in Ismel, and have 
 committed adultery with their 
 neighbours' wives, and have 
 spoken lying words in my name, 
 wMch I have not commanded 
 them ; even I know, and am a 
 witness, saith the Lord. 
 24 ^ Thus Shalt thou also 
 speak to Shemaiah the Nehe- 
 lamite, saying, 
 
 and docm. 
 
 25 Thus speaketh the Lord of 
 hosts, the God of Israel, say- 
 ing. Because thou hast sent let- 
 tei-s in thy name mi to all the 
 people that «r^ at JeiTisalem. 
 and to Zephaniah the son of 
 Maaseiah the priest, and to all 
 the priests, saying, 
 
 26 The Lord hath made thee 
 priest in the stead of Jehoiada 
 the priest, that ye should be of- 
 ficere in the house of the Lord, 
 for ever>^ man that is mad, and 
 maketh himself a prophet, that 
 thou shouldest put him in pri- 
 son, and in the stocks. 
 
 27 ISTow therefore why hast 
 thou not reproved Jeremiah of 
 Anathoth, which maketh him- 
 self a prophet to you? 
 
 28 For therefore he ^ sent unto 
 us in Babylon, sajing. This 
 captivity is long : build ye 
 houses, and dwell in them; 
 and plant gardens, and eat the 
 fiTiit of them. 
 
 29 And Zephaniah the priest 
 read this letter in the ears of 
 Jeremiah the prophet, 
 
 30 IF Then came the word of the 
 Lord unto Jeremiah, saymg, 
 
 31 Send to all them of the 
 capti^it>% saying. Thus saith 
 the Lord concerning Shemaiah 
 the Nehelamite; Because that 
 Shemaiah hath prophesied mi- 
 to you, and I sent him not, and 
 he caused you to trust in a he : 
 
 32 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord; Behold, I will punish 
 Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and 
 his seed: he shall not have a 
 man to dwell among this peo- 
 
 j pie ; neither shall he behold 
 I the good that I will do for my 
 I people, saith the Lord; be- 
 cause he hath taught rebellion 
 against the Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER XXX. 
 1 God shewedi Jeremiah the return 
 of the Jews, i After their trouble 
 ihcy shall have deliverance. 10 He 
 comforteth Jacob. 18 Their return 
 shall be gracious. 20 Wrath shall 
 fall on the ivicled. 
 
 THE word that came to Jere- 
 miah from the Lord, saying, 
 
 Pp3 
 
The relum 
 
 JEEEMIAH, XXX. 
 
 of the Je2ijs. 
 
 2 Thus speaketh the Lord God 
 of Israel, saying-, Write thee all 
 the words that I have spoken 
 iinto thee in a book. 
 
 3 For, lo, the days come, saith 
 the Lord, that 1 will bring 
 again the captivity of my peo- 
 ple Israel and Jndah, saith the 
 Lord: and I will cause them 
 to return to the land that I 
 gave to their fathers, and they 
 shall possess it. 
 
 4 M And these are the words 
 that the Lord spake concern- 
 ing Israel and concerning Ju- 
 dah. 
 
 5 For thus saith the Lord; 
 We have heard a voice of trem- 
 bling, of fear, and not of peace. 
 
 6 Ask ye now, and see whether 
 a man doth travail with child? 
 wherefore do I see^ every man 
 with his hands on his loins, as a 
 woman in travail, and all faces 
 are turned into paleness ? 
 
 7 Alas ! for that day is great, 
 so that none is like It : it is even 
 the time of Jacob's trouble ; but 
 he shall be saved out of it. 
 
 8 For it shall come to pass in 
 that day, saith the Lord of 
 hosts, thai I will break his yoke 
 from off thy neck, and will 
 burst thy bonds, and strangers 
 shall no more serv'e themselves 
 of liim : 
 
 9 But they shall serve the 
 Lord their God, and David 
 their king, whom I ^ill raise 
 up unto them. 
 
 10 1[ Therefore fear thou not, 
 
 my sersant Jacob, saith the 
 Lord; neither be dismayed, O 
 Israel : for, lo, I wiU save thee 
 from afar, and thy seed from 
 the land of their captivity ; and 
 Jacob shall return, and shall be 
 in rest, and be quiet, and none 
 shall make him afraid. 
 
 11 For I am with thee, saith 
 the Lord, to siive thee : though 
 
 1 make a full end of all nations 
 ^vhither I have scattered thee, 
 yet will I not make a full end 
 of thee : but I wHl correct thee 
 in measure, and will not leave 
 thee altogether unpunished. 
 
 12 For thus* saith the Lord, 
 Thy biiiise is incurable, and 
 thy wound is grievous. 
 
 13 There is none to plead 
 thy cause, that thou mayest 
 be bound up: thou hast no 
 healing medicines. 
 
 14 All thy lovers have forgot- 
 ten thee; they seek thee not; 
 for I have wounded thee with 
 the wound of an enemy, with 
 the chastisement of a cniel one, 
 for the multitude of thine ini- 
 quity ; because thy sins were 
 increased. 
 
 15 Why criest thou for thine 
 affliction? thy soitow is incur- 
 able for the multitude of thine 
 iniquity : because thy sins were 
 increased, I have done these 
 things unto thee. 
 
 16 Therefore all they that de- 
 vom- thee shall be devom'ed ; 
 and all thine adversaries, every 
 one of them, shall go into cap- 
 tivity ; and they that spoil thee 
 shall be a spoil, and all that 
 prey upon thee ^vill I give for 
 a prey. 
 
 17 For I will restore liealth 
 unto thee,. and I will heal thee 
 of thy wounds, saith the Lord ; 
 because they called thee an 
 Outcast, saying. This is Zion, 
 whom no man seeketh after. 
 
 18 If Thus saith the Lord; 
 Behold, I will bring again the 
 capti\-ity of Jacob's tents, and 
 have mercy on his dwelling- 
 places; and the city shall be I 
 builded upon her o^Yn. heap, ■ 
 and the palace shall remain 1 
 after the manner thereof. 
 
 19 And out of them shall pro- 
 ceed thanksgiving and the voice 
 of them that make merry : and 
 I will multiply them, and they 
 shall not be few; I will also 
 glorify them, and they shall not 
 be small. 
 
 20 Their children also shall 
 be as aforetime, and their con- 
 gregation shall be established 
 before me, and I will pimish 
 all that oppress them. 
 
 21 And their nobles shall be 
 of themselves, and their gover- 
 
The reslaatlm JEEEMIAH, XXXI. of Israel 
 
 lior shall proceed from the; 7 For thus saith the Lord; 
 midst of them ; and I will cause Sing with gladness for Jacob, 
 him to draw near, and he. shall and shout among^ the cluef of 
 approach unto me : for who is the nations : pubhsh ye, praise 
 this that engaged his heart to ye, and say, O Losd, save tliy 
 approach unto me? saith the people, the renmant of Ismel. 
 Lord. | 8 Behold, I will bring them 
 
 22 And ye shall be my people, from the north country, and 
 
 and I will be your God. 
 
 ; gather them from the <?oaste of 
 
 23 Behold, the whirlwind of the the earth, and with them the 
 Lord goeth forth with fury, a blind and the lame, the woman 
 contmuing whirlwind : it shall with child and her that travail- 
 fall with pain upon the head of eth with child together : a great 
 
 the wicked, 
 24 The fierce anger of the 
 
 company shall retmn thither. 
 9 They shall come with w^eep- 
 
 LoRD shall not return, until ing, and with supplications will 
 he have done it, and until he I lead them : I will cause them 
 have performed the intents of to walk by the livers of waters 
 his heart : m the latter daj^ ye \ in a straight way, wherein they 
 
 shall consider it. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXI. j 
 
 1 The restoration of Israel. 10 The \ 
 XmhlicatiGn thereof. 15 Rahel \ 
 mourning is comforted. 18 Eph- ' 
 
 shall not stumble : for I am a 
 father to Israel, and Ephraim 
 is my fii^tbom. 
 
 10 H Hear the word of the 
 Lord, O ye nations, and de- 
 
 raim repenting is brought home I -, .^ . .-r „ '^i^^ ^f^^ ^a:- ^.-.a 
 again. 22 Christ is lyi-o^niised. 27 I dare it m the isles afar off, and 
 His care over the church. 31 Hit 
 
 say, He that scattered Israel 
 
 will gather him, and keep him, 
 
 as a shephei'd doth his flock. 
 
 11 For the Lord hath re- 
 
 ^_i^ Lord, will I be the God of deemed Jacob, and ransomed 
 
 all the families of Ismel, and \ him from the hand of liiin that 
 
 71CW covemint. Z5 Tlie stahilify, 
 38 and awplitude of the church. 
 
 A T_ the same^time,^ saith the 
 
 they shall be mv people. 
 
 2 Thus saith the Lord, The 
 people which icere^ left of the 
 sword found grace in the wilder- 
 ness; even Israel, when I went 
 to cause him to rest. 
 
 3 The Lord hath appeared 
 of old unto me, saying. Yea, I 
 liave loved thee with an ever- 
 lasting love : therefore with lov- 
 ingldnclness have I drawn thee. 
 
 4 Agam I wiU build thee, and 
 thou shalt be built, O virgm 
 of Israel : thou shalt again be 
 adorned with thy tabrets, and 
 
 •as stronger than he. 
 
 12 Therefore they shall come 
 and smg in the height of Zion, 
 and shall flow together to the 
 goodness of the Lord, for jrheat, 
 and for ^ine, and for oil, and 
 for the young of the flock and 
 of the herd : and their soul shall 
 be as a watered garden; and 
 they shall not soitow any more 
 at alL 
 
 13 Then shall the virgin re- 
 joice in the dance, both young 
 men and old^ together : for I 
 will turn thek momiiing into 
 
 shalt go forth in the dances of ; joy, and mil comfort them, and 
 
 them that make merry. 
 
 5 Thou slialt yet plant vines 
 upon the mountains of Sama- 
 lia : the plantei'S shall plant, and 
 shall eat tliem as common tilings. 
 
 6 For there shall be a day, 
 that the watchmen upon the 
 momit Ephraim shall ciy, Arise 
 ye, and let us go up to Zion 
 uiito the Lord our God. 
 
 make them rejoice from their 
 sorrow. 
 
 14 And I wiU satiate the soul 
 of the priests with fatness, and 
 my people shall be satisfied witii 
 my goodness, saith the Lord. 
 
 15 % Thus saith the Lord ; A 
 voice was heard in Eamah, la- 
 
 ^ mentation, and bitter weeping ; 
 i Eahel weeping for her children 
 
Christ ispi-omsed. JEREMIAH, XXXI. 
 
 refused to be comforted for her 
 children, because they were not. 
 
 16 Thus saith the Lord ; Re- 
 frain thy voice from weeping, 
 and thine eyes from tears : for 
 thy work shall be rewarded, 
 saith the Lord ; and they shall 
 come again from the land of 
 the enemy. 
 
 17 And there is hope in thine 
 end, saith the Lord, that thy 
 children shall come again to 
 their own border. 
 
 18 IF I have surely heard Eph- 
 raim bemoaning himself thus; 
 Thou hast chastised me, and I 
 was chastised, as a bullock un- 
 accustomed to tlie yoke: turn 
 thou me, and 1 shall be turn- 
 ed; for thou art the Lord my 
 God. 
 
 19 Surely after that I was turn- 
 ed, I repented; and after that 
 I was instructed, I smote upon 
 my thigh : I was ashamed, yea, 
 even confounded, because I did 
 bear the reproach of my youth. 
 
 20 Is Epliraim my dear son? 
 ?s he a pleasant child? for smce 
 I spake against him, I do ear- 
 nestly remember liim still: 
 therefore my bowels are trou- 
 bled for him; I will surely 
 have mercy upon him, saith 
 the Lord. 
 
 21 Set thee up waymarks, make 
 thee high heaps : set thine heart 
 toward the highway, even the 
 way iohich thou wentest: tiu-n 
 again, O virgin of Israel, turn 
 again to these thy cities. 
 
 22 IF How long wilt thou go a- 
 bout, O thou backsliding daugh- 
 ter? for the Lord hath created 
 a new tiling in the earth, A 
 woman shall compass a man. 
 
 23 Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts, the God of Israel ; As yet 
 they shaU use this speech in the 
 land of Judah and in the cities 
 thereof, when I shall bring a- 
 gain their captivity ; The Lord 
 bless thee, O habitation of jus- 
 tice, and mountain of holiness. 
 
 24 And there shall dwell in 
 Judah itself, and in all the ci- 
 ties thereof together, husband- 
 
 Tlte new covmant. 
 
 men, and they that go forth with 
 flocks. 
 
 25 For I have satiated the 
 weary soul, and I have reple- 
 nished every soiTowful soul. 
 
 26 Upon this I awaked, and 
 beheld ; and my sleep was sweet 
 unto me. 
 
 27 IF Behold, the days come, 
 saith the Lord, that I will sow 
 the house of Israel and the 
 house of Judah with the seed 
 of man, and with the seed of 
 beast. 
 
 28 And it shall come to pass, 
 that like as I have watched over 
 them, to pluck up, and to break 
 down, and to throw down, and 
 to destroy, and to afflict ; so will 
 I watch over them, to build, 
 and to i)lant, saith the Lord. 
 
 29 In those days they shall 
 say no more, The fathers have 
 eaten a sour grape, and the chil- 
 dren's teeth are set on edge. 
 
 30 But every one shall die for 
 his own iniquity : every man 
 that eateth the sour grape, his I 
 teeth shall be set on edge. 
 
 31 IF Behold, the days come, 
 saith the Lord, that I will 
 make a new covenant with the 
 house of Israel, and with the 
 house of Judah : 
 
 32 Not according to the cove- 
 nant that I made with their fa- 
 thers in the day that I took them 
 by the hand to bring them out 
 of the land of Egypt ; which my 
 covenant they brake, although 
 I was an husband unto them, 
 saith the Lord : 
 
 33 But this shall be the cove- 
 nant that I will make with the 
 house of Israel ; After ^ those 
 days, saith the Lord, I will put 
 my law in their inward parts, 
 and write it in their hearts; 
 and wUl be their God, and they 
 shall be my people. 
 
 34 And they shall teach no 
 more eveiy man his neighbour, 
 and every man his brother, say- 
 ing, Know the Lord: for they 
 shall all know me, from the least 
 of them unto the greatest of 
 them, saith the Lord : for I wiU 
 
Joemtah huyefh 
 
 JEEEMIAH, XXXII. BanameeVs field. 
 
 forgive their iniquity, and I will 
 remember their sin no more. 
 
 35 % Thns saith the Lokd, 
 which giveth the snn for a hght 
 by day, and the ordinances of 
 the moon and of the stare for a 
 light by night, which divideth 
 the sea when the waves there- 
 of roar ; The Loed of hosts is 
 his name : 
 
 36 If those ordinances depart 
 from before me saith the Lord, 
 then the seed of Israel also shall 
 cease from being a nation before 
 me for ever. 
 
 37 Thus saith the Loed; If 
 heaven above can be measur- 
 ed, and the foundations of the 
 earth searched out beneath, I 
 will also cast off all the seed 
 of Israel for all that they have 
 done, saith the Lord. 
 
 38 IT Behold, the days come, 
 saith the Lord, that the city 
 shall be built to the Lord from 
 the tower of Hananeel unto the 
 gate of the corner. 
 
 39 And the measuring Hne 
 shall yet go forth over against 
 it upon the hill Gareb, and shall 
 compass about to Goath. 
 
 40 And the whole valley of the 
 dead bodies, and of the ashes, 
 and all the fields unto the brook 
 of Kidron, unto the comer of 
 the horse gate toward the east, 
 shall be holy unto the .Lord; 
 it shall not be plucked up, nor 
 thrown down any more for ever. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXII. 
 
 I Jeremiah, being imprisoned by Ze- 
 deJciah for Ms prophec?j, 6 buyelli 
 HanameeVs field. 13 Barucli must 
 preserve the evidences, as toJcens of 
 the jyeople's return. Ifi Jeremiah 
 in his prayer complaineth to God. 
 26 God confirmeth the captivity 
 for their sins, 36 and promiseth a 
 gracious return. 
 
 THE word that came to Je- 
 remiah from the Lord in 
 the tenth year of Zedekiah king 
 of Judah, which was the eigh- 
 teenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. 
 2 For then the king of Baby- 
 lon's army besieged Jerusalem : 
 and Jeremiah the prophet was 
 shut up in the court of the pri- 
 
 son, which teas in the ]i:ing of 
 Judah's house. 
 
 3 For Zedeldah king of Judah 
 had shut him up, sajdng. Where- 
 fore dost thou prophesj% and 
 say. Thus saith the Lord, Be- 
 hold, I mil give this city into 
 the hand of the king of Baby- 
 lon, and he shall take it ; 
 
 4 And Zedeldah Idng of Ju- 
 dah shall not escape out of the 
 hand of the Chaldeans, but 
 shall surely be delivered into 
 the hand of the king of Babj^- 
 lon, and shall speak with him 
 mouth to mouth, and Ms eyes 
 shall behold his eyes ; 
 
 5 And he shall lead Zedekiah 
 to Babylon, and there shall he 
 be until I visit him, saith the 
 Lord : though ye fight with the 
 Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper. 
 
 6 *i[ And Jeremiah said. The 
 word of the Lord came imto 
 me, saying, 
 
 7 Behold, Hanameel the son of 
 ShaUmn thine uncle shall come 
 unto thee, sajdng. Buy thee my 
 field that is in Anathoth : for 
 the right of redemption is thine 
 to buy it. 
 
 8 So Hanameel mine uncle's 
 son came to me in the court of 
 the prison according to the word 
 of the Lord, and said 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 it for thyself. Then I 
 knew that this was the word 
 of the Lord. 
 
 9 And I bought the field of 
 Hanameel my uncle's son, that 
 was in Anathoth, and weighed 
 him the money, even seventeen 
 shekels of silver. 
 
 10 And I subscribed the evi- 
 dence, and sealed it, and took 
 witnesses, and weighed him the 
 money in the balances. 
 
 11 So I took the evidence of 
 the pm-chase, both that which 
 was sealed according to the law 
 and custom, and that wliich was 
 open : 
 
Jeremiah in prayer 
 
 12 And I gave the evidence of 
 the purchase unto Baruch the 
 eon of Neriah, the son of Maa- 
 seiah, in the sight of Hanameel 
 mine uncle's aon, and in the 
 presence of the witnesses that 
 subscribed the book of the pur- 
 chase, before all the Jews that 
 sat in the court of the prison. 
 
 13 1[ And I charged Baruch 
 before them, saying, 
 
 14 Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts, the G od of Israel ; Take 
 these evidences, this evidence 
 of the purchase, both which is 
 sealed, and this evidence which 
 is open ; and pu-t them in an 
 earthen vessel, that they may 
 conthiue many days. 
 
 15 For thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts, the God of Israel ; Houses 
 and fields and vineyards shall 
 be possessed again in this land. 
 
 16 H Now when I had delivered 
 the evidence of the purchase 
 unto Baruch the son of Neriah, 
 I praved unto the Lord, saying, 
 
 17 Ah Lord God ! behold, thou 
 hast made the heaven and the 
 earth by thy great pov>-er and 
 stretched out arm, and there is 
 nothing too hard for thee : 
 
 18 Thou shewest lovingldnd- 
 ness unto thousands, and re- 
 compensest the iniquity of the 
 fathei-s into the bosom of their 
 children after them : the Great, 
 the Mighty God, the Lord of 
 hosts, is his name, 
 
 19 Great in counsel, and migh- 
 ty in work : for thine eyes are 
 open upon all the ways of the 
 sons of men : to give eveiy one 
 accordmg to his ways, and ac- 
 cording to the fruit of his doings : 
 
 20 Which hast set signs and 
 wonders in the land of Egypt, 
 even unto this day, and in Is- 
 rael, and among other men ; 
 and hast made thee a name, as 
 at this day ; 
 
 21 And hast brought forth thy 
 people Israel out of the land of 
 Egypt with signs, and with won- 
 ders, and with a strong liand, 
 and with a stretched out arm, 
 and with great terror ; 
 
 JEREMIAH, XXXII. comphiiM to God, 
 
 22 And hast given them this 
 land, which thou didst swear to 
 their fathers to give them, a land 
 flowing with milk and honey ; 
 
 23 And they came in, and pos- 
 sessed it ; but they obeyed not 
 thy voice, neither walked in thy 
 law; they have done nothing of 
 all that thou commandedst them 
 to do : therefore thou hast caused 
 all this evil to come upon them : 
 
 24 Behold the mounts, they 
 are come unto the city to take 
 it ; and the city is given into 
 the hand of the Chaldeans, that 
 fight against it, because of the 
 sv.ord, and of the famine, and of 
 the pestilence : and what thou 
 hast spoken is come to pass ; 
 and, behold, thou seest it. 
 
 25 xind thou hast said unto me, 
 O Lord God, Buy thee the field 
 for money, and take mtnesses ; 
 for the city is given into the 
 hand of the Chaldeans. 
 
 26 H Then came the Avord of the 
 Lord unto Jeremiah, saying, 
 
 27 Behold, I am the Lord, tlie 
 God of all flesh : is there any 
 thing too hard for me ? 
 
 28 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord; Behold, I will give this 
 city into the hand of the Chal- 
 deans, and into the hand of Ne- 
 buchadrezzar king of Babylon, 
 and he shall take it : 
 
 29 And the Chaldeans, that 
 fight against tliis city, shall come 
 and set fire on this city, and 
 bum it with the houses, upon 
 whose roofs they have offered 
 incense unto Baal, and poured 
 out drink oflerings unto other 
 gods, to provoke me to anger. 
 
 30 For the children of Israel 
 and the children of Judali have 
 only done evil before me from 
 their youth : for the children of 
 Israel have only provoked me 
 to anger with the work of their 
 hands, saith the Lord. 
 
 31 For this city hath been to 
 me as a provocation of mine an- 
 ger and of my furj^ from the day 
 that they bmlt it even unto this 
 day ; that I should remove it 
 from before my £ace, 
 
God promiseih 
 
 JEREMIAH, XXXin. a gracious return. 
 
 32 Because of all tlie evil of 
 the childien of Israel and of 
 the children of Jndah, which 
 they have done to provoke me 
 to anger, they, their kings, 
 their princes, their priests, and 
 theii' prophets, and the men of 
 Judah, and the inhabitants of 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 33 iVnd they have tm-ned unto 
 me the back, and not the face : 
 though I taught them, rising 
 up early and teaching them, 
 yet they have not hearkened to 
 receive instruction. 
 
 34 But they set theii' abomi- 
 nations in the house, which is 
 called by my name, to defile it. 
 
 35 And they built the high 
 places of Baal, which are in the 
 valley of the son of Hinnom, 
 to cause their sons and their 
 daughters to pass through the 
 fire unto Molech ; which I 
 commanded them not, neither 
 came it into my mind, that 
 they should do this abomina- 
 tion, to cause Judah to sin. 
 
 36 1[ And now therefore thus 
 saith the Lord, the God of Is- 
 rael, concerning this city, where- 
 of ye say, It shall be delivered 
 into the hand of the king of Ba- 
 bylon by the sword, and by the 
 famine, and by the pestilence ; 
 
 37 Behold, I will gather them 
 out of all countries, whither I 
 have diiven them in mine an- 
 ger, and in my fury, and in great 
 wrath; and I will bring them 
 again unto this place, and I ^\lll 
 cause them to dwell safely : 
 
 38 And they shall be my peo- 
 ple, and I will be their God : 
 
 39 And I will give them one 
 heart, and one way, that they 
 may fear me for ever for \h^ 
 good of them, and of their chil- 
 dren after them : 
 
 40 And I wiU make an everlast- 
 ing covenant with them, that I 
 wiU not turn away from them, to 
 do them good ; but I will put my 
 fear in their hearts, that they 
 shall not depart from me. 
 
 41 Yea, I will rejoice over 
 them to do them good, and I 
 
 wdll plant them in this land 
 assuredly with my whole heart 
 and with my whole soul. 
 
 42 For thus saith the Loed; 
 Like as I have brought all this 
 great evil upon this people, so 
 will I bring upon them all the 
 good that I have promised them. 
 
 43 And fields shaU be bought 
 in this land, whereof ye say. 
 It is desolate T\'ithout man or 
 beast ; it is given into the hand 
 of the Chaldeans. 
 
 44 Men shall buy fields for 
 money, and subscribe evidences, 
 and seal them, and take v>dtness- 
 es m the land of Benjamin, and 
 in the places about Jerusalem, 
 and ui the cities of Judah, and 
 in the cities of the mountains, 
 and in the cities of the valley, 
 and in the cities of the south: 
 for I will cause their captivity 
 to retm-n, saith the Loed. 
 
 CHAPTEH XXXIII. 
 
 1 God promiseth io the captivity a 
 gracious return, 9 a joyful state, 
 12 a settled government, 15 Christ 
 the Branch of righteousness, 17 
 a continuance of Mngdom and 
 priesthood, 20 and a stability of 
 a blessed seed. 
 
 M GEE OVER the word of 
 the Loed came unto Je- 
 remiah the second time, while 
 he was yet shut up in the court 
 of the prison, saying, 
 
 2 Thus saith the Loed the 
 maker thereof, the Loed that 
 formed it, to establish it; the 
 Loed is his name ; 
 
 3 Call unto me, and I will an- 
 swer thee, and shew thee great 
 and mighty things, which thou 
 knowest not. 
 
 4 For thus saith the Loed, the 
 God of Israel, concerning the 
 houses of this city, and concern- 
 ing the houses of the kings of Ju- 
 dah, which are thrown down by 
 the mounts, and by the sword ; 
 
 5 They come to fight with the 
 Chaldeans, but it is to fill them 
 with the dead bodies of men, 
 whom I have slain in mine an- 
 ger and in my fury, and for all 
 whose wickedness I have hid my 
 face from this city. 
 
ChrKthe JEREMIAH, XXXni. BiWicJi jy,xA,ii^J. 
 
 6 Behold, I vrill bring it health and in the places about Jenisa- 
 and cure, and I will cure them, | lem, and in the cities of Judah, 
 and will reveal unto them the shall the flocks pass again under 
 abimdauce oi i^ace and truth, i the hands of him that telleth 
 
 7 And I v.ill cause tlie capti\-ity thnu. sairli the Lord. 
 
 of Judah and the captivity of \ 14 Behold, the daj-s come, saith 
 Israel to return, and will build , the Lord, that 1 \s-ill perform 
 them, as at the first. tliat good thing which I have 
 
 8 And I will cleanse them from | promised mito the house of Is- 
 all their iniquitA-. whereby they | rael and to the house of Judah. 
 have smned against me : and 1 1 15 *" In those days, and at that 
 will jTiardon all theii^ iniquities, j time, will I cause the Bmnch of 
 whereby they have sinned, and ' riirhteousness to grow up unto 
 wheivby they have transgressed | L>a\Td ; and he shall execute 
 a.iiainst me. judgment and rigliteousness in 
 
 9 •" And it shall be to me a i the land. 
 
 name of joy, a praise and an i 16 In tliose days shall Judah 
 lumour before aU the nations of be save<l, and Jerusalem shall 
 the eanli, which shall hear all , dwell safely : and this f> ihe nam*' 
 the g<;Kxi that I do mito them : ^ wherewith she shall l^e c-alled, 
 and they shall fear and trem- The Lord our righteousness. 
 
 ble for all the goodness and for 
 aU the prosperity that I procure 
 unto it. 
 
 10 Thus saith the Lobd; A- 
 Lrain there shall be heard in this 
 
 17 ^ For thus saith the Lord ; 
 Da^id shall never want a man 
 to sit upon the throne of the 
 house of Israel ; 
 
 18 Neither shall the priests the 
 
 1 dace, which ye say shall be de- , Le\ ites want a man before me 
 rMdate without man and with- to otl'er burnt offerings, and to 
 ^ ut beast, eveti in the cities of kindle meat offeruigs, and to do 
 Judah. and in the streets of ^ sacrifice continually. 
 Jerusalem, that are desolate, i 19 !: And the word of the Lord 
 without man, and without in- came unto Jeremiah, saving, 
 habitant, and without beast, | 20 Thus saith the Lord; If, 
 
 11 The voice of joy, and the ye c-an break my covenant of 
 voice of gladness, the voice of the day, and my covenant of 
 the Itridegroom, and the voice the night, and that there should 
 of the bride, the voice of them not be day and night m their 
 that shall say. Praise the Lord ' season ; 
 
 of hosts : for the Lord is good ; ! 21 TJien may also my covenant 
 for his mercy ^/2ifc/r^//j. for ever: | be broken with David my ser- 
 a7i^ of thein that shaU bring , vant, that he should not have 
 the sacrifice of ijraise into the a s*'m to reign upon his throne ; 
 house of the Lord. For I will and with the Le\ites the priests, 
 c:ause to return the captivitv- of my ministers, 
 the land, as at the first, saith 22 As the host of heaven can- 
 the Lord. i not be numbered, neither the 
 
 12 Thus saith the Lord of; sand of the sea measured: so 
 hosts ; Again in tMs i)lace, \ will I multiply the seed of Da- 
 which is desolate without man Aid my servant, and the Levites 
 and without beast, and in all . that minister mito me, . 
 
 the cities thereof, shall be an ; 23 ^Moreover the word of the 
 habitation of shepherds cauang : Lord came to Jeremiah, sajing, 
 their flocks to lie down. I 24 Considerest thou not what 
 
 13 In the ciries of the moun- ' this peoi'le have^ spoken, say- 
 tains, in the cities of the vale, ing. The two families which the 
 and in the cities of the south, ; Lord hath chosen, he hath even 
 and in the land of Benjamin, cast them off? thus they have 
 
The destmdian of JEREMIAH, XXXIV. Jemsalem foretold. 
 
 despised my people, that they 
 should be no more a nation be- 
 fore them. 
 
 25 Thus saith the Lord; If 
 my covenant he not with day 
 and night, and if 1 have not 
 appointed the ordinances of 
 heaven and earth ; 
 
 26 Then will I cast away the 
 seed of Jacob, and David my 
 servant, so that I will not take 
 cmy of his seed to he rulers over 
 the seed of Abraham, Isaac, 
 and Jacob : for I will canse 
 their captivity to retmn, and 
 have mercy on them. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIV. 
 
 1 Jeremiah prophesieth the captivity 
 of ZedeTciali and the city. 8 The 
 princes and the people having dis- 
 missed their bondservants, contrary 
 to the covenant of God, reassume 
 them. 12 Jeremiah, for their diso- 
 bedience, giveih them and Zedeldah 
 into the hands of their enemies. 
 
 THE word wliich came unto 
 Jeremiah from the Loed, 
 when ]N^ebuchadnezzar king of 
 Babylon, and all his army, and 
 all the Idngdoms of the earth 
 of his dominion, and all the 
 people, fought against Jerusa- 
 lem, and against all the cities 
 thereof, saying, 
 
 2 Thus saith the Lord, the God 
 of Israel ; Go and speak to Ze- 
 deldah Idng of Judah, and tell 
 him, Thus saith the Lord ; Be- 
 hold, I will give this city into 
 the hand of the king of Babylon, 
 and he shall burn it with fire : 
 
 3 And thou shalt not escape 
 out of his hand, but shalt sure- 
 ly be taken, and delivered into 
 his hand ; and thine eyes shall 
 behold the eyes of the king of 
 Babylon, and he shall speak 
 with thee mouth to mouth, and 
 thou shalt go to Babylon. 
 
 4 Yet hear the word of the 
 Lord, O Zedekiah king of 
 Judah; Thus saith the Lord 
 of thee. Thou shalt not die by 
 the sword : 
 
 5 But thou shalt die in peace : 
 j and with the burnings of thy 
 
 fathers, the former kings which 
 
 were before thee, so shall they 
 burn odours for thee ; and they 
 will lament thee, saying, Ah 
 lord ! for I have pronounced the 
 word, saith the Lord. 
 
 6 Then Jeremiah the prophet 
 spake all these words unto Ze- 
 dekiah king of Judah in Jeru- 
 salem, 
 
 7 When the king of Babylon's 
 aiTiiy fought against Jerusalem, 
 and against all the cities of Ju- 
 dah that were left, against La- 
 chish, and against Azekah :^ for 
 these defenced cities remained 
 of the cities of Judah. 
 
 8 IF This is the word that came 
 unto Jeremiah from the Lord, 
 after that the king Zedekiah 
 had made a covenant with all 
 the people which icere at Jeru- 
 salem, to proclaim liberty unto 
 them ; 
 
 9 That every man should let 
 his manservant, and every man 
 his maidservant, being' an He- 
 brew or an Hebrewess, go free ; 
 that none should serve himself 
 of them, to 11% of a Jew his 
 brother. 
 
 10 Now when all the princes, 
 and all the people, which had 
 entered into the covenant, heard 
 that every one should let his 
 manservant, and every one his 
 maidservant, go free, that none 
 should serve themselves of them 
 any more, then they obeyed, 
 and let tJiem go. 
 
 11 But afterward they turned, 
 and caused the servants and the 
 handmaids, whom they had let 
 go free, to return, and brought 
 them into subjection for ser- 
 vants and for handmaids. 
 
 12 H Therefore the word of the 
 Lord came to Jeremiah from 
 the Lord, saying, 
 
 13 Thus saith the Lord, the 
 God of Israel; I made a cove- 
 nant with your fathers in the 
 day that I brought them forth 
 out of the land of Egypt, out of 
 the house of bondmen, saying, 
 
 14 At the end of seven years 
 let ye go every man his bro- 
 ther an Hebrew, wMch hath 
 
TJiefcUeof 
 
 JEREMIAH, XXXV. Zedekiahfarehhl 
 
 been sold unto thee ; and when ' of the king of Babylon's army, 
 he hath sen-ed thee six years, \ wliich are pone up from you. 
 thou shalt let him go free from 22 Behold, I will command, 
 thee : but yom- fathei-s liearken- ' saith tlie Lord, and cause them 
 
 ed not unto me, neither hicliued 
 their ear. 
 
 15 And ye were now turned, 
 and had done right in my 
 sight, in proclaiming liberty 
 every man to his neighbour; 
 and ye had made a covenant 
 before me in the house which 
 is called by my name : 
 
 16 But ye turned and polluted 
 my name, and caused every 
 
 to return to this city ; and tliey 
 shall fight against it, and take it, 
 and bum it with fire : and I will 
 make the cities of Judah a de- 
 solation TNithout an inhabitant. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXV. 
 
 1 7?// tJie obedience of the Uecha)>i(eH, 
 12 Jeremiah conderiDieth the disohe- 
 dieme of the Jews. 18 Godhlcsneth 
 the Recluthites for their obedience. 
 
 rpHE word wliich came unto 
 
 man his senant, and every man | L Jeremiah from the Lord in 
 his handmaid, whom he had set j the days of Jehoiakim tlie son of 
 at liberty at their pleasure, to j Josiah king of Judah, saying, 
 retuni, and brought them into | 2 Go unto the house of the Re- 
 subjection, to be unto you for chabites, and si)eak unto them, 
 servants and for handmaids. \ and bruig them into the liouse 
 17 Therefore thus saith the of the Lord, into one of the 
 Lord ; Ye have not hearkened chambei-s, and give them wine 
 unto me, in proclaiming liberty, I to drink. 
 
 ever>^ one to his brother, and I 3 Then I took Jaazaniah the 
 every man to his neighbour : ! son of Jeremiah, the son of 
 behold, I proclaim a liberty for Habaziniah, and his brethren, 
 you, saith the Lord, to the and all his sons, and the whole 
 
 sword, to the pestilence, and to 
 the famine ; and I will make 
 you to be removed into all the 
 idngdoms of the earth. 
 18 And I will give the men that 
 liave transgressed my covenant, 
 
 house of the Rechabites ; 
 4 And I brought them into 
 the house of the Lord, into the 
 chamber of the sons of Hanan, 
 the son of Igdaliah, a man oi 
 God, which was by the chamber 
 
 which have not peifonned the j of the princes, which ?m.s above 
 words of the covenant wliich the chamber of Maaseiah the 
 they liad made before me, when ■ son of Sliallum, the keeper of 
 they cut the calf in twain, and the door : 
 
 passed between the parts thereof, I 5 And I set before the sons of 
 
 19 The princes of Judah, and , the house of the Rechabites pots 
 
 the princes of Jerusalem, the 'full of wine, and cups, and I said 
 
 eunuchs, and the priests, and ! unto them, Drink ye wine. 
 
 all the people of the land, which 
 passed between the paiie of the 
 calf; 
 
 20 I will even give them into 
 the hand of their enemies, and 
 into the hand of them that seek 
 their life : and their dead bodies 
 shall be for meat unto the fowls 
 of the heaven, and to the beasts 
 of the earth. 
 
 21 And Zedekiah king of Ju- 
 dah and his princes will I give 
 into the hand of their enemies, 
 and into the hand of them that 
 seek their life, and into the hand 
 
 6 But they said. We will drink 
 no wine : for Jonadab the son 
 of Rechab our father command- 
 ed us, saying, Ye shall drink no 
 wine, neither ye, nor your sons 
 for ever : 
 
 7 Neither shall ye build house, 
 nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, 
 nor have any : but all your days 
 ye shall dwell in tents ; that ye 
 may live many days in the land 
 where ye he strangers. 
 
 8 Thus have we obeyed the 
 voice of Jonadab the son of Re- 
 chab our fether in all that he 
 
The obedience 
 
 JEREMIAH, XXXVI. of the BechaMtes. 
 
 hath charged us, to drink no 
 wine all our days, we, our wives, 
 our sons, nor our daughters ; 
 
 9 Nor to build houses for us 
 to dwell in : neither have we 
 vineyard, nor field, nor seed : 
 
 10 But we have dwelt in tents, 
 and have obeyed, and done ac- 
 cording to all that Jonadab our 
 father commanded us. 
 
 11 But it came to pass, when 
 Nebuchadrezzar king of Baby- 
 Ion came up into the land, that 
 we said. Come, and let us go to 
 Jerusalem for fear of the army 
 of the Chaldeans, and for fear 
 of the army of the Syrians : so 
 we dweU at Jerusalem. 
 
 12 H Then came the word of the 
 LoED unto Jeremiah, saying, 
 
 13 Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts, the God of Israel ; Go 
 and tell the men of Judah and 
 the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 
 Will ye not receive instruction 
 to hearken to my words ? saith 
 the Lord. 
 
 14 The words of Jonadab the 
 son of Rechab, that he com- 
 manded his sons not to drink 
 wine, are performed; for unto 
 this day they drink none, but 
 obey their father's command- 
 ment : notwithstanding I have 
 spoken unto you, rising early 
 and speaking ; but ye heark- 
 ened not unto me. 
 
 15 I have sent also unto you 
 all my servants the prophets, 
 rising up early and sending 
 them, saying. Return ye now 
 every man from his evil way, 
 and amend your doings, and go 
 not after other gods to serve 
 them, and ye shall dwell in 
 the land which I have given to 
 you and to your fathers : but 
 ye have not inclined your ear, 
 nor hearkened unto me. 
 
 16 Because the sons of Jona- 
 dab the son of Rechab have 
 performed the commandment 
 
 of their father, which he com- them ; that they may return 
 manded them ; but this people every man from his evil way ; 
 hath not hearkened unto me : I that I may forgive their ini- 
 
 17 Therefore thus saith the ! quity and their sin. 
 
 LoBD God of hosts, the God I 4 Then Jeremiah called Ba- 
 
 of Israel ; Behold, I will bring 
 upon Judah and upon all the 
 inhabitants of Jerusalem all 
 the evil that I have pronounced 
 against them : because I have 
 spoken unto them, but they 
 have not heard; and I have 
 called unto them, but they have 
 not answered. 
 
 18 IF And Jeremiah said unto 
 the house of the Rechabites, 
 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
 the God of Israel ; Because ye 
 have obeyed the commandment 
 of Jonadab your father, and 
 kept all his precepts, and done 
 according unto all that he hath 
 commanded you : 
 
 19 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord of hosts, the God of Is- 
 rael ; Jonadab the son of Re- 
 chab shall not want a man to 
 stand before me for ever. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVI. 
 
 1 Jeremiah causeth Bctruch to write 
 his prophecy, 5 and puhlicMy to 
 read it. 11 The princes, having 
 intelligence therecf by Michaiah, 
 send Jehudi to fetch the roll, and 
 read it. 19 They will Baruch to 
 hide himself and Jeremiah. 20 TJie 
 king Jehoialcim, being certified 
 thereof, heareth part of it, and 
 burneth the roll. 27 Jeremiah de- 
 nounceth his judgment. 32 Baruch 
 writeth a new copy. 
 
 AND it came to pass in the 
 - fourth year of Jehoiakim 
 the son of Josiah king of Ju- 
 dah, that this word came un- 
 to Jeremiah from the Lord, 
 saying, 
 
 2 Take thee a roll of a book, 
 and write therein all the words 
 that I have spoken unto thee 
 against Israel, and against Ju- 
 dah, and against all the nations, 
 from the day I spake unto thee, 
 from the days of Josiah, even 
 unto this day. 
 
 3 It may be that the house of 
 Judah will hear all the evil 
 which I purpose to do unto 
 
naruch readeth a JEEEMIAH, XXXVI, 
 
 nieh the son of Neriah : and 
 Bamch wrote from the mouth 
 of Jeremiah all the words of 
 the Lord, which he had spo- 
 ken unto Mm, upon a roll of 
 a book. 
 
 5 And Jeremiah commanded 
 Baruch, sayino:, I am shut up; 
 I cannot go into the house of 
 the LoR]) : 
 
 6 Therefore go thou, and read 
 in ^ the roll, which thou hast 
 written fi'om my mouth, the 
 woids of the Lord in the ears 
 of the people in the Lord's 
 house upon the fasting day : 
 and also thou shalt read them 
 in the ears of all Judah that 
 come out of their cities. 
 
 7 It may be they will present 
 their supplication before the 
 Lord, and will return eveiy 
 one from liis evil way : for great 
 h the anger and the fmy that 
 the Lord hath pronounced a- 
 gainst tiiis people. 
 
 8 And Baruch the son of Ne- 
 riah did accorcling to all that 
 Jeremiah the prophet com- 
 manded him, reading in the 
 book the words of the Lord in 
 the Lord's house. 
 
 9 And it came to pass in the 
 fifth year of Jehoiakim the 
 son of Josiah king of Judah, 
 in the ninth month, that they 
 proclaimed a fast before the 
 Lord to all the people in Je- 
 rusalem, and to all the people 
 that came from the cities of 
 Judah unto Jerusalem. 
 
 10 Then read Baruch in the 
 book the words of Jeremiah in 
 the house of the Lord, in the 
 chamber of Gemariah the son 
 of Shaphan the scribe, in the 
 higher court, at the entry of the 
 new gate of the Lord's house, 
 in the ears of all the people. 
 
 11 1[ When Michaiah the son 
 of Gemariah, the son of Sha- 
 phan, had heard out of the book 
 all the w^orcls of the Lord, 
 
 12 Then he went down into the 
 king's house, into the scribe's 
 chamber: and, lo, all the prin- 
 ces sat there, even Ehshama the 
 
 rcll of proi'hccies. 
 scribe, and Delaiah the son of 
 Shemaiah, and Elnathan the 
 son of Achbor, and Gemariah 
 the son of Shaphan, and Zedc- 
 kiah the son of Hai:aniah, and 
 all the princes. 
 
 13 Then Michaiah declared 
 unto them all the words that 
 he had heard, when Baruch 
 read the book in the ears of 
 the people. 
 
 14 Therefore all the princes 
 sent Jehudi the son of Netha- 
 niali, the son of Shelemiah, the 
 son of Cushi, unto Baruch, say- 
 ing, Take in tliine hand the roll 
 wherein thou hast read in the 
 ears of the peoi)le, and come. 
 So Baruch the son of Neriah 
 took the roll in his hand, and 
 came unto them. 
 
 15 And they said unto him, 
 Sit down no\v, and read it in 
 our ears. So Baruch read it in 
 their ears. 
 
 IG Now it came to pass, when 
 they had heard all the words, 
 they were afraid both one and 
 other, and said unto Baruch, 
 We will surely tell the king of 
 all these words. 
 
 17 And they asked Baruch, 
 saying. Tell us now. How didst 
 thou write all these words at his 
 mouth ? 
 
 18 Then Baruch answered 
 them. He pronounced all these 
 words unto me with his mouth, 
 and I wrote them with ink in 
 the book. 
 
 19 Then said the princes un- 
 to Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou 
 and Jeremiah ; and let no man 
 know where ye be. 
 
 20 IF And they went in to the 
 king into the court, but they 
 laid up the roll in the chamber 
 of Ehshama the scribe, and told 
 all the words in the ears of the 
 king. 
 
 21 So the king sent Jehudi to 
 fetch the roll: and he took it 
 out of Ehshama the scribe's 
 chamber. And Jehudi read it 
 in the ears of the king, and in 
 the ears of all the princes which 
 stood beside the king. 
 
The hing 
 
 JEREMIAH, XXXVII. 
 
 humeth the roll. 
 
 22Kowtlie king sat in the win- 
 terhonse in the ninth month: 
 and there was a fire on the 
 hearth burning before him. 
 
 23 And it came to pass, that 
 when Jehudi had read thi'ee or 
 four leaves, he cut it with the 
 I)enknife, and cast it into the 
 fire that loas on the hearth, until 
 all the roll was consumed in the 
 fire that was on the hearth. 
 
 24 Yet they were not afi'aid, 
 nor rent their garments, neither 
 the king, nor any of his servants 
 that heard all these words. 
 
 25 Nevertheless Elnathan and 
 Delaiah and Gemariah had 
 made intercession to the king 
 that he would not bum the 
 roll: but he would not hear 
 them. 
 
 26 But the king commanded 
 Jerahmeel the son of llamme- 
 lech, and Seraiah the son of 
 Azriel, and Shelemiah the son 
 of Abdeel, to take Baruch the 
 scribe and Jeremiah the pro- 
 phet : but the Loed hid them. 
 
 27 IF Then the word of the 
 Lord came to Jeremiah, after 
 that the king had bmned the 
 roll, and the words which Ba- 
 ruch wrote at the mouth of 
 Jeremiah, saying, 
 
 28 Take thee agam another 
 roll, and wiite in it all the for- 
 mer words that were in the first 
 roll, which Jehoialdm the king 
 of Judah hath bm-ned. 
 
 29 And thou shalt sa:^ to Je- 
 hoiakim king of Judah, Thus 
 saith the Lord; Thou hast 
 burned this roll, sa3ing, Why 
 hast thou wiitten therein, say- 
 ing. The king of Babylon shall 
 certainly come and destroy this 
 land, and shall cause to cease 
 from thence man and beast ? 
 
 30 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord of Jehoiakim king of 
 Judah; He shall have none to 
 sit upon the throne of David: 
 and his dead body shall be cast 
 out in the day to the heat, and 
 in the night to the frost. 
 
 31 And I ^ill punish him and 
 his seed and his servants for 
 
 their iniquity ; and I will bring 
 upon them, and upon the inha- 
 bitants of Jerusalem, and upon 
 the men of Judah, all the evil 
 that I have pronounced against 
 them ; but they hearkened not. 
 32 IF Then took Jeremiah an- 
 other roll, and gave it to Ba- 
 ruch the scribe, the son of Neri- 
 ah ; who wrote therein from the 
 mouth of Jeremiah all the words 
 of the book which Jehoialdm 
 king of Judah had bm^ned in 
 the fire: and there were added 
 besides unto them many lilie 
 words. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVII. 
 1 The Egyptians having raised the 
 siege of the Clialdeans, icing Zede- 
 hiah sendetli to Jeremiah to pray 
 for the people. 6 Jereraiah prophe- 
 sieth the Clialdeans" certain return 
 and victory. 11 He is taken for a 
 fugitive, beaten, and put in prison. 
 16 He assureth Zedekiah of the cap)- 
 tivity. 18 Intreating for his liberty, 
 he obiai'iieth some favour. 
 
 AND Idng Zedekiah the son 
 - of Josiah reigned instead 
 of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, 
 whom Nebuchadrezzar long of 
 Babylon made king in the land 
 of Judah. 
 
 2 But neither he, nor his ser- 
 vants, nor the people of the 
 land, did hearken unto the 
 words of the Lord, which he 
 spake by the prophet Jeremiah. 
 
 3 And, Zedekiah the king sent 
 Jehucal the son of Shelemiah 
 and Zephaniah the son of Maa- 
 seiah the priest to the prophet 
 Jeremiah, sajdng, Pray now un- 
 to the Lord our God for us. 
 
 4 Now Jeremiah came in and 
 went out among the people : 
 for they had not put him into 
 prison. 
 
 5 Then Pharaoh's army was 
 come forth out of Egypt: and 
 when the Chaldeans that be- 
 sieged Jeiiisalem heard tidings 
 of them, they departed from 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 6 IF Then came the word of 
 the Lord unto the prophet 
 Jeremiah, saying, 
 
 7 Thus saith the Lord, the 
 
Jeremiah is 
 
 JEEEMIAH, XXXVIII. 
 
 God of Israel ; Thus shall ye 
 say to the king of Judah, that 
 sent you unto me to enquire of 
 me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, 
 which is come forth to help 
 you, shall return to Ej^'pt hito 
 their own land. 
 
 8 And the Chaldeans shall 
 come again, and fight against 
 this city, and take it, and burn 
 it with fire. 
 
 9 Thus saitli the Lord; De- 
 ceive not yom-selves, saying, 
 The Chaldeans shall surely de- 
 part from us : for they shall not 
 depart. 
 
 10 For though ye had smitten 
 the whole anny of the Chalde- 
 ans that figlit against you, and 
 there remained but wounded 
 men among them, ^et should 
 tliey rise up every man in liis 
 tent, and bum this city with 
 fire. 
 
 11 H And it came to pass, that 
 when the army of the Chalde- 
 ans was broken up from Jerusa- 
 lem for fear of Pharaoh's army, 
 
 12 Then Jeremiah went forth 
 out of Jerusalem to go into the 
 land of Benjamin, to separate 
 himself thence in the midst of 
 the people. 
 
 13 And when he was in^ the 
 gate of Benjamin, a captain of 
 the ward was there, whose 
 name was Irijah, the son of 
 Shelemiah, the son of Hana- 
 niah; and he took Jeremiah 
 the prophet, sajdng, Thou fall- 
 est away to the Chaldeans. 
 
 14 Then said Jeremiah, It is 
 false; I fall not away to the 
 Chaldeans. But he hearkened 
 not to liim: so Irijah took Je- 
 remiah, and brought him to the 
 princes. 
 
 15 Wherefore the princes were 
 wroth with Jeremiah, and smote 
 him, and put him in prison in 
 the house of Jonathan the 
 scribe : for they had made that 
 the prison. 
 
 16 H When Jeremiah was en- 
 tered into the dungeon, and in- 
 to the cabins, and Jeremiah had 
 remained there many days ; 
 
 imprisoned, 
 
 17 Then Zedekiah the king 
 sent, and took him out: and 
 the king asked him secretly in 
 his house, and said, Is there 
 any word from the Lord? And 
 Jeremiah said. There is : for, 
 said he, thou shalt be delivered 
 into the hand of the king of 
 Babylon. 
 
 18 Moreover Jeremiah said un- 
 to king Zedekiah, What have 
 I offended against thee, or a- 
 gainst thy servants, or against 
 this people, that ye have put 
 me in prison ? 
 
 19 Where are now your pro- 
 phets which prophesied unto 
 you, saying. The king of Baby- 
 lon shall not come against you, 
 nor against this land ? 
 
 to Tlierefore hear now^, I pray 
 thee, O my lord tlie king: let 
 my supplication, I pray thee, 
 be accepted before thee; that 
 thou cause me not to return to 
 the house of Jonathan the scribe, 
 lest I die there. 
 
 21 Then Zedekiah the king 
 commanded that they should 
 commit Jeremiah into the court 
 of the prison, and that they 
 should give him daily a piece 
 of bread out of the bakers* 
 I street, until all the bread in the 
 city were spent. Thus Jeremiah 
 remained in the court of the 
 prison. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVIII. 
 
 1 Jeremiah, hy a false suggestion, is 
 put info the dungeon of Mnlchiah. 
 7 Ebed-melech, by suit, getteth him 
 some enlargement. 14 Upon secret 
 conference he counselleth the king 
 hy yielding to save his life. 24 By 
 the king's instructions he concealeth 
 the conference from the princes. 
 
 THEN Shephatiah the son of 
 Mattan, and Gedaliah the 
 son of Pashur, and Jucal the 
 son of Shelemiah, and Pashur 
 the son of Malchiah, heard the 
 words that Jeremiah had spoken 
 unto all the people, saying, 
 2 Thus saith the Lord, He 
 that remaineth in this city shall 
 die by the sword, by the famine, 
 and by the pestilence ; but he 
 
and cad Mo JEREMIAH, 
 
 that goeth forth to the Chaldeans 
 shall live ; for he shall have his 
 life for a prey, and shall live. 
 
 3 Thiis saith the Lokd, This 
 city shall surely be given into 
 the hand of the king of Baby- 
 lon's army, which shall take it. 
 
 4 Therefore the piinces said 
 unto the king, We beseech thee, 
 let this man be ptit to death : 
 for thus he weakeneth the hands 
 of the men of war that remain 
 m this city, and the hands of 
 all the people, in speaking such 
 words unto them : for this man 
 seeketh not the welfare of this 
 people, but the hurt. 
 
 5 Then Zedekiah the king said, 
 Behold, he is in your hand : for 
 the king is not he that can do 
 ant/ thing against you. 
 _ 6 Then took they Jeremiah, 
 and cast him mto the dungeon 
 of Malchiah the son of Ham- 
 melech, that was in the court of 
 the prison: and they let down 
 Jeremiah with cords. And in 
 the dungeon tliere was no water, 
 but mire : so Jeremiah sunk in 
 the mue. 
 
 7 H Now when Ebed-melech 
 the Ethiopian, one of the eu- 
 nuchs which was in the king's 
 house, heard that they had put 
 Jeremiah in the dungeon; the 
 king then sitting in. the gate of 
 Benjamm ; 
 
 8 Ebed-melech went forth out 
 of the ktag's house, and spake 
 to the Idng, saying, 
 
 9 My lord the king, these men 
 have done evil in all that they 
 have done to Jeremiah the pro- 
 phet, whom they have cast into 
 the dungeon ; and he is like to 
 die for himger in the place 
 where he is : for there is no more 
 bread iri the city, 
 
 10 Then the long commanded 
 Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, say- 
 ing. Take from hence thirty men 
 with thee, and take up Jeremiah 
 the prophet out of the dungeon, 
 before he die. 
 
 11 So Ebed-melech took the 
 men with him, and went into 
 the house of the king under the 
 
 , XXXVIII. the dungeon, 
 
 ti'easury, and took thence old 
 cast clouts and old rotten rags, 
 and let them down by cords into 
 the dungeon to Jeremiah. 
 
 12 And Ebed-melech the E- 
 thiopian said unto Jeremiah, 
 Put now these old cast clouts 
 and rotten rags under thine 
 armholes under the cords. And 
 Jeremiah did so. 
 
 13 So they drew up Jeremiah 
 with cords, and took him up 
 out of th% dungeon : and Jere- 
 miah remained in the court of 
 the prison. 
 
 14 H Then Zedekiah the king 
 sent, and took Jeremiah the 
 prophet unto him into the third 
 entry that is in the house of 
 the Loed: and the king said 
 unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee 
 a tiling ; hide nothing from me. 
 
 15 Then Jeremiah said unto 
 Zedekiah, If I declare it unto 
 thee, wilt thou not surely put 
 me to death ? and if I give thee 
 counsel, wilt thou not hearken 
 unto me ? 
 
 16 So Zedeldah the king sware 
 secretly unto Jeremiah, saymg. 
 As the Lord liveth, that made 
 us this soul, I will not put thee 
 to death, neither will I give thee 
 into the hand of these men that 
 seek thy hfe. _ 
 
 17 Then said Jeremiah unto 
 Zedeldah, Thus saith the Lord, 
 the God of hosts, the God of Is- 
 rael ; If thou wilt assuredly go 
 forth unto the king of Babylon's 
 princes, then thy soul shall live, 
 and this city shall not be burn- 
 ed with fire ; and thou shalt hve, 
 and thine house : 
 
 18 But if thou wilt not go forth 
 to the king of Babylon's princes, 
 then shall this city be given in- 
 to the hand of the Chaldeans, 
 and they shall burn it with fire, 
 and thou shalt not escape out of 
 their hand. 
 
 19 And Zedeldah the king said 
 unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of 
 the Jews that are fallen to the 
 Chaldeans, lest they deliver me 
 into their hand, and they mock 
 me. 
 
Jeremialis counsel. JEREMIAH, XXXIX. Jerumlein is taken. 
 
 20 But Jeremiah said, They 
 shall not deliver thee. Obey, I 
 beseech thee, the voice of the 
 Lord, wliich I speak unto thee : 
 so it shall be well unto thee, and 
 thy soul shall live. 
 
 21 But if thou refuse to go 
 forth, this is the word that the 
 Lord hath shewed me : 
 
 22 And, behold, all the women 
 that are left in the king of Ju- 
 dah's house sliall Ite brought foilh 
 to the king of Babylon's princes, 
 and those icomeu shall say, Thy 
 friends have set thee on, and 
 have pre> ailed a^zainst thee : thy 
 feet are sunk in the mire, and 
 they are turned away back. 
 
 23 So they shall bring out all 
 tliy wives and thy children to 
 the Chaldeans: and thou shalt 
 not escape out of their hand, 
 but shalt be taken by the hand 
 of the king of Babylon: and 
 thou shalt cause this city to be 
 bunied ^\ith lire. 
 
 24 ^ Then said Zedeldah unto 
 Jeremiah, Let no man know of 
 these words, and thou shalt not 
 die. 
 
 25 But if the princes hear that 
 I have talked with thee, and 
 they come imto thee, and say 
 unto thee, Declare unto us now 
 what thou hast said unto the 
 king, hide it not from us, and 
 we will not put thee to death ; 
 also what the king said unto 
 thee: 
 
 26 Then thou shalt say unto 
 them, I presented my suppli- 
 cation before the king, that he 
 would not cause me to return 
 to Jonathan's house, to die 
 there. 
 
 27 Then came all the princes 
 unto Jeremiah, and asked him : 
 and he told them according^ to 
 all these words that the king 
 had commanded. So they left 
 off speaking with him ; for the 
 matter was not perceived. 
 
 28 So Jeremiah abode in the 
 court of the prison imtil the day 
 that Jerusalem was taken : and 
 he was there when Jerusalem 
 was taken. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIX. 
 
 1 Jerusalem is taken. 4 Zedekiah is 
 made blind, and sent to Babylon. 
 8 27/e cit// ruinated, 9 the people 
 cajjtivated. 11 Nebuchadrezzar's 
 charge for the good usage of Jere- 
 miah. 15 God's promise to Ebed- 
 m^lech. 
 
 IN the ninth year of Zedekiah 
 king of Judah, in the tenth 
 month, came Nebuchadrezzar 
 king of Babylon and all his ar- 
 my against Jerusalem, and they 
 besieged it. 
 
 2 And in the eleventh year of 
 Zedekiah, in the fourth month, 
 the ninth day of the month, the 
 city was broken up. 
 
 3 And all the princes of the 
 king of Babyhm came in, and 
 sat in the middle gate, even 
 Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, 
 Sarsechim, Kab-saiis, Nergal- 
 sharezer, Rab-mag, with all the 
 residue of the princes of the 
 king of Babylon. 
 
 4 it And it came to pass, that 
 when Zedekiah the king of Ju- 
 dah saw them, and all the men 
 of war, then they fled, and went 
 forth out of the city by night, 
 by the way of the king's garden, 
 by the gate betwixt the two 
 walls : and he went out the way 
 of the plain. 
 
 5 But the Chaldeans' army 
 pursued after them, and over- 
 took Zedekiah in the plains of 
 Jericho: and when they had 
 taken him, they brought him 
 up to Nebuchadnezzar king of 
 Babylon to Riblah in the land 
 of Hamath, where he gaA e judg- 
 ment upon him. 
 
 6 Then the king of Babylon 
 slew the sons of Zedekiah in 
 Riblah before his eyes : also the 
 king of Babylon slew all the 
 nobles of Judah. 
 
 7 Moreover he put out Ze- 
 dekiah's eyes, and bound him 
 with chains, to carr>^ liim to 
 Babylon. 
 
 8 H And the Chaldeans bttmed 
 the king's house, and the houses 
 of the people, with tire, and brake 
 down the walls of Jerusalem. 
 
 9 Then Nebuzar-adan the cap- 
 
Jeremiah kindly used, JEEEMIAH, XL. 
 
 and set at liberty. 
 
 tain of the guard carried away 
 captive into Babylon the rem- 
 nant of the people that remain- 
 ed in the city, and those that 
 fell away, that fell to him, with 
 the rest of the people that re- 
 mained. 
 
 10 But Nebuzar-adan the cap- 
 tain of the guard left^ of the 
 poor of the people, which had 
 nothing, in the laiid of Judah, 
 and gave them vineyards and 
 fields at the same time. 
 
 11 1[ Now Nebuchadrez2ar king 
 of Babylon gave charge con- 
 cerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar- 
 adan the captain of the guard, 
 saying, 
 
 12 Take him, and look well to 
 him, and do him no harm ; but 
 do unto him even as he shall 
 say unto thee. 
 
 13 So Nebuzar-adan the cap- 
 tain of the gaiard sent, and Ne- 
 bushasban, Eab-saris, and Ner- 
 gal-sharezer, Eab-mag, and all 
 the king of Babylon's princes ; 
 
 14 Even they sent, and took 
 Jeremiah out of the court of 
 the prison, and committed him 
 unto Gedaliah the son of Ahi- 
 kam the son of Shaphan, that 
 he should cany him home: so 
 he dwelt among the people. 
 
 15 IF Now the word of the 
 LosD came rinto Jeremiah, 
 while he was^ shut up in the 
 couit of the prison, saying, 
 
 16 Go and speak to Ebed- 
 melech the Ethiopian, saying. 
 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
 the God of Israel; Behold, I 
 will bring my words upon this 
 city for evil, and not for good ; 
 
 I and they shall be accomplislied 
 
 I in that day before thee. 
 
 ! 17 But I will deliver thee in 
 
 that day, saith the Loed: and 
 j thou shalt not be given into 
 ! the hand of the men of whom 
 1 thou aii afraid. 
 
 1 18 For I will surely deliver 
 i thee, and thou slialt not fall by 
 ' the sword, but thy life shall be 
 
 for a prey unto thee : be(^ause 
 i thou hast put thy trust in me, 
 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER XL. 
 
 1 Jeremiah, being set free hy Nehn- 
 zar-adan, goeth to Gedaliah. 7 The 
 dispersed Jeivs repair unto Mm,. 
 13 Johanan revealing IshmaeVs 
 conspiracy is not believed. 
 
 THE word that came to Jere- 
 miah from the Lord, after 
 that Nebuzar-adan the captain 
 of the guard had let him go from 
 Eamah, when he had taken him 
 being bound in chains among 
 all that were carried away cap- 
 tive of Jerusalem and Judah, 
 which were earned away captive 
 unto Babylon. 
 
 2 And the captain of the guard 
 took Jeremiah, and said unto 
 him. The Lord thy Gcd hath 
 pronounced this e\il upon this 
 place. 
 
 3 Now the Lord hath brought 
 it, and done according as he 
 hath said : because ye have sin- 
 ned against the Lord, and have 
 not obeyed his voice, therefore 
 this thing is come upon you. 
 
 4 And now, behold, I loose 
 thee this day froni the chains 
 which were upon thine hand. If 
 it seem good unto thee to come 
 with me into Babylon, come; 
 and I will look well unto thee : 
 but if it seem ill unto thee to 
 come with me into Babylon, for- 
 bear : behold, all the land is be- 
 fore thee: whither it seemeth 
 good and convenient for thee to 
 go, thither go. 
 
 5 Now while he was not yet 
 gone back, he said. Go back also 
 to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam 
 the son of Shaphan, Vrhom the 
 king of Babylon hath made go- 
 vernor over the cities of Judah, 
 and dwell with him among the 
 people: or go wheresoever it 
 seemeth convenient unto thee 
 to go. So the captain of the 
 guard gave him victuals and a 
 reward, and let him go. 
 
 6 Then went Jeremiah unto 
 Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to 
 Mizpah ; and dwelt with him 
 among the people that were left 
 in the land. 
 
 7 ^ Now when all the captains 
 
The dispersed Jews JEREMIAH, XLI. remi to Gedalkih. 
 
 of the forces which tcere in the 
 fields, even they and their men, 
 heard that the Idng of Babylon 
 had made Gedaliah the son of 
 Ahil5:am governor in the land, 
 and had committed nnto him 
 men, and women, and children, 
 and of the poor of the land, of 
 them that weie not earned a- 
 way captive to Babylon ; 
 
 8 Then they came to Gedaliah 
 to Mizpah, even Ishmael the 
 son of Nethaniah, and Joha- 
 nan and Jonathan the sons of 
 Kareah, and Seraiah the son of 
 Tanhnmeth, and the sons of 
 Ephai the Netophathite, and 
 Jezaniah the son of a Maach- 
 athite, they and their men. 
 
 9 And Gedaliah the son of 
 Ahil5:am the son of Shaphan 
 sware nnto them and to their 
 men, saying. Fear not to sene 
 the Chaldeans: dwell in the 
 land, and serve the king of 
 Babylon, and it shall be well 
 with you. 
 
 10 As for me, behold, I will 
 dwell at Mizpah, to serve the 
 Chaldeans, which will come nn- 
 to ns: but ye, gather ye wine, 
 and summer fruits, and oil, and 
 put them in your vessels, and 
 dwell in your cities that ye have 
 taken. 
 
 11 Liliewise when all the Jews 
 that toere in Moab, and among 
 the Ammonites, and in Eclom, 
 and that ivere in all the coun- 
 tries, heard that the king of Ba- 
 bylon had left a remnant of Ju- 
 dah, and that he had set over 
 them Gedaliah the son of Ahi- 
 kam the son of Shaphan ; 
 
 12 Even all the Jews returned 
 out of all places whither they 
 were driven, and came to the 
 land of Judah, to Gedaliah, un- 
 to Mizpah, and gathered wine 
 and summer fruits very much. 
 
 13 IF Moreover Johanan the 
 son of Kareah, and all the cap- 
 tains of the forces that loere in 
 the fields, came to Gedaliah to 
 Mizpah, 
 
 14 And said unto him, Dost 
 . thou certauily know that Baalis 
 
 the king of the Ammonites hath 
 sent Ishmael the son of Netha- 
 niah to slay thee? But Geda- 
 liah the son of Ahikam believed 
 them not. 
 
 15 Then Johanan the son of 
 Kareah spake to Gedaliah in 
 IVIizpah secretly, saying. Let 
 me go, I pray thee, and I will 
 slay Ishmael the son of Netha- 
 niah, and no man shall know 
 it: wherefore shoukl he slay 
 thee, that all the Jews which 
 are gathered imto thee should 
 be scattered, and the remnant 
 in Judah perish ? 
 
 16^ But Gedaliah the son of 
 Ahikam said unto Johanan the 
 son of Kareah, Thou shalt not 
 do this thing : for thou speakest 
 falsely of Ishmael. 
 
 CHAPTER XLI. 
 
 1 Ishmael, treacherously MUing Ge- 
 daliah and others, purposeth ivith 
 the residue to flee unto the Am- 
 monites. 11 Johanan recovereth 
 the captives, and mindeth to jfek , 
 into Egypt. 1 
 
 "VTOW it came to pass in thJ 
 jJ^ seventh month, that Ish;| 
 mael the son of Nethaniah th^ 
 son of Elishama, of the seedf j 
 royal, and the princes of th^ 
 Iting, even ten men with hini{ j 
 came unto Gedaliah the son of • 
 Ahikam to Mizpah; and there 
 they did eat bread together in 
 Mizpah. 
 
 2 Then arose Ishmael the son 
 of Nethaniah, and the ten men 
 that were with him, and smote \ 
 Gedaliah the son of Ahikam 
 the son of Shaphan with the 
 sword, and slew him, whom 
 the king of Babylon had made 
 governor over the land. 
 
 3 Ishmael also slew all the 
 Jews that were with him, even 
 with Gedaliah, at Mizpah. and 
 the Chaldeans that were lound 
 there, and the men of war. 
 
 4 And it came to pass the se- 
 cond day after he had slain Ge- 
 daliah, and no man knew it, 
 
 5 That there came certain 
 from Shechem, from Shiloh,; 
 and from Samaria, even foiir-j 
 
 I 
 
Jolianan recovereih JEREMIAH, XLII. 
 
 the mptives. 
 
 score men, having their beards I 
 shaven, and their clothes rent, 
 and having cut themselves, , 
 with offerings and incense m ; 
 their hand, to biiag tliem to 
 the honse of the Loed. 
 
 6 And Ishmael the son of Ne- 
 thaniah went forth from Miz- 
 pah to meet them, weeping all 
 along as he went : and it came 
 to pass, as he met them, he said 
 mi to them. Come to Gedahah | 
 the son of Ahikam. | 
 
 7 And it was so, when they . 
 came into the midst of the city, | 
 that Ishmael the son of Netha- | 
 niah slew them, and cast tJiem 
 into the midst of the pit, he, and 
 the men that were with him. ' 
 
 8 But ten men were found 
 among them that said imto Ish- : 
 mael, Slay us not : for we have \ 
 treasures in the field, of wheat, 
 and of barley, and of oil, and of 
 honey. So he forbare, and slew [ 
 them not among their brethi'en. : 
 
 9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael | 
 had cast all the dead bodies of I 
 the men, whom he had slain be- ' 
 cause of Gedaliah, was it which 
 Asa the Idng had made for fear 
 of Baasha king of Israel : and 
 Ishmael the son of ]N'ethaniah 
 filled it vdth them that icere slain. 
 
 10 Then Ishmael carried away 
 captive all the residue of the 
 people that icere in Mizpah, even 
 the king's daughters, and all the ' 
 people that remained m Miz- 
 pah, whom Nebuzar-adan the 
 captain of the guard had com- 
 mitted to Gedahah the son of 
 Ahikam: and Ishmael the son 
 of Nethaniah earned them away 
 captive, and departed to go over 
 to the Ammonites. 
 
 11 H But when Johanan the 
 son of Kareah, and all the cap- 
 tains of the forces that icere with 
 him, heard of all the evil that 
 Ishmael the son of Nethaniah 
 had done, 
 
 12 Then they took all the men, 
 and went to fight with Ishmael 
 the son of Nethaniah, andfoimd 
 him by the great waters that 
 are in Gibeon. 
 
 13 Now it came to pass, that 
 when all the people which icere 
 with Ishmael saw Johanan the 
 son of Kareah, and all the cap- 
 tains of the forces that were with 
 him, then they were glad. 
 
 14 So all the people that Ish- 
 mael had canied away captive 
 from Mizpah cast about and 
 returned, and went unto Joha- 
 nan the son of Kareah. 
 
 15 But Ishmael the son of Ne- 
 thaniah escaped from Joha,nan 
 with eight men, ajid went to the 
 Ammonites. 
 
 16 Then took Johanan the son 
 of Kareah, and all the captains 
 of the forces that icere Vvith him, 
 all the remnant of the people 
 whom he had recovered from 
 Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, 
 from Mizpah, after tliat he had 
 slain Gedaliah the son of Ahi- 
 kam, even mighty men of war, 
 and the women, and the chil- 
 di'en, and the eunuchs, v/hom he 
 had brought again from Gibeon : 
 
 17 And they departed, and 
 dwelt in the habitation of Chim- 
 ham, which is by Beth-lehem, to 
 go to enter into Egypt, 
 
 18 Because of the Chaldeans : 
 for they were afraid of them, 
 because Ishmael the son of Ne- 
 thaniah had slain Gedaliah the 
 son of Ahikam, whom the king 
 of Babylon made governor in 
 the land. 
 
 CHAPTEH XLII. 
 1 Johanan desireth Jeremiah io en- 
 quire of God, promising^ obedience 
 to his icill. 7 Jeremiah assureth 
 him of safety in Judea, 13 and de- 
 struction in Egypt. 19 He reprov- 
 eth their hyp^ocrisy, in requiring of 
 the Lord that ichich they meant not. 
 
 THEN all the captains of the 
 forces, and Johanan the son 
 of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son 
 of Hoshaiah, and all the people 
 from the least even unto the 
 greatest, came near, 
 2 And said imto Jeremiah the 
 prophet. Let, we beseech thee, 
 om' supplication be accepted be- 
 fore thee, and pray for us imto 
 the Lord thy God, even for all 
 this remnant; (for we are left 
 Q<l2 
 
Jeremiah in vain JEREMIAH, XLII. 
 
 hut a few of many, as thine eyes 
 do behold us :) 
 
 3 That the Lord thy God may 
 shew us the way wherein we 
 may walk, and the thing that 
 we may do. 
 
 4 Then Jeremiah the prophet 
 said unto them, I have heard 
 you; behold, 1 will pray mito 
 the Lord your God according to 
 your words ; and it shall come to 
 pass, that whatsoever thing the 
 Lord shall answer you, 1 will 
 declare it unto you ; 1 mil keep 
 nothing back from you. 
 
 5 Then they said to Jeremiah, 
 The Lord be a true and faith- 
 ful witness between us, if we do 
 not even according to all things 
 for the wliicli the Lord thy God 
 shall send thee to us. 
 
 6 Whether it he good, or whe- 
 ther it he evil, we will obey the 
 voice of the Lord our God, to 
 whom we send thee ; that it may 
 be well with us, when we obey 
 the voice of the Lord our God. 
 
 7 1[ And it came to pass after 
 ten days, that the word of the 
 Lord came unto Jeremiah. 
 
 8 Then called he Johanan the 
 son of Kareah, and all the cap- 
 tains of the forces which were 
 \vith him, and all the people 
 from the least even to the 
 greatest, 
 
 9 And said unto them. Thus 
 saitli the Lord, the God of Is- 
 rael, unto whom ye sent me to 
 present your supplication before 
 him ; 
 
 10 If ye will still abide in this 
 land, then will I build you, and 
 net pull you down, and I will 
 plant you, and not pluck you 
 up : for I repent me of the evil 
 that I have done imto you. 
 
 11 Be not afraid of the king 
 of Babylon, of whom ye are 
 afraid; be not afraid of him, 
 saith the Lord: for I am with 
 you to save you, and to deliver 
 you from his hand. 
 
 12 And I will shew mercies 
 unto you, that he may have 
 mercy upon you, and cause you 
 to return to your own land. 
 
 dissuading, ilie people 
 
 13 ^ But if ye say, We will not 
 dwell in tliis land, neither obey 
 the voice of the Lord your God, 
 
 14 Saying, No ; but we will go 
 into the land of Egypt, where 
 we shall see no war, nor hear 
 the sound of the trumpet, nor 
 have hunger of bread; and 
 there will we dwell : 
 
 15 And now therefore hear the 
 word of the Lord, ye remnant 
 of Judah ; Thus saith the Lord 
 of hosts, the God of Israel ; If ye 
 wholly set your faces to enter 
 into Egypt, and go to sojourn 
 there ; 
 
 IG Then it shall come to pass, 
 that the sword, which ye fear- 
 ed, shall overtake you there in 
 the land of Egypt, and the fa- 
 mine, whereof ye were afraid, 
 shall follow close after you there 
 in Egypt; and there ye shall 
 die. 
 
 17 So shall it be with all the 
 men that set their faces to go 
 into Egypt to sojourn there ; 
 they shall die by the sword, by 
 the famhie, and by the pesti- 
 lence : and none of them shall 
 remain or escape from the evil 
 that I will bring upon them. 
 
 18 For thus saith the Lord 
 of hosts, the God of Israel ; As 
 mine anger and my fury hath 
 been poured forth upon the in- 
 habitants of Jerusalem ; so shall 
 my fury be poured forth upon 
 you, when ye shall enter into 
 Egypt : and ye shaU be an exe- 
 cration, and an astonishment, 
 and a curse, and a reproach ; and 
 ye shall see this place no more. 
 
 19 1[ The Lord hath said con- 
 cei-ning you, O ye remnant of 
 Judah ; Go ye not into Egypt : 
 know certainly that I have ad- 
 monished you this day. 
 
 20 For ye dissembled in your 
 hearts, when ye sent me imto 
 the Lord your God, saying. 
 Pray for us unto the Lord our 
 God; and according unto all 
 that the Lord our God shall 
 say, so declare unto us, and we 
 will do it. 
 
 21 And noiv 1 have tliis day de- 
 
go into Egypt. 
 
 JEKElVnAH, XLIII. Theconquest of Egypt. 
 
 clared it to you; but ye have 
 not obeyed the voice of the 
 Lord your God, nor any thing 
 for the which he hath sent me 
 unto you. 
 
 22 Now therefore know cer- 
 tainly that ye shall die by the 
 sword, by the famine, and by 
 the pestilence, in the place 
 whither ye desire to go and to 
 sojourn. 
 
 CHAPTER XLIII. 
 1 Johanan, discrediting Jeremiah's 
 prophecy, carrieth Jeremiah and 
 others info Egypt. 8 Jeremiah pro- 
 phesieth by a type the conquest of 
 . Egypt hy the Bahylordans. 
 
 AND it came to pass, tliat 
 . when Jeremiah had made 
 an end of spealdng unto all 
 the people all the words of the 
 Lord their God. for which the 
 Lord their God had sent him 
 to them, even all these words, 
 
 2 Then spake Azariah the son 
 of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the 
 son of Kareah, and all the proud 
 men, sajong unto Jeremiah, 
 Thou speakest falsely: the 
 Lord our God hath not sent 
 thee to say. Go not into EgjT)t 
 to sojourn there : 
 
 3 But Baruch the son of Ne- 
 riah setteth thee on against us, 
 for to deliver us into the hand of 
 the Chaldeans, that they might 
 put us to death, and carr5^ us 
 away captives into Babylon. 
 
 4 So Johanan the son of Ka- 
 reah, and all the captains of the 
 forces, and all the people, obey- 
 ed not the voice of the Lord, 
 to dwell in the land of Judah. 
 
 5 But Johanan the son of Ka- 
 reah, and all the captains of the 
 forces, took all the remnant of 
 Judah, that were returned from 
 all nations, whither they had 
 been diiven, to dwell in the 
 land of Judah ; 
 
 6 Even men, and women, and 
 children, and the king's daugh- 
 ters, and every person that Ne- 
 buzar-adan the captam of the 
 guard had left with Gedaliah 
 the son of Ahikam the son of 
 Shaphan, and Jeremiah the 
 
 prophet, and Baruch the son 
 of Neriah. 
 
 7 So they came into the land 
 of Egypt : for they obeyed not 
 the voice of the Lord: thus 
 came they even to Tahpanhes. 
 
 8 IF Then came the word of the 
 Lord mito Jeremiah in Tah- 
 panhes, saying, 
 
 9 Take great stones in thine 
 hand, and hide them in the clay 
 in the bricld^iln, which is at the 
 entry of Pharaoh's house in Tah- 
 panhes, m the sight of the men 
 of Judah ; 
 
 10 And say unto them, Thus; 
 saith the Lord of hosts, the God 
 of Israel ; Behold, I will send 
 and take Nebuchadrezzar the 
 king of Babylon, my servant, 
 and will set his throne upon 
 these stones that I have hid; 
 and he shall spread his royal 
 pavihon over them. 
 
 11 And when he cometh, lie 
 shall smite the land of Egypt, 
 and deliver such as are for death 
 to death; and such as are for 
 captivity to captivity ; and such 
 as are for the sword to the sword. 
 
 12 And I will kindle a fire in 
 the houses of the gods of Egypt; 
 and he shall bum them, and 
 cany them away captives: and 
 he shall array himself with the 
 land of Egypt, as a shepherd 
 putteth on his garment; and 
 he shall go forth from thence 
 in peace. 
 
 13 He shall break also the im- 
 ages of Beth-shemesh, that is 
 in the land of Egypt ; and the 
 houses of the gods of the Egyp- 
 tians shall he bum with fire. 
 
 CHAPTER XLIV. 
 1 Jeremiah, expresseth the desolation 
 of Jndah for their idolatry. 11 He 
 prophesieth their destruction, who 
 commit idolatry in Egypt. 15 27*6 
 obstinacy of the Jews. 20 Jeremiah 
 threateneth them for the same, 29 
 and for a sign prophesieth the de- 
 struction of Egypt. 
 THE word that came to Je- 
 remiah conceming all the 
 Jews which dwell m the land 
 of Egypt, which dwell at Mig- 
 dol, and at Tahpanhes, and at 
 
TJie iddatry oj Oie JEREMIAH, XLIV, 
 
 Noph, and in the country of 
 Pathros, sayinpj, 
 
 2 Tlius saitli the Lord of hosts, 
 the God of Israel ; Ye have seen 
 all the evil that I have brought 
 upon JeiTisalera, and upon all 
 the cities of Judah ; and, behold, 
 this day they are a desolation, 
 and no man dwelleth therein, 
 
 3 Because of their ^vickedness 
 wliich they have committed to 
 provoke me to anger, in that 
 they went to bum incense, and 
 to serve other gods, whom they 
 knew not, neither they, ye, nor 
 your fathers. 
 
 Jeics in Egifiit. 
 
 10 They are not humbled evm 
 unto this day, neither have they 
 feared, nor walked in my law, 
 nor in my statutes, that I set 
 before you and before your fa- 
 thers. 
 
 11 IF Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord of hoste, the God of Is- 
 rael ; Behold, I will set my face 
 against you for evil, and to cut 
 olfallJudah. 
 
 12 And I will take the rem- 
 nant of Judah, that liave set 
 their faces to cro into the land 
 of Egypt to sojourn there, and 
 they shall all be consumed, ami 
 
 4 Howbeit I sent unto you all [ fall in the land of Egypt; they 
 my servants the prophets, rising ! shall even be consumed by the 
 early and sending them, saying, | sword and by the famine : they 
 Oh, do not this abominable ' shall die, from the least even 
 
 thing that I hate. 
 
 unto the greatest, by the sword 
 
 5 But they hearkened not, nor and by the famine : and they 
 inclined their ear to turn from ; shall be an execration, and an 
 
 their wickedness, to bum no in- 
 cense unto other gods. | 
 6 Wherefore my fuiy and mine 
 anger was poured forth, and was 
 
 astonishment, and a curse, and 
 a reproach. 
 
 13 For I will punish them that 
 dwell in the land of Egypt, as 
 
 kindled in the cities of Judah '. I have pimished Jerusalem, by 
 and in the streets of Jerusalem ; | the sword, by the famine, and 
 and they are wasted a:ul deso- 1 by the pestilence : 
 late, as at this day. 14 So that none of the remnant 
 
 7 Therefore now thus saith the I of Judah, which are gone into 
 Lord, the God of hosts, the God the land of Egypt to sojourn 
 of Israel; Wherefore commit ye • there, shall escape or remain, 
 this great evil against your souls, j that they should return into the 
 to cut off from you man and land of Judah, to the wliich 
 
 woman, child and suckling, out 
 of Judah, to leave you none to 
 remain ; 
 
 8 In that ye provoke me unto 
 wrath with the v> orks of your 
 hands, burning incense unto 
 other gods in the land of Egypt, 
 whither ye be gone to dwell, 
 that ye might cut yom^elves off, 
 and that ye might be a curse 
 and a reproach among all the 
 nations of the earth ? 
 
 9 Have ye forgotten the v^ck- 
 edness of your fa there, and the 
 wickedness of the Idngs of Ju- 
 dah, and the wickedness of their 
 wives, and yom- own wicked- 
 ness, and the wickedness of your 
 Avives, which they have commit- 
 ted in the land of Judah, and 
 in the streets of Jerusalem ? 
 
 they have a desire to return to 
 dwell there : for none shall rC" 
 turn but such as shall escape. 
 
 15 % Then all the men which 
 Imew that their wives had burn- 
 ed incense unto other gods, and 
 all the women that stood by, a 
 great multitude, even all the 
 people that dwelt in the land 
 of Egypt, in Pathros, answered 
 Jeremiah, saying, 
 
 16 As for the word that thou 
 hast spoken unto us in the 
 name of the Lord, we will not 
 hearken unto thee. 
 
 17 But we will certainly do 
 whatsoever thing goeth forth 
 out of our own mouth, to bum 
 incense unto the queen of hea- 
 ven, and to pour out drink of- 
 ferings unto her^ as we have- 
 
Tliey are thmtmed JEREMIAH, XLV. 
 
 wi:h judginenls. 
 
 done, we, and oui; fathere, our 
 kings, and our princes, in the 
 cities of Jiidah, and in the 
 streets of Jerusalem: for t]ien 
 had we plenty of victuals, and 
 were well, and saw no evil. 
 
 18 But since we left off to bum 
 incense to the queen of heaven, 
 and to pour out drinli offerings 
 unto her, we Imve wanted all 
 tilings, and have been consumed 
 by the sword and by the famine. 
 
 19 And when we burned in- 
 cense to ^Q queen of heaven, 
 and poured out diink offerings 
 unto her, did we make her cakes 
 to worehip her, and pour out 
 drink offerings mito her, with- 
 out our men ? 
 
 20 ^ Then Jeremiah said unto 
 all the people, to the men, and 
 to the women, and to all the 
 people which had given him 
 that answer, saying, 
 
 21 The incense that ye burned 
 in the cities of Judah, and in 
 the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and 
 your fathei«, your Irings, and 
 your princes, and the people of 
 the land, did not the Loed re- 
 member them, and came it iwt 
 into his mind? 
 
 22 So that the Lokd could no 
 longer bear, because of the evil 
 of your doings, and because of 
 the abominations which ye have 
 committed; therefore is your 
 land a desolation, and an asto- 
 nishment, and a curse, without 
 an inhabitant, as at this day. 
 
 23 Because ye have burned 
 incense, and because ye have 
 sinned against the Lord, and 
 have not obeyed the voice of 
 the Loed, nor walked in his 
 law, nor in his statutes, nor in 
 his testimonies; therefore this 
 evil is happened unto you, as 
 at this day. 
 
 24 Moreover Jeremiah said 
 unto all the people, and to all 
 the women. Hear the word of 
 the Loed, all Judah that are 
 in the land of Egypt : 
 
 25 Thus saith the Loed of 
 hosts, the God of Israel, saying; 
 Ye and your wives have both 
 
 spoken with your mouths, and 
 fulfilled with your hand, say- 
 ing. We will surely perform our 
 vows that we have vowed, to 
 biun incense to the queen of 
 heaven, and to pour out drink 
 offerings unto her : ye will sure- 
 ly accomplish your vows, and 
 surely perform your vows. 
 
 26 Therefore hear ye the word 
 of the Loed, aU Judah that 
 dwell in the land of Egypt; 
 Behold, I have swoni by my 
 great name, saith the Lord, 
 that my name shall no more 
 be named in the mouth of any 
 man of Judah in all the land 
 of Egypt, saying. The Lord God 
 hveth. 
 
 27 Behold, I will watch over 
 them for evil, and not for good : 
 and all the men of Judah that 
 are in the land of Egypt shall 
 be consumed by the swoi^d and 
 by the famine, until there be an 
 end of them. 
 
 28 Yet a small number that 
 escape the sword shaU 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 sojourn 
 there, shall Imow v/hose words 
 shall stand, mine, or their's. 
 
 29 IT And this sliall he a sign 
 unto you, saith the Loed, that I 
 will punish you in this place, 
 that ye may Imow that my words 
 shall surely stand against you 
 for evil : 
 
 30 Thus saith the Lord; 
 Behold, I "uill give Pharaoh- 
 hophra king of Egypt into the 
 hand of his enemies, and into 
 the hand of them that seek his 
 life; as I gave Zedeldah Idng 
 of Judah into the hand of Ne- 
 buchadrezzar king of Babylon, 
 his enemy, and that sought his 
 hfe. 
 
 CHAPTER XLY. 
 1 BarneJi being dismayed, 4 Jet'c- 
 miah instructeth av.d c&mforteth 
 Mm. 
 
 THE word that Jeremiah the 
 prophet spake unto Baruch 
 the son of l^eriah, when he had 
 
The Oi-ertJirotc of JEREMIAH, XLVI. 
 
 Fharadh's army. 
 
 written these words in a book at 
 the mouth of Jeremiah, in the 
 fomih year of Jehoialdm the 
 son of Josiah Idng of Judah, 
 sayinG^, 
 
 2 Thus saith the Lord, the 
 God of Israel, imto thee, O 
 Barueh ; 
 
 3 Thou didst say. Woe is me 
 now! for the Lord hath added 
 grief to my soitow ; I fainted in 
 my si^huig, and I find no rest. 
 
 4 H Thus shalt thou say unto 
 him. The Lord saith thus ; Be- 
 liold, that which I have built 
 will I break down, and that 
 which I have planted I will 
 pluck up, even this whole land. 
 
 5 And seekest thou gi-eat 
 things for thyself? seek thim 
 not: for, behold, I will bring 
 evil upon all flesh, saith the 
 Lord: but thy life will I give 
 unto thee for a prey in all places 
 whither thou goest. 
 
 CHAPTER XLVI. 
 1 Jeremiah propJiesieth the overthrow 
 of PharacJts army at Enplirates, 
 ]3 and the congieest of Egypt hy 
 Nehuchadrezzar. 27 He comforteth 
 Jacob in their chastisement. 
 
 THE word of the Lord which 
 came to Jeremiah the pro- 
 phet against the Gentiles; 
 
 2 Against Egj^pt, against the 
 army of Pharaoh-neclio Idug 
 of Egypt, which was by the ri- 
 ver Euphrates in Carchemish, 
 which Nebuchadrezzar king of 
 Babylon smote in the fourth 
 year of Jehoialdm the son of 
 Josiah Idng of Judah. 
 
 3 Order ye the buckler and 
 shield, and draw near to battle. 
 
 4 Harness the horses ; and get 
 up, ye hoi^emen, and stand forth 
 with your helmets; furbish the 
 f^pears, and put on the brigan- 
 dines. 
 
 5 Wherefore have I seen them 
 dismayed and turned away 
 back ? and theii' mighty ones 
 are beaten down, and are fled 
 apace, and look not back : /or 
 fear icas romid about, saith the 
 Lord. 
 
 6 Let not the swift flee av^^ay, 
 
 nor the mighty man escai)e ; 
 they shall stumble, and fall 
 toward the north by the river 
 Euphrates. 
 
 7 Who is this that cometh up 
 as a flood, whose waters are 
 moved as the rivers? 
 
 8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, 
 and his waters are moved like 
 the livers ; and he saith, I ^nll 
 go up, and will cover the earth ; 
 I will destroy the city and the 
 inhabitants thereof. 
 
 9 Come up, ye horses; and 
 rage, ye chariots; and let the 
 miffhty men come forth ; the 
 Ethioi)ianR and the^ Libyans, 
 that handle the shield; and 
 the Lydians, that handle and 
 bend the bow. 
 
 10 For this is the day of the 
 Lord God of hosts, a day of 
 vengeance, that he may avenge 
 him of his adversaries : and the 
 &word shall devour, and it shall 
 be satiate and made drunk with 
 their blood : for the Lord God 
 of hosts hath a sacnfice in the 
 north country by the river Eu- 
 phrates. 
 
 11 Go up into Gilead, and 
 take balm, O virgin, the daugh- 
 ter of Egypt : in vain shalt thou 
 use many medicines; for thou 
 shalt not be cured. 
 
 12 The nations have heard of 
 thy shame, and thy cry hath 
 filled the land: for the mighty 
 man hath stumbled against the 
 mighty, and they are fallen 
 both together. 
 
 13 1[ The word that the Lord 
 spake to Jeremiah the prophet, 
 how Nebuchadrezzar Idng of 
 Babylon should come and smite 
 the land of Egypt. 
 
 14 Declare ye in Egypt, and 
 publish in Migdol, and publish 
 in Noph and in Tahpanhes : 
 say ye. Stand fast, and prepare 
 thee ; for the sword shall de» 
 vour round about thee. 
 
 15 W^hy are thy valiant men 
 swept away? they stood not, be- 
 cause the Lord did drive them. 
 
 16 He made many to fall, yea, 
 one fell upon another : and they 
 
The mm^st of Egypt JEEEMIAH, XLYII. hy NehucMdrcmir. 
 
 eaid, Arise, and let us jro again 
 to our own people, and to the 
 land of cur nativity, from the 
 oppressing sword. 
 
 17 They did cry there, Pha- 
 raoh king of Egypt is hut a 
 noise ; he hath passed the thne 
 appointed. 
 
 18 As I live, saith the King, 
 whose name is the Lord of 
 hosts. Surely as Tabor is a- 
 mong the mountains, and as 
 Carmel by the sea, so shall he 
 come. 
 
 19 O thou daughter dwelling 
 in Egypt, furnish thyself to go 
 into captivity : for Noph^ shall 
 be waste and desolate without 
 an inhabitant. 
 
 20 Egypt is like a very fair 
 heifer, hut destruction cometh; 
 it Cometh aut of the north. 
 
 21 Also her hued men are in 
 the midst^of her like fatted bul- 
 locks; for they also are turned 
 back, and are fled away to- 
 gether : they did not stand, be- 
 cause the day of their calamity 
 was come upon them, and the 
 time of their visitation. 
 
 22 The voice thereof shall go 
 like a serpent; for they shall 
 march Ydih. an army, and come 
 against her with axes, as hewers 
 of wood. 
 
 23 They shall cut down her 
 forest, saith the Loed, though 
 it cannot be searched ; because 
 they are more than the grass- 
 hoppers, and are innumerable. 
 
 24 The daughter of Egypt 
 shall be confounded ; she shall 
 be dehvered into the hand of 
 the people of the north. 
 
 25 The Lord of hosts, the 
 God of Israel, saith; Behold, 
 I will punish the multitude of 
 No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, 
 with their gods, and theh kings ; 
 even Pharaoh, and all them that 
 trust in him : 
 
 26 And I w^ll deliver them 
 into the hand of those that 
 seek their lives, and into the 
 hand of Nebuchadrezzar king 
 of Babylon, piud into the hand 
 of his servants ; and aftenvard. 
 
 it shall be rahabited, as ia the 
 days of old. saith the Lord. 
 
 27 H But fear not. thou, O my 
 servant Jacob, and be not dis- 
 mayed, O Israel : for, behold, 
 I vvill save thee from afar off, 
 and thy seed from the land of 
 their captivity ; and Jacob shall 
 return, and be in rest and at 
 ease, and none shall make Mm 
 afraid. 
 
 28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my 
 senant, saith the Lord : for I 
 am with thee ; for I will make 
 a full end of all the nations 
 whither I have driven thee : 
 but I will not make a full end 
 of thee, but correct thee in 
 measure ; yet will I not leave 
 thee wholly unpunished. 
 
 CHAPTER XL VII. 
 TJ/e flestriicfion of the PMIistiKes. 
 
 THE word of the Lord that 
 came to Jeremiah the prc- 
 pliet against the Pliilistines, be- 
 fore that Pliaraoh smote Gaza. 
 
 2 Thus saith the Lord; Be- 
 hold, waters rise up out of the 
 north, and shall be an over- 
 flowing flood, and shall over- 
 flow the land, and all that is 
 therein ; the city, and them 
 that dwell therem : then the 
 men shall cry, and all the in- 
 habitants of the land shall howl. 
 
 3 At the noise of the stamp- 
 ing of the hoofs of his strong 
 limses, at the rushing of his 
 chariots, and at the rumbling 
 of his wheels, the fathers shall 
 not look back to tlieir childi'en 
 for feebleness of hands ; 
 
 4 Because of the day that 
 cometh to spoil all the Philis- 
 tines, and to cut off from Tyrus 
 and Zidon every helper that 
 remaineth : for the Lord will 
 spoil the Phihstines, the rem- 
 nant of the country of Caphtor. 
 
 5 Baldness^ is come upon Gaza ; 
 Ashkelon is cut off icith the 
 remnant of their valley : how 
 long vs'ilt thou cut thyself? 
 
 6 O thou sword of the Lord, 
 how long will it he ere thou be 
 quiet ? put up thj^self into thy 
 scabbard, rest, and be still. 
 
 Qq3 
 
TJie judgment of 
 
 7 How can it be quiet, seein?: 
 the Lord hath given it a charge 
 againeit Ashkelon, and against 
 tlie sea shore? there hath he 
 appointed it. 
 
 CHAPTER XLYIII. 
 
 1 TJie judgment ofMoib, 1 for their 
 pride, l\ for their sccm-ifi', 14 /oj- 
 iheir axrnnl conjidfinee, 2u awl for 
 their contempt of God awl his mo- 
 p!e. 47 The restoration of Jloub. 
 
 AGAINST Moab thus saith 
 . the Lord of hosts, the God 
 of Israel ; Woe unto Nebo ! for 
 it is spoiled : Kiriathaim is con- 
 founded and taken : IMisgab is 
 ronfounded and dismayed. 
 
 2 There sJndl lie no more praise 
 of Moab : in Heshbon they have 
 d<3vised evil against it; come, 
 and let us cut it oft' from hchicj a 
 nation. Also thou shalt be cut 
 down, O Madmen; the sword 
 shall pursue thee. 
 
 S A voice of crying ,s7?a7/ he 
 from Horonaim, spoiling and 
 great destruction. 
 
 4 Moab is destroyed ; her little 
 ones have caused a ciy to be 
 heard. 
 
 5 For in the going up of Lu- 
 hith continual weeping shall 
 go up; for in the going down 
 of Horonaun the enemies have 
 heard a. cry of destruction. 
 
 6 Flee, save your lives, and 
 be like the heath in the wil- 
 derness. 
 
 7 ![ For because thou hast 
 trusted in thy works and in thy 
 treasures, thou shalt also be 
 
 JEREMLUI, XL VIII. Moal for pride, 
 
 fully, and cursed 1)e he that 
 keepeth back his sword fiom 
 blood. 
 
 11 If Moab hath been at case 
 from liis youth, and he hath 
 settled on his lees, and hath 
 not been emi)tied from vessel 
 to vessel, neitlier hatli he gone 
 into captivity : tlierefore his 
 taste remained hi him, and his 
 scent is not changed. 
 
 12 Therefore, behold, the days 
 come, saith the Lord, that I 
 will send mito him wanderers, 
 that shall cause him to wander, 
 and shall empty his vessels, and 
 break tlieir bottles. 
 
 13 And Moab shall be ashamed 
 of Chemosh, as the house of 
 Israel was ashamed of Beth-el 
 their confidence. 
 
 14 1[ How say ye, We mv. 
 mighty and strong men for the 
 war ? 
 
 15 Moab is spoiled, and gone 
 up out of her cities, and his 
 chosen young men are gone • 
 do^\Ti to the slaughter, saith 
 the King, whose name is the 
 Lord of hosts. 
 
 16 The calamity of Moab is 
 near to come, and his affliction 
 hasteth fast. 
 
 17 All ye that are about him, 
 bemoan him; and all ye that 
 know his name, say. How is 
 the strong staff" broken, and the 
 beautiful rod ! 
 
 18 Thou daughter that dost 
 inhabit Dibon, come down from 
 
 , thy glory, and sit in thirst ; for 
 
 taken : and Chemosli shall go ' the spoiler of Moab shall come 
 
 forth into captivity toith his 
 piie&ts and his princes together. 
 
 8 And the spoiler shall come 
 upon every city, and no citj^ 
 shall escape : the valley also 
 shall perish, and the plain shall 
 be destroyed, as the LoPd) hath 
 spoken. 
 
 9 Give wings unto Moab, that 
 it may flee and get away: for 
 the cities thereof shall be de^ 
 solate, without any to dwell 
 therein. 
 
 10 Cursed he he that doeth 
 the work of the Lord deceit- 
 
 upon thee, and he shall destroy 
 thy strong holds. 
 
 19 O inhabitant of Aroer, 
 stand by the way, and espy; 
 ask him that fleeth, and her 
 that escapeth, and say, What is 
 done ? 
 
 20 Moab is confounded; for 
 it is broken down: howl and 
 cry; tell ye it iii Amon, that 
 Moab is spoiled, 
 
 21 And judgment is come up- 
 on the plain country; upon 
 Holon, and upon Jahazah, and 
 upon Mephaath, 
 
cmtefi-n^l of God, ^c. JEREMIAH, XL VIII. Eei- restaralion. 
 
 22 And upon Dibon, and up- 
 on Nebo, and upon Beth-dib- 
 lathaim, 
 
 23 And upon Kiriathaun, and 
 upon Betli-gamul, and upon 
 Betli-meon, 
 
 24 And upon Kerioth, and 
 upon Bozran, and upon all tbe 
 cities of the land of Moab, far 
 or near. 
 
 25 The horn of Moab is cut off, 
 and his arm is broken, saith the 
 
 LOED. 
 
 26 H Mabe ye him drunken : 
 for he magnified Mmsslf against 
 the Loed: _Moab also shall 
 wallow in his vomit, and he 
 also shall be in derision. 
 
 27 For was not Israel a deri- 
 sion unto thee? was he found 
 among thieves? for since thou 
 spakest of him, thou sMppedst 
 for joy. 
 
 28 O ye that dwell in Moab, 
 leave the cities, and dwell in 
 the rock, and be like the dove 
 that maketh her n-est in the 
 sides of the hole's mouth. 
 
 29 We have heard the pride of 
 Moab, (he is exceedmg proud) 
 his loftiness, and his an^ogancy, 
 and hie pride, and the haughti- 
 ness of his heart. 
 
 30 I know his wrath, saith the 
 LoED ; but it shall not he so ; Ms 
 lies shall not so effect it. 
 
 31 Therefore will I howl for 
 Moab, and I will cry out for all 
 Moab; mim hemi shall mourn 
 for the men of Kir-heres. 
 
 32 O vine of Sibmah, I wiU 
 weep for thee with the weeping 
 of Jazer: thy plants are gone 
 over the sea, they reach even to 
 ihe sea of Jazer : the spoiler is 
 fallen upon thy summer fruits 
 and upon thy vintage. 
 
 33 And joy and gladness is 
 taken from the plentiful field, 
 and from the land of Moab; 
 and I have caused ^vine to fail 
 from the winepresses: none 
 shall tread with shouting; tJieir 
 sliouting shall he no shouting. 
 
 34 From the cry of Heshbon 
 
 their voice, from Zoar even un- 
 to Horonaim, as an heifer of 
 three years old: for the wa- 
 ters also of Nimrim shaU be 
 desolate. 
 
 35 Moreover I will cause to 
 cease in Moab, saith the Loed, 
 him that offereth in the high 
 places, and him that bmneth 
 incense to his gods. 
 
 36 Therefore mine heait shall 
 sound for Moab like pipes, and 
 mine heart shall somid like 
 pipes for the men of Kir-he- 
 res : because the riches timt he 
 hath gotten are perished. 
 
 37 For every head shall he 
 bald, and e^-ery beard clipped: 
 upon all the hands shall he 
 cuttings, and upon the loins 
 sackcloth, 
 
 38 There shall be lamentation 
 generally upon all the house- 
 tops of Moab, and in the streets 
 thereof : for I have broken Mo- 
 ab like a vessel wherein is no 
 pleasure, saith the Loed. 
 
 39 They shall howl, saying^ 
 How is it broken do^oi! how 
 hath Moab tmned the back 
 with shame] so shall Moab be 
 a derision and a dismaying to 
 all them about him. 
 
 40 For thus saith the Loed; 
 Behold, he shall fiy as an ea- 
 gle, and shall spread his wings 
 over Moab. 
 
 41 Kerioth is taken, a.nd the 
 strong holds are suiprised, and 
 the mighty men's hearts in 
 Moab at that day shall be as 
 the heart of a woman in her 
 pangs. 
 
 42 And Moab shall be de- 
 stroyed from heing a people, 
 because he hath magnified him- 
 self against the Loed. 
 
 43 Fear, and the pit, and the 
 snare, shall he upon thee, O inha- 
 bitant of Moab, saith the Loej). 
 
 44: He that fleeth from the 
 fear shall fall into the pit ; and 
 he that getteth up out of the 
 pit shall be taken in the^ snaie : 
 for I will bring upon it, even 
 
 even unto Elealeh, and even ; unon Moab, the year of their 
 unto Jahaz, have they uttered . visitation, saith the Loed. 
 
Thejudomnt of JEREMIAH, XLIX. 
 
 ilie Ammonites, 
 
 45 They that fled stood under 
 the shadow of Heshbon because 
 of the force: but a fire shall 
 come forth out of Heahbon, 
 and a flame from the midst of 
 Sihon, and shall devour the 
 corner of Moab, and the crown 
 of the head of the tumultuous 
 ones. 
 
 46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab ! 
 the people of Chemosh perish- 
 eth: for thy sons are taken 
 captives, and thy daughters cai> 
 tives. 
 
 47 H Yet will I bring again the 
 captivity of Moab in the latter 
 days, saith the Lord. Thus far 
 is the judgment of Moab. 
 
 CHAPTER XLIX. 
 
 1 Tlie judgment of the Ammonites. 
 G T})'eir restoration. 7 The judg- 
 ment of Edom, 23 of Damascus, 
 28 of Kedar, 30 of Hazor, 34 cotd 
 of lElam. S9 The restoration of 
 tJlam. 
 
 CONCERNING the Am- 
 monites, thus saith the 
 Lord; Hath ^ Israel n o sons ? 
 hath he no heii' ? why then doth 
 theii' king inherit Gad, and his 
 people dwell in his cities ? 
 
 2 Therefore, behold, the days 
 come, saith the Lord, that I 
 will cause an alarm of war to 
 be heard in Rabbah of the Am- 
 monites ; and it shall be a de- 
 solate heap, and her daughters 
 shall be burned with fire : then 
 shall Israel be heir unto them 
 that wi2ie his heirs, saith the 
 Lord. 
 
 3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is 
 spoiled : cry, ye daughters of 
 Rabbah, gird you with saclc- 
 cloth; lament, and run to and 
 fro by the hedges; for their 
 kmg shall go into captivity, 
 and his priests and his piinces 
 together. 
 
 4 AVherefore gloriest thou in 
 the valleys, thy flowing valley, 
 O backsliding daughter? that 
 trusted in her treasrues, siyimj, 
 Who shall come unto me ? 
 
 5 Behold, I will bring a fear 
 upon thee, saith the Lord God 
 of hosts, from all those that be 
 
 about thee; and ye shall be 
 driven out every man right 
 forth; and none shall gather 
 up him tliat wandereth. 
 
 6 And afterward I will bring 
 again the captivity of the chil- 
 dren of Ammon, saith the Lord. 
 
 7 IF Concerning Edom, thus 
 saith the Lord of hosts; Is 
 wisdom no more in Teman? 
 is counsel perished from the 
 pnident? ia theii- wisdom va- 
 nished? 
 
 8 Flee ye, turn back, dwell 
 deep, O inhabitants of I)edan ; 
 for I will hrin?, the calamity 
 of Esau upon him, the time 
 that I will visit him. 
 
 9 If grapegatherers come to 
 thee, would they not leave some 
 gleaning grajjes? if thieves by 
 night, they will destroy till they 
 have enough. 
 
 10 But I have made Esau 
 bare, I have uncovered his se- 
 cret places, and he shall not be 
 able to hide himself: his seed 
 is spoiled, and his bretln-en, and 
 his neighbours, and he is not. 
 
 11 Leave thy fatherless chil- 
 di'en, I will preserve tliem a- 
 live ; and let thy widows tiTist 
 in me. 
 
 12 For thus saith the Lord; 
 Behold, they whose judgment 
 ijcas not to diink of the cup 
 have assuredly drunken; and 
 art thou he that shall altoge- 
 ther go unpunished ? thou shalt 
 not go unpunished, but thou 
 shalt surely drink of it. 
 
 13 For I have sworn by my- 
 self, saith the Lord, that Boz- 
 rah shall become a desolation, 
 a reproach, a waste, and a 
 curse; and all the cities there- 
 of shall be perpetual wastes. 
 
 14 I have heard a rumour 
 from the Lord, and an am- 
 bassador is sent unto the hea- 
 then, samng. Gather ye toge- 
 ther, and come against her, and 
 rise up to the battle. 
 
 15 For, lo, I will make thee 
 small among the heathen, and 
 despised among men. 
 
 16 Thy terriblene^ hath de- 
 
Edova, Damascus, JEEEMIAH, XLIX. Kedar, and Hazor. 
 
 ceived thee, and the pride of 
 thine heart, O thou that dwell- 
 est in the clefts of the rock, 
 that holdest the height of the 
 hill: though thou shouldest 
 make thy nest as high as the 
 eagle, I will bring thee down 
 from thence, saith the Loed. 
 
 17 Also Edom shall be a de- 
 solation : every one that goeth 
 by it shall be astonished, and 
 shall hiss at all the plagues 
 thereof. 
 
 18 As in the overthrow of So- 
 dom and Gomorrah and the 
 neighboui- cities thereof, saith 
 the Lord, no man shall abide 
 there, neither shall a son of 
 man dwell in it. 
 
 19 Behold, he shall come up 
 like a Hon from the swelJmg of 
 Jordan against the habitation 
 of the strong : but I will sud- 
 denly make him run away from 
 her : and who is a chosen man, 
 tliat I may appoint over her? 
 for who is like me? and who 
 will appomt me the time? and 
 who is that shepherd that v>t11 
 stand before me ? 
 
 20 Therefore hear the coun- 
 sel of the Losp, that he hath 
 taken agamst Edom: and his 
 pmposes, that he hath purpos- 
 ed agamst the inhabitants of 
 Teman : Surely the least of the 
 flock shall draw them out : 
 surely he shall make their ha- 
 bitations desolate with them. 
 
 21 The earth is moved at the 
 noise of their fall, at the cry 
 the noise thereof was heard in 
 the Eed sea. 
 
 22 Behold, he shall come up 
 and fly as the eagle, and spread 
 his wings over Bozrah: and at 
 that day shall the heart of the 
 mighty men of Edom be as the 
 heart of a woman in her pangs. 
 
 23 % Concerning Damascus. 
 Hamath is confounded, and 
 AiT>ad: for they have heard 
 evil tidings: they are faint- 
 hearted; tlKve is sorrow on the 
 sea ; it cannot be quiet. 
 
 24 Damascus is waxed feeble. 
 and tunieth herself to flee, and 
 
 fear hath seized on lier: an- 
 guish and sorrows have taken 
 her, as a woman in travail. 
 
 25 How is the city of praise 
 not left, the city of my joj^ ! 
 
 2G Therefore her young men 
 shall fall in her streets, and all 
 the men of war shall be cut off 
 in that day, saith the Loed of 
 hosts. 
 
 27 And I will kindle a fire 
 in the wall of Damascus, and 
 it shall consume the palaces of 
 Ben-hadad. 
 
 28 IT Concerning Kedar, and 
 concerning the kingdoms of 
 Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar 
 king of Babylon shall smite, 
 thus saith the Lord; Arise 
 ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil 
 the men of the east. 
 
 29 Their tents and theii' flecks 
 shall they take away: they 
 shall take to themselves their 
 curtains, and all their vessels, 
 and then- camels; and they 
 shall cry imto them, Fear is on 
 every side. 
 
 30 % Flee, get you far oft; 
 dwell deep, O ye inhabitants 
 of H^zor, saith the Lord: for 
 J^ebuchadi-ezzar king of Baby- 
 lon hath taken counsel against 
 you, and hath conceived a pur- 
 pose against you. 
 
 31 Arise, get you up imto the 
 wealthy nation, that dwelleth 
 vathout care, saith the Lord, 
 which have neither gates nor 
 bars, irliich dwell alone. 
 
 32 And their camels shall be 
 a boot^% and the multitude of 
 their cattle a spoil: and I will 
 scatter into all winds them that 
 are in the utmost comers; and 
 I will bring their calamity from 
 all sides thereof, saith the Lord. 
 
 33 And Hazor shall be a 
 dwelhDg for dragons, and a de- 
 solation for ever: there shall 
 no man abide there, nor any 
 son of man dwell in it. 
 
 34 H The word of the Lord 
 that came to Jeremiah the pro- 
 phet against Elam in the be- 
 ginning of the reign of Zede- 
 kiah Idng of Judah, saying, 
 
The jud{]inent 
 
 35 Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts ; Behold, I will break the 
 bow of Elam, the chief of theii' 
 might. 
 
 36 And upon Elam will I 
 bring the four winds from the 
 tour quarters of heaven, and 
 will scatter them toward all 
 those winds ; and there shall be 
 no nation whitlier the outcasts 
 of Elam shall not come. 
 
 37 For I will cause Elam to 
 be dismayed before their ene- 
 mies, and before them that seek 
 their life : and I will bring evil 
 upon them, even my fierce an- 
 ger, saith the IjORD ; and I will 
 send the sword after them, till 
 I have consumed them : 
 
 38 And I will set my throne 
 in Elam. and will destroy from 
 thence the Idng and the prin- 
 ces, saith the Lord. 
 
 39 II But it shall come to pass 
 in the latter days, that I will 
 bring again the captivity of 
 Elam, saith the Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER L. 
 1, 9, 21, 35 The jvflgmcnt of Bahy- 
 hn. i, 17, 33 The redemption of 
 Israel. 
 
 JEREMIAH, L. ofBahyhn, 
 
 5 They shall ask the way to 
 Zion \\ith their faces thither- 
 ward, saying. Come, and let us 
 join oureelves to the Lord in 
 a perpetual covenant tliat shall 
 not be forgotten. 
 
 6 My people hath been lost 
 sheep: their shepherds have 
 caused them to go astray, they 
 have turned them away on the 
 mountains : they have gone 
 from mountain to liill, they 
 have forgotten their resting- 
 place. 
 
 7 All that found them have 
 devoured them: and their ad- 
 versaiies said. We offend not, 
 because they have sinned a- 
 gainst the Lord, the habita- 
 tion of justice, even the Lord, 
 the hope of their fathers. 
 
 8 Remove out of the midst 
 of Babylon, and go forth out 
 of the land of the Chaldeans, 
 and be as the he goats before 
 the flocks. 
 
 9 1[ For, lo, I will raise and 
 cause to come up against Ba- 
 bylon an assembly of great na- 
 tions from the north country: 
 and they shall set themselves 
 
 npHE word that the Lord; in array against her; from 
 
 JL spake agamst Babylon and 
 against the land of the Chalde- 
 ans by Jeremiah the prophet. 
 2 Declare ye among the na- 
 tions, and publish, and set up a 
 standard; publish, and conceal 
 
 thence "she shall be taken: 
 their arrows sliall ?>e as of a 
 mighty expert man ; none shall 
 return in vain. 
 
 10 And Chaldea shall be a 
 spoil: all that spoil her shall 
 
 not : say, Babylon is taken, Bel i be satisfied, saith the Lord. 
 is confounded, Merodach is bro- 11 Because ye were glad, be- 
 ken in pieces ; her idols are con- 1 cause ye rejoiced, O ye destroy- 
 founded, her images are broken ' ers of mine heritage, because 
 in pieces. | ye are gro^vn fat as the heifer 
 
 3 For out of the north there at grass, and bellow as bulls ; 
 
 Cometh up a nation against her, 
 which shall make her land de- 
 
 12 Your mother shall be sore 
 confounded; she that bare you 
 
 solate, and none shall dwell ; shall be ashamed : behold, the 
 
 therein : they shall remove, 
 they shall depart, both man 
 and beast. 
 
 4 IF In those days, and in that 
 time, saith the Lord, the chil- 
 dren of Israel shall come, they 
 and the children of Judah to- 
 gether, going and w^eeping : they 
 shall go, and seek the Lord 
 their God. 
 
 hindermost of the nations shall 
 he a wilderness, a dry land, and 
 a desert. 
 
 13 Because of the wrath of the 
 Lord it shall not be inhabited, 
 but it shall be wholly desolate : 
 every one that goeth by Babylon 
 shall be astonished, and hiss at 
 all her plagues. 
 
 14 Put yourselves in array 
 
and redemption 
 
 against Babylon round about: 
 all ye that bend the bow, shoot 
 at her, spare no arrows : for she 
 hath sinned against the Lord. 
 
 15 Shout against her round a- 
 bont : she hath given her hand : 
 her foimdations are fallen, her 
 walls are thrown dowTi: for it 
 is the Tengeance of the Lord: 
 take vengeance npon her; as 
 she hath done, do unto her. 
 
 16 Cut off the sower from Ba- 
 bylon, and him that handleth 
 the sickle in the time of har- 
 vest : for fear of the oppressing 
 sword they shall turn every one 
 to his people, and they shall 
 flee every one to his own land. 
 
 17 ^ Israel is a scattered sheep ; 
 the lions have driven h'm a- 
 way : first the king of Assyria 
 hath devoured him; and last 
 this Nebuchadi'ezzar Idng of 
 Babylon hath broken his bones. 
 
 18 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord of hosts, the Gcd of Is- 
 rael ; Behold, I will pimish the 
 Idng of Babylon and his land, 
 as I have punished the king of 
 Assyria. 
 
 19 And I will biing Israel a- 
 gain to his habitation, and he 
 shall feed on Carmel and Ba- 
 shan, and his soul shall be sa- 
 tisfied upon momit Ephi-aim 
 and Gilead. 
 
 20 In those days, and in that 
 time, saith the Lord, the ini- 
 quity of Israel shall be sought 
 for, and tli^re shall he none ; and 
 the sins of Judah, and they 
 shall not be found: for I wiU 
 pardon them whom I reseiTe. 
 
 21 ^ Go up agamst the land of 
 Merathaim, even against it, and 
 against the inhabitants of Pe- 
 kod : waste and utterly destroy 
 after them, saith the Lord, 
 and do according to all that I 
 have commanded thee. 
 
 22 A sonnd of battle is in the 
 land, and of great destruction. 
 
 23 How is the hammer of the 
 whole earth cut asunder and 
 broken! how is Babylon be- 
 come a desolation among the 
 nations ! i 
 
 JERE]\nAH, L. of Israel 
 
 24 I have laid a snare for 
 thee, and thou art also taken, 
 O Babylon, and thou wast not 
 aware : thou art found, and 
 also caught, becanse thou hast 
 striven against the Lord. 
 
 25 The Lord hath opened 
 his armoury, and hath brought 
 forth the weapons of his indig- 
 nation : for this is the work of 
 the Lord God of hosts in the 
 land of the Chaldeans. 
 
 26 Come against her from the 
 utmost border, open her store- 
 houses: cast her up as heaps, 
 and destroy her utterly: let 
 nothing of her be left. 
 
 27 Slay all her bullocks; let 
 them go down to the slaugh- 
 ter: woe unto them! for their 
 day is come, the time of their 
 visitation. 
 
 28 The voice of them that flee 
 and escape out of the land of 
 Babylon, to declare in Zion the 
 vengeance of the Lord om' God, 
 the vengeance of his temple. 
 
 29 Call together the archers 
 against Babylon: all ye that 
 bend the bow, camp against it 
 round about; let none thereof 
 escape : recompense her accord- 
 ing to her work; according to 
 all that she hath done, do unto 
 her: for she hath been proud 
 against the Lord, against the 
 Holy One of Israel. 
 
 30 Therefore shall her young 
 men faU in the streets, and all 
 her men of war shall be cut off 
 in that day, saith the Lord. 
 
 31 Behold, I om against thee, 
 thou most proud, saith the 
 Lord God of hosts : for thy day 
 is come, the time that I will 
 visit thee. 
 
 32 And the most prond shall 
 stumble and fall, and none shall 
 raise him np : and I will kindle 
 a fij-e in his cities, and it shall 
 devoiu all ronnd about him. 
 
 33 H Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts; The children of Israel 
 and the childi'en of Judah icere 
 oppressed together : and all that 
 took them captives held them 
 fast ; they refused to let them go. 
 
Th^. mJemptwn JEREMIAH, LI, 
 
 34 Their Eedeemer is strong; 
 the Lord of hosts is liis name: 
 he shall throiv^hly plead their 
 caiLse, that he may give rest to 
 the land, and disquiet the in- 
 habitants of Babylon. 
 
 35 H A sword is upon the Chal- 
 deans, saith the Lord, and up- 
 on the inhabitants of Babylon, 
 and upon her princes, and upon 
 lier "svise men. 
 
 3G A sword is upon the liars; 
 and they shall dote : a sword 
 is upon her mighty men; and 
 they shall be dismayed, 
 
 37 A sword is ni on theii' horses, 
 and upon their chariots, and up- 
 on all the mingled i)eople that 
 are in the midst of her; and 
 they shall become as women : 
 a sword is upon her treasures; 
 and they shall be robbed. 
 
 38 A drought is upon her wa- 
 ters ; and they shall be diied 
 
 up : for it is tlie land of graven i and the cry is heard among tl 
 images, and they are mad upon ' nations. 
 
 guish took hold of him, and 
 pangs aj8 of a woman hi travail. 
 
 44 Behold, he shall come up 
 like a lion from the swelling (>f 
 Jordan unto the habitation of 
 the strong: but I will make 
 them suddenly rim av.ay from 
 her: and who is a chosen man, 
 that I may appoint over her? 
 lor who is like me? ajid who 
 will appomt me the time? and 
 who ^s that shepherd that will 
 stand before me V 
 
 45 Therefore hear ye the coun- 
 sel of the Lord, that he hath 
 taken agahist Babylon ; and 
 his purposes, that he bath inir- 
 posed against the land of tlie 
 Chaldeans: Surely the least of 
 the flock shall draw them out: 
 surely he shall make thdr ha- 
 bitation desolate with them. 
 
 4G At the noise of the taking 
 of Babylon the earth is moved, 
 
 their idols. 
 
 39 Therefore the wild beasts 
 of the desert wdth the wild 
 beasts of the islands shall dwell 
 there, and the owls shall dwell 
 therein: and it sliall be no 
 more inhabited for ever; nei- 
 ther shall it be dwelt in from 
 generation to genemtion. 
 
 40 As God overthrew Sodom 
 and GomoiTah and the neigh- 
 bom* cities thereof, saith the 
 Lord; so shall no man abide 
 there, neither shall any son of 
 man dwell therein. 
 
 41 Behold, a people shall come 
 from the north, and a great 
 nation, and many kings shall 
 be raised up from the coasts of 
 the earth. 
 
 42 They shall hold the bow 
 and the lance : they are ciTiel, 
 and will not shew mercy : then- 
 voice shall roar lilie the sea, 
 and they shall ride upon horses, 
 every one put in. array, like a 
 man to the battle, against thee, 
 O daughter of Babylon. 
 
 43 The kmg of Babylon hath 
 heard the report of them, and 
 his hands waxed feeble : an- 
 
 CHAPTER LI. 
 
 1 The severe judgment of God against 
 Babylon in revenge of Israel. CU 
 Jeremiah deliveroth the hook of 
 this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast 
 into Euphrates, in token of the per. 
 petual sinLing of Babylon. 
 
 THUS saith the Lord; Be- 
 hold, I will raise up against 
 Babylon, and against them that 
 dwell in the midst of them that 
 rise up against me, a destroying 
 wind; 
 
 2 And will send unto Babylon 
 fanners, that shall fan her, and 
 shall empty her land: for in 
 the day of trouble they shall be 
 against her round about. 
 
 3 Against him that bendeth let 
 the archer bend his bow, and 
 ag:am^t him that lifteth hunseif 
 up in his brigandine : and spare 
 ye not her yoimg men ; destroy 
 ye utterly all her host. 
 
 4 Thus the slain shall fall in 
 the land of the Chaldeans, and 
 tliey that are thrust through in 
 her streets. 
 
 5 For Israel hath not been for- 
 saken, nor Judah of his God, 
 of the Lord of hosts; though 
 
God^s jud0yimt 
 
 JEEEMIAH, LI. 
 
 against Babylon. 
 
 their land was filled with sin 
 against the Holy One of Israel. 
 
 6 Flee out of the midst of Ba- 
 bylon, and deliver every man 
 his soul : be not cut off in her 
 iniquity ; for this is the time of 
 the Lord's vengeance; he will 
 render unto her a recompence. 
 
 7 Babylon hath been a golden 
 cup in the Loed's hand, that 
 made all the earth drunken: 
 the nations have drunken of 
 her wine ; therefore the nations 
 are mad. 
 
 8 Babylon is suddenly fallen 
 and destroyed: howl for her; 
 take balm for her pam, if so 
 be she may be healed. 
 
 9 We would have healed Ba- 
 bylon, but she is not healed : 
 forsake her, and let us go every 
 one into his own country : for her 
 judgment reacheth unto heaven, 
 and is lifted up even to the skies. 
 
 10 The Lord hath brought 
 forth our righteousness : come, 
 and let us declare in Zion the 
 work of the Lord our God. 
 
 11 Make bright the arrows; 
 gather the shields: the Lord 
 hath raised up the spirit of the 
 Idngs of the Medes: for his 
 device is against Babylon, to 
 destroy it; because it is the 
 vengeance of the Lord, the 
 vengeance of his temple. 
 
 12 Set up the standard upon 
 the walls of Babylon, make the 
 watch strong, set up the watch- 
 men, prepare the ambushes : for 
 the Lord hath both devised and 
 done that which he spake against 
 the inhabitants of Babylon. 
 
 13 O thou that dwellest upon 
 many waters, abundant in trea- 
 sures, thine end is come, and the 
 measure of thy covetousness. 
 
 14 The Lord of hosts hath 
 sworn by himself, saving. Sure- 
 ly I will fill thee with men, as 
 with caterpillers ; and they shall 
 lift up a shout against thee. 
 
 15 He hath made the earth by 
 his power, he hath established 
 the world by his wisdom, and 
 hath stretched out the heaven 
 by his understanding. 
 
 16 When he uttereth his voice, 
 tliere is a multitude of waters 
 in the heavens ; and he causeth 
 the vapours to ascend from the 
 ends of the earth : he maketh 
 lightnings vdth. ram, and bring- 
 eth forth the wind out of his 
 treasures. 
 
 17 Every man is brutish by his 
 knowledge ; every founder is con- 
 founded by the graven image : 
 for his molten image ^'s falsehood, 
 and there is no breath in them. 
 
 18 They are vanity, the work 
 of errors : in the time of their 
 visitation they shall perish. 
 
 19 The portion of Jacob is not 
 like them ; for he is the former 
 of all things : and Israel is the 
 rod of his inheritance : the Lord 
 of hosts is his name. 
 
 20 Thou art my battle ax and 
 weapons of war : for with thee 
 will I break in pieces the na- 
 tions, and with thee will I de- 
 stroy kingdoms ; 
 
 ^ 21 And with thee will I break 
 in pieces the horse and his 
 rider; and with thee will I 
 break in pieces the chariot and 
 his rider ; 
 
 22 With thee also 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 also break in pieces 
 with thee the shepherd and his 
 flock ; and ^ with thee will I 
 break in pieces the husband- 
 man and his yoke of oxen; 
 and with thee will I break in 
 pieces captains and rulers. 
 
 24 And I will render unto Ba- 
 bylon and to all the inhabitants 
 of Chaldea all their evil that 
 they have done in Zion in your 
 sight saith the Lord. 
 
 25 Behold, I am against thee, 
 O destroying mountain, saith 
 the Lord, which destroyest all 
 the earth: and I will stretch 
 out mine hand upon thee, and 
 roll thee down from the rocks, 
 and will make tliee a burnt 
 mountaiu. 
 
God's judgment 
 
 26 And they shall not take of 
 thee a stone for a comer, nor 
 a stone for foundations; but 
 thou shalt be desolate for ever, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 27 Set ye up a standard in the 
 land, blow the ti-umpet among 
 the nations, prepare the nations 
 against her, call together against 
 her the kingdoms of Ai-arat, 
 Minni, and Ashchenaz ; appoint 
 a captain against her ; cause the 
 horses to come up as the rough 
 caterpillers. 
 
 28 Prepare against her the 
 nations Avith the kings of the 
 Medes. the captains thereof 
 and all the nllers thereof, and 
 all the land of his dominion. 
 
 29 And the land shall tremble 
 and sorrow: for every ])urpose 
 of the Lord shall be perlbrmed 
 against Babylon, to make the 
 land of Babylon a desolation 
 without an inhabitant. 
 
 30 The mighty men of Baby- 
 lon have forborn to fight, tliey 
 have remained in thnr holds: 
 their might hath failed; they 
 became as women : they have 
 burned her dwellingplaces ; her 
 bars are broken. 
 
 31 One post shall run to meet 
 another, and one messenger to 
 meet another, to sliew the king 
 of Babylon that his city is taken 
 at one end. 
 
 32 And that the passages are 
 stopped, and the reeds they have 
 burned with fire, and the men 
 of war are affrighted. 
 
 33 For thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts, the God of Israel ; The 
 daughter of Babylon is like a 
 threshingfloor, it is time to thresh 
 her : yet a little while, and the 
 time of her harvest shall come. 
 
 34 Nebuchadrezzar the king 
 of Babylon hath devoured me, 
 he hath crushed me, he hath 
 made me an empty vessel, he 
 hath swallowed me up like a 
 dragon, he hath filled his belly 
 with my delicates, he hath cast 
 me out. 
 
 35 The violence done to me 
 and to my flesh he upon Baby- 
 
 JEREMIAH, LI. aminst BoJ/ylm 
 
 Ion, shall the inhabitant of Zion 
 say; and my blood upon the 
 inhabitants of Chaldea, sliall 
 Jerusalem say. 
 
 3G Therel'ore thus saith the 
 Lord ; Behold, I will plead thy 
 cause, and take vengeance for 
 thee ; and I will dry up her sea, 
 and make her springs dry. 
 
 37 And Babylon shall become 
 lieai)s, a dwelhngplace for dm- 
 gons, an astonishment, and an 
 hi^siuff, without an inhabitant. 
 
 38 Thoy shall roar together 
 like lions: they shall yell as 
 Hons' whelps. 
 
 39 In their heat I will make 
 their feasts, and I will make 
 them drunken, that they may 
 rejoice, and sleep a pen^etual 
 sleep, and not wake, saith the 
 Lord. 
 
 40 I will bring them down like 
 lambs to the slaughter, like rams 
 with he goats. 
 
 41 How is Sheshach taken! 
 and how is the praise of the 
 whole earth surprised ! how is 
 Babylon become an astonish- 
 ment among the nations ! 
 
 42 The sea is come up upon Ba- 
 bylon: she is covered with the 
 multitude of the waves thereof. 
 
 43 Her cities are a desolation, 
 a diy land, and a wilderness, a 
 land wherein no man dwelleth, 
 neither doth any son of man 
 pass thereby. 
 
 44 And I will punish Bel in 
 Babylon, and I will bring forth 
 out of his mouth that which 
 he hath swallowed up : and the 
 nations shall not flow together 
 any more unto him: yea, the 
 wall of Babylon shall fall. 
 
 45 My people, go ye out of 
 the midst of her, and deliver 
 ye eveiy man his soul from the 
 fierce anger of the Lord. 
 
 46 And lest your heart faint, 
 and ye fear for the rumour that 
 shall be heard in the land; a 
 rmnour shall both come an^ 
 year, and after that in anollier 
 year shall come a rumour, and 
 violence in the land, ruler a* 
 gainst ruler. 
 
in revenge of Israel. JEREMIAH, LII. ZedeUah rebelkth. 
 
 47 Therefore, behold, the days 
 come, that I ^vill do judgment 
 •upon the graven images of Ba- 
 bylon : and her wholeland shall 
 be confounded, and all her slain 
 shall fall in the midst of her. 
 
 48 Then the heaven and the 
 earth, and all that is therein, 
 shall sing for Babylon : for the 
 spoilers shall come unto her 
 from the north, saith the Lord. 
 
 49 As Babylon licdli caused the 
 slam of Israel to fall, so at Ba- 
 bylon shall fall the slain of all 
 the earth. 
 
 50 Ye that have escaped the 
 sword, go away, stand not still : 
 remember the Lord afar off, 
 and let Jeiiisalem come into 
 your mind. 
 
 51 We are confounded, because 
 we have heard reproach : shame 
 hath covered our faces : for stran- 
 gers are come into the sanctu- 
 aries of the Lord's house. 
 
 52 Wherefore, behold, the days 
 come, saith the Lord, that I 
 Vfill do judgment upon her gra- 
 ven images : and through all her 
 land the wounded shall groan. 
 
 53 Though Babylon should 
 mount up to heaven, and though 
 she should fortify the height of 
 her strength, yet from me shall 
 spoilers come unto her, saith the 
 Lord. 
 
 54 A sound of a cry cometh from 
 Babylon, and great destruction 
 from the land of the Chal- 
 deans : 
 
 55 Because the Lord hath 
 spoiled Babylon, and destroy- 
 ed out of her the great voice; 
 when her waves do roar hke 
 great waters, a noise of then- 
 voice is uttered : 
 
 56 Because the spoiler is come 
 upon her, even upon Babylon, 
 and her mighty men are taken, 
 every one of their bows is bro- 
 ken: for the Lord God of re- 
 compences shall surely requite. 
 
 57 And I will make dninlc her 
 princes, and her wdse imn, her 
 captains, and her rulers, and 
 her mighty men : and they shall 
 sleep a perpetual sleep, and not 
 
 wake, saith the King, whose 
 name is the Lord of liosts. 
 
 58 Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts ; The broad walls of Ba- 
 bylon shall be utterly broken, 
 and her liigh gates shall be 
 burned "with fire ; and the peo- 
 ple shall labour in vain, and 
 the folk in the fire, and they 
 shall be weary. 
 
 59 IF The word which Jeremiah 
 the prophet commanded Seraiah 
 the son of Neriah, the son of 
 Maaseiah, when he went with 
 Zedeldah the king of Judah 
 into Babylon in the fourth yeai' 
 of liis reign. ^ And this Seraiah 
 icas a quiet prince. 
 
 60 So Jeremiah ^yrote in a 
 book all the e^il that should 
 come upon Babylon, even all 
 these words that ai'e written 
 against Babylon. 
 
 61 And Jeremiah said to Se- 
 raiah, When thou comest to 
 Babylon, and shalt see, and 
 shalt read all these words ; 
 
 62 Then shalt thou say, O 
 Lord, thou hast spoken against 
 this place, to cut it off, that none 
 shall remain in it, neither man 
 nor beast, but that it shall be 
 desolate for ever. 
 
 63 And it shall be, when thou 
 ha^st made an end of reading 
 this book, that thou shalt bind 
 a stone to it. and cast it into 
 the midst of Euphrates : 
 
 64 And thou shalt say. Thus 
 shall Babylon sink, and shall 
 not rise from the e^il that I 
 will bring upon her : and they 
 shail be weary. Thus far are 
 the words of Jeremiah. 
 
 CHAPTER LII. 
 
 1 Zedel-'wh rehelleth. i Jerusalem is 
 besieged and talcen. 8 Zedekiah's 
 sons JciUed, and Ms own eyes put 
 out. 12 Nebuzar-aAanhu.rneth and 
 spoileth the city. 2i He carrieth 
 away the captives. 31 Evil-mero- 
 dach advanceih Jehoiachin. 
 
 ZEDEKIAH ivas one and 
 twenty years old when he 
 began to reign, and he reigned 
 eleven years in Jerusalem. And 
 his mother's name icas Hamutal 
 
JeiVjSiihm is kiJcen. JEREMIAH, LII. The temple humeri 
 the daughter of Jeremiah of I piit him in prison till the day of 
 
 Libnah 
 2 And he did 
 
 that tchtch iras 
 
 his deatli. 
 12 H Now in the fifth month, 
 
 evil in the eyes of the Lord, ! in tlie tenth day of tlie month, 
 according to all that Jehoiakim , which wan tlie nineteenth year 
 
 had done. 
 
 of Nebuchadrezzar kin^r of Ba- 
 
 3 For through the anger of the | bylon, came Nebuzar-adan, car 
 Lord it came to ]^am in Jerusa- \ tarn of the euard, ichich ser^'ed 
 lem and Judah, till he had cast i the king of Babylon, into Jeni- 
 thcm out from his presence, that ' salem, 
 
 Zedekiah rebelled against the 
 king of Babylon. 
 
 4 ^ And it (\ime to pass in tlie 
 ninth year of his reign, in the 
 tenth month, in the tenth clay 
 of the montli. that Nebuchad- 
 rezziir king of Babylon came, he 
 and all his army, against Jeni- 
 salem, and pitehed against it, 
 and built forts agamst it round 
 about. 
 
 5 So the city was besieged 
 unto the eleventh year of king 
 Zedekiah. 
 
 (5 And in the fourth month, 
 in the ninth day of the month, 
 the famine was sore in the city, 
 so that there was no bread for 
 the people of the land. 
 
 7 Then the city was broken 
 up, and all the men of war fled, 
 and went forth out of the city 
 by night by the way of the 
 gate between the two walls, 
 which teas by the king's gar- 
 den; (now the Chaldeans ivere 
 by the city round about:) and 
 they went by the way of the 
 plam. 
 
 8 H But the anny of the Chal- 
 deans pursued after the king, 
 and overtook Zedekiah in the 
 plains of Jericho; and all his 
 army was scattered from him. 
 
 9 Then they took the king, 
 and canied him up unto the 
 king of Babylon to Eiblah in 
 the land of Hamath; where he 
 gave judgment upon him. 
 
 10 And the king of Babylon 
 slew the sons of Zedekiah be- 
 fore his eyes: he slew also all 
 the princes of Judah in Eiblah. 
 
 11 Then he put out the eyes 
 of Zedekiah; and the king of 
 Babylon bound him in chains, 
 and canied him to Babylon, and 
 
 13 And burned the house of 
 the Lord, and the king's house ; 
 and all the houses of Jerusalem, 
 and all the houses of the great 
 men, burned he with fire : 
 
 14 And all the army of the 
 Chaldeans, that were with the 
 captain of the guard, brake 
 down all the walls of Jerusa- 
 lem round about. 
 
 15 Then Nebuzar-adan the cap- 
 tain of the guard carried away 
 captive certain of the poor of 
 the people, and the residue of 
 the people that remained in the 
 city, and those that fell away, 
 that fell to tlie king of Babylon, 
 and the rest of the multitude. 
 
 16 But Nebuzar-adan the cap- 
 tain of the guard left ceHain of 
 the poor of the land for vine- 
 dressers and for husbandmen. 
 
 17 Also the pillars of brass that 
 were in the house of the Lord, 
 and the bases, and the brasen 
 sea that was in the house of 
 the Lord, the Chaldeans brake, 
 and carried all the brass of them 
 to Babylon. 
 
 18 The caldrons also, and the 
 shovels, and the snuffers, and 
 the bowls, and the spoons, and 
 all the vessels of brass where- 
 with they ministered, took they 
 away. 
 
 19 And the basons, and the 
 firepans, and the bowls, and 
 the caldrons, and the candle- 
 sticks, and the spoons, and the 
 cups; that which was of gold 
 in gold, and that which was of 
 silver in silver, took the captain 
 of the guard away. 
 
 20 The two pillars, one sea, and 
 twelve brasen bulls that were 
 under the bases, which king So- 
 lomon had made in the house of 
 
TU nobles of JEEEIVOAH, LII. 
 
 the LoKD : the brass of all these 
 vessels was without weight. 
 
 21 And concerning the pillars, 
 the height of one pillar icas 
 eighteen cubits; and a iillet of 
 twelve cubits did compass it; 
 and the tliickness thereof icas 
 four fingers : it was hollow. 
 
 22 And a chapiter of brass was 
 upon it ; and the height of one 
 chapiter was five cubits, with 
 network and pomegranates up- 
 on the chapiters round about, 
 all of brass. The second pillar 
 also and the pomegranates were 
 like unto these. 
 
 23 And there were ninety and 
 six pomegranates on a side ; and 
 all the pomegranates upon the 
 network loere an hundred round 
 about. 
 
 24 ^ And the captain of the 
 guard took Seraiah the chief 
 priest, and Zephaniah the se- 
 cond priest, and the three keep- 
 ers of the door : 
 
 25 He took also out of the 
 city an eunuch, which had the 
 charge of the men of war ; and 
 seven men of them that were 
 near the king's person, which 
 were tbund in the city; and 
 the principal scribe of the host, 
 who mustered the people of the 
 land ; and threescore men of the 
 people of the land, that were 
 found in the midst of the city. 
 
 26 So Nebuzar-adan the cap- 
 tam of the guard took them, 
 and brought them to the king 
 of Babylon to Eiblah. 
 
 27 And the king of Babylon 
 smote them, and put them to 
 death in Eiblah in the land of 
 
 Judali are shin. 
 
 Hamath. Thus Judah was car- 
 ried away captive out of his own 
 land. 
 
 28 This IS the people whom 
 Nebuchadrezzar carried away 
 captive : iq the seventh year 
 three thousand Jews and thi-ee 
 and twenty : 
 
 29 In the eighteenth year of 
 Nebuchadrezzar he carried away 
 captive from Jerusalem eight 
 hrmdred tMi'ty and two persons : 
 
 30 In the three and twentieth 
 year of Nebuchadrezzar Ne- 
 buzar-adan the captain of the 
 guard carried away captive of 
 the Jews seven hundred forty 
 and five persons: all the per- 
 sons icere four thousand and six 
 hundred. 
 
 31 IF And it came to pass in the 
 seven and thirtieth year of the 
 captivity of Jehoiachin long of 
 Judah, in the twelfth month, 
 in the five and twentieth day 
 of the month, that Evil-mero- 
 dach Iring of Babylon ia the 
 .first jear of his reign hfted up 
 the head of Jehoiachin king of 
 Judah, and brought him forth 
 out of prison, 
 
 32 And spake Idndly unto 
 him, and set his throne above 
 the throne^ of the longs that 
 tvere with him in Babylon, 
 
 33 And changed his prison gar- 
 ments : and he did continually 
 eat bread before him all the days 
 of his life. 
 
 34 And foi- his diet, there was 
 a continual diet given him of 
 the Idng of Babylon, ever>^ day 
 a portion until the day of his 
 death, all the days of his life. 
 
 THE 
 
 LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH. 
 
 CHAPTEK I. 
 
 1 11)6 miserable estate of Jerusalem 
 by reason of her mi. 12 She com- 
 plaineth of her grief, IS and confess- 
 eth God's judgment to be righteous. 
 
 HOW doth the city sit soli- 
 tary, that was full of peo- 
 ple! hoio is she become as a 
 
 widow! she that luas great a- 
 mong the nations, cmd princess 
 among the provinces, hoic is she 
 become tributaiy ! 
 2 She weepeth sore in the 
 night, and her tears are on her 
 cheeks: among all her lovers 
 she hath none to comfort Jie^' : 
 
The miserabU esLde LAMENTATIONS, I. 
 
 all her friends have dealt trea- 
 cherously with her, they are be- 
 come her enemies. 
 
 3 Judah is p:one into captivity 
 because of affliction, and because 
 of great servitude : she dwellcth 
 among the heathen, she findeth 
 no rest : all her persecutors over- 
 took her between the straits. 
 
 4 The ways of Zion do mouni, 
 because none come to the so- 
 lemn feasts: all her gates are 
 desolate: her priests sigh, her 
 yiigins are afflicted, and she is 
 in bitterness. 
 
 5 Her adversaries are the cliief, 
 her enemies prosper; for the 
 Lord hath afflicted her for the 
 multitude of her transgressions : 
 her children are gone into cap- 
 tivity before the enemy. 
 
 6 And from the daughter of 
 Zion all her beauty is depart- 
 ed : her princes are become like 
 harts that find no pasture, and 
 they are gone without strength 
 before the pursuer. 
 
 7 Jerusalem remembered in 
 the days of her affliction and 
 of her miseries all her pleasant 
 things that she had in the days 
 of old, when her people fell into 
 the hand of the enemy, and 
 none did help her: the adver- 
 saries saw her, and did mock at 
 her sabbaths. 
 
 8 Jerusalem hath grievously 
 sinned ; therefore she is remov- 
 ed: all that honoured her de- 
 spise her, because they have seen 
 her nakedness : yea, she sigheth, 
 and tumeth backward. 
 
 9 Her filth iness is in her skirts ; 
 she remembereth not her last 
 end: therefore she came down 
 wonderfully: she had no com- 
 forter. O LoED, behold my 
 afiliction: for the enemy hath 
 magnified himself. 
 
 10 The adversary hath spread 
 cut his hand upon all her plea- 
 sant things: for she hath seen 
 that the heathen entered into 
 her sanctuary, whom thou didst 
 command that they should not 
 enter into thy congregation. 
 
 11 All her people sigh, they 
 
 of Jenisalem. 
 seek bread; they have given 
 their ijleasant things for meat 
 to relieve the soid : see, O Lord, 
 and consider; for I am become 
 vile. 
 
 12 ^ Is it nothing to you, all ye 
 that pass by ? behold, and see if 
 there be any sorrow like imto 
 my sorrow, wliich is done unto 
 me, wherewith tlie Lord hath 
 afflicted me in the day of his 
 fierce anger. 
 
 13 From above hath he sent 
 fire into my bones, and it pre- 
 vaileth against them: he hath 
 spread a net for my feet, lie 
 hath tunied me back : he hath 
 made me desolate and faint all 
 the day. 
 
 14 The yoke of my transgres- 
 sions is bound by liis hand: 
 they are wreathed, and come 
 up upon my neck: he hath 
 made my strength to fall, the 
 Ijord hath delivered me into 
 tliiir hands, from ichoni I am 
 not able to rise up. 
 
 l;j The Lord hath trodden un- 
 der foot all my mighty men in 
 the midst of me : he hath called 
 an assembly against me to crush 
 my young men : the Lord hath 
 trodden the vugin, the daughter 
 of Judah, as in a winepress. 
 
 IG For these things I weep; 
 mine eye, mine eye runneth 
 dovvTi with water, because the 
 comforter that should relie^^e 
 my soul is far from me : my 
 childien are desolate, because 
 the enemy prevailed. 
 
 17 Zion spreadeth forth her 
 hands, and there is none to com- 
 fort her: the Lord hath com- 
 nianded concerning Jacob, that 
 Ids adversaries shoidd he round 
 about him: Jerusalem is as 
 a menstruous woman among 
 them. 
 
 18 M The Lord is righteous; 
 for I have rebelled against his 
 commandment: hear, I pray 
 you, all people, and behold my 
 sorrow: my virgins and my 
 young men are gone into cap- 
 tivity. 
 
 19 I called for my lovers, hit 
 
Jeremiah laments 
 
 they deceived me : my priests 
 and mine elders gave up tlie 
 ghost in the city, while they 
 sought their meat to relieve 
 their souls. 
 
 20 Behold, Loed; for I am 
 in distress: my bowels are 
 troubled; mine heart is turned 
 within me ; for I have grievous- 
 ly rebelled: abroad the sword 
 bereaveth, at heme tMre is as 
 death. 
 
 21 They have heard that I 
 sigh: there is none to_ comfort, 
 me: all mine enemies have 
 heard of -my trouble; they are 
 glad that thou hast done it: 
 thou wilt brmg the day tJiat 
 thou hast called, and they shall 
 be like imto me. 
 
 22 Let all theh wickedness 
 come before thee ; and do unto 
 them, as thou hast done unto 
 me for all my transgressions: 
 for my sighs _ are many, and 
 my heart is faint. 
 
 CHAPTER 11. 
 1 Jeremiah lamenteth the misery of 
 Jerusalem. 20 lie complaineth 
 thereof to God. 
 
 HOAV hath the Lord cover- 
 ed the daughter of Zion 
 with a cloud in his anger, and 
 cast dov^-n from heaven unto 
 the earth the beauty of Israel, 
 and remembered not his foot- 
 stool in the day of his anger ! 
 
 2 The Lord hath swallowed 
 up all the habitations of Jacob, 
 and hath not pitied: he hath 
 thi'own down in his wrath the 
 strong holds of the daughter of 
 Judah; he hath brought tliem 
 down to the ground: he hath 
 polluted the kingdom and the 
 princes thereof. 
 
 3 He hath cut off in his fierce 
 anger all the horn of Israel: 
 he hath chawn back his right 
 hand from before the enemy, 
 and he burned against Jacob 
 like a flaming fire, icMeh de- 
 voureth round about. 
 
 4 He hath bent his bow like 
 an enemy: he stood Avith his 
 right hand as an adversary, and 
 slew aH that icere pleasant to 
 
 LAMENTATIONS, II. her misery. 
 
 the eye m the tabernacle of the 
 daughter of Zion: he poured 
 out Ms fuiy like fire. 
 
 5 The Lord was as an enemy : 
 he hath swallowed up Israel, 
 he hath swallowed up all her 
 palaces: he hath destroyed his 
 strong holds, and hath iucreas- 
 ed in the daughter of Judah 
 mourniug and lamentation. 
 
 6 And he ha.th violently taken 
 away his tabernacle, as if it 
 ivere of a garden: he hath de- 
 stroyed his places of the assem- 
 bly : the LoED hath caused the 
 solemn feasts and sabbaths to be 
 forgotten in Zion, and hath de- 
 spised in the indignation of his 
 anger the king and the priest. 
 
 7 The Lord hath cast oft' his 
 altar, he hath abhorred his 
 sanctuary, he hath given up 
 iuto the hand of the enemy 
 the walls of her palaces ; they 
 have made a noise in the house 
 of the Loed, as in the day of 
 a solemn feast. 
 
 8 The LoED hath purposed to 
 destroy the wall of the daugh- _ 
 ter of Zion: he hath stretched 
 out a liue, he hath not with- 
 chawn his hand from destroy- 
 ing: therefore he made ther 
 rampart and the wall to lament; 
 they languished together. 
 
 9 Her gates are sunk into the 
 ground ; he hath destroyed and 
 broken her bars : her Idng and 
 her princes are among the Gen- 
 tiles: the law is no more; her 
 prophets also find no vision from 
 the LoED. 
 
 10 Tlie elders of the daughter 
 of Zion sit upon the groimd, 
 and keep silence: they have 
 cast up dust upon their heads; 
 they have girded themselves 
 mth sackcloth: the virgins of 
 Jerusalem hang down their 
 heads to the ground. 
 
 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, 
 my bowels are troubled, my liver 
 is poured upon the earth, for 
 the destruction of the daughter 
 of my people ; because the chil- 
 di-en and the sucldings swoon 
 in the streets of the city. 
 
LAIVIENTATIONS, III. 
 
 Tl^e misej'y 
 
 12 They say to their mothers. 
 Where is com and wine? when 
 they swooned as tlie wounded 
 in the streets of the city, when 
 their soul was poured out into 
 tlieir mothers' bosom. 
 
 13 What thing shall I take to 
 witness for thee? what thing 
 shall I hken to thee, O daugh- 
 ter of Jerusalem? what shall 
 I equal to thee, that I may 
 comfort thee, O virgin daugh- 
 ter of Zion ? for thy breach is 
 great like the sea: who can 
 heal thee? 
 
 14 Thy i)rophets have seen vain 
 and foolish tilings for thee : and 
 they have not discovered thine 
 iniquity, to turn away thy cap- 
 tivity; but have seen for thee 
 false burdens and causes of ba- 
 nishment. 
 
 15 All tliat pass by clap th'ir 
 hands at thee; they hiss and 
 wag their head at the daugh- 
 ter of Jerusalem, sayino, Is this 
 tlie citj^ tliat rimi call The per- 
 fection of beauty, The joy of the 
 whole earth? 
 
 IG All thine enemies liave 
 opened their mouth against 
 thee : they hiss and gnash the 
 teeth : they say. We have swal- 
 lowed h"r up: certainly this is 
 the day that we looked for ; we 
 have found, w^e have seen it. 
 
 17 The Lord hath done tMt 
 which he had devised; he hath 
 fullilled his word that he had 
 commanded in the days of old : 
 he hath thrown down, and hath 
 not pitied : and he hath caused 
 thine enemy to rejoice over thee, 
 he hath set up the horn of thine 
 advei-saries. 
 
 18 Theh heart cried unto the 
 Lord, O wall of the daughter 
 of Zion, let tears run do^Mi like 
 a river day and night : give thy- 
 self no rest ; let not the apple of 
 thine eye cease. 
 
 19 Arise, ciy out in the night : 
 in the beginning of the watches 
 pour out thine heart like water 
 before the face of the Lord : lift 
 up thy hands toward him for 
 the life of thy young children, 
 
 of Jerusalem. 
 
 that fault for hunger in the top 
 of evciy street. 
 
 2(J ■; Behold, O Lord, and con- 
 sider to whom thou hast done 
 this. Shall the women eat their 
 fruit, and children of a span 
 long? shall the priest and tlui 
 prophet be slain in the sanc- 
 tuary of the Lord? 
 
 21 The young and the old lie 
 on the ground in the streets: 
 my virgins and my young men 
 are fallen by the sword; thou 
 hast slain them in the day of 
 thine anger; thou hast kUled, 
 ami not pitied. 
 
 22 Thou hast callefl as in a 
 solemn day my tenors nnmd 
 about, so that m the day of the 
 Lord's anger none escaped nor 
 remained: those that I have 
 swaddled and brought up hath 
 mine enemy consumed. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 Hie faithful heivail their calami- 
 ties. 22 Jii/ the mercies of God 
 Un'i/ nourish their hope. 37 They 
 arkvoirh'dffc GorVs justice. 55 
 'llu'n jrrau for deliverance, C4 arwi 
 vengeance on their oiemies. 
 
 I AM the man tJ/at hath seen 
 affliction by the rod of his 
 wrath. 
 
 2 He hath led me, and brought 
 im into darkness, but not into 
 lijrht. 
 
 3 Siu^ely against me is he turn- 
 ed ; he tumeth his hand against 
 nie all the day. 
 
 4 My flesh and my skin hath 
 he made old; he hath broken 
 my bones. 
 
 5 He hath builded against me, 
 and compassed me with gall and 
 travel. 
 
 6 He hath set me in dark 
 places, as they that he dead of 
 old. 
 
 7 He hath hedged me about, 
 that I cannot get out : he hath 
 made my chain heavy. 
 
 8 Also when I cry and shout, 
 he shutteth out my prayer. 
 
 9 He hath inclosed my ways 
 with hewn stone, he hath made 
 my paths crooked. 
 
 10 He was unto me as a bear 
 
TJie pooplieh 
 
 lying in wait, and as a lion in 
 secret places. 
 
 11 lie hath tinned aside my 
 ways, and pulled me in pieces : 
 he hath made me desolate. 
 
 12 He hath bent his bow, and 
 set me as a mark for the arrow. 
 
 13 He hath caused the arrows 
 of his quiver to enter into my 
 reins. 
 
 M I was a derision to all my 
 people; and their song all the 
 da,y. 
 
 15 He hath filled me with 
 bitterness, he hath made me 
 drunken with wormwood. 
 
 16 He hath also broken my 
 teeth with gravel stones, he 
 hath covered me with ashes. 
 
 17 And thou hast removed my 
 soul far off fix)m peace : I forgat 
 prosperity. 
 
 18 And I said. My strength 
 and my hope is perished from 
 the LoKD : 
 
 19 Eemembeiing mine afflic- 
 tion and my misery, the worm- 
 wood and the gall. 
 
 20 My soul hath them still in 
 remembrance, and is humbled 
 in me. 
 
 21 This I recall to my mind, 
 therefore have I hope. 
 
 22 % It is of the Lokd's mercies 
 that we are not consumed, be- 
 cause his compassions fail not. 
 
 23 They are new every morn- 
 ing : great is thy faithfulness. 
 
 24 The Lord is my portion, 
 saith my soul; therefore will 
 I hope in him. 
 
 25 The Lord is good unto them 
 that wait for him, to the soul 
 that seeketh him. 
 
 26 It is good that a man should 
 both hope and qnietly wait for 
 the salvation of the Lord. 
 
 27 It is good for a man that he 
 bear the yoke in his youth. 
 
 28 He sitteth alone and keei)- 
 eth silence, because he hath 
 borne it upon him. 
 
 29 He putteth his mouth in the 
 dust ; if so be there may be hope. 
 
 30 He giveth his cheek to him 
 that smiteth him: he is filled 
 full with reproach. 
 
 LAMENTATIONS. HI. confession, 
 
 31 For the Lord will not cast 
 off for ever : 
 
 32 But though he cause grief, 
 yet will he Imve compassion ac- 
 cording to the multitude of his 
 mercies. 
 
 33 For he doth not afflict will- 
 ingly nor grieve the children of 
 men. 
 
 34 To crush under his feet all 
 the piisoners of the earth, 
 
 35 To turn aside the right of 
 a man before the fece of the 
 most High, 
 
 36 To subvert a man in his 
 cause, the Lord appro veth not. 
 
 37 IF Wlio is he that saith, and 
 it cometh to pass, ivlien the Lord 
 commandeth it not? 
 
 38 Out of the mouth of the 
 most High proceedeth not evil 
 and good? 
 
 39 Wherefore doth a living 
 man complain, a man for the 
 punishment of his sins ? 
 
 40 Let us search and try our 
 ways, and turn again to the 
 Lord. 
 
 41 Let us lift up our heart 
 with our hands unto God m 
 the heavens. 
 
 42 We have transgressed and 
 have rebelled: thou hast not 
 pardoned. 
 
 43 Thou hast covered with an- 
 ger, and persecuted us: thou 
 hast slam, thou hast not pitied. 
 
 44 Thou hast covered thyself 
 with a cloud, that our prayer 
 should not pass through. 
 
 45 Thou hast made us as the 
 offscouring and refuse in the 
 midst of the people. 
 
 46 AU our enemies have open- 
 ed therr mouths against us. 
 
 47 Fear and a snare is come 
 upon us, desolation and de- 
 struction. 
 
 48 Mine eye runneth down 
 with rivers of water for the 
 destruction of the daughter of 
 my people. 
 
 49 Mine eye trickleth down, 
 and ceaseth not, without any 
 intermission, 
 
 50 Till the Lord look down, 
 and behold fiom heaven. 
 
 Kr 
 
Tlie lordched 
 51 IVIine 
 
 LAMENTATIONS, 
 
 eye afFecteth mine 
 lieart because of all the daugh- 
 txiis of my city. 
 
 '52 Miue enemies chased me 
 sore, like a bud, without cause. 
 
 53 They have cut off my life 
 in the dungeon, and cast a 
 t?tone upon me. 
 
 54 Waters flowed over mine 
 head ; tlien I said, I am cut off. 
 
 55 11 1 called upon thy name, O 
 LoRD^ out of the low dmigeon. 
 
 5(j Thou hast heard my voice : 
 liide not thine ear at my breatli- 
 in^, at my ciy. 
 
 57 Thou drewest near in the 
 day that I called upon thee: 
 thou saidst, Fear not. 
 
 58 O Lord, thou hast plead- 
 ed the causes of my soul ; thou 
 hast redeemed my life. 
 
 59 O Lord, tliou hast seen my 
 wrong : judge thou my cause. 
 
 GO Thou hast seen aU their 
 vengeance and all their imagi- 
 nations against me. 
 
 Gl Thou hast heard their re- 
 proach, O Lord, and all their 
 imaginations against me ; 
 
 62 The lips of tlioso that rose 
 up against me, and their device 
 against me all the day. 
 
 G3 Behold their sitting do^ii, 
 and their rising up ; I am their 
 musick. 
 
 64 !1 Render unto them a re- 
 compence, O Lord, according 
 to the work of theu' hands. 
 
 65 Give them sorrow of heart, 
 thy curse unto them. 
 
 66 Persecute and destroy them 
 in anger from under the hea- 
 vens of the Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER lA^ 
 
 1 Zlon hewaileth her pitiful estate. 13 
 She confesseth her sins. 21 Edom 
 is threatened. 22 Zion is comforted. 
 
 HOW is the gold become 
 dim! hmo is the most fine 
 gold changed ! the stones of the 
 sanctuary are poured out in the 
 top of every street. 
 2 The precious sons of Zion, 
 comparable to fine gold, how 
 are they esteemed as earthen 
 pitchers, the work of the hands 
 of the potter ! 
 
 IV. condition of Zion. 
 
 3 Even the sea monsters draw 
 out the breast, they give suck 
 to their young ones : the daugh- 
 ter of my people is become cruel, 
 like the ostriches in the wilder- 
 ness. 
 
 4 The tongue of the sucking 
 child cleaveth to the roof of his 
 mouth for thu-st: the young 
 children ask bread, and no man 
 breaketh it unto them. 
 
 5 They that did feed delicate- 
 ly are desolate in the streets: 
 they that were brought up in 
 scarlet embrace dunghills. 
 
 ^ G For the i^unishment of the 
 miquity of the daughter of my 
 people is greater than the pu- 
 nishment of the sin of Sodom, 
 that was overthrown as in a mo- 
 ment, and no hands stayed on her. 
 
 7 Her Nazarites were purer 
 than snow, they were wliiter 
 than milk, they were more rud- 
 dy in body than rubies, their 
 polisliing icas of sapphiie : 
 
 8 Their visage is blacker than 
 a coal; they are not known in 
 the streets : their skin cleaveth 
 to ^ their bones ; it is withered, 
 it is become like a stick. 
 
 9 TJiey that he slain with the 
 sword are better than tliey that 
 he slain with hunger : for these 
 pine away, stricken tlnough for 
 leant of the fruits of the field. 
 
 10 The hands of the pitiful 
 women have sodden their own 
 children : they were their meat 
 in the desti-uction of the daugh- 
 ter of my people. 
 
 11 The Lord hath accomplish- 
 ed his fury; he hath poured 
 out his fierce anger, and hath 
 kindled a tire in Zion, and it 
 hath devouied the foundations 
 thereof. 
 
 12 The kings of the earth, and 
 all the inhabitants of the world, 
 would not have believed that 
 the adversary and the enemy 
 should have entered into the 
 gates of Jemsalem. 
 
 13 H For the sins of her pro- 
 phets, and the iniquities of her 
 priests, that have shed the blood 
 of the just in the midst of her. 
 
ZMs complaint 
 
 14 They have wandered as 
 blind men in the streets, they 
 have polluted themselves with 
 blood, so that men could not 
 touch their garments. 
 
 15 They cried unto them. De- 
 part ye; it is unclean; depart, 
 depart, touch not: when they 
 fled away and wandered, they 
 said among the heathen. They 
 shall no more sojourn there. 
 
 16 The anger of the Lord hath 
 divided them ; he will no more 
 regard them : they respected not 
 the persons of the priests, they 
 favom-ed not the elders. 
 
 17 As for us, our eyes as yet 
 failed for our vain help : in our 
 watching we have watched for 
 a nation tlmt could not save us. 
 
 18 They hunt our steps, that 
 we cannot go in our streets : our 
 end is near, om* days are ful- 
 filled ; for our end is come. 
 
 19 Our persecutors are swifter 
 than the eagles of the heaven : 
 they pursued us upon the moun- 
 tains, they laid wait for us in 
 the wilderness. 
 
 20 The breath of our nostrils, 
 the anointed of the Lord, was 
 taken in their pits, of whom we 
 said, Under his shadow we shall 
 live among the heathen. 
 
 21 If Rejoice and be glad, O 
 daughter of Edom, that dwell- 
 est in the land of Uz ; the cup 
 also shall pass through unto 
 thee: thou shalt be drunken, 
 and shalt make thyself naked. 
 
 22 H The punishment of thine 
 iniquity is accomplished, O 
 daughter of Zion; he will no 
 more carry thee away into cap- 
 tivity: he will visit thine ini- 
 quity, O daughter of Edom; 
 he will discover thy sins. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 A pitiful complcdnt of Zion in pi-aye?- 
 
 unto God. 
 
 REMEMBER, O Lord, what 
 is come upon us : consider, 
 and behold our reproach. 
 
 2 Our inheritance is turned to 
 strangers, our houses to aliens. 
 
 3 We are orphans and father- 
 
 LAIVIENTATIONS, V. in prayer to God. 
 
 4 We have drunlcen our water 
 for money; our wood is sold 
 unto us. 
 
 5 Our necks are under per- 
 secution: we labour, and have 
 no rest. 
 
 6 We have given the hand to 
 the Egyptians, and to the As- 
 syrians, to be satisfied with 
 bread. 
 
 7 Our fathei-s have sinned, and 
 are not; and we have borne 
 their iniquities. 
 
 8 Servants have ruled over us : 
 there is none that doth deliver t*s 
 out of their hand. 
 
 9 We gat our bread with the 
 peril of our lives because of the 
 sword of the wilderness. 
 
 10 Our sldn was black like 
 an oven because of the terrible 
 famine. 
 
 11 They ravished the women 
 in Zion, a7id the maids in the 
 cities of Judah. 
 
 12 Princes are hanged up by 
 their hand : the faces of elders 
 were not honoured. 
 
 13 They took the young men 
 to grind, and the children fell 
 under the wood. 
 
 14 The elders have ceased from 
 the gate, the young men from 
 their musick. 
 
 15 The joy of our heart is ceas- 
 ed; our dance is turned into 
 mourning. 
 
 16 The crown is fallen from 
 our head : woe unto us, that we 
 have sinned ! 
 
 17 For this our heart is faint ; 
 for these things our eyes are dim. 
 
 18 Because of the mountaiti 
 of Zion, which is desolate, the 
 foxes wallr upon it. 
 
 19 Thou, O Lord, remainest 
 for ever; thy throne fi'om ge- 
 neration to generation. 
 
 29 Wherefore dost thou forget 
 us for ever, and forsake us so 
 long time ? 
 
 21 Turn thou us unto thee, O 
 Lord, and we shall be tmiied ; 
 renew our days as of old. 
 
 22 But thou hast utterly re- 
 jected us; thou art very wroth 
 
 less, our mothers are as widows. I against us. 
 
 Rr2 
 
THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET 
 
 EZEKIEL. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 TJie twie of EzeldeVs jy)'ophecy at 
 Chebar. 4 His vision of four clic- 
 rubims, 15 of the four ivheels, 2G 
 and of the glory of God. 
 
 "VTOW it came to pass in the 
 JJl thirtieth year, hi the fourth 
 month, in the fifth cUnj of the 
 month, as I loas amons the cap- 
 tives by the river of Chebar, 
 tlud the heavens were opened, 
 and I saw visions of God. 
 
 2 In the fifth dan of the month, 
 which li'of the fifth year of king 
 Jehoiachin's captivity, 
 
 3 The word of the Lord came 
 expressly untoEzeldel the priest, 
 the son of Buzi, in the land of 
 the Chaldeans by the river Che- 
 bar ; and the hand of the Lord 
 was there upon liim. 
 
 4 ^ And I looked, and, behold, a 
 whirlwind came out of the north, 
 a great cloud, and a fire infold- 
 ing itself, and a brightness ims 
 about it, and out of the midst 
 thereof as the colour of amber, 
 out of the midst of the fire. 
 
 5 Also out of the midst thereof 
 came the lili^eness of four living 
 creatures. And this lais their 
 appearance ; they had the like- 
 ness of a man. 
 
 6 And every one had four faces, 
 and every one had four wings. 
 
 7 And their feet loere straight 
 feet; and the sole of their feet 
 uas hke the sole of a calf's foot : 
 and they sparkled like the co- 
 lour of burnished brass. 
 
 8 And tlieij had the hands of a 
 man under their wings on their 
 four sides; and they four had 
 their faces and their wings. 
 
 9 Their wings loere joined one 
 to another; they turned not 
 when they went ; they went 
 every one straight forward. 
 
 10 As for the likeness of their 
 faces, they four had the face of 
 a man, and the face of a lion, 
 on the right side : and they four 
 had the face of an ox on the 
 
 left side ; they four also had the 
 face of an eagle. 
 
 11 Thus were their faces : and 
 their wings icere stretched up- 
 ward; two icinfis of eveiy one 
 %oere joined one to another, and 
 two covered their bodies. 
 
 12 And they went every one 
 straight fonN'ard: whither the 
 spirit was to go, they went ; and 
 they turned not when they went. 
 
 13 As for the likeness of the 
 living creatures, their appear- 
 ance ims like burning coals of 
 fire, 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 flash of lightning. 
 
 15 IF Now as I beheld the liv- 
 ing creatures, behold one wheel 
 upon the earth by the living 
 creatures, with his four faces. 
 
 16 The appearance of the 
 wheels and their work uas like 
 unto the colour of a beryl : and 
 they four had one likeness : and 
 their appearance and their work 
 was as it were a wheel in the 
 middle of a wheel. 
 
 17 When they went, they went 
 upon their four sides : and they 
 turned not when they went. 
 
 18 As for their rings, they were 
 so high that they were dread- 
 ful ; and their rings icere full of 
 eyes round about them four. 
 
 19 And when the living crea- 
 tures went, the wheels went by 
 them : and when the living crea- 
 tures were lifted up from the 
 earth, the wheels were lifted up. 
 
 20 Whithersoever the spirit was 
 to go, they went, thither loas their 
 spirit to go ; and the wheels were 
 lifted up over against them : for 
 the spirit of the living creature 
 was in the wheels. 
 
 21 When those went, tliese went ; 
 and when those stood, these 
 
trEzekieVs visions. EZEKIEL, II. 
 
 stood; and when tliose were lift- 
 ed up from the earth, the wheels 
 were lifted np over against them : 
 for the spirit of the living crea- 
 ture icas in the wheels. 
 22 And the likeness of the fir- 
 mament upon the heads of the 
 living creature icas as the colour 
 of the terrible ciystal, stretched 
 forth over their heads above, 
 
 His commisdon. 
 
 AND he said unto me, Son of 
 . man, stand upon thy feet, 
 and I will speak unto thee. 
 
 2 And the spuit entered into 
 me when he spake unto me, and 
 set me upon my feet, that I 
 heard him that spake unto me. 
 
 3 And he said unto me, Son of 
 man, I send thee to the children 
 
 ^ of Israel, to a rebellious nation 
 
 23 And under the firmament \ that hath rebelled against me : 
 iDere their wings straight, the | they and their fathers have trans- 
 one toward the other: every j gressed against me, ere/i unto this 
 one had two, which covered on j very day. 
 
 this side, and eveiy one had i 4 For they are impudent chil- 
 two, which covered on that side, | di'en and stiflfhearted. I do send 
 theh bodies. | thee unto them ; and thou shalt 
 
 24 And when they went, I • say unto them, Thus saith the 
 heard the noise of their wings, i Lord God. 
 
 like the noise of great waters, | o And they, whether they will 
 as the voice of the Almighty, ' hear, or whether they will for- 
 the voice of speech, as the noise i bear, (for they are a rebellious 
 of an host: when they stood, i house.) yet shall know that there 
 they let down their wings. I hath been a prophet among them. 
 
 25 And there was a voice from | 6 IF And tiiou, son of man, be 
 the firmament that icas over ' not afraid of them, neither be 
 their heads, when they stood, ; afraid of theu' words, though 
 and had let down their wings. I briers and thonis te with thee, 
 
 26 % And above the firmament and thou dost dwell among scor- 
 that was over their heads was the \ pions : be not afraid of their 
 likeness of a throne, as the ap- : words, nor be dismayed at their 
 pearance of a sapphire stone: and looks, though they he a rebel- 
 upon the likeness of the throne ■ lious house. 
 
 was the likeness as the appear- 1 7 And thou shalt speak my 
 ance of a man above upon it. i words unto them, whether they 
 
 27 And I saw as the colour of: will hear, or whether they will 
 amber, as the appearance of fire forbear : for they are most re- 
 round about within it, from the ; bellious. 
 
 appearance of his loins even up- 1 8 But thou, son of man, hear 
 ward, and from the appearance I what I say unto thee ; Be not 
 of his loins even downward, 1 1 thou rebellious like that rebel- 
 saw as it were the appearance of i lious house : open thy mouth, 
 fire, and it had biightness roujid ' and eat that I give thee, 
 about. I 9 H And when I looked, be- 
 
 28 As the appearance of the I hold, an hand was sent imto 
 bow that is in the cloud in the me ; and, lo, a roll of a book 
 
 day of rain, so loas the appear- 
 ance of the brightness round a- 
 bout. This was the appearance 
 of the likeness of the gloiy of 
 the Lord. And when I saw it, 
 I fell upon my face, and I heard 
 a voice of one that spake. 
 
 CHAPTER 11. 
 
 1 EzeJcieVs commission. 6 His instruc- 
 tion. 9 The roll of his heavy pi'o- 
 , phecy. 
 
 icas therein ; 
 10 And he spread it before 
 me ; and it was wiitten within 
 and without : and there was writ- 
 ten therein lamentations, and 
 mourning, and woe. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 lEzeJcid eateth the roll. 4 God eru 
 
 courageth him. 15 God sheiveth Mm 
 
 the rule of prophecy. 22 God shutteth 
 
 . and openeth the prophefs mouth. 
 
Ezehiel is enccuraged. EZEKIEL, III. 
 
 God slieiceth him 
 
 MOREOVER he said unto 
 me, Son of man, eat tliat 
 thou findest; eat this roll, and 
 go speak unto the house of 
 Israel. 
 
 2 So I opened my mouth, and 
 he caused me to eat that roll. 
 
 3 And he said unto me, Son 
 of man, cause thy belly to eat, 
 and fill thy bowels with tliis roll 
 that I give thee. Then did I 
 eat it ; and it was in my mouth 
 as honey for sweetness. 
 
 4 IF And he said unto me. Son 
 of man, go, get thee unto the 
 house of Israel, and speak with 
 my words unto them. 
 
 5 For thou art not sent to a 
 people of a strange speech and 
 of an hard language, hiU to the 
 house of Israel ; 
 
 6 Not to many people of a 
 strange speech and of an hard 
 language, whose words thou 
 canst not understand. Surely, 
 had I sent thee to them, they 
 would have hearkened unto 
 thee. 
 
 7 But the house of Israel will 
 not hearken unto thee ; for they 
 will not hearken unto me : for 
 all the house of Israel are im- 
 pudent and hardhearted. 
 
 8 Behold, I have made thy 
 face strong against their faces, 
 and thy forehead strong against 
 their foreheads. 
 
 9 As an adamant harder than 
 flint have I made thy forehead : 
 fear them not, neither be dis- 
 mayed at their looks, though 
 they he a rebellious house. 
 
 10 Moreover he said unto me. 
 Son of man, all my words that 
 I shall speak unto thee receive 
 in thine heart, and hear with 
 thine ears. 
 
 11 And go, get thee to them 
 of the captivity, unto the chil- 
 dren of thy people, and speak 
 unto them, and tell them. Thus 
 saith the Lord God; whether 
 they will hear, or whether they 
 will forbear. 
 
 12 Then the spirit took me up, 
 and I heard behind me a voice 
 of a great rushing, mying, Bless- 
 
 ed he the glorj' of the Loed from 
 his place. 
 
 13 I JiPard also the noise of the 
 wings of the living creatures that 
 touched one another, and the 
 noise of the wheels over against 
 them, and a noise of a great 
 rushing. 
 
 14 So the spirit lifted me up, 
 and took me away, and I went 
 in bitterness, in the heat of my 
 spirit ; but the hand of the Lord 
 was sti ong upon me. 
 
 15 ^ Then 1 came to them of 
 the captivity at Tel-abib, that 
 dwelt by the liver of Chebar, 
 and I sat where they sat, and 
 remained there astonished a- 
 mong them seven days. 
 
 16 And it came to pass at the 
 end of seven days, that the 
 word of the Loed came unto 
 me, saying. 
 
 17 Son of man, I have made 
 thee a watchman unto the house 
 of Israel: therefore hear the 
 word at my mouth, and give 
 them warning from me, 
 
 18 When I say unto the wick- 
 ed. Thou shalt surely die; and 
 thou givest him not waniing, 
 nor speakest to warn the wick- 
 ed from his wicked way, to save 
 his life; the same wicked man. 
 shall 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 wick- 
 edness, nor from his wicked way, 
 he shall die in his iniquity ; but 
 thou hast delivered thy soul. 
 
 20 Again, When a righteous 
 man doth turn from^ his right- 
 eousness, and commit iniquity, 
 and I lay a stumblingblock be- 
 fore him, he shall die : because 
 thou hast not given him warn- 
 ing, he shall die in his sin, and 
 his righteousness wliich he hath 
 done shall not be remembered ; 
 but his blood will I require at 
 thine hand. 
 
 21 Nevertheless if thou warn 
 the righteous tnan, that the 
 righteous sin not, and he doth 
 not sin, he shall surely live, be- 
 
theniU ofprapJiecy. EZEKIEL, IV. 
 
 TJie Wp^ of a siege. 
 
 cause lie is warned; also thou 
 hast delivered thy soul. 
 
 22 IF And the hand of the Lokd 
 was there upon me ; and he said 
 unto me, Arise, go forth into 
 the plain, and I will there talk 
 with thee. 
 
 23 Then I arose, and went 
 forth into the plain : and, be- 
 hold, the glory of the Lord 
 stood there, as the glory which 
 I saw by the river of Chebar: 
 and I fell on my face. 
 
 24 Then the spuit entered into 
 me, and set me upon my feet, 
 and spake \nth me, and said 
 unto me. Go, shut thyself with- 
 in thine house. 
 
 25 But thou, O son of man, 
 behold, they shall put bands 
 upon thee, and shall bind thee 
 with them, and thou shalt not 
 go out among them : 
 
 26 And I will make thy 
 tongue cleave to the roof of 
 thy mouth, that thou shalt be 
 dumb, and shalt not be to them 
 a reprover: for they are a re- 
 belKous house. 
 
 27 But when I speak with thee, 
 I will open thy mouth, and thou 
 shalt say unto them. Thus saith 
 the Lord God; He that hear- 
 eth, let him hear; and he that 
 forbeareth, let him forbear : for 
 they are a rebellious house. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 1 Utider the type of a siege is shelved 
 the time from the defection of Je- 
 roboam to the captivity. 9 By the 
 provision of the siege, is shewed the 
 hardness of the famine. 
 
 THOU also, son of man, take 
 thee a tile, and lay it before 
 thee, and pom'tray upon it the 
 city, even Jerusalem : 
 
 2 And lay siege against it, and 
 build a fort against it, and cast 
 a mount agamst it ; set the 
 camp also against it, and set 
 IxxUering rams against it round 
 about. 
 
 3 Moreover take thou unto 
 thee an iron pan, and set it fm 
 a wall of hon between thee 
 and the city: and set thy face 
 against it, and it shall be be- 
 
 sieged, and thou shalt lay siege 
 against it. This shall he a sign 
 to the house of Israel. 
 
 4 Lie thou also upon thy left 
 side, and lay the iniquity of the 
 house of Israel upon it : accord- 
 ing to the number of the days 
 that thou shalt lie upon it thou 
 shalt bear their iniquity. 
 
 5 For I have laid upon thee 
 the years of their iniquity, ac- 
 cording to the number of the 
 days, tlnee hundred and nme~ 
 ty days: so shalt thou bear 
 the iniquity of the house of 
 Israel. 
 
 6^ And when thou hast accom- 
 plished them, lie again on thy 
 right side, and thou shalt bear 
 the iniquity of the house of Ju- 
 dah forty days : I have appoint- 
 ed thee each day for a year. 
 
 7 Therefore thou shalt set 
 thy face toward the siege of 
 Jerusalem, and thine arm shall 
 he uncovered, and thou shalt 
 prophesy agamst it. 
 
 8 And, behold, I will lay bands 
 upon thee, and thou shalt not 
 turn thee from one side to an- 
 other, till thou hast ended the 
 daj^softhj^ siege. 
 
 9 f Take thou also unto thee 
 wheat, and barley, and beans, 
 and lentiles, and millet, and 
 fitches, and put them in one 
 vessel, and make thee bread 
 thereof, acccrcling to the num- 
 ber of the days that thou shalt 
 lie upon thy side, three hun- 
 dred and ninety days shalt thou 
 eat thereof. 
 
 10 And thy meat which thou 
 shalt eat shall he by weight, 
 twenty shekels a day: from 
 time to time shalt thou eat it. 
 
 11 Thou shalt di-ink also water 
 by measure, the sixth part of 
 an hin : from time to time shalt 
 thou drink. 
 
 12 And thou shalt eat it as bar- 
 ley cakes, and thou shalt bake 
 it with dung that cometh out of 
 man, in then sight. 
 
 13 And the Lord said. Even 
 thus shaU the children of Ismel 
 eat thek defiled bread among 
 
The type of the 
 
 EZEKIEL, V. 
 
 prophet's Imr. 
 
 the Gentiles, wliither I will drive 
 them. 
 
 14 Then said I, Ah Lord God ! 
 behold, my soul hath not been 
 polluted : for from my youth up 
 even till now have I not eaten 
 of that wliich dieth of itself, or 
 is torn in pieces; neither came 
 there abominable flesh into my 
 mouth. 
 
 15 Then he said unto me, Lo, 
 I have given thee cow's dung 
 for man's dung, and thou shalt 
 prepare thy bread theremth. 
 
 16 Moreover he said unto me, 
 Son of man. behold, I will break 
 the staff of bread in Jerusalem : 
 and they sliall eat bread by 
 weight, and with care; and 
 they shall diink water by mea- 
 sure, and with astonishment: 
 
 17 That they may want bread 
 and water, and be astonied one 
 with another, and consume a- 
 way for their iniquity. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 Viiderthe typeofliair, 5 is shewed 
 
 the judgment of Jerusalem for their 
 
 rfhellion, 12 by famine, sivord, and 
 
 dispersion. 
 
 AND thou, son of man, take 
 - thee a sharp kuife, take 
 thee a barber's razor, and cause 
 it to pass upon thine head and 
 upon thy beard : then take thee 
 balances to weigh, and divide 
 the hair. 
 
 2 Thou shalt bum with fire a 
 thii'd part in the midst of the 
 city, w^hen the days of the siege 
 are fulfilled : and thou shalt 
 take a third part, and smite 
 about it with a knife : and a 
 third part thou shalt scatter in 
 the \vind; and I will di'aw out 
 a sword after them. 
 
 3 Thou shalt also take thereof 
 a few in number, and bind them 
 in thy skirts. 
 
 4 Then take of them again, 
 and cast them into the midst of 
 the fire, and bum them in the 
 fire ; for thereof shall a fire 
 come forth into all the house 
 of Israel. 
 
 5 If Thus saith the Lord God; 
 This is Jerusalem: I have set 
 
 it in the midst of the nations 
 and coimtries that are roimd 
 about her. 
 
 G And sne hath changed my 
 judgments into wickedness more 
 than the nations, and my sta- 
 tutes more than the countries 
 that are round about her : for 
 they have refused my judgments 
 and my statutes, they have not 
 walkcei in them. 
 
 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
 God; Because ye multiplied 
 more than the nations that are 
 round about you, and have not 
 walked in my statutes, neither 
 have kept my judgments, nei- 
 ther have done according to 
 the judgments of the nations 
 that are roimd about you ; 
 
 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
 God; Behold, I, even I, am 
 against thee, and will execute 
 judgments in the midst of thee 
 in the sight of the nations. 
 
 9 And I will do in thee that 
 which I have not done, and 
 whereunto I will not do any 
 more the like, because of all 
 tliine abominations. 
 
 10 Therefore the fathers shall 
 eat the sons in the midst of 
 thee, and the sons shall eat 
 
 I their fathers; and I will exe- 
 cute judgments in thee, and 
 the whole remnant of thee will 
 I scatter into all the winds. 
 
 11 Wherefore, as I live, saith 
 the Lord God ; Surely, because 
 thou hast defiled my sanctuary 
 with all thy detestable things, 
 and with all thine abominations, 
 therefore will I also diminish 
 thee; neither shall mine eye 
 spare, neither will I have any 
 pity. 
 
 12 IF A thii'd part of thee shall 
 die with the pestilence, and with 
 famine shall they be consumed 
 in the mickt of thee : and a third 
 part shall fall by the sword 
 round about thee; and I will 
 scatter a third part into all the 
 winds, and I will diaw out a 
 sword after them. 
 
 13 Thus shall mine anger be 
 accomplished, and I will cauee 
 
 t i 
 
TJie jiulgimM ()f EZEKIEL, VI. Israd M idohtm 
 
 my fury to rest iiijon them, and i cases of tlie cliildren of Israel 
 I will be comforted: and they before their idols; and I will 
 shall know that I the Loed have i scatter your bones ronnd about 
 
 spoken U in my zeal, when I 
 have accomplished my fury in 
 them. 
 
 14 Moreover I will make thee 
 waste, and a reproach among 
 the nations that are round a- 
 bout thee, in the sight of all 
 that pass by. 
 
 15 feo it shall be a reproach 
 and a taunt, an instruction and 
 an astonishment unto the na- 
 tions that are round about thee, 
 when I shall execute judgments 
 in thee in anger and in fury and 
 in fmiors rebukes. I the Lokd 
 liave spoken it. 
 
 your altars. 
 G In all your dweUingplaces 
 the cities shall be laid waste, 
 and the high places shall be 
 desolate; that your altars may 
 be laid waste and made deso- 
 late, and your idols may ^ be 
 bix)ken and cease, and your im- 
 ages may be cut down, and 
 yom' works may be abolished. 
 
 7 And the slain shall fall in 
 the midst of you, and ye shall 
 know that I am the Lord. 
 
 8 II Yet will I leave a remnant, 
 that ye may have seme that 
 shall escape the sword among 
 
 16 AVhen I shall send upon the nations, when ye shall be 
 
 them the evil aiTOws of famine, 
 which shall be for their destruc- 
 
 scattered through the countries, 
 9 And they that escape of you 
 
 tion, and which I will send to shall remember me among the 
 destroy you : and I will increase \ nations whither they shall be 
 the famine upon you, and will ; carried captives, because I 
 
 break your staff of bread : 
 17 So will I send upon you i 
 
 I broken with theh whorish heart, 
 'which hath departed from me. 
 
 mine and e^il beasts, and they i and with their eyes, which go a 
 shall bereave thee ; and pesti- \ whoring after their idols : and 
 lence and blood shall pass: they shall lothe themselves for 
 through thee ; and I will bring ; the evils wliich they have com- 
 
 the sword upon thee. 
 liORD have spoken it. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 the i mitted in all their abominations. 
 
 10 And they shall know that I 
 
 am the Loed, and that I have 
 
 not said in vain that I vrould 
 
 1 TJie judgment of Israel for tlmr , ^, . ., , ,, 
 idokiiry. 8 A remnant sMU be . do this evil unto them. 
 
 blessed. 11 T7i£ faitliful are exlwrt- 
 ed to lament their calamities. 
 
 A^ 
 
 11 % Thus saith the Loixi God ; 
 Smit^ with thine hand, and 
 
 ND the word of the Lord | stamp with thy foot, and say, 
 Alas for all the evil abomuia- 
 tions of the house of Israel ! for 
 they shall fall by the sword, by 
 the famine, and by the pesti- 
 lence. 
 
 12 He that is far off shall die 
 of the pestilence ; and he that 
 
 came unto me, saying, 
 2 Son of man, set thy face to- 
 ward the mountains of Israel, 
 and prophesy against them, 
 8 And say, Ye mountains of 
 Israel, hear the word of the 
 Lord God ; Thus saith the Lord 
 
 God to the mountains, and to ■ is near shall fall by the sword ; 
 the lulls, to the rivers, and to I and he that remahieth and is 
 
 the valleys; Behold, I, even 1 
 will bring a sword upon you, 
 and I will desti'oy your high 
 places. 
 
 4 And your altai-s shall be de- 
 solate, and your images shall be 
 broken: and I will cast down 
 your slain inen before your idols. 
 
 5 And I will lay the dead car- 
 
 besieged shall ^ die by the la- 
 mine : thus will I accomplish 
 mv fui-y upon them. 
 13 Then shaU ye know that I 
 ara the Loed, when their slain 
 men shall be among their idols 
 round about their altai-s, upcn 
 eveiy high liill, in all the tors 
 of the mountains, and under 
 Rr3 
 
Thejiiiol 
 
 EZEKIEL, YII. desolatim of Israil 
 
 every green tree, and under 
 every thick oak, the place where 
 they did otfer sweet savour to 
 all their idolH. 
 14 80 will I stretch out my 
 liand upon them, and make the 
 land desolate, yea, more desolate 
 than the wilderness toward Dib- 
 liith, in all their liabitations : 
 and they shall know that I am 
 the LoKL), 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 1 TJie final desohifion of Ixrael. IG 
 The monriifnl rtjMnitance of thein 
 that csciipc. 20 TJie enemiem defile 
 the »'i.nrtn"ry heransf of the Itn-ael- 
 ifrs' al>oiiii)U(tiovs. 23 Uiuler the 
 tiii>e of a chdin is sheiccd their mi- 
 
 M 
 
 9 And mine eye shall not 
 spare, neither will 1 have pity : 
 I will recompense thee accord- 
 iniic to thy ways and thine abo- 
 minations thd are in the midst 
 of thee ; and ye shall know that 
 I «)/* the Lord tliat smiteth. 
 
 10 Behold the day, behold, it 
 is come : the mornint? is jrone 
 forth ; the rod hath blossomed, 
 pride hath budded. 
 
 11 Violence is lison up into 
 a rcwl of wickedness : none of 
 them dmll reiiuiiit, nor of their 
 multitude, nor of any of their's : 
 neither aJudl there be wailhig for 
 them. 
 
 12 The time is come, the day 
 
 OREONEll the word of ; draweth near : let not the buyer 
 rejoice, nor the seller mouni : 
 for wrath /s upon all the mul- 
 
 the Lord came imto me, 
 saying, , 
 
 2 Also, thou son of man, thus titude thereof, 
 saith the Lord God imto the i 13 For the seller shall not ro- 
 land of Israel ; An end, the end turn to that which is sold, al- 
 ls come upon the four corners though they were yet alive : for 
 
 of tlie laud. 
 
 the vision /s toucliiug tlie whole 
 
 3 Now i< the end crnm upon nuiltitude thereof, irJnrh shall 
 thee, and I will send mine an- not return ; neither shall any 
 ger upon thee, and will judge ' strengthen himself in the ini- 
 tliee according to thy wavs, and j quitv of his life. 
 
 will recomi)ense upon thee all 14 They have blo\\ii tlie trum- 
 thine abominations. 1 pet, eveji to make all ready ; 
 
 4 And mine eye shall not spare but none goeth to the battle: 
 thee, neitlier will I have pity : for my wrath ?.s upon all the 
 but I will recomiK'Use thy ways , multitude thereof. 
 
 upon thee, and thine abomiua- '. 15 The sword is without, and 
 tions sluxll be in the midst of the pestilence and the famine 
 thee : and ye shall know that I ; within : he that is in the field 
 
 am the Lord. 
 5 Thus saith the Lord God; 
 
 shall die with the sword ; and 
 he that is in the city, famine and 
 
 An evil, an only evil, behold, pestilence shall devom- him. 
 is come. I IG *J. 15ut they that escape of 
 
 6 An end is come, the end is them shall escape, and shall be 
 come : it watcheth for thee ; on the mountains like doves of 
 
 behold, it is come. 
 
 the valleys, all of them mouni- 
 
 7 The moniing is come unto ing, every one for his iniquity, 
 thee, O thou that dwellest in 17 All hands shall be feeble, 
 
 the land : the time is come, the and all knees shall be weak as 
 
 day of trouble is near, and not water.^ 
 the sounding again of the moun- ^ ^ 
 tains. 
 
 18 They shall also gird them- 
 
 I sdves with sackcloth, and hor- 
 
 8 Now will I shortly pour out ror shall cover them ; and shame 
 my fury upon thee, and accom- sltall he upon all faces, and bald- 
 plish mine anger upon thee : and ness upon all their heads. 
 I will judge thee according to | 19 They shall cast their silver 
 thy w^ays, and will recompense , in the streets, and their gold 
 thee for all thine abominations. ' shall be removed : their silver 
 
The various idohiry EZEKIEL, VIII. iyyY?d/sg<:H?2 JemsfrZ*^m. 
 
 and their gold shall not be able 
 to deliver them in the day of 
 the wrath of the Lord : they 
 shall not satisfy their sonls, 
 neither fill their bowels : be- 
 cause it is the stumblingblock 
 of their iniquity. 
 
 20 IF As for the beauty of his 
 ornament, he set it in majesty : 
 but they made the images of 
 theii' abominations and of their 
 detestable things therein : there- 
 fore have I set it far from them. 
 
 21 And I will give it into the 
 hands of the strangers for a 
 prey, and to the wicked of the 
 e^rth for a spoil ; and they shall 
 pollute it. 
 
 22 My face will I turn also from 
 them, and they shaU pollute 
 my secret place : for the robbers 
 shall enter into it, and defile it. 
 
 23 H Make a cham : for the 
 land is fuU of bloody crimes, 
 and the city is full of violence. 
 
 24 Wherefore I will bring the 
 worst of the heathen, and they 
 shall possess their houses : I 
 wiU also make the pomp of the 
 strong to cease ; and then- holy 
 places shall be defiled. 
 
 25 Destruction cometh ; and 
 they shall seek peace, and there 
 sJiall he none. 
 
 26 Mischief shall come upon 
 mischief, and rumour shall be 
 upon rumour ; then shall they 
 seek a vision of the prophet; 
 but the law shall perish from 
 the priest, and counsel from the 
 ancients. 
 
 27 The king shaU mourn, and 
 the prince shall be clothed with 
 desolation, and the hands of 
 the people of the land shall be 
 troubled : I will do mito them 
 after their way, and ax?cording 
 to their deserts wiU I judge 
 them ; and they shall know 
 that I am the Lokd. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 1 EzeTciel, in a vision of God at Je- 
 
 .. rusalem, 5 is shewed the image of 
 
 . jeahiisy, 7 the chambers of im- 
 
 (^g^ry, 13 the mourners for Tam- 
 
 muz, 15 the worshippers towards 
 
 the €im. 18 GU^d's wrath for their 
 
 idolatry. 
 
 AND it came to pass in the 
 - sixth year, in the sixth 
 month, in the fifth day of the 
 month, as I sat in mine house, 
 and the elders of Judah sat be* 
 fore me, that the hand of the 
 Lord God fell there upon me. 
 
 2 Then I beheld, and lo a like- 
 ness as the appearance of fire : 
 from the appearance of his loins 
 even downward, fire ; and from 
 liis loins even upward, as the 
 appearance of brightness, as the 
 colour of amber. 
 
 3 And he put forth the form 
 of an hand, and took me by a 
 lock of mine head ; and the 
 spirit lifted me up between 
 the earth and the heaven, and 
 brought me in the visions of 
 God to Jerusalem, to the door 
 of the inner gate that looketh 
 toward the noi-th ; where was 
 the seat of the image of jealousy, 
 which provoketh to jealousy. 
 
 4 And, behold, the glory of 
 the God of Israel was there, 
 according to the vision that I 
 saw in the plain. 
 
 5 H Then said he unto me. Son 
 of man, lift up thine eyes now 
 the way toward the north. So 
 I lifted up mine eyes the way 
 tovfard the north, and behold 
 northward at the gate of the 
 alt^r this image of jealousy in 
 the entiy. 
 
 6 He said furthermore unto 
 me, Son of man, seest thou what 
 they do? even the great abomi- 
 nations that the house of Israel 
 committeth here, that I should 
 go far off from my sanctuary? 
 but turn thee yet again, and thou 
 shalt see greater abominations. 
 
 7 IF And he brought me to the 
 door of the court ; and when I 
 looked, behold a hole in the 
 waU. 
 
 8 Then said he unto me. Son 
 of man, dig now in the wall : 
 and when I had digged in the 
 wall, behold a door. 
 
 9 And he said imto me. Go in, 
 and behold the wicked abomi- 
 nations that they do here. 
 
 ,10 So I went in and saw; an4 
 
God's math 
 
 EZEKIEL, rx. 
 
 foi idolatrij. 
 
 beliold everj' form of creeping 
 things, and abominable beasts, 
 and all the idols of the house 
 of Israel, pomtrayed upon the 
 wall round about. 
 
 11 And there stood before them 
 seventy men of the ancients of 
 the house of Israel, and in the 
 midst of them stood Jaazaiiiah 
 the son of Shaphan, with every 
 man his censer in his hand ; and 
 a thi(*k cloud of incense went up. 
 
 12 Tlien said he unto me, 8on 
 of man, hast thou seen what the 
 ancients of the house of Israel 
 do ill the dark, every man in 
 the chambei-s of his imagery ? 
 for they say. The Lord seeth us 
 not; the Lord hath forsaken 
 the earth. 
 
 13 H He said also unto me, 
 Turn thee yet again, and thou 
 shalt see greater abominations 
 that they do. 
 
 14 Then he brought me to the 
 door of the gate of the Lord's 
 house which was toward the 
 north ; and, behold, there sat 
 women weeping for Tammuz. 
 
 15 K Then said he unto me. 
 Hast thou seen this, O son of 
 man? turn thee yet agaui, ami 
 thou shalt see greater abomi- 
 nations than these. 
 
 16 And he brought me into 
 the inner court of the Lord's 
 liouse, and, behold, at the door 
 of the temple of the Lord, be- 
 tween the porch and the altar, 
 were about five and twenty men, 
 with their backs toward the 
 temple of the Lord, and their 
 faces toward the east ; and they 
 worshipped the sun toward the 
 east. 
 
 17 IF Then he said imto me. 
 Hast thou seen this, O son of 
 man? Is it a light thing to the 
 house of Judah that they com- 
 mit the abominations which 
 they commit here ? for they 
 have filled the land with vio- 
 lence, and have returned to pro- 
 voke me to anger : and, lo, they 
 put the branch to their nose. 
 
 18 Therefore vrill I also deal 
 in fury: mine eye shall not 
 
 spare, neitlier will I have i)ity : 
 and though they cry in mine 
 ears with a loud voice, yet will 
 I not hear them. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 1 A vision, whereby is shewed the 
 p^-e^rvation of some, 5 and the 
 di'stntctioii of the re»t. 8 God can- 
 not be intreaied for them. 
 
 HE cried also in mine earn 
 with a loud voice, saying. 
 Cause them that have charge 
 over the city io draw near, even 
 eveiy man icith his destroying 
 weapon in his hand. 
 
 2 And, behold, six men came 
 from the way of the higher gate, 
 which lieth toward the north, 
 and every man a slaughter wea- 
 pon in his hand ; and one man 
 among them icas clothed with 
 linen, with a writer's inkhoni by 
 his side : and they went in, and 
 stood beside the bi'asen altar. 
 
 3 And the gloiy of the God 
 of Israel was gone up from tlie 
 cherub, whereupon he was, to 
 the threshold of the house. And 
 he called to the man clothed 
 mth linen, which hid the >mt- 
 er's inkhom by his side ; 
 
 4 And the Lord said unto 
 him. Go through the midst of 
 the cit>', through the midst of 
 Jerusalem, and set a mark up- 
 on the foreheads of the men 
 that sigh and that cry^ for all 
 the abominations that be done 
 in the midst thereof. 
 
 5 If And to the others he said 
 in mine hearing. Go ye after 
 him through the city, and smite : 
 let not your eye spare, neither 
 have ye pity : 
 
 6 Slay utterly old and yoimg, 
 both maids, and Uttle children, 
 and women : but come not near 
 any man upon whom is the 
 mark ; and begin at my sanc- 
 tuary. Then they began at the 
 ancient men which were before 
 the house. 
 
 7 And he said unto them, De- 
 file the house, and fill the courts 
 with the slain : go ye forth. 
 And they went forth, and Blew 
 in the city. 
 
Tlie vision of 
 
 EZEKIEL, X. 
 
 the eoals of fin 
 
 8 IF And it came to pass, while 
 they were slaying them, and I 
 was left, that I fell upon my 
 face, and cried, and said. Ah 
 Lord God! wilt thou destroy 
 all the residue of Israel in thy 
 poniing ont of thy fnry npon 
 Jerusalem? 
 
 9 Then said he nnto me, The 
 iniquity of the honse of Israel 
 and Judah is exceeding great, 
 and the land is full of blood, 
 and the city full of per\^erse- 
 ness : for they say, The Loed 
 hath forsaken the earth, and 
 the Loed seetii not. 
 
 10 And as for me also, mine 
 eye shall not spare, neither will 
 I have pity, hid I will recom- 
 pense their way upon their head. 
 
 11 And, behold, the man cloth- 
 ed with linen, which Juid the 
 inkhom by his side, reported 
 the matter, saying, I have done 
 as thou hast commanded me. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 1 The vision of the coals of fire, to 
 he scattered over the city. S Tfie 
 vision of the cheriibims. 
 
 THEN I looked, and, behold, 
 in the firmament that was 
 above the head of the cheru- 
 bims there appeared over tliem 
 as it were a sapphire stone, as 
 the appearance of the likeness 
 of a throne. ♦ 
 
 2 And he spake unto the man 
 clothed with linen, and said. 
 Go in between the wheels, even 
 under the cherub, and fill thine 
 hand with coals of fire from be- 
 tween the cherubims, and scat- 
 ter them over the city. And he 
 went in in my sight. 
 
 3 Now the cherubims stood 
 on the right side of the house, 
 when the man went in ; and the 
 cloud filled the inner cornet. 
 
 4 Then the glory of the Lord 
 went up from the cherub, mid 
 stood over the threshold of the 
 house ; and the house was fill- 
 ed with the cloud, and the court 
 was full of the brightness of the 
 Lord's glory. 
 
 5 And the sound of the che- 
 rubims' wings was heard even 
 
 to the outer court, as the voice 
 of the Almighty God when he 
 speaketh. 
 
 6 And it came to pass, tJiat 
 when he had commanded the 
 man clothed with linen, saying, 
 Take fire from between the 
 wheels, from between the che- 
 rabims ; then he went in, and 
 stood beside the wheels. 
 
 7 And one cherub stretched 
 forth his hand from between 
 the cherubims unto the fire that 
 icas between the cherubims, and 
 took thereof, and put it into the 
 hands of Mm that was clothed 
 with linen : who took it, and 
 went out. 
 
 8 IF And there appeared in the 
 cherubims the form of a man's 
 hand under their wings. 
 
 9 And when I looked, behold 
 the four wheels by the cheru- 
 bims, one wheel by one cherub, 
 and another wheel by another 
 cherub : and the appearance of 
 the wheels icas as the colour of 
 a beryl stone. 
 
 10 And as for their appear- 
 ances, they four had one like- 
 ness, as if a wheel had been in 
 the midst of a wheel. 
 
 11 When they went, they went 
 upon then four sides ; they turn- 
 ed not as they went, but to the 
 place whither the head looked 
 they followed it; they turned 
 not as they went. 
 
 12 And their whole body, and 
 their backs, and their hands, and 
 their wings, and the wheels, tvere 
 full of eyes round about, even 
 the wheels that they four had. 
 
 13 As for the wheels, it was 
 cried unto them in my hearing, 
 O wheel. 
 
 14 And every one had four 
 faces : the first face was the face 
 of a cheiTib, and the second face 
 was the face of a man, and the 
 third the face of a lion, and the 
 fourth the face of an eagle. 
 
 15 And the cherubims were 
 lifted up. This is the living 
 creature that I saw by the river 
 of Chebar. 
 
 16 And when the chembims 
 
Tfie presumj>tion 
 
 EZEKIEL, XI. 
 
 qf the princes. 
 
 went, the wheels went by them : [ of man, these ore the men that 
 
 and wlien the chenibims Hlted 
 up their winj^s to mount up from 
 the earth, tlie same wheels also 
 turned not from beside them. 
 
 17 When they stood, these 
 stood ; and when they were lift- 
 ed up, these lifted up themselves 
 also: for the spirit of the living 
 creature was in them. 
 
 18 Then the f?lory of the Lord 
 departed from off the threshold 
 of the house, and stood over the 
 cherubims. 
 
 19 And the chenibims lifted 
 up their wings, and mounted 
 up from the earth in my sight : 
 when they went out, the wheels 
 also tcere beside them, and every 
 om stood at the door of the east 
 gate of the Lord's house ; and 
 the gloiy of the God of Israel 
 was over them above. 
 
 20 This is the living creature 
 that I saw under tlie God of 
 Israel by the river of Chebar; 
 and I knew that they icere the 
 cherubims. 
 
 21 Every one had four faces a- 
 piece, and every one four wings ; 
 and the Ukeness of the hands of 
 a man icas under their wings. 
 
 22 And the likeness of their 
 faces icas the same faces which 
 I saw by the river of Chebar, 
 their appearances and them- 
 selves : they went every one 
 straight fonvard. 
 
 CHAPTER XL 
 1 The presumption of the princes. 4 
 Tlieir sin and judgment. 13 Eze- 
 Tciel complaining, God shevieth him 
 his purpose in saving a remnant, 
 21 and punishing the wiclced. 22 
 The glory of God leaveth the city. 
 21 Ezekiel is returned to the cap- 
 tivity. 
 
 MOEEOVER the spirit 
 lifted me up, and brought 
 me unto the east gate of the 
 Lord's house, which looketh 
 eastward : and behold at the 
 door of the gate five and twen- 
 ty men; among whom I saw 
 Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and 
 Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, 
 princes of the people. 
 , 2 Then said he unto me. Son 
 
 devise miscliief, and give wick- 
 ed counsel in this city : 
 
 3 Whicli say. It is not near ; let 
 us build houses : this eity is the 
 caldron, and we be, the flesh. 
 
 4 IF Therefore prophesy against 
 them, prophesy, O son of man. 
 
 5 And the Spirit of the Lord 
 fell upon me, and said imto me. 
 Speak ; Thus saitli the Lord ; 
 Thus have ye said, O house of 
 Israel : for I know the tlimgs 
 that come into your mind, every 
 one o/them. 
 
 6 Ye have multiplied your slain 
 in this city, and ye have filled the 
 streets thereof with the slain. 
 
 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
 God; Your slain whom ye have 
 laid in the midst of it, they are 
 the flesh, and this city is the 
 caldron : but I will bring you 
 forth out of the midst of it. 
 
 8 Ye have feared the sword; 
 and I ^vill bring a sword upon 
 you. saith the Lord God. 
 
 9 And I will bring you out of 
 the midst thereof, and dehver 
 you into the hands of strangers, 
 and ^vill execute judgments a- 
 mong you. 
 
 10 Ye shall fall by the sword ; 
 I will judge you in the border 
 of Israel ; and ye shall knoAV 
 that I am the Lord. 
 
 11 This city shall not be your 
 caldron, neither shall ye be the 
 flesh in the midst thereof; hut 
 I Avill judge you ia the border 
 of Israel : 
 
 12 And ye shall know that I 
 a7n the Lord : for ye have^ not 
 walked in my statutes, neither 
 executed my judgments, but 
 have done after the mannei-s 
 of the heathen that are round 
 about you. 
 
 13 H And it came to pass, when 
 I prophesied, that Pelatiah the 
 son of Benaiah died. Then fell 
 I down upon my face, and cried 
 with a loud voice, and said. Ah 
 Lord God 1 wilt thou make a full 
 end of the remnant of Israel ? 
 
 11 Again the word of the Lord 
 came imto me, saying, 
 
Hie gimy of God 
 
 EZEKIEL, XII. 
 
 leavetJi the city. 
 
 15 Son of man, tliy brethren, 
 emn thy brethren, the men of 
 thy kindred, and all the house 
 of Israel wholly, are they unto 
 whom the inhabitants of Jeru- 
 salem have said, Get you far 
 from the Loed : unto us is this 
 land given in possession. 
 
 16 Therefore say, Thus saith 
 the Lord God ; Although I have 
 cast them far off among the 
 heathen, and although I have 
 scattered them among the coun- 
 tries, yet will I be to them as a 
 little sanctuaiy in the countries 
 where they shall come. 
 
 17 Therefore say. Thus saith 
 the Lord God ; I will even ga- 
 ther you from the people, and 
 assemble you out of the coun- 
 tries where ye have been scat- 
 tered, and I will give you the 
 land of Israel. 
 
 18 And they shall come thi- 
 ther, and they shall take away 
 all the detestable things thereof 
 and all the abomuiations there- 
 of from thence. 
 
 19 And I will give them one 
 heart, and I will put a new spi- 
 rit within you ; and I will take 
 the stony heart out of their flesh, 
 and will give them an heart of 
 flesh : 
 
 ^0 That they may walk in my 
 statutes, and keep mine ordi- 
 nances, and do them : and they 
 shall be my people, and I will 
 be their God. 
 
 21 But as for tliem whose heart 
 waiketh after the heart of their 
 detestable things and their a- 
 bominations, I will recompense 
 their way upon their own heads, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 22 IF Then did the cherubims 
 lift up their wings, and the 
 wheels beside them; and the 
 glory of the God of Israel was 
 over them above. 
 
 23 And the glory of the Lord 
 went up from the midst of the 
 city, and stood upon the moun- 
 tain which is on the east side 
 of the city. 
 
 24 1[ Afterwards the spirit took 
 me up, and brought me in a vi- 
 
 sion by the Spirit of God into 
 Chaldea, to them of the capti- 
 Adty. So the vision that I had 
 seen went up from me. 
 25 Then I spake unto them of 
 the captivity all the thmgs that 
 the Lord had shewed me. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 1 TJie type of Ezelciel's removing. 8 
 It shewed the captivity of Zedel'i- 
 ah. 17 EzeMeVs treiiibling sheiveth 
 the Jews' desolation. 21 The Jews' 
 presumptuous proverh is reproved. 
 2B The speediness of the vision. 
 
 THE word of the Lord also 
 came unto me, saying, 
 
 2 Son of man, thou dwellest in 
 the midst of a rebellious house, 
 which have eyes to see, and see 
 not; they have ears to hear, 
 and hear not : for they are a 
 rebellious house. 
 
 3 Therefore, thou son of man, 
 prepare thee stuff for removing, 
 and remove by day in their 
 sight; and thou shalt remove 
 from thy place to another place 
 in their sight : it may be they 
 will consider, though they he a 
 rebellious house. 
 
 4 Then shalt thou bring forth 
 thy stuff by day in their sight, 
 as stuff for removing : and thou 
 shalt go forth at even in their 
 sight, as they that go forth inta 
 captivity. 
 
 5 Dig_ thou thi'ough the wall 
 in their sight, and carry out 
 thereby. ^ 
 
 6 In their sight shalt thou bear 
 it upon thy shoulders, and cany 
 it forth in the twilight ; thou 
 shalt cover thy face, that thou 
 see not the ground : for I have 
 set thee for a sign unto the 
 house of Israel. 
 
 7 And I did so as I was com- 
 manded : I brought forth my 
 stuff by day, as stuff for capti- 
 vity, and in the even I digged 
 through the wall with mine 
 hand ; I brought it forth in the 
 twilight, and I bare it upon my 
 shoulder in their sight. 
 
 8 1[ And in the morning came 
 the word of the Lord unto me, 
 saying, 
 
The d^eoUdwn of (lie EZEKIEL, XIII. 
 
 Jtics ttiplJUtl 
 
 9 Son of man, hatli not the lior land may l>o dt-solate irvm 
 house of Israel, the rebellious all tliat Ih theivin, Im 
 
 house, said unto thee, AVhat 
 doest thouV 
 10 Say thou nnto them. Thus 
 
 of 
 
 the violence of all them that 
 
 dwell therein. 
 ^ *2() And the cities that are iiiha- 
 
 sidth the Lord God : This bur- | bited shall Ih? laid waste, and the 
 den conccrnt'th the itriiice in Je- laiul sl)all be desolate; and ye 
 
 iiLsalem, and all the house of 
 Isnud that tire amoni^ them. 
 11 Say, I am your sijni : like 
 
 shall know that I am the Loki». 
 I 21 •! And the woitl of the Lord 
 came unto me, wiyinp. 
 
 as I have done, so shall it be j 22 Son of nuni, what is that 
 done unto them : they shall i-e- proverb_ f/wr^ ye have in the 
 
 move ami po into captivity. 
 12 An<l the onnce that is a- 
 
 I land of Israel, sayiuir. The days 
 are itrolonjred, ai'd every vision 
 
 laon^' them shall bear ui»f>n ///s failcthV 
 
 shonlder in the twiliirht, and 2:^ T<'11 them therefoi>e. Thus 
 
 slifdl \io forth : they sluill (Wm. 
 thrcnr^h the wall to cjuiy out 
 theix'by : he shall cover his lace. 
 
 KUth the Lord (ioi>; I will 
 make this jtit)verV) to cease, and 
 they shall i»o moix^ use it as a 
 
 that he see not the ground with I proverb in Israel; but say unto 
 
 hii^ eyes 
 
 13 My net also will I spread 
 upon him, and he sliall 1m' taken 
 in my snare ; and I will brintr 
 him to Habylon t<> the land of 
 the Chaldeans; yet shall he not 
 see it, thouirh he shall die there. 
 
 14 And I will scatter towanl 
 
 I them, The <lays are at hand, and 
 the effect of eveiy vision. 
 
 24 For there shall Iw* no more 
 any vain viKion nor llatterinfr 
 divination within the lionse of 
 Israel. 
 
 2") For I am the Lord: I will 
 siH*ak, and the word that I 
 
 every wind all that air about ; shall speak shall come to i>iisfi; 
 
 him to hel)) him. and all his 
 bands; and I \\\\\ draw out tlie 
 sword after them. 
 
 15 And they sljall Iniow that I 
 am the liORD, when 1 shall scat- 
 ter them amoncT the nations, and 
 disjierse them in the countiies. 
 
 1(3 But 1 will le^ive a few men 
 of them from tlie sword, from 
 
 it shall be no more iirolomred : 
 lor in your days, O n'ljfdlious 
 h(mse, will I say the word, and 
 vi\\\ i»erfonn it, saith the Loid 
 (jIod. 
 
 2(j ^ Again the word of the 
 Lord came to me sayinjr, 
 
 27 Son (»f man, behold, then of 
 the house of Isi-ael say. The vi- 
 
 the famine, and from tlie pesti- j sion that he seeth i>i for manv 
 
 lence ; that they may declare 
 all their abominations among 
 the heathen whither they come ; 
 and they sliall know that I am 
 the Lord. 
 
 17 H Moreover the word of the 
 Lord came to me, saying, 
 
 18 Son of man, eat thy bread 
 with quaking, and drink thy 
 water with trembling and with 
 carefulness ; 
 
 19 Ajid say unto the people of 
 the land, Thus saith the Lord 
 God of the inhabitants of Je- 
 rusalem, ami of the land of Is- 
 rael ; They shall eat their bread 
 with carefuhiess, and drink their 
 water with astonishment, that 
 
 days to com*", and he prophesieth 
 of the times Oud am far oft". 
 28 Therefore say unto them, 
 Thus saith the Lord God ; 
 There shall none of my words 
 be prolonged any more, but the 
 word wliich I have spoken shall 
 be done, saith the Lord (tOd. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 1 Tlie reproof of lying prophets, 10 
 ami their nntenipered morter. 17 
 Of propJietesses atul their pillows. 
 
 AND the word of the Lord 
 - came unto me, saying, 
 2 Son of man, prophesy against 
 the prophets of Israel that pro- 
 phesy, and say thou unto them 
 that prophesy out of their own 
 
The ve^oof qf 
 
 liearts, Hear ye the word of the 
 LoRu ; 
 
 3 Thus saith the Lord God; 
 Woe unto the foolish prophets, 
 that follow their own spuit, and 
 have seen nothing ! 
 
 4 O Israel, thy prophets are 
 like the foxes in the deserts. 
 
 5 Ye have not gone up into 
 the gaps, neither made up the 
 hedge for the house of Israel to 
 stand in the battle in the day 
 of the Lord. 
 
 6 They have seen vanity and 
 lying divination, saying. The 
 Lord saith : and the Lord hath 
 not sent them : and they have 
 made oiherS: to hope that they 
 would confirm the word. 
 
 7 Have ye not seen a vam vi- 
 sion, and have ye not spoken 
 a lying divination, whereas ye 
 say, The Lord saith it; albeit 
 I have not spoken ? 
 
 8 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God;^ Because ye have 
 spoken vanity, and seen lies, 
 therefore, behold, I am against 
 you, saith the Lord God. 
 
 9 And mine hand shaU be up- 
 on the prophets that see vanity, 
 and that divine lies : they shall 
 not be in the assembly of my 
 people, neither shall they be 
 ■written in the writing of the 
 house of Israel, neither shall 
 they enter into the land of Is- 
 rael ; and ye shall know that I 
 ara the Lord God. 
 
 10 IF Because, even because 
 they have seduced my people, 
 saying, Peace ; and tliere toas 
 no peace ; and one built up a 
 wall, and, lo, others daubed it 
 with untempered moiier : 
 
 11 Say unto them which daub 
 it with untempered morter, that 
 it shall fall: there shall be an 
 overflowing shower; and ye, O 
 great hailstones, shall fall ; and 
 a stormy wind shall rend it. 
 
 '. 12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, 
 shall it not be said .unto you, 
 
 ..Where is, the daubing where- 
 with ye have daubed it^ 
 13 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God ; I will even mnd, 
 
 EZEKIEL, XIH. 
 
 lying propJids. 
 
 it mth a stormy wind in my 
 fuiy ; and there shaU be an 
 overflowing shower in mine an- 
 ger, and great hailstones in my 
 fury to consume it. 
 
 14 So will I break down the 
 wall that ye have daubed with 
 untempered morter, and bring 
 it down to the ground, so that 
 the foundation thereof shall be 
 discovered, and it shall fall, 
 and ye shall be consumed in 
 the midst thereof : and ye shall 
 know that I am the Lord. 
 
 15 Thus will I accomplish my 
 wrath upon the wail, and upon 
 them that have daubed it with 
 untempered moiier, and will say 
 unto you. The v/all is no^ nioi'e, 
 neither they that daubed it ; 
 
 16 To icit, the prophets of Israel 
 which prophesy concerning Je- 
 iTisalem, and which see visions 
 of peace for her and there is no 
 peace, saith the Lord God. 
 
 17 H Likewise, thou son of 
 man, set thy face against the 
 daughters of thy people, which 
 prophesy out of their own heart ; 
 and prophesy thou against them, 
 
 18 And say. Thus saith the 
 Lord God; Woe to the women 
 that sew pillows to all arm- 
 holes, and make kerchiefs up- 
 on the head of every stature to 
 hunt souls ! WiU ye hunt the 
 souls of my people, and will ye 
 save the souls alive that coine 
 unto you? 
 
 19 And will ye pollute me a- 
 mong my people for handfuls of 
 barley and for pieces of bread, 
 to slay the souls that should not 
 die, and to save the souls alive 
 that should not live, by your 
 lying to my people that hear 
 your lies ? 
 
 20 Wherefore thus saith the 
 Lord God; Behold, I am a- 
 gainst your pillows, wherewith 
 ye there hunt the souls to make 
 thim fly, and I w^ill tear them 
 from your arms, and will let the 
 souls go, even the souls that ye 
 hunt to make them fly. 
 
 21 Your kerchiefs also will I 
 tear, and deliver floiy people, o^t 
 
An exhortation EZEKIEL 
 
 of your hand, and they shall 
 be no more in your hand to 
 be hunted ; and ye shall know 
 that I am the Lokd. 
 
 22 Becaase with lies ye have 
 made the heart of the righteous 
 sad, whom I have not made sad ; 
 and strengthened the hands of 
 the wicked, that he should not 
 return from his wicked way, by 
 promising him life : 
 
 23 Therefore ye shall see no 
 more vanity, nor divine divina- 
 tions : for I will deliver my peo- 
 ple out of your hand : and ye 
 shall know that lam the Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 1 God answereth idolaters according 
 to their own heart. 6 Tliey are 
 exhorted to repent, for fear of judg- 
 ments, hy means of seduced pro- 
 phets. 12 God's irrevocable sentence 
 of famine, 15 of noisome beasts, 17 
 of the sword, 19 awl of pestilence. 
 22 A remnant shall be reserved far 
 example of others. 
 
 THEN came certain of the 
 elders of Israel unto me, 
 and sat before me. 
 
 2 And the word of the Lokd 
 came unto me, saying, 
 
 3 Son of man, these men have 
 set up their idols in their heart, 
 and put the stumblingblock of 
 their iniquity before their face : 
 should I be enquired of at all 
 by them? 
 
 4 Therefore speak unto them, 
 and say unto them. Thus saith 
 the Lord God; Every man of 
 the house of Israel that setteth 
 up his idols in his heart, and 
 putteth the stumblingblock of 
 his miquity before his face, and 
 cometh to the prophet; I the 
 LoED will answer him that com- 
 eth according to the multitude 
 of his idols ; 
 
 5 That I may take the house 
 of Israel in their own heart, 
 because they are all estranged 
 from me through their idols. 
 
 6 If Therefore say unto the 
 house of Israel, Thus saith the 
 Lord God; Repent, and turn 
 yourselves from your idols; and 
 turn away yom' faces from aU 
 
 , your abominations. 
 
 XIV. to repentance. 
 
 7 For every one of the house 
 of Israel, or of the stranger that 
 sojoumeth in Israel, wliich se- 
 parateth himself from me, and 
 setteth up his idols in his heart, 
 and putteth the stumblingblock 
 of his iniquity before his face, 
 and cometh to a prophet to en- 
 quire of him concerning me ; I 
 the Lord will answer liim by 
 myself: 
 
 8 And I will set my face against 
 that man, and will make him a 
 sign and a proverb, and I will 
 cut him off from the midst of 
 my people ; and ye shall know 
 that I am the Lord. 
 
 9 And if the prophet be de- 
 ceived when he hath spoken a 
 thing, I the Lord have deceived 
 that prophet, and I mil stretch 
 out my hand upon him, and will 
 destroy Mm from the midst of 
 my people Israel. 
 
 10 And they shall bear the pu- 
 nishment of theii" miquity : the 
 punishment of the prophet shall 
 be even as the punishment of 
 him that seeketh unto him ; 
 
 11 That the house of Israel 
 may go no more astray from me, 
 neither be polluted any more 
 with all their transgressions; 
 but that they may be my peo- 
 ple, and I may be their God, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 12 H The word of the Lord 
 came again to me, saying, 
 
 13 Son of man, when the land 
 sinneth against me by trespass- 
 ing grievously, then will I 
 stretch out mine hand upon it, 
 and will break the staff of the 
 bread thereof, and will send 
 famine upon it, and will cut off 
 man and beast from it : 
 
 14 Though these three men, 
 Noah, Daniel, and Job, were 
 in it, they should deliver but 
 their own souls by their right- 
 eousness, saith the Lord God. 
 
 15 IT If I cause noisome beasts 
 to pass through the land, and 
 they spoil it, so that it be de- 
 solate, that no man may pass 
 through because of the beasts : 
 
 16 Though these three men were 
 
The rejection 
 
 EZEKIEL, XV. 
 
 of JemsaJem. 
 
 in it, as I live, saith the Lord 
 God, they shall deliver neither 
 sons nor daughters; they only 
 shall be delivered, but the land 
 shall be desolate. 
 
 17 IF Or if I brins a sword up- 
 on that land, and say, Sword, 
 go through the land; so that 
 I cut off man and beast from 
 it: 
 
 18 Though these three men 
 were in it, as I live, saith the 
 Lord God, they shall delirer 
 neither sons nor daughters, but 
 they only shall be delivered 
 themselves. 
 
 19 IF Or ifl send a pestilence 
 into that land, and pour out 
 my fury upon it in blood, to cut 
 off from it man and beast : 
 
 20 Though Noah, Daniel, and 
 Job, were in it, as I live, saith 
 the Lord God, they shall deli- 
 ver neither son nor daughter; 
 they shaU but deliver their own 
 souls by their righteousness. 
 
 21 For thus saith the Lord 
 God ; How much more when I 
 send my four sore judgments 
 upon Jerusalem, the sword, and 
 the famine, and the noisome 
 beast, and the pestilence, to cut 
 off from it man and beast ? 
 
 22 IF Yet, behold, therein shaU 
 be left a remnant that shall be 
 brought forth, both sons and 
 daughters: behold, they shall 
 come forth unto you, and ye 
 shall see their way and their 
 doings: and ye shall be com- 
 forted concerning the evil that 
 I have brought upon Jerusalem, 
 even concerning aU that I have 
 brought upon it. 
 
 23 And they shall comfort you, 
 when ye see theu' ways and theu 
 doings : and ye shall know that 
 I have not done without cause 
 all that I have done in it, saith 
 the Lord God. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 1 By the unfitness of the vine branch 
 for any worh fi is shelved the rejec- 
 tion of Jerusalem. 
 
 AND the word of the Lord 
 . came unto me, saying, 
 2 Sou of man, What is the \"ine 
 
 tree more than any tree, or than 
 a branch which is among the 
 trees of the forest ? 
 
 3 Shall wood be taken thereof 
 to do any work? or will men 
 take a pin of it to hang any 
 vessel thereon ? 
 
 4 Behold, it is cast into the fire 
 for fuel ; the fire devoureth both 
 the ends of it, and the midst 
 of it is burned. Is it meet for 
 anil work ? 
 
 5 Behold, when it was whole, 
 it was meet for no work: how 
 much less shall it be meet yet 
 for any work, when the fire hath 
 devoured it, and it is burned? 
 
 6 IF Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God; As the vine tree 
 among the trees of the forest, 
 which I have given to the fire 
 for fuel, so wSl I give the in- 
 habitants of Jerusalem. 
 
 7 And I wiU set my fac« a- 
 gainst them ; they shall go out 
 from one fire, and another fire 
 shall devour them ; and ye shall 
 know that I am the Lord, when 
 I set my face against them. 
 
 8 And I will make the land 
 desolate, because they have com- 
 mitted a trespass, saith the Lord 
 God. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 1 Under the similitude of a ivrefcfied 
 infant is shelved the natwal state 
 of Jerusalem. 6 God's extraordi- 
 nary love towards her. 15 Her 
 monstrous ivhoredom. 3o Her griev- 
 ous judgment. 4* Her sin, matching 
 her mother, and exceeding her sis- 
 ters, Sodom and Samaria, calleth 
 for judgments. 60 Mercy is pro- 
 mised her in the end. 
 
 AGAIN the word of the Lord 
 . came unto me, saying, 
 
 2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem 
 to know her abominations, 
 
 3 And say. Thus saith the Lord 
 God unto Jerusalem ; Thy biith 
 and thy nativity is of the land 
 of Canaan; thy father was an 
 Amorite, and thy mother an 
 Hittite. 
 
 4 And as for thy nativity, in 
 the day thou wast born thy 
 navel was not cut, neither wast 
 thou washed in water to supple 
 
3^?ie uch&i'edoms 
 
 EZEKIEL, XVI. 
 
 cf Jerusalem. 
 
 thee ; thou wast not salted at all, 
 nor swaddled at all. 
 
 5 None eye pitied thee, to do 
 any of these unto thee, to have 
 compassion upon thee ; but thou 
 wast cast out in the open field, 
 to the lothinpj of thy person, in 
 the day that thou wast bom. 
 
 6 H And when I passed by thee, 
 and saw thee polluted in thine 
 own blood, I said unto thee ichen 
 thou toast in thy blood, Live; 
 yea, I said unto thee ichen thmi 
 least in thy blood, Live. 
 
 7 I have caused thee to multi- 
 ply as the bud of the field, and 
 thou hast increased and waxen 
 great, and thou art come to ex- 
 cellent ornaments: thy breasts 
 are fashioned, and thine hair is 
 grown, whereas thou tcast naked 
 and bare, 
 
 8 Now when I passed by thee, 
 and looked upon thee, behold, 
 thy time icas the time of love ; 
 and I spread my skirt over thee, 
 and covered thy nakedness: yea, 
 I sware unto thee, and entered 
 into a covenant Avith thee, saith 
 the Lord God, and thou becam- 
 est mine. 
 
 9 Then washed I thee with 
 water ; yea. I throughly washed 
 away thy blood from thee, and 
 I anointed thee with oil. 
 
 10 I clothed thee also with 
 broidered work, and shod thee 
 with badgers' skin, and I girded 
 thee about with fine linen, and 
 I covered thee with silk. 
 
 11 I decked thee also with or- 
 naments, and I put bracelets 
 upon thy hands, and a chain 
 on thy neck. 
 
 12 And I put a jewel on thy 
 forehead, and earrings in thine 
 ears, and a beautiful crown up- 
 on thine head. 
 
 13 Thus wast thou decked with 
 gold and silver ; and thy rai- 
 ment icas ofGjie linen, and silk, 
 and broidered work ; thou didst 
 eat fine flour, and honey, and 
 oil: and thou wast exceeding 
 beautiful, and thou didst pro- 
 sper into a kingdom. 
 4.4 And thy renown went forth 
 
 among the heathen for thy beau- 
 ty: for it ims perfect through 
 my comeliness, which I had put 
 upon the3, saith the Lord God. 
 
 15 IF But thou didst tiust in 
 thine own beauty, and playedst 
 the harlot because of thy renown, 
 and pouredst out thy fornica- 
 tions on every one that passed 
 by ; his it was. 
 
 16 And of thy garments thou 
 didst take, and deckedst thy 
 high places Mith divers colours, 
 and plfiyedst the harlot there- 
 upon: the like thm(is shall not 
 come, neither shall it be so. 
 
 17 Thou hast also taken thy 
 fair jewels of my gold and of 
 my silver, which I had given 
 thee, and madest to thyself im- 
 ages of men, and didst commit 
 whoredom with them, 
 
 18 And tookest thy broidered 
 garments, and coveredst them: 
 and thou hast set mine oil and 
 mine incense before them. 
 
 19 My meat also which I gave 
 thee, fine flour, and oil, and 
 honey, irhereicith I fed thee, thou 
 hast even set it before them for 
 a sweet savour : and thus it was, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 20 Moreover thou hast taken 
 thy sons and thy daughters, 
 whom thou hast borne unto me, 
 and these hast thou sacrificed 
 unto them to be devoured. 7s 
 this of thy whoredoms a small 
 matter, 
 
 21 That thou hast slain my 
 children, and delivered them to 
 cause them to pass through tlie 
 fire for them ? 
 
 22 And in all thine abomina- 
 tions and thy whoredoms thou 
 hast not remembered the days ; 
 of thy youth, when thou w^ast . 
 naked and bare, and wast pol- 
 luted in thy blood. '■ | 
 
 23 And it came to pass after all 
 thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto 
 thee ! saith the Lord God ;) 
 
 24 That thou hast also built 
 unto thee an eminent place, and 
 hast made thee an high place 
 in every street. 
 
 25 Thou hast built thy high 
 
She is threatened 
 
 EZEKIEL, XYI. 
 
 tcitJi judgments. 
 
 place at every head of the way, 
 and hast made thy -beauty to be 
 abhorred, and hast opened thy 
 feet to every one that passed by, 
 and multiplied thy whoredoms. 
 
 26 Thou hast also committed 
 fornication with the Egyptians 
 thy neighbours, great of flesh; 
 and hast increased thy whore- 
 doms, to provoke me to anger. 
 
 27 Behold, therefore I have 
 stretched out my hand over thee, 
 and have diminished thine or- 
 dinary /oo<^, and dehvered thee 
 unto the will of them that hate 
 thee, the daughters of the Phi- 
 listines, which are ashamed of 
 thy lewd way. 
 
 28 Thou hast played the whore 
 also with the Assyrians, because 
 thou wast unsatiable ; yea, thou 
 hast played the harlot with 
 them, and yet couldest not be 
 satisfied. 
 
 29 ^ Thou hast moreover mul- 
 tiplied thy fornication in the 
 land of Canaan unto Chaldea; 
 and yet thou wast not satisfied 
 herewith. 
 
 30 How weak is thine heart, 
 saith the Lord God, seemg thou 
 doest all these tliinps, the work of 
 an imperious whorish woman ; 
 
 31 In that thou buildest tliine 
 eminent place in the head of 
 eveiy way, and makest thine 
 high place in every street ; and 
 hast not been as an harlot, in 
 that thou scornest hire ; 
 
 32 But as a wife that com- 
 mitteth adultery, ichich taketh 
 strangers instead of her hus- 
 band! 
 
 33 They give gifts to all whores : 
 but thou givest thy gifts to all 
 thy lovers, and huest them, that 
 they may come unto thee on 
 every side for thy whoredom. 
 
 34 And the contrary is in thee 
 from other women in thy whore- 
 doms, whereas none followeth 
 thee to commit whoredoms : and 
 in that thou givest a reward, and 
 no reward is given unto thee, 
 therefore thou art contrary. 
 
 35 If Wherefore, O harlot, hear 
 the word of the Lord : 
 
 36 Thus saith the Lord Gon; 
 Because thy filthiness was pour- 
 ed out, and thy nakedness dis- 
 covered through thy whoi-e-- 
 doms with thy lovers, and mth 
 all the idols of thy abomina- 
 tions, and by the blood of thy 
 children, which thou didst give 
 unto them ; 
 
 37 Behold, therefore I will ga- 
 ther all thy lovere, with whom 
 thou hast taken pleasure, and 
 all them that thou hast loved, 
 with all them that thou hast 
 hated ; I vnll even gather them 
 round about against thee, and 
 will discover thy nakedness un- 
 to them, that they may see all 
 thy nakedness. 
 
 38 And I will judge thee, as 
 women that break wedlock and 
 shed blood are judged; and I 
 will give thee blood in fury and 
 jealousy. 
 
 39 And I will also give thee 
 into their hand, and they shall 
 tlu'ow down thine eminent place, 
 and shall break down thy high 
 places : they shall strip thee also 
 of thy clothes, and shall take 
 thy fan- jewels, and leave thee 
 naked and bare. 
 
 40 They shall also biing up a 
 company against thee, and they 
 shall stone thee with stones, and 
 thrust thee through with their 
 swords. 
 
 41 And they shall bum thine 
 houses with fire, and execute 
 judgments upon thee in the 
 sight of many women: and I 
 will cause thee to cease from 
 playing the harlot, and thou 
 also shalt give no hire any 
 more. 
 
 42 So will I make my fury 
 toward thee to rest, and my jea- 
 lousy shall depart from thee, 
 and I will be quiet, and will be 
 no more angry. 
 
 43 Because thou hast not re- 
 membered the days of thy youth, 
 but hast fretted me in all these 
 things; behold, therefore I also 
 will recompense thy way upon 
 thine head, saith the Lord God : 
 and thou shalt not commit tliis 
 
Judgments denounced. EZEKIEL, XVI. 
 
 lewdness above all thine abo- 
 minations. 
 
 44 ^ Behold, every one that 
 iiseth proverbs shall use this 
 proverb against thee, saying. As 
 is the mother, so is her daugh- 
 ter. 
 
 45 Thoii mi thy mother's daugh- 
 ter, that lotheth her husband 
 and her children ; and thou mt 
 the sister of thy sisters, which 
 lothed their husbands and their 
 children: your mother icas an 
 Hittite, and your father an A- 
 morite. 
 
 46 And thine elder sister is 
 Samaria, she and her daugh- 
 ters that dwell at thy left hand : 
 and thy younger sister, that 
 dwelleth at thy right hand, is 
 Sodom and her daughters. 
 
 47 Yet hast thou not walked 
 after their ways, nor done after 
 their abominations: but, as if 
 tlmt icere a very little thing, thou 
 wast coiTupted more than they 
 in all thy ways. 
 
 48 As I live, saith the Lord 
 GoD, Sodom thy sister hath not 
 done, she nor her daughters, as 
 thou hast done, thou and thy 
 daughters. 
 
 49 Behold, tliis was the ini- 
 quity of thy sister Sodom, pride, 
 fulness of bread, and abundance 
 of idleness was in her and in 
 her daughters, neither did she 
 strengthen the hand of the poor 
 and needy. 
 
 50 And they were haughty, 
 and committed abomination be- 
 fore me : therefore I took them 
 away as I saw good. 
 
 51 Neither hath Samaria com- 
 mitted half of thy sins; but 
 thou hast multiplied thine abo- 
 minations more than they, and 
 hast justified thy sisters in all 
 thine abominations which thou 
 hast done. 
 
 52 Thou also, which hast judg- 
 ed thy sisters, bear thine own 
 shame for thy sins that thou 
 hast committed more abomina- 
 ble than they: they are more 
 righteous than thou: yea, be 
 thou confounded also, and bear 
 
 Mercy is promised, 
 
 thy shame, in that thou hast 
 justified thy sisters. 
 
 53 When I shall bring again 
 their captivity, the captivity of 
 Sodom and her daughters, and 
 the captivity of Samaria and 
 her daughters, then icill I hring 
 again the captivity of thy cap- 
 tives in the midst of them : 
 
 54 That thou mayest bear 
 thine own shame, and mayest 
 be confounded in all that thou 
 hast done, in that thou art a 
 comfort unto them. 
 
 55 When thy sistei-s, Sodom and 
 her daughters, shall return to 
 their former estate, and Samaria 
 and her daughters shall return 
 to their former estate, then thou 
 and thy daughters shall return 
 to your former estate. 
 
 56 For thy sister Sodom was»j 
 not mentioned by thy mouth inf i 
 the day of thy pride, ' 
 
 57 Before thy \rickedness was 
 discovered, as at the time of 
 tliy reproach of the daughters 
 of Syria, and all that are round 
 about her, the daughters of the 
 Philistines, which despise thee 
 round about. i 
 
 58 Thou hast borne thy lewd- 
 ness and thine abominations^- 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 59 For thus saith the Lord 
 God ; I will even deal with thee 
 as thou hast done, which hast 
 despised the oath in breakingr 
 the covenant. .; 
 
 60 % Nevertheless I will re- 
 member my covenant with thee' 
 in the days of thy youth, and I' 
 will establish unto thee an ever- 
 lasting covenant. 
 
 61 Then thou shalt remember 
 thy ways, and be ashamed, when 
 thou shalt receive thy sisters, 
 thine elder and thy younger: 
 and I will give them unto thee 
 for daughters, but not by thy 
 covenant. 
 
 62 And I will establish my co- 
 venant with thee ; and thou shalt . 
 know that I am the Lord : 1 1 
 
 63 That thou mayest remem«* " 
 ber, and be confounded, and 
 never open thy mouth any more 
 
The parable of two EZEKIEL, XVII. 
 
 eagles and a vim. 
 
 because of thy shame, when I 
 am pacified toward thee for all 
 that thou hast done, saith the 
 Lord God. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 1 Under the parable of two eagles and 
 a vine, 11 is shewed God's judg- 
 ment iipon Jerusalem for revolting 
 from Babylon to Egypt. 22 God 
 promiseth to plawt the cedar of the 
 gospel. 
 
 AND the word of the Loed 
 . came unto me, saying, 
 
 2 Son of man, put forth a rid- 
 dle, and speak a parable unto 
 the house of Israel ; 
 
 3 And say, Thus saith the 
 Lord God; A great eagle with 
 great wings, longwinged, _ full 
 of feathers, which had divers 
 colours, came unto Lebanon, 
 and took the highest branch of 
 the cedar: 
 
 4 He cropped off the top of his 
 young twigs, and canied it into 
 a land of trafiick ; he set it in a 
 city of merchants. 
 
 5 He took also of the seed of 
 the land, and planted it in a 
 fruitful field; he placed it by 
 great waters, and set it as a 
 ^villow tree. 
 
 6 And it grew, and became a 
 spreading vine of low stature, 
 whose branches turned toward 
 him, and the roots thereof were 
 imder him : so it became a vine, 
 and brought forth branches, and 
 shot forth sprigs. 
 
 7 There was also another great 
 eagle with gi-eat wings and many 
 feathers : and, behold, this vine 
 did bend her roots toward him, 
 and shot forth her branches to- 
 ward him, that he might water 
 it by the furrows of her planta- 
 tion. 
 
 8 It was planted in a good soil 
 by great waters, that it might 
 bring forth branches, and that 
 it might bear fruit, that it might 
 be a goodly vine. 
 
 9 Say thou, Thus saith the 
 Lord God; Shall it prosper? 
 shaU he not pull up the roots 
 thereof, and cut off the fruit 
 thereof, that it wither? it shall 
 
 wither in all the leaves of her 
 spring, even without great power 
 or many people to pluck it up 
 by the roots thereof. 
 
 10 Yea, behold, Idng planted, 
 shall it prosper ? shall it not ut- 
 terly wither, when the east wind 
 toucheth it? it shall wither in 
 the furrows where it grew. 
 
 11 IT Moreover the word of the 
 LoED came imto me, saying, 
 
 12 Say now to the rebellious 
 house. Know ye not what these 
 things mean 9 tell them, Behold, 
 the king of Babylon is come to 
 Jerusalem, and hath taken the 
 king thereof, and the princes 
 thereof, and led them with him 
 to Babylon ; 
 
 13 And hath taken of the king's 
 seed, and made a covenant with 
 him, and hath taken an oath of 
 him: he hath also taken the 
 mighty of the land : 
 
 14 That the Idngdom might 
 be base, that it might not lift 
 itself up, hut that by keeping of 
 his covenant it might stand. 
 
 ^ 15 But he rebelled against him 
 in sending his ambassadors in- 
 to Egypt, that they might give 
 him horses and much people. 
 Shall he prosper? shall he es- 
 cape that doeth such things ? or 
 shall he break the covenant, and 
 be delivered? 
 
 16 As I live, saith the Lord 
 God, surely in the place tchere 
 the king divelleth that made him 
 king, whose oath he despised, 
 and whose covenant he brake, 
 even with him in the midst of 
 Babylon he shall die. 
 
 17 Neither shall Pharaoh with 
 his mighty army and great com- 
 pany make for him in the war, 
 by casting up mounts, and build- 
 ing forts, to cut off many persons : 
 
 18 Seeing he despised the oath 
 by brealdng the covenant, when, 
 lo, he had given his hand, and 
 hath done all these things, he 
 shall not escape. 
 
 19 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God; As I live, surely 
 mine oath that he hath despis- 
 ed, and my covenant that lie 
 
Every ^nan sliaU 
 
 EZEKIEL, XVIII. 
 
 skund oi' fall 
 
 hath hroken, even it will I re- 
 comijense upon his own head. 
 
 20 And I will spread my net up- 
 on him, and he shall be taken 
 in my snare, and I will bring 
 him to Babylon, and will plead 
 with him there for liis trespass 
 that he hath trespassed against 
 me. 
 
 21 And all his fugitives with all 
 his bands shall fall by tlie sword, 
 and they that remain shall be 
 scattered toward all winds : and 
 ye shall know that I the Lord 
 have spoken //. 
 
 22 H Thus saith the Lord God ; 
 I will also take of the highest 
 branch of the high cedar, and 
 w ill set it ; I will crop off from 
 the top of liis young twigs a ten- 
 der one, and will plant it upon 
 an high mountain and eminent : 
 
 23 In the momitain of the 
 height of Israel will I plant it : 
 and it shall bring forth boughs, 
 and bear fruit, and be a goodly 
 cedar : and under it shall dwell 
 all fowl of every wing ; in the 
 shadow of the branches thereof 
 shall they dwell. 
 
 24 And all the trees of the field 
 shall Imow that I the Lord 
 have brought do"svn the high 
 tree, have exalted the low tree, 
 have dried up the green tree, 
 and have made the dry tree to 
 flourish : I the Lord have spo- 
 ken and have done it. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIIL 
 
 1 God reproveth the imjust parable 
 of sour grapes. 5 He sheweth hoiv 
 Tie dealeth with a just father : 10 
 ivith a iviclced son of a just father : 
 14 with a just son of a wicJced fa- 
 ther : 19 with a wiclced man repent- 
 ing : 21: ivith a just man revolting. 
 25 He dcfeiideth his justice, 31 and 
 exhorteth to repentance. 
 
 THE word of the Lord came 
 unto me again, saying, 
 
 2 What mean ye, that ye use 
 tliis proverb concerning the land 
 of Israel, saying, The fathers 
 have eaten sour grapes, and 
 the children's teeth are set on 
 edge? 
 
 3Asl live, saith the Lord God, 
 ye shall not have occasion any 
 
 more to use this proverb in Is- 
 rael. 
 
 4 Behold, all souls are mine ; 
 as the soul of the father, so also 
 the soul of the son is mine : the 
 soul that sinneth, it shall die. 
 
