YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY THE LIBRARY OF THE DIVINITY SCHOOL THE OLD TESTAMENT Eranslateb out of the ©rtgtnal Eongues: BEING THE VERSION SET FORTH A.D. 1611 COMPARED WITH THE MOST ANCIENT AUTHORITIES AND REVISED. inn DivSin school] VA4 o>^ >^ Hfiven, NEW YORK : THOMAS Y. CROWELL & COMPANY, 13 Astoe Place. Press op Rand. Avery, & Co . Boston THE NAMES AND ORDER OF ALL THE BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. PAGE Genesis 1 Exodus 60 Leviticus 110 Numbers . . • 146 Deuteronomy . . 198 Joshua 240 Judges 270 Ruth 301 I. Samuel 306 II. Samuel 346 I. Kings 379 II. Kings 417 I. Chronicles 453 II. Chronicles 487 Ezra . 528 Nehemiah 540 Esther 557 ^Job 566 C*The Psalms 607 -The Proverbs .706 PAGE Ecclesiastes 741 The Song of Songs 750 Isaiah 757 Jeremiah 816 Lamentations 882 Ezekiel 890 Daniel 950 Hosea 969 Joel 977 Amos 981 Obadiah 988 Jonah 989 Micah 991 Nahum 996 Habakkuk 999 Zephaniah 1002 Haggai 1005 Zechariah 1007 Malachi 1017 PREFACE. The Revision of the Authorised Version was undertaken in consequence of a Resolution passed by both houses of the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury, as has been fully explained in the Preface to the Revised Version of the New Testa ment, which was first published in May 1881. When the two Companies were appointed for carrying out this work, the following General Principles, among others, were laid down by the Revision Committee of Convocation for their guidance : — ' 1. To introduce as few alterations as possible into the Text of the Authorised Version consistently with faithfulness.' ' 2. To limit, as far as possible, the expression of such alterations to the lan guage of the Authorised and earlier English Versions.' ' 4. That the Text to be adopted be that for which the evidence is decidedly preponderating ; and that when the Text so adopted differs from that from which the Authorised Version was made, the alteration be indicated in the margin.' ' 7. To revise the headings of chapters and pages, paragraphs, italics, and punctuation. ' In order to shew the manner in which the Old Testament Company have endeav oured to carry out their instructions, it will be convenient to treat the subjects men tioned in the foregoing rules in a somewhat different order. It will be observed that in Rule 4 the word ' Text ' is used in a different sense from that in Rule 1 , and in the case of the Old Testament denotes the Hebrew or Aramaic original of the several books. In this respect the task of the Revisers has been much simpler than that which the New Testament Company had before them. The Received, or, as it is commonly called, the Massoretic Text of the Old Testament Scriptures has come down to us in manuscripts which are of no very great antiquity, and which all belong to the same family or recension x. That other recensions were at one time in existence is probable from the variations in the Ancient Versions, the oldest of which, namely the Greek or Septuagint, was made, at least in part, some two centuries before the Christian era. But as the state of knowledge on the subject is not at present such as to justify any attempt at an entire reconstruction of the text on the authority of the Versions, the Revisers have thought it most prudent to adopt the Massoretic Text as the basis of their work, and to depart from it, as the Author ised Translators had done z, only in exceptional cases. With regard to the variations in the Massoretic Text itself, the Revisers have endeavoured to translate what appeared to them to be the best reading in the text, and where the alternative reading- seemed sufficiently probable or important they have placed it in the margin. In some few instances of extreme difficulty a reading has been adopted on the authority of the Ancient Versions, and the departure from the Massoretic Text recorded in the 1 The earliest MS. of which the age is certainly known bearB date A.D. 916. 2 See, for instance, 2 Sam. xvi. 12; 2 Chr. iii. 1, xxii. 6 ; Job xxxvii. 7; Ezek. xlvi. 10; Amos v. 26; Hag. i. 2. vi PREFACE. margin. In other cases, where the versions appeared to supply a very probable though not so necessary a correction of the text, the text has been left and the varia tion indicated in the margin only. In endeavouring to carry out as fully as possible the spirit of Rules 1 and 2, the Revisers have borne in mind that it was their duty not to make a new translation but to revise one already existing, which for more than two centuries and a half had held the position of an English classic. They have therefore departed from it only in cases where they disagreed with the Translators of 1611 as to the meaning or con struction of a word or sentence ; or where it was necessary for the sake of uniformity to render such parallel passages as were identical in Hebrew by the same English words, so that an English reader might know at once by comparison that a differ ence in the translation corresponded to a difference in the original ; or where the language of the Authorised Version was liable to be misunderstood by reason of its being archaic or obscure ; or finally, where the rendering of an earlier English version seemed preferable, or where by an apparently slight change it was possible to bring ' out more fully the meaning of a passage of which the translation was already sub stantially accurate. It has been thought advisable in regard to the word ' Jehovah ' to follow the usage of the Authorised Version, and not to insert it uniformly in place of ' Lord ' or 'God', which when printed in small capitals represent the words substituted by Jewish custom for the ineffable Name according to the vowel points by which it is distinguished. It will be found therefore that in this respect the Authorised Version has been departed from only in a few passages, in which the introduction of a proper name seemed to be required. Terms of natural history have been changed only where it was certain that the Authorised Version was incorrect and where there was sufficient evidence for the sub stituted rendering. In cases of doubt the alternative rendering has been given in the margin ; and even where no doubt existed, but where there was no familiar English equivalent for the original word, the Old Version has been allowed to remain 1, and the more accurate term has been placed in the margin. In some words of very frequent occurrence, the Authorised Version being either inadequate or inconsistent, and sometimes misleading, changes have been introduced with as much uniformity as appeared practicable or desirable. For instance, ' the tabernacle of the congregation ' has been everywhere changed to ' the tent of meet ing', on accouut of Exodus xxv. 22, xxix. 42, 43, and also because ' the tabernacle of the congregation ' conveys an entirely wrong sense. The words ' tabernacle ' and 'tent', as the renderings of two different Hebrew words, are in the Authorised Version frequently interchanged in such a manner as to lead to confusion ; and the Revisers have endeavoured throughout the Pentateuch to preserve a consistent dis tinction between them. Their practice in regard to the words ' assembly ' and ' con gregation ' has been the same in principle, although they have contented themselves with introducing greater consistency of rendering without aiming at absolute uniform ity. In consequence of the changes which have taken place in the English language, the term ' meat offering ' has become inappropriate to describe an offering of which flesh was no part ; and by the alteration to ' meal offering ' a sufficiently accurate representation of the original has been obtained with the least possible change of form. i As for instance, 'coney' (Lev. xi. 5), 'fitches' (Is. xxviii. 25, 27), 'gourd' (Jonah iv. 6). PREFACE. vii As regards the use of words, there are only a few cases in which it has been found needful to deviate from the language employed in the Authorised Version. One of these deviations occurs so frequently that it may be well to state briefly why it was adopted. The word ' peoples ' was nowhere used by King James's Translators in the Old Testament, and in the New Testament it occurs only twice (Rev. x. 11, xvii. 15) . The effect of this was to leave the rendering of numerous passages in adequate or obscure or even positively misleading. Thus in one of the best known Psalms (Ps. lxvii.), where the Septuagint has Xaoi and the Vulgate populi, the English had ' Let the people praise thee, O God ; let all the people praise thee' ; leaving it at least doubtful whether the ' nations ' of verse 4, or God's people, Israel, be referred to. And in Isaiah lv. 4, ' Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people ' , the word ' people ' is naturally under stood by the English reader to refer to Israel. Again, the Hebrew word goyim 'nations', which is applied to the nations of 'Canaan dispossessed by the Hebrews, and then also to the surrounding nations among whom the people of Israel were afterwards dispersed, acquired in later times a moral significance, which is represented in the Authorised Version by the rendering 'heathen' or 'Gentiles'. While recognizing this moral sense of the word, the Revisers have employed it much more sparingly than their predecessors had done. Similarly, the Hebrew Shedl, which signifies the abode of departed spirits, and corresponds to the Greek Hades, or the under world, is variously rendered in the Authorised Version by ' grave ', ' pit ', and ' hell '. Of these renderings ' hell', if it could be taken in its original sense as used in the Creeds, would be a fairly adequate equivalent for the Hebrew word ; but it is so commonly understood of the place of torment that to employ it frequently would lead to inevitable misunderstanding. The Revisers therefore in the historical narratives have left the rendering ' the grave ' or ' the pit ' in the text, with a marginal note ' Heb. Sheol ' to indicate that it does not signify ' the place of burial ' ; while in the poetical writings they have put most com monly ' Sheol ' in the text and ' the grave ' in the margin. In Isaiah xiv. however, where ' hell ' is used in more of its original sense and is less liable to be misunder stood, and where any change in so familiar a passage which was not distinctly an improvement would be a decided loss, the Revisers have contented themselves with leaving ' hell ' in the text, and have connected it with other passages by putting ' Sheol' in the margin. In connexion with this it may be mentioned that 'Abaddon * , which has hitherto been known to the English reader of the Bible only from the New Testament (Rev. ix. 11), has been introduced in three passages (Job xxvi. 6; Prov. xv. 11, xxvii. 20) , where a proper name appears to be required for giving vividness and point. The Hebrew word Ash&rah, which is uniformly and wrongly rendered ' grove ' in the Authorised Version, most probably denotes the wooden symbol of a goddess ; and the Revisers therefore have not hesitated to introduce it as a proper name in the singular (Judg. vi. 25, &c), with the plurals Asherim (Ex. xxxiv. 13, &c.) and Asheroth (Judg. iii. 7, &c), following the analogy of the Baalim (Judg. iii. 7) and the Ashtaroth (Judg. ii. 13) , which are already familiar. In regard to the language of the Authorised Version, the Revisers have thought it no part of their duty to reduce it to conformity with modern usage, and have there fore left untouched all archaisms, whether of language or construction, which though viii PREFACE. not in familiar use cause a reader no embarrassment and lead to no misunderstand ing. They are aware that in so doing they will disappoint the large English-speaking race on the other side of the Atlantic, and it is a question upon which they are pre pared to agree to a friendly difference of opinion. The principle by which they have been guided has been clear and consistent. Where an archaic word or expression was liable to be misunderstood or at least was not perfectly intelligible, they have substituted for it another, in equally good use at the time the Authorised Version was made, and expressing all that the archaism was intended to convey, but more familiar to the modern reader. In such cases the gain was greater than the loss. But in other instances where the word or expression, although obsolete, was not unintelli gible, it was thought that the change would involve greater loss than gain, and the old rendering was therefore allowed to stand. More especially was this the case when the archaism was a perfectly correct rendering of the original and there was no exact modern equivalent for it. The principle adopted by the Company will be best illustrated by two typical examples. The verb ' to ear ' in the sense of ' to plough " and the substantive ' earing ' for ' ploughing ' were very reluctantly abandoned, and only because it was ascertained that their meaning was unknown to many persons of good intelligence and education. But it was easy to put in their place equivalents which had a pedigree of almost equal antiquity, and it would have been an excess of conservatism to refuse to substitute for an unintelligible archaism an expression to which no ambiguity could be attached. On the other hand the word ' boiled ' (Ex. ix. 31), which signifies ' podded for seed' and is known in provincial dialects, has no synonym in literary English. To have discarded it in favour of a less accurate or more paraphrastic expression would have been to impoverish the language ; and it was therefore left, because it exactly expresses one view which is taken of the mean ing of the original. One of the few instances in which the language of the Authorised Version has been modified in accordance with later usage is the change of the neuter possessive pronoun from ' his ' to ' its '. It is well known that 'its ' does not occur in the Bible of 1611, and it does not appear to have been introduced into any edition before 1660. But it is found ten times in Shakespeare, and there is other evidence to shew that, at the time of the Authorised Version it was coming into use. It was found necessary in some eases to substitute 'its' for 'his'' in order to avoid obscurity, and there seemed no good reason, when it was once introduced, for refusing to admit it gener ally when it referred to purely inanimate objects. In making minor changes, whether in translation or language, the Revisers have followed the example of the Translators of the Authorised Version, who allowed them selves in this respect a reasonable freedom, without permitting their liberty to degen erate into license. It will be at once seen that the old division of the books into chapters and verses' has been abandoned in favour of the arrangement in paragraphs, the numbering of the chapters and verses being however retained for convenience of reference. Where the change of subject seemed to require a greater break than was marked by the begin ning of a new paragraph, it has been indicated by a space before the paragraph. Occasionally the divisions of the chapters in the Authorised Version differ from those in the common Hebrew Bibles. In such cases the variations are given in the margin. In the Psalms, the titles are printed in smaller type, as in some modern English PREFACE. ix Bibles, which differ in this respect from the edition of 1611. One consequence of the arrangement in paragraphs has been the omission of the headings of chapters, which for other and more important reasons it was thought advisable to abandon, as involving questions which belong rather to the province of the commentator than to that of the translator. With the headings of chapters the head-lines of pages natu rally disappeared also, and for the same reason. In the poetical portions, besides the division into paragraphs, the Revisers have adopted an arrangement in lines, so as to exhibit the parallelism which is character istic of Hebrew Poetry. But they have not extended this arrangement to the pro phetical books, the language of which although frequently marked by parallelism is, except in purely lyrical passages, rather of the nature of lofty and impassioned prose. In the use of italics the Revisers departed from the custom of the Authorised Ver sion and adopted as their rule the following resolution of their Company : ' That all such words now printed in italics, as are plainly implied in the Hebrew and necessary in English, be printed in common type.' But where any doubt existed as to the exact rendering of the Hebrew, all words which have been added in order to give completeness to the English expression are printed in italic type, so that the reader by omitting them may be able to see how far their insertion is justified by the words of the original. This of course is especially true of those renderings for which an alternative is given in the margin, where the roman and italic type play exactly opposite parts. To complete the account of the Revised Version it remains only to describe the marginal notes. These will be found to contain (1) The renderings of such variations in the Massoretic Text as appeared to be of sufficient importance. These variations are known by the technical names of K'ri {read) and C'thib (written), which denote that the K'ri, or reading in the margin of the Hebrew Bible, is to be substituted for the C'thib which appears in the written text. The Revisers have generally, though not uniformly, rendered the C'thib in the text, and left the K'ri in the margin, with the introductory note ' Or, according to another reading', or ' Another reading is'. When the K'ri has been followed in the text, the C'thib has been placed in the margin, if it represented a variation of suffi cient importance. (2 j Alternative renderings, introduced by ' Or'. These are either different meanings of the word or passage, or they serve to connect it with other renderings elsewhere. (3) Literal renderings of the Hebrew or Aramaic, indicated by the prefix 'Heb.' or 'Aram.' (4) Changes of text made on the authority of the ancient Versions. (5) Readings from ancient Versions which appeared to be of sufficient impor tance to be noticed. (6) Renderings of the Hebrew consonants as read with different vowel points, or as differently divided. These are introduced by the words ' Or, as otherwise read '. (7) Marginal references to other passages, which are either strictly parallel, or serve the purpose of illustrating or justifying a particular rendering. (8) Explanations of certain proper names, the meaning of which is referred to in the text. PREFACE. In the Proper Names the Revisers have endeavoured to ascertain the system of transliteration adopted by the Translators of the Authorised Version and to carry it out with somewhat greater consistency. They have not however attempted anything like rigid uniformity, and have left unchanged all those names which by usage have become English ; as, for instance, Moses, Aaron, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the like. Among the Rules laid down by the Revision Committee of Convocation for the guidance of the Revisers was one that no change should be finally made in the text of the Authorised Version except by the vote of two-thirds of the Company present and voting ; and this Rule has been invariably acted upon. The result has been that in many cases a rendering which was preferred by the majority of the Company voting has been recorded in the margin, the majority not being sufficient to give it a place in the text. But all questions of marginal readings, as well as of punctua tion and division into paragraphs, except where these affected the sense of a passage, were decided by a simple majority. It may be of some interest to describe the method observed by the Company in their work, if only to shew that every question raised was carefully and deliberately considered. In the first Revision it was the practice for the Secretary to read over each verse, first in the original and then in the Authorised Version : the proposals for change were then taken ; first those communicated in writing by absent members, and next those made by the members present. Each proposal was moved, and if seconded was discussed and voted upon ; the decision in the first Revision being by a majority only. If a proposal met with no seconder, it was not discussed but allowed to drop. In the second Revision, the Secretary read out in order the changes which had been made at the first Revision ; if these were unchallenged they were allowed to remain, otherwise they were put to the vote and affirmed or rejected ac-> cording as they were or were not supported by the requisite majority of two-thirds. In the second Revision new propositions could only be made by special permission of the Company, and discussion was limited, as far as possible, to exceptional cases. In the final review, which was in reality the completion of the second Revision, the Company employed themselves in making a general survey of what they had done, deciding finally upon reserved points, harmonizing inconsistencies, smoothing down roughnesses, removing unnecessary changes, and generally giving finish and com pleteness to their work. Everything in this final survey was decided by the vote of a majority of two-thirds. The Revisers had already made some progress, and had in fact gone twice through the Pentateuch, before they secured the co-operation of the American Old Testament Revision Company. The first Revision of the several books was submitted to the consideration of the American Revisers, and, except in the case of the Pentateuch, the English Company had the benefit of their criticisms and suggestions before they proceeded to the second Revision. The second Revision was in like manner for warded to America, and the latest thoughts of the American Revisers were in the hands of the English Company. at their final review. In every instance the sugges tions from America were treated with the same consideration as those proceeding from members of the English Company, and were adopted or rejected on their merits. It was a part of the terms of agreement with the American Company that all points of ultimate difference between them and the English Revisers should be placed on PREFACE. xi record, and they will accordingly be found fully stated at the end of the Old Testa ment, or at the end of the several portions, according as the Revised Version appears in one or more volumes. Many of them will be found to be changes of language which are involved in the essentially different circumstances of American and English readers ; others express a preference for the marginal rendering over that given in the text ; others again involve a real difference of opinion ; but all shew that they have been dictated by the same leading principle, the sincere desire to give to modern readers a faithful representation of the meaning of the original documents. It could not but be expected that in the course of fourteen years many changes would take place in the members of the Company. Of the original number who first put their hands to the work on the 30th of June 1870, only fifteen now remain. Ten of the Company have been removed by death, and two resigned : the places of these were filled from time to time by others ; but since October 1875 no new members have been added. The Revision was completed in eighty-five sessions, ending on 20th June, 1884 ; and it occupied 792 days. The greater part of the sessions were for ten days each, and each day the Company generally sat for six hours. The labour therefore has been great, but it has been given ungrudgingly ; and now with a feeling of deep thankfulness to Almighty God, and the earnest hope that their endeavours may with His blessing tend to a clearer knowledge of the Old Testament Scriptures, the Revisers bring their long task to a close. Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster Abbey, 10 July, 1884. Note. — In the English editions, the notes, and the numbers of the verses, are placed in the margin; but in this edition it has been thought advantageous to put the notes at the bottom of the page, and to insert the numbers of the verses in the text. — American Publisher. THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, COMMONLY CALLED GENESIS. 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. (2) And the earth was waste and void ; and darkness was upon the face of the deep : and the spirit of God 1 moved upon the face of the waters. (3) And God said, Let there be light : and there was light. (4) And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. (5) And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. (6) And God said, Let there be a 2 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 firmament from the waters which were above the firmament : and it was so. (8) And God called the firmament Heav en. And there was evening and there was morning, a second daj\ (9) And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry 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 put forth grass, herb yield ing seed, and fruit tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth : and it was so. (12) And the earth brought forth grass, herb yielding seed after its kind, and tree bearing fruit, wherein is the seed thereof, after its kind : and God saw that it was good. (13) And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. (14) And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for 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 the two great lights ; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night : he made the stars also. (17) And God set them in the fir mament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, (18) and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness : and God saw that it was good. (19) And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. (20) And God said, Let the waters 3 bring forth abundantly the moving crea ture that hath life, and let fowl fly above the earth 4 in the open firmament of heav en. (21) And God created the great sea- monsters, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kinds, and every winged fowl after its kind : and God saw that it was good. (22) And God blessed 1 Or, was brooding upon. 2 Heb. expanse. face of the expanse of the heaven. Heb. swarm with swarms of living creatures. l Heb. on the GENESIS. them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. (23) And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. (24) And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind : and it was so. (25) And God made the beast of the earth after its kind, and the cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the ground after its kind : and God saw that it was good. (26) And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness : and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (27) And God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him ; male and female created he them. (28) And God blessed them : and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it ; and have domin ion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that1 moveth upon the earth. (29) And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat : (30) and to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is 2 life, I have given every green herb for meat : and it was so. (31) And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. 2 And the heaven and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. (2) And on the seventh day God finished his work which he had made ; and he rested on the seventh clay from all his work which he had made. (3) And God blessed the seventh clay, and hallowed it : because that in it he rested from all his work which God had created and made. (4) These are the generations of the heaven and of the earth when they were created, in the day that 3the Lord God made earth and heaven. (5) And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up : for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground ; (6) but there went up a mist from the earth, and, wa tered the whole face of the ground. (7) And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life ; and man be came a living soul. (8) And the Lord God planted 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 every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food ; . the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (10) And a river went out of Eden to water the garden ; and from thence it was parted, and became four heads. (11) The name of the first is Pishon : that is it which compasseth the/ whole land of Havilah, where there is gold ; (12) and the gold of that land is good : there is bdellium and the 4 onyx stone. (13) And the name of the second river is Gihon : the same is it that com passeth the whole land of Cush. (14) And the name of the third river is 5 Hid- dekel : that is it which goeth 6 in front of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphra tes. (15) And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. (16) And the 1 Or, creepeth. a Hob. a living soul. 3 Heb Jehovah, as in other places where Lord is put in capitals. 4 Or, beryl. ° That is, Tigris. ° Or, toward the east of. GENESIS. Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: (17) but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it : for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. (18) And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone ; I will make him an help 1meet for him. (19) And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air ; and brought them unto the man to see what he would call them : and whatsoever the man called every liv ing creature, that was the name thereof. (20) And the man gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field ; but for 2 man there was not found an help meet for him. (21) And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept ; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof : (22) and the rib, which the Lord God had taken from the man, 3 made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. (23) And the man said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh : she shall be called 4 Woman, be cause she was taken out of sMan. (24) Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife : and they shall be one flesh. (25) And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. 3 Now the serpent was more subtil than anjr 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 6 any tree of the garden? (2) And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat : (3) but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. (4) And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die : (5) for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as 7God, knowing good and evil. (6) And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was 8 to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat ; and she gave also unto her hus band 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 them selves 9 aprons. (8) And they heard the 10 voice of the Lord God walking in the gar den in the n cool of the day : and the man and his wife hid themselves from the pres ence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. (9) And the Lord God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou? (10) And he said, I heard thy 10 voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked ; and I hid myself. (11) And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat ? (12) And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. (13) And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. (14) And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou 12 above all cattle, and 12 above every beast of the field ; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: (15) and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed : it shall 13 bruise thy head, and thou shalt 13 bruise his heel. (16) Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy 1 Or, answering to. 2 Or, Adam. 3 Heb. builded trees. ' Or, gods. 8 Or, desirable to look upon. from among. 13 Or, lie in wait for. he into. 4 Heb. Isshah. 5 Heb. Ish. 6 Or, all the *J Or, girdles. 10 Or, sound. u Heb. wind. 12 Or, GENESIS. conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children ; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. (17) And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saj-ing, Thou shalt not eat of it : cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in 1 toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ; (18) thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field ; (19) in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. (20) And the man called his wife's name 2 Eve ; because she was the mother of all living. (21) And the Lord Goel made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them. (22) And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil ; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever : (23) therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. (24) So he drove out the man ; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. 4 And the man knew Eve his wife ; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have "gotten a man with the help of the Lord. (2) And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. (3) And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. (4) And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering : (5) but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. (6) And the Lord' said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth ? and why is tlry counte nance fallen? (7) If thou doest well, 4 shalt thou not be accepted ? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door : and unto thee 5 shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. (8) And Cain "told Abel his brother. And it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose- up against Abel his brother, and slew him. (9) And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: am I my brother's keeper? (10) And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. (11) And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand ; (12) when thou tillest the ground, it shall not hence forth yield unto thee her strength ; a fugi tive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth. (13) And Cain said unto the Lord, 7 My punishment is greater * than I can bear. (14) Behold, thou hast driven me out this clay from the face of the ground ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth ; and it shall come to pass, that whosoever findeth me shall slay me. (15) And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord appointed a sign for Cain, lest airy finding him should smite him. (16) And Cain went out from the pres ence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of 9Nod, 10on the east of Eden. (17) And Cain knew his wife ; and she con ceived, and bare Enoch : and he builded 1 Or, sorrow. 2 Heh. ITavvah, that is, living, or, Life. 3 Heb. kanah, to get. i Or, shall it not be lifted. upt ° Or, is its desire, but thou shouldest rule over it. » Heb. said unto. Many ancient authorities have, said unto Abel his brother, Let us go into ihe field. 7 Or, Mine iniquity. 8 Or, than can be forgiven. ° That is Wandering. ™ Or, in front of . GENESIS. 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 Mehujael : and Mehujael begat Me- thushael : and Methushael begat Lamech. (19) And Lamech took unto him two wives : the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. (20) And Adah bare Jabal : he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle. (21) And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and pipe. (22) And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, xthe forger of every cutting instrument of 2 brass and iron : and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. (23) And Lamech said unto his wives : Adah and Zillah, hear my voice ; Ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech : For 3 1 have slain a man 4 for wounding me, And a young man for bruising me : (24) If Cain shall be avenged seven fold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. (25) And Adam knew his wife again ; and she bare a son, and called his name 6 Seth : For, said she, God 6 hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel ; for Cain slew him. (26) And to Seth, to him also there was born a son ; and he called his name Enosh : then began men to call upon the name of the Lord. 5 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the daj- 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 cre ated. (3) And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image ; and called his name Seth : (4) and the days of Adam after he begat Seth were eight hundred years : and he begat sons and daughters. (5) And all the clays that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years : and he died. (6) And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enosh : (7) and Seth lived after he begat Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters : (8) and all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years : and he died. (9) And Enosh lived ninety years, and begat Kenan : (10) and Enosh lived after he begat Kenan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters : (11) and all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years : and he died. (12) And Kenan lived seventy years, and begat Mahalalel : (13) and Kenan lived after he begat Mahalalel eight hun dred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters : (14) and all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years : and he died. (15) And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared : (16) and Maha lalel lived after he begat Jared eight hun dred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: (17) and all the days of Ma halalel were eight hundred ninety and five years : and he died. (18) And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and begat Enoch: (19) and Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters : (20) and all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years : and he died. (21) And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah : (22) and Enoch walked with God after he begat Me thuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters : (23) and all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years : (24) and Enoch walked 1 Or, an instructor of every artificer. 2 Or, copper, and so elsewhere. 3 Or, I will slay. 4 Or, to my wound ing, and a young man to my hurt. fi Heb. Sheth. fl Heb. shath. 7 Or, Man. 6 GENESIS. with God : and he was not ; for God took him. (25) And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat La mech : (26) and Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daugh ters : (27) and all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years : and he died. (28) And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son : (29) and he called his name Noah, say ing, This same shall 1 comfort us for our work and for the toil of our hands, 2 be cause of the ground which the Lord hath cursed. (30) And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters : (31) and all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years : and he died. (32) And Noah was five hundred years old : and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 6 And it came to pass, when men be gan to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born unto them, (2) that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair ; and they took them wives of all that they chose. (3) And the Lord said, My spirit shall not 8 strive with man for ever, 4 for that he also is flesh : u yet shall his days be an hundred and twenty years. (4) The 6 Ne philim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them : the same were the mighty men which were of old, the men of renown. (5) And the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. (6) And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. (7) And the Lord said, I will 7 destroy man whom I have created from the face of the ground ; both man, and beast, and creeping thing, and fowl of the air ; for it repenteth me that I have made them. (8) But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. (9) These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and 8 perfect in his generations : Noah walked with God. (10) And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (11) And the earth was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. (12) And God saw the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt ; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. (13) And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. (14) Make thee an ark of gopher wood ; 9 rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. (15) And this is how thou shalt make it : the length of the ark three hun dred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.' (16) A 10 light shalt thou make to the ark, and to a cubit shalt thou finish it n upward ; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof ; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. (17) And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven ; every thing that is in the earth shall die. (18) But I will establish my covenant with thee ; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. (19) And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, 1 Heb. nahem, to comfort. 2 Or, which cometh from versions, abide in. i Or, in their going astray they are 33. r Heb. blot out. 8 Or, blameless. ' Heb. nests the ground. 8 Or, rule in. Or, according to many ancient h. 6 Or, therefore. ° Or, giants. See Num. xiii. 10 Or, roof. n Or, from above. GENESIS. to keep them alive with thee ; they shall be male and female. (20) Of the fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. (21) And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee ; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. (22) Thus did Noah ; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. 7 And the Lord 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 seven and seven, the male and his female ; and of the beasts that are not clean two, the male and his female ; (3) of the fowl also of the air, seven and seven, male and female : to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. (4) For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty clays and forty nights ; and every living thing that I have made will I x destroy from off the face of the ground. (5) And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him. (6) And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. (7) And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. (8) Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the ground, (9) there went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, male and female, as God commanded Noah. (10) And it came to pass after the seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. (11) In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. (12) And the rain was upon the earth forty clays and forty nights. (13) In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark ; (14) they, and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after its kind, and every fowl after its kind, every bird of every 2 sort. (15) And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh wherein is the breath of life. (16) And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God commanded him : and the Lord shut him in. (17) And the flood was forty days upon the earth ; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. (18) And the waters prevailed, and increased greatly upon the earth ; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. (19) And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high moun tains that were under the whole heaven were covered. (20) Fifteen cubits up ward did the waters prevail ; and the mountains were covered. (21) And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both fowl, and cattle, and beast, and every 3 creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man : (22) all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. (23) 4And every living thing was 6 de stroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and creep ing thing, and fowl of the heaven ; and they were 6 destroyed from the earth : and Noah only was left, and they that were with him in the ark. (24) And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. 1 Heb. blot out. 2 Heb. wing. s Or, swarming thing that swarmeth. thing. 5 Heb. blotted out. * Or, And he destroyed every living GENESIS. 8 And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark : and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged ; (2) the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained ; (3) and the waters re turned from off the earth continually : and after the end of an hundred and fifty days the waters decreased. (4) And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the sev enteenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. (5) And the wa ters decreased continually until the tenth month : in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. (6) And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made : (7) and he sent forth a raven, and it went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. (8) And he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground ; (9) but the clove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she re turned unto him to the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth : and he put forth his hand, and took her, and brought her in unto him into the ark. (10) And he stayed yet other seven days ; and again he sent forth the clove out of the ark ; (11) and the dove came in to him at eventide ; and, lo, in her mouth * an olive leaf pluckt off : so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. (12) And he stayed yet other seven daj-s ; and sent forth the dove ; and she returned not again unto him any more. (13) And it came to pass in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, the first day of the mouth, the waters were dried up from off the earth : and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dried. (14) And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dry. (15) And God spake unto Noah, saying, (16) Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. (17) Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee of all flesh, both fowl, and cattle, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth ; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. (18) And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: (19) every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, what soever moveth upon the earth, after their families, went forth out of the ark. (20) And Noah builded an altar unto the Lord ; aud took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt of ferings on the altar. (21 ) And the Lord smelled the sweet savour ; and the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's 2 sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth ; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. (22) While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. 9 And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. (2) And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air ; with all wherewith the ground s teem- eth, and all the fishes of the sea, into your hand are they delivered. (3) Every mov ing thing that liveth shall be food for you ; as the green herb have I given you all. (4) But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. (5) And surely your blood, the blood of your lives, will I require ; at the hand i Or, afresh olive leaf. s Or, sake; for the. 8 Or, creepeth. GENESIS. of every beast will I require it : and at the hand of man, even at the hand of every man's brother, will I require the life of man. (6) Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man. (7) And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply ; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein . (8) And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, (9) And I, be hold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you ; (10) and with every living creature that is with you, the fowl, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you ; of all that go out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. (11) And I will establish my covenant with you ; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of the flood ; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. (12) And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every liv ing creature that is with you, for perpet ual generations: (13) 1I 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 earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud, (15) and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh ; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. (16) And the bow shall be in the cloud ; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesjh that is upon the earth. (17) And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. (18) And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth : and Ham is the father of Canaan. (19) These three were the sons of Noah: and of these was the whole earth ^overspread . (20) And Noah began to be an hus bandman, and planted a vineyard: (21) and he drank of the wine, and was drunk en ; and he was uncovered within his tent. (22) And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. (23) And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid' it upon both their shoulders, and went back ward, and covered the nakedness of their father ; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. (24) And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his 2 youngest son had done unto him. (25) And he said, Cursed be Canaan ; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. (26) And he said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem ; And let Canaan be 3 his servant. (27) God enlarge Japheth, And Met him dwell in the tents of Shem ; And let Canaan be 8 his servant. (28) And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. (29) And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years : and he died. 10 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem Ham and Ja pheth : and unto them were sons born after the flood. (2) The sons of Japheth ; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. (3) And the sons of Gomer ; Ashkenaz, and 6 Riphath, and Togarmah. (4) And the sons of Javan ; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and 6Dodanim. (5) Of these were the 1 Or, Ihave set, 1, Rodanim. 2 Or, younger. 8 Or, their. * Or, he shall. osterity. 8 Or, skin. « Or, GENESIS. 21 taken away. (26) And Abimelech said, I know not who hath done this thing : neither didst thou tell me, neither yet beard I of it, but to-day. (27) And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech ; and they two made a covenant. (28) And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. (29) And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? (30) And he said, These seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. (31) Wherefore he called that place Beer- sheba ; because there they sware both of them. (32) So they made a covenant at Beer-sheba : and Abimelech rose up, and Phicol the captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. (33) And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God. (34) And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines many days. 22 And it came to pass after these things, that God did prove Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham ; and he said, Here am I. (2) And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, even Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. (3) And Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son ; and he clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. (4) On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. (5) And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass, and I and the lad will go yonder ; and we will worship, and come again to you. (6) And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son ; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife ; and they went both of them together. (7) And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, 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 offering? (8) And Abraham said, God will * provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son : so they went both of them together. (9) And they came to the place which God had told him of ; and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. (10) And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. (11) And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham : and he said, Here- am I. (12) And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me. (13) And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and 2 behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns : and Abraham went and took the ram, and. offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. (14) And Abraham called the name of that place 3Jehovah- jireh : as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord 4it shall be provided. (15) And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham a second time out of heaven, (16) and said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son : (17) that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon 1 Heb. see for himself. 2 Or, according to many ancient authorities, behold a fHeb. one) ram caught. is, The LOUD will see, or, provide. 4 Or, he shall be seen. 3 That 22 GENESIS. 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 x be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice. (19) So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. (20) And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne chil dren unto thy brother Nahor ; (21) Uz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Ke- muel the father of Aram ; (22) and Che- sed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. (23) And Bethuel begat Rebekah : these eight did Milcah bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. (24) And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she also bare Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maacah. 23 And the life of Sarah was an hun dred and seven and twenty years : these were the years of the life of Sarah. (2) And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) , in the land of Canaan : and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. (3) And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying, (4) I am a stranger and a sojourner with you : give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I majr bury my dead out of my sight. (5) And the children of Heth an swered Abraham, saying unto him, (6) Hear us, my lord : thou art 2 a mighty prince among us : in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead ; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. (7) And Abraham rose up, and bowed him self to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. (8) And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, (9) that he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field ; for the full price let him give it to me in the midst of you for a possession of a bury ingplace. (10) Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth : and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, (11) Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee ; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee : bury thy dead. (12) And Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land. (13) And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt, I pray thee, hear me : I will give the price of the field ; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. (14) And Ephron answered Abra ham, saying unto him, (15) My lord, hearken unto me : a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that betwixt me and thee ? bury therefore thy dead. (16) And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron ; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. (17) So the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the bor der thereof round about, were made sure (18) unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, be fore all that went in at the gate of his city. (19) And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre (the same is Hebron), in the land of Canaan. (20) And the field, and the cave that is there in, were made sure unto Abraham for a .¦ themselves. Heb. a prince of God. GENESIS. 23 possession of a buryingplace by the chil dren of Heth. 24 And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age : and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. (2) And Abra ham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh : (3) and I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaan ites, among whom I dwell : (4) but thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kin dred, and take a wife for my son Isaac. (5) And the servant said unto him, Per adventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land : must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou earnest? (6) And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. (7) The Lord, the God of heaven, that took me from my father's house, and from the land of my nativity, and that spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land ; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife for my son from thence. (8) And if the woman be not willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath ; only thou shalt not bring my son thither again. (9) And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning this matter. (10) And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of his master, and departed ; 'having all goodly things of his master's in his hand : and he arose, and went to 2 Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. (11) And he made the camels to kneel down without the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water. (12) And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, send me, I pray thee, good speed this day, and shew kindness unto my master Abra ham. (13) Behold, I stand by the foun tain of water ; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water : (14) and let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink ; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also : let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac ; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master. (15) And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abra ham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. (16) And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her : and she went down to the fountain, and filled her pitcher, and came up. (17) And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher. (18) And she said, Drink, my lord : and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. (19) And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. (20) And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw, and drew for all his camels. (21) And the man looked stedf astly on her ; holding his peace, to know whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not. (22) And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of 3half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold ; (23) and said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee. Is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in? (24) And she said 1 Or, for all the goods of his master were in his hand. 8 Heb. a beka. See Ex. xx'xviii. 26. 2 Heb. Aram-naharaim, that is, Aram of the two rivers. 24 GENESIS. unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. (25) She said moreover unto him , We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. (26) And the man bowed his head, and worshipped the Lord. (27) And he said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who hath not forsaken his mercy and his truth to ward my master : as for me, the Lord hath led me in the way to the house of my master's brethren. (28) And the damsel ran, and told her mother's house accord ing to these words. (29) And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban : and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the fountain. (30) And it came to pass, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me ; that he came unto the man ; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the fountain. (31) And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the Lord ; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. (32) And the man came into the house, and he ungirded the camels ; and he gave straw and provender for the cam els, and water to wash his feet and the men's feet that were with him. (33) And there was set meat before him to eat : but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. (34) And he said, I am Abraham's ser vant. (35) And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly ; and he is become great : and he hath given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and menservants 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 hath he given all that he hath. (37) And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell : (38) but thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife for 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 his angel with thee, and prosper thy way ; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house : (41) then shalt thou be clear from my oath, when thou comest to my kindred ; and if they give her not to thee, thou shalt be clear from my oath. (42) And I came this day unto the fountain, and said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go : (43) behold, I stand by the fountain of water ; and let it come to pass, that the maiden which cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall saj', Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink ; (44) and she shall say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels : let the same be the woman whom the Lord hath appointed for my master's son. (45) And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder ; and she went down unto the fountain, and drew : and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. (46) And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also : so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. (47) And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him : and I put the ring upon her nose, and the brace lets upon her hands. (48) And I bowed my head, and worshipped the Lord, and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daugh ter for his son. (49) And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me : and if not, tell me ; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. (50) GENESIS. 25 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the Lord : we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. (51) Behold, Rebekah 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 Abra ham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth unto the Lord. (53) And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah : 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 abide with us a few days, at the least ten ; after that she shall go. (56) And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath pros pered my way ; send me away that I may go to my master. (57) And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth. (58) And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. (59) And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. (60) And they blessed Re bekah, and said unto her, Our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of ten thou sands, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them. (61) And Re bekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man : and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. (62) And Isaac came 1 from the way of Beer-lahai-roi ; for he dwelt in the land of the South. (63) And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide : and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels com ing. (64) And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. (65) And she said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us ? And the servant said, It is my master : and she took her veil, and covered herself. (66) And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. (67) And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife ; and he loved her : and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. 25 And Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah. (2) And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Me- dan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. (3) And Jokshan begat Sheba, and De- dan. And the sons of Dedan were As- shurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. (4) And the sons of Midian ; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Elda- ah. All these were the children of Ketu rah. (5) And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. (6) But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts ; and he sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. (7) And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hun dred threescore and fifteen years. (8) And Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. (9) And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre ; (10) the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth : there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. (11) And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed Isaac his son ; and Isaac dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi. (12) Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare un- 1 The Sept. has, through the wilderness. 26 GENESIS. to Abraham : (13) and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations : the first born of Ishmael, Nebaioth ; and Kedar, and Adbeel, (14) and Mibsam, and Mish- ma, and Dumah, and Massa ; (15) Ha- dad, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kede- mah : (16) these are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their vil lages, and by their encampments ; twelve princes according to their nations. (17) And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years : and he gave up the ghost and died ; and was gathered unto his people. (18) And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria : he * abode 2 in the pres ence of all his brethren. (19) And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son : Abraham begat Isaac : (20) and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the 3 Syrian of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the 8 Syrian, to be his wife. (21) And Isaac intreated the Lord for his wife, because she was barren : and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. (22) And the chil dren struggled together within her ; and she said, If it be so, * wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of the Lord. (23) And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, And two peoples shall be separated even from thy bowels : And the one people shall be stronger than the other people ; And the elder shall serve the younger. (24) And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. (25) And the first came forth 6 red, all over like an hairy garment ; and they called his name Esau. (26) And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel ; and his name was called 6 Jacob : and Isaac was 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 was a 7 plain man, dwelling in tents. (28) Now Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison : and Rebekah loved Jacob. (29) And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came in from the field, and he was faint : (30) and Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with 8 that same red pottage ; for I am faint : therefore was his name called 9Edom. (31) And Jacob said, Sell me 10 this clay thy birthright. (32) And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die : and what profit shall the birthright do to me? (33) And Jacob said, Swear to me 10this day ; and he sware unto him : and he sold his birthright unto' Jacob. (34) And Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils ; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way : so Esau despised his birthright. 26 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abim elech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. (2) And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt ; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of : (3) so journ in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee ; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father ; (4) and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these lands ; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth "be blessed; (5) because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. (6) And Isaac dwelt in Gerar- (7) and the men of the place asked him of his wife ; and he said, She 1 Or, settled. Heb./e'i. 2 Or, over against. ' Heb.Aramean. 4 Or, wherefore am J thus t 8 Or, ruddy. c That is, One that takes by the heel or supplants. 7 Or, quiet. Or, harmless. Heb. perfect. 8 Heb. the red pottage, this red pottage. » That iB, Red. 18 Or, first of all. " Or, bless themselves. GENESIS. 27 is my sister : for he feared to say, My wife ; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah : 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 Philis tines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. (9) And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife : and how saidst thou, She is my sister? 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 guiltiness upon us. (11) And Abimelech charged all the people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. (12) And Isaac sowed in that land, and found in the same year an hun dredfold : and the Lord blessed him. (13) And the man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great : (14) and he had possessions of flocks, and possessions of herds, and a great house hold : and the Philistines envied him. (15) Now all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abra ham his father, the Philistines had stopped 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, and en camped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. (18) And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father ; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham : and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. (19) And Isaac's ser vants digged in the valley, and found there 'a well of * springing water. (20) And the herdmen of Gerar strove with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours : and he called the name of the well 2 Esek ; because they contended with him. (21) And they* digged another well, and they strove for that also : and he called the name of it 3 Sitnah. (22) And he re moved from thence, and digged another well ; and for that they strove not : and he called the name of it 4 Rehoboth ; and he said, For now the Lord hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. (23) And he went up from thence to Beer-sheba. (24) And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy fath er : 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 servants digged a well. (26) Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his host. (27) And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore are ye come unto me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? (28) And they said, We saw plainly that the Lord was with thee : and we said, Let there now be an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee ; (29) that thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace : thou art now the blessed of the Lord. (30) And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. (31) And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another : and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. (32) And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him con cerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water. (33) And he called it 6 Shibah : therefore Heb. living. 2 That is, Contention. 3 That is, Enmity. 4 That is, Broad places, or, Room. 8 See ch. xxi. 31. 28 GENESIS. the name of the city is Beer-sheba unto this day. (34) And when Esau was forty years old he took to wife Judith" the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite : (35) and they were * a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. 27 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him, My son : and he said unto him, Here am I. (2) And he' said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death. (3) Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison ; (4) and make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to 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 hunt for venison, and to bring it. (6) And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, (7) Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the Lord before my death. (8) Now there fore, 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 savoury meat for thy father, such as he loveth : (10) and thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, so that he may bless thee before his death. (11) And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man. (12) My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a 2 deceiver ; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. (13) And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son : only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. (14) And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother : and his mother made sa voury meat, such as his father loved. (15) And Rebekah took the goodly rai ment of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son : (16) and she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck : (17) aud she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. (18) And he came unto his father, and said, My fath er : and he said, Here am I ; who art thou, my son? (19) And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn ; I have done according as thou badest me : arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless 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 sent me good speed. (21) And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. (22) And Jacob went near unto Isaac his fath er ; 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) Aud his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. (27) And he came near, and kissed him : and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son 1 Heb. bitterness of spirit. '- Or, mocker. GENESIS. 29 Is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed : (28) And God give thee of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And plenty of corn and wine : (29) Let peoples serve thee, And nations bow down to thee : Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be every one that blesseth thee. (30) And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. (31) And he also made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father ; and he said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. (32) And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou ? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn, Esau. (33) And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who then is he that hath taken ven ison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou earnest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed. (34) When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bit ter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, 0 my father. (35) And he said, Thy brother came with guile, and hath taken away thy blessing. (36) And he said, Is not he rightly named 1 Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times : he took away my birthright ; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? (37) And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Be hold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for ser vants ; and with corn and wine have I sustained him : and what then shall I do for thee, my son? (38) And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one bless ing, my father? bless me, even me also, 0 my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. (39) And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, 2of the fatness of the earth shall be thy dwelling, And 2 of the dew of heaven from above ; (40) And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother ; And it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose, That thou shalt shake his yoke from off tlry neck. (41) And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him : and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand ; then will I slaj- my brother Jacob. (42) And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah ; 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 with him a few days, until thy broth er's fiuy turn away ; (45) until thy broth er's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him : then I will send, and fetch thee from thence : why should I be bereaved of you both in one day? (46) And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these, of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? 28 And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. (2) Arise, go 1 See ch. xxv. 26. 2 Or, away from. 30 GENESIS. to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father ; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. (3) And x God Al mighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a company of peoples ; (4) and give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee ; that thou mayest in herit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham. (5) And Isaac sent away Jacob : and he went to Paddan- aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the 2 Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. (6) Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram, to take him a wife from thence ; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Ca naan ; (7) and that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Paddan-aram : (8) and Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father ; (9) and Esau went unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abra ham's son, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife. (10) And Jacob went out from Beer- sheba, and went toward Haran. (11) And he lighted upon 3 a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set ; and he took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep. (12) And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. (13) And, behold, the Lord stood * above it, and said, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac : the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed ; (14) and thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth,. and thou shalt 5 spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south : and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. (15) And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee whithersoever thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land ; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. (16) And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and, he said, Surely the Lord is in this place ; and I knew it not. (17) And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place ! this is none other 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 under his head, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. (19) And he called the name of that place 6 Beth-el : but the name of the city was Luz at the first. (20) And Jacob vowed a vow, say ing, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, (21) so that I come again to my father's house in peace, 7 then shall the Lord be my God, (22) and this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. , 29 Then Jacob 8 went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east. (2) And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, three flocks of sheep lying there by it ; for out of that well they watered the flocks : and the stone upon the well's mouth was great. (3) And thither were all the flocks gath ered : and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in its place. (4) And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And i Heb. El Shaddai. 2 Heb. Aramean. 3 Heb. the place. 4 Or, beside him. 8 Heb. break forth. » That is, The house of God. 7 Or, and the LORD will be my God, then this stone &c. 8 Heb. lifted up his feet. GENESIS. 31 they said, Of Haran are we. (5) And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. (6) And he said unto them, Is it well with him? And they said, It is well : and, be hold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. (7) And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together : water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. (8) And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well's mouth ; then we water the sheep. (9) While he yet spake with them, Rachel 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 mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and wa tered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. (11) And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and, wept. (12) And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebek- ah's son : and she ran and told her father. (13) And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and em braced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. (14) And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. (15) And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? (16) And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. (17) And Leah's eyes were tender ; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured. (18) And Jacob loved Rachel ; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. (19) And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man : abide with me. (20) And Jacob served seven years for Rachel ; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. (21) And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. (22) And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. (23) And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him ; and he went in unto her. (24) And Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid unto his daughter Leah for an handmaid. (25) And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah : and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me ? did not I serve with thee for Rachel ? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? (26) And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn. (27) Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. (28) And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week : and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife. (29) And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her handmaid. (30) And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. (31) And the Lord saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb : but Rachel was barren. (32) And Leah con ceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben : for she said, Because the Lord l hath looked upon my affliction ; for now my husband will love me. (33) And she conceived again, and bare a son ; and said, Because the Lord 2 hath heard that I am hated, he hath therefore given me this son also : and she called his name 8 Sim- 1 Heb. raah beonyi. 2 Heb. shama. Heb. Shimeon. 32 GENESIS. eon. (34) And she conceived again, and bare a son ; and said, Now this time will my husband be * joined unto me, because I have borne him three sons : therefore was his name called Levi. (35) And she conceived again, and bare a son : and she said, This time will I 2 praise the Lord : therefore she called his name 3 Judah ; and she left bearing. 30 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sis ter ; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. (2) And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel : and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath with held from thee the fruit of the womb? (3) And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her ; that she may bear upon my knees, and I also may 4 obtain children by her. (4) And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife : and Jacob went in unto her. (5) And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. (6) And Rachel said, God hath 6 judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son : therefore called she his name Dan. (7) And Bilhah Rachel's handmaid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. (8) And Ra chel said, With ° mighty wrestlings have I 'wrestled with my sister, and have pre vailed : and she called his name Naphtali. (9) When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob to wife. (10) And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a son. (11) And Leah said, 8 Fortunate ! and she called his name 9Gad. (12) And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a second son. (13) And Leah said, 10 Happy am I! for the daughters will n call me happy : and she called his name Asher. (14) And Reuben went' in the days of wheat harvest, and found 12 mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. (15) And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband ? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also ? And Rachel said, There fore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes. (16) And Jacob came from the field in* the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me ; for I have surely hired thee with my son's mandrakes . And he lay with her that night. (17) And God hearkened unto Leah, and she con ceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son. (18) And Leah said, God hath given me my 13 hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband : and she called his name Issa char. (19) And Leah conceived again, and bare a sixth son to Jacob. (20) And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry ; now will my husband 14 dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons : and she called his name Zebulun. (21) And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. (22) And God remembered Rachel, aud God heark ened 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, say ing, The Lord 16 add to me another son. (25) And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. (26) Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go : for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee. (27) And Laban said unto him, If now I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry : for I have divined that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake. (28) And he said, Appoint me thy wages, 1 From the root lavah. 2 From the Heb. hodah. 3 Heb. Jehudah. 4 Heb. 6e builded by her. 8 Heb. dan, he judged. a Heb. wrestlings of God. 7 Heb. niphtal, he wrestled. 8 Heb. With fortune! Another reading is, Fortune is come. 9 That is, Fortune. 10 Heb. With my happiness ! u Heb. asher, to call happy. 12 Or, love-apples. I3 Heb. sachar. ll Heb. sabal, he dwelt. 18 Heb. Joseph, GENESIS. and I will give it. (29) And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle hath fared with me. (30) For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it hath 1 in creased unto a multitude ; and the Lord hath blessed thee 2 whithersoever I turned : and now when shall I provide for mine own house also ? (31 ) And he said, What shall I give thee ? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me aught : if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed thy flock and keep it. (32) I will pass through all thy flock to-day, removing from thence every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats : and of such shall be my hire. (33) So shall my righteousness answer for me hereafter, when thou shalt come concern ing my hire that is before thee : every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and black among the sheep, that if found with me shall be counted stolen. (34) And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. (35) And he removed that day the he- goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons ; (36) and he set three days' journey be twixt himself and Jacob : and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. (37) And Jacob took him rods of fresh 3 poplar, and of the almond and of the plane tree ; and peeled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. (38) And he set the rods which he had peeled over against the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink ; and they conceived when they came to drink. (39) And the, flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks brought forth ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. (40) And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked and all the black in *the flock of Laban ; and he put his own droves apart, and put them not unto Laban's flock. (41) And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger of the flock did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the flock in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods ; (42) but when the flock were feeble, he put them not in : so the feebler were La ban's, and the stronger Jacob's. (43) And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maidservants and menservants, and camels and asses. 31 And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's ; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this 4 glory. (2) And Jacob beheld the coun tenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as beforetime. (3) And the Lord said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred ; and I will be with thee. (4) And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, (5) and said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as beforetime ; but the God of my father hath been with me. (6) And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. (7) And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times ; but God suffered him not to hurt me. (8) If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages ; then all the flock bare speckled : and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy wages ; then bare all the flock 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 flock conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the he-goats which leaped upon the flock were ring- 1 Heb. broken forth. 2 Heb. at my foot. 3 Or, slorax tree. Or, wealth. 34 GENESIS. straked, speckled, and grisled. (11) And the angel of God said unto me in the dream, Jacob : and I said, Here am I. (12) And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the he-goats which leap upon the flock are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled : for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. (13) I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst a pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me : now arise, get thee out from this land, and re turn unto the land of thy nativity. (14) And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? (15) Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath also quite devoured *our money. (16) For all the riches which God hath taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's : now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. (17) Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels ; (18) and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gath ered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, for to go to Isaac his father unto the laud of Canaan. (19) Now Laban was gone to. shear his sheep : and Rachel stole the 2 teraphim that were her father's. (20) And Jacob a stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. (21) So he fled with all that he had ; and he rose up, and passed over 4the River, and set his face toward the mountain of ' Gilead. (22) And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. (23) And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven clays' journey ; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead. (24) And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said unto him, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. (25) And Laban came up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the moun tain : and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mountain of Gilead. (26) And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters as captives of the sword? (27) Wherefore didst thou flee secretly, and 5 steal away from me ; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth and with songs, with tabret and with harp ; (28) and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? now hast thou done foolishly. (29) It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt : but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. (30) And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? (31) And Jacob an swered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid : for I said, Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force. (32) With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, he shall not live : before our breth ren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. (33) And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two maidservants ; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah's tent, and en tered into Rachel's tent. (34) Now Ra chel had taken the teraphim, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban felt about all the tent, but found them not. (35) And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee ; for the manner of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the teraphim. 1 Or, the price paid for us. 2 See vv. 30, 34, Judg. xvii. 5, 1 Sam. xix. 13, and Hos. iii. i. 3 Heb. stole the heart of Laban the Aramean. 4 That is, the Euphrates. c Heb. didst steal me. GENESIS. 35 (36) 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 hotly pursued after me? (37) Whereas thou hast felt about all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? Set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us two. (38) This twenty years have I been with thee ; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten. (39) That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee ; I bare the loss of it ; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day or stolen by night. (40) Thus I was ; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night ; and my sleep fled from mine eyes. (41) These twenty years have I been in thy house ; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock : and thou hast changed my wages ten times. (42) Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the Fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. (43) And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine : and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have borne? (44) And now come, let us make a covenant, I and thou ; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. (45) And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. (46) And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones ; and they took stones, and made an heap : and they did eat there by the heap. (47) And Laban called it 1 Jegar-sahadutha : but Jacob called it 2Galeed. (48) And Laban said, This heap is witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed : (49) and s Miz- pah, for he said, The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are 4 absent one from another. (50) If thou shalt afflict my daughters, and if thou shalt take wives beside my daughters, no man is with us ; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. (51) And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold the pillar, which I have set betwixt me and thee. (52) This heap be witness, and the pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. (53) The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the 6 God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the Fear of his father Isaac. (54) And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the mountain, and called his brethren to eat bread : and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mountain. (55) 6 And early in the morn ing Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them : and Laban departed, and returned unto his place. 32 And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. (2) And Jacob said when he saw them, This is God's host : and he called the name of that place 7Mahanaim. (3) And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom. (4) And he com manded them, saying, Thus shall ye say unto my lord Esau ; Thus saith thy ser vant Jacob, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now : (5) and I have oxen, and asses and flocks, and menser- vants and maidservants : and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. (6) And the messengers re turned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy 1 That is, The heap of witness, in Aramaic. 2 That 1s, The heap of witness, in Hebrew. 3 That is, The watch- tower. 4 Heb. hidden. 8 Or, gods. " In Heb. ch. xxxii. begins here. 7 That is, Hosts, or, Companies. 36 GENESIS. brother Esau , and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. (7) Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed : and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two com panies ; (8) and he said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the company which is left shall escape. (9) And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, 0 Lord, which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will do thee good : (10) 'lam not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan ; and now I am' become two companies. (11) Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau : for I fear him, lest he come and smite me, the mother with the children. (12) And thou saidst, I will 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 night ; and took of that which he had with him a present for Esau his brother ; (14) two hundred she-goats and twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, (15) thirty milch camels and their colts, forty kine and ten bulls, twenty she-asses and ten foals. (16) And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself ; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. (17) And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou ? and whither goest thou ? and whose are these before thee? (18) then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's ; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau : and, behold, he also is behind us. (19) And he commanded also the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him ; (20) and ye shall say, Moreover, behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face ; perad venture he will accept me. (21) So the present passed over before him : and he himself lodged that night in the company. (22) And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two hand maids, and his eleven children, and passed over the ford of Jabbok. (23) And he took them, and sent them over the stream, and sent over that he had. (24) And Jacob was left alone ; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. (25) And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was strained, as he wrestled with him.* (26) And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. (27) And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said,' Jacob. (28) And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but 2 Israel : for 3 thou hast 4 striven 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, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. (30) And Jacob called the name of the place 5Peniel: for, said he, I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. (31) And the sun rose upon him as he passed over Penuel, and he halted upon his thigh. (32) Therefore the children of Israel eat not the sinew of the hip which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day; because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip. 1 Heb. lam less than all die. 2 That is, He who striveth with God, or, God striveth. 3 The Sept. and Vulgate have, thou hast had power with God, and thou shalt prevail against men. 4 Or, had power with. 8 That is, The face of God. GENESIS. 37 33 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, 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 Rachel and Joseph hindermost. (3) And he himself 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 em braced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. (5) And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children ; and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. (6) Then the handmaids came near, they and their children, and they bowed them selves. (7) And Leah also and her chil dren came near, and bowed themselves : and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. (8) And he said, What meanest thou by all this com pany which I met? And he said, To find grace in the sight of my lord. (9) And Esau said, I have enough ; my brother, let that thou hast be thine. (10) And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at myTiand : * forasmuch as I have seen thy face, as one seeth the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. (11) Take, I pray thee, my 2 gift that is brought to thee ; because God hath dealt gracious ly with me, and because I have 3 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 that the flocks and herds with me give suck : and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die. (14) Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant : and I will lead on softly, according to the pace of the cattle that is before me and accord ing to the pace of the children, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. (15) And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. (16) So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. (17) And Jacob journeyed to Suc- coth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle : therefore the name of the place is called 4 Succoth. (18) And Jacob came 6in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram ; and encamped before the city. (19) And he bought the. parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred "pieces of money. (20) And he erected there an altar, and called it 7 El-elohe-Israel. 34 And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. (2) And She chem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her ; and he took her, and lay with her, and humbled her. (3) And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the dam sel, and spake 8 kindly unto the damsel. (4) And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. (5) Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter ; and his sons were with his cattle in the field : and Jacob held his peace until they came. (6) And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. (7) And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it : and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Ja- 1 Or, for therefore have I seen. 2 Heb. blessing. 3 Heb. all. * That is, Booths. c Or, to Shalem,a city. 0 Heb. kesitah. 7 That is, God, the God of Israel. 8 Heb. to the heart of the damsel. 38 GENESIS. cob's daughter ; which thing ought not to be done. (8) And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter : I pray you give her unto him to wife. (9) And make ye marriages with us ; give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. (10) And ye shall dwell with us : and the land shall be before you ; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions there in. (11) And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your ej-es, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. (12) Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give ac cording as ye shall say unto me : but give me the damsel to wife. (13) And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spake, because he had defiled Dinah their sister, (14) and said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircum cised ; for that were a reproach unto us : (15) only on this condition 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 daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. (17) But if ye will not heark en unto us, to be circumcised ; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. (18) And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. (19) And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daugh ter : and he was honoured above 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, (21) These men are peaceable with us ; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein ; for, behold, the land is large enough for them ; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. (22) Only on this condition will the men consent unto us to dwell with us, to become one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. (23) Shall not their cattle and their substance and all their beasts be ours ? 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 circum cised, 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 Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city 1 unawares, 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 She- chem's house, and went forth. (27) The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. (28) They took their flocks and their herds and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field ; (29) and all their wealth, and all their little ones and their wives, took they 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 Perizzites : and, I being few in number, they will gatherthemselves together against me and smite me ; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. (31) And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot ? 35 And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there : and make there an altar unto God, who ap peared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. (2) Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and purify your- » Or, boldly. GENESIS. 39 selves, and change your garments : (3) and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el ; and I will 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 the rings which were in their ears ; and Jacob hid them under the x oak which was by Shechem. (5) And they jour neyed : and 2 a great terror was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. (6) So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan (the same is Beth-el) , he and all the people that were with him. (7) And he built there an altar, and called the place 3 El-beth-el : because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. (8) And Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried below Beth-el under the oak : and the name of it was called 4 Al- lon-bacuth. (9) And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came from Paddan-aram, and blessed him. (.10) And God said un to 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 him, I am 5 God Almighty : be fruitful ^,nd multiply ; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins ; (12) and the land which I gave unto Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. (13) And God went up from him in the place where he spake with him. (14) And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spake with him, a pillar of stone : and he poured out a drink offering thereon, and poured oil thereon. (15) And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Beth-el. (16) And they journeyed frpm Beth-el ; and there was still some way to come to Ephrath : and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. (17) And it came to pass, when she was in hard la bour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not ; for now thou shalt have another son. (18) And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing (for she died) , that she called his name 6 Ben-oni : but his father called him 7 Benjamin. (19) And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem). (20) And Ja cob set up a pillar upon her grave : the same is the Pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. (21) And Israel journe3red, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder. (22) And it came to pass, while Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine : and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve : (23) the sons of Leah ; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Ju dah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: (24) the sons of Rachel ; Joseph and Benja min : (25) and the sons of Bilhah, Ra chel's handmaid ; Dan and Naphtali : (26) and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's hand maid ; Gad and Asher : these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Pad dan-aram. (27) And Jacob came unto Isaac his father to Mamre, to Kiriath- arba (the same is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. (28) And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. (29) And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his peo ple, old and full of days : and Esau and Jacob his sons buried him. 36 Now these are the generations of Esau (the same is Edom) . (2) Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan ; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, 1 Or, terebinth. 2 Heb. a terror of God. 3 That is, The God of Beth-el. * That is, The oak of weep ing. 8 Heb. El Shaddai. " That is, The son of my sorrow. 7 That is, The son of the right hand. 40 GENESIS. and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the * daughter of Zibeon the Hivite ; (3) and Basemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth. (4) And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz ; and Basemath bare Reuel ; (5) and Oholibamah bare Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah : these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan. (6) And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the souls of his house, and his cat tle, and all his beasts, and all his posses sions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan ; and went into a land away from his brother Jacob. (7) For their substance was too great for them to dwell together ; and the land of then- sojourn - ings could not. bear them because of their cattle. (8) And Esau dwelt in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. (9) And these are the generations of Esau the father of 2 the Edomites in mount Seir : (10) these are the names of Esau's sons ; Eliphaz the soil of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. (11) And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, 3Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. (12) And Timna was concubine to Eli phaz Esau's son ; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek : these are 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 Base- math Esau's wife. (14) And these were the sons of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife : and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. (15) These are the * dukes of the sons of Esau : the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau ; duke Te man, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Ke naz, (16) duke Korah, duke Gatam, duke Amalek : these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom ; these are the sons of Adah. (17) And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son ; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah : these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom ; these are the sons of Basemath Esau's wife. (18) And these are the sons of Oholiba mah Esau's wife ; duke Jeush, duke Jalam, duke Korah : these are the dukes that came of Oholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. (19) These are the sons of Esau, and these are their dukes : the same is Edom. (20) These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the iuhabitants of the land ; Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah, (21) and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan : these are the dukes that came of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. (22) And the children of Lotan were Hori and 6 Hemam ; and Lotan's sister was Tim na. (23) And these are the children of Shobal ; 6 Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, 7 Shepho aud Onam. (24) And these are the children of Zibeon ; Aiah and Anah : this is Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibe on his father. (25) And these are the children of Anah ; Dishon and Oholiba mah the daughter of Anah. (26) And these are the children of 8 Dishon ; 9 Hem- dan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran. (27) These are the children of Ezer; Bilhan and Zaavan and 10Akan. (28) These are the children of Dishan ; Uz and Aran. (29) These are the dukes that came of the Horites ; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, (30) duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of the Horites, according to their dukes in the land of Seir. (31) And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. (32) And Bela the son of Beor 1 Some ancieut authorities have, son. See ver. 24. 2 Heb. Edom. Un 1 Chr. i. 36 Zephi 4 Or chiefs o In 1 Chr. i. 39, Homam. « In 1 Chr. i. 40, Allan. 7 In 1 Chr. i. 40, Shephi. » Heb. Dishan. » In 1 Chr. 1.41. Ilamran. 10 In Chr. i. 42, Jaakan. GENESIS. 41 reigned 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 Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. (35) And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead : and the name of his city was Avith. (36) And Hadad died, and Sam- lah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. (37) And Samlah died, and Shaul of Re- hoboth by the River reigned in his stead. (38) And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. (39) And Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and * Hadar reigned in his stead : and the name of his city was 2 Pau ; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daugh ter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab. (40) And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names ; duke Timnah, duke 3 Alvah, duke Jetheth ; (41) duke Oholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon ; (42) duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar ; (43) duke Magdiel, duke Iram : these be the dukes of Edom, accord ing to their habitations in the land of their possession. This is Esau the father of 4 the Edomites. 37 And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Ca naan. (2) These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his breth ren ; and he was a lad with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives : and Joseph brought the evil report of them unto their father. (3) Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age : and he made him 4 a coat of many colours. (4) And his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren ; and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. (5) And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren : and they hated him yet the more. (6) And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed : (7) for, behold, we were bind ing sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright ; and, be hold, your sheaves came round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. (8) And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou in deed reign over us ? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us ? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. (9) And he dreamed yet an other dream, and told it to his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed yet a dream ; and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance 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 brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth ? (11) And his brethren envied him; but his father kept the saying in mind. (12) And his brethren went to feed their fa ther's flock in Shechem. (13) And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am 1. (14) And he said to him, Go now, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flock ; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. (15) And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field : and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? (16) And he said, I seek my brethren : tell me, I pray thee, where they are feeding the flock. (17) And the man said, They are departed 1 In 1 Chr. i. 50, and some ancient authorities, Hadad. Edom. 8 Or, a long garment with sleeves. 2 In 1 Chr. i. 50, Pai. 3 In 1 Chr. i. 51, Aliah. 4 Heb. 42 GENESIS. hence : for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. (18) And they saw him afar off, and be fore he came near unto them, they con spired against him to slay him. (19) And they said one to another, Behold, this 1 dreamer cometh. (20) Come now there fore, and let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, An evil beast hath devoured him : and we shall see what will become of his dreams. (21) And Reuben heard it, and delivered him out of their hand ; and said, Let us not take his life. (22) And Reuben said unto *them, Shed no blood ; cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but lay no hand upon him : that he might deliver him out of their hand, to restore him to his father. (23) And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colours that was on him ; (24) and they took him, and cast him into the 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 travelling company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing 2 spicery and 3 balm and 4 myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. (26) And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? (27) Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmael ites, and let not our hand be upon him ; for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brethren hearkened unto him. (28) And there passed by Midianites, merchant men ; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ish maelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they brought Joseph into Egypt. (29) And Reuben returned unto the pit ; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit ; and he rent his clothes. (30) And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go? (31) And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a he-goat, and dipped the coat in the blood ; (32) and they sent the coat of many col ours, and they brought it to their father ; and said, This have we found ; know now whether it be thy son's coat or not. (33) And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat ; an evil beast hath devoured him ; Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces. (34) And Jacob rent his garments, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. (35) And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to com fort him ; but he refused to be comforted ; and he said, For I will go down to 5 the grave to my son mourning. And his father wept for him. (36) And the 6 Mid ianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the 7 captain of the guard. 38 And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. (2) And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Ca naanite whose name was Shua ; and he took her, and went in unto her. (3) And she conceived, and bare a son ; and he called his name Er. (4) And she con ceived again, and bare a son ; and she called his name Onan. (5) And she yet again bare a son, and called his name Shelah : and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. (6) And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. (7) And Er, Judah's firstborn, 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 8 perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother. (9) And Onan knew that the 1 Heb. master of dreams. 2 Or, gum tragacanth. Sheol, the name of the abode of the dead, answering to the chief of the executioners. 8 See Deut. xxv. 5. Or, storax. 3 Or, mastic. 4 Or, ladanum. 8 Heb. Greek Hades, Acts ii. 27. » Heb. Medanites. 7 Heb. GENESIS. 43 seed should not be his ; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother. (10) And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of the Lord : and he slew him also. (11) Then said Judah to ' Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow in thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown up : for he said, Lest he also die, like his brethren. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. (12) And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died ; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep- shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. (13) And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father in law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep. (14) And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and cov ered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah ; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given unto him to wife. (15) When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot ; for she had covered her face. (16) And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee : for he knew not that she was his daughter in law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? (17) And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? (18) And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet and thy cord, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave them to her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. (19) And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the gar ments of her widowhood. (20) And Ju dah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not. (21) Then he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the * harlot, that was at Enaim by the way side ? And they said, There hath been no 1 harlot here. (22) And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her ; and also the men of the place said, There hath been no * harlot here. (23) And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be put to shame : behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. (24) And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot ; and moreover, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. (25) When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, who ; these are, am I with child : and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and the cords, and the staff. (26) And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She is more righteous than I ; for asmuch as I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. (27) And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. (28) And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand : and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. (29) And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out : and she said, 2 Where fore hast thou made a breach for thyself ? therefore his name was called 3 Perez. (30) And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand : and his name was called Zerah. 39 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt ; and Potiphar, an officer of Pha- 1 Heb. kedeshah, that is, a woman dedicated to impure heathen worship. See Deut. xxiii. 17, Hos. iv. 14. How hast thou made a breach 1 a breach be upon thee I 3 That is, A breach. 2 Or, 44 GENESIS. raoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyp tian, bought him of the hand of the Ish- maelites, which had brought him down thither. (2) And the Lord 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 Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand. (4) And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he ministered unto him : and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. (5) And it came to pass from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and oter all that he had, that the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake ; and the blessing of the Lord was upon all that he had, in the house and in the field. (6) And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand ; and * he knew not aught that was with him, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was comely, and well favoured. (7) And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph ; and she said, Lie with me. (8) But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master 2 knoweth not what is with me in the house, and he hath put all that Jie hath into my hand ; (9) 3 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 against 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) And it came to pass about this time, that he went into the house to do his work ; and there was none of the men of the house there within. (12) And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me : and he left his garment in her hand, aud fled, and got him out. (13) And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, (14) that she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us ; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice : (15) and it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled, and got him out. (16) And she laid up his garment by her, until his mas ter came home. (17) And she spake un to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me : (18) and it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and fled out. (19) And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me ; that his wrath was kindled. (20) And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound : and he was there in the prison. (21) But the Lord was with Joseph, and shewed kindness unto him, and gave him favour in the sight of the keeper of the prison. (22) And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prison ers that were in the prison ; and whatso ever 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, be cause the Lord was with him ; and that which he did, the Lord made it to prosper. 40 Aud it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord the king of Egypt. (2) And Pharaoh was wroth against his two officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. (3) And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place 1 Or, with him he knew not. 2 Or, knoweth not with me what is cfcc. 3 Or, he is not. GENESIS. 45 where Joseph was bound. (4) And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he ministered unto them : and they continued a season in ward. (5) And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. (6) And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and saw them, and, behold, they were sad. (7) And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in ward in his master's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to-day? (8) And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can inter pret it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God ? tell it me, I pray you. (9) And the chief but ler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was be fore me ; (10) and in the vine were three branches : and it was as though it budded, and its blossoms shot forth ; and the clus ters thereof brought forth ripe grapes : (11) and Pharaoh's cup was in my hand ; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup iuto Pharaoh's hand. (12) And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it : the three branches are three days ; (13) within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thine office : and thou shalt give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former man ner when thou wast his butler. (14) But have me in thy remembrance when it shall be well with thee, and shew kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: (15) for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews : and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. (16) When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, be hold, three baskets of white bread were on my head: (17) and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bake- meats 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 three baskets are three days; (19) within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree ; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. (20) And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birth day, that he made a feast unto all his servants : and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants. (21) And he restored the chief butler unto his butler- ship again ; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand : (22) but he hanged the chief baker : as Joseph had interpreted to them. (23) Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. 41 And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed : and, behold, he stood by the x river. (2) And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well favoured and fat- fleshed ; and they fed in the reed-grass. (3) And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed ; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. (4) And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. (5) And he slept and dreamed a second time : and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, 2rank and good. (6) And, be hold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them. (7) And the thin ears swallowed up the seven 2 rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. (8) And it came 1 Heb. Yeor, that is, the Nile. Heb./a(. 46 GENESIS. to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled ; and he sent and called for all the 1 magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof : and Pharaoh told them his dream ; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. (9) Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, say ing, I 2 do remember my faults this day : ( 10) Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker: (11) and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he ; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. (12) And there was with us there a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard ; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams ; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. (13) And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was ; 8 me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. (14) Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hasti ly out of the dungeon : and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. (15) And Pha raoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can inter pret it : and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it. (16) And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me : God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. (17) And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river: (18) and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, f atfleshed and well favoured ; and they fed in the reed-grass : (19) and, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness : (20) and the lean and ill fa voured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine : (21) and when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them ; but they were still ill fa voured, as at the beginning. So I awoke. (22) And I saw in my dream, and, be hold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good : (23) and, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them : (24) and the thin ears swallowed up the seven good ears : and I told it unto the magicians ; but there was none that could declare it to me. (25) And Joseph said unto Pha raoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one : what God is about to do he hath declared unto Pharaoh. (26) The seven good kine are seven years ; and the seven good ears are seven years : the dream is one. (27) And the seven lean and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind ; they shall be seven years of famine. (28) That is the thing which I spake unto Pharaoh : What God is about to do he hath shewed unto Pharaoh. (29) Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt : (30) and there shall arise after them seven years of famine ; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Fgypt ; and the famine shall consume the land; (31) and the plenty shall not be. known in the land by reason of that famine which fol- loweth ; for it shall be very grievous. (32) And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice, it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. (33) Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. (34) Let Pharaoh do this, and let him ap point overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. (35) And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, Or, sacred scribes. 2 Or, will make mention of. 3 Or, / was restored and he was hanged. GENESIS. 47 and let them keep it. (36) And the food shall be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt ; that the land perish not through the famine. (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 find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is? (39) And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so dis creet and wise as thou : (40) thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people 1 be ruled : only in the throne will I be greater than thou. (41) And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. (42) And Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of 2 fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck ; (43) and he made him to ride in the sec ond chariot which he had ; and they cried before him, 8Bow the knee: and he set him over all the land of Egypt. (44) And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt. (45) And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah ; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On. And Joseph went out over the land of Egypt. (46) And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. (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 every city, laid he up in the same. (49) And Joseph laid up corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering ; for it was without number. (50) And unto Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, which Asenath the daugh ter of Poti-phera priest of On bare unto him. (51) And Joseph called the name of the firstborn 4 Manasseh : For, said he, God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. (52) And the name of the second called he 5 Ephraim : For God hath made me fruitful in the land of my affliction. (53) And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, came to an end. (54) And the seven years of famine began to come, according as Joseph had said : and there was famine in all lands ; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. (55) And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread : and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Jo seph ; what he saith to you, do. (56) And the famine was over all the face of the earth : and Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold unto the Egyptians ; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt. (57) And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn ; because the famine was sore in all the earth. 42 Now Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? (2) And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt : get you down thither, and buy for us from thence ; that we may live, and not die. (3) And Jo seph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt. (4) But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren ; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. (5) And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came : for the famine was in the land of Canaan. (6) And Joseph was the gov- 1 Or, order themselves. Or, do homage, 2 Or, cotton. to the Hebrew word meaning to kneel. i That is, Making ful. 3 Abrech, probably an Egyptian word, similar in sound to forget. E From a Hebrew word signifying to be fruit- 48 GENESIS. ernor over the land ; he it was that sold to all the people of the land : and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down them selves to him with their faces to the earth. (7) And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, arid spake roughly with them ; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. (8) And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. (9) And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies ; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. (10) And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. (11) We are all one man's sons ; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. (12) And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. (13) And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Ca naan ; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. (14) And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: (15) hereby ye shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. (16) Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you : or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. (17) And he put them all together into ward three clays. (18) And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; fori fear God : (19) if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison house ; but go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses : (20) and bring your youngest brother unto me ; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. (21) And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he be sought us, and we would not hear ; there fore is this distress come upon us. (22) And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child ; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is re quired. (23) And they knew not that Joseph understood them ; for there was an interpreter between them. (24) And he turned himself about from them, and wept ; and he returned to them, and spake' to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes. (25) Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way : and thus was it done unto them. (26) And they laded their asses with their corn, and departed thence. (27) And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging place, he espied his money ; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. (28) And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored ; and, lo, it is even in my sack : and their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, say ing, What is this that God hath done unto us? (29) And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them ; say ing, (30) The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country. (31) And we said unto him, We are true men ; we are no spies : (32) we be twelve brethren, sons of our father ; one is not, and the young est is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. (33) And the man, the lord • of the land, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men ; leave one of your brethren with me, and take corn for the famine of your houses, and go your way : (34) and bring your youngest broth er unto me : then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so GENESIS. 49 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 they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid. (36) And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children : Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away : all these things are J against me. (37) And Reuben spake unto his father, say ing, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee : deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. (38) And he said, My son shall not go down with you ; for his brother is dead, and he only is left : if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to 2 the grave. 43 And the famine was sore in the land. (2) And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. (3) And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. (4) If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food : (5) but if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down : for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. (6) And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? (7) And they said, The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother ? and we told him according to the tenor of these words : could we in any wise know that he would say, Bring your brother down? (8) And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go ; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. (9) I will be surety for him ; of my hand shalt thou require him : if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then 8let me bear the blame for ever: (10) for except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time. (11) And their father Israel said unto them, If it be so now, do this ; take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry clown the man a present, a little 4 balm, and a little honey, spicery and myrrh, 5 nuts, and almonds : (12) and take double money in your hand ; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks carry again in your hand ; peradventure it was an oversight : (13) take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man : (14) and 6 God Al mighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin. And if I be be reaved of my children, I am bereaved. (15) And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin ; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. (16) And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, Bring the men into the house, and slay, and make ready ; for the men 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 re turned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in ; that he may 7 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 spake unto him at the 1 Or, upon. 2 Heb. Sheol. See ch. xxxvii. 35. 3 Heb. I shall have sinned against thee for ever. 4 See ch. xxxvii. 25. ° That is, pistachio nuts. 8 Heb. El Shaddai. 7 Heb. roll himself upon us. 50 GENESIS. door of the house, (20) and said, Oh my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food : (21) and it came to pass, when we came to the lodging place, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight : and we have brought it again in our hand. (22) And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food : we know not who put our money in our sacks. (23) And he said, Peace be to you, fear not : your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks : I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. (24) And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet ; and he gave their asses provender. (25) And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon ': for they heard that they should eat bread there. (26) And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down them selves to him to the earth. (27) And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive ? (28) And they said, Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive. And they bowed the head, and made obeisance. (29) And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and said, Is this your youngest brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. (30) And Joseph made haste ; for his bowels did yearu upon his • brother : and he sought where to weep ; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. (31) And he washed his face, and came out ; and he refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. (32) And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves : because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews ; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. (33) And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth : and the men marvelled one with another. (34) And 1he took and sent messes unto them from before him : but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and 2 were merry with him. 44 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. (2) And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did accord ing to the word that Joseph had spoken. (3) As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. (4) A7id when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men ; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye re warded evil for good? (5) Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. (6) And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words. (7) And they said unto him, Wherefore speak eth my lord such words as these? God forbid that thy servants should do such a thing. (8) Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan : how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? (9) With whomso ever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's bond men. (10) And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words : he with whom it is found shall be my bondman ; and ye shall be blameless. (11) Then they hasted, and took down every man 1 Or, messes were taken. 2 Heb. drank largely. GENESIS. 51 his sack to the ground,' and opened every man his sack. (12) And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest : and the cup was found in Ben jamin's sack. (13) Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. (14) And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house ; and he was yet there : and they fell before him on the ground. (15) And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I can indeed divine? (16) And Judah said, What 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 : behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found. (17) And he said, God forbid that I should do so : the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my bondman ; but as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. (18) Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant : for thou art even as Pharaoh. (19) My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? (20) And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one ; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. (21) And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. (22) And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father : for if he should leave his father, his father would die. (23) And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. (24) And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. (25) And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food. (26) And we said, We cannot go down : if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down : for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us. (27) And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons : (28) and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces ; and I have not seen him since : (29) and if ye take this one also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with * sorrow to 2 the grave. (30) Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us ; seeing that 3 his life is bound up in the lad's life ; (31) it shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die : and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to 2 the grave. (32) For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever. (33) Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bond man to my lord ; and let the lad go up with his brethren. (34) For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come on my father. 45 Then Joseph could not refrain him self before all them that stood by him ; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. (2) And he 4 wept aloud : and the Egyptians heard, 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 1 Heb. evil. 2 Heb. Sheol. See ch. xxxvii. 35. 4 Heb. gave forth his voice in weeping. 8 Or, his soul is knit with the lad's i See 1 Sam. xviii. 1. 52 GENESIS. they were troubled at his presence. (4) And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come uear to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. (5) And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve life. (6) For these two years hath the famine been in the land : and there are yet five years, in the which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest. (7) And God sent me before you to preserve you a remnant in the earth, and to save 3rou alive 'by a great deliverance. (8) So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God : and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. (9) Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt : come down unto me, tarry not : (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 children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: (11) and there will I nourish thee ; for there are yet five years of fam ine ; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast. (12) And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. (13) And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. (14) And he fell upon* his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept ; and Benja min wept upon his neck. (15) And he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them : and after that his brethren talked with him. (16) And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come : and it pleased Pha raoh well, and his servants. (17) And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, 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 house holds, 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 yours. (21) And the sons of Israel did so : and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the command ment of Pharaoh, and gave them provis ion 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 victual for his father by the way. (24) So he sent his brethren away, and they departed : and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. (25) And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father. (26) And they told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt. And his heart fainted, for he believed them not. (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. 46 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his fa ther Isaac. (2) And God spake unto 1 Or, to be a great company that escape. GENESIS. 53 Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. (3) And he said, L am God, the God of thy father : fear not to go down into Egypt ; for I will there make of thee a great nation : (4) I will go down with thee into Egypt ; and I will also surely bring thee up again : and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. (5) And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba : and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little' ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. (6) And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Ca naan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him : (7) his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. (8) And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons : Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. (9) And the sons of Reuben ; Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Car- mi. (10) And the sons of Simeon ; * Je- muel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and 2 Jachin, and 3 Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Ca- naanitish woman. (11) And the sons of Levi ; * Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (12) And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah : but Er and Onan died in the land of Ca-_ naan. And the sons of Perez were Hez ron and Hamul. (13) And the sons of Issachar ; Tola, and 5 Puvah, and lob, and Shimron. (14) And the sons of Zebulun ; Sered, andElon, and Jahleel. (15) These are the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah : all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. (16) And the sons of Gad; 6Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and 7Ezbon, Eri, and 8Arodi, and Areli. (17) And the sons of Asher ; Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah ; Heber, and Malchiel. (18) These are the sons of Zilpah, which Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. (19) The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife ; Joseph and Benjamin. (20) And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Ase nath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bare unto him. (21) And the sons of Benjamin ; Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, 9Ehi, and Rosh, 10 Muppim, and n Huppim, and Ard. (22) These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob : all the souls were four teen. (23) And the sons of Dan ; ^Hu shim. (24) And the sons of Naphtali ; 18 Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and 14 Shil- lem. (25) These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daugh ter, and these she bare unto Jacob : all the souls were seven. (26) All the 15 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 born to him in Egypt, were two souls : all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were three score and ten. (28) And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to shew the way before him unto Goshen ; and they came into the land of Goshen. (29) And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen ; and he presented him self unto him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. (30) And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, that thou art yet alive. (31) And Joseph said unto 1 In Num. xxvi. 12, 1 Chr. iv. 24, Nemuel. 2 In 1 Chr. iv. 24, Jarib. 8 In Num. xxvi. 13, 1 Chr. iv. 24, Zerah. 4 In 1 Chr. vi. 16, Gershom. s In 1 Chr. vii. 1, Puah, Jashub. See Num. xxvi. 23, 24. " In Num. xxvi. 15, Zephon. 7 In Num. xxvi. 16, Ozni. » In Num. xxvi. 17, Arod. » In Num. xxvi. 38, Ahiram. M In Num. xxvi. 39, Shephu- phum, in 1 Chr. vii. 12, Shuppim. « In Num. xxvi. 39, Hupham. 12 In Num. xxvi. 42, Shuham. la Iu 1 Chr. vii. .13, Jahziel. 14 In 1 Chr. vii. 13, Shallum. 16 Or, souls belonging to Jacob that came. 54 GENESIS. his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and tell Pharaoh, and will say unto him, My brethren, and my fa ther's house, which were in the land of Ca naan, are come unto me ; (32) and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle ; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. (33) And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? (34) that ye shall say, Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even un til now, both we, and our fathers : that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen ; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. 47 Then Joseph went in and told Pha raoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan ; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. (2) And from among his brethren he took five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. (3) And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occu pation ? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers. (4) And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come ; for there is no pasture for thy servants' flocks ; for the famine is sore in the land of Ca naan : now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. (5) And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, say ing, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee : (6) the land of Egypt is before thee ; in the best of the land make thy father and thy brethren to dwell ; in the land of Goshen let them dwell : and if thou knowest any 1 able men among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. (7) And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh : and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. (8) And Pha raoh said unto Jacob, How many are the days of the years of thy life? (9) And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my 2 pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have been the clays of the years of my life, and they have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their 2 pilgrimage. (10) And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, nnd went out from the presence of Pharaoh. (11) And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. (12) And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's house hold, with bread, 3 according to their fam ilies. (13) And there was no bread in all the land ; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. (14) And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought : and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. (15) And when the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Jo seph, and said, Give us bread : for why should we die in thy presence? for our money faileth. (16) And Joseph said, Give your cattle ; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. (17) And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the 4 flocks, and for the herds, and for the asses : and he 5 fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year. (18) And when that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide from my lord, how that our 1 Or, men of activity. 2 Or, sojournings. of the flocks, and for the cuttle of the herds. 3 Or, according to the number of their little ones. ¦ Heb. led them as a shepherd. 4 Heb. cattle GENESIS. 55 money is all spent ; and the herds of cat tle are my lord's ; there is nought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands : (19) wherefore should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pha raoh : and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate. (20) So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh ; for the Egyp tians sold every man his field, because the famine was sore upon them : and the land became Pharaoh's. (21) And as for the people, xhe removed them 2to the cities from one end of the border of Egypt even to the other end thereof. (22) Only the land of the priests bought he not : for the priests had a portion from Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them ; wherefore they sold not their land. (23) Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have" bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh : lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. (24) And it shall come to pass at the in gatherings, that ye shall give a fifth unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, 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. (26) And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth ; only the land of the priests alone became not Pha raoh's. (27) And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen ; and they gat them possessions therein, and were fruitful, and multiplied exceed ingly- (28) And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years : so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were an hun dred forty and seven years. (29) And the time drew near 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 with me ; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt : (30) but when I sleep with my fathers, thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me iu their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. (31) And he said, Swear unto me : and he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head. 48 And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick : and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. (2) And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee : and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. (3) And Jacob said unto Jo seph, 8 God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, (4)' and said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples ; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. (5) And now thy two sons, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine ; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, shall be mine. (6) And thy issue, which thou 4begettest after them, shall be thine ; they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inherit ance. (7) And as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died 5 by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when there was still some way to come unto Ephrath : and I buried her there in the way to Ephrath (the same is Beth-lehem). (8) And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? (9) And Joseph said 1 According to Samar., Sept. and Vulg., he made bondmen of them, from &c. ' Or, according to their cities. 3 Heb. El Shaddai. 4 Or, hast begotten, 5 Or, to my sorrow. 56 GENESIS. unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. (10) Now 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 had not thought to see thy face : and, lo, God hath let me see thy seed also. (12) And Joseph brought them out from between his knees ; and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. (13) And Jo seph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Man asseh 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 upon Manasseh's head, J guiding his hands wittingly ; for Manasseh was thefirst born. (15) And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abra ham and Isaac did walk, the God which hath fed me all my life long unto this day, (16) the angel which hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads ; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac ; and let them grow into a multitude iu 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 re move it from Ephraim' s head unto Manas seh's head. (18) And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father : for this is the firstborn ; put thy right hand upon his head. (19) And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it : he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great : howbeit his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become 2 a multitude of nations. (20) And he blessed them that day, say ing, 3In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manas seh : and he set Ephraim before Manas seh. (21) And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die : but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. (22) Moreover I have given to thee one 4 portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amor ite with my sword and with my bow. 49 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said : Gather yourselves together, that I may tell }rou that which shall befall you in the latter days. (2) Assemble yourselves, and hear, ye sons of Jacob ; And hearken unto Israel your father. (3) Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the 5 beginning of my strength ; The excellency of dignity, and the ex cellency of power. (4) 6 Unstable as water, 7 thou shalt not have the excellency ; Because thou wentest up to thy father's bed : Then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. (5) Simeon and Levi are brethren; Weapons of violence are their 8 swords. (6) O my soul, come not thou into their 9 council ; Unto their assembly, my glory, be not thou united ; For in their anger they slew 10 a man, And in their selfwill they houghed u an ox. (7) Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce ; And their wrath, for it was cruel : I will divide them in Jacob, Aud scatter them in Israel. (8) Judah, thee shall thy brethren praise : 1 Or, crossing his hands. 2 Heb. fulness. 3 Or, 8 Or, firstfruits. ° Or, Babbling over. 7 Or, have not 11 Or, oxen. By. * Or, mountain slope. Heb. shechem, shoulder. thou. 8 Or, compacts. '¦' Or, secret. 10 Or, men. GENESIS. 57 Thy hand shall be on the neck of thine enemies ; Thy father's sons shall bow down be fore thee. (9) Judah is a lion's whelp ; From the prey, my son, thou art gone up : He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as a lioness ; who shall rouse him up ? (10) The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor 1the ruler's staff from between his feet, 2 Until Shiloh come ; And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be. (11) Binding his foal unto the vine, And his ass's colt unto the choice vine ; He hath washed his garments in wine, And his vesture in the blood of grapes : (12) His eyes shall be red with wine, And his teeth white with milk. (13) Zebulun shall dwell at the 3 haven of the sea : And he shall be for an 8 haven of ships ; And his border shall be 4 upon Zidon. (14) Issachar is a strong ass, Couching down between the sheepfolds : (15) And he saw ° a resting place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant ; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under taskwork. (16) Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel. (17) Dan shall be a serpent in the way, An 6 adder in the path, That biteth the horse's heels, So that his rider falleth backward. (18) I have waited for thy salvation, O Lord. (19) Gad, 7 a troop 8 shall press upon him : But he shall press upon their heel. (20) 9Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, And he shall yield royal dainties. (21) Naphtali is a hind let loose : He giveth goodly words. (22) Joseph is 10 a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a fountain ; His "branches run over the wall. (23) The archers have sorely grieved him, And shot at him, and persecuted him : (24) But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made 12 strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (lsFrom thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel,) (25) Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee, And by the Almighty, who shall bless thee, With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that coucheth be neath, Blessings of the breasts, and of the womb. (26) The blessings of thy father Have prevailed above 14 the blessings of my progenitors Unto the utmost bound of the everlast ing hills : They shall be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of him 16 that was separate from his breth ren. (27) Benjamin is a wolf that ravin- eth: In the morning he shall devour the prey, And at even he shall divide the spoil. (28) All these are the twelve tribes of Israel : and this is it that their father spake unto them and blessed them ; every 1 Or, a lawgiver. 2 Or, Till he come to Shiloh, having the obedience of the peoples. Or, as read by the Sept., Until that which is his shall come cfcc. Another ancient rendering is, Till he come whose it is &c. 3 Heb. beach. 4 Or, by. E Or, rest. ° Or, horned snake. 7 Heb. gedud, a marauding baud. 8 Heb. gad, to press. 9 Ac cording to some ancient versions, Asher, his bread &c. 10 Heb. the son of a fruitful tree. u Heb. daughters. 12 Or, active. 13 Or, From thence, from the shepherd. Or, as otherwise read, By the name of the shepherd. 14 According tc some ancient authorities, the blessings of the ancient mountains, the desire (or, desirable things) of the everlasting hills. 18 Or, that is prince among. 58 GENESIS. one according to his blessing he blessed them. (29) And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people : bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, (30) in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hit tite for a possession of a buryingplace : (31) there they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife ; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife ; and there I buried Leah : (32) the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth. (33) And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded np the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. 50 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. (2) And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father : and the ptrysicians embalmed Israel. (3) And forty days were fulfilled for him ; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming : and the Egyp tians wept for him threescore and ten clays. (4) And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, (5) My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die : in my grave which I * have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now 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, accord ing as he made thee swear. (7) And Joseph went up to bury his father : and with him went up all the servants of Pha raoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, (8) and all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house : only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. (9) And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen : and it was a very great company. (10) And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation : and he made a mourning for his father seven days. (11) And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourn ing in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous 2 mourning to the Egyptians : wherefore the name of it was called Abel- mizraim, which is beyond Jordan. (12) And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them : (13) for his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field, for a possession of a burying place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. (14) And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. (15) And when Jo seph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully requite us all the evil which we did unto him. (16) And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, (17) So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil : and now, we pray thee, forgive the transgres sion of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. (18) And his brethren also went and fell down before his face ; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants. (19) And Joseph said unto them, Fear 1 Or, bought. 2 Heb. ebel. GENESIS. 59 not : for am I in the place of God? (20) And as for you, ye meant evil against me ; but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much peo ple alive. (21) Now therefore fear ye not : I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake 1 kindly unto them. (22) And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house : and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. (23) And Joseph saw Ephraim 's children of the third generation : the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were born upon Joseph's knees. (24) And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die : but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. (25) And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry 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. 1 Heb. to t/ieir heart. THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES, COMMONLY CALLED EXODUS. 1 Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, which came into Egypt ; every man and his household came with Jacob. (2) Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah ; (3) Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin ; (4) Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. (5) And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls : and Joseph was in Egypt already. (6) And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that' genera tion. (7) And the children of Israel w«re fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty ; and the land was filled with them. (8) Now there arose a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. (9) And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are 1more and mightier than we : (10) come, let us deal wisely with them ; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they also join themselves unto our enemies, and fight against us, and get them up out of the land. (11) Therefore they did set over them task masters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh store cities, Pithom and Raamses. (12) But the more they afflicted them, the more they multi plied and the more they spread abroad. And they 2were grieved because of the children of Israel. (13) And the Egyp tians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour: (14) and they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field, all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigour. (15) 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 He brew women, and see them upon the birth- stool ; if it be a son, then ye shall kill 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 chil dren alive. (18) And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive? (19) And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Be cause the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women ; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them. (20) And God dealt well with the 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 born ye shall cast into 3 the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. 2 And there went a man of the house 1 Or, too many and too mighty for us. 2 Or, abhorred. 3 See G-en. xii. 1. 60 EXODUS. 61 of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. (2) And the woman conceived, and bare a son : and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. (3) And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of 1 bulrushes, and daubed it with 2 slime and with pitch ; and she put the child therein, and laid it in the flags by the river's brink. (4) And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him. (5) And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river ; and her maidens walked along by the river side ; and she saw the ark among the flags, and sent her handmaid to fetch it. (6) And she opened it, and saw the child : and, be hold, the babe wept. And she had com passion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. (7) Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? (8) And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother. (9) And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it. (10) And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name 3 Moses, and said, Be cause 1 4 drew him out of the water. (11) And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown up, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens : and he saw an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. (12) And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he smote the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. (13) And he went out the second day, and, 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 ? think- est thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely, the thing 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 Midian : and he sat down by a well. (16) Now the priest of Midian had seven daugh ters : and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. (17) And the shepherds came and drove them away : but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. (18) And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to-day? (19) And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and moreover he drew water for us, and watered the flock. (20) And he said unto his daughters, And where is he ? why is it that ye have left the man ? call him, that he may eat bread. (21) And Moses was content to dwell with the man : and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. (22) And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom : for he said, I have been °a sojourner in a strange land. (23) And it came to pass in the course of those many days, that the king of Egypt died : and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. (24) And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his cove nant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. (25) And God saw the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them. 3 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Mid ian : and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb. (2) And the angel of 1 That is, papyrus. 2 That iB, bitumen. 3 Heb. Mosheh. 4 Heb. mashah, to draw out. 8 Heb. Ger. 62 EXODUS. 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 turn aside now, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. (4) And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. (5) And he said, Draw not nigh hither : put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. (6) Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the Goel of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face ; for he was afraid to look upon God. (7) 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 taskmas ters ; for I know their sorrows ; (8) and I am come down to deliver 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 milk and honey ; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebu- site. (9) And now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me : more over I have 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 Israel out of Egypt. (11) And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? (12) And he said, Cer tainly I will be with thee ; and this shall be the token unto thee, that I have sent thee : when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. (13) And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you ; and they shall say to me, What is his name ? what shall I say unto them? (14) And God said unto Moses, 1 1 am that i am : and he said, Thus shalt . thou say unto the children of Israel, 2i am hath sent me. unto you. (15) And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, 8 The Lord, the 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, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt : (17) and I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. (18) And they shall hearken to thy voice : and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, hath met with us : and now let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. (19) And I know that the king of Egypt will not give you leave to go, no, not by a mighty hand. (20) And I will put forth my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst there of : and after that he will let you go. (21) And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians : and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty : (22) but every woman shall ask of 1 Or, 1AM. BECAUSE I AM. Or, I AM WHO AM Or, / WILL BE THAT 1 WILL BE. 3 Heb. Jehovah, from the same root as Ehyeh. Or, / WILL BE. Heb. Ehyeh. EXODUS. 63 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 shall spoil the Egyp tians. 4 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice : for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee. (2) And the Lord said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. (3) And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it be came a 1 serpent ; and Moses fled from before it. (4) And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail : (and he put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand :) (5) that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. (6) And the Lord said furthermore 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 leprous, as white as snow. (7) And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. (And he put his hand into his bosom again ; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.) (8) And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. (9) And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land : and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. (10) And Moses said unto the Lord, Oh Lord, I am not " eloquent, neither hereto fore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant : for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. (11) And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I the Lord? (12) Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak. (13) And he said, Oh Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. (14) And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is there not Aaron thy brother the Levite? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee : and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. (15) And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth : and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. (16) And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people : and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God. (17) And thou shalt take in thine hand this rod, wherewith thou shalt do the signs. (18) And Moses went and returned to 3 Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. (19) And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt : for all the men are dead which sought thy life. (20) And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. (21) And the Lord said unto Moses, When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pha raoh all the wonders which I have put in thine hand : but I will 4 harden his heart, and he will not let the people go. (22) And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is my son, my first born : (23) and I have said unto thee, Let 1 Heb. nahash. 2 Heb. a man of words. Heb. Jether. 4 Heb. make strong. 64 EXODUS. my son go, that he may serve me ; and thou hast refused to let him go : behold, I will slay thy son, thy firstborn. (24) And it came to pass on the way at the lodging place, that the Lord met him, and sought to kill him. (25) Then Zip porah took a flint, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and * cast it at his feet ; and she said, Surely a bridegroom of blood art thou to me. (26) So he let him alone. Then she said, 2A bridegroom of blood art thou, because of the circumcision. (27) And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mountain of God, and kissed him. (28) And Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord wherewith he had sent him, and all the signs wherewith he had charged him. (29) And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel : (30) and Aaron spake all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. (31) And the people be lieved : and when they heard that the Lord had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. 5 And afterward Moses and Aaron came, and said unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. (2) And Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should hearken unto his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, and moreover I will not let Israel go. (3) And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us : let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God ; lest he fall upon us with pesti lence, or with the sword. (4) And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, loose the people from their works ? get you unto your bur dens. (5) And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land are now many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. (6) And the same day Pharaoh com manded the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, (7) Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore : let them go and gather straw for themselves. (8) And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them ; ye shall not di minish aught thereof : for they be idle ; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. (9) Let heavier work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein ; and let them not regard lying words. (10) And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. (11) Go yourselves, get you straw where ye can find it : for nought of your work shall be diminished. (12) So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. (13) And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. (14) And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, 8and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task both yester day and to-day, in making brick as here tofore? (15) Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants ? (16) There is no straw given unto 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 are idle, ye are idle : therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice 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) Aud the officers 1 Heb. made it touch. 2 Or, A bridegroom of blood in regard of the circumcision. Heb. saying. EXODUS. 65 of the children of Israel did see that they 1 were in evil case, when it was said, Ye shall not minish aught from your bricks, your daily tasks. (20) 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 our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. (22) And Moses returned unto the Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou evil entreated this people ? why is it that thou hast sent me? (23) For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath evil entreated this people ; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. 6 And the Lord said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh : for by a strong hand shall he let them go, and by a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. (2) And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am jehovah : (3) and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as 2God Almighty, but 3by my name jehovah I was not 4 known to them. (4) And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their sojourn- ings, wherein they sojourned. (5) And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage ; and I have remem bered my covenant. (6) Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am Jeho vah, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will re deem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgements : (7) and I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God : and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. (8) And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning which I lifted up my hand to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob ; and I will give it you for an heritage : I am Jehovah. (9) And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel : but they hearkened not unto Moses for 5 anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. (10) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (11) Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. (12) And Moses spake before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me ; how then shall Pha raoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips? (13) And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Irsael, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt., (14) These are the heads of their fa thers' houses : the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel ; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi : these are the families of Reuben. (15) And the sons of Sim eon ; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman : these are the fami lies of Simeon. (16) And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations ; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari : and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years. (17) The sons of Gershon; Lib- ni and Shimei, according to their families. (18) And the sons of Kohath ; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel : and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years. (19) And the sons of Merari ; Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the 1 Or, were set on mischief, when they said. 8 Or, impatience. Heb. shortness of spirit. 2 Heb. El Shaddai. ¦ Or, as to. * Or, made known. 66 EXODUS. Levites according to their generations. (20) And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife ; and she bare him Aaron and Moses : and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years. (21) And the sons of Izhar ; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. (22) And the sons of Uzziel ; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri. (23) And Aaron took him Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, to wife ; and she bare him Nadab and Abihu, Elea zar and Ithamar. (24) And the sons of Korah ; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph ; these are the families of the Korahites. (25) And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife ; and she bare him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites according to their families. (26) These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the Lord said, Bring out the children of Is rael from the land of Egypt according to their hosts. (27) These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt : these are that Moses and Aaron. (28) And it came to pass on the day when the Lord spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, (29) that the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, I am the Lord : speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak unto thee. (30) And Moses said before the Lord, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? 7 And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh : and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. (2) Thou shalt speak all that I command thee : and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pha raoh, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. (3) And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. (4) But Pharaoh will not hearken unto you, and I will lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth my hosts, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgements. (5) And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. (6) And Moses and Aaron did so ; as the Lord commanded them, so did they. (7) And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. (8) And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (9) When Pha raoh shall speak unto you, saying, Shew a wonder for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it down before Pharaoh, that it become a 1 serpent. (10) And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as the Lord had commanded : and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a ser pent. (11) Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers : and they also, the 2 magicians of Egypt, did in like manner with their s enchantments. (12) For they cast clown every man his rod, and they became serpents : but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. (13) And Pharaoh's heart 4 was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord had spoken. t (14) And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is "stubborn, he refuseth to let the people go. (15) Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning ; lo, he goeth out unto the water ; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink to meet him ; and the rod which was turned to a 6 serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. (16) And thou shalt say unto him, The Lord, the God of the i Heb. tannin, any large reptile; and so in vv. 10, 12. 2 See Gen. xii. 8 Heb. heavy. ° See ch. iv. 3. 3 Or, secret arts. 4 Heb. was strong. EXODUS. 67 Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness : and, behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened. (17) Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord : behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. (18) And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink ; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river. (19) And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their l streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood ; and there be shall blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone. (20) And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded ; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his ser vants ; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. (21) And the fish that was in the river died ; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink water from the river ; and the blood was throughout all the land of Egypt. (22) And the magicians of Egypt did in like manner with their enchantments : and Pharaoh's heart 2was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord had spoken. (23) And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he 8 lay even this to heart. (24) And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink ; for they could not drink of the water of the river. (25) And seven clays were fulfilled, after that the Lord had smitten the river. 8 And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me. (2) And if thou re fuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs : (3) and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into 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 kneadingtroughs : (4) and the frogs shall come up both upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. (5) 4And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the 1 streams, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. (6) And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt ; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. (7) And the magicians did in like manner with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. (8) Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, In- treat the Lord, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people ; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice unto the Lord. (9) And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Have thou this glory over me : against what time shall I intreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroyed from thee and thy houses, and remain in the river only? (10) And he said, Against to-morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word : that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the Lord our God. (11) And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy ser vants, and from thy people ; they shall re main in the river only. (12) And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh : and Moses cried unto the Lord concerning the frogs 6 which he had brought upon Pharaoh. (13) And the Lord did accord- 1 Or, canals. 2 Heb. was strong. as he had appointed unto Pharaoh. Heb. set his heart even to this. 4 In Heb. ch. viii. begins here. e Or 68 EXODUS. ing to the word of Moses ; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courts, and out of the fields. (14) And they gathered them together in heaps : and the land stank. (15) But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he l hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord had spoken. (16) And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that it may become 2lice throughout all the land of Egypt. (17) And they did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and there were lice upon man , and upon beast ; all the dust of the earth became lice through out all the land of Egypt. (18) And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: and there were lice upon man, and upon beast. (19) Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God : and Pharaoh's heart 3was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them ; as the Lord had spoken. (20) And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh ; lo, he cometh forth to the water ; and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me. (21) Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses : and the houses of the Egyp tians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. (22) And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that i no swarms of flies shall be there ; to the end thou mayest know that I am thi Lord in the midst of the earth. (23) And I will 4 put a division between my people and thy people : by to-morrow shall this sign be. (24) And the Lord did so ; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his ser vants' houses : and in all the land of Egypt the land was 5 corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies. (25) And Pha raoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. (26) And Moses said, It is not meet so to do ; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the Lord our God : lo, shall we sacrifice the abomi nation of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? (27) We will go three days' journey into the wilder ness, and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as he shall command us. (28) And Pha raoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness ; only ye shall not go very far away : intreat for me. (29) And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will intreat the Lord that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to-morrow : only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacri fice to the Lord. (30) And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord. (31) And the Lord did according to the word of Moses ; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people ; there re mained not one. (32) And Pharaoh l hard ened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go. 9 Then the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. (2) For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, (3) behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, 1 Heb. made heavy. 2 Or, sand flies. Or, fleas. 3 Heb. was strong. * Or, set a sign of deliverance. Heb. ( redemption. D Or, destroyed. EXODUS. 69 upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks : there shall be a very grievous murrain. (4) And the Lord shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt : and there shall nothing die of all that belongeth to the children of Israel. (5) And the Lord appointed a set time, saying, To-morrow the Lord shall do this thing in the land. (6) And the Lord did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died : but of the cat tle of the children of Israel died not one. (7) And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pha raoh was 1 stubborn, and he did not let the people go. (8) And the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of 2 ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. (9) And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. (10) And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh ; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven ; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man and upon beast. (11) And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils ; for the boils were upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. (12) And the Lord hard ened the heart of Pharaoh, and he heark ened not unto them ; as the Lord had spoken unto Moses. (13) And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. (14) For I will this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people ; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. (15) For now I had put forth my hand, and smitten thee and thy people with pestilence, and thou hadst been cut off from the earth: (16) but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, for to shew thee my power, and that my name may be declared through out all the earth. (17) As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? (18) Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the clay it was founded even until now. (19) Now therefore send, hasten in thy cattle and all that thou hast in the field ; for every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come clown 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 word of the Lord left his servants and his cattle in the field. (22) And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. (23) And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven : and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire ran clown unto the earth ; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt. (24) So there was hail, and fire ''mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. (25) And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast ; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. (26) Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. (27) And Pharaoh sent, and called 1 Heb. heavy. 2 Or, soot. 3 Heb. made strong. * Or, flashing continually amidst. 70 EXODUS. for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time : the Lord is right eous, and I and my people are wicked. (28) Intreat the Lord ; for there hath been enough of these 1 mighty thunderings and hail ; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. (29) And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord ; the thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail ; that thou mayest know that the earth is the Lord's. (30) But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the Lord God. (31) And the flax and the barley were smitten : for the barley was in the ear, and the flax 2 was boiled. (32) But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten : for they were not grown up. (33) And Moses went out of the city from Fnaraoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the Lord : and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. (34) And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and 3 hardened his heart, he and his ser vants. (35) And the heart of Pharaoh •was hardened, and he did not let the children of Israel go ; as the Lord had spoken by Moses. 10 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh : for I have 4 hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might shew these my signs in the midst of them : (2) and that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, 6what things I have wrought upon Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them ; that ye may know that I am the Lord. (3) And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, the God of the He brews, How long wilt thou refuse to hum ble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. (4) Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring locusts into thy bor der : (5) and they shall cover the face of the earth, that one shall not be able to see the earth : and they shall eat the resi due of that which is escaped, which re maineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field : (6) and thy houses shall be filled, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians ; as neither thy fathers nor thy fathers' fa thers have seen, since the clay that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned, and went out from Pharaoh. (7) And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us ? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God : knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? (8) And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh : and he said unto them, Go, serve the Lord your God : but who are they that shall go ? (9) And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go ; for we must hold a feast unto the Lord. (10) And he said unto them, So be the Lord with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones : look to it; for evil is 6 before you. (11) Not so : go now ye that are men, and serve the Lord ; for that is what ye desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. (12) And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. (13) And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the 1 Heb. voices (or thunderings) of God. 2 Or, xcas in, bloom. 3 Heb. made heavy, 8 Or, how I have mocked the Egyptians. ° Or, what ye purpose. Heb. before your face. 4 Heb. was strong. EXODUS. 71 land all that day, and all the night ; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. (14) And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt ; very grievous were they ; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. (15) For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was dark ened ; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left : and there remained not any green thing, either tree or herb of the field, through all the land of Egypt. (16) Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste ; and he said, 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 Lord your God, that he may take away from me this death only. (18) And he went out from Pharaoh, and intreated the Lord. (19) And the Lord turned an exceeding strong west wind, which took up the locusts, and drove them into the Red Sea ; there re mained not one locust in all the border of Egypt. (20) But the Lord 1 hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go. (21) And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, 2 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 an other, neither rose any from his place for three days : but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. (24) And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the Lord ; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed : let your little ones also go with you. (25) And Moses said, Thou must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the Lord our God. (26) Our cattle also shall go with us ; there shall not an hoof be left behind ; for there of must we take to serve the Lord our God ; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither. (27) But the Lord l 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 the clay thou seest my face thou shalt die. (29) And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well ; I will see thy face again no more. 11 And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet one plague more will I bring upon Pha raoh, and upon Egypt ; afterwards he will let you go hence : 8 when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. (2) Speak now in the ears of the people, and let them ask every man of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold. (3) And the Lord gave the peo ple favour in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pha raoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. (4) And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt : (5) and all the first born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill ; and all the firstborn of cattle. (6) And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there hath been none like it, nor shall be like it any more. (7) But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog 4move his tongue, against man or beast : that ye may know 1 Heb. made strong. 2 Or, so that men shall grope in darkness. 3 Or, when he shall let you go altogether, he shall utterly thrust you out hence. 4 Heb. whet. 72 EXODUS. how that the Lord cloth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. (8) And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow clown themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the peo ple that follow thee : and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger. (9) And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh will not hearken unto you : that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. (10) And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh : and the Lord 1 hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the children of Israel go out of his land. 12 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, (2) This month shall be unto you the begin ning of months : it shall be the first month of the year to you. (3) Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a 2lamb, according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for an house hold : (4) and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neigh bour next unto his house take one accord ing to the number of the souls ; according to every man's eating ye shall make your count for the lamb. (5) Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year : ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats : (6) and ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth clay of the same month : and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it sat even. (7) And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side posts and on the lintel, upon the houses where in they shall eat it. (8) And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread ; with bitter herbs they shall eat it. (9) Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire ; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof. (10) And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning ; but that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. (11) And thus shall ye eat it ; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand : and ye shall eat it in haste : it is the Lord's passover. (12) For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast ; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgements : I am the Lord. (13) And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are : and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and there shall no plague be upon you 4 to de stroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. (14) And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord : throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. (15) Seven days shall ye eat un leavened bread ; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses : for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh clay, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. (16) And in the first clay there shall be to you an holy convocation, and in the seventh clay an holy convocation ; no manner of work shall be clone in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be clone of you. (17) And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread ; for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt : therefore shall ye observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance for ever. (18) In the first month , on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. (19) Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses : for whosoever eateth that which is leav ened, that soul shall be cut off from the 1 Heb. made strong. 2 Or, kid. 8 Heb. between the two evenings. 4 Or, for a destroyer. EXODUS. 73 congregation of Israel, whether he be a sojourner, or one that is born in the land. (20) Ye shall eat nothing leavened ; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. (21) Then Moses called for all the el ders of Israel, and said unto them, * Draw out, and take you 2 lambs according to your families, and kill the passover. (22) And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason ; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. (23) For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyp tians ; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. (24) And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. (25) And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord 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 unto you, What mean ye by this service? (27) that ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover, 3who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. (28) And the children of Israel went and did so ; as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. (29) And it came to pass at midnight, that the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pha raoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon ; and all the firstborn of cattle. (30) And Pha raoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians ; and there was a great cry in Egypt ; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. (31) And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel ; and go, serve the Lord, as ye have said. (32) Take both your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone ; and bless me also. (33) And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, to send them out of the land in haste ; for they said, We be all dead men. (34) And the people took their dough be fore it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. (35) And the children of Is rael did according to the word of Moses ; and they asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: (36) and the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. And they spoiled the Egyptians. (37) And the children of Israel jour neyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. (38) And a mixed mul titude went up also with them ; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. (39) And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened ; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. (40) Now the so journing of the children of Israel, which they sojourned in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. (41) And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt. (42) It is * a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt : 6this is that night of the Lord, to 1 Or, go forth. 2 Or, kids. 3 Or, for that he passed same night is a night of watching unto the LORD for all dec. 4 Or, a night of watching unto the Lord. b Or, \ 74 EXODUS. be much observed of all the children of Israel throughout their generations. (43) And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the pass- over : there shall no alien eat thereof : (44) but every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. (45) A so journer and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. (46) In one house shall it be eaten ; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house ; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. (4-7) All the congregation of Israel shall 1 keep it. (48) And when a stranger shall sojourn with 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 born in the land : but no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. (49) One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. (50) Thus did all the children of Israel ; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. (51) And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts. 13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Sanctify unto me all the first born, 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 this clay, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of 2 bondage ; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place : there shall no leavened bread be eaten. (4) This day ye go forth in the month Abib. (5) And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month. (6) Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. (7) Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days ; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, nei ther shall there be leaven seen with thee, in all thy borders. (8) And thou shalt tell thy son in that clay, saying, It is be cause of that which the Lord did for 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 law of the Lord may be in thy mouth : for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt. (10) Thou shalt therefore keep this ordi nance in its season from year to year. (11) And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, (12) that thou shalt 3 set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the womb, and every firstling which thou hast that cometh of a beast ; the males shall be the Lord's. (13) And every first ling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a 4 lamb ; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck : and all the first born of man among thy sons shalt thou redeem. (14) And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of 2 bondage : (15) and it came to pass, when Pharaoh 6 would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast : therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the womb, being males ; but all the firstborn of my sons I 7 Heb. do it. letting us go. 2 Heb. bondmen. 8 Heb. cause to pass over. 4 Or, kid. s Or, hardened himself against EXODUS. 75 redeem. (16) And it shall be for a sign upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes : for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt. (17) And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not by the way of the land of the Philis tines, although that was near ; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt : (18) but God led the people about, by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea : and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt. (19) And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him : for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you ; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. (20) And they took their jour ney from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. (21) And the Lord went before them by day in a pil lar of cloud, to lead them the way ; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light ; that they might go by day and by night : (22) 1 the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, departed not from before the people. 14 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-zephon : over against it shall ye encamp by the sea. (3) And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wil derness hath shut them in. (4) And I will 2 harden Pharaoh's heart, and he shall follow after them ; and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host ;¦ and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. And they did so. (5) And it was told the king of Egypt that the people were fled : and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us? (6) And he made ready his 3 chariot, and took his people with him : (7) and he took six hun dred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over all of them. (8) And the Lord 4 hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel : for the chil dren of Israel went out with an high hand. (9) And the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pha raoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-zephon. (10) And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them ; and they were sore afraid : and the chil dren 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 ? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to bring us forth out of Egypt? > (12) Is not this the word that we spake unto thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians ? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. (13) And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you to day : 6 for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to-day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. (14) The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. (15) And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward. (16) And lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it : and the children of Israel shall go into the midst of the sea on dry 1 Or, he took not away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the dc. 2 Heb. make strong. 4 Heb. made strong. 8 Or, for whereas ye have seen the Egyptians to-day. Or, chariots. 76 EXODUS. ground. (17) And I, behold, I will 1 harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go in after them : and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. (18) And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. (19) And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them ; and the pillar of cloud re moved from before them, and stood be hind them : (20) and it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel ; and there was the cloud and the darkness, yet gave it light by night : and the one came not near the other all the night. (21) And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea ; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. (22) And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground : and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. (23) And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the midst of the sea, all Pha raoh's horses, his chariots, and his horse men. (24) And it came to pass in the morning watch, that the Lord looked forth upon the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and discomfited the host of the Egyptians. (25) And he 2 took off their chariot wheels, 8 that they drave them heavily : so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel ; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians. (26) And the Lord said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyp tians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. (27) And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea re turned to its 4 strength when the morninc appeared ; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the Lord 5 overthrew the Egyp tians in the midst of the sea. (28) And the waters returned, and covered the chari ots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea ; there remained not so much as one of them. (29) But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea ; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. (30) Thus 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 the great 6 work which the Lord did upon the Egyp tians, and the people feared the Lord : and they believed in the Lord, and in his servant Moses. 15 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he 7 hath triumphed gloriously : The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. (2) 8 The Lord is my strength and song, And he is become my salvation : This is my God, and I will praise him ; My father's God, and I will exalt him. (3) The Lord is a man of war : The Lord is his name. (4) Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea : And his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea. (5) The deeps cover them : They went down into the depths like a stone. (6) Thy right hand, O Lord, is glori ous in power, i Heb. make strong. 2 Borne ancient versions read, bound. 3 Or, and made them to drive. 4 Or, wontedfiow. 1 Heb. shook off. 8 Heb. hand. r Or, is highly exalted. 8 Heb. Jah. v.,™»««j»«, EXODUS. 11 Thy right hand, O Lord, dasheth in pieces the enemy. (7) And in the greatness of thine ex cellency thou overthrowest them that rise up against thee : Thou sendest forth thy wrath, it con- sumeth them as stubble. (8) And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were piled up, The floods stood upright as an heap ; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea. (9) The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will di vide the spoil : My lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. (10) Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them : They sank as lead in the mighty waters. (11) Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods ? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders ? (12) Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, The earth swallowed them. (13) Thou in thy mercy hast led the people which thou hast redeemed : Thou hast guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation. (14) The peoples have heard, they tremble : Pangs have taken hold on the inhabit ants of Philistia. (15) Then were the dukes of Edom amazed ; The * mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them : All the inhabitants of Canaan are melt ed away. (16) Terror and dread falleth upon them ; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone ; Till thy people pass over, O Lord, Till the people pass over which thou hast 2 purchased. (17) Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, The place, 0 Lord, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, The sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. (18) The Lord shall reign for ever and ever. (19) For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters of the sea upon them ; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea. (20) And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. (21) And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he 3 hath tri umphed gloriously ; The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. (22) And Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur ; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. (23) And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for the}7 were bitter : there fore the name of it was called 4 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 tree, and he cast it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them ; (26) and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is 1 Heb. rams. 2 Heb. gotten. Or, is highly exalted. 4 That is, Bitterness. 78 EXODUS. right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians : for I am the Lord that healeth thee. (27) And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and three score and ten palm trees : aud they en camped there by the waters. 16 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their depart ing out of the land of Egypt. (2) And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness : (3) and the chil dren of Israel said unto them, Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, when we did eat bread to the full ; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. (4) Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you ; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. (5) And it shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. (6) And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the Lord hath brought you out from the land of Egypt : (7) and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord ; for that he hear- eth your murmurings against the Lord : and what are we, that ye murmur against us? (8) And Moses said, This shall be, when the Lord shall give you in the even ing flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full ; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him : and what are we ? your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord. (9) And Moses said unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the Lord : for he hath heard your murmurings. (10) And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilder ness, and, behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. (11) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (12) I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak. unto them, saying, *At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread ; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God. (13) And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp. (14) And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small 2 round thing, small as the hoar frost on the ground. (15) And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, 3 What is it ? for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, It is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. (16) This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather ye of it every man according to his eating ; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them which are in his tent. (17) And the children of Israel 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 gath ered every man according to his eating. (19) And Moses said unto them, Let no man leave of it till the morning. (20) Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses ; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and 1 Heb. Between the two evenings. 2 Or, flake. 8 Or, It is manna. Heb. Man hu. EXODUS. 79 stank: and Moses was wroth with them. (21) And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eat ing: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. (22) And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one : and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. (23) And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath spoken, To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath unto the Lord : bake that which ye will bake, and seethe that which ye will seethe ; and all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morn ing. (24) And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses* bade : and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. (25) And Moses said, Eat that to-day ; for to-day is a sabbath unto the Lord : to day ye shall not find it in the field. (26) Six days ye shall gather it ; but on the seventh day is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. (27) And it came to pass on the seventh day, that there went out some of the people for to gather, and they found none. (28) And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? (29) See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days ; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. (30) So the people rested ou the seventh day. (31) And the house of Israel called the name thereof 1 Manna : 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 hath commanded, Let an omer- ful of it be kept for your generations ; that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. (33) And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omerful of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept for your generations. (34) As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. (35) And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited ; they did eat the manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. (36) Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. 17 And all the congregation of the chil dren of Israel journeyed from the wilder ness of Sin, by their 2 journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim : and there was no water for the people to drink. (2) Where fore the people strove with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why strive ye with me ? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord ? (3) And the people thirsted there for water ; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? (4) And Moses cried unto the Lord, say ing, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. (5) And the Lord said unto Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel ; and thy rod, where with thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. (6) Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb ; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. (7) And he called the name of the place 8Massah, and 4 Meri bah, because of the striving of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, or not? (8) Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. (9) And Moses said 1 Heb. Man. 2 Or, stages. 3 That is, Tempting, or, Proving. 4 That iB, Chiding, or, Strife. 80 EXODUS. unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek : to-morrow I will stand on the top of the 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 prevailed. (12) But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon ; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side ; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. (13) And Joshua x discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. (14) And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua : 2 that I will utterly blot out the remem brance of Amalek from under heaven. (15) And Moses built an altar, and called, the name of it 8Jehovah-nissi: (16) and he said, 4The Lord hath sworn : the Lord will have war with Amalek from genera tion to generation. 18 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had clone for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. (2) And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Mo ses' wife, after he had sent her away, (3) and her two sons ; of which the name of the one was Gershom ; for he said, I have been 6a sojourner in a strange land : (4) and the name of the other was 6 Eliezer ; for he said, The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh : (5) and Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the mount of God: (6) and he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. (7) And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their wel fare ; and they came into the tent. (8) And Moses told his father in law all that the Lord had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the Lord delivered them. (9) And Jethro rejoiced for all the good ness which the Lord had clone to Israel, in that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians. (10) And Jethro said, Blessed be the Lord, who hath de livered you out of the hand of the Egyp tians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh; who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. (11) Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods : yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them. (12) And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God : and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God. (13) And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people : and the people stood about Moses from the morning unto the evening. (14) And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people ? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand about thee from morning unto even? (15) And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God: (16) when they have a matter, they come unto me ; and I judge between a man and his neighbour, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. (17) And Moses' father in law i neb. prostrated. 2 Or, for. 3 That is, The LORD is my banner. 4 Or, Because there is a hand against the throne of the LORD. Heb. A hand is lifted up upon the throne of Jah. " Tleb. Get: See ch. ii. 22. "Heb. El, God, aud ezer, help. EXODUS. 81 said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. (18) Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee : for the thing is too heavy for thee ; thou art not able to perform it thy self alone. (19) Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God be with thee : be thou for the people to God-ward, and bring thou the causes unto God : (20) and thou shalt te^ich them the statutes and the laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. (21) Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens : (22) and let them judge the people at all seasons : and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge themselves : so shall it be easier for thy self, 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 also shall go to their place in peace. (24) So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said. (25) And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the peo ple, rulers of thousands, rulers of hun dreds, rulers 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 themselves. (27) And Moses let his father in law depart ; and he went his way into his own land. 19 In the third month after the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wil derness of Sinai. (2) And when they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the wilderness of Sinai, they pitched in the wilderness ; and there Israel camped before the mount. (3) And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel ; (4) Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. (5) Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my cove nant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me * from among all peoples : for all the earth is mine : (6) and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. (7) And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the Lord commanded him. (8) And all the people answered to gether, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people unto the Lord. (9) And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and may also believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the Lord. (10) And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash their garments, (11) and be ready against the third day : for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. (12) And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to your selves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it : whosoever touch- eth the mount shall be surely put to death : (13) no hand shall touch 2him, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through ; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live : when the 8 trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. (14) And Moses went down from the mount 1 Or, above. 2 Or, it. 8 Or, ram's horns. 82 EXODUS. unto the people, and sanctified the people ; and they washed their garments. (15) And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third clay : come not near a woman. (16) And it came to pass on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of a trumpet exceeding loud ; and all the peo ple that were in the camp trembled. (17) And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet God ; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. (18) And mount Sinai was altogether on smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire : and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole 1 mount quaked greatly. (19) And when the voice of the trumpet waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. (20) And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, to the top of the mount : and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mount ; and Moses went up. (21) And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, and many of them perish. (22) And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanc tify 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 didst charge us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. (24) And the Lord said unto him, Go, get thee down ; and thou shalt come up, tbou, and Aaron with thee : but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the Lord, lest he break forth upon them. (25) So Moses went down unto the people, and told them. 20 And God spake all these words, saying, (2) I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of 2 bondage. (3) Thou shalt have none other gods 8 before me. (4) Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor the likeness of any form 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 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, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me ; (6) and shewing mercy unto 4 thousands, of them that love me and keep my com mandments. (7) Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God 6 in vain ; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name 6 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 a sabbath unto the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that 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 : wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hal lowed it. (12) Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. (13) Thou shalt do no murder. (14) Thou shalt not commit adultery. (15) Thou shalt not steal. (16) Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. (17) Thou shalt not covet thy neigh bour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor 1 Some ancient authorities have, people. 2 Heb. bondmen. 8 Or, beside me. 4 Or, a thousand generations. See Deut. vii. 9. 8 Or, for vanity or falsehood. EXODUS. 83 his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. (18) And all the people saw the thun derings, and the lightnings, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smok ing: and when the people saw it, they 1 trembled, 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 you, that ye sin not. (21) And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. (22) And the Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. (23) Ye shall not make other gods with me ; gods of silver, or gods of gold, ye shall not make unto you. (24) An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen : in every place where 1 2 record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee. (25) And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones : for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. (26) Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. 21 Now these are the judgements which thou shalt set before them. (2) If thou buy an Hebrew 8 servant, six years he shall serve : and in the sev enth he shall go out free for nothing. (3) If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself : if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him. (4) If his master give him a wife, and she bear him sons or daughters ; the wife and her chil dren shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. (5) But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children ; I will not go out free : (6) then his master shall bring him unto 4 God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door post ; and his mas ter shall bore his ear through with an awl ; and he shall serve him for ever. (7) And if a man sell his daughter to be a 6 maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. (8) If she please not her master, "who hath espoused her to himself, then shall he let her be re deemed : to sell her unto a strange peo ple he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. (9) And if he espouse her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. (10) If he take him another wife; her 7 food, her raiment, and her duty of mar riage, shall he not diminish. (11) And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out for nothing, without money. (12) He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall surely be put to death. (13) And if a man lie not in' wait, but God deliver him into his hands ; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. (14) And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile ; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. (15) And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. (16) And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. (17) And he that "curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. (18) And if men contend, and one smit eth the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed : (19) if he rise again, and walk abroad upon his 1 Or, were moved. 2 Or, cause my name to be remembered. bondwoman. « Another reading Is, so that he hath not espoused her, Or, bondman. ' Heb./ 4 Or, the judges. 8 Or, revileth. 8 Or, 84 EXODUS. staff, then shall he that smote him be quit : only he shall pay for 1 the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. (20) And if a man smite 2his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand ; he shall surely be punished. (21) Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished : for he is his money. (22) And if men strive together, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart, and yet no mischief follow : he shall be surely fined, according as the woman's husband shall lay upon him ; and he shall pay as the judges determine. (23) But if any 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 wound, stripe for stripe. (26) And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, and destroy it ; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. (27) And if he smite out his man servant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth ; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. , (28) And if an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die, the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten ; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. (29) But if the ox were wont to gore in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman ; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. (30) If there be laid on him a ransom, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. (31) Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgement shall it be done unto him. (32) If the ox gore a manservant or a maidservant ; he shall give unto their mas ter thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. (33) And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein, (34) the owner of the pit shall make it good ; he shall give money unto the owner of them, and the dead beast shall be his. (35) And if one man's ox hurt anoth er's, that he die ; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the price of it; and the dead also they shall divide. (36) Or if it be known that the ox was wont to gore in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in ; he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his own. 22 If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it ; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. (2) 3 If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten that he die, there shall be no 4 bloodguiltiness for him. (3) If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood- guiltiness for him : he should make resti tution ; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. (4) If the theft be found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep ; he shall pay double. (5) If a man shall cause a field or vine yard to be eaten, and shall let his beast loose, and it feed in another man's field ; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make resti tution. (6) If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed ; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitu tion. (7) If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house ; if the thief be found, he shall pay double. (8) If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall come near unto 6 God, 1 Heb. his sitting or ceasing. blood. 8 Or, the judges. 2 Or, his bondman, or his bondwoman. " In Heb. ch. xxii. begins here. 4 Heb. EXODUS. 85 to see whether he have not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods. (9) For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, whereof one saith, This is it, the cause of both parties shall come before 1 God ; he whom J God shall condemn shall pay double unto his neigh bour. (10) If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep ; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it : (11) the oath of the Lord shall be between them both, whether he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods ; and the owner thereof shall accept it, and he shall not make res titution. (12) But if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof. (13) If it be torn in pieces, let him bring it for witness ; he shall not make good that which was torn. (14) And if a man 2 borrow aught of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof not being with it, he shall surely make restitution. (15) If the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good : if it be an hired thing, 3 it came for its hire. (16) And if a man entice a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife. (17) If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money accord ing to the dowry of virgins. (18) Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.(19) Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. (20) He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, shall be 4 utterly destroyed. (21) And a stranger shalt thou not wrong, neither shalt thou oppress him : for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. (22) Ye shall not afflict 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 wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword ; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. (25) If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor ; neither shall ye lay upon him usury. (26) If thou at all take thy neighbour's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him by that the sun goeth clown : (27) for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin : wherein shall he sleep ? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear ; for I am gracious. (28) Thou shalt not revile ^od, nor curse a ruler of thy people. (29) Thou shalt not delay to offer of 5the abundance of thy fruits, and of thy liquors. The firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. (30) Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep : seven days it shall be with its dam ; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me. (31) And ye shall be holy men unto me : there fore ye shall not eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field ; ye shall cast it to the dogs. 23 Thou shalt not take up a false re port : put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. (2) Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil ; neither shalt thou 6 speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest judgement: (3) neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause. (4) If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. (5) If thou see the ass- of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, 7 and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. 1 Or, the judges. 2 Heb. ask. 3 Or, it is reckoned in (Heb. cometh into) its hire. 4 Heb. devoted. See Lev. xxvii. 29. 8 Heb. thy fulness and thy tear. 6 Or, bear witness. 7 Or, and wouldest forbear to release it for him, thou shalt surely release it with him. 86 EXODUS. (6) Thou shalt not wrest the judgement of thy poor in his cause. (7) Keep thee far from a false matter ; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not : for I will not justify the wicked. (8) And thou shalt take no gift : for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the 1 words of the righteous. (9) And a stranger shalt thou not oppress : for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were stran gers in the land of Egypt. (10) And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the increase thereof: (11) but the seventh year thou shalt 2 let it rest and lie fallow ; that the poor of thy people may eat : and what they leave the beast of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. (12) Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt 8 rest : that thine ox and thine ass may have rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. (13) And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed : and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. (14) Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. (15) .The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep : seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it thou earnest out from Egypt) ; and none shall appear before me empty: (16) and the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours, which thou sowest in the field : and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labours out of the field. (17) Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God. (18) Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread ; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning. (19) The first of the firstfruits of thy ground thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk. (20) Behold, I send fan angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. (21) Take ye heed of him, and hearken unto his voice ; 4 provoke him not : for he will not pardon your trans gression ; for my name is in him. (22) But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak ; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. (23) For mine angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorite, and the Hit tite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite : and I will cut them off. (24) Thou shalt not bow clown to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works : but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and break in pieces their 5 pillars. (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) There shall none cast her young, nor be barren, in thy land : the number of thy days I will fulfil. (27) I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. (28) And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. (29) I will not drive them out from before thee in one year ; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. (30) By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. (31) 1 Or, cause. 2 Or, release it and let it lie fallow. See Deut. xv. 2. against him. 8 Or, obelisks. See Lev. xxvi. 1, 2 Kings iii. 2. Or, keep sabbath. Or, be notrebelliovs EXODUS. 87 And I will set thy border from the Red Sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness unto 1 the River : for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand ; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. (32) Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. (33) They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me : for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee. 24 And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel ; and worship ye afar off : (2) and Moses alone shall come near unto the Lord ; but they shall not come near ; neither shall the people go up with him. (3) And Moses came and told the peo ple all the words of the Lord, and all the judgements : and all the people an swered with one voice, and said, All the words which the Lord hath spoken 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 mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. (5) And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the Lord. (6) And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons ; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. (8) And he took the book of the cove nant, and read in the audience of the peo ple : and they said, All that the Lord hath spokeii will we do, and be obedient. (8) And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you 2 concerning all these words. (9) Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: (10) and they saw the God of Israel ; and there was under his feet as it were 8 a paved work of sapphire stone, and as it were the very heaven for clearness. (11) And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand : and they beheld God, and did eat and drink. (12) And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there : and I will give thee the tables of stone, and the law and the commandment, which I have written, that thou mayest teach them. (13) And Moses rose up, and Joshua his minister : and Moses went up into the mount of God. (14) And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you : and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you : whosoever hath a cause, let him come near unto them. (15) And Moses went up into the mount, and the cloud covered the mount. (16) And the glory of the Lord abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days : and the seventh clay he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. (17) And the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like devour ing fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. (18) And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and went up into the mount : and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. 25 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an 4 offer ing : of every man whose heart maketh him willing ye shall take my 4 offering. (3) And this is the 4 offering which ye shall take of them ; gold, and silver, aud brass ; (4) and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 6fine linen, and goats' hair; (5) and rams' skins dyed red, and 6 seal skins, and acacia wood ; (6) oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil, and 1 That is, the Euphrates. 2 Or, upon all these conditions. 8 Or, work of bright sapphire. 4 Or, heave offering. 8 Or, cotton. 8 Or, porpoise-skins. EXODUS. for the sweet incense; (7) Jonyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate. (8) And let them make me a sanctuary ; that I may dwell among them. (9) According to all that I shew thee, the pattern of the 2 taber nacle, and the pattern of all the furniture thereof, even so shall ye make it. (10) And they shall make an ark of acacia wood : two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. (11) And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, with in and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a 3 crown of gold round about. (12) And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, aud put them in the four feet thereof ; and two rings shall be on the one 4 side of it, and two rings on the other 4 side of it. (13) And thou shalt make staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. (14) And thou shalt put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark withal. (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 testimony which I shall give thee. (17) And thou shalt make a 5 mercy-seat of pure gold : two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof . (18) And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold ; of 6 beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat. (19) And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end : 7 of one piece with the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof. (20) And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another ; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. (21) And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark ; and in the ark thou shalt put the 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 bim which are upon the ark of the testi mony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. (23) And thou shalt make a table of acacia wood : two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a' cubit and a half the height thereof. (24) And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a 8 crown of gold round about. (25) And thou shalt make unto it a border of an handbreadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. (26) And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. (27) Close by the border shall the rings be, for places for the staves to bear the table. (28) And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. (29) And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the flagons thereof, and the bowls thereof, to pour out withal : of pure gold shalt thou make them. (30) And thou shalt set upon the table 9shewbread before me alway. (31) And thou shalt make a candlestick • of pure gold : of 6 beaten work shall the candlestick be made, even its 10base, and its shaft ; its cups, its knops, and its flow ers, shall be n of one piece with it ; (32) and there shall be 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 : (33) three cups 1 Or, beryl. 2 Heb. dwelling. s Or, rim. Or, moulding. 4 Heb. rib. E Or, covering. c Or, turned. 7 Heb. out of the mercy-seat. « See ver. 11. » Or, Presence-bread. 7° Heb. thigh. 17 Heb. out of the same. EXODUS. 89 made like almond-blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower ; and three cups made like almond-blossoms in the other branch, a knop aud a flower : so for the six branches going out of the candlestick : (34) and in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof : (35) and a knop under two branches 1 of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches 1of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches 1of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of the candlestick. (36) Their knops and their branches shall be 1 of one piece with it : the whole of it one 2beaten work of pure gold. (37) And thou shalt make the lamps thereof, seven : and they shall s light the lamps thereof, to give light over against it. (38) And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. (39) Of a talent of pure gold shall it be made, with all these vessels. (40) And see that thou make them after their pattern, which hath been shewed thee in the mount. 26 Moreover thou shalt make the 4 tab ernacle with ten curtains ; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the cunning workman shalt thou make them. (2) The length of each curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits : all the curtains shall have one measure. (3) Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another ; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. (4) And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one cur tain 6 from the selvedge in the coupling ; and likewise shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is outmost in the second "coupling. (5) Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the second 6 coupling ; the loops shall be opposite one to another. (6) And thou shalt make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains one to another with the clasps : and the tabernacle shall be one. (7) And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle : eleven curtains shalt thou make them. (8) The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of each cur tain four cubits : the eleven curtains shall have- one measure. (9) And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double over the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tent. (10) And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the 7 coupling, and fifty loops upon the edge of the curtain which is out most in the second 6 coupling. (11) And thou shalt make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. (12) And the overhanging part that re maineth of the curtains of the tent', the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle. (13) And the cubit on the one side, and the cubit on the other side, of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. (14) And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of 8 sealskins above. (15) And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up. (16) Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board. (17) Two tenons shall there be in each board, 9 joined one to an other : thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. (18) And thou shalt make the boards for the taberuacle, twenty boards for the south side south ward. (19) And thou shalt make forty 1 Heb. out of the same. 8 Or, set. r Or, firBt set. ' Or, turned. 3 Or, set up. 4 See ch. xxv. 9. 6 Or, that is outmost in the first set. 1 Or, porpoise-skins. 8 Or, morticed. 90 EXODUS. sockets of silver under the twenty boards ; two sockets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons : (20) and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards : (21) and their forty sockets of silver ; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. (22) And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. (23) And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the taber nacle in the hinder part. (24) And they shall be double beneath, and in like man ner they shall be entire unto the top there of unto 1 one ring : thus shall it be for them both ; they shall be for the two cor ners. (25) And there shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, six teen sockets ; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. (26) And thou shalt make bars of acacia wood ; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, (27) and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the hinder part westward. (28) And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall pass through from end to end. (29) And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars : and thou shalt over lay the bars with gold. (30) And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which hath been shewed thee in the mount. (31) And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : with cherubim the work of the cunning workman shall it be made : (32) and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks shall be of gold, upon four sockets of silver. (33) And thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony : and the veil 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 veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side. (36) And thou shalt make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer. (37) And thou shalt make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold : and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. 27 And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad ; the altar shall be four square : and the height thereof shall be three cubits. (2) And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof : the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. (3) And thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shov els, and its basons, and its fleshhooks, and its firepans : all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. (4) And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass ; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four 2 corners thereof. (5) And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar. (6) And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass. (7) And the staves thereof shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two 8 sides of the altar, in bearing it. (8) Hollow with planks shalt thou make it : as it hath been shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. (9) And thou shalt make the court of Or, the first. z Heb. ends. B Heb. ribs. EXODUS. 91 the tabernacle : for the south side south ward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen an hundred cubits long for one side : (10) and the pillars thereof shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. (11) And like wise for the north side in length there shall be hangings an hundred cubits long, and the pillars thereof twenty, and their sock ets twenty, of brass ; the hooks of the pil lars and their fillets of silver. (12) And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits : their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. (13) And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits. (14) The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits : their pillars three, aud their sockets three. (15) And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits : their pillars three, and their sockets three. (16) And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cu bits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroid erer : their pillars four, and their sockets four. (17) All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver ; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass; (18) The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cu bits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. (19) All the instruments of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. (20) And thou shalt command the chil dren of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, 'to cause a lamp to burn continually. (21) In the 2 tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his son's shall order it from evening to morning be fore the Lord : it shall be a 3 statute for ever throughout their generations 4on the behalf of the children of Israel. 28 And bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. (2) And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, for glory and for beauty. (3) And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's gar ments to sanctify him, that he may minis ter unto me in the priest's office. (4) And these are the garments which they shall make ; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of chequer work, a 6 mitre, and a girdle : and they shall make holy gar ments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me iu the priest's office. (5) And they shall take 6 the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scar let, and the fine linen. (6) And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the cunning workman. (7) It shall have two shoul- derpieces joined to the two ends thereof ; that it may be joined together. (8) And the cunningly woven band, which is upon it, to gird it on withal, shall be like the work thereof and of the same piece ; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. (9) And thou shalt take two 7onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel : (10) six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the six that remain on the other stone, according to their birth. (11) With the work of an engraver iu stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones, according to the names of the children of Israel : thou shalt 7 Or, to set up a lamp continually. 2 See ch. xxv. 22, xxix. 42, xxx. 36. 8 Or, due. 4 Or, from. 8 Or, turban. 8 See ch. xxv. 3. 7 Or, beryl. 92 EXODUS. make them to be inclosed in ouches of gold. (12) And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulderpieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel : and Aaron shall bear their names before the Lord upon his two shoulders for a memorial. (13) And thou shalt make ouches of gold: (14) and two chains of pure gold; like cords shalt thou make them, of wreathen work : and thou shalt put the wreathen chains on the ouches. (15) And thou shalt make a breastplate of judgement, the work of the cunning work man ; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it ; of gold, of blue, and pur ple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. (16) Foursquare it shall be and double ; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof. (17) And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones : a row of 1 sardius, topaz, and 2 carbuncle shall be the first row ; (18) and the second row an 8 emerald, a sapphire, and a 4 dia mond ; (19) and the third row a 6 jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst ; (20) and the fourth row a "beryl, and an 7onyx, and a jasper ; they shall be inclosed in gold in their settings, (21) And the stones shall be according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names ; like the engravings of a signet, every one according to his name, they shall be for the twelve tribes. (22) And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen work of pure gold. (23) And thou shalt make upon the breast plate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breast plate. (24) And thou shalt put the two wreathen chains of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate. (25) And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt put on the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, in the forepart thereof. (26) And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which is toward the side of the ephod inward. (27) And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and shalt put them on the two shoulderpieces of the ephod under neath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coupling thereof, above the cunningly woven band of the ephod. (28) And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be upon the cunningly woven band of the ephod, 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 judgement upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord continually. (30) And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgement 8 the Urim and the Thummim ; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the Lord : and Aaron shall bear the judgement of the children of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continu ally. (31) And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. (32) And 9 it shall have a hole for the head in the midst thereof : it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of a coat of mail, that it be not rent. (33) And upon the skirts of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the skirts thereof ; and bells of gold between them round about : (34) a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pome granate, upon the skirts of the robe round about. (35) And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and the sound thereof shall 7 Or, ruby. 2 Or, «««'««• 3 Or, carbuncle. 4 Or, sardonyx. 8 Or, amber. » Or, chalcedony. 7 Or, beryl. 8 That is, the Lights and the Perfections. » Or, there shall be a hole in the top of it. EXODUS. 93 be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the Lord, and when he com eth out, that he die not. (36) And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the en gravings of a signet, holy to the lord. (37) And thou shalt put it on a lace of blue, and it shall be upon the ' mitre ; upon the forefront of the 1 mitre it shall be. (38) And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall bear the iniquity 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. (39) And thou shalt weave the coat in chequer work of 2 fine linen, and thou shalt make a J mitre of 2 fine linen, and thou shalt make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer. (40) And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and headtires shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. (41) And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and upon his sons with him ; and shalt anoint them, and 3 consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. (42) And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover the flesh of their nakedness ; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach : (43) and they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in unto the tent of meeting, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place ; that they bear not iniquity, and die : it shall be a statute for ever unto him and unto his seed after him. 29 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 bullock and two rams without blem ish, (2) and unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened mingled with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil : of fine wheaten flour shalt thou make them. (3) And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bul lock and the two rams. (4) And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water. (5) And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the cunningly woven band of the ephod: (6) and thou shalt set the : mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the * mitre. (7) Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. (8) And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. (9) And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind headtires on them : and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute : and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. (10) And thou shalt bring the bullock before the tent of meeting : and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock. (11) And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord, at the door of the tent of meeting. (12) And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger ; and thou shalt pour out all the blood at the base of the altar. (13) And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul upon the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. (14) But the flesh of the bul lock, and its skin, and its dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp : it is a 4 sin offering. (15) Thou shalt also take the one ram ; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram. (16) And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar. (17) And thou shalt cut the ram into its pieces, and 1 Or, turban. 2 Or, silk. " Heb.fill their hand. 4 Heb. sin. 94 EXODUS. wash its inwards, and its legs, and put them A with its pieces, and x with its head. (18) And thou shalt bum the whole rain upon the altar : it is a burnt offering unto the Lord : it is a sweet savour, an offer ing made by fire unto the Lord. (19) Aud thou shalt take the other ram ; and Aaron and his sous shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram. (20) Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of its blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe 'of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. (21) And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him : and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. (22) Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right 2 thigh ; for it is a ram of consecration : (23) and one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before the Lord : (24) and thou shalt put the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons , and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. (25) And thou shalt take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar upon the burnt offering, 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 Aaron's ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord : and it shall be thy portion. (27) And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the 2 thigh of the heave year clay by day continually. (39) 1 Or, upon. 2 Or, shoulder. 3 Or, purge the altar, by thy making atonement. 4 Or, whosoever. offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons : (28) and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as a due for ever from the children of Israel : for it is an heave offering : and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the Lord. (29) And the holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them. (30) Seven days shall the son that is priest in his stead put them on, when he cometh into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place. (31) And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and seethe its flesh in a holy place. (32) And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, .and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the tent of meet ing. (33) And they shall eat those things wherewith atonement was made, to conse crate and to sanctify them : but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. (34) And if aught of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire : it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. (35) Aud thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded thee : seven clays shalt thou consecrate them. (36) And every day shalt thou offer the bullock of sin offering for atone ment : and thou shalt 3 cleanse the altar, when thou makest atonement for it ; aud thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. (37) Seven days thou shalt make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it : and the altar shall be most holy ; 4 whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. (38) Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar ; two lambs of the first The EXODUS. 95 one lamb thou shalt offer in the morn ing ; and the other lamb thou shalt offer 1 at even : (40) and with the one lamb a tenth part of an eplw.li of fine flour min gled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil ; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. (41) And the other lamb thou shalt offer l at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meal offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. (42) It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before the Lord : where I will meet with you, to speak there unto thee. (43) And there I will meet with the children of Israel ; and the Tent shall be sanctified by my glory. (44) And I will sanctify the tent of meet ing, and the altar : Aaron also and his sons will I sanctify, to minister to me in the priest's office. (45) And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. (46) And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them : I am the Lord their God. 30 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon : of acacia wood shalt thou make it. (2) A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof ; foursquare shall it be : and two cubits shall be the height thereof : the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it. (3) And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the 2 top thereof, and the 3 sides thereof round about, and the horns there of ; and thou shalt make unto it a 4 crown of gold round about. (4) And two golden rings shalt thou make for it under the crown thereof, upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make them ; and they shall be for places for staves to bear it withal. (5) And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. (6) And thou shalt put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy- seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. (7) And Aaron shall burn thereon incense of sweet spices : every morning, when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn it. (8) And when Aaron 5 lighteth the lamps 1 at even, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. (9) Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt offering, nor meal offer ing ; and ye shall pour no drink offering thereon. (10) And Aaron shall make atonement 6upon the horns of it once in the year : with the blood of the sin offer ing of atonement once in the year shall he make atonement 7for it throughout your generations : it is most holy unto the Lord. (11) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (12) When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, according to those that are numbered of them, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the Lord, when thou numberest them ; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. (13) This they shall give, every one that passeth over unto them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary : (the shekel is twenty gerahs :) half a shekel for an offering to the Lord. (14) Every one that passeth over unto them that are num bered, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering of the Lord. (15) The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than the half shekel, when they give the offering of the Lord, to make atonement for your souls. (16) And thou shalt take the atonement money from the children of Israel, and shalt ap point it for the service of the tent of meet- 1 Heb. between the two evenings. 2 Heb. roof. 8 Heb. walls. up. Heb, causeth to ascend. * Or, for. ' Or, upon. Or, rim. Or, moulding. ° Or, setteth 96 EXODUS. ing; that it may be a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord, to make atonement for your souls. (17) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (18) Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and tbe base thereof of brass, to wash withal : and thou shalt put it be tween the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. (19) And Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: (20) when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not ; or when they come near to the altar to minis ter, to burn an offering made by fire unto the Lord : (21) so they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations. (22) Moreover the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (23) Take thou also unto thee the chief spices, of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty, (24) and of 'cassia 'five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil an hin : (25) and thou shalt make it an holy anointing oil, a perfume com pounded after the art of the perfumer : it shall be an holy anointing oil. (26) And thou shalt anoint therewith the tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, (27) aud the table and all the vessels thereof, and the candlestick and the vessels thereof, and the altar of incense, (28) and the altar of burnt offering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof. (29) And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy : 2 what soever toucheth them shall be holy. (30) And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. (31) And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. (32) Upon the flesh of man shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any like it, according to the composition thereof : it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. (33) Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stran ger, he shall be cut off from his people. (34) And the Lord said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, "stacte, and onycha, and galbanum ; sweet spices with pure frankincense : of each shall there be a like weight ; (35) and thou shalt make of it incense, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, 4 seasoned with salt, pure and holy : (36) and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee : it shall be unto you most holy. (37) And the incense which thou shalt make, according to the compo sition thereof ye shall not make for your selves : it shall be unto thee holy for the Lord. (38) Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, he shall be cut off from his people. 31 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah : (3) and I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, aud in all manner of workmanship, (4) to devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, (5) and in cut ting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of work manship. (6) And I, behold, I have appointed with him Oboliab, 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 tent of meeting, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy-seat that is thereupon, and 1 Or, costus. 2 Or, whosoever. 3 Or, opobalsamum. 4 Or, tempered together. EXODUS. 97 all the furniture of the Tent ; (8) and the table and its vessels, and the pure candle stick with all its vessels, and the altar of incense ; (9) and the altar of burnt offer ing with all its vessels, and the laver and its base ; (10) and the * finely wrought garments, and " the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office ; (11) and the anointing oil, and the in cense of sweet spices for the holy place : according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. (12) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (13) Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily ye shall keep my sabbaths : for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations ; that ye may know that I am the Lord which sanctify you. (14) Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore ; for it is holy unto you : every one that profaneth it shall surely be put to death": for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. (15) Six days shall work be done ; but on the seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the Lord : whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath clay, he shall surely be put to death. (16) Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. (17) It is a sign between me and the chil dren of Israel for ever : for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. (18) And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. 32 And when the people saw that Mo ses delayed to come down from the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us 2gods, which shall go before ns ; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. (2) And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden rings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. (3) And all the people brake off the golden rings which were*in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. (4) And he received it at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, and made it a molten calf : and they said, 3 These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. (5) And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it ; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow shall be a feast to the Lord. (6) And -they rose up early on the mor row, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings ; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. (7) And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go, get thee down ; for thy people, which thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves : (8) they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them : they have made them a molten calf, and have wor shipped it, and have sacrificed unto it, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. (9) And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff- necked 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 Egyptians Some ancient versions render, garments of service. Or, a god. 3 Or, This is thy god. 98 EXODUS. speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. (13) Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Is rael, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. (14) And the Lord repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people. (15) And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, with the two tables of the testimony in his hand ; tables that were written on both their sides ; on the one side and on the other were they written. (16) And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. (17) And when Joshua beard the noise of the peo ple as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. (18) And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome : but the noise of them that sing do I hear. (19) And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing : and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. (20) And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it with fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. (21) And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them? (22) And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot : thou knowest the people, that they are set on evil. (23) For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us : for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. (24) And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off ; sp they gave it me : and I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. (25) And when Moses saw that the people were broken loose ; for Aaron had let them loose for a 'derision among their enemies : (26) then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoso is on the Lord's side, let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gath ered themselves together unto him. (27) And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour. (28) And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses : and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. (29) And Moses said, 2 Consecrate yourselves to-day to the Lord, 8yea, every man 4 against his son, and * against his brother ; that he may be stow upon you a blessing this day. (30) And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin : and now I will go up unto the Lord ; peradventure I shall make 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 forgive 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) And now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine angel 1 Heb. whispering, 2 Heb. Fill your hand. 3 Or, For every man hath been against his son and against his brother. 4 Or, upon. EXODUS. 99 shall go before thee : nevertheless in the day when I visit, I will visit their sin upon them. (35) And the Lord smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. 33 And the Lord spake unto Moses, Depart, go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land of which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it : (2) and I will send an angel before thee ; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite : (3) unto a land flowing with milk and honey : for I will not go up in the midst of thee ; for thou art a stiffnecked people : lest I consume thee in the way. (4) And when the peo ple heard these evil tidings, they mourned : and no man did put on him his ornaments. (5) And the Lord said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff- necked people : if I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall consume thee : therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. (6) And the children. of Is rael stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward. (7) Now Moses used to take the tent and to pitch it without the camp, afar off from the camp ; and he called it, The tent of meeting. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tent of meeting, which was with out the camp. (8) And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the Tent, that all the people rose up, and stood, every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the Tent. (9) And it came to pass, when Moses en tered into the Tent, the pillar of cloud descended, and stood at the door of the Tent : and the Lord spake with Moses. (10) And all the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the door of the Tent : and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man at his tent door, (11) And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp : but his minister Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the Tent. (12) And Moses said unto the Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people : and thou hast not let me know 1 whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. (13) Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy ways, that I may know thee, to the end 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 ivith me, carry us not up hence. (16) For wherein now shall it be known that I have found grace in thy sight, I and thy people ? is it not in that thou goest with us, so that we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth ? (17) And the Lord said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spo ken : for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. (18) And he said, Shew me, I pray thee, thy glory. (19) And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and will pro claim the name of the Lord before thee ; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy. (20) And he said, Thou canst not see my face : for man shall not see me and live. (21) And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon the rock : (22) and it shall come to pass, while my glory pass eth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of 1 Or. him whom. 100 EXODUS. the rock, and will cover thee with my hand until I have passed by: (23) and I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back : but my face shall not be seen. 34 And the Lord said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first : and I will write upon the tables the words that were on the first tables, which thou brakest. (2) And be ready by the morn ing, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me on the top of the mount. (3) And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount ; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. (4) And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first ; and Moses rose np early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the Lord had com manded him, and took in his hand two tables of stone. (5) And the Lord de scended in the cloud, ' and stood with him there, and proclaimed 2the name of the Lord. (6) And the Lord passed by be fore him, and proclaimed, The Lord, the Lord, a God full of compassion and gra cious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy and truth ; (7) "keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and trans gression and sin : and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon 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, 0 Lord, let the Lord, 1 pray thee, go in the midst of us ; for it is a stiffnecked people ; and pardon our ini quity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. (10) And he said, Behold, I make a covenant : before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been 4 wrought in all the earth, nor in any na tion : and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the Lord, for it is a terrible thing that I do with thee. (11) Observe thou that which I command thee this day : behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. (12) Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee : (13) but ye shall break down their altars, and clash in pieces their " pillars, and ye shall cut down their 6 Asherim : (14) for thou shalt worship no other God : for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God : (15) lest thou make a cove nant 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) The fgast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleav ened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib : for in the month Abib thou earnest out from Egypt. (19) All that openeth the womb is mine ; and all thy cattle that is male, the firstlings of ox and sheep. (20) And the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a 7 lamb : and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break its neck. All the firstborn of thy sous thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty. (21) Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh clay thou shalt rest : in plowing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. (22) And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, even of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, 1 Or, and he stood with him there, and called upon &c. 2 Or, Jehovah by name. 3 See ch. xx. 5, 6. 4 Heb. created. 8 Or, obelisks, ° Probably the wooden symbols of a goddess Asherah. 7 Or, kid. EXODUS. 101 and the feast of ingathering at the year's 'end. (23) Three times in the year shall all thy males appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. (24) For I will cast out nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders : neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou goest up to appear before the Lord thy God three times in the year. (25) Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread ; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning. (26) The first of the firstfruits of thy ground thou shalt bring unto the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk. (27) And the Lord said unto Mo ses, Write thou these words : for after the tenor of these words I have made a cov enant with thee and with Israel. (28) And he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights ; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten 2 commandments. (29) And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of the testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face 3 shone 4 by reason of his speaking with him. (30) And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone ; and they were afraid to come nigh him. (31) And Moses called unto them ; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him : and Moses spake to them. (32) And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh : and he gave them in commandment all that the Lord had spoken with him in mount Sinai. (33) And when Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. (34) But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out ; and he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded ; (35) and the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone : and Moses put the veil upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him. 35 And Moses assembled all the con gregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them, These are the words which the Lord hath commanded, that ye should do them. (2) 6Six clays shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sab bath of solemn rest to the Lord : who soever doeth any work therein shall be put to death. (3) Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sab bath day. (4) And Moses spake unto all the con gregation of the children of Israel, say ing, This is the thing which the Lord commanded, saying, (5) 6Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord : whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, the Lord's offering ; gold, and silver, and brass ; (6) and blue, and pur ple, and scarlet, and fine lmen, and goats' hair ; (7) and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, and acacia wood ; (8) and oil for the light, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense ; (9) and onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate. (10) And let every wise hearted man among you come, and make all that the Lord hath commanded; (11) the tabernacle, its tent, and its covering, its clasps, and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets ; (12) the ark, and the staves thereof, the mercy-seat, and the veil of the screen ; (13) the table, and its staves, and all its vessels, and the 7 shewbread ; (14) the candlestick also for the light, and its vessels, and its lamps, and the 1 Heb. revolution. 2 Heb. words. a Or, sent forth beams. (Heb. horns.) * Or, while he talked with him. 8 See ch. xxxi. 15. 8 See ch. xxv. 2-7. 7 Or, Presence-bread. 102 EXODUS. oil for the light; (15) and the altar of incense, and its staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door, at the door of the taber nacle ; (16) the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base ; (17) the hangings of the court, the pillars thereof, and their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court ; (18) the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords; (19) the 'finely wrought garments, for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office. (20) And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the pres ence of Moses. (21) And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and brought the Lord's offering, for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all the service thereof, and for the holy gar ments. (22) And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought brooches, and 2 ear rings, and signet-rings, and 3 armlets, all jewels of gold ; even every man that of fered an offering of gold unto the Lord. (23) And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and rams' skins dyed red, and sealskins, brought them. (24) Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the Lord's offering : and every man, with whom was found acacia wood for any work of the ser vice, brought it. (25) And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, and the purple, the scar let, and the fine linen. (26) And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wis dom spun the goats' hair. (27) And the rulers brought the 4onyx stones, and the stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate ; (28) and the spice, and the oil ; for the light, and for the anoint ing oil, and for the sweet incense. (29) The children of Israel brought a freewill offering unto the Lord ; every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all the work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. (30) 6 And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the Lord hath called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah ; (31) and he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowl edge, and in all manner of workmanship ; (32) and to devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, (33) and in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all manner of cunning workmanship. (34) And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Oholiab, the son of Ahisa- mach, of the tribe of Dan. (35) Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of workmanship, of the 6 engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any workmanship, and of those that devise cunning works. 36 And Bezalel and Oholiab shall work, and every wise hearted man, in whom the Lord hath put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctu ary, according to all that the Lord hath commanded. (2) And Moses called Bezalel and Oho liab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the Lord had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it : (3) and they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the 1 Seech, xxxi. 10. Or, nose-rings. Or, necklaces. 4 Or, beryl. 8 See ch. xxxi. 1-6. " Or, craftsman. EXODUS. 103 work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him freewill offerings every morning. (4) And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they wrought ; (5) and they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the Lord commanded to make. (6) And Mo ses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. (7) For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. (8) 'And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work made the tab ernacle with ten curtains ; of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubim the work of the cunning workman made he them. (9) The length of each curtain was eight and twenty cu bits, and the breadth of each curtain four cubits : all the curtains had one measure. (10) And he coupled five curtains one to another : and the other five curtains he coupled one to another. (11) And he made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain 2 from the selvedge in the coupling : likewise he made in the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the second 8 coupling. (12) Fifty loops made he in the one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain that was in the second a coupling : the loops were opposite one to another. (13) And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps : so the tab ernacle was one. (14) And he made cur tains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle : eleven curtains he made them. (15) The length of each curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits the breadth of each curtain : the eleven curtains had one meas ure. (16) And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by them selves. (17) And he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outmost in the 4 coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which was outmost in the second 3 coupling. (18) And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. (19) And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of 5 sealskins above. (20) 6And he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing up. (21) Ten cubits was the length of a board, and a cubit and a half the breadth of each board. (22) Each board had two tenons, 7 joined one to another : thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. (23) And he made the boards for the tabernacle ; twenty boards for the south side south ward : (24) and he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards ; two sock ets under one board for its two tenons, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. (25) And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards, (26) and their forty sockets of silver ; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. (27) And for the hinder part of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. (28) And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the hinder part. (29) And they were double beneath, and in like manner they were en tire unto the top thereof unto 8 one ring : thus he did to both of them m the two cor ners. (30) And there were eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sock ets ; under every board two sockets. (31) And he made bars of acacia wood ; five for the boards of the one side of the tab- 1 See ch. xxvi. 1-14. 6 See ch. xxvi. 15-29. 2 Or, that was outmost in the first set. ' Or, morticed. s Or, the first. 3 Or, set. 4 Or, first set. s Or, porpoise-t 104 EXODUS. ernacle, (32) and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the hinder part westward. (33) And he made the middle bar to pass through in the midst of the boards from the one end to the other. (34) And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold for places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. (35) 'And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : with cherubim the work of the cun ning workman made he it. (36) And he made thereunto four pillars of acacia, and overlaid them with gold : their hooks were of gold ; and he cast for them four sock ets of silver. (37) And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer ; (38) and the five pillars of it with their hooks : and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold : and their five sockets were of brass. 37 2And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood : two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit 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, in the four feet thereof ; even two rings on the one 4 side of it, and two rings on the other 4 side of it. (4) And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. (5) And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. (6) And he made a B mercy-seat of pure gold : two cubits and a half ivas the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. (7) And he made two cherubim of gold ; of 6 beaten work made he them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat ; (8) one cherub at the other end, and one cherub at the other end : of one piece with the mercy-seat made he the cherubim at the two ends thereof. (9) And the cheru bim spread out their wings on high, cover ing the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another ; toward the mercy-seat were the faces of the cheru bim. (10) 7And he made the table of acacia wood : two cubits ivas the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cu bit and a half the height thereof: (11) and he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round about. (12) And he made unto it a border of an handbreadth round about, and made a golden crown to the border thereof round about. (13) And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that were on the four feet thereof. (14) Close by the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table. (15) And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table. (16) And he made the vessels which were upon the table, the dishes thereof, and the spoons thereof, and the bowls thereof, and the flagons thereof, to pour out withal, of pure gold. (17) "And he made the candlestick of pure gold : of beaten work made he the candlestick, even its base, and its shaft; its cups, its knops, and its flowers, were of one piece with it : (18) and there were six branches 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 cups made like almond- blossoms in one branch, a knop and a flower ; and three cups made like almond- blossoms iu the other branch, a knop and a flower : so for the six branches going out of the candlestick. (20) And in the 7 See ch. xxvi. 31-37. 2 See ch. xxv. 10-20. 3 Or, rim. Or, moulding. » Or, turned. 7 See ch. xxv. 23-29. 8 See ch. xxv. 31-39. 4 Heb. rib. 8 Or, covering. EXODUS. 105 candlestick were four cups made like al mond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof: (21) and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, and a knop under two branches of one piece with it, for the six branches going out of it. (22) Their knops and their branches were of one piece with it : the whole of it was one beaten work of pure gold. (23) And he made the lamps thereof, seven, and the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, of pure gold. (24) Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. (25) ' And he made the altar of incense of acacia wood : a cubit was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, foursquare ; and two cubits was the height thereof ; the horns thereof were of one piece with it. (26) And he overlaid it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it : and he made unto it a crown of gold round about. (27) And he made for it two golden rings under the crown thereof, upon the two ribs thereof, upon the two sides of it, for places for staves to bear it withal. (28) And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. (29) 2And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer. 38 And 3 he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood : five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare ; and three cubits the height thereof. (2) And he made the horns thereof upon the four corners of it ; the horns thereof were of one piece with it : and he overlaid it with brass. (3) And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, the fleshhooks, and the fire pans : all the vessels thereof made he of brass. (4) And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up. (5) And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grating of brass, to be places for the staves. (6) And he made the staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with brass. (7) And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal ; he made it hollow with planks. (8) 4And he made the laver of brass, and- the base thereof of brass, of the mir rors of 5 the 6 serving women which served at the door of the tent of meeting. (9) 7And he made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits : (10) their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. (11) And for the north side an hun dred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. (12) And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. (13) And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. (14) The hang ings for the one side of the gate were fif teen cubits ; their pillars three, and their sockets three ; (15) and so for the other side : on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits ; their pillars three, and their sock ets three. (16) All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. (17) And the sockets for the pillars were of brass ; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver ; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver ; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. (18) And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, 1 See ch. xxx. 1-5. 2 See ch. xxx. 23, 24, 34, 35. 8 See ch. xxvii . 1-8. 4 See ch. xxx. 18. » Or, the women which assembled to minister. fl See Num. iv. 23, viii. 24; 1 Sam. ii. 22. 7 See ch. xxvii. 9-19. 106 EXODUS. and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen : and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. (19) And their pillars were four, and their sockets four, of brass ; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver. (20) And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass. (21) This is the sum of the things for the tabernacle, even the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were counted, accord ing to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest. (22) And Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded. Moses. (23) And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of tbe tribe of Dan, 'an en graver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. (24) All the gold that was used for the work in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the skekel of the sanctuary. (25) And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after tbe shekel of the sanctuary : (26) a beka a head, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that passed over to them that were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. (27) And the hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil ; an hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. (28) And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and made fillets for them. (29) And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thou sand and four hundred shekels. (30) And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grating for it, and all the vessels of the altar, (31) and the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about. 39 Aud of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made finely wrought gar ments, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron ; as the Lord commanded Moses. (2) 2And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. (3) And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, the work of the cunning workman. (4) They made shoulderpieces for it, joined together : at the two ends was it joined together. _ (5) And the cunningly woven band, that was upon it, to gird it on withal, was of tbe same piece and like the work thereof ; of gold, of blue, and pur ple, and scarlet, and find twined linen ; as the Lord commanded Moses. (6) And they wrought the onyx stones, inclosed in ouches of gold, graven with the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the children of Israel. (7) And he put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, to be stones of memorial for the children of Israel ; as the Lord commanded Moses. (8) 3And he made the breastplate, the work of the cunning workman, like the work of the ephod ; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. (9) It was foursquare ; they made the 1 Or, a craftsman. 2 See ch. xxviii. 6-12. 3 See ch. xxviii. 15-: EXODUS. 107 breastplate double : a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double. (10) And they set it in four rows of stones : a row of sardius, topaz, and carbuncle was the first row. (11) And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. (12) And the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst. (13) And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper : they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their settings. (14) And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, ac cording to their names ; like the engrav ings of a signet, every one according to his name, for the twelve tribes. (15) And they made upon the breastplate chains like cords, of wreathen work of pure gold. (16) And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings ; and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. (17) And they put the two wreathen chains of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastplate. (18) And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains they put on the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, in the forepart thereof. (19) And they made two rings of gold, and put them upon the two ends of the breastplate, upon the edge thereof, which was toward the side of the ephod inward. (20) And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two shoulderpieces of the ephod underneath, in the forepart thereof, close by the coup ling thereof, above the cunningly woven band of the ephod. (21) And they did bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be upon the cun ningly woven band of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod ; as the Lord commanded Moses. (22) 'And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue ; (23) and the hole of the robe in the midst thereof, as the hole of a coat of mail, with a binding round about the hole of it, that it should not be rent. (24) _And they made upon the skirts of the robe pome granates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. (25) And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells be tween the pomegranates upon the skirts of the robe round about, between the pome granates ; (26) a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about, to minister in ; as the Lord commanded Moses. (27) 2And they made the coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, (28) and the 8mitre of fine linen, and the goodly headtires of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twined linen, (29) and the girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer ; as the Lord com manded Moses. (30) "And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like the engravings of a sig net, HOLT to the lord. (31) And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it upon the 8 mitre above ; as the Lord commanded Moses. (32) Thus was finished all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting : and the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did they. (33) And they brought tbe tabernacle unto Moses, the Tent, and all its furniture, its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets ; (34) and the cov ering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of 6 sealskins, and the veil of the screen ; (35) the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy-seat ; (36) the table, all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread ; (37) the pure candlestick, the lamps thereof, even the lamps to be 1 See ch. xxviii. 31-34. 2 See ch. xxviii. 39, 40, 42. 3 Or, turban. 4 See ch. xxviii 36, 37. fi Or, porpoise-skins. 108 EXODUS. set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for the light; (38) and the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the screen for the door of the Tent ; (39) the brasen altar, and its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base ; (40) the hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court, the cords thereof, and the pins thereof, and all the instruments of the ser vice of the tabernacle, for the tent of meet ing ; (41) the finely wrought garments for ministering in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office. (42) According to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the chil dren of Israel did all the work. (43) And Moses saw all the work, and, behold, they had done it ; as the Lord had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them. 40 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) On the first day of the first month shalt thou rear up the tabernacle of tbe tent of meeting. (3) And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil. (4) And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are upon it ; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and ' light the lamps thereof. (5) And thou shalt set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testi mony, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle. (6) And thou shalt set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. (7) And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and shalt put water therein. (8) And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court. (9) And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the furniture thereof: and it shall be holy. (10) And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and the altar shall be most holy. (11) And thou shalt anoint the laver and its base, and sanctify it. (12) And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash tbem with water. (13) And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments ; and thou shalt anoint him, and sanctify him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. (14) And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them : (15) and thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may min ister unto me in the priest's office : and their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout then- generations. (16) Thus did Moses : ac cording to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he. (17) And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. (18) And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and laid its sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up its pillars. (19) And he spread the tent over the tab ernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it ; as the Lord commanded Moses. (20) 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 into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony ; as the Lord commanded Moses. (22) And he put the table in the tent of meeting, upon the side of the tab ernacle northward, without the veil. (23) And he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord ; as the Lord commanded 1 Or, set up. EXODUS. 109 Moses. (24) And he put the candlestick in the tent of meeting, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle south ward. (25) And he 'lighted the lamps before the Lord ; as the Lord commanded Moses. (26) And he put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil : (27) and he burnt thereon incense of sweet spices ; as the Lord commanded Moses. (28) And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle. (29) And he set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the taber nacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meal offering ; as the Lord commanded Moses. (30) And he set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water therein, to wash withal. (31) 2 And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat ; (32) when they went into the tent of meeting, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed : as the Lord commanded Moses. (33) And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work. (34) Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and th glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. (35) And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of meet ing, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. (36) And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward, throughout all their journeys : (37) but if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. (38) For the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and there was fire therein by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. 1 Or, set up. 2 See ch. xxx. 19, 20. THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES, COMMONLY CALLED LEVITICUS. 1 And the Lord called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tent of meeting, saying, (2) Speak unto the children of . Israel, and say unto them, When any man of you offereth an oblation unto the Lord, ye shall offer your oblation of the cattle, even of the herd and of the flock. (3) If his oblation be a burnt offering of the herd, he shall offer it a male with out blemish : he shall offer it at the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord. (4) And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt offering ; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. (5) And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord : and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall present the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting. (6) And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into its pieces. (7) And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay wood in order upon the fire : (8) and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar • (9) but its inwards and its legs shall he wash with water : and the priest shall burn the whole on the altar, for a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. (10) And if his oblation be of the flock, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt offering ; he shall offer it a male without blemish. (11) And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord : and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood upon the altar round about. (12) And he shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat : and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar : (13) but the inwards and the legs shall he wash with water : and the priest shall offer the whole, and burn it upon the altar : it is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. (14) And if his oblation to the Lord be a burnt offering of fowls, then he shall offer his oblation of turtledoves, or of young pigeons. (15) And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and ' wring off its head, and burn it on the altar ; and the blood thereof shall be drained out on the side of the altar : (16) and he shall take away its crop with the 2 filth thereof, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes : (17) and he shall rend it by the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder : and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire : it is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 2 And when any one offereth an obla tion of a meal offering unto the Lord, his oblation shall be of fine flour ; and he shall 1 Or, pinch. 2 Or, feathers. 110 LEVITICUS. Ill pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: (2) and he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests : and he shall take thereout his handful of the fine flour there of, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof ; and the priest shall burn it as the memorial thereof upon the altar, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord : (3) and that which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron's and his sons' : it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire. (4) And when thou offerest an oblation of a meal offering baken in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. (5) And if thy oblation be a meal offering of the ' baking pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. (6) Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon : it is a meal offering. (7) And if thy oblation be a meal offer ing of the frying pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. (8) And thou shalt bring the meal offering that is made of these things unto the Lord : and it shall be presented unto the priest, and he shall bring it unto the altar. (9) And the priest shall take up from the meal offering the memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar : an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. (10) And that which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron's and his sons' : it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire . (11) No meal offering, which ye shall offer unto the Lord, shall be made with leaven : for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, as an offering made by fire unto the Lord. (12) As an oblation of firstfruits ye shall offer them unto the Lord : but they shall not come up for a sweet savour on the altar. (13) And every oblation of thy meal offering shalt thou season with salt ; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meal offering : with all thine oblations thou shalt offer salt. (14) And if thou offer a meal offering of firstfruits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meal offering of thy firstfruits corn in the ear parched with fire, bruised corn of the fresh ear. (15) And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense there on : it is a meal offering. (16) And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the bruised corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof : it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 3 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of 2 peace offerings ; if he offer of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord. (2) And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting : and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. (3) And he shall offer of the sacrifice of peace offerings an offer ing made by fire unto the Lord ; 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 loins, and the caul upon the liver, 8 with the kidneys, shall he take away. (5) And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt offering, which is upon the wood that is on the fire : it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. (6) And if his oblation for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord be of the flock ; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. (7) If he offer a lamb for his oblation, then shall he offer it be fore the Lord : (8) and he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and kill it before the tent of meeting : and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. (9) And he shall offer of the sacrifice of peace 1 Or, fiat plate. 2 Or, thank offerings. 3 Or, which he shall take away by the kidneys. 112 LEVITICUS. offerings an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat thereof, the fat tail entire, he shall take it away hard by the backbone ; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, (10) and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, ' with the kidneys, shall he take away. (11) And the priest shall burn it upon the altar : it is the 2 food of the offering made by fire unto the Lord. (12) And if his oblation be a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord : (13) and he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tent of meeting : and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. (14) And he shall offer thereof his oblation, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, (15) and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, ' with the kidneys, shall he take away. (16) And the priest shall burn them upon the altar : it is the food of the offering made by fire, for a sweet savour : all the fat is the Lord's. (17) It shall be a perpetual statute through out your generations in all your dwellings, that ye shall eat neither fat nor blood. 4 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any one shall sin 8 un wittingly, in any one of the things which Lord hath commanded not to be done, and shall do any one of them : (3) if the anointed priest shall sin so as to bring guilt on the people ; then let him offer for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bul lock without blemish unto the Lord for a sin offering. (4) And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tent of meet ing before the Lord ; and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the bullock, and kill the bullock before the Lord. (5) And the anointed priest shall take of the blood of the bullock, and bring it to the tent of meeting : (6) and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, before the veil of the sanctuary. (7) And the priest shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the Lord, which is in the tent of meeting; and all the blood of the bullock shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting. (8) And all the fat of the bullock of the sin offering he shall take off from it ; the fat that covereth the in wards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, (9) and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, 4with the kidneys, shall he take away, (10) as it is taken off from the ox of the sacrifice of peace offerings : and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of burnt offering. (11) And the skin of the bullock, and all its flesh, with its head, and with its legs, and its inwards, and its dung, (12) even the whole bullock shall he carry forth with out the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire : where the ashes are poured out shall it be burnt. (13) And if the whole congregation of Israel shall err, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done any of the things which the Lord hath commanded not to be done, and are guilty ; (14) when the sin wherein they have sinned is known, then the assembly shall offer a young bullock for a sin offer ing, and bring it before the tent of meeting. (15) And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord : and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord. (16) And the anointed priest shall bring of the blood 1 See ver. 4. Heb. bread, 3 Or, through error. 4 See ch. iii. 4. LEVITICUS. 113 of the bullock to the tent of meeting : (17) and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, before the veil. (18) And he shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the Lord, that is in the tent of meeting, and all the blood shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting. (19) And all the fat thereof shall he take off from it, and burn it upon the altar. (20) Thus shall he do with the bullock ; as he did with the bullock of the sin offering, so shall he do with this : and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven. (21) And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bullock : it is the sin offering for the assembly. (22) When a ruler sinneth, and doeth unwittingly any one of all the things which the Lord his God hath commanded not to be done, and is guilty ; (23) if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, be made known to him, he shall bring for his oblation a goat, a male 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 Lord : it is a sin offering. (25) And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering. (26) And all the fat thereof shall he burn upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings : and the priest shall make atone ment for him as concerning his sin, and he shall be forgiven. (27) And if any one of the ' common people sin unwittingly, in doing any of the things which the Lord hath commanded not to be done, and be guilty ; (28) if his sin, which he hath sinned, be made known to him, then he shall bring for his oblation a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. (29) And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering in the place of 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 all the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar. (31) And all the fat thereof shall he take away, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offer ings ; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the Lord ; and the priest shall make atone ment for him, and he shall be forgiven. (32) And if he bring a lamb as his ob lation for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish. (33) And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offer ing. (34) And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his fin ger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and all the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar : (35) and all the fat thereof shall he take away, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings ; and the priest shall burn them on the altar, 2 upon the offerings of the Lord made by fire : and the priest shall make atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned, and he shall be forgiven. 5 And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity : (2) or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcase of an unclean beast, or the carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and it be hidden from him, and he be un clean, then he shall be guilty: (3) or if 1 Heb. people of the land. 2 Or, after the manner of. 114 LEVITICUS. he touch the uncleanness of man, whatso ever his uncleanness be wherewith he is unclean, and it be hid from him ; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty : (4) or if any one swear rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall utter rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him ; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these things : (5) and it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that wherein he hath sinned : (6) and he shall bring 1 his guilt offering unto the Lord for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offer ing ; and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin. (7) And if his means suffice not for a lamb, then he shall bring ' his guilt offering for that wherein he hath sinned, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the Lord ; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. (8) And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and 2 wring off its head from its neck, but shall not divide it asunder • (9) and he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offer ing upon the side of the altar ; and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar : it is a sin offering. (10) And he shall 3 offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the ordinance : and the priest shall make atonement for him as concerning his sin which he hath sinned, and he shall be forgiven. (11) But if his means suffice not for two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he shall bring his oblation for that wherein he hath sinned, the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering ; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon : for it is a sin offering. (12) And he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as the memorial thereof and burn it on the altar, 4 upon the offer ings of the Lord made by fire : it is a sin offering. (13) And the priest shall make atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in any of these things, and he shall be forgiven : and the remnant shall be the priest's, as the meal offering. (14) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (15) If any one commit a trespass, and sin unwittingly, in the holy things of the Lord ; then he shall bring his guilt offering unto the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy estimation in silver by shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offer ing : (16) and he shall make restitution for that which he hath clone amiss in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest : and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven. (17) And if any one sin, and do any of the things which the Lord hath com manded not to be done ; though he knew it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. (IS) And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, accord ing to thy estimation, for a guilt offering, unto the priest : and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning the thing wherein he erred unwittingly and knew it not, and he shall be forgiven. (19) It is a guilt offering : he is certainly guilty before the Lord. 6 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) If any one sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and deal false ly with his neighbour in a matter of de posit, or of 6 bargain, or of robbery, or have oppressed his neighbour ; (3) or have found that which was lost, and deal false ly therein, and swear to a lie ; in any of 1 Or, for his guilt. 8 Or, pledge. Or, his trespass offering. 2 Or, pinch. 3 Or, prepare. 4 Or, after the manner of- LEVITICUS. 115 all these that a man doeth, sinning there in : (4) then it shall be, if he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took by robbery, or the thing which he hath gotten by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found, (5) or any thing about which he hath sworn false ly ; he shall even restore it in full, and shall add the fifth part more thereto : unto him to whom it appertaineth shall he give it, in the day of his being found guilty. (6) And he shall bring his guilt offering unto the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy estimation, for a guilt offering, unto the priest : (7) and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be for given ; concerning whatsoever he doeth so as to be guilty thereby. (8) ' And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (9) Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offer ing : the burnt offering shall be 2 on the hearth upon the altar all night unto the morning ; and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning thereon. (10) And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh ; and he shall take up the ashes whereto the fire hath consumed the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. (11) And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes with out the camp unto a clean place. (12) And the fire upon the altar shall be kept burning thereon, it shall not go out ; and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning : and he shall lay the burnt offer ing in order upon it, and shall burn there on the fat of the peace offerings. (13) Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually ; it shall not go out. (14) And this is the law of the meal offering : the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord, before the altar. (15) And he shall take up therefrom his hand ful, of the fine flour of the meal offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frank incense which is upon the meal offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, as the memorial thereof, unto the Lord. (16) And that which is left there of shall Aaron and his sons eat : it shall be eaten without leaven in a holy place ; in the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it. (17) It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fire ; it is most holy, as the sin offering, and as the guilt offer ing. (18) Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as a due for ever throughout your generations, from the offerings of the Lord made by fire : who soever toucheth them shall be holy. (19) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (20) This is the oblation of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the Lord in the day when he is anointed ; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering perpetually, half of it in the morning, and half thereof in the even ing. (21) On a 3 baking pan it shall be made with oil ; when it is soaked, thou shalt bring it in : in 4 baken pieces shalt thou offer the meal offering for a sweet savpur unto the Lord. (22) And the anointed priest that shall be in his stead from among his sons shall offer it : by a statute for ever it shall be wholly burnt unto the Lord. (23) And every meal offering of 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 killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord : it is most holy. (26) The priest that offereth it for sin 1 In Heb. ch. vi. begins here. uncertain. 2 Or, on its firewood. See ch. ii. 5. 4 The meaning of the Hebrew word is 116 LEVITICUS. shall eat it : in a holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting. (27) 'Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy : and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in a holy place. (28) But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken : and if it be sodden in a brasen vessel, it shall be scoured, and rinsed in water. (29) Every male among the priests shall eat thereof : it is most holy. (30) And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten : it shall be burnt with fire. 7 And this is the law of the guilt offer ing : it is most holy. (2) In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the guilt offering : and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle upon the altar round about. (3) And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof ; the fat tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards, (4) and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, and the caul upon the liver, 2 with the kidneys, shall he take away : (5) and the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the Lord : it is a guilt offering. (6) Every male among the priests shall eat thereof : it shall be eaten in a holy place : it is most holy. (7) As is the sin offering, so is the guilt offering : there is one law for them : the priest that maketh atonement therewith, he shall have it. (8) And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered. (9) And every meal offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the frying pan, and on the 3 baking pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it. (10) And every meal offering, mingled with oil, or dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as well as another. (11) And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which one shall offer unto the Lord. (12) If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour soaked. (13) With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his obla tion with the sacrifice of his peace offer ings for thanksgiving. (14) And of it he shall offer one out of each oblation for an heave offering unto the Lord ; it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. (15) And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his oblation ; he shall not leave any of it until the morning. (16) But if the sacri fice of his oblation be a vow or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offereth his sacrifice : and on the mor row that which remaineth of it shall be eaten: (17) but that which remaineth of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire. (18) And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten 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 eat eth of it shall bear his iniquity. (19) And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten ; it shall be burnt with fire. And as for the flesh, every one that is clean shall eat thereof: (20) but the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacri fice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from his people. (21) And when any one shall touch any unclean thing, the uncleanness of man, or an unclean beast, or any un clean abomination, and eat of the flesh of 1 Or, Whosoever. 2 See ch. iii. 4. See ch. ii. 5. LEVITICUS. 117 the sacrifice of peace offerings, which per tain unto the Lord, that soul shall be cut off from his people. (22) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (23) Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat. (24) And the fat of that which dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn of beasts, may be used for any other service : but ye shall in no wise eat of it. (25) For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people. (26) And ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether Nit be of fowl or of beast, iu any of your dwellings. (27) Whosoever it be that eateth any blood, that soul shall be cut off from his people. (28) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (29) Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacri fice of his peace offerings unto the Lord shall bring his oblation unto the Lord out of the sacrifice of his peace offerings : (30) his own hands shall bring the offerings of the Lord made by fire ; the fat with the breast shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the Lord. (31) And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar : but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. (32) And the right 'thigh shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering out of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. (33) He among the sons of Aaron, that offer eth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right ' thigh for a portion. (34) For the wave breast and the heave ' thigh have I taken of the chil dren of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons as a due for ever from the children of Israel. (35) This is the 2 anointing-portion of Aaron, and the anointing-portion of his sons, out of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the Lord in the priest's office ; (36) which the Lord com manded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them. It is a due for ever throughout their generations. (37) This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meal offering, and of the sin offering, and of the guilt offering, and of the consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace offerings ; (38) which the Lord commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he com manded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the Lord, in the wil derness- of Sinai. 8 3And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing- oil, and the bullock of the sin offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleav ened bread ; (3) and assemble thou all the congregation at the door of the tent of meeting. (4) And Moses did as the Lord commanded him ; aud the congregation was assembled at the door of the tent of meeting. (5) And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded to be done. (6) And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. (7) And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the cunningly woven band of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. (8) And he placed the breast plate upon him : and in the breastplate he put 4the Urim and the Thummim. (9) And he set the 5 mitre upon his head ; and upon the 6 mitre, in front, did he set the golden plate, the holy crown ; as the Lord commanded Moses. (10) And Moses took 1 Or, shoulder. 2 Or, portion. 3 See Ex. xxix. 4 That is, the Lights and the Perfections. 8 Or, turban. 118 LEVITICUS. the anointing oil, and anointed the taber nacle and all that was therein, and sancti fied them. (11) And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctifj7 them. (12) And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify, him. (13) And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and clothed them with coats, and girded them with girdles, and bound headtires upon them ; as the Lord commanded Moses. (14) And he brought the bullock of the sin offering : and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock of the sin offering. (15) And he slew it ; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it. (16) And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar. (17) But the bullock, and its skin, the blood thereof, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. (24) And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot : and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. (25) And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right x thigh: (26). and out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the Lord, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and upon the right thigh : (27) and he put the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and waved them for a wave offering before the Lord. (28) And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering : they were a consecra tion for a sweet savour : it was an offering and its flesh, and its dung, he burnt with made by fire unto the Lord. (29) And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord : it was Moses' portion of the ram of consecration ; as the Lord commanded Moses. (30) And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, upon his gar ments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him ; and sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. (31) And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting : and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, 2 as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. (32) And that which remain eth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye bum with fire. (33) And ye shall not go fire without the camp ; as the Lord com manded Moses. (18) And he presented the ram of the burnt offering : and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. (19) And he killed it : and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. (20) And he cut the ram into its pieces ; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat. (21) And he washed the inwards and the legs with water ; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar : it was a burnt offering for a sweet savour : it was an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; as the Lord commanded Moses. (22) And he presented the other ram, the ram of consecration : and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. (23) And be slew it ; and Moses took of 7 Or, shoulder. 2 The Sept., Onkeios aud Syr. read, as lam commanded. See ver. 35, ch. x. 13. LEVITICUS. 119 out from the door of the tent of meeting seven days, until the days of your con secration be fulfilled : for he shall ' con secrate you seven days. (34) As hath been done this day, so the Lord hath com manded to do, to make atonement for you. (35) And at the door of the tent of meet ing shall ye abide day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the Lord, that ye die not : for so I am commanded. (36) And Aaron and his sons did all the things which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses. 9 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel ; (2) and he said unto Aaron, Take thee a bull calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the Lord. (3) And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a he- goat for a sin offering ; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blem ish, for a burnt offering ; (4) and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord ; and a meal offering mingled with oil : for to-day the Lord ap- peareth unto you. (5) And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tent of meeting : and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord. (6) And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commanded that ye should do : and the glory of the Lord shall ap pear unto you. (7) And Moses said unto Aaron, Draw near unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make atonement for thyself, and for the people : and offer the oblation of the people, and make atonement for them ; as the Lord commanded. (8) So Aaron drew near unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. (9) And the sons of Aaron presented the blood unto him : and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar: (10) but the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul from the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar ; as the Lord commanded Moses. (11) And the flesh and the skin he burnt with fire without the camp. (12) And he slew the burnt offering ; and Aaron's sons delivered unto him the blood, and he sprinkled it upon the altar round about. (13) And they delivered the burnt offering unto him, piece by piece, and the head : and he burnt them upon the altar. (14) And he washed the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar. (15) And he presented the people's obla tion, and took the goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first. (16) And he presented the burnt offering,. and offered it according to the ordinance. (17) And he presented the meal offering, and filled his hand therefrom, and burnt it upon the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning. (18) He slew also the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people : and Aaron's sons delivered unto him the blood, and he sprinkled it upon the altar round about, (19) and the fat of the ox ; and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul of the liver : (20) and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar: (21) and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offer ing before the Lord ; as Moses command ed. (22) And Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them ; and he came clown from offering the sin offer ing, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings. (23) And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and came out, and blessed the people : and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the people. (24) And there came forth fire from before 1 Heb. fill your hand. 120 LEVITICUS. the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat : and when all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces. 10 And Nadab and Abihu', the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer, and put fire therein, and laid incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them. (2) And there came forth fire from before 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 1 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, Draw near, carry your brethren from before the sanc tuary out of the camp. (5) So they drew near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp ; as Moses had said. (6) And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, 2 Let not the hair of your heads go loose, neither rend your clothes ; that ye die not, and that he be not wroth with all the congregation : but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord hath kindled. (7) And ye shall not go out from the door of the tent of meeting, lest ye die : for the anointing oil of the Lord is upon you. And they did accord ing to the word of Moses. (8) And the Lord spake unto Aaron, saying, (9) Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not : it shall be a statute for ever through out your generations : (10) and 3that ye may put difference between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean; (11) and 8that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the Lord hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. (12) And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meal offering that remaineth of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and eat it without leaven be side the altar : for it is most holy : (13) and ye shall eat it in a holy place, because it is thy clue, and thy sons' clue, of the offerings of the Lord made by fire : for so I am commanded. (14) And the wave breast and the heave thigh shall ye eat in a clean place ; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee : for they are given as thy clue, and thy sons' due, out of the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the children of Israel. (15) The heave thigh and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the Lord : and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, as a due for ever ; as the Lord hath commanded. (16) And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt : and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron that were left, saying, (17) Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and he hath given it you 4 to bear the ini quity of the congregation, to make atone ment for them before the Lord? (18) Behold, the blood of it was not brought into the sanctuary within : ye should cer tainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded. (19) And Aaron spake unto Moses, Behold, this clay have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord ; and there have befallen me such things as these : and if I had eaten the sin offering to-day, would it have been well-pleasing in the sight of the Lord ? (20) And when Moses heard that, it was well-pleasing in his sight. 1 Or, are nigh. 2 Some ancient versions render, Uncover not your heads. 3 Or, ye shall. 4 Or, to take away. LEVITICUS. 121 11 And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, (2) Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the living things which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. (3) Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and 'cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. (4) Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that part the hoof : the camel, because he 'cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. (5) And the 2 coney, because he 'cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, he is unclean unto you. (6) And the hare, because she ' cheweth the cud but parteth not the hoof, she is unclean unto you. (7) And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, but ' cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you. (8) Of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their car cases ye shall not touch ; they are unclean unto you. (9) These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters : whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. (10) And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of all the living crea tures that are in the waters, they are an abomination unto you, (11) and they shall be an abomination unto you ; ye shall not eat of their flesh, and their carcases ye shall have in abomination. (12) Whatso ever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that is an abomination unto you. (13) And these ye shall have in abomi nation among the fowls ; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination : the 3 eagle, and the gier eagle, and the ospray ; (14) and the kite, and the falcon after its kind; (15) every raven after its kind; (16) and the ostrich, and the * night hawk, and the seamew, and the hawk after its kind ; (17) and the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl ; (18) and the 6 horned owl, and the pelican, and the vulture; (19) and the stork, the 6 heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. (20) All winged creeping things that go upon all four are an abomination unto you. (21) Yet these may ye eat of all winged creeping things that go upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; (22) even these of them ye may eat ; the 7 locust after its kind, and the 7 bald locust after its kind, and the 7 cricket after its kind, and the 7 grasshopper after its kind. (23) But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you. (24) And by these ye shall become un clean : whosoever toucheth the carcase of them shall be unclean until the even : (25) and whosoever beareth aught of the carcase of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. (26) Every beast which parteth the hoof, and is not clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, is unclean unto you : every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. (27) And whatsoever goeth upon its paws, among all beasts that go on all four, they are unclean unto you : whoso toucheth their carcase shall be unclean until the even. (28) And he that beareth the car case of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even : they are un clean unto you. (29) And these are they which are un clean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth ; the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind, (30) and the 8 gecko, and the 8 land-crocodile, and the 8 lizard, and the 8 sand-lizard, and the chameleon. (31) 1 Heb. bringeth up. 2 Heb. shaphan, the Hyrax Syriacus or rock-badger. 3 Or, great vulture. i Heb. tahmas, of uncertain meaning. 8 Or, swan. 6 Or, ibis. 7 Four kinds of locusts or grasshoppers, which are not certainly known. 8 Words of uncertain meaning, but probably denoting four kinds of lizards. 122 LEVITICUS. These are they which are unclean to you among all that creep : whosoever doth touch them, when they are dead, shall be unclean until the even. (32) And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean ; whether it be any vessel of wood, or rai ment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherewith any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even ; then shall it be clean. (33) And every earthen vessel, whereinto an j- of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean, and it ye shall break. (34) All food therein which may be eaten, that on which water cometh, shall be un clean : and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. (35) And every thing whereupon any part of their carcase falleth shall be unclean ; whether oven, or ' range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces : they are unclean, and shall be unclean unto you. (36) Nevertheless a fountain or a 2 pit wherein is a gathering of water shall be clean : but 8that which toucheth their carcase shall be unelean. (37) And if aught of their carcase fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean. (38) But if water be put upon the seed, and aught of their carcase fall thereon, it is unclean unto you. (39) And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die ; he that toucheth 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 the even : he also that beareth the carcase of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. (41) And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth is an abomina tion ; it shall not be eaten. (42) What soever goeth upon the belly, and whatso ever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath many feet, even all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat ; for they are an abomination. (43) Ye shall not make yourselves abomi nable with any creeping thing that creep eth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be de filed thereby. (44) For I am the Lord your God : sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy ; for I am holy : neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that moveth upon the earth. (45) For I am the Lord that brought j7ou up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God : ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. (46) This is the law of the beast, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth: (47) to make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the liv ing thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten. 12 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman conceive seed, and bear a man child, then she shall be unclean seven days ; as in the days of the 4 impurity of her sickness shall she be un clean. (3) And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. (4) And she shall continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days ; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. (5) But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her 4 impurity : and she shall continue in the blood of her purify ing threescore and six days. (6) And when the days of her purifying are ful filled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the 1 Or, stewpan. Or, cistern. Or, he who. i Or, separation. LEVITICUS 123 door of the tent of meeting, unto the priest : (7) and he shall offer it before the Lord, and make atonement for her ; and she shall be cleansed from the foun tain of her blood. This is the law for her that beareth, whether a male or a fe male. (8) And if her means suffice not for a lamb, then she shall take two turtle doves, or two young pigeons ; the one for a burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering : and the priest shall make atone ment for her, and she shall be clean. 13 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (2) When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, or a scab, or a bright spot, and it become in the skin of his flesh the plague of lep rosy, then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests : (3) and the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh : and if the hair in the plague be turned white, and the appearance of the plague be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is the plague of leprosy : and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. (4) And if the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, 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, behold, if in his eyes the plague be at a stay, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall shut him up seven days more : (6) and the priest shall look on him again the seventh day : and, behold, if the plague be dim, and the plague be not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean : it is a scab : and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. (7) But if the scab spread abroad in the skin, after that he hath shewn himself to the priest for his cleans ing, he shall shew himself to the priest again : (8) and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the scab be spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him un clean : it is leprosy. (9) When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest ; (10) and the priest shall look, and, behold, if there be a white rising in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising, (11) it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean : he shall not shut him up ; for he is unclean. (12) And if the leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the lep rosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as appeareth to the priest ; (13) then the priest shall look : and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague : it is all turned white : he is clean. (14) But whensoever raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. (15) And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean : the raw flesh is unclean : it is leprosy. (16) Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, then he shall come unto the priest, (17) and the priest shall look on 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) And when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a boil, and it is healed, (19) and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish- white, then it shall be shewed to the priest ; (20) and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the appearance thereof be lower than the skin-, and the hair thereof be turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him un clean : it is the plague of leprosy, it hath broken out in the boil. (21) But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and it be not lower than the skin, but be dim, then the priest 124 LEVITICUS. shall shut him up seven clays : (22) and if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is a plague. (23) But if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread, it is the scar of the boil ; and the priest shall pro nounce him clean. (24) Or when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a burning by fire, and the quick flesh of the burning become a bright spot, reddish- white, or white ; (25) then the priest shall look upon it : and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin ; it is leprosy, it hath broken out in the burning : and the priest shall pro nounce him unclean : it is the plague of leprosy. (26) But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the skin, but be dim ; then the priest shall shut him up seven days : (27) and the priest shall look upon him the seventh day : if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is the plague of leprosy. (28) And if the bright spot stay in its place, and be not spread in the skin, but be dim ; it is the rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean : for it is the scar of the burning. (29) And when a man or woman hath a plague upon the head or upon the beard, (30) then the priest shall look on the plague : and, behold, if the appearance thereof be deeper than the skin, and there be in it yellow thin hair, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean : it is a scall, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard. (31) And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin, and there be no black hair in it, then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days : (32) and in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall be not spread, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the appearance of the scall be not deeper than the skin, (33) then he shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave ; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more : (34) and in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall : and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, and the appearance thereof be not deeper than the skin ; then the priest shall pronounce him clean : and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. (35) But if the scall spread abroad in the skin after his cleansing ; (36) then the priest shall look on him : and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for the yellow hair ; he is unclean. (37) But if in his eyes the scall be at a stay, and black hair be grown up therein ; the scall is healed, he is clean : and the priest shall pronounce him clean. (38) And when a man or a woman hath in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots ; (39) then the priest shall look : and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be of a dull white ; it is a tetter, it hath broken out in the skin ; he is clean. (40) And if a man's hair be fallen off his head, he is bald ; yet is he clean. (41) And if his hair be fallen off from the front part of his head, he is forehead bald; yet is he clean. (42) But if there be in the bald head, or the bald forehead, a reddish-white plague ; it is leprosy breaking out in his bald head, or his bald forehead. (43) Then the priest shall look upon him : and, behold, if the rising of the plague be reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the ap pearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh ; (44) he is a leprous man, he is unclean : the priest shall surely pro nounce him unclean ; his plague is in his head. (45) And the leper in whom the plague LEVITICUS. 125 is, his clothes shall be rent, and ' the hair of his head shall go loose, and he shall cover his upper lip, and shall cry, Un clean, unclean. (46) All the days wherein the plague is in him he shall be unclean ; he is unclean : he shall dwell alone ; with out the camp shall his dwelling be. (47) The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woollen garment, or a linen garment ; (48) whether it be in 2 warp, or woof ; of linen, or of Woollen ; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin ; (49) if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin ; it is the plague of leprosy, and shall be shewed unto the priest : (50) and the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up that which hath the plague seven days : (51) and he shall look on the plague on the seventh day : if the plague be spread in the gar ment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in the skin, whatever service skin is used for ; the plague is a fretting leprosy ; it is unclean. (52) And he shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in woollen or in linen, or 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 command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more : (55) and the priest shall look, after that the plague is washed : and, behold, if the plague have not changed its colour, and the plague be not spread, it is unclean ; thou shalt burn it in the fire : it is a fret, 8 whether the bareness be within or with out. (56) And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be dim after the wash ing thereof, 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 skin, it is breaking out : thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire. (58) And. the garment, either the warp, or the woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. (59) This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woollen oi lmen, either in the warp, or the woof, or any thing of skin, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. 14 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing : he shall be brought unto the priest : (3) and the priest shall go forth out of the camp ; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper ; (4) then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop : (5) and the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over 4 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 him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let go the living bird into the open field. (8) And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water, and he shall be clean : and after that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell out- 1 See ch. x. 6. 2 Or, woven or knitted stuff (and in vv. 49, &c). 8 Heb. whether it be bald in the head thereof, or in the forehead thereof. 4 Heb. living. 126 LEVITICUS. side his tent seven days. (9) And it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and bis eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off : and he shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. (10) And on the eighth day he shall take two he- lambs without blemish, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. (11) And the priest that cleanseth him shall set the man that is to be cleansed, and those things, before the Lord, at the door of the tent of meeting : (12) and the priest shall take one of the he-lambs, and offer him for a guilt offer ing, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord: (13) and he shall kill tbe he-lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place of the sanctu ary : for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the guilt offering : it is most holy : (14) and the priest shall take of the blood of the guilt 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 of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand : (16) and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before 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 upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the guilt offering: (18) and the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed : and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord. (19) And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make atonement for him that is to be cleansed because of his un cleanness ; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering : (20) and the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meal offer ing upon the altar : and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean. (21) And if he be poor, and cannot get so much, then he shall take one he-lamb for a guilt offering to be waved, to make atonement for him , and one tenth part of v an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal 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 on the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tent of meeting, before the Lord. (24) And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord : (25) and he shall kill the lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest shall take of the blood of the guilt offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot : (26) and the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand : (27) and the priest shall sprin kle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord : (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 his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the guilt offering : (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 atonement for him before the Lord. (30) And he shall offer one of the LEVITICUS. 127 turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he is able to get ; (31) eyen such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meal offering : and the priest shall make atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the Lord. (32) This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing. (33) And the Lord 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 the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession ; (35) then he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, say ing, There seemeth to me to be as it were a plague in the house : (36) and the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go in to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean : and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house : (37) and he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, and the appearance thereof be lower than the wall ; (38) then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days : (39) and the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look : and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house ; (40) then the priest shall command that they take out the stones in which the plague is, and cast them into an unclean place without the city : (41) and he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the mortar that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place : (42) and they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones ; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaister the house. (43) And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken out the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered ; (44) then the priest shall come in and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fret ting leprosy in the house : it is unclean. (45) And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house ; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place. (46) Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even. (47) And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes ; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. (48) And if the priest shall come in, and look, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plaistered ; then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. (49) And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop : (50) and he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over ' run ning water: (51) and he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scar let, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the ' run ning water, and sprinkle the house seven times : (52) and he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the 1 running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet : (53) but he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open field : so shall he make atone ment for the house : and it shall be clean. (54) This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and for a scall; (55) and for the leprosy of a garment, and for a house ; (56) and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot : (57) to teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean : this is the law of leprosy. 1 Heb. living. 128 LEVITICUS. 15 And the Lord spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, (2) Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath an issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean. (3) And this shall be bis uncleanness in his issue : whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. (4) Every bed whereon he that hath the issue lieth shall be unclean : and every thing whereon he sitteth shall be unclean. (5) And who soever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. (6) And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he that hath the issue sat shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be un clean until the even. (7) And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. (8) And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean ; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. (9) And what ' saddle soever he that hath the issue rideth upon shall be unclean. (10) And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even : ancb he that beareth those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. (11) And whomsoever he that hath the issue toucheth, without having rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. (12) And the earthen ves sel, which he that hath the issue toucheth, shall be broken : and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. (13) And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue, then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes ; and he shall bathe his flesh in -running water, and shall be clean. (14) And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the Lord unto the door of the tent of meeting, and give them unto the priest: (15) and the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering ; and the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord for his issue. (16) And if any man's seed of copula tion go out from him, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. (17) And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copula tion, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. (18) The woman also with whom a man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe them selves in water, and be unclean until the even. (19) And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be in her 3 impurity seven days : and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. (20) And every thing that she lieth upon in her "impurity shall be unclean : every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. (21) And who soever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. (22) And who soever toucheth any thing that she sitteth upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. (23) And if it be on the bed, ov on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. (24) And if any man lie with her, and her impurity be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days ; and every bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. (25) And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days not in the time of her impurity, or if she have an issue be yond the time of her impurity ; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness she 1 Or, carriage. 2 Heb. living. Or, separation. LEVITICUS. 129 shall be as in the days of her impurity : she is unclean. (26) Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her impurity : and every thing whereon she sitteth shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her impu rity. (27) And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, ancj 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 turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting. (30) And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering ; and the priest shall make atonement for her before the Lord for the issue of her un cleanness. (31) Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness ; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they de file my tabernacle that is in the midst of them. (32) This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed of copu lation goeth from him, so that he is un clean thereby ; (33) and of her that is sick with her impurity, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean. 16 And the Lord spake unto Moses, after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they drew near before the Lord, and. died ; (2) and the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil, before the mercy-seat which is upon the ark ; that he die not : for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy-seat. (3) Herewith shall Aaron come into the holy place : with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. (4) He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with the linen girdle, and with the linen ' mitre shall he be attired : they are the holy garments ; and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and put them on. (5) And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two he-goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. (6) And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself, and for his house. (7) And he shall take the two goats, and set them before the Lord at the door of the tent of meeting. (8) And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats ; one lot for the Lord, and the other lot for 2 Azazel. (9) And Aaron shall present the goat upon which the lot fell for the Lord, and offer him for a sin offering. (10) But the goat, on which the lot fell for Azazel, shall be set alive before the Lord, to make atonement 3 f oi> him , to send him away for Azazel into the wilderness. (11) And Aaron shall present the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself : (12) and he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before the Lord, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil : (13) and he shall put the incense upon the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat that is upon the tes timony, that he die not : (14) and he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprin kle it with his finger upon the mercy-seat on the east ; and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his fin ger seven times. (15) Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the 1 Or, turban. 2 Or, dismissal. Or, over. 130 LEVITICUS. people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mer cy-seat : (16) and he shall make atone ment for the holy place, because of the uncleannesses of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even all their sins : and so shall he do for the tent of meeting, that dwelleth with them in the midst of their uncleannesses. (17) And there shall be no man in the tent of meet ing when he goeth in to make atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the assembly of Israel. (18) And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the Lord, and make 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 sprinkle of the blood upon it with his fin ger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleannesses of the children of Israel. (20) And when he hath made an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat: (21) and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins ; and he shall put them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a man ' that is in readiness into the wilderness : (22) and the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a solitary land : and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. (23) And Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put . on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there : (24) and he shall bathe his flesh in water in a holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, and make atone ment for himself and for the people. (25) And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. (26) And he that letteth go the goat for Azazel shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. (27) And the bullock of the sin offering, and the goat of the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall be carried forth without the camp ; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. (28) And he that burnetii them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. (29) And it shall be a statute for ever unto you : in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and shall do no manner of work, the homeborn, or the stranger that sojourneth among you : (30) for on this daj7 shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you ; from all your sins shall ye be clean before the Lord. (31) It is a sab bath of solemn rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls ; it is a statute for ever. (32) And the priest, who shall be anointed and who shall be consecrated to be priest in his father's stead, shall make the atone ment, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments : (33) and he shall make atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar ; and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. (34) And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make atonement for the children of Israel because of all their sins once iu the year. And he did as the Lord com manded Moses. 17 And the Lord spake unto Moses, Or, appointed. LEVITICUS. 