 5 H But if a man be just, and 
 do that which is lawful and 
 right, 
 
 6 And hath not eaten upon the 
 mountains, neither hath lifted 
 up his eyes to the idols of the 
 house of Israel, neither hath 
 defiled his neighbour's wife, 
 neither hath come near to a 
 menstruous woman, 
 
 7 And hath not oppressed any, 
 hut hath restored to the debtor 
 his pledge, hath spoiled none by 
 violence, hath given his bread 
 to the hungiy, and hath cover- 
 ed the naked with a garment ; 
 
 8 He that hath not given forth 
 upon usury, neither hath taken 
 any increase, that hath with- 
 drawn his hand from miquity, 
 hath executed true judgment 
 between man and man, 
 
 9 Hath walked in my statutes, 
 and hath kept my judgments, to 
 deal truly ; he is just, he shall 
 surely live, saith the Lord God. , 
 
 10 H If he beget a son that is f ( 
 a robber, a shedder of blood, ;^| 
 and that doeth the like to any 
 one of these things, 
 
 11 And that doeth not any 
 of those duties, but even hath " , 
 eaten upon the mountains, and", 
 defiled his neighboui*'s wife, ' 
 
 12 Hath oppressed the poor^| 
 and needy, hath spoiled by vio-'^* 
 lence, hath not restored the l 
 pledge, and hath Hfted up his'-* 
 eyes to the idols, hath commit- .1 
 ted abomination, 
 
 13 Hath given forth upon usu- ' 
 ry, and hath taken increase:, 
 shall he then live? he shall not a 
 live : he hath done all these abo- 
 minations; he shall surely die;} 
 his blood shaU be upon him. '| 
 
 14 % Now, lo, if he beget a son^i 
 that seeth all his father's sinal 
 which he hath done, and consi-^ 
 dereth, and doeth not such like, 
 
 15 TJmt hath not eaten upon 
 
hy his cmi good EZEKIEL, XVIII. oi'lad adicni: 
 
 the momitains, neither hath j eousness, and committeth mi- 
 
 lifted up his eyes to the idols 
 of the house of Israel, hath not 
 defiled his neighbour's wife, 
 
 16 Neither hath oppressed any, 
 hath not withholden the pledge, 
 neither hath spoiled by vio- 
 lence, hiit hath given his bread 
 to the hungTy, and hath cover- 
 ed the naked with a garment, 
 
 17 That hath taken ofi"his hand 
 from the poor, that hath not re- 
 ceived usury nor increase, hath 
 executed my judgments, hath 
 walked in my statutes ; he shall 
 not die for the iniquity of his 
 father, he shall surely live. 
 
 18 As fcA' his father, because 
 he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his 
 brother by violence, and did 
 tliai which is not good among 
 his people, lo, even he shall die 
 in his iniquity, 
 
 19 H Yet say ye. Why? doth 
 not the son bear the iniquity of 
 the father? When the son hath 
 done that which is lawful and 
 right, and hath kept all my sta- 
 tutes, and hath done them, he 
 shall surely live. 
 
 20 The soul that sinneth, it 
 shall die. The son shall not 
 bear the iniquity of the father, 
 
 quity, and doeth according to 
 all the abominations that the 
 wicked man doeth, shall he 
 live ? All his righteousness that, 
 he hath- done shall not be meur- 
 tioned: in his trespass that he 
 hath trespassed, and m his sin. 
 that he hath sinned, in them 
 shall he die. 
 
 25 1[ Yet ye say, The way cf 
 the Lord is not equal. Hear 
 now, O house of Israel ; Is not 
 my way equ^l? are not your 
 ways unequal? 
 
 26 Vv^hen a. righteous man turn-, 
 eth away from liis righteous- 
 ness, and committeth iniquity,' 
 and dieth in them ; for his ini- 
 quity that he hath done shall 
 he die. 
 
 27 Again, when the wicked 
 man tmneth away from his 
 wickedness that he hath com- 
 mitted, and doeth that which; 
 is lawful and right, he shall, 
 save his soul alive. 
 
 28 Because he considereth, 
 and tumeth away from all his 
 ti'ansgressions that he hath com- 
 mitted, he shall sm-ely live, he: 
 shall not die. 
 
 29 Yet saith the house of Is- 
 
 neither shall the father bear the rael, The way of the Lord is 
 iniquity of the son : the right- ' not equal. house of Israel, 
 
 eousness of the righteous shall 
 be upon him, and the wick- 
 edness of the wicked shaU be 
 upon him. 
 
 21 But if the wicked will turn 
 from all his sins that he hath 
 committed, and keep all my 
 statutes, and do that wliich is 
 lawful and right, he shall surely 
 live, he shall not die. 
 
 22 All his transgressions that 
 he hath committed, they shall 
 not be mentioned unto Inm : in 
 his righteousness that he hath 
 done he shall liv^e. 
 
 23 Have I any pleasure at all 
 that the wicked should die? 
 saith the Lord God: and not 
 that he should return from his 
 ways, and live ? 
 
 24 1[ But when the righteous 
 tumeth away from his right- 
 
 are not my ways equal? are not 
 your ways unequal? 
 
 30 Therefore I will jr.dge you,' 
 
 house of Israel, eveiy one 
 according to his ways, saith the 
 Lord God. Eepent, and tmn 
 yGUTselves from all your trans- 
 gressions ; so iQiquity shall not 
 be your ruin. 
 
 31 IF Cast away from you all 
 your transgressions, whereby ye 
 have transgressed; and make 
 you a new heart and a new 
 spiiit: for why will ye die, O 
 house of Israel? 
 
 32 For I have no pleasure in 
 the death of him that dieth, 
 saith the Lord God : wherefore 
 turn yourselves, and live ye. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. ; 
 
 1 A lamentation for tie winces of^ 
 Israel, under the parable cf lions''^ 
 
A lanientatim for 
 
 EZEKIEL, XIX. the piinces of Israel 
 
 10 and for 
 
 whelps taken in a pit, 
 Jerusalem, under the parable of a 
 wasted vine. 
 
 MOREOVER take thou 
 up a lamentation for the 
 princes of Israel, 
 
 2 And say, What is thy mo- 
 ther? A lioness: she lay down 
 among lions, she nourished her 
 whelps among young lions. 
 
 3 And she brought up one of 
 her whelps : it became a young 
 lion, and it learned to catch the 
 prey: it devoured men. 
 
 4 The nations also heard of 
 liim ; he was taken in their pit, 
 and they brought him with 
 chains unto the land of Egypt. 
 
 5 Now when she saw that she 
 had waited, aiul her hope was 
 lost, then she took another of 
 her whelps, and made him a 
 young lion. 
 
 6 And he went up and down 
 among the lions, he became a 
 yoimg lion, and learned to catch 
 the prey, aad devoured men. 
 
 7 And he knew tlieir desolate 
 palaces, and he laid waste their 
 cities; and the land was deso- 
 late, and the fulness thereof, by 
 the noise of his roaring. 
 
 8 Then the nations set against 
 him on every side from the pro- 
 vinces, and spread their net over j 
 him : he was taken in their pit. 
 
 And they put him in ward in 
 
 up her fruit : her strong rods 
 were broken and withered ; the 
 fire consumed them. 
 
 13 And now she is planted in 
 the wilderness, in a dry and 
 thirsty groimd. 
 
 14 And fire is gone out of a 
 rod of her branches, which hath 
 devoured her fruit, so that she 
 hath no strong rod tolni a, scep- 
 tre to rule. This is a lamenta- 
 tion, and shall be for a lamen- 
 tation. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 1 God refiiseth to he consulted hy the 
 elders of Israel. 5 He sheiveth the 
 story of their rebellions in Egypt, 
 10 in the icilderness, 27 and in the 
 land. 33 He promiseth to gather 
 them by the gospel. 45 Under the 
 name of a forest he sheiveth tlt^ 
 destruction of Jerusalem. 
 
 AND it came to pass in the 
 . seventh year, in the fifth 
 month, the tenth day of the 
 month, tiled certain of the elders 
 of Israel came to enquire of the 
 Lord, and sat before me. 
 
 2 Then came the word of the 
 Lord unto me, saying, 
 
 3 8on of man, speak imto the 
 elders of Israel, and say unto 
 them, Thus saith the Lord God* 
 Are ye come to enquire of me ? 
 As I live, saith the Lord God, 
 I wiU not be enquired of by 
 you. 
 
 4 Wilt thou judge them, son 
 
 c;hains, and brought liim to the , of man, ^^ilt thou judge them ? 
 king of Babylon : they brought ' cause them to know the abomi- 
 
 him into holds, that his voice 
 should no more be heard upon 
 the moimtains of Israel. 
 
 10 If Thy mother is like a vine 
 in thy blood, planted by the wa- 
 ters: she was fruitful and full 
 of branches by reason of many 
 waters. 
 
 11 And she had strong rods for 
 the sceptres of them that bare 
 rule, and her stature was exalt- 
 ed among the thick branches, 
 and she appeared in her height 
 with the multitude of her 
 branches. 
 
 12 But she was plucked up in 
 fury, she was cast down to the 
 ground, and the east wind dried 
 
 nations of their fathers : 
 
 5 H And say unto them. Thus 
 saith the Lord God ; In the day 
 when I chose Israel, and lifted 
 up mine hand unto the seed of 
 the house of Jacob, and made 
 myself known unto them in the 
 land of Egypt, when I lifted up 
 mine hand unto them, saying, I 
 am the Lord your God ; 
 
 6 In the day that I lifted up 
 mine hand unto them, to bring 
 them forth of the land of Egypt 
 into a land that I had espied 
 for them, flowing with milk 
 and honey, which is the glory 
 of all lands : 
 
 7 Then said I unto them, Cast 
 
The dory of 
 
 ye away every man the abomi- 
 nations of his eyes, and defile 
 not yourselves with the idols of 
 Egypt: I am the Lord your 
 God. 
 
 8 But they rebelled against 
 me, and would not hearken un- 
 to me : they did not every man 
 cast away the abominations of 
 their eyes, neither did they for- 
 sake the idols of Egypt : then I 
 said, I will pour out my fury 
 upon them, to accomplish my 
 anger against them in the midst 
 of the land of Egypt. 
 
 9 But I wrought for my name's 
 sake, that it should not be pol- 
 luted before the heathen, a- 
 mong whom they we/re, in whose 
 sight I made myself known un- 
 to them, in bringing them forth 
 out of the land of Egypt. 
 
 10 1[ Wherefore I caused them 
 to go forth out of the land of 
 Egypt, and brought them into 
 the wilderness. 
 
 11 And I gave them my sta- 
 tutes, and shewed them my 
 judgments, which if a man do, 
 he shall even live in them. 
 
 12 Moreover also I gave them 
 my sabbaths, to be a sign be- 
 tween me and them, that they 
 might know that I am the Lord 
 that sanctify them. 
 
 13 But the house of Israel re- 
 belled against me in the wilder- 
 ness : they walked . not in my 
 statutes, and they despised my 
 judgments, which if a man do, 
 he shall even live in them ; and 
 my sabbaths they greatly pol- 
 luted : then I said, I would pom- 
 out my fiu-y upon them in the 
 wilderness, to consume them. 
 
 14 But I wrought for my 
 name's sake, that it should not 
 be polluted before the heathen, 
 in whose sight I brought them 
 out. 
 
 15 Yet also I lifted up my hand 
 unto them in the wilderness, 
 that I would not bring them 
 into the land which I had given 
 them^ flowing with milk and 
 honey, which is the glory of all 
 lands; 
 
 EZEKIEL, XX. IsraeVs reheTlions. 
 
 16 Because they despised my 
 judgments, and walked not in 
 my statutes, but polluted my 
 sabbaths: for their heart went 
 after their idols. 
 
 17 Nevertheless mine eye spar- 
 ed them from destroying them, 
 neither did I make an end of 
 them in the wilderness. 
 
 18 But I said unto their chil- 
 dren in the wilderness. Walk 
 ye not in the statutes of yoiu- 
 fathers, neither observe their 
 judgments, nor defile your- 
 selves with their idols : 
 
 19 I am the Lord your God; 
 walk in my statutes, and keep 
 my judgments, and do them ; 
 
 20 And hallow my sabbaths; 
 and they shall be a sign between 
 me and you, that ye may know 
 that I am the Lord your God. 
 
 21 Notwithstanding the chil- 
 dren rebelled against me : they 
 walked not in my statutes, nei- 
 ther kept my judgments to do 
 them, whi(;h if a man do, he 
 shall even live in them; they 
 polluted my sabbaths : then I 
 said, I would pour out my fury 
 upon them, to accomplish my 
 anger against them in the wil- 
 derness. 
 
 22 Nevertheless I withdrew 
 mine hand, and wrought for 
 my name's sake, that it should 
 not be polluted in the sight of 
 the heathen, in whose sight I 
 brought them forth. 
 
 23 I lifted up mine hand unto 
 them also in the wilderness, that 
 I would scatter them among the 
 heathen, and disperse them 
 through the countries ; 
 
 24 Because they had not exe- 
 cuted my judgments, but had 
 despised my statutes, and had 
 polluted my sabbaths, and their 
 eyes were after their fathei-s' 
 idols. 
 
 25 Wherefore I gave them also 
 statutes tlmt were not good, and 
 judgments whereby they should 
 not live ; 
 
 26 And I polluted them in 
 their own gifts, in that they 
 caused to pass through the fire 
 
 Ss2 
 
Thrcals mked EZEKIEL, XX. 
 
 all that openeth the womb, that 
 I might make them desolate, to 
 the end that they might know 
 tliat I am the Lokd. 
 
 27 H Therefore, son of man, 
 speak imto the house of Israel, 
 and say imto them. Thus saith 
 the Lord Gon ; Yet in this yom- 
 fathei-s have blaspliemed me, 
 in that they have conmiitted a 
 trespass against me. 
 
 28 For when I had brought 
 tiiem into the land, foi' the 
 which I lifted up mine hand to 
 give it to them, then they saw 
 every high hill, and all the thick 
 trees, and thiy offered there 
 theii" sacrifices, and there they 
 presented the provocation of 
 their offering: there also they 
 made their sweet savour, and 
 l>()ured out there their diink 
 offerings. 
 
 29 Then I said unto them. What 
 is the high place where unto ye 
 go? And the name thereof is 
 called Bamah unto this day. 
 
 30 Wherefore say unto the 
 house of Israel, Thus saith the 
 Lord God; Are ye polluted af- 
 ter the manner of your fathers ? 
 and commit ye whoredom after 
 their abominations? 
 
 31 For when ye offer your gifts, 
 when ye make your sons to pass 
 through the fire, ye pollute your- 
 selves with all your idols, even 
 unto tliis day: and shall I be 
 enquired of by you, O house of 
 Israel? As I live, saith the Lord 
 GoD, I vnR not be enquired of 
 by you. 
 
 32 And that which cometh in- 
 to your mind shall not be at all, 
 that ye say. We will be as the 
 heathen, as the families of the 
 countries, to serve wood and 
 stone. 
 
 33 HJs I hve, saith the Lord 
 GoD, surely with a mighty 
 hand, and with a stretched out 
 arm, and with fury poured out, 
 will I rule over 3^ou : 
 
 34 And I vvdll bring you put 
 from the people, and wiU. ga- 
 ther you out of the countries 
 wherein ye are scattered, with 
 
 with promises. 
 
 a mighty hand, and with a 
 stretched out arm, and with 
 fuiy poured out. 
 
 35 And i will bring you into 
 the wilderness of the people, 
 and there will I plead with yo\i 
 face to face. 
 
 3G Like as I pleaded with your 
 fathers in the wilderness of the 
 land of Egypt, so will I plead 
 with you, saith the Lord God. 
 
 37 And I will cause you to 
 paes under the rod, and I will 
 bring you into the bond of the 
 covenant : 
 
 38 And I will i)urge out from 
 among you the rebels, and them 
 that transgress against me: I 
 will bring them forth out of 
 the country where they sojourn, 
 and they shall not enter into 
 the land of Israel : and ye shall 
 Iniow that I am the Lokd. 
 
 39 As for you, O house of Is- 
 rael, thus saith the Lord God; 
 Go ye, serve ye every one his 
 idols, and hereafter alsfj, if ye 
 will not hearken unto me : but 
 pollute ye my holy name no 
 more with your gifts, and with 
 your idols. 
 
 ^ 40 For in mine holy mountain, 
 in the mountain ot the height 
 of Israel, saith the Lord God, 
 there shall all the house of Is- 
 rael, all of them in the land, 
 serve me: there will I accept 
 them, and there will I require 
 your offerings, and the lirst- 
 fmits of your oblations, with 
 all your holy things. 
 
 41 I will accept you with your 
 sweet savour, when I bring you 
 out from the people, and gather 
 you out of the countries where- 
 in ye have been scattered ; and 
 I will be sanctified in you be- 
 fore the heathen. 
 
 42 And ye shall know that I 
 am the Lord, when I shall 
 bring you into the land of Is- 
 rael, into the country for the 
 which I lifted up mine hand 
 to give it to your fathers. 
 
 43 And there shall ye remem- 
 ber your ways, and all your 
 doings, wherein ye have been. 
 
Ezehid prophesidh 
 
 EZEKIEL, XXI. 
 
 agaiiist Jenisalem. 
 
 defiled; and ye shall lothe 
 yourselves in your cwn sight 
 for all your evils that ye have 
 committed. 
 
 44 And ye shall know that I 
 am the Lokd, when I have 
 wrought with you for my name's 
 sake, not according to your 
 wicked ways, nor according to 
 your corrupt doings, O ye house 
 £>f Israel, saith the Lord God. 
 
 45 % Moreover the word of the 
 Lord came unto me, saying, 
 
 46 Son of man, set thy face to- 
 ward the south, and drop thi 
 ward toward the south, and 
 prophesy against the forest of 
 the south field ; 
 
 47 And say to the forest of the 
 south, Hear the. word of the 
 Loed; Thus saith the Lord 
 God; Behold, I wiU kindle a 
 fire in thee, and it shall de- 
 vour every green tree in thee, 
 and every dry tree : the flaming 
 flame shaUnotbe quenched, and 
 all faces from the south to the 
 north shall be bmned therein. 
 
 48 And all flesh shall see that 
 I the Lord have kindled it: it 
 shall not be quenched. 
 
 49 Then said I, Ah Lord God ! 
 they say of me, Doth he not 
 speak parables ? 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 
 1 EzeJdel p7-ophesietJi against Jeru- 
 salem with a sign of sighing. -8 
 The sharp and bright sword, 18 
 against Jerusalem, 25 against the 
 kingdom, 28 and against the Am- 
 monites. 
 
 AND the word of the Lord 
 J:\. came unto me, saying, 
 
 2 Son of man, set thy face to- 
 ward Jerusalem, and drop thy 
 iDord towa^rd the holy places, 
 and prophesy against the land 
 of Israel, 
 
 3 And say to the land of Is- 
 rael, Thus saith the Lord ; Be- 
 hold, I am against thee, and T\i]l 
 draw forth my sword out of Ms 
 sheath, and mil cut ofl'from thee 
 the righteous and the wicked. 
 
 4 Seeing then that I will cut 
 off from thee the righteous and 
 the wicked, therefore shaU my 
 
 sword go forth out of his sheath 
 against aU flesh from the south 
 to the north : 
 
 5 That all flesh may know that 
 I the Lord have drawn forth 
 my sword out of his sheath : it 
 shall not return any more. 
 
 6 Sigh therefore, thou son of 
 man, with the breaking of thy 
 loins; and with bitterness sigh 
 before then eyes. 
 
 7 And it shall be, when they 
 say unto thee. Wherefore sigh- 
 est thou? that thou shalt an- 
 swer. For the tidings; because 
 it Cometh : and eveiy heart shall 
 melt, and all hands shall be fee- 
 ble, and every spirit shall faint, 
 and all Imees shaU be weak as 
 water: behold, it cometh, and 
 shall be brought to pass, saith 
 the Lord God. 
 
 8 IT Again the v\^ord of the Lord 
 came unto me, saying, 
 
 9 Son of man, prophesy, and 
 say. Thus saith the Lord ; Say, 
 A sword, a sword is sharpened, 
 and also furbished : 
 
 10 It is sharpened to make a 
 sore slaughter; it is furbished 
 that it may glitter: should we 
 then make mirth? it contemn- 
 eth the rod of my son, as every 
 tree. 
 
 11 And he hath given it to be 
 furbished, that it may be han- 
 dled:^ this sword is sharpened, 
 and it is furbished, to give it 
 into the hand of the slayer. 
 
 12 Cry and howl, son of man : 
 for it shall be upon my people, 
 it shall he upon all the princes of 
 Israel : terrors by reason of the 
 sword shall be upon my people : 
 smite therefore upon thy thigh. 
 
 13 Because it is a trial, and 
 what if tha sword contemn even 
 the rod? it shall be no more, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 14 Thou therefore, son of man, 
 prophesy, and smite thine hands 
 together, and let the sword be 
 doubled the third time, the 
 sword of the slain: it is the 
 sword of the great men that 
 are slain, which entereth into 
 their privy chambers. 
 
TJie cMrudim EZEKIEL, XXII. 
 
 15 I have set the point of tlie 
 sword apaiiiBt all their gates, 
 tliat their heart may faint, and 
 their niins be multiplied: ah! 
 it is made bright, it is wrapped 
 up for the slaughter. 
 
 IG Go thee one way or otlier, 
 either on the right hand, t/r on 
 the left, wliithereoever thy face 
 ts set. 
 
 17 I will also smite mine hands 
 together, and I will cause my 
 fur>' to rest : 1 the Lord have 
 ?aid if. 
 
 18 H Tlie word of the Lord 
 came unto me again, saying, 
 
 19 Also, thou son of man, ap- 
 point thee two ways, that the 
 sword of the king of Babylon 
 
 may come : both twain shall ] to consume because of the gHt 
 come forth out of one land : and tering : 
 choose tlion a place, choose it at 
 
 qfffte Ammonites. 
 
 prince of Israel, whose day is 
 come, when iniquity dudl have 
 an end, 
 
 20 Thus saith the Lord God; 
 Kemove the dindem, and take 
 oft" the crown : this sJuiU not he 
 the sfime : exalt him that is low, 
 and abase him that is high. 
 
 27 I will overturn, overtmn, 
 overturn, it: and it shall be no 
 ijuytr, until he come whose right 
 it is; and I will give it him. 
 
 28 If And thou, son of man, 
 I»roi)hesy and say. Thus saith 
 the Lord God concerning the 
 Ammonites, and concerning 
 their reproach; even say thou, 
 The sword, the sword is drawn : 
 for the slaughter if is furbished. 
 
 the head ()f the way to the citv. 
 
 20 Appoint a way, that the 
 Bword may come to IJabbatb of 
 the Ammonites, and to Judah 
 in Jerusalem the defenced. 
 
 21 For the king of 15abylon 
 stood at th(; parting of the way, 
 at the head of the two ways, to 
 
 2^) AVhiles they see vanity unto 
 thee, whiles they divine a lie 
 unto thee, to bring thee upon 
 the necks of them that are slain, 
 of the wicked, whose day is 
 come, when their mi<iuity sliall 
 hare an end. 
 
 3() Shall I cause it to return in- 
 to his sheath ? I will judge thee 
 
 use divination : he made his ar- , in the place where thou wast 
 
 rows blight, he cons-ulted with 
 images, he looked in the liver. 
 
 22 At his right hand was the 
 divination for Jenisalem, to 
 appoint captains, to open the 
 mouth in the slaughter, to lift 
 up the voice with shouting, to 
 appoint hattenno rams against 
 the gates, to cast a mount, and 
 to build a fort. 
 
 23 And it shall be unto them 
 as a false divination in their 
 sight, to them that have sworn 
 oaths: but he will call to re- 
 membrance the iniquity, that 
 they may be taken. 
 
 24 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God; Because ye have 
 made your iniquity to be re- 
 membered, in that your trans- 
 gressions are discovered, so that 
 in all your doings your sins do 
 appear ; because, I say, that ye 
 are come to remembrance, ye 
 shall be taken with the hand. 
 
 25 ^ And thou, profane wicked 
 
 created, in the land of thy na- 
 tivity. 
 
 31 And I will pour out mine 
 indignation upon thee, I will 
 blow against thee in the fire 
 of my wrath, and deliver thee 
 into the hand of brutish men, 
 and sldlful to destroy. 
 
 32 Thou shalt be for fuel to 
 the fire ; thy blood shall be in 
 the midst of the land; thou 
 shalt be no mm-e remembered: 
 for I the Lord have spoken it. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIL 
 1 A catalogue of sins in Jerusalem. 
 13 God will hum them as dross in 
 Ills furwice. 23 T//e general cw- 
 rnpfion of prophets, priests, prin- 
 ces, and people. 
 
 MOEEOVEK the word of 
 the Lord came unto me, 
 saying, 
 
 2 Now, thou son of man, wilt 
 thou judge, wilt thou judge the 
 bloody city? yea, thou shalt 
 shew her all her abominations* 
 
A catalogue of 
 
 3 Then say thou. Thus saith 
 the Lord God, The city shed- 
 deth blood in the midst of it, 
 that her time may come, and 
 maketh idols against herself to 
 defile herself. 
 
 4 Thou art become guilty in 
 thy blood that thou hast shed ; 
 and hast defiled thyself in thine 
 idols which thou hast made; 
 and thou hast caused thy days 
 to draw near, and art come even 
 unto thy years: therefore have 
 I made thee a reproach unto 
 the heathen, and a mocking to 
 all coimtries. 
 
 5 Those that he near, and those 
 tliat be far from thee, shall mock 
 thee, which art infamous and 
 much vexed. 
 
 6 Behold, the princes of Israel, 
 every one were in thee to their 
 power to shed blood. 
 
 7 In thee have they set light 
 by^ father and mother: in the 
 midst of thee have they dealt 
 by oppression with the stran- 
 ger: in thee have they vexed 
 the fatherless and the widow. 
 
 8 Thou hast despised mine 
 holy things, and hast profened 
 my sabbaths. 
 
 9 In thee are men that carry 
 tales to sh^ blood : and in thee 
 they eat upon the mountains : 
 in the midst of thee they com- 
 mit lewdness. 
 
 10 In thee have they discover- 
 ed their fethere' nakedness : in 
 thee have they humbled her 
 that was set apart for pollution. 
 
 11 And one hath committed 
 abomination with his neigh- 
 bour's wife ; and another hath 
 lewdly defiled his daughter in 
 law ; and another in thee hath 
 humble his sister, his father's 
 daughter. 
 
 12 In thee have they taken 
 gifts to shed blood; thou hast 
 taken usury and increase, and 
 thou hast greedily gained of 
 thy neighbours by extortion, 
 and hast f<M"gotten me, saith 
 the Lord God. 
 
 13 H Behold, therefore I have 
 smitten mine hand at thy dis- 
 
 EZEKIEL, XXII. 
 
 honest 
 
 sins in Jemscdein. 
 
 gain which thou hast 
 made, and at thy blocd which 
 
 hath been in the midst of thee. 
 
 14 Can thine heart endure, or 
 can thine hands be strong, in 
 the days that I shall deal with 
 thee ? I the Loed have spoken 
 it, and will do it. 
 
 15 And I will scatter thee a- 
 mong^ the heathen, and disperse 
 thee in the countries, and wiU 
 consume thy filthine^ out of 
 thee. 
 
 ^ 16 And thou shalt take thine 
 inheritance in thyself in the 
 sight of the heathen, and thou 
 shalt know that I am the Lord. 
 
 17 And the word of the Loed 
 came unto me, saying, 
 
 18 Son of man, the house of 
 Israel is to me become dross: 
 all they are brass, and tin, and 
 iron, and lead, in the midst of 
 the fm-nace ; they are even the 
 dross of silver. 
 
 19 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God; Because ye are all 
 become dross, behold, therefore 
 I will gather you into the midst 
 of Jerusalem. 
 
 20^8 they gather silver, and 
 brass, and iron, and lead, and 
 tin, into the midst of the fur- 
 nace, to blow the fire upon it, 
 to melt it ; so will I gather yoif^ 
 in mine anger and in my fuiy, 
 and I will leave you ffiere, and 
 melt you. 
 
 21 Yea, I will gather you, and 
 blow upon you in the fire of my 
 wrath, and ye shall be melted 
 in the midst thereof. 
 
 22 As silver is melted in the 
 midst of the furnace, so shall ye 
 be melted ia the midst thereof; 
 and ye shall know that I the 
 Lord have poured out my fury 
 upon you. 
 
 23 IF And the word of the Loed 
 came unto me, saying, 
 
 24 Son of man, say unto her. 
 Thou aii the land that is not 
 cleansed, nor rained upon in 
 the day of indignation. 
 
 25 TJm-e is a conspiracy of her 
 prophets in the midst thereof, 
 like a roaring lion ravening the 
 
ThewlimeclMmof EZEKIEL, XXIII. Ahdahaml Miciik^i: 
 
 prey ; they have de voiii-ed souls ; 
 they have taken the treasure 
 and precious things ; tliey liave 
 made her many widows in tlie 
 midst thereof. 
 
 26 Her priests have violated 
 my law, and have profaned 
 mine holy things: they have 
 put no diiferenee between the 
 Jioly and profane, neither have 
 they shewed difteiruce between 
 the unclean and the clean, and 
 have hid their eyes from my 
 sabbaths, and I am profaned 
 anions: them. 
 
 27 Her princes in the midst 
 thereof are like wolves raven- 
 ing the prey, to shed blood, aud 
 to destroy souls, to get disho- 
 nest gain. 
 
 28 And her prophets "have 
 daubed them Vvith untempered 
 wyrfer, seeing vanity, and di- 
 vining lies mito them, saying. 
 Thus saith the Lord God, when 
 the Lord hath not spoken. 
 
 29 The people of the land have 
 used oppression, and exercised 
 robbery, and have vexed the 
 p )or and needy : yea, they have 
 o:)press3d the stranger wrong- 
 fully. 
 
 30 And I sought for a man 
 aiiong them, that should make 
 up the hedge, and stand in the 
 gap before me for the land, that 
 I should not desti'oy it : but I 
 found none. 
 
 31 Therefore have I poured out 
 mine indignation upon them; 
 I have consumed them with 
 the fire of my wrath : their o-uti 
 way have I recompensed upon 
 tlieir heads, saith the Lord God. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIIL 
 1 TJie wlioredoms of AJiolali andAlio- 
 lihali. 22 Ahdibah is to be jplagued 
 hy her lovers. 33 llie prophet re- 
 proveth the ffdulteries of them both, 
 45 and sheweih tlielr judgments. 
 
 THE word of the Loud came 
 again unto me, saying, 
 
 2 Son of man, there w^ere two 
 women, the daughters of one 
 mother : 
 
 3 And they committed whore- 
 doms in Egypt J they commit- 
 
 ted whoredoms in their youtli : 
 there were their breasts press- 
 ed, and there they bniised the 
 teats of their virginity. 
 
 4 And the names of them erc/r 
 Aliolah tlie elder, and Aholi- 
 bah her sister: and they were 
 mine, and they bare sons and 
 daughters. Thus icere their 
 names; Samaria is Aholah, 
 and Jerusalem Aholibah. 
 
 5 And Aholah played the har- 
 lot when she was mine; and 
 she doted on her lovers, on the 
 Assyrians her neighbours, 
 
 6 ]V7uch were clothed with blue, 
 captains and rulers, all of them 
 desirable young men, horsemen 
 riding upon horses. 
 
 7 Thus she committed her 
 whoiedoms with them, with 
 all them that were the chosen 
 men cf Assyria, and with all 
 on ^wliom she doted : with all 
 their idols she defiled herself. 
 
 8 Neither left she her whore- 
 doms hr ought from Egj^pt: for 
 in her youth they lay with h6r, 
 and they bruised the breasts of 
 her virginity, and poured their 
 whoredom upon her. 
 
 9 Wherefore I have delivered 
 her into the hand of her lovers, 
 into the hand of the Assyrians, 
 upon whom she doted. 
 
 10 These discovered her na- 
 kedness : they took her sons 
 and her daughters, and slew 
 her with the sword: and she 
 became famous among women ; 
 for they had executed judgment 
 upon her. 
 
 11 And when her sister Ahor 
 Hbah saw this, she was more 
 corrupt in her inordinate love 
 than she, and in her whore- 
 doms more than her sister in 
 ^r whoredoms. 
 
 12 She doted upon the Assy- 
 rians her neighbours, captains 
 and rulers clothed most gorge- 
 ously, horsemen riding upon 
 horses, all of them desirable 
 young men- 
 is Then I saw that she was 
 
 defiled, tJiut they tooh both one 
 ways — 
 
Ahoitbah skill he EZEKIEL, XXIII. plagued by her lovers. 
 
 14 And that she increased her 
 whoredoms: for when she saw 
 men pom-trayed upon the wall, 
 the images of the Chaldeans 
 
 pourtrayed with yermilion, 
 
 15 Girded with gudles npon 
 their loins, exceeding in dyed 
 attire upon their heads, all of 
 them princes to look to, after 
 the manner of the Babylonians 
 of Chaldea, the land of their 
 nativity : 
 
 16 And as soon as she ^w 
 them with her eyes, she doted 
 upon them, and sent messen- 
 gers unto them into Chaldea. 
 
 17 And the Babylonians came 
 to her into the bed of love, 
 and they defiled her with their 
 whoredom, and she was pol- 
 luted with them, and her mind 
 was alienated from them. 
 
 18 So she discovered her 
 whoredoms, and discovered her 
 nakedness : then my mind was 
 alienated from her, like as my 
 mind was alienated from her 
 sister. 
 
 19 Yet she multiplied her 
 whoredoms, in calling to re- 
 membrance the days of her 
 youth, wherein she had played 
 the harlot in the land of Egypt. 
 
 20 For she doted upon their 
 paramoui^, whose flesh is as the 
 flesh of asses, and whose issue 
 is like the issue of horses. 
 
 21 Thus thou calledst to re- 
 membrance the lewdness of thy 
 youth, in braising thy teats by 
 the Egyptians for the paps of 
 thy youth. 
 
 22 f Therefore, O AhoHbah, 
 thus saith the Lord God; Be- 
 hold, I will raise up thy lovei"s 
 against thee, from whom thy 
 mind is alienated, and I will 
 bring them against thee on 
 every side ; 
 
 23 The Babylonians, and all 
 the Chaldeans, Pekod, and 
 Shoa, and Koa, and all the As- 
 syrians with them : all of them 
 desirable young men, captains 
 and rulers, great lords and re- 
 nowned, all of them riding upon 
 
 24 And they shall come a- 
 gainst thee with chariots, wa- 
 gons, and wheels, and with an, 
 assembly of people, ichich shall 
 set against thee bucMer and 
 shield and helmet ix)und about : 
 and I will set judgment before 
 them, and they slmll judge thee 
 according to their judgments. 
 
 25 And I will set my jealousy 
 against thee, and they shall 
 deal furiously with thee: they 
 shall take away thy nose and 
 thine ears; and thy remnant 
 shall fall by the sword: they 
 shall take thy sons and thy 
 daughters ; and thy residue shall 
 be devoured by the fire. 
 
 26 They shall also strip thee 
 out of thy clothes, and te,ke a- 
 way thy fair jewels. 
 
 27 Thus will I make thy lewd^ 
 ness to cease from thee, and 
 thy whoredom hrcugU from the 
 land of Egypt: so that thou 
 shalt not lift up thine eyes un- 
 to them, nor remember Egypt 
 any more. 
 
 28 For thus saith the Lord 
 God; Behold, I will deliver 
 thee into the hand ^ of them 
 whom thou hatest, into the 
 hand of them from whom thy 
 mind is alienated : 
 
 29 And they shall deal with 
 thee hatefully, and shall take 
 away all thy labour, and shall 
 leave thee naked and bare : and 
 the nakedness of thy whore- 
 doms shall be discovered, both 
 thy lewdness and thy whore- 
 doms. 
 
 30 I will do these things mito 
 thee, because thou hast gone 
 a whoring after the heathen, 
 and because thou art polluted 
 with their idols. 
 
 31 Thou hast walked in the 
 way of thy sister; therefore 
 \^all I give her cup into thme 
 hand. 
 
 32 Thus saith the Lord God ; 
 Thou shalt drink of thy sister's 
 cup deep and large : thou shalt 
 be laughed to scorn and had in 
 derision : it containeth much. 
 
 33 Thou shalt be filled with 
 
 Ss3 
 
TJie judffiiients of EZEKIEL, XXIV. AJwlah and Molibah. 
 
 drunkenness and sorrow, with lets upon tlieir hand*?, and beau- 
 
 the Clip of astonishment and tiful crowns upon their heads, 
 
 desolation, with the cup of thy 43 Then said I unto Jier ilud 
 
 sister Samaria. was old in adulteries, Will they 
 
 34 Thou shalt even drink it now commit whoredoms with 
 and suck it out, and thou shalt her, and she iciOi tJirm ? 
 
 break the sherds thereof, and 44 Yet they went in unto her, 
 pluck oft' thine ovra breasts: as they go in unto a woman 
 for I have spoken it, saith the j that playeththe hnrlot: so went 
 Lord God. ^ they in unto Aholah and unto 
 
 35 Therefore thus saith the | Aholibah, tlie lewd women. 
 IfOrd God; Because thou hast, 45 IF And the righteous men, 
 forgotten me, and cast me be- j they shall judge tliem after the 
 hind thy back, therefore bear , manner of adulteresses, and af- 
 thou also thy lewdness and thy | ter the manner of women tliat 
 
 ■>vhoredoms. 
 36 ![ The Lord said moreover 
 Tinto me ; Son of man, wilt thou 
 judge Aholah and Aholibah ? 
 yea, declare unto them their 
 abominations ; 
 
 because they are 
 and blood it's in 
 
 si led blood; 
 adulteresses, 
 their hands. 
 
 46 For thus saith the Lord 
 God; I will bring up a com- 
 pany upon them, and will give 
 
 37 That they have committed i them to be removed and spoiled. 
 
 adiiltery, and blood is in their 
 han.ds, and with their idols have 
 they committed adultery, and 
 have also caused their sons, 
 v'hom they bare unto me, to 
 pass for them through tlie fire^ 
 to devour tlK'm. 
 
 38 Moreover this they have 
 done unto me: they have de- 
 filed my sanctuary in the same 
 day, and have profaned my 
 sabbaths. 
 
 39 For when they had slain 
 their children to their idols, 
 then they came the same day 
 into ray sanctuary to profane 
 it ; and, lo, thus have they done 
 in the midst of mine house. 
 
 40 And furthermore, that ye 
 have sent for men to come from 
 far, unto whom a messenger 
 ir,as sent ; and, lo, they came : 
 for whom thou didst wash thy- 
 self, paintedst thy eyes, and 
 deckedst thyself with orna- 
 ments, 
 
 41 And satest upon a stately 
 bed, and a table prepared be- 
 fore it. whereupon thou hast set 
 mine incense and mine oil. 
 
 42 And a voice of a multitude 
 being at ease ims with her : and 
 with the men of the common 
 sort icere, brought Sabeans from 
 
 47 And the company shall 
 stone tliem with stones, and dis- 
 patch them with their swords; 
 they shall slay their sons and 
 their daughters and bum up 
 their houses witii lire. 
 
 4S Thus will I cause lewdness 
 to cease out of the land, that- 
 all women may be taught not 
 to do after your lewdness. 
 
 49 And they shall recompense 
 your lewdness upon you, and 
 ye shall bear the sins of your 
 idols-: and ye shall know that 
 I am the Lord God. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 1 Under the parable of a 
 
 I 
 
 „ pof, 
 6 is shevjed the Irrevocahle destruc- 
 tion of Jerusalem. 15 By the sign 
 of Ezehiel not mourning for the 
 death of his vnfe, 19 is shewed the 
 ccdamity of the Jews to he beyond 
 all sorrow. 
 
 AGAIN in the ninth year, 
 . in the tenth month, in the 
 tenth day of the month, the 
 word of the Loed came unto 
 me, saying, 
 
 2 Son of man, write thee the 
 name of the day, even of this 
 same day : the Iring of Babylon 
 set himself against Jerusalem 
 this same day. 
 
 3 And utter a parable unto 
 
 'I 
 
 t^3 wilderness, which put brace- 1 the rebellious hoiise, and say 
 
llie miamity 
 
 EZEKIEL, XXrV. 
 
 TtQto them, Thus saith the Lord 
 God; Set on a pot, set it on, 
 and also pour water into it : 
 
 4 Gather the pieces thereof 
 into it, even eveiy good piece, 
 the thigh, and the shoulder; 
 till it with the choice bones. 
 
 5 Take the choice of the flock, 
 and bnrn also the bones under 
 it, and make it boil well, and 
 let them seethe the bones of it 
 therein. 
 
 6 IF Wherefore thus saith the 
 Lord God; Woe to the bloody 
 city, to the pot whose scum is 
 therein, and whose scum 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 midst 
 of her ; she set it upon the top 
 of a rock; she poured it not 
 upon the ground, to cover it 
 with dust ; 
 
 8 That it might cause fury to 
 come up to take vengeance; I 
 have set her blood upon the top 
 of a rock, that it should not be 
 covered. 
 
 9 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
 G-od; Woe to the bloody city! 
 I will even make the pile for 
 fire great. 
 
 10 Heap on wood, kuidle the 
 tire, consume the flesh, and 
 spice it well, and let the bones 
 be burned. 
 
 11 Then set it empty upon the 
 coals thereof, that the brass of 
 it may be hot, and may burn, 
 and fJicit the filthiness of it may 
 be molten in it, tlKtt the scujn 
 of it may be consumed. 
 
 12 She hath v/earied herself 
 with lies, and her great scum 
 went not forth out of her : her 
 scum shall he in the fire. ^ 
 
 13 In thy filthiness is lewd- 
 ness: because I have purged 
 thee, and thou wast not purged, 
 thou ehalt not be pm-ged from 
 thy filthiness any more, till I 
 have caused my fuiy to rest 
 upon thee. 
 
 14 I the LoKD have spoken 
 it : it shall come to ] ass, and I 
 will do it; I will not go back, 
 iieither will I spare, neither 
 
 of the Jews. 
 
 "will I repent ; according to thy 
 ways, and according to thy do- 
 ings, shall they judge thee, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 15 1[ Also the word of the Loed 
 came unto me, saying, 
 
 16 Son of man, behold, I take 
 away from thiee the desire of 
 thine eyes with a stroke: yet 
 neither slmlt thou mourn nox 
 weep, neither shall thy tears 
 run down. 
 
 17 Foibear to cry, make no 
 mom'ning for the dead, bind 
 the th'e of thine head upon 
 thee, and put on thy shoes upon 
 thy feet, and cover not ihj hps, 
 and eat not the bread of inen. 
 
 18 So I spake unto the people 
 in the momtog: and at even 
 my wife died ; and I did in the 
 morning as I was t;ommar.ded. 
 
 19 II And the people said unto 
 me. Wilt thou not tell us what 
 these things are to us, that thou 
 doest so 9 
 
 20 Then I -answered them. The 
 word of ijhe Lord came unto 
 me, saying, 
 
 21 Speak unto the house of 
 Israel, Thus saith the Lord 
 God; Behold, I will profane 
 my sanctuary, the excellency 
 of your strength, the desire of 
 your eyes, and that which your 
 soul pitieth ; and your sons and 
 your daughters v/hom ye have 
 left shall fall by the sword. 
 
 22 And ye shaU do as I have 
 done: ye shall not cover ijcur 
 lips, nor eat the bread of men. " 
 
 23 And your thes shall he up- 
 on your heads, and your shoes 
 upon your feet: ye shall not 
 mourn nor weep; but ye shall 
 pine away for your iniquities, 
 and mouni one toward another. 
 
 24 Thus Ezeldel is ucto you 
 a sign: according to all that 
 he hath done shall ye do: ai:d 
 when this cometh, ye shall 
 Imow that I am the Lord God. 
 
 25 Also, thou son of man, sliall 
 it not he in the day when I take 
 from them their strength, the 
 joy of their glory, the desire of 
 their eyes, and that whereupon 
 
God's vengeance 
 
 EZEKIEL, XXV. 
 
 era the Ammonites, 
 
 they set their minds, their sons 
 and their daughters, 
 
 26 That he that escapeth in 
 that day shall (^ome unto thee, 
 to canse ilute. to hear it with thiiie 
 eai-s? 
 
 27 In that day shall thy month 
 be opened to him which is es- 
 caped, and thou shalt speak, 
 and be no more dumb: ana 
 thou shalt be a sij^n mi to them ; 
 and they shall know that 1 am 
 the LoKD. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 1 GoiVs vengeance , fw their insolency 
 agaiiust the Jews, upon the Am- 
 monites ; 8 upon Mocib ami Seir ; 
 Vi uimn Edoni, 15 and upon tlie 
 Vhihstines. 
 
 THE word of the Lord came 
 again unto me, saying, 
 
 2 Son of man, set thy face 
 against the Ammonites, and 
 prophesy against them ; 
 
 3 And say mi to tlie Ammon- 
 ites, Hear the word of the Lord 
 God ; Thus saith the Lord God ; 
 Because thou saidst. Aha, a- 
 gainst my sanctuary, when it 
 was profaned; and against the 
 land of Israel, when it was de- 
 solate ; and against the house 
 of Judah, when they went into 
 captivity ; 
 
 4 Behold, therefore I will de- 
 liver thee to the men of the 
 east for a possession, and they 
 shall set their palaces in thee, 
 and make their dwellings in 
 thee : they shall eat thy fruit, 
 and they shall diink thy milk, 
 
 5 And I will make Kabbah a 
 stable for camels, and the Am- 
 monites a couchingplace for 
 flocks : and ye shall know that 
 I am the Lord. 
 
 6 For thus saith the Lord 
 God; Because thou hast clap- 
 ped thine hands, and stamped 
 with the feet, and rejoiced in 
 heart with all thy despite a- 
 gainst the land of Israel ; 
 
 7 Behold, therefore I will 
 stretch out mine hand upon 
 thee, and will deliver thee for 
 a spoil to the heathen; and I 
 will cut thee off from the peo- 
 
 ple, and I will cause thee to 
 perish out of the countries: I 
 will destroy thee ; and thou shalt 
 know that I am the Lord. 
 
 8 H Thus saith the LorI God ; 
 Because that Moab and Seir do 
 say. Behold, the house of Judah 
 IS like unto all the heathen ; 
 
 9 Therefore, behold, I will 
 open the side of Moab from 
 the citieSj from his cities ichich 
 are on his frontiers, the glory 
 of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, 
 Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, 
 
 10 Unto the men of the east 
 with the Ammonites, and will 
 give them in pos8(ission, that 
 the Ammonites mav not be re- 
 membered among the nations. 
 
 11 And I will execute judg- 
 ments upon Moab; and they 
 shall know that I am the Lord. 
 
 12 H Thus saith the Lord God ; 
 Because that Edom hath dealt 
 against the house of Judah by 
 taking vengeance, and hath 
 gi-eatly offended, and revenged 
 himself upon them ; 
 
 13 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God; I will also stretch 
 out nunc hand upon Edom, and 
 will cut off man and beast from 
 it; and I will make it desolate 
 from Temian ; and they of De- 
 dan shall fall by the sword. 
 
 14 And I will lay my venge- 
 ance upon Edom by the hand 
 of my people Israel : and they 
 shall do in Edom according to 
 mine anger and according to my 
 f ory : and they shall know my 
 vengeance, saith the Lord God. 
 
 15 1[ Thus saith the Lord God ; 
 Because the PhiHstines have 
 dealt by revenge, and have 
 taken vengeance with a de- 
 spiteful heart, to destroy it for 
 the old hatred ; 
 
 16 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God; Behold, I will 
 stretch out mine hand upon 
 the Philistuies, and I wiU cut 
 off the Cherethims, and destroy 
 the remnant of the sea coast. 
 
 17 And I will execute^ great 
 vengeance upon them with fu- 
 rious rebukes ; and they shall j 
 
Tyms threatened. 
 
 EZEKIEL, XXVI. Herfan hmnted. 
 
 know that I am the Lord, when 
 I shall lay my vengeance npon 
 them. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 
 1 Tyrus, for insulting against Jeru- 
 salem, is threatetied. 7 The power 
 of Nebuchadrezzar against her. 15 
 The mourning and astonishment of 
 the sea at her fall. 
 
 AND it came to pass in the 
 J\. eleventh year, in the first 
 day of the month, tliat the word 
 of the Lord came mito me, 
 saying, 
 
 2 Son of man, because that 
 Tyrns hath said against Jeru- 
 salem, Aha, she is broken that 
 was the gates of the people : 
 she is turned unto me : I shall 
 be replenished, new she is laid 
 waste : 
 
 3 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
 God ; Behold, I am against thee, 
 O Tyrus, and will cause many 
 nations to come up against thee, 
 as the sea causeth his waves to 
 come up. 
 
 4 And they shall destroy the 
 walls of Tyrus, and break down 
 her towers: I will also scrape 
 her dust from her, and make 
 her like the top of a rock. 
 
 5 It shall be a place for the 
 spreading of nets in the midst 
 of the sea : for I have spoken 
 it, saith the Lord God: and 
 it shall become a spoil to the 
 nations. 
 
 6 And her daughters wliich are 
 in the field shall be slain by 
 the sword ; and they shall know 
 that I am the Lord. 
 
 7 IF For thus saith the Lord 
 God; Behold, I will bring up- 
 on Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king 
 of Babylon, a king of kings, 
 from the north, with horses, 
 and with chariots, and with 
 horsemen, and companies, and 
 much people. 
 
 8 He shall slay with the sword 
 thy daughters in the field : and 
 he shall make a fort against 
 thee, and cast a mount against 
 thee, and lift up the buckler 
 against thee. 
 
 9 And he shall set engines of 
 
 war against thy walls, and with 
 his axes he shall break down 
 thy towers. 
 
 10 By reason of the abundance 
 of his horses their dust shall co- 
 ver thee : thy walls shall shake 
 at the noise of the horsemen, 
 and of the wheels, and of the 
 chariots, when he shall enter in- 
 to thy gates, as men enter into a 
 citj^ wherein is made a breach. 
 
 11 With the hoofs of his horses 
 shall he tread down all thy 
 streets: he shall slay thy peo- 
 ple by the sword, and thy strong 
 gaiTisons shaU go down to the 
 ground. 
 
 12 And they shall make a spoil 
 of thy riches, and make a prey 
 of thy merchandise: and they 
 shall break down thy walls, and 
 destroy thy pleasant houses: 
 and they shall lay thy stones 
 and thy timber and thy dust in 
 the midst of the water. 
 
 13 And I will cause the noise 
 of thy songs to cease ; and the 
 sound of thy harps shall be no 
 more heard. 
 
 14 And I will make thee like 
 the top of a rock : thou shalt 
 be a place to spread nets upon ; 
 thou shalt be built no more: 
 for I the Lord have spoken it, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 15 IF Thus saith the Lord Goi> 
 to Tyrus; Shall not the isles 
 shake at the sound of thy fall, 
 when the wounded cry, when 
 the slaughter is made in the 
 midst of thee? 
 
 16 Then all the princes of the 
 sea shall come down from their 
 thrones, and lay away theii' 
 robes, and put off their broider- 
 ed garments: they shall clothe 
 themselves with trembling; they 
 shall sit upon the ground, and 
 shall tremble at every moment, 
 and be astonished at thee. 
 
 17 And they shall take up a 
 lamentation for thee, and say to 
 thee. How art thou destroyed, 
 tlrnt wast inhabited of seafaring 
 men, the renowned city, which 
 wast strong in the sea, she and 
 her inhabitants, which cause 
 
Th^ riches and EZEKIEL 
 
 their terror to he on all that 
 haunt it ! 
 
 18 Now shall the isles tremble 
 in the day of thy fall ; yea, the 
 isles that are in the sea shall be 
 troubled at tliy departure. 
 
 19 For thus saith the Lord 
 God; When I shall make thee 
 a desolate city, like the cities 
 that are not inhabited ; when I 
 shall biing up the deep upon 
 thee, and great watere shall 
 cover thee ; 
 
 20 AVhen I shall biing thee 
 down with them that descend 
 into the pit, with the people 
 of old time, and shall set thee 
 in the low parts of the earth, 
 in places desolate of old, with 
 them that go down to tlie pit 
 that thou be not inhabited ; and i 
 I shall set glory in the land of ^ 
 the living ; 
 
 21 I will make thee a terror, 
 and thou shalt be no more: 
 though thou be sought for, yet 
 shalt thou never be found again, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVII. 
 
 1 I'he rich supply of Tyrns. 26 Tlte 
 great and unrecoverable fall there- 
 of 
 THE word of the Lord came 
 again luito me, saying, 
 
 2 Now, thou son of man, take 
 up a lamentation for Tyrus ; 
 
 3 And say unto Tyrus, O thou 
 that art situate at the entry of 
 the sea, iclikh aii a merchant 
 of the people for many isles. 
 Thus saith the Lord God; O 
 Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of 
 perfect beauty. 
 
 4 Thy borders are in the midst 
 of the seas, thy builders have 
 perfected thy beauty. 
 
 5 They have made all thy ship 
 boards of fir trees of Senir : they 
 have taken cedars from Lebar- 
 non to make masts for thee. 
 
 6 Of the oaks of Bashan have 
 they made thine oars ; the com- 
 pany of the Ashurites have 
 made thy benches of ivory, 
 broijight out of the isles of Chit- 
 tim. 
 
 -7 Fine linen with broidered 
 
 , XXVII. commerce of Tyrui^. 
 
 work fiom Egypt was that 
 which thou spreadest forth to 
 be thy sail; blue and purple 
 from the isles of Elisliah was 
 that which covered thee. 
 
 8 The inhabitants of Zidon 
 and Arvad were thy mariners: 
 thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were 
 in thee, were thy pilots. 
 
 9 The ancients of Gebal and 
 the wise mm thereof were in 
 thee thy calkere: all the ships 
 of the sea with their manners 
 were in thee to occupy thy mer- 
 chandise. 
 
 10 They of Persia and of Lud 
 and of Phut were in thine army, 
 thy men of war: they hanged 
 the sliield and helmet in thee ; 
 they set forth thy comeliness. 
 
 11 The men of Arvad with 
 tliine army loere upon thy walls 
 round about, and the Gamma- 
 dims were in thy towers : they 
 hanged their sliields upon thy 
 walls round about; they have 
 made thy beauty perfect. 
 
 12 Tai-shish iras thy merchant 
 by reason of the multitude of 
 all Mud of riches; with silver, 
 iron, tin, and lead, they traded 
 in thy fairs. 
 
 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, 
 they I'jere thy merchants: they 
 traded the persons of men and 
 vessels of brass in thy market. 
 
 14 They of the house of Togar- 
 mah traded in thy fairs with 
 horses and horsemen and mules. 
 
 15 The men of Dedan loere thy 
 merchants ; many isles icp.re the 
 merchandise of thine hand : they 
 brought thee for a present homs 
 of ivoiy and ebony. 
 
 16 Syria ims thy merchant by 
 reason of the multitude of the 
 wares of thy maldng : they oc- 
 cupied in thy fairs with eme- 
 ralds, purple, and broidered 
 work, and fine linen, and coral, 
 and agate. 
 
 17 Judah, and the land of Is- 
 rael, they loere thy merchants : 
 they traded ui thy market wheat 
 of Minnith, and Pannag, and 
 honey, and oil, and balm. 
 
 18 Damaeeus was thy meichsint 
 
 i 
 
TU irrecoverable EZEKIEL, 
 
 in the miiltitude of the wares 
 of thy makiiig:, for the multi- 
 tude of all riches; in the wine 
 of Helbon, and white wool. 
 
 19 Dan also and Javan going 
 to and fro occupied in thy fairs : 
 bright iron, cassia, and calamus, 
 were in thy market. 
 
 20 Dedan icas thy merchant in 
 precious clothes for chariots. 
 
 21 Aiabia, and all the princes 
 of Kedar, they occupied with 
 thee in lambs, and rams, and 
 goats: in these vxre iliey thy 
 merchants. 
 
 22 The merchants of Sheba 
 and Eaamah, they ivere thy 
 merchants: they occupied in 
 thy fairs with chief of aU spices, 
 and with all precious stones, 
 and gold. 
 
 23 Haran, and Canneh, and 
 Eden, the merchants of Sheba, 
 Asshur, and ChlLmad, were thy 
 merchants. 
 
 24 These were thy merchants 
 in all sorts of things, in blue 
 clothes, and broidered work, 
 and in chests of rich apparel, 
 bound ^ith cords, and made of 
 cedar, among thy merchandise. 
 
 25 The ships of Tarshish did 
 sing of thee in thy market: 
 and thou wast replenished, and 
 made verj'- glorious in the midst 
 of the seas. 
 
 26 ^ Thy rowers have brought 
 thee into great waters : the east 
 wind hath broken thee in the 
 mic^t of the seas. 
 
 27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, 
 thy merchandise, thy maiiners, 
 and thy pilots, thy calkers, and 
 the occupiers of thy merchan- 
 dise, and all thy men of war, 
 that are in thee, and in all thy 
 company which is in the midst 
 of thee, shall fall into the midst 
 of ^ the seas in the day of thy 
 niin. 
 
 28 The submbs shall shake at 
 the sormd of the cry of thy pilots. 
 
 29 And all that handle the oar, 
 the mariners, and all the pilots 
 of the sea, shall come doTMi 
 from their ships, they shall 
 stand upon the land ; 
 
 , XXYIII. fallofTyrus, 
 
 30 And shall cause their voice 
 to be heard against thee, and 
 shall ciy bitterly, and shall cast 
 up dust upon their heads, they 
 shall wallow themselves in the 
 ashes : 
 
 31 And they shall make them- 
 selves utterly bald for thee, and 
 gird them with sackcloth, and 
 they shaU weep for thee with 
 bitterness of heart and bitter 
 wailing. 
 
 32 And in their wailing they 
 shall take up a lamentation for 
 thee, and lament over thee, say- 
 ing, What city is lilre Tyrus, like 
 the deslToyed in the midst of 
 the sea? 
 
 33 AVhen thy wares went forth 
 out of the seas, thou filledst 
 many people; thou didst en- 
 rich the kings of the earth with 
 the multitude of thy riches and 
 of thy merchandise. 
 
 34 In the time wlien thou shalt 
 be broken by the seas in the 
 depths of the waters thy mer- 
 chandise and all thy company 
 in the midst of thee shall fall. 
 
 35 All the inhabitants of the 
 isles «hall be astonished at thee, 
 and their Idngs shall be sore 
 afraid, they shall be troubled 
 in their countenance. 
 
 36 The merchants among the 
 people shall hiss at thee; thou 
 shalt be a terror, and never 
 shalt he any more. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVIII. 
 1 God's judgment upon the piince of 
 Tyrus for Ms sacrilegious pi-ide. 
 11 A lamenfoMon of his great glory 
 corrupted hy sin. 20 Tfie judg- 
 ment of Zidon. 2i Tlie restoration 
 of Israel. 
 
 THE word of the Loed came 
 again unto me, saying, 
 
 2 Son of man, say unto the 
 prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the 
 Lord God ; Because thine heart 
 ?s lifted up, and thou hast said, 
 I am a God, I sit in the seat of 
 God, in the midst of the seas ; 
 yet thou aii a man, and not 
 God, though thou set thine 
 heart as the heart of God : 
 
 3 Behold, thou aii vriser than 
 
God!6 judgment m EZEKIEL, XXVIII. tJie mnce of Tyms. 
 
 Daniel; there is no secret that 
 they can hide from thee : 
 
 4 With thy wisdom and with 
 thine understanding thou hast 
 gotten thee riches, and hast 
 gotten gold and silver into thy 
 treasiu^s : 
 
 5 By thy great wisdom and by 
 thy traffick hast thou increased 
 thy riches, and thine heart is 
 lifted up because of thy riches : 
 
 6 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God; Because thou hast 
 set thine heart as the heart of 
 God; 
 
 7 Behold, therefore I will bring 
 strangers upon thee, the terrible 
 of the nations: and they shall 
 draw their swords against the 
 beauty of thy wisdom, and they 
 ehall defile thy brightness. 
 
 8 They shall biing thee down 
 to the pit, and thou shalt die 
 the deaths of tJieiu tlmt are slain 
 in the midst of the seas. 
 
 9 Wilt thou yet say before him 
 that slayeth thee, I am God? 
 but thou sImU he a man, and no 
 God, in the hand of liim that 
 slayeth thee. 
 
 10 Thou shalt die the deaths of 
 the uncircumcised by the hand 
 of strangers : for I have si)oken 
 it, saith the Lord God. 
 
 11 H Moreover the word of the 
 Lord came unto me, saying, 
 
 12 Son of man, take up a la- 
 mentation upon the Idng of Ty- 
 rus, and say unto him. Thus 
 saith the Lord God ; Thou seal- 
 est up the sum, full of ^visdom, 
 and perfect in beauty. 
 
 13 Thou hast been in Eden 
 the garden of God; every pre- 
 cious stone icas thy covering, 
 the sardius, topaz, and the dia- 
 mond, the beryl, the onyx, and 
 the jasper, the sapphire, the 
 emerald, and the carbuncle, and 
 gold : the workmanship oi thy 
 tabrets and of thy pipes was pre- 
 pared in thee in the day that 
 thou wast created. 
 
 14 Thou art the anointed che- 
 rub that covereth; and I have 
 set thee so ; thou wast upon the 
 holy mountain of God; thou 
 
 hast walked up and down in the 
 midst of the stones of fire. 
 
 15 Thou wast peifect in thy 
 ways from the day that thou 
 wast created, till iniquity was 
 foimd in thee. 
 
 16 By the multitude of thy 
 merchandise they have filled 
 the midst of thee with violence, 
 and thou hast sinned : therefore 
 I will cast thee as profane out 
 of the mountain of God: and 
 I will destroy thee, O covering 
 cherub, from the midst of the 
 stones of fire. 
 
 17 Thine heart was lifted up 
 because of thy beauty, thou 
 hast coiTupted thy wisdom by 
 reason of thy brightness : I will 
 cast thee to the giound, I will 
 lay thee before longs, tliat they 
 may behold thee. 
 
 18 Thou hast defiled thy sanc- 
 tuaries by the multitude of thine 
 iniquities, by the iniquity of thy 
 traffick; therefore will I biing 
 forth a fire from the midst of 
 thee, it shall devour thee, and 
 I will bring thee to ashes upon 
 the earth in the sight of all 
 them that behold thee. 
 
 19 All they that know thee a- 
 mong the people shall be asto- 
 nished at thee : thou shalt be a 
 terror, and never shalt thou he 
 any more. 
 
 20 IF Again the word of the 
 Lord came unto me, saying, 
 
 21 Son of man, set thy face 
 against Zidon, and prophesy 
 against it, 
 
 22 And say, Thus saith the 
 Lord God; Behold, I am a- 
 gainst thee, O Zidon; and I 
 will be glorified in the midst 
 of thee: and they shall know 
 that I am the Lord, when I 
 shall have executed judgments 
 in her, and shall be sanctified 
 in her. 
 
 23 For I will send into her 
 pestilence, and blood into her 
 streets ; and the wounded shall 
 be judged in the midst of her 
 by the sword upon her on every 
 side ; and they shall know that 
 I am the Lord. 
 
The judgment 
 
 EZEKIEL, XXIX. 
 
 of Pharach. 
 
 24 H And there shall be no 
 more a pricking brier nnto the 
 house of Israel, nor ajiy griev- 
 ing thorn of all that are roroid 
 about them, that despised them ; 
 and they shall know that I am 
 the Lord God. 
 
 25 Thus saith the Lord God; 
 When I shall have gathered the 
 house of Israel from the people 
 among whom they are scatter- 
 ed, and shall be sanctified in 
 them in the sight of the hear- 
 then, then shall they dwell in 
 their land that I have given to 
 my servant Jacob. 
 
 26 And they shall dweU safe- 
 ly therein, and shall build 
 houses, and plant vineyards; 
 yea, they shall dweU with con- 
 fidence, when I have executed 
 judgments upon all those that 
 despise them round about them ; 
 and they shall know that I am 
 the LoED their God. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIX. 
 1 The Jndg'ment of Pharaoh for his 
 treachery to Israel. 8 The desola- 
 tion of Egypt. 13 TJie restwation 
 thereof after forty years. 17 Egypt 
 the reward of Neouchadrezzar. 21 
 Israel shall he restored. 
 
 IN the tenth year, in the tenth 
 month, in the twelfth day of 
 the month, the word of the Loed 
 came unto me, saying, 
 
 2 Son ci man, set thy face a- 
 gainst Pharaoh king of Egypt. 
 and prophesy against him, and 
 against all Egypt : 
 
 3 Speak, and say. Thus saith 
 the Lord God; Behold, I am 
 against thee, Pharaoh king of 
 EgjTDt, the great dragon that 
 lieth in the midst of his rivers, 
 which hath said. My river is 
 mine own, and I have made it 
 for myself. 
 
 4 But I will put hooks in thy 
 jaws, and I will cause the fish 
 of thy rivei-s to stick unto thy 
 scales, and I will bring thee up 
 out of the midst of thy rivers, 
 and all the fish of thy rivers 
 shall stick unto thy scales. 
 
 5 And I will leave thee thrown 
 into the .wilderness, thee and 
 
 all the fish of thy rive^-s : thou 
 shalt fall upon the open fields ; 
 thou shalt not be brought toge- 
 ther, nor gathered : I have giv- 
 en thee for meat to the beasts 
 cf the field and to the fowls of 
 the heaven. 
 
 6 And all the inhabitants of 
 Eg>3)t shall know that I am the 
 LoED, because they have been 
 a staff of reed to the house of 
 Israel. 
 
 7 When they took hold of thee 
 by thy hand, thou didst break, 
 and rend all their shoulder : and 
 when they leaned upon thee, 
 thou brakest, and madest all 
 their loms to be at a stand. 
 
 8 ^ Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God ; Behold, I will biing 
 a sword upon thee, and cut off 
 man and beast out of thee. 
 
 9 And the land of Egypt shall 
 be desolate and waste ; and the;y 
 shall know that I am the Loed : 
 because he hath said. The river 
 is mine, and I have made it. 
 
 10 Behold, therefore I am 
 against thee, and against thy 
 rivers, and I wHl make the land 
 of Egypt utterly waste and de- 
 solate, from the tower of Syene 
 even unto the border of Ethiopia. 
 
 11 No foot of man shall pass 
 through it, nor foot of beast shall 
 pass through it, neither shall it 
 be inhabited fortj^ years. 
 
 12 And I wDA make the land 
 of Egj^t desolate in the midst 
 of the countries that are., deso- 
 late, and her cities among the 
 cities that are laid waste shall be 
 desolate foriy j^ears : and I will 
 scatter the Egyptians among 
 the nations, and will disperse 
 them through the countiies. 
 
 13 ^ Yet thus saith tlie Lord 
 God ; At the end of forty yeai-s 
 will I gather the Egyptians from 
 the people wliither they were 
 scattered : 
 
 14 And I will bring again the 
 capti\ity of Egypt, and will 
 cause them to return into the 
 land of Pathros, into the land 
 of their habitation; and they 
 shall be there a base kingdom, 
 
Dedohtim of Egypt EZEKIEL, XXX. 
 
 and Iter lieljyeis. 
 
 15 It shall be the basest of the 
 kingdoms; neither shall it ex- 
 alt itself any more above the 
 nations: for I will diminish 
 them, that they shall no more 
 rule over the nations. 
 
 16 And it shall be no more 
 the confidence of the house of 
 Israel, which bringeth tfieir ini- 
 quity to remembrance, when 
 they sjiall look after them : but 
 they shall know that I am the 
 Lord God. 
 
 17 IF And it came to pass in 
 the seven and twentieth year, in 
 the first 'month, in the first day 
 of the month, the word of the 
 Lord came unto me, saying, 
 
 18 Son of man, Nebuchadrez- 
 zar king of Babylon caused his 
 army to seiTe a great service 
 against Tyrus: every head ims 
 made bald, and every shoul- 
 der was peeled : yet had he no 
 wages, nor his army, for Ty- 
 rus, for the service that he had 
 served against it : 
 
 19 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God; Behold, I will give 
 the land of Egypt vmto Nebu- 
 chadrezzar king of Babylon; 
 and he shall take her multi- 
 tude, and take her spoil, and 
 take her prey; and it shall be 
 the wages for his army. 
 
 20 I have given him the land 
 of Egypt f(yr his labour where- 
 with he sei-ved against it, be- 
 cause they wrought for me, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 21 IF In that day will I cause 
 the horn of the house of Israel 
 to bud forth, and I will give 
 thee the opening of the mouth 
 in the midst of them ; and they 
 shall Imow that I am the Loed. 
 
 CHAPTER XXX. 
 
 1 Tlie desolation of Egypt and her 
 
 helpers. 20 The arm of Babylon 
 
 shall he strengthened to break the 
 
 arm of Egypt. 
 
 THE word of the Lord came 
 again imto me, saying, 
 
 2 Son of man, prophesy and 
 say, Thus saith the Lord God ; 
 Howl ye, Woe worth the day ! 
 
 3 For the day is near, even 
 
 the day of the Lokd is near, 
 a cloudy day; it shall be the 
 time of the heathen. 
 
 4 And the sword shall come 
 upon Egypt, and great pain 
 shall be in Ethiopia, when the 
 slain shall fall in Egypt, and 
 they shall take away her multi- 
 tude, and her foimdations shall 
 be broken down. 
 
 5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and 
 Lydia, and all the mingled peo- 
 ple, and Chub, and the men of 
 the land that is in league, shall 
 fall with them by the sword. 
 
 6 Thus saith the Lord ; They 
 also that uphold Egypt shall 
 fall ; and the pride of her pow- 
 er shall come down: from the 
 tower of Syene shall they fall 
 in it by the sword, saith the 
 Lord God. 
 
 7 And they shall be desolate 
 in the midst of the countries 
 tJuit are desolate, and her cities 
 shall be in the midst of the ci- 
 ties that are wasted. 
 
 8 And they shall know that I 
 am the Lord, when I have set 
 a fire in Egypt, and when all 
 her helpers shall be destroyed. 
 
 9 In that day shall messengers 
 go forth from me in ships to 
 make the careless Ethiopians Or 
 fraid, and great pain shall come 
 upon them, as in the day of E- 
 gj^pt : for, lo. it cometh. 
 
 10 Thus saith the Lord God; 
 I will also make the multitude 
 of Egypt to cease by the hand 
 of Nebuchadrezzar king of Ba- 
 bylon. 
 
 11 He and his people with him, 
 the terrible of the nations, shall 
 be brought to destroy the land : 
 and they shall draw their swords 
 against Egypt, and fill the land 
 with the slain. 
 
 12 And I will make the rivers 
 dry, and sell the land into the 
 hand of the wicked : and I will 
 make the land waste, and all 
 that is therein, by the hand of 
 strangers: I the Lord have 
 spoken it. 
 
 13 Thus saith the Lord God; 
 I wiU also destroy the idols, 
 
Egypt's fall 
 
 EZEKIEL, XXXI. 
 
 hy Babylon. 
 
 and I will cause tJieir images to 
 cease out of Noph; and there 
 shall be no more a prince of the 
 land of Egypt : and I will put 
 a fear in the land of Egypt, 
 
 14 And I will make Pathros 
 desolate, and^ -will set fire in 
 Zoan, and will execute judg- 
 ments in No. 
 
 15 And I will pour my fury 
 upon Sin, the strength of E- 
 gyptj and I will cut off the 
 
 ' multitude of No. 
 
 16 And I will set fire in Egypt : 
 Sin shall have great pain, and 
 No shall be rent asunder, and 
 
 ! Noph shall liave distresses daily. 
 
 17 The young men of Aven 
 and of Pi-beseth shall fall by 
 
 I the sword : and these cities shall 
 go into captivity. 
 
 18 At Tehaphnehes also the 
 day shall be darkened, when I 
 shall break there the yokes of 
 
 ■ Eg5T)t: and the pomp of her 
 strength shall cease in her: as 
 for her, a cloud shall cover her, 
 and her daughters shall go into 
 
 I captivity. 
 
 19 Thus will I execute judg- 
 ments in Egypt : and they shall 
 
 I know that I am the Lord. 
 
 20 IF And it came^ to pass in 
 the eleventh year, in the first 
 tnontli, in the seventh dc(ii of 
 the month, thxt the word of the 
 Lord came unto me, saying, 
 
 21 Son of man, I have broken 
 the arm of Pharaoh king of E- 
 gypt; and, lo, it shall not be 
 bound up to be healed, to put 
 a roller to bind it, to make it 
 strong to hold the sword. 
 
 22 Therefore thus saith the 
 ' Lord God; Behold, I am a- 
 I gainst Pharaoh Idng of Egypt, 
 I and will break his arms, the 
 
 strong, and that which was 
 ' broken; and I will cause the 
 ! sword to fall out of his hand. 
 
 23 And I will scatter the E- 
 j gsrptians among the nations, 
 j and will disperse them through 
 ! the countries. 
 
 24 And I will strengthen the 
 arms of the king of Babylon, 
 and put my sword in liis hand : 
 
 but I will break Pharaoh's arms, 
 and he shall groan before him 
 with the groanings of a deadly 
 wounded mum. 
 
 25 But I will strengthen the 
 arms of the king of Babylon 
 and the arms of Pharaoh shall 
 fall down ; and they shall know 
 that I am the Lord, when I 
 shall put my sword into the 
 hand of the long of Babylon, 
 and he shall stretch it out upon 
 the land of Egypt. 
 
 26 And I will scatter the E- 
 gyptians among the nations, 
 and disperse them among the 
 countries ; and they shall know 
 that I am the Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXL 
 
 1 A relation unto Pharaoh, 3 of the 
 glory of Assyria, 10 and the fall 
 thereof for pride. IS The like de- 
 struction of Egypt. 
 AND it came to pass in the 
 Jlx. eleventh year, in the third 
 month, in the first day of the 
 month, that the word of the 
 Lord came unto me, saying, 
 
 2 Son of man, speak unto Pha- 
 raoh king of Egypt, and to his 
 multitude ; Whom art thou Hke 
 in thy greatness ? 
 
 3 IF Behold, the Assyrian ivas 
 a cedar in Lebanon with fair 
 branches, and with a shadowing 
 shroud, and of an high stature ; 
 and his top was among the thick 
 boughs. 
 
 4 The waters made him great, 
 the deep set him up on high 
 with her rivers ninning round 
 about his plants, and sent out 
 her little rivers unto all the 
 trees of the field. 
 
 5 Therefore his height was ex- 
 alted above all the trees of the 
 field, and his boughs were mul- 
 tiplied, and his branches be- 
 came long because of the mul- 
 titude of waters, when he shot 
 forth. 
 
 6 All the fowls of heaven made 
 their nests in his bouglis, and 
 under his branches did all the 
 beasts of the field bring forth 
 their young, and under his sha- 
 dow dwelt all great nations. 
 
The Assyrian's EZEKIEL 
 
 7 Thus was he fair in his 
 greatness, in the length of his 
 branches: for his root was by 
 great waters. 
 
 8 The cedars in the garden of 
 God could not hide him : the fir 
 trees were not like liis boughs, 
 and the chesnut trees were not 
 like his branches ; nor any tree 
 in the garden of God v.as like 
 unto liim in liis beauty. 
 
 9 I have made liim fair by the 
 multitude of his branches: so 
 that all the trees of Eden, that 
 icere in the garden of God, en- 
 vied him. 
 
 10 H Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God; Because thou ha^t 
 lifted up thyself in height, aud 
 he hath shot up his top among 
 the thick boughs, and his heart 
 is lifted up in his height ; ^ 
 
 11 I have therefore delivered 
 him into the hand of the migh- 
 ty oue of the heathen ; he shall 
 surely deal with him : I have 
 driven him out for his wick- 
 edness. 
 
 12 And strangers, the terrible 
 of the nations, have cut him off, 
 and have left him: upon the 
 momitains and in all the val- 
 leys his branches are fallen, 
 and his boughs are broken by 
 all the rivers of the laud ; and 
 all the people of the earth are 
 gone down from his shadow, 
 and have left him. 
 
 13 Upon Ms ruin shall all the 
 fowls of the heaven remain, and 
 all the beasts of the field shall 
 be upon his branches : 
 
 14 To the end that none of all 
 the trees by the waters exalt 
 themselves for their height, nei- 
 ther shoot up their top among 
 the thick boughs, neither their 
 trees stand up in their height, 
 all that drink water: for they 
 are all delivered unto death, to 
 the nether parts of the earth, 
 in the midst of the children of 
 men, with them that go down 
 to the pit. 
 
 15 Thus saith the Lord God; 
 In the day when he went down 
 to the grave I caused a moum- 
 
 , XXXII. ffi-eatness and fall. 
 
 ing : I covered the deep for him, 
 and I restrained the floods there- 
 of, and the gieat waters were 
 stayed: and I caused Lebanon 
 to monni for him. aud all the 
 trees of the field fainted for him. 
 
 16 I made the nations to shake 
 at the sound of his fall, when I 
 cast him dowu to hell with them 
 that descend into the i)it: and 
 all the trees of Eden, the choice 
 and best of Lebanon, all that 
 driuk water, shall be comforted 
 in the nether parts of the eartli. 
 
 17 They also went down into 
 hell with him mito tliem (iiat he 
 slain with the sword; and tlify 
 that icere liis ami, that dwelt 
 under his shadow in the midst 
 of the heathen. 
 
 18 H To whom art thou tlms 
 like in glory and in greatness 
 among the trees of Eden ? yet 
 shalt thou be brought down 
 with the trees of Eden unto the 
 netlier parts of the earth : thou 
 shalt lie in the midst of the 
 uncircumcised with them that 
 iMi slain by the sword. This is 
 Pharaoh and all Ms multitude, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXII. 
 1 A lament ation for the fearful full 
 of Egypt. 11 'TJie sword of Bohy- 
 lon sfiall destroy it. 11 It shall he 
 brought down to hell, among all the 
 uncircumcised nations. 
 
 AND it came to pass in the 
 . twelfth year, in the twelfth 
 month, in the first day of the 
 month, that the word of the 
 LoED came unto me, saying, 
 
 2 Son of man, take up a la- 
 mentation for Pharaoh long of 
 Egypt, and say unto him, Thou 
 art like a young lion of the na- 
 tions, and thou aii as a whale 
 in the seas: and thou camest 
 forth with thy rivers, and trou- 
 bledst the waters with thy feet, 
 and fouledst their rivers. 
 
 3 Thus saith the Lord God; 
 I will therefore spread out my 
 net over thee with a company 
 of many people ; and they shall 
 bring thee up in my net. 
 
 4 Then will I leave thee upon 
 
.4 Jauientation for EZEKIEL, XXXII. €ie faU of Egypt. 
 
 the land, I mil cast thee forth 
 upon the open field, and will 
 cause all the foTvis of the hea- 
 ven to re mam upon thee, and I 
 will fill the beasts of the whole 
 earth with thee. 
 
 5 And I will lay thy flesh up- 
 on the mountains, and fill the 
 valleys with thy height. ^ 
 
 6 I will also water T^ith thy 
 blood the land wherein thou 
 swimmest, even to the moun- 
 tains; and the rivers shall be 
 full of thee. 
 
 7 And when I shall put thee 
 out, I will cover the heaven, 
 and make the stars thereof 
 dark ; I will cover the sun with 
 a; cloud, and the moon shall 
 not give her hght. 
 
 8 All the bright lights of hea- 
 ven will I make dark over thee, 
 and set darkness upon thy land, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 9 I will also vex the hearts of 
 many people, when I shall bring 
 thy destruction among the na- 
 tions, into the countries which 
 thou hast not knovni. 
 
 10 Yea, I vdll make many peo- 
 ple amazed at thee, and their 
 kings shaU be horribly afraid 
 for thee, when I shall brandish 
 my sword before them; and 
 they shall tremble at everij mo- 
 ment, every man for his own 
 life, in the day of thy fall. 
 
 11 ^[ For thus saith the Lord 
 God ; The sword of the king of 
 Babylon shall come upon thee. 
 
 12 By the swords of the migh- 
 ty will I cause thy multitude to 
 fall, the tenible of the nations, 
 all of them: and they shall 
 spoil the pomp of Egypt, and 
 all the multitude thereof shall 
 be destroyed. 
 
 13 I will destroy also all the 
 beasts thereof from beside the 
 great waters; neither shall the 
 foot of man trouble them any 
 more, nor the hoofs of beasts 
 trouble them, 
 
 14 Then wiU I make their 
 waters deep, and cause their 
 rivei-s to run like oil, saith the 
 Lord God. 
 
 15 When I shall make the land 
 of Egypt desolate, and the coun- 
 tiy shall be destitute of that 
 whereof it was full, when I 
 shall smite all them that dwell 
 therein, then shall they know 
 that I am the Loed. 
 
 16 This is the lamentation 
 wherewith they shall lament 
 her: the daughters of the na- 
 tions shall lament her: they 
 shall lament for her, even for 
 Egypt, and for all her multi- 
 tude, saith the Lord God. 
 
 17 IF It came to pass also in 
 the twelfth year, in the fifteenth 
 cl:iy of the month, that the word 
 
 I of the LoED came unto me, 
 saying, 
 
 I 18 Son of man, wail for the 
 
 j multitude of Egypt, and cast 
 
 ' them down, even her, and the 
 
 i daughters of the famous na- 
 
 I tions, unto the nether parts of 
 
 , the earth, with them that go 
 
 ! down into the ijit. 
 
 I 19 AYhom dost thou pass in 
 
 beauty ? go down, and be thou 
 
 I laid with the imcircumcised. 
 
 I 20 They shaU faU in the midst 
 
 of them tlud are slain hj the 
 
 sword: she is delivered to the 
 
 sword : draw her and all her 
 
 multitudes. 
 
 21 The strong among the migh- 
 ty shall speak to him out of the 
 midst of hell ^vith them that help 
 him : they are gone down, thej'- 
 lie uncircumcised, slam by the 
 sword. 
 
 22 Asshur is there and all her 
 compa,ny: his graves are about 
 him: all of them slain, fallen 
 by the sword : 
 
 23 Whose graves are set in the 
 sides of the pit, and her com- 
 pany is round about her grave : 
 all of them slain, fallen by the 
 sword, which caused terror in 
 the land of the living. 
 
 24 There is Elam and all her 
 multitude round about her grave, 
 aU of them slain, fallen by the 
 sword, wliich are gone down un- 
 circumcised into the nether parts 
 of the earth, wliich caused their 
 terror in the land of the li^ ing ; 
 
for Egypt. 
 
 32 For I have caused my ter- 
 ror in the land of the living : 
 and he shall be laid in the mi(£t 
 of the uii circumcised with them 
 that are slain "with the sword, 
 even Pharaoh and all his mul- 
 titude, saith the Lord God. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIII. 
 
 1 According to the duty of a watch" 
 man, in warning the people, 7 Eze- 
 kielis admonished of his duty. 10 
 God sheiveth the justice of his icays 
 towards the penitent, and towards 
 revolters. 17 He maintaineth his 
 justire. 21 Upon the neivs of the 
 taking of Jerusalem he prophesi- 
 efh the desolation of the land. 30 
 God's judgment upon the mockers 
 of the prophets. 
 
 AGAIN the word of the Lord 
 - came imto me, saying, 
 2 Son of man, speak to the 
 children of thy people, and say 
 unto them. When I bring the 
 sword upon a land, if the peo- 
 ple of the land take a man of 
 
 A lar.mUalic/n EZEKIEL, XXXIII. 
 
 yet have they borne their shame 
 with them that go down to the 
 pit. 
 
 25 They have set her a bed in 
 the midst of the slain with all 
 her multitude: her graves are 
 round about him : all of them 
 micircumcised, slain by the 
 sword: though their terror was 
 caused in the land of the liv- 
 ing, yet have they borne their 
 shame with them that go down 
 to the pit : he is put in the midst 
 of them that he slain. 
 
 26 There is Meshech Tubal, 
 and aU her multitude : her 
 graves are round about him: 
 all of them uncircumcised, slain 
 by the sword, though they caus- 
 ed their tenor in the land of 
 the hving. 
 
 27 And they shall not lie with 
 the mighty tmt are fallen of the 
 uncu'cumcised, which are gone 
 down to hell with their weapons 
 
 ofwar: and they have laid their their coasts, and set him for 
 swords under their heads, but their watchman : 
 
 their iniquities shall be upon I 3 If when he seeth the sword 
 then bones, though they icere the come upon the land, he blow 
 terror of the mighty in the land the trumpet, and warn the 
 of the living. j people ; 
 
 ^ 28 Yea, thou shalt be broken 4 Then whosoever heareth the 
 in the midst of the uncircum- sound of the trumpet, and tak- 
 cised, and shalt lie with them eth not warning ; if the sword 
 
 come, and take him away, his 
 blocd shall be upon his own 
 head. 
 
 5 He heard the sound of the 
 trumpet, and took not wamicg ; 
 his blood shall be upon him. 
 But he that taketh warning 
 shall deliver his soul. 
 
 6 But if the watchman see the 
 sword come, and blow not the 
 trumpet, and the people be not 
 warned ; if the sword come, and 
 take any person from among 
 them, he is taken away in his 
 iniquity; but his blood will I 
 require at the watchman's hand. 
 
 7 IF So thou, O son of man, I 
 have set thee a watchman unto 
 the house of Israel; therefore 
 thou shalt hear the word at my 
 mouth, and warn them from 
 me. 
 
 8 When I say unto the wicked, 
 
 tJiat are slain with the sword. 
 
 29 There is Edom, her kings, 
 and all her princes, w^hich with 
 their might are laid by them 
 that were slain by the sword: 
 they shall lie with the uncir- 
 cumcised, and with them that 
 go dowTi to the pit. 
 
 30 There he the princes of the 
 north, all of them, and all the 
 Zidonians, which are gone dowTi 
 with the slain; with their ter- 
 ror they are ashamed of their 
 might; and they lie imcircum- 
 cised with tJiem that he slain by 
 the sword, and bear their shame 
 with them that go down to the 
 pit. 
 
 31 Pharaoh shall see them, and 
 shall be comforted over all his 
 multitude, even Pharaoh and all 
 his army slain by the sword, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
The equity of EZEKIEL, 
 
 O wicked man, thou shalt surely 
 die; if thou dost not speak to 
 warn the wicked from his way, 
 that wicked ')nan shall die in his 
 iniquity; but his blood will I 
 require at tliine hand. 
 
 9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the 
 wicked of his way to turn from 
 it; if he do not turn from his 
 way, he shall die in his ini- 
 quity; but thou hast delivered 
 thy soul. 
 
 10 Therefore, O thou son of 
 man, speak unto the house of 
 Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, 
 If our transgressions and our 
 sins he upon us, and we pine 
 away in them, how should we 
 then live ? 
 
 11 Say unto them, As I live, 
 saith the Lord God, I have no 
 pleasure in the death of the 
 wicked; but that the wicked 
 turn from his way and live: 
 turn ye, turn ye from your evil 
 ways; for why will ye die, O 
 house of Israel? 
 
 12 Therefore, thou son of man, 
 say unto the children of thy 
 people. The righteousness of 
 the righteous shall not deliver 
 him in the day of his transgres- 
 sion: as for the wickedness of 
 the wicked, he shall not fall 
 thereby in the day that he turn- 
 eth from his wickedness; nei- 
 ther shall the righteous be able 
 
 -to live for his riglitmasness in the 
 day that he sinneth. 
 
 13 When 1 shall say to the 
 righteous, that he shall surely 
 live ; if he trust to his own righ- 
 teousness, and commit iniqui- 
 ty, all his righteousnesses shall 
 not be remembered ; but for his 
 iniquity that he hath commit- 
 ted, he shall die for it. 
 
 14 Again, when I say unto the 
 wicked, Thou shalt surely die ; 
 if he turn from his sin, and do 
 that which is lawful and right ; 
 
 15 If the wicked restore the 
 pledge, give again that he had 
 robbed, wallc in the statutes of 
 life, without committing ini- 
 quity; he shall surely live, he 
 shall not die. 
 
 XXXIII. 
 
 God's dealings. 
 
 16 None of his sins that he 
 hath committed shall be men- 
 tioned unto him : he hath done 
 that which is lawful and right; 
 he shall surely live. 
 
 17 1[ Yet the children of thy 
 people say, The way of the 
 Lord is not equal: but as for 
 them their way is not equal. 
 
 18 When the righteous tum- 
 eth from his righteousness, and 
 committeth iniquity, he shall 
 even die thereby. 
 
 19 But if ^ the wicked turn 
 from his wickedness, and do 
 that which is lawful and right, 
 he shall live thereby. 
 
 20 1[ Yet ye say, The way of 
 the Lord is not equal. O ye 
 house of Israel, I will judge 
 you every one after his ways. 
 
 21 H And it came to pass in 
 the twelfth year of our captivity, 
 in the tenth monih, in the fifth 
 day of the month, that one that 
 had escaped out of Jerusalem 
 came imto me, saying, The city 
 is smitten. 
 
 22 Now the hand of the Lord 
 was upon me in the evening, 
 afore he that was escaped came; 
 and had opened my mouth, un- 
 til he came to me in the morn- 
 ing ; and my mouth was open- 
 ed, and I was no more dumb. 
 
 23 Then the word of the Lord 
 came unto me, saying, 
 
 24 Son of man, they that in- 
 habit those wastes of the land 
 of Israel speak, saying, Abra- 
 ham was one, and he inherited 
 the land:^ but we are many; 
 the land is given us for inhe- 
 ritance. 
 
 25 Wherefore say unto them. 
 Thus saith the Lord God; Ye 
 eat with the blood, and lift up 
 your eyes toward your idols, 
 and shed blood: and shall ye 
 possess the land? 
 
 26 Ye stand upon your sword, 
 ye work abomination, and ye 
 defile every one his neighbom's 
 wife : and shall ye possess the 
 land? 
 
 27 Say thou thus unto them. 
 Thus saith the Lord God; As 
 
A reproof of tlie EZEKIEL 
 
 I live, surely they that are in! 
 the wastes shall fall by the , 
 sword, and him that is in the 
 open field will I give to the ■ 
 beasts to be devoured, and they 
 that he in the forts and in the , 
 caves shall die of the pestilence. 
 
 28 For I will lay the land 
 most desolate, and the pomp 
 of her strength sliall cease ; and 
 the mountains of Israel shall 
 l)e desolate, that none shall pass 
 thiough. ! 
 
 29 Then shall they loiow that 
 I am the Lord, v/hen I have 
 laid the land most desolate be- 
 cause of all their abominations 
 which they have committed. 
 
 30 ^ Also, thou son of man, 
 the children of thy people still 
 are talking against thee by the 
 walls and in the doors of the 
 houses, and speak one to an- 
 other, eveiy one to his brother 
 saying. Come, I pray you, ana 
 hear what is the word that com- I 
 eth ft)rth from the Lord. 
 
 31 And they come unto thee i 
 as the peoi)le cometh, and they | 
 sit before thee r/.s my people, I 
 and they hear thy words, but 
 they will not do them : for with ! 
 their mou.th they shew much \ 
 love, hut their heart goeth after 
 their covetousness. 
 
 32 And, lo, thou art unto them 
 as a very lovely song of one that 
 hath a pleasant voice, and can 
 ])lay well on an instrument : for 
 they hear thy words, but they 
 do them not. 
 
 33 And when this cometli to 
 pass, (lo, it will come,) then 
 shall they know that a prophet 
 hath been among them. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIV. 
 
 1 A reproof of the shepherds. 7 God's 
 
 judgment against them, 11 His 
 
 movidence for his flocJc. 20 The 
 
 kingdom of Christ. 
 
 AND the word of the Lord 
 XjL came unto me, saying, 
 
 2 Son of man, prophesy against 
 the shepherds of Israel," pro- 
 phesy, and say imto them, Thu^ 
 saith the Lord God mi to the 
 shepherds ; Woe he to the shep- 
 
 XXXIV. 8lie2jlierds of It^rael. 
 herds of Israel that do feed 
 
 I themselves!* should not the 
 shepherds feed the flocks? 
 I 3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe 
 you witli the wool, ye kill them 
 \ that are fed : hut ye feed not 
 the flock. ^ 
 
 I 4 The diseased liave ye not 
 strengthened, neither have ye 
 healed that which was sick, 
 neither have ye bound up iluU 
 ichich teas broken, neither have 
 I ye brought again that which 
 I was diiven away neither have 
 1 ye sought that which was lost ; 
 i but with force and with cruelty 
 have ye ruled them. 
 I 5 And tliey were scattered, be- 
 I cause ih^re ii* no siiei»herd : and 
 ! they became meat to all the 
 beasts of the field, when they 
 were scattered. 
 
 6 My sheep wandered tlirough 
 all tlie momitains, and upon 
 every high hill : yea. my flock 
 Mas scattered upon all tlie face 
 of the earth, and none did s<jarch 
 or seek after tJiem. 
 
 7 1[ Therefore, ye shepherds, 
 hear the word of the Lord ; 
 
 8 As I live, saith the Lord God, 
 surely because my flock became 
 a prey, and my flock became 
 meat to every beast of the field, 
 becaiLse there teas no shepherd, 
 neither did my shepherds search 
 for my flock, but the shei)herds 
 fed themselves, and fed not my 
 flock; 
 
 9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, 
 hear the word of tlie Lord ; 
 
 10 Thus saith the Lord God ; 
 Behold, I am against the shep- 
 herds; and I will require my 
 flock at their hand, and cause 
 them to cease from feeding the 
 flock; neither shall the shep- 
 herds feed themselves any 
 more ; for I will deliver my 
 flock from their mouth, that 
 they may not be meat for them. 
 
 11 1[ For thus saith the Lord 
 God; Behold, I, even I, will 
 both search my sheep, and seek 
 them out. 
 
 12 As a shej)lierd 6ee]i:eth out 
 his flock in the day that he is 
 
The hlesdngs of EZEKlEL, 
 
 among bis sheep that m-e scat- 
 tered; so will I seek out my 
 sheep, and will deliver them 
 out of all places where they 
 have been scattered in the 
 cloudy and dark day.- 
 
 13 And I will biing them out 
 from the reople, and gather 
 them from the coujitries, and 
 "will biing them to theii' own 
 
 j land, and feed them upon the 
 moim tains of Israel by the ri- 
 vers, and ill all the iahabited 
 places of the country. 
 
 14 I will feed them in a good 
 pastme, and upon the high 
 momitaios of Israel shall then- 
 fold be : there shall they he in 
 a good fold, and in a fat pasture 
 shall they feed upon the moun- 
 tains of Israel, 
 
 15 I will feed my flock, and 
 I wiU cause them to lie down, 
 
 i saith the Lord God. 
 
 16 I vnll seek that which was 
 lost, and bring again that which 
 
 ' was diiven away, and will bind 
 up tliat uhicli was broken, and 
 will strengthen that which was 
 sick : but I will destroy the fat 
 and the strong ; I will feed them 
 with judgment. 
 
 \ 17 And as for you, O my flock, 
 thus saith the Lord God; Be- 
 hold, I judge bet^^een cattle and 
 cattle, bei?«'een the rams and 
 the he goats. 
 
 18 Seemeth it a small thing unto 
 you to have eaten up the good 
 pasture, but ye must tread down 
 with your feet the residue of 
 your pastures? and to have 
 drunk of the deep . waters, but 
 ye must foul the residue with 
 your feet ? 
 
 19 And as for my flock, they 
 I eat that which ye have trodden 
 
 with your feet ; and thej^ drink 
 that which ye have fouled with 
 your feet. 
 
 20 H Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God unto them; Behold, 
 I, even I, will judge between the 
 fat cattle and between the lean 
 
 i cattle. 
 
 21 Because ye have thrust with 
 side and with shoulder, and 
 
 , XXXiy. Chist's Mngdcm. 
 
 pushed all the diseased with 
 your hoiTis, till ye have scatter- 
 ed them abroad ; 
 
 22 Therefore will I save my 
 flock, and they shall no more 
 be a prey ; and I will judge be- 
 tween cattle and cattle. 
 
 23 And I will set up one shep- 
 herd over them, and he shall 
 feed them, even my servant Da- 
 vid ; he shall feed them, and he 
 shall be their shepherd. 
 
 24 And I the Lokd will be" 
 their God, and my senant Da- 
 ■sid a prince among them ; I the' 
 LoKD have spoken it. 
 
 25 And I will make with them 
 a covenant of peace, and will 
 cause the evil beasts to cease 
 out of the land: and they shall 
 dwell safely in the wilderness, 
 and sleep in the woods. 
 
 26 And I will make them and 
 the places round about my hUl 
 a blessuig ; and I will caiise the 
 shower to come down in his 
 season; there shall be showers 
 of blessing. 
 
 27 And the tree of the field 
 shall yield her fruit, and the 
 earth shall yield her increase, 
 and thej^ shall be safe in their 
 land, and shall know that I am 
 the LoED, when I have broken 
 the bands of their yoke, and 
 delivered them out of the hand 
 of those that sensed themselves 
 of them. 
 
 28 And they shall no more be 
 a prey to the heathen, neither 
 shall the beast of the land de- 
 vour them ; but they shall dwell 
 safely, and none shall njake 
 tliem afraid. 
 
 29 And I will raise up for them 
 a plant of renown, and they 
 shall be no more consumed 
 with hunger in the land, nei- 
 ther bear the shame of the hea- 
 then any more. 
 
 30 Thus shall they know that 
 I the LoKD their God am with 
 them, and that they, even the 
 house of Israel, are my people, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 31 And ye my flock, the floclc 
 of my pastui'e, are men, and I 
 
 Tt 
 
The Judgment 
 
 am yonr God, saith the Lord 
 God. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXV. 
 
 The judgment of mount Seirfcnr their 
 hatred of Israel. 
 
 MOREOVER the word of 
 the Lord came unto me, 
 saying, 
 
 2 Son of man, set thy face 
 against mount Seir, and pro- 
 phesy against it, 
 
 3 And say unto it, Thus saith 
 the Lord God; Behold, O 
 mount Seir, I am against thee, 
 and I will stretch out mine 
 hand against thee, and I will 
 make thee most desolate. 
 
 4 I will lay thy cities waste, 
 and thou shalt be desolate, and 
 thou shalt know that I am the 
 Lord. 
 
 5 Because thou hast had a 
 perpetual hatred, and hast shed 
 the blood of the children of Is- 
 rael by the force of the sword 
 in the time of their calamity, 
 in the time that their iniquity 
 had an end : 
 
 6 Therefore, as I live, saith 
 the Lord God, I will prepare 
 thee unto blood, and blood shall 
 pursue thee : sith thou hast not 
 hated blood, even blood shall 
 pursue thee. 
 
 7 Thus will I make mount Seir 
 most desolate, and cut off from 
 it him that passeth out and him 
 that retumeih. 
 
 8 And I will fill his moun- 
 tains with his slain m^n : in thy 
 hills, and in thy valleys, and 
 in all thy rivers, shall they fall 
 that are slain with the sword. 
 
 9 I will make thee perpetual 
 desolations, and thy cities shall 
 not return : and ye shall know 
 that I am the Lord. 
 
 10 Because thou hast said. 
 These two nations and these 
 two countries shall be mine, 
 and we will possess it ; whereas 
 the Lord was there : 
 
 11 Therefore, as I live, saith 
 the Lord God, I will even do 
 according to thine anger, and 
 according to thine envy which 
 thou hast used out of thy har 
 
 EZEKIEL, XXXV. 
 
 of mount Seir. 
 
 tred against them; and I will 
 make myself known among 
 them, when I have judged 
 thee. 
 
 12 And thou shalt know that 
 I am the Lord, and tJiat I have 
 heard all thy blasphemies which 
 thou hast spoken against the 
 mountains of Israel, saying, 
 They are laid desolate, they 
 are given us to consume. 
 
 13 Thus with your mouth ye 
 have boasted against me, and 
 have multiplied your words a- 
 gainst me : I have heard tJiem. 
 
 14 Thus saith the Lord God ; 
 When the whole earth rejoiceth, 
 I will make thee desolate. 
 
 15 As thou didst rejoice at the 
 inheritance of the house of Is- 
 rael, because it was desolate, so 
 will I do unto thee : thou shalt 
 be desolate, O mount Seir, and 
 all Idumea. even all of it : and 
 they shall know that I am the 
 Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVI. 
 1 The land of Israel is comforted, 
 both hy destruction of the heathen^ 
 who spitefully used it, 8 a'nd hy the 
 blessings of God prortiised unto it. 
 16 Israel wa» rejected /<>»• their sin, 
 21 artd shall be restored without 
 their desert. 25 The blessings of 
 Christ's kingdom. 
 
 ALSO, thou son of man, 
 - prophesy imto the moun- 
 tains of Israel, and say. Ye 
 mountains of Israel, hear the 
 word of the Lord : 
 
 2 Thus saith the Lord God; 
 Because the enemy hath said 
 against you. Aha, even the an- 
 cient high places are oiu^s in 
 possession : 
 
 3 Therefore prophesy and say. 
 Thus saith the Lord God; 
 Because they have made you 
 desolate, and swallowed you up 
 on every side, that ye might be 
 a possession unto the residue 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 
 Israel, hear the word of the 
 Lord God; Thus saith the 
 Lord God to the mountains. 
 
The land of 
 
 EZEKIEL, XXXVI. Israel comforted 
 
 and to the hills, to the rivers, 
 and to the valleys,- to the de- 
 solate wastes, and to the cities 
 that are forsaken, which be- 
 came a prey and derision to 
 the residue of the heathen that 
 are round about ; 
 
 5 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God; Surely in the fire 
 of my jealousy have I spoken 
 against the residue of the hea- 
 then, and against all Idumea, 
 which have appointed my land 
 into their possession with the 
 joy of all thsir heart, with de- 
 spiteful minds, to cast it out 
 for a prey. 
 
 6 Prophesy therefore concern- 
 ing the land of Israel, s^nd say 
 unto the mountains, and to the 
 hills, to the rivers, and to the 
 valleys, Thus saith the Lord 
 God; Behold, I have spoken 
 in my jealousy and in my 
 fury, because ye have borne 
 the shame of the heathen : 
 
 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
 God; I have lifted up mine 
 hand, Surely the heathen that 
 are about you, they shall bear 
 their shame. 
 
 8 K But ye, O mountains of 
 Israel, ye shall shoot forth your 
 branches, and yield your fruit 
 to my people of Israel ; for they 
 are at hand to come. 
 
 9 For, behold, I am for you, 
 and I will turn unto you, and 
 ye shall be tilled and sown : 
 
 10 And I will multiply men 
 upon you, all the house of Is- 
 rael, even all of it: and the 
 cities shall be inhabited, and 
 the wastes shall be builded : 
 
 11 And I will multiply upon 
 you man and beast ; and they 
 shall increase and bring fruit: 
 and I will settle you after your 
 old estates, and will do better 
 unto you than at your begm- 
 nings: and ye shall know that 
 I am the Lord. 
 
 12 Yea, I wiU cause men to 
 walk upon you, even my people 
 Israel; and they shall possess 
 thee, and thou shalt be their 
 inheritance, and thou shalt no 
 
 more henceforth bereave them 
 of tnen. 
 
 13 Thus saith the Lord God; 
 Because they say unto you, 
 Thou land devourest up men, 
 and hast bereaved thy nations ; 
 
 14 Therefore thou shalt de- 
 vour men no more, neither be-- 
 reave thy nations any more, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 15 Neither will I cause tiisn 
 to hear in thee the shame of 
 the heathen any more, neither 
 shalt thou bear the rejjroach of 
 the people any more, neither 
 shalt thou cause thy nations to 
 fall any more, saith the Lord 
 God. 
 
 16 H Moreover the word of the 
 Lord came unto me, saying, 
 
 17 Son of man, when the 
 house of Israel dwelt in their 
 own land, they defiled it by 
 their own way and by their 
 doings: their way was before 
 me as the uncleanness of a re- 
 moved woman. 
 
 18 Wherefore I poured my 
 fury upon them for the blood 
 that they had shed upon the' 
 land, and for their idols where- 
 with they had polluted it : 
 
 19 And I scattered them a- 
 mong the heathen, and they 
 were dispersed through the 
 countries: according to their 
 way and according to their do- 
 ings I judged them. 
 
 20 And when they entered 
 imto the heathen, whither they 
 went, they profaned my holy 
 name, when they said to them. 
 These are the people of the 
 Lord, and are gone forth out 
 of his land. 
 
 21 H But I had pity for mine 
 holy name, which the house of 
 Israel had profaned among the 
 heathen, whither they went. 
 
 22 Therefore say unto the 
 house of Israel, Thus saith the 
 Lord God; I do not this for 
 your sakes, O house of Israel, 
 but for mine holy name's sake, 
 which ye have profaned among 
 the heathen, whither ye went. 
 
 23 And I will sanctify my 
 
 Tt2 
 
TU hlessings of EZEKIEL, XXXVII. 
 
 great name, wliich was pro- 
 faned among the heathen, 
 wliich ye have profaned m the 
 midst of them; and the hea- 
 then shall know that I am the 
 Lord, saith the Lord God, 
 when I shall be sanctified in 
 you before their eyes. 
 
 24 For I will take you from 
 among the heathen, and gather 
 you out of all countries, and 
 will bring you into your own 
 land. 
 
 25 IF Then will I sprinkle clean 
 water upon you, and ye shall be 
 clean : from all your filthiness, 
 and from aU your idols, will I 
 cleanse you. 
 
 26 A new heart also will I 
 give yoUj and a new spirit will | 
 I put withm you : and I will ! 
 take away the stony heart out 
 of your flesh, and I will give 
 you an heart of flesh. -I 
 
 27 And I will put my spirit 
 withm^ you, and cause you to 
 walk in my statutes, and ye | 
 shall keep my judgments, and 
 do them. \ 
 
 28 And ye shall dwell in the ' 
 land that I gave to yom" fa- 
 thers ; and ye shall be my peo- 
 ple, and I will be your God. j 
 
 29 I will also save you from! 
 all your uncleannesses : and I ; 
 will call for the com, and will; 
 increase it, and lay no famine 
 upon you. i 
 
 30 And I Avill multiply the| 
 fiiiit of the tree, and the in-; 
 crease of the field, that ye shall ^ 
 receive no more reproach of fa- ! 
 mine among the heathen. 
 
 31 Then shall ye remember i 
 your own evil ways, and your' 
 doings that tcere not good, and 
 shall lothe yourselves in your 
 own sight for your iniquities 
 and for your abominations. 
 
 32 Not for your sakes do I 
 this, saith the Lord God, be it 
 known imto you: be ashamed 
 and confoimded for your own 
 ways, O house of Israel. 
 
 33 Thus saith the Lord God; 
 In the day that I shall have 
 cleansed you from all your ini- 
 
 Clirist's Mngdom. 
 
 Quities I will also cause you to 
 dwell in the cities, and the 
 wastes shall be builded. 
 
 34 And the desolate land shall 
 be tilled, whereas it lay deso- 
 late in the sight of all that 
 passed by. 
 
 35 And they shall say. This 
 land that was desolate is be- 
 come like the garden of Eden ; 
 and the waste and desolate and 
 ruined cities are become fenced, 
 and are inhabited. 
 
 36 Then the heathen that are 
 left round about you shall know 
 that I the Lord build the ruin- 
 ed places, and plant that that 
 was desolate : I the Lord have . 
 spoken it, and I will do it. 
 
 37 Thus saith the Lord God; 
 I will yet for this be enquired 
 of by the house of Israel, to do 
 it for them ; I will m crease them 
 with men like a flock. 
 
 38 As the holy flock, as the 
 flock of Jerusalem in her so- 
 lemn feasts ; so shall the waste 
 cities be filled with flocks of 
 men : and they shaU know that 
 I am the Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVII. 
 
 1 Bt/ the resurrection of dry hones, 
 11 tJie dead hope of Israel is reviv- 
 ed. 15 Bfj the uniting of two sticks, 
 18 is shewed the incorporation of 
 Israel into Juddh. 20 The promises 
 of Christ's kingdom. 
 
 THE hand of the Lord was 
 upon me, and carried me 
 out in the spirit of the Lord, 
 and set me down in the midst 
 of the valley which was frdl of 
 bones, 
 
 2 And caused me to pass by 
 them round about: and, be- 
 hold, tliere irere very many in 
 the open valley; and, lo, they 
 were very diy. 
 
 3 And he said unto me, Son 
 of man, can these bones live ? 
 And I answered, O Lord God, 
 thou knowest. 
 
 4 Again he said unto me, Pro- 
 phesy upon these bones, and 
 say unto them, O ye dry bones, 
 hear the word of the Lord. 
 
 5 Thus saith the Lord God 
 
Th£ miion of EZEKIEL, XXXVII. Israel and JuchJi. 
 
 unto these bones; Behold, I 
 will cause breath to enter into 
 you, and ye shall live : 
 
 6 And I mil lay^ sinews upon 
 you, and will bring up flesh 
 upon you, and cover you with 
 skin, and put breath in you, 
 and ye shall live ; a.nd ye shall 
 know that I am the Loed. 
 
 7 So I prophesied as I wa.s 
 commanded: and as I prophe- 
 sied, there was a noise, and be- 
 hold a shaking:, and the bones 
 came together, bone to his bone. 
 
 8 And when I beheld, lo, the 
 sinews and the flesh came up 
 upon them, and the sldn cover- 
 ed them above: but there loas 
 no breath in them. 
 
 9 Then said he unto me, Pro- 
 phesy unto the wind, prophesy, 
 son of man, and say to the wind, 
 Thus saith the Lord God ; Come 
 from the four winds, O breath, 
 and breathe upon these slain, 
 that they may live. 
 
 10 So I prophesied as he com- 
 manded me, and the breath 
 came into them, and they Hved, 
 and stood up upon their feet, 
 an exceediQg great army. 
 
 11 II Then he said unto me. 
 Son of man, these bones are 
 the whole house of Israel : be- 
 hold, they say, Our bones are 
 dried, and our hope is lost : we 
 are cut off for our parts. 
 
 . 12 Therefore prophesy and say 
 unto them. Thus saith the Lord 
 God; Behold, O my people, I 
 will open your graves, and cause 
 you to come up out of your 
 graves, and bring you into the 
 land of Israel. 
 13 And ye shall know that I 
 
 1 am the Lobd, when I have 
 
 ! opened your graves, O my peo- 
 ple, and brought you up out of 
 your graves, 
 
 '; 14 And shall put my spirit in 
 you, and ye shall live, and I 
 shall place you in your own 
 land: then shall ye know that 
 I the Lord have spoken if, and 
 performed it, saith the Lord. 
 15 IF The word of the Lord 
 
 I came again unto me, saying. 
 
 16 Moreover, thou son of man, 
 take thee one stick, and ^Tite 
 upon it, For Judah, and for 
 the children of Israel his com- 
 panions: then take another 
 stick, and write upon it. For 
 Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, 
 and for all the house of Israel 
 his companions : 
 
 17 And join them one to an- 
 other iato one stick; and they 
 shall become one in thine hand. 
 
 18 IF And when the children 
 of thy people shall speak unto 
 thee, saying, Wilt thou not 
 shew us what thou meanest by 
 these ? 
 
 19 Say imto them. Thus saith 
 the Lord God; Behold, I wiU 
 take the stick of Joseph, which 
 is in the hand of Ephraim, and 
 the tribes of Israel his fellows, 
 and will put them with him, 
 even with the stick of Judah, 
 and make them one stick, and 
 they shall be one in mine hand. 
 
 20 IF And the sticks whereon 
 thou writest shaU be in thhie 
 hand before their eyes. 
 
 21 And say. unto them. Thus 
 saith the Lord God; Behold, 
 I will take the childi^en of Is- 
 rael from among the heathen, 
 whither they be gone, and wiU 
 gather them on everj^ side, and 
 bring them into their o-^ii land : 
 
 22 And I will make them one 
 nation in the land upon the 
 mountains of Israel; and one 
 king shall be Idng to them all : 
 and they shall be no more two 
 nations, neither shall they be 
 divided mto two kingdoms any 
 more at all : 
 
 23 Neither shall they defile 
 themselves any more with their 
 idols, nor with their detestable 
 things, nor with any of their 
 transgressions : but I will save 
 them out of all their dwelhng- 
 places, wherein they have sin- 
 ned, and will cleanse them : so 
 shall they be my people, and I 
 will be their God. 
 
 24 And David my servant sfiall 
 he king over them; and they 
 all shall have one shepherd: 
 
The army and EZEKIEL, XXXVIII. malice of Gog. 
 
 north quarters, and all his 
 
 they shall also walk in my 
 judgments, and observe my 
 statutes, and do them. 
 
 25 And they shall dwell in 
 the land that I have given un- 
 to Jacob my servant, wherein 
 your fathers have dwelt; and 
 they shall dwell therein, even 
 they, and their children, and 
 their children's cliildren for 
 ever: and my servant David 
 shall he their prince for ever. 
 
 26 Moreover I will make a 
 covenant of peace -N^th them; 
 it shall be an everlasting cove- 
 nant with them: and I will 
 place them, and multiply them, 
 and will set my sanctuary in the 
 midst of them for evermore. 
 
 27 My tabernacle also shall 
 be with them: yea, I will be 
 their God, and they shall be 
 my people. 
 
 28 And the heathen shall know 
 that I the Lord do sanctify Is- 
 rael, when my sanctuary shall 
 be in the midst of them for 
 evermore. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVIII. 
 
 1 TJie army, 8 and malice of Gog. 
 14 God's judgment against him. 
 
 AND the word of the Lord 
 J\. came unto me, saying, 
 
 2 Son of man, set thy face 
 against Gog, the land of Ma- 
 gog, the chief prince of Me- 
 shech and Tubal, and prophesy 
 against him, 
 
 3 And say. Thus saith the Lord 
 God ; Behold, I am against thee, 
 O Gog, the chief prince of Me- 
 shech and Tubal : 
 
 4 And I will turn thee back, 
 and put hooks into thy jaws, 
 and I will bring thee forth, and 
 all thine army, horses and 
 horsemen, all of them clothed 
 with all sorts of armour, even 
 a great company with bucklers 
 and shields, all of them hand- 
 ling swords : 
 
 5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya 
 with them; all of them with 
 ehield and helmet : 
 
 6 Gomer, and all his bands; 
 the house of Togarmah of the 
 
 bands: and many people with 
 thee. 
 
 7 Be thou prepared, and pre- 
 pare for thyself, thou, and all 
 thy company that are assem- 
 bled unto thee, and be thou a 
 guard unto them. 
 
 8 K After many days thou shalt 
 be visited: in the latter years 
 thou shalt come into the land 
 that is brought back from the 
 sword, and is gathered out of 
 many people, against the moun- 
 tains of Israel, which have been 
 always waste : but it is brought 
 forth out of the nations, and 
 they shall dwell safely all of 
 them. 
 
 9 Thou shalt ascend and come 
 like a storm, thou shalt be like 
 a cloud to cover the land, thou, 
 and all thy bands, and many 
 people with thee. 
 
 10 Thus saith the Lord God ; 
 It shall also come to pass, that 
 at the same time shall things 
 come into thy mind, and thou 
 shalt think an evil thought : 
 
 11 And thou shalt say, I will 
 go up to the land of unwalled 
 villages ; I will go to them that 
 are at rest, that dwell safely, 
 all of them dwelling without 
 walls, and having neither bars 
 nor gates, 
 
 12 To take a spoil, and to take 
 a prey ; to turn thine hand up- 
 on the desolate places that are 
 now inhabited, and upon the 
 people that are gathered out of 
 the nations, which have gotten 
 cattle and goods, that dwell in 
 the midst of the land. 
 
 13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the 
 merchants of Tarshish, with all 
 the young lions thereof, shall 
 say unto thee. Art thou come 
 to take a spoil? hast thou ga- 
 thered thy company to take a 
 prey? to carry away silver and 
 gold, to take away cattle and 
 goods, to take a great spoil? 
 
 14 ^ Therefore, son of man, 
 prophesy and say unto Gog, 
 Thus saith the Lord God; In 
 that day when my people of 
 
God^s judgment 
 
 Israel dwelleth safely, shalt 
 thou not know it .* 
 
 15 And thou shalt come from 
 thy place out of the north parts, 
 thou, and many people with 
 thee, all of them ridmg upon 
 horses, a great company, and 
 a mighty army : 
 
 16 And thou shalt come up 
 against my people of Israel, as 
 a cloud to cover the land; it 
 shall be in the latter days, and 
 I will bring thee against my 
 land, that the heathen may 
 know me, when I ihall be 
 sanctified in thee, O Gog^ be- 
 fore their eyes. 
 
 17 Thus saith the Lord God ; 
 Art thou he of whom I have 
 spoken in old time by my ser- 
 vants the prophets of Israel, 
 which prophesied in those days 
 many years that I would bring 
 thee against them? 
 
 18 And it shall come to pass 
 at the same time when Gog 
 shall come against the land of 
 Israel, saith the Lord God, tJiat 
 my fury shall come up in my 
 face. 
 
 19 For in my jealousy and in 
 the fire of my wrath have I 
 spoken, Snrely in that day 
 there shall be a great shaking 
 in the land of Israel ; 
 
 20 So that the fishes of the 
 sea, and the fowls of the hea- 
 ven, and the beasts of the field, 
 and all creeping things that 
 creep upon the earth, and all 
 the men that are upon the face 
 of the earth, shall shake at my 
 presence, and the mountains 
 shall be thrown do^n, and the 
 steep places shall fall, and every 
 wall shall fall to the ground. 
 
 21 And I will call for a sword 
 against him throughout all my 
 mountains, saith the Ijord God : 
 every man*s sword shall be a- 
 gainst his brother. 
 
 22 And I will plead against 
 him with pestilence and "svith 
 blood; and I will rain upon 
 him, and upon his bands, and 
 upon the many people that are 
 with him, an overflowing rain. 
 
 EZEKIEL, XXXIX. 
 
 against Gog. 
 
 and great hailstones, fire, and 
 brimstone. 
 
 ^ Thus will I magnify my- 
 self, and sanctify myself; and 
 I will be known in the eyes of 
 many nations, and they shall 
 know that I am the Lobd, 
 CHAPTER XXXIX. 
 1 GocTs judgment upon Gog. 8 I^ 
 rael's victory. 11 Gog's burial in 
 Hamon-gog. 17 Hie feast of the 
 folds. 23 Israel, having been 
 plagued for their sins, shall be ga- 
 thered again with eternal favour. 
 
 THEEEFOEE, thou son 
 of man, prophesy against 
 Gog, and say. Thus saith the 
 Lord God; Behold, I am a- 
 gainst thee, O Gog, the cliief 
 piince of Meshech and Tubal : 
 
 2 And I will turn thee back, 
 and leave but^ the sixth pait 
 of thee, and will cause thee to 
 come up from the north parts, 
 and will bring thee upon t3ie 
 mountains of Israel : 
 
 3 And I wiU smite thy bov/ 
 out of thy left hand, and will 
 cause thine arrows to iall out 
 of thy right hand. 
 
 4 Thou shalt fall ' upon the 
 mountains of Israel, thou, and 
 all thy bands, and the people 
 that is with thee: I will give 
 thee unto the ravenous buds of 
 every soit, and to the beasts of 
 the field to be devoured. 
 
 5 Thou shalt faU upon the 
 open field: for I have spoken 
 it, saith the Lord God. 
 
 6 And I will send a fire on 
 Magog, and among them that 
 dwell carelessly in the isles: 
 and they shall know that I am 
 the Lord. 
 
 7 So will I make my holy 
 name known in the midst of 
 my people Ismel; and I will 
 not let them pollute my holy 
 name any more : and tlie hea- 
 then shall know that I am the 
 LoBD. the Holy One in Israel. 
 
 8 H Behold, it is come, and it 
 is done, saith the Lord God; 
 tliis is the day whereof I have 
 spoken. 
 
 ^ And they that dwell in the 
 
TheffMst EZEKIEL, 
 
 cities of Israel shall go forth, 
 and shall set on fire and bnm 
 the weapons, both the shields 
 and the bucklers, the bows and 
 the arrows, and the handstaves, 
 and the spears, and they shall 
 bum them with fire seven years : 
 
 10 So that they shall take no 
 v/ood out of the field, neither 
 rait do^vn any out of the forests ; 
 for they shall bum the weapons 
 with fire : and they shall spoil 
 those that spoiled them, and 
 rob those that robbed them, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 11 H And it shall come to pass 
 in that day, thai I will give un- 
 to Gog a place there of graves 
 in Israel, the valley of the pas- 
 sengers on the east of tlie sea : 
 and it shall stop the mioses of 
 the passengers : and there shall 
 they bury Gog and all his mul- 
 titude : and they shall call it 
 The valley of Hamon-gog. 
 
 12 xVnd seven months shall 
 the house of Israel be bmying 
 of them, that they may cleanse 
 the land. 
 
 13 Yea, all the people of the 
 land shall bury them; and it 
 shall be to them a renown the 
 day that I shall be glorified, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 14 And they shaU sever out 
 men of continual employment, 
 passing through the land to 
 bury with the passengers those 
 that remain upon the face of 
 the earth, to cleanse it: after 
 the end of seven months shall 
 they search. 
 
 15 And the passengers tJmt 
 pass through the land, when 
 any seeth a man's bone, then 
 shall he set np a sign by it, 
 till the buriers have buried it 
 in the valley of Hamon-gog. 
 
 . 16 And also the name of the 
 city shall he Hamonah. Thus 
 shall they cleanse the land. 
 17 IF And, thou son of man, 
 thus saith the Lord God ; Speak 
 nnto every feathered fowl, and 
 to every beast of the field. As- 
 semble yourselves, and come; 
 gather yourselves on every side 
 
 , XXXIX. oftJie/oicis. 
 
 to my sacrifice that I do sacri- 
 fice for you, even a great sa- 
 ciifice upon the moimtains of 
 Israel, that ye may eat flesh, 
 and drink blood. 
 
 18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the 
 mighty, and drink the blood 
 of the princes of the earth, of 
 rams, of lambs, and of goats, of 
 bullocks, all of them fatlings of 
 Bashan. 
 
 19 And ye shall eat fat till 
 ye be full, and diink blood till 
 ye be drunken, of my sacrifice 
 which I have sacrificed for you. 
 
 20 Thus ye shall be filled at 
 my table with horses and cha- 
 riots, with mighty men, and 
 with all men of war, saith the 
 Lord God. 
 
 21 And I will set my glory 
 among the heathen, and all the 
 heathen shall see my judgment 
 that I have executed, and my 
 hand that I have laid upon 
 them. 
 
 22 So the house of Israel shall 
 know that I am the Lord their 
 God from that day and forward. 
 
 23 H And the heathen shall 
 know that the house of Israel 
 went into captivity for their ini- 
 quity : because they trespassed 
 against me, therefore hid I my 
 face from them, and gave them 
 into the hand of their enemies : 
 so fell they aU by the sword. 
 
 24 According to their unelean- 
 ness and according to their 
 transgressions have I done vai- 
 to them, and hid my face from 
 them. 
 
 25 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord God; Now will I bring 
 again the captivity of Jacob, 
 and have mercy upon the v»'hole 
 house of Israel, and will be jea> 
 lous for my holy name ; 
 
 26 After that they have borne 
 their shame, and all their tres^ 
 passes whereby they have tres- 
 passed against me, when they 
 dwelt safely in their land, and 
 none made th£m afraid. 
 
 27 When I have brought them 
 again from the people, and ga- 
 thered them out of their ene» 
 
The measuring 
 
 EZEKIEL, XL. 
 
 </ the temple. 
 
 mies' lands, and am sanctified 
 in them in the sight of many 
 nations ; 
 
 28 Then shall they Imow that 
 I am the Lord tl^ir God, which 
 caused them to be led into cap- 
 tivity 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 more from them: for I 
 have poured out my spirit upon 
 the house of Israel, saith the 
 Lord God. 
 
 CHAPTER XL. 
 1 The time, manner, and end of the 
 vision. 6 The description of the 
 east gate, 20 of tJie myrth gate, 2i 
 of the south gate, 32 of the east 
 gate, 35 and of the tuyi'th gate. 39 
 Eight tables. 44 Tlie chamheis. 48 
 The porch of the house. 
 
 IN the five and twentieth year 
 of our (^ptivity, in the be- 
 ginning of the year, in the tenth 
 day of the month, in the four- 
 teenth year after tMt the city 
 was smitten, in the selfsame 
 day the hand of the Loed 
 was upon me, and brought me 
 thither. 
 
 2 In the visions of God brought 
 he me into the land of Israel, 
 and set me upon a very high 
 moimtain, by which teas as the 
 frame of a city on the south. 
 
 3 And he brought me thither, 
 and, behold, tJmre was a man, 
 whose appearance was like the 
 appearance of brass, with a line 
 of flax in his hand, aiMi a mea- 
 suring reed; and he stood in 
 the gate. 
 
 4 And the man said unto me. 
 Son of man, behold with thine 
 eyes, and hear with thine ears, 
 and set thine heart upon all 
 that I shall shew thee; for to 
 the intent that I might shew 
 tliem unto thee aH thou brought 
 hither: declare all that thou 
 seest to the house of Israel. 
 
 5 And behold a wall on the 
 outside of the house round a^ 
 bout, and in the man's hand 
 a measuring reed of six cubits 
 km^ by the cubit and an hand 
 
 breadth: so he measured the 
 breadth of the building, one 
 reed ; and the height, one reed. 
 
 6 ^ Then came he unto the gate 
 which iooketh toward the east, 
 and went up the stairs thereof, 
 and measured the threshold of 
 the gate, which was one reed 
 broad; and the other threshold 
 of the gate, which teas one reed 
 broad. 
 
 7 And ev&y little chamber icas 
 one reed long, and oi^ reed 
 broad; and l^tween the little 
 chambers were five cubits ; and 
 the thieshold of the gate by the 
 porch of the gate within icas 
 one reed. 
 
 8 He measured also the porch 
 of the gate within, one reed. 
 
 9 Then measured he the porch 
 of the gate, eight cubits; and 
 the posts thereof, two cubits; 
 and the porch of the gate icas 
 inward. 
 
 10 And tl^ little chambers of 
 the gate eastward were three 
 on this side, and three on that 
 side ; they three were of one 
 measure : and the posts had 
 one measiue on this side and 
 on that side. 
 
 11 Andhe measured the breadth 
 of the entry of the gate, ten cu- 
 bits ; and the length of the gate, 
 thirteen cubits. 
 
 12 The space also before the 
 little chambers icas one cubit 
 on this side, and the space was 
 one cubit on that side : and the 
 little chambers were six cubits 
 on this side, and six cubits on 
 that side. 
 
 13 He measured then the gate 
 from the roof of one little cham- 
 ber to the roof of another : the 
 breadth was five and twenty 
 cubits, door against door. 
 
 14 He made also posts of three- 
 score cubits, even imto the post 
 of the court round about the 
 gate. 
 
 15 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 icere narrow win- 
 
 Tt3 
 
TJie descriptim of the 
 
 dows to the little chambers, and 
 to theu' posts within the gate 
 round about, and Hkewise to 
 the arches: and windows loere 
 round about inward : and upon 
 each post luere palm trees. 
 
 17 Then brought he me into 
 the outward court, and, lo, there 
 were chambei-s, and a pavement 
 made for the court roimd about : 
 thirty chambers ivere upon the 
 pavement. 
 
 18 And the pavement by the 
 side of the gates over against 
 the length of the gates icas the 
 lower pavement. 
 
 19 Then he measured the 
 breadth from the forefront of 
 the lower gate unto the fore- 
 front of the inner court with- 
 out, an hundred cubits east- 
 ward and northward. 
 
 20 1[ And the gate of the out- 
 ward court that looked toward the 
 north, he measured the length 
 thereof, and the breadth thereof. 
 
 21 And the little chambers 
 thereof were three on this side 
 and three on that side ; and the 
 posts thereof and the arches 
 thereof were after the measure 
 of the first gate : the length 
 thereof loaSi fifty cubits, and the 
 breadth five and twenty cubits. 
 
 22 And their windows, and 
 theu' arches, and their palm 
 trees, iosre after the measure of 
 the gate that looketh toward the 
 east ; and they went up unto it 
 by seven steps ; and the arches 
 thereof were before them. 
 
 23 And the gate of the inner 
 court was over against the gate 
 toward the north, and toward 
 the east ; and he measured from 
 gate to gate an hundi'ed cubits. 
 
 24 IT After that he brought me 
 toward the south, and behold a 
 gate toward the south : and he 
 measured the posts thereof and 
 the ai'ches thereof according to 
 these measures. 
 
 25 And there were windows in it 
 and in the arches thereof round 
 about, like those windows: the 
 length ivas fifty cubits, and the 
 breadth five and twenty cubits. 
 
 EZEKIEL, XL. gates of the temple. 
 
 26 And tliei'e toere seven steps 
 to go up to it, and the arches 
 thereof were before them : and 
 it had palm trees, one on this 
 side, and another on that side, 
 upon the posts thereof. 
 
 27 And tliere was a gate in the 
 inner court toward the south: 
 and he measuied from gate to 
 gate toward the south an hun- 
 dred cubits. 
 
 28 And he brought me to the 
 inner court by the south gate : 
 and he measured the south gat© 
 according to these measures ; 
 
 29 And the little chambei-s 
 thereof, and the posts thereof, 
 and the arches thereof, accord- 
 ing to these measures : and there 
 were windows in it and in the 
 arches thereof round about : it 
 woj^ fifty cubits long, and five 
 and twenty cubits broad. 
 
 30 And the arches round about 
 ivere five and twenty cubits long, 
 and five cubits broad. 
 
 31 And the arches thereof ioere 
 toward the utter court; and palm 
 trees icere upon the posts there- 
 of: and the going up to it had 
 eight steps. 
 
 32 1[ And he brought me into 
 the inner court toward the east : 
 and he measured the gate ac- 
 cording to these measures. 
 
 33 And the little chambei-s- 
 thereof, and the posts thereof, 
 and the arches thereof, were ac- 
 cording to these measures : and 
 tJiere were windows therein and 
 in the arches thereof round a- 
 bout: 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 posts 
 thereof, on this side, and on that 
 side : and the going up to it had 
 eight steps. 
 
 35 IF And he brought me to the 
 north gate, and measured it ac- 
 cording to these measures ; 
 
 36 The httle chambers thereof, 
 the posts thereof, and the arches 
 thereof, and the windows to it 
 round about: the length wasi 
 
Tk^mii 
 
 EZEKIEL, XLL 
 
 The chamhers, <£'c. 
 
 fifty cubits, and the bi'eadth five 
 and twenty cubits. 
 
 37 And the posts thereof were 
 toward the utter court; and 
 palm trees were upon the posts 
 thereof, on this side, and on 
 that side: and the going up to 
 it had eight steps. 
 * 38 And the chambei^ and the 
 entries thereof were by the posts 
 of the gates, where they v/ashed 
 the burnt offering. 
 
 39 % And in the porch of the 
 gate were two tables on this 
 side, and two tables on that 
 side, to slay thereon the burnt 
 offering and the sin offering and 
 the trespass offering. 
 - 40 And at the side without, as 
 one goeth up to the entry of the 
 north gate, were two teibles ; and 
 on the other side, which was at 
 the porch of tlie gate, were two 
 tables. 
 
 41 Four tables ivere on this 
 side, and four tables on that 
 side, by the side of the gate; 
 eight tables, whereupon they 
 slew tJieir sacnjiees. 
 
 42 And the four tables were of 
 hewn stone for the burnt offer- 
 ing, of a cubit and an half long, 
 and a cubit and an half broad, 
 and one cubit high : whereupon 
 also they laid the instruments 
 wherewith they slew the burnt 
 offering and the sacrifice. 
 
 43 And within were hooks, an 
 hand broad, fastened round a- 
 bout: and upon the tables was 
 the flesh of the offering. 
 
 44 IF And without the inner 
 gate were the chambers of the 
 gingers in the inner comi, which 
 was at the side of the north gate ; 
 and their prospect was toward 
 the south: one at the side of 
 the east gate liaviag the prospect 
 toward the north. 
 
 45 And he said imto me, This 
 chamber, whose prospect is to- 
 ward the south, is for the priests, 
 the keepers of the charge of the 
 house. 
 
 46 And the chamber whose 
 prospect is toward the north is 
 for the priests, the keepers of 
 
 the charge of the altar: these 
 are the sons of Zadok among 
 the sons of Levi, which come 
 near to the Lord to minister 
 unto him. 
 
 47 So he measured the comt, an 
 hundred cubits long, and an hun- 
 dred cubits broad, foursquare; 
 and the altar ihcd was before the 
 house. 
 
 4S ^ And he brought me to 
 the porch of the house, and 
 measured each post of the porch, 
 five cubits on this^ side, and five 
 cubits on that side : and the 
 breadth of the gate was three 
 cubits on this side, and three 
 cubits on that side. 
 
 49 The length of the porch was 
 tAventy cubits, and the breadth 
 eleven cubits ; and he h-ought me 
 by the steps whereby they went 
 up to it: and there ^<;e?'e _ pillars 
 by the posts, one on_ this side, 
 and another on that side. 
 CHAPTER XLL 
 The ineasures, parts, chambers, and 
 ornaments of the temple. 
 
 AFTEEWARD he brought 
 me to the temple, and 
 measured the posts, six cubits 
 broad on the one side, and six 
 cubits broad on the other side, 
 tchieh was the breadth of the 
 tabernacle. 
 
 2 And the breadth of the door 
 was ten cubits; and the sides 
 of the door were five cubits on 
 the one side, and five cubits on 
 the other side : and he measured 
 the length thereof, forty cubits : 
 and the breadth, twenty cubits. 
 
 3 Then went he inward, and 
 measured the post of the door, 
 two cubits; and the door, six 
 cubits; and the breadth of the 
 door, seven cubits. 
 
 4 So he measured the length 
 thereof, twenty cubits ; and the 
 breadth, twenty cubite, before 
 the temple: and he said mito 
 me. This is the most holy phce. 
 
 5 After he measmed the wall 
 of the house, slk cubits; and 
 the breadth of every side cham- 
 ber, four cubits, round about 
 the house on eveiy side. 
 
TJie meamre», 
 
 EZEKIEL, XLI 
 
 6 And the side chambers loere 
 three, one over another, and 
 tliirty in order; and they en- 
 tered into the wall which teas of 
 the ho\ise for the side chambers 
 round about that they might 
 liave hold, but they had not 
 hold in the wall of the house. 
 
 7 And th^re was an enlarging, 
 and a winding about still up- 
 ward to the side chambers : for 
 the winding about of the house 
 went still upward round about 
 th3 house : therefore the breadth 
 of the house tca.3 still upward, 
 and 60 increased from the low- 
 est cliwiibsr to the highest by the 
 midst. 
 
 8 I saw also the height of the 
 house round about: the foun- 
 dations of the side chambers 
 were a full reed of six great 
 cubits. 
 
 9 The thickness of the wall, 
 which IV IS for the side cham- 
 ber without, was five cubits : 
 and that which toas left was the 
 place of the side chambers that 
 Wr'.re within. 
 
 10 And between tlie chambers 
 was the wideness of twenty cu- 
 bits roimd about the house on 
 every side. 
 
 11 And the doors of the side 
 chambers were toward tJie place 
 that loas left, one door toward 
 the north, and another door to- 
 ward the south : and the breadth 
 of the place that was left was 
 five cubits round about. 
 
 12 Now the building that ims 
 before the separate place at the 
 end toward the west loas seventy 
 cubits broad; and the wall of 
 the building was five cubits thick 
 round about, and the length 
 thereof ninety cubits. 
 
 13 So he measured the house, 
 an hundred cubits long ; and the 
 separate place, and the building, 
 with the walls thereof, an hun- 
 dred cubits long ; 
 
 14 Also the breadth of the face 
 of the house, and of the separate 
 place toward the east, an hun- 
 dred cubits. 
 
 15 And he measured the length 
 
 parts, chairibers, 
 
 of the building over against the 
 separate place which was behind 
 it, and the galleries thereof on 
 the one side and on the other 
 side^ an hundred cubits, with 
 the mnertemple, and the porches 
 of the comi; ; 
 
 IG The door posts, and the 
 narrow windows, and the galle- 
 ries round about on their three 
 stories, over against the door, 
 cieled with wood round about, 
 and from the gi'ound up to the 
 windows, and the windows were 
 covered ; 
 
 17 To that above the door, 
 even unto the inner house, and 
 without, and by all the wall 
 round about within and with- 
 out, by measure. 
 
 18 And it was made with che- 
 rubims and palm trees, so that 
 a palm tree was between a che- 
 nib and a cherub; and eve^-y 
 chenib had two faces ; 
 
 19 8o that the face of a man 
 ipas toward the palm tree on 
 the one side, and the face of 
 a young lion toward the palm 
 tree on the other side: it was 
 made through all the house 
 round about. 
 
 20 From the ground unto a- 
 bove the door were cherubims 
 and palm trees made, and mi 
 the wall of the temple. 
 
 21 The posts of the temple 
 were squared, and the face of the 
 sanctuary; the appearance of 
 the oiw as the appearance of the 
 otli^r. 
 
 22 The altar of wood ims three 
 cubits high, and the length 
 thereof two cubits; and the 
 comers thereof, and the length 
 thereof, and the walls thereof, 
 were of wood : and he said unto 
 me. This is the table that is be- 
 fore the Lord. 
 
 23 And the temple and the 
 sanctuary had two doors. 
 
 24 And the doors had two 
 leaves apiece, two turning leaves; 
 two leaves for the one door, and 
 two leaves for the other door. 
 
 25 And there were made on 
 them, on the doors of the temple, 
 
and ornainents 
 
 EZEKIEL, XLII. 
 
 of the temple. 
 
 cherubims and palm trees, like 
 as were made ■upon the walls; 
 and there were thick planks upon 
 the face of the porch mthout.^ 
 . 26 And iliere were narrow win- 
 dows and palm trees on the one 
 side and on the other side, on 
 the sides of the porch, and upon 
 the side chambers of the house, 
 and thick planks. 
 
 CHAPTER XLII. 
 1 Tlte chambers for the priests. 13 The 
 
 use thereof. 19 The measures of the 
 
 oiitivard court. 
 
 THEN he brought me forth 
 into the utter court, the 
 way toward the north: and he 
 brought me into the chamber 
 that was over against the sepa- 
 mte place, and which icas before 
 the building toward the north. 
 
 2 Before the length of an 
 hundred cubits was the north 
 door, and the breadth ivas fifty 
 cubits. 
 
 3 Over against the twenty cu- 
 \ hits which were for the inner 
 i court, and over against the pave- 
 I ment which was for the utter 
 
 court, loas gaUery against gal- 
 lery in three stm-ies. 
 I 4 And before the chambers inas 
 a walk of ten cubits breadth in- 
 ward, a way of one cubit; and 
 their doors toward the north. 
 
 5 Now the upper chambers 
 loere shorter: for the galleries 
 were higher than these, than 
 the lower, and than the mid- 
 dlemost 01 the building. 
 
 6 For they were in three To- 
 ries, but had not pillars as the 
 pillars of the courts : therefore 
 the huilding was straitened more 
 than the lowest and the middle- 
 most from the ground. 
 
 7 And the wall that was with- 
 out over against the chambers, 
 toward the utter court on the 
 forepart of the chambers, the 
 length thereof was fifty cubits. 
 
 8 For the length of the cham- 
 bers that were in the utter court 
 loas fifty cubits : and, lo, before 
 the temple were an hundi'ed 
 cubits. 
 
 9 And from imder these cham- 
 
 bers was the entiy on the east 
 side, as one goeth into them 
 from the utter court. 
 
 10 The chambers were in the 
 thickness of the wall of the 
 court toward the east, over a- 
 gainst the separate place, and 
 over against the building. 
 
 11 And the way before them 
 was like the appearance of the 
 chambers which tmre toward 
 the north, as long as they, and 
 as broad as they : and all their 
 goings out were both according 
 to their fashions, and according 
 to their doors. 
 
 12 And according to the doors 
 of the chambers that were to- 
 ward the south loas a door in 
 the head of the way, even the . 
 way directly before the wall to- 
 ward the east, as one entereth 
 into them. 
 
 13 IF Then said he unto me. 
 The north chambers and the 
 south chambers, which are be- 
 fore the separate place, they he 
 holy chambers, where the priests 
 that approach unto the Loed 
 shall eat the most holy things : 
 there shall they lay the most 
 holy things, and the meat of- 
 fering, and the sin ofieiing, and 
 the trespass offering; for the 
 place is holy. 
 
 14 When the priests enter there- 
 in, then shall they not go out 
 of the holy pkice into the utter 
 court, but there they shall lay 
 their garments wherein they 
 minister ; for they are holy ; and 
 shall put on other garments, 
 and shall approach to those things 
 which are for the people. 
 
 15 Now when he had made 
 an end of measuring the inner 
 house, he brought me forth to- 
 ward the gate whose prospect is 
 toward the east, and measured 
 it round about. 
 
 16 He measured the east side 
 with the measuring reed, five 
 hundj-ed reeds, with the mea- 
 sming reed round about. 
 
 17 He measured the north side, 
 five hundred reeds, with the 
 measuring reed round about. 
 
GocU glory cotmlh EZEKIEL, XLIII. 
 
 Mo the temple. 
 
 18 He measured the south side, 
 five hiuidred reeds, with the 
 measuring reed. 
 
 19 H He turned about to the 
 west side, and measured five 
 hundred reeds with the mea- 
 suring reed. 
 
 20 He measured it by the four 
 sides : it had a wall round about, 
 five hundred ?nv7.s long, and five 
 hundred broad, to make a se- 
 paration between the sanctuary 
 and the profane place. 
 
 CHAPTER XLIII. 
 
 1 Tlie returning of the qlory of God 
 into the temple. 7 The sin of Is- 
 rael himlered God's presence. 10 
 The propJiet exhorteth them to re- 
 pentance, and observation of the 
 Jaw of the house. 13 The measures, 
 18 and the ordinances of the altar. 
 
 AFTERWARD he brought 
 . me to the gate, even the 
 gate that looketh toward the 
 east : 
 
 2 And, behold, the gloiy of 
 the God of Israel came from 
 the vv'ay of the east: and his 
 voice was like a noise of many 
 waters: and the eaiih shined 
 with his glory. 
 
 3 And it was according to the 
 appearance of the vision which 
 I saw, even according to the 
 vision that I saw when I came 
 to destroy the city : and the vi- 
 sions were like the vision that 
 I saw by the river Chebar ; and 
 I fell upon my face. 
 
 4 Ajid the glory of the Lord 
 came into the house by the way 
 of the gate whose prospect is 
 toward the east. 
 
 5 So the spirit took me up, 
 and brought me into the inner 
 court; and, behold, the glory 
 of the LoED filled the house. 
 
 6 And I heard him speaking 
 unto me out of the house ; and 
 the man stood by me. 
 
 7 IF And he said unto me, Son 
 of man, the place of my throne, 
 and the place of the soles of my 
 feet, where I will dwell in the 
 midst of the children of Israel 
 for ever, and my holy name, 
 shall the house of Israel no 
 
 more defile, neither they, nor 
 their kings, by their whoredom, 
 nor by the carcases of their 
 kings m their high places. 
 
 8 In their setting of their 
 threshold by my thresholds, 
 and theu' post by my posts, 
 and the wall between me aud 
 them, they have even defiled 
 my holy name by their abomi- 
 nations that they have commit- 
 ted : wherefore I have consumed 
 them in mine anger. 
 
 9 Now let them put away their 
 whoredom, and the carcases of 
 their kings, far from me, and I 
 will dwell in the midst of them 
 for ever. 
 
 10 IF Thou son of man, shew 
 the house to the liouse of Israel, 
 that they may be asliamed of 
 their iniquities: and let them 
 measure the pattern. 
 
 11 And if they be ashamed of 
 all that they have done, shew 
 them the form of the house, 
 and the fashion thereof, and 
 the goings out thereof, and the 
 comings in thereof, and aU the 
 forms thereof, and all the ordi- 
 nances thereof, and all the forms 
 thereof, and all the laws there- 
 of: and write it in their sight, 
 that they may keep the whole 
 form thereof, and all the ordi- 
 nances thereof, and do them. 
 
 12 This is the law of the house ; 
 Upon the top of the mountain 
 the whole limit thereof round 
 about shall he most holy. Be- 
 hold, this is the law of the 
 house. 
 
 13 IF And these are the mea- 
 sures of the altar after the cu- 
 bits : The cubit is a cubit and 
 an hand breadth ; even the bot- 
 tom shall be a cubit, and the 
 breadth a cubit, and the border 
 thereof by the edge thereof round 
 about shall he a span: and this 
 shall he the higher place of the 
 altar. 
 
 14 And from the bottom upon 
 the ground even to the lower 
 settle shall he two cubits, and 
 the breadth one cubit; and 
 from the lesser settle even to the 
 
Ordinances of the altar. EZEKIEL, XLIV. Tlie peoxHe reproved. 
 
 greater settle shall he four cubits, 
 and the breadth one cubit. 
 
 15 So the altar shall he four 
 cubits ; and from the altar and 
 upward shall he four horns. 
 
 16 And the altar shcdl he twelve 
 ciibits long, twelve broad, square 
 Iq the four- squares thereof. 
 
 17 And the settle shall he four- 
 teen cubits long and fourteen 
 broad in the foiu* squares there- 
 of; and the border about it shall 
 he half a cubit ; and the bottom 
 thereof sludl he a cubit about; 
 and his staiis shall look toward 
 the east. 
 
 18 If And he said mito me. 
 Son of man, thus saith the Lord 
 God ; These are the ordinances 
 of the altar in the day when 
 they shall make it, to ofler 
 burnt offeiings thereon, and to 
 sprinkle blood thereon. 
 
 19 And thou shalt give to the 
 priests the LeA'ites that be of 
 the seed of Zadok, which ap- 
 proach unto me, to nunister 
 unto me, saith the Lord God, a 
 young bullock for a sin offering. 
 
 20 And thou shalt take of the 
 blood thereof, and put it on the 
 fom- honis of it, and on the 
 fom- corners of the settle, and 
 upon the border round about: 
 thus shalt thou cleanse and 
 purge it. 
 
 21 Thou shalt take the bul- 
 lock also of the sin offering, and 
 he shall bum it in the appoint- 
 ed place of the house, without 
 the sanctuary. 
 
 22 And on the second day thou 
 shalt offer a kid of the goats 
 without blemish for a sin offer- 
 ing ; and they shall cleanse the 
 altar, as they did cleanse it with 
 the bullock. 
 
 23 ^Tien thou hast made an 
 end of cleansiag it, thou^ shalt 
 offer a young bullock without 
 blemish, and a ram out of the 
 flock without blemish. 
 
 24 And thou shalt offer them 
 before the Loed, and the priests 
 shall cast salt upon them, and 
 they shall offer them up for a 
 burnt offering unto the Lord. 
 
 25 Seven days shalt thou pre- 
 pare every day a goat for a sin 
 offering : they shall also prepare 
 a young bullock, and a ram out 
 of the flock, without blemish. 
 
 26 Seven days shall they purge 
 the altar and pmify it ; and they 
 shall consecrate themselves. 
 
 27 And when these days are 
 expii-ed, it shall be, that upon 
 the eighth day, and so foiiN'ard, 
 the priests shall make your 
 burnt offerings upon the altar, 
 and your peace offeriugs; and 
 I will accept you, saith the Lord 
 God. 
 
 CHAPTER XLIV. 
 1 27/e east gate assigned only to the 
 prince. 4 Ttie priests reproved for 
 polluting of the sanctuary. 9 Idol-, 
 aters uncapahle of the priest's of- 
 fice. 15 The sons of Zaclok are ae-. 
 cepted thereto. 17 Ordinances for 
 the priests. 
 
 THEN he brought me back 
 the way of the gate of the 
 outward sanctuary which look- 
 eth toward the east ; and it teas 
 shut. 
 
 2 Then said the Loed unto 
 me; This gate shall be shut, 
 it shall not be opened, and no 
 man shall enter in by it; be- 
 cause the Loed, the God of 
 Israel, hath entered in by it, 
 therefore it shaU. be shut. 
 
 3^ It is for the prince; the 
 piince, he shall sit in it to eat 
 bread before the Loed ; he shall' 
 enter by the way of the porch 
 of that gate, and shall go out by" 
 the way of the same. 
 
 4 IF Then brought he me the 
 way of the noii:h gate before 
 the house : and I looked, and, 
 behold, the glory of the Loed 
 filled the house of the Loed: 
 and I fell upon my face. 
 
 5 And the Loed said unto me, 
 Son of man, mark well, and be- 
 hold 'with thine eyes, and hear 
 with thine ears all that I say 
 unto thee conceiTiing all the 
 orduiances of the house of the 
 Loed, and all the laws thereof; 
 and mark well the entering^ in 
 of the house, with every going 
 forth of the sanctuarj-. 
 
Idolaiers incai^ctbk EZEKIEL, XLIV. qf the priest*s office. 
 
 6 And thou shalt say to the 
 rebellious, even to the house of 
 Israel, Thus saith the Lord 
 God; O ye house of Israel, 
 let it suffice you of all yoiu* 
 abominations, 
 
 7 In that ye have brought iMo 
 my sa actuary strangers, uncir- 
 cumcised in heart, and uncir- 
 cumcised in flesh, to be in my 
 sanctuary, to pollute it, even my 
 house, when ye offer my bread, 
 the fat and the blood, and they 
 have broken my covenant be- 
 cause of aU your abominations. 
 
 8 And ye have not kept the 
 charge of mine holy things: 
 but ye have set keepers of my 
 charge in my sanctuary for 
 yourselves. 
 
 9 ^ Thus saith the Lord Gop ; 
 No stranger, uncircumcised in 
 heart, nor uncircumcised in 
 flesh, shall enter into my sanc- 
 tuary, of any stranger that is 
 among the children of Israel. 
 
 10 And the Levites that are 
 gone away far from me, when 
 Israel went astray, which went 
 astray away from me after their 
 idols ; they shall even bear their 
 iniquity. 
 
 11 Yet they shall be ministei-s 
 in my sanctuary, having charge 
 at the gates of the house, and 
 ministering to the house : they 
 shall slay the burnt offering 
 and the sacrifice for the peo- 
 ple, and they shall stand before 
 them to minister unto them. 
 
 12 Because they ministered 
 unto them before their idols, 
 and caused the house of Israel 
 to fall into iniquity; therefore 
 have I lifted up mine hand a- 
 gainst them, saith the Lord 
 God, and they shall bear their 
 iniquity. 
 
 13 And they shall not come 
 near unto me, to do the office 
 of a priest unto me, nor to come 
 near to any of my holy things, 
 in the most holy plaee: but 
 they shall bear their shame, 
 and their abominations which 
 they have committed. 
 
 14 But I will make them keep- 
 
 ers of the charge of the house, 
 for all the service thereof, and 
 for all that shall be done therein. 
 
 15 H But the priests the Le- 
 vites, the sons of Zadok, that 
 kept the charge of my sanctu- 
 ary when the children of Israel 
 went astray from me, they shall 
 come near to me to minister 
 unto me, and they shall stand 
 before me to offer unto me the 
 fat and the blood, saith the 
 Lord God : 
 
 16 They shall enter into my 
 sanctuary, and they shall come 
 near to my table, to minister 
 unto me, and they shall keep 
 my charge. 
 
 17 1[ And it shall come to pass, 
 that when they enter in at the 
 gates of the inner court, they 
 shall be clothed with linen gar- 
 ments ; and no wool shall come 
 upon them, whiles they minis- 
 ter in the gates of the inner 
 court, and witliin. 
 
 18 They shall have linen bon- 
 nets upon their heads, and shall 
 have linen breeches upon their 
 loins; they shall not gird them- 
 selves with any thing that c^aus- 
 eth sweat. 
 
 19 And when they go forth in- 
 to the utter court, even into the 
 utter court to the people, they 
 shall put off their garments 
 wherein they ministered, and 
 lay them in the holy chambers, 
 and they shall put on other 
 garments; and they shall not 
 sanctify the people with their 
 garments. 
 
 20 Neither shall they shave 
 their heads, nor suffer their 
 locks to grow long; they shall 
 only poll their heads. 
 
 21 Neither shall any priest 
 drink wine, when they enter 
 into the inner court. 
 
 22 Neither shall they take for 
 their^ wives a widow, nor her 
 that is put away : but they shall 
 take maidens of the seed of the 
 house of Israel, or a widov/ that 
 had a priest before. 
 
 23 And they shall teach my 
 people the difference between the 
 
The portion 0/ Imid EZEKIEL, XLV, 
 
 holy and profane, and cause them 
 to discern between the unclean 
 and the clean. 
 
 .24 And in controversy they 
 shall stand in judgment; and 
 they shall judge it accordmg to 
 my judgments : and they shall 
 keep my laws and my statutes 
 in all mine assemblies; and 
 they shall hallow my sabbaths. 
 
 25 And thej^ shall come at no 
 dead person to detile themselves : 
 but for father, or for mother, or 
 for son, or for daughter, for bro- 
 ther or for sister that hath had 
 no husband, they may defile 
 themselves. 
 
 26 And after he is cleansed, 
 they shall reckon unto him se- 
 ven days. 
 
 27 And in the day that he go- 
 eth into the sanctuary, unto the 
 inner court, to minister m the 
 sanctuaiy, he shall ofier his sin 
 offering, saith the Lord God. 
 
 28 And it shall be unto them 
 for an inheritance: I am their 
 inheritance : and ye shall give 
 them no possession in Israel : I 
 am their possession. 
 
 29 They shall eat the meat 
 offering, and the sin offering, 
 and the trespass offering; and 
 eveiy dedicated thing in Israel 
 shall be their 's. 
 
 30 And the first of all the first- 
 fruits of all things, and every 
 oblation of aU, of every sod of 
 your oblations, shaU be the 
 priest's: ye shall also give un- 
 to the priest the first of yom- 
 dough, that he may cause the 
 blessing to rest in thine house. 
 
 31 The priests shall not eat of 
 any thing that is dead of itself, 
 or torn, whether it be fowl or 
 beast. 
 
 CHAPTER XLV. 
 1 Tfw portion of land for the sanc- 
 tuary, 6 for the city, 7 a)ul for 
 the prince. 9 Ordinances for 'the 
 prince. 
 
 MOREO^^E,whenye shaU 
 di\ide by lot the land for 
 inheritance, ye shall offer an 
 oblation unto the Loed, an holy 
 poi-tion of the land : the length 
 
 for the sanctuaru, <^c. 
 
 shall be the length of five and 
 twenty thousand reeds, and the 
 breadth shrjJl he ten thousand. 
 This shall he holy m all the bor- 
 ders thereof round about. 
 
 2 Of this there shall be for the 
 sanctuaiy five hundi'ed in leiyjOi, 
 with five hundred in breadth, 
 square round about; and fifty 
 cubits round about for the sub- 
 urbs thereof. 
 
 3 And of this measure shalt 
 thou measm-e the length of five 
 and twenty thousand, and the 
 breadth of ten thousand: and 
 in it shall be the sanctuary and 
 the most holy place. 
 
 4 The holy poHion of the land 
 shall be for the priests the mi- 
 nisters of the sanctuarj% which 
 shall come near to minister im- 
 to the Lord : and it shall be a 
 place for their houses, and an 
 holy place for the sanctuary.- 
 
 5 Ajid the five and twenty 
 thousand of length, and the ten 
 thousand of breadth, shall also 
 the Levites, the ministers of the 
 house, have for themselves, for 
 a possession for twenty cham- 
 bers. 
 
 6 IF And ye shall appoint the 
 possession of the citj" five thou- 
 sand broad, and five and twenty 
 thousand long, over aga-inst the 
 oblation of the holy portion : it 
 shaU be for the whole house of 
 Israel. 
 
 7 % And a portion shall be for 
 the prince on the one side and 
 on the other side of the obla- 
 tion of the holy poHion, and of 
 the possession of the city, be- 
 fore the oblation of the holy 
 po'rtion, and before the posses- 
 sion of the city, from the west 
 side westward, and from the 
 east side eastward: and the 
 length shall be over against one 
 of the portions, from the west 
 border unto the east border. 
 
 8 In the land shall be his pos- 
 session in Israel ; and my prin- 
 ces shall no more oppress my 
 people ; and the rest of the land 
 shall they give to the house of 
 Israel according to their tribes. 
 
Ordinmices fai' 
 
 EZEKIEL, XL VI. 
 
 Oie inince 
 
 9 H Thus saith the Lord God ; 
 Let it suffice you, O piinces of 
 Israel: remove violence and 
 spoil, and execute judgment 
 and justice, take away your ex- 
 actions from my people, saith 
 the Lord God. 
 
 10 Ye shall have just balances, 
 and a just ephah, and a just bath. 
 
 11 The ephah and the bath 
 shall be of one measure, that 
 the bath may contain the tenth 
 part of an homer, and the ephah 
 the tenth part of an homer : the 
 measure thereof shall be after 
 the homer. 
 
 12 And the shekel shall he twen- 
 ty gerahs: twenty shekels, five 
 and twenty shekels, fifteen she- 
 kels, shall be your maneli. 
 
 13 This is the oblation that ye 
 shall offer ; the sixth part of an 
 ephah of an homer of wheat, 
 and ye shall give the sixth part 
 of an ephah of an homer of 
 barley : 
 
 14 Concerning the ordinance of 
 oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer 
 the tenth part of a bath out of 
 the cor, ivhicli 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 pastures of Israel ; for 
 a meat offering, and for a bm-nt 
 offering, and for peace offerings, 
 to make reconciliation for them, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 16 All the people of the land 
 shall give this oblation for the 
 prince in Israel. 
 
 17 And it shall be the prince's 
 part to give burnt offerings, and 
 meat offerings, and drink offer- 
 ings, in the feasts, and in the 
 new moons, and in the sabbaths, 
 in all solemnities of the house 
 of Israel : he shall prepare the 
 sm offering, and the meat offer- 
 ing, and the bm-nt offering, and 
 the peace offerings, to make 
 reconciliation for the house of 
 Israel. 
 
 18 Thus saith the Lord God; 
 In the first mmith, in the fii^ 
 day of the month, thou shalt 
 
 take a young bullock without 
 blemish, and cleanse the sanc- 
 tuaiy : 
 
 19 And the priest shall take 
 of the blood of the sin offering, 
 and put it upon the posts of the 
 house, and upon the four cor- 
 ners of the settle of the altar, 
 and upon the posts of the gate 
 of the inner comt. 
 
 20 And so thou shalt do the 
 seventh day of the month for 
 every one that erreth, and for 
 him thai is simple: so shall ye 
 reconcile the house. 
 
 21 In the first month, in the 
 fouiteenth day of the month, 
 ye shall have the passover, a 
 feast of seven days ; unleaven- 
 ed bread shall be eaten. 
 
 22 And upon that day shall the 
 prince prepare for himself and 
 for all the people of the land a 
 bullock /o7- a sin offering. 
 
 23 And seven days of the feast 
 he shall prepare a burnt offer- 
 ing to the Lord, seven bullocks 
 and seven rams without blemish 
 daily the seven days ; and a kid 
 of the goats daily /or a sin offer- 
 ing. 
 
 24 And he shall prepare a meat 
 offering of an ephah for a bul- 
 lock, and an ephah for a ram, 
 and an liin of oil for an ephah. 
 
 25 In the seventh 'iiionth, in 
 the fifteenth day of the month, 
 shall he do the like in the feast 
 of the seven days, according to 
 the sin offering, according to 
 the burnt offering, and accord- 
 ing to the meat offering, and 
 according to the oil. 
 
 CHAPTER XLVL 
 1 Ordinances for the prince in his 
 worship, 9 and for the peojple. 16 
 An mder for the prince's inherit- 
 ance. 19 The courts for boiling 
 and baJcing. 
 
 THUS saith the Lord God; 
 The gate of the inner court 
 that looketh toward the east 
 shall be shut the six working 
 days; but on the sabbath it 
 shall be opened, and in the 
 day of the new moon it shall 
 be opened. 
 
and people in 
 
 2 And tlie prince shall enter 
 by the way of the porch of that 
 gate without, and shall stand 
 by the post oi the gate, and the 
 priests shall prepare his burnt 
 offering and his peace offerings, 
 and he shall worship at the 
 threshold of the gate : then he 
 shall go forth ; but the gate shall 
 not be shut until the evening. 
 
 3 Likewise the people of the 
 land shall worship at the door 
 of this gate before the Loed 
 in the sabbaths and in the new 
 moons. 
 
 4 And the burnt offering that 
 the prince shall offer unto the 
 Loud in the sabbath day shall 
 he six lambs without blemish, 
 and a ram without blemish. 
 
 5 And the meat offering slmJl 
 he an ephah for a ram, and the 
 meat offering for the lambs as 
 he shall be able to give, and an 
 hin of oil to an ephah. 
 
 6 And in the day of the new 
 moon it sJiall he a young bul- 
 lock without blemish, and six 
 lambs, and a ram: they shall 
 be without blemish. 
 
 7 And he shall prepare a meat 
 offering, an ephah for a bullock, 
 and an ephah for a ram, and for 
 the lambs according as his hand 
 shall attain unto, and an hin of 
 oil to an ephah. 
 
 8 And when the prince shall 
 enter, he shall go in by the way 
 of the porch of that gate, and he 
 shall go forth by the way thereof. 
 
 9 1[ But when the people of the 
 land shall come before the Lord 
 in the solemn feasts, he that en- 
 tereth in by the way of the north 
 gate to worship shall go out by 
 the way of the south gate ; and 
 he that entereth by the way of 
 the south gate shall go forth by 
 the way of the north gate : he 
 shall not return by the way of 
 the gate whereby he came in, 
 but shall go forth over against it. 
 
 10 And the prince in the midst 
 of them, when they go in, shall 
 go in ; and when they go forth, 
 shall go forth. 
 
 11 And in the feasts and in 
 
 EZEKIEL, XL VI. their worsliip. 
 
 the solemnities the meat offer- 
 ing shall be an ephah to a bul- 
 lock, and an ephah to a ram, 
 and to the lambs as he is able 
 to give, and an hin of oil to an 
 ephah. 
 
 12 Now when the prince shall 
 prepare a voluntary burnt of- 
 fering or peace offerings volim- 
 taiily unto the Lord, one shall 
 then open him the gate that 
 looketh toward the east, and he 
 shall prepare his burnt offering 
 and his peace offerings, as he 
 did on the sabbath day: then 
 he shall go forth ; and after his 
 going forth o^ie shall shut the 
 gate. 
 
 13 Thou shalt daily prepare a 
 burnt offering unto the Lord 
 of a lamb of the first year with- 
 out blemish : thou shalt prepare 
 it eveiy morning. 
 
 14 And thou shalt prepare a 
 meat offeiiug for it every morn- 
 ing, the sixth part of an ephah, 
 and the third part of an hin of 
 oil, to temper with the fine 
 flour; a meat offering continu- 
 ally by a perpetual ordinance 
 tmto the Lord. 
 
 15 Thus shall they prepare the 
 lamb, and the meat offeiing, and 
 the oil, every morning for a con- 
 tinual burnt offering. 
 
 16 H Thus saith the Lord God ; 
 If the prince give a gift unto 
 any of his sons, the inheritance 
 thereof shall be his sons'; it 
 shall he their possession by in- 
 heritance. 
 
 ^ 17 But if he give a gift of his 
 inheritance to one of his ser- 
 vants, then it shall be his to 
 the year of liberty; after it 
 shall return to the prince : but 
 his inheritance shall be his 
 sons' for them. 
 
 18 Moreover the prince shall 
 not take of the people's inhe- 
 ritance by oppression, to thrust 
 them out of their possession; 
 hut he shall give his sons inhe- 
 ritance out of his o^^ai posses- 
 sion: that my people be not 
 scattered every man from his 
 possession. 
 
TJie visum of 
 
 EZEKIEL, XLVII. 
 
 (he lidy wateis. 
 
 . 19 H After he brought me 
 through the entiy, which inas 
 at the side of the gate, into the 
 holy chambers of the priests, 
 which looked toward the north : 
 and, behold, there was a place 
 on the two sides westward. 
 20 Then said he unto me, This 
 is the place where the priests 
 shall boil the trespass offering 
 and the sin offering, where they 
 shall bake the meat offering; 
 that they bear th^m not out 
 into the utter court, to sanctify 
 the people. 
 
 ^ 21 Then he brought me forth 
 into the utter court, and caused 
 me to pass by the four comers 
 of the court; and, behold, in 
 every comer of the coiut there 
 ims a court. 
 
 22 In the four comers of the 
 coiut there icere courts johied 
 of forty cubits long and fhirty 
 broad: these four comers icere 
 of one measure. 
 
 23 And there was a row of 
 huilding round about in them, 
 round about them four, and it 
 teas made with boiling places 
 under the rows round about. 
 
 24 Then said he rmto me, 
 These are the places of them 
 that boil, where the ministers 
 of the house shall boil the sa- 
 crifice of the people. 
 
 CHAPTER XLVII. 
 1 The vision of the holy wafers. 6 
 The virtue of them. 13 The bor- 
 ders of the latul. 22 Tlte division 
 of it by lot. 
 
 AFTERWAED he brought 
 . me again unto the door of 
 the house; and, behold, wa- 
 ters issued out from under the 
 threshold of the house east- 
 ward: for the forefront of the 
 house stood toward the east, 
 and the waters came down from 
 'imder from the right side of 
 the house, at the south side of 
 the altar. 
 
 , 2 Then brought he me out of 
 the way of the gate northward, 
 and led me about the way with- 
 out unto the utter gate by the 
 way that looketh eastward ; and, 
 
 behold, there ran out waters on 
 the right side. 
 
 3 And when the man that had 
 the line in his hand went forth 
 eastward, he measured a thou- 
 sand cubits, and he brought me 
 through the waters ; the waters 
 were to the ancles. 
 
 4 Again he measured a thou- 
 sand, and brought me through 
 the waters; the waters were to 
 the knees. Again he measured 
 a thousand, and brought me 
 through ; the waters icere to the 
 loins. 
 
 5 Afterward he measured a 
 thousand; and it was a river 
 that I could not pa>?s over : for 
 the waters were risen, waters to 
 swim in, a river that couM not 
 be passed over. 
 
 6 1[ And he said unto me. Son 
 of man, hast thou seen this? 
 Then he brought me, and caus- 
 ed me to return to the biink of 
 the river. 
 
 7 Now when I had returned, 
 behold, at the bank of the ri- 
 ver were veiy many trees on the 
 one side and on the other. 
 
 8 Then said he unto me. 
 These waters issue out toward 
 the east country, and go down 
 into the desert, and go into the 
 sea: ivhich being brought forth 
 into the sea, the waters shall 
 be healed. 
 
 9 And it shall come to pass, 
 tlmt every thing that liveth, 
 wliich moveth, whithersoever 
 the rivers shaU come, shall 
 live : and there shall be a very 
 great multitude of fish, because 
 these waters shall come thither : 
 for they shall be healed; and 
 every thing shall live whither 
 the river cometh. 
 
 10 And it shall come to pass, 
 that the fishers shall stand up- 
 on it from Eu'gedi even unto 
 En-egiaim; they shall be a 
 place to spread forth nets ; their 
 fish shall be according to their 
 kinds, as the fish of the great 
 sea, exceeding many. 
 
 11 But the miry places there- 
 of and the mariihes thereof 
 
Bcn-ders oftlie land. EZEKIEL, 
 
 shall not be healed ; they shall 
 be given to salt. 
 
 12 And by the river upon the 
 bank thereof, on this side and 
 on that side, shall grow all trees 
 for meat, whose leaf shall not 
 fade, neither shall the fruit 
 thereof be consumed : it shall 
 bring forth new fruit accord- 
 ing to his months, because their 
 watere they issued out of the 
 sanctuary : and the fruit there- 
 of shall be for meat, and the 
 leaf thereof for medicine. 
 
 13 % Thus saith the Lord 
 God; This sMll he the bor- 
 der, whereby ye shall inherit 
 the land according to the twelve 
 tribes of Israel : Joseph shall 
 ham two portions. 
 
 14 And ye shall inherit it, one 
 as well as another: concernhig 
 the which I lifted up mine hand 
 to give it unto your fathers : and 
 this land shall fall unto you for 
 inheritance. 
 
 15 And this shall he the border 
 of the land toward the north 
 side, from the great sea, the 
 way of Hethlon, as men go to 
 Zedad ; 
 
 16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, 
 which is between the border of 
 Damascus and the border of Ha- 
 math ; Hazar-hatticon, which is 
 by the coast of Hauran. 
 
 17 And the border from the sea 
 shall be Hazar-enan, the bor- 
 der of Damascus, and the north 
 northward, and the border of 
 Hamath. And this is the north 
 side. 
 
 18 And the east side ye shall 
 measure from Hauran, and from 
 Damascus, and from Gilead, and 
 from the land of Israel hy Jor- 
 dan, from the border unto the 
 east sea. And this is the east side. 
 
 19 And the south side south- 
 ward, from Tamar even to the 
 waters of strife in Kadesh, the 
 river to the great sea. And this 
 is the south side southward. 
 
 20 The west side also sliall he 
 the great sea from the border, 
 till a man come over against 
 Hamath. This is the west side. 
 
 , XLYIII. Toiiiom of the tribes. 
 
 21 So shall ye divide this land 
 unto you according to the tribes 
 of Israel. 
 
 22 IF And it shall come to pass, 
 ilKit ye sliall divide it by lot for 
 an inheritance unto you, and to 
 the strangei-s that sojourn among 
 you, which shall beget children 
 among you: and they shall be 
 imto you as bom in the country 
 among the children of Israel; 
 they shall have inheritance with 
 yoTi among the tribes of Israel. 
 
 23 And it shall come to pass, 
 that in what tribe the stranger 
 sojoumeth, there shall ye give 
 him his inheritance, saith the 
 Lord Gon. 
 
 CHAPTER XLVIII. 
 
 1, 23 TJie portions of tlie twelve tribes, 
 8 of the sanciuary, 15 of tlie city 
 and suburbs, 21 and of the prince: 
 30 Tlie dimensions and gates of the 
 city. 
 
 IVrOW these are the names of 
 JJM the tribes. From the north 
 end to the coast of the way of 
 Hethlon, as one goeth to Ha- 
 math, Hazar-enan, the border 
 of Damascus northward, to the 
 coast of Hamath ; for these are 
 his sides east and Avest ; a pm- 
 tion for Dan. 
 
 2 And by the border of Dan, 
 from the east side unto the west 
 side, Qt, 'portion for Asher. 
 
 3 And by the border of Asher, 
 from the east side even unto the 
 west side, a portmafar Naphtali. 
 
 4 And by the border of Naph- 
 tali, from the east side rnito the 
 west side, a poiiian far Manas- 
 seh. 
 
 5 And by the border of Ma- 
 nasseh, from the east side un- 
 to the west side, a pmiion for 
 Epliraim. 
 
 6 And by the border of Eph- 
 raim, from the east side even 
 unto the west side, Si portion for 
 Reuben. 
 
 7 And by the border of Reu- 
 ben, from the east side unto the 
 west side, a portion fw Judah. 
 
 8 IF And by the border of Ju- 
 dah, from the east side unto 
 the west side, shall be the of- 
 
"Wtion 
 
 EZEKIEL, XL VIII. 
 
 of the city, &c. 
 
 /i which ye shall offer of 
 /e and twenty thousand reeds 
 /n breadth, and in length as 
 one of the other parts, from the 
 east side nnto the west side : 
 and the sanctuary shall be in 
 the midst of it. 
 
 9 The oblation that ye shall of- 
 fer unto the Lokd ^a\l he of five 
 and twenty thousand in length, 
 and of ten thousand in breadth. 
 
 10 And for them, even for the 
 priests, shall be tlm holy obla- 
 tion ; toward the north five and 
 twenty thousand in le^igtJi, and 
 toward the wTst ten thousand 
 in breadth, and toward the east 
 ten thousand in breadth, and 
 toward the south five and 
 twenty thousand in length : 
 and the sanctuary of the Loed 
 shall be in the midst thereof. 
 
 11 It sluill he for the priests 
 that are sanctified of the sons 
 of Zadok ; which have kept 
 my charge, which went not 
 astray when the children of 
 Israel went astray, as the Le- 
 Yites went astray. 
 
 12 And this oblation of the 
 land that is oflered shall be 
 unto them a thing most holy 
 by the border of the Levites. 
 
 13 And over against the border 
 of the priests the Levites sJuiJl 
 have five and twenty thousand 
 in length, and ten thousand in 
 breadth : all the length shall he 
 five and twenty thousand, and 
 the breadth ten thousand. 
 
 14 And they shall not sell of 
 it, neither exchange nor alien- 
 ate the firstfruits of the land : 
 for it is holy unto the Lord. 
 
 15 K And the five thousand, 
 that are left in the breadth over 
 against the five and twenty 
 thousand, shall be a profane 
 place for the city, for dwelling, 
 and for suburbs : and the city 
 shall be in the midst thereof. 
 
 16 And these shall he the mea- 
 sures thereof; the north side 
 four thousand and five hundred, 
 and the south side four thou- 
 sand and five hundred, and on 
 the east side four thousand and 
 
 five hundred, and the west side 
 four thousand and five hundred. 
 
 17 And the suburbs of the city 
 shall be toward the north two 
 hundred and fifty, and toward 
 the south two hundred and fifty, 
 and toward the east two hun- 
 dred and fifty, and toward the 
 west two hundred and fifty. 
 
 18 And the residue in length 
 over against the oblation of the 
 holy poi'tion shall he ten thou- 
 sand eastward, and ten thou- 
 sand westward: and it shall be 
 over against the oblation of the 
 holy iwiiion; and the increase 
 thereof shall be for food unto 
 them that serve the city. 
 
 19 And they that sene the 
 city shall serve it out of all the 
 tribes of Israel. 
 
 20 All the oblation shall he five 
 and twenty thousand by five and 
 twenty thousand : ye shall offer 
 the holy oblation foursquare, 
 with the possession of the city. 
 
 21 H And the residue shall he 
 for the prince, on the one side 
 and on the other of the holy 
 oblation, and of the possession 
 of the city, over against the 
 five and twenty thousand of 
 the oblation toward the east 
 border, and westward over a- 
 gainst the five and twenty 
 thousand toward the west bor- 
 der, over against the portions 
 for the i:>rince : and it shall 
 be the holy oblation ; and the 
 sanctuary of the house ^lall he 
 in the midst thereof. 
 
 22 Moreover from the posses- 
 sion of the Levites, and from 
 the possession of the city, heing 
 in the midst of that which is the 
 prince's, between the border of 
 Judah and the border of Ben- 
 jamin, shall be for the prince. 
 
 23 As for the rest of the tribes, 
 from the east side unto the 
 west side, Benjamin shall ham 
 a portion. 
 
 24 And by the border of Ben- 
 jamin, from the east side unto 
 the west side, Simeon shall have 
 a portion. 
 
 25 And by the border of Sime- 
 
Ttie dimmdms and EZEKIEL, 
 
 on, from the east side unto the 
 west side, Issachar SLpoition. 
 
 26 And by the border of Issa- 
 char, from the east side unto the 
 west side, Zebulun a pmiion. 
 
 27 And by the border of Ze- 
 bulun, from the east side unto 
 the west side, Gad a pwtion. 
 
 28 And by the border of Gad, 
 at the south side southward, 
 the border shall be even from 
 Tamar unto the waters of strife 
 in Kadesh, and to the river to- 
 ward the great sea. 
 
 29 This is the land wliich ye 
 shall divide by lot imto the 
 tribes of Israel for inheritance, 
 and these are their portions, 
 saith the Lord God. 
 
 30 IF And these are the goings 
 out of the city on the north 
 side, four thousand and five 
 hundred measures. 
 
 31 And the gates of the city 
 
 , XL VIII. gates of the cliy. 
 
 shaU he after the names of the 
 tribes of Israel : three gates 
 northward; one gate of Eeu- 
 ben, one gate of Judah, one 
 gate of Levi. 
 
 32 And at the east side four 
 thousand and five hundred : 
 and three gates; and one gate 
 of Joseph, one gate of Benja- 
 min, one gate of Dan. 
 
 33 And at the south side four 
 thousand and five hundred mea- 
 sures : and three gates ; one gate 
 of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, 
 one gate of Zebulun. 
 
 34 At the west side foiu thou- 
 sand and five hundred, icitJi 
 their three gates; one gate of 
 Gad, one gate of Asher, one 
 gate of Naphtali. 
 
 35 It icas round about eigh- 
 teen thousand measures: and 
 the name of the city from thoj 
 day shall he, The Lord is there. 
 
 THE BOOK OF DANIEL, 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 JehoiaMm's captivity. 3 Ashpenaz 
 taketh Daniel, Hananiah, Mislmel, 
 and Azaridh. 8 They refusing the 
 king's portion do prosper with pulse 
 and water. 17 Their excellency in 
 wisdom. 
 
 IN the third year of the reign 
 of Jehoiakim king of Judah 
 came Nebuchadnezzar Idng of 
 Babylon unto Jerusalem, and 
 besieged it. 
 
 2 And the Lord gave Jehoi- 
 akim king of Judah into his 
 hand, with part of the vessels 
 of the house of God : which he 
 carried into the land of Shinar 
 to the house of his god ; and 
 he brought the vessels into the 
 treasure house of his god. 
 
 3 1[ And the king spake un- 
 to Ashpenaz the master of his 
 eunuchs, that he should bring 
 certain of the children of Israel, 
 and of the king's seed, and of 
 the princes ; 
 
 4 Children in whom was no 
 blemish, but well favoured, and 
 skilful in all wisdom, and cim- 
 ning in knowledge, and imder- 
 
 standing science, and such as 
 had ability in them to stand in 
 the king's palace, and whom 
 they might teach the learning 
 and the tongue of the Chal- 
 deans. 
 
 5 And the king appointed them 
 a daily provision of the king's 
 meat, and of the wine which 
 he drank : so nourishing them 
 three years, that at the end 
 thereof they might stand be- 
 fore the king. 
 
 6 Now among these were of the 
 children of Judah, Daniel, Ha- 
 naniah, Mishael, and Azariah : 
 
 7 Unto whom the prince of 
 the eunuchs gave names : for 
 he gave unto Daniel the name 
 of iSelteshazzar ; and to Ha- 
 naniah, of Shadrach ; and to 
 Mishael, of Meshach ; and to 
 Azariah, of Abed-nego. 
 
 8 H But Daniel purposed in 
 his heart that he would not de- 
 file liimself with the portion of 
 the king's meat, nor with the 
 wine which he drank : there- 
 fore he requested of the prince 
 
Daniel Hamniah, dc DANIEL, II. 
 
 of the eunudis that he might 
 not defile himself. 
 
 9 Now God had brought Da- 
 niel into favour and tender love 
 with the prince of the eunuchs. 
 
 10 And the prince of the eu- 
 nuclis said unto Daniel, I fear 
 my lord the king, who hath 
 appointed your meat and yom- 
 drink : for why should he see 
 your faces worse liking than the 
 childi'en wliich an' of your sort? 
 then shall ye make im endan- 
 ger my head to the king. 
 
 11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, 
 whom the prince of the eimuchs 
 had set over Daniel, Hananiah, 
 Mishael, and Azariah, 
 
 12 Prove thy servants, I be- 
 seech thee, ten days ; and let 
 them give us pulse to eat, and 
 water to drink. 
 
 13 Then let our countenances 
 be looked upon before thee, and 
 the countenance of the childien 
 that eat of the portion of the 
 king's meat : and as thou seest, 
 deal with thy servants. 
 
 14 So he consented to them in 
 this matter, and proved them 
 ten days. 
 
 15 And at the end of ten days 
 tiieir countenances appeared 
 fairer and fatter in flesh than 
 all the cliildren which did eat 
 the portion of the king's meat. 
 
 16 Thus Melzar took away the 
 portion of their meat, and the 
 wine that they should diink; 
 and gave them pulse. 
 
 17 !i As for these four children. 
 God gave them knowledge and 
 skill in all learning and wisdom : 
 and Daniel had understanding 
 in all visions and dreams. 
 
 18 Now at the end of tlie days 
 that the king had said he should 
 bring them in, then the prince 
 
 refuse (lie Icing's meat. 
 
 dom and understanding, that 
 the king enquii-ed of them, he 
 found them ten times better than 
 all the magicians and astrologere 
 that were in all his realm. 
 21 And Daniel continued eimi 
 unto the first year of Idng Cyrus. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 1 Nebuchadnezzar, forgeUing his 
 dream, rcqnireth it of the Chal- 
 deans, hy p-omisrs and threaten-^ 
 ings. 10 They arhnoidedyinn ihelr 
 inability are judged to die. 14 l)a- 
 
 the dream. 19 lie blesseth Cod. 
 24 He staying the decree is brought 
 to the king. 31 The dream. 36 
 21ie interpretation. 46 Daniel's 
 advancement. 
 
 AND in the second year of 
 . the reign of Nebuchad- 
 nezzar Nebuchadnezzar dream- 
 ed dreams, wherewith his spi- 
 rit was troubled, and his sleep 
 brake from him. 
 
 2 Then the king commanded 
 to call the magicians, and the 
 astrologers, and the sorcerei-s, 
 and the Chaldeans, for to shew 
 the king his dreams. 8o they 
 came and stood before the Idng. 
 
 3 And the king said unto them, 
 I have dreamed a dream, and 
 my spirit was troubled to know 
 the dream. 
 
 4 Then spake the Chaldeans 
 to the king in Syriack, O king, 
 live for ever : tell thy servants 
 tlie dream, and we will shew 
 the interpretation. • ' 
 
 5 The Ivino; answered and said 
 to the Chaldeans, The thing is' 
 gone from me : if ye will not 
 make known unto me the dream, 
 ^vith the interpretation thereof, 
 ye shall be cut in pieces, and 
 your houses shall be made a 
 dunghill. I 
 
 6 But if ye shew the dream. 
 
 of the eunuchs brought them in ! and the interpretation thereof. 
 
 before Nebuchadnezzar. 
 
 ye shall receive of me gifts 
 
 19 And the king communed | and rewards and great honour: 
 with them ; and among them therefore shew me the dream, 
 
 all was found none like Daniel, 
 Hananiah, Mishael, and Aza- 
 riah : therefore stood they be- 
 fore the king. 
 
 and the intei-pretatiOn thereof. 
 7 They answered again and 
 said. Let the king tell his ser- 
 vants the dream, and we will 
 
 20 And in all matters of wis- 1 shew the interpretation of it. 
 
Nebuchadnezzar* s dream DANIEL, II. 
 
 is revealed to Lankl. 
 
 8 The king answered and said, 
 I know of certainty that ye 
 would gain the time, because ye 
 see the thing is gone from me. 
 
 9 But if ye will not make 
 known unto me the dream, 
 there is hut one decree for you : 
 for ye have prepared lying and 
 conaipt words to speak before 
 me, till the time be changed : 
 therefore tell me the dream, and 
 I shall know that ye can shew 
 me the inteii)retation thereof. 
 
 10 ^ The Chaldeans answered 
 before the Idng, and said. There 
 is not a man upon the earth 
 that can shew the king's mat- 
 ter : therefore there is no king, 
 lord, nor ruler, that asked such 
 things at any magician, or as- 
 trologer, or Chaldean. 
 
 11 And it is SL rare thing that 
 the king requu^eth, and there 
 is none other that can shew it 
 before the khig, except the gods, 
 whose dwelling is not with flesh. 
 
 12 For this cause the king was 
 angiy and very furious, and 
 commanded to destroy all the 
 wise men of Babylon. 
 
 13 And the decree went forth 
 that the wise meyi should be 
 slain ; and they sought Daniel 
 and liis fellows to be slain. 
 
 14 IT Then Daniel answered 
 with counsel and wisdom to 
 Arioch the captain of the king's 
 guard, which was gone forth to 
 slay the T\ise rnen of Babylon : 
 
 15 He answered and said to 
 Arioch the king's captain, Why 
 is the decree so hasty from the 
 king? Then Aiioch made the 
 thing known to Daniel. 
 
 16 Then Daniel went in, and 
 desired of the king that he 
 would give him time, and that 
 he would shew the kmg the in- 
 terpretation. 
 
 17 Then Daniel went to his 
 house, and made the thing 
 known to Hananiah, Mishael, 
 and Azariah, his companions : 
 
 18 That they would desire 
 mercies of the God of heaven 
 concerning this secret ; that 
 Daniel and his fellows should 
 
 not perish with the rest of the 
 wise riien of Babylon. 
 
 19 IF Then was the secret re- 
 vealed unto Daniel in a night 
 vision. Then Daniel blessed 
 the God of heaven. 
 
 20 Daniel answered and said. 
 Blessed be the name of God 
 for ever and ever: for wisdom 
 and might are his : 
 
 21 And he changeth the times 
 and the seasons : he removeth 
 kings, and setteth up kings : he 
 giveth wisdom unto the wise, 
 and knowledge to them that 
 know understanding : 
 
 22 He revealeth the deep and 
 secret things : he knoweth what 
 is in the darlmess, and the Hght 
 dwelleth with him. 
 
 23 I thank thee, and praise 
 thee, O thou God of my fathers, 
 who hast given me wisdom and 
 might, and hast made known 
 ujito me now what we desired 
 of thee : for thou hast nciv made 
 known urito us the king's matter. 
 
 24 H Therefore Daniel went 
 in unto Aiioch, whom the king 
 had ordained to destroy the wise 
 men of Babylon : he went and 
 said thus unto liim; Destroy 
 not the wise men of Babylon : 
 bring me in before the king, 
 and I will shew unto the king 
 the intei-pretation. 
 
 25 Then Arioch brought in 
 Daniel before the king in haste, 
 and said thus unto him, I have 
 found a man of the captives of 
 Judah, that vdU make known 
 unto the khig the interpretation. 
 
 26 The king answered and 
 said to Daniel, whose name was 
 Belteshazzar, Art thou able to 
 make kno^n unto me the dream 
 wMch I have seen, and the in- 
 terpretation thereof? ^ 
 
 27 Daniel an s veered in the pre- 
 sence of the king, and said. The 
 secret which the king hath de- 
 manded cannot the wise men, the 
 astrologers, the magicians, the 
 soothsayers, shew imto the king ; 
 
 28 But there is a God m hea- 
 ven that revealeth secrets, ard 
 maketh Imown to the king ISTe- 
 
 Uu 
 
r^ dream, and 
 
 DANIEL, II. 
 
 Oie irderpreUd'um. 
 
 buchadnezzar ^vhat shall be in 
 the latter days. Thy dream, 
 and the visions of thy head ui> 
 on tliy bed, are these ; 
 20 As i(\v tlieo, O kinpr, thy 
 thouM:ht.s came into thy mi ml nin 
 on thy bed, wliat ^honld come 
 to pass hereafter: and lie that 
 revealeth secrets maketh known 
 to thee what shall come to pass. 
 
 30 Bnt as for me, this secret 
 is not revealed to me for «(,tu 
 wiRl<^m tliat I have more than 
 any living, but for their wikes 
 that shall nmke known the in- 
 teri^retation to the kiiiK, and 
 that thou mit^htest know the 
 thousrhts of thv heart. 
 
 31 •! Thou, O kinp:, sawest, 
 and behold a gieat imaw. This 
 great imap:e, whose briKlitness 
 icrt.s excellent, stood before thee ; 
 and the form tliereof teas ter- 
 ril^le. 
 
 32 Tliis imacre's head w is of 
 ftue gold, his breast and his 
 arms of silver, his belly and 
 his tliitrhs of brass, 
 
 33 His lejrs of iron, his feet 
 part of iron and part of clay. 
 
 34 Thou sawest till that a stone 
 was cut out \\ithout hands, which 
 smote the imaii^e upon his feet 
 thai tcere of iron and clay, and 
 brake them to pieces. | 
 
 35 Then was the iron, the clay, j 
 the brass, the silver, and the 
 gold, broken to pieces tos^ether, ; 
 and became like the chaft" of the I 
 simimer threshingfloors ; and 
 the wind carried them aM'ay, I 
 that no place was found for \ 
 them : and the stone that smote j 
 the image became a great moun- ' 
 tain, and filled the whole earth. ! 
 
 36 H Tliis is the dream ; and | 
 we will tell the interpretation 
 thereof before the Idng. | 
 
 37 Thon, O king, art a king of | 
 kings : for the God of heaven 
 loath given thee a kingdom, 
 power, and strength, and gloiy. 
 
 38 And wheresoever the chil- 
 di'en of men dwell, the beasts 
 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. 
 30 And after thee shall arise 
 another Idngdom infenor to 
 thee, and another third kintc- 
 dom of braxs, wliich shall bear 
 rule over all the earth. 
 
 40 And the fourth kingdom 
 shall be strong as iron : foras- 
 much as iron breaketh in i)iece8 
 and sulj<lueth all thimif^: and as 
 ir(m thatl)reaketh all these, shall 
 it break in pieces and bruise. 
 
 41 And whereas thou sawest 
 the feet and toes, part of potters* 
 clay, and iiart of iron, the kijig- 
 dom shall be divided ; but there 
 shall 1)0 in it of the strength 
 of tha iron, forasmuch as thou 
 sawest the iron mixed mth miry 
 clay. 
 
 42 And as the toes of the feet 
 icere part of iron, and jtart of 
 clay, so the kingdom shall be 
 partly strong, and iiartly broken. 
 
 43 And whereas thou sawest 
 iron mixed with mir>' clay, they 
 shall nn'ngle themselves with 
 the seed of men : but they shall 
 not cleave one to another, even 
 as iron is not mixed with clay. 
 
 44 And in the days of these 
 kings shall the God of heaven 
 set up a kingdom, which shall 
 never be destroyed : and the 
 kingdom shall not be left to 
 other people, hut it shall break 
 in pieces and consume all these 
 kingdoms, and it shall stand i'or 
 ever. 
 
 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest 
 that the stone was cut out of 
 the mountain without hands, 
 and that it brake in pieces the 
 iron, the brass, the clay, the 
 silver, and the gold; the great 
 God hath made knowTi to the 
 king what shall come to pass 
 hereafter : and the dream is 
 certain, and the intei-pretation 
 thereof sure. 
 
 46 ^ Then the king Nebuchad- 
 nezzar fell upon his face, and 
 worshipped Daniel, and com- 
 manded that they should offer 
 an oblation and sweet odours 
 unto him. 
 
NelMchadrnzza/s 
 
 DAKIEL, III. golden image in Bum. 
 
 47 The king answered mito 
 Daniel, and said, Of a truth it 
 is, that your God is a God of 
 gods, and a Lord of kings, and 
 a revealer of secrets, seeing thou 
 couldest reveal this secret. 
 
 48 Then the king made Da- 
 niel a great man, and gave him 
 many great gifts, and made him 
 ruler over the whole province 
 of Babylon, and cMef of the 
 governors over all the wise men 
 of Babylon. 
 
 49 Then Daniel requested of 
 the king, and he set Shadrach, 
 Meshach, and Abed-nego, over 
 the affairs of the province of 
 Babylon : but Daniel sat in the 
 
 , gate of the king. 
 
 I CHAPTER III. 
 
 ( 1 Nebuchadnezzar dedicateth a golden 
 image in Dura. 8 Shadrach, Jle- 
 \ shach, and Abed-nego are accused 
 ] for not iforsMpping the image. 13 
 They, being threatened, m/tl-e a 
 I good confession. 19 God delivereth 
 i them out of the furnace. 26 Ne- 
 I buchadtiezzar seeing the miracle 
 I blesseth God. 
 
 n^EBUCHADNEZZAE the 
 I XN Idng made an image of 
 gold, whose height was three- 
 score cubits, and the breadth 
 thereof six cubits : he set it 
 up in the plain of Dura, in the 
 
 I i province of Babylon. 
 
 ' 2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the 
 king sent to gather together the 
 princes, the governors, and the 
 captains, the judges, the trea- 
 surers, the counsellors, the she- 
 riffs, and all the rulers of the 
 provinces, to come to the de- 
 dication of the image which 
 
 ! Nebuchadnezzar the long had 
 
 I I set up. 
 
 ! 3 Then the princes, the gover- 
 nors, and captains, the judges, 
 the treasurers, the counsellors, 
 the sheriffs, and all the rulers 
 I of the provinces, were gathered 
 I i together unto the dedication of 
 ' '■ the image that Nebuchadnezzar 
 ' the kuig had set up ; and they 
 stood before the image that Ne- 
 \ buchadnezzar had set up. 
 • 4 Then an herald cried aloud, 
 
 To you it is commanded, O peo- 
 ple, nations, and languages, 
 
 5 That at what time ye hear 
 the soimd of the comet, flute, 
 harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulci- 
 mer, and all kinds of musick, 
 ye fall down and worship the 
 golden image that Nebuchad^ 
 nezzar the long hath set up : 
 
 6 And whoso falleth not down 
 and worshippeth shall the same 
 hour be cast into the midst of a 
 burning iieiy furnace. 
 
 7 Therefore at that time, when 
 all the people heard the sound 
 of the comet, flute, harp, sack- 
 but, psaltery, and all kinds of 
 musick, all the people, the na- 
 tions, and the languages, fell 
 down and worshipped the gold- 
 en image that Nebuchadnezzar 
 the long had set up. 
 
 8 ^ Wherefore at that time 
 certain Chaldeans came near, 
 and accused the Jews. 
 
 9 They spake and said to the 
 king Nebuchadnezzar, O long, 
 live for ever. 
 
 10 Thou, O king, hast made 
 a decree, that eveiy man that 
 shall hear the sound of the cor- 
 net, flute, harp, sackbut, psal- 
 tery, and dulcimer, and all kinds 
 of musick, shall fall down and 
 worship the golden image : 
 
 11 And whoso falleth not down 
 and worshippeth, that he should 
 be cast into the midst of a burn- 
 ing fieiy fmnace. 
 
 12 There are certain Jews 
 whom thou hast set over the 
 affahs of the province of Baby- 
 lon, Shadi'ach, Meshach, and 
 Abed-nego ; these men, O king, 
 have not regarded thee : tliey 
 serve not thy gods, nor worship 
 the golden image which thou 
 hast set up. 
 
 13 H Then Nebuchadnezzar in 
 his rage and fury commanded to 
 bring Shadrach, Meshach, and 
 Abed-nego. Then they brought 
 these men before the king. 
 
 14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and 
 said unto them. Is it true, O 
 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- 
 nego, do not ye serve my gods, 
 
 U u2 
 
Shadrach, dc. cast 
 
 DANIEL, III. into the fiei-y furnace . 
 
 nor worship the golden image 
 which I have set up ? 
 
 15 Now if ye be ready that at 
 what time ye hear the sound of 
 the comet, flute, hari), sackbut, 
 psalter>% and dulcimer, and all 
 kinds of musick, ye fall down 
 and worship the image which 
 I have made ; well : but if ye 
 worship not, ye shall be cast 
 the same hour into the midst 
 of a burning liery furnace ; and 
 wlio is that God that shall de- 
 liver you out of my hands ? 
 
 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and 
 
 drach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, 
 fell down bound into the midst 
 of the buming fiery furnace. 
 
 24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the 
 king was astonied, and rose up 
 in haste, and spake, aud said 
 unto his counselloi-s. Did not 
 we cast three men bound into 
 the midst of the fire ? They 
 answeied and said imto the 
 king. True, O king. 
 
 25 He answered and said. Lo, 
 I see four men loose, walking 
 in the midst of the fire, and 
 they have no hurt ; and the 
 
 Abed-nego, answered and said ; foim of the fourth is like the 
 to the king, O Nebuchadnez- Son of God. 
 
 zar, we are not careful to an- 
 swer thee in this matter. 
 17 If it be so, our God whom 
 
 26 If Then Nebuchadnezzar 
 came near to the mouth of 
 the burning fiery fmiiace, and 
 
 ^ye sene is able to deliver us ; spake, and said, Shadiach, Me- 
 fiom the burning fiery funiace. shach, and Abed-nego, ye ser- 
 and he will deliver us out of'|Vants of the most high God, 
 thine hand. O king.^ I come forth, and come hither. 
 
 18 But if not, be it known | Then Shadrach, Meshach, and 
 unto thee, O king, that we will I Abed-nego, came forth of the 
 not serve thy gods, nor worsliip midst of the fire. 
 
 the golden image which thou 
 hast set up. 
 
 19 IT Then was Nebuchadnez- 
 zar full of fury, and the form 
 of his visage was changed a- 
 gainst Shadrach, Meshach, and 
 Abed-nego : therefoie he spake, 
 and commanded that they 
 should heat the fimiace one 
 seven times more than it was 
 ^^ ont to be heated. 
 
 20 And he commanded the 
 most mighty men that ivere in 
 his army to bind Shadrach, 
 Meshach, and Abed-nego, and 
 to cast them into the burning 
 fiery furnace. 
 
 21 Then these men were boimd 
 in their coats, their hosen, and 
 their hats, and their other gar- 
 ments, and were cast into the 
 midst of the buming fiery fur- 
 nace. 
 
 22 Therefore because the king's 
 commandment was urgent, and 
 the fm'nace exceeding hot, the 
 flame of the fire slew those men 
 that took up Shadrach, Meshach, 
 and Abed-nego. 
 
 23 And these three men, Sha- 
 
 27 And the princes, governors, 
 and captains, and the king's 
 counsellors, being gathered to- 
 gether, saw these men, upon 
 whose bodies the fire had no 
 power, nor was an hair of their 
 head singed, neither were their 
 coats changed, nor the smell of 
 fire had passed on them. 
 
 28 T//m Nebuchadnezzar spake, 
 and said. Blessed he the God of 
 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- 
 nego, who hath sent his angel, 
 and delivered his servants that 
 trusted in him, and have chang- 
 ed the king's word, and yielded 
 their bodies, that they might 
 not serve nor worship any god, 
 except their own God. 
 
 29 Therefore I make a decree. 
 That every people, nation, and , 
 language, which speak any thing 
 amiss against the God of Sha- 
 diach, Meshach, and Abed-ne- 
 go, shall be cut in pieces, and 
 their houses shall be made a 
 dunghill: because there is no 
 other God that can deliver after ., 
 this sort. 
 
 30 Then the king promoted 
 
Daniel Jieare^ 
 
 DAKIEL, TV. Nebuchadnezzar's dvenm. 
 
 Shadrach, MesliacL, and Abed- 
 nego, in the province of Ba- 
 bylon. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 Nehuchadtiezzar confesseth God's 
 kingdom, i maJcefh relation of Ms 
 dreams, vjJiicU the magicians could 
 not interpret. 8 Daniel heareth 
 the dream. 19 He interpreteth it. 
 28 Tlie story of the event. 
 ■XTEBUCHADNEZZAE tlie 
 ±yi kmg, unto all people, na- 
 tions, and languages, that dwell 
 in all the earth ; Peace be mul- 
 tiplied unto you. 
 21 thought it good to shew the 
 signs and wonders that the high 
 God hath wrought toward me, 
 
 3 How^ great are his signs ! and 
 how mighty are his wonders ! 
 his kingdom is an everlasting 
 kingdom, and his dominion is 
 from generation to generation. 
 
 4 IF I Nebuchadnezzar was at 
 rest in mine house, and flou- 
 rishing in my palace : ^ 
 
 5 I saw a dream which made 
 me afraid, and the thoughts 
 upon my bed and the visions of 
 my head troubled me. j 
 
 6 Therefore made I a decree 
 to bring in all the wise men of 
 Babylon before me, that they 
 might make known unto me the 
 interpretation of the dream. 
 
 7 Then came in the magicians, 
 the astrologers, the Chaldeans, 
 and the soothsayers : and I told 
 the dream before them ; but 
 they did not make known unto 
 me the interpretation thereof. 
 
 ^ 8 IF But at the last Daniel came 
 in before me, whose name icas 
 Belteshazzar, according to the 
 name of my god, and in whom 
 is the spuit of the holy gods : 
 and before him I told the dream, 
 mying, 
 
 9 O Belteshazzar, master of 
 the magicians, because I know 
 that the spirit of the holy gods 
 is in thee, and no secret trou- 
 bleth thee, tell me the visions of 
 my dream that I have seen, and 
 the interpretation thereof. 
 
 10 Thus were the visions of 
 mine head in my bed; I saw, 
 and behold a tree in the midst 
 
 of the earth, and the height 
 thereof was great. 
 
 11 The tree grew, and was 
 strong, and the height thereof 
 reached unto heaven, and the 
 sight thereof to the end of all 
 the earth : 
 
 12 The leaves thereof icere fair, 
 and the fiTiit thereof much, and 
 in it was meat for all : the beasts 
 of the field had shadow under 
 it, and the fowls of the heaven 
 dwelt in the boughs thereof, and 
 all flesh was fed of it. 
 
 13 I saw in the visions of my 
 head upon wcy bed, and, behold, 
 a watcher and an holy one came 
 down from heaven ; 
 
 14 He cried aloud, and said 
 thus, Hew down the tree, and 
 cut off his branches, shake off 
 his leaves, and scatter his fruit : 
 let the beasts get away from 
 under it, and the fowls from his 
 branches : 
 
 15 Nevertheless leave the stump 
 of his roots in the earth, even 
 with a band of iron and brass, 
 in the tender grass of the field ; 
 and let it be wet with the dew 
 of heaven, and M his portion be 
 with the beasts in the grass of 
 the earth : 
 
 16 Let his heart be changed 
 from man's, and let a beast's 
 heart be given unto him; and 
 let seven times pass over him. 
 
 17 This matter is by the de- 
 cree of the watchers, and the 
 demand by the word of the 
 holy ones: to the intent that 
 the living may know that the 
 most High ruleth in the king- 
 dom of men, and giveth it to 
 whomsoever he will, and set- 
 teth up over it the basest of 
 men. 
 
 18 This dream I king Nebu- 
 chadnezzar have seen. Now 
 thou, O Belteshazzar, declare 
 the interpretation thereof, for- 
 asmuch as all the wise men of 
 my kingdom are not able to 
 make laiown unto me the in- 
 terpretation : but thou aH able ; 
 for the spirit of the holy gods 
 is in thee. 
 
Daniel mterprdeOi 
 
 DANIEL, IV. Nebuchadnezzar* s dream. 
 
 19 If Then Daniel, whose name i 
 iras Belteshazzar, was astonied 
 for one honr, and his thonj^lits 
 troubled him. The king spake, 
 and said, Belteshazzar, let not 
 the dream, or the interi>retation 
 thereof, trouble tlu-e. Ik'lte- 
 ehazzar answered and said, My 
 lord, the dream be to them that 
 liate thee, and the inteipreta- 
 tion thereof to tliine enemies, 
 
 2(J The tree tliat thou sawcst, 
 which grew, and was strong, 
 whose height reached unto the 
 heaven, and the sight thereof 
 to all the earth ; 
 
 21 Whose leaves icere fair, 
 and the fruit thereof much, and 
 in it icoii meat for all ; under 
 which the beasts of the lield 
 dwelt, and upon whose branch- 
 es the fowls of the heaven had 
 their habitation : 
 
 22 It is thou, O king, that art 
 grown and become strong: for 
 thy greatness is grown, and 
 reacheth mito heaven, and thy 
 dominion to the end of the 
 earth. 
 
 23 And whereas the king saw 
 a watcher and an holy one 
 coming do\vn from heaven, and 
 saying. Hew the tree down, and 
 destroy it ; yet leave the stump 
 of the roots thereof in the earth, 
 even with a band of iron and 
 brass, in the tender grass of the 
 field; and let it be wet with 
 the dew of heaven, and IH his 
 
 portion he with the beasts of , soever he will. 
 
 2G And whereas they com- 
 manded 10 leave the stump of 
 the tree roots ; thy kingdom 
 shall be sure imto thee alter 
 that thou shalt have known 
 that the heavens do rule. 
 
 27 Wherelbre, O king, let my 
 counsel be acceptable unto thee, 
 and break otf thy shis by righ- 
 teousness, and thine iniciuitiea 
 by shewing mercy to the poor; 
 if it may be a lengthening of 
 thy tmn<iuillity. 
 
 28 1i All this came upon the 
 king Nebuchadnezzar. 
 
 29 At the end of twelve months 
 he walked in the palace of the 
 kingdom of Babylon. 
 
 30 The king spake, and said. 
 Is not this great Babylon, that 
 I have built for the house of 
 the kingdom by the might of 
 my power, and for the honour 
 of my majesty ? 
 
 31 \V'hile the word ims in the 
 king's moutli, there fell a voice 
 from heaven, myin{f, O king 
 Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is 
 si)oken; The kingdom is de- 
 parted from thee. 
 
 32 And they shall diive thee 
 from men, and thy dwelling 
 i^hall he with the beasts of the 
 lield: they shall make thee to 
 eat grass as oxen, and seven 
 times shall pass over thee, un- 
 til thou know that the most 
 High ruleth in the kingdom of 
 men, and giveth it to whom- 
 
 the field, till seven times pass 
 over him ; 
 
 24 This is the interpretation, 
 O Idug, and tliis is the decree 
 of the most High, which is come 
 upon my lord the king : 
 
 25 That they shall drive thee 
 from men, and thy dwelling 
 shall be with the beasts of the , 
 field, and they shall make thee i 
 to eat grass as oxen, and they ! 
 shall wet thee with the dew of 
 heaven, and seven times shall 
 pass over thee, till thou know 
 that the most High ruleth in 
 the kingdom of men, and giv- 
 eth it to whomsoever he will. 
 
 33 The same hour was the 
 thing fulfilled upon Nebuchad- 
 nezzar: and he was driven 
 from men, and did eat gi ass as 
 oxen, and his body was wet 
 with the dew of heaven, till his 
 hairs were grovm like eagles* 
 feathers, and his nails Hke birds' 
 claics. 
 
 34 And at the end of the 
 days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted 
 up mine eyes unto heaven, and 
 mine understanding returned 
 unto me, and I blessed the 
 most High, and I praised and 
 honoured him that liveth for 
 ever, whose dominion is an 
 
The handwriting 
 
 DAOTEL, Y. 
 
 on the wall. 
 
 everlasting dominion, and his 
 kingdom is from generation to 
 generation : 
 
 35 And all the inhabitants of 
 the earth are reputed as no- 
 thing : and he doeth accordhig 
 to his will in the army of hea- 
 ven, and among the inhabitants 
 of the earth : and none can stay 
 his hand, or say unto liim, What 
 doest thou? 
 
 36 At the same time my rea- 
 son retmned unto me ; and for 
 the glory of my kingdom, mine 
 honour and brightne^ returned 
 unto me; and my counsellor 
 and my lords sought unto me; 
 and I was established in my 
 kingdom, and excellent majesty 
 was added unto me. 
 
 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar 
 praise and extol and honour 
 the King of heaven, all whose 
 ^-orks are truth, and his ways 
 judgment : and those that w^alk 
 in pride he is able to atase. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 1 Belshazzar's impious feast. 5 A 
 handim'iting , unknoicn to the ma- 
 gicians, troubleth the Icing. 10 At 
 the commendation of the queen Da- 
 niel is brought. 17 He, reproving 
 the king of p-ide and idolatry, 25 
 readeth andinterpreteth tJoe icrit'mg. 
 30 The monarchy is translated to 
 the Medes. 
 
 BELSHAZZAE the king 
 made a great feast to a 
 thousand of his lords, and diank 
 wane before the thousand. 
 
 2 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted 
 the wine, commanded to biiiig 
 the golden and silver vessels 
 which his father Nebuchadnez- 
 zar had teiken out of the temple 
 which ivas in Jerusalem; that 
 the king, and his princes, his 
 wives, and his concubines, might 
 drink therein. 
 
 3 Then they brought the gold- 
 en vessels that w^re taken out 
 of the temple of the house of 
 God which was at Jerusalem; 
 and the Idng, and his princes, 
 his wives, and his concubines, 
 drank in theni. 
 
 4 They drank wine, and praised 
 the gods of gold, and of silver, 
 
 of bmss, of ii'on, of wood, and 
 of stone. 
 
 5 1[ In the same hour came 
 forth fingei-s of a man's hand, 
 and wi^ote over against the can- 
 dlestick upon the plaister cf 
 the wall of the Idng's palace : 
 and the king saw the part cf 
 the hand that WTote. 
 
 6 Then the Idng's countenance 
 was changed, and his thoughts 
 troubled him, so that the joints 
 of his loins w^ere loosed, and 
 his knees smote one against an- 
 other. 
 
 7 The king cried alond to bring 
 in the astrologer, the Chalde- 
 ans, and the soothsayers. And 
 the long spake, and said to the 
 wise men of Babylon, Whosoever 
 shall read this writing, and shew 
 me the interpretation thereof, 
 shall be clothed with scarlet, 
 and have a chain of gold about 
 his neok, and shall be the third 
 ruler in the kingdom. 
 
 8 Then came in all the king's 
 wise men: but they could not 
 read the writing, nor make 
 known to the king the interpre- 
 tation thereof. 
 
 9 Then was king Belshazzar 
 greatly troubled, and his coim- 
 tenance was changed in him, 
 and his lords were astonied. 
 
 10 IF Ncio the queen by reason 
 of the words of the Idng and his 
 lords <mme into the banquet 
 house : a«<i the queen spake fir A 
 said, O Mng, live for ever : let 
 not thy thoughts trouble thee, 
 nor let thy coimtenance be 
 changed: 
 
 11 There is a man in thy king- 
 dom, in whom is the spirit of the 
 holy gods; and in the days cf 
 thy father light and undei-stand- 
 ing and wisdom, like the w isdom 
 of the gods, was fomid in him ; 
 whom the king Nebuchadnezzar 
 thy father, the Idng, I say, thy 
 father, made master of the ma- 
 gicians, astrologei-s, Chaldeans, 
 and soothsayer ; 
 
 12 Fomsmuch as an excel- 
 lent spirit, and knowledge, and 
 understanding, interpreting of 
 
TJie handmriting on 
 
 DANIEL, V. 
 
 the wall exiphined. 
 
 dreams, and shewing of hard 
 sentences, and dissolving of 
 doubts, were found in the same 
 Daniel, whom the king named 
 Belteshazzar : now let Daniel 
 be called, and he will shew the 
 inteipretation. 
 
 13 Then was Daniel brought 
 in before the king. And the 
 king spake and said unto Da- 
 niel, Art thou that Daniel, 
 which mi of the children of the 
 captivity of Judah, wliom the 
 king my father brought out of 
 Jewry? 
 
 14 I have even heard of thee, 
 that the spirit of the gods is in 
 thee, and th'it light and under- 
 istanding and excellent wisdom 
 •is found in tliee. 
 
 15 And now the wise men, the 
 astrologei-s, have been brought 
 in before me, that they should 
 read this writing, and make 
 kno^^'n unto me the inteipre- 
 tation thereof: but they could 
 not shew the interpretation of 
 the thing : 
 
 16 And I have heard of tliee, 
 that thou canst make interpre- 
 tations, and dissolve doubts: 
 now if thou canst /ead the writ- 
 ing, ^ and make laiown to me 
 the interpretation thereof, thou 
 shalt be clothed with scarlet, 
 and have a chain of gold about 
 thy neck, and shalt be the thiixi 
 ruler in the kingdom. 
 
 17 K Then Daniel answered 
 and said before the king, Let 
 thy gifts be to thyself, and give 
 thy rewards to another; yet I 
 will read the wiiting unto the 
 king, and make known to him 
 ihe interpretation, 
 
 18 O thou king, the most high 
 God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy 
 father a kingdom, and majesty, 
 and glory, and honour : 
 
 19 And for the majesty that he 
 gave him, all people, nations, 
 and languages, trembled and 
 feared before him: whom he 
 would he slew; and whom he 
 would he kept aKve ; and whom 
 he would he set up ; and whom 
 he would he put down. 
 
 20 But when his heart was lift- 
 ed up, and his mind hardened 
 in pride, he was deposed ironi 
 his kingly throne, and they took 
 his glory from him : 
 
 21 And he was driven from 
 the sons of men ; and his heart 
 was made like the beafsts, and 
 his dwellmg iras with the wild 
 asses: they fed him with grass 
 like oxen, and his body was wet 
 with the dew of heaven ; till he 
 knew that the most high (Jicd 
 ruled in the kingdom of men, 
 and tJuit he appojnteth over it 
 whomsoever he will. 
 
 22 And thou his son, O Bel- 
 shazzar, hast not humbled thine 
 heart, though thou knewest all 
 this ; 
 
 23 But hast lifted up thyself 
 against the Lord of heaven; 
 and they have brought the ves- 
 sels of his house before thee, 
 and thou, and thy lords, thy 
 wives, and thy concubines have 
 diimk wine in them; and thou 
 ha.^t praised the gods of silver, 
 and gold, of brass, iron, wood, 
 and stone, which see not, nor 
 hear, nor know: and the God 
 in ^vhose hand thy breath is, 
 and whose are all thy ways, 
 hast thou not glorified : 
 
 24 Then was the part of the 
 hand sent from him; and this 
 writing was written. 
 
 25 If And this is the writing that 
 was written, MENE, IVLENE, 
 TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 
 
 26 This is the interijretation of 
 the thing: MENE; God hath 
 numbered thy kingdom, and 
 finished it. I 
 
 27 TEKEL ; Thou art weighed 
 in the balances, and art found - 
 wanting. 
 
 28 PERES; Thy kingdom is 
 divided, and given to the Medes 
 and Persians. 
 
 29 Then commanded Belshaz- . 
 zar and they clothed Daniel ' 
 with scarlet, and put a chain of i 
 gold about his neck, and made 
 
 a proclamation concerning him, • 
 that he should be the third ruler » 
 in the kingdom. * 
 
A con^iracy DANIEL, YI, 
 
 30 If In that night was Bel- 
 jshazzar the king of the Chal- 
 deans slain. 
 
 31 And Darius the Median 
 took the kingdom, being about 
 tiireescore and two years old. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 1 Daniel is made chief of the presi- 
 dents. 4 TJiep conspiring against 
 him dbfain an idolatrous decree. 
 10 Daniel, accused of the breach 
 thereof, is cast into the lioiis' den. 
 18 Daniel is saved. 2i His ccdver- 
 saries devoured, 25 and God inag- 
 nified hy a decree. 
 
 IT pleased Daiius to set over 
 the kingdom an hundi'ed and 
 twenty piinces, which should be 
 over the whole kingdom ; 
 
 2 And over these three presi- 
 dents ; of whom Daniel was first : 
 that the piinces might give ac- 
 counts unto them, and the king 
 should have no damage. 
 
 3 Then this Daniel was pre- 
 ferred above the presidents and 
 princes, because an excellent 
 spirit was in him ; and the king- 
 thought to set him over the 
 whole realm. 
 
 4 IF Then the presidents and 
 princes sought to find occasion 
 against Daniel concerning the 
 kingdom; but they could find 
 none occasion nor fault; foras- 
 much as he icas faithful, neither 
 was there any error or fault 
 found in him. 
 
 5 Then said these men, We 
 shall not find any occasion a- 
 gainst this Daniel, except we 
 find 'it agamst liim concerning 
 the law of his God. 
 
 6 Then these presidents and 
 princes assembled together to 
 the king, and said thus unto 
 him, King Darius, live for ever. 
 
 7 All the presidents of the 
 Idngdom. the governors, and the 
 princes, the coimsellors, and the 
 captains, have coe suited toge- 
 ther to establish a royal statute, 
 and to make a firm decree, that 
 whosoever shall ask a petition of 
 any God or man for thirty days, 
 save of thee. O kmg, he shall 
 be cast into the den of lions. 
 
 8 Now, Mng, establish the 
 
 against Daniel, 
 
 decree, and sign the v>riting, 
 that it be not changed, accord- 
 ing to the law of the Medes and 
 Persians, which altereth not. 
 
 9 Wherefore king Darius sign- 
 ed the writing acd the decree. 
 
 10 H Now when Daniel knew 
 that the v/riting was signed, he 
 went into his house; and his 
 windows being open in his 
 chamber toward Jerusalem, he 
 loieeled upon his knees three 
 times a day, and prayed, and 
 gave thanks before his God, as 
 he did aforetime. 
 
 11 Then these men assembled, 
 and found Daniel praying and 
 making supphcation before his 
 God. 
 
 12 Then they came near, and 
 spake before the king concern- 
 ing the king's decree; Hast 
 thou not signed a decree, that 
 every man that shall ask a pe- 
 tition of any Gcd or man within 
 thiiiy days, save of thee, O king, 
 shall be cast into the den of 
 lions? The Idng answered and 
 said. The thing is true, accord- 
 ing to the law of the Medes and 
 Persians, wMch altereth not. 
 
 13 Then answered they and 
 said befoi-e the king. That Da- 
 niel, which is of the childi'en 
 of the captivity of Judah, re- 
 garde th not thee, O king, nor 
 the decree that thou hast signed, 
 but maketh his petition thcee 
 times a day. 
 
 14 Then the king, when he 
 heard these words, was sore dis- 
 pleased with himself, and set 
 Ms heart on Daniel to dehver 
 him: and he laboured till the 
 going do^n of the sun to deh- 
 ver him. 
 
 15 Then these men assembled 
 unto the king, and said unto the 
 king. Know, O king, that the 
 law of the Medes and Persians 
 is. That no decree nor statu t-e 
 wliich the king establisheth may 
 be changed. 
 
 16 Then the king commanded, 
 and they brought Daniel, ard 
 cast Idm into the den of lions. 
 NciG the king spake and said 
 
 Uu3 
 
Dankl is cast 
 
 DANIEL, VII. 
 
 into the lions' den. 
 
 unto Daniel, Thy God whom 
 thou servest eontmually, he will 
 deliver thee. 
 
 17 And a stone was brought, 
 and laid upon the mouth of the 
 den; and the king sealed it 
 with his own signet, and with 
 the signet of his lords ; that the 
 purpose might not be changed 
 concerning Daniel. 
 
 18 H Then the king went to 
 liis palace, and passed the night | 
 fasting : neither were instru- , 
 ments of mr.sick brought before 
 him: and his sleep went from 
 him. 
 
 19 Then the king arose very 
 early in the morning, and went 
 HI liast^ unto the den of lions, j 
 
 20 And when lie came to the 
 den, he cried v. itli a lamentable i 
 voice unto Dariiel : and the king I 
 spake and said to Daniel, O | 
 Daniel, serva^it of the living | 
 God, is thy (xod, whom thouj 
 servest continually, able to de- 
 liver thee from the lions? j 
 
 21 Then said Daniel unto the ; 
 Idng. O king, live for ever. I 
 
 22 My God hath sent his an- \ 
 gel, and hath shut the lions', 
 mouths, that they have not 
 hurt me : forasmuch as before ' 
 him innocency was foimd in! 
 me ; and also before thee, O 
 Idng, have I done no hurt. ; 
 
 23 Then was the king exceed- 
 ing glad for him, and command- ; 
 cd thai; they should take Daniel . 
 up out of the den. So Daniel 
 was taken up out of the den, and 
 no manner of lim-t was found 
 upon liim, because he believed' 
 in his God. j 
 -24 ^ And the king commanded, 
 and they brought those men i 
 which had accused Daniel, and 
 they cast tn3m into the den of i 
 lions, them, their children, and 
 their wives ; and the lions had , 
 the mast3ry of them, and bralce i 
 all their bones in pieces or ever | 
 they came at the bottom of the 
 den. 
 
 25 H Then Idng Darius wrote 
 imto all people, nations, and 
 languages, that dwell in all the 
 
 earth ; Peace be multiplied unto 
 you. 
 
 26 I make a decree. That in 
 eveiy dominion of my kingdom 
 men tremble and fear before 
 the God of Daniel : for he is 
 the living God, and stedfast for 
 ever, and his kingdom tluit 
 which shall not be destroyed, 
 and his dominion shdl ho even 
 unto the end. 
 
 27 He delivercth and rescueth, 
 and lie worketh signs and won- 
 ders in heaven and in earth, who 
 hath delivered Daniel from the 
 power of the lions. 
 
 28 So this Daniel prospered in 
 the reign of Darius, and in the 
 reign of Cyrus the Persian. 
 
 CHAPTER VI r. 
 
 1 DariieVs visio^n of four beasts. 9 0/ 
 God's kingdom. 15 'Hie interpreta- 
 fion thereof. 
 
 IN the first year of Belshazzar 
 king of BaViylon Daniel had 
 a dream and visions of his head 
 upon his bed : then he wrote the 
 dream, and told tlie sum of the 
 matters. 
 
 2 Daniel spake and said, I saw 
 in my vision by night, and, be- 
 hold, the four winds of the hea- 
 ven strove upon the great sea. 
 
 3 And four great beasts came 
 up from the sea, diverse one 
 from another. 
 
 4 The first irm like a lion, and 
 had eagle's wings : I beheld till 
 the Tv^ngs thereof were plucked, 
 and it was lifted up from the 
 earth, and made stand upon the 
 feet as a man, and a man's heart 
 was given to it. 
 
 5 And behold another beast, 
 a second, like to a bear, and it 
 raised up itself on one side, and 
 it had three ribs in the mouth of 
 it between the teeth of it : and 
 they said thus unto it. Arise, 
 devoiu^ much iiesh. 
 
 6 After this I beheld, and lo 
 another, like a leopard, which 
 had upon the back of it fom* 
 wings of a fowl ; the beast had 
 also four heads; and dominion 
 was given to it. 
 
 7 After this I saw in the night 
 
Vision of four beasts, 
 
 \isions, and behold a foniili 
 beast, dreadful and terrible, and 
 strong exceedingly; and it had 
 great iron teeth: it devomed 
 and brake in pieces, and stamp- 
 ed the residue with the feet of 
 it: and it was diverse from all 
 the beasts that iDere before it; 
 and it had ten horns. 
 
 8 I considered the horns, and, 
 behold, there came np among 
 them another little horn, before 
 whom there were three of the 
 lirst horns plucked up by the 
 roots : and, behold, in this horn 
 K€re eyes like the eyes of man, 
 and a month spealdng great 
 things. 
 
 OKI beheld till the thrones 
 w^ere cast down, and the An- 
 cient of days did sit, whose gar- 
 ment ivas white ae snow, and 
 IJie hair of his head lilre the 
 pure wool: his throne ivas Wee 
 the fiery flame, cmd his wheels 
 as burning fire. 
 
 10 A fiei7 stream issued and 
 came forth from before^ him: 
 thousand thousands ministered 
 imto him, and ten thousand 
 times ten thousand stood before 
 him : the judgment was set, and 
 the boolis were opened. 
 
 11 I beheld then because of 
 the voice of the great w^ords 
 which the horn spake : I beheld 
 even till the beast was slain, 
 and his body destroyed, and 
 given to the burning flame. 
 
 12 As concerning the rest of 
 the beasts, they had their do- 
 minion taken away : yet their 
 Hves were prolonged for a sear 
 son and time. 
 
 13 I saw in the night visions, 
 and, behold, one like the Son 
 of man came with the clouds 
 of heaven, and came to the An- 
 cient of days, and they brought 
 him near before him. 
 
 14 And there was given him 
 dominion, and glory, and a 
 kingdom, tliat all people, na- 
 tions, and languages,^ should 
 sen-e him: his dominion is 
 an everlasthig dominion, which 
 shall not paes away, and his 
 
 DANIEL, VII. and tlie rMerpretativn. 
 
 kingdom that which shall not 
 be destroyed. 
 
 15 ^ I Daniel w^as grieved in 
 my spirit in the midst of my 
 body, and the visions of my 
 head troubled me. 
 
 16 I came near imto one of 
 them that stood by, and asked 
 him the tmth of all this. So he 
 told me, and made me know the 
 interpretation of the things. 
 
 17 These great beasts, which 
 are four, are four kings, ivJikh 
 shall arise out of the earth. 
 
 18 But the saints of the most 
 High shall take the kingdom, 
 and possess the kingdom for 
 ever, even for ever and ever. 
 
 19 Then I would know the 
 trutli of the fom th beast, which 
 was diverse from all the others, 
 exceeding dreadful, whose teeth 
 were of iron, and his nails ff 
 brass ; icJiicJt devoured, brake in 
 pieces, and stamped the residue 
 with his feet ; 
 
 20 And of the ten horns that 
 ivere in his head, and cf the 
 other which came up, and be- 
 fore whom three fell; even cf 
 that horn that had eyes, and a 
 mouth that spake veiy great 
 things, w^hose look icas more 
 stout than his fellows. 
 
 21 1 beheld, and the same hem 
 made war with the saints, and 
 prevailed against them ; 
 
 22 Until the Ancient of days 
 came, and judgment w^as given 
 to the saints of the most High ; 
 and the time came that the 
 sa-ints possessed the kingdom. 
 
 23 Thus he said, The fourth 
 beast shall be the fourth king- 
 dom upon earth, which shall 
 be diverse from all kingdoms, 
 and shall devour the whole 
 earth, and shall tread it down, 
 and break it in pieces, 
 
 24 And the ten horns out of 
 this kingdom are ten kings tltat 
 shall arise : and another shall 
 rise after them; and he shall 
 be diverse from the first, and 
 he shall subdue three Idngs. 
 
 25 And he shall speak (ireat 
 words against the mcst High, 
 
Bani'iTs vision of 
 
 DANIEL, VIII. the ram and lie goaf. 
 
 and sliall wear out tlie saints 
 of the most High, and think to 
 change times and laws: and 
 they shall b3 given into his 
 hand until a tini3 and times 
 and the di\ iding of time-. 
 
 26 But tlie judgment shall sit, 
 and they shall take away his 
 dominion, to consume and to 
 destroy it unto the end. 
 
 27 And the kingdom and do- 
 minion, and the greatness of 
 the kingdom undjr the wliole 
 lieaven, shall be given to the 
 people of the saints of the most 
 High, whose kingdom is an 
 everlasting kingdom, and all 
 dominions shall serve and obey 
 him. 
 
 28 Hitherto fs the end of the 
 matter. As for me Daniel, my 
 cogitations much troubled me, 
 and my countenance changed 
 in me: but I kept the matter 
 in my heart. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 1 DanieVs rn^ion of the ram and he 
 god. 13 Tlie two thonmrul three 
 hundred d'lys of mcrifice. 15 G<x- 
 briel comforteth Daniel, and inter- 
 preteth the vision. 
 
 IN the^ third year of the reign 
 of king Belshazzar a vision 
 appeared imto me, even unto me 
 Daniel, after that which ap- 
 peared unto me at the first. 
 
 2 And I saw in a vision ; and 
 it came to pass, when I saw, 
 that I itVT-s at Shushan ii the 
 palace, which ?.s in the province 
 of Elam ; and I saw in a vision, 
 and I was by the river of Ulai. 
 
 3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, 
 and saw, and, behold, there 
 stood before the river a mm 
 which had two horns: and the 
 two horns lozre high; but one 
 wrxs higher than the other, and 
 the higher came up last. 
 
 4 I saw the ram pushing west- 
 ward, and northward, and south- 
 ward; so that no beasts might 
 stand before him, neither icas 
 there any that could deliver out 
 of his hand : but he did accord- 
 ing to his will, and became great. 
 
 5 And as I was considering, 
 
 behold, an he goat came ftom 
 the west on the face of the 
 whole earth, and touched not 
 the ground : and the goat had a 
 notable honi between his eyes. 
 
 6 And he came to the ram 
 that had tico horns, which I 
 had seen standing before the 
 river, and ran unto him in the 
 fury of lu's power. 
 
 7 And I saw him come close 
 inito the ram, and he was moved 
 with choler against him, and 
 smote the ram, and brake his 
 two horns: and there was no 
 power in the ram to stand be- 
 fore liim, but he cast him down 
 to the ground, and stamped 
 upon liim : and there was none 
 that could deliver the ram out 
 of his hand. 
 
 8 Therefore i\\Q lie goat wax- 
 ed veiy great: and when he 
 was strong, the great horn was 
 broken; and for it came up 
 four notable ones toward the 
 four winds of heaven. 
 
 9 And out of one of them 
 came forth a little horn, which 
 waxed exceeding great, toward 
 the south, and toward the east, 
 and toward the pleasant land. 
 
 10 And it waxed great, even 
 to the host of heaven ; and it 
 cast down some of the host and 
 of the stars to the ground, and 
 stamped upon them. 
 
 11 Yea, he magnified himself 
 even to the prince of the host, 
 and by him the daily sacrifice 
 was taken away, and the place 
 of his sanctuary was cast down. 
 
 12 And an host was given him 
 against the daily sctcnfice by 
 reason of transgression, and it 
 cast down the truth to the 
 ground; and it practised, and 
 prospered. 
 
 13 1[ Then I heard one saint 
 speaking, and another saint said 
 mito that certain saird which 
 spake, How long shall lye the 
 vision cmcerning the daily s«- 
 erifice, and the transgression 
 of desolation, to give both the 
 sanctuaiy and the host to be 
 trodden under foot ? 
 
GcH/riel interprdeth 
 
 14 And he said unto me, Unto 
 two thousand and three himdred 
 daX'S; then shall the sanctuary 
 be cleansed. 
 
 15 II And it came to pass, when 
 I, even I Daniel, had seen the 
 yision, and sought for the mean- 
 ing-, then, behold, there stood 
 before me as the appearance of 
 a man. 
 
 16 And I heard a man's voice 
 between the hanlcs of XJlai, which 
 called, and said, Gabriel, make 
 this man to understand the 
 vision. 
 
 17 So he came near where I 
 stood: and when he came, I 
 was afraid, and fell upon my 
 face : but he said unto me. 
 Understand, O son of man: 
 for at the time of the end slidll 
 he the vision. 
 
 18 Now as he was speaking 
 with me, I was in a deep sleep 
 on my face toward the ground : 
 but he touched me, and set me 
 upright. 
 
 19 And he said. Behold, I 
 will make thee know what 
 shall be in the last end of the 
 indignation : for at the time 
 appointed the end slmll he. 
 
 20 The ram which thou sawest 
 having two horns are the kings 
 of Media and Persia. 
 
 21 And the rough goat is the 
 king of Grecia: and the great 
 horn that is between his eyes 
 is the first long. 
 
 22 Now that being broken, 
 w^iereas fom- stood up for it, 
 four kingdoms shall stand up 
 out of the nation, but not in 
 liis power. 
 
 23 And in the latter time of 
 their Idngdom, when the trans- 
 gressors are come to the full, 
 a king of fierce countenance, 
 and miderstanding dark sen- 
 tences, shall stand up. 
 
 24 And his power shall be 
 mighty, but not by his o^vn 
 power: and he shall destroy 
 wonderfully, and shall prosper, 
 and practise, and shall destroy 
 the mighty and the holy people. 
 
 25 And through his policy also 
 
 DANIEL, IX. tlie vision to Daniel. 
 
 he shall cause craft to prosper 
 in his hand ; and he shall mag- 
 nify Imnselfin his heart, and by 
 peace shall destroy many: he 
 shall also stand up against the 
 Prince of princes ; but he shall 
 be broken without hand. 
 ^ 26 And the vision of the even- 
 ing and the morning which was 
 told is true: wherefore shut 
 thou up the vision ; for it sliall 
 he for many days. 
 27 And I Daniel fainted, and 
 was sick ceiiain days ; afteiyard 
 I rose up, and did the king's 
 business ; and I was astonished 
 at the vision, but none under- 
 stood it. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 1 Daniel, considering the time of the 
 captivity, 3 maketh confession of 
 sins, 16 andprayeihfor the restora- 
 tion of Jerusalem. 20 Gabriel in- 
 formeth him of tlie seventy weehs. 
 
 IN the first year of Darius 
 the son of Ahasuerus, of 
 the seed of the Medes, which 
 was made king over the realm 
 of the Chaldeans ; 
 
 2 In the first year of liis reign 
 I Daniel understood by books 
 the number of the years, where- 
 of the word of the Loed came 
 to Jeremiah the prophet, that 
 he would accomplish seventy 
 years in the desolations of Je- 
 rusalem. 
 
 3 H And I set my face unto 
 the Lord God, to seek by prayer 
 and supplications, with fasting, 
 and sackcloth, and ashes : 
 
 4 And I prayed unto the Loed 
 my God, and made my con- 
 fession, and said, O Lord, the 
 great and dreadful God, keep- 
 ing the covenant and mercy to 
 them that love him, and to 
 them that keep his command- 
 ments ; 
 
 5 We have sinned, and have 
 committed iniquity, and have 
 done wickedly, and have rebel- 
 led, even by departing from thy 
 precepts and from thy judg- 
 ments : 
 
 6 Neither have we hearkened 
 unto thy servants the prophets, 
 
DanieCs confession, DANIEL, IX. and prao'r. 
 
 which spake in thy name to i Lord onr God »s rip:htcouB in 
 our kini^s, our princes, and our ' all his works which he doetli : 
 fathers, and to all the people i for we obeyed not his voice, 
 of the land. ^ lo And now, () Lord our God, 
 
 7 O Lord, rip;hteousness he- that hast broujrht thy people 
 Imgeth imto thee, but unto us forth out of the land of E^,^yj)t 
 confusion of iaces as at tliis with a mij^hty hand, and bast 
 day ; to the men of Judah, and | jrotten thee renown, as at this 
 to the inhabitants of Jeiiisa- 1 day ; we have sinned, we have 
 lem, and unto all Israel, Ouil \ done wickedly. 
 ((re near, and that ore far off, j 16 K O Lord, accordinc: to all 
 throuah all the countries win- 1 thy rifrhteousness, I beseech 
 ther thou hast driven them, I thee, let thine an^er and tliy 
 because of their trespass that i Imy be turned away from thy 
 they have trespassed against city Jerusalem, thy holy moiin- 
 
 thee. 
 
 8 () Loitl, to us h'hnQeth con- 
 fusion of face, to our Idnjrs, to 
 our princes, and to our fathers, 
 })e cause we have sinned against 
 thee. 
 
 9 To the Lord our God he- 
 hmg mercies and Ibrgivenesses, 
 though we have rebelled a- 
 gainst him; 
 
 10 Neither have we obeyed the 
 voice of the Lord our God, to 
 
 tain : because for our sins, aiid 
 for the iniquities of ovj- fathei-s, 
 Jerusalem and thy people are 
 b'€(An/i a reproach to all that 
 are about us. 
 
 17 Now therefore, O our God, 
 hear the prayer of thy sersant, 
 and his supplications, and cauHe 
 thy face to shine upon thy sanc- 
 tuaiy that is desolate, for the 
 Lord's sake. 
 
 18 O my God, incline thine 
 
 walk in his laws, which he set; ear and hear; open thine eyes, 
 before us by liis servants the and behold om* desolations, and 
 
 prophets. 
 11 Yea, all Israel have trans- 
 gressed thy law, even by de- 
 
 the city wliich is called by thy 
 name : for we do not present 
 our supplications before thee 
 
 parting, that they might not ■ for oiu" righteousnesses, but for 
 obey thy voice ; therefore the j thy great mercies. 
 
 curse is poured upon us, and 
 the oath that is written in the 
 law of Moses the 6er\'ant of 
 God, because we have sinned 
 against him. 
 
 12 And he hath confirmed his 
 words, which he spake against 
 us, and against our judges that 
 judged us, by bringing upon 
 us a great evil : for under the 
 whole heaven hath not been 
 done as hath been done upon 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 13 As it is vrritien in the law 
 of Moses, all this evil is come 
 upon us : yet made we not om- 
 prayer before the Lord our 
 God, that we might turn from 
 our iniquities, and understand 
 thy truth. 
 
 14 Therefore hath the Lord 
 watched upon the evil, and 
 brought it upon us: for the 
 
 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, 
 forgive; O Lord, hearken and 
 do; defer not, for thine own 
 sake, O my God: for thy city 
 and thy people are called by 
 thy name. 
 
 20 If And whiles I was speak- 
 ing, and praying, and confess- 
 ing my sin and the sin of my 
 people Israel, ^ and presenting 
 my supplication before the 
 Lord my God for the holy 
 mountain of my God ; 
 
 21 Yea, whiles I was speaking 
 in prayer, even the man Ga- 
 briel, whom I had seen in the 
 vision at the beginning, being 
 caused to fly swiftly, touched 
 me about the time of the even- 
 ing oblation. ^ 
 
 22 And he informed rne, and 
 talked with me, and said, O 
 Daniel, I am now come forth 
 
The s.?venty weeks fm-etold. DANIEL, X. Daniel seeth a vision.' 
 
 to give thee skill and Tinder- 
 standing. 
 
 23 At the beginning of thy sup- 
 plications the commandment 
 came forth, and I am come to 
 shew tliee ; for thou art greatly 
 beloved: therefore understand 
 the matter, and consider the 
 vision. 
 
 24 Seventy weeks are deter- 
 mined upon thy people and up- 
 on thy holy city, to finish the 
 transgression, and to make an 
 end of sms, and to make recon- 
 ciKation for iniquity, and to 
 bring in everlasting righteous- 
 ness, and to seal up the vision 
 and prophecy, and to anomt 
 the most Holy. 
 
 25 Know therefore and under- 
 stand, that from the going forth 
 of the commandment to restore 
 and to build Jerusalem unto the 
 Messiah the Piince shall he seven 
 weeks, and threescore and two 
 weeks : the street shall be built 
 again, and the wall, even in 
 troublous times. 
 
 26 And after threescore and 
 two vv^eeks shall Messiah be cut 
 off, but not for himself: and 
 the people of the prince that 
 shall come shall destroy the 
 city and the sanctuary; and 
 the end thereof shall he with a 
 flood, and unto the end of the 
 war desolations are detennined. 
 
 27 And he shall confirm the 
 covenant with many for one 
 week : and in the midst of the 
 week he shall cause the sacri- 
 fice and the oblation to cea^e, 
 and for the overspreading of 
 abominations he shall make 
 it desolate, even until the con- 
 summation, and that determin- 
 ed shall be poui*ed upon the 
 desolate. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 1 Daniel having humhled himself 
 
 seeth a vision. 10 Being troubled 
 
 with fear he is comforted by the 
 
 angel. 
 
 IN the third year of Cyrus 
 king of Persia a thing was 
 revealed unto Daniel, whose 
 name was called Belteshazzar ; 
 
 and the thing was true, but tlie 
 time appointed was long: and 
 he understood the tlfing, and 
 had understanding of the vision. 
 
 2 In those days I Daniel was 
 mourning thi^ee full weeks. 
 
 3 I ate no pleasant bread, nei- 
 ther came flesh nor wine in my 
 mouth, neither did I anoint 
 myself at all, till three whole 
 weeks were fulfilled. 
 
 4 And in the four and twen- 
 tieth day of the first month, as 
 I was by the side of the great 
 river, which is Hiddekel ; 
 
 5 Then I lifted up mine ej^es, 
 and looked, and behold a cer- 
 tain man clothed in linen, whose 
 loins icsre girded with fine gold 
 of Uphaz : 
 
 6 His body also loas like the 
 beryl, and his face as the ap- 
 pearance of Hghtning, and his 
 eyes as lamps of fire, and his 
 arms and his feet like in colour 
 to polished brass, and the voice 
 of his words like the voice of a 
 multitude. 
 
 7 And I Daniel alone saw the 
 \asion: for the men that were 
 with me saw not the vision; 
 but a great qualdng fell upon 
 them, so that they fled to hide 
 themselves. 
 
 8 Therefore I was left alone, 
 and saw this great vision, and 
 there remained no strength in 
 me : for my comeliness was 
 turned in me into cori'uption, 
 and I retained no strength. 
 
 9 Yet heard I the voice of his 
 words: and when I heard the 
 voice of his words, then was I 
 in a deep sleep on my face, and 
 my face toward the ground. 
 
 10 H And, behold, an hand 
 touched me, which set me upon 
 my knees and u^oii the palms 
 of my hands. 
 
 11 And he said unto me, O 
 Daniel, a man greatly beloved, 
 understand the words that I 
 speak inito thee, and stand up- 
 right : for ujito thee am I now 
 sent. And when he had spoken 
 this word unto me, I stood 
 trembling. 
 
Danid is comfmied. DANIEL, XI. 
 
 12 Then said he unto me, Fear 
 not, Daniel: for from the first 
 day that thou didst set thine 
 heart to understand, and to 
 chasten thyself before thy God, 
 thy words were heard, and I 
 am come for thy v.ords. 
 
 13 But the pruice of the king- 
 dom of Persia withstood me 
 one and twenty days: but, lo, 
 Michael, one of the cliief piin- 
 ces, came to help me; and I 
 remained there with the kings 
 of Persia. 
 
 14 Now I am come to make 
 thee understand what shall be- 
 fall thy people in the latter 
 days: for yet the vision h for 
 niany days. 
 
 15 And when he had spoken 
 Bucli words unto me, I set my 
 i'ace toward the groimd, and X 
 became dumb. 
 
 16 And, behold, one like the 
 simiUtude of the sons of men 
 touched my lips: then I open- 
 ed my mouth, and spake, and 
 said imto him tliat stood before 
 me, O my lord, by the vision 
 my sorrows are turned upon 
 me, and I have retained no 
 strength. 
 
 17 For how can the servant of 
 this my lord talk with this my 
 lord? for as for me, straight- 
 way there remained no strength 
 in me, neither is there breath 
 left in me. 
 
 18 Then there came again 
 and touched me one, like the 
 appearance of a man, and he 
 strengthened me, 
 
 19 And said, O man greatly 
 beloved, fear not : peace he unto 
 thee, be strong, yea, be strong. 
 And when he had spoken unto 
 me, I was strengthened, and 
 said, Let my lord speak; for 
 thou hast strengthened me. 
 
 20 Then said he, Knowest thou 
 wherefore I come unto thee? 
 and now will I return to fight 
 with the prince of Persia : and 
 when I am gone forth, lo, the 
 prince of Grecia shall come. 
 
 21 But I -wdll shew thee that 
 which is noted in the scripture 
 
 Leagues and coiiflkta 
 
 of truth : and iliere is none that 
 holdeth with me in these tilings, 
 but Michael your iJiince. 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 1 Hie overthrow of Persia hu the, lhi(f 
 of Grecia. 5 Leayues ana conjticfs 
 betireen (he ki)igs of (he sontii and 
 of the north. 30 lite invasion and 
 tyranny of the Romans. 
 
 ALSO I in the first year of 
 J\. Darius the Mede, even I, 
 stood to confirm and to strength- 
 en him. 
 
 2 And now will I shew thee 
 the truth. Behold, there shall 
 stand up yet three Idngs in Per- 
 sia ; and the fourth shall be far 
 richer than lliev all : and by his 
 strength througli liis riches he 
 shall stir up all against the 
 realm of Grecia. 
 
 3 And a mighty king shall 
 stand up, that shall iiile witli 
 great dominion, and do accord- 
 ing to his will. 
 
 4 And when he shall stand up, 
 his kingdom shall be broke)), 
 and shall be divided towa)(l the 
 foiu winds of heaven; and not 
 to his posterity, nor according 
 to his dominion which he ruled : 
 for his kingdom sliall be pluck- 
 ed up, even for others beside 
 those. 
 
 5 H And the king of the south 
 shall be strong, a)id one of his 
 p)inces ; and he shall be strong 
 above him, and have dominion ; 
 liis dominion sliall he a great 
 dominion. 
 
 6 And in the end of years they 
 shall jom themselves together; 
 for the king's daughter of the 
 south shall come to the king of 
 the north to make an agree- 
 ment : but she shall not retain 
 the power of the aim ; neither 
 shall he stand, nor his arm : but 
 she shall be given up, and they 
 that brought her, and he that 
 begat her, and he that strength- 
 ened her in these times. 
 
 7 But out of a branch of lier 
 roots shall one stand up in his 
 estate, which shall come with 
 an aiTny, and shall enter into 
 the foitress of the king of the 
 
hettoeen the kings of DANIEL, XI. 
 
 north, and shall deal against 
 them, and shaU prevail : 
 
 8 And shall also carry captives 
 into Egypt their gods, with their 
 princes, and with theii' precious 
 vessels of silver and of gold; 
 and he shall continue more years 
 than the Idng of the north. 
 
 9 So the Mng of the south 
 shall come into his kingdom, 
 and shall return into his ovf^n 
 land. 
 
 10 But his sons shall be stir- 
 red up, and shall assemble a 
 multitude of great forces : and 
 one shall certainly come, and 
 overflow, and pass through : 
 then shall he return, and be 
 stirred up, even to his fortress. 
 
 11 And the king of the south 
 shall be moved with choler, and \ but he shall stumble and fall, 
 
 tJie south and north. 
 
 m the glorious land, which by 
 his hand shall be consumed. 
 
 17 He shall also set his face to 
 enter with the strength of his 
 whole kingdom, and upright 
 ones with him; thus shall he 
 do: and he shall give him the 
 daughter of women, corrupting 
 her : but she shall not stand an 
 Ms side, neither be for him. 
 
 18 After this shall he tmn his 
 face ujito the isles, and shall 
 take many : but a prince for his 
 o^vn behalf shall cause the re- 
 proach offered by him to cease ; 
 without his own reproach he 
 shall cause it to turn upon 
 him. 
 
 19 Then he shall tuni his face 
 toward the fort of his own land : 
 
 shall come forth and fight with 
 him even with the king of the 
 north : and he shall set forth a 
 great multitude; but the mul- 
 titude shall be given into his 
 hand. 
 