181 saying, (2) Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Is rael, and say unto them ; This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, saying, (3) What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it without the camp, (4) and hath not brought it unto the door of the tent of meeting, to offer it as an oblation unto the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord : blood shall be im puted unto that man ; he hath shed blood ; and that man shall be cut off from among his people : (5) to the end that the chil dren of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the Lord, unto the door of the tent of meeting, unto the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace offerings unto the Lord. (6) And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the Lord at the door of the tent of meeting, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the Lord. (7) And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto the 'he-goats, after whom they go a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. (8) And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, (9) and bringeth it not unto the door of the tent of meeting, to sacri fice it unto the Lord ; even that man shall be cut off from his people. (10) And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood ; I will set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. (11) For the 2 life of the flesh is in the blood : and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls : for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the 2 life. ^12) Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. (13) And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, which taketh in hunting any beast or fowl that may be eaten ; he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. (14) For as to the life of all flesh, the blood thereof is all one with the life thereof : therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh : for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof : who soever eateth it shall be cut off. (15) And every soul that eateth "that which dieth of itself, or that which is torn of beasts, whether he be homeborn or a stranger, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even : then shall he be clean. (16) But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity. 18 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 Egypt, 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 statutes. (4) My judgements shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein : I am the Lord your God. (5) Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgements : which if a man do, he shall live 4 in them : I am the Lord. (6) None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness : I am the Lord. (7) The nakedness of thy father, even the naked ness of thy mother, shalt thou not un cover : she is thy mother ; thou shalt not 1 Or, satyrs. 2 Heb. soul. 3 Heb. a carcase. 4 Or, by. 132 LEVITICUS. uncover her nakedness. (8) The naked ness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover : it is thy father's nakedness. (9) The nakedness of thy sister, the daugh ter of thy father or the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness 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 theirs is thine own nakedness. (11) The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. (12) Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister : she is thy father's near kins woman. (13) Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister : for she is thy mother's near kinswoman. (14) Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife : she is thine aunt. (15) Thou shalt not uncover the naked ness of thy daughter in law : she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. (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 ; thou shalt not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daugh ter, to uncover her nakedness ; they are near kinswomen : it is 'wickedness. (18) And thou shalt not take a woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. (19) And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is 2 impure by her unclean ness. (20) And thou shalt not lie car nally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. (21) And thou shalt not give any of thy seed 8 to make them pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God : I am the Lord. (22"> Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. (23) And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith : neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie clown thereto : it is confusion . (24) Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things : for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you : (25) and the land is defiled: there fore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants. (26) Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and my judgements, and shall not do any of these abominations ; neither the home- born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you : (27) (for all these abomina tions have the men of the land clone, which were before you, and the land is defiled ;) (28) that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. (29) For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among then people. (30) Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye do not any of these abominable customs, which were done before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein : I am the Lord your God. 19 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto all the congrega tion of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy : for I the Lord your God am holy. (3) Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and ye shall keep my sabbaths : I am the Lord your God. (4) Turn ye not unto 4 idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods : I am the Lord your God. (5) And when ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it 1 Or, enormity. ¦Ter. xiv. 14. 2 Or, separated for. 3 Or, to set them apart to Molech. 4 Heb. things of nought. LEVITICUS. 133 that ye may be accepted. (6) It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow : and if aught remain until the third day, it shall be burnt with fire. (7) And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination ; it shall not be. ac cepted : (8) but every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the holy thing of the Lord : and that soul shall be cut off from his people. (9) And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest. (10) And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the fallen fruit of thy vineyard ; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the stranger : I am the Lord your God. (11) Ye shall not steal ; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another. (12) And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, so that thou profane the name of thy God : I am the Lord. (13) Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbour, nor rob him : the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. (14) Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stum- blingblock before the blind, but thou shalt fear thy God : I am the Lord. (15) Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judge ment : thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty : but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour. (16) Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people : neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour : I am the Lord. (17) Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart : thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbour, and not bear sin because of him. (18) Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord. (19) Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind : thou shall not sow thy field with two kinds of seed : neither shall there come upon thee a gar ment of two kinds of stuff mingled together. (20) And whosoever lieth car nally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; 'they shall be punished ; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. (21) And he shall bring his guilt offering unto the Lord, unto the door of the tent of meeting, even a ram for a guilt offering. (22) And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin which he hath sinned : and he shall be forgiven for his sin which he hath sinned. (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 their uncircumcision : three years shall they be as uncircumcised unto you ; it shall not be eaten. (24) But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy, for giving praise unto the Lord. (25) And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof : I am the Lord your God. (26) Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood : neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practise augury. (27) Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. (28) Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you : I am the Lord. (29) Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot ; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of 2 wickedness. (30) Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary : I am the Lord. (31) Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards ; seek them not out, to be de- 1 Heb. there shall be inquisition. ' Or, enormity. 134 LEVITICUS. filed by them : I am the Lord your God. (32) Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God : I am the Lord. (33) And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong. (34) The stranger that sojourn eth with you shall be unto you as the homeborn among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself ; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God. (35) Ye shall do no unrighteous ness in judgement, in meteyard, in weight, ¦or in measure. (36) Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, rshall ye have : I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. (37) And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all my judgements, and do them : I am the Lord. 20 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the stran gers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech ; he shall surely be put to death : the people of the land shall stone him with stones. (3) I also will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people ; because he hath given of his 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 that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and put him not to death: (5) then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. (6) And the soul that turneth unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto the wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. (7) Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God. (8) And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you. (9) For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother ; his blood shall be upon him. (10) And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adul tery with his neighbour's wife, the adul terer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. (11) And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness : both of them shall surely be put to death ; their blood shall be upon them. (12) And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death : they have wrought confusion ; their blood shall be upon them. (13) And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination : they shall surely be put to death ; their 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 fire, both he and they ; that there be no wickedness among yon. (15) And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death : and ye shall slaj' the beast. (16) And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, 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 bis nakedness ; it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off iu the sight of the children of their people : he hath un covered his sister's nakedness ; he shall bear his iniquity. (18) And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness ; he hath made naked her fountain, and she hath Or, enormity. LEVITICUS. 135 uncovered the fountain of her blood : and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. (19) And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister : for he hath made naked his near kin : they shall bear their iniquity. (20) And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath un covered his uncle's nakedness : they shall bear their sin ; they shall die childless. (21) And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity : he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness ; they shall be childless. (22) Ye shall therefore keep all my stat utes, and all my judgements, and do them : that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, vomit you not out. (23) And ye shall not walk in the customs of the na tion, which I cast out before you : for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. (24) But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey : I am the Lord your God, which have separated you from the peoples. (25) Ye shall therefore separate between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean : and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any thing wherewith the ground 'teem- eth, which I have separated from you as unclean. (26) And ye shall be holy unto me : for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that ye should be mine. (27) A man also or a woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death : they shall stone them with stones : their blood shall be upon them. 21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none defile himself for the dead among his people ; (2) except for his kin, that is near unto him, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother ; (3) aud for his sister a virgin, that is near unto him, which hath had no husband, for her may he defile himself. (4) He shall not defile himself, 2 being a chief man among his people, to profane himself. (5) They shall not make bald ness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. (6) They shall be holy unto their God, and not pro fane the name of their God : for the offer ings of the Lord made by fire, the bread of their God, they do offer : therefore they shall be holy. (7) They shall not take a woman that is a harlot, or " profane ; nei ther shall they take a woman put away from her husbaud : for he is holy unto his God. (8) Thou shalt sanctify him therefore ; for he offereth the bread of thy God : he shall be holy unto thee : for I the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy. (9) And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself b}r playing the harlot, she profaneth her father : she shall be burnt with fire. (10) And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil is poured, and 4that is con secrated to put on the garments, shall not let the hair of his head go loose, nor rend his clothes ; (11) neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; (12) neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor pro fane the sanctuary of his God ; for the 5 crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him : I am the Lord. (13) And he shall take a wife in her virginity. (14) A widow, or one divorced, or a 3 profane woman, an harlot, these shall he not take : 1 Heb. creepeth. 2 Or, as a husband. The Sept. has, on a sudden. filled. B Or, consecration. Or, polluted. 4 Heb. whose hand iz 136 LEVITICUS. but a virgin of his own people shall he take to wife. (15) And he shall not pro fane his seed among his people : for I am the Lord which sanctify him. (16) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (17) Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed throughout their generations that hath a 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 that hath a 1flat nose, or any thing superfluous, (19) or a man that is brokenfooted, or broken- handed, (20) or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or is scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; (21) no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a blemish, shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire : he hath a blemish ; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. (22) He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. (23) Only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the al tar, because he hath, a blemish ; that he profane not my sanctuaries : for I am the Lord which sanctify them. (24) So Mo ses spake unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel. 22 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, which they hallow unto me, and that they profane not my holy name : I am the Lord. (3) Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed throughout your gen erations, that approacheth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from before me : I am the Lord. (4) What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath an issue ; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth 2 any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him ; (5) or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath; (6) the soul which toucheth any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh in water. (7) And when the sun is clown, he shall be clean ; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, • because it is his bread. (8) That which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith : I am the Lord. (9) They shall there fore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it: I am the Lord which sanctifj" them. (10) There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing : a sojourner of the priest's, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. (11) But if a priest buy any soul, the purchase of his mone}7, he shall eat of it ; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread. (12) And if a priest's daughter be married unto a stranger, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things. (13) But if a priest's daughter be a widow, or di vorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's bread: but there shall no stranger eat thereof. (14) And if a man eat of the holy thing unwit tingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give unto the priest the holy thing. (15) And they shall not profane the holy things of the chil dren of Israel, which they offer unto the Lord; (16) and so cause them to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt, when they eat their holy things : for I am the Lord which sanctify them. (17) And the Lord spake unto Moses, 1 Or, slit. 2 Or, any one. LEVITICUS. 137 saying, (18) Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whosoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that offereth his oblation, whether it be any of their vows, or any of their freewill offerings, which they offer unto the Lord for a burnt offering ; (19) that ye may be accepted, ye shall offer a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. (20) But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye "not offer : for it shall not be acceptable for you. (21 ) And who soever offereth a sacrifice of peace offer ings unto the Lord to ' accomplish a vow, or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, it shall be perfect to be ac cepted ; there shall be no blemish therein. (22) Blind, or broken, or maimed, or hav ing 2a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the Lord, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the Lord. (23) Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that maj-est thou offer for a freewill offering ; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. (24) That which hath its stones bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut, ye shall not offer unto the Lord ; neither shall ye 8 do thus in your land. (25) Neither from the hand of a foreigner shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these ; because their corrup tion is in them, there is a blemish in them : they shall not be accepted for you. (26) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (27) When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam ; and from the eighth clay and thenceforth it shall be ac cepted for the oblation of an offering made by fire unto the Lord. (28) And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one clay. (29) And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, ye shall sacrifice it that ye may be accepted. (30) On the same day it shall be eaten ; ye shall leave none of it until the morning : I am the Lord. (31) There fore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the Lord. (32) And ye shall not profane my holy name ; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel : I am the Lord which hallow you, (33) that brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God : I am the Lord. 23 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them. The * set feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my set feasts. (3) Six days shall work be clone : but on the seventh clay is a sabbath of solemn rest, an holy convocation ; ye shall do no manner of work : it is a sabbath unto the Lord in all your dwellings. (4) These are the set feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their appointed season. (5) In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month 5 at even, is the Lord's passover. (6) And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleav ened bread unto the Lord : seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread. (7) In the first clay ye shall have an holy convoca tion : ye shall do no 6 servile work. (8) But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord seven days : in the seventh day is an holy convocation ; ye shall do no servile work. (9) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (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 the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest : (11) and he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to 1 Or, make a special vow. 2 Or, sores. a Or, sacrifice them. 4 Or, appointed seasons. 8 Heb. between the two evenings. 8 Heb. work of labour. 138 LEVITICUS. be accepted for you : on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. (12) And m the day when ye wave the sheaf, ye shall offer a he-lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the Lord. (13) And the meal offering thereof shall be two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the Lord for a sweet savour : and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. (14) And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor fresh ears, until this selfsame day, until ye have brought the oblation of your God : it is a statute for ever throughout your genera tions in all your dwellings. (15) And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering ; seven sabbaths shall there be complete: (16) even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days ; and ye shall offer a new meal offering unto the Lord. (17) Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah: thejT shall be of fine flour, they shall be baken with leaven, for firstfruits unto the Lord. (18) And ye shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams : they shall be a burnt offering unto the Lord, with their meal offering, and their drink offerings, even an offer ing made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. (19) And ye shall offer one he- goat for a sin offering, and two he-lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. (20) And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs : they shall be holy to the Lord for the priest. (21) And ye shall make proc lamation on the selfsame day ; there shall be an holy convocation unto you : ye shall do no servile work : it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. (22) And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of thy harvest : thou shalt leave them for the poor, and for the stranger : I am the Lord your God. (23) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (24) Speak unto the children of Israel, saj-ing, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall be a sol emn rest unto you, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. (25) Ye shall do no servile work : and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord. (26) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (27) Howbeit on the tenth clay of this seventh month is the day of atone ment : it shall be an holy convocation unto you, and jre shall afflict your souls ; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord. (28) And ye shall do no manner of work in that same day : for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement for you before 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 his people. (30) And whatso ever soul it be that doeth any manner of work iu that same day, that soul will I destroy from among his people. (31) Ye shall do no manner of work : it is a stat ute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. (32) It shall be unto you a sabbath of solemn rest, and ye shall afflict your souls : in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye keep your sabbath. (33) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (34) Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of ' tabernacles for seven days unto the Lord. (35) On 1 Heb. booths. LEVITICUS. 139 the first day shall be an holy convocation : ye shall do no servile work. (36) Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord : on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you ; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord : it is a ' solemn assembly ; ye shall do no servile work. (37) These are the set feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, and a meal offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, each on its own day : (38) be side the sabbaths of the Lord, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the Lord. (39) Howbeit on the fifteenth clay of the seventh month, when ye have gath ered in the fruits of the land, ye shall keep the feast of the Lord seven clays : on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest. (40) And ye shall take you on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook ; and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God seven days. (41) And ye shall keep it a feast unto the Lord seven daj's in the year : it is a statute for ever in your generations : ye shall keep it in the seventh month. (42) Ye shall dwell in booths seven days ; all that are homeborn in Israel shall dwell in booths : (43) that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God. (44) And Moses de clared unto the children of Israel the set feasts of the Lord. 24 2And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, 8 to cause a lamp to burn continually. (3) Without the veil of the testimony, in the tent of meeting, shall Aaron order it from evening to morning before the Lord continually : it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations. (4) He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the Lord continually. (5) And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof : two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake. (6) And thou shalt set them in 4 two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the Lord. (7) And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each 6row, that it maj- be to the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord. (8) Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before tbe Lord continually ; it is 6 on the behalf of the children of Israel, an ever lasting covenant. (9) And it shall be for Aaron and his sons ; and they shall eat it in a holy place : for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the Lord made by fire by a perpetual statute. (10) And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel : and the son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp ; (11) and the son of the Israelitish woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed : and they brought him unto Moses. And his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. (12) And they put him in ward, that it might be declared unto them at the mouth of the Lord. (13) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (14) Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp ; and let all that 1 Or, closing festival. 2 See Ex. xxvii. 20, 21. pile. 8 Or, pile. 8 Or, from. 1 Or, to set up a lamp continually. 4 Or, two piles, six in a 140 LEVITICUS. heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. (15) And thou shalt speak unto the chil dren of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. (16) And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death ; all the congregation shall certainly stone him : as well the stranger, as the homeborn, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death. (17) And he that smiteth auy man mortally shall surely be put to death; (18) and he that smiteth a beast mortally shall make it good: life for life. (19) And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour ; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him ; (20) breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth : as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be rendered unto him. (21) And he that killeth a beast shall make it good : and he that killeth a man shall be put to death. (22) Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stran ger, as for the homeborn : for I am the Lord your God. (23) And Moses spake to the children of Israel, and they brought forth him that had cursed out of tbe camp, and stoned him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses. 25 And the Lord spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, (2) Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the Lord. (3) Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruits thereof ; (4) but in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto the Lord : thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vine yard. (5) That which groweth of itself of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, and the grapes of thy undressed vine thou shalt not gather : it shall be a year of solemn rest for the land. (6) And the sabbath of the land shall be for food for you ; for thee, and for thy servant and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant and for thy stranger that sojourn with thee ; (7) and for thy cattle, and for the beasts that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be for food. (8) And thou shalt number seven sab baths of years unto thee, seven times seven years ; and there shall be unto thee the da}'s of seven sabbaths of years, even forty and nine years. (9) Then shalt thou send abroad the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month ; in the clay of atonement shall ye send abroad the trumpet throughout all your land. (10) And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout the land unto all the inhabitants thereof : it shall be a jubile unto you ; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return 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 gather the grapes in it of the undressed vines. (12) For it is a jubile ; it shall be holy unto you : ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. (13) In this year of jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession. (14) And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbour, or buy of thy neighbour's hand, ye shall not wrong one another: (15) according to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the crops he shall sell unto thee. (16) According to the multi tude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it ; for the number of the crops doth he sell unto thee. (17) And ye shall not wrong one another ; but thou shalt fear thy God : for I am the Lord your God. LEVITICUS. 141 (18) Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgements and do them ; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. (19) And the laud 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 the three years. (22) And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat of the fruits, the old store ; until the ninth year, until her fruits come in, ye shall eat the old store. (23) And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity ; for the land is mine : for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. (24) And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemp tion for the land. (25) If thy brother be waxen poor, and sell some of his possession, then shall his kinsman that is next unto him come, and shall redeem that which his brother hath sold. (26) And if a man have no one to redeem it, and he be waxen rich and find sufficient to redeem it ; (27) then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it ; and he shall return unto his pos session. (28) But if he be not able to get it back for himself, then that which he hath sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile : and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. (29) And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold ; for a full year shall he have the right of redemp tion. (30) And if it be not redeemed with in the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be made sure in perpetuity to him that bought it, through out his generations : it shall not go out in the jubile. (31) But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be reckoned with the fields of the country : they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubile. (32) Never theless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at anytime. (33) And if 'one of the Levites 2 redeem, then the house that was sold, and the city of his posses sion, shall go out in the jubile : for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. (34) But the field of the a suburbs pf their cities may not be sold ; for it is their per petual possession. (35) And if thy brother be waxen poor, and his hand fail with thee ; then thou shalt 4 uphold him : as a stranger and a sojourner shall he live with thee. (36) Take thou no usury 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 give him thy victuals for increase. (38) I am the Lord your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, to be your God. (39) And if thy brother be waxen poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee ; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant: (40) as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee ; he shall serve with thee unto the year of jubile: (41) then shall he go out from thee, he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. (42) For they are my ser vants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt : they shall not be sold as bondmen. (43) Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour ; but shalt fear thy God. (44) And as for thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids,, which thou shalt have ; of 1 Or, a man redeem from, the Levites. relieve. z Or, after the Vulgate, redeem not. Or, pasture lands. * Or, 142 LEVITICUS. the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and bond maids. , (45) Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they have begotten in your land : and they shall be your possession. (46) And ye shall make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a posses sion : of them shall ye take your bond men for ever : but over your brethren the children of Israel ye shall not rule, one over another, with rigour. (47) And if a stranger or sojourner with thee be waxen rich, and thy brother be waxen poor beside him, and sell him self unto the stranger or sojourner with thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family : (48) after that he is sold he may be redeemed ; one of his brethren may redeem him: (49) or his uncle, or his uncle's sou, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him ; or if he be waxen rich, he may redeem himself. (50) And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he sold himself to him unto the year of jubile : and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years ; according to the time of an hired servant shall he be with him. (51) If there be yet many years, according unto them he shall give back the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for. (52) And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall reckon with him ; accord ing unto his years shall he give back. the price of his redemption. (53) As a servant hired year by year shall he be with him : he shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight. (54) And if he be not redeemed ' by these means, then he shall go out in the year of jubile, he, and his children with him. (55) For unto me the children of Israel are ser vants ; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God. 26 Ye shall make you no 2 idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or8 a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in j-our land, to bow clown 4 unto it : for I am the Lord your God. (2) Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary : I am the Lord. (3) If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them ; (4) then I will give your rains in their season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. (5) And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time : and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. (6) And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid : aud I will cause evil beasts to cease 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 hundred, and an hundred of you shall chase ten thousand : and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. (9) And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you ; and will establish my covenant with you. (10) And ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye shall bring forth the old 6 because of the new. (11) And I will set my taber nacle 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 bars of your yoke, and made you go upright. 7 Or, in these years. 2 See ch. xix. 4. 3 Or, an obelisk. 4 Or, thereon. 8 Or, from before. LEVITICUS. 143 (14) But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments ; (15) and if ye shall reject my statutes, and if your soul abhor my judgements, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant ; (16) I also will do this unto you ; I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away : and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. (17) And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies : they that hate you shall rule over you ; and ye shall flee svhen none pursueth you. (18) And if ye will not yet for these things hearken unto me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins. (19) And I will break the pride of your power ; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass : (20) and your strength shall be spent in vain : for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit. (21) And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not heark en unto me ; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. (22) And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number ; and your ways shall become desolate. (23) And if by these things ye will not be reformed ' unto me, but will walk contrary unto me ; (24) then will I also walk contrary unto you ; and I will smite you, even I, seven times for your sins. (25) And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall execute the vengeance of the covenant ; and ye shall be gathered together within your cities : and I will send the pestilence among you ; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. (26) When I break your staff of bread , ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight : and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. (27) And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me ; (28) then I will walk contrary unto you in fury ; and I also 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 high places, and cut clown your sun-images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols ; and my soul shall abhor you. (31) And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. (32) And I will bring the land into desolation : and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. (33) And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you : and your land shall be a deso lation, and your cities shall be a waste. (34) Then shall the land enjoy her sab baths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land ; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. (35) As long as it lieth desolate it shall have rest ; even the rest which it had not in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. (36) And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies : and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them ; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword ; and they shall fall when none pursueth. (37) And they shall stumble one upon an other, as it were before the sword, when none pursueth : and ye shall have no power to stand before j'our enemies. (38) And 3re shall perish among the nations, 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 their fathers shall they pine away with them. (40) And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their 1 Or, by. 144 LEVITICUS. trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that because they have walked contrary unto me, (41) I also walked con trary unto them, and brought them into the land of their enemies : if then their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity ; (42) then will I remember my covenant with Jacob ; and also my cove nant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember ; and I will remember the land. (43) The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate with out them ; and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity : because, even because they rejected my judgements, and their soul abhorred my statutes. (44) And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them : for I am the Lord their God : (45) but I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God : I am the Lord. (46) These are the statutes and judge ments and laws, which the Lord made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses. 27 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall 'accomplish a vow, 2the persons shall be for the Lord by thy estimation. (3) And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. (4) And if it be a fe male, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. (5) And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. (6) And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. (7) And if it be from sixty years old and upward; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fif teen shekels, and for the female ten shek els. (8) But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of him that vowed shall the priest value him. (9) And if it be a beast, whereof men offer an oblation unto the Lord, all that any man giveth of such unto the Lord shall be holy. (10) He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good : and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy. (11) And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer an oblation unto the Lord, then he shall set the beast before the priest : (12) and the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad : as thou the priest valuest it, so shall it be. (13) But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto thy estima tion. (14) And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad : as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. (15) And if he that sanc tified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy esti mation unto it, and it shall be his. (16) And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord part of the field of his posses sion, then thy estimation shall be accord ing to the sowing thereof : the sowing of a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. (17) If he sanctify his Or, make a special vow. 2 Or, according to thy estimation of persons unto the LORD, then thy estimation etc. LEVITICUS. 145 field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand. (18) But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain unto the year of jubile, and an abatement shall be made from thy estimation. (19) And if he that sanctified the field will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him. (20) And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more : (21) but the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the Lord, as a field devoted ; the possession thereof shall be the priest's. (22) And if he sanctify unto the Lord a field which he hath bought, which is not of the field of his possession ; (23) then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation unto the year of jubile : and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the Lord. (24) In the year of jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land belongeth. (25) And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twentj' gerahs shall be the shekel. (26) Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstling to the Lord, no man shall sanctify it ; whether it be ox or sheep, it is the Lord's. (27) And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom it according to thine estimation, and shall add unto it the fifth part thereof: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation. (28) Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, whether of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed : every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord. (29) None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be ransomed ; he shall surely be put to death. (30) And all the . tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's : it is holy unto the Lord. (31) And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof. (32) And all the tithe of the herd or the flock, what soever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto 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 that for which it is changed shall be holy : it shall not be redeemed. (34) These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in Mount Sinai. THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES, COMMONLY CALLED NUMBERS. 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first clay 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 congrega tion of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' houses, accord ing to the number of the names, every male, by their polls, (3) from twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel, thou and Aaron shall number them by their hosts. (4) And with you there shall be a man of every tribe ; evenr one head of his fathers' house. (5) And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you : of Reuben ; Elizur the son of Shedeur. (6) Of Simeon ; Shelumiel the son of Zuris- haddai. (7) Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. (8) Of Issachar ; Netha- nel the son of Zuar. (9) Of Zebulun ; Eliab the son of Helon. (10) Of the children of Joseph : of Ephraim ; Elisha- ma the son of Ammihud : of Manasseh ; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. (11) Of Benjamin ; Abidan the son of Gkleoni. (12) Of Dan ; Ahiezer the son of Am- mishaddai. (13) Of Asher ; Pagiel the son of Ochran. (14) Of Gad ; Eliasaph the son of 'Deuel. (15) Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. (16) These are they that were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers ; they were the heads of the 2 thousands of Israel. (17) And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by name : (18) and they assembled all the congre gation together on the first clay of the sec ond month, and they declared their pedi grees after their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. (19) As the Lord com manded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. (20) And the children of Reuben, Is rael's firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, accord ing to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; (21) those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. (22) Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, those that were numbered thereof, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; (23) those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. (24) Of the children of Gad, their gen erations, by their families, by their fa thers' houses, according to the number of 140 1 In ch. ii. 14, Reuel. 2 Or, families. NUMBERS. 147 the names, from twenty years old and up ward, all that were able to go forth to war ; (25) those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. (26) Of the children of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; (27) those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Judah, were three score and fourteen thousand and six hun dred. (28) Of the children of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old aud upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; (29) those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. (30) Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; (31) those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. (32) Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, their genera tions, \>y their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and up ward, all that were able to go forth to war ; (33) those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. (34) Of the children of Man,asseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; (35) those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. (36) Of the children of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; (37) those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hun dred. (38) Of the children of Dan, their gen erations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; (39) those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. (40) Of the children of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; (41) those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. (42) Of the children of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war ; (43) those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. (44) These are they that were num bered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men : they were each one for his fathers' house. (45) So all they that were num bered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel ; (46) even all they that were numbered were six hundred thou sand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. (47) But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among 148 NUMBERS. them. (48) For the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (49) Only the tribe of Levi thou shalt not number, neither shalt thou take the sum of them among the children of Israel : (50) but appoint thou the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all the furniture thereof, and over all that belongeth to it : they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the furniture thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. (51) And when the taber nacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down : and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up : and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. (52) And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their hosts. (53) But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel : and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony. (54) Thus did the children of Israel ; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did the}-. 2 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (2) The children of Israel shall pitch every man by his own standard, with the ensigns of their fa thers' houses : over against the tent of meeting shall they pitch round about. (3) And those that pitch on the east side toward the sunrising shall be they of the standard of the camp of Judah, according to their hosts : and the prince of the chil dren of Judah shall be Nahshon the son of Amminadab. (4) And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. (5) And those that pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar : and the prince of the children of Issachar shall be Nethanel the son of Zuar: (6) and his host, and those that were num bered thereof, were fifty and four thou sand and four hundred : (7) and the tribe of Zebulun : and the prince of the chil dren of Zebulun shall be Eliab the son of Helon : (8) and his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. (9) All that were numbered of the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, according to their hosts. They shall set forth first. (10) On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben accord ing to their hosts : and the prince of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. (11) And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. (12) And those that pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Simeon : and the prince of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai : (13) and his host, and those that were num bered of them, were fifty and nine thou sand and three hundred: (14) and the tribe of Gad : and the prince of the chil dren of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of 1 Reuel : (15) and his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. (16) All that were numbered of the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth second. (17) Then the tent of meeting shall set forward, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps : as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place, by their standards. (18) On the west side shall be the stan- 1 In ch. i. 14, Deuel. NUMBERS. 149 dard of the camp of Ephraim according to their hosts : and the prince of the chil dren of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. (19) And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. (20) And next unto him shall be the tribe of Manasseh : and the prince of the chil dren of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur : (21) and his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hun dred: (22) and the tribe of Benjamin: and the prince of the children of Benja min shall be 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 Eph raim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, according to their hosts. And they shall set forth third. (25) On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan according to their hosts : and the prince of the chil dren of Dan shall be Ahiezer 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 those that pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Asher : and the prince of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ochran : (28) and his host, and those that were num bered of them, were forty and one thou sand and five hundred : (29) and the tribe of Naphtali : and the prince of the chil dren of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan : (30) and his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. (31) All that were numbered of the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall set forth hindmost by their standards. (32) These are they that were num bered of the children of Israel by their fathers' houses : all that were numbered of the camps according to their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. (33) But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel ; as the Lord commanded Moses. (34) Thus did the children of Israel ; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one by their families, according to their fathers' houses. 3 Now these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the clay that the Lord spake with Moses in mount Sinai. (2) And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. (3) These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. (4) And Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children : and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the presence of Aaron their father. (5) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (6) Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. (7) And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the taber nacle. (8) And they shall keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. (9) And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are 'wholly given 1 Heb. given, given. 150 TV UMBERS. unto him 'on the behalf of the children of Israel. (10) And thou shalt * appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood : and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. (11) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (12) And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel ; and the Levites shall be mine : (13) for all the firstborn are mine ; on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast : mine they shall be ; I am the Lord. (14) And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, (15) Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families : every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. (16) And Mo ses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded. (17) And these were the sons of Levi by their names ; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. (18) And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families ; Libni and Shimei. (19) And the sons of Kohath by their families ; Amram, and Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (20) And the sons of Merari by their families ; Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses. (21) Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family ofthe Shimeites : these are the families of the Gershonites. (22) Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. (23) The families of the Gershonites shall pitch be hind the tabernacle westward. (24) And the prince of the fathers' house of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. (25) And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting shall be the tabernacle, and the Tent, the covering thereof, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting, (26) and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. (27) And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebron- ites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. (28) According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, keep ing the charge of the sanctuary. (29) The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle south ward. (30) And tbe prince of the fathers' house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. (31) And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the screen, and all the service thereof. (32) And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be prince of the princes o'f the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. (33) Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites : these are the families of Merari. (34) And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. (35) And the prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail : they shall pitch on the side of the taber nacle northward. (36) And 3 the appointed 1 Or, from. 2 Or, number. ! Heb. the office ofthe charge. NUMBERS. 151 charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the instruments thereof, and all the service thereof ; (37) and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. (38) And those that pitch before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrising, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary ' for the charge of the children of Israel ; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. (39) All that were numbered of the Le vites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thou sand. (40) And the Lord said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn males of the chil dren of Israel from a month old and up ward, and take the number of their names. (41) And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the Lord) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel ; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. (42) And Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. (43) And all the firstborn males according to the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. (44) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (45) Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle : and the Levites shall be mine ; I am the Lord. (46) And for 2 the redemption of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are over and above the number ofthe Levites, (47) thou shalt take five shekels apiece by the poll ; after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them (the shekel is twenty gerahs) : (48) and thou shalt give the money where with the odd number of them is redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons. (49) And Moses took the redemption-money from them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites : (50) from the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money ; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, sifter the shekel of the sanctuary: (51) and Moses gave 8the redemption-money unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. 4 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (2) Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses, (3) from thirty years old and up ward even until fifty years old, all that enter upon the 'service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. (4) This is the 5 ser vice of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the most holy things : (5) when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it : (6) and shall put thereon a covering of sealskin, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. (7) And upon the table of shewbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the' dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and the cups to pour out withal : and the continual bread shall be thereon : (8) and they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, aud shall put in the staves thereof. (9) And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the can- 1 Or, even. 2 Or, those that are to be redeemed, the &c. 3 Or, the money of them that were redeemed. 4 Heb. warfare, or, liost (and bo in w. 35, 39, 43). 8 Or, work. 152 NUMBERS. dlestick of the light, and its lamps, and its tongs, and its snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: (10) and they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it upon 'the frame. (11) And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the staves there of : (12) and they shall take all the ves sels of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame. (13) And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon : (14) and they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, where with they minister about it, the firepans, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar ; and they shall spread upon it a covering of sealskin, and put in the staves thereof. (15) And when Aaron and his sons have "made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward ; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it : but they shall not touch the 2 sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting. (16) And the charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the con tinual meal offering, and the anointing oil, the charge of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, the sanctuary, and the fur niture thereof. (17) And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (18) Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohath ites from among the Levites: (19) but thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things : Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden : (20) but they shall not go in to see the z sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die. (21) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (22) Take the sum of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families ; (23) from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them ; all that enter in to 3 wait upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting. (24) This is the service of the families of the Ger shonites, in serving and in bearing bur dens : (25) they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and tbe tent of meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is above upon it, and the screen for the door of the tent of meeting ; (26) and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatsoever shall be done with them, there in shall they serve. (27) At the com mandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Ger shonites, in all their burden, and in all their service : and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burden. (28) This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting : and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. (29) As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them by their families, by their fathers' houses ; (30) from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth upon the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting. (31) And this is the charge of their burden, accord ing to all their service in the tent of meet- 1 Or, a bar. 2 Or, holy things. 3 Heb. war the warfare. NUMBERS. 153 ing ; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof ; (32) and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their in struments, and with all their service : and by name ye shall ' appoint the instruments 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 tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. (34) And Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers' houses, (35) from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting : (36) and those that were num bered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. (37) These are tlwvy that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the com mandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. (38) And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, hy their families, and by their fathers' houses, (39) from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting, (40) even those that were num bered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. (41) These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all that did serve in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the com mandment of the Lord. (42) And those that were numbered of the families of tbe sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses, (43) from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting, (44) even those that were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand and two hundred. (45) These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered accord ing to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. (46) All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, (47) from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered in to do the work of service, and the work of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting, (48) even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore. (49) According to the commandment of the Lord they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and 2 according to his burden : thus were they numbered of him, as the Lord commanded Moses. 5 And the Lord spake unto Moses, say ing, (2) Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and who soever is unclean by the dead : (3) both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them ; that they de file not their camp, in the midst whereof I dwell. (4) And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp : as the Lord spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel. (5) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (6) Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall com mit any sin that men commit, to do a tres pass against the Lord, and that soul be guilty ; (7) then they shall confess their 1 Or, number. 2 Or, according to his burden and his duty, as <&c. 154 NUMBERS. sin which they have done : and he shall make restitution for his guilt in full, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him in respect of whom he hath been guilty. (8) But if the man have no kinsman to whom restitution may be made for the guilt, the restitution for guilt which is made unto the Lord shall be the priest's ; besides the ram of the atonement, whereby atonement shall be made for him. (9) And every heave offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they present unto the priest, shall be his. (10) And every man's hallowed things shall be his : whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. (11) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (12) Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, (13) and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken in the act ; (14) and the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled : or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled : (15) then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and shall bring her oblation for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal ; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon ; for it is a meal offering of jeal ousy, a meal offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. (16) Aud the priest shall bring her near, and set her be fore the Lord : (17) and the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel ; and of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water : (18) and the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and put the meal offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal offering of jeal ousy : and the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that causeth the curse : (19) and the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say unto the woman, If no man have lien with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness, 'being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causeth the curse : (20) but if thou hast gone aside, 'being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lien with thee besides thine husband : (21) then the priest shall cause the woman to swear with the oath of 2 cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The Lord make thee a 2curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to fall away, and thy belly to swell ; (22) and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to fall away : and the woman shall say, Amen, Amen. (23) And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness : (24) and he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causeth the curse : and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter. (25) And the priest shall take the meal offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the meal offering be fore the Lord, and bring it unto the altar: (26) and the priest shall take an handful of the meal offering, as the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, aud afterwards shall make the woman drink the water. (27) And when he hath made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away : and 1 Or, with another instead of thy husband. See Ezek. xxiii. 5, Rom. vii. 2. 2 Or, adjuration. NUMBERS. 155 the woman shall be a curse among her people. (28) And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean ; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. (29) This is the law of jealousy, when a wife, 'being under her husband, goeth aside, and is defiled ; (30) or when the spirit of jeal ousy cometh upon a man, and he be jealous over his wife ; then shall he set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall exe cute upon her all this law. (31) And the man shall be free from iniquity, and that woman shall bear her iniquity. 6 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of 2a Nazirite, to 3 separate him self unto the Lord : (3) he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink ; he shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or dried. (4) All the days of his * separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the grapevine, from the kernels even to the husk. (5) All the days of his vow of separation there shall no razor come upon his head : until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the Lord, he shall be holy, he shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long. (6) All the days that he separateth himself unto the Lord he shall not come near to a dead body. (7) He shall not make himself un clean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die : because his separation unto God is upon his head. (8) All the days of his separation he is holy unto the Lord. (9) And if any man die very suddenly beside him, and he defile the head of his separation ; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. (10) And on the eighth clay he shall bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting: (11) and the priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, for that he sinned by reason of the dead, and shall hallow his head that same clay. (12) And he shall separate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a he- lamb of the first year for a guilt offering : but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled. (13) And this is the law of the Nazirite, when the days of his separation are ful filled : he shall be brought unto the door of the tent of meeting: (14) and he shall offer his oblation unto the Lord, 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 sin offer ing, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings, (15) and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their meal offering, and their drink offerings. (16) And the priest shall pre sent them before the Lord, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering : (17) And he shall offer the ram for a sac rifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread : the priest shall offer also the meal offering thereof, and the drink offering thereof. (18) And the Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tent of meeting, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings. (19) And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazirite, after he hath shaven the head of his separation : 1 Or, goeth aside with another instead of her husband. 2 That is, one separated or consecrated. 3 Or, consecrate. 4 Or, consecration. Or, Naziriteship. 156 NUMBERS. (20) And ths priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord ; this is holy for the priest, together with the wave breast and heave 'thigh: and after that the Nazirite may drink wine. (21) This is the law of the Nazirite who voweth, and of his oblation unto the Lord for his sep aration, beside that which he, is able to get : according to his vow which he vow eth, so he must do after the law of his separation. (22) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (23) Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel ; ye shall say unto them, (24) The Lord bless thee, and keep thee : (25) The Loud make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : (26) The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. (27) So shall they put my name upon the children of Israel ; and I will bless them. 7 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end of setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them and sanctified them ; (2) that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, offered ; these were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were over them that were numbered : (3) and tbey brought their oblation before the Lord, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen ; a wagon for every two ofthe princes, and for each one an ox : and they presented them before the tabernacle. (4) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (5) Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tent of meeting ; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to 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 ser vice, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. (9) But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none : because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them ; they bare it upon their shoulders. (10) And the princes offered 2 for the dedi cation of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their oblation before the altar. (11) And the Lord said unto Moses, They shall offer their oblation, each prince on his day, for the dedication of the altar. (12) And he that offered his oblation the first clay was Nahshon the son of Am- minadab, of the tribe of Judah : (13) aud his oblation was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after tbe shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering; (14) one golden spoou of ten shekels, full of incense ; (15) one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering ; (16) one male of the goats for a sin offering; (17) and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of tbe first year : this was the oblation of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. (18) On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer : (19) he offered for his oblation one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hun dred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering ; 1 Or, shoulder. 2 Or, the dedication-gift. NUMBERS. 157 (20) one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense ; (21) one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering ; (22) one male of the goats for a sin offering ; (23) and for the sacri fice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-iambs of the first year : this was the oblation of Nethanel the son of Zuar. (24) On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun : (25) his oblation was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flower mingled with oil for a meal offering; (26) one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of in cense ; (27) one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering ; (28) one male of the goats for a sin offering ; (29) and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year : this was the oblation of Eliab the son of Helon. (30) On the fourth clay Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben: (31) his oblation was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hun dred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering; (32) one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense ; (33) one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first j'ear, for a burnt offering ; (34) one male of the goats for a sin offering ; (35) and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year : this was the oblation of Elizur tbe son of Shedeur. (36) On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon : (37) his oblation was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hun dred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering ; (38) one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense ; (39) one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering ; (40) one male of the goats for a sin offering ; (41) and for the sacri fice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year : this was the oblation of She lumiel the son of Zurishaddai. (42) On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad : (43) his oblation was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel ofthe sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering ; (44) one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of in cense ; (45) oue young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering ; (46) one male of tbe goats for a sin offering ; (47) and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year : this was the oblation of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. (48) On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim: (49) his oblation was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hun dred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering ; (50) one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense; (51) one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering ; (52) one male of the goats for a sin offering ; (53) and for the sacri fice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year : this was the oblation of Eli shama the son of Ammihud. 158 NUMBERS. (54) On the eighth day Gamaliel the sou of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh : (55) his oblation was one sil ver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering ; (56) one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense ; (57) one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering ; (58) one male of the goats for a sin offering; (59) and for the sacri fice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year • this was the oblation of Gama liel the son of Pedahzur. (60) On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Ben jamin : (61) his oblation was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hun dred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering ; (62) one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of in cense ; (63) one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering ; (64) one male of the goats for a sin offering ; (65) and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year : this was the oblation of Abidan the son of Gideoni. (66) On the tenth clay Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan : (67) his oblation was one silver char ger, the weight-thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering ; (68) one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense ; (69) one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering ; (70) one male of the goats for a sin offering ; (71) and for the sacrifice of peace offer ings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year : this was the oblation of Ahiezer the son of Ammi shaddai. (72) On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of the children of Asher ; (73) his oblation was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering ; (74) one gold en spoon of ten shekels, full of incense ; (75) one j'oung bullock, one ram, one he- lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering ; (76) one male of the goats for a sin offer ing ; (77) and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he- goats, five he-lambs of the first year : this was the oblation of Pagiel the son of Ochran. (78) On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali ; (79) his oblation was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering ; (80) one gold en spoon of ten shekels, full of incense ; (81) one young bullock, one ram, one he- lamb of the first year, for a burnt offer ing ; (82) one male of the goats for a sin offering ; (83) and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year : this was the oblation of Ahira the. son of Enan. (84) This was the ' dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, 2 by the princes of Israel : twelve silver chargers, twelve silver bowls, twelve golden spoons : (85) each silver charger 1 Or, dedication-gift. 2 Or, at the hands of. NUMBERS. 159 weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, and each bowl seventy : all the silver of the vessels two thousand and four hun dred shekels, after the shekel of the sanc tuary ; (86) the twelve golden spoons, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary : all the gold of the spoons an hundred and twenty shekels : (87) all the oxen for the burnt offering twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the he-lambs of the first year twelve, and their meal offering : and the males of the goats for a sin offering twelve : (88) and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace offerings twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he-goats sixty, the he-lambs of the first year sixty. This was the 'dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. (89) And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with him, then he heard the Voice speaking unto him from above the mercy-seat that was upon the ark of the testimony, from between the two cheru bim : and he spake unto him. 8 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto Aaron, and say unto him, When thou 2 lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the candlestick. (3) And Aaron did so ; he 3 lighted the lamps thereof so as to give light in front of the candlestick, as the Lord commanded Moses. (4) And this was the work of the candlestick, 4 beaten work of gold ; unto the base thereof, and unto the flowers thereof, it was beaten work : according unto the pat tern which the Lord had shewed Moses, so he made the candlestick. (5) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (6) Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. (7) And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them : sprinkle the water of expi ation upon them, and let them cause a razor to pass over all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, aud cleanse themselves. (8) Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal offering, fine flour mingled with oil, and another j'oung bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering. (9) And thou shalt present the Levites before the tent of meeting : and thou shalt assemble the whole congregation of the children of Israel: (10) and thou shalt present the Levites before the Lord : and the children of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites: (11) and Aaron shall "offer the Levites before the Lord for a wave offering, 6 on the behalf of the children of Israel, that they may be" to do the service of the Lord. (12) And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks : and offer thou the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites. (13) And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for a wave offering unto the Lord. (14) Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. (15) And after that shall the Levites go in to do the ser vice of the tent of meeting : and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for a wave offering. (16) For they are 'wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel ; instead of all that openeth the womb, even the firstborn of all the chil dren of Israel, have I taken them unto me. (17) For all the firstborn among the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast : on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanc tified them for myself. (18) And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first born among the children of Israel. (19) And I have given the Levites as 8a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the 1 Or, dedication-gift. 2 Or, settest up. 8 Or, set up. * Or, turned. 8 Heb. wave, and in w. 13, 15, 21. 6 Or, from. 7 See ch. iU. 9. 9 Heb. Nethunim, given. 160 NUMBERS. children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel : that there be no plague among the children of Israel, ' when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. (20) Thus did Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the Levites : according unto all that the Lord commanded Moses touching the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them. (21) And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes ; and Aaron offered them for a wave offering before the Lord ; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. (22) And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron, and before his sons : as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. (23) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (24) This is that which belongeth unto the Levites : from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in 2 to wait upon the service in the work of the tent of meeting : (25) and from the age of fifty years they shall 3 cease waiting upon the work, and shall serve no more ; (26) but shall minister with their breth ren iu the tent of meeting, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charges. 9 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, (2) Moreover let the children of Israel keep the passover in its appointed season. (3) In the fourteenth day of this month, 4at even, ye shall keep it in its appointed sea son : according to all the statutes of it, and according to all the ordinances there of, shall ye keep it. (4) And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. (5) And they kept the passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, 4 at even, in the wilderness of Sinai : according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. (6) And there were certain men, who were unclean by the dead body of a man, so that they could not keep the passover on that day : and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day : (7) and those men said unto him, We are unclean by the dead body of a man : wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer the obla tion of the Lord in its appointed season among the children of Israel? (8) And Moses said unto them, Stay ye ; that I may hear what the Lord will command concerning you. (9) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (10) Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by rea son of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the Lord : ( 1 1 ) in the second month on the fourteenth clay 4 at even they shall keep it ; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs : (12) they shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof : according to all the statute of the passover they shall keep it. (13) But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, that soul shall be cut off from his people : because he offered not the oblation of the Lord in its ap pointed season, that man shall bear his sin. (14) And if a stranger shall so journ among you, and will keep the pass- over unto the Lord ; according to the statute of the passover, and according to the ordinance thereof, so shall he do : ye 1 Or, through the children of Israel coming nigh. 2 Heb. to war the warfare in the work. from the warfare of the work. 4 Heb. between the two evenings. 3 Heb. return NUMBERS. 161 shall have one statute, both for the stran ger and for him that is born in the land. (15) And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tab ernacle, even the tent of the testimony : and at even it was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until morn ing. (16) So it was alway: the cloud covered it, and the appearance of fire by night. (17) And whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, then after that the children of Israel journeyed : and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel encamped. (18) At the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandmentof the Lord the\T encamped : as long as the cloud abode upon the taber nacle they remained encamped. (19) And when the cloud tarried upon the taberna cle man}' days, then the chiWren of Israel kept the charge of the Lord, and jour neyed not. (20) And sometimes the cloud was a few clays upon the tabernacle ; then according to the commandment of the Lord they remained encamped, and ac cording to the commandment of the Lord they journeyed. (21) And sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they journeyed : or if it con tinued by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. (22) Whether it were two clays, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not : but when it was taken up, they jour neyed. (23) At the commandment of the Lord they encamped, and at the command mentof the Lord they journeyed : they kept the charge of the Lord, at the command ment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 10 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Make thee two trumpets of silver ; of ' beaten work shalt thou make them : and thou shalt use them for the call ing of the congregation, and for the jour neying of the camps. (3) And when they shall blow with them, all the congregation shall gather themselves unto thee at the door of the tent of meeting. (4) And if they blow but with one, then the princes, the heads ofthe thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. (5) And when ye blow an alarm, the camps that lie on the east side shall take their journey. (6) And when ye blow an alarm the sec ond time, the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey : they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. (7) But when the assembly is to be gathered to gether, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. (8) And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets ; and they shall be to you for a stat ute for ever throughout your generations. (9) And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets ; and ye shall be remembered before the Lord your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. (10) Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings ; and they shall be to you for a memorial before your God : I am the Lord your God. (11) And it came to pass in the second year, in the second month, on the twen tieth day of the month, that the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle of the testimony. (12) And the children of Israel set forward according to their jour neys out of the wilderness of Sinai ; and the cloud abode in the wilderness of Paran. (13) And they first took their journey ac cording to the commandment of the Lord 1 Or, turned. 162 NUMBERS. by the hand of Moses. (14) And in the first place the standard of the camp of the children of Judah set forward accord ing to their hosts : and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. (15) And over the host of the tribe ofthe children of Issachar was Nethanel the son of Zuar. (16) And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. (17) And the taber nacle was taken down ; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bare the tabernacle, set forward. (18) And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their hosts : aud over his host was Elizur the son of She deur. (19) And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was She- lumiel the son of Zurishaddai. (20) And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. (21) And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary : and ihe other did set up the tabernacle against they came. (22) And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward accord ing to their hosts : and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. (23) And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. (24) And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abi dan the son of Gideoni. (25) And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan, which was the rearward of all the camps, set forward according to their hosts : and' over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. (26) And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ochran. (27) And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. (28) Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their hosts ; and they set forward. (29) And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the Lord said, I will give it you : come thou with us, and we will do thee good : for the Lord hath spoken good con cerning 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 shalt be to us instead of eyes. (32) And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what good soever the Lord shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. (33) And they set forward from the mount of the Lord three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting place for them. (34) And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, when they set forward from the camp. (35) And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, 0 Lord, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. (36) And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, unto the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel. 11 And the people were as murmurers, 1 speaking evil in the ears of the Lord : and when the Lord heard it, his anger was kin dled ; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp. (2) And the people cried unto Moses ; and Moses prayed unto the Lord, and the fire abated. (3) And the name of that place was called 2 Taberah : because the fire of the Lord burnt among them. (4) And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting : and the chil- 1 Or, which was evil. 2 That iB, Burning. NUMBERS. 163 dren of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? (5) We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt for nought ; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick : (6) but now our soul is dried away ; there is nothing at all : we have nought save this manna to look to. (7) And the manna was like coriander seed, and the ' appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium. (8) The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and seethed it in pots, and made cakes of it : and the taste of it was as the taste of 2 fresh oil. (9) And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell 3 upon it. (10) And Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent : and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly ; and Moses was displeased. (11) And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou evil entreated thy servant ? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? (12) Have I con ceived all this people ? have I brought them forth, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing- father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers ? (13) Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people ? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. (14) I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. (15) And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight ; and let me not see my wretchedness. (16) And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them ; and bring them unto the tent of meeting, 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 with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. (18) And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh : for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt : there fore 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 a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you : because that ye have rejected the Lord which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egj'pt ? (21) And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen ; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. (22) Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them ? (23) And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord's hand waxed short? now shalt thou see whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not. (24) And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the Lord : and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the Tent. (25) And the Lord came down in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the sevent}7 elders : and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, the}" prohesied, but they did so no more. (26) But there remained two men in the 1 Heb. eye. 2 Or, cakes baked with oil. 3 Or, with. 164 NUMBERS. camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other, Medad : and the spirit rested upon them ; and they were of them that were written, but had not gone out unto the Tent : and they prophesied in the camp. (27) And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. (28) And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, 'one of his chosen men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. (29) And Moses said unto him, Art thou jealous for my sake ? would God that all the Lord's peo ple were prophets, that the Lord would put his spirit upon them ! (30) And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. (31) And there went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall 2by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the face of the earth. (32) And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails : he that gathered least gathered ten homers : and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. (33) While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague. (34) And the name of that place was called 3 Kibroth-hattaavah : because there they buried the people that lusted. (35) From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed unto Hazeroth ; and they abode at Hazeroth. 12 And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married : for he had married a Cushite woman. (2) And they said, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only 4 with Moses ? hath he not spoken also 4 with 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 suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tent of meeting. And they three came out. (5) And the Lord came clown in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam : and they both came forth. (6) And he said, Hear now my words : if there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, I will speak with him in a dream. (7) My servant Moses is not so ; he is faithful in all mine house : (8) with him will I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches ; and the form of the Lord shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses? (9) And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them ; and he departed. (10) And the cloud removed from over the Tent; and, behold, Miriam was lep rous, as ichite as snow : and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was lep rous. (11) And Aaron said unto Moses, Oh my lord, lay not, I pray thee, sin upon us, for that we have done foolishly, and for that we have sinned. (12) Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb. (13) And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her, O God, I beseech thee. (14) And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven clays? let her be shut up without the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again. (15) And Miriam was shut up without the camp seven days : and the people jour- 1 Or, from Ms youth. 2 Or, over. 8 That is, The graves of lust. 4 Or, NUMBERS. 165 neyed not till Miriam was brought in again. (16) And afterward the people journeyed frpm Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran. 13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Send thou men, that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel : of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a prince among them. (3) And Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran according to the commandment of the Lord : all of them men who were heads of the children of Israel. (4) And these were their names : of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. (5) Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. (6) Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. (7) Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. (8) Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun. (9) Of the tribe of Ben jamin, Palti the son of Raphu. (10) Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. (11) Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. (12) Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. (13) Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. (14) Of the tribe of Naph tali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. (15) Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. (16) These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua. (17) And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way 'by the South, and go up into the mountains : (18) and see the land, what it is ; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, whether they be 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 dwell in, whether in camps, or in strong holds ; (20) and what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good cour age, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes. (21) So they went up, and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, to the entering in of Hamath. (22) And they went up 'by the South, and came unto Hebron ; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were there. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) (23) And they came unto the valley of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it upon a staff between two ; they brought also of the pomegranates, and of the figs. (24) That place was called the valley of 2 Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence. (25) And they returned from spying out the land at the end of forty days. (26) And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilder ness of Paran, to Kadesh ; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. (27) And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey ; and this is the fruit of it. (28) Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fenced, and very great : and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. (29) Am alek dwelleth in the land of the South : and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the mountains : and the Canaanite dwelleth by the sea, and along by the side of Jordan. (30) And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it ; for * Or, into. 2 That 1b, a cluster. 166 NUMBERS. we are well able to overcome it. (31) But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the peo ple ; for they are stronger than we. (32) And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature. (33) And there we saw the 'Nephilim, the sons of Anak, which come of the Nephilim : and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. 14 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried ; and the people wept that night. (2) And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron : and the whole congrega tion said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt ! or would God we had died in this wilderness 1 (3) And wherefore doth the Lord bring us unto this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones shall be a prey : were it not better for us to return 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. (6) And Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that spied out the land, rent their clothes : (7) and they spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to spy it out, is an exceeding good land. (8) If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it unto us ; a land which floweth with milk and honej'. (9) Only rebel not against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land ; for they are bread for us : their 2 de fence is removed from over them, and the Lord is with us : fear them not. (10) But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the Lord ap peared in the tent of meeting unto all the children of Israel. (11) And the Lord said unto Moses, How long will this people despise me? and how long will they not believe in me, for all the signs which I have wrought among them? (12) I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they. (13) And Moses said unto the Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear it ; for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them; (14) and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land : they have heard that thou Lord art in the midst of this people ; for thou Lord art seen 3face to face, and thy cloud standeth over them, and thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night. (15) Now if thou shalt kill this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, (16) Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. (17) And now, I pray thee, let the power of the Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, say ing, (18) The Lord is slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and that will by no means clear the guilty ; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. (19) Par don, I pray thee, the iniquity of this peo ple according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and according 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 in very 1 Or, giants. 2 Heb. shadow. 3 Heb. eye to eye. NUMBERS. 167 deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord ; (22) because all those men which have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice ; (23) surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised me see it : (24) but my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath -followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went ; and his seed shall possess it. (25) Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley : to morrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea. (26) And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (27) How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me ? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. (28) Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord, surely as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you : (29) your carcases shall fall -in this wilderness ; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and up ward, which have murmured against me, (30) surely ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I lifted up my hand that I would make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, 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 rejected. (32) But as for you, your carcases shall fall in this wilderness. (33) And your children shall be L wanderers in the wilderness forty years, and shall bear your whoredoms, until your carcases be consumed in the wilderness. (34) After the number of the days in which ye spied out the land, even forty clays, for every day a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know 2my alienation. (35) I the Lord have spoken, surely this will I do unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me : in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. (36) And the men, which Moses sent to spy out the land, who returned, and made all the con gregation to murmur against him, by bringing up an evil report against the land, (37) even those men that did bring up an evil report of the land, died by the plague before the Lord. (38) But Joshua the sun of Nun, and Caleb the son of Je phunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land. (39) And Moses told these words unto all the chil dren of Israel : and the people mourned greatly. (40) And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up to the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised : for we have sinned. (41) And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord, seeing it shall not prosper? (42) Go not up, for the Lord is not among you ; that ye be not smitten down before your enemies. (43) For there the Amale kite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword : because ye are turned back from following the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you. (44) But they presumed to go up to the top of the mountain : nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. (45) Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite which dwelt in that moun tain, and smote them and beat them clown, even unto Hormah. 15 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 1 Heb. shepherds. 2 Or, the revoking of my promise. 168 NUMBERS. saying, (2) Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you, (3) and will make an offer ing by fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice, ' to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the Lord, of the herd, or of the flock : (4) then shall he that offereth his oblation offer unto the Lord a meal offering of a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil : (5) and wine for the drink offering, the fourth part of an hin, shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice, for each lamb. (6) Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meal offering two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil : (7) and for the drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. (8) And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice, ' to accomplish a vow, or for peace offerings unto the Lord : (9) then shall he offer with the bullock a meal offering of three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with half an hin of oil. (10) And thou shalt offer for the drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. (11) Thus shall it be done for each bullock, or for each ram, or for each of the he-lambs, or of the kids. (12) According to the num ber that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number. (13) All that are homeborn shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. (14) And if a strauger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you throughout your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord ; as ye do, so he shall do. (15) For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you, a statute for ever throughout your generations : as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. (16) One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you. (17) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (18) Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you, (19) then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the Lord. (20) Of the first of your 2 dough ye shall offer up a cake for an heave offering : as ye do the heave offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye heave it. (21) Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering throughout your gen erations. (22) And when ye shall err, and not observe all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses, (23) even all that the Lord hath com manded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the Lord gave command ment, and onward throughout your gen erations ; (24) then it shall be, if it be done 3 unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congre gation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour unto the Lord, with the meal offering thereof, and the drink offering thereof, according to the ordinance, and one he-goat for a sin offering. (25) And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven ; for it was an error, and they have brought their oblation, an offering made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their error : (26) and all the congrega- 1 Or, in making a special vow. 2 Or, coarse meal. 3 Or, in error. NUMBERS. 169 tion of the children of Israel shall be for given, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; for in respect of all the people it was done unwittingly. (27) And if one person sin unwittingly, then he shall offer a she-goat of the first year for a sin offering. (28) And the priest shall make atonement for the soul that erreth, when he sinneth unwittingly, before the Lord, to make atonement for him ; and he shall be forgiven. (29) Ye shall have one law for him that doeth aught unwit tingly, for him that is homeborn among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. (30) But the soul that doeth aught with an high hand, whether he be homeborn or a stranger, the same blasphemeth the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. (31) Because he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment ; that soul shall utterly be cut off, his iniquity shall be upon him. (32) And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sabbath day. (33) And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. (34) And they put him in ward, because it had not been declared what should be done to him. (35) And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall surely be put to death : all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. (36) And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died ; as the Lord commanded Moses. (37) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (38) Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them ' fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of each border a cord of blue : (39) and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them ; and that ye 2 go not about after your own 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 Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God : I am the Lord your God. 16 Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reu ben, took men : (2) and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the chil dren of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the congregation, called to the assembly, men of renown : (3) and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, 3Ye take too much upon you, see ing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them : wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of the Lord ? (4) And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face : (5) and he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, In the morning the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy, and 4will cause him to come near unto him : even him whom he shall choose will he cause to come near unto him. (6) This do ; take you censers, Korah, and all his company ; (7) and put fire therein, and put incense upon them before the Lord to-morrow : and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy : ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. (8) And Moses said unto Korah, Hear now, ye sons of Levi : 1 Or, tassels in the corners. come near. 1 Heb. spy not out. 8 Heb. It is enough for you. 1 Or, whom he will cause to 170 NUMBERS. (9) seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bfing you near to himself ; to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them ; (10) and that he hath brought thee near, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee? and seek ye the priest hood also? (11) Therefore thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord : and Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him? (12) Aud Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab : and they said, We will not come up : (13) is it a small thing that thou hast brought us np out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but thou must needs make thyself also a prince over us ? (14) Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor 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, and said unto the Lord, Respect not thou their offering : I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. (16) And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy congregation before the Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron, to-morrow: (17) and take ye every man his censer, and put incense upon them, and bring ye before the Lord every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers ; thou also, and Aaron, each his censer. (18) And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron. (19) And Korah assembled all the con gregation against them unto the door of the tent of meeting : and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the congregation. (20) And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (21) Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment, (22) And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? (23) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (24) Speak unto the congregation, say ing, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. (25) And Moses rose up and went unto Da than and Abiram ; and the elders of Israel followed him. (26) And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. (27) So they gat them up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood at the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little ones. (28) And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works ; for I have not done them of mine own mind. (29) If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of ah men; then the Lord hath not sent me. (30) But if the Lord 2 make a new thing, and the ground open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down alive into 3the pit ; then ye shall understand that these men have despised the Lord. (31) And it came to pass, as he made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them : (32) and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Ko rah, and all their goods. (33) So they, and all that appertained to them, went 1 Heb. bore out. 2 Heb. create a creation. 3 Heb. Sheol. NUMBERS. 171 down alive into ' the pit : and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly. (34) And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up. (35) And fire came forth from the Lord, and devoured the two hun dred and fifty men that offered the in cense. (36) 2And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (37) Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder ; for they are holy ; (38) even the censers of 3 these sinners against their own 4 lives, and let them be made beaten plates for a covering of the altar : for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are holy : and they shall be a sign unto the childr e noflsrael. (39) And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, which they that were burnt had offered ; and they beat them out for a covering of the altar : (40) to be a memorial unto the children or Israel, to the end that no stranger, which is not ofthe seed of Aaron, come near to burn incense before the Lord ; that he be not as Korah, and as his com pany : as the Lord spake unto him by the hand of Moses. (41) But on the morrow all the congre gation 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 con gregation was assembled against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tent of meeting : and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. (43) And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting. (44) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (45) Get you up from among this congregation, that I may con sume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. (46) And Moses said unto Aaron, Take thy censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and lay incense thereon, and carry it quickly unto the con gregation, and make atonement for them : for there is wrath gone out from the Lord ; the plague is begun. (47) And Aaron took as Moses spake, and ran into the midst of the assembly ; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people : and he put on the incense, and made atone ment for the people. (48) And he stood between the dead and the living ; and the plague was stayed. (49) Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah. (50) And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tent of meeting : and the plague was stayed. 17 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Speak unto the children of Is rael, and take of them rods, one for each fathers' house, of all their princes accord ing to their fathers' houses, twelve rods : write thou every man's name upon his rod. (3) And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi : for there shall be one rod for each head of their fathers' houses. (4) And thou shalt lay them up in the tent of meeting before the testimony, where I meet with you. (5) And it shall come to pass, that the man whom I shall choose, his rod shall bud : and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against you. (6) And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and all their princes gave him rods, for each prince one, ac cording to their 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 tent of the testimony. (8) And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses went into the 1 Heb. Sheol. 4 Or, souls. 2 In Heb. ch. xvii. begins here. 3 Or, these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives. 172 NUMBERS. tent of the testimony ; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and put forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and bare ripe almonds. (9) And Moses brought out all the rods from be fore the Lord unto all the children of Israel : and they looked, and took every man his rod. (10) And the Lord said unto Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the children of rebellion ; that thou mayest make an end of their murmurings against me, that they die not. (11) Thus did Moses: as the Lord com manded him, so did he. (12) And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. (13) Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of the Lord, ' dieth : shall we perish all of us ? 18 And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy fathers' house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary : and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priest hood. (2) And thy brethren also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou near with thee, that they may be 2 joined unto thee, and minister unto thee : but thou and thy sons with thee shall be before the tent of the testimony. (3) And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the Tent : only they shall not come nigh unto the vessels of the sanctuary and unto the altar, that they die not, neither they, nor ye. (4) And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent : and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. (5) And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar : that there be wrath no more upon the children of Israel. (6) And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the chil dren of Israel: to you they are a gift, given unto the Lord, to do the service of the tent of meeting. (7) And thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest hood for every thing of the altar, and for that within the veil ; and ye shall serve : I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. (8) And the Lord spake unto Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings, even all the hallowed things of the children of Is rael, unto thee have I given them 3 by rea son of the anointing, and to thy sons, as a due for ever. (9) This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire : every oblation of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every guilt offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. (10) As the most holy things shalt thou eat thereof : every male shall eat thereof ; it shall be holy unto thee. (11) And this is thine ; the heave offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of Israel : I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, as a due for ever : every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof. (12) All the 4 best of the oil, and all the 4 best of the vintage, and of the corn, the firstfruits of them which they give unto the Lord, to thee have I given them. (13) The firstripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring unto the Lord, shall be thine ; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat thereof. (14) Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. (15) Every thing that openeth the womb, of all flesh which they offer unto the Lord, both of man and beast, 7 Or, shall die. 2 See Gen. xxix. 34. 8 Or, for a portion. 4 Heb. fat. NUMBERS. 173 shall be thine : nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou re deem. (16) 'And those that are to be redeemed of them from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estima tion, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary (the same is twenty gerahs). (17) But the firstling of an ox, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem ; they are holy : thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the Lord. (18) And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right thigh, it shall be thine. (19) All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Is rael offer unto the Lord, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a due for ever : it is a covenant of salt for ever before the Lord unto thee and to thy seed with thee. (20) And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any portion among them : I am thy portion and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. (21) And unto the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their ser vice which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting. (22) And hence forth the children of Israel shall not come nigh the tent of meeting, lest they bear sin, and die. (23) But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity : it shall be a statute for ever throughout your gener ations, and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. (24) For the tithe of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance : therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. (25) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (26) Moreover thou shalt speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the Lord, a tithe of the tithe. (27) And your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshing- floor, and as the fulness of the winepress. (28) Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the Lord of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel ; and thereof ye shall give the Lord's heave offering to Aaron the priest. (29) Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the Lord, of all the 2best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. (30) Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye heave the 2best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshing-floor, and as the increase of the winepress. (31) And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households : for it is your reward in return for your ser vice in the tent of meeting. (32) And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the 2best thereof: and ye shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, 3 that ye die not. 19 And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, (2) This is the statute of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the chil dren of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer 4 without spot, wherein is no blem ish, and upon which never came yoke : (3) and ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her forth 1 Or, And as to their redemption money, from a month old shalt thou redeem them. shall ye die. * Or, perfect. 2 Heb./ Or, By order of the lawgiver. u Or, Jeshimon. NUMBERS. Ill (21) And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, (22) Let me pass through thy land : we will not turn aside into field, or into vineyard ; we will not drink of the water of the wells : we will go by the king's high way, until we have passed thy border. (23) And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border : but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz : and he fought against Israel. (24) And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jab bok, even unto the children of Ammon : for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. (25) And Israel took all these cities : and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the 'towns thereof. (26) For Hesh bon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. (27) Wherefore they that speak in prov erbs say, Come ye to- Heshbon, Let the city of Sihon be built and estab lished : (28) For a fire is gone out of Heshbon, A flame from the city of Sihon : It hath devoured Ar of Moab, The lords of 2 the high places of Arnon. (29) Woe to thee, Moab ! Thou art undone, O people of Chemosh : He hath given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, Unto Sihon king of the Amorites. (30) We have shot at them ; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, And we have laid waste even unto Nophah, 3Which reacheth unto Medeba. (31) Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. (32) And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they took the towns thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. (33) And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan : and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to 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 Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. (35) So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him remaining : and they possessed his land. 22 And the children of Israel journeyed, and pitched in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho. (2) And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. (3) And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many : and Moab 4was distressed because of the chil dren of Israel. (4) And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall 6 this mul titude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time. (5) And he sent messengers unto Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt : behold, they cover the 6face ofthe earth, and they abide over against me : (6) come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people ; for they are too mighty for me : peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land : for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. (7) And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand ; and 1 Heb. daughters, 8 Heb. the assembly. 2 Or, Bamoth. 8 Heb. eye. 8 Some ancient authorities have, Fire reached unto. 4 Or, abhorred. 178 NUMBERS. they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. (8) And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as tbe Lord 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 God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, (11) Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covereth the face of the earth : now, come curse me them ; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out. (12) And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them ; thou shalt not curse the people : for they are blessed. (13) And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land : for the Lord refuseth to give me leave to go with you. (14) And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. (15) And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. (16) And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me: (17) for I will promote thee unto very great honour, and whatso ever thou sayest uuto me I will do : come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this peo ple. (18) And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more. (19) Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will speak unto me more. (20) And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men be come to call thee, rise up, go with them ; but only the word which I speak 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 kindled because he went : and the angel of the Lord placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. (23) And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand : and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field : and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. (24) Then the angel of the Lord stood in a hollow way between the vineyards, a fence being on this side, and a fence on that side. (25) And the ass saw the angel of the Lord, and she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall : and he smote her again. (26) And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. (27) And the ass saw the angel of the Lord, and she lay down under Balaam : and Balaam's anger was kin dled, and he smote the ass with his staff. (28) And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? (29) And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me : I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now I had killed thee. (30) And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden all thy life long unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee ? And he said, Nay. (31) Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed his head, and fell on his face. (32) And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times ? behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because thy way is 'per- 1 Heb, headlong. NUMBERS. 179 verse before me : (33) and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times : unless she had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her alive. (34) Aud Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord, I have sinned ; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me : now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again. (35) And the angel of the Lord said unto Balaam, Go with the men : but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. (36) And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto the City of Moab, which is on the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost part ofthe border. (37) And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore earnest thou not unto me ? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour? (38) And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee : have I now any power at all to speak any thing ? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. (39) And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kiriath-huzoth. (40) And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. (41) And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into 'the high places of Baal, and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people. 23 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. (2) And Balak did as Balaam had spoken ; and Balak and Ba laam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. (3) And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go ; peradventure the Lord will come to meet me : and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height. (4) And . God met Balaam : and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. (5) And the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Re turn unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. (6) And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. (7) And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East : Come, curse me Jacob, And come, 2defy Israel. (8) How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed ? And how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied ? (9) For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him : Lo, it is a people that dwell alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations. (10) Who can count the dust of Jacob, 3Or number 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 Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. (12) And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord put teth in my mouth? (13) And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them ; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all : and curse me them from thence. (14) And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. (15) And he said 1 Or, Bamoth-baal. 2 Heb. be wroth against. 3 Heb. Or, by number, the dc. * Heb. my soul. 180 NUMBERS. unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt of fering, while I meet the Lord yonder. (16) And the Lord met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. (17) And he came to him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the Lord spoken? (18) And he took up his par able, 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? Or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good ? (20) Behold, I have received command ment to bless : And he hath blessed, and I cannot re verse it. (21) He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel : The Lord his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them. (22) God bringeth them forth out of Egypt ; He hath as it were the L strength of the 2wild-ox. (23) Surely there is no enchantment 3 with Jacob, Neither is there any divination 8with Israel : 4 Now shall it be "said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought ! (24) Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And as a lion doth he lift himself up : He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, And drink the blood of the slain. (25) And Balak said unto Balaam, Nei ther 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 Lord speaketh, that I must do? (27) And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place ; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. (28) And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon 6 the desert. (29) And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. (30) And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. 24 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchant ments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. (2) And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling ac cording to their tribes ; and the spirit of God came upon him. (3) And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye 7was closed saith : (4) He saith, which heareth the words of God, Which seeth the vision of the Al mighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open: (5) How goodly are thy tents, 0 Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel ! (6) As valleys are they spread forth, As gardens by the river side, As lign-aloes which the Lord hath planted, As cedar trees beside the waters. (7) Water shall flow from his buckets, 7 Or, horns, 2 Or, ox-antelope. Heb. reem. 3 Or, against. 4 Or, At the due season. 8 Or, told to . . . what God hath wrought, ° Or, Jeshimon. 7 Or, is opened. NUMBERS. 181 And his seed shall be in many waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted. (8) God bringeth him forth out of Egypt ; He hath as it were the ' strength of the ' wild-ox : He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, And shall break their bones in pieces, And smite them through with his arrows. (9) He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a lioness ; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be every one that blesseth thee, And cursed be every one that curseth thee. (10) And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together : and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times. (11) Therefore now flee thou to thy place : I thought to pro mote thee unto great honour ; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour. (12) And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, (13) If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind ; what the Lord speaketh, that will I speak? (14) And now, behold, I go unto my people : come, and I will ad vertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days. (15) And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye 2was closed saith : (16) He saith, which heareth the words of God, And knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, Which seeth the vision of the Al mighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open : (17) I see him, but not now : 1 behold him, but not nigh : There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite through the corners of Moab, And break down all the sons 3of tu mult. (18) And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession, which were his enemies ; While Israel doeth valiantly. (19) And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, And shall destroy the remnant from the city. (20) And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations ; But his latter end shall come to destruc tion. (21) And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling place, And thy nest is set in the rock. (22) Nevertheless 4Kainshallbe wasted, 5 Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. (23) And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God " doeth this? (24) But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, 7 See ch. xxiii. 22. • Or, establisheth him. 2 Or, is opened. 3 Or, of Sheth. 4 Or, the Kenites. '> Or, How long ? Asshur &c. 182 NUMBERS. And they shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, And he also shall come to destruction. (25) And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place : and Balak also went his way. 25 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab : (2) for they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods ; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. (3) And Israel 'joined himself unto 2 Baal-peor : and the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. (4) And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto the Lord before the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel. (5) And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that have joined themselves unto Baal-peor. (6) And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting. (7) And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand ; (8) and he went after the man of Israel into the 3 pavilion, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. (9) Aud those that died by the plague were twenty and four thousand. (10) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (11) Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Is rael, in that he was jealous with my jeal ousy among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. (12) Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace : (13) and it shall be unto him, and to his seed after him, the covenant of an everlasting priest hood ; because he was jealous for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel. (14) Now the name of the man of Israel, that was slain, who was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites. (15) And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur ; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian. (16) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (17) Vex the Midianites, and smite them : (18) for they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor. 26 And it came to pass after the plague, that the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son- of Aaron the priest, say ing, (2) Take the sum of all the congre gation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel. (3) And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jeri cho, saying, (4) Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward ; as the Lord commanded Moses and the chil dren of Israel, which came forth out of the land of Egypt. (5) Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: the sons of Reuben ; of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites : of Pallu, the family of the Palluites : (6) of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites : of Carmi, 7 Or, yoked. 2 Or, the Baal of Peor. See ch. xxiii. 28. 3 Or, alcove. NUMBERS. 183 the family of the Carmites. (7) These are the families of the Reubenites : and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hun dred and thirty. (8) And the sons of Pallu ; Eliab. (9) And the sons of Eli ab ; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, which were called ofthe congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the Lord : (10) and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that com pany died ; what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men, and they be came a sign. (11) Notwithstanding the sons of Korah died not. (12) The sons of Simeon after their families : of ' Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites : of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites : of 2Jachin, the family of the Jachinites : (13) of 3 Zerah, the family of the Zerahites : of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. (14) These are the fami lies of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. (15) The sons of Gad after their fami lies : of * Zephon, the family of the Zeph- onites : of Haggi, the family of the Hag- gites : of Shuni, the family of the Shu- nites: (16) of 5Ozni, the family of the Oznites : of Eri, the family of the Erites : (17) of 6Arod, the family of the Arod- ites : of Areli, the family of the Arelites. (18) These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those that were num bered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. (19) The sons of Judah, Er and Onan : and Er and Onan died in the land of Ca naan. (20) And the sons of Judah after their families were ; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites : of Perez, the family of the Perezites : of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. (21) And the sons of Pe rez were ; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites : of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. (22) These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and six teen thousand and five hundred. (23) The sons of Issachar after their families : of Tola, the family of the To- laites : of Puvah, the family of the Pu- nites : (24) of 7 Jashub, the family of the Jashubites : of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. (25) These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. (26) The sons of Zebulun after their families : of Sered, the family of the Se- redites : of Elon, the family of the Elon- ites : of Jahleel, the family of the Jah- leelites. (27) These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thou sand and five hundred. (28) The sons of Joseph after their families : Manasseh and Ephraim. (29) The sons of Manasseh : of Machir, the family of the Machirites : and Machir be gat Gilead : of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. (30) These are the sons of Gilead : of 8 Iezer, the family of the Iezer- ites : of Helek, the family of the Helek- ites : (31) and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites : and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites : (32) and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites : and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. (33) And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters : and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. (34) These are the families of Manasseh: and they that were num- 7 In Gen. xlvi. 10, Ex. vi. 15, Jemuel. Ziphion. 8 In Gen. xlvi. 16, Ezbon. AUezer. See Judg. vi. 11, 24, 34. 2 In 1 Chr. iv. 24, Jarib. 3 In Gen. xlvi. 10, Zohar. 8 In Gen. xlvi. 16, Arodi. ' In Gen. xlvi. 13, lob. 4 In Gen. xlvi. 16, 8 In Josh. xvii. 2, 184 NUMBERS. bered of them were fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. (35) These are the sons of Ephraim after their families : of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites : of 'Becher, the family of the Becherites : of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. (36) And these are the sons of Shuthelah : of Eran, the family of the Eranites. (37) These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. (38) The sons of Benjamin after their families : of Bela, the family of the Bela- ites : of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbel- ites : of 2Ahiram, the family of the Abi- ramites : (39) of 3 Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites : of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. (40) And the sons of Bela were 4Ard and Naaman : of Ard, the family of the Ardites : of Naa man, the family of the Naamites. (41) These are the sons of Benjamin after their families : and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. (42) These are the sons of Dan after their families: of 5Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. (43) All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred. (44) The sons of Asher after their fami lies : of Imnah, the family of the Imnites : of Ishvi, the family of the lshvites : of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. (45) Of the sons of Beriah : of Heber, the family of the Heberites : of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. (46) And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. (47) These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were num bered of them, fifty and three thousand and four hundred. (48) The sons of Naphtali after their families : of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites : of Guni, the family of the Gunites : (49) of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites : of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. (50) These are the fami lies of Naphtali according to their fami lies : and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. (51) These are they that were numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thou sand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. (52) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (53) Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. (54) To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less in heritance : to every one according to those that were numbered of him shall his in heritance be given. (55) Notwithstand ing the land shall be divided by lot : ac cording to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. (56) According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer. (57) And these are they that were num bered with the Levites after their families : of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites : of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites : of Merari, the family of the Merarites. (58)- These are the families of Levi : the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begat Amram. (59) And the name of Amram 's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt : and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. (60) And unto Aaron were 7 In 1 Chr. vii. 20, Bered. "- In Gen. xlvi. 21, Ehi; in 1 Chr. viii. 1, Aharah. Huppim. 4 In 1 Chr. viii. 3, Addar. » In Gen. xlvi. 23, Hushim. J In Gen. xlvi. 21, Muppim, and NUMBERS. 185 born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Itha mar. (61) And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord. (62) And they that were num bered of them were twenty and three thousand, every male from a month old and upward ; for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. (63) These are they that were num bered by Moses and Eleazar the priest ; who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jeri cho. (64) But among these there was not, a man of them that were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest ; who num bered the children of Israel in the wilder ness of Sinai. (65) For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Je phunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 27 Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Ma nasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph : and these are the names of his daughters ; Mahlah, Noah, and Hog- lah, aud Milcah, and Tirzah. (2) And they stood before Moses, and before Elea zar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, at the door of the tent of meeting, saying, (3) Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of them that gathered themselves together against the Lord in the company of Korah : but he died in his own sin ; and he had no sons. (4) Why should the name of our father be taken away from among his family, because he had no son? Give unto us a possession among the brethren of our father . ( 5 ) And Moses brought their cause before the Lord. (6) And the Lord spake unto Moses, say ing, (7) The daughters of Zelophehad speak right : thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren ; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass un to them. (8) And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. (9) And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. (10) And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. (11) And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it : and it shall be unto the children of Israel a stat ute of judgement, as the Lord commanded Moses. (12) And the Lord said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. (13) And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered : (14) because ye rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, 'to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes. (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin . ) (15) And Moses spake unto the Lord, saying, (16) Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the con gregation, (17) which may go out before them, and which may come in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in ; that the congregation of the Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd. (18) And the Lord 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 7 See ch. xx. 12, 13. 186 NUMBERS. the congregation ; and give him a charge in their sight. (20) And thou shalt put of thine honour upon him, that all the con gregation of the children of Israel may obey. (21) And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgement of the Urim before the Lord : at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation. (22) And Moses did as the Lord commanded him : and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the con gregation : (23) and he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the Lord spake by the hand of Moses. 28 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My oblation, my 1 food for my offerings made by fire, of a sweet savour unto me, shall ye ob serve to offer unto me in their due season. (3) 2And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord ; he-lambs of the first year without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt offering. (4) The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer 3at even ; (5) and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil. (6) It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. (7) And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb : in the holy place shalt thou pour out a drink offering of strong drink unto the Lord. (8) And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even : as the meal offer ing of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. (9) And on the sabbath day two he- lambs of the first year without blemish, and two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof : (10) this is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and the drink offering thereof. (11) And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord ; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year with out blemish; (12) and three tenth parts of an -ephah of fine flour for a meal offer ing, mingled with oil, for each bullock; and two tenth parts, of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, for the one ram ; (13) and a several tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering unto every lamb ; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. (14) And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine for a bullock, and the third part of an hin for the ram, and the fourth part of an hin for a lamb : this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year. (15) And one he- goat for a sin offering unto the Lord ; it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and the drink offering thereof. (16) And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the Lord's passover. (17) And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast : seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. (18) In the first day shall be an holy convocation ; ye shall do no servile work : (19) but ye shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt offering unto the Lord ; two young bul locks, and one ram, and seven he-lambs of the first year : they shall be unto you without blemish : (20) and their meal 7 Heb. bread. 2 See Ex. xxix. 38-42. 3 Heb. between the two evenings. NUMBERS. 187 offering, fine flour mingled with oil : three tenth parts shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth parts for the ram ; (21) a several tenth part shalt thou offer for every lamb of the seven lambs ; (22) and one he-goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you. (23) Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. (24) After this manner ye shall offer daily, for seven days, the 'food of the offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord : it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and the drink offering thereof. (25) And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy con vocation ; ye shall do no servile work. (26) Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye offer a new meal offering unto the Lord in your feast of weeks, ye shall have an holy convocation ; ye shall do no ser vile work : (27) but ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord ; two young bullocks, one ram, seven he- lambs of the first year ; (28) and their meal offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for each bullock, two tenth parts for the one ram, (29) a several tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs; (30) one he-goat, tomakeatonement for you. (31) Beside the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering thereof, ye shall offer them (they shall be unto you with out blemish), and their drink offerings. 29 And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation ; ye shall do no servile work : it is a day of blowing of trumpets unto you. (2) And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord ; one young bullock, one ram, seven he- lambs of the first year without blemish : (3) and their meal offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the ram, (4) and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs : (5) and one he-goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you : (6) beside the burnt offering of the new moon, and the meal offering thereof, and the continual burnt offering and the meal offering thereof, and their drink offerings, according unto their ordinance, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. (7) And on the tenth day of this seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation ; and ye shall afflict j'our souls ; ye shall do no manner of work : (8) but ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord for a sweet savour ; one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year ; they shall be unto you without blemish : (9) and their meal offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the one ram, (10) a several tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs : (11) one he-goat for a sin offering ; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offer ing, and the meal offering thereof, and their drink offerings. (12) And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy con vocation ; ye shall do no servile work and ye shall keep a feast unto the Lord seven days : (13) and ye shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made" by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord ; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he- lambs of the first year ; they shall be with out blemish : (14) and their meal offering, fine Sour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth parts for each ram of the two rams, (15) and a several tenth part for every lamb of the fourteen lambs : (16) and one he-goat for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering, the meal offering thereof, and the drink offer ing thereof. (17) And on the second day ye shall 7 Heb. bread. 188 NUMBERS. offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish : (18) and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance : (19) and one he-goat for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering thereof, and their drink offerings. (20) And on the third day eleven bul locks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish ; (21) and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance : (22) and one he-goat for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meal offering thereof, and the drink offering thereof. (23) And on the fourth day ten bul locks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish : (24) their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance : (25) and one he-goat for a sin offering ; beside tbe continual burnt offering, the meal offering thereof, and the drink offering thereof. (26) And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish : (27) and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordi nance : (28) and one he-goat for a sin of fering ; beside the continual burnt offer ing, and the meal offering thereof, and the drink offering thereof. (29) And on the sixth day eight bul locks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, without blemish : (30) and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance: (31) and one he-goat for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering, tbe meal offering thereof, and the drink offerings thereof. (32) And on the seventh day seven bul locks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs of the first year without blemish : (33) and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance : (34) and one he-goat for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offering, the meal offering thereof, and the drink offering thereof. (35) On the eighth day ye shall have a 1 solemn assembly : ye shall do no servile work : (36) but ye shall offer a burnt of fering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord : one bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year without blemish : (37) their meal offer ing and their drink offerings for the bul lock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the or dinance : (38) and one he-goat for a sin offering ; beside the continual burnt offer ing, and the meal offering thereof, and the drink offering thereof. (39) These ye shall offer unto the Lord in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt of ferings, and for your meal offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings. (40) 2And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the Lord commanded Moses. 30 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded. (2) When a man voweth a vow unto the Lord, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not 3 break his word ; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. (3) Also when a woman voweth a vow 7 See Lev. xxiii. 36. 2 In Heb. ch. xxx. begins here' 3Heb. profane. NUMBERS. 189 unto the Lord, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father's house, in her youth ; (4) and her father heareth her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father holdeth his peace at her : then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. (5) But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth ; none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand : and the Lord shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her. (6) And if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul ; (7) and her husband hear it, and hold his peace at her in trip day that he heareth it : then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. (8) But if her husband disallow her in the day that he heareth it ; then he shall make void her vow which is upon her, and the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul : and the Lord shall forgive her. (9) But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even every thing wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand against her. (10) And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath, (11) and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not ; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. (12) But if her husband made them null aud void in the day that he .heard them ; then whatsoever proceedeth out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void ; and the Lord shall forgive her. (13) Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her hus band may make it void. (14) But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day ; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her : he hath established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. (15) But if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them ; then he shall bear her in iquity. (16) These are the statutes, which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father's house. 31 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 unto the people, saying, Arm ye men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian, to exe cute the Lord's vengeance on Midian. (4) Of every tribe a thousand, through out all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. (5) So there were delivered, out of the thousands of Israel, a thou sand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. (6) And Moses sent them, a thousand of every tribe, to the. war, them and Phinehas the son of Elea zar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand. (7) And they warred against Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses ; and they slew every male. (8) And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain ; Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian : Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. (9) And the children of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones ; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took for a prey. (10) And all their cities in the places wherein they dwelt, and all their encamp ments, they burnt with fire. (11) And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of man and of beast. (12) And 190 NUMBERS. they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and unto Eleazar the priest, and unto the congrega tion of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho. (13) And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congre gation, went forth to meet tbem without the camp. (14) And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hun dreds, which came from the service of the war. (15) And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? (16) Behold, these caused the children of Is rael, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of the Lord. (17) Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. (18) But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. (19) And encamp ye without the camp seven days : whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, ye and your captives. (20) And as to every garment, and all that is made of skin, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood, ye shall purify yourselves. (21) And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the statute of the law which the Lord hath commanded Moses : (22) howbeit the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, (23) every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make to go through the fire, and it shall be clean ; nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of ' separation : and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make to go through the water. (24) And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. (25) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (26) Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the congre gation : (27) and divide the prey into two parts ; between the men skilled in war, that went out to battle, and all the con gregation : (28) and levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war that went out to battle : one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the flocks : (29) take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for the Lord's heave offering. (30) And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one drawn out of every fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, even of all the cattle, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord. (31) And Moses and Elea zar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses. (32) Now the prey, over and above the booty which the men of war took, was six hundred thousand and sev enty thousand and five thousand sheep, (33) and threescore and twelve thousand beeves, (34) and threescore and one thou sand asses, (35) and thirty and two thou sand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him. (36) And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in num ber three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep : (37) and the Lord's trib ute 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 7 Or, impurity. NUMBERS. 191 and twelve. (39) And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred ; of which the Lord's tribute was threescore and one. (40) And the persons were six teen thousand ; of whom the Lord's trib ute was thirty and two persons. (41) And Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord's heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses. (42) And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided off from the men that warred, (43) (now the congregation's half was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand, seven thousand and five hun dred sheep, (44) and thirty and six thou sand beeves, (45) and thirty thousand and five hundred asses, (46) and sixteen thousand persons ;) (47) even of the chil dren of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord ; as the Lord commanded Moses. (48) And the officers which were over the thousands of the host, the cap tains of thousands, and the captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses : (49) and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. (50) And we have brought the Lord's oblation, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, ankle chains, and bracelets, signet- rings, earrings, and ' armlets, to make atonement for our souls before the Lord. (51) And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. (52) And all the gold of the heave offering that they offered up to the Lord, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. (53) QFor the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself.) (54) And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tent of meeting, for a memorial for the chil dren of Israel before the Lord. 32 Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle : and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle ; (2) the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, (3) Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and 3Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and 4Sebam, (4) and Nebo, and "Beon, (4) the land which the Lord smote before the congre gation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle. (5) And they said, If we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession ; bring us not over Jordan. (6) And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to the war, and shall ye sit here? (7) And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the Lord hath given them? (8) Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadesh- barnea to see the land. (9) For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the Lord had given them. (10) And the Lord's anger was kindled in that day, and he sware, saying, (11) Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob ; because they have not wholly followed me: (12) save 7 Or, necklaces. 2 See ver. 32. 3 In ver. 36, Beth-nim-rah. 4 In ver. 38, Sibmah. 8 In ver. 38, Baal-meon. 192 NUMBERS. Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun : because they have wholly followed the Lord. (13) And the Lord's anger was kindled against Is rael, and he made them wander to and fro in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the Lord, was consumed. (14) And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to aug ment yet the fierce anger of the Lord 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 this people. (16) And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones : (17) but we our selves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place : and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land. (18) We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. (19) For we will not inherit with them on the other side Jordan, and forward ; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward. (20) And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing ; if ye will arm yourselves to go before the Lord to the war, (21) and every armed man of you will pass over Jordan before tbe Lord, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, (22) and the land be subdued before the Lord : then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless towards the Lord, and towards Israel ; and this land shall be unto you for a possession before the Lord. (23) But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord : and be sure your sin will find you out. (24) Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep ; and do that which hath pro ceeded out of your mouth. (25) And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. (26) Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead : (27) but thy servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith. (28) So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the chil dren of Israel. (29) And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man that is armed to battle, before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you ; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession : (30) but if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have pos sessions among you in the land of Canaan. (31) And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the Lord hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. (32) We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inher itance shall remain with us beyond Jor dan. (33) And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto the half tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, according to the cities thereof with their borders, even the cities of the land round about. (34) And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer ; (35) and Atroth-shophan, and Jazer, and Jogbehah ; (36) and Beth-nim- rah, and Beth-haran : fenced cities, and folds for sheep. (37) And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kiriathaim ; (38) and Nebo, and Baal-meon, (their names being changed,) and Sibmah : and gave other names unto NUMBERS. 193 the cities which they builded. (39) And the children of Machir the son of Ma nasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dis possessed the Amorites which were therein. (40) And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh ; and he dwelt there in. (41) And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the towns thereof, and called them ' Havvoth-jair. (42) And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the 2villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name. 33 These are the s journeys of the chil dren of Israel, 4 when they went forth out of the land of Egypt by their hosts under the hand of Moses and Aaron. (2) And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord : and these are their journeys according to their goings out. (3) And they journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month ; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyp tians, (4) while the Egyptians were bury ing all their firstborn, which the Lord had smitten among them : upon their gods also the Lord executed judgements. (5) And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. (6) And they journeyed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. (7) And they journeyed from Etham, and turned back unto Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal- zephon : and they pitched before Migdol. (8) And they journeyed from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness : and they went three days' journey in the wilder ness of Etham, and pitched in Marah. (9) And they journeyed from Marah, and came unto Elim : and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and threescore and ten palm trees ; and they pitched there. (10) And they journeyed from Elim, and pitched by the Red Sea. (11) And they journeyed from the Red Sea, and pitched in the wilderness of Sin. (12) And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, and pitched in Dophkah. (13) And they journeyed from Dophkah, and pitched in Alush. (14) And they journeyed from Alush, and pitched in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. (15) And they journeyed from Rephi dim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. (16) And they journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai, and pitched in Kibroth-hattaavah. (17) And they jour neyed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and pitched in Hazeroth. (18) And they journeyed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah. (19) And they journeyed from Rithmah, and pitched in Rimmon- perez. (20) And they journeyed from Rimmon-perez, and pitched in Libnah. (21) And they journeyed from Libnah, and pitched in Rissah. (22) And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah. (23) And they journeyed from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shepher. (24) And they journeyed from mount Shepher, and pitched in Haradah. (25) And they journeyed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth. (26) And they journeyed from Makheloth, and pitched in Tahath. (27) And they jour neyed from Tahath, and pitched in Terah. (28) And they journeyed from Terah, and pitched in Mithkah. (29) And they jour neyed from Mithkah, and pitched in Hash- monah. (30) And they journeyed from Hashmonah, and pitched in Moseroth. (31) And they journeyed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan. (32) And they journeyed from Bene-jaakan, and pitched in Hor-haggidgad. (33) And 7 That is, The towns of Jair. 2 Heb. daughters. 3 Or, stages. 1 Or, by which. 194 NUMBERS. they journeyed from Hor-haggidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah. (34) And they journeyed from Jotbathah, and pitched in Abronah. (35) And they journeyed from Abronah, and pitched in Ezion-geber. (36) And they journeyed from Ezion- geber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin (the same is Kadesh). (37) And they journeyed from Kadesh, 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 commandment of the Lord, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first day of the month. (39) And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. (40) And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, which dwelt in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. (41) And they journeyed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. (42) And they journeyed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. (43) And they jour neyed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. (44) And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched in Iye-abarim, in the border of Moab. (45) And they journeyed from Iyim, and pitched in Dibon-gad. (46) And they journeyed from Dibon- gad, and pitched in Almon-diblathaim. (47) And they journeyed from Almon- diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. (48) And they journeyed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. (49) And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth even unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. (50) And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jeri cho, saying, (51) Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over Jordan into the land of Canaan, (52) then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places : (53) and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein : for unto you have I given the land to pos sess it. (54) And ye shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more ye shall give the more inheri tance, and to the fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance : wheresoever the lot falleth to any man, that shall be his; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye inherit. (55) But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you ; then shall those which ye let remain of them be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. (56) And it shall come to pass, that as I thought to do unto them, so will I do unto you. 34 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (2) Command the children of Is rael, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan, (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to the borders thereof,) (3) then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the side of Edom, and your south border shall be from the end of the Salt Sea eastward : (4) and your border shall turn about southward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass along to Zin : and the goings out thereof shall be southward of Kadesh-barnea ; and it shall go forth to Hazar-addar, and pass along to Az- mon : (5) and the border shall turn about from Azmon unto the brook of Egypt, and the goings out thereof shall be at the sea. (6) And for the western border, ye shall have the great sea ' and the border 1 Or, for a border. NUMBERS. 195 thereof: this shall be your west border. (7) And this shall be your north border : from the great sea ye shall mark out for you mount Hor : (8) from mount Hor ye shall mark out unto the entering in of Hamath ; and the goings out of the bor der shall be at Zedad : (9) and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazarenan : this shall be your north border. (10) And ye shall mark out your east border from Ha zarenan to Shepham : (11) and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain ; and the border shall go down, and shall reach unto the ' side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward : (12) and the border shall go down to Jor dan, and the goings out thereof shall be at the Salt Sea : this shall be your land accord ing to the borders thereof round about. (13) And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord hath commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe : (14) for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers' houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers' houses, have received, and the half tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance : (15) the two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheri tance beyond the Jordan at Jericho east ward, toward the sunrising. (16) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (17) These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you for inheritance : Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. (18) And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land for inheritance. (19) And these are the names of the men : of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Je phunneh. (20) And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. (21) Of the tribe of Benja min, Elidad the son of Chislon. (22) And of the tribe of the children of Dan a prince, Bukki the son of Jogli. (23) Of the children of Joseph : of the tribe of the children of Manasseh a prince, Hanniel the son of Ephod : (24) aud of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. (25) And of the tribe of the children of Zebu lun a prince, JSlizaphan the son of Par- nach. (26) And of the tribe of the chil dren of Issachar a prince, Paltiel the son of Azzan. (27) And of the tribe of the children of Asher a prince, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. (28) And of the tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince, Peda- hel the son of Ammihud. (29) These are they whom the Lord commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. 35 And the Lord spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jeri cho, saying, (2) Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in ; and 2 suburbs for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites. (3) And the cities shall, they have to dwell in ; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts. (4) And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall be from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. (5) And ye shall measure without the city for the east side two thou sand cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two thousand cubits, and for the north side two thousand cubits, the city being in the midst. This shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. (6) And the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites, they shall be the six cities of refuge, which ye shall 7 Heb. shoulder. 2 Or, pasture lands. 196 NUMBERS. give for the manslayer to flee thither : and beside them ye shall give forty and two cities. (7) All the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities : them shall ye give with their suburbs. (8) And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the posses sion of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many ; and from the few ye shall take few ¦ every one accord ing to his inheritance which he inheriteth shall give of his cities unto the Levites. (9) And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, (10) Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over Jordan into the land of Canaan, (11) then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you ; that the man slayer which killeth any person 'unwit tingly may flee thither. (12) And the cities shall be unto you for refuge from the avenger ; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation for judgement. (13) And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge. (14) Ye shall give three cities beyond Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan ; they shall be cities of refuge. (15) For the children of Israel, and for the stranger and for the sojourner among them, shall these six cities be for refuge : that every one that killeth any person 'unwittingly may flee thither. (16) But if he smote him with an instrument of iron, so that he died, he is a manslayer : the manslayer shall surely be put to death. (17) And if he smote him with a stone in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a manslayer : the manslayer shall surely be put to death. (18) Or if he smote him with a weapon of wood in the hand, whereby a man may die, and he died, he is a manslayer : the manslayer shall surely be put to death. (19) The avenger of blood shall himself put the manslayer to death : when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death. (20) And if he thrust him of hatred, or hurled at him, lying in wait, so that he died; (21) or in enmity smote him with his hand, that he died : he that smote him shall surely be put to death ; he is a man slayer : the avenger of blood shall put the manslayer to death, when he meeteth him. (22) But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or hurled upon him any thing without lying in wait, (23) or with any stone, whereby a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, so that he died, and he was not his enemy, neither sought his harm : (24) then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger. of blood accord ing to these judgements : (25) and the congregation shall deliver the man slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, whither he was fled : and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil. (26) But if the manslayer shall at any time go beyond the border of his city of refuge, whither he fleeth ; (27) and the avenger of blood find him without the border of his city of refuge, and the avenger of blood slay the manslayer ; - he shall not be guilty of blood : (28) because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession. (29) And these things shall be for a statute of judge ment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. (30) Whoso killeth any person, the manslayer shall be slain at the mouth of witnesses : but one witness shall not testify against any person that he die. (31) Moreover ye shall take no 7 Or, through error. 2 Or, tliere shall be no blood-guiltiness for him. NUMBERS. 197 ransom for the life of a manslayer, which is guilty of death : but he shall surely be put to death. (32) And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. (33) So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are : for blood, it polluteth the land : and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. (34) And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell : for I the Lord dwell in the midst of the children of Israel. 36 And the heads of the fathers' houses of the family of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the heads of the fathers' houses of the children of Israel : (2) and they said, The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the children of Israel : and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. (3) And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be added to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong : so shall it be taken away from the lot of our inheri tance. (4) And when the jubile of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be added unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they shall belong : so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. (5) And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the Lord, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaketh right. (6) This is the thing which the Lord doth command con cerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best ; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry. (7) So shall no inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe : for the children of Israel shall cleave every one to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. (8) And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may possess every man the inheritance of his fathers. (9) So shall no inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe ; for the tribes of the children of Israel shall cleave every one to his own inheritance. (10) Even as the Lord commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: (11) for Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons. (12) They were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father. (13) These are the commandments and the judgements, which the Lord com manded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES, COMMONLY CALLED DEUTERONOMY. 1 These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel beyond Jordan in the wilderness, in the 'Arabah over against 2Suph, between Paran, and Tophel, and La ban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. (2) It is eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea. (3) And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the chil dren of Israel, according unto all that the Lord had given him in commandment unto them ; (4) after he had smitten Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Hesh bon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt in Ashtaroth, at Edrei : (5) beyond Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, (6) The Lord our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this moun tain : (7) turn you, and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the Arabah, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in the South, and by the sea shore, the land of the Canaanites, and Leb anon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates. (8) Behold, I have set the land before you : go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. (9) And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myselt alone : (10) the Lord your God hath mul tiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. (11) The Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you ! (12) How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? (13) Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you. (14) And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. (15) So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes. (16) And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously be tween a man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. (17) Ye shall not respect persons in judgement ; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgement is God's : and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it. (18) And I com manded you at that time all the things which ye should do. 1 That is, the deep valley running North and South of the Dead Sea. Red Sea. 2 Some ancient versions have, the 198 DEUTERONOMY. 199 (19) And we journeyed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wilderness which ye saw, by the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us ; and we came to Kadesh-barnea. (20) And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the hill coun try of the Amorites, which the Lord our God giveth unto us. (21) Behold, the Lord thy God hath set the land before thee : go up, take possession, as the Lord, the God of thy fathers, hath spoken unto thee ; fear not, neither be dismayed. (22) And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search the land for us, and bring us word again of the way by which we must go up, and the cities unto which we shall come. (23) And the thing pleased me well : and I took twelve men of you, one man for every tribe : (24) and they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and Spied it out. (25) And they took of the fruit ofthe land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the Lord onr God giveth unto us. (26) Yet ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God : (27) and ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the. hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. (28) Whither are we going up? our brethren have made our heart to melt, saying, The people is greater and taller than we ; the cities are great and fenced up to heaven ; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakim there. (29) Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. (30) The Lord your God who goeth be fore you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes ; (31) and in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the Lord thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came unto this place. (32) Yet 'in this thing ye did not believe the Lord your God, (33) who went before you in the way, to seek you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to shew you by what way ye should go, and in the cloud by day. (34) And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, (35) Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil genera tion see the good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers, (36) save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, he shall see it ; and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children : because he hath wholly followed the Lord. (37) Also the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither : (38) Joshua, the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither : encourage thou him ; for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. (39) Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which this day have no knowledge of good or evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. (40) But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea. (41) Then ye an swered and said unto me, We have sinned against the Lord, we will go up and fight, according to all that the Lord our God commanded us. And ye girded on every man his weapons of war, and 2were for ward to go up into the mountain. (42) And the Lord said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you ; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. (43) So I spake unto you, and ye hearkened not ; but ye rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and were presumptuous, and went up into 7 Or, for all this thing. 2 Or, deemed it a light thing. 200 DEUTERONOMY, the mountain. (44) And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and beat you down in Seir, even unto Hormah. (45) And ye returned and wept before the Lord ; but the Lord hearkened not to your voice, nor gave ear unto you. (46) So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there. 2 Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way to 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 mountain long enough : turn you northward. (4) And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the border of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir ; and they shall be afraid of you : take ye good heed unto yourselves there fore : (5) contend not with them ; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on : because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. (6) Ye shall pur chase food of them for money, that ye may eat ; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. (7) For the Lord thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand : he hath known thy walking through this great wilderness : these forty years the Lord thy God hath been with thee ; thou hast lacked nothing. (8) So we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir, from the way of the Arabah from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. (9) And the Lord said unto me, Vex not Moab, neither contend with them in battle : for I will not give thee of his land for a possession ; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. (10) (The Emim dwelt therein aforetime, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim : (11) these also are accounted 'Rephaim, as the Anakim ; but the Moabites call them Emim. (12) The Horites also dwelt in Seir aforetime, but the children of Esau succeeded them ; and they destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead ; as Israel did unto the land of his posses sion, which the Lord gave unto them.) (13) Now rise up, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. (14) And the days in which we came from Kadesh-barnea, un til we were come over the brook Zered, were thirty and eight years ; until all the generation of the men of war were con sumed from the midst of the camp, as the Lord sware unto them. (15) Moreover the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from the midst of the camp, until they were consumed. (16) So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, (17) that the Lord spake unto me, saying, (18) Thou art this day to pass over Ar, the border of Moab : (19) and when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, vex them not, nor contend with them : for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession : because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession. (20) (That also is accounted a land of Rephaim : Rephaim dwelt therein aforetime ; but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim ; (21) a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakim ; but the Lord destroyed them before them ; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: (22) as he did for the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir, when he de stroyed the Horites from before them ; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day : (23) and the Avvim which dwelt in villages as far 7 See Gen. xiv. 5. DEUTERONOMY. 201 as Gaza, the Caphtorim, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) (24) Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the valley of Arnon : behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land : begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. (25) This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the peoples that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear the report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. (26) And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, • (27) Let me pass through thy land : I will go 'along by the highway, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. (28) Thou shalt sell me food for money, that I may eat ; and give me water for money, that I may drink : only let me pass through on my feet ; (29) as the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me ; until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the Lord our God giveth us. (30) But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him : for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart 2 obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as at this day. (31) And the Lord said unto me, Be hold, I have begun to deliver up Sihon and his land before thee : begin to pos sess, that thou mayest inherit his land. (32) Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Jahaz. (33) and the Lord our God delivered him up before us ; and we smote him, and his 3 sons, and all his people. (34) And we took all his cities at that time, and 4 utterly destroyed every 6 inhabited city, with the women and the little ones ; we left none remaining : (35) only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, with the spoil of the cities which we had taken. (36) From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, even unto Gilead, there was not a city too high for us : the Lord our God delivered up all before us : (37) only to the land of the children of Ammon thou earnest not near ; all the side of the river Jabbok, and the cities of the hill country, and wheresoever the Lord our God forbad us. 3 Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan : and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, unto battle at Edrei. (2) And the Lord said unto me, Fear him not: for I have delivered him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand ; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. (3) So the Lord our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people : and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. (4) And we took all his cities at that time ; there was not a city which we took not from them ; three score cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. (5) All these were cities fenced with high walls, gates, and bars ; beside the 6 unwalled towns a great many. (6) And we 4 utterly de stroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every 6 in habited city, with the women and the little ones. (7) But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey unto our selves. (8) And we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites that were beyond Jordan, from the valley of Arnon unto mount Her mon ; (9) {which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir ;) (10) all the cities of the 'plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salecah and 7 Heb. by the way, by the way. 2 Heb. strong. owmtry towns. 7 Or, table land. 1 Or, son. 4 Heb. devoted. ° Heb. city of men. « Or, 202 DEUTERONOMY. Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. (11) (For only Og king of Ba shan remained of the remnant of the Re phaim ; behold,' his bedstead was a bed stead of iron ; is it not in Rabbah of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.) (12) And this land we took in possession at that time : from Aroer, which is by the valley of Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites : (13) and the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh ; ' all the region of Argob, 2even all Bashan. (The same is called the land of Rephaim. (14) Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, unto the border of the Geshu- rites and the Maacathites ; and called them, even Bashan, 3after his own name, Havvoth-jair, unto this day.) (15) And I gave Gilead unto Machir. (16) And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the valley of Arnon, the middle of the valley, 4and the border thereof ; even unto the river Jab bok, which is the border of the children of Ammon ; (17) the Arabah also, and Jordan 4 and the border thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the6 slopes of Pisgah eastward. (18) And I commanded you at that time, saying, The Lord your God hath given you this land to possess it : ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the chil dren of Israel, all the men of valour. (19) But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you ; (20) until the Lord give rest unto your brethren, as unto you, and they also possess the land which the Lord your God giveth them be yond Jordan : then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you. (21) And I Commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou goest over. (22) Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you. (23) And I besought the Lord at that time, saying, (24) O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy strong hand : for what god is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy mighty acts ? (25) Let me go over, I pray thee, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. (26) But the Lord was wroth with me for your sakes, and hearkened not unto me : and the Lord said unto me, Let it suffice thee ; speak no more unto me of this matter. (27) Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold with thine eyes : for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. (28) But charge Joshua, and en courage him, and strengthen him : for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see. (29) So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor. 4 And now, O Israel, Hearken unto the statutes and unto the judgements, which I teach you, for to do them ; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, giveth you. (2) Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye di minish from it, that ye may keep the com mandments of the Lord your God which I command you. (3) Your ej7es have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor : 7 Or, all the region of Argob. {All that Bashan is called &c.) for a border. ' Or, springs. 2 Or, with. i Num. xxxii. 11. 4 Or, DEUTERONOMY. 203 for all the men that followed Baal-peor, the Lord thy God hath destroyed them from the midst of thee. (4) But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day. (5) Be hold, I have taught you statutes and judge ments, even as the Lord my God com manded me, that ye should do so in the midst of the land whither ye go in to pos sess it. (6) Keep therefore and do them ; for this is your wisdom and your under standing in the sight of the peoples, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and un derstanding people. (7) For what great nation is there, that hath ' a god so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is when soever we call upon him ? (8) And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and judgements so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? (9) Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life ; but make them known unto thy children and thy children's children ; (10) the day that thou stoodest before the Lord thy God in Horeb, when the Lord said unto me, Assemble me the people, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children. (11) And ye came near and stood under the mountain ; and the mountain burned with fire unto the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness. (12) And the Lord spake unto you out of the midst of the fire : ye heard the voice of words, but ye saw no form ; only ye heard a voice. (13) And he de clared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten 2 commandments ; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. (14) And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgements, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. (15) Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves ; for ye saw no man ner of form on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst ofthe fire : (16) lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, (17) the likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the heaven, (18) the likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth : (19) and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which the Lord thy God hath divided unto all the peoples under the whole heaven. (20) But the Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day. (21) Furthermore 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 giveth thee for 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. (23) Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image in the form of any thing which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee. (24) For the Lord thy God is a devouring fire, a jealous God. (25) When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have been long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image in the form of any thing, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of the Lord thy 7 Or, God. " Heb. words. 204 DEUTERONOMY. God, to provoke him to anger : (26) I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it ; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. (27) And the Lord shall scat ter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither the Lord shall lead you away. (28) And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. (29) But if from thence ye shall seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou search after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. (30) When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, ' in the latter days thou shalt return to the Lord thy God, and hearken unto his voice : (31) for the Lord thy God is a merciful God ; he will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor for get the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. (32) For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like .it? (33) Did ever people hear the voice of God speak ing out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? (34) Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by 2 tempta tions, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? (35) Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God ; there is none else beside him. (36) Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee : and upon earth he made thee to see his great fire ; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. (37) And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt ; (38) to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as at this day. (39) Know therefore this day, and lay it to thine heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath ; there is none else. (40) And thou shalt keep his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy chil dren after thee, and that thou mayest pro long thy clays upon the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for ever. (41) Then Moses separated three cities beyond Jordan toward the sunrising ; (42) that the manslayer might flee thither, which slayeth his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in time past ; and that flee ing unto one of these cities he might live : (43) namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the 3 plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites ; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites. (44) And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel : (45) these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgements, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt ; (46) beyond Jordan, in the valley over against Beth- peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, when they came forth out of Egypt : (47) and they took his land in possession, and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, which were be yond Jordan toward the sunrising; (48) from Aroer, which is on the edge of the 7 Or, if in the latter days thou return. 2 Or, trials. Or, evidences. 3 Or, table land. DEUTERONOMY. 205 yalley of Arnon, even unto Mount Sion (the same is Hermon), (49) and all the Arabah beyond Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the Arabah, under the 'slopes of Pisgah. 5 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the stat utes and the judgements which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them. (2) The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. (3) The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. (4) The Lord spake 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 shew you the word of the Lord : for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount ;) saying, (6) 2I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of 3 bondage. (7) Thou shalt have none other gods 4 before me. (8) Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, the likeness of any form that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water un der 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, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me ; (10) and shewing mercy unto 6 thou sands, of them that love me and keep my commandments. (11) Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God 6 in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name 6 in vain. (12) Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord thy God commanded thee. (13) Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work : (14) but the seventh day is a sabbath unto the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy 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 maidservant may rest as well as thou. (15) And thou shalt remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm : therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. (16) Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God commanded thee : that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. (17) Thou shalt do no murder. (18) Neither shalt thou commit adul tery. (19) Neither shalt thou steal. (20) Neither shalt thou bear false wit ness against thy neighbour. (21) 7 Neither shalt thou covet thy neigh bour's wife ; neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's house, his field, or his man servant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is 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 darkness, with a great voice : and he added no more. And he wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me. (23) And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain did burn with fire, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders ; (24) and ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his Or, springs. 2 See Ex. xx. 2. 7 [Ver, 18 in Heb.J 3 Heb. bondmen. 4 Or, beside me. 5 See Ex. xx. 6. 3 Or, for vanity 206 DEUTERONOMY. glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire : we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth. (25) Now therefore why should we die ? for this great fire will consume us : if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, then we shall die. (26) For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the liv ing 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 us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto 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 have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee : they have well said all that they have spoken. (29) ' Oh that there were such 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, Return ye to your tents. (31) But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandment, and the statutes, and the judgements, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. (32) Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you : ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. (33) Ye shall walk in all the way which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. 6 Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the judgements, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it: (2) that thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life ; and that thy days may be prolonged. (3) Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the Lord, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey. (4) Hear, O Israel: 2the Lord our God is one Lord : (5) and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. (6) And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be upon thine heart : (7) and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. (8) And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes. (9) And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thy house, and upon thy gates. (10) And it shall be, when the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abra ham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee ; great and goodly cities, which thou build- edst not, (11) and houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and cis terns hewn out, which thou hewedst not, vineyards and( olive trees, which thou plantedst not, and thou shalt eat and be full ; (12) then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out ofthe house of bond age. (13) Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God ; and him shalt thou serve, and shalt swear by his name. (14) Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples 7 Or, Oh that they had such an heart as this alway, 2 Or, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Or, the Lord j (Ae Lord alone. to fear me, and keep all my commandments, that &c. s our God, the Lord is one. Or, the Lord is our God, DEUTERONOMY. 207 which are round about you ; (15) for the Lord thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God ; lest the anger of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and he destroy thee from off the face of the earth. (16) Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. (17) Ye shall diligently keep the command ments of the Lord your God, and his tes timonies, 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 thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken. (20) When thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testi monies, and the statutes, and the judge ments, which the Lord our God hath com manded you? (21) then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bond men in Egypt ; and the Lord brought ns out of Egypt with a mighty hand : (22) and the Lord shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his house, before our eyes : (23) and he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. (24) And 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, as at this day. (25) And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us. 7 When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and shall ' cast out many na tions before thee, the Hittite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, seven nations greater and mightier than thou ; (2) and when the Lord thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them ; then thou shalt 2 utterly destroy them ; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them : (3) neither shalt thou make marriages with them : thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. (4) For he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods : so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly. (5) But thus shall ye deal with them ; ye shall break down their al tars, and dash in pieces their 3 pillars, and hew down their 4Asherim, and burn 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 peculiar people unto himself, 6 above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth. (7) The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose }'ou, because ye were more in number than any people ; for ye were the fewest of all peoples : (8) but be cause the Lord loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. (9) Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God ; the faithful God, which keep- eth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations ; (10) and repay eth them that hate him to their face, to de stroy them : he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. (11) Thou shalt therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the judgements, which I command thee this day, to do them. 7 Heb. pluck off. 2 Heb. devote. 3 Or, obelisks. * See Ex. xxxiv. 13. 6 Or, out of. 208 DEUTERONOMY. (12) And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these judgements, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep with thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers : (13) and he will love thee, and bless thee, and mul tiply thee : he will also bless the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground, thy corn and thy wine and thine oil, the in crease of thy kine and the young of thy flock, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. (14) Thou shalt be blessed above all peoples : there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. (15) And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness ; and he will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee, but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. (16) And thou shalt consume all the peoples which the Lord thy God shall deliver unto thee ; thine eye shall not pity them : neither shalt thou serve their gods ; for that will be a snare unto thee. (17) If thou shalt say in thine heart, These na tions are more than I ; how can I dispos sess them? (18) thou shalt not be afraid of them : thou shalt well remember what the Lord thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; (19) the great 'tempta tions which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the Lord thy God brought thee out : so shall the Lord thy God do unto all the peoples of whom thou art afraid. (20) Moreover the Lord thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and 2 hide themselves, perish from before thee. (21) Thou shalt not be affrighted at them : for the Lord thy God is in the midst of thee, a great God and a terrible. (22) And the Lord thy God will cast out those na tions before thee by little and little : thou mayest not consume them 8at once, lest the beasts of tbe field increase upon thee. (23) But the Lord thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and shall discomfit them with a great discomfiture, until they be destroyed. (24) And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt make their name to perish from under heaven : there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have de stroyed them. (25) The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire : thou shalt not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein : for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God : (26) and thou shalt not bring an abomination into thine house, and become a devoted thing like unto it : thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it ; for it is a devoted thing. 8 All the commandment which I com mand thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers. (2) And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God hath led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. (3) And he hdmbled thee, and suffered thee to hun ger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know ; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every thing that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. (4) Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. (5) And thou shalt consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. (6) And 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 7 Or, trials. See ch. iv. 34, and xxix. 3. Or, hide themselves from thee, perish. 3 Or, quickly. DEUTERONOMY. 209 water, of fountains and depths, springing forth in valleys and hills ; (8) a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates ; a land of oil olives 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) And thou shalt eat and be full, and thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. (11) Beware lest thou forget the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgements, and his statutes, which I command thee this day : (12) lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein ; (13) and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied ; (14) then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God , which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage ; (15) who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery ser pents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water ; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint ; (16) who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not ; that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end: (17) and thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. (18) But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God, for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth; that he may establish his cove nant which he sware unto thy fathers, as at this day. (19) And it shall be, if thou shalt forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and wor ship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. (20) As the nations which the Lord maketh to perish before you, so shall ye perish ; because ye would not hearken unto the voice of the Lord your God. 9 Hear, O Israel : thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess na tions greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, (2) a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak? (3) Know therefore this day, that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee as a devouring fire ; he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down be fore thee : so shalt thou drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as the Lord hath spoken unto thee. (4) Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath thrust them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land : whereas for the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee. (5) Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go in to possess their land : but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. (6) Know therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness ; for thou art a stiffnecked people. (7) Remember, forget thou not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness : from the day that thou wentest forth out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the Lord. (8) Also in Horeb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, and the Lord was angry with yon to have destroyed you. (9) When I was gone np into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the Lord 210 DEUTERONOMY. made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights ; I did neither eat bread nor drink water. (10) And the Lord delivered unto me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God ; and on them was written according to all the words, which the Lord spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. (11) And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant. (12) And the Lord said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence ; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves ; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them ; they have made them a molten image. (13) Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: (14) let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven : and I will make of thee a na tion mightier and greater than they. (15) So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire : and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. (16) And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the Lord your God ; ye had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the Lord had com manded you. (17) And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. (18) And I fell down before the Lord, as at the first, forty days and forty nights ; I did neither eat bread nor drink water ; because of all your sin which ye sinned, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. (19) For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the Lord was wroth against you to destroy you. But the Lord hearkened unto me that time also. (20) And the Lord was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him : and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. (21) And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. (22) And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath. (23) And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you ; then ye rebelled against the com mandment of the Lord your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice. (24) Ye have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you. (25) So I fell down before the Lord the forty days and forty nights that I fell down ; because the Lord had said he would destroy you. (26) And I prayed unto the Lord, and said, O Lord God, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. (27) Remember thy servants, Abra ham, Isaac, and Jacob ; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin : (28) lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he prom ised unto them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. (29) Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy great power and by thy stretched out arm. 10 At that time the Lord said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. (2) And I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which thou brak- DEUTERONOMY. 211 est, and thou shalt put them in the ark. (3) So I made an ark of acacia wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. (4) And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten 'commandments, which the Lord spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly : and the Lord gave them unto me. (5) And I turned and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made ; and there they be, as the Lord commanded me. (6) (And the children of Israel journeyed from 2 Bee- roth Bene-jaakan to Moserah : there Aaron died, and there he was buried ; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead. (7) From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah ; and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water. (8) At that time the Lord separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to min ister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day. (9) Wherefore Levi hath no portion nor inheritance with his breth ren ; the Lord is his inheritance, accord ing as the Lord thy God spake unto him.) (10) And I stayed in the mount, as at the first time, forty days and forty nights : and the Lord hearkened unto me that time also ; the Lord would not destroy thee. (11) And the Lord said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people ; and the}7 shall go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them. (12) And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, (13) to keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good? (14) Behold, unto the Lord thy God be- longeth the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that therein 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 peoples, as at this day. (16) Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. (17) For the Lord your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward. (18) He doth execute the judgement of the father less and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. (19) Love ye therefore the stranger • for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. (20) Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God ; him shalt thou serve ; and to him shalt thou cleave, and by his name shalt thou swear. (21) He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. (22) Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons ; and now the Lord thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgements, and his com mandments, alway. (2) And know ye this day : for I speak not with your chil dren which have not known, and which have not seen the 4 chastisement of the Lord your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, (3) and his signs, and his works, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land ; (4) and what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots ; how he made the water of the Red 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 in 1 Heb. words. 2 Or, the wells of the children of 'Jaakan. 3 Or, out of. 4 Or, instruction. 212 DEUTERONOMY. the wilderness, until ye came unto this place ; (6) and what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben ; how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their house holds, and their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel : (7) but your eyes have seen all the great work of the Lord which he did. (8) Therefore shall ye keep all the com mandment which I command thee this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and pos sess the land, whither ye go over to pos sess it ; (9) and that ye may prolong your days upon the land, which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land flowing with milk and honey. (10) 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 over to pos sess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven : (12) a land which the Lord thy God 1 careth for ; the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the be ginning of the year even unto the end of the year. (13) And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my com mandments 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 the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. (15) And I will give grass in thy fields for thy cattle, and thou shalt eat and be full. (16) Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them ; (17) and the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit ; and ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you. (18) Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul ; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. (19) And ye shall teach them your children, talking of them, when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. (20) And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates : (21) that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your chil dren, upon the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth. (22) For if ye shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it ; to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him ; (23) then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess nations greater and mightier than yourselves. (24) Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours : from the wilderness, and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the 2 hinder sea shall be your border. (25) There shall no man be able to stand before you : the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath spoken unto you. (26) Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse ; (27) the blessing, if ye shall hearken unto the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day : (28) and the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto 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. 7 Heb. seeketh after. 2 That is, western. DEUTERONOMY. 213 (29) And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt set the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal. (30) Are they not beyond Jordan, behind the way of the going down of the sun, in the land of the Canaanites which dwell in the Arabah, over against Gilgal, beside the 'oaks of Moreh? (31) For ye are to pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein. (32) And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and the judgements which I set before you this day. 12 These are the statutes and the judge ments, which ye shall observe to do in the land which the Lord, the God of thy fa thers, hath given thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. (2) Ye shall surely destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree : (3) and ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their 2 pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire ; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods ; and ye shall destroy their name out of that place. (4) Ye shall not do so unto the Lord 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 : (6) and thither ye shall bring your burnt offer ings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock: (7) and there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord 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 inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth thee. (10) But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the Lord your God causeth you to inherit, and he giv eth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; (11) then it shall come to pass that the place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there, thither shall ye bring all that I command you ; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the Lord : (12) and ye shall rejoice before the Lord your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your men- servants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates, foras much as he hath no portion nor inheri tance with you. (13) Take heed to thy self that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in everyplace that thou seest: (14) but in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. (15) Not withstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh within all thy gates, after all the de sire of thy soul, according to the bless ing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee : the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the gazelle, and as of the hart. (16) Only ye shall not eat the blood ; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water. (17) Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thine oil, or the first lings of thy herd or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, nor the heave offering of thine hand : (18) but thou shalt eat them before the Lord thy God in the place 1 Or, terebinths. 2 Or, obelisks. 214 DEUTERONOMY. which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou pnttest thine hand unto. (19) Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon thy land. (20) When the Lord thy God shall en large thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul desireth to eat flesh ; thou mayest eat flesh, after all the desire of thy soul. (21) If the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the Lord hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat within thy gates, after all the desire of thy soul. (22) Even as the gazelle and as the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat thereof: the unclean and the clean shall eat thereof alike. (23) Only be sure that thou eat not the blood : for the blood is the life ; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh. (24) Thou shalt not eat it ; thou shalt pour it out upon the earth as water. (25) Thou shalt not eat it ; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord. (26) Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the Lord shall choose : (27) and thou shalt of fer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the Lord thy God : and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the Lord thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. (28) Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the eyes of the Lord thy God. (29) When the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest in to possess them, and thou possessest them, and dwellest in their land ; (30) take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared 'to follow them, after that they be destroyed from before thee ; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? 2even so will I do likewise. (31) Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God : for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods ; for even their sons and their daugh ters do they burn in the fire to their gods. (32) s What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do : thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. 13 If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give thee a sign or a wonder, (2) and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them ; (3) thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams : for the Lord your God prove th you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. (4) Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. (5) And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death ; because he hath spoken 4 rebellion against the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage, to draw thee aside out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. (6) If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine Heb. after them. 2 Or, that I also may do likewise. 3 [Ch. xiii. 1 in Heb.] 4 Heb. turning aside. DEUTERONOMY. 215 own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers ; (7) of the gods of the peoples 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 unto him, nor hearken unto him ; neither shall thine 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, and afterwards the hand of all the people. (10) And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die ; because he hath sought to draw thee away from the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. (11) And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is in the midst of thee. (12) If thou shalt hear tell 'concerning one of thy cities, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to dwell there, saying, (13) Certain 2 base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known ; (14) then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, be hold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee ; (15) thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, 'destroying it utterly, and all that is therein and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. (16) And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof 4 every whit, unto the Lord thy God : and it shall be an 6 heap for ever ; it shall not be built again. (17) And there shall cleave nought of the devoted thing to thine hand : that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and shew thee jmercy, 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 commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord thy God. 14 Ye are the children 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 unto the Lord thy God, and the Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, 6 above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth. (3) Thou shalt not eat any abomi nable thing. (4) These are the beasts which ye shall eat : the ox, the sheep, and the goat, (5) the hart, and the gazelle, and the roebuck, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the antelope, and the chamois. (6) And every beast that part eth the hoof, and hath the hoof cloven in two, and 'cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that ye shall eat. (7) Neverthe less these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have the hoof cloven : the camel, and the hare, and the " coney, because they chew the cud but part not the hoof, they are unclean unto you : (8) and the swine, because he part eth the hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you : of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcases ye shall not touch. (9) These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters : whatsoever hath fins and scales shall ye eat : (10) and whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye shall not eat ; it is unclean unto you. (11) Of all clean birds ye may eat. (12) But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the "eagle, and the gier eagle, and the ospray; (13) and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kind ; (14) 7 Or, in. 2 Heb. sons ofworthlessness. 3 Heb. devoting it. 4 Or, as a whole burnt offering. 6 Or, mound; Heb. UI. « Or, out of. 7 Heb. bringeth up. » See Lev. xi. 5. • See Lev. xi. 13, &c. 216 DEUTERONOMY. and every raven after its kind ; (15) and the ostrich, and the night hawk, and the seamew, and the hawk after its kind ; (16) the little owl, and the great owl, and the horned owl; (17) and the peli can, and the vulture, and the cormorant ; (18) and the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. (19) And all winged creeping things are unclean unto you : they shall not be eaten. (20) Of all clean fowls ye may eat. (21) Ye shall not eat of any thing that dieth of itself: thou mayest give it unto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it ; or thou mayest sell it unto a foreigner : for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother's milk. (22) Thou shalt surely tithe all the in crease of thy seed, that which cometh forth of the field year by year. (23) And thou shalt eat before the Lord thy God, in the place which he shall choose to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock ; that thou mayest learn to fear the Lord thy God always. (24) And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it, because the place is too far from thee, which the Lord thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the Lord thy God shall bless thee : (25) then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose : (26) and thou shalt bestow the money for whatsoever thy soul desireth, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul asketh of thee : and thou shalt eat there before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou and thine household ; (27) and the Levite that is within thy gates, thou shalt not forsake him ; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee. (28) At the end of every three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase in the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates : (29) and the Levite, because he hath no portion nor inheritance with thee, and the stranger, and the father less, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied ; that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest. 15 At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. (2) And this is the manner of the release : every credi tor shall release that which he hath lent unto his neighbour ; he shall not exact it of his neighbour and his brother ; because the Lord's release hath been proclaimed. (3) Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it: but whatsoever of thine is with thy brother thine hand shall 'release. (4) Howbeit there shall be no poor with thee ; (for the Lord will surely bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it ;) (5) if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day. (6) For the Lord thy God will bless thee, as he promised thee : and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow ; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee. (7) If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother : (8) but thou shalt surely open thine hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth. (9) Beware that there be not a base thought in thine heart, say ing, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand ; and thine eye be evil agains;t 7 Or, release : save when there &c. DEUTERONOMY. 217 thy poor brother, and thou give him nought ; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee. (10) Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him : be cause that for this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy work, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. (11) For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thine hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land. (12) If thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years ; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. (13) And when thou lettest him go free from thee, thou shalt not let him go empty : (14) thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy threshing-floor, and out of thy winepress : as the Lord thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. (15) And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee : therefore I command thee this thing to-day. (16) And it shall be , if he say unto thee, I will not go out from thee ; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee ; (17) then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy ' servant for ever. And also unto thy 2 maidservant thou shalt do likewise. (18) It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from thee ; for to the double of the hire of an hireling hath he served thee six years : and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. (19) All the firstling males that are born of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thine ox, nor shear the firstling of thy flock. (20) Thou shalt eat it before the Lord thy God year by year in the place which the Lord shall choose, thou and thy house hold. (21) And if it have any blemish, as if it be lame or blind, any ill blemish whatsoever, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God. (22) Thou shalt eat it within thy gates : the unclean and the clean shall eat it alike, as the gazelle, and as the hart. (23) Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it out upon the ground as water. 16 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God : for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. (2) And thou shalt sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to cause his name to dwell there. (3) Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it ; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction ; for thou earnest forth out of the land of Egypt in 'haste : that thou mayest remember the day when thou earnest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. (4) And there shall be no leaven seen with thee in all thy borders seven days ; neither shall any of the flesh, which thou sacrificest the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. (5) Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee : (6) but at the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to cause his name to dwell in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou earnest forth out of Egypt. (7) And thou shalt s roast and eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose : and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. (8) Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread : and on the seventh day shall be 4a solemn assembly to the Lord thy God ; thou shalt do no work therein. 7 Or, bondman. 2 Or, bondwoman. 3 Or, seethe. ' See Lev. xxiii. 36. 218 DEUTERONOMY. (9) Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee : from the time thou beginnest to put the sickle to the standing corn shalt thou begin to number seven weeks. (10) And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the Lord thy God 'with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give, according as the Lord thy God blesseth thee: (11) and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daugh ter, and thy manservant, and thy maid servant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the father less, and the widow, that are in the midst of thee, in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there. (12) And thou shalt re member that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. (13) Thou shalt keep the feast of 2 taber nacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in from thy threshing-floor and from thy winepress : (14) and thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. (15) Seven days shalt thou keep a feast unto the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord shall choose : because the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the work of thine hands, and thou shalt be altogether joyful. (10) Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose ; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles : and they shall not appear before the Lord empty: (17) every man ° shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee. (18) Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with right eous judgement. (19) Thou shalt not wrest judgement ; thou shalt not respect persons : neither shalt thou take a gift ; for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and per vert the 4 words of the righteous. (20) 6 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. (21) Thou shalt not plant thee an Ash- erah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the Lord thy God, which thou shalt make thee. (22) Neither shalt thou set thee up a 6 pillar ; which the Lord thy God hateth. 17 Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the Lord thy God an ox, or a sheep, where in is a blemish, or any evilfavouredness : for that is an abomination unto the Lord thy God. (2) If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that doeth that which is evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, in transgressing his covenant, (3) and hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; (4) and it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, then shalt thou inquire dili gently, and, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel; (5) then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have done this evil thing, unto thy gates, even the man or the woman ; and thou shalt stone them with stones, that they die. (6) At the mouth of two wit nesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death ; at the mouth of one 7 Or, after the measure of the &c. 2 leb. Justice, justice. Q Or, obelisk. Heb. booths. 3 Heb. according to the gift of his hand. ' Or, cause. DEUTERONOMY. 219 witness he shall not be put to death. (7) The hand of the witnesses shall be first up on him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee. (8) If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgement, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates : then shalt thou arise, and get thee up unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose ; (9) and thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days : and thou shalt inquire ; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgement : (10) and thou shalt do according to the tenor of the sentence, which they shall shew thee from that place which the Lord shall choose ; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee: (11) according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgement which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do : thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. (12) And the man that doeth presumptuously, in not hearkening unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the Lord 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) When thou art come unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein ; and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are round about me ; (15) thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the Lord thy God shall choose : one from among thy breth ren shalt thou set king over thee : thou mayest not put a foreigner over thee, which is not thy brother. (16) Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses : forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. (17) Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away : neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. (18) And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the priests the Levites : (19) and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life : that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them : (20) that his heart be not lifted up above his breth ren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left : to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel. 18 The priests the Levites, 1even all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel : they shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and his inheritance. (2) And they shall have no inheritance among their brethren : the Lord is their inheritance, as he hath spoken unto them. (3) And this shall be the priests' due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. (4) The first- fruits of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece "of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. (5) For the Lord thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the Lord; him and his sons for ever. (6) And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he so- 7 Or, and. 220 DEUTERONOMY. journeth, and come with all the desire of his soul unto the place which the Lord shall choose ; (7) then he shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his 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) When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abomina tions of , those nations. (10) There shall not be found with thee any one that rnak- eth his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer, (11) or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer. (12) For whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto the Lord : and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee. (13) Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God. (14) For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearken unto them that practise augury, and unto diviners : but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. (15) 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 iu the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. (17) And the Lord said unto me, They have well said that which they have spoken. (18) I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee ; and 1 will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall com mand him. (19) And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken un to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. (20) But the prophet, which shall speak a word pre sumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die. (21) And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken? (22) When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken : the prophet bath spoken it presumptuously, thou shalt not be afraid of him. 19 When the Lord thy God shall cut off the nations, whose land the Lord thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses ; (2) thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. (3) Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which the Lord thy God causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee thither. (4) And this is the case of the manslayer, which shall flee thither and live : whoso killeth his neighbour un awares, and hated him not in time past; (5) as when a man goeth into the forest with his neighbour to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the 'head slippeth from 2 the helve, and lighteth upon his neigh bour, that he die ; he shall flee unto one of these cities and live : (6) lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and smite him mortally ; whereas he was not worthy of death, inas much 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 Lord thy God enlarge thy border, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he prom- 1 Heb. iron. 2 Or, the tree. DEUTERONOMY. 221 ised to give unto thy fathers ; (9) if thou shalt keep all this commandment to do it, which I command thee this day, to love the Lord thy God, and to walk ever in his ways ; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three : (10) that 'innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee. (11) But if any man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die ; and he flee into one of these cities : (12) then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. (13) Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away 2 the innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. (14) Thou shalt not remove thy neigh bour's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it. (15) One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth : at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established. (16) If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of "wrong doing; (17) then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges which shall be in those days ; (18) and the judges shall make dili gent inquisition : and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother ; (19) then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother : so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. (20) And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee. (21) And thine eye shall not pity ; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand,, foot for foot. 20 When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, thou shalt not be afraid of them : for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. (2) And it shall be, when ye draw nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, (3) and shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye draw nigh this day unto battle against your en emies : let not your heart faint ; fear not, nor tremble, neither be ye affrighted at them ; (4) for the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. (5) And the officers shall speak unto the peo ple, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it ? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedi cate it. (6) And what man is there that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not 4 used the fruit thereof ? let him go and re turn unto his house, lest he die in the bat tle, and another man use the fruit thereof. (7) And what man is there that hath be trothed 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, What man is there that is fearful and faint hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart melt as his heart. (9) And it shall be, when the offi cers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall appoint cap tains of hosts at the head of the people. (10) When thou drawest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace 7 Or, the blood of an innocent man. 4 See ch. xxviii. 30, and Lev. xix. 23-25. 2 Or, the blood of the innocent. 3 Or, rebellion. See ch. xUi. 6. 222 DEUTERONOMY. 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 found therein shall become ' tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee. (12) And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt be siege it : (13) and when the Lord thy God delivereth it into thine hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword : (14) but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take for a prey unto thyself ; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord 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 peoples, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an in heritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth : (17) but thou shalt 2 utterly destroy them ; the Hittite, and the Amor ite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite : as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee : (18) that they teach you not to do after all their abomina tions, which they have done unto their gods ; so should ye sin against the Lord your God. (19) When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by wielding an axe against them ; for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down ; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of thee ? (20) Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down ; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall. 21 If one be found slain in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him: (2) then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain : (3) and it shall be, that the city which is nearest unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer of the herd, 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 unto a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley : (5) and the priests the sons of Levi shall come near ; for them the Lord thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the Lord ; and according to their word shall every con troversy and every stroke be : (6) and all the elders of that city, who are nearest unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley : (7) and they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. (8) For give, O Lord, thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and suffer not inno cent blood to remain in the midst of thy people Israel. And the blood shall be forgiven them. (9) So shalt thou put away the innocent blood from the midst of thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of the Lord. (10) When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and the Lord thy God delivereth them into thine hands, and thou carriest them away captive, (11) and seest among the captives a beautiful wo man, and thou hast a desire unto her, and wouldest take her to thee to wife ; (12) then thou shalt bring her home to thine house ; and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails ; (13) and she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall re main in thine house, and bewail her father Or, subject to taskwork. 2 Heb. devote. DEUTERONOMY. 223 and her mother a full month : and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. (14) And it shall be, if thou have no de light in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will ; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not deal with her 'as a slave, because thou hast humbled her. (15) If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated ; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated ; (16) then it shall be, in the day that he causeth his sons to in herit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved the firstborn 2 before the son of the hated, which is the firstborn : (17) but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giv ing him a double portion of all that he hath : for he is the beginning of his strength ; the right of the firstborn is his. (18) If a man have a stubborn and re bellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them : (19) then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place ; (20) and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebel lious, he will not obey our voice ; he is a riotous liver, and a drunkard. (21) And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee ; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. (22) And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree ; (23) his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt surely bury him the same day ; for he that is hanged is 3 accursed of God ; that thou defile not thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. 22 Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them : thou shalt surely bring them again unto thy brother. (2) And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it home to thine house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. (3) And so shalt thou do with his ass ; and so shalt thou do with his garment ; and so shalt thou do with every lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found : thou mayest not hide thyself. (4) Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fallen down by the way, and hide thyself from them : thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again. (5) A woman shall not wear that which pertainetb unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment : for whosoever doeth these things is an abomination unto the Lord thy God. (6) If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way , in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the dam sit ting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young : (7) thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, but the young thou mayest take unto thy self; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days. (8) 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 vineyard with two kinds of seed : lest the 4 whole fruit be forfeited, the seed which thou hast sown, and the increase of the vineyard. (10) Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. (11) Thou shalt 7 Or, as a chattel, consecrated. 2 Or, during the lifetime of. • Heb. the curse of God. 4 Heb. fulness. 5 Heb. 224 DEUTERONOMY. not wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen together. (12) Thou shalt make thee ' fringes upon the four borders of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself. (13) If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, (14) and lay shame ful things to her charge, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came nigh to her, I found not in her the tokens of virginity : (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 el ders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her; (17) and, lo, he hath laid shameful things to her charge, saying, I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity ; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city. (18) And the elders of that city shall take the 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, be cause 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, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel: (21) then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die : because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the harlot in her father's house : so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. (22) If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman : so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel. (23) If there be a damsel that is a virgin betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her ; (24) then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die ; the damsel, be cause she cried not, being in the city ; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour's wife : so thou shalt put away the evil from the midst of thee. (25) But if the man find the damsel that is betrothed in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her ; then the man only that lay with her shall die : (26) but unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing ; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death : for as when a man riseth against his neigh bour, and slayeth him, even so is this mat ter : (27) for he found her in the field ; the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. (28) If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found ; (29) then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he hath humbled her ; he may not put her away all his days. (30) '¦' A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt. 23 He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord. (2) A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord ; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of the Lord. (3) An Ammonite or a Moabite shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord ; even to the tenth generation shall none be longing to them enter into the assembly of the Lord for ever: (4) because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt ; 7 Or, twisted threads. 2 In Heb. ch. xxiii. begiiiB here. DEUTERONOMY. 225 and because they hired against thee Ba laam the son of Beor from Pethor of ' Mes opotamia, to curse thee. (5) Nevertheless the Lord thy God would not hearken unto Balaam ; but the Lord thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the Lord thy God loved thee. (6) Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their pros perity all thy clays for ever. (7) Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite ; for he is thy brother : thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian ; because thou wast a stranger in his land. (8) The children of the third generation that are born unto them shall enter into the assembly of the Lord. (9) When thou goest forth in camp against thine enemies, then thou shalt keep thee from every evil thing. (10) If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of that which chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp : (11) but it shall be, when even ing cometh on, he shall bathe himself in water: and when the sun is down, he shall come within the camp. (12) Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad : (13) and thou shalt have a 2 paddle among thy weapons ; and it shall be, when thou sittest down abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee : (14) for the Lord thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee ; therefore shall thy camp be holy : that he see no 3 unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee. (15) Thou shalt not deliver unto his master a servant which is escaped from his master unto thee : (16) he shall dwell with thee, in the midst of thee, in the place which he shall choose within one of thy gates, where it liketh him best : thou shalt not oppress him. (17) There shall be no 4 harlot of the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a 5 sodomite of the sons of Israel. (18) Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the wages of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for any vow : for even both these are an abomination unto the Lord thy God. (19) Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother ; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury : (20) unto a foreigner thou mayest lend upon usury ; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury : that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou puttest thine hand unto, in the land whither thou goest in to pos sess it. (21) When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it : for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee : and it would be sin in thee. (22) But if thou shalt for bear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. (23) That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt observe and do ; according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, a freewill offering, which thou hast prom ised with thy mouth. (24) When thou comest into thy neigh bour's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure ; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. (25) When thou comest into thy neigh bour's standing corn, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand ; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neigh bour's standing corn. 24 When a man taketh a wife, and marrieth her, then it shall be, if she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some unseemly thing in her, that he shall 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 1 Heb. Aramnaharaim. ' Or, shovel 8 Heb. nakedness of any thing. 4 Heb. kedeshah. See Gen. xxxviii. 21. 5 Heb. kadesh. 226 DEUTERONOMY. out of his house, she may go and be an other man's wife. (3) And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house ; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be 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 inher itance. (5) When a man taketh a new wife, he shall not go out in the host, neither shall he be charged with any business : he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer his wife which he hath taken. (6) No man shall take the mill or the upper mill stone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge. (7) If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and he deal with him ' as a slave, or sell him ; then that thief shall die : so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. (8) Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do ac cording to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you : as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. (9) Remember what the Lord thy God did unto Miriam, by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt. (10) When thou dost lend thy neigh bour any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. (11) Thou shalt stand without, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring forth the pledge without unto thee. (12) And if he be a poor man, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge : (13) thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his gar ment, and bless thee : and it shall be right eousness unto thee before the Lord th}' God. (14) Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates : (15) in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it ; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it : lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee. (16) The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers : every man shall be put to death for his own sin. (17) Thou shalt not wrest the judgement of the stranger, nor of the fatherless ; nor take the widow's raiment to pledge : (18) but thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the Lord thy God redeemed thee thence : therefore I com mand thee to do this thing. (19) When thou reapest thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it : it shall be for the stranger, for the father less, and for the widow : that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. (20) When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again : it shall be for the stranger, for the father less, and for the widow. (21) When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it after thee : it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. (22) And thou shalt remem ber that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt : therefore I command thee to do this thing. 25 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgement, and the judges judge them ; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked ; (2) and it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be 7 Or, as a chattel. DEUTERONOMY. 227 beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number. (3) Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed : lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. (4) Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. (5) If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. (6) And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not blotted out of Israel. (7) And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, aud say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of an hus band's brother unto me. (8) Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him : and if he stand, and say, I like not to take! her ; (9) then shall his bro ther's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face ; and she shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother's house. (10) And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. (11) When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets : (12) then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity. (13) Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. (14) Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. (15) A perfect and just weight shalt thou have ; a perfect and just measure shalt thou have : that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. (16) For all that do such things, even all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God. (17) Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt ; (18) how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were feeble 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. 26 And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and pos- sessest it, and dwellest therein ; (2) that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring in from thy land that the Lord thy God giveth thee ; and thou shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there. (3) And thou shalt come unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the Lord thy God, that I am come unto the land which the Lord sware unto our fathers for to give us. (4) And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the Lord thy God. (5) And thou shalt answer and say before the Lord thy God, A ' Syrian z ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there, few in number ; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous : (6) and the Egyptians evil 7 Heb. Aramean. 2 Or, wandering. Or, lost. 228 DEUTERONOMY. entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage : (7) and we cried unto the Lord, the God of our fathers, and the Lord heard our voice, and saw our affliction, and our toil, and our op pression : (8) and the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders: (9) and he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. (10) And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, which thou, O Lord, hast given me. And thou shalt set it down before the Lord thy God, and worship before the Lord thy God : (11) and thou shalt rejoice in all the good which the Lord thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is in the midst of thee. (12) When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithe of thine increase in the third year, which is the year of tithing, then thou shalt give it unto the Levite, to the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled ; (13) and thou shalt say be fore the Lord thy God, I have put away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy command ment which thou hast commanded me : I have not transgressed any of thy com mandments, neither have I forgotten them : (14) I have not eaten thereof in my mourn ing, neither have I put away thereof, being unclean, nor given thereof for the dead : I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God, I have done according to all that thou hast commanded me. (15) Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the ground which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land flow ing with milk and honey. (16) This day the Lord thy God com- mandeth thee to do these statutes and judgements : thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. (17) Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and that thou shouldest walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgements, and hearken unto his voice : (18) and the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be a peculiar people unto himself, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his command ments ; (19) and to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, ' in praise, and in name, and in honour ; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken. 27 And Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandment which I command you this day. (2) And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaister them with plaister : (3) and thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over; that thou mayest go in unto the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, a land flow ing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of thy fathers, hath promised thee. (4) And it shall be when ye are passed 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 an altar unto the Lord thy God, an altar of stones : thou shalt lift up no iron tool upon them. (6) Thou shalt build the altar of the Lord thy God of * unhewn stones : and thou shalt offer burnt offer ings thereon unto the Lord thy God : (7) 7 Or, for a praise, and for a name, and for an Jwnour. 2 Heb. whole. DEUTERONOMY. 229 and thou shalt sacrifice peace offerings, and shalt eat there ; ' and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God. (8) And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly. (9) And Moses and the priests the Le vites spake unto all Israel, saying, Keep silence, and hearken, 0 Israel ; this clay thou art become the people of the Lord thy God. (10) Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the Lord thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. (11) And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, (12) These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are passed over Jordan ; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin : (13) and these shall stand upon mount Ebal for the curse ; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. (14) And the Le vites shall answer, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, (15) Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. (16) Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. (17) Cursed be he that removeth bis neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. (18) Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. (19) Cursed be he that wresteth the judgement of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. (20) Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife ; because he hath uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. (21) Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen. (22) Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. (23) Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen. (24) Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen. (25) Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. (26) Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen. 28 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth : (2) and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. (3) Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.- (4) Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the young of thy flock. (5) Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneadingtrongh. (6) Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. (7) The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee : they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before- thee seven ways. (8) The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto ; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. (9) The Lord shall establish thee for an 230 DEUTERONOMY. holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee ; if thou shalt keep the com mandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. (10) And all the peoples of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord ; and they shall be afraid of thee. (11) And the Lord shall make thee plenteous for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee. (12) The Lord shall open unto thee his good 'treasure the heaven to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thine hand : and thou shalt lend unto many na tions, and thou shalt not borrow. (13) And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail ; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath ; if thou shalt hearken unto the command ments of the Lord thy God, which I com mand thee this clay, to observe and to do them; (14) and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. (15) But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I ¦ command thee this day ; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee. (16) Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in tbe field. {17) Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneadingtrough. (18) Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy kine, and the young of thy flock. (19) Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. (20) The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly ; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. (21) The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest in to possess it. (22) The Lord shall smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with 2the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew ; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. (23) And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. (24) The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust : from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. (25) The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies : thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be 3 tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms ofthe earth. (26) And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and there shall be none to fray them away. (27) The Lord shall smite thee witb the boil of Egypt, and with the 4 emerods, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed, (28) The Lord shall smite thee with mad ness, and with blindness, and with aston ishment of heart: (29) and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in th}' ways : and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled alway, and there shall be none to save thee. (30) Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein : thou shalt plant a vine yard, and shalt not 6 use the fruit thereof. (31) Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from be- 7 Or, treasury. 2 Or, according to some ancient versions, drought. Or, plague boils. B See ch. xx. 6, and Lev. xix. 23-25. 3 Or, a terror unto. 4 Or, tumours. DEUTERONOMY. 231 fore thy face, and shall not be restored to thee : thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to save thee. (32) Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day : and there shall be nought in the power of thine hand. (33) The fruit of thy ground, and all thy la bours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up ; and thou shalt be only op pressed and crushed alway : (34) so that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. (35) The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, whereof thou canst not be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the crown of thy head. (36) The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers ; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. (37) And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither the Lord shall lead thee away. (38) Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in ; for the locust shall consume it. (39) Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but thou shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes ; for the worm shall eat them. (40) Thou shalt have olive trees through out all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil ; for thine olive shall cast its fruit. (41) Thou shalt be get sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine ; for they shall go into captivity. (42) All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess. (43) The stranger that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher ; and thou shalt come down lower and lower. (44) He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him : he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. (45) And all these curses shall, come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed ; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee : (46) and they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever : (47) because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things : (48) therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things : and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. (49) The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth ; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand ; (50) a nation of fierce countenance, which shall not re gard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: (51) and he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed : which also shall not leave thee corn, wine, or oil, the increase of thy kine, or the young of thy flock, until he have caused thee to perish. (52) And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land : and he shall be siege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee. (53) And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters which the Lord thy God hath given thee ; in the siege and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall straiten thee. (54) The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he hath remaining : (55) so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he h'ath noth- 232 DEUTERONOMY. ing left him ; in the siege and in the strait- ness, wherewith thine enemy shall straiten thee in all thy gates. (56) The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for clelicateness and ten derness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter ; (57) and toward her 'young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear ; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly : in the siege and in the straitness, where with thine enemy shall straiten thee in thy gates. (58) If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, the lord thy god ; (59) then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long con tinuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. (60) And he will bring upon thee again all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. (61) Also every sickness, and . every plague, which is not written in tbe book of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. (62) And ye shall be left few in number, where as ye were as the stars of heaven for mul titude ; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. (63) And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you ; so the Lord will re joice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you ; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest in to possess it. (64) And the Lord shall scat ter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth ; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone. (65) And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot : but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and fail ing of eyes, and pining of soul: (66) and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear night and day, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: (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 which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. (68j And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again : and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. 29 These are the words of the cove nant which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. (2) ! And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them. Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; (3) the great 8 temptations which thine eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders : (4) but the Lord hath not given you an heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. (5) And I have led you forty years in the wilderness : your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. (6) Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the Lord your God. (7) And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them : (8) and we took their land, and gave it for 7 Or, after-birth, 2 In Heb. ch. xxix. begins here. 3 See ch. iv. 34. DEUTERONOMY. 233 an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of the Manassites. (9) Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may 'prosper in all that ye do. (10) Ye stand this day all of you be fore the Lord your God ; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel, (11) your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water : (12) that thou shouldest enter into the covenant of the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day : (13) that he may establish thee this clay unto himself for a people, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he spake unto thee, and as he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. (14) Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath ; (15) but vvith him that standeth here with us this day before the Lord our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day : (16) (for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt ; and how we came through the midst of the nations through which ye passed; (17) and ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them :) (18) lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this clay from the Lord our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations ; lest there should be among you a root that beareth 2gall and wormwood; (19) and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this 8 curse, that he bless him self in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of mine heart, 4 to destroy the moist with the dry : (20) the Lord will not pardon him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curse that is 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 him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, accord ing to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law. (22) And the generation to come, your chil dren that shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses wherewith the Lord hath made it sick ; (23) and that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and a burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomor rah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath : (24) even all the nations shall say, Where fore hath the Lord done thus unto this land ? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? (25) Then men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt ; (26) and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not 6 given unto them: (27) therefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curse that is 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 at this clay. (29) The secret things belong unto the Lord our God : but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. 30 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the bless ing and the curse, which I have set before ' Or, deal wisely. 2 Heb. rosh, a poisonous herb. 3 Or, oath, and so vv. 20, 21. to thirst. » Heb. divided. Or, to add drunkenness 234 DEUTERONOMY. thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, (2) and shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I com mand thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul ; (3) that then the Lord thy God will 'turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the peoples, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee. (4) If any of thine outcasts be in the uttermost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee : (5) and the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt pos sess it ; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. (6) And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. (7) And the Lord thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. (8) And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all his com mandments which I command thee this day. (9) And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in all the work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: (10) if thou shalt obey the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his stat utes which are written in this book of the law ; 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 too 2hard for thee, neither 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, and make us to hear it, that we may do it? (13) Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it? (14) But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. (15) See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; (16) in that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgements, that thou mayest live and multiply, and that the Lord thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it. (17) But if thine heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them ; (18) I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish ; ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go in to pos sess it. (19) I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse : therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed : (20) to love the Lord thy God, to obey his voice, and to cleave unto him: for 3he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. 31 And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. (2) And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day ; I can no more go out and come in : and the Lord hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. (3) The Lord thy God, he will go over before thee ; he will destroy these nations 7 Or, return to. 2 Or, wonderful. s Or, that. \ I DEUTERONOMY. 235 from before thee, and thou shalt possess them : and Joshua, he shall go over be fore thee, as the Lord hath spoken. (4) And the Lord shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and unto their land ; whom he destroyed. (5) And the Lord shall de liver them up before you, and ye shall do unto them according unto all the command ment which I have commanded . you. (6) Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them : for the Lord thy God, he it is that cloth go with thee ; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. (7) And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage : for thou shalt go with this people into the land which the Lord hath sworn unto their fa thers to give them ; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. (8) And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee ; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither for sake thee : fear not, neither be dismayed. (9) And Moses wrote this law, and de livered 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, say ing, At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, (11) when all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. (12) Assemble the people, the men and the women and the little ones, and thy 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, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. (14) And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die : call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tent of meeting. (15) And the Lord appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud : and the pillar of cloud stood ' over the door of the Tent. (16) And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers ; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the strange gods- of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my cove nant which I have made with them. (17) Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them ; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us? (18) And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods. (1 9) Now there fore write ye this song for you, and teach thou it the children of Israel : put it in their mouths, that this song may be a wit ness for me against the children of Israel. (20) For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fa thers, flowing with milk and honey ; and they shall have eaten and filled them selves, and waxen fat ; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant. (21) And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are come upon them, that this song shall testify before them as a witness ; for it shall not be for gotten out of the mouths of their seed : for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. (22) 1 Or, 236 DEUTERONOMY. So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel. (23) And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage : for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them : and I will be with thee. (24) And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were fin ished, (25) that Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the cove nant Of the Lord, saying, (26) Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a wit ness against thee. (27) For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck : behold, while I am yet alive with you this clay, ye have been rebellious against the Lord ; and how much more after my death? (28) Assemble 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 witness against them. (29) For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have com manded you ; and evil will befall you in the latter clays ; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger through tbe work of your hands. (30) And Moses spake in the ears of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were finished. 32 Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak ; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth : (2) My doctrine shall drop as the rain, My speech shall distil as the dew ; As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb : (3) For I will proclaim the name of the Lord : Ascribe ye greatness unto our God. (4) The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are judgement : A God of faithfulness and without in iquity, Just and right is he. (5) They have ' dealt corruptly with him, they are not his children, 2it is their blemish ; They are a perverse and crooked gene ration. (6) Do ye thus requite the Lord, 0 foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath s bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee. (7) Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations : Ask thy father, and he will shew thee ; Thine elders, and they will tell thee. (8) When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel. (9) For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. (10) He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness ; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as tbe apple of his eye : (11) As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young, 4 He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions : (12) The Lord alone did lead him, And there was no strange God with him. (13) He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he did eat the increase of the field ; 1 Or, corrupted themselves, they &c. 2 Or, but a blot upon them. Spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her pinions. Or, possessed. Or, gotten. * Or, DEUTERONOMY. 237 And he made him to suck honey out of (22) For a fire is kindled in mine anger, the rock, And burneth unto the lowest 2 pit, And oil out of the flinty rock ; And devoureth the earth with her in (14) Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, crease, With fat of lambs, And setteth on fire the foundations of And rams of the breed of Bashan, and the mountains. goats, (23) I will heap mischiefs upon them ; With the fat of kidneys of wheat ; I will spend mine arrows upon them : And of the blood of the grape thou (24) They shall be wasted with hunger, drankest wine. and devoured with 3 burning heat (15) But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: And bitter destruction ; Thou art waxen fat, thou art grown And the teeth of beasts will I send upon thick, thou art become sleek : them, Then he forsook God which made him, With the poison of crawling things of And lightly esteemed the Rock of his the dust. salvation. (25) Without shall the sword bereave, (16) They moved him to jealousy with And in the chambers terror ; strange gods, It shall destroy both young man and With abominations provoked they him virgin, to anger. The suckling with the man of gray hairs. (17) They sacrificed unto demons, which (26) I said, I would scatter them afar, were no God, I would make the remembrance of them To gods whom they knew not, to cease from among men : To new gods that came up of late, (27) Were it not that I feared the prov Whom your fathers dreaded not. ocation of the enemy, (18) Ofthe Rock that 'begat thee thou Lest their adversaries should misdeem, art unmindful, Lest they should say, Our hand is ex And hast forgotten God that gave thee alted, birth. And the Lord hath not clone all this. (19) And the Lord saw it, and ab (28) For they are a nation void of horred them, counsel, Because of the provocation of his sons And there is no understanding in them. and his daughters. (29) Oh that they were wise, that they (20) And he said, I will hide my face understood this, from them, That they would consider their latter I will see what their end shall be : end ! For they are a very froward generation, (30) How should one chase a thousand, Children in whom is no faith. And two put ten thousand to flight, (21) They have moved me to jealousy Except their Rock had sold them, with that which is not God ; And the Lord had delivered tbem up? They have provoked me to anger with (31). For their rock is not as our Rock, their vanities : Even our enemies themselves being And I will move them to jealousy with judges. those which are not a people ; (32) For their vine is of the vine of I will provoke them to anger with a Sodom, foolish nation. And of the fields of Gomorrah : 1 Or, bare. 2 Heb. Sheol. a Heb. burning coals. See Hab. iii. 5. 238 DEUTERONOMY. Their grapes are grapes of ' gall, Their clusters are bitter : (33) Their wine is the poison of dragons, And the cruel venom of asps. (34) Is not this laid up in store with me, Sealed up 2 among my treasures ? (35) Vengeance is mine, and recom pense, At the time when their foot shall slide : For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste. (36) For the Lord shall judge his people, And repent himself for his servants ; When he seeth that their power is gone, And there is none remaining, shut up or left at large. (37) And he shall say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they 3 trusted ; (38) Which did eat the fat of their sac rifices, And drank the wine of their drink offering ? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your protection. (39) See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me : I kill, and I make alive ; I have wounded, and I heal : And there is none that can deliver out of my hand. (40) For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever, (41) If I whet 4 my glittering sword, And mine hand take hold on judgement ; I will render vengeance to mine ad versaries, And will recompense them that hate me. (42) I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh ; With the blood of the slain and the captives, 6 From 6 the head of the leaders of the enemy. (43) 'Rejoice, 0 8ye nations, with his people : For he will avenge the blood of his servants, And will render vengeance to his ad versaries, And will make expiation for his land, for his people. (44) And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the peo ple, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. (45) And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel : (46) and he said unto them, Set your heart unto all the words which I testify unto you this day ; which ye shall command your children, ito observe to do all the words of this law. (47) For it is no vain thing for you ; be cause it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days upon 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 mountain of Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho ; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a posses sion : (50) and die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people ; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people : (51) because ye trespassed against me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin ; because ye sancti fied me not in the midst of the children of Israel. (52) For thou shalt see the land before thee ; but thou shalt not go thither into the land which I give the children of Israel. 33 And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children 7 See ch. xxix. 18. 2 Or, in my treasuries. From the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. nations. 8 Or, ye nations, his people. 3 Or, took refuge. * Heb. the lightning of my sword. E Or, 3 Or, the hairy head ofthe enemy. » Or, Praise his people, ye DEUTERONOMY. 239 of Israel before his death. (2) And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, And rose from Seir unto them ; He shined forth from mount Paran, And he came from the ten thousands of 1 holy ones : At his right hand 2 was a fiery law unto them. (3) Yea, he loveth the 8 peoples ; All 4his saints are in thy hand : And they sat down at thy feet ; Eoery one 6 shall receive of thy words. (4) Moses commanded us a law, An inheritance for the assembly of Jacob. (5) And 6he was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, All the tribes of Israel together. (6) Let Reuben live, and not die ; ' Yet let his men be few. (7) And this is the blessing of Judah: and 'he said, Hear, Lord, the voice of Judah, And bring him in unto his people : 8 With his hands he contended 9 for him self ; And thou shalt be an help against his adversaries. (8) And of Levi he said, Thy Thummim and thy Urim are with 10 thy godly one, Whom thou didst prove at Massah, With whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah ; (9) Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him ; Neither did he acknowledge his brethren, Nor knew he his own children : For they have observed thy word, And keep thy covenant. ' ' (10) They shall teach Jacob thy judge ments, And Israel thy law : They shall put incense "before thee, And whole burnt offering upon thine altar. (11) Bless, Lord, his substance, And accept the work of his hands : Smite through the loins of them that rise up against him, And of them that hate him, that they rise not again. (12) Of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him ; He covereth him all the day long, And he dwelleth between his shoulders. (13) And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the Lord be his land ; For the precious things of heaven, for the dew, And for the deep that coucheth beneath, (14) And for the precious things of the fruits of the sun, And for the precious things of the growth of the moons, (15) And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, And for the precious things of the ever lasting hills, (16) And for the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof, And the good will of him that dwelt in the bush : Let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, And upon the crown of the head of him 12 that was separate from his brethren. (17) 18The firstling of his bullock, ma jesty is his ; And his horns are the horns of the 14 wild-ox : With them he shall '6 push the peoples all of them, even the ends of the earth : 7 Heb. holiness. 2 Or, was fire, a law. Or, as otherwise read, were streams for them. 3 Or, tribes. 4 Or their holy ones. 6 Or, received. fi Or, there was a king. 7 Or, And let not his men. 8 Or, Let his hand- tie sufficient for him. " Or, for them. » Or. him whom thou lovest. « Heb. in thy nostrils. ™Or,tliatu ie sufflcienifor him. '" Or, for them. «> Or, him whom thou lovest. « Heb. in thy nostrils. prince among. » Or, his firstling bullock. 74 See Num. xxiii. 22. 70 Or, gore. 239 a DEUTERONOMY. And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And they are the thousands of Ma nasseh. (18) And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out ; And, Issachar, in thy tents. (19) They shall call the peoples unto the mountain ; There shall they offer sacrifices of right eousness : For they shall suck the abundance of the seas, And the hidden treasures of the sand. (20) And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad : He dwelleth as a lioness, And teareth the arm, yea, the crown of the head. (21) And he 'provided the first part for himself, For there was 2the lawgiver's portion reserved ; And he came swith the heads of the people, He executed the justice of the Lord, And his judgements with Israel. (22) And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp, That leapeth forth from Bashan. (23) And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, And full with the blessing of the Lord : Possess thou the 4 west and the south. (24) And of Asher he said, Blessed be Asher 5 with children ; Let him be acceptable unto his brethren, And let him clip his foot in oil. (25) Thy 6bars shall be iron and brass ; And as thy days, so shall thy ' strength be. (26) There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heaven for thy help, And in his excellency on the skies. (27) The eternal God is thy dwelling place, And underneath are the everlasting arms : And he thrust out the enemy from be fore thee, And said, Destroy. (28) And Israel dwelleth in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of corn and wine ; Yea, his heavens drop clown dew. (29) Happy art thou, O Israel : Who is like unto thee, a people saved by the Lord, The shield of thy help, And that is the sword of thy excellency ! And thine enemies shall 8 submit them selves unto thee ; And thou shalt tread upon their high places. 34 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the Lord shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan ; (2) and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the 9 hinder sea ; (3) and the South, and the Plain of the valley of Jericho the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. (4) And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed : I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. (5) So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord. (6) And 10he buried him in the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth-peor : but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this clay. (7) And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died : his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. (8) And 7 Or, chose Heb. saw. 2 Or? a ruler's portion. 3 Or, to. 4 Or, sea. 1 Or, rest. Or, security. 8 Or, yiekl feigned obedience. <• That is, western. 3 Or, abo>-e sons. 6 Or, shoes, 70 Or, he was buried. DEUTERONOMY. 239 J the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days : so the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended. (9) And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wis dom ; for Moses had laid his hands upon him : and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the Lord commanded Moses. (10) And there hath not arisen a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face; (11) in all the signs and the wonders, which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land ; (12) and in all the mighty hand, and in all the great terror,' which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel. THE BOOK OF JOSHUA. 1 Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, (2) Moses my servant is dead ; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. (3) Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spake unto Moses. (4) From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border. (5) There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life : as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee : I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. (6) Be strong and of a good courage : for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them. (7) Only be strong and very cour ageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant com manded thee : turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest 1 have good success whithersoever thou goest. (8) This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, 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 prosperous, and then thou shalt 'have good success. (9) Have not I commanded thee ? Be strong and of a good courage ; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed : for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. (10) Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, (11) Pass through the midst of the camp, and com mand the people, saying, Prepare you victuals ; for within three days ye are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the Lord your God giveth you to possess it. (12) And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manas seh, spake Joshua, saying, (13) Remem ber the word which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, The Lord your God giveth you rest, and will give you this land. (14) Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall abide in the land which Moses gave you beyond Jordan ; but ye shall pass over before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valour, and shall help them ; (15) until the Lord have given your brethren rest, as he hath gicen you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord your God giveth them : then ye shall return unto the land of your pos session, and possess it, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond Jor dan toward the sunrising. (16) And 1 Or, deal wisely. 240 JOSHUA. 241 they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. (17) According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee ; only the Lord thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. (18) Who soever he be that shall rebel against thy commandment, and shall not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death : only be strong and of a good courage. 2 And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, say ing, Go viesf the land, and Jericho. And they went, and came into the house of an harlot whose name was Rahab, and lay there. (2) And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to-night of the children of Israel to search out the land. (3) And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house : for they be come to search out all the land. (4) And the woman took the two men, and hid them ; and she said, Yea, the men came unto me, but I wist not whence they were : (5) and it came to pass about the time of the shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out : whither the men went I wot not : pursue after them quickly ; for ye shall overtake them. (6) But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. (7) And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords : and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. (8) And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof ; (9) and she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you. (10) For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you, when ye came out of Egypt ; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, unto Sihon and to Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. (11) And as soon as we had1 heard it, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more spirit in any man, because of you : for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and on earth beneath. (12) Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the Lord, since I have dealt kindly with you, that ye also will deal kindly with 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 will deliver our lives from death. (14) And the men said unto her, Our life 'for yours, if ye utter not this our business ; and it shall be, when the Lord giveth us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. (15) Then she let them down by a cord through the window : for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. (16) And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you ; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned : and afterward may ye go your way. (17) And the men said unto her, We will be guiltless of this thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. (18) Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by : and chou shalt gather unto thee into the house thy fa ther, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household. (19) And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his 1 Heb. instead of you to die. 242 JOSHUA. 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 any hand be upon him. (20) But if thou utter this our business, then we will be guiltless of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. (21) And she said, According unto 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 unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were re turned : and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. (23) Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun ; and they told him all that had befallen them. (24) And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land ; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land do melt away before us. 3 And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the chil dren of Israel ; and they lodged there before they passed over. (2) And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the midst of tbe camp ; (3) and they commanded the people, saying, When 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 go 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 know the way by which ye must go ; for ye have not passed this way heretofore. (5) And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves : for to-morrow the Lord will do wonders among you. (6) And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, 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) 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 priest that bear the ark of the cove nant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the waters of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan. (9) 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 Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Gir- gashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebu site. (11) Behold, the ark of the cov enant of the Lord of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan. (12) Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man. (13) And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above ; and they shall stand in one heap. (14) And it came to pass, when the peo ple removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, the priests that bare the ark of the covenant being before the people ; (15) and when they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were clipped in the brink of the water, (for Jordan over- floweth all its banks all the time of har vest,) (16) that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way 'off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan : and those that 1 Another reading is, off from. JOSHUA. 243 went down toward the sea of the 'Ara bah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. (17) And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over Jordan. 4 And it came to pass, when all the nation were clean passed over Jordan, that the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying, (2) Take you twelve men out of the peo ple, 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 firm, twelve stones, and carry them over with you, and lay them down in the lodg ing place, where ye shall lodge this night. (4) Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man : (5) and Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: (6) that this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? (7) then ye shall say unto them, Because the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord ; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off : and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. (8) And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the Lord spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel ; and they carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid thein down there. (9) Aud Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood : and they are there, unto this day. (10) For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the Lord commanded 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 presence of the people. (12) And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them : (13) about forty thou sand ready armed for war passed over before 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 Jordan. (17) Joshua therefore commanded 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 unto the dry ground, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and went over all its banks, as aforetime. (19) And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, on the east border of Jericho. (20) And those twelve stones, which they took 'out of Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal. ' See Deut, i. 1. 244 JOSHUA.. (21) And he spake unco the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? (22) then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. (23) For the Lord your God dried np 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, until we were passed over : (24) that all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the Lord, that it is might}' ; that 'they may fear the Lord your God for ever. 5 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were beyond Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard how that the Lord had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until 2we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel. (2) At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. (3) And Joshua made him knives of flint, and circumcised the chil dren of Israel- at 3the hill of the foreskins. (4) And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise : all the people that came forth out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came forth out of Egypt. (5) For all the people that came out were circumcised : but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, they had not circumcised. (6) For the chil dren of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the nation, even the men of war which came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord : unto whom the Lord sware thut he would not let them see the land which the Lord sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. (7) And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them did Joshua circumcise : for they were un circumcised, because they had not circum cised them by the way. (8) And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the nation, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole. (9) And the Lord said unto Joshua, This clay have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of that place was called 4 Gilgal, unto this day. (10) And the children of Israel en camped in Gilgal ; and they kept the pass- over on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. (11) And they did eat of the "old corn of the land ou the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes and parched corn, in the selfsame day. (12) And the manna ceased on the morrow, after they had eaten of the 5 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) And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand : and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? (14) And he said, Nay ; but as e captain of tbe host of the Lord am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did wor ship, and said unto him, What saith my lord unto his servant? (15) And the cap tain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Put off thy shoe from off thy foot ; for the - So with a change of vowel-points. The pointing of the text is irregular. 2 Another reading is, they. 3 Or, Gibeath-ha-araloth. * That is, Rolling. ° Or, produce. Or, corn. "Or, prince. JOSHUA. 245 place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. 6 (Now Jericho 'was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel : none went out, and none came in.) (2) And the Lord 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 the men of war, going about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. (4) And seven priests shall bear seven 2 trumpets of rams' horns before the ark : and the seventh clay ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. (5) And it shall be, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout ; and the wall of the city shall fall down sflat, and the people shall go up every man straight before him. (6) And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord. (7) And 4 they said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of the Lord. (8) And it was so, that when Joshua had spoken unto the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the Lord passed on, 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 the trum pets, and the rearward went after the ark, the priests blowing with the trumpets as they went. (10) And Joshua commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout ; then shall ye shout. (11) So he caused the ark of the Lord to compass the city, going about it once : and they came into the camp, and, lodged in the camp. (12) And Joshua rose early in the morn ing, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord. (13) And the seven priests bear ing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord went on continually, and blew with the trumpets : and the armed men went before them ; and the rearward came after the ark of the Lord, ihe priests blowing with the trumpets as they went. (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 at the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times : only on that day they compassed the city seven times. (16) And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout ; for the Lord hath given you the city. (17) And the city shall be 5 devoted, even it and all that is therein, to the Lord : only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. (18) And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the devoted thing, lest when ye have devoted it, ye take of the devoted thing ; so should ye make the camp of Israel 6 accursed, and trouble it. (19) But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are holy unto the Lord : they shall come into the treasury of the Lord. (20) So the people shouted, and the priests blew with the trumpets : and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, that the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down 8flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. (21) And they 'utterly de- 7 Heb. shut the gates and was shut in. i Another reading is, he. ' See Lev. xxvii. 2 Or, jubilee trumpets. 3 Heb. in its place. , Deut. xx. 17. 8 Heb. devoted. ' Heb. devoted. 246 JOSHUA. stroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, both young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. (22) And Joshua said unto the two men who had spied out the land, 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 the spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had, all her 'kindred also they brought out; and they set them without the camp of Israel. (24) And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein : only the •silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord. - (25) But Rahab the harlot, and her father's house hold, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive ; and she dwelt in the midst of Israel, untp this day ; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. (26) And Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the Lord, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho : with the loss of his firstborn shall he lay the founda tion thereof, and with the loss of his youngest son, shall he set up the gates of it. (27) So the Lord was with Joshua ; and his fame was in all the land. 7 But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the devoted thing : for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zab- di, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the devoted thing : and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the chil dren of Israel. (2) And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. And the men went up and spied out 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 ; make not all the people to toil thither ; for they are but few. (4) So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men : and they fled before the men of Ai. (5) And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men : and they chased them from before the gate even unto 2Shebarim, and smote them at the going down : and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. (6) And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel ; and they put dust upon their heads. (7) And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, where fore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been content and dwelt be yond Jordan 1 (8) Oh Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies ! (9) For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall, hear of it, and shall compass us round, and cut off our name from the earth : and what wilt thou do for thy great name ? (10) And the Lord said unto Joshua, Get thee up ; wherefore art thou thus fallen upon thy face? (11) Israel hath sinned; yea, they have even transgressed my cove nant which I commanded them : yea, they have even taken of the devoted thing; and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have even put it among their own stuff. (12) Therefore the children of Is rael cannot stand before their enemies, they turn their backs before their enemies, because they are become 3 accursed : I will not be with you any more, except ye de stroy the devoted thing from among you. (13) Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow: 7Heb./am»Kes. 2 Or, the quarries. 3 See ch. vi. 18. JOSHUA. 247 for thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, There is a devoted thing in the midst of thee, O Israel : thou canst not stand be fore thine enemies, until ye take away the devoted thing from among you. (14) In the morning therefore ye shall be brought near by your tribes : and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come near by families ; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come near by households ; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come near man by man. (15) And it shall be, that he that is taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath : because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel. (16) So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes ; and the tribe of Judah was taken : (17) and he brought near the 'family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zerahites : and he brought near the family of the Zerahites 2man by man ; and Zabdi was taken: (18) and he brought near his household man by man ; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. (19) And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and 8make confession unto him ; and tell me now what thou hast done ; hide it not from me. (20) And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: (21) when I saw among the spoil a goodly i Babylonish mantle, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them ; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. (22) So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent ; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. (23) And they took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel ; and they laid them down before the Lord. (24) And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had : and they brought them up unto the valley of Achor. (25) And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones ; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones. (26) And they raised over him a great heap of stones, unto this clay ; and the Lord turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of 5 Achor, unto this day. 8 And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed : take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai : see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land: (2) and thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jeri cho and her king : only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves : set thee an ambush for the city behind it. (3) So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai : and Joshua chose out thirty thou sand men, the mighty men of valour, and sent them forth by night. (4) And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city : go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready : (5) and I, and all the pedple that are with me, will approach unto the city : and it shall come to pass, 1 According to some ancient authorities, families. 2 According to some ancient authorities, by households. 3 Or, give praise. 4 Heb. mantle of Shinar. 6 That is, Troubling. 248 JOSHUA. when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them ; (6) and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city ; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first ; so we will flee before them : (7) and ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city : for the Lord your God will deliver it into your band. (8) And it shall be, when ye have seized upon the city, that ye shall set the city on fire ; according to the word of the Lord shall ye do : see, I have commanded you. (9) And Joshua sent them forth: and they went to the ambushment, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, oh the west side of Ai : but Joshua lodged that night among the people. (10) And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, be fore the people to Ai. (11) And all the people, even the men 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 him and Ai. (12) And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of 'the city. (13) 2So they set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait that were on the west of the city ; and Joshua 3went that night into the midst of the vale. (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, 4 at the time appoint ed, before the Arabah ; but he wist not that there was an ambush against him be hind the city. (15) And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilder ness. (16) And all the people that were in 6 the city 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 Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in thy hand toward Ai ; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city. (19) And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and entered into the city, and took it ; and they hasted and set the city on fire. (20) And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, be hold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no 6 power to flee this way or that way : and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. (21) And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city as cended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai. (22) And the other came forth out of the city against them ; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side : and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. (23) And tbe king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. (24) And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wil derness wherein they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. (25) And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. (26) For Joshua drew not back his hand, wherewith he stretched out the jave- 7 Another reading is, Ai. 2 Or, So the people set all die. 3 Some MSS. read, lodged that night in. 4 Or, to the place appointed. 5 Another reading is, Ai. 6 Heb. hands. • JOSHUA. 249 lin, until he had ' utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. (27) Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the Lord which he command ed Joshua. (28) So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an 2heap for ever, even a desolation, unto this day. (29) And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the eventide : and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his carcase down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, unto this day. (30) Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord, the 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 altar of 3 unhewn stones, upon which no man had lift up any iron : and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the Lord, and sacrificed peace offerings. (32) And he wrote there upon 4the stones a copy of the law of Moses, 5 which he wrote, in the presence of the children of Israel. (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 Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, as well the stranger as the homeborn ; half of them in front of mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of mount Ebal ; as Moses the servant of the Lord had 6 commanded, that they should bless the people of Israel first of all. (34) And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law. (35) There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the as sembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that 'were conversant among them. 9 And it came to pass, when all the kings which were beyond Jordan, in the hill country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; (2) that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one ac cord. (3) But when the inhabitants of Gib- eon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, (4) they also did work wilily, and went and 8made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-skins, old and rent and bound up ; (5) and old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them ; and all the bread of their provision was dry and was become mouldy. (6) And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country : now therefore make ye a cove nant with us. (7) And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us ; and how shall we make a covenant with you ? (8) And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua 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 Lord 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 were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth. (11) And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take pro vision in your hand for the journey, and 7 Heb. devoted. 2 Or, mound. Heb. tel. 3 Heb. whole. 4 See Deut. xxvii. 2-4. 3 Or, which he wrote in it-c. 3 Or, commanded at thejirst, that they should bless the people of Israel. ' Heb. walked. 8 Another reading, followed by most ancient versions, is, took them provisions. See ver. 12. 250 JOSHUA. go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants : and now make ye a covenant with us. (12) This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you ; but now, behold, it is dry, and is become mouldy : (13) and these wine skins, which we filled, were new ; and, behold, they be rent : and these our gar ments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. (14) And the men took of their provision, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the Lord. (15) And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live : and the princes of the congre gation sware unto them. (16) And it came to pass at the end of three clays after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were their neigh bours, and that they dwelt among them. (17) And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephi- rah, and Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim. (18) And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the con gregation had sworn unto them by the Lord, the God of Israel. And all the con gregation murmured against the princes. (19) But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord, the God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. (20) This we will do to them, and let them live ; lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. (21) And the princes said unto them, Let them live : so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation ; as the princes had spoken unto them. (22) And ¦ Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saving, We are very far from you ; when ye dwell among us? (23) Now there fore ye are cursed, and there 'shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. (24) And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thv 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 yon ; therefore we were sore afraid for 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, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. (27) And Joshua made them that clay hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the Lord, unto this day, in the place which he should choose. 10 Now it came to pass, when Adoni- zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had 2 utterly destroyed it ; as he had clone to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king ; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them ; (2) that they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty. (3) Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, (4) Come up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon : for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. (5) Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, 7 Heb. Shall not be cut off from you. 2 Heb. devoted. JOSHUA. 251 and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped against Gibeon, and made war against it. (6) And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy ser vants ; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us : for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill country are gathered together against us. (7) So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valour. (8) And the Lord said unto Joshua, Fear them not : for I have delivered them into thine hands ; there shall not a man of them stand before thee. (9) Joshua therefore came upon them suddenly ; for he went up from Gilgal all the night. (10) And the Lord discomfited them before Israel, and he slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon, and smote them to Azekah, aud unto Makkedah. (11) And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, while they were in the going clown of Beth-horon, that the Lord cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died : they were more which died with the hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. (12) Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the clay when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Is rael ; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, 'stand thou still upon Gibeon ; And thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon. (13) And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, Until the nation had avenged them selves of their enemies. Is not this written in the book of 2Jas- har? And the sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole clay. (14) And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the Lord hearkened unto the voice of a man : for the Lord fought for Israel. (15) And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. (16) And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah. (17) And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah. (18) And Joshua said, Roll great stones unto the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them : (19) but stay not ye ; pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them ; suffer them not to enter into their cities : for the Lord your God hath delivered them into your hand. (20) And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, and the remnant which re mained of them had entered into the fenced cities, (21) that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Mak kedah in peace: none 3 moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. (22) Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings unto me out of the cave. (23) And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon. (24) And it came to pass, when they brought forth those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the chiefs of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. (25) And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed ; be strong and of good courage : for thus shall the Lord 7 Heb. be silent. ' Or, The Upright. See 2 Sam. i. 18. 3 Heb. 252 JOSHUA. do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. (20) And afterward Joshua smote them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees : and they were hang ing upon the trees until the evening. (27) And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, unto this very day. (28) And Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof ; he ' utterly destroyed them and all the souls that were therein, he left none remaining : and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had clone unto the king of Jericho. (29) And Joshua passed from Makke dah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah : (30) and the Lord delivered it also, and the king there of, into the hand of Israel ; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein ; he left none re maining in it ; and he did unto the king thereof as he had done unto the king of Jericho. (31) 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, and he 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 clone to Libnah. (33) Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish ; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. (34) And Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, unto Eglon ; and they encamped against it, and fought against it ; (35) and they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he 1 utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish. (36) And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron ; and they fought against it ; (37) and they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were there in ; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon ; but he 1 utterly destroyed it, and all the souls that were therein. (38) And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir ; and fought against it : (39) and he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with tho „eclge of the sword, and 'utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein ; he left none remaining : 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 the king thereof. (40) So Joshua smote all the land, the hill country, and the South, and the low land, and the slopes, and all their kings ; he left none remaining : but he 'utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded. (41) And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. (42) And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the Lord, the God of Israel, fought for Israel. (43) And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. 11 And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor beard thereof, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, (2) and to the kings that 7 Heb. devoted. JOSHUA. 253 were on the north, in the hill country, and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the lowland, and iu 'the heights of Dor on the west, (3) to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah. (4) And they went out, they and all then- hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. (5) And all these kings met together ; and they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight with Israel. (6) And the Lord said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them : for to-morrow at this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel : thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. (7) So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell upon them. (8) And the Lord delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward ; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining. (9 ) And Joshua did unto them as the Lord bade him : he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. (10) And Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword : for Hazor before- time was the head of all those kingdoms. (11) And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, 2 utterly destroying them: there was none left that breathed: and he burnt Hazor with fire. (12) And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and he smote them with the edge of the sword, and 3 utterly destroyed them ; as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded. (13) But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only ; that did Joshua burn. (14) And all the spoil of these cities, and all the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves ; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any that breathed. (15) As the Lord commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua : and so did Joshua ; 4he left nothing un done of all that the Lord commanded Moses. (16) So Joshua took all that land, the hill country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill country of Israel, and the lowland of the same; (17) from 5mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgacl in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon : and all their kings he took, and smote them, and put them to death. (18) Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. (19) There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon : they took all in battle. (20) For it was of the Lord to 6 harden their hearts, to come against Israel in battle, that he might 7 utterly destroy them, that they "might have no favour, but that he might destroy them, as the Lord commanded Moses. (21) And Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel : Joshua 3 utterly destroyed them with their cities. (22) There was none of the Anakim left in the land of the children of Israel : only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain. (23) So Joshua took the whole land, according 1 Or, Naphoth Dor. 2 Heb. Devoting. 3 Heh. devoted. 4 Heb. he removed nothing. 5 Or, the bare mountain. 6 Heb. make strong. r Heb. devote. 8 Or, might not suefor'favour. 254 JOSHUA. to all that the Lord spake unto Moses ; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land had rest from war. 12 Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land beyond Jordan toward the sunrising, from the valley of Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward : (2) Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, and ' the city that is in the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon ; (3) and the Arabah unto the sea of Chinne- roth, eastward, and unto the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward, the way to Beth-jeshimoth ; and on the south, under the slopes of Pisgah : (4) and the border of Og king of Bashan, of the remnant of the Rephaim, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Erlrei, (5) and ruled in mount Hermon, and in Salecah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. (6) Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel smote them : and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. (7) And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel smote beyond Jordan westward, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto 2 mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir ; and Joshua gave it unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions ; (8) in the hill country, and in the lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South ; the Hittite, the Amor ite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite : (9) the king of Jericho, one ; the king of Ai, which is be side Beth-el, one ; (10) the king of Jeru salem, one; the king of Hebron, one; (11) the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one ; (12) the king of Eglon, one ; the king of Gezer, one ; (13) the king of Debir, one ; the king of Geder, one; (14) the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one ; (15) the king of Lib nah, one ; the king of Adullam, one ; (16) the king of Makkedah, one ; the king of Beth-el, one; (17) the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; (18) the king of Aphek, one ; the king of Lassha- ron, one; (19) the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one ; (20) the king of Shimron-meron, one ; the king of Ach- shaph, one ; (21) the king of Taanach, one ; the king of Megiddo, one ; (22) the king of Kedesh, one ; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one ; (23) the king of Dor in s the height of Dor, one ; the king of 4Goiim in Gilgal, one; (24) the king of Tirzah, one : all the kings thirty and one. 13 Now Joshua was old and well stricken in years ; and the Lord said unto him, Thou art old and well stricken iu years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. (2) This is the land that yet remaineth : all the re gions of the Philistines, and all the Gesh urites ; (3) from 5 the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the border of Ekron northward, lohich is counted to the Canaanites : the five lords of the Philis tines ; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites ; "also the Avvim (4) on the south : all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that belongeth to the Zidonians, unto Aphek, to the border of the Amor ites : (5) and the land of the Gebalites, 7 See Deut. ii. 36. 2 See ch. xl. 17. 3 Or, Naphath-dor. 4 Or, nations. » Commonly called, the brook of Egypt, See Num. xxxiv. 5. « Or, also the Avvim: from the south, all dc. JOSHUA. 255 and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baal-gad under mount Hermon unto the entering in of Hamath : (6) all the inhabitants of the hill country from Leba non unto Misrephoth-maim, even all the Zidonians ; them will I drive out from before the children of Israel : only allot thou it uuto Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. (7) Now there fore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh. (8) With him the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them; (9) from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, 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 Ammon; (11) and Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salecah ; (12) all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (the same was left of the remnant of the Rephaim) ; for these did Moses smite, and drave them out. (13) Nevertheless the children of Israel drave not out the Geshurites, nor the Maacath ites : but Geshur and Maacath dwelt in tbe midst of Israel, unto this day. (14) Only unto the tribe of Levi he gave none inheritance ; the offerings of the Lord, the God of Israel, made by fire are his inheri tance, as he spake unto him. (15) And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their families. (16) And their border was from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the 1 plain by Mede ba; (17) Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the 'plain; Dibon, and Bamoth- baal, and Beth-baal-meon ; (18) and Ja- haz, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath ; (19) and Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth- shahar in the mount of the valley ; (20) and Beth-peor, and the 2 slopes of Pisgah, and Bcth-jeshimoth ; (21) and all the cities of the 'plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Re- kem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, that dwelt in the land. (22) Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among the rest, of their slain. (23) And the border of the chil dren of Reuben was Jordan, and the bor der thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben according to their families, the cities and the villages thereof. (24) And Moses gave unto the tribe of Gad, unto the children of Gad, according to their families. (25) And their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Am mon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbab ; (26) and from Heshbon unto Ramath- mizpeh, and Betonim ; and from Maha- naim unto the border of 3 Debir; (27) and in the valley, Beth-haram, and Beth- nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, 4 Jordan and the border thereof, unto the uttermost part of the sea of Chinnereth beyond Jordan eastward. (28) This is the inheritance of the children of Gad according to their families, the cities and the villages thereof. (29) And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh : and it was for the half tribe of the children of Ma nasseh according to their families. (30) And their border was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of 1 Or, table land. 2 Or, springs. 3 Or, Lidebir. 4 Or, having Jordan for a border. 256 JOSHUA. Bashan, and all ' the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities : (31) and half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Ed- rei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even for the half of the children of Machir according to their families. (32) These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, eastward. (33) But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave none inheritance : the Lord, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as he spake unto them. 14 And these are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed unto them, (2) by the lot of their inheritance, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. (3) For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half tribe beyond Jordan : but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them. (4) For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim : and they gave no portion unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with the 2 suburbs thereof for their cattle and for their sub stance. (5) As the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. (6) Then the children of Judah drew nigh unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the Lord spake unto Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning thee in Kadesh-barnea. (7) Forty years old was I when Moses the servapt of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land ; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. (8) Neverthe less 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, say ing, Surely the land whereon thy foot hath trodden shall be an inheritance to thee and to thy children for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the Lord my God. (10) And now, behold, the Lord hath kept me alive, as he spake, these forty and five years, from the time that the Lord spake this word unto Moses, while Israel walked in the wilderness : and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. (11) As yet I am as strong this clay as I was in the day that Moses sent me : as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, and to go out and to come in. (12) Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the Lord spake in that clay ; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakim were there, and cities great and fenced : it may be that the Lord will be with me, and I shall drive them out, as the Lord spake. (13) And Joshua blessed him ; and he gave Hebron unto Caleb the son Jephunneh for an inheri tance. (14) Therefore Hebron became tbe inheritance of Caleb the son of Je phunneh the Kenizzite, unto this day ; be cause that he wholly followed the Lord, the God of Israel. (15) Now the name of Hebron beforetime was 3 Kiriath-arba ; which Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. And the land had rest from war. 15 And the lot for the tribe of the chil dren of Judah according to their families was unto the border of Edom, even to the wilderness of Zin southward, at the utter most part of the south. (2) And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the 4bay that looked 7 See Num. xxxii. 41. 2 Or, pasture lands. > That is, The city of Arba. 4 Heb. tongue. JOSHUA. 257 southward : (3) and it went out south ward of the ascent of Akrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea, and passed along by Hezron, and went up to Addar, and turned about to Karka : (4) and it passed along to Azmon, and went out at the brook of Egypt ; and the goings out of the border were at the sea : this shall be your south border. (5) And the east bor der was the Salt Sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And the border of the north quarter was from the ' bay of the sea at the end of Jordan : (6) and the border went up to Beth-hoglah, and passed along by the north of Beth-arabah ; and the bor der went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben : (7) and the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the river : and the border passed along to the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel : (8) and the border went up by the valley of the son of Hin- nom unto the z side of the Jebusite south ward (the same is Jerusalem) : and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the uttermost part of the vale of Rephaim northward : (9) and the border was drawn from the top of the mountain unto the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron ; and the border was drawn to Baalah (the same is Kiriath- jearim) : (10) and the border turned about from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth- shemesh, and passed along by Timnah : (11) and the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward : and the border was drawn to Shikkeron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out at Jab- neel ; and the goings out of the border were at the sea. (12) And the west bor der was to the great sea, and the border thereof. This is the border of the chil dren of Judah round about according to their families. (13) And unto Caleb the son of Je phunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the com mandment of the Lord to Joshua, even 3 Kiriath-arba, which Arba ivas the father of Anak (the same is Hebron). (14) And Caleb drove out thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. (15) And he went up thence against the inhabitants of Debir : now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher. (16) And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. (17) And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it : and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. (18) And it came to pass, when she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field : and she lighted down from off her ass ; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? (19) And she said, Give me a 4 blessing ; for that thou hast 5 set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs aud the nether springs. (20) This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families. (21) And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the border of Edom in the South were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur ; (22) and Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah ; (23) and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan ; (24) Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth ; (25) and Hazor-hadattah, and Kerioth-hezron (the 7 Heb. tongue. 2 Heb. shoulder. 3 That is, The city of Arba. 3 Or, given me the land of the South, 4 Or, present. 258 JOSHUA. same is Hazor) ; (26) Amain, and Shema, and Moladah ; (27) and Hazar-gaddah, and Heshmon, and Beth-pelet; (28) and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Bizio- thiah ; (29) Baalah, and Iim, and Ezem ; (30) and Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hor mah ; (31) and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah ; (32) and Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon : all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages. (33) In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah ; (34) and Zanoah, and En-gannim, Tappuah, and Enam ; (35) Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah ; (36) and Shaaraim, and Adi- thaim, and Gederab, and Gederothaim ; fourteen cities with their villages. (37) Zenan, and Hadashah, and Mig- dal-gad ; (38) and Dilan, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel ; (39) Lachish, and Boz- kath, and Eglon ; (40) and Cabbon, and 1 Lahmam, and Chithlish ; (41) and Ged- eroth, Beth-dagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah ; sixteen cities with their vil lages. (42) Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan ; (43) and Iphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib ; (44) and Keilah, and Achzib, and Mares- hab ; nine cities with their villages. (45) Ekron, with her 2 towns and her villages : (46) from Ekron even unto the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdocl, with their villages. (47) Ashdod, her towns and her vil lages ; Gaza, her towns and her villages ; unto the brook of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof. (48) And in the hill country, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh ; (49) and Dannah, and Kiriath-sannah (the same is Debir) ; (50) and Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim ; (51) and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh ; eleven cities with their villages. (52) Arab, and Dumah, and Eshan ; (53) and Janim, and Beth-tappuah, and Aphekah ; (54) and Humtah, and Kiriath- arba (the same is Hebron) , and Zior ; nine cities with their villages. (55) Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah; (56) and Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah; (57) Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah ; ten cities with their villages. (58) Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor ; (59) and Maarath, and Beth-anoth, and Eltekon ; six cities with their villages. (60) Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath- jearim), and Rabbah ; two cities with their villages. (61) In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Midclin, and Secacah ; (62) and Nibshan, and the City of Salt, and En-gedi ; six cities with their villages. (63) And as for the Jebusites, the in habitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out : but the Jebusites dwelt with the children of Judah at Jerusalem, unto this day. 16 And the lot for the children of Joseph went out from the Jordan at Jeri cho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Beth-el; (2) and it went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along unto the border of the Arch- ites to Ataroth ; (3) and it went clown westward to the border of Japhletites, unto the border of Beth-horon the nether, even unto Gezer : and the goings out thereof were at the sea. (4) And the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Eph raim, took their inheritance. (5) And the border of the children of Ephraim accord ing to their families was thus : even the border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper ; (6) and the border went out westward at Michmethath on the north ; and the border turned about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed along it on the east of Janoah ; 7 Or, Lahmaa. 2 Heb. daughters. JOSHUA. 259 (7) and it went down from Janoah to Ata- roth, and to Naarah, and reached unto Jericho, and went out at Jordan. (8) From Tappuah the border went along westward to the brook of Kanah ; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the chil dren of Ephraim according to their families -, (9) together with the cities which were separated for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their vil lages. (10) And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer : but the Canaanites dwelt in the midst of Ephraim, unto this clay, and became servants to do taskwork. 17 And this was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh ; for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. (2) And the lot was for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families ; for the chil dren of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children Shemida : these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families. (3) But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters : and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. (4) And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheri tance among our brethren : therefore ac cording to the commandment of the Lord he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. (5) And there fell ten 'parts to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is be yond Jordan ; (6) because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons : and the land of Gilead belonged unto the rest Of the sons of Manasseh. (7) And the border of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethath, which is before Shechem ; and the border went along to the right hand, unto the inhabitants of En-tappuah. (8) The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh : but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim. (9) And the bor der went down unto the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook : these cities be longed to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh : and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook, and the goings out thereof were at the sea : (10) southward it->was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea was his border ; and they reached to Asher on the north, and to Issachar ou the east. (11) And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Beth-shean and her 2 towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of En-clor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even the three 3 heights. (12) Yet the children of Ma nasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities ; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. (13) And it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaan ites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out. (14) And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one * part for an inher itance, seeing I am a great people, foras much as hitherto the Lord hath blessed 7 Heb. lines. 2 Heb. daughters. » See chap. xl. 2, xii. 23. 4 Heb. line. 260 JOSHUA. me? (15) And Joshua said unto them, If thou be a great people, get thee up to the forest, and cut clown for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim ; since the hill country of Ephra im is too narrow for thee. (16) And the children of Joseph said, The hill country ' is not enough for us : and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of tbe valley have chariots of iron, both they who are in Beth-shean and her towns, and they who are in the valley of Jezreel. (17) And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Ma nasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power : thou shalt not have one lot only : (18) but the hill coun try shall be thine ; for though it is a forest, thou shalt cut it down, and the goings out thereof shall be thine : for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have chariots of iron, and though they be strong. 18 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled themselves together at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there : and the land was subdued before them. (2) And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet divided their inheri tance. (3) And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, hath given you? (4) Appoint for you three men for each tribe : and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance ; and they shall come unto me. (5) And they shall divide it into seven portions : Judah shall abide in his border on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their border on the north. (6) And ye shall describe the laud into seven portions, and bring the description hither to me : and I will cast lots for you here before the Lord our God. (7) For the Levites have no por tion among you ; for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance : and Gad and Reuben and the half tribe of Ma nasseh have received their inheritance beyond Jordan eastward, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them. (8) And the men arose, and went : and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, aud come again to me, and I will cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh. (9) And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book, and they came to Joshua unto the camp at Shiloh. (10) And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord : and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions. (11) And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families : and the border of their lot went out between the children of Ju dah and the children of Joseph. (12) And their border on the north quarter was from Jordan ; and the border went up to the 2 side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward ; and the going's out thereof were at the wilder ness of Beth-aven. (13) And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the 2 side of Luz (the same is Beth-el), south ward ; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-boron the nether. (14) And the border was drawn and turned about on the west quarter southward, from the mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward ; and the goings out thereof were at Kiriath-baal (the same is Kiriath- jearim) , a city of the children of Judah : 1 Heb. is not found for us. 2 Heb. shoulder. JOSHUA. 261 .this was the west quarter. (15) And the south quarter was from the uttermost part of Kiriath-jearim, and the border went out westward, and went out to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah: (16) and the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the vale of Rephaim northward ; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En- rogel ; (17) and it was drawn on the north, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim ; and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben ; (18) and it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah : (19) and the bor der passed along to the side of Beth-hog- lah northward ; and the goings out of the border were at the north 'bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of Jordan : this was the south border. (20) And Jordan was the border of it on the east quarter. This was the inheritance of the children of Ben jamin, by the borders thereof round about, according to their families. (21) Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek- keziz ; (22) and Beth-arabah, and Zema- raim, and Beth-el ; (23) and Avvim, andPa- rah, and Ophrah; (24) and Chephar-am- moni, and Ophni, and Geba ; twelve cities with their villages : (25) Gibeon, and Ra- mah, and Beeroth ; (26) and Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah ; (27) and Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah ; (28) and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Je rusalem) , Gibeath, and Kiriath ; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the in heritance of the children of Benjamin ac cording to their families. 19 And the second lot came out for Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families : and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Judah. (2) And they had for their inheritance Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah ; (3) and Hazar-shual, and Balah, and Ezem ; (4) and Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah ; (5) and Ziklag, and Beth- marcaboth, and Hazar-susah ; (6) and Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen ; thirteen cities with their villages : (7) Ain, Rim- mon, and Ether, and Ashan ; four cities with their villages : (8) and all the vil lages that were round about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ramah of the South. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. (9) Out of the 2part of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon : for the portion of the children of Judah was too much for them : therefore the children of Si meon had inheritance in the midst of their inheritance. (10) And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families : and the border of their inheri tance was unto Sarid: (It) and their border went up westward, even to Ma- ralah, and reached to Dabbesheth ; and it reached to the brook that is before Jok- neam ; (12) and it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor ; and it went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia ; (13) and from thence it passed along eastward to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin ; and it went out at Rimmon which stretch- eth unto Neah ; (14) and the border turned about it on the north to Hanna- thon : and the goings out thereof were at the valley of Iphtah-el ; (15) and Kat- tath, and Nahalal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem : twelve cities 7 Heb. tongue. 2 Heb. line. 262 JOSHUA. with their villages. (16) This is the in heritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. (17) The fourth lot came out for Is sachar, even for the children of Issachar according to their families. (18) And their border was unto Jezreel, and Chesul- loth, and Shunem ; (19) and Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath ; (20) and Rabbith, and Kishion, and Ebez ; (21) and Remeth, and En-gannim, and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez ; (22) and the border reached to Tabor, and Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh ; and the goings out of their border were at Jordan : sixteen cities with their villages. (23) This is the inheri tance of the tribe of the children of Is sachar according to their families, the cities with their villages. (24) And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. (25) And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph ; (26) and Allammelech, and Amad, and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel westward, and to Shihor-libnath ; (27) and it turned toward the sunrising to Beth-dagon, and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel ; and it went out to Cabul on the left hand, (28) and Ebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Ka nah, even unto great Zidon; (29) and the border turned to Ramah, and to 'the fenced city of Tyre ; and the border turned to Hosah ; and the goings out thereof were at the sea 2by the region of Achzib : (30) Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob : twenty and two cities with their villages. (31) This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher ac cording to their families, these cities with their villages. (32) The sixth lot came out for the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali, according to their families. (33) And their border was from Heleph, from the 3oak in Zaanannim, and Adami- nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakkum; and the goings out thereof were at Jordan: (34) and the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor, and went out from thence to Hukkok ; and it reached to Zebulun on the south, and reached to Asher on the west, and to Judah at Jordan toward the sunrising. (35) And the fenced cities were Ziddim, Zer, andHammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth ; (36) and Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor ; (37) and Kedesh, and Edrei, and En-hazor ; (38) and Iron, and Migdal-el, Horem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh ; nineteen cities with their villages. (39) This is the inheri tance of the tribe of tbe children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages. (40) The seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. (41) And the border of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir-shemesh; (42) and Shaalabbin, and Aijalon, and Ithlah ; (43) and Elon, and Timnah, and Ekron ; (44) and Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath; (45) and Jehud, and Bene-berak, and Gath-rim- mon ; (46) and Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border over against 4 Joppa. (47) And the border of the children of Dan went out 5 beyond them: for the children of Dan went up and fought against 6Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and pos sessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. (48) This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan accord ing to their families, these cities with their villages. (49) So they made an end of distribut- 7 Or, the city of Mibzar Zor, that is, the fortress of Tyre. 2 Or, from Hebel to Achzib. 3 Or, oak (or terebinth) of Bezaananwim. iH.eb.Japho. ' Or, from them: and &c. • In Judg. xviii. 29, LaisA. JOSHUA. 263 ing the land for inheritance by the borders thereof ; and the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them : (50) according to the commandment of the Lord they gave him the city which he asked, even Tim- nath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim : and he built the city, and dwelt therein. (51) These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the father's houses of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the Lord, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land. 20 And the Lord spake unto Joshua, saying, (2) Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Assign you the cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses : (3) that the manslayer that kill eth any person 'unwittingly and unawares may flee thither : and they shall be unto you for a refuge from the avenger of blood. (4) And he shall flee unto one of those cities, and shall stand at the enter ing of the gate of the city, and declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city; and they shall 2take him into the city unto them, and 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 up the man slayer into his hand ; because he smote his neighbour unawares, and hated him not beforetime. (6) And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the con- gregationfor judgement, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days : then shall the manslayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled. (7) And they 3set apart Kedesh in 4 Gali lee in the hill country of Naphtali, and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (the same is Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. (8) And be yond the Jordan at Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness in the 6 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 appointed cities for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourn eth among them, that whosoever killeth any person 1 unwittingly might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the con gregation. 