 12 And w^hen he hath taken 
 away the multitude, liis heart 
 shall be lifted up ; and he shall 
 cast down many ten thousands : 
 but he shall not be strengthen- 
 ed hii it. 
 
 13 For the king of the north 
 shall retm^n, and shall set forth 
 a multitude greater than the 
 former, and shall certainly 
 come after certam years with 
 a great army and with much 
 riches. 
 
 14 And hi those times there 
 shall many stand up against 
 the king of the south : also the 
 robbers of thy people shall ex- 
 alt themselves to estabhsh the 
 vision ; but they shall faU. 
 
 15 So the king of the north 
 shall come, and cast up a mount, 
 and take the most fenced cities : 
 and the arms of the south shall 
 not withstand, neither his cho- 
 sen people, neither shall there he 
 any strength to withstand. 
 
 16 But he that cometh against 
 him shall do according to his 
 OAvn will, and none shall stand 
 before him ; and he shall stand 
 
 and not be found. 
 
 20 Then shall stand up in his 
 estate a raiser of taxes in the 
 glory of the Idngdom : but with- 
 in few days he shall be de- 
 stroyed, neither m anger, nor 
 in battle. 
 
 21 And in his estate shall stand 
 up a vile person, to whom they 
 shall not give the honour of the 
 kingdom : but he shall come m 
 peaceably, and obtain the Idng^ 
 dom by flatteries. 
 
 22 And with the arms of a 
 flood shall they be overflown 
 from before hun, and shall be 
 broken ; yea, also the prince of 
 the covenant. 
 
 23 And after the league made 
 with him he shall work deceit- 
 fully: for he shall come up, 
 and shall become strong with 
 a small people. 
 
 24 He shall enter peaceably 
 even upon the fattest places of 
 the province; and he shall do 
 that which his fathers have not 
 done, nor his fathers' fathers; 
 he shall scatter among them the 
 prey, and spoil, and riches : yea, 
 and he shall forecast his de- 
 vices agamst the strong holds, 
 even for a time. 
 
 25 And he shall stir up his 
 power and his courage against 
 the king of the south with a 
 
The invasion and 
 
 DANIEL, XI. tv'ranny of tlie Batnans, 
 
 great army; and the king of 
 the south shall be stirred up 
 to battle with a very great and 
 mighty army ; but he shall not 
 stand: for they shall forecast 
 devices against him. 
 
 26 Yea, they that feed of the 
 portion of his meat shall de- 
 stroy him, and his army shall 
 overflow: and many shall fall 
 down slain. 
 
 27 And both these kings' hearts 
 sludJ 1)3 to do mischief, and they 
 shall speak lies at one table; 
 but it shall not prosper : for yet 
 the end sliall he at the time ap- 
 pointed. 
 
 28 Then shall he return into 
 liis land with great riches ; and 
 his heart sliaU he against the 
 holy covenant; and he shall 
 do eT[)loits, and return to his 
 own land. 
 
 29 At the time appointed he 
 shall return, and come toward 
 the south; but it shall not be 
 as the former, or as the latter. 
 
 30 H For the ships of Chittim 
 shall come against him: there- 
 fore he shall be grieved, and 
 return, and have indignation 
 against the holy covenant: so 
 shall he do; he shall even re- 
 turn, and have intelligence with 
 them that forsake the holy co- 
 venant. 
 
 31 And arms shall stand on his 
 part, and they shall pollute the 
 sanctuary of strength, and shall 
 take away the daily sacrificp, 
 and they shall place the abomi- 
 nation that maketh desolate. 
 
 32 And such as do wickedly 
 against the covenant shall he 
 corrupt by flatteries: but the 
 people that do know their God 
 shall be strong, and do exxAoits. 
 
 33 And they that understand 
 among the people shall instruct 
 many: yet they shall fall by 
 the sword, and by flame, by 
 captivity, and by spoil, many 
 days. 
 
 34 Now when they shall fall, 
 they shall be holi)en with a lit^ 
 tie help : but many shall cleave 
 to them with flatteries. 
 
 35 And some of them of un- 
 derstanding shall fall, to try 
 them, and to purge, and to 
 make them white, even to the 
 time of the end : because it is 
 yet for a time appointed. 
 
 36 And the long shall do ac- 
 cording to his will ; and he sliall 
 exalt himself, and magnify him- 
 self above eveiy god, and shall 
 speak mar^'ellous things against 
 the God of gods, and shall pro- 
 sper till the indignation be ac- 
 complished: for that that is 
 deteiTuined shall be done. 
 
 37 Neither shall he regard the 
 God of his fatliers, nor the de- 
 sire of women, nor regard any 
 god : for he shall magnify liim- 
 self above all. 
 
 38 But in his estate shall he 
 honour the God of forces : and 
 a god whom his fathers knew 
 not shall he honour with gold, 
 and silver, and with precious 
 stones, and pleasant things. 
 
 39 Thus shall he do in the 
 most strong holds with a strange 
 god, whom he shall acknow- 
 ledge and increase with glory : 
 and he shall cause them to rule 
 over many, and sliall divide the 
 land for gain. 
 
 40 And at the time of the end 
 shall the king of the south push 
 at him: and the king of the 
 north shall come against him 
 like a whirlwind, with chariots, 
 and with horsemen, and with 
 many ships; and he shall en- 
 ter into the countries, and shall 
 overflow and pass over. 
 
 41 He shall enter also into the 
 glorious land, and manj'' coun- 
 tries shall be overthrown: but 
 these shall escape out of his 
 hand, even Edom, and Moab, 
 and the chief of the children of 
 Ammon. 
 
 42 He shall stretch forth hia 
 hand also upon the countries: 
 and the land of Egypt shall not 
 escape. 
 
 43 But he shall have power 
 over the treasures of gold and 
 of silver, and over all the pre- 
 cious things of Egypt : and the 
 
Daniel is infm-med 
 
 DANIEL, XII. 
 
 of tlie tiines. 
 
 Libyans and the Ethiopia'iis shall 
 be at his steps. 
 
 44 But tidings out of the east 
 and out of the north shall trou- 
 ble him: therefore he shall go 
 forth with great fury to destroy, 
 and utterly to make away many. 
 
 45 And he shall plant the ta- 
 bernacles of his palace between 
 the seas in the glorious holy 
 mountain; yet he shall come 
 to his end, and none shall help 
 him. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 1 3Iichael shall deliver Israel from 
 their troubles. 5 Daniel is inform- 
 ed of the times. 
 
 AND at that time shall Mi- 
 - chael stand up, the great 
 prince which standeth for the 
 children of thy people : and 
 there shall be a time of trouble, 
 such as never was since there 
 was a nation even to that same 
 time : and at that time thy 
 people shall be dehvered, every 
 one that shall be found written 
 in the book. 
 
 2 And many of them that sleep 
 in the dust of the earth shall 
 awake, some to everlasting Hfe, 
 and some to shame and ever- 
 lasting contempt. 
 
 3 And they that be wise shall 
 shine as the brightness of the 
 firmament ; and they that turn 
 many to righteousness as the 
 stars for ever and ever. 
 
 4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up 
 the words, and seal the book, 
 emn to the time of the end: 
 many shall run to and fro, and 
 Idiowledge shall be increased. 
 
 5 % Then I Daniel looked, 
 and, behold, there stood other 
 two, the one on this side of the 
 bank of the river, and the other 
 
 on that side of the bank of the 
 river. 
 
 6 And one said to the man 
 clothed in linen, which was up- 
 on the waters of the river, How 
 long shdl it he to the end of these 
 wonders ? 
 
 7 And I heard the man cloth- 
 ed in linen, which was upon the 
 waters of the river, when he 
 held up his right hand and his 
 left hand unto heaven, and 
 sware by him that liveth^ for 
 ever that it sliall he for a time, 
 times, and an half; and when 
 he shall have accomplished to 
 scatter the power of the holy 
 people, all these things shall be 
 finished. 
 
 8 And I heard, but I under- 
 stood not: then said I, O my 
 Lord, what shall he the end of 
 these thinris ? 
 
 9 And iie said. Go thy way, 
 Daniel : for the words are closed 
 up and sealed tiU the time of 
 the end. 
 
 10 Many shall be purified, and 
 made white, and tried ; but the 
 wicked shall do wickedly: and 
 none of the wicked shall un- 
 derstand; but the wise shall 
 understand. 
 
 11 And from the time tliat the 
 daily sacrifice shall be taken 
 away, and the abomination that 
 maketh desolate set np, there 
 slmll he a thousand two hundred 
 and ninety days. 
 
 12 Blessed is he that waiteth, 
 and Cometh to the thousand 
 thi-ee hundred and five and 
 thirty days. 
 
 13 But go thou thy way till 
 the end he : for thou shalt rest, 
 and stand in thy lot at the end 
 of the days. 
 
 HOSEA. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Hosea, to shew God's judgment for 
 spiritual whoredom, taJceth Gomer, 
 4 and hath by her Jezreel, 6 Lo- 
 ruhamah, 8 and Lo-ammi. 10 The 
 restoration of Judah and Israel. 
 
 THE word of the Lord that 
 came unto Hosea, the son 
 of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, 
 Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, 
 kings of Judah, and in the days 
 
The restoration of 
 
 HOSEA, II. 
 
 Judah and Iciwl. 
 
 of Jeroboam the son of Joash, 
 king of Israel. 
 
 2 Tlie beginning of the word 
 of the Lord by Hosea. And tlie 
 Lord said to Hosea, Go, take 
 unto tliee a Avife of whoredoms 
 and chikh'en of whoredoms : for 
 the land hath committed great 
 whoredom, d/'iiadino from the 
 IjORd. 
 
 3 >So he went and took Gomor 
 the daughter of Diblaim ; wliicli 
 conceived, and bare him a son. 
 
 4 And the Lord said unto him, 
 C-all his name Jezreel ; for yet 
 a little n-hih\ and I will avenge 
 the l)l<)(-d of Jezreel npon the 
 house of Jehu, and will cause to 
 cease the kingdom of the house 
 of Israel. 
 
 5 And it shall come to pass at 
 that day, that I will break the 
 bow of Israel in the valley of 
 Jezreel. 
 
 6 ^ And she conceived again, 
 and bare a daughter. And God 
 said unto him, Call her name 
 Lo-ruhamah : for I will no more 
 have mercy ui)on the house of 
 Israel; but I Avill utterly take 
 them away. 
 
 7 But I will have mercy upon 
 the house of Judah, and will save 
 them by the Lord their God, 
 and will not save them by bow, 
 nor by sword, nor by battle, by 
 horses, nor by horsemen. 
 
 8 ^ Now when she had weaned 
 Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and 
 bare a son. 
 
 9 Then said God, Call his name 
 Lo-anami: for ye are not my 
 people, and I will not be your 
 God. 
 
 10 If Yet the number of the 
 children of Israel shall be as 
 the sand of the sea, which can- 
 not be measured nor numbered; 
 and it shall come to pass, that 
 in the place where it was said 
 vmto them, Ye are not my peo- 
 ple, there it shall be said unto 
 them. Ye are the sons of the 
 living God. 
 
 11 Then shall the children of 
 Judah and the children of Is- 
 rael be gathered together, and 
 
 appoint themselves one head, 
 and they shall come ui) out of 
 the land : for great shall he the 
 day of Jezreel. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 1 Tlie idolatry of the people. 6 God'A 
 
 judgments against them. 14 Hla 
 
 promises of reconcdittt ion icith thtm. 
 
 SAY ye unto your brethren, 
 Ammi ; and to your sisters, 
 Ruhamah. 
 
 2 Plead with your mother, ple;i d : 
 for she is not my wife, neither 
 am 1 her husband : let her there- 
 fore put away her whored* )ms 
 out of her sight, and her adul- 
 teries from between her breaf- 1* ; 
 
 3 Lest I strip her naked, and 
 set her as in the day that she 
 was bom, and make her as a 
 wilderness, and set her like a 
 dry land, and slay her with 
 thirst. 
 
 4 And I AM*11 not have mercy 
 upon her children ; i\>v they he 
 the children of whoredr»ms. 
 
 5 For their mother hath played 
 the harlot: she that conceived 
 them hath done shamefully : 
 for she said, I will go after my 
 lo\ers, that give nw my bread 
 and my water, my wool and m.y 
 flax, mine oil and my drink. 
 
 6 If Therefore, behold, I will 
 hedge up thy way with thonis, 
 and make a wall, that she shall 
 not find her paths. 
 
 7 And she shall follow after her 
 lovers, but she shall not over- 
 take them; and she shall seek 
 them, but shall not find them : 
 then shall she say, I will go 
 and return to my first husband ; 
 for then was it better with me 
 than now. 
 
 8 For she did not know that I 
 gave her com, and wine, and 
 oil, and multiplied her silver 
 and gold, which they prepared 
 for Baal. 
 
 9 Therefore vdW I return, ajid 
 take away my com in the time 
 thereof, and my wine in the 
 season thereof, and will rec^over 
 my wool and my flax given to 
 cover her nakedness. 
 
 10 And now will I discover 
 
Promises ofrecoiidliatim. HOSEA, III. The desolaiimi of Israel. 
 
 lier lewdness in tke sight of her 
 lovers, and none shall deliver 
 her out of mine hand. 
 
 11 I will also cause all her 
 mirth to cease, her feast days, 
 her new moons, and her sab- 
 baths, and all her solemn feasts. 
 
 12 And I will destroy her vines 
 and her fig trees, whereof she 
 hath said, These are my rewards 
 that my lovers have given me : 
 and I will make them a forest, 
 and the beasts of the field shall 
 eat them. 
 
 13 And I will visit upon her 
 the days of Baalim, wherein she 
 biu'ned incense to them, and she 
 decked herself with her earrings 
 and her jewels, and she went 
 after her lovers, and forgat me, 
 saith the Loed. 
 
 14 H Therefore, behold, I will 
 allm-e her, and bring her into 
 the wilderness, and speak com- 
 fortably unto her. 
 
 15 And I will give her her 
 vmeyards from thence, and the 
 valley of Achor for a door of 
 hope : and she shall sing there, 
 as in the days of her youth, and 
 as in the day when she came 
 up out of the land of Egypt. 
 
 18 And it shall be at that day, 
 saith the Loed, fJiat thou shalt 
 call me Ishi ; and shalt call me 
 no more Baali. 
 
 17 For I will take away the 
 names of BaaHm out of her 
 mouth, and they shall no more 
 be remembered by their name. 
 
 18 And in that day will I make 
 a covenant for them with the 
 beasts of the field, and with the 
 fowls of heaven, and loith the 
 creeping things of the ground : 
 and I v^U break the bow and 
 the sword and the battle out of 
 the earth, and will make them 
 to lie down safely. 
 
 19 And I will betroth thee un- 
 to me for ever; yea, I will be- 
 troth thee unto me in righteous- 
 ness, and in judgment, and in 
 lovingkindness, and in mercies. 
 
 20 I will even betroth thee un- 
 to me in faithfulness : and thou 
 shalt know the Loed. 
 
 21 And it shall come to pass in 
 that day, I will hear, saith the 
 Loed, I will hear the heavens, 
 and they shall hear the earth ; 
 
 22 And the earth shall hear the 
 com, and the wine, and the oil ; 
 and they shall hear Jezreel. 
 
 23 And I will sow her unto me 
 in the earth; and I will have 
 mercy upon her that had not 
 obtained mercy; and I will say 
 to tliera wliich were not my peo- 
 ple. Thou aii my people; and 
 they shall say, Thaii^ art my God. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 1 By the expiation of an adulfet^ess, 
 4 is shelved {lie desolation of Israel 
 hefore their restoration. 
 
 THEN said the Loed unto 
 me, Go yet, love a woman 
 beloved of lier fiiend, yet an 
 adulteress, according to the love 
 of the Loed toward the children 
 of Israel, who look to other gods, 
 and love flagons of wine. 
 
 2 So I bought her to me for 
 fifteen pieces of silver, and /w 
 an homer of barley, and an half 
 homer of barley : 
 
 3 And I said unto her, Thou 
 shalt abide for me many days; 
 thou shalt not play the harlot, 
 and thou shalt not be for another 
 man : so imll I also he for thee. 
 
 4 For the children of Israel 
 shall abide many days without 
 a king, and without a prince, 
 and without a sacrifice, and with- 
 out an image, and without an 
 ephod, and ivitlwut teraphim : 
 
 5 Afterward shall the children 
 of Israel return, and seek the 
 Loed their God, and David 
 their king; and shall fear the 
 Loed and his goodness in the 
 latter days. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 1 God's judgments against the sins of 
 the people, 6 and of the priests, 12 
 and against their idolatry. 15 Ju- 
 dah is exhorted to taJce ivarning by 
 Israel's calamity. 
 
 HE AE the word of the Loed, 
 ye children of Israel : for 
 the Loed hath a controvei-sy with 
 the inhabitants of the land, be- 
 cause tliere is no truth, nor mercy. 
 
GocCs judgments against HOSE A, V. tlie sins of the 2>eopJe, 
 
 nor knowledge of God in the 
 land. 
 
 2 By swearing, and lying, and 
 killing, and stealing, and com- 
 mitting adulteiy, they break 
 out, and blood toucheth blood. 
 
 3 Therefore shall the land 
 monm, and eveiy one that 
 dwelleth therein shall languish, 
 with the beasts of the field, and 
 with the fowls of heaven ; yea, 
 the lishes of the sea also shall 
 be taken a>\ ay. 
 
 4 Yet let no man strive, nor 
 reprove another : foi- thy people 
 are as they that strive with the 
 priest. 
 
 5 Therefore shalt thou fall in 
 the day, and the proi)het also 
 shall fall with thee in the uight, 
 and I will destroy thy mother. 
 
 6 1[ My people are destroyed 
 for lack of knowledge : because 
 thou hast rejected knowledge, 
 I will also reject thee, that thou 
 shalt be no priest to me : seeing 
 thou hast forgotten the law of 
 thy God, I will also forget thy 
 children. 
 
 7 As they were increased, so 
 tliey sinned against me : th^^re- 
 foi-e will I change their glory 
 into shame. 
 
 8 They eat up the sin of my 
 people, and they set their heart 
 on their iniquity. 
 
 9 And there shall be, like peo- 
 ple, like priest: and I will pu- 
 nish them for their ways, and 
 reward them their doings. 
 
 10 For they shall eat, and not 
 have enough: they shall com- 
 mit whoredom, and shall not 
 increase : because they have left 
 off to take heed to the Lokd. 
 
 11 Whoredom and wine and 
 new wine take away the heart. 
 
 12 II My people ask counsel 
 at their stocks, and their staff 
 declareth unto them: for the 
 spirit of whoredoms hath caus- 
 ed them to err, and they have 
 gone a whoring from under their 
 God. 
 
 13 They sacrifice upon the tops 
 of the mountains, and bum in- 
 cense upon the hills, under oaks 
 
 and poplai-8 and elms, because 
 the shadow the reofz> good : there- 
 fore your daughters shall com- 
 mit whoredom, and your spouses 
 shaU commit adultery. 
 
 14 I will not punish your 
 daughters when they commit 
 whoredom, nor ycjur si)ouscs 
 when they commit adulteiy : 
 for themselves are separated 
 with whores, and they sacrifice 
 with harlots : therefore the peo- 
 l)le that doth not miderstand 
 shall fall. 
 
 15 K Though thou, Israel, X)lay 
 the harlot, yf4 let not Judah 
 offend; and come not ye mito 
 Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth- 
 aven, nor swear, The Lord 
 liveth. 
 
 IG For Israel slideth back as 
 a backsliding heifer: now tlie 
 Lord will feed them as a lamb 
 in a large place. 
 
 17 Ephraim is joined to idols : 
 let him alone. 
 
 18 ITieir drink is sour: they 
 have committed whoredom con- 
 tinually : her rulers mth shame 
 do love. Give ye. 
 
 19 The wind hath bound her 
 up in her Avings, and they shall 
 be ashamed because of their 
 sacrifices. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 God's judgments against the priest h, 
 the people, and the princes of Is- 
 rael, for their manifold sins, 15 
 until they repent. 
 
 HEAR ye this, O priests; 
 and hearken, ye house cf 
 Israel ; and give ye ear, O house 
 of the king; for judgment is 
 toward you, because ye have 
 been a snare on Mizpah, and a 
 net spread upon Tabor. 
 
 2 And the revolters are pro- 
 found to make slaughter, though 
 I have been a rebuker of them 
 all. 
 
 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel 
 is not hid from me: for now, 
 O Ephraim, thou committest 
 whoredom, and Israel is defiled. 
 
 4 They will not frame their 
 doings to turn unto their G od : 
 for the spirit of whoredoms is 
 
priests, and princes. 
 
 HOSEA, VI. Exhoriation to repentance. 
 
 in the midst of them, and they 
 have not known the Lord. 
 
 5 And the pride of Israel doth 
 testify to his face: therefore 
 shall Israel^ and Ephraim fall 
 in their hiiquity; Judah also 
 shall fall with them. 
 
 6 They shall go with their 
 flocks and with their herds to 
 seek the Loed; bnt they shall 
 not find Mm ; he hath withdrawn 
 himself from them. 
 
 7 They have dealt trea(;her- 
 ously against the Loed: for 
 they have begotten strange chil- 
 dren : now shall a month devour 
 them with their portions. 
 
 8 Blow ye the comet in Gibeah, 
 and the trumpet in Eamah : cry 
 aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, 
 
 Benjamin. 
 
 9 Ephraim shall be desolate in 
 the day of rebuke : among the 
 tribes of Israel have I made 
 Imown that which shall surely be . 
 
 10 The princes of Judah v/ere 
 lilie them that remove the 
 bound : tJierefore I will pour out 
 nly wrath upon them like water. 
 
 11 Ephraim is oppressed and 
 broken in judgment, because he 
 willingly walked after the com- 
 mandment. 
 
 12 Therefore wiU I he unto 
 Ephraim as a moth, and to the 
 house of Judah as rottenness. 
 
 13 When Ephraim saw his sick- 
 ness, and Judah saio his wound, 
 then went Ephraim to the As- 
 syrian, and sent to king Jareb : 
 yet could he not heal you, nor 
 cure you of your wound. 
 
 I 14 For I will he unto Ephraim 
 I as a lion, and as a young Hon 
 I to the house of Judah : I, even 
 ' I, will tear and go away ; I will 
 take away, and none shall res- 
 cue him. 
 15 1[ I will go and return to 
 my place, till they acknowledge 
 1 their offence, and seek my face : 
 I in their affliction they will seek 
 i me early. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 1 An exliortation to repentance. 4 A 
 \ complaint of their nntoivardness 
 ] and iniquity. 
 
 COME, and let us return unto 
 the Loed : for he hath torn, 
 and he will heal us; he hath 
 smitten, and he will bind us up. 
 
 2 After two days will he revive 
 us: in the third day he will 
 raise us up, and we shall live in 
 his sight. 
 
 3 Then shall we know, if we 
 follow on to know the Loed: 
 his going forth is prepared as 
 the morning ; and he shall come 
 unto us as the rain, as the latter 
 and former rain unto the earth. 
 
 4 IF O Ephraim, what shall I do 
 unto thee ? O Judah, what shall 
 I do unto thee ? for your good- 
 ness is as a morning cloud, and 
 as the early dew it goeth away. 
 
 5 Therefore have I hewed tliem 
 by the prophets; I have slain 
 them by the words of my mouth : 
 and thy judgments are as the 
 light tlmt goeth forth. 
 
 6 For I desired mercy, and not 
 sacrifice ; and the knowledge of 
 God more than burnt offerings. 
 
 7 But they like men have 
 transgressed the covenant : there 
 have they dealt treacherously 
 against me. 
 
 8 Gilead is a city of them that 
 work iniquity, and is polluted 
 with blood. 
 
 9 And as troops of robbers wait 
 for a man, so the company of 
 priests murder in the way by con- 
 sent : for they commit lewdness. 
 
 10 1 have seen an horrible thing 
 in the house of Israel : there is 
 the whoredom of Ephraim, Is- 
 rael is defiled. 
 
 11 Also, O Judahj he hath 
 set an harvest for thee, when I 
 returned the captivity of my 
 people. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 1 A reproof of manifold sins. 11 God's 
 ivrath against them for their hy- 
 pocrisy. 
 
 WHEN I would have healed 
 Israel, then the iniquity 
 of Ephraim was discovered, and 
 the wickedness of Samaria : for 
 they commit falsehood ; and the 
 thief Cometh in, and the troop 
 of robbers spoileth without. 
 
A reproof of 
 
 HOSEA 
 
 2 And they consider not in 
 their hearts that I remember 
 all their wickedness : now their 
 own doings have beset them a- 
 bout ; they are before my face. 
 
 3 They make the king glad 
 with their wickedness, and the 
 princes with their lies. 
 
 4 They are all adulterers, as | 
 an oven heated by the baker, | 
 irho ceaseth from raising after 
 lie liath kneaded the dongh, 
 until it be leavened. 
 
 5 In the day of our king the 
 princes have made him sick with 
 bottles of wine ; he stretched 
 out his hand with sconiers. | 
 
 6 For they have made ready [ 
 their lieart like an oven, whiles | 
 they lie in wait : their baker ! 
 sleepeth all the night ; in the \ 
 morning it bimieth as a flam- 
 ing fire. 
 
 7 They are all hot as an oven, 
 and have devoured their judges ; 
 all their kings are fallen: th^re 
 hi none among them that call- 
 eth unto me. 
 
 8 Ephraim, he hath mixed him- 
 self among the i)eople ; Ephraim 
 is a cake not turned. 
 
 9 Strangers have devoured his 
 strength, and he knoweth it not : 
 yea, gray hairs are here and 
 there upon him, yet he laiow- 
 eth not. i 
 
 10 And the pride of Israel tes- ! 
 tifieth to liis face : and they do 
 not return to the Lord their 
 God, nor seek him for all this, j 
 
 11 il Ephraim also is like a 
 silly dove without heart : they 
 call to EgjTpt, they go to As- ; 
 s>"ria. 
 
 12 When they shall go, I will I 
 spread my net upon them; I 
 will bring them down as the 
 fowls ^ of the heaven; I Avill 
 chastise them, as their congre- 
 gation hath heard. 
 
 13 Woe unto them! for they 
 have fled from me : destruction 
 u-nto them! because they have 
 transgressed against me : though 
 I have redeemed them, yet they 
 liave spoken lies against me. 
 
 14 And they have not cried 
 
 , VIII. mmiifuld shts. 
 
 unto me with their heart, when 
 they howled upon their beds : 
 they assemble themselves for 
 com and wine, and they rebel 
 against me. 
 
 15 Though I have bound and 
 strengthened their arms, yet do 
 they imagine mischief against 
 me. 
 
 16 They return, hit not to tlie 
 most High : they are like a de- 
 ceitful bow : their princes shall 
 fall by the sword for the rage 
 of their tongue : this shall be 
 their derision in the land of 
 Egypt. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 1, 12 Destruction is threatetied for 
 
 their impiety, 5 and idolatry. 
 
 CfET the trumi)et to thy 
 Kj mouth. He shall come as an 
 eagle against the house of the 
 Lord, because they have trans- 
 gressed my covenant, and tres- 
 passed against my law. 
 
 2 Israel shall cry unto me, My 
 God, we know thee. 
 
 3 Israel hath cast off the thinci 
 that is good: the enemy shall 
 pursue him. 
 
 4 They have set up kings, but 
 not by me: they have made 
 princes, and I loiew it not: of 
 their silver and their gold have 
 they made them idols, that they 
 may be cut off". 
 
 5 if Thy calf, O Samaria, hath 
 cast thee off; mine anger is Idn- 
 dled against them: how^ long 
 icUl it he ere they attain to in- 
 nocency ? 
 
 6 For from Israel was it also : 
 the workman made it; there- 
 fore it is not God : but the calf 
 of Samaria shall be broken in 
 pieces. 
 
 7 For they have sown the wind, 
 and they shall reap the whirl- 
 wind : it hath no stalk : the bud 
 shall jdeld no meal : if so be it 
 yield, the strangers shaU swal- 
 low it up. 
 
 8 Israel is swallowed up : now 
 shall they be among the Gen- 
 tiles as a vessel wherein is no 
 pleasure. 
 
 9 For they are gone up to As- 
 
The distress and 
 
 Syria, a wild ass alone by him- 
 self: Ephraim hatli hired lovers. 
 
 10 Yea, though they have hired 
 among the nations, now will 
 I gather them, and they shall 
 sorrow a little for the burden 
 of the king of princes. 
 
 11 Because Ephraim hath made 
 many altars to sin, altars shall 
 be unto him to sin. 
 
 12 I have written to him the 
 great things of my law, hid they 
 were coimted as a strange thing. 
 
 13 They sacrifice flesh for the 
 saciifices of mine offeiings, and 
 eat it; hut the Lord accepteth 
 them not ; now will he remem- 
 ber their iniquity, and visit theii' 
 sins : they shall return to Egypt. 
 
 14 For Israel hath forgotten 
 liis Maker, and buildeth tem- 
 ples; and Judah hath multi- 
 plied fenced cities : but I will 
 send a fire ui3on his cities, and it 
 shall devour the palaces thereof. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 TJie distress and captivity of Israel 
 
 for their sins and idolatj-y. 
 
 REJOICE not, O Israel, for 
 joy, as other people: for 
 thou hast gone a whoring from 
 thy God, thou hast loved a re- 
 ward upon eveiy cornfloor. 
 
 2 The floor and the winepress 
 shall not feed them, and the 
 new wiae shall fail in her, 
 
 3 They shall not dwell in the 
 Lord's land ; but Ephraim shall 
 return to Egypt, and they shall 
 eat imclean things in Assyria. 
 
 4 They shall not ofier wine 
 offerings to the Lord, neither 
 shall they be pleasing unto him : 
 their sacrifices shall he unto 
 them as the bread of mourn- 
 ers ; all that eat thereof shaU 
 be polluted : for their bread for 
 their soid shall not come into 
 the house of the Lord. 
 
 5 What wUl ye do in the so- 
 lemn day, and iq the day of 
 the feast of the Lord? 
 
 6 For, lo, they are gone be- 
 cause of destruction: Egypt 
 shall gather them up, Memphis 
 shall bury them: the pleasant 
 plmes for their silver, 
 
 HOSE A, IX. captivity of Israel. 
 
 shall possess them : thorns shall 
 he in. their tabernacles. 
 
 7 The days of visitation are 
 come, the days of recompence 
 are come ; Israel shall know if : 
 the prophet is a fool, the spi- 
 ritual man is mad, for the mul- 
 titude of thiae iniquity, and the 
 great hatred. 
 
 8 The watchman of Ephraim 
 was with my God : bui the pro- 
 phet is a snare of a fowler in 
 all his ways, and hatred in the 
 house of his God. 
 
 9 They have deeply corrupt- 
 ed themselves, as in the days of 
 Gibeah: therefore he will re- 
 member their* iniquity, he will 
 visit their sins. 
 
 10 I found Israel like grapes 
 in the wilderness; I saw your 
 fathei-s as the firstripe in the fig 
 tree at her first time : hit they 
 went to Baal-peor, and separat- 
 ed themselves unto that shame ; 
 and tlieir abominations were ac- 
 cording as they loved. 
 
 11 As for Ephraim, their glory 
 shall fly away like a bird, from 
 the birth, and from the womb, 
 and from the conception. 
 
 12 Though they biing up their 
 children, yet vrill I bereave 
 them, that there shall not he a 
 man left : yea, woe also to them 
 when I depart from them ! 
 
 13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, 
 IS planted in a pleasant place: 
 but Ephraim shall bring forth 
 his children to the murderer. 
 
 14 Give them, O Lord : what 
 wilt thou give ? give them a mis- 
 carrying womb and dry breasts. 
 
 15 All their wickedness is in 
 Gilgal : for there I hated them : 
 for the wickedness of their do- 
 ings I will drive them out of 
 inine house, I will love them 
 no more : all their princes are 
 revolters. 
 
 16 Ephraim is smitten, their 
 root is dried up, they shall bear 
 no fruit : yea, though they bring 
 forth, yet will I slay even the 
 he]o\ed fruit of their womb. 
 
 17 My God will cast them 
 nettles I away, because they did net hear- 
 
 X X 
 
Israel is reproved for 
 
 HOSEA, X. 
 
 impiety wui lavnaiu- 
 
 ken unto him : and they rfiall be 
 \vanderers anions the nations. 
 
 CHAPITER X. 
 
 Israel is reproved a)ul threatened for 
 
 their inipiety and idolatry. 
 
 ISRAEL ?s an empty vine, 
 he biingeth fortli fniit unto 
 hiniRelf : according to the mul- 
 titude of his fruit he hath in- 
 creased the altare ; according to 
 the goodness of his land they 
 liave made goodly iniagcH. 
 
 2 Their heart is divided; now 
 shall they be fomid faulty : he 
 shall break do\Mi their altars, 
 lie shall spoil their images. 
 
 3 For no^y they shall say. We 
 have no king, because we fear- 
 ed not the Lokd; what then 
 should a king do to us ? 
 
 4 They have spolcen words, 
 sweaiing falsely in making a co- 
 venant : thus judgment spring- 
 eth up as hemlock in the fur- 
 rows of the lield. 
 
 5 The inhabitants of Samaiia 
 shall fear because of the calves 
 of Beth-aven : for the i)eople 
 thereof shall mourn over it, and 
 the priests thereof thd rejoiced 
 on it, for the gloiy thereof, be- 
 cause it is departed from it. 
 
 6 It shall be also carried unto 
 AssjTia for a present to king 
 Jareb: Epluaim shall receive 
 shame, and Israel shall be a- 
 shamed of his own counsel. 
 
 7 As for Samaria, her king is cut 
 off as the foam upon the water. 
 
 8 The high places also of A- 
 ven, the sin of Israel, shall be 
 destroyed: the thorn and the 
 thistle shall come up on their 
 altars; and they shall say to 
 the moimtains. Cover us; and 
 to the hills, Fall on us. 
 
 9 O Israel, thou hast sinned 
 from the days of Gibeah : there 
 they stood: the battle in Gi- 
 beah against the children of ini- 
 quity did not overtake them. 
 
 10 It k in my desire that I 
 should chastise them ; and the 
 people shall be gathered against 
 them, when they shall bind 
 themselves in their two furrows. 
 
 11 And Ephraim is as an hei- 
 
 fer that is taught, and loveth to 
 tread out the c</m; but I lass- 
 ed over upon her fair neck : I 
 will make Ephraim to ride ; Ju- 
 dah shall plow, and Jacob sliall 
 break Ids clods. 
 
 12 Sow to youreelves in right- 
 eousness, reap in mercy ; brealc 
 up your fallow ground: for ?/ 
 is time to seek the Lokd, till 
 he come and rain righteousness 
 ui)on you. 
 
 13 Ye liave idowed wicked- 
 ness, ye have reaped iniouity ; 
 ye have eaten the fruit oi lies: 
 because thou didst trust in thy 
 way, in the multitude of thy 
 mighty men. 
 
 14 Therefoi^ shall a tumult 
 arise among thy peo}»le, and all 
 thy fortresses shall be spoiled, 
 as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel 
 in the day of battle : the mother 
 was dashed in pieces upon lier 
 cldldren. 
 
 15 So shall Beth-€l do unto 
 you because of your great wick- 
 edness : in a morning shall the 
 king of Israel utterly be cut off. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 1 TJte ingratiiiule of Israel unto God 
 
 for his benefits. 5 His jiulgnient% 
 
 8 God's mercy toward them. 
 
 WHEN Israel icas a child, 
 then I loved him, and 
 called my son out of Egypt. 
 
 2 As they called them, so they 
 went from them: they sacri- 
 ficed unto Baalim, and bunied 
 incense to graven images. 
 
 3 I taught Eijhraim also to go, 
 taking them 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 take 
 off the yoke on their jaws, and <■ 
 I laid meat imto them. f 
 
 5 ^ He shall not return int^ 
 the land of Egypt, but the A&' 
 Syrian shall be his king, 
 cause they refused to return. 
 
 6 And the sword shall abide on 
 his cities, and shall consume his 
 branches, and devour them, be- 
 cause of their own counsels. 
 
A reproof of Ephraim, HOSEA, XII. 
 
 Juddli, and Jacob. 
 
 7 Aiid my people are bent to 
 baelvsliding from me : though 
 they called them to the most 
 High, none at aU would exalt 
 Mm. 
 
 8 How shall I give thee up, 
 Ephraim? lioio shall I dehver 
 thee, Israel? how shall I make 
 thee as Admah? haio shall I 
 set thee as Zeboim ? mine heart 
 is turned within me, my re- 
 pentings are kindled together. 
 
 9 I will not execute the fierce- 
 ness of mine -anger, I will not 
 retm-n to destroy Ephi-aim : for 
 I am God, and not man; the 
 Holy One in the midst of thee : 
 and I will not enter into the city. 
 
 10 They shaU walk after the 
 Lord : he shall roar like a lion : 
 when he shall roar, then the chil- 
 dren shall tremble from the west. 
 
 11 They shall tremble as a bhd 
 out of Eg3''pt, and as a dove out 
 of the land of Assyiia : and I 
 will place them in their houses, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 12 Ephraim compasseth me 
 about with lies, and the house 
 of Israel with deceit : but Ju- 
 dah yet ruleth with God, and 
 is faithful with the saints. 
 
 CHAPTER XIL 
 
 1 A reproof of Epliraim, Judah, and 
 
 Jacob. 3 By former favours lie 
 
 exhortetJi to repentance. 7 Epli- 
 
 raim's sins provol'e God. 
 
 EPHRAIM feedeth on wind, 
 and foUoweth after the east 
 wind: he daily increaseth lies 
 and desolation; and they do 
 make a covenant with the As- 
 syrians, and oil is carried into 
 Egypt. 
 
 2 The Lord hath also a con- 
 troversy with Judah, and will 
 punish Jacob according to his 
 ways; according to his doings 
 will he recompense him. 
 
 3 IF He took his brother by the 
 heel in the womb, and by his 
 strength he had power with God : 
 
 4 Yea, he had power over the 
 angel, and prevailed: he wept, 
 and made supplication imto 
 him: he found him in Beth-el, 
 and there he spake with us ; 
 
 5 Even the Lord God of hosts ; 
 the Lord is his memorial. 
 
 G Therefore turn thou to thy 
 God: keep mercy and judg- 
 ment, and wait on thy God 
 continually. 
 
 7 ^ He is a merchant, the ba- 
 lances of deceit are in his hand : 
 he loveth to ojDpress. 
 
 8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am 
 become rich, I have found me 
 out substance : in all my la,bours 
 they shall find none iniquit^^ in 
 me that icere sin. 
 
 9 And I tMt am the Lord thy 
 God from the land of Egypt 
 will yet make thee to dwell in 
 tabernacles, as in the days of 
 the solemn feast. 
 
 10 I have also spoken by the 
 prophets, and I have multiplied 
 visions, and used similitudes, by 
 the ministry of the prophets. 
 
 11 Is there iniquity in Gilead? 
 surely they are vanity : ihej sa- 
 crifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, 
 their altars are as heaps in the 
 furrows of the fields. 
 
 12 And Jacob fled into the coun- 
 try of Syria, and Israel served 
 for a ^vIfe, and for a wife he 
 kept slieep. 
 
 13 And by a prophet the Lord 
 brought Israel out of Egypt, 
 and by a prophet was he pre- 
 served. 
 
 14 Ephraim provoked him to 
 anger most bitterly: therefore 
 shall he leave his blood upon 
 him, and his reproach shall his 
 Lord return unto him. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 1 Ephraim' s glory, hy reason of idol- 
 atry, vanishetli. 5 God' s anger fm- 
 their unJcindness. 9 A promise of 
 God's mercy. 15 A judgment for 
 rebellion. 
 
 WHEK Ephraim spake trem- 
 bluig, he exalted himself 
 in Israel ; but when he offended 
 in Baal, he died. 
 2 And now they sin more and 
 more, and have made them mol- 
 ten images of their silver, and 
 idols according to their own un- 
 derstanding, all of it the work of 
 the craftsmen : they say of them, 
 Xx2 
 
A promise of mercy. HOSE A, 
 
 Let the men that sacrifice kiss 
 the calves. 
 
 3 Therefore they shall be as 
 the morning cloud, and as the 
 early dew that passeth away, as 
 the chaff that is driven with the 
 whirlwind out of the floor, and 
 as the smoke out of the chimney. 
 
 4 Yet I am the Lord thy God 
 from the land of Egypt, and 
 thou shalt know no god but me : 
 for tJiere is no saviour beside me. 
 
 5 IF I did know thee in the 
 wilderness, in the land of great 
 drought. 
 
 6 According to then pasture, 
 so were they filled; they were 
 filled, and then- heart was ex- 
 alted; therefore have they for- 
 gotten me. 
 
 7 Therefore I will be unto them 
 as a lion : as a leopard by the 
 way will I observe tJiem : 
 
 8 I will meet them as a bear 
 that is^ bereaved of Iter wMps, 
 and will rend the caul of their 
 heart, and there will I devour 
 them like a lion : the wild beast 
 shall tear them. 
 
 9 H O Israel, thou hast destroyed 
 thyself; but in me is thine help. 
 
 10 I will be thy king: where 
 is any other that may save thee 
 in all thy cities ? and thy judges 
 of whom thou saidst. Give me 
 a king and princes ? 
 
 11 I gave thee a king in mine 
 anger, and took him away in my 
 wrath. 
 
 12 The iniquity of Ephraim is 
 bound up ; his sin is hid. 
 
 13 The sorrows of a travailing 
 woman shall come upon him : he 
 is an unwise son ; for he should 
 not stay long in the place of the 
 brealdng forth of children. 
 
 14 I will ransom them from 
 the power of the grave ; I will 
 redeem them from death: O 
 death, I will be thy plagues; 
 O grave, I will be thy destruc- 
 tion: repentance shall be hid 
 from mine eyes. 
 
 15 IF Though he be fruitful 
 among Ms brethren, an east 
 wind shall come, the wind of 
 the LoKD shall come up from 
 
 ., XIV. Exhortation to repentance. 
 
 the wilderness, and his spring 
 shall become dry, and his foun- 
 tain shall be dried up : he shall 
 spoil the treasure of all pleasant 
 
 16 Samaria shall become de- 
 solate; for she hath rebelled 
 against her God: they shall 
 fall by the sword : their infants 
 shall be dashed in pieces, and 
 their women with child shall 
 be ripped up. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 1 An exhortation to repentance. 
 4 A promise of God's Messing. 
 
 ISRAEL, return unto the 
 Lord thy God; for thou 
 hast fallen by thine iniquity. 
 
 2 Take with you words, and 
 tm-n to the Lord : say unto him, 
 Take away all iniquity, and re- 
 ceive us graciously: so will we 
 render the calves of our lips. 
 
 3 Asshur shall not save us; 
 we will not ride upon horses: 
 neither wiU we say any more 
 to the work of our hands, Ye 
 are our gods: for in thee the 
 fatherless tindeth mercy. 
 
 4 IF I will heal their backslid- 
 ing, I will love them freely: 
 for mine anger is turned away 
 from him. 
 
 5 I will be as the dew unto 
 Israel: he shall grow as the 
 lily, and cast forth his roots as 
 Lebanon. 
 
 6 His branches shall spread, and 
 his beauty shall be as the olive 
 tree, and his smell as Lebanon. 
 
 7 They that dwell under his 
 shadow shall return ; they shall 
 revive as the com, and grow as 
 the vine : the scent thereof shall 
 be as the wine of Lebanon. 
 
 8 Ephraim sliall sa.y, What have 
 I to do any more with idols? I 
 have heard him, and observed 
 him : I am like a green fir tree. 
 From me is thy fruit fomid. 
 
 9 Who is wise, and he shall 
 understand these things'^ pru- 
 dent, and he shall know them ? 
 for the ways of the Lord are 
 right, and the just shall walk 
 in them: but the transgressors 
 shall fall therein. 
 
JOEL. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Joel, declaring sundry judgments 
 of God, exhorteth to observe them, 
 8 and to mourn, li He prescribeth 
 a fast for com,plaint. 
 
 THE word of the Lord that 
 came to Joel the son of 
 PethueL 
 
 2 Hear this, ye old men, and 
 give ear, all ye inhabitants of 
 the land. Hath this been in 
 your days, or even in the days 
 of yom- fathers ? 
 
 3 Tell ye your children of it, 
 and let your children tell their 
 children, and their children an- 
 other generation. 
 
 4 That which the pahnerworm 
 hath left hath the locust eaten ; 
 and that which the locust hath 
 left hath the cankerworm eat- 
 en ; and that which the canker- 
 worm hath left hath the cater- 
 piller eaten. 
 
 5 Awake, ye drunkards, and 
 weep; and howl, all ye drink- 
 ers of wine, because of the new 
 wine; for it is cut off from 
 your mouth. 
 
 6 For a nation is come up^ upon 
 my land, strong, and without 
 number, whose teeth are the 
 teeth of a Uon, and he hath the 
 cheek teeth of a great lion. 
 
 7 He hath laid my vine waste, 
 and barked my fig tree : he hath 
 made it clean bare, and cast it 
 away ; the branches thereof are 
 made white. 
 
 8 H Lament like a virgin gird- 
 ed with sackcloth for the hus- 
 band of her youth. 
 
 9 The meat offering and the 
 drink offering is cut off from the 
 house of the Lobd ; the priests, 
 the Lord's ministers, mourn. 
 
 10 The field is wasted, the 
 land moumeth ; for the^ corn is 
 wasted: the new wine is dried 
 up, the oil languisheth. 
 
 11 Be ye ashamed, O ye hus- 
 bandmen; howl, O ye vine- 
 dressers, for the wheat and for 
 the barley ; because the harvest 
 of the field is perished. 
 
 12 The vine is diied up, and 
 
 the fig tree languisheth; the 
 pomegranate tree, the palm tree 
 also, and the apple tree, even 
 all the trees of the field, are wi- 
 thered : because joy is withered 
 away from the sons of men. 
 
 13 Gird yourselves, and la- 
 nient, ye priests: howl, ye mi- 
 nisters of the altar: come, lie 
 all night in sackcloth, ye minis- 
 ters of my God : for the meat 
 offering and the drinl?: offering 
 is withholden from the house 
 of your God. 
 
 14 IF Sancti:fy ye a fast, call 
 a solemn assembly, gather the 
 elders and all the inhabitants 
 of the land into the house of 
 the Lord your God, and cry 
 unto the Lord, 
 
 15 Alas for the day! for the 
 day of the Lord is at hand, 
 and as a destruction from the 
 Almighty shall it come. 
 
 16 Is not the meat cut off before 
 our eyes, yea, joy and gladness 
 from the house of our God? 
 
 17 The seed is rotten under 
 their clods, the gamers are laid 
 desolate, the bams are broken 
 down ; for the corn is withered. 
 
 18 How do the beasts groan! 
 the herds of cattle are perplex- 
 ed, because they have no pas- 
 ture; yea, the flocks of sheep 
 are made desolate. 
 
 19 O Lord, to thee will I cry : 
 for the fire hath devoured the 
 pastures of the wilderness, and 
 the flame hath burned all the 
 trees of the field. 
 
 20 The beasts of the field cry 
 also unto thee :^ for the rivers 
 of waters are dried up, and the 
 fire hath devoured the pastiu"es 
 of the wilderness. 
 
 CHAPTER IL 
 
 1 He slieweth unto Zion the terrihle- 
 ness of God's judgment. 12 He 
 exhorteth to repentance, 15 we- 
 scribeth a fast, 18 womiseth a 
 blessing thereon. 21 lie comforteth 
 Zion with present, 28 and future 
 blessings. 
 
 BLOW ye the trumpet in 
 Zion, and sound an alarm 
 
G()(fs teirible 3udgmpfat8. JOEL 
 
 in my holy moimtain: let all 
 the inhabitants of the land trem- 
 ble: for the day of the Lord 
 Cometh, for it is niirh at hand ; 
 
 2 A day of darloiess and of 
 gloominess, a day of clouds and 
 of thick darkness, as the morn- 
 ing spread upon the mountains : 
 a great people and a strong; 
 there hath not been ever the 
 like, neither shall be any more 
 after it, even to the years of 
 many generations. 
 
 3 A fire devoiu-eth before them ; 
 and behind them a flame bmn- 
 eth : the land is as the garden of 
 Eden before them, and behind 
 them a desolate -wilderness ; yea, 
 and notliing shall escape them. 
 
 4 The appearance of them ?s as 
 the appearance of horses ; and 
 as horsemen, so shall they rim. 
 
 5 Like the noise of chariots on 
 the tops of mountains shall they 
 leap, like the noise of a flame of 
 fire that devoureth the stubble, 
 as a strong people set in battle 
 array. 
 
 6 Before their face the people 
 shall be much pained : all faces 
 shall gather blackness. 
 
 7 They shall run like mighty 
 men ; they shall climb the wall 
 like men of war ; and they shall 
 march every one on his ways, 
 and they shall not breaJc their 
 rallies : 
 
 8 Neither shall one thrust an- 
 other; they shall walk every 
 one in his path : and irhen they 
 fall upon the sword, they shall 
 not be vrounded. 
 
 9 They shall iiin to and fro in 
 the city; they shall run upon 
 the wall, they shall climb up up- 
 on the houses ; they shall enter 
 in at the windows like a thief. 
 
 10 The earth shall quake be- 
 fore them; the heavens shall 
 tremble : the sun and the moon 
 shall be dark, and the stars shall 
 -pithdiaw their shining : 
 
 11 And the Loed shall utter 
 his voice before his army: for 
 his camp is very great : for he 
 is strong that executeth his 
 vrord: for the day of the Lrntn 
 
 n. Jod presciibeth a fast, 
 
 is great and very terrible ; and 
 who can abide it ? 
 
 12 H Therefore also now, saitli 
 the Lord, turn ye even to me 
 Anth all your heart, and with 
 fasting, and with weeping, and 
 with mourning : 
 
 13 And rend your heart, and 
 not your gannents, and turn 
 unto the Lord your God: for 
 he is gracious and merciful, slow 
 to anger, and of great kindness, 
 and repenteth him of the evil. 
 
 14 Who knoweth if he will 
 return and repent, and leave 
 a blessing behind nim; even a 
 meat ofleiing and a diink ofter- 
 ing unto the Lord your God? 
 
 15 ^ Blow the trumpet in Zion, 
 sanctily a fast, call a solemn as- 
 sembly : 
 
 16 Gather the people, sanctify 
 the ccntrregation, assemble the 
 elders, gather the children, and 
 those that suck the breasts : let 
 the bridegroom go forth of his 
 chamber, and the bride out of 
 her closet. 
 
 17 Let the priests, the minis- 
 ters of the Lord, weep between 
 the porch and the altar, and let 
 them say, Siare thy people, O 
 Lord, and give not thine he- 
 ritage to reproach, that the hea- 
 then should rule over them? 
 wherefore should they say a- 
 mong the people. Where is theiif, 
 God? < 
 
 18 % Then will the Lord b€( 
 jealous for his land, and pitj^ 
 his people. 
 
 19 Yea, the Lord will anewe^ 
 and say unto his people, Be* 
 hold, I will send you com, and 
 wine, and oil, and ye shall be? 
 satisfied therewith : and I will J 
 no more make you a reproach, 
 among the heathen : J 
 
 20 But I will remove far off from J 
 you the northern army, and willi 
 drive him into a land barren'; 
 and desolate, with his face to^j 
 ward the east sea, and his hindew 
 part toward the utmost sea, andl ■ 
 his stink shall come up, and hii 
 ill savour shall come up, because 
 he hath done great things. - - 
 
A prmnise of 
 
 21 HFear not. O land; be glad 
 and rejoice: tor the Loed will 
 do great things. 
 
 22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of 
 the field: for the pastures of 
 the wilderness do spring, for 
 the tree beareth her fruit, the 
 fig tree and the vine do yield 
 their strength. 
 
 23 Be glad then, ye children of 
 Zion, and rejoice in the Lord 
 your God: for he hath given 
 you the former rain moderate- 
 ly, and he mil cause to come 
 down for you the rain, the for- 
 mer rain, and the latter rain in 
 the first montJi. 
 
 24 And the floors shall be full 
 of wheat, and the fats shall over- 
 flow with wine and oil. 
 
 25 And I will restore to you 
 the years that the locust hatli 
 eaten, the cankerworm, and the 
 caterpiller, and the palmer- 
 worm, my great army which I 
 sent among you. 
 
 26 And ye shall eat in plenty, 
 and be satisfied, and praise the 
 name of the Lord your God, 
 that hath dealt wondiously with 
 you : and my people shall never 
 be ashamed. 
 
 27 And ye shall know that I 
 am in the midst of Israel, and 
 that I am the Lord your God, 
 and none else : and my people 
 shall never be ashamed. 
 
 28 H And it shall come to pass 
 afterward, tliat I will pour out 
 my spirit upon aU flesh; and 
 your sons and your daughters 
 shall prophesy, your old men 
 shall dream dreams, your young 
 men shall see visions : 
 
 29 And also upon the servants 
 and upon the handmaids in 
 those days will I pour out my 
 spirit. 
 
 30 And I will shew wonders in 
 the heavens and in the earth, 
 blood, and fire, and piUars of 
 smoke. 
 
 31 The sun shall be turned in- 
 to darlcaess, and the moon into 
 blood, before the great and the 
 terrible day of the Lord come. 
 
 32 And it shall come to pass, j 
 
 JOEL, III. tUMy Spitit. 
 
 that whosoever shall call on the 
 name of the Lord shall be de- 
 livered : for in mount Zion and 
 in Jerusalem shaU be deliver- 
 ance, as the Lord hath said, 
 and in the remnant whom the 
 Lord shall call. 
 
 CHAPTER IIL 
 1 Grod's judgments against the ene- 
 mies of his people. 9 God will be 
 known in his judgment. 18 His 
 blessing upon the church. 
 
 FOR, behold, in those days, 
 and in that time, when I 
 shall bring again the captivity 
 of Judah and Jerusalem, 
 
 2 I ^vill also gather all nations, 
 and will bring them down into 
 the valley of Jehoshaphat, and 
 win plead with them there for 
 my people and for my heritage 
 Israel, whom they have scat- 
 tered among the nations, and 
 parted my land. 
 
 3 And they have cast lots for 
 my people; and have given a 
 boy for an harlot, and sold 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 coasts of Palestine ? 
 will ye render me a recom- 
 pence? and if ye recompense 
 me, swiftly and speedily will I 
 return your recompence upon 
 your own head ; 
 
 5 Because ye have taken my 
 silver and my gold, and have 
 carried into your temples my 
 goodly pleasant things : 
 
 6 The children also of Judah 
 and the children of Jerusalem 
 have ye sold unto the Grecians, 
 that ye might remove them fax 
 from their border. 
 
 7 Behold, I will raise them out 
 of the place whither ye have 
 sold them, and will return your 
 recompence upon your own 
 head: 
 
 8 And I will sell your sons 
 and your daughters into the 
 hand of the children of Judah, 
 and they shall sell them to the 
 Sabeans, to a people far off: for 
 the Lord hath spoken it. 
 
 9 IT Proclaim ye this among 
 
GoiTs Uessing 
 
 JOEL, III. 
 
 nj)0» Oie chirch. 
 
 the GentileB ; Prepare war, wake 
 up the mighty men, let all tlie 
 men of war draw near ; let them 
 come up : 
 
 10 Beat your plowshares into 
 Bwords, and vour pnminfjrhooks 
 into spears : let the weak say, I 
 am strong. 
 
 11 Assemble yourselves, and 
 come, all ye heathen, and ga- 
 ther yourselves together roiuid 
 about : thither cause tliy mighty 
 ones to come down, () Louo, 
 
 12 Let tlie heathen be wak<'n- 
 ed, and come up to the valley 
 of Jehosliaphat : for there will 
 I sit to judge all the heathen 
 round about. 
 
 13 Put ye in the sickle, for the 
 liarvest is ripe : conn', get you 
 do^\^l; for the i)ress iB full, tlie 
 faU overllow; for their wick- 
 edness in great. 
 
 14 Multitudes, multitudes in 
 the valley of decision: for the 
 diy of tlie Lord is near in tlie 
 vallev of decision. 
 
 15 ^riie sun and tlie m<H)n 
 shall be darkened, and tlie starp 
 shall withdr.iw their shining. 
 
 H) The Loin> also shall roar 
 out of Zion, and utter Ids voice 
 
 from Jemsalem; and the hea- 
 vens and the earth shall shake : 
 but the Lord mil he the hope 
 of his people, and the strength 
 of the children of Israel. 
 
 17 So shall ye know tliat I atn 
 the Lord your God dwelling 
 in Zion, my holy mountain : 
 then shall Jerusalem be holy, 
 and there shall no strangers 
 pass through her any more. 
 
 18 ^I And it shall come to pass 
 in that day, ihii the mountains 
 shall drop down new wine, and 
 the hills shall How with milk, 
 and all the rivers of Judah shall 
 flow with waters, and a foun- 
 tain shall come forth of the 
 house of the Lord, and shall 
 water the valley of Shittim. 
 
 11) Egypt shall be a desolation, 
 and Edom shall be a desolate 
 wildeniesg, for the violence a- 
 {Hiin!^ the children of Judah, 
 because they have shed inno- 
 cent bUxxl in their land. 
 
 20 But Judah shall dwell for 
 ever, and Jerusalem from ge- 
 neration to generation. 
 
 21 For I will cleanse their blood 
 that I have not cleansed : for 
 the Lord dwelleth in Zion. 
 
 AMOS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Amon sheweth God's judgment up- 
 on Syria^ 6 upon the Philifttinef*, 
 y upon Tyrus, 11 upon Edom, 13 
 upon Ammon. 
 
 THE words of Amos, who 
 was among the herdmen 
 of Tekoa, which he saw con- 
 cerning Israel in the days of 
 Uzziah king of Judah, and in 
 the days of Jeroboam the son 
 of Joash king of Israel, two 
 years before the earthquake. 
 * 2 And he said, The Lord will 
 roar from Zion, and utter his 
 voice from Jerusalem ; and the 
 liabitations of the shepherds 
 shall mourn, and the top of 
 Carmel shall wither. 
 3 Thus saith the Lord; For 
 three transgressions of Damas- 
 
 cus, and for four^ I will not 
 turn away the pumshment there- 
 of; because they have threshed 
 Gilead with threshing instru- 
 ments of iron : 
 
 4 But I ^ill send a fire hito the 
 house of Hazael, which shall de- 
 vour the palaces of Ben-hadad. 
 
 5 I will break also the bar of 
 Damascus, and cut off the in- 
 habitant from the plain of A- 
 ven, and him that holdeth the 
 sceptre from the house of Eden : 
 and the people of Syria shall go 
 into captivity imto Kir, saith 
 the Lord. 
 
 6 H Thus saith the Lord ; For 
 three transgressions of Gaza, 
 and for four, I will not turn 
 away the pumshment thereof; 
 because they carried away cap- 
 
God^s in-aih upon 
 
 AJIOS, II. 31oab, Judali, <md Israel, 
 
 tive the whole captivity, to de- 
 liver tlmn up to Edom : 
 
 7 But I will send a fire on the 
 wall of Gaza, which shall de- 
 vour the palaces thereof: 
 
 8 And I will cut off the inha- 
 bitant from Ashdod, and him 
 that holdeth the sceptre from 
 Ashlielon, and I will turn mine 
 liand against Ekron : and the 
 remnpcut of the Philistines shall 
 perish, saith the Lord God. 
 
 9 H Thus saith the Loed ; For 
 three transgressions of Tyrus, 
 and for four, I will not turn 
 away tlie punishmnt thereof; 
 because they delivered up the 
 v/hole captivity to Edom, and 
 remembered not the brotherly 
 covenant : 
 
 10 But I will send a fiie on the 
 wall of Tyrus, which shall de- 
 vour the palaces thereof. 
 
 11 ^ Thus saith the Loed ; For 
 tkree transgressions of Edom, 
 and for four, I will not turn 
 away the punisJmieMt thereof; 
 because he did pursue his bro- 
 ther with the sword, and did 
 cast off all pity, and his anger 
 did tear peii)etually, and he 
 kept his wrath for ever : 
 
 12 But I will send a fire upon 
 Teman, which shall devour the 
 palaces of Bozrah. 
 
 13 1[ Thus saith the Lord ; For 
 three transgressions of the chil- 
 dren of Amnion, and for four, 
 I will not turn away the punisli- 
 ment thereof; because they have 
 ripped up the women with child 
 of Gilead, that they might en- 
 large their border : 
 
 14 But I will kindle a fire 
 in the wall of Kabbah, and it 
 shall devour the palaces there- 
 of, with shouting in the day of 
 battle, with a tempest in the 
 day of the whirlwind ; 
 
 15 And their king shall go in- 
 to captivity, he and his princes 
 together, saith the Loed. 
 
 CHAPTER IL 
 
 1 God's wrath against Moah, 4 upon 
 JudaJi, 6 and upon Israel. 9 God 
 complaineth of their unthanlcfuL 
 
 ness. 
 
 THUS saith the Loed; For 
 three transgressions of Mo- 
 ab, and for four, I wiR not turn 
 away tlie punisliment thereof; 
 because he burned the bones of 
 the king of Edom into lime : 
 
 2 But I will send a fii'e upon 
 Moab, and it shall devour the 
 palaces of Kirioth : and Moab 
 shall die with tumult, with 
 shoi'iting, and with the sound 
 of the triunpet: 
 
 3 And I will cut off the judge 
 from the midst thereof, and will 
 slay all the princes thereof vvitli 
 him, saith the Loed. 
 
 4 % Thus saith the Loed ; For 
 three transgressions of Judah, 
 and for foui', I will not tmii 
 away the piinisJiiiient thereof; 
 because they have despised the 
 law of the Loed, and have not 
 kept his co mm andments, and 
 their lies caused them to err, 
 after the wliich theii' fathers 
 have walked : 
 
 5 But I will send a fire upon 
 Judah, and it shall devom- the 
 palaces of Jerusalem. 
 
 6 1[ Thus saith the Loed ; For 
 thi'ee transgressions of Israel, 
 and for four, I will not turn 
 away tJie punishment thereof; 
 because they sold the righteous 
 for silver, and the poor for a 
 pair of shoes ; 
 
 7 That pant after the dust of 
 the earth on the head of the poor, 
 and turn aside the way of the 
 meek : and a man and his father 
 will go in unto the saine maid, 
 to profane my holy name : 
 
 8 And they lay tMmselves down 
 upon clothes laid to pledge by 
 every altar, and they drinli the 
 wine of the condemned in the 
 house of their god. 
 
 9 H Yet destroyed I the Amor- 
 ite before them, whose height 
 was like the height of the ce- 
 dars, and he loas strong as the 
 oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit 
 from above, and his roots from 
 beneath. 
 
 10 Also I brought you up from 
 the land of Kgypt, and led you 
 forty years through the wilder- 
 
 Xx3 
 
God's judgment 
 
 Alvios, in. 
 
 against Isyael. 
 
 neas. to possess the land of the 
 
 Amorite. 
 
 11 And I raised up of 5'onr 
 -ons for proi)liet8, and of yonr 
 young men for Nazarites. /s it 
 not even thus, O ye children 
 of Israel? saith the Lord. 
 
 12 But ye pave the Nazarites 
 wine to drink; and command- 
 ed the laophets, saying. Pro- 
 phesy not. 
 
 13 lieliold, I am pressed under 
 you, as a cart is pressed that is 
 full of sheaves. 
 
 14 Therefore the flight shall 
 l)erish from the swift, and tl»e 
 strong shall not strengthen his 
 force, neither shall the mighty 
 deliver liimself : 
 
 15 Neither shall he stand that 
 handleth the bow ; and ///' that 
 IS swift of foot shall not de- 
 liver hinii^'lf: neither shiill he 
 that rideth the horse deliver 
 himself. 
 
 IG And /<<' that »*.<< courageous 
 among the mighty shall llee 
 awav naked in that day, saith 
 the LoBi). 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 1 77/^ iwcoKsiti/ of Cwod'x jud<jment 
 offiiinst Israel. 9 The publication 
 of it, with the causes thereof. 
 
 HEAR this word that the 
 LoRi> hath spoken against 
 you, O cldldren of Israel, a- 
 gainst the whole family which 
 I brought up from the land of 
 Egypt, saying, 
 
 2 You only have I kno^vn of 
 all the families of the earth : 
 therefore I will pimish you for 
 all your iniquities. 
 
 3 Can two walk together, ex- 
 cept they be agreed? 
 
 4 Will a lion roar in the forest, 
 when he hath no prey? will a 
 young lion cry out of liis den, 
 if he have taken nothing ? 
 
 5 Can a bird fall in a snare 
 upon the earth, where no gin 
 is for him? shall one take np a 
 snare from the earth, and have 
 taken nothing at all? 
 
 6 Shall a ti-umpet be blo^vn in ; 
 the city, and the people not be j 
 afraid? shall there be evil in 
 
 a citj', and the Lord hath not 
 done it ? 
 
 7 Surely the Lord God will 
 do nothing, but lie revealeth 
 liis secret unto his servants the 
 prophets. 
 
 8 The lion hath roared, who 
 ^M*ll not fear? the Lord Ood 
 hath spoken, who can but pro- 
 
 ' phesy * 
 
 9 If Publish in the palaces at 
 Ashdod, and in the palaces in 
 the land of Egypt, and say. 
 Assemble yourselves upon the 
 mountains of ►Samaria, and be- 
 
 \ hold the great tumults in the 
 
 midst thereof, and the ojipress- 
 j ed in the midst thereof. 
 I 10 For they know not to do 
 : right, saith the Lord, who 
 
 store up violence and robbery 
 
 in their i)alace8. 
 
 I 11 Therefore thus saith the 
 j Lord God; An adversar>' thne 
 I ^f// he even round about the 
 ^ land ; and he shall bring down 
 I thy strength from thee, and thy 
 
 palaces shall be spoiled. 
 12 Thus saith the Lord; As 
 [the shepherd taketh out of the 
 
 mouth of the lion two legs, or 
 ,a i)iece of an ear; so shall tlie 
 
 children of Israel be taken out 
 I that dwell in Samaria in the 
 
 comer of a l>ed, and in Damas- 
 i cus in a couch. 
 ' 13 Hear ye, and testifv in the 
 
 house of Jacob, saith the Lord 
 I God. the God of hosts, 
 
 14 That in the day that I shall 
 visit the transgressions of Israel 
 upon him I ^sill also visit the 
 altars of Beth-el : and the horns 
 of the altar shall be cut ofif, and 
 fall to the ground. 
 
 15 And I will smite the winter 
 house with the sumnier house ; 
 and the houses of ivory shall pe- 
 rish, and the great houses shall 
 have an end, saith the Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 He reproveth Israel for oppression, 
 4 for idolatry, 6 and for their in- 
 corrigibleness. 
 
 HEAR this word, ye kine 
 of Bashan, that are in the 
 mountain of Samaria, which 
 
J'&rael reproved for 
 
 AMOS, V. oppression and idolatry. 
 
 oppress the poor, wliioh crush 
 the needy, which say to their 
 masters, Bring, and let us diink. 
 
 2 The Lord God hath sworn 
 by his holiness, that, lo, the 
 days shall come upon you, that 
 he will take you away with 
 hooks, and your posterity with 
 fishhooks. 
 
 3 And ye shall go out at the 
 breaches, every cmc at tliat which 
 is before her ; and ye shall cast 
 them into the palace, saith the 
 Lord. 
 
 4 H Come to Beth-el, and trans- 
 gress ; at Gilgal multiply trans- 
 gression ; and bring your sacri- 
 fices eveiy momiag, cmd your 
 tithes after three yeai-s : 
 
 5 And ofier a sacrifice of 
 thanksgiving with leaven, and 
 proclaim and pubhsh the free 
 ofierings: for this liketh you, 
 
 ye children of Israel, saith 
 the Lord God. 
 
 6 H And I also have given you 
 cleanness of teeth in all your 
 cities, and want of bread in ail 
 your places: yet have ye not 
 returned imto me, saith the 
 Lord. 
 
 7 And also I have withholden 
 the rain from you, when there 
 were yet three months to the 
 harvest : and I caused it to rain 
 upon one city, and caused 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 wan- 
 dered unto one city, to drink 
 water; but they were not sa- 
 tisfied : yet have ye not return- 
 ed unto me, saith the Lord. 
 
 9 I liave smitten you with 
 blasting and mildew: when 
 your gardens and your vine- 
 yards and your fig trees and 
 your olive trees increased, the 
 jpalmerworm devoured them : 
 yet have ye not returned unto 
 me, saith the Lord. 
 
 10 1 have sent among you the 
 pestilence after the manner of 
 Egypt: your young men have 
 
 1 elaui with the sword, and 
 
 have taken away your horses; 
 and I have made the stink of 
 your camps to come up unto 
 your nostrils: yet have ye not 
 returned unto me, saith the 
 Lord. 
 
 11 I have overthrown some of 
 you, as God overthrew Sodom 
 and Gomorrah, and ye were as 
 a firebrand plucked out of the 
 burning : yet have ye not re- 
 turned unto me, «aith the Lord. 
 
 12 Therefore thus will I do 
 unto thee, O Israel: and be- 
 cause I will do this unto thee, 
 prepare to meet thy God, O 
 Israel. 
 
 13 For, lo, he that formeth 
 the mountains, and createth the 
 wind, and declareth unto man 
 what is his thought, that mak- 
 eth the morning darkness, and 
 treadeth upon the high places 
 of the earth, The Lord, The 
 God of hosts, is his name. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 1 A lamentation for Israel. 4 An ex- 
 hortation to repentance. 21 God re~ 
 jecteth their hypocritical service. 
 
 HEAE ye this word which 
 I take up against you, 
 emn a lamentation, O house of 
 Israel. 
 
 2 The virgin of Israel is fallen ; 
 she shall no more rise : she is 
 forsaken upon her land ; tJiere is 
 none to raise her up. 
 
 3 For thus saith the Lord 
 God; The city that went out 
 hy a thousand shall leave an 
 hundred, and that which went 
 forth hy an himdred shall leave 
 ten, to the house of Israel. 
 
 4 IF For thus saith the Lord 
 unto the house of Israel, Seek 
 ye me, and ye shall live : 
 
 5 But seek not Beth-el, nor 
 enter into Gilgal, and pass not 
 to Beer-sheba: for Gilgal shall 
 surely go into captivity, and 
 Beth-el shall come to nought. 
 
 6 Seek the Lord, and ye shall 
 live ; lest he break out like fire 
 in the house of Joseph, and de- 
 vour it, and there he none to 
 quench it in Beth-el. 
 
 7 Ye who turn judgment to 
 
An exhoriiatim AMOS, W 
 
 wonnwood, and leave off right- 
 eousness in the eartli, 
 
 8 i^ek him that niaketh the 
 seven stars and On'on and tnni- 
 eth the sliadow of oeatli into 
 tlie monn'n!-'- and niaketli the 
 day dark \\\i\\ niirlit : tliat call- 
 eth for the waters of tlie sea, 
 and ponreth tlieni out upon the 
 tare of the earth: The Lord 
 /•■; his name : 
 
 9 That strenfftheneth the spoil- 
 ed against the strong:, so tlmt 
 the spoiled shall come against 
 the fortress. 
 
 10 Tliey hate him that rehuk- 
 eth in the irat«\ and tlicy abhor 
 him that speakcth nprirhtly. 
 
 11 Fornsiuuch theivfore as 
 your treadin.ix /s up^n tlie poor, 
 and ye take from him burdens 
 of wheat: ye have built houses 
 of hewn stone, but ye shall not 
 dwell in them ; ye have planted 
 pleasant vineyards, but ye shall 
 nt)t diink wine of them. 
 
 12 For I know your manifold 
 trans.^ix'ssions and your miizh- 
 tv sins : they aiflict tlie just, 
 they take a bribe, and they 
 i\\n\ aside the poor in the gate 
 from fh'ir rinht. 
 
 K) Therefore the pnident shall 
 keep silence in that time; for 
 it is an evil time. 
 
 14 Seek good, and not evil, 
 that ye may live : and so the 
 Lord, the God of hostg, shall be 
 with you, as ye have sioken. 
 
 15 Hate the evil, and love the 
 p:ood, and establish judirment 
 in the gate : it may l>e that the 
 Lord God of hosts will be 
 .eracious unto the remnant of 
 Joseph. 
 
 16 Therefore the Lord, the 
 God of hosts, the Lord, saith 
 
 thus ; Wailing sliall h" in all ' icln'rh are named chief of the 
 streets ; and they shall say in I nations, to whom the house of 
 all the highways, Alas ! alas ! j Israel came ! 
 
 2 Pass ye imto Calneh, and 
 see; and from thence go ye to 
 Hamath the great: then go 
 dovm to Gath of the Philis- 
 tines : he they better than these 
 kingdoms ? or their border great- 
 er tlian your border? 
 
 to itpetitovre. 
 
 18 Woe unto you that desim 
 the (iixy of the Lord! to what 
 end iff it for you V the day of the 
 Lord />• darkness, and not light. 
 
 1*) As if a man did fl«'e fiom 
 a lion, and a lx?ar met him ; 
 or went into tha houfi43, and 
 leaned his hand on the wall, 
 ard a seri'ent bit liim. 
 
 20 ^hnll not the day of the 
 Lord be darkness, and not 
 light? even ver\' dark, and no 
 brightness in it'? 
 
 21 ^ I hate, I despise your 
 feast days, and I will not smell 
 in your solemn assemblies. 
 
 22 Though ye otler me bunit 
 olli 'rings and your meat offer- 
 ings, I v;ill not accent thm : 
 neither will I reganl the peace 
 oft'erings of vour fat beastB. 
 
 23 Take thou away from me 
 the noise of thy songs * for I will 
 not hear the melody of thy viols. 
 
 24 But let judgment run down 
 as waters, and righteousness as 
 a mighty stream. 
 
 25 ifave ye offered unto me 
 sacritices and offerings in the 
 wilderness forty years, O house 
 of Israel? 
 
 20 But ye have borne the ta- 
 bernacle of your Moloch and 
 Chiun your images, the star of 
 your god, wliich ye made to 
 yourselves. 
 
 27 Therefore will I cause you 
 to go into captivity beyond Da- 
 mascus, saith the Lord, whose 
 name is The God of hosts. 
 
 CHAPTER VL 
 1 77?« iconfonyiers of larad, 7 shali 
 
 he plagued with des^olation, 12 and 
 
 their incoryigibleneas. 
 
 WOE to them that are at 
 ease in Zion, and trust 
 in the mountain of Samaria, 
 
 and they shall call the hus- 1 
 bandman to mourning, and 
 such as are sldlful of lamenta- 
 tion to wailing. 
 17 And in all vineyards shall he 
 wailing : for I will pass through 
 thee, saith the Lord. 
 
The voluptuousness 
 
 AMOS, VII, 
 
 cf Israel threatened. 
 
 3 Ye that put far away the evil 
 day, and cause the seat of yio- 
 lence to come near ; 
 
 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, 
 and stretch themselves upon 
 their couches, and eat the lambs 
 out of the flock, and the calves 
 out of the midst of the stall ; 
 
 5 That chant to the sound of 
 the viol, and invent to them- 
 selves instrvjnents of musick, 
 lilre David ; 
 
 6 That drink wine in bowls, 
 and anoint themselves with the 
 chief ointments : but they are 
 not grieved for the affliction of 
 Joseph. 
 
 7 ^ Therefore now shall they 
 go captive with the first that go 
 captive, and the banquet of them 
 that stretched themselves shall 
 be removed. 
 
 8 The Lord God hath sworn 
 by himself, saith the Lord 
 the God of hosts, I abhor the 
 excellency of Jacob, and hate 
 his palaces : therefore will I de- 
 liver up the city with all that 
 is therein. 
 
 9 And it shall come to pass, if 
 there remain ten men in one 
 house, that they shall die. 
 
 10 And a man's uncle shall 
 take him up, and he that burn- 
 eth him, to bring out the bones 
 out of the house, and shall say 
 imto him that is by the sides 
 of the house, Is tJiere yet any 
 with thee? and he shall say, 
 No. Then shall he say, Hold 
 thy tongue : for we may not 
 make mention of the name of 
 the Lord. 
 
 11 For, behold, the Lord com- 
 mandeth, and he will smite the 
 great house with breaches, and 
 the little house with clefts. 
 
 12 ^ Shall horses run upon the 
 rock? will oiw plow there with 
 oxen ? for ye have turned judg- 
 ment into gall, and the fruit of 
 righteousness into hemlock : 
 
 13 Ye wMch rejoice in a thing 
 of nought, which say, Have we 
 not taken to us horns by our 
 o\vTi strength? 
 
 14 But, behold, I will raise up 
 
 against you a nation, O house 
 of Israel, saith the Lord the 
 God of hosts; and they shall 
 afflict you from the entering 
 in of Hemath unto the river of 
 the wilderness. 
 
 CHAPTER VIL 
 1 TIi£ judgments of the grasshoppers, 
 1 and of the fire, are diverted by the 
 prayer of Amos. 1 By the ivall of 
 a plumhtine is signified the rejec- 
 tion of Israel. 10 Amaziah com- 
 plainetli of Amos. 1^ Araos shevu 
 efh his calling, 16 and AmaziaJi's 
 judgment. 
 
 THUS hath the Lord God 
 shewed unto me; and, be- 
 hold, he formed grasshoppers 
 in the beginning of the shoot- 
 ing up of the latter growth; 
 and, lo, it ivas the latter growth 
 after the Idng's mowmgs. 
 
 2 And it came to pass, that 
 when they had made an end of 
 eating the grass of the land, 
 then I said, O Lord God, forgive, 
 I beseech thee : by whom shall 
 Jacob arise? for he is small. 
 
 3 The Lord repented for this : 
 It shall not be, saith the Lord. 
 
 4 IF Thus hath the Lord God 
 shewed imto me: and, behold, 
 the Lord God called to con- 
 tend by fire, and it devoured 
 the great deep, and did eat up 
 a part. 
 
 5 Then said I, O Lord God, 
 cease, I beseech thee : by whom 
 shall Jacob arise? for he is 
 small. 
 
 6 The Lord repented for this : 
 This also shall not be, saith the 
 Lord God. 
 
 7 II Thus he shewed me : and, 
 behold, the Lord stood upon a 
 wall made by a plumbline, with 
 a plumbline in his hand. 
 
 8 And the Lord said unto me, 
 Amos, what seest thou ? And I 
 said, A plumbline. Then said 
 the Lord, Behold, I will set a 
 plumbline in the midst of my 
 people Israel : I will not again 
 pa«s by them any more : 
 
 9 And the high places of Isaaq 
 shall be desolate, and the sanc- 
 tuaries of Israel shall be laid 
 waste ; and I will rise against 
 
The type of a la^lcet AlVIOS 
 
 the house of Jeroboam with the 
 sword. 
 
 10 H Then Amaziah the priest 
 of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam 
 king of Israel, saying, Amos 
 liath conspired against thee in 
 the midst of tlie house of Is- 
 rael : the land is not able to 
 bear all his words. 
 
 11 For thus Amos saith, Jero- 
 boam shall die by the sword 
 and Israel shall surely be led 
 away captive out of their o>v-n 
 land. 
 
 12 Also Amaziah said unto 
 Amos, O thou seer, go, flee 
 thee away into the land of Ju- 
 dah, and there eat bread, and 
 prophesy there : 
 
 13 But prophesy not again 
 any more at Beth-el : for it is 
 the king's chapel, and it is the 
 king's court. 
 
 14 H Then answered Amos, 
 and said to Amaziah, I teas no 
 prophet, neither was I a pro- 
 phet's son ; but I icas an herd- 
 man, and a gatherer of sy co- 
 more fiiiit : 
 
 15 And the Lord took me 
 as I followed the flock, and the 
 Lord said unto me, Go, pro- 
 phesy unto my people Israel. 
 
 IG II Now therefore hear thou 
 the word of the Lord: Thou 
 sayest. Prophesy not against 
 Israel, and drop not thy iconl 
 against the house of Isaac. 
 
 17 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord; Thy wife shall be an 
 harlot in the city, and thy sons 
 and thy daughters shall lall by 
 the sword, and thy land shall 
 be divided^ by line ; and thou 
 shalt die in a polluted land : 
 and Israel shall sm-ely go into 
 captivity forth of his land. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 1 By a basket of summer fruit is 
 sJieiced the propinquity of Israel's 
 end. 4 Oppression is reproved. 11 
 A famine of the icord threatened. 
 
 THUS hath the Lord God 
 shewed unto me; and be- 
 hold a basket of summer fruit. 
 2 And he said, Amos, what 
 eeest thou? And I said, A 
 
 VIII . of mmmff fni it. 
 
 basket of summer fruit. Then 
 said the Lord unto me. The 
 end is come upon my people 
 of Israel ; I will not again pass 
 by them any more. 
 
 3 And the songs of the temi)le 
 shall be bowlings in that day 
 saith the Lord God: th-re sliaU 
 he many dead bodies in every 
 place ; they shall cast them forth 
 with silence. 
 
 4 H Hear this, O ye that swal- 
 low up the needy, even to make 
 the poor of the land to fail, 
 
 5 Saying, When will the new 
 moon be gone, that we may sell 
 com? and the sabbath, that we 
 may set forth wheat, making 
 the ephah small, and the she- 
 kel great, and falsifying the 
 balances by deceit ? 
 
 6 That we may buy the poor 
 for silver, and the needy for a 
 pair of shoes ; ypo, and sell the 
 refuse of the wheat ? 
 
 7 The Lord hath sworn by the 
 excellency of Jacob, Surely I 
 ^dll never forget any of their 
 works. 
 
 8 Shall not the land tremble for 
 tliis, and eveiy one mourn that 
 dwelleth therein? and it shall 
 rise up wholly as a flood ; and it 
 shall be cast out and drowned, 
 as by the flood of Egj-pt. 
 
 9 And it shall come to pass in 
 that day, saith the Lord God, 
 that I will cause the sun to go 
 down at noon and I will darken 
 the earth in the clear day : 
 
 10 And I will turn your feasts 
 into mourning, and aU your 
 songs into lamentation ; and I 
 will bring up sackcloth upon 
 all loins, and baldness upon 
 every head; and I will make 
 it as the mourning of an only 
 8CM, and the end thereof as a 
 bitter day. 
 
 11 II Behold, the days come, 
 saith the Lord God, that I will 
 send a famine in the land, not 
 a famine of bread, nor a thirst 
 for water, but of hearing the 
 words of the Lord : 
 
 12 And they shall wander from 
 sea to sea, and from the north 
 
The cedainty of ,- AMOS, 
 
 even to tlie east, they shall run 
 to and fro to seek the word of 
 the LoKD, and shall not find it. 
 
 13 In that day shall the fair 
 virgins and young men faint 
 for thirst. 
 
 14 They that swear by the sin 
 of Samaria, and say. Thy god, 
 
 Dan, liveth ; and, The man- 
 ner of Beer-sheba liveth ; even 
 they shall fall, and never rise 
 up again. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 1 Tlie certainty of the desolation. 11 
 Hie restoring of tlie tahernacle of 
 David. 
 
 I SAW the Lord standing 
 upon the altar : and he said, 
 Smite the hntel of the door, 
 that the posts may shake : and 
 cut them m the head, all of 
 them; and I will slay the last 
 of them with the sword: he 
 that fleeth of them shall not 
 flee away, and he that escapeth 
 of them shall not be delivered. 
 
 2 Though they dig into hell, 
 thence shall mine hand take 
 them; though they climb up 
 to heaven, thence will I bring 
 them down : 
 
 3 And though they hide them- 
 selves in the top of Carmel, I 
 will search and take them out 
 thence; and though they be 
 hid from my sight in the bot- 
 tom of the sea, thence will I 
 command the serpent, and he 
 shall bite them : 
 
 4 And though they go mto 
 captivity before their enemies, 
 thence will I command the 
 sword, and it shall slay them: 
 and I will set mine eyes upon 
 them for evil, and not for good. 
 
 5 And the Lord Goo of hosts 
 is he that toucheth the land, 
 and it shall melt, and all that 
 dwell therein shall monm : and 
 it shall rise up wholly like a 
 flood; and shall be drowned, 
 as hy the flood of Egypt. 
 
 6 It is he that buildeth his 
 stories in the heaven, and hath 
 founded his troop in the earth ; 
 he that calleth for the waters 
 of the sea, and poureth them 
 
 IX, IsraeVs desolation. 
 
 out upon the face of the earth : 
 The LoKD is his name. 
 
 7 Are ye not as childi'en of the 
 Ethiopians unto me, O children 
 of Israel? saith the Lokd. Have 
 not I brought up Israel out of 
 the^ land of Egypt? and the 
 Philistines from Caphtor, and 
 the Syrians from Kir ? 
 
 8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord 
 God are upon the sinful king- 
 dom, and I will destroy it from 
 off the face of the earth ; sav- 
 ing that I will not utterly de- 
 stroy the house of Jacob, saith 
 the Lord. 
 
 9 For, lo, I will command, and 
 I will sift the house of Israel 
 among all nations, hke as com 
 is sifted in a sieve, yet shall 
 not the least grain fall upon the 
 earth. 
 
 10 All the sinners of my people 
 shall die by the sword, which 
 say, The evil shall not overtake 
 nor prevent us. 
 
 11 IF In that day will I raise up 
 the tabernacle of David that is 
 fallen, and close up the breaches 
 thereof; and I will raise up his 
 ruina, and I will build it as in 
 the days of old : 
 
 12 That they may possess the 
 remnant of Edom, and of all 
 the heathen, which are called 
 by my name, saith the Loed 
 that doeth this. 
 
 13 Behold, the days come, 
 saith the Loed, that the plow- 
 man shall overtake the reaper, 
 and the treader of grapes him 
 that soweth seed ; and the moun- 
 tains shall drop sweet wine, and 
 all the hills shall melt. 
 
 14 And I wiU bring again the 
 captivity of my people of Israel, 
 and they shall build the waste 
 cities, and inhabit them ; and 
 they shall plant vineyards, and 
 drink the wine thereof; they 
 shall also niake gardens, and 
 eat the fruit of them. 
 
 15 And I will plant them upon 
 their land, and they shall no 
 more be pulled up out of their 
 land which I have given thera, 
 saith the Loed thy God. 
 
OBADIAH. 
 
 1 TJic destruction of Edom, 3 for 
 their pride, 10 aud/or their nrou{i 
 unto Jacob. 17 The salvation and 
 victory of Jncob. 
 
 rpHE vinioii ofOhadiab. Thus 
 X saitb the Lord God concern- 
 mg Edom; AVe have lieard a 
 rumour from the Lohi», and an 
 ambasf^ador is sent among the 
 lieatlien, Arise ye, and let us 
 rise \\\) airainst her in battle. 
 
 2 Behold, 1 have made thee 
 small among the heathen : thou 
 art greatly dcsi)ised. 
 
 3 •[ The pride of thine heart 
 bath deceived thee, thou tlmt 
 dwellest in the clefts of the rock, 
 whose habitation is high ; tbat 
 saith in his heart. AVho shall 
 
 bring me down to the ground V | 
 
 4 Though thou exalt /////s^'//; 
 as the eagle, and though tlioii ; 
 set thy nest among the stai-s, 
 thence will I bring thee do\^Ti, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 5 If thieves came to tliee, if 
 robbei^s by niirht, (how art thou 
 cut olf!) would they not have 
 stolen till they had enough? if j 
 the gra])egatherers came to thee 
 would they not leave .sr/?/<^ grapesr | 
 
 6 How are the thimji of Esau j 
 searched out ! hoic are his hid- . 
 den things sought up ! | 
 
 7 All the men of thy confede- 
 racy have brought thee erm to 
 the border: the men that were 
 at peace with thee have deceiv- 
 ed thee, and prevailed against 
 thee ; th'u that eat thy bread have 
 laid a MOund under t\\QQ : therre 
 is none understanding in him. 
 
 8 Shall I not in that day, saith 
 the LoKD, even destroy the wise 
 men out of Edom, and under- 
 standing out of the mount of 
 Esau? 
 
 9 And thy mighty men, O 
 Teman, shall be dismayed, to 
 the end that every one of the 
 mount of Esau may be cut off 
 by slaughter. 
 
 10 H For thy violence against 
 thy brother Jacob shame shall 
 cover thee, and thou shalt be 
 cut off for ever. 
 
 11 In the day that thou stood- 
 est on the other side, in the 
 day that the strangers canied 
 away captive his tbrces, and fo- 
 reigners entered into his gates, 
 and cast lots upon Jerusalem, 
 even thou tca4 as one of them. 
 
 12 But thou ehouldest nctt 
 have looked on the day of thy 
 brother in the dity that he be- 
 came a strang<r ; neither should- 
 est tliou have rejoiced ()ver the 
 chiklren of Judah in the day 
 of their destruction; neither 
 shouldest thou have spoken 
 proudly in the day (»f distress. 
 
 13 l1iou shouldest not liave 
 entered into the gate of my ]»eo- 
 ple in the day of their calamity ; 
 yea, thou shouldest not have 
 looked on their allliction in the 
 day of their calamity, nca- have 
 laid hinids on their substance 
 in the day of theh calamity ; 
 
 14 Neither shouldest thou have 
 stood in the crossway, to cut off 
 those of his that did escape; 
 neither shouldest thou have de- 
 livered up those of his that chd 
 remain in the day of distress. 
 
 15 For the day of the Lord /s 
 near upon all the heathen : as 
 thou hast done, it shall be done 
 unto thee : thy reward shall re- 
 turn upon thine own head. 
 
 IG For as ye have drunk upon 
 my holy mountain, m shall all 
 the heathen dilnk continually, 
 yea, they shall diink, and tliey 
 shall swallow do^^^l, and they 
 shall be as though they had 
 not been. 
 
 17 ^ But upon mount Zion 
 shall be deliverance, and there 
 
 I shall be holiness ; and the house 
 of Jacob shall possess their pos- 
 sessions. 
 
 18 And the house of Jacob 
 shall be a fire, and the house of 
 Joseph a flame, and the house 
 of Esau for stubble, and they 
 shall kindle in them, and de- 
 vour them ; and there shall not 
 be any remaining of the house 
 of Esau; for the Loed hath 
 spoken it. 
 
Joiiahjleeth to Tarshish JONAH, I. He is cast into the sea. 
 
 19 And they of the south shall 
 possess the mount of Esau ; and 
 tIw2J of the plain the Philistines : 
 and they shaU possess the fields 
 of Ephraim, and the fields of 
 Samaria: and Benjamin slmJl 
 possess Gilead. 
 
 20 And the captivity of this 
 host of the children of Israel 
 
 shall possess that of the Canaan- 
 ites, even unto Zarephath; and 
 the captivity of Jerusalem, which 
 is in Sepharad, shall possess the 
 cities of the south. 
 21 And saviours shall come 
 up on mount Zion to judge the 
 mount of Esau ; and the king- 
 dom shall be the Lord's. 
 
 JONAH. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Jonah, sent to Nineveh, fleeth to 
 Tarshish. 4 He is heivrayed by a 
 tempest, 11 thrown into the sea, 
 17 and swallowed by a fish. 
 
 I^OW the word of the Lord 
 
 ly came unto Jonah the son 
 
 of Amittai, saying, 
 
 2 Arise, go to Niueveh, that 
 great city, and cry against it; 
 for their wickedness is come up 
 before me. 
 
 3 But Jonah rose up to flee un- 
 to Tarshish from the presence 
 of the Lord, and went down to 
 Joppa; and he found a ship 
 going to Tarshish: so he paid 
 file fare thereof, and went down 
 into it, to go with them unto 
 Tarshish from the presence of 
 the Lord. 
 
 4 H But the Lord sent out 
 a great wind into the sea, and 
 there was a mighty tempest in 
 the sea, so that the ship was 
 like to be broken. 
 
 5 Then the mariners were 
 afraid, and cried every man 
 imto his god, and cast forth the 
 wares that were in the ship into 
 the sea, to lighten it of them. 
 But Jonah was gone down iuto 
 the sides of the ship ; and he 
 lay, and was fast asleep. 
 
 6 So the shipmaster came to 
 him, and said unto him. What 
 meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, 
 call upon thy God, if so be that 
 God will think upon us, that we 
 perish not. 
 
 7 And they said every one to 
 his fellow. Come, and let us 
 cast lots, that we may know for 
 whose cause this evil is upon us. 
 
 So they cast lots, and the lot fell 
 upon Jonah. 
 
 8 Then said they rmto him, 
 Tell us, we pray thee, for whose 
 cause this evil is upon us ; What 
 is thine occupation ? and whence 
 comest thou? what is thy coun- 
 try ? and of what people ati thou? 
 
 9 And he said unto them, I am 
 an Hebrew ; and I fear the Lord, 
 the God of heaven, which hath 
 made the sea and the dry land. 
 
 10 Then were the men exceed- 
 ingly afraid, and said unto him. 
 Why hast thou done this ? For 
 the men knew that he fled from 
 the presence of the Lord, be- 
 cause he had told them. 
 
 11 H Then said they imto him, 
 What shall we do unto thee, 
 that the sea may be calm unto 
 us? for the sea wrought, and 
 was tempestuous, 
 
 12 And he said imto them, 
 Take me up, and cast me forth 
 into the sea; so shall the sea 
 be calm unto you: for I know 
 that for my sake this great tem- 
 pest is upon you. 
 
 13 Nevertheless the men row- 
 ed hard to bring it to the land ; 
 but they could not : for the sea 
 wrought, and was tempestuous 
 against them. 
 
 14 Wherefore they cried unto 
 the Lord, and said. We beseech 
 thee, O Lord, we beseech thee, 
 let us not perish for this man's 
 hfe, and lay not upon us inno- 
 cent blood: for thou, O Lord, 
 hast done as it pleased thee. 
 
 15 So they took up Jonah, and 
 cast him forth into the sea : and 
 the sea ceased from her raging. 
 
Jonah preachHh JON All 
 
 V) Then the men feared tlie 
 L«)Ri) exeeedin^rly, and oll'ered 
 a fia orifice unto the Lord, and 
 made vows, 
 
 17 • Now the Lord Imd pre- 
 ptired a irn'sit fish to swallow u|> 
 Jonah. And .Jonah wa-? in the 
 belly of the UkIi tliree dayw and 
 tliree niplits. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 1 The prai/ir of Joiuih. 10 lie is 
 
 oAirert'nfroin fhcfish. 
 
 ri'lHEN Jonah prayed imto 
 X th<' Lou!> Ills God out of 
 the fish's hrlly, 
 
 2 And tiidd, I cried by reason 
 of mine alllirtion unto the Lord, 
 and he hraixl me; out of the 
 belly of hell cried I, ojid thou 
 heardest my voice. 
 
 3 For thou hadpt caflt me into 
 the d(M'j», in the midnt of the 
 seas: and the IhxKls comi^a^fied 
 me ahout : all thy hillowH and 
 thy waves passed ov»*r me. i 
 
 4 Then I pai*!, 1 am cast ont I 
 of thy sii-'ht ; yet 1 will hxjk ! 
 acain toward tliy holy temple. I 
 
 5 The watere compassed me 
 about, even to the soul : the | 
 depth closed mo round about, | 
 the weed;* were WTapped about i 
 my head. | 
 
 i) I went doNMi to the bottoms' 
 of the mountains; the earth' 
 with her bars inia about me for 
 ever: yet hast thou bnmght 
 up my life from comiptiou, O 
 Loud my G(xl, 
 
 7 When my soul famted witliin 
 me I remembered the Lord: 
 and my prayer came in unto 
 thee, into thine holy temple. 
 
 8 They that observe lyin^ va- 
 nities forsake their own mercy. 
 
 9 But I will sacrifice unto thee 
 with the voice of thankscriviiiir; 
 I will pay that that I have vow- 
 ed. Salvation js of the Lord. 
 
 10 T And the Lord spake unto 
 the fish, and it vomited out Jo- 
 nah upon the diy hind. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 1 Jonah, sent again, preacheth to the 
 Ninevites. 5 Upon their repent- 
 ance, 10 God repentetk. 
 
 II, III. 
 
 to tlte Niii^rila, 
 
 AND the word of the Lord 
 J\. eamc mito Jonah the se- 
 cond time, sayiuff 
 
 2 Arise, po \mto Nineveh, that 
 firreat city, and pn'ach \mto it 
 the invachim; that I bid thee. 
 
 ii So .b)iiah arose, and went 
 unto Nineveh, acconlinf^ to tlvo 
 vord of the Loud. Now Nine- 
 veh wai^ an exceeding Kreat city 
 of three days* journey. 
 
 4 And Jonah Im-l^jiu to enter 
 into the eity a dav's joiuney, 
 and he* cried, and wid. Yet 
 forty days, and Nineveh sliall 
 Ixi overthrown. 
 
 5 "^ »So the i>eople of Nineveh 
 believed CJoa, and pnx'laimed 
 a fa^t and put on Barrk<*loth, 
 from the ^rreatest of them evfii 
 to the lea«t of them. 
 
 «> For word c^me unto the kin^ 
 of Nineveh, and he arose from 
 his throne, and he laid his robo 
 fmiii him, and covered hitn witli 
 Siickchtth, and wit in asln s. 
 
 7 And he caused it to lx» pro- 
 claimed and i>ubhslied throuj^h 
 Nineveh by the dec-ree (^f tlie 
 king and his nobles, gajinpr. 
 Let neither nuin nor beast, 
 herd nor fl(K.*k, taste any thinj? : 
 let them not feed, nor drink 
 water : 
 
 8 But let man and Ix^ast be 
 covered with sackclotli, and cry 
 mijihtily unto God: j'ea, let 
 them turn every one from his 
 evil way, and from the violence 
 that is in their hands. 
 
 9 Who can tell if God will turn 
 and repent, and timi away from 
 his fierce anger, that we perish 
 not? 
 
 10 ^. And God saw their works, 
 that they tiuned from their evil 
 way ; and God repented of the 
 evil, that he had said that he 
 would do unto them; and he 
 did it not. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 Jonah, repining at God's mercy, 4 
 
 is reproved by the tyjie of a gourd. 
 
 BUT it displeased Jonah ex- 
 ceedingly, and he was very 
 angry. 
 2 And he prayed unto the Lord, 
 
 I 
 
Go<Ts loraiJi against 
 
 MICAH, I. 
 
 Israel and JudaJi. 
 
 and said, I pray thee, O Lord, 
 teas not this my saying, when I 
 was yet in my country ? There- 
 fore I fled before unto Tarshish : 
 for I knew that thou aii a gra- 
 cious God, and merciful, slow 
 to anger, and of great kindness, 
 and repentest thee of the evil. 
 
 3 Therefore now, O Lord, take, 
 I beseech thee, my life from 
 me ; for it is better for me to 
 die than to live. 
 
 4 ^ Then said the Lord, Doest 
 thou well to be angry ? 
 
 5 So Jonah went out of the 
 city, and sat on the east side of 
 the city, and there made him a 
 booth, and sat under it in the 
 shadow, till he might see what 
 would become of the city. 
 
 6 And the Lord God prepared 
 a gourd, and made it to come 
 up over Jonah, that it might 
 be a shadow over his head, to 
 deliver him from his grief. So 
 Jonah was exceeding glad of 
 the gourd. 
 
 7 But God prepared a worm 
 
 when the morning rose the next 
 day, and it smote the gourd that 
 it withered. 
 
 8 And it came to pass, when 
 the sun did arise, that God pre- 
 pared a vehement east wind; 
 and the sun beat upon the head 
 of Jonah, that he fainted, and 
 wished in himself to die, and 
 said, It is better for me ix) die 
 than to live. 
 
 9 And God said to Jonah, Do- 
 est thou well to be angry for the 
 gomd? And he said, I do well 
 to be angry, even unto death. 
 
 10 Then said the Lord, Thou 
 hast had pity on the gourd, for 
 the which thou hast not la- 
 boured, neither madest it grow ; 
 which came up in a night, and 
 perished in a night : 
 
 11 And should not I spare Ni- 
 neveh, that great city, wherein 
 are more than sixscore thou- 
 sand persons that cannot dis- 
 cern between their right hand 
 and their left hand; and also 
 much cattle ? 
 
 MICAH. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Micah sheweth the wrafh of God 
 against Jacob for idolatry, 10 He 
 exJiorteth to mourning. 
 
 THE word of the Lord that 
 came to Micah the Mo- 
 rastliite in the da.ys of Jotham, 
 Ahaz, and Hezekmh., kings of 
 Judah, which he saw concern- 
 ing Samaria and Jerusalem. 
 
 2 Hear, all ye people ; heark- 
 en, O earth, and all that there- 
 in is : and let the Lord God be 
 witness against you, the Lord 
 from his holy temple. 
 
 3 For, behold, the Lord com- 
 eth forth out of his place, and 
 mil come down, and tread up- 
 on the high places of the earth. 
 
 4 And the mountains shall 
 be molten under him, and the 
 valleys shall be cleft, as wax 
 before the fire, and as the wa- 
 ters that are poured down a 
 st^ep place. 
 
 5 For the transgression of Ja- 
 cob is all this, and for the sins 
 of the house of Israel. What is 
 the transgression of Jacob? is 
 it not Samaria? and what are 
 the high places of Judah ? are 
 tlwy not Jerusalem ? 
 
 6 Therefore I will make Sa- 
 maria as an heap of the field, 
 and as plantings of a vineyard : 
 and I will pour down the stones 
 thereof into the valley, and I 
 will discover the foundations 
 thereof. 
 
 7 And all the graven images 
 thereof shall be beaten to pieces, 
 and all the hires thereof shall 
 be burned with the fire, and all 
 the idols thereof will I lay deso- 
 late : for she gathered it of the 
 hire of an harlot, and they shall 
 return to the hne of an harlot. 
 
 8 Therefore I will wail and 
 howl, I will go stripped and 
 naked: I will make a waiUflig. 
 
Against oppression 
 
 like the dragons, and mourning 
 as tlie owls. 
 
 9 For her wound is incurable ; 
 for it is come unto Judah; he 
 is come mito the ^^ate of my 
 I>eople, ei-rn to JeriL«^ilem 
 
 MICAH, II. A reproqf of injustice. 
 
 Lord; Behold, against this 
 family do 1 devise an evil, from 
 wliich ye shall not i-emove 
 v(»ur necks; neither shall ye go 
 haughtily : fur this time »« evil. 
 4 if In that day shall <nif take 
 
 10 II Declare ye il not at Gath, up a parable agauist you, and 
 weep ye not at all : in the house i himent with a doleful lamen- 
 ofAphrah roll thyself in tlie dust, tation. ami say, ^Ve be utterly 
 
 11 l*ass ye away, thou inha- Hjioiled: he hath clianged tl»e 
 
 bitant of Saphir, liaving thy 
 shame naked: the inhabitant of 
 Zaanan came not forth in the 
 mouniing of lk*th-<.'zel ; he shall 
 i^eceive of you his standing. 
 
 12 For tlie inliabitaut of Ma- 
 roth waitt'd carefully for gooil : 
 but evil came down from the 
 Lord unto the gate of Jem- 
 balem. 
 
 13 () thou inhabitant of La- 
 
 •ortion of my i)eople : how hath 
 Ije removed it from me! turn- 
 ing away he hath divided our 
 fields. 
 
 5 Therefore thou shalt have 
 none that shall cast a cord by 
 lot in tlie congregation of the 
 Lord. 
 
 <) rrophesy ye not, sniy tiny in 
 Hum tfuit iirophesy: they sliall 
 not prophesy to them, that tliey 
 
 c-hish, bind the ihariot to the . shall not take shame. 
 
 swift beast: she in the begin- 
 ning of the sin to the daughter 
 of /ion : for the transgressions 
 (»f Israel were found in thee. 
 
 14 Therefore slialt thou give 
 presents to Moresheth-gath : the 
 houses of Achzib )^udl be a lie to 
 the kings of Israel. 
 
 H O ^Kiu thd ad named the 
 hoiL«*e oC Jacob, is the sjiirit of 
 the Lord itrait4,^ned V are these 
 his doings? do not my words 
 do good to him that walketh 
 upnjrhtly V 
 
 8 Even of late my peojile is 
 risen up as an enemy : ye pull 
 
 15 Yet will I bring an heir oil' the robe with the garment 
 
 unto thee, () inhabitant of Ma- 
 resliah : he shall come imto , 
 Adullam the glorj' of Israel. i 
 IG IMake thee bald, and poll , 
 thee for thy delicate cluldren ; 
 
 from them that pass by secure- 
 ly as men averse from war. 
 9 The women of my i>eople 
 have ye cast out from their 
 pleasant bouses; from their 
 
 enlarge thy baldness as tlie cliildren have ye taken away 
 
 eagle; for they are gone into 
 
 captivity from thee. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 I Against oppression. 4 A lamenta- 
 tion. 7 A reproof of injustice and 
 idolatry. 12 A promise of restor- 
 ing Jacob. 
 
 WOE to them that devise 
 iniquity, and work evil 
 upon their beds! when the 
 moniing is light, they practise 
 it, because it is in the power of 
 their hand. 
 
 2 And they covet fields, and 
 take tJiem by violence; and 
 houses, and take them away: 
 so they oppress a man and his 
 house, even a man and his he- 
 ritage. 
 
 3 Therefore thus saith the 
 
 my glorj' for ever. 
 
 10 Arise ye, and depart; for 
 this is not y(Air rest : because it 
 is polluted, it shall destroy |/om, 
 even with a sore destruction. 
 
 11 If a man walking in the 
 spirit and falsehood do lie, sfiy- 
 iiiif, I will prophesy unto thee 
 of wine and of strong drink; 
 he shall even be the prophet of 
 this people. 
 
 12 H I will surely assemble, O 
 Jacob, all of thee ; I will surely 
 gather the remnant of Israel ; I 
 will put them together as the 
 sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in 
 the midst of their fold: they 
 shall make great noise by rea- 
 son of the multitude o/men. 
 
 13 The breaker is come up be* 
 
Falsehood of the prophets. MICAH, III. Christ's Mngdotn foi'etold. 
 
 fore them : they have broken up, 
 and have passed through the 
 gate, and are gone out by it: 
 and their king shall pass be- 
 fore them, and the Lord on the 
 head of them. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 TJie cruelty of the princes. 5 The 
 falsehood of the prophets. 8 The 
 security of them both. 
 
 AND I said, Hear, I pray you, 
 _ O heads of Jacob, and ye 
 princes of the house of Israel; 
 Is it not for you to know judg- 
 ment ? 
 
 2 Who hate the good, and love 
 the evil; who pluck off their 
 skin from olff them, and their 
 flesh from off their bones ; 
 
 3 Who also eat the flesh of 
 my people, and flay their skin 
 from off them ; and they break 
 their bones, and chop them in 
 pieces, as for the pot, and as 
 flesh within the caldron. 
 
 4 Then shall they cry unto 
 the Lord, but he will not hear 
 them: he will even hide his 
 face from them at that time, as 
 they have behaved themselves 
 ill in their doings. 
 
 . 5 K Thus saith the Lord con- 
 cerning the prophets that make 
 my people err, that bite with 
 their teeth, and cry, Peace ; and 
 he that putteth not into then- 
 mouths, they even prepare war 
 agaiQst him. 
 
 6 Therefore night slmll he un- 
 to you, that ye shall not have 
 a vision; and it shall be dark 
 
 and princes of the house of Is- 
 rael, that abhor judgment, and 
 pers'ert aU equity. 
 
 10 They build up Zion with 
 blood, and Jerusalem with ini- 
 quity. 
 
 11 The heads thereof judge for 
 reward, and the priests thereof 
 teach for hire, and the prophets 
 thereof divine for money: yet 
 wiU they lean upon the Lord, 
 and say. Is not the Lord among 
 us ? none evil can come upon us. 
 
 12 Therefore shall Zion for 
 your sake be plowed as a field, 
 and Jerusalem shall become 
 heaps, and the moimtain of the 
 house as the high places of the 
 forest. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 The glm-y, 3 peace, 8 Jcingdom, 
 
 11 and victory of the church. 
 
 BUT in the last days it shall 
 come to pass, that the moun- 
 tain of the house of the Lord 
 shall be established in the top 
 of the mountains, and it shall 
 be exalted above the hills ; and 
 people shall flow unto it. 
 
 2 And many nations shall 
 come, and say, Come, and let 
 us go up to the mountain of the 
 Lord, and to the house of the 
 God of Jacob ; and he will teach 
 us of his ways, and we wiU walk 
 in his paths : for the law shall 
 go forth of Zion, and the word 
 of the Lord from Jerusalem. 
 
 3 1[ And he shall judge among 
 many people, and rebuke strong 
 nations afar off; and they shall 
 
 unto you, that ye shall not di- beat their swords into plow- 
 
 \lne ; and the sun shall go down 
 over the prophets, and the day 
 shall be dark over them. 
 
 7 Then shall the seers be a- 
 shamed, and the diviners con- 
 founded : ^ yea, they shall all 
 cover their lips; for there is no 
 answer of God. 
 
 8 If But truly I am fuU of 
 power by the spirit of the Lord, 
 and of judgment, and of might, 
 to declare unto Jacob his trans- 
 gression, and to Israel his sin. 
 
 9 Hear this, I pray you, ye 
 heads of the house of Jacob, 
 
 shares, and their spears into 
 pruninghooks : nation shall not 
 lift up a sword against nation, 
 neither shall they learn war any 
 more. 
 
 4 But they shall sit every man 
 under his \me and under his fig 
 tree ; and none shall make them 
 afraid: for the mouth of the 
 Lord of hosts hath spoken it. 
 
 5 For aU people will walk 
 every one in the name of his 
 god, and we will walk in the 
 name of the Lord out God for 
 ever and ever. 
 
TJie hi)1h, kingdoin, MICAH, V. and conquest of Clmst, \ 
 
 shall smite the judpe of Israel 
 
 6 In that day, saith the Lord, 
 will I assemble lier that halt- 
 eth, and I will jrather her that 
 is driven ont, and her iLat I 
 have afflicted ; 
 
 7 And I will make her that 
 halted a remnant, and her that 
 was cast far oil" a stronp nation : 
 and the Lord shall reign over 
 them in mount Zion from hence- 
 forth, even for ever. 
 
 8 ^ And thou, O tower of the 
 flock, the stronpr hold of the 
 daup:nter of Zion, imto thee 
 shall it come, even the first 
 dominion; the kingdom shall 
 come to the daughter of Jem- 
 ealem. 
 
 9 Now why doRt thou cry out 
 aloud? U ih IP no king in thee? 
 is thy counsellor perished? for 
 I»angs have taken thee as a wo- 
 man in tmvail. 
 
 10 Be in i>ain, and labour to 
 bring forth, O daughter of Zion 
 
 with a rod upon the cheek. 
 
 2 But thou, lieth-lehem Ephra- 
 tah, t/ioiKjh thou be little among 
 the thousands of Judah, yd out 
 of thee shall he come forth unto 
 me that is to be ruler in Israel ; 
 whose goings forth hare hun 
 from of old, from everlasting. 
 
 3 Therefore will he give them 
 up, until the time ilnd she 
 which titivaileth hath ])rought 
 forth : then the remnant of liis 
 brethren shall return unto th( 
 children of Israel. 
 
 4 •[ And he shall stand and 
 feed in the strength of the Lord, 
 in the majesty of the name oi 
 the Lord his God; and they 
 shall abide : for now shall he bo 
 great unto the ends of the earth, 
 
 5 And this iiuin shall be the 
 peace, when the Assyrian shall 
 come into our land : and when 
 he shall tread in our iialace 
 
 *1 
 
 like a woman in travail : for then shall we raise against him 
 now shalt thou go forth out of seven shepherds, and eight prin- 
 the cit>\ and thou shalt dwell cipal men. 
 
 in the field, and thou shalt go : 6 And they shall waste the j 
 even to Babylon; tliere shalt | land of Assyria with the sword. 
 
 thou be delivered; there the 
 Lord shall redeem thee fiom 
 the hand of thine enemies. 
 
 and the land of Nimrod in the| 
 entrances thereof: thus shall he 
 deliver us from the Assyrian 
 
 11 !l Now also many nations i when he cometh into our land,! 
 are gatliered against thee, that and when he tieadeth witliin 
 say, Let her be defiled, and let our borders. 
 
 om* eye look upon Zion. 
 12 But they know not 
 
 7 And the remnant of Jacob, 
 the I shall be in the midst of many 
 
 thoughts of the Lord, neither I people as a dew from the Lord,* 
 imdei-stand they his comisel : \ as the showers upon the grass, 
 
 for he shall gather them as the 
 sheaves into the floor. 
 13 Arise and thresh, O daugh- 
 ter of Zion: for I will make 
 thine horn iron, and I will 
 make thy hoofs brass : and thou 
 shalt beat in pieces many peo- 
 ple : and I will consecrate their 
 gain unto the Lord, and their 
 substance unto the Lord of the 
 whole earth. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 The birth of Christ. iHis Mngdom. 
 
 8 His conquest, 
 
 NOW gather thyself in troops, 
 O daughter of troops : he 
 hath laid siege against us : they 
 
 that tarrieth not for man, nor 
 waiteth for the sons of men. 
 
 8 •[ And the remnant of Jacob 
 shall be among the Gentiles in 
 the midst of many people as a 
 lion among the beasts of the 
 forest, as a young lion among 
 the flocks of sheep : who, if he 
 go through, both treadeth dowTi, 
 and teareth in pieces, and none 
 can deliver. 
 
 9 Thine hand shall be lifted up 
 upon thine adversaries, and all 
 thine enemies shall be cut off. 
 
 10 And it shaU come to pass 
 in that day, saith the Lord, that 
 I will cut off thy horses out of 
 
God's controversy 
 
 MICAH, yi. 
 
 icith Ms people. 
 
 the midst of thee, and I will de- 
 stroy thy chariots : 
 
 11 And I will cut off the cities 
 of thy land, and throw down 
 all thy strong holds : 
 
 12 And I ^vill cnt^ off witch- 
 crafts out of thine hand; and 
 thou shalt have no moi-e sooth- 
 sayers : 
 
 13 Thy graven images a.lso 
 will I cut off, and tliy standing 
 images out of the midst of thee ; 
 and thou shalt no more worship 
 the work of thine hands. 
 
 14 And I will pluck up thj' 
 groves out of the midst of thee : 
 so will I destroy thy cities. 
 
 15 And I will execute ven- 
 geance in anger and fury upon 
 the heathen, such as they have 
 not heard. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 1 GrOcVs controversy for unMndness, 
 G for ignorance, 10 for injustice, 
 16 and for idolatry. 
 
 HEAR ye noAv what the Lokd 
 saith ; Aiise, contend thou 
 before the mountains, and let the 
 hills hear thy voice. 
 
 2 Hear ye, O moimtains, the 
 Loed's controversy, and ye 
 strong foundations of the earth : 
 for the LoED hath a controversy 
 with his people, and he will 
 plead with Israel. 
 
 3 O my people, what have I 
 done unto thee? and wherein 
 have I wearied thee? testify 
 against me. 
 
 4 For I brought thee up out of 
 the land of Egypt, and redeem- 
 ed thee out of the house of ser- 
 vants; and I sent before thee 
 Moses, Aaron, and IMiriam. 
 
 5 O my people, remember now 
 what Balak king of Moab con- 
 sulted, and what Balaam the 
 son of Beor answered him from 
 Shittini unto Gilgal; that ye 
 may know the righteousness of 
 the LoED. 
 
 6 1[ Wherewith shall I come 
 before the Loed, and bow my- 
 self before the iiigh God ? shall 
 I come before hrm with burnt 
 offerings, with calves of a year 
 old? 
 
 7 Win the Loed be pleased 
 ^vith thousands of rams, or with 
 ten thousands of rivers of oil? 
 shall I give mj' firstborn for my 
 transgression, the fiTiit of my 
 body for the sin of my soul? 
 
 8 He hath shewed thee, O 
 man, what is good; and what 
 doth the 1.0ED require of thee, 
 but to do justly, and to love 
 mercv, and to walk humbly 
 with thy Gcd? 
 
 9 The Loed's voice crieth unto 
 the city, and the man of wisdom 
 shall see thy name : hear ye the 
 rod, and who hath appointed it. 
 
 10 f Are there yet the trea- 
 sm-es of wickedness in the house 
 of the wicked, and the scant 
 measiue that is abominable ? 
 
 11 Shall I comit them pm"e v>-ith 
 the wicked balances, and with 
 the bag of deceitful weights ? 
 
 12 For the rich men thereof 
 are full of violence, and the in- 
 habitants thereof have spoken 
 lies, and their tongue is deceit- 
 ful in their mouth. 
 
 13 Therefore also will I make 
 thee sick in smiting thee, in 
 making tliee desolate because of 
 thy sins. 
 
 14 Thou shalt eat, but not be 
 satisfied ; and thy casting down 
 shall he hi the midst of thee; 
 and thou shalt take hold, but 
 shalt not deliver; and that which 
 thou deliverest will I give up 
 to the sword. 
 
 15 Thou shalt sow, but thou 
 shalt not reap ; thou shalt tread 
 the olives, but thou shalt not 
 anoint thee with oil ; and sweet 
 wine, but shalt not diink wine. 
 
 16 ^ For the statutes of Omri 
 are kept, and aU the works of 
 the house of Ahab, and ye walk 
 in their counsels ; that I should 
 make thee a desolation, and^ the 
 inhabitants thereof an hissing: 
 therefore ye shall bear the re- 
 proach of my people. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 1 The church, complaining of her 
 small number, 3 and the general 
 corruption, bputteth her confidence 
 not in man, hut in God, 8 Bhe trU 
 
MICAH, VII. confidence in God. 
 
 cover her which said unto me. 
 Where is the Lord thy Godr 
 mine eyes shall behold her: 
 now shall she be trodden down 
 as the mire of the streets. 
 
 11 In the day that thy walls 
 are to be built in that day shall 
 the decree be far removed. 
 
 12 In that day «/so he shall 
 come even to thee from Assy- 
 ria, and from the fortified cities, 
 and from the fortress even to 
 the river, and from sea to sea, 
 and from mountain to moun- 
 tain. 
 
 13 Notwithstanding the land 
 shall be desolate because of 
 them that dwell therein, for 
 
 The clmrcfi*8 
 
 nmpheth over her enemies. 14 God 
 comforteth her by promises, 16 by 
 confusion of the enemies, 18 and by 
 his mercies. 
 
 WOE is me ! for I am as 
 when they have gathered 
 the summer fruits, as the grape - 
 gleanings of the vintage : there is 
 no cluster to eat: iny soul de- 
 sired the firetripe fruit. 
 
 2 The good man is perished 
 out of the earth: and tJiere is 
 none upright among men : they 
 all lie in wait for blood; they 
 hunt every man liis brother 
 with a net. 
 
 3 ^ That they may do evil with 
 both hands earnestly, the prince 
 
 asketh, and the judge asMJi for the fruit of their doings. 
 a reward ; and the great man. he j 14 If Feed thy people with thy 
 uttereth his miscliievous desire : rod, the flock of thine heritage, 
 so they wrap it up. 
 
 4 The best of tliem ?s as a bri- 
 er: the most upright is sharker 
 than a thorn hedge : the day 
 of thy watchmeil and thy vi- 
 sitation cometh ; now shall be 
 their perplexity. 
 
 5 H Trust ye not in a friend, 
 put ye not confidence in a 
 guide : keep the doors of thy 
 mouth from her that lietli in 
 thy bosom. 
 
 6 For the son dishonoureth the 
 father, the daughter riseth up 
 against her mother, the daugh- 
 ter in law against her mother 
 in law; a man's enemies are 
 the men of his own house. 
 
 7 Therefore I will look unto 
 the Lord; I will wait for the 
 God of my salvation : my God 
 will hear me. 
 
 8 IF Rejoice not against me, 
 
 which dwell solitarily in the 
 wood, in the midst of Cannel : 
 let them feed in Bashan and 
 Gilead, as in the days of old. 
 
 15 Acc(^rding to the days of 
 thy coming out of the land of 
 Egypt will I shew unto him 
 marvellous tilings. 
 
 16 1[ The nations shall see 
 and be confounded at all their 
 might: they shall lay tlwir 
 hand upon tlteir mouth, their 
 eai-s shall be deaf. 
 
 17 They shall lick the dust 
 like a serpent, they shall move 
 out of their holes like worms 
 of the earth: they shall be a- 
 fraid of the Lord our God, and 
 shall fear because of thee. 
 
 18 Who is a God like unto 
 thee, that pardoneth iniquity, 
 and passeth by the transgres- 
 
 u II j-tcjv^i^^ xiv^i. «acnxx.^i; xxx,^, sion of the remnant of his he- 
 O mine enemy : when I fall, I ritage ? he retaineth not his 
 shall arise ; when I sit in dark- anger for ever, because he de- 
 ness, the Lord shall he a light . lighteth in mercy, 
 unto me. | 19 He will turn again, he will 
 
 9 I will bear the indignation I have compassion upon_ us ; he 
 of the Lord, because I have | will subdue our iniquities; and 
 sinned against him, until he ; thou wilt cast all their sins into 
 plead my cause, and execute i the depths of the sea. 
 judgment for me : he will bring 20 Thou wilt perform the truth 
 me forth to the light, and 1 1 to Jacob, and the mercy to A- 
 shall behold his righteousness, j braham, which thou hast sworn 
 
 10 Then she tliat is mine enemy unto our fathers from the days 
 shall see it, and shame shall of old. 
 
NAHUM. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 Tlie majesty of God in goodness to 
 his people, and severity against his 
 enemies. 
 
 THE burden of Nineyeh. 
 The book of the vfeion of 
 Nahxim the Elkoshite. 
 
 2 God is jealous, and the Lokd 
 revengeth ; the Lord revengeth, 
 and is furious; the Loed will 
 take vengeance on his adverga- 
 ries, and he reserveth tcratJi for 
 his enemies. ^ 
 
 3 The LoED is slow to ang-er, and 
 great in power, and will not at 
 all acquit the wicJced: the Loed 
 hath his way in the whirlwind 
 and in the stonn, and the clouds 
 are the dust of his feet. 
 
 4 He rebuketh the sea, and 
 maketh it dry, and diieth up 
 all the rivers : Bashan languish- 
 eth, and Carmel, and the flower 
 of Lebanon languisheth. 
 
 5 The mountains quake at 
 liim, and the hills melt, and 
 the earth is burned at his pre- 
 sence, yea, the world, and all 
 that dwell therein. 
 
 6 Who can stand before his 
 indignation? and who can a- 
 bide in the fierceness of his an- 
 ger ? his fury is poured out like 
 fire, and the rocks are thrown 
 down by him. 
 
 7 The LoED is good, a strong 
 hold in the day of trouble ; and he 
 knoweth them that trust in him. 
 
 8 But with an overrunning 
 flood he will make an utter end 
 of the pla(^e thereof, and dark- 
 ness shall pursue his enemies. 
 
 9 What do ye imagine against 
 the LoED? he will make an 
 utter end: afiliction shall not 
 rise up the second time. 
 
 10 For while tJiey he folden 
 together as thorns, and while 
 they are drunken as drunk- 
 ards, they shall be devoured as 
 stubble fully diy. 
 
 11 There is o-iie come out of thee, 
 that imagineth evil against the 
 Loed, a wicked counsellor. 
 
 12 Thus saith the Loed; 
 
 Though they he quiet, and like- 
 wise many, yet thus shall they 
 be cut down, when he shall pass 
 through. Though I have afflicted 
 thee, I will afilict thee no more. 
 
 13 For now will I break his 
 yoke from ofi" thee, and will 
 burst thy bonds in sunder. 
 
 14 And the Loed hath given a' 
 commandment concerning thee, 
 that no more of thy name be 
 sown : out of the house of thy 
 gods will I cut off the graven 
 image and the molten image : 
 I will make thy grave ; for thou 
 art vile. 
 
 15 Behold upon the moun- 
 tains the feet of him that bring- 
 eth good tidings, that publish- 
 eth peace ! O Judah, keep thy 
 solemn feasts, perform thy vows : 
 for the wicked shall no more 
 pass through thee; he is utter- 
 ly cut off. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 TJie fearful and victorious armies of 
 
 God against Nineveh. 
 
 HE that dasheth in pieces is 
 come up before thy face : 
 keep the munition, watch the 
 way, make thy loins strong, 
 fortify thy power mightily. 
 
 2 For the Loed hath turned 
 away the excellency of Jacob, 
 as the excellency of Israel: 
 for the emptiers have emptied 
 them out, and maixed then* 
 vine branches. 
 
 3 The shield of his mighty men 
 is made red, the valiant men are 
 in scarlet : the chariots slmJI he 
 with flaming torches in the day 
 of his preparation, and the fir 
 trees shall be terribly shaken. 
 
 4 The chariots shall rage in 
 the streets, they shall .iustle one 
 against another in the broad 
 ways : they shall seem like 
 torches, they shall run Hke the 
 lightnings. 
 
 5 He shall recount his wor- 
 thies : they shall stumble in 
 their walk; they shall make 
 haste to the wall thereof, ar.d 
 the defence shall be prepared. 
 
 Yy 
 
The miseraUe imn NAHC 
 
 G The gates of the rivere shall 
 be (ipened, and the i»alace shall 
 be cUsHolved. 
 
 7 And Hnzzah shall ho led awny 
 faptive, shr nliall !»• hroiiirht 
 lip, and her maid** t*hall lead 
 hfr an \vith tiie voice i>f tU)VeK, 
 tiiberincr njion their breast**. 
 
 8 J5ut Nineveh is ol ohl like a 
 pool oi\vat«'r : y«'t they nhall Hce 
 away. Stand, Ktand, .^fuill th\i 
 cry ; but none Hhall look back. 
 
 9 Take ye the Kpoil of nilvor, 
 take the spoil <»fp>Ul: iortk-n- is 
 none ond of the st<»re mnl tzlory 
 out of all the i)l<aK;\nt furniture. 
 
 10 She is empty, and void, 
 and Nvast<' : and the lieart melt- 
 ♦•tii, and the kiues smite toge- 
 th<'r, and much pain fx in all 
 loins, and the faces of them all 
 pathcr blackncps. 
 
 11 \\'liere i.< the dwelling of 
 the lion.«, and the f('e<h'nirpla<"e 
 of the yonn^' lions, where the 
 lion, ere// the old lion, walked, 
 (inil the li(»n's whelp, and none 
 made tUm afraid? 
 
 12 The lion (Ud tear in pieecB 
 enou^'h for his wh^'lps, and 
 Ptraniili'd for his ]ioneKst*s, and 
 filled his holes with prey, and 
 }iis dens with ravin. 
 
 V^ liehold, I (itn ajrainst thee, 
 saith the ho UP f»f host8, an(l 
 I will bum her charii>ts in the 
 pmoke, and the sword shall (k*- 
 vour thy youn^ lions : and I 
 will cut otr thy pri'y from the 
 earth, and tlte voice of thy mes- 
 sengers shall no more be heard. 
 CHAPl'ER III. 
 Tfip misrrnllr riiiu of Xitievfh. 
 
 WOE tc» the blootly city f it 
 i.> all full of lies and rob- 
 ber>' ; the prey departeth not ; 
 
 2 The noise of a whip, and the 
 noise of tlie rattlini; of the wheels, 
 and of the iiransinjr horses, and 
 of the jumping chariots. 
 
 3 The horseman lifteth up 
 both the bright sword and the 
 glittering spear: and thr^re is a 
 multitude of slain, and a great 
 number of carcases; and there 
 is none end of tJmr corpses ; they 
 stumble upon their corpses : 
 
 31, III. of Xhicpeh. 
 
 4 Hecause of the roultitudi' of 
 the whoivdoins of the wellfa- 
 voured harlot, the niistn'ss of 
 witchcialts, tliat wUetli nations 
 through her whon*doinH, and fa- 
 milies through her NNitchcnifts. 
 
 5 IVhold. I am against tliee, 
 saith the LoRU of hosts; and 
 1 will discover thy skirt/* njK»n 
 thy face, and 1 will shew tin- 
 nations thy nake<hiess, aiid the 
 kingdoms thy shame. 
 
 t) And I will cast abominable 
 filth upon thee, and make thee 
 vile, and ^-ill set thee as a gaz- 
 ingstock. 
 
 7 An<l it shall come to pasp, 
 
 thU all they that look up<»ii 
 
 thee shall flee from thee, and 
 
 say, Nineveh it^ laid waste: who 
 
 will Ix'moan herV whence shall 
 
 I Bi'ek comforters for thee ? 
 
 S Ai-t thou l>ett<*r than rK>]»u- 
 
 huis No, that was situate among 
 
 I the rivers, tlmt hul the wat^Ts 
 
 I rouinl about it, whos«* rami»ait 
 
 j tens the sea, (iiul her wall iMf> 
 
 from the s<'a? 
 
 I 9 Ethiopia and Egypt fo^v lier 
 
 strength, and it woh infinite; 
 
 \*ut and Lubini weix* thy heljM rs. 
 
 i 1() Vet infA she (arried away, 
 
 she went into captivity: her 
 
 I young children also were dash- 
 
 ' ed in pieces at the top of all 
 
 the streets: and they cast lot<« 
 
 for her honourable men, and 
 
 all her great men were b<jund 
 
 in chains. 
 
 11 Thou also shalt be dninken : 
 thou shalt be hid, thou also 
 shalt seek strength because of 
 the enemy. 
 
 12 All thy strong holds s^uiH be 
 lik*" tig trees with the firstripe 
 figs: if they be shaken, they 
 shall even fall into the mouth 
 of the eater. 
 
 13 Behold, thy people in the 
 midst of thee are women : the 
 gates of thy land shall be set 
 wide open unto thine enemies : 
 the fire shall devour thy bars. 
 
 14 Draw thee waters for the 
 siege, fortify thy strong holds: 
 go into clay, and tread the mor- 
 ter, make strong the brickkiln. 
 
The fewM vengeance HABAKKUK, I. 
 
 by tJie Gioldemis. 
 
 15 There shall the fire devour 
 thee; the sword shall cut thee 
 off, it shall eat thee up like 
 the cankerworm: make thyself 
 many as the cankerworm, make 
 thyself many as the locusts. 
 
 16 Thou hast multiplied thy 
 merchants above the stars of 
 heaven : the canlierworm spoil- 
 eth, and fleeth away. 
 
 17 Thy crowned are as the 
 locusts, and thy captains as the 
 great grasshoppers, wliich camp 
 in the hedges in the cold day. 
 
 hut when the sun aiiseth they 
 flee away, and their place is not 
 known where they are. 
 
 18 Thy shepherds slumber, O 
 king of Assyria : thy nobles shall 
 dwell in the dust: thy people is 
 scattered upon the momitains, 
 and no man gathereth them. 
 
 19 ^ There is no healmg of thy 
 biuise ; thy wound is grievous : 
 all that hear the bruit of thee 
 shall clap the hands over thee : 
 for upon whom hath not thy 
 Avickedness passed continually ? 
 
 HABAKKUK. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Unto HabaJcJcuJc, complaining of 
 the iniquity of the land, 5 is shew- 
 ed the fearful vengeance by the 
 Chaldeans. 12 He complai'ncth that 
 vengeance should he executed hy 
 them who are far worse. 
 
 THE burden which Habak- 
 kuk the prophet did see. 
 
 2 O LoKD, how long shall I cry, 
 and thou wilt not hear! even cry 
 out unto thee of violence, and 
 thou wilt not save ! 
 
 3 Why dost thou shew me ini- 
 quity, and cause me to behold 
 grievance ? for spoiling and vio- 
 lence are before me: and there 
 are that raise up strife and con- 
 tention. 
 
 4 Therefore the law is slacked, 
 and judgment doth never go 
 forth : for the wicked doth com- 
 pass about the righteous ; there- 
 fore wrong judgment proceedeth. 
 
 5 % Behold ye among the hea- 
 then, and regard, and wonder 
 marvellously: for I will work 
 a work in your days, tohich ye 
 will not believe, though it be 
 told you. 
 
 6 For, lo, I raise up the Chal- 
 deans, tJmt bitter and hasty na- 
 tion, which shall march through 
 the breadth of the land, to pos- 
 sess the dwellmgplaces that are 
 not their's. 
 
 7 They are terrible and dread- 
 ful: their judgment and their 
 dignity shall proceed of them- 
 selves. 
 
 8 Their horses also are swifter 
 than the leopards, and are more 
 fierce than the evening wolves : 
 and their horsemen shall spread 
 themselves, and their horsemen 
 shall come from far ; they shall 
 fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. 
 
 9 They shall come all for vio- 
 lence : their faces shall sup up 
 as the east wind, and they shall 
 gather the captivity as the sand. 
 
 10 And they shall scoff* at the 
 kings, and tlie princes shall be a 
 scorn unto them : they shall de- 
 ride every strong hold ; for they 
 shall heap dust, and take it. 
 
 11 Then shall his mind change, 
 and he shall pass over, and of- 
 fend, imputing this his power 
 unto his god. 
 
 12 j[ Art thou not from ever- 
 lasting, O Lord irj God, mine 
 Holy One ? we shall not die. O 
 LoPtD, thou hast ordained them 
 for judgment; and, O mighty 
 God, thou hast established them 
 for correction. 
 
 13 Thou aH of purer eyes than 
 to behold evil, and canst not 
 look on iniquity : wherefore iook- 
 est thou upon them that deal 
 treacherously, and boldest thy 
 tongue when the wicked deyour- 
 eth the man that is more right- 
 eous than he ? 
 
 14 And makest men as the 
 fishes of the sea, as the creep- 
 ing things, that have no ruler 
 over them? 
 
 Yy2 
 
T]ie judgment 
 
 HABAIvKUK, II. 
 
 of die Cliahleans. 
 
 15 They take up all of them 
 with the angle, they catch them 
 ill their net, and crather them 
 in their drag: therefore they 
 rejoice and are glad. 
 
 16 Therefore they sacrifice unto 
 their net, and bum incense un- 
 to their drag ; because by them 
 their portion is fat, and their 
 meat i)lenteous. 
 
 17 Shall they therefore empty 
 their net, and not ppare conti- 
 nually to slay the nations? 
 
 CHAPITER II. 
 1 Unfo Haballiik. icaitiug for an 
 answer, is sheiccd (hat he must 
 wait by faith. 5 The jiul{iment 
 upon the Oiahlean for nnsatinhle- 
 ni'ss, 9 for coi'etonsuess, 12 for 
 cruelty, 15 for drunkenness, 18 
 and for idolatry. 
 
 I WILL stand upon my 
 watch, and set me upon the 
 tower, and will watch to see 
 what he will say unto me, and 
 what 1 shall answer when I am 
 reproved. 
 
 2 And the Lord answered me, 
 and said. Write the vision, and 
 make it plain upon t^ibles, that 
 he may run that readeth it. 
 
 3 For the vision ts yet for an 
 appointed time, but at the end 
 it shall speak, and not lie : 
 though it tany, wait for it; 
 because it will surely come, it 
 will not tany. 
 
 4 Behold, his soul irhich is lifted 
 up is not upright in him: but 
 the just shall live by his faith. 
 
 5 H Yea also, because he trans- 
 gresseth by wine, he is a proud 
 man, neither keepeth at home, 
 who enlargeth his desire as hell, 
 and is as death, and cannot be 
 satisfied, but gathereth unto him 
 all nations, and heapeth unto 
 him all people : 
 
 6 Shall not all these take up 
 a parable against him, and a 
 taunting proverb against him, 
 and say, Woe to him that in- 
 creaseth that ■which is not his! 
 how long? and to him that 
 ladeth himself with thick clay ! 
 
 7 Shall they not rise up sud- 
 denly that shall bite thee, and 
 awake that shall vex thee, and 
 
 thou shalt be for booties unto 
 them ? 
 
 8 Becaurc thou liast spoiled 
 many nations, all the remnant 
 of the people shall spoil thee ; 
 because of men's blood, and 
 f(/)- the violence of the land, of 
 the city, and of all that dwell 
 therein. 
 
 9 H Woe to liim that covet- 
 eth an evil covctousness to liis 
 house, that he may set his nest 
 on high, that he may be deli- 
 vered from the pcjwer of evil ! 
 
 10 Thou hast consulted shame 
 to thy house by cutting oft' 
 many people, and hast sinned 
 (((Kiind thy soul. 
 
 11 For the stone shall cry out 
 of the wall, and the beam out 
 of the timber shall answer it. 
 
 12 IF Woe to him that buildeth 
 a town with blood, and stablisli- 
 eth a city by ini(|uity ! 
 
 13 Behold, is it not of the Lord 
 of hosts that the people shall 
 labour in the very fire, and the 
 people shall weary themselves 
 for very vanity ? 
 
 14 For the earth shall be filled 
 with the knowledge of the glory 
 of the Lord, as the waters cover 
 the sea. 
 
 15 H Woe unto him that giv- 
 eth his neighbour drink, that 
 puttest thy bottle to him, and 
 makest him drunken also, that 
 thou mayest look on their na- 
 kedness ! 
 
 16 Thou art filled with shame 
 for glory : drink thou also, and 
 let thy foreskin be uncovered: 
 the cup of the Lord's right 
 hand shall be turned unto thee, 
 and shameful spewing shall he 
 on thy glory. 
 
 17 For the violence of Leba- 
 non shall cover thee, and the 
 spoil of beasts, tchich made them 
 afraid, because of men's blood, 
 and for the violence of the land, 
 of the city, and of all that dwell 
 therein. 
 
 18 K What profiteth the graven 
 image that the maker thereof 
 hath graven it; the molten 
 image, and a teacher of lies, 
 
 I 
 
A description of HABAKKUK, III. 
 
 God^s majesty. 
 
 that the maker of his work 
 trusteth therein, to make dmnb 
 idols ? 
 
 19 Woe mito him. that saith to 
 the wood. Awake ; to the dumb 
 stone, Arise, it shall teach ! Be- 
 hold, it is laid over with gold 
 and silver, and there is no breath 
 at all in the midst of it. 
 
 20 But the LoED is in his 
 holy temple: let all the earth 
 keep silence before him. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 1 HahalcJmJc in his prayer tremhlefh 
 at God's majesty. 17 The confidence 
 of his faith. 
 
 APEAYEPt of Habaldiuli the 
 prophet upon Shigionoth. 
 
 2 O LoKD, I have heard thy 
 speech, and was afraid : O Loed, 
 revive thy work in the midst 
 of the years, in the midst of the 
 years make known; in wrath 
 remember mercy. 
 
 3 God came from Teman, and 
 the Holy One fi'om mount Pa- 
 ran. Selah. His glory covered 
 the heavens, and the earth was 
 full of his praise. 
 
 4 And his brightness was as 
 the light ; he had horns coming 
 out of his hand : and there was 
 the hiding of his power. 
 
 5 Before him went the pesti- 
 lence, and burning coals went 
 forth at his feet. 
 
 6 He stood, and measured the 
 earth: he beheld, and drove 
 asunder^ the nations ; and the 
 everlasting mountains were scat- 
 tered, the perpetual hills did 
 bow : his ways are everlasting. 
 
 7 I saw the tents of Cushan in 
 affliction: and the curtains of 
 the land of Midian did tremble. 
 
 8 Was the Loed displeased 
 against the rivers? was thine 
 anger against the rivers? loas 
 thy wrath against the sea, that 
 thou didst ride upon thine horses 
 and thy chariots of salvation ? 
 
 9 Thy bow was made quite 
 naked, according to the oaths of 
 the tribes, even thy word. Selah. 
 Thou didst cleave the earth with 
 rivers. 
 
 10 The mountains saw thee, cmd 
 they trembled : the overflowing 
 of the water passed by : the deep 
 uttered his voice, and lifted up 
 his hands on high. 
 
 11 The sun cmd moon stood 
 still in their habitation : at the 
 light of thine arrows they went, 
 and at the sliining of thy glit- 
 tering spear. 
 
 12 Thou didst march through 
 the land in indignation, thou 
 didst thresh the heathen in an- 
 ger. 
 
 13 Thou wentest forth for the 
 salvation of thy people, even 
 for salvation with thine anoint- 
 ed; thou woundedst the head 
 out of the house of the wicked, 
 by discovering the foundation 
 unto the neck. Selah. 
 
 14 Thou didst strike through 
 with his staves the head of Ms 
 villages: they came out as a 
 whirlwind to scatter me : their 
 rejoicing was as to devour the 
 poor secretly. 
 
 15 Thou didst walk through the 
 sea with thine horses, through the 
 heap of great waters. 
 
 16 When I heard, my belly 
 trembled; my lips quivered at 
 the voice : rottenness entered 
 into my bones, and I trembled 
 in myself, that I im'ght rest in 
 the day of trouble: when he 
 Cometh up unto the people, he 
 will invade them with his troops. 
 
 17 IF Although the fig tree shall 
 not blossom, neither sJmll frait 
 he in the vines; the labour of 
 the olive shall fail, and the 
 fields shall yield no meat; the 
 flock shall be cut off from the 
 fold, and there shall be no herd 
 in the stalls : 
 
 18 Yet I will rejoice in the 
 Loed, I will joy in the God of 
 my salvation. 
 
 19 The Loed God is my 
 strength, and he will make 
 my feet like hinds' feet, and 
 he will make me to walk upon 
 mine high places. To the chief 
 singer on my stringed instni- 
 ments. 
 
ZEPHANIAH. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 GocVs severe judgment against Judali 
 for divers sins. 
 
 THE word of the Lokd which 
 came unto Zephaniah the 
 son of Ciishi, the son of Geda- 
 liah, the son of Amariah, the 
 son^ of Hizkiah, in the days of 
 Josiah the son of Amon, kmg 
 of Judah. 
 
 2 I will ntterly consume all 
 things from off the land, saith 
 the Lord. 
 
 3 1 will consume man and 
 beast ; I will consume the fowls 
 of the heaven, and the iishes 
 of the sea, and the stumbhng:- 
 blocks ^vith the wicked; and I 
 will cut off man from off" the 
 land, saith the Lord. 
 
 4 I -v^ill also stretch out mine 
 hand upon Judah, and upon all 
 the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 
 and I will cut off' the remnant 
 of Baal from this place, and the 
 name of the Chemarims with 
 the priests ; 
 
 5 And them that worship the 
 host of heaven upon the house- 
 tops; and them that worship 
 ctnd that sv/ear by the Lord, 
 and that swear by Malcham ; 
 
 6 And them that are turned 
 back from the Lord ; and those 
 that have not sought the Lord, 
 nor enquired for him. 
 
 7 Hold thy peace at the pre- 
 sence of the Lord God : for the 
 day of the Lord is at hand : for 
 the Lord hath prepared a sacri- 
 fice, he hath bid his guests. 
 
 8 And it shall come to pass in 
 the day of the Lord's sacrifice, 
 that I will punish the princes, 
 and the Idng's children, and all 
 such as are clothed with strange 
 apparel. 
 
 9 In the same day also will I 
 punish all those that leap on 
 the threshold, which fill their 
 masters' houses with violence 
 and deceit. 
 
 10 And it shall come to pass 
 in that day, saith the Lord, 
 tJied there shall be the noise of 
 a cry from the fish gate, and an 
 
 howling from the second, and a 
 great crasliing from the hills. 
 
 11 Howi, ye inhabitants of 
 Maktesh, for all the merchant 
 people are cut down; all they 
 that bear silver are cut off'. 
 
 12 And it shall come to pass 
 at that time, that I will search 
 Jerusalem with candles, and 
 punish the men that are settled 
 on their lees : that say in their 
 heart. The Lord will not do 
 good, neither will he do evil. 
 
 13 Therefore their goods shall 
 become a booty, and then houses 
 a desolation : they shall also 
 build houses, but not inhabit 
 them ; and they shall plant vine- 
 yards, but not drink the wine 
 thereof. 
 
 14 The great day of the Lord 
 is near, it is near, and hasteth 
 greatly, even the voice of the 
 day of the Lord : the mighty 
 man shall cry there bitterly. 
 
 15 That day is a day of wrath, 
 a day of trouble and distress, 
 day of wasteness and desolation 
 a day of darkness and gloomi- 
 ness, a day of clouds and thick! 
 darkness, 
 
 16 A day of the trumpet and 
 alarm against the fenced cities, 
 and against the high towers. 
 
 17 And I will bring distress 
 upon men, that they shall walk 
 like blind m.en,because they have 
 sinned against the Lord: and 
 their blood shall be poured out as 
 dust, and their flesh as the dung. 
 
 18 Neither their silver nor 
 their gold shall be able to de- 
 liver them in the day of the 
 Lord's wrath; but the whole 
 land shall be devoured by the 
 fire of his jealousy : for he shall 
 make even a speedy riddance of 
 all them that dwell in the land. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 1 An exhortation to repentance. 4^ 
 The judgment of the Philistines, 8 ■ 
 of Moab and Ammon, 12 cf Ethio. : 
 pia and Assyria. "■ 
 
 GATHEE yourselves toge-> 
 ther, yea, gather together^ 
 O nation not desired ; 
 
 4 
 
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 1 
 
The judQinenl of 
 
 2 Before the decree bring forth, 
 hefai'e the day pass as the <'haff, 
 before the tierce anger of the 
 Lord come upon you, before 
 the day of the Loed's anger 
 come upon you. 
 
 3 Seek ye the Lori), all ye 
 meek of the earth, \^'hich ha^e 
 wrought his judgment; seek 
 lighteousness, seek meelaiess: 
 it may be j^e shall be hid in the 
 day of the Lord's anger. 
 
 4 IF For Gaza shall be forsak- 
 en, and Ashkelon a desolation : 
 they shall drive out Ashdod at 
 the noon day, and Ekron shall 
 be rooted up. 
 
 5 Woe unto the inhahitants of 
 the sea coast, the nation of the 
 Cherethites! the word of the 
 Lord is against you ; O Canaan, 
 the land of the Philistines, I 
 will even destroy thee, that there 
 shall be no inhabitant. 
 
 6 And the sea coast shall be 
 dwelUngs mhl cottages for shep- 
 herds, and folds for flocks. 
 
 7 And the coast shall be for 
 the reronant of the house of Jit- 
 dah; they shall feed thereup- 
 on : in the houses of Aslikelon 
 shall they lie down in the even- 
 ing: for the Lord then- God 
 >jhall visit them, and tm-n away 
 their captivity. 
 
 8 1[ I have heaixi the rei'rcach 
 of Moab, and the revilings of 
 the children of Ammon, where- 
 by they have reproached my 
 people, and magnified themsi'Ives 
 against their boi-der. 
 
 9 Therefore as I live, saith the 
 Lord of hosts, the Gcd of Is- 
 rael, Surely Moab shall be as 
 Sodom, and the children of 
 Ammon as Gomorrah, even the 
 breedhig of nettles, and salt- 
 pits, and a perpetual desolation : 
 the residue of my people shall 
 spoil them, and the remnant of 
 my people shall possess them. 
 
 10 This shall they have for 
 theh piide, because they have 
 reproached and magnified them- 
 sdves against the people of the 
 Lord of hosts. 
 
 11 The Lord idll he terrible 
 
 zepha:ntah, hi. 
 
 the Philisliues, d'C. 
 
 unto them: for he will famish 
 all the gods of the earth; and 
 men shall worship him, every 
 one fi'om his place, even all the 
 isles of the heathen. 
 
 12 II Ye Ethiopians also, ye 
 sliaU he slain hy my sword. 
 
 13 And he will stTetch out his 
 Imiid against the north, and de- 
 stroy AssjTia; and will make 
 Nineveh a desolation, and diy 
 like a wilderness, 
 
 14 And flcclvs shall lie down in 
 the midst cf her, all the beasts 
 of the nations : both the cor- 
 morant aixl the bittern shall 
 ledge in the upper lintels of 
 it ; tJieir voice shall sing in the 
 windows; desolation shall he in 
 the thresholds : for he shall im- 
 cover the cedar work. 
 
 15 This is the rejoicing city 
 that dwelt carelessly, that said 
 ui her heart, I am, and there is 
 none beside me : how is she be- 
 come a desolation, a^ place for 
 beasts to lie down in ! every 
 one that passeth by her sl]^li 
 hiss, and wag his liand. 
 
 CHAPTER III, 
 
 1 A sharp reproof of Jerusalem for di- 
 
 i>ers mns, ^ An exhoi'faiion to ivait 
 
 for the resforarion- of Israel, U and 
 
 to rejoice for tlieir salvation by GccL 
 
 W^OS to her that is filthy 
 ^ and^ polluted, to the oi> 
 pressing city ! 
 
 2 She obeyed not the voice; 
 she received not correction ; she 
 trusted not in the Lord; she 
 di'ew not near to her Gcd. 
 
 3 Pier piiiices within her ai-e 
 roaring Hons; her judges are 
 evening wolves ; they gnaw nofe 
 the bones till the monow. 
 
 4 Her prophets are light and 
 treacherous persons : her priests 
 have polluted the sanctuary, 
 they have done violence to the 
 law. 
 
 5 The jitst Lord is in the 
 midst thereof; he wiU not do 
 iniquity : eveiy morning doth 
 he bring his judgment to light, 
 he faileth not; but the mi just 
 Inioweth no shame. 
 
 G I have cut off the nations ; 
 
Sdvalion is 
 
 ZEPHANIAH, III. promised to Zion, 
 
 their towers are desolate; I 
 made their streets waste, that 
 none passeth by : their cities 
 are destroyed, so that there is 
 no man, that there is none in- 
 ]iabitant. 
 
 7 I said. Surely thou wilt fear 
 ]ne, thou wilt receive instruc- 
 tion ; so their dwelling should not 
 be. cut off, howsoever I punished 
 them : but they rose early, and 
 coiTupted all their doings. 
 
 8 H Therefore wait ye upon 
 me, saith the Lord, until the 
 day that I rise up to the prey : 
 for my determination is to ga- 
 tlier the nations, tliat I may as- 
 semble the kingdoms to pour 
 upon them mine indignation, 
 ema all my fierce anger: for 
 all the earth shall be devoured 
 with the fire of ray jealousy. 
 
 9 For tlien will 1 tuni to the 
 people a pure language, that 
 they may all call upon the 
 name of the Lord, to serve liim 
 with one consent. 
 
 10 From beyond the rivers of 
 Ethiopia my supphants, even 
 the daughter of my dispei-sed, 
 shall bring mine offerhig. 
 
 11 In that day shalt thou not 
 be ashamed for all thy doings, 
 wherein thou hast transgressed 
 against me : for then I will take 
 away out of the midst of thee 
 them that rejoice in thy pride, 
 and thou shalt no more be 
 haughty because of my holy 
 mountain. 
 
 12 I "v\t11 also leave in the 
 midst of thee an afiiicted and 
 poor people, and they shall trust 
 in tiie name of the Lord. 
 
 13 The remnant of Israel shall 
 not do ini(iuity, nor speak lies ; 
 neither si tail a deceitful tongue 
 be found in their mouth: for 
 they shall feed and lie down, and 
 none shall make iJwm afraid. 
 
 14 H Sing, O daughter of Zion ; 
 shout, O Israel; be glad and 
 rejoice with all tlie heait, O 
 daughter of Jerusalem. 
 
 15 The Lord hath taken away 
 thy judgments, he hath cast out 
 thine enemy: the king of Is- 
 rael, even the Lord, is in the 
 mid'it of thee : thou shalt not 
 see evil any more. 
 
 IG In that day it shall be said 
 to Jenisalem, Fear thou not : 
 and to Zion, Let not thine hands 
 be slack. 
 
 17 The Lord thy God in the 
 midst of thee is mighty ; he will 
 save, he will rejoice over thee 
 with joy; he will rest in his 
 lovCj he will joy over thee with 
 singing. 
 
 18 I mil gather them thd are 
 son'OAvful for the solemn assem- 
 bly, kIio are of thee, fo idiom the 
 reproach of it icas a burden. 
 
 19 Behold, at that time I will 
 undo all that afflict thee : and 
 I will save her that halteth, and 
 gather her that was driven out ; 
 and Lwill get them praise and 
 fame in every land where they 
 have been put to shame. 
 
 20 At that time will I bring you 
 agaia, even in the time that I 
 gather you : for I will make you 
 a name and a praise among all 
 people of the earth, when I turn 
 back your captivity before your 
 eyes, saith the Lord. 
 
 HAGGAI. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Haggai reproveth the people for 
 rxqUcting the huilding of the house. 
 7 He incifeth them to the building. 
 12 He promiseih God's assistance to 
 them being foi- ward. 
 
 IN the second year of Darius 
 the king, in the sixth month, 
 in tie first day of the month. 
 
 came the word of the Lord by 
 Haggai the prophet unto Ze- 
 rubbabel the son of Shealtiel, 
 governor of Judah, and to Jo- 
 shua the son of Josedech, the 
 high priest, saying, 
 2 Thus speaketh the Lord of 
 hosts, saying, This people say, . 
 The time is not come, the time j 
 
The glmy qf 
 
 tliat the Lord's house should 
 be built. 
 
 3 Then came the word of the 
 Lord by Haggai the prophet, 
 saymg, 
 
 4 Is it time for you, O ye, to 
 dwell in your cieled houses, and 
 this house lie waste ? 
 
 5 Now therefore thus saith the 
 Lord of hosi«; Consider your 
 ways. 
 
 6 Ye have sown much, and 
 bring in little; ye ^it, but ye 
 have not enough ; ye drink, but 
 ye are not tilled with di ink ; ye 
 clothe you, but there is none 
 warm ; and he that ^irneth 
 wages earneth wages to imt it 
 into a bag with lioles. 
 
 7 H Thus saith the Lord of 
 hoste ; Consider j^our ways. 
 
 8 Go up to the mountain, and 
 bring wood, andT3uild the house ; 
 and I will take plesisure in it, 
 and I will he glorified, saith the 
 Lord. 
 
 9 Ye looked for much, and, 
 lo, it came to little ; and wlien 
 ye brought it home, I did blow 
 upon it. Why? saith the Lord 
 of hosts. Because of mine house 
 that is waste, and ye rmi every 
 man unto his own house. 
 
 10 Therefore the heaven over 
 you is stayed fi^om dew, and the 
 earth is stajedfrom her fruit. 
 
 11 And I called for a drought 
 upon the iand, and upon the 
 mountains, and upon the com, 
 and upon the new wine, and up- 
 on the oil, and upon that which 
 the gix)und hringeth forth, and 
 upon men, and rrpon cattle, and 
 upon all the labour of the hands. 
 
 12 IF Then Zeruhbahel the son 
 of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son 
 of Josedech, the high priest, with 
 all the remnant of the people, 
 obeyed the voice of the Lord 
 their God, and the words of 
 Haggai the prophet, as the Lord 
 then God had sent him, ar.d the 
 people did fear hefore the Lord. 
 
 13 Then spake ^ Haggai the 
 Lord's messenger in the Lord's 
 message unto the people, saying, 
 I am with you, saith the Lord. 
 
 HAGGAI, IL the second temple, 
 
 14 And the Lord stiiTed up 
 the spirit of Zerubbabel the son 
 of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, 
 and the spirit of Joshua the son 
 of Josedech, the high priest, and 
 the spuit of all the remnant of 
 the people ; and they came and 
 did work in the house of the 
 Lord of hosts, their God, 
 
 15 In the four and twentieth 
 day of the sixth month, in the 
 second year of Darius the king, 
 
 CHAPTER IL 
 1 He encoiirageth the people to tie 
 work, hy promise of ^reat€r glwy 
 to the second temple them ivas in 
 the first. 10 In the type of holy 
 things mid itMclean he sheiceih 
 their sins hindered the loorh. 20 
 God's promise to Zervhha^el. 
 
 IN the seventh «}2or.^?2, in the 
 one and twentieth clay of the 
 month, came the word of the 
 Lord by the prophet Haggai, 
 saying, 
 
 "2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the 
 son of Shealtiel, govemor of Ju- 
 dah, and to Joshua the son of 
 Josedech, the high priest, ar^d io 
 the residue of the people, saying^ 
 
 3 Who is left among you that 
 saw this house in her first glory? 
 and how do ye see it now ? is it 
 not in your eyes in comparison 
 of it as nothing? 
 
 4 Yet now be strong, O Ze- 
 rubbabel, saith the Lord ; and 
 be strong, O Joshtia, son of Jc- 
 sedech, the high priest ; and be 
 strong, all ye people of the land, 
 saith the Lord, and work : for 
 I am with you, saith the Lord 
 of hosts : 
 
 5 According to the word that I 
 covenanted with you when ye 
 came out of Egypt, so my spi- 
 rit remaineth among you: fear 
 ye not. 
 
 6 For thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts; Yet cuce, it is a little 
 while, and I wOl shake the hea- 
 vens, and the earth, and the sea^ 
 and the dry lamd ; 
 
 7 x\nd I will shake all nations, 
 and the desire of all nations 
 shall come : and I will fill thif? 
 house with glory, saith thQ LoKi> 
 of hosts. 
 
 Yy3 
 
God's promise 
 
 HAGGAI, II. 
 
 to ZeruhbaheJ. 
 
 8 The silver is mine, and the gold 
 is mine, saith the Lord of hosts. 
 
 9 The glory of this latter house 
 shall be greater than of the for- 
 mer, saith the Lord of hosts: 
 and in this place will I give 
 peace, saith the Lord of hosts. 
 
 10 H In the four and twentieth 
 day of the ninth month, in the 
 second year of Daiius, came the 
 word of the Lord by Haggai the 
 prophet, sapng, 
 
 11 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 
 Ask now the priests conceniing 
 the law, saying, 
 
 12 If one bear holy flesh in the 
 skirt of his gannent, and with 
 his sldrt do touch bread, or pot- 
 tage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, 
 shall it be holy ? And the priests 
 answered and said. No. 
 
 13 Then said Haggai, If o)ie 
 that is miclean by a dead body 
 touch any of these, shall it be 
 miclean? And tlie priests an- 
 swered and said, It shall be 
 miclean. 
 
 14 Then answered Haggai, and 
 said. So is this people, and so is 
 this nation before me, saith the 
 Lord; and so is every work 
 of then- hands ; and tliat wliich 
 they offer there is imclean. 
 
 15 And now, I pray you, consi- 
 der ffom this day and upward, 
 from before a stone was laid 
 upon a stone in the temple of 
 the Lord : 
 
 IG Since those days were, when 
 one came to an heap of twenty 
 'i]ieasures, there were UU ten : 
 when one came to the pressfat 
 
 for to draw out fifty vessels out of 
 the press, there were hut twenty. 
 
 17 I smote you with blasting 
 and with mildew and with hail 
 in all the labours of your hands ; 
 yet ye turned not to me, saith 
 the Lord. 
 
 18 Consider now from tliis day 
 and upward, from the fom' and 
 twentieth day of the mnilimonth^ 
 ei'Cit from the day tliat tiie fomi- 
 dation of the Lord's temple was 
 laid, consider it. 
 
 19 Is the seed yet in the bam ? 
 yea, as yet the vine, and the 
 tig tree, and the pomegranate, 
 and the olive tree, hath not 
 brought forth : from this day 
 will I bless you. 
 
 20 H And agam the word of 
 the Lord came unto Haggai 
 in the four and twentieth day 
 of the month, saying, 
 
 21 Speak to ZerubbabeL go- 
 vernor of Judah, saying, I will 
 shake the hea\eiis and the earth ; 
 
 22 And I will overthrow the 
 throne of kingdoms, and I will 
 destroy the stiength of the king- 
 doms of the heathen ; and I 
 will overthrow the chariots, and 
 those that ride in them; and 
 the horses and their ridere shall 
 come do^v^l, every one by the 
 sword of his brother. 
 
 23 In that day, saith the Lord 
 of hosts, will I take thee, O Ze- 
 rubbabel, my servant, the son 
 of Shealtiel, saith the Lord, 
 and will make thee as a signet : 
 for I have chosen thee, saith 
 the Lord of hosts. 
 
 ZECHARIAH. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Zecliariali exhorteth to repentance. 
 7 TJie vision of the horses. 12 At 
 the prayer of the angel comf&rt- 
 able promises are made to Jeru- 
 salem. 18 The vision of the four 
 horns, and the four carpenters. 
 
 IN the eighth month, in the se- 
 cond year of Daiius, came the 
 word of the Lord unto Zechariah, 
 the son of Berechiah, the son of 
 Iddo the prophet, saying. 
 
 2 The Lord hath been sore 
 displeased with your fathers. 
 
 3 Therefore say thou unto 
 them, Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts ; Turn ye unto me, saith 
 the Lord of hosts, and I will 
 turn unto you, saith the Lord 
 of hosts. 
 
 4 Be ye not as your fathers, 
 unto whom the former prophets 
 have cried, saying. Thus saith 
 
ZechmiaKs vision 
 
 ZECHAEIAH, II. 
 
 of the horses. 
 
 the Lord of hosts; Turn ye 
 now from your evil ways, and 
 from your evil doings : but they 
 did not hear, nor hearken unto 
 me, saith the Lord. 
 
 5 Your fathers, where are they? 
 and the prophets, do they live 
 for ever ? 
 
 6 But my words and my sta- 
 tutes, which I commanded my 
 servants the prophets, did they 
 not take hold of your fathers ? 
 and they returned and said, Like 
 as the Lord of hosts thought 
 to do unto us, according to our 
 ways, and according to our do- 
 ings, so hath he dealt with us. 
 
 7 11 Upon the four and twen- 
 tieth day of the eleventh month, 
 which is the month Sebat, in the 
 second year of Darius, came the 
 word of the Lord unto Zecha- 
 riah, the son of Berechiah, the 
 son of Iddo the prophet, saying, 
 
 8 I saw by night, and behold 
 a man riding upon a red horse, 
 and he stood among the myrtle 
 trees that were in the bottom; 
 and behind him ivere tliere red 
 horses, speclded, and white. 
 
 9 Then said I, O my lord, what 
 are these? And the angel that 
 tallied with me said unto me, I 
 will shew thee what these he. 
 
 10 And the man that stood a- 
 mong the myrtle trees answered 
 and said, These are they whom 
 the Lord hath sent to walk to 
 and fro through the earth. 
 
 11 And they answered the 
 angel of the Lord that stood 
 among the myrtle trees, and 
 said. We have wallied to and 
 fro through the earth, and, be- 
 hold, all the earth sitteth still, 
 and is at rest. 
 
 n 1[ Then the angel of the 
 Lord answered and said, O Lord 
 of hosts, how long wilt thou not 
 have mercy on Jerusalem and 
 on the cities of Judah, against 
 which thou hast had indignation 
 these threescore and ten years ? 
 
 13 And the Lord answered 
 the angel that talked with me 
 with good words and comfort- 
 able words. 
 
 14 So the angel that communed 
 with me said unto me, Cry thou, 
 saying. Thus saith the Lord oi 
 hosts ; I am jealous for Jerusa- 
 lem and for Zion with a great 
 jealousy. 
 
 15 And I am very sore dis- 
 pleased with the hesith.eii Jhat 
 are at ease : for I was but a lit- 
 tle displeased, and they helped 
 forward the aiJliction. 
 
 16 Therefore thus saith the 
 Lord; I am returned to Jeru- 
 salem with mercies : my house 
 shall be built in it, saith the 
 Lord of hosts, and a line shall be 
 stretched forth upon Jerusalem, 
 
 17 Cry yet, sajdng. Thus saith 
 the Lord of hosts; My cities 
 through prosperity shall yet be 
 spread abroad; and the Lord 
 shall yet comfort Zion, and shall 
 yet choose Jerusalem, 
 
 18 ^] Then lifted I up mine eyes, 
 and saw, and behold four horns. 
 
 19 And I said unto the angel that 
 talked with me. What he these ? 
 And he answered me. These are 
 the horns which have scattered 
 Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. 
 
 20 And the Lord shewed me 
 four carpenter. 
 
 21 Then said I, What come 
 these to do? And he spake, 
 saying. These are the horns 
 which have scattered Judah, 
 so that no man did lift up his 
 head : but these are come to 
 fray them, to cast out the horns 
 of the Gentiles, which lifted up 
 their horn over the land of Ju- 
 dah to scatter it. 
 
 CHAPTER n. 
 1 God, in the care of Jerusalem, setul. 
 eth to -measure it. G Tlie redemp- 
 tion of Zion. 10 TJie promise of 
 God's presence. 
 
 I LIFTED up mine eyes 
 again, and looked, and t3e- 
 hold a man with a measuring 
 line in his hand. 
 
 2 Then said I, Whither goest 
 thou? And he said unto me. 
 To measure Jerusalem, to see 
 what is the breadth thereof, and 
 what is the length thereof. 
 
 3 And, behold, the angel that 
 
EeJempthnof Zion. ZECHARIAH, III. Cfirist is promised. 
 
 talked vdih. me weiit forth, and 
 another angel went out to meet 
 liim, 
 
 4 And paid unto him. Run, 
 speak to thin younp: man, say- 
 inj;, Jenistilem Bhall be inha- 
 bited m toNms without wallw 
 for the multitude of men and 
 cattle therein : 
 
 5 For I, siiith the Lord, ^^^ll 
 hi unto her a wall of fire round 
 about, and will be the glory in 
 the midst of her. 
 
 6 1[ Ho, ho, o»/j^ f(fith, ar.d flee 
 from the land of the north, saith 
 the Lord: for I have spread 
 you abroad as the four winds of 
 the heaven, saith the Lord. 
 
 7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that 
 dwellest u'ith the daughter of 
 Babylon. 
 
 8 For thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts ; After the gloiy hath ho 
 63nt me unto the nations which 
 spoiled you : for he that touch- 
 eth you toucheth the apple of 
 his eye, 
 
 9 For, behold, I will shake mine 
 liandui)()n them, and they shall 
 be a spoil to their servants : and 
 ye shall know that the Lord of 
 liosts hath sent me. 
 
 10 If Sing and rejoice, O daugh- 
 ter of Zion : for, lo, I come, and 
 I will dwell in the midst of thee, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 11 And many nations shall 
 be joined to the Lord in that 
 day, and shall be my people : 
 and I will dwell in the midst 
 of thee, and thou slialt know 
 that the Lord of hosts hath sent 
 me imto thee. 
 
 12 And the Lord shall hiherit 
 .Tudah his portion in the holy 
 land, and shall choose Jerusa- 
 lem again. 
 
 13 Be silent, O all flesh, before 
 the Lord : for he is raised up 
 out of his holy habitation. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 Under the iype of Joshua, (lie re. 
 ' sfoi'afion of the church, 8 Christ 
 the Branch is promised. 
 
 AND he shewed me Joshua 
 - the high priest standing 
 before the angel of the Lokd, 
 
 and .Satan standing at his right 
 liand to resist him. 
 
 2 And tne Lord said unto 
 Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, 
 
 Satan ; even the LtntD that 
 hath chosen Jenisalem rebuke 
 tliee : is not this a brand pluck- 
 ed out of the fiieV 
 
 3 Now Joshua was clothed with 
 fdthy garments, and stood be- 
 fore the angel. 
 
 4 And he answered and spake 
 unto those that stood before 
 him, saying. Take away the 
 filthy framients from him. And 
 unto him he said, Behold, I 
 have caused thine iniqm'ty to 
 l»ass from thee, and I will clothe 
 thee with change of raiment. 
 
 5 And I said, Let them set a 
 fair mitre ui)on his head. So 
 they set a fair mitre upon his 
 head, and clothed him ^vith gar- 
 ments. And the angel of the 
 Lord stood by. 
 
 G And the angel of the Lord 
 protested unto Joshua, saying, 
 
 7 Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts ; If thou wilt walk in 
 my ways, and if thou 'svilt keep 
 my charge, then tliou shalt also 
 judge my house, and shalt also 
 keep my courts, and I will give 
 thee places to walk among these 
 that stand by. 
 
 8 Hear now, O Joshua the 
 high priest, thou, and thy fel- 
 lows that sit before tliee : for 
 they are men wondered at : for, 
 behold, I will bring forth my 
 servant the BRANCH. 
 
 9 For behold the stone that I 
 have laid before Joshua ; upon 
 one stone sludl he seven eyes : 
 behold, I will engrave the grav- 
 ing thereof, saith the Lord of 
 hosts, and I will remove the ini- 
 quity of that land in one day. 
 
 10 In that day, saith the Lord 
 of hosts, shall ye call every man 
 his neighbour under the vine 
 and under the fig tree. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 By the golden candlesticJc is force, 
 shewed the good success of Zeruh- 
 bnhel's foiiridation. 11 Bp the two 
 olive trees the two anointed onei. 
 
Tlie good succ-2ss of ZECHARIAH, IV. ZenibbaheVs foundcdimi. 
 
 AND the angel that tallied 
 . with me came again, and 
 waked me, as a man that is 
 wakened out of his sleep, 
 
 2 And said unto me, What 
 seest thou? And I said, I have 
 looked, and behold a candle- 
 stick all of gold, with a bowl 
 upon the top of it, and his se- 
 ven lamps thereon, and seven 
 pipes to the seven lamps, which 
 are upon the top thereof : 
 
 3 Ajid two olive trees by it, 
 one upon the right side of the 
 bowl, and the other upon the 
 left side thereof. 
 
 4 So I answered and spake to 
 the angel that talked with me, 
 saying. What are these, my lord? 
 
 5 Then the angel that talked 
 with me answered and said un- 
 to me, Knowest thou not what 
 these be ? And I said, No, my 
 lord. 
 
 6 Then he answered and spake 
 imto me, saying, This is the 
 word of the Lord unto Zerub- 
 babel, saying. Not by might, 
 nor by power, but by my spirit, 
 saith the Loed of hosts. 
 
 7 Who ciH thou, O gTeat moun- 
 tam ? before Zerubbabel tlimi 
 sfialt hecmiie a plain : and he 
 shall bring forth the headstone 
 thereof with shoutings, crying, 
 Grace, grace unto it. 
 
 8 Moreover the word of the 
 LoED came unto me, saying, 
 
 9 The hands of Zerubbabel 
 have laid the foundation of this 
 house ; his hands shall also fi- 
 nish it; and thou shalt knov/ 
 that the Loed of hosts hath 
 sent me unto you. 
 
 10 For who hath despised the 
 day of small things? for they 
 shall rejoice, and shall see the 
 plummet in the hand of Zerub- 
 babel with those seven ; they are 
 the eyes of the Loed, which run to 
 and fro through the whole earth. 
 
 11 IF Then answered I, and said 
 imto him. What are these two 
 olive trees upon the right side 
 of the candlestick and upon the 
 left side thereof? 
 
 12 And I answered agaia, and 
 
 said unto Mm, What he these two 
 olive branches which through 
 the two golden pipes empty the 
 golden oil out of themselves ? 
 
 13 And he answered me and said, 
 Knowest thou not what these 
 he ?■ And I said, No, my lord. 
 
 14 Then said he, These are the 
 two anointed ones, that stand 
 by the Lord of the whole earth. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 By the fl?/ing roll is shewed the 
 
 ciirse of thieves and swearers. 5 
 
 By a woman pressed, in an ephali, 
 
 the fined damnation of Babylon. 
 
 THEN I turned, and lifted 
 up mine eyes, and looked, 
 and behold a flying roll. 
 
 2 And he said imto me, What 
 seest thou? And I answered, 
 I see a flying roll; the length 
 thereof is twenty cubits, and the 
 breadth thereof ten cubits. 
 
 3 Then said he unto me, This 
 is the curse that goeth forth 
 over the face of the whole earth : 
 for every one that stealeth shall 
 be cut off as on this side ac- 
 cording to it ; and every one 
 that sweareth shall be cut off as 
 on that side according to it. 
 
 4 I will bring it forth, saith 
 the Loed of hosts, and it shall 
 enter into the house of the thief, 
 and into the house of him that 
 sweareth falsely by^ my name : 
 and it shall remain m the midst 
 of his house, and shall consume 
 it with the timber thereof and 
 the stones thereof. 
 
 5 1[ Then the angel that tallied 
 with me went forth, and said 
 unto me. Lift up now thine 
 eyes, and see what is this that 
 goeth forth. 
 
 6 And I said. What is it ? 
 And he said, This is an ephah 
 that goeth forth. He said more- 
 over, This is their resemblance 
 through all the earth. 
 
 7 And, behold, there was lift- 
 ed up a talent of lead : and this 
 is a woman that sitteth in the 
 midst of the ephah. 
 
 8 And he said. This is wick- 
 edness. And he cast it into 
 the midst of the ephah; and 
 
Chnstthe ZECHARIAH, 
 
 he cast the weight of lead upon 
 the mouth thereof. 
 
 9 Then hfted I up mine eyes, 
 and looked, and, behold, there 
 came out two women, and the 
 wind tms in their wings ; for 
 they had wings like the wings 
 of a stork : and they lifted up 
 the ephah between the earth 
 and the heaven. 
 
 10 Then said I to the angel 
 that talked with me, Wliither 
 do these bear the ephah ? 
 
 11 And he said unto me, To 
 build it an house in the land 
 of Shin a r : and it shaU be es- 
 tablished, and set there upon 
 her O'wn base. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 1 T}ie vision of the four chariots. 9 
 
 By the crowns of Joshua is shewed 
 
 the teni2)le and kingdom of Christ 
 
 the Branch. 
 
 AND I turned, and lifted 
 . up mine eyes, and looked, 
 and,_ behold, there came four 
 chariots out from between two 
 moimtains ; and the mountains 
 irere mountains of brass. 
 
 2 In the first chariot were red 
 horses ; and in the second cha- 
 riot black horses ; 
 
 3 And in the third chariot 
 white horses ; and in the fomih 
 chariot grisled and bay horses. 
 
 4 Then I answered and Raid 
 unto the angel tliat talked with 
 me, What are these, my lord? 
 
 5 And the angel answered and 
 said unto me, These are the four 
 spirits of the heavens, which go 
 forth from standing before the 
 Lord of all the earth. 
 
 6 The black horses which are 
 therein go forth into the north 
 country ; and the white go forth 
 after them ; and the grisled go 
 forth toward the south country. 
 
 7 And the bay went forth, and 
 sought to go that they might 
 walk to and fro through the 
 earth: and he said, Get you 
 hence, walk to and fro through 
 the earth. So they walked to 
 and fro through the earth. 
 
 8 Then cried he upon me, and 
 spake unto me, saying, Behold, 
 
 VI. 
 
 Branch iypified. 
 
 these that go toward the north 
 country have quieted my spirit 
 in the north country. 
 
 9 H And the word of the Lord 
 came unto me, saying, 
 
 10 Take of them of the cap- 
 tivity, emn of Heldai, of Tobi- 
 jah, and of Jedaiah, which are 
 come from Babylon, and come 
 thou the same day and go into 
 the house of Josiah the son of 
 Zcplianiah ; 
 
 11 Then take silver and gold, 
 and make crowns, and set them 
 upon the head of Joshua the son 
 of Joaedech, the high priest ; 
 
 12 And speak unto him, say- 
 ing, Thus speaketh the Lord of 
 hosts, saying, Behold the man 
 whose name ?s The BRANCH ; 
 and he shall grow up out of 
 his place, and he shall build the 
 temple of the Lord : 
 
 13 Even he shall build the tem- 
 ple of the Lord ; and he shall 
 bear the glory, and shall sit and 
 rule upon his thi'one ; and he 
 shall be a priest upon liis throne : 
 and the counsel of i^ieace shall 
 be between them both. 
 
 14 And the crowns shall be to 
 Helem, and to Tobijah, and to 
 Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of 
 Zephaniah, for a memorial in 
 the temple of the Lord. 
 
 15 And they tJud are far off 
 shall come and build in the 
 temple of the Lord, and ye 
 shall know that the Lord of 
 hosts hath sent me unto you. 
 And this shall come to pass, if 
 ye will diligently obey the voic« 
 of the Lord your God. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 1 The captives enquire of fasting. 
 4 Zechariah rep^'oveth their fasting . 
 8 Sin the cause of their captivity. 
 
 AND it came to pass in the 
 _ fourth year of king Da- 
 rius, that the word of the Lord 
 came unto Zechariah in the 
 fourth day of the ninth month, 
 even in Chisleu ; 
 2 When they had sent unto 
 the house of God Sherezer and 
 Kegem-melech, and their men, 
 to pray before the Lord, 
 
TJie reslointioii 
 
 ZECHARIAH, YIH. 
 
 of Jerusalem. 
 
 3 Aiid to speak unto the priests 
 which were in the house of the 
 LoED of hosts, and to the pro- 
 phets, saying, Should I weep 
 in the fifth month, separating 
 myself, as I have done these 
 so many years ? 
 
 4 H Then came the word of the 
 Lord of hosts unto me, saying, 
 
 5 Speak unto all the people of 
 the land, and to the priests, 
 saying, When ye fasted and 
 mourned in the fifth and se- 
 venth mantli, even those seventy 
 yeai-s, did ye at all fast unto me, 
 even to me ? 
 
 6 And when ye did eat, and 
 when ye did diink, did not ye 
 eat for yourselves, and drink for 
 yourselves ? 
 
 7 Should ye not hecir the words 
 which the Lord hath cried by 
 the former prophets, when Je- 
 rusalem was inhabited and in 
 prosperity, and the cities thereof 
 round about her, when men inha- 
 bited the south and the plain ? 
 
 8 IF And the word of the Lord 
 came unto Zechariah, saying, 
 
 9 Thus speaketh the Lord 
 of hosts, sayhig. Execute tiTie 
 judgment, and shew mercy and 
 compassions every man to his 
 brother : 
 
 10 And oppress not the mdow, 
 nor the fatherless, the stranger, 
 nor the poor; and let none of 
 you imagine evil against his 
 brother in your heart. 
 
 11 But they refused to heark- 
 en, and pulled away the shoul- 
 der, and stopped their ears, that 
 they should not hear. 
 
 12 Yea, they made their hearts 
 as an adamant stone, lest they 
 should hear the law, and the 
 words which the Lord of hosts 
 hath sent in his sphit by the 
 former prophets : therefore came 
 a great wrath from the Lord of 
 
 13 Therefore it is come to pass, 
 Uiat as he cried, and they would 
 not hear ; so they cried, and I 
 would not hear, saith the Lord 
 of hosts : 
 
 14 But I scattered them with 
 
 a whirlwind among all the na- 
 tions whom they knew not. 
 Thus the land was desolate 
 after them, that no man passed 
 thi^ough nor returned: for they 
 laid the pleasant land desolate. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 1 TJie restoration of Jerusalem. 9 
 They are encouraged to the building 
 by God's favour to them. 16 Good 
 worJcs are required of them. 18 Joy 
 and enlargement are promised. 
 
 AGAIN the word of the Lord 
 - of hosts came to me, saying, 
 
 2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 
 I was jealous for Zion with great 
 jealousy, and I was jealous for 
 her with great fury. 
 
 3 Thus saith the Lord ; I am 
 returned unto Zion, and will 
 dwell in the midst of Jerusa- 
 lem : and Jerusalem shall be 
 called a city of truth ; and the 
 mountain of the Lord of hosts 
 the holy mountain. 
 
 4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 
 There shall yet old men and old 
 women dwell in the streets of 
 Jerusalem, and every man with 
 his stafi" in his hand for very age. 
 
 5 And the streets of the city 
 shall be full of boys and girls 
 playing in the streets thereof. 
 
 6 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 
 If it be marvellous in the eyes 
 of the remnant of this people 
 in these days, should it also be 
 marvellous in mine eyes ? saith 
 the Lord of hosts. 
 
 7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 
 Behold, I will save my people 
 from the east country, and from 
 the west countiy ; 
 
 8 And I will bring them, and 
 they shall dwell in the midst of 
 Jerusalem : and they shall be my 
 people, and I will be their God, 
 in truth and in righteousness. 
 
 9 IF Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts ; Let your hands be strong, 
 ye that hear in these days these 
 words by the mouth of the pro- 
 phets, which imre in the day 
 that the foundation of the house 
 of the Lord of hosts was laid, 
 that the temple might be buUt. 
 
 10 For before these days there 
 
Enlargcriient of the 
 
 was no hire for man, nor any 
 hire for beast ; neither teas there 
 any peace to him that went out 
 or came in because of the afflic- 
 tion : for I set all men every 
 one against his neii^^hbour. 
 
 11 But now I KiU not lie mito 
 the residue of this people as in 
 the former days, eaith the Lord 
 of hosts. 
 
 12 For the seed i'hiU he pros- 
 perous ; the vine sliall give her 
 fruit, and the ground shall give 
 her increase, and the heavens 
 shall give their dew ; and I will 
 cause the remnant of this peo- 
 ple to possess all these OiiiHjs. 
 
 13 And it sliall come to i)ass, 
 that as ye were a cui-se among 
 the heathen, O liouse of Judah, 
 and hoiLse of Ismel ; so will 1 
 save you, and ye shall be a 
 blessing : fear not, hat let your 
 1 lands be strong. 
 
 14 For thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts ; As I thought to punish 
 you, when your fathei^s provok- 
 ed me to wratli, stiith the Lord 
 of hosts, and I repented not : 
 
 15 8o again have I thought 
 in these days to do well unto 
 Jerusalem and to the house of 
 Judah : fear ye not. 
 
 16 ^ These are the things that 
 ye shall do; 8peak ye eveiy 
 man the tmtli to his neigh- 
 bour; execute the judgment of 
 truth and peace in yom* gates : 
 
 17 And let none of you imar- 
 gine evil in your hearts against 
 his neighbour; and love no 
 false oath: for all these are 
 things that I hate, saith the 
 
 LOED. 
 
 18 K And the word of the Lord 
 of hosts came unto me, saying, 
 
 19 Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts; The fast of the fourth 
 month, and the fast of the fifth, 
 and the fast of the seventh, and 
 the fast of the tenth, shall be 
 to the house of Judah joy and 
 gladness, and cheerful feasts; 
 therefore love the truth and 
 peace. 
 
 20 Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts; It sfiall yet come to pa^. 
 
 ofC 
 do)ii 
 
 ZECHABIAH, IX. chuvch promised. 
 
 that there shall come i>e<:)ple, and 
 tlie inhabitants of many cities : 
 
 21 And the inhabitants of one 
 citti shall go to another, saying. 
 Let us go speedily to pray be- 
 fore the LoRi>, and to seek the 
 LoiH) of lnjsts : I will go also. 
 
 22 Yea, many people and strong 
 nations shall come to seek the 
 Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and 
 to pray l^efore the Lord. 
 
 23 Thus saith the Lord of 
 hosts; In those days it i<ha]l 
 anw to j>as,<, that ten men slmll 
 talve hold out of all languages 
 of the nations, even shall take 
 hold of the skirt of him that is 
 a Jew, saying. We will go with 
 you : for we have heard that 
 God is with you. 
 
 C^HAPTER IX. 
 
 1 Cod dfifinidefJi ///« church. 9 Ziou 
 
 exhorted to rejoice for (he coinhrg 
 
 ChrUt, and his peaceable Hag- 
 
 lO)n. 12 GckVs promises of victory 
 
 and defence. 
 
 THE burden of the word of 
 the Lord in the land of 
 Iladrach. and Damascus i^hatl he, 
 the rest thereof: when the eyes 
 of man, as of all the tribes of Is- 
 rael, sliall l)e toward the Lord. 
 
 2 And Hamath also shall bor- 
 der thereby ; Tyrus, and Zidon, 
 though it be veiy wise. 
 
 3 And Tyrus did build herself 
 a strong hold, and heaped up 
 silver as the dust, and fine gold 
 as the mire of the streets. 
 
 4 Behold, the Lord will cast 
 her out, and he will smite her 
 power in the sea ; and she shall 
 be devoured with fire. 
 
 5 Aslikelon shall see it, and 
 fear; Gaza also sJiall see it, and 
 be very sonowful, and Ekron ; 
 for her expectation shall be 
 ashamed; and the king shall 
 perish from Gaza, and Ashke- 
 lon shall not be inhabited. 
 
 6 And a bastard shall dwell 
 in Aslidod, and I will cut oft* 
 the pride of the Philistines. 
 
 7 And I vnll take away his 
 blood out of his mouth, and his 
 abominations from between his 
 teeth: but he that remaineth. 
 
ChrMs coming fcn-etdd. ZECHAEIAH, X. God is tohe sought unto. 
 
 even he, shcdl he for otir God, and 
 he shall be as a governor in Ju- 
 dah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. 
 8^ And I -will encamp about 
 mine house because of the ar- 
 my, because of him that pass- 
 eth by, and because of liun that 
 retumeth: and no oppressor 
 shall pass through them any 
 more : for now have I seen with 
 mine eyes. 
 
 9 IF Eejoice greatly, O daugh- 
 ter of Zion ; shout, O daughter 
 of Jerusalem : behold, thy King 
 Cometh unto thee : he is just, 
 and having salvation; lowly, 
 and riding upon an ass, and 
 upon a colt the foal of an ass. 
 
 10 And I will cut off the cha- 
 riot from Ephraim, and the 
 horse from Jerusalem, and the 
 battle bow shall be cut off: 
 and he shall speak peace unto 
 the heathen: and his domi- 
 nion sliall he from sea even to 
 sea, and from the river even to 
 the ends of the earth. 
 
 11 As for thee also, by the 
 blood of thy covenant I have 
 sent forth thy prisoners out of 
 the pit wherein is no water. 
 
 12 II Turn you to the strong 
 hold, ye prisoners of hope : even 
 to day do I declare that I will 
 render double unto thee ; 
 
 13 When I have bent Judah 
 for me, filled the bow with Eph- 
 raim, and raised up thy sons, 
 O Zion, against thy sons, O 
 Greece, and made thee as the 
 sword of a mighty man. 
 
 14 And the Lord shall be seen 
 over them, and his arrow shall 
 go forth as the lightning: and 
 the Lord God shall blow the 
 trumpet, and shall go with 
 whirlwinds of the south. 
 
 15 The Lord of hosts shall 
 defend them; and they shall 
 devour, and subdue with sling 
 stones; and they shall drink, 
 and make a noise as thiough 
 wine; and they shall be filled 
 like bowls, and as the comers 
 of the altar. 
 
 16 And the Loed their God 
 shall save them in that day 
 
 as the flock of his people : for 
 tliey shall he as the stones of a 
 crown, lifted up as an ensign 
 upon his land. 
 
 17 For how great is his good- 
 ness, and how great is his beau- 
 ty ! com shall make the young 
 men cheerful, and new wine 
 the maids. 
 
 CHAPTER X 
 1 God is to he sought unto, and not 
 
 idols. 5 As he visited his flocJc for 
 
 sin, so he will save and restwe 
 
 them. 
 
 ASK ye of the Lord rain in 
 _ the time of the latter rain ; 
 so the Lord shall make bright 
 clouds, and give them showers 
 of rain, to every one grass in 
 the field. 
 
 2 For the idols have spoken 
 vanity, and the diviners have 
 seen a lie, and have told false 
 dreams ; they comfort in vain : 
 therefore they went their way 
 as a flock, they were troubled, 
 because there ivas no shepherd. 
 
 3 Mine anger was kindled a- 
 gainst the shepherds, and I pu- 
 nished the goats : for the Lord 
 of hosts hath visited his flock 
 the house of Judah, and hath 
 made them as his goodly horse 
 in the battle. 
 
 4 Out of him came forth the 
 corner, out of him the nail, out 
 of him the battle bow, out of 
 him every oppressor together. 
 
 5 IF And they shall be as migh- 
 ty men, which tread down tlieir 
 enemies in the mii*e of the streets 
 in the battle: and they shall 
 fight, because the Lord is vnUa. 
 them, and the riders on horses 
 shall be confounded. 
 
 6 And I will strengthen the 
 house of Judah, and I will save 
 the house of Joseph, and I will 
 bring them again to place them ; 
 for I have mercy upon them: 
 and they shall be as though I 
 had not cast them off : for I am 
 the Lord their God, and will 
 hear them. 
 
 7 And th£p of Ephraim shall 
 be like a mighty man, and their 
 heart shall rejoice as through 
 
The destruction 
 
 ZECHARIAH, XI. 
 
 of Jei-usiilem. 
 
 wine : yea, their children shall 
 see it, and be glad ; their heart 
 sliall rejoice in the Lord. 
 
 8 I will hiss for them, and ga- 
 ther them ; for I have redeemed 
 them: and they shall increase 
 as they have increased. 
 
 9 And I will sow them among 
 the people: and they shall re- 
 member me in far countiies; 
 and they shall live with their 
 children, and tuni asain.^ 
 
 10 I will bring them again also 
 out of the land of Egypt, and 
 gather them out of Assyria; 
 and I will bring them into the 
 land of Gilead and Lebanon ; 
 and x>lace shall not be foimd for 
 them. 
 
 11 And he shall pass through 
 the sea with affliction, and shall 
 smite the waves in the sea, and 
 all the deei R of the river shall 
 dry up : and the pride of As- 
 syria shall be brought do^\^^, 
 and the sceptre of Egypt shall 
 depart array. 
 
 12 And I will strengthen them 
 in the Lord; and they shall 
 walk up and down iji liis name, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER XL 
 
 1 77/e destruction of Jerusalem. 3 
 The elect being cared for, the rest 
 are rejected. 10 T7/e staves of 
 Beauty and Bands hrolcen. by the 
 rejection of Christ. 15 The type 
 and curse of a foolish shepherd. 
 
 OPEN thy doors, O Lebanon, 
 that the fire may devour 
 thy cedars. 
 
 2 Howl, fir tree ; for the cedar 
 is fallen; because the mighty 
 are spoiled: howl, O 5^e oaks 
 of Bashan ; for the forest of the 
 vintage is come down. 
 
 3 IF There is a voice of the howl- 
 ing of the Siiepherds ; for their 
 gloiy is spoiled : a voice of the 
 roaring of young lions ; for the 
 pride of Jordan is spoiled. 
 
 4 Thus saith the Lord my 
 God; Feed the flock of the 
 slaughter ; 
 
 5 Whose possessors slay them, 
 and hold themselves not guilty : 
 and they th^t sell them say, 
 
 Blessed l>e the Lord ; for I am 
 rich : and their o\mi shepherds 
 pity them not. 
 
 G For I "will no more pity the in- 
 habitants of the land, saith the 
 Lord : but, lo, I will deliver the 
 men eveiy one into his neigh- 
 bour's hand, and into the hand 
 of his king : and they shall smite 
 the land, and out of their hand 
 I will not deliver ihrm. 
 
 7 And I will feed the flock of 
 slaughter, erea you, O 4^oor of 
 the flock. And I took unto me 
 two staves; the one I called 
 Beauty, and the other I called 
 Bands ; and I fed the flock. 
 
 8 Three shei)herds also I cut 
 off' in one month ; and my soul 
 lotlied them, and their soul also 
 abhorred me. 
 
 9 Then said I, I will not feed 
 you : that that dieth, let it die ; 
 and that that is to be cut off, 
 let it be cut off'; aiid let the 
 rest eat every one the flesh of 
 another. 
 
 10 H And I took my staff*, even 
 Beauty, and cut it asunder, 
 that 1 might break my cove- 
 nant wliich I had made with 
 all the people. 
 
 11 And it was broken in that 
 day: and so the poor of the 
 flock that waited upon me Iniew 
 that it ?w.s the word of the Lord. 
 
 12 And I said unto them. If ye 
 think good, give me my price; 
 and if not, forbear. 8o they 
 weighed for my price thirty 
 ^)i''CfS of silver. 
 
 13 And the Lord said mi to 
 me, Cast it unto the potter : a 
 goodly price that I was prised 
 at of them. And I took the 
 thirty pieces of silver, and cast 
 them to the potter in the house 
 of the Lord. 
 
 14 Then I cut asunder mine 
 other staff, even Bands, that I 
 might break the brotherhood 
 between Judah and Israel. 
 
 15 IF And the Lord said unto 
 me, Take unto thee yet the in- \ 
 struments of a foolish shepherd. J 
 
 16 For lo, I will raise up a i 
 shepherd in the land, which I 
 
The vidonms ZECHAEIAH, 
 
 shall not visit tliose that be cut 
 off, neither shall seek the yoimg 
 one, nor heal that that is bro- 
 ken, nor feed that that standeth 
 stUl : but he shall eat the flesh 
 of the fat, and tear theii' claws 
 in pieces. 
 17 Woe to the idol shepherd 
 that leaveth the flock ! the sword 
 shall be upon his arm, and upon 
 his right eye : his arm shall be 
 clean diied up, and Ms right 
 eye shall be utterly darkened. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 1 Jerusalem a cup of tremhJing to 
 herself, 3 and a burdensome stone 
 to her adversaries. 6 TJie victorious 
 restoring of Jndah. 9 Tlie repent- 
 ance of "Jerusalem. 
 
 THE burden of the word of 
 the LoKD for Israel, saith 
 the Lord, wMch stretcheth forth 
 the heavens, and layeth the 
 foundation of the earth, and 
 formeth the spuit of man with- 
 in him. 
 
 2 Behold, I ^ill make Jeni- 
 salem a cup of trembling lui- 
 to all the people round about, 
 when they shall be in the siege 
 both against Judah and agahist 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 3 % And in that day will I 
 make Jerusalem a bru'densome 
 stone for all people : ail that 
 burden themselves v»ith it shall 
 be cut in pieces, though all the 
 people of the earth be gathered 
 together against it. 
 
 4 In that day, saith the Loed, 
 I will smite eveiy horse with as- 
 tonislmient, and' his rider with 
 madness : and I \ndl open mine | 
 
 XII. resforin{) ofJiidah, 
 
 the right hand and on the left : 
 and Jenisalem shall be inha- 
 bited again in her own place, 
 eren in Jenisalem. 
 
 7 The Loed also shall save the 
 tents of Judah fii-st, that the 
 glory of the house of David and 
 the glory of the inhabitants of 
 Jerusalem do not magnify them- 
 selves against Judah. 
 
 8 In that day shall the Loed 
 defend the uihabitants of Je- 
 rusalem; and he that is feeble 
 among them at that day shall 
 be as David; and the house of 
 Da\id shall he as God, as the 
 angel of the Loed before them. 
 
 9 *[ Ajid it shall come to pass 
 in that day, that I will seek to 
 destroy all the nations that 
 come against Jerusalem. 
 
 10 And I will pour upon the 
 house of David, and upon the 
 inhabitants of Jerusalem, the 
 spirit of grace and of suppHca- 
 tions : and they shall look upon 
 me whom they have pierced, 
 and they shall' mom-n for him, 
 as one moumeth for his only 
 son, and shall be m bitterness 
 for him, as one that is in bit- 
 terness for his fii'stborn. 
 
 11 In that day shall there be a 
 great mouiTdng hi Jerusalem, 
 as the mourning of Hadadrim- 
 nion in the valley of Megiddon. 
 
 12 And the land shall mourn, 
 every family apart; the family 
 of the house of David apart, 
 and then wives apart ; the fa- 
 mily of the house of Nathan 
 apart, and their wives apart ; 
 
 13 The family of the house 
 
 eyes upon the house of Judah, | of Levi apart, and their wives 
 and wiU smite ever\' horse of ; apart ; the family of Shimei 
 
 the people with blindness 
 
 5 And the governors of Judah 
 shall say ui their heart. The 
 inhabitants of Jerusalem shall 
 he my strength in the Loed of 
 hosts their God. 
 
 6 ^ In that day will I make 
 the governors of Judah like an 
 hearth of fii'e among the wood, 
 and like a torch of fire in a 
 sheaf; and they shall devoiur 
 all the people round about, on 
 
 apart, and then wives apart ; 
 14 AU the famihes that re- 
 main, every famUy apart, and 
 then wives apart. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 1 TJie fountain of purgation for Je- 
 rusalem, 2 from idolatry, and false 
 proDhecy. 7 Tlie death of Christ, 
 and. the trial of a third part. 
 
 IN that day there shall be a 
 foimtaui opened to the house 
 of David and to the mhabitants 
 
The death of ZECHARIAH, XIV. 
 
 of Jerusalem for sin and for un- 
 cleanness. 
 
 ^ 2 ^ And it sliall come to pass 
 in that day, saith the Lord of 
 liosts, that I Avill cut ofl" tlie 
 names of the idols out of the 
 land, and they shall no more 
 be remembered : and also I will 
 cause the prophets and the un- 
 clean spirit to pass out of tlie 
 land. 
 
 3 And it shall come to pass, 
 ■that when any shall yet pro- 
 phesy, then his father and liis 
 mother tliat beprat liim shall 
 say unto him, Thou shalt not 
 live ; for tliou speakest lies in 
 the name of the Loed: and 
 his father and his mother that 
 begat him shall tlniist liiin 
 through when he prophesieth 
 
 CJirid foretold. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 1 TJie destroyers of Jerusalem de- 
 stroyed. 4 Tlie coming of Christ, 
 and tlie graces of his kingdom. 12 
 Hie pligne ofJernsaleui's enemies. 
 16 !Z7/c remnant shall turn to the 
 Lord, 20 arul their sjmls shall be 
 holy. 
 
 BEHOLD, the day of the 
 Lord cometh, and thy spoil 
 shall be divided in the midst 
 of thee. 
 
 2 For I will gather all nations 
 against Jerusalem to battle; 
 and the city shall be taken, 
 and the houses rifled, and the 
 women ravished; and half of 
 the city shall go foiih into cap- 
 tivity, and the residue of the 
 people shall not be cut off from 
 the city. 
 
 3 Then shall the Lord go 
 
 4 And it shall come to pass in forth, and light against those 
 that day, that the prophets shall I nations, as when he fought in 
 be ashamed every one of his j the day of battle, 
 vision, when he hath prophe- ! 4 H And his feet shall stand 
 sicd ; neither shall they wear a ' in that day upon the moiuit of 
 
 rough garment to deceive : 
 
 5 But he shall say, I am no 
 prophet, I am an husbandman , 
 for man taught me to keep cat^ 
 tie from my youth. 
 
 6 And one shall say imto him. 
 What are these wounds in thine 
 hands? Then he shall answer 
 Those \nth. which I was wounded 
 in the house of my friends. 
 
 7 H Awake, O sword, against 
 my shepherd, and against the 
 man that is my fellow, saith 
 the Lord of hosts: smite the 
 shepherd, and the sheep shall 
 be scattered: and I wdll turn 
 mine hand upon the little ones. 
 
 8 And it shall come to pass, 
 that in all the land, saith the 
 Lord, two parts therein shall 
 be cut off and die ; but the third 
 shall be left therein. 
 
 9 And I will bring the third 
 part through the fire, and will 
 refine them as silver is refined, 
 and will try them as gold is 
 tried: they shall call on my 
 name, and I will hear them : I 
 will say. It is my people : and 
 they shall say, The Lord is my 
 God. 
 
 Olives, wiiicli is before Jerusa- 
 lem on the east, and the mount 
 of 01i^•es shall cleave in the 
 midst thereof toward the east 
 and toward the west, and there 
 shall he a very great valley ; and 
 half of the mountain shall re- 
 move toward the north, and 
 half of it toward the south. 
 
 5 And ye shall flee to the val- 
 ley of the mountains; for the 
 valley of the mountains shall 
 reach unto Azal : yea, ye shall 
 flee, like as ye fled from before 
 the earthquake in the days of 
 Uzziah king of Judah : and the 
 Lord my God shall come, and 
 all the saints with thee. 
 
 6 And it shall come to pass in 
 that day, that the light shall not 
 be clear, nor dark : 
 
 7 But it shall be one day which 
 shall be known to the Lord, 
 not day, nor night : but it shall 
 come to pass, that at evening 
 time it shall be light. 
 
 8 And it shall be in that day, 
 that living waters shall go out 
 from Jerusalem; half of them 
 toward the former sea, and half 
 of them toward the hinder sea : 
 
TJie xjlague of 
 
 ZECHARIAH, XIV. Jerusalem's enemies. 
 
 in summer and in winter sliall 
 it be. 
 
 9 And the Lokd shall be king 
 over all the earth : in that day 
 shall there be one Lord, and 
 his name one. 
 
 10 All the land shall be turned 
 as a plain from Geba to Rim- 
 mon south of Jerusalem : and it 
 shall be lifted up, and inhabited 
 in her place, from Benjamin's 
 gate unto the place of the first 
 gate, unto the comer gate, and 
 from the tower of Hananeel unto 
 the king's winepresses. 
 
 11 And men shall dwell in it, 
 and there shall be no more ut- 
 ter destruction; but Jerusalem 
 shall be safely inhabited. 
 
 12 IF And this shaU be the 
 plague wherewith the Lord 
 will smite all the people that 
 have fought against Jerusalem ; 
 Their flesh shall consume away 
 while they stand upon their feet, 
 and their eyes shall consume 
 away in their holes, and their 
 tongue shall consume away in 
 their mouth. 
 
 ^ 13 And it shall come to pass 
 in that day, that a great tumult 
 from the Lord shall be among 
 them; and they shall lay hold 
 eveiy one on the hand of his 
 neighbour, and his hand shall 
 rise up against the hand of his 
 neighbour. 
 
 14 And Judah also shall fight 
 at Jerusalem; and the wealth 
 of all the heathen round about 
 shall be gathered together, gold, 
 and silver, and apparel, in great 
 abundance. 
 
 15 And so shall be the plague 
 
 of the horse, of the mule, of 
 the camel, and of the ass, and 
 of all the beasts that shall be 
 in these tents, as this plague. 
 
 16 IF And it shall come to pass, 
 that every one that is left of all 
 the nations which came against 
 Jerusalem shall even go up from 
 year to year to worship the 
 King, the Lord of hosts, and to 
 keep the feast of tabernacles. 
 
 17 And it shall be, that whoso 
 will not come up of all the 
 families of the earth mito Je- 
 rusalem to worship the King, 
 the Lord of hosts, even upon 
 them shall be no rain. 
 
 18 And if the family of Egypt 
 go not up, and come not, that 
 have no rain ; there shall be the 
 plague, wherewith the Lord 
 will smite the heathen that 
 come not up to keep the feast 
 of tabernacles. 
 
 19 This shall be the punish- 
 ment of Egypt, and the punish- 
 ment of all nations that come 
 not up to keep the feast of ta- 
 bernacles. 
 
 20 1[ In that day shall there be 
 upon the bells of the horses, 
 HOLINESS UNTO THE 
 LORD; and the pots in the 
 Lord's house shall be like the 
 bowls before the altar. 
 
 21 Yea,^ every pot in Jerusa- 
 lem and in Judah shall be holi- 
 ness unto the Lord of hosts: 
 and all they that sacrifice shall 
 come and take of them, and 
 seethe therein : and in that day 
 there^ shall be no more the Ca- 
 naanite in the house of the 
 Lord of hosts. 
 
 M A L A C H I. 
 
 CHAPTER L 
 
 1 3Ialac7ii complaineth of Israel's 
 unkindness. 6 Of their irreligious- 
 ness, 12 and profaneiiess. 
 
 THE burden of the word of 
 the Lord to Israel by Ma- 
 lachi. 
 
 2 I have loved you, saith the 
 Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein 
 
 hast thou loved us? Was not 
 Esau Jacob's brother ? saith the 
 Lord : yet I loved Jacob, 
 
 3 And I hated Esau, and laid 
 his mountains and his heritage 
 waste for the dragons of the 
 wilderness. 
 
 4 Whereas Edom saith, We 
 are impoverished, but we will 
 
Malachi complaindh MALACHI, II. 
 
 of Israel, and 
 
 return and build the desolate 
 places; thus saith the Lord 
 of hosts, They shall build, but 
 I will throw down; and they 
 shall call them, The border of 
 wickedness, and. The people 
 against whom the Lord hath 
 indignation for ever. 
 
 5 And your eyes shall see, and 
 ye shall say^ The Lord will be 
 magnified n-om the border of 
 Israel. 
 
 6 If A son honoureth his far 
 ther, and a servant his master : 
 if then 1 be &, father, where is 
 mine honour? and if I ?>e a 
 master, where is my fear ? saith 
 the Lord of hosts rmto you, O 
 priests, that despise my name. 
 And ye say, Wherein have we 
 despised thy name ? 
 
 7 Ye ofter polluted bread upon 
 mine altar ; and ye say. Where- 
 in have we polluted thee? In 
 that ye say. The table of the 
 Lord is contemptible. 
 
 8 And if ye ofler the blind for 
 sacrifice, is it not evil? and if 
 ye offer the lame and sick, is it 
 not evil? offer it now unto thy 
 governor; will he be pleased 
 with thee, or accept thy person ? 
 saith the Lord of hosts. 
 
 9 And now, I pray you, be- 
 seech God that he will be gra- 
 cious unto us : this hath been 
 by your means : will he regard 
 your persons? saith the Lord 
 of hosts. 
 
 10 Who is tliere even among 
 you that would shut the doors 
 /(W* noiyjlit? neither do ye kindle 
 
 Lord is polluted ; and the fruit 
 thereof, even his meat, is con- 
 temptible. 
 
 13 Ye said also. Behold, what 
 a weariness is it! and ye have 
 snuffed at it, saith the Lord 
 of hosts; and ye brought that 
 ichich was torn, and the lame, 
 and the sick; thus ye brought 
 an offering : should I accept this 
 of your hand ? saith the Lord. 
 
 14 But cursed he the deceiver, 
 which hath in his flock a male, 
 aud vovv'eth, and sacrificeth unto 
 the Lord a conupt thing : for I 
 am a great Kiug, saith the Lord 
 of hosts, and my name is dread- 
 ful among the heathen. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 1 JTe sharply reprovetli the jn-iesfs for 
 neglecting their covenant, 11 and 
 the people for idolnlry, 14 for adul- 
 tery, 17 and for infidelity. 
 
 AND now, O ye priests, this 
 - commandment is for you. 
 
 2 If ye will not hear, and if 
 ye will not lay it to heart, to 
 give glory unto my name, saith 
 the Lord of hosts, I will even 
 send a curse upon you, and I 
 will curse your blessings: yea, 
 I have cursed them already, 
 because ye do not lay it to. 
 heart. 
 
 3 Behold, I will corrupt your 
 seed, and spread dung upon 
 your fa(^es, even the dung of 
 your solemn feasts ; and one 
 shall take you away with it. 
 
 4 And ye shall know that I 
 have sent this commandment 
 unto you, that my covenant 
 
 jire on mine altar for nought, might be with Levi, saith the 
 I have no pleasure in you, saith j Lord of hosts, 
 the Lord of hosts, neither will 1 1 5 My covenant was with him 
 accept an offering at your hand, i of life and peace ; and I gave 
 11 For from the rising of the them to him/o?- the fear where- 
 
 sun even unto the going down 
 of the same my name sIkiU he 
 great among the Gentiles ; and 
 in every place incense shall he 
 offered unto my name, and a 
 pm-e offering: for my name 
 slmll he great among the hea- 
 then, saith the Lord of hosts. 
 12 t But ye have profaned it, 
 in that ye say, The table of the 
 
 with he feared me, and was 
 afraid before my name. 
 
 6 The law of tiTith was in his 
 mouth, and iniquity was not 
 found in his lips: he walked 
 with me in peace and equity, 
 and did turn many away from 
 iniquity. * 
 
 7 For the priest's lips should I 
 keep knowledge, and they should » 
 
reproveth the 
 
 MALACHI, III. 
 
 priests and people. 
 
 seek the law at his mouth : for 
 he is the messenger of the Loed 
 of hosts. 
 
 8 But ye are departed out of 
 the way ; ye have caused many 
 to stumble at the law ; ye have 
 corrupted the covenant of Levi, 
 saith the Lord of hosts. 
 
 9 Therefore have I also made 
 you contemptible a$id base be- 
 fore all the people, according as 
 ye have not kept my ways, but 
 have been partial in the law. 
 
 10 Have we not all one father ? 
 hath not one God created us? 
 why do we deal treacherously 
 every man against his brother, 
 by profanmg the covenant of 
 our fathers ? 
 
 11 IF Judah hath dealt trea- 
 cherously, and an abomination 
 is committed in Israel and in 
 Jerusalem ; for Judah hath pro- 
 faned the holiness of the Lord 
 which he loved, and hath mar- 
 ried the daughter of a strange 
 god. 
 
 12 The Lord will cut off the 
 man that doeth this, the mas- 
 ter and the scholar, out of the 
 tabernacles of Jacob, and him 
 that offereth an offering unto 
 the Lord of hosts. 
 
 13 And this have ye done a- 
 gain, covering the altar of the 
 Lord with tears, with w^eeping, 
 and with crying out, insomuch 
 that he regardeth not the offer- 
 ing any more, or receiveth it 
 with good will at your hand. 
 
 14 IT Yet ye say. Wherefore ? 
 Because the Lord hath been 
 witness between thee and the 
 wife of thy youth, against whom 
 thou hast dealt treacherously: 
 yet is she thy companion, and 
 the mfe of thy covenant. 
 
 15 And did not he make one ? 
 Yet had he the residue of the 
 Spirit. And wherefore one? 
 That he might seek a godly 
 seed. Therefore take heed to 
 your spirit, and let none deal 
 treacherously against the wife 
 of his youth. 
 
 16 For the Lord, the God of 
 Israel, saith that he hateth 
 
 putting away : for o)ie covereth 
 violence with his garment, saith 
 the Lord of hosts: therefore 
 take heed to yom* spirit, that 
 ye deal not treacherously. 
 17 H Ye have wearied the Lord 
 v/ith your words. Yet ye say, 
 Wherein have we wearied Mm ? 
 When ye say. Every one that 
 doeth evil is good m the sight 
 of the Lord, and he delighteth 
 in them; or, Where is the God 
 of judgment ? 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 1 Of the messenger, mojesfi/, and 
 grace of Christ. 7 Of the rebel- 
 lion, 8 sacrilege, 13 and infidelity 
 of the people. 16 Tlie pi-omise of 
 blessing to them that fear God. 
 
 BEHOLD, I will send my 
 messenger, and he shall 
 prepare the way before me: 
 and the Lord, whom ye seek, 
 shall suddenly come to his tem- 
 ple, even the messenger of the 
 covenant, Vvhom ye delight in: 
 behold, he shall come, saith the 
 Lord of hosts. 
 
 2 But who may abide the day 
 of his coming? and v/ho shall 
 stand when he appeareth? for 
 he is like a refiner's fire, and 
 like fullers' sope : 
 
 3 And lie shall sit as a refiner 
 and purifier of silver: and he 
 shall purify the sons of Levi, 
 and purge them as gold ancl 
 silver, that they may offer unto 
 the Lord an offering in right- 
 eousness. 
 
 4 Then shall the offering of 
 Judah and Jerusalem be plea- 
 sant unto the Lord, as in the 
 days of old, and as in former 
 years. 
 
 5 And I will come near to 
 you to judgment; and I will 
 be a swift witness against the 
 sorcerers, and against the adul- 
 terers, and against false swear- 
 ers, and aaaiiist those that op- 
 press the hii'eling in his wages, 
 the widow, and the fatherless, 
 and that turn aside the stran- 
 ger from his right, and fear not 
 me, saith the Lord of hosts. 
 
 6 For I am the Lord, I change 
 
Israel's sacrilege. MALACHI, IV 
 
 not ; therefore ye sons of Jacob 
 are not consumed. 
 
 7 H Even from the days of 
 your fathers ye are gone away 
 from mine ordinances and 
 have not kept th^m. Keturn 
 unto me, and I will return un- 
 to you, saith the Lord of hosts. 
 But ye said, Wherein shall we 
 return ? 
 
 8 IF Will a man rob God? Yet 
 
 ye have robbed me. But ye say. 
 VVherein have we robbed thee r 
 In tithes and oflerinirs. 
 
 9 Ye are cursed witli a ciu-se : 
 for ye have robbed me, even this 
 whole nation. 
 
 10 Brmcc ye all the tithes into 
 the storehouse, that there may 
 be meat in mine house, and 
 prove me now herewith, saith 
 the Lord of hosts, if I ^vill not 
 open you the windows of hea- 
 ven, and pour you out a bless- 
 ing, that there shall not be rootn 
 enough to receive it. 
 
 11 And I will rebuke the de- 
 vourer for your sakes, and he 
 shall not destroy the fmits of 
 your ground; neither shall 
 your vme cast her fruit before 
 the time in the field, saith the 
 Lord of hosts. 
 
 12 And all nations shall call 
 you blessed: for ye shall be 
 a delightsome land, saith the 
 Lord of hosts. 
 
 13 H Your words have been 
 stout against me, saith the Lord. 
 Y^et ye say, AVhat have we spo- 
 ken so much against thee ? 
 
 14 Ye have said, It is vain to 
 serve God: and what profit is 
 it that we have kept his ordi- 
 nance, and that we have walk- 
 ed mournfully before the Lord 
 of hosts ? 
 
 15 And now we call the proud 
 happy; yea, they that work 
 wickedness are set up; yea, 
 (hev that tempt God are even 
 delivered. 
 
 16 H Then they that feared the 
 Loed spake often one to another : 
 
 Of Eh'jah's coming. 
 
 and the Lord hearkened, and 
 heard it, and a book of remem- 
 brance wos written before liim 
 for them that feared the Lord, 
 and that thought upon his name. 
 
 17 And they shall be mine, 
 saith the Lord of hosts, in that 
 day when I make up my jew- 
 els ; and I will spare them, as a 
 man sparetli his own son that 
 serve th liim. 
 
 18 Then shall ye retuni, and 
 discern between the righteous 
 and the wicked, between him 
 that serveth God and him that 
 serveth him not. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 1 God's judgment on the wicked, 2 
 and Jiis blessing on the good. 4 He 
 exhorlcth to the study of the law, 
 5 and telleth of Elijah's coming 
 and office. 
 
 FOR, behold, the day cometh, 
 that shall bum as an oven ; 
 and all the proud, yea, and all 
 that do wickedly, shall be stub- 
 ble: and the day that cometh 
 shall bum them up, saith the 
 Lord of hosts, that it shall leave 
 them neither root nor branch. 
 
 2 M But unto you that fear my 
 name shall the Sun of righte- 
 ousness arise with healing in his 
 wings ; and ye shall go forth, and 
 grow up as calves of the stall. 
 
 3 And ye shall tread down the 
 wicked ; for they shall be ashes 
 under the soles of your feet in 
 the day that I shall do this, saith 
 the Lord of hosts. 
 
 4 ^\ Remember ye the law of 
 Moses my servant, which I com- 
 manded unto him in Horeb for 
 all Israel, with the statutes and 
 judgments. 
 
 5 If Behold, I will send you 
 Elijah the prophet before the 
 coming of the great and dread- 
 ful day of the Lord : 
 
 6 And he shall turn the heart 
 of the fathers to the children, 
 and the heart of the children to 
 their fathers, lest I come and 
 smite the earth with a curse. 
 
 THE END OF THE PROPHETS. 
 
THE 
 
 NEW TESTAMENT 
 
 OF OUR 
 
 LOED AND SAVIOUR 
 
 JESUS. CHRIST, 
 
 TRANSLATED OUT OY THE ORIGINAL GREEK : AND WITH THE 
 
 FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED 
 
 AND REVISED, 
 
 Bi3 l^is Jf^ajcst^'s Special Commantr. 
 
 APPOINTED TO BE READ IN CHURCHES. 
 
 OXFORD: 
 
 PRINTED AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS. 
 
 CUM PRIVILEaiO. 
 
 1863. 
 
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO 
 
 St. MATTHEW. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 The genealogy of Christ from Atraliam 
 to Joseph. 18 He was conceived bij the 
 Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin 
 Mary when she was espoused to Jo- 
 seph. 19 The angel satisjieth the mis- 
 deeming thoughts of Joseph y and inter- 
 preteth the names of ChHst. 
 
 THE book of the generation 
 of Jesus Christ, the son of 
 David, the son of Abraham. 
 
 2 Abraham begat Isaac ; and 
 Isaac begat Jacob ; and Jacob 
 begat Judas and his brethren ; 
 
 3 And Judas begat Phares and 
 Zara of Thamar ; and Phares 
 begat Esrom; and Esrom be- 
 gat Aram ; 
 
 4 And Aram begat Aminadab ; 
 and Aminadab begat Naasson ; 
 and Naasson begat Sahnon ; 
 
 5 And Salmon begat Booz of 
 Eachab ; and Booz begat Obed 
 of Euth ; and Obed begat Jesse ; 
 
 6 And Jesse begat David the 
 king ; and David the king be- 
 gat Solomon of her that had 
 been the wife of Urias ; 
 
 7 And Solomon begat Eobo- 
 am ; and Eoboam begat Abia ; 
 and Abia begat Asa ; 
 
 SAndAsabegat Josaphat; and 
 Josaphat begat Joram ; and Jo- 
 ram begat Ozias ; 
 
 9 And Ozias begat Joatham ; 
 and Joatham begat Achaz ; and 
 Achaz begat Ezekias ; 
 
 10 And Ezekias begat Man as- 
 ses; and Manasses begat Amon; 
 and Amon begat Josias ; 
 
 11 And Josias begat Jechonias 
 and his brethren, about the time 
 they were carried away to Ba- 
 bylon : 
 
 12 And after they were brought 
 to Babylon, Jechonias begat 
 Salathiel ; and Salathiel begat 
 Zorobabel ; 
 
 13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud ; 
 and Abiud begat EliaMm ; and 
 Eliakim begat Azor ; 
 
 14 And Azor begat Sadoc ; and 
 
 Sadoc begat Achim ; and Actum 
 begat Eliud ; 
 
 15 And Eliud begat Eleazar ; 
 and Eleazar begat Matthan ; 
 and Matthan begat Jacob ; 
 
 16 And Jacob begat Joseph 
 the husband of Mary, of whom 
 was born Jesus, who is called 
 Christ. 
 
 17 So all the generations from 
 Abraham to David are fouiteen 
 generations ; and from David 
 until the carrying away into 
 Babylon are fourteen genera- 
 tions; and from the carrying 
 away into Babylon unto Christ 
 are fourteen generations. 
 
 18 If Now the birth of Jesus 
 Christ was on this wise : AVhen 
 as his mother Mary was es- 
 poused to Joseph, before they 
 came together, she was found 
 with child of the Holy Ghost. 
 
 19 Then Joseph her husband, 
 being a just man, and not will- 
 irig to make her a publick ex- 
 ample, was minded to put her 
 away privily. 
 
 20 But while he thought on 
 these things, behold, the angel 
 of the Lord appeared unto him 
 in a dream, saying, Joseph, 
 thou son of David, fear not to 
 take unto thee Mary thy wife : 
 for that which is conceived in 
 her is of the Holy Ghost. 
 
 21 And she shall bring forth ' 
 a son, and thou shalt call his 
 name JESUS : for he shall save 
 his people from their sins. 
 
 22 Now all this was done, that 
 it might be fulfilled which was 
 spoken of the Lord by the pro- 
 phet, saying, 
 
 23 Behold, a virgin shall be 
 with child, and shall bring forth 
 a son, and they shall call his 
 name Emmanuel, which being 
 interpreted is, God with us. 
 
 24 Then Joseph being raised 
 from sleep did as the angel of 
 
 Zz2 
 
The tclse men are St. MATTHEW, II. dhrdiuJ to flnist. 
 tlio Lord liad ]»i(Mon him, and I tliey rejoiced with exceeding 
 
 took unto him liis w ile 
 25 And knew h«'r not till she 
 held bioufrht I'oitli her firsthorn 
 Bon : and lie called his name 
 JESUS. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 1 The trite vien out of the eoft arc direct- 
 ed to C'hriit bii a ttar. 11 Tfiej/ %cor»hip 
 him , atid ofcr tfii-ir present$. 14 Joneph 
 1 ceth into Kji/pt, trith Jesus ami his 
 moVier. 1»J Herod d-i>/<-th the chil,lren: 
 2<> himneJ/ clicth. '2:\ Christ it br<r.ijht 
 b-ick a'jain into OalUt-e to Sazarvth. 
 
 "VJ'OW when JesuB was ])orn 
 xl in Bethlehem of Jndjra in 
 the days of Herod the king:, Ik?- 
 liold, there ( ame wise men from 
 the east to Jenualem, 
 
 2 ISayincr, V»'here is he tliat is 
 horn Kini,' of the Jev.sV for we 
 have Been his star in the ea.«!t, 
 and are come to worship him. 
 
 3 When Herod the king had 
 heard these thimfs, he was trou- 
 bled, and all JeruBalem with 
 him. 
 
 1 And when lie had crathorcd 
 all the chief pnests and pcrihes 
 of the people together, lie de- 
 manded of thera where Christ 
 Khould be born. 
 
 o And they said unto liim, In 
 Hethlehem of Jndaa: for thus 
 it is written by the proidiet, 
 
 <) And thou Bethlehem, in the 
 land of Juda, art not the least 
 among the juinres of Juda: for 
 out of thee shall come a Gover- 
 nor, that shall rule my people 
 Israel. 
 
 7 Then Herod, when he had 
 privily called the wise men, en- 
 (luired of them diligently what 
 time the star appeared. 
 
 8 And he sent them to Beth- 
 lehem, and said. Go and search 
 diligently for the young child; 
 and when ye have found him, 
 bring me word again, that I may 
 c ome and worship him also. 
 
 9 When they had heard the 
 king, they departed; and, lo, 
 the star, which they saw^ in the 
 east, went before them, till it 
 came and stood over where the 
 young child was. 
 
 10 AVhen they saw the star, 
 
 great joy. 
 
 11 •^ And when they were 
 come into tlie house, tliey saw 
 the young child with Mary his 
 mother, and fell down, and 
 worshipped him : and when 
 they had opened their trea- 
 sures, they presented unto liiin 
 gifts ; gold, and frankincense, 
 and myrrh. 
 
 12 And being warned of God 
 in a dream that they should 
 not return to Herod, they de- 
 pai-t^d into their own countrj' 
 another way. 
 
 13 And when they were de- 
 larted, bidiold, the angel of the 
 Lord appearetii to Joseph in a 
 dream, saying^ Arise, and take 
 the young cluld and his mo- 
 ther, and llee into Egypt, and 
 be thou there until 1 bring thee 
 word: for Herod will s< ek the 
 young child to destroy him, 
 
 14 When he arose, he took the 
 young child and his mother by 
 nitrht, and departed into Egypt : 
 
 15 And was there until the 
 death of Herod : that it might 
 be fulfilled which wa.s spoken 
 of the Lord by the prophet, 
 saying. Out of Egypt have I 
 called my son. 
 
 IG •[ Then Herod, when he 
 saw that he was mocked of the 
 wise men, was exceeding wroth, 
 and sent forth, and slew all the 
 children that were in Bethle- 
 hem, and in all the coasts there- 
 of, from two years old and un- 
 der, according to the time which 
 he had diligently enquired of 
 the wise men. 
 
 17 Then was fulfilled that 
 which was spoken by Jeremy 
 the prophet, sajing. 
 
 18 In Eama was there a voice 
 heard, lamentation, and weep- 
 ing, and great mourning, Ra- 
 chel weeping /or her children, 
 and would not be comforted, 
 because they are not. 
 
 19 1[ But when Herod was 
 dead, behold, an angel of the 
 Lord appeareth in a dream to 
 Joseph in Egypt, 
 
Joliris preaching, St. MATTHEW, III. life, and haptism. 
 
 to ow father: for I say unto 
 you, that God is able of these 
 stones to raise up children unto 
 Abraham. 
 
 10 And now also the ax is laid 
 unto the root of the trees : there- 
 fore every tree which bringeth 
 not forth good fruit is hewn 
 down, and cast into the hre. 
 
 11 I indeed baptize you v/ith 
 water unto repentance : but he 
 that cometh after me is migli- 
 tier'than I, v/hose shoes I am 
 not worthy to bear: he shall 
 baptize you with the Holy 
 Ghost, and tvith fire : 
 
 12 Whose fan is in his hand, 
 and he will throughly purge his 
 floor, and gather his wheat into 
 the garner; but he will burn 
 up the chafl" with unquench- 
 able fire. 
 
 13 II Then cometh Jesus from 
 Galilee to Jordan unto John, to 
 be baptized of him. 
 
 14 But John forbad him, say- 
 ing, I have need to be baptized 
 of thee, and comest thou to 
 me? 
 
 15 And Jesus answering said 
 unto him, Sufier it to he so now : 
 for thus it become th us to ful- 
 fil all righteousness. Then he 
 suffered him. 
 
 16 And Jesus, Avhen he Svas 
 baptized, went up straightway 
 out of the water : and, lo, the 
 heavens were opened unto him, 
 and he saw the Spirit of God 
 descending like a dove, and 
 lighting upon him : 
 
 17 And lo a voice from heaven, 
 saying, Tliis is my beloved Son, 
 in whom I am well pleased. 
 
 CHAPTER lY. 
 1 CJirist fastetJt, and is tempted, ll The 
 angels minister v/nto Mm. 13 Re dwell' 
 eth in Capernaum, 17 beginnetft to 
 preach, 18 calleth Peter, and Andrew, 
 21 James, and John, 23 and healeth all 
 the diseased. 
 
 THEK was Jesus led up of 
 the spirit into the wilder- 
 ness to be tempted of the devil. 
 
 2 And when he had fasted 
 forty days and forty nights, he 
 was afterward an hungred. 
 
 3 And when the tempter came 
 
 20 Saying, Arise, and take the 
 young child and his mother, 
 and go into the land of Israel : 
 for they are dead which sought 
 the young child's life. 
 
 21 And he arose, and took the 
 youjig child and his mother, and 
 came into the land of Israel. 
 
 22 But when he heard that 
 Archelaus did reign in Jud.Ta 
 in the room of his father He- 
 rod, he was afraid to go thither : 
 notwithstanding, being warned 
 of God in a dream, he turned 
 aside into the parts of Galilee : 
 
 23 And he came and dwelt in 
 a city called Nazareth : that it 
 might be fulfilled which was 
 spoken by the prophets. He 
 shall be called a Nazarene. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 \ John preacheth: his office: life, and 
 haptism. 7 //e reprehetxdeth the Pha- 
 risees, 13 and baptizeih Christ in 
 Jordan. 
 
 IN those days came John the 
 Baptist, preaching in the wil- 
 derness of Judsea, 
 
 2 And saying, Repent ye : for 
 the kingdom of heaven is at 
 hand. 
 
 3 For this is he that was spo- 
 ken of by the prophet Esaias, 
 saying. The voice of one crying 
 in the wilderness, Prepare ye 
 the way of the Lord, make his 
 paths straight. 
 
 4 And the same John had his 
 raiment of camel's hair, and a 
 leathern girdle about his loins ; 
 and his meat was locusts and 
 wild honey. 
 
 5 Then went out to him Jeru- 
 salem, and all Judsea, and all 
 the region round about Jordan, 
 
 6 And were baptized of him in 
 Jordan, confessing their sins. 
 
 7 ^T But when he saw many 
 of the Pharisees and Sadducees 
 come to his baptism, he said 
 unto them, O generation of vi- 
 pers, who hath warned you to 
 fiee from the wrath to come ? 
 
 § Bring forth therefore fruits 
 meet for repentance : 
 
 9 And think not to say within 
 yourselves, We have Abraham 
 
Clirist is tenipted, St. MATTHEW, IV. Jle iweaclieth. 
 
 prion and Bliadow of death light 
 
 to him, he said, If thou be the 
 Son of God, command that these 
 stones be made bread. 
 
 4 But lie answered and said, It 
 is -written, Man shall not live 
 by bread alone, but by every 
 word that proceedeth out of the 
 mouth of (Jod. 
 
 o Then the devil iaketh him 
 ui) into the holy city, and set- 
 teth him on a piniiacle of the 
 temple, 
 
 6 And saitli unto him, If thou 
 )>e the Son of God, cast thyself 
 
 IS sprung up. 
 
 17 1[ From that time Jesus 
 began to preach, aiid to say, 
 Repent: for the kingdom of 
 heaven is at hand. 
 
 18 If And Jesus, walking by 
 the sea of Galilee, saw two bre- 
 thren, Simon called Peter, and 
 AndreM' his brother, casting a 
 net into the sea : for they were 
 fishers. 
 
 19 And he Baith unto them. 
 Follow me, and I will make 
 
 do>Mi : for it is written. He shall you fishers of men. 
 give his angels charge concern- \ 20 And they straightway left 
 ing thee : and in their hands their nets, and followed him. 
 they shall bear thee up, lest at 21 And going on from thence, 
 any time thou dash thy foot j he saw other two brethren, 
 against a stone. James the son of Zebedee, and 
 
 7 Jesus said unto him. It is 1 John his brother, in a ship with 
 wiitten again. Thou shalt not ! Zebedee their father, mentb'ng 
 
 their nets ; and he called them. 
 
 22 And they immediately left 
 the ship and their father, and 
 followed him. 
 
 23 •[ And Jesus went about all 
 Galilee, teaching in their sjT)a- 
 gogues, and preaching the gos- 
 pel of the kingdom, and heal- 
 ing all manner of sickness and 
 all manner of disease among 
 the people. 
 
 24 And his fame went through- 
 out all Syria : and they brought 
 unto liim all sick people that 
 were taken with divers diseases 
 and torments, and those which 
 were possessed with devils, and 
 those wliich were lunatick, and 
 those that had the palsy ; and 
 he healed them. 
 
 25 And there followed him 
 great multitudes of people from 
 Galilee, and/rom Decapolis, and 
 
 from Jerusalem, and/rom Ju- 
 daea, andyVom beyond Jordan. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 Christ heginneth Ms sermon in the 
 mount: 3 declaring who are blessed, 
 13 w7io are the salt of the earth, 14 the 
 light of the world, the city on an hill, 
 15 the candle: 17 that he cam^ to fuU 
 fil the law. 21 What it is to kill, 27 to 
 commit adultery, 33 to swear : 38 ex- 
 horteth to suffer wrong, 44 to love even 
 our enemies, 48 and to labour after 
 perfectness. 
 
 t^mpt the Ford thy (lod, 
 
 8 Again, the devil taketli liim 
 u p into an exceeding high moun- 
 tain, and sheweth him all the 
 kingdoms of the world, and the 
 glory of them ; 
 
 9 And saith unto him. All these 
 things will I give thee, il' thou 
 wilt fall down and worsliip me. 
 
 10 Then saith Jesns inito him. 
 Get thee hence, Satan : for it is 
 written, Thou shalt worship the 
 Lord thy God, and liim only 
 slialt thou serve. 
 
 11 Then the devil leaveth him, 
 and, behold, angels came and 
 ministered unto him. 
 
 12 11 Noway hen Jesus had heard 
 that John was cast into prison, 
 he departed into Galilee ; 
 
 13 And leaving Nazareth, he 
 came and dwelt in Capernaum, 
 wliich is upon the sea coast, 
 in the borders of Zabulon and 
 Nephthalim : 
 
 14 That it might be fulfilled 
 which was spoken by Esaias 
 the prophet, saying, 
 
 15 The land of Zabulon, and 
 the land of Nephthalim, bi/ the 
 way of the sea, beyond Jordan, 
 Galilee of the Gentiles; 
 
 16 The people which sat in 
 darkness saw great light; and 
 to them which sat in the re- 
 
Oiyist*s sermon 
 
 St. MATTHEW, V. 
 
 on the mount. 
 
 AND seeing the multitudes, 
 . tie went np into a moun- 
 tain : and when he was set, his 
 disciples came unto him : 
 
 2 And he opened his month, 
 and taught them, ^ying, 
 
 3 Blessed are the poor in spi- 
 rit: for their's is the kingdom 
 of heaven. 
 
 4 Blessed are they that mourn : 
 for they shall be comforted. 
 
 5 Blessed are the meek: for 
 they shall inherit the earth. 
 
 6 Blessed are they which do 
 hunger and thirst after righte- 
 ousness : lor they shall be filled. 
 
 7 Blessed aj^e the merciful : for 
 they shall obtaiu mercy. 
 
 8 Blessed ai^e the pnre in heart : 
 tor they shall see God. 
 
 9 Blessed are the peacemakers : 
 fbr they shall be called the chil- 
 dren of God. 
 
 10 Blessed erg they which are 
 persecuted for righteousness' 
 sake : for their's is the kingdom 
 of heaven. 
 
 11 Blessed are ye, when men 
 shall revile yon, and persecute 
 pou, and shall say all manner 
 of evil against you falsely, for 
 my sake. 
 
 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding 
 glad : for great is your reward 
 in heaven : for so persecuted 
 they the prophets which were 
 before you. 
 
 13 M Ye are the salt of the 
 earth : but if the salt have lost 
 his savour, wherewith shall it 
 be salted ? it is thenceforth good 
 for nothing, but to be cast out, 
 and to be trodden under foot of 
 men. 
 
 14 Ye are the light of the 
 world. A city that is set on an 
 hill cannot be hid. 
 
 15 Neither do men light a can- 
 dle, and put it under a bushel, 
 but on a candlestick; and it 
 giveth light unto all that are 
 in the house. 
 
 16 Let your light so shine be- 
 fore men, that they may see 
 yom' gcod works, and glori^- 
 your Father which is in hea- 
 ven. 
 
 17 1[ Think not that I am come 
 to destroy the law, or the pro- 
 phets: I am not come to de- 
 stroy, but to fulfil. 
 
 18 For verily I say unto you. 
 Till heaven and earth pass, one 
 jot or one tittle shall in no wise 
 pass ii'om the law, till all be 
 fulfilled. 
 
 19 Whosoever therefoi^ shall 
 break one of these least com- 
 mandments, and shall teach 
 men so, he shall be called the 
 least in the kingdom of hea- 
 ven: but whosoever shall do 
 and teach them, the same shall 
 be called great in the kingdom 
 cf heaven. 
 
 20 For I say unto you. That 
 except yom- righteousness shall 
 exceed the rmfiteousness of the 
 scribes and Pharisees, ye shall 
 in no case enter into the king- 
 dom of heaven. 
 
 21 1[ Ye have heard that it was 
 said by them of old time. Thou 
 shalt not kill; and whosoever 
 shall kill shall be in danger of 
 the judgment : 
 
 22 But I say unto you. That 
 whosoever is angry with his 
 brother without a cause shall 
 be in danger of the judgment : 
 and whcsoever shall say to his 
 brother, Eaca, shall he in dan- 
 ger of the council : but whoso- 
 ever shall say. Thou fool, shall 
 be in danger of hell fire. 
 
 23 Therefore if thou bring thy 
 gilt to the altar, and there re- 
 memberest that thy brother 
 hath ought against thee ; 
 
 24 Leave there thy gilt before 
 the altar, and go thy way ; Gist 
 be reconciled to thy brother, and 
 then come and ofler thy gilt. 
 
 25 Agree ^vith thine ad^'er- 
 sary quickly, whiles thou art 
 in the way with him; lest at 
 any time the adversary deliver 
 thee to th^e judge, and the judge 
 deliver thee to the ofiicer, and 
 thou be cast into prison. 
 
 26 Yerily I say unto thee, 
 Thou shalt by no means come 
 out thence, till thou hast paid 
 the uttermost iarthuig. 
 
CJiris'Js sermon 
 
 St. MATTHEW, VI. 
 
 oil the mou.if. 
 
 27 If Ye have heard that it was , 
 said by them of old time, TIiou i 
 shalt not commit adultery : 
 
 28 But I say unto you, That 
 whosoever looketh ou a woman 
 to lust alter her hath commit- 1 
 ted adulteiy with her already 
 in his heai-t. 
 
 29 And il" thy ripht eye offend I 
 thee, jduck it out, and cast it j 
 from thee : for it is profitable 
 for thee tliat one of thy mem- 
 l)ers yhould i.erish, and not thai ' 
 thy whole body should be cast 
 into hell. 
 
 30 And if thy right hand of- 
 fend thee, cut it oil', and cast 
 it from thee : for it is profitable | 
 for Ihee that one of thy mem- 
 bers should perish, and not that 
 thy whole body should be cast 
 into hell. 
 
 31 It hath been said, AVhcso- 
 ever sliall p\it away his wife, 
 let liim give her a writing of 
 divorcement : 
 
 32 But I say unto you, Tliat 
 whosoever shall put a^vay his 
 Avile, saving for the cause of 
 fornication, causeth her to com- 
 mit adultery : and whosoever 
 shall mairy her that is divorced 
 committetb adultery. 
 
 33 ^ Again, ye have heard that 
 it hath been said by them of 
 old time, Thou shalt not for- 
 swear thyself, but shalt perfoi-m 
 luito the Lord thine oaths : 
 
 S-i But I say unto you, S^^■ea^ 
 not at all ; neither by heaven ; 
 for it is God's throne : 
 
 35 Nor by the earth ; for it is 
 liis footstool : neither by Jeru- 
 salem ; for it is the city of the 
 great King. 
 
 33 Neither shalt thou svrear by 
 thy head, because thou canst 
 not make one hair white or 
 black. 
 
 37 But let your communica- 
 tion be, Yea, yea ; Nay, nay : 
 for whatsoever is more than 
 these Cometh of evil. 
 
 33 ^ Ye have heard that it 
 hath been said. An eye for an 
 eye, and a tooth for a tooth : 
 
 39 But I say unto you, That 
 
 ye resist not evil : but whoso- 
 ever shall smite thee on thy 
 right cheek, turn to him the 
 other also. 
 
 40 And if any man will sue 
 thee at the law, and take away 
 thy coat, let him have thi/ cloke 
 also. 
 
 41 And whosoever shall com- 
 jiel thee to go a mile, go v.ith 
 him twain. 
 
 42 Give to him that asketli 
 thee, and from him tliat would 
 borrow of thee turn not thou 
 away. 
 
 43 H Ye liave heard that it 
 hath been said. Thou shalt love 
 thy neighbour, and hate thine 
 enemy. 
 
 44 But I say unto you, Love 
 your enemies, bless them that 
 curse you, do good to them that 
 liate you, and pray for them 
 which despitefully use you, and 
 persecute you ; 
 
 45 That ye may be the chil- 
 dren of your Father which is 
 in heaven : for he makcth his 
 sun to rise on the evil and on 
 the good, and sendeth rain ou 
 the just and on the unjust. 
 
 4(3 For if ye love them v/hich 
 love you, what reward have yeV 
 do not even the publicans the 
 same V 
 
 47 And if ye salute your bre- 
 thren only, what do ye more 
 t/ian ot/wrd9 do not even the 
 publicans so? 
 
 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even 
 as your Father which is in hea- 
 ven is perfect. 
 
 CHAPTER VL 
 
 1 Christ contlmteth his sermon in the 
 mount, speaking of alms, ojyrayer, 14 
 forgiving our brethren, IG f anting, 19 
 where our treasure is to be laid up, 24 
 of serving God, and mammon .- 25 ex- 
 horteth /wt to be careftd for worldly 
 things : 23 lut to seek God's 7dngdx)m. 
 
 TAKE heed that ye do not 
 your alms before men, t-o 
 be seen of them : otherwise ye 
 have no reward of your Father 
 which is in heaven. 
 2 Therefore when thou doest 
 thine alms, do not sound a 
 trumpet before thee, as the 
 
CJinst^s sermon 
 
 St. MATTHEW, ^T:. 
 
 on the momzt. 
 
 hypocrites do in the synagogues 
 and in tlie streets, that they 
 may have glory of men. Yerily 
 I say nnto you, They have their 
 reward. 
 
 3 But when thou doest alms, 
 let not thy left hand know what 
 thy right hand doeth : 
 
 4 That thine alms may be in 
 secret : and thy Father which 
 seeth in secret himself shall re- 
 ward thee openly. 
 
 5 *^ And when thou prayest, 
 thou shalt not be as the hypo- 
 ciites are : for they love to pray 
 Btanding in the synagogues and 
 in the corners of the streets, 
 that they may be seen of men. 
 Verily I say imto you. They 
 have their reward. 
 
 6 But thou, when thou pray- 
 est, eEter into thy closet, and 
 •when thou hast shut thy door, 
 pray to thy Father which is in 
 secret; and thy Father which 
 seeth in secret shall reward thee 
 openly. 
 
 7 But when ye pray, use not 
 vain repetitions, as the heathen 
 do: for they think th^at they 
 shall be heard for their much 
 speaking. 
 
 8 Be not ye therefore like unto 
 them : for j^our Father laiow- 
 eth what things ye have need 
 of, before ye ask him. 
 
 9 After this manner therefore 
 pray ye : Our Father which 
 art in heaven. Hallowed be thy 
 came. 
 
 10 Thy Idngdom come. Thy 
 will be done in earth, as it is 
 in heaven. 
 
 11 Give us this day over daily 
 bread. 
 
 12 And forgive us our debts, as 
 we forgive our debtors. 
 
 13 And lead us not into tempta- 
 tion, but deliver us from evil : 
 For thine is the kingdom, and 
 the power, and the glory, for 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 M For if j'-e forgive men their 
 trespasses, your heavenly Fa- 
 ther will also forgive you : 
 
 15 But if ye forgive not men 
 their trespasses, neither will 
 
 your Father forgive your tres- 
 passes. 
 
 16 ^[ Moreover when ye fast, 
 be not, as the hypocrites, of a 
 sad countenance : for they dis- 
 figure their faces, that they may 
 appear unto men to fast. Ve- 
 rily I say unto you, They have 
 their reward. 
 
 17 But thou, when thou fast- 
 est, anoint thine head, and wash 
 thy face ; 
 
 18 That thou appear not unto 
 men to fast, but unto thy Fa- 
 ther which is in secret : and thy 
 Father, which seeth in secret, 
 shall reward thee openly. 
 
 19 % Lay not up for yourselves 
 treasm-es upon earth, where 
 moth and rust doth corrupt, and 
 where thieves break tlnrough 
 and steal : 
 
 20 But lay up for yourselves 
 treasm^es in hea^ en, where nei- 
 ther moth nor rust doth cor- 
 rupt, and where thieves do not 
 break through nor steal : 
 
 21 For where your treasure is, 
 there Avili your heart be also. 
 
 22 The light of the body is the 
 eye : if therefore thine eye be 
 single, thy whole body shall be 
 full of light. 
 
 23 But if thine eye be evil, 
 thy whole body shall be full of 
 darkness. If therefore the light 
 that is m thee be darkness, how 
 great is that darkness ! 
 
 24 H No man can serve two 
 masters : for either he will hate 
 the one, and lo^ e the other ; or 
 else he will hold to the one, 
 and despise the other. Ye can- 
 not serve God and mammon. 
 
 25 Therefore I say unto you, 
 Take no thought for your life, 
 what ye shall eat, or what ye 
 shall drink ; nor yet for your 
 body, what ye shall put on. Is 
 not the life more than meat, 
 and the body than raiment? 
 
 26 Behold the fowls of the air : 
 for they sow not, neither do 
 they reap, nor gather into barns ; 
 yet your heavenly Father feed- 
 eth them. Are ye not much 
 better than they ? 
 
 Zz3 
 
Christ's serm(^i 
 
 St. MATTHEW, VII. 
 
 on tJte mount. 
 
 27 Which of you by taking 
 thought can add one cubitninto 
 liis stature ? 
 
 28 And why take ye thought 
 for raiment? Consider the lilies 
 of the field, how they grow ; they 
 toil not, neither do they spin : 
 
 29 x\iid yet I pay unto you, 
 That even Solomon in all his 
 glory was not ariayed like one 
 of these. 
 
 30 Wherefore, if (xod so clothe 
 the grass of the field, which to 
 day is, and to morrow is cast 
 into the oven, shafl he not miicli 
 more clothe you, O yc of little 
 faith? 
 
 31 Therefore take no thought, 
 saying, What shall we eat? or, 
 AVhat shall we di-ink? or,Where- 
 witlial shall we he clothed? 
 
 32 (For after all these things 
 do the (leiitilcs noek :) for your 
 licavenly Father knoweth that 
 ye have need of ail these things. 
 
 33 But seek ye first the king- 
 dom of God, and his righteous- 
 ness ; and all these tliii;gs shall 
 be added unto you. 
 
 34 Tal'ie therefore no thought 
 for the monow: for the mor- 
 row shall take thought for the 
 things of itself. Sufficient unto 
 the day is the evil thereof. 
 
 CHAPTER Vn. 
 
 1 Christ eiuling his sermon in the mount, 
 vproveth rash jadrfment, G forbirldeth 
 to cast hohj things to dogs, 7 exhorteth 
 to prayer, 13 to enter in at the atrait 
 gate, 15 to beware of false jyrophets, 21 
 tiot to be hearers, but doers of the word : 
 24 like houses btxilded on a rock, 26 and 
 not on the sand. 
 
 JUDGE not, that ye be not 
 judged. 
 
 2 For with v/hat judgment ye 
 judge, ye shall be judged : and 
 with what measure ye mete, it 
 shall be measured to you again. 
 
 3 And why beholdest thou the 
 mote that is in thy brother's 
 eye, but considerest not the 
 beam that is in thine own eye ? 
 
 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy 
 brother. Let me pull out the 
 mote out of thine eye ; and, be- 
 hold, a beam is in thine own 
 eye? 
 