21 Then came near the heads of fathers' houses of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of fathers' houses of the tribes of the children of Israel ; (2) and they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The Lord com manded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the " suburbs there of for our cattle. (3) And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the command ment of the Lord, these cities with their suburbs. (4) And the lot came out for the fam ilies of the Kohathites : and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of the Simeon ites, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. (5) And the rest of the children of Kohath 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 Ma nasseh, 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 7 Or, through error. 2 Heb. gather. 3 Heb. sanctified. 4 Heb. Oalil. 3 Or, table land. " Or, pasture lands. 264 JOSHUA. of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. (7) The children of Merari according to their families had out of the tribe of Reu ben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. (8) And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses. (9) And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name : (10) and they were for the children of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi : for theirs was the first lot. (11) And they gave them Kiriath-arba, which Arba was the father of 'Anak, (the same 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 Jephunneh for his possession. (13) And unto the children of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron with her sub urbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Libnah with her suburbs ; (14) and Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs ; (15) and Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs ; (16) and Ain with her suburbs, and Jut- tah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs ; nine cities out of those two tribes. (17) And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs ; (18) Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs ; four cities. (19) All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thir teen cities with their suburbs. (20) And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, even the rest of the children of Kohath, they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. (21) And they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in the hill country of Ephraim, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Gezer with her suburbs ; (22) and Kib- zaim with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs ; four cities. (23) And out of the tribe of Dan, Elteke with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs; (24) Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath-rim- mon with her suburbs ; four cities. (25) And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Taanach with her suburbs, and Gath-rim- mon with her suburbs ; two cities. (26) All the cities of the families of the rest of the children of Kohath were ten with their suburbs. (27) And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer ; and Be-eshterah with her suburbs ; two cities. (28) And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs ; (29) Jarmuth with her suburbs, En-gannim with her suburbs ; four cities. (30) And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal 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 Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, the city of refuge for the manslayer, and Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities. (33) All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. (34) And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, (35) Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs ; four cities. (36) 2And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahaz with her suburbs, 7 Heb. Anok. 2 Verses 36, 37 are not in the Massoretic text, but are found in very many MSS. and in the ancient versions. See also 1 Chr. vi. 78, 79. JOSHUA. 265 (37) Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs ; four cities. (38) And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, the cit} of refuge for the manslayer, and Mahanaim with her suburbs ; (39) Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs ; four cities in all. (40) All these were the cities of the children of Merari according to their families, even the rest of the families of the Levites ; and their lot was twelve cities. (41) All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. (42) These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them : thus it was with all these cities. (43) So the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers ; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. (44) And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers : 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 aught of any good thing which the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel ; all came to pass. 22 Then Joshua called the Reubenites, 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 heark ened unto my voice in all that I commanded you : (3)ye have notleftyour brethren 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 breth ren, as he spake unto them : therefore now turn ye, and get you unto your tents, unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you beyond Jordan. (5) Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his com mandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. (6) So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away : and they went unto their tents. (7) Now to the one half tribe of Manasseh Moses had given inheritance in Bashan : but unto the other half gave Joshua among their brethren beyond Jor dan westward. Moreover when Joshua sent them away unto their tents, he blessed them, (8) and spake unto them, saying, Return with much wealth unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment : divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. (9) And the children of Reuben 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 unto the land of Gilead, to the land of their pos session, whereof they were possessed, ac cording to the commandment of the Lord by the hand of Moses. (10) And when they came unto the region about Jordan, that is in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and* the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to. (11) And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Ma nasseh have built an altar in the forefront of the land of Canaan, in the region about Jordan, on the side that pertaineth to the children of Israel. (12) And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gath- ( ered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up against them to war. (13) And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the 266 JOSHUA. children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phine has the son of Eleazar the priest ; (14) and with him ten princes, one prince of a fathers' house for each of the tribes of Israel ; and they were every one of them head of their fathers' houses among the 'thousands of Israel. (15) And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, (16) Thus saith the whole congregation of the Lord, What trespass is this that ye have com mitted against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that ye have builded you an altar, to rebel this day against the Lord? (17) Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of the Lord, (18) that ye must turn away this day from following the Lord ? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the Lord, that to-morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. (19) Howbeit, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the Lord, wherein the Lord's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us : but rebel not against the "Lord, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar besides the altar of the Lord our God. (20) Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a tres pass in the devoted thing, and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel ? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. (21) Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and spake unto the heads of the ' thousands of Israel, (22) 2The Lord, the God of gods, the Lord, the God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know ; if it be in rebellion, or if in trespass against the Lord, (save thou us not this day,) (23) that we have built us an altar to turn away from following the Lord ; or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meal offer ing, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offer ings thereon, let the Lord himself require it ; (24) and if we have not rather out of carefulness done this, and of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the Lord, the 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 have no portion in the Lord : so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the Lord. (26) Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacri fice : (27) but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service of the Lord before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings ; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no portion in the Lord. (28) Therefore said we, It shall be, when they so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say, Behold the pattern of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sac rifice ; but it is a witness between us and you. (29) God forbid that we should rebel against the Lord, and turn away this day from following the Lord, to build an altar for burnt offering, for meal offer ing, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of the Lord our God that is before his tabernacle. (30) And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel which 7 Or, families. 2 Or, God, even God the Lord. Heb. El Elohim, Jehovah. JOSHUA. 267 were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them well. (31) And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we know that the Lord is in the midst of us, because ye have not commit ted this trespass against the Lord : now have ye delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord. (32) And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. (33) And the thing pleased the children of Israel ; and the children of Israel blessed God, and spake no more of going up against them to war, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and the children of Gad dwelt. (34) And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar ' Ed : For, said they, it is a witness between us that the Lord is God. 23 And it came to pass after many days, when the Lord had given rest unto Israel, from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years ; (2) that Joshua called for all Is rael, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and well stricken in years ; (3) and ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you ; for the Lord your God, he it is that hath fought for you. (4) Behold, I have allot ted unto you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jor dan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun. (5) And the Lord your God, he shall thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight ; and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God spake unto you. (6) Therefore be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left ; (7) that ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you ; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves down unto them : (8) but cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day : (9) For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong : but as for you, no man hath stood before you unto this day. (10) One man of you 2 shall chase a thousand : for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he spake unto 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 remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you ; (13) know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight ; but they shall be a snare and a trap unto you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you. (14) And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth : and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you ; all are come to pass unto you, not one thing hath failed thereof. (15) And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things are come upon you of which the Lord your God spake 7 That is, Witness. 2 Or, hath chased. 268 JOSHUA. unto you, so shall the Lord bring upon you all the evil things, until he have de stroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you. (16) When ye transgress the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them ; then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you. 24 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers ; and they presented themselves before God. (2) And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor : and they served other gods. (3) And I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. (4) And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau : and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it ; and Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. (5) And I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in the midst thereof : and afterward I brought you out. (6) And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen unto the Red Sea. (7) And when they cried out unto the Lord, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them ; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt : and ye dwelt in the wilderness many days. (8) And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt beyond Jordan ; and they fought with you : and I gave them into your hand, and ye possessed their land ; and I destroyed them from before you. (9) Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel ; and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you: (10) but I would not hearken unto Ba laam ; therefore he blessed you still : so I delivered you out of bis hand. (11) And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jeri cho : and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite ; and I delivered them into your hand. (12) And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites ; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. (13) And I gave you a land whereon thou hadst not laboured, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell therein ; of vine yards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. (14) Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth : and put away tbe gods- which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt ; and serve ye the Lord. (15) And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, 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 for sake the Lord, to serve other gods ; (17) for the Lord our God, he it is that brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of 'bondage, and that did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed : (18) And 1 Heb. bondmen. JOSHUA. 269 the Lord drave out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land : therefore we also will serve 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 transgression nor your sins. (20) If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. (21) And the people said unto Joshua, Nay ; but we will serve the Lord. (22) And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord, 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, the God of Israel. (24) And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and unto his voice will we hearken. (25) So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. (26) And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God ; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was ' by the sanctuary of the Lord. (27) And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us ; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us : it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest ye deny your God. (28) So Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance. (29) And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hun dred and ten years old. (30) And they buried him in the border of his inheri tance in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash. (31) And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that out lived Joshua, and had known all the work of the Lord, that he had wrought for Israel. (32) And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the parcel of ground 2 which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of She chem for an hundred pieces of money : and they became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. (33) And Eleazar the son of Aaron died ; and they buried him in 3the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim. 7 Or, in. 2 See Gen. xxxiii. 19. 3 Or, Gibeah of Phinehas. THE BOOK OF JUDGES. 1 And it came to pass after the death of Joshua, that the children of Israel asked of the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us' first against the Canaanites, to fight against them? (2) And the Lord said, Judah shall go up : behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. (3) And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites ; and I like wise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. (4) And Judah went up ; and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand : and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men. (5) And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek : and they fought against him, and they smote the Canaan ites and the Perizzites. (6) But Adoni- bezek fled ; and they pursued after nlm, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. (7) And Adoni-be zek said, Threescore and ten kings, hav ing their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table : as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there. (8) And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. (9) And afterward the chil dren of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites that dwelt in the hill coun try, and in the South, and in the lowland. (10) JAnd Judah went against the Ca naanites that dwelt in Hebron : (now the name of Hebron beforetime was Kiriath- arba :) and they smote Sheshai, and Ahi- man, and Talmai. (11) And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir beforetime was Kiriath-sepher.) (12) And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath-sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. (13) And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. (14) And it came to pass, when she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field : and she lighted - down from off her ass ; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? (15) And she said unto him, Give me a 2 bless ing ; for that thou hast 3 set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. (16) And the children of the Kenite, Moses' 4 brother in law, went up out of 5 the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad ; and they went and dwelt with the people. (17) And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they smote the Canaanites that in- 7 See Josh. xv. 13-19. 3 See Deut. xxxiv. 3. 2 Or, present. 3 Or, given me the land of the South. * Or, father in law. 270 JUDGES. 271 habited Zephath, and 'utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called 2 Hormah. (18) Also Judah took Gaza with the border thereof, and Ashkelon with the border thereof, and Ekron with the border thereof. (19) And the Lord was with Judah ; and he drave out the inhabitants of the hill country ; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. (20) And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses had spoken : and he drave out thence the three sons of Anak. (21) And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem : but the Jebusites dwelt with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem, unto this day. (22) And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Beth-el : and the Lord was with them. (23) And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el. (Now the name of the city beforetime was Luz.) (24) And the watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with thee. (25) And he shewed them the entrance into the city, and they smote the city with the edge of the sword ; but they let the man go and all his family. (26) And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz : which is the name thereof unto this day. (27) And Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her 3 towns, nor of 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 in that land. (28) And it came to pass, when Israel was waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to taskwork, and did not utterly drive them out. (29) And Ephraim drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer ; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. (30) Zebulun drave not out the in habitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol ; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became 4 tributary. (31) Asher drave not out the in habitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob : (32) but the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land : for they did not drive them out. (33) Naphtali drave not out the in habitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the in habitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land : nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became tributary unto them. (34) And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country : for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley : (35) but the Amor ites would dwell in mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim : yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributary. (36) And the bor der of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from 5 the rock, and upward. 2 And 6 the angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers ; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you : (2) and ye shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land ; ye shall break down their altars : but ye have not heark ened unto my voice : why have ye done this? (3) Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you ; but * Heh. devoted. 2 See Num. xxi. 3. 3 Heo. daughters. 4 Or, subject to taskwork and so vv. 33, 35. 5 Or, Sela. B Or, a messenger. 272 JUDGES. they 'shall be '¦'as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. (4) And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. (5) And they called the name of that place 3 Bochim : and they sacrificed there unto the Lord. (6) Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. (7) 4And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the Lord, that he had wrought for Israel. (8) And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old. (9) And they buried him in the border of his in heritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash. (10) And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers : and there arose another gener ation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the work which he had wrought for Israel. (11) And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and served the Baalim : (12) and they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the peoples that were round about them, and bowed themselves down unto them : and they provoked the Lord to anger. (13) And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth. (14) And the anger of the Lord was kindled 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 be fore their enemies. (15) Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had spoken, and as the Lord had sworn unto them : and they were sore distressed. (16) And the Lord raised up judges, which saved them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. (17) And yet they heark ened not unto their judges, for they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves down unto them : they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the com mandments of the Lord ; but they did not so. (18) And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge : for it repented the Lord because of their groaning by reason of them that op pressed them and vexed them. (19) But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow clown unto them ; 5 they ceased not from their doings, nor from their stubborn way. (20) And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel ; and he said, Because this nation have transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice ; (21) I also will not hence forth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died : (22) that by them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. (23) So the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily ; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. 3 Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even 7 Some ancient versions have, shall be adversaries unto you. 2 See Num. xxxiii. 55. ' See Josh. xxiv. 29-31. 3 Heb. they let nothing fall of their doing). 3 That is, Weepers. JUDGES. 273 as many 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 be foretime knew nothing thereof ; (3) name ly, the five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Zidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Leb anon, from mount Baal-hermon unto the entering in of Hamath. (4) And they were for to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the com mandments of the Lord, which he com manded their fathers by the hand of Moses. (5) And the children of Israel dwelt among ' the Canaanites ; the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite : (6) and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods. (7) And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and f orgat the Lord their God, and served the Baalim and 2 the Asheroth. (8) There fore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of 3 Mes opotamia : and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years. (9) And when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised up a saviour to the children of Israel, who saved them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. (10) And the spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel ; and he went out to war, and the Lord delivered Cushan-risha thaim king of 4Mesopotamia into his hand : and his hand prevailed against Cushan- rishathaim. (11) And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. (12) And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord : and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. (13) And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek ; and he went and smote Israel, and they pos sessed the city of palm trees. (14) And the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. (15) But when the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised them up a saviour, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a man left-handed : and the children of Israel sent a present by him unto Eglon the king of Moab. (16) And Ehud made him a sword which had two edges, of a cubit length ; and he girded it under his raiment upon his right thigh. (17) And he offered the present unto Eglon king of Moab : now Eglon was a very fat man. (18) And when he had made an end of offering the present, he sent away the people that bare the present. (19) But he himself turned back from the 5 quarries that were by Gil gal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king. And he said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. (20) And Ehud came unto him ; and he was sitting by himself alone in his 6 summer parlour. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat. (21 ) And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the sword 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, for he drew not the sword out of his belly ; and 7 it came out behind. (23) Then Ehud went forth into the porch, and shut the doors of the parlour upon him, and locked them. (24) Now when he was gone out, his servants came ; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the parlour were locked ; and they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer 7 Or, the Canaanites, the Hittites &c. 2 See Ex. xxxiv. 13. Is Heb. Aramnaharoim. 4 Heb. Aram. 3 Or, graven images. e Heb. upper chamber of cooling. T Or, he went out into the antechamber. 274 JUDGES. chamber. (25) And they tarried till they were ashamed : and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took the key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. (26) And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the 1 quarries, and escaped unto Seirah. (27) And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he before them. (28) And he said unto them, Follow after me : for the Lord hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan 2 against the Moabites, and suffered not a man to pass over. (29) And they smote of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, every lusty man, and every man of valour ; and there escaped not a man. (30) So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. (31) And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which smote of the Philis tines six hundred men with an ox goad : and he also saved Israel. 4 And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, when Ehud was dead. (2) And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor ; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the 3 Gentiles. (3) And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord : for he had nine hundred chariots of iron ; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel. (4) Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, she judged Israel at that time. (5) And she 4 dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. (6) And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the Lord, the God of Israel, com manded, saying, Go and draw unto mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? (7) And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his char iots and his multitude ; and I will deliver him into thine hand. (8) And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go : but if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go. (9) And she said, I will surely go with thee : notwithstand ing the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour ; for the Lord shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. (10) And Barak called Zeb ulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh; and there went up ten thousand men at his feet : and Deborah went up with him. (11) Now Heber the Kenite had severed himself from 5the Kenites, even from the children of Hobab the 6 broth er in law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far as the 7 oak in 8 Zaanannim, which is by Kedesh. (12) And they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. (13) And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Ha rosheth of the 3 Gentiles, unto the river Kishon. (14) And Deborah said unto Barak, Up ; for this is the day in which the Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand : is not the Lord gone out before thee ? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. (15) And the Lord discomfited Sisera, 7 Or, graven images. 2 Or, toward Moab. 8 Or, nations. 4 Or, sat. 5 Heb. Kain. See Num. xxiv. 22. 0 Or, father in law. ' Or, terebinth. 3 See Josh, xix. S3. JUDGES. 275 and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak ; and Sisera lighted down from 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 by the edge of the sword ; 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 was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. (18) And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me ; fear not. And he turned in unto her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug. (19) And he said unto 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 drink, and covered him. (20) And he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No. (21) Then Jael Heber's wife took a tent-pin, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground ; for he was 2 in a deep sleep ; so he swooned and 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 he came unto her ; and, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent-pin was in his temples. (23) So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. (24) And the hand of the chil dren of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Ca naan. 5 Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam Heb. as thine hand shall find. ' Heb. navel 5 Or, oppress 3 That is, the augurs' oak or teAtunth. 284 JUDGES. not this the people that thou hast despised ? go out now, I pray, 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 there fell many wound ed, even unto the entering of the gate. (41) And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah : and Zebul drave out Gaal and his breth ren, that they should not dwell in Shechem. (42) And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field ; and they told Abimelech. (43) And be took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field ; and he looked, and, behold, the "people came forth out of the city ; and he rose up against them, and smote them. (44) And Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city : and the two companies rushed upon all that were in the field, and smote them. (45) And Abimelech fought against the city all that clay ; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein : and he beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. (40) And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard thereof, they entered into the hold of the house of l El-berith. (47) And it was told Abimelech that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. (48) And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmoh, he and all the people that were with him ; and Abim elech took a an axe in his hand, and cut clown a bough from the trees, and took it up, and laid it on his shoulder : and he said unto tbe people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have clone. (49) And all the people likewise cut clown 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) Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. (51) But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut themselves in, and gat them up to the roof of the tower. (52) And Abime lech came unto 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 an upper mill stone upon Abimelech's head, and brake his skull. (54) Then he called hastily unto the young man his armour-bearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and kill me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust Mm through, and he died. (55) And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. (56) Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did uuto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: (57) and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite upon their heads : and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. 10 And after Abimelech there arose to save Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar ; and he dwelt in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim. (2) And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. (3) And after him arose Jair, the Gile- adite ; and he judged Israel twenty and two years. (4) And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called 3 Havvoth- jair unto this clay, which are in the land of 'Gilead. (5) And Jair died, and was buried in Kamon. (6) And the children of Israel again did that which was evil' in the sight of the 7 See ch. viii. 33. Heb. the axes. That is, The towns of Jair. See Num. xxxii. 41. JUDGES. 285 Lord, and served the Baalim, and the Ashtaroth, and the gods of * Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines ; and they forsook the Lord, and served him not. (7) And the anger of the Lord was kin dled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the children of Ammon. (8) And they vexed and oppressed the chil dren of Israel that year : eighteen years oppressed tliey all the children of Israel that were beyond Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. (9) And the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim ; so that Israel was sore dis tressed. (10) And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baalim. (11) And the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Did not I save you from the Egyptians, and from the Amo rites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines? (12) The Zido- nians also, and the Amalekites, and the 2Maonites, did oppress you ; and ye cried unto me, and I saved you out of their hand. (13) Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods : wherefore I will save you no more. (14) Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen ; let them save you in the time of your distress. (15) And the children of Israel said unto the Lord, We have sinned : do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee ; only deliver us, we pray thee, this day. (16) And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord : and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. (17) Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gil ead. And the children of Israel assem bled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah. (18) And the people, the princes of Gilead, said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon ? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. 11 Now Jephthah the Gileadite 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 when his wife's sons grew up , they drave out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house ; for thou art the son of another woman. (3) Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob : and there were gath ered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him. (4) And it came to pass after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. (5) And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob : (6) and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. (7) And Jeph thah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and drive me out of my father's house ? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress ? (8) And the elders of Gilead said unto Jeph thah, Therefore are we turned again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon, and thou shalt be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. (9) And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and the Lord deliver them before me, shall I be your head? (10) And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord shall be 3 witness between us ; surely according to thy word so will we do. (11) Then Jephthah went with the 1 Heb. Aram. 2 The Sept. has, Midianites. » Heb. hearer. 286 JUDGES. elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them : and Jephthah spake all his words before the Lord in Mizpah. (12) And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of tbe children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come unto me to fight against my land? (13) And the king of the chil dren of Ammon answered unto the mes sengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan : now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. (14) And Jeph thah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon : (15) and he said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah : Is rael took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon : (16) but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel walked through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh ; (17) then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land : but the king of Edom hearkened not. And in like man ner he sent unto the king of Moab : but be would not : and Israel abode in Kadesh. (18) Then he walked through the wilder ness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they pitched on the other side of Arnon ; but they came not within the border of Moab, for Arnon was the border of Moab. (19) And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Hesh bon ; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land unto my place. (20) But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his border : but Sihon gath ered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. (21) And the Lord, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them : so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. (22) And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. (23) So now the Lord, the God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorites from be fore his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess them? (24) Wilt not thou pos sess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess ? So whomsoever the Lord our God hath dispossessed 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 Heshbon and her l towns, and in Aroer and her 1 towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of Arnon, three hundred years ; wherefore did ye not recover them within that time? (27) I therefore have not sinned 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 Jephthah which he sent him. (29) Then the spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. (30) And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into mine hand, (31) then it shall be, that 2 whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. (32) So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them ; and the Lord delivered them into his hand. Heb. daughters. 2 Or, whosoever. JUDGES. 287 (33) And he smote them from Aroer until thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto 1 Abel-cheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Am mon were subdued before the children of Israel. (34) And Jephthah came to Mizpah unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances : and she was his only child ; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. (35) And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter ! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me : for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back. (36) And she said unto him, My father, thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord ; do unto me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth ; forasmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon. (37) And she said unto her father, Let this thing be clone for me : let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my compan ions. (38) And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months : and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. (39) And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed : and she had not known man. And it was 2a custom in Israel, (40) that the daughters of Israel went yearly to 3 celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. 12 And the men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed 4 north ward; and they said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? We will burn 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 you, ye saved me not out of their hand. (3) And when I saw that ye saved me not, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivered them into my hand : wherefore then are ye come up unto me this clay, to fight against me ? (4) Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim : and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye are fugitives of Ephraim, ye Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim, and in the midst of Manasseh. (5) And the Gileadites took the fords of Jordan 5 against the Ephraimites : and it was so, that when any of the fugi tives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; (6) then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth ; and he said Sibboleth ; for he could not frame to pronounce it right ; then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of Jordan : and there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand. (7) And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gilead ite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. (8) And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged Israel. (9) And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters he sent abroad, and thirty daughters he brought in from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. (10) And Ibzan died, and was buried at Beth-lehem. (11) And after him Elon tbe Zebu- lunite judged Israel ; and he judged 7 That is, The meadow of vineyards. ward Ephraim. ' Or, an ordinance. 3 Or, lament. * Or, to Zap/ion. ' Or, to- 288 JUDGES. Israel ten years. (12) And Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aija- lon in the land of Zebulun. (13) And after him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel. (14) And he had forty sons and thirty sons' sons, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts : and he judged Israel eight years. (15) And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pira- thon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites. 13 And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord ; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. (2) And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah ; and his wife was barren, and bare not. (3) And the angel of the Lord appeared unto 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 no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing : (5) for, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son ; and no razor shall come upon his head : for the child shall be a 1 Nazirite unto God from the womb : and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. (0) Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the counte nance of tbe angel of God, very terrible ; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name : (7) but he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt con ceive, and bear a son ; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing : for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from tbe womb to the day of his death. (8) Then Manoah intreated the Lord, and said, Oh Lord, I pray thee, let the man of God whom thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. (9) And God heark ened to the voice of Manoah ; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field : but Manoah her husband was not with her. (10) And the woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day. (11) And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am. (12) And Manoah said, 2Now let thy words come to pass : what shall be the 3 manner of the child, and 4 what shall be his work? (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 5vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing ; all that I commanded her let her observe. (15) And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kid for thee. (16) And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread : and if thou wilt make ready a burnt offer ing, thou must offer it unto the Lord. For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of the Lord. (17) And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, What is thy name, that when thy words come to pass we may do thee honour? (18) And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Where fore askest thou after my name, seeing it is 6 wonderful? (19) So Manoah took the kid with the meal offering, and offered 7 See Num. vi. 2. 2 Or, Now when thy words come to pass, what &c. 3 Or, ordering. 4 Or, how shall we do unto him. ° Or, grapevine. See Num. vi. 4. « Or, secret. JUDGES. 289 it upon the rock unto the Lord : and the angel did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on. (20) For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the Lord ascended in the flame of the altar : and Manoah and his wife looked on ; and they fell on then; faces to the ground. (21) But the angel of the Lord did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the Lord. (22) And Ma noah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. (23) But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meal offer ing at our hand, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these. (24) And the woman bare a son, and called his name 1 Samson : and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him. (25) And the spirit of the Lord began to move him in 2 Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol. 14 And Samson went down to Tim nah, and saw a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. (2) And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philis tines : now therefore get her for me to wife. (3) Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philis tines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me ; for she pleaseth me well. (4) But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord ; for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel. (5) Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and came to the vineyards of Timnah : and, behold, 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 his mother what he had done. (7) And he went down, and talked with the wo man ; and she pleased Samson well. (8) And after a while he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcase of the lion : and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey. (9) And he took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went, and he came to his father and mother, and gave unto them, and they did eat : but he told them not that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion. (10) And his father went clown 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, Let me now put forth a riddle unto you : if ye can declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment : (13) but if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty linen garments and thirty changes of rai ment. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. (14) And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, And out of the strong came forth sweet ness. And they could not in three days declare the riddle. (15) And it came to pass on the 3 seventh day, that they said unto Sam son's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we neb. Shimshon. 2 That is, Tlie camp of Dan. See ch. xviii. 12. 3 The Sept. and Syriac have, fourth. 290 JUDGES. burn thee and thy father's house with fire : have ye called us to 1 impoverish us ? isitnotso? (16) And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not : thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell thee ? (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 pressed him sore : and she told the riddle to the children of her people. (18) And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey ? and what is stronger than a lion ? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle. (19) And the spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he went clown to Ashkelon, and smote thirty men of them, and took their 2 spoil, and gave the changes of raiment unto them that declared the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went np to his father's house. (20) But Samson's wife was given to his com panion, whom he had used as his friend. 15 But it came to pass after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid ; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. (2) And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her ; therefore I gave her to thy companion : is not her younger sister fairer than she ? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. (3) And Samson said unto them, This time 3 shall I be blameless in regard of the Philistines, when I do them a mischief. (4) And Samson went and caught three hundred 4 foxes, and took s firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between every two tails. (5) And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing corn, and also the oliveyards. (6) Then the Philis tines said, Who hath done this? And they said, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he hath taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. (7) And Sam son said unto them, If ye do after this manner, surely I will be avenged of you, and after that I will cease. (8) And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter : and he went clown and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam. (9) Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. (10) And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they said, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. (11) Then three thousand men of Ju dah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us ; what then is this that thou hast done unto us ? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. (12) And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. (13) And they spake unto him, saying, No ; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand : but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him np from the rock. (14) When he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him : and the spirit of the Lord came mightily 1 Or, take that we have. 2 Or, apparel. Or, shall He quits with. 4 Or, jackals. ' Or, torches. JUDGES. 291 upon him, and the ropes that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands 1 dropped from off his hands. (15) And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and smote a thousand men therewith. (16) And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, 2 heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a thousand men. (17) And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand ; and 3 that place was called 4 Ramath-lehi. (18) And he was sore athirst, and called on the Lord, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance by the hand of thy servant : and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised. (19) But God clave the hollow place that is in 5 Lehi, and there came water there out ; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived : wherefore 6 the name thereof was called 7 En-hakkore, which is in Lehi, unto this day. (20) And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. 16 And Samson went to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her. (2) And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they com passed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, 8 Let be till morning light, then we will kill him. (3) And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron. (4) And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman 9 in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. (5) And the lords of the Philistines 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 10 afflict him : and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. (6) And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. (7) And Samson said unto her, If they bind me writh seven n green withes that were never dried, then shall I become weak, and be as another man. (8) Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven n green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. (9) Now she had liers in wait abiding in the inner chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withes, as a string of tow is broken when it 12 toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. (10) And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies : now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. (11) And he said unto her, if they only bind me with new ropes wherewith no work hath been done, then shall I become weak, and be as another man. (12) So Delilah took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, the Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And the liers in wait were abiding in the inner chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. (13) And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked 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 1 Heb. were melted. 2 Heb. an heap, two heaps. 3 Or, he called that place. 4 That is, The hill of the jawbone. 3 Or, the jawbone. ° Or, he called the name thereof. 7 That is, The spring of him that called. 3 Or, When (or Before) the morning is light. ° Or, by the brook. 20 Or, humble. n Or, new bowstrings. 72 Heb. smelteth. 292 JUDGES. fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Sam son. And he awaked out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam, and the web. (15) And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when 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 with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed unto death. (17) And he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head ; for I have been a Nazi rite 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 Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for l he hath told me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought the money in their hand. (19) And she made him sleep upon her knees ; and she called for 2 a man, and shaved off tbe seven locks of his head ; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. (20) And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Sam son. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times, and snake myself. But he wist not that the Lord was departed from him. (21) And the Philistines laid hold on him, and put out his eyes ; and they brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass ; and he did grind in the prison house. (22) Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. (23) And the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice : for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. (24) And when the people saw him, they praised their god : for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which hath slain many of us. (25) And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Sam son out of the prison house ; and he made sport before them : and they set him be tween the pillars. (26) And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suf fer me that I may feel the pillars where upon the house resteth, that I may lean upon them. (27) Now the house was full of men and women ; and all the lords of the Philistines were there ; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. (28) And Samson called unto 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 3 be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. (29) And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house rested, and leaned upon them, the one with his right hand, and the other with his left. (30) And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might ; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. (31) Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. , 17 And there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Mi- 7 Or, according to another reading, he had told her. two eyes. 2 Or, the men. 3 Or, be . . for one of my JUDGES. 293 cah. (2) And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred pieces of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou didst utter 1 a curse, and didst also speak it in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be my son of the Lord. (3) And he restored the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, I verily 2 dedicate the silver unto the Lord from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten im age : now therefore I will restore it unto thee. (4) And when he restored the money unto his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image : and it was in the house of Micah. (5) And the man Micah had an house of 3 gods, and he made an ephod, and teraphim, and 4 con secrated one of his sons, who became his priest. (6) In those days there was no king in Israel : every man did that which was right in his own eyes. (7) And there was a young man out of Beth-lehem-judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. (8) And the man departed out of the city, out of Beth-lehem-judah, to sojourn where he could find a place : and he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. (9) And Micah said unto him, Whence com est thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. (10) And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten pieces of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. (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 became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. (13) Then said Micah, Now know I that the Lord will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. 18 In those days there was no king in Israel : and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in ; for unto that day their inher itance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. (2) And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their whole number, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it ; and they said unto them, Go, search the land : and they came to the hill country of Ephraim, unto the house of Micah, and lodged there. (3) When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite : and they turned aside thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what doest thou in this place? and what hast thou here? (4) And he said unto them, Thus and thus hath Micah dealt with me, and he hath hired me, and I am become his priest. (5) And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. (6) And the priest said unto them, Go in peace : before the Lord is your way wherein ye go. (7) Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt in security, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure ; for there was none in the land, possessing 5 authority, 6 that might put them to shame in any thing, and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no dealings with any man. (8) And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol : and their brethren said unto them, What say ye? (9) And they said, 1 Or, an adjuration. 2 Or, had dedicated. 3 Or, God. 4 Heb. filled the hand of. 3 Heb. power of restraint. • Or, that might do any hurt. 294 JUDGES. Arise, and let us go up against them : for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good : and are ye still ? be not slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land. (10) When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and the land is large : for God hath given it into your hand ; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth. (11) And there set forth from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men girt with weapons of war. (12) And they went up, and encamped in Kiriath-jearim, an Judah : wherefore they called that place -1 Mahaneh-dan, unto this day : behold, it is behind Kiriath-jearim. (13) And they passed thence unto the hill country of Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. (14) Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image ? now therefore con sider what ye have to do. (15) And they turned aside thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the bouse of Micah, and asked him of bis welfare. (16) And the six hundred men girt with their weapons of war, who were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. (17) And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image : ;and tbe priest stood by the entering of the gate with the six hundred men girt with weapons of war. (18) And when these went into Micah's house, and fetched the graven image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said unto them, What do ye? (19) And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay 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 priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Is rael? (20) And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. (21) So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the goods before them. (22) When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the chil dren of Dan. (23) And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, 2 that thou comest with such a company? (24) And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and are gone away, and what have I more? and how then say ye unto me, What aileth thee? (25) And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest 3 angry fellows fall upon you, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household. (26) And the children of Dan went their way : and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. (27) And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people quiet and se cure, and smote them with the edge of the sword ; and they burnt the city with fire. (28) And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no dealings with any man ; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth-rehob. And they built the city, and dwelt therein. (29) And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan then' father, who was born unto Israel: how- beit the name of the city was Laish at the See ch. xiii 25. Heb. that thou art g-tthered together. Heb. bitter of soul. JUDGES. 295 first. (30) And the children of Dan set up for themselves the graven image : and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of 1 Moses, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land. (31) So they set them up Micah's graven image which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. 19 And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning ou the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah. (2) And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there the space of four months. (3) And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak 2 kindly unto her, to bring 3 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 three days : so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. (5) And it came to pass on the fourth clay, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart : and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye shall go your way. (6) So they sat clown, and did eat and drink, both of them together : and the damsel's father said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. (7) And the man rose up to depart ; but his father in law urged him, and he lodged there again. (8) And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart ; and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee, and tarry ye until the day declineth ; and they did eat, both pf them. (9) And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night : behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry ; and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go 4home. (10) But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus (the same is Jerusalem) : and there were with him a couple of asses saddled ; his concubine also was with him. (11) 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 aside into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. (12) And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside into the city of a stranger, 5 that is not of the chil dren of Israel ; but we will pass over to Gibeah. (13) And he said unto his servant, Come and let us draw near to one of these places ; and w^. will lodge in Gibeah, or in Ramah. (14) So they passed on and went their way ; and the sun went down upon them near to Gibeah, which be- longeth to Benjamin. (15) And they turned aside thither, to go in to lodge in Gibeah : and he went in, and sat him down in the street of the city : for there was no man that took them into his house to lodge. (16) And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even ; now the man was of the hill country of Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah : but the men of the place were Ben- jamites. (17) And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city ; and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou? (18) And he said unto him, We are pass- 7 Another reading is, Manasseh. 2 Heb. to her heart. 3 Another reading is, it, that is, her heart. 4 He'j. to thy tents. « Or, where there are none of the children of Israel. 296 JUDGES. ing from Beth-lehem-judah unto the far ther side of the hill country of Ephraim ; from thence am I, and I went to Beth- lehem-judah : i and I am now going to the house of the Lord ; and there is no man that taketh me into his house. (19) Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses ; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants : there is no want of any thing. (20) And the old man said, Peace be unto thee ; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me ; only lodge not in the street. (21) So he brought him into his house, and gave the asses fodder : and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. (22) As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, cer tain 2 sons of 3 Belial, beset the house round about, beating at the door ; and they 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 mas ter of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, I pray you, do not so wickedly ; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly. (24) Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concu bine ; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you : but unto this man do not any such folly. (25) But the men would not hearken to him : so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth unto them ; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning : and when the day began to spring, they let her go. (26) Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell clown at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light. (27) And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands upon the threshold. (28) And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going ; but none answered : then he took her up upon the ass ; and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. (29) And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, 4limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the borders of Israel. (30) And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day : consider of it, take coun sel, and speak. 20 Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was as sembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord at Mizpah. (2) And the 5 chiefs of all the people, 6even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. (3) (Now the children of Ben jamin heard that the children of Israel , were gone up to Mizpah.) And the chil dren of Israel said, Tell us, how was this wickedness brought to pass? (4) And the Levite, the husband of the wo man that was murdered, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. (5) And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night ; me they thought to have slain, and my concubine they forced, and she is dead. (6) And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of 7 The Sept. has, and lam going to my house. 2 Or, base fellows. 3 That is, worthlessness. * Heb. accord ing to her bones. ° Heb. corners. 6 Or, even all. JUDGES. 297 the inheritance of Israel : for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. (7) Behold, ye children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel. (8) And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn unto his house. (9) But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up against it by lot; (10) and we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to 1 Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. (11) So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. (12) And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the 2 tribe of Benjamin, say ing, What wickedness is this that is come to pass among you ? (13) Now therefore deliver up the men, the 3sons of 4 Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But 5 Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel. (14) And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel. (15) And the children of Benjamin were numbered on that clay out of the cities twenty and 6 six thousand men that drew sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chos en men. (16) Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthand- ed ; every one could sling stones at an hair-breadth, and not miss. (17) And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword : all these were men of war. (18)- And the children of Israel arose, and went up to Beth-el, and asked counsel of God ; and they said, Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up first (19) And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah. (20) And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin ; and the men of Israel set the battle in array against them at Gibeah. (21) And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day twenty and two thousand men. (22) And the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first day. (23) (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until even ; and they asked of the Lord, saying, Shall I again draw nigh to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.) (24) And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. (25) And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men ; all these drew the sword. (26) Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto Beth-el, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until even ; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. (27) And the children of Is rael asked of the Lord, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, (28) and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again 7 Heb. Geba. 2 Heb. tribes. See Num. iv. 18, 1 Sam. ix. 21. 3 Or, base fellows. l That is, worthlessness. 3 Another reading is, the children of Benjumm. 6 According to some ancient authorities, fine. 298 JUDGES. go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the Lord said, Go up ; for to-morrow I will deliver him into thine hand. (29) And Israel set liers in wait against Gibeah round about. (30) And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third clay, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. (31) And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city ; and they began to smite and kill of the people, as at other times, in tbe high ways, of which one goeth up to Beth-el, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel. (32) And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them away from the city unto the high ways. (33) And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal-tamar : and the liers in wait of Israel brake forth out of their place, even out of 7 Maareh-geba. (34) And there came over against Gibeah ten thou sand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore : but they knew not that evil was 2 close upon them. (35) And the Lord smote Benjamin before Israel : aud the children of Israel destroyed of Benja min that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men : all these drew the sword. (36) So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten : for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set against Gibeah. (37) And tbe liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah ; and the liers in wait drew them selves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword. (38) Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait was, that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city. (39) 3And the men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons : for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle. (40) But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to heaven. (41) And the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin 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 followed hard after them ; and 4 they which came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst thereof. (43) They inclosed the Benja mites round about, and chased them, and 5trode them down 6at their resting place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrising. (44) And there fell of Ben jamin eighteen thousand men ; all these were men of valour. (45) And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the high ways five thousand men ; and followed hard after them unto Gidom, and smote of them two thousand men. (46) So that all which fell 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 toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon, and abode in the rock of Rimmon four months. (48) And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, both 7 the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found : moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire. Or, the meadow of Geba (or Gibeah. See ver. 10.) 2 Heb. touching. 3 Or, And the men . . . battle: (n'"3 'amin . . . heaven:) and the m,-n &c * Or, them which came . . . they destroyed. 3 Or, overtook them. 3 Of, ut Menuhah. ' Or, as otherwise read, the inhabited city. See Deut. Ii. 34. JUDGES. 299 21 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. (2) And the people came to Beth-el, and sat there till even before God. and lifted up their voices, and wept sore. (3) And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lack ing 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 in the assembly unto the Lord ? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up unto the Lord to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely be put to death. (6) And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. (7) How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? (8) And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up unto the Lord to Mizpah? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. (9) For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. (10) And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the wo men and the little ones. (11) And this is the thing that ye shall do ; ye shall ut terly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lien by man. (12) And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gil ead four hundred young virgins, that had not known man by lying with him : and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. (13) And the whole congregation sent and spake to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace unto them. (14) And Benjamin returned at that time ; and they gave them the women which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gil ead : and yet so they sufficed them not. (15) And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. (16) Then the elders of the congrega tion said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? (17) And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not blotted out from Israel. (18) Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters : for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin. (19) And they said, Behold, there is x a feast of the Lord from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Beth-el, on the east side of the high way that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. (20) And they com manded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards ; (21) and see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daugh ters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benja min. (22) And it shall be, when their fa thers or their brethren come to 2 complain unto us, that we will say unto them, Grant them 3 graciously unto us : because we to' *c not for each man of them his wife in cat tle : neither did ye give them unto tnem ; else would ye now be guilty. (23) And the children of Benjamin did so, and took 1 Or, the feast. 2 Or, strive with us. 3 Or, as a gift. 300 JUDGES. them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they earned off: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and built the cities, and dwelt in them. (24) And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance. (25) In those days there was no king in Israel : every man did that which was right in his own eyes. THE BOOK OF RUTH. 1 And it came to pass in the days when the judges judged, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the 1 country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. (2) And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife 2 Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. (3) And Elimelech Naomi's husband died ; and she was left, and her two sons. (4) And they took them wives of the women of Moab ; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. (5) And Mahlon and Chilion died both of them ; and the woman was left of her two children and of her hus band. (6) Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab : for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread. (7) And she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her ; aud they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. (8) And Naomi said unto her two daughters iu law, Go, return each of you to her mother's house : the Lord deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. (9) The Lord grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them ; and, they lifted up their voice, and wept. (10) And they said unto her, Nay, but we will return with thee unto thy people. (11) And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters : why will ye go with me? have I yet 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 hus band. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have an husband to-night, and should- also bear sons; (13) would ye therefore tarry till they were grown? would ye therefore stay from having hus bands? nay, my daughters ; for 3 it griev- eth me much for your sakes, for the hand of the Lord is gone forth against me. (14) And they lifted up their voice, and wept again : and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. (15) And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her god : return thou after thy sister in law. (16) And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, and to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: (17) where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried : the 7 Heb. field. 2 Heb. Naomi. 3 Or, it is far more bitter for me than for you. sni 302 BUTH. Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me. (18) And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go witb her, she left speaking unto her. (19) So they two went until they came to Beth-lehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved about tbem, and the women said, Is this Naomi? (20) And she said unto them, Call me not l Naomi, call me 2Mara. for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. (21) I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again ernptj' : why call ye me Na omi, seeing the Lord hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? (22) So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab : and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley harvest. 2 And Naomi bad a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of 3 wealth, of' the family of Elimelech ; and bis name was Boaz. (2) And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto 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 the portion of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. (4) And, behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, 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 reapers, Whose damsel is this? (6) And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: (7) and she said, Let me glean, I pray you, and gather after the reapers among the sheaves : so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, save that she tarried a little in the house. (8) Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither pass from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens. (9) Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them : have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee ? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. (10) Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thy sight, 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 husband : and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. (12) The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge. (13) Then she said, Let me find grace in thy sight, my lord ; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken 4 kindly unto thine handmaid, though I be not as one of thine hand maidens. (14) And at mea-ltime Boaz said unto her, Come hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vine gar. And she sat beside the reapers : and 5 they reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left thereof. (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 also pull out some for her from 7 That is, Pleasant. 2 That is, Bitter. 3 Or, valour. 4 Heb. to the heart of : 3 Or, he. RUTH. 303 the bundles, and leave it, and let her glean, and rebuke her not. (17) So she gleaned in the field until even ; and she beat out that she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of bailey. (18) And she took it up, and went into the city : and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned : and she brought forth and gave to her that she had left after she was sufficed. (19) And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to-day? and where wroughtest thou ? blessed be he that did take knowl edge 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 Na omi 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 unto her, The man is nigh of kin unto us, 7 one of our near kinsmen. (21) And Ruth the Mo abitess said, Yea, he said unto me, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. (22) And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, and that they meet thee not in any other field. (23) So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley har vest and of wheat harvest ; and she dwelt with her mother in law. 3 And Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek 2rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? (2) And now is there not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor. (3) Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the threshing-floor : but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. (4) And it shall be, when he lieth clown, 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 3 sayest I will do. (6) And she went down unto the thresh ing-floor, and did according to all that her mother m law bade her. (7) And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn : and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. (8) And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was 4 afraid, and turned him self : and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. (9) And he said, Who art thou ? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid : spread therefore thy skirt over thine hand maid ; for thou art 5 a near kinsman. (10) And he said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my daughter : thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. (11) And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou sayest : for all the 6 city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman. (12) And now it is true that I am a 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 kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth : lie clown until the morning. (14) And she lay at his feet until the morning : and she rose up before one could discern another. For he said, Let it not be known that the woman came to 1 Or., one of them that hath the right to redeem for us. See Lev. xxv. 25. 2 Or, a resting place. „ B Another reading is, sayest unto me. 4 Or, startled. 3 Or, one that hath the right to redeem. Heb. goel. " Heb. gate. See ch. iv. 1, 11. 304 EUTH. the threshing-floor. (15) And he said, Bring the mantle that is upon thee, and hold it ; and she held it : and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her : and 1he went into the city. (16) And when she came to her mother in law, she said, 2 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 gave he me ; for he 3 said, Go not empty unto thy mother in law. (18) Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not rest, until he have finished the thing this day. 4 Now Boaz went up to the gate, and sat him down there : and, behold, the 4 near kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by ; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one ! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. (2) And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. (3) And he said unto the near kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's : (4) and I thought to 'disclose it unto thee, saying, Buy it before them that sit here, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it : but if 6 thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know : for there is none to redeem it beside thee ; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it. (5) Then said Boaz, What clay thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moa bitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. (6) And the near kinsman said, I can not redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance : take thou my right of redemption on thee ; for I cannot redeem it. (7) Now this was the custom in for mer time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, for to confirm all things ; a man drew off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor : and this was the manner of attestation in Israel. (8) So the near kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thyself. And he drew off his shoe. (9) And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elim elech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi. (10) Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place : ye are wit nesses this day. (11) And all the peo ple that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The Lord make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel : and 7 do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Beth-lehem: (12) and let thy house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman. (13) So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife ; and he went in unto her, and the Lord gave her conception, and she bare a son. (14) And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a near kinsman, and let his name be famous in Israel. (15) And he shall be unto thee a restorer of life, and a nourisher of thine old age : for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him. (16) And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her 7 Or, according to some> ancient authorities, she went. 2 Or, How hast thou fared. 3 Another reading is, said to me. * See ch. ii 20. 3 Heb. uncover thine ear. 3 So many ancient authorities. The printed Hebrew text has, he will. 7 Or, get thee wealth or power. BUTH. 305 bosom, and became nurse unto it. (17) And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Na omi ; and they called his name Obed : he is the father of 1 Jesse, the father of David. (18) Now these are the generations of Perez : Perez begat Hezron ; (19) and Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Am minadab ; (20) and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat 2 Salmon ; (21) and Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed ; (22) and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. 1 Heb. Ishai. ' Heb. Salrnah, THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL, 1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Epbraimite : (2) and he had two wives ; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah : and Peninnah had chil dren, but Hannah had no children. (3) And this man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests unto the Lord, were there. (4) And when the day came that Elkanah sac rificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, por tions : (5) but unto Hannah he gave 1 a double portion : for he loved Hannah, but the Lord had shut up her womb. (6) And her rival provoked 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 provoked her ; therefore she wept, and did not eat. (8) And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Hannah, why weepest thou ? and why eatcst thou not ? and why is thy heart grieved ? am not I better to thee than ten sons? (9) So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon his seat by the door post of the temple of the Lord. (10) And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore. (11) And she vowed a vow, and said, 0 Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and re member me, and not forget thine hand maid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid 2 a man child, then I will give him unto 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, but her voice was not heard : therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. (14) And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken ? put away thy wine from thee. (15) And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit : I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I poured out my soul before the Lord. (16) Count not thine handmaid for 3 a daughter of 4 Be lial : for out of the abundance of my com plaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto. (17) Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace : and the God of Israel grant thy petition that thou hast asked of him. (18) And she said, Let thy servant find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her coun- 1 The Sept. reads, a single portion, because she had no child; howbeit Elkanah loved &c. 3 Or, a wicked woman, 4 That is, worthlessness, 306 2 Heb. seed of men. I. SAMUEL. 307 tenance was no more sad. (19) And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the Lord, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah : and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife ; and the Lord remembered her. (20) And it came to pass, when the time was come about, that Hannah conceived, and bare a son ; and she called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the Lord. (21) And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. (22) But Hannah went not up ; for she said unto her husband, J will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord, and there abide for ever. (23) And El kanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good ; tarry until thou have weaned him ; only the Lord establish his word. So the woman tarried and gave her son suck, until she weaned him. (24) And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with 'three bullocks, and one ephah of meal, and a 2 bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh : and the child was young. (25) And they slew the bullock, and brought the child to Eli. (26) And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, 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 I also have 3 granted him to the Lord ; as long as he liveth he is granted to the Lord. And 4 he wor shipped the Lord there. 2 And Hannah prayed, and said : My heart exulteth in the Lord, Mine horn is exalted in the Lord : My mouth is enlarged over mine ene mies ; Because I rejoice in thy salvation. (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 knowledge, 5 And by him actions are weighed. (4) The bows of the mighty men are broken, And they that stumbled are girded with strength. (5) They that were full have hired out themselves for bread ; And they that were hungry 6have ceased : Yea, the barren hath borne seven ; And she that hath many children lan- guisheth. (6) The Lord killeth, and maketh alive : He bringeth down to 7 the grave, and bringeth up. (7) The Lord maketh poor, and mak eth rich : He bringeth low, he also lifteth up. (8) He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, He lifteth up the needy from the dung hill, To make them sit with princes, And 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 8 holy ones, But the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness ; For by strength shall no man prevail. (10) They that strive with the Lord shall be broken to pieces ; 7 The Sept. and Syriao have, a bullock of three years old. * Or, skin. 3 Or, lent. ' According lo several ancient authorities, they. " According to another reading, Though actions be not weighed. « Or, have rest. 7 Heb. Slieol. s Or, godly ones. Another reading Is, holy one. 308 I. SAMUEL. Against them shall he thunder in heaven : The Lord shall judge the ends of the earth ; And he shall give strength unto his king, And exalt the horn of his anointed. (11) And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the Lord before Eli the priest. (12) Now the sons of Eli were l sons of 2 Belial ; 3 they knew not the Lord. (13) And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man of fered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand ; (14) and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot ; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took 4 therewith. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israel ites that came thither. (15) Yea, before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest ; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. (16) And if the man said unto him, They will surely burn the fat s pres ently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth ; then 6 he would say, Nay, but thou shalt give it me now : and if not, I will take it by force. (17) And the sin of the young men was very great before the Lord : for 7 men abhorred the offering of the Lord. (18) But Samuel ministered before the Lord, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. (19) Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. (20) And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The Lord give thee seed of this woman efor the loan which was lent to the Lord. And they went unto their own home. (21) 9And the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord. (22) Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and how that they lay with the women that 10 did service at the door of the tent of meeting. (23) And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings from all this people. (24) Nay, my sons ; for it is no good report11 that I hear: ye make the Lord's people to transgress. (25) If one man sin against another, 12 God shall judge him : but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the Lord would slay them. (26) And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the Lord, and also with men. (27) And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Did I reveal myself unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt 13in bondage to Pharaoh's house? (28) 14And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to 15 go up unto mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? 16and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire? (29) Wherefore "kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation ; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? (30) Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and 7 Or, wicked men. 3 That Is, worthlessness. 8 Or, they knew not the Lord, nor the due of the priests from the people. When any man <£c. 4 Some ancient authorities read, for himself. 3 Or, first. " Another reading is, he would say unto him, Thou aie. ' Or, the men despised. 3 Or, for the petition which was asked for the Lord. ' The Heb. has, For. 70 See Ex. xxxviii. 8. 71 Or, which I hear the Lord's people do spread abroad. " Or, the judge. 73 Or, in Pharaoh's house. )4 Or, And I chose. " Or, offer upon. 70 Or, and gave. " Or, trample ye upon ¦ . . and upon. I. SAMUEL. 309 the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever : but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me ; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. (31) Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house. (32) And thou shalt behold 1the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which 67ocZ shall give Israel : and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever. (33) 2And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart : •and all the increase of thine house shall die 3in the flower of their age. (34) And this shall be the sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas ; in one day they shall die both of them. (35) And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do accord ing to that which is in mine heart and in my mind : and I will build him a sure house ; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever. (36) And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread. 3 And the child Samuel ministered unto the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was 4 precious in those days ; there was no 5open vision. (2) And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, (now his eyes had begun to wax dim, that he could not see,) (3) and the lamp of God was not yet gone out, and Samuel was laid down to sleep, in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was ; (4) that the Lord called Samuel : and he said, Here am I. (5) And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I ; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not ; he down again. And he went and lay down. (6) And the Lord called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I ; for thou calledst me. And he an swered, I called not, my son ; lie down again. (7) Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, neither was the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him. (8) And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I ; for thou call edst me. And Eli perceived that the Lord had called the child. (9) There fore Eli said unto Samuel, 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 his place. (10) And the Lord came, and stood, and called as at other times,, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel said, Speak; for thy servant 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 heareth it shall tingle. (12) In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken con cerning his house, from the beginning even unto the end. (13) For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons 6 did bring a curse upon themselves, and he restrained them not. (14) And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be 7 purged with sacrifice nor offering forever. (15) 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. 1 Or, an adversary in my habitation. 2 Or, Yet will I not cut off every man of thine from mine altar, lo con sume Sc. * Heb. when they be men. The Sept. has, by the sword of men. * Or, rare. 3 Or, frequent. Heb. widely spread. 3 The Sept. has, speak evil of God. "> Or, expiated. 310 I. SAMUEL. And he said, Here am I. (17) And he said, What is the thing that the Lord hath spokeu unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me : God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he spake unto thee. (18) And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the Lord : let him do what seemeth him good. (19) 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 knew that Samuel was established to be a 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. 4 And the word of Samuel came to all Is rael. Now Israel went out against the Phil istines to battle, and pitched beside 7Eb- en-ezer : and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. (2) And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel : and when 2they joined battle, Israel was smit ten before the Philistines : and they slew of the 3 army in the field about four thou sand men. (3) And when the people were ¦come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the band of our enemies. (4) So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which 4 sitteth upon the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. (5) And when the ark of the covenant of 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 afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us ! for there hath not been such a thing here tofore. (8) Woe unto us ! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? these are the gods that smote the Egyptians with all manner of 5 plagues in the wilderness. (9) Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, Oye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you : ¦ quit yourselves like men, and fight. (10) And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man to his tent : and there was a very great slaughter ; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. (11) And the ark of God was taken ; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. (12) And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the 6army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. (13) And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon his seat 7by the way side watching : for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came, into the city, and told it, all the city cried out. (14) And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man hasted, and came and told Eli. (15) Now Eli was ninety and eight years old ; and his eyes were 8 set, that he could not see. (16) And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the 6 army, and I fled to-day out of the And he said, How went the matter, my son? (17) And he that brought the tidings answered and said, army. 7 See ch. vii. 12. 2 Or, the battle was spread. 3 Heb. array. 4 Or, dwelleth between. 0 Heb. array. 7 The Sept. has, beside the gate, watching the way. 3 See 1 Kings xiv. 4. 3 Heb. smiting. I. SAMUEL. 311 Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken. (18) And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off his seat back ward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died : for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Is rael forty years. (19) And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered : and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her hus band were dead, she bowed herself and brought forth ; 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 brought forth a son. But she answered not, nei ther did she regard it. (21) And she named the child : Ichabod, 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. 5 Now the Philistines had taken the ark of God, and they brought it from Eben- ezer unto Ashdod. (2) And the Philis tines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. (3) And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen 2upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord. 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 2upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord ; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands lay cut off upon the threshold ; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. (5) Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ash dod, unto this day. (6) But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he de stroyed them, and smote them with 3 tu mours, 4even Ashdod and. the borders thereof. (7) And when the men of Ash dod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us : for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. (8) They sent there fore and gathered all the lords of the Phil istines 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 Lord was against the city with a very great discomfiture : and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and tumours brake out upon them. (10) So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. (11) They sent there fore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it slay us not, and our people : for there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city ; the hand of God was very heavy there. (12) And the men that died not were smitten with the tumours : and the cry of the city went up to heaven. 6 And the ark of the Lord was in the 5 country of the Philistines seven months6. 7 That is, There is no glory. 2 Or, before it. 3 Or, plague boils. As read by the Jews, emerods. 4 The Sept. has instead, and in the midst ofthe land thereof mice were brought forth, and there was a great and deadly de struction in the city. « Heb. field. • The Sept. adds, and their land swarmed with mice. 312 I. SAMUEL. (2) And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? shew us wherewith we shall send it to its place. (3) And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty ; but in any wise return him a l guilt offering : then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you. (4) Then said they, What shall be the guilt offering which we shall return to him ? And they said, Five golden tumours, and five gold en mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines : for one plague was on 2you all, and on your lords. (5) Wherefore ye shall make images of your tumours, and images of your mice that mar the land ; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel : peradventure he will lighten his haud from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. (6) Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pha raoh hardened their hearts? when he had 3 wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let 4 the people go, and they departed? (7) Now therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them : (8) and take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a guilt offering, in a coffer by the side thereof ; and send it away, that it may go. (9) And see, if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil : but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us ; it was a chance that happened to us. (10) And the men did so ; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home: (11) and they put the ark of the Lord upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumours. (12) And the kine took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh ; they went along 5 the high way, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left ; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh. (13) And they of. Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley : and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. (14) And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, aud stood there, where there was a great stone : and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered up the kine for a burnt offering unto the Lord. (15) And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone : and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the Lord. (16) And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. (17) And these are the golden tumours which the Philistines returned for a guilt offering unto the Lord ; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one ; (18) and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities and of country villages : even unto the great 6 stone, whereon they set down the ark of the Lord, which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite. (19) 7And he smote of the men of Beth- shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he smote of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand 7 Or, trespass offering. 2 Heb. them. 3 Or, made a mock of. 4 Heh. them. ° Heb. one raised way. " So the Sept. and Targum. The Hebrew text has, Abel (that is, a meadow). i The Sept. has, And the sons of Jeconiah rejoiced not among the men of Beth-shemesh, because they saw the ark ofthe Lord; and he smote among them seventy men, and fifty thousand men. I. SAMUEL. 313 men : and the people mourned, because the Lord had smitten the people with a great slaughter. (20) And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before the Lord, this Holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us ? (21) And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the Lord ; come ye down, and fetch it up to you. 7 And the men of Kiriath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in 7the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord. (2) And it came to pass, from the day that the ark abode in Kiriath-jearim, that the time was long ; for it was twenty years : and all the house of Israel 2 lamented after the Lord (3) And Sam uel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your heart, then put away the strange gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and3 prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only : and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. (4) Then the children of Israel did put away the Baalim and the Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only. (5) And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray for you unto the Lord. (6) And they gathered to gether to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before the Lord, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. Arid Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah. (7) And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered to gether to Mizpah, the lords of the Philis tines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. (8) And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease, not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. (9) And Samuel took a suck ing lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt offering unto the Lord : and Samuel cried unto the Lord for Israel ; and the Lord answered him. (10) And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Phil istines drew near to battle against Israel : but the Lord thundered with a great 4 thunder on that day upon the Philis tines, and discomfited them ; and they were smitten down before Israel. (11) And the men of Israel went out of Miz pah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth- car. (12) Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called the name of it 5 Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. (13) So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more within the border of Israel : and the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. (14) And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath ; and the border thereof did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines . And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. (15) And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. (16) And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpah ; and he judged Israel in all those places. (17) And his return was to Ramah, for there was his house ; and there he judged Israel : and he built there an altar unto the Lord. 8 And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. (2) Now the name of his firstborn was Joel ; and the name of his second, Abijah : they were judges in Beer-sheba. (3) And his sons walked flot in his ways, but turned aside after 7 Or, Gibeah. ; Or, was drawn together. s Or, direct. 4 Heb. voice. B That is, The stone of help. 314 I. SAMUEL. lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgement. (4) Then all the elders of Israel gath ered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah : (5) and they said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways : now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. (6) But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the Lord. (7) And the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee : for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not be king over them. (8) According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. (9) Now therefore hearken unto their voice : howbeit thou shalt pro test solemnly unto them, and shalt shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. (10) And Samuel told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a king. (11) And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you : he will take your sons, and appoint them unto him, 1for his chariots, and to be his horsemen ; and they shall run before his chariots : (12) and he will appoint them unto him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties ; and he will set some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instru ments of war, and the instruments of his chariots. (13) And he will take your daughters to be 2 confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. (14) And he will take your fields, and your vine yards, and your olive-yards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. (15) And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his 3 officers, and to his servants. (16) And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest 4 young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. (17) He will take the tenth of your flocks : and ye shall be his servants. (18) And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you ; and the Lord will not answer you in that day. (19) But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of- Samuel ; and they said, Nay ; but we will have a king over us ; (20) that we also may be like all the nations ; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. (21) And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the Lord. (22) And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city. 9 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of 5 valour. (2) And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a 6 young man and a goodly : and there was not among the children of Israel a good lier person than he : from his shoulders and upward he was higher 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 of the ser vants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses. (4) And he passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they found them not : then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of 1 Or, over his chariots, and over his horses. 2 Or, perfumers. See Ex. xxx. 25. Sept. has, herds. 5 Or, wealth. 3 Or, choice. — Or, eunuchs. 4 The I. SAMUEL. 315 the Benjamites, but they found them not. (5) When they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come and let us return ; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. (6) And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is a man that is held in honour ; all that he saith cometh surely to pass : now let us go thither ; per adventure he can tell us concerning our journey whereon we go. (7) Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man ? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God : what have we? (8) And the servant an swered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver : that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. (9) (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, Come and let us go to the seer : for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) (10) Then said Saul to his ser vant, Well said ; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was. (11) As they went up the ascent 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 thee : make haste now, for he is come to-day into the city ; for the people have a sacrifice to-day in the high place : (13) as soon as ye be come into 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, because he doth bless the sacrifice ; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up ; for at this time ye shall find him. (14) And they went up to the city ; and as they came within the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. (15) Now the Lord had 1 revealed unto Samuel a day before Saul came, saying, (16) To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Ben jamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be 2 prince over my people Israel, and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines : for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. (17) And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord 3said unto him, Behold the man 4 of whom I spake to thee ! this same shall have authority over my people. (18) Then Saul drew near to Samuel 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 in the morning I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. (20) And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And 5for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for thee, and for all thy father's house? (21) And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the small est of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the 6 tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou to me after this manner? (22) And Samuel took Saul and his ser vant, and brought them into the guest- chamber, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons. (23) And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. (24) And the cook took up the 7 thigh, 7 Heb. uncovered the ear of Samuel. 2 Or, leader. 3 Heb. answered him. 4 Or, of whom I said unto " 6 Or, on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all <&c.t » Heb. tribes. thee, This same &c 7 Or, shoulder. 316 I. SAMUEL. and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which hath been reserved ! set it before thee and eat ; because unto the appointed time hath it been kept for thee, 1 for I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. (25) And when they were come clown from the high place into the city, 2he communed with Saul upon the house top. (26) And they arose early : and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Sam uel, abroad. (27) As they were going down at the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still at this time, that I may cause thee to hear the word of God. 10 Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not that the Lord hath anointed thee to be prince over his inheritance ? (2) When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre, in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah ; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found : and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and taketh thought for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? (3) Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the 3oak of Tabor, and there shall meet thee there three men going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a 4 bottle of wine : (4) and they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread ; which thou shalt receive of their hand. (5) After that thou shalt come to 5the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines : and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a timbrel, and a pipe, and a harp, before them ; and they shall be prophesying: (6) and the spirit of the Lord will come mightily upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. (7) And 6 let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, 7that thou do as occasion serve thee ; for God is with thee. (8) And thou shalt go clown before me to Gilgal ; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings : seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come unto thee, and shew thee what thou shalt do. (9) And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God8 gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day. (10) And when they came thither to 5 the hill, behold, a band of prophets met Mm ; and the spirit of God came mightily upon him, and he prophesied among them. (11) And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish ? Is Saul also among the prophets? (12) And one of the same place answered and said, And who is their father ? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the proph ets? (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 7 Heo. saying. 2 The Sept. has, they spread a couch for Saul on the housetop, and he lay down. And it came ¦o pass dec. 3 Or, terebinth. 4 Or, skin. 3 Or, Gibeah. ° Heb. it shall come to pass, that when these signs <&c. 7 Heb. do for thee as thine hand shall find. 3 Heb. turned. /. SAMUEL. 317 when we saw that they were not found, we came to Samuel. (15) And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. (16) And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But con cerning the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not. (17) And Samuel called the people together unto the Lord to Mizaph ; (18) and he said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you : (19) but ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saveth you out of all your calami ties and your distresses ; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands. (20) So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken. (21) And he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families, and the family of the Matrites was taken1 : and Saul the son of Kish was taken ; but when they sought him, he could not be found. (22) There fore they asked of the Lord further, 2Is there yet a man to come hither ? 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 was 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 peo ple shouted, and, said 3God save the king. (25) Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in 4 a book, and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. (26) And Saul also went to his house to Gibeah ; and there went with him the 5 host, whose hearts God had touched. (27) But cer tain 6 sons of 7 Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. 8 But he held his peace. 11 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh-gilead : and all the men of Jabesh said unto Na hash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. (2) And Nahash the Ammonite said unto them, On this con dition will I make it with you, that all your right eyes be put out ; and I will lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. (3) And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the borders of Israel : and then, if there be none to save us, we will come out to thee. (4) Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and spake these words in the ears of the people : and all the people lifted up their voice, and wept. (5) And, behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field ; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep ? And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh. (6) And the spirit of God came mightily upon Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly. (7) And he took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, say ing, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And 9 the dread of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out as one man. (8) And he numbered them in Bezek ; and the children of Israel 1 The Sept. adds, and the family of the Matrites was brought near man by man. 2 Or, Is the man yet come hither? 3 Heb. Let the king live. * Or, the. 3 Or, men of valour. 3 Or, base fellows. 7 That is, worth lessness. 3 Or, But he was as though he had been deaf. The Sept. has, And it came to pass after about a month , that Nahash &c. 9 Or, a terror from the Lord. 318 I. SAMUEL. were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. (9) And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabesh- gilead, To-morrow, by the time the sun is hot, ye shall have deliverance. And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh ; and they were glad. (10) There fore the men of Jabesh said, To-morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. (11) And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies ; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Am monites 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 not a' man be put to death this day : for to-day the Lord hath wrought 1 deliverance in Israel. (14) Then said Samuel to the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. (15) And all the people went to Gilgal ; and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gil gal ; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord ; and there Saul and all the men of Israel re joiced greatly. 12 And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. (2) And now, behold, the king walketh before you : and I am old and grayheaded ; and, be hold, my sons are with you : and I have walked before you from my youth unto this day. (3) Here I am : witness 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 oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a 2 ransom 3 to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. (4) And they said, Thou has not defrauded us, nor op pressed us, neither hast thou taken aught 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 aught in my hand. And they said, He is witness. (6) And Samuel said unto the people, It is the Lord that 4 appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. (7) Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before the Lord concerning all the right eous 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, who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place. (9) But they forgat the Lord their God, and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, 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 the Baalim and the Ashtaroth : but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. (11) And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, and 5Bedan, aud Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled in safety. (12) And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay, but a king shall reign over us : when the Lord your God was your king. (13) Now therefore behold the 7 Heb. salvation. 2 Or, bHbe. shoes? answer against me and I will &c. 3 Or, that I should hide mine eyes at him. The Sept. has, even apair of See Ecclus. xlvi. 19. * Or, made. 3 Some ancient authorities read, Barak . I. SAMUEL. 319 king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have asked for : and, behold, the Lord hath set a king over you. (14) If ye will fear the Lord, and serve him, and hearken unto his voice, and not rebel against the command ment of the Lord, ' and both ye and also the king that reigneth over you be fol lowers of the Lord your God, well: (15) but if ye will not hearken unto the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the com mandment of the Lord, then shall the hand of the Lord be against you, 2as it was against your fathers. (16) Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which the Lord will do before your eyes. (17) Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the Lord, that he may send thunder and rain ; and ye shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king. (18) So Samuel called unto the Lord ; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day : and ail 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) And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not : ye have indeed done all this evil : yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart; (21) 3and 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 forsake his people for his great name's sake : because it hath pleased the Lord to make you a people unto himself. (23) Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you : but I will instruct you in the good and the right way. (24) Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. (25) But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be con sumed, both ye and your king. 13 Saul was [4 thirty'] years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned two years over Israel. (2) And Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the mount of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin : and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. (3) And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, say ing, Let the Hebrews hear. (4) And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Phil istines. And the people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal. (5) And the Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude : and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, east ward of Beth-aven. (6) When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in 5 holds, and in 6 pits. (7) Now some of the He brews had gone over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead ; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people fol lowed him trembling. (8) And he tarried seven clays, accord ing to the set time that Samuel had ap pointed : but Samuel came not to Gilgal ; and the people were scattered from him. (9) And Saul said, Bring hither the burnt * 7 Or, then shall both ye . . . the Lord your God: but t&c. 2 The Sept. has, and against your king. 3 The Sept. has, and turn ye not aside after the vanities which &c. * The Hebrew text has, Saul ivas a year old. The whole verse is omitted in tbe unrevieed Sept., but in a later recension the number thirty is inserted, 3 Or, holes. 0 Or, cisterns. 320 I. SAMUEL. offering to me, and the peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. (10) And it came to pass that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt of fering, behold, Samuel came ; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might J sa lute him. (11) Aud Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou earnest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Mich mash; (12) therefore said I, Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Gilgal, and I have not intreated the favour of the Lord : I forced myself therefore, and of fered the burnt offering. (13) And Sam uel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly : thou hast not kept tbe commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee : for now would the Lord have es tablished thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. (14) But now thy kingdom shall not con tinue : the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath appointed him to be prince over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee. (15) And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men. (16) And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Geba of Benjamin : but the Phil istines encamped in Michmash. (17) And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies : one com pany turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual : (18) and another company turned the way to Beth- horon : aud another company turned the way of the border that looketh down upon the valley of Zeboim toward the wilder ness. (19) Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel : for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears : (20) but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock; (21) 2yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes ; and to set the goads. (22) So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jona than : but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. (23) And the garrison of the Philistines went out unto the pass of Michmash. 14 Now it fell upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come and let us go over to the Philistines' gar rison, that is on yonder side. But he told not his father. (2) And Saul abode in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron : and the people that were with him were about six hundred men ; (3) and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. (4) And between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side : and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. (5) The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba. (6) And Jonathan said to the youug man that bare his armour, Come and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircum cised : it may be that the Lord will work 7 Or, bless. 2 Or, when the edges of the mattocks and of the axes were blunt. The Hebrew text is obscure. I. SAMUEL. 321 for us : for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few. (7) And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart : turn thee, behold I am with thee . according to thy heart. (8) Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto the men, and we will dis cover ourselves unto them. (9) If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you ; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. (10) But if they say thus, Come up unto us ; then we will go up : for the Lord hath deliv ered them into our hand : and this shall be the sign unto us. (11) And both of them discovered themselves unto the gar rison of the Philistines : and the Philis tines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. (12) And tbe men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jon athan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me : for the Lord hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. (13) And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him : and they fell before Jonathan ; and his armourbearer slew them after him. (14) And that first slaughter, which Jon athan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were l half a furrow's length in an acre of land. (15) And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the peo ple ; the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled : and the earth quaked ; so there was 2an exceeding great trembling. (16) And the watchman of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked ; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went hither and thither. (17) Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his ar mourbearer were not there. (18) And Saul said unto Ahijah, 3 Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was there at that time 4 with the children of Israel. (19) And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the tu mult that was in the camp of the Philis tines went on and increased : and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand. (20) And Saul and all the people that were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle : and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. (21) Now the Hebrews that were with the Phil istines as beforetime, which went up with them 5 into the camp 6from the country round about ; even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan. (22) Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in the hill country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also fol lowed hard after them in the battle. (23) So the Lord saved Israel that day : and the battle passed over by Beth-aven. (24) And the men of Israel were dis tressed that day : but Saul adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until it be evening, and I be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted food. (25) And all 7 the people came into the forest ; and there was honey upon the ground. (26) And when the people were come unto the forest, behold, 8 the honey dropped : but no man put his hand to his mouth ; for the people feared the oath. (27) But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath : where fore he put forth the end of the rod that 7 Or, half an acre of land. 2 Heh. a trembling of God. 3 The Sept. has, Bring hither the ephod. Eor he wore the ephod at that time before Israel. * Heb. and. ° Or, in the camp, round about. c The Sept. has, they also turned to be &c. 7 Heb. the land. " Or, a stream of honey. 322 I. SAMUEL. was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth ; and his eyes were enlightened. (28) Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth food this day. And the people were faint. (29) Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land : see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. (30) How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to-day of the spoil of their ene mies which they found ? 7 for now hath there been no great slaughter among the Philistines. (31) And they smote of the Philistines that day from Michmash 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 peo ple 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, Ye have dealt treacherously : roll a great stone unto me this day. (34) And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the peo ple, 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) And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. (37) And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day. (38) And Saul said, Draw nigh hither, all ye 2 chiefs of the people : and know and see where in this sin hath been this day. (39) For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him. (40) Then said he unto all Israel, 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, the God of Israel, 3 Shew the right. And Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot: but the people escaped. (42) And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. (43) Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jona than told him, and said, I did certainly taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand ; and, lo, I must die. (44) And Saul said, God do so and more also : for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. (45) And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation 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 this day. So the people 4 rescued Jonathan, that he died not. (46) Then Saul went up from following the Philistines : and the Philis tines went to their own place. (47) Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Am mon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philis tines : and whithersoever he turned him- 7 Or, for had there not been now a much greater slaughter &c? 4 Heb. ransomed. 2 Heb. corners. 3 Or, Give a perfect lot. I. SAMUEL. 323 self, a he vexed them. (48) And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. (49) Now the sons of Saul were Jon athan, and Ishvi, and Malchi-shua : and the names of his two daughters were 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) 2And Kish was the father of Saul ; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel. (52) And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul : and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he 3took him unto him. 15 And Samuel said unto Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel : now there fore hearken thou unto the voice of the "words of the Lord. (2) Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I 4 have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt. (3) Now go and smite Amalek, and 5 utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not ; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. (4) And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hun dred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. (5) And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and 6laid wait in the valley. (6) And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them : for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites de parted from among the Amalekites. (7) And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before 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 fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not 5 utterly destroy them : but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. (10) Then came the word of the Lcrd unto Samuel, saying, (11) It re- penteth me that I have set up Saul to be king : for he is turned back from follow ing me, and hath not performed my com mandments. And Samuel was wroth ; and he cried unto the Lord all night. (12) And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning ; and it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, be hold, he set him up a 7 monument, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. (13) And Samuel came to Saul : and Saul said unto him, Blessed 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 Amalekites : for the peo ple spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God ; and the rest we have 8 utterly de stroyed. (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, 9 Though thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the 7 Or, he put them to the worse. The Sept. has, he was victorious. 2 According to some ancient authorities, And .Kish the father of Saul and Ner . . . were the sons of Abiel. 3 Heb. gathered. 4 Or, will visit. 3 Heb. devote. 'G Or, strove. 7 Heb. hand. 3 Heb. devoted. 9 Or, Though thou be little . . . art thou not head ofthe tribes of .Israel? 324 I. SAMUEL. Lord anointed thee king over Israel ; (18) and the Lord sent thee on a jour ney, 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, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst that which was evil in the sight of the Lord? (20) And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have Utterly destroyed the Amalekites. (21) But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice 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 2 witchcraft, and stubbornness is as 3 idolatry and 4 teraphim. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king. (24) And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned : for I have transgressed the com mandment 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 worship the Lord. (26) And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not re turn 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 about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his robe, and it rent. (28) And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. (29) And also the 5 Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent : for he is not a man, that he should repent. (30) Then he said, I have sinned : yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the Lord thy God. (31) So Samuel turned again after Saul ; and Saul worshipped the Lord. (32) Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him 6 delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. (33) And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal. (34) Then Samuel went to Ramah; 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 ; 7 for Samuel mourned for Saul : and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel. 16 And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, see ing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth- lehemite : for I have provided me a king among his sons. (2) And Samuel said, How can I go? 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 sacrifice, 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 the Lord spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, Comest thou peaceably? (5) And he said, Peaceably : I am come to sacrifice unto the Lord : sanctify your- 7 Heb. devoted. 3 Or, cheerfully. 2 Heb. divination. 7 Or, but. 3 Or, iniquity. * See Gen. xxxi. 19, 34. ; Or, Victory. Or, Glory. I. SAMUEL. 325 selves, 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 x Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before him. (7) But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature ; because I have rejected 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 Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this. (9) Then Jesse made 2 Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this. (10) And Jesse made sev en of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these. (11) And Sam uel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy chil dren ? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him : for we will not sit 3 down till he come hither. (12) And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal 4 of a beautiful counte nance, and goodly to look upon. 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 mightily upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. (14) Now the spirit of the Lord had departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord 5 troubled him. (15) And Saul's servants 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 the harp : and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. (17) And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. (18) Then answered one of the young men, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty man of valour, and a man of war, and 6 prudent in 7 speech, and a comely per son, and the Lord is with him. (19) Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. (20) And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a 8 bot tle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. (21) And David came to Saul, and stood before him : and he loved him greatly ; and he became bis 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 the harp, and played with his hand : so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. 17 Now the Philistines gathered to gether their armies to battle, and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. (2) And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched in the vale of 9 Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. (3) And the Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the moun tain on the other side : and there was a valley between them. (4) And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, 1 In 1 Chr. xxvii. 18, Elihu. 2 In 2 Sam. xiii. 3, Shimeah. In 1 Chr. ii. 13, Shimea. 3 Heb. around. 4 Heb. fair of eyes. 3 Or, terrified. ' Or, skilful. ' Or, business. 3 Or, skin. ' Or, the terebinth. 326 I. SAMUEL. whose height was six cubits and a span. (5) And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was clad 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 ' javelin of brass between his shoulders. (7) And the 2 staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam ; and his spear's head iceighed six hundred shekels of iron : and his shield-bearer went before him. (8) And he stood and cried unto the 3 armies iof Israel, and said unto 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 him come down to me. (9) If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants : but if I prevail against 'him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. (10) And the Philistine said, I 4 defy the armies of Israel this day ; give me a man, that we may fight together. (11) And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. (12) 5Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse ; and he had eight sons : and the man was an old man in the clays of Saul, stricken in years among men. (13) And the three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle : and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Sham mah. (14) And David was the young est: and the three eldest followed Saul. (15) Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth lehem. (10) And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. (17) And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to thy brethren; (18) and bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thou sand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. (19) Now Saul, and the}', and all the men of Israel, 6 were in the vale of Elah, fighting with the Phil istines. (20) And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him ; and he came to the 7 place of the wagons, as the host which was going forth to the 8 fight shouted for the battle. (21) And Israel and the Philis tines put the battle in array, army against army. (22) And David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and sa luted his brethren. (23) And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words : and David heard them. (24) And all the men of Israel, when 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 up ? surely to 4 defy Israel is he come up : and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. (2G) 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 Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should 4 defy the armies of the living God? (27) And the people an swered him after this manner, saying, So 1 The Sept. and Vulgate have, target. 2 Or, according to another reading, blade. 8 Heb. ranks, and in vv. 10, 21, 22, 2il, sc. J Or, reproach. * The Sept. omits vv. 12-31 and 56-ch. xviii. 5. » Or, are. 7 Or, barricade. 6 Or, battle ground. I. SAMUEL. 327 shall it be done to the man that killeth him. (28) And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men ; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness ? I know thy pride , and the naughtiness of thine heart ; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. (29) And David said, What have I now done ? l Is there not a cause? (30) And he turned away from him toward another, and spake after the same manner : and the people answered him again after the former manner. (31) And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul ; and he sent for him. (32) And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail 2 because of him ; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. (33) And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him : for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. (34) And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep ; 3 and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock, (35) I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth : and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. (36) Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear : and this un circumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath 4 defied the armies of the living God. (37) And David said, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto Da vid, Go, and the Lord shall be with thee. (38) And Saul clad David with his ap parel, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail. (39) And David girded his sword upon his apparel, and he assayed to go ; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these ; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. (40) And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the 5 brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his scrip ; and his sling was in his hand : and he drew near to the Philis tine. (41) And the Philistine came on- and drew near unto David ; and the man that bare the shield went before him. (42) And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him : for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair countenance. (43) And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves ? And the 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) Then said Da vid to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin : but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, which thou bast 4 defied. (46) This clay will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand ; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from off thee ; and I will give the carcases of the host of tbe Philistines this clay unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth ; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel : (47) and that all this assembly may know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear : for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hand. (48) And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the 1 Or, Was it not but a word? 2 Or. within him. 3 Or, and there came a lion and a bear . out &c. 4 Or, reproached. 3 Or, torrent bed. and I went 328 I. SAMUEL. army to meet the Philistine. (49) And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead ; and the stone sank into his forehead, and be fell upon his face to the earth. (50) So Da vid prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him ; but there was no sword in the hand of David. (51) Then David ran, and stood over the Phil istine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw that their l champion was dead, they fled. (52) And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou comest to 2 Gai, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to 3 Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron. (53) And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their camp. (54) And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jeru salem ; but he put his armour in his tent. (55) And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth ? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. (56) And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. (57) And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. (58) And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man ? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth- lehemite. 18 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speak ing unto Saul, that the soul of Jona than was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. (2) And Saul took him that clay, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. (3) Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. (4) And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his apparel, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. (5) And David 4 went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and 5 behaved himself wisely : and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants. (6) And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the 6 Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with 7 instruments of music. (7) And the women 8sang one to another in their play, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands. (8) And Saul was very wroth, and this saying displeased him ; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but 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 mor row, that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he 9 prophesied in the midst of the house : and David played with his hand, as he did clay by clay : and Saul had his spear in his hand. (11) And Saul cast the spear ; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall. And David avoided out of his presence twice. (12) And Saul was afraid of David, be cause the Lord was with him, and was 1 Or, mighty man, him, he &c. ° Or, answered one another ;nn. 2 The Sept. has, Gath. 3 Or, the two gates. 4 Or, went out; whithersoever Saul sent Or, prospered. « Or, Philistines. ' Or, triangles. Or, three-stringed instruments. " Or, hfv 0 Or. rnverl. 9 Or, raved. I. SAMUEL. 329 departed from Saul. (13) Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand ; and he went out and came in before the people. (14) And David 7 behaved himself wisely in all his ways ; and the Lord was with him. (15) And when Saul saw that he behaved him self very wisely, he stood in awe of him. (16) But all Israel and Judah loved Da vid ; for he went out and came in before them. (17) And Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, 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 him. (18) And David said unto Saul, Who am I, and 2what 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 daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meho- lathite to wife. (20) And Michal Saul's daughter loved David : and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. (21) And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this clay be my son in law a second time. (22) And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with Da vid secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his ser vants love thee : now therefore be the king's son in law. (23) And Saul's ser vants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said,' Seemeth it to you a light thing to be the king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed ? (24) And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David. (25) And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. Now Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Phil istines. (26) And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law. And the days were not expired ; (27) and David arose and went, he and bis men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men ; and David brought their foreskins, 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 was with David ; and Michal Saul's daughter loved him. (29) And Saul was yet the more afraid of David ; and Saul was David's enemy continually. (30) Then the princes of the Philis tines went forth : and it came to pass, as often as they went forth, that David 3 be haved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul ; so that his name was much 4 set by. 19 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David. (2) But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David. And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to slay thee : now there-, fore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself : (3) and I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee ; and if I see aught, 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 his servant, against David ; be cause he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good : (5) for he put Or, prospered. Or, who are my kinsfolk. 3 Or, prospered more than. 4 Heb. precious. 330 I. -SAMUEL. his life in his hand, and smote the Philis tine, aud the Lord wrought a great * vic tory for all Israel : thou sawest it, and didst rejoice : wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David with out a cause? (6) And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan : and Saul sware, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be put to death. (7) And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as be foretime. (8) And there was war again : and Da vid went out, and fought with the Philis tines, and slew them with a great slaughter ; and they fled before him. (9) And2 an evil spirit from the Lord was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand ; and David played with his hand. (10) And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the spear ; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall : and David fled, and es caped that night. (11) And Saul sent mes sengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning : and Mi chal 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 the window : and he went, and fled, and escaped. (13) And Michal took the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a 3 pillow of goats' hair at the head thereof, and covered it with the clothes. (14) And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. (15) And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. (16) And when the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the 3 pillow of goats' hair at the head thereof. (17) And Sanl said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me thus, and let mine enemy go, that he is escaped ? And Mi chal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go ; why should I kill thee ? (18) Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had clone to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. (19) And it was told Saul, saying, Be hold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. (20) And Saul sent messengers to take David : and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel stand ing as head over them, the spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. (21) And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied. (22) Then went he also to Ramah, and came to 4the great 5well that is in Secu : and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah. (23) And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah : and the spirit of God came upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. (24) And he also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and 6lay clown naked all that clay and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? 20 And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jona than, What have I done? what is mine iniquity ? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life? (2) And he said unto him, God forbid ; thou shalt not die : behold, my father doeth nothing either great or small, but that he 7 disclos- eth it unto me : and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so. (3) And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father knoweth well that I have found grace in thine eyes ; and he saith, Let not 7 Fleb. salration. 2 Or, the spirit ofthe Lord was evil toward S'ml. 3 Or, guilt. Or, network. 4 The Sept. has, the well ofthe threshing-floor that is &c. h Or, cistern. 3 Or, fell. 7 Heb. uncooereth mine ear. I. SAMUEL. 331 Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved : but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. (4) Then said Jonathan unto David, a Whatsoever thy soul 2desir- eth, I will even do it for thee. (5) And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat : but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even. (6) If thy father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city : for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family. (7) If he say thus, It is well ; thy ser vant shall have peace : but if he be wroth, then know that evil is determined by him. (8) Therefore deal kindly with thy ser vant ; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee : but 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 should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? (10) Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly? (11) 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, The Lord, the God of Israel, be witness; when I have sounded my father about this time to-morrow, or the third day, behold, if there be good toward David, shall I not then send unto thee, and disclose it unto thee ? (13) The Lord do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do thee evil, if I disclose it not unto thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace : and the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father. (14) And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the Lord, that I die not: (15) but also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever : no, not when the Lord hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. (16) So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, say ing, And the Lord shall require it at the hand of David's enemies. (17) And Jon athan caused David to swear again, 3 for the love that he had to him : for he loved him as he loved his own soul. (18) Then Jonathan said unto him, To morrow is the new moon : and thou shalt be missed,, because thy seat will be 4 emp ty. (19) And when thou hast stayed three days, thou shalt go down 5 quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself 6when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by 7 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 the lad, saying, Go, find the arrows. If I say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee : take 8them, and come ; for there is peace to thee and 9no hurt, as the Lord liveth. (22) But if I say thus unto the boy, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee : go thy way ; for the Lord hath sent thee away. (23) And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord is 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 upon the seat by the wall ; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul's side : but David's place was empty. (26) Nevertheless Saul spake not any 1 Or, What doth thy soul desire, that I should do it for thee? 2 Heb. saith. 3 Or. by his love toward him. " Heb. missed. ° Heb. greatly. 3 Heb. in the day of the business. See ch. xix. 2. 7 Or, as read by the Sept., this mound. 3 Or, him. e Heb. not any thing. 332 I. SAMUEL. thing that day : for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean ; surely he is not clean. (27) And it came to pass on the morrow after the new moon, ichich was the second day, that David's place was empty : and Saul said unto Jona than his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to-day? (28) And Jonathan an swered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem : (29) and he said, Let me go, I pray thee ; for our fam ily hath a sacrifice in the city ; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there : and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he is not come unto the king's table. (30) Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of a per verse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame, and unto the shame of thy mother's nakedness ? (31) For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be stablished, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he 1 shall surely die. (32) And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore should he be put to death? (33) what hath he done ? And Saul cast his spear at him to smite him : whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to put David, to death. (34) So Jona than arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second clay of the month : for he was grieved for David, be cause his father had clone him shame. (35) And it came to pass in the morn ing, that Jonathan went out into the field 2 at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him. (36) And he said unto his lad, Run, find now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow 3 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 gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. (39) But the lad knew not any thing : only Jonathan and David knew the matter. (40) And Jonathan gave his weapons unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. (41) And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose 4out 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 wept one with another, until David exceeded. (42) And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord shall be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed, for ever. 5 And he arose and de parted : and Jonathan went into the city. 21 Then came David to Nob to Abime lech the priest : and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee? (2) And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business where about I send thee, and what I have com manded thee : and I have appointed the young men to such and such a place. (3) Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or whatsoever there is present. (4) And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is holy bread ; if only the young men have kept themselves from women. (5) And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth 7 Or, is worthy to die. Heb. /v a son of dfdth. 2 Or, to the place. 3 Heb. making it pass overh from beside the South. Or, as read by the Sept., from beside the mound. 3 In Heb. Ch. xxi. begins nn.here. 4 Ileb. I. SAMUEL. 333 women have been kept from us about these three days ; when I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, 1 though it was but a common journey ; how much more then to-day shall their vessels be holy? (6) So the priest gave him holy 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 servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord ; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the 2 chief est of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. (8) And David said unto Ahim elech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have nei ther 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 vale of 3Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth be hind the ephod : if thou wilt take that, take it : for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that ; give it me. (10) And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. (11) And the ser vants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land ? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands ? (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 behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and ''scrab bled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. (14) Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad : wherefore then have ye brought him to me? (15) Do I lack mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence ? shall this fellow come into my house ? 22 David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam : and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. (2) And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was 5 discontented, gathered themselves unto him ; and he became captain over them : and there were with him about four hundred 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 king of Moab ; and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold. (5) And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not iu the hold ; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then Da vid departed, and came into the forest of Hereth. (6) And Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him : now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree 6 in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him. (7) And Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites ; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, will he make you all cap tains of thousands and captains of hun dreds ; (8) that all of you have conspired against me, and 7 there is none that dis- closeth to me when my son maketh a league with the son of Jesse, and there 7 Or, and it may be used as common bread,* and especially since to-day it will be holy in respect of their vessels. 2 Or, mightiest. 3 Or, the terebinth. 4 Or, made marks. 5 Heb. bitter of soul. 6 Or, on the height. 7 Or, there was none that disclosed, it to me when my son made &c. 334 I. SAMUEL. is none of }tou that is sorry for me, or dis- closeth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? (9) Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which 1 stood by the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. (10) And he inquired of the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. (11) Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob : and they came all of them to the king. (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 me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? (14) Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who among all thy servants is so faithful as David, which is the king's son in law, and is taken into thy council, and is hon ourable in thine house ? (15) Have I to day begun to inquire of God for him ? be it far from me : let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father : for thy servant knoweth nothing of all this, less or more. (16) And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house. (17) And the king said unto the 2 guard that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord ; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and did not dis close it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the Lord. (18) And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and he slew on that day four score and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. (19) And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen and asses and sheep, with the edge of the sword. (20) And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. (21) And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain the Lord's priests. (22) And David said unto Abi athar, I knew on that clay, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul : I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house. (23) Abide thou with me, fear not ; for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life : for with me thou shalt be in safeguard. 23 And they told David, saying, Be hold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors. (2) Therefore David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines ? And the Lord said unto Da vid, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. (3) And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah : how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philis tines? (4) Then David inquired of the Lord yet again. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah ; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand. (5) And David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and slew them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. (6) And it came to pass, when Abia thar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. (7) And it was told 7 Or, teas set over. 2 Heb. runners. I. SAMUEL. 335 Said that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath x delivered him into mine hand ; for he is shut in, by en tering into a town that hath gates and bars. (8) And Saul summoned all the people to war, to go clown to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. (9) And David knew that Saul devised mischief against him ; aud he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. (10) Then said David, O Lord, the God of Israel, thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. (11) Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy ser vant hath heard? O Lord, the God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come clown. (12) Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver up 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 Keilah, 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 in the wilder ness in the strong holds, and remained in the hill country 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 wilderness of Ziph in 2the wood. (16) And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into 2the wood, and strength ened 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 knoweth. (18) And they two made a covenant before the Lord: and David abode in 2the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. (19) Then came up the Zipbites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in the strong holds in 2the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of 3 the desert? (20) Now therefore, O king, come down, according to all the desire of thy soul to come down ; and our part shall be to deliver him up into the king's hand. (21) And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the Lord ; for ye have had compassion on me. (22) Go, I pray you, make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his 4 haunt is, and who hath seen him there : for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly. (23) See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me 5of a certainty, and I will go with you : and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the 6 thousands of Judah. (24) And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul : but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the 7 Arabah on the south of 3the desert. (25) And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David : wherefore he came down to the rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. (26) And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain : and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul ; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them. (27) But there came a messen ger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come ; for the Philistines have made a raid upon the land. (28) So Saul re turned from pursuing after David, and 7 Heb. alienated him. The Sept. has, sold. 2 Or, Horpsh. 3 Or, Jeshimon. certainty. Or, to a set place. » Or, families. ' See Deut. i. 1. 4 Heb. foot. 3 Or, with the 336 I. SAMUEL. went against the Philistines : therefore they called that place 1 Sela-hammahle- koth. (29) 2And David went up from thence, and dwelt in the strong holds of En-gedi. 24 And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philis tines, that it was told him, saying, Be hold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi. (2) Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. (3) And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave ; and Saul went in to cover his feet. Now David and his men were 3 abiding in the innermost parts of the cave. (4) And the men of David said unto him, Behold, the clay of which the Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, and thou shalt do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily. (5) And it came to pass after ward, that David's heart smote him, be cause he had cut off Saul's skirt. (6) And he said unto his men, The Lord for bid that I should do this thing unto my lord, the Lord's anointed, to put forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the Lord's anointed. (7) So David checked his men with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. (8) David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and did obei sance. (9) And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearkenest thou to men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh 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 kill thee : but mine eye spared thee ; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord ; for he is the Lord's anointed. (11) Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand : for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee, though thou 4 huntest after 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, Out of the wicked cometh forth wicked ness : but mine hand shall not be upon thee. (14) After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. (15) The Lord therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and 5 deliver me out of thine hand. (16) And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David ? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. (17) And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I : for thou hast rendered unto me good, whereas I have rendered unto thee evil. (18) And thou hast de clared this day how that thou hast dealt well with me : forasmuch as when the Lord had delivered me up into thine hand, thou killedst me not. (19) For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the Lord reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day. (20) And now, behold, I know that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established iu thine hand. (21) Swear now therefore unto me by the Lord, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after ine, and that thou wilt 7 That is, The rock of divisions or escape. waitfor. G Heb. give sentence for me. 2 In Heb. ch. xxiv. hegins here. 3 Or, sitting. 4 Or, luyest I. SAMUEL. 337 not destroy my name out of my father's house. (22) And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home ; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold. 2 5 And Samuel died ; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and la mented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. (2) And there was a man in Maon, whose 1 possessions were in Carmel ; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats : and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. (3) Now the name of the man was Na- bal ; and the name of his wife Abigail : and the woman was of good understand ing, and of a beautiful countenance : but the man was churlish and evil in his doings ; and he was of the house of Caleb. (4) And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. (5) And David sent ten young men, and David said uuto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name : (6) and2 thus shall ye say 3 to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both unto thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast. (7) Aud now I have heard that thou hast shearers : thy shepherds have now been with us, and we 4 did them no hurt, neither was there aught missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel. (8) Ask thy young men, and they will tell thee : wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes ; for we come in a good day : give, I pr-ay thee, whatso ever cometh to thine hand, unto thy ser vants, 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 5 ceased. (10) And Nabal answered David'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 6 flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men of whom I know not whence they be ? (12) So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words. (13) And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword ; and David also girded on his sword : and there went up after David about four hun dred men ; and two hundred abode by the stuff. (14) But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilder ness to 7 salute our master ; and he 8 flew upon them. (15) But the men were very good unto us, and we were not 9hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields : (16) they were a wall unto us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. (17) Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do ; for evil is de termined against our master, and against all his house : for he is such a 10 son of 11 Belial, that one cannot speak to him. (18) Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two 12 bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five« Treasures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hun dred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. (19) And she said unto her young men, Go on before me ; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. (20) And it was so, as she rode on her ass, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that, behold, 7 Or, business was. 5 Or, thus shall ye say, All hailt and peace be unto thee i&c. 3 The Vulgate has, to my brethren. * Heb. put them not to shame. c Or, remained quiet. 3 Heb. slaughter. 7 Heb. bless. 3 Or, railed on. B Heb. put to shame, 10 Or, base fellow. 71 That is, worthlessness. u Or, skins. 338 I. SAMUEL. David and his men came down against her; and she met them. (21) Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilder ness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him : and he hath returned me evil for good. (22) God do so ' unto the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light 2 so much as one man child. (23) And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off her ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground. (24) And she fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me be the iniquity : and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine ears, and hear thou the words of thine handmaid. (25) Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this 'man of 4 Belial, even Nabal ; for as his name is, so is he ; 5 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. (26) Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee 8 from bloodguiltiness, and from ''aven ging thyself with thine own hand, now therefore let thine enemies, and them that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. (27) And now this 8 present which thy servant hath brought unto my lord, let it be given unto the young men that follow my lord. (28) Forgive, I pray thee, the trespass of thine handmaid : for the Lord will cer tainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fighteth the battles of the Lord ; and evil shall not be found iu thee all thy days. (29) And though man be risen up to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul, yet the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of 9 life with the Lord thy God ; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as from the hollow of a sling. (30) And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken con cerning thee, and shall have appointed thee prince over Israel; (31) that this shall be no ,0 grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, H either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself : and when the Lord shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid. (32) And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, which sent thee this clay to meet me : (33) and blessed be thy la wisdom, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from blood- guiltiness, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. (34) For in very deed, as the Lord, the God of Israel, liveth, which hath withholden me from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light so much as one man child. (35) So David received of her hand that which she had brought him : and he said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house ; see, I have heark ened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person. (36) And Abigail came to Nabal ; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken : wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morn ing light. (37) And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. (38) And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died. (39) And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that 7 The Sept. has, unto Darid. 2 Heb. any that pisseth againstthe. wall. " Or, base fellow. 4 That is, worth lessness. 6 That is, Fool. ° Heb. from coming into blood. 7 Heb. thine own hand 'sailing thee. 8 Heb. bless ing. » Or, the living. 7» Heb. cause of staggering. u Or, so that thou shouldest shed dtc. 72 Or, discretion. I. SAMUEL. 339 hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept back his servant from evil : and the evil- doing of Nabal hath the Lord returned upon his own head. And David sent and 1 spake concerning 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 hath sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife. (41) And she arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, Behold, thine handmaid is 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 hers that followed her ; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife. (43) David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel ; and they became both of them his wives. (44) Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to 2Palti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim. 26 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before 3 the desert ? (2) Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Is rael with him, to seek David in the wil derness of Ziph. (3) And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before 3 the desert, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. (4) David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come 4 of a cer tainty. (5) And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched : and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay within the s place of the wagons, and the people pitched round about him. (6) Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, broth er to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp ? And Abi shai said, I will go down with thee. (7) So David and Abishai came to the people by night : and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the 5 place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head : and Abner and the people lay round about him. (8) Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered up thine enemy into thine hand this clay : now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not smite him the second time. (9) And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not : for who can put forth his hand against the Lord's anointed, and be guiltless? (10) And David said, As the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him ; 6 or his day shall come to die ; or he shall go clown into battle, and perish. (11) The Lord for bid that I should put forth mine hand against the Lord's anointed : but now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water, and let us go. (12) So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's head ; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake : for they were all asleep ; because a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them. (13) Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain afar off ; a great space being be tween them : (14) and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, say ing, 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 Israel ? wherefore then hast thou not kept watch over thv lord the king? for there came 7 P»e Cant. viii. S.| 2 In 2 Sam. iii. 15, Pa/tlel. ch. xxiii. 23. 3 Or, barricade. « Or, either. 3 Or, Jeshimon, See ch. xxiii. 19, 4 Or, to a set place. See 340 I. SAMUEL. 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 7 worthy to die, because ye have not kept watch over your lord, the Lord's anointed. And now, see, where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head. (17) And Saul knew Da vid's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. (18) And he said, Wherefore doth my lord pursue after his servant ? for what have I clone ? 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 it be the Lord that hath stirred thee up against me, let him 2 accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before the Lord ; for they have driven me out this day that I should 3 not cleave unto the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods. (20) Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the Lord : for the king of Israel is come out to seek 4 a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. (21) Then said Saul, I have sinned : return, my son David : for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day : behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. (22) And David an swered and said, Behold 5 the spear, O king 1 let then one of the young men come over and fetch it. (23) And the Lord shall render to every man his righteous ness and his faithfulness : forasmuch as the Lord delivered thee into my hand to day, and I would not put forth mine hand against the Lord'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 Lord, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. (25) Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David : thou shalt both do mightily, and shalt surely prevail. So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place. 27 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul : there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines ; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel : so shall I escape out of his hand. (2) And David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men that were with him, unto Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath. (3) And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreel- itess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife. (4) And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath : and he sought no more again for him. (5) And David said unto Achish, If now I have found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the 6 country, that I may dwell there : for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee? (6) Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day : wherefore Zik- lag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. (7) And the number of the days that David dwelt in the 6 country of the Philis tines was a full year and four months. (8) And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the 7 Girzites, and the Amalekites : for those nations were the inhabitants of the land, 8 which were of old, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. (9) And David smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the 7 Heh. .sons of death. 2 Heb. smell. reading is,' the king's spear. fl Heb. field. from Telam. 3 Or, have no share in. 4 The Sept. has, my life. ' Another ' Another reading is, Gizrites. 3 Some copies of the Sept. have, I. SAMUEL. 341 sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel ; and he re turned, and came to Achish. (10) And Achish said, 1 Whither have ye made a raid to-day? And David said, Against the South of Judah, and against the Sputh of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites. (11) And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so hath been his manner all the while he hath dwelt in the 2 country of the Philistines. (12) And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him ; therefore he shall be my ser vant for ever. 28 And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their 3 hosts together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me in the host, thou and thy men. (2) And David said to Achish, Therefore thou shalt know what thy servant will do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever. (3) Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had famil iar 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 trembled greatly. (6) And when Saul in quired 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 hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-clor. (8) And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night : and he said, Divine unto me, I pray thee, by the familiar spirit, and bring me up whomsoever I shall name unto thee. (9) And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits,- and the wizards, out of the land : wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? (10) And Saul sware to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, there shall no 4 punishment happen to thee for this thing. (11) Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee ? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. (12) And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice : and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul. (13) And the king said unto her, Be not afraid : for what seest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I see 5a god coming up out of the earth. (14) And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up ; and he is covered with a robe. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and did obeisance. (15) And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up ? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed ; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams : therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. (16) And Samuel said, Where fore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and 6is be come thine adversary? (17) And the 7 So some ancient authorities. Others read, Against whom. 2 Heb. field. 3 Heb. camps. 4 Or, guilt come upon thee. » Or, gods. 3 The Sept. has, is on the side of thy neiglibour. 342 I. SAMUEL. Lord hath1 wrought for himself, as he spake by me : and the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David. (18) Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, and didst not execute his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day. (19) Moreover the Lord will deliver Is rael also with thee into the hand of the Philistines : and to-morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me : the Lord shall de liver the host of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines. (20) Then Saul fell straightway his full length upon the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel : and there was no strength in him ; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. (21) And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Be hold, thine handmaid hath hearkened unto thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me. (22) Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine 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 re fused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, con strained him ; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. (24) And the woman had a fatted calf in the house ; and she hasted, and killed it ; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof : (25) and she brought it before Saul, and before his servants ; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night. 29 Now the Philistines gathered to gether all their hosts to Aphek : and the Israelites pitched by the fountain which is in Jezreel. (2) And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands : and David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish. (3) Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Phil istines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul 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 away unto me unto this day ? (4) But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him ; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us : for where with should this fellow reconcile himself unto his lord? should it not be with the heads of these men? (5) Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands ? (6) Then Achish called David, and said unto him, As the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight : for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day : nevertheless the lords fa vour thee not. (7) Wherefore now re turn, and go in peace, that you displease not the lords of the Philistines. (8) And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been be fore thee unto this clay, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king? (9) And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philis- 7 Or, done unto him. Some ancient authorities read, done unto thee. I. SAMUEL. 343 tines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. (10) Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of thy lord that are come with thee : and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. (11) So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. 30 Aud it came to pass, when David and bis men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire ; (2) and had taken captive the women and cdl that were therein, both small and great : they slew not any, but carried them off, and went their way. (3) And when David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire ; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. (4) Then David and the people that were with him lifted up then- voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. (5) And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. (6) And David was greatly distressed ; for the people spake of stoning him, be cause the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters : but David strengthened himself in the Lord his God. (7) And David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abia thar brought thither the ephod to David. (8) And David inquired of the Lord, say ing, i If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue : for thou shalt surely overtake them, and shalt without fail recover all. (9) So David went, he and the six hun dred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. (10) But David pur sued, he and four hundred men : for two hundred stayed behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor : (11) and they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat ; and they gave him water to drink : (12) and they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins ; and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him : for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. (13) And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou ? and whence art thou ? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite ; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. (14) We made a raid upon the South of the Cherethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon the South of Caleb ; and we burned Ziklag with fire. (15) And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this troop. (16) And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad over all the ground, eating and drinking, and feasting, 2 because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philis tines, and out of the land of Judah. (17) And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next clay : and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels and fled. (18) And David recov ered all that the Amalekites had taken : and David rescued his two wives. (19) And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor 7 Or, Shall I pursue. 2 Or, amidst. 344 I. SAMUEL. daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them : David brought back all. (20) And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. (21) And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to abide at the brook Besor : and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him : and when David came near 1 to the people, be s saluted them. (22) Then answered all the wicked men and 3 men of 4 Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart. (23) Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my breth ren, with that which the Lord hath given unto us, who hath preserved us, and deliv ered the troop that came against us into our hand. (24) And who will hearken unto you in this matter ? for as his share is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his share be that tarrieth by the stuff : (25) they shall share alike. And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute 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, even to his friends, saying, Be hold a 5 present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the Lord ; (27) to them which were in Beth-el, and to them which were in Ramoth of the South, 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 were in Racal, and to tbem which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites ; (30) and to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in 6Cor- 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. 31 7 Now the Philistines fought against Israel : and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down 8 slain in mount Gilboa. (2) And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons ; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and 9Abinadab, and Malchi- shua, the sons of Saul. (3) And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him ; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers. (4) Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, aud thrust me through there with ; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and 10 abuse me. But his armourbearer would not ; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it. (5) And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him. (6) So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together. (7) And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were beyond Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled ; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.(8) And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mouut Gilboa. (9) And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Pbil- 1 Or, with. 2 Or, asked them of their welfare. 3 Or, base fellows. 4 That is. blessing. ° According to many MSS. and versions, Bor-ashan. 7 See 1 Chr. x. 1-12. ch. xiv, 49, Ishvi. 70 Or, make a mock of me. worthlessness. B Heb. 8 Or, wounded. 9 la I. SAMUEL. 345 istines round about, to carry the tidings unto the house of their idols, and to the people. (10) And they put his armour in the house of the Ashtaroth : and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth- shan. (11) And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard concerning him that which the Philistines had done' to Saul, (12) all the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sous from the wall of Beth-shan ; and they came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. (13) And they took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. THE SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL 1 And it came to pass after the death (10) So I stood * beside him, and slew of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of tbe Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag ; (2) it came even to pass on the third clay, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head : and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. (3) And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. (4) And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And , he answered, The people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead ; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. (5) And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead ? (6) And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear ; and, lo, the chariots and the horsemen followed hard after him. (7) And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I. (8) And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite. (9) And he said unto me, Stand, I pray thee, Vesicle me, and slay me, for 2 anguish hath taken hold of me ; because my life is yet whole in me. him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen : and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. (11) Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them ; and likewise all the men that were with him : (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 ; because they were fallen by the sword. (13) And 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 unto him, How wast thou not afraid to put forth thine hand to destroy the Lord's anointed? (15) And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and faU 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 against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord's anointed. (17) And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son : (18) and he bade them teach the children of Judah the song of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of " Jashar. (19) 4Thy glory, O Israel, is slain upon thy high places 1 1 Or, over. 2 Or, 3 Or, The Upright. * Or, The gazelle. //. SAMUEL. 347 How are the mighty fallen ! (20) Tell it not in Gath, Publish it not in the streets of Ashke- lon; Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. (21) Ye mountains of Gilboa, Let there be no dew nor rain upon you, neither fields of offerings : For there the shield of the mighty was 1 vilely cast away, The shield of Saul, 2 not anointed with oil. (22) From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan turned not back, And the sword of Saul returned not empty. (23) Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, And in their death they were not di vided ; They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions. (24) Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, Who clothed you in scarlet " delicately, Who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel. (25) How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle ! 4 Jonathan is slain upon thy high places. (26) I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan : Very pleasant hast thou been unto me : Thy love to me was wonderful, Passing the love of women. (27) How are the mighty fallen, And the weapons of war perished ! 2 And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the Lord said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. (2) So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Abinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. (3) And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his house hold : and they dwelt in the cities of He bron. (4) And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, The men of Jabesh-gilead were they that buried Saul. (5) And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him. (6) And now the Lord shew kind ness and truth unto you : and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing. (7) Now therefore let your hands be strong, and be ye valiant : for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them. (8) Now Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, had taken 5Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; (9) and he made him king over Gilead, and over the 6Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. (10) (Ish-bosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years . ) But the house of Judah followed David. (11) And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. (12) And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. (13) And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met 7 Or, defiled. 2 Or, as of one not anointed. 3 Heb. with delights viii. 33, ix. 39, Bshbaal. 3 The Vulgate and Syriac have, Geshurites. 4 Or, 0 Jonathan, slain <&c. 3 In 1 Chr. 348 //. SAMUEL. 1 them by the pool of Gibeon ; and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. (14) And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men, I pray thee, arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. (15) Then they arose and went over by number ; twelve for Benjamin, and for Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. (16) And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fel low's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called 2 Helkath- hazzurim, which is in Gibeon. (17) And the battle was very sore that day ; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. (18) And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel : and Asahel was as light of foot 3as a wild roe. (19) And Asahel pursued after Abner ; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. (20) Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Is it thou, Asahel? And he answered, It is I. (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 * armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from fol lowing of him. (22) And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me : wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother? (23) Howbeit he refused to turn aside : where fore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him in the belly, that the spear came out behind him ; and he fell down there, and died in the same place : and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still. (24) But Joab and Abi shai pursued after Abner : and the sun went clown when they were come to the hill of Amman, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. (25) And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and be came one band, and stood on the top of an hill. (26) Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall 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 liveth, 6if thou hadst not spoken, surely then 6 in the morning the people had gone away, nor followed every one his brother. (28) So Joab blew the trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more. (29) And Abner and his men went all that night through the Arabah ; and they passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and came to Mahanaim. (30) And Joab returned from following Abner : and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel. (31) But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died. (32) And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepul chre of his father, which was in Bethle hem. And Joab and his men went all night, and the day brake upon them at Hebron. 3 Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David : and David waxed stronger and stronger, but the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. (2) And unto David were sons born in Hebron : and his firstborn was Amnon, of Abinoam the Jezreelitess ; (3) and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal tbe Carmelite ; and the third, Ab- 7 Heb. them together. 2 That is, The field ofthe sharp knives. 3 Heb. as one ofthe roes that are in the field. 4 Or, spoil. See Judg. xiv. 19. 3 See ver. 14. ° Heb. from the morning. II. SAMUEL. 349 salom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur ; (4) and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith ; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital ; (5) and the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron. (6) And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner xmade himself strong in the house of Saul. (7) Now Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah : and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine? (8) Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, Am I a dog' s head that belongeth to Judah ? This day do I shew kindness unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, and yet thou chargest me this day with 2 a fault con cerning this woman. (9) God do so to Abner, and more also, if, as the Lord hath sworn to David, I do not even so to him ; (10) to translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba. (11) And he could not answer Abner another word, because he feared him. (12) And Abner sent messengers to David son his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee. (13) And he said, Well ; I will make a league with thee : but one thing I require of thee, that is, thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face. (14) And David sent messen gers to Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, whom I be trothed to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines. (15) And Ish-bosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from 4Paltiel the son of Laish. (16) And her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return : and he returned. (17) And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, In times past ye sought for David to be king over you : (18) now then do it : for the Lord hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Phil istines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. (19) And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin : and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in He bron all that seemed good to Israel, and to the whole house of Benjamin. (20) So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast. (21) And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Is rael unto my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thy soul desir- eth. And David sent Abner away ; and he went in peace. (22) And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from 5 a foray, and brought in a great spoil with them : but Abner was not with David in Hebron ; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. (23) When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, aud he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. (24) Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Ab ner came unto thee ; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone ? (25) Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, 7 Or, shelved himself strong for. Palti. 3 Heb. the troop. 3 Or, the fault of this woman. 3 Or, where he was. 4 In 1 Sam. xxv. 44, 350 II. SAMUEL. that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest. (26) And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the 1 well of Sirah : but David knew it not. (27) And when Ab ner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there in the belly, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. (28) And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner: (29) let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house ; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth by the sword, or that lack- eth bread. (30) So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. (31) And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king Da vid followed the bier. (32) And they buried Abner in Hebron : and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner ; and all the people wept. (33) And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth ? (34) Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters : As a man falleth before the children of iniquity, so didst thou fall. And all the people wept again over him. (35) And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day ; but David sware, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or aught else, till the sun be down. (36) And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them : as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. (37) So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. (38) And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? (39) And I am this day weak, though anointed king ; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me : the Lord reward the wicked doer according to bis wickedness. 4 And when Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands became feeble, and all the Israel ites were troubled. (2) And Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, had two men that were cap tains of bands : the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Re- chab, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin : (for Beeroth also is reckoned to Benjamin : (3) and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and have been sojourners there until this day.) (4) Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came , of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled : and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he' fell, and became lame. And his name was 2 Mephibosheth. (5) And the sons of Rimmon the Bee rothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, as he took his rest at noon. (6) sAnd 4they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat ; and they smote him in the belly : and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. (7), Now when they came into the house, as he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, they smote 1 Or, cistern, 2 In 1 Chr. viii. 34, ix. 40, Meribbaal. 3 The Sept. has, And, behold, the woman that kept the door of the house zvas winnowing wheat, and she slumbered and slept ; and the brethren, Bechab and Baanah, went privily into the house. 4 Or, there came . . . men fetching wheat. //. SAMUEL. 351 him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and went by the way of the Arabah all night. (8) And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life ; and the Lord hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. (9) And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, (10) when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his tidings. (11) How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth? (12) And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their bauds and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron. 5 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. (2) In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was thou that leddest out and broughtest in Israel : and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be * prince over Israel. (3) So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron ; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord : and they anointed David king over Israel. (4) David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. (5) In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months : and in Jeru salem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. (6) 2 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land : which spake unto David, saying, 8 Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither : think ing, David cannot come in hither. (7) Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion ; the same is the city of David. (8) And David said on that day, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse, 4and smite the lame and the blind, 5that are hated of David's soul: Wherefore they say, 6 There are the blind and the lame ; he cannot come into the house. (9) And David dwelt in the strong hold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. (10) And David waxed greater and greater ; for the Lord, the God of hosts, was with him. (11) 'And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons : and they built David an house. (12) And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had ex alted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake. (13) And David took him more concu bines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron : and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. (14) And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem ; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, (15) and Ibhar, and Elishua ; and Nepheg, and Japhia ; (16) and Eli- shama, and 8 Eliada, and Eliphelet. (17) And when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over 7 Or, leader. 2 See 1 Chr. xi. 4-9. 3 Or, Thou shalt not come in hither, but the blind and the lame shall turn thee away. 4 Or, and as for the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul— 5 Another reading is, that hate David's soul. G Or, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. 7 See 1 Chr. xiv. 1-16. 3 In 1 Chr. xiv. 7, Beeliada. 352 //. SAMUEL. Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David ; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. (18) Now the Philis tines had come and spread themselves iu the valley of Rephaim. (19) And David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up against tbe Philistines? wilt thou de liver them into mine hand ? And the Lord said unto David, Go up : for I will cer tainly deliver the Philistines into thine hand. (20) And David came to Baal-per- azim, and David smote them there ; and he said, The Lord hath J broken mine ene mies before me, like the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place 2Baal-perazim. (21) And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away. (22) And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. (23) And when David in- requid of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up : make a circuit behind them, and come upon them over against the c mulberry trees. (24) And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself : for then is the Lord gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. (25) And David did so, as the Lord commanded him ; and smote the Philistines from 4 Geba until thou come to Gezer. 6 5And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thou sand. (2) And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him, from Baale Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, 6 which is called by the Name, even the name of the Lord of hosts that 7 sitteth upon the cherubim. (3) And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abina- dab that was in 8 the hill : and Uzzah and Abio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart. (4) And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was in 8 the hill, with the ark of God : and Ahio went before the ark. (5) And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord 9with all manner of instruments made of 10fir wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with "castanets, and with cymbals. (6) And when they came to the threshing-floor of Nacon, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it ; for the oxen 12 stumbled. (7) And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah ; and God smote him there for his 18 error ; and there he died by the ark of God. (8) And David was displeased, because the Loed had broken forth upon Uzzah : and he called that place 14 Perez-uzzah, unto this day. (9) And David was afraid of the Lord that day ; and he said, How shall the ark of the Lord come unto me? (10) So David would not remove the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed- edom the Gittite. (11) And the ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months : and the Lord blessed Obed-edom, and all his house. (12) And it was told king David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that .pertaineth un to him, because of the ark of God. 16 And David went and brought up the ark of God from tbe bouse of Obed-edom into the city of David with joy. (13) And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling. (14) And David danced before the Lord with all his might ; and David was girded with a linen ephod. (15) So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with 7 Or, broken forth upon mine enemies. 2 That is, The place of breakings forth. 3 Or, balsam trees. * la 1 Chr. xiv. 16, Gibeon. B See 1 Chr. xiii. 5-14. « Heb. whereupon is called the Name. 7 Or, dwelleth between. 8 Or, Gibeah. 9 See 1 Chr. xiii. 8. 70 Or, cypress. 71 Or, sistra. 12 Or, were restive. Or, threw it down. 73 Or, rashness. " That is, The breach of Uzzah. 73 See 1 Chr. xv. 25-xvi. 3. II. SAMUEL. 353 shouting, and with the sound of the trum pet. (16) And it was so, as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord ; and she despised him in her heart. (17) And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it : and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. (18) And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts. (19) And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to every one a cake of bread, and a portion 1 of flesh, and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed every one to his house. (20) Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to-day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly un co vereth himself ! (21) And David said unto Michal, It was before the Lord, which chose me above thy father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of the Lord, over Israel : therefore will I play before the Lord. (22) And I will be yet more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight : but of the handmaids which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. (23) And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death. 7 2And it came to pass, when the king dwelt in his house, and the Lord had given him rest from all his enemies round about, (2) that the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. (3) And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart ; for the Lord is with thee. (4) And it came to pass the same night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying, (5) Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? (6) for I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. (7) In all places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel, spake I a word with 3 any of the tribes of Israel , whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, say ing, Why have ye not built me an house of cedar? (8) Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the 4sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ° prince over my people, over Israel : (9) and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee ; and I will make thee a great name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth. (10) And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more ; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first, (11) and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel ; and I 6 will cause thee to rest from all thine enemies. Moreover the Lord telleth thee that the Lord will make thee an house. (12) When thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. (13) He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the 7 Or, of wine. 0 Or, have caused. 2 See 1 Chr. xvii. 3 In 1 Chr. xvii. 6, any of the judges. 4 Or, pasture. 3 Or, leader. 354 27. SAMUEL. throne of his kingdom for ever. (14) I will be his father, and he shall be my son : if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men ; (15) but my mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away be fore thee. (16) And thine house and thy kingdom shall be made sure for ever before thee : thy throne shall be estab lished for ever. (17) According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. (18) Then David the king went in, and sat before the Lord ; and he said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far ? (19) And this was yet a small thing in thine eyes, O Lord God ; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come ; 1 and this too after the manner of men, O Lord God ! (20) And what can David say more unto thee? for thou knowest thy servant, O Lord God. (21) For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it. (22) Wherefore thou art great, O Lord God : for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, ac cording to all that we have heard with our ears. (23) 2And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and terri ble things for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods? (24) And thou clidst establish to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever ; and thou, Lord, becamest their God. (25) Aud now, 0 Lord God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, con firm thou it for ever, and do as thou hast spoken. (26) And let thy name be mag nified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is God over Israel : and the house of thy servant David shall be established before thee. (27) For thou, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, hast revealed to thy ser vant, saying, I will build thee an house : therefore hath thy servant 8 found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. (28) And now, .0 Lord God, thou art God, and thy words are truth, and thou hast promised this good thing unto thy ser vant : (29) now therefore 4let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee : for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it : and with thy blessing let the house of thy ser vant be blessed for ever. 8 6 And after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them : and David took 6 the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philis tines. (2) And he smote Moab, and meas ured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground ; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites be came servants to David, and brought pres ents. (3) David smote also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at ' the River. (4) And David took from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen : and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. (5) And when 8 the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah, David smote of 8 the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. (6) Then David put garrisons in 8 Syria of Damascus : and 8 the Syrians became servants to David, and brought presents. And the Lord 9gave victory to David whithersoever he went. (7) And 7 Or, and is this the law of man, 0 Lord God ? 2 Or alone in the earth &c. 3 Or, been bold. * Or, begin 7 Another reading is, the river Euphrates. 8 Heb. Aram, , And who is like thy people, like Israel, a nation that Is and bless. " See 1 Chr. xviii. « Or, Methegammah. 0 Or, saved David. //. SAMUEL. 355 David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. (8) And from 1 Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. (9) And when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, (10) then Toi sent 2 Joram his son unto king David, to s salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and smitten him : for Hadadezer 4had wars with Toi. And 6 Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass : (11) these also did king David dedicate unto the Lord, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued ; (12) of 6 Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. (13) And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of 8 the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men. (14) And he put garrisons in Edom ; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all the Edomites be came servants to David. And the Lord 7 gave victory to David whithersoever he went. (15) And David reigned over all Israel ; and David executed judgement and jus tice unto all his people. (16) And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host ; and Jehosha"phat the son of Ahilud was 8 recorder : (17) and Zadok the son of Ahi tub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests ; and Seraiah was e scribe ; (18) and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada 10 was over the Cherethites and the Peleth- ites ; and David's sons were n priests. 9 And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house 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 they called him unto David ; and the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he. (3) And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, 12 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) Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. (6) And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came unto David, and fell on his face, and did obeisance. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he an swered, Behold thy servant! (7) And David said unto him, Fear not : for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the IS land of Saul thy father ; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. (8) And he did obeisance, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am? (9) Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, All that pertained to Saul and to all his house have I given unto thy master's son. (10) And thou shalt till the land for him, thou, and thy sons, and thy servants ; and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have bread to eat : but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. (11) Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king commandeth his servant, so shall thy servant do. 14As for Mephibo sheth, said the king, he shall eat at my 7 In 1 Chr. xviii. 8, Tibhath. 2 In 1 Chr. xviii. 10, Hadoram. 3 Heb. ask him of his welfare. 4 Heb. ivas a man of wars. 3 Heb. in his hand were. 3 Heb. Aram. According to some ancient authorities, Edom, as in 1 Chr. xviii. 11, 12, Ps. Ix. title. 7 Or, saved David. 8 Or, chronicler. « Or, secretary. 7° So in ch. xx. 23, and 1 Chr. xviii. 17. The Hebrew text has, and the Cherethites &c. 71 Or, chief ministers. 72 See ch. iv. 4. 73 Heb. field. 74 Or, But Mephibosheth eateth &c. 356 II. SAMUEL. table, as one of the king's sons. (12) And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth. (13) So Mephibo sheth dwelt in Jerusalem : for he did eat continually at the king's table ; and he was lame on both his feet. 10 l And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. (2) And David said, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. So Da vid sent by the hand of his servants to comfort him concerning his father. And David's servants came < into the land of the children of Ammon. (3) But the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee ? hath not David sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to over throw it? (4) So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent tbem away. (5) When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them ; for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. (6) And when the children of Ammon saw that they were become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with a thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men. (7) And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. (8) And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the en tering in of tbe gate : and the Syrians of Zobah, and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. (9) Now when Joab saw that 2 the battle was set against him before and behind, 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 committed into the hand of 3 Abishai his brother, and he put them in array against the children of Ammon. (11) And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me :. but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee. (12) Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God : and the Lord do that which seemeth him good. (13) So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh unto the battle against the Syr ians : and they fled before him. (14) And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the- city. Then Joab returned from the chil dren of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. (15) And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they gathered themselves together. (16) And 4 Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syr- ians that were beyond the River : and they came to Helam, with Shobach the- captain of the host of Hadarezer at their- head. (17) And it was told David ; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him. (18) And the Syrians fled before Israel ; and David slew of the Syrians the men of seven hun dred chariots, and forty thousand horse men, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, that he died there. (19) And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians See 1 Chr. xix. 2 Heb. the face of ihe battle was against. a Heb. Abshai. i In ch. viii. 3, Hadadezer. II. SAMUEL. 357 feared to help the children of Ammon any more. 11 1And it came to pass, at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel ; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem.(2) And it came to pass at eventide, 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 bath ing ; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. (3) And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sbeba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? (4) And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her ; (for she was purified from her uncleanness ;) and she returned unto her house. (5) And the woman con ceived ; and she sent and told David, and said, I am with child. (6) And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hit tite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. (7) And when Uriah was come unto him, David asked of him how Joab did, and how the people fared, and how the war prospered. (8) And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash 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, Art thou not come from a journey? wherefore didst thou not go down unto thine house? (11) And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in booths ; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open field ; 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 3that day, and the morrow. (13) And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him ; and he made him drunk : and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the ser vants of his lord, but went not down to his house. (14) And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. (15) And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the 4 hot test battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. (16) And it came to pass, when Joab 6kept watch upon the city, that he assigned Uriah unto the place where he knew that valiant men were. (17) And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab : and there fell some of the people, even of the servants of David ; and Uriah the Hittite died also. (18) Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; (19) and he charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling all the things concerning the war unto, the king, (20) it shall be that, if the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore went ye so nigh unto the city to fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? (21) who smote Abimelech the son of B Jerubbesheth ? did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall, that he died at Thebez? why went ye so nigh the wall ? then shalt thou say, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. (22) So the messenger went, and came and shewed David all that Joab had sent him for. (23) And the messenger said 7 See 1 Chr. xx. 1. 2 Or, present from. 3 Or, that day. And on the morrow David called him, and he &c. * Heb. strong. 3 Or, observed. G In Judg. vi. 32, Jerubbaal. 358 II. SAMUEL. unto David, The men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the enter ing of the gate. (24) And the shooters shot at thy servants from off the wall ; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. (25) Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another : make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it : and encourage thou him. (26) And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she made lamentation for her hus band. (27) And when the mourning was past, David sent and took her home to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord. 12 And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city ; the one rich, and the other poor. (2) The rich man had ex ceeding many flocks and herds : (3) but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nour ished up : and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own morsel, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. (4) And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. (5) And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man ; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this is 1 worthy to die : (6) and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. (7) And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul ; (8) and I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah ; and if that had been too little, I would have added unto thee such and such things. (9) Where fore hast thou despised the word of the Lord, to do that which is evil in his sight ? thou hast smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. (10) Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from thine house ; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. (11) Thus saith the Lord, Be hold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with 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 sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin ; thou shalt not die. (14) Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. (15) And Nathan departed unto his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. (16) David therefore be sought 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 stood beside him, to raise him up from the earth: but he 7 Heb. a son of death. //. SAMUEL. 359 would not, neither did he eat bread with them. (18) -And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he hearkened not unto our voice : 1 how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? (19) But when David saw that his servants whispered together, David perceived that the child was dead : and David said unto his servants, Is the child dead ? And they said, He is dead. (20) Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel ; and he came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped : then he came to his own house ; and when he required they set bread before him, and he did eat. (21) Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done ? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive ; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. (22) And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who knoweth whether the Lord will not be gracious to me, that the child may live? (23) But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast ? can I bring him back again ? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. (24) And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and 2he called his name Solomon. And the Lord loved him ; (25) and he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he called his name 8 Jedidiah, for the Lord's sake. (26) 4 Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. (27) And Joab sent messen gers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, yea, I have taken the city of waters. (28) Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and en camp against the city, and take it : lest I take the city, and5 it be called after my name. (29) And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it. (30) And he took the crown of 6 their king from off his head; and the weight thereof was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones ; and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city, exceeding much. (31) And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them 7 under saws, and 7 under har rows of iron, and 'under axes of iron, and 8 made them pass through the 9 brick kiln : and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned unto Jerusa lem. 13 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sis ter, whose name was Tamar ; and Amnon the son of David loved her. (2) And Amnon was so vexed that he fell sick be cause of his sister Tamar ; for she was a virgin ; and it seemed hard to Amnon to do any thing unto her. (3) But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man. (4) And he said unto him, Why, O son of the king, art thou thus lean. 10 from day to day ? wilt thou not tell me ? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. (5) And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and feign thy self sick : and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and give me bread to eat, and dress the food in my sight, that I may sec it, and eat it at her 7 Or, how then shall we tell him that the child is dead, so that he do himself some harm ? 2 Another, reading is, she called. 3 That is, Beloved of Jah. 4 See 1 Chr. xx. 1-3. 3 Heb. my name be called upon it. e Or, Malcam. See Zeph. i. 5. i Or, to. 8 Or, with a slight change in the Hebrew text, made them labour at. 9 Or, brick- mould. 70 Heb. morning by morning. 360 II. SAMUEL. hand. (6) So Amnon lay down, and feigned himself sick : and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, Let my sister Tamar come, I pray thee, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand. (7) Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him food. (8) So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house ; and he was laid down. And she took dough, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes. (9) And she took the pan, and poured them out before him ; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him. (10) And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the food into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother. (11) And when she had brought them near unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister. (12) And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not 1 force me ; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel : do not thou this folly. (13) And I, whither shall I carry my shame? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king ; for he will not withhold me from thee. (14) Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice : but being stronger than she, he forced her, and lay with her. (15) Then Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatred ; for the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love where with he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone. (16) And she said unto him, 2Not so, because this great wrong in putting me forth is worse than the other that thou clidst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her. (17) Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. (18) And she had 3a garment of divers colours upon her : for with such robes were the king's daughters that were vir gins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. (19) And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her ; and she laid her hand on her head, and went her way, crying aloud as she went. (20) And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath4 Amnon thy brother been with thee ? but now hold thy peace, my sister : he is thy brother ; take not this thing to heart. So Tamar re mained desolate in her brother Absalom's house. (21) But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth. (22) And Absalom spake unto Amnon neither good nor bad : for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. (23) And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshear- ers in Baal-hazor, which is beside Eph raim : and Absalom invited all the king's sons. (24) And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy ser vant hath sheepshearers ; let the king, I pray thee, and his servants go with thy servant. (25) And the king said to Ab salom, Nay, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome unto thee. And he pressed him -. howbeit he would not go, but blessed him. (26) Then said Absa lom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee? (27) But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. (28) And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now, when Am non's heart is merry with wine ; and when 7 Heb. humble. 2 Or, Think not there is occasion for this great wrong in putting me forth, which is worse &c. 3 Or, a long garment with sleeves. 4 Heb. Aminon. II. SAMUEL. 361 I say unto you, Smite Amnon, then kill him, fear not : have not I commanded yon ? 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. (30) And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that the tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left. (31) Then the king arose, and rent his garments, and lay on the earth ; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent. (32) And Jonadab, the son of Shi- meah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men the king's sons ; for Amnon only is dead : for by the ap pointment of Absalom this hath been de termined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar. (33) Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead : for Amnon only is dead. (34) But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much peo ple by the way of the hill side behind him. (35) And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons are come : as thy servant said, so it is. (36) And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept : and the king also and all his servants wept I very sore. (37) But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai the son of 2 Ammihur, 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 Absalom : for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. 14 Now Joab the son of Zeruiah per ceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. (2) And Joab sent to Tekoa, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on mourning ap parel, I pray thee, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead : (3) and go in to the king, and speak on this man ner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth. (4) And when the woman of Tekoa spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, 0 king. (5) And the king said unto her, What aileth thee ? And she answered, Of a truth I am a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. (6) And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and killed him. (7) And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew, and so destroy the heir also : thus shall they quench my coal which is left, and shall leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the face of the earth. (8) And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee. (9) And the woman of Tekoa said unto the king, My lord, 0 king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house : and the king and his throne be guiltless. (10) And the king said, Who soever saith aught unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more. (11) Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the Lord thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the Lord liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. (12) Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word unto my lord 7 Heb. with a very great weeping. 2 Another reading is, Ammihud. 362 //. SAMUEL. the king. And he said, Say on. (13) And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou devised such a thing against the peo ple of God ? for in speaking this word the king is as one which is guilty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his ban ished one. (14) For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again ; neither doth God take away life, but deviseth means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him. (15) Now therefore seeing that I am come to speak this word unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid : and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king ; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant. (16) For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inherit ance of God. (17) Then thine handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be J comfortable : for as 2 an angel of God, so is my lord the king s to discern good and bad : and the Lord thy God be with thee. (18) Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, aught that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. (19) And the king said, Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this ? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right, hand or to the left from aught that my lord the king hath spoken : for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid : (20) to change the face of the matter hath thy ser vant Joab done this thing : and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of 2 an an gel of God, to know all things that are in the earth. (21) And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, 4 1 have done this thing : go therefore, bring the young man Absa lom again. (22) And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and did obeisance, and blessed the king : and Joab said, To-day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath performed the request of 6 his servant. (23) So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. (24) And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, but let him not see my face. So Absalom turned to his own house, and saw not the king's face. (25) Now in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty : from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blem ish in him. (26) And when he polled his head, (now 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 hair of his head at two hundred shek els, after the king's weight. (27) And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar : she was a woman of a fair countenance. (28) And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem ; and he saw not the king's face. (29) Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king ; but he would not come to him : and he sent again a second time, but he would not come. (30) There fore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there ; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's ser vants set the field on fire. (31) Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire? (32) And Absalom answered Joab, Be hold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it were better for me to be there still : now therefore let me see the king's face ; and if there be iniquity in me, let him kill me. (33) So Joab came to the king, and told 1 Heb. for rest. 2 Or, the. 3 Heb. to hear. 4 Another reading is, thou hast done. 3 Another reading is, thy. //. SAMUEL. 363 him : 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. 15 And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot 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 had a suit which should come, to the king for judgement, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. (3) And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right ; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. (4) Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice ! (5) And it was so, that when any man came nigh to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took hold of him, and kissed him. (6) And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgement : so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. (7) And it came to pass at the end of 1 forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the Lord, in Hebron. (8) For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in 2 Syria, saying, If the Lord shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will 3 serve the Lord. (9) And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron. (10) But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound df the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron. (11) And with Absa lom went two hundred men out of Jerusa lem, that were invited, and went in their simplicity ; and they knew not any thing. (12) And Absalom 4sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong ; for the people increased continu ally with Absalom. (13) And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom. (14) And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee ; for else none of us shall escape from Absalom : make speed to depart, lest he overtake us quickly, and bring down evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword. (15) And the king's ser vants said unto the king, Behold, thy ser vants are readj7 to do whatsoever my lord the king shall choose. (16) And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house. (17) And the king went forth, and all the people after him ; and they tarried 5 in Beth-merhak. (18) And all his servants passed on beside him ; and all the Cher ethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. (19) Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return, and abide with the king : for thou art a stranger, and also an exile ; return to thine own place. (20) Whereas thou earnest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us, seeing I go whither I may? return thou, and take back thy brethren ; mercy and truth be with thee. (21) And Ittai an swered the king, and said, As the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, even there also will thy servant be. (22) And 7 According to some ancient authorities, four. ' Or, at the Far House. 2 Heb. Aram. Or, worship. i Or, sent Ahithophel. 364 //. SAMUEL. David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him. (23) And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over : the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wil derness. (24) And, lo, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God ; and they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city. (25) And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city : if I shall find favour in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation : (26) but if he say thus, I have no delight in thee ; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him. (27) The king said also unto Zadok the priest, 1 Art thou not a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. (28) See, I will tarry 2at the fords of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me. (29) Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem : and they abode there. (30) And David went up by the ascent of the mount of Olives, and wept as he went up ; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot : and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up. (31) And one told David, say ing, Ahithophel is among the conspira tors with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. (32) And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the ascent, 3 where God was worshipped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head : (33) and David said unto him, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me : (34) but if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, 0 king ; as I have been thy father's servant in time past, so will I now be thy servant : then shalt thou defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel. (35) And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. (36) Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok 's son, and Jonathan Abi- athar's son ; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye shall hear. (37) So Hushai David's friend came into the city ; and Absalom came into Jeru salem. 16 And when David was a little past the top ofthe ascent, behold, Ziba the ser vant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hun dred clusters of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a 4 bottle of wine (2) And the king 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 fruit for the young men to eat ; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink. (3) And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem : for he said, To-day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. (4) Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine is all that pertaineth unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I do obeisance ; let me find favour in thy sight, my lord, O king. (5) And when king David came to Ba- hurim, behold, there came out thence a Or, Seest thou ? 2 Another reading is, in the plains. Or, where he was wont to worship God. 4 Or, skin. // SAMUEL. 365 man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera : he came out, and cursed still as he came. (6) And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David : and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. (7) And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, be gone, thou man of blood, and man of 1 Be lial : (8) the Lord hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the Lord hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son : and, behold, thou art taken in thine own mischief, because thou art a man of blood. (9) Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. (10) And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah ? 2 Because he curseth, and be cause the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David ; who then shall say, Wherefore hast thou done so? (11) And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Be hold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life : how much more may this Benjamite now do it? let him alone, and let him curse ; for the Lord hath bidden him. (12) It may be that the Lord will look on 3the wrong done unto me, and that the Lord will requite me good for his cursing of me this day. (13) So David and his men went by the way : and Shimei went along on the hill side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones 4at him, and cast dust. (14) And the king, and all the people that were with him, came 6 weary ; and he refreshed himself there. (15) And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. (16) And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hu shai said unto Absalom, 6God save the king, God save the king. (17) And Ab salom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend ? why wentest thou not with thy friend? (18) And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay ; but whom the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his will I be, and with him will I abide. (19) And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son ? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence. (20) Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give your counsel what we shall do. (21) And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house ; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred 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 concu bines in the sight of all Israel. (23) And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he coun selled in those days, was as if a man in quired at the 7 oracle of God : so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. 17 Moreover Ahithophel said unto Ab salom, Let me now choose out twelve thou sand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night :„(2) and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid : and all the people that are with him shall flee ; and I will smite the king only : (3) and I will bring back all the people unto thee : the man whom thou seekest is as if all re turned : so all the people shall be in peace. (4) And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. (5) Then said Absalom, Call now Hu shai the Archite also, and let us hear like wise what he saith. (6) And when Hushai 7 That is, worthlessness. 2 Or, When he curseth, and when dkc. Another reading is, So let him curse, because' 3 Some ancient versions read, my affliction. 4 Heb. over against. 5 Or, to Ayephim. ° Heb. Let the king live. 7 Heb. word. 366 II. SAMUEL. was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner : shall we do after his saying? if not, speak thou. (7) And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given this time is not good. (8) Hushai said moreover, Thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be 1 chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field : and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. (9) Be hold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place : and it will come to pass, 2 when some of them be fallen at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that fol low Absalom. (10) And even he that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt : for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men. (11) But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude ; and 3 that thou go to battle in thine own person. (12) So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground : and of him and of all the men that are with him we will not leave so much as one. (13) Moreover, if he 4be gotten into a city, -then-shall all Israel bring ropesto that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there. (14) And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom. (15) Then said Hushai unto Zadok 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 5 at the fords of the wilderness, but in any wise pass over ; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him. (17) 8 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel ; and a maid servant used to go and tell them ; and they went and told king David : for they might not be seen to come into the city. (18) But a lad saw them, and told Absa lom : and they went both of them away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down thither. (19) And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed bruised corn thereon ; and nothing was known. (20) And Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house ; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan ? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. (21) And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David ; and they said unto David, Arise ye, and pass quickly over the water : for thusiath Ahithophel coun selled against you. (22) Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan : by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan. (23) And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home, unto his city, and set his house in order, and hanged himself ; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. 7 Heh. bitter of soul. 2 Or, when he falleth upon them. 3 Or, that thy presence (Heb. face) go to the battle. 4 Or, withdraw himself. c Another reading is, in the plains. 3 Or, Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz slay by En- rogel ; so let the maidservant go and tell them, and let them go and tell king David ; for they may not be seen to come into the city. //. SAMUEL. 367 (24) Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. (25) And Absalom set Amasa over the host instead of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man, whose name was 1Ithrathe Israelite, that went in to 2Abigal the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother. (26) And Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead. (27) And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, (28) brought beds, and ba sons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse, (29) and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat : for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness. 18 And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thou sands and captains of hundreds over them. (2) And David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also. (3) But the people said, Thou shalt not go forth : for if we flee away, they will not care for us ; neither if half of us" die, will they care for us : 3 but thou art worth ten thou sand of us : therefore now it is better that thou be ready to succour us out of the city. (4) And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people went out by hundreds and by thousands. (5) And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge con cerning Absalom. (6) So the people went" out into the field against Israel : and the battle was in the forest of Ephraim. (7) And the people of Israel were smitten there before the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter there that day of twenty thousand men. (8) For the battle was there spread over the face of all the country : and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. (9) And Absalom chanced to meet the ser vants of David. And Absalom rode upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great 4 oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up be tween the heaven and the earth ; and the mule that was under him went on. (10) And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak. (11) And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou saw est it, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten pieces of silver, and a gir dle. (12) And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son : for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, 6 Beware that none touch the young man Absalom. (13) Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against 6 his life, (and there is no matter hid from the king,) then thou thyself 7 wouldest have stood aloof. (14) Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three 8 darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. (15) And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and smote Absa- 7 In 1 Chr. ii. 17, Jether the Ishmaelite. 2 In 1 Chr. ii. 16, 17, Abigail. 3 So some ancient authorities. The Hebrew texthas./br now are there ten thousand such as we. 4 Or, terebinth. 6 Heb. Have a care, whosoever ye be,of&e. e Another reading is, my, 7 Or, wouldest have set thyself against me. 3 Heb. staves. 368 II. SAMUEL. lom, and slew him. (16) And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel : for Joab l held back the people. (17) And they took Absalom, aud cast him into the great pit in the forest, and raised over him a very great heap of stones : and all Israel fled every one to his tent. (18) Now Absalom in his life time had taken and reared up for himself the pillar, which is in the king's dale : for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance : and he called the pillar after his own name : and it is called Absalom's monument, unto this day. (19) Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the Lord hath 2 avenged him of his enemies. (20) And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not be the bearer of tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tid ings another day : but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead. (21) Then said Joab to the Cush ite, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And the Cushite bowed himself unto Joab, and ran. (22) Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But come what may, let me, I pray thee, also run after the Cushite. And Joab said, Where fore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou 3 wilt have no reward for the tidings ? (23) But come what may, said he, I will run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Plain, and overran the Cushite. (24) Now David sat between the two gates : and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man running alone. (25) And the watch man cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near. (26) And the watchman saw another man running : and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold, another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings. (27) And the watchman said, Me thinketh the run ning of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings. (28) And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, 4A11 is well. And he bowed himself before the king with his face to the earth, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king. (29) And the king said, 5 Is it well with the young man Absalom ? And Ahimaaz an swered, When Joab sent the king's ser vant, 6 even me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was. (30) And the king said, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still. (31) And, behold, the Cushite came ; and the Cushite said, Tidings for my lord the king : for the Lord hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee. (32) And the king said unto the Cushite, Is it well with the young man Absalom? And the Cushite answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise up against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is. (33) 7And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber 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 Absalom, my son, my son ! 19 And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom. (2) And the 8 victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people : for the people heard say that day, The king griev- eth for his son. (3) And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when 7 Or, spared. 2 Heb. judged him from the hand &c. 3 Or, hast no sufficient tidings. 3 Heb. Is there peace with dc? 3 Or, and. 7 In Heb. ch. xix. begins here. 3 Heb. salvation. 4 Heb. Peace, II. SAMUEL. 369 they flee in battle. (4) And the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absa lom, my son, my son ! (5) And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines; (6) in that thou lovest them that hate thee, and hatest them that love thee. For thou hast declared this clay, that princes and ser vants are nought unto thee : for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well. (7) Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy ser vants: ford sware by the Lord, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry a man with thee this night : and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that hath be fallen 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 : aud all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent. (9) And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines ; and now he is fled put of the land from Absalom. (10) And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back ? (11) And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house ? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, to bring him to his house. (12) Ye are my brethren, ye are my bone and my flesh : wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king? (13) And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not my bone and my flesh ? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab. (14) And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man ; so that they sent unto the king, saying, Return thou, and all thy servants. (15) So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over Jordan. (16) And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, which was of Bahurinl, hasted 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 ser vants with him ; and they went through Jordan in the presence of the king. (18) And there went over 1 a ferry boat to bring over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, when he 2 was come over Jordan. (19) And he said unto the king, Let not my lord im pute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did per versely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart. (20) For th}7 servant doth know that I have sinned : therefore, behold, I am come this clay the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king. (21) But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei 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 Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel? (23) And 7 Or, the convoy. 2 Or, would go over. 370 //. SAMUEL. the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him. (24) And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king ; and he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace. (25) And it came to pass, xwhen he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth? (26) And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me : for thy servant said, I will saddle me an "ass, that I may ride thereon, and go * with the king ; because thy servant is lame. (27) And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king ; but my lord the king is as 8 an angel of God : do therefore what is good in thine eyes. (28) For all my father's house were but 4dead men before my lord the king : yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right there fore have I yet that I should cry any more unto the king? (29) And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I say, Thou and Ziba divide the land. (30) And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, for asmuch as my lord the king is come in peace unto his own house. (31) And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim ; and he went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. (32) Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years, old: and he had provided the king with sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim ; for he was a very great man. (33) And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will sustain thee with me in Jerusa lem. (34) And Barzillai said unto the king, How many are the days of the years of my life, that. I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem ? (35) I am this day fourscore years old : can I discern be tween good and bad? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women ? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king? (36) Thy servant would but just go over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward ? (37) Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, thy servant Chimham ; let him go over with my lord the king ; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee. (38) And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to hirri that which shall seem good unto thee : and whatso ever thou shalt 6 require of me, that will I do for thee. (39) And all the people went over Jordan, and the king went over : and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him ; and he returned unto his own place. (40) So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went over with him : and all the people of Judah brought the king over, and also half the people of Israel. (41) And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and brought the king, and his household, over Jordan, and all David's men with him? (42) And all the men of Judah answered tbe men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us : wherefore then be ye angry for this matter ? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift? (43) And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye : why then did ye despise us, 6that our ad vice should not be first had in bringing 7 Or, when Jerusalem was come. 2 Another reading is, to. 3 Or, the. 4 Heb. men of death. 3 Heb. choose to lay upon. 3 Or, and, were not we the first to speak of bringing back our king ? //. SAMUEL. 371 back our king ? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. 20 And there happened to be there a man of 1 Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite : and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inherit ance in the son of Jesse : every man to his tents, O Israel. (2) So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri : but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. (3) And David came to his house at Jerusalem ; and the king took the ten wo men his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and provided them with sustenance, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, 2 living in widoowhod. (4) Then said the king to Amasa, Call me the men of Judah together within three days, and be thou here present. (5) So Amasa went to call the men of Judah to gether : but he tarried 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 ser vants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape out of. our sight. (7) And there went Out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men : and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. (8) When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. And Joab was girded with his apparel of war that he had put on, and thereon was a gir dle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof ; and as he went forth it fell out. (9) And Joab said to Amasa, Is it well with thee, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. (10) But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand : so he smote him there with in the belly, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again ; and he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. (11) And there stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, He that favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him follow Joab. (12) And Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the midst of the high way. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he carried Amasa out of the high way into the field, and cast a garment over him, when he saw that every one that came 'by him stood still. (13) When he was removed out of the high way, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. (14) And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth- maacah, and all the Berites : and they were gathered together, and went also after him. (15) And they came and be sieged him in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a mount against the city, and it stood against the rampart : and all the people that were with Joab 8 battered the wall, to throw it down. (16) 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 he came near unto her ; and the wo man said, Art thou Joab? And he an swered, I am. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine 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 of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel : thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why' wilt thou swallow up tbe in- 1 That is, worthlessness. 2 Heb. in widowhood of life. 3 Or, undermined. 372 //. SAMUEL. heritance of the Lord? (20) And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or de stroy. (21) The matter is not so: but a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David : deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. (22) Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. And he blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. (23) Now Joab was over all the host of Israel : and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the l Cherethites and over the Pelethites : (24) and Adoram was over the * tribute : and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the " recorder : (25) and Sheva was 4 scribe : and Zadok and Abiathar were priests : (26) and Ira also the Jairite was 6 priest unto David. 21 And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year ; and David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he put to death the Gibeonites. (2) And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them ; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amor ites ; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them : and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah:) (3) and David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the Lord? (4) And the Gibeonites said unto him, It is no matter of silver or gold between us and Saul, or his house ; 6 neither is it for us to put any man to death in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you. (5) And they said unto the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us, 7 that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel, (6) let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hano- them up unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the Lord. And the king said, I will give them. (7) But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. (8) But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth ; and the five sons of 8 Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bare to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite : (9) and he de livered them into the hands of the Gibeon ites, and they hanged them in the mountain before the Lord, and they fell all seven together : and they were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, at the beginning of barley harvest. ( 10) And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sack cloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water was poured upon them from heaven ; and she suffered neither tbe birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. (11) And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, 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 a street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, in the day that the Philistines slew Saul in Gil boa : (13) and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jona- 1 Another reading is, Carites. See 2 Kings xi. 4. 2 Or, levy. 3 Or, cjironicler. 4 Or, secretary. 6 Or, a chief minister. See 1 Chr. x\iii. 17. ''' Or, neither for ns shalt thou put any man to death in Israel. 7 Or, so that we have been destroyed. 3 In 1 Sam. xviii. 19, Merab. 3 Or, broad place. //. SAMUEL. 373 than his son ; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. (14) And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the sepulchre of Kish his father : and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land. (15) And the Philistines had war again with Israel ; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines : and David waxed faint. (16) And Ishbi-benob, which was of the sons of the J giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with 2 a new sword, thought to have slain David. (17) But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the lamp of Israel. (18) 3And it came to pass after this, that there was again war with the Philis tines at 4 Gob : then Sibbecai the Husha- thite slew 6Saph, which was of the sons of the 1 giant. (19) And there was again war with the Philistines at Gob ; and El- hanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Beth- lehemite slew ° Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. (20) And there was again war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number ; and he also was born to the 1 gi ant. (21) And when he 7 defied Israel, Jonathan the son of 8 Shimei David's brother slew him. (22) These four were born to the 1 giant in Gath ; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. 22 9 And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord delivered him out of the hand 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, even mine ; (3) The God of my rock, in him will I trust ; My shield, and the horn of my salva tion, my high tower, and my re fuge ; My saviour, thou savest me from vio lence. (4) I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised : So shall I be saved from mine enemies. (5) For the waves of death compassed me, The floods of 10 ungodliness made me afraid. (6) The cords of n Sheol were round about me : The snares of death came upon me. (7) In my distress I called upon the Lord, Yea, I called unto my God : And he heard my voice out of his temple, And my cry came into his ears. (8) Then the earth shook and trembled, The foundations of heaven moved And were shaken, because he was wroth, (9) There went up a smoke 12out of his nostrils, And fire out of his mouth devoured : Coals were kindled by it. (10) He bowed the heavens also, and came down ; And thick darkness was under his feet. (11) And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly : Yea, he was seen upon the wings of the wind. 1 Heb. Raphah. 2 Or, new armour. 3 See 1 Chr. xx. 4-8. 4 In 1 Chr. xx. 4, Gezer. 3 In 1 Chr. xx. 4, Sippai. 6 In 1 Chr. xx. 5, the brother of Goliath. 7 Or, reproached. 3 In 1 Sam. xvi. 9, Shammah; in 1 Chr. ii. 13, xx. 7, Shimeu. 9 SeePs. xviii. 7° Heb. Belial. 77 See Gen. xxxvii. 35. 72 Or, in his wrath. 374 //. SAMUEL. (12) And he made darkness pavilions round about him, Gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies. (13) At the brightness before him Coals of fire were kindled. (14) The Lord thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered his voice. (15) And he sent out arrows, and scat tered them ; Lightning, and discomfited them. (16) Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare, By the rebuke of the Lord, At the blast of the breath of his nostrils. (17) He sent from on high, he took me ; He drew me out of * many waters ; (18) He delivered me from my strong enemy, From them that hated me ; for they were too mighty for me. (19) They came upon me in the day of my calamity : But the Lord was my stay. (20) He brought me forth also into a large place : He delivered me, because he delighted in me. (21) The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness : According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. (22) For I have kept the ways of the Lord, And have not wickedly departed from my God. (23) For all his judgements were before me : And as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. (24) I was also perfect toward him, And I kept myself from mine iniquity. (25) Therefore hath the Lord recom pensed me according to my right eousness ; According to my cleanness in his eye sight. (26) With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, With the perfect man thou wilt shew thyself perfect ; (27) With the pure thou wilt shew thy self pure ; And with the perverse thou wilt shew thyself 2 froward. (28) And the afflicted people thou wilt save : But thine eyes are upon the haughty, 3 that thou mayest bring them down. (29) For thou art my lamp, 0 Lord: And the Lord will lighten my dark ness. (30) For by thee I run 4upon a troop : By my God do I leap over a wall. (31) As for God, his way is perfect: The word of the Lord is tried ; He is a shield unto all them that trust in him. (32) For who is God, save the Lord? And who is a rock, save our God? (33) God is my strong fortress : And he 6 guideth the perfect in his way. (34) He maketh ehis feet like hinds' feet : And setteth me upon my high places. (35) He teacheth my hands to war ; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass. (36) Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation : And thy ' gentleness hath made me great. (37) Thou hast enlarged my steps un der me, And my 8 feet have not slipped. (38) I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them ; 1 Or, great. 3 So Ps. xviii. 26. The text haB, unsavoury. 5 Or, setteth free. According to another reading, guideth 7 Or, condescension. 3 Heb. ankles. 3 Or, whom thou wilt bring down. 4 Or, through. my way in perfectness. 6 Another reading is, my. //. SAMUEL. 375 Neither did I turn again till they were consumed. (39) And I have consumed them, and smitten them through, that they cannot arise : Yea, they are fallen under my feet. (40) For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle : Thou hast 1 subdued under me those that rose up against me. (41) Thou hast also made mine enemies turn their backs unto me, That I might cut off them that hate me. (42) They looked, but there was none to save ; Even unto the Lord, but he answered them not. (43) Then did I beat them small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the streets, and did spread themabroad. (44) Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people ; Thou 2 hast kept me to be the head of the nations : A people whom I have not known shall serve me. (45) The strangers shall 3 submit them selves unto me : As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me. (46) The strangers shall fade away, And shall * come trembling out of their close places. (47) The Lord liveth ; and blessed be my rock ; And exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation : (48) Even the God that executeth ven geance for me, And bringeth down peoples under me, (49) And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies : Yea, thou liftest me up above them that rise up against me : Thou deliverest me from the violent man. (50) Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O Lord, among the nations, And will sing praises unto thy name. (51) 6 Great 'deliverance giveth he to his king : And sheweth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore. (23) Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse saith, And the man who was raised on high saith, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And 7 the sweet psalmist of Israel : (2) The spirit of the Lord spake 8by me, And his word was upon my tongue. (3) The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me : 9 One that ruleth over men 10 righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God, (4) He shall be as the light of the morn ing, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds ; When the tender grass springeth out of the earth, Through clear shining after rain. (5) u Verily my house is not so with God; Yet he hath made with me an everlast ing covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure : For it is all my salvation, and all my desire, Although he maketh it not to grow. (6) But 12the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, For they cannot be taken with the hand : (7) But the man that toucheth them 7 Heb. caused to bow. 2 Or, wilt keep. 3 Or, yield feigned obedience. Heb. lie. 4 So Ps. xviii. 45. The text has, pird themselves. 3 Another reading is, He is a tower of deliverance. « Heb. salvations. 7 Heb. pleasant in the psalms of Israel. 3 Or, in. ' Or, There shall be one . . . and it shall he as &c. 7° Heb. a righteous one. 71 Or, For is not my house so with God ? for he . . . for all my salvation, and all my desire, will he not make it to grow ? 72 Heb. Belial, that is, worthlessness. 376 //. SAMUEL. Must be 1 armed with iron and the staff of a spear ; And they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place. (8) 2 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had : s Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains ; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time. (9) And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered to gether to battle, and the men of Israel 4 were gone away: (10) he arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword : and the Lord wrought a great "victory that day ; and the people returned after him only to spoil. (11) And after him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together 6 into a troop, where was a plot of ground full of lentils ; and the people fled from the Philistines. (12) But he stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines : and the Lord wrought a great 6 victory. (13) And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adul- lam ; and the troop of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim. (14) And David was then in the hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem. (15) And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate ! (16) And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philis tines, and drew water out of the well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David : but he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord. (17) And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, that I should do this : shall I drink the blood of the men that went 7 in jeopardy of their lives ? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men. (18) And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred 8 and slew them, and had a name among the three. (19) Was he not most honourable of the three? therefore he was made their cap tain : howbeit he attained not unto the first three. (20) And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of " a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, he slew the two sons of Ariel of Moab : he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow : (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. (22) These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men. (23) He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three . And David set him over his 10 guard. (24) Asahel' the brother of Joab was one of the thirty ; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem ; (25) Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite ; (26) Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite ; (27) Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite ; (28) Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite ; (29) Heleb the son of Baanah the Neto phathite; Ittai the son of Ribai of Gib eah of the children of Benjamin; (30) Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash ; (31) Abi-albon the Ar- bathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite ; (32) Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jas- hen, Jonathan ; (33) Shammah the Hara rite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite ; (34) Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the 7 Heb. filled. 2 See 1 Chr. xi. 11—47. 3 The verse is probably corrupt. See 1 Chr. xi. 11. ' Heb. went up. 3 Heb. salvation. c Or, for foraging. 7 Heb. with their lives. 8 Heb. slain, 9 According to another reading, Ish-hai. 70 Or, council. 72". SAMUEL. 377 son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite ; (35) x Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite ; (36) Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite; (37) Zelek the Ammonite, Na- harai the Beerothite, 2 armour-bearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah ; (38) Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite ; (39) Uriah the Hittite : thirty and seven in all. 24 3And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah. (2) And the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now to and fro through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the sum of the people. (3) And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it : but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? (4) Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to num ber the people of Israel. (5) And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley 4of Gad, and unto Jazer : (6) then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi ; and they came to Dan-jaan, and round about to Zidon, (7) and came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites : and they went out to the south of Judah, at Beer-sheba. (8) So when they had gone to and fro through all the land, they came to Jeru salem at the end of nine months and twenty days. (9) And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people unto the king : and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword ; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. (10) And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done : but now, O Lord, put away, I beseech thee, the ini quity of thy servant ; for I have done very foolishly. (11) And when David rose up in the morning, the word of the Lord came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, (12) Go and speak unto David, Thus saith the Lord, I 6 offer thee three things ; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. (13) So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thy foes while they pursue thee? or shall there be three days' pesti lence in thy land? now advise thee, and consider 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 are " great : and let me not fall into the hand of man. (15) So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed : and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. (16) And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough ; now stay thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing-floor of 7 Arau- nah the Jebusite. (17) And David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done perversely : but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father s house. 7 Or, Hezrai. 2 Another reading is, armour-bearer. 1 Or, many. i Or, Ornah. In 1 Chr. xxi. 15, Oman. 3 See 1 Chr. xxi. 4 Or, toward. 6 Or, lay upon 378 //. SAMUEL. (18) And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite. (19) And David went up according to the saying of Gad, as the Lord commanded. (20) And Araunah looked forth, and saw the king and his servants 1 coming on toward him : and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. (21) And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant ? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor of thee, to build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people. (22) And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him : behold, the oxen for the burnt offering, and the threshing instruments and the furniture of the oxen for the wood : (23) 2 all this, 0 king, doth Araunah give unto the king. And Arau nah said unto the king, The Lord thy God accept thee. (24) And the king said unto Araunah, Nay ; but I will verily buy it of thee at a price : neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God which cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shek els of silver. (25) And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel. 7 Or, passing over. 2 Or, all this did Araunah the king give &c. THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS. 1 Now king Davidwas old and stricken in years ; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. (2) Where fore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin : and let her stand before the king, and cherish him ; and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. (3) So they sought for a fair dam sel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. (4) And the damsel was very fair ; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him ; but the king knew her not. (5) Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, say ing, I will be king : and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. (6) And his father had not displeased him ! at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so ? and he was also a very goodly man ; and he was born af ter Absalom. (7) And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abia thar the priest : and they following Ado nijah helped him. (8) But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, aud the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah. (9) And Adonijah 2 slew sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel ; and he called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants : (10) but Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. (11) Then Nathan spake unto Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adoni jah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? (12) Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Sol omon. (13) Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, 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 in after thee, and confirm thy words. (15) And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber : and the king was very old ; and Abishag the Shunammite minis tered unto the king. (16) And Bath- sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? (17) And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the Lord thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne. (18) And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth ; 3and Or, all his life. 2 Or, sacrificed. 3 Another reading is, and now, my lord the king, thou &c. 379 380 I. KINGS. thou, my lord the king, knowest it not : (19) and he hath ' slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host : but Solomon thy servant hath he not called. (20) And 2thou, my lord the king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. (21) Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted 3 offenders. (22) And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet came in. (23) And they told the king, saying, Behold, Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. (24) And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? (25) For he is gone clown this day, and hath : slain oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest ; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. (26) But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. (27) Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not shewed unto thy 4 servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? (28) Then king David answered and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. (29) And the king sware, and said, As the Lord liveth, who hath re deemed my soul out of all adversity, (30) verily as I sware unto thee by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Sol omon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead ; verily so will I do this day. (31) Then Bath-sheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did obeisance to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. (32) And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. (33) And the king said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him clown to Gihon : (34) and let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel : and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. (35) Then ye shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit upon my throne ; for he shall be king in my stead : and I have appointed him to be 5 prince over Israel and over Judah. (36) And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen : the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say so too. (37) As the Lord hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Sol omon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David. (38) So Zaclok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoi ada, and the Cherethites and the Peleth- ites, went clown, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon. (39) And Zadok the priest took the horn of oil out of the Tent, aud anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet ; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. (40) And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. (41) And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eat- 1 Or, sacrificed. 2 Another reading is, now. 3 Heb. sinners. 4 Another reading is, servant. 3 Or, leader. I. KINGS. 381 ing. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar? (42) While he yet spake, behold, Jona than the son of Abiathar the priest came : and Adonijah said, Come in ; for thou art a worthy man, and bringest good tidings. (43) And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king : (44) and the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, aud the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule : (45) and Zadok the priest aud Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon : and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. (46) And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the king dom. (47) And moreover the king's ser vants came to bless our lord king Da vid, saying, l Thy God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne : and the king bowed himself upon the bed. (48) And also thus said the king, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this clay, mine eyes even seeing it. (49) And all the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. (50) And Adonijah feared because of Solomon ; and he arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. (51) And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon : for, lo, he hath laid hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me 2this day that he will not slay his servant with the sword. (52) And Solomon said, If he shall shew himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth : but if wickedness be found in him, he shall die. (53) So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and did obeisance to king Solomon : and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house. 2 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die ; and he charged Solo mon his 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 Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgements, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest 3 prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself : (4) that the Lord may establish his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all then- soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. (5) Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did unto me, even what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and 4 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 5 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 from Absalom thy brother. (8) And, behold, there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim : but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put 1 Another reading omits Thy. 2 Or, first of all. 3 Or, do wisely. ' Heb. set. " Heb. Sheol. 382 I. KINGS. thee to death with the sword. (9) Now therefore hold him not guiltless, for thou art a wise man ; and thou wilt know what thou oughtest to do unto him, and thou shalt bring his hoar head down to 1 the grave with blood. (10) And 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) And Solomon sat upon the throne of David his father ; and his kingdom was established greatly. (13) Then 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 unto thee. And she said, Say on. (15) And he said, Thou knowest 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 brother's : for it was his from the Lord. (16) And now I ask one petition of thee, 2 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) Bath-sheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a throne to be set for the king's mother ; aud she sat on his right hand. (20) Then she said, I ask one small petition of thee ; deny me not. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother : for 1 will not deny thee. (21) And she said, Let Abi shag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. (22) And king Sol omon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shu nammite 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 Zeru iah. (23) Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. (24) Now therefore as the Lord liveth, who hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, surely Ado nijah shall be put to death this clay. (25) And king 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 Anatboth, unto thine own fields ; for thou art 3 worthy of death : but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God be fore David my father, and because thou wast afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. (27) So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the Lord ; that he might fulfil 4 the word of the Lord, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. (28) And the tidings came to Joab : for Joab had turned after Ado nijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the Tent of the Lord, aud caught hold on the horns of the altar. (29) And it was told king Solomon, Joab is fled unto the Tent 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 Tent of the Lord, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay ; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he an- 7 Heb. Sheol. 2 Heb. turn not away my face. 3 Heb. a man of. * See 1 Sam. ii. 27-36. I. KINGS. 383 swered me. (31) And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him ; that thou mayest take away the blood, which Joab shed without cause, from me and from my father's house. (32) And the Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, and my father David knew it not, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. (33) So shall their blood return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever : but unto David, and unto his seed, and unto his house, and unto his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the Lord. (34) Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him ; and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. (35) And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host : and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar. (36) And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither. (37) For on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, know thou for certain that thou shalt surely die : thy blood shall be upon thine own head. (38) And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good : as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many clays. (39) And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the ser vants of Shimei ran away unto Achish, son of Maacah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. (40) And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish, to seek his servants : and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath. (41) And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. (42) And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the Lord, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for certain, that on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The saying that I have heard is good. (43) Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? (44) The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou know est all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father : therefore the Lord shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head. (45) But king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be estab lished before the Lord for ever. (46) So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ; and he went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon. 3 And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pha raoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. (2) Only the people sacrificed in the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the Lord until those days. (3) And Solomon loved the Lord, walking in the statutes of David his father : only he sacrificed and burnt in cense in the high places. (4) J And tbe king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there ; for that was the great high place : a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. (5) In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night : and God said, Ask what See 2 Chr. i. 3, &c. 384 I. KINGS. I shall give thee. (6) And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great kindness, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in right eousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee ; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to siton his throne, as itis this day. (7) And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father : and I am but a little child ; I know not how to go out or come in. (8) And thy ser vant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that can not be numbered nor counted for multi tude. (9) Give thy servant therefore an 1 understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil ; for who is able to judge this thy 2 great people? (10) And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. (11) And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself 3 long life ; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies ; but hast asked for thyself understanding to 4 discern judgement ; (12) behold, I have done according to thy word : lo, I have given thee a wise and an l understanding heart ; so that there hath been none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. (13) And I have also given thee that wnich thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that there 5 shall not be any among the kings like unto thee, all thy clays. (14) And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. (15) And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream : and he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offer ings, and made a feast to all his ser vants. (16) Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. (17) And the oue woman said, Oh my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house ; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. (18) And it came to pass the third day after I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also ; and we were together ; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. (19) And this woman's child died in the night ; because she overlaid 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 morning, 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 is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. (23) Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead : and the other saith, Nay ; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. (24) And the king said, Fetch me a sword. And they brought a sword be fore the king. (25) And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. (26) Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, Oh my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor thine ; divide it. (27) Then the king answered and said, Give her the living 1 Heb. hearing. 2 Heb. heavy. 3 Heb. many days. Heb. hear. B Or, hath not been. I. KINGS. 385 child, and in no wise slay it : she is the mother thereof. (28) And all Israel heard of the judgement which the king had judged ; and they feared the king : for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgement. 4 And 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 Abijah, the sons of Shisha, 2 scribes ; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the a recorder ; (4) and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host ; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests ; (5) and Aza riah the son of Nathan was over 4the officers ; and Zabud the son of Nathan was 5priest, and the king's friend; (6) and Ahishar was over the household ; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the levy. (7) And Solomon had twelve offi cers over all Israel, which provided vict uals for the king and his household : each man had to make provision for a month in the year. (8) And these are their names : Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim : (9) Ben-deker, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan : (10) Ben-hesed, in Arubboth ; to him pertained Socoh, and all the land of Hepher: (11) Ben-abina- dab, in all 6 the 7 height of Dor ; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: (12) Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth- shean which is beside Zarethan, beneath Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah, as far as 8beyond Jokmeam : (13) Ben- geber, in Ramoth-gilead ; to him per tained 9 the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead ; even to him pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars : (14) Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim : (15) Ahimaaz, in Naphtali ; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon to wife: (16) Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and 10Bealoth: (17) Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: (18) Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin : (19) Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan ; ] :and he was the only officer which was in the land. (20) Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry. (21 ) 12 13And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt : they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. (22) And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty 14 measures of fine flour, and three score measures of meal ; (23) ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and gazelles, and roebucks, and fatted fowl. (24) For he had dominion over all the region a5on this side the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings 15on this side the River : and he had peace 16 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) And Solomon had 17 forty thousand stalls of horses for bis chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. (27) And those offi cers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month : they let nothing be lacking. (28) Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place 18 where the 7 See 1 Chr. vi. 10. 2 Or, secretaries. 3 Or, chronicler. 4 See ver. 7. 3 Or, chi^f minister. See 2 Sam. viii. 18. 3 Or, Naphath-dor. 7 Or, region. 8 Or, oner against. ° Or, Havvoth-jair. 70 Or, in Aloth. n Heb. and one officer. 72 In Heb. ch. v. begins here. 13 See 2 Chr. ix. 26. u Heb. cor. 76 Or, beyond the fiiver. 70 Some authorities read, with all his servants. 17 In 2 Chr. ix. 25, four thousand. 18 Or, where he (that is, the king) was. Or, where it should be. 386 I. KINGS. officers were, every man according to his charge. (29) And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. (30) And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east, and all the wisdom of Egypt. (31) For he was wiser than all men ; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol : and his fame was in all the nations round about. (32) And he spake three thousand proverbs : and his songs were a thousand and five. (33) And he spake of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth 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 peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. 5 'And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon ; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father : for Hiram was ever a lover of David. (2) And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, (3) Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house for the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet. (4) But now the Lord my God hath given me rest on every side ; there is neither adversary, nor evil occurrent. (5) And, behold, I purpose to build an house for the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build the house for my name. (6) Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon ; and my ser vants shall be with thy servants ; and I will give thee hire for thy servants accord ing to all that thou shalt say : for thou knowest that there is not among us anv that can skill to hew timber like unto the Zidonians. (7) And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be tbe Lord this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people. (8) And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have heard the message which thou hast sent unto me : I will do all thy desire con cerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of 2fir. (9) My servants shall bring them clown from Lebanon unto the sea : and I will make them into rafts to go by sea unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be broken up there, and thou shalt 3 receive them : and thou shalt accomplish my de sire, in giving food for my household. (10) So 4 Hiram gave Solomon timber of cedar and timber of fir according to all his desire. (11) And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand 5 measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of 6 pure oil : thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. (12) And the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him ; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon ; and they two made a league together. (13) And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel ; and the levy was thirty thousand men. (14) And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses : a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home : and Adoni- ram was over the levy. (15) And Solo mon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains ; (16) be sides Solomon's chief officers that were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which bare rule over the people 7 See 2 Chr. ii. 2, ,' Or, beaten. 2 Or, cypress. 3 Or, carry them away. 4 Heb. Hirom, and iu ver. 18. 3 Heb. cor. I. KINGS. 387 that wrought in the work. (17) And the king commanded, and they 'hewed out great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with wrought stone. (18) And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites did fashion them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house. 6 2 And it came to pass in the four hun dred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Ziv, which is the second month, that he 3 began to build the house of the Lord. (2) And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cu bits. (3) And the porch before 4the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house ; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. (4) And for the house he made 5 win dows of fixed lattice-work. (5) And against the wall of the house he built stories round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the tem ple and of 6 the oracle : and he made side-chambers round about : (6) the neth ermost story was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad : for on the outside he made rebatements in the wall of the house round about, that the beams should not have hold in the walls of the house. (7) And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready 7 at the quarry : and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. (8) The door for the 8 middle side-chambers was in the right 9 side of the house : and they went up by winding stairs into the middle chambers, and out of the middle into the third. (9) So he built the house, and finished it ; and he covered the house with beams and 10 planks of cedar. (10) And he built the stories against all the house, each five cubits high : and n they rested on the house with timber of cedar. (11) And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying, (12) Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgements, and keep all my command ments to walk in them ; then will I estab lish my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father. (13) And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will 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 ; 12 from the floor of the house unto the walls of the cieling, he covered them on the inside with wood: and he covered the floor of the house with boards of 13fir. (16) 14And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the 15 walls : he even built them for it within, for an oracle, even for the most holy place. (17) And the house, that is, the temple before the ofacle, was forty cubits long. (18) And there was cedar on the house within, carved with 16 knops and open flowers : all was cedar ; there was no stone seen. (19) And he prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. (20) And within the oracle was a space of twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height l Or, brought away. 2 See 2 Chr. iii. 1, 2. 3 Heb. built. * That is, the holy place. 3 Or, windows broad within, and narrow without. « That is, the most holy place. 7 Or, when it was brought away. 3 The Sept. and Targum have, lowest. » Heb. shoulder. 70 Heb. rows. 71 Or, he fastened the house. 72 Or, both the floor ofthe house and the walls dc. and so ver. 16. 73 Or, cupress. " See 2 Ohr. iii. 8. 73 The Sept. has, beams. 73 Or, gourds. 388 I. KINGS. thereof ; and he overlaid it with pure gold : a and he covered the altar with cedar. (21) So Solomon overlaid the bouse within with pure gold : and he drew chains of gold across before the oracle ; and he overlaid it with gold. (22) And the whole house he overlaid with gold, un til all the house was finished : also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold. (23) 2And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high. (24) And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub : from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. (25) And the other cherub was ten cubits : both the cherubim were of one measure and one form. (26) The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. (27) And he set the cherubim within the inner house : and the wings of the cheru bim were stretched forth, so that the wing of tbe one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall ; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. (28) And he overlaid the cherubim with gold. (29) And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cher ubim and palm trees and open flowers, within and without. (30) And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. (31) And for' the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive wood : tbe 3 lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall. (32) So he made two doors of olive wood ; and lie carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold ; and he spread the gold upon the cher ubim, and upon the palm trees. (33) So also made he for the entering of the temple door posts of olive wood, out of a fourth part of the wall ; and two doors of 4 fir wood ; (34) the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. (35) And he carved thereon cherubim and palm trees and open flowers : and he overlaid them with gold fitted upon the graven work. (36) And he built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams. (37) In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the Lord laid, in the month Ziv. (38) And in the eleventh year, in the month Bui, which is the eighth month, was the house finished 5 throughout all the parts thereof,. and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it. 7 And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. (2) For he built the house of the forest of Lebanon ; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height there of thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. (3) And it was covered with cedar above over the forty and five 6 beams, that were upon the pillars ; fifteen in a row. (4) And there were 7 prospects in three rows, and light was over against light in three ranks. (5) And all the doors and posts 8were square in prospect : and light was over against light in three ranks. (6) And he made the porch of pillars ; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits ; and a porch before them ; and pillars and 9 thick beams before them. (7) And he made the porch of the throne where be might judge, even the porch of judgement : and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor. (8) And his house where he might dwell, the other court within the porch, was of the like 7 Or, he overlaid the altar also, which was of cedar. 2 See 2 Chr. iii. 10-12. 3 Or, posts. 4 Or, cypress. 3 Or, with all the appurtenances thereof, and with all the ordinances thereof. 3 Or, side-chambers. Heb. nos. 7 Or, beams. 8 Or, were made sauare with beams. ° Or. a threshold. I. KINGS. 389 work. He made also an house for Pha raoh's daughter, (whom Solomon had taken to wife,) like unto this porch. (9) All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, 1 according to measure, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside unto the great court. (10) And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. (11) And above were costly stones, even hewn stone, according to measure, and cedar wood. (12) And the great court round about had three rows of hewn stone, and a row of cedar beams; 2 like as the inner court of the house of the Lord, and the porch of the house. (13) And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. (14) 3 He was the son of a widow woman of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass ; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and cunning, to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. (15) For he fash ioned the two pillars of brass, 4of eigh teen cubits high apiece : and a line of twelve cubits compassed 5 either of them about. (16) And he made two chapiters of 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 chapiter was five cubits. (17) There were nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars ; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. (18) So he made the pillars ; and there were two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top of the 6 pillars : and so did he for the other chapiter. (19) And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work, four cubits. (20) And there were chapiters above also upon the two pillars, close by the belly which was beside the network : and the pomegranates were two hundred, in rows round about upon the other chapiter. (21) 7 And he set up the pillars at the porch of the temple : and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof 8 Jachin : and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof 9 Boaz. (22) And upon the top ofthe pil lars was lily work : so was the work of the pillars finished. (23) 10And he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and the height thereof was five cubits : and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about. (24) And under the brim of it round about there were knops which did compass it, 11 for ten cubits, compassing the sea round about : the knops were in two rows, cast when it was cast. (25) It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east : and the sea was set upon them above, and all their hinder parts were inward. (26) And it was an handbreadth thick ; and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily : it held two thousand baths. (27) And he made the ten bases of brass ; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. (28) And the work of the bases was on this manner : they had 12 bor ders ; I3and there were borders between the ledges : (29) and on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim ; and upon the ledges 14there was a pedestal above : and beneath the 1 Or, after divers measures. 2 Or, both for . . , and for. s See 2 Chr. ii. 14. 4 Heb eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar. 3 Heb. the other pillar. 8 So some ancient authorities. The text has, pomegranates. 7 See 2 Chr. iii. 17. 8 That is, He shall establish. ' That is, perhaps, In it is strength. 7» See 2 Chr. iv. 2, &c. 17 Or, ten in a cubit, 72 Or, panels (and so in ver. 29, &c.) 73 Or, even borders. 74 Or, it was in like manner above. 390 I. KINGS. lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work. (30) And every base had four brasen wheels, and axles of brass : and the four feet thereof had 1 nndersetters : beneath the laver were the uudersetters molten, with wreaths at the side of each. (31) And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit : and the mouth thereof was round after the work of a pedestal, a cubit and an half : and also upon the mouth of it were gravings, and their borders were foursquare, not round. (32) And the four wheels were underneath the borders ; and the axletrees of the wheels were in the base : and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. (33) And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel : their axletrees, and their felloes, and their spokes, and their naves, were all molten. (34) And there were four undersetters at the four corners of each base : the undersetters thereof were of the base itself. (35) And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high : and on the top of the base the 2 stays thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. (36) And on the plates of the stays thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about. (37) :l After this manner he made the ten bases ; all of them had one casting, one measure, and one form. (38) 4And he made ten lavers 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 set the bases, five on the right 5side of the house, and five on the left side of the house : and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward, toward the south. (40) And 6 Hiram made the 7 lavers, and the shovels, and the basons. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he wrought for king Solomon in the house of the Lord : (41) the two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of tbe pillars ; and tbe two networks to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were on tbe top of the pillars ; (42) and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks ; two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were 8 upon the pillars ; (43) and the ten bases, and the ten lavers on the bases ; (44) aud the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea ; (45) and the pots, and the shovels, and the ba sons : even all 9 these vessels, which Hiram made for king Solomon, in the house of the Lord, were of burnished brass. (46) In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. (47) And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many ¦ the weight of the brass 10 could uot be found out. (48) And Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of the Lord : the golden altar, and the table whereupon the shewbread was, of gold ; (49) and the candlesticks, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, of pure gold ; and the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, of gold ; (50) and the cups, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the firepans, of pure gold ; and the hinges, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple, of gold. (51) n Thus all the work that king Solomon wrought in the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated, even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, and put them 7 Heb. shoulders 2 Heb. hands. 3 See 2 Chr. iv. 14. 4 See 2 Chr. iv. 6, &c. 3 Heb. shoulder. ° Heb. Hirom. 7 Mauy ancient authorities read, pots 8 Heb upon the face of the pillars. a Another reading is, th* vessels ofthe Tent. 10 Or, was not searched out. 71 See 2 Chr. v. 1, &c. I. KINGS. 391 in the treasuries of the house of the Lord. 8 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the trib?s, the princes of the fathers' houses of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, to 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 assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. (3) And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. (4) And they brought up the ark of the Lord, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent ; even these did the priests and the Levites bring up. (5) And king Solomon and all the con gregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. (6) And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim. (7) For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. (8) And 1 the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place before the oracle ; but they were not seen without : and there they are, unto this day. (9) There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, awhen 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) s.o that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud : for the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord. (12) 3Then spake Solomon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. (13) I have surely built thee an house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in for ever. (14) And the. king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel : and all the con gregation of Israel stood. (15) And he said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, (16) Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be there ; but I chose David to be over my people Israel. (17) Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. (18) But the Lord said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart: (19) nevertheless thou shalt uot build the house ; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build tbe house for my name. (20) And the Lord hath established his word that he spake ; for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit ou the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. (21) And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of tbe land of Egypt. (22) And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: (23) and he said, 0 Lord, the God of Israel, there is no Goel like thee, in heaven above, or on earth 7 Or, they drew out the staves, so that dbc. 2 Or, where. 3 See 2 Chr. vi. 1, &c. 392 I. KINGS. beneath ; who keepest covenant and mercy 1 with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart: (24) who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him : yea, thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. (25) Now therefore, O Lord, the God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, 2 There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel ; if only thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me as thou hast walked before me. (26) Now therefore, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spak est unto thy servant David my father. (27) But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded ! (28) Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee this clay : (29) that thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place whereof thou hast said, My name shall be there : to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray toward this place. (30) And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place : yea, hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place ; and when thou nearest, forgive. (31) 3If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, aud he come and swear before thine altar iu this house: (32) then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head ; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. (33) When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee ; if they turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication unto thee in this house : (34) then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers. (35) When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee ; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, 4 when thou 5 dost afflict them : (36) then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, aud of thy people Israel, 4 when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk ; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an in heritance. (37) If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpiller ; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their 6 cities ; whatsoever plague, whatso ever sickness there be ; (38) what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every 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 render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest ; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men ;) (40) that they may fear thee all the clays that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. (41) More over concerning the stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country for thy name's sake ; (42) (for they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy mighty hand, and of thy stretched out arm ;) when he shall come and 1 Or, for. 2 Heb. There shall not be cut off unto thee a man from my sight. sin. 4 Or, because. 5 Or, answerest. c Heb. gates. Or, Whereinsoever a man shall I. KINGS. 393 pray toward this house ; (43) hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do accord ing to all that the stranger calleth to thee for ; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that 1 this house which I have built is called by thy name. (44) If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pra}' unto the Lord toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name : (45) then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their 2cause. (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 3they carry them away captive unto the land of the enemy, far off or near ; (47) yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, aud make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them cap tive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly ; (48) if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of then- enemies, which carried them cap tive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name ; (49) then hear thou their prayer and their sup plication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their 2 cause ; (50) and for give thy people which have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have trangressed against thee ; and give them 4 compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them : (51) for they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron : (52) that thine eyes may be open unto tho sup plication of thy servant, and unto the sup plication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them whensoever they cry unto thee. (53) For thou didst separate them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God. (54) 5And it was so, that when Solo mon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto tbe Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven. (55) And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, (56) Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised : there hath not 6 failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant. (57) The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers : let him not leave us, nor forsake us : (58) that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandents, and his statutes, and his judgements, which he commanded our fathers. (59) And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our God clay and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of bis peo ple Israel, 7 as every day shall require : (60) that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord, he is God ; there is none else. (61) Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his command ments, as at this day. (62) And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord. (63) And Sol- , * Or, thy name is called upon this house &c. , 2 Or, right 3 Heb. they that take them captive carry them away. Heb to be for compassion. 3 See 2 Chr. vii. 1, &c. 3 Heb. fallen. 7 Heb. the thing of a day in its day. 394 I. KINGS. omon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the Lord, 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 was before the house of the Lord ; for there he offered the burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings : because the brasen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings. (65) So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the enter ing in of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen clays. (66) On the eighth day he sent the people away, and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the Lord had shewed unto David his servant, and to Israel his people. 9 1And it came to pass, when Solo mon had finished the building of the house of the Lord, and the king's house, and all Solomon's 2 desire which he was pleased to do, (2) that the Lord appeared to Sol omon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. (3) And tbe Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made be fore me : I have hallowed tills house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever ; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. (4) And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgements ; (5) then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom over Israel for ever ; according as I 3 promised to David thy father, say ing, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. (6) But if ye shall turn away from following me, ye or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them : (7) then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them ; and this house, which I have hal lowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight ; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples: (8) 4and though this house be so high, yet shall every one that passeth by it be astonished, and shall hiss ; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house? (9) And they shall answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, which brought forth their fa thers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them : therefore hath the Lord brought all this evil upon them. (10) 5And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the Lord and the king's house, (11) (now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. (12) And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him ; and they pleased him not. (13) And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And6 he called them the land of Cabul, unto this day. (14) And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. (15) And this is the 'reason of the levy which king Solomon raised ; for to build the house of the Lord, and his own 7 See 2 Chr. vii. 11, &c. 2 Or, delight. 3 Or, spake concerning. 4 Or, and this house shall be high; every one <&c. 3 See 2 Chr. viii. 1, &c, 3 Or, they were called. " Or, account. I. KINGS. 395 house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusa lem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. (16) Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city , and given it for a portion unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. (17) And Sol omon built Gezer, and Beth-horon the nether, (18) and Baalath, and 1 Tamar in the wilderness, in the land, (19) and all the store cities that Solomon had, and the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Je rusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. (20) As for all the people that were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel; (21) their children that were left after them in the land, whom the chil dren of Israel were not able utterly to de stroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants, unto this day. (22) But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondservants : but they were the men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen. (23) These were the chief officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work. (24) But Pharaoh's daughter came np out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her : then did he build Millo. (25) And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the Lord, burning incense therewith, upon the altar that was before the Lord. So he finished the house. (26) 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 iu the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. (28) And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon. 10 2And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions. (2) Andsbecame to Jerusalem witb a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones : and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. (3) And Solomon told her all her questions : there was not any thing hid from the king which he told her not. (4) And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, aud the house that he had built, (5) and the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the 3 attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cup bearers, and 4 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 thine 5acts, 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 : 6 thy wisdom and prosperity ex- ceedeth 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 Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel : be cause the Lord loved Israel for ever, there fore made be thee king, to do judgement and justice. (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 7 Another reading is, Tadmor. So 2 Chr. viii. 4. 2 See 2 Chr. ix. 1, &c. 3 Heb. standing. 4 Or, his burnt offering which he offered in &c. 3 Or, sayings. 3 Heb. thou hast added wisdom and goodness to the fame. 396 I. KINGS. queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. (11) And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of 1 almug trees and precious stones. (12) And the king made of the almug trees 2 pillars for the house of the Lord, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for the singers : there came no such almug trees, nor were seen, unto this clay. (13) And king Solo mon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that 3 which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned, and went to her own land, she and her servants. (14) Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred three score and six talents of gold, (15) beside that which the chapmen brought, and the traffic of the merchants, and of all the kings of the mingled people, and of the governors of the country. (16) And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold : six hundred .shekels of gold went to one target. (17) And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold ; three 4 pound of gold went to one shield : and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. (18) Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the finest gold. (19) There were six steps to the throne, and the top of the throne was round behiud : and there were 5 stays on either side by the place of the seat, and two lions standing beside the stays. (20) And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps : there was not the like made in any king dom. (21) And all king Solomon's drink ing vessels were of gold, and all the ves sels of the house of the forest of Leb anon 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 Tarshish with the navy of Hiram : once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. (23) So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wis dom. (24) And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. (25) And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. (26) 6 And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen : and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. (27) And the king made sil ver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and ce dars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the lowland, for abundance. (28) 7 And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt ; and the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price. (29) And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty : and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out 8by their means. 11 Now king Solomon loved many strange women, 9 together with the daugh ter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hit tites ; (2) of the nations concerning which the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go among them, neither shall they come among you : for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods : Solomon clave unto these in love. (3) And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines : 7 In 2 Chr. ii, 8, ix. 10, algum trees. Perhaps, sandal wood. 2 Or, a railing. Heb. a prop. 3 Heb. which he gave her according to the hand of king Solomon. 4 Heb. mnneh. 3 Or, arms. Heb. hands. 3 See 2 Chr. i. 14- 17. 7 See 2 Chr. i. 16, ix. 28. > Heb. in their hand. ' Or, besides. I. KINGS. 397 and his wives turned away his heart. (4) For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods : and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father. (5) For Solo mon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abom- iuation of the Ammonites. (6) And Sol omon did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as did David his father. (7) Then did Solomon build an high place for Che mosh the abomination of Moab, in the mount that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the children of Ammon. (8) And so did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. (9) And the Lord was angry with Sol omon, because his heart was turned away from the Lord, the 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 com manded. (11) Wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this l is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my cov enant and my statutes, which I have com manded thee, I will surely rend the king dom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. (12) Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it, for David thy fa ther's sake : but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. (13) Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom ; but I will give one tribe to thy son, for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen. (14) And the Lord raised up an adver sary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite : he was of the king's seed in Edom. (15) For it came to pass, when David 2 was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, and had smitten every male in Edom ; (16) (for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom;) (17) that Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt ; Hadad being yet a little child. (18) And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran : and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt ; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, 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 Pha raoh's house among the sons of Pharaoh. (21) And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to 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, be hold, thou seekest to go to thine own country ? And he answered, Nothing : howbeit let me depart in any wise. (23) And God raised up another adver sary unto him, Rezon the son of Eliada, which had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah : (24) and he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a troop, when David slew them of Zobah : and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. (25) And he was an adversary to Israel all the clays of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did : and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. (26) And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of 1 Heb. is with thee. 2 The Sept. and Syr. read, destroyed Edom. 398 I. KINGS. Solomon, whose mother's name was Ze- ruah, a widow woman, he also 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 breach of the city of David his father. (28) And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour : and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge overall the 2 labour 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 ; now Ahijah had clad him self with a new garment ; and they two were alone in the field. (30) And Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve 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 forsaken me, and have worshipped Ash- toreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Che mosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon ; and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgements, as did David his father. (34) Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand : but I will make him prince all the days of his life, for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, 3 because be kept my command ments and my statutes : (35) but I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. (36) And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp 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 4 according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. (38) And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt wall7: in my ways, and do that which is right in mine eyes, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did ; that I will be with thee, and will build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee. (39) And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. (40) Solomon sought therefore to kill Jero boam : but Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. (41) 5Now the rest of the 6acts 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. 12 7And Rehoboam went to She chem : for all Israel were come to She chem to make him king. (2) And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, (for he was yet in Egypt, whither he had fled from the pres ence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt, (3) and they sent and called him ;) that Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, (4) Thy father made our yoke grievous : now there fore 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- 7 Heb. closed up. 2 Heb. burden. 3 Or, who kept. 4 Or, over all. B See 2 Chr. ix. 29, &c. ' Or, words. Or, mutters. 7 See 2 Chr. x. 1, &c. I. KINGS. 399 part yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed. (6) And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solo mon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people? (7) And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. (8) But he forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that were grown up with him, that stood before him. (9) And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter? (10) And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou say unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us ; thus shalt thou speak unto them, My little finger is thicker than my father's loins. (11) And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke : my father cliastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. (12) So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third clay, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day. (13) And the king answered the peo ple roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him ; (14) and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. (15) So the king hearkened not unto the peo ple ; for it was a thing brought about of the Lord, that he might establish his word, which the Lord spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. (16) And when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David ? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse : to your tents, O Israel : now see to thine own house, David, So Israel departed unto their tents. (17) But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. (18) Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the levy ; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jeru salem. (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 returned, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel : there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only. (21) *And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. (22) But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, (23) Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solo mon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the 2rest of the people, saying, (24) Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel : return every man to his house'; for this thing is of me. So they heark ened unto the word of the Lord, and returned and went their way, according to the word of the Lord. 7 See 2 Chr. xi. 1, &c. 2 See ver. 17. 400 I. KINGS. (25) Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and dwelt therein ; and he 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 offer sacrifices in the house of the Lord at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah ; and they shall kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah. (28) Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold ; and he said unto them, 1 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. (29) And he set the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan. (30) And this thing became a sin : for the people went to worship before 2the one, even unto Dan. (31) And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. (32) And Jer oboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he 3 went up unto the altar ; so did he in Beth-el, 4 sacrificing unto the calves that he had made : and he placed in Beth-el the priests of the high places which he had made. (33) And he 3 went up unto the altar which he had made in Beth-el on the fifteenth clay in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised 5 of his own heart : and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and 3 went up unto the altar, to burn incense. 13 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord unto Beth-el : and Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense. (2) And he cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord : Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name ; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall they burn upon thee. (3) And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the Lord hath spoken : Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. (4) And it came to pass, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Beth-el, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he ' put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to him. (5) The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, accord ing to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord. (6) And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the favour of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God intreated the Lord, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. (7) And the king said uuto the man of God, Come home with 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, Thou shalt eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that thou earnest. (10) So he went another away, and re turned not by the way that he came to Beth-el. (11) Now there dwelt an old prophet in Beth-el ; and 6 one of his sons came 7 Or, Ye have gone up long enough. reading is, apart. 3 Heb. his son. 2 Or, each of them. 3 Or, offered upon. 4 Or, to sacrifice. 6 Another I. KINGS. 401 and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Beth-el : the words which he had spoken unto the king, them also they told unto their fa ther. (12) And their father said unto them, What way went he? 2Now his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. (13) And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass : and he rode thereon. (14) And he went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an 2oak : and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that earnest from Judah? And he said, I am. (15) Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. (16) And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee : neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: (17) for it was said to me by the word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou earnest. (18) And he said unto him, I also am a prophet as thou art ; and an an gel spake unto me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him 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) And it came to pass, as the}7 sat at the table, that the word of the Lord came unto the prophet that brought him back : (21) and he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast 3been disobedient unto the mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee, (22) but earnest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place of the which he said to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water ; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. (23) And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought 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 stand ing by the carcase : and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. (26) And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who 3 was disobedient unto the mouth of the Lord : therefore the Lord hath deliv ered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake unto him. (27) And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled it. (28) And he went and found his 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 he came to the- city of the old prophet, to mourn, and to bury him. (30) And he laid his carcase in his own grave ; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! (31) And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried ; lay my bones beside his bones. (32) For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass. (33) After this thing Jeroboam re turned not from his evil wav, but made 7 According to some ancient versions, And his sons shewed him. the word. 2 Or, terebinth. 3 Or, rebelled against 402 /. KINGS. again from among all the people priests of the high places : l whosoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places. (34) And 2 this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. 14 At that time Abijah the son of Jero boam fell sick. (2) And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and dis guise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam : and get thee to Shiloh ; behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which spake concerning me that I should be king over this people. (3) And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a 3 cruse of honey, and go to him : he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. (4) And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see ; for his eyes were set by reason of his age. (5) And the Lord said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to inquire of thee concerning her son ; for he is sick : thus and thus shalt thou say unto her : for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman. (6) And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam ; why f eignest thou thyself to be another ? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. (7) Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel : Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee (8) 4 prince over my people Israel, and rent the kingdom away from tbe house of David, and gave it thee : and yet thou hast not been as my servant Da vid, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes ; (9) but hast clone evil above all that were be fore thee, and hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: (10) therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every man child, him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam, as a man sweepeth away clung, 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 house : and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. (13) And all Is rael shall mourn for him, and bury him ; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave : because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam. (14) Moreover the Lord shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: 5 but what? even now. (15) For the Lord 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 ; be cause they have made their Asherim, pro voking the Lord to anger. (16) And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, 6 which he hath sinned, and wherewith he hath made Israel to sin. (17) And Jeroboam's wife arose, and de parted, and came to Tirzah : and as she came to the threshold of the house, the child died. (18) And all Israel buried him, and mourned for him ; according to tbe word of the Lord, 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, be hold, they are written in the book of the 1 Or, ivhomsoever he would. 2 Or, by this thing he became. even now ? 3 Or, who did sin, and who made t&c. Or, bottle. 4 Or, leader. E Or, and what /. KINGS. 403 chronicles of the kings of Israel. (20) And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years : and be slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. (21) 1 And Rehoboam the son of Solo mon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one 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 the Ammo- nitess. (22) And Judah did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord ; and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, above all that their fathers had done. (23) For they also built them high places, and 2 pillars, and Asherim, on every high hill, and un der every green tree ; (24) and there were also 3 sodomites in the land : they did ac cording to all the abominations of the na tions which the Lord drave out before the children of Israel. (25) 4 And it caine to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem : (26) and he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's house ; he even took away all : and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. (27) And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and com mitted them to the hands of the captains of the 5 guard, which kept the door of the king's house. (28) And it was so, that as oft as the king went into the house of the Lord, the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber. (29) e Now the rest of the acts of Reho boam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (30) And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. (31) And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David : and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammo- nitess. And 7Abijam his son reigned in his stead. 15 8 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat began Abijam to reign over Judah. (2) Three years reigned he in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was 9 Maacah the daugh ter of 10Abishalom. (3) And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him : and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father. (4) Nevertheless for David's sake did the Lord his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem : (5) because David did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and turned not aside from any thing that he com manded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. (6) Now there was war between u Re hoboam and Jeroboam all the clays of his life. (7) And the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. (8) 12 And Abijam slept with his fathers ; and they buried him in the city of David : and Asa his son reigned in his stead. (9) And in the twentieth year of Jero boam king of Israel began Asa to reign over Judah. (10) And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. (11) And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David his father. (12) And he put away the sodomites out of the land, 7 See 2 Chr. xii. 13. 2 Or, obelisks. 3 See Deut. xxiii. 17. 4 See 2 Chr. xii. 2, 9-11. 3 Heb. runners- 3 See 2 Chr. xii. 15, 16. 7 In 2 Chr. xii. 16, Abijah. > See 2 Chr. xiii. 1, &c. ° In 2 Chr. xiii. 2, Micaiuh the daughter of Uriel. 7« In 2 Chr. xi. 20, 21, Absalom. « According to some authorities, Abijam. 72 See 2 Chr. xiv. 1, &c. 404 I. KINGS. and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. (13) :And also Maacah his mother he removed from being 2 queen, because she had made an abominable image 3 for an Asherah ; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. (14) But the high places were not taken away : nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect with the Lord all his days. (15) And he brought into the house of the Lord the things that his father had dedicated, and the things that himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. (16) And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their clays. (17) 4And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. (18) Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of tbe king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants : and king Asa sent them to Ben- hadad, the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Da mascus, saying, (19) 5 There is a league between me and thee, between my father and thy father : behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold ; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. (20) And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chin- neroth, with all the land of Naphtali. (21) And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. (22) Then king Asa made a proclamation unto all Judah ; none was exempted : and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded ; and king Asa built therewith Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. (23) "Now the rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah ? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. (24) And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father : and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. (25) And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years. (26) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. (27) And Baasha the son of Ahi jah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him ; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philis tines ; for Nadab and all Israel were lay ing siege to Gibbethon. (28) Even in the third year of Asa king of Juclah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. (29) And it came to pass that, as soon as he was king, he smote all the house of Jeroboam ; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until be had destroyed him ; according unto the saying of the Lord, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the Shilonite : (30) for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and where with he made Israel to sin ; because of his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger. (31) Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (32) And there was war be tween Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. (33) In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to ' See 2 Chr. xv. 16-18. « See 2 Chr. xvi. 11-14. 2 Or, queen mother. Or, for Asherah. 4 See 2 Chr. xvi- 1-6. 3 Or, Let there be. I. KINGS. 405 reign over all Israel in Tirzah, and reigned twenty and four years. (34) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. 16 And the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, (2) Forasmuch as I ex alted thee out of the dust, and made thee 1 prince over my people Israel ; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to pro voke me to anger with their sins ; (3) behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house ; and I will make thy house like the house of 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 field 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) And Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah; and Elah his son reigned in his stead. (7) And moreover by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the Lord against Baasha, and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he smote 2him. (8) In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and reigned two years. (9) And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, con spired against him : now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, which was over the household in Tir zah: (10) and Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead. (11) And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he smote all the house of Baasha : he left him not a single man child, neither of his kinsfolks, nor of his friends. (12) Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, (13) for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and wherewith they made Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities. (14) Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? (15) In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which he- longed to the Philistines. (16) And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also smit ten the king : wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. (17) And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Is rael with him, and they besieged Tirzah. (18) And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the3 castle of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died, (19) for his sins which he sinned in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin. (20) Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel ? (21) Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts : half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make 1 Or, leader, 2 Or, it. 3 Or, palace. 406 I. KINGS. him king ; and half followed Omri. (22) But the people that followed Omri pre vailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath : so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. (23) In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, and reigned twelve years : six years reigned he in Tirzah. (24) And he bought the hill 1 Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver; and he 2 built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill, l Samaria. (25) And Omri did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and dealt wickedly above all that were before him. (26) For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Ne bat, and in his sins wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke tbe Lord, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities. (27) Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of tbe chronicles of the kings of Israel? (28) So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria : and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. (29) Andin tbe thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel : and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. (30) And Ahab the son of Omri did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him. (31) And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife 3Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaalking of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped bin/. (32) And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house ,>f Baal, which he had built in Samaria. (33) And Ahab made 4the Asherah ; and Ahab did vet more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. (34) 5 In his days did Hiel the Beth-elite build Jericho : he laid the foundation thereof with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof with the loss of his yoimo-est son Segub ; according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by the hand of Joshua tbe son of Nun. 17 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was 6 of tbe sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand,, there shall not be clew nor rain these years, but ac cording 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 the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. (4) And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. (5) So he went and did ac cording unto the word of the Lord : for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. (6) And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morn ing, and bread and flesh iu the evening ; and he drank of the brook. (7) And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up. because there was no rain in the land. (8) And the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, (9) Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there : behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. (10) So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow woman was there gather ing sticks : and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. (11) And asshe was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of 7 Heb. Shomeron. 2 Or, fortified the hill. 3 According to the Sept., of Tishbeh of , Gilead. 3 Heb. Izebel. 4 See 2 Kings xiii. 6. 3 See Josh. vi. ! I. KINGS. 407 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 the barrel, and a little oil in the cruse : and, behold, I am gathering 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 forth unto me, and af terward make for thee and for thy son. (14) For thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the clay that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth. (15) And she went and did ac cording to the saying of Elijah : and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. (16) The barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, accord ing to the word of the Lord, which he spake by Elijah. (17) Aud it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick ; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. (18) And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? 1 thou art come unto me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son ! (19) And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the chamber, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. (20) And he cried unto the Lord, and said, 0 Lord my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? (21) And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, 0 Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again. (22) And the Lord hearkened unto the voice of Elijah ; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. (23) And Elijah took the child, and brought him clown out of the cham ber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother : and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. (24) And the woman said to Elijah, Now I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in thy mouth is truth. 18 And it came to pass after many clays, that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab ; and I will send rain upon the earth. (2) And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And the fam ine was sore in Samaria. (3) And Ahab called Obadiah, which was over the house hold. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly : (4) for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) (5) And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go through the land, unto all the fountains of water, and unto all the brooks : peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, 2 that we lose not all the beasts. (6) So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it : Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. (7) And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him : and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it thou, my lord Elijah? (8) And he answered him, It is I : go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. (9) And he said, Wherein have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay 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 they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and na tion, that they found thee not. (11) And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, 7 Or, art thou &c. 2 Or, and lose none of. 408 I. KINGS. Behold, Elijah is here. (12) And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the spirit of the Lord shall carry thee whither I know not ; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me : but I thy ser vant fear the Lord from my youth. (13) Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord, how I hid an hundred men of the Lord's prophets 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) And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Is it thou, thou troubler of Israel ? (18) And he answered, I have not troubled Israel ; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed the Baalim. (19) Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Car mel, and the prophets of Baal four hun dred and fifty, and the prophets of the Asherah four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. (20) So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. (21) And Elijah came near 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, am left a prophet of the Lord : but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men (23) Let them therefore give us two bullocks ; and let them choose one bullock for them selves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under : and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on the wood, and put no fire under. (24) And call ye on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of 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 uuto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are. many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under. (26) And they took the bul lock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, 0 Baal, 1 hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they 2 leaped about the altar which was made. (27) And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is musing, or he is gone aside, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. (28) And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with 3 knives and lances, till the blood gushed out upon them. (29) And it was so, when midday was past, that they prophe sied until tbe time of the offering of the evening oblation ; but there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any 4that 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 thrown down. (31) And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the son of Jacob, unto whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be thy name. (32) And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the Lord ; and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain 5two 1 Or, answer. 2 Or, limped. 8 Or, swords. 4 Heb. attention. 3 Or, a two-seah measure. I. KINGS. 409 measures of seed. (33) And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid it on the wood. And he said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt offering, and on the wood. (34) And he said, Do it the second time ; and they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time ; and they did it the third time. (35) And the water ran round about the altar ; and he filled the trench also with water. (36) And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening oblation, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, 0 Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. (37) Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou, Lord, art God, 1 and that thou hast turned their heart back again. (38) Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. (39) And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces : and they said, The Lord, he is God ; the Lord, he is God. (40) And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal ; let not one of them escape. And they took them : and Elijah brought them clown to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. (41) And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink ; for there is the sound of abundance of rain. (42) So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel ; and he bowed himself clown upon the earth, and put his face between his knees. (43) And he said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. (44) And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, 2 Make ready thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not. (45) And it came to pass in a little while, that the heaven grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab 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. 