 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out 
 the beam out of thine o\\ni eye; 
 and then shalt thou see clearly 
 to cast out the mote out of thy 
 brother's eye. 
 
 6 1 Give not that which is holy 
 uiito the dogs, neither cast ye 
 your pearls before swine, lest 
 they trample them under their 
 feet, and turn again and rend 
 you. 
 
 7 If Ask: and it shall be given 
 you; seek, and ye shall find; 
 knock, and it shall be opened 
 unto you : 
 
 8 For eveiy one that asketh 
 receiveth ; and he that seeketh 
 findeth ; and to him that Imock- 
 etii it shall be opened. 
 
 9 Or wliat man is there of yon. 
 V. liom if his son ask bread, will 
 he give him a stone ? 
 
 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he 
 give him a serr ent? 
 
 11 If ye then, being evil, know 
 how to give good gilts unto your 
 children, hov/ much more shall 
 your Father which is in heaven 
 gi^e good things to them that 
 ask him? 
 
 12 Therefore all things whatso- 
 ever ye would that men should 
 do to you, do ye even so to 
 them : for this is the law and 
 the prophets. 
 
 13 H Enter ye in at the strait 
 gate : for wide is the gate, and 
 broad is the way, that leadeth 
 to destruction, and many there 
 be which go in thereat : 
 
 14 Because strait is the gate, 
 and narrov/ is the way, which 
 leadeth unto life, and few there 
 be that find it. 
 
 15 ^ Beware of false prophets, 
 which come to you in sheep's 
 clotliing, but inwardly they are 
 ravening wolves. 
 
 16 Ye shall know them by their 
 fruits. Do men gather grapes of 
 thoras, or figs of thistles? 
 
 17 Even so eveiy good tree 
 bringeth forth good fruit; but 
 a corrupt tree bringeth forth 
 evil fruit. 
 
 18 A good tree camiot bring 
 forth evil fruit, neither can a 
 
Christ deanseth 
 
 St. MATTHEW, VIH. 
 
 tJie leijew 
 
 corrupt tree bring fortli good 
 fri»t. 
 
 19 Eveiy tree that bringetli not 
 forth good fruit is he^\Ti down, 
 and cast into the fiie. 
 
 20 Wherefore by their iruits ye 
 shall know them. 
 
 21 1[ jSTot eveiy one that saith 
 unto me. Lord, Lord, shall en- 
 ter into the Idngdom of hea- 
 ven; but h-e tliat doeth the 
 will of my Father which is in 
 heaven. 
 
 22 Many will say to me in that 
 day, Lord, Lord, have we not 
 prophesied in thy name? and 
 in thy name have cast out de- 
 \iis? and in thy name done 
 many wondei-ftil works? 
 
 23 And then will I proiess 
 imto them, I never knew you : 
 depaii from me, ye that work 
 iniquity. 
 
 24 ^ Therefore whosoever hear- 
 eth these sayings of mine, and 
 doeth them, 1 will liken him 
 unto a wise man, wliich built 
 iiis house upon a lock : 
 
 25 And the rain descended, and 
 the Hoods came, and the winds 
 blew, and beat upon that house ; 
 and it fell not : for it was found- 
 ed upon a rock. 
 
 26 And every one that heareth 
 these sayings of mine, and do- 
 eth them not, shall be liliened 
 imto a foolish man, which built 
 liis house upon the sand : 
 
 27 And the rain descended, and 
 the floods came, and the winds 
 blew, and beat upon that house ; 
 and it fell: and great was the 
 Ml of it. 
 
 28 And it came to pass, when 
 Jesus had ended these sayings, 
 the people were astonished at 
 his doctrine : 
 
 29 For he taugbt them as one 
 liaving authority, and not as 
 the scribes. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 2 CfJirist cleanseth tlie leper, 5 liealetli the 
 csnturio7i''s servant, 14 Peter's r.iothcr 
 inlaw, \Q and many Qtlier d'lseased : 18 
 sheweth how he is to he followed : 23 still, 
 eth the teynpest on the sea, 28 driveth the 
 devils out of two men possessed, 31 and 
 cuffcreth them to go into the swine. 
 
 WHEN he was come do^Ti 
 from the mountain, great 
 multitudes followed him. 
 
 2 And, behold, there came a 
 leper and worshipped him, say- 
 ing, Lord, if thou v.ilt, thou 
 canst make me clean. 
 
 3 And Jesus put forth Ms hand, 
 and touched him, saying, I will ; 
 be thou clean. And immedi- 
 ately his Jeprcsy was cleansed. 
 
 4 And Jesus saitb unto him, 
 See thou tell no man; but go 
 thy way, sliev/ thyself to the 
 priest, and offer the gift that 
 Mo^es commanded, for a testi- 
 mouy unto them. 
 
 5 H And when Jesus was en- 
 tered into Capernaum, there 
 came unto him a centmicn, 
 beseeching him, 
 
 6 And saying, Lord, my ser- 
 vant li^th at home sick of the 
 palsy, grievously tormented. 
 
 7 And Jesus saith unto him, I 
 will come and heal him. 
 
 8 The centurion 8.nswered and 
 said, Lord, I am not worthy that 
 thou shouldest come under my 
 roof : but speak the word only, 
 and my servant shall be healed. 
 
 9 For I am a man under au- 
 thority, having soldiers under 
 me : and I say to this man, Go, 
 and he goeth; and to another, 
 Come, and he cometh; and to 
 my servant, Do this, and he 
 doeth it. 
 
 10 Wben Jesus heard it^ he 
 marvelled, and said to them 
 tlmt followed. Verily I say un- 
 to 3^0 u, I have not found so 
 great faith, no, not in Israel. 
 
 11 And I say unto you. That 
 many shall com.e from the east 
 and west, and shall sit down 
 with Abraliam, and Isaac, and 
 Jacob, in the kingdom of hea- 
 ven. 
 
 12 But the chilcben of the king- 
 dom sliall be cast out into outer 
 darkness : there shall be weep- 
 ing and guashing of teeth. 
 
 13 x\nd Jesus said unto the 
 centurion. Go thy way; and 
 as thou hast believed, so be it 
 done unto thee. And his ser- 
 
Christ slilldh 
 
 St. MATTirEW, IX. 
 
 the temjyesf. 
 
 vant was healed in the selfsame 
 hour. 
 
 14 ^! And wlien Jesus was come 
 into Peter's house, he saw liis 
 
 is this, tliat even tlie wiuds and 
 the sea ohey him I 
 28 !l And when he was come 
 to tlie otlier side into the coun- 
 
 witie's mother laid, ai;d sick of try of tlie (jlerpesenes, there met 
 
 a fever. 
 
 I him two possessed with devils. 
 
 ir> And he touched her hand, 'coniipp: out of the tombs, ox- 
 and the fever left her: and she!ceedins fierce, so that no man 
 arose,and ministered unto them. ' mi^Oit pass by that way. 
 
 IG 1[ When the even was come, ' 21) And, behold, they cried out, 
 they brouf,'ht unto him many sayintj. What have we to do 
 that were possessed with devils: with thee, Jesus, thou Hon of 
 and he cast out the spirits with (Jod? art thou come hither to 
 his word, and healed all that tonw'ut us Ijcfore the time? 
 were sick: ! I^) And there was a p:ood way 
 
 17 That it mip:ht be fulfilled oil" from them an herd of many 
 which was sj-oken by Esaias the swine feeding, 
 prophet, saying. Himself took | 31 So tlie devils ])e80Ught him, 
 our intirmities, and bare owr ; Fayinjr, if thou cast us out, suf- 
 sicknesses. 
 
 18 
 
 Now when Jesus saw of swine. 
 
 ler us to go away into the herd 
 
 great multitudes about him, he 
 gave commandment to depart 
 unto the other side. 
 19 And a certain scril>e came, 
 and said unto him, IMaster, 1 
 
 82 And he said unto them. Go. 
 And when they were come out, 
 they went into the herd of swine : 
 and, behold, the whole herd of 
 swine ran violently down a steep 
 
 will follow tliec whithei-soever place into the sea, and perished 
 
 thou gocst. 
 20 And .Jesus saith unto him, 
 
 in the watei-s. 
 8:3 And they that kept them 
 
 The foxes have holes, and the fled, and went their ways into 
 birds of the air have nests; but the city, and told every thing, 
 
 the Son of man hath not where 
 to lay his head. 
 
 21 And another of his disciples 
 said unto him, Lord, sutler me 
 first to go and buiy my father. 
 
 22 But Jesus paid unto him. 
 Follow me; and let the dead 
 burj^ their dead, 
 
 23 ![ And when he was entered 
 into a ship, his disciples follow- 
 ed him. 
 
 24 And, behold, there arose a 
 great tempest in the sea, inso- 
 much that the sliip was cover- 
 ed with the waves : but he was 
 asleep. 
 
 25 xVnd his disciples came to 
 him, and awoke him, saying, 
 Lord, save us : we perish. 
 
 26 And he saith ui^.to them, 
 AVhy are ye fearful, O ye of lit- 
 tle faith? Then he arose, and 
 rebuked the winds and the sea ; 
 and there was a great calm. 
 
 27 But the men marvelled, 
 saying, What manner of man 
 
 and what was befallen to the 
 { osRessed of the devils. 
 34 And, behold, the whole city 
 came out to meet Jesus : and 
 when they saw him, they be- 
 sought him that he would de- 
 part out of then* coasts. 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 2 (yirUt curhuj one gick of the pal-8i/, 9 
 calleth Ma.ttheto fro»% the rcceij4 of cttf- 
 torn, 10 eateth with publicans and sin- 
 ners, 11 clefcndeth his diJiciples for not 
 faating, 20 cur^th the bloody issite, 23 
 raiscth from death Jairtu' datighter, 
 27 giveth sight to two blind men, 32 
 heaJeth a dumb man posseJtaed of a 
 devil, 3G and hath comjjassion of the 
 Tnidtitude. 
 
 AND he entered into a ship, 
 j\. and passed over, and came 
 into his ovrn city. 
 
 2 xVnd, behold, they brought t6 
 liim a man sick of the i alsy, ly- 
 ing on a bed : and Jesus seeing 
 their faith said unto the sick of 
 the palsy ; Son, be of good cheer; 
 thy sins be forgiven thee. 
 
 3 And, behold, certain of the 
 
Ee cureth one St. MATTHEW, IX. sicJc of the palsy. 
 
 scribes said witliin tliemselves, ' for that wliicli is put in to fill 
 
 it up taketli from tlie garment, 
 
 Tliis man blasphemeth, 
 
 4 And Jesns knowing their 
 thoughts said, Wherefore think 
 ye evil in your hearts ? 
 
 5 For whether is easier, to say, 
 
 and the rent is made worse. 
 17 Xeither do men put new 
 wine into old bottles : else the 
 bottles break, and the wine run- 
 
 T/iT/ sins be forgiven thee ; or to neth out, and the bottles perish : 
 say, Arise, and walk ? i but they put new wine into new 
 
 6 But that ye may know that bottles, and both are preser^'ed. 
 the Son of man hath power on 18 T While he spake these 
 earth to forgive sms, (then saith thiiDgs imto them, behold, there 
 he to the sick of the palsy,) came a certain ruler, and wor- 
 Arise, take up thy bed, and go shipped him, saying, My daugh- 
 unto thine house. ; ter is even now dead : but come 
 
 7 And he arose, and dei^arted and lay thy hand upon her, and 
 to his house. \ she shall live. 
 
 8 But when the multitudes saw i 19 And Jesus arose, and follow- 
 it, they mapi'elled. and glori- ed him, and 50 r/?^ his disciples, 
 fied God, wliich had given such : 20_ T And, behold, a woman, 
 power unto men. which was diseased with an is- 
 
 9 1 And as Jesus passed forth i sue of blood twelve years, came 
 fi'om thence, he saw a man, behind Mm, and touched the 
 named Matthew, sitting at the hem of his gm-ment: 
 
 receipt of custom : and he saith 
 unto him, Follow me. And he 
 arose, and followed him. 
 
 10 *: And it came to pass, as 
 Jesus sat at meat in the house, 
 behold, many publicans and 
 sinners came and sat down with 
 him and his disciples. 
 
 11 And when the Pharisees 
 saw it, they said unto his dis- 
 ciples, Why eateth your Master 
 with pubKcans and sinners? 
 
 12 But when Jesus heard that, 
 he said unto them, They that 
 be whole need not a physician, 
 but they that are sick. 
 
 13 But go ye and learn what 
 that meaneth, I will have mer- 
 cy, and not sacrifice : for I am 
 not come to call the righteous, 
 but sinners to repentance. 
 
 14 *[ Then came to him the 
 
 21 For she said within herself. 
 If I may but touch his garment, 
 I shall be whole. 
 
 22 But Jesus turned him about, 
 and when he saw her, he said, 
 Daughter, be of good comfort; 
 thy faith hath made thee whole. 
 And the woman was made whole 
 fi^om that hour. 
 
 23 And when Jesus came into 
 the ruler's house, and saw the 
 minstrels and the people mak- 
 ing a noise, 
 
 24 He said unto them, Give 
 place : for the maid is not dead, 
 but sleepeth. And they laugh- 
 ed him to scorn. 
 
 25 But when the people were 
 put forth, he went in, and took 
 her by the hand, and the maid 
 arose. 
 
 26 And the fame hereof went 
 
 disciples of John, saying, Why abroad into all that land. 
 
 do we and the Pharisees fast 
 oft, but thy disciples fast not ? 
 15 And Jesus said unto them, 
 Can the childi'en of the bride- , 
 chamber momii, as long as the 
 bridegroom is with them? but 
 
 27 ^ And when Jesus departed 
 thence, two blind men followed 
 him, cryhig, and saying, Thou 
 son of David, have mercy on us. 
 
 23 And when he was come in- 
 to the house, the blind men 
 
 the days will come, when the came to him: and Jesus saith 
 
 bridegroom shall be taken from 
 them, and then shall they fast. 
 
 unto them, Believe ye that I 
 am able to do this ? They said 
 
 16 No man putteth a piece of i ujito him, Yea, Lord, 
 new cloth unto an old garment, i 29 Then touched he their eyes, 
 
A dimh mem lieaM. St. IMATTHEW, X. 
 
 Baying, Accordkis to your faith 
 be it unto you. 
 
 30 And their eyes were opened ; 
 and Jesus straitly cliar^ed them, 
 Bayinp:, See that no man knov.' it. 
 
 31 But they, wlien they were 
 departed, spread abroad liis fame land commanded them, sayinp- 
 
 Tlie twelve seal oat. 
 
 us, and Lebbaeus, whose sur- 
 name was Thaddajus; 
 
 4 Simon theCanaanite, and J n- 
 das Iscariot, who also betrayed 
 liim. 
 
 5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, 
 
 in all that country, 
 
 32 1[ As they went out, behold, 
 they brought to liim a dumb 
 man possessed with a devil. 
 
 33 And when the devil was cast 
 out, the dumb spake : and the 
 multitudes marvelled, saying, 
 It was never so seen in Israel. 
 
 3^4 I3ut the Pharisees said. He 
 casleth out devils tlirough the 
 prince of the devils. 
 
 35 A nd Jesus went about all the 
 cities and villages, teaching in 
 then" synagogues, and preacliiiig 
 the gospel of the kingdom, and 
 healing every sickness and eveiy 
 disease among the people 
 
 G o not into the way of the Gen- 
 tiles, and into anj/ city of the 
 Samaritans enter ye not : 
 G But go rather to the lost 
 sheep of the house of Israel. 
 
 7 And as ye go, preach, say- 
 ing, The kingdom cf heaven is 
 at hand. 
 
 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the 
 lepers, raise the dead, cast out 
 devils : freely ye have received, 
 I'reely give. 
 
 9 l^rovide neither gold, nor sil- 
 ver, nor brass in your purses, 
 
 10 Nor scrip for ?/our jomiiey, 
 neither two coats, neither shoes, 
 nor yet staves: for the work- 
 
 3o "i But Avhen he saw the man is worthy of his meat, 
 multitudes, he was moved with I 11 And into whatsoever city or 
 comi-assion on them, because [ town ye shall enter, enquire who 
 they fainted, and were scatter- \ in it is worthy ; and there abide 
 
 ed abroad, as sheep havmg no 
 shei)herd. 
 
 37 Then saith he unto his dis- 
 ciples. The harvest truly is plen- 
 teous, but the labourers are lew ; 
 
 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord 
 of the harvest, that he will send 
 forth labomers into his harvest. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 1 Cliri'it sendeth out his tivelve apostles, 
 enabling them with 2)ower to do mira- 
 cles, 5 giveth them their charge, teach- 
 cth them, 16 comforteth tliem against 
 persecutions : 40 and promiseth a bless- 
 ing to these that receive them. 
 
 AND when he had called un- 
 _ to him his twelve disciples, 
 
 he gave them power against un- \ for that city. 
 
 till ye go tlience. 
 
 12 And when ye come into an 
 house, salute it. 
 
 13 And if' the house be worthy, 
 let your peace come upon it: 
 but if it be not worthy, let your 
 peace return to you. 
 
 14 And whosoever shall not re- 
 ceive you, nor hear your words, 
 when ye depart out of that house 
 or city, shake oil" the dust of 
 your feet. 
 
 15 Verily I say unto you, It 
 shall be more tolerable for the 
 land of Sodom and Gomorrha 
 in the day of judgment, than 
 
 clean sphits, to cast them out, 
 and to heal all manner of sicli- 
 ness and all manner of disease. 
 
 16 ^1 Behold, I send you forth 
 as sheep in the midst of v*'olves : 
 be ye therefore wise as serpents, 
 
 2 Now the names of the twelve ' and harmless as doves. 
 
 apostles are these ; The first, Si- 
 mon, vv^ho is called Peter, and 
 Ajidrew his brother ; James the ' cils, and they will scourge you 
 
 17 But beware of men : for they 
 ! will deliver you up to the coun- 
 
 son of Zebedee, and John his 
 brother ; 
 
 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; 
 Thomas, and Matthew the pub- 
 lican ; James the son of Alph^e- 
 
 in their synagogues ; 
 18 And ye shall be brought be- 
 fore governors and kings for my 
 sake, for a testimony against 
 them and the Gentiles. 
 
Christ CGmfm-teih St. MATTHEW, XI. 
 
 19 But when they deliver you 
 up, take no thought how or 
 what ye shall speak : for it shall 
 be given you in that same hour 
 what ye shall speak. 
 
 20 For it is not ye that speak, 
 but the Spirit of your Father 
 w^hich speaketh in you. 
 
 21 And the brother shall deli- 
 ver up the brother to death, and 
 the father the child: and the 
 children shall rise np against 
 their parents, and cause them 
 to be put to death. 
 
 22 And ye shall be hated of all 
 7nen for my name's sake : but 
 he that endureth to the end 
 shall be saved. 
 
 23 But when they persecute 
 you in this city, flee ye into 
 another : for verily I say unto 
 you. Ye shall not have gone 
 over the cities of Israel, till the 
 Son of man be come. 
 
 24 The disciple is not above 
 his master, nor the servant a- 
 bove his lord. 
 
 25 It is enough for the disciple 
 that he be as his master, and 
 the servant as his lord. If they 
 have called the master of the 
 house Beelzebub, how much 
 more shall they call them of 
 his household? 
 
 26 Fear them not therefore : for 
 there is nothing covered, that 
 shall not be revealed ; and hid, 
 that shall not be knowTi. 
 
 27 What I tell yon in darkness, 
 that speak ye in light : and what 
 ye hear in the ear, that preach 
 ye upon the housetops. 
 
 28 And fear not them which 
 kill the body, but are not able 
 to kill the soul : but rather fear 
 him which is able to destroy 
 both soul and body in hell. 
 
 29 Are not two sparrows sold 
 for a farthing ? and one of them 
 shall not fall on the ground 
 without your Father. 
 
 30 But the very hairs of yom* 
 head are all numbered. 
 
 31 Fear ye not therefore, ye 
 are of more value than many 
 sparrows. 
 
 32 Whosoever therefore shall 
 
 Jiis apostles. 
 confess me before men, him will 
 I confess also before my Father 
 which is in heaven. 
 
 33 But whosoever shall deny 
 me before men, him will I also 
 deny before my Father which is 
 in heaven. 
 
 34 Think not that I am come 
 to send peace on earth : I came 
 not to send peace, but a sv/ord. 
 
 35 For I am come to set a man 
 at variance against his father, 
 and the daughter against her 
 mother, and the daughter in law 
 against her mother in law. 
 
 36 And a man's foes shall he 
 they of his own household. 
 
 37 He that loveth father or mo- 
 ther more than me is not wor- 
 thy of me : and he that loveth 
 son or daughter more than me 
 is not worthy of me. 
 
 38 And he that taketh not his 
 cross, and followeth after me, is 
 not vrorthy of me. 
 
 39 He that findeth his life shall 
 lose it : and he that loseth his 
 life for my sake shall find it. 
 
 40 il He that receiveth yon 
 receiveth me, and he that re- 
 ceiveth me receiveth him that 
 sent me. 
 
 41 He that receiveth a prophet 
 in the name of a prophet shall 
 receive a prophet's reward ; and 
 he that receiveth a righteous 
 man in the name of a righteous 
 man shall receive a righteous 
 man's reward. 
 
 42 And whosoever shall give 
 to drink unto one of these little 
 ones a cup of cold water only 
 in the name of a disciple, verily 
 
 1 say Tuito you, he shall in no 
 wise lose his reward. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 2 John sendeth his disciples to Christ. 7 
 Christ's testimony/ concerning John. 18 
 The opinion of tlie people, both concern- 
 ing John and Christ. 20 Christ upbraid' 
 eth the unthanJcfulness and unrepent- 
 ance of Ghorazin, Bethsaida, and Ca- 
 pernaum : 25 and promising his Father's 
 tvisdom in revealing the gospel to the 
 sitnjile, 28 he calleth to him all such as 
 feel the burden of their sitis. 
 
 A ND it came to pass, when 
 
 Jesus had made an end of 
 commanding his twelve disci- 
 
Christ*8 tesliimnu St. MATTHEW, XI. 
 
 conceniiuii Joint, 
 
 plefi, he departed tlience to teach 
 and to preach in tlieir cities. 
 
 2 Now when Jolin liad heard in 
 the prison tlie works of Chiist, 
 lie sent two ol liis disciples, 
 
 3 And said unto him, Art thou 
 
 liken this p-enerationV It is like 
 unto children sitting in the 
 markets, and calling unto their 
 fellows, 
 17 And sayingr, We have piped 
 unto you, and ye have not 
 
 he that should come, or do we danced; we have mourned unto 
 
 look for another V 
 4 Jesus answered and said | 
 
 you, and ye have not lamented. 
 18 For John came neither eat- 
 
 luito them, Go and shew John ing nor drinking, and they say, 
 'Jain thoiiii tilings -which ye do He hath a devil. 
 
 hear and see: 
 5 The blind receive their sight, 
 
 VJ TIk; Son of man came eat- 
 ing and drinking, and they siiy. 
 
 and the lame walk, the lei)ers liehold a man gluttonous, and 
 
 are cleansed, and the deaf hear, 
 the dead are raised up, and the 
 poor have the gosp-el preached! 
 to them. 
 
 (j And blessed is he, whosoever 
 shall not be offended in me. j 
 
 7 "I And as they departed, Je- 
 sus began to say unto the mul- 
 
 a winebibber, a friend of imb- 
 licans and sinners. But wisdom 
 is justified of her children. 
 
 20 % Then began he to upbraid 
 the cities wherein most of his 
 mighty works were done, be- 
 cause they repented not : 
 
 21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! 
 
 titudes concerning John, What y.oe unto thee, Bethsaidal for 
 went ye out into the wilderness if the mighty works, which were 
 to see? A reed shakeu with the done in you, had been done in 
 wind? i Tyre and 8idon, they would 
 
 8 }]ut what went ye out for to have repented long ago in sack- 
 see V A man clothed in soft rai- 
 ment? behold, they that wearj 
 soft clothinf( are in kings' houses. ; 
 
 y But what went ye out for to ' 8idon at the day of judgment, 
 see? A TirophetV yea, I say unto than for you. 
 you, and more than a prophet. | 23Andthou,Capernaum,wliich 
 
 10 For this is he, of whom it is art exalted unto heaven, shalt 
 
 cloth and ashes. 
 
 22 But 1 say unto you, It shall 
 
 V)e more tolerable for Tyre and 
 
 written, Behold, 1 send my mes- 
 senger before thy face, which 
 shall prepare thy way before 
 thee. 
 
 11 Yerily I say unto you, A- 
 moP-g them that are bom of 
 women there hath not risen a 
 greater than John the Baptist : 
 notwithstanding he that is least 
 in the kingdom of heaven is 
 greater than he. 
 
 12 And from the days of John 
 the Baptist until now the king- 
 dom of heaven suffereth vio- 
 lence, and the violent take it 
 by force. 
 
 13 For all the prophets and the 
 law prophesied until John. 
 
 14 And if ye will receive it, this 
 is Elias, which was for to come. 
 
 15 He that hath ears to hear, 
 let him hear. 
 
 16 H But whereunto shall I 
 
 be brought down to hell : for if 
 the mighty works, which have 
 been done in thee, had been 
 done in Sodom, it would have 
 remained until this day. 
 
 24 But I say unto you. That it 
 shall be more tolerable ibr the 
 land of Sodom in the day of 
 judgment, than for thee. 
 
 25 •[ At that time Jesus an- 
 swered and said, I thank thee, 
 O Father, Lord of heaven and 
 earth, because thou hast hid 
 these things from the wise and 
 I)rudent, and hast revealed them 
 unto babes. 
 
 26 Even so. Father: for so it 
 seemed good in thy sight. 
 
 27 All things are delivered un- 
 to me of my Father : and no 
 man knoweth the Son, but the 
 Father; neither knoweth any 
 man the Father, save the Son, 
 
Christ reprcyveth 
 
 St. MATTHEW, XII. 
 
 the Plmrisees, 
 
 and he to whomsoever the Son 
 will reveal him. 
 
 28 II Come unto me, all t/e that 
 labour and are heavy laden, and 
 I will give you rest. 
 
 29 Take my yoke upon you, 
 and learn of me ; for I am meek 
 and lowly in heart : and ye shall 
 find rest unto your souls. 
 
 30 For my yoke is easy, and 
 my buj-den is light. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 1 CJirist reprovetJi the blindness of the 
 Pharisees concerning the breach of the 
 sabbath, 3 by scriptures, 9 by reason. 
 
 thence, he went into their syn- 
 agogue : 
 
 10 ^ And, behold, there was 
 a man which had his hand wi- 
 thered. And they asked him, 
 saying, Is it lawful to heal on 
 the sabbath days? that they 
 might accuse him. 
 
 11 And he said unto them, 
 What man shall there be a- 
 mong you, that shall have one 
 sheep, and if it fall into a pit 
 on the sabbath day, will he not 
 lay hold on it, and lift it out ? 
 
 12 HoAV much then is a man 
 
 manpossessedthatwasbUncl and dumb. , . t- ■, . 
 
 31 Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost it IS lawiul tO QO Well On the 
 
 shall never be forgiven. 36 Account \ sabbath dayS. 
 
 shall be made of idle words. 38 Ee re- 
 buTieth the unfaithful, who seek after a 
 sign : 49 and sheweth who is his brother, 
 sister, and mother. 
 
 AT that time Jesus went on 
 . the sabbath day through 
 the corn ; and his disciples were 
 an hungred, and began to pluck 
 the ears of corn, and to eat. 
 
 2 But when the Pharisees saw 
 it, they said unto him. Behold, 
 thy disciples do that v/hich is 
 not lawful to do upon the sab- 
 bath day. 
 
 3 But he said unto them, Have 
 ye not read what David did, 
 v/hen he was an hungred, and 
 they that were with him ; 
 
 4 How he entered into the 
 house of God, and did eat the 
 shewbread, which was not law- 
 ful for him to eat, neither for 
 them which were with him, 
 but only for the priests ? 
 
 5 Or have ye not read in the 
 law, how that on the sabbath 
 days the priests in the temple 
 profane the sabbath, and are 
 blameless? 
 
 6 But I say unto you. That in 
 this place is one greater than 
 the temple. 
 
 7 But if ye had known what 
 this meaneth, I will have mer- 
 cy, and not sacrifice, ye would 
 not have condemned the guilt- 
 less. 
 
 8 For the Son of man is Lord 
 even of the sabbath day. 
 
 9 And when he Avas departed 
 
 13 Then saith he to the man, 
 Stretch forth thine hand. And 
 he stretched it forth; and it 
 was restored whole, like as the 
 other. 
 
 14 IF Then the Pharisees went 
 out, and held a council against 
 him, how they might destroy 
 him. 
 
 15 But when Jesus knew it, he 
 withdi'ew himself from thence : 
 and great multitudes followed 
 him, and he healed them all ; 
 
 16 And charged them that they 
 should not make him known : 
 
 17 That it might be fulfilled 
 v/hich was spoken by Esaias 
 the prophet, saying, 
 
 18 Behold my servant, whom 
 I have chosen ; my beloved, in 
 whom my soul is well pleased : 
 I will put my spirit upon him, 
 and he shall shew judgment to 
 the Gentiles. 
 
 19 He shall not strive, nor cry ; 
 neither shall any man hear his 
 voice in the streets. 
 
 20 A bruised reed shall he not 
 break, and smoking flax shall 
 he not quench, till he send forth 
 judgment unto victory. 
 
 21 And in his name shall the 
 Gentiles trust. 
 
 22 H Then was brought unto 
 him one possessed with a devil, 
 blind, and dumb : and he heal- 
 ed him, insomuch that the blind 
 and dumb both spake and saw. 
 
 23 And all the people were 
 
Blasphemy against 
 
 amazed, and said, Is not this 
 the son of David? 
 
 24 But when the Pharisees 
 heard it, they said, This fellow 
 dotli not cast out devils, but 
 by Beelzebub the prince of the 
 devils. 
 
 25 And Jesus Icnew their 
 thoughts, and said unto them. 
 Every Jtingdom divided against 
 itself is brought to desolation ; 
 and eveiy city or house divided 
 against itself shall not stand : 
 
 26 And if Satan cast out Satan, 
 he is divided against himself; 
 how shall then his kingdom 
 stand? 
 
 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast 
 out devils, by whom do your 
 children cast Ihem out? there- 
 fore they shall be your judges. 
 
 28 But if 1 cast out devils by 
 the Spirit of God, then the king- 
 dom of God is come unto you, 
 
 St. MATTHEW, XII. the Eoly Ghost 
 
 treasure of the heart bringetli 
 forth good things : and an evil 
 man out of the e\il treasure 
 bringeth forth evil things. 
 3G i3ut 1 say unto you. That 
 every idle word that men sLall 
 speak, they shall give account 
 thereof in the day of judgment. 
 
 37 For by thy words thou shalt 
 be justified, and by thy words 
 thou slialt be condemned. 
 
 38 1[ Then certain of the scribes 
 and of the Pharisees answered, 
 saying, Master, we would see a 
 sign from thee. 
 
 39 But he answered and said 
 unto them. An evil and adul- 
 terous generation seeketh after 
 a sign ; and there shall no sign 
 be given to it, but the sign of 
 the i)rophet Jonas : 
 
 40 For as Jonas was three days 
 and three nights in the whale's 
 
 I belly ; so shall the Son of man 
 
 29 Or else how can one enter ^ be tliree days and three nights 
 
 into a strong man's house, and in the heart of the earth. 
 
 spoil his goods, except he first | 41 The men of Nineveh shall ■ 
 
 bind the strong man ? and then : rise in judgment with this gene- 1 
 
 he will spoil his house. ration, and shall condemn it : i 
 
 L spoil 
 30 He that is not with me is 
 
 because they repented at the 
 
 against me; and he that ga- 'preaching of Jonas; and, behold, 
 thereth not with me scattereth ; a greater than Jonas is here. 
 
 abroad. 
 31 •[ Wherefore I say unto you, 
 
 42 The queen of the south shall 
 riF« up in the judgment with 
 
 All manner of sin and bias- 1 this generation, and shall con- 
 
 pliemy shall be forgiven unto 
 men: but the blasphemy a- 
 frainst the Holi/ Ghost shall not 
 be forgiven unto men. 
 
 32 And whosoever speaketh a 
 word against the Son of man, 
 it shall be forgiven him: but 
 whosoever speaketh against the 
 Holy Ghost, it shall not be for- 
 given him, neither in this world, 
 neither in the wo7^ld to come. 
 
 33 Either make the ti^ee good, 
 and his fruit good ; or else make 
 the tree corrupt, and Ms fruit 
 corrupt : for the tree is known 
 by his fruit. 
 
 34 O generation of vipers, how 
 can ye, being evil, speak good 
 things? for out of the abun- 
 dance of the heart the mouth 
 speaketh. 
 
 35 A good man out of the good 
 
 demn it : for she came from the | 
 uttermost parts of the earth to i 
 hear the wisdom of Solomon ; 
 and, behold, a greater than So- 
 lomon is here. 
 
 43 When the unclean spirit is 
 gone out of a man, he walketh 
 through dry places, seeking rest, 
 and findeth none. 
 
 44 Then he saith, I will retujn 
 into my house from whence I 
 came out ; and when he is come, 
 he findeth it empty, swept, and 
 garnished. 
 
 45 Then goeth he, and taketh 
 with himself seven other spirits 
 more wicked than himself, and 
 they enter in and dwell there : 
 and the last state of that man 
 is worse than the first. Even so 
 shall it be also unto this wicked 
 generation. 
 
The parable 
 
 46 1[ While lie 3^et talked to the 
 people, behold, his mother and 
 his brethren stood withont, de- 
 sirins: to speak with him. 
 
 47 Then one said unto him, 
 Behold, thy mother and thy 
 brethren stand without, desir- 
 ing to speak with thee. 
 
 48 But he answered and said 
 unto him that told him, Who is 
 my mother? and who are my 
 brethren ? 
 
 49 And he sti^etched forth his 
 hand toward his disciples, and 
 said, Behold my mother and 
 my brethren ! 
 
 50 For whosoever shall do the 
 will of my Father which is in 
 heaven, the same is my bro- 
 ther, and sister, and mother. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 3 TJie parable of the sowei' and the seed : 
 18 the exposition of it. 24 The parable 
 of the tares y 31 of the mustard seed, 33 
 of the leai'en, 44 of the hidden treasure, 
 45 of the pearl, 47 of the draivnet cast 
 into the sea : 53 and how Christ is con- 
 temned of his own countrymen. 
 
 THE same day went Jesas 
 out of the house, and sat 
 by the sea side. 
 
 2 And great multitudes were 
 gathered together unto him, so 
 that he went into a ship, and 
 sat; and the whole multitude 
 stood on the shore. 
 
 3 And he spake many things 
 unto them in parables, saying, 
 Behold, a sower went forth to 
 sow; 
 
 4 And when he sowed, some 
 seeds fell by the way side, and 
 the fowls came and devom-ed 
 them up : 
 
 5 Some fell upon stony places, 
 where they had not much earth : 
 and forthwith they sprung up, 
 because they had no deepness 
 of earth : 
 
 6 And when the sun was up, 
 they were scorched; and be- 
 cause they had no root, they 
 withered away. 
 
 7 And some fell among thorns ; 
 and the thorns sprung up, and 
 choked them : 
 
 8 But other fell into good 
 ground, and brought forth fruit, 
 
 St. MATTHEW, XIII. of the sewer. 
 
 some an hundredfold, some 
 sixtyfold, some thirtj^bld. 
 
 9 Who hath ears to hear, let 
 him hear. 
 
 10 And the disciples came, and 
 said unto him. Why speakest 
 thou unto them in parables? 
 
 11 He answered and said unto 
 them. Because it is given unto 
 you to know the mysteries of 
 the kingdom of heaven, but to 
 them it is not given. 
 
 12 For whosoever hath, to him 
 shall be given, and he shall have 
 more abundance: but w^hoso- 
 ever hath not, from him shall be 
 taken away even that he hath. 
 
 13 Therefore speak I to them 
 in parables: because they see- 
 ing see not; and hearing they 
 hear not, neither do they un- 
 derstand. 
 
 14 And in them is fulfilled 
 the prophecy of Esaias, which 
 saith, By hearing ye shall hear, 
 and shall not understand; and 
 seeing ye shall see, and shall 
 not perceive : 
 
 15 For this people's heart is 
 waxed gross, and their ears are 
 dull of hearing, and their eyes 
 they have closed; lest at any 
 time they should see with tJieir 
 eyes, and hear with their ears, 
 and should understand T\ath 
 their heart, and should be con- 
 verted, and I should heal them. 
 
 16 But blessed are yom- eyes, 
 for they see : and yom- ears, for 
 they hear. 
 
 17 For verily I say unto you, 
 That many prophets and right- 
 eous me7i have desired to see 
 those things which ye see, and 
 have not seen them ; and to hear 
 those thing's which ye hear, and 
 have not heard them. 
 
 18 H Hear ye therefore the pa- 
 rable of the sower. 
 
 19 When any one heareth the 
 word of the kingdom, and un- 
 derstandeth it not, then cometh 
 the wicked o?ie, and catchetli 
 away that which was so^m in 
 his heart. This is he which re- 
 ceived seed by the way side. 
 
 20 But he that received the 
 
The parahle 
 
 St. IMATTHEW, XIII. 
 
 of the tayes. 
 
 seed into stony places, the same 
 is lie that heareth the word, and 
 anon with joy receiveth it ; 
 
 21 Yet hath he not root in 
 liimself, but dureth lor a while : 
 for when tribulation or i)erse- 
 cution ariseth because of the 
 word, by and by he is olfended. 
 
 22 He also that received seed 
 among tlie thorns is he that 
 heareth the word ; and the care 
 of this world, and the deceitful- 
 ness of riches, choke the word, 
 and he becometh unfruitful. 
 
 23 But he that received seed 
 into the good ground is he that 
 heareth the word, and under- 
 standeth it; v.iiich also beareth 
 fruit, and bringeth forth, some 
 an hiuidredlbld, some sixty, 
 some thirty. 
 
 24 M Another i arable put he 
 forth unto them, saying. The 
 kingdom of heaven is likened 
 unto a man v.hich sowed good 
 seed in liis held : 
 
 25 But while men slept, his 
 enemy came and sowed tares 
 among the wheat, and went liis 
 way. 
 
 26 But when the blade was 
 sprung up, and brought forth 
 fruit, then appeared the tares 
 also. 
 
 27 So the sers-ants of the house- 
 holder came and said unto him, 
 Sir, didst not thou sow good 
 seed in thy field ? from whence 
 then hath it tares V 
 
 28 He said unto them. An 
 enemy hath done this. The 
 servants said unto him, AVilt 
 thou then that we go and ga- 
 ther them up V 
 
 29 But he said. Nay ; lest while 
 ye gather up the tares, ye root 
 up also the v/heat with them. 
 
 30 Let both grow together until 
 the har\^est : and in the time of 
 harvest I will say to the reap- 
 ers, Gather ye together fust the 
 tares, and bind them in bundles 
 to burn them : but gather the 
 wheat into my barn. 
 
 31 ^ Another parable put he 
 forth unto them, saying, The 
 kingdom of heaven is like to a 
 
 grain of mustard seed, which a 
 man took, and sowed in his 
 field: 
 
 32 Which indeed is the least of 
 all seeds : but when it is grown, 
 it is the greatest among herbs, 
 and becometh a tree, so that 
 the birds of the air come and 
 lodge in the branches thereof. 
 
 33 ■[ Another parable spake 
 he unto them ; The kingdom 
 of heaven is like unto leaven, 
 which a woman took, and hid 
 in tliree measures of meal, till 
 the whoiO was leavened. 
 
 34 All these things si ake Je- 
 sus unto the multitude in P'a- 
 labies ; and without a parable 
 SI ake he not unto them : 
 
 35 That it might be fulfilled 
 which was spoken by the juo- 
 phet, saying, I will oi en my 
 mouth in i arables ; I w ill utter 
 things which have been kept 
 secret from the foundation of 
 the world. 
 
 3G Then Jesus sent the multi- 
 tude away, and went into the 
 house : and his disciples came 
 unto him, saymg, Declare unto 
 us the parable of the tares of 
 the field. 
 
 37 He answered and said unto 
 them, He that soweth the good 
 seed is the Son of man ; 
 
 38 The field is the world ; the 
 good seed are the children of 
 the kingdom ; but the tares are 
 the children of the wicked one; 
 
 39 The enemy that sowed 
 them is the devil; the harvest 
 is the end of the world ; and 
 the reapers are the angels. 
 
 40 As therefore the tares aie 
 gathered and burned in the fire ; 
 so shall it be in the end of this 
 world. 
 
 41 The Son of man shall send 
 forth his angels, and they shall 
 gather out of his kingdom all 
 things that ofiend, and them, 
 which do iniquity ; 
 
 42 And shall cast them into a 
 furaace of fire : there shall be 
 wailing and gnashing of teeth. 
 
 43 Then shall the righteous 
 shine forth as the sun in the 
 
0/ tlie hiddm St. MATTHEW, XIV. treasure, &c. 
 
 kingdom of their Father. Who I 56 And his sisters, are they 
 hath ears to hear, let him hear, i not all with us ? Whence then 
 44 IT Again, the Idngdom^ of hath this ma7i all these things ? 
 "" " ' 57 And they were offended in 
 liim. But Jesus said unto them, 
 
 heaven is like unto treasure hid 
 in a field; the which when a 
 man hath found, he hideth, 
 and for joy thereof goeth and 
 selleth all that he hath, and 
 buyeth that field. 
 
 45 1[ Again, the kingdom of 
 heaven is like unto a merchant 
 man, seeking goodly pearls : 
 
 46 Who, when he had found 
 one pearl of great price, went 
 and sold all that he had, and 
 bought it. 
 
 47 IT Again, the kingdom of 
 heaven is like unto a net, that 
 was cast into the sea, and ga- 
 thered of every kind : 
 
 48 Which, when it was full, 
 they diew to shore, and sat 
 down, and gathered the good 
 into vessels, but cast the bad 
 away. 
 
 49 So shall it be at the end 
 of the world : the angels shall 
 come forth, and sever the wick- 
 ed from among the just, 
 
 50 And shall cast them into the 
 furnace of fire : there shall be 
 v/ailing and gnashing of teeth. 
 
 51 Jesus saith unto them, Have 
 ye understood all these things ? 
 They say unto him, Yea, Lord. 
 
 52 Then said he unto them. 
 Therefore eveiy scribe which is 
 instructed unto the kingdom of 
 heaven is like unto a man that 
 is an householder, which bring- 
 eth forth out of his treasiire 
 things new and old. 
 
 53 it And it came to pass, that 
 when Jesus had finished these 
 parables, he departed thence. 
 
 54 And when he was come 
 into his own country, he taught 
 them in their synagogue, inso- 
 much that they were astonish- 
 ed, and said, Whence hath this 
 
 ^man this wisdom, and these 
 mighty works ? 
 
 55 Is not this the carpenter's 
 son? is not his mother called 
 Mary? and his brethren, James, 
 and Joses, and Simon, and 
 Judeis? 
 
 A prophet is not without honom-, 
 save in his own country, and iu 
 his own house. 
 
 58 And he did not many 
 mighty works there because of 
 then- unbelief. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 1 JTerod's ojy'mion of Christ. 3 Wher^ore 
 John Baptist was beheaded. 13 Jesios 
 departeth into a desert place : 1 5 where 
 he feedeth five thousand men with five 
 loaves and two fishes : 22 he walketh on 
 the sea to his disci2iles : 34 and landing 
 at Gennesaret, healeth the sicJc by the 
 touch of the hem of his garment. 
 
 AT that time Herod the i%- 
 . trarch heard of the fame of 
 Jesus, 
 
 2 And said unto his servants, 
 This is John the Baptist ; he is 
 risen from the dead ; and there- 
 fore mighty works do shew forth 
 themselves in him. 
 
 3 IF For Herod had laid hold 
 on John, and bound him, and 
 put him in prison for Herodias' 
 sake, his brother Philip's wife. 
 
 4 For John said unto him. It is 
 not lawful for thee to have her. 
 
 5 And when he would have 
 put him to death, he feared the 
 multitude, because they count- 
 ed him as a prophet. 
 
 6 But when Herod's birthday 
 was kept, the daughter of He- 
 rodias danced before them, and 
 pleased Plerod. 
 
 7 Whereupon he promised 
 with an oath to give her what- 
 soever she w^ould ask. 
 
 8 And she, being before in- 
 structed of her mother, said, 
 Give me here John Baptist's 
 head in a charger. 
 
 9 And the Idng was sorry : 
 nevertheless for the oath's sake, 
 and them which sat vrith him 
 at meat, he commanded it to 
 be given her. 
 
 10 And he sent, and beheaded 
 John in the prison. 
 
 11 And his head was brought 
 in a charger, and given to the 
 
Chiisl feedeth 
 
 damsel : and she brought it to 
 her mother. 
 
 12 And his disciples came, and 
 took up the body, and buried 
 it, and went and told Jesus. 
 
 13 '1 When Jesus heard of if, 
 he dei)arted thence by sliip into 
 
 St. MATTHEW, XIV. Jive Ommml 
 
 waves : for the wind was con- 
 trary. 
 
 25 And in the fourth watch 
 of the niffht Jesus went mito 
 them, walking on the sea. 
 
 2(3 And when tlie disciples saw 
 liim walkiufj: on the sea, tliey 
 
 a desert jflace apart: and when were troubled, sayin? It is a 
 the peoi)Ie had heard thereof spirit; and they cried out for 
 they followed him on foot out fear. 
 
 of the cities. 
 
 14 And Jesus went forth, and 
 saw a great multitude, and was 
 moved with comjassion toward 
 tliem, and he healed tlieir sick. 
 
 15 1! And wlien it was even- 
 ing, his disciples came to him, 
 saying. This is a desert place, 
 and the time is now past; send 
 the multitude a^ay, that they 
 may go into the villages, and 
 buy tliemselves victuals. 
 
 IG But Jesus said unto them, 
 They Jieed not deiiart; give ye 
 tbem to eat. 
 
 17 And they say unto him. 
 We have here but fi^e loaves, 
 and two fishes. 
 
 18 He said, Bring them hither 
 to me. 
 
 19 And he commanded the 
 multitude to sit down on the 
 grass, and toolc the five loaves, 
 and the two fislies, and lookijig 
 up to heaven, he blessed, and 
 brake, and gave the loaves to 
 his disciples, and the disciples 
 to the multitude. 
 
 20 And they did all eat, and 
 were filled : and they took up 
 of the fragments that remained 
 twelve baskets full. 
 
 21 And they that had eaten 
 were about five thousand men, 
 beside women and children. 
 
 22 •[ And straightway Jesus 
 'constrained his disciples to get 
 
 into a ship, and to go before 
 him unto the other side, while 
 he sent the multitudes away. 
 
 23 And when he had sent the 
 multitudes away, he went up 
 into a mountain apart to pray : 
 and when the evening was 
 come, he was there alone. 
 
 24 But the ship was now in 
 the midst of the sea, tossed with 
 
 27 But straightway Jesus spake 
 unto them, saying, Be of good 
 cheer ; it is 1 ; be not afraid. 
 
 28 And Peter answered liini and 
 said. Lord, if it be tliou, bid me 
 come unto thee on the v.ater. 
 
 21) And he said. Come. And 
 when Peter was come down out 
 of the ship, lie walked on the 
 V. ater, to go to Jesus. 
 
 3<J But when he saw the wind 
 boisterous, he was afraid ; and 
 beginning to sink, he cried, 
 saying. Lord, save me. 
 
 31 And immediately Jesus 
 stretched forth his hand, and 
 caught him, and said unto him, 
 () thou of little faith, wherefore 
 didst thou doubt? 
 
 32 And when they were come 
 into the shii), the wind ceased. 
 
 33 Then they that were in tlie 
 ship came and worsliipped him, 
 saying. Of a truth thou art the 
 fSon of God. 
 
 34 M And when they were 
 gone over, they came into the 
 land of Gennesaret. 
 
 35 And when the men of that 
 place had knowledge of him, 
 they sent out into all that coun- 
 try round about, and brought 
 unto him all that were diseased ; 
 
 36 And besought him that 
 they might only touch the hem 
 of his garment : and as many 
 as touched were made perfectly 
 whole. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 3 Christ reproveth the scribes and PJiari- 
 sees for transgressing God's command'^ 
 ments through their own traditions : 
 1 1 teacheth how that which goeth into 
 the mouth doth not defile a man. 21 
 He healeth the daughter of the woman 
 of Canaan, 30 and other great multi- 
 tudes : 32 and with seven loaves and a 
 few little fishes feedeth four thousand 
 men, beside women and children. 
 
Tlie. scribes and 
 
 St. MATTHEW, XV, Phamees reamed. 
 
 THEIN" came to Jesus scribes 
 and Pharisees, which were 
 of Jerusalem, sasdiig, 
 
 2 Why do thy disciples trans- 
 gress the tradition of the elders? 
 for they wash not their hands 
 when they eat bread. 
 
 3 But he answered and said 
 Tinto them, Why do ye also 
 transgress the commandment 
 of God by your tradition? 
 
 4 For God commanded, saying. 
 Honour thy father and mother: 
 a,nd. He that cm-seth father or 
 mother, let him die the death. 
 
 5 But ye say. Whosoever shall 
 say to Ms father or his mother. 
 It is a gift, by whatsoever thou 
 mightest be profited by me ; 
 
 6 And honour not his father 
 or his mother, he shall be free. 
 Thus have ye made the com- 
 mandment of God of none ef- 
 fect by your tradition. 
 
 7 Ye hjTpocrites, well did E- 
 Baias prophesy of you, saying, 
 
 8 This people draweth nigh 
 unto me with their mouth, 
 and honoureth me with their 
 lips ; but their heart is far from 
 me. 
 
 9 But in vain they do worship 
 me, teaching for doctrines the 
 commandments of men. 
 
 10 H And he called the mul- 
 titude, and said unto them, 
 Hear, and understand : 
 
 11 Not that which goeth into 
 the mouth defileth a man ; but 
 that which cometh out of the 
 mouth, this defileth a man. 
 
 12 Then came his disciples, 
 and said unto him, Knowest 
 thou that the Pharisees were 
 offended, after they heard this 
 saying ? 
 
 13 But he answered and said. 
 Every plant, which my hea- 
 venly Father hath not planted, 
 shall be rooted up. 
 
 14 Let them alone : they be 
 blind leaders of the blind. And 
 if the blind lead the blind, both 
 shall fall into the ditch. 
 
 15 Then answered Peter and 
 said unto him, Declare imto us 
 this parable. 
 
 16 And Jesus said. Are ye also 
 yet without understanding ? 
 
 17 Do not ye yet understand, 
 that whatsoever entereth in at 
 the mouth goeth into the belly, 
 and is cast out into the di-aught? 
 
 18 But those things which 
 proceed out of the mouth come 
 forth from the heart ; and they 
 defile the man. 
 
 19 For out of the heart pro- 
 ceed evil thoughts, murders, 
 adulteries, fornications, thefts, 
 false witness, blasphemies : 
 
 20 These are the things v/hich 
 defile a man : but to eat with 
 unwashen hands defileth not a 
 man. 
 
 21 IF Then Jesus went tiience, 
 and departed into the coasts of 
 Tyre and Sidon. 
 
 22 And, behold, a woman of 
 Canaan came out of the same 
 coasts, and cried unto him, 
 saying. Have mercy on me, O 
 Lord, thoic son of David; my 
 daughter is grievously vexed 
 with a devil. 
 
 23 But he answered her not a 
 word. And his disciples came 
 and besought him, saying. Send 
 her away ; for she crieth after us. 
 
 24 But he answered and said, 
 I am not sent but unto the lost 
 sheep of the house of Israel. 
 
 25 Then came she and v/or- 
 shipped him, saying, Lord, help 
 me. 
 
 26 But he answered and said, 
 It is not meet to take the chil- 
 dren's bread, and to cast it to 
 dogs. 
 
 27 And she said. Truth, Lord : 
 yet the dogs eat of the crumbs 
 which fall from their masters' 
 table. 
 
 28 Then Jesus answered and 
 said unto her, O woman, great 
 is thy faith : be it unto thee 
 even as thou wilt. And her 
 daughter was made whole from 
 that very hour. 
 
 29 And Jesus departed from 
 thence, and came nigh unto 
 the sea of Galilee : and went 
 up into a mountain, and sat 
 down there. 
 
The Phansees 
 
 St. MATTHEW, XVI. 
 
 reqmrc a stiju. 
 
 30 And 2:rcat miiltitndes came] ing desired liirn tliat he would 
 \nito him, havinij: with tliom sliew tliem a Bijrn from heave 
 
 thoae that tvere 
 dumb, maimed, 
 
 lame, 
 and 
 
 blind, 
 many 
 
 2 He aiiRwered and said unto 
 th(?m, When it is evening, ye 
 
 others, and cast tlieni down at say, // will be fail' weather : for 
 
 Je^s' feet ; and he healed them : 
 31 Insomuch that the multi- 
 
 the slv>^ is red. 
 3 And in the morning 
 
 It will 
 
 tude wondered, when they saw he foul weather to day: for the 
 the dumb to sjieak, the maimed sky is red and lowring. O ve 
 
 to be whole, the lame to walk, 
 and the blind to see : and they 
 glorified the God of Israel. 
 :f2 ![ Then Jesus called his 
 disrii»les unto him, and said, 1 
 
 hypocrites, ye can discern the 
 iace of the sky ; but can ye not 
 discern the wgns of the times? 
 4 A wicked and adulterous ire- 
 nciation seeketh after 
 
 have compassion on the mul- and there shall no sign Ije given 
 titude, because they continue unto it, but the sign of tlie pro- 
 with me now three days, and phet Jonas. And he left them, 
 have nothing to eat: and I ; and departed. 
 
 5 And when his disciples were 
 come to the other side, they 
 
 will not send them away iast- 
 inir, lest they faint in the way. 
 
 3:^ And his discijjles say inito ! had forgotten to take l)read. 
 him, Whence should we have so I G If Then Jesus said unto 
 much broad in the wilderness, ! them, Take heed and Vieware 
 as to fill so great a multitude? i of the leaven of the Pharisees 
 
 34 And Jesus saith unto them, ! and of the kSadducees. 
 How many loaves have ye ? ! 7 And they reasoned among 
 And they said, Seven, and a themselves, saying, It is be- 
 
 few little fishes, 
 3^3 And he commanded the i 
 
 cause we have taken no bread. 
 H Jfliich when Jesus perceiv- 
 
 multitude to sit down on the ed, he said unto them, O ye 
 
 ground. 
 36 And 
 
 he took the fseven 
 
 of little faith, why reason ye 
 among yourselves, because ye 
 
 loaves and the fishes, and gave liave brought no bread? 
 thanks, and brake them, and 9 Do ye not yet understand, 
 gave to his disciples, and the neither re^member the five loaves 
 
 discii)les to the multitude. 
 
 of tlie five thousand, and how 
 
 37 And they did all eat, and j many baskets ye took upV 
 were filled : and they took up | 10 Neither the seven loaves 
 of the broken meat that was left j of the four thousand, and how 
 j many baskets j^e took up ? 
 
 11 How is it that ye do not 
 I understand that I spake it not 
 I to you concerning bread, that 
 ye should beware of the lea- 
 
 seven baslcets full, 
 
 38 And they that did eat were 
 four thousand men, beside wo- 
 men and children. 
 
 39 And he sent away the mul- . 
 titude, and took ship, and came ' ven of the Pharisees and of the 
 
 into the coasts of Magdala. 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 1 The Pharisees require a sign. 6 Jesus 
 warneth his disciples of the leaven of 
 the Pharisees and Sadducees. 13 The 
 people's opinion of Christ, 16 and Pe- 
 ter's confession of him. 21 Jesus fore- 
 sheweth his death, 
 
 Sadducees ? 
 
 12 Then understood they how 
 that he bade them not beware 
 of the leaA'en of bread, but of 
 the doctrine of the Pharisees 
 and of the Sadducees 
 
 13 ^ When Jesus came into 
 
 for dissvMding him ^ 
 
 admonisheth those that vrill follow him, 
 
 to bear the cross. 
 
 THE Pharisees also with the 
 Sadducees came, and tempt- 
 
 TfrZt^^rand the coasts of C^sarea Philippi, 
 
 he asked his disciples, saying. 
 Whom do men say that I the 
 Son of man am ? 
 14 And they said. Some say 
 
Christ fm-esheweth St. IVIATTHEW, XVII. 
 
 his mm deatli. 
 
 that thou art John the Baptist : 
 some, Elias; and others, Jere- 
 mias, or one of the prophets. 
 
 15 He saith unto them, But 
 whom say ye that I am? 
 
 16 And Simon Peter answered 
 and said, Thou art the Christ, 
 the Son of the living God. 
 
 17 And Jesus answered and 
 said unto him. Blessed art thou, 
 Simon Bar-jona: for fl'^h and 
 blood hath not revealed it unto 
 thee, but my Father which is 
 in heaven. 
 
 18 And I say also unto thee. 
 That thou art Peter, and up- 
 on this rock I will build my 
 church; and the gates of hell 
 shall not prevail against it. 
 
 19 And I will gi^^e unto thee 
 the keys of the kingdom of hea- 
 ven : and whatsoever thou shalt 
 bind on earth shall be bound in 
 heaven : and whatsoever thou 
 shalt loose on earth shall be 
 loosed in heaven. 
 
 20 Then charged he liis disci- 
 pies that they should tell no man 
 that he was Jesus the Christ. 
 
 21 1[From that time forth began 
 Jesus to shew unto his disciples, 
 how that he must go unto Jeru- 
 salem, and suffer many things 
 of the eldere and chief priests 
 and scribes, and be killed, and 
 be raised again the thii'd day. 
 
 22 Then Peter took him, and 
 began to rebuke him, saying. 
 Be it far from thee. Lord : this 
 shall not be unto thee. 
 
 23 But he turned, and said 
 unto Peter, Get thee behind 
 me, Satan : thou art an offence 
 unto me : for thou savourest 
 not the things that be of God, 
 but those that be of men. 
 
 24 IF Then said Jesus unto his 
 disciples, If any man will come 
 after me, let him deny him- 
 self, and take up his cross, and 
 follow me. 
 
 25 For whosoever will save his 
 life shall lose it: and whoso- 
 ever will lose his life for my 
 sake shall find it. 
 
 26 For what is a man profited, 
 11" he shall gain the whole world, 
 
 and lose his own soul? or what 
 shall a man give in exchange 
 for his soul? 
 
 27 For the Son of man shall 
 come in the glory of "his Fa- 
 ther with his angels ; and then 
 he shall reward every man ac- 
 cording to his works. 
 
 28 Verily I say unto you. 
 There be some standing here, 
 which shall not taste of death, 
 till they see the Son of man 
 coming in his kingdom. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 1 The transfiguration of Christ. 14 JTe 
 healeth the lunatick, 22 foretelleth his 
 own 2>assion, 24 and payeth tribute. 
 
 AND after six days Jesus 
 . taketh Peter, James, and 
 John his brother, and bringeth 
 them up into an high moun- 
 tam apart, 
 
 2 And was tmnsfigm'ed before 
 them : and his face did shine 
 as the sun, and his raiment was 
 white as the light. 
 
 3 And, behold, there appear- 
 ed inito them Moses and Elias 
 tallring with him. 
 
 4 Then answered Peter, and 
 said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good 
 for us to be here : if thou wilt, 
 let us make here three taberna- 
 cles ; one for thee, and one for 
 Moses, and one for Elias. 
 
 5 While he yet spake, behold, 
 a bright cloud overshadowed 
 them : and behold a voice out 
 of the cloud, which said, This 
 is my beloved Son, in whom I 
 am well pleased ; hear ye him. 
 
 6 And when the disciples heard 
 it, they fell on their face, and 
 were sore afraid. 
 
 7 And Jesus came and touch- 
 ed them, and said, Arise, and 
 be not afraid. 
 
 8 And when they had lifted 
 up their eyes, they saw no man, 
 save Jesus only. 
 
 9 And as they came down from 
 the mountain, Jesus charged 
 them, sajing, Tell the vision to 
 no man, until the Son of man 
 be risen again from the dead. 
 
 10 And his disciples asked 
 him, saying, Why then say the 
 
 3 A 
 
ChiiM healeth 
 
 St. MATTHEW, XVni. 
 
 the limatkJS. 
 
 scribes that Elias must first 
 come? 
 
 11 And Jesus answered and 
 said unto them, Elias truly 
 shall fifst come, and restore all 
 things. 
 
 12 But I say unto you, That 
 Elias is come already, and they 
 knew him not, but have done 
 unto him whatsoever they list- 
 ed. Likewise shall also the Son 
 of man sutler of them. 
 
 13 Then the disciples under- 
 stood that he spake unto them 
 of John the Baptist. 
 
 14 ^ And when they were come 
 to the multitude, there came 
 to him a certain man, kneeling 
 down to him, and saying, 
 
 15 Lord, have mercy on my 
 son : for he is lunatick, and sore 
 vexed: for ofttimes he falleth 
 into the fire, and oft into the 
 v/ater. 
 
 16 And I brought him to thy 
 disciples, and they could not 
 cure him. 
 
 17 Then Jesus answered and 
 said, O faithless and perverse 
 generation, how long shall I be 
 with you? how long shall I 
 sufi'er you? bring hun hither 
 to me. 
 
 18 And Jesus rebuked the de- 
 vil ; and he departed out of 
 him : and the child was cured 
 from that very hour. 
 
 19 Then came the disciples to 
 Jesus apart, and said, Why 
 could not we cast him out? 
 
 20 And Jesus said unto them, 
 Because of yom- unbelief: for 
 verily I say unto you. If ye 
 have faith as a grain of mus- 
 tard seed, ye shall say unto this 
 mountain, Remove hence to 
 yonder place; and it shall re- 
 move ; and nothing shall be 
 impossible unto you. 
 
 21 Howbeit this kind goeth not 
 out but by prayer and fasting. 
 
 22 IT And while they abode in 
 Galilee, Jesus said unto them. 
 The Son of man shall be be- 
 trayed into the hands of men : 
 
 23 And they shall kill him, 
 and the third day he shall be 
 
 raised again. And they were 
 exceeding sorry. 
 
 24 ^ And when they were 
 come to Capernaum, they that 
 received tribute money came to 
 Peter, and said. Doth not your 
 master pay tribute ? 
 
 25 He saith. Yes. And when 
 he was come into the house, 
 Jesus prevented him, saying. 
 What thinkest thou, Simon? 
 of whom do the kings of thei 
 earth take custom or tribute? 
 of their own children, or of 
 strangers ? 
 
 26 Peter saith unto him. Of 
 strangers. Jesus saith unto him, 
 Then are the children free. 
 
 27 Notwithstanding, lest we 
 should offend them, go thou to 
 the sea, and cast an hook, and 
 take up the fish that first com- 
 eth up; and v/hen thou hast 
 opened his mouth, thou shalt 
 find a piece of money : that 
 take, and give unto them for 
 me and thee. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 1 CJirist vjarneth his disciples to be Tiumble 
 and harmless : 7 to avoid offences, and 
 not to despise the little ones : 1 5 teacheth 
 how we are to deal with our brethren, 
 when they offend us : 21 and hoio oft to 
 forgive them : 23 ivliich he setteth forth 
 by a parable of the Icing, that took ac- 
 coutxt of his servants, 32 and punished 
 him, who shewed no mercy to his fellow. 
 
 AT the same time came the 
 . disciples mito Jesus, say- 
 ing. Who is the greatest in the 
 kingdom of heaven ? 
 
 2 And Jesus called a little 
 child unto him, and set him in 
 the midst of them, 
 
 3 And said. Verily I say unto 
 you, Except ye be converted, 
 and become as little children, 
 ye shall not enter into the king 
 dom of heaven. 
 
 4 Whosoever therefore sha! 
 humble himself as this littL 
 child, the same is greatest in 
 the kingdom of heaven. 
 
 5 And whoso shall receive one 
 such little child in my name 
 receiveth me. 
 
 6 But whoso shall ofiend one 
 of these little ones which be- 
 
 * 
 
Haw to treat an St. MATTHEW, XVlII. of ending bother. 
 
 lieve in me, it were better for 
 him that a millstone were hang- 
 ed about his neck, and that he 
 were drowned in the depth of 
 the sea. 
 
 7 11 Woe unto the world be- 
 cause of offences! for it must 
 needs be that offences come; 
 but woe to that man by whom 
 the offence cometh ! 
 
 8 Wherefore if thy hand or 
 thy foot offend thee, cut them 
 off', and cast them from thee: 
 it is better for thee to enter 
 into life halt or maimed, rather 
 than having two hands or two 
 feet to be cast into everlasting 
 fue. 
 
 9 And if thine eye offend thee, 
 pluck it out, and cast it from 
 thee : it is better for thee to 
 enter into life with one eye, 
 rather than having two eyes to 
 be cast into hell fire. 
 
 10 Take heed that ye despise 
 not one of these little ones ; for 
 I say unto you. That in heaven 
 their angels do always behold 
 the face of my Father which is 
 in heaven. 
 
 11 For the Son of man is come 
 to save that which was lost. 
 
 12 How think ye? if a man 
 have an hundred sheep, and 
 one of them be gone astray, 
 doth he not leave the ninety 
 and nine, and goeth into the 
 mountains, and seeketh that 
 which is gone astray? 
 
 13 And if so be that he find 
 it, verily I say unto you, he 
 rejoiceth more of that sheep, 
 than of the ninety and nine 
 which went not astray. 
 
 14 Even so it is not the will of 
 your Father which is in hea- 
 ven, that one of these little ones 
 should perish. 
 
 15 H Moreover if thy brother 
 shall trespass against thee, go 
 and tell him his fault between 
 thee and him alone : if he shall 
 hear thee, thou hast gained thy 
 brother. 
 
 16 But if he will not hear thee, 
 then take with thee one or two 
 more, that in the mouth of two 
 
 or three witnesses every word 
 may be established. 
 
 17 And if he shall neglect to 
 hear them, tell it unto the 
 chui'ch: but if he neglect to 
 hear the church, let him be 
 unto thee as an heathen man 
 and a publican. 
 
 18 Verily I say unto you. 
 Whatsoever ye shall bind on 
 earth shall be bound in hea- 
 ven: and whatsoever ye shall 
 loose on earth shall be loosed 
 in heaven. 
 
 19 Again I say unto you, That 
 if two of you shall agree on 
 earth as touching any thing 
 that they shall ask, it shall be 
 done for them of my Father 
 v/hich is in heaven. 
 
 20 For where two or three are 
 gathered together in my name, 
 there am I in the midst of them. 
 
 21 H Then came Peter to him, 
 and said. Lord, how oft shall 
 my brother sin against me, and 
 I forgive him? till seven times? 
 
 22 Jesus saith unto him, I 
 say not unto thee, Until seven 
 times : but, Until seventy times 
 seven. 
 
 23 ^ Therefore is the kingdom 
 of heaven likened unto a cer- 
 
 jtain king, which would take 
 ' account of his servants. 
 
 24 And when he had begun to 
 reckon, one was brought unto 
 him, which owed him ten thou- 
 sand talents. 
 
 25 But forasmuch as he had 
 not to pay, his lord commanded 
 him to be sold, and his wife, 
 and children, and all that he 
 had, and payment to be made. 
 
 26 The servant therefore fell 
 down, and worshipped him, say- 
 ing, Lord, have patience with 
 me, and I will pay thee all. 
 
 27 Then the lord of that ser- 
 vant was moved with compas- 
 sion, and loosed him, and for- 
 gave him the debt. 
 
 28 But the same servant went 
 out, and found one of his fel- 
 lowservants, which owed him 
 an hundred pence : and he laid 
 hands on him, and took him 
 
 3A2 
 
0/ divmce 
 
 by the throat, saying, Pay me 
 that thou owest. 
 
 29 And his fellowservant fell 
 down at his feet, and besought 
 him, saying, Have patience with 
 me, and I will pay thee all. 
 
 30 And he would not : but went 
 and cast him into prison, till 
 he should pay the debt. 
 
 31 So when his fellowsers'ants 
 saw what was done, they were 
 veiy sorry, and came and told 
 unto their lord all that was done. 
 
 32 Then his lord, alter that he 
 had called him, said imto him, 
 O thou wicked servant, I for- 
 gave thee all tliat debt, because 
 thou desiredst me : 
 
 33 Shouldest not thou also 
 have had compassion on thy 
 fellowservant, even as I had 
 pity on thee ? 
 
 34 And his lord was wroth, 
 and delivered him to the tor- 
 mentors, till he should pay all 
 that was due unto him. 
 
 35 So likewise shall my hea- 
 venly Father do also mito you, 
 it" ye from your hearts forgive 
 
 St. MATTHEW, XIX. and marriage, 
 
 the beginning made them mal« 
 and female, f 
 
 5 And said. For this cause 
 shall a man leave father and 
 mother, and shall cleave to his 
 wife : and they tAvain shall be 
 one flesh ? 
 
 6 Wherefore they are no more 
 twain, but one flesh. What 
 therefore God hath joined toge- 
 ther, let not man put asunder. I 
 
 7 They say unto liim, WhjB 
 did Moses then command ta 
 give a writing of divorcement, 
 and to put her away ? 
 
 8 He saith unto them, Moses 
 because of the hardness of your 
 hearts suff'ered you to put away 
 your wives : but from the be- 
 ginning it was not so. 
 
 9 And I say unto you. Who- 
 soever shall put away his wife, 
 except it he for fornication, and 
 shall marry another, commits 
 teth adultery : and whoso maiM 
 rieth her which is put awajf 
 doth commit adultery. 
 
 10 ir His disciples say unto 
 him, If the case of the man be. 
 
 not eveiy one his brother their \ so with his wile, it is not gO( 
 
 trespasses. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 2 CJirvit healeth the sick : 3 answereth the 
 Pharisees concerning divorcement: 10 
 sheweth when marriage is necessary: 
 13 receiveth little children : 16 instruct- 
 eth the young man how to attain eter- 
 nal life, 20 and how to he jwrfect .- 23 
 telleth his disciples how hard it is for 
 a rich m,an to enter into the Tdngdom 
 of God, 27 and i^onnlseth reward to 
 those that forsake any thing to follow 
 him. 
 
 AND it came to pass, that 
 . when Jesus had finished 
 these sayings, he departed from 
 Galilee, and came into the coasts 
 of Judaea beyond Jordan ; 
 
 2 And great multitudes follow- 
 ed him; and he healed them 
 there. 
 
 3 % The Pharisees also came 
 imto him, tempting him, and 
 saying imto him, Is it lawful 
 for a man to put away his wife 
 for every cause? 
 
 4 And he answered and said 
 unto them, Have ye not read, 
 that he which made them at 
 
 )0^ 
 
 ^1? 
 
 j to marry. 
 11 But he said unto them, AI 
 men cannot receive this saying, 
 
 I save the?/ to whom it is given. 
 
 I 12 For there are some eunuchs, 
 which were so born from their 
 mother's womb : and there are 
 some eunuchs, which were made 
 eunuchs of men : and there be 
 eunuchs, which have made 
 themselves eunuchs for the 
 kingdom of heaven's sake. He 
 that is able to receive it, let 
 him receive it. 
 
 13 IF Then were there brought 
 unto him little children, that 
 he should put his hands on 
 them, and pray: and the dis- 
 ciples rebuked them. 
 
 14 But Jesus said, Sufier Uttle 
 children, and forbid them not, 
 to come unto me : for of such 
 is the kingdom of heaven. 
 
 15 And he laid his hands oi 
 them, and departed thence. 
 
 16 IF And, behold, one camt 
 and said unto him, Good Mai 
 
How to aUain 
 
 St. MATTHEW, XX. 
 
 eleiTial life. 
 
 ter, what good tMng shall I do, 
 that I may have eternal lit <e ? 
 
 17 And he said unto him, Why 
 callest thou me good? there is 
 none good but one, that is, God : 
 but if thou wilt enter into life, 
 keep the commandments. 
 
 18 He saith unto him. Which? 
 Jesus said, Thou shalt do no 
 murder, Thou shalt not com- 
 mit adultery. Thou shalt not 
 steal, Thou shalt not bear false 
 witness, 
 
 19 Honour thy father and th^ 
 mother: and. Thou shalt love 
 thy neighbour as thyself. 
 
 20 The young man saith unto 
 liim. All these things have I 
 kept from my youth up : what 
 lack I yet? 
 
 21 Jesus said unto him, If thou 
 wilt be perfect, go and sell that 
 thou hast, and give to the poor, 
 and thou shalt have treasure in 
 heaven ; and come and follow 
 me. 
 
 22 But when the young man 
 heard that saying, he went a- 
 way sorrowful : for he had great 
 possessions. 
 
 ^ H Then said Jesus unto his 
 disciples, Yerily I say unto you. 
 That a rich man shall hardly 
 enter into the kingdom of hea- 
 ven. 
 
 24 And again I say unto you, 
 It is easier for a camel to go 
 through the eye of a needle, 
 than for a rich man to enter 
 into the kingdom of God. 
 
 25 When his disciples heard it, 
 they were exceedingly amazed, 
 saying, Who then can be saved? 
 
 26 But Jesus beheld them, and 
 said unto them, With men this 
 is impossible ; but with God all 
 tilings are possible. 
 
 27 ^ Then answered Peter and 
 said unto him, Behold, we have 
 forsaken all, and followed thee ; 
 what shall we have therefore ? 
 
 28 And Jesus said unto them. 
 Verily I say unto you. That ye 
 which have followed me, in the 
 regeneration when the Son of 
 man shall sit in the throne of 
 his glory, ye also shaU sit up- 
 
 on twelve thrones, judging the 
 twelve tribes of Israel. 
 
 29 And every one that hath 
 forsaken houses, or brethren, 
 or sisters, or father, or mother, 
 or wife, or children, or lands, 
 for my name's sake, shall re- 
 ceive an hundredfold, and shall 
 inherit everlasting life. 
 
 30 But many that are first 
 shall be last ; and the last sMll 
 be fii'st. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 1 Christ, by the similiticde of the labour- 
 ers in the vineyard, sheweth that God 
 is debtor unto no man : 17 foretelleth 
 his passion : 20 by answering the mo- 
 ther of Zebedee's children teacheth hi.s 
 disciples to be lowly : 30 and giveth 
 two blind men their sight. 
 
 FOR the kingdom of heaven 
 is like unto a man that is 
 an householder, which went out 
 early in the morning to hire 
 labourers into his vineyard. 
 
 2 And when he had agreed with 
 the labourers for a penny a day, 
 he sent them into liis vineyard. 
 
 3 And he went out about the 
 third hour, and saw others 
 standing idle in the market- 
 place, 
 
 4 And said unto them; Go 
 ye also into the vineyard, and 
 whatsoever is right I will give 
 you. And they went their way. 
 
 5 Again he went out about the 
 sixth and ninth hour, and did 
 likewise. 
 
 6 And about the eleventh hour 
 he went out, and found others 
 standing idle, and saith imto 
 them, Why stand ye here all 
 the day idle ? 
 
 7 They say unto him. Because 
 no man hath hired us. He saith 
 unto them, Go ye also into the 
 vineyard; and whatsoever is 
 right, that shall ye receive. 
 
 8 So when even was come, the 
 lord of the vineyard saith unto 
 his steward, Call the labourers, 
 and give them their hire, begin- 
 ning fi'om the last unto the first. 
 
 9 And when they came that 
 were hired about the eleventh 
 hour, they received every man 
 a penny. 
 
Oirist foi-eteUeth St. MATTHEW, XX. his 2)a?>*irA}. 
 
 10 But when the first came, l^a^tized Avitli the laptism tliat 
 
 they supi'osed that tliey filiould 
 have received more; and they 
 likewise received every man a 
 jenny. 
 11 And wlien tliey had received 
 
 I am haptized with? They say 
 unto him, We aie able. 
 23 And lie saith unto them, 
 Ye Bhall drink indeed of my 
 cup, and ])e baptized witli the 
 
 i^, they mnnnnred against the ibai»tism that 1 am baptized 
 
 goodman of the house, 
 
 12 ^Saying, These last have 
 wrouirlit but one hour, and thou 
 hast made tliera equal unto us, 
 whicli liave borne the burden 
 btkI lieat of the day. 
 
 13 But lie answered one of 
 them, and said, Friend, 1 do 
 thee no wronir: didst not thou 
 aorree with me for a penny? 
 
 with : l)ut to sit on my riglit 
 hand, and on my left, is not 
 mine to give, but it shall he 
 given to them for whom it is 
 prepared of my Father. 
 
 24 And wlien the ten heard 
 i7, they were moved witli in- 
 diirnation against the two bre- 
 tlnen. 
 
 2o But Jesus called them unto 
 
 14 Take tJiat tliine is, and go him, and said, Ye know that 
 thy way: I will give unto this the princes of the Gentiles ex- 
 
 last, even as unto thee. 
 
 ercise dominion over them, and 
 
 15 Is it not lawful for me to they that are great exercise au- 
 do what 1 will with mine own ? thority upon them. 
 
 26 But it shall not be bo a- 
 
 mong you : but whosoever will 
 
 let him 
 
 Is thine eye evil, because I am 
 good V 
 
 16 8o the last shall be first, ; be great among you, 
 and the lirst last : for many be | beyour minister 
 called, but few chosen. 
 
 17 11 And Jesus going up to ' among you 
 Jerusalem took the twelve dis- j servant 
 
 27 And whosoever will be chief 
 let him be your 
 
 ciples apart in the way, and said 
 unto them, 
 
 1(S Behold, we go up to Jeru- 
 salem; and the »Son of man 
 shall be betrayed mito the chief 
 priests and unto the scribes, 
 and they shall condemn him 
 to death, 
 
 19 And shall deliver him to 
 the Gentiles to mock, and to 
 scourge, and to cruciiy him: 
 and the third day he shall rise 
 again. 
 
 28 Even as the Son of man 
 came not to be ministered un- 
 to, but to mmister, and to give 
 his life a ransom for many. 
 
 29 And as they departed from 
 Jericho, a great multitude fol- 
 lowed him. 
 
 30 !f And, behold, two blind 
 men sitting by the way side, 
 when they heard that Jesus 
 passed by, cried out, saying, 
 Have mercy on us, O Lord, 
 thou son of Da\id. 
 
 20 % Then came to him the ! 31 And the multitude rebuked 
 mother of Zebedee's children j them, because they should hold 
 with her sons, worshipping him, their peace : but they cried the 
 
 and desiring a certain thing of 
 him. 
 
 21 And he said unto her, What 
 wilt thou ? She saith unto him, 
 Grant that these my two sons 
 may sit, the one on thy right 
 hand, and the other on the left, 
 in thy kingdom. 
 
 22 But Jesus answered and 
 said, Y^e know not what ye ask. 
 Are ye able to drink of the cup 
 that I shall drink of, and to be 
 
 more, saying, Have mercy on 
 us, O Lord, thou son of David. 
 
 32 And Jesus stood still, and 
 called them, and said, What will 
 ye that I shall do unto you? 
 
 33 They say unto him, Lord, 
 that our eyes may be opened. 
 
 34 So Jesus had compassion on 
 them, and touched their eyes: 
 and immediately their eyes re- 
 ceived sight, and they followed 
 him.. ; , . >: ; 
 
Clirist's entry ' 
 
 St. MATTHEW, XXI. 
 
 into Jemsakm. 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 
 1 Clirlst ridetJi into Jerusalem upon art 
 ass, 12 driveth the buyers and sellers 
 out of the temple, 17 curseth the fig 
 tree, 23 putteth to silence the priests 
 and elders, 28 and rehuketJi thein by 
 the similitude of the two sons, 33 and 
 the husbandmen, who slew such as were 
 sent unto them. 
 
 A ND when they drew nigli 
 J\. unto Jerusalem, and were 
 come to Betliphage, unto the 
 mount of Olives, then sent Je- 
 sus two disciples, 
 
 2 Saying unto them, Go into 
 the village over against you, and 
 straightway ye shall find an ass 
 tied, and a colt with her : loose 
 them, and bring them unto me. 
 
 3 And if any man say ought 
 unto you, ye shall say, The 
 Lord hath need of them; and 
 straightway he will send them. 
 
 4 AH this was done, that it 
 might be fulfilled which was 
 spoken by the prophet, saying, 
 
 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, 
 Behold, thy King cometh unto 
 thee, meek, and sitting upon an 
 ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. 
 
 6 And the disciples went, and 
 (iidas Jesus comnmnded them, 
 
 7 And brought the ass, and 
 the colt, and put on them their 
 clothes, and they set him there- 
 on. 
 
 8 And a very great multitude 
 spread their garments in the 
 way ; others cut down branches 
 from the trees, aiid strawed 
 them in the way. 
 
 9 And the multitudes that 
 went before, and that followed, 
 cried, saying, Hosanna to the 
 son of David: Blessed is he 
 that conieth in the name of the 
 Lord ; Hosanna in the highest. 
 
 10 And when he was come 
 into Jerusalem, all the city was 
 moved, saying. Who is this ? 
 ,11 And the multitude said. 
 This is Jesus the prophet of 
 Nazareth of Galilee. 
 
 12 11 And Jesus went into ;the 
 temple of God, and cast out all 
 them that sold g^nd bought in 
 the temple, and overthrew the 
 tables of the moneychangers. 
 
 and the seats of them that sold 
 doves, ; 
 
 13 And said unto them. It is 
 written, My house shall be 
 called the house of prayer; 
 but ye have made it a den of 
 thieves. 
 
 14 And the blind and the lame 
 came to him in the temple ; and 
 he healed them. 
 
 15 And when the chief priests 
 and scribes saw the wonderful 
 things that he did, and the 
 children crying in the temple, 
 and saying, Hosanna to the son 
 of David ; they were sore dis-^ 
 
 16 And said unto him. Hear- 
 est thou what these say ? And 
 Jesus saith unto them. Yea; 
 have ye never read, Out of the 
 mouth of babes and sucklings 
 thou hast perfected praise ? 
 
 17 % And he left them, and 
 went out of the city into Beth- 
 any ; and he lodged there. 
 
 18 Now in the morning as he 
 returned into the city, he hun- 
 gered. 
 
 19 And when he saw a fig 
 tree in the way, he came to itj 
 and f^und nothing thereon, but 
 leaves only, and said unto it, 
 Let no fruit grow on thee hence^ 
 forward for ever. And presently 
 the fig tree withered away. 
 
 20 And when the disciples saw 
 it, they marvelled, saying, Ho# 
 soon is the fig tjiee withered 
 away! 
 
 21 Jesus answered a;hd said un- 
 to them, Yerily I say unto you. 
 If ye have faith, and doubt not, 
 ye shall not only do this tvhich 
 is done to the fig tree, but also 
 if ye shall say unto this moun-. 
 tain. Be thou removed, and be 
 thou cast into the sea ; it shall 
 be done. 
 
 22 And all things, whatsoever 
 ye shall ask in prayer, believ- 
 ing, ye shall receiA-e. 
 
 23 H And when he was come in- 
 to the temple, the chief priests 
 and the elders of the people 
 came unto him as he was teach- 
 ing, and said, By what autho-i 
 
Parable of the 
 
 St. MATTHEW, XXI. itklced ht^imhrn,. 
 
 rity doest thou these tliinjxs? 
 and uho gave tliee this autho- 
 rity? 
 
 24 And Jesus answered and 
 said unto tliem, 1 also will ask 
 you one tliinc, which if ye tell 
 me, 1 in like wise will tell you 
 by what authority 1 do these 
 things. 
 
 25 The baptism of John, 
 whence was it? from heaven, 
 or of men? Ar.d they reasoned 
 with themselves, saying, If we 
 Fhall say, From heaven ; he will 
 say mito us, Why did ye not 
 tlien believe liim? 
 
 2<)]iiit if we shall say, Of men ; 
 Ave Ibar tlie iieople ; for all hold 
 John as a prophet. 
 
 27 And tliey answered Jesus, 
 and said, We cannot tell. And 
 he said unto them, Neither tell 
 I you by what authority I do 
 these tilings. 
 
 28 •: J3ut what think ye? A 
 certain man had two sons; and 
 he came to the first, and said, 
 Son, go work to day in my 
 vineyard. 
 
 2f> He answered and said, I 
 will not : but afterward he re- 
 pented, and went. 
 
 30 And he came to the second, 
 and said likewise. And he an- 
 swered and said, I go, sir : and 
 Avent not. 
 
 31 Whether of them twain did 
 the will of his father? They 
 say unto him, The first. Jesus 
 saith unto them, A'erily I say 
 unto you, That the i)ublican8 
 and the harlots go into the 
 kingdom of God before you. 
 
 32 For John came unto you in 
 the way of righteousness, and 
 ye believed him not : but the 
 publicans and the harlots be- 
 lieved him : and ye, when ye 
 had seen it, repented not after- 
 Avard, that ye might believe 
 him. 
 
 33 H Hear another parable : 
 There was a certain household- 
 er, which planted a vdneyard, 
 and hedged it round about, and 
 digged a winepress in it, and 
 built a tower, and let it out to 
 
 I husbandmen, and went into a 
 far country : 
 
 I 34 And Avhen the time of the 
 \ fruit drew near, he sent his ser- 
 vants to the husbandmen, that 
 they might receive the Iruits 
 of it. 
 
 j 35 And the husbandmen took 
 his servants, and beat one, and 
 killed another, and stoned an- 
 I other. 
 
 I 3G Again, he sent other ser- 
 j vants more than the first : and 
 I they did unto them likeAvise. 
 I 37 But last of all he sent unto 
 I them his son, sa>ang. They Avill 
 I reverence my son. 
 ' 38 But Avhen the husbandmen 
 saAv the son, they said among 
 themselves, This is the heir; 
 come^ let us kill him, and let 
 us seize on his inheritance. 
 3^) And they caught him, and 
 cast him out of the vineyard, 
 and sleAV him. 
 
 4<J When the lord therefore 
 of the vineyard cometh, Avhat 
 will he do unto those hus- 
 bandmen? 
 
 41 They say unto him. He will 
 miserably destroy those wicked 
 men, and will let out his vine- 
 yard unto other husbandmen, 
 which sliall render him the 
 fruits in their seasons. 
 
 42 Jesus saith unto them, Did 
 ye never read in the scriptures, 
 The stone Avhich the builders 
 rejected, the same is become 
 the head of the comer : this is 
 the Lord's doing, and it is mar- 
 A'ellous in our eyes? 
 
 43 Therefore say I unto you. 
 The kingdom of God shall be 
 taken fi^om you, and giAen to a 
 nation bringing forth the fruits 
 thereof. 
 
 44 And whosoever shall fall on 
 this stone shall be broken : but 
 on whomsoeA'er it shall fall, it 
 will grind him to powder. 
 
 45 And Avhen the chief priests 
 and Pharisees had heard his 
 parables, they perceived that he 
 spake of them. 
 
 46 But when they sought to 
 lay hands on him, they feared 
 
and ofiU mardage St. MATTHEW, XXIi; of the Jem's sm. 
 
 the multitude, because tliey 
 took him for a prophet. 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 
 1 TTie parable of the marHage of the 
 king's son. 9 The vocation of the Gen- 
 tiles. 12 The punishment of him that 
 loanted the wed,ding garment. 15 Tri- 
 hiite ought to he pakl to CcRsar. 23 
 Christ confuteth the Sadducees for the 
 re:m.rrection : 34 answereth the law- 
 yer, ivhich is the first and great com- 
 Tfiandritent : 41 and x^oseth the PJiari- 
 sees about the Messias. 
 
 4 ND Jesus answered and 
 XL spake unto them again by 
 parables, and said, 
 
 2 The kingdom of heaven is 
 like unto a certain king, which 
 made a marriage for his son, 
 
 3 And sent forth his servants 
 to call them that were bidden 
 to the wedding : and they would 
 not come. 
 
 4 Again, he sent forth other ser- 
 vants, saying, Tell them which 
 are bidden, Behold, I have pre- 
 1 ared my dinner : my oxen and 
 m?/ fatlings are killed, and all 
 things are ready: come unto 
 the marriage. 
 
 5 But they made light of it, 
 and went their ways, one to his 
 i'arm, another to his merchan- 
 dise : 
 
 6 And the remnant took his 
 servants, and entreated them 
 spitefully, and slew them. 
 
 7 But when the king heard 
 thereof, he was wroth : and he 
 sent forth his armies, and de- 
 stroj^ed those murderers, and 
 burned up their city. 
 
 8 Then saith he to his ser- 
 vants. The wedding is ready, 
 but they which were bidden 
 were not worthy. 
 
 9 Go ye therefore into the high- 
 ways, and as many as ye shall 
 iin.d, bid to the marriage. 
 
 10 So those servants went out 
 into the highways, and gather- 
 ed together all as many as they 
 found, both bad and good : and 
 the wedding was furnished with 
 guests. 
 
 11 H And when the Idng came 
 in to see the guests, he saw 
 there a man which had not on 
 a wedding garment : 
 
 12 And he saith unto him. 
 Friend, how earnest thou in hi- 
 ther not having a wedding gar- 
 ment ? And he was speechless. 
 
 13 Then said the king to the 
 servants, Bind him hand and 
 foot, and take him away, and 
 cast him into outer darkness; 
 there shall be weeping and 
 gnashing of teeth. 
 
 14 For many are called, but 
 few are chosen. 
 
 15 H Then went the Phari- 
 sees, and took counsel how 
 they might entangle him in 
 his talk. 
 
 16 And they sent out unto 
 him their disciples with the 
 Herodians, saying. Master, we 
 know that thou art true, and 
 teachest the way of God in 
 truth, neither carest thou for 
 any man: for thou regardest 
 not the person of men. 
 
 17 Tell us therefore. What 
 thinkest thou? Is it lawful to 
 give tribute unto Csesar, or not ? 
 
 18 But Jesus perceived their 
 wickedness, and said. Why 
 tempt ye me, i/e hypocrites ? 
 
 19 Shew me the tribute mo- 
 ney. And they brought unto 
 him a penny. 
 
 20 And he saith unto them, 
 Whose is this image and su- 
 perscription V 
 
 21 They say unto him, Cee- 
 sar's. Then saith he unto them, 
 Eender therefore unto Caesar 
 the things which are Caesar's; 
 and unto God the things that 
 are God's. 
 
 22 When they had heard these 
 words, they marvelled, and left 
 him, and went their way. 
 
 23 % The same day came to 
 him the Sadducees, which say 
 that there is no resurrection, 
 and asked him, 
 
 24 Saying, Master, Moses said. 
 If a man die, having no chil- 
 di-en, his brother shall marry 
 his wite, and raise up seed unto 
 his brother. 
 
 25 Now there were with us 
 seven brethren : and the first,^ 
 when he had married a wife, 
 
 3A3 
 
airist coiifiMh St. MATTHEW, XXIII. Gie Sadducees. 
 
 deceased, and, having no issue, | 43 He saith unto them. How 
 left his wii'e unto his brother : then doth David in spuit call 
 2G Likewise the second also, him Lord, saying, 
 
 and the thud, unto the seventh 
 
 27 And last of all the woman 
 died also. 
 
 28 Therefore in the resurrec- 
 tion whose wife shall she be of 
 tlie seven V for they all had her. 
 
 29 Jesus answered and said un 
 
 44 The Loud said unto my 
 Lord, 8it thou on my right 
 hand, till I make thine enemies 
 thy lootstool y 
 
 45 If David then call him 
 Lord, how is he his son V 
 
 40 And no man was al)le to an- 
 
 to them. Ye do err, not know- swer him a word, neitlier dmst 
 ing the scriptures, nor the i)Ower any man from that day forth 
 of God. 
 
 30 For in the resurrection they 
 neither marry, nor are given in 
 marriage, but are as the angels 
 of God in heaven. 
 
 31 But as touching the resur- 
 rection of the dead, have ye not 
 read that which was spoken un- 
 to you by God, saying, 
 
 32 1 am the God of Abraham, 
 
 ask liim any more questions. 
 CHAPTER XXHL 
 
 1 Christ admonUheth the people tofollote 
 the good doctrine, not the evil examples, 
 of the scribes and Pharisees. 6 Ilis dia- 
 ciples tnust betenre of their ambition. 
 13 lie denounceth eight woes against 
 their hypocrisy and blindness: 34 and 
 prophcsletJi of the destruction of JcrU' 
 salem. 
 
 rpHEN spake Jesus to the mul- 
 
 and the God of Isaac, and the ] X titude, andto his disciples, 
 God of Jacob? God is not the I 2 ^Saying, The scribes and the 
 God of the dead, but of the i Pharisees sit in Moses' seat : 
 living. j 3 All therefore whatsoever they 
 
 33 And when the multitude j bid you obsers^e, that obsers-e 
 heard this, they were astonish- and do ; but do not ye after 
 ed at his doctrine. I their Avorks : for they say, and 
 
 34 H But when the Pharisees j do not. 
 
 had heard that he had put tlie j 4 For they bind heavy bur- 
 Sadducees to silence, they were ' dens and grievous to be borne, 
 gathered together. and lay them on men's should- 
 
 35 Then one of them, which ers ; but they themselves will 
 teas a la\\Ter, asked him a ques- not move them with one of 
 tion, tempthig him, and saying, their fingers. 
 
 36 Master, which is the great ! 5 But all their works they do 
 commandment in the law ? for to be seen of men : they 
 
 37 Jesus said unto liim, Thou \ make broad their phylacteries, 
 shalt love the Lord thy God and enlarge the borders of their 
 with all thy heart, and with all garments, 
 
 thy soul, and with all thy mind. ; 6 And love the uppermost 
 
 38 This is the fii'st and great rooms at feasts, and the chief 
 
 commandment. 
 
 39 And the second is like unto 
 it, Thou shalt love thy neigh- 
 bour as thyself. 
 
 40 On these two command- 
 ments hang all the law and the 
 prophets. 
 
 41 1[ While the Pharisees were 
 gathered together, Jesus asked 
 them, 
 
 42 Saying, What think ye of 
 Christ ? whose son is he ? They 
 say unto him, The son of Da- 
 vid. 
 
 seats in the synagogues, 
 
 7 And greetings in the mar- 
 kets, and to be called of men, 
 Eabbi, Eabbi. 
 
 8 But be not ye called Eabbi : 
 for one is your Master, even 
 Christ ; and all ye are brethren. 
 
 9 And call no man your father 
 upon the earth : for one is your 
 Father, which is in heaven. 
 
 10 Neither be ye called mas- 
 ters : for one is your Master, 
 even Christ. 
 
 11 But he that is greatest 
 
The scribes and St. MATTHEW, XXIII. PJmrmes reproved 
 
 among you shall be your ser- 
 vant. 
 
 12 And whosoever shall exalt 
 himself shall be abased ; and 
 he that shall humble himself 
 shall be exalted. 
 
 13 ^But woe unto you, scribes 
 and Pharisees, hypocrites! for 
 ye shut up the kingdom of hea- 
 ven against men : for ye neither 
 go in yourselves, neither suffer 
 ye them that are entering to 
 go in. 
 
 14 Woe unto you, scribes and 
 Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye 
 devour widows' houses, and for 
 a pretence make long prayer : 
 therefore ye shall receive the 
 greater damnation. 
 
 15 Woe unto you, scribes and 
 Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye 
 compass sea and land to make 
 one proselji^, and when he is 
 made, ye make him twofold 
 more the child of hell than 
 yourselves. 
 
 16 Woe unto you, .:?^5 blind 
 guides, which say. Whosoever 
 shall swear by the temple, it is 
 nothing; but whosoever shall 
 swear by the gold of the tem- 
 ple, he is a debtor ! 
 
 17 Ye fools and blind: for 
 whether is greater, the gold, or 
 the temple that sanctifieth the 
 gold? 
 
 18 And, Whosoever shall swear 
 by the altar, it is nothing ; but 
 whosoever sweareth by the gift 
 that is upon it, he is guilty. 
 
 19 Fe fools and blind: for whe- 
 ther is greater, the gift, or the 
 altar that sanctifieth the gift V 
 
 20 Whoso therefore shall swear 
 by the altar, sweareth by it, and 
 by all things thereon. 
 
 21 And whoso shall swear by 
 the temple, sweareth by it, and 
 by him that dwelleth therein. 
 
 22 And he that shall swear by 
 h^.ven, sweareth by the throne 
 of God, and by him that sitteth 
 thereon. 
 
 23 Woe unto you, scribes and 
 Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye 
 pay tithe of mint and anise and 
 cummin, and liave omitted the 
 
 weightier matters of the law, 
 Judgment, mercy, and feith : 
 these ought ye to have done, 
 and not to leave the other un- 
 done. 
 
 24 Ye blind guides, which 
 strain at a gnat, and swallow 
 a camel. 
 
 25 Woe unto you, scribes and 
 Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye 
 make clean the outside of tie 
 cup and of the platter, but with- 
 in they are full of extortion and 
 excess. 
 
 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse 
 first that which is within the 
 cup and platter, that the outside 
 of them may be clean also. 
 
 27 Woe imto you, scribes and 
 Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye 
 are like unto whited sepulchres, 
 which indeed appear beautiful 
 outward, but are within full of 
 dead men's bones, and of, all 
 uncleanness. 
 
 28 Even so ye also outwardly 
 appear righteous unto men, but 
 within ye are full of hypocrisy 
 and iniquity. 
 
 29 Woe unto you, scribes and 
 Pharisees, hypocrites ! because 
 ye build the tombs of the pro- 
 phets, and garnish the sepul- 
 chres of the righteous, 
 
 30 And say. If we had been 
 in the days of our fathers, we 
 would not have been partakers 
 with them in the blood of the 
 prophets. 
 
 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses 
 unto yourselves, that ye are the 
 children of them which killed 
 the prophets. 
 
 32 Fill ye up then the mea- 
 sure of yom- fathers. 
 
 33 Ye serpents, ye generation 
 of vipers, how can ye escape the 
 damnation of hell? 
 
 34 H Wherefore, behold, I send 
 unto you prophets, and wise 
 men, and scribes : and some 
 of them ye shall kill and cri> 
 cify; and some of them shall 
 ye scourge in your synagogues, 
 and persecute them from city 
 to city : 
 
 35 That upon you may come 
 
The destmdimi of St. MATTHEW, XXIV. Jemsakm, and of 
 
 all the righteous blood shed up- and rumours of wars : see that 
 on the earth, fiom tlie blood of ye be not tioubled : for all these 
 righteous Abel unto the blood i things must come to pass, but 
 of Zacharias son of Barachias, j the end is not yet. 
 whom ye slew between the tern- 7 For nation shall rise against 
 
 pie and the altar. 
 
 36 Verily 1 say unto you, All 
 these things shall come upon 
 this genei-ation. 
 
 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 
 thou that killest the prophets, 
 and stonest them which are sent 
 unto thee, how often would I 
 have gathered thy children to- 
 
 nation, and kingdom against 
 kingdom : and there shall be 
 famines, and pestilences, and 
 earthquakes, in divers places. 
 
 8 All these are the beginning 
 of sorrows. 
 
 9 Then shall they deliver you 
 up to be afflicted, and shall kill 
 you : and ye shall be hated of 
 
 gether, even as a hen gathereth all nations for my name's sake, 
 her chickens under her wings, I 10 And then shall many be 
 and ye would not ! | oli'ended, and shall betray one 
 
 38 Behold, your house is left ] another, and shall hate one 
 imto you desolate. j another. 
 
 39 For I say unto you Ye shall ! 11 And many false prophets 
 not see me hencelbrtn, till ye ' shall rise, and shall deceive 
 shall say, Blessed is he that . many. 
 
 Cometh in the name of the i 12 And because iniquity shall 
 Lord. i abound, the love of many shall 
 
 ,^; f^^t^J^f'Tf^Z' ... TlS^But he that shall endure 
 ' S^L^stSVn'J ^T^rTrJJUt. ' «nto the end, the same shall be 
 
 ties shall be before it : 2<ithe iigna of : Savcd. 
 
 his coming to judgment. 36 And be.\ 14 And this gOSpcl of the king- - 
 
 cause that dmj and hour u unknown,^ J cIiqII hp nrpafliprl in nil" 
 
 42 we ought to watdi like good servants, \^^^^ snaii De preacnea m ail 
 
 expecting every moment our master's I the WOrltt lor a Witness UntO all 
 
 coming. j nations ; and then shall the end 
 
 AN D Jesus went out, and come. 
 _ departed from the temple : ' 15 When ye therefore shall see 
 and his disciples came to him the abomination of desolation, 
 for to shew him the buildings spoken of by Daniel the pro- 
 of the temple. i phet, stand in the holy place, 
 2 And Jesus said unto them, i (whoso readeth, let him under- 
 See ye not all these things ? ve- stand :) 
 
 16 Then let them which be in 
 Judaea flee into the mountains : 
 
 17 Let him which is on the 
 housetop not come down to take 
 
 rily I say unto you. There shall 
 not be left here one stone up- 
 on another, that shall not be 
 thro%vn down. 
 
 3 ILAnd as he sat upon the any thing out of his house : 
 mount of Olives, the disciples \ 18 Neither let him which is 
 came unto him privately, say- ' in the field return back to take 
 ing, Tell us, when shall these his clothes. 
 
 things be? and what shall be\ 19 And woe unto them that 
 the sign of thy coming, and of are with child, and to them 
 the end of the world? | that give suck in those days ! 
 
 4 And Jesus answered and said I 20 But pray ye that your flight 
 «nto them. Take heed that no ' be not in the winter, neither on 
 inan deceive you. I the sabbath day : 
 
 , 5 For many shall come in my 21 For then shall be great tri- 
 name, sajring, lam Christ; and i bulation, such as was not since 
 shall deceive many. | the beginning of the world to 
 
 c6 And y:e shall hear of ware this time, no, nor eyer shall be. 
 
the temple, foi-etdd. St. IIATTHEW, XXIV. We ougld to zvateh. 
 
 22 And except those days 
 should be shortened, there 
 should no flesh be saved : but 
 for the elect's sake those days 
 shall be shortened. 
 
 23 Then if any man shall say 
 unto you, Lo, here 2*s Christ, or 
 there; believe it not. 
 
 24 For there shall arise false 
 Christs, and false prophets, and 
 shall shew great signs and won- 
 ders ; insomuch that, if it ivere 
 possible, they shall deceive the 
 very elect. 
 
 25 Behold, I have told you be- 
 fore. 
 
 26 Wherefore if they shall say 
 unto you, Behold, he is in the 
 desert; go not forth: behold, 
 he is in the secret chambers; 
 believe it not. 
 
 27 For as the lightning com- 
 eth out of the east, and shineth 
 even unto the west; so shall 
 also the coming of the Son of 
 man be. 
 
 28 For wheresoever the car- 
 case is, there will the eagles be 
 gathered together. 
 
 29 ^ Immediately after the 
 tribulation of those days shall 
 the sun be darkened, and the 
 moon shall not give her light, 
 and the stars shall fall fi^om 
 heaven, and the powers of the 
 heavens shall be shaken : 
 
 30 And then shall appear the 
 sign of the Son of man in hea- 
 ven : and then shall all the 
 tribes of the earth momTi, and 
 they shall see the Son of man 
 coming in the clouds of heaven 
 with power and great glory. 
 
 31 And he shall send his an- 
 gels with a great sound of a 
 trumpet, and they shall gather 
 together his elect from the four 
 winds, from one end of heaven 
 to the other. 
 
 -32 Now learn a parable of the 
 fig tree; When his branch is 
 yet tender, and putteth forth 
 leaves, ye know that summer 
 is nigh : 
 
 33 So likewise ye, when ye 
 shall see all these tilings, know 
 that it is near, even at the doors. 
 
 34 Verily I say unto you. This 
 generation shall not pass, till 
 all these things be fulfilled. 
 
 35 Heaven and earth shall pass 
 away, but my words shall not 
 pass away. 
 
 36 If But of that day and hour 
 knov^eth no man, no, not the 
 angels of heaven, but my Fa- 
 ther only. 
 
 37 But as the days of t^oe 
 were, so shall also the coming 
 of the Son of man be. 
 
 33 For as in the days that 
 were before the flood they were 
 eating and drinking, marrying 
 and giving m marriage, until 
 the day that Noe entered into 
 the ark, 
 
 39 And knew not until the 
 flood came, and took them all 
 away ; so shall also the coming 
 of the Son of man be. 
 
 40 Then shall two be in the 
 field; the one shall be taken, 
 and the other left. 
 
 41 Two women shall he grind- 
 ing at the mill; the one shall 
 be taken, and the other left. 
 
 42 H AVatch therefore : for ye 
 know not what hour your Lord 
 doth come. 
 
 43 But know this, that if the 
 goodman of the house had 
 known in what watch the thief 
 would come, he would have 
 watched, and would not have 
 suflered his house to be broken 
 up. 
 
 44 Therefore be ye also ready : 
 for in such an hour as ye think 
 not the Son of man cometh. 
 
 45 Who then is a faithful and 
 wise servant, whom his lord 
 hath made ruler over his house- 
 hold, to give them meat in due 
 season? 
 
 46 Blessed is that servant, 
 whom his lord when he com- 
 eth shall find so domg. 
 
 47 Verily I say unto you, That 
 he shall make him ruler over 
 all his goods. 
 
 48 But and if that evil servant 
 shall say in his heart, My lord 
 delay eth his coming ; 
 
 49 And shall begin to smite 
 
The parabU of St. MATTHEW, XXV. 
 
 the ten virgins. 
 
 his fellowservants, and to eat 
 and drinlc with the drunken ; 
 
 50 The lord of that servant 
 shall come in a day when he 
 looketh not for him, and in an 
 lioui' that he is not aware of, 
 
 51 And shall cut him asim- 
 der, and appoint him his por- 
 tion with the hypocrites : there 
 shall be weeping and gnashing 
 of teeth. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 
 i The parable of the ten virgins, 14 and 
 of the talents. 31 Also the description 
 of the last judgment. 
 
 THEN shall the kingdom 
 of heaven be likened unto 
 ten virgins, which took their 
 lamps, and went forth to meet 
 the bridegroom. 
 
 2 And five of them were wise, 
 and five were foolish. 
 
 3 They that were foolish took 
 their lamps, and took no oil 
 with them : 
 
 4 But the wise took oil in their 
 vessels with their lamps. 
 
 5 While tlie bridegroom tar- 
 
 hour wherein the Son of man 
 cometh. 
 
 14 H For the kingdom of hea- 
 ven is as a man travelling in- 
 to a far country, v)ho called 
 his own servants, and delivered 
 unto them his goods. 
 
 15 And unto one he gave five 
 talents, to another two, and to 
 another one; to every man ac- 
 cording to his several ability; 
 and straightway took his jour- 
 ney. 
 
 16 Then he that had received 
 the five talents went and traded 
 with the same, and made them 
 other five talents. 
 
 17 And likewise he that Jiad 
 received two, he also gained 
 other two. 
 
 18 But he that had received one 
 went and digged in the earth, 
 and hid his lord's money. 
 
 19 After a long time the lord 
 of those servants cometh, and 
 reckoneth with them. 
 
 20 And so he that had received 
 five talents came and brought 
 
 ried, they all slumbered and ' other five talents, saying, Lord, 
 
 slept. 
 
 6 And at midnight there was 
 a cry made. Behold, the bride- 
 groom cometh; go ye out to 
 meet him. 
 
 7 Then all those virgins arose, 
 and trimmed their lamps. 
 
 8 And tlie foolish said unto 
 the wise. Give us of your oil ; 
 for our lamps are gone out. 
 
 9 But the wise answered, say- 
 ing. Not so ; lest there be not 
 
 thou deliveredst unto me five 
 talents : behold, I have gained 
 beside them five talents more. 
 
 21 His lord said unto him, 
 Well done, thou good and faith- 
 ful servant : thou hast been 
 faithful over a few things, I 
 will make thee ruler over many 
 things : enter thou into the joy 
 of thy lord. 
 
 22 He also that had received 
 two talents came and said, Lord, 
 
 enough for us and you : but go ' thou deliveredst unto me two 
 
 ye rather to them that sell, and 
 buy for yourselves. 
 
 10 And while they went to 
 buy, the bridegroom came ; and 
 they that were ready went in 
 with him to the marriage : and 
 the door was shut. 
 
 11 Afterward came also the 
 other virgins, saying, Lord, 
 Lord, open to us. 
 
 12 But he answered and said. 
 Verily I say unto you, I know 
 you not. 
 
 13 Watch therefore, for ye 
 know neither the d^y nor the 
 
 talents : behold, I have gained 
 two other talents beside them. 
 
 23 His lord said unto him. Well 
 done, good and faithful servant; 
 thou hast been faithful over a 
 few things, I will make thee 
 ruler over many things: enter 
 thou into the joy of thy lord. 
 
 24 Then he which had re- 
 ceived the one talent came and 
 said, Lord, I knew thee that 
 thou art an hard man, reaping 
 where thou hast not sovvn, and 
 gathering where thou hast not 
 strawed : 
 
A descrwUon of St. MATTHEW, XXYI. the last judgment. 
 
 25 And I was afiaid, and went 
 and hid thy talent in the earth : 
 lo, titer e thou hast that is thine. 
 
 26 His lord answered and said 
 unto him, Thou wicked and 
 slothful servant, thou knewest 
 that I reap where I sowed not, 
 and gather where I have not 
 strawed : 
 
 27 Thou oughtest therefore to 
 have put my money to the 
 exchangers, and then at my 
 coming I should have received 
 mine own with usury. 
 
 28 Ta.ke therefore the talent 
 from him, and give it unto him 
 which hath ten talents. 
 
 29 For ujito eveiy one that 
 hath shall be given, and he 
 shall have abundance : but 
 from him that hath not shall 
 be taken away even that which 
 he hath. 
 
 30 And cast ye the unprofit- 
 able servant into outer dark- 
 ness : there shall be weeping 
 and gnashing of teeth. 
 
 31 '^ When the Son of man 
 shall come in his glory, and all 
 the holy angels with him, then 
 shall he sit upon the throne of 
 his gloiy : 
 
 32 And before him shall be 
 gathered all nations : and he 
 shall separate them one from 
 another, as a shepherd divideth 
 his sheep from the goats : 
 
 33 And he shall set the sheep 
 on his right hand, but the goats 
 on the left. 
 
 34 Then shall the King say 
 unto them on his right hand. 
 Come, ye blessed of my Father, 
 inherit the kingdom prepared 
 for you from the foundation of 
 the world : 
 
 35 For I was an hungred, and 
 ye gave me meat : I was thirsty, 
 and ye gave me drink : I was a 
 stranger, and ye took me in : 
 
 36 Naked, and ye clothed me : 
 I was sick, and ye visited me : 
 I was in prison, and ye came 
 unto me. 
 
 37 Then shall the righteous i 
 answer him, saying, Lord, when | 
 saw we thee an hungred, and' 
 
 fed thee 9 or thirsty, and gave 
 thee drink ? 
 
 38 When saw we thee a stran- 
 ger, and took thee in? or naked, 
 and clothed thee 9 
 
 39 Or when saw we thee sick, 
 or in prison, and came unto 
 thee? 
 
 40 And the King shall answer 
 and say unto them, Verily I 
 say unto you. Inasmuch as ye 
 have done it unto one of the 
 least of these my brethren, ye 
 have done it unto me. 
 
 41 Then shall he say also un- 
 to them on the left hand, De- 
 part from me, ye cursed, into 
 everlasting fire, prepared for the 
 devil and his angels : 
 
 42 For I was an hungred, and ye 
 gave me no meat : I was thirsty, 
 and ye gave me no drink : 
 
 43 I was a stranger, and ye 
 took me not in : naked, and ye 
 clothed me not : sick, and in 
 prison, and ye visited me not. 
 
 44 Then shall they also answer 
 him, saying. Lord, when saw we 
 thee an hungred, or athirst, or 
 a stranger, or naked, or sick, or 
 m prison, and did not minister 
 unto thee ? 
 
 45 Then shall he answer them, 
 saying, Yerily I say unto you. 
 Inasmuch as ye did it not to 
 one of the least of these, ye did 
 it not to me. 
 
 46 And these shall go away in- 
 to everlasting punishment : but 
 the righteous into life eternal. 
 
 CHAPTER XXYI. 
 
 1 The rulers conspii-e against Christ. 6 
 The woman anointeth his head. 14 Ju- 
 das selleth him. 17 Christ eateth the 
 jmssover: 26 instituteth his holy supper : 
 36 prayeth in the garden : 47 and be- 
 ing betrayed with a kiss, 57 is earned 
 to Caiap>has, 69 a,nd denied of Peter. 
 
 AND it came to pass, when 
 _ Jesus had finished all these 
 sayings, he said unto his disci- 
 ples, 
 
 2 Ye know that after two days 
 is the feast o/the passover, and 
 the Son of man is beti*ayed to 
 be crucified. 
 
 3 Then assembled together the 
 chief priests, and the scribes, 
 
Christ eateth St. MATTHEW, XXVI, 
 
 and the elders of the people, un- 
 to the palace of the high priest, 
 who was called Caiaphas, 
 
 4 And consulted that they 
 might take Jesus by subtilty, 
 and kill him. 
 
 5 But they sa'd, Not on the 
 feast dai/, lest there be an up- 
 roar among the people. 
 
 (j If Nov/ when Jesus was in 
 Bethany, in the house of Si- 
 mon tlie leper, 
 
 7 There came unto him a wo- 
 
 the passover. 
 
 city to such a man, and say 
 unto him, The Master saith. 
 My time is at hand; I will 
 keep the passover at thy house 
 with my disciples. 
 
 19 And the disciples did as Je- 
 sus had appointed them; and 
 they made ready the passover. 
 
 20 Now when the even was 
 come, he sat down with the 
 twelve. 
 
 21 And as they did eat, he said. 
 Verily 1 say unto you, that one 
 
 man having an alabaster box of you shall betray me. 
 of very precious ointment, and 22 And they were exceeding 
 I'oured it on his head, as he sat ; sorrowful, and began every one 
 at meat. j of them to say imto him, Lord, 
 
 8 But when his disciples saw it, is it 1 ? 
 
 they had indignation, saying, 
 To what purpose is this waste? 
 
 23 And he answered and said. 
 He that dippeth //is hand with 
 
 9 For this ointment might have me in the dish, the same shall 
 been sold for much, and given I betray me. 
 
 to the poor. 
 
 10 When Jesus understood i/, 
 he said unto them. Why trouble 
 ye the woman? for she hath 
 wrought a good work upon me. 
 
 11 For ye have the poor al- 
 ways with you ; but me ye have 
 not always. 
 
 24 The Son of man goeth as 
 it is WTitten of him: but woe 
 unto that man by whom tlie 
 Son of man is betrayed ! it had 
 been good for that man if he 
 had not been born. 
 
 2o Then Judas, which betrayed 
 him, answered and said, Mas- 
 
 12 For in that she hath poured ' ter, is it I ? He said unto him, 
 
 this ointment on my body, she 
 did if for my burial. 
 
 13 Verily I say unto you. 
 Wheresoever this gospel shall 
 be preached in the whole world, 
 there shall also this, that this 
 woman hath done, be told for 
 a memorial of her. 
 
 14 H Then one of the twelve, 
 called Jridas Iscariot, went un- 
 to the chief priests, 
 
 15 And said unto them, What 
 will ye give me, and I will de- 
 liver him unto you? And they 
 covenanted with him for thirty 
 pieces of silver. 
 
 16 And from that time he 
 sought opportunity to betray 
 him. 
 
 17 ^ Now the first dat/ of the 
 feast 0/ unleavened bread the 
 
 disciples came to Jesus, say- 
 ing unto him. Where wilt thou 
 that we prepare for thee to eat 
 the passover? 
 
 18 And he said, Go into the 
 
 Thou hast said. 
 
 26 ^F And as they vrere eating, 
 Jesus took bread, and blessed 
 it, and brake it, and gave it to 
 the disciples, and said. Take, 
 eat ; this is my body. 
 
 27 And he took the cup, and 
 gave thanks, and gave it to them, 
 saying, Drink ye all of it ; 
 
 28 For tliis is my blood of the 
 new testament, which is shed for 
 many for the remission of sins. 
 
 29 But I say unto you, I will 
 not cb'ink henceforth of this 
 fruit of the vine, until that day 
 when I drink it new with you 
 in my Father's kingdom. 
 
 30 And when they had sung an 
 hymn, they went out into the 
 mount of Olives. 
 
 31 Then saith Jesus unto them. 
 All ye shall be ofiended because 
 of me this night : for it is writ- 
 ten, I will smite the shepherd, 
 and the sheep of the flock shall 
 be scattered abroad. 
 
Christ's agony. 
 
 St. MATTHEW, XXVI. 
 
 He is betrayed. 
 
 32 But after 1 am risen again, 
 I will go before you into Galilee. 
 
 33 Peter answered and said un- 
 to him, Though all men shall 
 be oflended because of thee, i/et 
 will I never be ofi'ended. 
 
 34 Jesus said unto him, Verily 
 I say unto thee, That this night, 
 before the cock crow, thou shalt 
 deny me thrice. 
 
 35 Peter said unto him, Though 
 1 should die with thee, yet will 
 I not deny thee. Likewise also 
 said all the disciples. 
 
 36 IF Then cometh Jesus with 
 them unto a place called Geth- 
 semane, and saith unto the dis- 
 ciples, Sit ye here, while I go 
 and pray yonder. 
 
 37 And he took with him Pe- 
 ter and the two sons of Zebe- 
 dee, and began to be sorrowful 
 and very heavy. 
 
 38 Then saith he unto them. 
 My soul is exceeding sorrowful, 
 even unto death : tarry ye here, 
 and watch with me. 
 
 39 And he went a little farther, 
 and fell on his face, and pray- 
 ed, saving, O my Father, if it 
 be possible, let this cup pass 
 from me : nevertheless not as I 
 will, but as thou wilt. 
 
 40 And he cometh unto the 
 disciples, and findeth them a- 
 sleep, and saith unto Peter, 
 What, could ye not watch with 
 me one hour? 
 
 41 Watch and pray, that ye 
 enter not into temptation : the 
 spirit indeed is willing, but the 
 flesh is weak. 
 
 42 He went away again the se- 
 cond time, and prayed, saying, 
 
 my Father, if this cup may 
 not pass away from me, except 
 
 1 drink it, thy will be done. 
 
 43 And he came and found 
 them asleep again : for their 
 eyes were heavy. 
 
 44 And he left them, and went 
 away again, and prayed the third 
 time, saying the same words. 
 
 45 Then cometh he to his dis- 
 ciples, and saith unto them. 
 Sleep on now, and take t/our 
 rest : behold, the hour is at hand, 
 
 and the Son of man is betrayed 
 into the hands of sinners. 
 
 46 Kise, let us be going : be- 
 hold, he is at hand that doth 
 betray me. 
 
 47 H And while he yet spake, 
 lo, Judas, one of the twelve, 
 came, and with him a great 
 multitude with swords and 
 staves, from the chief priests 
 and elders of the people. 
 
 48 Now he that betrayed him 
 gave them a sign, saying,Whom- 
 soever I shall kiss, that same is 
 he : hold him fast. 
 
 49 And forthwith he came to 
 Jesus, and said, Hail, master; 
 and kissed him. 
 
 50 And Jesus said unto him, 
 Friend,wherefore art thou come ? 
 Then came they, and laid hands 
 on Jesus, and took him. 
 
 51 And, behold, one of them 
 which were with Jesus stretched 
 out his hand, and drew his sword, 
 and struck a servant of the high 
 priest's, and smote off his ear. 
 
 52 Then said Jesus unto him, 
 Put up again thy sword into 
 his place : for all they that take 
 the sword shall perish with the 
 sword. 
 
 53 Thinkest thou that I cannot 
 now pray to my Father, and he 
 shall presently give me more 
 than twelve legions of angels ? 
 
 54 But how then shall the 
 scriptures be fulfilled, that thus 
 it must be? 
 
 55 In that same hour said Je- 
 sus to the multitudes. Are ye 
 come out as against a thief 
 with swords and staves for to 
 take me? I sat daily with you 
 teaching in the temple, and ye 
 laid no hold on me. 
 
 56 But all this was done, that 
 the scriptures of the prophets 
 might be fulfilled. Then all 
 the disciples forsook him, and 
 fled. 
 
 57 IF And they that had laid 
 hold on Jesus led him away to 
 Caiaphas the high priest, where 
 the scribes and the elders were 
 assembled. 
 
 58 But Peter followed him afar 
 
Peter's denial, St. MATTHEW, XXVII. ajid repentance. 
 
 oft' unto the high priest's palace, 
 and went in, and sat with the 
 servants, to see the end. 
 
 59 Now the chief priests, and 
 elders, and all the council, 
 sought false witness against 
 Jesus, to put him to death ; 
 
 60 But found none : yea, though 
 many false witnesses came, t/et 
 found they none. At the last 
 came two false witnesses, 
 
 <31 And said, This fellow said, 
 1 am able to destroy the temple 
 of God, and to build it in tlu-ee 
 days. 
 
 02 And the liigh priest arose, 
 and said unto liim, Answerest 
 thou nothing? what is it which 
 these witness against thee? 
 
 C3 But Jesus held his peace. 
 And the high priest answered 
 and said unto him, I adjure 
 thee by the living God, that 
 thou tell us whether thou be 
 the Christ, the Son of God. 
 
 64 Jesus saith unto liim, Thou 
 hast said : nevertheless 1 say 
 unto you. Hereafter shall ye see 
 the Son of man sitting on the 
 right hand of power, and com- 
 ing in the clouds ol heaven. 
 
 05 Then the high priest rent 
 his clothes, saying, He hath 
 spoken blasphemy ; what fur- 
 ther need have we of witnesses? 
 behold, now ye have heard his 
 blasphemy. 
 
 06 What think ye ? They an- 
 swered and said. He is guilty 
 of death. 
 
 67 Then did they spit in his 
 face, and bulieted him ; and 
 others smote him with the 
 palms of their hands, 
 
 68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, 
 thou Christ, Who is he that 
 smote thee ? 
 
 69 H Now Peter sat without in 
 the palace : and a damsel came 
 unto him, saying. Thou also 
 wast with Jesus of Galilee. 
 
 70 But he denied before them 
 all, saying, I know not what 
 thou say est. 
 
 71 And when he was gone out 
 into the porch, another maid 
 saw him, and said unto them 
 
 that were there. This fello7A) was 
 also with Jesus of Nazareth. 
 
 72 And again he denied with an 
 oath, 1 do not know the man. 
 
 73 And after a while came un- 
 to him they that stood by, and 
 said to Peter, Surely thou also 
 art one of them ; for thy speecli 
 be^^Tayeth thee. 
 
 74 Then began he to curse and 
 to swear, saying^ I know not 
 the man. And immediately the 
 cock crew. 
 
 75 And Peter remembered the 
 word of Jesus, which said unto 
 him. Before the cock crow, thou 
 shalt deny me tlnice. And he 
 went out, and wept bitterly. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVII. 
 
 1 Christ is delivered hound to Pilate. 3 
 Judas hangcth himself. 19 Pilate, ad- 
 monished of his wife, 24 washeth his 
 hands : 2G and looscth liarabbas. 29 
 Christ is crowned with thorns, 34 crit- 
 cified, 40 reviled, 50 dieth, and is bu- 
 ried : 66 his sepulchre is sealed, and 
 watched. 
 
 WHEN the morning was 
 come, all the chief priests 
 and elders of the people took 
 counsel against Jesus to put 
 him to death : 
 
 2 And when they had bound 
 him, they led him away, and 
 delivered him to Pontius Pilate 
 the governor. 
 
 3 ^1 Tlien Judas, which had be- 
 trayed hipa, when he saw that 
 he was condemned, repented 
 himself, and brought again the 
 thirty pieces of silver to the 
 chief priests and elders, 
 
 4 Saying, 1 have sinned in that 
 I have betrayed the innocent 
 blood. And they said. What is 
 that to us ? see thou to that. 
 
 5 And he cast down the pieces c 
 of silver in the temple, and de- J 
 parted, and went and hanged j 
 himself. i 
 
 6 And the chief priests took f 
 the silYer pieces, and said. It is £ 
 not lawful for to put them into S 
 the treasury, because it is the i 
 price of blood. 1 
 
 7 And they took counsel, and r 
 bought with them the potter's 
 field, to bury strangers in. 
 
Pilate's custom St. MATTHEW, XXYII. 
 
 at the feast. 
 
 8 Wherefore that field was 
 called, The field of blood, unto 
 this day. 
 
 9 Then was fulfilled that which 
 was spoken by Jeremy the pro- 
 phet, saying, And they took the 
 thirty pieces of silver, the price 
 of him that was yalued, whom 
 they of the children of Israel 
 did valiie ; 
 
 10 And gave them for the pot- 
 ter's field, as the Lord appoint- 
 ed me. 
 
 11 And Jesus stood before the 
 governor: and the governor ask- 
 ed him, saying. Art thou the 
 King of the Jews? And Jesus 
 said imto him, Thou sayest. 
 
 12 And when he was accused 
 of the chief priests and elders, 
 he answered nothing. 
 
 13 Then said Pilate unto him, 
 Hearest thou not how many 
 things they witness against 
 thee ? 
 
 14 And he answered him to ne- 
 ver a word ; insomuch that the 
 governor marvelled greatly. 
 
 15 Now at that feast the go- 
 vernor was wont to release un- 
 to the people a prisoner, whotn 
 they would. 
 
 16 And they had then a nota- 
 ble prisoner, called Barabbas. 
 
 17 Therefore when they were 
 gathered together, Pilate said 
 unto them. Whom will ye that 
 I release unto you? Barabbas, 
 or Jesus which is called Christ? 
 
 18 For he knew that for emry 
 they had delivered him. 
 
 19 ^ When he was set down 
 on the judgment seat, his wife 
 sent unto him, saying, Have 
 thou nothing to do with that 
 Just man : for I have suffered 
 many things tliis day in a 
 di'eam because of him. 
 
 20 But the chief priests and 
 elders persuaded the multitude 
 that they should ask Barabbas, 
 iind destroy Jesus. 
 
 ' 21 The governor answered and 
 said unto them. Whether of the 
 twaiin will ye that I release unto 
 you? They said, Barabbas. 
 22 Pilate saith imto them, 
 
 What shall! do then with Je- 
 sus which is called Christ? Thet/ 
 all say unto him. Let him be 
 crucified. 
 
 23 And the governor said, Why, 
 what evil hath he done? But 
 they cried out the more, saying, 
 Let him be crucified. 
 
 24 IF V/hen Pilate saw that he 
 could prevail nothing, but that 
 rather a tumult was made, he 
 took water, and washed his 
 hands before the multitude, 
 saying, I am innocent of the 
 blood of this just person : see 
 ye to it, 
 
 25 Then answered all the peo- 
 ple, and said, His blood be on 
 us, and on our children. 
 
 26 TI Tlien released he Barab- 
 bas unto them : and when he 
 had scourged Jesus, he deliver- 
 ed him to be crucified. 
 
 27 Then the soldiers of the go- 
 vernor took Jesus into the com- 
 mon hall, and gathered unto 
 him the whole band of soldiers. 
 
 28 And they stripped him, and 
 put on him a scarlet robe. 
 
 29 IF And when they had plat- 
 ted a crown of thorns, they put 
 it upon his head, and a reed in 
 his right hand ; and they bow- 
 ed the knee before him, and 
 mocked him, saying, Hail, King 
 of the Jews ! 
 
 30 And they spit upon him, 
 and took the reed, and smote 
 him on the head. 
 
 31 And after that they had 
 mocked him, they took the robe 
 off from him, and put his own 
 raiment on him^ and led hiTn 
 away to crucify him. 
 
 32 And as they came out, they 
 found a man of Cyiene, Simon 
 by name : him they compelled 
 to bear his cross. 
 
 33 And when they were come 
 unto a place called Golgotha, 
 that is to say, a place of a 
 skull, 
 
 34 IF They gave him vinegar 
 to drink mingled with gall : 
 and when he had tasted there- 
 of, he would not drink. 
 
 35 And they crucified him, 
 
The ci-acifixim, St. MATTHEW, XXVII. 
 
 deaili, and 
 
 and parted his garmentB, cast- 
 ing lots : that it might be ful- 
 filled which was spoken by the 
 prophet, They parted my gar- 
 ments among them, and upon 
 my vesture did they cast lots. 
 
 36 And sitting down they 
 v.atched him there ; 
 
 37 And set up over his head 
 liis accusation written, THIS 
 IS JESUS THE KING OF 
 THE JEWS. 
 
 38 Then were there two thieves 
 crucified with him, one on the 
 right hand, and another on the 
 left. 
 
 39 TI And they that passed 
 by reviled him, wagging their 
 heads, 
 
 40 And saying. Thou that de- 
 Rtroyest the temple, and build- 
 est it in thiee days, save thyself. 
 If thou be the Son of God, come 
 down from the cross. 
 
 41 Like^^ise also the chief 
 priests mocking him^ with the 
 scribes and elders, said, 
 
 42 He saved others; himself 
 he cannot save. If he be the 
 King of Israel, let him now 
 come down from the cross, and 
 we will believe him. 
 
 43 He trusted in God ; let him 
 deliver him now, if he will have 
 him : for he said, I am the Son 
 of God. 
 
 44 The thieves also, which 
 were crucified with him, cast 
 the same in his teeth. 
 
 45 Now from the sixth hour 
 there was darkness over all the 
 land unto the ninth hour. 
 
 46 And about the ninth hour 
 Jesus cried with a loud voice, 
 saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabach- 
 thani? that is to say. My God, 
 my God, why hast thou for- 
 saken me ? 
 
 47 Some of them that stood 
 there, when they heard that, 
 said. This man calleth for Elias. 
 
 48 And straightway one of 
 them ran, and took a spunge, 
 and filled it with vinegar, and 
 put it on a reed, and gave him 
 to drink. 
 
 49 The rest said, Let be, let us 
 
 see whether Elias will come to 
 save him. 
 
 50 H Jesus, when he had cried 
 again with a loud voice, yield- 
 ed up the ghost. 
 
 51 And, behold, the veil of the 
 temple was rent in twain from 
 the top to the bottom ; and the 
 earth did quake, and the rocks 
 rent; 
 
 52 And the graves were open- 
 ed; and many bodies of the 
 saints which slept arose, 
 
 53 And came out of the graves 
 after his resurrection, and went 
 into the holy city, and ai)pear- 
 ed unto many. 
 
 54 Now when the centurion, 
 and they that were with liim, 
 watching Jesus, saw the earth- 
 quake, and those things that 
 were done, they feared greatly, 
 saying, Truly this was the Son 
 of God. 
 
 55 And many women were 
 there beholding afar olf, v.hich 
 followed Jesus from Galilee, 
 ministering unto him : 
 
 56 Among which was Mary 
 Magdalene, and Mary the mo- 
 ther of James and Joses, and the 
 mother of Zebedee's children. 
 
 57 When the even was come, 
 there came a rich man of Ari- 
 mathaea, named Joseph, who al- 
 so himself was Jesus' disciple : 
 
 58 He went to Pilate, and beg- 
 ged the body of Jesus. Then 
 Pilate commanded the body to 
 be delivered. 
 
 59 And when Joseph had taken 
 the body, he wrapped it in a 
 clean linen cloth, 
 
 60 And laid it in his own new 
 tomb, which he had hewn out 
 in the rock: and he rolled a 
 great stone to the door of the 
 sepulchre, and departed. 
 
 61 And there was Mary Mag- 
 dalene, and the other Mary, sit- 
 ting over against the sepulchre. 
 
 62 H Now the next day, that 
 followed the day of the pre- 
 paration, the chief priests and 
 Pharisees came together unto 
 Pilate, 
 
 63 Saying, Sir, we remember 
 
 ft 
 
resurrection 
 
 St. MATTHEW, XXVIII. 
 
 of Christ. 
 
 that that deceiver said, while he 
 was yet alive, After three days 
 I will rise again. 
 
 64 Command therefore that the 
 sepulchre be made sure until 
 the third day, lest his disciples 
 come by night, and steal him 
 away, and say unto the people. 
 He is risen from the dead: so 
 the last error shall be worse 
 than the first. 
 
 65 Pilate said unto them, Ye 
 have a watch: go your way, 
 make it as sure as ye can. 
 
 66 So they went, and made 
 the sepulchre sure, sealing the 
 stone, and setting a watch. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVIII. 
 
 1 Christ's resurrection is declared by an 
 angel to the women. 9 He himself ap- 
 pe'arethvmto them. 11 The high priests 
 give the soldiers money to say that he 
 was stolen out of his sepulchre. 16 Christ 
 apiJeareth to his disciples, 19 and send- 
 eth tJiem to baptize and teach all na- 
 tions, 
 
 IN the end of the sabbath, 
 as it began to dawn toward 
 the first dap of the week, came 
 Mary Magdalene and the other 
 Mary to see the sepulchre. 
 
 2 And, behold, there was a 
 great earthquake: for the an- 
 gel of the Lord descended from 
 heaven, and came and rolled 
 back the stone from the door, 
 and sat upon it. 
 
 3 His countenance was like 
 lightning, and his raiment 
 white as snow: 
 
 4 And for fear of him the keep- 
 ers did shake, and became as 
 dead men. 
 
 5 And the angel answered and 
 said unto the women. Fear not 
 ye : for I loiow that ye seek 
 Jesus, which was crucified. 
 
 6 He is not here: for he 
 risen, as he said. Come, s< 
 the place where the Lord lay. 
 
 7 And go quickly, and tell his 
 disciples that he is risen from 
 the dead; and, behold, he go- 
 eth before you into Galilee; 
 there shall ye see him: lo, I 
 have told you. 
 
 8 And they departed quickly 
 from the sepulchre with fear 
 and great joy ; and did run to 
 bring his disciples word. 
 
 9 IF And as they went to tell 
 his disciples, behold, Jesus met 
 them, saying. All hail. And 
 they came and held him by 
 the feet, and worshipped him. 
 
 10 Then said Jesus unto them, 
 Be not afraid : go tell my bre- 
 thren that they go into Gali- 
 lee, and there shall they see 
 me. 
 
 11 H Now when they were go- 
 ing, behold, some of the watch 
 came into the city, and shewed 
 unto the chief priests all the 
 things that were done. 
 
 12 And when they were assem- 
 bled with the elders, and had 
 taken counsel, they gave large 
 money unto the soldiers, 
 
 13 Saying, Say ye. His disci- 
 ples came by night, and stole 
 him awap while we slept. 
 
 14 And if this come to the go- 
 vernor's ears, we will persuade 
 him, and secure you. 
 
 15 So they took the money, 
 and did as they were taught: 
 and this saying is commonly 
 reported among the Jews until 
 this day. 
 
 16 IF Then the eleven disciples 
 went away into Galilee, into a 
 mountain where Jesus had ap- 
 pointed them. 
 
 17 And when they saw him, 
 they worshipped him: but 
 some doubted. 
 
 18 And Jesus came and spake 
 unto them, saying. All power is 
 given unto me in heaven and 
 in earth. 
 
 19 IF Go ye therefore, and teach 
 all nations, baptizing them in 
 the name of the Father, and 
 of the Son, and of the Holy 
 Ghost : 
 
 20 Teaching them to observe 
 all things whatsoever I have 
 commanded you: and, lo, I 
 am with you alway, even unto 
 the end of the world. Amen. 
 
THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO 
 
 St. mark. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 The office of John the Baptist. 9 Jems 
 is baptized, 12 tempted, 14 he preach- 
 eth: 16 calleth Peter, Andrew, James 
 and John .- 23 healcth one that had a 
 devil, 29 Peter's mother in law, 32 
 many diseased persons, 41 and cleans- 
 eth the leper. 
 
 THE beginning of the gospel 
 of Jesus Clirist, the 8ou of 
 God; 
 
 2 As it is written in the pro- 
 pliets, Behold, I send my mes- 
 senger before thy face, which 
 shall prepare thy way before 
 tliee. 
 
 3 The voice of one crying in 
 the wilderness, Prepare ye the 
 way of the Lord, make his 
 paths straight. 
 
 4 John did baptize in the wil- 
 derness, and preach the bap- 
 tism of repentance for the re- 
 mission of sins. 
 
 5 And there went out unto 
 him all the land of Juda?a, and 
 they of Jerusalem, and were all 
 baptized of him in the ri\er of 
 Jordan, confessing their sins. 
 
 6 And John was clothed with 
 camel's hair, and with a gudle 
 of a skin about his loins ; and 
 he did eat locusts and wild 
 honey ; 
 
 7 And preached, saying. There 
 cometh one mightier than I 
 after me, the latchet of whose 
 shoes I am not worthy to stoop 
 down and unloose. 
 
 8 I indeed have baptized you 
 with water: but he shall bap- 
 tize you with the Holy Ghost. 
 
 9 And it came to pass in those 
 days, that Jesus came from Na- 
 zareth of Galilee, and was bap- 
 tized of John in Jordan. 
 
 10 And straightway coming up 
 out of the water, he saw the hea- 
 vens opened, and the Spirit like 
 a dove descending upon him : 
 
 11 And there came a voice 
 from heaven, saying^ Thou art 
 
 my beloved Son, m whom 1 
 am well pleased. 
 
 12 And immediately the spirit 
 driveth him into the wilderness. 
 
 IB And he was there in the 
 wilderness forty days, tempted 
 of Satan; and was witli the 
 wild beasts; and the angels 
 ministered unto him. 
 
 14 Now after that John v,as 
 put in prison, Jesus came into 
 Galilee, preaching the gospel of 
 the kingdom of God, 
 
 15 And saying. The time is 
 fulfilled, and the Idngdom of 
 God is at hand: repent ye, and 
 believe the gospel. 
 
 16 Now as he walked by the 
 sea of Galilee, he saw Simon 
 and Andrew his brother cast- 
 ing a net into the sea : for they 
 were Ushers. 
 
 17 And Jesus said unto them, 
 Come ye after me, and I will 
 make you to become fishers of 
 men. 
 
 18 And straightway they for- 
 sook their nets, and followed 
 him. 
 
 19. And when he had gone a 
 little farther thence, he saw 
 James the son of Zebedee, and 
 John his brother, who also were 
 in the ship mending their nets. 
 
 20 And straightway he called 
 them: and they left thefr fa- 
 ther Zebedee in the ship with 
 the hired servants, and went 
 after him. 
 
 21 And they went into Caper- 
 naum ; and straightway on the 
 sabbath day he entered into the 
 synagogue, and taught. 
 
 22 And they were astonished 
 at his doctrine: for he taught 
 them as one that had autho- 
 rity, and not as the scribes. 
 
 23 And there was in their syn- 
 agogue a man with an unclean 
 spirit ; and he cried out, 
 
 24 Saying, Let us alone ; what 
 
Christ Imkih many St. MARK, II. 
 
 have we to do with thee, thou 
 Jesus of Nazareth? art thou 
 come to destroy us? I know 
 thee who thou art, the Holy 
 One of God. 
 
 25 And Jesus rebuked him, 
 saying. Hold thy peace, and 
 come out of him. 
 
 26 And when the unclean spirit 
 had torn him, and cried with a 
 loud voice, he came out of him. 
 
 27 And they were all amazed, 
 insomuch that they question- 
 ed among themselves, saying, 
 What thing is this? what new 
 doctrine is this? for with au- 
 thority commandeth he even 
 the unclean spirits, and they 
 do obey him. 
 
 28 And immediately liis fame 
 spread abroad tlu-oughout all 
 the region round about Galilee. 
 
 29 And forthwith, when they 
 were come out of the syna- 
 
 perscns. 
 
 38 And he said unto them. Let 
 us go into the next tov/ns, that 
 I may preach there also: for 
 therefore came I forth. 
 
 39 And he preached in their 
 synagogues throughout all Ga- 
 lilee, and cast out devils. 
 
 40 And there came a leper to 
 him, beseeching him, and kneel- 
 ing down to him, and saying 
 unto him. If thou wilt, thou 
 canst make me clean. 
 
 41 And Jesus, moved with 
 compassion, put forth his hand, 
 and touched him, and saith un- 
 to him, I will ; be thou clean. 
 
 42 And as soon as he had spo- 
 ken, immediately the leprosy 
 departed from him, and he was 
 
 43 And he straitly charged him, 
 and forthv/ith sent him away ; 
 
 44 And saith unto him, See 
 thou say nothing to any man : 
 
 gogue, they entered into the but go thy way, shew thyself 
 
 house of Simon and Andrew, 
 with James and John. 
 
 to the priest, and ofl'er for thy 
 cleansing those things which 
 
 30 But Simon's y>afe's mother i Moses commanded, for a testi- 
 lay sick of a fever, and anon I mony unto them. 
 
 they tell him of her. 
 
 I 45 But he went out, and began 
 
 31 And he came and took her , to publish it much, and to blaze 
 by the hand, and lifted her up ; ; abroad the matter, insomuch 
 and immediately the fever left I that Jesus could no more open- 
 
 her, and she ministered unto 
 them. 
 
 32 And at even, when the sun 
 did set, they brought unto him 
 all that were diseased, and them 
 that were possessed with de\dls. 
 
 33 And all the city was gather- 
 ed together at the door. 
 
 34 And he healed many that 
 were sick of divers diseases, and 
 cast out many devils ; and suf- 
 fered not the devils to speak, 
 because they knew him. 
 
 35 And in the morning, rising 
 up a great while before day, 
 he went out, and departed in- 
 to a solitary place, and there 
 prayed. 
 
 36 And Simon and they that 
 were with him followed after 
 him. 
 
 37 And when they had found 
 him, they said unto him, All 
 men seek for thee. 
 
 ly enter into the city, but was 
 without in desert places: and 
 they came to him from every 
 quarter. 
 
 CHAPTER 11. 
 
 1 Christ Jiealeth one sick of the palsy, 14 
 calleth Matthew from the receipt of cus- 
 tom, 15 eateth tvlt7i publicans and sin- 
 ners, 18 exciiseth Ms disciples for not 
 fasting, 23 and for plucking the ears 
 of corn on the sabbath day. 
 
 AND again he entered in- 
 to Capernaum after some 
 days; and it was noised that 
 he was in the hoiise. 
 
 2 And straightway many were 
 gathered together, insomuch 
 that there was no room to re- 
 ceive them, no, not so much as 
 about the door : and he preach- 
 ed the word unto them. 
 
 3 And they come unto him, 
 bringing one sick of the palsy, 
 which was borne of four. 
 
 4 And when they could not 
 
Christ liealeth one 
 nigh unto 
 
 St. mark, II, 
 
 come nigh unto him for the 
 press, they uncovered the roof 
 wliere he was: and when tliey 
 liad broken it up, they let down 
 the bed wherein the sick of the 
 palsy lay. 
 
 5 When Jesus saw their faith, 
 he said unto tlie sick of the 
 l»alsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven 
 tliee. 
 
 (i But there were certam of the 
 scribes sitting there, and rea- 
 soning in tlieir hearts, 
 
 sick (/ tJie ikihy. 
 
 it that he eateth and drinketh 
 with publicans and sinnei-sV 
 
 17 When Jesus heard i7, he 
 saith unto them, They that are 
 whole have no need of the phy- 
 sician, but they that are sick : I 
 came not to call the rigliteous, 
 but sinners to repentance. 
 
 18 And the discii)les of John 
 and of the Pharisees used to 
 fast : and thev come and say 
 unto him Why do the disci- 
 ples of John and of the Phari- 
 
 7 Why doth this man thus sees fast, but thy disciples fast 
 
 speak blasi)hemiesV who can 
 forgive sins but God only? 
 
 8 And immediately when Jesus 
 perceived in his si)irit that they 
 so reasoned within tliemselves, 
 he said unto them, Why reason 
 ye these things in your hearts V 
 
 1) Whether is it easier to say to 
 the sick of the palsy, T/ti/ sins be 
 forgiven tliee ; or to say. Arise, 
 and take up thy bed, and w alk V 
 
 10 But tliat ye may know that 
 the Son of man hath power on 
 earth to forgive sins, (he saith 
 to the sick of the palsy,) 
 
 11 1 say unto thee. Arise, and 
 take ui) thy bed, and go thy 
 way into thhie house. 
 
 12 And immediately he arose, 
 took up the bed, and went forth 
 before them all ; insomuch that 
 they were all amazed, and glo- 
 rified God, flaying, \\'e never 
 saw it on tliis fashion. 
 
 13 And he went fortli again by 
 tlie sea side; and all the mul- 
 titude resorted imto him, and 
 he taught them. 
 
 14 And as he passed by, he 
 saw Levi the son of Alphaeus 
 sitting at the receipt of custom, 
 and said mito him, Follow me. 
 And he arose and followed him. 
 
 15 And it came to pass, that, as 
 Jesus sat at meat in his house, 
 many publicans and sinners sat 
 also together with Jesus and his 
 disciples : for there were many, 
 and they followed him. 
 
 16 And when the scribes and 
 Pharisees saw him eat with 
 publicans and simiers, they 
 said unto his disciples. How is 
 
 not? 
 I ID And Jesufl said unto them, 
 
 Can the cliildren of the bride- 
 i chamber fast, w liile the bride- 
 I groom is w ith them ? as long 
 
 as they have the bridegroom 
 
 with them, they cannot fast. 
 
 20 But the days will come, 
 when the bridegroom shall be 
 taken away from them, and 
 then shall they fast iu those 
 days. 
 
 21 No man also seweth a piece 
 of new cloth on an old garment : 
 else the new piece tliat filled it 
 up taketh away from the old, 
 and the rent is made worse. 
 
 22 And no man putteth new 
 wine into old bottles : else the 
 new wine doth burst the bot- 
 tles, and the wine is sijilled, 
 and the bottles w ill be maned : 
 but new wine must be put into 
 new bottles. 
 
 23 And it came to pass, that he 
 went through the com fields on 
 the sabbath day; and his dis- 
 ciples began, as they went, to 
 pluck the ears of corn. 
 
 24 And the Pharisees said un- 
 to him, Behold, why do they 
 on the sabbath day that which 
 is not law ful ? 
 
 25 And he said unto them, 
 Have ye never read what Da- 
 vid did, when he had need, and 
 was an hungied, he, and they 
 that were with him ? 
 
 26 How he went into the house 
 of God in the days of Abiathar 
 the high priest, and did eat the 
 shewbread, which is not lawful 
 to eat but for the priests, and 
 
Christ liecMli 
 
 St. MAEK, m. 
 
 maray in 
 
 gave also to them wMcli were 
 with him? 
 
 27 And he said unto them, 
 The sabbath was made for man, 
 a^d not man for the sabbath : 
 
 28 Therefore the Son of man 
 is Lord also of the sabbath. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 i Christ healeth the withered hand, 10 and 
 -inany other infirmities : II rebuJceth the 
 unclean spirits : 13 choosefh his twelve 
 apostles : 22 convinceth the blasphemy 
 of casting oiU devUs by Beelzebub : 3 1 
 ar^ sheweth who are his brother, sister, 
 and mother. 
 
 AND he entered again into 
 . the synagogue ; and there 
 was a man there which had a 
 withered hand. 
 
 2 And they watched him, 
 whether he would heal him 
 on the sabbath day ; that they 
 might accuse him. 
 
 3 And he saith unto the man 
 which had the withered hand, 
 Stand forth. 
 
 4 And he saith unto them. Is 
 it lawful to do good on the sab- 
 bath days, or to do e\il V to save 
 life, or to kiU? But they held 
 their peace. 
 
 5 And when he had looked 
 round about on them with an- 
 ger, being grieved for the hard- 
 ness of their hearts, he saith 
 unto the man, Sti'etch forth 
 thine hand. And he stretched 
 a out: and his hand was re- 
 stored whole as the other. 
 
 6 And the Pharisees went forth, 
 and straightway took counsel 
 v/ith the Herodians against him, 
 how they might destroy him. 
 
 7 But Jesus 'withdrew himself 
 with his disciples to the sea : and 
 a great multitude from Galilee 
 followed him, and fi'om Judaea, 
 
 8 And from Jerusalem, and 
 from Idumeea, and from be- 
 yond Jordan; and they about 
 Tyre and Sidon, a great mul- 
 titude, when they had heard 
 what great things he did, came 
 unto him. 
 
 9 And he spake to his disciples, 
 that a small ship should wait on 
 him because of the multitude, 
 lest they should thi^ong him. 
 
 10 For he had healed many; 
 insomuch that they pressed up- 
 on him for to touch him, as 
 many as had plagues. 
 
 11 And unclean spirits, when 
 they savr him, fell down before 
 him, and cried, saying. Thou 
 art the Son of God. 
 
 12 And he straitly charged 
 them that they should not 
 make him known. 
 
 13 And he goeth up into a 
 mountain, and calleth unto 
 him whom he would : and they 
 came unto him. 
 
 14 And he ordained twelve, 
 that they should be with him, 
 and that he might send them 
 forth to preach, 
 
 15 And to have power to heal 
 sicknesses, and to cast out de- 
 vils : 
 
 16 And Sunon he surnamed 
 Peter; 
 
 17 And James the son of Ze- 
 bedee, and John the brother of 
 James ; and he surnamed them 
 Boanerges, which is. The sons 
 of thunder : 
 
 18 And Andi-ew, and Philip, 
 and Bartholomew, and Mat- 
 thew, and Thomas, and James 
 the son of Alpheeus, and Thad- 
 deeus, and SunonjLhe Canaanite, 
 
 19 And Judas iscariot, which 
 also betrayed him: and they 
 went into an house. 
 
 20 And the multitude cometh 
 together again, so that they 
 could not so much as eat bread. 
 
 21 And when his friends heard 
 of it, they went out to lay hold 
 on him: for they said, He is 
 beside himself. 
 
 22 H And the scribes which 
 came down from Jerusalem 
 said, He hath Beelzebub, and 
 by the princaof the de^dls cast- 
 eth he out devils. 
 
 23 And he called them unto 
 him, and said unto them in 
 parables. How can Satan cast 
 out Satan ? 
 
 24 And if a kingdom be divid- 
 ed against itself, that kingdom 
 cannot stand. 
 
 25 And if a house be divided 
 
 3B 
 
The parable of 
 
 St. MAEK, IV. 
 
 (he sower, and 
 
 against itself, that house can- 
 not stand. 
 
 26 And if Satan rise up against 
 himself, and be divided, he can- 
 not stand, but hath an end. 
 
 27 No man can enter into a 
 strong man's house, and spoil 
 his goods, except he will first 
 bind the strong man ; and then 
 he will spoil his house. 
 
 28 Verily I say unto you, All 
 sins shall be forgiven unto the 
 sons of men, and blasphemies 
 wherewith soever they shall 
 blaspheme : 
 
 29 But he that shall blaspheme 
 against the Holy Ghost hath 
 never forgiveness, but is in 
 danger of eternal damnation : 
 
 30 Because they said, He hath 
 an unclean spirit. 
 
 31 H There came then his bre- 
 thi'en and his mother, and, 
 standing without, sent unto 
 him, calling him. 
 
 32 And the multitude sat about 
 him, and they said unto him. 
 Behold, thy mother and thy bre- 
 thren without seek for thee. 
 
 33 And he ansvrered them, 
 saying, AVho is my mother, or 
 my brethren ? 
 
 34 And he looked round about 
 on them which sat about him, 
 and said, Behold my mother 
 and my brethren ! 
 
 35 For whosoever shall do the 
 will of God, the same is my 
 brother, and my sister, and mo- 
 ther. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 1 The parable of the sower, 14 and the 
 meaning thereof. 21 We must commu- 
 nicate the light of our JcnovJledge to 
 others. 26 The paruble of the seed grow- 
 ing secretly, 30 and of the mustard 
 seed. 35 Christ stUleth the tempest on 
 the sea. 
 
 AND he began again to teach 
 . by the sea side : and there 
 was gathered unto him a great 
 multitude, so that he entered 
 into a ship, and sat in the sea ; 
 and the whole multitude was 
 by the sea on the land. 
 2 And he taught them many 
 things by parables, and said 
 unto them in his doctrine, 
 
 3 Hearken ; Behold, there went 
 out a sower to sow : 
 
 4 And it came to pass, as he 
 sowed, some fell by the way 
 side, and the fowls of the air 
 came and devoured it up. 
 
 5 And some fell on stony 
 ground, where it had not much 
 earth ; and immediately it 
 sprang up, because it had no 
 depth of earth : 
 
 6 But when the sun was up, 
 it was scorched ; and because it 
 had no root, it withered away. 
 
 7 And some fell among thorns, 
 and the thorns grew up, and 
 choked it, and it jdelded no 
 iruit. 
 
 8 And other fell on good 
 ground, and did yield fruit that 
 sprang up and increased ; and 
 brought forth, some tliirty, and 
 some sixty, and some an hun- 
 dred. 
 
 9 And he said unto them, He 
 that hath ears to hear, let liim 
 hear. 
 
 10 And when he was alone, 
 they that were about him with 
 the twelve asked of him the 
 parable. 
 
 11 And he said unto them, 
 Unto you it is given to know, 
 the mystery of the kingdom of 
 God : but unto them that are 
 without, all these things are 
 done in parables : 
 
 12 That seeing they may see, 
 and not perceive; and hearing 
 they may hear, and not under- 
 stand; lest at any time they 
 should be converted, and their 
 sins should be forgiven them. 
 
 13 And he said unto them, 
 Know ye not this parable ? and 
 how then will ye know all pa- 
 rables? 
 
 14 1 The sower soweth the 
 word. 
 
 15 And these are they by the 
 way side, where the word is 
 sown ; but when they have 
 heard, Satan cometh immedi- 
 ately, and taketh away the word 
 that was sown in their hearts. 
 
 16 And these are they like- 
 wise which are sown on stony 
 
the meaning thereof. 
 
 St. mark, IV. Christ stUMh a tempest. 
 
 ground ; who, when they have 
 heard the word, immediately 
 receive it with gladness ; 
 
 17 And have no root in them- 
 selves, and so endure but for a 
 time : afterward, when afliiction 
 or persecution ariseth for the 
 word's sake, immediately they 
 are oflended. 
 
 18 And these are they which 
 are sown among thorns ; such 
 as hear the word, 
 
 19 And the cares of this world, 
 and the deceitfulness of riches, 
 and the lusts of other things 
 entering in, choke the word, 
 and it becometh unfruitful. 
 
 20 And these are they which 
 are sown on good ground ; such 
 as hear the word, and receive 
 it, and bring forth fruit, some 
 thirtyfold, some sixty, and 
 some an hundred. 
 
 21 M And he said unto them. 
 Is a candle brought to be put 
 under a bushel, or under a bed? 
 and not to be set on a candle- 
 stick? 
 
 22 For there is nothing hid, 
 which shall not be manifested ; 
 neither was any thing kept se- 
 cret, but that it should come 
 abroad. 
 
 23 If any man have ears to 
 hear, let him hear. 
 
 24 And he said unto them. 
 Take heed what ye hear: with 
 what measure ye mete, it shall 
 be measured to you: and un- 
 to you that hear shall more be 
 given. 
 
 25 For he that hath, to him 
 shall be given: and he that 
 hath not, from him shall be 
 taken even that which he hath. 
 
 26 HAnd he said, So is the Mng- 
 dom of God, as if a man should 
 cast seed into the ground ; 
 
 27 And should sleep, and rise 
 night and day, and the seed 
 should spring and grow up, he 
 knoweth not how. 
 
 28 For the earth bringeth forth 
 fruit of herself; first the blade, 
 then the ear, after that the full 
 corn in the ear. 
 
 29 But when the fruit is 
 
 brought forth, immediately he 
 putteth in the sickle, because 
 the harvest is come. 
 
 30 IT And he said, Whereunto 
 shall we liken the kingdom of 
 God? or with what comparison 
 shall we compare it ? 
 
 31 It is like a grain of mus- 
 tard seed, which, when it is 
 sown in the earth, is less than 
 all the seeds that be in the 
 earth : 
 
 32 But when it is sown, it 
 groweth up, and becometh 
 greater than all herbs, and 
 shooteth out great branches; 
 so that the fowls of the air may 
 lodge under the shadow of it. 
 
 33 And with many such para- 
 bles spake he the word unto 
 them, as they were able to 
 hear it. 
 
 34 But without a parable spake 
 he not unto them: and when 
 they were alone, he expounded 
 all things to his disciples. 
 
 35 And the same day, v/hen 
 the even was come, he saith 
 unto them. Let us pass over 
 unto the other side. 
 
 36 And when they had sent 
 away the multitude, they took 
 him even as he was in the ship. 
 And there were also with him 
 other little ships. 
 
 37 And there arose a great 
 storm of wind, and the waves 
 beat into the ship, so that it 
 was now full. 
 
 38 And he was in the hinder 
 part of the ship, asleep on a pil- 
 low : and they awake him, and 
 say unto him. Master, carest 
 thou not that we perish ? 
 
 39 And he arose, and rebuked 
 the wind, and said unto the sea. 
 Peace, be still. And the wind 
 ceased, and there was a great 
 calm. 
 
 40 And he said unto them. 
 Why are ye so fearful ? how is 
 it that ye have no faith? 
 
 41 And they feared exceeding- 
 ly, and said one to another. 
 What manner of man is this, 
 that even the wind and the sea 
 obey him ? 
 
 3B2 
 
CJirist casteth oid St. MAPK, V. Oie legion of devils. 
 
 into the sea, (they were about 
 two thousand;) and were chok- 
 ed in the sea. 
 
 14 And they that fed tlie swine 
 fled, and told it in the city, and 
 in the countiy. And they went 
 out to see what it was that was 
 done. 
 
 15 And they come to Jesus, 
 and see him that was possessed 
 with the devil, and had the le- 
 gion, sitting, and clothed, and 
 in his right mind: and they 
 were afraid. 
 
 16 And they that saw it told 
 them how it befell to him that 
 was possessed with the devil, 
 and aldo concerning the swine. 
 
 17 And they began to pray him 
 to depart out of their coasts. 
 
 18 And when he was come 
 into the ship, he that had been 
 possessed with the devil pray- 
 ed him that he might be with 
 him. 
 
 19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him 
 not, but saith unto him, Go 
 home to thy friends, and tell 
 them how great things tlie Lord 
 hath done for thee, and hath 
 had compassion on thee. 
 
 20 And he depaiied, and be- 
 gan to publish in Decapolis how 
 great things Jesus had done for 
 him : and all men did marvel. 
 
 21 And when Jesus was passed 
 over again by ship unto the 
 other side, much people gather- 
 ed unto him : and he was nigh 
 unto the sea. 
 
 22 And, behold, there cometh 
 one of the rulers of the syna- 
 gogue, Jairus by name; and 
 when he saw him, he fell at hia 
 feet, 
 
 23 And besought him greatly, 
 saying. My little daughter lieth 
 at the point of death : / prat/ 
 thee, come and lay thy hands 
 on her, that she may be heal- 
 ed ; and she shall live. 
 
 24 And Jesus went with him ; 
 and much people followed him, 
 and thronged him. 
 
 25 And a certain woman, which 
 had an issue of blood twelve 
 years. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 Christ dcUvei'ing the possessed of the 
 legion of devils, 18 they enter into the 
 swine. 25 He healeth the woman of the 
 bloody issue, 35 and raiseth from death 
 Jairus his daughter. 
 
 A ND they came over unto the 
 J^L other side of the sea, into 
 the country of the Gadarenes. 
 
 2 And when he was come out 
 of the ship, immediately there 
 met him out of the tombs a 
 man with an unclean spirit, 
 
 3 Who had his dwellmg a- 
 mong the tombs ; and no man 
 could bijid him, no, not with 
 chains : 
 
 4 Because that he had been 
 often bound with fetters and 
 chains, and the chains had 
 been plucked asunder by him, 
 and the fetters brolcen in pieces : 
 neither could any man tame 
 him. 
 
 5 And always, night and day, 
 he was in the mountains, and 
 in the tombs, crying, and cut- 
 ting himself with stones. 
 
 6 But when he saw Jesus afar 
 off, he ran and worshipped him, 
 
 7 And cried with a loud voice, 
 and said, What have I to do 
 with thee, Jesus, thou Son of 
 the most high God? I adjure 
 thee by God, that thou torment 
 me not. 
 
 8 For he said unto him, Come 
 out of the man, thou unclean 
 spirit. 
 
 9 And he asked him, What is 
 thy name? And he answered, 
 saying, My name is Legion: 
 for we are many. 
 
 10 And he besought him much 
 that he would not send them 
 away out of the country. 
 
 11 Now there was there nigh 
 imto the mountains a great 
 herd of swine feeding. 
 
 12 And all the devils besought 
 him, saying, Send us into the 
 swine, that we may enter into 
 them. 
 
 13 And forthwith Jesus gave 
 them leave. And the unclean 
 spirits went out, and entered 
 into the swine : and the herd 
 ran violently down a steep place 
 
Jaims' daughter 
 
 St. IIARK, VI. 
 
 23 And had sufTered many 
 things of many physicians, and 
 had spent all that she had, and 
 was nothing bettered, but rather 
 grew worse, 
 
 27 When she had heard of Je- 
 sus, came in the press behind, 
 and touched his gaiment. 
 
 28 For she said. If I may 
 touch but his clothes, I shall 
 be whole. 
 
 29 And straightway the foun- 
 tain of her blood was dried up ; 
 and she felt in Jier body that 
 she was healed of that plague. 
 
 30 And Jesus, immediately 
 knowing in himself that Tirtue 
 had gone out of him, turned 
 him about in the press, and 
 said, Who touched my clothes ? 
 
 31 And his disciples said unto 
 him. Thou seest the multitude 
 thronging thee, and sayest thou, 
 Who touched me ? 
 
 32 And he looked round about 
 to see her that had done this 
 thing. 
 
 33 But the woman fearing and 
 trembling, knowing what was 
 done in her, came and fell down 
 before him, and told him all 
 the truth. 
 
 34 And he said unto her. 
 Daughter, thy faith hath made 
 thee whole; go in peace, and 
 be whole of thy plague. 
 
 35 While he yet spake, there 
 came from the ruler of the syn- 
 agogue's house certain which 
 said. Thy daughter is dead: 
 why troublest thou the Master 
 any further? 
 
 36 As soon as Jesus heard the 
 word that was spoken, he saith 
 unto the ruler of the synagogue. 
 Be not afraid, only believe. 
 
 37 And he suffered no man 
 to follow him, save Peter, and 
 James, and John the brother 
 of James. 
 
 38 And he cometh to the house 
 of the ruler of the synagogue, 
 and seeth the tumult, and them 
 that wept and wailed greatly. 
 
 39 And when he was come 
 in, he saith unto them. Why 
 make ye this ado, and weep? 
 
 ored to life, 
 dead, but 
 
 the damsel is not 
 sleepeth. 
 
 40 And they laughed him to 
 scorn. But when he had put 
 them all out, he taketh the 
 father and the mother of the 
 damsel, and them that were 
 with him, and entereth in 
 where the damsel was lying. 
 
 41 And he took the damsel by 
 the hand, and said unto her, 
 Talitha cumi ; which is, being 
 interpreted, Damsel, I say unto 
 thee, arise. 
 
 42 And straightwaj'^ the damsel 
 arose, and walked ; for .she was 
 of the age of twelve years. And 
 they were astonished with a 
 great astonishment. 
 
 43 And he charged them strait- 
 ly that no man should know it ; 
 and commanded that something 
 should be given her to eat. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 1 Christ is contemned of his countrymen. 
 7 He giveth the twelve power over un- 
 clean spirits. 14 Divers opinions of 
 Clirist. 27 John Baptist is beheaded, 
 29 and buried. 30 The apostles return 
 from preaching. 34 The miracle of five 
 loaves and two fishes. 48 Christ vjalk- 
 eth on the sea : 53 and healeth all that 
 touch him. 
 
 AND he went out from 
 . thence, and came into his 
 own country ; and his disciples 
 follow him. 
 
 2 And when the sabbath day 
 was come, he began to teach in 
 the synagogue : and many hear- 
 ing him were astonished, say- 
 ing. From whence hath this 
 man these things? and what 
 wisdom is this which is giv- 
 en unto him, that even such 
 mighty works are wrought by 
 his hands ? 
 
 3 Is not this the carpenter, 
 the son of Mary, the brother of 
 James, and Joses, and of Juda, 
 and Simon? and are not his 
 sisters here with us ? And they 
 were offended at him. 
 
 4 But Jesus said unto them, 
 A prophet is not without ho- 
 nour, but in his own country, 
 and among his own kin, and in 
 his own house. 
 
Tlie, twelve sent fcnili. St. IMAEK, VI. John Baptist heheaded. 
 
 5 And he could there do no 
 mighty work, save that he laid 
 liis hands upon a few sick folk, 
 and healed them, 
 
 6 And he marvelled because 
 of their unbelief. And he went 
 romid about the villages, teach- 
 ing. 
 
 7 ![ And he called unto him 
 the twelve, and began to send 
 them forth by two and two; 
 and gave them power over un- 
 clean spirits ; 
 
 8 And commanded them that 
 they should take nothing for 
 their jouniey, save a staft" only ; 
 no scrip, no bread, no money in 
 their purse : 
 
 9 But be shod with sandals; 
 and not put on two coats. 
 
 10 And he said unto them^ In 
 what place soever ye enter mto 
 an house, there abide till ye de- 
 part from that place. 
 
 11 And whosoever shall not 
 receive you, nor hear you, when 
 ye depart thence, shake off the 
 dust under your feet for a testi- 
 mony against them. Verily I 
 say unto you. It shall be more 
 tolerable for Sodom and Go- 
 morrha in the day of judgment, 
 than for that city. 
 
 12 And they went out, and 
 preached that men should re- 
 pent. 
 
 13 And they cast out many 
 devils, and anointed with oil 
 many that were sick, and heal- 
 ed them. 
 
 14 And king Herod heard of 
 him ; (for his name was spread 
 abroad :) and he said. That 
 John the Baptist was risen from 
 the dead, and therefore mighty 
 works do shew forth themselves 
 in him. 
 
 15 Others said. That it is Elias. 
 And others said, That it is a 
 prophet, or as one of the pro- 
 phets. 
 
 16 But when Herod heard 
 thereof, he said. It is John, 
 whom I beheaded : he is risen 
 from the dead. 
 
 17 For Herod himself had sent 
 forth and laid hold upon John, 
 
 and bound him in prison for 
 Herodias' sake, his brother Phi- 
 lip's wife: for he had married 
 her. 
 
 18 For John had said unto 
 Herod, It is not lawful for thee 
 to have thy brother's Avife. 
 
 19 Therefore Herodias had a 
 quaiTel against him, and would 
 have killed him ; but she could 
 not: 
 
 20 For Herod feared John, 
 knowing that he was a just 
 man and an holy, and observed 
 him ; and when he heard him. 
 he did many things, and heard 
 him gladly. 
 
 21 And when a convenient day 
 was come, that Herod on his 
 birthday made a supper to his 
 lords, high captains, and chief 
 estates of Galilee ; 
 
 22 And when the daughter of 
 the said Herodias came in, and 
 danced, and pleased Herod and 
 them that sat with him, the 
 king said unto the damsel. Ask 
 of me whatsoever thou wUt, and 
 I will give it thee. 
 
 23 And he sware unto her. 
 Whatsoever thou shalt ask of 
 me, I will give it thee, imto the 
 half' of my kingdom. 
 
 24 And she went forth, and said 
 unto her mother, What shall I 
 ask? And she said, The head 
 of John the Baptist. 
 
 25 And she came in straight- 
 way with haste unto the king, 
 and asked, saying, I will that 
 thou give me by and by in a 
 charger the head of John the 
 Baptist. 
 
 26 And the king was exceed- 
 ing sorry; pet for hiS" oath's 
 sake, and for their sakes which 
 sat with him, he would not re- 
 ject her. 
 
 27 And immediately the king- 
 sent an executioner, and com- 
 manded his head to be brought : 
 and he went and beheaded him 
 in the prison, 
 
 28 And brought his head in a 
 charger, and gave it to the dam- 
 sel : and the damsel gave it to 
 her mother. 
 
Christ feecM 
 
 29 And v,-h.en his disciples 
 heard of it, they came and took 
 np his corpse, and laid it in a 
 tomb. 
 
 30 And the aposties gathered 
 themselves together unto Jesus, 
 and told him all things, both 
 what they had done, and what 
 they had taught- 
 
 31 And he said unto them. 
 Come ye yourselres apart into 
 a desert place, and rest a while : 
 for there were many coming 
 and going, and they had no lei- 
 sure so much as to eat. 
 
 32 And they departed into a 
 desert place by ship privately. 
 
 33 And the people saw them 
 departing, and many knew him, 
 
 -and ran afoot thither out of all 
 cities, and outwent them, and 
 came together imto him. 
 
 34 And Jesus, when he came 
 out, saw much people, and was 
 moved with compassion toward 
 them, because they were as 
 sheep not having a shepherd : 
 and he began to teach them 
 many things. 
 
 35 And when the day was now 
 tar spent, his disciples came 
 imto him, and said, This is a 
 desert place, and now the time 
 is far passed : 
 
 36 Send them away, that they 
 may go into the country round 
 about, and into the villages, and 
 buy themselves bread : for they 
 have nothing to eat. 
 
 37 He answered and said unto 
 them. Give ye them to eat. 
 And they say unto him, Shall 
 we go and buy two hundred 
 pennyworth of bread, and give 
 them to eat? 
 
 38 He saith unto them, How 
 many loaves have ye? go and 
 see. And when they knew, they 
 say, Five, and two fishes. 
 
 39 And he commanded them 
 to make all sit down by com- 
 panies upon the green grass. 
 
 40 And they sat down in ranks, 
 by hundreds, and by fifties. 
 
 41 And when he had taken the 
 five loaves and the two fishes, 
 he looked up to heaven, and 
 
 St. mark, VI. 
 
 Jive ihomand, 
 blessed, and brake the loaves, 
 and gave ihem to his disciples 
 to set before them; and the 
 two fislffis divided he among 
 them alL 
 
 42 And they did all eat, and 
 were filled. 
 
 43 And they took up twelve 
 baskets full of the fpagments, 
 and of the fishes. 
 
 44 And they that did eat of 
 the loaves were about five thou- 
 sand men. 
 
 45 And stmightway he con- 
 straiued his disciples to get into 
 the ship, and to go to the other 
 side before unto Bethsaida, 
 while he sent away the people. 
 
 46 And when he tad sent them 
 away, he departed iuto a moun- 
 tain to pmy. 
 
 47 And when even was come, 
 the ship was in the midst of 
 the s^i, and he alone on ihe 
 land. 
 
 48 And be saw them toiling 
 in rowing; for the mnd was 
 contmry unto them : and about 
 the fourth watch of the night 
 he Cometh unto them, walking 
 upon the s^i, and would have 
 passed by them. 
 
 49 But when they saw him 
 walking upon the sea', they sup- 
 posed it Imd been a spirit, and 
 cried out : 
 
 50 For they all saw him, and 
 were troubled. And immedi- 
 ately he talked with them, and 
 saith unto them. Be of good 
 cheer : it is I ; be not afraid. 
 
 51 And he went up unto them 
 into the ship ; and the wind 
 ceased : and they were sore 
 amazed in themselves beyond 
 measure, and wondered. 
 
 52 For they considered not the 
 miracle of the leaves : for their 
 heart was hardened. 
 
 53 And when they had passed 
 over, they came into the land 
 of Gennesaret, and drew to the 
 shore. 
 
 54 And when they were come 
 out of the ship, straightway 
 they knew him, 
 
 55 And ran through that whole 
 
Clirist reproveth 
 
 St. MAEK, VII. 
 
 the Pharisees. 
 
 region round about, and began 
 to carry about in beds those 
 that were sicli, where they heard 
 he was. 
 
 56 And whithersoever he en- 
 tered, into villages, or cities, or 
 country, they laid the sick in 
 the streets, and besought him 
 that they might touch if" it were 
 but the border of his garment : 
 and as many as touched liim 
 were made whole. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 1 77ie Pharisees find fault at the disciples 
 for eating with umoashen hands. 8 
 Tficy break the commandmerU. of God 
 hy the traditions of men. 14 Meat de- 
 fileth not the man. 24 JTe heoAeth the 
 Syrophenician vx>man's daiufhter of an 
 unclean sjnrit, 31 and one that was 
 deaf, and stammered in his .speech. 
 
 rpHEN came together unto 
 A. him the Pharisees, and cer- 
 tain of the scribes, which came 
 from Jerusalem. 
 
 2 And when they saw some 
 of his disciples eat bread with 
 defiled, that is to say, with 
 unwashen, hands, they found 
 fault. 
 
 3 For the Pharisees, and all the 
 Jews, except they wash their 
 hands oft, eat not, holding the 
 tradition of the elders. 
 
 4 And when they come from 
 the market, except they wash, 
 they eat not. And many other 
 things there be, which they have 
 received to hold, as the washing 
 of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, 
 and of tables. 
 
 5 Then the Pharisees and 
 scribes asked him. Why walk 
 not thy disciples according to 
 the tradition of the elders, but 
 eat bread with unwashen hands? 
 
 6 He answered and said unto 
 them. Well hath Esaias pro- 
 phesied of you hypocrites, as it 
 is written, This people honour- 
 eth me with their lips, but their 
 heart is far from me. 
 
 7 Howbeit in vain do they 
 worship me, teaching for doc- 
 trines the commandments of 
 men. 
 
 8 For laying aside the oom- 
 mandment of God, ye hold the 
 
 tradition of men, as the wash- 
 ing of pots and cups : and many 
 other such like things ye do. 
 
 9 And he said unto them. Full 
 well ye reject the command- 
 ment of God, that ye may keep 
 your own tradition. 
 
 10 For Moses said, Honour thy 
 father and thy mother; and, 
 Whoso curseth father or mo- 
 ther, let him die the death : 
 
 11 But ye say, If a man shall 
 say to his father or mother, 
 // is Corban, that is to say, a 
 gift, by whatsoever thou might- 
 est be profited by me ; he shall 
 hefree. 
 
 12 And ye suffer him no more 
 to do ought for his father or his 
 mother ; 
 
 13 Making the word of God 
 of none efiect through your tra- 
 dition, which ye have deliver- 
 ed : and many such like things 
 do ye. 
 
 14 IF And when he had called 
 all the people unto him, he said 
 unto them. Hearken unto me 
 every one of you, and under- 
 stand : 
 
 15 There is nothing from v/ith- 
 out a man, that entering into 
 him can defile him: but the 
 things which come out of him, 
 those are they that defile the 
 man. 
 
 16 If any man have ears to 
 hear, let him hear. 
 
 17 And when he was entered 
 into the house fi-om the people, 
 his disciples asked him con- 
 cerning the parable. 
 
 18 And he saith imto them, 
 Are ye so without understand- 
 ing also? Do ye not perceive, 
 that whatsoever thing from 
 without entereth into the man, 
 it cannot defile him ; 
 
 19 Because it entereth not into 
 his heart, but into the belly, 
 and goeth out into the draught, 
 purging all meats ? 
 
 20 And he said, That which 
 Cometh out of the man, that 
 defileth the man. 
 
 21 For from within, out of 
 the heart of men, proceed evil 
 
The Cammnit^s 
 
 St. mark, vni. 
 
 daughter liealed. 
 
 thoughts, adulteries, foi-nica- 
 tions, murders, 
 
 22 Thefts, covetousness, wick- 
 edness, deceit, lascivioii«iiess, 
 an evil ey€, blasphemy, pride, 
 foolishness : 
 
 23 All these evil things come 
 from within, and defile the man. 
 
 24 IT And from thence he arose, 
 and went Into the borders of 
 Tyre and Sidon, and entered 
 into an house, and would have 
 no man know i^; but he could 
 not be hid. 
 
 25 For a certain woman, whose 
 S^oung daughter had an unclean 
 spiiit, heard of him, and came 
 and fell at his feet : 
 
 26 The woman was a Greek, 
 a Syrophenician by nation ; and 
 she besought him that he would 
 cast forth the devil out of her 
 daughter. 
 
 27 But Jesus said unto her, 
 Let the children first be filled : 
 for it is not meet to take the 
 children's bread, and to cast it 
 unto the dogs. 
 
 28 And she answered and said 
 unto him. Yes, Lord: yet the 
 dogs under the table eat of the 
 children's crumbs. 
 
 29 And he said unto her. For 
 this saying go thy way ; the de- 
 vil is gone out of thy daughter. 
 
 30 And when she was come to 
 her house, she found the devil 
 gone out, and her daughter laid 
 upon the bed. 
 
 31 IT And again, departing from 
 the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, 
 he came unto the sea of Gali- 
 lee, through the midst of the 
 coasts of Decapolis. 
 
 32 And they bring unto him 
 one that was deaf, and had an 
 impediment in his speech ; and 
 they beseech him to put his 
 hand upon him. 
 
 33 And he took him aside from 
 the multitude, and put his fin- 
 gers into his ears, and he spit, 
 and touched his tongue ; 
 
 34 And looking up to heaven, 
 he sighed, and saith unto hian, 
 Ephphatha, that is. Be opened. 
 
 35 And straightway his ears 
 
 were opened, and the string of 
 his tongue was loosed, and he 
 spake plain. 
 
 36 And he charged them that 
 they should tell no man : but 
 tte more he charged them, so 
 much the more a great deal 
 they published it ; 
 
 37 And were beyond measure 
 astonished, saying, He hath 
 done all things well : he maketh 
 both the deaf to hear, and the 
 dumb to speak. 
 
 CHAPTER yilL 
 
 I -Cfirist feedeGi the people ndraculously: 
 10 T^useth to give a sign to the Phari- 
 sees : 14 adtnonisheth his discijy^es to 
 bezvar^ of the leaven of tlis Pharisees, 
 and of the leaven of Herod ; 22 giveth a, 
 blind man his sight : 27 acknowledgeth 
 that he is the Christ, who shovJld suffer 
 und rise again: 34 and exhorteth to 
 patience in persecvtimi for tlie profess- 
 sion of the gospel. 
 
 11^ those days the multitude 
 being very great, and hav- 
 ing nothing to ^-t, Jesus called 
 his disciples unto Mm, and saith 
 unto them, 
 
 2 I have compassion on the 
 multitude, because they have 
 now been with me three days, 
 and have nothing to eat : 
 
 3 And if I send them away 
 fasting to their own houses, 
 they will faint by the way : for 
 divers of them came from far. 
 
 4 And his disciples answered 
 him, From whence can a man 
 satisfy these men with bread 
 here in the wilderness? 
 
 5 And he asked them, How 
 many loaves have ye? And 
 they said. Seven. 
 
 6 And he commanded the peo- 
 ple to sit down on the ground : 
 and he took the seven loaves, 
 and gave thanks, and brake, 
 and gave to his disciples to set 
 before them; and they did set 
 them before the people. 
 
 7 And they had a few small 
 fi-slies: and he blessed, and 
 commanded to set them also 
 before them. 
 
 8 So they did eat, and were 
 filled : and they took up of the 
 broken meat that was left seven 
 baskets. 
 
 3B3 
 
CJi7ist givetli a 
 
 St. MAEK, VIII. 
 
 hlind man siglit. 
 
 9 And they that had eaten 
 were about four thousand : and 
 he sent them away. 
 
 10 H And straightway he en- 
 tered into a ship with his dis- 
 ciples, and came into the parts 
 of Dalmanutha. 
 
 11 And the Pharisees came 
 forth, and began to question 
 with liim, seeking of him a sign 
 from heaven, tempting him. 
 
 12 And he sighed deeply in 
 his spirit, and saith. Why doth 
 this generation seek after a sign ? 
 verily I say unto you, There 
 shall no sign be given unto this 
 generation. 
 
 13 And he left tliem, and en- 
 tering into the sliip agam de- 
 parted to the other side. 
 
 14 IF Now the disciples had 
 forgotten to take bread^ neither 
 had they in the ship with them 
 more than one loaf. 
 
 15 And he charged them, say- 
 ing. Take heed, beware of the 
 leaven of the Pharisees, and of 
 the leaven of Herod. 
 
 16 And they reasoned among 
 themselves, saying, It is be- 
 cause we have no bread. 
 
 17 And when Jesus knew it, 
 he saith unto them, AVhy rea- 
 son ye, because ye have no 
 bread? perceive ye not yet, 
 neither understand? have ye 
 your heart yet hardened? 
 
 18 Having eyes, see ye not? 
 and having ears, hear ye not? 
 and do ye not remember ? 
 
 19 When I brake the five loaves 
 among five thousand, how many 
 baskets full of fragments took 
 ye up? They say unto him. 
 Twelve. 
 
 20 And when the seven among 
 four thousand, how many bas- 
 kets full of iiagments took ye 
 up ? And they said, Seven. 
 
 21 And he said unto them, 
 Hov/ is it that ye do not un- 
 derstand? 
 
 22 IF And he cometh to Beth- 
 saida; and they bring a blind 
 man unto liim, and besought 
 him to touch him. 
 
 23 And he took the blind man 
 
 by the hand, and led him out 
 of the town ; and when he liad 
 spit on liis eyes, and put his 
 hands upon him, he asked liini 
 if he saw ought. 
 
 24 And he looked up, and said, 
 I see men as trees, walking. 
 
 25 Alter that he put his hands 
 again upon his eyes, and made 
 him look up : and he was restor- 
 ed, and saw every man clearly. 
 
 26 And he sent him away to 
 his house, saying, Neither go 
 into the town, nor tell it to any 
 in the to\vn. 
 
 27 H And Jesus went out, and 
 his disciples, into the towns of 
 CcTsarea Philippi: and by the 
 way he asked his disciples, say- 
 ing unto them. Whom do men 
 say that I am ? 
 
 28 And they answered, John 
 the Baptist: but some sav, E- 
 lias; and others, One of the 
 prophets. 
 
 29 And he saith unto them, 
 But Avhom say ye that I am? 
 And Peter aiiswereth and saith 
 unto him, Thou art the Christ. 
 
 30 And he charged them that 
 they should tell no man of him. 
 
 31 And he began to teach them, 
 that the Son of man must suf- 
 fer many things, and be rejected 
 of the elders, and of the chief 
 priests, and scribes, and be kill- 
 ed, and after three days rise 
 again. 
 
 32 And he spake that saying 
 openly. And Peter took him, 
 and began to rebuke him. 
 
 33 But when he had turned 
 about and looked on his disci- 
 ples, he rebuked Peter, saying, 
 Get thee behind me, Satan : for 
 thou savourest not the things 
 that be of God, but the things 
 that be of men. 
 
 34 IF And when he had called 
 the people unto him with his 
 disciples also, he said unto 
 them, Whosoever wUl come af- 
 ter me, let him deny himself, 
 and take up his cross, and fol- 
 low me. 
 
 35 For whosoever will save his 
 life shall lose it; but whoso- 
 
Jesiis is transfigured, St. MAl^K, IX. A dumb simii cast out. 
 
 8 And suddenly, wlien they 
 had looked round about, they 
 saw no man any more, save 
 Jesus only with themselves. 
 
 9 And as they came down from 
 the mountain, he charged them 
 that they should tell no man 
 what things they had seen, till 
 the Son of man were risen from 
 the dead. 
 
 10 And they kept that sasdng 
 with themselves, questioning 
 one with another what the ris- 
 ing from the dead should mean, 
 
 11 IF And they asked him, say- 
 ing, Why say the scribes that 
 Ellas must first come ? 
 
 12 And he answered and told 
 them, Elias verily cometh first, 
 and restoreth all things; and 
 how it is written of the Son of 
 man, that he must sufier many 
 things, aild be set at nought. 
 
 13 But I say unto you, That 
 Elias is indeed come, and they 
 have done unto him whatsoever 
 they listed, as it is written of 
 him. 
 
 14 IF And when he came to his 
 disciples, he saw a great multi- 
 tude about them, and the scribes 
 questioning with them. 
 
 15 And straightway all the 
 people, when they beheld him, 
 were greatly amazed, and run- 
 ning to him saluted him. 
 
 16 And he asked the scribes, 
 What question ye with them ? 
 
 17 And one of the multitude 
 answered and said, Master, I 
 have brought unto thee my son, 
 which hath a dumb spirit ; 
 
 18 And wheresoever he ti^keth 
 him, he teareth him: and he 
 foameth, and gnasheth with his 
 teeth, and pineth away : and I 
 spake to thy disciples that they 
 should cast him out ; and they 
 could not. 
 
 19 He answereth him, and 
 saith, O faithless generation, 
 how long shall I be with you ? 
 how long shall 1 suflier you? 
 bring him unto me. 
 
 20 And they brought him un- 
 to him : and when he ^aw him, 
 straightway the spirit tare him ; 
 
 ever shall lose his life for my 
 sake and the gospel's, the same 
 shall save it. 
 
 36 For what shall it profit a 
 man, if he shall gain the whole 
 world, and lose his own soul? 
 
 37 Or what shall a man give 
 in exchange for his soul ? 
 
 38 Whosoever therefore shall 
 be ashamed of me and of my 
 words in this adulterous and 
 sinful generation ; of him also 
 shall the Son of man be a- 
 shamed, when he cometh in 
 the glory of his Father with 
 the holy angels. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 2 Jesus is transfigured. \\ He instruct- 
 eth Ms disciples concerning the coming 
 of alias : 14 casteth forth a dumb and 
 deaf spirit : 30 foretelleth his death and 
 resurrection : 33 eochorteth his disciples 
 to humility: 38 bidding them not to 
 prohibit such as be not against them, nor 
 to give offence to any of the faithful. 
 
 AND he said unto them, Ye- 
 j\. rily I say unto you, That 
 there be some of them that 
 stand here, which shall not 
 taste of death, till they have 
 seen the kingdom of God come 
 with power. 
 
 2 % And after six days Jesus 
 taketh with him Peter, and 
 James, and John, and leadeth 
 them up into an high mountain 
 apart by themselves: and he 
 was transfigured before them. 
 
 3 And his raiment became 
 shining, exceeding white as 
 snow ; so as no fuller on earth 
 can white them. 
 
 4 And there appeared unto 
 them Elias with Moses: and 
 they were talking with Jesus. 
 
 5 And Peter answered and 
 said to Jesus, Master, it is good 
 for us to be here: and let us 
 make three tabernacles; one 
 for thee, and one for Moses, 
 and one for Elias. 
 
 6 For he wist not what to say ; 
 for they were sore afraid. 
 
 7 And there was a cloud that 
 overshadowed them: and a 
 voice came out of the cloud, 
 saying, This is my beloved 
 Son : hear him. 
 
aiiidforetdleth St. MABK, IX. Jus own chaih, 
 
 and lie fell on the ground, and j ho asked them, What was it 
 wallowed loamin<^. that y© disputed among your- 
 
 21 And he asked his lather, selves by the way ? 
 How long is it ago since tliis I 3^1 But they held their peace : 
 rame unto himV And he said, 'for by the way they had dis- 
 
 Of a child. 
 
 I putod amoni? theuxselves, who 
 
 22 And ofttimes it hath cast should he the f2:reatest. 
 him into the tire, and into the ' IV) And he sat down, and call- 
 watei-s, to destroy him: but il' ed the twelve, and saith unto 
 thou canst do any thins, have theni, 11" any man desire to be 
 compassion on us, and help us. fij-st, tlie same shall be last ol 
 
 23 Jesus said unto liim^ If 
 thou canst believe, all things \ 
 
 all, and servant of all. 
 3»i And he took a child, and 
 
 are i^ossible to him tliat be- , set him in the midst of them : 
 
 lieveth. 
 
 and when he had taken him in 
 
 24 And straightway the father his aruL-^, he said unto them, 
 of the child cried out, and said | 37 Whosoever shall receive one 
 with tears. Lord, 1 l>elieve ; help , of such children in my name, 
 
 receiveth me: and whosoever 
 shall receive me, receiveth not 
 me, but him that sent me. 
 
 thou mine unbelief. 
 25 When Jesus saw that the 
 people came ninning together, 
 
 he rebuked the foul spiiit, say- I 38 1 And John answered him, 
 ing unto him. Thou dumb and saying, blaster, we saw one 
 deaf ppirit, 1 charge thee, come casting out devils in thy name, 
 out of him, and enter no more and he followeth not us: and 
 
 into him. 
 
 ! we forbad him, because he fol- 
 
 2o And the spirit cried, and loweth not us. 
 
 rent him sore, and came out of 31> But Jesus said. Forbid him 
 
 him : and he was as one dead ; not : for there is no man which, 
 
 insomuch that many said, He shall do a miracle in my name, 
 is dead. 
 
 27 But Jesus took him by the mo. 
 
 that can lightly speak evil of 
 
 liand, and lilted him up; and 
 he arose. 
 
 28 And when he was come in- 
 to the house, his disciples asked 
 
 40 For ho that is not against 
 us is on our part. 
 
 41 For whosoever shall give 
 you a cup of water to drink in 
 
 him privately, ^Vhy could not my name, because ye belong to 
 
 we cast him out? 
 2*.) And he said unto them. 
 This kind can come forth by | 
 
 Clirist, verily I say unto you, 
 he sliall not lose his reward. 
 42 And whosoever shall oft'end 
 
 nothing, but by prayer and \ one of these little ones that be- 
 
 fasting. 
 
 lieve in me, it is better for him 
 
 30 ![ And they departed thence, that a millstone were hanged 
 and passed tlirough Galilee; about his neck, and he were 
 and he would not that any man cast into the sea. 
 
 should know it. 
 
 43 And if thy hand offend 
 
 31 For he taught liis disciples, | thee, cut it off: it is better for 
 and said unto them, The Son of | thee to enter into life maimed, 
 man is delivered into the hands ; than having two hands to go in- 
 
 of men, and they shall kill 
 him ; and after that he is kill- 
 ed, he shall rise the third day. 
 
 32 But they understood not 
 that saying, and were afraid to 
 ask him. 
 
 33 IF And he came to Caper- 
 naum : and being in the house 
 
 to hell, into the fire that never 
 shall be quenched : 
 
 44 Where their worm dieth not, 
 and the fire is not quenched. 
 
 45 And if thy foot offend thee, 
 cut it oft": it is better for thee 
 to enter halt into life, than hav- 
 ing two feet to bo cast into hell, 
 
's answer St. MARK, X. concerning dwm'ce. 
 
 8 And they twain shall be one 
 flesh : so then they are no more 
 twain, but one flesh. 
 
 9 What therefore God hath 
 joined together, let not man put 
 asunder. 
 
 10 And in the house his dis- 
 ciples asked him again of the 
 same matter, 
 
 11 And he saith unto them, 
 WhosoeA^er shall put away his 
 wife, and marry another, com- 
 mitteth adultery against her. 
 
 12 And if a woman shall put 
 away her husband, and be mar- 
 ried to another, she committeth 
 adultery. 
 
 13 IF And they brought young 
 children to him, that he should 
 touch them : and his disciples 
 rebuked those that brought 
 them. 
 
 14 But when Jesus saw it, he 
 was much displeased, and said 
 unto them, Sufi'er the little chil- 
 di'en to come unto me, and for- 
 bid them not : for of such is the 
 kingdom of God. 
 
 15 Yerily I say unto you, Who- 
 soever shall not receive the king- 
 dom of God as a little child, he 
 shall not enter therein. 
 
 16 And he took them up in 
 his arms, put his hands upon 
 them, and blessed them. 
 
 17 H And when he was gone 
 forth into the way, there came 
 one running, and kneeled to 
 him, and asked him, G^od 
 Master, what shall I do that I 
 may inherit eternal life? 
 
 18 And Jesus said unto him,. 
 Why callest thou me good? 
 there is none good but one, 
 that iSy God. 
 
 19 Thou knowest the com- 
 mandments, Do not commit; 
 adultery, Do not kill. Do not 
 steal. Do not bear false witness^ 
 Defraud not, Honour thy fa- 
 ther and mother. 
 
 20 And he answered and said 
 unto him, Master, all these have 
 I observed from my youth. 
 
 21 Then Jesus beholding him 
 loved him, and said unto him, 
 Qa© thing thou lackeat : go thy 
 
 into the fire that never shall be 
 quenched : 
 
 46 Where their worm dieth not, 
 and the fire is not quenched. 
 
 47 And if thine eye ofl'end thee, 
 pluck it out: it is better for 
 thee to enter into the kingdom 
 of God with one eye, than hav- 
 ing two eyes to be cast into hell 
 fire: 
 
 48 Where their worm dieth not, 
 and the fire is not quenched. 
 
 49 For every one shall be salt- 
 ed with fire, and every sacrifice 
 shall be salted with salt. 
 
 50 Salt is good : but if the salt 
 have lost his saltness, where- 
 with will ye season it? Have 
 salt in yourselves, and have 
 peace one with another. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 2 CJirist dlsputeth with the Pharisees touch- 
 ing divorcement: 13 blesseth the chil- 
 dren that are brought vmto him : 17 
 resolveth a rich man how he m,ay in- 
 herit life everlasting : 23 telleth his dis- 
 ciples of the danger of riches : 28 pro- 
 miseth rewards to them that forsake 
 any thing for the gospel : 32 foretell- 
 eth his death and resurrection: 35 
 biddeth the two ambitious suitors to 
 think rather of suffering with him : 46 
 and restoreth to Bartimoeus his sight, 
 
 AND he arose from thence, 
 . and Cometh into the coasts 
 of Judsea by the farther side of 
 Jordan: and the people resort 
 unto him again ; and, as he was 
 wont, he taught them again. 
 
 2 IT And the Pharisees came to 
 him, and asked him, Is it law- 
 ful for a man to put away his 
 wile? tempting him. 
 
 3 And he answered and said 
 unto them. What did Moses 
 command you? 
 
 4 And they said, Moses suf- 
 fered to write a bill of divorce- 
 ment, and to put her away. 
 
 5 And Jesus answered and said 
 unto them, For the hardness of 
 your heart he wrote you this 
 precept. 
 
 6 But from the beginning of 
 the creation God made them 
 male and female. 
 
 7 For tliis cause shall a man 
 leave his father and mother, 
 and cleave to his wife ; 
 
Christ foretdkth his 
 
 St. mark, X. death and resunedim. 
 
 way, Bell whatsoever tlioii hast, 
 and give to the poor, and thou 
 shalt have treasure in heaven: 
 and come, take up the cross, 
 and follow me. 
 
 22 And lie was pad at that say- 
 ing, and went away irrieved : for 
 lie had great possessions. 
 
 23 If And Jesus looked round 
 about, and saith unto his dis- 
 ciples. How hardly shall they 
 that have riches enter into the 
 kingdom of God ! 
 
 24 And the disciples were as- 
 tonished at Iiis words. But Je- 
 sus answereth airain, and saith 
 unto them, Children, how hard 
 is it for them that trust in riches 
 to enter into the kingdom of 
 God! 
 
 25 It is easier for a camel to 
 go through the eye of a needle, 
 than for a rich man to enter in- 
 to the kingdom of God. 
 
 26 And they were astonished 
 out of measure, saying among 
 themselves, Who then can be 
 saved V 
 
 27 And Jesus looking upon 
 them saith, AVith men ii is im- 
 possible, but not with God : for 
 with God all things are possible. 
 
 28 M Then Peter began to say 
 unto him, Lo, we have left all, 
 and have followed thee. 
 
 29 And Jesus answered and 
 said, Verily I say unto you, 
 There is no man that hath left 
 house, or brethren, or sisters, 
 or father, or mother, or wife, 
 or children, or lands, for my 
 sake, and the gospel's, 
 
 30 But he shall receive an 
 hundredfold now in this time, 
 houses, and brethi'en, and sis- 
 ters, and mothers, and children, 
 and lands, with persecutions; 
 and in the world to come eter- 
 nal life. 
 
 31 But many that are first shall 
 be last ; and the last first. 
 
 32 IT And they were in the way 
 going up to Jerusalem ; and Je- 
 sus went before them : and they 
 were amazed; and as they fol- 
 lowed, they were alraid. And 
 he took again the twelve, and 
 
 began to tell them what things 
 should happen unto him, 
 
 33 Saying, Behold, we go up 
 to Jerusalem; and the 8on of 
 man shall be delivered unto 
 the chief priests, and mito the 
 scribes; and they shall con- 
 demn him to death, and shall 
 deliver him to the Gentiles : 
 
 34 And they shall mock him, 
 and shall scourge him, and 
 shall spit upon him, and shall 
 kill him : and the third day he 
 shall rise again. 
 
 35 H And James and John, 
 the sons of Zebedee, come unto 
 him, saying, Master, we would 
 that thou shouldest do for us 
 whatsoever we shall desire. 
 
 3G And he said unto them, 
 AVhat would ye that I should 
 do for you V 
 
 37 They said unto him, Grant 
 unto us that we may sit, one on 
 thy right hand, and the other 
 on thy left hand, in thy glory. 
 
 38 But Jesus said unto them. 
 Ye know not what ye ask : can 
 ye diink of the cup that I drink 
 of? and be baptized with the 
 baptism that I am baptized 
 with? 
 
 39 And they said unto him, 
 We can. And Jesus said unto 
 them, Ye shall indeed drink of 
 the cup that I drink of; and 
 with the baptism that I am 
 baptized withal shall ye be 
 baptized : 
 
 40 But to sit on my right hand 
 and on my left hand is not mine 
 to give ; but it shall he given to 
 them for whom it is prepared. 
 
 41 And when the ten heard 
 it, they began to be much dis- 
 pleased with James and John. 
 
 42 But Jesus called them to 
 him, and saith unto them, Ye 
 know that they which are ac- 
 counted to rule over the Gen- 
 tiles exercise lordship over 
 them ; and their great ones ex- 
 ercise authority upon them. 
 
 43 But so shall it not be a- 
 mong you : but whosoever will 
 be great among you, shall be 
 your minister : 
 
ClirisCs enh-y 
 
 St. IMAEK, XI. 
 
 hiio Jeiusalem. 
 
 44 And whosoever of you will 
 be the chielest, shall be servant 
 of all. 
 
 45 For even the Son of man 
 came not to be mmistered mi- 
 to, but to minister, and to give 
 his life a ransom for many. 
 
 46 II And they came to Jeri- 
 cho : and as he went out of Je- 
 richo with his disciples and a 
 great number of people, blind 
 Bartimseus, the son of Tim^eus, 
 sat by the highway side beg- 
 ging. 
 
 47 And when he heard that it 
 was Jesus of Nazareth, he be- 
 gan to cry out, and saj^, Jesus, 
 thou son of David, have mercy 
 on me. 
 
 48 And many charged him 
 that he should hold his peace : 
 but he cried the more a great 
 deal, Thou son of David, have 
 mercy on me. 
 
 49 And Jesus stood still, and 
 commanded him to be called. 
 And they call the blind man, 
 saying unto him, Be of good 
 comfort, rise ; he calleth thee. 
 
 50 And he, casting away his gar- 
 ment, rose, and came to Jesus. 
 
 51 And Jesus answered and 
 said unto him. What wilt thou 
 that I should do unto thee? 
 The blind man said unto him. 
 Lord, that I might receive my 
 sight. 
 
 52 And Jesus said unto him, 
 Go thy way; thy faith hath 
 made thee whole. And imme- 
 diately he received his sight, 
 and followed Jesus in the way. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 1 Christ ridefh with triumph into Jeru- 
 salem : 12 curseth the fruitless leafy 
 tree : 15 purgeth the temple : 20 ex- 
 horteth his disciples to stedfastness of 
 faith, and to forgive their enemies : 27 
 and defendeth the la^vfulness of his ac- 
 tions, by the witness of John, who was 
 a man sent of God. 
 
 AND when they came nigh 
 . to Jerusalem, unto Beth- 
 phage and Bethany, at the 
 mount of Olives, he sendeth 
 forth two of his disciples, 
 2 And saith unto them, Go 
 your way into the village over 
 
 against you : and as soon as ye 
 be entered into it, ye shall find 
 a colt tied, whereon never man 
 sat ; loose him, and bring him. 
 
 3 And if any man say unto 
 you. Why do ye this? say ye 
 that the Lord hath need of 
 him; and straightway he will 
 send him hither. 
 
 4 And they went their way, 
 and found the colt tied by the 
 door without in a place where 
 two ways met; and they loose 
 him. 
 
 5 And certain of them that 
 stood there said unto them, 
 ¥/hat do ye, loosing the colt? 
 
 6 And they said unto them 
 even as Jesus had commanded : 
 and they let them go. 
 
 7 And they brought the colt to 
 Jesus, and cast thek garments 
 on biTYi ; and he sat upon him. 
 
 8 And many spread their gar- 
 ments in the way: and others 
 cut down branches off the trees, 
 and stravred them in the way. 
 
 9 And they that went before, 
 and they that followed, cried, 
 saying, Hosanna ; Blessed is he 
 that cometh in the name of the 
 Lord : 
 
 10 Blessed he the kingdom of 
 our father David, that cometh 
 in the name of the Lord : Ho- 
 sanna in the highest. 
 
 11 And Jesus entered into Je- 
 rusalem, and into the temple : 
 and when he had looked round 
 about upon all things, and now 
 the eventide was come, he went 
 out unto Bethany with the 
 twelve. 
 
 12 ^ And on the morrow, when 
 they were come from Bethany, 
 he was hungiy : 
 
 13 And seeing a fig tree afar 
 off having leaves, he came, if 
 haply he might find any thing 
 thereon : and when he came to 
 it, he found nothing but leaves ; 
 for the time of figs was not yet. 
 
 14 And Jesus answered and 
 said unto it, No man eat fruit 
 of thee hereafter for ever. And 
 his disciples heard it. 
 
 15 ^ And they come to Jeru- 
 
Christ exhortdh St. MAEK, XII. to faith in prayer 
 
 salem : and Jesus went into the ' Jerusalem : and as he^as walk- 
 
 temple, and began to cast out 
 them that sold and bought in 
 the temple, and overtlirew the 
 tables of the moneychangers, 
 and the seats of them that sold 
 doves ; 
 
 16 And would not suffer that 
 any man should carry any ves- 
 sel through the temple. 
 
 17 And he taught, saying unto 
 tliem, Is it not written, My 
 house shall be called of all 
 nations the house of prayer? 
 but ye have made it a den of 
 thieves. 
 
 18 And the scribes and chief 
 priests heard it, and sought 
 how they might destroy him : 
 for they feared liim, because 
 all the people was astonished 
 at his doctrine. 
 
 19 And when even was come, 
 he went out of the city. 
 
 20 H And in the morning, as 
 they passed by, they saw tlie tig 
 tree dried up from the roots. 
 
 21 And Peter calling to remem- 
 brance saith unto him, Master, 
 behold, the fig tree which thou 
 cursedst is withered away. 
 
 22 And Jesus answering saith 
 unto them, Have faith in God. 
 
 23 For verily I say unto you, 
 That whosoever shall say unto 
 this mountain, Be thou remov- 
 ed, and be thou cast into the 
 sea ; and shall not doubt in his 
 heart, but shall believe that 
 those things which he saith 
 shall come to pass; he shall 
 have whatsoever he saith. 
 
 24 Therefore I say unto you, 
 What things soever ye desire, 
 when ye pray, believe that ye 
 receive them, and ye shall have 
 them. 
 
 25 And when ye stand pray- 
 ing, forgive, if ye have ought 
 against any : that your Father 
 also which is in heaven may 
 forgive you your trespasses. 
 
 26 But if ye do not forgive, 
 neither will your Father which 
 is in heaven forgive your tres- 
 
 27 IF And they come again to 
 
 ing in the temple, there come 
 to him the chief jiriests, and 
 the scribes, and the elders, 
 
 28 And say unto him, By 
 what authority doest thou these 
 tilings? and who gave thee this 
 authority to do these tilings? 
 
 29 And Jesus answered and 
 said unto them, I will also ask 
 of you one question, and answer 
 me, and I will tell you by what 
 authority I do these things. 
 
 30 The baptism of John, was 
 it from heaven, or of men? 
 answer me. 
 
 31 And they reasoned with 
 themselves saying, If we shall 
 say. From heaven ; he will say. 
 Why then did ye not believe 
 him? 
 
 32 But if we shall say. Of 
 men; they feared the people: 
 for all men counted John, that 
 he was a prophet indeed. 
 
 33 And they answered and 
 said imto Jesus, We cannot tell. 
 And Jesus answering saith un- j 
 to them. Neither do I tell you 
 by what authority I do these 
 tilings. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 I In a parable of the inneyard let out to 
 unthankful husbandmen, Christ fore- 
 telleth the reprobation of the Jetvs, and 
 the calling of the Gentiles. 13 Ue avoid' 
 eth the snare of the Pharisees and IJe- 
 rodians about paying tribute to CcBsar : 
 Id convincetJi the error of tlte Saddu- 
 cees, who denied the resurrection : 2<i 
 resolreth the scribe, icho questioned of 
 the first commandment : 35 refiUeth the 
 opinion that the scribes field of Christ : 
 38 bidding the people to bcuKire of their 
 ambit'on and liypocrisy : 41 and com- 
 mendeth the poor widow for her two 
 mites, above all. 
 
 AND he began to speak un- 
 . to them by parables. A 
 certain man planted a vine- 
 yard, and set an hedge about 
 it, and digged a place for the 
 winefat, and built a tower, and 
 let it out to husbandmen, and 
 went into a far country. 
 2 And at the season he sent 
 to the husbandmen a servant, 
 that he might receive from the 
 husbandmen of the fruit of the 
 vineyard. 
 
The parable of the 
 
 St. mark, XII. 
 
 toicked huslmidmen. 
 
 3 And tliey caught him, and 
 beat hina, and sent him away 
 empty. 
 
 4 And again he sent unto them 
 another servant; and at liim 
 they cast stones, and wounded 
 him in the head, and sent him 
 away shamefully handled. 
 
 5 And again he sent another ; 
 and him they killed, and many 
 others ; beating some, and kill- 
 ing some. 
 
 6 Having yet therefore one son, 
 his wellbeloved, he sent him 
 also last unto them, saying, 
 They will reverence my son. 
 
 7 But those husbandmen said 
 among themselves. This is the 
 heii' ; come, let us kill liim, and 
 the inheritance shall be our's. 
 
 8 And they took him, and 
 killed him, and cast him out 
 of the vineyard. 
 
 9 What shall therefore the lord 
 of the vineyard do? he will 
 come and destroy the husband- 
 men, and will give the vineyard 
 unto others. 
 
 10 And have ye not read this 
 scripture ; The stone which the 
 builders rejected is become the 
 head of the corner : 
 
 11 This was the Lord's doing, 
 and it is marvellous in our eyes? 
 
 12 And they sought to lay 
 hold on him, but feared the 
 people : for they knew that he 
 had spoken the parable against 
 them : and they left him, and 
 went their way. 
 
 13 ^ And they send unto him 
 certain of the Pharisees and of 
 the Herodians, to catch him in 
 his words. 
 
 14 And when they were come, 
 they say unto him, Master, we 
 know that thou art true, and 
 carest for no man : for thou re- 
 gardest not the person of men, 
 but teachest the way of God in 
 truth : Is it lawful to give tri- 
 bute to Caesar, or not? 
 
 15 Shall we give, or shall we 
 not give? But he, knowing their 
 hypocrisy, said unto them. Why 
 tempt ye me? bring me a penny, 
 that 1 may see it. 
 
 16 And they brought it. And 
 he saith unto them. Whose is 
 this image and superscription ? 
 And they said unto him, Cae- 
 sar's. 
 
 17 And Jesus answering said 
 unto them. Bender to Caesar the 
 things that are Cesar's, and to 
 God the things that are God's. 
 And they marvelled at him. 
 
 18 H Then come unto him the 
 Sadducees, which say there is 
 no resurrection ; and they ask- 
 ed him, saying, 
 
 19 Master, Moses wrote unto 
 us, If a man's brother die, and 
 leave his wife behind him, and 
 leave no childien, that his bro- 
 ther should take Ms wife, and 
 raise up seed unto his brother. 
 
 20 Now there were seven bre- 
 thren : and the first took a wiie, 
 and dying left no seed. 
 
 21 And the second took her, 
 and died, neither left he any 
 seed : and the third likewise, 
 
 22 And the seven had her, and 
 left no seed : last of all the wo- 
 man died also. 
 
 23 In the resmTection there- 
 fore, when they shall rise, whose 
 wife shall she be of them ? for 
 the seven had her to wife. 
 
 24 And Jesus answering said 
 unto them, Do ye not therefore 
 err, because ye know not the 
 scriptures, neither the power of 
 God? 
 
 25 For when they shall rise 
 from the dead, they neither 
 marry, nor are given in mar- 
 riage; but are as the angels 
 which are in heaven. 
 
 26 And as touching the dead, 
 that they rise : have ye not read 
 in the book of Moses, how in 
 the bush God spake unto him, 
 saying, I am the God of Abra- 
 ham, and the God of Isaac, and 
 the God of Jacob? 
 
 27 He is not the God of the 
 dead, but the God of the living : 
 ye therefore do greatly err. 
 
 28 M And one of the scribes 
 came, and having heard them 
 reasoning together, and perceiv- 
 ing that he had answered them 
 
The scribes refuted. St. MARK, XIII. The pooi' midoic's mites. 
 
 well, asked him, Which is the 
 first commandment of all? 
 
 29 And Jesus answered him, 
 The first of all the command- 
 
 " ments is. Hear, O Israel ; The 
 Lord om- God is one Lord : 
 
 30 And thou shalt love the 
 Lord thy G od with all thy heart, 
 and ^vith all thy soul, and with 
 all thy mind, and with all thy 
 strength : this is the first com- 
 mandment. 
 
 31 And the second is like, 
 namely this. Thou shalt love 
 thy neiglibour as thyself. There 
 is none other commandment 
 greater than these. 
 
 32 And the scribe said unto 
 him, Well, Master, thou hast 
 said the truth : for there is one 
 God; and there is none other 
 but he : 
 
 33 And to love him with all 
 the heart, and with all the un- 
 derstanding, and with all the 
 Boul, and with all the strength, 
 and to love his neighbour as 
 himself, is more than all whole 
 burnt ofierings and sacrifices. 
 
 34 And when Jesus saw that 
 he answered discreetly, he said 
 unto him. Thou art not far 
 from the kingdom of God. And 
 no man after that durst ask him 
 any question. 
 
 35 if And Jesus ansv.ered and 
 said, while he taught in the tem- 
 ple, How say the scribes that 
 Christ is the son of David? 
 
 36 For David himself said by 
 the Holy Ghost, The Lord 
 said to my Lord, Sit thou on 
 my right hand, till I make 
 thine enemies thy footstool. 
 
 37 David therefore himself call- 
 eth him Lord ; and whence is 
 he then his son ? And the com- 
 mon people heard him gladly. 
 
 38 IF And he said unto them 
 in his doctrine. Beware of the 
 scribes, which love to go in long 
 clothing, and love salutations 
 in the marketplaces, 
 
 39 And the chief seats in the 
 synagogues, and the uppermost 
 rooms at feasts : 
 
 40 Which devour widows' 
 
 houses, and for a pretence 
 make long prayei-s : these shall 
 receive greater damnation. 
 
 41 IF And Jesus sat over against 
 the treasury, and beheld how 
 the people cast money into the 
 treasury : and many that were 
 rich cast in much. 
 
 42 And there came a certain 
 poor widow, and she threw in 
 two mites, which make a far- 
 thing. 
 
 43 And he called unto him his 
 disciples, and saith unto tliem. 
 Verily I say unto you, That 
 this poor widow hath cast more 
 in, than all they which have 
 cast into the treasury : 
 
 44 For all they did cast in of 
 their abundance; but she of 
 her want did cast in all that 
 she had, even all her living. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 I Christ foretelleth the destruction of the 
 temjjle : 9 the persecutions for the goS' 
 pel : 10 that the gosjiel must be preached 
 to all nations: 14 that great calamities 
 shall happen to the Jews: 24 and the 
 manner of his coming to judgment: 32 
 the hour whereof being known to 7ione, 
 every man is to watch and jrray, that 
 we be not found unprovided, when he 
 Cometh to ea^h one particularly by 
 death. 
 
 AND as he went out of the 
 . temple, one of his disciples 
 saith unto him. Master, see 
 what manner of stones and " 
 what buildings are here ! 
 
 2 And Jesus answering said 
 unto him, Seest thou these 
 great buildings? there shall not 
 be left one stone upon another, 
 that shall not be thrown down. 
 
 3 And as he sat upon the 
 mount of Olives over against 
 the temple, Peter and James 
 and John and Andrew asked 
 him privately, ^ 
 
 4 Tell us, when shall these J 
 things be? and what shall he * 
 the sign when all these things ^ 
 shall be fulfilled? 
 
 5 And Jesus answering them | 
 began to say. Take heed lest i 
 any m^n deceive you : 
 
 6 For many shall come in my 
 name, sajdng, I am Christ; and 
 shall deceive many. 
 
Tlie signs qf 
 
 St. MAEK, XIII. Ghiist's second cammg. 
 
 7 And when ye shall hear of 
 wars and rumours of wars, be 
 ye not troubled : for such things 
 must needs be; but the end 
 shall not be yet. 
 
 8 For nation shall rise against 
 nation, and kingdom against 
 kingdom : and there shall be 
 earthquakes in divers places, 
 and there shall be famines and 
 troubles : these are the begin- 
 nings of sorrows. 
 
 9 11 But take heed to your- 
 selves ; for they shall deliver 
 you up to councils ; and ui the 
 synagogues ye shall be beaten : 
 and ye shall be brought before 
 rulers and kings for my sake, 
 for a testimony against them. 
 
 10 And the gospel must first be 
 published among all nations. 
 
 11 But when they shall lead 
 you, and deliver you up, take 
 no thought beforehand what ye 
 shall speak, neither do ye pre- 
 meditate : but whatsoever shall 
 be given you in that hour, that 
 speak ye : for it is not ye that 
 speak, but the Holy Ghost. 
 
 12 Now the brother shall be- 
 ti'ay the brother to death, and 
 the father the son; and chil- 
 di'en shall rise up against their 
 parents, and shall cause them 
 to be put to death. 
 
 13 And ye shall be hated of all 
 men for my name's sake : but 
 he that shall endure unto the 
 end, the same shall be saved. 
 
 14 1[ But when ye shall see 
 the abomination of desolation, 
 spoken of by Daniel the pro- 
 phet, standing where it ought 
 not, (let him that readeth un- 
 derstand,) then let them that 
 be in Judsea flee to the moun- 
 tains: 
 
 15 And let him that is on the 
 housetop not go down into the 
 house, neither enter therein, to 
 take any thing out of his house : 
 
 16 And let him. that is in the 
 field not turn back again for to 
 take up his garment. 
 
 17 But woe to them that are 
 with chiM, and to them that 
 give suck in those days ! 
 
 18 And pray ye that your flight 
 be not in the winter. 
 
 19 For in those days shall be 
 afiiiction, such as was not fi-om 
 the beginning of the creation 
 which God created unto this 
 time, neither shall be. 
 
 20 And except that the Lord 
 had shortened those days, no 
 flesh should be saved : but for 
 the elect's sake, whom he hath 
 chosen, he hath shortened the 
 days. 
 
 21 And then if any man shall 
 say to you, Lo, here is Christ; 
 or, lo, he is there ; believe him 
 not: 
 
 22 For false Christs and false 
 prophets shall rise, and shall 
 shew signs and wonders, to se- 
 duce, if it were possible, even 
 the elect. 
 
 23 But take ye heed : behold, 
 I have foretold you all things. 
 
 24 ^ But in those days, after 
 that tribulation, the sun shall 
 be darkened, and the moon 
 shall not give her light, 
 
 25 And the stai-s of heaven 
 shall fall, and the powers that 
 are in heaven shall be shaken. 
 
 26 And then shall they see 
 the Son of man coming in the 
 clouds with great power and 
 glory. 
 
 27 And then shall he send his 
 angels, and shall gather toge- 
 ther his elect fi-om the four 
 winds, fi-om the uttermost part 
 of the earth to the uttermost 
 part of heaven. 
 
 28 Now learn a parable of the 
 fig ti'ee ; When her branch is yet 
 tender, and putteth forth leaves, 
 ye know that summer is near : 
 
 29 So ye in like manner, when 
 ye shall see these things come 
 to pass, know that it is nigh, 
 even at the doors. 
 
 30 Verily I say unto you, that 
 this generation shall not pass, 
 till all these things be done. 
 
 31 Heaven and earth shall pass 
 away : but my words shall not 
 pass away. 
 
 32 ^ But of that day and that 
 hour knoweth no man, no, not 
 
A conspiracy 
 
 St. IVIAEK, XIV. 
 
 aoainst Oin'st. 
 
 the angels -which are in heaven, 
 neither the Son, but the Father. 
 
 33 Take ye heed, \vatch and 
 pray: for ye know not when 
 the time is. 
 
 34 For the Son of man is as a 
 man taking a lar journey, who 
 left his house, and gave autho- 
 rity to his servants, and to eveiy 
 man his work, and commanded 
 the porter to watch. 
 
 35 Watch ye therefore : for ye 
 know not when tlie master of 
 tlie house cometh, at even, or 
 at midnight, or at the cock- 
 crowing, or in the morning : 
 
 36 Lest coming suddenly he 
 find you sleeping. 
 
 37 And what I say unto you 
 I say unto all. Watch. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 1 A conspiracy against Christ. 3 Precious 
 ointment is poured on his Jieaxl by a 
 worn an. \0Ju das selleth h is ^f aster for 
 money. 12 Christ himse\f foretclleth how 
 he shall be betrayed of one of his dis- 
 ciples : 22 after the pa^sover prepared, 
 and eaten, instituteth his supper : 26" 
 declarcth aforeJtand the flight of all his 
 disciples, and Peter's denial. 43 Judas 
 hetrayeth him with a kiss. 4G He is ap- 
 prehended in the garden, 53 falsely ac- 
 cused, and impiously condemned oftfie 
 Jetcs' council: 65 shamefully abused by 
 them : G6 and thrice denied of Peter. 
 
 AFTER two days was the 
 . feast of the passover, and 
 of unleavened bread: and the 
 chief priests and the scribes 
 sought how they might take 
 him by craft, and put him to 
 death. 
 
 2 But they said, Not on the 
 feast day, lest there be an up- 
 roar of the people. 
 
 3 ^ And being in Bethany in 
 the house of Simon the leper, 
 as he sat at meat, there came 
 a woman having an alabaster 
 box of ointment of spikenard 
 very precious; and she brake 
 the box, and poured it on his 
 head. 
 
 4 And there were some that 
 had indignation within them- 
 selves, and said, Why was this 
 waste of the ointment made ? 
 
 5 For it might have been sold 
 for more than three hundred 
 pence, and have been given to 
 
 the poor. And they murmured 
 against her. 
 
 6 And Jesus said, Let Iier 
 alone; why trouble ye her? 
 she hath wrought a good ^^ork 
 on me. 
 
 7 For ye have the poor with 
 you always, and whensoever ye 
 will ye may do them good : but 
 me ye have not always. 
 
 8 She hath done wliat she 
 could : she is come aforehand to 
 anoint my body to the burying. 
 
 9 Verily I say unto you. 
 Wheresoever this gospel si jail 
 be preached throughout the 
 whole world, this also that she 
 hath done shall be spoken of 
 for a memorial of her. 
 
 10 1[ And Judas Iscariot, one 
 of the twelve, went unto the 
 chief iriests, to betray him un- 
 to them. 
 
 11 And when they heard it. 
 they were glad, and promised 
 to give liim money. And he 
 sought how he might conve- 
 niently betray him. 
 
 12 If And the first day of un- 
 leavened bread, when they kill- 
 ed the passover, his disciples 
 said unto him. Where wilt thou 
 that we go and prepare that 
 thou mayest eat the passover? 
 
 13 And he sendeth forth two 
 of his disciples, and saith unto 
 them. Go ye into the city, and 
 there shall meet you a man 
 bearing a pitcher of water : fol- 
 low him. 
 
 14 And wheresoever he shall 
 go in, say ye to the goodman of 
 the house, The Master saith, 
 Where is the guestchamber, 
 where I shall eat the passover 
 with my disciples ? 
 
 15 And he will shew you a 
 large upper room furnished and 
 prepared: there make ready 
 for us. 
 
 16 And his disciples went 
 forth, and came into the city, 
 and found as he had said unto 
 them : and they made ready the 
 passover. 
 
 17 And in the evening he 
 cometh with the twelve. 
 
Clirist instituteth 
 
 St. mark, XIV. 
 
 his last M'pper. 
 
 18 And as they sat and did eat, 
 Jesus said, Yerily I say unto 
 you, One of you wMch eateth 
 with me shall betray me. 
 
 19 And they began to be sor- 
 rowful, and to say unto him 
 one by one. Is it I? and an- 
 other said, /5 it I ? 
 
 20 And he answered and said 
 unto them, It is one of the 
 twelve, that dippeth with me 
 in the dish. 
 
 21 The Son of man indeed 
 goeth, as it is written of him : 
 but woe to that man by whom 
 the Son of man is betrayed ! 
 good were it for that man if he 
 had never been born. 
 
 22 ^ And as they did eat, 
 Jesus took bread, and blessed, 
 and brake it, and gave to them, 
 and said, Take, eat : this is my 
 body. 
 
 23 And he took the cup, and 
 when he had given thanks, he 
 gave it to them: and they all 
 drank of it. 
 
 24 And he said unto them, This 
 is my blood of the new testa- 
 ment, which is shed for many. 
 
 25 A^erily I say unto you, I 
 will di-ink no more of the fruit 
 of the vine, until that day that 
 I drink it new in the kingdom 
 of God. 
 
 26 IF And when they had sung 
 an hymn, they went out into 
 the mount of Olives. 
 
 27 And Jesus saith unto them. 
 All ye shall be offended be- 
 cause of me this night : for it is 
 written, I will smite the shep- 
 herd, and the sheep shall be 
 scattered. 
 
 28 But after that I am risen, I 
 will go before you into Galilee. 
 
 29 But Peter said unto him, 
 Although all shall be offended, 
 yet will not I. 
 
 30 And Jesus saith unto him. 
 Verily I say imto thee, That 
 this day, even in this night, be- 
 fore the cock crow twice, thou 
 shalt deny me thrice. 
 
 31 But he spake the more ve- 
 hemently. If I should die with 
 thee, I wiU not deny thee in 
 
 any wise. Likewise also said 
 they all. 
 
 32 And they came to a place 
 which was named Gethsemane : 
 and he saith to his disciples, Sit 
 ye here, while I shall pray. 
 
 33 And he taketh with him 
 Peter and James and John, and 
 began to be sore amazed, and 
 to be veiy heavy ; 
 
 34 And saith unto them. My 
 soul is exceeding sorrowful unto 
 death : tarry ye here, and watch. 
 
 35 And he went forward a lit- 
 tle, and fell on the ground, and 
 prayed that, if it were possible, 
 the horn' might pass from him. 
 
 36 And he said, Abba, Father, 
 all things are possible unto 
 thee; take away this cup from 
 me: nevertheless not what I 
 will, but what thou wilt. 
 
 37 And he cometh, and findeth 
 them sleeping, and saith unto 
 Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? 
 couldest not thou watch one 
 hour? 
 
 38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye 
 enter into temptation. The spi- 
 rit truly is ready, but the flesh 
 is weak. 
 
 39 And again he went away, 
 and prayed, and spake the same 
 words. 
 
 40 And when he returned, he 
 found them asleep again, (for 
 their eyes were heavy.) neither 
 wist they what to answer him. 
 
 41 And he cometh the third 
 time, an.d saith unto them. 
 Sleep on now, and take pour 
 rest: it is enough, the hour is 
 come ; behold, the Son of man 
 is betrayed into the hands of 
 siimers. 
 
 42 Rise up, let us go ; lo, he that 
 betrayeth me is at hand. 
 
 43 IT And immediately, while 
 he yet spake, cometh Judas, 
 one of the twelve, and with 
 him a great multitude with 
 swords and staves, from the 
 chief priests and the scribes 
 and the elders. 
 
 44 And he that betrayed him 
 had given them a token, saying. 
 Whomsoever I shall Mss, that 
 
Jiidas hetrayeth Christ. St. MARK, XIV. 
 
 Peter denieth him. 
 
 same is hie ; take him, and lead 
 ?iim away safely. 
 
 45 And as soon as he was 
 come, he goeth straightway to 
 him, and saith, Master, mas- 
 ter ; and kissed him. 
 
 46 1[ And they laid their hands 
 on him, and took him. 
 
 47 And one of them that stood 
 by drew a sword, and smote a 
 serv^ant of the high priest, and 
 cut off his ear. 
 
 48 And Jesus answered and 
 said unto them, Are ye come 
 out, as against a thief, with 
 swords and with staves to take 
 meV 
 
 49 I was daily with you in the 
 temple teaching, and ye took 
 me not: but the scriptures 
 must be fulfilled. 
 
 50 And they all forsook him, 
 and fled. 
 
 51 And there followed him a 
 certain young man, having a 
 linen cloth cast about his naked 
 bod^ ; and the yoimg men laid 
 hold on liim : 
 
 52 And he left the linen cloth, 
 and fled from them naked. 
 
 53 If And they led Jesus away 
 to the high priest: and with 
 him were assembled all the 
 chief priests and the elders and 
 the scribes. 
 
 54 And Peter followed him 
 afar off, even into the palace 
 of the high priest : and he sat 
 with the servants, and warmed 
 himself at the fire. 
 
 55 And the chief priests and 
 all the council sought for wit- 
 ness against Jesus to put him 
 to death ; and found none. 
 
 56 For many bare false witness 
 against him, but their witness 
 agreed not together. 
 
 57 And there arose certain, and 
 bare false witness against him, 
 Baying, 
 
 58 We heard him say, I will 
 destroy this temple that is 
 made with hands, and within 
 three days 1 will build another 
 made without hands. 
 
 59 But neither so did their 
 witness agree together. 
 
 60 And the high priest stood 
 up in the midst, and asked Je- 
 sus, saying, Answerest thou no- 
 thing? what is it which these 
 witness against thee? 
 
 61 But he held his peace, and 
 answered nothing. Again the 
 high priest asked him, and said 
 imto him. Art thou the Christ, 
 the Son of the Blessed? 
 
 62 And Jesus said, I am : and 
 ye shall see the Son of man sit- 
 ting on the right hand of power, 
 and coming in the clouds of 
 heaven. 
 
 63 Then the high priest rent his 
 clothes, and saith. What need 
 we any further witnesses? 
 
 64 Ye have heard the blas- 
 phemy: what think ye? And 
 they all condemned him to be 
 guilty of death. 
 
 65 And some began to spit on 
 him, and to cover his face, and 
 to buffet him, and to say unto 
 him, Prophesy : and the ser- 
 vants did strike him with the 
 palms of their hands. 
 
 66 H And as Peter was beneath 
 in the palace, there cometh one 
 of the maids of the high priest : 
 
 67 And when she saw Peter- 
 warming himself, she looked, 
 upon him, and said. And thou 
 also wast with Jesus of Nazareth., 
 
 68 But he denied, saying, I 
 know not, neither understand 
 I what thou sayest. And he 
 went out into the porch; and 
 the cock crew. 
 
 69 And a maid saw him again, 
 and began to say to them that 
 stood by, This is one of them. 
 
 70 And he denied it again. 
 And a little after, they that 
 stood by said again to Peter, 
 Surely thou art one of them: 
 for thou art a Gahlaean, and 
 thy speech agreeth thereto. 
 
 71 But he began to curse and 
 to swear, saying^ I know not 
 this man of whom ye speak. 
 
 72 And the second time the 
 cock crew. And Peter called 
 to mind the word that Jesus 
 said unto him. Before the cock 
 crow twice, thou shalt deny me 
 
Christ is hrougJit 
 
 St. MAEK, XV. 
 
 hefore Pilate, 
 
 ght 
 
 thrice. And when he thoti; 
 thereon, he wept. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 1 Jesiis brought bound, and accused be- 
 fore Pilate. 15 Upon the clamour of 
 the common people, the m,urderer Ba- 
 rabbas is loosed, and Jesus delivered up 
 to be crucified, n He is crowned with 
 thorns, 19 spit on, and mocked: 21 
 fainteth in bearing his cross : 27 hang- 
 eth between two thieves: 29 suffer eth 
 the triwmphing reproaches of the Jews : 
 Sybut confessed by the centurion to be 
 the Son of God: 43 and is honourably 
 buried by Joseph. 
 
 AND straightway in the 
 . morning the chief priests 
 held a consultation with the el- 
 ders and scribes and the whole 
 council, and bound Jesus, and 
 carried ^im away, and deliver- 
 ed him to Pilate. 
 
 2 And Pilate asked him, Art 
 thou the King of the Jews? 
 And he answering said unto 
 him. Thou sayest it. 
 
 3 And the chief priests accus- 
 ed him of many things : but he 
 answered nothing. 
 
 4 And Pilate asked him a- 
 gain, saying, Answerest thou 
 nothing? behold how many 
 things they witness against 
 thee. 
 
 5 But Jesus yet answered no- 
 thing ; so that Pilate marvelled. 
 
 6 Now at that feast he released 
 unto them one prisoner, whom- 
 soever they desired. 
 
 7 And there was one named 
 Barabbas, which lay bound 
 with them that had made in- 
 surrection with him, who had 
 committed murder in the in- 
 surrection. 
 
 8 And the multitude crying 
 aloud began to desire him to do 
 as he had ever done unto them. 
 
 9 But Pilate answered them, 
 saying. Will ye that I release 
 unto you the King of the Jews ? 
 
 10 For he knew that the chief 
 priests had delivered him for 
 envy. 
 
 11 But the chief priests moved 
 the people, that he should rather 
 release Barabbas unto them. 
 
 12 And Pilate answered and 
 said again unto them, What 
 
 will ye then that I shall do 
 unto him whom ye call the 
 King of the Jews? 
 
 13 And they cried out again. 
 Crucify him. 
 
 14 Then Pilate said unto them, 
 Why, what evil hath he done ? 
 And they cried out the more 
 exceedingly. Crucify him. 
 
 15 IF And so Pilate, willing to 
 content the people, released Ba- 
 rabbas unto them, and deliver- 
 ed Jesus, when he had scourged 
 him^ to be crucified. 
 
 16 And the soldiers led him 
 away into the hall, called Prae- 
 torium ; and they call together 
 the whole band. 
 
 17 And they clothed him with 
 purple, and platted a crown of 
 thorns, and put it about his 
 head^ 
 
 18 And began to salute him, 
 Hail, King of the Jews ! 
 
 19 And they smote him on the 
 head with a reed, and did spit 
 upon him, and bowing their 
 knees worshipped him. 
 
 20 And when they had mock- 
 ed him, they took off the purple 
 from him, and put his own 
 clothes on him, and led him 
 out to crucify him. 
 
 21 And they compel one Si- 
 mon a Cyrenian, who passed 
 by, coming out of the country, 
 the father of Alexander and 
 Eufus, to bear his cross. 
 
 22 And they bring him unto 
 the place Golgotha, which is, 
 being interpreted, The place of 
 a skull. 
 
 23 And they gave him to drink 
 wine mingled with myrrh : but 
 he received it not. 
 
 24 And when they had cruci- 
 fied him, they parted his gar- 
 ments, casting lots upon them, 
 what every man should take. 
 
 25 And it v, as the third hour, 
 and they crucified him. 
 
 26 And the superscription of 
 his accusation was written over, 
 THE KING OF THE JEWS. 
 
 27 And with him they crucify 
 two thieves ; the one on his right 
 hand, and the other on his left. 
 
chief 
 
 Tlie death and 
 
 28 And the scripture was 
 fulfilled, which saith, And he 
 was numbered with the trans- 
 gressors. 
 
 29 And they that passed by 
 railed on him, wagging their 
 lieads, and saying, Ah, thou 
 that destroyest the temple, and 
 buildest it in tln-ee days, 
 
 30 Sa^-e thyself, and come 
 down from the cross. 
 
 31 Likewise also the 
 priests mocking said among 
 themselves with the scribes, 
 He saved others ; himself he 
 cannot save. 
 
 32 Let Christ the King of Is- 
 rael descend nov: from the cross, 
 that we may see and believe. 
 And they that were crucified 
 with him reviled him. 
 
 33 And when the sixth horn- 
 was come, there was darkness 
 over the whole land until the 
 ninth hour. 
 
 31 And at the ninth hour Je- 
 sViS cried with a loud voice, 
 saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabach- 
 thani? which is, being inter- 
 preted, My God, my God, why 
 hast thou forsaken me V 
 
 35 And some of tliem that 
 stood by, when they heard it, 
 said, Behold, he calleth Elias. 
 
 3G And one ran and filled a 
 spunge full of vinegar, and put 
 it on a reed, and gave liim to 
 diink, saying, Let alone; let 
 us see whether Elias will come 
 to take him down. 
 
 37 And Jesus cried with a loud 
 voice, and gave up the ghost. 
 
 38 And the veil of the temple 
 ^\'as rent in twain from the top 
 to the bottom. 
 
 39 •[ And when the centurion, 
 which stood over agaiast him, 
 saw that he so cried out, and 
 gave up the ghost, he said. Truly 
 this man was the Son of God. 
 
 40 There were also women 
 looking on afar ofi*: among 
 whom was Mary Magdalene, 
 and Mary the mother of James 
 the less and of Joses, and Sa- 
 lome; 
 
 41 (Who also, when he was in 
 
 St. MAEK, XVI. banal of Clmst. 
 
 Galilee, followed him, and mi- 
 nistered unto him ;) and many 
 other women which came up 
 with him unto Jerusalem. 
 
 42 H And now when the even 
 was come, because it was the 
 Ijreparation, that is, the day be- 
 fore the sabbath, 
 
 43 Joseph of Arimatha:a, an 
 honourable counsellor, which 
 also waited for the knigdom of 
 God, came, and went in boldly 
 unto Pilate, and ciaved the 
 body of Jesus. 
 
 44 And Pilate marvelled if he 
 were already dead : and calling 
 unto him the centurion, he 
 asked him whether he had been 
 any while dead. 
 
 45 And when he knew it of 
 the centurion, he gave the body 
 to Josei)h. 
 
 4(3 And he bought fine linen, 
 and took him down, and wrap- 
 ped liim in the Ihien, and laid 
 him in a sepulclu-e which wag 
 hewn out of a rock, and rolled 
 a stone unto the door of the 
 sepulchre. 
 
 47 And Mary Magdalene and 
 Mary the mother of Joses be- 
 held where he was laid. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 I An angel dcclareth the resui'rection of 
 Christ to three xoomen. 9 Christ /«'?n- 
 self appeareth to Mary Magdalene : 
 12 to two going into the country : 14 
 then to the apostles, 15 whom he send- 
 eth forth to j^reach the gospel : 19 and 
 ascendeth into heaven. 
 
 AND Vvhen the sabbath was 
 . past, Mary Magdalene, and 
 Maiy tlie mother of James, 
 and Salome, had bought sweet 
 spices, that they might come 
 and anoint him. 
 
 2 And veiy early in the morn- 
 ing the first day of the week, 
 they came unto the sepulchre 
 at the rising of the sun. 
 
 3 And they said among them- 
 selves. Who shall roll us away 
 the stone from the door of the 
 sepulchre ? 
 
 4 And when they looked, they 
 saw that the stone was rolled 
 away : for it was very great. 
 
 5 And entering into the sepul- 
 
His redurrection 
 
 St. MAEK, x^n[. 
 
 and ascendon. 
 
 clire, they saw a young man 
 sitting on tlie riglit side, cloth- 
 ed in a long white garment; 
 and they were affrighted. 
 
 6 And he saith unto them, Be 
 not aflrighted: Ye seek Jesus 
 of Nazareth, which was cru- 
 cified : he is risen ; he is not 
 here : behold the place where 
 they laid Mm. 
 
 7 But go your way, tell his 
 disciples and Peter that he 
 goeth before you into Galilee : 
 there shall ye see him, as he 
 said unto you. 
 
 8 And they went out quickly, 
 and fled from the sepulchre ; 
 for they trembled and were 
 amazed : neither said they any 
 thing to any man; for they 
 were afraid. 
 
 9 T Now when Jesus was risen 
 earlj^ the fiist daj/ of the week, 
 he appeared ih'st to Mary Mag- 
 dalene, out of whom he had 
 cast seven devils. 
 
 10 And she went and told them 
 that had been with him, as they 
 mourned and wept. 
 
 11 And they, when they had 
 heard that he was alive, and had 
 been seen of her, believed not. 
 
 12 ^ After that he appeared 
 in another form unto t^vo of 
 them, as they walked, and went 
 into the country. 
 
 13 And they went and told U 
 mito the residue : neither be- 
 lieved they them. 
 
 14 % Afterward he appeared 
 unto the eleven as they sat at 
 meat, and upbraided them with 
 theh unbelief and hardness of 
 heart, because they believed 
 not them which had seen him 
 afrer he was risen. 
 
 15 And he said unto them, Go 
 ye into all the world, and preach 
 the gospel to every creatme. 
 
 16 He that beheveth and is 
 baptized shall be saved; but 
 he that beheveth not shall be 
 damned. 
 
 17 And these signs shall fol- 
 low them that believe; In 
 my name shall they cast out 
 de^ils ; they shall speak with 
 nev>^ tongues ; 
 
 18 They shall take up ser- 
 pents ; and if they drink any 
 deadly thing, it shall not hmt 
 them ; they shall lay hands on 
 the sick, and they shall recover. 
 
 19 ^ So then after the Lord 
 had spoken unto them, he was 
 received up into heaven, and 
 sat on the right hand of God. 
 
 20 And they went forth, and 
 preached every where, the Lord 
 working with them^ and con- 
 fii-ming the word with- signs fol- 
 loYvTug. Amen. 
 
 THE GOSPEL ACCOEDING TO 
 
 St. LUKE. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 i T7ie 2>'>'eface of Luke to Ms wTiole gos- 
 pel. 5 The conception of JoTin the 
 Bap)tist, 26 and of Christ. 3& The pro- 
 phecy of Elisabeth, and of Mary, con- 
 cerning Christ. 57 The nativity and 
 circumcision of John. Q7 The jp^'ophecy 
 of Zacftarias, both of Christ, 76 and of 
 John. 
 
 FORASMUCH as many 
 have taken in hand to set 
 forth in ord^r a declaration of 
 those things which are most 
 surely believed among us, 
 2 Even as they delivered them 
 imto us, which from the be- 
 
 ginning were eyewitnesses, and 
 ministers of the word ; 
 
 3 It seemed gc-od to me also, 
 having had perfect understand- 
 ing of all things fr'om the very 
 first, to write unto thee in or- 
 der, most excellent Theophilus, 
 
 4 That thou mightest know 
 the certainty of those things, 
 whereiQ thou hast been in- 
 structed. 
 
 5 ![ rilHERE was in the days 
 
 X of Herod, the king of 
 Judsea, a certahi priest named 
 Zacharias, of the course of 
 3C 
 
An a-iigel appeaveili 
 
 St. LUKE, I. 
 
 to Zacharias. 
 
 Abia : and his wife was of the 
 daughters of Aaron, and her 
 name was Elisabeth. 
 
 6 And they were both right- 
 eous before God, walking in all 
 the commandments and ordi- 
 nances of the Lord blameless. 
 
 7 And they had no child, be- 
 cause that Elisabeth was bar- 
 ren, and they both were 7ioiv 
 well stricken in years. 
 
 8 And it came to pass, that 
 while he executed the priest's 
 office before God in the order 
 of his course, 
 
 9 According to the custom of 
 the priest's office, his lot was 
 to bum incense when he went 
 into the temple of the Lord. 
 
 10 And the whole multitude of 
 the people were praying with- 
 out at the time of incense. 
 
 11 And there appeared unto 
 him an angel of the Lord stand- 
 ing on the right side of the altar 
 of incense. 
 
 12 And when Zacharias saw 
 him, he was troubled, and fear 
 fell upon him. 
 
 13 But the angel said unto 
 him, Fear not, Zacharias : for j 
 thy prayer is heard; and thy 
 wife Elisabeth shall bear thee| 
 a son, and thou shalt call Ms! 
 name John. | 
 
 14 And thou shalt have joyi 
 and gladness ; and many shall : 
 rejoice at his birth. i 
 
 15 For he shall be great in! 
 the sight of the Lord, and shall i 
 drink neither wine nor strong 
 drink; and he shall be filled 
 with the Holy Ghost, even from 
 his mother's womb. | 
 
 16 And many of the children j 
 of Israel shall he turn to the , 
 Lord their God. 
 
 17 And he shall go before him 
 in the spirit and power of Elias, 
 to turn the hearts of the fathers 
 to the children, and the dis- 
 obedient to the wisdom of the 
 just; to make ready a people 
 prepared for the Lord. 
 
 18 And Zacharias said unto 
 the angel, Whereby shall I 
 know this? for I am an old 
 
 man, and my wife well strick- 
 en in years. 
 
 19 And the angel answering 
 said mito him, I am Gabriel, 
 that stand in the presence of 
 God; and am sent to speak 
 unto thee, and to shew thee 
 these glad tidings. 
 
 20 And, behold, thou shalt be 
 dumb, and not able to speak, 
 until the day that these things 
 shall be performed, because 
 thou believest not my words, 
 which shall be fulfilled in their 
 season. 
 
 21 And the people waited for 
 Zacharias, and marv'elled that 
 he tanied so long in the temple. 
 
 22 And when he came out, 
 he could not speak unto them : 
 and they perceived that he had 
 seen a vision in the temple : for 
 he beckoned unto them, and 
 remained speechless. 
 
 23 And it came to pass, that, 
 as soon as the days of his mi- 
 nistration were accomplished, 
 he departed to his own house. 
 
 24 And after those days his 
 wife Elisabeth conceived, and 
 hid herself five months, saying, 
 
 25 Thus hath the Lord dealt 
 with me in the days wherein he 
 looked on me, to take away my 
 reproach among men. 
 
 26 And in the sixth month 
 tlie angel Gabriel was sent' 
 from God unto a city of Gali- 
 lee, named Nazareth, 
 
 27 To a virgin espoused to a 
 man whose name was Joseph, 
 of the house of David ; and the 
 virgin's name was Maiy. J 
 
 28 And the angel came in > 
 unto her, and said, Hail, thou 
 that art highly favoured, the 
 Lord is with thee : blessed art 
 thou among women. 
 
 29 And when she saw him, she 
 was troubled at his saj^ing, and 
 cast in her mind what manner 
 of salutation this should be. 
 
 30 And the angel said unto 
 her, Feai" not, Mary: for thou 
 hast found favour with God. 
 
 31 And, behold, thou shalt 
 conceive in thy womb, and 
 
The sduMum of Mary. 
 
 St. LUKE, 
 
 Shalt 
 
 bring fortli a eon, and 
 call his name JESUS. 
 
 32 He shall he great, and shall 
 be called the Son of the High- 
 est: and the Lord God shall 
 give unto him the throne of 
 his father David : 
 
 33 And he shall reign over the 
 house of Jacob for ever; and 
 of his liingdom there shall be 
 no end. 
 
 34 Then said Mary imto the 
 angel, How shall this be, seeing 
 I know not a man? 
 
 35 And the angel answered 
 and said unto her, The Holy 
 Ghost shall come upon thee, 
 and the power of the Highest 
 shall overshadow thee : there- 
 fore also that holy thing which 
 shall be bom of thee shall be 
 called the Son of God. 
 
 36 And, behold, thy cousin 
 Elisabeth, she hath also con- 
 ceived a son in her old age : 
 and this is the sixth month with 
 her, who was called barren. 
 
 37 For with God nothing shall 
 be impossible. 
 
 38 And Mary said, Behold 
 the handmaid of the Lord ; be 
 it unto me according to thy 
 word. And the angel departed 
 from her. 
 
 39 And Maiy arose in those 
 days, and went into the hill 
 country with' haste, into a city 
 of Juda ; 
 
 40 And entered into the house 
 of Zacharias, and saluted Eli- 
 sabeth. 
 
 41 And it came to pass, that, 
 when Elisabeth heard the salu- 
 tation of Mary, the babe leaped 
 in her womb ; and Elisabeth was 
 filled with the Holy Ghost : 
 
 42 And she spa]<:e out with a 
 loud voice, and said, Blessed art 
 thou among women, and blessed 
 is the fruit of thy womb. 
 
 43 And whence is this to me, 
 that the mother of my Lord 
 should come to me ? 
 
 44 For, lo, as soon as the voice 
 of thy salutation sounded in 
 mine ears, the babe leaped in 
 my womb for joy. 
 
 Her sang of tJmnksgiving. 
 
 45 And blessed is she that be- 
 lieved : for there shall be a per- 
 formance of those things which 
 were told her from the Lord. 
 