19 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had ¦ slain all the prophets with the sword. (2) Then Jezebel sent a messenger 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-morrow about this time. (3) 3And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. (4) But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a 4 juniper 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. (5) And he lay down and slept under a juniper tree ; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. (6) And he looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baken on the 5 coals, and a cruse of water. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. (7) And the angel of the Lord 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) And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there ; and, be- 7 Or, for thou didst turn their heart backward. 2 Or, Yoke. s According to some ancient authorities, And he was afraid, and arose. 4 Or, broom. 3 Or, hot stones. 410 I. KINGS. hold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? (10) And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord, tbe God of hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown clown thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword : and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away. (11) And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount 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 earthquake : (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 him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? (14) And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts ; for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword ; and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away. (15) And the Lord said unto him, Go, return on thy way2 to the wil derness of Damascus : and when thou comest, thou shalt anoint Hazael to be king over Syria : (10) and Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel : and Elisha the son of Sha- phat of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. (17) And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay : and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. (18) Yet will I leave me, seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. (19) So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth : and Elijah passed over unto him, and cast his mantle 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 again ; for what have I done to thee? (21) And he returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and slew them, and 3 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 ministered uuto him. 20 And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together : and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses and chariots : and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it. (2) And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad, (3) Thy silver and thy gold is mine ; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. (4) And the king of Israel answered and said, It is according to thy saying, my lord, O king ; I am thine, and all that I have. (5) And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, I sent indeed unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children ; (6) but I will send my servants unto thee to-morrow about this time, and they shall search thine bouse, and the houses of thy servants ; and it shall be, that 4 whatso ever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away. (7) Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray Heb. a sound of gentle stillness. 2 Or, by the wilderness to. 3 Or, roasted. 4 Heb. all the desire of thine eyes. I. KINGS. 411 you, and see how this man seeketh mis chief : for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold ; and I denied him not. (8) And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken thou not, neither consent. (9) Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do : but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again (10) And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that ' fol low me. (11) And the king of Israel an swered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armour boast himself as he that putteth it off. (12) And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings, in the 2 pavilions, that he said unto his servants, 3 Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city. (13) And, behold, a prophet came near unto Ahab king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou seen all this great multitude ? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day ; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord. (14) And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the Lord, By the 4 young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall 5 begin the battle? Aud he answered, Thou. (15) Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hun dred and thirty two : and after them he mustered all the people, even all the chil dren of Israel, being seven thousand. (16) And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the 2 pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and 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 from Samaria. (18) And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive ; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. (19) So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which fol lowed them. (20) And they slew every one his man ; and the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them : and Ben-hadacl the king of Syria escaped 6 on an horse with horsemen. (21) And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and char iots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. (22) Aud the prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest : for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. (23) And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their god is a god of the hills ; therefore they were stronger than we : but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. (24) And do this thing ; take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put 7 captains in their room : (25) and number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot : and we will fight against them in the plain, and 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-hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel. (27) And the children of Israel were mustered, and were vict ualled, and went against them : and the children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of kids ; but the 7 Heb. are at my feet. 2 Or, huts. 3 Or, Place, tbe engines. And they placed the engines. * Or, servants. 3 Heb bind, 3 Or, with horse and horsemen. 7 Or, governors. See ch. x. 15. 412 I. KINGS. Syrians filled the country. (28) And ' a man of God came near and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is a god of the hills, but he is not a god of the valleys ; therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the Lord. (29) And they encamped one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined ; and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one clay. (30) But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city ; and the wall fell upon twenty and seven thou sand men that were left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, 2into an inner chamber. (31) And his servants said unto him, Behold, now we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings : let us, we pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel : peradventure he will save thy life. (32) So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother. (33) Now the men 3 observed diligently, and hasted 4 to catch whether it were 5 his mind ; and they said, Thy brother Ben-hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him ; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. (34) And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities which my father took from thy father I will restore ; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. And I, sail Ahab, will let thee go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go. (35) And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his fellow by the word of the Lord, Smite ine, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him. (36) Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him. (37) Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, smiting and wounding him. (38) So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised him self with his headband over his eyes. (39) 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 thy 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 judge ment be ; thyself hast decided it. (41) And he hasted, and took the headband away from his eyes ; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. (42) And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people. (43) And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria. 21 And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. (2) And Ahab spake unto Naboth, say ing, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it 7 Or, the. 2 Or, from chamber to chamber. 3 Or, took it as an omen (Heb. divined), and hasted. 4 Another reading is, to catch it from him. 3 Heb. from him. I. KINGS. 413 is near unto my house ; and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it ; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. (3) And Na both said to Ahab, The Lord forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. (4) And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased be cause of the word which Naboth the Jez- reelite had spoken to him : for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. (5) But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? (6) 'And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreel- ite, and said unto him, Give me thy vine yard for money ; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it : and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard. (7) And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the king dom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry : I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. (8) So she wrote ' letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the no bles that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth. (9) And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth 2 on high among the people : (10) and set two men, sons of 3 Belial, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst4 curse God and the king. And then carry him out, aud stone him, that he die. (11) And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who dwelt in his city, did as Jeze bel had sent unto them, according as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. (12) They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth 2 on high among the people. (13) And the two men, sons of Belial, came in and sat before him : and the men of Belial bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did 4 curse God and the king. 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) And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money : for Naboth is not alive, but dead. (16) And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. (17) And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, (18) Arise, go clown to meet Ahab king of Israel, which dwelleth in Samaria : behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to take possession of it. (19) And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? and thou shalt speak unto him, say ing, 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 do that which is evil in the sight of the Lord. (21) Behold, I will bring evil upou thee, and will utterly sweep thee away, and will cut off from Ahab every man child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel : (22) and I will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, 7 Or, a letter. 2 Or, at the head of > That is, worthlessness. 4 Or, renounce. 414 I. KINGS. for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and hast made Israel to sin. (23) And of Jezebel also spake the Lord, saying, The clogs shall eat Jezebel *by the rampart of Jezreel. (24) Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the clogs shall eat ; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. (25) (But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to do that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. (26) And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all that tbe Amorites did, whom the Lord cast out before the chil dren of Israel.) (27) And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. (28) And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, (29) Seest thou how Ahab hum- bleth himself before me ? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days : but in his son's clays will I bring the evil upon his house. 22 And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. (2) 2And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came clown to the king of Israel. (3) And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth-gilead is ours, and we 3be still, and take it not out of the band of the king of Syria? (4) And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Je hoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. (5) And Je hoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to-day. (6) Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to bat tle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up ; for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king. (7) But Je hoshaphat said, Is there not here be sides a prophet of the Lord, that we might inquire of him? (8) And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiab the son of Imlah : but I hate him ; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehosha phat said, Let not the king say so. (9) Then the king of Israel called an 4 officer, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiab the son of Imlah. (10) Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, iu 5 an open place at the entrance of the gate of Samaria ; and all the prophets prophesied before them. (11) And Zed- ekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the Lord, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until they be consumed. (12) And all the prophets prophesied so, say ing, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, and pros per : for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king. (13) And the messen ger that went to call Micaiab spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth : let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak thou good. (14) And Micaiab said, As the Lord liveth, what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak. (15) And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiab, shall we go to Ramoth- gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go up, and pros per ; and the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king. (16) And the king said unto him, How many times shall 7 According to some ancient authorities, in the portion, as in 2 Kings ix. 10, 36. 2 See 2 Chr. xviii. 2, &c. 3 Or, keep silence. 4 Or, eunuch. 3 Heb. a threshing-floor I. KINGS. 415 I adjure thee that thou speak unto me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord? (17) And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd : and the Lord said, These have no master ; let them return every man to his house in peace. (18) And the king of Israel said to Jehosha phat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil? (19) And he said, Therefore hear thou the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. (20) And the Lord said, Who shall 1 eutice Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead ? And one said on this manner ; and an other said on that manner. (21) And there came forth 2 a spirit, and stood be fore the Lord, and said, I will entice him. (22) And the Lord said unto him, Where with? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so. (23) Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy proph ets ; and the Lord hath spoken evil con cerning thee. (24) Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiab 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 on that day, when thou shalt go 3 into an inner cham ber to hide thyself. (26) And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Arnon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son ; (27) and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of afflic tion, 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, 4Hear, ye peoples, all of you. (29) So the king of Israel and Jehosha phat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth- gilead. (30) And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and go into the battle ; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. (31) Now the king of Syria had commanded the thirty and two captains of his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. (32) And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel ; and they turned aside to fight against him : and Jehoshaphat cried out. (33) Aud it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursu ing him. (34) And a certain man drew his bow 5at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between 6 the joints of the har ness : wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and car ry me out of the host ; for I am sore 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 ran out of the wound into the bottom of the chariot. (36) And there went a cry throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his country. (37) So the king died, and was brought to Samaria ; and they buried the king in Samaria. (38) And they washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria ; and the dogs licked up his blood ; (7 now the harlots washed them selves there ;) according unto the word of the Lord which he spake. (39) Now the 7 Or, deceive. 2 Heb. the spirit. 3 Or, from chamber to chamber. ' See Micah i. 2. phcity. 3 Or, the lower armour and the breastplate. ' Or, and they washed the armour. Heb. in his sim. 416 I. KINGS. rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he built, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (40) So Ahab slept with his fathers ; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. (41) ' And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. (42) Jehosh aphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. (43) And he walked in all the way of Asa his father ; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of tbe Lord : howbeit the high places were not taken away ; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. (44) And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. (45) Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he shewed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (46) And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he put away out of the land. (47) And there was no king in Edom : a dep uty was king. (48) Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold : but they went not; for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. (49) Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehosha phat, Let my servants go with thy ser vants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. (50) 2 And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father : and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. (51) Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Is rael. (52) And he did that which was evil in the sight of tbe Lord, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jero boam the son of Nebat, 3 wherein he made Israel to sin. (53) And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to an ger the Lord, the God of Israel, accord ing to all that his father had done. 7 See 2 Chr. xx. 31, &c. 2 See 2 Chr. xxi. 1. 3 Or, who made. THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS. 1 And Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. (2) And Aha ziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick : and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this sickness. (3) But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? (4\ Now therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed. (5) And the messengers returned unto him, and he said unto them, Why is it that ye are returned? (6) And they said unto him, There came up a man to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that thou sendest to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron ? therefore thou shalt not come down from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. (7) And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words? (8) And they answered him, He was *an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. (9) Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him : and, behold, he *sat on the top of the hill. And he spake unto him, O man of God, the king hath said, Come down. (10) And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came clown fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. (11) And again he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly. (12) And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. (13) And again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and be sought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be pre cious in thy sight. (14) Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and con sumed the two former captains of fifty with their fifties : but now let my life be precious in thy sight. (15) And the angel of the Lord said unto Elijah, Go 1 Or, a man with a garment of hair. 2 Or, dwelt. 417 418 II. KINGS. clown with him : be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king. (16) And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word ? therefore thou shalt not come clown from the bed whither thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. (17) So he died ac cording to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram began to reign 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 kings of Israel ? 2 And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah by a whirlwind into heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. (2) And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee ; for the Lord hath sent me as far as Beth-el. And Elisha said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Beth- el. (3) And the sons of the prophets that were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to-day ? And be said, Yea, I know it ; hold ye your peace. (4) And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee ; for tbe Lord bath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. (5) And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came near to Elisha, and said unto him, Know est thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to-day? And be answered, Yea, I know it ; hold ye your peace. (6) And Elijah said unto him, Tarry here, I pray thee ; for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. (7) And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood over against them afar off : and they two stood by Jordan. (8) And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground. (9) And it came to pass, 'when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let 2 a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. (10) And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing : neverthe less, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it shall not be so. (11) And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared 8 a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, which parted them both asunder ; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. (12) And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the 4 chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof ! And he saw him no more : and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. (13) He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan. (14) And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord, 5 the God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they were divided hither and thither : and Elisha went over. (15) And when the sons of the prophets which were at Jericho over against him saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah cloth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. (16) And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy 7 Or, as they went. 2 That ia, the portion of the firstborn. 3 Or, the God of Elijah, even he ? and when he had smitten &c. i Deut. xxi. 17. 3 Or, chariots. 4 Or, chariot. //. KINGS. 419 servants 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 upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. (17) And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men ; and they sought three days, but found him not. (18) And they came back to him, while he tarried at Jericho ; and he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? (19) And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, we pray thee, the situa tion of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth : but the water is naught, and the land 2 miscarrieth. (20) And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt there in. And they brought it to him. (21) And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast salt therein, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters ; there shall not be from thence any more death or 2 miscarrying. (22) So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spake. (23) And he went up from thence unto Beth-el : and as he was going up by the way, there came forth 8 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 looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of tbe 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 Car mel, and from thence he returned to Sa maria. 3 Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. (2) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord ; but not like his father, and like his mother : for he put away the 4 pillar of Baal that his father had made. (3) Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin ; he departed not therefrom. (4) Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster ; and he rendered unto the king of Israel 6 the wool of an hundred thousand lambs, and of an hundred thou sand rams. (5) But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab re belled against the king of Israel. (6) And king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel. (7) And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath 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, my horses as thy horses. (8) And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way of the wilderness of Edom. (9) So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom : and they made a circuit of seven days' journey : and there was no water for the host, nor for the beasts that followed them. (10) And the king of Israel said, Alas ! for 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 inquire of the Lord by him ? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, which poured water on the hands of Elijah. (12) And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Is rael and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. (13) And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do 1 Or, casteth her fruit. 2 Or, casting of fruit. 3 Or, young lads. sand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. 4 Or, obelisk. B Or, an hundred thou- 420 II. KINGS. with thee ? get thee to the prophets of thy father, aud to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay : for the Lord hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab. (14) And Elisha said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the pres ence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. (15) But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him. (16) And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of trenches. (17) For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain, yet that valley shall be filled with water : and ye shall drink, both ye and your cattle and your beasts. (18) And this is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord : he will also deliver the Moabites into your hand. (19) And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all fountains of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. (20) And it came to pass in the morning, about the time of offering the oblation, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. (21) Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they 1 gathered themselves together, all that were able to 2 put on arm our, and upward, and stood on the border. (22) And they rose up early in the morn ing, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water over against them as red as blood : (23) and they said, This is blood ; the kings 8 are surely de stroyed, and they have smitten each man his fellow : now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. (24) And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled be fore them : and they went forward 4 into the land smiting the Moabites. (25) And they beat down the cities ; and on every good piece of land they cast every man his stone, and filled it ; and they stopped all the fountains of water, and felled all the good trees : until in Kir-hareseth only they left the stones thereof ; howbeit the sling- ers went about it, and smote it. (26) And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew sword, to break through unto the king of Edom : but they could not. (27) Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And 6 there was great wrath against Israel : and they departed from him, and returned to their own land. 4 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead : and thou knowest that thy ser vant did fear the Lord : and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen. (2) And Elisha said un to her, What shall I do for thee ? tell me ; what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine 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 vessels ; borrow not a few. (4) And thou shalt go in, and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all those ves sels ; and thou shalt set aside that which is full. (5) So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons ; they brought the 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 7 Or, were called together. 2 Heb. gird themselves with a girdle. into it. c Or, there came great wrath upon Israel. 8 Or, have surely fought together. 4 Heb. //. KINGS. 421 he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy sons of the rest. (8) And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was 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 continually. (10) Let us make, I pray thee, a little chamber '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 clay, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber and lay there. (12) And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before- him. (13) And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast 2been 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 answered, I dwell among mine own peo ple. (14) And he said, What then is to be done for her ? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no son, 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, At this season, when the time 3 cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid. (17) And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season, when the time came round, as Elisha had said unto her. (18) 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 his servant, Carry him 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 servants, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again. (23) And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to-day? it is neither new moon nor sabbath. And she said, 4It shall be well. (24) Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward ; slacken me not the riding, except I bid thee. (25) So she went, and came unto the man of God to mount Car mel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is the Shunammite : (26) run, I pray thee, now to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she an swered, It is well. (27) And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away ; but the man of God said, Let her alone : for her soul is 5 vexed within her ; and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. (28) Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? (29) Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way : if thou meet any man, salute him not ; and if any salute thee, answer him not again : and lay my staff upon the face of the child. (30) And the mother of the child said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her. (31) And Ge hazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child ; but there 1 Or, with walls. bitter. 2 Or, shewed us all this reverence. s Heb. liveth, or, revlveth. 4 Heb. Peace. 3 Heb. 422 //. KINGS. was neither voice, nor * hearing. Where fore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked. (32) And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. (33) He went in there fore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the Lord. (34) And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands : and he 2 stretched himself upon him ; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. (35) Then he returned, and walked in the house once to and fro ; and went up, and z stretched himself upon him : 8 and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes., (36) And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunam mite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son. (37) Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground ; and she took up her son, and went out. (38) And Elisha came again to Gilgal : and there was a dearth in the land ; and the sons of the prophets were sitting be fore him : and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. (39) And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered there of wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage : for they knew them not. (40) So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof. (41) But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot ; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no 4 harm in the pot. (42) And there came a man from Baal- shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of corn in 5 his sack. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. (43) And his 6 servant said, What, should I set this before an hundred men ? But he said, Give the people, that they may eat ; for thus saith the Lord, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. (44) So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the Lord. 5 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man 7 with his master, and honourable, because by him the Lord had given ° victory unto Syria : he was also a mighty man of valour, but he was a leper. (2) And the Syrians had gone out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid ; and she B waited on Naaman's wife. (3) And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were 7 with the prophet that is in Samaria ! then would he recover him of his leprosy. (4) And 10one 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 Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand n pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. (6) And he brought the let ter to the king of Israel, saying, And now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his lep rosy. (7) And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his lep rosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh 12a quarrel against me. 7 Heb. attention. 2 Or, bowed himself. 3 Or, and embraced the child. 4 Heb. evil thing. 3 Or, the husk thereof. ' Or, minister. » Heb. before. a Heb. salvation. • Heb. was before. 70 Or, he. " Or, shekels. 72 Or, an occasion. 77. KINGS. 423 (8) And it was so, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes ? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Is rael. (9) So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. (10) And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and 1 thou shalt be clean. (11) But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Be hold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place, and recover the leper. (12) Are not 2Abanah and Pharpar, the 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, wouldest thou not have done it ? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? (14) Then went he down, 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) And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him : and he said, Behold now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel : now therefore, I pray thee, take a 8 present of thy servant. (16) But he said, As the Lord liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it ; but he refused.- (17) And Naaman said, If not, yet I pray thee let there be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth; for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the Lord. (18) In this thing the Lord par don thy servant ; when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy servant in this thing. (19) And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him * a little way. (20) But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought : as the Lord liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. (21) So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw one running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? (22) And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets ; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of rai ment. (23) And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of raiment, and laid them upon two of his servants ; and they bare them before him. (24) And when he came to the s hill, 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 before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. (26) And he said unto him, 6Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and vineyards, 7 Heb. be thou clean. 2 Another reading is, Amanah. 3 Or, Mine heart went not from me, when &c. 3 Heb. blessing. 4 Or, some way. 3 Heb. Ophel. 424 II. KINGS. and sheep and oxen, and menservants and maidservants? (27) The leprosy there fore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow. 6 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us. (2) Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. (3) And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he an swered, I will go. (4) So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut clown wood. (5) But as one was felling a beam, the axe-head fell into the water : and he cried, and said, Alas, my master ! for it was borrowed. (6) And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut clown a stick, and cast it in thither, and 1made the iron to swim. (7) And he said, Take it up to thee. So he put out his hand, and took it. (8) Now the king of Syria warred against Israel ; and he took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my 2camp. (9) And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place ; for thither the Syrians are coming clown. (10) And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of ; and he saved himself there, not once nor twice. (11) And the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing ; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel? (12) And one of his servants said, Nay, my lord, 0 king : but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speak- est in thy bedchamber. (13) And he said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. (14) Therefore sent he thither horses, and char iots, and a great host : and they came by night, and compassed the city about. (15) And when the 8 servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host with horses and chariots was round about the city. And his ser vant 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 Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, 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 chari ots of fire round about Elisha. (18) And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and said, Smite this 4 people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness accord ing to the word of Elisha. (19) And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city : follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. And he led them to Samaria. (20) And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw ; 'and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. (21) And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? (22) shall I smite them? And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them : wouldest 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 drink, and go to their master. (23) And he prepared great provision for them : and when they had eaten and drunk, he 7 Or, the iron did swim. 2 Or, encamping. Or, minister. 4 Heb. nation. II. KINGS. 425 sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. (24) And it came to pass after this, that Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. (25) And there was a great famine in Samaria : and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore ^pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a kab of dove's dung for five '¦pieces of silver. (26) And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, say ing, Help, my lord, O king. (27) And he said, 2If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the wine-press? (28) And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to-day, and we will eat my son to-morrow. (29) So we boiled my son, and did eat him : and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him : and she hath hid her son. (30) And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes ; (now he was passing by apon the wall ;) and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. (31) Then he said, God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Eli sha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. (32) But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him ; and the king sent a man from before him : but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and 8hold the door fast against him : is not the sound of his mas ter's feet behind him? (33) And while he yet talked with them, behold, the mes senger came down unto him : and he said, Behold, this evil is of the Lord ; why should I wait for the Lord any longer? 7 And Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord : thus saith the Lord, To-mor row about this time shall a 4 measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. (2) Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Be hold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. (3) Now there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate : and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? (4) If we say, We will enter into the city, then tbe famine is in the city, and we shall die there : and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians : if they save us alive, we shall live ; and if they kill us, we shall but die. (5) And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians : and when they were come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there. (6) For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host •. and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. (7) Where fore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. (8) And when these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it ; and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and 7 Or, shekels. 2 Or, Nay, let the LORD help thee t 3 Heb. thrust him back with the door. 3 Heb. seah. 426 77. KINGS. went and hid it. (9) Then they said one to another, We do not well : this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace : if we tarry till the morning light, 1 punishment will overtake us : now there fore come, let us go and tell the king's household. (10) So they came and called unto the * porter of the city : and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were. (11) And 3he called the porters ; and they told it to the king's household within. (12) And the king arose in the night, and said unto his ser vants, I will now shew you what the Syri ans have done to us. They know that we be hungry ; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive, and get into the city. (13) And one of his servants an swered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left 4 in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it ; behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are consumed :) and let us send and see. (14) They took therefore two chariots with horses ; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. (15) And they went after them unto Jordan : and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king. (16) And the people went out, and spoiled the camp of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the Lord. (17) And the king appointed the captain 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, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to-morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria ; (19) and that captain an swered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be ? and he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof : (20) it came to pass even so unto him ; for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died. 8 Now Elisha had spoken unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn : for the Lord hath called for a famine ; and it shall also come up on the land seven years. (2) And the woman arose, and did according to the word of the man of God : and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. (3) And it came to pass at the seven years* end. that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines : and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. (4) Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done. (5) And it came to pass, as he was tell ing the king how he had restored to life him that was dead, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, 0 king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life. (6) And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain 5 officer, saying, Restore all 7 Or, our iniquity will find us out. 2 Or, porters. Or, the porters called. 4 Heb. in it. 3 Or, eunuch. 77. KINGS. 427 that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now. (7) And Elisha came to Damascus ; and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was sick ; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. (8) And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover of this sickness ? (9) So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present 'with him, zeven of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this sick ness ? (10) And Elisha said unto him, Go, 3 say unto him, Thou shalt surely recover ; howbeit the Lord hath shewed me that he shall surely die. (11) And he settled his countenance stedfastly upon Mm, until he was ashamed : and the man of God wept. (12) And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord ? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel : their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child. (13) And Hazael said, But what is thy servant, which is but a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. (14) Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master ; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover. (15) And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took the coverlet, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died : and Hazael reigned in his stead. (16) And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, 4 Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. (17) 5 Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign ; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. (18) And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab : for he had 8 the daughter of Ahab to wife : and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. (19) Howbeit the Lord would not destroy Judah, for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give unto him a lamp 7 for his children alway. (20) In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. (21) Then Joram passed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him : and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots : and the people fled to their tents. (22) So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, unto this day. Then did Libnah revolt at the same time. (23) And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chron icles of the kings of Judah? (24) And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of Da vid : and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. (25) 8In 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 'daughter of Omri king of Israel. (27) And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab : for he was the son in law of the 7 Heb. in his hand. 2 Or, and. 3 According to another reading, say, Thou shalt not recover: for the LORD &c. 4 Some ancient authorities omit the words Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah. _ 3 See 2 Chr. xxi. 5, &c. 3 See ver. 26, ver. 18. ' Another reading is, and to his children. 3 See 2 Chr. xxii. 1, &c. • Or, granddaughter. See 428 77. KINGS. house of Ahab. (28) And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead : and the Syrians wounded Joram. (29) And king Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Aha ziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went clown to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. 9 And Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets, and said unto him, Gircl up thy loins, and take this vial of oil in thine band, and go to Ramoth- gilead. (2) And when thou comest thither, 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 cham ber. (3) Then take the vial of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. (4) So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ra moth-gilead. (5) And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sit ting ; and be 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, the God of Israel, I have an ointed 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 ser vants 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 every man child, and him that is shut up and him that is left at large in Israel. (9) And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. (10) And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. (11) Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man and what his talk was. (12) And they said, It is false ; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, say ing, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel. (13) Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him Jon the top of the stairs, and blew the trumpet, saying, Jehu is king. (14) So Jehu the son of Jehosha phat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram kept Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria: (15) but king 2 Joram was re turned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If this be your mind, then let none escape and go forth out of the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel. (16) So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel ; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. (17) Now the watchman stood on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, 3Is it peace? (18) So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The mes senger came to them, but he cometh not again. (19) Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and 1 Or, on the bare steps. 2 Heb. Jehoram, and in vv. 17, 21, 22, 23, 24. Or, Is all well? 77. KINGS. 429 said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. (20) And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again : and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi ; for he driveth furi ously. (21) And Joram said, xMake ready. And they made ready his chariot. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu, and found him in the portion of Naboth the Jezre elite. (22) And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? (23) And Joram turned his hands, and flecl, and said to Ahaziah, There is treach ery, 0 Ahaziah. (24) And Jehu 2drew his bow with his full strength, and smote Joram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. (25) Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite : for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the Lord 3laid this burden upon him ; (26) Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord ; and I will re quite thee- in this 4plat, saith the Lord. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the Lord. (27) 5But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu fol lowed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot : and they smote him at the ascent of Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there. (28) And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sep ulchre with his fathers in the city of David. (29) And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. (30) And when Jehu was come to Jez reel, Jezebel heard of it ; and she painted her eyes, and tired her head, and looked out at the window. (31) And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, 6 Is it peace, thou Zimri, thy master's murderer? (32) And he lifted up his face to the win dow, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. (33) And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her clown : and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses : and he trode her under foot. (34) And when he was come in, he did eat and drink ; and he said, See now to this cursed woman, and bury her : for she is a king's daughter. (35) And they went to bury her : but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet,' and the palms of her hands. (36) Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall the dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: (37) and the carcase of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel ; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. 10 Now Ahab had seventy sons in Sa maria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, even the elders, and unto them that brought up the sons of Ahab, saying, (2) And now as soon as this letter cometh to you, see ing your master's sons are with you, and there are witb you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armour ; (3) look ye out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, r c,1 °J'„.Yoke' a Heb. jBfcd his hand with the bow. 3 Or, uttered this oracle against him. 4 Or, portion. 3 See 2 Chr. xxii. 9. 3 Or, Is it well ? 430 77. KINGS. and fight for your master's house. (4) But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, the two kings stood not before him : how then shall we stand ? (5) And he that was over the household, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and they that brought up the chil dren, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us ; we will not make any man king : do thou that which is good in thine eyes. (6) Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be on my side, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to-morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up. (7) And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew them, even seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them unto him to Jezreel. (8) And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering 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 conspired against my master, and slew him -• but who smote all these ? (10) Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the Lord, which the Lord spake concerning the house of Ahab : for the Lord hath clone that which he spake by his servant Elijah. (11) So Jehu smote all that re mained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his familiar friends, and his priests, until he left him none remaining. (12) And he arose and departed, and went to Samaria. And as he was at the 1 shearing house of the shep herds in the way, (13) Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah : and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen. (14) And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the 2 pit of the 1 shearing house, even two and forty men ; neither left he any of them. (15) And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Re chab coming to meet him : and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Je honadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand ; and he took him up to him into the chariot. (16) And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord. So they made him ride in his chariot. (17) And when he came to Samaria, he smote all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake to Elijah. (18) And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little ; but Jehu shall servex him much. (19) Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his wor shippers, and all his priests ; let none be wanting : for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal ; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. (20) And Jehu said, Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. (21) And Jehu sent through all Israel : and all the wor shippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal ; and the house of Baal was filled from one end to another. (22) And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. (23) And 7 Or, house of gathering. 2 Or, cistern. 77. KINGS. 431 Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Re chab, into the house of Baal ; and he said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the Lord, but the wor shippers of Baal only. (24) And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offer ings. Now Jehu had appointed him four score men without, and said, If any of the men whom I bring into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him. (25) And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the 1 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 z pillars that were in the house of Baal, and burned them. (27) And they brake down the pillar of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house, unto this day. (28) Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. (29) Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 8 wherewith he 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 4 done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy sons of the fourth gen eration shall sit on the throne of Israel. (31) But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel to sin. (32) In those days 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 valley of Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. (34) Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (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 reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years. 11 5 Now when Athaliah the mother 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 Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, even him and his nurse, 6 and put them in the 7 bedchamber ; and they hid him from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. (3) And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six years : and Athaliah reigned over the land. (4) 8 And in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hun dreds, of the 9 Carites and of the x guard, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord ; and he 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 third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king's house ; (6) and a third part shall be at the gate Sur ; and a third part at the gate behind the guard : so shall ye keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier. (7) And the two com panies of you, even all that go forth on the sabbath, shall keep the watch of the house of the Lord about the king. (8) And 7 Heb. runners. 2 Or, obelisks. 3 Or, who. 4 Or, executed well. 3 See 2 Chr. xxii. 10-12. 3 Or, who were. 7 Or, chamber for the beds. 3 See 2 Chr. xxiii. 1, &c. ° Or, executioners. 432 77. KINGS. ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand ; and he that cometh within the ranks, let him be slain : and be ye with the king when he goeth out, and when he cometh in. (9) And the captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoi ada the priest commanded : and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with" those that were to go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. (10) And the priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David's, which were in the house of the Lord. (11) And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right 1side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about. (12) Then he brought out the king's son, and 2 put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony ; and they made him king, and anointed him ; and they clapped their hands, and said, 3 God save the king. (13) And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the house of the Lord: (14) and she looked, and, behold, the king stood 4 by the pillar, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king ; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, treason. (15) And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth between the ranks ; and him that followeth her slay with the sword : for the priest said, Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord. (16) So they made way for her ; and she went by the way of the horses' entry to the king's house : and there was she slain. (17) And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord's people ; between the king also and the people. (18) And all the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and brake it down ; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mat- tan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed 6 officers over the house of the Lord. (19) And he took the captains over hundreds, and the Carites, and the guard, and all the people. of the land ; and they brought down the king from the house of the Lord, and came by the way of the gate of the guard unto the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. (20) So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet : and they slew Athaliah with the sword at the king's house. (21) 6 Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign. 12 In the seventh year of Jehu began Jehoash to reign ; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. (2) And Jehoash did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. (3) Howbeit the high places were not taken away : the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. (4) And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the hallowed things that is brought into the house of the Lord, 7 in current money, 8 the money of the persons for whom each man is rated, and all the money that it cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the Lord, (5) let the priests take it to them, every man from his acquaintance : and they shall repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. (6) But it was so, that in the three and" 1 Heb. shoulder. 2 Or, put upon him the crown and the testimony. z V^b. Let the king live. 4 Or, on the platfmm. ° Heb, offices. ° In Heb. ch. xii. begins here. 7 Or, even the money o* every one that passeth the numbering. See Ex. xxx. 13. 8 Heb. each man the money of the souls of his estimation. See Lev. xxvii. 2. 77. KINGS. 433 twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. (7) Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house ? now therefore take no more money from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house. (8) And the priests consented that they should take no more money from the peo ple, neither 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 1 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 was much money in the chest, that the king's 2 scribe and the high priest came up, and they 3 put up in bags and told the money that was found in the house of the Lord. (11) And they gave the money that was weighed out into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the Lord : and they 4 paid it out to the carpenters and the builders, that wrought upon the house of the Lord, (12) and to the masons and the hewers of stone, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the breaches of the house of the Lord, and for all that "was laid out for the house to repair it. (13) But there were not made for the house of the Lord cups 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) for they gave that to them that did the work, and repaired therewith the house of the Lord. (15) Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to give to them that did the work: for they dealt faithfully. (16) The money for the guilt offerings, and the money for the sin offerings, was not brought into the house of the Lord : it was the priests'. (17) Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it : and Hazael set his face to go up to Jeru salem. (18) And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehosha phat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fa thers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria : and he went away from Jerusalem. (19) Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Ju dah? (20) And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and smote Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goeth down to Silla. (21) For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died ; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David : and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. 13 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seven teen years. (2) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin ; he departed not therefrom. (3) And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, 6 continually. (4) And Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened unto him : for he saw the oppression of Israel, how that the king of Syria oppressed them. 7 Heb. threshold. 3 Heb. ail the days. 2 Or, secretary. 3 Heb. bound up and &c. 4 Heb. brought it forth. 3 Heb. went forth. 434 77. KINGS (5) (And the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians : and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. (6) Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel to sin, but * walked therein : and there remained the Asherah also in Samaria.) (7) For he left not to Jehoa haz of the people save fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen ; for the king of Syria destroyed them, and made them like the dust 2in threshing. (8) Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles ofthe kings of Israel? (9) And Jehoa haz slept with his fathers ; and they buried him in Samaria : and Joash his son reigned in his stead. (10) In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. (11) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord ; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin : but he walked therein. (12) Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Ama- ziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (13) And Joash slept with his fathers ; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne : and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. (14) Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died : and Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over 8 him, and said, 4My father, my father, the 6 chariots of Israel and the horsemen thereof ! (15) And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows : and he took unto him bow and arrows. (16) And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow : and he put his hand upon it. And Elisha laid his hands upon the king's hands. (17) And he said, Open the win dow eastward : and he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot : and he shot. And he said, The Lord's arrow of 6 victory, even the arrow of 6 victory 7 over Syria : for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them. (18) And he said, Take the arrows : and he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground : and he smote thrice, and stayed. (19) And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times ; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it : whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. (20) And Elisha died, and they buried him. Now 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, behold, they spied a band ; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha : and 8 as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. (22) And Hazael king of Syria op pressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. (23) But the Lord was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had re spect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence 9 as yet. (24) And Hazael king of Syria died ; and Ben- hadad his son reigned in his stead. (25) And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash smite him, and recovered the cities of Israel. 14 10 In the second year of Joash son of 7 Heb. he walked. 2 Or, to trample on. 3 Heb. his face. • See ch. ii. 12. 3 Or, chariot. 3 Heb. salva tion. ' Or, against. 3 Heb. when the man went and touched. " Heb. until now. 70 See 2 Chr. xxv. 1, &c. II. KINGS. 435 Joahaz king of Israel began Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah to reign. (2) He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusa lem. (3) And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not like David his father : he did according to all that Joash his father had done. (4) How beit the high places were not taken away : the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. (5) And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was estab lished in his hand, that he slew his ser vants which had slain the king his father : (6) but the children of the murderers he put not to death : according to that which is written in the book of the law of Mo ses, as the Lord commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers ; but every man shall die for his own sin. (7) He slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt ten thousand, and took * Sela by war, and called the name of it Joktheel, unto this day. (8) Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. (9) And Jeho ash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The 2 thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife : and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. (10) Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up : glory thereof, and abide at home ; for why shouldest thou 8 meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? (11) But Amaziah would not hear. So Jehoash king of Is rael went up ; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. (12) And Judah was put to the worse be fore Israel ; and they fled every man to his tent. (13) And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-she mesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hun dred cubits. (14) And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. (15) Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chron icles of the kings of Israel? (16) And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel ; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. (17) And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Je hoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fif teen years. (18) Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Ju dah? (19) And they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem ; and he fled to Lachish : but they sent after him to La chish, and slew him there. (20) And they brought him upon horses : and he was bur ied at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. (21) And all the people of Judah took 4 Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. (22) He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. (23) In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. (24) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord : he de- 7 Or, the rock. 2 Or, thorn. 3 Or, provoke calamity, 4 In ch. xv. 13, and 2 Chr. xxvi. 1, Uzziah. 436 77. KINGS. parted not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Is rael to sin. (25) He restored the border of Israel from the entering in of Hamath unto the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher. (26) For the Lord saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter : for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel. (27) And the Lord said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven : but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. (28) Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that be did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recov ered Damascus, and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (29) And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel ; and Zechariah his son reigned in his stead. 15 In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began l Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. (2) 2 Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign ; and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem : and his moth er's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. (3) And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. (4) Howbeit the high places were not taken away : the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. (5) 3 And the Lord smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a 4 several bouse. And Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land. (6) Now the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (7) And Azariah slept with his fathers ; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David : and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. (8) In the thirty and eighth year of Aza riah king of Judah did Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. (9) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his fathers had clone : he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin. (10) And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. (11) Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Is rael. (12) This was the word of the Lord which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons to the fourth generation shall sit upon the throne of Israel. And so it came to pass. (13) Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah ; and he reigned the space of a month in Samaria. (14) And Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. (15) Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chron icles of the kings of Israel. (16) Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the borders thereof, from Tir zah: because they opened not to him, 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, and reigned ten years in Samaria. (18) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord : he departed not all his days In verses 13, 30, &c, Uzziah. 2 See 2 Chr. xxvi. 3, 4. 3 See 2 Chr. xxvi. 21-23. 4 Or, lazar house. 77. KINGS. 437 from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin. (19) There came against the land Pul the king of Assyria ; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. (20) And Menahem exact ed the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land. (21) Now the rest of the acts of Mena hem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? (22) And Menahem slept with his fathers ; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead. (23) In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the sou of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. (24) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord : he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Is rael to sin. (25) And Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in tbe Castle of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh ; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites : and he slew him, and reigned in his stead. (26) Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. (27) In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. (28) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord : he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin. (29) In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel-beth-maacah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali ; and he carried them captive to Assyria. (30) And Hoshea the son of Elah made a con spiracy against Pekah the son of Rema liah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. (31) Now the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. (32) In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. (33) 2Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign ; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. (34) And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord : he did according to all that his father Uzziah had clone. (35) Howbeit the high places were not taken away : the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord. (36) Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (37) In those clays the Lord began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. (38) And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father : and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. 16 In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jo tham king of Judah began to reign. (2) Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign ; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem : and he did not that which was right in the eyes of the Lord his God, like David his father. (3) But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and 7 Or, palace. 2 See 2 Chr. xxvii. 1, &c. 438 II KINGS made his son to pass through the fire, ac cording to the abominations of tbe hea then, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel. (4) And he sacri ficed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. (5) Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war : and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. (6) At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from 1 Elath: and the 2 Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there, unto this day. (7) 3 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy sou : come up, and save me out of the hand of tbe king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me. (8) And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. (9) And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him : and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. (10) And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar that was at Damascus :, and king Ahaz sent to Urijab the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all tbe work manship thereof. (11) And Urijab the priest built an altar : according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus, so did Urijah tbe priest make it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. (12) And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar : and the king drew near unto the altar, and 4 offered thereon. (13) And he burnt his burnt offering and his meal offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of 5bis peace offerings, upon the altar. (14) And the brasen altar, which was before the Lord, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of his altar. (15) And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meal offering, and the king's burnt offering, and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of tbe land, and their meal offering, and their drink offerings ; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice : but the brasen altar shall be for me to inquire by. (16) Thus did Urijah the priest, accord ing to all that king Ahaz commanded. (17) And king Ahaz cutoff the "borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them ; and took down the sea from off the brasen oxeu that were under it, and put it upon a pavement of stone. (18) And tbe 7 covered way for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he "unto the house of the Lord, because of the king of As syria. (19) Now tbe rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of tbe chronicles of the kings of Judah? (20) And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David : and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. 17 In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel, and reigned nine years. (2) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, yet not as the kings of Israel that were before him. (3) Against him came up Shalma- neser king of Assyria ; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him presents. (4) And the king of Assyria found con spiracy in Hoshea ; for he had sent mes- 7 Heb. Eloth. 2 According to another reading, Edomites. 3 See 2 Chr. xxviii. 16, &c. 4 Or, went up unto it. 3 Heb. the peace offerings which were his. ° Or , panels, 7 Or, covered place. 3 Or, round. II. KINGS. 439 sengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no present to the king of Assyria, as he had clone year by year : therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. (5) Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. (6) In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away unto Assyria, and placed them in Halah, and in Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. (7) And it was so, because the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, which brought them up out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, (8) and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they 1 made. (9) And the children of Israel did secretly things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. (10) And they set them up a pillars and Asherim upon every high hill, and under every green tree: (11) and there they burnt in cense in all the high places, as did the nations whom the Lord carried away be fore them ; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger: (12) and they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. (13) Yet the Lord testified unto Israel, and unto Judah, by the hand of every prophet, and of every seer, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my com mandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fa thers, and which I sent to you by the hand of my servants the prophets. (14) Not withstanding they would not hear, but hardened their neck, like to the neck of their fathers, who believed not in the Lord their God. (15) And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that be made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified unto them ; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom the Lord had charged them that they should not do like them. (16) And they forsook all tbe commandments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah, and wor shipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. (17) And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchant ments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. (18) Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight : there was none left but the tribe of Juclah only. (19) Also Judah kept not the command ments of the Lord their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they ^ade. (20) And the Lord 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 David ; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king : and Jeroboam " drave Israel from following the Lord, and made them sin a great sin. (22) And the children of Is rael walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did ; they departed not from them, (23) until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he spake by the hand of all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria, unto this day. (24) And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Seph- arvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel : Or, practised. Or, obelisks. 3 According to another reading, drew Israel away. 440 77. KINGS. and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. (25) And so it was, at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord : therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of them. (26) Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of tbe God of the land : therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land. (27) Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence ; aud let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. (28) So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Sama ria 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 them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. (30) And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, (31) and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the * gods of Sepharvaim. (32) So they feared the Lord, and made unto them from among themselves priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. (33) They feared the Lord, aud served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away. (34) Unto this day they do after the for mer manners : they fear not the Lord, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordiuances, or after the law or after the commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; (35) with whom the Lord had made a covenant, and charo-ed them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them : (36) but the Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and unto him shall ye bow yourselves, and to him shall ye sacrifice : (37) and the stat utes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore ; and ye shall not fear other gods : (38) and the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget ; neither shall ye fear other gods : (39) but the Lord your God shall ye fear ; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. (40) Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. (41) So these nations feared the Lord, and served their graven images ; their children like wise, and their children's children, as did their fathers, so do they unto this clay. 18 Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began foreign. (2) 2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign ; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. (3) And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done. (4) He re moved the high places, and brake the pil lars, and cut down the Asherah : and he brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made ; for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it ; and 3he called it 4Nehushtan. (5) He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among them 7 Or, god. 2 See 2 Chr. xxix. 1, 2. 3 Or, it was called. 4 That is, A piece of brass. 77. KINGS. 441 that were before him. (6) For he clave to the Lord, he departed not from follow ing him, but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses. (7) And the Lord was with him ; whitherso ever he went forth he prospered : and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. (8) He smote the Phil istines unto Gaza and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. (9) And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the sev enth year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. (10) And at the end of three years they took it : even in the sixth year of Heze kiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. (11) And the king of Assyria carried Israel away unto Assyria, and put them in Ha- lah, and in Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes : (12) be cause they obeyed not the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed his cov enant, even all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it. (13) 1Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did 2 Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. (14) And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended ; return from me : that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. (15) And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord, and in the treasures of the king's house. (16) At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord, and from the 3 pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. (17) And the king of Assyria sent 4 Tartan and 4 Rab-saris aud 4 Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Heze kiah with a great army unto Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusa lem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the high way of the fuller's field. (18) And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebnah the 5 scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the 6 recorder. (19) And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? (20) Thou sayest, but they are but '" vain words, There is counsel and strength for tbe war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me? (21) Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it : so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. (22) But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord our God : is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Heze kiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem ? (23) Now therefore, I pray thee, 8 give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and 1 will give the£ two thousand horses, if tbou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. (24) How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? (25) Am 1 now come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it? The Lord said unto me, Go up against this land, and de- 7 See Is. xx-xvi. lxxxix. 8, 2 Chr. xxxii. 1, &c. 2 Heb. Sanherib. 3 Or, door posts. * The titles of As Syrian officers. 3 Or, secretary. 3 Or, chronicler. ' Heb. a word of the lips. 3 Or, make a wager with. 442 II. KINGS. stroy it. (26) Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joab, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy ser vants in the 1 Syrian language ; for we understand it: and speak not with us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall. (27) But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my mas ter 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, to eat their own dung, aud to drink their own water with you? (28) Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear ye the word of the great king, the king of As syria. (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, saying, The Lord will surely' de liver us, and this city shall not be given into the band of the king of Assyria. (31) Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, 2Make your peace with me, and come out to me ; and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern ; (32) until 1 come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die : and hearken not unto Heze kiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The Lord will deliver us. (33) Hath any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? (34) Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria out of my band? (35) Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? (36) But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word : for the king's commandment was, sayino-, Answer him not. (37) Then came Elia kim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joab the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. 19 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 elders of tbe priests, covered with sack cloth, unto Isaiah tbe prophet the son of Amoz. (3) And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a clay of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely : for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. (4) It may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, "whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord thy God hath heard : wherefore lift up thy prayer for the rem nant that is left. (5) So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. (6) Aud Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to 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) Be hold, I will put a spirit in him, aud he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land ; and 1 will cause him to fall by the sword iu his own land. (8) So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Lib nah : for he had heard that he was de parted from Lachish. (9) And when he beard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee : he sent messengers again unto Heze- 1 Heb. Aramean. 2 Heb. Make with me a blessing. Or, wherewith the king of Assyria hath sent him. 77. KINGS. 443 kiah, saying, (10) Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. (11) Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have clone to all lands, by 1 destroying them utterly : and shalt thou be delivered? (12) Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar? (13) Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sephar- vairn, of Hena, and Ivvah? (14) And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it : and Heze kiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. (15) And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, 0 Lord, the God of Israel, that 2sittest upon tbe cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth ; thou hast made heaven and earth. (16) Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear ; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see : and hear the words of Sennacherib, wherewith he hath sent him to reproach the living God. (17) Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands, (18) and have cast their gods into the fire : for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone ; therefore they have de stroyed them. (19) Now therefore, 0 Lord our God, save thou us, I beseech thee, out of his hand, that all the king doms of the earth may know 3that thou art the Lord God, even thou ouly. (20) Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have beard thee. (21) This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him : The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn ; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head 4 at thee. (22) Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. (23) By thy messengers thou hast re proached the Lord, and hast said, With the a multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon ; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice 6 fir trees thereof : and I will enter into his farthest lodging place, the forest of his fruitful field. (24) I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of 7 Egypt. (25) Hast thou not heard how I have clone it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. (26) Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and con founded ; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass- on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. (27) But I know thy sitting clown, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me. (28) Because, of thy raging against me, and for that 8 thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest. (29) And this shall be the sign unto thee : ye shall eat this year that which groweth of itself, and in the second year that which springeth of the same ; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. (30) And "the rem- 7 Heb. devoting them. '- Ov, dwelled, between. 3 Or, that tliou, 0 LOIID. nrt Gnd. 4 Heb. after. 3 According to another reading, driving. » Or, cypress. 7 Or, defence. Heb. Hazor. » Or, thy careless ease. « Heb. the escaped of the house of Judah that remain. 444 77. KINGS. nant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. (31) For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of mount Zion they that shall escape : the zeal of xthe Lord shall perform this. (32) Therefore thus saith the Lord con cerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it. (33) By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith the Lord. (34) For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. (35) 2And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when men arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. (36) So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and. went and returned, and dwelt at Nine veh. (37) And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that "Adrammelech and Sharezer smote him with the sword : and they es caped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-liaddon his son reigned in his stead. 20 4In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order , for thou shalt die, and not live (2) Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, saying, (3) Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, bow I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have clone that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. (4) And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone 5 out into °the middle part of the city, that the word of the Lord came to him; saying, (5) Turn again, and say to Hezekiah the 7 prince of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears : behold, I will heal thee : on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord. (6) And I will add unto thy clays fifteen years ; and I will deliver thee 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 cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. (8) And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up unto the house of the Lord the third day? (9) And Isaiah said, This shall be the sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do the thing that he hath spoken : 8 shall the shadow go forward ten 9 steps, or go back ten steps? (10) And Hezekiah an swered, It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten steps : nay, but let the shadow return backward ten steps. (11) And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord ¦. and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone clown on the 10 dial of Ahaz. (12) nAt that time 12 Berodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah : for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. ( 13) And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his "precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and "the house of his 15 armour, and all that was found in his treasures : there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. 1 Accoiding to another leading, the LORD of ho\l\, aud so in Is. xxxvii. 32. 2 See 2 Chr. xxxii. 21. 3 Accoid ing to another reading, Adrammelech and Sharezer las sons and so in Is. xxxvii. 38. 4 See 2 Chr. xxxii. 24. e Or, out of 3 According to another reading, the middle court. 7 Or, leader. 3 Or, the shadow is gone forward ten st,p>,, shall it go back, &c. » Or, degrees. "> Heb. steps. 71 See 2 Chr. xxxii. 31. 72 In 'Is. xxxix. 1, Men- daih-l/utudau. 73 Or, spicery. 74 Another reading is, all the house. 73 Or, je 77. KINGS. 445 (14) Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee ? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon. (15) And he said, What have they seen in thine house ? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen : there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. (16) And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord. (17) Behold, the clays come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried to 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 away ; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Baby lon. (19) Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, Is it not so, if peace and truth shall be in my days ? (20) Now the rest of the acts of Heze kiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool, and the conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (21) 'And Hezekiah slept with his fathers : and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. 21 2 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned five and fifty years in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Hephzi-bah. (2) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel. (3) For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed ; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. (4) And he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord said, In Jerusa lem 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 to pass through the fire, and practised augury, and used enchant ments, and 3 dealt with them that had famil iar spirits, and with wizards : he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to pro voke him to anger. (7) And he set the graven image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which the Lord said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Is rael, will I put my name for ever : (8) neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers ; if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses com manded them. (9) But they hearkened not : and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than did the na tions, whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel. (10) And the Lord spake by his servants the prophets, saying, (11) Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath clone wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols: (12) therefore thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I bring such evil upon Je rusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. (13) And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab : and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it and turning it up side clown. (14) And I will cast off the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies ; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies ; (15) because they have See 2 Chr. xxxii. 2 See 2 Chr. xxxiii. 1, &c. Or, appointed. Heb. made. 416 77. KINGS. done that which is evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day. (16) Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another ; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. (17) Now the rest of tbe acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written iu the book of tbe chronicles of the kings of Judah? (18) 'And Manas seh slept with his fathers, and was buried in tbe garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza : and Arnon his sou reigned in his stead. (19) Arnon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign ; and he reign ed two years in Jerusalem : and his moth er's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. (20) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did Manasseh his father. (21) And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped tbem : (22) and he forsook the Lord, the God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the Lord. (23) And the servants of Anion conspired against him, and put the king to death ill his own bouse. (24) But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Anion ; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. (25) Now the rest of the acts of Amon which be did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (26) And he was buried in bis sepulchre in the garden of Uzza : and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. 22 - Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. (2) And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. (3) And it came to pass in the eigh teenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, tbe scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying, (4) Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the mon ey which is brought into the house of the Lord, which tbe keepers of the 3door have gathered of the people : (5) and let tbem deliver it into the hand of the work men that have the oversight of the house of the Lord : and let them give it to the workmen which are in tbe house of the Lord, to repair the breaches of the house ; (6) unto the carpenters, and to the build ers, and to the masons ; and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house. (7) Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was deliv ered into their hand ; for they dealt faith fully. (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 delivered the book to Shaphan, and he read it. (9) And Sha phan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have 4 emptied out the mon ey that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen that have the oversight of the house of the Lord. (10) And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. (11) And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of tbe law, that he rent his clothes. (12) Aud the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Micaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the 7 See 2 Chr. xxxiii. 20-25. 2 See 2 Chr. xxxiv. 1, &c. 3 Heb. threshold. 4 Or, poured out. 77. KINGS. 447 king's servant, saying, (13) Go ye, in quire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all Juclah, 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 not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is x writ ten concerning us. (14) So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Sha phan, and Asaiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harbas, keeper of the wardrobe ; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the z second quarter ;) and they communed with her. (15) And she said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel : Tell ye the man that sent you unto me, (16) Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the in habitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read : (17) because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands ; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched. (18) But unto the king of Juclah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel : As touching the words which thou hast heard, (19) because thine heart was tender, and thou clidst humble thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become 3 a deso lation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me ; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord. (20) There fore, behold, I will gather thee to thy fath ers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again. 23 4 And the king sent, and they gath ered unto him all the elders of Juclah and of Jerusalem. (2) And the king went up to the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great : and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the Lord. (3) And the king stood 6 by the pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his command ments, and his testimonies, and his stat utes, with all his heart, and all las soul, to 6 confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book : and all the people stood to the covenant. (4) And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the ' door, to bring forth out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the host of heaven : and he burned them without Je rusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Beth-el. (5) And he put clown the 8 idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Je rusalem ; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the 9 planets, and to all the host of heaven. (6) And he brought out the Asherah from the house of the Lord, with out Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the 10 common people. (7) And he brake down the bouses of the "sodomites, that were in the house of the Lord, where tbe women wove 12 hangings for the Asherah. (8) And he brought all the priests out of 7 Or, enjoined us. 2 Heb. Mishneh. 3 Or, an astonishment. form. " Ov, perform. 7 Heb. threshold. » Heb. Chemarim 70 Heb. children of the people. 71 See 1 Kings xiv. 24, xv. 12 4 See 2 Chr. xxiv. 29-32. ... See Hos. x. 5, Zeph. 1. 4. 72 Or, tents. Heb. houses. 3 Or, on the plat- 3 Or, twelve signs. 448 77. KINGS. the cities of Juclah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned in cense, from Geba to Beer-sheba ; and he brake clown the high places of the gates that were at the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city. (9) Nevertheless the priests of tbe high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they did eat unleavened bread among their brethren. (10) And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the 1 children of Hinnom, that no man might make' his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Mo lech. (11) And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the pre cincts ; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire. (12) And the altars that were on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which tbe 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 break down, and 2beat them clown from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. (13) And the high places that were before Jerusa lem, which were on the right hand of the mount of " corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the chil dren of Ammon, did the king defile. (14) And he brake in pieces the 4 pillars, and cut down the Asherim, and filled their places with the bones of men. (15) More over the altar that was at Beth-el, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he brake down ; and he burned the high place and stamped it small to powder, and burned the Asherah. (16) And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount ; and he sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of the Lord which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things. (17) Then he said, What monument is that which I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Beth-el. (18) And he said, Let him be ; 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 cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had clone in Beth-el. (20) And he ° slew all the priests of the high places that were there, upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them ; and he returned to Jerusalem. (21) And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant. (22) Surely there was not kept such a passover from the clays of the judges that judged Israel, 6 nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah ; (23) but in the eighteenth year of king Josiah was this passover kept to the Lord in Jeru salem. (24) Moreover them that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abomi nations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might 7 confirm the words of the law which were written in the book 1 Accordiug to another reading, son. 2 Or, ran from thence, sacrificed. 6 Or, even in all . . . and of. 7 Or, perform. 3 Or, destruction. i Or, obelisks. 3 Or, 77. KINGS. 419 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, accord ing to all the law of Moses ; neither after him arose there any like him. (26) Not withstanding the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, where with his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Ma nasseh had provoked him withal. (27) And the Lord said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and I will cast off this city which I have chosen, even Jerusalem, 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 Juclah? (29) 'In his days Pharaoh-necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates : and king Josiah went against him ; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. (30) And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Me giddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. 2And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead. (31) Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. (32) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. (33) And Pharaoh- necoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, 8that he might not reign in Jerusalem ; and put the land to a 4 tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. (34) And Pharaoh- necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah bis father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim : but be took Jehoahaz away ; and he came to Egypt, and died there. (35) And Jehoia kim gave the silver and tbe gold to Pha raoh ; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh : he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaoh-necoh. (36) 6 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Zebidah the daugh ter of Pedaiah of Rumah. (37) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done. 24 In his days Nebuchadnez zar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoia kim became his servant three years : then he turned and rebelled against him. (2) And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by the hand of his servants the prophets. (3) Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did ; (4) and also for the innocent blood that he shed ; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood : and the Lord would not pardon. (5) Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (6) So Jehoia kim slept with his fathers : and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. (7) And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land : for tbe king of Babylon 7 See 2 Chr. xxxv. 20-24. = See 2 Chr. xxxvi. 1-4. = According to another reading, when he reigned. ' Or, fine. 3 See 2 Chr. xxxvi. 5, &c. 4 SO 77. KINGS. had taken, from the brook of Egypt unto the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt. (8) Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned in Jerusalem three months : and his moth er's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. (9) And be did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had clone. (10) At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. (11) And Nebuchadnezzar king of Baby lon came unto the city, while his servants were besieging it; (12) and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his ser vants, 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 tbe house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king's bouse, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said. (14) And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths ; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. (15) And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon ; and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his 'officers, and the 2 chief men of the land, carried he into captivity from Jeru salem to Babylon. (16) And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths a thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even tbem the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. (17) "And the king of Baby lon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. (18) 4 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was 6Hamutal 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 clone. (20) For through the anger of the Lord did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Juclah, until he had cast them out from his presence : and Zede kiah rebelled against the king of Baby lon. 25 6 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebu chadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and en camped against it ; and they built forts against it round about. (2) So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. (3) On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. (4) Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden : (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about :) and the king went by the way of the Arabah. (5) But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho : and all his army was scattered from him. (6) Then they took tbe king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah ; and they 7 gave judgement upon him. (7) And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in fetters, and carried him to Baby lon. (8) Now in the fifth month, on the sev enth clay of the month, which was the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king 7 Or, eunuchs. 2 Or, mighty. 3 See 2 Chr. xxxvi. 10-13. 4 See Jer. Iii. 1. &c. ' Heb. Hamital. 2 Chr. xxxvi. 17-20. 7 Or, spake with him of judgement. 77. KINGS. 451 of Babylon, unto Jerusalem : (9) and he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king's house ; and all the houses of Jeru salem, even every great house, burnt he with fire. (10) And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jeru salem round about. (11) And the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive. (12) But the captain of the guard left of tbe poorest of the land to be vinedressers and hus bandmen. (13) And tbe pillars of brass that were in the house of the Lord, and the bases and the brasen sea that were in the house of the Lord, did the Chaldeans break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. (14) And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass where with they ministered, took they away. (15) And the firepans, and the basons; that which was of gold, iu gold, and that which was of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away. (16) The two pillars, the one sea, and tbe 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 pillar was eighteen cubits, and a chap iter of brass was. upon it : aDd the height of the chapiter was three cubits ; with net work and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass : and like unto these had the second pillar with network. (18) And the captain of the guard took Seraiah tbe chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the 'door: (19) and out of the city he took an a officer that was set over the men of war ; and five men of them that saw the king's face, which were found in the city ; and the 8 scribe, the captain of the host, which mustered the people of the land ; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the city. (20) And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. (21) And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land. (22) And as for the people that were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over tbem he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, governor. (23) 4Now when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah gov ernor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and" Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men. (24) And Gedaliah sware to them and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not because of the ser vants of the Chaldeans :. dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. (25) 5 But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldeans that were with him at Mizpah. (26) And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces, arose, and came to Egypt : for they were afraid of the Chal deans. (27) 6And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Je hoiachin king of Judah, in tbe twelfth month, on the seventh and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of 1 Heb. threshold. 2 Or, eunuch. xii 1, 2. 3 See Jer. Iii. 31-34. 3 Or, scribe of the captain of the host. 4 See Jer. xl. 7-9. 3 See Jet. 4S2 77. KINGS. Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison ; (28) and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon. (29) And he changed his prison garments, and did eat bread before him continually all the days of his life. (30) And for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life. THE FIRST BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES. 1 Adam, Seth, Enosh ; (2) Kenan, Ma halalel, Jared ; (3) Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech ; (4) Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (5) The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. (6) And the sons of Gomer ; Ashkenaz, and ' Diphath, and Togarmah. (7) And the sons of Javan ; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and 2 Rodanim. (8) The sons of Ham ; Cush, and Miz raim, Put, and Canaan. (9) And the sons of Cush ; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raama, aud Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah ; Sheba, and Dedan. (10) And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. (11) And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, (12) and Pathrusim, and Casluhim (from whence came 8the Philistines), and Caphtorim. (13) And Canaan begat Zidon his first born, and Heth; (14) and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite : (15) and tbe 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 Arpachshad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and 4 Meshech. (18) And Arpachshad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. (19) And unto Eber were born two sons : the name of the one was Peleg ; for in his days the earth was divided ; and his brother's name was Joktan. (20) And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah ; (21) and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah ; (22) and ° Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba ; (23) and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. (24) Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah ; (25) Eber, Peleg, Reu ; (26) Serug, Nahor, Terah; (27) Abram (the same is Abra ham) . (28) The sons of Abraham ; Isaac, and Ishmael. (29) These are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth ; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, (30) Mishma, and Dumah, Massa ; Hadad, and Tema, (31) Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These'are the sons of Ishmael. (32) And the sons of Keturah, Abra ham's concubine •. she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan ; Sheba, and Dedan. (33) And the sons of Midian ; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah. (34) And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac ; Esau, and Israel. (35) The sons of Esau ; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. (36) 7 In Gen. x. 3, Biphath. x. 28, Obal. 8 In Gen. x. 4, Dodanim. 3 Heb. Pelishtim. * In Gen. x. 23, Hash. 3 In Gea. 453 454 7. CHRONICLES. The sons of Eliphaz ; Teman, and Omar, 'Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. (37) The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. (38) And the sons of Seir; Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah, and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan. (39) And the sons of Lotan; Hori and 2Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister. (40) The sons of Shobal; 8Alian and Manahath and Ebal, 4Shephi and Onam. Aud the sons of Zibeon; Aiah and Anah, (41) The sons of Anah ; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon ; 6 Hamran and Eshban .and Ithran and Cheran. (42) The sons ,©f Ezer; Bilhan and Zaavan, "Jaakan. The sons of Dishan ; Uz and Aran. (43) Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any iking over the children of Israel : Bela the son of Beor ; and the name of his city was Dinhabah. (44) And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. (45) And Jobab died, and Husham <©f the land of the Temanites reigned in bis stead. (46) And Husham -died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead : and the name of his city was Avith. (.47) .And Hadad died, and Sam- lah of Masrakah reigned in his stead. (48) And Samlah died, and Shaul of Re- hoboth by the River reigned in his stead. (49) And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. (50) And Baal-hanan died, and '' Hadad reigned in his stead ; and the name of his city was b Pai : and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Hatred, the daughter of Me-zahab. (51) And Hadad died. And the dukes of Edom were ; duke Timna, duke °Aliah, duke . Jetheth ; (52) duke Oholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon ; (53) duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar; (54) duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom. 2 These are the sons of Israel ; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun; (2) Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher. (3) The sons of Judah ; Er, and Onan, and Shelah : which three were born unto him of Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord ; and he slew him. (4) And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. (5) The sons of Perez ; Hez ron and Hamul. (6) And the sons of Zerah; 10 Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and "Dara: five of them in all. (7) And the sons of Carmi ; '2 Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing. (8) And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. (9) The sons also of Hezron, that were born un to him ; Jerahmeel. and Ram, and Che- lubai. (10) And Ram begat Amminadab ; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Juclah; (11) and Nah shon begat Salma, aud Salma begat Boaz ; (12) aud Boaz begat Obed, and Obed be gat Jesse ; (13) and Jesse begat his first born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third ; ( 1 4) Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth; (15) Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: (16) and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah ; '8 Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. (17) And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. (18) And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Aznbah his wife, and of Jerioth : and these were her sons ; Jesher, and S hobab, and Ardon. (19) And Azubah died, and Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur. (20) And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel. 7 In Gen. xxxvi. 11, Zepho. 2 In Gen. xxxvi. 22, Hemam. 3 In Gen. xxxvi. 23, Alvan. * In Gen. xxxvi. 23, S/iepho. 3 Iu Gen. xxxvi. 21?, ffemilan. ° In Gen. xxxvi. 27, and Akan. ' In Gen. xxxvi. 39, Iludar. 3 In Gen. xxxvi. 39, Prut. " In Gen. xxxvi. 40, Alrah. w In Josh. vii. 1, Zabdi. 71 Many ancient authorities read, Darda. See 1 Kings iv. 31. 72 In Josh. vii. 1, Achan. " Heb. Abshai. 7. CHRONICLES. 4.55 (21) And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead ; whom he took to wife 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 Geshur and Aram took 'the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the 2 villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. (24) And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrathah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. (25) And the sons'of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah. (26) And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah ; she was the mother of Onam. (27) And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. (28) And the sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada : and the sons of Shammai ; Nadab, and Abishur. (29) And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail ; and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. (30) And the sons of Nadab ; Seled, and Appaim : but Seled died without 8 children. (31) And the sons of Appaim ; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi ; Sheshan. And the sons of She- shan ; Ahlai. (32) And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai ; Jether, and Jona than : and Jether died without " children. (33) And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerah meel. (34) Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a ser vant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. (35) And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife ; and she bare him Attai. (36) And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad ; (37) and Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed ; (38) and Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah ; (39) and Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah ; (40) and Elea- sah begat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shal lum ; (41) and Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat pjlishama. (42) And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph ; and the sons of Mareshab the father of Hebron. (43) And the sons of Hebron ; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. (44) And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkeam ; and Rekem begat Shammai. (45) And the son of Shammai was Maon ; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. (46) And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez : and Haran begat Gazez. (47) And the sons of Jahdai ; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. (48) Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber and Tirhanah. (49 ) She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the fa ther of Machbena, and the father of Gibea ; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. (50) These were the sons of Caleb ; the 4 son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim ; (51) Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader. (52) And Sho bal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons , Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth. (53) And the families of Kiriath-jearim ; the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and tbe Shumatbites, and the Mishraites ; of them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. (54) The sons of Salma ; Beth-lehem, and the Ne- tophathites, Atioth-beth-Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites. (55) And the families of scribes which dwelt at Jabez ; the Tirathites, the Sbimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab. 3 Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron : the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jez- reelitess ; the second, Daniel, of Abigail 7 Or, Havvoth-jai, ¦ Heb. daughters. 8 Or, sons. 4 The Sept. has, sons. 456 7. CHRONICLES. the Carmelitess ; (2) the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Tal- maiking of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith ; (3) the fifth, Shep- hatiah of Abital ; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. (4) Six were born unto him in Hebron ; and there he reigned seven years and six months : and in Jeru salem he reigned thirty and three years. (5) And these were born unto him in Jerusalem : Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel : ( 6) and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet ; (7) and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia ; (8) and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. (9) All these were the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines ; and Tamar was their sister. (10) And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son ; (11) Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Jo ash his son ; (12) Amaziah his son, Aza riah his sou, Jotham his sou; (13) Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son; (14) Amon his son, Josiah his son. (15) And the sons of Josiah; the first born Jobanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. (16j And the sons of Jehoiakim : Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. (17) And the sons of Jeconiah, ' the captive ; Shealtiel his son, (18) and Malchiram, and Pe- daiah, and Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Ho- shama, and Nedabiah. (19) And the sons of Pedaiah ; Zerubbabel, and Shimei : and the 2 sons of Zerubbabel ; Meshullam, and Hananiah ; and Shelomith was their sister : (20) and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab- hesed, five. (21) And the * sons of Hana niah ; Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah : the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah. (22) And the sons of Shecaniah ; Shemaiah : and the sons of Shemaiah ; Hattush, and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Sha- phat, six. (23) And the 2sons of Nea riah ; Elioenai, and Hizkiah, and Azri- kam, three. (24) And the sons of Elioe nai ; Hodaviah, and Eliashib, andPelaiah, and Akkub, and Jobanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven. 4 The sons of Judah ; Perez, Hezron. and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. (2) And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Ja- hath ; and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. (3) And these were the sons of the father of Etam ; Jezreel, and Ish- ma, and Idbash : and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi : (4) and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem. (5) And Astihur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Hclah and Naarah. (6) And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. (7) And the sons of Helah were Zereth, 8 Izhar, and Ethnan. (8) and Hakkoz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. (9) And Jabez was more hon ourable than his brethren : and his moth er called his name Jabez, saying, Be cause I bare him with sorrow. (10) Aud Jabez called on the God of Israel, say ing, Oh that thou wouldest bless me in deed, and enlarge my border, and that thine hand might be witb me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it be not to my sorrow ! And God granted him that which he requested. (11) And Chelub the brother of Sbuhah begat Me- hir, which was the father of Eshton. (12) And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, aud Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of 4 Ir- nahash. These are the men of Recall. (13) And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah : and the sous of Othniel ; Or, Assir. 2 Heb. son. Another reading is, and Zohar. 4 Or, the city of Nahash. 7. CHRONICLES. 457 Hathath. (14) And Meonothai begat Ophrah : and Seraiah begat Joab the father of 'Ge-harashim ; for they were craftsmen. (15) And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh ; Ira, Elah, and Naam : and the sons of Elah ; and Ke naz. (16) And the sons of Jehallelel ; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. (17) And the sons of Ezrah ; Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon : and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. (18) And his wife 2the Jewess bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sous of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. (19) And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garrnite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite*. (20) And the sons of Shi mon ; Amnon, and Riniiah, Benhauan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi ; Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. (21) The sons of She lah the son of Judah ; Er the father of Lecah, aud Laadah the father of Mare- shah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea; (22) and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Sa raph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And the 8 records are an cient. (23) These were the potters, and 'the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: there they dwelt with the king for his work. (24) The sons of Simeon; 6 Nemuel, and Jamin, 6Janb, 7 Zerah, Shaul: (25) Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. (26) And tbe sons of Mishma; Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei Ins son. (27) And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters ; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Juclah. (28) And they dwelt at Beer- sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual ; (29) and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad ; (30) and at Bethuel, and at Hor mah, and at Ziklag; (31) and at Beth- marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. (32) And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, aud Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: (33) and all their villages that were round about tbe same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy. (34) And Meshobab, and Jamleeh, and Joshah the son of Amaziah ; (35) and Joel, and Jehu the son of Josbibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel ; (36) and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah ; (37) and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, tbe son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; (38) these mentioned by name were princes in their families : aud their fathers' houses in creased greatly. (39) And they went to the entering in of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. (40) And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable ; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham. (41) And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and "destroyed them utterly, unto this day, and dwelt in their stead : because there 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 for their captains Pelatiah, and Neaiiah, and Reph- aiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. (43) And they smote the remnant of tbe Amalekites that escaped, and dwelt there, unto this day. 1 Or ,lhe valley of craftsmen . 2 Or, Ilajphudi'/uh. and hedges. 5 In Gen. xlw. 10, Ex. vi. lb, Jemuel. B Heb. devoted them. 3 Heb. words. 4 Or, those that dwelt among plantations 3 In Gen. xlvi. 10, Jachiu. 7 Iu Gen. xlvi. 10, Zohur. 458 7. CHRONICLES. (5) And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn ; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel ; and the geneal ogy is not to be reckoned after the birth right. (2) For Juclah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the ' prince ; but the birthright was Joseph's:) (3) the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel ; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. (4) The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son ; (5) Micab his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son ; (6) Beerah his son, whom 2 Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive : he was prince of the Reubenites. (7) And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reck oned ; the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, (8) and Bela the sou of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon : (9) and eastward he dwelt even unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates : because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. (10) And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand : and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead. (11) And the sons of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salecah : (12) Joel the chief, and Shap- ham the second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan; (13) and their brethren of their fathers' houses ; Michael, and Me- shullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zia, and Eber, seven. (14) These were the sons of Abibail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jehishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz ; (15) Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers' houses. (16) And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her 3 towns, and in all the 4 suburbs of Sharon, as far as their 6 borders. (17) All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. (18) The sons of Reuben, and the Gad ites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skil ful in war, were forty and four thousand seven hundred and threescore, that were able to go forth to war. (19) And they made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab. (20) And they were helped against them, and the Hag rites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them : for the}' cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them ; because they put their trust in him. (21) And they took away their cattle ; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of 6 men an hun dred thousand. (22) For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the cap tivity. (23) And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they in creased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir and mount Hermon. (24) And these were the heads of their fathers' houses ; even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, aud Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, fa mous men, heads of their fathers' honses. (25) And they trespassed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them. (26) And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, 7 Or, loader. 2 In. 2 Kings xv. 29, xvi. 7, Tiglath-pileser. goings forth. a Heb. souls of men. 3 Heb. daughters, 4 Or, pasture lands. 3 Heb 7. CHRONICLES. 459 and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Ma nasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Go- zan, unto this day. 6 The sons of Levi ; ' Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (2) And the sons of Kohath ; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. (3) And the children of Amram ; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron ; Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. (4) Eleazar begat Phine has, 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 Ahi tub ; (8) and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz ; (9) and Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Jdha- nan ; (10) and Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem :) (11) and Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub ; (12) and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat 2 Shallum ; (13) and Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hil kiah begat Azariah ; (14) and Azariah be gat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak ; (15) and Jehozadak went into captivity, when the Lord carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnez zar. (16) 8The sons of Levi ; 4Gershom, Ko hath, 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 Mushi.' And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses. (20) Of Gershom ; Libni his son, Jabath his son, Zimmah his son ; (21) 6 Joah his son, 6Iddo his son, Zerah his son, 7Jeatherai his son. (22) The sons of Kohath; 8 Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son ; (23) Elka nah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son ; (24) Tahath his son, 9 Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. (25) And the sons of Elkanah ; Amasai, and Ahimoth. (26) As for Elkanah : the sons of Elkanah ; 10 Zophai his son, and " Nahath his son ; (27) 12 Eliab his son, Je- roham his son, Elkanah his son. (28) And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn 13 Joel, and the second Abiah. (29) The sons of Merari ; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah 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 with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the Lord in Jerusalem : and they '4 waited on their office according to their order. (33) And these are they that u waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites : Heman the singer, the sgn of Joel, the son of Samuel ; (34) the son of Elkanah, the son of Jero- ham, the son of Eliel, the son of '6 Toah ; (35) the son of 16 Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai ; (36) the son of Elkanah, the son of '7 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 Bere- chiah, the son of Shimea ; (40) the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah ; (41) the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah ; (42) the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei ; (43) the son of Jahath, the 7 In ver. 16, Gershom. 2 In ch. ix. 11, Meshullam. 3 In Heb. ch. vi. begins here. 4 In ver. 1, Gershon. 3 In ver. 42, Ethan. 3 In ver. 41, Adaiah. 7 In ver. 41, Ethni. 3 In ver. 2, 18, 38, Izhar. " In ver. 36, Zeph aniah, Azariah, Joel. 70 In ver. 35, Zuph. 71 In ver. 34, Toah. 72 In ver. 34, Eliel. 73 So the Syriac. See ver. 33, and 1 Sam. viii. 2. The Hebrew text has, Vashni, and Abiah. " Heb. stood. 7C In ver. 28, Nahath. 73 In ver. 26, Zophai. " In ver. 24, Shaul, Uzziah, Uriel. 460 7. CHRONICLES. son of Gershom, the son of Levi. (44) And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari : ' Ethan the son of 2 Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch ; (45) the son of Hashabiah, the son of Ama ziah, the son of Hilkiah ; (46) the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer ; (47) the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. (48) And their brethren the Levites were 'ap pointed for all the service of the taber nacle of the house of God. (49) But Aaron and his sons 4 offered upon the altar of burnt offering, and upon the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. (50) And these are the sons of Aaron ; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son ; (51) Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son ; (52) Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son ; (53) Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. (54) Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their borders : to the sons of Aaron, of the fami lies of the Kohathites, for theirs was the 6 first lot, (55) to them they gave Hebron in the land of Juclah, and the suburbs there of round about it ; (56) but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. (57) And 6 to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron ; Libnah also with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs ; (58) and 7 Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs ; (59) and 8 Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth- shemesh with her suburbs : (60) and out of the tribe of Benjamin ; Geba with her suburbs, and 9 Allemeth with her suburbs, and Anathotb with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thir teen cities. (61) '"And unto the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities. (62) And to the sons of Gershom, accord ing to 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 Bashan, thir teen cities. (63) Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their fami lies, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. (64) And the chil dren of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their suburbs. (65) And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Juclah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name. (66) And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders out of the tribe of Ephraim. (67) And they gave unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with her suburbs ; Ge zer also with her suburbs ; (68) " and Jok- meam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs ; (69) and Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs : (70) and out of the half tribe of Manasseh ; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath. (71) Unto the sons of Gershom viere given, out of the family of the half tribe of Manas seh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs : (72) and out of the tribe of Issachar ; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs ; (73) and Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs : (74) and out of the tribe of Asher ; Mashal with her sub urbs, and Abdon with her suburbs ; (75) and Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs : (76) and out of the 1 In ch. ix. 16, Jeduthuit. 2 In ch. xv. 17, Kushaiah. 3 Heb. given. See Num. iii. 9. 4 Or, burnt incense. 3 See Josh. xxi. 4, 10. 3 See Josh. xxi. 13, &c. 7 In Josh. xxi. l-i, Holon. 3 In Josh. xxi. 16, Ain. » In Josh. xxi. 18, Almou. 70 But see vv. 6G-7U and Josh. xxi. 5. 71 See Josh. xxi. 2J-39, where some of the names are different. 7. CHRONICLES. 461 tribe of Naphtali ; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her sub urbs, and Kiriathaim with her suburbs. (77) Unto the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs: (78) and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs, (79) and Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs : (80) and out of the tribe of Gad ; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs, (81) and Heshbon with her sub urbs, and Jazer with her suburbs. 7 And of the sons of Issachar ; Tola, and 'Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. (2) And the sons of Tola ; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ib- sam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, to ivit, of Tola ; mighty men of valour in their generations : their number in the days of David was two and twenty thousand and six hundred. (3) And the sons of Uzzi ; Izrahiah : and the sons of Izrahiah ; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five : all of them chief men. (4) And with them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses, were bands of the host for war, six and thirty thousand : for they had many wives and sons. (5) And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valour, reck oned in all by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand. (6) The sons of Benjamin ; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. (7) And the sons of Bela ; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uz ziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five ; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valour ; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. (8) And the sons of Becher ; Zem- irah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. (9) And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their genera tions, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valour, twenty thousand and two hundred. (10) And the sons of Jediael ; Bilhan : and the sons of Bilhan ; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar. (11) All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valour, seventeen thousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth in the host for war. (12) 2Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons of. 8 Ir, Hushim, the sons of 4 Aher. (13) The sons of Naphtali; 6Jahziel, and Guni, aud Jezer, and 6 Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. (14) The sons of Manasseh; Asriel, 7 whom his wife bare: (his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gil ead : (15) and Machir took a wife 8 of Huppim and S huppim, 'whose sister's name was Maacah ;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad : and Zelophehad had daughters. (16) And Maacah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh ; and the name of his brother was Sheresh ; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. (17) And the sons of Ulam ; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Ma nasseh. (18) And his sister Hammole- cheth bare Ishhocl, and '"Abiezer, and Mahlah. (19) And the. sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. (20) And the sons of Ephraim ; Shu thelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son, (21) and Zabad his son, and Shu thelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom 1 In Gen. xlvi. 13, Pttvuh, and lob. 2 in Num. xxvi. Num. xxvi. 38, Ahirunt. 3 Iu Gen. xlvi. 24, Jahzeel. whom his concubine the Aramitess bare; she bare dtc. 39, Shep/hupham and Huphum. 3 In ver. 7, Iri. 4 In 3 In Gen. xlvi. 24, Shiltem. '' Or, according to the Sept., 3 Or, for. B Or, and his. w In Num. xxvi. 30, lezer. 462 7. CHRONICLES. the men of Gath that were born in the land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. (22) And Eph raim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. (23) And he went in to his wife, and she con ceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house. (24) And his daughter was Shee- rab, who built Beth-horon the nether and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah. (25) And Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son ; (20) Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Eli shama his son ; (27) ' Nun his son, Joshua his son. (28) And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el and the 2 towns thereof, and eastward 8 Naaran, and west ward Gezer, with the towns thereof ; She chem also and the towns thereof, unto 4Azzah and the towns thereof: (29) and by the borders of the children of Manas seh, 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) The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. (31) And the sons of Beriah ; Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. (32) And Heber begat Japh- let, and 6 Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. (33) And the sons of Japh- let ; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. (34) And the sons of 6 Shemer ; Alii, and Roh- gah, Jebubbah, and Aram. (35) And the 7 sons of Helem his brother ; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. (36) The sons of Zophah ; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah ; (37) Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shll- shah, and Ithran, and Beera. (38) And the sons of Jether ; Jephunneh, and Pis- pa, and Ara. (39) And the sons of Ulla ; Arab, and Hanniel, and Rizia. (40) All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by geneal ogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men. 8 And Benjamin begat Bela his first born, Ashbel the second, and 'Aharah the third ; (2) Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. (3) And Bela had sons, 9 Addar, and Gera, and Abihud ; (4) and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah ; (5) and Gera, and 10 Shephuphan, and Huram. (6) And these are the sons of Ehud : these are the heads of fathei's' houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath : (7) and Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, he carried them captive ; and he begat Uzza and Ahihud. (8) Ancl Shaharaim begat children in the field of Moab, after he had "sent them away ; Hu shim and Baara were his wives. (9) And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam ; (10) and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' houses. (11) And of Hushim he begat Abitub and Elpaal. (12) And the sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof: (13) and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabit ants of Gath; (14) and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth ; (15) and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder ; (16) and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah ; (17) and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber; (18) and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the sons of El paal ; (19) and Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi ; (20) and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel; (21) and Adaiah, and Be- raiah, and Shimrath, the sons of 12 Shimei ; , Naurah. ' Man£ MSS. read, Ayyah. 3 In ver. 34, ch. vii. 12. » In Gen. xlvi. 21, Ard. >" 111 Num. xxvi. his wives. 72 In ver. 13, Shema. i Heb. Non. 2 Heb. daughters. 3 In Josh. xvi. 7 Sheuwr. ° In ver. 32, Shomer. ' Heb. son. 3 See 39, Shcphuphum. 71 Or, sent away Hushim and Baara 7. CHRONICLES. 463 (22) and Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel; (23) and Abdon, and Zichri, and Ha- nan ; (24) and Hananiah, and Elam, and Anthothijah; (25) and Iphdeiah, and Pe nuel, the sons of Shashak ; (26) and Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Atha liah ; (27) and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. (28) These were heads of fathers' houses throughout their generations, chief men : these dwelt in Jerusalem. (29) Aud in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, lJeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah: (30) and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab ; (31) and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher. (32) And Mikloth begat 8 Shimeah. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren. (33) And ISer begat Kish ; and Kish begat Saul ; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi- shua, and 4 Abinadab, and 5Eshbaal. (34) And the son of Jonathan was 6 Merib-baal ; and Merib-baal begat Micah. (35) And the sons of Micah ; Pithon, and Melech, and7Tarea, and Ahaz. (36) And Ahaz begat 6 Jehoaddah ; and Jehoaddah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, aud Zimri ; and Zimri begat Moza : (37) and Moza begat Binea ; 9 Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son : (38) and Azel had six sons, whose names are these ; Azrikam, Boeheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. (39) And the sons of Eshek his brother ; Ulam his firstborn, Jeush 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 were of the sons of Ben jamin. 9 So all Israel were reckoned by gene alogies ; aud, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel : and Juclah was carried away captive to Babjdon for their transgression. (2) '"Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim. (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 Ihe children of Perez the son of Judah. (5) And of the Shilonites ; Asaiah 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 Me- shullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah ; (8) and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah tbe son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah ; (9) and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were heads of fathers' houses by their fathers' houses. (10) And of the priests ; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Jachin ; (11) and " Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God ; (12) and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jah- zerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer ; (13) and their brethren, heads of their fathers' houses, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore ; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God. (14) And of the Levites ; Shemaiah the soil of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; (15) and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of 12 Zichri, the son of Asaph; (16) and 7 See ch. ix. 35. 2 In ch. ix. 37, Zechariah. 3 In ch. Ix. 38, Shimeam. 4 In 1 Sain. xiv. 49, Ishvi. c In 2 8am. ii. 8, Ishbosheth. 3 In 2 Sam. iv. 4,'ix. 6. 10, Mephibosheth. 7 In ch. ix. 41, Tahreu. 3 In ch. ix. 42, Jarah. fl In ch. ix. 43, Rephuiah. 70 See Neh. xi. 3, &c. 71 Iu Neh. xi. 11, Seraiah. 72 In Neh. xi. 17, Zabdi. 464 I. CHRONICLES. 1 Obadiah the son of 2 Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. (17) And the porters; Shallum, and Ak- kuh, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; (18) who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward : they were the porters for the camp of the children of Levi. (19) And Shallum the son of Kore, tbe son of Ebia saph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the 3 gates of the 4 tabernacle : and their fathers had been over the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entry ; (20) and Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and the Lord was with him. (21) Zechariah the son of Meshele- miah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting. (22) All these which were chosen to be porters in the 8 gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reck oned by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their "set office. (23) So they aud their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the Lord, even the house of the * tabernacle, by wards. (24) ° On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. (25) And their brethren, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them : (26) for the four chief por ters, who were Levites, were in a set office, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries iu the house of God. (27) And they lodged round about the bouse of God, because the charge thereof was upon them, and to them pertained tbe opening thereof morning by morning. (28) And certain of them had charge of the vessels of ser vice ; for by tale were they brought in and by tale were they taken out. (29) Some of them also were appointed over the fur niture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. (30) And some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the spices. (31) And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that werfe baked in pans. (32) And some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath. (33) And these are the singers, heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, who dwelt in the chambers and were free from other service: for they were employed in their work day and night. (34) These were heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, throughout their generations, chief men : these dwelt at Jerusalem. (35) And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah : (36) and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab ; (37) and Gedor, and Abio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. (38) And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren. (39) And Ner begat Kish ; and Kish begat Saul ; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. (40) And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah. (41) And the sons of Micah ; Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, 7 and Ahaz. (42) And Ahaz begat Jarah ; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri ; and Zimri be gat Moza: (43) and Moza begat Binea ; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son : (44) and Azel had six sons, whose names are these ; Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan : these were the sons of Azel. 7 In Neh. xl. 17, Abda. "- 3 Heb. Towards the four winds. In Neh xi. 17, Shammua. 7 See ch. viii. 35. 3 Heb. thresholds. 4 Heb. tent. 3 Or, trust. 7. CHRONICLES. 465 10 ' Now the Philistines fought against Israel : and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down 2 slain in mount Gilboa. (2) And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons ; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and 8 Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. (3) And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him ; and he was distressed by reason of the archers. (4) Then said Saul unto his armourbearer. Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith ; lest these uncir cumcised come and 'abuse me. But his armourbearer would not ; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it. (5) And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died. (6) So Saul died, and his three 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, they forsook their cities, and fled ; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. (8) And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. (9) And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tid ings 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 house of Dagon. (11) And when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philis tines had done to Saul ,(12) all the val iant men arose, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the 6oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. (13) So Saul died 8 for his trespass which he committed against the Lord, because of the word of the Lord, which he kept not ; and also for that he asked counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire thereby, (14) and inquired not of the Lord : therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. 11 'Then all Israel gathered' them selves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. (2) In times past, even when Saul was king, it was thou that leddest out and broughtest in Israel : and the Lord thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be 8 prince over my people Israel. (3) So all the elders of Israel came to the king to He bron ; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the Lord ; and they anointed David king over Israel, ac cording to the word of the Lord by the hand of Samuel. (4) And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (the same is Je bus) ; and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there. (5) And the in habitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come in hither. Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion ; the same is the city of David. (6) And Da vid said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, and was made chief. (7) And David dwelt in the strong hold ; therefore they called it the city of David. (8) And he built the city round about, from Millo even round about : and Joab 9 repaired the rest of the city. (9) And David waxed greater and greater ; for the Lord of hosts was with him. (10) "Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who "shewed themselves strong with him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of 7 See 1 Sam. xxxi. 1, &c. 2 Or, wounded. '" In 1 terebinth. » Or, in. 7 See 2 Sam. v. 1, &c. 3 Or, 17 Or, held strongly with him. Sam. xiv. 49, Ishvi. 4 Or, make a mock of me. 3 Or, leader. ° Heb. revived. "> See 2 Sam. xxiii. 8, &c. 466 7. CHRONICLES. the Lord concerning Israel. (11) And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had : Jashobeam, tbe son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the ' thirty ; he lifted up his spear against three hun dred 2 and slew them at one time. (12) And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men. (13) He was with David at 8Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to bat tle, where was a plot of ground full of barley ; and the people fled from before the Philistines. (14) And they stood in the midst of the plot, and defended it, and slew the Philistines ; and the Lord saved them by a great 4 victory. (15) Aud three of the thirty chief went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam ; and the host of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim. (16) And David was then in the hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem. (17) And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth lehem, which is by the gate! (18) And tbe three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out ofthe well of Beth-lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David : but David would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord, (19) and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this : shall I drink the blood of these men 6 that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did* the three mighty men. (20) And "Abishai, the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three : for he lifted up his spear against three hundred 2and slew them, and had a name among the three. (21) 'Of the three, he was more honour able than the two, and was made their captain : howbeit he attained not to the first three. (22) Benaiah the son of Je hoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kab- zeel, who had clone mighty deeds, he slew the two sons of Ariel of Moab : he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow. (23) And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high ; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam ; and 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. (24) These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had a name among the three mighty men. (25) Behold, he was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three : and David set him over his 8 guard. (26) Also the mighty men ofthe armies ; Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Beth-lehem ; (27) 9 Sham- moth the Harorite, Helez the 10Pelonite; (28) Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite ; (29) "Sibbecai the Hushathite, 12Ilai the Ahohite; (30) Maharai the Netophathite, 18 Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite; (31) Ithai the sons of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite; (32) 14Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, 15 Abiel the Arbathite ; (33) Azmaveth the Baharumite,Eliahba the Shaalbonite ; (34) the sons of 16Hashem the Gizonite, Jona than the son of Shage the Hararite ; (35) Ahiam the son of " Sacar the Hararite, 18 Eliphal the son of Ur ; (36) Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite ; (37) Hezro the Carmelite, '9 Naarai the son of Ezbai; (38) Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri ; (39) Zelek the 7 Another reading is, captains. 2 Heb. slain. 3 In 1 Sam. xvii. 1, Ephes-dammim. * Heb. salvation. 3 Heb. with their lives. fl Heb. Abshai. 7 Or, Of the three in the second rank he was the most honourable. 3 Or, council. » In 2 Sam. xxiii. 25, Shammah the Harodite. 7° In 2 Sam. xxiii. 26, Paltile, n In 2 Sam. xxiii. 27, Mebunnai. 72 In 2 Sam. xxiii. 28, Zulmon. '-1 In 2 Sam. xxiii. 29, Heleb. 74 In 2 Sam. xxiii. 30, Iliddai. 73 In 2 Sam. xxiii. 31, Abi-albon. 13 In 2 Sam. xxiii. 32, Jushen. " In 2 Sam. xxiii. 33, Sharar. 78 In 2 Sam. xxiii. 34, Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai. 70 In 2 Sam. xxiii. 35, Paarai the Arbite. 7. CHRONICLES. 467 Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah ; (40) Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite ; (41) Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai; (42) Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him ; (43 ) Hanan the son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite ; (44) Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite ; (45) Jediael the son of Shiran, and Joha his brother, the Tizite ; (46) Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite ; (47) Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite. 12 Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, * while he yet kept him self close because of Saul the son of Kish : and they were among the mighty men, his helpers in war. (2 ) They 2 were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow ; they were of Saul's brethren of Benjamin. (3) The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite ; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth ; and Beracah, and Jehu the Anathothite ; (4) and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thir ty ; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite ; (5) Eluzai, and Jerlmoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haru- phite ; (6) Elkanah, and Isshiah, and Azarel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites ; (7) and Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. (8) And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David to the hold in the wilderness, mighty men of valour, men trained for war, that could handle shield and spear ; whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains ; (9) Ezer the chief, Oba diah the second, Eliab the third; (10) Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah tbe fifth; (11) Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh; (12) Johanan the eighth, Elza- bad the ninth; (13) Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh. (14) These of the sons of Gad were captains of the host : he that was least was 8 equal to an hun dred, and the greatest 3to a thousand. (15) These are they that went over Jor dan in the first month, when it had over flown all its banks ; and they put to flight all them of the. valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. (16) And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. (17) And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you : but if ye be come to betray me to mine adversaries, 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 was chief of the e thir ty, atid he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse : peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers ; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them cap tains of the band. (19) Of Manasseh also there fell away some to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle, but they helped them not : for the lords of the Philistines upon advise ment sent him away, saying, He will fall away to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads. (20) As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zillethai, captains of thousands that were of Manasseh. (21 ) And they helped David against 7 tbe band of rovers : for they were all mighty men ' Heb. being yet shut up. 2 Or reading is, captains. ' See 1 Sam. 2 Or, drew the bow. xxx. 1. 1 Or, over. * Or, violence. 3 Heb. c lothed. 3 Another 468 7. CHRONICLES. of valour, and were captains in the host. (22) For from clay to day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God. (23) And these are the numbers of the heads of them that were armed for war, which came to David to Hebron, 'to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lord. (24) The children of Juclah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, armed for war. (25) Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valour for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. (26) Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. (27) And Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred ; (28) and Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his father's house twenty and two captains. (29) And of the chil dren of Benjamin, the brethren of Saul, three thousand : for hitherto the greatest part of them had ' kept their allegiance to the house of Saul. (30) And of the chil dren of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valour, fa mous men in their fathers' houses. (31) And of the half tribe of Manasseh eigh teen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come aud make David king. (32) And of the children of Issachar, men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do ; the heads of them were two hundred ; and all their brethren were at their commandment. (33) Of Zebulun, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, with all manner of instruments of war, fifty thousand ; and that could order the battle array, and were not of double heart. (34) And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand. (35) And of the Danites that could set the bat tle in array, twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. (36) And of Asher, such as were able to go out in the host, that could set the battle in array, forty thousand. (37) And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manas seh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand. (38) All these, being men of war, that could order the battle array, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel : and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. (39) And they were there with David three clays, eating and drinking : for their brethren had made preparation for them. (40) Moreover they that were nigh unto them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, victual of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of rai sins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance : for there was joy in Israel. 13 And David consulted with the cap tains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader. (2) And David said unto all the assembly of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and if it be of the Lord our God, let us send abroad every where unto our brethren that are left in all the 2 land of Israel, 8 with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have 'suburbs, that they may gather them selves unto us : (3) and let us bring again the ark of our God to us : for we sought not unto it in the days of Saul. (4) And all tbe assembly said that they would do so : for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. (5) 6 So David assembled all Israel together, from Shihor the brook of Egypt even unto the entering in of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from 7 Heb. kept the charge of ihe house. 2 Heb. lands. s Or, and with them to the priests and Levites which are &c. 4 Or, pasture lands. 3 See 2 Sam. vi. 1, &c. 7. CHRONICLES. 469 Kiriath-jearim. (6) And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kiri ath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, the Lord that 'sitteth upon the cherubim, 2 which is called by the Name. (7) And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab : and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. (8) And David and all Israel played before God with all their might : even with songs, and with harps, and with psalter ies, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. (9) And when they came unto the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark ; for the oxen 8 stumbled. (10) And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put forth his hand to the ark : and there he died before God. (11) And David was displeased, because the Lord had broken forth upon Uzza : and he called that place 4Perez-uzza, unto this day. (12) And David was afraid of God that day, say ing, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? (13) So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. (14) And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed- edom in his house three months : and the Lord blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had. 14 ° And Hiram king of Tyre sent mes sengers to David, and cedar trees, and masons, and carpenters, to build him an house. (2) And David perceived that the' Lord had established him king over Israel, for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel's sake. (3) And David took more wives at Jerusalem : aud David begat more sons and daughters. (4) And these are the names of the children which he had in Jerusalem ; Shammua, and Shobab, Na than, and Solomon ; (5) and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpelet ; (6) and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia; (7) and Elish ama, and Beeliada, and Eliphelet. (8) And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David : and David heard of it, and went out 8 against them. (9) Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim. (10) And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines ? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand ? And the Lord said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand. (11) So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there ; and David said, God hath 7 broken mine enemies by mine hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place " Baal-perazim. (12) And they left their gods there ; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire. (13) And the Philis tines yet again made a raid in the valley. (14) And David inquired again of God ; and God said unto him, Thou shalt not go up after them : turn away from them, and come upon them over against the 9 mulberry trees. (15) And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle : for God is gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. (16) And David did as God commanded him : and they smote the host of the Philistines from 10 Gibeon even to Gezer. (17) And the fame of David went out into all lands ; and the Lord brought the fear of him upon all nations. 15 And David made him houses in the city of David ; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. (2) Then David said, None ought 7 Or, dwelleth between. 2 Or, where the Name is called on. a Or, were restive. Or, threw it down. 4 That is, The breach of Uzza. 3 See 2 Sam. v. 11, &c. 3 Or, before. 7 Or, broken forth upon mine enemies. 3 That is, The place of breakings forth. * Or, balsam trees. 70 In 2 Sam. v. 25, Geba. 470 7. CHRONICLES. 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 him for ever. (3) And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto its place, which he had prepared for it. (4) And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Le vites : (5) of tbe sons of Kohath ; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred aud 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 breth ren fourscore : (10) of the sons of Uzziel ; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve. (11) And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Am minadab, (12) and said unto them, Ye are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites : sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, unto the place that I have prepared for it. (13) For because ye bare it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance. (14) So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel. (15) And the children of the Levites 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 brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psal teries aud harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy. (17) So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel ; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah ; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the sou of Kushaiah ; (18) and with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, aud Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers. (19) So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, ivere ap pointed, with cymbals of brass to sound aloud ; (20) and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries set to 'Alamoth ; (21) and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to 2 the Sheminith, to lead. (22) And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over 8 the song : he instructed about 8 the song, because he was skilful. (23) And Berechiah and Elkanah were door keepers for the ark. (24) And Sheba- niah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God : and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark. (25) 4So 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 witb joy : (26) and it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams. (27) And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of 8the song with the singers : and David had upon him an ephod of linen. (28) Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant ' See Ps. xlvi. title. vi. 12, &c. 2 See Ps. vi. title. 3 Or, the carrying of the ark. Heb. the lifting up. 4 See 2 Sam, 7. CHRONICLES. 471 of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psal teries and harps. (29) 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 looked out at the window, and saw king David dan cing and playing ; and she despised him in her heart. 16 And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it : and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God. (2) And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord. (3) And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion ' of flesh, and a cake of raisins. (4) And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, and to celebrate and to thank and praise the Lord, the God of Israel : (5) Asaph the chief, and second to him Zecha riah, 2 Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with psalte ries and with harps ; and Asaph with cym bals, sounding aloud ; (6) and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God. (7) Then on that day did David 8 first ordain to give thanks unto the Lord, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren. (8) 40 give thanks unto the Lord, call upon his name ; . Make known his doings among the peo ples. (9) Sing unto him, sing praises unto him ; 6 Talk ye of all his marvellous works. (10) Glory ye in his holy name : Let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. (11) Seek ye the Lord and his strength ; Seek his face evermore. (12) Remember his marvellous works that he hath clone ; His wonders, and the judgements of his mouth ; (13) O ye seed of Israel his servant. Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. (14) He is the Lord our God : His judgements are in all the earth. (15) Remember his covenant for ever, The word which he commanded to a thousand generations ; (16) The covenant which he made with Abraham, And his oath unto Isaac ; (17) And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a statute, To Israel for an everlasting covenant : (18) Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, The 6 lot of your inheritance : (19) When ye were but a few men in number ; Yea, very few, and sojourners in it ; (20) And they went about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another peo ple. (21) He suffered no man to do them wrong ; Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes ; (22) Saying, Touch not mine anointed ones, And do my prophets no harm. (23) 7 Sing unto the Lord, all the earth ; Shew forth his salvation from day to day. (24) Declare his glory among the na tions, His marvellous works among all the peoples. (25) For great is the Lord, and highly to be praised : 7 Or, of wine. 2 In ch. xv. 18, Jaaziel. » Or, make it the chief work. 4 See Ps. cv. 1-15. 3 Or, Meditate 3 Heb. cord, or, line. ' See Ps. xcvi. 1, &c. 472 I. CHRONICLES. He also is to be feared above all gods. (26) For all the gods of the peoples are ' idols : But the Lord made the heavens. (27) Honour and majesty are before him : Strength and gladness are in his place. (28) Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the peoples, Give unto the Lord glory and strength. (29) Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name : Bring an offering, and come before him : Worship the Lord 2in the beauty of holiness. (30) Tremble before him, all the earth : The world also is stablished that it can not be moved. (31) Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice ; And let them say among the nations, The Lord reigneth. (32) Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof ; Let the field exult, and all that is there in ; (33) Then shall the trees of the wood sing for joy before the Lord, For he cometh to judge the earth. (34) 3 0 give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : For his mercy endureth for ever. (35) 4 And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us together and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks unto thy holy name, And to triumph in thy praise. (36) Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the Lord. (37) So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark con tinually, as every day's work required : (38) and Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight ; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be door keepers : (39) and Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the taber nacle of the Lord in the high place that was at Gibeon, (40) to offer burnt offer ings unto the Lord upon the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the law of the Lord, which he commanded unto 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 cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for 6the songs of God : and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate. (43) And all the people depart ed every man to his house : and David returned to bless his house. 17 6And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Na than the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord dwelleth under curtains. (2) And Nathan said unto David, Do all that is iu thine heart ; for God is with thee. (3) And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, (4) Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou 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 7 have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. (6) In all places wherein I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word with anj- of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house 7 Or, things of nought. 2 Or, in holy array. 3 See Ps. cvi. 1. • See Ps. cvi. 47, 48. 3 See 1 Chi', xxv. 7; 2 Chr. vii. 6, xxix. 27. » See 2 Sam. vii. ' Heb. have been. 7. CHRONICLES. 473 of cedar? (7) Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I took thee from the J sheepeote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be "prince over my people Israel : (8) and I have been with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee ; and I will make thee a name, like unto the name of the great ones that are in the earth. (9) And I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more ; neither shall the chil dren of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first, (10) and as from the clay that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel ; and 1 8 will subdue all thine enemies. Moreover I tell thee that the Lord will build thee an house. (11) And it shall come to pass, when thy days be fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons ; and I will establish his kingdom. (12) He shall build me an house, and I will establish his throne for ever. (13) I will be his father, and he shall be my son : and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee : (14) but I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever : and his throne shall be established forever. (15) According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. (16) Then David the king went in, and sat before the Lord ; and he said, Who am I, 0 Lord God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far? (17) And this was a small thing in thine eyes, 0 God ; but thou hast spoken of thy ser vant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, 0 Lord God. (18) What can David say yet more unto thee concerning the honour which is done to thy servant ? for thou knowest thy servant. (19) 0 Lord, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things. (20) 0 Lord, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. (21) 4And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, which thou redeemedst out of Egypt? (22) For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever ; and thou, Lord, becamest their God. (23) And now, 0 Lord, let the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, be established for ever, and do as thou hast spoken. (24) 6And let thy name be es tablished and magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel : and the house of David thy servant is established before thee. (25) For thou, 0 my God, hast revealed to thy servant that thou wilt build him an house : therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray before thee. (26) And now, O Lord, thou art God, and hast promised this good thing unto thy servant : (27) and now it hath pleased thee to bless the house of thy ser vant, that it may continue for ever before' thee : for thou, 0 Lord, hast blessed, and it is blessed for ever. 18 And after this 6it came to 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 servants to David, and brought presents. (3) And David smote Hadarezer king of 7 Or, pasture. 2 Or, leader. 3 Or, have subdued. 4 Or, And who is like thy people Israel, a nation that is alone in the earth Heb. in his simplicity. 7 Or, ihe lower armour and the breastplate. 3 See Micah i. 2. 77. CHRONICLES. 505 about the time of the going down of the sun he died. 19 And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusa lem. (2) And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the wicked, and love them that hate the Lord ? for this thing wrath is upon thee from be fore the Lord. (3) Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast put away the Asheroth out ofthe land, and hast set thine heart to seek God. (4) And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusa lem : and he went out again among the people from Beer-sheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back unto the Lord, the God of their fathers. (5) And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, (6) and said to the judges, Consider what ye do : for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord ; and he is with you 'in the judge ment. (7) Now therefore let the fear of the Lord be upon you ; take heed and do it : for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor tak ing of gifts. (8) Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers' houses of Israel, for the judgement of the Lord, and for controversies. And they returned to Jerusalem. (9) And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. (10) And whensoever any controversy shall come to you from your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgements, ye shall warn them, that they be not guilty towards the Lord, and so wrath come upon you and upon your brethren : this do, and ye shall not be guilty. (11) And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord ; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all the king's matters : also the Levites shall be officers before you. 2Deal courageously, and the Lord be with the good. 20 And it came to pass after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the 3 Am monites, came against Jehoshaphat to bat tle. (2) Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea from Syria ; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar (the same is En-gedi) . (3) And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek unto the Lord ; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. (4) And Judah gathered themselves together, to seek help of the Lord : even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord. (5) And Jehoshaphat stood in the con gregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court ; (6) and he said, O Lord, the God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and art not thou ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in thine hand is power and might, so that none is able to with stand thee. (7) Didst not thou, O our God, 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 therein for thy name, saying, (9) If evil come upon us, 4the sword, judgement, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save. (10) And now, be hold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside 7 Or, in giving judgement. Heb. in the matter of judgement. 2 Heb. Be strong and do. tor Meunim. So the Sept. See ch. xxvi. 7. 4 Or, the sword of judgement. 1 Perhaps an error 506 77. CHRONICLES. from them, and destroyed them not ; (11) behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. (12) O our God, wilt thou not judge them ? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us ; neither know we what to do : but our eyes are upon thee. (13) And all Judah stood before tbe Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their chil dren. (14) Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph came the spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation ; (15) and he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat : thus saith the Lord unto you, Fear not ye, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude ; for the battle is not yours, but God's. (16) To morrow go ye down against them : behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz ; and ye shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel. (17) Ye shall not need to fight in this battle : set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the sal vation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem : fear not, nor be dismayed : to morrow go out against them ; for the Lord is with you . ( 1 8 ) And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground : and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord, worshipping the Lord. (19) And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the chil dren of the Korahites, stood up to praise the Lord, the God of Israel, with an ex ceeding loud voice. (20) And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa : and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants' of Jeru salem ; believe in the Lord your God, so shall ye be established ; believe his proph ets, so shall ye prosper. (21) And when he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed them that should sing unto the Lord, and praise 'the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks unto the Lord ; for his mercy endureth for ever. (22) And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set liers in wait against the children of Am mon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah ; and they were smit ten. (23) For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them : and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. (24) And when Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude ; and, be hold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none that escaped. (25) And when Jehoshaphat and his peo ple came to take the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches and 2 dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for them selves, more than they could carry away : and they were three days in taking of the spoil, it was so much. (26) And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of 3 Beracah ; for there they blessed the Lord : therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Be racah, unto this day. (27) Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusa lem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy ; for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies. (28) And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the Lord. (29) And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that the Lord fought against the enemies of Israel. (30) So the realm of 7 Or, in the beauty of holiness. * According to some ancient authorities, garments. > That is, Blessing. 