 46 And Mary said. My soul 
 doth magnify the Lord, 
 
 47 And my spirit hath rejoiced 
 in God my Saviour. 
 
 48 For he hath regarded the low 
 estate of his handmaiden : for, 
 behold, from henceforth all ge- 
 nerations shall call me blessed, 
 
 49 For he that is mighty hath 
 done to me great things; and 
 holy is his name. 
 
 50 And his mercy is on them 
 that fear him from generation 
 to generation. 
 
 51 He hath shewed strength 
 with his arm ; he hath scattered 
 the proud in the imagination of 
 their hearts. 
 
 52 He hath put down the 
 mighty from their seats, and 
 exalted them of low degree. 
 
 53 He hath filled the hungry 
 with good things ; and the rich 
 he hath sent empty away. 
 
 54 He hath holpen his servant 
 IsrEiel, in remembrance of Ms 
 mercy ; 
 
 55 As he spake to our fathers, 
 to Abraham, and to his seed for 
 ever. 
 
 56 And Mary abode with her 
 about thi'ee months, and re- 
 turned to her own house. 
 
 57 Now Elisabeth's full time 
 came that she should be de- 
 livered; and she brought forth 
 a son. 
 
 58 And her neighbours and 
 her cousins heard how the Lord 
 had shewed great mercy upon 
 her; and they rejoiced with 
 her. 
 
 59 And it came to pass, that 
 on the eighth day they came to 
 circumcise the child ; and they 
 called him Zacharias, after the 
 name of his father. 
 
 60 And his mother ansAvered 
 and said, Not so ; but he shall 
 be called John. 
 
 61 And they said unto her, 
 There is none of thy kindred 
 that is called by this name. 
 
 3C2 
 
Zacliarias's prophccif. St. LUKE, IT. 
 
 The nativity and 
 
 spring from on high hath visit- 
 id us, 
 
 79 To give light to them that 
 sit in darkness and in the sha- 
 dow of deatli, to guide our feet 
 into the "way of i<eace. 
 
 80 And the child grew, and 
 waxed strong in spirit, and was 
 in the deserts till the day of his 
 
 /j2 And they made signs to his j 78 Through the tender mercy 
 iatlier, how he would have him of our God ; ^vhereby the day- 
 called, 'sprinj " ..... . . 
 
 <33 And he asked for a writing I ed us, 
 table, and WTote, saying. His 
 name is John. And they mar- 
 velled alL 
 
 i'A And his mouth was opened 
 immediately, and his tongue 
 loosed, and he spake, and prais- 
 ed God. 
 
 i)5 And fear came on all that shewing unto Israel, 
 dwelt round about them : and 
 all these sayings were noised 
 abroad throughout all the hill 
 countiy of Judaea. 
 
 GG And all they that heard 
 them laid Ihem up in their 
 hearts, saying, AVliat manner 
 of child shall this be ! And the 
 hand of the Lord was with liim. 
 
 G7 And his fatlier Zacharias 
 was filled with the Holy Ghost, 
 and prophesied, saying, 
 
 GS Blessed be the Lord God of 
 Israel ; for he hath visited and 
 redeemed his people, 
 
 GO And hath raised up an horn 
 of salvation for us in the house 
 of his servant David ; 
 
 70 As he spake by the mouth 
 of liis holy prophets, which 
 have been since the world be- 
 
 gan : 
 
 CHAPTER IL 
 
 1 Augiistus taxeth all the lioman empire. 
 6 The nativity of Christ. One angel 
 relateth it to the shepherds : 13 many 
 sing j^^C''^^ ^o (Jod for it. 21 Christ is 
 circumcised. 22 Mary x>urified. 28 
 Simeon and Anyja propTiesy of Christ : 
 40 who increaseth in ttnxdom, 4'» qices- 
 tioneth i)i the temple ivith the doctors, 
 51 and is obedient to hi4 parents. 
 
 AND it came to pass in those 
 _ days J that there went out 
 a decree Irom Coesar Augustus, 
 that all the world should be 
 taxed. 
 
 2 {And this taxing was first 
 made when Cyrenius was go- 
 vernor of 8>Tia.) 
 
 3 And all went to be taxed, 
 every one into his own city. 
 
 4 And Joseph also went up 
 from Galilee, out of the city of 
 Nazareth, into Judoca, unto the 
 
 71 That we should be saved j city of David, which is called 
 
 from our enemies, and from the 
 hand of all that hate us ; 
 
 72 To perform the mercy m-o- 
 mised to our fathers, and to 
 remember his holy covenant ; 
 
 73 The oath which he sware 
 to our father Abraham, 
 
 74 That he would grant unto 
 us, that we being delivered out 
 of the hand of our enemies 
 might serve him without fear, 
 
 75 In holiness and righteous- 
 
 ness before him, all the days of in swaddling clothes, and laid 
 
 our life, 
 
 7G And thou, child, shalt be 
 called the prophet of the High- 
 est : for thou shalt go before 
 the face of the Lord to prepare 
 his ways ; 
 
 77 To give knowledge of sal- 
 vation unto his people by the 
 remission of their sins, 
 
 Bethlehem; (because he was 
 of the house and lineage of 
 David :) 
 
 5 To be taxed with Mary his 
 espoused wife, being great with 
 cliild. 
 
 6 And so it was, that, while 
 they were there, the days were 
 accomphshed that she should 
 be delivered. 
 
 7 And she brought forth her 
 firstborn son, and wrapped him 
 
 him in a manger ; because there 
 was no room for them in the 
 inn. 
 
 8 And there were in the same 
 country shepherds abiding in 
 the field, keeping watch over 
 their flock by night. 
 
 9 And, lo, the angel of the 
 Lord came upon them, and the 
 
cirmmcision of Christ St. LUKE, II. 
 
 Simeon's proi^liecy. 
 
 glory of the Lord shone round 
 about them : and they were 
 sore afraid. 
 
 10 And the angel said unto 
 them, Fear not : for, behold, I 
 bring you good tidings of great 
 joy, which shall be to all people. 
 
 11 For unto you is born this 
 day in the city of David a Savi- 
 our, which is Christ the Lord. 
 
 12 And this shall he a sign un- 
 to you ; Ye shall find the babe 
 wrapped in swaddling clothes, 
 lying in a manger. 
 
 13 And suddenly there was 
 with the angel a multitude of 
 the heavenly host praising God, 
 and saying, 
 
 14 Glory to God in the high- 
 est, and on earth peace, good 
 will toward men. 
 
 15 And it came to pass, as the 
 angels were gone away from 
 them into heaven, the shep- 
 lierds said one to another. Let 
 us now go even unto Bethle- 
 hem, and see this thing which 
 is come to pass, which the Lord 
 hath made known unto us. 
 
 16 And they came v/ith haste, 
 and found Mary, and Joseph, 
 and the babe lying in a manger. 
 
 17 And when they had seen 
 it, they made known abroad 
 the saying which was told them 
 concerning this child. 
 
 18 And all they that heard it 
 wondered at those things which 
 were told them by the shep- 
 herds. 
 
 19 But Mary kept all these 
 things, and pondered them in 
 her heart. 
 
 20 And the shepherds return- 
 ed, glorifying and praising God 
 for all the things that they had 
 heard and seen, as it was told 
 unto them. 
 
 21 And when eight days were 
 accomplished for the circum- 
 cising of the child, his name 
 was called JESUS, which was 
 BO named of the angel before he 
 was conceived in the womb. 
 
 22 And when the days of her 
 pui'iiication according to the law 
 of Moses were accomplished, 
 
 they brought him to Jerusalem, 
 to present him to the Lord ; 
 
 23 (As it is written in the law 
 of the Lord, Every male that 
 openeth the womb shall be call- 
 ed holy to the Lord ;) 
 
 24 And to ofier a sacrifice ac- 
 cording to that which is said 
 in the law of the Lord, A pair 
 of tm-tledoves, or two young 
 pigeons. 
 
 25 And, behold, there was a 
 man in Jerusalem, whose name 
 was Simeon ; and the same man 
 was just and devout, waiting for 
 the consolation of Israel : and 
 the Holy Ghost v^^as upon him. 
 
 26 And it was revealed unto 
 him by the Holy Ghost, that 
 he should not see death, before 
 he had seen the Lord's Christ. 
 
 27 And he came by the Spirit 
 into the temple : and when the 
 parents brought in. the child 
 Jesus, to do for him after the 
 custom of the law, 
 
 28 Then took he him up in his 
 arms, and blessed God, and said, 
 
 29 Lord, now lettest thou thy 
 servant depart in peace, accord- 
 ing to thy word : 
 
 30 For mine eyes have seen 
 thy salvation, 
 
 31 Which thou hast prepared 
 before the face of all people ; 
 
 32 A light to lighten the Gen- 
 tiles, and the glory of thy peo- 
 ple Israel. 
 
 33 And Joseph and his mother 
 marvelled at those things which 
 were spoken of him. 
 
 34 And Simeon blessed them, 
 and said unto Mary his mother. 
 Behold, this child is set for the 
 fall and rising again of many 
 in Israel ; and for a sign which 
 shall be spoken against ; 
 
 35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce 
 through thy own soul also.) 
 that the thoughts of many 
 hearts may be revealed. • 
 
 36 And there was one Anna, 
 a prophetess, the daughter of 
 Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser : 
 she was of a great age, and had 
 lived with an husband seven 
 years from her virginity ; 
 
Annas propJiecy. 
 
 St. LUKE, III. The preaching of John, 
 
 37 And she was a widow of 
 about ibmscore and four years, 
 v.^hich departed not irom the 
 temple, but served God with 
 fastings and prayers night and 
 day. 
 
 38 And she coming in that 
 instant gave thanks likewise 
 unto the Lord, and spake of 
 him to all them that looked 
 for redemption in Jerusalem. 
 
 39 And when they had per- 
 formed all things a(;cording to 
 the law of the Lord, they re- 
 turned into Galilee, to their 
 own city Nazareth. 
 
 40 And the child grew, and 
 waxed strong in spirit, filled 
 with wisdom : and the grace of 
 God was upon him. 
 
 41 Now his parents went to 
 Jerusalem every year at the 
 feast of the passover. 
 
 42 And when he was twelve 
 years old, they went up to Je- 
 rusalem after the custom of the 
 feast. 
 
 43 And when they had fulfil- 
 led the days, as they returned, 
 the child Jesus tarried behind 
 in Jerusalem ; and Joseph and 
 his mother knew not of it. 
 
 44 But they, supposing him 
 to have been in the company, 
 went a day's journey; and 
 they sought him among their 
 kinsfolk and acquaintance. 
 
 45 And when they found him 
 not, they tm-ned back again to 
 Jerusalem, seeking him. 
 
 46 And it came to pass, that 
 after three days they found 
 him in the temple, sitting in 
 the midst of the doctors, both 
 hearing them, and eisking them 
 questions. 
 
 47 And all that heard him 
 were astonished at his under- 
 standing and answers. 
 
 48 And when they saw him, 
 they were amazed : and his mo- 
 ther said unto him, Son, why 
 hast thou thus dealt with us? 
 behold, thy father and I have 
 sought thee sorrowing. 
 
 49 And he said unto them, 
 How is it that ye sought meV 
 
 wist ye not that I must be about 
 my Father's business V 
 
 50 And they understood not 
 the saying which he spake un- 
 to them. 
 
 51 And he went down with i 
 them, and came to Nazareth, 
 and was subject unto them : 
 but his mother kept all these 
 sayings in her heart. 
 
 52 And Jesus increased in 
 wisdom and stature, and in fa- 
 vom- with God and man. 
 
 CHAPTER HI. 
 
 1 The preaching and baptism, of John : 
 15 his testimony of Christ. 20 Ilerod 
 imprisoneth John. 21 Christ baptized, 
 receiveth testimony from heaven. 23 
 The age, and genealogy of Christ from 
 Joseph upwards. 
 
 NOW in the fifteenth year I 
 of the reign of Tiberius i 
 Caesar, Pontius Pilate being 
 governor of Judsea, and Herod 
 being tetrarch of Galilee, and 
 his brother Philip tetrarch of 
 Ituraea and of the region of 
 Trachonitis, and Lysanias the 
 tetrarch of Abilene, 
 
 2 Annas and Caiaphas being i 
 the high priests, the word of] 
 God came unto John the sou i 
 of Zacharias in the wilderness. 
 
 3 And he came into all the 
 country about Jordan, preach- 
 ing the baptism of repentance j 
 for the remission of sins ; 
 
 4 As it is written in the book j 
 of the words of Esaias the pro- 
 phet, saying, The voice of one ' 
 crying in the wilderness. Pre- 
 pare ye the way of the Lord, 
 make his paths straight. 
 
 5 Every valley shall be filled, 
 and every mountain and hill j 
 shall be brought low ; and the 
 crooked shall be made straight, 
 and the rough ways shall he \ 
 made smooth ; 
 
 6 And all flesh shall see the I 
 salvation of God. 
 
 7 Then said he to the multi- 
 tude that came forth to be bap- 
 tized of liim, O generation of i 
 vipers, who hath warned you to ' 
 flee from the wrath to come ? 
 
 8 Bring forth therefore fruits ' 
 
His testimony of Christ. St. LUKE, III 
 
 wortliy of repentance, and be- 
 gin not to say within your- 
 selves. We have Abraham to 
 our father : for I say unto you. 
 That God is able of these stones 
 to raise up children unto Abra- 
 ham. 
 
 9 And now also the axe is laid 
 unto the root of the trees : eveiy 
 tree therefore which bringeth 
 not forth good fruit is hewn 
 down, and cast into the fire. 
 
 10 And the people asked him, 
 saying. What shall we do then ? 
 
 11 He answereth and saith 
 unto them, He that hath two 
 coats, let him impart to him 
 that hath none; and he that 
 hath meat, let him do like- 
 wise. 
 
 12 Then came also publicans 
 to be baptized, and said unto 
 him, Master, what shall we do? 
 
 13 And he said unto them. 
 Exact no more than that which 
 is appointed you. 
 
 14 And the soldiers likewise 
 demanded of him, saying. And 
 what shall we do ? And he said 
 unto them. Do violence to no 
 man, neither accuse any lalse- 
 ly; and be content with your 
 wages. 
 
 15 And as the people were 
 in expectation, and all men 
 mused in their hearts of John, 
 whether he were the Christ, or 
 not; 
 
 16 John answered, saying 
 unto tfiem all, I indeed baptize 
 you with water ; but one migh- 
 tier than I Cometh, the latchet 
 of whose shoes I am not wor- 
 thy to unloose : he shall baptize 
 you with the Holy Ghost and 
 with fire : 
 
 17 Whose fen is in his hand, 
 and he v/ill throughly purge 
 bis floor, and will gather the 
 wheat into his garner ; but the 
 chafi' he will bum with fire 
 unquenchable. 
 
 18 And many other things in 
 his exhortation preached he 
 unto the people. 
 
 19 But Herod the tetrarch, 
 being reproved by him for He- 
 
 CJirist is laptized. 
 
 rodias his brother Philip's wife, 
 and for all the evils which He- 
 rod had done, 
 
 20 Added yet this above all, 
 that he shut up John in prison. 
 
 21 Now when all the people 
 were baptized, it came to pass, 
 that Jesus also being baptized, 
 and praying, the heaven was 
 opened, 
 
 22 And the Holy Ghost de- 
 scended in a bodily shape like 
 a dove upon him, and a voice 
 came fi:om heaven, which said. 
 Thou art my beloved Son; in 
 thee I am well pleased. 
 
 23 And Jesus himself began 
 to be about thirty years of age, 
 being (as was siipposed) the son 
 of Joseph, which was the son 
 ofHeli, 
 
 24 Which was the son of Mat- 
 that, which was the son of Levi, 
 which was the son of Melchi, 
 which was the son of Janna, 
 which was the son of Joseph, 
 
 25 Which was the son of ]\Iat- 
 tathias, which was the son of 
 Amos, which was the son of 
 Naum, which was the son of 
 Esli, which was the son of 
 Nagge, 
 
 26 Which was the son of Ma- 
 ath, which was the son of Mat- 
 tathias, which was the son of 
 Semei, which was tlie son of 
 Joseph, which was the son of 
 Juda, 
 
 27 Which was the son of Jo- 
 anna, which was the son of 
 Rhesa, which was the son of 
 Zorobabel, which was the son 
 of Salathiel, which was the sou 
 of Neri, 
 
 23 Which was the son of Mel- 
 chi, which was the son of Addi, 
 which was the son of Cosam, 
 which was the son of Elmo- 
 dam, which was the son of Er, 
 
 29 AVhich was the son of Jose, 
 which was the son of Eliezer, 
 which was tJie son of Jorim, 
 whi(;h was the son of IMatthat, 
 which was tlie son of Levi, 
 
 30 Which was the son of Si- 
 meon, which was the son of 
 Juda, which was the son of 
 
Tlie cjenedogy and 
 
 St. LUKE, IV. 
 
 tetnptation of Christ. 
 
 Joseph, which was the son of 
 Jonan, which was the son of 
 Eliakim, 
 
 31 Which was the son of 
 Melea, which was the son of 
 Menan, whicli was the son of 
 Mattatha, which was the son 
 of Nathan, wliich was tlie son 
 of David, 
 
 32 Which was the son of Jes- 
 so, wiiich was the son of Obed. 
 which was the son of Booz, 
 which was the son of Salmon, 
 whicli was the son of Naasson, 
 
 33 Wliich was the son of Ami- 
 nadab, w'hich was the son of 
 Aram, wliicli was the son of 
 Esrom, Avhich was the son of 
 rhares, wliich was the son of 
 Jiida, 
 
 34 Which was the son of Ja- 
 cob, which was the son of Isaac 
 
 Jordan, and was led by the Spi- 
 rit into the wilderness, 
 
 2 Being: forty days tempted of 
 the devil. And in those days 
 he did eat nothing : and when 
 they were ended, he afterward 
 hungered. 
 
 3 And the devil said unto him, 
 If thou be the Son of God, 
 command this stone that it be 
 made bread. 
 
 4 And Jesus answered him, 
 saying, It is WTitten, That man 
 shall not live by bread alone, 
 but by eveiy w^ord of God. 
 
 5 And the devil, taking him up 
 into an high mountain, shew- 
 ed unto him all the kingdoms 
 of the world in a moment of 
 time. 
 
 6 And the devil said unto him, 
 All this power will I give thee. 
 
 which was the son of Abraham, and the glory of them : for that 
 which was the son of Thara, I is delivered unto me ; and to 
 which vras the son of Nachor, | whomsoever I will I give it. 
 35 Which was the son of ■ 7 If thou therefore Avilt w^or- 
 Saruch, which was the son of ship me, all shall be thine, 
 liagau, which was the son of 8 And Jesus answered and 
 l^halec, which was the son of said unto him. Get thee behind 
 Heber, which was the son of me, Satan: ibr it is written, 
 
 Sala, 
 
 36 Which was the son of Cai- 
 nan, w^hich was the son of Ar- 
 phaxad, which was the son of 
 Sem, which was the son of Noe, 
 which was the son of Lamech, 
 
 37 Which was the son of Ma- 
 thusala, which was the son of 
 Enoch, which was the son of 
 Jared, which was the son of 
 Mai el eel, which was the son 
 of Cain an, 
 
 38 Which was the son of E- 
 nos, W'hich was the son of Seth, 
 which was the son of Adam, 
 which was the son of God. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 Tlie tem2>tation and fasting of Christ. 
 13 lie ovey-cometh th& devil: 14 hegin- 
 netli to preach. 16 Tiie people of Na- 
 zareth admire his gracious words. 33 
 He cureth one possessed of a devil, 38 
 Peter's mother in law, 40 and divers 
 other sick, persons. 41 The devils ac- 
 tnowledge Christ, and are reproved 
 for it. 43 Ee pr^acheth through the 
 cities. 
 
 AND Jesus being full of the 
 . Holy Ghost returned trom 
 
 Thou shalt worship the Lord 
 thy God, and liim only shalt 
 thou serve. 
 
 9 And he brought him to Je- 
 rusalem, and set him on a pin- 
 nacle of the temple, and said 
 unto him, If thou be the Son 
 of God, cast thyself down from 
 hence : 
 
 10 For it is written. He shall 
 give his angels charge over thee, 
 to keep thee : 
 
 11 And in their hands they 
 shall bear thee up, lest at any 
 time thou dash thy foot against 
 a stone. 
 
 12 And Jesus answering said 
 unto him. It is said, Thou shalt 
 not tempt the Lord thy God. 
 
 13 And when the devil had 
 ended all the temptation, he de- 
 parted from him for a season. 
 
 14 % And Jesus returned in the 
 power of the Spirit into Gali- 
 lee : and there went out a fame 
 of him through all the region 
 round aboat. 
 
He heginnetli to preach. 
 
 15 And he taught in their syn- 
 agogues, being glorified of all. 
 
 16 ^ And he came to Naza- 
 reth, where he had been brought 
 up : and, as his custom was, he 
 went into the synagogue on the 
 sabbath day, and stood up for, 
 to read. 
 
 17 And there was delivered 
 unto him the book of the pro- 
 phet Esaias. And when he had 
 opened the book, he found the 
 place where it was wiitten, 
 
 18 The Spirit of the Lord is 
 upon me, because he hath an- 
 ointed me to preach the gospel 
 to the poor; he hath sent me 
 to heal the brokenhearted, to 
 preach deliverance to the cap- 
 tives, and recovering of sight 
 to the blind, to set at liberty 
 them that are bruised, 
 
 19 To preach the acceptable 
 year of the Lord. 
 
 20 And he closed the book, 
 and he gave it again to the mi- 
 nister, and sat down. And the 
 eyes of all them that were in 
 the synagogue were listened 
 on him. 
 
 21 And he began to say unto 
 them. This day is this scrip- 
 ture lulfilled in your ears, 
 
 22 And all bare him witness, 
 and wondered at the gracious 
 words which proceeded out of 
 liis mouth. And they said, Is 
 not this Joseph's son ? 
 
 23 And he said unto them, Ye 
 v/ill surely say unto me this 
 proverb. Physician, heal thy- 
 self: whatsoever we have heard 
 done in Capernaum, do also 
 here in thy country. 
 
 24 And he said, Verily I say 
 unto you. No prophet is ac- 
 cepted in his own country. 
 
 25 But I tell you of a truth, 
 many widov> s were in Israel in 
 the days of Elias, when the hea- 
 ven was shut up three years and 
 Bix months, when great famine 
 was throughout all the land ; 
 
 26 But unto none of them was 
 Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, 
 a city of Sidon, unto a woman 
 that was a widow. 
 
 St. LUKE, IV. Be cciskth mt a devil 
 
 27 And many lepers were in 
 Israel in the time of Eliseus 
 the prophet ; and none of them 
 Vv^as cleansed, saving Naaman 
 the Syrian. 
 
 28 And all they in the syna- 
 gogue, when they heard these 
 things, v^re filled v/ith v/mth, 
 
 29 And rose up, and thru# 
 him out of the city, and led 
 him unto the brov/ of the hill 
 whereon their city was built, 
 that they might cast him down 
 headlong. 
 
 30 But he passing through th^ 
 midst of them went his way, 
 
 31 And came down to Caperna- 
 um, a city of Galilee, and teught 
 them on the sabbath days. 
 
 32 And they were astonished 
 at his doctrine: for his word 
 was with power. 
 
 33 ^ And in the synagogue 
 there was a man, which had a 
 spirit of an unclean devil, and 
 cried out with a loud voice, 
 
 34 Saying, Let tis alone ; what 
 have we to do with thee, thou 
 Jesus of Nazareth? art thou 
 come to destroy us? I know 
 thee who thou art; the Holy 
 One of God. 
 
 35 And Jesus rebuked him, 
 saying. Hold thy peace, and 
 come out of him. And wheio- 
 the devil had tlnown him in 
 the midst, he came out of him., 
 and hurt him not, 
 
 36 And they were all amazed, 
 and spake among themselves, 
 saying. What a word is this! 
 for with authority and power 
 he commandeth the unclean 
 spirits, and they come out. 
 
 37 And the fame of him went 
 out into every place of the coun- 
 try round about. 
 
 38 ^ And he arose out of the 
 synagogue, and entered into 
 Simon's house. And Simon's 
 wife's mother was taken with 
 a great fever; and they be- 
 sought him for her. 
 
 39 And he stood over her, and 
 rebuked the fever; and it left 
 her : and immediately she arose 
 and ministered mito them. 
 
 3C3 
 
The mircoculmts 
 
 St. LUKE, V. 
 
 draiigU of fishes. 
 
 40 1[ Now when the sun 
 "vvas setting:, all they that had 
 any sick with divers diseases 
 brought them vmto liim; and 
 he laid his hands on eveiy one 
 of them, and healed them. 
 
 41 ADd devils also came out of 
 many, ciying out, and sayinp;, 
 Thou art Christ tlie Son of God. 
 And he rebukiug them suffered 
 them not to speak: for they 
 knew tliat he was Christ. 
 
 42 Aud when it was day, he 
 d3parted ar,d went into a desert 
 place : and the people sought 
 him, and came unto him, aud 
 stayed him, that he should not 
 cle],art from them. 
 
 43 Aud lie said uuto them, J 
 must preach the kingdom of 
 God to other cities also: for 
 therefore am I sent. 
 
 44 Aud he preached in the 
 synagogues of Galilee. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 CJirist tcachcth the people out of Peter's 
 ship : 4 in a miraculom taJcinrj of fishes:, 
 .weweth hoao he will make him atid his 
 2>artncrs fishers of men: 12 cleanseth 
 the leper: 16 irrayeth in tJie wilder- 
 ness: 18 hcaleth one sick of the 2yciJsy : 
 27 calleth Matthew the publican: 29 
 eateth with sinners, as being the physi- 
 cian of souls: 'Mforctelleth tfiefastinrjs 
 ami afflictions of the apostles after his 
 ascension : 3G aw<Z likeneth fainthearted 
 and weak disciples to old bottles and 
 tcorn garments. 
 
 AND it came to pass, that, 
 . as the people pressed upon 
 him to hear the word of God, 
 lie stood by the lake of Gen> 
 nesaret, 
 
 2 And saw two ships standing 
 by the lake : but the fishermen 
 were gone out of them, and 
 were washing their nets. 
 
 3 And he entered into one of 
 the ships, which was Simon's, 
 and prayed him that he would 
 thrust out a little from the laud. 
 And he sat down, and taught 
 the people out of the ship. 
 
 4 Now when he had left speak- 
 ing, he said unto Simon, Laimch 
 out into the deep, and let doAvn 
 your nets for a draught. 
 
 5 And Simon answering said 
 unto him, Master, we have 
 
 toiled all tlie night, and have 
 taken nothing : nevertheless at 
 thy word I will let down the 
 net. 
 
 6 And when they had this 
 done, tliey inclosed a great 
 multitude of fishes: and their 
 r.et brake. 
 
 7 And they beckoned unto 
 theh' rartners, which were in 
 the other shii), that they should 
 come aud help them. And they 
 came, aud tilled both the sliips, 
 so that they bey an to sink. 
 
 8 When Simon I*eter saw it, 
 he fell down at Jesus' knees, 
 saying, Depart from me; for 1 
 am a sinful man, O Lord. 
 
 9 For he was astonished, and 
 all that were with him, at the 
 di aught of the fishes which they 
 had taken : 
 
 10 And so was also James, 
 and John, the eons of Zebedee, 
 which were partners with Si- 
 mon. And Jesus said unto 
 Simon, Fear not; from hence- 
 forth thou shalt catch men. 
 
 11 And v.hen they had brought 
 their ships to land, they forsook 
 all, aud followed him. 
 
 12 *[ And it came to pass, 
 when he was in a certain city, 
 behold a man full of leprosy: 
 who seeing Jesus fell on his 
 face, and besought him, say- 
 ing. Lord, if thou wilt, thou 
 canst make me clean. 
 
 13 And he put forth his hand, 
 and touched him, saying, I 
 V, ill : be thou clean. And im- 
 mediately the leprosy departed 
 from him. 
 
 14 And he charged him to tell 
 no man : but go, and shew thy- 
 self to the priest, and ofier for 
 thy cleansing, according as Mo- 
 ses commanded, for a testimony 
 unto them. 
 
 15 But so much the more went 
 there a fame abroad of him : 
 and great multitudes came to- 
 gether to hear, and to be healed 
 by him of their infirmities. 
 
 16 If And he withdrew himself 
 into the wilden:;ess, and prayed. 
 
 17 And it came to pass on a 
 
Chrisl lieddJi me St. LUKE, V, 
 
 certain day, as he was teaching, 
 that there were Pharisees and 
 doctore of the law sitting by, 
 which were come out of eveiy 
 town of Galilee, and Jndsea, 
 and Jerusalem : and the power 
 of the Lord was present to heal 
 them. 
 
 18 ^ And, behold, men brought 
 in a bed a man wiiich was taken 
 with a palsy : and they sought 
 means to biing him in, and to 
 lay him before him. 
 
 19 And when they could not 
 find by what wat/ they might 
 bring him in because of the 
 multitude, they went upon the 
 housetop, and let him down 
 thi'ough the tiling with his 
 couch into the midst before 
 Jesus. 
 
 20 And when he saw then 
 faith, he said unto hhn, Man, 
 thy sins are ±br given thee. 
 
 21 And the scribes and the 
 Pharisees began to reason, say- 
 ing, Who is this wMch speak- 
 eth blasphemies? Who can for- 
 give sins, but God alone ? 
 
 22 But when Jesus perceived 
 their thoughts, he answering 
 said mito them, AYhat reason 
 ye in your hearts ? 
 
 23 Whether is easier, to say. 
 Thy sins be forgiven thee ; or 
 to say, Eise up and walk ? 
 
 24 But that ye may know that 
 the Son of man hath power 
 upon earth to forgive sins, (he 
 ^id unto the sick of the palsy,) 
 I say unto thee. Arise, and take 
 up thy couch, and go into thine 
 house. 
 
 25 And immediately he rose 
 up before them, and took up 
 that whereon he lay, and de- 
 larted to his own house, glo- 
 rifjdng God. 
 
 26 And they were all amazed, 
 and they glorified God, and were 
 filled Avith fear, sa>diig,Yf e have 
 seen strange thirigs to day. 
 
 27 ^ And after these tilings he 
 went forth, and saw a publican, 
 named Levi, sitting at the re- 
 ceipt of custom : and he said 
 unto him, Follow me. 
 
 stele of the ^mbu, 
 
 2S And he left all, rose up, and 
 followed him. 
 
 29 And Levi made him a great 
 feast in liis own house : and 
 there was a great company of 
 publicans and of othei"s that 
 sat doY>Ti with them. 
 
 30 But then scribes and Pha- 
 risees mm-mured against his 
 disciples, saying. Why do ye 
 eat and di'ink with publicans 
 and sinuers? 
 
 31 And Jesus answering said 
 imto them, They that are whole 
 need not a physician ; but they 
 that are sick. 
 
 32 1 came not to call the right- 
 eous, but sinners to repentance. 
 
 33 t And they said unto him, 
 W^hy do the disciples of John 
 fast often, and make prayers ^^ 
 and likewise the disciples of 
 the Pharisees; but thine eat 
 and drmk? 
 
 34 And he said unto them. 
 Can ye make the childi-en of 
 the bridechamber fast, while 
 the bridegroom is with them ? 
 
 35 But the days will come, 
 when the bridegroom shall be 
 taken away fi-om them, and 
 then shall they last in those 
 da-ys. 
 
 36 IF And he spake also a pa- 
 rable unto them ; No man put- 
 teth a piece of a new garment 
 upon an old ; if otherwise, then 
 both the new maketh a rent, 
 and the piece that was taken 
 out of the new agreeth not with 
 the old. 
 
 37 And no man putteth new 
 wine into old bottles ; else the 
 new wine will bm'st the bottles, 
 and be spilled, and the bottles 
 shall perish. 
 
 38 But new Avine must be put 
 into new bottles ; and both are 
 preserved. 
 
 39 No man also having drunk 
 old wine straightway desheth 
 new : for he saith. The old is 
 better. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 1 CTtrtst reproveth the riiarisccs' blhid- 
 ness about the obserKation of the sah- 
 lath,by scrixjture, reason, and miradc ; 
 
The Pharisees repioved. St. LUKE, VI 
 
 13 chooseth ttoelve apostle's: 17 healeth 
 the diseased : 20 jyrencheth to his dis- 
 ciples b<fore thc2^eople of blessings and 
 curses: 27 hora tee rrvust lovs our ene- 
 7nies : 46 and join the obedience of 
 pood works to the hearing of the word: 
 lest in the ceil day of tetnptation %ie 
 fall like an hntsse built upon the face 
 of the earthy without am/ foundation. 
 
 AN D it came to pass on the 
 . second sabbath after the 
 first, that he went through the 
 corn fields; and his disciples 
 plucked the ears of com, and 
 
 The apostles chosen. 
 
 11 And they were filled with 
 madness; and communed one 
 Avith another what they might 
 do to Jesus. 
 
 12 And it came to pass in those 
 days, that he went out into a 
 mountain to pray, and conti- 
 nued all night in prayer to 
 God. 
 
 13 If And when it was day, h& 
 called 7xnto him his disciples : 
 and of them he chose twelve, 
 
 did eat, rubbing them in their | v, horn also he named apostles ; 
 
 hands. 
 
 14 Simon, (whom he also nam- 
 
 2 And certain of the Pliarisees ed Peter,) and Andrew his bro- 
 said unto them, Why do ye ther, James and John, Philip 
 that wliicli is not lawful to do and Bartholomew, 
 
 on the sabbath days? 
 
 15 Matthew and Thomas, 
 
 3_ And Jesus answering them James the son of Alphseus, and 
 
 said, Have ye not read so much 
 as tliis, what David did, when 
 himself was an hungred, and 
 they which were with him ; I 
 4 How he went into the house 
 of God, and did take and eat ' 
 the sheAvbread, and gave also 
 
 Simon called Zelotes, 
 
 IG And Judas the brother of 
 James, and Judas Iscariot, which 
 also was the traitor. 
 
 17 ^ And he came down with 
 them, and stood in the plain, 
 and the eomi any of his disei- 
 
 to them that v.ere with him ; j pies, and a great multitude of 
 
 which it is not lawful to eat 
 but for the priests alone ? 
 
 5 And he said unto them. 
 That the Son of man is Lord 
 also of the sabbath. 
 
 6 And it came to pass also on 
 another sabbath, that he en- 
 tered into the sjTiagogue and 
 taught : and there Avas a man 
 Avhose right hand was withered. 
 
 7 And the scribes and Pha- 
 risees watched him, whether 
 he would heal on the sabbath 
 day; that they might find an 
 accusation against him. 
 
 8 But he knew their thoughts, 
 and said to the man which had 
 the Avithered hand, Bise up, 
 and stand forth in the midst. 
 And he arose and stood forth. 
 
 9 Then said Jesus unto them, 
 I will ask you one thing ; Is it 
 lawful on the sabbath days to 
 do good, or to do evil ? to save 
 life, or to destroy it 9 
 
 10 And looking round about 
 upon them all, he said unto the 
 man. Stretch forth thy hand. 
 And he did so : and his hand 
 was restored whole as the other. 
 
 people out of all Judfca and Je- 
 rusalem, and from the sea coast 
 of Tyre and Sidon, Avhicli came 
 to hear him, and to be healed 
 of their diseases ; 
 
 18 And they that were vexed 
 with unclean spirits : and they 
 were healed. 
 
 19 And the whole multitude 
 sought to touch liim : for there 
 Avent virtue out of him, and 
 healed them all. 
 
 20 IF And he Lifted up his eyes 
 on Ms disciples, and said, Bless- 
 ed be ye poor : for yom-^s is the 
 kingdom of God. 
 
 21 Blessed are ye that hun- 
 ger noAY : for ye shall be filled. 
 Blessed are ye that weep noAV : 
 for ye shall laugh. 
 
 22 Blessed are ye, when men 
 shall hate you, and when they 
 shall separate you jh^om their 
 company, and shall reproach 
 you, and cast out your name 
 as evil, for the Son of man's 
 sake. 
 
 23 Eejoice ye in that day, and 
 leap for joy : for, behold, your 
 reward is great in heaven : for 
 
Clirist teacheth to 
 
 St. LUKE, YI. 
 
 retum good for evil. 
 
 in tlie like manner did their 
 lathers unto the prophets. 
 
 24 But woe unto yon that are 
 rich ! for ye have received yonr 
 consolation. 
 
 25 AVoe unto you that are 
 full ! for ye shall hunger. Woe 
 unto you that laugh now! for 
 ye shall mourn and weep. 
 
 26 Woe unto you, when all 
 men shall speak well of you ! 
 for so did theii' fathers to the 
 false prophets. 
 
 27 '1 But I say unto you which 
 hear, Love your enemies, do 
 good to them which hate you, 
 
 28 Bless them that curse you, 
 and pray for them which de- 
 spiteful] y use you. 
 
 29 And unto him that smiteth 
 thee on the one cheek ofier also 
 the other ; and him that taketh 
 away thy cloke forbid not to 
 take thy coat also. 
 
 30 Give to every man that 
 asketh of thee; and of him 
 that taketh away thy goods ask 
 them not again. 
 
 31 And as ye would that men 
 should do to you, do ye also to 
 them likewise. 
 
 32 For if ye love them which 
 love you, what thank have ye? 
 for sinners also love those that 
 love them. 
 
 33 And if ye do good to them 
 which do good to you, what 
 thank have ye ? for sinners also 
 do even the same. 
 
 34 And if ye lend to them of 
 whom ye hope to receive, what 
 thank have ye ? for sinners also 
 lend to sinners, to receive as 
 much again. 
 
 35 But love ye your enemies, 
 and do good, and lend, hoping 
 for nothing again; and your 
 reward shall be great, and ye 
 shall be the children of the 
 Highest : for he is kind unto 
 the unthanlrful and to the evil. 
 
 33 Be ye therefore merciful, as 
 your Father also is merciful. 
 
 37 Judge not, and ye shall not 
 be judged : condemn not, and 
 ye shall not be condemned : for- 
 give, and ye shall be forgiven : 
 
 33 Give, and it shall be given 
 unto you ; good measure, press- 
 ed down, and shaken together, 
 and running over, shall men 
 give into your bosom. For witli 
 the same measure that ye mete 
 withal it shall be measured to 
 you again. 
 
 39 And he spake a parable 
 unto them. Can the blind lead 
 the blind? shall they not both 
 fall into the ditch? 
 
 40 The disciple is not above his 
 master : but every one that is 
 perfect shall be as his master. 
 
 41 And why beholdest thou 
 the mote that is \ti thy brother's 
 eye, but perceivest not the beam 
 that is in thine own eye ? 
 
 42 Either how canst thou say 
 to thy brother. Brother, let me 
 pull out the mote that is in 
 thine eye, when thou thyself 
 beholdest not the beam that is 
 in thine own eye? Thou hy- 
 pocrite, cast out first the beam 
 out of thine own eye, and then 
 shalt thou see clearly to pull 
 out the mote that is in thy bro- 
 ther's eye. 
 
 43 For a good tree bringeth 
 not forth corrupt fruit ; neither 
 doth a corrupt tree bring forth 
 good fruit. 
 
 44 For every tree is known by 
 his own fruit. For of thorns 
 men do not gather figs, nor of 
 a bramble bush gather they 
 grapes. 
 
 45 A good man out of the good 
 treasure of his heart bringeth 
 forth that which is good ; and 
 an evil man out of the evil trea- 
 sure of his heart bringeth forth 
 that which is evil : for of the 
 abundance of the heart his 
 mouth speaketh. 
 
 48 IF And why call ye me. 
 Lord, Lord, and do not the 
 things which I say? 
 
 47 Whosoever cometh to me, 
 and heareth my sayings, and 
 doeth them, I will shew you to 
 v/hom he is like : 
 
 48 He is like a man which 
 built an house, and digged deep, 
 and laid the foundation on a 
 
The cenimi(m*8 
 
 St. LUKE, VII. 
 
 movant 1 waled. 
 
 rock : and when the flood arose, 
 the stream beat vehemently 
 upon that house, and could not 
 shake it : for it was founded 
 upon a roclc. 
 
 49 But he that heareth, and 
 doeth not, is like a man that 
 without a foundation built an 
 house upon the earth ; against 
 which the stream did beat ve- 
 hemently, and immediately it 
 fell ; and the ruin of that house 
 was great. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 1 Christ findcth a greater faith in tlie 
 centurion a Oentilc, than in avy of 
 the Jews: 10 healeth 7iis servant being 
 absent: 11 raiseth from death the 
 widoto's son at Naiti: 19 answertth 
 John's messengers with the declaration 
 of his miracles : 24 testifieth to the peojjle 
 what opinion he held of John : 30 m- 
 veigheth against the Jews, who with 
 neither the tnanneis of John nor of 
 Jesus could he won : 36 and shcwcth by 
 occasion of Mary Magdalene, how he is 
 a friend to sinners, not to maintain 
 than in si7is, but to forgive them their 
 sins, xipon their faith and repentance. 
 
 NOW when he had ended 
 all his sayings in the au- 
 dience of the people, he entered 
 into Capernaum. 
 
 2 And a certain centurion's ser- 
 vant, who was dear unto him, 
 was sick, aud ready to die. 
 
 3 And when he heard of Jesus, 
 he sent unto him the elders of 
 the Jews, beseeching; Mm that 
 he would come and heal his 
 servant. 
 
 4 And when they came to 
 Jesus, they besought him in- 
 stantly, saying. That he was 
 worthy for whom he should do 
 this: 
 
 5 For he loveth our nation, and 
 he hath built us a synagogue. 
 
 6 Then Jesus went with them. 
 And when he was now not far 
 from the house, the centmion 
 sent friends to him, saying un- 
 to him. Lord, trouble not thy- 
 self : for I am not worthy that 
 thou shouldest enter mider my 
 roof : 
 
 7 Wherefore neither thought 
 I myself worthy to come unto 
 thee : but say in a word, and 
 my servant shall be healed. 
 
 8 For I also am a man set un- 
 der authority, having under me 
 soldiers, and I say unto one, 
 Go, and he goeth ; and to an- 
 other. Come, and he cometh ; 
 and to my servant, Do this, and 
 he doeth it. 
 
 9 When Jesus heard these 
 things, he marvelled at him, 
 and turned him about, and said 
 unto the people that followed 
 liim, I say unto you, 1 have 
 not found so great liaith, no, 
 not in Israel. 
 
 10 And they that were sent, 
 returning to the house, i'ound 
 the servant whole that had been 
 sick. 
 
 11 ^[ And it came to pass the 
 day after, that he v.ent into a 
 city called Nain ; and many of 
 Ids disciples went with him, 
 and much people. 
 
 12 Now when he came nigh 
 to the gate of the city, behold, 
 there was a dead man carried 
 out, the only son of his mother, 
 and she A\as a v.idoAv : and 
 much people of the city v,as 
 Vvith her. 
 
 13 And when the Lord saw 
 her, he had compassion on her, 
 and said unto her. Weep not. 
 
 14 And he came and touched 
 the bier : and they that bare 
 him stood still. And he said. 
 Young man, I say imto thee. 
 Arise. 
 
 15 And he that was dead sat 
 up, and began to speak. And 
 he delivered him to Ms mother. 
 
 16 And there came a fear on 
 all : and they glorified God, 
 saying. That a great prophet is 
 risen up among us ; and. That 
 God hath visited Ms people. 
 
 17 And tMs rumour of liim 
 went forth tMoughout all Ju- 
 dgea, and tMoughout all the 
 region round about. 
 
 18 And the disciples of John 
 shewed Mm of all these tMngs. 
 
 19 ^ And John calling unio 
 him two of Ms disciples sent 
 them to Jesus, saymg. Art thou 
 he that should come? or look 
 v*'e for another? 
 
Clirist's testhnony 
 
 St. LUKE, VII. 
 
 concemhig John, 
 
 20 When the men were come 
 mito him, they said, John Bap- 
 tist hath sent us unto thee, say- 
 ing, Art thou he that should 
 come? or look we for another? 
 
 21 And in that same hour he 
 cured many of their infirmities 
 and plagues, and of evil spirits ; 
 and unto many that ivere blind 
 he gave sight. 
 
 22 Then Jesus answering said 
 unto them, Go your way, and 
 tell John what things ye have 
 seen and heard ; hovf that the 
 blind see, the lame walk, the 
 lepers are cleansed, the deaf 
 hear, the dead are raised, to the 
 poor the gospel is preached. 
 
 23 And blessed is he, whosoever 
 shall not be oflended in me. 
 
 24 ^ And when the messen- 
 gers of John were departed, he 
 began to speak unto the people 
 concerning John, What went 
 ye out into the wilderness for 
 to see ? A reed shaken with the 
 wind ? 
 
 25 But what went ye out for 
 to see? A man clothed in soft 
 raiment? Behold, they which 
 are gorgeously apparelled, and 
 live delicately, are in kings' 
 courts. 
 
 26 Bat what went ye out for 
 to see? A prophet? Yea, I 
 say unto you, and much more 
 than a prophet. 
 
 27 This is he, of whom it is 
 written, Behold, I send my mes- 
 senger before thy face, which 
 shall prepare thy way before 
 thee. 
 
 28 For I say unto you. Among 
 those that are born of women 
 there is not a greater prophet 
 than John the Baptist : but he 
 that is least in the kingdom of 
 God is greater than he. 
 
 29 And all the people that 
 heard him, and the publicans, 
 justified God, being baptized 
 with the baptism of John. 
 
 30 But the Pharisees and law- 
 yers rejected the counsel of 
 God against themselves, being 
 not baptized of him. 
 
 31 ^ And the Lord said, 
 
 Whereunto then shall I liken 
 the men of this generation? 
 and to what are they like ? 
 
 32 They are like unto children 
 sitting in the marketplace, and 
 calling one to another, and say- 
 ing, We have piped mito you, 
 and ye have not danced; we 
 have mourned to you, and ye 
 have not wept. 
 
 33 For John the Baptist came 
 E either eating bread nor drink- 
 ing wine ; and ye say, He hath 
 a devil. 
 
 34 The Son of man is come 
 eating and diinking ; and ye 
 say. Behold a gluttonous man,^ 
 and a winebibber, a iriend of 
 publicans and sinners ! 
 
 35 But wisdom is justified of 
 all her cliildren. 
 
 36 ^ And one of the Pharisees 
 desired him that he would eat 
 with him. And he went into 
 the Phaiisee's house, and sat 
 down to meat. 
 
 37 And, behold, a woman in 
 the city, which was a sinner, 
 when she knew that Jesus sat 
 at meat in the Pharisee's house, 
 brought an alabaster box of 
 ointment, 
 
 38 And stood at his feet be- 
 hind him weeping, and began 
 to wash his feet with tears, and 
 did wipe them with the hairs 
 of her head, and kissed his feet, 
 and anointed them with the 
 ointment. 
 
 39 Now when the Pharisee 
 which had bidden him saw it, 
 he spake within liimself, say- 
 ing. This man, if he were a 
 prophet, would have known 
 who and what manner of wo- 
 man this is that toucheth him : 
 for she is a sinner. 
 
 40 And Jesus answering said 
 unto him, Simon, I have some- 
 what to say unto thee. And he 
 saith, Master, say on. 
 
 41 There was a certain creditor 
 which had two debtors : the one 
 owed five hundred pence, and 
 the other fifty. 
 
 42 And vv^hen they had nothing 
 to pay, he fi^ankly forgave them 
 
Women minister unto St. LUKE, VIII. Christ of their substance. 
 
 both. Tell me therefore, which 
 of them will love him most ? 
 
 43 Simon answered and said, 
 1 suppose that he, to whom he 
 forgave most. 7Vnd he said 
 imto him, Thou hast rightly 
 judged. 
 
 44 And he turned to the wo- 
 man, and said unto Simon, 
 Seest thou this woman? 1 en- 
 tered into thine house, thou 
 gavest me no water for my leet : 
 but she hath washed my feet 
 with tears, and wiped them with 
 the hairs of her head. 
 
 45 Thou gavest me no kiss : 
 but tliis woman since the time 
 1 came in hath not ceased to 
 Iviss my leet. 
 
 46 My head with oil thou 
 didst not anoint : but this wo- 
 man hath anointed my feet 
 with ointment. 
 
 47 Wherefore I say unto thee, 
 Her sins, which are many, are 
 forgiven; for she loved much: 
 but to whom little is forgiven, 
 the same loveth little. 
 
 48 And he said unto her, Thy 
 gins are forgiven. 
 
 49 And they that sat at meat 
 with him began to say within 
 themselves, Who is this that 
 forgiveth sins also? 
 
 50 And he said to the woman, 
 Thy faith hath saved thee ; go 
 in peace. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 3 Women minister unto Clirist of their 
 substance. 4 Clirist, after he had 
 preached from place to j^lcice, attend- 
 ed vyith his apostles, propoundeth the 
 parable of the sower, 16 a^id of the can- 
 dle : 21 declareth who are his mothei', 
 and brethren : 22 rebukcth the winds : 
 26 casteth the legion of devils out of 
 the tnan into the herd of swine : 37 is 
 rejected of the Gadarenes : 43 healeth 
 the woman of her bloody issue, 49 and 
 raisethfrom death Jairus' daughter. 
 
 AND it came to pass af- 
 terward, that he went 
 throughout every city and vil- 
 lage, preaching and shewing 
 the glad tidings of the king- 
 dom of God : and the twelve 
 were with him, 
 2 And certain women, which 
 had been healed of evil spirits 
 
 and infirmities, Mary called 
 Magdalene, out of whom went 
 seven devils, 
 
 3 And Joanna the wife of 
 Chuza Herod's steward, and 
 Susanna, and many others, 
 which ministered unto him of 
 their substance. 
 
 4 H And when much people 
 were gathered together, and 
 were come to him out of every 
 city, he spake by a parable : 
 
 5 A sower went out to sow his 
 seed : and as he sowed, some 
 fell by the way side ; and it was 
 trodden do'wai, and the fowls of 
 the air devoured it. 
 
 6 And some fell upon a rock ; 
 and as soon as it was sprmig . 
 up, it withered av>ay, because 
 it lacked moisture. 
 
 7 And some fell among thorns ; 
 and the thorns sprang up with 
 it, and choked it. 
 
 8 And other fell on good 
 ground, and sprang up, and 
 bare fruit an hundredfold. And 
 when he had said these things, 
 he cried. He that hath ears to 
 hear, let liim hear. 
 
 9 And his disciples asked him, 
 saying. What might this para- 
 ble be? 
 
 10 And he said. Unto you it 
 is given to know the mysteries 
 of the kingdom of God : but to 
 others in parables ; that seeing 
 they might not see, and hearing 
 they might not understand. 
 
 11 Is ow the parable is tliis : 
 The seed is the word of God. 
 
 12 Those by the way side are 
 they that hear ; then cometh 
 the devil, and taketh away the 
 word out of their hearts, lest 
 they should believe and be 
 saved. 
 
 13 They on the rock are they, 
 which, when they hear, receive 
 the word with joy; and these 
 have no root, which for a while 
 believe, and in time of tempta- 
 tion fall away. 
 
 14 And that which fell among 
 thorns are they, wliich, when 
 they have heard, go forth, and 
 are choked with cares and 
 
Girist sMetJi a tempesf, St. LUKE, VIII. and casleth mt devils. 
 
 riches and pleasures of this life, 
 and bring no fruit to perfection. 
 
 15 But that on the good ground 
 are they, which in an honest 
 and good heart, having heard 
 the word, keep it, and bring 
 forth fruit with patience. 
 
 16 *[[ No man, when he hath 
 lighted a candle, covereth it 
 with a vessel, or putteth it un- 
 <ier a bed ; but setteth it on a 
 candlestick, that they which 
 enter in may see the light 
 
 17 For nothing is secret, that 
 shall not be made manifest; 
 neither an^/ thirty hid, that shall 
 not be known and come abroad. 
 
 18 Take heed therefore how 
 ye hear : for whosoever hath, 
 to him shall be given ; and 
 whosoever hath not, from him 
 shall be taken even that which 
 he seemeth to have. 
 
 19 H Then came to him his 
 mother and his brethren, and 
 could not come at him for the 
 press. 
 
 20 And it was told him bj/ 
 certain which said, Thy mother 
 and thy brethren stand with- 
 out, desiring to see thee. 
 
 21 And he answered and said 
 unto them, My mother and my 
 brethren are these which hear 
 the word of God, and do it. 
 
 22 IT Now it came to pass on a 
 certain day, that he went into a 
 eliip with his disciples : and he 
 said unto them. Let us go over 
 unto the other side of the lake. 
 And they launched forth. 
 
 23 But as they sailed he fell 
 asleep : and there came do^vii a 
 storm of wind on the lake ; and 
 they were filled ivith water, and 
 were in jeopardy. 
 
 24 And they came to him, and 
 awoke him, saying. Master, 
 master, we perish. Then he 
 arose, and rebuked the wind 
 and the raging of the water : 
 and they ceased, and there was 
 a calm. 
 
 25 And he said unto them. 
 Where is your faith ? And they 
 being afraid wondered, saying 
 one to another, What manner 
 
 of man is this ! for he com- 
 mandeth even the winds and 
 water, and they obey him. 
 
 26 ^ And they arrived at the 
 country of the Gadarenes, which 
 is over against Galilee. 
 
 27 And when he went forth to 
 land, there met him out of the 
 city a certain man, which had 
 devils long time, and ware no 
 clothes, neither abode in any 
 house, but in the tombs. 
 
 28 When he saw Jesus, he 
 cried out, and fell down before 
 him, and with a loud voice said, 
 What have I to do with thee, 
 Jesus, thou Son of God most 
 high? I beseech thee, torment 
 me not. 
 
 29 (For he had commanded 
 the unclean spirit to com.e out 
 of the man. For oftentimes it 
 had caught him : and he v^^as 
 kept bound with chains a.nd in 
 fetters ; and he brake the bands, 
 and was driven of the devil into 
 the wilderness.) 
 
 30 And Jesus asked In'm, say- 
 ing, What is thy name? And 
 he said, Legion : because many 
 devils were entered int^ him. 
 
 31 And they besought him 
 that he would not command 
 them to go out into the deep. 
 
 32 And there was there an 
 herd of many swine feeding on 
 the mountain : and they be- 
 sought him that he would suf- 
 fer them to enter into them. 
 And he sufi"ered them. 
 
 33 Then went the devils oui 
 of the man, and entered into 
 the swine : and the herd ran 
 violently down a steep place 
 into the lake, and were choked. 
 
 34 When they that fed them 
 saw what was done, they fled, 
 and went and told it in the city 
 and in the country. 
 
 35 Then they went out to see 
 what was done; and came to 
 Jesus, and found the man, out 
 of whom the devils were de- 
 parted, sitting at the feet of 
 Jesus, clothed, and in his right 
 mind : and they were afraid. 
 
 36 They also wliich saw it 
 
Christ raiseth froin 
 
 St. LUKE, IX. death Jmiis' dauglder. 
 
 told tliem by what means he 
 that was possessed of the devils 
 was healed. 
 
 37 H Then the whole multi- 
 tude of the comitry of theGada- 
 renes round about besought him 
 to depart from them; for they 
 were taken with great fear : and 
 he went up into the sliip, and 
 returned back again. 
 
 38 Now the man out of whom 
 the devils were departed be- 
 sought him that he might be 
 with him : but Jesus sent him 
 away, saying, 
 
 39 Return to thine o^ti house, 
 and shew how great things God 
 hath done unto thee. And he 
 went his way, and published 
 throughout the whole city how 
 great things Jesus had done 
 imto him. 
 
 40 And it came to pass, that, 
 when Jesus was returned, the 
 people gladly received liim : for 
 they were all waiting for him. 
 
 41 IT And, behold, there came 
 a man named Jairus, and he 
 ^^'as a ruler of the synagogue : 
 and he fell down at Jesus' feet, 
 and besought him that he would 
 come into his house : 
 
 42 For he had one only daugh- 
 ter, about twelve years of age, 
 and she lay a dying. But as he 
 went the people thronged him. 
 
 43 If And a woman havmg 
 an issue of blood twelve years, 
 which had spent all her living 
 upon physicians, neither could 
 be healed of any, 
 
 44 Came behind him, and 
 touched the border of his gar- 
 ment: and immediately her 
 issue of blood stanched. 
 
 45 And Jesus said, Who touch- 
 ed me? When all denied, Pe- 
 ter and they that were with 
 him said, Master, the multitude 
 throng thee and press thee, and 
 gayest thou, Who touched me ? 
 
 46 And Jesus said. Somebody 
 hath touched me : for I perceive 
 that virtue is gone out of me. 
 
 47 And when the woman saw 
 that she was not hid, she came 
 trembling, and lalling down 
 
 before him, she declared unto 
 him before all the people for 
 what cause she had touched 
 him, and how she was healed 
 inmiediately. 
 
 48 And he said unto her, 
 Daughter, be of good com- 
 fort : thy faith hath made thee 
 whole ; go in peace. 
 
 49 *\\ While he yet spake, there 
 Cometh one from the ruler of 
 the synagogue's house, saying 
 to him. Thy daughter is dead; 
 trouble not the Master. 
 
 50 But when Jesus heard e7, 
 he answered him, saying, Fear 
 not : believe only, and she shall 
 be made whole. 
 
 51 And when he came into the 
 house, he sufiered no man to go 
 in, save Peter, and James, and 
 John, and the father and the 
 mother of the maiden. 
 
 52 And all wept, and bewailed 
 her: but he said, Weep not; 
 she is not dead, but sleepeth. 
 
 53 And they laughed him to 
 scorn, knowing that she wafi 
 dead. 
 
 54 And he put them all out, 
 and took her by the hand, and 
 called, saying. Maid, arise. 
 
 ^ And her spirit came again, 
 and she arose straightway: 
 and he commanded to give her 
 meat. 
 
 56 And her parents were asto- 
 nished: but he charged them 
 that they should tell no man 
 what was done. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 1 Clirvit sendeth Ms apostles to work mU 
 racles, and to preach. 7 Herod desired 
 to see Christ. 17 Clirist feedeth five tJtou- 
 sand: 18 enquireth what opinion the 
 world had of hhn : foretelleth his paS' 
 sion : 23propo8eth to all the pattern of 
 his patience. 28 The transfiguration. 
 37 Be healeth the liinatick .- 43 again 
 forewarneth h'ls disciples of his passion : 
 46 commendeth humility: 51 biddetJi 
 them to shew rrdldness towards all, 
 without desire of revenge. 57 Divers 
 would follow him, hut upon conditions, 
 
 THEN he called his twelve 
 disciples together, and gave 
 them power and authority over 
 all devils, and to cure diseases. 
 2 And he sent them to preach 
 
Herod dedreth to see Christ St. LUKE, IX. 
 
 Five tlioumiid fed. 
 
 the kingdom of God, and to 
 heal the sick. 
 
 3 And he said unto them, 
 Take nothing for yoii7^ jom-- 
 iiey, neither staves, nor scrip, 
 neither bread, neither money; 
 neither have two coats apiece. 
 
 4 And whatscever house ye 
 enter into, there abide, and 
 thence depart. 
 
 5 And whosoever will not re- 
 ceive you, w^hen ye go out of 
 that city, shake ofl' the very 
 dust from your feet for a testi- 
 mony against them. 
 
 6 And they departed, and went 
 through the towns, preaching 
 the gospel, and healing every 
 where. 
 
 7 H Now Herod the tetrarch 
 heard of all that was done by 
 Mm: and he was perplexed, 
 because that it was said of 
 some, that John w as risen from 
 the dead ; 
 
 8 And of some, that Elias had 
 appeared; and of others, that 
 one of the old prophets was 
 risen again. 
 
 9 And Herod said, John have 
 I beheaded: but Avho is this, 
 of whom I hear such tilings? 
 And he desned to see him. 
 
 10 H And the apostles, w^hen 
 they were returned, told him 
 all that they had done. And he 
 took them, and went aside pri- 
 vately into a desert place be- 
 longing to the city called Beth- 
 
 11 And the people, w^hen they 
 knew it^ followed him : and he 
 received them, and spake unto 
 them of the kingdom of God, 
 and healed them that had need 
 of healing. 
 
 12 And when the day began 
 to wear away, then came the 
 twelve, and said unto him, 
 Send the multitude away, that 
 they may go into the towns 
 and country round about, and 
 lodge, and get victuals : for we 
 are here in a desert place. 
 
 13 But he said unto them. 
 Give ye them to eat. And they 
 said, We have no more but five 
 
 loaves and two fishes; except 
 we should go and buy meat for 
 all this people. 
 
 14 For they were about five 
 thousand men. And he said 
 to his disciples. Make them sit 
 down by fifties in a company. 
 
 15 And they did so, and made 
 them all sit down. 
 
 16 Then he took the five loaves 
 and the two fishes, and looking 
 up to heaven, he blessed them, 
 and brake, and gave to the dis- 
 ciples to set before the multi- 
 tude. 
 
 17 And they did eat, and were 
 all filled : and there was taken 
 up of fragments that remained 
 to them twelve baskets. 
 
 18 ^ And it came to pass, as 
 he was alone praying, his dis- 
 ciples were with him: and he 
 asked them, saying. Whom say 
 the people that I am? 
 
 19 They answering said, John 
 the Baptist ; but some say, Eli- 
 as ; and others say, that one of 
 the old prophets is risen again. 
 
 20 He said unto them, But 
 whom say ye that I am? Pe- 
 ter answermg said. The Christ 
 of God. 
 
 21 And he straitly charged 
 them, and commanded them to 
 tell no man that thing ; 
 
 22 Saying, The Son of man 
 must suffer many things, and be 
 rejected of the elders and chief 
 priests and scribes, and be slain, 
 and be raised the third day. 
 
 23 ^ And he said to them all. 
 If any man will come after me, 
 let him deny himself, and take 
 up his cross daily, and follow 
 me. 
 
 24 For whosoever will save his 
 life shall lose it : but whosoever 
 will lose liis life for my sake, 
 the same shall save it. 
 
 25 For what is a man ad- 
 vantaged, if he gain the whole 
 world, and lose himself, or be 
 cast aAvay ? 
 
 26 For whosoever shall be a- 
 shamed of me and of my words, 
 of liim shall the Son of man be 
 ashamed, when he shaU come 
 
ChnsCs transjlguration. St. LUKE, IX. 
 
 The Immlick lienled. 
 
 in liis own priory, and in his Fa- 
 ther's, and of the holy angels. 
 
 27 But 1 tell you of a truth, 
 there be some standing here, 
 which shall not taste of death, 
 till they see the kingdom of 
 (xod. 
 
 28 ^ And it came to pass about 
 an eiglit days after these say- 
 ings, he took Peter and John 
 and James, and went up into a 
 mountain to inay- 
 
 29 And as he prayed, the 
 fasliion of his conntenance was 
 altered, and his raiment was 
 V. liite and glistering. 
 
 30 And, behold, there talked 
 Avith him two men, which were 
 Moses and Elias : 
 
 31 Who appeared in glory, 
 and spake of his decease which 
 lie should accomplish at Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 32 But Peter and they that 
 were with him were hoa^•y with 
 sleep : and when they were a- 
 va]:e, they saw his gloiy, and 
 tlie two men that stood with 
 him. 
 
 33 xVnd it came to pass, as 
 they departed from him, Peter 
 said unto Jesus, Master, it is 
 good for us to be liere : and let 
 us make tliree taberiiacles ; one 
 for thee, and one for Moses, 
 and one for Elias : not laiow- 
 ing what he said. 
 
 34 While he thus spake, there 
 came a cloud, and overshadow- 
 ed them : and they feared as 
 they entered into the cloud. 
 
 35 And there came a voice out 
 of the cloud, saying. This is 
 my beloved Son : hear him. 
 
 36 And when the voice was 
 past, Jesus was found alone. 
 And they kept it close, and 
 told no man in those days any 
 of those things which they had 
 seen. 
 
 37 ^ And it came to pass, that 
 on the next day^ Avhen they 
 vrere come down from the hill, 
 much people met him. 
 
 33 Ajid, behold, a man of 
 the company cried out, saying. 
 Master, I beseech thee, look 
 
 upon my son : for he is mine 
 
 only child. 
 39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, 
 
 and he suddenly crietli out ; 
 
 and it teareth him that he 
 
 foameth again, and bruising 
 
 him hardly departetli from him. 
 j 4<j And 1 besought thy disci- 
 j pies to cast him out; and they 
 
 could not. 
 
 41 And Jesus answering said, O 
 faithless arid perverse genera- 
 tion, how long shall I be with 
 you, and suffer youV Bring 
 thy son hither. 
 
 42 And as he was yet a com- 
 ing the devil threw liim down, 
 and tare him. And Jesus re- 
 buked the unclean spirit, and 
 healed the child, and delivered 
 him again to his father. 
 
 43 "[ And they were all amaz- 
 ed at the mighty power of God. 
 But wliile they wondered eveiy 
 
 I one at all things which Jesus 
 did, he said unto his disci] )les, 
 
 44 liCt these sayings sink down 
 into your ears : for the Son of 
 man shall be delivered into tlie 
 hands of men. 
 
 45 But they understood not 
 this saying, and it was hid from 
 them, tliat they perceived it 
 not : and they feared to ask 
 him of that saying. 
 
 46 •[ Then there arose a rea- 
 soning among them, which of 
 them should be greatest. 
 
 47 And Jesus, perceiving the 
 thought of their heart, took a 
 child, and set him by him, 
 
 48 And said unto them. Who- 
 soever shall receive this child 
 in my name receiveth me : and 
 whosoever shall receive me re- 
 ceiveth him that sent me : for 
 he that is least among you all, 
 the same shall be great. 
 
 49 TI And John answered and 
 said, Master, we saw one cast- 
 ing out devils in thy name : 
 and we forbad him, because 
 he foUoweth not with us. 
 
 50 And Jesus said unto him, 
 Forbid Mm not : for he that is 
 not against us is for us. 
 
 61 11 And it came to pass, 
 
CJirist sencMli out 
 
 St. LUKE, X. 
 
 the seveniy disciples. 
 
 when tlie time was come that 
 he should be received up, he 
 stedfastly set his face to go to 
 Jerusalem, 
 
 52 And sent messengers be- 
 fore his face : and they went, 
 and entered into a yiUage of 
 the Samaritans, to make ready 
 for him. 
 
 53 And they did not receive 
 him, because his face was as 
 though he would go to Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 54 And when his disciples 
 James and John saw this, they 
 said, Lord, wilt thou that we 
 command fii'e to come down 
 from heaven, and consume 
 them, even as Elias did? 
 
 55 But he turned, and rebuked 
 them, and said, Ye Imow not 
 what manner of spirit ye are of. 
 
 56 For the Son of man is not 
 come to destroy men's lives, 
 but to save them. And they 
 went to another village. 
 
 57 ^ And it came to pass, that, 
 as they went in the way, a cer- 
 tain man said unto him, Lord, 
 I will follow thee whithersoever 
 thou goest. 
 
 58 And Jesus said unto him. 
 Foxes have holes, and birds of 
 the air have nests ; but the Son 
 of man hath not where to lay 
 his head. 
 
 59 And he said imto another. 
 Follow me. But he said. Lord, 
 suffer me first to go and bmy 
 my father. 
 
 60 Jesus said unto him, Let 
 the dead bury their dead : but 
 go thou and preach the king- 
 dom of God. 
 
 61 And another also said, Lord, 
 I will follow thee ; but let me 
 first go bid them farewell, which 
 are at home at my house. 
 
 62 And Jesus said unto him, 
 No man, having put his hand 
 to the plough, and looking back, 
 is fit for the kingdom of God. 
 
 ■ CHAPTER X. 
 
 1 Christ sendeth out at once seventy dis- 
 ciples to work miracles, and to preach .- 
 17 admonisheth them to be humble, and 
 wherein to rejoice: 21 thanTceth his Fa- 
 
 ther for h's grace .- 23 magnifieth the 
 happy estate of Ms church : 23 teacheth 
 the lawyer hotv to attain eternal life, 
 and to take every one for his neighbour 
 that needeth his mercy: 41 rejyrehend^ 
 eth Martha, and commcndeth Mary her 
 sister. 
 
 AFTER these things the 
 . Lord appointed other se- 
 venty also, and sent them two 
 and two before his face into 
 every city and place, whither 
 he himself would come. 
 
 2 Therefore said he unto them, 
 The harvest truly is great, but 
 the labourers are few : pray ye 
 therefore the Lord of the har- 
 vest, that he would send forth 
 labourers into liis harvest. 
 
 3 Go your ways : behold, I 
 send you forth as lambs among 
 wolves. 
 
 4 Carry neither purse, nor 
 scrip, nor shoes : and salute no 
 man by the way. 
 
 5 And into whatsoever house 
 ye enter, fiist say. Peace be to 
 this house. 
 
 6 And if the son of peace be 
 there, your peace shall rest up- 
 on it : if not, it shall turn to 
 you again. 
 
 7 And in the same house re- 
 main, eating and drinking such 
 things as they give : for the la- 
 bourer is worthy of his hire. 
 Go not fi-om house to house. 
 
 8 And into whatsoever city ye 
 enter, and they receive you, eat 
 such things as are set before 
 you: 
 
 9 And heal the sick that are 
 therein, and say unto them, 
 The kingdom of God is come 
 nigh unto you. 
 
 10 But into whatsoever city 
 ye enter, and they receive you 
 not, go your ways out into the 
 streets of the same, and say, 
 
 11 Even the very dust of your 
 city, which cleaveth on us, we 
 do wipe ofl* against you : not- 
 withstanding be ye sme of this, 
 that the kingdom of God is 
 come nigh unto you. 
 
 12 But I say unto you, that it 
 shall be more tolerable in that 
 day for Sodom, than for that city. 
 
The seventy return. 
 
 St. LUKE, X. 
 
 TJie good Samaritan. 
 
 13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! 
 woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for 
 if the mighty works had been 
 done in Tyre and Sid on, which 
 have been done in you, they 
 had a great while ago repented, 
 sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 
 
 14 But it shall be more toler- 
 able for Tyre and Sidon at the 
 judgment, than for you. 
 
 15 And thou, Capernaum, 
 which art exalted to heaven, 
 shaltbe tlu-ust down to hell. 
 
 16 He that heareth you hear- 
 eth me; and he that despiseth 
 you despiseth me ; and he that 
 despiseth me despiseth him that 
 sent me. 
 
 17 ![ And the seventy returned 
 again with joy, saying, Lord, 
 even the devils are subject un- 
 to us through thy name. 
 
 18 And he said unto them, I 
 beheld Satan as lightning fall 
 from heaven. 
 
 19 Behold, I give unto you 
 power to tread on serpents and 
 scorpions, and over all the pow- 
 er of the enemy : and nothing 
 shall by any means hurt you. 
 
 20 Notwithstanding in this re- 
 joibe not, that the spirits are 
 subject unto you; but rather 
 rejoice, because yoiu* names are 
 written in heaven. 
 
 21 IF In that hour Jesus re- 
 joiced in spirit, and said, I 
 thank thee, O Father, Lord of 
 heaven and earth, that thou 
 hast hid these things from the 
 wise and prudent, and hast re- 
 vealed them unto babes: even 
 so. Father; for so it seemed 
 good in thy sight. 
 
 22 All things are delivered to 
 me of my Father : and no man 
 knoweth who the Son is, but 
 the Father; and who the Fa- 
 ther is, but the Son, and he to 
 whom the Son will reveal him. 
 
 23 ^ And he turned him unto 
 his disciples, and said private- 
 ly. Blessed are the eyes which 
 see the things that ye see : 
 
 24 For I tell you, that many 
 prophets and kings have desir- 
 ed to see those things which ye 
 
 see, and have not seen them; 
 and to hear those things which 
 ye hear, and have not heard 
 them. 
 
 25 H And, behold, a certain 
 lawyer stood up, and tempted 
 him, saying, Master, what shall 
 I do to inherit eternal life ? 
 
 26 He said unto him, What is 
 written in the law? how read- 
 est thou y 
 
 27 And he answering said, 
 Tliou shalt love the Lord thy 
 God with all thy heart, and 
 with all thy soul, and with all 
 thy strength, and with all thy 
 mind; and thy neighbour as 
 thyself. 
 
 28 And he said unto him, 
 Thou hast answered right : this 
 do, and thou shalt live. 
 
 29 But he, willing to justify 
 himself, said unto Jesus, And 
 who is my neighbour? 
 
 30 And Jesus answering said, 
 A certain man went do^\Ti from 
 Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell 
 among thieves, which stripped 
 him of his raiment, and wound- 
 ed him^ and departed, leaving 
 him half dead. 
 
 31 And by chance there came 
 down a certain priest that way : 
 and when he saw liim, he pass- 
 ed by on the other side. 
 
 32 And likewise a Levite, when 
 he was at the place, came and 
 looked on him, and passed by 
 on the other side. 
 
 33 But a certain Samaritan, as 
 he journeyed, came where he 
 was: and when he saw him, 
 he had compassion on him, 
 
 34 And went to him, and bound 
 up his wounds, pouring in oil 
 and wine, and set him on Ms 
 own beast, and brought him to 
 an inn, and took care of him. 
 
 35 And on the morrow when 
 he depai-ted, he took out two 
 pence, and gave them to the 
 host, and said unto him, Take 
 care of him; and whatsoever 
 thou spendest more, when I 
 come again, I will repay thee. 
 
 36 Which now of these three, 
 thinkest thou, was neighbour 
 
Christ tefwheth to pray. St. LUKE, XI. He casteih out a devil. 
 
 unto Mm that fell among the 
 thieres ? 
 
 37 And he said, He that shew- 
 ed mercy on him. Then said 
 Jesus unto him, Go, and do 
 thou likewise. 
 
 38 ^ Now it came to pass, as 
 they went, that he entered into 
 a certain village : and a certain 
 woman named Martha received 
 Mm into her house. 
 
 39 And she had a sister called 
 Mary, which also sat at Jesus' 
 feet, and heard Ms word. 
 
 40 But Martha was cumbered 
 about much serving, and came 
 to Mm, and said. Lord, dost 
 thou not care that my sister 
 hath left me to serve alone? 
 bid her therefore that she help 
 me. 
 
 41 And Jesus answered and 
 said unto her, Martha, Martha, 
 thou art careful and troubled 
 about many tMngs : 
 
 42 But one thing is needful: 
 and Mary hath chosen that 
 ?:ood part, wMch shall not be 
 taken away from her. 
 
 CHAPTER XL 
 
 1 Chinst teacTieth to pray, and that in- 
 stantly: 11 assv/ring that God so will 
 give us good things. 14 He, casting 
 out a dumb devil, rebuketh the blasphe- 
 mous Pharisees: 28 and sTieioetJi who 
 are blessed: 29 2ireacheth to the people, 
 37 and re2}reheTulet7i the outward shew 
 of holiness in the Pharisees, scribes, and 
 lawyers. 
 
 AND it came to pass, that, 
 . as he was prasdng in a 
 certain place, when he ceased, 
 one of Ms disciples said unto 
 him, Lord, teach us to pray, as 
 John also taught Ms disciples. 
 
 2 And he said unto them, When 
 ye pray, say. Our Father wMch 
 art in heaven. Hallowed be thy 
 name. Thy kingdom come. 
 Thy will be done, as in hea- 
 ven, so in earth. 
 
 3 Give us day by day our daily 
 bread. 
 
 4 And forgive us our sins ; for 
 we also forgive every one that 
 is indebted to us. And lead us 
 not into temptation; but deli- 
 ver us from evil. 
 
 5 And he said unto them, 
 Which of you shall have a 
 friend, and shall go unto him 
 at midnight, and say unto Mm, 
 Friend, lend me three loaves ; 
 
 6 For a friend of mine in Ms 
 journey is come to me, and I 
 have nothing to set before him ? 
 
 7 And he from witMn shall an- 
 swer and say. Trouble me not : 
 the door is now shut, and my 
 cMldren are with me in bed; 
 I cannot rise and give thee. 
 
 8 I say unto you. Though he 
 will not rise and give him, be- 
 cause he is Ms friend, yet be- 
 cause of his importumty he will 
 rise and give Mm as many as 
 he needeth. 
 
 9 And I say unto you, Ask, 
 and it shall be given you ; seek, 
 and ye shall find; Imock, and 
 it shall be opened unto you. 
 
 10 For eveiy one that asketh 
 receiveth; and he that se^keth 
 findeth ; and to Mm that knock- 
 eth it shall be opened. 
 
 11 If a son shall ask bread of 
 any of you that is a father, 
 will he give Mm a stone? or ii 
 he ask a fish, will he for a fish 
 give him a serpent? 
 
 12 Or if he shall ask an egg, 
 y\Hl he ofier Mm a scorpion ? 
 
 13 If ye then, being evil, know 
 how to give good gifts imto 
 your children : how much more 
 shall your heavenly Father give 
 the Holy Spirit to them that 
 ask him ? 
 
 14 % And he was casting out 
 a devil, and it was dumb. And 
 it came to pass, when the devil 
 was gone out, the dimab spake ; 
 and the people wondered. 
 
 15 But some of them said, He 
 casteth out devils tMough Beel- 
 zebub the cMef of the devils. 
 
 16 And others, tempting him, 
 sought of Mm a sign from hea- 
 ven. 
 
 17 But he, knowing their 
 thoughts, said unto them, Eve- 
 ry Idngdom divided against it- 
 self is brought to desolation; 
 and a house divided against a 
 house falleth. 
 
Christ preaclieth St. LUKE, XI. 
 
 18 If Satan also be divided 
 against himself, how shall his 
 kingdom stand? because ye say 
 that I cast out devils through 
 Beelzebub. 
 
 19 And if I by Beelzebub cast 
 out devils, by whom do your 
 Rons cast Ihem out? therefore 
 sliall they be your judges. 
 
 20 But if I with the finger of 
 God cast out devils, no doubt 
 the kingdom of God is come 
 upon you. 
 
 21 When a strong man armed 
 keepeth his palace, his goods 
 are in peace : 
 
 22 But when a stronger than 
 he sliall come upon liim, and 
 overcome him, he taketh from 
 him all his annour wlierein he 
 trusted, and divideth his spoils. 
 
 23 He that is not with me is 
 against me : and he that gather- 
 eth not witli me scattereth. 
 
 24 When the unclean spirit is 
 gone out of a man, he walk- 
 eth tluough dry places, seek- 
 ing rest; and finding none, he 
 saith, I will return raito my 
 house whence I came out. 
 
 25 And when he cometh, he 
 findeth ii swept and garnished. 
 
 26 Then goeth he, and taketh 
 to him seven other spirits more 
 wicked than liimself ; and they 
 enter in, and dwell there : and 
 the last state of that man is 
 worse than the first. 
 
 27 H And it came to pass, as 
 he spake these things, a certain 
 woman of the company lifted 
 up her voice, and said unto 
 him, Blessed is the womb that 
 bare thee, and the paps which 
 thou hast sucked. 
 
 28 But he said. Yea rather, 
 blessed are they that hear the 
 word of God, and keep it. 
 
 29 II And when the people 
 were gathered thick together, 
 he began to say, This is an evil 
 generation: they seek a sign; 
 and there shall no sign be given 
 it, but the sign of Jonas the 
 prophet. 
 
 30 For £is Jonas was a sign un- 
 to the Ninevites, so shall also 
 
 to ilie people. 
 
 the Son of man be to this ge- 
 neration. 
 
 31 The queen of the south sliall 
 rise up in the judgment with 
 the men of this generation, and 
 condemn them: for she came 
 from the utmost paiis of the 
 earth to hear the wisdom of So- 
 lomon; and, behold, a greater 
 than Solomon is liere. 
 
 32 The men of Nineve shall 
 rise up in the judgment with 
 this gcnemtion, and shall con- 
 demn it: for they repented at 
 the preaching of Jonas; and, 
 behold, a greater than Jonas is 
 here. 
 
 33 No man, when he hath 
 lighted a candle, putteth it in 
 a secret place, neither under a 
 bushel, but on a candlestick, 
 that they which come in may 
 see the light. 
 
 34 The light of the body is 
 the eye : therefore when thine 
 eye is single, thy whole body 
 also is full of light ; but when 
 thine eye is evil, thy body also 
 is full of darkness. 
 
 35 Take heed therefore that 
 the light which is in thee be 
 not darkness. 
 
 36 If thy whole body there- 
 fore he full of light, having no 
 part dark, the whole shall be 
 full of light, as when the bright 
 shining of a candle doth give 
 thee light. 
 
 37 IF And as he spake, a certain 
 Pharisee besought him to dine 
 with him : and he went in, and 
 sat down to meat. 
 
 38 And when the Pharisee saw 
 it, he marvelled that he had not 
 first washed before dinner. 
 
 39 And the Lord said unto 
 him, Now do ye Pharisees 
 make clean the outside of the 
 cup and the platter; but your 
 inward part is full of ravening 
 and wickedness. 
 
 40 Ye fools, did not he that 
 made that which is without 
 make that which is within also ? 
 
 41 But rather give alms of such 
 things as ye have ; and, behold, 
 aU things are clean unto you. 
 
 .1 
 
John's testimony to 
 
 St. JOHN, I; 
 
 the person of Christ. 
 
 of whom I spake, He that com- 
 eth after me is preferred before 
 me : for lie was before me. 
 
 16 And of Ms fulness have all 
 we received, and grace for grace. 
 
 17 For the law was given by 
 Moses, but grace and truth came 
 by Jesus Christ. 
 
 18 No man hath seen God at 
 any time; the only begotten 
 Son, which is in the bosom of 
 the Father, he hath declared 
 him. 
 
 19 1[ And this is the record of 
 John, when the Jews sent priests 
 and Legates from Jerusalem to 
 ask him, Who art thou ? 
 
 20 And he confessed, and de- 
 nied not ; but confessed, I am 
 not the Christ. 
 
 21 And they asked him. What 
 then? Art thou Elias? And he 
 saith, I am not. Art thou that 
 prophet? And he answered. No, 
 
 22 Then said they unto him. 
 Who art thou? that we may 
 give an answer to them that 
 sent us. What sayest thou of 
 thyself? 
 
 23 He said, I am the voice of 
 one ciying in the wilderness, 
 Make straight the way of the 
 Lord, as said the prophet E- 
 saias. 
 
 24 And they which were sent 
 were of the Pharisees. 
 
 25 And they asked him, and 
 said unto him, Why baptizest 
 thou then, if thou be not that 
 Christ, nor Elias, neither that 
 prophet? 
 
 26 John answered them, say- 
 ing, I baptize with water : but 
 there standeth one among you, 
 whom ye know not ; 
 
 27 He it is, who coming after 
 me is prefened before me, 
 whose shoe's latchet I am not 
 worthy to unloose. 
 
 28 These things were done 
 in Bethabara beyond Jordan, 
 where John was baptizing. 
 
 29 IF The next day John seeth 
 Jesus coming unto him, and 
 saith. Behold the Lamb of 
 God, wiiich taketh away the 
 sin of the world. 
 
 30 This is he of whom I said, 
 After me cometh a man which 
 is preferred before me: for he 
 was before me. 
 
 31 And I knew him not : but 
 that he should be made ma- 
 nifest to Israel, therefore am I 
 come baptizing with water. 
 
 32 And John bare record, say- 
 ing, I saw the Spirit descend- 
 ing from heaven like a dove, 
 and it abode upon him. 
 
 33 And I knew him not : but 
 he that sent me to baptize with 
 water, the same said unto me. 
 Upon whom thou shalt see the 
 Spirit descending, and remain- 
 ing on him, the same is he which 
 baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. 
 
 34 And I saw, and bare record 
 that this is the Son of God. 
 
 35 ^ Again the next day after 
 John stood, aid two of his dis- 
 ciples; 
 
 36 And looking upon Jesus 
 as he walked, he saith, Behold 
 the Lamb of God ! 
 
 37 And the two disciples heard 
 him speak, and they followed 
 Jesus. 
 
 38 Then Jesus turned, and saw 
 them following, and saith unto 
 them, What seek ye? They said 
 unto him, Eabbi, (which is to 
 say, being interpreted, Master,) 
 where dwellest thou ? 
 
 39 He saith -unto them. Come 
 and see. They came and saw 
 where he dwelt, and abode with 
 him that day : for it was about 
 the tenth hour. 
 
 .40 One of the two which heard 
 John speak, and followed him, 
 was Andrew, Simon Peter's bro- 
 ther. 
 
 41 He first findeth his own 
 brother Simon, and saith unto 
 him. We have found the Mes- 
 sias, which is, being interpret- 
 ed, the Chiist. 
 
 42 And he brought him to 
 Jesus. And when Jesus beheld 
 him, he said. Thou art Simon 
 the son of Jona : thou shalt be 
 called Cephas, which is by in- 
 terpretation, A stone. 
 
 43 H The day folloAving Jesus 
 
 3E 
 
CJirid furnelh 
 
 St. JOHN, II. 
 
 water into wine. 
 
 would go forth into Galilee, and 
 findeth Philip, and saith unto 
 him, Follow me. 
 
 44 Now Philip was of Bethsai- 
 da, the city of Andrew and Peter. 
 
 45 Philip findeth Nathan ael, 
 and saith unto him. We have 
 found him, of whom Moses 
 in the law, and the prophets, 
 did write, Jesus of Nazareth, 
 the son of Joseph. 
 
 46 x\nd Nathanael said unto 
 him, Can there any good thing 
 come out of Nazareth? Philip 
 saith unto him, Come and see. 
 
 47 Jesus saw Nathanael com- 
 ing to him, and saith of him, 
 Behold an Israelite indeed, in 
 whom is no guile ? 
 
 48 Nathanael saith nnto him, 
 Whence Iniowest thou me? 
 Jesus answered and said unto 
 him. Before that Philip called 
 thee, when thou wast under the 
 fig tree, I saw thee. 
 
 49 Nathanael answered and 
 saith unto him, Babbi, thou 
 art the Son of God; thon art 
 the King of Israel. 
 
 59 Jesus answered and said 
 nnto himt. Because I said unto 
 thee, I saw thee under the fig 
 tree, believest thou ? thou shalt 
 see greater things than these. 
 
 51 And he saith unto him. 
 Verily, yerily, I say nnto you. 
 Hereafter ye shall see heaven 
 open, and the angels of God 
 ascending and descending upon 
 the Son of man. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 1 Christ tiimeth tvater into loine, 12 de- 
 parteth irdo Capernaum, aiid ta Jeru- 
 salem, 14 w7iere 7ie jntrgetJi the tenyple 
 of buyers ami sellers. \9 He foretelleth 
 his death and resiirrectian. 23 Many 
 "believed because of his ordracles, hut he 
 would not tru^ himself with thern>. 
 
 AND the third day there 
 . was a marriage in Cana 
 of Galilee; and the mother of 
 Jesus was there : 
 
 2 And both Jesus was called, 
 and his disciples, to the mar- 
 riage. 
 
 3 And when they wanted wine, 
 the mother of Jesus saith unto 
 him. They have no wine. 
 
 4 Jesus saith unto her, Wo- 
 man, what have I to do with 
 thee? mine hour is not yet 
 come. 
 
 5 His mother saith unto the 
 servants, Whatsoever he saith 
 unto you, do it. 
 
 6 And there were set there 
 six watei-pots of stone, after the 
 manner of the pui'ifying of the 
 Jews, containing two or three 
 firkins apiece. 
 
 7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill 
 the waterpots with water. And 
 they filled them up to the 
 brim. 
 
 8 And he saith unto them, 
 Draw out now, and bear unto 
 the governor of the feast. And 
 they bare it. 
 
 9 When the ruler of the feast 
 had tasted the water that was 
 made wine, and knew not 
 whence it was: (but the ser-. 
 vants which drew the water 
 knew;) the governor of the 
 feast called the bridegroom, 
 
 10 And saith unto him, Eve- 
 ry man at the beginning doth 
 set forth good wine ; and when 
 men have well diunk, then that 
 which is worse: hut thou hast 
 kept the good v/ine until now. 
 
 11 This beginning of miracles., i 
 did Jesu« in Cana of Galilee, andi 
 manifested forth his glory ; anctf | 
 his disciples believed on him. 
 
 12 '[ After this he went dov/n 
 to Capernaum, he, and his mo- 
 ther, and his brethren, and his 
 disciples: and they continued 
 there not many days. 
 
 13 IF And the Jews' passover j 
 was at hand, and Jesus went up ■ 
 to Jerusalem, 
 
 14 And found in the temple 
 those that sold oxen and sheep 
 and doves, and the changers of 
 money sitting : 
 
 15 And when he had made a. 
 scourge of small cords, he drov^| 
 them all out of the temple, and^f 
 the sheep, and the oxen; and ' 
 poured out the changers' mo- 
 ney, and overthrew the tables ; 
 
 16 And said unto them that 
 sold doves, Take these things^ 
 
Chris's conference St. JOHN", in 
 
 hence ; make not my Father's 
 house an house of merchandise. 
 
 17 And his disciples remem- 
 bered that it -was written, The 
 zeal of thine house hath eaten 
 me np. 
 
 18 H Then answered the Jews 
 and said nnto him, What sign 
 shewest thou nnto ns, seeing 
 that thou doest these things ? 
 
 19 Jesus answered and said 
 unto them, Destroy this tem- 
 ple, and in three days I will 
 raise it np. 
 
 20 Then said the Jews, Forty 
 and six years was this temple 
 in building, and wilt thou rear 
 it up in three days ? 
 
 21 But he spake of the temple 
 of his body. 
 
 22 AVhen therefore he was 
 risen from the dead, his disci- 
 ples remembered that he had 
 said this unto them; and they 
 believed the scripture, and the 
 word which Jesus had said. 
 
 23 1[ Now when he was in. 
 Jerusalem at the passover, in 
 the feast da?/, many believed 
 in his name, when they saw 
 the miracles which he did. 
 
 24 But Jesus did not commit 
 himself unto them, because he 
 knew all men, 
 
 25 And needed not that any 
 should testily of man: for he 
 knew what was in man. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 CJirist teacheth Mcodemv^ the neces- 
 sity of regeneration. 14 Of faith in 
 his death. 16 The great love of God 
 towards the world. 18 Condemnation 
 for unbelief. 23 The baptism, wit- 
 ness, and doctrine of John concerning 
 Christ. 
 
 TEffiEE was a man of the 
 Pharisees, named Kicode- 
 mus, a ruler of the Jews : 
 
 2 The same came to Jesus 
 by night, and said unto him, 
 Eabbi, we know that thou art 
 a teacher come from God: for 
 no man can do these miiacles 
 that thou doest, except God be 
 with him. 
 
 3 Jesus answered and said 
 unto him, Yerily, verily, I say 
 unto thee, Except a man be 
 
 uith Nicodemus. 
 
 born again, he cannot see the 
 kingdom of God. 
 
 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, 
 How can a man be born when 
 he is old? can he enter the 
 second time into his mother's 
 womb, and be born ? 
 
 5 Jesus answered, A^erily, ve- 
 rily, I say unto thee. Except 
 a man be born of water and of 
 the Spirit, he cannot enter into 
 the Idngdom of God. 
 
 6 That which is born of the 
 flesh is flesh; and that which 
 is born of the Spirit is spirit. 
 
 7 Marvel not that I said unto 
 thee, Ye must be born again. 
 
 8 The wind bloweth where it 
 listeth, and thou hearest the 
 sound thereof, but canst not 
 tell whence it cometh, and 
 whither it goeth: so is every 
 one that is born of the Sphit. 
 
 9 Nicodemus answered and 
 said unto him. How can these 
 tilings be ? 
 
 10 Jesus answered and said im- 
 to him, Aii; thou a master of 
 Israel, and knowest not these 
 things ? 
 
 11 Yerily, verily, I say unto 
 thee. We speak that we do 
 know, and testify that we have 
 seen; and ye receive not our 
 witness. 
 
 12 If I have told you earthly 
 thmgs, and ye believe not, how 
 shall ye believe, if I tell you 
 o/"heavenly tMngs ? 
 
 13 And no man hath ascend- 
 ed up to heaven, but he that 
 came down from heaven, even 
 the Son of man wliicli is in 
 heaven. 
 
 14 ^ And as Moses lifted up 
 the serpent in the wilderness, 
 even so must the Son of man 
 be lifted up : 
 
 15 That whosoever believetli 
 in him should not perish, but 
 have eternal lile. 
 
 16 ^ For God so loved the 
 world, that he gave his only 
 begotten Son, that whosoever 
 believeth in liim should not 
 perish, but have everlasting life. 
 
 17 For God sent not liis Son 
 3E2 
 
John's doctrine 
 
 St. JOHX, IV. 
 
 concerning OiHut. 
 
 iuto the world to condemn the 30 He must incrsase, but I 
 world; but that the world, 77i?«/ decrease. 
 
 tlirough him might be saved. 
 
 18 '' He tliat l>elieveth on him 
 
 is not condemned : but he that 
 
 31 He that cometh from above 
 is above all : he that Is of the 
 eaith is earthly, and si eaketh 
 
 l)elieveth not is condemned al- of the earth : lie that cometh 
 ready, because he hath not be- from heaven is above all. 
 
 lieved in the name of the only 
 begotten Son of God. 
 
 19 And this is the condem- 
 ]iation, that light is come into 
 tlie world, and men loved dark- 
 ness rather than li?ht, because 
 their deeds were evil. 
 
 2) For ever>- one that dceth 
 evil hateth the light, neither 
 cometh to the light, lest his 
 deeds should be reproved. 
 
 21 But he that doeth truth 
 cometh to tlie light, that his 
 deeds may Ije made manil'est, 
 that they are wrought m God. 
 
 22 ![ Alter these things came 
 
 32 And what he hath seen and 
 heard, that he testitietli ; and no 
 man leceiveth his testimony. 
 
 33 He that hath received' his 
 testimony hath set to his seal 
 that God is true. 
 
 34 For he whom God hath 
 sent speaketh the words of God : 
 lor God giveth not the Spirit 
 Ijy measui-e unto him. 
 
 35 The Father loveth the Son, 
 and hath given aU things into 
 his hand. 
 
 3i) He that believeth on the 
 Son hath everlasting liie : and 
 he that believeth not the Son 
 
 Jesus and his disciples into the shall not see life ; but the wrath 
 
 land of Judaa; and there he 
 tarried with them, and baptized. 
 
 23 •" And John also was bai> 
 tizing in xFnon near to Salim, 
 l^ecause there was much water 
 th< re : and they came, and 's\ ere 
 baptized. 
 
 24 For John was not yet cast 
 into prison. 
 
 25 ■' Then there arose a ques- 
 tion between some of John's 
 disciples and the Jews about 
 purih'ing. 
 
 2o And they came unto John, 
 and said mito him, Eabbi, he 
 that was with thee beyond Jor- 
 dan, to whom thou barest wit- 
 ness, behold, the same baptiz- 
 eth, and all men come to him. 
 
 27 John answered and said, A 
 man can receive nothing, except 
 it be given him from heaven. 
 
 2S Ye yourselves bear me wit- 
 ness, that I said, I am not the 
 Christ, but that I am sent t-e- 
 fore him 
 
 of God abideth on him. 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 Cf.rift talketh with a tooinan of Sama- 
 ria, and retealeih himself unto her. 
 27 Bis di.i^ij.l€S marvel. 31 He de- 
 dareth to them hit zeal to God's glrrry. 
 39 Many Samaritans belieee on him. 
 43 Jle departeth into Galilee, and heaU 
 eth th'j ruler's son that lay sick at Cu' 
 pcmaum. 
 
 TT/^HEX therefore the Lord 
 
 T ? knew how the Pharisees 
 had heard that Jesus made and 
 baiJtized more disciples than 
 John, 
 
 2 (Though Jesus himself bap- 
 tized not, but his disciples.) 
 
 3 He left Judaa, and departed 
 again into GaUlee. 
 
 4 And he must needs go 
 through Samaria. 
 
 5 Then cometh he to a Qity 
 of Samaria, wliich is called 
 Sychar, near to the parcel of 
 gromid that Jacob gave to his 
 son Joseph. 
 
 6 Now Jacob's well was there. 
 
 29 He that hath the bride is Jesus therefore, being wearied 
 the bridegroom: but the friend with his journey-, sat thus on 
 of the bridegroom, which stand- the well : and it was about the 
 eth and heareth him, rejoiceth sixth hour, 
 greatly because 
 groom's voice : tliis 
 therefore is fulfrUed. 
 
 of the bride- 
 my 
 
 There cometh a woman of 
 
 joy Samaria to draw water : Jesus 
 
 ; saith unto her, Give me to drink. 
 
Christ talketh with 
 
 St. JOHN", IV. a icmncm of Samaria. 
 
 8 (For his disciples were gone 
 away unto the city to buy 
 meat.) 
 
 9 Then saith the woman of 
 Samaria unto him, How is it 
 that thou, being a Jew, askest 
 drink of me, which am a wo- 
 man of Samaria? for the Jews 
 haye no dealings with the Sa- 
 maritans. 
 
 10 Jesus answered and said 
 imto her, If thou knewest the 
 gift of God, and who it is that 
 saith to thee, Give me to drink ; 
 thou wouldest have asked of 
 him, and he would have given 
 thee living water. 
 
 11 The woman saith unto 
 him. Sir, thou hast nothing to 
 draw with, and the well is 
 deep: from whence then hast 
 thou that living water ? 
 
 12 Art thou greater than our 
 father Jacob, which gave us the 
 well, and drank thereof him- 
 self, and his children, and his 
 cattle? 
 
 13 Jesus answered and said 
 unto her. Whosoever drinketh 
 of this water shall thirst again : 
 
 . 14 But whosoever drinketh of 
 the water that I shall give him 
 shall never thirst ; but the wa- 
 ter that I shall give him shall be 
 in him a well of water spring- 
 ing up into everlasting life. 
 
 15 The woman saith unto 
 him. Sir, give me this water, 
 that I thirst not, neither come 
 hither to draw. 
 
 16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call 
 thy husband, and come hither. 
 
 17 The woman answered and 
 said, I have no husband. Jesus 
 said unto her, Thou hast well 
 said, I have no husband : 
 
 18 For thou hast had five hus- 
 bands ; and he whom thou now 
 hast is not thy husband: in 
 that saidst thou truly. 
 
 19 The woman saith unto 
 him, Sir, I perceive that thou 
 art a prophet. 
 
 20 Our fathers worshipped in 
 this mountain; and ye say, 
 that in. Jerusalem is the place 
 .where men ought to worship. 
 
 21 Jesus saith unto her, Wo- 
 man, believe me, the hour com- 
 eth, when ye shall neither in 
 ttds mountain, nor yet at Je- 
 rusalem, worship the Father. 
 
 22 Ye worship ye linow not 
 what : we know what we wor- 
 ship: for salvation is of the 
 Jews. 
 
 23 But the hour cometh, and 
 now is, when the true worship- 
 pers shall worship the Father 
 in spirit and in truth: for the 
 Father seeketh such to wor- 
 ship liim. 
 
 24 God is a Spirit : and they 
 that worship him must worship 
 him in spirit and in truth. 
 
 25 The woman saith unto 
 him, I Idiow that Messias com- 
 eth, wliich is called Christ: 
 when he is come, he will tell 
 us all things. 
 
 26 Jesus saith unto her, I that 
 speak unto thee am he. 
 
 27 H And upon this came his 
 disciples, and marvelled that 
 he talked with the woman: 
 yet no man said. What seek- 
 est thou ? or, Why talkest thou 
 with her ? 
 
 28 The woman then left her 
 waterpot, and went her way 
 into the city, and saith to the 
 men, 
 
 29 Come, see a man, which 
 told me all things that ever 1 
 did : is not this the Christ? 
 
 30 Then they went out of the 
 city, and came unto him. 
 
 31 H In the mean while his 
 disciples prayed him, saying, 
 Master, eat. 
 
 32 But he said unto them, I 
 have meat to eat that ye know 
 not of. 
 
 33 Therefore said the disciples 
 one to another. Hath any man 
 brought him ought to eat ? 
 
 34 Jesus saith unto them. My 
 meat is to do the will of him 
 that sent me, and to finish his 
 work. 
 
 35 Say not ye. There are yet 
 four months, and then cometh 
 Jiarvest? behold, I say mito 
 yoUj Lift up your eyes, and 
 
Christ healeth 
 
 St. JOHN, V. 
 
 a nobleman's son. 
 
 look on the fields ; for they are 
 white aheacly to harvest. 
 
 36 And he that reapeth receiv- 
 eth wages, and gathereth ti'uit 
 unto life eternal : that both he 
 that soweth and he that reap- 
 eth may rejoice together. 
 
 37 And herein is that saying 
 true, One soweth, and another 
 reapeth. 
 
 38 I sent you to reap that 
 whereon ye bestowed no la- 
 boiu": other men laborrred, 
 and ye are entered into then- 
 labours. 
 
 39 M And many of the Sama- 
 litans of that city believed on 
 him for the saying of the wo- 
 man, which testified, He told 
 me all that ever I did. 
 
 40 So when the Samaritans 
 were come unto Mm, they be- 
 sought him that he vvould tarry 
 with them : and he abode there 
 tv.o days. 
 
 41 And many more believed 
 because of his own word ; 
 
 42 And said unto the woman, 
 Now we believe, not because 
 oi' thy saying: for we have 
 beard him ourselves, and know 
 that this is indeed the Christ, 
 the Saviour of the world. 
 
 43 ^ Now after two days he 
 departed thence, and went into 
 Galilee. 
 
 44 For Jesus himself testified, 
 that a prophet hath no honour 
 in his own country. 
 
 45 Then when he was come 
 into Galilee, the Galilaeans re- 
 ceived liim, having seen all the 
 things that he did at Jerusalem 
 at the feast : for they also went 
 unto the feast. 
 
 43 So Jesus came again into 
 Cana of Galilee, where he made 
 the water wine. And there was 
 a certain nobleman, whose son 
 was sick at Capernaum. 
 
 47 When he heard that Jesus 
 vras come out of Judaea iuto Ga- 
 lilee, he went unto him, and 
 besought him that he would 
 come down, and heal his son : 
 for he v^as at the point of 
 death. 
 
 48 Then said Jesus unto him, 
 Except ye see signs and won- 
 ders, ye will not believe. 
 
 49 The nobleman saith unto 
 him. Sir, come down ere my 
 child die. 
 
 50 Jesus saith unto him. Go 
 thy way ; thy son liveth. And 
 the man believed the word tliat 
 Jesus had spoken unto him, 
 and he went his way. 
 
 51 And as he was now going 
 down, liis servants met him, 
 and told Afm, saying. Thy son 
 liveth. 
 
 52 Then enquired he of them 
 the hour when he began to 
 amend. And they said unto 
 him. Yesterday at the seventh 
 hour the fever left him. 
 
 53 So the father knew that it 
 was at the same hour, in the 
 which Jesus said unto him, 
 Thy son liveth: and himself 
 believed, and his whole house. 
 
 54 Tliis is again the second 
 miracle that Jesus did, when 
 he was come out of Judaea mto 
 Galilee. 
 
 CHAPTER y. 
 
 1 Jeglis on the sabbath day cureth him 
 that was diseased eight and thirty 
 years. 10 The Jews thei-efore cavil, and 
 persecute him for it. 17 He answer eth 
 for himself, and reproveth them,, shew- 
 ing by the testimony of his Father, 32 
 of John, 36 of his works, 3£) and of the 
 scriptures, who he is. 
 
 AFTER this there was a tl 
 . feast of the Jews; and i| 
 Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 
 
 2 Now there is at Jerusalem 
 by the sheep market a pool, 
 which is called in the Hebrew 
 tongue Bethesda, having five 
 porches. * 
 
 3 In these lay a great multi- 
 tude of impotent folk, of blmd, ' 
 halt, withered, waiting for the 
 moving of the water. . 
 
 4 For an angel went down at a ' 
 certain season into the pool, and 
 troubled the water: whosoever 
 then first after the troubhng of 
 the water stepped in was made 
 whole of whatsoever disease he 
 had. 
 
 5 And a certain man wos there, 
 
mul an impoterd man. St. JOHN", Y. He reirivveth tM Jeivs, 
 
 wliich liad an iiifirmity thirty 
 and eight yeai^. 
 
 6 When Jesus saw him lie, 
 and knew that he had been 
 now a long time in that case, 
 he saith unto him, Wilt thoii 
 be made whole? 
 
 7 The impotent man answei^d 
 him, Sii', I have no man, when 
 the water is troubled, to put me 
 into the pool : but while I am 
 coming, another stepp-eth down 
 before me. • 
 
 8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, 
 take up thy bed, and -w^Yk, 
 
 9 And immediately the man 
 w^s made whole, and took up 
 his bed, and walked: and on 
 the same day was the sabbath. 
 
 10 IF The Jews therefore said 
 unto him that was cured. It is 
 the sabbath day : it is not law- 
 ful for thee to cany thy bed. 
 
 11 He ans^xired them. He that 
 made me whole, the same said 
 unto me, Take up thy bed, and 
 T»'a,lk. 
 
 12 Then asked they him, ¥/hat 
 man is that which said unto 
 thee. Take up thy bed, and 
 walk? 
 
 13 And he that was healed 
 wist not who it v.as : for Jesus 
 had conves^ed hnnself away, a 
 multitude bemg in that place. 
 
 14 Afterv^^ard Jesus findeth him 
 in the temple, and ^-id unto 
 him. Behold, thou art made 
 whole: sin no more,' lest a 
 w^orse thing come unto thee. 
 
 15 The man departed, and told 
 the Jews that it was Jesus, which 
 bad made him whole. 
 
 16 And tlierefore did the Jew« 
 persecute Jesus, and sought to 
 elay him, because he had doPie 
 these tlungs on the sabbath day. 
 
 17 1[ But Jesus answered them. 
 Sly Father worl^eth hitherto, 
 and I work. 
 
 18 Tlierefore the Jews sought 
 the moi« to kill him, because 
 he not only had broken the 
 sabbath, but said also that God 
 was his Father, making him- 
 self equal with God. 
 
 19 Then answered Jesus and 
 
 said ujito them, Verily, verily, I 
 say unto you. The Son can do 
 nothing of himself, but what he 
 seeth the Father do : ibr what 
 things soever he doeth, these 
 also doeth the Son likewise. 
 
 20 For the Father loveth the 
 Son, and sheweth him all things 
 that himself dceth : and he will 
 shew hun greater Yforks than 
 these, that ye may marvel. 
 
 21 For as the Father misetk 
 up the dead, and quickeneth 
 them ; even so the Son quick- 
 eneth whom he will. 
 
 22 For the Father judgeth ix) 
 man, but hath committed all 
 judgment unto the Son : 
 
 23 That all men should honour 
 the Son, even as they honour 
 the Father. He that honoureth 
 not the Son honom^eth not the 
 Father which hath sent him. 
 
 24 Verily, verily, I say unto 
 you. He that heareth my word, 
 and believeth on him that sent 
 me, hath everlastmg life, and 
 shall not come mto condemna- 
 tion ; but is passed from death 
 unto life. 
 
 25 Verily, verily, I say unto 
 you. The hour i« coming, and 
 nov/ is, when the dead shall 
 hear the voice of the Son of 
 God : and. they that hear shall 
 live. 
 
 26 For as the Father hath life 
 in himself; so hath he given to 
 the Son to have hfe in himself; 
 
 27 And hath given him autho- 
 rity to execute judgment also, 
 beeau^ he is the Son of man. 
 
 28 IMarvel not at this : for the 
 hour is coming, in the which 
 all that are in the graves shall 
 hear his voice, 
 
 29 And shall come foiih ; they 
 that have doue good, unto the 
 resm-rection of life; and they 
 that have done evil, unto the 
 resm-rection of damnation. 
 
 30 I can of mine own self do 
 nothing: as I hear, I judge: 
 and my judgment is just; be- 
 cause I seek not mine own will, 
 but the will of the Father wliich 
 liath sent me. 
 
Chnstfeedeth St. JOHN, "V^. 
 
 31 If 1 bear witness of myself, 
 my witness is not true. 
 
 32 H There is another that 
 beareth witness of me; and 1 
 know that the witness which 
 he witnesseth ot me is true. 
 
 33 Ye sent unto John, and he 
 bare witness unto the truth. 
 
 34 But I receive not testimony 
 fi'om man: but these tilings 1 
 say, that ye might be saved. 
 
 35 He was a burning and a 
 shining light : and ye were will- 
 ing for a season to rejoice in his 
 light. 
 
 36 ^ But I have greater witness 
 than that of John : for the works 
 which the Father hath given 
 me to finish, the same works 
 that I do, bear witness of me, 
 that the Father hatli sent me. 
 
 37 And the Father himself, 
 which hath sent me, hath borne 
 witness of me. Ye have neither 
 heard his voice at any time, nor 
 seen his shape. 
 
 38 And ye have not his word 
 abiding in you: for whom he 
 l^ath sent, him ye believe not. 
 
 39 ■[ Search the scriptures; 
 lor in them ye think ye have 
 eternal life: and they are they 
 which testify of me. 
 
 40 And ye will not come to 
 me, that ye might have life. 
 
 41 I receive not honoiu- from 
 men. 
 
 42 But I know you, that ye have 
 not the love of Gocl in you. 
 
 43 1 am come in my Father's 
 name, and ye receive me not: 
 if another shall come in his own 
 name, him ye will receive. 
 
 44 How can ye believe, which 
 receive honouj one of another, 
 and seek not the honour that 
 Cometh from God only? 
 
 45 Do not think that I will 
 accuse you to the Father : there 
 is one that accuseth you, even 
 Moses, in whom ye trust. 
 
 46 For had ye believed Moses, 
 ye would have believed me : for 
 he wrote of me. 
 
 47 But if ye believe not his 
 writings, how shall ye believe 
 my words? 
 
 fioe thousand. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 I Clirlst fcedeth five thousand men iidfh 
 fi,ve loaves and two fishes. 15 Thereu/pon 
 the people would have made him king. 
 IG But withdrawing himself, he wcillccd 
 on the sea to his disciples : 26 rejjroveth 
 the people flocking after him, and. all 
 the fleshly hearers of his word: 32 de- 
 clareth himself to be the bread of life 
 to believers. 66 Many disciples depart 
 from him. 68 Peter confesseth him. 70 
 Jiulas is a devil. 
 
 AFTER these things Jesus 
 . went over the sea of Ga- 
 lilee, A^hich is the sea of Ti- 
 berias. 
 
 2 And a great multitude fol- 
 lowed him, because they saw 
 his miracles which he did on 
 them that were diseased. 
 
 3 And Jesus went up into a 
 mountain, and there he sat, 
 with his disciples. 
 
 4 And the passover, a feast of 
 the Jews, was nigh. 
 
 5 ![ AVhen Jesus then lifted 
 up his ej^es, and saw a great 
 company come unto him, he 
 saith unto Philip, Whence shall 
 we buy bread, that these may 
 eat? 
 
 6 And this he said to prove 
 him : for he himself knew what 
 he would do. 
 
 7 Philip answered him. Two 
 hundred penny^N'orth of bread 
 is not sufficient for them, that 
 every one of them may take a 
 little. 
 
 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, 
 Simon Peter's brother, saith un- 
 to him, 
 
 9 There is a lad here, which 
 hath five barley loaves, and two 
 small fishes : but what are they' 
 among so many ? 
 
 10 And Jesus said, Make the 
 men sit down. Now there was 
 much grass in the place. So 
 the men sat down, in number 
 aboijt five thousand. 
 
 II And Jesus took the loaves; 
 and when he had given thanks, 
 he distributed to the disciples, 
 and the disciples to them that 
 were set down ; and likewise 
 of the fishes as much as they 
 would. 
 
 12 When they were filled, he 
 
He icaVcetJi on tJis 
 
 St. JOHN, YI. 
 
 '. to Ms discijpIeB, 
 
 said nnto Ms disciples, Gather 
 tip the fragments that remain, 
 that nothing be lost. 
 
 13 Therefore they gathered 
 them together, and filled twelve 
 baskets with the fi-agments of 
 the five barley loaves, which 
 remained over and above unto 
 them that had ^ten. 
 
 14 Then those men, when they 
 had seen the miracle that Jesus 
 did, said, Tliis is of a truth that 
 prophet that should come into 
 the world. 
 
 15 II When Jesus therefore per- 
 ceived that they would come 
 and take him by force, to make 
 him a king, he departed again 
 Into a m^ountain himself alone. 
 
 16 And when even was now 
 come, hi^ disciples went down 
 unto the sea, 
 
 17 And entered into a ship, 
 and went over the sea toward 
 Capernaum. And it was now 
 dark, and Jesus was not come 
 to them. 
 
 18 And the sea arose by reason 
 of a great wind that blew. 
 
 19 So when they had rowed 
 about five and twenty or thirty 
 furlongs, they see Jesus walk- 
 ing on the s^i, and di^wing 
 nigh unto the ship: and they 
 were afraid. 
 
 20 But he saith unto them, It 
 is I ; be not afi^id. 
 
 21 Then they willingly receiv- 
 ed him into the ship : and im- 
 mediately the ship was at the 
 land whithm' they went. 
 
 22 M The day following, when 
 the people which stood on the 
 other side of the sea saw that 
 there was none other boat there, 
 Bave that one whereinto his dis- 
 ciples weiH3 entered, and that Je- 
 sus went not with his disciples 
 into the boat, but that his dis- 
 ciples were gone away alone ; 
 
 23 (Howbeit there came other 
 boats from Tiberias nigh unto 
 the place where they did ^t 
 bread, after tliat the Lord had 
 given thanks :) 
 
 24 When the people therefore 
 eaw that Jasus was not there, 
 
 neither his disciples, they also 
 took shipping, and came to Ca- 
 pernaum, seeldng lor Jesus. 
 
 25 And when they had found 
 him on the other side of the 
 sea, they said unto him, Eabbi, 
 when earnest thou hither? 
 
 26 Jesus answered them and 
 s?dd, Yerily, verily, I say unto 
 you. Ye seek me, not because 
 ye saw the miracles, but be- 
 cause ye did eat of the loaves, 
 and were filled. 
 
 27 Labour not for the meat 
 which perisheth, but for that 
 meat which endureth unto ever- 
 lasting life, which the Son of 
 man shall give unto you: for 
 him hath G od the Father sealed. 
 
 28 Then said they unto him, 
 What sMli vve do, that we 
 might work the works of God ? 
 
 29 Jesus answered and said 
 unto them, This is the work 
 of God, that ye believe on him 
 whom he hath sent. 
 
 30 They said therefore unto 
 him. What sign shevrest thou 
 then, that we may see, and 
 believe thee? what dost thou 
 V'ork ? 
 
 31 Cm- fathers did eat manna 
 in the desert; as it is written, 
 He gave them bread from hea- 
 "\^n to ^.t. 
 
 32 Then Jesus said unto them, 
 Yerily, verily, I say unto you, 
 Moses gave you not that bread 
 from heaven; but my Father 
 giveth you the true bread from. 
 heaven. 
 
 S3 For the bread of God is he 
 which Cometh down from hea- 
 ven, and giveth life unto the 
 world. 
 
 34 Then said they unto him. 
 Lord, evermore gi^^ us this 
 bread. 
 
 35 And Jesus said unto them, 
 I am the bread of life : he that 
 Cometh to me shall never hun- 
 ger; and he that belie v<3th on 
 me sliall never thirst. 
 
 36 But I said unto you, That 
 ye also have seen me, and be- 
 lieve not. 
 
 37 All that the Father givetli 
 
 3E3 
 
CJirist the h^ead 
 
 St. JOHN, VI. 
 
 of life to heiievers. 
 
 me shall come to me ; and him 
 that Cometh to me I "will in no 
 wise cast out. 
 
 38 For I came down from 
 heaven, not to do mine own 
 will, but the will of him that 
 sent me. 
 
 39 And this is the Father's will 
 which hath sent me, that of all 
 which he hath given me I should 
 lose nothing, but should raise it 
 up again at the last day. 
 
 40 And this is the will of him 
 that sent me, that every one 
 which seeth the Son, and be- 
 lieveth on him, may have ever- 
 lasting life : and I will raise 
 him up at the last day. 
 
 41 The Jews then murmured 
 at him, because he said, I am 
 tlie bread wliich came down 
 from heaven. 
 
 42 And they said, Is not this 
 Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose 
 iather and mother we know? 
 how is it then tliat he saith, I 
 came down from heaven ? 
 
 43 Jesus therefore answered 
 and said unto them, Murmur 
 not among yourselves. 
 
 44 No man can come to me, 
 except the Father which hath 
 sent me draw him : and I will 
 raise him up at the last day. 
 
 45 It is written in the prophets, 
 And they shall be all taught of 
 God. Every man therefore that 
 hath heard, and hath learned of 
 the Father, cometh mito me. 
 
 4G Not that any man hath seen 
 the Father, save he which is of 
 God, he hath seen the Father. 
 
 47 Verily, verily, I say unto 
 you, He that believeth on me 
 hath everlasting life. I 
 
 48 I am that bread of life. 
 
 49 Youi' fathers did eat man- 
 na in the wilderness, and are 
 dead. 
 
 50 This is the bread which 
 cometh down from heaven, that 
 a man may eat thereof, and not 
 die. 
 
 51 1 am the living bread which 
 came down from heaven : if any 
 man eat of this bread, he shall 
 live for ever: and the bread 
 
 that I will give is my flesh, 
 which I will give for the life of 
 the world. 
 
 52 The Jews therefore strove 
 among themselves, saying. How 
 can this man give us his flesh 
 to eat? 
 
 53 Then Jesus said unto them, 
 Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
 
 1 Except ye eat the flesh of the 
 
 j Son of man, and drink his 
 blood, ye have no life in you. 
 
 ! 54 Whoso eateth my flesh, 
 
 ' and drinketh my blood, hath 
 eternal life; and I will raise 
 him up at the last day. 
 55 For my flesh is meat in- 
 
 1 deed, and my blood is diink 
 indeed. 
 
 ; 56 He that eateth my flesh, 
 
 I and di'inketh my blood, dweU- 
 eth in me, and I in him. 
 
 I 57 As the living Father hath 
 sent me, and I live by the Fa- 
 ther: so he that eateth me, 
 even he shall live by me. 
 
 I 5S This is that bread which 
 came down from heaven : not 
 
 ! as yom- fathers did eat manna. 
 
 j and are dead : he that eateth of 
 tin's bread shall live for ever. 
 
 ! 59 These tilings said he in the 
 synagogue, as he taught in Ca- 
 
 j pernaum. 
 
 i GO Many therefore of his dis- 
 ciples, when they had heard 
 this, said. This is an hard say- 
 ing ; who can hear it ? 
 
 I 61 When Jesus knew in him- 
 self that his disciples munnur- 
 ed at it, he said imto them, 
 
 I Doth this oflend you? 
 
 I 62 What and if ye shall see 
 the Son of man ascend up 
 where he was before ? 
 
 63 It is the spirit that quick- 
 eneth; the flesh profiteth no- 
 thing: the words that I speak 
 unto you, thej/ are spfrit, and 
 thei/ are life. 
 
 64 But there are some of you 
 that believe not. For Jesus 
 knew from the beginning who 
 they were that believed not, 
 and who should betray him. 
 
 65 And he said, Therefor© 
 said I unto you, that no man 
 
Jesm reprovkh 
 
 can come unto me, except it 
 were given unto Mm of my 
 Father. 
 
 66 IT From that time many 
 of his disciples went back, and 
 walked no more with him. 
 
 67 Then said Jesus unto the 
 twelve, Will ye also go away? 
 
 68 Then Simon Peter answer- 
 ed him, Lord, to whom shall 
 we go? thou hast the words of 
 eternal life. 
 
 69 And we believe and are sure 
 that thou art that Christ, the 
 Son of the living God. 
 
 70 Jesus answered them, Have 
 not I chosen you twelve, and 
 one of you is a devil ? 
 
 71 He spake of Judas Iscariot 
 the son of Simon : for he it was 
 that should betray him, being 
 one of the twelve. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 1 Jesus reproveth the aonbition and bold- 
 ness of Ms kinsmen: 10 goeth up from 
 Galilee to the feast of tabernacles: 14 
 teaelieth in the temple. 40 Divers opi- 
 nions of him among the people. 45 
 
 ' The Pharisees are angry that their 
 officers took Mm not, and chide with 
 Nicodemus for toMng his part. 
 
 AFTER these things Jesus 
 . walked in Galilee : for he 
 would not walk in Jewry, be- 
 cause the Jews sought to kill 
 him. 
 
 2 Now the Jews' feast of ta- 
 bernacles was at hand. 
 
 3 His brethren therefore said 
 unto him, Depart hence, and go 
 into Judaea, that thy disciples 
 also may see the works that 
 thou doest. 
 
 4 For there is no man that 
 doeth any thing in secret, and 
 he himself seeketh to be known 
 openly. If thou do these things, 
 shew thyself to the world. 
 
 5 For neither did his brethren 
 believe in him. 
 
 6 Then Jesus said unto them. 
 My time is not yet come: but 
 your time is alway ready. 
 
 7 The world cannot hate you ; 
 but me it hateth, because I 
 testiiy of it, that the works 
 thereof are evil. 
 
 8 Go ye up imto this feast : I go 
 
 St. JOHN, Vli. his Mmmen. 
 
 not up yet unto this feast ; fol: 
 my time is not yet full come. 
 
 9 When he had said these 
 words unto them, he abode 
 still in Galilee. 
 
 10 1[ But when his brethren 
 were gone up, then went he also 
 up unto the feast, not openly, 
 but as it were in secret. 
 
 11 Then the Jews sought him at 
 the feast, and said, Where is he ? 
 
 12 And there was much mur- 
 muring among the people con- 
 cerning him : for some said, He 
 is a good man : others ^id, Nay ; 
 but he deceiveth the people. 
 
 13 Howbeit no man spake 
 openly of him for fear of the 
 Jews. 
 
 14 ^[ Now about the midst of 
 the feast Jesus went up into 
 the temple, and taught. 
 
 15 And the Jews marvelled, 
 saying, How knoweth this man 
 letters, having never learned? 
 
 16 Jesu.s answered them, and 
 said, My doctrine is not mine, 
 but his that sent me. 
 
 17 If any man will do his will, 
 he shall Iniow of the doctrine, 
 whether it be of God, or whe- 
 the}' I speak of myself. 
 
 18 He that speaketh of him- 
 self seeketh his own glory : but 
 he that seeketh his glory that 
 sent him, the same is true, and 
 no unrighteousness is in him. 
 
 19 Did not Moses give you 
 the law, and pet none of you 
 keepeth the law? Why go ye 
 about to kill me? 
 
 20 The people answered and 
 said. Thou hast a devil : who 
 goeth about to kill thee ? 
 
 21 Jesus answered and said 
 unto them, I have done one 
 work, and ye all marvel. 
 
 22 Moses therefore gave unto 
 you circumcision ; <not because 
 it is of Moses, but of the la- 
 thers ;) and ye on the sabbath 
 day circumcise a man. 
 
 23 If a man on the sabbath 
 day receive circumcision, thai; 
 the law of Moses should not 
 be broken; are ye angry at 
 me, because I have made a 
 
Christ teacheiJi 
 
 St. JOHN, VII. 
 
 in tJie iemi)Je. 
 
 man eveiy whit wliok on the 
 sabbath day ? 
 
 24 Judge not according to the 
 appearance, but judge righteous 
 judgment. 
 
 25 Then said some of them 
 of Jerusalem, Is not tliis he, 
 whom they seek to kill ? 
 
 2G But, lo, he speaketh boldly, 
 and they say nothing unto him. 
 Do the rulers know indeed that 
 this is the very Christ ? 
 
 27 Howbeit we know this 
 man whence he is : but when 
 Christ Cometh, no man know- 
 eth whence he is. 
 
 28 Then cried Jesus in the 
 temple as he taught, saying, Ye 
 both know me, and ye know 
 whence I am : and I am not 
 come of myself, but he that 
 sent me is true, whom ye laiow 
 not. 
 
 29 But I know him : for I am 
 Irom liim, and he hath sent me. 
 
 30 Tlien they sought to take 
 him : but no man laid hands 
 on him, because his hour was 
 not j^et come. 
 
 31 And many of the people 
 believed on him, and said, 
 AVlien Clirist cometh, will he 
 do more miracles than these 
 which tliis man hath done? 
 
 32 ^ The Pharisees heard 
 that the people murmured such 
 things concerning liim ; and the 
 Pharisees and the chief priests 
 ^sent officers to take Mm. 
 
 . 33 Then said Jesus unto them, 
 Yet a little while am I with 
 you, and then I go unto him 
 that sent me. 
 
 34 Ye shall seek me, and shall 
 not find me: and where I am, 
 tldther ye cannot come. 
 
 35 Then said the Jews among 
 themselves, Whither will he go, 
 that we shall not find him? 
 vrill he go unto the dispersed 
 among the Gentiles, and teach 
 the Gentiles ? 
 
 36 What manner of saying is 
 this that he said. Ye shall seek 
 me, and shall not find me: and 
 where I am, thitlier ye cannot 
 12ome? 
 
 37 In the last day, that great 
 day of the feast, Jesus stood 
 and cried, saying. If any man 
 thirst, let him com« unto me, 
 and drink. 
 
 38 He that believeth on me, 
 as the scripture hath said, out 
 of his belly shall flow rivers of 
 living water. 
 
 39 (But this spake he of the 
 Spirit, which they that believe 
 on liim should receive : for the 
 Holy Ghost was not yet given ; 
 because that Jesus vras not yet 
 glorified.) 
 
 40 1[ Many of the people there- 
 fore, when they heard this say- 
 ing, said. Of a truth this is the 
 Prophet. 
 
 41 Others said, This is the 
 Christ. But some said. Shall 
 Christ come out of Galilee? 
 
 42 Hath not the scripture said, 
 Tliat Christ cometh of the seed < 
 of David, and out of the town of ' 
 Bethlehem, where David was? \ 
 
 43 So there was a division a- 
 mong the people because of 
 him. 
 
 44 And some of them would 
 have taken him; but no man 
 laid hands on him. 
 
 45 '[ Then came the oflicers to 
 the cliief priests and Pharisees ; 
 and they said unto them, Why 
 have ye not brought him? 
 
 4G The officers answered, Ne- 
 ver man spake like this man. 
 
 47 Then answered them the 
 Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? 
 
 48 Have any of the rulers or 
 of the Pharisees believed on 
 him? 
 
 49 But this people who Imow- 
 eth not the law are cursed. 
 
 50 Nicodemus saith unto 
 them, (he that came to Jesus 
 by night, bemg one of them,) 
 
 51 Doth our law judge anp 
 man, before it hear him, and 
 know what he doeth? 
 
 52 They answered and said 
 unto him, Art thou also of Ga- 
 lileo? Search, and look : for out 
 of (jralilee ariseth no prophet. 
 
 53 And every man went unto 
 his own house. 
 
Girist the ligU 
 
 CHAPTER YIII. 
 
 1 Christ delivereth the woman taJcen in 
 adultery. 12 Me preacheth himself the 
 light of the ivorldf and justifieth his 
 doctrine : 33 ansivereth the Jews that 
 boasted of Abrahain, bQ and conveyeth 
 himself from their cruelty. 
 
 JESUS went unto the monnt 
 of Olives. 
 
 2 And early in the morning 
 he came again into the temple, 
 and all the people came unto 
 him; and he sat down, and 
 taught them. 
 
 3 And the scribes and Phari- 
 sees brought unto him a woman 
 taken in adultery; and when 
 they had set her in the midst, 
 
 4 They say unto him, Master, 
 this woman was taken in adul- 
 tery, in the very act. 
 
 5 Now Moses in the law com- 
 manded us, that such should be 
 stoned : but what sayest thou? 
 
 6 This they said, tempting 
 him, that they might have to 
 accuse him. But Jesus stoop- 
 ed down, and with his finger 
 wrote on the ground, as though 
 he heard them not, 
 
 7 So when they continued ask- 
 ing him, he lifted up himself, 
 and said unto them, He that 
 is without sin among you, let 
 him first cast a stone at her. 
 
 8 And again he stooped down, 
 and wrote on the ground. 
 
 9 And they which heard it, 
 being convicted by their oivn 
 conscience, went out one by 
 one, beginning at the eldest, 
 even unto the last : and Jesus 
 was left alone, and the woman 
 standing in the midst. 
 
 10 When Jesus had lifted up 
 himself, and saw none but the 
 woman, he said unto her. Wo- 
 man, where are those thine 
 accusers? hath no man con- 
 demned thee ? 
 
 11 She said, No man. Lord. 
 And Jesus said unto her, Nei- 
 ther do I condemn thee : go, 
 and sin no more. 
 
 12 ^ Then spake Jesus again 
 unto them, saying, I am the 
 light of the world : he that 
 followeth me shall not walk 
 
 St. JOHN, YIII. of tlm tmid. 
 
 in darkness, but shall have the 
 light of life. 
 
 13 The Pharisees therefore 
 said unto him, Thou bearest 
 record of thyself; thy record 
 is not true. 
 
 14 Jesus answered and said 
 unto them. Though I bear re- 
 cord of myself, ^et my record 
 is true : for I know whence I 
 came, and wliither I go; but 
 ye cannot tell whence 1 come, 
 and whither I go. 
 
 15 Ye judge after the flesh; I 
 judge no man. 
 
 16 And yet if I judge, my 
 judgment is true : for I am 
 not alone, but I and the Fa- 
 ther that sent me. 
 
 17 It is also written in your 
 law, that the testimony of two 
 men is true. 
 
 18 I am one that bear witness 
 of myself, and the Father that 
 sent me beareth witness of me. 
 
 19 Then said they unto him, 
 Where is thy Father? Jesus 
 answered, Ye neither know 
 me, nor my Father : if ye had 
 known me, ye should have 
 known my Father also. 
 
 20 These Avords spake Jesus in 
 the treasuiy, as he taught in 
 the temple : and no man laid 
 hands on him; for his hour 
 was not yet come. 
 
 21 Then said Jesus again un- 
 to them, I go my way, and ye 
 shall seek me, and shall die 
 in your sins : v/hither I go, ye 
 cannot come. 
 
 22 Then said the Jews, Will he 
 kill himself? because he saith, 
 Whither I go, ye cannot come. 
 
 23 And he said unto them, Y"e 
 are from beneath; I am from 
 above : ye are of this world ; I 
 am not of this world. 
 
 24 I said therefore unto you, 
 that ye shall die in your sins : 
 for if ye believe not that I am 
 he, ye shall die in your sins. 
 
 25 Then said they unto him, 
 Who art thou? And Jesus 
 saith unto them. Even the same 
 that I said unto you from tho 
 beginning. 
 
Chi-ist answereth 
 
 St. JOHN, VIII. 
 
 the Jii 
 
 26 I have many things to say 
 and to judge of you : but he 
 that sent me is true ; and I 
 speak to the world those tilings 
 ■which I have heard of him. 
 
 27 They understood not that he 
 spake to them of the Father. 
 
 28 Then said Jesus unto them, 
 When ye have lifted up the 
 Son of man, then shall ye know 
 that I am he, and that I do 
 nothing of myself; but as my 
 Father hath taught me, I speak 
 these things. 
 
 2^) And he that sent me is 
 with me : the Father hath not 
 left me alone ; for I do always 
 those things that please him. 
 
 30 As he spake these words, 
 many believed on him. 
 
 31 Then said Jesus to those 
 Jews which believed on him. 
 If ye continue in my word, then 
 are ye my disciples indeed ; 
 
 32 And ye shall know the 
 truth, and the truth shall make 
 you free. 
 
 33 If They answered him. We 
 be Abraham's seed, and were 
 never in bondage to any man : 
 how sayest thou, Ye shall be 
 made free ? 
 
 34 Jesus answered them, Ve- 
 rily, verily, I say unto you. 
 Whosoever committeth sin is 
 the servant of sin. 
 
 35 And the sers'ant abideth 
 not in the house for ever : but 
 the Son abideth ever. 
 
 36 If the Son therefore shall 
 make you free, ye shall be free 
 indeed. 
 
 37 I know that ye are Abra- 
 ham's seed ; but ye seek to kill 
 me, because my word hath no 
 place in you. 
 
 38 I speak that which I have 
 seen with my Father : and ye 
 do that which ye have seen 
 with your father. 
 
 39 They answered and said 
 unto him, Abraham is our fa- 
 ther. Jesus saith unto them. 
 If ye were Abraham's chil- 
 dren, ye would do the works 
 of Abraham. 
 
 40 But now ye seek to kill me, 
 
 a man that hath told you the 
 truth, which I have heard of 
 God : this did not Abraham. 
 
 41 Ye do the deeds of your 
 father. Then said they to him, 
 We be not born of fornication ; 
 we have one Father, even (xod. 
 
 42 Jesus said untotliem. If God 
 were your Fatlier, ye wouhl 
 love me : for I proceeded fortli 
 and came from God; neither 
 came I of myself, but he sent 
 me. 
 
 43 Why do ye not understand 
 my speech? even because ye 
 cannot hear my word. 
 
 44 Ye are of your father the 
 devil, and the lusts of your 
 father ye will do. He was a 
 murderer from the beginning, 
 and abode not in the trutli, 
 because there is no truth in 
 him. When he speaketh a lie, 
 he speaketh of his own : for he 
 is a liar, and the father of it. 
 
 45 And because I tell 7/ou tlie 
 truth, ye believe me not. 
 
 4i) VVhich of you convinceth 
 me of sin? And if I say the 
 truth, why do ye not believe 
 me? 
 
 47 He that is of God hearetli 
 God's words : ye therefore hear 
 them not, because ye are not 
 of God. 
 
 48 Then answered the Jews, 
 and said unto him, Say we not 
 well that thou art a Samaritan, 
 and hast a devil ? 
 
 49 Jesus answered, I have not 
 a devil ; but I honour my Fa- 
 ther, and ye do dishonour me. 
 
 50 And I seek not mine own 
 glory: there is one that seek- 
 eth and judgeth. 
 
 51 Verily, verily, I say unto 
 you, If a man keep my saying, 
 he shall never see death. 
 
 52 Then said the Jews unto 
 him, Now we know that thou 
 hast a devil. Abraham is dead, 
 and the prophets ; and thoii 
 sayest, If a man keep my say- 
 ing, he shall never taste of 
 death. 
 
 53 Art thou greater than our 
 father Abraham, which is dead ? 
 
Om horn hlind 
 
 St. JOHN, IX. 
 
 receivdh sight. 
 
 and the prophets are dead : 
 whom makest thou thyself? 
 
 54 Jesus answered, If I honour 
 myself, my honour is nothing : 
 it is my Father that honometh 
 me ; of whom ye say, that he 
 is your God : 
 
 ^b Yet ye have not known 
 him ; but I know him : and if 
 I should say, I know him not, 
 I shall be a liar like unto you : 
 but I know him, and keep his 
 saying. 
 
 ^ Your father Abraham re- 
 joiced to see my day : and he 
 saw it^ and was glad. 
 
 57 Then said the Jews unto him, 
 Thou art not yet fifty years old, 
 and hast thou seen Abraham ? 
 
 58 Jesus said unto them. Ve- 
 rily, verily, I say unto you, 
 Before Abraham was, I am. 
 
 59 Then took they up stones 
 to cast at him : but Jesus hid 
 himself, and went out of the 
 temple, going through the midst 
 of them, and so passed by. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 1 The man that was born hlind restored 
 to sight. 8 He is brought to the Pha- 
 risees. 13 They are offended at it, and 
 excommunicate him : 35 but he is re- 
 ceived of Jesus, and covfesseth Jmn. 
 39 Who they are whom Christ enlight- 
 eneth. 
 
 AND as Jesus passed by, 
 . he saw a man wliich was 
 bKnd from his birth. 
 
 2 And his disciples asked him, 
 saying. Master, who did sin, 
 this man, or his parents, that 
 he was born blind? 
 
 3 Jesus answered. Neither 
 hath this man sinned, nor his 
 parents : but that the works of 
 God should be made manifest 
 in him. 
 
 4 I must work the works of 
 him that sent me, while it is 
 day : the night cometh, when 
 no man can work. 
 
 5 As long as I am in the world, 
 I am the light of the world. 
 
 6 When he had thus spoken, 
 he spat on the ground, and 
 made clay of the spittle, and 
 he anointed the eyes of the 
 blind man with the clay, 
 
 7 And said unto him. Go, wash 
 in the pool of Siloam, (wliich 
 is by interpretation. Sent.) He 
 went his way therefore, and 
 washed, and came seeing. 
 
 8 IF The neighbours therefore, 
 and they which before had seen 
 him that he was blind, said, Is 
 not this he that sat and begged ? 
 
 9 Some said, This is he : 
 others said. He is like him : 
 but he said, I am he. 
 
 10 Therefore said they unto 
 him, How were thine eyes 
 opened? 
 
 11 He answered and said, A 
 man that is called Jesus made 
 clay, and anointed mine eyes, 
 and said unto me. Go to the 
 pool of Siloam, and wash : and 
 I went and washed, and I re- 
 ceived sight. 
 
 12 Then said they unto him, 
 Where is he ? He said, I know 
 not. 
 
 13 II They brought to the Pha- 
 risees him that aforetime was 
 blind. 
 
 14 And it was the sabbath day 
 when Jesus made the clay, and 
 opened his eyes. 
 
 15 Then again the Pharisees 
 also asked him how he had re- 
 ceived, his sight. He said unto 
 them. He put clay upon mine 
 eyes, and I washed, and do 
 see. 
 
 16 Therefore said some of the 
 Pharisees, This man is not of 
 God, because he keepeth not 
 the sabbath day. Others said, 
 How can a man that is a sinner 
 do such miracles? And there 
 was a division among them. 
 
 17 They say unto the blind 
 man again. What sayest thou 
 of him, that he hath opened 
 thine eyes? He said, He is a 
 prophet. 
 
 18 But the Jews did not be- 
 lieve concerning him, that he 
 had been blind, and received 
 his sight, mitil they called the 
 parents of him that had re- 
 ceived his sight. 
 
 19 And they asked them, say- 
 ing, Is tliis your son, who ye 
 
The Phmisees 
 
 St. JOHN, X. 
 
 question the miracle. 
 
 say Tvas bom blind ? how then 
 doth he now see? 
 
 20 His parents answered them 
 and said, We know that this 
 is our son, and that he was 
 born blind : 
 
 21 But by what means he now 
 eeeth, we know not; or who 
 hath opened his eyes, we know 
 not : he is of age ; ask him : he 
 shall speak for himself. 
 
 22 These words spake his pa- 
 rents, because they feared the 
 Jews : for the Jews had agreed 
 aheady, that if any man did 
 confess that he was Christ, he 
 should be put out of the syna- 
 gogue. 
 
 23 Therefore said his parents, 
 He is of age ; ask him. 
 
 24 Then again called they the 
 man that was blind, and said 
 unto him, Give God the praise : 
 we know that tliis man is a 
 sinner. 
 
 25 He answered and said. Whe- 
 ther he be a sinner or no, I 
 know not : one thing I know, 
 that, whereas I was blind, now 
 I see. 
 
 26 Then said they to him 
 again. What did he to thee ? 
 how opened lie thine eyes? 
 
 27 He answered them, I have 
 told you already J and ye did 
 not hear : wherefore would ye 
 hear it again? will ye^also be 
 liis disciples ? 
 
 28 Then they reviled him, and 
 eaid, Thou art his disciple ; but 
 we are Moses' disciples. 
 
 29 We know that God spake 
 unto Moses : as for this fellow, 
 we know^ not from whence he is. 
 
 30 The man answered and said 
 unto them. Why herein is a 
 marvellous thing, that ye know 
 not from whence he is, and 2/et 
 he hath opened mine eyes. 
 
 31 Now we know that Gcd 
 heareth not sinners : but if any 
 man be a worshiiiper of God, and 
 doeth his will, him he heareth. 
 
 32 Since the world began was 
 it not heard that any man 
 opened the eyes of one that 
 was born blind. 
 
 33 If this man were not of 
 God, he could do nothing. 
 
 34 They ansv/ered and said un- 
 to him. Thou wast altogether 
 born in sins, and dost thou teacli 
 us ? And they cast liim out. 
 
 35 Jesus heard that they had 
 cast him out ; and when lie had 
 found him, he said unto hii^, 
 Dost thou believe on the Son 
 of God? 
 
 36 He answered and said, Who 
 is he. Lord, that I might be- 
 lieve on him? 
 
 37 And Jesus said unto him. 
 Thou hast both seen him, and 
 it is he that talketh with thee. 
 
 3S And he said. Lord, I believe. 
 And he worshipped him. 
 
 39 1[ And Jesus said. For judg- 
 ment I am come into this world, 
 that they which see not might 
 see ; and that they which see 
 might be made blind. 
 
 40 And some of the Pharisees 
 which were with him heard 
 these words, and said unto 
 liim, Are we blind also ? 
 
 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye 
 were blind, ye should have no 
 sin : but now ye say, We see ; 
 therefore your sin remaineth. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 1 Christ is the door, and the good shep- 
 herd. 19 Divers opinions of him. 24 
 lie provcth by his works that he is 
 Christ the Son of God : 39 escapeth the 
 Jews, 40 and went again beyond Jor- 
 dan, where many believed on him. 
 
 VERILY, verily, I say unto 
 you, He that entereth not [ 
 by the door into the sheepfold, 
 but climbeth up some other 
 way, the same is a thief and 
 a robber. 
 
 2 But he that entereth in by 
 the door is the shepherd of the 
 sheep. 
 
 3 To him the porter openeth ; 
 and the sheep hear his voice : 
 and he calleth his own sheep by 
 name, and leadeth them out. 
 
 4 And when he putteth forth 
 his own sheep, he goeth be- 
 fore them, and the sheep follow 
 him : for they know liis voice. 
 
 5 And a stranger will they not 
 follow, but will flee from him : 
 
Clirist the good shej^herd, 
 
 for they Imow not the voice of 
 strangers. 
 
 6 This parable spake Jesus 
 unto them: but they under- 
 stood not what things they were 
 which he spake nnto them. 
 
 7 Then said Jesns unto them 
 again, Verily, verily, I say unto 
 you, I am the door of the sheep. 
 
 8 All that ever came before me 
 are thieves and robbers : but 
 the sheep did not hear them. 
 
 9 I am the door : by me if any 
 man enter in, he shall be saved, 
 and shall go in and out, and 
 find pasture. 
 
 10 The thief cometh not, but 
 for to steal, and to kill, and to 
 destroy : I am come that they 
 might have life, and that they 
 might have it more abundantly. 
 
 11 I am the good shepherd : 
 the good shepherd giveth his 
 life for the sheep. 
 
 12 But he that is an hireling, 
 and not the shepherd, whose 
 own the sheep are not, seeth 
 the wolf coming, and leaveth 
 the sheep, and fleeth : and the 
 wolf catcheth them, and scat- 
 tereth the sheep. 
 
 13 The hireling fleeth, because 
 he is an hireling, and careth 
 not for the sheep. 
 
 14 I am the good shepherd, 
 and know my sheep, and am 
 known of mine. 
 
 15 As the Father knoweth me, 
 even so know I the Father : 
 and I lay down my life for the 
 sheep. 
 
 16 And other sheep I have, 
 which are not of this fold: 
 them also I must bring, and 
 they shall hear my voice ; and 
 there shall be one fold, and 
 one shepherd. 
 
 17 Therefore doth my Father 
 love me, bectause I lay down my 
 life, that I might take it again. 
 
 18 No man taketh it from me, 
 but I lay it down of myself. I 
 have power to lay it down, and 
 I have power to take it again. 
 This commandment have I re- 
 ceived of my Father. 
 .19 IF- There was ii division 
 
 St. JOHN, X. Livers oxyinioiis of him. 
 
 therefore again among the Jews 
 for these sayings. 
 
 20 And many of them said, 
 He hath a devil, and is mad; 
 why hear ye him ? 
 
 21 Others said. These are not 
 the words of him that hath a 
 devil. Can a devil open the 
 eyes of the blind? 
 
 22 H And it was at Jerusalem 
 the feast of the dedication, and 
 it was winter. 
 
 23 And Jesus walked in the 
 temple in Solomon's porch. 
 
 24 Then came the Jews round 
 about him, and said unto him. 
 How long dost thou make us to 
 doubt ? If thou be the Christ, 
 tell us plainly. 
 
 25 Jesus answered them, I told 
 you, and ye believed not : the 
 works that I do in my Father's 
 name, they bear witness of me. 
 
 26 But ye believe not, because 
 ye are not of my sheep, as 1 
 said unto you. 
 
 27 My sheep hear my voice, 
 and I know them, and they 
 follow me : 
 
 28 And I give unto them eter- 
 nal life ; and they shall never 
 perish, neither shall any mun 
 pluck them out of my hand. 
 
 29 My Father, which gave 
 them me, is greater than all ; 
 and no man is able to pluck 
 them out of my Father's hand. 
 
 30 I and m?/ Father are one. 
 
 31 Then the Jews took up 
 stones again to stone him. 
 
 32 Jesus answered them, Many 
 good works have I shewed you 
 from my Father ; for which oi 
 those works do ye stone me? 
 
 33 The Jews answered him, say- 
 ing, For a good work we stone 
 thee not; but for blasphemy; 
 and because that thou, being a 
 man, makest thyself God. 
 
 34 Jesus answered them, Is it 
 not written in your law, I said, 
 Ye are gods ? 
 
 35 If he called them gods, 
 unto whom the word of God 
 came, and the scripture cannot 
 be broken ; 
 
 36 »Say ye of him, whom the 
 
TJie sickness and St. JOHN, XI. 
 
 Father hath sanctified, and 
 Bent into the world, Thou blas- 
 phemest ; because I said, I am 
 the Son of God? 
 
 37 If I do not the works of 
 my Father, believe me not. 
 
 38 But if I do, though ye 
 believe not me, believe the 
 works : that ye may laiow, 
 and believe, that the Father is 
 in me, and I in him. 
 
 39 Therefore they sought agam 
 to take him : but he escaped 
 out of then- hand, 
 
 40 And went away again be- 
 yond Jordan into the place 
 where John at first baptized; 
 and there he abode. 
 
 41 And many resorted unto 
 him, and said, John did no mi- 
 racle : but all things that John 
 spalce of this man Avere true. 
 
 42 And many believed on him 
 tliere. 
 
 CHAPTER XL 
 
 1 Christ raiseth Lazarus, four days hu- 
 rled. 43 Many Jews believe. 47 T7ie 
 high priests and Pharisees gatlier a 
 council against Christ. 4.9 Caiaphas 
 prophesieth. 64 Jesus hid himself. 55 
 At the passover they cnqiu/e after him, 
 and Uiy wait for hitn. 
 
 NOW a certain man was 
 sick, named Lazarus, of 
 Bethany, the town of Mary 
 and her sister Martha. 
 
 2 (It was that Mary which 
 anointed the Lord with oint- 
 ment, and wiped his leet with 
 her hair, whose brother Laza- 
 rus was sick.) 
 
 3 Therefore his sisters sent un- 
 to him, saying, Lord, behold, 
 he whom thou lovest is sick. 
 
 4 When Jesus heard that, he 
 said, This siclaiess is not unto 
 death, but for the glory of God, 
 that the Son of God might be 
 glorified thereby. 
 
 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, 
 and her sister, and Lazarus. 
 
 6 When he had heard there- 
 fore that he was sick, he abode 
 two days still in the same place 
 where he was. 
 
 7 Then alter that saith he to 
 Ms disciples. Let us go into 
 Judaea agaia. 
 
 death of Lazaiixs. 
 
 8 His disciples say unto him. 
 Master, the Jews of late sought 
 to stone thee ; and goest thou 
 thither again ? 
 
 9 Jesus answered, Are there 
 not twelve hours in the day? 
 If any man walk in the day, 
 he stumbleth not, because he 
 seeth the light of this world. 
 
 10 But if a man walk in i\\Q 
 night, he stumbleth, because 
 there is no hght in him. 
 
 11 These things said he : and 
 alter that he saith unto them, 
 Our friend Lazarus sleepeth ; 
 but I go, that I may awake 
 him out of sleep. 
 
 12 Then said his disciples. 
 Lord, it he sleep, he shall do 
 well. 
 
 13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his 
 death: but they thought that 
 he had spoken of takmg of rest 
 in sleep. 
 
 14 Then said Jesus unto them 
 plainly, Lazarus is dead. 
 
 15 And I am glad for your 
 sakes that I was not there, to 
 the intent ye may believe ; ne- 
 vertheless let us go unto him. 
 
 16 Then said Thomas, which 
 is called Didymus, unto his 
 fellowdisciples. Let us also go, 
 that vre may die with him. 
 
 17 Then when Jesus came, 
 he found that he had lain in 
 the grave four days already. 
 
 18 Now Bethany was nigh 
 unto Jerusalem, about fifteen 
 furlongs off: 
 
 19 And many of the Jews 
 came to Martha and IMary, to 
 comfort them concerning their 
 brother. 
 
 20 Then Martha, as soon as 
 she heard that Jesus was com- 
 ing, went and met him : but 
 Mary sat still in the house. 
 
 21 Then said Martha unto Je- 
 sus, Loi'd, if thou hadst been 
 here, my brother had not died. 
 
 22 But I know, that even now, 
 whatsoever thou wilt ask of 
 God. God will give it thee. 
 
 2^ Jesus saith unto her^ Thy 
 brother shall rise again. 
 24 ]!ilartlm saith unto. lma,-I 
 
Christ raisetli Mm 
 
 St. JOHN, XI. 
 
 from tJie dead. 
 
 know that he shall rise again 
 in the resurrection at the last 
 day. 
 
 25 Jesus said unto her, I am 
 the resiuTection, and the lite : 
 he that believeth in me, though 
 he were dead, yet shall he live : 
 
 26 And whosoever liveth and 
 believeth in me shall never die. 
 Believes t thou this ? 
 
 27 She saith unto him, Yea, 
 Lord : I believe that thou art 
 the Christ, the Son of God, 
 which should come into the 
 world. 
 
 28 And when she had so said, 
 she went her way, and called 
 Mary her sister secretly, say- 
 ing. The Master is come, and 
 calleth for thee. 
 
 29 As soon as she heard that, 
 she arose quickly, and came 
 unto him. 
 
 30 Now Jesus was not yet 
 come into the town, but was 
 in that place where Martha 
 met him. 
 
 31 The Jews then which were 
 with her in the house, and 
 comforted her, when they saw 
 Mary, that she rose up hastily 
 and went out, followed her, 
 saying, She goeth unto the 
 grave to weep there. 
 
 32 Then when Mary was come 
 where Jesus vvas, and saw him, 
 she fell down at his feet, say- 
 ing unto him, Lord, if thou 
 hadst been here, my brother 
 had not died. 
 
 33 When Jesus therefore saw 
 her weeping, and the Jews also 
 weeping v>^hich came with her, 
 he groaned in the spirit, and 
 was troubled, 
 
 34 And said. Where have ye 
 laid him? They said unto him, 
 Lord, come and see. 
 
 35 Jesus wept. 
 
 36 Then said the Jews, Be- 
 hold how he loved him ! 
 
 37 And some of them said. 
 Could not this man, which 
 opened the eyes of the blind, 
 have caused that even tliis man 
 phould not have died? 
 
 38 Jesus therefore again groan- 
 
 ing in himself cometh to the 
 grave. It was a cave, and a 
 stone lay upon it. 
 
 39 Jesus said, Take ye away 
 the stone. Martha, the sister 
 of him that was dead, saith 
 ujito Mm, Lord, by this time 
 he stinketh : for he hath been 
 dead fom- days. 
 
 40 Jesus saith xnito her. Said 
 I not unto thee, that, if thou 
 wouldest believe, thou should- 
 est see the glory of God? 
 
 41 Then they took avvay the 
 stone fro7n the place where the 
 dead was laid. And Jesus lilted 
 up his eyes, and said. Father, 
 I thank thee that thou hast 
 heard me. 
 
 42 And I knew that thou 
 hearest me always : but be- 
 cause of the people which stand 
 by I said it, that they may be- 
 lieve that thou hast sent me. 
 
 43 And when he thus had 
 spoken, he cried with a loud 
 voice, Lazarus, come forth. 
 
 44 And he that was dead came 
 forth, bound hand and foot 
 with graveclothes : and his 
 face was bound about with 
 a napkin. Jesus saith unto 
 them, Loose him, and let him 
 go. 
 
 45 Then many of the Jews 
 which came to Mary, and had 
 seen the things which Jesus 
 did, believed on him. 
 
 46 But some of them went 
 their ways to the Pharisees, 
 and told them what things Je- 
 sus had done. 
 
 47 IF Then gathered the chief 
 priests and the Pharisees a 
 council, and said. What do 
 we? for this man doeth many 
 mii-acles. 
 
 48 If we let him thus alone, 
 all men will believe on him : 
 and the Eomans shall come 
 and talie away both our place 
 and nation. 
 
 49 And one of them, named 
 Caiaphas, being the high priest 
 that same year, said unto them, 
 Ye know nothing at all, 
 
 50 Nor consider that it is ex- 
 
Mary anointeth 
 
 St. JOHN, XII. 
 
 the feet ofJisuB. 
 
 peclient for us, that one man 
 should die for the people, and 
 that the whole nation perish 
 not. 
 
 51 And this spake he not of 
 himself: but being hiirh priest 
 that year, he prophesied that 
 Jesus should die for that na- 
 tion ; 
 
 52 And not for that nation 
 only, but that also he should 
 g-ather together in one the chil- 
 dren of God that were scattered 
 abroad. 
 
 53 Then from that day forth 
 they took counsel together for 
 to put him to death. 
 
 54 Jesus therefore walked no 
 more oienly among the Jews ; 
 but went thence unto a country 
 near to the wilderness, into a 
 city called Ei)liraim, and there 
 continued with his disciples. 
 
 55 '\ And tlie Jews' passover 
 was nigh at hand : and many 
 went out of the country up to 
 Jenisalem before the passover, 
 to purify tliemselves. 
 
 56 Then sought they for Jesus, 
 and siake among themselves, 
 as they stood in the temple, 
 What think ye, that he will 
 not come to the feast ? 
 
 57 Now both the chief priests 
 and the Pharisees had given 
 a commandment, that, if any 
 man knew where he were, he 
 should shew it, that they might 
 take him. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 1 Jesiis cxcti^eth Mary anointing his 
 feet. 9 The people flock to see Laza- 
 rus. 10 TJie high priests consult to kill 
 him. 12 CJirist Hclcth into Jerusalem. 
 20 Greeks desire to see Jesus. 23 ITc 
 foretelleth his death. 37 The Jews are 
 generally blinded : 42 yet many chief 
 rulers believe, but do not confess him : 
 44 therefore Jesu^ calleth earnestly for 
 confessio7i of faith. 
 
 THEN Jesus six days before 
 the passover came to Beth- 
 any, where Lazarus was which 
 had been dead, whom he raised 
 from the dead. 
 2 There they made him a sup- 
 per; and Martha served: but 
 Lazarus was one of them that 
 gat at the table with him. 
 
 3 Then took Mary a pound 
 of ointment of spikenard, very 
 costly, and anointed the feet of 
 Jesus, and wiped his feet with 
 her hair : and the house was 
 filled with the odour of the 
 ointment. 
 
 4 Then saith one of his dis- 
 ciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's 
 son, which should betray him, 
 
 5 Why was not this ointment 
 sold for three hundred pence, 
 and given to the poor? 
 
 6 This he said, not that he 
 cared for the poor ; but because 
 he was a thief, and had the bag, 
 and bare what was put therein. 
 
 7 Then said 'Jesus, Let her 
 alone : against the day of my 
 burying hath she kept this. 
 
 8 For the poor always ye have 
 with you; but me ye have not 
 always. 
 
 9 Mu(;h people of the Jews 
 therefore knew that he was 
 there : and they came not for 
 Jesus' sake only, but that they 
 might see Lazarus also, whom 
 he had raised from the dead. 
 
 10 M But the chief priests 
 consulted that they might put 
 Lazarus also to death ; 
 
 11 Because that by reason of 
 him many of the Jews went 
 away, and believed on Jesus. 
 
 12 if On the next day much 
 people that were come to the 
 feast, when they heard that Je- 
 sus was coming to Jerusalem, 
 
 13 Took branches of palm trees, 
 and went forth to meet liim, i 
 and cried, Hosanna : Blessed is\ 
 the King of Israel that comethl 
 in the name of the Lord. f 
 
 14 And Jesus, when he had' 
 found a young ass, sat there- 
 on ; as it is written, 
 
 15 Fear not, daughter of Sion : 
 behold, thy King cometh, sit- 
 ting on an ass's colt. 
 
 16 These things understood 
 not his disciples at the first: 
 but when Jesus was glorified, 
 then remembered they that 
 these things were written of 
 him, and that they had dono 
 these things unto Mm. 
 
Chiist signijkth'tlie 
 
 St. JOHN, Xn. manner ofliis death. 
 
 17 The people therefore that This voice came not because 
 
 was with him when he called 
 Lazarus out of his grave, and 
 raised him from the dead, bare 
 record. 
 
 18 For this cause the people 
 also met him, for that they 
 heard that he had done this 
 miracle. 
 
 19 The Pharisees therefore said 
 among themselves, Perceive ye 
 how ye prevail nothing? behold, 
 the world is gone after him. 
 
 20 H And there were certain 
 Greeks among them that came 
 up to worship at the feast : 
 
 21 The same came therefore 
 
 of me, but for your sakes. 
 
 31 Now is the judgment of this 
 world : now shall the prince of 
 this world be cast out. 
 
 32 And I, if I be lifted up from 
 the earth, will draw all inen 
 unto me. 
 
 33 This he said, signifying 
 what death he should die. 
 
 34 The people answered him, 
 We have heard out of the law 
 that Christ abideth for ever : 
 and how sayest thou. The Son 
 of man must be lifted up ? who 
 is this Son of man? 
 
 35 Then Jesus said unto them. 
 
 to Philip, which was of Beth- I Yet a little while is the light 
 
 saida of Galilee, and desired 
 him, sayiQg, Sir, we would see 
 Jesus. 
 
 22 Philip cometh and telleth 
 Andrew : and again Andrew 
 and Philip tell Jesus. 
 
 23 If And Jesus answered them, 
 saying, The hour is come, that 
 the Son of man should be glo- 
 rified. 
 
 24 Verily, verily, I say unto 
 you, Except a corn of wheat 
 fall into the ground and die, it 
 abideth alone : but if it die, it 
 bringeth forth much fruit. 
 
 25 He that loveth his life shall 
 lose it ; and he that hateth his 
 life in this world shall keep it 
 unto life eternal. 
 
 26 If any man serve me, let 
 him follow me; and where I 
 am, there shall also my servant 
 be : if any man serve me, him 
 will m?/ Father honour. 
 
 27 Now is my soul troubled ; 
 and what shall I say ? Father, 
 save me from this hour : but 
 for this cause came I unto this 
 hour. 
 
 28 Father, glorify thy name. 
 Then came there a voice from 
 heaven, saying^ I have both 
 glorified it, and will glorify it 
 again. 
 
 29 The people therefore, that 
 stood by, and heard «7, said 
 that it thundered : others said. 
 An angel spake to him. 
 
 30 Jesus answered and said, 
 
 with you. Walk while ye have 
 the light, lest darkness come 
 upon you : for he that walketh 
 in darkness knoweth not whi- 
 ther he goeth. 
 
 38 While ye have light, be- 
 lieve in the light, that ye may 
 be the children of light. These 
 things spake Jesus, and de- 
 parted, and did hide liitnself 
 from them. 
 
 37 IF But though he had done 
 so many miiacles before them, 
 yet they believed not on him : 
 
 38 That the saying of Esaias 
 the prophet might be fulfilled, 
 which he sjiake, Lord, who 
 hath believed our report? and 
 to whom hath the arm of the 
 Lord been revealed? 
 
 39 Therefore they could not 
 believe, because that Esaias 
 said again, 
 
 40 He hath blinded their eyes, 
 and hardened their heart ; that 
 they should not see with their 
 eyes, nor understand with their 
 heart, and be converted, and I 
 should heal them. 
 
 41 These things said Esaias, 
 when he saw his glory, and 
 spake of him. 
 
 42 ![ Nevertheless among the 
 chief rulers also many believed 
 on him ; but because of the 
 Pharisees they did not confess 
 him, lest they should be put 
 out of the synagogue : 
 
 43 For they loved the praise 
 
Jems washeih 
 
 of men more than the praise of 
 God. 
 
 44 ^ Jesns cried and said, He 
 that believeth on me, believeth 
 not on me, but on him that 
 sent me. 
 
 45 And lie that eeeth me seeth 
 liim tliat sent me. 
 
 46 I am come a light into the 
 v.'orld, that -whosoever believ- 
 
 St. JOHN, XIII. the disciples* feeL 
 
 laid aside his garments; and 
 took a toAvel, and girded liim- 
 self. 
 
 5 After that he ponreth water 
 into a ba^on, and began to wash 
 the disciples' feet, and to wipe 
 them with the towel wherewith 
 he was girded. 
 
 6 Then cometh he to Simon 
 Peter : and Peter saith unto 
 
 oth on me should not abide in | him. Lord, dost thou wash my 
 darkness. feet ? 
 
 47 And if any man hear my I 7 Jesus answered and said unta 
 words, and believe not, I judge | him, What I do thou knowest 
 liim not : for I came not to not now ; but thou shalt know 
 
 judge the world, but to save 
 the world. 
 
 48 He that rejecteth me, and 
 receiveth not my words, hath 
 one that judKeth him : the word 
 that 1 l?ave spoken, the same 
 shall judge him in the last day, 
 
 hereafter. 
 
 8 Peter saith imto him. Thou 
 shalt never wash my feet. Je- 
 sus answered him, If I wash 
 thee not, thou hast no part 
 with me. 
 
 9 Simon Peter saith unto him, 
 
 4!) For I have not spoken of j Lord, not my feet only, but 
 myself; but the Father which ' also m?/ hands and m?/ head, 
 sent me, lie gave me a com- j 10 Jesus saith to him. He that 
 mandment, what I should say, i is washed needeth not save to 
 and what I should sreak. I wash his feet, but is clean every 
 
 59 And I Igiow that his com- whit : and ye are clean, but 
 mandment is life everlasting : not all. 
 
 whatsoever I speak therefore, i 11 For he knew who should 
 even as the Father said mito i betray liim ; therefore said he, 
 
 me, so I speak. 
 
 CHAPTER XIIL 
 
 1 Jesus washeth the discii/lcs' feet : ex- 
 horteth them to humility and charity. 
 18 He foretelleth, and discovereth to 
 
 John by a token, that Judas should i ' i i t i i i- ' o 
 
 betray him : 31 commandeth them to \ Y^y^'^}^^ ^ n^^'Q aone_^tO yOU f 
 
 Ye are not all clean. 
 12 So after he had washed 
 their feet, and had taken his 
 garments, and was set down 
 again, he said unto them. Know 
 
 love one another, 36 and forewameth 
 Peter of his denial. 
 
 NOW before the feast of 
 the passover, when Jesus 
 knew that his hour was come 
 that he should depart out of 
 this world unto the Father, 
 having loved his own wliich 
 were in the world, he loved 
 them unto the end. 
 
 2 And supper being ended, the 
 devil having now put into the 
 heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's 
 son, to betray him ; 
 
 3 Jesus knowing that the Fa^ 
 ther had given all things into 
 his hands, and that he was 
 come from God, and went to 
 God; 
 
 13 Ye call me Master and 
 Lord : and ye say v.ell ; for so 
 I am. 
 
 14 If I then, your Lord and 
 Master, have washed your feet ; 
 ye also ought to wash one an- 
 other's feet. 
 
 15 For I have given you an 
 example, that ye should do as 
 I have done to you. 
 
 16 Verily, verily^ I say unto 
 you, The servant is not greater 
 than his lord ; neither he that 
 is sent greater than he that 
 sent him. 
 
 17 If ye know these things, 
 happy are ye if ye do them. 
 
 18 If I speak not of you all : 
 I know whom I have chosen : 
 
 4 He riseth from supper, and I but that the scripture may be 
 
Chrid pcmiteth 
 
 St. JOHN, XIV. 
 
 cut tJm trciitc/i\ 
 
 fulfilled, He that eateth bread 
 with me hath lifted up his heel 
 against me. 
 
 19 Now I tell you before it 
 come, that, when it is come 
 to pass, ye may believe that I 
 am. he. 
 
 20 Yerily, verily, I say tmto 
 you, He that receiveth whom- 
 soever I send receiveth me; 
 and he that receiveth me re- 
 ceiveth him that sent me. 
 
 21 When Jesus had thus said, 
 he was troubled in spirit, and 
 testified, and said, Yerily, ve- 
 rily, I say unto you, that one 
 of you shall betray me. 
 
 22 Then the disciples looked 
 one on another, doubting of 
 whom he spake. 
 
 23 Now there was leaning on 
 Jesus' bosom one of his dis- 
 ciples, v\^hom Jesus loved. 
 
 24 Simon Peter therefore beck- 
 oned to him, that he should 
 ask who it should be of whom 
 he spake. 
 
 25 He then lying on Jesus' 
 breast saith unto him, Lord, 
 who is it? 
 
 26 Jesus answered. He it is, 
 to whom I shall give a sop, 
 when I have dipped it. And 
 when he had dipped the sop, 
 he gave it to Judas Iscariot, 
 the son of Simon. 
 
 27 And after the sop Satan 
 entered into him. Then said 
 Jesus unto him. That thou 
 doest, do quickly. 
 
 28 Now no man at the table 
 Iniew for what intent he spake 
 this unto Mm. 
 
 29 For some of them thought, 
 because Judas had the bag, that 
 Jesus had said unto him, Buy 
 those things that we have need 
 of against the feast ; or, that he 
 should give something to the 
 poor. 
 
 30 He then having received 
 the sop went immediately out : 
 and it was night. 
 
 31 IF Therefore, when he was 
 gone out, Jesus said, Now is 
 the Son of man glorified, and 
 God is glorified in him. 
 
 32 If God be glorified in him, 
 God shall also gloriiy him in 
 himself, and shall straightway 
 glorify him. 
 
 33 Little cliildren, yet a little 
 while I am with you. Ye shall 
 seek me : and as I said unto 
 the Jews, Whither I go, ye can- 
 not come ; so now I say to you. 
 
 34 A new commandment I give 
 unto you. That ye love one an- 
 other ; as I have loved you, that 
 ye also love one another. 
 
 35 By this shall all 7nen Imov/ 
 that ye are my disciples, if ye 
 have love one to another. 
 
 36 If Shnon Peter said unto 
 him. Lord, wMther goest thou? 
 Jesus answered him, Whither 
 I go, thou canst not follow me 
 now; but thou shalt follow me 
 afterwards. 
 
 37 Peter said unto him, Lord, 
 why cannot I follow thee now ? 
 I will lay down my lite for thy 
 sake. 
 
 38 Jesus answered him, Wilt 
 thou lay down thy life for my 
 sake ? ^''erily, verilj', I say unto 
 thee, The cock shall not crow, 
 till thou hast denied me thrice. 
 
 CHAPTER XIY. 
 
 1 Chrhi ccmfortetli Ms dissiples with the 
 Jiojye of heaven : 6 2>T^ofesseth himself 
 the way, the trutTi, and tlie life, and 
 one with the Father : 13 assureth their 
 prayers in 7iis name to be effectuaZ: 15 
 requesteth love and obedience, 16 pro- 
 miseth the Holy Ghost the Corrtforter, 
 27 and leaveth his peace with them. 
 
 LET not your heart be trou- 
 bled: ye believe in God, 
 believe also in me. 
 
 2 In my Father's house are 
 many mansions : if it ivere not 
 so, I would have told you. I 
 go to prepare a place for you. 
 
 3 And if I go and prepare a 
 place for you, I will come again, 
 and receive you unto myself; 
 that where I am, there ye may 
 be also. 
 
 4 And whither I go ye know, 
 and the way ye know. 
 
 5 Thomas saith unto liim. 
 Lord, we know not wliither 
 thou goest ; and how can we 
 loiow the way ? 
 
A promise of St. JOHN, XIV, 
 
 H Jesus Baith unto him, I am 
 the way, the truth, and tlie liie : 
 no man cometh unto the Fa- 
 ther, but by me. 
 
 tlie Udu Ghost. 
 
 ye pee me : because 1 live, ye 
 shall live also. 
 
 20 At that day ye shall know 
 that I am in my Father, and 
 
 7 If ye had known me, ye : ye in me, and I in you. 
 
 should have known my Father 
 also : and liom henceforth ye 
 know him, and have seen him. 
 
 8 Phili]) saith unto him. Lord, 
 shew us the Father, and it suf- 
 liceth us. 
 
 1) Jesus saith unto him. Have 
 1 b.een so long time with you, 
 and yet hast thou not known 
 me, Philii)? he that hath seen 
 me hath seen the Father; and 
 how Fayest thou Ihen^ Shew us 
 the Father? 
 
 10 Believest thou not that I 
 am in tlie Father, and the Fa- 
 ther in me? the words that I 
 speak unto you I si oak not of 
 myself: but the Father tliat 
 dwelleth in me, he doeth the 
 works. 
 
 11 Believe me that I am in 
 the Father, and the Father in 
 me : or else believe me for the 
 veiy works' salve. 
 
 12 A'erily, verily, I say unto 
 you, He that believeth on me, 
 the works that I do shall he 
 do also ; and crreater works 
 than these shall he do ; be- 
 caiLse I iio unto my Father. 
 
 13 And whatsoever ye eliall 
 ask in my name, that will I 
 do, that the Father may be 
 gloritied m the »Son. 
 
 14 If ye shall aslc any thing 
 in my name, I will do it. 
 
 15 V If ye love me, keep my 
 commandments. 
 
 IG And I will pray the Father, 
 and he shall give you another 
 Comlbrter, that he may abide 
 with you for ever ; 
 
 17 Even the Spuit of truth ; 
 whom the world cannot recei^■e, 
 because it seeth him not, neither 
 knoweth him : but ye know 
 him ; for he dwelleth with you, 
 and shall be in you. 
 
 18 I will not leave you com- 
 fortless : I will come to you. 
 
 19 Yet a little while, and the 
 world seeth me no more; but 
 
 21 He that hath my com- 
 mandments, and keepeth them, 
 he it is that lovetli me : and he 
 that loveth me shall be loved 
 of my Father, and 1 will lovo 
 him, and will manilest myself 
 to liim. 
 
 22 Judas saith unto him, not 
 l8cari(jt. Lord, how is it that 
 thou wilt manifest thyself unto 
 us, and not unto the world? 
 
 23 Jesus answered and said 
 unto him. If a man love me, 
 he will keep my words : and 
 my Father will love liim, and 
 we will come unto him, and 
 make our abode with him. 
 
 24 He that loveth me not keep- 
 eth not my sayings : and the word 
 which ye hear is not mine, but 
 the Father's which sent me. 
 
 25 These things have I spoken 
 unto you, being pet present 
 with you. 
 
 2«j But the Comforter, ivhich 
 is tlie Holy Ghost, whom the 
 Father will send in my name, 
 he shall teach you all things, 
 and biing all things to your re- 
 membrance, whatsoever I have 
 said unto yuu. 
 
 27 I'eace I leave with you, 
 my peace I give unto you : not 
 as the world givetli, give I un- 
 to you. Let not your heart be 
 troubled, neither let it be alraid. 
 
 28 Ye have heard how I said 
 unto you, I go av.ay, and come 
 again imto you. If ye loved 
 me, ye would rejoice, because 
 I said, I go unto the Father : for 
 my Father is greater than I. 
 
 219 And now I have told you 
 before it come to pass, that, 
 when it is come to pass, ye 
 might believe. 
 
 30 Hereal'ter I will not talk 
 much with you : for the prince 
 of tliis world cometh, and hath 
 nothing in me. 
 
 31 But that the world may 
 know that I love the Father; 
 
Chnst reproveth St. LUKE, XII. the Pharisees, &€, 
 
 42 But woe unto you, Phari- 
 sees ! for ye tithe mint and rue 
 and all manner of herbs, and 
 pass over judgment and the 
 love of God: these ought ye 
 to have done, and not to leave 
 the other undone. 
 
 43 AYoe imto you, Pharisees ! 
 for ye love the uppermost seats 
 in the synagogues, and greet- 
 ings in the markets. 
 
 44 Woe mi to you, scribes and 
 Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye 
 are as graves which appear not, 
 and the men that Tvalk over 
 them are not aware of them. 
 
 45 ^ Then answered one of the 
 lawyers, and said imto him, 
 Master, thus saying thou re- 
 proachest us also. 
 
 46 And he said, \Yoe unto you 
 also, 7/e laTvyers ! for ye lade 
 men with burdens grievous to : innmnerable multitude of peo- 
 
 Pharisees began to urge him 
 vehemently, and to provoke 
 him to speak of many tilings : 
 54 Laj^ing wait for him, and 
 seeking to catch something out 
 of his mouth, that they might 
 accuse him. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 1 Christ preacTieth to his disciples to avoid, 
 hypoa-isy, and fearfvlness in publish- 
 ing his doctrine : 13 ivarneth the people 
 to beware of covetous'ness, by the para' 
 ble of the rich raan who set up greater 
 barns. 22 We must not be over earful 
 of earthly things, 31 but seek tlie king' 
 dom of God, 33 give alms, 36" be ready 
 at a knock to open to our Lord when' 
 soever he Cometh. 41 Christ's tninisters 
 are to see to their charge, 49 a~iid look 
 for persecution. 54 T7ie people must 
 take this time of grace, 58 because it 
 is a fearful thing to die ivithout recon- 
 ciliation. 
 
 IN the mean time, when there 
 were gathered together an 
 
 be borne, and ye yourselves 
 touch not the burdens with 
 one of youi- fingers. 
 
 47 Woe mito you ! for ye build 
 the sepulchi-es of the prophets, 
 and yom- fathers killed them. 
 
 48 Truly ye bear witness that 
 ye allow the deeds of yom* fa- 
 thei-s : for they indeed killed 
 them, and ye build their se- 
 pulchi^s. 
 
 49 Therefore also said the wis- 
 dom of God, I will send them 
 prophets and apostles, and soine 
 of them they shall slay and per- 
 
 50 Tliat the blood of all the 
 
 pie, insomuch that they trode 
 one upon another, he began to 
 say unto his disciples first of 
 all. Beware ye of the leaven of 
 the Pharisees, which is hypo- 
 crisy. 
 
 2 For there is nothing cover- 
 ed, that shall not be revealed ; 
 neither hid, that shall not be 
 known. 
 
 3 Therefore whatsoever ye 
 have spoken in darkness shall 
 be heard in the light ; and that 
 which ye have spoken in the 
 ear in closets shall be proclaim- 
 ed upon the housetops. 
 
 4 And I say unto you my 
 
 prophets, wliich was shed from ; friends, Be not afraid of them 
 
 the foundation of the world, 
 may be required of this gene- 
 ration ; 
 
 51 From the blood of Abel 
 unto the blood of Zacharias, 
 which perished between the al- 
 
 that kill the body, and after 
 that have no more that they 
 can do. 
 
 5 But I will forewarn you 
 whom ye shall fear : Fear Mm, 
 which after he hath killed hath 
 
 tar and the temple : verily I say ; power to cast into hell ; yea, I 
 imto you. It shall be requh'ed j say unto you. Fear him. 
 of this genei'ation. 6 Ai^e not five sparrows sold for 
 
 52 Woe unto you, lawyers ! two farthings, and not one of 
 for ye have taken away the key them is forgotten before God? 
 
 of knowledge : ye entered not 
 in yourselves, and them that 
 were entering in 5'e hindered. 
 53 And as he said these things 
 imto them, the scribes and the 
 
 7 But even the very hairs of 
 your head are all numbered. 
 Fear not therefore: ye are of 
 more value than many spar- 
 rows. 
 
 3D 
 
Extwrtaiion aminst St. LUKE, XII. waMy carefulness. 
 
 8 Also I say unto you, Who- 1 21 So is he that layeth up trea- 
 soever shall confess me before ! sure for himself, and is not rich 
 men, him shall the Son of man , to-ward God. 
 
 also confess before the angels 
 of God: 
 
 9 But he that denieth me be- 
 fore men shall be denied before 
 the angels of God. 
 
 10 And -whosoever shall speak 
 a word against the Son of man, 
 it shall be forgiven him : but 
 unto liim that blasphemeth a- 
 gainst the Holy Ghost it shall 
 not be forgiven. 
 
 11 And Avhen they bring you 
 imto the synagogues, and unto 
 magistrates, and powers, take 
 ye no thought how or what 
 thing ye shall answer, or what 
 ye shall say : 
 
 12 For the Holy Ghost shall 
 teach you in the same hour 
 what ye ought to say. 
 
 13 KAnd one of the company 
 said unto him. Master, speak 
 to iny brother, that he divide 
 the inheritance with me. 
 
 14 And he said unto him, 
 Man, who made me a judge 
 or a divider over you V 
 
 15 And he said unto them. 
 Take heed, and beware of co- 
 vetousness : for a man's life con- 
 SLsteth not in the abimdance of 
 the tilings which he possesseth. 
 
 16 And he spake a parable un- 
 to them, saying. The ground 
 of a certain rich man brought 
 forth plentifully : 
 
 17 And he thought within him- 
 self, saying, What shall I do, 
 because I have no room where 
 to bestow my fruits ? 
 
 18 And he said. This will I do : 
 I will pull down my barns, and 
 build greater; and there will 
 I bestow all my fruits and my 
 goods. 
 
 19 And I will say to my soul, 
 Soul, thou hast much goods laid 
 up for many years ; take thine 
 ease, eat, dnnk, and be merry. 
 
 20 But God said unto him, 
 Thou fool, tliis night thy soul 
 shall be required of thee : then 
 whose shall those things be, 
 which thou hast provided ? 
 
 22 II And he said unto his dis- 
 ciples. Therefore I say unt<' 
 you. Take no thought for yoiu 
 life, what ye shall eat ; neither 
 for the body, what ye shall put 
 on. 
 
 23 The life is more than meat, 
 and the body is more than rai- 
 ment. 
 
 24 Consider the ravens : lor 
 they neither sow nor reap : 
 which neither have storehouse 
 nor bam ; and God feedeth 
 them: how much more are ye 
 better than the fowls V 
 
 25 And which of you with 
 taking thought can add to his 
 stature one cubit ? 
 
 26 If ye then be not able to do 
 that tiling which is least, why 
 take ye thought for the rest? 
 
 27 Consider the lilies how they 
 grow : they toil not, they spin 
 not; and yet I say unto you, 
 that Solomon in all his glory 
 was not arrayed like one of 
 
 28 If then God bo clothe the 
 grass, which is to day in the 
 field, and to morrow is cast in- 
 to the oven ; how much more 
 tvill he clothe you, O ye of 
 little faith? 
 
 29 And seek not ye what ye 
 shall eat, or what ye shall drink, 
 neither be ye of doubtful mind. 
 
 30 For all these things do the 
 nations of the world seek after : 
 and your Father knoweth that 
 ye have need of these things. 
 
 31 ^ But rather seek ye the 
 kingdom of God ; and all these 
 things shall be added unto you. 
 
 32 Fear not, httle flock; for it 
 is your Father's good pleasure 
 to give you the kingdom. 
 
 33 Sell that ye have, and give 
 alms ; provide yourselves bags 
 which wax not old, a treasure • 
 in the heavens that faileth not, 
 where no thief approacheth, nei- 
 ther moth corrupteth. 
 
 34 For where your treasure is, 
 there will your heart be also. 
 
Christ* s minisfjii's are St. LUKE, XII. to see to their charge. 
 
 35 Let your loins be girded a- 
 bout, and pour lights burning ; 
 
 38 And ye yourselves like unto 
 men that wait for their lord, 
 when he will retui-n from the 
 wedding ; that when he cometh 
 and knocketh, they may open 
 unto him immediately. 
 
 37 Blessed are those servants, 
 whom the lord when he cometh 
 shall find watching : verily I 
 say unto you, that he shall gird 
 himself, and make them to sit 
 down to meat, and will come 
 forth and serve them. 
 
 38 And if he shall come in the 
 second watch, or come in the 
 third watch, and find them so, 
 blessed are those servants. 
 
 39 And this know, that if 
 the goodman of the house had 
 Iniown what hour the thief 
 would come, he would have 
 watched, and not have suffered 
 his house to be broken through. 
 
 40 Be ye therefore ready also : 
 for the Son of man cometh at 
 an hour v/hen ye think not. 
 
 41 1[ Then Peter said unto him. 
 Lord, speakest thou this para- 
 ble unto us, or even to all? 
 
 42 And the Lord said. Who 
 then is that faithful and wise 
 steward, whom his lord shall 
 make ruler over his household, 
 to give them their portion of 
 meat in due season? 
 
 43 Blessed is that servant, 
 whom his lord when he com- 
 eth shall find so doing. 
 
 44 Of a truth I say unto you, 
 that he will make him ruler 
 over all that he hath. 
 
 45 But and if that servant say 
 in his heart. My lord delayeth 
 his coming ; and shall begin to 
 beat the menservants and maid- 
 ens, and to eat and drink, and 
 to be drunken ; 
 
 46 The lord of that servant 
 will come in a day when he 
 looketh not for him, and at an 
 hour when he is not aware, and 
 will cut him in sunder, and will 
 appoint him his portion with 
 the unbelievers. 
 
 ^7 And that servant, which 
 
 knew his lord's will, and pre- 
 pared not himself, neither did 
 according to his will, shall be 
 beaten with many stripes. 
 
 48 But he that knew not, and 
 did commit things worthy of 
 stripes, shall be beaten with 
 few stripes. For unto whom- 
 soever much is given, of him 
 shall be much reauired : and 
 to whom men have committed 
 much, of him they will ask the 
 more. 
 
 49 f I am come to send fire on 
 the earth ; and what will I, if 
 it be already kindled? 
 
 50 But I have a baptism to 
 be baptized with ; and how am 
 I straitened till it be accom- 
 plished ! 
 
 51 Suppose ye that I am come 
 to give peace on earth? I tell 
 you, Nay ; but rather division : 
 
 52 For from henceforth there 
 shall be five in one house di- 
 vided, three against two, and 
 two against three. 
 
 53 The father shall be divided 
 against the son, and the son 
 against the father ; the mother 
 against the daughter, and the 
 daughter against the mother; 
 the mother in law against her 
 daughter in law, and the daugh- 
 ter in law against her mother 
 in law. 
 
 54 ^ And he said also to the 
 people. When ye see a cloud 
 rise out of the west, straight- 
 way ye say. There cometh a 
 shower ; and so it is. 
 
 65 And v/hen ye see the south 
 wind blow, ye say. There will 
 be heat ; and it cometh to pass. 
 
 56 Ye hypocrites, ye can dis- 
 cern the face of the sky and of 
 the earth; but how is it that 
 ye do not discern this time ? 
 
 57 Yea, and why even of your- 
 selves judge ye not what is 
 right? 
 
 58 TI When thou goest with 
 thine adversary to the magis- 
 trate, as thou art in the way, 
 give diligence that thou mayest 
 be delivered from h;m; lest he 
 hale thee to the judge, and rhe 
 
 3D2 
 
Parable oftliejig tree, St. LUKE, XIII. of the mustard seed, dtr. ' 
 
 judge deliver thee to the oflScer, 
 and the officer cast thee mto 
 prison. 
 
 59 I tell thee, thou shalt not 
 depart thence, till thou hast 
 paid the veiy last mite. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 1 Christ preacheth rejjentance u2^on the 
 punishment oft7ieGalllceans,anU oth ers. 
 6 The fruitless fg tree may not stand. 
 11 He healeth the crooked woman: 18 
 sheweth the powerful working of the 
 word in the hearts of his chosen, by the 
 2>arable of the grain of mustard seed, 
 and of leaven : 24 exhorteth to enter 
 in at the strait gate, 31 and rexiroveth 
 Herod and Jerusalem. 
 
 THEEE were present at that 
 season some that told him 
 of tlie Galilseans, whose blood 
 Pilate had mmgled Tvith their 
 sacrifices. 
 
 2 And Jesus answering said 
 unto them, Suppose ye that 
 these Galila?ans were sinners a- 
 bove all the Galilreans, because 
 they sufi'ered such things? 
 
 3 I tell you, Nay : but, ex- 
 cept ye repent, ye shall all like- 
 wise perish. 
 
 4 Or those eighteen, upon 
 whom the tower in Siloam fell, 
 and slew them, think ye that 
 they were sinners above all men 
 that dwelt in Jerusalem ? 
 
 5 I tell you. Nay : but, except 
 ye repent, ye shall all likewise 
 perish. 
 
 6 ^ He spake also this para- 
 ble ; A certain man had a fig 
 tree planted in Ms vineyard; 
 and he came and sought fruit 
 thereon, and found none. 
 
 7 Then said he unto the dresser 
 of his vineyard. Behold, these 
 thi^ee years I come seeking fruit 
 on this fig tree, and find none : 
 cut it down; why cumbereth 
 it the ground ? 
 
 8 And he answering said unto 
 him, Lord, let it alone this year 
 also, till I shall dig about it, 
 and dung it : 
 
 9 And if it bear fruit, well: 
 and if not, then after that thou 
 shalt cut it down. 
 
 10 And he was teaching in 
 one of the synagogues on the 
 sabbath. 
 
 11 IF And, behold, there was 
 a woman which had a spuit of 
 infirmity eighteen years, and 
 was bowed together, and could 
 in no wise lift up herself. 
 
 12 And when Jesus saw her, 
 he called her to him, and said 
 unto her, Woman, thou art 
 loosed from thine infirmity. 
 
 13 And he laid his hands on 
 her : and immediately she was 
 made straight, and glorifiedG od. 
 
 14 And the ruler of the syna- 
 gogue answered with indigna- 
 tion, because that Jesus had 
 healed on the sabbath day, and 
 said unto the people. There are 
 six days in which men ought to 
 work : in them therefore come 
 and be healed, and not on the 
 sabbath day. 
 
 15 The Lord then answered 
 him, and said, Thotc hypocrite, 
 doth not each one of you on the 
 sabbath loose his ox or his ass 
 from the stall, and lead him 
 away to watering ? 
 
 16 And ought not this woman, 
 being a daughter of Abraham, « i 
 whom Satan hath bound, lo, 1 1 
 these eighteen years, be loosed ' 
 from this bond on the sabbath 
 day? 
 
 17 And when he had said these 
 things, all his adversaries were 
 ashamed : and all the people re- 
 joiced for all the glorious things 
 that were done by him. 
 
 18 IF Then said he, Unto what 
 is the kingdom of God like ? and 
 whereunto shall I resemble it? 
 
 19 It is like a grain of mustard 
 seed, which a man took, andi 
 cast into his garden; and it I 
 grew, and waxed a great tree ; I 
 and the fowls of the air lodged 
 in the branches of it. 
 
 20 And again he said, Where- 
 unto shall I liken the kingdom 
 of God? 
 
 21 It is like leaven, which a 
 woman took and hid in three 
 measures of meal, till the whole 
 was leavened. 
 
 22 And he went through the 
 cities and villages, teaching, and 
 journeying toward Jerusalem. 
 
The strait gate. 
 
 St. LUKE, XIV. 
 
 JetuisaJem reproved. 
 
 23 Then said one unto him, 
 Lord, are there few that be 
 saved? And he said unto them, 
 
 24 H Strive to enter in at the 
 strait gate : for many, I say un- 
 to you, will seek to enter in, 
 and shall not be able. 
 
 25 When once the master of 
 the house is risen up, and hath 
 shut to the door, and ye begin 
 to stand without, and to knock 
 at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, 
 open unto us ; and he shall an- 
 swer and say unto you, I know 
 you not whence ye are : 
 
 26 Then shall ye begin to say, 
 We have eaten and drunk in 
 thy presence, and thou hast 
 taught in our streets. 
 
 27 But he shall say, I tell you, 
 I know you not whence ye are ; 
 depart from me, all ^e workers 
 of iniquity, 
 
 28 There shall be weeping and 
 gnashing of teeth, when ye shall 
 see Abraham, and Isaac, and 
 Jacob, and all the prophets, in 
 the kingdom of God, and you 
 yourselves thrust out. 
 
 29 And they shall come from 
 the east, and fi'om the west, 
 and from the north, and from 
 the south, and shall sit down 
 in the kingdom of God. 
 
 30 And, behold, there are last 
 which shall be first, and there 
 are first which shall be last. 
 
 31 1[ The same day there came 
 certain of the Pharisees, saying 
 unto him. Get thee out, and 
 depart hence : for Herod will 
 kill thee. 
 
 32 And he said unto them. Go 
 ye, and tell that fox. Behold, I 
 cast out de^dls, and I do cures 
 to day and to morrow, and the 
 third day I shall be perfected. 
 
 33 Nevertheless I must walk 
 to day, and to morrow, and the 
 day following : for it cannot be 
 that a prophet perish out of Je- 
 rusalem. 
 
 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 
 which Mllest the prophets, and 
 etonest them that are sent unto 
 thee ; how often would I have 
 gathered thy children together, 
 
 as a hen doth gather her brood 
 under her wings, and ye would 
 not! 
 
 35 Behold, your house is left 
 unto you desolate : and verily I 
 say unto you. Ye shall not see 
 me, until the time come when 
 ye shall say. Blessed is he that 
 Cometh in the name of the Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 2 Clirist healeth the dropsy on tlie sab- 
 bath : 7 teacheth humility : 12 to feast 
 the poor : 1 5 under the parable of the 
 great supper, sheweth how worldly 
 7ninded ')nen, who contemn the word 
 of God, shall be shut out of heaven. 
 25 Those who will be his disciples, to 
 bear their cross must maTce their ac- 
 counts aforehand, lest with shame they 
 revolt from hiin afterward, 34 and be- 
 come altogether unptrofitahle, like salt 
 that hath lost his savour. 
 
 AND it came to pass, as he 
 _ went into the house of one 
 of the chief Pharisees to eat 
 bread on the sabbath day, that 
 they watched him. 
 
 2 And, behold, there was a 
 certain man before him which 
 had the di^opsy. 
 
 3 And Jesus answering spake 
 unto the lawyers and Pharisees, 
 saying, Is it lawful to heal on 
 the sabbath day ? 
 
 4 And they held their peace. 
 And he took him, and healed 
 him, and let him go ; 
 
 5 And answered them, saying, 
 Which of you shall have an ass 
 or an ox fallen into a pit, and 
 will not straightway puU him 
 out on the sabbath day? 
 
 6 And they could not answer 
 him again to these things. 
 
 7 H And he put forth a parable 
 to those which were bidden, 
 when he marked how they 
 chose out the chief rooms ; say- 
 ing unto them, 
 
 8 When thou art bidden of 
 any man to a wedding, sit not 
 down in the highest room ; lest 
 a more honomable man than 
 thou be bidden of him ; 
 
 9 And he that bade thee and 
 him come and say to thee, Give 
 this man place ; and thou begm 
 
 I with shame to take the lowest 
 I room. 
 
Parahle of the 
 
 St. LUKE, XIV. 
 
 10 But when thou art bidden, 
 go and sit do^vn in the lowest 
 room ; that when he that bade 
 thee Cometh, he may say unto 
 thee. Friend, go up higher : 
 then sh.alt tliou have worsliip 
 in the i-resenre of them that 
 sit at meat witlii:hee. 
 
 11 For wliosoever exalteth 
 liimself shall be abased; and 
 he tl lat humbleth himself shall 
 be exalted. '■ 
 
 12 !i Then said he also to 
 lijm th.at bade him, When thou i 
 niakest a dmner or a supi er, ! 
 call not tl]y friends, nor thy j 
 brethren, neither thy Idnsmen, | 
 nor th^ rich neighbours; lest 
 they also bid thee again, and a 
 recorapence he made tliee. \ 
 
 13 But when thou makcst a 
 feast, call the i oor, the maimed, j 
 the lame, the blind : 
 
 14 And thou shalt be blessed; ] 
 for they cannot recompense! 
 thee : for thou shalt be recom- : 
 pensed at tlie resurrection of, 
 the just. 
 
 15 *[ And ^^ hen one of them | 
 tliat sat at meat with him heard I 
 these thhif-s, he said unto him. 
 Blessed is he that shall eat bread 
 in the kingdom of Gcd. 
 
 16 Then said he unto him, A 
 ceilain man made a great sup- 
 per, and bade many : 
 
 17 And sent his servant at sup- 
 per time to say to them that 
 were bidden. Come; for all 
 things are now ready. 
 
 18 And they all Avith one con- 
 fent began to make excuse. 
 The first said unto him, I have 
 bought a piece of ground, and 
 I must needs go and see it : I 
 I)ray thee liave me excused. 
 
 19 And another said, I have 
 bought five yoke of oxen, and 
 I go to prove them : I pray thee 
 have me excused. 
 
 20 And another said, I have 
 married a wife, and therefore I 
 cannot come. 
 
 21 So that servant came, and 
 shewed his lord these things. 
 Then the master of the house 
 being angry said to his servant, 
 
 numiage sv}rfer. 
 
 Go out quickly into the streets 
 an.d lanes of the city, and bring 
 in hither the poor, and tlio 
 maimed, and the halt, ar.d the 
 bUnd. 
 
 22 And the servant said, Lord, 
 it is done as thou l.ast com- 
 manded, and yet there is room. 
 
 23 And the lord said unto the 
 servant. Go out into the high- 
 ways and hedges, and compel 
 them to ( ome in, that my house 
 may Ve filled. 
 
 24 For I say unto you, That 
 none of those men which were 
 bidden shall taste of my supper. 
 
 25 M Aiid there went great 
 multitudes with him : and he 
 turned, and said unto them, 
 
 2(3 If any man come to me, 
 and hate not his father, and 
 mother, and wife, and children, 
 and brethren, and sist^^.rs, yea, 
 and his own life also, he can- 
 not be my disciple. 
 
 27 And whosoever doth not 
 bear his cross, ar.d come after 
 me, cannot l:e my disci] )le. 
 
 28 For which of you, intend- 
 ing to build a tower, sitteth not 
 down first, and counteth the 
 cost, whether he have ayfficient 
 to finish it 9 
 
 29 Lest haply, after he hath 
 laid the foundation, and is not 
 able to fijiish it. all that behold 
 it begin to mxock him, 
 
 30 Saying, This man began to 
 build, and was not able to finish. 
 
 31 Or what Idng, going to make 
 war against another king, sit- 
 teth not down first, arid con- 
 sulteth wliether he be able v/ith 
 ten thousand to meet him that 
 Cometh against him with tv.'en- 
 ty thousand ? 
 
 32 Or else, while the other is 
 yet a great way oft", he sendeth 
 an ambassage, and desire th con- 
 ditions of peace. 
 
 33 So likewise, whosoever he 
 be of yon that foisaketh not all 
 that he hath, he cannot be my 
 disciple. 
 
 34 ^ Salt is good : but if the 
 salt have lost his savoru", where- 
 with shall it be seasoned? 
 
qftlislost sheep, mid St. LUKE, XV. 
 
 of the prodigcd son. 
 
 35 It is neither fit for the land, 
 nor yet for the dunghill ; but 
 men cast it out. He that hath 
 ears to hear, let him hear. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 i The parable of the lost sheep: 8 of 
 the piece of silver : 11 of the prodigal 
 son. 
 
 THEN drew near unto him 
 all the publicans and sin- 
 ners for to hear him. 
 
 2 And the Pharisees and 
 scribes murmured, sa3ring, This 
 man receiveth sinners, and eat- 
 eth with them. 
 
 3 ^ And he spake this parable 
 unto them, saying, 
 
 4 What man of you, having 
 an hundred sheep, if he lose 
 one of them, doth not leave the 
 ninety and nine in the wilder- 
 ness, and go after that which is 
 lost, until he find it? 
 
 5 And when he hath found ^7, 
 he layeth it on his shoulders, 
 rejoicing. 
 
 6 And when he cometh home, 
 he calleth together his friends 
 and neighbom^, saying unto 
 them, Kejoice with me; for I 
 have found my sheep which 
 was lost. 
 
 7 1 say unto you, that likewise 
 joy shall be in heaven over one 
 sinner that repenteth, more than 
 over ninety and nine just per- 
 sons, which need no repentance. 
 
 8 IF Either what woman having 
 iQTi pieces of silver, if she lose 
 one piece, doth not light a can- 
 dle, and sweep the house, and 
 seek diligently till she find it^ 
 
 9 And when she hath found 
 it, she calleth her friends and 
 her neighbours together, say- 
 ing, Kejoice with me; for 1 
 have found the piece which I 
 had lost. 
 
 10 Likewise, I say unto you, 
 there is joy in the presence of 
 the angels of God over one sin- 
 ner that repenteth. 
 
 11 H And he said, A certain 
 man had tv/o sons ; 
 
 12 And the younger of them 
 said to his fattier. Father, give 
 
 falleth to me. And he divided 
 unto them his living. 
 
 13 And not many days after 
 the younger sou gathered all 
 together, and took his journey 
 into a far country, and there 
 wasted his substance with riot- 
 ous living. 
 
 14 And when he had spent 
 all, there arose a mighty fa- 
 mine in that land; and he 
 began to be in want. 
 
 15 And he went and joined 
 himself to a citizen of that 
 country ; and he sent him in- 
 to his fields to feed swine. 
 
 16 And he would fain have 
 filled his belly with the husks 
 that the swine did eat : and no 
 man gave unto him. 
 
 17 And when he came to him- 
 self, he said. How many hired 
 servants of my father's have 
 bread enough and to spare, and 
 I perish with hunger ! 
 
 18 I will arise and go to my 
 father, and will say unto him. 
 Father, I have sinned against 
 heaven, and before thee, 
 
 19 And am no more worthy 
 to be called thy son : make me 
 as one of thy hired servants. 
 
 20 And he arose, and came to 
 his father. But when he was 
 yet a great way oft", his father 
 saw him, and had compassion, 
 and ran, and fell on his neck, 
 and kissed him. 
 
 21 And the son said unto him, 
 Father, I have sinned against 
 heaven, and in thy sight, and 
 am no more worthy to be call- 
 ed thy son. 
 
 22 But the father said to his 
 servants. Bring forth the best 
 robe, and put it on him ; and 
 put a ring on Ms hand, and 
 shoes on his feet : 
 
 23 And bring hither the fe^tted 
 calf, and kill it ; and let us eat, 
 and be meiTy : 
 
 24 For this my son was dead, 
 and is alive again ; he was lost, 
 and is found. And they began 
 
 j to be merry. 
 
 25 Now his elder son was in 
 me the portion of goods that I the field : and as he came and 
 
The parable of St. LUKE 
 
 drew nigh to the house, he 
 heard musick and dancing. 
 
 26 And he called one of the 
 servants, and asked what these 
 things meant. 
 
 27 And he said nnto him. Thy 
 brother is come ; and thy father 
 hath killed the fatted calf, be- 
 cause he liath received him safe 
 and sound. 
 
 28 And he was angrj^ and 
 would not go in : therefore 
 came his father out, and in- 
 treated liim. 
 
 29 And he answering said to 
 his father, Lo, these many years 
 do I serve thee, neither trans- 
 gressed I at any time thy com- 
 mandment : and yet thou never 
 gavest me a kid, that I might 
 make merry with my friends : 
 
 XVI. (he unjust steicard. 
 
 stewardship^ they may receive 
 me into their houses. 
 
 5 So he called every one of liis 
 lord's debtors unto him, and 
 said unto the first. How much 
 owest thou unto my lord? 
 
 6 And he said. An hundred 
 measures ot oil. And he said 
 unto him, Take thy bill, and sit 
 dowTi quickly, and write fifty. 
 
 7 Then said he to another, 
 And how much owest thouV 
 And he said. An hundred mea- 
 sures of wheat. And he said 
 unto him. Take thy bill, and 
 write fourscore. 
 
 8 And the lord commended 
 the unjust steward, because he 
 had done wisely : for the cliil- 
 dren of this world are in their 
 generation wiser tlian the chil- 
 
 30 But as soon as this thy son dren of light, 
 was come, which hath devour- 9 And I say unto you. Make to 
 ed thy living with harlots, thou | yourselves friends of the mam- 
 
 hast killed for liim the fatted 
 calf. 
 
 31 And he said unto him. 
 Son, thou art ever with me, 
 and all that I have is thine. 
 
 32 It was meet that we should 
 malce meriy, and be glad : for 
 this thy brother was dead, and 
 is alive again ; and was lost, 
 and is found. 
 
 CHAPTER XYI. 
 
 1 The parable of the unjust steward. 14 
 Christ reproveth the hypocrist/ of the 
 covetous Pharisees. 19 The rick glutton, 
 and Lazari^ the beggar. 
 
 AND he said also unto his 
 . disciples, There was a cer- 
 tain rich man, which had a 
 stevrard; and the same was 
 accused unto him that he had 
 wasted his goods. 
 
 2 And he called him, and said 
 unto him. How is it that I hear 
 this of thee ? give an account 
 of thy stewardsliip ; for thou 
 mayest be no longer steward. 
 
 3 Then the steward said with- 
 in himself, AY hat shall I do? 
 for my lord taketh away from 
 me the stewardship: I camiot 
 dig ; to beg I am ashamed. 
 
 4 I am resolved what to do, 
 that, when I am put out of the 
 
 mon of unrighteousness ; that, 
 when ye fail, they may re- 
 ceive you into everlasting habi- 
 tations. 
 
 10 He that is faithful in that 
 which is least is faithful also in 
 much : and he that is unjust 
 in the least is unjust also in 
 much. 
 
 11 If therefore ye have not 
 been faitliful in the unrighte- 
 ous mammon, who will commit 
 to your trust the ti'ue riches?' 
 
 12 And if ye have not been 
 faithful in that which is an- 
 other man's, who shall give you 
 that which is your own ? 
 
 13 ^ No ser\'ant can serve two 
 masters : for either he will hate 
 the one, and love the other ; or 
 else he will hold to the one, and 
 despise the other. Ye cannot 
 serve God and mammon. 
 
 14 And the Pharisees also, who 
 were covetous, heard all these 
 things : and they derided him. 
 
 15 And he said unto them. Ye 
 are they which justify your- 
 selves before men; but God 
 knoweth your hearts : for that 
 which is highly esteemed a- 
 mong men is abomination in 
 the sight of God. 
 
Tlie rich man 
 
 St. LUKE, XVII. 
 
 and Lazarus. 
 
 16 The law and the prophets 
 we7'e until John : since that 
 time the kingdom of God is 
 preached, and every man press- 
 eth into it. 
 
 17 And it is easier for heaven 
 and earth to pass, than one 
 tittle of the law to fail. 
 
 18 Whosoever putteth away 
 liis -wife, and marrieth another, 
 committeth adultei y : and who- 
 soever marrieth her that is put 
 away from ^er husband com- 
 mitteth adultery. 
 
 19 K There was a certain rich 
 man, which was clothed in pm- 
 ple and fine linen, and fared 
 Bumptiiously every day : 
 
 20 And there was a certain beg- 
 gar named Lazarus, whi<;h was 
 laid at his gate, full of sores, 
 
 21 And desiring to be fed with 
 the crumbs which fell from the 
 rich man's table : moreover the 
 dogs came and licked his sores. 
 
 22 And it came to pass, that 
 the beggar died, and was car- 
 ried by the angels into Abra- 
 ham's bosom: the rich man 
 also died, and was buried ; 
 
 23 And in hell he lift up his 
 eyes, being in torments, and 
 seeth Abraham afar off, and 
 Lazarus in his bosom. 
 
 24 And he cried and said, Fa- 
 ther Abraham, have mercy on 
 me, and send Lazarus, that he 
 may dip the tip of his finger in 
 water, and cool my tongue ; for 
 I am tormented in this flame. 
 
 25 But Abraham said, Son, 
 remember that thou in thy 
 lifetime receivedst thy good 
 things, and likewise Lazarus 
 evil things : but now he is com- 
 forted, and thou art tormented. 
 
 26 And beside all this, be- 
 tween us and you there is a 
 great gull' fixed : so that they 
 which would pass fi'om hence 
 to you cannot; neither can 
 they pass to us, that would come 
 from thence. 
 
 27 Then he said, I pray thee 
 therefore, father, that thou 
 wouldest send Mm to my fa- 
 tiler's house : 
 
 28 For I have five brethren; 
 that he may testify unto them, 
 lest they also come into this 
 place of torment. 
 
 29 Abiaham saith unto him, 
 They have Moses and the pro- 
 phets ; let them hear them. 
 
 30 And he said, Nay, father 
 Abraham : but if one went 
 unto them from the dead, they 
 will repent. 
 
 31 And he said unto him, If 
 they hear not Moses and the 
 prophets, neither will they be 
 persuaded, though one rose 
 fi'om the dead. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 i CJirist teacheth to avoid occasions of 
 offence. 3 One to forgive another. 6 
 Tli€ riower of faith. 7 ITow we are 
 bound to God, and not lie to us. 11 
 He healetli ten lepers. 22 Qf the Jdng- 
 dom of God, and the coraing of t7ie Son 
 of?nan. 
 
 THEN said he unto the dis- 
 ciples, It is biipossible but 
 that ofiences will come : but 
 woe unto him, through whom 
 they come ! 
 
 2 It were better for him that 
 a millstone were hanged about 
 his neck, and he cast into the 
 sea, than that he should ofiend 
 one of these little ones. 
 
 3 ^ Take heed to yourselves : 
 If thy brother trespass against 
 thee, rebuke him; and if he 
 repent, forgive him. 
 
 4 And if he trespass against 
 thee seven times in a day, and 
 seven times in a day turn again 
 to thee, saying, I repent; thou 
 shalt forgive him. 
 
 5 And the apostles said unto 
 the Lord, Increase our faith. 
 
 6 And the Lord said, If ye 
 had faith as a grain of mustard 
 seed, ye might say unto this 
 sycamine tree. Be thou plucked 
 up by the root, and be thou 
 planted in the sea; and it 
 should obey you. 
 
 7 But which of you, having a 
 servant plowing or feeding cat- 
 tle, will say unto him by and 
 by, when he is come from the 
 field. Go and sit down to meat V 
 
 8 And will not rather say unto 
 
 3D3 
 
Ten lepers lieokd. St. LUKE, XVII. Of CJirid's coining. 
 
 him, Make ready wherewith I 22 And he said unto the dis- 
 
 may sup, and gird thyself, and 
 serve me, till I have eaten and 
 drunken ; and afterward thou 
 shalt eat and drink ? 
 
 9 Doth he thank that servant 
 because he did the things that 
 were commanded him? I trow 
 not. 
 
 10 So likewise ye, when ye 
 si] all have done all those things 
 M hich are commanded you, say, 
 Vie are unprofitable servants : 
 M'Q have done that which was 
 our dut-y to do. 
 
 11 IF Arid it came to pass, as 
 he went to Jerusalem, that he 
 passed throuiih the midst of 
 Samaria and Galilee. 
 
 12 And as he entered into a 
 certain village, there met him 
 ten men that were lepers, which 
 stood afar off: 
 
 13 And they lifted up their 
 voices, and said, Jesus, Master, 
 have mercy on us. 
 
 14 And when he saw theniy 
 he said unto them. Go shew 
 yourselves unto the priests. 
 And it came to pass, that, as 
 they went, they were cleansed. 
 
 15 And one of them, when he 
 saw that he was healed, turned 
 back, and with a loud voice 
 glorified God, 
 
 16 And fell down on his face 
 at his feet, giving him thanks : 
 and he was a Samaritan. 
 
 17 And Jesus ansAvering said, 
 
 ciples. The days will come, 
 when ye shall desire to see one 
 of the days of the Son of man, 
 and ye shall not see it. 
 
 23 And they shall say to you. 
 See here ; or, see there : go not 
 after them^ nor follow them. 
 
 24 For as the lightning, that 
 lighteneth out of the one /;«r/ 
 under heaven, shineth unto the 
 other part under heaven ; so 
 shall also the Son of man be in 
 his day. 
 
 25 But first must he suffer 
 many things, and be rejected 
 of this generation. 
 
 26 And as it was in the days 
 of Noe, so shall it be also in 
 the days of the Son of man. 
 
 27 They did eat, they drank, 
 they married wives, they were 
 given in marriage, until the 
 day that Noe entered into the 
 ark, and the flood came, and 
 destroyed them all. 
 
 28 Likewise also as it was 
 in the days of Lot; they did 
 eat, they drank, they bought, 
 they sold, they planted, they 
 builded ; 
 
 29 But the same day that Lot 
 went out of Sodom it rained 
 fire and brimstone from hea- 
 ven, and destroyed them all. 
 
 30 Even thus shall it be in 
 the day when the Son of man 
 is revealed. 
 
 31 In that day, he which shall 
 
 Were there not ten cleansed ? i be upon the housetop, and his 
 
 but where are the nine? 
 
 stuff in the house, let him not 
 
 18 There are not found that , come down to take it away : 
 retm-ned to give glory to God, ' and he that is in the field, let 
 
 save this stranger. 
 
 19 And he said unto him. 
 Arise, go thy way : thy faith 
 hath made thee whole. 
 
 20 ^ And when he was de- 
 manded of the Pharisees, when 
 the kingdom of God should 
 come, he answered them and 
 said, The kingdom of God 
 cometh not with observation : 
 
 21 Neither shall they say, Lo 
 here ! or, lo there ! for, behold, 
 the kingdom of God is within 
 you. 
 
 him likewise not return back. 
 
 32 Eemember Lot's wife. 
 
 33 Whosoever shall seek to 
 save his life shall lose it ; and 
 whosoever shall lose his life 
 shall preserve it. 
 
 34 I tell you, in that night 
 there shall be two m£n in one 
 bed; the one shall be taken, 
 and the other shall be left. 
 
 35 Two women shall be grind- 
 ing together ; the one shall be 
 taken, and the other left. 
 
 36 Two men shaU be in the 
 
Of the Pharisee St. LUKE, XYHI. 
 
 field; the one shall be taken 
 
 and the other left. 
 37 And they answered and 
 said unto him, Where, Lord? 
 And he said unto them, Where- 
 soever the body is, thither will 
 the eagles be gathered together. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 3 Of the importunate widow. 9 Of the 
 Pharisee and the 2^ubUcan. 15 C7iil- 
 dren brought to Christ. 18 A rider 
 that would follow Cliriet, but is hin- 
 dered by his riches. 28 TJie reivard of 
 them that leave all for his sake. '6\ He 
 foreslieweth his death, 35 a7id restoreth 
 a blind man to his sight, 
 
 AND he spake a parable un- 
 . to them to this end, that 
 men ought always to pray, and 
 not to faint ; 
 
 2 Saying, There was in a city 
 a judge, which feared not God, 
 neither regarded man : 
 
 3 And there was a widow in 
 that city; and she came un- 
 to him, saying, Avenge me of 
 mine adversary. 
 
 4 And he would not for a 
 while : but afterward he said 
 within liimself. Though I fear 
 not God, nor regard man ; 
 
 5 Yet because this mdow trou- 
 bteth me, I will avenge her, lest 
 by her continual coming she 
 weary me. 
 
 6 And the Lord said. Hear 
 what the unjust judge saith. 
 
 7 And shall not God avenge 
 his own elect, which cry day 
 and night unto him, though he 
 bear long with them? 
 
 8 I tell you that he will 
 avenge them speedily. Never- 
 theless when the Son of man 
 oometh, shall he find £aith on 
 the earth? 
 
 9 And he spake this parable 
 unto certain which trusted in 
 themselves that they were righ- 
 teous, and despised others : 
 
 10 Two men went up into 
 the temple to pray; the one a 
 Pharisee, and the other a pub- 
 lican. 
 
 11 The Pharisee stood and 
 prayed thus with himself, God, 
 I thank thee, that I am not 
 as other men are, extortioners, 
 
 and the publican, 
 
 unjust, adulterers, or even as 
 this publican. 
 
 12 I fast twice in the week, I 
 give tithes of all that I possess. 
 
 13 And the publican, standing 
 afar ofl", would not lift up so 
 much as his eyes unto heaven, 
 but smote upon his breast, say- 
 ing, God be merciful to me a 
 sinner. 
 
 14 I tell you, this man went 
 down to his house justified ra- 
 the7^ than the other; for every 
 one that exalteth himself shall 
 be abased; and he that hnm- 
 bleth himself shall be exalted. 
 
 15 And they brought unto 
 him also infants, that he would 
 touch them : but when his 
 disciples saw it, they rebuked 
 them. 
 
 16 But Jesus called them unto 
 him, and said. Suffer little chil- 
 dren to come unto me, and for- 
 bid them not : for of such is the 
 kingdom of God. 
 
 17 Verily I say unto you. 
 Whosoever shall not receive 
 the kingdom of God as a little 
 child shall in no wise enter 
 therein. 
 
 18 And a certain ruler asked 
 him, saying. Good Master, what 
 shall I do to inherit eternal life? 
 
 19 And Jesus said unto him. 
 Why callest thou me good? 
 none is good, save one, that is, 
 God. 
 
 20 Thou knowest the com- 
 mandments. Do not commit 
 adultery. Do not kill. Do not 
 steal, Do not bear false wit- 
 ness, Honour thy feather and 
 thy mother. 
 
 21 And he said. All these have 
 I kept from my youth up. 
 
 22 Now when Jesus heard 
 these things, he said unto him. 
 Yet lackest thou one thing : sell 
 all that thou hast, and distri- 
 bute unto the poor, and thou 
 shalt have treasure in heaven : 
 and come, follow me. 
 
 23 And when he heard this, 
 he was very sorrowful: for he 
 was very rich. 
 
 24 And when Jesus saw that 
 
Oirist restoiefh a 
 
 St. LUI^E, XIX. 
 
 Hind man to sigld. 
 
 he was veiy sorrowful, he said, ; rebuked him, that he. should 
 How hardly shall they that j hold his reace : but he cried so 
 have riches enter into the king- much the more. Thou son of 
 dom of God ! 
 
 25 For it is easier for a camel 
 to go through a needle's eye, 
 than for a rich man to enter 
 into the kingdom of God. 
 
 23 And they that heard it said, 
 Who then can be saved? 
 
 27 And he said, The tilings 
 which a-e impossible with men 
 are rossible with God. 
 
 28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have 
 left all, and folloM ed thee. 
 
 2.^ And he said unto them, 
 Verily I say unto you. There 
 is no man that hath left house, 
 or i: are' its, or brethren, or wile, 
 or childien, for the kingdom of 
 God's sake, 
 
 30 Who shall not receive 
 manifold more in this present 
 time, and in the world to come 
 life everlasting. 
 
 31 1[ Then he took tmto him 
 the tv.elve, and said unto them, 
 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, 
 and all things that are written 
 by the prophets concerning the 
 Son of man shall be accom- 
 plished. 
 
 32 For he shall be delivered 
 unto the Gentiles, and shall be 
 mocked, and spitefully entreat- 
 ed, and ^pitted on : 
 
 33 And they shall scourge him, 
 and put him to death : and the 
 third day he shall rise again. 
 
 34 And they understood none 
 of these things : and this say- 
 ing was hid from them, neither 
 knew they the things wliich 
 were spoken. 
 
 35 1[ And it came to pass, that 
 as he was come nigh unto Jeri- 
 cho, a certain blind man sat by 
 the way side begging : 
 
 33 And hearing the multi- 
 tude pass by, he asked what it 
 meant. 
 
 37 And they told him, that 
 Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. 
 
 38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, 
 thou son of David, have mercy 
 on me. 
 
 39 And they which went before 
 
 much the more. Thou son 
 David, have mercy on me. 
 
 40 And Jesus stood, and com- 
 manded him to be brought unto 
 him : and when lie was come 
 near, he asked him, 
 
 41 Saying What wilt thou 
 that I shall do unto thee? 
 And he said, Lord, that I may 
 receive my sight. 
 
 42 And Jesus said unto him. 
 Receive thy sight: thy faith 
 hath saved thee. 
 
 43 And immediately he re- 
 ceived his sight, and followed 
 him, glorifying God : and all 
 the peo])le, when they saw ity 
 gave praise unto God. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 1 Of Zacchieus a publican. 11 The ten 
 pieces of moncij. 28 Christ rideth into 
 Jerusalem with triumph : 41 weepeth 
 over it : 45 driveth the buyers and 
 sellers out of the temple: 47 teaching; 
 (Hill/ in it. The rulers \>i<nild have de- 
 strayed him, but for fear of the people. 
 
 AND Jesus entered and pass- 
 _ ed through Jericho. 
 
 2 And, behold, there was a 
 man named Zacchaeus, which 
 v:as the chief among the pub- 
 licans, and he was rich. 
 
 3 And he sought to see Jesus 
 who he was ; and could not for 
 the press, because he was little 
 of stature. 
 
 4 And he ran before, and 
 climbed up into a sycomoro 
 tree to see him : for he was to 
 pass that way. 
 
 5 And when Jesus came to 
 the place, he looked up, and 
 saw him, and said unto him, 
 Zacchaeus, make haste, and 
 come down ; for to day I must 
 abide at thy house. 
 
 6 And he made haste, and 
 came do^vn, and received him 
 joyfully. 
 
 7 And when they saw it, they 
 all murmured, saying. That he 
 was gone to be guest with a 
 man that is a sinner. 
 
 8 And ZacchsBus stood, and 
 said unto the Lord; Behold, 
 Lord, the half of my goods I 
 
Parable of tJis St. LUKE, XIX 
 
 give to the poor; and if I liave 
 taken any thing from any man 
 by false accusation, I restore 
 him fourfold. 
 
 9 And Jesus said unto him, 
 This day is salvation come to 
 this house, forsomuch as he 
 also is a son of Abraham. 
 
 10 For the Son of man is come 
 to seek and to save that which 
 was lost. 
 
 11 And as they heard these 
 things, he added and spake a 
 parable, because he was nigh 
 to Jerusalem, and because they 
 thought that the kingdom of 
 God should immediately appear. 
 
 12 He said therefore, A cer- 
 tam nobleman went into a far 
 country to receiTe for himself 
 a kingdom, and to return. 
 
 13 And he called his ten ser- 
 vants, and delivered them ten 
 pounds, and said unto them, 
 Occupy till 1 come. 
 
 14 But his citizens hated him, 
 and sent a message after him, 
 sasdng. We will not have this 
 man to reign over us. 
 
 15 And it came to pass, that 
 w^hen he was returned, having 
 received the kingdom, then he 
 commanded these servants to 
 be called unto him, to whom 
 he had given the money, that 
 he might Imow how much every 
 man had gained by trading. 
 
 16 Then came the first, saying. 
 Lord, thy pound hath gained 
 ten pounds. 
 
 17 And he said unto him, 
 AVell, thou good servant : be- 
 cause thou hast been faithful 
 in a very little, have thou au- 
 thoritj^ over ten cities. 
 
 18 x\nd the second came, 
 saying, Lord, thy pound hath 
 gained five pounds. 
 
 19 And he said likewise to him, 
 Be thou also over five cities. 
 
 20 And another came, say- 
 ing. Lord, behold, here is tny 
 pound, which I have kept laid 
 up in a napkin : 
 
 21 For I feared thee, because 
 thou art an austere man : thou 
 takest up that thou layedst not 
 
 teii pieces of money. 
 
 down, and reapest that thou 
 didst not sow. 
 
 22 And he saith unto him. 
 Out of thine own mouth will 1 
 judge thee, ihoii wicked ser- 
 vant. Thou knewest that I was 
 an austere man, taking up that 
 I laid not down, and reaping 
 that I did not sow : 
 
 23 Wherefore then gavest not 
 thou my money into the bank, 
 that at my coming I might have 
 required mine own with usury? 
 
 24 And he said unto them 
 that stood by. Take from him 
 the poimd, and give it to him 
 that hath ten pounds. 
 
 25 (And they said unto him, 
 "Lord, he hath ten pounds.) 
 
 26 For I say mito ycu, That 
 unto every one which hath shall 
 be given ; and from him that 
 hath not, even that he hath 
 shall be taken away from him. 
 
 27 But those mine enemies, 
 which would not^that I should 
 reign over them, bring hither, 
 and slay them before me. 
 
 28 % And when he had thus 
 spoken, he went before, ascend- 
 ing up to Jerusalem. 
 
 29 And it came to pass, when 
 he v/as come nigh to Bethphage 
 and Bethany, at the mount 
 called the mount of Olives, he 
 sent two of his disciples, 
 
 30 Saymg, Go ye into the vil- 
 lage over agamst you ; in the 
 which at yom- entering ye shall 
 find a colt tied, v\^hereon yet 
 never man sat : loose him, and 
 bring him hither. 
 
 31 And if any man ask you. 
 Why do ye loose him?' thus 
 shall ye say unto him, Because 
 the Lord hath need of him. 
 
 32 And they that were sent 
 went theii- way, and found even 
 as he had said unto them. 
 
 33 And as they were loosiug 
 the colt, the 0T\T«ers thereof 
 said unto them, Why loose ye 
 the colt? 
 
 34 And they said, The Lord 
 hath need of him. 
 
 35 And they brought him to 
 Jesus : and they cast their gar- 
 
Christ toeepeth 
 
 St. LUKE, XX. 
 
 over Jei-uscHem. 
 
 ments upon the colt, and they 
 set Jesns thereon. 
 
 36 And as he went, they spread 
 their clothes in the way. 
 
 37 And when he was come 
 nigh, even now at the descent of 
 the mount of Olives, the whole 
 multitude of the disciples began 
 to rejoice and I'raise God with 
 a loud voice for all the mighty 
 v.orks that they had seen ; 
 
 38 Saying, Blessed he the King 
 that cometh in the name of 
 the Lord : peace in heaven, and 
 glory in the highest. 
 
 39 And some of the Pharisees 
 i'rom among the multitude said 
 unto him, Master, rebulsie thy 
 disciples. 
 
 40 And he answered and said 
 unto them, 1 tell you that, if 
 these should hold their peace, 
 tlie stones would immediately 
 cry out. 
 
 41 1[ And when he was come 
 near, he beheld the city, and 
 wept over it, 
 
 42 Saying, If thou hadst 
 known, even thou, at least in 
 this thy day, the things which 
 belong unto thy peace ! but now^ 
 they are hid from thine eyes. 
 
 43 For the days shall come 
 upon thee, that thine enemies 
 shall cast a trench about thee, 
 and compass thee round, and 
 keep thee in on every side, 
 
 44 And shall lay thee even 
 with the ground, and thy chil- 
 dren within thee ; and they 
 shall not leave in thee one stone 
 upon another: because thou 
 laiewest not the time of thy 
 visitation. 
 
 45 And he went into the tem- 
 ple, and began to cast out them 
 that sold therein, and them 
 that bought ; 
 
 46 Saying unto them. It is 
 written, My house is the house 
 of prayer : but ye have made it 
 a den of thieves. 
 
 47 And he taught daily in the 
 temple. But the chief priests 
 and the scribes and the chief 
 of the people sought to destroy 
 him, 
 
 48 And could not find what 
 they might do : for all the peo- 
 ple were very attentive to hear 
 liim. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 1 Christ avouchetk his authority hy a ques- 
 tion of John's bijitism. The parable 
 of the vineyard. 19 Of gifing tribute to 
 Ccesar. 27 JTe convinceth the Saddiicees 
 that denied the resurrection. 41 Ifow 
 Christ is the son of David. 45 He warn- 
 eth Jiis disciples to beware of the scribes. 
 
 AND it came to pass, that 
 . on one of those days, as 
 he taught the people in the 
 temple, and preached the gos- 
 pel, the chief priests and the 
 scribes came upon him with 
 the elders, 
 
 2 And spake unto him^ saying, 
 Tell us, by what autliority doest 
 thou these things? or who is he 
 that gave thee this authority ? 
 
 3 And he answered and said 
 unto them, I will also ask you 
 one thing ; and answer me : 
 
 4 The baptism of Jolm, was it 
 from heaven, or of men? 
 
 5 And they reasoned with 
 themselves, saying. If we shall 
 say, From heaven ; he will say. 
 Why then believed ye him not? 
 
 6 But and if we say, Of men ; 
 all the people will stone us : 
 for they be persuaded that John 
 was a prophet. 
 
 7 And they answered, that they 
 could not tell whence it was. 
 
 8 And Jesus said unto them, 
 Neither tell I you by what au- 
 thority I do these things. 
 
 9 Then began he to speak to 
 the people this parable ; A cer- 
 tain man planted a vineyard, 
 and let it forth to husbandmen, 
 and went into a far countiy for 
 a long time. 
 
 10 And at the season he sent 
 a servant to the husbandmen, 
 that they should give him of 
 the fruit of the vineyard : but 
 the husbandmen beat him, and 
 sent him away empty. 
 
 11 And again he sent another 
 servant: and they beat him 
 also, and entreated him shame- 
 fully, and sent him away empty. 
 
 12 And again he sent a third : 
 
Parable of the vineyard. St. LUKE, XX. The Saclducees confvied. 
 
 and they wounded him also, 
 and cast him out. 
 
 13 Then said the lord of the 
 vineyard, What shall 1 do? 1 
 will send my beloved son : it 
 may be they will reverence him 
 when they see him. 
 
 14 But when the husbandmen 
 saw him, they reasoned among 
 themselves, saying. This is the 
 heu- : come, let us Mil him, 
 that the inheritance may be 
 our's. 
 
 15 So they cast him out of the 
 vineyard, and killed him. What 
 therefore shall the lord of the 
 vineyard do unto them? 
 
 16 He shall come and destroy 
 these husbandmen, and shall 
 give the vineyard to others. 
 And when thej" heard it, they 
 said, God forbid. 
 
 17 And he beheld them, and 
 said, What is this then that is 
 written, The stone which the 
 builders rejected, the same is 
 become the head of the corner ? 
 
 18 Whosoever shall fall upon 
 that stone shall be broken ; but 
 on whomsoever it shall fall, it 
 will grind him to powder. 
 
 19 ^ And the chief priests 
 and the scribes the same hour 
 sought to lay hands on him; 
 and they feared the people : for 
 they perceived that he had spo- 
 ken this parable against them. 
 
 20 And they watched him, and 
 sent forth spies, which should 
 feign themselves just men, that 
 they might take hold of his 
 words, that so they might de- 
 liver him unto the power and 
 authority of the governor. 
 
 21 And they asked him, say- 
 ing. Master, we know that thou 
 sayest and teachest rightly, nei- 
 ther acceptest thou the person 
 of any, but teachest the way of 
 God truly : 
 
 22 Is it lawful for us to give 
 tribute unto Caesar, or no ? 
 
 23 But he perceived their 
 craftiness, and said unto them. 
 Why tempt ye me ? 
 
 24 Shew me a penny. Whose 
 image and superscription hath 
 
 it? They answered and said, 
 Caesar's. 
 
 25 And he said unto them, 
 Render therefore unto Caesar 
 the things which be Caesar's, 
 and unto God the things which 
 be God's. 
 
 26 And they could not take 
 hold of his words before the 
 people : and they marvelled 
 at his answer, and held their 
 peace. 
 
 27 % Then came to him certain 
 of the Sadducees, which deny 
 that there is any resurrection; 
 and they asked him, 
 
 28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote 
 unto us. If any man's brother 
 die, having a wife, and he die 
 without children, that his bro- 
 ther should take his wife, and 
 raise up seed unto his brother. 
 
 29 There were therefore seven 
 brethi'en : and the first took a 
 wife, and died without children. 
 
 30 And the second took her to 
 wife, and he died childless. 
 
 31 And the thu^d took her; 
 and in like mamier the seven 
 also : and they left no children, 
 and died. 
 
 32 Last of all the woman died 
 also. 
 
 33 Therefore in the resurrec- 
 tion whose wife of them is she? 
 for seven had her to wife. 
 
 34 And Jesus answering said 
 unto them. The childien of this 
 world marry, and are given in 
 marriage : 
 
 35 But they which shall be 
 accounted worthy to obtaia 
 that world, and the resmrection 
 from the dead, neither marrj^, 
 nor are given m marriage : 
 
 36 Neither can they die any 
 more : for they are equal unto 
 the angels ; and are the chil- 
 di^en of God, being the children 
 of the resurrection. 
 
 37 Now that the dead are rais- 
 ed, even Moses shewed at the 
 bash, when he calleth the Lord 
 the God of Abraham, and the 
 God of Isaac, and the God of 
 Jacob. 
 
 38 For he is not a God of the 
 
Tlie destivdion of St. LUKE, XXI. 
 
 dead, but of the living : for all 
 live unto liim. 
 
 39 H Then certain of the scribes 
 answering said, Master, thou 
 hast well said. 
 
 40 And after that they durst 
 not ask him any question at all. 
 
 41 And he said unto them, 
 How say they that Christ is 
 David's son? 
 
 42 And David himself saith 
 in the book of Psahns, The 
 LoEi) said unto my Lord, Sit 
 tliou on my right hand, 
 
 43 Till I make thine enemies 
 thy footstool. 
 
 44 David therefore calleth him 
 Lord, how is he then his son? 
 
 tlie temple foretold. 
 ye behold, the days will come, 
 in the wliicli there shall not be 
 left one stone ui)on another, 
 that shall not be tln-o^m down. 
 
 7 And they asked liim, saying, 
 Master, but when shall these 
 things be? and what sign will 
 there he when these things shall 
 come to pass? 
 
 8 And he said. Take heed that 
 ye be not deceived : for many 
 shall come in my name, saying, 
 I am Clirist ; and the time 
 draweth near : go ye not there- 
 fore alter them. 
 
 9 But when ye shall hear of 
 wars and commotions, be not 
 terrified : for these things must 
 
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 45 If Then in the audience of, first come to pass; but tlie end 
 2.9 not by and by. 
 10 Then said he unto them, 
 Nation shall rise against nation. 
 
 all the people he said unto his 
 disciples, 
 
 46 Beware of the scribes, which 
 deshe to walk in long robes, 
 
 and kingdom against kingdom : 
 
 and love greetings in the mar- 1 11 And great earthquakes shall 
 kets, and the highest seats in be in divers places, and famines, 
 the synagogues, and the chiefs and pestilences; and fearful 
 I sights and great signs shall 
 there be from heaven. 
 
 12 But before all these, they 
 shall lay their hands on you, 
 and persecute you, delivering 
 pou up to the synagogues, and 
 into prisons, being l3rought be- 
 fore kings and rulers for my 
 name's sake. 
 
 13 And it shall turn to you for 
 a testimony. 
 
 14 Settle it therefore in your 
 hearts, not to meditate before 
 what ye shall ans^\•er : 
 
 15 For I will give you a mouth 
 and wisdom, which all your 
 adversaries shall not be able to 
 gainsay nor resist. 
 
 16 And ye shall be betrayed 
 both by parents, and brethien, 
 and kinsfolks, and friends ; and 
 some of you shall they cause to 
 be put to death. 
 
 17 And ye shall be hated of 
 all men for my name's sake. 
 
 18 But there shall not an hair 
 of your head perish. 
 
 19 In your patience possess ye 
 your souls. 
 
 20 And when ye shall see Je- 
 rusalem compassed with armies, 
 
 rooms at feasts 
 
 47 Which devour widows' 
 
 houses, and for a shew make 
 
 long prayers : the same shall 
 
 receive greater damnation. 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 
 1 Christ commcndcth the poor tcldow. 5 
 neforetelleth the destruction of the tern- 
 2)le, and of the city Jerusalem -. 25 tlie 
 signs aUo which shall he before the 
 last day. 34 He exhorteth them to be 
 watchful. 
 
 AND he looked up, and saw 
 . the rich men casting their 
 gifts into the treasury. 
 
 2 And he saw also a certain 
 poor widow casting in thither 
 tw^o mites. 
 
 3 And he said. Of a truth I 
 say unto you, that tliis poor 
 widow hath cast in more than 
 they all : 
 
 4 For all these have of their 
 abundance cast in unto the of- 
 ferings of God : but she of her 
 penury hath cast in all the liv- 
 ing that she had. 
 
 5 IF And as some spake of 
 the temple, how it w^as adorned 
 with goodly stones and gilts, he 
 said, 
 
 6 As for these things whiqh 
 
Signs of airist's St. LUKE, 
 
 then Imow that the desolation 
 thereof is nigh. 
 
 21 Then let them which are 
 in Judsea flee to the mountains ; 
 and let them which are in the 
 midst of it depart out ; and let 
 not them that are in the coun- 
 tries enter thereinto. 
 
 22 For these be the days of 
 vengeance, that all things which 
 are written may be fulfilled. 
 
 23 But woe unto them that 
 are with child, and to them 
 that give suck, in those days ! 
 for there shall be great distress 
 in the land, and wrath upon 
 this people. 
 
 24 And they shall fall by the 
 edge of the sword, and shall be 
 led away captive into all na- 
 tions : and Jerusalem shall be 
 trodden down of the Gentiles, 
 until the times of the Gentiles 
 be fulfilled. 
 
 25 H And there shall be signs 
 in the sun, and in the moon, 
 and in the stars ; and upon the 
 earth distress of nations, with 
 perplexity; the sea and the 
 waves roaring ; 
 
 26 Men's hearts failing them 
 for fear, and for looking after 
 those things which are coming 
 on the earth : for the powers of 
 heaven shall be shaken. 
 
 27 And then shall they see the 
 Son of man coming in a cloud 
 with power and great glory. 
 
 28 And when these things be- 
 gin to come to pass, then look 
 up, and lift up your heads ; for 
 your redemption draweth nigh. 
 
 29 And he spake to them a 
 parable; Behold the fig tree, 
 and all the trees ; 
 
 30 When they now shoot forth, 
 ye see and know of your ov/n 
 selves that summer is now nigh 
 at hand. 
 
 31 So likewise ye, when ye see 
 these things come to pass, know 
 ye that the kingdom of God is 
 nigh at hand. 
 
 32 Verily I say unto you. This 
 generation shall not pass away, 
 till all be fulfilled. 
 
 33 Heaven and eaxth shall pass 
 
 XXII. %cond coming. 
 
 away : but my words shall not 
 
 pass away. 
 
 34 1[ And take heed to your- 
 selves, lest at any time your 
 hearts be overcharged with sur- 
 feiting, and drunkenness, and 
 cares of this life, and so that 
 day come upon you unawares. 
 
 35 For as a snare shall it come 
 on all them that dwell on the 
 face of the whole earth. 
 
 38 Watch ye therefore, and 
 pray always, that ye may be 
 accounted worthy to escape all 
 these things that shall come to 
 pass, and to stand before the 
 Son of man. 
 
 37 And in the day time he 
 was teaching in the temple ; 
 and at night he went out, and 
 abode in the mount that is call- 
 ed the mount of Olives. 
 
 38 And all the people came 
 early in the morning to him in 
 the temple, for to hear him. 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 
 1 The Jews conspire against Christ. 3 
 Satan jt^^pareth Judas to betray him. 
 7 The apostles prepare the passover. 
 19 Christ instituteth his holy supper, 
 21 covertly foretelleth of the traitor, 24 
 dehorteth the rest of his apostles from, 
 atnbition, 31 assureth Peter his faith 
 should not fail : 34 and yet he should 
 deny him thrice. 39 He prayeth in the 
 mount, and sweateth blood, 47 is be- 
 trayed with a kiss : 50 7ie healeth Mal- 
 chus' ear, 54 he is thrice denied of 
 Peter, 63 shamefully abused, 66 and 
 confesseth himself to be the Son of God. 
 
 NOW the least of unleaven- 
 ed bread drew nigh, which 
 is called the Passover. 
 
 2 And the chief priests and 
 scribes sought how they might 
 kill him; for they feared the 
 people. 
 
 3 fl Then entered Satan into 
 Judas surnamed Iscariot, being 
 of the number of the twelve. 
 
 4 And he went his way, and 
 communed with the chief priests 
 and (captains, how he might be- 
 tray him unto them. 
 
 5 And they were glad, and co- 
 ven-anted to give him money. 
 
 6 And he promised, and sought 
 opportunity to betray him mi- 
 to them in the absence of the 
 multitude. 
 
Christ instituteth 
 
 St. LUKE, XXII. 
 
 his last siip2^'' 
 
 7 ^ Then came the day of un- 
 leavened bread, Mhen the pass- 
 over must be killed. 
 
 8 And lie sent Peter and John, 
 saymg, Go and prepare us the 
 passover, that we may eat. 
 
 9 And they said unto him, 
 \Vhere wilt thou that we pre- 
 pare V 
 
 10 And he said unto them, 
 Behold, when ye are entered 
 into tlie city, there shall a man 
 meet you, bearing a pitcher of 
 vrater ; follow him into the 
 house wliere he entereth in. 
 
 11 And ye shall say unto the 
 aoodman of the house, The 
 Master saith unto thee. Where 
 is the guestchamber, where I 
 shall eat the passover with my 
 disciples V 
 
 12 And he shall sl^ew you a 
 large upper room fiunished ; 
 there malre ready. 
 
 13 And tliey went, and found ser\e. 
 
 him that betrayeth me is with 
 me on the table. 
 
 22 And truly the Son of man 
 goetli, as it was determined : 
 but woe urito that man by 
 whom he is betrayed ! 
 
 23 And they began to enquire 
 among themselves, which of 
 them it was that should do 
 this thing. 
 
 24 ^ And there was also a 
 strife among them, which of 
 them should be accounted the 
 greatest. 
 
 25 And he said unto them, 
 The kings of the Gentiles ex- 
 ercise lordship over them ; and 
 they that exercise authority 
 upon them are called bene- 
 factors. 
 
 26 But ye shall not be so : but 
 he that is greatest among you, 
 let him be as the younger ; and 
 he that is chief, as he that dotli 
 
 as he had said unto them : and 
 they made ready the passover. 
 
 14 And when the hour was 
 come, he sat do^^'n, and the 
 twelve apostles with him. 
 
 15 Ai>.d he said unto them, 
 With desire I have desired to 
 eat this i assover with you be- 
 fore I suffer : 
 
 16 For I say unto you, I will 
 not any more eat thereof, until 
 it be fulhlled in the kingdom 
 of God. 
 
 17 And he took the cup, and 
 gave thanks, and said, Take 
 this, and divide it among your- 
 selves : 
 
 18 For I say unto you, I will 
 not drink of the fruit of the 
 vine, until the Idngdom of God 
 shall come. 
 
 19 If And he took bread, and 
 gave thanks, and brake it, and 
 gave unto them, saying, This 
 is my body which is given for 
 you : this do in remembrance 
 of me. 
 
 20 Likewise also the cup after 
 supper, saying, This cup is the 
 new testament in my blood, 
 which is shed for you. 
 
 21 H But, behold, the hand of 
 
 27 For whether is greater, he 
 that sitteth at meat, or he that 
 serseth? is not he that sitteth 
 at meat? but I am among you 
 as he that sers'eth. 
 
 28 Ye are they which have 
 continued with me in my 
 temptations. 
 
 29 And I appoint unto you a 
 kingdom, as my Father hath 
 appointed unto me ; 
 
 30 That ye may eat and drink 
 at my table in my kingdom, 
 and sit on thrones judging the 
 twelve tribes of Israel. 
 
 31 ^ And the Lord said, Si- 
 mon, Simon, behold, Satan 
 hath desired to have you, that 
 he may sift 2/ou as wheat : 
 
 32 But I have prayed for thee, 
 that thy faith fail not : and when 
 thou art converted, strengthen 
 thy brethren. 
 
 33 And he said unto him, 
 Lord, I am ready to go with 
 thee, both into prison, and U) 
 death. 
 
 34 And he said, I tell thee, 
 Peter, the cock shall not crow 
 this day, before that thou shalt 
 thrice deny that thou knosvest 
 me. 
 
Christ's agmy 
 
 St. LUKE, XXII. 
 
 in the garden. 
 
 35 And he said unto them, 
 When 1 sent yon without purse, 
 and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye 
 any thing? And they said, No- 
 thing. 
 
 36 Then said he unto them, 
 But now, he that hath a purse, 
 let him take it, and likewise 
 his scrip : and he that hath no 
 sword, let him sell his garment, 
 and buy one. 
 
 37 For I say unto you, that 
 this that is written must yet be 
 accomplished in me, And he 
 was reckoned among the trans- 
 gressors : for the things con- 
 cerning me have an end. 
 
 38 And they said. Lord, be- 
 hold, here are two swords. 
 And he said imto them, It is 
 enough. 
 
 39 11 And he came out, and 
 went, as he was wont, to the 
 mount of Olives ; and his dis- 
 ciples also followed him. 
 
 40 And v<^hen he was at the 
 place, he said unto them, Pray 
 that 3^e enter not into tempta- 
 tion. 
 
 41 And he was withdrawn from 
 them about a stone's cast, and 
 kneeled dov/n, and prayed, 
 
 42 Saying, Father, if thou be 
 willing, remove this cup from 
 me : nevertheless not my will, 
 but thine, be done. 
 
 43 And there appeared an 
 angel unto him from heaven, 
 strengthening him. 
 
 44 And being in an agony he 
 prayed more earnestly : and his 
 sweat was as it were great drops 
 of blood falling down to the 
 ground. 
 
 45 And when he rose up from 
 prayer, and was come to his 
 disciples, he found them sleep- 
 ing for sorrow, 
 
 46 And said unto them, Why 
 sleep ye ? rise and pray, lest ye 
 enter into temptation. 
 
 47 IF And while he yet spake, 
 behold a multitude, and he that 
 was called Judas, one of the 
 twelve, went before them, and 
 drew near unto Jesus to kiss 
 him. 
 
 48 But Jesus said unto him, 
 Judas, betrayest thou the Son 
 of man with a kiss? 
 
 49 When they which were about 
 him ssiYi what would follow, 
 they said unto him. Lord, shall 
 we smite with the sword? 
 
 50 IF And one of them smote 
 the servant of the high priest, 
 and cut off his right ear. 
 
 51 And Jesus answered and 
 said. Suffer ye thus far. And 
 he touched his ear, and healed 
 him. 
 
 52 Then Jesus said unto the 
 chief priests, and captains of 
 the temple, and the elders, 
 which were come to him, Be 
 ye come out, as against a thief, 
 with swords and staves? 
 
 53 When I v as daily with you 
 in the temple, ye stretched forth 
 no hands against me : but this 
 is your hour, and the power of 
 darloiess. 
 
 54 ^ Then took they him, and 
 led him, and brought him into 
 the high priest's house. And 
 Peter followed afar oft'. 
 
 55 And when they had kindled 
 a fire in the midst of the hall, 
 and were set down together, 
 Peter sat down among them. 
 
 56 But a certam maid beheld 
 him as he sat by the fire, and 
 earnestly looked upon him, and 
 said. This man was also with 
 him. 
 
 57 And he denied him, saying, 
 Woman, I know him not. 
 
 58 And after a little while an- 
 other saw him, and said. Thou 
 art also of them. And Peter 
 said, Man, I am not. 
 
 59 And about the space of one 
 hour after another confidently 
 afiumed, saying. Of a truth this 
 fellow also was with him : for 
 he is a Galilsean. 
 
 60 And Peter said, Man, I 
 know not what thou sayest. 
 And immediately, while he yet 
 spake, the cock crew. 
 
 61 And the Lord turned, and 
 looked upon Peter. And Peter 
 remembered the word of the 
 Lord, how he had said unto 
 
Christ is accused St. LUKE, XXIII. before Pilate. 
 
 3 And Pilate asked him, say- 
 
 liiin, Before the cock crow, thou 
 shalt deny me thrice. 
 
 62 And Peter went out, and 
 wept bitterly. 
 
 63 H And the men that held 
 Jesus mocked him, and smote 
 him. 
 
 64 And when they had blind- 
 folded him, they stnicli: him on 
 the face, and asked him, saying, 
 Prophesy, who is it that smote 
 theeV 
 
 65 And many other things 
 blasphemously spake they a- 
 gainst him. 
 
 66 f[ And as soon as it was day, 
 the elders of the people and 
 the cliief priests and the scribes 
 came together, and led him into 
 their council, saying, 
 
 67 Art thou the Christ? tell 
 us. And he said unto them, 
 If I tell you, ye will not be- 
 lieve : 
 
 68 And if I also ask 2/oii, ye 
 will not answer me, nor let me 
 go. 
 
 69 Hereafter shall the Son of 
 man sit on the right hand of 
 the power of God. 
 
 70 Then said they all. Art thou 
 then the Son of God? And he 
 said unto them. Ye say that I 
 am. 
 
 71 And they said, What need 
 we any further witness ? for we 
 ourselves have heard of his own 
 mouth. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 
 1 Jesus is accused before Pilate, and sent 
 to Herod. 8 Herod mocTceth Mm. 12 
 Herod and Pilate are made friends. 
 13 Barabbas is desired of the ^>eoj)?€, 
 and is loosed by Pilate, and Jesus is 
 given to be crucified. 27 He telleth the 
 women, that lament him, the destruc- 
 tion of Jerusalem, : 34 prayeth for his 
 enemies. 39 Two evildoers are cruci- 
 fied with him. 46 His death. 50 His 
 burial. 
 
 AND the whole multitude of 
 . them arose, and led him 
 unto Pilate. 
 
 2 And they began to accuse 
 him, saying, We found this/^/- 
 low perverting the nation, and 
 forbidding to give tribute to 
 Caesar, saying that he himself 
 is Christ a King. 
 
 ing. Art thou the King of the 
 Jews? And he answered him 
 and said. Thou say est it. 
 
 4 Then said Pilate to the chief 
 priests and to the people, I find 
 no fault in this man. 
 
 5 And they were the more 
 fierce, saying. He stirreth up 
 the people, teaching through- 
 out all Jewry, beginning from 
 Galilee to this place. 
 
 6 When Pilate heard of GaU- 
 lee, he asked whether the man 
 were a Galilfean. 
 
 7 And as soon as he knew that 
 he belonged unto Herod's juris- 
 diction, he sent him to Herod, 
 who himself also was at Jeru- 
 salem at that time. 
 
 8 H And when Herod saw Je- 
 sus, he was exceeding glad : for 
 he was deshous to see him of 
 a long season, because he had 
 heard many things of him ; and 
 he hoped to have seen some 
 miracle done by him. 
 
 9 Then he questioned with 
 him in many words; but he 
 answered him nothing. I 
 
 10 And the chief priests and 
 scribes stood and vehemently 
 accused him. 
 
 11 And Herod with his men 
 of war set him at nought, and 
 mocked him, and aiTayed him 
 in a gorgeous robe, and sent 
 him agam to Pilate. 
 
 12 ^ And the same day Pilate 
 and Herod were made friends 
 together : for before they were 
 at enmity between themselves. 
 
 13 If And Pilate, when he had 
 called together the chief priests 
 and the rulers and the people, 
 
 14 Said unto them. Ye have 
 brought this man unto me, as 
 one that pers erteth the people : 
 and, behold, I, having examin- 
 ed him before you, have found 
 no fault in this man touching 
 those things whereof ye accuse 
 him: 
 
 15 No, nor yet Herod : for I 
 sent you to him; and, lo, no- 
 thing worthy of death is done 
 unto him. 
 
The o-udfixim St. LUKE, XXni, 
 
 16 I will therefore chastise 
 him, and release him. 
 
 17 (For of necessitj^ he must 
 release one unto them at the 
 feast.) 
 
 18 And they cried out all at 
 once, sa3dng:, Away with this 
 man^ and release unto us Ba- 
 rabbas : 
 
 19 (Who for a certain sedition 
 made in the city, and for mm-- 
 der, was cast into prison.) 
 
 20 Pilate therefore, willing to 
 release Jesus, spake agaia to 
 them. 
 
 21 But they cried, sa3ring, Cru- 
 cify him, crucify him. 
 
 22 And he said unto them the 
 thu'd tiaie, Why, what e-sil hath 
 he done ? I have fomid no cause 
 of death in him : I will therefore 
 chastise him, and let him go. 
 
 23 And they were instant with 
 
 of Christ. 
 
 to the mountains, Fall on us; 
 and to the hills, Cover us. 
 
 31 For if they do these things 
 in a green tree, what shall be 
 done ill the diy ? 
 
 32 And there were also two 
 other, malefactors, led with him 
 to be put to death. 
 
 33 And when they were come 
 to the place, which is called 
 Calvary, there they crucified 
 him, and the malefactors, one 
 on the right hand, and the other 
 on the left. 
 
 34 *; Then said Jesus, Father, 
 forgi\e them; for they Imow 
 not what they do. And they 
 parted his raiment, and cast lots. 
 
 35 And the people stood be- 
 holding. And the rulers also 
 with them derided him, saying, 
 He saved others ; let Mm save 
 himself, if he be Christ, the 
 
 loud voices, requiring that he chosen of God. 
 
 might be crucified. And the 33 And the soldiers also mock- 
 
 Toices of them and of the chief ed him, comiug to him, and 
 
 priests prevailed. 
 
 24 And Pilate gave sentence 
 that it should be as they re- 
 quired. 
 
 25 And he released unto them 
 Mm that for sedition and mur- 
 der was cast into prison, whom 
 they had deshed; but he de- 
 livered Jesus to their will. 
 
 offering him vinegar, 
 
 37 And saying. If thou be the 
 king of the Jews, save thyself. 
 
 38 And a superscription also 
 was wiittcn over Mm in letters 
 of Greek, and Latin, and He- 
 brew. THIS IS THE KHsG 
 OF THE JEWS. 
 
 39 !1 And one of the malefac- 
 
 26 And as they led hini away, tors wMch were hanged railed 
 they laid hold upon one Simon, — "*"'"" — '""" ^"^ '"" — '^~ 
 a Cyreman, coming out of the 
 country, and on Mm they laid 
 the cross, that he might bear it 
 after Jesus. 
 
 27 ^ And there followed him 
 a great company of people, and 
 of women, wMch also bewailed 
 and lamented him. 
 
 28 But Jesus turning imto 
 them said. Daughters of Jeru- 
 salem, weep not for me, but 
 weep for yom-selves, and for 
 yom' children. 
 
 29 For, behold, the days are 
 coming, in the wMch they shall 
 say. Blessed are the barren, 
 and the wombs that never bare, 
 and the paps vrMch never gave hour, and there was a dark 
 
 on Mm, saying. If thou be 
 CMist, save thyself and us. 
 
 40 But the other answering 
 rebuked him, saying, Dost not 
 thou fear God, seeing thou art 
 m the same coudemBation ? 
 
 41 And we indeed justly ; for 
 we receive the due reward of 
 oiu deeds : but this man hath 
 done nothing amiss. 
 
 42 And he said unto Jesus, 
 Lord, remember me when thou 
 comest into thy kingdom. 
 
 43 And Jesus said imto Mm, 
 ^"erily I saj" imto thee, To day 
 shalt thou be with me in pa- 
 radise. 
 
 44 And it was about the sixth 
 
 suck, 
 
 ness over all the earth until 
 
 30 Then shall they begin to say [ the ninth hour. 
 
ChMs death 
 
 St. LUKE, XXIV. 
 
 and resun-ection. 
 
 45 And the sun was darkened, 
 and the veil of the temple was 
 rent in the midst. 
 
 46 TI And when Jesus had cried 
 with a loud voice, he said, Fa- 
 ther, into thy hands I com- 
 mend my spirit : and having 
 said thus, he gave up the ghost. 
 
 47 Now when the centurion 
 saw what was done, he glorified 
 God, saying. Certainly this was 
 a righteous man. 
 
 48 And all the people that 
 came together to that sight, be- 
 holding the things which were 
 done, smote their breasts, and 
 returned. 
 
 49 And all his acquaintance, 
 and the women that followed 
 him from Galilee, stood afar 
 ofl", beholding these things. 
 
 50 ^ And, behold, there was 
 a man named Joseph, a coun- 
 sellor ; and he was a good man, 
 and a just : 
 
 51 (The same had not con- 
 sented to the counsel and deed 
 of them:) he was of Arima- 
 thgea, a city of the Jews : who 
 also himself waited for the 
 kingdom of God. 
 
 52 This 7nan went unto Pilate, 
 and begged the body of Jesus. 
 
 53 And he took it down, and 
 v\Tapped it in linen, and laid it 
 in a sepulchre that was hewn 
 in stone, wherein never man 
 before was laid. 
 
 54 And that day was the pre- 
 paration, and the sabbath drew 
 on. 
 
 55 And the women also, which 
 came with him from Galilee, 
 followed after, and beheld the 
 sepulchre, and how his body 
 was laid. 
 
 56 And they returned, and 
 prepared spices and ointments; 
 and rested the sabbath day ac- 
 cording to the commandment. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 1 Christ's resurrection is declared by two 
 angels to the women that come to the 
 sepulchre. 9 These report it to others. 
 13 Christ hiraself appeareth to the two 
 disciples that went to Emmaus : 36 af- 
 terwards he appeareth to the apostles, 
 and reproveih their unbelief: 47 git^ 
 
 eth them a charge : 49 promiseth the 
 Uoly Ghost : 61 and so ascendeth into 
 heaven. 
 
 NOW upon the first dat/ of 
 the week, very early in the 
 morning, they came imto the 
 sepulchre, bringing the spices 
 vv^hich they had prepared, and 
 certain others with them. 
 
 2 And they found the stone 
 rolled away from the sepulchre. 
 
 3 And they entered in, and 
 found not the body of the Lord 
 Jesus. 
 
 4 And it came to pass, as they 
 were much perplexed there- 
 about, behold, two men stood 
 by them in shining gaiments : 
 
 5 And as they were afraid, 
 and bowed down their faces to 
 the earth, they said unto them, 
 Why seek ye the living among 
 the dead? 
 
 6 He is not here, but is risen : 
 remember how he spake unto 
 you when he was yet in Gar- 
 lilee, ' 
 
 7 Saying, The Son of man 
 must be delivered into the 
 hands of sinful men, and be 
 crucified, and the thiid day 
 rise again. 
 
 8 And they remembered his 
 words, 
 
 9 And returned from the se- 
 pulchre, and told all these 
 things unto the eleven, and to 
 all the rest. 
 
 10 It was Mary Magdalene, 
 and Joanna, and Maiy the 
 mother of James, and other 
 women that were with them, 
 which told these things unto 
 the apostles. 
 
 11 And their words seemed 
 to them as idle tales, and they 
 believed them not. 
 
 12 Then arose Peter, and ran 
 unto the sepulchre ; and stoop- 
 ing down, he beheld the linen 
 clothes laid by themselves, and 
 departed, wondering in him- 
 self at that which was come 
 to pass. 
 
 13 1[ And, behold, two of them 
 went that same day to a vil- 
 lage called Emmaus, which was 
 
Christ oppearetli 
 
 St. LUKE, XXIV. 
 
 to his disdiiles. 
 
 from Jerusalem about three- 
 score furlongs. 
 
 14 And they talked together 
 of all these things which had 
 happened. 
 
 15 And it came to pass, that, 
 while they communed together 
 and reasoned, Jesus himself 
 drew near, and went with them. 
 
 16 But their eyes were holden 
 that they should not know him. 
 
 17 And he said unto them. 
 What manner of communi- 
 cations are these that ye have 
 one to another, as ye walk, 
 and are sad? 
 
 18 And the one of them, whose 
 name was Cleopas, answering 
 said unto him. Art thou only 
 a stranger in Jerusalem, and 
 hast not known the things 
 which are come to pass there 
 in these days ? 
 
 19 And he said imto them, 
 What things? And they said 
 unto him, (Concerning Jesus of 
 JSTazareth, which was a prophet 
 mighty in deed and word be- 
 fore God and all the people : 
 
 20 And how the chief priests 
 and our rulers deliAered him 
 to be condemned to death, and 
 have crucified him. 
 
 21 But we trusted that it had 
 been he which should have re- 
 deemed Israel : and beside all 
 this, to day is the third day 
 since these things were done. 
 
 22 Yea, and certain women 
 also of our company made us 
 astonished, which were early 
 at the sepulchre; 
 
 23 And when they found not 
 his body, they came, saying, 
 that they had also seen a vision 
 of angels, which said that he 
 was alive. 
 
 24 And certain of them which 
 were with us went to the sepul- 
 chre, and found it even so as 
 the women had said : but him 
 they saw not. 
 
 25 Then he said unto them, 
 O fools, and slow of heart to 
 believe all that the prophets 
 have spoken: 
 
 26 Ought not Christ to have 
 
 suffered these things, and to 
 enter into his glory ? 
 
 27 And beginning at Moses and 
 all the prophets, he expounded 
 unto them in all the scriptures 
 the things concerning liimself. 
 
 28 And they drew nigh unto 
 the village, whither they went : 
 and he made as though he 
 would have gone further. 
 
 29 But they constrained him, 
 saying. Abide with us : for it is 
 toward evening, and the day is 
 far spent. And he went in to 
 tarry with them. 
 
 30 And it came to pass, as he 
 sat at meat with them, he took 
 bread, and blessed it, and brake, 
 and gave to them. 
 
 31 And their eyes were opened, 
 and they knew him; and he 
 vanished out of their sight. 
 
 32 And they said one to an- 
 other. Did not OUT heart burn 
 within us, while he talked with 
 us by the way, and while he 
 opened to us the scriptures ? 
 
 33 And they rose up the same 
 hour, and returned to Jerusa- 
 lem, and found the eleven ga- 
 thered together, and them that 
 were with them, 
 
 34 Saying, The Lord is risen 
 indeed, and hath appeared to 
 Simon. 
 
 35 And they told what things 
 were done in the way, and 
 how he was known of them in 
 brealdng of bread. 
 
 3S IF And as they thus spake, 
 Jesus liimself stood in the 
 midst of them, and saith irnto 
 them, Peace he unto you. 
 
 37 But they were terrified and 
 affrighted, and supposed that 
 they had seen a sphit. 
 
 38 And he said imto them,Why 
 are ye troubled? and why do 
 thoughts arise in your hearts ? 
 
 39 Behold my hands and my 
 feet, that it is I myself: handle 
 me, and see ; for a spirit hath 
 not iiesh and bones, as ye see 
 me have. 
 
 40 And \vhen he had thus 
 spoken, he shewed them his 
 hacds and his Deet. 
 
Tlie divinity and 
 
 St. JOHN, I. 
 
 office of Jesus Clirist. 
 
 41 And while they yet believ- 
 ed not for joy, and wondered, 
 he said unto them, Have ye 
 here any meat? 
 
 42 And they gave him a piece 
 of a broiled fish, and of an ho- 
 neycomb. 
 
 43 And he took it, and did eat 
 before them. 
 
 44 And he said unto thero. 
 These are the words which 1 
 spake unto you, while I was 
 yet with you, that all things 
 must be fulfilled, wliich were 
 written in the law of Moses, 
 and in the prophets, and i?i 
 the psalms, concerning me. 
 
 45 Then opened he their un- 
 derstanding, that they might 
 understand the scriptures, 
 
 46 And said mito them. Thus 
 it is written, and thus it be- 
 hoved Christ to suffer, and to 
 rise from the dead the third 
 day : 
 
 47 And that repentance and 
 remission of sins should be 
 preached in his name among 
 all nations, beginning at Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 48 And ye are witnesses of 
 these things. 
 
 49 H And, behold, I send the 
 J)romise of my Father upon 
 you : but tarry ye in the city of 
 Jerusalem, until ye be endued 
 with power from on high. 
 
 50 IF And he led them out as 
 far as to Bethany, and he lifted 
 up his hands, and blessed them. 
 
 51 And it came to pass, while 
 he blessed them, he was parted 
 from them, and carried up into 
 heaven. 
 
 52 And they worshipped him, 
 and returned to Jerusalem with 
 great joy : 
 
 53 And v,'ere continually in 
 the temple, praising and bless- 
 ing God. Amen. 
 
 THE GOSPEL ACCOKDING TO 
 
 St. JOHN. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 The divinity, humanity, and office of 
 Jesus Christ. 15 The testimony of John. 
 39 The calling of Andrew, Peter, i^-c. 
 
 IN the beginning was the 
 Word, and the Word was 
 with God, and the Word was 
 God. 
 
 2 The same was in the begin- 
 ning with God. 
 
 3 All things were made by 
 him; and without him was 
 not any thing made that was 
 made. 
 
 4 In him was life ; and the life 
 was the light of men. 
 
 5 And the light shineth in 
 darkness; and the darkness 
 comprehended it not. 
 
 6 TF There was a man sent from 
 God, whose name was John. 
 
 7 The same ca,me for a witness, 
 to bear witness of the Light, 
 that all men through him might 
 believe. 
 
 8 He was not that Light, but 
 
 was sent to bear witness of that 
 Light. 
 
 9 That was the true Light, 
 which lighteth every man that 
 Cometh into the world. 
 
 10 He was in the world, and 
 the world was made by him, 
 and the world knew him not. 
 
 11 He came unto his own, and 
 his own received him not. 
 
 12 But as many as received 
 him, to them gave he power to 
 become the sons of God, even 
 to them that believe on his 
 name: 
 
 13 AVhich were born, not of 
 blood, nor of the will of the 
 flesh, nor of the will of man, 
 but of God. 
 
 14 And the Word was made 
 flesh, and dwelt among us, (and 
 we beheld his glory, the glory 
 as of the only begotten of the 
 Father,) full of grace and truth. 
 
 15 1[ John bare witness of him, 
 and cried, saying, This was he 
 
St. JOHN, XV. Oinst and Ms members. 
 
 than this, that a man lay down 
 his life for liis friends. 
 
 14 Y-e are my friends, if ye do 
 wlmtsoever I command you. 
 
 15 Henceforth I call you not 
 ■seiTants ; for the servant lmov> - 
 ■eth not what his lord doeth : 
 l)ut I have called you fiiends : 
 for all things that I have heard 
 of my Father I have made 
 known unto you. 
 
 16 Ye have not chosen me, 
 but I have chosen yon, and or- 
 dained you, that ye should go 
 and bring foith fruit, .and tkat 
 yom- fruit should remain : that 
 whatsoever ye shall ask of the 
 Father in my name, he nmy 
 give it you. 
 
 17 These things I command 
 you, that ye love one another. 
 
 18 If the world hate you, ye 
 know that it hated me before ?i 
 hated j^ou. 
 
 19 If ye were of the world, 
 the world would love his own : 
 but because ye are not of tlie 
 world, but I Imve chosen you 
 out of tlie world, therefore the 
 world hat eth yon. 
 
 20 Remember the Tv^rd that 
 I said unto you, The servant 
 is not gi'oater than his lord. If 
 they have pei-secuted me, they 
 will also i^ersecute 5^ou ; if they 
 have kept my saving, tliey will 
 keep yom-'s also. 
 
 21 But all these things will 
 they do unto you for my name's 
 sake, because they know not 
 him tlmt sent me. 
 
 22 If I had not come and 
 spoken imto them, they had 
 not had sin : but now they 
 have no cloke for then sin. 
 
 23 He that hateth me hatetii 
 my Fatl:{er also. 
 
 24 If I had not done among 
 them the works whicli none 
 other man did, tliey had not 
 had sin : but now have they 
 both seen and hated both me 
 
 I and my Father. 
 
 i 25 But this Cometh to pass, 
 
 The mvtiucd love of 
 
 and as the Father gave me 
 commandment, even so I do. 
 Arise, let us go hence. 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 I The consolation and mutual love be- 
 tween Christ and his r,iembers, under 
 the parable of the vine. 18 A conrfort 
 in the hatred and jyereecuUon oj the 
 world. 26 The office of the Eoly (xhost, 
 and of the apostles. 
 
 IK^l tl^ ti'ue vine, and my 
 Father is the husbandman. 
 
 2 Every brancli in me that 
 beareth not fi'uit he taketh 
 away : and every branch that 
 beareth fruit, he purgetli it, that 
 ft may bring forth more fixiit. 
 
 3 Now ye are clean thi'ough 
 the word which I have spoken 
 unto you. 
 
 -4 Abide in me, and I in you. 
 As the blanch cannot bear fruit 
 of itself, except it abide in the 
 vine ; no more can ye, except 
 ye abide in rae. 
 
 5 I am the vine, ye ay^e the 
 branches : He that abidetli in 
 me, and I in him, the same 
 bringeth forth much fruit : for 
 without me ye can do notMng. 
 
 6 If a man abide not in me, 
 lie is cast forth as a branch, 
 and is withered ; and men ga- 
 ther them, and cast them into 
 the fire, and they are buried. 
 
 7 If ye abide in me, and my 
 words' abide in 3^ou, ye shall 
 ask what ye will, and it shall 
 be done unto you. 
 
 8 Herein is my Father glori- 
 i]ed, tl^t ye bear much fruit ; 
 so slmU ye be my disciples. 
 
 9 As the Father liath loved 
 me, so liave I lo\^d you : con- 
 tinue ye in my love. 
 
 10 If ye keep my command- 
 ments, ye shall abide in my 
 love ; even as I have kept my 
 Father's commandments, and 
 abide in his love. 
 
 11 These things liave I spoken 
 unto you, that my joy might 
 remain in you, and that yom* 
 joy might be full. 
 
 12 This is my commandment. 
 
 That ye love one another, as I that the word might be fulfil- 
 have loved you. led that is v/ritten in their law, 
 
 13 Greater love liath no man ' They hated me without a cause. 
 
 3F 
 
Christ comfmidh 
 
 St. JOHN, XVI. 
 
 Ms disciples. 
 
 26 But when the Comforter is 
 come, whom I will send unto 
 you from the Father, even the 
 Spirit of truth, which proceed- 
 eth from the Father, he shall 
 testiiy of me : 
 
 27 And ye also shall bear wit- 
 ness, because ye have been with 
 me from the beginnmg. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 1 Christ covTforteth his discij^les against 
 tribulation by the promise of the Holy 
 Ghost, and by his resurrection and 
 ascension : 23 asstireth their prayers 
 made in his name to be acceptable to 
 his Father. 33 Peace in Christ, and 
 in the icorld ajjliction. 
 
 rnHESE things have I spoken 
 X unto you, that ye should 
 not be oliended. 
 
 2 They shall put you out of 
 the synagogues : yea, the time 
 cometh, that whosoever Idlleth 
 you will think that he doeth 
 God service. 
 
 3 And these tilings will they 
 do unto you, because they have 
 not known the Father, nor me. 
 
 4 But these tilings have I told 
 you, that when the time shall 
 come, ye may remember that 
 I told you of them. And these 
 things I said not unto you at 
 the beginning, because I was 
 with you. 
 
 5 But now I go my way to him 
 that sent me ; and none of you 
 asketh me, Whither goest thou ? 
 
 G But because I have said these 
 thmgs unto you, sorrow hath 
 tilled your heart. 
 
 7 Nevertheless I tell you the 
 truth; It is expedient for you 
 that I go away : for if I go not 
 away, the Comforter will not 
 come unto you ; but if I depart, 
 I will send him unto you. 
 
 8 And when he is come, he 
 will reprove the world of sin, 
 and of righteousness, and of 
 judgment: 
 
 9 Of sin, because they believe 
 not on me ; 
 
 10 Of righteousness, because 
 I go to my Father, and ye see 
 me no more ; 
 
 11 Of judgment, because the 
 prince of this world is judged. 
 
 ^ 12 I have yet many things to 
 say unto you, but ye cannot 
 bear them now. 
 
 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit 
 of truth, is come, he will guide 
 you into all truth : for he shall 
 not speak of himself; but what- 
 soever he shall hear, that shall 
 he speak : and he will shew 
 you things to come. 
 
 14 He shall glorify me : for he 
 shall receive of mine, and shall 
 slie^v it vmto you. 
 
 15 All things that the Father 
 hath are mine : therefore said 
 I, that he shall take of mine, 
 and shall shew it unto you. 
 
 16 A little wliile, and ye shall 
 not see me : and again, a little 
 while, and ye shall see me, be- 
 cause I go to the Father. 
 
 17 Then said some of his dis- 
 ciples among themselves. What 
 is this that he saith unto us, A 
 little while, and ye shall not see 
 me : and again, a little while, 
 and ye shall see me : and, Be- 
 cause I go to the Father? 
 
 18 They said therefore. What is 
 this that he saith, A little while? 
 we cannot tell what he saith. 
 
 19 Now .fesus knew that they 
 were desirous to ask him, and 
 said imto them, Do ye enquire 
 among yourselves of that I said, 
 A little wliile, and ye shall not 
 see me : and again, a little 
 while, and ye shall see me? 
 
 20 \erily, verily, I say unto 
 you. That ye shall weep and 
 lament, but the world shall re- 
 joice : and ye shall be sorrow- 
 ful, but your sorrow shall be 
 turned into joy. 
 
 21 A woman when she is in. 
 travail hath sorrow, because 
 her hour is come : but as soon 
 as she is delivered of the child, 
 she remembereth no more the 
 anguish, for joy that a man is 
 born into the world. 
 
 22 And ye now therefore have 
 sorrov>^: but I will see you 
 again, and your heart shall 
 rejoice, and your joy no man: 
 taketh from you. 
 
 23 And in that day ye shall 
 
St. JOHN, XVII 
 
 Verily, verily, 
 
 Christ prayeth 
 
 ask me nothicg, 
 I say unto you, Whatsoever ye 
 shall ask the Father in my 
 name, he will give it you. 
 
 24 Hitherto have ye asked 
 nothing in my name : ask, and 
 ye shall receive, that your joy 
 may be lull. 
 
 25 These things have I spoken 
 unto you in proverbs : but the 
 time Cometh, when I shall no 
 more speak unto you in pro- 
 verbs, but I shall shew you 
 plainly of the Father. 
 
 26 At that day ye shall ask in 
 my name : and I say not unto 
 you, that I will pray the Father 
 for you : 
 
 27 For the Father himself 
 loveth you, because ye have 
 loved me,' and have believed 
 that I came out Irom God. 
 
 28 I came forth from the 
 Father, and am come into the 
 world : again, I leave the world, 
 and go to the Father. 
 
 29 His disciples said mito him, 
 LfO, now speakest thou plainly, 
 and speakest no proverb. 
 
 30 Now are we sure that thou 
 knowest all things, and needest 
 not that any man should ask 
 thee : by this we believe that 
 thou camest forth from God. 
 
 31 Jesus answered them. Do 
 ye now believe ? 
 
 32 Behold, the hour cometh, 
 yea, is now come, that ye shall 
 be scattered, every man to his 
 own, and shall leave me alone : 
 and yet I am not alone, because 
 the Father is with me. 
 
 33 These things I have spoken 
 unto you, that in me ye might 
 have peace. In the world ye 
 shall have tribulation : but be 
 of good cheer; I have over- 
 come the world. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 1 Christ prayeth to his Father to glorify 
 him, 6 to p7'ese7V)e his apostles, 11 in 
 unity, 17 and truth, 20 to glorify 
 them, and all other believers with him, 
 in heaven. 
 
 TaESE words spake Jesus, 
 and lifted up his eyes to hea- 
 ven, and said, Father, the hour 
 
 for his apostles. 
 
 is come; glorify thy Son, that 
 thy Son also may glorify thee : 
 
 2 As thou hast given him 
 power over all flesh, that he 
 should give eternal life to as 
 many as thou hast given Mm. 
 
 3 And this is life eternal, that 
 they might know thee the only 
 true God, and Jesus Christ, 
 whom thou hast sent. 
 
 4 I have glorified thee on the 
 earth : I have finished the work 
 which thou gavest me to do. 
 
 5 And now, O Father, gloriiy 
 thou me with thine own self 
 with the glory which I had with 
 thee before the world was. 
 
 6 1 have manifested thy name 
 unto the men which thou gavest 
 me out of the world : thine they 
 were, and thou gavest them me ; 
 and they have kept thy word. 
 
 7 Now they have known that 
 all things whatsoever thou hast 
 given me are of thee. 
 
 8 For I have given unto them 
 the words which thou gavest 
 me; and they have received 
 them, and have known surely 
 that I came out from thee, and 
 they have believed that thou 
 didst send me. 
 
 9 I pray for them : I pray not 
 for the world, but for them 
 which thou hast given me : for 
 they are thine. 
 
 10 And all mine are tln'ne, 
 and thine are mine ; and I am 
 glorified in them. 
 
 11 And now I am no more in 
 the world, but these are in the 
 world, and I come to thee. 
 Holy Father, keei5 through 
 thine own name those whom 
 thou hast given me, that they 
 may be one, as we are. 
 
 12 While I was with them in 
 the world, I kept them in thy 
 name : those that thou gavest 
 me I have kept, and none of 
 them is lost, but the son of 
 perdition; that the scripture 
 might be fulfilled. 
 
 13 And now come I to thee ; 
 and these things I speak iii the 
 world, that they might have 
 my joy fulfilled in themselves. 
 
 3F2 
 
St. JOHN, 
 them thy 
 
 Christ prayeth 
 
 14 I have given 
 word; and the world hath 
 hated them, because they are 
 not of the world, even as I am 
 not of the world. 
 
 15 1 pray not that thou should- 
 est take them out of the world, 
 but that thou shouldest keep 
 them from the evil. 
 
 Hi They are not of the world, 
 even as I am not of the world. 
 
 17 Sanctify them through thy 
 truth : thy word is truth. 
 
 18 As thou hast sent me into 
 the world, even so have I also 
 sent them into the world. 
 
 19 And for their sakes I sanc- 
 tity myself, that they also 
 might be sanctified through 
 the truth. 
 
 20 Neither pray I for these 
 alone, but for them also which 
 shall believe on me through 
 their word ; 
 
 21 That they all may be one ; 
 as thou. Father, art in me, 
 and I in thee, that they also 
 may be one in us : that the 
 ^vorld may believe that thou 
 hast sent me. 
 
 22 And the glory which thou 
 gavest me I have given them; 
 that they may be one, even as 
 v:e are one : 
 
 23 I in them, and thou in me, 
 that they may be made perfect 
 in one ; and that the world may 
 know that thou hast sent me, 
 and hast loved them, as thou 
 hast loved me. 
 
 24 Father, I will that they al- 
 so, whom thou hast given me, 
 be with me where I am; that 
 they may behold my glory, 
 which thou hast given me : 
 for thou lovedst me before the 
 foundation of the world. 
 
 25 O righteous Father, the 
 world hath not known thee : 
 but 1 have known thee, and 
 these have known that thou 
 hast sent me. 
 
 26 And I have declared unto 
 them thy name, and will de- 
 clare it : that the love where- 
 with thou hast loved me may 
 be in them, and I in them. 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 for all believers. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 I Judas hetrayeth Jesus. 6 The officers 
 fall to the ground. 10 Peter smlteth 
 off Malchus' ear. 12 Jesus is taken, 
 and led imto Annas and Caiaphas. 15 
 Peter's denial. 19 Jes^is examined 6e- 
 fore Caia2)has. 28 JTis arraignment 
 before Pilate. 36 His kingdom,. 40 The 
 Jews ask Bar abbas to be let loose. 
 
 WHEN Jesus had spoken 
 these words, he went 
 forth with his disciples over 
 the brook Cedron, where was 
 a garden, into the which he 
 entered, and his disciples. 
 
 2 And Judas also, which be- 
 trayed him, knew the place : 
 for Jesus ofttimes resorted thi- 
 ther with his disciples. 
 
 3 Judas then, having received 
 a band of men and officers from 
 the chief priests and Pharisees, 
 Cometh thither with lanterns 
 and torches and weapons. 
 
 4 Jesus therefore, knowing all 
 things that should come upon 
 him, went forth, and said unto 
 them. Whom seek yeV 
 
 5 They answered him, Jesus 
 of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto 
 them, I am he. And Judas al- 
 so, which betrayed him, stood 
 with them. 
 
 6 As soon then as he had sai< 
 unto them, I am he, they went! 
 backward,and fell to the ground. 
 
 7 Then asked he them again, 
 Whom seek ye ? And they said, 
 Jesus of Nazareth. 
 
 8 Jesus answered, I have told 
 you that I am he : if therefore 
 ye seek me, let these go their 
 way: 
 
 9 That the saying might be 
 fulfilled, which he spake. Of 
 them which thou gavest me 
 have I lost none. 
 
 10 Then Simon Peter having 
 a sword diew it, and smote the 
 high priest's servant, and cut 
 off his right ear. The servant's 
 name was Malchus. 
 
 II Then said Jesus unto Pe- 
 ter, Put up thy sword into the 
 sheath : the cup which my 
 Father hath given me, shall I 
 not drink it? 
 
 12 Then the band and the 
 
Peter's denial. St. JOHN, XVIII. Christ's arraignme-nf, 
 
 25 And Simon Peter stood and 
 warmed himself. They said 
 therefore unto him, Art not 
 thon also one of his disciples ? 
 He denied it, and said, I am not. 
 
 26 One of the servants of the 
 high priest, being his kinsman 
 whose ear Peter cut off, saith. 
 Did not I see thee in the garden 
 with him ? 
 
 27 Peter then denied again : and 
 immediately the cock crew. 
 
 28 IT Then led they Jesus 
 from Caiaphas unto the hall cf 
 judgment : and it was early ; 
 and they themselves went not 
 into the judgment hall, lest they 
 should be defiled; but that they 
 might eat the passover. 
 
 29 Pilate then went out unto 
 them, and said, What accusa- 
 tion bring ye agamst this man ? 
 
 30 They answered and said 
 unto him, If he were not a 
 malefactor, we vrould not have 
 delivered him up unto thee. 
 
 31 Then said Pilate unto them, 
 Take ye him, and judge him 
 according to your law. The 
 Jews therefore said unto him, 
 It is not lawful for us to put 
 any man to death : 
 
 32 That the saying of Jesus 
 might be fulfilled, which he 
 spake, signifying what death he 
 should die. 
 
 33 Then Pilate entered into 
 the judgment hall again, and 
 called Jesus, and said unto him. 
 Art thou the King of the Jews? 
 
 34 Jesus answered him, Sayest 
 thou this thing of thyself, or 
 did others tell it thee of me ? 
 
 35 Pilate answered, Am I a 
 Jew? Thine own ration and 
 the chief priests have delivered 
 thee unto me : what hast thou 
 done? 
 
 36 Jesus ansT\'ered, My king- 
 dom is not of tliis world : if my 
 kingdom were of tliis world, 
 then would my servants fight, 
 that I should not be delivered 
 to the Jews : but now is my 
 kingdom not from hence. 
 
 37 Pilate therefore said unto 
 him, Art thou a king then? 
 
 captain and officers of the Jews 
 took Jesus, and bound him, 
 
 13 And led him away to An- 
 nas first; for he was father in 
 law^ to Caiaphas, which was the 
 high priest that same year. 
 
 14 Now Caiaphas was he, 
 which gave counsel to the Jews, 
 that it was expedient that one 
 man should die for the people. 
 
 15 ^ And Simon Peter followed 
 Jesns, and so did another dis- 
 ciple : that disciple was known 
 unto the high priest, and went 
 in with Jesus into the palace 
 of the high priest. 
 
 16 But Peter stood at the door 
 without. Then went out that 
 other disciple, which was known 
 unto the high priest, and spake 
 imto her that kept the door, and 
 brought in Peter. 
 
 17 Then saith the damsel that 
 kept the door unto Peter, Art 
 not thou also one of this man's 
 disciples ? He saith, I am not. 
 
 18 And the servants and ofii- 
 cers stood there, who had made 
 a fire of coals ; for it was cold : 
 and they warmed themselves : 
 and Peter stood with them, and 
 warmed himself. 
 
 19 ^ The high pTiest then asked 
 Jesus of his disciples, and of 
 his doctrine. 
 
 20 Jesus answered him, I 
 spake openly to the world; I 
 ever taught in the synagogue, 
 and in the temple, whither the 
 Jews always resort; and in se- 
 cret have I said nothing. 
 
 21 Why askest thou me ? ask 
 them which heard me, what I 
 have said unto them: behold, 
 they know what I said. 
 
 22 And when he had thus spo- 
 ken, one of the officers which 
 stood by struck Jesus with the 
 palm of his hand, saying, An- 
 Bwerest thou the high priest so ? 
 
 23 Jesus answered him, If I 
 have spoken evil, bear witness 
 of the evil : but if well, why 
 emitest thou me ? 
 
 24 Now Annas had sent him 
 bound unto Caiaphas the high 
 prieBt. 
 
Christ is scourgeJ, St. JOHN, XIX. 
 
 Jesus answered, Thou say est 
 that I am a king. To tliis end 
 uas 1 born, and for tliis cause 
 came I into the world, tliat 1 
 should bear witness unto the 
 truth. Every one that is of the 
 truth heareth my voice. 
 8S Pilate saith unto him, 
 AVhat is truth? And when he 
 had said this, lie went out again 
 inito the Jews, and saith unto 
 them, 1 find in him no fault 
 at all. 
 
 and cnicijiid. 
 
 ought to die, because he made 
 himself the 8on of God. 
 
 8 ^ When Pilate therefore 
 heard that saying, he was the 
 more afraid; 
 
 9 And went again into tlie 
 judgm.ent hall, and saith unto 
 Jesus, Whence art thou? But 
 Jesus gave him no answer. 
 
 10 Then saith Pilate unto him^ 
 Speakest thou not unto me .<' 
 loiowest thou not that I liave 
 power to crucify thee, and have 
 
 39 But ye have a custom, that | power to release thee? 
 I should release unto you one 11 Jesus answered, Thou 
 at the passover : will ye there- ! couldest have no power at all 
 fore that I release imto you the \ ' ' 
 
 against me, except it were given 
 tliee from above : therefore he 
 that delivered me unto tliee 
 hath the greater sin. 
 12 And from thenceforth Pi- 
 late sought to release him : but 
 
 rTiAT3TT7T? YTv ' ^^^ '^^^^ ^ ^"^^^ ^"*' ^^yiug, If 
 
 LHAPlii^K XIX. I tho„ let ^}^|g j^an go, thou art 
 
 ^ ^?J,1rlil*!«'T»l;''.''.^."'r!^ ! i^'Ot Cesar's friend : whosoever 
 
 maketh himself a king speak- 
 
 Khig of the Jews? 
 4i) Then cried they all again, 
 saying. Not this man, but Ba- 
 rabbas. Now Barabbas was a ; 
 robber. i 
 
 and beaten. 4 Pilate is desirous to re- 
 lease him, but being overcwne with the 
 outrage of the Jews, he delivered hivi 
 to be crucified. 23 They cast lots for 
 his garments. 26 He commendcth his 
 ■mother to John. 28 ITe dieth. 31 His 
 side is 2^i<^fc^<i' 38 lie is buried by 
 Joseph and yicodemus. 
 
 THEN Pilate therefore took 
 Jesus, and scourged hiin. 
 
 2 And the soldiers platted a 
 crown of thorns, and put it on 
 liis head, and they put ou him 
 a purple robe, 
 
 3 And said, Hail, King of the 
 Jews ! and they smote him 
 with their hands. 
 
 4 Pilate therefore went forth 
 again, and saith unto them. 
 Behold, I bring him forth to 
 you, that ye may know that I 
 find no fault in him. 
 
 5 Then came Jesus forth, wear- 
 ing the crown of thorns, and the 
 purple robe. And Pilate saith 
 unto them, Behold the man ! 
 
 6 When the chief priests there- 
 fore and officers saw him, they 
 cried out, saying. Crucify him, 
 crucify him, Pilate saith unto 
 them, Take ye him, and crucify 
 him : for I find no fault in him. 
 
 7 The Jews answered him. We 
 have a law, and by our law he 
 
 eth against Caesar. 
 
 13 f When Pilate therefore 
 heard that saying, he brought 
 Jesus forth, and sat do^Ti in 
 the judgment seat in a place 
 that is called the Pavement, 
 but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. 
 
 14 And it was the preparation 
 of the passover, and about the 
 sixth hour : and he saith unto 
 the Jews, Behold your King ! 
 
 15 But they cried out. Away 
 with him, away with him, cru- 
 cify him. Pilate saith unto 
 them. Shall I crucify youj 
 King? The chief priests an- 
 swered, W^e have no king but 
 Caesar. 
 
 16 Then delivered he him 
 therefore unto them to be cru- 
 cified. And they took Jesus, 
 and led him away. 
 
 17 And he bearing his cross 
 went forth into a place called the 
 place of a skull, which is called 
 m the Hebrew^ Golgotha : 
 
 18 Where they crucified him, 
 and two other with him, on 
 either side one, and Jesus in 
 the midst. 
 
 19 *[ And Pilate wrote a title, 
 
Clirist's death 
 
 St. JOHN, XIX. 
 
 and iMTial. 
 
 and put il on the cross. And 
 the writing was, JESUS OF 
 NAZARETH THE laNG 
 OF THE JEWS. 
 
 20 This title then read many 
 of the Jews : for the place 
 where Jesus was criiciiied was 
 nigh to the city : and it was 
 written in Hebrew, aiid Greek, 
 and Latin. 
 
 21 Then said the chief priests 
 of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, 
 The King of the Jews ; but that 
 he said, 1 am King of the Jews. 
 
 22 Pilate answered, Wliat I 
 have written I have written. 
 
 23 ^\ Then the soldiers, when 
 they had cruciiied Jesus, took 
 his garments, and made four 
 parts, to every soldier a part; 
 and also his ccat : now the coat 
 was without seam, woven from 
 the top thi'oughout. 
 
 24 They said therefore among 
 themselves, Let us not rend it, 
 but cast lots for it, whose it shall 
 he : that the scripture might 
 be fuiiilled, which saith, They 
 parted my raiment among 
 them, and for my vesture they 
 did cast lots. These things 
 therefore the soldiers did. 
 
 25 IF Now there stood by the 
 cross of Jesus his mother, and 
 his mother's sister, Mary the 
 wife of Cleophas, and Mary 
 Magdalene. 
 
 26 When Jesus therefore saw 
 his mother, and the disciple 
 standing by, whom he loved, 
 he saith unto his mother, Wo- 
 man, behold thy son I 
 
 27 Then saith he to the dis- 
 ciple. Behold thy mother ! And 
 from that hour that disciple 
 took her unto his own home. 
 
 28 IT After this, Jesus knov/iag 
 that all things were now accom- 
 plished, that the scripture might 
 be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. 
 
 29 Now there was set a vessel 
 full of vinegar : and they filled 
 a spunge v/ith vinegar, and put 
 it upon hyssop, and put it to 
 his mouth. 
 
 30 When Jesus therefore had 
 received the vinegar, he said. It 
 
 is finished : and he bowed his 
 head, and gave up the ghost. 
 
 31 The Jews therefore, because 
 it was the preparation, that the 
 bodies should not remain upon 
 the cross on the sabbath day, 
 (for that sabbath day was an 
 high day,) besought Pilate that 
 their legs might be broken, and 
 that they might be taken away. 
 
 32 Then came the soldiers, 
 and brake the legs of the first, 
 and of the other which was 
 crucified with him. 
 
 33 But when they came to Je- 
 sus, and saw that he was dead 
 already, they brake not his leg s : 
 
 34 But one of the soldiers with 
 a spear pierced his side, and 
 forthwith came there out bleed 
 and water. 
 
 35 And he that saw it bare re- 
 cord, and his record is true : 
 and he knov/eth tliat he saith 
 true, that ye might believe. 
 
 36 For these things were done, 
 that the scripture should be 
 fulfilled, A bone of liim shall 
 not be broken. 
 
 37 And again another scripture 
 saith. They shall look on him 
 whom they pierced. 
 
 38 11 And after this Joseph of 
 Arimatheea, being a disciple of 
 Jesus, but secretly for fear of 
 the Jews, besought Pilate that 
 he might take away the body 
 of Jesus : and Pilate gave him 
 leave. He came therelbre, and 
 took the body of Jesus. 
 
 30 And there came also Ni- 
 codemus, which at the first 
 came to Jesus by night, and 
 brought a mixture of myrrh 
 and aloes, about an hundred 
 pound weight. 
 
 40 Then took they the body of 
 Jesus, and wound it in Imen 
 clothes with the spices, as the 
 manner of the Jews is to bur^^ 
 
 41 Now in the place where he 
 was crucified there was a gar- 
 den ; and in the garden a new 
 sepulchre, wherein was never 
 man yet laid. 
 
 42 There laid they Jesus there- 
 fore because of the Jews' pre- 
 
Ornst appeareth St. JOHN, XX. to Mury Mngdattw 
 
 X aration dav ; for the sei'iilchre i 13 And they Fay unto lier. 
 
 ^ as nigh at hancl. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 Woman, \\ hy weepC6"t tliou '; 
 8he Faith nnto them, Becaiif*e 
 
 .'ar>/ com-th to tJ.e sepulchre: saoOo] they have taken avray ray Lord, 
 
 Peter andJoJin, i'j7iorant of the resur- and I knoW not >vhere they 
 
 rection. 11 Jesw appeareth to Mary j have laid Ilim. 
 
 Alagdalene, \'j and to his disciples. \ 
 
 C4 The incrfdiUity, and coi>fcsuon <•} i 
 
 Thor.tas. 30 The scripture is sufficient \ 
 
 to salvation. 
 
 14 And -svhen she had thus 
 I said, File turned herself I ack, 
 and saw Jesus standing, and 
 
 THE first (laj/ of the week knew not that it was Jesus. 
 Cometh Mary Magdalene 15 Jesus saith nnto her, AN O- 
 early, when it was yet dark, man, why wee^est thou? wluan 
 unto the sepulchre, and seeth i seekest thou ? 8he, supposing 
 the stone taken a^^ay from the him to be the gardener, saith 
 
 ernlchre. 
 
 I unto him. Sir, if thou hiive 
 
 2 Then she nmneth, and com- borne Tiim hence, tell nae where 
 eth to Simon Peter, and to the thou hast laid him, and 1 will 
 other disciple, whom Jesus lov- take him away, 
 eel, and saith unto them, They i 16 Jesus saith nnto her. Mary, 
 liave taken away the Lord out She turned herself, and saitii 
 of the sepulchre, and we know ; unto him, Kabboni; which io 
 
 to say, Master. 
 
 17 Jesus saith unto her, Tou(h 
 me not ; for I am not yet as- 
 cended to my Father: but go 
 
 not where they have laid him. 
 
 3 Peter therefore went forth, 
 and that other disciple, and 
 came to the sci>ulchre. 
 
 4 So they ran both together: I to my brethren, and say nnto 
 and the other disciple did out- ' them, I ascend unto my Fatlier, 
 
 run Peter, and came first to the 
 sepulchre. 
 
 5 And he stooping down, and 
 lookiuif in, saw the linen clothes 
 lying ; yet went he not in. 
 
 G Then cometh Simon Peter 
 following him, and went into 
 the sepulchre, and seeth the 
 linen clothes lie, 
 
 7 And the napkin, that was 
 
 and your Father; and to my 
 God, and your God. 
 
 18 Mary Magdalene came and 
 told the disciples that she had 
 seen the Lord, and that he 
 had spoken these things unto 
 her. 
 
 19 ^ Tlien the same day at 
 evening, being the first dat/ of 
 tfie week, when the doors were 
 
 about his head, not lyii^g with ' shut where the dis<'iples were 
 the linen clothes, but wrapped assembled for fear of the Jews, 
 together in a place by itself. j came Jesus and stood in the 
 8 Then went in also that other ' midst, and saith unto them, 
 
 disciple, which came first to 
 the sepulchre, and he saw, and 
 believed. 
 
 9 For as yet they knew not 
 the scripture, that he must rise 
 again fi:-om the dead. 
 
 10 Then the disciples went a- 
 Avay again unto their own home. 
 
 11 I But Marj' stood without 
 at the sepulchre weeping : and 
 as she wept, she stooped down. 
 
 Peace be unto you. 
 
 20 And when he had so said, 
 he shewed unto them^w hands 
 and his side. Then were the 
 disciiles glad, when they saw 
 the Lord. 
 
 21 Then said Jesus to them 
 again, Peace be unto you : as 
 my Father hath sent me, even 
 so send I you. 
 
 22 And when he had said this, 
 
 ami looked mto the sepulchre, { he breathed on them, and saith 
 12 And seeth two angels in ; unto them, Receive ye the 
 white sitting, the one at the i Holy Ghost : 
 head, and the other at the feet, I 23 Whose soever sins ye remit, 
 where the body of Jesus had Iain, i they are remitted unto them: 
 
and to his disciples 
 
 and wliose eoev-er sins ye re- 
 tain, they are retained. 
 
 24 i[ But Thomas, one of the 
 twelve, called Didymiis, was not 
 vvith them when Jestis came. 
 
 25 The other disciples there- 
 fore said nnto him, YVe have 
 seen the Lord. But he said 
 unto them, Except I shall gee 
 in his hands the print of the 
 nails, and put my linger into 
 the print of the nails, and thrust 
 my hand into his side, I will 
 not believe. 
 
 26 11 And after eight days a- 
 gain his disciples were witliin, 
 and Thomas with them : then 
 came Jesus, the doors being 
 shut, and stood in the midst, 
 and said, Peace be unto you. 
 
 27 Then saith he to Thomas, 
 Eeach hither thy finger, and 
 behold my hands ; and reach 
 hither thy hand, and thrust it 
 into my side : and be not faith- 
 less, but believing. 
 
 28 And Thomas answered and 
 said unto him, My Lord and 
 my God. 
 
 29 Jesus saith unto him, Tho- 
 mas, because thou hast seen 
 me, thou hast believed : blessed 
 are- they that have not seen, 
 and 1/et have believed. 
 
 30 H And many other signs 
 truly did Jesus in the presence 
 of his disciples, which are not 
 written iji this booli : 
 
 31 But these are written, that 
 ye might believe that Jesus is 
 the Christ, the Son of God ; and 
 that believing ye might have 
 life tlirough his name. 
 
 CHAPTER XXL 
 
 1 Christ appearing again to his disciples 
 ■ was kn O'Wii of them by the great draught 
 cf fishes. 12 He dineth with theon : 15 
 earnestly co'inmandetli Peter to feed his 
 lambs and sheep : 18 foretelleth him of 
 Jtis death .• 22 rebuketh his curiosity 
 touching John. 25 Th^ conclusion. 
 
 4FTEE these things Jesus 
 J\. shewed himself again to 
 the disciples at the sea of Ti- 
 berias ; and on this wise shewed 
 he hiraself. 
 
 2 There were together Simeon 
 Peter, and Thomas called Di- 
 
 St. JOHN", XXT. after his resmredion, 
 
 dymus, and Nathan ael of Oan^ 
 in Galilee, and the sons of Ze- 
 bedee, and two other of his 
 disciples. 
 
 3 Simon Peter saith unto them, 
 I go a fishing. They say unto 
 him. We also go with thee. 
 They went forth, and entered 
 into a ship immediately; and 
 that night they caught nothing. 
 
 4 But when the morning was 
 now come, Jesus stood on the 
 shore : but the disciples knew 
 not that it vras Jesus. 
 
 5 Then Jesus saith unto them. 
 Children, have ye any meat ? 
 They answered him, IS! o. 
 
 6 And he said unto them, 
 Cast the net on the right side 
 of the ship, paid ye shall find. 
 They cast therefore, and now 
 they were not able to draw it 
 for the multitude of fishes. 
 
 7 Therefore that disciple whom 
 Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It 
 is the Lord. Now when Simon 
 Peter heard that it was the Lord, 
 he gill; his fisher's coat imto 
 him, (for he was naked.) and 
 did cast himself into the sea. 
 
 8 And the other disciples came 
 in a little ship ; (for they were 
 not far from land, but as it were 
 two hundred cubits,) dragging 
 the net with fishes. 
 
 9 As soon then as they were 
 come to land, they saw a fire of 
 coals there, and fish laid there- 
 on, and bread. 
 
 10 Jesus saith unto them, 
 Bring of the fish wliich ye have 
 now caught. 
 
 11 Simon Peter went up, and 
 di^ew the net to land full of 
 great fishes, an hundred and 
 fifty and three : and for all 
 there were so many, yet was 
 not the net broken. 
 
 12 Jesus saith unto them. 
 Come a7id dine. And none of 
 the disciples durst ask him. 
 Who art thou? knowing that 
 it was the Lord. 
 
 13 Jesus then cometh, and 
 taketh bread, and giveth them, 
 and fish likewise. 
 
 14 This is now the tliird time 
 3F3 
 
CJinsl*s rep^aied 
 
 tliat Jesus sliewed liiin.«elf to 
 liis discii)les, alter tliat he \\hs> 
 risen in mi the dead. 
 
 15 "[ >So when they had dined, 
 Jesus eaith to (Simon IVter, Si- 
 mon, son of Jonas, lovest thon 
 me more than these? He paith 
 luito him. Yea, Lord ; thou 
 knowest tliat 1 love thee. He 
 faith unto liim, Feed my lambs, 
 
 St. JOHN, XXI. 
 
 chctiye to TtUn. 
 
 Vd This PI ake he, signii'ying 
 by what death he should jrlo- 
 rily God. And when he liad 
 spoken this, he saith unto him, 
 Follow mi. 
 
 20 Then Peter, turninp aljout, 
 peeth the disciple whom Jesi;s 
 loved following' ; whieh also 
 leaned on his breast at pupper, 
 and paid. Lord, wliieh is he 
 
 IG He paith to him again the | that Ix'tiayeth thee? 
 peeond time, Simon, i<(pn oii 21 Peter Peeini^ him saith to 
 Jonas, lovest thon me? He Jesus, Lord, and what &/<«// this 
 paith unto him. Yea, Lord ; i man ^/'>^^ 
 
 tiiou knowest that I Inve thee. : 22 Jesus paith unto liim, H I 
 He saith unto him. Feed my | will that ho tany till I come, 
 shceit. * what in that to theeV follow 
 
 17 He paith unto liim the thou me. 
 
 third time, Simon, son of Jo- ' 23 Then went this Baying 
 1 as, lovest thou me? Peter abrcjad among the brethren, 
 was p-rieved berauso he paid i that that (lisciide should not 
 unto him the third time, Lov-ldie: yet Jesr.s said not unto 
 est thou me? And lie paid I him, He shall not die; but, 
 unto him. Lord, thou knowest | If 1 will that he tarry till 1 
 things; thou knowest that 1 conje, what ja^Ag/ to thee? 
 
 I love tin e. Jesus saitli unto 
 liim, Feed my sheep. 
 
 18 N'erily, verily, 1 pay unto 
 tliee. When thou wast young, 
 thou girdedst thyself, and walk- 
 t't^'^t whither thou wouldest • 
 
 24 This is the diseiple wliich 
 testilieth of these things, and 
 wrote these things : and we 
 know that his testimony is true. 
 
 2") And there are also many 
 other tilings which Jesus did. 
 
 })ut when tlioii shalt \m old, , the which, if they Bhould be 
 Thou shalt stretch iorth thy , written every one, 1 suppose 
 hands, and another shall trird that even the world itself could 
 thee, and carry tlico whither not contain the books that 
 thou wouldest not. should be written. Amen. 
 
 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 ] Cliriit, preixiring his a)>o$tle8 to the 
 bi'holding of his ascension, gathcreth 
 thein tojether into the vioiint Oiifrt, 
 cotnmand^th thein to expect in Jeru- 
 salem the sending down of the II<A>j 
 Ghost, promiscth after few du^s to 
 send it: b>) virtue whereof they should 
 be witnesses unto him, even to the ut- 
 inost par's of the earth. After his 
 ascensiun they are warned by two an- 
 gels to depart, and to set their minds 
 tipo7i his second coming. 12 They 
 accordinghi return, atuZ, giving them- 
 selves to prayer, choose MattJuas apo- 
 stle in the place of Judas. 
 
 THE former treatise have I 
 made. O Theophilus, of all 
 that Jesus began both to do and 
 teach, 
 
 ' 2 Until the day in which he 
 i was taken up, after that lie 
 through the Holy Ghost had 
 gi\eii commandments unto the 
 apostles whom lie liad chosen : 
 
 3 To whom also he shewed 
 himself alive after his passion 
 by many infallible proofs, be- 
 ing seen of them ioiiy days, 
 and speaking of the things 
 pertaining to the kingdom of 
 God: 
 
 4 And, being assembled to- 
 gether with ihejn, commanded 
 them that they should not de- 
 part from Jerusalem, but wait 
 for the promise of the Father, 
 
Christ's asceimoii 
 
 THE ACTS, I. 
 
 into heaven. 
 
 which, saith he, ye have heard 
 of me. 
 
 5 For John truly baptized 
 with water; but ye shall be 
 baptized with the Holy Ghost 
 not many days hence. 
 
 6 AVhen they therefore were 
 come together, they asked of 
 him, saying, Lord, wilt thou 
 at this time restore again the 
 kingdom to Israel ? 
 
 7 And he said unto them, It is 
 not for you to know the times 
 or the seasons, which the Father 
 hath put in liis own power. 
 
 8 But ye shall receive power, 
 after that the Holy Ghost is | 
 come upon you : and ye shall I 
 be witnesses unto me both in ' 
 Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, 
 and in Samaria, and unto the 
 uttermost part of the earth. 
 
 9 And when he had spoken ' 
 these tilings, while they be- 
 held, he was taken up; and a 
 {'loud received him out of their 
 sight. 
 
 10 And while they looked 
 stedfastly toward heaven as he 
 went up, behold, two men stood 
 by them in white apparel ; 
 
 11 Which also said, Ye men of 
 Galilee, why stand ye gazing up 
 into heaA'en? this same Jesus, 
 which is taken up from you 
 into heaven, shall so come in 
 like manner as ye have seen 
 him go into heaven. 
 
 12 Then returned they unto 
 Jerusalem from the mount call- 
 ed Olivet, which is from Jeru- 
 salem a sabbath day's journey. 
 
 13 And when they were come 
 in, they went up into an upper 
 room, where abode both Pe- 
 ter, and James, and John, and 
 Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, 
 Bartholomew, and Matthew, 
 James the son of Alph^Bus, and 
 Simon Zelotes, and Judas the 
 brother of James. 
 
 14 These all continued with 
 one accord in prayer and sup- 
 plication, with the women, and 
 Mary the mother of Jesus, and 
 with his brethren. 
 
 15 •[ And in those days Peter 
 
 stood up in the midst of the 
 disciples, and said, (the number 
 of names together were about 
 an hundred and twenty,) 
 
 16 Men and brethren, this 
 scripture must needs have been 
 fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost 
 by the mouth of David spake 
 before concerning Judas, which 
 was guide to them that took 
 Jesus. 
 
 17 For he was numbered with 
 us, and had obtained part of 
 tliis ministry. 
 
 18 Novn^ tliis man purchased 
 a field with the reward of ini- 
 quity; and falling headlong, 
 he bui-st asunder in the midst, 
 and all his bowels gushed out. 
 
 19 And it was known unto 
 all the dwellers at Jerusalem; 
 insomuch as that field is called 
 in their proper tongue, Acel- 
 dama, that is to say, The field 
 of blood. 
 
 20 For it is written in the book 
 of Psalms, Let his habitation be 
 desolate, and let no man dwell 
 therein : and his bishoprick let 
 another take. 
 
 21 AVherefore of these men 
 which have companied with us 
 all the time that the Lord Je* 
 sus went in and out among us, 
 
 22 Beginning from the bap- 
 tism of John, unto that same 
 day that he was taken up from 
 us, must one be ordained to 
 be a witness with us of his 
 resurrection. 
 
 23 And they appointed two, 
 Joseph called I Barsabas, who 
 was surnamed Justus, and 
 Matthias. 
 
 24 And they prayed, and said, 
 Thou, Lord, which knowest the 
 hearts of all men, shew whether 
 of these two thou hast chosen, 
 
 25 That he may take part of 
 this ministry and apostleship, 
 from which Judas by trans- 
 gression fell, that he might go 
 to his own place. 
 
 26 And they gave forth their 
 lots; and the lot fell upon 
 Matthias; and he was num- 
 bered with the eleven apostles. 
 
The descml of 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 1 The apos£les, filled vAth the Holy Ghost, 
 and S2)eakiiig divers languages, are 
 admired bj some, and derided by 
 others. 14 fVhom Peter disproving, 
 (fiid sJiewing that the apostles s-pakc by 
 the power of the Holy Ghoet, that Jesu^ 
 was risen fror.i the. dead, ascended into 
 heaven, had ijoured dotv.i the same 
 Holy Ghost, and was the Mcssias, a 
 man known to them to be a2>proved 
 of God by his miracles, wonders, and 
 ^gns, and not criccified without his de- 
 terminate counsel and foreknowledge : 
 37 he baptizeth a great number that 
 were converted. 41 jr/jo afterwards 
 devoutly and charitably converse toge- 
 ther: the apostles working many mi- 
 racles, and God daily increasing his 
 church. 
 
 VND when the day of Peii- 
 . tecost was fully come, 
 they were all with one accord 
 iii one place. 
 
 2 And suddenly there came 
 a sound from heaven as of a 
 rushing mighty wind, and it 
 iilled all the house Avhere they 
 were sitthig. 
 
 3 And there appeared unto 
 them cloven tongues lilce as 
 of fire, and it sat upon each of 
 them. 
 
 4 And they were all filled witli 
 the Holy Ghost, and began to 
 speak with other tongues, as the 
 Spirit gave them utterance. 
 
 5 And there were dwelling at 
 Jerusalem Jews, devout men, 
 out of every nation under hea- 
 ven. 
 
 6 Now when this was noised 
 abroad, the multitude came to- 
 gether, and were confounded, 
 because that every man heard 
 them speak in liis own lan- 
 fruage. 
 
 7 And they were all amazed 
 and marvelled, saying one to 
 another, Behold, are not all 
 these which speak Galila?ans? 
 
 8 And how hear we every man 
 in our own tongue, wherein we 
 were born ? 
 
 9 Parthians, and Medes, and 
 Elamites, and the dwellers in 
 Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, 
 and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and 
 Asia, 
 
 10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, 
 in Egypt, and in the parts of 
 
 THE ACTS, II. the Holy Ghosf. 
 
 Libya about CjTene, and stran- 
 gers of Pome, Jews and prose- 
 lytes, 
 
 11 Cretes and Arabians, we 
 do hear them speak in our 
 tongues the wonderful ^\ork3 
 of God. 
 
 12 And they were all amazed, 
 and were in doubt, saying one to 
 another, What meaneth this ? 
 
 13 Others mocking said. These 
 men are full of new wine. 
 
 14 ^ But Peter, standing up 
 v>'ith the eleven, lifted up his 
 voice, and said unto them. Ye 
 men of Judaea, and all ii/e that 
 dwell at Jerusalem, be this 
 known unto you, and hearken 
 to my words : 
 
 15 For these are not drunken, 
 as ye suppose, seeing it is biit 
 the thud hour of the day. 
 
 IG But this is that which was 
 spoken by the prophet Joel ; 
 
 17 And it shall come to pass 
 in the last days, saith God, I 
 will pour out of my Spirit upon 
 all liesh: and your sons and 
 your daughters shall proi)hesy, 
 and your young men shall see 
 visions, and your old men shall 
 dieam dreams : 
 
 18 And on my serv^ants and on 
 my handmaidens I will pour 
 out in those days of my Spirit ; 
 an-d they shall prophesy : 
 
 19 And 1 will shew wonders 
 in heaven above, and signs in 
 the earth beneath; blood, and 
 fire, and vapour of smoke : 
 
 20 The sun shall be turned 
 into darkness, and the moon 
 into blood, before that great 
 and notable day of the Lord 
 come: 
 
 21 And it shall come to pass, 
 that Avhoscever shall call on 
 the name of the Lord shall be 
 saved. 
 
 22 Ye men of Israel, hear these 
 words; Jesus of Nazareth, a 
 man approved of God among 
 you by miracles and wonders 
 and signs, which God did by 
 him in the midst of you, as ye 
 yourselves also know : 
 
 23 Him, being delivered by 
 
Peters sermon on 
 
 THE ACTS, II. 
 
 fJie day of Pentecost. 
 
 the determinate counsel and 
 foreknowledge of God, ye have 
 taken, and by wicked hands 
 have crucified and slain : 
 
 24 Whom God hath raised 
 up, having loosed the pains of 
 death : because it was not pos- 
 sible that he should be holden 
 of it. 
 
 25 For David speaketh con- 
 cerning him, I foresaw the 
 Lord always before my face, 
 for he is on my right hand, 
 that I should not be moved : 
 
 26 Therefore did my heart 
 rejoice, and my tongue was 
 glad; moreover also my flesh 
 shall rest in hope : 
 
 27 Because thou wilt not leave 
 my soul in hell, neither wilt 
 thou suffer thine Holy One to 
 see corruption. 
 
 23 Thou hast made known to 
 me the ways of life ; thou shalt 
 make me full of joy with thy 
 countenance. 
 
 29 Men and brethren, let me 
 freely speak unto you of the 
 patriarch David, that he is both 
 dead and buried, and his sepul- 
 chre is with us unto this day. 
 
 30 Therefore being a prophet, 
 and knowing that God had 
 sworn with an oath to him, 
 that of the fruit of his loins, 
 according to the flesh, he would 
 raise up Christ to sit on his 
 tin-one ; 
 
 31 He seeing this before spake 
 of the resurrection of Christ, 
 that his soul was not left in 
 hell, neither his flesh did see 
 corruption. 
 
 32 This Jesus hath God rais- 
 ed up, whereof we all are wit- 
 nesses. 
 
 33 Therefore being by the 
 right hand of God exalted, and 
 having received of the Father 
 the promise of the Holy Ghost, 
 he hath shed forth this, which 
 ye now see and hear. 
 
 34 For David is not ascended 
 into the heavens : but he saith 
 himself, The Lord said unto 
 my Lord, Sit thou on my right 
 hand, 
 
 35 Until I make thy foes thy 
 footstool. 
 
 36 Therefore let all the house 
 of Israel know assuredly, that 
 God hath made that same Je- 
 sus, whom ye ha,ve crucified, 
 both Lord and Christ. 
 
 37 IF Now when they heard 
 this, they were pricked in their 
 heart, and said unto Peter and 
 to the rest of the apostles. Men 
 and brethi-en, what shall we 
 do? 
 
 38 Then Peter said unto them, 
 Repent, and be baptized every 
 one of you in the name of Je- 
 sus Christ for the remission of 
 sins, and ye shall receive the 
 gift of the Holy Ghost. 
 
 39 For the promise is mito 
 you, and to your children, and 
 to all that are afar ofl", eve7i 
 as many as the Lord our God 
 shall call. 
 
 40 And with many other words 
 did he testify and exhort, say- 
 ing, Save yourselves fi-om this 
 untoward generation. 
 
 41 f[ Then they that gladly 
 received his word were bap- 
 tized : and the same day there 
 w^ere added unto them about 
 three thousand souls. 
 
 42 And they continued sted- 
 fastly in the apostles' doctrine 
 and fellowship, and in break- 
 ing of bread, and in prayers. 
 
 43 And fear came upon every 
 soul: and many wonders and 
 signs were done by the apostles. 
 
 44 And all that believed were 
 together, and had all things 
 common ; 
 
 45 And sold their possessions 
 and goods, and parted them to 
 all men, as eveiy man had 
 need. 
 
 46 And they, continuing daily 
 with one accord in the temple, 
 and brealdng bread from house 
 to house, did eat their meat 
 with gladness and singleness of 
 heart, 
 
 47 Praising God, and having 
 favour with all the people. And 
 the Lord added to the church 
 daily such as should be saved. 
 
The lame man healed THE ACTS, III. 
 
 1>1) Filer and J<hh 
 
 CHAPTER in. 
 
 1 Peter preaching to the people that 
 came to sec a Inme man restored to his 
 feet, 12 profc-sseth the cure not to have 
 beeii wrought by his or John's own 
 power, or holiness, hut by fiod, and his 
 Sjn Jesus, and through faith in his 
 name: 13 withal reprehending them 
 for crucifying Jesus. 17 U^nch because 
 they did it through ignorance, and ] 
 that thereby were fulfdlcd God's deter- 
 'irdnate counsel, a nd the scriiJtures : Vj\ 
 he exhorte'h them by repentance and | 
 faith to seek remission of their sins, 
 and salvation in the same Jesus. 
 
 "ryOW Peter aiul Jolm uent , 
 1.1 up together into the tern- 1 
 I tie at tlie hour of prayer, beiti^ I 
 the ninth hour. | 
 
 2 And a certain man lame ; 
 from his mother's \vomb a\ as ' 
 carried, whom they laid daily 
 at tlie gate of tlie temple which 
 is called Beautiful, to ask alms 
 (f them that entered into the 
 temyile ; 
 
 3 Wlio Feeiji? Peter and John 
 about to go into the temple 
 asked an alms. 
 
 4 And l*eter, fastening his 
 eyes upon him with John, said, 
 Look on us. 
 
 5 And he gave heed unto 
 them, exjecting to receive 
 something of them. 
 
 G Then Peter said. Silver and 
 gold have I none ; but such 
 as I have give I thee: In the 
 name of Jesus Cluist of Na- 
 zareth rise up and walk. 
 
 7 And he took liim by the 
 right hand, and lifted him up : 
 and immediately his feet and 
 ancle bones received strength. 
 
 8 And he leaping up stood, 
 and walked, and entered Avith 
 them into the temple, walking, 
 and leaping, and praising God. 
 
 9 And all the people saw him 
 walldng and praising God : 
 
 10 And they knew that it was 
 he which sat for alms at the 
 Beautiful gate of the temple: 
 and they were filled 'with won- 
 der and amazement at that 
 wliich had haprened imto him. 
 
 11 And as the lame man 
 which was healed held Peter 
 and John, all the people ran 
 
 together unto them in the porcli 
 that is called Solomon's, great- 
 ly Mondering. 
 
 12 ■[ And when Peter saw if, 
 he answered unto the leople, 
 Ye men of Israel, why marvel 
 ye at this? or why look ye so 
 earnestly on us, as thougli by 
 our own power or holiness "we 
 had made this man to walk ? 
 
 13 The God of Abiaham, and 
 of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God 
 of our fathers, hath glorified 
 his Son Jesus; whom ye de- 
 livered up, and denied him in 
 the presence of Pilate, when he 
 was detennined to let him go. 
 
 14 But ye denied the Holy 
 One and the Just, and desired 
 a murderer to be gi anted unto 
 you ; 
 
 15 And killed the Prince of 
 lile, whom God hath raised 
 from the dead ; whereof we are 
 witnesses. 
 
 1() And his name through 
 faith in his r.ame hath made 
 this man strong, whom ye see 
 and know : yea, the laith which 
 is by liim hath given him this 
 perfect soundness in the pre- 
 sence of you all. 
 
 17 And now, brethren, I wot 
 that through ignorance ye did 
 it, as did also your rulers. 
 
 18 But those tilings, which 
 God before had shewed by the 
 mouth of all his prophets, that 
 Christ should sufi'er, he hath 
 so fulfilled. 
 
 19 ![ Eerent ye therefore, and 
 be converted, that your sins 
 may be blotted out, when the 
 times of refreshing shall come 
 from the presence of the Lord ; 
 
 20 And he shall send Jesus 
 Christ, which before vras preach- 
 ed unto you : 
 
 21 Whom the heaven must 
 receive until the times of resti- 
 tution of all things, which God 
 hath spoken by the mouth of 
 all his holy prophets since the 
 world began. 
 
 22 For Moses truly said unto 
 the fathers, A prophet shall the 
 Lord your God raise up unto 
 
THE ACTS, IV 
 
 Pet^r and John hrGiufnt 
 
 you of your brethren, like un- 
 to me; him shall ye hear in 
 all things whatsoever he shall 
 say unto you. 
 
 23 And it shall come to pass, 
 that every soul, which mil not 
 hear that prophet, shall be de- 
 stroyed from among the people. 
 
 24 Yea, and all the prophets 
 from Samuel and those that 
 follow after, as many as have 
 spoken, have likewise foretold 
 of these days. 
 
 25 Ye are the childi'en of the 
 prophets, and of the covenant 
 which God made v/ith om* fa- 
 thers, saying unto Abraham, 
 And in thy seed shall all the 
 kindreds of the earth be blessed. 
 
 26 Unto you first God, having 
 raised up his Son Jesus, sent 
 him to bless you, in turning 
 away every one of you from 
 his iniquities. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 The rulers of the Jeivs ojfsnded with 
 Peter's sermon, 4 (thoujh thousands of 
 the jyeopls vjere converted that heard 
 the word,) imjyrison Jmn and John. 5 
 After, upon exatnination Peter boldly 
 avouching t?ie lame man to be healed 
 by the na'ina of Jesus, and that by the 
 serine Jesus only we onust be etertudly 
 saved, 13 they comynand him and John 
 to lyreach no tnore in that name, add- 
 ing also threatening, 23 whereupon 
 the church fieeth to prayer. 31 And 
 God, by 'inoving the place where they 
 were assembled, testified that he heard 
 their prayer: confirraing the church 
 with the gift of the Holy Ghost, and 
 with inutual love and charity. 
 
 A ND as they spake unto the 
 j\. people, the priests, and the 
 captain of the temple, and the 
 Sadducees, came upon them, 
 
 2 Being grieved that they 
 taught the people, and preach- 
 ed through Jesus the resmrec- 
 tion from the dead. 
 
 3 And they laid hands on 
 them, and put them in hold 
 unto the next day : for it was 
 now eventide. 
 
 4 Howbeit many of them 
 which heard the word believ- 
 ed; and the number of the 
 men was about five thousand. 
 
 5 ^ And it came to pass on 
 the morrow, that their rulers, 
 and elders, and scribes, 
 
 before ilie council. 
 
 6 And Annas the high priest, 
 and Caiaphas, and John, and 
 Alexander, and as many as 
 were of the kindred of the high 
 priest, were gathered together 
 at Jerusalem. 
 
 7 And when they had set 
 them in the midst, they asked, 
 By what power, or by what 
 name, have yq done this? 
 
 8 Then Peter, filled with the 
 Holy Ghost, said unto them, 
 Ye rulers of the people, and 
 elders of Israel, 
 
 9 If we this day be examined 
 of the good deed done to the 
 impotent man, by what means 
 he is made w hole ; 
 
 10 Be it known unto you all, 
 and to all the people of Israel, 
 that by the name of Jesus Cln-ist 
 of Nazareth, whom ye cruci- 
 fied, whom God raised from the 
 dead, even by him doth this man 
 stand here before you whole. 
 
 11 This is the stone wliicli was 
 set at nought of you builders, 
 which is become the head of 
 the corner. 
 
 12 Neither is there salvation 
 in any other : for there is none 
 other name under heaven given 
 among men, whereby we must 
 be saved. 
 
 13 IF Now when they saw the 
 boldness of Peter and John, 
 and perceived that they were 
 unlearned and ignorant men, 
 they marvelled ; and they took 
 knowledge of them, that they 
 had been with Jesus. 
 
 14 And beholding the man 
 which was healed standing with 
 them, they could say nothing 
 against it. 
 
 15 But when they had com- 
 manded them to go aside out 
 of the council, they conferred 
 among themselves, 
 
 16 Saying, AVhat shall we do 
 to these men? for that indeed 
 a notable miracle hath been 
 done by them is manifest to 
 all them th^t dwell in Jerusa- 
 lem ; and we cannot deny it. 
 
 17 But that it spread no fui'- 
 ther among the people, let us 
 
Tlie church 
 
 THE ACTS, V. 
 
 Jketh to prayer. 
 
 straitly threaten them, that 
 they speak henceforth to no 
 man in this name. 
 
 18 And they called them, and 
 commanded them not to speak 
 at all nor teach in the name of 
 Jesus. 
 
 19 But Peter and John an- 
 swered and said unto them. 
 Whether it be right in the sight 
 of God to hearken unto you 
 more than unto God, judge ye. 
 
 20 For we cannot but speak 
 the things which we have seen 
 and heard. 
 
 21 So when they had fiuiher 
 threatened them, they let them 
 go, finding nothing how they 
 might punish them, because of 
 the people : for all men glorified 
 God for that which was done. 
 
 22 For the man was above 
 forty years old, on whom this 
 miracle of healing was shewed. 
 
 23 ^ And bemg let go, they 
 went to their own company, 
 and reported all that the chief 
 priests and eldei-s had said unto 
 them. 
 
 24 And when they heard that; 
 they lifted up their voice to 
 God with one accord, and said, 
 Lord, thou art God, which hast 
 made heaven, and earth, and 
 the sea, and all that in them is : 
 
 25 Who by the mouth of thy 
 servant David hast said. Why 
 did the heathen rage, and the 
 people imagine vam things? 
 
 26 The kings of the earth stood 
 up, and the rulers were gather- 
 ed together against the Lord, 
 and against his Christ. 
 
 27 For of a truth against thy 
 holy child Jesus, whom thou 
 hast anointed, both Herod, and 
 Pontius Pilate, with the Gen- 
 tiles, and the people of Israel, 
 were gathered together, 
 
 28 For to do whatsoever thy 
 hand and thy counsel deter- 
 mined before to be done. 
 
 29 And now, Lord, behold their 
 threatenings : and grant unto 
 thy ser\^ants, that with all bold- 
 ness they may speak thy word, 
 
 30 By stretching forth thine 
 
 hand to heal ; and that signs and 
 wonders may be done by the 
 name of thy holy child Jesus. 
 
 31 ^ And when they had 
 prayed, the place was shaken 
 where they were assembled to- 
 gether ; and they were all filled 
 with the Holy Ghost, and they 
 spake the word of God with 
 boldness. 
 
 32 And the multitude of them 
 that believed were of one heart 
 and of one soul: neither said 
 any of them that ought of the 
 tilings which he possessed was 
 his own; but they had all 
 things common. 
 
 33 And with great power gave 
 the apostles witness of the resur- 
 rection of the Lord Jesus : and 
 great grace was upon them all. 
 
 34 Neither was there any a- 
 mong them that lacked: for 
 as many as were possessors of 
 lands or houses sold them, and 
 brought the prices of the things 
 that were sold, 
 
 35 And laid them down at the 
 apostles' feet : and distribution 
 was made unto every man ac- 
 cording as he had need. 
 
 36 And Joses, who by the 
 apostles was sumamed Barna- 
 bas, (which is, being interpret- 
 ed. The son of consolation,) a 
 Levite, and of the country of 
 Cyprus, 
 
 37 Having land, sold it, and 
 brought the money, and laid it 
 at the apostles' feet. 
 
 CHAPTER y. 
 
 1 Jf^er tTuit Ananias and SappMra Ms 
 wife for their hypocrisy at Peter's re- 
 buke Jiad fallen down dead, 12 and 
 that the rest of tJie apostles had zvrcught 
 inany miracles, 14 to the increase cf 
 the faith: 17 the apostles are again im- 
 prisoned, 19 but delivered by an angel 
 bidding them to prreach openly to all : 
 21 when, after their teaching accord- 
 ingly in the temple, 29 and before th-e 
 council, 33 they are in danger to be 
 killed, through tlie advice of Gamaliel, 
 a great counsellor among the Jews, 
 they be kept alive, 40 aiul are but 
 beaten .- for which they gloi-ify God, 
 and cease no day from preaching. 
 
 BUT a certain man named 
 Ananias, with Sapr hira his 
 wife, sold a possession, 
 
The sin of 
 
 THE ACTS, V. Ananias and SarjjMra. 
 
 2 And kept back part of the 
 price, his wife also being privy 
 to it, and brought a certain part, 
 and laid it at the apostles' feet. 
 
 3 But Peter said, Ananias, why 
 hath Satan filled thine heart 
 to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to 
 keep back part of the price of 
 the land? 
 
 4 Whiles it remained, was it 
 not thine own ? and after it was 
 sold, was it not in thine own 
 power? why hast thou conceiv- 
 ed this thing in thine heart? 
 thou hast not lied unto raen, 
 but unto God. 
 
 5 And Ananias hearing these 
 T\^ords fell down, and gave up 
 the ghost : and great fear came 
 on all them that heard these 
 things. 
 
 6 And the young men arose, 
 wound him up, and carried him 
 out, and buried him. 
 
 7 And it was about the space 
 of three hours after, when his 
 v;ife, not knovving what was 
 done, came in. 
 
 8 Ajid Peter answered unto 
 her. Tell me whether ye sold 
 the land for so much? And she 
 said, Yea, for so much. 
 
 9 Then Peter said unto her, 
 How is it that ye have agreed 
 together to tempt the Spuit of 
 the Lord? behold, the feet of 
 them which have buried thy 
 husband are at the door, and 
 shall carry thee out. 
 
 10 Then fell she down straight- 
 way at his feet, and yielded up 
 the ghost : and the young men 
 came in, and found her dead, 
 and, carrying her forth, bmied 
 her by her husband. 
 
 11 And great fear came upon 
 all the church, and upon as 
 many as heard these things. 
 
 12 ^I And by the hands of the 
 apostles were many signs and 
 wonders wrought among the 
 people ; (and they were all with 
 one accord in Solomon's porch. 
 
 13 And of the rest dmst no 
 man join himself to them : but 
 the people magnified them. 
 
 14 And believers were the more 
 
 added to the Lord, multitudes 
 both of men and women.) 
 
 15 Insomuch that they brought 
 forth the s:ck into the streets, 
 and laid them on beds and 
 couches, that at the least the 
 shadow of Peter passing by 
 might overshadow some of 
 them. 
 
 16 There came also a multi- 
 tude out of the cities round 
 about unto Jerusalem, bring- 
 ing sick folks, and them which 
 were vexed with imclean spi- 
 rits: and they vrere healed 
 eveiy one. 
 
 17 IF Then the high priest 
 rose up, and all they that were 
 with him, (vv^hich is the sect of 
 the Sadducees,) and vreie filled 
 with indignation, 
 
 18 And laid their hands on 
 the apostles, and put them in 
 the common prison. 
 
 19 But the angel of the Lord 
 by night opened the prison 
 doors, and brought them forth, 
 and said, 
 
 20 Go, stand and speak in the 
 temple to the people all the 
 words of this life. 
 
 21 And when they heard that, 
 they entered into the temple 
 early in the morning, and 
 taught. But the high priest 
 came, and they that were v\-ith 
 him, and called the council 
 together, and all the senate of 
 the children of Israel, and sent 
 to the prison to have them 
 brought. 
 
 22 But when the officers came, 
 and found them not in the pri- 
 son, they returned, and told, 
 
 23 Saying, The prison truly 
 found we shut with all safety, 
 and the keepers standing with- 
 out before the doors : but when 
 we had opened, we found no 
 man within. 
 
 24 Nov/ when the high priest 
 and the captain of the tem- 
 ple and the chief priests heard 
 these things, they doubted of 
 them whereimto this would 
 grow. 
 
 25 Then came one and told 
 
GavdolieVs cctmsel. 
 
 THE ACTS, VI. 
 
 Seven cliomi men 
 
 them, saying, Beliold, the men 
 whom ye put in prison are 
 standing in the temple, and 
 teaching the people. 
 2o Then went the captain with 
 the officers, and brought them 
 without violence : for they fear- 
 ed the people, lest they should 
 have been stoned. 
 
 27 And when they had brought 
 them, they sot them before the 
 co^uicil : and the high priest 
 asked them, 
 
 28 Saying, Did not we straitly 
 command you that ye should 
 not teach in tliis rame? and, 
 behold, ye have tilled Jerusa- 
 lem with your doctrine, and in- 
 tend to bring this man's blood 
 upon us. 
 
 29 ^ Then Peter and the other 
 apostles answered and said. We 
 ought to obey God rather than 
 men. 
 
 30 The God of our fathers 
 raised up Jesus, whom ye slew 
 and hanged on a tree. 
 
 31 Him hath God exalted with 
 liis right hand to he a Prince 
 and a Saviour, for to give re- 
 pentance to Israel, and forgive- 
 ness of sins. 
 
 32 And we are his witnesses of 
 tliese things ; and so is also the 
 Holy Ghost, whom God hath 
 given to them that obey him. 
 
 33 IF When they heard that. 
 they were cut to the heart, and 
 took counsel to slay them. 
 
 34 Then stood there up one in 
 the council, a Pharisee, named 
 Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, 
 had in reputation among all the 
 people, and commanded to put 
 the apostles forth a little space ; 
 
 35 And said unto them, Ye 
 men of Israel, take heed to 
 yom'selves what ye intend to 
 do as touching these men. 
 
 3o For before these days rose 
 up Theudas, boasting himself to 
 be somebody ; to whom a num- 
 ber of men, about four hun- 
 dred, joined themselves : who 
 was slain ; and all, as many as 
 obeyed him, were scattered, and 
 brought to nought. 
 
 37 After this man rose up Ju- 
 das of Galilee in the days of the 
 taxing, and drew away much 
 people after him : he also pe- 
 rished ; and all, even as many 
 as obeyed him, were dispersed. 
 
 38 And now I say unto you, 
 Kefiain from these men, ana 
 let them alone: for if this coun- 
 sel or this work be of men, it 
 will come to nought : 
 
 39 But if it be of God, ye can- 
 not overthrow it ; lest haiily ye 
 be found even to fight against 
 God. 
 
 40 And to him they agieed : , ,. 
 and when they had called the 1 1 
 apostles, and beaten thein, they f \ 
 commanded that they should 
 not speak in the name of Jesus, 
 and let them go. 
 
 41 1[ And they departed from i 
 the presence of the council, re- I 
 joicing that they were counted I 
 worthy to sutler shame for his I 
 name. i 
 
 42 And daily in the temple, 
 and in every house, they ceased 
 not to teach and preach Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 I 77ie ax>ostle8, desirous to have the poor 
 regarded for their bodily suMenance, 
 as also careful themselves to disiiense 
 the word of God, the food of the soul, 
 3 ai>point the office of deaconship to 
 seven chosen men. 5 Of wliom Stephen, 
 a m.an full of faith, and of the IJoly 
 Ghost, is one. 12 Who is taken of those, 
 whom he confounded in disjiuting, 13 
 and after falsely accused of blasphemy 
 against tTie law and the temple. 
 
 AND in those days, when 
 . the number of the disci- 
 ples was multiplied, there arose 
 a murmuring of the Grecians 
 against the Hebrews, because 
 their widows were neglected in 
 the daily ministration. 
 
 2 Then the twelve called the 
 multitude of the disciples unto 
 them, and said. It is not reason 
 that we should leave the word 
 of God, and serve tables. 
 
 3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye 
 out among you seven men of 
 honest report, full of the Holy 
 Ghost and wisdom, whom we 
 may appoint over this business. 
 
ardcdned deacons. THE ACTS, 
 
 4 But we will give ourselves 
 
 VII. 
 
 StepTien's axxRogy, 
 
 continually to piayer, and to 
 the ministry of tlie word. 
 
 5 1[ And the saying pleased 
 the whole multitude : and they 
 chose Stephen, a man full of 
 faith and of the Holy Ghost, 
 and Philip, and Prochorus, and 
 Nicanor, and Timon, and Par- 
 menas, and Nicolas a prose- 
 lyte of Antioch : 
 
 6 Whom they set before the 
 apostles : and when they had 
 prayed, they laid their hands 
 on them. 
 
 7 And the word of God in- 
 creased; and the number of 
 the disciples multiplied in Je- 
 rusalem greatly; and a great 
 company of the priests were 
 obedient to the faith. 
 
 8 And Stephen, full of faith and 
 power, did great wonders and 
 miracles among the people. 
 
 9 IF Then there arose certain 
 of the synagogue, which is call- 
 ed the synagogue of the Li- 
 bertines, and Cyrenians, and 
 Alexandrians, and of them of 
 Cilicia and of Asia, disputing 
 with Stephen. 
 
 10 And they were not able to 
 resist the wisdom and the spirit 
 by which he spake. 
 
 11 Then they suborned men, 
 which said, We have heard him 
 Bpeak blasphemous words a- 
 gainst Mo^es, and against God. 
 
 12 And they stured up the 
 people, and the elders, and the 
 scribes, and came upon him, 
 and caught him, and brought 
 him to the council, 
 
 13 And set up false witnesses, 
 which said. This man ceaseth 
 not to speak blasphemous words 
 against this holy place, and the 
 law: 
 
 14 For we have heard him 
 say, that this Jesus of Naza- 
 reth shall destroy this place, 
 and shall change the (customs 
 which Moses delivered us. 
 
 15 And all that sat in the 
 council, looking stedfastly on 
 him, saw his face as it had been 
 the face of an angel. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 , permitted to answer to the 
 accusation ofblaspJieimf, 2shetoctkthat 
 Abraham worshiiyped God rightly, and 
 how God chose the fathers 20 before 
 Moses was born, and before the taber' 
 nacle and temple were built: 37 that 
 Moses hiiinself witnessed of Christ .- 44 
 and that all outward ceremonies were 
 ordained according to the heavenly 
 pattern, to last but for a time: 51 re- 
 prehending their rebellion, and m.ur- 
 dering of Christ, the Just One, whom 
 the prophets foi'etold should come into 
 the world. 54 Whereupon they stone 
 Mm to death, ivho co^nmendeth his soul 
 to Jesus, and humbly prayeth for them. 
 
 THEN said the high priest, 
 Are these things so ? 
 
 2 And he said. Men, brethren, 
 and fathers, hearken ; The God 
 of glory appeared unto our fa- 
 ther Abraham, when he was in 
 Mesopotamia, before he dwelt 
 in Charran, 
 
 3 And said unto him. Get thee 
 out of thy country, and from 
 thy kindred, and come into the 
 land which I shall shew thee. 
 
 4 Then came he out of the 
 land of the Chaldfeans, and 
 dwelt in Charran : and from 
 thence, when his father was 
 dead, he removed him into this 
 land, wherein ye now dwell. 
 
 5 And he gave him none in- 
 heritance in it, no, not so much 
 as to set his foot on : yet he 
 promised that he would give it 
 to him for a possession, and to 
 his seed after him, when as yet 
 he had no child. 
 
 6 And God spake on this wise, 
 That his seed should sojourn 
 in a strange land ; and that they 
 should bring them into bond- 
 age, and entreat them evil four 
 hundred years. 
 
 7 And the nation to whom 
 they shall be in bondage will I 
 judge, said God : and after that 
 shall they come forth, and serve 
 me in this place. 
 
 8 And he gave him the cove- 
 nant of circumcision : and so 
 Abraham begat Isaac, and cir- 
 cumcised him the eighth day ; 
 and Isaac hegat Jacob ; and Ja- 
 cob hegat the twelve patiiarchs. 
 
 9 And the patriarchs, moved 
 
Stephen's apology. 
 
 THE ACTS, YII. 
 
 Stephen's apoJocru. 
 
 with envy, sold Joseph into E- 
 gypt : but God was with him, 
 
 10 And delivered him out of 
 all his afflictions, and gave him 
 favour and wisdom in the sight 
 of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and 
 he made him governor over 
 E.g>7 1 and all his house. 
 
 11 Now there came a dearth 
 over all the land of Eg^^t and 
 Chanaan, and great affliction : 
 and our fathers found no sus- 
 ter.ance. 
 
 12 But when Jacob heard that 
 there was corn in Egypt, he 
 sent out our fathers first. 
 
 13 And at the second time Jo- 
 seph was made known to his 
 brethren ; and Joseph's kindred 
 was made known unto Pharaoh. 
 
 14 Then sent Joseph, and call- 
 ed his father Jacob to him, and 
 all his kindred, thi'eescore and 
 fifteen souls. 
 
 15 So Jacob went down into 
 Egypt, and died, he, and om* 
 fathers, 
 
 16 And were canied over into 
 Sychem, and laid in the sepul- 
 (^hxQ that Abraham bought for 
 a sum of money of the sons of 
 Emmor the father of Sychem. 
 
 17 But when the time of the 
 promise drew nigh, which God 
 had sworn to Abraham, the 
 people grew and multiplied in 
 Egypt, 
 
 18 Till another king arose, 
 which knew not Joseph. 
 
 19 The same dealt subtilly 
 Vvith our Idndred, and evil en- 
 treated om- fathers, so that they 
 cast out their young children, to 
 the end they might not live. 
 
 20 In which time Moses was 
 born, and was exceeding iair, 
 and nourished up in his fa- 
 ther's house thi'ee months : 
 
 21 And when he was cast out, 
 Pharaoh's daughter took him 
 up, and nourished him 'for her 
 own son. 
 
 22 And Moses was learned in 
 all the wisdom of the Egyp- 
 tians, and was mighty in words 
 and in deeds. 
 
 23 And when he was full forty 
 
 years old, it came into his heart 
 to visit his brethren the chil- 
 dren of Israel. 
 
 24 And seeing one of them 
 suffer wrong, he defended him, 
 and avenged him that was op- 
 pressed, and smote the Egyp- 
 tian : 
 
 25 For he supposed his bre- 
 thren would have understood 
 hovv' that God by his hand 
 would deliver them : but they 
 understood not. 
 
 2G And the next day he shew- 
 ed himself unto them as they 
 strove, and would have set them 
 at one again, saying. Sirs, ye 
 are brethren ; why do ye wrong 
 one to another? 
 
 27 But he that did his neigh- 
 boiu- wrong thrust him a\^ay, 
 saying^ Who made thee a ruler 
 and a judge over us ? 
 
 28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou 
 diddest the Egyptian yesterday ? 
 
 29 Then fled Moses at this 
 saying, and was a stranger in 
 the land of Madian, where he 
 begat two sons. 
 
 30 And when forty years were 
 expired, there appeared to him 
 in the wilderness of mount Sina 
 an angel of the Lord in a flame 
 of Are in a bush. 
 
 31 When Moses saw it, he won- 
 dered at the sight : and as he 
 drew near to behold it, the voice 
 of the Lord came unto him, 
 
 32 Saying, I am the God of 
 thy fathers, the God of Abra- 
 ham, and the God of Isaac, 
 and the God of Jacob. Then 
 Moses trembled, and durst not 
 behold. 
 
 33 Then said the Lord to him. 
 Put off thy shoes from thy feet : 
 for the place where thou stand- 
 est is holy ground. 
 
 34 1 have seen, I have seen the 
 affliction of my people which 
 is in Egypt^ and I have heard 
 their groamng, and am come 
 down to deliver them. And 
 now come, I will send thee in- 
 to Egypt. 
 
 35 This Closes whom they re- 
 fused, saying, Who made thee 
 
THE ACTS, YII 
 
 Sieplien's apology, 
 
 a ruler and a judge ? tlie same 
 did God send to be a ruler and 
 a deliverer by the hand of the 
 angel which appeared to him in 
 the bush. 
 
 33 He brought them out, after 
 that he had shewed wonders 
 and signs in the land of Egypt, 
 and in the Red sea, and in the 
 wilderness forty years. 
 
 37 IT This is ttat Moses, which 
 said unto the children of Israel, 
 A prophet shall the Lord youi- 
 God raise up unto you of your 
 bretlu-en, like unto me ; him 
 shall ye hear. 
 
 38 This is he, that was in the 
 church in the wilderness with 
 the angel which spake to him 
 in the mount Sina, and with 
 our fathers : who received the 
 lively oracles to give unto us : 
 
 39 To whom our fathers would 
 not obey, but thrust him from 
 them, and in their hearts tm-n- 
 ed back again into Egypt, 
 
 40 Saying unto Aaron, Make 
 us gods to go before us : for as 
 for this Moses, which brought 
 us out of the land of Egypt, we 
 wot not what is become of him. 
 
 41 And they made a calf in 
 those days, and offered sacrifice 
 unto the idol, and rejoiced in 
 the works of their own hands. 
 
 42 Then God turned, and gave 
 them up to worship the host 
 of heaven ; as it is written in 
 the book of the prophets, O ye 
 house of Israel, have ye offered 
 to me slain beasts and sacri- 
 fices hy the space o/" forty years 
 in the wilderness? 
 
 43 Yea, ye took up the taber- 
 nacle of Moloch, and the star 
 of your god Eemphan, figures 
 which ye made to worship 
 them : and I will cany you 
 away beyond Babylon. 
 
 44 Om- fathers had the taber- 
 nacle of witness in the wil- 
 derness, as he had appointed, 
 speaking unto Moses, that he 
 should make it according to the 
 fashion that he had seen. 
 
 45 Which also oiu fathers that 
 came after brought in with Je- 
 
 Stephen is stmed. 
 
 sus into the possession of the 
 Gentiles, whom God drave out 
 before the face of om- fathers, 
 unto the days of David ; 
 
 46 Who found favour before 
 God, and desired to find a ta- 
 bernacle for the God of Jacob. 
 
 47 But Solomon built him an 
 house. 
 
 48 Howbeit the most High 
 dwelleth not in temples made 
 with hands; as saith the pro- 
 phet, 
 
 49 Heaven is my tin-one, and 
 earth is my footstool : what 
 house will ye build me ? saith 
 the Lord : or what is the place 
 of my rest? 
 
 50 Hath not my hand made 
 all these things ? 
 
 51 IT Ye stiffiiecked and un- 
 chcumcised in heart and ears, 
 ye do always resist the Holy 
 Ghost : as yom- fathers did, so 
 do ye. 
 
 52 Which of the prophets have 
 not yom- fathers persecuted? 
 and they have slain them which 
 shewed before of the commg 
 of the Just One ; of whom ye 
 have been now the betrayei^s 
 and murderers : 
 
 53 Who have received the law 
 by the disposition of angels, 
 and have not kept it. 
 
 54 11 When they heard these 
 things, they were cut to the 
 heart, and they gnashed on him 
 with thei7' teeth. 
 
 55 But he, being full of the 
 Holy Ghost, looked up sted- 
 fastly into heaven, and saw the 
 glory of God, and Jesus stand- 
 ing on the right hand of God, 
 
 56 And said. Behold, I see the 
 heavens opened, and the Son 
 of man standing on the right 
 hand of God. 
 
 57 Then they cried out with 
 a loud voice, and stopped their 
 ears, and ran upon him with 
 one accord, 
 
 58 And cast him out of the 
 city, and stoned him: and 
 the witnesses laid down their 
 clothes at a young man's feet, 
 whose name was Saul. 
 
A great peiseaiMon, THE ACTS, YIII. 
 
 59 And they stoned Stephen, 
 calling upon God, and saying, 
 Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 
 
 60 And he kneeled down, and 
 cried with a loud voice, Lord, 
 lay not this sin to theii' charge. 
 And when he had said this, he 
 lell asleep. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 1 By occasion of the persecution in Je- 
 rusalem, the church being planted in 
 Samaria, 5 by Philip the deacon, who 
 jyreached, did miracles, and baptized 
 many, among the rest Simoii tlie sor- 
 cerer, a great seducer of the people: 
 14 Peter and John come to confirm and 
 enlarge the church : where, by prayer 
 and rmpositlon of hands giving the 
 Holy Ghost, 18 when Simon would have 
 bouj'ht the Wee potver of them, 20 Pe- 
 ter sharply reproving his hypocrisy, 
 and covetousncss, and exhorting him 
 to repentance, together with John 
 preaching tJie loord of the Lord, re- 
 turn to Jerv^alem. 2S But the angel 
 sendeth Philip to teach, and baj^tize 
 the Ethiopian eunuch. 
 
 AND Saul was consenting 
 J\^ unto his death. And at 
 that time there was a great 
 persecution against the church 
 which was at Jerusalem ; and 
 tliey were all scattered abroad 
 throughout the regions of Ju- 
 dsea and Samaria, except the 
 apostles. 
 
 2 And devout men carried Ste- 
 phen to his burial, and made 
 great lamentation over him. 
 
 3 As for Saul, he made havock 
 of the chmch, entering into 
 every house, and haling men 
 and women committed them to 
 prison. 
 
 4 Therefore they that were 
 scattered abroad went every 
 where preaching the word. 
 
 5 Then Philip went down to 
 the city of Samaria, and preach- 
 ed Christ unto them. 
 
 6 And the people with one 
 accord gave heed unto those 
 things Avhich Philip spake, 
 hearing and seeing the mhacles 
 which he did. 
 
 7 For unclean spirits, crying 
 with loud voice, came out of 
 many that were possessed with 
 them : and many taken with 
 palsies, and that were lame, 
 were healed. 
 
 OfSimmi the sorcerer. 
 
 8 And there was great joy in 
 that city. 
 
 9 But there was a certain 
 man, called Simon, which be- 
 foretime in the same city used 
 sorcery, and bewitched the peo- 
 ple of Samaria, giving out that 
 himself was some great one : 
 
 10 To whom they all gave 
 heed, from the least to the 
 greatest, saying, This man is 
 the great power of God. 
 
 11 And to him they had regard, 
 because that of long time he had 
 bewitched them with sorceries. 
 
 12 But when they believed 
 Philip preaching the things con- 
 cerning the kingdom of God, 
 and the name of Jesus Christ, 
 they were baptized, both men 
 and women. 
 
 13 Then Simon himself be- 
 lieved also ; and when he was 
 baptized, he continued with 
 Philip, and wondered, behold- 
 ing the miracles and signs 
 which were done. 
 
 14 Now when the apostles 
 which were at Jerusalem heard 
 that Samaria had received the 
 word of God, they sent unto 
 them Peter and John : 
 
 15 Who, when they were come 
 down, prayed for them, that 
 they might receive the Holy 
 Ghost : 
 
 16 (For as yet he was fallen 
 upon none of them : only they 
 were baptized in the name of 
 the Lord Jesus.) 
 
 17 Then laid they their hands 
 on them, and they received the 
 Holy Ghost. 
 
 18 And when Simon saw that 
 through laying on of the apo- 
 stles' hands the Holy Ghost was 
 given, he offered them money, 
 
 19 Saying, Give me also this 
 power, that on whomsoever I 
 lay hands, he may receive the 
 Holy Ghost. 
 
 20 But Peter said unto him, 
 Thy money perish with thee, 
 because thou hast thought that 
 the gilt of God may be pm- 
 chased with money. 
 
 21 Thou hast neither part nor 
 
Philip haptizdh THE ACTS, IX. 
 
 lot in this matter : for thy heart 
 is not right in the sight of God. 
 
 22 Eepent therefore of this 
 thy wickedness, and pray God, 
 if perhaps the thought of thine 
 heart may be forgiven thee. 
 
 23 For I perceive that thou art 
 in the gall of bitterness, and in 
 the bond of iniquity. 
 
 24 Then answered Simon, and 
 said, Pray ye to the Lord for 
 me, that none of these thing§ 
 which ye have spoken come 
 upon me. 
 
 25 And they, when they had 
 testified and preached the word 
 of the Lord, returned to Jeru- 
 salem, and preached the gospel 
 in many villages of the Sama- 
 ritans. 
 
 26 And the angel of the Lord 
 spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, 
 and go toward the south unto 
 the way that goeth down from 
 Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is 
 desert. 
 
 27 And he arose and went : 
 and, behold, a man of Etliio- 
 pia, an eunuch of great authc- 
 
 an Ethk'pkin eunuch. 
 
 ment was taken away : and 
 who shall declare his genera- 
 tion ? for his life is taken from 
 the earth. 
 
 34 And the eunuch answered 
 Philip, and said, I pray thee, 
 of whom speaketh the prophet 
 this? of himself, or of some 
 other man ? 
 
 35 Then Philip opened liis 
 mouth, and began at the same 
 scripture, and preaehed unto 
 him Jesus. 
 
 36 And as they went on their 
 way, they came unto a certain 
 water : and the eunuch said, 
 See, here is water ; what dcth 
 hinder me to be baptized? 
 
 37 And Philip said. If thou 
 believest with all thine heart, 
 thou mayest. And he answered 
 and said, I believe that Jesus 
 Christ is the Son of God. 
 
 38 And he commanded the 
 chariot to stand still : and they 
 went down both into the water, 
 both Philip and the eunuch; 
 and he baptized him. 
 
 39 And when they were come 
 
 rity under Candace queen of jup out of the water, the Sphit 
 
 the Ethiopians, who had the 
 charge of all her treasme, and 
 had come to Jerusalem for to 
 worship, 
 
 28 Was returning, and sitting 
 in his chariot read Esaias the 
 prophet. 
 
 29 Then the Spirit said unto 
 Pliilip, Go near, and join thy- 
 self to this chariot. 
 
 30 And Philip ran thither to 
 Jiim, and heard him read the 
 prophet Esaias, and said, Un- 
 derstandest thou what thou 
 readest ? 
 
 3i And he said, How can I, 
 except some man should guide 
 me? And he desued Philip 
 that he would come up and sit 
 with him. 
 
 32 The place of the scripture 
 which he read was this, He was 
 led as a sheep to the slaughter ; 
 and lilve a lamb dumb before 
 his shearer, so opened he not 
 his mouth : 
 
 33 In his humiliation his judg- 
 
 of the Lord caught away Phi- 
 lip, that the eminch sav>^ liim 
 no more: and he went on his 
 way rejoicing. 
 
 40 But PhiKp was found at 
 
 Azotus : and passing thi'ough 
 
 he preaehed in all the cities, 
 
 till he came to Cfesarea. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 1 SauX, going tmvards Lamascus, 4 is 
 stricken down to the ea.rth, 10 is called 
 to the apostleship, 18 and is baptized 
 by Ananias. 20 lie preacheth Christ 
 boldly. 23 TTie Je-ivs lay wait to hill 
 him : 29 so do the Grecians, hut he 
 escapeth both. 31 The church having 
 rest, Peter h-ealeiJi ^neas of the palsy, 
 36 and restoreth Tabith-a to life. 
 
 AND Saul, yet breathing out 
 _ threatenings and slaughter 
 against the disciples of the Lord, 
 went unto the high priest, 
 
 2 And desired of him letters to 
 Damascus to the synagogues, 
 that if he found any of this 
 way, whether they were men 
 or women, he might bring them 
 bound urito Jerusalem. 
 
 3 And as he journeyed, he 
 
TJiP.rAjuversimofSaul. THE ACTS, IX. 
 
 came rear Damascus : and sud- 
 denly there sliined round about 
 him a light from heaven : 
 
 4 And he fell to the earth, 
 and heard a voice saying unto 
 him. Saul, Saul, Avhy persecut- 
 est thou me ? 
 
 5 And he said, Who art thou, 
 Lord? And the Lord said, 1 
 am Jesus Avhom thou persecut- 
 est : it is hard Ibr thee to kick 
 against the pricks. 
 
 6 And he trembling and asto- 
 nished said, Lord, what wilt 
 thou have me to do ? And the 
 Lord said unto him. Arise, and 
 go into the city, and it shall be 
 told thee what thou must do. 
 
 7 And the men which jour- 
 neyed with liim stood speech- 
 less, hearing a voice, but seeing 
 no man. 
 
 8 And Saul arose from the 
 earth : and when liis eyes were 
 opened, he saw no man : but 
 they led him by the hand, and 
 brought him into Damascus. 
 
 9 And lie was three days with- 
 out sight, and neither did eat 
 nor drink. 
 
 10 ![ And there was a ceiiain 
 disciple at Damascus, named 
 Ananias ; and to him said the 
 Lord in a vision, Ananias. And 
 he said, Behold, I am here^ 
 Lord. 
 
 11 And the Lord said unto 
 him, Arise, and go into the 
 street which is called Stmight, 
 and enquire in the house of Ju- 
 das for one called Saul, of Tar- 
 sus : for, behold, he pmyeth, 
 
 12 And hath seen in a vision 
 a man named Ananias coming 
 in, and putting his hand on 
 him, that he might receive his 
 sight. 
 
 13 Then Ananias answered, 
 Lord, I have heard by many 
 of this man, how much evil 
 he hath done to thy saints at 
 Jerusalem : 
 
 14 And here he hath autho- 
 rity from the chief priests to 
 bmd all that call on thy name. 
 
 15 But the Lord said unto 
 him, Go thy way ; for he is a 
 
 He irj-eacMh Chrisf. 
 chosen vessel unto me, to bear 
 my name before the Gentiles, 
 and kings, and the childien of 
 Israel : 
 
 16 For I will shew him how 
 great tilings he must sutler for 
 my name's sake. 
 
 17 And Ananias went his way, 
 and entered into the house ; 
 and putting his hands on him 
 said. Brother Saul, the Lord, 
 even Jesus, that appeared unto 
 thee in the Avay as thou camest, 
 hath sent me, that thou might- 
 est receive thy sight, and be 
 filled with the Holy Ghost. 
 
 18 And immediately there fell 
 from his eyes as it had been 
 scales : and he received sight 
 forthwith, and arose, and ^\a3 
 baptized. 
 
 19 And when he liad receiv- 
 ed meat, he was strengthened. 
 Then was Saul certain days 
 with the disciples wliicli were 
 at Damascus. 
 
 20 And straightway he preach- 
 ed Christ in the synagogues, 
 that he is the Son of God. 
 
 21 But all that heard him were 
 amazed, and said; Is not this 
 he that destroyed them which 
 called on this name in Jerusa- 
 lem, and came liither for that 
 intent, that he might bring them 
 bound unto the chief priests? 
 
 22 But Saul increased the 
 more in sti'ength, and con- 
 founded the Jews wliicli dwelt 
 at Damascus, proving that this 
 is very Christ. 
 
 23 ^ And after that many days 
 were fulfilled, the Jews took 
 counsel to kill him : 
 
 24 But their laying await 
 was known of Saul. And they 
 watched the gates day and 
 night to kill him. 
 
 25 Then the disciples took him 
 by night, and let him down by 
 the wall in a basket. 
 
 26 And when Saul was come 
 to Jerusalem, he assayed to 
 join himself to the disciples : 
 but they were all afraid of 
 him, and believed not that he 
 was a disciple. 
 
Peter liealeth ^neas. 
 
 THE ACTS, X. 
 
 27 But Barnabas took liim, 
 and brought him to the apo- 
 
 Tahiilia raised to life, 
 
 there, they sent unto him two 
 men, desii'ing him that he would 
 
 sties, and declared mito them , not delay to come to them. 
 
 how he had seen the Lord in 
 the way, and that he had spo- 
 ken to him, and how he had 
 preached boldly at Damascus 
 in the name of Jesus. 
 
 28 And he was with them 
 commg in and going out at 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 29 And he spake boldly in the 
 name of the Lord Jesus, and 
 
 39 Then Peter arose and went 
 with them. When he was come, 
 they brought him into the 
 upper chamber : and all the 
 widows stood by him weeping, 
 and shewing the coats and 
 garments which Dorcas made, 
 while she was with them. 
 
 40 But Peter put them all 
 forth, and kneeled down, and 
 
 disputed ag^ainst the Grecians : j pmyed ; and tm-ning him to 
 
 but they went about to slay him. 
 
 30 Which when the brethren 
 knew, they brought him down 
 to Csesarea, and sent him forth 
 to Tarsus. 
 
 31 Then had the chm-ches rest 
 throughout all Judsea and Ga- 
 lilee and Samaria, and were 
 edified; and walking in the 
 fear of the Lord, and in the 
 comfort of the Holy Ghost, 
 were multiplied. 
 
 32 ![ And it came to pass, as 
 Peter passed throughout all 
 quarters, he came down also 
 to the saints which dwelt at 
 Lydda. 
 
 33 And there he found a cer- 
 tam man named ^neas, which 
 had kept his bed eight years, 
 and was sick of the palsy. 
 
 34 And Peter said unto him, 
 ^neas, Jesus Chiist maketh 
 thee whole : arise, and make 
 thy bed. And he arose imme- 
 diatelv. 
 
 the body said, Tabitha, arise. 
 And she opened her eyes : and 
 when she saw Peter, she sat up. 
 
 41 And he gave her his hand, 
 and lilted her up, and when he 
 had called the saints and wi* 
 dows, presented her alive. 
 
 42 And it was known thi'ough- 
 out all Joppa ; and many be- 
 lieved in the Lord. 
 
 43 And it came to pass, that 
 he tarried many days in Joppa 
 with one Simon a tanner. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 1 Cortvelhis, a devout man, 5 being com'' 
 matuZed by an angel, sendeth for Pe- 
 ter : 11 who by a vision 15, 20 is taught 
 not to desjyi^e the Gentiles. '64^ As he 
 preacheth Christ to Cornelius and his 
 company, 44 the Holy Ghost falleth on 
 them, 43 and they are baptized. 
 
 THEEE was a certain man 
 in Ceesarea called Corne- 
 lius, a centmion of the band 
 called the Italian band, 
 2 A devout jiian, and one that 
 feared God with all his house, 
 
 35 And all that dwelt at Lydda \ which gave much alms to the 
 
 and Saron saw him, and turned 
 to the Lord. 
 
 36 ^Now there was at Joppa 
 a certain disciple named Tabi- 
 tha, which by interpretation is 
 called Dorcas : this woman was 
 full of good works and alms- 
 deeds which she did. 
 .37 And it came to pass in 
 those daj's, that she was sick, 
 and died : whom when they 
 had washed, they laid her in 
 an upper chamber. 
 
 38 And forasmuch as Lydda 
 was nigh to Joppa, and the dis- 
 ciples had heaid that Peter was 
 
 people, and prayed to God al- 
 1 way. 
 
 I 3 He saw in a vision e^ddently 
 I about the ninth horn- of the 
 
 day an angel of God coming in 
 
 to him, and saying unto him, 
 
 Cornelius. 
 
 4 And when he looked on him, 
 he was afi'aid, and said, What 
 is it, Lord? And he said unto 
 him, Thy prayers and thine 
 alms are come up for a memo- 
 rial before God. 
 
 5 And now send men to Joppa, 
 and call for one Simon, whose 
 surname is Peter : 
 
 3G 
 
Pete/s heavenly vision. THE ACTS, 
 
 6 He lodgetli with one Simon 
 a tanner, whose house is by the 
 sea side : he shall tell thee what 
 thou oughtest to do. 
 
 7 And when the angel which 
 spake unto Cornelius was de- 
 parted, he called two of his 
 household servants, and a de- 
 vout soldier of them that wait- 
 ed on him continually ; 
 
 8 And when he had declared 
 all these things unto them, he 
 Bent them to Joppa. 
 
 9 1[ On the morrow, as they 
 went on their journey, and 
 drew nigh unto the city, Peter 
 went up upon the housetop to 
 pray about the sixth hour : 
 
 10 And he became very hun- 
 gry, and would have eaten : 
 but while they made ready, he 
 fell into a trance, 
 
 11 And saw heaven opened, 
 and a ceiiain vessel descending 
 unto him, as it had been a great 
 sheet knit at the four corners, 
 and let down to the earth : 
 
 12 Wherein were all manner 
 of fourfooted beasts of the earth, 
 and wild beasts, and creeping 
 things, and fowls of the air. 
 
 13 And there came a voice to 
 him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. 
 
 14 But Peter said. Not so. 
 Lord; for I have never eaten 
 any thing that is common or 
 unclean. 
 
 15 And the voice spake unto 
 him again the sexjond time, 
 What God hath cleansed, that 
 call not thou common. 
 
 16 This was done thrice : and 
 the vessel was received up again 
 into heaven. 
 
 17 Now while Peter doubted 
 in himself what this vision 
 which he had seen should mean, 
 behold, the men which were 
 sent irom Cornelius had made 
 enquiry for Simon's house, and 
 stood before the gate, 
 
 18 And called, and asked whe- 
 ther Simon, which was sumam- 
 ed Peter, were lodged there. 
 
 19 HWhile Peter thought on the 
 vision, the Spirit said unto him, 
 Behold, three men seek thee. 
 
 X. He is sent to Ck/tTidius. 
 
 20 Arise therefore, and get 
 thee down, and go with them, 
 doubting nothing : for I have 
 sent them. 
 
 21 Then Peter went down to 
 the men which were sent unto 
 him from Cornelius ; and said, 
 Behold, I am he whom ye seek : 
 what is the cause wherefore ye 
 are come? 
 
 22 And they said, Cornelius 
 the centurion, a just man, and 
 one that feareth God, and ol 
 good report among all the na- 
 tion of the Jews, was warned 
 from God by an holy angel to 
 send for thee into his house, 
 and to hear words of thee. 
 
 23 Then called he them in, 
 and lodged them. And on the 
 morrow Peter went away with 
 them, and certain brethren from 
 Joppa accompanied him. 
 
 24 And the morrow after they 
 entered into Coesarea. And 
 Cornelius waited for them, and 
 had called together his kins- 
 men and near friends. 
 
 25 And as Peter was coming 
 in, Cornelius met him, and fell 
 down at his feet, and worship- 
 ped him. 
 
 26 But Peter took him up, say- 
 ing, Stand up; I myself also 
 am a man. 
 
 27 And as he talked with him, 
 he went in, and found many 
 that were come together. 
 
 28 And he said unto them, 
 Ye know how that it is an 
 unlawful thing for a man that 
 is a Jew to keep company, or 
 come unto one of another na- 
 tion ; but God hath shewed 
 me that I should not call any 
 man common or unclean. 
 
 29 Therefore came I unto you 
 without gainsaying, as soon as 
 I was sent for : I ask therefore 
 for what intent ye have sent 
 for me? 
 
 30 And Cornelius said. Four 
 days ago I was fasting until 
 this hour; and at the ninth 
 hour I prayed in my house, 
 and, behold, a man stood be- 
 fore me in bright clothing, 
 
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Peter predcheth 
 
 THE ACTS, XI. 
 
 to Cornelius. 
 
 31 And said, Cornelius, thy 
 prayer is heard, and thine alms 
 are had in remembrance in the 
 sight of God. 
 
 32 Send therefore to Joppa, 
 and call hither Simon, whose 
 surname is Peter ; he is lodged 
 in the house of one Simon a 
 tanner by the sea side : who, 
 when he cometh, shall speak 
 unto thee. 
 
 33 Immediately therefore I 
 sent to thee ; and thou hast 
 well done that thou art come. 
 Now therefore are we all here 
 present before God, to hear all 
 things that are commanded 
 thee of God. 
 
 34 IF Then Peter opened his 
 mouth, and said, Of a truth 
 I perceive that God is no re- 
 specter of persons : 
 
 35 But in every nation he that 
 feareth him, and worketh right- 
 eousness, is accepted with him. 
 
 33 The word which God sent 
 unto the children of Israel, 
 preaching peace by Jesus 
 Christ : (he is Lord of all :) 
 
 37 That word, / sai/, ye loiow, 
 which was published through- 
 out all Judaea, and began from 
 Galilee, after the baptism which 
 John preached ; 
 
 38 How God anointed Jesus of 
 Nazareth with the Holy Ghost 
 and with power : who went 
 about doing good, and healing 
 all that were oppressed of the 
 devil ; for God was with him. 
 
 39 And we are Avitnesses of 
 all things which he did both 
 in the land of the Jews, and 
 in Jerusalem ; whom they slew 
 and hanged on a tree : 
 
 40 Him God raised up the third 
 day, and shewed him openly ; 
 
 41 Not to all the people, but 
 unto witnesses chosen before 
 of God, even to us, who did 
 eat and drink with him after 
 he rose from the dead. 
 
 42 And he commanded us to 
 preach unto the people, and to 
 testify that it is he which was 
 ordained of God to be the Judge 
 of quick and dead. 
 
 43 To him give all the pro- 
 phets witness, that through his 
 name whosoever believeth in 
 him shall receive remission of 
 sins. 
 
 44 TI While Peter yet spake 
 these words, the Holy Ghost 
 fell on all them which heard 
 the word. 
 
 45 And they of the circum- 
 cision which believed were as- 
 tonished, as many as came 
 with Peter, because that on the 
 Gentiles also was poured out 
 the gift of the Holy Ghost. 
 
 46 For they heard them speak 
 with tongues, and magnify God. 
 Then answered Peter, 
 
 47 Can any man forbid water, 
 that these should not be bap- 
 tized, which have received the 
 Holy Ghost as well as we ? 
 
 48 And he commanded them 
 to be baptized in the name of 
 the Lord. Then prayed they 
 him to tarry certam days. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 1 Peter, being accused for going in to 
 the Gentiles, 5 maketh his defence, 18 
 which is accepted. 19 T7ie gospel being 
 spread into Phenice, and Cyprus, and 
 Antioch, Barnabas is sent to confirm 
 them. 26 The disciples there are fi,rst 
 called Christians. 27 They send relief 
 to the brethren in Judoea in time of 
 famine. 
 
 AND the apostles and bre- 
 . thren that were in Judgea 
 heard that the Gentiles had 
 also received the word of God. 
 
 2 And when Peter was come 
 up to Jerusalem, they that 
 were of the circumcision con- 
 tended with him, 
 
 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to 
 men uncircumcised, and didst 
 eat with them. 
 
 4 But Peter rehearsed the 
 matter from the beginning, and 
 expounded it by order unto 
 them, saying, 
 
 5 I was in the city of Joppa 
 praying : and in a trance I saw 
 a vision, A certain vessel de- 
 scend, as it had been a great 
 sheet, let down from heaven 
 by four comers; and it came 
 even to me : 
 
 8G2 
 
Peter's defence. 
 
 THE ACTS, XI. 
 
 Agahus lyroplieskth. 
 
 6 Upon the wliicli when I had 
 fastened mine eyes, I consider- 
 ed, and saw fonrfooted beasts 
 of the earth, and wild beasts, 
 and creeping thmgs, and fowls 
 of the air. 
 
 7 And I heard a voice saying 
 unto me, Arise, Peter ; slay and 
 eat. 
 
 8 But I said. Not so, Lord : 
 for notliing common or un- 
 clean hath at any time entered 
 into my mouth. 
 
 9 But the voice answered me 
 again from heaven, AVhat God 
 hath cleansed, that call not 
 thou common. 
 
 10 And this was done three 
 times : and all were drawn up 
 again into heaven. 
 
 11 And, behold, immediately 
 there were tlnee men already 
 come unto the house where I 
 w^as, sent from Csesarea mito 
 me. 
 
 12 And the spirit bade me go 
 v/ith them, nothing doubtmg. 
 Moreover these six brethren ac- 
 companied me, and we entered 
 into the man's house : 
 
 13 And he shewed us how he 
 had seen an angel in his house, 
 which stood and said unto him, 
 Send men to Joppa, and call 
 for Simon, whose surname is 
 Peter; 
 
 14 Who shall tell thee words, 
 whereby thou and all thy house 
 shall be saved. 
 
 15 And as I began to speak, the 
 Holy Ghost fell on them, as on 
 us at the begmning. 
 
 16 Then remembered I the 
 word of the Lord, how that he 
 said, John indeed baptized Avith 
 water ; but yq shall be baptized 
 with the Holy Ghost. 
 
 17 Forasmuch then as God 
 gave them the like gift as he did 
 unto us, who believed on the 
 Lord Jesus Christ ; what was I, 
 that I could withstand God ? 
 
 18 When they heard these 
 things, they held their peace, 
 and glorified God, saying. Then 
 hath God also to the Gentiles 
 granted repentance unto life. 
 
 19 IF Now they which were 
 scattered abroad upon the per- - 
 secution that arose about Ste-« 
 phen travelled as far as Phe-W 
 nice, and Cyprus, and iVntioch, 
 preaching the word to none but 
 unto the Jev/s only. 
 
 20 And some of them were men 
 of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, 
 when they were come to An- 
 tioch, spake unto the Grecians, 
 preaching the Lord Jesus. 
 
 21 And the hand of the Lord 
 was with them : and a great 
 number believed, and turned 
 unto the Lord. 
 
 22 H Then tidings of these 
 things came unto the ears of 
 the church which was in Je- 
 rusalem : and they sent forth 
 Barnabas, that he should go 
 as far as Antioch. 
 
 23 AVho, when he came, and 
 had seen the grace of God, was 
 glad, and exhorted them all, 
 that with pm-pose of heart they 
 would cleave unto the Lord. 
 
 24 For he was a good man, 
 and full of the Holy Ghost and 
 of faith : and much people was 
 added unto the Lord. 
 
 25 Then departed Barnabas to 
 Tarsus, for to seek Saul : 
 
 26 And when he had found ii 
 him, he brought him unto An- 1 
 tioch. And it came to pass, j| 
 that a whole year they as- 
 sembled themselves with the 
 church, and taught much peo- 
 ple. And the disciples were 
 called Chi'istians first in An- 
 tioch. 
 
 27 IF And in these days came 
 prophets from Jerusalem unto 
 Antioch. _ j 
 
 28 And there stood up one of f 
 them named Agabus, and sig- ' 
 nified by the spirit that there 
 should be great dearth through- 
 out all the world : which came - 1 
 to pass in the days of Claudius ? 
 Csesar. - 
 
 29 Then the disciples, every j 
 man according to his ability, | 
 determined to send relief unto 
 the brethren which dwelt in 
 Judsea : 
 
 f I 
 
Peter's mjprisonmerd, 
 30 WMch also they did, and 
 sent it to the elders by the 
 hands of Barnabas and Saul. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 1 King Herod persecuteth the ChriS' 
 tians, killeth James, and itnpirisoneth 
 Peter ; whom an angel delivereth upon 
 the pi'ayers of the cJiurch. 20 In his 
 pride taking to himself the honour due 
 to God, he is stricken hy an angel, and 
 dieth miserably. 24 After his death, the 
 word of God prospereth. 
 
 NOW about that time He- 
 rod the king stretched 
 forth Ms hands to vex certain 
 of the church. 
 
 2 And he killed James the bro- 
 ther of John with the sword. 
 
 3 And because he saw it pleas- 
 ed the Jews, he proceeded fm- 
 ther to take Peter also. (Then 
 were the days of unleavened 
 bread.) 
 
 4 And when he had appre- 
 hended him, he put Mm in 
 prison, and delivered Mm to 
 four quaternions of soldiers 
 tQ keep him ; intending after 
 Easter to bring him forth to 
 the people. 
 
 5 Peter therefore was kept in 
 prison : but prayer was made 
 without ceasing of the church 
 unto God for him. 
 
 6 And when Herod would 
 have brought him forth, the 
 same night Peter was sleep- 
 ing between two soldiers, bound 
 with two chains : and the keep- 
 ers before the door kept the 
 prison. 
 
 7 And, behold, the angel of 
 the Lord came upon Mm, and 
 a light shined in the prison: 
 and he smote Peter on the 
 Bide, and raised him up, say- 
 ing, Arise up quickly. And his 
 chains fell off from Ms hands. 
 
 8 And the angel said unto 
 him. Gird thyself, and bind on 
 thy sandals. And so he did 
 And he saith unto him. Cast 
 thy garment about thee, and 
 follow me. 
 
 9 And he went out, and fol- 
 lowed him; and wist not that 
 it was triTe which was done by 
 
 THE ACTS, XII. audi deliverance. 
 
 the angel ; but thought he saw 
 a vision. 
 
 10 When they were past the 
 first and the second ward, they 
 came unto the iron gate that 
 leadeth unto the city; which 
 opened to them of his own ac- 
 cord : and they went out, and 
 passed on through one street; 
 and forthwith the angel de- 
 parted from him. 
 
 11 And vv hen Peter was come 
 to himself, he said. Now I 
 know of a surety, that the 
 Lord hath sent his angel, and 
 hath delivered me out of the 
 hand of Herod, and from all 
 the expectation of the people 
 of the tfews. 
 
 12 And when he had consi- 
 dered the tMns^, he came to 
 the house of Mary the mother 
 of John, whose surname was 
 Mark; where many were ga- 
 thered together prajdng. 
 
 13 And as Peter knocked at 
 the door of the gate, a dam- 
 sel came to hearken, named 
 Ehoda. 
 
 14 And when she knew Pe- 
 ter's voice, she opened not the 
 gate for gladness, but ran in, 
 and told how Peter stood be- 
 fore the gate. 
 
 15 And they said unto her, 
 Thou art mad. But she con- 
 stantly afiirmed that it was 
 even so. Then said they, It is 
 his angel. 
 
 16 But Peter continued Imock- 
 ing : and when they had open- 
 ed the door, and saw him, they 
 were astonished. 
 
 17 But he, beckoning unto 
 them with the hand to hold 
 their peace, declared unto them 
 how the Lord had brought him 
 out of the prison. And he said, 
 Go shew these things ujito 
 James, and to the brethren. 
 And he departed, and went 
 into another place. 
 
 18 Now as soon as it was day, 
 there was no small stir among 
 the soldiers, what was become 
 of Peter. 
 
 19 And when Herod had sought 
 
HerocTs miserable end. THE ACTS, XIII. Elymas stniclc hlind. 
 
 for him, and found him not, 
 he examined the keepers, and 
 commanded that the?/ should 
 be put to death. And he went 
 down from Judaea to Caesarea, 
 and there abode. 
 
 20 "If And Herod was highly 
 displeased with them of Tyre 
 and Sidon : but they came with 
 one accord to him, and, having 
 made Blastus the king's cham- 
 berlain their friend, desired 
 peace ; because their country 
 was nourished by the king's 
 country, 
 
 21 And upon a set day Herod, 
 arrayed in royal amiarel, sat 
 upon his throne, and made an 
 oration unto them. 
 
 22 And the people gave a 
 shout, saying, It is the voice 
 of a god, and not of a man. 
 
 23 And immediately the an- 
 gel of the Lord smote him, 
 because he gave not God the 
 glory : and he was eaten of 
 worms, and gave up the ghost. 
 
 24 H But the word of God 
 grew and multiplied. 
 
 25 And Barnabas and Saul 
 returned from Jerusalem, when 
 they had fullilled their minis- 
 try, and took with them John, 
 whose surname was Mark. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 1 Paul and Barnabas are cTioscn to go to 
 the Gentiles. 7 Of Sergius Paulus, and 
 El'ifmas the sorcerer. 14 Paul 2yreacli- 
 eth at Antioch, that Jestis is Christ. 
 42 T7ie Gentiles believe : 45 but the Jews 
 gainsay and blaspheme : 46 ivhereupon 
 they turn to the Gentiles. 43 As many 
 as were ordained to Vfe believed. 
 
 NOW there were in the 
 church that was at Anti- 
 och certain prophets and teach- 
 ers; as Barnabas, and Simeon 
 that was called Niger, and Lu- 
 cius of Cyrene, and Manaen, 
 which had been brought up 
 with Herod the tetrarch, and 
 Saul. 
 
 2 As they ministered to the 
 Lord, and fasted, the Holy 
 Ghost said, Separate me Bar- 
 nabas and Saul for the work 
 whereunto I have called them. 
 
 3 And when they had fasted 
 
 and prayed, and laid their hands 
 on them, they sent thera away. 
 
 4 K So tliey, being sent forth 
 by the Holy Ghost, departed 
 unto Seleucia ; and from thence 
 they sailed to Cyprus. 
 
 5 And when they were at 
 Salamis, they preached the 
 word of God in the synagogues 
 of the Jews : and they had 
 also John to their minister. 
 
 6 And when they had gone 
 through the isle unto Paphos, 
 they found a certain sorcerer, 
 a false prophet, a Jew, whose 
 name was Bar-jesus : 
 
 7 Which was with the deputy 
 of the country, Sergius Paulus. 
 a prudent man ; who called 
 for Barnabas and Saul, and de- 
 sired to hear the word of God. 
 
 8 But Elymas the sorcerer 
 (for so is his name by interpre- 
 tation) withstood them, seek- 
 ing to turn away the deputy 
 from the faith. 
 
 9 Then Saul, (who also is 
 called Paul,) filled with the 
 Holy Ghost, set his eyes on 
 him, 
 
 10 And said, O full of all 
 subtilty and all mischief, thou 
 child of the devil, thou enemy 
 of all righteousness, wilt thou 
 not cease to pervert the right 
 ways of the Lord? 
 
 11 And now, behold, the hand 
 of the Lord is upon thee, and A 
 thou shalt be blind, not seeing I 
 the sun for a season. And im- * 
 mediately there fell on him a 
 mist and a darkness; and he 
 went about seeking some tol 
 lead him by the hand. I 
 
 12 Then the deputy, when he ■ 
 saw what was done, believed, 
 being astonished at the doc- 
 trine of the Lord. | 
 
 13 Now when Paul and his 
 company loosed from Paphos, 
 they came to Perga in Pam- 
 phylia : and John departing 
 from them returned to Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 14 IF But when they departed 
 from Perga, they came to An- 
 tioch in Pisidia, and went into 
 
Paul preachdh at 
 
 the synagogue on the sabbath 
 day, and sat down. 
 
 15 And after the reading of 
 the law and the prophets the 
 rulers of the synagogue sent 
 unto them, saying, Ye men 
 and brethren, if ye have any 
 word of exhortation for the 
 people, say on. 
 
 16 Then Paul stood up, and 
 beckoning with his hand said, 
 Men of Israel, and ye that fear 
 God, give audience. 
 
 17 The God of this people of 
 Israel chose our fathers, and 
 exalted the people when they 
 dwelt as strangers in the land 
 of Egypt, and with an high 
 arm brought he them out of it. 
 
 18 And about the time of forty 
 years suffered he their manners 
 in the wilderness. 
 
 19 And when he had destroy- 
 ed seven nations in the land 
 of Chanaan, he divided their 
 land to them by lot. 
 
 20 And after that he gave unto 
 them judges about the space of 
 four hundred and fifty years, 
 until Samuel the prophet. 
 
 21 And afterward they desired 
 a king : and God gave unto 
 .them Saul the son of Cis, a 
 man of the tribe of Benjamin, 
 by the space of forty years. 
 
 22 And when he had removed 
 him, he raised up unto them 
 David to be their king ; to 
 whom also he gave testimony, 
 and said, I have found David 
 the son of Jesse, a man after 
 mine own heart, which shall 
 fulfil all my will. 
 
 23 Of this man's seed hath God 
 according to his promise raised 
 unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus : 
 
 24 When John had first 
 preached before his coming the 
 baptism of repentance to all 
 the people of Israel. 
 
 25 And as John fulfilled his 
 course, he said, Whom think 
 ye that I am? I am not he. 
 But, behold, there cometh one 
 after me, whose shoes of his 
 feet I am not worthy to loose. 
 
 26 Men a7id brethren, chil- 
 
 THE ACTS, XIII. Anltoch in Pisidia, 
 
 dren of the stock of Abraham, 
 and whosoever among you fear- 
 eth God, to you is the word of 
 this salvation sent. 
 
 27 For they that dwell at 
 Jerusalem, and their rulers, 
 because they knew him not, 
 nor yet the voices of the pro- 
 phets which are read every sab- 
 bath day, they have fulfilled 
 them in condemning him. 
 
 28 And though they found 
 no cause of death in him, yet 
 desired they Pilate that he 
 should be slain. 
 
 29 And when they had ful- 
 filled all that was written of 
 him, they took him down fi'om 
 the tree, and laid him in a 
 sepulchre. 
 
 30 But God raised him firom 
 the dead: 
 
 31 And he was seen many 
 days of them which came up 
 with him from Galilee to Je- 
 rusalem, who are his witnesses 
 unto the people. 
 
 32 And we declare unto you 
 glad tidings, how that the pro- 
 mise which was made unto tlie 
 
 33 God hath fulfilled the same 
 unto us their children, in that 
 he hath raised up Jesus again ; 
 as it is also written in the se- 
 cond psalm, Thou art my Son, 
 this day have I begotten thee. 
 
 34 And as concerning that he 
 raised him up fi-om the dead, 
 now no more to retm-n to cor- 
 ruption, he said on this wise, 
 I will give you the sure mer- 
 cies of David. 
 
 35 Wherefore he saith also in 
 another ^salm. Thou shalt not 
 suffer thine Holy One to see 
 corruption. 
 
 36 For David, after he had 
 served his own generation by 
 the will of God, fell on sleep, 
 and was laid unto his lathers, 
 and saw corruption : 
 
 37 But he, whom God raised 
 again, saw no corruption. 
 
 38 II Be it known unto you 
 therefore, men and brethren, 
 that through this man is 
 
The Jews raise 
 
 THE ACTS, XIV. 
 
 a persecution. 
 
 preached unto you the forgive- 
 ness of sins : 
 
 39 And by him all that believe 
 are justified from all things, 
 from which ye could not be 
 justified by the law of Moses. 
 
 40 Beware therefore, lest that 
 come upon you, which is spo- 
 ken of in the prophets ; 
 
 41 Behold, ye despisers, and 
 wonder, and perish : for I work 
 a work in your days, a work 
 which ye shall in no wise be- 
 lieve, though a man declare it 
 unto you. 
 
 42 And when the Jews were 
 gone out of the synagogue, the 
 Gentiles besought that these 
 words might be preached to 
 them the next sabbath. 
 
 43 Now when the congrega- 
 tion was broken up, many of 
 the Jews and religious prose- 
 lytes followed Paul and Bar- 
 nabas : who, speaking to them, 
 persuaded them to continue in 
 the grace of God. 
 
 44 ![ And the next sabbath 
 day came almost the whole 
 city together to hear the word 
 of God. 
 
 45 But when the Jews saw 
 the multitudes, they were filled 
 with envy, and spake against 
 those things which were spo- 
 ken by Paul, contradicting and 
 blaspheming. 
 
 46 Then Paul and Barnabas 
 waxed bold, and said. It was 
 necessary that the word of God 
 should first have been spoken 
 to you: but seeing ye put it 
 from you, and judge yourselves 
 imworthy of everlasting life, 
 lo, we turn to the Gentiles. 
 
 47 For so hath the Lord com- 
 manded us, saj/ing', I have set 
 ihee to be a light of the Gen- 
 tiles, that thou shouldest be 
 for salvation unto the ends of 
 the earth. 
 
 48 And when the Gentiles 
 heard this, they were glad, and 
 glorified the word of the Lord: 
 and as many as were ordained 
 to eternal life believed. 
 
 49 And the word of the Lord 
 
 was published throughout all 
 the region. 
 
 50 But the Jews stirred up the 
 devout and honourable women, 
 and the chief men of the city, 
 and raised i)ergecution against 
 Paid and I3arnabas, and ex- 
 pelled them out of their coasts. 
 
 51 But they shook off the dust 
 of their feet against them, and 
 came unto Iconium. 
 
 52 And the disciples v/ere fill- 
 ed with joy, and with the Holy 
 Ghost. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 1 Paid and Barnabas are persecuted from 
 Iconium. 8 At Lystra Paul healeth a 
 cripple, u'hereufton tliey are reputed as 
 gods. 19 Paul is stoned. 21 They 2iass 
 throuf/h divers churches, confirming 
 the discijiles in faith and patience. 26 
 Returning to Antioch, they report wJiat 
 God had done with thera. 
 
 AND it came to pass in Ico- 
 nium, that they went both 
 together mto the sjmagogue of 
 the Jews, and so spake, that 
 a great multitude both of the 
 Jews and also of the Greeks 
 believed. 
 
 2 But the unbelieving Jews 
 stirred up the Gentiles, and 
 made their minds evil affected 
 against the brethren. 
 
 3 Long time therefore abode 
 they 8i)ealdng boldly in the 
 Lord, which gave testimony 
 unto the word of his grace, and 
 gianted signs and wonders to 
 be done by their hands. 
 
 4 But the multitude of the 
 city was divided : and part held 
 with the Jews, and part with 
 the apostles. 
 
 5 And when there was an as- 
 sault made both of the Gen- 
 tiles, and also of the Jews with 
 their rulers, to use them de- 
 spitefuUy, and to stone them, 
 
 6 They were ware of it., and 
 fled imto Lystra and Derbe, ci* 
 ties of Lycaonia, and unto the 
 region that lieth round about : 
 
 7 And there they preached 
 the gospel. 
 
 8 ^ And there eat a certain 
 man at Lystra, impotent in his 
 feet, being a cripple from his 
 
Paul JieaUth a 
 
 mother's womb, who never had 
 walked : 
 
 9 The same heard Paul speak : 
 who stedliastly beholding him, 
 and perceiving that he had faith 
 to be healed, 
 
 10 Said with a loud voice, 
 Stand upright on thy feet. And 
 he leaped and walked. 
 
 11 And when the people saw 
 what Paul had done, they lifted 
 up their voices, saying in the 
 speech of Lycaonia, The gods 
 are come down to us in the 
 likeness of men. 
 
 12 And they called Barna- 
 bas, Jupiter ; and Paul, Mercu- 
 rius, because he was the chief 
 speaker. 
 
 13 Then the priest of Jupiter, 
 which was before their city, 
 brought oxen and garlands un- 
 to the gates, and would have 
 done sacrifice with the people. 
 
 14 Which when the apostles, 
 Barnabas and Paul, heard o/, 
 they rent their clothes, and 
 ran in among the people, ciy- 
 ing out, 
 
 15 And saying. Sirs, why do 
 ye these things? We also are 
 men of like passions with you, 
 and preach unto you that ye 
 should turn from these vani- 
 ties unto the living God, which 
 made heaven, and earth, and 
 the sea, and all things that are 
 therein : 
 
 16 Who in times past suffered 
 all nations to walk in their own 
 ways. 
 
 17 Nevertheless he left not 
 himself without witness, in that 
 he did good, and gave us rain 
 from heaven, and fruitful sea- 
 sons, filling om- hearts with 
 food and gladness. 
 
 18 And with these sayings 
 scarce restrained they the peo- 
 ple, that they had not done 
 sacrifice unto them. 
 
 19 H And there came thither 
 certain Jews from Antioch and 
 Iconium, who persuaded the 
 people, and, having stoned 
 Paul, drew him out of the city, 
 supposing he had been dead. 
 
 THE ACTS, XV. aippk oi lustra, 
 
 20 Hov^^beit, as the disciples 
 stood round about him, he rose 
 up, and came into the city : and 
 the next day he departed with 
 Barnabas to Derbe. 
 
 21 And when they had preach- 
 ed the gospel to that city, and 
 had taught many, they return- 
 ed again to Lystra, and to Ico- 
 nium, and Antioch, 
 
 22 Confirming the souls of the 
 disciples, and exhorting them 
 to continue in the faith, and 
 that we must through much 
 tribulation enter into the king- 
 dom of God. 
 
 23 And when they had or- 
 dained them elders in every 
 church, and had prayed with 
 fasting, they commended them 
 to the Lord, on whom they 
 believed. 
 
 24 And after they had passed 
 throughout Pisidia, they came 
 to Pamphylia. 
 
 25 And when they had preach- 
 ed the word in Perga, they 
 went down into Attalia : 
 
 26 And thence sailed to An- 
 tioch, from whence they had 
 been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they 
 fulfilled. 
 
 27 And when they were come, 
 and had gathered the church 
 together, they rehearsed all that 
 God had done with them, and 
 how he had opened the door of 
 faith unto the Gentiles. 
 
 28 And there they abode long 
 time with the disciples. 
 
 CHAPTER Xy. 
 
 1 Great dissension ariseth touching cir- 
 cumcision. 6 The apostles consult abotit 
 it, 22 and send their determination by 
 letters to the churches. 36 Paul and 
 Barnabas, thinking to visit the bre- 
 thren together, fall at strife, and de- 
 part asunder. 
 
 AND certain men which 
 . came down from Judaea 
 taught the brethren, and said, 
 Except ye be circumcised after 
 the manner of Moses, ye can- 
 not be saved. 
 
 2 When therefore Paul and 
 Barnabas had no small dissen- 
 sion and disputation with them, 
 3G3 
 
Greed dissensions 
 
 THE ACTS, XV. 
 
 about circu^ncision. 
 
 they determined that Paul and 
 Barnabas, and certain other of 
 them, should go up to Jerusa- 
 lem unto the apostles and eld- 
 ers about this question. 
 
 3 And being brought on their 
 •way by the church, they passed 
 through Phenice and Samaria, 
 declaring the conyersion of the 
 Gentiles : and they caused great 
 joy unto all the bretliren. 
 
 4 And when they were come 
 to Jerusalem, they were receiv- 
 ed of the church, and of the 
 apostles and elders, and they 
 declared all things that God 
 had done with them. 
 
 5 But there rose up certain of 
 the sect of the Pharisees which 
 believed, saying, That it was 
 needful to circumcise them, 
 and to command them to keep 
 the law of Moses. 
 
 (3 1[ And the apostles and elders 
 came together for to consider of 
 this matter. 
 
 7 And when there had been 
 much disputing, Peter rose up, 
 and said unto them. Men and 
 bretliren, ye know how that a 
 good while ago G od made choice 
 among us, that the Gentiles by 
 my mouth should hear the vrord 
 of the gospel, and believe. 
 
 8 And God, which knoweth 
 the hearts, bare them witness, 
 giving them the Holy Ghost, 
 even as he did unto us ; 
 
 9 And put no difierence be- 
 tween us and them, purifying 
 then hearts by faith. 
 
 10 Now therefore vrhy tempt 
 ye God, to put a yoke upon the 
 neck of the disciples, which 
 neither om^ fathers nor we were 
 able to bear ? 
 
 11 But we believe that through 
 the grace of the Lord Jesus 
 Christ we shall be saved, even 
 as they. 
 
 12 H Then all the multitude 
 kept silence, and gave audience 
 to Barnabas and Paul, declar- 
 ing what miracles and wonders 
 God had wrought among the 
 Gentiles by them. 
 
 13 II And after they had held 
 
 their peace, James answered, 
 saying. Men and brethren, 
 hearken unto me: 
 
 14 Simeon hath declared how 
 God at the first did visit the 
 Gentiles, to take out of them a 
 people for his name. 
 
 15 And to this agree the words 
 of tlie prophets; as it is written, 
 
 16 After this I will return, and 
 vv'ill build again the tabernacle 
 of David, which is fallen down ; 
 and I will build again the ruins 
 thereof, and I will set it up : 
 
 17 That the residue of men 
 might seek after the Lord, and 
 all the Gentiles, upon whom my 
 name is called, saith the Lord, 
 who doeth all these things. 
 
 18 Known unto God are all 
 his works from the beginning 
 of the world. 
 
 19 Wherefore my sentence 
 is, that we trouble not them, 
 which from among the Gen- 
 tiles are turned to God : 
 
 20 But that we write unto 
 them, that they abstain from 
 pollutions of idols, and f7^om 
 fornication, and from things 
 strangled, and/row blood. 
 
 21 For Moses of old time hath 
 in every city them that preach 
 him, being read in the syna- 
 gogues every sabbath day. 
 
 22 Then pleased it the apo- 
 stles and elders, with the whole 
 church, to send chosen men of 
 their own company to Anti- 
 och with Paul and Barnabas ; 
 namely, Judas surnamed Bar- 
 sabas, and Silas, chief men 
 among the brethren : 
 
 23 And they wrote letters by 
 them after this manner; The 
 apostles and elders and brethren 
 send greeting unto the brethren 
 which are of the Gentiles in An- 
 
 , tioch and Syria and Cilicia : 
 
 24 Forasmuch as we have 
 heard, that certain which went 
 out from us have troubled you 
 with words, subverting your 
 souls, saying, Ye must be cir- 
 cumcised, and keep the law : 
 to whom we gave no such com- 
 mandment : 
 
Paul and Bamohas THE ACTS, XVI. 
 
 25 It seemed good luito us, 
 being assembled with one ac- 
 cord, to send chosen men unto 
 you with our beloved Barna- 
 bas and Paul, 
 
 26 Men that have hazarded 
 their lives for the name of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 27 We have sent therefore Ju- 
 das and Silas, who shall also tell 
 1/ou the same things by month. 
 
 28 For it seemed good to the 
 Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay 
 upon you no greater burden 
 than these necessary things ; 
 
 29 That ye abstain from meats 
 offered to idols, and from blood, 
 and from things strangled, and 
 from fornication: fi-om which 
 if ye keep yourselves, ye shall 
 do well. Fare ye well. 
 
 30 So when they were dis- 
 missed, they came to Antioch : 
 and when they had gathered 
 the multitude together, they 
 delivered the epistle : 
 
 31 Which when they had read, 
 they rejoiced for the consolation. 
 
 32 And Judas and Silas, being 
 prophets also themselves, ex- 
 horted the brethren with many 
 words, and confirmed them* 
 
 33 And after they had tarried 
 there a space, they were let go 
 in peace from the brethren un- 
 to the apostles. 
 
 34 Notwithstanding it pleased 
 Silas to abide there still. 
 
 35 Paul also and Barnabas 
 continued in Antioch, teaching 
 and preaching the word of the 
 Lord, with many others also. 
 
 36 II And some days after 
 Paul said unto Barnabas, Let 
 lis go again and visit our bre- 
 thren in every city where we 
 have preached the word of the 
 Lord, and see how they do. 
 
 37 And Barnabas determined 
 to take with them John, whose 
 surname was Mark. 
 
 38 But Paul thought not good 
 to take him with them, who 
 departed from them from Pam- 
 phylia, and went not with them 
 to the work. 
 
 39 And the contention was so 
 
 part 
 
 sharp between them, that they 
 departed asunder one from the 
 other : and so Barnabas took 
 Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus ; 
 
 40 And Paul chose Silas, and 
 departed, being recommended 
 by the brethren unto the grace 
 of God. 
 
 41 And he went through Sy- 
 ria and Cilicia, confirming the 
 churches. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 1 Paul having circumcised Timothy, 7 
 and being called by the Sinritfrom one 
 country to another, 14 convsrteth Ly- 
 dia, 16 casteth out a spirit of divina- 
 tion. 19 For icMch cause he and Silas 
 are whipjyed and vinprisoned. 26 The 
 prison doors are opeiied. 31 The Jailor 
 is coruvei'ted, 37 and they are delivered. 
 
 THEN came he to Derbe 
 and Lystra : and, behold, 
 a certain disciple was there, 
 named Timotheus, the son of 
 a certain woman, which was a 
 Jewess, and believed; but his 
 father was a Greek : 
 
 2 Which was well reported of 
 by the brethren that were at 
 Lystra and Iconium. 
 
 3 Him would Paul have to go 
 forth with him ; and took and 
 circumcised him because of the 
 Jevrs "v\'hich were in those quar- 
 ters : for they knew all that his 
 father was a Greek. 
 
 4 And as they went thiough 
 the cities, they delivered them 
 the decrees for to keep, that 
 were ordained of the apostles 
 and elders wliich were at Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 5 And so were the chm^ches 
 established in the faith, and 
 increased in number daily. 
 
 6 Now when they had gone 
 throughout Phrygia and the 
 region of Galatia, and were 
 forbidden of the Holy Ghost to 
 preach the word m Asia, 
 
 7 After they were come to 
 Mysia, they assayed to go into 
 Bithynia: but the Spirit suf- 
 fered them not. 
 
 8 And they passing by Mysia 
 came down to Trcas. 
 
 9 And a vision appeared to 
 Paul in the night ; There stood 
 
Convei'sion ofl/udia, 
 
 a man of Macedonia, and pray- 
 ed him, saying, Come over into 
 Macedonia, and help ns. 
 
 10 And after he had seen the 
 vision, immediately we endea- 
 voured to go into Macedonia, 
 assuredly gathering that the 
 Lord had called us for to 
 preach the gospel mito them. 
 
 11 Therefore loosing fiom 
 Troas, we came with a straight 
 course to Samothracia, and the 
 L-ext dai/ to Neapolis ; 
 
 12 And from thence to Phi- 
 lippi, which is the chief city of 
 that part of Macedonia, and a 
 colony : and we were in that 
 city abiding certain days. 
 
 13 And on the sabbath we 
 went out of the city by a river 
 side, where i)rayer was wont to 
 be made ; and v>'e sat down, 
 and spake unto the Vvomen 
 which resorted thither, 
 
 14 ^ And a certain woman 
 named Lydia, a seller of purple, 
 of the city of Thyatira, which 
 worshipped God, heard us : 
 whose heart the Lord opened, 
 thatshe attendedunto the things 
 which were spoken of Paul. 
 
 15 And when she was bap- 
 tized, and her household, she 
 besought us, saying, If ye have 
 judged me to be faithful to the 
 Lord, come into my house, 
 and abide there. And she con- 
 strained us. 
 
 IG 1[ And it came to pass, as 
 vv'e vv^ent to prayer, a certain 
 damsel possessed with a spirit 
 of diAdnation met us, which 
 brought her masters much gain 
 by soothsaying : 
 
 17 The same followed Paul 
 and us, and cried, sajmig. 
 These men are the servants of 
 the most high God, which shew 
 unto us the way of salvation. 
 
 18 And this did she many 
 days. But Paul, being grieved, 
 turned and said to the spirit, 
 1 command thee in the name 
 of Jesus Christ to come out 
 of her. And he came out the 
 same horn-. 
 
 19 ^ And when her masters 
 
 THE ACTS, XVI. and the jailor. 
 
 saw that the hope of their gains 
 
 was gone, they caught Paul and 
 Silas, and drew them into the 
 marketplace unto the rulers, 
 
 20 And brought them to the 
 magistrates, saying, These men, 
 being Jews, do exceedingly 
 trouble our city, 
 
 21 And teach customs, which 
 are not lawful for us to receive, 
 neither to observe, being Ro- 
 mans. 
 
 22 And the multitude rose 
 up together against them : and 
 the magistrates rent off their 
 clothes, and commanded to 
 beat them. 
 
 23 And when they had laid 
 many stripes upon them, they 
 cast them into prison, charg- 
 ing the jailor to keep them 
 safely : 
 
 24 Who, having received such 
 a charge, thrust them into the 
 inner prison, and made their 
 feet iast in the stocks. 
 
 25 1[ And at midnight Paul 
 and Silas prayed, and sang 
 praises unto God : and the pri- 
 soners heard them. 
 
 2G And suddenly there was a 
 great earthquake, so that the 
 foundations of the prison were 
 shaken : and. immediately all 
 the doors were opened, and 
 every one's bands were loosed. 
 
 27 And the keeper of the pri- 
 son awaking out of his sleep, 
 and seeing the prison doors 
 open, he drew out his sword, 
 and would have killed himself, 
 supposing that the prisoners 
 had been fled. 
 
 28 But Paul cried with a loud 
 voice, saying, Do thyself no 
 harm : for we are all here. 
 
 29 Then he called for a light, 
 and sprang in, and came trem- 
 bling, and fell down before 
 Paul and Silas, 
 
 30 And brought them out, 
 and said. Sirs, what must I do 
 to be saved? 
 
 31 And they said, Believe on 
 the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou 
 shalt ^e saved, and thy house. 
 
 I 32 And they spake unto him 
 
Paul preacheth 
 
 THE ACTS, XVn. 
 
 at Thessalonica. 
 
 the word of the Lord, and to I 
 all that were in his house. 
 
 33 And he took them the same 
 hour of the night, and washed 
 their stripes ; and was baptized, 
 he and all his, straightway. 
 
 34 And when he had brought 
 them into his house, he set 
 meat before them, and rejoiced, 
 believing in God with all his 
 house. 
 
 35 And when it was day, the 
 magistrates sent the Serjeants, 
 saying, Let those men go. 
 
 33 And the keeper of the pri- 
 son told this saying to Paul, 
 The magistrates have sent to 
 let you go : now therefore de- 
 part, and go in peace. 
 
 37 But Paul said unto them, 
 They have beaten us openly 
 uncondemned, being Eomans, 
 and have cast us into prison ; 
 and now do they thrust us out 
 privily? nay verily; but let 
 them come themselves and 
 fetch us out. 
 
 38 And the Serjeants told these 
 words unto the magistrates : 
 and they feared, when they 
 heard that they were Eomans. 
 
 39 And they came and be- 
 sought them, and brought ihem 
 out, and desired them to depart 
 out of the city. 
 
 40 And they went out of the 
 prison, and entered into the 
 house o/Lydia: and when they 
 had seen the brethren, they 
 comforted them, and departed. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 1 Paul preaclieth at Thessalonica, 4 
 where some believe, and others perse- 
 cute him. 10 He is sent to Berea, 
 and preacheth there. 13 Being perse- 
 cxcted at Thessalonica, 15 he cometh 
 to Athens, and disputeth, and preach- 
 eth the living God to them xtnTcnown, 
 34 whereby many are converted unto 
 Christ. 
 
 "IVfOW when they had pass- 
 Jj^ ed through Amphipolis 
 and Apollonia, they came to 
 Thessalonica, where was a sy- 
 nagogue of the Jews : 
 2 And Paul, as his manner 
 was, went in unto them, and 
 three sabbath days reasoned 
 
 with them out of the scrip- 
 tures, 
 
 3 Opening and alleging, that 
 Christ must needs have suffer- 
 ed, and risen again from the 
 dead; and that this Jesus, 
 whom I preach unto you, is 
 Chiist. 
 
 4 And some of them believed, 
 and consorted with Paul and 
 Silas ; and of the devout Greeks 
 a great multitude, and of the 
 chief women not a few. 
 
 5 II But the Jews which be- 
 lieved not, moved with envy, 
 took unto them certa,in lewd 
 fellows of the baser sort, and 
 gathered a companj'-, and set 
 all the city on an uproar, and 
 assaulted the house of Jason, 
 and sought to bring them out 
 to the people. 
 
 6 And when they found them 
 not, they drew Jason and cer- 
 tain bretln-en unto the rulers 
 of the city, crying, These that 
 have turned the world upside 
 down are come hither also ; 
 
 7 Whom Jason hath received : 
 and these all do contrary to the 
 decrees of Csesar, saying that 
 there is another kmg, one Jesus. 
 
 8 And they troubled the peo- 
 ple and the rulers of the city, 
 when they heard these things. 
 
 9 And when they had taken 
 security of Jason, and of the 
 other, they let them go. 
 
 10 H And the brethren im- 
 mediately sent away Paul and 
 Silas by night unto Berea : who 
 coming thither went into the 
 synagogue of the Jews. 
 
 11 These were more noble 
 than those in Thessalonica, in 
 that they received the word 
 with all readiness of mind, and 
 searched the scriptures daily, 
 whether those things were so. 
 
 12 Therefore many of them 
 believed; also of honomable 
 women which were Greeks, and 
 of men, not a few. 
 
 13 But when the Jews of Thes- 
 salonica had knowledge that 
 the word of God was preached 
 of Paul at Berea, they cam© 
 
Pavl pi-eaclieth 
 
 THE ACTS, XVII. 
 
 at Athens. 
 
 thither also, and stirred up the 
 people. 
 
 14 And then immediately the 
 brethren sent away Paul to jro 
 as it were to tlie sea : but Si- 
 las and Timotheus abode there 
 Btill. 
 
 15 And they tliat conducted 
 Panl brought him unto Athens : 
 and receiving a commandment 
 unto Silas and Timotheus for 
 to come to him with all speed, 
 they departed. 
 
 16 ^[ Now while Paul waited 
 for them at Athens, In's spirit 
 was stirred in him, wlien he 
 saw the city wholly given to 
 idolatry. 
 
 17 Therefore disputed he in 
 the pynairogue with the Jews, 
 and with the devout iiersons, 
 and in the market daily with 
 them that met with him. 
 
 18 Then certain philosophers 
 of the Epicureans, and of the 
 Stoicks, encountered him. And 
 Bome said, ^Vhat will this bab- 
 bler say? other some. He seem- 
 eth to be a setter forth of strange 
 gods : because he preached un- 
 to them Jesus, and the resur- 
 rection. 
 
 19 And they took him, and 
 brought him unto Areopagus, 
 saying. May we know Avhat 
 this new doctrine, whereof thou 
 Bpeakest, is^ 
 
 20 For thou bringest certain 
 strange things to our ears : we 
 would know therefore what 
 these things mean. 
 
 21 (For all the Athenians and 
 strangere which were there spent 
 their time in nothing else, but 
 either to tell, or to hear some 
 new tiling.) 
 
 22 ^ Then Paul stood in the 
 midst of Mars' hill, and said, 
 Ye men of Athens, I perceive 
 that in all things ye are too 
 superstitious. 
 
 23 For as I passed by, and 
 beheld your devotions, I found 
 an altar with this inscription, 
 TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. 
 Whom therefore ye ignorantly 
 worship, him declare I unto you. 
 
 24 God that made the world 
 and all things therein, seeing 
 that he is Lord of heaven and 
 earth, dwelleth not in temples 
 made with hands ; 
 
 25 Neither is woi-shipped with 
 men's hands, as though he 
 needed any thing, seeing he 
 giveth to all life, and breath, 
 and all things ; 
 
 2(3 And hath made of one 
 blood all nations of men lor 
 to dwell on all the face of the 
 earth, and hath determined tlie 
 times before apjiointed. and tlie 
 bounds of theh habitation ; 
 
 27 That they should seek the 
 Lord, if haply they might feel 
 after him, and lind him, though 
 he be not far from every one of 
 us: 
 
 28 For in him we live, and 
 move, and have our being ; as 
 certain also of your own poets 
 have said, For we are also Ids 
 ofispring. 
 
 29 Forasmuch then as we are 
 the ollspring of God, we ought 
 not to think that the Godhead 
 is like unto gold, or silver, or 
 stone, graven by art and man's 
 device. 
 
 30 And the times of this igno- 
 rance God winked at ; but now 
 commandeth all men every 
 where to repent : 
 
 31 Because he hath appointed 
 a day, in the which he v,ill 
 judge the world in righteous- 
 ness by that man whom he 
 hath ordained; whereof \\ii liath 
 given assurance unto all men, 
 in that he hath raised him from 
 the dead. 
 
 32 ^ And when they heard of 
 the resurrection of the dead, 
 some mocked : and others said, 
 We will hear thee again of this 
 matter. 
 
 33 So Paul departed from a- 
 mong them. 
 
 34 Howbeit certain men clave 
 unto him, and believed : among 
 the which was Dionysius the 
 Areopagite, and a woman nam- 
 ed Damans, and others with 
 them. 
 
He is accused 
 
 THE ACTS, XYIII, 
 
 hefoi-e GaUio. 
 
 CHAPTER XVHL 
 
 3 Paul lahoiireth with Ms Tiand-s, and 
 preacheth at Corinth to tho Gentiles. 9 
 The Lord encourageth Mm in a vision. 
 12 He is accused before Gallio the de- 
 puty, hut is dismissed. 18 Afterwards 
 passing froin city to city he strength- 
 eneth the disciples. 24 ApoUos, being 
 Tnore perfectly instructed by Aquila 
 and Priscilla, 28 preacheth Christ with 
 great efficacy. 
 
 AFTEE these tMngs Paul 
 . departed from Athens, and 
 came to Cormth ; 
 
 2 And found a certain Jew 
 named Aquila, born in Pontus, 
 lately come fi^om Italy, with his 
 wife Priscilla; (because that 
 Olandius had commanded all 
 Jews to depart from Rome :) 
 and came unto them. 
 
 3 And because he was of the 
 same craft, he abode with them, 
 and wrought : for by their oc- 
 cupation they were tentmakers. 
 
 4 And he reasoned in the 
 synagogue every sabbath, and 
 persuaded the Jews and the 
 Greeks. 
 
 5 And when Silas and Timo- 
 theus were come fi^om Mace- 
 donia, Paul was pressed in the 
 spirit, and testified to the Jews 
 that Jesus was Christ. 
 
 6 And when they opposed 
 themselves, and blasphemed, 
 lie shook his raiment, and said 
 unto them, Your blood he upon 
 your own heads ; I am clean : 
 from henceforth I will go unto 
 the Gentiles. 
 
 7 ^ And he departed thence, 
 and entered into a certain man's 
 house, named Justus, cne that 
 worshipped God, whose house 
 joined hard to the synagogue. 
 
 8 And Crispns, the chief ruler 
 of the synagogue, believed on 
 the Lord with all his house ; and 
 many of the Corinthians hear- 
 ing believed, and were baptized. 
 
 9 Then spake the Lord to 
 Paul in the night by a vision. 
 Be not afraid, but speak, and 
 hold not thy peace : 
 
 10 For I am with thee, and no 
 man shall set on thee to hurt 
 thee : for I have much people 
 in this city. 
 
 11 And he continued there a 
 year and six months, teaching 
 the word of God among them. 
 
 12 IT And when Gallio was 
 the deputy of Achaia, the Jews 
 made insurrection with one ac- 
 cord against Paul, and brought 
 him to the judgment seat, 
 
 13 Saying, This fellow per- 
 suade th men to worship God 
 contrary to the law. 
 
 14 And when Paul was now 
 about to open his mouth, Gallio 
 said unto the Jews, If it were 
 a matter of wrong or wicked 
 lewdness, O pe Jews, reason 
 would that I should bear with 
 you: 
 
 15 But if it be a question of 
 words and names, and ©/"your 
 law, look ye to it ; for I will be 
 no judge of such matters. 
 
 16 And he drave them from 
 the judgment seat. 
 
 17 Then all the Greeks took 
 Sosthenes, the chief ruler of 
 the synagogue, and beat him 
 before the judgment seat. And 
 Gallio cared for none of those 
 things. 
 
 18 % And Paul after this tar- 
 ried there yet a good while, and 
 then took his leave of the bre- 
 thren, and sailed thence into 
 Syria, and with him Priscilla 
 and Aquila ; having shorn his 
 head in Cenchrea : for he had 
 avow. 
 
 19 And he came to Ephesus, 
 and left them there : but he 
 hunself entered into the syna- 
 gogue, and reasoned with the 
 Jews. 
 
 20 When they desired him to 
 tarry longer time with them, 
 he consented not ; 
 
 21 But bade them farewell, 
 saying, I must by all means 
 keep this feast that cometh in 
 Jerusalem: but I will return 
 again unto you, if God will. 
 And he sailed from Ephesus. 
 
 22 And when he had landed 
 at Csesarea, and gone up, and 
 saluted the church, he went 
 down to Antioch. 
 
 23 And after he had spent 
 
Pavl preacheth 
 
 THE ACTS, XIX. 
 
 otEphesus. 
 
 some time there, he departed, 
 and went over all the country 
 of Galatia and Plirygia in 
 order, strengthening all the 
 disciples. 
 
 24 H And a certain Jew named 
 Apollos, born at Alexandria, an 
 eloquent man, and mighty in 
 the scriptures, came to Ephesus. 
 
 25 This man was instructed 
 in the way of the Lord ; and 
 being fervent in the spuit, he 
 spake and taught diligently the 
 things of the Lord, Iniowing 
 only the baptism of John. 
 
 26 And he began to speak 
 boldly in the synagogue : whom 
 when Aqnila and Pnscilla had 
 heard, they took liim imto them, 
 and expounded unto him the 
 way of God more perfectly. 
 
 27 And when he was disposed 
 to pass into Achaia, the bre- 
 tlnen wrote, exhorting the dis- 
 ciples to receive him : who, 
 when he was come, helped 
 them much wliicli had believed 
 through grace : 
 
 28 For he mightily convinced 
 the Jews, and that publickly, 
 shewing by the scriptures that 
 Jesus was Chiist. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 6 The Holy Ghost is given by Paul's 
 hands. 9 The Jews bla-sjJ'heme his doc- 
 trine, which is confirmed by miracles. 
 13 The Jcioish exorcists 16 are beaten 
 by the devil. 19 Conjuring books are 
 burnt. 24 Demetrius, for love of gain, 
 raiseth an njjroar against Paul, 35 
 which is appeased by the townclerk. 
 
 AND it came to pass, that, 
 while Apollos was at 
 Corinth, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came 
 to Ephesus : and finding cer- 
 tain disciples, 
 
 2 He said unto them, Have 
 ye received the Holy Ghost 
 since ye believed? And they 
 said unto him, We have not so 
 much as heard whether there 
 be any Holy Ghost. 
 
 3 Aiid he said mito them, 
 Unto what then were ye bap- 
 tized? And they said, Unto 
 John's baptism. 
 
 4 Then said Paul, John verily 
 
 baptized with the baptism of 
 repentance, saying unto the 
 people, that they should be- 
 lieve on him which should 
 come after him, that is, on 
 Christ Jesus. 
 
 5 When they heard this, they 
 were baptized in the name of 
 the Lord Jesus. 
 
 6 And when Paul had laid his 
 hands upon them, the Holy 
 Ghost came on them; and they 
 sp'ake with tongues, and pro- 
 phesied. 
 
 7 And all the men were about 
 twelve. 
 
 8 And he went into the syna- 
 gogue, and spake boldly for the 
 space of tliree months, disput- 
 ing and persuading the things 
 concernhig the kingdom of God. 
 
 9 But when divers were hard- 
 ened, and believed not, but 
 spake evil of that way before 
 the multitude, he departed from 
 them, and separated the dis- 
 ciples, disputing daily in the 
 school of one Tyrannus. 
 
 10 And this continued by the 
 space of two years ; so that all 
 they which dwelt in Asia heard 
 the word of the Lord Jesus, 
 both JcAvs and Greeks. 
 
 11 And God wrought special 
 miracles by the hands of Paul : 
 
 12 So that from his body were 
 brought unto the sick hand- 
 kerchiefs or aprons, and the 
 diseases departed from them, 
 and the evil spirits v/ent out of 
 them. 
 
 13 If Then certain of the vaga- 
 bond Jews, exorcists, took upon 
 them to call over them which 
 had evil spirits the name of 
 the Lord Jesus, saying. We ad- 
 jure you by Jesus whom Paul 
 preacheth. 
 
 14 And there were seven sons 
 of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief 
 of the priests, which did so. 
 
 15 And the evil spirit answer- 
 ed and said, Jesus I know, and 
 Paul I know ; but who are ye ? 
 
 16 And the man in whom the 
 evil spirit was leaped on them, 
 and overcame them, and pre- 
 
THE ACTS, XIX. 
 
 De^netrius raiseth 
 
 vailed against them, so that 
 they fled out of that house 
 naked aod wounded. 
 
 17 And this was known to all 
 the Jews and Greeks also dwell- 
 ing at Ephesus ; and fear fell on 
 them all, and the name of the 
 Lord Jesus was magnified. 
 
 18 And many that believed 
 came, and confessed, and shew- 
 ed their deeds. 
 
 19 Many of them also which 
 used curious arts brought their 
 books together, and bm^ned 
 them before all men : and they 
 counted the price of them, and 
 found it fifty thousand pieces 
 of silver. 
 
 20 So mightily grew the word 
 of God and prevailed. 
 
 21 % After these things were 
 ended, Paul purposed in the 
 spirit, when he had passed 
 through Macedonia and Achaia, 
 to go to Jerusalem, saying, 
 After 1 have been there, I must 
 also see Rome. 
 
 22 So he sent into Macedonia 
 two of them that ministered 
 unto him, Timotheus and E- 
 rastus; but he himself stayed 
 in Asia for a season. 
 
 23 And the same time there 
 arose no small stir about that 
 way. 
 
 24 For a certain man named 
 Demetrius, a silversmith, which 
 made silver shrines for Diana, 
 brought no small gain unto the 
 craftsmen ; 
 
 25 Whom he called together 
 with the workmen of like oc- 
 cupation, and said, Sirs, ye 
 know that by this craft we 
 have our wealth. 
 
 26 Moreover ye see and hear, 
 that not alone at Ephesus, but 
 almost throughout all Asia, 
 this Paul hath persuaded and 
 turned away much people, say- 
 ing that they be no gods, which 
 are made with hands : 
 
 27 So that not only this our 
 craft is in danger to be set at 
 nought ; but also that the tem- 
 ple of the great goddess Diana 
 should be despised, and her 
 
 an uprcar. 
 
 magnificence should be de- 
 stroyed, whom all Asia and the 
 world worshippeth. 
 
 28 And when they heard these 
 sayings, they were full of wrath, 
 and cried out, saying. Great is 
 Diana of the Ephesians. 
 
 29 And the whole city was 
 filled with confusion : and hav- 
 ing caught Gains and Aristar- 
 chus, men of Macedonia, Paul's 
 companions in travel, they 
 rushed with one accord into 
 the theatre. 
 
 30 And when Paul would have 
 entered in unto the people, the 
 disciples sufiered him not. 
 
 31 And certain of the chief of 
 Asia, which were his friends, 
 sent unto him, desiring him. 
 that he would not adventure 
 himself into the theatre. 
 
 32 Some therefore cried one 
 thing, and some another: for 
 the assembly was confused ; and 
 the more part knew not where- 
 fore they were come together. 
 
 33 And they drew Alexander 
 out of the multitude, the Jews 
 putting him forward. And 
 Alexander beckoned with the 
 hand, and would have made 
 his defence unto the people. 
 
 34 But when they knew that 
 he was a Jev/, all with one 
 voice about the space of two 
 hours cried out, Great is Diana 
 of the Ephesians. 
 
 35 And when the townclerk 
 had appeased the people, he 
 said, Ye men of Ephesus, what 
 man is there that knoweth not 
 how that the city of the Ephe- 
 sians is a worshipper of the 
 great goddess Diana, and of 
 the imaa^e which fell down from 
 Jupiter^ 
 
 36 Seeing then that these things 
 cannot be spoken against, ye 
 ought to be quiet, and to do 
 nothing rashly. 
 
 37 For ye have brought hither 
 these men, which are neither 
 robbers of churches, nor yet 
 blasphemers of your goddess. 
 
 38 Wherefore if Demetrius, 
 and the craftsmen which are 
 
Paul goeth THE ACTS, 
 
 with liim, have a matter against 
 any man, the law is oi)en, and 
 there are deputies: let them 
 implead one another. 
 
 39 But if ye enquire any thing 
 concerning other matters, it 
 shall be determined in a law- 
 ful assembly. 
 
 40 For vre are in danger to be 
 called in question for this day's 
 uproar, there being no cause 
 whereby we may give an ac- 
 count of this concourse. 
 
 41 And when he liad thus 
 spoken, he dismissed the as- 
 sembly. 
 
 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 J Paul goeth to Macedonia. 7 ITe ceTe- 
 brateth the Lord's sitj^J^er, ayid preach - 
 eth. 9 Eutychus hanng fallen down 
 dead, 10 is raised to life. \7 At Mile- 
 tutn he calleth the elders together, tell- 
 eth them what shall befall to hiiiuelf, 
 28 committcth God's Jlock to them, 29 
 tcameth them nf false teachers, '32 com- 
 mcndcth them to God, 36 praycth with 
 them, and goeth his way. 
 
 AND after the uproar was 
 J\. ceased, Paul called unto 
 him the disciples, and embraced 
 them, and departed for to go 
 into Macedonia. 
 
 2 And when he had gone over 
 those parts, and had given them 
 much exliortation, he came in- 
 to Greece, 
 
 3 And there abode three 
 months. And when the Jews 
 laid wait for him, as he was 
 about to sail into Syria, he pur- 
 posed to return through Mace- 
 donia. 
 
 4 And there accompanied him 
 into Asia Sopater of Berea ; and 
 of the Thessalonians, Aristar- 
 chus and Secundus ; and Gains 
 of Derbe, and Timotheus ; and 
 of Asia, Tycliicus and Tro- 
 pliimus. 
 
 5 These going before tarried 
 for us at Troas. 
 
 6 And we sailed away from 
 Philippi after the days of un- 
 leavened bread, and came unto 
 them to Troas in five days; 
 where we abode seven days. 
 
 7 And upon the first day of 
 the week, when the disciples 
 came together to break bread, 
 
 XX. to MacedcMia. 
 
 Paul preached unto them, rea- 
 dy to depart on the morrow; 
 and continued his speech until 
 midnight. 
 
 8 And there were many lights 
 in the upper chamber, where 
 they were gathered together. 
 
 9 And there eat in a window 
 a certain young man named 
 Eutychus, being fallen into a 
 deep sleep: and as Paul was 
 long preaching, he sunk down 
 with sleep, and fell down from 
 the third loft, and was taken 
 up dead. 
 
 10 And I'aul .went down, and 
 fell on lura, and embracing 
 him said, Trou])le not your- 
 selves ; for liis life is in him. 
 
 11 Wlien he therefore was 
 come up again, and had broken 
 bread, and eaten, and talked 
 a long wliile, even till break of 
 day, so he depaiied. 
 
 12 x\nd they brought the young 
 man alive, and were not a little 
 comforted. 
 
 13 If And we went before to 
 ship, and sailed unto Assos, 
 there intending to take in Paul : 
 for so had he appointed, mind- 
 ing liimself to go afoot. 
 
 14 And when he met with us 
 at Assos, we took him in, and 
 came to Mitylene. 
 
 15 And we sailed thence, and 
 came the next day over against 
 Chios; and the next day we 
 arrived at Samos, and tarried 
 at Trogy Ilium; and the next 
 day we came to Miletus. 
 
 16 For Paul had determined 
 to sail by Ephesus, because he 
 would not spend the time in 
 Asia : for he hasted, if it were 
 possible for him, to be at Jeru- 
 salem the day of Pentecost. 
 
 17 ^ And from Miletus he 
 sent to Ephesus, and called the 
 elders of the church. 
 
 18 And when they were come 
 to him, he said unto them. Ye 
 know, from the first day that 
 I came into Asia, after what 
 manner I have been with you 
 at all seasons, 
 
 19 Serving the Lord with all 
 
PauVs charge to the THE ACTS, XXI. 
 
 dders of EpTiesus. 
 
 humility of mind, and witli 
 many tears, and temptations, 
 which befell me by the lying 
 in wait of the Jews : 
 
 20 And how I kept back no- 
 thing that was profitable unto 
 you, but have shewed you, 
 and have taught you publickly, 
 and fi-om house to house, 
 
 21 Testifying both to the 
 Jews, and also to the Greeks, 
 repentance toward God, and 
 faith toward our Lord Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 22 And now, behold, I go 
 boimd in the spirit mito Jeru- 
 salem, not knowing the things 
 that shall befall me there : 
 
 23 Save that the Holy Ghost 
 witnesseth in every city, say- 
 ing that bonds and afiSictions 
 abide me. 
 
 , 24 But none of these things 
 move me, neither count I my 
 life dear unto myself, so that 
 I might finish my course with 
 joy, and the ministry, which 
 I have received of the Lord 
 Jesus, to testify the gospel of 
 the grace of God. 
 
 25 And now, behold, I know 
 that ye all, among whom 1 
 have gone preaching the king- 
 dom of God, shall see my face 
 no more. 
 
 26 Wherefore I take you to 
 record this day, that I am pme 
 from the blood of all men. 
 
 27 For I have not shunned 
 to declare unto you all the 
 counsel of God. 
 
 28 H Take heed therefore unto 
 yourselves, and to all the flock, 
 over the which the Holy Ghost 
 hath made you overseers, to 
 feed the church of God, which 
 he hath purchased with his 
 own blood. 
 
 29 For I know this, that after 
 my departing shall grievous 
 wolves enter in among you, 
 not sparing the flock. 
 
 30 Also of your own selves 
 shall men arise, speaking per- 
 verse things, to draw away dis- 
 ciples after them. 
 
 81 Therefore watch, and re- 
 
 member, that by the space of 
 three years I ceased not to 
 warn every one night and day 
 with tears. 
 
 32 And now, brethren, I com- 
 mend you to God, and to the 
 word of his grace, which is able 
 to build you up, and to give 
 you an inheritance among all 
 them which are sanctified. 
 
 33 I have coveted no man's 
 silver, or gold, or apparel. 
 
 34 Yea, ye yourselves know, 
 that these hands have mini- 
 stered unto my necessities, and 
 to them that were with me. 
 
 35 I have shewed you all 
 things, how that so labouring 
 ye ought to support the weak, 
 and to remember the words of 
 the Lord Jesus, how he said, 
 It is more blessed to give than 
 to receive. 
 
 36 H And when he had thus 
 spoken, he Imeeled down, and 
 prayed with them all. 
 
 37 And they all wept sore, 
 and fell on Paul's neck, and 
 kissed him, 
 
 38 Sorrowing most of all for 
 the words which he spake, that 
 they should see his face no 
 more. And they accompanied 
 him unto the ship. 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 1 Paul will not hy any means he dissuad- 
 ed froon going to Jerusalem. 9 Philip's 
 daughters prophetesses. 17 Paul com.' 
 eth to Jerusalem: 27 tvliere he is ap- 
 prehended, and in great danger, 31 
 but hy the chief captain is rescued, and 
 permitted to speak to the people. 
 
 AND it came to pass, that 
 _ after we were gotten from 
 them, and had launched, we 
 came with a straight course 
 unto Coos, and the day fol- 
 lowing unto Ehodes, and from 
 thence unto Patara : 
 
 2 And finding a ship sailing 
 over unto Phenicia, we went 
 aboard, and set forth. 
 
 3 Now when we had disco- 
 vered Cyprus, we left it on the 
 left hand, and sailed into Sy- 
 ria, and landed at Tyre: for 
 there the ship was to unlade 
 her burden. 
 
FavH Cometh 
 
 THE ACTS, XXI. 
 
 to Jerusalem, 
 
 4 And finding disciples, we 
 tarried there seven days: who 
 said to Paul through the Spi- 
 rit, that he should not go up 
 to Jerusalem. 
 
 5 And when we had accom- 
 plished those days, we departed 
 and went our way; and they 
 all brought us on our way, 
 with wives and children, till 
 we were out of the city : and 
 we kneeled down on the shore, 
 and prayed. 
 
 6 And when we had taken 
 our leave one of another, we 
 took ship; and they returned 
 home again. 
 
 7 And when we had finished 
 our course from Tjtc, we came 
 to Ptolemais, and saluted the 
 brethren, and abode with them 
 one day. 
 
 8 And the next day we that 
 were of Paul's company de- 
 parted, and came unto Caesa- 
 rea: and we entered into the 
 house of Philip the evangelist, 
 which was one of the seven; 
 and abode with him. 
 
 9 And the same man had four 
 daughters, virgins, which did 
 prophesy. 
 
 10 And as we tarried there 
 many days, there came down 
 from Judaea a certain prophet, 
 named Agabus. 
 
 11 And when he was come 
 unto us, he took Paul's girdle, 
 and bound his oAvn hands and 
 feet, and said, Thus saith the 
 Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews 
 at Jerusalem bind the man that 
 owneth this girdle, and shall 
 deliver him into the hands of 
 the Gentiles. 
 
 12 And when we heard these 
 things, both we, and they of 
 that place, besought him not 
 to go up to Jerusalem. 
 
 13 Then Paul answered. What 
 mean ye to weep and to break 
 mine heart? for I am ready not 
 to be bound only, but also to 
 die at Jerusalem for the name 
 of the Lord Jesus. 
 
 14 And when he would not 
 be persuaded, we ceased, say- 
 
 ing. The will of the Lord be 
 
 done. 
 
 15 And after those days we 
 took up our carriages, and went 
 up to Jerusalem. 
 
 16 There went with us also 
 certain of the disciples of Cae- 
 sarea, and brought with them 
 one Mnason of Cyprus, an old 
 disciple, with whom we should 
 lodge. 
 
 17 And when we were come 
 to Jerusalem, the brethren re- 
 ceived us gladly. 
 
 18 And the day following Paul 
 went in with us unto James; 
 and all the elders were present. 
 
 19 And when he had saluted 
 them, he declared particularly 
 what things God had wrought 
 among the Gentiles by liis mi- 
 nistry. 
 
 20 And when they heard 27, 
 they glorified the Lord, and 
 said unto him. Thou seest, 
 brother, how many thousands 
 of Jews there are which be- 
 lieve ; and they are all zealous 
 of the law : 
 
 21 And they are informed of 
 thee, that thou teachest all the 
 Jews which are among the Gen- 
 tiles to forsake Moses, saying 
 that they ought not to circum- 
 cise their children, neither to 
 walk after the customs. 
 
 22 What is it therefore? the 
 multitude must needs come to- 
 gether : for they will hear that 
 thou art come. 
 
 23 Do therefore this that we 
 say to thee : We have four men 
 which have a vow on them ; 
 
 24 Them take, and purify 
 thyself with them, and be at 
 charges with them, that they 
 may shave their heads: and 
 all may know that those things, 
 whereof they were informed 
 concerning thee, are nothing; 
 but that thou thyself also walk- 
 est orderly, and keepest the 
 law. 
 
 25 As touching the Gentiles 
 which believe, we have written 
 and concluded that they ob- 
 serve no such thing, gave only 
 
He is assaulted 
 
 THE ACTS, XXII. 
 
 in tlie kmple. 
 
 that they keep themselves from 
 things offered to idols, and 
 from blood, and from strangled, 
 and from fornication. 
 
 26 Then Paul took the men, 
 and the next day purifying 
 himself with them entered in- 
 to the temple, to signify the 
 accomplishment of the days 
 of purification, until that an 
 offering should be offered for 
 every one of them. 
 
 27 And when the seven days 
 were almost ended, the Jews 
 which were of Asia, when they 
 saw him in the temple, stu- 
 red up all the people, and laid 
 hands on him, 
 
 28 Crying out. Men of Israel, 
 help : This is the man, that 
 teacheth all men every where 
 against the people, and the law, 
 and this place: and further 
 brought Greeks also into the 
 temple, and hath polluted this 
 holy place. 
 
 29 (For they had seen before 
 with him in the city Trophi- 
 mus an Ephesian, whom they 
 supposed that Paul had brought 
 into the temple.) 
 
 30 And all the city was mov- 
 ed, and the people ran toge- 
 ther : and they took Paul, and 
 drew him out of the temple: 
 and forthwith the doors were 
 shut. 
 
 31 And as they went about 
 to kill him, tidings came unto 
 the chief captain of the band, 
 that all Jerusalem was in an 
 uproar. 
 
 32 Who immediately took 
 soldiers and centurions, and 
 ran down unto them: and 
 when tliey saw the chief cap- 
 tain and the soldiers, they left 
 beating of Paul. 
 
 33 Then the chief captain 
 came near, and took him, and 
 commanded him to be bomid 
 with two chairs; and demand- 
 ed who he was, and what he 
 had done. 
 
 34 And some cried one thing, 
 some another, among the mul- 
 titude : and when he could not 
 
 know the certainty for the tu- 
 mult, he commanded him to 
 be carried into the castle. 
 
 35 And when he came upon 
 the stairs, so it was, that he 
 was borne of the soldiers for 
 the violence of the people. 
 
 36 For the multitude of the 
 people followed after, crying, 
 Away with him. 
 
 37 And as Paul was to be led 
 into the castle, he said unto 
 the chief captain. May I speak 
 unto thee? Yfho said. Canst 
 thou speak Greek? 
 
 38 Art not thou that Egyp- 
 tian, which before these days 
 madest an uproar, and leddest 
 out into the wilderness four 
 thousand men that were mur- 
 derers ? 
 
 39 But Paul said, I am a man 
 which am a Jew of Tarsus, a 
 city in Cilicia, a citizen of no 
 mean city: and, I beseech 
 thee, suffer me to speak unto 
 the people. 
 
 40 And when he had given 
 him licence, Paul stood on the 
 stairs, and becjioned with the 
 hand unto the people. And 
 when there was made a great 
 silence, he spake unto them in 
 the Hebrew tongue, saymg, 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 1 Paul declareth at large, hoto Tie teas 
 converted to the faith, \j and called to 
 his apostlesMp. 22 At the very men- 
 tioning of the Gentiles, the people ex- 
 claim on him.. 24 Re should have been 
 scourged, 25 hut claiming the privilege 
 of a Roman, he escapeth. 
 
 MEN, brethren, and fathers, 
 hear ye my defence which 
 I make now unto you. 
 
 2 (And when they heard that 
 he spake in the Hebrew tongue 
 to them, they kept the more 
 silence : and he eaith,) 
 
 3 I am verily a man which am 
 a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in 
 Cilicia, yet brought up in this 
 city at the feet of Gamaliel, and 
 taught according to the per- 
 fect manner of the law of the 
 fathers, and was zealous toward 
 God, as ye all are this day. 
 
 4 And I persecuted th^ way 
 
TanH dedareth 
 
 THE ACTS, XXn. 
 
 Jiis conversion. 
 
 unto the death, binding and 
 delivering into prisons both 
 men and women. 
 
 5 As also the high priest doth 
 bear me witness, and all the 
 estate of the elders : from whom 
 also 1 received letters unto the 
 brethren, and went to Damas- 
 cus, to bring them wliich were 
 there bound unto Jerusalem, 
 for to be punished. 
 
 6 And it came to pass, that, 
 as I made my journey, and 
 was come nigh unto Damas- 
 cus about noon, suddenly there 
 Bhone from heaven a great light 
 round about me. 
 
 7 And I fell unto the ground, 
 and heard a voice saying unto 
 me, Saul Saul, why persecutest 
 thou me ? 
 
 8 And I answered. Who art 
 thou, Lord ? And he said unto 
 me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, 
 whom thou persecutest. 
 
 9 And they that were with me 
 Baw indeed the light, and were 
 afraid; but they heard not the 
 voice of him that spake to me. 
 
 10 And I said. What shall 1 
 do. Lord? And the Lord said 
 unto me. Arise, and go into 
 Damascus; and there it shall 
 be told thee of all thuigs which 
 are appointed for thee to do. 
 
 11 And when I could not see 
 for the glory of that light, be- 
 ing led by the hand of them 
 that were with me, I came into 
 Damascus. 
 
 12 And one Ananias, a de- 
 vout man according to the law, 
 having a good report of all the 
 Jews which dwelt there, 
 
 13 Came imto me, and stood, 
 and said unto me, Brother Saul, 
 receive thy sight. And the same 
 hour I looked up upon him. 
 
 14 And he said. The God of 
 our fathers hath chosen thee, 
 that thou shouldest Ivnow his 
 will, and see that Just One, 
 and shouldest hear the voice of 
 his mouth. 
 
 15 For thou shalt be his wit- 
 ness unto all men of what thou 
 hast seen and heard. 
 
 IG And now why tamest thou ? 
 arise, and be baptized, and wash 
 away thy sins, calling on the 
 name of the Lord. 
 
 17 And it came to pass, that, 
 when I was come again to Jeru- 
 salem, even while I prayed in 
 the temple, I was in a trance ; 
 
 18 And saw him saying unto 
 me, Make haste, and get thee 
 quickly out of Jerusalem : for 
 they will not receive thy testi- 
 mony concerning me. 
 
 19 And I said, Lord, they 
 know that I imprisoned and 
 beat in every synagogue them 
 that believed on thee : 
 
 20 And when the blood of 
 thy martyr Stephen was shed, 
 1 also was standing by, and 
 consenting unto his death, and 
 kept the raiment of them that 
 slew him. 
 
 21 And he said unto me. De- 
 part: for I will send thee far 
 hence unto the Gentiles. 
 
 22 And they gave him audi- 
 ence unto this word, and then 
 lilted up their voices, and said, 
 Away with such a fellow from 
 the earth : for it is not lit that 
 he should live. 
 
 23 And as they cried out, and 
 cast off their clothes, and threw 
 dust into the air, 
 
 24 The chief captain com- 
 manded him to be brought in- 
 to the castle, and bade that he 
 should be examined by scourg- 
 ing ; that he might know where- 
 fore they cried so against him. 
 
 25 And as they bound him 
 with thongs, Paul said unto the 
 centurion that stood by. Is it 
 lawful for you to scourge a man 
 that is a Koman, and uncon- 
 demned? 
 
 26 When the centurion heard 
 that, he went and told the chief 
 captain, saying. Take heed what 
 thou doest: for this man is a 
 Roman. 
 
 27 Then the chief captain 
 came, and said unto him. Tell 
 me, art thou a Koman? He 
 said. Yea. 
 
 28 And the chief captain an- 
 
Paul is IrougM 
 
 THE ACTS, XXIII. 
 
 before the councU. 
 
 swered, With a great sum ob- 
 tained I this freedom. And 
 Paul said, But I wasj^r^^ born. 
 
 29 Then straightway they de- 
 parted from him which should 
 have examined him: and the 
 chief captain also was afraid, 
 after he knew that he was a 
 Eoman, and because he had 
 bound him. 
 
 30 On the morrow, because he 
 would have known the certain- 
 ty wherefore he was accused of 
 the Jews, he loosed him from 
 his bands, and commanded the 
 chief priests and all their coun- 
 cil to appear, and brought Paul 
 down, and set him before them. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 
 I As Paul pleadeth his cause, 2 Ananias 
 commandefh them to smite him,. 7 Dis- 
 sension among his accusers. 11 God 
 encourageth him. 14 The Jews' laying 
 wait for Paul 20 is declared vMto the 
 chief captain. 27 ffe sendeth him to 
 Felix the governor. 
 
 AND Paul, earnestly behold- 
 . ing the council, said, Men 
 and brethren, I have lived in 
 all good conscience before God 
 until this day. 
 
 2 And the high priest Ananias 
 commanded them that stood by 
 him to smite him on the mouth. 
 
 3 Then said Paul mito him, 
 God shall smite thee, thou 
 whited wall: for sittest thou 
 to judge me after the law, and 
 commandest me to be smitten 
 contrary to the law ? 
 
 4 And they that stood by 
 said, Revilest thou God's high 
 priest ? 
 
 5 Then said Paul, I wist not, 
 brethren, that he was the high 
 priest: for it is written. Thou 
 shalt not speak evil of the ruler 
 of thy people. 
 
 6 But when Paul perceived 
 that the one part were Saddu- 
 cees, and the other Pharisees, 
 he cried out in the council, Men 
 and brethren, I am a Pharisee, 
 the son of a Pharisee : of the 
 hope and resurrection of the 
 dead I am called in question. 
 
 7 And when he had so said, 
 there arose a dissension be- 
 
 tween the Pharisees and the 
 Sadducees : and the multitude 
 was divided. 
 
 8 For the Sadducees say that 
 there is no resun'ection, neither 
 angel, nor spirit : but the Pha- 
 risees confess both. 
 
 9 And there arose a great cry : 
 and the scribes that were of 
 the Pharisees' part arose, and 
 strove, saying, We find no evil 
 in this man : but if a spirit or 
 an angel hath spoken to him, 
 let us not fight against God. 
 
 10 And when there arose a 
 great dissension, the chief cap- 
 tain, fearing lest Paul should 
 have been pulled in pieces of 
 them, commanded the soldiers 
 to go down, and to take him by 
 force from among them, and t<) 
 bring him into the castle. 
 
 11 And the night following 
 the Lord stood by him, and 
 said, Be of good cheer, Paul: 
 for as thou hast testified of me 
 in Jerusalem, so must thou 
 bear witness also at Pome. 
 
 12 And when it was day, cer- 
 tain of the Jews banded to- 
 gether, and bound themselves 
 under a curse, saying that they 
 would neither eat nor drink till 
 they had Idlled Paul. 
 
 13 And they were more than 
 forty which had made this con- 
 spiracy. 
 
 14 And they came to the chief 
 priests and elders, and said, We 
 have bound om-selves under a 
 great curse, that we will eat no- 
 thing imtil we have slain Paul. 
 
 15 Now therefore ye with the 
 coimcil signify to the chief cap- 
 tain that he bring him down 
 unto you to morrow, as though 
 ye would enquire something 
 more perfectly concerning him : 
 and we, or ever he come near, 
 are ready to Mil him. 
 
 16 And when Paul's sister's 
 son heard of their lying in wait, 
 he went and entered into the 
 castle, and told Paul. 
 
 17 Then Paul called one of 
 the centurions unto him, and 
 said, Bring this young man unto 
 
Paul is i 
 
 Ifo 
 
 THE ACTS, XXIV. Felix tlie governor'. 
 
 the chief captain : for he hath a 
 certain thing to tell him. 
 
 18 So he took him, and brought 
 hitn to the chief captain, and 
 said, Paul the prisoner called 
 me unto him^ and prayed me 
 to bring this young man unto 
 thee, who hath something to 
 say unto thee. 
 
 19 Then the chief captain took 
 him by the hand, and went 
 with him aside privately, and 
 asked him. What is that thou 
 hast to tell me ? 
 
 20 And he said. The Jews 
 have agreed to desire thee that 
 thou wouldest bring down Paul 
 to morrow into the council, 
 as though they would enquire 
 somewhat of him more per- 
 fectly. 
 
 21 But do not thou yield unto 
 them : for there lie in wait for 
 him of them more than forty 
 men, which have bound them- 
 selves with an oath, that they 
 will neither eat nor drink till 
 they have killed him : afld now 
 are they ready, looldng for a 
 l^romise from thee. 
 
 22 So the chief captain then 
 let the young man depart, and 
 charged him. See thou tell no 
 man that thou hast shewed 
 these things to me. 
 
 23 And he called unto Mdi 
 two centurions, saying. Make 
 ready two himdied soldiers to 
 go to Csesarea, and horsemen 
 threescore and ten, and spear- 
 men two hundi'ed, at the third 
 hour of the night ; 
 
 24 And provide them beasts, 
 that they may set Paul on, and 
 brmg him safe imto Felix the 
 governor. 
 
 25 And he WTote a letter after 
 this manner : 
 
 26 Claudias Lysias unto the 
 most excellent governor Felix 
 sendeth greeting. 
 
 27 This man was taken of the 
 Jews, and should have been 
 killed of them : then came I 
 with an army, and rescued 
 him, having understood that 
 he was a Koman. 
 
 28 And when I would have 
 known the cause wherefore 
 tliey accused him, I brought 
 him forth into their council : 
 
 29 Whom I perceived to be ac- 
 cused of questions of their law, 
 but to have nothing laid to his 
 charge worthy of death or of 
 bonds. 
 
 30 And when it was told me 
 how that the Jews laid Avait for 
 the man, I sent straightway to 
 thee, and gave commandment 
 to his accusers also to say be- 
 fore thee what they had against 
 him. Farewell. 
 
 31 Then the soldiers, as it was 
 commanded them, took Paul, 
 and brought him by night to 
 Antipatris. 
 
 32 On the mon-ow they left 
 the horsemen to go with him, 
 and returned to the castle : 
 
 33 Who, when they came to 
 Csesarea, and delivered the epi- 
 stle to the governor, presented 
 Paul also before him. 
 
 34 And when the governor 
 had read the letter, he asked 
 of what province he was. And 
 when he understood that he 
 was of Cilicia ; 
 
 35 I will hear thee, said he, 
 when thine accusers are also 
 come. And he commanded 
 him to be kept in Herod's 
 judgment hall. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
 1 Paul being accused by Tertullus the 
 orator, 10 aivsweretJi for his life and 
 doctrine. 24 He preacheth Christ to the 
 governor and his mfe. 26 The gover- 
 nor hopeth for a bribe, hut in vain. 27 
 At last, going out of his office, he leav- 
 eth Paul in prison. 
 
 AND after five days Ana- 
 . nias the high priest de- 
 scended with the elders, and 
 with a certain orator named 
 Tertullus, who informed the 
 governor against Paul. 
 2 And when he was called 
 forth, Tertullus began to ac- 
 cuse him, saying, Seeing that 
 by thee we enjoy great quiet- 
 ness, and that very worthy- 
 deeds are done unto this na- 
 tion by thy providence, 
 
Pnul defendetJi Ms 
 
 3 We accept il always, and in 
 all places, most noble Felix, 
 with all thankfulness. 
 
 4 Notwithstanding, that I be 
 2ict further tedious unto thee, 
 I pray thee that thou Avouldest 
 hear us of thy clemency a few 
 words. 
 
 For we have found this man 
 a vestileni fellow, and a mover 
 of sedition among all the Jews 
 throughout the world, and a 
 ringleader of th^ sect of the 
 Is^'azarenes : 
 
 6 Who also hath gone about 
 to profane the temple : whom 
 we took, and would have judg- 
 ed accoixling to om- law. 
 
 7 But the chief captain Lysias 
 came upon us, and with gi-eat 
 violence took him away out of 
 our hands, 
 
 8 Conmianding his accusers to 
 come unto thee : by exammmg 
 of whom thyself mayest take 
 knov\dedge of all these things, 
 whereof we accuse him. 
 
 And the Jews also assented, 
 saving that these things were so. 
 
 10 Then Paul, after that the 
 governor had beckoned unto 
 him to speak, answered, Foms- 
 much as I know that thou hast 
 been of many years a judge 
 unto this nation, I do the more 
 cheerfully answer for myself: 
 
 11 Because that thou mayest 
 imderstand, that there are yet 
 but twelve days since I went up 
 to Jerusalem for to worship. 
 
 12 And they neither found me 
 in the temple disputing with 
 any man, neither raising up 
 the people, neither in the syn- 
 agogues, nor in the city : 
 
 13 Neither can they pix)ve the 
 things whereof they now ac- 
 cuse me. 
 
 14 But this I confess unto 
 thee, that after the way which 
 they call heresy, so worship I 
 the God of my fathers, believ- 
 ing all things which are writ- 
 ten in the law and in the pro- 
 phets : 
 
 15 And have hope toward God, 
 v^'hich they themselves also al- 
 
 THE ACTS, XXIY. life and doctiine, 
 
 low, that there shall be a re- 
 surrection of the dead, both of 
 the just and unjust. 
 
 16 And herein do I exercise 
 myself, to have always a con- 
 science void of offence toward 
 God, and toivard men. 
 
 17 Now after many j^ears I 
 came to bring alms to my na-^ 
 tion, and offerings. 
 
 18 Whereupon certain Jews 
 from Asia found me purified 
 in the temple, neither with 
 multitude, nor with tumult. 
 
 19 "^Vlio ought to have been 
 here before thee, and object, if 
 they had ought against me. 
 
 20 Or else let these same hew 
 say, if they have found any 
 evil doing in me, while I stood 
 before the council, 
 
 21 Except it be for this one 
 voice, that I cried standing 
 among them, Touching the 
 resurrection of the dead I am 
 called in question by you this 
 day. 
 
 22 And when Felix heard these 
 things, having more perfect 
 Iniowledge of that way, he de- 
 ferred them, and said, When 
 Lysias the chief captain shall 
 come down, I will know the 
 uttermost of yoiu matter. 
 
 23 An-d he commanded a cen- 
 turion to keep Paul, and to let 
 him have lilDerty, and that he 
 should forbid none of his ac- 
 quaintance to minister or come 
 unto him. 
 
 24 And after certam days, 
 when Felix came with his wife 
 Drusilla, which was a Jewess, 
 he sent for Paul, and heard 
 him concerning the faith in 
 Christ. 
 
 25 And as he reasoned of right- 
 eousness, temperance, and judg- 
 ment to com.e, Felix trembled, 
 and answered. Go thy way for 
 this time ; when I have a con- 
 venient season, I will call for 
 thee. 
 
 26 He hoped also that money 
 should have been given him of 
 Paul, that he might loose him : 
 wherefore he sent for him the 
 
 3H 
 
Paid appecdeth 
 
 THE ACTS, XXV. 
 
 unto Cktsar. 
 
 oftener, and communed with j judged of these things belore 
 him. 
 
 27 But after two yeai*s Por 
 f'ius Festus came into Felix' 
 
 I me? 
 
 I 10 Tlien paid Taul, 1 stand at 
 
 I Caesar's judirment seat, wliere i 
 
 room : and Felix, willing to [ ought to be judged : to the Jews 
 
 shew the Jews a pleasm-e, left 
 Paul bound. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 
 2 The Jews accuse Paul before Festus. 
 8 He anstvereth for himself, 11 and 
 (tppcaleth unto Cctsar. 14 After-ivards 
 Festus openeth his matter to king A' 
 grippa, 23 mid he is brought forth. 
 25 Festus cleareth hhn to have done 
 ■nothing worthy of death. 
 
 NOW when Festus was come 
 into the province, after 
 three days he ascended from 
 Cresarea to Jerusalem. 
 
 have I done no wrong, as thou 
 very well knowest. 
 
 11 For if 1 be an offender, or 
 have committed any thing wor- 
 tliy of death, I refuse not to 
 die : but if there be none of 
 tliese things whereof these ac- 
 cuse me, no man may deliver 
 me luito them. I apiical unto 
 C'a^sar. 
 
 12 Tlien Festus, when he had 
 conferred with the council, 
 
 I answered. Hast thou appealed 
 
 2 Then the higli priest and ■ unto Caesar ? unto Ca'sar shalt 
 the chief of the Jews infomied thou go. 
 
 him agauist Paul, and besought 
 }iim 
 
 13 And after certain days king 
 i Agripi)a and Bernice came un- 
 
 3 And desired favour against | to Ca?sarea to salute Festus. 
 liim, that he would send for j 14 And when they had been 
 him to Jerusalem, laying wait there many days, 'Festus de- 
 
 in the way to kill him. 
 4 But Festus answered. 
 
 that 
 
 ! clared Paul's cause unto the 
 king, saying. There is a certain 
 
 Paul should be kept at Ca?sarea, i man left in bonds by Felix : 
 
 and that he himself would de- 
 part shortly thither. 
 o Let them therefore, said he, 
 
 15 About whom, v.hen 1 was 
 at Jerusalem, the chief priests 
 and tlie elders of the Jews in- 
 
 which among you are able, go Ibrmed me, desiring to have 
 down with me, and accuse this ; judgment against him. 
 
 man, if there be any wicked- 
 ness in him. 
 
 6 And when he had tarried 
 among them more than ten 
 days, he went down unto C?e- 
 sarea ; and the next day sitting 
 on the judgment seat com- 
 manded Paul to be brought. 
 
 7 And when he was come, the 
 Jews which came doT\'n from 
 Jerusalem stood round about, 
 and laid many and grievous 
 complaints against Paul, which 
 they could not prove. 
 
 8 While he answered for him- 
 self, Neither against the law of 
 the Jews, neither against the 
 temple, nor yet against Cfesar, 
 have I offended any thing at 
 all. 
 
 9 But Festus, willing to do 
 the Jews a pleasure, answered 
 Paul, and said, Wilt thou go 
 iip to Jerusalem, and there be 
 
 IG To whom I ans^vered, It is 
 
 I not tlie manner of tlie Eomans 
 : to deliver any man to die, be- 
 fore that he which is accused 
 have the accusers face to face, 
 and have licence to answer for 
 himself concerning the crime 
 laid against him. 
 
 17 Therefore, when they were 
 come hither, without any delay 
 on the morrow I sat on the judg- 
 ment seat, and commanded the 
 man to be brought forth. 
 
 18 Against whom when the 
 accusers stood up, they brought 
 none accusation of such things 
 as I supposed : 
 
 19 But had certain questions 
 against him of their o^n super- 
 stition, and of one Jesus, which 
 was dead, whom Paul affirmed 
 to be alive. 
 
 20 And because I doubted of 
 such manner of questions, I 
 
Paul's defence 
 
 asked him whether he would 
 go to Jerusalem, and there be 
 judged of these matters. 
 
 21 But when Paul had ap- 
 pealed to be reserved unto the 
 hearing of Augustus, I com- 
 manded him to be kept till I 
 might send him to Caesar. 
 
 22 Then Agrippa said unto 
 Festus, I would also hear the 
 man myself. To morrow, said 
 he, thou shalt hear him. 
 
 23 And on the morrow, when 
 Agrippa was come, and Ber- 
 nice, with great pomp, and was 
 entered into the place of hear- 
 ing, with the chief captains, 
 and principal men of the city, 
 at Festus' coimnandment Paul 
 was brought forth. 
 
 24 And Festus said. King 
 Agrippa, and all men which 
 are here present with us, ye 
 see this man, about whom all 
 the multitude of the Jews have 
 dealt with me, both at Jeru- 
 salem, and also here, crying 
 that he ought not to live any 
 longer. 
 
 25 But when I found that he 
 had committed nothing worthy 
 of death, and that he himself 
 hath appealed to Augustus, I 
 have determined to send him. 
 
 26 Of whom I have no certain 
 thing to write unto my lord. 
 Wherefore I have brought him 
 forth before you, and specially 
 before thee, O king Agrippa, 
 that, after examination had, I 
 might have somewhat to ^\Tite. 
 
 27 For it seemeth to me un- 
 reasonable to send a prisoner, 
 and not withal to signify the 
 crimes laid against him. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVI. 
 
 2 Paul, in the presence of Agrippa, de- 
 clareth his life from his childhood, 12 
 and ho7V miracidously he tvas convert- 
 ed^, and called to his apostleship. 24 
 Festus chargeth him to be mad, where- 
 unto he answereth modestly. 28 A- 
 grippa is almost persuaded to be a 
 Christian. 3\ Tlie tvhole company lyro- 
 7U)unce him innocent. 
 
 THEN Agrippa said mito 
 Paul, Thou art pemiitted 
 to spe^-k for thyself. Then Paul 
 
 THE ACTS, XXVI. 
 
 hefors Agrippa. 
 
 stretched forth the hand, and 
 answered for himself : 
 
 2 I think myself happy, Idng 
 Agrippa, because I shall an- 
 swer for myself this day before 
 thee touching all tlie things 
 whereof I am accused of the 
 Jews : 
 
 3 Especially because I knoiv 
 thee to be expert in all cus- 
 toms and questions which are 
 among the Jews : wherefore 1 
 beseech thee to hear me pa- 
 tiently. 
 
 4 My manner of life from my 
 youth, which was at the first 
 among mine own nation at Je- 
 rusalem, Imow all the Jews : 
 
 5 Which knew me from the 
 beginnmg, if they would tes- 
 tift% that after the most strait- 
 est sect of our religion 1 lived 
 a Pharisee. 
 
 6 And now I stand and am 
 judged for the hope of the pro- 
 mise made of God imto our 
 fathers : 
 
 7 Unto which promise our 
 twelve tribes, instantly serving 
 God day and night, hope to 
 come. For which hope's sake, 
 king Agrippa, I am accused of 
 the Jews. 
 
 8 Why should it be thought a 
 thing incredible with you, that 
 God should raise the dead ? 
 
 9 I verily thought with my- 
 self, that I ought to do many 
 things contrary to the name of 
 Jesus of Nazareth. 
 
 10 Which thing I also did in 
 Jerusalem: and many of the 
 saints did I shut up in prison, 
 havmg received authority from 
 the chief priests; and when 
 they were put to death, I gave 
 my voice against them. 
 
 11 And I punished them oft 
 in every synagogue, and com- 
 pelled them to blaspheme ; and 
 being exceedingly mad against 
 them, 1 persecuted them even 
 unto strange cities. 
 
 12 W^hereupon as I went to 
 Damascus with authority and 
 commission from the chief 
 priests, 
 
 3H2 
 
Paul's defence 
 
 13 At midday, O king, I saw in 
 the way a light from heaven, 
 above the brightness of the sun, 
 shining romid about me and 
 tiiem which jomiieyed with me. 
 
 14 And when we were all fall- 
 en to the earth, I heard a voice 
 speaking unto me, and saying 
 in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, 
 (Saul, why persecutest thou 
 me ? it is hard for thee to kick 
 against the pricks. 
 
 15 And I said. Who art thou. 
 Lord? And he said, I am Jesus 
 whom thou persecutest. 
 
 16 But rise, and stand upon 
 thy feet : for I have appeared 
 unto thee for this purpose, to 
 make thee a minister and a 
 witness both of these things 
 which thou hast seen, and of 
 those things in the which I will 
 app-ear unto thee ; 
 
 17 Delivering thee from the 
 leoifle, aiid/rom the Gentiles, 
 u.'ito whom now I send thee, 
 
 18 To open their eyes, and 
 to turn them from darkness to 
 light, and/rowi the power of 
 ^^atan unto God, that they may 
 receive forgiveness of sins, and 
 inheritance among them which 
 are sanctified by faith that is 
 in me. 
 
 19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, 
 I was not disobedient unto the 
 heavenly vision : 
 
 20 But shewed first unto them 
 of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, 
 and thi'oughout all the coasts 
 of Jud£Ea, and then to the Gen- 
 tiles, that they should repent 
 and turn to God, and do works 
 meet for repentance. 
 
 21 For these causes the Jews 
 caught me in the temple, and 
 v/ent about to kill me. 
 
 22 Having therefore obtained 
 lielp of God, I continue unto 
 tills day, witnessing both to 
 small and great, saying none 
 other things than those which 
 the prophets and Moses did 
 sav should come : 
 
 23 That Christ should suffer, 
 and that he should be the fii'st 
 that should rise from the dead, 
 
 THE ACTS, XXVII. before Agrippa. 
 
 and should shew light unto the 
 people, and to the Gentiles. 
 
 24 And as he thus spake for 
 himself, Festus said with a loud 
 voice, Paul, thou art beside 
 thyself; much learning doth 
 make thee mad. 
 
 25 But he said, I am not mad, 
 most noble Festus ; but speak 
 forth the words of truth and 
 soberness. 
 
 26 For the king knoweth of 
 these things, before whom also 
 I speak freely : for I am per- 
 suaded that none of these things 
 are lildden from him ; for tills 
 thing was not done in a corner. 
 
 27 King Agrippa^ believest 
 thou the prophets.*^ I know 
 that thou believest. 
 
 28 Then Agrippa said unto 
 Paul, Almost thou persuadest 
 me to be a Cliristlan. 
 
 29 And Paul said, I would to 
 God, that not only thou, but 
 also all that hear me this day, 
 were both almost, and alto- 
 gether such as I am, except 
 these bonds. 
 
 30 And when he had thus 
 spoken, the king rose up, and 
 the governor, and Bernice, and 
 they that sat with them : 
 
 31 And when they were gone 
 aside, they talked between 
 themselves, saying. This man 
 docth nothing worthy of death 
 or of bonds. 
 
 32 Then said Agrippa unto 
 Festus, This man might have 
 been set at liberty, if he had 
 not appealed unto Csesar. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVII. 
 1 Paul s'hi2yping tozvard Eonte, 10 fore- 
 telleth oftlie danger of the voyage, 11 
 hut is not believed. 14 They are tossed 
 to and fro tvith tempest, 41 and suffer 
 sh',2'>wrec1c, 22, 24, 44 yet all corr^e safe 
 to land. 
 
 AND when it was determin- 
 _ ed that we should sail into 
 Italy, they delivered Paul and 
 certain other prisoners unto one 
 named Julius, a centurion of 
 Augustus' band. 
 2 And entering into a ship 
 of Adramyttium, we launched, 
 meaning to sail by the coasts 
 
PauVs voyage 
 of Asia; 
 
 THE ACTS, XXYII. 
 
 kiicard B(/,ne. 
 
 one Aristarchus, a 
 Macedonian of Tliessaionica, 
 being with us. 
 
 3 And tlie next day we touched 
 at Sidon. And Julius courte- 
 ously entreated Paul, and gave 
 him liberty to go unto his 
 friends to refresh liimself. 
 
 4 And when we had launched 
 from thence, we sailed under 
 Cyprus, because the winds were 
 contrary. 
 
 5 And when we had sailed 
 over the sea of Cilicia and 
 Pamphylia, we came to Myra, 
 a city of Lycia. 
 
 6 And there the centurion 
 found a ship of Alexandria 
 sailing into Italy ; and he put 
 us therein. 
 
 7 And when we had sailed 
 slowly many days, and scarce 
 were come over against Cnidus, 
 the wind not suffering us, we 
 sailed under Crete, over against 
 Salmone ; 
 
 8 And, hardly passing it, came 
 unto a place w^hich is called 
 The fair havens ; nigh where- 
 unto was the cit^^- o/Lasea. 
 
 9 Now when much time was 
 spent, and when sailing was 
 now dangerous, because the 
 fast was now aheady past, 
 Paul admonished them^ 
 
 10 And said unto them, Sirs, 
 I perceive that this voyage 
 will be with hurt and much 
 damage, not only of the lading 
 and ship, but also of our lives. 
 
 11 Nevertheless the centu- 
 rion believed the master and 
 the owner of the ship, more 
 than those things which were 
 spoken by Paul. 
 
 12 And because the haven 
 was not commodious to winter 
 in, the more part advised to 
 depart thence also, if by any 
 means they might attain to 
 Phenice, and there to winter; 
 which is an haven of Crete, and 
 lieth toward the south west and 
 north west. 
 
 13 And when the south wind 
 blew softly, supposing that they 
 had obtained their purpose, 
 
 loosing thence, they sailed close 
 by Crete. 
 
 14 But not long after there 
 arose against it a tempestuous 
 wind, called Euroclydon. 
 
 15 And when the ship was 
 caught, and could not bear un 
 into the wind, v/e let her drive. 
 
 16 And running under a cer- 
 tain island which is called 
 Clauda, we had much work to 
 come by tlie boat : 
 
 17 Which when they had 
 taken up, they used helps, un- 
 dergirdmg the ship ; and, fear- 
 ing lest they should fall into 
 the quicksands, strake sail, and 
 so were diiven. 
 
 18 And we being exceeding- 
 ly tossed with a tempest, the 
 next day they lightened the 
 ship ; 
 
 19 And the thhd day we cast 
 out with oiir O',^^! hands the 
 tackling of the ship. 
 
 20 And when neither sim nor 
 stars in many days appeared, 
 and no small tempest lay on 
 us, all hope that we should be 
 saved v^as then taken away. 
 
 21 But after long abstmence 
 Paul stood forth in the midst 
 of them, and said, Sirs, ye 
 should have hearkened unto 
 me, and not have loosed from 
 Crete, and to have gained this 
 harm and loss. 
 
 22 And now I exhort you to be 
 of good cheer : for there shall 
 be no loss of any man's life 
 among you, but of the ship. 
 
 23 For there stood by me this 
 night the angel of God, whose 
 I am, and whom I serve, 
 
 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; 
 thou must be brought before 
 Csesar : and, lo, God hath given 
 thee all them that sail with thee. 
 
 25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good 
 cheer : for I believe God, that it 
 shall be even as it was told me. 
 
 26 Howbeit we must be cast 
 upon a certain island. 
 
 27 But when the fourteenth 
 night was come, as we were 
 diiven up and down in Achia, 
 about midnight the shipm^en 
 
Fml shipwrecJced THE ACTS, XXVIII. 
 
 at Blelifa. 
 
 deemed that they drew near to 
 some comitiy ; 
 
 28 And sounded, and found 
 it twenty fathoms : and when 
 they had gone a little further, 
 they sounded again, and found 
 ii fifteen fathoms. 
 
 29 Then fearing lest we should 
 have fallen upon rocks, they 
 cast four anchors out of the 
 stern, and wished for the day. 
 
 3i) And as the shipmen were 
 about to tlee out of the ship, 
 when they had let down the 
 boat into the sea, under colour 
 as though they would have cast 
 anchors out of the foreship, 
 
 31 Paul said to the centurion 
 and* to the soldiers. Except 
 these abide in the ship, ye can- 
 not be saved. 
 
 32 Then the soldiers cut oft' 
 the ropes of the boat, and let 
 her fall oft'. 
 
 :33 And while the day was 
 coming on, Paul besought 
 them all to take meat, saying, 
 This day is the fourteenth day 
 tliat ye have tarried and con- 
 tinued fasting, having taken 
 nothing. 
 
 34 Wherefore I pray you to 
 take some meat : for this is for 
 your health : for there shall 
 not an hair fall from the head 
 of any of you. 
 
 3.5 And when he had thus 
 spoken, he took bread, and 
 gave thanks to God in presentee 
 of them all : and when he had 
 broken it, he began to eat. 
 
 35 Then were they all of good 
 cheer, and they also took some 
 meat. 
 
 37 And we were in all in the 
 ship two hundred threescore 
 and sixteen souls. 
 
 38 And when they had eaten 
 enough, they lightened the 
 ship, and cast out the wheat 
 into the sea. 
 
 39 And when it was day, they 
 knew not the land: but they 
 discovered a certain creek with 
 a shore, into the which they 
 were minded, if it were pos- 
 sible, to thrust in the ship. 
 
 40 And when they had taken 
 up the anchors, they committed 
 themselves unto the sea, and 
 loosed the rudder bands, and 
 hoised up the mainsail to the 
 wind, and made toward shore. 
 
 41 And falluig into a place 
 where two seas met, they ran 
 the ship aground ; and the fore- 
 part stuck fast, and remained 
 unmoveable, but the hinder 
 part was broken with the vio- 
 lence of the waves. 
 
 42 And the soldiers' counsel 
 Avas to kill the prisoners, lest 
 any of them should swim out, 
 and escape. 
 
 43 But the centurion, willing 
 to save Paul, kept them from 
 their purpose ; and command- 
 ed that they which could swim 
 should cast themselves fii'st into , 
 the sea, and get to land : | 
 
 44 And the rest, some on < 
 boards, and some on broken 
 pieces of the ship. And so it 
 came to pass, that they escaped 
 all safe to land. 
 
 CHAPTER XXVIII. 
 1 Paid after 7iis shipwreck ia kindly eri' 
 tertained of the barbarians. 5 The 
 viX^er on his hand hurtcth him not. 8 
 Be healeth many diseases in the island. 
 11 They depart towards Jiome. n He 
 declareth to the Jews the cause of his 
 coming. 24 After his preaching some 
 were persuaded, and som^, believed not. 
 30 Yet hejjreacheth there two years. 
 
 AND when they were escap- 
 . ed, then they knew that 
 the island was called Melita. 
 
 2 And the barbarous people 
 shewed us no little kindness : 
 for they kindled a fire, and re- 
 ceived us every one, because of 
 the present rain, and because 
 of the cold. 
 
 3 And when Paul had gather- 
 ed a bundle of sticks, and laid 
 them on the fire, there came a 
 viper out of the heat, and fast- 
 ened on his hand. 
 
 4 And when the b£irbarians 
 saw the venomous beast hang 
 on his hand, they said among 
 themselves, No doubt this man 
 is a murderer, whom, though he 
 hath escaped the sea, yet ven- 
 geance suftereth not to Hve. 
 
Paul arrweth 
 
 THE ACTS, XXVIII. 
 
 at Bcme. 
 
 5 And he shook off the beast 
 into the fire, and felt no harm. 
 
 6 Howbeit they looked when 
 he should have swollen, or 
 iallen down dead suddenly : 
 but after they had looked a 
 great while, and saw no harm 
 come to him, they changed 
 thek minds, and said that he 
 was a god. 
 
 7 In the same quarters were 
 possessions of the chief man of 
 the island, w^hose name was 
 Publius ; who received us, and 
 lodged us three days courte- 
 ously. 
 
 8 And it came to pass, that 
 the father of Publius lay sick 
 of a fever and of a bloody flux : 
 to whom Paul entered in, and 
 prayed, and laid his hands on 
 him, and healed him. 
 
 ■ 9 So when this was done, 
 others also, which had diseases 
 in the island, came, and were 
 healed : 
 
 10 Who also honoured us with 
 many honours; and when we 
 departed, they laded us with 
 such things as were necessary. 
 
 11 And after three months we 
 departed in a ship of Alexan- 
 dria, which had wintered in 
 the isle, whose sign was Castor 
 and Pollux. 
 
 12 And landing at Syracuse, 
 we tarried there three days. 
 
 13 And from thence we fetched 
 a compass, and came to Ehe- 
 gium: and after one day the 
 south wind blew, and we came 
 the next day to Puteoli : 
 
 14 Where we found brethren, 
 and were desired to tarry with 
 them seven days : and so we 
 went toward Home. 
 
 15 And from thence, when 
 the brethren heard of us, they 
 came to meet us as far as Ap- 
 pii forom, and The three ta- 
 verns : whom when Paul saw, 
 he thanked God, and took 
 courage. 
 
 16 And when we came io 
 Kome, the centurion delivered 
 the prisoners to the captain of 
 the guard : but Paul was suf- 
 
 fered to dwell by himself with 
 a soldier that kept him. 
 
 17 And it came to pass, that 
 after three days Paul called 
 the cliief of the Jews together : 
 and when they were come t«> 
 gether, he said unto them, Men 
 and brethren, though I have 
 committed nothing against the 
 people, or customs of our fa- 
 thers, yet was I delivered pri- 
 soner from Jerusalem into the 
 hands of the Romans. 
 
 18 Who, when they had ex- 
 amined me, would have let me 
 go, because there was no cause 
 of death in me. 
 
 19 But when the Jews spake 
 against it, I was constrained to 
 appeal unto Caesar ; not that I 
 had ought to accuse my na- 
 tion of. 
 
 20 For this cause therefore have 
 I called tor you, to see you,, 
 and to speak with you: be- 
 cause that for the hope of Israel 
 I am bound with this chain. 
 
 21 And they said mi to him, 
 We neither received letters out 
 of Judeea concerning thee, nei- 
 ther any of the br-etlii'en that 
 came shewed or spake any 
 harm of thee. 
 
 22 But we desire to hear of 
 thee what thou thinkest : for as 
 concerning tliis sect, wo know 
 that eveiy where it is spoken 
 against. 
 
 23 And when they had ap- 
 pointed him a day, there came 
 many to him into his lodging ; 
 to whom he expounded and 
 testified the kingdom of God, 
 persuading them concerning 
 Jesus, both out of the law of 
 Moses, and out o/'the prophets, 
 from morning till evening. 
 
 24 And some believed the 
 things which were spoken, and 
 some believed not. 
 
 25 And when they agreed not 
 among themselves, they de- 
 parted, after that Paul had 
 spoken one word, Well spalie 
 the Holy Gliost by Esaias the 
 prophet unto our fathers, 
 
 26 Saying, Go unto this peo- 
 
Pa!d (xyin/mendeth Tiis ROMAls S, I. mlling to the Bcmaiw. 
 
 pie, and say, Hearing 3'e shall 
 hear, and shall not understand ; 
 and seeing ye shall see, and not 
 perceive : 
 
 27 For the heart of this people 
 is waxed gross, and their ears 
 are dull of hearing, and their 
 eyes have they closed ; lest they 
 should see with their eyes, and 
 hear with their ears, and un- 
 derstand with their lieart, and 
 should be converted, and I 
 shor.ld heal them. 
 
 28 Be it kno^^^l therefore unto 
 you, that the eaivation of God 
 
 is sent unto the Gentiles, and 
 that they will hear it. 
 
 29 And when he had said 
 these words, the Jews departed, 
 and had great reasoning among 
 themselves. 
 
 30 And Paul dwelt two whole 
 years in liis o>mi hired house, 
 and received all that came in 
 unto liim, 
 
 31 Prcacliing the kingdom ol 
 God, and teaching those things 
 which concern the Lord Jesus 
 Cln-ist, with all confidence, no 
 man forbiddhig him. 
 
 THE EPISTLE OF PALL THE APOSTI^ 
 
 TO THE 
 
 ROMANS. 
 
 CHAPTEK I. 
 
 1 Paul co^Tbinendefh his calling to the 
 Jioinans, 9 and his desire to cor/ie to 
 than. 16 }}7)Xit his gospel is, and the 
 righteousness which it shervefh. 18 God 
 is angry vrith aU manner of »m. 21 
 What were the sina of the Gentiles. 
 
 PALL, a servant of Jesus 
 Clirist, called to he an apo- 
 stle, separated imto the gospel 
 of God, 
 
 2 (Which he had promised 
 afore by his prophets in the 
 holy scriptures,) 
 
 3 Concerning his Son Jesus 
 Christ our Lord, which was 
 made of the seed of David ac- 
 cording to the flesh : 
 
 4 And declared to he the Son 
 of God with power, according 
 to the spirit of holiness, by the 
 resun-ection from tlie dead : 
 
 5 By whom we have received 
 grace and apcstleship, for obe- 
 dience to the faith among all 
 nations, for his name : 
 
 6 Among whom are ye also 
 the called of Jesus Christ : 
 
 7 To all that be in Pome, be- 
 loved of God, called to he saints : 
 Grace to you and peace from 
 God our Father, and the Lord 
 Jesus Christ. 
 
 8 First, I thank my God 
 through Jesus Christ for you 
 
 all, that your faith is spoken cf 
 throughout the whole world. 
 
 9 For God is my witness, whom 
 I serve with my spirit in the 
 gospel of his Son, that with- 
 out ceasing I make mention oi 
 j-ou always in my prayers ; 
 
 10 Making request, if by any 
 means now at length I might 
 have a prosperous journey by 
 the will of God to come unto 
 you. 
 
 11 For I long to see you, that 
 I may impart unto you some 
 spiritual gift, to the end ye 
 may be established ; 
 
 12 That is, that I may be com- 
 forted together with you by the 
 mutual ikith both of you and 
 me. 
 
 13 Now I would not have you 
 ignorant, brethren, that often- 
 times I purposed to come unto 
 you, (but was let hitherto,) 
 that I might have some fruit 
 among you also, even as among 
 other Gentiles. 
 
 14 I am debtor both to the 
 Greeks, and to the Barbarians ; 
 both to the wise, and to the 
 unwise. 
 
 15 So, as much as in me is, I 
 am ready to preach the gospel 
 to you that are at Eome also. 
 
Tlie cmi-upiiaiis of ROMANS, 
 
 16 For I am not ashamed of 
 tlie gospel of Christ: for it is 
 the power of God unto salva- 
 tion to every one that believ- 
 eth ; to the Jew first, and also 
 to the Greek. 
 
 17 For therein is the righte- 
 ousness of God revealed from 
 faith to faith : as it is written, 
 The just shall live by faith. 
 
 18 For the wrath of God is 
 revealed from heaven against 
 all ungodliness and unrighte- 
 ousness of men, who hold the 
 truth in unrighteou.sness ; 
 
 19 Because that which may 
 be Imown of God is manifest in 
 them ; for God hath shewed ii 
 mito them. 
 
 20 For the invisible things of 
 Mm from the creation of the 
 world are clearly seen, being 
 understood by the things that 
 are made, even his eterna,l 
 power and Godhead; so that 
 they are without excuse : 
 
 21 Because that, when they 
 knew God, they glorified him 
 not as God, neither were thank- 
 ful; but became vain in their 
 imaginations, and their foolish 
 heart was darkened. 
 
 22 Professing themselves to be 
 wise, they became fools, 
 
 23 And changed the glory of 
 the uncoiTuptible God into an 
 image made Uke to corruptible 
 man, and to birds, and fom-- 
 footed beasts, and creeping 
 things. 
 
 24 Wherefore God also gave 
 them up to uncleanness tln-ough 
 the lusts of their own hearts, 
 to dishonour then own bodies 
 between themselves : 
 
 25 Who changed the truth of 
 God into a lie, and worshipped 
 and served the creature more 
 than the Creator, who is bless- 
 ed for ever. Amen. 
 
 26 For this cause God gave 
 them up unto vile affections: 
 for even their women did change 
 the natuml use into that wiiich 
 is against nature : 
 
 27 And likewise also the men, 
 leaving the natural use of the 
 
 II. tJie Gentile worlds 
 
 woman, burned in their lust 
 one toward another ; men with 
 men working that which is un- 
 seemly, and receiving in them- 
 selves that recompence of their 
 error which was meet. 
 
 28 And even as they did not 
 like to retain God in their knov*"- 
 ledge,God gave them over to a re- 
 probate mind, to do those things 
 which are not convenient ; 
 
 29 Being filled with all unrigh- 
 teousness, fornication, wick- 
 edness, covetousness, malici- 
 ousness ; full of envy, murder, 
 debate, deceit, malignity ; whis- 
 perers, 
 
 30 Backbiters, hatei^ of God, 
 despiteful, proud, boasters, in- 
 ventors of evil things, disobe- 
 dient to parents, 
 
 31 Without understanding, 
 covenantbreakers, without na- 
 tural affection, implacable, un- 
 merciful : 
 
 32 Who knowing the judg- 
 ment of God, that they which 
 commit such things are worthy 
 of d^.th, not only do the same, 
 but have pleasure in them that 
 do them. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 1 TJiey that sin, tliough they condemn it 
 in othcis, cannot excuse themselves^ 
 6 and niuch less escape the judgment 
 of God, 9 whether they he Jews or Geti- 
 tiles. 14 The Gentiles ca/nnot esca2^e, 
 17 nor yet the Jews, 25 whom their cir- 
 cuf/ncision shull not profj, if they Jzeep 
 not the lazv. 
 
 THEEEFOEE thou art in- 
 excusable, O man, whoso- 
 ever thou art that judgest : for 
 w^herein thou judgest another, 
 thou condemnest thyself; for 
 thou that judgest doest the 
 same things. 
 
 2 But we are sure that the 
 judgment of God is according 
 to truth against them which 
 commit such things. 
 
 3 And tliinkest thou this, O 
 man, that jr.dgest them which 
 do such things, and docst the 
 same, that thou shalt escape 
 the judgment of God? 
 
 4 Or despisest thou the riches 
 of his goodness and forbearance 
 
 3H3 
 
GotVs impaiiial judgment. ROMiVNS, II. 
 
 Of dcdng the laio. 
 
 and longsuffering ; not Iniow- 
 ing that the goodness of God 
 leadeth thee to rei)entanceV 
 
 5 But alter tliy hardness and 
 impenitent heart treasurest up 
 unto thyself wiatli avaiust the 
 day of wrath and revelation of 
 tlie righteous judgment of God; 
 
 6 Wlio will render to every 
 man according to his deeds : 
 
 7 To them who by patient 
 continuance in well doing seek 
 for glory and honour and im- 
 mortality, eternal life : 
 
 8 But unto tliem that are con- 
 tentious, and do not ol^ey the 
 truth, but obey unrii^hteous- 
 ness, indignation and wiath, 
 
 9 Tribulation and anguish, 
 upon every soul of man that 
 doetli evil, of tlie Jew liist, and 
 also of the Gentile; 
 
 10 But glory, honour, and 
 ix^ace, to every man that work- 
 eth good, to the Jew first, and 
 also to the Gentile : 
 
 11 Fur there is no respect of 
 persons with God. 
 
 12 For a^ many as have sinned 
 without law shall also perish 
 v.ithout law: and as many as 
 have sinned in the law shall be 
 jud::ed by the law ; 
 
 13 (For not the hearers of the 
 law are just before God, but 
 the doers of the law shall be 
 justified. 
 
 14 For when the Gentiles, 
 v.hich liave not the law, do by 
 nature the things contained in 
 the law, these, having not the 
 law, are a law unto tliemselves : 
 
 15 Vvhich shew the v.ork of the 
 law written in their hearts, their 
 conscience also bearing witness, 
 and their thoughts the mean 
 vrhile accusing or else excusing 
 one another;) 
 
 16 In the day when God shall 
 judge the secrets of men by 
 Jesus Christ according to my 
 gospel. 
 
 17 Behold, thou art called a 
 Jew, and restest in the law, 
 and makest thy boast of God, 
 
 18 And knowest his will, and 
 approvest the things that are 
 
 more excellent, being instruct- 
 ed out of the law ; 
 10 And art confident that thou 
 thyselt art a guide of the blind, 
 a light of them wliicli are in 
 darkr.ess, 
 
 20 An instructor of the foolish, 
 i a teacher of babes, which hast 
 I the form of knowledge and of 
 I the truth in the law. 
 j 21 Thou therefore which teach- 
 1 est another, teachest thou not 
 '' thyself? thou that preachest a 
 I man should not steal, dost thou 
 steal? 
 
 22 Thou that sayest a man 
 should not commit adultery, 
 dost thou commit adultery ? 
 thou that abhorrest idols, dost 
 thou commit sacrilege ? 
 2t3 Thou that makest thy boast 
 I of the law, through breakino: the 
 j law dishonourest thou (iod? 
 I 24 For the r.ame of God is blas- 
 phemed among the Gentiles 
 through you, as it is ^vritten. 
 2.5 For ciicumcision verily 
 profiteth, if thou keep the law : 
 but if thou be a breaker of the 
 law, thy circumcision is made 
 un. circumcision. 
 2(3 Theiefore if the nncircum- 
 cision keep the righteousness 
 of the law, shall not his uncn- 
 cumcision be counted for cir- 
 cumcision ? 
 
 27 And sliall not uncircum- 
 cision which is by nature, if it 
 fulfil the law, judge thee, who 
 , by the letter and circumcision 
 I dost transgress the law? 
 ! 28 For he is not a Jev/, which 
 is one outwardly ; neither is 
 that circumcision, which is out- 
 ! ward in the flesh : 
 I 29 But he is a Jew, which is 
 ! one inwardly ; and circumci- 
 sion is that of the heart, in the 
 spirit, and not in the letter; 
 whose praise is not of men, 
 but of God. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 The Jews' lirerogative : 3 loJiich they 
 have not lost: 9 hoiobeit the law coii' 
 vinceth them also of sin : 20 therefore 
 no fiesh is justified by the law, 23 hut 
 all, witTwut difference, by faith only : 
 31 and yet the law is noi abolished. 
 
Jetcs and Gentiles 
 
 ROMANS, III. 
 
 are all mider mi. 
 
 WHAT adyantage then hath 
 the Jew? or what profit 
 is there of cii'ciinicisioii ? 
 
 2 Much every way: chiefly, 
 because that imto them were 
 committed the oracles of God. 
 
 3 For what if some did not 
 belieye? shall their unbelief 
 make the iaith of God without 
 efiect? 
 
 4 God forbid : yea, let God be 
 true, but ever^^ man a liar; as 
 it is YvTitten, That thou might- 
 est be justified in thy sayings, 
 and mightest overcome when 
 thou art jndged. 
 
 5 But if our unrighteonsness 
 commend the righteousness of 
 God, what shall we say? Is 
 God mirighteous who taketh 
 vengeance ? (I speak as a man) 
 
 6 God forbid: for then how 
 shall God judge the world? 
 
 7 For if the truth of God hath 
 more abonnded through my lie 
 unto liis gloiy ; why yet am I 
 also judged as a sinner ? 
 
 8 And not rather^ (as we be 
 slanderously reported, and as 
 some affirm that we say,) Let 
 us do evil, thai good may come ? 
 w^hose damnation is just. 
 
 9 What then? are we better 
 thaii they f No, in no wise : 
 for we have before proved both 
 Jews and Gentiles, that they 
 are all under sin ; 
 
 10 As it is written. There is 
 none righteous, no, not one : 
 
 11 There is none that under- 
 standeth, there is none that 
 seeketh after God. 
 
 12 They are all gone out of 
 the way, they are together be- 
 come unprofitable ; there is 
 none that doeth good, no, not 
 one. 
 
 13 Their throat is an open 
 sepulchre; with their tong^ues 
 they have used deceit ; the poi- 
 €on of asps is under their lips : 
 
 14 Whose mouth is iiiU of 
 cursing and bitterness : 
 
 15 Theii' feet are swift to shed 
 blood : 
 
 16 Destruction and misery are 
 in their ways : 
 
 17 And the way of peace have 
 they not known : 
 
 18 There is no fear of God 
 before their eyes. 
 
 19 Now we know that what 
 things soever the law saith, it 
 saith to them v:ho are under 
 the law : that every mouth may 
 be stopped, and ail the world 
 may become guilty before God. 
 
 20 Therefore by the deeds of 
 the lav\^ there shall no flesh be 
 justified in his sight: for by 
 the law is the knowledge of 
 sin. • 
 
 21 But now the righteousness 
 of God without the law is ma- 
 nifested, being witnessed hj the 
 law and the prophets ; 
 
 22 Even the righteousness of 
 God ichich is by faith of Jesus 
 Christ unto all and upon all 
 them that believe : for there is \ 
 no diiierence : 
 
 23 For all have sinned, and 
 come short of the glory of God ; 
 
 24 Being justified freely by 
 his grace tlnrough the redemp- 
 tion that is in Christ Jesus : 
 
 25 Whom God hath set forth to 
 he a propitiation thi'ough faith 
 in his blood, to declare his righ- 
 teousness for the remission of 
 sins that are past, through the 
 forbearance of God ; 
 
 26 To declare, I say, at this 
 time his righteousness : that he 
 might be just, and the justilier 
 of him which believeth in Jesus. 
 
 27 Where is boasting then? 
 It is excluded. By what law? 
 of works? Nay: but by the 
 law of faith. 
 
 28 Therefore we con<!lude that 
 a man is justified by faith with- 
 out the deeds of the law. 
 
 29 Is he the God of the Jews 
 only? is he not also of the 
 Gentiles ? Yes, of the Gentiles 
 also : 
 
 30 Seeing it is one God, which 
 shall justify the circumcision 
 by faith, and unchcumcisiou 
 through faith. 
 
 31 Do we then make void the 
 law tin-ough faith? God forbid : 
 yea, we establish the law. 
 
Ahraliam icas 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 Abraham's faith was iinpiitcd to Jiim 
 for righteousness, 10 before he teas cir- 
 cu^iicised. IP. B^ faith onJy he and his 
 seed received the promise. 16 Abra- 
 ham, is the father of all that believe.. 
 24 Our faith also shall be imputed to 
 i*sfor riyhteousness. 
 
 WHAT sliall we say tlien 
 that Abraham our lather, 
 t5S pertaining- to the llush, hath 
 found V 
 
 2 For if Abraham were insti- 
 lled by works, he hatli ichereof 
 io glory ; but not before God. 
 
 3 For v.iiat saith the scrip- 
 ture? Abraham believed God, 
 and it was counted unto him 
 for ris?hteousness. 
 
 4 Now to him that worketh 
 is the reward not reckoned of 
 grace, but of debt. 
 
 5 But to him that worketh 
 not, but believeth on him that 
 justilieth the ungodly, his faith 
 is counted for righteousness. 
 
 G Even as David also describ- 
 eth the blessedness of the man, 
 unto whom God imputeth righ- 
 teousness without works, 
 
 7 Saying, Blessed are they 
 Avhose initiuities are forgiven, 
 and whose sins are covered. 
 
 8 Blessed is the man to whom 
 the Lord will not impute sin. 
 
 9 Cometh this blessedness then 
 upon the circumcision only, or 
 upon the uncucumcision also? 
 for we say that faith was reck- 
 oned to Abraham for righte- 
 ousness. 
 
 10 How was it then reckoned? 
 when he was in chcumcision, 
 or in uncircumcision? Not in 
 circumcision, but in micircum- 
 cLsion. 
 
 11 And he received the sign 
 of circimicision, a seal of the 
 righteousness of the faith which 
 he had yet being uncircumcis- 
 ed : that he might be the father 
 of all them that believe, though 
 they be not circumcised; that 
 righteousness might be im- 
 puted unto them also : 
 
 12 And the father of circimi- 
 cision to them who are not of 
 the circumcision only, but who 
 
 ROMANS, IV. justified hyfaiih. 
 
 also walk in the steps of that 
 faith of oiu' father Abraham, 
 which he had being yet micir- 
 cumcised. 
 
 13 For the promise, that he 
 should be the heir of the world, 
 teas not to Abraham, or to 
 his seed, through the law, but 
 through the righteousness of 
 faith. 
 
 14 For if they wliich are of 
 the law be heirs, faith is made 
 void, and the promise made of 
 none eliect : 
 
 15 Because tlie law worketh 
 wrath: for where no law is, 
 there is no transgression. 
 
 IG Therefore it is of faith, that 
 it might he by grace ; to the end 
 the promise might be sure to 
 all the seed; not to that only 
 which is of the law, but to that 
 also which is of the faith of 
 Abraham; who is the father 
 of us all, 
 
 17 (As it is written, I have 
 made thee a father of many 
 nations.) before him whom he 
 believed, even God, who quick- 
 eneth the dead, and calleth 
 those things wliich be not as 
 thoui-h they were. 
 
 18 Who against hope believed 
 in hope, that he might become 
 the father of many nations, 
 accorduig to that which was 
 spoken. So shall thy seed be. ^ 
 
 10 And being not weak in 
 faith, he considered not his 
 ovm body now dead, when he 
 was about an hundred years 
 old, neither yet the deadness 
 of Sarah's womb : 
 
 20 He staggered not at the 
 promise of God through un- 
 belief; but was strong in faith, 
 giving glory to God ; 
 
 21 xind bemg fully persuaded 
 that, what he had promised, he 
 was able also to perform. 
 
 22 And therefore it was im- 
 puted to him for righteous- 
 ness. 
 
 23 Now it was not written for 
 his sake alone, that it was im- 
 puted to him ; 
 
 24 But for us also, to whom it 
 
Tli^. adiwitarjes of E03IAXS, Y. 
 
 shall be imputed, if we believe ; we bare 
 on him tliat raised up Jesus , atonement. 
 
 justifimiion hu fa iih . 
 now received tbe 
 
 our Lord from the dead ; 
 
 12 Wherefore, as by one man 
 
 2-5 Who was delivered for our i sin entered into the world, and 
 oiiences, and was raised again ' death by sin; and so death 
 
 for our justification. 
 
 CHAPTEE Y. 
 
 1 Beiyig Ju-stined b^ faith, ice have peace 
 u-ifh God, 2andjyyin ourhcype, Qthat 
 sitJi we were reconciled by his blood, 
 when we were enemies, 10 we shall 
 much more be saved being reconciled. 
 12 As sin and death carne by Adam, 
 
 passed upon all men, for that 
 all have sinned : 
 
 13 (For imtil the law sin was 
 in the world: but sin is not 
 imputed when there is no 
 law. 
 
 14 Nevertheless death reigned 
 
 so much more righteousness and life by \ from Adam tO JlOSeS, even OVer 
 
 Jcsu-s Christ. 20 Where sin aboiuided. 
 •■-race did super abound. 
 
 THEEEFOPvE bemg 
 tified by faith, we 
 
 them that had not simied after 
 the similitude of Adam's trans- 
 jus- ; gression, who is the figure of 
 have ! him that was to come. 
 
 with God through our i 15 But not as the offence, so 
 
 peace 
 
 Lord Jesus Chi'ist : 
 
 2 By wliom also we have ac- 
 cess by laith into this gi-ace 
 wherein we stand, and rejoice 
 in hope of the gloiy of God. 
 
 3 And not only so^ but we 
 glory in tribulations also : \ 
 knowing that tribulation work- ■ 
 eth patience : 
 
 4 And patience, experience ; 
 and experience, hope : 
 
 5 And hope maketh not 
 ashamed; because the love of 
 God is shed abroad in our 
 hearts by the Holy Ghost which . 
 is given unto us. 
 
 also is the free gift. For if 
 through the oftence of one many 
 be dead, much more the grace 
 of God, and the gift by grace, 
 ii'hich is by one man, Jesus 
 Christ, hatii abounded unto 
 many. 
 
 16 And not as it ivas by one 
 that sinned, so is the gift: for 
 the judgment icas by one to 
 conderonatiou, but the fi'ee gift 
 is of many ofiences unto justi- 
 fication. 
 
 17 For if by one man's offence 
 death reigned by one; much 
 more they which receive abun- 
 
 6 For when we were yet with- dance of gi-ace and of the gift 
 
 out strength, in due time Chi'ist 
 died for the ungodly. 
 7 For scarcely for a righteous 
 man will one die : yet perad- 
 venture for a good man some 
 would even dare to die. 
 
 of righteousness shall reign in 
 life by one, Jesus Christ.) 
 IS Therefore as by the offence 
 of one judg-ment came upon all 
 men to condemnation ; even so 
 by the righteousness of one the 
 
 S But God co m niendeth his free gxft^ came upon all men 
 
 love toward us, in that, while 
 we were yet sinners, Christ died 
 for us. 
 
 9 3Iuch more then, being now 
 justified by his blood, we shall 
 be saved fi'om wrath thi'ough 
 him. 
 
 li) For if, when we were ene- 
 mies, we were reconciled to God 
 by the death of his Son, much 
 more, being reconciled, we shall 
 be saved hj his life. 
 
 11 And not only so, but we 
 also joy in God through our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, by whom 
 
 unto justification of lite. 
 
 19 For as by one man's dis- 
 obedience many were made 
 sinners, so by the obedience 
 of one shall many be made 
 righteous. 
 
 2i3 3Ioreover the law entered, 
 that the offence might aboimd. 
 But where sin aboimded, grace 
 did much more aboimd : 
 
 21 That as sin hath reigned 
 imto death, even so might grace 
 reign thi'ough righteousness un- 
 to eternal life by Jesus Christ 
 ouj' Lord. 
 
Chiistiam obliged 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 1 We may vot live in sin, 2 for we are 
 dead unto it, 3 as appear eth by our 
 baptism. 12 Let not sin reign any 
 inore, 10 because we have yielded our- 
 selves to the service of righteousness, 
 23 and for that death is tlie wages of 
 sin. 
 
 WHAT shall we Bay then? 
 Shall we continue in sin, 
 that grace may abound ? 
 
 2 God forbid. How shall we, 
 that are dead to sm, live any 
 lonp:er therein ? 
 
 3 Know j^e not, that so many 
 of US as were baptized into 
 Jesus Cln-ist were baptized into 
 his death? 
 
 4 Therefore we are buried with 
 him by baptism into death: 
 that like as Christ was raised 
 up from the dead by the glory 
 of the Father, even so we also 
 should walk in newness of life. 
 
 5 For if we have been planted 
 together m the likeness of his 
 death, we shall be also in the 
 likeness oihis resurrection : 
 
 6 Knowing this, tliat our old 
 man is crucified with him, that 
 the body of sin miglit be de- 
 stroyed, that henceforth we 
 should not serve sin. 
 
 7 For he that is dead is freed 
 from sin. 
 
 8 Now if we be dead with 
 Clurist, we believe that we shall 
 also live with him : 
 
 9 Knowing that Christ being 
 raised fiom the dead dieth no 
 more ; death liath no more do- 
 minion over him. 
 
 10 For in that he died, he died 
 unto sin once: but in that he 
 liveth, he liveth unto God. 
 
 11 Likewise reckon ye also 
 yourselves to be dead indeed 
 unto sin, but alive unto God 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 
 12 Let not sin therefore reign 
 ill your mortal body, that ye 
 should obey it in the lusts 
 thereof. 
 
 13 Neither yield ye your 
 members as instruments of 
 unrighteousness unto sin: but 
 yield yourselves unto God, as 
 those that are alive from the 
 
 ROMANS, VI. to holinfi'.^. 
 
 dead, and your members as 
 instruments of righteousness 
 unto God. 
 
 14 For sin shall not have dc>- 
 minion over you: for ye are 
 not under the law, but under 
 grace. 
 
 15 What then? shall we sin, 
 because we are not under the 
 law, but under grace? God 
 forbid. 
 
 IG Know ye not, that to whom 
 ye yield yourselves servants to 
 obey, his servants ye are to 
 whom ye obey ; whether of sin 
 unto death, or of obedience un- 
 to righteousness ? 
 
 17 But God be thanked, that 
 ye were the servants of sin, 
 but ye have obeyed from the 
 heart that form of doctrine 
 which was delivered you. 
 
 18 Being then made free from 
 sin, ye became the servants of 
 righteousness. 
 
 19 1 speak aiter the manner 
 of men because of the inhrmity 
 of your flesh: for as ye have 
 yielded your members servants 
 to uncleanness and to iniquity 
 unto iniquity; even so now 
 yield your members servants to 
 righteousness unto holiness. 
 
 20 For when ye were the ser- 
 vants of sin, ye were free from - 
 righteousness. 
 
 21 What fruit had ye then in 
 those tilings whereof ye are now 
 ashamed? for the end of those 
 things is death. 
 
 22 But now being made free 
 from sin, and become servants 
 to God, ye have your fruit imto 
 holiness, and the end everlast- 
 ing life. 
 
 23 For the wages of sin is 
 death; but the gift of God is 
 eternal life through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 1 No law hath power over a tnan longer 
 than he liveth. 4 But we are dead to 
 the law. 7 Tet is not the law sin, 12 
 but holy, ju^t, good, 16 as I acknow- 
 ledge, who am grieved because I cannot 
 keepU. 
 
 KNOW ye not, brethren, 
 (for I speak to them that 
 
The law of sin 
 
 EOMANS, YII. 
 
 in our Tmmbers. 
 
 kKow the law,) how that the 
 law hath dominion over a man 
 as long as he liveth? 
 
 2 For the woman which hath 
 an husband is bound by the 
 law to her husband so long as 
 he liveth; but if the husband 
 be dead, she is loosed from the 
 law of her husband. 
 
 3 So then if, while her hus- 
 band liveth, she be married to 
 another man, she shall be called 
 an adulteress : but if her hus- 
 band be dead, she is free from 
 that law; so that she is no 
 adulteress, though she be mar- 
 ried to another man. 
 
 4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye 
 also are become dead to the law 
 by the body of Christ ; that ye 
 should be married to another, 
 even to him who is raised from 
 the dead, that we should bring 
 forth fruit unto God. 
 
 5 For when we were in the 
 iiesh, the motions of sins, which 
 were by the law, did vrork in 
 our members to bring forth 
 iTuit unto death. 
 
 6 But now we are delivered 
 from the law, that being dead 
 wherein we were held; that 
 we should serve in newness of 
 spirit, and not in the oldness 
 of the letter. 
 
 7 What shall we say then? Is 
 the law sin ? God forbid. Nay, 
 I had not known sin, but by 
 the law : for I had not known 
 lust, except the law had said, 
 Thou shalt not covet. 
 
 8 But sin, taking occasion by 
 the commandment, wrought iii 
 me all manner of concupi- 
 scence. For without the law sin 
 was dead. 
 
 9 For I was alive without the 
 law once : but when the com- 
 mandment came, sin revived, 
 and I died. 
 
 10 And the commandment, 
 which ivas ordained to life, I 
 found to he unto death. 
 
 11 For sin, taking occasion by 
 the commandment, deceived 
 me, and by it slew me. 
 
 12 Wherefore the law is holy, 
 
 and the commandment holy, 
 and just, and good. 
 
 13 W^as then that which is 
 good made death unto me? 
 God forbid. But sin, that it 
 might appea.r sin, working death 
 in me by that which is good; 
 that sin by the commandment 
 might become exceeding sinful. 
 
 14 For we know that the law 
 is spiritual : but I am carnal, 
 sold under sin. 
 
 15 For that wliich I do I allow 
 not : for v/hat I would, that do 
 I not; but what I hate, that 
 do I. 
 
 16 If then I do that which I 
 would not, I consent unto the 
 law that it is good. 
 
 17 Now then it is no more I 
 that do it, but sin that dwell- 
 eth in me. 
 
 18 For I know that in me 
 (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth 
 no good thing : for to will is 
 present vnth me ; but hciv to 
 perform that which is good I 
 find not. 
 
 19 For the good that I would 
 I do not : but the evil which I 
 would not, that I do. 
 
 20 Now if I do that I would 
 not, it is no more I that do it, 
 but sin that dwelleth in me. 
 
 21 I find then a law, that, 
 when I would do good, evil is 
 present with me. 
 
 22 For I delight in the law of 
 God after the inward man : 
 
 23 But I see another law in 
 my members, warring against 
 the law of my mind, and bring- 
 ing me into captivity to the law 
 of sin which is in my members. 
 
 24 O wretched man that I am ! 
 who shall deliver me from the 
 body of this death? 
 
 25 I thank God tlu'ough Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. So then with 
 the mind I myself serve the 
 law of God; but with the flesh 
 the law of sin, 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 1 TTiei/ that are in Christ, and live accord' 
 ing to the Spirit, are free from con^ 
 demnatlon. 5, 13 What harm cometh 
 of the flesh, 6, 14 and voliat good of the 
 
The efficacy of EO]VL\NS, VIII. dmiie (jracr. 
 
 13 For if ye live alter the Ikf^h, 
 ye shall die : but it" ye tlii ontrli 
 the Si'irit do mortiiy the deeds 
 oltlie body, ye shall live. 
 
 14 For as many as are led by 
 the Spirit of God, they are the 
 sons of God. 
 
 15 For ye have not reeeived 
 the spirit of borulajre atrain to 
 fear ; but ye have received tlie 
 8i>irit of adoption, whereby Ave 
 cry, Abba, Father. 
 
 Ki The Spirit itself beareth 
 witness with our spirit, that Me 
 are the children of God: 
 
 17 And if children, then heirs : 
 heirs of God, and joint-lieirs 
 witli Christ ; if so be tliat we 
 sutler with lihn, that we may 
 be also ^iorified together. 
 
 18 For 1 reckon that the sui- 
 ferings of tliis present time are 
 not worthy to he coinpnred m itli 
 the glory which shall be re- 
 vealed in us. 
 
 11) For the earnest exriecta- 
 tion of the creature waiteth for 
 the manifestation of the sons 
 of God. 
 
 2«) For tlie creature was made 
 subject to vanity, not willingly, 
 but by reason of him who liath 
 subjected the same in hope, 
 
 21 Because the creature itself 
 also shall be delivered from tlie 
 bondage of coiTUjition into the 
 glorious liberty of the children 
 of God. 
 
 22 For we know that the whole 
 
 Spirit : 17 and what of being God's 
 ihild, 19 whose glorious deliverance all 
 things long for, 29 was beforehand de- 
 creed from God. 38 What can sever tis 
 from, his love / 
 
 THERE is therefore now 
 no condemnation to them 
 which are in Christ Jesus, who 
 walk not alter the llesh, but 
 after the Spirit. 
 
 2 For the law of the Spirit of 
 life in Christ Jesus hath made 
 me free from the law of sin and 
 death. 
 
 3 For what the law could not 
 do, in that it was weak through 
 tlie llesh, God sending his own 
 Son in tiie likeness of sinful 
 flesh, and for sin, condemned 
 sin in the llesh : 
 
 4 That the righteousness of the 
 law miglit be fullilled in us, 
 who walk not after the flesh, 
 but after the Spirit. 
 
 5 For they tlint are after the 
 flesh do mind the things of the 
 flesh ; but they that are after 
 the Spiiit the things of the 
 Spirit. 
 
 () For to be carnally minded 
 i.v d(\atli; but to be spiritually 
 minded is life and peace. 
 
 7 Because the carnal mind is 
 enmity against God : for it is 
 not subject to the law of God, 
 neither indeed can be. 
 
 8 So then they that are in the 
 flesh cannot please God. 
 
 1» But ye are not in the flesh, 
 l)Ut in the Si>irit, if so be that 
 
 the Sp'irit of God dwell m you. ' creation groaneth and travail- 
 
 Now if any man have not the 
 Spirit of Clirist, he is none of 
 his. 
 
 10 And if Christ he in you, the 
 body is dead because of sm ; 
 but the Spirit is life because of 
 riahteousness. 
 
 11 But if the Spirit of him 
 that raised up Jesus from the 
 dead dwell in you, he that 
 mised up Christ from the dead 
 shall also quicken your mortal 
 bodies by his Spirit that dwell- 
 etli in you. 
 
 12 Therefore, brethren, we are 
 debtoi-s, not to the flesh, to live 
 after the flesh. 
 
 eth in pain together until nc-w. 
 
 23 And not only th^i/, but 
 ourselves also, which have the 
 tirstiruits of the Spirit, even 
 we ourselves groan within our- 
 selves, waiting for the adoi- 
 tion, to wit, the redemption of 
 our body. 
 
 24 For we are saved by hope : 
 but hope that is seen is not 
 hope : for what a man seeth, 
 why doth he yet hope for ? 
 
 25 But if we hope for that we 
 see not, f/ieii do we with pa- 
 tience wait for it. 
 
 26 Likevrise the Spirit also 
 helpeth our infirmities : for we 
 
The ground of EOMANS, IX. 
 
 know not what we should pray 
 for as we ought : but the Spirit 
 itself maketh intercession for 
 us with gToardngs which cannot 
 he uttered. 
 
 27 And he that searcheth the 
 hearts knoweth what is the 
 mind of the Spirit, because 
 he maketh intercession for the 
 saints according to the will of 
 God. 
 
 28 And we know that all 
 things work together for good 
 to them that love God, to them 
 who are the called according to 
 his purpose. 
 
 29 For whom he did foreknow, 
 lie also did predestinate to be 
 conformed to the image of his 
 Son, that he might be the fii'st- 
 born among many bretln-en. 
 
 30 Moreover whom he did pre- 
 destmate, them he also called: 
 and whom he called, them he 
 also justified: and whom he 
 justified, them he also glorified. 
 
 31 What shall we then say to 
 these things ? If God he for us, 
 who can he against us ? 
 
 32 He that spared not his own 
 Son, but delivered him up for us 
 all, how shall he not with him 
 also freely give us all things ? 
 
 33 Who shall lay any thing to 
 the charge of God's elect ? It is 
 God that justifieth. 
 
 34 Who is he that condenm- 
 eth ? It is Chi'ist that died, yea 
 rather, that is risen again, who 
 is even at the right hand of 
 God, who also maketh inter- 
 cession for us. 
 
 35 Who shall separate us from 
 the love of Christ? shall tribu- 
 lation, or distress, or persecu- 
 tion, or famine, or nakedness, 
 or peril, or sword? 
 
 36 As it is wi'itten, For thy 
 sake we are killed all the day 
 long ; we are accounted as sheep 
 for the slaughter. 
 
 37 Nay, in all these things 
 we are more than conquerors 
 through him that loved us. 
 
 38 For I am persuaded, that 
 neither death, nor life, nor 
 angels, nor principalities, nor 
 
 CJimtian hope. 
 
 powers, nor things present, nor 
 
 things to come, 
 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor 
 
 any other creature, shall be 
 
 able to separate us from the 
 
 love of God, which is in Christ 
 
 Jesus our Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 1 Paul is sorry for the Jeivs. 7 All the 
 seed of A hraham were not the children 
 of the promise. 1 8 Go:l hath mercy up. 
 on whom he ivill. 21 The potter raa.y 
 do with his clay lohat he list. 25 The 
 calling of the Gentiles and rejecting of 
 the Jeios icere foretold. 32 The cau^e 
 why so few Jews embraced the right- 
 eousness of faith. 
 
 I SAY the truth in Christ, I 
 lie not, my conscience also 
 bearing me witness in the Holy 
 Ghost, 
 
 2 That I have great heaviness 
 and continual sorrow in my 
 heart. 
 
 3 For I could Avish that my- 
 self were accursed from Christ 
 for my bretln-en, my kinsmen 
 according to the flesh : 
 
 4 Vv^ho are Israelites ; to whom 
 periaineth the adoption, and 
 the gloiy, and the covenants, 
 and the giving of the law, and 
 the service of God^ and the 
 promises ; 
 
 5 Yv^hose are the fathers, and 
 of whom as concerning the flesh 
 Christ came^ who is over all, 
 God blessed for ever. Amen. 
 
 6 Not as though the w^ord of 
 God hath taken none efiect. 
 For they are not all Israel, 
 wliich are of Israel : 
 
 7 Neither, because they are 
 the seed of Abraham, are they 
 all children : but. In Isaac 
 shall thy seed be called. 
 
 8 That is, They which are the 
 children of the flesh, these are 
 not the children of God : but 
 the children of the promise are 
 counted for the seed. 
 
 9 For this is the word of pro- 
 mise, At this time will I come, 
 and Sarah shall have a son. 
 
 10 And not only this; but 
 when Eebecca also had con- 
 ceived by one, even by our 
 father Isaac ; 
 
 11 (For the children being not 
 
God Imth tmrcy 
 
 ROMANS, X. 
 
 0)1 tcluyin lie tm'U, 
 
 yet born, neither having done 
 any good or evil, tliat the pur- 
 pose of God according to elec- 
 tion might stand, not of works, 
 but of liim that calleth ;) 
 
 12 It was said unto her. The 
 elder shall serve the younger. 
 
 13 As it is -vvritten, Jacob have 
 I loved, but Esau have I hated. 
 
 14 What shall Ave say then? 
 Is there unrigliteousuess with 
 (Jod? God forbid. 
 
 15 For he saith to Moses, I 
 will have mercy on whom I 
 will have mercy, and I will 
 have compassion on whom I 
 will have compassion. 
 
 16 .So then it is not of him 
 that willeth, nor of him that 
 runneth, but of God that shew- 
 eth mercy. 
 
 17 For tiie scripture saith unto 
 Pharaoh. Even for this same 
 purpose have I raised thee up, 
 that 1 might shew my power in 
 thee, and that my name might 
 be declared thi'oughout all the 
 earth. 
 
 18 Therefore hath he mercy on 
 whom he will have mercy ^ and 
 whom he will he hardenetli. 
 
 19 Thou wilt say then unto 
 me, AVhy doth he yet find 
 fault? For Avho hath resisted 
 his will ? 
 
 20 Nay but, O man, who art 
 thou that repliest against God? 
 Shall the thing formed say to 
 him that formed it. Why hast 
 thou made me thus ? 
 
 21 Hath not the potter power 
 over the clay, of the same lump 
 to make one vessel unto ho- 
 nour, and another imto dis- 
 honour ? 
 
 22 What if God, willing to 
 shew his wrath, and to make 
 his power known, endured with 
 much longsuftermg the vessels 
 of wrath fitted to destruction : 
 
 23 And that he might make 
 known the riches of his glory on 
 the vessels of mercy, which he 
 had afore prepared unto glorj% 
 
 24 Even us, whom he hath 
 called, not of the Jews only, 
 but also of the Gentiles? 
 
 25 As he saith also in Osee, I 
 will call them my people, which 
 were not my people ; and her 
 beloved, wliich was not beloved. 
 
 26 And it shall come to pass, 
 that in the place where it was 
 said unto them, Ye are not my 
 peoi)le ; there shall they be 
 called the childien of the li\ - 
 ing God. 
 
 27 Esaias also crieth concern- 
 ing Israel, Though the number 
 of the childien of Israel be as 
 the sand of the sea, a remnant 
 shall be saved : 
 
 28 For he will finish the work, 
 and cvit it short in righteous- 
 ness : because a short work will 
 the Lord make upon the earth. 
 
 2D Aiid as Esaias said before, 
 Except the Lord of Sabaoth 
 had left us a seed, we had been 
 as Sodoma, and been made like 
 unto Gomorrha. 
 
 30 What shall we say then ? 
 That the Gentiles, which fol- 
 lowed not after righteousness, 
 have attamed to righteousness, 
 even the righteousness which 
 is of faith. 
 
 31 But Israel, which followed 
 after the law of righteousness, 
 hath not attained to the law of 
 righteousness. 
 
 32 Wherefore? Because they 
 sought it not by faith, but as it 
 were by the works of the law. 
 For they stumbled at that 
 stumblingstone ; 
 
 33 As it is WTitten, Behold, I 
 lay in Sion a stumblingstone 
 and rock of ofl'ence : and who- 
 soever believeth on him shall 
 not be ashamed. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 5 The scripture sheweth the difference 
 hetvnxt the righteousness of the law, 
 and this of faith, 11 and that all, both 
 Jew and Gentile, that believe, shall 
 oiot be confounded, 18 and that t/ie 
 Gentiles shall receive the word and 
 believe. 19 Israel was not ignorant qf 
 these things. 
 
 BRETHREN, my heart's 
 desire and prayer to God 
 for Israel is, that they might 
 be saved. 
 2 For I bear them record that 
 
Salvation open 
 
 ROMANS, XI. 
 
 to all Mievei^, 
 
 they liave a zeal of God, but 
 not according to knowledge. 
 
 3 For they being ignorant of 
 God's righteousness, and going 
 about to establish their own 
 righteousness, have not sub- 
 mitted themselves unto the 
 righteousness of God. 
 
 4 For Christ is the end of the 
 law for righteousness to every 
 one that believeth. 
 
 5 For Moses describeth the 
 righteousness which is of the 
 law, That the man which doeth 
 those things shall live by them. 
 
 6 But the righteousness which 
 is of faith speaketh on this wise, 
 Say not in thine heart, Who 
 shall ascend into heaven? (that 
 is, to bring Christ down /row 
 above :) 
 
 7 Or, Who shall descend into 
 the deep ? (that is, t-o bring up 
 Chi-ist ae:ain from the dead.) 
 
 8 But what saith it? The 
 word is nigh thee, even in thy 
 mouth, and in thy heart : that 
 is, the word of faith, which we 
 preach ; 
 
 9 That if thou shalt confess 
 with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, 
 and shalt believe in thine heart 
 that God hath raised liim from 
 the dead, thou shalt be saved. 
 
 10 For with the heart man 
 believeth unto righteousness; 
 and with the mouth confession 
 is made unto salvation. 
 
 11 For the scripture saith, 
 Whosoever believeth on him 
 shall not be ashamed. 
 
 12 For there is no difference 
 between the Jew and the Greek : 
 for the same Lord over all is rich 
 unto all that call upon him. 
 
 13 For whosoever shall call 
 upon the name of the Lord 
 shall be saved. 
 
 14 How then shall they call 
 on him in whom they have not 
 believed? and how shall they 
 believe in him of whom they 
 have not heard? and how shall 
 they hear without a preacher? 
 
 15 And how shall they preach, 
 except they be sent? as it is 
 wiitten, How beautiful are the 
 
 feet of them that preach the 
 gospel of peace, and bring glad 
 tidings of good things ! 
 
 16 But they have not all 
 obeyed the gospel. For Esaias 
 saith. Lord, who hath believed 
 our report ? 
 
 17 So then faith cometJi by 
 hearing, and hearing by the 
 word of God. 
 
 18 But I say. Have they not 
 heard ? Yes verily, their sound 
 went into all the earth, and 
 their words mito the ends of 
 the world. 
 
 19 But I say, Did not Israel 
 know? First Moses saith, I 
 will provoke you to jealousy 
 by them that are no people, 
 and by a foolish nation I will 
 anger you. 
 
 20 But Esaias is very bold, 
 and saith, I was found of them 
 that sought me not ; I was 
 made manifest unto them that 
 asked not after me. 
 
 21 But to Israel he saith, All 
 day long I have stretched forth 
 my hands unto a disobedient 
 and gainsaying people. 
 
 CHAPTER XL 
 
 1 God Jiath not cast off all Israel. 7 Some 
 were elected, tlwtrgh the rest were 
 hardened. 16 There is hope of their 
 conversion. 10 The Gentiles may not 
 insult ux>on them : 26 for there is a 
 2yroinise of tlieir salvation. 33 God's 
 judgments are unsearchable. 
 
 I SAY then. Hath God cast 
 away his people? God for- 
 bid. For I also am an Israelite, 
 of the seed of Abraham, q/the 
 tribe of Benjamin. 
 
 2 God hath not cast away 
 his people which he foreknew. 
 Wot ye not what the scripture 
 saith of Elias? how he maketh 
 intercession to God against Is- 
 rael, saying, 
 
 3 Lord, they have killed thy 
 prophets, and digged down 
 tliine altars; and I am left 
 alone, and they seek my life. 
 
 4 But what saith the answer 
 of God unto him ? I have re- 
 served to myself seven thou- 
 sand men, who have not bowed 
 the knee to the image o/'Baal. 
 
Gmtiles must not 
 
 EOMA^S, XI. 
 
 insult the Javs. 
 
 5 Even so then at tliis present 
 time also there is a remnant ac- 
 cording to the election, of grace. 
 
 6 And if by grace, then is it 
 no more of works : otherwise 
 grace is no more grace. But 
 if it be of works, then is it no 
 more grace : otherwise work is 
 no more work. 
 
 7 What then? Israel hath not 
 obtained that which he seeketh 
 for I but the election hath obtain- 
 ed it, and the rest were blinded 
 
 8 (According as it is written, 
 God hath given them the spi- 
 rit of slumber, eyes that they 
 should not see, and ears that 
 they should not hear;) unto 
 this day. 
 
 9 And David saith. Let their 
 table be made a snare, and a 
 trap, and a stumblingbloctk, 
 and a recompence unto them : 
 
 10 Let their eyes be darken- 
 ed, that they may not see, and 
 bow dowTi their back al'.vay. 
 
 11 1 say then, Have they stum- 
 bled that they should fall ? G od 
 forbid : but rather tlirough their 
 fall salvation is come unto the 
 Gentiles, for to provoke them 
 to jealousy. 
 
 12 Now if the fall of them be 
 the riches of the world, and the 
 diminishing of them the riches 
 of the Gentiles; how much 
 more their fulness ? 
 
 13 For I speak to you Gen- 
 tiles, inasmuch as I am the 
 apostle of the Gentiles, I mag- 
 nify mine office : 
 
 14 If by any means I may pro- 
 voke to emulation them which 
 are my flesh, and might save 
 some of them. 
 
 15 For if the casting away of 
 them he the reconciling of the 
 world, what shall the receiving 
 of them be, but life from the 
 dead? 
 
 16 For if the firstfruit be holy, 
 the lump is also holy: and if the 
 root be holy, so are the branches. 
 
 17 And if some of the branches 
 be broken off, and thou, being 
 a wild olive tree, wert graffed 
 in among them, and with them 
 
 partakest of the root and lat- 
 ness of the olive tree ; j 
 
 18 Boast not against the j_ 
 branches. But if thou boast, 
 thou bearest not the root, but 
 the root thee. 
 
 19 Thou wilt say then. The 
 branches were broken ofl', that 
 I might be graiied in. 
 
 20 \Vell ; because of mibelief 
 they were broken off, and thou 
 standest by faith. Be not high- 
 minded, but fear : 
 
 21 For if God spared not the 
 natural branches, take heed lest 
 he also si)are not thee. 
 
 22 Behold therefore the good- 
 ness and severity of God: on 
 them which fell, severity ; but 
 toward thee, goodness, if thou 
 continue in his goodness : other- 
 wise thou also shalt be cut off. 
 
 23 And they also, if they abide 
 not still in unbelief, shall be 
 graffed in : for God is able to 
 graft" them in again. 
 
 24 For if thou wert cut out of 
 the olive tree wliich is wild by 
 natiu-e, and wert graft'ed con- 
 trary to nature into a good olive 
 tree : ho\v much more sliall 
 these, which be the natural 
 branches, be graffed into their 
 own olive tree? 
 
 25 For I would not, brethren, 
 that ye should be ignorant of 
 this mystery, lest ye should be 
 wise in your own conceits ; that 
 blindness in part is happened 
 to Israel, until the fulness of 
 the Gentiles be come in. 
 
 26 And so all Israel shall be 
 saved : as it is written. There 
 shall come out of Sion the De- 
 liverer, and shall turn away 
 ungodliness from Jacob : 
 
 27 For this is my covenant 
 unto them, when 1 shall take 
 away their sins. 
 
 28 As concerning the gosr>el, 
 they are enemies for your sakes : , 
 but as touching the election, 
 they are beloved for the fathers' 
 sakes. * 
 
 29 For the gifts and calling of » 
 God are without repentance. 1 
 
 30 For as ye in times past have 
 
Smidi'V pradiccd 
 
 ROMANS, XII. duties reccnnmended. 
 
 not believed God, yet have now 
 obtained mercy through theii' 
 unbelief : 
 
 31 Even so have these also 
 now not believed, that through 
 your mercy they also may ob- 
 tain mercy. 
 
 32 For God hath concluded 
 them all in unbelief, that he 
 might have mercy upon all. 
 
 33 O the depth of the riches 
 both of the wisdom and Iniow- 
 ledge of God! how unsearch- 
 able are his judgments, and 
 his waj^s past finding out ! 
 
 34 For who hath Iniown the 
 mind of the Lord? or who 
 hath been his counsellor ? 
 
 35 Or who hath first given to 
 him, and it shall be recom- 
 pensed unto him again ? 
 
 36 For of him, and through 
 him, and to him, a7'e all things : 
 to Avhom be glory for ever. 
 Amen. 
 
 chapteh XII. 
 
 1 God's mercies must move iis to please 
 God. 3 Ko man m,ust think too laell of 
 Mm.self, 6 but attend every one on that 
 calling wherein he is 2^laced. 9 Love, 
 and many othei- duties, are required of 
 ihS. 19 Revenge is specially forbidden. 
 
 I BESEECH you therefore, 
 brethi'en, by the mercies 
 of God, that ye present yom- 
 bodies a living sacrifice, holy, 
 acceptable imto God, which is 
 your reasonable service. 
 
 2 And be not conformed to 
 this world: but be ye trans- 
 formed by the renewing of your 
 mind, that ye may prove what 
 is that good, and acceptable, 
 and perfect, will of God. 
 
 3 For I say, through the grace 
 given unto me, to every man 
 that is among you, not to think 
 of himself more highly than he 
 ought to think; but to think 
 soberly, according as God hath 
 dealt to every man the mea- 
 sure of faith. 
 
 4 For as we have many mem- 
 bers in one body, and all mem- 
 bers have not the same office : 
 
 5 So we, being' many, are one 
 body in Chiist, and every one 
 members one of another. 
 
 6 Having then gifts differing 
 according to the grace that is 
 given to us, whether prophecy, 
 let us x>ro;^hesy accordiag to 
 the proportion of faith ; 
 
 7 Or ministry, let us ivait on 
 0U7' ministering : or he that 
 teacheth, on teaching ; 
 
 8 Or he that exhorteth, on 
 exhortation : he that giveth, 
 let him do it with simplicity ; 
 he that ruleth, with diligence ; 
 he that sheweth mercy, with 
 cheerfulness. 
 
 9 Let love be without dissi- 
 mulation. Abhor that which 
 is evil ; cleave to that which is 
 good. 
 
 10 Be Idndly affectioned one to 
 another with brotherly love ; in 
 honour preferring one another ; 
 
 11 Not slothful in business ; 
 fervent in spirit; serving the 
 Lord ; 
 
 12 Eejoicing in hope ; patient 
 in tribulation ; continuing in- 
 stant in prayer ; 
 
 13 Distributing to the necessity 
 of saints ; given to hospitality. 
 
 14 Bless them which persecute 
 you : bless, and curse not. 
 
 15 Rejoice with them that do 
 rejoice, and weep with them 
 that weep. 
 
 16 Be of the same mind one 
 toward another. Mind not high 
 things, but condescend to men 
 of low estate. Be not wise in 
 your own conceits. 
 
 17 Recompense to no man evil 
 for evil. Provide things honest 
 in the sight of all men. 
 
 18 If it be possible, as much 
 as lieth in you, live peaceably 
 with all men. 
 
 19 Dearly beloved, avenge 
 not yourselves, but rather give 
 place unto wrath : for it is writ- 
 ten. Vengeance is mine ; I will 
 repay, saith the Lord. 
 
 20 Therefore if tliine enemy 
 hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, 
 give Mm drink : for in so doing 
 thou shalt heap coals of fii'e on 
 his head. 
 
 21 Be not overcome of evil, but 
 overcome evil with good. 
 
Of siitjection 
 
 ROMANS, XIII, 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 1 Subjection, and many other duties, toe 
 owe to the magistrates. 8 Love is the 
 fulfilling of the larv. 11 Gluttony and 
 drunkenness, and the works of dark- 
 iiess, are out of season in the time of 
 the gospel. 
 
 LET every soul be subject 
 unto the higher powers. 
 For there is no power but of 
 God : the powers that be are 
 ordained of God. 
 
 2 Whosoever therefore resist- 
 eth the power, resisteth the or- 
 dinance of God : and they that 
 resist shall receive to them- 
 selves damnation. 
 
 3 For rulers are not a terror 
 to good works, but to the evil. 
 Wilt thou then not be afraid 
 of the power? do that which 
 is good, and thou shalt have 
 praise of the same : 
 
 4 For he is the minister of 
 God to thee for good. But if 
 thou do that v/hich is evil, be 
 afraid; for he beareth not the 
 sword in vain : for he is the 
 minister of God, a revenger to 
 execute wrath upon him that 
 doeth evil. 
 
 5 Wherefore ye must needs be 
 subject, not only for wrath, but 
 also for conscience sake. 
 
 6 For for this cause pay ye 
 tribute also : for they are God's 
 ministers, attending continu- 
 ally upon this very thing. 
 
 7 Render therefore to all their 
 dues: tribute to whom tribute 
 is due: custom to whom cus- 
 tom; fear to whom fear; ho- 
 nour to whom honour. 
 
 8 Owe no man any thing, but 
 to love one another: for he 
 that loveth another hath ful- 
 filled the law. 
 
 9 For this. Thou shalt not 
 commit adultery, Thou shalt 
 not Idll, Thou shalt not steal. 
 Thou shalt not bear false wit- 
 ness. Thou shalt not covet; 
 and if there be any other com- 
 mandment, it is briefly com- 
 prehended in this saying, name- 
 ly. Thou shalt love thy neigh- 
 bour as thyself. 
 
 10 Love worketh no ill to his 
 
 4 
 
 to magislrates. 
 
 neighbour : therefore love is the 
 fulfilling of the law. 
 
 11 And that, knowing the 
 time, that now it is high time 
 to awake out of sleep : for now 
 is our salvation nearer than 
 when we believed. 
 
 12 The night is far spent, the 
 day is at hand : let us therefore 
 cast off the works of darkness, 
 and let us put on the armour of 
 light. 
 
 13 Let us walk honestly, as 
 in the day ; not in rioting and 
 drunkenness, not in chamber- 
 ing and w^antonness, not in 
 strife and envying. 
 
 14 But put ye on the Lor( 
 Jesus Christ, and make noi 
 provision for the flesh, to fuljil 
 the lusts thereof. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 3 Men may not contemn nor condcrrtn 
 one the other for things indifferent : 13 
 but take heed that they give no ofence 
 in them : 15 for that the ajtostle jiroveth 
 unlawful by many reasons. 
 
 HIM that is weak in the 
 faith receive ye, but not 
 to doubtful disputations. 
 
 2 For one believeth that Ik 
 may eat all things : another, 
 who is weak, eateth herbs. 
 
 3 Let not him that eateth de- 
 spise him that eateth not ; and 
 let not him wliich eateth not 
 judge him that eateth : for God 
 hath received him. 
 
 4 Who art thou that judgest 
 another man's servant? to his 
 own master he standeth or fall- 
 eth. Yea, he shall be holden 
 up : for God is able to make 
 him stand. 
 
 5 One man esteemeth one day 
 above another : another esteem- 
 eth every day alike. Let every 
 man be fully persuaded in his 
 own mind. 
 
 6 He that regardeth the day, 
 regardeth it unto the Lord; 
 and he that regardeth not the 
 day, to the Lord he doth not 
 regard it. He that eateth, eat- 
 eth to the Lord, for he giveth 
 God thanks ; and he that eat- 
 eth not, to the Lord he eateth 
 not, and giveth God thanks. 
 
 '1 
 
Lii-edicm against 
 
 7 For none of tis Kvetli to 
 himself, and no man dieth to 
 "himself. 
 
 8 For whether we live, we live 
 unto the Lord; and whether 
 we die, we die unto the Lord : 
 whether we live therefore, or 
 die, we are the Lord's. 
 
 9 For to this end Christ both 
 died, and rose, and revived, 
 that he might be Lord both of 
 the dead and living. 
 
 10 But why dost thou judge 
 thy brother? or why dost thou 
 set at nought thy brother ? for 
 we shall all stand before the 
 judgment seat of Christ. 
 
 11 For it is written. As I live, 
 saith the Lord, every knee shall 
 bow to me, and every tongue 
 shall confess to God. 
 
 12 So then every one of us shall 
 give accomit of himself to God. 
 
 13 Let us not therefore judge 
 one another any more : but 
 judge this rather, that no man 
 put a stumblingblock or an occa- 
 sion to fall in his brother's way. 
 
 14 I know, and am persuaded 
 by the Lord Jesus, that there 
 is notliing unclean of itself": 
 but to him that esteemeth any 
 thing to be unclean, to him it 
 is unclean. 
 
 15 But if thy brother be griev- 
 ed with th7/ meat, now walkest 
 thou not charitably. Destroy 
 not him with thj^ meat, for 
 whom Chiist died. 
 
 16 Let not then your good be 
 evil spoken of: 
 
 17 For the kingdom of God 
 is not meat and di^tuk; but 
 righteousness, and peace, and 
 joy in the Holy Ghost. 
 
 18 For he that in these things 
 sei-veth Christ is acceptable to 
 God, and approved of men. 
 
 19 Let us therefore follow 
 after the things which make 
 for peace, and tilings where- 
 with one may edtt^^ another. 
 
 20 For meat destroy not the 
 work of God. All things indeed 
 are piue ; but it is evil for that 
 man who eateth with ofience. 
 
 21 It is good neither to eat 
 
 EOMAl^S, XV. unclmritable judgment. 
 
 flesh, nor to drink wine, nor 
 ani/ thing' whereby thy brother 
 stumbleth, or is ofi'ended, or is 
 made weak. 
 
 22 Hast thou faith? have it to 
 thyself before God. Happy is 
 he that condemneth not him- 
 self in that thing which he 
 alloweth. 
 
 23 And he that doubteth is 
 damned if he eat, because he 
 eateth not of faith : for what- 
 soever is not of faith is sin. 
 
 CHAPTER XY. 
 
 1 TTie strong must bear with the v>eak, 
 2 We may not please oui'selves, 3 for 
 Christ did not so, 7 but receive one the 
 other, as Christ did us all, 8 both Jeics 
 9 and Gentiles. 15 Paul excuseth his 
 icriting, 28 and promiseth to see tJiem, 
 30 and reqioesteth their prrayers. 
 
 WE then that are strong 
 ought to bear the infir- 
 mities of the weak, and not to 
 please ourselves. 
 
 2 Let every one of us please 
 his neighbour for his good to 
 edification. 
 
 3 For even Clnrist pleased not 
 himself; but, as it is written, 
 The reproaches of them that 
 reproached thee fell on me. 
 
 4 For whatsoever tilings were 
 written aforetime were written 
 for our learning, that we through 
 patience and comibrt of the 
 scriptm-es might have hope. 
 
 5 ]S"ow the God of patience 
 and consolation grant you to 
 be likeminded one toward an- 
 other according to Christ Jesus : 
 
 6 That ye may with one mind 
 and one mouth glorify God, 
 even the Father of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ. 
 
 7 Wherefore receive ye one 
 another, as Christ also received 
 us to the glory of God. 
 
 8 Now I say that Jesus Clnist 
 was a minister of the chcum- 
 cision for the truth of God, to 
 confirm the promises made un- 
 to the fathei's : 
 
 9 And that the Gentiles might 
 glorify God for his mercy; as it 
 is written, For tliis cause 1 will 
 confess to thee among the Gen- 
 tiles, and sing imto thy name. 
 
The cdensiceness 
 
 ROMANS, XV, 
 
 10 And again he saitli, Rejoice, 
 ye Gentiles, ^vitli his people. 
 
 11 And again. Praise the Lord, 
 all ye Gentiles; and laud him, 
 all ye people. 
 
 12 And again, Esaias saith. 
 There shall be a root of Jesse, 
 and he that shall rise to reign 
 over the Gentiles ; in him shall 
 the Gentiles trust. 
 
 13 xsow the God of hope fill 
 you ^vith all joy and peace in 
 believing, that ye may abound 
 in hope, through the power of 
 the Holy Ghost. 
 
 14 And I myself also am per- 
 suaded of you, my bretliren, 
 that ye also are full of goodness, 
 filled with ail Iniov/ledge, able 
 also to admonish one another. 
 
 15 Nevertheless, bretliren, I 
 have written the more boldly 
 unto you in some sort, as put- 
 ting you in mind, because of 
 the grace that is given to me 
 of God, 
 
 16 That 1 should be the mi- 
 nister of Jesus Christ to the 
 Gentiles, ministering the gos- 
 pel of God, that the offering 
 up of the Gentiles might be 
 acceptable, being sanctified by 
 the Holy Ghost. 
 
 17 I have therefore whereof I 
 may glory tlu'ough Jesus Clirist 
 in those tilings which pertain 
 to God. 
 
 IS For I vdll not dare to speak 
 of any of those things which 
 Christ hath not wrought by me, 
 to make the Gentiles obedient, 
 by word and deed, 
 
 19 Through mighty signs and 
 wonders, by the power of the 
 Spirit of God; so that from 
 Jerusalem, and round about 
 unto Illyricum, I have fully 
 preached the gospel of Christ. 
 
 20 Yea, so have I strived to 
 preach the gospel, not v/here 
 Cliiist was named, lest I should 
 build upon another man's 
 foundation : 
 
 21 But as it is written, To whom 
 he was not spoken of, they shall 
 see : and they that have not 
 heard shall understand. 
 
 ofPauVs pi'eachino. 
 
 22 For which cause also I 
 have been much hindered from 
 coming to you. 
 
 23 But now having no more 
 place in these parts, and ha\- 
 ing a great deshe these many 
 years to come unto you ; 
 
 24 AVhensoever I take my 
 journey into Spain, I will come 
 to you: for I trust to see you 
 in my journey, and to be 
 brought on my way thither- 
 ward by you, if first 1 be some- 
 what filled with your company, 
 
 25 But now I go unto Jerusa- 
 lem to minister unto the saints. 
 
 2G For it hath pleased them 
 of Macedonia and Achaia to 
 make a certain contribution for 
 the poor saints which are at 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 27 It hath pleased them ve- 
 rily; and their debtors they 
 are. For if the Gentiles have 
 been made partakers of their 
 spiritual things, their duty is 
 also to mhiister unto them in 
 camal things. 
 
 28 When therefore I have per- 
 formed this, and have sealed to 
 them this fruit, 1 will come by 
 you into Spain. 
 
 29 And I am siu-e that, when 
 I come unto you, I shall come 
 in the fulness of the blessing 
 of the gospel of Christ. 
 
 30 Now I beseech you, bre- 
 thren, for the Lord Jesus 
 Cluist's sake, and for the love 
 of the Spirit, that ye strive to- 
 gether with me in your prayers 
 to God for me ; 
 
 31 That I may be delivered 
 from them that do not believe 
 in Judsea; and that my ser- 
 vice which / have for Jerusalem 
 may be accepted of the saints ; 
 
 32 That I may come unto you 
 with joy by the will of God, and 
 may with you be refreshed. 
 
 33 Now the God of peace he 
 with you all. Amen. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 3 Paul vnlletn the brethren to greet many, 
 
 17 and adviseth them to take heed of 
 
 those which cause dissension and of' 
 
 fences, 21 amd after sundry salutations 
 
 \ endeth with praise and thanks to God. 
 
Paul semMh 
 
 ROMANS, XVI. 
 
 divers sahtkdions. 
 
 I COMMEND unto you 
 Phebe our sister, which is 
 a servant of the church which 
 is at Cenchrea : 
 
 2 That ye receive her in the 
 Lord, as becometh saints, and 
 that ye assist her in whatsoever 
 business she hath need of you : 
 for she hath been a succourer 
 of many, and of myself also. 
 
 3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila 
 my helpers in Chiist Jesus : 
 
 4 Who have for my life laid 
 down their own necks : unto 
 whom not only I give thanks, 
 but also all the churches of the 
 Gentiles. 
 
 5 Likewise ^reet the chuKjh 
 that is in their house. Salute 
 my wellbeloved Epsenetus, who 
 is the nrstfruits of Achaia unto 
 Clnist. 
 
 6 Greet Mary, who bestowed 
 much labour on us. 
 
 7 Salute Andronicus and Ju- 
 nia, my kinsmen, and my fel- 
 lowprisoners, who are of note 
 among the apostles, who also 
 were in Christ before me. 
 
 8 Greet Amplias my beloved 
 in the Lord. 
 
 9 Salute Urbane, our helper in 
 Christ, and Stachys my beloved. 
 
 10 Salute Apelles approved in 
 Christ. Salute them which are 
 of Aristobulus' household. 
 
 11 Salute Herodion my kins- 
 man. Greet them that be of the 
 household of Narcissus, which 
 are in the Lord. 
 
 12 Salute Tryphena and Try- 
 phosa, who Ial30ur in the Lord. 
 Salute the beloved Persis, which 
 laboured much in the Lord. 
 
 13 Salute Eufus chosen in the 
 Lord, and his mother and mine. 
 
 14 Salute Asyncritus, Phle- 
 gon, Hermas, Patrobas, Her- 
 mes, and the brethren which 
 are with them. 
 
 15 Salute Philologus, and Ju- 
 lia, Nereus, and his sister, and 
 Olympas, and all the saints 
 which are with them. 
 
 16 Salute one another with 
 an holy kiss. The chm'ches 
 of Christ salute you. 
 
 17 Now 1 beseech you, bre- 
 thren, mark them which cause 
 divisions and ofl'ences <jontraiy 
 to the doctrine which ye have 
 learned ; and avoid them. 
 
 18 For they that are such 
 serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 but their own b-elly; and by 
 good words and fair speeches ' 
 deceive the hearts of the sim- 
 ple. 
 
 19 For your obedience is come 
 abroad unto all men. I am 
 glad therefore on your behalf: 
 but yet I would have you wise 
 unto that which is good, and 
 simple concernmg evil. 
 
 20 And the God of peace 
 shall bruise Satan under your 
 feet shortly. The grace of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ 5^ with you. 
 Amen. 
 
 21 Timotheus my workfellow, 
 and Lucius, and Jason, and 
 Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute 
 you. 
 
 22 I Tertius, who wrote this 
 epistle, salute you in the Lord. 
 
 23 Gains mine host,^and of the 
 whole chm^ch, saluteth you. 
 Erastus the chamberlain of the 
 city saluteth you, and Quartus 
 a brother. 
 
 24 The grace of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ be with you all. 
 Amen. 
 
 25 Now to him that is of 
 power to stablish you according 
 to my gospel, and the preach- 
 ing of Jesus Chiist, according 
 to the revelation of the mys- 
 tery, which was kept secret 
 since the world began, 
 
 26 But now is made manifest, 
 and by the scriptures of the 
 prophets, according to the com- 
 mandment of the everlasting 
 God, made known to all na- 
 tions for the obedience of 
 faith : 
 
 27 To God only wise, be glory 
 through Jesus Christ for ever. 
 Amen. 
 
 ^ Written to the Romans from 
 Corinthus, and sent by Phebe 
 servant of the church at Cen- 
 chrea. 
 
 31 
 
THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 
 
 TO THE 
 
 CORINTHIANS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 After 7iis salutation and thanksgiving, 
 \QJie exhort^th them to unity, and 12 
 reproveth tJieir dissensions. i8 Oo<l de- 
 stroyeth the wisdom of the wise, 21 by 
 the foolishness of preaching, and 26 
 ealleth not the tcise, mighty, and noble, 
 hut 27, 28 the foolish, weak, and men of 
 no account. 
 
 PAUL, called to be an ar30stle 
 of Jesus Christ through the 
 will of God, and Sosthenes our 
 brother, 
 
 2 Unto the church of God 
 which is at Corinth, to them 
 that are sanctified in Christ Je- 
 sus, called to he saints, with all 
 that in every place call upon 
 the name of Jesus Christ our 
 Lord, both their's and our's : 
 
 3 Grace be unto you, and peace, 
 from God our Father, and from 
 the Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 4 I thank my God always on 
 your behalf, for the grace of 
 God which is given you by 
 Jesus Christ ; 
 
 5 That in every thing ye are 
 enriched by him, in all utter- 
 ance, and in all knowledge ; 
 
 6 Even as the testimony of 
 Clirist vras confirmed in you : 
 
 7 So that ye come behind in 
 no gift ; waiting for the coming 
 of our Lord Jesus Christ : 
 
 8 Who shall also confii-m you 
 unto the end, that ye may be 
 blameless in the day of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 9 God is faithful, by whom j^e 
 were called unto the fellowship 
 of his Son Jesus Clirist our Lord. 
 
 10 Now I beseech you, bre- 
 thren, by the name of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ, that ye all speak 
 the same thing, and that there 
 be no divisions among you; 
 but that ye be perfectly joined 
 together in the same mind and 
 in the same judgment. 
 
 11 For it hath been declared 
 
 v» u. 
 
 unto me of you, my brethren, 
 by them which are of the house 
 of Chloe, that there are con- 
 tentions among you. 
 
 12 Now this I pay, that every 
 one of you saith, I am of Paul ; 
 and 1 of Apollos ; and I of Ce- 
 phas ; and 1 of Christ. 
 
 13 Is Christ divided? was 
 Paul crucified for you ? or 
 were ye baptized in the name 
 of Paul? 
 
 14 I thank God that I baptized 
 none of j^ou, but Crispus and 
 Gaius ; 
 
 15 Lest ?iny should say that 
 I had baptized in mine own 
 name. 
 
 16 And I baptized also tl 
 household of Stephanas: b 
 sides, I know not whether 
 baptized any other. 
 
 17 For Christ sent me not to' 
 baptize, but to preach the gos- 
 E>el : not with wisdom of words, 
 lest the cross of Christ should 
 be made of none effect. 
 
 18 For the preacliing of the 
 cross is to them that perish fool- 
 ishness ; but unto us which are 
 saved it is the power of God. 
 
 19 For it is v/ritten, I will de- 
 stroy the wisdom of the wise, 
 and will bring to nothing the 
 understanding of the prudent. 
 
 20 Where is the wise ? where 
 is the scribe ? where is the dis- 
 puter of this world ? hath not 
 God made foolish the wisdom 
 of this world? 
 
 21 For after that in the wisdom 
 of God the v/orld by wisdom 
 knew not God, it pleased God 
 by the foolishness of preaching 
 to save them that believe. 
 
 22 For the Jews require a 
 sign, and the Greeks seek after 
 wisdom : 
 
 23 But we preach Christ crur 
 cified, unto the Jews a stum- 
 
The manner of I. COEINTKIANS, II. PmiVs preacJiino. 
 
 blingblock, and unto the Greeks 
 foolishness ; 
 
 24 But unto them which are 
 called, both Jews and Greelrs, 
 Christ the power of God, and 
 the wisdom of God. 
 
 25 Because the foolishness of 
 God is wiser than men ; and 
 the weakness of God is stronger 
 than men. 
 
 26 For ye see your calling, 
 brethren, how that not many 
 wise men after the flesh, not 
 many mighty, not manj^ noble, 
 are called: 
 
 27 But God hath chosen the 
 foolish things of the world to 
 confound the wise; and God 
 hath chosen the weak things 
 of the world to confound the 
 things which are mighty ; 
 
 28 And base things of the 
 world, and things which are 
 despised, hath God chosen, i/ea, 
 and things which are not, to 
 bring to nought things that 
 are : 
 
 29 That no flesh should glory 
 in his presence. 
 
 30 But of him are ye in Christ 
 Jesus, w^ho of God is made im- 
 to us wisdom, and righteous- 
 ness, and sanctification, and 
 redemption : 
 
 31 That, according as it is 
 written. He that glorieth, let 
 him glory in the Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 Ee declarefh that Ms preaching, 1 though 
 ■ it bring not excellency of speech, or of 
 4 hurftan wisdotn : yet coisisteth in the 
 4, 5 power of God : and so far excelleth 
 6 the icisdora of this world, and 9 hu- 
 onan sense, as that Mth^ natu7'al man 
 cannot understand it. 
 
 AND 1, brethren, when I 
 . came to you. came not 
 with excellency of speech or 
 of wisdom, declaring imto you 
 the testimony of God. 
 
 2 For I determined not to know 
 any thing among you, save Je- 
 sus Christ, and him crucified. 
 
 3 And I was with j^ou in 
 weakness, and in fear, and in 
 much trembling. 
 
 4 And my speech and my 
 preaching was not with en- 
 
 ticing words of man's wisdom, 
 but in demonstration of the 
 Spu'it and of power : 
 
 5 That your faith should not 
 stand in the wisdom of men, 
 but in the power of God. 
 
 6 Howbeit we speak wisdom 
 among them that are perfect : 
 yet not the wisdom of this 
 world, nor of the princes of tliis 
 world, that come to nought : 
 
 7 But we speak the wisdom 
 of God in a mysterj% even the 
 hidden wisdojn, which God or- 
 dained before the v, orld unto 
 our glory : 
 
 8 Wliich none of the princes 
 of this world laiew : for had 
 they known ^7, they would 
 not have crucified the Lord of 
 glory. 
 
 9 But as it is T\Titten, Eye 
 hath not seen, nor ear heard, 
 neither have entered into the 
 heart of man, the things which 
 God hath prepared for them 
 that love him. 
 
 10 But God hath revealed 
 them unto us by his Spirit : for 
 the Spirit searcheth all things, 
 yea, the deep things of God. 
 
 11 For what man knoweth the 
 things of a man, save the spirit 
 of man wliich is in him ? even 
 so the things of God knoweth 
 no man, but the Spirit of God. 
 
 12 Now we have received, not 
 the spirit of the world, but the 
 spiiit which is of God ; that we 
 might know the things that are 
 freely given to us of God. 
 
 13 Which things also we 
 speak, not in the words which 
 man's wisdom teacheth, but 
 which the Holy Ghost teach- 
 eth ; comparing spiritual things 
 with spiritual. 
 
 14 But the natural man re- 
 ceiveth not the things of the 
 Spirit of God : for they are 
 foolishness unto him : neither 
 can he know them, because 
 they are spiritually discerned. 
 
 15 But he that is spiritual 
 judgeth all things, yet he him- 
 self is judged of no man. 
 
 16 For who hath kno\Mi the 
 
 312 
 
Christ, the 
 
 L CORINTHIANS, III. only fcundcdion. 
 
 mind of the Lord, that he may 
 instruct him? But we have 
 the mind of Christ. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 2 Milk is fit for children. 3 St'nfe and 
 division, arguments of a flesldy -mind. 
 7 He that planteth, and he that tvater- 
 eth, is nothing. 9 The ministers are 
 God's fellowtoorkmen. 11 Christ the 
 only foundation. 16 3fen the temples 
 of Qod, which 17 tnust be kept holy, 19 
 The wisdom of this wm'ld is foolishness 
 with God. 
 
 A ND I, brethren, could not 
 j\. speak unto you as unto 
 spiritual, but as unto carnal, 
 even as unto babes in Christ. 
 
 2 I have fed you with milk, 
 and not with meat : for hither- 
 to ye were not able to bear it, 
 neither yet now are ye able. 
 
 3 For ye are yet carnal : for 
 whereas the^^e is among you 
 envying, and strilie, and divi- 
 sions, are ye not cainal, and 
 walk as men ? 
 
 4 For while one saith, I am 
 of Paul; and another, I am of 
 Apollos ; are ye not canial ? 
 
 5 Who then is Paul, and who 
 is Apollos, but ministers by 
 whom ye believed, even as the 
 Lord gave to every man ? 
 
 6 I have planted, Apollos 
 watered; but God gave the 
 increase. 
 
 7 So then neither is he that 
 planteth any thing, neither he 
 that ^^'atereth; but God that 
 giveth the increase. 
 
 8 Now he that planteth and 
 he that watereth are one : and 
 every man shall receive his 
 own reward according to his 
 own labour. 
 
 9 For we are labourers together 
 with God : ye are God's hus- 
 bandry, ^e are God's building. 
 
 10 According to the grace of 
 God which is given imto me, 
 as a wise masterbuilder, I have 
 laid the foundation, and an- 
 other buildeth thereon. But 
 let every man take heed how 
 he buildeth thereupon. 
 
 11 For other foundation can 
 no man lay than that is laid, 
 which is Jesus Christ. 
 
 12 Now if any man build up- 
 on this foundation gold, sil- 
 ver, precious stones, wood, hay, 
 stubble ; 
 
 13 Every man's work shall 
 be made manifest : for the day 
 shall declare it, because it shall 
 be revealed by fire ; and the fire 
 shall try every man's work of 
 what sort it is. 
 
 14 If any man's work abide 
 which he hath built thereupon, 
 he shall receive a reward. 
 
 15 If any man's work shall 
 be burned, he shall sufl'er loss : 
 but he himself shall be saved ; 
 yet so as by fire. 
 
 16 Know ye not that ye are 
 the temple of God, and that the 
 Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 
 
 17 If any man defile the tem- 
 ple of God, him shall God de- 
 stroy ; for the temple of God is 
 holy, which temple ye are. 
 
 18 Let no man deceive him- 
 self. If any man among you 
 seemeth to be wise in this 
 world, let him become a fool, 
 that he may be wise. 
 
 19 For the wisdom of this 
 world is foolishness with God, 
 For it is written, He taketh th< 
 wise in theii' own craftiness. 
 
 20 And again. The Lord 
 knoweth the thoughts of the 
 wise, that they are vain. 
 
 21 Therefore let no man glo- 
 ry in men. For all things arei 
 your's ; I 
 
 22 Whether Paul, or Apollos,f 
 or Cephas, or the world, or life, 
 or death, or things present, or 
 things to come ; all are your's ; 
 
 23 And ye are Christ's; and 
 Christ is God's. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 In what account the ministers ought 
 to be had. 7 We have nothing which 
 we have not received. 9 The apostles 
 spectacles to the world y angels, and- 
 men, 13 the filth and offscouring of tlie 
 world : 15 yet our fathers in Christ; 
 16 whom we ought to follow. 
 
 LET a man so account of 
 us, as of the ministers of 
 Christ, and stewards of the 
 mysteries of God. 
 -2 Moreover it is required iu 
 
 iST 
 
 4 
 
M distinctions 
 
 I. corinthia:hs, Y. 
 
 are from God. 
 
 stewards, that a man be found 
 faithful. 
 
 3 But with me it is a very 
 small thing that I should be 
 judged of j^ou, or of man's 
 judgment: yea, I judge not 
 mine own self. 
 
 4 For I know nothing by my- 
 self; yet am I not hereby jus- 
 tified: but he that judgeth me 
 is the Lord. 
 
 5 Therefore judge nothing be- 
 fore the time, until the Lord 
 come, who both will bring to 
 li^ht the hidden things of dark- 
 ness, and will make manifest 
 the counsels of the hearts : 
 and then shall every man have 
 praise of God. 
 
 6 And these things, brethren, 
 I have in a figme transferred to 
 myself and to ApoUos for your 
 sakes; that ye might learn in 
 lis not to think of men above 
 that which is written, that no 
 one of you be pulled up for one 
 against another. 
 
 7 For who maketh thee to 
 dMer from another? and what 
 hast thou that thou didst not 
 receive ? now if thou didst re- 
 ceive it, why dost thou glory, as 
 if thou hadst not received it ? 
 
 8 Now ye are full, now ye are 
 rich, ye have reigned as kings 
 without us: and 1 would to 
 God ye did reign, that we also 
 might reign with you. 
 
 9 For I think that God hath 
 set forth us the apostles last, 
 as it were appointed to death : 
 for we are made a spectacle 
 unto the world, and to angels, 
 and to men. 
 
 10 We are fools for Christ's 
 sake, but ye are wise in Christ ; 
 we are weak, but ye are strong ; 
 ye are honomable, but we a7'e 
 despised. 
 
 11 Even unto this present hour 
 we both hunger, and thirst, and 
 are naked, and are bufieted, and 
 have no certain dwellingplace ; 
 
 12 And labour, working with 
 our own hands : bemg reviled, 
 we bless ; being persecuted, we 
 siififerit: 
 
 13 Being defamed, we intreat : 
 we are made as the filth of the 
 world, and are the oftscouring 
 of all things unto this day. 
 
 14 I write not these things to 
 shame you, but as my beloved 
 sons I warn pou. 
 
 15 For though ye have ten 
 thousand instructers in Christ, 
 yet have ye not many fathers : 
 for in Christ Jesus I have be- 
 gotten you through the gospel. 
 
 16 Wherefore I beseech you, 
 be ye followers of me. 
 
 17 For this cause have I sent 
 unto you Timotheus, who is 
 my beloved son, and faithful 
 in the Lord, who shall bring 
 you into remembrance of my 
 ways which be in Christ, as 
 I teach every where in every 
 church. 
 
 18 IS^ow some are pufi"ed up, 
 as though I would not come to 
 you. 
 
 19 But I will come to you 
 shortly, if the Lord will, and 
 will know, not the speech of 
 them which are puffed up, but 
 the power. 
 
 20 For the kingdom of God is 
 not in word, but in power. 
 
 21 What will ye ? shall I come 
 unto you with a rod, or in love, 
 and in the spirit of meekness ? 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 Tlie incestuous jjerson 6 is caiise rather 
 of sTiarae unto them, than of rejoicing, 
 7 The old leaven is to be purged out. 
 10 Heinous offetiders are to be shunned 
 and avoided. 
 
 IT is reported commonly that 
 there is fornication among 
 yon, and such fornication as is 
 not so much as named among 
 the Gentiles, that one should 
 have his father's wife. 
 
 2 And ye are pufied up, and 
 have not rather momned, that 
 he that hath done tliis deed 
 might be taken away from 
 among you. 
 
 3 For I verily, as absent in 
 body, but present in spirit, have 
 judged already, as though I 
 were present, concerning him 
 that hath so done this deed, 
 
Against going to I. COKINTHIANS, YI. law icith belhren. 
 4 In the name of our Lord T^ARE any of yon, having 
 
 Jesus Clnist, when ye are 
 
 a matter against another, 
 
 thered together, and my spirit, go to law before the unjust, 
 with the power of our Lord and not before the samts ? 
 
 Jesus Clu'ist, 
 
 2 Do ye not know that the 
 
 5 To deliver such an one unto saints shall judge the world? 
 Satan for the destruction of the and if the world shall be judged 
 flesh, that the spirit may be by you, are ye unworthy to 
 saved in the day of the Lord judge the smallest matters? 
 
 Jesus. 
 
 3 Know ye not that we shall 
 
 6 Your glorying is not good, judge arigels? how much more 
 Know ye not that a httle leaven things that pertain to this life ? 
 
 leaveneth the whole lump ? 
 
 4 If then ye have judgments 
 
 7 Purge out therefore the old of things pertaining to this life, 
 leaven, that ye may be a new set them to judge who are least 
 lump, as ye are unleavened, esteemed in the church. 
 
 For even Christ om- passover; 
 is sacrificed for us : 
 
 5 I speak to your shame. Is 
 it so, that there is not a wise 
 
 8 Therefore let us keep the man among you? no, not one 
 feast, not with old leaven, nei- that shall be able to judge be- 
 ther with the leaven of malice tween his brethren ? 
 and wickedness ; but with the 6 But brother goeth to law 
 unleavened bread of sincerity \ with brother, and that before 
 
 and truth. 
 9 I vrrote 
 
 unto you in an 
 
 the unbelievers. 
 7 Now therefore there is ut- 
 
 epistle not to company with terly a fault among you, be- 
 
 fornicators : 
 
 i cause ye go to law one with 
 
 10 Yet not altogether with another. Why do ye not ra-J 
 the fornicators of this world, j ther take wrong ? why do ye 
 or with the covetous, or extor- \ not rather suffer yourselves ta^ 
 tioners, or with idolaters ; for ; be defrauded? 
 
 then must ye needs go out of 
 
 the world. j 
 
 11 But now I have written ! 
 
 8 Nay, ye do wrong, and de- 
 fraud, and that your brethren. 
 
 9 Know ye not that the un- 
 
 unto you not to keep company, righteous shall not inherit the 
 if any man that is called a bro- \ kingdom of God? Be not de- 
 ther be a fornicator, or covet- ; ceived : neither fornicators, nor 
 
 ous, or an idolater, or a railer, 
 or a drunkard, or an extor- 
 
 idolaters, nor adulterers, nor 
 effeminate, nor abusers of them- 
 
 tioner ; with such an one no | selves with mankind, 
 
 not to eat. 
 
 12 For what have I to do to 
 judge them also that are with- 
 out? do not ye judge them that 
 are v/itliin ? 
 
 13 But them that are with- 
 
 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, 
 nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor 
 extortioners, shall inherit the 
 kingdom of God. ° J 
 
 11 And such were some ofl 
 you: but ye are washed, bufel 
 
 out Godjudgeth. Therefore put ; ye are sanctified, but jQ are 
 
 justified in the name of the 
 Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit 
 of om- God. 
 
 12 All things are lawful unto 
 me, but all things are not ex- 
 pedient: all things are law- 
 ful for me, but I will not be 
 brought under the power of 
 any. 
 
 13 Meats for the belly, and 
 
 away from among yourselves 
 that wicked person. 
 
 CHAPTER VL 
 
 1 The CorintTdans must not vex their 
 trrethren, in going to law vnth th&m : 
 6 especially under infidels. 9 The un- 
 righteous shall not inherit the kingdom 
 of God. 15 Our bodies are the mernhers 
 of Christ, 19 and temples of the Holy 
 0-host. 16, 17 They must not therefore 
 he defiled. 
 
Duiies of the I. CORINTHIANS, VII 
 
 the belly fof meats: but God 
 shall destroy both it and them. 
 Now the body is not for forni- 
 cation, but for the Lord; and 
 the Lord for the body. 
 
 14 And God hath both raised 
 up the Lord, and will also raise 
 up us by his own power. 
 
 15 Enow ye not that your 
 bodies are the members of 
 Christ? shall I then take the 
 members of Christ, and make 
 them the members of an har- 
 lot? Godibibid. 
 
 16 What? Imow ye not that 
 he wlii^h is joined to an harlot 
 i^ one body? for two, saith he, 
 shall be one flesh. 
 
 17 But he that is joined unto 
 the Lord is one spiiit. 
 
 18 Flee fornication. Every sin 
 that a man doeth is without the 
 body; but he that committeth 
 fornication sinneth against his 
 ov/n body. 
 
 19 What? know ye not that 
 your body is the temple of the 
 Holy Ghost which is in you, 
 which ye have of God, and ye 
 are not your own? 
 
 20 For ye are bought with a 
 price : therefore glorify God in 
 your body, and in yom- spirit, 
 which are God's. 
 
 inarrkd ^ate. 
 
 CHAPTER YII. 
 
 ! 77(7 treateth of marriage, 4 shewing it j 
 to he a remedy against fornication : 
 10 and that the bond thereof ought not 
 
 husbaiid hath not power of his 
 ow^n body, but the wife. 
 
 5 Deftaud ye not one the 
 other, except it he with consent 
 for a time, that ye may give 
 yom^selves to fasting and pray- 
 er; and come together again, 
 that Satan tempt you not for 
 your incontinency. 
 
 6 But I speak this by r ercais- 
 sion, and not of commandment. 
 
 7 For I would that all men 
 were even as I myself. But 
 every man hath his proper gift 
 of God, one after this manner, 
 and another after that. 
 
 8 I say therefore to the un- 
 married and widows. It is good 
 for them if they abide even as I. 
 
 9 But if they cannot contain, 
 let them many : for it is better 
 to many than to burn. 
 
 10 And unto the married I 
 command, yet not I, but the 
 Lord, Let not the wife depart 
 from her husband : 
 
 11 But and if she depart, let 
 her remain unmarried, or be 
 reconciled to her husband : and 
 let not the husband put away 
 his wife. 
 
 I 12 But to the rest speak I, not 
 the Lord : If any brother hath 
 a wife that believeth not, and 
 I she be pleased to dwell with 
 I him, let him not put her away. 
 13 And the woman which hath 
 an husband that believeth not. 
 
 ughthj to he dissolved. 18, 20 Every \ ancl if he be pleased to dwell 
 
 'man must he content tvith his vocation. , •j.-i i,^„ t^j. v.^,. -^r^i- I/^ot-,^ 1->;m 
 25 ViroinUy wherefore to he embraced. With her, let her not lea\e hUll. 
 
 35 And for what respects we may either 
 Yaarry, or abstain from marrying. 
 
 N 
 
 14 For the unbelie\ing hus- 
 band is sanctified by the wife, 
 OW concerning the tilings \ and the unbelieving wife is 
 sanctified by the husband : else 
 childj-en unclean ; 
 
 whereof ye wTote unto 
 me : It is good for a man not 
 to touch a woman. 
 
 2 Nevertheless, to avoid forni- 
 cation, let eveiy man have his 
 own wife, and let every woman 
 have her own husband. 
 
 3 Let the husband render unto 
 the wife due benevolence : and 
 likewise also the wife unto the 
 husband. 
 
 4 The wife hath not power of 
 her own body, but the hus- 
 band: and IDiewise also the 
 
 were yom- 
 
 but now are they holy. 
 
 15 But if the unbelieving de- 
 part, let him depart. A brother 
 or a sister is not under bondage 
 in such cases: but God hath 
 called us to peace. 
 
 16 For what knowest thou, O 
 wife, whether thou shalt save 
 thy husband? or how know- 
 est thou, O man, whether thou 
 shalt save thy wife ? 
 
 17 But as God hath distri- 
 
Of the marriage I. CORINTHIANS, VII. 
 
 of mrgins. 
 
 buted to every man, as the 
 Lord hath called every one, so 
 let him walk. And so ordain 
 I in all chm-ches. 
 
 18 Is any man called being 
 circumcised? let him not be- 
 come uncircumcised. Is any 
 called in nn circumcision ? let 
 him not be circumcised. 
 
 19 Circumcision is nothing, 
 and uncircumcision is nothing, 
 but the keeping of the com- 
 mandments of God. 
 
 20 Let every man abide in the 
 same calling wherein he was 
 called. 
 
 21 Art thou called being a ser- 
 vant? care not for it: but if 
 thou mayest be made free, use 
 il rather. 
 
 22 For he that is called in the 
 Lord, being- a servant, is the 
 Lord's freeman : likewise also 
 he that is called, being iree, is 
 Christ's sers'ant. 
 
 23 Ye are bought with a price ; 
 be not ye the servants of m.en. 
 
 24 Brethren, let every man, 
 wherein he is called, therein 
 abide with God. 
 
 25 NoAV concerning virgins I 
 liave no commandment of the 
 Lord : yet I give my judgment, 
 as one that hath obtained mercy 
 of the Lord to be faithful. 
 
 26 I suppose therefore that 
 this is good for the present dis- 
 tress, / sap, that it is good for 
 a man so to be. 
 
 27 Art thou bound unto a 
 wife? seek not to be loosed. 
 Art thou loosed from a wife? 
 eeek not a wife. 
 
 28 But and if thou marry, 
 thou hast not sinned ; and if a 
 virgin marry, she hath not sin- 
 ned. Nevertheless such shall 
 have trouble in the flesh: but 
 I spare you. 
 
 29 But this I say, brethren, 
 the time is short : it remaineth, 
 that both they that have wives 
 be as though they had none ; 
 
 30 And they that weep, as 
 though they wept not; and 
 they that rejoice, as though 
 thjey rejoiped„ not; ,arid they 
 
 that buy, as though they pos- 
 sessed not ; 
 
 31 And they that use this 
 world, as not abusing it: for 
 the lashion of tliis world pass- 
 eth away. 
 
 32 But I would have you 
 without carefulness. He that is 
 unmarried careth for the things 
 that belong to the Lord, how he 
 may please the Lord : 
 
 33 But he that is married 
 careth lor the things that are 
 of the world, how he may 
 please his wife. 
 
 34 There is difference also be- 
 tween a wife and a virgin. The 
 unmarried woman careth for 
 the things of the Lord, that she 
 may be holy both in body and 
 in spirit: but she that is mar- 
 ried careth for the things of the 
 world, how she may please her 
 husband. 
 
 35 And this I speak for your 
 own profit; not that I may 
 cast a snare upon you, but for 
 that which is comely, and that 
 ye may attend upon tlie Lord 
 without distraction. 
 
 35 But if any man think that 
 he behaveth himself uncomely 
 toward his virgin, if she pass- 
 the flower of her age, and need 
 so reqviire, let him do what he 
 will, he sinneth not : let them 
 marry. 
 
 37 Nevertheless he that stand- 
 eth stedfast in his heart, having 
 no necessity, but hath power 
 over his own will, and hath so 
 decreed in his heart that he will 
 keep his ^drgin, doeth well. 
 
 38 So then he that giveth her 
 in marriage doeth well ; but he 
 that giveth her not in marriage 
 doeth better. 
 
 39 The wife is boimd by the 
 law as long as her husband 
 liveth ; but if her husband be 
 dead, she is at liberty to be 
 married to whom she will; 
 only in the Lord. 
 
 40 But she is happier if she so 
 abide, after my judgment : and 
 I think also that I have the 
 Spirit of God. 
 
Of enfiriij meats I. COBINTHIANS, VHI. offered to idols. 
 
 the brethren, and wonnd their 
 weak conscience, ye sm against 
 Christ. 
 
 13 Wherefore, if meat make 
 my brother to offend, I will eat 
 
 NOW as touching thmgs oi- no flesh while the world stand- 
 fered unto idols, we knov; eth, lest I make my brother to 
 offend. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 1 He sheweth Ms liberty, 7 and that the 
 minister ought to live by the gospel : 15 
 yet that himself Jiath of his own accord 
 abstained, 18 to be either ehargeabl-c 
 unto them, 22 or offeiuive unto any, 
 in matters indifferent. 24 Our life is 
 lilze unto a race. 
 
 M I not an apostle? am I 
 4 As concerning therefore the ' j^ not free? have I not seen 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 1 To abstain fro'in meats offered to idols. 
 P., 9 We must not abuse our Christian 
 liberty, to the offence of our brethren : 
 1 1 but must bridle our knotcledge toith 
 cJiarity. 
 
 row as touching thmgs of- 
 fered unto idols, we knov; 
 that we all have laiowledge. 
 Knowledge puffeth up, but cha- j 
 rity edifieth. I 
 
 2 And if any man think that ! 
 he Inioweth any thing, he | 
 knoweth nothing yet as he ; 
 ought to know. | 
 
 3 But if any man love God, ! 
 the same is Imown of him. ! A J 
 
 " n A 
 
 eating of these things that are ; Jesus Cluist our Lord? are not 
 offisred in sacrifice unto idols, ye my work in the Lord ? 
 we know that an idol wnotliing . 2 If I be not an apostle unto 
 in the world, and that there is [ others, yet doubtless I am to 
 none other God but one. I you : for the seal of mine apo- 
 
 5 For though there be that ; stleship are ye in the Lord. 
 
 are called gods, whether in i 3 Mine answer to them that 
 
 heaven or in earth, (as there be I do examme me is this, 
 
 gods many, and lords many,) j 4 Have we not power to eat 
 
 6 But to us there is but one | and to drink? 
 
 God, the Father, of whom are \ 5 Hare we not power to lead 
 all things, and we in him ; and , about a sister, a wife, as well as 
 one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom i other apostles, and as the bre- 
 are all things, and we by him. , thren of the Lord, and Cephas? 
 
 7 Howbeit the/^e is not in ! 6 Or I only and Barnabas, 
 every man that knovv"ledge : for ; have not we power to forbear 
 some with cor science of the W'Orking? 
 
 idol unto tills hour eat it as a , 7 ^Yho goeth a warfare any 
 thing offered unto an idol ; and time at his own charges? who 
 their conscience being weak is ; planteth a vineyard, and eateth 
 defiled. | not of the fruit thereof? or who 
 
 8 But meat commendeth us ; feedeth a flock, and eateth not 
 not to God: for neither, if we I of the milli of the flock? 
 
 eat, are we the better ; neither, ! 8 8ay I these things as a 
 if we eat not, are we the worse. I man? or saith not the law the 
 
 9 But take heed lest by anj- i same also ? 
 
 means this liberty of 3'our's be- : 9 For it is wiltten in the law 
 come a stumblingblock to them of Moses, Thou shalt not muz- 
 that are weak. ' zle the mouth of the ox that 
 
 10 For if any man see thee treadeth out the com. Doth 
 w^hich hast Imowledge sit at God take care for oxen ? 
 
 meat in the idol's temple, shall 10 Or saith he it altogether 
 not the conscience of him which for our sakes? For our sakes, 
 is weak be emboldened to eat no doubt, this is written : that 
 those things which are offered \ he that ploweth should plow in 
 to idols ; I hope ; and that he that thresh- 
 
 11 And through thy laaowledge : eth in hope should be partaker 
 shall the weak brother perish, of Ms hope. 
 
 for whom Christ died? j 11 If we have sown unto j^ou 
 
 12 But when ye sin so against i spiritual things, is it a great 
 
 313 
 
reap your 
 
 FauVs' sslf denial 
 
 thing if we shall 
 carnal things? 
 
 12 If others be partakers of 
 this power over you, are not 
 we rather? Nevertheless we 
 have not used tliis power ; but 
 suffer all things, lest we should 
 hinder the gospel of Christ. 
 
 13 Do ye not know that they 
 which minister about holy 
 things live of the things of the 
 temple? and they which wait 
 at the altar are i artakers with 
 the altar? 
 
 14 Even so hath the Lord or- 
 dained that they which preach 
 the gospel should live of the 
 gospel. 
 
 15 But I have used none of 
 these things: neither have 1 
 written these things, that it 
 should be so done unto me: 
 for it were better for me to 
 die, than that any man should 
 make my glorying void. 
 
 1(3 For though I preach the 
 gospel, I have nothing to glory 
 of: for necessity is laid upon 
 me ; yea, woe is unto me, if I 
 preach not the gospel ! 
 
 17 For if I do this thing will- 
 ingly, I have a reward: but if 
 against my will, a dispensation 
 of the gospel is committed un- 
 to me. 
 
 18 What is my reward then? 
 Verily that, when I preach the 
 gospel, I may make the gos- 
 pel of Christ without charge, 
 that I abuse not my power in 
 the gospel. 
 
 19 For though I be free from 
 all men, yet have I made my- 
 self servant unto all, that I 
 might gain the more. 
 
 20 And unto the Jews I be- 
 came as a Jew, that I might 
 gain the Jews ; to them that 
 are mider the law, as under 
 the law, that I might gain them 
 that are under the law ; 
 
 21 To them that are without 
 law, as without law, (being not 
 without law to God, but un- 
 der the law to Christ,) that I 
 might gain them that are with- 
 out law. ; - ' r, .j^- '^■: ' ^; 
 
 CORINTHIANS, X. fm- the gospel 
 
 22 To the weak became I as 
 weak, that I might gain the 
 weak: I am made all things 
 to all men, that I might by all 
 means save some. 
 
 23 And this I do for the 
 gospel's sake, that I might be 
 1 artaker thereof with ?/oii. 
 
 24 Know ye not that they 
 wliich run in a race run all. 
 but one receiveth the prize? 
 So run, that ye may obtain. 
 
 25 And every man that striv- 
 eth for the mastery is tempe- 
 rate in all things. Now they do 
 it to obtain a corruptible crown ; 
 but we an incorruptible. 
 
 26 I therefore so run, not as 
 uncertainly; so fight I, not as 
 one that beateth the aii' : 
 
 27 But I keep under my body, 
 and bring it into subjection: 
 lest that by any means, when I 
 have preached to others, I my- 
 self sliould be a castaway. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 1 7%e sacraments of the Jews G are t?jpe8 
 of our' s, T and the^ir punishments, 11 ex- 
 amjiles for us. 14 We must fly from 
 idolatry. 21 We m,ust not make the 
 Lord's table the table of devils: 24 an^ 
 in things indifferent we must have rA 
 gard of our brethren. ^, 
 
 MOREOVER, brethren, I* 
 would not that ye should 
 be ignorant, how that all our 
 fathers were under the cloui" ' 
 and all passed tlirough the sea 
 
 2 And were all baptized uni 
 Moses in the cloud and in th< 
 sea; 
 
 3 And did all eat the same' 
 spiritual meat; 
 
 4 And did all drink the same 
 spiritual drink : for they drau 
 of that spiritual Rock that fol- 
 lowed them: and that Roc^ 
 was Christ. 
 
 5 But with many of them^ 
 God was not well pleased: for 
 they were overthrown in the 
 wilderness. 
 
 6 Now these things were our 
 examples, to the intent we 
 should not lust after evil things, 
 as they also lusted. 
 
 7 Neither be ye idolaters, as 
 were some of them; as it is 
 
 ur 
 
 I 
 
Christians must I. CORINTHIANS, X. 
 
 Jke idolat'iy. 
 
 written, The people sat down 
 to eat and drink, and rose up 
 to play. 
 
 8 Neither let iis commit for- 
 nication, as some of them com- 
 mitted, and tell in one day 
 three and twenty thousand. 
 
 9 Neither let us tempt Christ, 
 as some of them also tempted, 
 and were destroyed of serpents. 
 
 10 Neither murmur ye, as 
 some of them also mmmured,- 
 and were destroyed of the de- 
 stroyer. 
 
 11 Now all these things hap- 
 pened unto them for ensam- 
 ples: and they are written for 
 our admonition, upon whom 
 the ends of the world are come. 
 
 12 Wherefore let him that 
 thinketh he standeth take heed 
 lest he fall. 
 
 13 There hath no temptation 
 taken you but such as is com- 
 mon to man : but God is faith- 
 ful, who will not suffer you to 
 be tempted above that ye are 
 able ; but will with the tempta- 
 tion also make a way to escape, 
 that ye may be able to bear it. 
 
 14 Wherefore, my dearly be- 
 loved, flee from idolatry. 
 
 15 I speak as to wise men; 
 judge ye what I say. 
 
 16 The cup of blessing which 
 we bleiss, is it not the commu- 
 nion of the blood of Christ? 
 The bread which we break, is 
 it not the communion of the 
 lK)dy of Christ? 
 
 17 For we being many are one 
 bread, and one body : for we are 
 all partakers of that one bread. 
 
 18 Behold Israel after the 
 flesh: are not they which eat 
 of the sacrifices partakers of the 
 altar? 
 
 19 What gay I then? that the 
 idol is any thing, or that which 
 is ofiered in sacrifice to idols is 
 any thing ? 
 
 20 But I say, that the things 
 which the Gentiles sacrifice, 
 they sacrifice to devils, and not 
 to God : and I would not that 
 ye should have fellowghip with 
 devils. 
 
 21 Ye cannot drink the cup of 
 the Lord, and the cup of (tevils : 
 ye cannot be partakers of the 
 Lord's table, and of the table 
 of devils. 
 
 22 Do vfe provoke the Lord to 
 jealousy? are we stronger than 
 he? 
 
 23 All things are lawful ior 
 me, but all things are not ex- 
 pedient: all things are lawful 
 for me, but all things edify 
 not. 
 
 24 Let no man seek his oWn, 
 but every man another's wealth. 
 
 25 Whatsoever is sold in the 
 shambles, that eat, asking no 
 question for conscience sake : 
 
 26 For the earth is the Lord's, 
 and the fulness thereof. 
 
 27 If any of them that believe 
 not bid you to a^ast, Q,nd ye 
 be disposed to go; whatsoever 
 is set before you, eat, asking no 
 question for <x)nscience sake. 
 
 28 But if any man say unto 
 you. This is offered in sacrifice 
 unto idols, eat not for his sake 
 that shewed it, and for consci- 
 ence sake : for the earth is the 
 Lord's, and the fulness thereof : 
 
 29 Conscience, I say, not tliine 
 own, but of the other : for why 
 is my Liberty judged of another 
 man's conscience ? 
 
 80 For if I by grace be a par- 
 taker, why am I evil spoken of 
 for that for whieh I give thanks? 
 
 31 Whether therefore ye eat, 
 or drink, or whatsoever ye do, 
 do all to the glory of God. 
 
 32 Give none offence, neither 
 to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, 
 nor to the church of God : 
 
 33 Even as I please all men 
 in all things, not seeking mine 
 own profit, but the p7'ofit cd 
 many, that they may be saved. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 1 He reproveth them, because in holy as- 
 semblies 4 their men prayed toith their 
 heojds covered, and 6 wom,en tvith their 
 heads uncovered, 17 and because gene- 
 r-ally their meetings were not for the 
 better but for tJie worse, as 21 namely 
 in profaning with their own fecists the 
 Lord's mpper. 23 Lastly, he caJMh 
 them to tlie first institution tJiereof. 
 
Bides for 
 
 BE ye followers of me, even 
 as 1 also am of Cluist. 
 
 2 Now I praise you, bretkren, 
 that ye remember me in all 
 things, and keep the ordinances, 
 as I delivered them to yon. 
 
 3 But 1 would have you know, 
 that the head of every man is 
 Christ; and the head of the 
 woman is the man; and the 
 head of Christ is God. 
 
 4 Every man praying or pro- 
 phesying, having his head co- 
 vered, dishonorueth his head. 
 
 5 But eveiy woman that pray- 
 eth or prophesieth with her 
 head uncovered dishonoureth 
 her head: for that is even all 
 one as if she Mere shaven. 
 
 6 For if the woman be not 
 covered, let her also be shorn: 
 but if it be a shame for a wo- 
 man to be shorn or shaven, let 
 her be covered. 
 
 7 For a man indeed ought not 
 to cover his head, forasmuch 
 as he is the image and gloiy 
 of God : but the woman is the 
 glory of the man. 
 
 8 For the man is not of the 
 woman ; but the woman of the 
 man. 
 
 9 Neither was the man created 
 for the woman ; but the -woman 
 for the man. 
 
 10 For this cause ought the 
 woman to have power on her 
 head because of the angels. 
 
 11 Nevertheless neither is the 
 man without the woman, nei- 
 ther the woman without the 
 man, in the Lord. 
 
 12 For as the woman is of the 
 man, even so is the man also 
 by the woman; but all things 
 of God. 
 
 13 Judge in yourselves: is it 
 comely that a woman pray 
 unto God imcovered? 
 
 14 Doth not even nature itself 
 teach you, that, if a man have 
 long hail', it is a shame unto 
 him? 
 
 15 But if a woman have long 
 hair, it is a glory to her: for 
 her hair is given her for a co- 
 vering. 
 
 I. CORINTHIANS, XI. divine wwahip. 
 
 16 But if any man seem to be 
 
 contentious, we have no such 
 custom, neither the churches 
 of God. 
 
 17 Now in this that I declare 
 imto you I praise you not, that 
 ye come together not for the 
 better, but for tlie worse. 
 
 18 For first of all, when ye 
 come together in the churcli, 
 I hear that there be divisions 
 among you; and 1 partly be- 
 lieve it. 
 
 19 For there must be also 
 heresies among you, that they 
 which are approved may be 
 made manifest among you. 
 
 20 When ye come together 
 therefore into one place, this ia 
 not to eat the Lord's sup-per. 
 
 21 For in eating every one 
 taketli before other his own 
 supper: and one is Inmgry, 
 and another is drunken. 
 
 22 What? have ye not houses 
 to eat and to drink in? or de- 
 spise ye the church of God, 
 and shame them that have 
 not? What shall I say to you? 
 shall 1 praise you in tliis? I 
 praise you not. 
 
 23 For I have received of the 
 Lord that v/liich also I deli- 
 vered unto you. That the Lord 
 Jesus the same night in which 
 he was betrayed took bread : 
 
 24 And when he had given 
 thanks, he brake it, and said, 
 Take, eat: this is my body, 
 which is broken for you: this 
 do in remembrance of me. 
 
 2o After the same manner also 
 he took the cup, when he had 
 supped, saying. This cup is the 
 new testament in my blood: 
 this do ye, as oft as ye diink 
 it, in remem'orance of me. 
 
 26 For as often as ye eat this 
 bread, and drink this cup, ye 
 do shevr the Lord's death til] 
 he come. 
 
 27 AVherefore whosoever shall 
 eat this bread, and drink this 
 cup of the Lord, unwoiihily, 
 shall be guilty of the body and 
 blood of the Lord. 
 
 28 But let a man examine 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
Spiritual gifts 
 
 I. COEINTHIANS, XII. 
 
 are diverse. 
 
 himself, and so let him eat of 
 that bread, and di'ink of thai 
 cup. 
 
 29 For he that eateth and 
 drinketh unworthily, eateth 
 and drinketh damnation to 
 himself, not discerning the 
 Lord's body. 
 
 30 For this cause many are 
 weak and sickly among you, 
 and many sleep. 
 
 31 For rf we would judge our- 
 selves, we should not be judged. 
 
 32 But when we are judged, 
 we are chastened of the Lord, 
 that we should not be con- 
 demned with the world. 
 
 Spuit the word of wisdom ; to 
 another the word of knowledge 
 by the same Spirit ; 
 
 9 To another faith by the same 
 Spirit; to another the gifts of 
 healing by the same Spirit ; 
 
 10 To another the working of 
 mii^acles ; to another prophecy ; 
 to another discerning of spi- 
 rits; to another divers kinds 
 of tongues ; to another the in- 
 terpretation of tongues : 
 
 11 But all these worketh that 
 one and the selfsame Spirit, di- 
 viding to every man severally 
 as he will. 
 
 12 For as the body is one, and 
 
 33 Wherefore, my brethi'en, j hath many members, and all 
 
 when ye come together to eat, 
 tarry one for another. 
 
 34 And if any man hunger, ; also is Christ. 
 
 ^ the members of that one body, 
 I being many, are one body : so 
 
 let him eat at home; that ye 
 come not together unto con- 
 demnation. And the rest will 
 I set in order when I come. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 1 spiritual gifts 4 are divers, 7 yet all to 
 2jrofit withal. 8 Jnd to tliat end are 
 diversely bestowed : 12 that by the like 
 proportion, as the meinbers of a natural 
 body tend all to the 16 mutual decency, 
 22 service, and 26 succour of the same 
 body ; 27 so we should do one for an- 
 other, to maJie up the mystical body of 
 Christ. 
 
 NOW concerning spiritual 
 _ gifts^ brethren, I would 
 not have you ignorant. 
 
 2 Ye know that ye were Gen- 
 tiles, carried away unto these 
 dumb idols, even as ye were led. 
 
 3 Wherefore I give you to un- 
 derstand, that no man spealdng 
 by the Sphit of God calleth Je- 
 sus accursed : and that no man 
 can say that Jesus is the Lord, 
 but by the Holy Ghost. 
 
 4 Now there are diversities of 
 gifts, but the same Spirit. 
 
 5 And there are difierences of 
 administrations, but the same 
 Lord. 
 
 6 And there are diversities of 
 operations, but it is the same 
 God Avhich worketh all in all. 
 
 7 But the manifestation of the 
 Spirit is given to every man to 
 l^rofit withal. 
 
 S For to one is given by the 
 
 13 For by one Spirit are we 
 all baptized into one body, 
 whether we he Jews or Gen- 
 tiles, whether we be bond or 
 free; and have been all made 
 to diink into one Sphit. 
 
 14 For the body is not one 
 member, but many. 
 
 15 If the foot shall say, Be- 
 cause I am not the hand, I am 
 not of the body ; is it therefore 
 not of the body ? 
 
 16 And if the ear shall say. 
 Because I am not the eye, I 
 am not of the body ; is it there- 
 fore not of the body ? 
 
 17 If the whole bodj^ ivere an 
 eye, where were the hearing? 
 If the whole were heaiing, 
 where were the smelling? 
 
 18 But now hath God set the 
 members every one of them in 
 the body, as it hath pleased 
 him. 
 
 19 And if they were all one 
 member, where were the body ? 
 
 20 But now are they many 
 members, yet but one body. 
 
 21 And the eye cannot say 
 unto the hand, I have no need 
 of thee : nor again the head to 
 the feet, I have no need of you. 
 
 22 Nay, much more those 
 members of the body, whi-ch 
 seem to be more feeble, are 
 necessaiy : 
 
Themfermce I. CORINTHIANS, XIII. 
 
 of charity. 
 
 23 And those members of the 
 body, which Ave think to be 
 less honourable, upon these we 
 bestow more abundant honour ; 
 and our uncomely parts have 
 more abundant comeliness. 
 
 24 For our comely 2)(irts have 
 no need : but God hath tem- 
 pered the body together, haA^ing 
 given more abundant honour 
 to that pari which lacked : 
 
 25 That there should be no 
 schism in the body; but that 
 the members should have the 
 same care one for another. 
 
 26 And whether one member 
 suffer, all the members suffer 
 with it; or one member be 
 honoTued, all the members re- 
 joice with it. 
 
 27 Now ye are the body of 
 Clu'ist, and members in par- 
 ticular. 
 
 28 And God hath set some 
 in the church, first apostles, 
 secondarily prophets, tliirdly 
 teachers, after that miracles, 
 then gifts of healings, helps, 
 governments, diversities of 
 tongues. 
 
 29 Are all apostles? are all 
 prophets ? are all teachers ? 
 are all workers of miracles ? 
 
 30 Have all the gifts of heal- 
 ing? do all speak with tongues? 
 do all interpret ? 
 
 31 But covet earnestly the best 
 gifts : and yet shew 1 unto you 
 a more excellent m ay. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 I AU gifts, 2,3 how excelleiU soever, are 
 nothing worth without charity. 4 The 
 praises thereof, and 13 prelation before 
 Jiope and faith. 
 
 THOUGH I speak with the 
 tongues of men and of an- 
 gels, and have not charity, I 
 am become as sounding brass, 
 or a tinkling cymbal. 
 
 2 And though I have the gift 
 of prophecy, and understand 
 all mysteries, and all know- 
 ledge ; and though I have all 
 faith, so that I could remove 
 mountains, and have not cha- 
 rity, I am nothing. 
 
 3 And though I bestow all 
 
 my goods to feed the poor, and 
 though I give my body to l>e 
 burned, and have not charity, 
 it profiteth me nothing. 
 
 4 Charity suffereth long, and 
 is kind ; charity envieth not ; 
 charity vaunteth not itself, is 
 not puff'ed up, 
 
 5 Doth not behave itself im- 
 seemly, seeketh not her own, 
 is not easily i)rovoked, think- 
 eth no evil ; 
 
 G Kejoiceth not in iniquity, 
 but rejoiceth in the truth ; 
 
 7 Beareth all things, believeth 
 all things, hopeth all things, 
 endureth all things. 
 
 8 Charity never l"aileth : but 
 whether there he prophecies, 
 they shall fail ; whether tliere 
 he tongues, they shall cease ; 
 whether there he knowledge, it 
 shall vanish away. 
 
 9 For Ave know in lart, and Ave 
 prophesy in part. 
 
 10 But when that Avhich is 
 perfect is come, then that which 
 is in part shall be done aAvay. 
 
 11 When I Avas a child, I 
 spake as a child, I understood 
 as a child, I thought as a child : 
 but when I became a man, I 
 I)ut aAvay cliildish things. 
 
 12 For now we see through a 
 glass, darkly ; but then face to 
 iiace : now I know in part ; but 
 then shall I know even as also 
 I am Imown. 
 
 13 And now abidethfaith, hope, 
 charity, these three; but the 
 greatest of these is charity. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 1 Propliecy is commended, 2, 3, 4 and 
 preferred before speaJcing with tongues, 
 6 by a comparison drawn from, musical 
 histruments. 12 Both must be referred 
 to edification, 22 as to their true and 
 pjroper etxd. 26 Tlie true use of each 
 is taught, 27 and tlie abuse taxed. 34 
 Women are forbidden to speak in the 
 church. 
 
 FOLLOW after charity, and 
 desire spiritual gifts, but 
 rather that ye may prophesy. 
 2 For he that speaketh in an 
 unknown tongue speaketh not 
 unto men, but unto God: for 
 no man understandeth him; 
 
Prophecu preferred 1. CORINTHIANS, XIY. 
 
 hefare tongues. 
 
 howbeit in tlie spirit he speak- 
 etli mysteries. 
 
 3 But he that prophesieth 
 speaketh unto men to edifica- 
 tion, and exhortation, and com- 
 fort. 
 
 4 He that speaketh in an un- 
 finown tongue edifieth himself; 
 but he that prophesieth edifieth 
 the church. 
 
 I would that ye all spake 
 with tongues, but rather that 
 ye prophesied : for greater is he 
 that prophesieth than he that 
 speaketh with tongues, except 
 he interpret, that the church 
 may receive edifying. 
 
 6 Now, brethren, if I come un- 
 to you spealdng with tongues, 
 what shall I profit you, except 
 I shall speak to you either by 
 revelation, or by knowledge, 
 or by prophesying, or by doc- 
 trine ? 
 
 €th, but my understanding is 
 unfruitful. 
 
 15 What is it then? I will 
 pray with the spirit, and I will 
 pray with the understanding 
 also : I will sing with the spirit, 
 and I will sing with the under- 
 standing also. 
 
 16 Else when thou shalt bless 
 with the spirit, how shall he 
 that occupieth the room of the 
 unlearned say Amen at thy 
 givmg of thanks, seeing- he 
 imderstandeth not what thou 
 sayest? 
 
 17 For thou verily givest 
 thanks well, but the other is 
 not edified. 
 
 18 I thank my God, I speak 
 with tongues more than ye 
 all: 
 
 19 Yet in the church I had 
 ^ rather speak five words with 
 I my imderstanding, that by my 
 
 And even things without voice I might teach others also, 
 
 life giving sound, whether pipe 
 or harp, except they give a dis- 
 tinction in the sounds, how 
 shall it be kno^vn what is piped 
 or harped? 
 
 8 For if the trumpet give an 
 uncertain sound, ^ho shall pre- 
 pare himself to the battle ? 
 
 9 So likewise ye, except ye 
 utter by the tongue words easy 
 to be understood, how shall it 
 be knoTVTi what is spoken? for 
 ye shall speak into the air. 
 
 10 There are, it may be, so 
 many kinds of voices in the 
 world, and none of them is 
 without signification. 
 
 11 Therefore if I know not 
 the meaning of the voice, I 
 shall be unto him that speak- 
 eth a barbarian, and he that 
 speaketh shall he a barbarian 
 unto me. 
 
 12 Even so ye, forasmuch as 
 ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, 
 seek that ye may excel to the 
 edifying of the church. 
 
 13 Wherefore let him that 
 speaketh in an unknoivn tongue 
 pray that he may interpret. 
 
 14 For if I pray in an nn- 
 kno7vn tongue, my spirit pray- 
 
 than ten thousand words in an 
 unknown tongue. 
 
 20 Brethren, be not childien 
 in understanding : howbeit in 
 malice be ye children, but in 
 understanding be men. 
 
 21 In the law it is written, 
 With men of other tongues 
 and other lips will I speak un- 
 to this people ; and yet for all 
 that will they not hear me, 
 saith the Lord. 
 
 22 ^Vherefore tongues are for 
 a sign, not to them that believe, 
 but to them that believe not: 
 but prophesying serveth not 
 for them that believe not, but 
 for them vrhich believe. 
 
 23 If therefore the whole 
 church be come together into 
 one place, and all speak with 
 tongues, and there come in 
 those that are unlearned, or 
 unbelievers, will they not say 
 that ye are mad ? 
 
 24 But if all prophesy, and 
 there come in one that belie v- 
 eth not, or one unlearned, he is 
 convinced of all, he is judged 
 of all: 
 
 25 And thus are the secrets 
 of his heart made manifest; 
 
Of sinritual gifts. 
 
 and so falling do^vTi on Jiis 
 i'ace he will worsliip God, and 
 report that God is in j'ou of a 
 truth. 
 
 26 How is it then, brethren? 
 when ye come together, every 
 one of you hath a psalm, hath 
 a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath 
 a revelation, hath an interi)re- 
 tation. Let all things be done 
 unto edifying. 
 
 27 If any man speak in an U7i- 
 known tongue, let it he by two, 
 or at tlie most by tliree, and 
 that by course; and let one 
 interpret. 
 
 28 But if there be no inter- 
 preter, let him l^eep silence in 
 the church ; and let liim speak 
 to himself, and to God. 
 
 29 Let the prophets speak 
 two or three, and let the other 
 judge. 
 
 I. CORINTHIANS, XV. Oftlui remrrcdion. 
 
 39 Wherefore, brethren, covet 
 to prophesy, and forbid not to 
 speak with tongues. 
 
 40 Let all things be done de- 
 cently and in order. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 3 By Cflirist's resurrection, 12 he proveth 
 the necessity of our resurrection, arjalnst 
 all such as deny the resurrection of the 
 body. 21 TJie fruit, 35 and manner 
 thereof, 51 and of the changing of them, 
 that shall be found alive at the last 
 day. 
 
 11/rOEEOVER, brethren, I 
 J3X declare unto you the gos- 
 pel which I preached unto you, 
 which also ye have received, 
 and wherein ye stand ; 
 
 2 By which also ye are saved, 
 if ye keep in memorj^ v,hat I 
 preached unto you, unless ye 
 have believed in vain. 
 
 3 For 1 delivered unto you 
 first of all that which I also 
 
 30 If any thing be revealed to ' received, how that Christ died 
 another that sitteth by, let the for our sins according to the 
 
 iirst hold liis peace. 
 
 31 For ye may all prophesy 
 one by one, that all may learn, 
 and all may be comforted. 
 
 32 And the spirits of the pro- 
 
 scriptures ; 
 
 4 And that he v.as buried, and 
 that he rose again the third day 
 according to the scriptures : 
 
 5 And that he was seen of 
 
 phets are subject to the pro- j Cephas, then of the twelve : 
 
 phets. 
 33 For God is not the author 
 
 6 After that, he was seen of 
 above five hundred brethren at 
 
 of confusion, but of peace, as once ; of whom the greater part 
 
 in all churches of the saints. 
 
 34 Let your women keep si- 
 lence in the churches : for it 
 is not permitted unto them to 
 speak ; but they are command- 
 ed to be under obedience, as 
 also saith the law. 
 
 35 And if they will learn any 
 tiling, let them ask their hus- 
 bands at home : for it is a 
 shame for T^omen to speak in 
 the church. 
 
 36 What? came the word of 
 God out fi'om you ? or came it 
 unto you only ? 
 
 37 If any man think himself 
 to be a prophet, or spiritual, 
 let liim acknowledge that the 
 things that I write unto you 
 are the commandments of the 
 Lord. 
 
 38 But if any man be igno- 
 rant, let him be ignorant. 
 
 remain unto this present, but 
 some are fallen asleep. 
 
 7 After that, he was seen of 
 James ; then of all the apostles. 
 
 8 And last of all he Avas seen 
 of me also, as of one born out 
 of due time. 
 
 9 For I am the least of the 1 
 apostles, that am not meet to 
 be called an apostle, because 1 i 
 persecuted the church of God. 
 
 10 But by the grace of God I 
 am what I am : and his gTace 
 which was bestowed upon me 
 was not in vain ; but I labour- 
 ed more abundantly than they 
 all : yet not I, but the grace of 
 God which was with me. 
 
 11 Therefore whether it were 
 I or they, so we preach, and so 
 ye believed. 
 
 12 Now if Christ be preached 
 that he rose from the dead, how 
 
The fruit of 
 
 I. CORINTHIANS, XV. 
 
 the vesurredion. 
 
 say some among you that there 
 is no resurrection of the dead? 
 
 13 But if there be no resurrec- 
 tion of the dead, then is Christ 
 not risen : 
 
 14 And if Christ be not risen, 
 then is our preaching vain, and 
 your faith is also vain. 
 
 15 Yea, and we are found false 
 witnesses of God; because we 
 have testified of God that he 
 raised up Christ-: whom he 
 raised not up, if so be that the 
 dead rise not. 
 
 16 For if the dead rise not, 
 then is not Christ raised : 
 
 17 And if Christ be not raised, 
 your faith is vain ; ye are yet 
 in your sins. 
 
 18 Then they also which are 
 feillen asleep in Christ are pe- 
 rished. 
 
 19 If in this life only we have 
 hope in Christ, we are of all 
 men most miserable. 
 
 20 But now is Clnist risen 
 from the dead, and become the 
 firstfruits of them that slept. 
 
 21 For since by man came 
 death, by man came also the 
 resurrection of the dead. 
 
 22 For £is in Adam all die, 
 even so in Christ shall all be 
 made alive. 
 
 23 But every man in his own 
 order : Christ the firstfruits ; 
 afterward they that are Christ's 
 at his coming. 
 
 24 Then cometh the end, when 
 he shall have delivered up the 
 kingdom to God, even the Fa- 
 ther; when he shall have put 
 down all rule and all autho- 
 rity and power. 
 
 25 For he must reign, till he 
 hath put all enemies under his 
 liset. 
 
 26 The last enemy that shall 
 be destroyed is death. 
 
 27 For he hath put all things 
 under his feet. But when he 
 saith all things are put under 
 him,^ it is manifest that he is 
 excepted, which did put all 
 things under him. 
 
 28 And when all things shall 
 be ..subdued unto him, then 
 
 shall the Son also himself be 
 subject unto him that put all 
 things under him, that God 
 may be all in all. 
 
 29 Else what shall they do 
 which are baptized for the 
 dead, if the dead rise not at 
 all? why are they then bap- 
 tized for the dead ? 
 
 30 And why stand we in jeo- 
 pardy every hom^ ? 
 
 31 1 protest by your rejoicing 
 which I have in Christ Jesus 
 our Lord, 1 die daily. 
 
 32 If after the manner of men 
 I have fought with beasts at 
 Ephesus, what advantageth it 
 me, if the dead rise not? let us 
 eat and diink ; for to morrow 
 we die. 
 
 33 Be not deceived : evil 
 communications corrupt good 
 manners. 
 
 34 Awake to righteousness, 
 and sin not; for some have 
 not the knowledge of God : I 
 speak this to your shame. 
 
 35 But some man will say. 
 How are the dead raised upr 
 and with what body do they 
 come? 
 
 3S Thou fool, that which thou 
 sowest is not quickened, except 
 it die : 
 
 37 And that which thou sow- 
 est, thou sowest not that body 
 that shall be, but bare grain, 
 it may chance of wheat, or of 
 some other grain : 
 
 38 But God gi^eth it a body 
 as it hath pleased him, and to 
 every seed his own body. 
 
 39 All flesh is not the same 
 flesh : but there is one kind of 
 flesh of men, another flesh of 
 beasts, another of fishes, and 
 another of birds. 
 
 40 There are also celestial 
 bodies, and bodies terrestrial : 
 but the glory of the celestial is 
 one, and the glory of the ter- 
 restrial is another. 
 
 41 There is one glory of the 
 sun, and another glory of the 
 moon, and another glory of the 
 stars : for one star dittereth from 
 another star in gloiy. 
 
T}i£ manner of I. CORINTHIANS, XVI. 
 
 42 So also is the resiuTection 
 of the dead. It is sown in cor- 
 ruption ; it is raised in incor- 
 ruption : 
 
 43 It is sown in dishonour; 
 it is raised in glory : it is sown 
 in weakness; it is raised in 
 power : 
 
 44 It is sov,ii a natural body ; 
 it is raised a spiritual body. 
 There is a natural body, and 
 tiiere is a spiritual body. 
 
 45 And so it is WTitten, The 
 lirst man Adam was made a 
 living soul ; the last Adam was 
 made a quickening spirit. 
 
 46 Howbeit that was not first 
 wliich is sphitr.al, but that 
 which is natural ; and after- 
 ward that wliich is spiritual. 
 
 47 The first man is of the 
 eailh, earthy : the second man 
 is the Lord from heaven. 
 
 48 As is the earthy, such are 
 they also that are earthy : and 
 as is the heavenly, such are 
 tJiey also that are heavenly. 
 
 49 And as we have borne the 
 image of the earthy, we shall 
 also bear the image of the 
 heavenly. 
 
 5i) Now this I say, brethren, 
 that flesli and blood cannot 
 inherit tlie kingdom of God; 
 neither doth coiTuption inherit 
 incoiTuption. 
 
 51 Behold, I shew you a mys- 
 
 tJie reswredim. 
 
 56 The stiug of death is sin ; and 
 the strength of sin is the law. 
 
 57 But thanks be to God, 
 which givetli us the victory 
 through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 58 Therefore, my beloved bre- 
 thren, be ye stedfast, unmove- 
 able, always abounding in the 
 work of the Lord, forasmuch 
 as ye know that your labour is 
 not in vain in the Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 1 He exhortetk them to relieve the fvant 
 of the brethren at Jerusalem. 10 Coni' 
 mcndeth Timothy, 13 and ofterfrie^icU 
 ly admonitions, 16 shutteth up hia 
 epistle with divers salutations. 
 
 NOW concerning the col- 
 lection for the saints, as I 
 have given order to the churches 
 of Galatia, even so do ye. 
 
 2 Upon the first da^ of the 
 week let every one ol you lay 
 by him in store, as God hath 
 prospered him, that there be 
 no gatherings when I come. 
 
 3 And when I come, whomso- 
 ever ye shall approve by ^our 
 letters, them will I send to 
 bring your liberality mito Je- 
 rusalem. 
 
 4 And if it be meet that I go 
 also, they shall go with me. 
 
 5 Now I will come unto you, 
 when I shall pass through Ma- 
 cedonia : for I do pass through 
 Macedonia. 
 
 6 And it may be that I will 
 
 teiy ; AVe shall not all sleep, I abide, yea, and winter with you, 
 
 but we shall all be changed, 
 
 52 In a moment, in the twink- 
 ling of an eye, at the last trump : 
 for the trumi'et shall sound, 
 and the dead shall be raised 
 incorruptible, and we shall be 
 changed. 
 
 53 For this corruptible must put 
 on incorruption, and this mortal 
 musi put on immortality. 
 
 54 So when this corruptible 
 shall have put on incorruption, 
 and this mortal shall have put 
 on immortality, then shall be 
 brought to pass the saying that 
 is written, Death is swallowed 
 up in victory. 
 
 55 O death, where is thy sting? 
 O grave, where is thy victory ? 
 
 that ye may bring me on my 
 jom-ney whithersoever I ^o. 
 
 7 For I will not see you now 
 ])y the way ; but I trust to tany 
 a while with you, if the Lord 
 permit. 
 
 8 But I will tarry at Ephesus 
 until Pentecost. 
 
 9 For a great door and effec- 
 tual is opened unto me, and 
 there are many adversaries. 
 
 10 Now if Timotheus come, 
 see that he may be with you 
 without fear : for he worketh 
 the work of the Lord, as I also 
 do. 
 
 11 Let no man therefore de- 
 spise him : but conduct Mm 
 forth in peace, that he may 
 
 t 
 
Arhnoiiitions. 
 
 I. CORINTHIANS, XVI, 
 
 Validations. 
 
 come unto me : for I look for 
 liim with the brethren. 
 
 12 As touching our brother 
 Apollos, I greatly desked him 
 to come unto you with the 
 brethren : but his will was not 
 at all to come at this time ; but 
 he will come when he shall 
 have convenient time. 
 
 1.3 Watch ye, stand fast in the 
 faith, ciuit you like men, be 
 strong. 
 
 14 Let all your things be done 
 with charity. 
 
 15 I beseech you, brethien, 
 (ye know the house of Stepha- 
 nas, that it is the firstfruits of 
 Aciiaia, and that they have 
 addicted themselves to the mi- 
 nistiy of the saints.) 
 
 16 That ye submit yourselves 
 unto such, and to every one 
 that helpeth with us, and ia- 
 boureth. 
 
 17 I am glad of the coming of 
 Stephanas and Fortunatus and 
 Acbaicus : for tliat which was 
 
 lacking on your part they have 
 supplied. 
 
 18 For they have refreshed 
 my spirit and your's : there- 
 fore aclmowledge ye them that 
 are such. 
 
 19 The churches of Asia salute 
 you. Aquila and Priscilla sa- 
 lute you much in the Lord, 
 with the chm'ch that is in their 
 house. 
 
 20 All the brethren greet you. 
 Greet ye one another with an 
 holy kiss. 
 
 21 The salutation of me Paul 
 with mine own hand. 
 
 22 If any man love not the 
 Lord Jesus Chiist, let him be 
 Anathema Maran-atha. 
 
 23 The grace of our Lord Je- 
 sus Christ he with you. 
 
 24 My love he with you all in 
 Christ Jesus. Amen. 
 
 ^ The first epistle to the Corinth- 
 ians was written from Philippi by 
 Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and 
 Achaicus, and Timotheus. 
 
 THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 
 
 TO THE 
 
 CORINTHIANS. 
 
 CHAPTEPv I. 
 
 3^ The ajMstle encourageth them against 
 troubles, hy the comforts and deliver- 
 ances tvhich God had given him, as in 
 oil his afflictions, 8 so particula^'ly in 
 his late danger in Asia. 12 And calling 
 h)th his own conscience and their's to 
 witness of /lis S'incere manner of preach- 
 ing the immutablo truth of the gospel, 
 15 he excuseth his not coming to them, 
 as 2J'>'ocecding not of lightness, but of 
 his lenity towards tJiem. 
 
 PAJTL, an apostle of Jesus 
 Clu-ist by the will of God, 
 and Timothy oicr brother, un- 
 to the church of God which is 
 at Coruith, with all the samts 
 wliich are in all Achaia : 
 
 2 Grace he to you and peace 
 from God oiu" Father, and//'om 
 the Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 3 Blessed be God, even the Fa- 
 ther of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 the Father of mercies, and the 
 God of all comfort ; 
 
 4 Who comforteth us in all 
 our tribulation, that we may 
 be able to comfort them which 
 are in any trouble, by the com- 
 fort wherewith we ourselves are 
 comforted of God. 
 
 5 For as the sufierings of 
 Chiist abound in us, so our 
 consolation also aboundeth by 
 Christ. 
 
 6 And whether we be afflicted, 
 it is for your consolation and 
 salvation, which is efiectual in 
 the enduring of the same suf- 
 ferings which we also sufier : 
 or whether we be comforted, 
 it is for your consolation and 
 salvation. 
 
 7 And oiu- hope of you is 
 stedfast, knowing, that as ye 
 are partakers of the sufierings, 
 so shall ye he also of the con- 
 solation. 
 
PauCs shicerUy 
 
 8 For we would not, brethren, 
 have yon ignorant of our trouble 
 which came to us in Asia, that 
 we were pressed out of measure, 
 above strength, insomuch that 
 we despaired even of life : 
 
 9 But we had the sentence 
 of death in ourselves, that we 
 should not trust in oiu-selves, 
 but in God which raiseth the 
 dead: 
 
 10 Who delivered us from so 
 great a death, and doth deliver 
 in whom we trust that he will 
 yet deliver ?y^ 
 
 II. COEINTHIANS. II. 
 
 and Silvanus and Timotheus, 
 was not ye.a and nay, but in 
 him was yea. 
 
 20 For all the promises of 
 God in him are yea, and in 
 him Amen, unto the glory of 
 God by us. 
 
 21 Now he which stablisheth 
 us with you in Christ, and hath 
 anointed us, is God ; 
 
 22 Who hath also sealed us, 
 , and given the earnest of the 
 : I Spirit in our hearts. 
 
 23 Moreover I call God for a 
 record upon my soul, that to 
 
 11 Ye also helping together by | spare you I came not as yet 
 
 prayer for us, that for the gift 
 hestoived upon us by the means 
 of many persons thanks may be 
 given by many on our behalf. 
 
 12 For om' rejoicing is this, the 
 testimony of our conscience, 
 that in simplicity and godly 
 sincerity, not with fleshly wis- 
 dom, but by the grace of God, 
 we have had our conversation 
 in the world, and more abun- 
 dantly to you-ward. 
 
 13 For we write none other 
 things unto you, than what 
 ye read or acknowledge ; and 
 I trust ye shall aclaiowledge 
 even to the end ; 
 
 14 As also ye have acknowledg- 
 
 unto Corinth. 
 
 24 Not for that we have do- 
 minion over yoiu: faith, but 
 are helpers of your joy : for by 
 faith ye stand. 
 
 CHAPTER XL 
 
 1 Having shewed the reason why he name 
 not to thein, 6 he requireth them to for- 
 give and to comfort that excommvmU 
 cated person, 10 even as himself also 
 lopon his true rej^entance had forgiven 
 him, 12 declaring ^uithal why he de-w 
 parted from Troas to Macedonia, 14 J 
 and the happy success which God gave 1 
 to his preaching in all places. 
 
 BUT I determined this with! 
 myself, that I would not! 
 come again to you ia heaviness. 
 2 For if I make you sorry, 
 ed us in part, that we are your re- who is he then that maketh 
 joicing, even as ye also are our's me glad, but the same which 
 in the day of the Lord Jesus. \ is made sorry by me? 
 
 15 And in this confidence 1 ' 3 And I wrote this same unto 
 was minded to come unto you you, lest, when I came, I should 
 before, that ye might have a have sorrow fi^om them of 
 second benefit ; | whom I ought to rejoice ; hav- 
 
 16 And to pass by you into ing confidence in you all, that 
 
 Macedonia, and to come again 
 out of Macedonia unto you, 
 and of you to be brought on 
 my way toward Judeea. 
 
 17 When I therefore was thus 
 minded, did I use lightness? 
 or the things that I purpose, do 
 I pm'pose according to the flesh, 
 that with me there should be 
 yea yea, and nay nay ? 
 
 18 But as God is true, our word 
 toward you was not yea and nay. 
 
 19 For the Son of God, Je- 
 sus Christ, who was preached 
 among you by us, evert by me 
 
 my joy is the joy of you all. 
 
 4 For out of much afiiiction 
 and anguish of heart I wrote 
 unto you with many tears ; not 
 that ye should be grieved, but 
 that ye might know the love 
 which I have more abundantly 
 unto you. 
 
 5 But if any have caused grief, 
 he hath not grieved me, but 
 in part : that I may not over- 
 charge you all. 
 
 6 Suificient to such a man is 
 this punishment, which was in- 
 fiicted of many. 
 
0/ tlie gospel 
 
 n. COBINTHIAI^S, III. 
 
 ministratim. 
 
 7 So that contrariwise ye ought 
 rather to forgive him, and com- 
 fort him, lest perhaps such a 
 one should be swallowed up 
 with overmuch sorrow. 
 
 8 Wherefore I beseech you 
 that ye would confirm f/our 
 love toward him 
 
 9 For to this end also did I 
 write, that I might know the 
 proof of you, whether ye be 
 obedient in all things. 
 
 10 To whom ye forgive any 
 thing, I forgive also : for if I 
 forgave any thing, to whom I 
 forgave it, for your sakes for- 
 gave I it in the person of Christ ; 
 
 11 Lest Satan should get an 
 advantage of us : for we are not 
 ignorant of his devices. 
 
 12 Furthermore, when I came 
 to Trcas to preach Christ's 
 gospel, and a door was opened 
 unto me of the Lord, 
 
 13 I had no rest in my spirit, 
 because I found not Titus my 
 brother : but taking my leave 
 of them, I went from thence 
 into Macedonia. 
 
 14 Now thanks be unto God, 
 which always causeth us to 
 triumph in Chiist, and mak- 
 eth manifest the savour of his 
 knowledge by us in every place. 
 
 15 For we are unto God a 
 sweet savour of Christ, in them 
 that are saved, and in them 
 that perish : 
 
 16 To the one we are the sa- 
 vour of death unto death ; and 
 to the other the savour of life 
 unto life. And who is suffi- 
 cient for these things ? 
 
 17 For we are not as many, 
 which corrupt the word of God : 
 but as of sincerityj but as of 
 God, in the sight of God speak 
 we in Christ. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 Lest their false teachers should charge 
 Mm with vainglory, he sheweth the faith 
 and graces of the Corinthians to he a 
 suffitient commendation of his minist7'y. 
 a Whereupon entering a com,2}ariso7i 
 between the ministers of the law and of 
 the gospel, 12 hejyt'oveth that his minis- 
 try is so far the more excellent, as the 
 gospel of life and liberty is more glo- 
 rious than the law of condemnation' 
 
 DO we begin again to com- 
 mend ourselves? or need 
 we, as some others, epistles of 
 commendation to you, or letters 
 of commendation fiom you ? 
 
 2 Ye are our epistle written in 
 our hearts, known and read of 
 all men : 
 
 3 Forasmuch as ye are mani- 
 festly declared to be the epistle 
 of Christ ministered by us, writ- 
 ten not with ink, but with the 
 Spirit of the living God; not 
 in tables of stone, but in fleshy 
 tables of the heart. 
 
 4 And such trust have v>'e 
 through Christ to God-waid : 
 
 5 Kot that w^e are sufficient of 
 om-selves to think any thing as 
 of ourselves ; but our sufficiency 
 is of God ; 
 
 6 Who also hath made us 
 able ministers of the new testa- 
 ment ; not of the letter, but of 
 the spirit : for the letter killeth, 
 but the spirit giveth life. 
 
 7 But if the ministration of 
 death, written and engraven in 
 stones, was glorious, so that 
 the children of Israel could 
 not stedfastly behold the face 
 of Moses for the glory of his 
 countenance ; which gloiY '^'^^ 
 to be done away : 
 
 8 How shall not the minis- 
 tration of the spirit be rather 
 glorious ? 
 
 9 For if the ministration of 
 condemnation he glory, much 
 more doth the ministration of 
 righteousness exceed in glory. 
 
 10 For even that which was 
 made gloriou^s had no glory in 
 this respect, by reason of the 
 glory that excelleth. 
 
 11 For if that which is done 
 away was glorious, much more 
 that which remaineth is glo- 
 rious. 
 
 12 Seeing then that we have 
 such hope, we use great plain- 
 ness of speech : 
 
 13 And not as Moses, which 
 put a vail over his face, that 
 the children of Israel could not 
 stedfastly look to the end of 
 that which is abolished : 
 
PauVs unweamd II. CORINTHIANS, lY. zeal and integnty. 
 
 14 But their minds v,'ere blind- 
 ed: for until this day remain- 
 eth the same vail untaken away 
 in the reading of the old testa- 
 ment ; which vail is done away 
 in Christ. 
 
 15 But even unto this day, 
 when Moses is read, the vail 
 is upon their heart. 
 
 16 Nevertheless when it shall 
 turn to the Lord, the vail shall 
 be taken away. 
 
 17 Now the Lord is that Spi- 
 rit : and where the Spirit of the 
 Lord is, there is liberty. 
 
 18 But we all, with open face 
 beholding as in a glass the gloiy 
 of the Lord, are changed into 
 the same image from glory to 
 
 ledge of the glory of God in 
 the face of Jesus Christ. 
 
 7 But we have this treasure ' 
 in earthen vessels, that the ex- 
 cellency of the power may be 
 of God, and not of us. 
 
 8 We are troubled on every 
 side, yet not distressed ; we are 
 periilexed, but not in despair ; 
 
 9 Persecuted, but not for- 
 saken ; cast down, but not de- 
 stroyed ; 
 
 10 Always bearing about in 
 the body the dying of the Lord 
 Jesus, that the life also of Jesus 
 might be made manifest in our 
 body. 
 
 11 For Ave which live are al- 
 vvay delivered unto death for 
 
 glory, even as by the Spirit of j Jesus' sake, that the life also 
 
 the Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 He declarefh how he hath used all sin- 
 ce^'ity and faithful diligence in j/reach- 
 ing the gospel, 7 and how the troubles 
 and persecutions which he daily en- 
 dured for the same did redound to the 
 praise of God's power, 12 to tJie benefit 
 of the church, 16 and to tJte apostle's 
 own eternal glory. 
 
 THEREFOEE seeing we 
 have this ministry, as we 
 have received mercy 
 not; 
 2 But have renounced the 
 
 of Jesus might be made mani- 
 fest in our mortal flesh. 
 
 12 So then death worketh in 
 us, but life in you. 
 
 13 We having the same spirit 
 of faith, accorduig as it is A\Tit- 
 ten, I believed, and therefore 
 have I spoken ; we also believe, 
 and therefore speak ; 
 
 14 Knowing that he which 
 raised up the Lord Jesus shall 
 
 Ave faint ; raise up us also by Jesus, and 
 shall present us Avith you. 
 
 15 For all things are for your 
 
 liidden thing's of dishonesty, | sakes, that the abundant grace 
 not AA'alking in craftiness, nor 
 handling the Avord of God de- 
 ceitfully ; but by manifestation 
 of the truth commending our- 
 selves to every man's conscience 
 in the sight of God. 
 
 3 But ii" our gospel be hid, it 
 is hid to them that are lost : 
 
 4 In whom the god of this 
 world hath blinded the minds 
 of them Avhich believe not, lest 
 the light of the glorious gospel 
 of Christ, who is the image of 
 God, should shine unto them. 
 
 5 For we preach not ourselves, 
 but Christ Jesus the Lord ; and 
 ourselves your serv^ants for Je- 
 sus' sake. 
 
 6 For God, who commanded 
 the light to shine out of dark- 
 ness, hath shined in our hearts, 
 to give the light of the know- 
 
 might tlirough the thanksgiv- 
 ing of many redound to the 
 glory of God. 
 
 16 For which cause Ave faint 
 not; but though our outward 
 man perish, yet the inward man 
 is reneAved day by day. 
 
 17 For our light affliction, 
 Avhich is but for a moment, 
 worketh for us a far more ex- 
 ceeding and eternal weight of 
 glory; 
 
 18 While we look not at the 
 things which are seen, but at 
 the things which are not seen : 
 for the things which are seen 
 are temporal; but the things 
 which are not seen are eternal. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 That in his assured hope of 'Immortal 
 glory, 9 and in expectance of it, and 
 of tJie general Judgment, Tie labour eth 
 
BisJiopeofa 
 
 to Tseep a good conscience, \2 not that 
 he may herein boast of himself, 14 hut 
 as one that, having received life fro^m 
 Christ, endeavoureth to live as a netv 
 creature to Christ only, 18 and by his 
 ministry of reconciliation to reconcile 
 others also in Christ to God. 
 
 FOR we know that if our 
 earthly house of this taber- 
 nacle were dissolved, we have 
 a building ol God, an house 
 not made with hands, eternal 
 in the heavens. 
 
 2 For in this we groan, ear- 
 nestly desiring to be clothed 
 upon with our house which is 
 from heaven ; 
 
 3 If so be that being clothed 
 we shall not be found naked. 
 
 4 For we that are in this taber- 
 nacle do groan, being burdened : 
 not for that we would be un- 
 clothed, but clothed upon, that 
 mortality might be swallowed 
 up of life. 
 
 5 Now he that hath wrought 
 us for the selfsame thing is 
 God, who also hath given unto 
 us the earnest of the Spirit. 
 
 6 Therefore we are always 
 confident, linowing that, whilst 
 
 are at home in the body, we 
 
 are absent from the Lord 
 
 7 (For we walk by faith, not 
 by sight :) 
 
 8 We are confident, I say., 
 and willing rather to be absent 
 from the body, and to be pre- 
 sent with the Lord. 
 
 9 Wherefore we labour, that, 
 whether present or absent, we 
 may be accepted of hun. 
 
 10 For we must all appear 
 before the judgment seat of 
 Christ; that every one may 
 receive the things done in his 
 body, according to that he hath 
 done, whether it be good or 
 bad. 
 
 11 Knowing therefore the terror 
 of the Lord, we persuade men ; 
 but we are made manifest unto 
 God ; and I trust also are made 
 manifest in yoiu- consciences. 
 
 12 For we commend not our- 
 selves again unto you, but give 
 you occasion to glory on our 
 behalf, that ye may haA'e some- 
 
 II. COEINTHIANS, Y. Umed immmidify. 
 
 what to answer them which 
 jlory in appearance, and not 
 in heart, 
 
 13 For whether we be l>eside 
 ourselves, it is to God : or whe- 
 ther we be sober, it is for your 
 cause. 
 
 14 For the love of Christ con- 
 straineth us ; because we thus 
 judge, that if one died for all, 
 then were all dead : 
 
 15 And that he died for a-11, 
 that they which live should 
 not henceforth live unto them- 
 selves, but unto him which died 
 for them, and rose again. 
 
 16 Wherefore henceforth know 
 we no man after the flesh : yea, 
 though we have Iniown Christ 
 after the flesh, yet now hence- 
 forth know we him no more. 
 
 17 Therefore if any man be in 
 Christ, he is a new creature : 
 old things are passed away; 
 behold, all things are become 
 new. 
 
 18 And all tiring s arg of God, 
 who hath reconciled us to him- 
 self by Jesus Christ, and hath 
 given to us the ministry of re- 
 conciliation ; 
 
 19 To wit, that God was in 
 Christ, reconciling the world 
 unto himself, not imputing 
 their trespasses unto them ; 
 and hath committed unto us 
 the word of reconciliation. 
 
 20 Now then we are ambassa- 
 dors for Christ, as though God 
 did beseech you by us : we 
 pray you hi Christ's stead, be. 
 ye reconciled to God. 
 
 21 For he hath made him_ to 
 be sin for us, who knew no sin ; 
 that we might be made the 
 righteousness of God in him. 
 
 CHAPTER YI. 
 
 1 TTiat he hath approved himself a fait7i- 
 ful minister of Christ, both by his ex- 
 hortations, 3 and by integrity of life, 4 
 and by patient enduring all Mnds of 
 affliction and disgraces for th-e gosjyel. 
 10 0/ which he speaJcetJi the more boldly 
 amongst them, because his heart is open 
 to them, 13 and he expectcth the like 
 affection from them again, 14 exh.ort- 
 ing to flee the society and pollutions of 
 idolaters, as being tJiemsehes temples 
 of the living God. 
 
FaaTsfaithMness II. CORINTHIANS. VII 
 
 WE then, as workers to- 
 gether with hirriy beseech 
 j/ou also that ye receive not the 
 grace of God in vain. 
 
 in Oie miniilry. 
 
 I>art hatli he that beh'evetli 
 uitli an infidel? 
 IG And what agreement hath 
 the temple of God with idols? 
 
 2 (For he saith, 1 have heard . for ye are the temple of the 
 thee in a time accepted, and in j living God ; as God hath said, I 
 the day of salvation have 1 sue- ; will dv.ell in them, and walk in 
 coured thee: behold, now 25 ; //iem ,• and I will be their God, 
 
 and tliey shall be my people. 
 17 Wlierefore come out from 
 among them, and be ye sepa- 
 rate, saith iha Lord, and touch 
 not the unclean thing ; and I 
 4 But in all things approving ; will receive yon, 
 ourselves as the ministei"s of; 18 And will be a Father unto 
 God, in much patience, in af- you, and ye shall be my sons 
 ilictions, in necessities, in dis- and daughters, saith the Lord 
 
 Almighty. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 1 ITe jyrocet'dcth in exhorting them to 
 jiurity of Vfe, 2 and to bear Mm like 
 affection as he doth to them. 3 Whereof 
 hst he might seem to doubt, he declar- 
 eth what comfort he took in his ajjlic- 
 tionSy by the report tvhich Titus gave 
 of their godly sorrow, which his former 
 epistle had wrought in them, 13 and 
 of their lovingkindncss and obedience 
 toicards Titus, answerable to his for- 
 Yiier boastings of them. 
 
 HAVING therefore these 
 l)romise8, dearly beloved, 
 let us cleanse ourselves from 
 all filthiness of the flesh and 
 si)irit, perlecting holiness in the 
 fear of God. 
 
 2 Receive us ; we have wrong- 
 ed no man, we have corrupted 
 no man, we have defrauded no 
 man. 
 
 3 I speak not this to condemn 
 pou: for 1 have said before, 
 that ye are in our hearts to die 
 and live witli you. 
 
 4 Great is my boldness of 
 speech tovard you, great 2*5' my 
 glorying of you : I am filled 
 with comfort, I am exceeding 
 joyful in all our tribulation. 
 
 5 For, when we were come 
 into Macedonia, our flesh had 
 no rest, but we were troubled 
 on eveiy side ; without were 
 fightings, within were fears. 
 
 6 Nevertheless God, that com- 
 forteth those that are cast down, 
 comforted us by the coming of 
 Titus; 
 
 7 And not by his coming only, 
 
 the accepted time ; beliold, now 
 i.s^ tlie day of salvation.) I 
 
 3 Giving no oflence in any ^ 
 thing, that the ministry be not | 
 blamed : 
 
 tresses, 
 
 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, j 
 in tumults, in labours, in watch- 
 in gs, in fastings; I 
 
 6 By pureness, by knowledge, ' 
 by longRuftering, by kindness, , 
 by the Holy Ghost, by love 
 unfeigned, 
 
 7 By tlie word of truth, by 
 the power of God, by the ar- 
 mour of righteousness on the 
 right hand and on the left, 
 
 8 By honour and dishonour, 
 by evil report and good report : 
 as deceivers, and yet true ; 
 
 9 xVs unknown, and yet well 
 known ; as dying, and, behold, 
 we live ; as chastened, and not 
 killed; 
 
 10 As sorrowful, j^et alway re- 
 joicing; as poor, yet making 
 many rich; as having nothing, 
 and yet possessing all things. 
 
 11 O ye Corinthians, onr 
 mouth is open unto you, our 
 heart is enlarged. 
 
 12 Ye are not straitened in us, 
 but ye are straitened in your 
 own bowels. 
 
 13 Now for a recompence in 
 the same, (I speak as unto my 
 childien.) be ye also enlarged. 
 
 14 Be ye not unequally yoked 
 together with unbelievers : for 
 what fellowship hath righteous- 
 ness with unrighteousness ? and 
 what comm union hath light 
 with darkness ? 
 
 15 And what concord hath 
 Christ with Belial? or what 
 
TJie gcod effect IL COEINTHIA]S"S, VIII. of godly scnrcw. 
 
 but by the consolation where- 
 Tvith he was comforted in you, 
 when he told ns your earnest 
 desire, your mourning, your 
 tervent mind toward me; so 
 that I rejoiced the more. 
 
 8 For though I made you sorry 
 with a letter, I do not repent, 
 thoi:igh I did repent : for I per- 
 ceive that the same epistle hath 
 
 . made you sorry, though it were 
 but for a s^,son. 
 
 9 Now I rejoice, not that ye 
 were made soiTy, but that ye 
 sorrowed to repentance : for ye 
 wei-e made sony after a godly 
 manner, that ye might receive 
 damage by us in nothing. 
 
 10 For godly sorrow worketh 
 repentance to salvation not to 
 
 ! be repented of: but the sorrow 
 ; of the world worketh death. 
 I 11 For behold this selfsame 
 , thing, that ye sorrowed after 
 , a godly soit, what carefulness 
 ' it wrought in you, yea, what 
 
 clearing of yourselves, y^, 
 I what iridigTation, yea, what 
 
 fear, yea, what \ehement de- 
 1 she, yea, what zeal, yea, what 
 
 revenge ! In all things ye have 
 
 approved yourselves to be clear 
 I in this matter. 
 
 12 Wherefore, though I wrote 
 ^ unto you, I did it not for his 
 
 ' cause that had done the wrong, 
 nor for his cau-se that suffered 
 wrong, but that our care for 
 you in the sight of God might 
 appear unto you. 
 
 13 Therefore we were comfort- 
 ! ed in your comfort: yea, and 
 I exceedingly the more joyed we 
 
 for the joy of Titus, because his 
 spirit was refreshed by you all. 
 
 14 For if I have boasted any 
 ' thing to him of you, I am not 
 
 ashamed; but as we spake all 
 things to you in ti'uth, even so 
 oiu boasting, which I made be- 
 ! fore Titus, is found a truth. 
 
 15 And his inward affection 
 is more abundant toward you, 
 whilst he remembereth the obe- 
 
 ' dience of you all, how with fear 
 - and trembKng ye received him. 
 1 16 I rejoice therefore that I 
 
 have confidence in you in all 
 things, 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 1 He stiTreth. thetn up to a liberal contrU 
 button for tliepoor saints at Jerusalenn, 
 by the eooample of the Macedonians, 7 
 by coTiimendation of their foriner f<yi^' 
 wardness, Q by the example of ChHst, 
 14 and by the spiritual pyrofit tJiat shall 
 redound to tliemselves thereby : 16 cotjv- 
 ■mending to them the integrity a'iid 
 willingness of Titus, and those other 
 bi'ethren, who upon his request, exhor- 
 tation, and coonmendatlon, xvere pur- 
 come to them for this business. 
 
 MOREOVEK, brethren, 
 we do you to wit of the 
 grace of God bestowed on the 
 churches of Macedonia ; 
 
 2 How that in a great trial 
 of affliction the abundance of 
 their joy and their deep po- 
 verty abounded unto the riches 
 of their libemlity. 
 
 3 For to their power, I bear 
 record, yea, and beyond their 
 power thei/ were willing of 
 themseh-es ; 
 
 4 Pmying us with much in- 
 treaty that we would receive 
 the gift, and take upon us the 
 fellowship of the ministeriag to 
 the saints. 
 
 5 And this they did, not as 
 we hoped, bat fiist gave their 
 own selves to the Lord, and 
 unto us by the will of God. 
 
 6 Insomuch that we desired 
 Titus, that as he had begun, 
 so he would also finish in you 
 the same grace also. 
 
 7 Therefore, as ye abound in 
 every thing, in faith, and ut- 
 terance, and knowledge, and 
 in all diligence, and in your 
 love to us, see that ye abound 
 in this grace also. 
 
 8 I speak not by command- 
 ment, but by occasion of the 
 forwardness of others, and to 
 prove the sincerity of your love. 
 
 9 For ye know the grace of 
 our Lord Jesus Chiist, that, 
 though he was rich, yet for 
 your sakes he became poor, 
 that j^e through his poverty 
 might be rich. 
 
 10 And herein I give my ad- 
 vice : for this is expedient for 
 
 3K 
 
PatU exhortern II. CORINTHIAJSTS, IX. 
 
 you, who hare begun before, 
 not only to do, but also to be 
 fonvard a year ago. 
 
 11 Now therefore perform the 
 doing of it; that as there was 
 a readiness to will, so there 
 may he a performance also out 
 of that which ye have. 
 
 12 For if there be first a will- 
 ing mind, it is accepted accord- 
 ing to that a man hath, and not 
 according to that he hath not. 
 
 13 For / mean not that other 
 men be eased, and yo bur- 
 dened : 
 
 14 But by an equality, that 
 now at this time your abun- 
 dance may be a sapply for their 
 want, that their abmidance also 
 may be a supply for your want : 
 tliat there may be equality : 
 
 15 As it is written, He that 
 had gathered much had no- 
 thing over; and ho that had 
 gathered little had no lack. 
 
 16 But thanks be to God, 
 which put the same earnest j 
 care into the heart of Titus 
 for you. j 
 
 17 For indeed he accepted the 
 exhortation ; but being more 
 forward, of his own accord he 
 went unto you. | 
 
 18 And we have sent with Iiim 
 the brother, whose praise is in ! 
 the gospel tliroughout all the \ 
 churches ; 
 
 19 And not that only, but 
 who was also chosen of the 
 chiu*ches to travel with us with 
 this grace, which is adminis- 
 tered by us to the glory of the 
 same Lord, and declaration of 
 yom- ready mind : 
 
 20 Avoiding this, that no man 
 should blame us in this abun- 
 dance which is administered 
 by us : | 
 
 21 Providing for honest things, ; 
 not only in the sight of the ' 
 Lord, but also in the sight of 
 men. 
 
 22 And we have sent with 
 them our brother, whom we 
 have oftentimes proved dili- 
 gent in many things, but now 
 much more diligent, upon the 
 
 to Iibenilt'ly 
 
 great confidence wliich I have 
 in you. 
 
 23 Whether any do em/uire 
 of Titus, he is my partner and 
 fellowhelper conceniing you : 
 or our brethren be enquired 
 of^ they are the messengers ol 
 the chiu-ches, and the glory of 
 Christ. 
 
 24 Wherefore shew ye to them, 
 and before the churches, the 
 proof of your love, and of our 
 boasting on your behalf. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 1 He yieldeth the reason wlin, 171011^71 he 
 knew their furwarthtess, yet he sent 
 Titiis and Jtis bi-ethren beforehand. 6 
 A nd he proceedeth in stirring them up 
 to a bountiful alms, a3 being but a 
 kind of sowing of seed, 10 which shall 
 return a great increasp. to them, \3and 
 occasion a great sacrifice of thanksgiv- 
 ings unto God. 
 
 FOR as touching the minis- 
 teruig U) the saints, it is 
 superfluous for me to v/rite to 
 you: 
 
 2 For I know the forward- 
 ness of your mind, for which 
 I boast of you to them of Ma- 
 cedonia, that Achaia was ready 
 a year ago; and your zeal hath 
 provoked very many. 
 
 3 Yet have I sent the bre- 
 thren, lest our boasting of you 
 should be in vain in this be- 
 half; that, as I said, ye may 
 be ready : 
 
 4 Lest haply if tliey of Ma- 
 cedonia come with me, and 
 find you unprepared, we (that 
 we say not, ye) should be 
 ashamed in tins same confi- 
 dent boasting. 
 
 5 Therefore 1 thought it ne- 
 cessary to exhort the brethren, 
 that they would go before unto 
 you, and make up beforehand 
 your bomity, whereof ye had 
 notice before, that the same 
 might be ready, as a matter of 
 bounty, and not as of covet- 
 ousness. 
 
 6 But this I say^ He which 
 soweth sparingly shall reap also 
 sparingly; and he which sow- 
 eth bountifully shall reap also 
 bountifully. 
 
and ahnsgiving. II. CORINTHIANS, X. His Si)Mu-cd poicer. 
 
 7 Every man according as he 
 purposeth in his heart, so let 
 him give; not grudgingly, or 
 of necessity : for God loveth a 
 cheerful giver. 
 
 8 And God is able to make 
 all grace abound toward you; 
 that ye, always having all suf- 
 ficiency in all things, may 
 abound to every good work : 
 
 9 (As it is written, He hath 
 dispersed abroad; he hath given 
 to the poor : his righteousness 
 remaineth for ever, 
 
 10 Now he that ministereth 
 seed to the sower both minister 
 bread for your food, and mul- 
 tiply your seed sown, 8.nd in- 
 crease the fruits of yom* right- 
 eousness ;) 
 
 11 Being enriched in every 
 thing to all bountifulness, 
 which causeth through us 
 thanksgiving to God. 
 
 12 For the administration of 
 
 but being absent am bold to- 
 ward you : 
 
 2 But I beseech yoic^ that I 
 may not be bold when I am 
 present with that confidence, 
 wherewith I think to be bold 
 against some, which think of 
 us as if we walked according 
 to the flesh. 
 
 3 For though we walk in the 
 flesh, we do not war after the 
 flesh: 
 
 4 (For the weapons of our war- 
 fare are not carnal, but mighty 
 thi'ough God to the pnlling 
 down of strong holds ;) 
 
 5 Casting down imaginations, 
 and every high thing that ex- 
 alteth itself against the know- 
 ledge of God, and bringing into 
 captivity every thought to the 
 obedience of Christ ; 
 
 6 And having in a readiness 
 to revenge all disobedience, 
 when yoiu- obedience is ful- 
 
 this service not only supplieth | filled, 
 the want of the saints, but is ; 7 Do ye look on things after 
 abundant also by many thanks- | the outward appearance ? If 
 givings unto God ; | any man trust to himself that 
 
 13 Whiles by the experiment : he is Christ's, let him of him- 
 of this ministration they glo- i self think this again, that, as 
 rify God for your professed sub- | he is Chi'ist's, even so are we 
 jectionrmtothe gospel of Christ, Christ's. 
 
 and for your liberal distribu- | 8 For though I should boast 
 tion unto them, and unto all somewhat more of our autho- 
 rity, which the Lord hath given 
 ■us for edification, and not for 
 
 men; 
 
 14 And by their prayer for 
 you, which long after you for 
 the exceeding grace of God in 
 you. 
 
 15 Thanks he mito God for his 
 unspeakable gift. 
 
 CHAPTEH X 
 
 Against flie false apostles, who disgraced 
 the weakness of his person and bodily 
 presence, he setteth out the spiritual 
 might and authority, with which he is 
 armed against all adversary powers, 
 7 assv/ring them that at his combing he 
 will be found as mighty in word, as he 
 is notv in writing being absent, 12 and 
 withal taxing tJiem for reaching out 
 themselves beyond their compass, and 
 vaunting themselves into other men's 
 labours. 
 
 NOW I Paul myself beseech 
 you by the meelmess and 
 gentleness of Christ, who in 
 presence am base among j^ou, 
 
 your destruction, I should not 
 be ashamed : 
 
 9 That I may not seern as if 
 I would terrify you by let- 
 ters. 
 
 10 For his letters, say they, 
 are weighty and powerful ; but 
 his bodily presence is weak, 
 and his speech contemptible. 
 
 11 Let such an one think this, 
 that, such as we are in word 
 by letters when we are absent, 
 such IV ill we he also in deed 
 when we are present. 
 
 12 For we dare not make our- 
 selves of the number, or com- 
 pare ourselves with some that 
 commend themselves : but they 
 measuring themselves by them- 
 selves, and comparing them- 
 
 3K2 
 
are 
 
 Paul exmseth II. CORINTHIANS, XI. his selfhcasling. 
 
 4 For if he that cometh pieach- 
 eth another Jesus, wliom ue 
 liave not preaclied. or ifyfi re- 
 ceive another spirit, which ye 
 have not received, or another 
 gospel, which ye have not ac- 
 cepted, ye might well bear with 
 him. 
 
 5 For I Biippoee I was not a 
 whit behhid the very chielcst 
 apostles. 
 
 6 But though I he rude in 
 speech, yet not in knowledtre; 
 but we have been throughly 
 made manliest among you in 
 all things. 
 
 7 Have I committed an of- 
 fence in abasing myself that 
 ye might be exalted, because 
 I have preached to you the 
 gospel of God freely? 
 
 8 I robbed other churches, 
 taking wages of them, to do 
 you seiTice. 
 
 9 And when I was present 
 with you, and wanted, 1 was 
 chargeable to no man : for that 
 which was lacking to me the 
 brethren which came from Ma- 
 cedonia supplied : and in all 
 things I have kej^t myself liom 
 being burdensome unto you, 
 and so will I keep myse-f- 
 
 10 As the truth of (Jluist is in 
 me, no man shall stop me of 
 this boasting in the regions of 
 Achaia. 
 
 11 Wherefore? because I love 
 you not? God knoweth. 
 
 12 But what I do, that I will 
 do, that I may cut off occasion 
 from them wliich desire occa- 
 sion ; that wherein they gloiy, 
 they may be fomid even as we. 
 
 13 For such are false apostles, 
 deceitful workers, transforming 
 themselves into the apostles of 
 Christ. 
 
 14 And no marvel; for Satan 
 himself is transformed into an 
 angel of light. 
 
 15 Therefore it is no great 
 thing if his ministers also be 
 transformed as the ministers of 
 righteousness ; whose end shall 
 be according to their works. 
 
 16 I say again, Let no man 
 
 selves among themselves, 
 not wise. 
 
 13 But we will not boast of 
 tilings without our measure, 
 but according to the measure 
 of the rule which God hath 
 distributed to us, a measm-e to 
 reach even unto you. 
 
 14 For we stretch not our- 
 selves beyond our measure as 
 though we reached not unto 
 you : for we are come as far 
 as to you also in preaching^ the 
 gospel of Christ : 
 
 15 Not boasting of things 
 without our measure, that is^ 
 of other men's labours ; but 
 having hope, when your faith 
 is increased, tliat we shall be 
 enlarged by you according to 
 our rule abundantly, 
 
 16 To i)reach the gospel in the 
 regions beyond you, and not to 
 boast in another man's line of 
 things made ready to our hand. 
 
 17 But he that glorieth, let 
 him glory in the Lord. 
 
 18 For not he that commend- 
 eth himself is approved, but 
 whom the Lord commendeth. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 1 Out of his jealousy over the Corin- 
 thians, tvho seemed to make more ac- 
 count of the false apostles than of him, 
 he entereth into a forced commenda- 
 tion of himself, 5 of his equality with 
 the chief apostles, 7 of his p^'eaching the 
 ijospel to them freely, and without any 
 their charge, 13 shewing that he was 
 not inferior to those deceitful workers 
 in any legal prerogative, 23 and in 
 the service of Christ, and in all kind 
 of svfferings for his ministry, far su- 
 perioi'. 
 
 WOULD to God ye could 
 bear with me a little in 
 my folly : and indeed bear with 
 me. 
 
 2 For I am jealous over you 
 with godly jealousy : for I have 
 espoused you to one husband, 
 that I may present you as a 
 chaste vu'gin to Christ. 
 
 3 But I fear, lest by any 
 means, as the serpent beguiled 
 Eve through his subtilty, so 
 your minds should be corrupt- 
 ed from the simplicity that is 
 in Christ. 
 
His sufferings 
 
 think me a fool ; if otherwise, 
 yet as a fool receive me, that 
 I may boast myseli" a little. 
 
 17 That which I speak, 1 
 speak it not after the Lord, 
 but as it were foolishly, in this 
 confidence of boasting. 
 
 18 Seeing that many glory af- 
 ter the flesh, I will glory also. 
 
 19 For ye suffer fools gladly, 
 seeing ye yourselves are wise. 
 
 20 For ye suffer, if a man 
 bring you into bondage, if a 
 man devour ^ou, if a man take 
 of you, if a man exalt himself, 
 if a man smite you on the face. 
 
 21 I speak as concerning re- 
 proach, as though we had been 
 weak. Howbeit whereinsoever 
 any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) 
 I am bold also. 
 
 22 Are they Hebrews? so am 
 I. Are they Israelites? so am I. 
 Are they the seed of Abraham ? 
 so am I. 
 
 23 Are they ministers of 
 Christ? (I speak as a fool) I 
 am more; in labours more 
 abundant, in stripes above mea- 
 sure, in prisons more frequent, 
 in deaths oft. 
 
 24 Of the Jews five times re- 
 ceived I forty stripes save one. 
 
 25 Thrice was I beaten with 
 rods, once was I stoned, thrice 
 1 suffered shipwreck, a night 
 and a day I have been in the 
 deep; 
 
 26 In journeyings often, in 
 perils of waters, in perils of 
 robbers, in perils by mine own 
 countrymen, in perils by the 
 heathen, in perils in the city, 
 in perils in the wilderness, in 
 perils in the sea, in perils 
 among false brethren ; 
 
 27 In weariness and painful- 
 ness, in watchings often, in 
 hunger and thirst, in fastings 
 often, in cold and nakedness. 
 
 28 Beside those things that 
 are without, that which cometh 
 upon me daily, the care of all 
 the churches. 
 
 29 Who is weak, and I am not 
 "weak? who is offended, and I 
 biirn not? 
 
 II. CORINTHIANS, XII. and revelations. 
 
 30 If I must needs glory, I 
 will glory of the things w^iich 
 concern mine infirmities. 
 
 31 The God and Father of 
 our Lord Jesus Christ, which 
 is blessed for evermore, know- 
 eth that I lie not. 
 
 32 In Damascus the governor 
 under Aretas the king kept the 
 city of the Damascenes with a 
 garrison, desirous to apprehend 
 me: 
 
 33 And through a window in 
 a basket \^^as I let down by the 
 wall, and escaped his hands. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 1 For comonending of Ms apostleship, 
 though he might glory of his tvonderful 
 revelations, 9 yet he rather ehooseth to 
 glory of his infirmities, l\ blaming 
 them for forcing hitn to this vain boast- 
 ing. 14 He prom,iseth to come to them, 
 again: but yet altogether in the affec- 
 tion of a father, 20 although he feareth 
 he shall to his grief find many offend- 
 ers, and publick disorders there. 
 
 IT is not expedient for me 
 doubtless to glory. I v/ill 
 come to visions and revelations 
 of the Lord. 
 
 2 I knew a man in Christ above 
 fourteen years ago, (whether 
 in the body, I cannot tell; or 
 whether out of the body, I can- 
 not tell: God know^eth;) such 
 an one caught up to the third 
 heaven. 
 
 3 And I knew such a man, 
 (whether in the body, or out 
 of the body, I cannot tell : God 
 loioweth ;) 
 
 4 How that he was caught up 
 into paradise, and heard un- 
 speakable words, which it is 
 not lawful for a man to utter. 
 
 5 Of such an one will I glory : 
 yet of myself I will not glory, 
 but in mine infirmities. 
 
 6 For though I would desire 
 to glory, I shall not be a fool ; 
 for I will say the truth: but 
 now I forbear, lest any man 
 should think of me above that 
 which he seeth me to he, or 
 that he heareth of me. 
 
 7 And lest I should be exalt- 
 ed above measure through the 
 abundance of the revelations, 
 there was given to me a thorn 
 
Paul oJcrdeth II. CORINTHIANS, XIII. ia his infirmiiies. 
 
 in the flesli, the messeno-er of- 19 Again, tliink ye that we 
 Satan to bimet me, lest I should excuse ourselves unto you ? we 
 
 he exalted above measure. 
 
 speak before Uod in Christ: 
 
 8 For this thing I besought i but ice do all things, dearly 
 the Lord tluice, that it might I beloved, lor your edifying. 
 
 depart fiom me. | 
 
 9 And he paid unto me, My j 
 grace is sufficient for thee : for | 
 my strengtli is made ])eiiect in 1 
 wcalvness. Most gladly there- 
 fore will I rather glory in my | 
 inlirmities, that the power of 
 Clirist may rest upon me. 
 
 10 Therefore I take pleasure 
 in infirmities, in reproaches, in 
 necessities, in pei-secutions, in 
 distresses lor Christ's sake : for 
 •when I am weak, then am I 
 strong. 
 
 11 I am become a fool in 
 glorying; ye have compelled 
 me : for I ought to have been 
 commended of you : for in 
 nothing am I behind the very 
 chieiest apostles, though I be 
 nothing. 
 
 12 Truly the signs of an apostle 
 were wrought among you in all 
 patience, in sign.s, and wonders, 
 and mighty deeds. 
 
 13 For what is it wherein j-e 
 were inferior to other churches, 
 except it he that I myself was : 
 not burdensome to you? forgive 
 me this vrrong. 
 
 14 Behold, the third time I 
 am ready to come to you ; and | 
 I will not be burdensome to ; 
 you : for 1 seek not your's, but 
 you : for the children ought not 
 to lay up for the parents, but 
 the parents for the cliildien. 
 
 15 And I will very gladly 
 spend and be spent for you; 
 though the more abundantly 1 
 love you, the less I be loved. 
 
 16 But be it so, I did not bur- 
 den you : nevertheless, being 
 crafty, I caught you with guile. 
 
 17 Did I make a gain of you 
 by any of them whom I sent 
 unto you? 
 
 18 I desired Titus, and with 
 him I sent a brother. Did Titus 
 make a gain of you ? walked we 
 not in the same spirit? walked 
 ive net in the same steps ? 
 
 20 For I fisar, lest, when I 
 come, I slmll not find you such 
 as I would, and that 1 shall 
 be found unto you such as ye 
 would not: lest there he de- 
 bates, envyings, wraths, strifes, 
 backbitings, -wliisp^erings, swell- 
 ings, timudts : 
 
 21 And lest, when I come 
 again, my God will humble me 
 among you, and that I shall be- 
 wail many which have sinned 
 already, and have not repented 
 of the unclean ness and fornica- 
 tion and lasciviousness which 
 they have committed. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 1 He tJireateneth severity, and the power 
 of his ajwstlcsJdj) against obstinate sin- 
 ners. 5 And udiising them to a trial 
 of their faith, 7 and to a reformation 
 of their sins before liis coming, 1 1 he 
 concludeth his ejnstle witJi a general 
 exJiortation and a prayer. 
 
 THIS is the third lime I am 
 coming to you. In the 
 mouth of two or three wit- 
 nesses shall every word be es- 
 tablished. 
 
 2 I told you before, and fore- 
 tell you, as if I were present, 
 the second time ; and being ab- 
 sent now I write to them which 
 heretofore have sinned, and to 
 all other, that, if I come again, 
 I will not spare : 
 
 3 Since ye seek a proof of 
 Chiist speaking in me, which 
 to you-ward is not weak, but 
 is mighty in you. 
 
 4 For though he was craciiied 
 through weakness, yet he livetb 
 by the power of God. For we 
 also are weak in him, but we 
 shall live with him by the 
 power of God toward you. 
 
 5 Examine yourselves, whe- - 
 ther ye be in the faith; prove 
 your own selves. Know ye not 
 yoiu" own selves, how that Jesus 
 Chiist is in you, except ye be 
 reprobates ? 
 
 6 But I trust that ye shall 
 
PauCs dodiins 
 
 OALATIAl^S, I, 
 
 Imow that Vv^ ar=e not mpro- 
 bates. 
 
 7 Now I pray to God tliat ye 
 do no evil ; not tliat we slioiild 
 appear approved, but that ye 
 fehould do that which is honest, 
 though we be as repi-obates. 
 
 8 For ^Ye can do notliing 
 against the truth, but for the 
 truth. 
 
 9 For we are glad, when we 
 are v^eak, and ye are strong: 
 and this also we wish, even 
 your perfection. 
 
 10 Therefore I vvTite these 
 things being absent, lest being 
 present I should use sharpness, 
 according to the power which 
 the Lord hath given me to 
 
 fwt from man, 
 
 edification, and not to destruc- 
 tion. 
 
 11 Finally, bretln-en, fere well. 
 Be perfect, be of good comfort, 
 be of one mind, live in peace ; 
 and the God of love and peace 
 shall be with you. 
 
 12 Greet one another with an 
 holy kiss. 
 
 13 All the saints salute you. 
 
 14 The gi-ace of the Lord Jesus 
 Christ, and the love of God, 
 and the communion of the 
 Holy Ghod:, be with you all. 
 Amen. 
 
 ^ The second epistle to the Co- 
 rinthians was written from PJai- 
 iippi, a city of Macedonia, by 
 Titus and Lucas. 
 
 THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE 
 
 GALATIANS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 6 He mondereth that th&y have so soon 
 left hhn and the gospel, 8 and accurseth 
 Chose that jx-eadi any other gospel than 
 he did. 11 Be leaa^ned tJie goejyel not 
 of men, but of God : 14 and sheweth 
 
 , what he was before his calling, 17 Q,'i^d 
 what he did pi^esently after it. 
 
 PAUL, an apostfe, <not of 
 men, neitlier by man, but 
 by Jesus Christ, and God the, 
 Father, who raised him ^om' 
 the dead ;) 
 
 2 And all the brethren which 
 are with me, unto the churches 
 of Galatia : 
 
 3 Grace be to you and peace 
 from God the Father, and/rom 
 our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 
 4 Who gave himself for our 
 sins, that he might deliver us 
 from this present evil world, 
 according to the will of God 
 and our Father : 
 
 5 To whom be glory for ever 
 and ever. Amen, 
 
 6 I marvel that ye are so soon 
 removed li-om him that called 
 you into the grace of Christ 
 unto another gospel : 
 
 7 Which is not another; but 
 there be some that trouble you, 
 and would pervert the gospel of 
 Christ. 
 
 8 But though we, or an angel 
 from heaven, pi^ach any other 
 gospel unto you than that 
 which we have preached unto 
 you, let him be accursed. 
 
 9 As we said before, so say I 
 now again. If any man preach 
 any otlier gospel unto you than 
 that ye have received, let him 
 be accursed. 
 
 10 For do I now persuade men, 
 or God? or do I seek to please 
 men? for if I yet pleased men, 
 I should not be the servant of 
 Chilst. 
 
 11 But I certify you, brethi^en, 
 that the gospel which was 
 preached of me is not after man. 
 
 12 For I neither received it of 
 man, neither was I taught it, 
 but by the revelation of Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 13 For ye have heard of my 
 convei-sation in time past in 
 the Jews* religion, how that be- 
 yond measure I persecuted the 
 church of God, and wasted it : 
 
 14 And profited in the Jews* 
 religion above many my equals 
 in mine OAvn ration, being more 
 exceedingly zealous of the tra- 
 
 j ditions of my fathers. 
 
 I 15 But when it pleased God, 
 
Paul sJieweth irliy 
 
 who separated me from my 
 mother's womb, and called me 
 by his grace, 
 
 16 To reveal his Son in me, 
 that I might r)reach him a- 
 mong the heathen; immedi- 
 ately I conferred not with flesh 
 and blood : 
 
 17 Neither went I up to Je- 
 rusalem to them which were 
 apostles before me ; but I went 
 into Arabia, and returned again 
 unto Damascus. 
 
 18 Then aiter three years I 
 went up to Jerusalem to see 
 Peter, and abode with him 
 fifteen days. 
 
 19 But other of the apostles 
 saw I none, save James the 
 Lord's brotlier. 
 
 20 Now the things which I 
 write unto you, behold, before 
 God, I lie not. 
 
 21 Afterwards I came into the 
 regions of Syria and Cilicia ; 
 
 22 And was unkno'svTi by face 
 
 GALATIANS, II. U werd to Jei-usalem. 
 
 4 And that because of false 
 bretliren unawares brought in, 
 who came in privily to spy out 
 our liberty which we have in 
 Christ Jesus, that they might 
 bring us into bondage : 
 
 5 To whom we gave place by 
 subjection, no, not for an hour ; 
 that the truth of the gospel 
 might continue with you. 
 
 6 But of these who seemed to 
 be somewhat, (whatsoever they 
 were, it maketh no matter to 
 me : God accepteth no man's 
 person :) for they who seemed 
 to be somewhat in conference 
 added nothing to me : 
 
 7 But contrariwise, when they 
 saw that the gospel of the un- 
 circumcision was committed 
 unto me, as the gospel of the 
 circumcision was unto Peter ; 
 
 8 (For he that Avrought effec- 
 tually in Peter to the apostle- 
 ship of the circumcision, the 
 same was mighty in me toward 
 
 nnto the chiuches of Judaea ! the Gentiles :) 
 
 which were in Christ : 
 
 23 But tliey had heard only. 
 That he wliich persecuted us in 
 times past now preacheth the 
 faith which once he destroyed. 
 
 24 And they glorified God in 
 me. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 1 JTe sheweth when he went up affain to 
 Jerusalem, and for what purpose : 3 
 and that 2^ttis was not circumciseti : 
 1 1 owd that he resisted Peter, and told 
 Mm the reason, 14 why he a'»id other, 
 being Jews, do believe in Christ to be 
 Justified bij faith, and not by works: 20 
 and that they live not in sin, who are 
 so justified. 
 
 THEN fourteen years after 
 I went up again to Jeru- 
 salem with Barnabas, and took 
 Titus with me also. 
 
 '2 And I went up by revela- 
 tion, and communicated unto 
 them that gospel which I 
 preach among the Gentiles, 
 but privately to them which 
 were of reputation, lest by any 
 means I should run, or had 
 run, in vain. 
 
 3 But neither Titus, who was 
 with me, being a Greek, was 
 compelled to be circumcised : 
 
 9 And when James, Cephas, 
 and John, who seemed to be 
 pillars, perceived the grace that 
 was given unto me, they gave 
 to me and Barnabas the right 
 hands of fellowship; that we 
 should go unto the heathen, 
 and they unto the circumcision. 
 
 10 Only thei/ would that we 
 should remember the poor ; the 
 same which I also was forward 
 to do. 
 
 11 But when Peter was come 
 to Antioch, I withstood him to 
 the face, because he was to be 
 blamed. 
 
 12 For before that certain came 
 from James, he did eat with the 
 Gentiles: but when they were 
 come, he withdrew and separat- 
 ed himself, fearing them which 
 were of the circumcision. 
 
 13 And the other Jews dis- 
 sembled likewise with him; 
 insomuch that Barnabas also 
 was carried away with their 
 dissimulation. 
 
 14 But when I saw that they 
 walked not uprightly accord- 
 ing to the truth of the gospei 
 
Of justijicatkn 
 
 GALATIANS, III, 
 
 hl'/uUJh 
 
 I said unto Peter before them 
 all, If thou, being a Jew, livest 
 alter the manner of Gentiles, 
 and not as do the Jews, why 
 compellest thou the Gentiles to 
 live as do the Jews? 
 
 15 We who are Jews by na- 
 ture, and not sinners of the 
 Gentiles, 
 
 16 Knowing that a man is not 
 justified by the works of the 
 law, but by the faith of Jesus 
 
 I Christ, even v\'e have believed 
 in Jesus Christ, that we might 
 be justified by the faith of 
 Christ, and not by the works 
 of the lavv^ : for by the works 
 of the law shall no flesh be 
 justified. 
 
 17 But if, while we ^ek to 
 be justified by Christ, we our- 
 selves also are found sinners, 
 is therefore Christ the minister 
 of sin? God forbid. 
 
 18 For if I build again tlie 
 things which I destroyed, I 
 make myself a transgressor. 
 
 19 For I through the law am 
 dead to the law, that I might 
 live unto God. 
 
 20 I am crucified with Christ : 
 nevertheless I live ; yet not I, 
 but Christ liveth in me: and 
 the life which I now live in 
 the flesh I live by the iaith of 
 the Son of God, who loved me, 
 and gave himself for me. 
 
 21 1 do not frustrate the grace 
 of God': lor if righteousness 
 ecmie by the law, then Christ is 
 d^ad in vain. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 Ee asketh what moved thenn to leave 
 
 tJie faitii, and hang upon the law ? 6 
 
 They that believe are justified, 9 and 
 
 ' zoith Abraham. 10 And this he 
 
 FOOLISH Galatians, who 
 hath bewitched you, that 
 ye should not obey the truth, 
 before whose eyes Jesus Christ 
 hath been evidently set forth, 
 crucified among you ? 
 
 2 This only would I learn of 
 you, Received ye the Spirit by 
 the works of the lav/, or by the 
 hearing of faith? 
 
 3 Are ye so foolish? having 
 
 begun in the Spirit, ar-e ye now 
 made perfect by the flesh? 
 
 4 Have ye sufiered so many 
 things in vain? if it be yet in 
 vain. 
 
 5 He therefore that ministereth 
 to yon the Spirit, and wcrketh 
 miracles among you, doeth he 
 it by the works of the law, or 
 by the hearing of faith ? 
 
 6 Even as AbraLam believed 
 God, and it was accomited to 
 him for righteousness. 
 
 7 Know ye therefore that they 
 which are of faith, the same 
 are the childien of Abraham. 
 
 8 And the scripture, foresee- 
 ing that God would justify the 
 heathen through faith, preach- 
 ed before the gospel unto Abre- 
 ham, snyin^. In thee shall all 
 nations be blessed. 
 
 9 So then they which be of 
 faith are blessed with faithful 
 Abraham. 
 
 10 For as many as are of the 
 works of the law are under the 
 curse: for it is written, Cursed 
 is every one that coiitinueth 
 not in all things wliich are 
 written m the book of the law 
 to do them. 
 
 11 But that no man is justified 
 by the law in the sight of God, 
 it is evident : for, The just shall 
 live by faith. 
 
 12 And the law is not of faith : 
 but. The man that dceth them 
 shall live in them. 
 
 13 Christ hath redeemed us 
 from the curse of the law, beirg 
 made a curse for us: for it is 
 written. Cursed is every one 
 that hangeth on a tree : 
 
 14 That the blessing of Abra- 
 ham might come on the Gen- 
 tiles through Jesus Christ ; that 
 we might receive the promise 
 of the Spirit through faith. 
 
 15 Brethren, I speak alter the 
 manner of men ; Though it he 
 but a man's covenant, yet if it 
 he confirmed, no man disan- 
 nulleth, or addeth thereto. 
 
 16 Now to Abraham and his 
 seed were the promises made. 
 He saith not, And to seeds, ap. 
 
 3K3 
 
AUhelievm GALATIANS, IV. are justijied. 
 
 of many; but as of one, And 
 
 to thy seed, which is Christ. 
 
 17 And this I say, that the 
 covenant, that was confirmed 
 before of God in Christ, the 
 law, which was four hundied 
 and thirty years alter, cannot 
 disannul, that it should make 
 the promise of none effect. 
 
 18 For if the inheritance be 
 of the law, it is no more of 
 promise: but God gave it to 
 Abraham by promise. 
 
 19 Wherefore then serveth the 
 law? It was added because 
 of transgressions, till the seed 
 should come to whom the pro- 
 mise was made; and it was 
 ordained by angels in the hand 
 of a mediator. 
 
 20 Now a mediator is not a me- 
 diator of one, but God is one. 
 
 21 Is the law then against tlie 
 promises of God ? God forbid : 
 for if there had been a law 
 given which could have given 
 life, verily righteousness should 
 have been by the law. 
 
 22 But the scripture hath con- 
 cluded all under sin, that the 
 promise by faith of Jesus Clnist 
 might be given to them that 
 believe. 
 
 23 But before faith came, we 
 were kept under the law, shut 
 up unto the faith which should 
 afterwards be revealed. 
 
 24 Wherefore the law was our 
 schoolmaster to bring us unto 
 Christ, that we might be jus- 
 tified by faith. 
 
 25 But after that faith is 
 come, we are no longer imder 
 a schoolmaster. 
 
 26 For ye are all the children 
 of God by laith in Christ Jesus. 
 
 27 For as many of you as 
 have been baptized into Christ 
 have put on Christ. 
 
 28 There is neither Jew nor 
 Greek, there is neither bond 
 nor free, there is neither male 
 nor female: for ye are all one 
 in Christ Jesus. 
 
 29 And if ye be Christ's, then 
 are ye Abraham's seed, and 
 heirs according to the promise. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 We were under the law till Christ came, 
 as the heir is under his gtbardian tiU 
 he he of age. b But Christ freed xvi 
 from the law. 7 therefore we are ser- 
 vants no longer to it. 14 77c reyncm- 
 bereth their good will to Mm, and hi$ 
 to them, 22 and sheweth that we are the 
 sons of Abraham by thefreewonian. 
 
 NOW I say, That the heir, 
 as long as he is a child, 
 difiereth nothing from a ser- 
 vant, though he be lord of all ; 
 
 2 But is under tutors and 
 governors until the time ap- 
 pointed of the father. 
 
 3 Even so we, when v.^e were 
 cliildi'en, were in bondage un- 
 der the elements of the world : 
 
 4 But when the fulness of the 
 time was come, God sent forth 
 his Son, made of a woman 
 made under the law, 
 
 5 To redeem them that were^i 
 under the law, that we mighl 
 receive the adoption of sons. 
 
 6 And because ye are sons, 
 God hath sent forth the Spirit 
 of his Son into your hearts, 
 crying, Abba, Father. 
 
 7 Wherefore thou art no more 
 a servant, but a son ; and if a 
 son, then an heii' of God through 
 Christ. 
 
 8 Howbeit then, when ye« 
 knew not God, ye did service 
 unto them which by nature are 
 no gods. 
 
 9 But now, after that ye have 
 known God, or rather are known 
 of God, how turn ye again to 
 the weak and beggarly ele-^ 
 ments, whereunto ye desire 
 again to be in bondage ? 
 
 10 Ye observe days, and 
 months, and times, and years. 
 
 11 I am afraid of you, lest I 
 have bestowed upon you la- 
 boin in vain. 
 
 12 Brethren, I beseech you, be 
 as I am; for I am as ye are: 
 ye have not injured me at all. 
 
 13 Ye know how through in- 
 firmity of the flesh I preach- 
 ed the gospel unto you at the 
 first. 
 
 14 And my temptation which 
 was in my flesh ye despised 
 
 
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 I 
 
The ddegm'V of 
 
 not, nor rejected ; but received 
 me as an angel of Ood, even as 
 Christ Jesus. 
 
 15 Wliei-e is tlien the blessed- 
 ness ye spake of? for I bear 
 you record, that, if it had been 
 possible, ye would have pluck- 
 ed ont your own eyes, and have 
 given them to me. 
 
 16 Am I therefore become 
 yonr enemy, because I tell you 
 the truth? 
 
 17 They zealously affect you, 
 hut not well; yea, they would 
 exclude you, that ye might 
 affect them. 
 
 18 But it is good to be zea- 
 lously affected always in a good 
 thing", and not only when I am 
 present with you. 
 
 19 My little children, of whom 
 I tmvail in birth again until 
 Christ be formed in you, 
 
 20 I desire to be present with 
 you now, and to change my 
 voice; for I stand in doubt of 
 you. 
 
 21 Tell me, ye that desire to 
 be under the law, do ye not 
 hear the law? 
 
 22 For it is written, that A- 
 braham had two sons, the one 
 by a bondmaid, the other by a 
 freewoman. 
 
 23 But he who was of the 
 bondwoman was born after the 
 flesh ; but he of the freewoman 
 was by promise. 
 
 24 "Which things are an alle- 
 gory: for these are the two 
 covenants; the 'one from the 
 mount Sinai, which gendereth 
 to bondage, which is Agar. 
 
 25 For this Agar is mount Si- 
 nai in Arabia, and answereth to 
 Jerusalem which now is, and is 
 in bondage with her children. 
 
 26 But Jerusalem which is 
 above is free, which is the 
 mother of us all. 
 
 27 For it is written, Eejoice, 
 thou barren that bearest not; 
 break forth and cry, thou that 
 travailest not : for the desolate 
 hath many more children than 
 she which hath an husband. 
 
 28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac 
 
 GALATIANS, V. 
 
 Agar and Sara. 
 
 was, are the children of pro- 
 mise. 
 
 29 But as then he that was 
 born after the flesh persecuted 
 him that was born after the 
 Spirit, even so it is now. 
 
 30 Nevertheless what saith the 
 scripture? Cast out the bond- 
 woman and her son: for the 
 son of the bondwoman shall 
 not be heir with the son of tbs 
 freewoman. 
 
 31 So then, brethren, we are 
 not children of the bondwo- 
 man, but of the free. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 JS'e nioveth them to stand in their 
 liberty, 3 and not to observe circum- 
 cision : 13 hut rather love, wJiich is the 
 sum of the law. 19 Ho reckonetli ttp 
 the worTcs of the flesh, 22 and thefrxiits 
 of the Spirit, 25 and exhorteth to walk, 
 in the Spirit. 
 
 STAND fast therefore in the 
 liberty wherewith Christ 
 hath made us free, and be not 
 entangled again with the yoke 
 of bondage. 
 
 2 Behold, I Paul say unto 
 you, that if ye be circumcised, 
 Christ shall profit you nothing. 
 
 3 For I testify again to every 
 man that is circumcised, that 
 he is a debtor to do the whole 
 law. 
 
 4 Christ is become of no effect 
 unto you, whosoe\^r of you ar^ 
 justified by the law; ye are 
 fallen from grace. 
 
 5 For we through the Spirit 
 wait for the hope of righteous- 
 ness by faith. 
 
 6 For in Jesus Christ neither 
 circumcision availeth any thing, 
 nor uncircumcision ; but iaith 
 which wcrketh by love. 
 
 7 Ye did run well; who di<i 
 hinder you that ye should not 
 obey the truth? 
 
 8 This persuasion cometh not 
 of him that calleth you. 
 
 9 A little leaven leaveneth the 
 whole lump. 
 
 10 I have confidence in you 
 tln-ough the Lord, that ye will 
 be none otherwise minded : but 
 he that troubleth you shall bear 
 his judgment, whosoever he be. 
 
OfthefiesJi and sxndt. GALATIANS, VI. A caution offainstvan^i/. 
 11 And I, brethren, if I yet 
 
 preach cin^umcisioD, why do I 
 yet suffer persecution? then is 
 the offence of the cross ceased. 
 
 12 I would they were even cut 
 off wliich trouble you. 
 
 13 For, brethren, ye have 
 been called unto liberty; only 
 7.tse not liberty for an occasion 
 to the flesh, but by love serve 
 Q-ie another. 
 
 '14 For all the law is fulfil- 
 led in one word, even in this; 
 Thou Shalt love thy neighbour 
 as thyself. 
 
 15 But if 3^6 bite and devour 
 one another, take heed that ye 
 be not consumed one of an- 
 other. 
 
 16 This I say then, Walk in 
 the Spirit, and ye shall not 
 fulfil the lust of the flesh. 
 
 17 For the flesh lusteth a.eainst 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 1 He moveth thorn to deal mildly with a 
 brother that hath sl'qyped, 2 and to bear 
 <me another's burden : to be liberal 
 to their teachers, 9 and -not wear// of 
 well doing. 12 lie sheweth tvJiat thcff 
 intend that preach circumcision. 14 //« 
 glorieth in nothing, save in thj cross 
 of Christ. 
 
 BRETHREN, if a man be 
 overtaken m a fault, ye 
 which are spiritual, restore 
 such an one in the spirit of 
 meekness ; considering thyself, 
 lest thou also be temj)ted. 
 
 2 Bear ye one another's bur- 
 dens, and so fulfil the law of 
 Christ. 
 
 3 For if a man think himself 
 to be something, when he is 
 notliing, he deceiveth himself. 
 
 4 But let every man prove his 
 own work, and then shall he 
 have rejoicing in himself alone, 
 
 the Spirit, and tlie Spirit against and not in another. 
 
 the flesh: and these are con- 
 trary the one to the other: so 
 that ye cannot do the things 
 that ye would. 
 
 18 But if ye be led of the Spi- 
 rit, ye are not under the law. 
 
 ly Now the works of the flesh 
 are manifest, which are these; 
 Adultery, fornication, imclcan- 
 ness, lasciviousness, 
 
 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, 
 variance, emulations, WTath, 
 strife, seditions, heresies, 
 
 21 Envyings, murders, drunk- 
 enness, revellings, and such 
 like: of tlie which I tell you 
 before, as I have also told you 
 in time past, that they which 
 do such things shall not inherit 
 the kingdom of God. 
 
 22 But the fruit of the Spirit 
 is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, 
 gentleness, goodness, faith, 
 
 23 Meekness, temperance: a- 
 gainst such there is no law. 
 
 24 And they that are Chiist's 
 have crucified the flesh with 
 the affections and lusts. 
 
 25 If we live in the Spirit, let 
 us also walk in the Spirit. 
 
 25 Let us not be desirous of 
 vain glory, provokmg one an- 
 other, envying one another. 
 
 bear 
 
 For every man shall 
 his o^^^l bmden. 
 ! 6 Let him tliat is taught in 
 the word communicate unto 
 him that teacheth in all good 
 things. 
 
 7 Be not deceived ; God is not 
 mocked : for whatsoever a man 
 soweth, that shall he also reap. 
 
 8 For he that soweth to his 
 flesh shall of the flesh reap 
 corruption ; but he that soweth 
 to the Spirit shall of the Spirit 
 reap life everlasting. 
 
 9 And let us not be weary in 
 well doing: for in due season 
 we shall reap, if we faint not. 
 
 10 As we have therefore oppor- 
 tunity, let us do good mito all 
 Jiien, especially imto them who 
 are of the household of faith. 
 
 11 Ye see how large a letter 
 I have written unto you with 
 mine o^vn hand. 
 
 12 As many as desire to make 
 a fair shew in the flesh, they 
 constrain you to be circum- 
 cised; only lest they should 
 suffer persecution for the cross 
 of Christ. 
 
 13 For neither they themselves 
 who are circumcised keep the 
 law; but desire to have you 
 
EPHESIANS 
 
 they 
 
 may 
 
 Of election, and 
 
 circumcised, that 
 glory in yom' flesh. 
 
 14 But God forbid that I should 
 glory, save in the cross of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, by whom 
 the world is crucified unto me, 
 and I unto the world. 
 
 15 For in Christ Jesus nei- 
 ther circumcision availeth any 
 thing, nor unchcumcision, but 
 a new creature. 
 
 16 And as many as walk ac- 
 
 I. achption by gixice. 
 
 cording to this rule, peace he 
 on them, and mercy, and upon 
 the Israel of God. 
 
 17 From henceforth let no 
 man trouble me : for I bear in 
 my body the marks of the Lord 
 Jesus. 
 
 18 Brethren, the grace of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ he with your 
 spirit. Amen. 
 
 ^ Unto the Galatians \vritten from 
 Rome. - 
 
 THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE 
 
 EPHESIANS. 
 
 CHAPTEE I. 
 
 1 After tlie salutation, 3 and fhanTcsglv- 
 ing for the EpJiesians, 4 he treateth of 
 <mr election, 6 and adoption by grace, 
 11 which is the true atid proper foun- 
 tain of tnan's salvation. IZ And he- 
 cause the height of this mystery cannot 
 easily be attained unto, 16 he prayeth 
 that they may come 18 to the full 
 Knowledge and 20 possession thereof in 
 Christ. 
 
 PAUL, an apostle of Jesus 
 Christ by the will of God, 
 to the saints which are at 
 Ephesus, and to the faithful 
 in Christ Jesus : 
 
 2 Grace he to you, and peace, 
 from God our Father, and^om 
 the Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 3 Blessed he the God and Fa- 
 ther of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 who hath blessed us vath all 
 spiritual' blessings in heavenly 
 places in Christ : 
 
 4 According as he hath chosen 
 us in him before the foundation 
 of the world, that we should be 
 holy and without blame before 
 him in love : 
 
 5 Ha-dng predestinated us unto 
 the adoption of childi'en by Je- 
 sus Christ to himself, according 
 to the good pleasure of his will, 
 
 6 To the praise of the gloiy of 
 his grace, wherein he hath made 
 us accepted in the beloved. 
 
 7 In whom we have redemp- 
 tion tlu'ough his blood, the for- 
 giveness of sms, according to 
 the riches of his grace ; 
 
 8 Wherein he hath abounded 
 toward us in all wisdom and 
 prudence ; 
 
 9 Having made known unto us 
 the mysteiy of his will, accord- 
 ing to his good pleasure wliich 
 he hath pmposed in himself: 
 
 10 That m the dispensation of 
 the fulness of times he might 
 gather together in one all things 
 in Christ, both which are in 
 heaven, and which are on earth ; 
 even in him : 
 
 11 In whom also we have 
 obtained an inheritance, being 
 predestinated according to the 
 purpose of him who worketh 
 all things after the counsel of 
 his own will : 
 
 12 That we should be to the 
 praise of his gloiy, who first 
 trusted in Christ. 
 
 13 In whom jq also trusted, 
 after that ye heard the word of 
 truth, the gospel of your salva- 
 tion: in whom also after that 
 ye believed, ye were sealed with 
 that holy Spirit of promise, 
 
 14 Which is the earnest of our 
 inheritance until the redemp- 
 tion of the purchased possession, 
 unto the praise of his gloiy. 
 
 15 Wherefore I also, after I 
 heard of your faith in the Lord 
 Jesus, and love unto all the 
 saints, 
 
 16 Cease not to give thanks for 
 you, making mention of you 
 in my prayers ; 
 
We are saved 
 
 17 That the God of our Lord 
 Jesus Clirist, the Father of 
 glory, may give unto you the 
 spirit of wisdom and revelation 
 in the knowledge of him : 
 
 18 The eyes of your under- 
 standing being enlightened ; 
 that ye may know what is the 
 hope of his calling, and what 
 the riches of the glor>^ of his 
 inheritance in the saints, 
 
 19 And what is the exceeding 
 greatness of his power to us- 
 ward who believe, according 
 to the working of his mighty 
 power, 
 
 20 Wliich he wrought in 
 Christ, when he raised him 
 from the dead, and set him at 
 his own right hand in the hea- 
 venly places, 
 
 21 Far above all principality, 
 and power, and might, and do- 
 minion, and every name that 
 is named, not only in this 
 world, but also in that which 
 is to come: 
 
 22 And hath put all things 
 under his feet, and gave him 
 to be the head over all things 
 to the church, 
 
 23 Which is his body, the ful- 
 ness of him tliat tilletli all in all. 
 
 CHAPTER XL 
 
 1 By comparing what we were ty 3 na- 
 ture, with what we are 5 by grace 
 
 EPHESIANS, II. 
 
 4 But God, 
 
 ly grace. 
 
 who is rich in 
 mercy, for his great love where- 
 with he loved us, 
 
 5 Even when we were dead in 
 sins, hath quickened us toge- 
 ther with Christ, (by grace ye 
 are saved ;) 
 
 G And hath raised us up toge- 
 ther, and made tis sit together 
 in heavenly places in Clirist 
 Jesus : 
 
 7 That in the ages to come 
 he might shew the exceeding 
 riches of his grace in his kind- 
 ness toward us tlirough Christ 
 Jesus. 
 
 8 For by grace are ye saved 
 through faith ; and that not of 
 yourselves : it is the gift of God : 
 
 9 Not of works, lest any man 
 should boast. 
 
 10 For we are his workman- 
 ship, created in Christ Jesus 
 unto good works, which God 
 hath before ordained that we 
 should walk in them. 
 
 11 Wherefore remember, that 
 ye being in time past Gentiles 
 in the flesh, who are called Un- 
 circumcision by that which is 
 called the Circumcision in the 
 flesh made by hands ; 
 
 12 That at that time ye were 
 without Clirist, being aliens 
 from the commonwealth of 
 Israel, and strangers from the 
 
 Tie dedarcth, that we are made for \ COVCnailtS 01 promise, havmg 
 
 good tvorks; and 13 being brought 
 near by Christ, should not live as 11 
 Gentiles, and 12 foreigners in time 
 past, but as 19 citizens with the saints, 
 and the family of God. 
 
 AND you hath he quicken- 
 . edy who were dead in tres- 
 passes and sins ; 
 
 2 Wherein in time past ye 
 walked according to the course 
 of this world, according to the 
 prince of the power of the air, 
 the spirit that now worketh in 
 the children of disobedience : 
 
 3 Among whom also we all 
 had our conversation in times 
 past in the lusts of our flesh, 
 fulfilling the desires of the flesh 
 and of the mind ; and were by 
 nature the children of wrath, 
 even as others. 
 
 no hope, and without God in 
 the world : 
 
 13 But now in Christ Jesus 
 ye who sometimes were far oft" 
 are made nigh by the blood of 
 Christ. 
 
 14 For he is our peace, who 
 hath made both one, and hath 
 broken down the middle wall 
 of partition between us ; 
 
 15 Having abolished in his 
 flesh the enmity, even the law 
 of commandments contained 
 in ordinances; for to make in 
 himself of twain one new man, 
 so making peace ; 
 
 16 And that he might recon- 
 cile both unto God in one body 
 by the cross, having slain the 
 enmity thereby : 
 
TU sdvatim of the EPHESIANS, III, 
 
 Gentiles revealed. 
 
 17 And came and preached 
 peace to you whicli were afar ofl", 
 and to them that were nigh. 
 
 18 For through him we both 
 have access by one Spirit unto 
 the Father. 
 
 19 Now therefore ye are no 
 more strangers and foreign- 
 ers, but fellowcitizens with the 
 saints, and of the household of 
 God; 
 
 20 And are built upon the 
 foundation of the apostles and 
 prophets, Jesus Chiist himself 
 being the chief corner stone ; 
 
 21 In whom all the building 
 fitly flamed together groweth 
 unto an holy temple in the 
 Lord: 
 
 22 In whom ye also are build- 
 ed together for an habitation of 
 God through the Spirit. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 5 TJie hidden mystery, 6 that the Gentiles 
 should be saved, 3 was made known 
 to Paul by revelation: 8 and to him, 
 was that grace qiven, that 9 he should 
 preach it. 13 He desireth them not to 
 faint for his tribulation, 14 and pray, 
 eth 19 that they may perceive the great 
 love of Clirist toward them. 
 
 FOR this cause I Paul, the 
 prisoner of Jesus Christ for 
 you Gentiles, 
 
 2 If ye have heard of the dis- 
 pensation of the grace of God 
 which is given me to you- ward : 
 
 3 How that by revelation he 
 made known unto me the mys- 
 tery; (as I wrote afore in few 
 words, 
 
 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye 
 may understand my knowledge 
 in the mystery of Christ) 
 
 5 Which in other ages was not 
 made known unto the sons of 
 men, as it is now revealed unto 
 his holy apostles and prophets 
 by the Spirit ; 
 
 6 That the Gentiles should be 
 fellowheirs, and of the same 
 body, and partakers of his pro- 
 mise in Christ by the gospel : 
 
 7 Whereof I was made a mi- 
 nister, according to the gift of 
 the grace of God given unto me 
 by the effectual working of his 
 power. 
 
 8 Unto me, who am less than 
 the least of all saints, is this 
 grace given, that I should preach 
 among the Gentiles the un- 
 searchable riches of Christ ; 
 
 9 And to make all men see 
 what is the fellowship of the 
 mystery, which from the be- 
 ginning of the world hath been 
 hid in God, who created all 
 things by Jesus Christ : 
 
 10 To the intent that now un- 
 to the prmcipalities and powers 
 in heavenly places might be 
 known by the church the ma- 
 nifold wisdom of God, 
 
 11 According to the eternal 
 purpose whicli he purposed in 
 Christ Jesus our Lord : 
 
 12 In whom we have boldness 
 and access with confidence by 
 the faith of him. 
 
 13 Wherefore I desire that ye 
 faint not at my tribulations for 
 you, which is your glory. 
 
 14 For this cause I bow my 
 knees unto the Father of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, 
 
 15 Of whom the whole fa- 
 mily in heaven and earth is 
 named, 
 
 16 That he would grant you, 
 according to the riches of his 
 glory, to be strengthened with 
 might by his Spirit in the inner 
 man; 
 
 17 That Christ may dwell in 
 your hearts by faith; that ye, 
 being rooted and grounded in 
 love, 
 
 18 May be able to compre- 
 hend with all saints what is 
 the breadth, and length, and 
 depth, and height ; 
 
 19 And to know the love of 
 Christ, which passeth know- 
 ledge, that ye might be filled 
 with all the fulness of God. 
 
 20 Now unto him that is able 
 to do exceeding abundantly 
 above all that we ask or think, 
 according to the power that 
 worketh in us, 
 
 21 Unto him be glory in the 
 church by Christ Jesus through- 
 out all ages, world without end. 
 Amen. 
 
Exhoiiaiwri to 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 JTe exhorteth to unity, 7 and declareth 
 that God ther^ore giveth divers 1 1 gifts 
 wnto men, that his chtirch might be 13 
 edified, and 16 growti uj) in Christ. IH 
 ne caUeth them from the impurity of 
 the Gentiles, 24 to put on the new man, 
 25 to cast off lying, and 2'J corrupt 
 communication. 
 
 ITHEEEFOEE, the prisoner 
 of the Lord, beseech you 
 that ye ^valk worthy of the vo- 
 cation where\vith ye are called, 
 
 EPIIESIANS, lY. 
 fi'o, and 
 
 unity undlujlimss, 
 
 carried about with 
 every wind of doctrine, by the 
 sleij^ht of men, and cnnninj; 
 craftiness, whereby they lie in 
 wait to deceive ; 
 
 15 But speaking the truth in 
 love, may grow up into him in 
 all things, which is the head, 
 e^^en Christ : 
 
 IG From whom the whole 
 body fitly joined together and 
 conii acted by that whicli every 
 
 2 With all lowliness and meek- joint supplieth, according to 
 
 ness, with longsuitering, for- 
 bearing or.e another in love ; 
 
 the eliectual working in the 
 measure of every i art, maketh 
 
 3 Endeavouring to keep the ; increase of the body unto the 
 unity of the Spirit in the bond edifying of itself in love. 
 
 of peax^e. 
 
 4 Thei'e is one body, and one ' 
 Spirit, even as ye are called in j 
 one hope of your calling ; 
 
 5 One Lord, one faith, one' 
 baptism, 
 
 17 This I say t];ierefore, and 
 testify in the Lord, that ye 
 henceforth walk not as otlier 
 Gentiles walk, in the vanity of 
 their mind, 
 
 18 Having the understanding 
 
 6 One God and Father of all, ' darkened, being alienated from 
 who is above all, and through | the lifie of God through the igno- 
 
 all, and in you all. 
 
 I ranee that is in them, because 
 
 7 But unto every one of us is of the blindness of their heart: 
 
 given grace according to the 
 measure of the gift of Chiist. 
 
 8 AVherefore he saith, When 
 he ascended up on high, he led 
 captivity captive, and gave gifts 
 unto men. 
 
 9 (Now that he ascended, 
 what is it but that he 
 
 19 Who being pa^t feeling 
 j have given themselves over 
 , unto lasciviousness, to work all 
 
 uncleanness with greediness. 
 
 20 But ye have not so learned 
 Christ; 
 
 21 If so be that ye have heard 
 him, and have been taught by 
 
 descended first into the lower him, as the truth is in Jesus : 
 
 parts of the earth ? 
 
 10 He that descended is the 
 same also that ascended up 
 far above all heavens, that he 
 might fill all tilings.) 
 
 11 And he gave some, apo- 
 stles ; and some, prophets ; and 
 some, evangelists; and some, 
 pastors and teachers ; 
 
 12 For the perfecting of the 
 saints, for the work of the mi- 
 nistry, for the edif^dng of the 
 body of Christ : 
 
 13 Till we all come in the 
 unity of the faith, and of the 
 knowledge of the Son of God, 
 unto a perfect man, unto the 
 measure of the stature of the 
 fulness of Christ : 
 
 ,14 That we henceforth be no 
 more children, tossed to and 
 
 22 That ye put off concerning 
 the former conversation the old 
 man, v/hich is corrupt accord- 
 ing to the deceitful lusts ; 
 
 23 And be renewed in the spi- 
 rit of your mind ; 
 
 24 And that ye put on the 
 new man, which after God is 
 created in righteousness and 
 true holiness. 
 
 25 Wherefore putting away 
 lying, speak eveiy man truth 
 with his neighbour : for we are 
 members one of another. 
 
 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: 
 let not the sun go down upon 
 your wrath : 
 
 27 Keither give place to the 
 devil. 
 
 28 Let him that stole steal no 
 more : but rather let him la- 
 
Exhoiioiio'iW to 
 
 EPHESIAls^S, V. 
 
 paHicuJar duties. 
 
 boTir, working with his hands 
 the thing which is good, that 
 he may have to give to him 
 that needeth. 
 
 29 Let no corrupt communica- 
 tion proceed out of your mouth, 
 but that which is good to the 
 use of edifying, that it may mi- 
 nister grace unto the hearers. 
 
 30 And grieve not the holy Spi- 
 rit of God, whereby ye are seal- 
 ed unto the day of redemption. 
 
 31 Let all bitterness, and 
 wrath, and anger, and clamour, 
 and evil speaking, be put away 
 from you, with all malice : 
 
 32 And be ye kind one to an- 
 other, tenderhearted, forgiving 
 one another, even as God for 
 Christ's sake hath forgiven you. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 3 After general exhortations, to love, 3 
 to fly fornication, 4 and all unclean- 
 ness, 7 not to converse with the wicked, 
 15 to walk warily, and to he 18 fdled 
 with the Spirit, 22 he descendethto the 
 particular duties, how toives ought to 
 obey their hushanids, 25 and htcsbands 
 ought to love their wives, 32 even as 
 Clirist doth his church. 
 
 BE ye therefore followers of 
 God, as dear children ; 
 
 2 And walk in love, as Christ 
 also hath loved us, and hath 
 given himself for us an ofier- 
 ing and a sacrifice to God for a 
 sweetsmelling savour. 
 
 3 But fornication, and all un- 
 cleanness, or covetousness, let 
 it not be once named among 
 you, as becometh saints ; 
 
 4 Neither filthiness, nor fool- 
 ish talking, nor jesting, which 
 are not convenient : but rather 
 giving of thanks. 
 
 5 For this ye Imow, that no 
 whoremonger, nor miclean per- 
 son, nor covetous man, who is 
 an idolater, hath any inherit- 
 ance in the kingdom of Christ 
 and of God. 
 
 6 Let no man deceive you 
 with vain words : for because of 
 these things cometh the wrath 
 of God upon the childi'en of 
 disobedience. 
 
 7 Be not ye therefore partakers 
 with them. 
 
 8 For j^e were sometimes dark- 
 ness, but now are ye light in 
 the Lord : walk as children of 
 light: 
 
 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit 
 is in all goodness and right- 
 eousness and truth ;) 
 
 10 Proving what is acceptable 
 unto the Lord. 
 
 11 And have no fellowship with 
 the unfruitful works of dark- 
 ness, but rather reprove ^7^^???. 
 
 12 For it is a shame even to 
 speak of those tilings which 
 are done of them in secret. 
 
 13 But all things that are re- 
 proved are made manifest by 
 the light : for whatsoever doth 
 make manifest is light. 
 
 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake 
 thou that sleepest, and arise 
 from the dead, and Christ shall 
 give thee light. 
 
 15 See then that ye walk cir- 
 cumspectly, not as fools, but 
 as wise, 
 
 16 Eecleeming the time, be- 
 cause the days are evil. 
 
 17 Wherefore be ye not un- 
 wise, but understanding what 
 the will of the Lord is. 
 
 18 And be not drunk with 
 wine, wherein is excess; but 
 be filled with the Spirit ; 
 
 19 Speaking to yourselves in 
 psalms and hymns and spi- 
 ritual songs, singing and mak- 
 ing melody in your heart to 
 the Lord; 
 
 20 Giving thanks always for 
 all things unto God and the 
 Father in the name of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ ; 
 
 21 Submitting yourselves one 
 to another in the fear of God. 
 
 22 Wives, submit yourselves 
 unto your own husbands, as 
 unto the Lord. 
 
 23 For the husband is the 
 head of the wife, even as Christ 
 is the head of the church : and 
 he is the saviour of the body. 
 
 24 Therefore as the church is 
 subject unto Christ, so let the 
 wives he to their own husbands 
 in every thing. 
 
 25 Husbands, love your wives, 
 
««i. mmi llkif 9m ilrf k» U f^ «• I 
 
 ?TMi li • 
 
 fci»lL^_ . 
 
 urmw9 vMtti Mi I 
 
 
■PauTs love to 
 
 PHILIPPIANS, I. 
 
 the PMlipjyians. 
 
 Spirit, and watching thereunto 
 with all perseverance and sup- 
 plication for all saints ; 
 
 19 And for me, that utterance 
 may be given unto me, that I 
 may open my mouth boldly, to 
 make Imown the mystery of 
 the gospel, 
 
 20 For which I am an am- 
 bassador in bonds : that therein 
 I may speak boldly, as I ought 
 to speak. 
 
 21 But that ye also may know 
 my affahs, and how I do, Ty- 
 cMcus, a beloved brother and 
 faithful minister in the Lord, 
 
 shall make Iniown to you all 
 things : 
 
 22 Whom I have sent unto 
 you for the same purpose, that 
 ye might know our affairs, and 
 that he might comfort your 
 hearts. 
 
 23 Peace be to the bretliren, 
 and love with faith, from God 
 the Father and the Lord Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 24 Grace be with all them that 
 love our Lord Jesus Christ in 
 sincerity. Amen. 
 
 ^ Written from Rome unto the 
 Ephesians by Tychicus. 
 
 THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE 
 
 PHILIPPIANS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 3 JTe testifieth Tiis fhmikfulness to God, 
 and his love toward them, for the fruits 
 of their faith, and fellowship in his 
 sufferings, 9 daily praying to him for 
 their increase in grace : 12 he sheweth 
 <what good the faith of CJirist had re- 
 ceived by his troubles at Rome, 21 and 
 how ready he is to glorify Christ either 
 by his life or death, 27 exhorting them 
 to unity, 28 and to fortitude in per- 
 secution. 
 
 PAUL and Timotheus, the 
 servants of Jesus Chi'ist, 
 to all the saints in Christ Jesus 
 which are at Philippi, with the 
 bishops and deacons : 
 
 2 Grace be unto you, and peace, 
 from God om- Father, and/rom 
 the Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 3 I thank my God upon every 
 remembrance of you, 
 
 4 Always in every prayer of 
 mine for j^ou all making re- 
 quest with joy, 
 
 5 For your fellowship in the 
 gospel from the first day until 
 now ; 
 
 6 Being confident of this very 
 thing, that he which hath be- 
 gun a good work in you will 
 perform it until the day of Je- 
 sus Christ : 
 
 7 Even as it is meet for me 
 to think this of you all, because 
 I have you in my heart; in- 
 asmuch as both in my bonds, 
 
 and in the defence and con- 
 firmation of the gospel, ye all 
 are partakers of my gi-ace. 
 
 8 For God is my record, how 
 greatly I long after you all in 
 the bowels of Jesus Christ. 
 
 9 And tliis I pray, that your 
 love may abound yet more and 
 more in knowledge and in all 
 judgment ; 
 
 10 That ye may approve things 
 that are excellent ; that ye may 
 be smcere and without offence 
 till the day of Cln-ist ; 
 
 11 Being filled with the fruits 
 of righteousness, which are by 
 Jesus Clnist, unto the gloiy 
 and praise of God. 
 
 12 But I would ye should 
 understand, brethi'en, that the 
 things which happeiied unto me 
 have fallen out rather unto the 
 furtherance of the gospel ; 
 
 13 So that my bonds in Christ 
 are manifest in all the palace, 
 and in all other places ; 
 
 14 And many of the brethren 
 in the Lord, waxing confident 
 by my bonds, are much more 
 bold to speak the word without 
 fear. 
 
 15 Some indeed preach Christ 
 even of envy and strife; and 
 some also of good will : 
 
 16 The one preach Christ of 
 
E,chmkdions to PHILIPPIANS, II. 
 
 contention, not sincerely, sup- 
 posing to add affliction to my 
 bonds : 
 
 17 But the other of love, know- 
 ing that I am set for the defence 
 of the gospel. 
 
 ^ 18 What then ? notwithstand- 
 ing, every way, whether in pre- 
 tence, or in truth, Christ is 
 preached; and I therein do 
 rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. 
 
 19 For I know that this shall 
 tiu-n to my salvation through 
 your prayer, and the supply of 
 the Sphit of Jesus Cln-ist, 
 
 20 According to my earnest 
 expectation and m?/ hope, that 
 in nothing I shall be ashamed, 
 but that with all boldness, as 
 always, so now also Clirist shall 
 be magnified in my body, whe- 
 ther it be by life, or by death. 
 
 21 For to me to live is Christ, 
 and to die is gain. 
 
 22 But if I live in the flesh, 
 this is the fruit of my labour : 
 yet what I shall choose 1 wot 
 not. 
 
 23 For I am in a strait be- 
 twixt two, having a desire to 
 depart, and to be vrith Cluist ; 
 which is far better : 
 
 24 Nevertheless to abide in the 
 flesh is more neediul for you. 
 
 25 And having this confidence, 
 1 know that I shall abide and 
 continue with you all for your 
 furtherance and joy of faith ; 
 
 26 That your rejoicing may be 
 more abundant in Jesus Christ 
 for me by my coming to you 
 again. 
 
 27 Only let your conversation 
 be as it becometh the gospel of 
 Chi'ist : that whether I come 
 and see you, or else be absent, 
 I may hear of your affairs, that 
 ye stand fast in one spirit, with 
 one mind striving together for 
 the faith of the gospel ; 
 
 28 And in nothing terrified 
 by your adversaries : which is 
 to them an evident token of 
 perdition, but to you of salva- 
 tion, and that of God. 
 
 29 For unto you it is given in 
 the behalf of Christ, not only 
 
 unify and Immilify. 
 
 to believe on him, but also to 
 sufter for his sake ; 
 30 Having the same conflict 
 which ye saw in me, and now 
 hear to be in me. 
 
 CHAPTER 11. 
 
 1 ITe cxhorteth them to v/nity, and to aU 
 humbleness of mind, by the example of 
 Christ's hv/inility and exaltation : ]2 to 
 a careful proceeding in the way of sal- 
 vation, that they be as lights to the 
 vfickcd world, 16 and comforts to him 
 their apostle, who is now ready to be 
 offered up to God. 19 He Twjjeth to 
 send Timothy to them, whom he great- 
 ly comme^idcth, 25 ow Epaphroditus 
 al^o, whom, he presently sendeth to 
 them. 
 
 IF there be therefore any con- 
 solation in Clirist, if any 
 comfort of love, if any fellow- 
 ship of the Spiiit, if any bowels 
 and mercies, 
 
 2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye b 
 likeminded, having the sami 
 love, being of one accord, 
 one mind. 
 
 3 Let nothing he done through 
 strife or vainglory; but in low- 
 liness of mind let each esteem 
 other better than themselves. 
 
 4 Look not every man on hist 
 own thhigs, but every man als<| 
 on the things of others. l 
 
 5 Let tliis mind be in you, 
 which was also in Christ Jesus : 
 
 6 Who, being in the form of 
 God, thought it not robbery 
 to be equal with God : 
 
 7 But made himself of no 
 reputation, and took upon him 
 the form of a servant, and was 
 made in the likeness of men : 
 
 8 And being found in fashion 
 as a man, he humbled him- 
 self, and became obedient unto 
 death, even the death of the 
 cross. 
 
 9 Wherefore God also hath 
 highly exalted him, and given 
 him a name which is above 
 every name : 
 
 10 That at the name of Je- 
 sus every knee should bow, of 
 things in heaven, and things 
 in earth, and things under the 
 earth; 
 
 11 And that every tongue 
 should confess that Jesus Christ 
 
Timothy ccmTnended. PHILIPPIANS, III. Against false tecuHiers. 
 
 is Lord, to the glory of God the 
 Father. 
 
 12 Wherefore, my beloved, as 
 ye have always obeyed, not as 
 in my presence only, but now 
 much more in my absence, 
 work out your own salvation 
 with fear and trembling. 
 
 13 For it is God which work- 
 eth in you both to will and to 
 do of his good pleasure. 
 
 14 Do all things without mm- 
 murings and disputings : 
 
 15 That ye may be blameless 
 and harmless, the sons of God, 
 without rebuke; in the midst 
 of a crooked and perverse na- 
 
 26 For he longed after you 
 all, and was full of heaviness, 
 because that ye had heard that 
 he had been sick. 
 
 27 For indeed he was sick 
 nigh unto death : but God had 
 mercy on him ; and not on him 
 only, but on me also, lest I 
 should have sorrow upon sor- 
 row. 
 
 28 I sent him therefore the 
 more carefully, that, when ye 
 see him again, ye may rejoice, 
 and that I may be the less sor- 
 rowful. 
 
 29 Eeceive Mm therefore in 
 the Lord with all gladness ; and 
 
 tion, among whom ye shine as hold such in reputation 
 
 lights in the world ; 
 
 30 Because for the work of 
 
 16 Holding forth the word of Christ he was nigh unto death, 
 life ; that I may rejoice in the ; not regarding his life, to sup- 
 day of Christ, that I have not ply your lack of service toward 
 run in vain, neither laboured me. 
 
 in vain. CHAPTER III. 
 
 17 Yea, and if I be offered i Re warnetn them to betvare of the false 
 upon the sacrifice and service teachers of the circitmcisio: 
 
 of your faith, I joy, and rejoice 
 with you all. 
 
 18 For the same cause also do 
 ye joy, and rejoice with me. 
 
 19 But I trust in the Lord 
 Jesus to send Timotheus short- 
 ly unto you, that I also may 
 be of good comfort, when I 
 know your state. 
 
 20 For I have no man like- 
 minded, who will naturally 
 care for your state. 
 
 21 For all seek their own, not 
 the things which are Jesus 
 Christ's. 
 
 22 But ye know the proof of 
 him, that, as a son with the 
 father, he hath served with me 
 in the gospel. 
 
 23 Him therefore I hope to 
 send presently, so soon as I 
 shall see how it will go with me. 
 
 24 But I *trust in the Lord 
 that I also myseK shall come 
 shortly. 
 
 25 Yet I supposed it necessary 
 to send to you Epaphroditus, 
 my brother, and companion in 
 labour, and fellowsoldier, but 
 your messenger, and he that 
 ministered to my wants. 
 
 that himself hath greater cattse than 
 they to t7-ust in the righteovhsness of 
 the law : 7 which nottvithstanding he 
 counteih as dung and loss, to gain 
 Christ and his righteousness, 12 therein 
 acknowledging his own iinperfection. 
 15 Ee exhorteth the^n to be thus jniotded, 
 17 and to imitate him,, 18 and to de^ 
 dine the ways of carnal Christians. 
 
 FINALLY, my brethren, 
 rejoice in the Lord. To 
 write the same things to you, 
 to me indeed is not grievous, 
 but for you it is safe. 
 
 2 Beware of dogs, beware of 
 evil workers, beware of the con- 
 cision. 
 
 3 For we are the circumci- 
 sion, which worship God in 
 the spirit, and rejoice in Christ 
 Jesus, and have no confidence 
 in the flesh. 
 
 4 Though I might also have 
 confidence in the flesh. If any 
 other man thinketh that he 
 hath whereof he might trust in 
 the flesh, I more : 
 
 5 Circumcised the eighth day, 
 of the stock of Israel, of the 
 tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew 
 of the Hebrews; as touching 
 the law, a Pharisee ; 
 
 6 Concerning zeal, persecuting 
 
Paul giveth up 
 
 PHILIPPIANS, IV. 
 
 all for Christ. 
 
 the church ; touching the righ- 
 teousness which is in the law, 
 blameless. 
 
 7 But what things were gain 
 to me, those I counted loss for 
 Christ. 
 
 8 Yea doubtless, and 1 count 
 all things hut less for the ex- 
 cellency of the knowledge of 
 Chj-ist Jesus my Lord : for 
 whom I have suffered the loss 
 of all things, aud do count 
 them hut dung, that I may win 
 Clirist, 
 
 9 And be found in him, not 
 having mine awn righteous- 
 ness, which is of the law, but 
 that which is through the faith 
 of Christ, the righteousness 
 which is of God by laitli : 
 
 10 That I may know him, 
 and the power of his resurrec- 
 tion, and the fellowship of his 
 sufferings, being made conform- 
 able unto his death ; 
 
 11 If by any means I might 
 attain unto the resurrection of 
 the dead. 
 
 12 Not as though I had al- 
 ready attained, either were 
 already perfect: but I follow 
 after, if that I may apprehend 
 tliat for which also I am ap- 
 prehended of Christ Jesus. 
 
 13 Brethren, I count not my- 
 
 I have told you often, and now 
 tell you even weeping, that they 
 are the enemies of the cross of 
 Christ ; 
 
 19 Whose end is destruction, 
 whose God is their belly, and 
 ivhose glory is in their shame, 
 who mind earthly things.) 
 
 20 For our conversation is in i 
 heaven ; from whence also wa I 
 look for the Saviour, the Lord 
 Jesus Cln-ist : 
 
 21 Who shall change our vile 
 body, that it may be fashioned 
 like unto his glorious body, ac- 
 cording to the working whereby 
 he is able even to subdue all 
 tilings unto himself. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 From particular admonitions 4 7ie 
 proceedeth to general exliortations , 10 
 aheuing how he rejoiced at their liberal- 
 ity towards him lying in 2yri8on, not so 
 much for the supj)l!f of his own wants, 
 as for the grace of God in them,. 19 
 And 80 he condudcth with prayer and 
 salutations. 
 
 THEREFOEE, my brethren 
 dearly beloved and longed" 
 for, my joy and crown, so stanq 
 fast in the Lord, my dearljl 
 beloved. 
 
 2 I beseech Euodias, and be , 
 seech 8yntyche, that they be of 
 the same mind in the Lord. 
 
 3 And I in treat thee also, true 
 
 self to have apprehended : but yokefellow, help those women 
 
 this one thing / do, forgettin^ 
 those things which are behind, 
 and reacliing forth unto those 
 things which are before, 
 
 14 I press toward the mark 
 for the prize of the high call- 
 ing of God in Christ Jesus. 
 
 15 Let us therefore, as many 
 as be perfect, be thus minded : 
 and if in any thing ye be other- 
 wise minded, God shall reveal 
 even,this unto you. 
 
 16 Nevertheless, whereto we 
 have already attained, let us 
 walk by the same rule, let us 
 mind the same thing. 
 
 17 Brethren, be followers to- 
 gether of me, and mark them 
 which walk so as ye have us 
 for an ensample. 
 
 18 (For many walk, of whom 
 
 which laboured with me in the 
 gospel, with Clement also, and 
 with other my fellowlabourers, 
 whose names are in the book 
 of life. 
 
 4 Eejoice in the Lord alway : 
 and again I say, Eejoice. 
 
 5 Let your moderation be 
 known unto all men. The 
 Lord is at hand. 
 
 6 Be careful for notliing ; but 
 in every thing by prayer and 
 supplication with thanksgiv- 
 ing let your requests be made 
 known unto God. 
 
 7 And the peace of God, which 
 passeth all understanding, shall 
 keep your hearts and minds 
 through Clirist Jesus. 
 
 8 Finally, brethren, whatso- 
 ever things are true, whatso- 
 
Tlie libei'dlity 
 
 PHILIPPIANS, ly . of the PJwippums. 
 
 ever things are honest, whatso- 
 ever things are just, whatsoever 
 things are pure, whatsoever 
 things are lovely, whatsoever 
 things are of good report; if 
 there be any virtue, and if there 
 be any praise, think on these 
 things. 
 
 9 Those things, which ye have 
 both learned, and received, and 
 heard, and seen in me, do : and 
 the God of peace shall be with 
 yon. 
 
 10 But I rejoiced in the Lord 
 greatly, that now at the last 
 your care of me hath flourish- 
 ed again ; wherein ye were also 
 careful, but ye lacked oppor- 
 tunity. 
 
 11 Not that I speak in respect 
 of want : for I have learned, in 
 whatsoever state I am, there- 
 with to be content. 
 
 12 I Iniow both how to be 
 abased, and I know how to 
 abound: every where and in 
 all things I am instructed both 
 to be full and to be hungry, 
 both to abound and to siift'er 
 need. 
 
 13 I can do all things through 
 Christ which strengtheneth me. 
 
 14 Notwithstanding ye have 
 well done, that ye did commu- 
 nicate with my aiiiiction. 
 
 15 Now ye Pliilippians know 
 also, that in the beginning of 
 the gospel, when I departed 
 from Macedonia, no church 
 communicated with me as con- 
 cerning giving and receiving, 
 but ye only. 
 
 16 For even in Thessalonica 
 ye sent once and again unto 
 my necessity. 
 
 17 Not because I desire a gift : 
 but I desire fruit that may a- 
 bound to your account. 
 
 18 But I have all, and abound : 
 I am full, having received of 
 Epaphroditus the tilings which 
 were sent from you, an odour 
 of a sweet smell, a sacrifice ac- 
 ceptable, wellpleasing to God. 
 
 19 But my God shall supply 
 all your need according to his 
 riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 
 
 20 Now unto God and our 
 Father he glory for ever and 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 21 Salute every saint in Christ 
 Jesus. The brethren wliich are 
 with me greet you. 
 
 22 All the saints salute you, 
 chiefly they that are of Caesar's 
 household. 
 
 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ be with you all. Amen. 
 ^ It vvas wTitten to the Philippians 
 
 from Rome by Epaphroditus. 
 
 THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE 
 
 COLOSSIANS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 After salutation Tie thanJceth God for 
 their faith, 7 confirraeth the doctrine of 
 Epaphras, 9 prayeth further for their 
 increase in grace, 14 describeth the true 
 Christ, 21 encourageth them to receive 
 
 . Jesus Christ, and commendeth Ms own 
 ministry. 
 
 PAUL, an apostle of Jesus 
 Christ by the will of God, 
 and Timotheus our brother, 
 
 2 To the saints and faithful 
 brethren in Christ which are at 
 Colosse : Grace be unto you, and 
 peace, from God our Father and 
 the Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 3 We give thanks to God and 
 
 the Father of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ, praying always for you, 
 
 4 Since we heard of your faith 
 in Christ Jesus, and of the love 
 which ye have to all the saints, 
 
 5 For the hope which is laid 
 up for you in heaven, whereof 
 ye heard before in the word of 
 the truth of the gospel ; 
 
 6 Which is come mito you, 
 as it is in all the world ; and 
 bringeth forth fruit, as it doth 
 also in you, since the day ye 
 heard o^it, and knew the grace 
 of God in truth : 
 
 7 As ye also learned of Epa- 
 
TJie mediatmial 
 phras our dear 
 
 COLOSSIANS, II. 
 
 office of Christ, 
 
 fellowserv'ant, 
 a faithful rni- 
 
 unto liiinself ; by him, I sav^ 
 wliether they be things in earth, 
 or things in heaven. 
 
 21 And you, that were some- 
 time alienated and enemies in 
 your mind by wicked works, 
 yet now hath he reconciled 
 
 22 In the body of his flesh 
 tlirough death, to present you 
 holy and unblameable and mi- 
 rei)roveable in liis sight: 
 
 23 If ye continue in the faith 
 grounded and settled, and he 
 not moved away from the hope 
 of the gospel, which ye have 
 heard, and ^Nhich was i>reach- 
 ed to every creature which is 
 under heaven ; whereof I l*aul 
 am made a minister ; 
 
 24 Who now rejoice in my 
 sufferings for you, and fill up 
 that which is behind of the 
 afflictions of Cluist in my flesh 
 
 who is for you 
 nister of Christ ; 
 
 8 Who also declared unto us 
 your love in the Spirit. 
 
 9 For this cause we also, since 
 the day we heard it, do not 
 cease to pray for you, and to 
 desire that ye might be filled 
 with the knov.ledge of his will 
 in all wisdom and spiritual un- 
 derstanding ; 
 
 10 That ye might walk wor- 
 thy of the Lord unto all pleas- 
 ing, being fruitful in every good 
 work, and increasing in the 
 knowledge of God; 
 
 11 Strengthened with all 
 might, according to his glo- 
 rious power^ unto all I'atience 
 and longsufiering with joyful- 
 ness ; 
 
 12 Giving thanks unto the Fa- ^ 
 ther, which hath made us meet ' for his body's sake, which is 
 to be i^artakei-s of the inherit- 1 the church : 
 
 ance of the saints in light : 
 13 Who hath delivered us from ' 
 
 25 Whereof I am made a mi- 
 nister, according to the dispen- 
 
 the power of darkness, and hath sation of God which is given to 
 
 translated us into the kingdom 
 of his dear Son : 
 14 In whom we have redemp- 
 tion through his blood, even ^ 
 the forgi\'eness of sins : 
 
 me for you, to fulfil the word 
 of God ; 
 
 26 Even the mystery which 
 hath been hid from ages and 
 from generations, but now is 
 
 15 Who is the image of the made manliest to liis saints : 
 
 invisible God, the fii-stbom of 
 every creature : 
 
 16 For by him were all tilings 
 created, that are in heaven, 
 and that are in eaith, visible 
 and invisible, whether tliey be 
 thrones, or dominions, or prm- 
 cipalities, or powers : all things 
 were created by him, and for 
 him: 
 
 17 And he is before all things, 
 and by him all things consist. 
 
 18 And he is the head of the 
 body, the church: who is the 
 beginning, the firstborn from 
 the dead; that in all things he 
 might have the preeminence. 
 
 19 For it pleased the Father 
 that in him should all fulness 
 dwell; 
 
 20 And, having made peace 
 through the blood of his cross, 
 by him to reconcile all things 
 
 27 To whom God would make 
 known what is the riches of the 
 glory of this mystery among 
 the Gentiles; which is Christ 
 in you, the hope of glory : 
 
 28 Whom we preach, warning 
 every man, and teaching every 
 man in all wisdom ; that we 
 may present every man peiiect 
 in Christ Jesus : 
 
 29 W hereunto I also labour, 
 striving according to his work- 
 ing, which worketh in me 
 mightily. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 1 He still exhorteth tliem to be constant in 
 ChT'ist, 8 to beware of philosophy, and 
 vain traditions, 18 worshijyping of an. 
 gels, 20 and legal ceremonies, which 
 are ended in Christ. 
 
 FOR I would that ye knew 
 what great conflict I have 
 for you, and/br them at Lao- 
 
Tlie, ritual 
 
 COLOSSIAKS, in. 
 
 law ahdlisJied. 
 
 dicea, and for as many as have 
 not seen my face in the fiesli ; 
 
 2 That their hearts might be 
 comforted, being knit together 
 in love, and mito all riches of 
 the full assurance of under- 
 standing, to the acknowledge- 
 ment of the mystery of God, 
 and of the Father, and of 
 Chi-ist; 
 
 3 In whom are hid all the 
 treasures of wisdom and know- 
 ledge. 
 
 4 And this I say, lest any 
 man should beguile you with 
 enticing words. 
 
 5 For though I be absent in 
 the flesh, yet am I with you in 
 the spirit, joying and behold- ' 
 ing your order, and the sted- '■ 
 fastness of your faith in Christ. ■ 
 
 6 As ye have therefore re- ! 
 ceived Christ Jesus the Lord, ; 
 so walk ye in him : j 
 
 7 Rooted and built up in hnn, 
 and stablished in the faith, as 
 ye have been taught, aboimd- 
 ing therein with thanksgiving. 
 
 8 ^ware lest any man spoil 
 you through philosophy and ; 
 vain deceit, after th-e tradition . 
 of men, aft^^r the rudiments of 
 the world, and not after Christ. 
 
 9 For in him dwelleth all 
 the fulness of the Godhead 
 bodily. 
 
 10 And ye are complete in 
 him, which is the head of all 
 principahty and power : 
 
 11 In whom also ye are cir- 
 cumcised witli the chcumcision 
 made without hands, in putting 
 off the body of the sins of the 
 flesh by the cucumcision of 
 Clirist: 
 
 12 Bmied with liim in bap- 
 tism, wherem also ye are risen 
 with him thi^ough the faith of 
 the operation of God, who hath 
 raised him from the dead. 
 
 13 And you, being dead in 
 your sins and the uncircum- 
 cision of your flesh, hath he 
 quickened together with Mm, 
 having forgiven you all tres- 
 passes ; 
 
 14 Blotting out the hand^ 
 
 writing of ordinances that was 
 against us, which was contrary 
 to us, and took it out of the 
 way, nailing it to his cross ; 
 
 15 .'Ind having spoiled prin- 
 cipalities and powers, he madtj 
 a shew of them openly, tri- 
 umphing over them in it. 
 
 16 Let no man therefore judge 
 you in meat, or in drink, or iu 
 respect of an holyday, or of 
 the new moon, or of the sab- 
 bath daps : 
 
 17 WMch are a shadow of 
 things to come; but the body 
 is of Christ. 
 
 18 Let no man beguile you 
 of your reward in a voluntary 
 humility and worshipping of 
 angels, intruding into those 
 thmgs which he hath not seen, 
 vainly pufied up by his fleshly 
 mind, 
 
 19 And not holding the Head, 
 from which all the body by 
 joints and bands having nou- 
 rishment ministered, and knit 
 together, increaseth with the 
 increase of God. 
 
 20 Wherefore if ye be dead 
 with Christ fi'om the rudiments 
 of the world, why, as though 
 livhig in the world, are ye sub- 
 ject to orduiances, 
 
 21 (Touch not; taste not^ 
 handle not ; 
 
 22 Which all are to perish 
 with the using;) after the com- 
 mandments and doctrines of 
 men? 
 
 23 Which things have indeed 
 a shew of wisdom in will wor- 
 ship, and humility, and neg- 
 lecting of the body ; not in 
 any honom" to the satisiying of 
 the flesh. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 1 He shewetJi where we should seek Clivist. 
 5 He exhorteth to mortification, 10 to 
 put off the old tnan, mid to 2)ut on 
 Christ, 12 exhorting to charity, hurni. 
 lity, and other several duties. 
 
 IF ye then be risen with 
 Christ, seek those thmgs 
 which are above, where Christ 
 sitteth on the right hand of 
 God. 
 
 2 Set your affection on things 
 3L 
 
Exhorlatim to 
 
 COLOSSIANS, IV. 
 
 several duties. 
 
 above, not on things on the 
 earth. 
 
 3 For ye are dead, and your 
 life is hid with Christ in God. 
 
 4 When Christ, who is our 
 life, shall appear, then shall ye 
 also appear with him in glory. 
 
 5 Mortify therefore your 
 members which are upon the 
 earth ; fornication, unclean- 
 ness, inordinate affection, evil 
 concupiscence, and covetous- 
 ness, which is idolatry : 
 
 6 For which things' sake the 
 wrath of God cometh on the 
 children of disobedience : 
 
 7 In the which ye also walk- 
 ed some time, when ye lived 
 in them. 
 
 8 But nov/ ye also put off all 
 these ; anger, wrath, malice, 
 blasphemy, filthy communica- 
 tion out of yoin mouth. 
 
 9 Lie not one to another, see- 
 ing that ye have put off the old 
 man with his deeds ; 
 
 10 And have put on the new 
 man^ which is renewed in 
 knowledge after the image of 
 him that created him : 
 
 11 Where there is neither 
 Greek nor Jew, circumcision 
 nor uncircumcision. Barbarian, 
 Scytliian, bond nor free: but 
 Christ is all, and in all. 
 
 12 Put on therefore, as the 
 elect of God, holy and beloved, 
 bowels of mercies, kindness, 
 humbleness of mind, meek- 
 ness, longsufferiQg ; 
 
 13 Forbearing one another, 
 and forgiving one another, if 
 any man have a quarrel against 
 any : even as Christ forgave 
 you, so also do ye. 
 
 14 And above all these things 
 put on charity, which is the 
 bond of perfectness. 
 
 15 And let the peace of God 
 rule in your hearts, to the 
 which also ye are called in one 
 body ; and be ye thankful. 
 
 16 Let the word of Christ dwell 
 in you richly in all wisdom; 
 teachiag and admonishing one 
 another in psalms and hymns 
 and spiritual songs, singing 
 
 with grace in your hearts to 
 the Lord. 
 
 17 And whatsoever ye do in 
 word or deed, do all in the 
 name of the Lord Jesus, giving 
 thanks to God and the Father 
 by him. 
 
 18 Wives, submit yourselves 
 unto yoiu- own husbands, as it 
 is fit in the Lord. 
 
 19 Husbands, love pou7' wives, 
 and be not bitter against them. 
 
 20 Children, obey i/oiir parents 
 in all tilings : for this is well 
 pleasing unto the Lord. 
 
 21 Fathers, provoke not your 
 children to anger, lest they be 
 discouraged. 
 
 22 Servants, obey in all things 
 pour masters according to the 
 flesh; not with eyeservice, as 
 menpleasers ; but in singleness 
 of heart, fearing God : 
 
 23 And whatsoever ye do, do 
 it heartily, as to the Lord, and 
 not inito men ; 
 
 24 Knowing that of the Lord 
 ye shall receive the reward of 
 the inheritance : for ye serve 
 the Lord Christ. 
 
 25 But he that doeth wrong 
 shall receive for the wrong 
 which he hath done : and there 
 is no respect of persons. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 He exhorteth them to be fervent in 
 prayer, 5 to walk wisely toward them, 
 that are not yet come to the true know, 
 ledge of Christ. 10 He saluteth them, 
 and wisheth them all prosperity. 
 
 MASTERS, give unto pour 
 servants that which is 
 just and equal ; knowing that ye 
 also have a Master in heaven. 
 
 2 Continue in prayer, and 
 watch iQ the same with thanks- 
 giving ; 
 
 3 Withal praying also for us, 
 that God would open imto us a 
 door of utterance, to speak the I 
 mystery of Christ, for which I 
 am also in bonds : 
 
 4 That I may make it mani-* 
 fest, as I ought to speak. 
 
 5 Walk in wisdom toward 
 them that are without, redeem- 
 ing the time. 
 
COLOSSIAKS, lY, 
 
 and salutations. 
 
 6 Let your speech be alway 
 with grace, seasoned with salt, 
 that ye may know how ye 
 ought to answer every man. 
 
 7 All my state shall Tychicus 
 declare mito you, who is a be- 
 loved brother, and a faithful 
 minister and fellowservant in 
 the Lord : 
 
 8 Whom I have sent unto you 
 for the same purpose, that he 
 might know your estate, and 
 comfort your hearts ; 
 
 9 With Onesimus, a faithful 
 and beloved brother, who is 
 one of you. They shall make 
 known unto you all things 
 w^hich are done here. 
 
 10 Aristarchus my fellowpri- 
 soner saluteth you, and Mar- 
 cus, sister's son to Barnabas, 
 (touching whom ye received 
 commandments : if he come 
 unto you, receive him ;) 
 
 11 And Jesus, whi(;h is called 
 Justus, who are of the circum- 
 cision. These only are my 
 fellowworkers unto the king- 
 dom of God, which have been 
 a comfort unto me. 
 
 12 Epaphras, who is one of 
 you, a servant of Christ, sa- 
 
 luteth you, always labouring 
 fervently for you in prayers, 
 that ye may stand perfect and 
 complete in all the will of God. 
 
 13 For I bear him record, 
 that he hath a great zeal for 
 you, and them that are in 
 Laodicea, and them in Hiera- 
 polis. 
 
 14 Luke, the beloved physi- 
 cian, and Demas, greet you. 
 
 15 Salute the brethren which 
 are in Laodicea, and Nym- 
 phas, and the church which is 
 in his house. 
 
 16 And when this epistle is 
 read among you, cause that it 
 be read also in the church of 
 the Laodiceans ; and that ye 
 likewise read the eimtle from 
 Laodicea. 
 
 17 And say to Archippus, 
 Take heed to the ministry 
 which thou hast received in 
 the Lord, that thou fulfil it. 
 
 18 The salutation by the hand 
 of me Paul. Remember my 
 bonds. Grace he with you. 
 Amen. 
 
 % Written from Rome to the Co- 
 lossians by Tychicus and One- 
 simus. 
 
 THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 
 
 TO THE 
 
 THESSALONIANS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 TTie Thessaloniaiis are given to under- 
 stand both how mindful of them Saint 
 Paul was at all times in thanksgiving, 
 and prayer: 5 and also how well he 
 was persuaded of the truth and sin- 
 cerity of their faith, and conversion to 
 God. 
 
 PAUL, and Silvanus, and Ti- 
 motheus, unto the church 
 of the Thessalonians which is 
 in God the Father and in the 
 Lord Jesus Christ : Grace be 
 unto you, and peace, from God 
 our Father, and the Lord Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 2 We give thanks to God al- 
 ways for you all, making men- 
 tion of you in our prayers ; 
 
 3 Remembering without ceas- 
 ing your work of faith, and 
 labour of love, and patience of 
 hope in our Lord Jesus Chiist, 
 in the sight of God and our 
 Father ; 
 
 4 Knowing, brethren beloved, 
 your election of God. 
 
 5 For our gospel came not 
 unto you in word only, but 
 also in power, and in the Holy 
 Ghost, and in much assmance ; 
 as ye know what manner ol 
 men we were among you for 
 your sake. 
 
 6 And ye became followers 
 of us, and of the Lord, having 
 received the word in much 
 
 8L2 
 
r;^ raanmr of I. THESSALONIANS, II 
 
 affliction, with joy of the Holy 
 Ghost : 
 
 7 80 that ye were er. samples 
 to all that believe in Macedo- 
 nia and Aohaia. 
 
 8 For from you sounded out 
 the word of the Lord not only 
 in Macedonia and Achaia, but 
 also in every place your faith 
 to God-ward is spread abroad ; 
 so that we need not to spealt 
 any thing. 
 
 9 For they themselves shew 
 of us what manner of entering 
 in we had uuto you, and how 
 ye turiied to God from idols to 
 serve the living and true God ; 
 
 10 And to wait for his 8on 
 trom heaven, whom he laised 
 from the dead, even Jesus, 
 wiiicli delivered us from tlie 
 wrath to come. 
 
 CHAPTER 11. 
 
 1 In what manner the gospel was hrouyht 
 and preached to the Thessaloniaiis, and 
 in zvhat sort also they received it. 18 A 
 reason is rendei'ed both why Saint Paul 
 was so long absent from them, and also 
 %vhy he was so desirous to see them. 
 
 FOR yourselves, bretlnen, 
 know our entrance in unto 
 you, tliat it was not in vaui : 
 
 2 But even after that we had 
 suffered before, and were shame- 
 fully entreated, as ye know, 
 at Fhilippi, we were bold in 
 our God to speak unto you the 
 gospel of God with much con- 
 tention. 
 
 3 For our exhortation was 
 not of deceit, nor of imclean- 
 ness. nor in guile : 
 
 4 But as we were allowed of 
 God to be put in trust with the 
 gospel, even so we speak; not 
 as pleasing men, but God, which 
 trieth our hearts. 
 
 5 For neither at any time 
 used we flattering words, as ye 
 know, nor a cloke of covetous- 
 iiess ; God is witness : 
 
 6 Nor of men sought we glo- 
 ry, neither of you, nor yet of 
 others, when vre might have 
 been burdensome, as the apo- 
 stles of Christ. 
 
 .7 But we were gentle- among 
 
 FauVs preachhig. 
 
 you, even as a nurse cherish- 
 eth her children : 
 
 8 So being aflectionately de- 
 sirous of you, we were willing 
 to have imparted unto you, not 
 the gospel of God only, but 
 also om- own souls, because ye 
 were dear unto us. 
 
 9 For ye remember, brethren, 
 our labour and travail : for la- 
 bourhig night and day, because 
 we would not be chargeable 
 unto any of you, we preached 
 unto you the gospel of God. 
 
 10 Ye are witnesses, and God 
 also, how holily and justly 
 and unblameably we behaved 
 omselves among you that be- 
 lieve : 
 
 11 As ye Imow how we ex- 
 horted and comforted and 
 charged every one of you, as 
 a father doth his children, 
 
 12 That ye would walk wor- 
 thy of God, who hath called 
 you unto his kingdom and 
 gloiy. 
 
 13 For this cause also thank 
 we God without ceasing, be- 
 cause, when ye received the 
 word of God which ye heard 
 of us, ye received it not as the 
 word of men, but as it is in 
 truth, the word of God, which 
 efiectually worketh also in you 
 that believe. 
 
 14 For ye, brethren, became 
 followers of the churches of 
 God which in Judaea are in 
 Christ Jesus : for ye also have 
 sufiered like things of your own 
 countrymen, even as they have 
 of the Jews : 
 
 15 Who both Idlled the Lord 
 Jesus, and their own prophets, 
 and have persecuted us; and 
 they please not God, and are 
 contrary to all men : 
 
 16 Forbidding us to speak to 
 the Gentiles that they might 
 be saved, to fill up their sins 
 alway : for the wrath is come 
 upon them to the uttermost. 
 
 17 But we, brethren, being 
 taken from you for a short 
 time in presence, not in heart, 
 endeavoured, the more abun- 
 
His care foi' 
 
 dantly to see your face witli 
 great desire. 
 
 18 Wherefore we would have 
 come unto you, even I Paul, 
 once and again; but Satan 
 hindered us. 
 
 19 For what is our hope, or 
 joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are 
 not even ye in the presence of 
 our Lord Jesus Christ at his 
 coming? 
 
 20 For ye are our glory and 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 Saint Paul testifieth his great love_ to 
 
 I. THESSALOKIANS, III. tJie Thessalmians. 
 
 8 For now we live, if ye stand 
 fast in the Lord. 
 
 9 For what thanks can we 
 render to God again for you, 
 for all the joy wherewith we 
 joy for your sakes before our 
 God; 
 
 10 Night and day prajong ex- 
 ceedingly that we might see 
 your face, and might perfect 
 that wliich is lacking in your 
 faith? 
 
 11 Now God himself and our 
 Father, and oiu- Lord Jesus 
 Chi'ist, direct our way unto 
 
 tJie Thessalonians, partly hy sending \ yoU. 
 
 Timothy unto them to strengthen a^ad \ Yl And the Lord make VOU tO 
 
 comfort them: partly by rejoicing in \ ,-^,p„pj,s.p r,j.A nhmmrl iii lovp 
 
 their well doing: 10 and partly 6?/ ' mcrea&e auQ aooana m love 
 
 praying for them, and desiring a safe \ one t0"\vara another, and tOWard 
 
 coming unto them. \ all men, even as we do tovv'ard 
 
 WHEREFOEE when we you: 
 could no longer forbear, 13 To the end he may stablish 
 we thought it good to be left your hearts unblamea-ble in 
 
 at Athens alone ; 
 
 holiness before God, even our 
 
 2 And sent Timotheus, our Father, at the coming of our 
 
 brother, and minister of God, 
 and our fellowlabourer in the 
 gospel of Christ, to estabhsh 
 you, and to comfort you con- 
 cerning your faith : 
 
 3 That no man should be 
 moved by these afiiictions : for 
 yoiu^selves know that we are 
 appointed thereunto. 
 
 4 For verily, when we were 
 with you, we told you before 
 that we should suffer tribula- 
 tion; even as it came to pass, 
 and ye know. 
 
 5 For this cause, when I 
 could no longer forbear, I sent 
 to know your faith, lest by 
 some means the tempter have 
 tempted you, and our labour 
 be in vain. 
 
 6 But now when Timotheus 
 came from you unto us, and 
 brought US good tidings of 
 your faith and charity, and 
 that ye have good remem- 
 brance of us always, desiring 
 greatly to see us, as we also to 
 see you : 
 
 7 Therefore, brethren, we were 
 comlbrted over you in all our 
 affliction and distress by your 
 faith ; 
 
 Lord Jesus Clnrist with all his 
 saints. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 He exhoHeth them to go on forward in 
 all tnanner of godliness, 6 to live holily 
 and justly, 9 to lone one another, 11 
 and quietly to follow their own busi- 
 ness : 13 and last of all to sorrow mo- 
 derately for the dead. 15 And unto 
 this last exhortation is annexed a brief 
 description of the resurrection, and 
 second coming of Christ to judgment. 
 
 FURTHEPtMOEE then we 
 beseech you, brethren, and 
 exhort you by the Lord Jesus, 
 that as ye have received of us 
 how ye ought to walk and to 
 please God, so ye would abound 
 more and more. 
 
 2 For ye know what com- 
 mandments we gave you by 
 the Lord Jesus. 
 
 3 For this is the will of God, 
 even your sanctification, that 
 ye should abstam from forni- 
 cation : 
 
 4 That every one of you should 
 know how to possess his vessel 
 in sanctification and honour ; 
 
 5 Not in the lust of concupi- 
 scence, even as the Gentiles 
 which know not God : 
 
 6 That no man go beyond 
 and defraud his brother in any 
 
Of Christ's 
 
 I. THESSALONIAKS, V. sccmd amiing. 
 
 matter : because that the Lord 
 25 the avenger of all such, as 
 we also have forewarned you 
 and testified. 
 
 7 For God hath not called 
 us unto uncleanness, but unto 
 holiness. 
 
 8 He therefore that despiseth, 
 despiseth not man, but God, 
 who hath also given unto us 
 his holy Spirit. 
 
 9 But as touching brotherly 
 love ye need not that I write 
 unto you : ibr ye yourselves 
 are taught of God to love one 
 another. 
 
 10 And indeed ye do it toward 
 all the brethren which are in 
 all Macedonia : but we beseech 
 you, biethren, that ye increase 
 move and more ; 
 
 11 And that ye study to be 
 
 18 Wherefore comlbrt one an- 
 other with these words. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 JTe proceedeth in the former description 
 of Christ's coming to judgment, 16 and 
 givcth divers precei>t8, 23 and so cmU 
 cluaeth the epistle, 
 
 BUT of the times and the 
 seasons, brethren, ye have 
 no need that I write unto you. 
 
 2 For yourselves know per- 
 fectly that the day of the Lord 
 so Cometh as a thief in the night. 
 
 3 For when they shall say, 
 Peace and safety ; then sudden 
 destruction cometh upon them, 
 as travail upon a woman with 
 child; and they shall not escape. 
 
 4 But ye, brethren, are not in 
 darkness, that that day should 
 overtake you as a thief. 
 
 5 Ye are all the children of 
 
 quiet, and to do your own busi- ] light, and the children of the 
 
 ness, and to work with your 
 own hands, as we commanded 
 you ; 
 
 12 Tliat ye may walk honestly 
 toward them that are without, 
 and that ye may have lack of I 
 nothing. | 
 
 13 But I would not have you 
 to be ignorant, brethren, con- 
 cerning them which are asleej^ 
 that ye sorrow not, even as 
 others which have no hope. | 
 
 14 For if we believe that Je- ' 
 sus died and rose again, even so 
 
 day : we are not of the night, 
 nor of darkness. 
 
 6 Therefore let us not sleep, 
 as do others ; but let us watch 
 and be sober. 
 
 7 For they that sleep sleep in 
 the night; and they that be 
 drunken are drunken in the 
 night. 
 
 8 But let us, who are of the day, 
 be sober, putting on the breast- 
 plate of faith and love ; and for i 
 an helmet, the hope of salvation. ! 
 
 9 For God hath not appointed 
 
 them also wliich sleep in Jesus us to wrath, but to obtain sal- 
 
 will God bring with him. 
 15 For tliis we say unto you 
 
 vation by our Lord Jesus Cln-ist, 
 10 Who died for us, that, 
 
 by the word of the Lord, that whether we wake or sleep, we 
 
 we which are alive and remain should live together with him. 
 
 unto the coming of the Lord j 11 Wherefore comfort your- 
 
 shall not prevent them which i selves together, and ediiy one 
 
 are asleep. 
 
 16 For the Lord himself shall 
 descend tiom heaven with a 
 shout, with the voice of the 
 archangel, and with the trump 
 of God : and the dead in Christ 
 shall rise first : 
 
 17 Then we which are alive 
 and remain shall be caught 
 up together with them in the 
 clouds, to meet the Lord in the 
 air : and so shall we ever be 
 with the Lord. 
 
 another, even as also ye do. 
 
 12 And we beseech you, bre- 
 thren, to know them which 
 labour among you, and are 
 over you in the Lord, and ad- 
 monish you ; 
 
 13 And to esteem them very 
 highly in love for their work's 
 sake. And be at peace among 
 yourselves. 
 
 14 Now we exhort you, bre- 
 thren,, warn them that are 
 unruly, comfort the feeble- 
 
Diver's 
 
 I. THESSALONIANS, V. 
 
 erJiortaticns. 
 
 minded, support the weak, be 
 patient toward all men. 
 
 15 See that none render evil 
 for evil unto any man; but 
 ever follow that which is good, 
 both among yomselves, and to 
 all m.en, 
 
 16 Rejoice evermore. 
 
 17 Pray without ceasing. 
 
 18 In every thing give thanks : 
 for this is the will of God in 
 Christ Jesus concerning you. 
 
 19 Quench not the Spirit. 
 
 20 Despise not prophesyings. 
 
 21 Prove all things ; hold fast 
 that which is good. 
 
 22 Abstain from all appear- 
 ance of evil. 
 
 23 And the very God of peace 
 sanctify you wholly; and / 
 pra^ God your whole spirit 
 and soul and body be preserv- 
 ed blameless unto the coming 
 of our Lord Jesus Clu-ist. 
 
 24 Faithful is he that calleth 
 you, who also will do it, 
 
 25 Brethren, pray for us. 
 
 26 Greet all the brethren with 
 an holy Mss. 
 
 27 I charge you by the Lord 
 that this epistle be read unto 
 all the holy brethi'en. 
 
 28 The grace of om- Lord Jesus 
 Christ be with you. Amen. 
 
 % The first epistle unto the Thessa- 
 lonians was written from Athens. 
 
 THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 
 
 THESSALONIANS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Saint Paul certifieth them of the good 
 opinion which he had of their faith, 
 love, a/nd patience : 11 and therewithal 
 useth divers reasons for the comfort- 
 ing of them in persecution, whereof the 
 chiefest is taken from the righteous 
 fudgment of God. 
 
 PAUL, and Silvanus, and Ti- 
 motheus, unto the church 
 of the Thessalonians in God 
 our Father and the Lord Jesus 
 Christ : 
 
 2 Grace unto you, and peace, 
 from God our Father and the 
 Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 3 We are bound to thank God 
 always for you, brethren, as 
 it is meet, because that your 
 taith groweth exceedingly, and 
 the charity of every one of you 
 all toward each other abound- 
 eth; 
 
 4 So that we ourselves glory 
 in you in the chm'ches of God 
 for your patience and faith in 
 all your persecutions and tri- 
 bulations that ye endure : 
 
 5 Which is a maniliest token 
 of the righteous judgment of 
 God, that ye may be counted 
 worthy of the kingdom of God, 
 for which ye also suffer :. 
 
 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing 
 with God to recompense tribu- 
 lation to them that trouble you ; 
 
 7 And to you who are troubled 
 rest with us, when the Lord 
 Jesus shall be revealed fi'om 
 heaven with his mighty angels, 
 
 8 In flaming fire taking venge- 
 ance on them that know not 
 God, and that obey not the gos- 
 pel of our Lord Jesus Chi'isf : 
 
 9 Who shall be punished with 
 eTerlasting destruction from the 
 presence of the Lord, and from 
 the glory of his power ; 
 
 10 When he shall come to be 
 glorified in his saints, and to 
 be admfred in all them that 
 believe (because our testimony 
 among you was believed) in 
 that day. ^ 
 
 11 Wherefore also we pray- 
 always for you, that our God 
 would coimt you worthy of this 
 calling, and fulfil all the good 
 pieasm-e of his goodness, and 
 the work of taith with power : 
 
 12 That the name of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ may be glorified in 
 you, and ye in him, according 
 to the grace of ow God and the 
 Lord Jesus Chi'ist. 
 
Exhortation II. THESSALONIANS, II. to stedfastness. 
 
 damned who believed not the 
 tnitli, but had pleasure in un- 
 righteousness. 
 
 13 But Ave are bound to give 
 thanks alway to God for you, 
 bretluen beloved of the Lord, 
 because God hath from the be- 
 ginninp; chosen you to sah ation 
 tlu-ouiih sanctitication of tlie 
 Spirit and belief of the truth : 
 
 14 \V hereunto he called you 
 by our gospel, to the obtaining 
 of the glory of our Lord Jesus 
 Clirist. 
 
 15 Therefore, brethren, stand 
 fast, and hold the traditions 
 wliich ye have been taught, 
 whetlier by -word, or our epistle. 
 
 IG Now our Lord Jesus (Jlu-ist 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 1 ITe vnlleth thnn to continue stcd/ast in 
 the truth received, Ssheiveth thfvt there 
 shall be a departure from the fait Ji, 9 
 and a discovery of antichrist, before the 
 day of the Lord come. 15 And there- 
 upon repeateth his former exhm'tation, 
 and pray eth for them. 
 
 IVTOW we beseech you, bre- 
 Xl tliren, by the coming of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, and by our 
 gathering togetlier unto him, 
 
 2 That ye be not soon shaken 
 in mind, or be troubled, neither 
 by spirit, nor by word, nor by 
 letter as from us, as that the 
 day of Christ is at hand. 
 
 3 Let no man deceive you by 
 any means : for that day shall 
 not come, except there come a 
 
 falling away first, and that man himself, and God, even our Fa- 
 of sin be revealed, the son of ther, which hath loved us, and 
 
 perdition ; 
 
 ! hath given lis everlasting con- 
 
 4 Who opposeth and exalteth solation and good hope through 
 himself above all that is called grace, 
 
 God, or that is worshii>ped; so 17 Comfort your hearts, and 
 that he as (xod sitteth in the stablish you in every good word 
 temple of God, shewing him- 1 and work. 
 
 CHAPTER IIL 
 
 1 ITe craveth their prayers for himself, 
 3 testifieth what confidence he hath in 
 th*'in, 5 makcth rcfjuest to God in their 
 behalf, 6 giveth them divers precepts, 
 e^jeckiUy to shun idleness, and ill coin- 
 pany, IGandlastofallcencludethwUh 
 prayer and salutation. 
 
 FINALLY, brethren, pray for 
 us, that the word of the Lord 
 may \\fi\Q free course, and be 
 glorified, even as it is with you : 
 
 2 And that we may be deli- 
 vered from unreasonable and 
 wicked men : for all men have 
 not faith. 
 
 3 But the Lord is faithful, 
 who shall stablish you, and 
 
 self that he is God. 
 
 5 Remember ye not, that, when 
 I was yet with you, I told you 
 these tilings? 
 
 G And now ye know what 
 withholdeth that he might be 
 revealed in his time. 
 
 7 For the mystery of iniquity 
 doth already work : only he 
 who now letteth icill let, until 
 he be taken out of the way. 
 
 8 And then shall that AVicked , 
 be revealed, whom the Lord 
 shall consume with the spirit 
 of his mouth, and shall de- 
 stroy with the brightness of his 
 coming : 
 
 9 Even him, whose coming is keep pou from evil. 
 
 after the working of Satan with 
 all power and signs and lying 
 wonders, 
 
 10 And with all deceivableness 
 of unrighteousness in them that 
 perish; because they received 
 not the love of the truth, that 
 they might be saved. 
 
 11 And for this cause God shall 
 send them strong delusion, that 
 they should believe a lie : 
 
 12 That they all might be 
 
 4 And we have confidence in 
 the Lord touching you, that ye 
 both do and will do the things 
 which we command you. 
 
 5 And the Lord direct your 
 hearts into the love of God, 
 and into the patient waiting 
 for Christ. 
 
 6 Now we command you, 
 brethren, in the name of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, that ye with- 
 draw yourselves from every 
 
The idle 
 
 II. THESSALONIANS, III. 
 
 censured. 
 
 brother that walketh disorder- 
 ly, and not after the tradition 
 which he received of us. 
 
 7 For yourselves know how ye 
 ought to follow us : for we be- 
 haved not ourselves disorderly 
 among you : 
 
 8 ^N^either did we eat any man's 
 bread for nought ; but wrought 
 with labour and travail night 
 and day, that we might not be 
 chargeable to any of j- ou : 
 
 9 Not because we have not 
 power, but to make ourselves an 
 ensample unto you to follow us, 
 
 10 For even when we were 
 with you, this we commanded 
 you, that if any would not 
 work, neither should he eat. 
 
 . 11 For we hear that there are 
 some which walk among you 
 disorderly, working not at all, 
 but are busybodies. 
 12 Now them that are such 
 we command and exhort by 
 
 our Lord Jesus Christ, that 
 with quietness they work, and 
 eat their own bread. 
 
 13 But ye, brethren, be not 
 weary in well doing. 
 
 14 And if any man obey not 
 our word by this epistle, note 
 that man, and have no com- 
 pany with him, that he may be 
 ashamed. 
 
 15 Yet count kim not as an 
 enemy, but admonish him as 
 a brother. 
 
 16 Now the Lord of peace him- 
 self give you peace always by 
 all means. The Lord be with 
 you all. 
 
 17 The salutation of Paul with 
 mine own hand, which is the 
 token in every epistle: so I 
 write. 
 
 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus 
 Clu-ist be with you all. Amen. 
 *j The second epistle to the Thessa- 
 
 lonians was \vritteii from Athens. 
 
 THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 
 
 TO 
 
 TIMOTHY. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 .1 Timothy is put in mind of the charge 
 which was given unto hiin by Paul at 
 his going to Macedonia. 5 Of the right 
 use and end of the law. 11 Of Saint 
 Paul's calling to bean ajjostle, 20 and 
 
 . of Hymenceus and Alexander. 
 
 PAUL, an apostle of Jesus 
 Christ by the command- 
 ment of God oiu- Saviour, and 
 Lord Jesus Christ, which is our 
 hope; 
 
 2 Unto Timothy, mt/ own son 
 in the faith : Gmce, mercy, and 
 peace, from God our Father and 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 
 3 As I besought thee to a- 
 bide still at Ephesus, when I 
 went into Macedonia, that thou 
 mightest charge some that they 
 teach no other doctrine, 
 
 4 Neither give heed to fables 
 and endless genealogies, which 
 minister questions, rather than 
 godly edifying which is in 
 faith : so do* 
 
 5 Now the end of the com- 
 mandment is charity out of a- 
 pure heart, and of a, good con- 
 science, and o/* faith unfeigned : 
 
 6 From which some having 
 swerved have turned aside un- 
 to vain jangling ; 
 
 7 Desiring to be teachers of 
 the law; understanding nei- 
 ther what they say, nor where- 
 of they affirm. 
 
 8 But we know that the law is 
 good, if a man use it lawfully ; 
 
 9 Knowing this, that the law 
 is not made for a righteous 
 man, but for the lawless and 
 disobedient, for the ungodly 
 and for sinners, for unholy 
 and profane, for murderers of 
 fiathers and murderers of mo- 
 thers, for manslayers, 
 
 10 For whoremongers, for them 
 that defile themselves with 
 mankind, for menstealers, for 
 liars, for perjured persons, and 
 
 8L3 
 
Fravei- to he made I. TIMOTHY 
 
 ii' there be any other thing tliat 
 is contrary to sound doctrine ; 
 
 11 According to the glorious 
 gosi'el of the blessed God, which 
 was committed to my trust. 
 
 12 And I thank Christ Jesus 
 
 II. fat- aU men. 
 
 prayers, intercessions, and giv- 
 ing of thanl£s, be made for all 
 men ; 
 
 2 For kings, and /or all that 
 are in authority ; that we may 
 lead a quiet and peaceable Ule 
 
 our Lord, who hath enabled me, in all godlhiess and honesty. 
 
 for that he counted me faithful, 
 putting me into the ministry ; 
 
 3 For this is good and accept- 
 able in the sight of God our 
 
 13 Who was before a bias- , Saviour ; 
 phemer, and a persecutor, and \ 4 Who will have all men to 
 injurious : but 1 obtain.ed mer- : be saved, and to come unto the 
 
 cy, because I did it ignorantly j 
 in unbelief. 
 
 knowledge of the truth. 
 5 For there is one God, and 
 
 14 And tlie grace of our Lord one mediator between God and 
 was exceeding abui^.dant witli men, tlie man Christ Jesus; 
 
 faith and love which is in 
 Christ Jesus. 
 
 15 This is a faitiiful saying, 
 and worthy of all acceptation, 
 that Christ Jesus came into the 
 world to save sinners ; of whom 
 I am chief. 
 
 IG Howbeit for this cause I 
 obtained mercy, that in me 
 first Jesus Christ might shew 
 forth all longsuffering, for a 
 
 pattern to them which should ' doubting. 
 
 I G Wlio gave liimself a ran- 
 
 ! 8om for all, to be testified in 
 
 ' due time. 
 
 ! 7 A V hereunto I am ordained 
 a preacher, and an apostle, (1 
 
 ' speak the truth in Christ, and 
 lie not;) a teacher of the Gen- 
 tiles iri faith and verity. 
 
 I 8 I will therefore that men 
 pray every where, lifting up 
 holy hands, without wrath and 
 
 herealter believe ou him to 
 everlasting. 
 
 17 Now unto the King eternal, 
 immortal, invisible, the only 
 wise God, be houom- and glory 
 for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 18 This charge I commit un- 
 to thee 
 
 ing to _ . 
 
 went before on thee, that thou 
 by them mightest war a good 
 warfare ; 
 
 - 19 Holduig faith, and a good 
 -conscience; which some hav- 
 ing put away concernhig faith 
 have made shipwreck : 
 
 20 Of whom is Hymen tens 
 and Alexander; whom I have 
 delivered unto Satan, that they 
 may learn not to blaspheme. 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 9 In like manner also, that i 
 V. omen adorn themsehes in | 
 modest apparel, with shame- ^ 
 facedness and sobriety ; not ' 
 with broided hair, or gold, or 
 pearls, or costly aiTay ; 
 ,10 But (which becometh wo- 
 
 son Timothy, accord- men professing godliness) with 
 
 the prophecies which | good worlcs. 
 
 11 Let the woman learn in si- 
 lence with all subjection. 
 
 12 But I sufier not a woman 
 to teach, nor to usurp authority 
 over the man ,but to be in silence. 
 
 13 For Adam was first formed, 
 then Eve. 
 
 14 And Adam was not deceiv- 
 ed, but the woman being deceiv- 
 ed was in the transgression. 
 
 15 Notwithstanding she shall 
 be saved in childbearing, if they 
 
 iThatitismeettovrayand'givetJuuiTcs co-niimxQ in faith and charity 
 
 for all '>nen, and the reason why. 
 Row women should be attired. 12 They 
 are not 2)ermitted to teach. 15 They 
 shall he saved, notwithstanding the 
 testimonies of God's wrath, in child- 
 birth, if they continue in faith. 
 
 I EXHORT therefore, that, 
 , first of allj supplications, 
 
 9 ! and holiness with sobriety. 
 CHAPTER IIL 
 
 2 Row bishox>s, and deacons, and their 
 wives should be qualified, 14 and to 
 what end Saint Paul wrote to Timothy 
 of these things. 15 Of the church, and 
 the- blessed ti-uth therein taught and 
 
The qiuiJiJicatiom of 1. TIMOTHY, IV. hislu/ps and deacms. 
 
 TmS is a true saying, If a 
 man desire the oflice of a 
 bisliop, he desireth a good work. 
 
 2 A bishop then must be 
 blameless, the husband of one 
 wife, vigilant, sober, of good be- 
 haviour, given to hospitality, 
 apt to teach ; 
 
 3 Not given to wine, no striker, 
 not greedy of filthy lucre ; but 
 patient, not a brawler, not co- 
 vetous ; 
 
 4 One that ruleth well his ovvH 
 house, having his children in 
 subjection with all gi'a\ity ; 
 
 5 (For if a man know not 
 how to rule his own house, 
 how shall he take care of the 
 church of God?) 
 
 6 Not a novice, lest being lift- 
 ed up with pride he fall into the 
 condemnation of the devil. 
 
 7 Moreover he must have a 
 good report of them which are 
 without; lest he fair into re- 
 proach and the snare of the 
 devil. 
 
 8 Likewise must the deacons 
 be gra^^, not doubletongued, j 
 not given to much wine, not 
 gi^edy of filthy lucre ; 
 
 9 Holding the mystery of the 
 laith in a pure conscience. 
 
 10 And let these also first be 
 proved ; then let them use the ; 
 office of a deacon, heing found 
 blameless. 
 
 il Even so must their wives 
 be grave, not slanderers, sober, 
 faithful in all things. 
 
 12 Let the deacons be the hus- 
 bands of one wife, ruling then- 
 children and their own houses 
 well. 
 
 13 For they that have used 
 the office of a deacon well 
 purchase to themselves a good 
 degree, and great boldness in 
 the fe-ith which is in Christ 
 Jesus. 
 
 14 These things write I unto 
 thee, hoping to come unto thee 
 shortly : 
 
 15 But if I tarry long, that 
 thou mayest know how thou 
 oughtest to behave thyself in 
 the iouse of God, which is the 
 
 church of the living God, the 
 pillar and ground of the truth. 
 16 And without controversy 
 great is the mystery of godli- 
 ness : God was manifest in the 
 flesh, justified in the Spirit, 
 seen of angels, preached unto 
 the Gentiles, believed on in the 
 world, received up into glory. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 Re foretelleth tJiat in the latter tunes 
 there shall he a cleijaHure frmn the 
 faith. 6 And to the end that Timothy 
 mi§M not fail in doing his duty, he 
 furnisheth hvm, witJi divers ^n-ecepts 
 belonging tJiereto. 
 
 l^OW the Spirit speaketh 
 iS expressly, that in the 
 latter times some shall depart 
 from the faith, giving heed to 
 seducing spirits, and doctrines 
 of devils ; 
 
 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; 
 ha^dng their conscience seared 
 with a hot iron; 
 
 3 Forbidding to many, and 
 commanding to abstain from 
 meats, which God hath created 
 to be received with thanksgiv- 
 ing of them which believe and 
 know the truth. 
 
 4 For every creature of God 
 is good, and nothing to be re- 
 fused, if it be received with 
 thanlisgiving : 
 
 5 For it is sanctified by the 
 word of God and prayer. 
 
 6 If thou put the brethren in 
 remembrance of these things, 
 thou shalt be a good minister 
 of Jesus Christ, nourished" up in 
 the words of faith and of good 
 doctrine, whereunto thou hast 
 attained. 
 
 7 But refuse profane and old 
 wiA^s' fables, and exercise thy- 
 self rather unto godliness. 
 
 8 For bodily exercise profit- 
 eth little : but godliness is pro- 
 fitable unto all things, having 
 promise of the life tlmt now is, 
 and of that which is to come. 
 
 9 This is a faithful saying and 
 worthy of all acceptation. 
 
 10 For therefore we both la- 
 l)Our and suffer reproach^ be^ 
 cause we trust in the living 
 
Bulesfor reproving. I. TIMOTHY, V. Ofimdaws and elders. 
 
 God, who is the Saviour of all 
 men, specially of those that 
 believe. 
 
 11 These things command and 
 teach. 
 
 12 Let no man despise thy 
 youth; but be thoa an exam- 
 ple of the believers, in word, 
 in conversation, in charity, in 
 spirit, in faith, in purity. 
 
 13 Till I come, give attend- 
 ance to reading, to exhortation, 
 to doctrine. 
 
 14 Neglect not the gift that is 
 in thee, which was given tliee 
 by prophecy, with the laying 
 on of the hands of the pres- 
 bytery. 
 
 15 Meditate upon these things ; 
 give thyself wholly to tliem; 
 that thy profiting may appear 
 to all. 
 
 16 Take heed unto thyself, 
 and unto the doctrine; con- 
 tuiue in them: for in doing 
 this thou shalt both save thy- 
 self, and them that hear thee. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 Rules to be obse-ft'ed in rejyroving. 3 
 Of widows. 17 Of elders. 23 .1 precejtt 
 fen" Timothi/'s health. 24 Some men's 
 sitis go b'fore unto judgment, and 
 S07ne men's do follow after. 
 
 EEBUKE not an elder, but 
 ; in treat him as a father ; and 
 the younger men as brethren ; 
 
 2 The elder women as mo- 
 thers; the younger as sisters, 
 with all purity. 
 
 3 Honour widows that are 
 widows indeed. 
 
 8 But if any provide not for 
 his own, and specially for those 
 of his own house, he hath de- 
 nied the faith, and is worse 
 than an infidel. 
 
 9 Let not a widow be taken 
 into the nmnber under three- 
 score years old, having been 
 the wife of one man, 
 
 10 Well reported of for good 
 works ; if she have brought up 
 cliildren, if she have lodged 
 stiangers, if she have washed 
 the saints' feet, if she have re- 
 lieved tlie aillicted, if she have 
 diligently followed every good 
 work. 
 
 11 But the younger widows 
 refuse : ibr when they have 
 begun to wax wanton against 
 Cluist, they will marry ; 
 
 12 Havmg damnation, because 
 they have cast off their first 
 liaith. 
 
 13 And withal they learn to 
 he idle, wandering about from 
 house to house; and not only J 
 idle, but tattlers also and busy- 1 
 bodies, speakmg things which! 
 they ought not. 
 
 14 I will therefore that the 
 younger women marry, bear 
 children, guide the house, give 
 none occasion to the adversary 
 to si)eak reproachfully. 
 
 15 For some are already turned 
 aside after Satan. 
 
 16 If any man or woman that J 
 believeth have widows, let them I 
 reheve them, and let not the 
 church be charged; that it 
 
 4 But if any widow have chil- ; may relieve them that are wi- 
 dren or nephews, let them learii ! doMs indeed. 
 
 first to shew piety at home, i 
 and to requite their parents: 
 for that is good and acceptable 
 before God. 
 
 5 Now she that is a widow 
 indeed, and desolate, trusteth 
 in God, and continueth in sup- 
 plications and prayers night 
 and day. 
 
 6 But she that liveth in plea- I of his reward. 
 
 17 Let the elders that rule well 
 be counted worthy of double 
 honour, especially they who 
 labour in the word and doc- 
 trine. 
 
 18 For the scripture saith. 
 Thou shalt not muzzle the 
 ox that treadeth out the corn. 
 And, The labourer is worthy 
 
 sure is dead while she liveth, 
 7 And these things give in 
 <;harge, that they may be 
 blameless.. 
 
 19 Against an elder receive not 
 I an accusation, but before two 
 1 or three witnesses. 
 
 20 Them that sin rebuke be- 
 
The duty of servants. I. TIMOTHY, VI. A charge to the rich. 
 
 5 Perverse dispu tings of men 
 
 fore aU, that others also may 
 fear. 
 
 21 I charge thee before God, 
 and the Lord Jesus Chiist, and 
 the elect angels, that thou 
 observe these things without 
 preferring one before another, 
 domg nothing by partiality. 
 
 22 Lay hands suddenly on no 
 man, neither be partaker of 
 other men's sins: keep thyself 
 pure. 
 
 23 Drink no longer water, but 
 use a little wine for thy sto- 
 mach's sake and thine often 
 infirmities. 
 
 24 Some men's sins are open 
 beforehand, going before to 
 judgment ; and some men they 
 follow after. 
 
 25 Likewise also the good 
 works of some are manifest be- 
 forehand; and they that are 
 otherwise cannot be hid. 
 
 CHAPTEH VL 
 
 1 Of the duty of servants. 3 Not to have 
 fellotvsMp with newfangled teachers. 
 6 Godliness is great gain, 10 and love 
 of money the root of all evil. 11 What 
 Timothy is to fly, and what to folloiv, 
 17 and whereof to admonish the rich. 
 20 To Tceep the punty of true doctrine, 
 and to avoid profane janglings. 
 
 LET as many seiTants as 
 are under the yoke count 
 their own masters worthy of 
 all honoiu", that the name of 
 God and Ms doctrine be not 
 blasphemed. 
 
 2 And they that have believ- 
 ing masters, let them not de- 
 spise them, because they are 
 brethren; but rather do thera 
 service, because they are faith- 
 ful and beloved, partakers of 
 the benefit. These things teach 
 and exhort. 
 
 3 If any man teach otherwise, 
 and consent not to wholesome 
 words, even the words of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, and to the 
 doctrine which is according to 
 godliness ; 
 
 4 He is proud, knowing no- 
 thing, but doting about ques- 
 tions and strifes of words, 
 whereof cometh en\T, strife, 
 railings, evil surmisings, 
 
 of corrupt minds, and destitute 
 of the truth, supposing that 
 gain is godliness: from such 
 withdraw thyself. 
 
 6 But godliness with content- 
 ment is great gain. 
 
 7 For we brought nothing into 
 this world, and it is certain we 
 can caiTy nothing out. 
 
 8 And having food and raiment 
 let us be therewith content. 
 
 9 But they that will be rich 
 fall into temptation and a snare, 
 and into many foolish and hurt- 
 ful lusts, which diown men in 
 destruction and perdition. 
 
 10 For the love of money is 
 the root of all evil : which while 
 some coveted after, they have 
 erred fi'om the faith, and pierced 
 themselves through with many 
 
 SOITOWS. 
 
 11 But thou, O man of God, 
 flee these things; and follow 
 after righteousness, godliness, 
 faith, love, patience, meekness. 
 
 12 Fight the good fight of faith, 
 lay hold on eternal life, where- 
 unto thou art also called, and 
 hast professed a good profession 
 before many witnesses. 
 
 13 I give thee charge in the 
 sight of God, who quickeneth 
 all things, and before Christ 
 Jesus, who before Pontius Pi- 
 late witnessed a good confes- 
 sion ; 
 
 14 That thou keep this com- 
 mandment without spot, unre- 
 bukeable, until the appearing 
 of our Lord Jesus Christ : 
 
 15 Which in his times he 
 shall shew, who is the blessed 
 and only Potentate, the King 
 of kings, and Lord of lords ; 
 
 16 Who only hath immor- 
 talitj% dwelling in the light 
 which no man can approach 
 unto ; whom no man hath 
 seen, nor can see : to whom be 
 honour and power everlasting. 
 Amen. 
 
 17 Charge them that are rich 
 in this world, that they be not 
 highminded, nor trust in un- 
 certain riches, but in the living 
 
Timothy exJif/iied 
 
 II. TIMOTHY, I. 
 
 God, who giveth us richly all 
 things to enjoy ; 
 
 18 That they do good, that 
 they be rich in good works, 
 ready to distribute, willing to 
 communicate ; 
 
 19 Laying up in store for them- 
 selves a good foundation against 
 the time to come, that they may 
 lay hold on eternal life. 
 
 20 O Timothy, keep that 
 
 to ste^lfasluesii. 
 
 which is committed to thy 
 trust, avoiding i)rofane and 
 vain babblings, and oppositions 
 of science lalsely so called : 
 21 Which some professing 
 have erred concernhig the faith. 
 Grace be with thee. Amen. 
 
 % The first to Timothy was written 
 from Laorticca, which is the chief- 
 cst city of Phrygia Pacatiana. 
 
 THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 
 
 TIMOTHY. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 PauVs love to Timothy, and the nn. 
 feigned faith which was in Timothy 
 himself, his mxtther, and grandmother. 
 6 IJe is exhorted to stir up the gift of 
 God which wa^ in him, d to be stcdfast, 
 and patient in persecution, 13 and to 
 persist in the form and truth of that 
 doctrine which he had learned of him. 
 15 Ph:igellus and Ilermogenes, and 
 such like, arc noted, and Onesiphortcs 
 is highly commended. 
 
 PAUL, an apostle of Jesus 
 Christ by the will of God, 
 according to the promise of lile 
 which is in Christ Jesus, 
 
 2 To Timothy, my dearly be- 
 loved son: Grace, mercy, and 
 peace, from God the Father and 
 Christ Jesus our Lord. 
 
 3 1 thank God, whom I serve 
 from my forefathers with i-ure 
 conscience, that without ceas- 
 ing I have remembrance of 
 thee in my prayers night and 
 day; 
 
 4 Greatly desiring to see thee, 
 being mindful of thy tears, that 
 I may be filled with joy ; 
 
 5 When I call to remembrance 
 the unfeigned faith that is in 
 thee, which dwelt first in thy 
 grandmother Lois, and thy mo- 
 ther Eunice; and I am per- 
 suaded that in thee also. 
 
 6 Wherefore I put thee in re- 
 membrance that thou stir up 
 the gift of God, which is in 
 thee by the putting on of my 
 hands. 
 
 7 For God hath not given us 
 
 tlie spirit of fear ; but of power, 
 and of love, and of a' sound 
 mind. 
 
 8 Be not thou therefore asham- 
 ed of the testimony of our Lord, 
 nor of me his prisoner : but be 
 thou partaker of the afflictions 
 of the gospel according to the 
 power of God ; 
 
 9 Who hath saved us, and 
 called us with an holy calling, 
 not according to our works, but 
 according to his ov.n purpose 
 and grace, wliich was given us 
 in Christ Jesus before tlie world 
 began, 
 
 10 But is now made manifest 
 by the appearing of our Saviour 
 Jesus Christ, who hath abo- 
 lislied death, and hath brought 
 lile and immortality to light 
 through the gospel : 
 
 11 W^hereunto I am appointed 
 a i)reacher, and an apostle, and 
 a teacher of the Gentiles. 
 
 12 For the which cause I also 
 sufier these things : neverthe- 
 less I am not ashamed: for 1 
 know whom I have believed, 
 and am persuaded that he is 
 able to keep that which I have 
 committed unto him against 
 that day. 
 
 13 Hold fast the form of sound 
 words, which thou hast heard 
 of me, in faith and love which 
 is in Christ Jesus. 
 
 14 That good thing which was 
 committed unto thee keep by 
 
Divers exhoiiaiicms 
 
 II. TIMOTHY, II. 
 
 to Timothy. 
 
 the Holy Ghost which dwelleth 
 in us. 
 
 15 This thou knowest, that 
 all they which are in Asia 
 be turned away irom me ; of 
 ^vhom are Phygellus and Her- 
 mogenes. 
 
 16 The Lord give mercy mito 
 the house of Onesiphorus; for 
 he oft refreshed me, and was 
 not ashamed of my chain : 
 
 17 But, when he was in Home, 
 he sought me out very dih- 
 gently, anel fomid me. 
 
 18 The Lord grant unto him 
 that he may find mercy of the 
 Lord in that day : and in how 
 many things he ministered un- 
 to me at Ephesus, thou knowest 
 very well. 
 
 CHAPTER IL 
 
 1 He .is exhorted again to constancy and 
 perseverance, and to do tlie duty of a 
 faithful servant of the Lord in dividing 
 the word aright, and staying profane 
 and vain babblings. 17 Of ffymenceus 
 and Philetus. 19 The foundation of the 
 Lord is sure. 22 Me is taitght tvhereof 
 to beware, and what to follow after, 
 and in what sort the servant of the 
 Lord ought to behave himself. 
 
 THOU therefore, my son, be 
 strong in the grace that is 
 in Christ Jesus. 
 
 2 And the things that thou 
 hast heard of me among many 
 witnesses, the same commit 
 thou to faithful men, who shall 
 be able to teach others also. 
 
 3 Thou therefore enduie hard- 
 ness, as a good soldier of Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 4 No man that warreth entan- 
 gleth himself with the afiahs 
 of this life ; that he may please 
 him who hath chosen him to 
 be a soldier. 
 
 5 And if a man also strive for 
 masteries, f/et is he not crowned, 
 except he strive lawfully. 
 
 6 The husbandman that la- 
 boureth must be first partaker 
 of the fruits. 
 
 7 Consider what I say; and 
 the Lord give thee anderstand- 
 ing in all things. 
 
 8 Remember that Jesus Christ 
 of th^ seed of David was raised 
 
 from the dead according to my 
 gospel : 
 
 9 Wherein I sufier trouble, as 
 an evil doer, even unto bonds ; 
 but the word of God is not 
 bound. 
 
 10 Therefore I endure all 
 things for the elect's sakes, 
 that they may also obtain the 
 salvation which is in Christ 
 Jesus with eternal glory. 
 
 11 It is a faithful saying ; For 
 if we be dead with him, we 
 shall also live with him : 
 
 12 If we sufier, we shall also 
 reign with him: if we deny 
 him, he also v/ill deny us : 
 
 13 If we believe not, ^et he 
 abideth faithful : he cannot 
 deny himself. 
 
 14 Of these things put them 
 in remembrance, charging the7n 
 before the Lord that they strive 
 not about words to no profit, 
 but to the subverting of the 
 hearers. 
 
 15 Study to shew thyself ap- 
 proved unto God, a workman 
 that needeth not to be asham- 
 ed, rightly dividing the Avord of 
 truth. 
 
 16 But shun profane and vain 
 babblings: for they will in- 
 crease unto more ungodliness. 
 
 17 And their word will eat as 
 doth a canker : of whom is 
 HymeneBus and Philetus ; 
 
 18 Who concerning the truth 
 have erred, saying that the re- 
 surrection is past afready; and 
 overthrow the faith of some. 
 
 19 Nevertheless the founda- 
 tion of God stacdeth sure, hav- 
 ing this seal, The Lord know- 
 eth them that are his. And, 
 Let every one that nameth the 
 name of Christ depart from 
 iniquity. 
 
 20 But in a great house there 
 ai'e not only vessels of gold and 
 of silver, but also of wood and 
 of earth ; and some to honour, 
 and some to dishonour. 
 
 21 If a man therefore purge 
 himself from these, he shall be 
 a vessel unto honour, sanctified, 
 ar.d meet for the master's use, 
 
Enemies of tM 
 
 and prepared unto every good 
 work. 
 
 22 Flee also youtliful lusts : 
 but follow righteousness, laith, 
 charity, peace, with them that 
 call on the Lord out of a pure 
 heart. 
 
 23 But foolish and unlearned 
 questions avoid, knowing that 
 they do gender strifes. 
 
 24 And the servant of the Lord 
 must not strive; but be gentle 
 unto all men, apt to teach, pa- 
 tient, 
 
 25 In meekness instructing 
 those that oppose themselves ; 
 if God peradventure will give 
 them repentance to the acknow- 
 ledging of the truth ; 
 
 26 And that tliey may recover 
 themselves out of tlie snare of 
 the devil, who are taken cap- 
 tive by him at his will. 
 
 CHAPTER IIL 
 
 1 He advertiscth him of the times to come, 
 6 describeth the enemies of the truth, 
 10 propoundeth unto him his own ex- 
 ample, 16 and comynendeth the holy 
 scriptures. 
 
 THIS know also, that in the 
 last days perilous times 
 Bhall come. 
 
 2 For men shall be lovers of 
 their own selves, covetous, 
 boasters, i)roud, blasphemers, 
 disobedient to parents, un- 
 thankful, unholy, 
 
 3 Without natural affection, 
 trucebreakers, false accusers, 
 incontinent, fierce, despisers of 
 those that are good, 
 
 4 Traitors, heady, highmind- 
 ed, lovers of pleasures more 
 than lovers of God ; 
 
 5 Having a form of godliness, 
 but denying the power thereof: 
 from such turn aAvay. 
 
 6 For of this sort are they 
 which creep into houses, and 
 lead captive silly women laden 
 with sins, led away with divers 
 lusts, 
 
 7 Ever learning, and never 
 able to come to the knowledge 
 of the truth. 
 
 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres 
 withstood Moses, so do these 
 
 II. TIMOTHY, III. tivih describe^l 
 
 also resist the truth : men ot 
 con'upt minds, reprobate con- 
 cerning the liaith. 
 
 9 But they shall jiroceed no 
 further: for their folly shall 
 be manifest unto all men, as 
 their's also was. 
 
 10 But thou hast fully known 
 my doctrine, manner of life, 
 purpose, faith, longsufiering, 
 charity, patience, 
 
 11 Persecutions, afflictions, 
 which came unto me at An- 
 tioch, at Iconium, at Lystra ; 
 what persecutions 1 endured : 
 but out of them, all the Lord 
 delivered me. 
 
 12 Yea, and all that will live 
 godly in Christ Jesus shall sui- 
 fer iiersecution. 
 
 13 But evil men and seducers 
 shall wax worse and worse, de- 
 ceiving, and being deceived. 
 
 14 But continue thou in the 
 things which thou hast learned 
 and hast been assured of, know- 
 ing of whom thou hast learned 
 them ; 
 
 15 And that from a child thou 
 hast known the holy scriptures, 
 which are able to make thee 
 wise unto salvation through 
 faith which is in Christ Jesus. 
 
 16 All scripture is given by 
 inspiration of God, and is pro- 
 fitable for doctrine, for reproof, 
 for correction, for instruction 
 in righteousness : 
 
 17 That the man of God may 
 be perliect, throughly furnished 
 mito all good works. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 He exhorteth hrm to do his duty with all 
 care and diligence, 6 certifieth him of 
 the nearness of his death, 9 vrilleth him 
 to come speedily v/nto him, and to bring 
 Marcos with him, and certain other 
 things which he wrote for, 14 warneth 
 hhn to beware of Alexander the smith, 
 16 informeth Mm what had befallen 
 him at his first answering, 19 and 
 soon after he concludeth. 
 
 I CHARGE thee therefore 
 before God, and the Lord 
 Jesus Christ, who shall judge 
 the quick and the dead at his 
 appearing and his Idngdom ; 
 2 Preach the word; be in- 
 stant in season, out of season ; 
 
Paulas solemn 
 
 II. TIMOTHY, ly. cTiarge to Timothy. 
 
 reprove, rebuke, _ exhort with 
 all longsuffering and doctrine. 
 
 3 For the time will come 
 when they will not endure 
 sound doctrine ; but after their 
 own lusts shall they heap to 
 themselves teachers, having 
 itching ears ; 
 
 4 And they shall turn away 
 theh' ears from the truth, and 
 shall be turned unto fables. 
 
 5 But watch thou in all things, 
 endure afiiictions, do the work 
 of an evangelist, make full 
 proof of thy ministry. 
 
 6 For I am now ready to be 
 ottered, and the time of my 
 departure is at hand. 
 
 7 I have fought a good fight, 
 I hate finished m^ course, I 
 have kept the faith : 
 
 8 Henceforth there is laid up 
 for me a crown of righteous- 
 ness, which the Lord, the righ- 
 teous judge, shall give me at 
 that day : and not to me only, 
 but unto all them also that 
 love his appearing. 
 
 9 Do thy diligence to come 
 shortly unto me : 
 
 10 For Demas hath forsaken 
 me, having loved this present 
 world, and is departed unto 
 Thessalonica ; Crescens to Ga- 
 latia, Titus unto Dalmatia. 
 
 11 Only Luke is with me. 
 Take Mark, and bring him 
 with thee : for he is profitable 
 to me for the ministry. 
 
 12 And Tychicus have I sent 
 to Ephesus. 
 
 13 The cloke that I left at 
 Troas with Carpus, when thou 
 comest, brmg with thee, and 
 the books, but especially the 
 parchments. 
 
 14 Alexander the coppersmith 
 did me much evil : the Lord 
 reward him according to his 
 works : 
 
 15 Of whom be thou ware 
 also ; for he hath greatly with- 
 stood our words. 
 
 16 At my first answer no man 
 stood with me, but all men 
 forsook me : / pj^ai/ God that 
 it may not be laid to their 
 charge. 
 
 17 Notwithstanding the Lord 
 stood with me, and strengthen- 
 ed me ; that by me the preach- 
 ing might be fully known, and 
 that all the Gentiles might 
 hear : and I was delivered out 
 of the mouth of the lion. 
 
 18 And the Lord shall deli- 
 ver me from every evil work, 
 and will preserve me unto his 
 heavenly kingdom: to whom 
 be glory for ever and ever. 
 Amen. 
 
 19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, 
 and the household of Onesi- 
 phorus. 
 
 20 Erastus abode at Corinth: 
 but Trophimus have I left at 
 Miletnm sick. 
 
 21 Do thy diligence to come 
 before winter. Eubulus greet- 
 eth thee, and Pudens, and Li- 
 nus, and Claudia, and all the 
 brethren. 
 
 22 The Lord Jesus Christ be 
 with thy spirit. Grace be with 
 you. Amen. 
 
 % The second epistle' unto Timo- 
 tiieus, ordained the first bishop 
 of the church of the Ephesians, 
 was written from Rome, when 
 Paul was brought before Nero 
 the second time. 
 
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO 
 
 TITUS. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 For uhat end Titut tnit left in Crete. 
 I't How th»-y (hut itre to be chf*$en vii- 
 iiittert ott'jht to be ifiutU/ied. 11 The 
 ynoiUha of evU teachers to be stopped : 
 12 and tehat manner (if men they b«. 
 
 l^AUL, a Pervant of God, and 
 
 1 an ai>08tle of .TesuH Christ, 
 nfTordint.' to the fnitli of (Jod's 
 elect, and the arknowledj^inp of 
 tlie truth Nvhk-li is alter godli- 
 nesfi ; 
 
 2 In lio] e of eternal life, whicli 
 God, that cannot lie, promised 
 before tiie uoild iKi^^nn; 
 
 3 Hut hath in due times mani- 
 fested his uord tlironirh i>reach- 
 ine, wiiicli is committed unto 
 me accordinvr to tl»e cnmmand- 
 ment of (mhI our Saviour; 
 
 4 To Titus, mine own son 
 after the common faith : (trace, 
 mercy, find i»<»a(e, from God 
 the Father a!;d the Lord Jesus 
 Christ our Saviour. 
 
 o For til is cause lefl I thee in 
 Crete, that tliou shonldest set in 
 order the tliiir^'s that are want- 
 iii'jr, and ordain eld<T8 in every 
 city, as I had appointed the«: 
 
 r» If any 1h» blameless, the 
 husliand of one wife, haviuir 
 faithful childnMi not accused 
 of riot or unruly. 
 
 7 For a bishop must be blame- 
 less, as the steward of God; not 
 selfwilled, not soon antrr>', not 
 given to wine, no striker, not 
 given to filthy luci-e ; 
 
 8 But a lover of hospitality, a 
 lover of pood men, sober, just, 
 holv, temperate; 
 
 'J Holding fast the faithful 
 word as he hath l)een taught, 
 that he may be able by sound 
 doctrine both to exhort and to 
 convince the gainsayere. 
 
 10 For there are many unruly 
 and vain talkers and deceivers, 
 specially they of the circimi- 
 cision : 
 
 11 Whose mouths must be 
 stopped, who subvert whole 
 
 I houses, teaching things which 
 I they ought not, for filthy lu- 
 cre's sake. 
 12 One of themselves, even a 
 prophet of their own, wiid, The 
 ' Ci-et'ans are alway liai>*, evil 
 l)east8, slow ]>ellie8. 
 i 13 This witness is true. \Vhere- 
 j fore H'buke them sharnly, that 
 j they may Ik? sound in the faith ; 
 I 14 Not giving heed to Jewish 
 fables, and commandments of 
 men, that turn from tlie truth. 
 i 15 Lnto the pure all things 
 ' are pure : but unto them that 
 are defiled and unlMidievini: is 
 nothing nure ; but even their 
 mind and conscience is defiled. 
 i Itj They profess that they 
 j know (iod ; but in works they 
 I deny him, iK'ing abominable, 
 and diso})edient, and unto eveiy 
 good work reprobate. 
 I CHAPTER ir. 
 
 I 1 tHrectl<nx» gitn-n utUo Tittu U>(h for hi* 
 
 I doctrine ami life. 9 (If the dntft 'if »<t. 
 
 vantM, and in ijcneral <tf all Chrixtiani. 
 
 1)UT sneak thou the things 
 J> which become sound doc- 
 trine: 
 
 2 That the aged men be sol>er, 
 grave, terai»erate, sound in faith, 
 
 ; in charity, in patience. 
 
 3 The aged women likewise, 
 that tfiei/ he in behaviour as 
 iKiconietii holiness, not false 
 accusers, nf)t given to much 
 w ine. teachers of good things ; 
 
 4 That they may teach the 
 voung women to Ije sober, to 
 love their husbands, to love 
 their children, 
 
 5 To he discreet, chaste, keep- 
 ers at home, good, obedient to . 
 their own husbands, that the 
 word of Godlje not blasphemed. 
 
 6 Young men likewise exhort 
 to be sober minded. 
 
 7 In all things shewing thy- 
 self a pattern of good works : 
 in doctrine shewing imcorrupt- 
 ness, gravity, sinceritj', 
 
The dviy of servants. 
 
 TITUS, III. Contentims to he avoided. 
 
 8 Sound speech, that cannot 
 be condemned ; that he that is 
 of the contrary part may be 
 ashamed, having no evil thing 
 to say of you. 
 
 9 Exhort servants to be obe- 
 dient unto their own masters, 
 and to please them well in all 
 things; not answering again ; 
 
 10 Not purloining, but shew- 
 ing all good fidelity ; that they 
 may adorn the doctrine of God 
 our Sa\iour in all things. 
 
 11 For the grace of God that 
 bringeth salvation hath appear- 
 ed to all men, 
 
 12 Teaching us that, denying 
 ungodliness and worldly lusts, 
 we should live soberly, right- 
 eously, and godly, in this pre- 
 sent world ; 
 
 13 Looking for that blessed 
 hope, and the glorious appear- 
 ing of the gieat God and our 
 Saviour Jesus Christ ; 
 
 14 Who gave himself for us, 
 ! that he might redeem us from 
 I all iniquity, and purify unto 
 ] himself a peculiar people, zea- 
 lous of good works. 
 
 J ' 15 These things speak, and ex- 
 ' hort, and rebuke with all autho- 
 rity. Let no man despise thee. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 1 Titus is yet further directed by Paul, 
 both concerning the things he should 
 teach, and not teach. 10 He is willed 
 also to reject obstinate hereticTcs : 12 
 which done, he appointeth Mm both 
 time and place, wherein he should 
 come unto him, and so concludeth. 
 
 PUT them in mind to be 
 subject to principalities and 
 powers, to obey magistrates, to 
 be ready to every good work, 
 
 2 To speak evil of no man, to 
 be no brawlers, hut gentle, shew- 
 ing all meekness unto all men. 
 
 3 For we ourselves also were 
 sometimes foolish, disobedient, 
 deceived, serving divers lusts 
 and pleasures, living in malice 
 and envy, hateful, and hating 
 one another. 
 
 4 But after that the kindness 
 
 and love of God our Saviour 
 toward man appeared, 
 
 5 Not by works of righteous- 
 ness which we have done, but 
 according to his mercy he saved 
 us, by the washing of regenera- 
 tion, and renewing of the Holy 
 Ghost; 
 
 6 Which he shed on us a- 
 bundantly through Jesus Christ 
 our Saviour ; 
 
 7 That being justified by his 
 grace, we should be made heirs 
 according to the hope of eter- 
 nal life. 
 
 8 This is a faithful saying, and 
 these things I will that thou 
 affirm constantly, that they 
 which have believed in God 
 might be careful to maintain 
 good works. These things are 
 good and profitable unto men. 
 
 9 But avoid foolish questions, 
 and genealogies, and conten- 
 tions, and strivings about the 
 law; for they are unprofitable 
 and vain. 
 
 10 A man that is an heretick 
 after the first and second ad- 
 monition reject ; 
 
 11 Knowing that he that is 
 such is subverted, and sinneth, 
 being condemned of himself. 
 
 12 When I shall send Arte- 
 mas unto thee, or Tychicus, 
 be . diligent to come unto me 
 to Nicopolis : for I have deter- 
 mined there to winter. 
 
 13 Bring Zenas the lawyer 
 and Apollos on their journey 
 diligently, that nothing be 
 wanting unto them. 
 
 14 And let our's also learn to 
 maintain good works for ne- 
 cessary uses, that they be not 
 unfruitfal. 
 
 15 All that are with me salute 
 thee. Greet them that love us 
 in the faith. G race he with you 
 all. Amen. 
 
 5[ It was written to Titus, ordained 
 the first bishop of the church of 
 the Cretians, from Nicopolis of 
 Macedonia. 
 
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO 
 
 PHILEMON. 
 
 4 He rejoiceth to hear of the faith arul I 
 love of Phllcinon, 9 whom he detireth j 
 to foryh'c his servant Oneshntu, and I 
 l/jvingly to receive him again. 
 
 PAUL, a prisoner of Jesus i 
 Clirist, and Timothy our | 
 brother, unto Pliilenion our ; 
 dearly beloved, and fellowla- j 
 bor.rer. 
 
 2 And to oxtr beloved Apphia, 
 and Aic'hippus oiu- fellowsol- 
 dier, and to the church in thy 
 liouse : 
 
 3 Grace to you, and peace, 
 fiom God our Father and the 
 Lord Jesus Clu-ist. 
 
 4 1 thank my God, makinpr 
 mention of thee always in my 
 prayers, 
 
 5 Hearinpr of thy love and 
 faitli, vhich thou hast toward 
 tlie Lord Jesus, and toward all 
 Faints ; 
 
 <) That the communication of 
 thy faith may become etiectual 
 ])y tlie acknowledirincc of every 
 ^^>od thing which is in you in 
 Ciunst Jesus. 
 
 7 For we have creat joy and 
 consolation in thy love, be- 
 cause tlie bowels of tlie saints 
 are refreshed by thee, brother. 
 
 8 Wherefore, thou^di I might 
 be much bold in Clu"ist to en- 
 join thee tliat which is conve- 
 nient, 
 
 9 Yet for love's sake I rather 
 beseech thee, being such an one 
 as Paul the aged, and now also 
 a prisoner of Jesus Clu-ist. 
 
 10 I beseech thee for my son 
 Onesimus, whom I have be- 
 gotten in my bonds : 
 
 11 Which in time past was to 
 thee unprofitable, but now pro- 
 fitable to thee and to me : 
 
 12 W^hom I have sent again : 
 thou therefore receive him, that 
 is, mine own bowels ; 
 
 13 Whom I would have re- 
 tained with me, that in thy 
 stead he might have minister- 
 ed unto me in the bonds of the 
 gosi>el : 
 
 14 But without thy mind 
 would 1 do nothing; that thy 
 benefit should not be as it were 
 of necessity, but willinglj'. 
 
 15 For perhaps he therefore 
 departed for a season, that thou 
 shouldest receive him for ever ; 
 
 IG Not now as a servant, but 
 above a servant, a brother be- 
 loved, speeially to me, but how 
 mucli more unto thef, both in 
 the flcsli, and in the Lord? 
 
 17 If thou count me therefore a 
 partner, rereive him as my sell. 
 
 18 If he hath wronged tlie^, or 
 oweth thee ought, put that on 
 mine account ; 
 
 11) 1 Paul liave Avritten it with 
 mine own hand, I will repay 
 it : albeit I do not say to thee 
 how thou owest unto me even 
 thine own self besides. 
 
 20 Yea, brother, let me have 
 joy of thee in the Lord : re- 
 fresh my bowels in the Lord. 
 
 21 Having confidence in thy 
 obedience I wrote unto thee, 
 knowing that thou wilt also do 
 more than I say. 
 
 22 But withal prepare me 
 also a lodging : for I trust that 
 through yoiu- prayers I shall 
 be given unto you. 
 
 23 There salute thee Epa- 
 phras, my fellowprisoner in 
 Christ Jesus ; 
 
 24 Marcus, Aristarchus, De- 
 mas, Lucas, my fellowlabour- 
 
 icrs. 
 
 I 25 The grace of our Lord Je- 
 
 I sus Christ be with your spirit. 
 
 j Amen. 
 
 j % Written from Rome to Philemon, 
 
 I by OnesimuB a servant. 
 
THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 
 
 TO THE 
 
 HEBREWS. 
 
 CHAPTER L 
 
 1 Christ in these last times coming to us 
 from the Father, 4 is preferred above 
 the angels, both in person and office. 
 
 GOD, who at sundiy times 
 and in divers manners 
 spake in time past unto tlie 
 fathers by the prophets, 
 
 2 Hath in these last days 
 spoken, mito us by his Son, 
 whom he hath appouited heir 
 of all things, by whom also he 
 made the worlds ; 
 
 3 Who being the brightness 
 of his glory, and the express 
 image of his person, and up- 
 holding all things by the word 
 of his power, when he had by 
 himself purged our sins, sat 
 down on the right hand of the 
 Majesty on high ; 
 
 4 Being made so much bet- 
 ter than the angels, as he hath 
 by inheritance obtamed a more 
 excellent name than they. 
 
 5 For unto which of the an- 
 gels said he at any time, Thou 
 art my Son, this day have I 
 
 " begotten thee ? And again, I 
 will be to him a Father, and 
 he shall be to me a Son ? 
 
 6 And again, when he brmg- 
 eth in the hrstbegotten into the 
 world, he saith, And let all the 
 angels of God wcrehip him. 
 
 7 And of the angels he saith, 
 Who maketh his angels spirits, 
 and his ministers a flame of &e. 
 
 8 But unto the Son he saith. 
 Thy throne, O God, is for ever 
 and ever: a sceptre of right- 
 eousness is the sceptre of thy 
 kingdom. 
 
 9 Thou hast loved righteous- 
 ness, and hated iniquity; there- 
 fore God, even thy God, hath 
 anointed thee with the oil of 
 gladness above thy fellows. 
 
 10 And, Thou, Lord, in the 
 beginning hast laid the foun- 
 
 dation of the earth; and the 
 heavens are the works of thine 
 hands: 
 
 11 They shall perish ; but thou 
 remainest; and they all shall 
 wax old as doth a garment ; 
 
 12 And as a vestme shalt thou 
 fold them up, and they shall 
 be changed: but thou art the 
 same, and thy years shall not 
 fail. 
 
 13 But to which of the angels 
 said he at any time, Sit on my 
 right hand, mitil I make thme 
 enemies thy footstool ? 
 
 14 Are they not all minister- 
 ing spirits, sent forth to minis- 
 ter for them who shall be heirs 
 of salvation ? 
 
 CHAPTER XL 
 
 1 We ought to be obedient to Christ Jesus, 
 5 and that because he vouchsafed to 
 take our nature upon Mm, 14 as it 
 was necessary. 
 
 THEKEFOEE we ought to 
 give the more earnest heed 
 to the things which we have 
 heard, lest at any time we 
 should let them slip. 
 
 2 For if the word spoken by 
 angels was stedfast, and every 
 transgression and disobedience 
 received a just recompence of 
 reward ; 
 
 3 How shall we escape, if 
 we neglect so great salvation; 
 which at the first began to be 
 spoken by the Lord, and was 
 confirmed unto us by them 
 that heard him ; 
 
 4 God also bearing thera wit- 
 ness, both mth signs and won- 
 ders, and with divers miracles, 
 and gifts of the Holy Ghost, 
 according to his own will ? 
 
 5 For unto the angels hath he 
 not put m subjection the world 
 to come, whereof we speak. 
 
 6 But one in a certain place 
 testtfiedj, sayiQg, What is man. 
 
Mhy Christ assumed HEBREWS, III, 
 
 that thou art miiulfiil of himV 
 or the Bon of man, that thou 
 visitest him V 
 
 7 Thou madest him a little 
 lower than tlie angels ; thou 
 crownedijt him witli glor>' and 
 honour, and didst set him over 
 tlie works of thy hands : 
 
 8 Thou liast put all thinpB in 
 subjection under his feet. For 
 in that he put all in subjection 
 under him, he left nothiufx that 
 
 human natuif. 
 l)elioved him to be made like 
 unto his bi-ethren. that lie mitrlit 
 be a merciful and faithful high 
 priest in things pertain imr to 
 licd, to make reconciliation for 
 the sins of the peoj»le. 
 IS For in tliat he himself hath 
 suUered being tempted, he is 
 able to succour them tliat are 
 tempted. 
 
 CHAPTER HI. 
 
 i ^'ii- i>'7 1 Christ it more tpcrthy than Afoset, 7 
 
 IS not put under him. But now- th^-rrfore ./ we belU-revot Ir ' 
 
 we see not yet all things put 
 under him. 
 
 ii liut we see Jesus, who was 
 made a little lower than the 
 angels for the suffering of death, 
 crowned with gloiy and ho- 
 nour ; that he by the grace 
 of God should taste death for 
 every man. 
 
 10 For it l)ecame liim, for 
 whom are all things, and by 
 
 in hiyn, we 
 shall be more worthy yunithmetit than 
 hardhearted Itrtiei. 
 
 WHEREFORE, 
 thren, 
 
 holy bre- 
 , partakers of the 
 heavenly calling, consider the 
 AiK»stle and High Priest of our 
 profession, Christ Jesus: 
 
 2 Who was faithful to him that 
 appointed him, as also Moses 
 was faithful in all his house. 
 
 3 Por this vian was counted 
 
 w hom are all things, in bring- . worthy of more glory than 
 ing many sons luito gloiy, to Moses, inasmuch as he who 
 make the captain (»f their sal va- hatli Vuiilded the house hath 
 
 more honour than the house. 
 4 For ever>' house is builded 
 
 tion perfect througli sufferings. 
 11 For both he that sanctifieth 
 and they w ho are sanctified by some man ; but he that 
 
 are all of one: for which cause 
 he is not ashamed to call them 
 brethren, 
 
 12 ^Saying, I will declare thy 
 name unto my brethren, in the 
 midst c»f the church will 1 sing 
 I raise unto thee. 
 
 13 And again, I will put my 
 trust in him. And again. Be- 
 hold I and the children w hich 
 God hath given me. 
 
 14 Forasmuch then as the 
 children are r^artakers of flesh 
 and blood, he also himself like- 
 wise took part of the same ; 
 that tluough death he might 
 destroy him that had the power 
 of death, that is, the devil ; 
 
 15 And deliver them who 
 through fear of death were all 
 their lifetime subject to bond- 
 age. 
 
 16 For verily he took not on 
 him the nature o/ angels; but 
 he took on him the seed of 
 Abraham. 
 
 17 Wherefore in all things it 
 
 built all things is God. 
 
 o And Moses verily tras faith- 
 ful in all his house, as a servant, 
 for a testimony of those thing's 
 which were to be spoken after; 
 
 G But Christ as a son over his 
 own house ; w hose house are 
 we, if we hold fast the confi- 
 dence and the rejoicing of the 
 hope firm unto the end. 
 
 7 Wherefore (as the Holy 
 Ghost saith. To day if" ye will 
 hear his voice, 
 
 8 Harden not your hearts, as 
 in the provocation, in the day 
 of temptation in the wilderness : 
 
 9 When your fathers tempted 
 me, proved me, and saw my 
 works forty years. 
 
 10 Wherefore I^ was grieved 
 with that generation, and said. 
 They do alway err in their 
 heart; and they have not 
 known my ways. 
 
 11 So 1 sware in my wrath, 
 They shall not enter into my 
 rest.) 
 
The Chridian's rest. HEBREWS, IV. Pmer of GocVs ward. 
 
 12 Take heed, brethren, lest 
 there be in any of you an evil 
 heart of unbelief, in departing 
 from the living God. 
 
 13 But exhort one another 
 daily, while it is called To 
 day ; lest any of you be hard- 
 ened through the deceitfulness 
 of sin. 
 
 14 For we are made partakers 
 of Christ, if we hold the begin- 
 ning of our confidence stedfast 
 unto the end ; . 
 
 15 While it is said. To day if 
 ye will hear his voice, harden 
 not your hearts, as in the pro- 
 vocation. 
 
 16 For some, when they had 
 heard, did provoke : howbeit 
 not all that came out of Egypt 
 by Moses. 
 
 17 But with whom was he 
 grieved forty years ? was it not 
 with them that had sinned, 
 whose carcases fell in the wil- 
 derness ? 
 
 18 And to whom sware he 
 that they should not enter into 
 his rest, but to them that be- 
 lieved not ? 
 
 19 So we see that they could 
 not enter in because of unbelief. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 1 The rest of Christians is attained hy 
 faith. 12 The power of God's word. 
 14 By our high priest Jesus the Son of 
 God, subject to infirmities, but not sin, 
 16 we must and may go boldly to the 
 throne of grace. 
 
 LET US therefore fear, lest, 
 a promise being left us of 
 entering into his rest, any of 
 you should seem to come short 
 of it. 
 
 2 For unto us was the gos- 
 pel preached, as well as unto 
 them: but the word preached 
 did not profit them, not being 
 mixed with faith in them that 
 heard if. 
 
 3 For we which have believed 
 do enter into rest, as he said. 
 As I have sworn in my wrath, 
 if they shall enter into my 
 rest : although the works were 
 finished fi:om the foundation of 
 the world. 
 
 4For he spake in a certain place 
 
 of the seventh dai/ on this wise. 
 And God did rest the seventh 
 day from all his works. 
 
 5 And in this ^lace again, If 
 they shall enter into my rest. 
 
 6 Seeing therefore it remain- 
 eth that some must enter there- 
 in, and they to whom it was 
 first preached entered not in 
 because of unbelief : 
 
 7 Again, he limiteth a certain 
 day, saying in David, To day, 
 after so long a time ; as it is 
 said. To day if ye will hear his 
 voice, harden not your hearts. 
 
 8 For if Jesus had given them 
 rest, then would he not after- 
 ward have spoken of another 
 day. 
 
 9 There remaineth therefore a 
 rest to the people of God. 
 
 10 For he that is entered into 
 his rest, he also hath ceased 
 from his own works, as God 
 did from his. 
 
 11 Let us labour therefore to 
 enter into that rest, lest any 
 man fall after the same ex- 
 ample of unbehef. 
 
 12 For the word of God is 
 quick, and powerful, and sharp- 
 er than any twoedged sword, 
 piercing even to the dividing 
 asunder of soul and spirit, and 
 of the joints and marrow, and 
 is a discerner of the thoughts 
 and intents of the heart. 
 
 13 Neither is there any crea- 
 ture that is not manifest in his 
 sight : but all things are naked 
 and opened unto the eyes of 
 him with whom we have to do. 
 
 14 Seeing then that we have a 
 great high priest, that is pass- 
 ed into the heavens, Jesus the 
 Son of God, let us hold fast our 
 profession. 
 
 15 For we have not an high 
 priest which cannot be touch- 
 ed with the feeling of our in- 
 firmities ; but was in all points 
 tempted like as we are, yet 
 without sin. 
 
 16 Let us therefore come bold- 
 ly unto the throne of grace, that 
 we may obtain mercy, and find 
 grace to help in time of need. 
 
Of Liu isCs piieatliijoil. HEBREWS. V. 
 
 1 Th> 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 authority and honour of our Sa 
 
 TJte guQl of ajKotagy, 
 
 milk is uiipkilful in the word of 
 riplikMmsneP!* : lor he is a IjuIm'. 
 
 }nieitho<xL 11 Se<jligetice in\ 14 liut Strong lUeat belollfZL'th 
 t>„:knowU'J'jeth,rc.Jitreyrored. , to thflU that are of luU age 
 
 FOR every high I'liest taken \ even those who by reason or 
 from aiiionir men is or- i use have their senses exercified 
 dahied lor meii^ in thhiirs jjcr- to discern Ixjth good and eviL 
 
 CIIAI^ER VI. 
 
 1 He exhorteth tu}f to fuU back fi-mn the 
 faith, 11 but t'> bftt,'tl/itst, \'2 diiii/n,t, 
 and jxitient to t/^it vjtou God, \A be. 
 ctium Ovd U mosf turn in hia jiroinisc. 
 
 iainirig- to G(»d, that he may 
 oiler both gilts and sacrilices 
 for sins : 
 
 2 Who can have comi assion 
 on the ignorant, and on them 
 that are out (;f the v. ay; for j rpHEREFORE leaving the 
 
 that he hinist'lf also 
 1 a.ssed with infirmity. 
 
 3 And by reason hereof he 
 ouL'lit, as lor the i'eoi»le. so also 
 for himself, to oiler for ehis. 
 
 4 And no man taketh this ho- 
 nour unto himself, but he that 
 Is called of Csod, as ira^ Aaron. 
 
 A. ]>rincii»les of the doctrine 
 of Clirist, let us go on unto 
 I»ei-tection ; not laying a.ain 
 the foundation of rei»entance 
 fiom dead woiks, and of faith 
 toward Ciod, 
 
 2 (Jf the doctrine of baj-tisms, 
 and of laying on of hands, aiul 
 
 5 J<o also Chrii«t glorified not of resurrection of the dead, and 
 
 himself to be made an high 
 nriest ; but he that said unto 
 him, Thou ait my Son, to day 
 have I begotten thee. 
 ♦) As he saith also in another 
 jjlacc. Thou «;7 a priest for ever 
 alter tlie order of Melchisedec. 
 
 7 Who in tlie days of his Iksh, 
 when lie liad oUered up prayers 
 and supplications with strong 
 (lying and tean? unto liim that 
 was able to save him from 
 death, and \\as heard in that 
 he I'eai ed ; 
 
 8 Though he were a Son, yet 
 learned he obedience by the 
 tlangs which he sulleied; 
 
 9 And Ijeing made periect, he 
 l)ecame the autlu-r of eteiiial 
 
 of eternal judirmeiit. 
 
 3 And this will we do, 11* God 
 |)emiit. 
 
 4 For it is impossible for those 
 who wei^ once enlightened, aud 
 have tasted ol the liea\en]y 
 gilt, and were made partakere 
 of the Holy Ghost, 
 
 5 And have tasted the good 
 word of (iod, and the powers 
 of the world to come. 
 
 G If they shall fall awny, to 
 renew them again unto repent- 
 ance ; seeing they crucify to 
 themselves the Son of God 
 afresh, and put him to an open 
 shame. 
 
 7 For the earth which drink- 
 eth in the rain that cometh 
 
 salvation unto all them that oft upon it, and brin^eth forth 
 
 obey him ; 
 
 10 Called of G od an high i >riest 
 after the order of 31elchisedec. 
 
 11 Of Avhom we have many 
 tilings to say, and hard to be 
 uttered, setSng ye are didl of 
 hearing. 
 
 12 For when for the time ye 
 ought to be teachers, ye have 
 need that one teach you again 
 which Le the fh^st principles of 
 the oracles of God ; and are 
 
 herbs meet for them by whom 
 it is dressed, receiveth blessing 
 Ijom God : 
 
 8 But that which bcareth 
 thorns and biiers is rejected, 
 and ?A nigh unto cursing; whose 
 end is to le bunied. 
 
 9 But, belo^ed, we are p>er- 
 suaded better things of you, 
 and tilings that accompany sal- 
 vation, though we thus speak. 
 
 10 For God is not unrighteous 
 
 l3e<'ome such as have need of to forget your work and labour 
 
 milk, and not of strong meat. of love, which ye have shewed 
 
 13 For eveiy one that useth toward his name, in that ye 
 
Clmst a priest after HEBEEWS, VH. 
 
 3Idchis8deG^s m-der. 
 
 have ministered to the saints, 
 and do minister. 
 
 11 And we desire that every 
 one of you do shew the same 
 diligence to the full assurance 
 c^ hope unto the end : 
 
 12 That ye be not slothful, but 
 followers of them who through 
 laith and patience inherit the 
 promises. 
 
 13 For when God made pro- 
 mise to Abraham, because he 
 could swear by no greater, he 
 SAvare by himself, 
 
 14 Saying, Surely blessing I 
 will bless thee, and multiply- 
 ing I will multiply thee. 
 
 15 And so, after he had pa- 
 tiently endured, he obtained 
 the promise. 
 
 16 For men verily swear by 
 the greater : and an oath ibr 
 confirmation is to them an end 
 of all strife. 
 
 17 AVherein God, wilhng more 
 abundantly to shew unto the 
 heirs of promise the immuta- 
 bility of his counsel, confirmed 
 it by an oath : 
 
 18 That by two immutable 
 things, in which it was impos- 
 sible for God to lie, we might 
 have a strong consolation, who 
 have fled for refuge to lay hold 
 upon the hope set befoi-e us : 
 
 19 Which hope we have as an 
 anchor of the soul, both sure 
 and stedfast, and which enter- 
 eth into that within the veil ; 
 
 20 Whither the forerunner is 
 for us entered, even Jesus, made 
 an high priest for ever after the 
 order of Melchisedec. 
 
 CHAPTER VIL 
 
 1 Christ Jes%bs is a priest after the order 
 of Melchisedec, 11 and so, far more 
 excellent than the priests of Aaron's 
 order. 
 
 FOR this Melchisedec, king 
 of Salem, priest of the most 
 high God, who met Abraham 
 returning from the slaughter of 
 the kings, and blessed him ; 
 2 To whom also Abraham 
 gave a tenth part of all ; first 
 being by interpretation King 
 of righteousness, and after that 
 
 also King of Salem, which is, 
 King of peace ; 
 
 3 Without father, without 
 mother, without descent, hav- 
 ing neither beginning of days, 
 nor end of life ; but made Kke 
 unto the Son of God ; abideth 
 a priest continually. 
 
 4 Now consider how great this 
 man was, unto whom even the 
 patriarch Abmham gave the 
 tenth of the spoils. 
 
 5 And verily they that are of 
 the sons of Levi, who receive 
 the oflSce of the priesthood, 
 have a commandment to take 
 tithes of the people according 
 to the law, that is, of their 
 brethren, though they c;ome 
 out of the loins of Abraham : 
 
 6 But he whose descent is not 
 coimtod from them received 
 tithes of Abmham, and bless- 
 ed him that had the promises. 
 
 7 And without all contradiction 
 the less is blessed of the better. 
 
 8, And here men that die 
 receive tithes; but there he 
 receiveih them, of whom it is 
 witnessed that he liveth. 
 
 9 And as I may so say, Levi 
 also, who receiveth tithes, pay- 
 ed tithes ill Abraham. 
 
 10 For he was yet in the loins 
 of his father, when Melchisedec 
 met him. 
 
 11 If therefore perfection were 
 by the Levitical priesthood, 
 (for under it the people receiv- 
 ed the law,) what further need 
 wus there that another priest 
 should rise after the order of 
 Melchisedec, and not be called 
 after the order of Aaron ? 
 
 12 For the priesthood being 
 changed, there is made of ne- 
 cessity a change also of the law. 
 
 13 For he of whom these 
 things are spoken pertaineth to 
 another tribe, of which no man 
 gave attendance at the altar. 
 
 14 For it is evident that our 
 Lord sprang out of Juda; of 
 which tribe Moses spake no- 
 thing concerning priesthood. 
 
 15 And it is yet far more 
 evident: for that after the si- 
 
 3M 
 
Vie LcrUical HEBREWS. VIII, 
 
 inilitiRle of MelchiRdcc there 
 arisetli another inicet, 
 
 l(i ^^ ho is made, not alter the 
 l;iw of a carnal conimniitbnent, 
 hut after the power of an end- 
 less life. 
 
 17 For he testifieth. Thou art 
 a priest for ever alter the order 
 »'f Melc'hisedec. 
 
 IS For tliere is verily a dii-an- 
 nullinj; of the coniniandnient 
 cuing before for the weakness 
 and unprolitahleness thereof. 
 
 19 For the law made nothin?; 
 l»erl'ect»but tlie hiiuL'ing in of a 
 l)ctt4»r liope (lid; by tlie wliich 
 ve tlraw niu'h unto Ciod. 
 
 •J<) And inasmuch as not witli- 
 
 •nt an oat 11 he was made priest : 
 
 J.I (For tliose prie^its were 
 
 lade Avithout an oath; but 
 this witli an oatli by him that 
 said unto him, The Lord swan* 
 and will not repent, 'i'liou art 
 a jiriest for ever after the order 
 itf !Melchisedec :) 
 
 rii. 
 
 CHAT r 
 
 1 Bifthf cfrrii Hirigt the 
 
 iAfriticfd jiri ',»! it abo- 
 
 liMhttl. 7 Aiui ,.,, il cvre natU 
 
 with the /at/*t,n, Uy (J^ Uenial cot<e- 
 tKtiit iff the gospt:!. 
 
 ^Vf OW of the things \vliich 
 1.1 we have spoken tliis is 
 the sum : Wo liave such an 
 hiuh i-riest, who is set on the 
 ri-'ht hand of the throne of tlie 
 3Iajosty in the heavens; 
 
 2 A minister of the sane tuary, 
 and of the true tal>ernaole. 
 which the Lord pitched, and 
 not man. 
 
 3 For every liigh |»rieHt is 
 ordained to offer gifts and 
 siicritiees : wherefore it is of 
 necessity that this man have 
 8<imew hat also to offer. 
 
 4 For if he were on earth, lie 
 should not be a priest, seeing 
 that there are priests that offer 
 pifts according to the law : 
 
 5 Who «?ne unto the example 
 I and shadow of heavenly things, 
 
 «.. nt „ -..1 I..1 .1 , 1- 
 
 22 Hy SO much was Jesus made as Mos<'8 was admonished of 
 a surety <»f a l>etter testament. 
 
 Zi And they truly were many 
 
 priests, because they were not saith he, that thou make all 
 suffennl to continue by reason thinus according to the pattern 
 
 CJod when he was about to 
 make the tal>ernacle : for. See, 
 
 < >f death : 
 
 24 Ihit this man, locauso he 
 
 '•ntinueth ever, hath an uii- 
 
 riianircable priesthoml. 
 
 shewed to thee in the mount. 
 G But now hath he obtained 
 a more excellent ministry, by 
 how much also he is the medi- 
 
 25 \\'heref(tre he is able also ator of a l)etter covenant, whidi 
 to save them to tlie uttermost was established upon better pr(>- 
 that come unto Goel by him, ; mises. 
 
 se^'ing he ever liveth to make 
 intercession for them. 
 2G For such an high priest 
 became us, who is holy, harm- 
 less, undeliled, SLi>arate from 
 sinners, and made higher than 
 the heavens; 
 
 27 Who needeth not daily, as 
 those high priests, to offer up 
 sacrifice, hi'st for Ids own sins, 
 and then for the people's: for 
 this he did once, when he of- 
 fered up himself. 
 
 28 For the law maketh men 
 high priests which have infir- 
 mity ; but the word of the oath, 
 wliich was since the law, mak- 
 elh the Son, who is consecrated 
 for evennore. 
 
 For if that lu^t covenant 
 I had Ijeen faultless, then should 
 no i)lace have been sought for 
 the second. 
 
 S For finding fault with them, 
 he saith. Behold, the days come, 
 saith the Lord, when I will 
 make a new covenant with tlie 
 house of Israel and with the 
 house of Judah : 
 
 'J Not according to the cove- 
 nant that 1 made with their 
 fathers in the day when I took 
 them by the hand to lead them 
 out of the land of Egj-pt ; l^- 
 cause they continued not in 
 my covenant, and I regarded 
 them not, saith the Lord. 
 
 10 For this is the covenant 
 
The, ntes and 
 
 HEBEEWS, IX. sacrif.ces of the Jaw, 
 
 that I Avill make with the house 
 of Israel after those days, saith 
 the Lord; I will put my laws 
 into their mind, and write them 
 in their hearts : and I will be 
 to them a God, and they shall 
 be to me a people : 
 
 11 And they shall not teach 
 every man liis neighbour, and 
 every man his brother, saying, 
 Know the Lord : for all shall 
 know me, from the least to the 
 greatest. 
 
 12 For I will be merciful to 
 then unrighteousness, and their 
 sins and their iniquities will I 
 remember no more. 
 
 13 In that he saith, A new 
 covenant, he hath made the 
 first old. Now that which de- 
 cayeth and waxeth old is ready 
 to vanish away. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 1 The desa'iption cfthe rites and bloody 
 sacrifices of the law, 11 far mfeHor to 
 the dignity and perfection of the blood 
 and sacrifice of Christ. 
 
 THEN verily the first cove- 
 nant had also ordinances 
 of divine service, and a worldly 
 sanctuary. 
 
 2 For there was a tabernacle 
 made ; the first, wherein loas 
 the candlestick, and the table, 
 and the shevNbread; which is 
 called the sanctuary. 
 
 3 And after the second veil, 
 the tabernacle which is called 
 the Holiest of all ; 
 
 4 Which had the golden cen- 
 ser, and the ark of the covenant 
 overlaid round about with gold, 
 wherein icas the golden pot that 
 had manna, and Aaron's rod 
 that budded, and the tables of 
 the covenant; 
 
 5 And over it the cherubims 
 of glory shadowing the mercy- 
 seat ; of which we cannot now 
 speak particularly. 
 
 6 Now when these things were 
 thus ordained, the priests went 
 always into the first taberua- 
 cle, accomplishing the service 
 of God, 
 
 7 But into the second went 
 the high priest alone once every 
 
 year, not without blood, wliich 
 he offered for himself, and/br 
 the errors of the people : 
 
 8 The Holy Ghost this sig- 
 nifying, that the way into the 
 holiest of all was not yet made 
 manifest, while as the first ta- 
 bernacle was yet standing : 
 
 9 Which was a figure for the 
 time then present, in which 
 were offered both gifts and sa- 
 crifices, that could not make 
 him that did the service perfect, 
 as pertaining to the conscience; 
 
 10 TVhich stood only in meats 
 and di'uiks, and divers wash- 
 ings, and carnal ordinances, 
 imposed on them until the time 
 of reformation. 
 
 11 But Christ being come an 
 high priest of good things to 
 come, by a greater and more 
 perfect tabernacle, not made 
 with hands, that is to say, not 
 of this building ; 
 
 12 Neither by the blood of 
 goats and calves, but by his own 
 blood he entered in once into 
 the holy place, having obtained 
 eternal redemption /or us. 
 
 13 For if the blood of bulls 
 and of goats, and the ashes of 
 an heifer sprinlding the un- 
 clean, sanctifieth to the puri- 
 fying of the fiesh : 
 
 14 How much more shall the 
 blood of Christ, v/ho through 
 the eternal Spirit offered him- 
 self without spot to God, purge 
 your conscience from dead 
 works to serve the living God? 
 
 15 And for this cause he is 
 the mediator of the new testa- 
 ment, that by means of death, 
 for the redemption of the trans- 
 gressions that were under the 
 first testament, they which are 
 called might receive the pro- 
 mise of eternal inheritance. 
 
 16 For where a testament is, 
 there must also of necessity be 
 the death of the testator. 
 
 17 For a testament is of force 
 after men are dead : otherwise 
 it is of no strength at all while 
 the testator liveth. 
 
 18 Whereupon neither the first 
 
 3M2 
 
TJie iccahiess qf 
 
 testament was dedicated with- 
 out blood. 
 
 19 For when Moses had spo- 
 ken every precept to all the 
 I'eople according to the law, 
 he took the blood of calves 
 and of goats, with water, and 
 Fcarlet wool, and hypsop, and 
 sprinkled both the book, and 
 all the people, 
 
 2t) SayinL', This is the blood 
 of the testament which God 
 hath enjoined unto you. 
 
 *J1 !\loreover he sprinkled with 
 ))lotHl both the tal>ernacle, and 
 all the vessels of the ministry. 
 
 '22 And almost all thintrs are 
 l»y the law pur^'ed with blood; 
 and witliout sheddini; of blood 
 is no remission. 
 
 'Zi It teas therefore necessaiy 
 tliat the patterns of thing's in 
 tlie heavens should be purified 
 with these; but the heavenly 
 thiuL^s themselves with better 
 sa«'rilires than these 
 
 HEBREWS, X. tJte law maijices, 
 
 and not the very imajre of the 
 things, can never with those sa- 
 crifices which they ollered year 
 by year continually make the 
 ccmiers thereunto i>erft*ct. 
 
 2 For then would they not 
 have ceased to be otlered? be- 
 cause that the worehipiJcrs once 
 purged should have had no 
 more conscience of sins. 
 
 3 But in those sacrifices there 
 is a remembrance again rnade 
 of sins ever>' year. 
 
 4 For it is not possible that 
 the blood of bulls and of goats 
 should take away sins. 
 
 5 Wherefore when he cometh 
 into the world, he saith, Siuri- 
 lice and olfcring thou wouldest 
 not, but a body hast thou pre- 
 pared me : 
 
 G In burnt offerings and ^a- 
 crijices for sin thou hast had 
 no jdeasure. 
 
 7 'i'hen said I, Lo, I come 
 (in the volume of the book it 
 
 24 For Christ is not entered is written of me,) to do thy 
 
 will, () God. 
 8 Above when he said, Sacri- 
 fice and offering and burnt of- j 
 feriugs and ojferinf^ for sin thoal 
 wouldest not, neither hadstl 
 which are I 
 
 into the holy places made with 
 hands, which are the figiu-es of j 
 the true ; but into heaven it- 
 self, now to api ear in the pre- 
 sence of God for us : j 
 
 2j Nor yet that he should ofler i»leasuro therein ; 
 himself often, as the hit:h priest offered by tlie law ; f 
 
 entereth into the holy i»lace| 9 Then said he, Lo, I come ^ 
 everj' year with blood of others ; to do thy will, O God. He 
 
 2() For then must he often ! taketh away the first, that ho 
 have suffered since the foun- 1 may establish the second, 
 elation of tlie world : but now j 1(J 15y the which will \ve are P 
 once in the end of the world I sanctified through the offering 
 
 hatli he appeared to put away 
 sin by the sacrifice of himself. 
 
 27 And as it is aitpomted unto 
 men once to die, but after this 
 the judgment : 
 
 28 So Christ was once offered 
 to bear the sins of many ; and 
 unto them that look for him 
 shall he appear the second time 
 without sin unto salvation. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 1 TTie tceaJcness of the law sacrifices. 10 
 The sacrifice of Christ's body once of. 
 fered, 14 for ever hath taken atoaysins. 
 19. In exhortation to holdfast the faith, 
 with patience and thanksgiving. 
 
 of the body of Jesus Christ 
 once ybr all, 
 
 11 And every priest standeth i 
 daily ministering and offering j 
 oftentimes the same sacrifices, ] 
 wliich can never take away 
 sins : 
 
 12 But this maUj after he had 
 offered one sacrifice for sins J 
 for ever, sat down on the right | 
 hand of God; ' 
 
 13 From henceforth expect- 
 ing till his enemies be made 
 his footstool. 
 
 F 
 
 14 For by one offering he hath 
 OR the law having a sha- 1 perfected for ever them that are 
 dow of good things to come, ' sanctified. 
 
An exlimiaiion to 
 
 HEBREWS, XI. stedfasbiess in faith. 
 
 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost 
 also is a witness to us : for after 
 that he had said before, 
 
 16 This is the covenant that 
 I will make with them after 
 those days, saith the Lord, I 
 will put my laws into their 
 hearts, and in their minds will 
 I write them ; 
 
 17 And their sins and inicini- 
 ties will I remember no more. 
 
 18 Now where remission of 
 these is^ there is no more of- 
 fering for sin. 
 
 19 Having therefore, brethren, 
 boldness to enter into the ho- 
 liest by the blood of Jesiis, 
 
 20 By a new and living way, 
 which he hath consecrated for 
 us, through the veil, that is to 
 say, his flesh; 
 
 21 And having- an high priest 
 over the house of God ; 
 
 , 22 Let us draw near with a 
 j true heart in full assurance of 
 ' faith, having our hearts sprin- 
 kled from an evil conscience, 
 I and our bodies washed with 
 pure water. 
 
 23 Let us hold fast the profes- 
 sion of our faith without wa- 
 vering ; (for he is faithful that 
 promised ;) 
 
 24 And let us consider one 
 another to provoke unto love 
 and to good works : 
 
 25 Not forsaking the assem- 
 , bling of ourselves together, as 
 1 the manner of some is; but 
 j exhorting one another : and so 
 
 much the more, as ye see the 
 ' day approaching. 
 
 26 For if we sin wilfully af- 
 ter that we have received the 
 
 , knowledge of the truth, there 
 j remaineth no more sacrifice for 
 1 sins, 
 
 ( 27 But a certain fearful look- 
 ; ing for of judgment and fiery 
 : indignation, which shall de- 
 I vour the adversaries. 
 , 28 He that despised Moses' 
 1 law died without mercy under 
 { two or three witnesses : 
 I 29 Of how much sorer pun- 
 ishment, suppose ye, shall he 
 ; be thought worthy, who hath 
 
 trodden under foot the Son of 
 God, and hath counted the 
 blood of the covenant, wliere- 
 vdth he was sanctified, an un- 
 holy thing, and hath done de- 
 spite unto the Spirit of grace ? 
 
 30 For we laiow him that hath 
 said. Vengeance helongeth un- 
 to me, I will recompense, saith 
 the Lord. And again, The Lord 
 shall judge his people. 
 
 31 It is a fearful thing to fall 
 into the hands of the living 
 God. 
 
 32 But call to remembrance the 
 former days, in which, after ye 
 were illuminated, ye endured a 
 great fight of afflictions ; 
 
 33 Partly, whilst ye were 
 made a gazingstock both by 
 reproaches and afliictions ; and 
 partly, whilst ye became com- 
 panions of them that were so 
 used. 
 
 34 For ye had compassion of 
 me in my bonds, and took 
 joyfully the spoiling of your 
 goods, Imowing in yourselves 
 that ye have in heaven a better 
 and an enduring substance. 
 
 35 Cast not away therefore 
 your confidence, which hath 
 great recompence of reward. 
 
 36 For ye have need of pa- 
 tience, that, after ye have done 
 the will of God, ye might re- 
 ceive the promise. 
 
 37 For yet a little while, and 
 he that shall come will come, 
 and will not tarry. 
 
 38 Now the just shall live by 
 faith: but if any man draw 
 back, my soul shall have no 
 pleasure in him. 
 
 39 But we are not of them 
 who draw back unto perdition ; 
 but of them that believe to the 
 saving of the soul. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 1 WTiat faith is. 6 Without faith we can- 
 not please God. 7 The worthy fruits 
 thereof in the fathers of old time. 
 
 NOW faith is the substance 
 of things hoped for, the 
 evidence of things not seen. 
 2 For by it the elders obtain- 
 ed a good report. 
 
The fniUs of faith 
 
 3 Tliroiigh I'aith we under- 
 stand that the worlds were 
 framed by the word of God, 
 so that thinps wliich are seen 
 were not made of things which 
 do appear. 
 
 4 By faith Abel offered unto 
 God a more excellent sacrifice 
 than Cain, by which he obtain- 
 ed witness that he was right- 
 eous, God testifying of his gifts : 
 and by it he being dead yet 
 speaketh. 
 
 5 By faith Enoch was trans- 
 lated that he should not see 
 death ; and was not found, be- 
 cause God had translated him : 
 for before his translation he had 
 this testimony, that he pleased 
 God. 
 
 HEBREWS, XI. in tJis fathers 
 
 dead, so many as the stars of 
 the sky in multitude, and as 
 the sand which is by the sea 
 shore innumerable. 
 
 13 TheF:e all died in faith, not 
 having received the promises, 
 but having seen them afar off, 
 and were persuaded of them^ 
 and embraced them^ and con- 
 fessed that they were strangers 
 and pilgrims on the earth. 
 
 14 For they that say such 
 things declare plainly that they 
 seek a countiy. 
 
 15 And truly, if they had been 
 mindful of that country from 
 whence they came out, they 
 might have h.ad opportunity to 
 have returned. 
 
 16 But now they desire a better 
 
 G But without faith it is im- 1 country, that is, an heavenly : 
 possible to please him : for he i wherefore God is not ashamed 
 that Cometh to God must be- ! to be called their God: for he 
 
 hath prepared for them a city. 
 17 By laith Abraham, when 
 he was tried, offered up Isaac : 
 
 lieve tliat he is, and that he is ; 
 a rewarder of them that dili- 
 gently seek him. 
 
 7 By faith Noah, being warn- and he that had received the 
 ed of God of things not seen as ; promises offered up his only 
 yet, moved with fear, prepar- j begotten son, 
 ed an ark to the saving of his 
 house; by the which he con- 
 demned the world, and be- 
 came heir of the righteousness 
 wliich is by faith. 
 
 8 By faith Abraham, when 
 he was called to go out into a 
 place which he should after 
 receive for an inheritance, 
 obeyed; and he went out, not 
 knovsing wliither he went. 
 
 9 By faith he sojourned in 
 the land of promise, as in a 
 strange country, dwelling in 
 tabernacles with Isaac and Ja- 
 cob, the heirs with him of the 
 same promise : 
 
 10 For he looked for a city 
 wliich hath foundations, whose 
 builder and maker is God. 
 
 11 Through faith also Sara her- 
 self received strength to con- 
 ceive seed, and was delivered 
 of a child when she was past 
 age, because she judged him 
 faithful who had promised. 
 
 12 Therefore sprang there even 
 of one, and him as good as 
 
 18 Of whom it was said. That 
 in Isaac shall thy seed be called : 
 
 19 Accounting that God was 
 able to raise him up, even from 
 the dead ; from whence also he 
 received him in a figure. 
 
 20 By iaith Isaac blessed Ja- > 
 cob and Esau concerning things 
 to come. 
 
 21 By faith Jacob, when he was 
 a dying, blessed both the sons of 
 Joseph ; and worshipped, lean- »^ 
 in^ upon the top of his staff. 
 
 22 By faith Joseph, when he 
 died, made mention of the de- 
 parting of the children of Is- 
 rael ; and gave commandment 
 concerning his bones. 
 
 23 By faith Moses, when he 
 was born, was hid three months 
 of his parents, because they saw 
 he was a proper child ; and they 
 were not afraid of the king's 
 commandment. 
 
 24 By faith Moses, when he 
 was come to years, refused to 
 be called the son of Pharaoh's 
 daughter ; 
 
of old twie. 
 
 HEBEEYv'S, XH. 
 
 ExJuydation fjierefo. 
 
 25 Choosing rather to sulier 
 affiiction with the people of 
 God, than to enjoy the plea- 
 sures of sin for a season ; 
 
 26 Esteemmg the reproach of 
 Christ greater riches than the 
 tieasmes in Egypt : for he had 
 respect unto the recomp<3nce of 
 the reward. 
 
 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, 
 not fearing the wrath of the 
 king : for he endnred, as seeing 
 him who is invisible. 
 
 28 Through faith he kept the 
 passover, and the sprinkling of 
 blood, lest he that destroyed the 
 firetborn should touch them. 
 
 29 By faith they passed tlnough 
 the Eed sea as by dry land : 
 which the Egyptians assaying 
 to do were drowned. 
 
 30 By laith the walls of Jeri- 
 cho fell down, after they were 
 compassed about seven days. 
 
 31 By faith the harlot Eahab 
 perished not with them that 
 beheyed not, when she had re- 
 ceived the spies with peace. 
 
 32 And what shall I more say ? 
 for the time would fail me to 
 tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, 
 and o/8amson, and o/'Jephthae ; 
 o/*David also, and Samuel, and 
 o/the prophets : 
 
 ^ Who through faith subdued 
 kingdoms, wrought righteous- 
 ness, obtained promises, stopped 
 the mouths of lions, 
 
 34 Quenched the violence of 
 fire, esc-aped the edge of the 
 sword, out of weakness were 
 made strong, waxed valiant in 
 fight, tm-ned to flight the ar- 
 mies of the aliens. 
 
 35 Women received their d^id 
 raised to life again : and others 
 were tortured, not accepting 
 deliverance; that they might 
 obtam a better resmTcction : 
 
 38 And othei-s had trial of 
 cruel mockings and scom-g- 
 ings, yea, moreover of bonds 
 and imprisonment : 
 
 37 They were stoned, they were 
 sawn asunder, were tempted, 
 were slain with the sword : 
 they wandered about in sheep- 
 
 sMns and goatsldns ; being des- 
 titute, afflicted, tonnented; 
 
 38 (Of whom the vrorld was 
 not worthy :) they wandered in 
 deserts, and in mountains, and 
 in dens and caves of the earth. 
 
 39 And these all, liavmg ob- 
 tained a good report thi'ough 
 faith, received not the premise : 
 
 40 God having provided some 
 better thing for us, that they 
 without us should not be made 
 perfect. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 1 An eochortation to cmutant faitJi, pa- 
 tience, and godliness. 22 A commenda- 
 tion of the new testame-iit above the old. 
 
 T^ITTIEEEFOES seeing we 
 YV also are compassed about 
 with so great a cloud of wit- 
 nesses, let us lay aside every 
 weight, and the sin which doth 
 so easily beset us, and let us 
 run with patience the race that 
 is set before us, 
 
 2 Looking unto Jesus the au- 
 thor and finisher of our faith ; 
 who for the joy that was set 
 before him endui'ed the cross, 
 despising the shame, and is set 
 down at the right hand of the 
 throne of God. 
 
 3 For consider him that en- 
 dured such contradiction of 
 sinners against himself, lest y& 
 be wearied and iaiat in your 
 minds. 
 
 4 Ye ha,ve not yet resisted un- 
 to blood, striving against sin. 
 
 5 And ye have forgotten the 
 exhortation which speaketh un- 
 to you as unto childi'en. My 
 son. despise not thou the chas- 
 tening of the Lord, nor faint 
 when thou art rebuked of him : 
 
 6 For vrhom the Lord lovetli 
 he chasteneth, and scourgeth 
 every son whom he receive th. 
 
 7 If ye endure chastening, God 
 dealeth v.ith you as with sons ; 
 for what son is he whom the 
 father chasteneth not? 
 
 8 But if ye b^ without chas- 
 tisement, whereof all are par- 
 takers, then are ye bastards, 
 aud not sons. 
 
 9 Fm'thermore we have had 
 
TM prutleges of HEBEEW 
 
 fathei-s of our flesli which cor- 
 rected lis, and we gave them 
 reverence : shall we not much 
 rather be in subjection unto the 
 Father of spirits, and live ? 
 
 10 For they verily for a few 
 days chastened tfs after their 
 ovm pleasure ; but he for our 
 profit, that we might be par- 
 takers of hia holiness. 
 
 11 Now no chastening for the 
 present seenieth to be joyous, 
 but giievous : nevertheless af- 
 terward it yieldeth the peace- 
 able fruit of nghteousness un- 
 to them which are exercised 
 thereby. 
 
 12 AVherefore lilt up the hands 
 which hang down, and the fee- 
 ble Ivnees ; 
 
 13 And make straight paths 
 for your feet, lest that which is 
 lame be turned out of the way ; 
 but let it rather be healed. 
 
 14 Follow peace with all men^ 
 and holiness, without which no 
 man shall see the Lord : 
 
 15 Looking diligently lest any 
 man fail of the grace of God ; 
 lest any root of bitterness 
 springing up trouble you, and 
 thereby many be defiled ; 
 
 16 Lest there be any fornica- 
 tor, or profane person, as Esau, 
 who for one morsel of meat 
 sold his birthright. 
 
 17 For ye know how that af- 
 terward, when he would have 
 inherited the blessing, he was 
 rejected : for he found no place 
 of repentance, though he sought 
 it carefully with tears. 
 
 18 For ye are not come unto 
 the momit that might be touch- 
 ed, and that biu-ned with fire, 
 nor unto blackness, and dark- 
 ness, and tempest, 
 
 19 And the sound of a trumpet, 
 and the voice of words ; which 
 VDice they that heard intreat- 
 ei that the word should not be 
 SDoken to them any more : 
 
 20 (For they could not endure 
 that which was commanded, 
 And if so much as a beast touch 
 the mountain, it shall be stoned, 
 or thrust through with a dart : 
 
 S, XIII. the new coveniint. 
 
 21 And so terrible was the 
 sight, that Moses said, I ex- 
 ceedingly fear and quake :) 
 
 22 But ye are come unto 
 mount 8ion, and unto the city 
 of the living God, the heavenly 
 Jerusalem, and to an innumer- 
 able company of angels, 
 
 23 To the general assembly and 
 church of the firstborn, which 
 are written in heaven, and to 
 God the Judge of all, and to the 
 spirits of just men made perfect, 
 
 24 And to Jesus the mediator 
 of the new covenant, and to the 
 blood of sprinkhng, that speak- 
 eth better things than that of 
 Abel. 
 
 25 See that ye refuse not him 
 that speaketli. For if they 
 escaped not who refused him 
 that siake on earth, much more 
 shall not we escape, if we turn 
 away from him that sj^eaketh 
 from heaven : 
 
 26 Whose voice then shoolc 
 the earth : but now he hath 
 promised, saying, Yet once 
 more I shake not the earth 
 only, but also heaven. 
 
 27 And this word. Yet once | 
 more, signifieth the removing I 
 of those things that are shaken, 
 as of things tliat are made, that 
 those thmgs which cannot be 
 shaken may remain. 
 
 28 Wherefore we receiving a 
 kingdom which cannot be mov- 
 ed, let us have grace, whereby 
 we may serve God acceptably 
 with reverence and godly fear : 
 
 29 For our God is a consuming 
 fire. 
 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 1 Divert admonitions, as to cTmrity, 4 to 
 honest life, 5 to avoid covetotisness, 7 to 
 regard God's preachers, 9 to take heed 
 of strange doctrines, 10 to confess Christ, 
 16 to give alms, 17 to dbetf governors, 
 18 «o pray for the apostle. 20 ITie con- 
 clusion. 
 
 LET brotherly love continue. 
 1 2 Be not forgetful to en- 
 tertain strangers : for thereby 
 some have entertained angels 
 unawares. 
 
 3 Remember them that are in 
 bonds, as boimd with themL;, 
 
Diveis exJiGiiations. HEBEEWS, XIII. TJie conchcling prayer. 
 
 and them which siifier adver- 
 gity, as being yom-selves also 
 in the body. 
 
 4 Marriage is honourable in 
 all, and the bed iindefiled : but 
 whoremongers and adulterers 
 God will judge. 
 
 5 Let your conversation he 
 without covetousness ; and he 
 content with such things as ye 
 have : for he hath said, I will 
 never leave thee, nor forsake 
 thee. 
 
 6 So that we may boldly say, 
 The Lord is my helper, and I 
 will not fear what man shall 
 do unto me. 
 
 7 Kemember them which have 
 the rule over you, who have 
 spoken unto you the word of 
 God: whose faith follow, con- 
 sidering the end of their con- 
 versation. 
 
 8 Jesus Christ the same yester- 
 day, and to day, and for ever. 
 
 9 Be not carried about with 
 divers and strange doctrines. 
 For it is a good thing that the 
 heart be established with grace ; 
 not with meats, which have 
 not profited them that have 
 been occupied therein. 
 
 10 We have an altar, vrhereof 
 they have no right to eat which 
 serve the tabernacle. 
 
 11 For the bodies of those 
 bea-sts, whose blood is brought 
 into the sanctuary by the high 
 priest for sin, are burned vfith- 
 out the camp. 
 
 12 Wherefore Jesus also, that 
 he might sanctify the people 
 with his OAvn blood, suffered 
 without the gate. 
 
 13 Let us go forth therefore 
 imto him without the camp, 
 bearing his reproach. 
 
 14 For here have we no con- 
 tinuing city, but we eeek one 
 to come. 
 
 15 By him therefore let us 
 ofier the sacrifice of praise to 
 God continually, that is, the 
 fruit of our lips giving thanks 
 to his name. 
 
 16 But to do good and to com- 
 municate forget not : for with 
 such sacrifices God is well 
 pleased. 
 
 17 Obey them that have the 
 rule over you, and submit your- 
 selves : for they watch for your 
 souls, as they that must give 
 account, that they may do it 
 with joy, and not Vv^ith grief: 
 for that is unprofitable for you. 
 
 18 Pray for us : for v/e trust we 
 have a good conscience, in all 
 things willing to live honestly. 
 
 19 But I beseech you the ra- 
 ther to do this, that I may be 
 restored to you the sooner. 
 
 20 Now the God of peace, 
 that brought again from the 
 dead our Lord Jesus, that 
 great shepherd of the sheep, 
 through the blood of the ever- 
 lasting covenant, 
 
 21 Make 3^ou perfect in every 
 good work to do his will, work- 
 ing in you that which is well- 
 pleasing in his sight, through 
 Jesus Cluist ; to whom he glory 
 for ever and ever. Amen. 
 
 22 And I beseech you, bre- 
 thren, suffer the word of ex- 
 hortation ; for I have written a 
 letter unto you in few words. 
 
 23 Know ye that our brother 
 Timothy is set at liberty ; with 
 whom, if he come shortly, I 
 will see you. 
 
 24 Salute all them that have 
 the rule over you, and all the 
 saints. They of Italy salute 
 j^ou. 
 
 25 Grace he with you all. 
 Amen. 
 
 % Written to the Hebrews from 
 Italy bv Timothy. 
 3 BI 3 
 
THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF 
 
 JAMES. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 We are to rejoice under the cross, 5 to 
 ash patience of God, 13 and in our 
 trials not to im]nite our weakness, or 
 sins, unto him, 19 but rather to hearken 
 to the word, to meditate in it, and to 
 do thei-eijfter. 2^5 Othervnse tnen may 
 seem, but never be truly religious. 
 
 JAMES, a servant of God 
 and of the Lord Jesus Christ, 
 to the twelve tribes which are 
 scattered abroad, greeting. 
 
 2 My brethren, count it all 
 joy when ye fall into divers 
 temptations ; 
 
 3 Knowing this, that the trying 
 of your faith worketh patience. 
 
 4 But let patience have her 
 perfect work, that ye may be 
 perfect and entire, wanting no- 
 thing. 
 
 5 If any of you lack wisdom, 
 let him ask of God, that giveth 
 to all men liberally, and up- 
 braideth not ; and it shall be 
 given him. 
 
 6 But let him ask in faith, 
 nothing wavering. For he that 
 wavereth is like a wave of the 
 sea driven with the wind and 
 tossed. 
 
 7 For let not that man think 
 that he shall receive any thing 
 of the Lord. 
 
 8 A double minded man is 
 unstable in all his ways. 
 
 9 Let the brother of low degree 
 rejoice in that he is exalted : 
 
 10 But the rich, in that he 
 is made low: because as the 
 flower of the grass he shall 
 pass away. 
 
 11 For the sun is no sooner 
 risen with a burning heat, but 
 it withereth the grass, and the 
 flower thereof falleth, and the 
 grace of the fashion of it pe- 
 risheth : so also shall the rich 
 man fade away in his ways. 
 
 12 Blessed is the man that 
 endureth temptation : for when 
 he is tried, he shall receive the 
 crown of life, which the Lord 
 
 hath promised to them that 
 love him. 
 
 13 Let no man say when lie 
 is tempted, I am tempted of 
 God : for God cannot be tempt- 
 ed with evil, neither tempteth 
 he any man : 
 
 14 But every man is tempted, 
 wlien he is drawn away of Ms 
 own lust, and enticed. 
 
 15 Then when lust hath con- 
 ceived^ it bringeth forth sin : 
 and sm, when it is finished, 
 bringeth forth death. 
 
 16 Do not en-, my beloved 
 brethren. 
 
 17 Every good gift and every 
 perfect gift is from above, and 
 Cometh down from the Father 
 of lights, with whom is no va- 
 riableness, neither shadow of 
 turning. 
 
 18 Of his own v,ill begat he 
 us with the word of truth, that 
 we should be a kind of first- 
 fruits of his creatures. J 
 
 19 Wherefore, my beloved bre- * 
 thren, let every man be swift 
 to hear, slow to speak, slow to 
 wrath : 
 
 20 For the wi-ath of man 
 worketh not the righteousness 
 of God. 
 
 21 Wherefore lay apart all 
 filthiness and supei^fluity of 
 naughtiness, and receive with 
 meeloiess the engrafted word, 
 which is able to save your souls. 
 
 22 But be ye doers of the word, 
 and not hearers only, deceiving 
 your own selves. 
 
 23 For if any be a hearer of 
 the word, and not a doer, he 
 is like unto a man beholding 
 his natural face in a glass : 
 
 24 For he beholdeth himself, 
 and goeth his way, and straight- 
 way forgetteth what manner of 
 man he v/as. 
 
 25 But whoso looketh into the 
 perfect law of liberty, and con- 
 tinueth therein, he being not 
 
Faith tcithout 
 
 JAMES, II. 
 
 iccn-JiS is dead. 
 
 M' 
 
 a forgetful hearer, but a doer 
 of tlie Tvork, tMs man shall be 
 blessed in his deed. 
 
 26 If any man among yon 
 seem to be religions, and bri- 
 dleth not his tongne, but de- 
 ceiveth his own heart, this 
 man's religion is Tain. 
 
 27 Pure religion and undefiled 
 before God and the Father is j 
 tliis, To visit the iatherless and 
 widows in then afihction, and •. 
 to keep himself unspotted from ' 
 the world. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 I It is not agreeable to Christian profes- 
 sion to regard the rich, and to despise 
 tJiepoor brethren : 13 rather we are to 
 be loving, and merciful : 14 aoid net to 
 boo^t of faith where no deeds are, 17 
 tvJiicJi is but a dead faith, 19 tlie faith 
 qf details, 21 not of Abraham, 25 and 
 RaJiab, 
 
 TY brethren, have not the 
 ^J- faith of our Lord Jesus 
 Christ, the Lord of glory, with 
 respect of persons. 
 
 2 For if there come unto yom- 
 assembly a man with a gold 
 ring, in goodly apparel, and 
 there come in also a poor man 
 in vile raiment ; 
 
 B And ye have respect to him 
 that weareth the gay clothing, 
 and say unto him, Sit thou 
 here in a good place ; and say 
 t-o the poor. Stand thou there, 
 or sit here under my footstool : 
 
 4 Are ye not then partial in 
 yourselves, and are become 
 judges of evil thoughts ? 
 
 5 Hearken, my beloved bre- 
 thren. Hath not God chosen 
 the poor of this world rich in 
 faith, and hens of the king- 
 dom which he hath promised 
 to them that love him? 
 
 6 But ye have despised the 
 poor. Do not rich men oppress 
 you, and draw you before the 
 judgment seats? 
 
 7 Do not they blaspheme that 
 worthy name by the which ye 
 are called? 
 
 8 If ye fulfil the royal law ac- 
 cording to the scripture. Thou 
 ghalt love thy neighbour as 
 thyself, ye do well : 
 
 9 But if ye have respect to 
 rersons, ye commit sin, and 
 ai^ convinced of the law as 
 transgressors. 
 
 10 For whosoever shall keep 
 the whole law, and yet offend 
 in one point, he is guilty of all. 
 
 11 For he that said, Do not 
 commit adultery, said also, Do 
 not kill. Now if thou commit 
 no adultery, yet if thou Mil, 
 thou art become a transgressor 
 of the law. 
 
 12 So speak ye, and so do, 
 as they that shall be judged 
 by the law of iibei ty. 
 
 13 For he shall have judg- 
 ment without mercy, that hath 
 shewed no mercy; and merely 
 rejoiceth against judgment. 
 
 14 AVhat doth it profit, my 
 brethren, though a man say 
 he hath feith, and have not 
 works ? can laith save him ? 
 
 15 If a brother or sister be 
 naked, and destitute of daily 
 food, 
 
 16 And one of you say unto 
 them, Depart in peace, be ye 
 warmed and filled; notwith- 
 standing ye give them not those 
 things which are needful to the 
 body ; what doth it profit? 
 
 17 Even so faith, if it hath not 
 works, is dead, being alone. 
 
 18 Yea, a man may say. Thou 
 hast faith, and I have works: 
 shew me thy faith without thy 
 works, and I will shew thee 
 my faith by my works. 
 
 19 Thou believest that there is 
 one God ; thou doest well : the 
 devils also believe, and tremble. 
 
 20 But wilt thou know, O 
 vain man, that faith without 
 works is dead? 
 
 21 Was not Abraham our fa- 
 ther justified by works, when 
 he had offered Isaac his son 
 upon the altar ? 
 
 22 Seest thou how faith wrought 
 with his works, and by works 
 was faith made perfect ? 
 
 23 And the scripture was ful- 
 filled which saith, Abraham 
 believed God, and it was im- 
 puted unto him for righteous- 
 
The duty of 
 
 ness: and he was called tlie 
 Friend oi" God. 
 
 24 Ye see then how that by- 
 works a man is justified, and 
 not by faith only. 
 
 25 Likewise also was not Ea- 
 liab the harlot justified by 
 works, when she had received 
 the messengers, and had sent 
 them out anotlier way ? 
 
 2(3 For as the body without 
 tlie spirit is dead, so faith with- 
 out worlds is dead also. 
 CHAPTER III. 
 1 Wc arc not raslily or arrogantly to re- 
 2^rove others : .5 but rather to bridle the 
 tongue, a little onembor, but a powerful 
 instrum€7it of viuch good, ami great 
 harm. 13 They toho be truly wise be 
 inild, and peaceable, iviUio-ut envying, 
 Oiul strife. 
 
 MY brethren, be not many 
 masters, laiowing that we 
 shall receive the greater con- 
 demnation. 
 
 2 For in many things we of- 
 fend all. If any man offend 
 not in vrord, tlie same is a per- 
 fect man, and able also to bri- 
 dle the whole body. 
 
 3 Behold, we put bits in the 
 horses' mouths, that they may 
 obey us; and we turn about 
 their v/liole body. 
 
 4 Behold also the ships, which 
 
 JAMES, III. governing (lie twgue. 
 
 9 Therewith bless we God, 
 even the Father; and there- 
 with curse we men, which are 
 made after the similitude of 
 God. 
 
 10 Out of the same mouth 
 proceedeth blessing and curs- 
 ing. My brethren, these thhigs 
 ought not so to be. 
 
 11 Doth a fountain send forth 
 at the same place sweet water 
 and bitter ? 
 
 12 Can the fig tree, my bre- 
 tln-en, bear olive berries? either 
 a vine, figs? so can no foun- 
 tain both yield salt water and 
 fresh. 
 
 13 Who is a wise man and 
 endued Avith knowledge among 
 you? let him shew out of a 
 good conversation his works 
 with meelniess of wisdom. 
 
 14 But if ye have bitter em^- 
 ing and strife in your hearts, 
 glory not, and lie not against 
 the truth. 
 
 15 This wisdom descendeth 
 not from above, but is earthly, 
 sensual, devihsh. 
 
 16 For where en^-ying and 
 strife is, there is confusion and 
 every evil work. 
 
 17 But the wisdom that is 
 from above is first pure, then 
 
 though thep he so great, and j peaceable, gentle, and easy to 
 are driven of fierce winds, yet ; be intreated, full of mercy and 
 are they turned about vvith a | good fiuits, without partiality, 
 very small helm, whitherso- 
 ever the governor listeth. 
 
 5 Even so the tongue is a lit- 
 tle member, and boasteth great 
 tilings. Behold, how great a 
 matter a little fire Idndleth ! 
 
 6 And the tongue is a fire, a 
 world of inic[iiity: so is the 
 tongue among our members, 
 that it defileth the whole body, 
 and setteth on fire the course 
 of natm-e ; and it is set on fire 
 of hell. 
 
 7 For every kind of beasts, and 
 of birds, and of serpents, and of 
 things in the sea, is tamed, and 
 hath been tamed of mankind : 
 
 8 But the tongue can no man 
 tame ; it is an imruly evil, full 
 of deadly poison. 
 
 ai.d without hypocrisy. 
 18 And the fruit of righteous- 
 ness is sown in peace of them 
 that make peace. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 We are to strive against covetousness, 4 
 intemperance, 5 pride, n detractio7i, 
 and rash jv/igment of others : 13 and 
 not to be cmifident in the good success 
 of tvG^'ldly Intsiness, but mindful ever 
 of the uncertainty of this life, to com^ 
 init ourselves arhd all our afaire to 
 God's 2-rovidence. 
 
 FROM whence come wars 
 and fightings among you? 
 come they not hence, even of 
 your lusts that vrar in your 
 members ? 
 
 2 l"e lust, and have not: ye 
 kill, and desire to have, and 
 camiot obtain: ye fight and 
 
Against piide, &g, 
 
 war, yet ye have not, because 
 ye ask not. 
 
 3 Ye ask, and receive not, be- 
 cause ye ask amiss, that ye may 
 consume it upon your lusts. 
 
 4 Ye adulterers and adulte- 
 i-esses, know ye not that the 
 friendship of the world is en- 
 mity with God? whosoever 
 therefore will be a friend of the 
 world is the enemy of God. 
 
 5 Do ye think that the scrip- 
 ture saith in vain, The spirit 
 that dwelleth in us lusteth to 
 envy ? 
 
 6 But he giveth more grace. 
 Wherefore he saith, God re- 
 sisteth the proud, but giveth 
 grace imto the humble. 
 
 7 Submit yourselves therefore 
 to God. Resist the devil, and 
 he will flee from you. 
 
 8 Draw nigh to God, and he 
 will draw nigh to you. Cleanse 
 your hands, ye sinners; and 
 pmiiy your hearts, ye double 
 minded. 
 
 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, 
 and weep: let your laughter 
 be turned to raourning, and 
 your joy to heaviness. 
 
 10 Humble yourselves in the 
 sight of the Lord, and he shall 
 lift you up. 
 
 11 Speak not evil one of an- 
 other, brethren. He that speak- 
 eth evil of Ms brother, and 
 judgeth his brother, speaketh 
 evil of the law, and judgeth the 
 law : but if thou judge the law, 
 thou art not a doer of the law, 
 but a judge. 
 
 12 There is one lawgiver, who 
 is able to save and to destroy : 
 wdio art thou that judgest an- 
 other ? 
 
 13 Go to now, ye that say, 
 To day or to morrow we will 
 go into such a city, and con- 
 tinue there a year, and buy 
 and sell, and get gain : 
 
 14 Whereas ye imow not what 
 shall he on the morrow. For 
 v/hat is your life? It is even 
 a vapour, that appeareth for a 
 little time, and then vanisheth 
 away. 
 
 JAj\IES, V. Ofw'iclced ricJi 'mern. 
 
 15 For that ye ought to say. 
 If the Lord will, we shall live, 
 and do this, or that. 
 
 16 But now ye rejoice in your 
 boastings : all such rejoicing is 
 evil. 
 
 17 Therefore to him that 
 knoweth to do good, and doeth 
 it not, to him it is sin. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 Wicked rich inen are to fear God's ve^i- 
 geance. 7 We ought to be patient in 
 afflictions, after the example of the pro. 
 phets, and Job : 12 to forbear swearing, 
 13 to pray in adversity, to sing in 2>r0' 
 sperity : 16 to acJcnowledge inutuaVy 
 our several faults, to pray cme fo^" 
 another, 19 and to reduce a straying 
 brother to the truth. 
 
 GO to now, ye rich men, 
 weep and howl for your 
 miseries that shall come upon 
 you. 
 
 2 Your riches are corrupted, 
 and your garments are moth- 
 eaten. 
 
 3 Your gold and silver is can- 
 kered; and the rust of them 
 shall be a witness against you, 
 and shall eat your fiesh as it 
 were fire. Y^e have heaped 
 treasure together for the last 
 days. 
 
 4 Behold, the hire of the la- 
 bom'ers who have reaped down 
 your fields, which is of you 
 kept back by fi-aud, crieth : and 
 the cries of them which have 
 reaped are entered into the ears 
 of the Lord of sabaoth. 
 
 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on 
 the earth, and been wanton ; 
 ye have nourished your hearts, 
 as in a day of slaughter. 
 
 6 Ye have condemned and 
 Irilled the just; and he doth 
 not resist you. 
 
 7 Be patient therefore, bre- 
 thien, unto the coming of the 
 Lord. Behold, the husband- 
 man waiteth for the precious 
 fruit of the earth, and hath long 
 patience for it, mitil he receive 
 the early and latter rain. 
 
 8 Be ye also patient ; stablish 
 yom- hearts : for the coming of 
 the Lord draweth nigh. 
 
 9 Grudge not one against an- 
 other, brethi-en, lest ye be con- 
 
Peter hksselli God far I. PETER, I. 
 
 his sjnritiud nvdces. 
 
 demned: beliold, the judge 
 standeth before the door. 
 
 10 Take, my bretliren, the 
 prophete, who have spoken in 
 the name of tlie Lord, for an 
 example of suffering affliction, 
 and of patience. 
 
 11 Behold, we count them 
 happy which endiu-e. Ye have 
 heard of the patience of Job, 
 and have seen the end of the 
 Lord; that the Lord is very 
 pitiful, and of tender mercy. 
 
 12 But above all things, my 
 brethren, swear not, neither by 
 heaven, neither by the earth, 
 neither by any other oath : but 
 let your yea be yea ; and your 
 nay, nay ; lest ye fall into con- 
 demnation. 
 
 13 Is any among you afflicted? 
 let him pray. Is any merry? 
 let him sing psalms. 
 
 14 Is any sick among you ? let 
 him call for the elders of the 
 chmx'h ; and let them pray over 
 him, anointing him with oil in 
 the name of the Lord : 
 
 15 And the prayer of faith 
 shall save the sick, and the 
 Lord shall raise him up; and 
 if he have committed sms, they 
 shall be forgiven him. 
 
 IG Conless your faults one to 
 another, and pray one for an- 
 other, that ye may be healed. 
 The eflectual fervent prayer 
 of a righteous man availeth 
 much. 
 
 17 Elias^ was a man subject to 
 like passions as we are, and he 
 prayed earnestly that it miglit 
 not rain : and it rained not on 
 the earth by the si ace of three 
 years and six months. 
 
 18 And he prayed again, and 
 the heaven gave rain, and the 
 earth brought forth her fruit. 
 
 19 Brethren, if any of you 
 do err from the truth, and one 
 convert him ; 
 
 20 Let him know, that he 
 which convert^th tne sinner 
 from the error of his way shall 
 save a soul from death, and 
 shall hide a multitude of sins. 
 
 THE riKST EPISTLE GENERAL OF 
 
 PETER 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 He blesseth God for hii manifold spiri- 
 tual graces : 10 shewing that the salva- 
 tion in Christ is no news, but a thing 
 2jroj)Jiesiecl of old: 13 and exhorteth 
 them accordingly to a godly conversa- 
 tion, forasmuch as they are now born 
 anew by the word of God. 
 
 PETER, an apostle of Je- 
 sus Christ, to the strangers 
 scattered throughout Pontus, 
 Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and 
 Bithynia, 
 
 2 Elect according to the fore- 
 knowledge of God the Father, 
 through sanctification of the 
 Spirit, unto obedience and 
 sprinkling of the blood of Je- 
 sus Chiist: Grace unto you, 
 and peace, be multiplied. 
 
 3 Blessed be the God and Fa- 
 ther of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
 which according to his abun- 
 dant mercy hath begotten us 
 
 again unto a lively hope by 
 the resiu-rection of Jesus Christ 
 from the dead, 
 
 4 To an inheritance incor- 
 ruptible, and undefiled, and 
 that fadeth not away, reserved 
 in heaven for you, 
 
 5 Who are kept by the power 
 of God through faith unto sal- 
 vation ready to be revealed in 
 the last time. 
 
 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, 
 though now for a season, if need 
 be, ye are in heaviness thi'ough 
 manifold temptations : 
 
 7 That the trial of your faith, 
 being much more precious than 
 of gold that perisheth, though 
 it be tried with fire, might be 
 found unto praise and honour 
 and glory at the appearing of 
 Jesus Christ : 
 
 8 Whom having not seen, ye 
 
An eximiation 
 
 I.PETEE, n. 
 
 to TioUness. 
 
 love ; in whom, though now 
 ye see hiin not, yet beKeving, 
 ye rejoice with joy unspeak- 
 able and full of glory : 
 
 9 Receiving the end of your 
 faith, even the salvation of 
 ^our souls. 
 
 10 Of which salvation the 
 prophets have enquired and 
 searched diligently, who pro- 
 phesied of the grace that should 
 come unto you : 
 
 11 Searching what, or w^hat 
 manner of time the Spirit of 
 CMst which was in them did 
 signify, when it testified before- 
 hand the sufferings of Christ, 
 and the glory that should fol- 
 low. 
 
 12 Unto whom it was revealed, 
 that not unto themselves, but 
 unto us they did minister the 
 things, which are now reported 
 unto you by them that have 
 preached the gospel unto you 
 with the Holy Ghost sent dov/n 
 from heaven ; which things the 
 angels desire to look into. 
 
 13 Wherefore gird up the loins 
 of your mind, be sober, and 
 hope to the end for the gi'ace 
 that .is to be brought unto 
 you at the revelation of Jesus 
 Christ; 
 
 14 As obedient children, not 
 fashioning yourselves accord- 
 ing to the former lusts in your 
 ignorance : 
 
 15 But as he which hath called 
 you is holy, so be ye holy in all 
 manner of conversation ; 
 
 16 Because it is written, Be ye 
 holy ; for I am holy. 
 
 17 And if ye call on the Father, 
 who without respect of per- 
 sons judge th according to every 
 man's work, pass the time of 
 your sojourning he7^e in fear : 
 
 18 Forasmuch as ye know 
 that ye were not redeemed with 
 corruptible things, as silver and 
 gold, from your vain conversa- 
 tion received by tradition from 
 your fathers ; 
 
 19 But with the precious blood 
 of Christ, as of a lamb without 
 blemish and without spot : 
 
 20 Who verily was foreor- 
 dained before the foundation of 
 the world, but was manifest in 
 these last times for you, 
 
 21 Who by him do believe in 
 God, that raised him up from 
 the dead, and gave him glory ; 
 that your faith and hope might 
 be in God. 
 
 22 Seeing ye have purified 
 yoiu' souls in obeying the truth 
 through the Spirit unto im- 
 feigned love of the brethren, 
 see that ye love one another 
 with a pm-e heart fervently : 
 
 23 Being born again, not of 
 corruptible seed, but of incor- 
 ruptible, by the word of God, 
 which liveth and abideth for 
 ever. 
 
 24 For all flesh is as grass, 
 and all the glory of man as the 
 flower of grass. The grass wi- 
 thereth, and the flower thereof 
 falleth away : 
 
 25 But the word of the Lord 
 endureth for ever. And this is 
 the word whi(jh by the gospel 
 is preached unto you. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 1 He deliorteth thon from the breach of 
 charity : 4 shewing that Christ is the 
 foiondation whereupon they are huUt. 
 11 He beseecheth them also to abstain 
 from fleshly Itists, 13 to be obedient to 
 inagistrates, 18 and teacheth servants 
 how to obey their masters, 20 patiently 
 suffering for well doing, after the ex- 
 ample of Chi'ist. 
 
 WHEREFORE laying 
 aside all malice, and all 
 guile, and hj^pocrisies, and en- 
 vies, and all evil speakings, 
 
 2 As newborn babes, desire 
 the sincere milk of the word, 
 that ye may grow thereby : 
 
 3 If so be ye have tasted that 
 the Lord is gracious. 
 
 4 To whom coming, as unto 
 a living stone, disallowed in- 
 deed of men, but chosen of 
 God, and precious, 
 
 5 Ye also, as lively stones, 
 are built up a spiritual house, 
 an holy priesthood, to ofi'er up 
 spiritual sacrifices, acceptable 
 to God by Jesus Christ. 
 
 6 Wherefore also it is contained 
 

 
Exhmiotim io I. PETEE, 
 
 ing of gold, or of putting on of 
 apparel ; 
 
 4 But let it be tlie Mdden man 
 of the heart, in that wliich is 
 not corruptible, even the or- 
 nament of a meek and quiet 
 spiiit, which is in the sight of 
 God of great price. 
 
 5 For after this manner in the 
 old time the holy women also, 
 who trusted in God, adorned 
 themselyes, being in subjection 
 unto their own husbands : 
 
 6 Even as Sara obeyed Abra- 
 ham, calling him lord: whose 
 daughters ye are, as long as 
 ye do well, and are not afraid 
 with any amazement. 
 
 7 Likewise, ye husbands, 
 dwell with tliem according to 
 knowledge, giving honour un- 
 to the wife, as unto the weaker 
 vessel, and as being heirs to- 
 gether of the grace of life ; that 
 your prayers be not hindered. 
 
 8 Finally, he ye all of one 
 mind, having compassion one 
 of another, love as brethren, 
 he pitiful, he courteous : 
 
 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or 
 railing for railing : but contra- 
 riwise blessing; Im owing that 
 ye are thereunto called, that ye 
 should inherit a blessing. 
 
 10 For he that will love life, 
 and see good days, let him re- 
 frain his tongue from evil, and 
 his lips that they speak no 
 guile: 
 
 11 Let him eschew evil, and 
 do good; let him seek peace, 
 and ensue it. 
 
 12 For the eyes of the Lord 
 . cure over the righteous, and his 
 
 ears are open unto their pray- 
 ers : but the face of the Lord 
 is against them that do evil. 
 
 13 And who is he that will 
 harm you, if ye be followers 
 of that which is good? 
 
 14 But and if ye suffer for 
 righteousness' sake, happy are 
 ye : and be not afraid of their 
 terror, neither be troubled ; 
 
 15 But sanctity the Lord God 
 in your hearts : and be ready 
 always to give an answer to 
 
 lY. unity and love. 
 
 every man that asketh you a 
 reason of the hope that is in 
 you with meekness and fear : 
 
 16 Having a good conscience ; 
 that, whereas they speak evil 
 of you, as of evildoers, they 
 may be ashamed that falsely 
 accuse your good conversation 
 in Christ. 
 
 17 For it is better, if the will 
 of God be so, that ye suffer for 
 well dohig, than for evil doing. 
 
 18 For Chiist also hath once 
 suffered for sins, the just for 
 the imjust, that he might bring 
 us to God, being put to death 
 in the flesh, but quickened by 
 the Spirit : 
 
 19 By which also he went 
 and preached unto the spirits 
 in prison ; 
 
 20 Which sometime were dis- 
 obedient, when once the long- 
 suflering of God waited in the 
 days of Ncah, while the ark 
 was a preparing, wherein few, 
 that is, eight souls were saved 
 by water. 
 
 21 The like figure whereunto 
 even baptism doth also now 
 save us (not the putting away 
 of the filth of the flesh, but the 
 answer of a good conscience 
 toward God,) by the resurrec- 
 tion of Jesus Christ : 
 
 22 Who is gone into heaven, 
 and is on the right hand of 
 God; angels and authorities 
 and powers being made subject 
 imto him. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 1 ffe exhorteth them to cease from sin Ijy 
 the eocample of Christ, and the consi- 
 deration of the general end that now 
 a2yproac7ieth : 12 and comforteth tliem, 
 against pe7'secution. 
 
 FORASMUCH then as 
 Christ hath suffered for 
 us in the flesh, arm yourselves 
 likewise with the same mind: 
 for he that hath suffered in the 
 flesh hath ceased from sin ; 
 
 2 That he no longer should 
 live the rest of his time in the 
 flesh to the lusts of men, but 
 to the will of God. 
 
 3 For the tune past of our life 
 may suffice us to have ^Tought 
 
Divers exJiartalions. I. PETER, V. 
 
 the will of the Gentiles, when 
 we walked in lasciviousness, 
 lusts, excess of wine, revel- 
 lings, banqiietings, and abo- 
 minable idolatries : 
 
 4 Wherein they thhik it 
 strange that ye run not with 
 tfiem to the same excess of 
 riot, speaking evil of ^ou : 
 
 5 \Vho shall give account to 
 him that is ready to judge the 
 quick and the dead. 
 
 6 For for this cause was the 
 posjjel ^readied also to them 
 that are dead, tliat tliey might 
 be judged according to men in 
 the llesh, but live according to 
 God in the spirit. 
 
 7 But the end of all things is 
 at hand : be ye therefore sober, 
 and watch unto jtrayer. 
 
 8 And above all tilings have 
 fersent charity among yonr- 
 Relves : for charity shall cover 
 the multitude of sins. 
 
 9 Use hospitality one to an- 
 other without grudging. 
 
 10 As every man hath receiv- 
 ed the gift, even so minister the 
 same one to anotlier, as good 
 stewards of the manifold grace 
 of God. 
 
 11 If any man speak, lei him 
 speak as the oracles of God; if 
 any man minister, let him do 
 it as of tlie ability which God 
 giveth : tliat God in all things 
 may be glorified through Jesus 
 Clu-ist, to whom be praise and 
 dominion for ever and ever. 
 Amen. 
 
 12 Beloved, tliink it not strange 
 concerning the fiery trial which 
 is to try you, as though some 
 strange thing happened unto 
 you : 
 
 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye 
 are partakers of Christ's suffer- 
 ings ; that, when his glory sliall 
 be revealed, ye may be glad also 
 with exceeding joy. 
 
 14 If ye be reproached for the 
 name of Christ, happy are ye ; 
 for the spirit of glory and of 
 God resteth upon you : on their 
 part he is evil spoken of, but 
 on your part he is glorified. 
 
 TJui duty of eldei-8, 
 15 But let none of you suffer 
 as a murderer, or as a thief, or 
 as an evildoer, or as a busybody 
 in otlier men's matters. 
 1(3 Yet if any man suffer as 
 a Christian, let him not l^e 
 ashamed; but let him glorify 
 God on tliis behalf. 
 
 17 For the time is come that 
 judgment must begin at tlie 
 house of God : ar.d if it first 
 he^in at i:s, what sliall the end 
 be of them that obey not the 
 gospel of God? 
 
 18 And if the righteous scarce- 
 ly l)e saved, where shall the un- 
 godly and the shiner appear? 
 
 19 Wherefore let them that 
 suffer according to the will of 
 God commit the keeping of 
 their souls to him in well do- 
 ing, as unto a faithlul Creator. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 ITe cxhorttth the elders to feed tlicir 
 jlocks, 5 the younger to obey, 8 and all 
 to be sober, watchful, and constant in 
 the faith : 9 to resist the cruel advcr- 
 sary the dcvU. 
 
 THE elders which are among 
 you I exhort, who am also 
 an elder, and a witness of the 
 sufferings of Clirist, and also a 
 partaker of the gloiy tliat shall 
 be revealed : 
 
 2 Feed the flock of God wliich 
 is among you, taking the over- 
 sight thereof^ not by constraint, 
 but willingly ; not for filthy 
 lucre, but of a ready mind ; 
 
 3 Neither as being lords over 
 God'^s heritage, but being en- 
 samples to the flock. 
 
 4 And when the chief Shep- 
 herd shall appear, ye shall 
 receive a crown of glory that 
 fadeth not avray. 
 
 5 Likewise, ye younger, sub- 
 mit yourselves unto the elder. 
 Yea, all of you be subject one 
 to another, and be clothed with 
 humility : for God resisteth the 
 proud, and giveth grace to the 
 hmnble. 
 
 6 Humble yourselves there- 
 fore under the mighty hand of 
 God, that he may exalt you in 
 due time : 
 
ExJmiatioii to faith 
 
 II. PETEE, I. 
 
 and good wmhs. 
 
 7 Casting all your care upon 
 him ; for lie careth for you. 
 
 8 Be sober, be vigilant ; because 
 your adversary the devil, as a 
 roaring lion, vralketh about, 
 seeking -whom he may devouj- : 
 
 9 Whom resist stedlast in the 
 faith, Jmov/ing that the same 
 afflictions are accomplished in 
 your brethren that are in the 
 world. 
 
 10 But the God of aU grace, 
 who hath called us unto his 
 eternal glory by Chi-ist Jesus, 
 after that ye have suliered a 
 while, make you perfect, sta- 
 blish, strengthen, settle i/ou. 
 
 11 To him he glory and do- 
 minion for ever and ever. A- 
 men. 
 
 12 By Silvanus, a faithfdl 
 brother unto you, as I suppose, 
 I have written briefly, exhort- 
 ing, and testifying that this is 
 the true grace of God wherein 
 ye stand. 
 
 13 The church that is at Ba- 
 bylon, elected together with 
 7/ou, saluteth you ; and so doth 
 Marcus my son. 
 
 14 Greet ye one another with 
 a kiss of charity. Peace be 
 vvdth you all that are in Christ 
 Jesus. Amen. 
 
 THE SEC0:N^D EPISTLE GEJSTESAL OF 
 
 PETER. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 Confirming tJiem in hope of the increase 
 of God's graces, 5 he exhortefh them, 
 hy faith, and good works, to make their 
 calling sure: 12 whereof he is careful 
 to remember them, knowing that his 
 death is at hand : 16 and warneth them 
 to be constant in the faith of Christ, 
 
 ^ who is the true Son of God, by the eyC' 
 witness of the apostles beholding his 
 majesty, and hy the testimony of the 
 Father, and the prophets. 
 
 SIMON Peter, a servant and 
 an apostle of Jesus Christ, 
 to them that have obtained like 
 precious faith with us thi^ough 
 the righteousness of God and 
 our Saviour Jesus Christ : 
 
 2 Grace and peace be multi- 
 plied unto you through the 
 knovdedge of God, and of Je- 
 sus om- Lord, 
 
 3 According as his divine 
 power hath given unto us all 
 things that pertain unto life 
 and godliness, through the 
 knowledge of him that hath 
 called us to glory and virtue : 
 
 4 Whereby are given unto us 
 exceedmg great and precious 
 promises : that by these jq 
 might be partakers of the di- 
 vine nature, having escaped 
 the corruption that is in the 
 world through lust. 
 
 5 And beside this, giving aU 
 
 diligence, add to your faith vir- 
 tue ; and to virtue knowledge ; 
 
 6 And to knowledge temper- 
 ance ; and to temperance pa- 
 tience; and to patience godli- 
 ness ; 
 
 7 And to godliness brotherly 
 kindness; and to brotherly 
 kindness charity. 
 
 8 For if these things be in you, 
 and abound, they make you 
 that ye shall neither he barren 
 nor unfruitful in the knowledge 
 of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 9 But he that lacketh these 
 things is blind, and cannot see 
 afar off, and hath forgotten 
 that he was purged Irom his 
 old sins. 
 
 10 Yv^herefore the rather, bre- 
 thren, give diligence to make 
 your calling and election sure : 
 for if ye do these things, ye 
 shall never fall ; 
 
 11 For so an entrance shall be 
 ministered unto you abundant- 
 ly into the everlasthig kingdom 
 of our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 12 Wherefore I will not be 
 negligent to put you always in 
 remembrance of these things, 
 though ye know them, and be 
 established in the present trutli. 
 
Fcdse teachers. 
 
 II. PETER, II. 
 
 and their wicked 
 
 13 Yea, I think it meet, as long 
 aa I am in this tabernacle, to 
 stir you up by putting j/ou in 
 remembrance ; 
 
 14 Knowing that shortly I 
 must put ofi" this my taberna- 
 cle, even as our Lord Jesus 
 Christ hath shewed me, 
 
 15 Moreover I will endeavom- 
 that ye may be able after my 
 decease to have these things 
 always in remembrance. 
 
 16 For we have not followed 
 cunningly devised fables, when 
 we made known unto you the 
 power and coming of our Lord 
 Jesus Clu-ist, but were eyewit- 
 nesses of liis majesty. 
 
 17 For he received from God 
 the Father honour and glory, 
 when there came such a voice 
 to him from the excellent glo- 
 ry. This is my beloved Son, in 
 whom I am well pleased. 
 
 18 And this voice wliich came 
 from heaven we heard, when 
 we were with him in the holy 
 mount. 
 
 19 We have also a more sure 
 word of prophecy ; whereunto 
 ye do well that ye take heed, 
 as unto a light that sliineth 
 in a dark place, until the day 
 dawn, and the day star arise in 
 your hearts : 
 
 20 Knowing this first, that no 
 prophecy of the scripture is of 
 any private interpretation. 
 
 21 For the prophecy came not 
 in old time by the will of man : 
 but holy men of God spake as 
 they were moved by the Holy 
 Ghost. 
 
 CHAPTER IL 
 
 1 He fwetelleth them of false teachers, 
 shewing the im]ncty and jrunishtnent 
 both of them and tTieir followers ; 7 
 from which the godly shall be delivered, 
 as Lot was out of Sodom : 10 and more 
 fully describeth the manners of those 
 profane and blasx>hem,ous seducers, 
 whereby they m/iy be the better known, 
 and avoided. 
 
 BUT there were false pro- 
 phets also among the peo- 
 ple, even as there shall be false 
 teachers among you, who pri- 
 vily shall bring in damnable 
 
 heresies, even denying the Lord 
 that bought them, and bring 
 upon themselves swift destruc- 
 tion. 
 
 2 And many shall follow their 
 peniicious ways; by reason of 
 whom the way of truth shall 
 be evil spoken of. 
 
 3 And through covetousness 
 shall they with feigned words 
 make merchandise of you : 
 whose judgment now of a long 
 time lingereth not, and their 
 damnation slumberetli not. 
 
 4 For if God spared not the 
 angels that sinned, but cast 
 them down to hell, and de- 
 livered them into chains of 
 darkness, to be reserved mito 
 judgment ; 
 
 5 And spared not the old 
 world, but saved Noah the 
 eighth person, a preaclier of 
 righteousness, bringing in the 
 llood upon the world of the 
 ungodly ; 
 
 G And turning the cities of 
 Sodom and Gomorrlia into 
 ashes condemned them with 
 an overtlu"ow, making them an 
 ensample unto those that after 
 should live ungodly ; 
 
 7 And delivered just Lot, vex- 
 ed with the filthy conversation 
 of the wicked : 
 
 8 (For that righteous man 
 dwelling among them, in see- 
 ing and hearing, vexed his 
 righteous soul from day to day 
 with their unlawful deeds ;) 
 
 9 The Lord loioweth how to 
 deliver the godly out of tempta- 
 tions, and to reserve the unjust 
 unto the day of judgment to be 
 punished : 
 
 10 But chiefly them that walk 
 after the flesh in the lust of mi- 
 cleanness, and despise govern- 
 ment. Presumptuous are they, 
 selfwilled, they are not afraid 
 to speak evil of dignities. 
 
 11 Whereas angels, which are 
 greater in power and might, 
 bring not railing accusation 
 against them before the Lord. 
 
 12 But these, as natural brute 
 beasts, made to be taken and 
 
pvimiples, demibed. II. PETEE, III. Clirist's second coming, 
 
 destroyed, speak evil of tlie 
 things that they understand 
 not ; and shall utterly perish ia 
 their own corruption ; 
 
 13 And shall receive the re- 
 ward of unrighteousness, as 
 they that count it pleasure to 
 riot in the day time. Spots 
 the^ are and blemishes, sport- 
 ing themselves with their own 
 deceivings while they feast with 
 you; 
 
 14 Having eyes full of adul- 
 tery, and that cannot cease 
 from sin; beguiling unstable 
 souls: an heart they have ex- 
 ercised with covetous practices ; 
 cursed children : 
 
 15 Which have forsaken the 
 right way, and are gone astray, 
 following the way of Balaam 
 the son of Bosor, who loved the 
 wages of unrighteousness ; 
 
 16 But was rebuked for his 
 iniquity: the dumb ass speak- 
 ing with man's voice forbad 
 the madness of the prophet. 
 
 17 These are wells without 
 water, clouds that are carried 
 with a tempest; to whom the 
 mist of darkness is reserved for 
 ever. 
 
 18 For when they speak great 
 swelling words of vanity, they 
 allure through the lusts of the 
 flesh, through much wanton- 
 ness, those that were clean es- 
 caped from them who live ia 
 error. 
 
 19 While they promise them 
 liberty, they themselves are 
 the servants of corruption : for 
 of whom a man is overcome, 
 of the same is he brought in 
 bondage. 
 
 20 For if after they have es- 
 caped the pollutions of the 
 world through the knowledge 
 of the Lord and Saviour Jesus 
 Christ, they are again entan- 
 gled therein, and overcome, the 
 latter end is worse with them 
 than the beginning. 
 
 21 For it had been better for 
 them not to have known the 
 way of righteousness, than, 
 after they have known it, to 
 
 turn from the holy command- 
 ment delivered unto them. 
 22 But it is happened unto 
 them according to the true pro- 
 verb, The dog is turned to his 
 own vomit again ; and the sow 
 that was washed to her wallow- 
 ing in the nure. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 He assureth tJiem of the certainty of 
 Christ's coming to judgment, against 
 those scorners who dispute against it: 8 
 warning the godly, for the long patience 
 of God, to hasten their repentance. 10 
 Me describeth also the manner how the 
 world shall be destroyed: 11 exhorting 
 them,, from the expectation thereof, to 
 all holiness of life : 15 and again, to 
 tTiinJc the patience of God to tend to 
 their salvation, as PavZ wrote to tJiem 
 in his epistles. 
 
 THIS second epistle, belov- 
 ed, I now write mito you ; 
 in both which I stir up your 
 pure minds by way of remem- 
 brance : 
 
 2 That ye may be mindful of 
 the words which were spoken 
 before by the holy prophets, 
 and of the commandment of 
 us the apostles of the Lord and 
 Saviour : 
 
 3 Knowing this first, that 
 there shall come in the last 
 days scofiers, walking after 
 their own lusts, 
 
 4 And saying, Where is the 
 promise of his coming? for 
 since the fathers fell asleep, all 
 things continue as thep were 
 from the beginning of the cre- 
 ation. 
 
 5 For this they willingly are 
 ignorant of, that by the word of 
 God the heavens were of old, 
 and the earth standing out of 
 the water and in the water : 
 
 6 Whereby the world that 
 then was, being overflowed with 
 water, perished : 
 
 7 But the heavens and the 
 earth, which are now, by the 
 same word are kept in store, 
 reserved unto fire against the 
 day of judgment and perdition 
 of ungodly men. 
 
 8 But, beloved, be not igno- 
 rant of this one thing, that one 
 
TU day of (lie II. PETER, III, 
 
 day is with the Lord as a thou- 
 sand years, and a thousand 
 years as one day. 
 
 9 The Lord is not slack con- 
 cerning his promise, as some 
 men count slacloiess; but is 
 longsuiiering to us-ward, not 
 Vvilling that any should perish, 
 but that all should come to 
 repentance. 
 
 10 But the day of the Lord 
 will come as a thief in the 
 night; in the which the hea- 
 vens shall pass away with a 
 gTcat noise, and the elements 
 shall melt with fervent heat, 
 the earth also and tlie works 
 that are therein shall be burn- 
 ed up. 
 
 11 Seeing then that all these 
 thmgs shall be dissolved, w^hat 
 manner of persons ought ye to 
 be in all holy conversation and 
 godliness, 
 
 12 Looking for and hasting 
 unto the commg of the day of 
 God, wherein the heavens be- 
 ing on fne shall be dissolved, 
 and the elements shall melt 
 with feiTent heat? 
 
 13 Nevertheless we, according 
 
 to his promise, look for new hea- I Arnen 
 
 IxA'd desci'ioed. 
 
 vens and a new earth, wherein 
 dwelleth righteousness. 
 
 14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing 
 that ye look for such things, be 
 diligent that ye may be foimd 
 of him in peace, without spot, 
 and blameless. 
 
 15 And account that the long- 
 sufiering of oiu- Lord is salva- 
 tion ; even as om- beloved bro- 
 ther Paul also according to the 
 wisdom given unto him hath 
 written unto you ; 
 
 IG As also in all his epistles, 
 speaking in them of these 
 tilings ; in which are some 
 things hard to be understood, 
 which they that are unlearned 
 and unstable wrest, as they do 
 also the other scriptures, unto 
 their own destruction. 
 
 17 Ye therefore, beloved, see- 
 ing ye know these things be- 
 fore, beware lest ye also, being 
 led away with the eiTor of the 
 wicked, fall from your own 
 stedliastness. 
 
 18 But grow in grace, and in 
 the knowledge of our Lord and 
 Saviour Jesus Clu-ist. To him 
 be glory both now and for ever. 
 
 THE FIKST EPISTLE GENEKAL OF 
 
 JOHN. 
 
 I 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 1 lie describeth the person of Christ, in 
 who^n we have eternal life, by a com- 
 viunion toith God : 5 to which we onust 
 adjoin holiness of life, to testify the 
 truth of that our communion and pro- 
 fession of faith, as also to assure us of 
 the fo^'giveness of our sins by Christ's 
 death. 
 
 THAT which was from the 
 beginning, which we have 
 heard, which we have seen 
 with our eyes, which we have 
 looked upon, and our hands 
 have handled, of the Word of 
 life; 
 
 2 (For the life was manifest- 
 ed, and y^e have seen it, and 
 bear witness, and shew unto 
 
 you that eternal Ufe, which 
 was with the Father, and was 
 manifested unto us ;) 
 
 3 That which we have seen 
 and heard declare we unto 
 you, that ye also may have 
 fellow^ship with us : and truly 
 our fellowship is with the Fa- 
 ther, and with his Son Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 4 And these things write we 
 unto you, that your joy may 
 be full. 
 
 5 This then is the message 
 which we have heard of him, 
 and declare unto you, that God 
 is light, and in him is no dark- 
 ness at all. 
 
Chist our advocate 
 
 I. JOHN, II. 
 
 tciih the Father. 
 
 6 If we say that we have fel- 
 lowship with him, and walk in 
 darkness, we lie, and do not the 
 truth : 
 
 7 But if we walk in the light, 
 as he is in the light, we have 
 fellowship one with another, 
 and the blood of Jesus Christ 
 his Son cleanseth us from all 
 sin. 
 
 8 If we say that we have no 
 sin, we deceive ourselves, and 
 the truth is not in us. 
 
 9 If we confess our sins, he 
 is faithful and just to forgive 
 us our sins, and to cleanse us 
 from all unrighteousness. 
 
 10 If we say that we have not 
 sinned, we make him a liar, 
 and his word is not in us. 
 
 CHAPTER 11. 
 
 1 He comforteth tliem against the sins of 
 infirmity, 3 Rightly to know God is to 
 Jceep his commandments, 9 to love our 
 brethren, 15 and not to love the world. 
 18 We must beware of seducers : 20 
 fro7n whose deceits the godly are safe, 
 preserved by^ -perseverance in faith, and 
 holiness of life. 
 
 MY Uttle children, these 
 things write I unto you, 
 that ye sin not. And if any 
 man sin, we have an advocate 
 v^ith the Father, Jesus Christ 
 the righteous : 
 
 2 Ajid he is the propitiation 
 for our sins : and not for our's 
 only, but also for the sins of 
 the whole world. 
 
 3 And hereby we do know 
 that we linow him, if we keep 
 his commandments. 
 
 4 He that saith, I know him, 
 and keepeth not his command- 
 ments, is a liar, and the truth 
 is not in him. 
 
 5 But whoso keepeth his word, 
 in him verily is the love of God 
 perfected ; hereby know we that 
 we are in him. 
 
 6 He that saith he abideth in 
 him ought himself also so to 
 walk, even as he walked. 
 
 7 Brethren, I wi'ite no new 
 commandment unto you, but 
 an old commandment which ye 
 had from the beginning. The 
 old commandment is the word 
 
 which ye have heard from the 
 beginnmg. 
 
 8 Again, a new command- 
 ment I write unto you, which 
 thing is true in him and in 
 you: because the darkness is 
 past, and the true light now 
 shineth. 
 
 9 He that saith he is in the 
 light, and hateth his brother, 
 is in darkness even mitil now. 
 
 10 He that loveth his brother 
 abideth in the light, and there 
 is none occasion of stimibiing 
 in him. 
 
 11 But he that hateth his bro- 
 ther is in darkness, and v/alk- 
 eth in darkness, and knoweth 
 not whither he goeth, because 
 that darkness hath blinded his 
 eyes. 
 
 12 I write unto you, little chil- 
 dren, because your sms are for- 
 given you for his name's sake. 
 
 13 I write unto you, fathers, 
 because ye have known him 
 that is from the beginning. I 
 write unto you, young men, 
 because ye have overcome the 
 wicked one. I write unto you, 
 little children, because ye have 
 known the Father. 
 
 14 I have written unto you, 
 fathers, because ye have known 
 him that is from the begin- 
 ning. I have written unto you, 
 young men, because ye are 
 strong, and the word of God 
 abideth in you, and ye have 
 overcome the wicked one. 
 
 15 Love not the world, nei- 
 ther the things that are in the 
 world. If any man love the 
 world, the love of the Father 
 is not in him. 
 
 16 For all that is iii the world, 
 the lust of the flesh, and the 
 lust of the eyes, and the pride 
 of life, is not of the Father, but 
 is of the world. 
 
 17 And the world passeth a- 
 way, and the lust thereof : but 
 he that doeth the will of God 
 abideth for ever. 
 
 18 Little children, it is the last 
 time : and as ye have heard that 
 antichrist shall come, even now 
 
Against false teacliers. I. JOHN, 
 
 are there many antichrists ; 
 whereby we know that it is the 
 last time. 
 
 19 They went out from us, but 
 they were not of us ; for if they 
 had been of us, they would no 
 doubt have continued with us : 
 but they went out, that they 
 might be made manifest that 
 they were not all of us. 
 
 20 But ye have an unction 
 from the Holy One, and ye 
 know all tilings. 
 
 21 I have not written unto 
 you because ye know not the 
 truth, but because ye know it, 
 and that no lie is of the truth. 
 
 22 Who is a liar but he that de- 
 nieth that Jesus is the Christ? 
 He is antichi'ist, that denieth 
 the Father and the Son. 
 
 23 Whosoever denieth the 
 8on, the same hath not the 
 Father : [huf] he that acknow- 
 ledgeth the Son hath the Far 
 ther also. 
 
 24 Let that therefore abide in 
 you, which ye have heard from 
 the beginning. If that which 
 ye have heard from the begin- 
 ning shall remam in you, ye 
 also shall continue in the Son, 
 and in the Father. 
 
 25 And this is the promise 
 that he hath promised us, even 
 eternal life. 
 
 26 These things have I writ- 
 ten unto you concerning them 
 that seduce you. 
 
 27 But the anointing which 
 ye have received of him abid- 
 eth in you, and ye need not 
 that any man teach you : but 
 as the same anointing teach- 
 eth you of all things, and is 
 truth, and is no lie, and even 
 as it hath taught you, ye shall 
 abide in him. 
 
 28 And now, little childi'en, 
 abide in him; that, when he 
 shall appear, we may have con- 
 fidence, and not be ashamed 
 before him at his coming. 
 
 29 If ye know that he is righ- 
 teous, ye know that every one 
 that doeth righteousness is bom 
 of him. 
 
 III. GocCs singular love to us. 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 1 ITe declareth the singvlar lote of God 
 towards us, in making us his som : 3 
 who therefore ought obediently to keep 
 his commandments, lias also brotherly 
 to love one unother. 
 
 BEHOLD, what manner of 
 love the Father hatli be- 
 stowed upon us, that we should 
 be called the sons of God : 
 therefore the world knoweth us 
 not, because it knew Mm not. 
 
 2 Beloved, now are we the sons 
 of God, and it doth not yet ap- 
 pear what we shall be : but we 
 know that, when he shall ap- 
 pear, we shall be like him ; for 
 we shall see him as he is. 
 
 3 And every man that hath 
 this hope in him purifieth him- 
 self, even as he is pme. 
 
 4 Whosoever committeth sin 
 transgresseth also the law : for 
 sin is the transgression of the 
 law. 
 
 5 And ye know that he was 
 manitested to take away our 
 sins ; and in him is no sin. 
 
 6 Whosoever abideth in him 
 sinneth not : whosoever sin- 
 neth hath not seen him, nei- 
 ther known him. 
 
 7 Little children, let no man 
 deceive you : he that doeth righ- 
 teousness is righteous, even as 
 he is righteous. 
 
 8 He that committeth sin is of 
 the devil ; for the devil sinneth 
 from the beginning. For this 
 pm-pose the Son of God was 
 manifested, that he might de- 
 stroy the works of the devil. 
 
 9 Whosoever is born of God 
 doth not commit sin ; for his 
 seed remaineth in him : and he 
 cannot sin, because he is bom 
 of God. 
 
 10 In this the children of God 
 are manifest, and the children 
 of the devil : whosoever doeth 
 not righteousness is not of God, 
 neither he that loveth not his 
 brother. 
 
 11 For this is the message 
 that ye heard from the begin- 
 ning, that we should love one 
 another. 
 
The duty of I. JOHN, IV. 
 
 12 Kot as Cain, who was of j 
 that wicked one, and slew his ? 
 brother. Ai:id wherefore slew j 
 he him ? Because his own j 
 works were evil, and his bro- ! 
 ther's righteons. ' 
 
 13 Marvel not, my brethren, 
 if the world hate you. 
 
 loving one another. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 1 Re rvameth tJiem not to believe all 
 teachers, who ioa-st of tlie Spirit, but to 
 try them by the rules of the cathoUck 
 faith : 7 and by many reasons ex- 
 hort eth to brotherly love. 
 
 BELOVED, believe not 
 every spirit, but try the 
 
 14 We know that we have spirits whether they are of 
 passed from death unto life, God : because many false pro- 
 because we love the brethren, phets are gone out into the 
 He that loveth not his brother world. 
 
 abideth in death. i 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit 
 
 15 Whosoever hateth his bro- : of God: Every spirit that con- 
 ther is a murderer : and ye fesseth that Jesus Christ is come 
 
 loiow that no murderer hath 
 eternal life abiding in him. 
 
 16 Hereby perceive we the love 
 of God, because he laid down 
 his life for us: and we ought 
 to lay down our lives for the 
 brethren. 
 
 17 But whoso hath this world's 
 good, and seeth his brother 
 have need, and shutteth up 
 his bowels of compassion from 
 him, how dwelleth the love of 
 God in him ? 
 
 18 My little children, let us 
 
 in the flesh is of God : 
 
 3 And every spirit that con- 
 fesseth not that Jesus Christ 
 is come in the flesh is not of 
 God : and this is that spirit 
 of antichrist, whereof ye have 
 heard that it should come ; 
 and even now already is it in 
 the world. 
 
 ^ Ye are of God, little chil- 
 dren, and have overcome them : 
 because greater is he that is 
 in you, than he that is in the 
 world. 
 
 not love in word, neither in j 5 They are of the world : 
 
 tongue; but in deed and in 
 truth. 
 
 19 And hereby we know that 
 we are of the truth, and shall 
 assure our hearts before him. 
 
 20 For if our heart condemn 
 
 therefore speak they of the 
 world, and the world heareth 
 them. 
 
 6 We are of God : he that know- 
 eth God heareth us; he that 
 is not of God heareth not us. 
 
 us, God is greater than our \ Hereby know we the spirit of 
 
 heart, and knoweth all things. 
 21 Beloved, if om^ heart con- 
 
 truth, and the spirit of error. 
 7 Beloved, let us love one an- 
 
 demn us not, then have we i other : for love is of God ; and 
 
 confidence toward God. 
 
 j every one that loveth is bom 
 
 22^ Ajid whatsoever we ask, ! of God, and knoweth God. 
 we/receive of him, because we j 8 He that loveth not knoweth 
 keep his commandments, and j not God ; for God is love. 
 
 do those things that are pleas- 
 ing ia his sight. 
 23 Ajnd this is his command- 
 ment. That we should believe 
 on the name of his Son Jesus 
 Christ, and love one another, 
 as he gave us commandment. 
 
 9 In this was manifested the 
 love of God toward us, because 
 that God sent his only begot- 
 ten Son into the world, that we 
 might live through him. 
 
 10 Herein is love, not that we 
 loved God, but that he loved 
 
 24 And he that keepeth his i us, and sent his Son to be the 
 commandments dwelleth hi ' propitiation for our sins. 
 him, and he in him. And i 11 Beloved, if God so loved 
 hereby we know that he abid- us, we ought also to love one 
 eth in us, by the Spirit which I another. 
 
 he hath given us. 
 
 12 No man hath seen God at 
 
 *3N 
 
Obligation of mulual love. I. JOHN, V, 
 
 any time. If we love one an- 
 other, God dwelleth in ns, and 
 his love is perfected in ns. 
 
 13 Hereby know we that we 
 dwell in him, and he in us, 
 because he hath given us of 
 his Spirit. 
 
 14 And we have seen and do 
 testify that the Father sent the 
 Son to be the Saviom* of the 
 world. 
 
 15 Whosoever shall confess 
 that Jesus is the Son of God, 
 God dwelleth in him, and he 
 in God. 
 
 16 And we have known and 
 believed the love that God hath 
 to us. God is love ; and he 
 that dwelleth in love dwelleth 
 in God, and God in him. 
 
 17 Herein is our love made 
 perfect, that we may have bold- 
 ness in the day of judgment : 
 because as he is, so are we yi 
 this world. 
 
 18 There is no fear in love; 
 but perfect love casteth out 
 fear: because fear hath tor- 
 ment. He that leareth is not 
 made perfect in love. 
 
 19 We love him, because he 
 first loved us. 
 
 20 If a man say, I love God, 
 and hateth his brother, he is 
 a liar: for he that loveth not 
 his brother whom he hath seen, 
 how can he love God whom he 
 hath not seen ? 
 
 21 And this commandment 
 have we from him, That he 
 who loveth God love his bro- 
 ther also. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 He that loveth God loveth his children, 
 and Jceepeth his commandments : 3 
 which to thefaWifU'l cire light, and not 
 grievous. 9 Jesus is the Son of God, 
 able to save us, 14 and to hear our 
 jyrayers, which we make for ourselves, 
 and for others. 
 
 WHOSOEVER believeth 
 tliat Jesus is the Christ 
 is born of God : and every one 
 that loveth him that begat lov- 
 eth him also that is begotten of 
 him. 
 
 2 By this we know that we 
 love the children of God, when 
 
 Witii-i£8ses of our faith. 
 
 we love God, and keep his com- 
 mandments. 
 
 3 For this is the love of God, 
 that we keep his command- 
 ments : and his commandments 
 are not grievous. 
 
 4 For whatsoever is born of 
 God overcometh the world : and 
 this is the victory that over- 
 cometh the world, eveii our 
 faith. 
 
 5 Who is he that overcometh 
 the world, but he that believeth 
 that Jesus is the Son of God? 
 
 6 This is he that came by 
 water and blood, even Jesus 
 Christ; not by water only, 
 but by water and blood. And 
 it is the Spirit that beareth 
 witness, because the Spirit is 
 truth. 
 
 7 For there are three that bear 
 record in heaven, the Father, 
 the Word, and the Holy Ghost : 
 and these three are one. 
 
 8 And there are three that 
 bear witness in earth, the spi- 
 rit, and the water, and the 
 blood: and these three agree 
 in one. 
 
 9 If we receive the witness 
 of men, the witness of God is 
 greater: for this is the witness 
 of God which he hath testified 
 of his Son. 
 
 10 He that believeth on the 
 Son of God hath the witness 
 in himself: he that believeth 
 not God hath made him a liar ; 
 because he believeth not the 
 record that God gave of his 
 Son. 
 
 11 And this is the record, that 
 God hath given to us eternal 
 life, and this life is in his Son. 
 
 12 He that hath the Son hath 
 life ; and he that hath not the 
 Son of God hath not life. 
 
 13 These things have I written 
 unto you that believe on the 
 name of the Son of G od ; that 
 ye may know that ye have 
 eternal life, and that ye may 
 believe on the name of the Son 
 of God. 
 
 14 And this is the confidence 
 that we have in him, that, if 
 
Exliortation to 
 
 II. JOHN, I. 
 
 Christian Jove. 
 
 we ask any thing according to 
 his will, he hearetli us : 
 
 15 And if we know that he 
 hear us, whatsoever we ask, 
 we Iniow that we ha^'e the pe- 
 titions that we desired of him. 
 
 16 If any man see his brother 
 sin a sin which is not mito 
 death, he shall ask, and he 
 shall give him life for them 
 that^sin not unto death. There 
 is a sin imto death : I do not 
 say that he shall pray ibr it. 
 
 17 All unrighteousness is sin : 
 and there is a sin not unto 
 death. 
 
 18 We know that whosoever 
 
 is born of God sinneth not; but 
 he that is begotten of God keep- 
 eth himself, and that wicked 
 one toucheth him not. 
 
 19 And we Imow that we are 
 of God, and the whole world 
 lieth in wickedness. 
 
 20 And we Imow that the Son 
 of God is come, and hath given 
 "US an understanding, tbat ve 
 may know him that is true, 
 and we are in him that is true, 
 even in his Son Jesus Christ. 
 This is the true God, and eter- 
 nal life. 
 
 21 Little children, keep your- 
 selves ii'om idols. Amen. 
 
 THE SECOND EPISTLE OF 
 
 JOHN. 
 
 1 He extiortetJi a caHaln Tionourahle ina- 
 tron, ivlth Tier cJiildren, to persevere in 
 Christian love and belief, 8 lest tliey 
 lose the reivard of their foriner pro- 
 fession : 10 and to have nothing to do 
 tvith those seducers that bring not the 
 true doctrine of Christ Jesus. 
 
 THE eider unto the elect 
 lady and her cliildi^en, 
 whom I love in the truth ; and 
 not I only, but also all they 
 that have known the truth ; 
 
 2 For the truth's sake, which 
 dwelleth in us, and shall be 
 with us for ever. 
 
 3 Grace be with you, mercy, 
 and peace, from God the Fa- 
 ther, and from the Lord Jesus 
 Christ, the Son of the Father, 
 in truth and love. 
 
 4 I rejoiced greatly that I 
 found of thy childi'en walldng 
 in truth, as we have received a 
 commandment from the Father. 
 
 5 And now I beseech thee, 
 lady, not as though I wrote a 
 new commandment unto thee, 
 but that which we had irom 
 the beginning, that we love one 
 another. 
 
 6 And this is love, that we 
 walk after his commandments. 
 This is the commandment, 
 
 i That, as ye have heard from 
 
 the beginning, ye should walk 
 in it. 
 
 7 For many deceivers are en- 
 tered into the world, who con- 
 fess not that Jesus Christ is 
 come in the flesh. This is a 
 deceiver and an antichi'ist. 
 
 8 Look to yourselves, that we 
 lose not those tilings which we 
 have wrought, but that we re- 
 ceive a full reward. 
 
 9 Whosoever transgresseth, 
 and abideth not in the doctrine 
 of Christ, hath not God. He 
 that abideth in the doctrine of 
 Christ, he hath both the Father 
 and the Son. 
 
 10 If there come any unto 
 you, and bring not this doc- 
 trine, receive him not into your 
 house, neither bid him God 
 speed : 
 
 11 For he that biddeth him 
 God speed is partaker of his 
 evil deeds. 
 
 12 Having many things to 
 write unto you, 1 would not 
 write with paper and ink : but 
 I trust to come unto you, and 
 speak face to face, that our joy 
 may be full. 
 
 13 The children of thy elect 
 sister greet thee. Amen. 
 
 * 3 N 2 
 
THE THIRD EPISTLE OF 
 
 JOHN. 
 
 Jle comTnendeth Gaitis for his piety, 5 
 and hospitality 7 to true preachers : 9 
 complaining of the unkind dealing of 
 amhitioUfS Diotrephes on the contrary 
 side, 11 whose evil example is not to be 
 followed: 12 and giveth special testi- 
 mony to the good report of Demetrius. 
 
 THE elder unto the well- 
 beloved Gains, whom I 
 love in the truth, 
 
 2 Beloved, I wish above all 
 things that thou mayest pros- 
 per and be in health, even as 
 thy soul prospereth. 
 
 3 For I rejoiced greatly, when 
 the brethren came and testified 
 of the truth that is in thee, even 
 as thou walkest in the truth. 
 
 4 I have no greater joy than 
 to hear that my children walk 
 in truth. 
 
 5 Beloved, thou doest faith- 
 fully whatsoever thou doest 
 to the brethren, and to stran- 
 gers; 
 
 6 Which have borne witness of 
 thy charity before the church : 
 whom if thou bring forward on 
 their journey after a godly sort, 
 thou shalt do well : 
 
 7 Because that for his name's 
 sake they went forth, taking 
 nothing of the Gentiles. 
 
 8 We therefore ought to re- 
 
 ceive such, that we might be 
 fellowheipers to the truth. 
 
 9 I wrote unto the church : 
 but Diotrephes, who loveth to 
 have the preeminence among 
 them, receiveth us not. 
 
 10 Wherefore, if 1 come, 1 
 will remember his deeds which 
 he doeth, prating against us 
 with malicious words : and not 
 content therewith, neither doth 
 he himself receive the brethren, 
 and forbiddeth them that would, 
 and casteth them out of the 
 church. 
 
 11 Beloved, follow not that 
 which is evil, but that which 
 is good. He that doeth good 
 is of God : but he that doeth 
 evil hath not seen God. 
 
 12 Demetrius hath good re- 
 port of all men, and of the 
 truth itself: yea, and we also 
 bear record ; and ye Imow that 
 our record is true. 
 
 13 1 had many things to write, 
 but I will not with ink and pen 
 write unto thee : 
 
 14 But I trust I shall shortly 
 see thee, and we shall speak 
 face to face. Peace he to thee. 
 Our friends salute thee. Greet 
 the friends by name. 
 
 THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF 
 
 JUDE. 
 
 He exhorteth them to he constant in the 
 profession of the faith. 4 False teach- 
 ers are crept in to seduce th^m : for 
 whose damnable doctrine and manners 
 horrible punishment is prepared : 20 
 whereas the godly, by the assistance of 
 the Holy Spirit, and prayers to God, 
 may persevere, and grow in grace, and 
 keep themselves, and recover others out 
 of the snares of those deceiver's. 
 
 JUDE, the servant of Je- 
 sus Christ, and brother of 
 James, to them that are sanc- 
 tified by God the Father, and 
 preserved in Jesus Christ, and 
 called : 
 
 2 Mercy unto you, and peace, 
 and love, be multiplied. 
 
 3 Beloved, when I gave all 
 diligence to vrrite unto you of 
 the common salvation, it was 
 needful for me to write unto 
 you, and exhort you that ye 
 should earnestly contend for 
 the faith which was once deK- 1 
 vered unto the saints. I 
 
 4 For there are certain men I 
 crept in unawares, who were I 
 before of old ordained to this | 
 condemnation, imgodly men, 
 
 ill 
 
The punishnent of certain 
 
 turning the grace of our God 
 into lasciviousness, and deny- 
 ing the only Lord God, and our 
 Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 5 I will therefore put you in 
 remembrance, though ye once 
 knew this, hoAV that the Lord, 
 having saved the people out of 
 the land of Egypt, afterward 
 destroyed them that believed 
 not. 
 
 6 And the angels which kept 
 not their iirst estate, but left 
 their own habitation, he hath 
 reserved in everlasting chains 
 under darkness unto the judg- 
 ment of the great day. 
 
 7 Even as Sodom and Gomor- 
 rha, and the cities about them 
 in like manner, giving them- 
 selves over to fornication, and 
 going after strange flesh, are 
 set forth for an example, suf- 
 fering the vengeance of eternal 
 fire. 
 
 8 Likewise also these Jilth?/ 
 di'eamers defile the flesh, de- 
 spise dominion, and speak evil 
 of dignities. 
 
 9 Yet Michael the archangel, 
 when contending with the devil 
 he disputed about the body of 
 Moses, diust not bring against 
 him a railing accusation, but 
 said, The Lord rebuke thee. 
 
 JUDE. false teacliers foretold. 
 
 foaming out their own shame ; 
 wandering stars, to whom is 
 reserved the blackness of dark- 
 ness for ever. 
 
 14 And Enoch also, the se- 
 venth fi-om Adam, prophesied 
 of these, saying, Behold, the 
 Lord Cometh with ten thou- 
 sands of ids saints, 
 
 15 To execute judgment upon 
 all, and to convmce all that 
 are ungodly among them of 
 all their ungodly deeds which 
 they have ungodly committed, 
 and of all their hard speeches 
 which ungodly sinners have 
 spoken against him. 
 
 16 These are murmurers, com- 
 plainers, walking after their 
 own lusts ; and their mouth 
 speaketh great swelling words, 
 having men's persons in admi- 
 ration because of advantage. 
 
 17 But, beloved, remember ye 
 the words which were spoken 
 before of the apostles of our 
 Lord Jesus Christ ; 
 
 18 How that they told you 
 there should be mockers in 
 the last time, who should walk 
 after their own ungodly lusts. 
 
 19 These be they who separate 
 themselves, sensual, having not 
 the Spirit. 
 
 20 But ye, beloved, building 
 
 10 But these speak evil of | up yourselves on your most 
 
 those things which they know 
 not: but what they know na- 
 turally, as brute beasts, in 
 those things they corrupt them- 
 selves. 
 
 11 Woe unto them ! for they 
 have gone in the way of Cain, 
 and ran greedily after the er- 
 ror of Balaam for reward, and 
 perished in the gainsaying of 
 Core. 
 
 12 These are spots in your 
 feasts of charity, when they 
 feast with you, feeding them- 
 selves without fear : clouds 
 the^ are without water, car- 
 ried about of winds; trees 
 whose fi-uit withereth, without 
 fruit, twice dead, plucked up 
 by the roots ; 
 
 13 Kaging waves of the sea, 
 
 holy faith, praying in the Holy 
 Ghost, 
 
 21 Keep yourselves in the love 
 of God, looking for the mercy 
 of our Lord Jesus Christ unto 
 eternal life. 
 
 22 And of some have compas- 
 sion, making a difference : 
 
 23 And others save with fear, 
 puUmg them out of the fire ; 
 hating even the garment spot- 
 ted by the flesh. 
 
 24 Now unto him that is able 
 to keep you from falling, and 
 to present t/ou faultless before 
 the presence of his glory with 
 exceeding joy, 
 
 25 To the only wise God oiur 
 Saviour, be glory and majesty, 
 dominion and power, both now 
 and ever. Amen. 
 
 3N3 
 
THE REVELATION 
 
 OF 
 
 St. JOHN THE DIVINE. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 4 John writeth his revelation to the seven 
 churches of Asia, signified by the seven 
 QoUen oxnalcstiks. 7 The coming of 
 Christ. 14 Uis glorioxis power and ma- 
 jesty. 
 
 TH E Revelation of Jesus 
 Christ, which God gave 
 unto him, to shew unto liis 
 servants thinj^s which must 
 shortly come to pass ; and he 
 sent and signified it by his an- 
 gel unto his servant John : 
 
 2 Who bare record of the word 
 of God, and of the testimony of 
 Jesus Christ, and of all things 
 tl.at he saw. 
 
 3 Blessed is he that readeth, 
 and tliey that hear the words 
 of this prophecy, and keep those 
 thiniTS which are written there- 
 in : for the time is at hand. 
 
 4 TOHN to the seven 
 tJ churches which are in 
 
 Asia : Grace be unto you, and 
 peace, from him whi(?h is, and 
 which was, and which is to 
 come ; and from the seven 
 Spirits which are before his 
 throne ; 
 
 5 And I'rom Jesus Christ, who 
 is the laithful witness, and the 
 first begotten of the dead, and 
 the prince of the kings of the 
 earth. Unto him that loved us, 
 and washed us fi'om our sins in 
 his own blood, 
 
 6 And hath made us kings 
 and priests unto God and his 
 Father ; to him be glory and 
 dominion for ever and ever. 
 Amen. 
 
 7 Behold, he cometh with 
 clouds; and every eye shall 
 see him, and they also Avhich 
 pierced him : and all kindreds 
 of the earth shall wail because 
 of him. Even so. Amen. 
 
 8 I am Alpha and Omega, 
 the beginning and the endmg, 
 
 saith the Lord, which is, and 
 wliich was, and which is to 
 come, the Almighty. 
 
 9 I John, who also am your 
 brother, and companion in tri- 
 bulation, and in the kingdom 
 and patience of Jesus Christ, 
 was in the isle that is called 
 Patmos, lor the word of God, 
 and for the testimony of Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 10 I v.as in the Spirit on the 
 Lord's day, and heard behind 
 me a great voice, as of a tium- 
 pet, 
 
 11 Saying, I am Alpha and 
 Omega, the first and the last : 
 and. What thou seest, write in 
 a book, and send it unto the 
 seven churches wliich are in 
 Asia ; unto Ephesus, and unto 
 Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, 
 and unto Thyatira, and untM 
 Sardis, and unto Philadelphia^ 
 and unto Laodicea. | 
 
 12 And 1 turned to see thJ 
 voice that spake with me. And 
 being turned, I saw seven gold- 
 en candlesticks ; 
 
 13 And in the midst of the se- 
 ven candlesticks one like unto 
 the Son of man, clothed with 
 a garment down to the fool 
 and girt about the paps with 
 golden girdle. 
 
 14 His head and his hairs 
 were v.iiite like wool, as white 
 as snow ; and his eyes were as 
 a flame of fire ; 
 
 15 And his feet like tmto fine 
 brass, as if they burned in a 
 furnace; and his voice as the 
 sound of many waters. 
 
 16 And he had in his right 
 hand seven stars : and out of 
 his mouth went a sharp two- 
 edged sword : and his counte- 
 nance was as the sun shineth 
 in his strength. , 
 
 '^1 
 
 i 
 
John's message to EEYELATION, II. (he seven churches. 
 
 17 And when I saw him, I fell 
 at his feet as dead. And he 
 laid liis right hand upon me, 
 saying unto me, Fear not; I 
 am the first and the last : 
 
 18 / am he that liveth, and 
 was dead; and, behold,- I am 
 alive for evermore, Amen ; and 
 have the keys of hell and of 
 death. 
 
 19 Write the things which 
 thou hast seen, and the things 
 which are, and the things which 
 shall be hereafter ; 
 
 20 The mystery of the seven 
 stars which tiiou sawest in my 
 right hand, and the seven gold- 
 en candlesticks. The seven 
 stars are the angels of the se- 
 ven churches : and the seven 
 candlesticks v/hich thou saw- 
 est are the seven churches. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 What u cotnmaiuled to he ivritten to the 
 angels, that is, tlie ministers of the 
 churches of 1 Eiihesu^, 8 Smyrna, 12 
 Pergamos, 18 Thyatira : and tvhat is 
 commended, or found wanting in 
 them. 
 
 UNTO the angel of the 
 church of Ephesus write ; 
 These things saith he that 
 holdeth the seven stars in his 
 right hand, who walketh in 
 the midst of the seven golden 
 candlesticks ; 
 
 2 I know thy works, and thy 
 labour, and thy patience, and 
 how thou canst not bear them 
 which are evil : and thou hast 
 tried them which say they are 
 apostles, and are not, and hast 
 found them liars : 
 
 3 And hast borne, and hast 
 patience, and for my name's 
 sake hast laboured, and hast 
 not fainted. 
 
 4 Nevertheless I have some- 
 what against thee, because thou 
 hast left thy first love. 
 
 5 Remember therefore from 
 whence thou art fallen, and 
 repent, and do the first works ; 
 or else I will come unto thee 
 quickly, and will remove thy 
 candlestick out of his place, 
 except thou repent. 
 
 6 But this thou hast, that thou 
 
 hatest the deeds of the Nico- 
 laitanes, which I also hate. 
 
 7 He that hath an ear, let him 
 hear what the Spirit saith un- 
 to the chm'ches; To him that 
 overcometh will I give to eat of 
 the tree of life, which is in the 
 midst of the paradise of God. 
 
 8 And unto the angel of the 
 chm-ch in Smyrna v/rite ; These 
 things saith the fii'st and the 
 last, which was dead, and is 
 alive ; 
 
 9 I know thy works, and tri- 
 bulation, and poverty, (but 
 thou art rich) and / know the 
 blasphemy of them which say 
 they are Jews, and are not, but 
 are the synagogue of Satan. 
 
 10 Fear none of those things 
 which thou shalt sufier : be- 
 hold, the devil shall cast som-e 
 of you into prison, that ye may 
 be tried ; and ye shall have 
 tribulation ten days : be thou 
 faithful unto death, and I will 
 give thee a cro^vn of life. 
 
 11 He that hath an ear, let 
 him hear what the Spirit saith 
 unto the churches ; He that 
 overcometh shall not be hurt 
 of the second death. 
 
 12 And to the angel of the 
 church in Pergamos write ; 
 These things saith he which 
 hath the sharp sword with two 
 edges ; 
 
 13 I know thy works, and 
 where thou dwellest, eveii 
 where Satan's seat is : and 
 thou boldest fast my name, 
 and hast not denied my faith, 
 even in those days v.^herein 
 Antipas luas my faithful mar- 
 tyr, who was slain among you, 
 where Satan dwelleth. 
 
 14 But I have a few things a- 
 gainst thee, because thou hast 
 there them that hold the doc- 
 trine of Balaam, who taught 
 Balac to cast a stumblingblocls: 
 before the childi-en of Israel, to 
 eat things sacrificed unto idols, 
 and to commit fornication. 
 
 15 So hast thou also them that 
 hold the doctrine of the Nico- 
 laitanes, which thing I hate. 
 
Wliat John teas 
 
 16 Eepent; or else I will 
 come unto thee quickly, and 
 will fight against them with the 
 sword of my mouth. 
 
 17 He that hath an ear, let 
 him hear what tlie Spirit saith 
 unto tlie churches; To him 
 that overcometh will I give to 
 eat of the hidden manna, and 
 will give him a white stone, 
 and in the stone a new name 
 written, which no man know- 
 eth saving he that receiveth ii. 
 
 18 And unto the angel of 
 the church in Tliyatira write; 
 These tilings saith the Son of 
 God, who hath his eyes like 
 unto a flame of fire, and his 
 feet are like fine brass ; 
 
 19 I know thy works, and cha- 
 rity, and service, and laitli, and 
 thy patience, and thy works ; 
 and the last to be more than the 
 first. 
 
 20 Notwithstai^ding T have a 
 few things against thee, be- 
 cause thou sufierest that wo- 
 man Jezebel, which calleth 
 
 REVELATION, III. catmnanded to write 
 
 and keepeth my works unto 
 the end, to him will I give 
 power over the nations : 
 
 27 And he shall rule them with 
 a rod of iron ; as the vessels of 
 a potter shall they be broken 
 to shivers : even as I received 
 of my Father. 
 
 28 And I will give him the 
 morning star. 
 
 29 He that hath an ear, let 
 him hear what the Spuit saith 
 unto the churches. 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 2 The angel of the church of Sardis U 
 reproved, 3 exhorted to repent, and 
 threatened if he do not repent. 8 The 
 angel (f the church of Philadelphia 10 
 is a])j/roved for hits diligence and pa- 
 tience. 15 The angel of Laodicea fe- 
 buked, for being neither hot nor cold^ 
 
 19 and admonished to be more zealous. 
 
 20 Christ standeth at the door and 
 knocketh. 
 
 AND unto the angel of the 
 . church in Sardis write ; 
 These things saith he that hath 
 the seven Spirits of God, and 
 the seven stars; I know thy 
 
 heiself a prophetess, to teach ' works, that thou hast a name 
 
 and to seduce my servants to 
 commit fornication, and to eat 
 things sacrificed unto idols. 
 
 21 And I gave her space to 
 repent of her fornication ; and 
 she repented not. 
 
 22 Behold, I will cast her into 
 a bed, and them that commit 
 adultery with her into great 
 tribulation, except they repent 
 of their deeds. 
 
 23 And I will kill her chil- 
 dren with death; and all the 
 chm'ches shall know that I am 
 he wliicli searcheth the reins 
 and hearts : and I will give un- 
 to eveiy one of you according 
 to your works. 
 
 24 But unto you I say, and 
 unto the rest in Thyatira, as 
 many as have not this doc- 
 trine, and vvhich have not 
 known the depths of Satan, 
 as they speak ; I will put upon 
 you none other burden. 
 
 25 But that which ye have 
 already hold fast till 1 come. 
 
 26 And he that overcometh, 
 
 I 
 
 •■-fl 
 
 that thou livest, and art dead. 
 
 2 Be wat(;liful, and strength-j 
 en the things which remain, 
 that are ready to die : lor 
 have not found thy works per- 
 fect before God. 
 
 3 Remember therefore how 
 thou hast received and heard,, 
 and hold fast, and repent. If 
 therefore thou shalt not watch^ 
 I will come on thee as a thief, 
 and thou shalt not know what 
 hour 1 will come upon thee. 
 
 4 Thou hast a few names even i 
 in Sardis which have not de-l 
 filed their garments ; and they I 
 shall walk with me in white : I 
 for they are worthy. | 
 
 5 He that overcometh, the 
 same shall be clothed in white 
 raiment; and I will not blot 
 out his name out of the book 
 of Hfe, but I will confess his 
 name before my Father, and 
 before his angels. 
 
 6 He that hath an ear, let him 
 hear what the Spirit saith unto 
 the churches. 
 
! lo the angels 
 
 BEVELATION, IV. 
 
 of tJie churches. 
 
 7 And to the angel of the 
 chm'ch in Philadelphia write ; 
 These things saith he that is 
 holy, he that is true, he that 
 hath the key of David, he that 
 openeth, and no man shut- 
 teth ; and shntteth, and no 
 man openeth ; 
 
 8 I know thy works : behold, 
 1 have set before thee an open 
 door, and no man can shut it : 
 for thou hast a little strength, 
 and hast kept my word, and 
 hast not denied my name. 
 
 9 Behold, I will make them 
 of the synagogue of Satan, 
 which say they are Jews, and 
 are not, but do lie; behold, I 
 will make them to come and 
 worship before thy feet, and to 
 know that I have loved thee. 
 
 10 Because thou hast kept the 
 , word of my patience, I also will 
 
 I keep thee from the hour of 
 , temptation, which shall come 
 upon all the world, to try them 
 that dwell upon the earth. 
 
 11 Behold, I come quicldy: 
 I hold that fast which thou hast, 
 I that no man take thy crown. 
 
 I 12 Him that overcometh will 
 j I make a pillar in the temple 
 I of my God, and he shall go no 
 ' more out : and I will write up- 
 on him the name of my God, 
 I and the name of the city of 
 my God, which is new Jeru- 
 salem, which cometh doT\Ti out 
 I of heaven from my God : and 
 1 / will write upon him my new 
 ! name. 
 
 13 He that hath an ear, let 
 ' him hear what the Spirit saith 
 
 unto the churches. 
 
 14 And unto the angel of the 
 church of the Laodiceans write ; 
 These things saith the Amen, 
 
 1 the faithful and true witness, 
 I the beginning of the creation 
 
 of God; 
 j 15 I know thy works, that 
 I thou art neither cold nor hot: 
 i 1 v/ould thou wert cold or hot. 
 ' 16 So then because thou art 
 I lukewarm, and neither cold nor 
 ! hot, I will spue thee out of my 
 
 mouth. 
 
 17 Because thou sayest, I am 
 rich, and increased with goods, 
 and have need of nothing ; 
 and knowest not that thou art 
 wretched, and miserable, and 
 poor, and bHnd, and naked : 
 
 18 I counsel thee to buy of 
 me gold tried in the fire, that 
 thou mayest be rich ; and white 
 raiment, that thou mayest be 
 clothed, and that the shame of 
 thy nakedness do not appear; 
 and anomt thine eyes with eye- 
 salve, that thou mayest see. 
 
 19 As many as I love, I re- 
 buke and chasten: be zealous 
 therefore, and repent. 
 
 20 Behold, I stand at the 
 door, and knock : if any man 
 hear my voice, and open the 
 door, I will come in to him, 
 and will sup with him, and he 
 with me. 
 
 21 To him that overcometh 
 will I grant to sit with me in 
 my throne, even as I also over- 
 came, and am set do^n with 
 my Father in his throne. 
 
 22 He that hath an ear, let 
 him hear what the Spirit saith 
 unto the churches. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 2 John seeth the throne of God in heaven. 
 4 The four and twenty elders. 6 The 
 four beasts full of eyes before and be- 
 hind. 10 The elders lay down their 
 crowns, and tvorship him that sat on 
 the throne. 
 
 AFTER this I looked, and, 
 . behold, a door was opened 
 in heaven : and the first voice 
 which I heard icas as it were 
 of a trumpet talldng with me ; 
 which said. Come up hither, 
 and I will shew thee things 
 which must be hereafter. 
 
 2 And immediately I was in 
 the spirit : and, behold, a thi'one 
 was set in heaven, and one sat 
 on the thi-one. 
 
 3 And he that sat was to look 
 upon like a jasper and a sardine 
 stone : and there was a rain- 
 bow round' about the throne, 
 in sight like unto an emerald. 
 
 4 And round about the throne 
 were four and twenty seats : 
 and upon the seats I saw four 
 
Tlie hook sealed 
 
 REVELATION, V. 
 
 tcUh seven mds. 
 
 and twenty elders sitting, cloth- 
 ed in white raiment ; and they 
 had on their heads crowns of 
 gold. 
 
 5 And ont of the throne pro- 
 C3cded lightning's and thun- 
 derings and voices: and there 
 were seven lamps of fire burn- 
 ing before the throne, wliich 
 are the seven Spirits of God. 
 
 6 And before the throne there 
 luas a sea of glass like nnto 
 crystal : and in the midst of 
 the throne, and round about 
 the throne, luere four beasts 
 full of eyes before and behind. 
 
 7 And the first beast teas like 
 a lion, and the second beast 
 like a calf, and the third beast 
 had a face as a man, and the 
 fourth beast was like a flying 
 eagle. 
 
 8 And the four beasts had each 
 of them six wings about him; 
 and they rvere full of eyes 
 within : and they rest not day 
 and night, saying, Koly, holy, 
 holy, Lord God Almighty, 
 which was, and is, and is to 
 come. 
 
 9 And when those beasts give 
 glory and honour and thanks 
 to him that sat on the throne, 
 who liveth for ever and ever, 
 
 10 The Ijpur and twenty eld- 
 ers fall down before him that 
 sat on the throne, and worship 
 him that liveth for ever and 
 ever, and cast their crowns be- 
 fore the throne, saying, 
 
 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to 
 receive gloiy and honour and 
 power : for thou hast created 
 all things, and for thy pleasiure 
 they are and were created. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 1 The hook scaled with seven seals : 9 
 which only the Lamb that loas slain is 
 woithy to open. 12 Therefore the elders 
 praise him, 9 and confess that he re- 
 deemed them with his bl-ood. 
 
 AND I saw in the right 
 . hand of him that sat on 
 the throne a book TVTitten with- 
 in and on the backside > sealed 
 with seven seals. 
 2 And I saw a strong angel 
 
 proclaiming with a loud voice, 
 Who is worthy to open the 
 book, and to loose the seals 
 thereof? 
 
 3 And no man in heaven, 
 nor in earth, neither under the 
 earth, was able to oten the 
 book, neither to look tliereon. 
 
 4 And I wept much, because 
 no man was found worthy to 
 open and to read the book, nei- 
 ther to look thereon. 
 
 5 And one of the elders saith 
 unto me, V/eep not: behold, 
 the Lion of the tribe of Juda, 
 the Koot of David, hath pre- 
 vailed to open the book, and to 
 loone the seven seals thereof. 
 
 (') And 1 beheld, and, lo, in 
 the midst of the throne and of 
 the four beasts, and in the 
 midst of the eldei-s, stood a 
 Lamb as it had been slain, 
 having seven horns and seven 
 eyes, which are the seven Spi- 
 rits of God sent fortli into all 
 the earth. 
 
 7 And he came and took the 
 book out of the right hand of 
 him that sat upon the throne. 
 
 8 And when he had taken the 
 book, the four beasts and four 
 and twenty elders fell down 
 before the Lamb, having every 
 one of them harps, and golden 
 vials full of odours, which are 
 the prayers of saints. 
 
 9 And they sung a new song, 
 saying, Thou art worthy to take 
 the book, and to open the seals 
 thereof: for thou wast slain, 
 and hast redeemed us to God 
 by thy blood out of every kin- 
 dred, and tongue, and people, 
 and nation ; 
 
 10 And hast made us unto our 
 God kings and priests : and we 
 shall reign on the earth. 
 
 11 And I beheld, and I heard 
 the voice of many angels round 
 about the throne and the beasts 
 and the elders : and the num- 
 ber of them was ten thousand 
 times ten thousand, and thou- 
 sands of thousands ; 
 
 12 Saying with a loud voice. 
 Worthy is the Lamb that was 
 
EEYELATION, VL 
 
 The opening of 
 
 slain to receive power, and rich- 
 es, and wisdom, and strength, 
 and honour, and glory, and 
 blessing. 
 
 13 And every creature which 
 is in heaven, and on the earth, 
 and under the earth, and such 
 as are in the sea, and all that 
 are in them, heard I saying. 
 Blessing, and honour, and glo- 
 ry, and power, be unto him that 
 sitteth upon the throne, and 
 unto the Lamb for ever and 
 ever. 
 
 14 And the four beasts said, A- 
 men. And the four and twentj'^ 
 elders fell down and worship- 
 ped him that liveth for ever and 
 ever. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 1 The opening of the seals in order, and 
 what followed thereupon, containing a 
 prophecy to the end of the world. 
 
 A ND I saw when the Lamb 
 XJL opened one of the seals, 
 and I heard, as it were the 
 noise of thunder, one of the four 
 beasts saying. Come and see. 
 
 2 And I saw, and behold a 
 white horse : and he that sat | son^ 
 on him had a bow ; and a , also 
 crown was given unto him : 
 and he went forth conquering, 
 and to conquer. 
 
 3 And when he had opened 
 the second seal, I heard the se- 
 cond beast say. Come and see. 
 
 4 And there went out another 
 horse that was red : and pow- 
 er w^as given to him that sat 
 thereon to take peace Irom the 
 earth, and that they should 
 kill one another: and there 
 was given unto him a great 
 Bword. 
 
 5 And when he had opened 
 the third seal, I heard the third 
 beast say. Come and see. And 
 I beheld, and lo a black horse ; 
 and he that sat on him had a 
 pair of balances in his hand. 
 
 6 And I heard a voice in the 
 midst of the four beasts say, A 
 measure of wheat for a penny, 
 and three measures of barley 
 for a penny ; and see thou hurt 
 not the oil and the wine. 
 
 the seals in ord 
 
 7 And when he had opened the 
 fourth seal, I heard the voice 
 of the fourth beast say. Come 
 and see. 
 
 8 And I looked, and behold a 
 pale horse : and his name that 
 sat on him was Death, and 
 Hell followed with him. And 
 power was given unto them over 
 the fourth part of the earth, to 
 kill with sword, and with hun- 
 ger, and with death, and with 
 the beasts of the earth. 
 
 9 And when he had opened 
 the iiith seal, I saw under the 
 altar the souls of them that 
 were slain for the word of God, 
 and for the testimony which 
 they held : 
 
 10 And they cried with a loud 
 voice, saying, How long, O 
 Lord, holy and true, dost thou 
 not judge and avenge our blood 
 on them that dwell on the 
 earth? 
 
 11 And white robes were given 
 unto every one of them ; and it 
 was said unto them, that they 
 should rest yet for a little sea- 
 
 until their fellowservants 
 and their brethren, that 
 
 should be killed as they wej^e, 
 
 should be fulfilled. 
 
 12 And I beheld when he had 
 opened the sixth seal, and, lo, 
 there was a great earthquake; 
 and the sun became black as 
 sackcloth of hair, and the moon 
 became as blood ; 
 
 13 And the stars of heaven 
 fell unto the earth, even as a 
 fig tree casteth her untimely 
 figs, when she is shaken of a 
 mighty wind. 
 
 14 And the heaven departed as 
 a scroll when it is rolled toge- 
 ther ; and every mountain and 
 island were moved out of their 
 places. 
 
 15 And the kings of the earth, 
 and the great men, and the 
 rich men, and the chief cap- 
 tains, and the mighty men, 
 and every bondman, and every 
 free man, hid themselves in the 
 dens and in the rocks of the 
 mountains ; 
 
 3N4 
 
The nmiiiber 
 
 EEVELATION, YII. 
 
 oftlie &3cdecl. 
 
 thousand. Of the tribe of Issa- 
 char were sealed twelve thou- 
 sand. 
 
 8 Of the tribe of Zabulon 
 were sealed twelve thoiieand. 
 Of the tribe of JoseiJi u-ere 
 sealed twelve thousand. Of the 
 tribe of Benjamin were sealed 
 twelve thousand. 
 
 9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a 
 great multitude, which no man 
 could number, of all nations, 
 and kindreds, and people, and 
 ton,i,nies, stood beibre the throne, 
 and before the Lamb, clothed 
 with w^lute robes, and palms in 
 their hands ; 
 
 10 And cried with a loud voice, 
 saying, Salvation to our God 
 v/hich sitteth upon the throne, 
 and unto the Lamb. 
 
 11 And all the angels stood 
 
 16 And said to the mountains 
 and rocks. Fall on us, and hide 
 us from the face of him that 
 sitteth on the throne, and irom 
 the wrath of the Lamb : 
 
 17 For the great day of liis 
 wrath is come ; and who shall 
 be able to stand ? 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 3 An anr/el sealeth the servants of Ood in 
 their foreheads. 4 T7ie number of them 
 that were sealed : of the tribes of Israel 
 a certain number. 9 Of all otJier na- 
 tions an innumerable multitude, which 
 stand before the throne, clad in white 
 robes, and palms in their hands. 14 
 Their robes were washed in the blood 
 of the Lamb. 
 
 AND after these things I 
 saw four angels standing 
 on the four corners of the earth, 
 holding the four winds of the 
 earth, that the wind should r.ot 
 
 blow on the earth, nor on the ■ round about the throne, and 
 sea, nor on any tree. I about the elders and the four 
 
 2 And I saw another angeL beasts, and fell before the throne 
 ascending from the east, hav- ' on their faces, and worshipped 
 ing the seal of the living God : ' God. 
 
 and he cried with a loud voice | 12 Saying, Amen : Blessing, 
 to the four angels, to whom it ' and glory, and wisdom, and 
 was given to hurt the earth and thanksgiving, and honour, and 
 the sea, ! jtower, and might, he unto our 
 
 3 fSaying, Hurt not the eaiih, | God for ever and e^er. Amen, 
 neither the sea, nor the trees, 13 And one of the elders an- 
 till we have sealed the ser- swered, saying unto me, What 
 vants of our G&d in their fore- are these which are arrayed 
 heads. | in white robes? and whence 
 
 4 And I heard the number of came they ? 
 
 them which w^ere sealed : and \ 14 And I said unto him, Sir, 
 there W3re sealed an hundred : thou knowest. And lie said to 
 and forty and four thousand of me, These are they which came 
 all the tribes of the children of out of great tribulation, and 
 Israel. 
 
 5 Of the tribe of Jnda were 
 sealed twelve thousand. Of the 
 tribe of Reuben were sealed 
 twelve thousand. Of the tribe 
 of Gad were sealed twelve thou- 
 sand, 
 
 6 Of the tribe of Aser were 
 sealed tw^elve thousand. Of the 
 tribe of Nepthalim were seal- 
 ed tv^elve thousand. Of the 
 tribe of Manasses were sealed 
 twelve thousand. 
 
 7 Of the tribe of Simeon were 
 sealed twelve thousand. Of the 
 tribe of Levi were sealed twelve 
 
 have washed their robes, and 
 made them white in the blood 
 of the Lamb. 
 
 15 Therefore are they before 
 the throne of God, and serve 
 him day and night in his tem- 
 ple : and he that sitteth on 
 the throne shall dw^ell among 
 them. 
 
 16 They shall hunger no more, 
 neither thirst any more; nei- 
 ther shall the sun light on 
 them, nor any heat. 
 
 17 For the Lamb which is in 
 the midst of the throne shall 
 feed them, and shall lead them 
 
Five angels scimd EEYELATION, YIII. 
 
 tJieir immpets. 
 
 unto living fountains of waters : 
 and God shall wipe away all 
 tears from their eyes. 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 1 At the opening of the seventh seal, 2 
 seven aiigels had seven trumxiets given 
 them. 6 Four of them sound their 
 trumpets, and great plagues follow. 
 3 Another angel putteth incense to the 
 prayers of the saints on the golden 
 altar. 
 
 AND when he had opened 
 . the seventh seal, there 
 was silence in heaven about 
 the space of half an hour. 
 
 2 And I saw the seven angels 
 which stood before God ; and to 
 them were given seven trum- 
 pets. 
 
 3 And another angel came and 
 stood at the altar, having a 
 golden censer; and there was 
 given nnto him much incense, 
 that he should offer it with the 
 prayers of all g^iints upon the 
 golden altar which was before 
 the throne. 
 
 4 And the smoke of the in- 
 cense, which came with the 
 prayers of the saints, ascend- 
 ed up before God out of the 
 angel's hand. 
 
 5 And the angel took the cen- 
 ser, and filled it with fire of 
 the altar, and cast it into the 
 earth : and there were voices, 
 and thunderings, and light- 
 nings, and an earthquake. 
 
 6 And the seven angels which 
 had the seven trumpets pre- 
 pared themselves to sound. 
 
 7 The first angel sounded, 
 and there follow^ed hail and 
 fire mingled with blood, and 
 they were cast upon the earth : 
 and the third part of trees was 
 burnt up, and all green grass 
 was burnt up. 
 
 8 And the second angel sound- 
 ed, and as it were a great moun- 
 tain burning with fire was cast 
 into the sea : and the third part 
 ©f the sea became blood ; 
 
 9 And the third part of the 
 creatures which were in the 
 sea, and had life, died; and 
 the third part of the ships were 
 destroyed. 
 
 10 And the third angel sound- 
 ed, and there fell a great star 
 from heaven, burning as it were 
 a lamp, and it fell upon the 
 third part of the rivers, and up- 
 on the fountains of waters ; 
 
 11 And the name of the star 
 is called Wormwood : and the 
 third part of the waters be- 
 came wormwood; and many 
 men died of the waters, be- 
 cause they were made bitter. 
 
 12 And the fourth angel sound- 
 ed, and the third part of the 
 sun was smitten, and the third 
 part of the moon, and the third 
 part of the stars ; so as the third 
 part of them was darkened, and 
 the day shone not for a third 
 part of it, and the night like- 
 wise. 
 
 13 And I beheld, and heard an 
 angel flying through the midst 
 of heaven, saying with a loud 
 voice. Woe, woe, woe, to the in- 
 habiters of the earth by reason 
 of the other voices of the trum- 
 pet of the three angels, which 
 are yet to sound ! 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 \ At the sounding of the fifth angel, a 
 star falleth from heaven, to whom, is 
 given the key of the bottoonless pit. 2 
 He opencth the pit, and there cosine 
 forth locusts like scorpions. 12 The 
 first woe past. 13 The sixth trwiupet 
 soundsth. 14 Four angels are let loose, 
 that were bound. 
 
 AND the fifth angel sound- 
 . ed, and I saw a star fall 
 from heaven unto the earth : 
 and to him was given the key 
 of the bottomless pit. 
 
 2 And he opened the bot- 
 tomless pit; and there arose 
 a smoke out of the pit, as the 
 smoke of a great furnace ; and 
 the sun and the air were dark- 
 ened by reason of the smoke 
 of the pit. 
 
 3 And there came out of the 
 smoke locusts upon the earth : 
 and unto them was given pow- 
 er, as the scorpions of the earth 
 have power. 
 
 4 And it was commanded 
 them that they should not hurt 
 the grass of the earth, neither 
 
Sixth trumpet sminded. REVELATION, X. An angel with a hooJc. 
 
 any green thing, neither any 
 tree ; but only those men which 
 have not the seal of God in 
 their foreheads. 
 
 5 And to them it was given 
 that they should not kill them, 
 but that they should be tor- 
 mented five months : and their 
 torment laas as the torment of 
 a scorpion, when he striketh a 
 man. 
 
 6 And in those days shall men 
 sack death, and shall not find 
 it ; and sliall desire to die, and 
 death shall flee from them. 
 
 7 And the shapes of the lo- 
 custs wei'e like unto horses pre- 
 pared unto battle ; and on their 
 heads were as it were crowns 
 like gold, and their faces were 
 as the faces of men. 
 
 8 And they had hair as the 
 
 army of the horsemen tvere 
 two hundred thousand thou- 
 sand : and I heard the number 
 of them. 
 
 17 And thus I saw the horses 
 in the vision, and them that 
 sat on them, having breast- 
 plates of fire, and of jacinth, 
 and brimstone : and the heads 
 of the horses wei^e as the heads 
 of lions; and out of their 
 mouths issued fire and smolce 
 and brimstone. 
 
 18 By these three was the 
 third part of men killed, by 
 the fire, and by the smoke, 
 and by the brimstone, which 
 issued out of their mouths. 
 
 19 For their power is in their 
 mouth, and in their tails : for 
 their tails were like unto ser- 
 pents, and had heads, and with 
 
 hair of women, and their teeth them they do hurt. 
 
 were as the teeth of lions. i 20 And the rest of the men 
 
 9 And they had breastplates, ' which were not killed by these 
 as it were breastplates of iron ; plagues yet repented not of the 
 and the sound of their wings works of their hands that they 
 ivas as the sound of chariots of should not worship devils, and 
 many horses running to battle, idols of gold, and silver, and 
 
 10 And they had tails like bro.ss, and stone, and of wood : 
 unto scorpions, and there were which neither can see, nor hear, 
 stings in their tails : and their ! nor walk : 
 
 power was to hurt men five i 21 Neither repented they of 
 months. ! their murders, nor of their sor- 
 
 11 And they had a king over ! ceries, nor of their fornication, 
 
 them, which is the angel of the 
 bottomless pit, whose name in 
 the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, 
 but in the Greek tongue hath 
 his name Apollyon. 
 
 12 One woe is past; and, be- 
 hold, there come two w^oes 
 more hereafter. 
 
 13 And the sixth angel sound- 
 ed, and I heard a voice from 
 the four horns of the golden 
 altar which is before God, 
 
 14 Saying to the sixth angel 
 which had the trumpet, Loose 
 the four angels which are bound 
 in the great river Eiiphrates. 
 
 15 And the four angels were 
 loosed, which were prepared 
 for an hour, and a day, and a 
 month, and a year, for to slay 
 the third part of men. 
 
 16 And the number of the 
 
 nor of their thefts. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 1 A mighty strong angel ap2:>earetTi with 
 a book open in Ms hand. 6 He swearetJi 
 hif him that lii'cth for ever, that there 
 shall be no more time. 9 John is com- 
 manded to take and eat the book. 
 
 AND I saw another mighty 
 . angel come down from 
 heaven, clothed with a cloud: 
 and a rainbow was upon his 
 head, and his face was as it 
 were the sun, and his feet as 
 pillars of fire : 
 
 2 And he had in his hand a 
 little book open: and he set 
 his right foot upon the sea, and 
 his left foot on the earth, 
 
 3 And cried with a loud voice, 
 as when a lion roareth: and 
 when he had cried, seven thun- 
 ders uttered their voices. 
 
John eatetJi the look. EEVELATION, XI. 
 
 Tlie two witnesses. 
 
 4 And when the seven thun- 
 ders had uttered their voices, 
 I was about to write : and I 
 heard a voice fi'om heaven say- 
 ing unto me, Seal up those 
 tilings which the seven thun- 
 ders uttered, and write them 
 not. 
 
 5 And the angel v^'hich I saw 
 stand upon the sea and upon 
 the earth lifted up his hand to 
 heaven, 
 
 6 And sware by him that liveth 
 for ever and ever, who created 
 heaven, and the things that 
 therein are, and the earth, and 
 the things that therein are, and 
 the sea, and the things which 
 are therein, that there should 
 be time no longer : 
 
 7 But in the days of the voice 
 of the seventh angel, when he 
 shall begin to sound, the mys- 
 tery of God should be finished, 
 as he hath declared to his ser- 
 vants the prophets. 
 
 8 And the Toice which I heard 
 fi'om heaven spake imto me 
 again, and said. Go and take 
 the little book which is open 
 in the hand of the angel which 
 standeth upon the sea and up- 
 on the earth. 
 
 9 And I went unto the angel, 
 and said unto him. Give me the 
 little book. And he said unto 
 me. Take it, and eat it up ; and 
 it shall make thy belly bitter, 
 but it shall be in thy mouth 
 sweet as honey. 
 
 10 And I took the little book 
 out of the angel's hand, and ate 
 it up ; and it was in my mouth 
 sweet as honey: and as soon 
 as 1 had eaten it, my belly was 
 bitter. 
 
 11 And he said unto me. 
 Thou must prophesy again be- 
 fore many peoples, and nations, 
 and tongues, and kings. 
 
 CHAPTER XI. 
 
 2 The two witnesses 2^'>^phesy. 6 They 
 have power to shut heaven, that it rain 
 not. 7 The beast shall fight agair^st 
 them, and kill them. 8 They lie un- 
 buried, 11 av^Z after three days and a 
 half rise again. 14 The second woe is 
 past. 15 The seventh trumpet soundeih. 
 
 AND there v/as given me 
 a reed Kke unto a rod: 
 and the angel stood, saymg. 
 Rise, and measuj'e the temple 
 of God, and the altar, and them 
 that worship therein. 
 
 2 But the court which is with- 
 out the temple leave out, and 
 measure it not; for it is given 
 unto the Gentiles : and the holy 
 city shall they tread under foot 
 forty and two months. 
 
 3 And I will give j^ower un- 
 to my two witnesses, and they 
 shall prophesy a thousand two 
 hundred and thi^eescore days, 
 clothed 'in sackcloth. 
 
 4 These are the tvv o olive trees, 
 and the two candlesticks stand- 
 ing before the God of the earth. 
 
 5 And if any man will hurt 
 them, fire proceedeth out of 
 their mouth, and devoureth 
 their enemies : and if any man 
 will hurt them, he must m this 
 manner be killed. 
 
 6 These have power to shut 
 heaven, that it rain not in the 
 days of then prophecy: and 
 have power over waters to turn 
 them to blood, and to smite 
 the earth with all plagues, as 
 often as they will. 
 
 7 And when they shall have 
 finished their testimony, the 
 beast that ascendeth out of the 
 bottomless pit shall make war 
 against them, and shall over- 
 come them, and kill them. 
 
 8 And their dead bodies shall 
 lie in the street of the great 
 city, which spiritually is called 
 Sodom and EgjTDt, where also 
 our Lord was crucified. 
 
 9 And they of the people 
 and Idndreds and tongues and 
 nations shall see their dead 
 bodies three days and an half, 
 and shall not suffer their dead 
 bodies to be put in graves. 
 
 10 And they that dwell upon 
 the earth shall rejoice over 
 them, and make merry, and 
 shall send gifts one to another ; 
 because these two prophets tor- 
 mented them that dwelt on the 
 earth. 
 
Tlw drcidon met REVELATION, XII. 
 
 11 And after throe days and 
 an lialf tlie Spirit of life from 
 (iod entered into them, and 
 they stood upon their feet ; and 
 great fear fell upon them whieh 
 taw them. 
 
 12 And they heard a great 
 voice from hea\en saying un- 
 to them, Come up hither. And 
 they ascended up to heaven in 
 a cloud; and their enemies be- 
 held them. 
 
 13 And the same hour was 
 there a great earth(iuake, and 
 tlie tenth part of the city fell, 
 and in tlie earthquake were 
 slain of men seven thousand : 
 and the remnant were attright- 
 ed, and gave glory to the God 
 of heaven. 
 
 14 Tlie second woe is past ; and, 
 behold, the third woe cometh 
 quickly. 
 
 15 And the seventh angel 
 sounded ; and there were gr(^at 
 voices in heaven, saying, The 
 kingdoms of this world are be- 
 com;,' the kin'^doms of our Lord, 
 and of his Christ ; and he shall 
 reign for ever and ever. 
 
 10 And the four and twenty 
 elders, which sat before God on 
 their seats, fell upon their faces, 
 and worshipped (iod, 
 
 17 Saying, We give thee 
 thanks, O Lord God Almighty, 
 which art, and wast, and art to 
 come ; because thou liast taken 
 to thee thy great power, and 
 hast reigned. 
 
 18 And tlie nations were an- 
 gry, and thy Avrath is come, 
 and the time of the dead, that 
 they should be judged, and 
 that thou shouldest give reward 
 unto thy servants the prophets, 
 and to the saints, and them 
 that fear thy name, small and 
 great; and shouldest destroy 
 them which destroy the earth. 
 
 19 And the temple of God was 
 opened in heaven, and there 
 was seen in his temi)le the ark 
 of his testament: and there 
 were lightnings, and voices, 
 and thunderiugs, and an earth- 
 quake, and great hail. 
 
 (Ad <)flu'ncea. 
 
 CHAPTER XII. 
 
 1 A icf/mfin clothed icith the sun trti- 
 vuilpth. 4 Tlic great red dnifjon stand- 
 eth before her, read if to dt^vour hrr 
 child: (J when she wag delivered she 
 Jlecth into the wiklernvss. 7 Michael 
 and his anf/cis fight with the dragon, 
 and prevail. 13 The dragon being cast 
 down into the earth, persecutith the 
 woman. 
 
 AND there api;eared a great 
 _ wonder in heaven ; a wo- 
 man clothed with the sun, and 
 the moon under her feet, and 
 ui.on her head a crown of iw elve 
 stars : 
 
 2 And slie being with child 
 cried, travailing in birth, and 
 pained to V)e delivered. 
 
 3 A lid there appeared another 
 wonder in heaven; and Itchold 
 a great red dragon, having se- 
 ven heads and ten horns, and 
 seven crowns upon his heads. 
 
 4 And his tail drew the third 
 p.nrt of the stars of heaven, and 
 did cast them to the earth : 
 and the dragon stood before 
 the woman which was ready 
 to be delivered, for to devour 
 her child as soon as it vas 
 bom. 
 
 5 And she brought forth a man 
 child, who was to rule all na- 
 tions with a rod of iron : and 
 her child was caught up unto 
 God, and to his throne. 
 
 6 And the woman fled into the 
 wilderness, where she hath a 
 I)lace preiared of God, that they 
 should feed her there a thou- 
 sand two hundred and three- 
 score days. 
 
 7 And tliere was war in heaven : 
 Michael and his angels fouglit 
 against the dragon; and the 
 dragon fought and his angels, 
 
 8 And prevailed not; neither 
 was their place found any more 
 in heaven. 
 
 9 And the great dragon was 
 cast out, that old serpent, call- 
 ed the Devil, and Satan, wluch 
 deceiveth the whole world : he 
 was cast out into the earth, 
 and his angels were cast out 
 with him. 
 
 10 And I heard a loud voice 
 
A heast risetJi 
 
 EEVELATIO:^, XIH 
 
 sayiiig in heaven, Now is come 
 sah'ation, and strengtii, and the 
 kingdom of our God, and the 
 l>ower of Ms Christ : for the 
 accuser of om- brethren is cast 
 down, which accused them be- 
 fore our God day and night. 
 
 11 And they overcame him 
 by the blood of the Lamb, and 
 by the word of their testimony ; 
 and they loved not their lives 
 unto the death. 
 
 12 Therefore rejoice, ^e hea- 
 vens, and ye that dwell in 
 them. Woe to the inhabiters 
 of the earth and of the sea! 
 for the devil is come down unto 
 you, having great wi-ath, be- 
 cause he knoweth that he hath 
 but a short time. 
 
 13 And when the dragon saw 
 that he was cast mito the earth, 
 he persecuted the v.'oman which 
 brought fortji the man child. 
 
 14 And 
 
 given two wings of a great 
 eagle, that she might iiy into 
 the wilderness, into her place, 
 where she is nouiished for a 
 
 Gilt of tJie sea. 
 
 rise up out of the sea, having 
 seven heads and ten horns, and 
 upon his horns ten crowns, aud 
 upon his heads the name of 
 blasphemj^ 
 
 2 And the beast whi(;h I saw 
 was lilve unto a leopard, and 
 his feet were as the feet of a 
 bear, and his mouth as the 
 mouth of a lion : and the dia- 
 gon gave him his power, and 
 his seat,_and great authority. 
 
 3 And i saw one of his heads 
 as it were wounded to death; 
 and liis deadly wound was 
 healed : and all the world won- 
 dered after the beast. 
 
 4 And they worshipped the 
 dragon which gave power unto 
 the beast : and they worshipped 
 the beast, saying, Who i^like 
 unto the beast ? who is able to 
 make war with him ? 
 
 I 5 And there was given unto 
 
 to the woman were him a mouth speaking great 
 
 things and blasphemies; and 
 
 power was given unto him to 
 
 contmue forty and two months. 
 
 6 And he opened his mouth 
 
 time, and times, and half a ; in blasphemy against God, to 
 
 time, from the face of the ser- 
 pent. 
 
 15 And the serpent cast out : in heaven. 
 
 ; blaspheme his iiame, and his 
 j tabernacle, and them that dwell 
 
 of his mouth water as a flood ^ 
 after the woman, that he might ! to ma 
 cause her to be carried away of \ and to 
 the flood. 
 
 7 And it was given mi to him 
 
 war with the samts, 
 
 overcome them : and 
 
 power was given him over all 
 
 16 And the earth helped the I kindi'eds, and tongues, and na- 
 
 woman, and the earth opened 
 her mouth, and swallowed up 
 the flood v,iiich the dragon cast 
 out of his mouth. 
 17 And the di'agon was wroth 
 with the woman, and went to 
 make war with the remnant of 
 her seed, which keep the com- 
 mandments of God, a.nd have 
 the testimony of Jesus Chiist. 
 CHAPTER XIII. 
 
 1 A heast riseth out of the sea with se- 
 ven heads and ten liorns, to wliom the 
 dragon giveth his jiower. 11 Another 
 heast Cometh up out of the earth: 14 
 causeth an image to he tnade of the 
 former heast, 1.5 and that men should 
 worshiji it, 16 and receive his marTc. 
 
 4 ND I stood upon the sand 
 x\. of the sea, and saw a beast 
 
 tions. 
 
 8 And all that dwell upon 
 the earth shall worship him, 
 whose names are not written 
 in the book of life of the Lamb 
 slain from the foundation of 
 the world. 
 
 9 If any man have an ear, let 
 him hear. 
 
 10 He that leadeth into cap- 
 tivity shall go mto captivity: 
 he that Idlleth with the sword 
 must be killed with the sword. 
 Here is the patience and the 
 faith of the saints. 
 
 11 And I beheld another beast 
 coming up out of the earth; and 
 he had two horns like a lamb, 
 and he spake as a diagon. 
 
TJie Lairib standing REVELATION, XIV. 
 
 Oil iruAmt Sion. 
 
 12 And he exerciseth all the 
 power of the first beast before 
 him, and causeth the earth and 
 them which dwell therein to 
 worship tlie first beast, whose 
 deadly wound was healed. 
 
 13 And he doeth great. won- 
 ders, 60 that he maketh fire 
 come down from heaven on the 
 earth in the sight of men, 
 
 14 And deceivetli them that 
 dwell on the earth by the means 
 o/' those miracles which he had 
 power to do in the sight of the 
 beast ; saying to them that 
 dwell on the earth, that they 
 should make an image to the 
 beast, which had the wound by 
 a sword, and did live. 
 
 15 Ana he had power to give 
 life unto the image of the beast, 
 that the image of the beast 
 should both speak, and cause 
 that as many as would not 
 worshii) the image of the beast 
 should be killed. 
 
 IG And he causeth all, both 
 small and great, rich and poor, 
 free and bond, to receive a 
 mark in their right hand, or 
 in theii" foreheads : 
 
 17 And that no man might 
 buy or sell, save he that had 
 the mark, or the name of the 
 beast, or the number of his 
 name. 
 
 18 Here is wisdom. Let him 
 that hath understanding count 
 the number of the beast : for 
 it is the number of a man ; 
 and his number is Six hun- 
 dred threescore and six. 
 
 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 1 T7ie Lamb standing on mount Sion 
 with his comjiany. 6 An angel preach- 
 eth the gospel. 8 The fall of Babylon. 
 15 The harvest of the world, and put- 
 ting in of the sickle. 20 The vintage 
 and winepress of the wrath of God. 
 
 AND I looked, and, lo, a 
 . Lamb stood on the mount 
 Sion, and with him an him- 
 dred forty and four thousand, 
 having his Father's name writ- 
 ten in their foreheads. 
 2 And I heard a voice from 
 heaven, as the voice of many- 
 
 waters, and as the voice of a 
 great thunder : and I heard tlie 
 voice of harpers liari^ing with 
 their harps : i | 
 
 3 And tliey sung as it were * 
 a new song before the throne, 
 and before the four beasts, and 
 the eldei-s: and no man could 
 learn that song but the him- 
 died and forty and four thou- 
 sand, which were redeemed 
 from the earth. 
 
 4 These are they which were 
 not defiled with women ; for 
 they are virgins. Tliese are 
 they which follow the Lamb 
 w hithersoever he goetli. These 
 were redeemed from among 
 men, being the firstfruits unto 
 God and to the Lamb. 
 
 5 And in tUeir mouth was 
 found no guile : for they are 1 
 M ithout fault before the tlirone | 
 
 , of God. 1 
 
 j G And I saw another angel 
 I fly in the midst of heaven, 
 liaving the everlasting gospel ■ 
 to preach unto them that dwell ■ 
 on the earth, and to every na- \ 
 , tion, and kindred, and tongue, 
 ! and people, 
 7 Sayhig with a loud voice. 
 Fear God, and give glory to 
 him ; for the hour of his judg- 
 ment is come : and worship 
 j him that made heaven, and 
 earth, and the sea, and the 
 , fountains of w^aters. 
 i 8 And there followed another 
 [ angel, saymg, Babylon is fall- 
 ' en, is fiallen, that great city, 
 because she made all nations 
 drink of the wine of the wrath 
 of her fornication. 
 
 9 And the third angel follow- 
 ed them, saying with a loud 
 voice. If any man w^orship the 
 beast and his image, and re- 
 ceive his mark in his forehead, 
 or in his hand, 
 
 10 The same shall drink of 
 the w^ine of the ^vrath of God, 
 which is poured out without 
 mixture into the cup of his 
 indignation ; and he shall be 
 tormented with fire and brim- 
 stone in the presence of the 
 
Tlie Mrvest KEYELATION, XV. 
 
 holy angels, and in the pre- 
 sence of the Lamb : 
 
 11 And the smoke of then: 
 torment ascendeth up for ever 
 and ever : and they have no 
 rest day nor night, who wor- 
 ship the beast and his image, 
 and whosoever receiveth the 
 mark of his name. 
 
 12 Here is the patience of the 
 saints : here are they that keep 
 the commandments of God, and 
 the faith of Jesus. 
 
 13 And I heard a voice from 
 heaven saying unto me, Write, 
 Blessed «r^ the dead vfhich die 
 in the Lord from henceforth: 
 Yea, saith the Spuit, that they 
 may rest from their labours; 
 and thefr works do follow them. 
 
 14 And I looked, and behold 
 a white cloud, and upon the 
 cloud one sat like unto the Son 
 of man, having on his head a 
 golden crown, and in his hand 
 a sharp siclde. 
 
 15 And another angel came 
 out of the temple, crying with 
 a loud voice to him that sat on 
 the cloud, Thi-ust in thy sickle, 
 and reap : for the time is come 
 for thee to reap ; for the har- 
 vest of the earth is ripe. 
 
 16 And he that sat on the 
 cloud tlu'ust in his sickle on 
 the earth; and the earth was 
 reaped. 
 
 17 And another angel came 
 out of the temple which is in 
 heaven, he also having a sharp 
 sickle. 
 
 18 And another angel .came 
 out from the altar, which had 
 power over fire ; and cried with 
 a loud cry to him that had the 
 sharp siclde, saying, Thi'ust in 
 
 of ike workl. 
 
 blood came out of the winepress, 
 even unto the horse bridles, by 
 the space of a thousand a?id six 
 hundred furlongs. 
 
 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 1 TTie seven angels with the seven last 
 plagues. 3 The song of them that 
 overcome the least. 7 The seven vials 
 full of the tvrath of God. 
 
 AND I saw another sign in 
 . heaven, great and marvel- 
 
 thy sharp sickle, and gather 
 the clusters of the vine of the 
 earth ; for her grapes are ftdly 
 ripe. 
 
 19 And the angel thrust in his 
 sickle into the earth, and ga.- 
 thered the vine of the earth, 
 and cast it into the great whie- 
 press of the wrath of God. 
 
 20 And the winepress was 
 trodden without the city, and 
 
 lous, seven angels having the 
 seven last plagues ; for in them 
 is filled up the wi'ath of G od. 
 
 2 And I saw as it were a sea 
 of glass mingled with fire : and 
 them that had gotten the vic- 
 tory over the beast, and over his 
 image, and over his mark, and 
 over the number of his name, 
 stand on the sea of glass, having 
 the harps of God. 
 
 3 And they smg the song of 
 Moses the servant of God, and 
 the song of the Lamb, saying, 
 Great and marvellous are thy 
 works. Lord God Almighty; 
 just and true are thy ways, 
 thou King of saints. 
 
 4 Who shall not fear thee, O 
 Lord, and glorify thy name? 
 for thou only art holy : for all 
 nations shall come and wor- 
 ship before thee ; for thy judg- 
 ments are made manifest. 
 
 5 And after that I looked, 
 and, behold, the temple of the 
 tabernacle of the testimony in 
 heaven was opened : 
 
 6 And the seven angels came 
 out of the temple, having the 
 seven plagues, clothed in pm-e 
 and white linen, and having 
 their breasts girded with golden 
 girdles. 
 
 7 And one oi the four beasts 
 gave unto the seven angels 
 seven golden vials full of the 
 wrath of God, who liveth for 
 ever and ever. 
 
 8 And the temple was filled 
 with smoke from the glory of 
 God, and from his power ; and 
 no man was able to enter in- 
 to the temple, till the seven 
 plagues of the seven angels 
 were fulfilled. 
 
The seven angels REVELATION, XVI. pourmt tMr vials, 
 
 of heaven because of their painal 
 and their sores, and repentedi 
 not of their deeds. 
 
 12 And the sixth ancrel pour- 
 ed out his vial upon the great 
 river Euphrates; and the w 
 ter thereof was dried up, thai 
 the way of the kings of th< 
 east miglit be prepared. 
 
 13 And I saw tlnee unclean! 
 spirits like frogs come out oj 
 the mouth of the dragon, and 
 out of the mouth of tlie beast, 
 and out of the mouth of the 
 false prophet. 
 
 14 For they are the spiiits of, 
 devils, working miracles, which 
 go forth unto the kings of the^ 
 earth and of the whole world, 
 
 , to gather them to the battle 
 and it became as the blood of - of that great day of God Al- 
 a dead riian : and every living ; ' ' 
 soul died in the sea. I 
 
 CHAPTER XVI. 
 
 2 The angels jxm/r out their t-iaU full of 
 wrath. 6 The lilagues that follow 
 thereupon. 15 Christ coincth as a thU^. 
 Blessed are they that watch. 
 
 AND I heard a great voice 
 . out of the temple saying 
 to the seven angels. Go your 
 ways, and pour out the vials 
 of the vTath of God upon the 
 earth. 
 
 2 And the first went, and 
 poured out his vial upon the 
 earth ; and there fell a noisome 
 and grievous sore upon the men 
 which had the mark of the 
 beast, and upon them which 
 worshipped his image. 
 
 3 And the second angel pour- 
 ed out his vial upon the sea 
 
 
 mighty. 
 15 Behold, 
 
 I come as a thief. 
 
 4 And the third angel poured Blessed is he that watcheth, ^ 
 out his ^ ial upon the rivei-s and and keepeth his garments, leatj 
 and they \ he walk naked, and they seef 
 his shame. 
 
 16 And he gathered them to- 
 Thou ail right- gether into a place called in the 
 which art, and | Hebrew tongue Armageddon. 
 
 fountains of waters 
 became blood. 
 .5 And 1 heard the angel 
 the waters say 
 eous, O Lord, 
 
 wast, and shalt be, because 
 thou hast judged thus. 
 '6 For they ha\e shed the 
 blood of saints and prophets, 
 and thou hast given them 
 blood to drmk; for they are 
 worthy. 
 
 7 And I heard another out of 
 the altar say. Even so, Lord 
 God Almighty, true and right- 
 eous are thy judgments. 
 
 8 And the fourth angel pouT- 
 ed out his vial upon the sun; 
 and poAver was given unto him 
 to scorch men with fire. 
 
 9 And men were scorched with great 
 great heat, and blasphemed 
 the name of God, which hath 
 power over these plagues : and 
 they repented not to give him 
 glory. 
 
 10 And the fifth angel poured 
 out liis ^dal upon the seat of 
 the beast ; and his kingdom 
 was full of darkness ; and they 
 gnawed their tongues for pain, 
 
 17 And the seventh angel 
 poured out his vial into the 
 air; and there came a greai 
 voice out of the temple of hea-' 
 ven, from the thi'one, saying. 
 It is done. 
 
 18 And there were voices, and 
 thunders, and lightnings ; and 
 there was a great earthquake, 
 such as was not since men were 
 upon the earth, so mighty an^ 
 earthquake, and so great. 
 
 19 And the great city was di- 
 vided into three parts, and the 
 cities of the nations fell : and 
 
 Babylon came in re- 
 membrance before God, to give 
 unto her the cup of the wine of 
 the fierceness of his wrath. 
 
 20 And every island fled away, 
 and the mountains were not 
 found. 
 
 21 And there fell upon men a 
 great hail out of heaven, everp 
 stone about the weight of a tar- 
 lent : and men blasphemed God 
 
 51 
 
 11 And blasphemed the God i because of the plague of the! 
 
John's vision of EEYELATION, XYII. tJie great tclme. 
 
 and go into perdition : and tliey 
 that dwell on the earth shall 
 wonder, whose names were not 
 TNTitten in the book of life 
 from the foundation of the 
 world, when they behold tlie 
 beast that was, and • is not, 
 and yet is. 
 
 9 And here is the mind which 
 hath wisdom. The seven heads 
 are seven mountains, on which 
 the woman sitteth. 
 
 10 And there are seven kings : 
 five are fallen, and one is, and 
 the other is not yet come ; and 
 when he cometh, he must con- 
 tinue a short space. 
 
 11 And the beast that was, and 
 is not, even he is the eighth, 
 and is of the seven, and goetli 
 into perdition. 
 
 12 And the ten horns which 
 thou sawest are ten kings, 
 which have received no king- 
 dom as yet ; but receive power 
 as kings one hour with the 
 beast. 
 
 13 These have one mind, and 
 shall give their power and 
 strength unto the beast. 
 
 14 These shall make war with 
 the Lamb, and the Lamb shall 
 overcome them : for he is Lord 
 of lords, and King of kings : 
 and they that are with him 
 are called, and chosen, and 
 faithful. 
 
 15 And he saith unto me, 
 The waters which thou sawest, 
 where the whore sitteth, are 
 peoples, and multitudes, and 
 nations, and tongues. 
 
 16 And the ten horns which 
 thou sawest upon the beast, 
 these shall hate the whore, and 
 shall make her desolate and 
 naked, and shall eat her flesh, 
 and burn her with fii'e. 
 
 17 For God hath put in their 
 hearts to fulfil his will, and to 
 agree, and give their kingdom 
 unto the beast, until the words 
 of God shall be fulfilled. 
 
 18 And the woman which thou 
 sawest is that great city, which 
 reigneth over the kings of the 
 earth. 
 
 hail ; for the plague thereof was 
 exceeding great. 
 
 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 3, A A woman arrayed in purple and 
 scarlet, with a golden cup in her hand, 
 sitteth upon the heast, 5 which is great 
 Babylon, the mother of all abomina- 
 tions. 9 The interpretation of the seven 
 heads, 12 and the ten horns. 8 The 
 punishment of the whm'e. 14 The vic- 
 tory of the Lamb. 
 
 AND there came one of the 
 . seven angels which had 
 the seven vials, and talked with 
 me, saying unto me, Come hi- 
 ther ; I will shew unto thee the 
 judgment of the great whore 
 that sitteth upon many waters : 
 
 2 With whom the kings of 
 the earth have committed for- 
 nication, and the inhabitants 
 of the earth have been made 
 drunk with the wine of her 
 fornication. 
 
 3 So he carried me away in 
 the spirit into the wilderness : 
 and I saw a woman sit upon a 
 scarlet coloured beast, full of 
 names of blasphemy, having 
 seven heads and ten horns. 
 
 4 And the woman was ar- 
 rayed in purple and scarlet 
 colour, and decked with gold 
 and precious stones and pearls, 
 having a golden cup in her 
 hand full of abominations and 
 filthiness of her fornication : 
 
 5 And upon her forehead was 
 a name written, MYSTEEY, 
 BABYLON THE GREAT, 
 THE MOTHER OF HAR- 
 LOTS AND ABOMINA- 
 TIONS OF THE EARTH. 
 
 6 And I saw the woman 
 drunken with the blood of the 
 saints, and with the blood of 
 the martyrs of Jesus : and 
 when I saw her, I wondered 
 with great admiration. 
 
 7 And the angel said unto me. 
 Wherefore didst thou marvel ? 
 I will tell thee the mystery of 
 the woman, and of the beast 
 that carrieth her, which hath 
 the seven heads and ten horns. 
 
 8 The beast that thou sawest 
 was, and is not; and shall as- 
 cend out of the bottomless pit, 
 
The fall of 
 
 REVELATION, XVIIL 
 
 CHAPTER XVIII. 
 
 2 Babylon is fallen. 4 The peojjle of God 
 coramandi-d to dejiart out ofh<;r. 9 The 
 kings of the earth, 11 with the mer- 
 chants and mariners, lament over her. 
 20 TJie saints rejoice for the judgments 
 qf God ujx>n her. 
 
 AND after tliese tilings I Paw 
 . another angel come down 
 from heaven, having great 
 power ; and the earth was 
 lightened with his glory. 
 
 2 And he cried mightily with 
 a strong voice, saying, Baby- 
 lon the great is fallen, is fallen, 
 and is become the habitation 
 of devils, and the hold of every 
 foul spirit, and a cage of every 
 unclean and liateful biid. 
 
 3 For all nations have drunk 
 of the wine of the wrath of her 
 fornication, and the kings of 
 the earth have committed for- 
 nication with her, and the mer- 
 chants of the eartli are waxed 
 rich through the abundance of 
 her delicacies. 
 
 4 And I heard another voice 
 from heaven, saying. Come out 
 
 Bdiyhn hmunleiJ. 
 
 ment for her, when they shall 
 see the smoke of her burning, 
 
 10 standing afar oil* for the iear 
 of her torment, saying, Alas, 
 alas that great city Babylon, 
 that mighty city! for in one- 
 hour is thy judgment come. 
 
 11 And the merchants of the 
 earth shall weep and mourn 
 over her; for no man buyeth 
 their merchandise any more : 
 
 12 The merchandise of gold, 
 and silver, and precious stones, 
 and of pearls, and fine linen, 
 and purple, and silk, and scar- 
 let, and all thyine wood, and 
 all manner vessels of ivory, and 
 all manner vessels of most pre- 
 cious wood, and of brass, and 
 iron, and marble, 
 
 13 And cinnamon, and odours, 
 and ointments, and frankin- 
 cense, and wme, and oil, and 
 fine flour, and wheat, and 
 beasts, and sheep, and horses, 
 and chariots, and slaves, and 
 souls of men. 
 
 14 And the fruits that thy soul 
 
 of her, my people, that ye be : lusted alter are departed from 
 not partakers of her sins^ and thee, and all things which v.ere 
 that ye receive not ol her j dainty and goodly are dejarted 
 plagues. j from thee, and thou shalt find 
 
 5 For her sins liave reached ! them no more at all. 
 
 unto heaven, and God hath re- 
 membered her iniquities. 
 
 6 Keward her even as she re- 
 warded you, and double unto 
 her double according to her 
 works : in the cup which she 
 hath filled fill to her double. 
 
 7 HoAV much she hath glori- 
 fied herself, and lived deli- 
 ciously, so much torment and 
 sorrow give her: for she saith 
 in her heart, I sit a queen, and 
 am no widow, and shall see no 
 
 SOITOW. 
 
 8 Therefore shall her plagues 
 come in one day, death, and 
 mo\iming, and famine; and 
 she shall be utterly burned 
 with fire: for strong is the 
 Lord God who judgeth her. 
 
 9 And the kings of tlie earth, 
 who have committed fornica- 
 tion and lived deliciously with 
 her, shall bewail her, and la- 
 
 15 The merchants of the9< 
 things, which were made ricl 
 by her, shall stand afar oft' foi 
 the fear of her torment, weep 
 ing and wailing, 
 
 16 And saying, Alas, alas thai 
 great city, that was clothed ii 
 fine linen, and purple, and scar 
 let, and decked with gold, and 
 precious stones, and pearls ! 
 
 17 For in one hour so greai 
 riches is come to nought. Anc 
 every shipmaster, and all th( 
 company in ships, and sailorsj 
 and as many as trade by sea^ 
 stood afar oft", 
 
 18 And cried when they saw 
 the smoke of her burning, say- 
 ing, What city is like unto tliii 
 great city ! 
 
 19 And they cast dust on thei 
 heads, and cried, weeping anc 
 wailing, saying, Alas, alas tha| 
 great city, wherein were madi 
 
TJie marnaae 
 
 EEYELATION, XIX. 
 
 of tlie Lamh. 
 
 ricli all that liad ships in the ; lnia. And her smoke rose up 
 
 sea by reason of her costliness ! 
 for ill one houi' is she made 
 desolate, 
 
 20 Eejoice over her, thou hea- 
 ven, and ?/e holy apostles and 
 prophets ; for God hath avenged 
 you on her. 
 
 21 And a mighty angel took 
 up a stone like a great mill- 
 stone, and cast it into the sea, 
 saying. Thus with violence 
 shall that great city Babylon 
 be thrown clown, and shall be 
 found no more at all. 
 
 22 And the voice of harpers, 
 and musicians, and of pipers, 
 and trumpeters, shall be heard 
 no more at all in thee ; and no 
 craftsman, of whatsoever craft 
 he be, shall be found any more 
 in thee; and the soimd of a 
 
 millstone shall be heard no | herself ready. 
 
 for ever and ever. 
 
 4 And the four and twenty 
 elders and the foiu" beasts fell 
 do-\Aai and worshipped God that 
 sat on the thi'one, saj^ing, A- 
 men; Alleluia. 
 
 5 And a voice came out of the 
 thi^one, saymg, Praise ovx God, 
 all ye his servants, and ye that 
 fear him, both small and great. 
 
 6 And I heard as it were the 
 voice of a great multitude, and 
 as the voice of many waters, 
 and as the voice of mighty 
 thunderings, saying, Alleluia: 
 for the Lord God omnipotent 
 reigneth. 
 
 7 Let us be glad and rejoice, 
 and give honour to him: for 
 the marriage of the Lamb is 
 come, and his wife hath made 
 
 more at all in thee : 
 23 And the light of a candle 
 
 8 And to her was granted that 
 she shouJd be arrayed in fine 
 
 shall shine no more at all in ! linen, clean and white : for the 
 
 thee; and the voice of the 
 bridegroom and of the bride 
 shall be heard no more at ail in 
 thee : for tliy merchants were 
 
 fine linen is the righteousness 
 of saints. 
 
 9 And he saith unto me, 
 Yfrite, Blessed «r^ they which 
 
 the great men of the earth ; for are called unto the marriage 
 
 by thy sorceries were all na- 
 tions deceived. 
 24 And in her was found the 
 blood of prophets, and of saints, 
 and of all that were slain upon 
 the earth. 
 
 CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 1 God is j^f^'oJsed in heaven for judging 
 the great whore, and avenging the 
 blood of Ms saints. 7 The marriage 
 of the Lamh. 10 The angel will not be 
 worsMpiied. 17 The fowls called to the 
 great slaughter, 
 
 AND after these things I 
 . heard a great voice of 
 mucb people in heaven, say- 
 ing, Alleluia; Salvation, and 
 glory, and honour, and power, 
 unto the Lord our G od : 
 
 2 For true and righteous are 
 his judgments: for he hath 
 judged the great whore, which 
 did corrupt the earth with her 
 fornication, and hath avenged 
 the blood of his servants at her 
 hand. 
 
 3 And again they said, Alle- 
 
 supper of the Lamb. And he 
 saith rmto me, These are the 
 true sayings of God. 
 
 10 And I fell at his feet to 
 vv-orship him. And lie said rai- 
 to me, See thou do it not : I am 
 thy fellovrservant, and of thy 
 brethi'en that have the testi- 
 mony of Jesus : worship God : 
 for the testimony of Jesus is 
 the spiiit of prophecy. 
 
 11 And I saw heaven open- 
 ed, and behold a white horse ; 
 and he that sat upon him was 
 called Faithful and True, and 
 in righteousness he doth judge 
 and- make war. 
 
 12 His eyes ivere as a flame 
 of fire, and on his head icere 
 many crowns; and he had a 
 uame written, that no man 
 laiew, but he himself. 
 
 13 And he urns clothed with a 
 vestm-e dipped in blood: and 
 his name is called The Word of 
 God. 
 
Satan Imnd far REVELATION, XX. 
 
 14 And the armies which were 
 in heaven followed him upon 
 white horses, clothed in fine 
 linen, wliite and clean. 
 
 15 And out of liis mouth goeth 
 a sharp sword, that with it he 
 should smite the nations : and 
 he shall rule them with a rod 
 of iron: and he treadeth the 
 winepress of the fierceness and 
 wrath of Almighty God. 
 
 16 And he hath on his ves- 
 ture and on his thigh a name 
 written, KING OF KINGS, 
 AND LORD OF LORDS. 
 
 17 And I saw an angel stand- 
 ing in the sun; and he cried 
 
 a thousand years. 
 
 devil cast into the lake of fire and 
 briimtone. 12 The last and general 
 resurrection. 
 
 AND I saw an angel come 
 . down from heaven, hav- 
 ing the key of the bottomless 
 pit and a great chain in his 
 hand. 
 
 2 And he laid hold on the 
 dragon, that old serpent, which 
 is the Devil, and Satan, and 
 bound him a thousand years, 
 
 3 And cast him into the bot- 
 tomless pit, and shut him up, 
 and set a seal upon him, that 
 he should deceive the nations 
 no more, till the thousand 
 
 with a loud voice, saying to all ; years should be fulfilled : and 
 the fowls that fly in the midst \ after tliat he must be loosed a 
 of heaven, Come and gather i little season, 
 yourselves together unto the i 4 And I saw thrones, and 
 Bupper of the great God ; I they sat upon them, and judg- 
 
 18 That ye may eat the flesh ment was given unto them : 
 of kings, and the flesh of cap- and / saw the souls of them 
 tains, and the flesh of mighty that were beheaded for the 
 men, and the flesh of horses, witness of Jesus, and for the 
 and of them that sit on them, word of God, and which had 
 and the flesh of all men, both not worsliipped the beast, nei- 
 free and bond, both small and ther his image, neither had 
 great. ' received his mark upon their 
 
 19 And I saw the beast, and foreheads, or in their hands; 
 the kings of the earth, and and they lived and reigned with 
 their armies, gathered together Christ a thousand years. 
 
 to make war against liim that ' 5 But the rest of the dead 
 sat on the horse, and against | lived not again until the thou- 
 his army. sand years were finished. This 
 
 20 And the beast was taken, ' is the first resurrection. 
 
 and with him the false prophet i 6 Blessed and holy is he that 
 that wrought miracles before hath part in the first resurrec- 
 him, with w^hich he deceived tion : on such the second death 
 
 them that had received the 
 mark of the beast, and them 
 that worshipped his image. 
 These both were cast alive in- 
 to a lake of fire burning with 
 brimstone. 
 
 21 And the remnant were 
 elain with the sword of him 
 that sat upon the horse, which 
 sword proceeded out of his 
 mouth : and all the fowls were 
 filled with their flesh. 
 
 CHAPTER XX 
 
 2 Satan hound for a thottsand years. 6 
 The first resurrection : they blessed that 
 have part therein. 7 Satan let loose 
 again. 8 Gog and Magog. 10 The 
 
 hath no power, but they shall 
 be priests of God and of Christ, 
 and shall reign with him a 
 thousand years. 
 
 7 And when the thousand 
 years are expired, Satan shaU 
 be loosed out of his prison, 
 
 8 And shall go out to deceive 
 the nations which are in the 
 four quarters of the earth, Gog 
 and Magog, to gather them to- 
 gether to battle : the number of 
 whom is as the sand of the sea. 
 
 9 And they went up on the 
 breadth of the earth, and com- 
 passed the camp of the saints 
 about, and the beloved city: 
 
A vvew Jieaven 
 
 EEYELATION, XXI. 
 
 and a mw earth. 
 
 and iiie came down from God 
 out of heaven, and devom-ed 
 them. 
 
 10 And the devil that deceived 
 them was cast into the lake of 
 fire and brimstone, where the 
 beast and the false prophet are, 
 and shall be tormented day and 
 night for ever and ever. 
 
 11 And I saw a great white 
 throne, and him that sat on it, 
 from whose face the earth and 
 the heaven fled away; and 
 there was fomid no place for 
 them. 
 
 12 And I saw the dead, small 
 and great, stand before God; 
 and the books were opened: 
 and another book was opened, 
 which is the book of life : and 
 the dead were judged out of 
 those things which were writ- 
 ten in the books, according to 
 their works. 
 
 13 And the sea gave np the 
 dead which were in it; and 
 death and hell delivered up the 
 dead which were in them : and 
 they were judged every man 
 according to their works. 
 
 14 And death and hell were 
 cast into the lake of fire. This 
 is the second death. 
 
 15 And whosoever was not 
 found written in the book of 
 life was cast into the lake of 
 fire. 
 
 CHAPTER XXI. 
 1 A new heaven and a new earth. 10 
 The heavenly Jerusalem, with a full 
 description thereof. 23 She needeth no 
 stm, the glory of God is her light. 24 
 The kings of the earth bring their 
 riches unto her. 
 
 AND I saw a new heaven 
 . and a new earth: for the 
 first heaven and the first earth 
 were passed away; and there 
 was no more sea. 
 
 2 And I John saw the holy 
 city, new Jerusalem, coming 
 down from God out of heaven, 
 prepared as a bride adorned for 
 her husband. 
 
 3 And I heard a great voice 
 out of heaven saying. Behold, 
 the tabernacle of God is with 
 men, and he will dwell with' 
 
 them, and they shall be his 
 people, and God himself shall 
 be with them, and be their God. 
 
 4 And God shall wipe away 
 all tears from their eyes; and 
 there shall be no more death, 
 neither sorrow, nor crying, nei- 
 ther shall there be any Inore 
 pain : for the former things are 
 passed away. 
 
 5 And he that sat upon the 
 throne said. Behold, I make all 
 things new. And he said unto 
 me, Write : for these words are 
 true and faithful. 
 
 6 And he said unto me. It is 
 done. I am Alpha and Omega, 
 the beginning and the end. I 
 will give unto him that is athirst 
 of the fountain of the water of 
 life freely. 
 
 7 He that overcometh shall 
 inherit all things; and I will 
 be his God, and he shall be 
 my son. 
 
 8 But the fearful, and unbe- 
 lieving, and the abominable, 
 and murderers, and whore- 
 mongers, and sorcerers, and 
 idolaters, and all liars, shall 
 have their part in the lake 
 which burneth with fire and 
 brimstone: which is the se- 
 cond death. 
 
 9 And there came unto me 
 one of the seven angels which 
 had the seven vials full of the 
 seven last plagues, and talked 
 with me, saying, Come hither, 
 I will shew thee the bride, the 
 Lamb's wife. 
 
 10 And he carried me away 
 in the spirit to a great and high 
 mountain, and shewed me that 
 great city, the holy Jerusalem, 
 descending out of heaven from 
 God, 
 
 11 Having the glory of God : 
 and her light was like imto a 
 stone most precious, even like a 
 jasper stone, clear as crystal ; 
 
 12 And had a wall great and 
 high, and had tw^elve gates, and 
 at the gates twelve angels, and 
 names written thereon, which 
 are the names of the twelve 
 tribes of the childrc ■ of Israel : 
 
A desoiptim of the REVELATION, XXn. heavenly Jmisalem. 
 13 On the east three gates; on which are saved shall v/allc in 
 
 the north three gates; on the 
 south three gates; and on the 
 ■west three gates. 
 
 14 And the wall of the city- 
 had twelve foundations, and in 
 them the names of the twelve 
 apostles of the Lamb. 
 
 15 And he that talked with 
 me had a golden reed to mea- 
 sure the city, and the gates 
 tliereof, and the ^vaU. thereof. 
 
 16 And the city lieth four- 
 Sjuare, and the length is as 
 large as the breadth : and he 
 measured the city with the 
 reed, twelve thousand furlongs. 
 The length and the breadth 
 and the height of it are equal. 
 
 17 And he measured the v. all 
 thereof, an hundred and forty 
 and four cubits, according to 
 the measme of a man, that is, 
 of the angel. 
 
 18 And the building of the 
 Mall of it v.as o/" jasper 
 the city was pure gold, 
 iiuto clear glass. 
 
 19 And the foundations of the 
 wall of tlic city were garnished 
 with all manner of precious 
 stones. The first foundation 
 ivas jasper ; the second, sap- 
 phire ; the third, a chalcedony ; 
 the fourth, an emerald ; 
 
 20 The hfth, sardonyx ; the 
 sixth, sardius ; the seventh, 
 chrysolyte ; the eighth, beiyl ; 
 the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, 
 a chrysoprasus ; the eleventh, 
 a jacinth ; the twelfth, an ame- 
 thyst. 
 
 21 And the tv/elve gates vjere 
 twelve pearls ; every several 
 gate was of one pearl : and the 
 street of the city was pure gold, 
 as it were transparent glass. 
 
 22 And I saw no temple there- 
 ii] : for the Lord God Almighty 
 and the Lamb are the temple 
 of it. 
 
 23 And the city had no need 
 of the sun J neither of the moon, 
 to shine in it : for the glory 
 of God did lighten it, and the 
 Lamb is the light thereof. 
 
 24 And the nations of them 
 
 the light of it : and tlie kings 
 of the earth do bring their glo- 
 ry and lionom- into it. 
 
 25 And the gates of it shall 
 not be shut at all by day : for 
 there shall be no night there. 
 
 26 And they sliall bring the 
 glory and honour of the na- 
 tions into it. 
 
 27 And there shall in no wise 
 enter into it any thing that 
 defileth, neither tuhatsoever 
 worketh abominatioii, or mak~ 
 etli a lie : but they which are 
 written m the Lamb's book of 
 liie. 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 \ The river of the water of life. 2 Tlve 
 tree of life. 5 The light of the city of 
 God is himself. 9 The angel tvill not 
 be worshipped. 18 Nothing may be 
 added to the word of God, nor taken 
 therefrom. 
 
 AND he shewed me a piire 
 . river of water of life, clear 
 and asciTstal, proceeding out of the 
 like throne of G od and of the Lamb. 
 
 2 In the midst of the street 
 of it, and on either side of the 
 river, was there the tree of life, 
 which bare twelve manner of 
 Iruits, and yielded her fruit 
 every month : and the leaves 
 of the tree were for the heal- 
 ing of the nations. 
 
 3 And there shall be no more 
 curse : but the throne of God 
 and of the Lamb shall be in 
 it ; and liis servants shall ser^'e 
 him: 
 
 4 And they shall see his face ; 
 and his name shall he in their 
 foreheads. 
 
 5 And there shall be no night 
 there ; and they need no can- 
 dle, neither light of the sun; 
 for the Lord God giveth them 
 light : and they shall reign for 
 ever and ever. 
 
 6 And he said unto me, These 
 sayings are faithful and true : 
 and the Lord God of the holy 
 prophets sent his angel to shew 
 unto his servants the things 
 which must shortly be done. 
 
 7 Behold, I come quickly : 
 blessed is he that keepeth the 
 
Christ's coming 
 
 sayings of the prophecy of this 
 book. 
 
 8 And I John saw these things, 
 and heard them. And when I 
 had heard and seen, I fell do^vn 
 to worship before the feet of the 
 angel which shewed me these 
 things. 
 
 9 Then saith he unto me, 
 See thou do it not: for I am 
 thy fellowservant, and of thy 
 brethren the prophets, and of 
 them which keep the sayings 
 of this book : worship God. 
 
 10 And he saith unto me, 
 Seal not the sayings of the 
 prophecy of this book : for the 
 time is at hand. 
 
 11 He that is unjust, let him 
 be unjust still : and he which is 
 filthy, let hini be^ filthy still : 
 and he that is righteous, let 
 him be righteous still : and he 
 that is holy, let him be holy 
 still. 
 
 12 And, behold, I come quick- 
 ly ; and my reward is with me, 
 to give every man according as 
 his work shall be. 
 
 13 I am Alpha and Omega, 
 the beginning and the end, the 
 first and the last. 
 
 14 Blessed are they that do 
 his commandments, that they 
 may have right to the tree of 
 life, and may enter in through 
 the gates into the city. 
 
 15 For without are dogs, and 
 
 REVELATIOlSr, XXII. 
 
 and eternity. 
 
 sorcerers, and whoremongers, 
 and murderers, and idolaters, 
 and whosoever loveth and mak- 
 eth a lie. 
 
 16 I Jesus have sent mine 
 angel to testify unto you these 
 things in the chiu'ches. I am 
 the root and the offspring of 
 David, and the bright and 
 morDing star. 
 
 17 And the Spirit and the 
 bride say. Come. And let him 
 that heareth say, Come. And 
 let him that is athirst come. 
 And whosoever will, let him 
 take the water of lile freely. 
 
 18 For I testify unto every 
 man that heareth the words of 
 the prophecy of this book. If 
 any man shall add unto these 
 things, God shall add unto him 
 the plagues that are written in 
 this book : 
 
 19 And if any man shall take 
 away from the words of the 
 book of this prophecy, God 
 shall take away his part out 
 of the book of life, and out of 
 the holy city, and from the 
 things which are written in this 
 book. 
 
 20 He which testifieth these 
 things saith, Surely I come 
 quickly. Amen. Even so, 
 come, Lord Jesus. 
 
 21 The grace of our Lord 
 Jesus Christ be with you all. 
 Amen. 
 
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