77. CHRONICLES. 507 Jehoshaphat was quiet : for his God gave him rest round about. (31) 'And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah : he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Azubah the daugh ter of Shilhi. (32) And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord. (33) Howbeit the high places were not taken away ; neither as yet had the people set their hearts unto the God of their fathers. (34) Now the rest ofthe acts of Jehosha phat, first and last, behold they are written in the 2 history of Jehu the son of Hanani, 3which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel. (35) 4And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel ; the same did very wick edly : (36) and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish : and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. (37) Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehosha phat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the Lord hath 5 de stroyed thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish. 21 6And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David : and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. (2) And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Aza riah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Aza riah, and Michael, and Shephatiah : all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. (3) And their father gave them great gifts, of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram, because he was the firstborn. (4) Now when Jehoram was risen up over the kingdom of his father, and had strengthened himself, he slew all his breth ren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel. (5) 'Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. (6) And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab : for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife : and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. (7) Howbeit the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because of the cove nant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a lamp to him and to his children alway. (8) In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. (9) Then Jehoram passed over with his captains, and all his chariots with him : and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots. (10) So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, unto this day : then did Libnah revolt at the same time from under his hand : because he had forsaken the Lord, the God of his fathers. (11) Moreover he made high places in the 8 mountains of Judah, and made the inhabitants of Jeru salem to go a whoring, and 9led Judah astray. (12) And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah ; (13) but hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whor ing, like as the house of Ahab '"did ; and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's 7 See 1 Kings xxii. 41, &c. 2 Heb. words. 3 Or, who is mentioned. ' See 1 Kings xxii. 48, 49. 3 Or, made a breach in. 3 See 1 Kings xxii. 50. ' See 2 Kings viii, 17, &c. 3 According to some ancient authorities, cities. 9 Or, compelled Judah thereto. 10 Heb. made to go a whoring. 508 77. CHRONICLES. house, which were better than thyself : (14) behold, the Lord will smite with a great 'plague thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy substance : (15) and thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness, 2day by day. (16) And the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philis tines, and of the Arabians which are be side the Ethiopians : (17) and they came up against Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found 3in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives ; so that there was never a son left him, save 4Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. (18) And after all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. (19) And it came to pass, in process of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness, and he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers. (20) Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years : and he departed without being desired ; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. 22 6And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made 6 Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead : for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. (2) „7 Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign ; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Athaliah the 8 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) And be did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab : for they were his counsellors after the death of his father, to his destruction. (5) He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead : and the Syrians wounded Joram. (6) And he returned to be healed in Jezreel 9of the wounds which they had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And '"Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. (7) Now the "destruction of Aha ziah was of God, in that he went unto Joram : for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. (8) ^And it came to pass, when Jehu was executing judgement upon the house of Ahab, that he found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, minis tering to Ahaziah, and slew them. (9) 13 And he sought Ahaziah, and they caught him, (now he was hiding in Samaria,) and they brought him to Jehu, and slew him ; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. "And the house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom. (10) "Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. (11) But KJe- boshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him away from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in the "bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, 7 Heb. stroke. 2 Or, year after year. 3 Or, belonging to. i In ch. xxii. 1, Ahaziah. 3 See 2 Kings viii. 24, &c. « In ch. xxi. 17, Jehoahaz. ' In 2 Kings viii. 26, Two and twenty. 3 Or, grand daughter. ' So in 2 Kings viii. 29, and in the Sept. and Syriac versions. The text has, because the wounds which die. 70In ver. 1, Ahaziah. 11 Heb. treading down. 72 See 2 Kings x. 11, &c. 73 See 2 Kings ix. 27. 74 Or, And there was none ofthe house of Ahaziah that had power aie. 73 See 2 Kings xi. 1, &c. 73 In 2 Kings xi. 2, Jehosheba. 77 Or, chamber for the 77. CHRONICLES. 509 the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sis ter 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. 23 'And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the cap tains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Je roham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maase iah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. (2) And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the heads of fathers' houses of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. (3) Aud all the congregation made a cov enant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the Lord hath spoken concerning the sons of David. (4) This is the thing that ye shall do : 2 a third part of you, that come in on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the 3 doors ; (5) and a third part shall be at the king's house ; and a third part at the gate of the foundation : and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the Lord. (6) But let none come into the house of the Lord, save the priests, and they that minister of the Le vites ; they shall come in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the Lord. (7) And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand ; and whosoever cometh into the house, let him be slain : and be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out. (8) So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded : and they took every man his men, those that were to come in on the sabbath, with those that were to go out on the sabbath ; for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. (9) And Jehoiada the priest de livered to the captains of hundreds the spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God. (10) And he set all the people, every man with his weapon in his hand, from the right 4 side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, by the king round about. (11) Then they brought out the king's son, and " put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony, and made him king : and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him; and they said, 6God save the king. (12) And when Athaliah heard the noise 7of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the Lord : (13) and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpets by the king ; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets ; the singers also played on in struments of music, and led the singing of praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, treason. (14) And Jehoiada tbe priest brought out the cap tains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth between the ranks ; and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword : for the priest said, Slay her not in the house ofthe Lord. (15) So they made way for her; and she went to the entry of the horse gate to the king's house : and they slew her there. (16) And Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, and all the people, and the king, that they should be the Lord's people. (17) And all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and 7 See 2 Kings xi. 4, &c. crown and the testimony. the king. 2 See 1 Chr. xxiv. 4. 3 Heb. thresholds. 4 Heb. shoulder. 3 Or, put upon him the 3 Heb. Let the king live. 7 Or, ofthe people, of the guard, and of those who praised 510 77. CHRONICLES. brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. (18) And Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the Lord under the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, 'accord ing to the order of David. (19) And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the Lord, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. (20) And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the peo ple, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the Lord : and they came through the up per gate unto the king's house, aud set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. (21) So all the people of tbe land rejoiced, and the city was quiet : and they slew Athaliah with the sword. 24 2 Joash was seven years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem : and bis mother's name was Zibiah of Beer-sheba. (2) And Joash did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest. (3) And Jehoiada took for him two wives ; and he begat sons and daughters. (4) And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to restore the house of the Lord. (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 Jehoiada the chief, and said un to him, Why bast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the ser vant of the Lord, and of the congregation 8of Israel, for the tent of the testimony? (7) For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God ; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord did they bestow upon the Baalim. (8) So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the Lord. (9) And they made a proclamation through Juclah and Jerusalem, to bring in for the Lord the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. (10) And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. (11) And it was so, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's * office 5by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's 6 scribe and the chief priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance. (12) And the king and Je hoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the Lord ; and they hired masons and carpenters to re store the house of the Lord, and also such as wrought iron and brass to repair the house of the Lord. (13) So the work men wrought, and 7the work was perfected by them, and they set up the house of God 8in its state, and strengthened it. (14) And when they had made an end, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the Lord, even vessels to minister, and 9to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and sil ver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jehoiada. (15) But Jehoiada waxed old and was full of days, and he 7 Heb. by the hands of David. 2 See 2 Kings xi. 21, xii. 1, &c. 8 Or, for Israel. 4 Or, officers. 3 Or, which was under the hand. 3 Or, secretary. 7 Heb. healing went up upon the work. 3 Or, according to thepropor- tlon thereof. ° Or, pestles. 77. CHRONICLES. 511 died ; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. (16) And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house. (17) Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. (18) And they forsook the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols : and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness. (19) Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again un to the Lord ; and they testified against them : but they would not give ear. (20) And the spirit of God ' came upon Zecha riah the son of Jehoiada the priest ; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the Lord, that ye cannot 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 command ment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord. (22) Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoi ada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The Lord look upon it, and require it. (23) And it came to pass at the 2end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him : and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them un to the king of Damascus. (24) For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men ; and the Lord delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. So they executed 3 judge ment upon Joash. (25) And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants con spired against him for the blood of the 4 sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died : and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. (26) And these are they that conspired against him ; 5 Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of 6Shimrith the Moabitess. (27) Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens 7 laid upon him, and the 8 re building of the house of God, behold, they are written in the commentary of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. 25 '9 Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jeru salem. (2) And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, but not with a perfect heart. (3) Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established unto him, that he slew his servants which had killed the king his father. (4) But he put not their children to death, but did accord ing to that which is written in the law in the book of Moses, as the Lord com manded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers ; but every man shall die for his own sin. (5) Moreover Ama ziah gathered Judah together, aud ordered them according to their fathers' houses, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even all Juclah and Benja min : and he numbered them from twenty- years old and upward, and found them three hundred thousand chosen men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield. (6) He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valour out of Israel 7 Heb. clothed itself with. 3 In 2 Kings xii. 21, Jozacar. 2 Kings xiv. 1, &c. 2 Heb. revolution. 3 Heb. judgements. 4 The Sept. and Vulg. read, son. 6 In 2 Kings xii. 21, Shomer. ' Or, uttered against. 3 Heb. founding. 'See 512 77. CHRONICLES. for an hundred talents of silver. (7) But there came a man of God to him, saying, 0 king, let not the army of Israel go with thee ; for the Lord is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim. (8) But ' if thou wilt go, do valiantly, be strong for the battle : God shall cast thee down 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 2 army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The Lord is able to give thee much more than this. (10) Then Amaziah separated them, to ivit, the 2 army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again : wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Juclah, and they returned home in fierce anger. (11) And Amaziah took courage, and led forth his people, and went to 3the Valley of Salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. (12) And other ten thousand did the chil dren of Judah carry away alive, and brought them unto the top of 4 the rock, and cast them down from the top of * the rock, that they all were broken in pieces. (13) But 5the men of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Beth- horon, and smote of them three thousand, and took much spoil. (14) Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them. (15) Wherefore the anger of the Lord was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which have not de livered their own people out of thine hand? (16) And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Have we made thee of the king's counsel ? f orbear ; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. (17) "Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. (18) And Joash king of Is rael sent to Amaziah king of Judah, say ing, The 7 thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife : and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. (19) Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten Edom ; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast : abide now at home ; why shouldest thou 8 meddle to thy hurt, that thou should est fall, even thou, and Judah with thee ? (20) But Amaziah would not hear ; for it was of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they had sought after the gods of Edom. (21) So Joash king of Israel went up ; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one an other in tbe face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth to Judah. (22) And Judah was put to the worse before Israel ; and they fled every man to his tent. (23) And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Je hoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto 9 the corner gate, four hundred cubits. (24) And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the 7 Or, go thou. 2 Kings xiv. 8, &c. looketh. 2 Heb. troop. 7 Or, thorn. 3 See 2 Kings xiv. 7. 4 Or, Sela. 3 Heb. the sons of the troop. 3 See 3 Or, provoke calamity. » So in 2 Kings xiv. 13. The text has, the gate that 77. CHRONICLES. 513 house of God with ' Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. (25) And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. (26) Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? (27) Now from the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the Lord they made a con spiracy against him in Jerusalem ; and he fled to Lachish : but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. (28) And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in 2the city of Judah. 26 And all the people of Judah took 3 Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. (2) He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. (3) 4 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign ; and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Jechiliah of Jerusalem. (4) And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had clone. (5) And he set him self to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who 5 had understanding in 6 the vision of God : and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him to prosper. (6) And he went forth and warred against the Philis tines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod ; and he built cities in the country of Ashdod, and among the Philistines. (7) And God helped him against the Phil istines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim. (8) And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah : and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt ; for he waxed exceeding strong. (9) Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them. (10) And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle ; in the lowland also, and in the ' plain : and he had hus bandmen and vinedressers in the moun tains and in 8 the fruitful fields ; for he loved husbandry. (11) Moreover Uz ziah had an army of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their reckoning made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. (12) The whole number of the heads of fathers' houses, even the mighty men of valour, was two thousand and six hundred. (13) And under their hand was 9 a trained army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. (14) And Uzziah prepared for them, even for all the host, shields, and spears, and helmets, and coats of mail, and bows, and stones for slinging. (15) And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the 10 battlements, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad ; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. (16) But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up "so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against the Lord his God ; for he went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the altar of incense. (17) And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the Lord, that were valiant men: (18) and they withstood Uzziah 7 See 1 Chr. xxvi. 15. 2 In 2 Kings xiv. 20, the city of David. 3 In 2 Kings xiv. 21, Azariah. <¦ See 2 Kings xv. 2, 3. 3 Or, gave instruction. 6 Heb. the seeing. Many ancient authorities have, the fear. 7 Or, table land. 3 Or, Carmel. See 1 Sam. xxv. 2. 3 Or, the power of an army. 70 Or, corner towers. 71 Or, to his destruction. 514 77. CHRONICLES. the king, and said unto him, It pertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense : go out of the sanctuary ; for thou hast trespassed ; neither shall it be for thine honour from the Lord God. (19) Then Uzziah was wroth ; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense ; and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy 'brake forth in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, beside the altar of incense. (20) And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out quickly from thence ; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the Lord had smitten him. (21) 2And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a 3 several house, being a leper ; for he was cut off from the house of the Lord : and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people ofthe land. (22) Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. (23) So Uzziah slept with his fathers ; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which be longed to the kings ; for they said, He is a leper : and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. 27 i Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem : and his mother's name was Jerushah the daugh ter of Zadok. (2) And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, accord ing to all that his father Uzziah had done : howbeit he entered not into the temple of the Lord. And the people di,d yet cor ruptly. (3) He built the upper gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. (4) Moreover he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. (5) He fought also with the king of the children of Ammon, and pre vailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hun dred talents of silver, and ten thousand 5 measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Am mon render unto him, in the second year also, and in the third. (6) So Jotham became mighty, because he ordered his ways before the Lord his God. (7) Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, behold, they are writ ten in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. (8) He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. (9) And Jo tham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David : and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. 28 6Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem : and he did not that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, like David his father : (2) but he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for the Baalim. (3) Moreover he burnt incense in the val ley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, according to the abom inations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel. (4) And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. (5) Where fore the Lord his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away of his a great multitude of captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. (6) For Pekah the son of 1 Heb. rose (as the sun). 3 See 2 Kings xvi. 2-4. 2 See 2 Kings xv. 5-7. 3 Or, lazar house. 4 See 2 Kings xv. 33, &c. 3 Heb. cors. 77. CHRONICLES. 515 Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men ; because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. (7) And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, 6lew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkanah that was 'next to the king. (8) And the chil dren of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. (9) But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded : and he went out to meet the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was wroth with Ju dah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage which hath reached up unto heaven. (10) And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bond men and bondwomen unto you : but are there not even with you 2 trespasses of your own' against the Lord your God ? (11) Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, which ye have taken captive of your brethren : for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you. (12) Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war, (13) and said un to them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for ye purpose that which will bring upon us 3a trespass against the Lord, to add unto our sins and to our 8 trespass : for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. (14) So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. (15) And the men which have been expressed b}- name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto their brethren : then they returned to Samaria. (16) i At that time did king Ahaz send unto the 5 kings of Assyria to help him. (17) For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away 6 captives. (18) The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland, and of the South of Judah, and had taken Beth- shemesh, and Aijalon, and Gederoth, and Soco with the 'towns thereof, and Timnah with the 'towns thereof, Gimzo also and the 7towns thereof : and they dwelt there. (19) For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel ; for he had 8dealt wantonly in Judah, and tres passed sore against the Lord. (20) And Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came °unto him, and distressed him, but '"strengthened him not. (21) For Ahaz took away a portion 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 it helped him not. (22) And in the time "of his dis tress did he trespass yet more against the Lord, this same king Ahaz. (23) For he sacrificed unto the gods of 12 Damascus, which smote him : and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. (24) And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the ves sels of the house of God, and shut up the Heb. second. 2 Heb. guiltinesses. 3 Or, guilt. 4 See 2 Kings xvi. 7, 8cc. 3 Many ancient authorities read, king. 3 Heb. a captivity. ' Heb. daughters. 3 Or, cast away restraint. ' Or, against. 7° Or, prevailed not against him. "¦ Or, that he distressed him. 12 Heb. Darmesek. 516 77. CHRONICLES. doors of the house of the Lord ; and he made him altars in every corner of Jeru salem. (25) And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn in cense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the Lord, the God of his fathers. (26) Now the rest of his acts, and all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. (27) And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem ; for they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel : and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. 29 'Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old ; and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusa lem : and his mother's name was Abijah the daughter of Zechariah. (2) And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done. (3) He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the Lord, and repaired them. (4) And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the broad place on the east, (5) and said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites ; now sanctify your selves, and sanctify the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. (6) For our fathers have trespassed, and clone that which was evil in the sight of the Lord our God, and have forsaken iiim, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs. (7) Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned in cense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto tbe God of Israel. (8) Wherefore the wrath of the Lord was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to be 2 tossed to and fro, to be an astonishment, and an hissing, as ye see with your eyes. (9) For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and Our wives are in captivity for this. (10) Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us. (11) My sons, be not now negligent : for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, to minister unto him, and that ye should be his ministers, and burn incense. (12) Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehal- lelel: and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah : (13) and ofthe sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel: and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah: (14) and of the sons of Heman, Jehuel and Shimei : and of the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel. (15) And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king b}* the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord. (16) And the priests went in unto the inner part of the house of the Lord, to cleanse it, and brought out all the un cleanness 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 to the brook Kidron. (17) Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the Lord ; and they sanctified tbe house of the Lord in eight days : and on the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. (18) Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within ihe palace, 1 See 2 Kings xviii. 1-3. 2 Or, a terror. 77. CHRONICLES. 517 and said, We have cleansed all the house of the Lord, and the altar of burnt offer ing, with all the vessels thereof, and the table of shewbread, with all the vessels thereof. (19) Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away when he trespassed, have we pre pared and sanctified ; and, behold, they are before the altar of the Lord. (20) Then Hezekiah the king arose early, and gathered the princes of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord. (21) And they brought seveu bul locks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he-goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. And he commanded 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 : and they killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar : they killed also the lambs, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar. (23) And they brought near the he-goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation ; and they laid their hands upon them : (24) and the priests killed them, and they made a sin offering with their blood upon the altar, to make atonement for all Israel : for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering shoidd 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 the commandment was of the Lord by his prophets. (26) And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. (27) And Hez ekiah commanded to offer the burnt offer ing upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord be gan also, and the trumpets, together with the instruments of David king of Israel. (28) And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded ; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. (29) And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves and worshipped. (30) More over Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises unto the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and the}' bowed their heads and worshipped. (31) Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have 'consecrated yourselves unto the Lord, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the Lord. And. the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings ; and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings. (32) And the number of the burnt offer ings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs : all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord. (33) And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. (34) But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings : wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves : for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. (35) And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offer ings, and with the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the* house of the Lord was set in order. (36) And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the peo ple, because of that which God had pre pared for the people : for the thing was done suddenly. 1 Heb. filled your hand. 518 77. CHRONICLES. 30 And Hezekiah sent to all 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 passover unto the Lord, the God of Israel. (2) For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the con gregation in Jerusalem, to keep the pass- over in the second month. (3) For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves in sufficient number, neither had tbe people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. (4) And the thing was right in the eyes -of the king and of all the congregation. (5) So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the Lord, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem : for they had not kept it 'in great numbers in such sort as it is written. (6) So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may return to the remnant that are escaped of you out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. (7) And be not 3-e like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the Xord, the God of their fathers, so that he gave them up 2to desolation, as ye see. (8) Now be ye not stiff-necked, as your fathers were ; but 3yield yourselves unto the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever, and serve the Lord your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you. (9) For if ye turn again unto the Lord, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that led them captive, and shall come again into this land : for the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him. (10) So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun : but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. (11) Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem. (12) Also in Judah was the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of the Lord. (13) 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 awaj- the altars that were in Jerusa lem, and all the 4 altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron. (15) Then they killed the pass- over on the fourteenth day of the sec ond month : and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought burnt offerings into the house of the Lord. (16) And they stood in their place after their order, according to the law of Moses the man of God : the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites. (17) For there were many in the congregation that had not sanctified themselves : therefore the Levites had the charge of killing the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the Lord. (18) For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon B every one (19) that setteth his heart to seek God, the Lord, the God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. (20) And the Lord 7 Or, of a long time. setteth his whole heart. 2 Or, to be an astonishment. 3 Heb. give the hand. 4 Or, vessels. 3 Or, him that 77. CHRONICLES. 519 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, sing ing with loud instruments unto the Lord. (22) And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that were well skilled in the service of the Lord. So they did eat throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace offerings, and 'making confession to the Lord, the God of their fathers. (23) And the whole congregation took counsel to keep other seven days : and they kept other seven days with gladness. (24) For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation for offerings a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep ; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep : and a great number of priests sanctified themselves. (25) And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation 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 king of Israel there was not the like iu Jerusalem. (27) Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people : and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even unto heaven. 31 Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake in pieces the 2 pillars, and hewed down the Asherim, and brake down the high places and the altars out of all Juclah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities. (2) And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his ser vice, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of the Lord. (3) He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and tbe burnt offerings 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 Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might 8give themselves to the law of the Lord. (5) And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel gave in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field ; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. (6) And the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of dedicated things which were consecrated unto 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 heaps, they blessed the Lord, and his people Israel. (9) Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. (10) And Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, Since the people began to bring the oblations into the house of the Lord, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty : for the Lord hath blessed his people ; and that which is left is this great store. (11) Then Hezekiah com- 7 Or, giving thanks. 2 Or, obelisks. 3 Heb. be strong in. 520 77. CHRONICLES. manded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord ; and they prepared them. (12) And they brought in the oblations and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully : and over them Conaniah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was second. (13) And Jehiel, and Aza- ziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jeri moth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cona niah and Shimei his brother, by the ap pointment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God. (14) And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter at the east gate, was over the freewill offerings of God, to dis tribute the oblations of the Lord, and the most holy things. (15) And under him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and 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 them that were reckoned by genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even every one that entered into the house of the Lord, 2as the duty of every day required, for their service in their charges according to their courses ; (17) and them that were reckoned by genealogy of the priests by their fathers' houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses ; (18) 3and them that were reck oned by genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation : for in their ' set office they sanctified them selves in holiness : (19) also for the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, there were men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogy anions the Levites. (20) And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah ; and he wrought that which was good and right and 4 faithful 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 tbe commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered. 32 5After these things, and this faith fulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Juclah, and en camped against the fenced cities, and thought 6to win them for himself. (2) And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that 7he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, (3) he took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city ; and they helped him. (4) So there was gathered much people together, and they stopped all the fountains, and the brook that flowed through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water? (5) And he took courage, and built up all the wall that was broken down, and 8 raised it up to the towers, and 9the other wall without, and strengthened Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in abun dance. (6) And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them to gether to him in the broad place at the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying, (7) Be strong and of a good courage, be not afraid nor dis mayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him : for '"there is a greater with us than with him : (8) with him is an arm of flesh ; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves 7 Or, trust. 2 Or, for his daily portion. 3 Or, even to give to them aie. i Heb. faithfulness. 3See2KiDgs xviii. 13, &c. Is. xxxvi. 1, &c. ° Heb. to break them up. ' Heb. his face was to fight. 3 Or, heightened the towers. Or, went up upon the towers. The Vulg. has, built towers thereon. " Or, another. 70 Or, there be more. 77. CHRONICLES. 521 upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. (9) After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (now he was before Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, (10) Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide 'the siege in Jerusalem? (11) Doth not Hezekiah per suade you, to give you over 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 Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and upon it shall ye burn incense? (13) Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the peoples of the lands ? Were the gods of the nations of the lands any ways able to deliver their land out of mine hand? (14) Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers 2 utterly destroyed, that could deliver his peo ple out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand? (15) Now therefore let not Heze kiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither believe ye 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 8God deliver you out of mine hand? (16) And his servants Spake yet more against the Lord God, and against his servant Hezekiah. (17) He wrote also 4letters, to rail on the Lord, the God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of the lands, which have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand. (18) And they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them ; that they might take the city. (19) And they spake of the God of Jerusalem, as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of men's hands. (20) And Hezekiah the king, and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, prayed because of this, and cried to heaven. (21) And the Lord sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour, aud the leaders and captains, in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels 5 slew him there with the sword. (22) Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side. (23) And many brought gifts unto the Lord to Jerusalem, and precious things to Hezekiah king of Juclah : so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations from thenceforth. (24) 6 In those days Hezekiah was sick even unto death : and he prayed unto the Lord ; and he spake unto him, and gave him a ' sign. (25) But Hezekiah ren dered not again according to the benefit done unto him ; for his heart was lifted up : therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. (26) Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled him self for 8 the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah. (27) And Hez ekiah had exceeding much riches and hon our : and he provided him treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, 7 Or, in the strong hold. 2 Heb. devoted. 3 Or, gods. 4 Or. a letter. 2 Kings xx. 1, &c. Is. xxxviii.'l, &c. 7 Or, wonder. 3 Heb. the lifting up. 3 Heb. caused him to fall. 3 See 522 77. CHRONICLES. and for all manner of goodly vessels ; (28) storehouses also for tbe increase of corn and wine and oil ; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and flocks in folds. (29) Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance : for God had given him very much substance. (30) This same Heze kiah also stopped the upper spring of the waters of Gihon, and brought them straight clown on the west side of the city of Da vid. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. (31) Howbeit in the business of the ' ambassadors of the princes of Baby lon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. (32) Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his good deeds, behold, they are written in the vis ion of Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz, in the book of the kings of Judah and Is rael. (33) And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the sepulchres of the sons of David : and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jeru salem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. 33 2 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. (2) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen; whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel. (3) For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down ; and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Ash- eroth, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. (4) And he built altars in the house of the Lord, whereof the Lord 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 tbe house of the Lord. (6) He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom : and he practised augury, and used en chantments, and practised sorcery, and dealt with them that had familiar spirits, and with wizards : he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. (7) And he set the graven im age of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever : (8) neither will, I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers ; if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordi nances by the hand of Moses. (9) And Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, so that the}1 did evil more than did the nations, whom the Lord destroyed before the children of Israel. (10) And the Lord spake to Manasseh, and to his people : but they gave no heed. (11) Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh 3in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. (12) And when he was in distress, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly be fore the God of his fathers. (13) And he prayed unto him ; and he was intreated of him, and heard bis supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was Goel. (14) Now after this he built an outer wall to the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate ; and he com passed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height: and he put 4 valiant 7 Heb. interpreters. 2 See 2 Kings xxi. 1, &c. 3 Or, with hooks. 4 Or, captains of the army. 77. CHRONICLES. 523 captains in all the fenced cities of Judah. (15) And he took away the strange gocls, and the idol out of the house of the Lord, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. (16) And he 'built up the altar of the Lord, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve the Lord, the God of Israel. (17) Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, but only unto the Lord their God. (18) Now the rest of the acts of Ma nasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, behold, they are written among the acts of the kings of Israel. (19) His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself : be hold, they are written in the history of 2Hozai. (20) So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house : and Arnon his son reigned in his stead. (21) 'Anion was twenty and two years old when he began to reign; and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. (22) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as did Manasseh his father: and Arnon sacrificed unto all the graven images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them. (23) And he humbled not himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father had humbled him self ; but this same Arnon 4 trespassed more and more. (24) And his servants conspired against him, and put him to death in his own house. (25) But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Arnon ; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. 34 B Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. (2) And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. (3) For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father : and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images. (4) And they brake down the altars of the Baalim in his presence ; and the sun-images, that were on high above them, he hewed down ; and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. (5) And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem. (6) And so did he in the cities of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, 6in their ruins round about. (7) And he brake down the altars, and beat the Asherim and the graven images into powder, and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel, and returned to Jerusalem. (8) 7 Now 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 governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the 8 recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God. (9) And they came to Hilkiah the high priest, and delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, 7 According to another reading, prepared. became guilty. s See 2 Kings xxii. 1, 2. 7 See 2 Kings xxii. 3, &c. 3 Or, chronicler. 2 Or. the seers. So the Sept. 3 See 2 Kings xxi. 19, &c. 4 Or, 3 Or, as otherwise read, with their axes. The text is probably corrupt. 524 77. CHRONICLES. which the Levites, the keepers of the 1 door, had gathered of the hand of Ma nasseh and Ephraim, and of all the rem nant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin, 2and of the inhabitants of Jerusalem. (10) And they delivered it into the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the bouse of the Lord ; and s the workmen that wrought in the house of the Lord gave it to amend and repair the house; (11) even to tho car penters and to the builders- gave they it. to buy hewn stone, and timber for coup lings, and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Juclah had destroyed. (12) And the men did the work faith fully : and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari ; and Zechariah and Me shullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, 4 to set it forward : and other of the Le vites, all that could skill of instruments of music. (13) Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and set forward all that did the work in every manner of service : and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. (14) And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found the 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 law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Sha phan. (16) And Shaphan carried the book to tbe king, and moreover brought tbe king word again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it. (17) And they have "emptied out the money that was found in the house of the Lord, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and into the hand of the workmen. (18) And Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read therein before the king. (19) And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. (20) And tbe king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and 'Abdon the son of Micah, aud Sha phan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying, (21) Go ye, inquire of the Lord for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found : for great is the wrath of the Lord that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do accord ing unto all that is written in this book. (22) So Hilkiah, and they whom the king had commanded, went to Hulclah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of 8Tokhath, the son of "Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe ; (now she dwelt in Jeru salem in the '"second quarter ;) and they spake to her to that effect. (23) And she said unto them, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel : Tell ye the man that sent you unto me, (24) Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah : (25) because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands ; therefore is my wrath poured out upon this place, and it shall not be quenched. (26) But unto the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel: As touching the words which thou hast heard, (27) because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, 7 Heb. threshold. 2 Another reading is, and they returned to Jerusalem. 3 Or, they gave it to the workmen aie. See 2 Kings xxii. 5. 4 Or, to preside over it. 5 Heb. by the hand of. G Or, poured out. 7 In 2 Kinys xxii. 12, Achbor the son of Micaiah. 3 In 2 Kings xxii. 14, Tikoah. B In 2 Kings xxii. 14, Harhas. 70 Heb. Mishneh. 77. CHRONICLES. 525 when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and hast humbled thyself before me, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me ; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord. (28) Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants there of. And they brought the king word again. (29) 'Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jeru salem. (30) And the king went up to the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, both great and small : and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the Lord. (31) And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord; and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that were written in this book. (32) And he caused all that were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jeru salem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. (33) And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were found in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord their God. All his days they de parted not from following the Lord, the God of their fathers. 35 And 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 he said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the Lord, Put the holy ark in the house which Solo mon the son of David king of Israel did build; there shall no more be a burden upon your shoulders : now serve the Lord your God, and his people Israel. (4) And prepare yourselves after your fathers' houses by your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and ac cording to the writing of Solomon his son. (5) And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of your brethren the children of the people, 2 and let there be for each a portion of a fathers' house of the Levites. (6) And kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare for your brethren, to do ac cording to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. (7) And Josiah 3gave to the children of the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all of them for the pass- over offerings, unto all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks : these were of the king's substance. (8) And his princes gave 4 for a freewill offering unto the peo ple, to the priests, and to the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thou sand and six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen. (9) Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel aud Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave unto the Le vites for the passover offerings, five thou sand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. (10) So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Le vites by their courses, according to the king's commandment. (11) And they killed the passover, and tbe priests sprin kled the blood, which they received of _ 7 See 2 Kings xxiii. 1, &c. 2 Or, and according to the distribution of each fathers' house. mgs, and so in verses 8, 9. See ch. xxx. 24. <¦ Or, willingly. 3 Or, gave for offer- 526 77. CHRONICLES. their hand, and the Levites flaj-ecl them. (12) And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give them according to the divisions of the fathers' houses of the chil dren of the people, to offer unto the Lord, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. (13) And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance : and the holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the children of the people. (14) And afterward they prepared for themselves, and for the priests ; because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night : therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. (15) And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the command ment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer ; and the porters were at every gate : they needed not to depart from their service, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. (16) So all the service of the Lord was prepared the same day, to keep the pass- over, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the Lord, according to the com mandment of king Josiah. (17) And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. (18) And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the proph et ; neither did any of the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the in habitants of Jerusalem. (19) In tbe eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept. (20) 'After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates : and Josiah went out against him. (21) But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah ? I come not against thee this day, but against the house where with I have war ; and God 2hath com manded me to make haste : forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. (22) Neverthe less Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Neco, from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. (23) And the archers shot at king Josiah ; and the king said to his ser vants, Have me away ; for I am sore wounded. (24) So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem ; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. (25) And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spake of Josiah in their lamenta tions, unto this day ; and they 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 good deeds, according to that which is written in the law of the Lord, (27) and his acts, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. 36 3Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. (2) Joahaz was twenty aud three years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. (3) And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and amerced the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. (4) And the king of Egypt made 7 See 2 Kings xxiii. 29, 30. 3 Or, hath given command to speed me. 3 See 2 Kings xxiii. 30, &c. 77. CHRONICLES. 527 Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Je hoiakim. And Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. (5) 'Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem : and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God. (6) Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Baby lon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon. (7) Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his Hemple at Babylon. (8) Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found 3in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and 4 Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. (9) 5 Jehoiachin was e 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 7at the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. (11) e Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign ; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem : (12) and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God ; he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speak ing from the mouth of the Lord. (13) And he also rebelled against king Nebu chadnezzar, who had made him swear by God : but he stiffened his neck, and 9 hard ened his heart from turning unto the Lord, the God of Israel. (14) Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, tres passed very greatly after all the abomina tions of the heathen ; and they polluted the house of the Lord which he had hal lowed in Jerusalem. (15) And the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and send ing ; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place : (16) but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no '"remedy. (17) Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or ancient : 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 ; and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: (21) to fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths : for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. (22) "Now in the first year of ^ Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accom plished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proc lamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, (23) Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the king- 7 See 2 Kings xxiii. 36, 37. 2 Or, palace. 3 Or, against. 3 See 2 Kings xxiv. 8, &c. 3 In 2 Kings xxiv. 8, eighteen. * Heb. strengthened. 7» Heb. healing. 77 See Ezra i. 1-3. 4 In 1 Chr. iii. 16, Jeconiah. In Jer. xxii. 24, Coniah. i See 2 Sam. xi. 1. 3 See 2 Kings xxiv. 18, &c. 72 Heb. Coresh. 528 EZRA. doms of the earth hath the Lord, the God of heaven, given me ; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all his people, the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up. EZRA. 1 Now in the first year of ' Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accom plished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proc lamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, (2) Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the king doms of the earth hath the Lord, the God of heaven, given me ; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. (3) Whosoever there is among you of all his people, his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Juclah, and build the house of the Lord, the God of Israel, 2 (he is God,) which is in Jerusalem. (4) And whoso ever is left, in any place where he sojourn eth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem. (5) Then rose up the heads of fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, even all whose spirit God had stirred to go up to build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusa lem. (6) And all they that were round about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered. (7) Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods ; (8) even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mitbredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. (9) And this is the number of them : thirty chargers of gold, a thou sand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives; (10) thirty bowls of gold, silver bowls of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. (11) All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up, when they of the captivity were brought up from Baby lon unto Jerusalem. 2 8Now these are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those which had been carried away, 7 Heb. Coresh. 2 Or, he is the God which is in Jerusalem. ¦¦ See Neh. vii. G, &c. EZRA. 529 whom ' Nebuchadnezzar the king of Baby lon had carried away unto Babylon, and that returned unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city ; (2) which came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, 2 Se raiah, " Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, 4 Mispar, Bigvai, 6 Rehuin, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel : (3) the children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. (4) The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. (5) The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five. (6) The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thou sand eight hundred and twelve. (7) The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. (8) The children of Zattu, nine hundred fort}' and five. (9) The children of Zaccai, seven hundred aud threescore. (10) The children of 6Bani, 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 hun dred 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 children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three. (18) The children of 7 Jorah, an hundred and twelve. (19) The chil dren of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three. (20) The children of 8 Gibbar, ninety and five. (21) The children of Beth-lehem, an hundred twenty and three. (22) The men of Netophah, fifty and six. (23) The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. (24) The children of 9Azmaveth, forty and two. (25) The children of 10 Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three. (26) The children of Ramah and Geba, 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 twentj- and three. (29) The children of Nebo, 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, three hundred forty and five. (35) The children of Senaah, three thou sand and six hundred and thhrty. (36) The priests : the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. (37) The children of Immer, a thousand fiftj' and two. (38) The chil dren of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. (39) The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. (40) The Levites : the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of "Hodaviah, seventy and four. (41) The singers : the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight. (42) The children of the porters : the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the chil dren of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine. (43) The Nethinim : the chil dren of Ziba, the children of Hasupba. the children of Tabbaoth ; (44) the children of Keros, the children of '2 Siaha, the chil dren of Padon ; (45) the children of Le- banah, the children of Hagabah, the chil dren of Akkub ; (46) the children of Hagab, the children of 13Shamlai, the children of Hanan ; (47) the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah ; (48) the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of 7 Heb. Nebuchadnezzor. 2 In Neh. vii. 7, Azariah. 3 In Neh. vii. 7, Raamiah. 4 In Neh. vii. 7, Mispereth. 3 In Neh. vii. 7, Nehum. ' In Neh. vii. 15, Binnui. ' In Neh. vii. 24, Hariph. 3 In Neh. vii. 25, Gibeon. 3 In Nell. vii. 2R, Betli-nzmaveth. i» In Neh. vii. 29, Kiriath-jearim. 71 In ch. iii. 9, Judah. In Neh. vii. 43, Hodevah. 72 In Neh. vii. 47, Sia. 73 In Neh. vii. 48, Salmai. 530 EZRA. Gazzam ; (49) the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai ; (50) the children of Asnah, the children of Meunim, the children of ' Nephisim ; (51) the children of Bakbnk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur ; (52) the children of 2Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha ; (53) the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah ; (54) tbe children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. (55) The children of Solomon's servants : the children of Sotai, the children of 8Has- sophereth, the children of 4Peruda; (56) the children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel ; (57) the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazze- baim, the children of 5Ami. (58) All the Nethinim, and the children of Solo mon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. (59) And these were they which went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, 6Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their fathers' houses, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: (60) the children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. (61) And of the children of the priests : the children of 'Habaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, which took a wife of tbe daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name. (62) These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but thejT were not found : therefore 8 were they deemed polluted and put from the priest hood. (63) And the 9Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. (64) The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, (65) beside their menser vants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven : and they had two hun dred singing men and singing women. (66) Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six ; their mules, two hundred forty and five ; (67) their camels, four hundred thirty and five'; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. (68) And some of tbe heads of fathers' houses, when they came to the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to set it up in its place : (69) they gave after their ability into the treasury of the work threescore and one thousand darics of gold, and five thousand '° pound of silver, and one hun dred priests' garments. (70) So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities. 3 "And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. (2) Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerub babel the son of Shealtiel, and his breth ren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. (3) And they set the altar 12 upon its base ; for fear was upon them because of the people of the countries : and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the Lord, even burnt offerings morning and evening. (4) And they kept the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, ac cording to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required ; (5) and afterward the continual burnt offering, and the offerings 7 Another reading is, Nephusim. In Neh. vii. 52. Xephushesim. 2 In Neh. vii. 54, Bazlith. 3 In Neh. vii. 57, Sophereth. * Jn Neh. vii. 57, Perida. 3 In Neh. vii. 59, Anion. 3 In Neh. vii. 61, Addon. ' In Neh. vii. 63, Hobaiah. 8 Heb they were polluted from the priesthood. 9 Or, governor. 70 Heb. maneh. u See Neh. vii. 73, viii. 1. l'- Or, in its nlace. EZRA. 531 of the new moons, and of all the set feasts ofthe Lord that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the Lord. (6) From the first clay of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings 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 car penters ; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, unto Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia. (8) Now in the second year of their com ing unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the rest 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 2 have the oversight of 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 8 Judah, 4 together, to have the oversight of the workmen in the house of God : the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites. (10) And when the builders laid the foun dation of the temple of the Lord, 6 they set the priests in their apparel with trum pets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the order of David king of Israel, (llj And they sang one to another in praising and giving thanks unto the Lord, saying, For he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid. (12) But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses, the old men that had seen ° the first house, when the foun dation 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 weeping of the people : for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off. 4 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded a temple unto the Lord, the God , of Israel ; (2) then they drew near to Zerubbabel, and to the heads of fathers' houses, and said unto them, Let us build with you : for we seek 3'our God, as ye do ; 7 and we do sacrifice unto him since the clays of Esarhaddon king of As syria, which brought us up hither. (3) But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the heads of fathers' houses of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God ; but we ourselves together will build unto tbe Lord, the God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us. (4) Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and 8 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 king of Persia. (6) And in the reign of 9 Ahas- uerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. (7) And in the days of 10 Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his companions, unto Artaxer xes king of Persia ; and the writing of the letter was written in the " Syrian character, and set forth in the " Syrian tongue. (8) 12 Rehum the chancellor and Shimsbai the 7 Or. hewers. 2 Or, set forward the work. 3 In ch. ii. 40, Hodaviah. * Heb. as one. 3 According to some JISS. and ancient versions, the priests stood. • Or, the first house standing on Us foundation, when this house was before their eyes. 7 Another reading is, yet we do no sacrifice since &c. 8 Or. terrified.. 3 Or, Xerxes. Heb. Ahashverosh. 70 Heb. Artahshashta. 7l Or, Aramaic. 72 Ch. iv. 8-vi. 18 is in Aramaic. 532 EZRA. scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort : (9) then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their compan ions ; the Dinaites, and the Apharsath- chites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushan- chites, the Dehaites, the Elamites, (10) and the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar brought over, and set in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the country beyond the river, and so forth. (11) This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto Artaxerxes the king ; Thy ser vants the men beyond tbe river, and so forth. (12) Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee are come to us unto Jerusalem ; the}* are building the rebellious and the bad city, and have finished the walls, and repaired the foundations. (13) Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, they will not pa}7 tribute, custom, or toll, and in the end it will endamage the kings. (14) Now be cause we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not meet for us to see the king's dishon our, therefore have we sent and certified the king ; (15) that search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers : so shalt thou find in the book of the rec ords, and know that this city is a rebel lious city, and hurtful unto kings and pro vinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time : for which cause was this city laid waste. (16) We certify the king that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, by this means thou shalt have no portion beyond the river. (17) Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their com panions that dwell in Samaria, and 'in the rest of the country beyond tbe river, Peace, and so forth. (18) The letter which ye sent unto us hath been 2 plainly read be fore me. (19) And I decreed, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedi tion have been made therein. (20) There have been mighty kings also over Jeru salem, which have ruled over all the coun try beyond the river ; and tribute, custom, and toll, was paid unto them. (21) Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me. (22) And take heed that ye be not slack herein : why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? (23) Then when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went in haste to 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 ; and it ceased unto the second j-ear of the reign of Darius king of Persia. 5 Now the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Idclo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem ; in the name of the God of Israel 8 prophesied they 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, helping them. (3) At the same time came to them Tat- tenai, the governor beyond the river, and Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall? (4) 4Then spake we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building? (5) But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not make them 7 Or, unto the. rest beyond &c. 2 Or, translated. 3 Or, which was upon them. 4 Or, Then spake we unto them, after this manner Wha,t , said they, are the names ofthe men that make this building? Or, according to some ancient versions, Then spake they unto them aie. See ver. 10. EZRA. 533 cease, till the matter should come to Darius, and then ' answer should be re turned by letter concerning it. (6) The copy of the letter that Tat- tenai, the governor beyond the river, and Shethar-bozenai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were beyond the river, sent unto Darius the king : (7) they sent a letter unto him, wherein was writ ten thus ; Unto Darius the king, all peace. (8) Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth on with diligence and prospereth in their hands. (9) Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who gave you a decree to build this house, and to finish this wall? (10) We asked them their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were at the head of them. (11) And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many j'ears ago, which a great king of Israel builded and finished. (12) But 2 after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon. (13) But in the first year of C3'rus king of Babylon, Cyrus the king made a de cree to build this house of God. (14) And the gold and silver vessels also of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jeru salem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made gover nor; (15) and he said unto him, Take these vessels, go, put them in the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in its place. (16) Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem : and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not completed. (1 7) Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusa lem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. 6 Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the 'archives, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. (2) And there was found at 4Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of Media, a roll, and therein was thus written for a record. (3) In the first 3'ear of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king made a decree ; Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be builded, the place where they offer sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid ; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits ; (4) with three rows of great stones, and 6 a row of new timber : and let the ex penses be given out of the king's house : (5) and also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnez zar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to its place, and thou shalt put them in the house of God. (6) Now therefore, Tattenai, governor beyond the river, She thar-bozenai, and 6your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence : (7) let the work of this house of God alone ; let the governor 7 Or, they returned answer. to the Sept., one row of timber. 2 Or, because that. 8 Aram, their. 3 Aram, books * That is, Ecbatcma. 3 According 534 EZRA. of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place. (8) Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God : that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, expenses be given with all dili gence unto these men, that the}- be not hindered. (9) And that which the}' have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, ac cording to the word of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them clay by day without fail : (10) that the}7 may offer sacrifices of sweet savour unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life ofthe king, and of his sons. (11) Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let a beam be pulled out from his house, and let him be lifted up and fastened thereon ; and let his house be made a dunghill for this: (12) and the God that hath caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples, that shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree ; let it be clone with all diligence. (13) Then Tattenai, the governor be yond the river, Shethar-bozenai, and their companions, 'because that Darius the king had sent, did accordingly with all diligence. (14) And the elders of the Jews builded and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the de cree of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxer xes king of Persia. (15) And this house was finished on the third clay of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. (16) And the children of Israel, the priests and the Le vites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy. (1 7) And the}' offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs ; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. (18) And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses. (19) And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. (20) For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves 2 together; all of them were pure: and they killed the passover for all the chil dren of the captivity, and for their breth ren the priests, and for themselves. (21) And the children of Israel, which were come again out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the.filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the Lord, the God of Israel, did eat, (22) and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven daj's with joy : for the Lord had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assj-ria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. 7 Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, (2) the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, (3) the son of Amariah, the son of Aza riah, the son of Meraioth, (4) the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, (5) the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest: (6) this Ezra went up from Babylon ; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given : and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the Lord his Or, because of that which &c. 3 Heb. as one. EZRA. 535 God upon him. (7) And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxer xes the king. (8) And he came to Jeru salem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. (9) For upon the first day of the first month ' began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jeru salem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. (10) For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgements. (11) Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel. (12) 2 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth. (13) I make a decree, that all they of the people of Is rael, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with thee. (14) Forasmuch as thou art sent3 of the king and his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, accord ing to the law of thy God which is in thine hand ; (15) and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsel lors have freel}' offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, (16) and all the silver and gold that thou shalt find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jeru salem ; (17) therefore thou shalt with all diligence buy with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, and shalt offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. (18) And whatso ever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do ye after the will of your God. (19) And the vessels that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, deliver thou before tbe God of Jerusalem. (20) And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house. (21) And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatso ever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be clone with all diligence, (22) unto an hundred talents o silver, and to an hun dred * measures of wheat, and to an hun dred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescrib ing how much. (23) Whatsoever is com manded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven ; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? (24) Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, or ser vants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll, upon them. (25) And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God that is in thine hand, appoint magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God ; and teach ye him that knoweth them not. (26) And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgement be- executed upon him with all diligence, whether it be unto death, or to ''banish ment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. 7 Heb. that was the foundation of the going up. king. 4 Aram. cors. 3 Ar am. rooting 'out. 2 Ch. vii. 12-26 is in Aramaic. Aram, from before the 536 EZRA. (27) Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem ; (28) and hath extended mere}- unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened according to the hand of the Lord my God upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. 8 Now these are the heads of their fathers' houses, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Baby lon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. (2) Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom: ofthe sons of Ithamar, Daniel : of the sons of David, Hattush. (3) Of the sons of Shecaniah ; of the sons of Parosh, Zech ariah : and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. (4) Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah ; and with him two hundred males. (5) Of the sons of Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel ; and with him three hundred males. (6) And of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan ; and with him fifty males. (7) And of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah ; and with him seventy males. (8) And of the sons of She- phatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael ; and with him fourscore males. (9) Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel ; and with him two hundred and eighteen males. (10) And of the sons of Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah ; and with him an hun dred and threescore males. (11) And of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai ; and with him twenty and eight males. (12) And of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan ; and with, him an hundred and ten males. (13) And ofthe sons of Adonikam, that were the last ; and these are their names, Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males. (14) And of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and 'Zabbud ; and with them seventy males. (15) And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there we encamped three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. (16) Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men ; also for Joiarib, and for El nathan, 2 which were teachers. (17) And 3 1 sent them forth unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia ; and I told them what they should say unto 4Iddo, and his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God. (18) And according to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us 6a man of discretion, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel ; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen ; (19) and Hashabiah, and with him Jesh aiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty ; (20) and of the Nethinim, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinim-: all of them were expressed by name. (21) Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble our selves before our God, to seek of him a straight way, for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. (22) For I was ashamed to ask of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help ns against the enemy in the way : because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them that seek him, for good; but his power and his wrath is against all them that 7 Another reading is, Zaccur. 2 Or. which had understand ing. 3 Another reading is, I gave them com mandment. 4 The text as pointed has, Iddo, his brother. 3 Or, Ish-sechel. EZRA. 537 forsake him. (23) So we fasted and be sought our God for this : and he was intreated of us. (24) Then I separated twelve ofthe chiefs of the 'priests, 2even Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and 'ten of their brethren with them, (25) and weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered : (26) I even weighed into their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver ves sels an hundred talents ; of gold an hun dred talents ; (27) and twenty bowls of gold, of a thousand darics ; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold. (28) And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the Lord, and the vessels are holy ; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the Lord, the God of your fathers. (29) Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them be fore the chiefs of the priests and the Levites, and the princes of the fathers' houses of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the Lord. (30) So the priests and the Levites re ceived the weight of the silver and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God. (31) Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth ' day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem : and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the Her in wait by the way. (32) And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. (33) And on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God 8 into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levites ; (34) the whole by number and by weight : and all the weight was writ ten at that time. (35) The children of the captivity, which were come out of exile, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he-goats for a sin offering : all this was a burnt offering unto the Lord. (36) And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's satraps, and to the gover nors beyond the river : and they furthered the people and the house of God. 9 Now when these things were clone, the princes drew near unto me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, doing ac cording to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moab ites, the Egyptians, and- the Amorites. (2) For they have taken of their daugh ters for themselves and for their sons ; so that the holy seed have mingled them selves with the peoples of the lands : yea, the hand of the princes and 4 rulers hath been 6 chief in this trespass. (3) And when I heard this thing, I rent my gar ment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. (4) Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the trespass of them of the captivity ; and I sat astonied until the evening obla tion. (5) And at the evening oblation I arose up from my "humiliation, even with my garment and my mantle rent ; and I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God ; (6) and I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my Goel : for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens. (7) Since the days of our fathers 7 In Neh. xii. 24, Levites. 2 Or, besides. 3 Or, by. 4 Or, deputies. 3 Or, first. 3 Or, fasting. 538 EZRA. we have been 'exceeding guilty unto this day ; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to spoiling, and to confusion of face, as it is this clay. (8) And now for a little moment grace bath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a 2 nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. (9) For we are bondmen ; yet onr 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 3 ruins thereof, and to give us a 'wall in Juclah and in Jerusalem. (10) And now, O our God, what shall we say after this ? for we have forsaken thy command ments, (11) which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness. (12) Now therefore give not your daugh ters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their rjeace or their prosperity for ever : that ye may be strong, and eat the good of tbe land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. (13) Aud after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and bast given us such a remnant, (14) shall we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?! (15) O Lord, the God of Israel, thou art righteous ; for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day : behold, we are before thee in our guiltiness; for none can stand before thee because of this. 10 Now while Ezra prayed, and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children : for the people wept very sore. (2) And Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have married strange women of the peoples of the land : yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this 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 6 my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God ; and let it be done according to the law. (4) Arise ; for the matter be- longeth unto thee, and we are with thee : be of good courage, and do it. (5) Then arose Ezra, and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. (6) So they sware. Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib : 6 and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water : for he mourned because of the trespass of them of the captivity. (7) And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem ; (8) and that whosoever came not within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be 7 forfeited, and himself sepa- 7 Heb. in great guiltiness. 2 See Is. xxii. 23. 3 Or, waste places. 4 Or, fence. 3 Or, the Lord. "Ac cording to some ancient versions, and he lodged there. r Heb. devoted. EZRA. 539 rated from the congregation of the cap tivity. (9) Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves to gether unto Jerusalem within the three days; it was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month : and all the people sat in the broad place before the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for 'the great rain. (10) And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have trespassed, and have married strange women, to increase the guilt of Israel. (11) Now therefore 2 make confession unto the Lord, the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure : and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the strange women. (12) Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, 3As thou hast said concerning ns, so must we do. (13) But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one clay or two : for we have greatly transgressed in this matter. (14) Let now our princes 4 be appointed for all the congregation, and let all them that are in our cities which have married strange women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, "until this matter be despatched. (15) Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah 6 stood up against this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them. (16) And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain heads of fathers' houses, after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were separated ; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. (17) And they made an end with all the men that had married strange women by the first day of the first month. (18) And among the sons of the priests there were found that had married strange women : namely, of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brethren, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. (19) And they gave their hand that they would put away their wives ; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt. (20) And of the sons of Immer; Hanani and Zebadiah. (21) And of the sons of Harim ; Maaseiah, and Eli jah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. (22) And of the sons of Pashhur ; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah. (23) And of the Levites ; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (the same is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. (24) And of the singers ; Elia- shib : and of the porters ; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri. (25) And of Israel : of the sons of Parosh ; Ramiah, aud Izziah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. (26) And of the sons of Elam ; Mattaniah, Zecha riah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah. (27) And of the sons of Zattu ; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jere moth, and Zabad, and Aziza. (28) And of the sons of Bebai ; Jehohanan, Han- aniah, Zabbai, Athlai. (29) And of the sons of Bani ; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, 'Jeremoth. (30) And of the sons of Pahath-moab ; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, and Binnui, and Ma nasseh. (31) And of the sons of Harim ; Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon ; (32) Benjamin, Malluch, Shem- ariah. (33) Of the sons of Hasbum ; Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei. (34) Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel; (35) Benaiah, Bedeiah, 8 Cheluhi ; (36) Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib ; (37) Mat taniah, Mattenai, and 9Jaasu; (38) and 7 Heb. the rains. 2 Or, give thanks. 3 Or, As thou hast said, so it behovcth us to do. i Heb. stand. Or. as touching this matter. 3 Or. were appointed over this. 7 Another reading iB, and Bamoth. 8 Another reading is, Cheluhu. « Another reading is, Jaasai. 540 NEHEMIAH. Bani, and Binnui, Shimei; (39) and Shel- emiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah ; (40) Macbnadebai, Shashai, Sharai ; (41) Aza rel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah ;¦ (42) Shal lum, Amariah, Joseph. (43) Of the sons had children of Nebo ; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Ze- bina, 1Iddo, and Joel, Benaiah. (44) All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they THE BOOK OF NEHEMIAH. 1 The 8 words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it came to pass in the month Chis- lev, 4in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the 6 palace, (2) that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men out of Judah ; and I asked them concern ing the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jeru salem. (3) And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach : the wall of Jerusalem also is broken clown, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. (4) And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat clown and wept, and mourned certain days ; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven, (5) and said, I beseech thee, O Lord, the God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth cove nant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments : (6) let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee : yea, I and my father's house have sinned. (7) We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgements, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses. (8) Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye trespass, I will scatter you abroad among the peoples : (9)t but if ye return unto me, and keep my command ments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring tbem unto the place that I have chosen to cause my name to dwell there. (10) Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast 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 servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who delight to fear thy name : and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. (Now I was cupbearer to the king.) 2 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime 7 Another reading is, Jaddai. Or, castle. 2 Or, some of the wives had borne children. s Or, history, 4 See ch, ii. t NEHEMIAH. 541 sad in his presence. (2) And the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick ? this is noth ing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid. (3) And I said unto the king, Let the king live for ever : why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepul chres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? (4) Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So 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 wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it. (6) And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be ? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me : and I set him a time. (7) Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may let me pass through till I come unto Judah ; (8) and a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's ' forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. (9) Then I came to the gover nors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horse men. (10) And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, for that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. (11) So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. (12) And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me ; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem : neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. (13) And I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the dragon's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. (14) Then I went on to the fountain gate and to the king's pool : but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. (15) Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall ; and I turned back, and entered by the valley gate, and so returned. (16) And the 2 rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did ; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the 2 rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. (17) Then said I unto them, Ye see the evil case that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire : come and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. (18) And I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me ; as also of the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strength ened their hands for the good work. (19) But when Sanballat the Horonite, and To biah the servant, the Ammonite, and Ge- shem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? (20) Then an swered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us ; there fore we his servants will arise and build : but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem. 3 Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate ; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it ; even unto the tower of 3Hammeah they sanctified it, 1 Or, park. 2 Or, deputies. 3 Or, The hundred. 54i NEHEMIAH. unto the tower of Hananel. (2) And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to 'them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. (3) And the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build ; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof. (4) And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son ofBerechiah, the son of Meshezabel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. (5) And next unto them the Tekoites repaired ; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their 2 lord. (6) And 8 the old gate repaired Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah ; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof. (7) And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, which appertained to the throne of the governor beyond the river. (8) Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, goldsmiths. And next unto him repaired Hananiah one of the 4 apothecaries, and they 6 fortified Je rusalem even unto the broad wall. (9) And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of half the dis trict of Jerusalem. (10) And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harum- aph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabneiah. (11) Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hasshub the son of Pahath- moab, repaired another portion, and the tower of the furnaces. (12) And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Hal- lohesh, the ruler of half the district of Je rusalem, he and his daughters. (13) The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the in habitants of Zanoah ; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits of the wall unto the dung gate. (14) And the dung gate repaired Malchi jah the son of Rechab, the ruler of the dis trict of Beth-haccherem ; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof. (15) And the foun tain gate repaired Shallun the son of Col- hozeh, the ruler of the district of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the bolts thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of 6 Shelah by the king's garden, even unto the stairs that go down from the city of David. (16) After him repaired Nehe- miah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and unto the pool that was made, and unto the house ofthe mighty men. (17) After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, for his district. (18) After him repaired their brethren, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah. (19) And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, an other portion, over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall. (20) After him Baruch the son of 7 Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. (21) After him repaired Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz another portion, 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 s Plain. (23) After 9 them repaired Benjamin and Has shub over against their house. After 9 them repaired Azariah, the son of Maa seiah the son of Ananiah beside his own 7 Heb. him. 2 Or, lords. Or, Lord. 3 Or, the gate of the old city or, of the old wall. 4 Or, perfumers. 6 Or, left. 3 In Is. viii. 6, Shiloah. ' Another reading is, Zaccai. 3 Or, Circuit. 3 Heb. him. NEHEMIAH. 543 house. (24) After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another portion, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, and unto the corner. (25) Palal the son of Uzai repaired over against the turning of the wall, and ' the tower that standeth out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him 2 Pedaiah the son of Parosh re paired. (26) (Now the Nethinim dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that standeth out.) (27) After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that standeth out, and unto the wall of Ophel. (28) Above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his own house. (29) Af ter 3 them repaired Zadok the son of Im- mer over against his own house. And after him repaired Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate. (30) After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another portion. After him re paired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber. (31) After him repaired Malchijah one of the gold smiths unto the house of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, over against the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the 4 ascent of the corner. (32) And between the 4 as cent of the corner and the sheep gate re paired the goldsmiths and the merchants. 4 But it came to pass that, when San ballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. (2) And he spake before his brethren and the army of Sa maria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? 5will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice ? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned ? (3) Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a 6 fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall. (4) Hear, O our God ; for we are despised : and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up to spoiling in the land of captivity : (5) and cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee : for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. (6) So we built the wall ; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the peo ple had a mind to work. (7) 7 But it came to pass that, when San ballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that 8the repairing of the walls of Jeru salem went forward, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth ; (8) and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jeru salem, and to cause confusion therein. (9) But we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. (10) And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of bur dens is decayed, and there is much rub bish ; so that we are not able to build the wall. (11) And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come into the midst of them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. (12) And it came to pass that, when the Jews which dwelt by tbem came, they said unto us ten times 9from all places, Ye must re turn unto us. (13) Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. (14) And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the 10 rulers, and to the rest of the peo ple, Be not ye afraid of them : remember 1 Or, the upper tower . . . from the house of the king. 2 Or, Pedaiah the son of Parosh (now . . . Ophel) re paired unto aie. 3 Heb. him. 4 Or, upper chamber. 3 Or, will they leave to themselves aught? Or, will men let them alone f 3 Or, jackal. ' In Heb. ch. iv. begins here. 8 Heb. healing went up upon the walls. 8 Or, From all places whence ye shall return they will be upon us. 10 Or, deputies. 544 NEHEMIAH. the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses. (15) And it came to pass, when our en emies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. (16) And it came to pass from that time forth, that half of my servants wrought in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail ; and the rulers were behind ' all the house of Judah. (17) They that builded the wall and they that bare burdens laded themselves, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other held his weapon ; (18) and the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. (19) And I said unto the nobles, and to the 2 rulers and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are sepa rated upon the wall, one far from another : (20) in what place soever ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us ; our God shall fight for us. (21) So we wrought in the work : and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. (22) Like wise at the same time said I unto the peo ple, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labour in the day. (23) So neither I, nor my breth ren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, a every one went with his weapon to the water. 5 Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. (2) For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many : let us get corn, that we may eat and live. (3) Some also there were that said, We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses : let us get corn, because of the dearth. (4) There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute upon our fields and our vineyards. (5) Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children : and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daugh ters to be servants, and some of our daugh ters are brought into bondage already : neither is it in our power to help it ; for other men have our fields and our vine yards. (6) And I was very angry when I' heard their cry and these words. (7) Then I consulted with myself, and con tended with the nobles and the 2 rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I held a great assembly against them. (8) And I said unto them, We after our ability have 4 re deemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen ; and would ye even sell your brethren, and should they be sold unto us ? Then held they their peace, and found never a word. (9) Also I said, The thing that ye do is not good : ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? (10) And I likewise, my brethren and my servants, do lend them money and corn on usury. I pray you, let us leave off this usury. (11) Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their ohveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. (12) Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them ; so will we do, even as thou sayest. Then I called the .priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. (13) Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every 7 Or, all the house of Judah that builded the i ably faulty. 4 Heb. bought. And they tliat &o. 3 Or, deputies. 3 The text is prob- NEHEMIAH. 545 man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise ; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise. (14) More over from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor. (15) But the former governors that were before me ' were chargeable unto the peo ple, and took of them bread and wine, 2 beside forty shekels of silver ; yea, even their servants 8 bare rule over the people : but so did not I, because of the fear of God. (16) Yea, also I 4 continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land : and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work. (17) Moreover there were at my table of the Jews and the 6 rulers an hundred and fifty men, be side those that came unto us from among the heathen that were round about us. (18) Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep ; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine : yet for all this I demanded not the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. (19) Remember unto me, 0 my God, for good, all that I have done for this people. 6 Now it came to pass, when it was reported to Sanballat and Tobiah, and to Geshem the Arabian, and unto the rest of our enemies, that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein ; (though even unto that time I had not set up the doors in the gates ;) (2) that San ballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of the Tillages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. (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) And they sent unto me four times after this sort ; and I answered them after the same manner. (5) Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand ; (6) wherein was written, It is reported among the nations, and "Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel ; for which cause thou buildest the wall : and thou wouldest be their king, according to these words. (7) And thou hast also ap pointed prophets to preach of thee at Je rusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah : and now shall it be reported to the king ac cording to these words. Come now there fore, 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 would have made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. But now, 7 0 Godj strengthen thou my hands. (10) And I went unto the house of She maiah the son of Delaiah the son of Me- hetabel, who was shut up ; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple : for they will come to slay thee ; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee. (11) And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being such as I, 8 would go into the tem ple to save his life? I will not go in. (12) And I discerned, and, lo, God had not sent him : but he pronounced this prophecy against me : and Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. (13) For this cause was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter 7 Or, laid burdens upon. "- Or, at the rate of. Or, 3 Or,deputies. 3 In ver. 1, and elsewhere, Geshem. ' temple and hve. afterward. 3 Or, lorded over. 4 Heb. held fast to. Or, / will strengthen my hands, B Or, could go into the 546 NEHEMIAH. for an evil report, that they might reproach me. (14) Remember, 0 my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and also tbe prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. (15) So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth clay of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. (16) And it came to pass, when all our enemies heard thereof, that all the heathen that were about us 'feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes : for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God. (17) More over in those days the nobles of Juclah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. (18) For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shecaniah the son of Arah ; and his son Jehohanan bad taken the daughter of Me shullam the son of Berechiah to wife. (19) Also they spake of bis good deeds before me, and reported my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. 7 Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and tbe Le vites were appointed, (2) that I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the gov ernor of the castle, charge over Jerusalem': for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many. (3) And I said unto tbem, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot ; and while they stand on guard, let them shut the doors, and bar ye them : and appoint watches of the in habitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house. (4) Now the city was wide and large : but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. (5) And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the * rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and I found written therein : (6) 3 These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity of those that had been carried away, whom Nebu chadnezzar the king of Babylon had car ried away, and that returned unto Jeru salem and to Judah, every one unto his city; (7) who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel : (8) the children of Parosh, two thousand an hun dred and seventy and two. (9) The chil dren of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. (10) The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two. (11) The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred. and eighteen . ( 1 2 ) 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 Zac- cai, seven hundred and threescore. (15) The children 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 hun dred twenty and two. (18) The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven. (19) The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven. (20) The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five. (21) The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. (22) The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight. (23) The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four. (24) The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve. (25) The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. (26) The men of Beth-lehem and Neto- phah, an hundred fourscore and eight. (27) The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. (28) The men of Beth-azmaveth, forty and two. (29) The men of Kiriath- 1 According to another reading, saw. 2 Or, deputies. a See Ezra, ii. 1, &c. NEHEMIAH. 547 jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hun dred forty and three. (30) The men of Ramah and Geba, six hundred twenty and one. (31) The men of Michmas, an hun dred and twenty and two. (32) The men of Beth-el and Ai, an hundred twenty and three. (33) The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. (34) The children of the v other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. (35) The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. (36) The chil dren of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. (37) The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one. (38) The children of Senaah, three thou sand nine hundred and thirty. (39) The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. (40) The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. (41) The chil dren of Pashhur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. (42) The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. (43) The Levites : the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of 'Hodevah, seventy and four. (44) The singers : the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight. (45) The porters : the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Sho- bai, an hundred thirty and eight. (46) The Nethinim : the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tab- baoth; (47) the children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon ; (48) the children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Salmai ; (49) the children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar ; (50) the children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda; (51) the chil dren of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Paseah ; (52) the children of Besai, the children of Mcunim, the children of 2 Nephushesim ; (53) the chil dren of Bakbuk, the children of Haku- pha, the children of Harhur ; (54) the children of Bazlith, the children of Me- hida, the children of Harsha ; (55) the children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah ; (56) the children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. (57) The children of Solomon's servants : the children of Sotai, the children of Soph- ereth, the children of Perida ; (58) the children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel ; (59) the children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the- chil dren of Amon. (60) All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. (61) And these were they which went up from Tel- melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer : but they could not shew their fa thers' houses, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel : (62) the children of Del- aiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. (63) And of the priests : the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the chil dren of Barzillai, which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name. (64) These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found : therefore 3 were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood. (65) And the 4Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim. (66) The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, (67) beside their menservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven : and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women. (68) 7 Another reading is, Hodeiah. 2 Another reading is, 2Ve»7iisftesim. 3 Heb. they were polluted from the priesthood. 4 Or, governor. 548 NEHEMIAH. Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six ; their mules, two hundred forty and five ; (69) their camels, four hundred thirty and five ; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. (70) And some from among the heads of fathers' houses gave unto the work. The Tirsha- tha gave to the treasury a thousand darics of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments. (71) And some of the heads of fathers' houses gave into the treasury of the work twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand and two hundred ' pound of silver. (72) And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments. (73) So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinim, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities. 2 And when the seventh month was come, the children of Israel were iri their cities. 8 And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the broad place that was before the water gate ; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had commanded to Israel. (2) And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation, both men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. (3) And he read therein before the broad place that was before the water gate 8 from early morning until mid day, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those that could under stand ; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. (4) And Ezra the scribe stood upon a * pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose ; and beside him stood Matti thiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Uriah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand ; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshul lam. (5) And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people ; (for he was above all the people ;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up : (6) and Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands : and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground. (7) Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to under stand the law : and the people stood in their place. (8) And they read in the book, in the law of God, 6 distinctly ; and they gave the sense, 6so that they under stood the reading. (9) And Nehemiah, which was the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God ; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. (10) Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye grieved ; for the joy of the Lord 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) And on the second day were gath ered together the heads pf fathers' houses 7 Heb. maneh. 2 See Ezra iii 1. 3 Or, and caused them to understand. 3 Heb. from the light. i Or, strong Itold. 4 Heb. tower. 6 Or, with an interpretation NEHEMIAH. 549 of all the people, the priests, and the Le vites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to give attention to the words of the law. (14) And they found written in the law, how that the Lord 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 publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jeru salem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and branches of wild olive, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. (16) So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad place of the gate of Ephraim. (17) And all the congrega tion of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths : for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. (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 was a ' solemn assem bly, according unto the ordinance. 9 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth upon them. (2) And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. (3) And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the Lord their God a fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the Lord their God. (4) 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 Lord their God. (5) Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hash- abneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting : and 2 blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. (6) Thou art the Lord, even thou alone ; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and thou pre- servest them all ; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. (7) Thou art 3the Lord the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham ; (8) and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a cove nant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, even to give it unto his seed, and hast performed thy words ; for thou art righteous. (9) And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea ; (10) and shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh „ and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land ; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them ; and didst get thee a name, as it is this day. (11) And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land ; and their pur suers thou didst cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters. (12) More over thou leddest them in a pillar of cloud by day ; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. (13) Thou earnest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judge ments and true laws, good statutes and 1 Or, closing festival. 2 Or, let them bless. 3 Or, O Lord. 550 NEHEMIAH. commandments : (14) and madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and com mandedst them commandments, and stat utes, and a law, by the hand of Moses thy servant : (15) and gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and brought est forth water for tbem out of the rock for their thirst, and commandedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst lifted up thine hand to give them. (16) But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments, (17) and refused to obey, neither were mind ful of thy wonders that thou didst among them ; but hardened their neck, ' and in their rebellion appointed a captain to re turn to their bondage : but thou art 2 a God ready to pardon, gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, and forsookest them not. (18) Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations ; (19) yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness : the pillar of cloud de parted not from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. (20) Thou gavest also thy good spirit to in struct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. (21) Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing ; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. (22) Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and peoples, 8 which thou didst allot after their portions : so they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. (23) Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou didst say to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. (24) So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou sub- duedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would. (25) And they took fenced cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and be came fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.' (26) Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their back, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them again unto thee, and they wrought great provocations. (27) There fore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them : and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven ; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours who saved them out of the hand of their ad versaries. (28) But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee : therefore 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 heardest from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies ; (29) and testi- fiedst 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 judgements, (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 7 The Sept. has, and appointed a captain to return to their bondage in Egypt. See Num. xiv. 4. 2 Heb. a God of forgivenesses. 3 Or, and didst distribute them into every corner'. 4 Heb. they gave a stubborn & NEHEMIAH. 551 bear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit through thy prophets : yet would they not give ear : therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. (31) Nevertheless in thy manifold mercies thou didst not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and mer ciful God. (32) Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the travail seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. (33) Howbeit thou art just in all that is come upon us ; for thou hast dealt truly, but we have done wickedly : (34) neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor heark ened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. (35) For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works. (36) Behold, we are ser vants this day, and as for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it. (37) And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins : also they have power over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. (38) ' And 2yet for all this we make a 3 sure covenant, and write it ; and our princes, our Levites, and our' priests, 4seal unto it. 10 Now those that sealed were, Nehe- miah the Tirshatha, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah ; (2) Seraiah, Azariah, Jere miah ; (3) Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah ; (4) Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch ; (5) Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah ; (6) Daniel, Ginuethon, Baruch ; (7) Meshullam, Abi jah, Mijamin ; (8) Maaziah, Bilgai, Shem aiah : these were the priests. (9) And the Levites : namely, Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel ; (10) and their brethren, Sheb aniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan ; (11) Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah ; (12) Zac cur, Sherebiah* Shebaniah; (13) Hodiah, Bani, Beninu. (14) The chiefs of the peo ple : Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani; (15) Bunni, Azgad, Bebai; (16) Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin; (17) Ater, Heze kiah, Azzur; (18) Hodiah, Hashum, Be- zai ; (19) Hariph, Anathoth, 6Nobai ; (20) Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir ; (21) Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua ; (22) Pela- tiah, Hanan, Anaiah ; (23) Hoshea, Hana- niah, Hasshub ; (24) Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek ; (25) Rehum, Hashabnah, Maa seiah ; (26) and Ahiah, Hanan, Anan ; (27) Malluch, Harim, Baanah. (28) And the rest of the people, the priests, the Le vites, the porters, the singers, the Nethi nim, and all they that had separated them selves from the peoples of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one that had knowledge and understanding ; (29) they clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his judgements and his stat utes ; (30) and that we would not give our daughters unto the peoples of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons: (31) and if the peoples of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy of them on the sabbath, or on a holy day : and that 1 In Heb. ch. reading is, ITebai. i. begins here. 2 Or, because of. 3 Or, faithful. <¦ Heb. are at the sealing. ' Another 552 NEHEMIA H. we would forego the ' seventh year, and the 2 exaction of every debt. (32) Also we made ordinances for us, to charge our selves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God ; (33) for the shewbread, and for the continual meal offering, and for the con tinual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God. (34) And we cast lots, the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, accord ing to our fathers' houses, at times ap pointed, year by year, to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law : (35) and to bring the first- fruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all manner of trees, year by year, unto the house of the Lord : (36) also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God : (37) and that we should bring the firstfruits of our 3 dough, and our heave offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, 4the wine and the oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God ; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites ; for they, the Levites, take the tithes in all the cities of our til lage. (38) And the priest the son of Aaron shall be witb the Levites, when the Levites take tithes : and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of onr God, to the chambers, into the treas ure house. (39) For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the heave offering of the corn, of 4the wine, and of the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers : and we will not forsake the house of our God. 11 And the princes of the people dwelt in Jerusalem : the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities. (2) And the people blessed all the men that willingly offered themselves to dwell in Jerusalem. (3) 6 Now these are the chiefs of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem : but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants. (4) And in Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez ; (5) and Maaseiah the son of 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 the Shilonite. (6) All the sons of Pe rez that dwelt in Jerusalem were four hun dred 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 Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah. (8) And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. (9) And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer : and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city. (10) Of the priests : Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin, (11) Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God, (12) and their brethren that did the work ofthe house, eight hundred twenty and two : and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, . the son of 7 See Ex. xxiii. 10, 11. 2 See Deut. xv. 1,2. 3 Or, coarse meal. 4 Or, the vintage. 3 See 1 Chr. ix. 2, &c NEHEMIAH. 553 Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, (13) and his brethren, chiefs of fathers' houses, two hundred forty and two : and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, (14) and their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight : and their overseer was Zabdiel, ' the son of Haggedolim. And of the Le vites : (15) Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni ; (16) and Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had the oversight of the outward busi ness of the house of God ; (17) and Mat taniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the chief to begin the thanksgiving in prayer, and Bak- bukiah, the second among his brethren ; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. (18) All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. (19) Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their breth ren, that kept watch at the gates, were an hundred seventy and two. (20) And the residue of Israel, of the priests, the Le vites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. (21) But the Neth inim dwelt in Ophel : and Ziba and Gish- pa were over the Nethinim. (22) The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Ha shabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the singers, over the business of the house of God. (23),For there was a commandment from the king concerning them, and 2a settled provision for the singers, as every clay re quired. (24) And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people. (25) And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba and the 3 towns thereof, and in Dibon and the 8 towns thereof, and in Jekabzeel and the villages thereof; (26) and in Jeshua, and in Moladah, and Beth- pelet ; (27) and in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and the 8 towns thereof ; (28) and in Ziklag, and in Meconah and in the 8 towns thereof ; (29) and in En-rimmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth ; (30) Za noah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and the fields thereof, Azekah and the 3 towns thereof. So they encamped from Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. (31) The children of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Beth-el and the 3 towns thereof; (32) at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah ; (33) Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim ; (34) Hadid, Ze- boim, Neballat; (35) Lod, and Ono, 4the valley of craftsmen. (36) And of the Le vites, certain courses in Judah were joined to Benjamin. 12 Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua : Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra ; (2) Amariah, Malluch, Hattush ; (3) Shecaniah, Rehum, Mere moth ; (4) Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah ; (5) Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah ; (6) Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah ; (7) Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. (8) Moreover the Le vites ; Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Shere biah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over 6 the thanksgiving, he and his breth ren. (9) Also Bakbukiah and Unno, their brethren , were over against them in wards. (10) And Jeshua begat Joiakim, and Joiakim begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, (11) and Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. (12) And in the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers' houses : of Ser aiah, Meraiah ; of Jeremiah, Hananiah ; 7 Or, one ofthe great men. 2 Or, a sure ordinance concerning. See 1 Chr. iv. 14. s Or, the choirs. Heb. daughters. 4 Or, Gehaharashim. 554 NEHEMIAH. (13) of Ezra, Meshullam ; of Amariah, Jehohanan ; (14) of ' Malluchi, Jonathan ; of Shebaniah, Joseph ; (15) of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai ; (16) of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam ; (17) of Abijah, Zichri ; of Miniamin, of Moa- diah, Piltai ; (18) of Bilgah, Shammua ; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan ; (19) and of Joiarib, Mattenai ; of Jedaiah, Uzzi ; (20) of Sallai, Kallai ; of Amok, Eber ; (21) of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel. (22) The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded heads of fathers' houses : also the priests, 2in the reign of Darius the Persian. (23) The sons of Levi, heads of fathers' houses, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Jo hanan the son of Eliashib. (24) And the chiefs of the Levites : Hashabiah, Sher ebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward against ward. (25) Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the storehouses of the gates. (26) These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest the scribe. (27) And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jeru salem, to keep the dedication with glad ness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. (28) And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the 3 plain round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites ; (29) also from Beth-gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem. (30) And the priests and the Levites purified themselves ; and they purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. (31) Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies that gave thanks and went in procession ; whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: (32) and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, (33) and Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, (34) Judah, and Benja min, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, (35) and certain of the priests' sons with trum pets : Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph ; (36) and his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God ; and Ezra the scribe was before them : (37) and by the fountain gate, and straight before 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 to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the. people, upon the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even unto the broad wall ; (39) and above the gate of Ephraim, and by the old gate, and by the fish gate, and the tower of Hananel, and the tower of * Hammeah, even unto the sheep gate : and they stood still in the gate of the guard. (40) So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the 6 rulers with me : (41) and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hana- niah, with trumpets ; (42) and Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. (43) And they Another reading is, Melicu. 2 Or, to. 3 Or, Circuit. * Or, The hundred. 6 Or, deputies. NEHEMIAH. 555 offered great sacrifices that day, and re joiced ; for God had made them rejoice with great joy ; and the women also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. (44) And on that day were men ap pointed over the chambers for the treas ures, for the heave offerings, for the first- fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them, according to the fields of the cities, the portions ' appointed by the law for the priests and Levites : for Juclah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that 2 waited. (45) And they kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purifi cation, and so did the singers and the porters, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. (46) For in the days of David and Asaph of old 8 there was a 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, as every day required : and they sanctified for the Levites ; and the Levites sanctified for the sons of Aaron. 13 On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people ; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God for ever ; (2) because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Ba laam against them, to curse them : how beit our God turned the curse into a blessing. (3) And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they sepa rated from Israel all the mixed multitude. (4) Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the 4 chambers of the house of our God, being allied unto Tobiah, (5) had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes ofthe corn, the wine, and the oil, which were given by command ment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters ; and the heave offerings for the priests. (6) But in all this time I was not at Jerusalem : for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Baby lon I went unto the king, and after certain days asked I leave of the king : (7) and I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. (8) And it grieved me sore : therefore I cast forth all the house hold stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber. (9) then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers : and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal offerings and the frankincense. (10) And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them ; so that the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. (11) Then contended I with the "rulers, and said, Why is the house of God for saken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. (12) Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the wine and the oil unto the treasuries. (13) And I made treasurers over the treas uries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah : and next to them was Hanan the son of Zac cur, the son of Mattaniah : for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute unto their brethren. (14) Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my 6good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the observances thereof. (15) In those days saw I in Judah some treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in 7 sheaves, and lading ftsses therewith/ as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they 1 Heb. of the law. 2 Heb. stood. 3 Another reading is, there were chiefs. s. « Heb. kindnesses. 7 Or, heaps of corn. 4 Heb. chamber. 3 Or, depu- 556 NEHEMIAH. brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day : and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. (16) There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought in 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 Juclah, 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 wrath upon Israel by profaning the sab bath. (19) And it came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and com manded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath : and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. (20) So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. (21) Then I testified against them, and said unto 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 sab bath. (22) And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember unto me, O my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy. (23) In those days also saw I the Jews that 2 had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab : (24) and their children spake half in the speech of Ash dod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people. (25) And I contended with them, and a cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves. (26) Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things ? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel : nevertheless even him did strange women cause to sin. (27) Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying strange women? (28) And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite : therefore I chased him from me. (29) Remember them, O my God, 4 because they have defiled the priest hood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. (30) Thus cleansed I them from 6 all strangers, and appointed wards for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work ; (31) and for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, 0 my God, for good. 7 Heb. before. 2 Heb. liad made to dwell with them. 3 Or, every thing strange. ' Or, reviled. i Heb. for the defilings of &c. THE BOOK OF ESTHER. 1 Now it came to pass in the days of ' Ahasnerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces :) (2) that in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the 2 palace, (3) in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants ; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the prov inces, being before him : (4) when he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days. (5) And when these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, seven clays, in the court of the garden of the king's palace ; (6) there were hangings of 8 white cloth, of4 green, and of blue, fast ened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble : the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement ° of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble. (7) And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the 6 bounty of the king. (8) And the drink ing was according to the law ; none could compel : for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleas ure. (9) Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. (10) On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven 7 chamberlains that ministered in the pres ence of Ahasuerus the king, (11) to bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the peoples and the princes her beauty : for she was fair to look on. (12) But the queen Vashti re fused to come at the king's commandment by the chamberlains : therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in "him. (13) Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgement ; (14) and the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Ad- matha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, aud Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom :) (15) What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not done the bid ding of the king Ahasuerus by the cham berlains? (16) And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the 7 Or, Xerxes. Heb. Ahashverosh. 2 Or, castle. 3 Or, fine cloth, white and blue. porphyry, and white marble, and alabaster, and stone of blue colour. 3 Heb. hand. ver. 12, &c. ). 557 4 Or, cotton. 3 Or, of 7 Or, eunuchs (and so in 558 ESTHER. king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the prov inces of the king Ahasuerus. (17) For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus com manded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not. (18) And this day shall the princesses of Persia and Media which have heard of the deed of the queen ' say the like unto all the king's princes. So shall there arise 2 much contempt and wrath. (19) If it please the king, let there go forth a royal command ment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, 'that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus ; and let the king give her royal estate 4 unto another that is better than she. (20) And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small. (21) And the saying pleased the king and the princes ; and the king did according to the word of Memu can : (22) for he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province ac cording to ¦ the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and should publish it according to the language of his people. 2 After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he remem bered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. (2) Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king : (3) and let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of 6 Hegai the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women ; and let their things for purification be given them : (4) and let the maiden which pleas- eth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king ; and he- did so. (5) There was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace, .whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite ; (6) who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives which had been carried away with 6 Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Neb uchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. (7) And he 7 brought up Ha- dassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daugh ter : for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful ; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter. (8) So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken into the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. (9) And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him ; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with her portions, and the seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house : and he removed her and her maidens to the best place of the house of the women. (10) Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred : for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it. (11) And Mordecai walked every clay before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her. (12) Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to 7 Or, tell it. 2 Or, enough. 6 In 2 Kings xxiv, 6, Jehoiachin. 3 Heb. that it pass not away. 1 Heb. nourished. 4 Heb. unto her companion. 6 Heb. Hege. ESTHER. 559 her according to the law for the women, twelve months, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with the things for the purifying of the women,) (13) then in this wise came the maiden unto the king, whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house. (14) In the evening she went, and on the mor row she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, 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 daugh ter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required noth ing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her. (16) So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. (17) And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins ; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. (18) Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast ; and he made a ' release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the 2 bounty of the king. (19) And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate. (20) Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people ; as Mordecai had charged her : for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him. (21) In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamber lains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the 8 door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus. (22) And the thing was known to Mordecai, who shewed it unto Esther the queen ; and Esther told the king thereof in Mordecai's name. (23) And when inquisition was made of the matter, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree : and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king. 3 After these things did king Ahasue rus promote Haman the son of Hamme- datha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. (2) And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed down, and did reverence to Ha man : for the king had so commanded con cerning him. But Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence. (3) Then the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why trans- gressest thou the king's commandment? (4) Now it came to pass, when they spake. daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's 'matters would stand : for he had told them that he was a Jew. (5) And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. (6) But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone ; for they had shewed him the people of Mor decai : wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. (7) In the first month, which 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, which is the month Adar. (8) And Ha man said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and 5 dis- 7 Heb. rest. 2 Heb. hand. • Heb. threshold. * Or, words. 3 Or, separated. 560 ESTHER. persed among the peoples in all the prov inces of thy kingdom ; and their laws are diverse from those of every 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 be destroyed : and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have the charge of the king's business, to bring it into the king's treas uries. (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 king said un to 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 2 scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth clay thereof, and there was writ ten according to all that Haman com manded unto the king's satraps, and to the governors that were over every prov ince, and to the princes of every people ; to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language ; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king's ring. (13) And letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little chil dren and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey. (14) A copy of the writing, sthat the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all the peoples, that they should be ready against that da}-. (15) The posts went forth in haste by the king's com mandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace : and the king and Haman sat down to drink ; but the city of Shushan was perplexed. 4 Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, aud cried with a loud and a bitter cry : (2) and he came even before the king's gate : for none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth. (3) And in every prov ince, whithersoever 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 in sackcloth and ashes. (4) And Esther's maidens and her chamberlains came and told it her ; and the queen was exceed ingly grieved : and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take his sackcloth from off him : but he received it not. (5) Then called Esther for Hathach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appoint ed to attend upon her, and charged him to go to Mordecai, to know what this was, and why it was. (6) So Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto the broad place of the city, which was before the king's gate. (7) And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and the exact sum ofthe money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them. (8) Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in 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 supplication unto him, and to make request before him, for her people. (9) And Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. (10) Then Esther spake unto Hathach, and gave him a mes sage unto Mordecai, saying : (11) All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except such to whom the 7 Or, meet for the king. were spread under many. 2 Or, secretaries. 3 Or, to be given out for a decree. * Heb. sackcloth and ashes ESTHER. 561 king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live : but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days. (12) And they told to Mordecai Esther's words. (13) Then Mordecai bade them return answer unto Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. (14) For if thou altogether boldest thy peace at this time, then shall relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father's house shall perish : and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this? (15) Then Esther bade them re turn answer unto Mordecai, (16) Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or clay : I also and my maidens will fast in like man ner ; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law : and if I per ish, I perish. (17) So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him. 5 Now it came to pass on the 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 house : and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the entrance 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 given thee even to the half of the kingdom. (4) And Esther said, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the1 banquet that I have prepared for him. (5) Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that it may be done as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared. (6) And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition ? and it shall be granted thee : and what is thy request ? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. (7) Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is ; (8) if I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said. (9) Then went Haman forth that day joyful and glad of heart : but when Haman saw Mor decai in the king's gate, that he stood not up nor 'moved for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai. (10) Neverthe less Haman refrained himself, and went home ; and he sent and fetched his friends and Zeresh his wife. (11) And Haman recounted unto them 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 king. (12) Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had pre pared but myself ; and to-morrow also am I invited by her together with the king. (13) Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. (14) Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a 2 gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai 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. 6 On that night "could not the king sleep ; and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles, and 1 Or, trembled before him. 2 Heb. tree. 3 Heb. the king's sleep fied from him. 562 ESTHER. they were read before the king. (2) And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, of those that kept the 'door, who had sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus. (3) And the king 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) 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 the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. (5) And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. (6) So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself? (7) Arid Haman said unto the king, For the man whom the king delight eth to honour, (8) let royal apparel be brought which the king usetb to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, 2and on the head of which a crown royal is set : (9) and let the apparel and the 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 cause him to ride on horse back through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour. (1 0) Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and 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 apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride 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) And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. (13) But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered. And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him. (14) While they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared. 7 So the king and Haman came sto 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 be granted thee : and what is thy request ? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. (3) Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, 0 king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my peti tion, 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 peace, 4 al though the adversary could not have com pensated for the king's damage. (5) Then spake the king Ahasuerus 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, An adver sary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. (7) And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden : 1 Heb. threshold. 2 Or, and the crown royal which is set upon his head. affliction is not to be compared with the king's damage. Heb to drink. Or, for our ESTHER. 563 and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen ; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. (8) Then the king re turned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine ; and Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. (9) Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king, Behold also, the ' gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him thereon. (10) So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. 8 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king ; for Esther had told what he was unto her. (2) And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Ha man. (3) And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. (4) Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king. (5) And she 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 devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which 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 endure to see the destruction of my kindred? (7) Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Be hold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews. (8) Write ye also 2 to the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring : for the writing which is written in the king'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, which is the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mor decai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and ac cording to their language. (10) And he wrote in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, riding on 3 swift steeds that were used in the king's service, bred of the stud : (11) wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would as sault them, their little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, (12) upon one clay in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thir teenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. (13) A copy of the writing, 4 that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto 7 Heb. tree. for a decree. 2 Or, concerning. 3 Or, swift steeds, mules, and young dromedaries. 4 Or, to be given out 564 ESTHER. all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge them selves on their enemies. (14) So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king's service went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment ; and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. (15) And Mordecai went forth from the pres ence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple : and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad. (16) The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honour. (17) And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had glad ness and joy, a feast and a good day. And many from among the peoples of the land became Jews ; for the fear of the Jews was fallen upon them. 9 Now in the twelfth month,-which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them ; whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them ; (2) the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt : and no man could withstand them ; for the fear of them was fallen upon all the peoples. (3) And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors, and they that did the king's business, helped the Jews ; because the fear of Mordecai was fallen upon them. (4) For Mordecai was great in tbe king's house, and his fame went forth throughout all the provin ces : for the man Mordecai waxed greater and greater. (5) And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruc tion, and did what they would unto them that hated them. (6) And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. (7) And Parshan- datha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, (8) and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, (9) and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Ari- dai, and Vaizatha, (10) the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews' enemy, slew they ; but on the spoil they laid not their hand. (11) On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king. (12) And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman ; what then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces ! Now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee : or what is thy request further ? and it shall be done. (13) Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to-morrow also ac cording unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. (14) And the king commanded it so to be done : and a decree was given out in Shushan ; and they hanged Ha man's ten sons. (15) And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves to gether on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men in Shushan ; but on the spoil they laid not their hand. (16) And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered them selves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of them that hated them seventy and five thousand ; but on the spoil they laid not their hand. (17) This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar ; and on the fourteenth clay of the same they rested, and made it a clay of feasting and glad ness. (18) But the Jews that were in Shu shan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth there- ESTHER. 565 of; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. (19) Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feast ing, and a good day, and of sending por tions one to another. (20) And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahas uerus, both nigh and far, (21) to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, (22) as the days wherein the Jews had rest from their ene mies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day : that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor. (23) And the Jews undertook to do as they had be gun, and as Mordecai had written unto them ; (24) because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them ; (25) but when the matter came .be fore the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had de vised against the Jews, should return upon his own head ; and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. (26) Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this mat ter, and that which had come unto them, (27) the Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to the writing thereof, and according to the appointed time thereof, every year ; (28) and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city ; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memo rial of them ' perish from their seed. (29) Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all 2 authority to confirm this second let ter of Purim. (30) And he sent letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth, (31) to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, according as Mor decai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had ordained for themselves and for their seed, 3 in the matter of the fastings and their cry. (32) And the commandment of Esther con firmed these matters of Purim ; and it was written in the book. 10 And the king Ahasuerus laid a trib ute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. (2) And all the acts of his power and of his might,, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia ? (3) For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren ; seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed. 1 Heb. be ended. 2 Heb. strength. 3 See ch. iv. 3. THE BOOK OF JOB. 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was ' Job ; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. (2) And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. (3) His '•'substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household ; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east. (4) And his sons went and held a feast in the house of each one upon his day ; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. (5) And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanc tified them, and rose up early in the morn ing, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all : for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and 8 renounced 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 4 Satan came also among them. (7) And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan an swered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. (8) And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my ser vant Job ? 6 for there is none like 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 2 substance is increased in the land. (11) But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will renounce thee to thy face. (12) And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy 6 power ; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord. (13) And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house, (14) that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: (15) and 7the Sa- beans fell upon them, and took them away ; yea, they have slain the 8 servants with the edge of the sword ; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. (16) While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the 8 servants, and consumed them ; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. (17) While he was yet speaking, there came also an other, and said, The Chaldeans made three 7 Heb. lyob. Heb. hand. 2 Or Heb. cattle. Sheba. 566 3 Or, blasphemed, i 8 Heb. young men. > ver. 11, ch. ii. 5, 9. * That is, the Adversary. B Or, that. JOB. 567 bands, and ' fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the 2 ser vants with the edge of the sword ; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. (18) While he was yet speaking, 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 8 from the wilder ness, 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 wor shipped ; (21) and he 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 with foolish ness. 2 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord. (2) And the Lord said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan an swered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. (3) And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job ? * for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil : and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, 5 to destroy him without cause. (4) And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. (5) But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face. (6) And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand ; only spare his life. (7) So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. (8) And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal ; and he sat among the ashes. (9) Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die. (10) But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the 6 foolish women speaketh. What? shall we re ceive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. (11) Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place ; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite : and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him. (12) And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept ; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. (13) So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him : for they saw that his 7 grief was very great. 3 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. (2), And Job an swered and said : 3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, And the night which said, There is a 'man child conceived. 4 Let that day be darkness ; Let not God 8 regard it from above, Neither let the light shine upon it. 5 Let darkness and 9 the shadow of death claim it for their own ; Let a cloud dwell upon it ; Let all that maketh black the day ter rify it. 7 Or, made a raid. 2 Heb. young men. 3 Or, over. 4 Or, that. s Heb. to swallow him up. 7 Or, pain. 3 Or, inquire after. 9 Or, deep darkness (and so elsewhere). 3 Or, impious. 568 JOB. 6 As for that night, let thick darkness And the servant is free from his mas seize upon it : Let it not ' rejoice among the days of 20 ter. , Wherefore is light given to him that is the year ; Let it not come into the number of in misery, And life unto the bitter in soul ; the months. 21 Which "long for death, but it cometh 7 Lo, let that night be 2 barren ; not ; Let no joyful voice come therein. And dig for it more than for hid treas 8 Let them curse it that curse the day, ures ; 9 Who are 3 ready to rouse up leviathan. Let the stars of the twilight thereof 22 Which rejoice 7 exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the be dark : grave ? Let it look for light, but have none ; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning : 23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, And whom God hath hedged in ? 10 Because it shut not up the doors of 24 For my sighing cometh 8 before I eat, my mother's womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes. And my roarings are poured out like water. 11 Why died I not from the womb ? 25 For 9 the thing which I fear cometh Why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly ? upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh 12 Why did the knees receive me ? unto me. Or why the breasts, that I should suck? 26 10 1 am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest ; 13 For now should I have lien down and But trouble cometh. been quiet ; I should have slept ; then had I been 4 Then answered Eliphaz the Teman- at rest : ite, and said, 14 With kings and counsellors of the 2 If one assay to commune with thee, earth, wilt thou be grieved ? Which 4 built up waste places for them But who can withhold himself from 15 selves ; Or with princes that had gold, Who filled their houses with silver : 3 speaking ? Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast strengthened the weak 16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had hands. not been ; As infants which never saw light. 4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, 17 There the wicked cease from 6 trou And thou hast confirmed the "feeble bling ; knees. And there the weary be at rest. 5 But now it is come unto thee, and thou 18 There the prisoners are at ease togeth er ; 12 faintest ; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. 19 They hear not the voice of the task master. The small and great are there ; 6 Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, And thy hope the integrity of thy ways? 1 Some ancient versions read, be joined unto. 2 Or, G Or, raging. ° Heb. wait. 7 Or, unto exultation. come <&c. 10 Or, I was not at ease . . . yet trouble came. solitary. 3 Or, skilful. * Or, built solitary piles. 1 Or, like my meat. » Or, the thing which I feared u 11 Heb. bowing. ia Or, art grieved. JOB. 569 7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever per ished, being innocent ? Or where were the upright cut off ? 8 According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow 'trouble, reap the same. 9 By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger 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. 1 1 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scat tered abroad. 12 Now a thing was 2 secretly brought to me, And mine ear received a whisper 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 3 a spirit passed before my face ; The hair of my flesh stood up. 16 It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance thereof ; A form was before mine eyes : 4 There was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, 17 Shall mortal man 5be more just than God? Shall a man e be more pure than his Maker? 18 Behold, he putteth no trust in his ser vants ; And his angels he chargeth with folly: 19 How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Which are crushed 7 before the moth 1 20 8 Betwixt morning and evening they are 9 destroyed : They perish for ever without any re garding it. 21 10Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them ? They die, and that without wisdom. 5 Call now ; is there any that will an swer thee ? And to which of the " holy ones wilt thou turn ? 2 For vexation killeth the foolish man, And '2 jealousy slayeth the silly one. 3 I 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 '3 the snare gapeth for their sub stance. 6 For '4 affliction cometh not forth of the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground ; 7 But man is born unto trouble, As '5 the sparks fly upward. 8 But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause : 9 Which doeth great things and un searchable ; Marvellous things without number : 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields : 11 So that he setteth up on high those that be low ; And those which mourn are exalted to safety. 12 He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands '6 cannot perform their enterprise. 0r> mischief. 2 Heb. brought by stealth. 3 Or, a breath passed over. 4 Or, I heard a still voice. « n 'i, ! }USt oefore G°d- ' Or, be pure before his Maker. 7 Or, like. 3 Or, From morning to evening. » neb. broken in pieces. 7° Or, Is not their excellency which is in them removed ? 71 See ch. xv. 15. 72 Or, indignation. 73 According lo many ancient versions, the thirsty swallow up. 14 Or, iniquity. See ch. iv. 8. Heb. the sons of flame or of lightning. 73 Or, can perform nothing of worth. 570 JOB. 13 He taketh the wise in their own crafti ness : And the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. 14 They meet with darkness in the day time, And grope at noonday as in tbe night. 15 But he saveth from the sword ' of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty. 16 So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppetb her mouth. 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God 2 correcteth : Therefore despise not thou the chast ening of the Almighty. 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up ; He woundeth, and his 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 hid from the scourge of the tongue ; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruc tion when it cometh. 22 At destruction and dearth 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 know that thy tent is in peace ; And thou shalt visit thy 8 fold, and * shalt miss nothing. 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 thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of corn cometh in in its season. 27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it 6for thy good. 6 Then Job answered and said, 2 Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And my calamity laid in the balances together ! 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas : Therefore have my words been rash. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. 5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass ? Or loweth the ox over his fodder? 6 Can that which hath no savour be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in 6the white of an egg? 7 7My soul refuseth to touch them; They are as loathsome meat to me. 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 crush me ; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off ! 10 Then should I yet have comfort ; 8 Yea, I would 9 exult in pain '"that spareth not : "(For I have not "denied the words of the Holy One. 1 Heb. out of their mouth. 2 Or, reproveth. 3 Or, habitation. 4 Or, shalt not err. 3 Heb. for thyself. c Or, the juice of pur slain. 7 Or, What things my soul refused to touch, these are as my loathsome meat. 8 Or, Though I shrink back. ° Or, harden myself. 73 Or, though he spare not. n Or, That. 72 Or, concealed. JOB. 571 11 What is my strength, that I should And cause me to understand wherein wait ? I have erred. And what' is mine end, that I should 25 How forcible are words of upright be patient? ness ! 12 Is my strength the strength of stones? But what doth your arguing reprove ? Or is my flesh of brass ? 26 Do ye imagine to reprove words? 13 Is it not that I have no help in me, Seeing that the speeches of one that is And that 'effectual working is driven desperate are 6as wind. quite from me ? 27 Yea, ye would cast lots upon the father- 14 To him that is ready to faint kindness less, should be shewed from his friend ; And make merchandise of your friend. 2 Even to him that forsaketh the fear of 28 Now therefore be pleased to look upon the Almighty. me ; 15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as 7 For surely I shall not lie to your face. a brook, 29 Return, I pray you, let there be no in As the channel of brooks that pass justice ; away ; Yea, return again, 8 my cause is right 16 Which are black by reason of the eous. ice, 30 Is there injustice on my tongue ? And wherein the snow hideth itself : Cannot my taste discern mischievous 17 What time they 8wax warm, they things ? vanish : 7 Is there not a 9 warfare to man upon When it is hot, they are consumed out earth ? of their place. And are not his days like the days of 18 4The caravans that travel by the way an hireling ? of them turn aside ; 2 As a servant that earnestly desireth They go up into the waste, and perish. the shadow, 19 The caravans of Tema looked, And as an hireling that looketh for his The companies of Sheba waited for wages : them. 3 So am I made to possess months of 20 They were ashamed because they had vanity, hoped ; And wearisome nights are appointed They came thither, and were con to me. founded. 4 When I lie down, I say, 21 For now ye 5 are nothing ; 10 When shall I arise ? but the night is Ye see a terror, and are afraid. long; 22 Did I say, Give unto me ? And I am full of tossings to and fro Or, Offer a present for me of your unto the dawning of the day. substance ? 5 My flesh is clothed with worms and 23 Or, Deliver me from the adversary's clods of dust ; hand? My skin " closeth up and breaketh out Or, Redeem me from the hand of the afresh. oppressors ? 6 My days are swifter than a weaver's 24 Teach me, and I will hold my peace : shuttle, 1 Or, sound wisdom. 2 Qr, Else might he forsake. Or, But he forsaketh. 3 Or, shrink. 4 Or, The paths of their way are turned aside. 3 Another reading is, are like thereto. ' Or, for the wind. 7 Or, And it will be evident unto you if Hie. 3 Heb. my righteousness is in it. » Or, time of service. 7» Or, Wten shall I arise, and the night be gone t 77 Or, is broken and become loathsome. 572 JOB. And are spent without hope. 7 Oh remember that my life is wind : Mine eye shall no more see good. S The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more : Thine eyes shall be upon* me, but I shall not be. 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to ' Sheol shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, Neither shall his place know him any more. 1 1 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth ; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit ; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. 12 Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, 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 these my bones. 16 'I loathe my life; I 8 would not live alway : Let me alone ; for my days are 4 vanity. 17 What is man, that thou shouldest mag nify him, And that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him, 18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, Ajid try him every moment ? 19 How long wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? 20 If I have sinned, what 5 do I unto thee, O thou 6 watcher of men ? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself ? 21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity ? For now shall I lie down in the dust ; And thou shalt seek me diligently, but I shall not be. 8 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 mighty wind? 3 Doth God pervert judgement? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice? 4 7If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression : 5 If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty ; 6 If thou wert pure and upright ; Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy right eousness prosperous. 7 And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end should greatly in crease. 8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out : 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, 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 without mire? Can the 9 flag grow without water? 12 Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, 7 Or, the grave. 2 Or, I waste away. 8 Or, shall. 4 Or, as a breath. 6 Or, can I do. 6 Or, preserver, Or, If thy children sinned . . . he delivered aie. 3 Or, papyrus. 9 Or, reed-g7'ass. JOB. 573 It withereth before any other herb. 5 Which removeth the mountains, and 13 So are the paths of all that forget they know it not, God; When he overturneth them in his And the hope of the godless man shall anger. perish : 14 Whose confidence shall ' break in sun 6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, der, And whose trust is a spider's 2 web. 15 He shall lean upon his house, but it 7 And the pillars thereof tremble. Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not ; shall not stand : He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure. 16 He is green before the sun, And sealeth up the stars. 8 Which alone stretcheth but the heavens, And treadeth upon the 9 waves of the sea. And his shoots go forth over his gar 9 Which maketh the Bear, Orion, and den. the Pleiades, 17 His roots are wrapped 8 about the heap, He beholdeth the place of stones. 18 If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen the'e. 10 And the chambers of the south. Which doeth great things past finding out ; Yea, marvellous things without num ber. 19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, And out of the 4 earth shall others 11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not : spring. 20 Behold, God will not cast away a per He passeth on also, but I perceive him not. fect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers. 21 6He will yet fill thy mouth with laugh ter, 12 Behold, he seizeth the prey, who can 10 hinder him ? Who will say unto him, What doest thou? And thy lips with shouting. 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame ; 13 God will not withdraw his anger ; The helpers of " Rahab '2 do stoop under him. And the tent of the wicked shall be 14 How much less shall I answer him, no more. And choose out my words to reason 9 Then Job answered and said, 2 Of a truth I know that it is so : 15 with him ? Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer ; 6 But how can man be just 7 with God ? 3 8If he be pleased to contend with him, He cannot answer him one of a thou 16 I would make supplication to 13 mine adversary. If I had called, and he had answered me ; sand. Yet would I not believe that he heark 4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength : Who hath hardened himself against him, and prospered? 17 ened unto my voice. 14 For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth my wounds without cause. Or> be cut °f- 2 Heb- house. 3 Or, beside the spring. ' Or, dust. 3 Or, Till he Jill. « Or, For.. A' Defore, 8 Or, If one should desire . . . he could not &c. ° Heb. high places. 70 Or, turn him back. Or, arrogancy. See Is. xxx. 7. 72 Or, did. "3 Or, him that would judge me. " Heb. He who. 574 JOB. 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness. 19 'If we speak of the strength of the mighty, 2 lo, he is there ! And if of judgement, who will appoint me a time ? 20 Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me : Though I be perfect, 8it shall prove me perverse. 21 iI am 6 perfect ; I regard not myself ; I despise my life. 22 It is all one ; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the 6 trial of the inno cent. 24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked : He covereth the faces of the judges thereof ; If it be not he, who then is it ? 25 Now my days are swifter than a 7 post : They flee away, they see no good. 26 They are passed away as the s swift ships : As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey. 27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and 9 be of good cheer : 28 I am afraid of all my sorrows. I know that thou wilt not hold me in nocent. 29 I shall be condemned ; Why then do I labour in vain ? 30 If I wash myself xo with snow water, And " make my hands never so clean ; 31 Yet wilt thou plunge 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, That we should come together in judge ment. 33 There is no '2 daysman betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both. 34 Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid : 35 Then would I speak, and not fear him ; For I am not so in myself. 10 My soul is weary of my life ; I will give free course to my com plaint ; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. 2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me ; Shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest despise the '8 work of thine hands, And shine upon the counsel of the wicked ? 4 Hast thou eyes of flesh, Or seest thou as man seeth? 5 Are thy days as the days of man, Or thy years as man's days, 6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin, 7 Although thou knowest that I am not wicked ; And there is none that can deliver out of thine hand ? 8 Thine hands have framed me and fash ioned me Together round about ; yet thou dost destroy me. 9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay ; And wilt thou bring me into dust again ? 10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese? 11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, 1 Or, If we speak of strength, lo, he is mighty. 2 Or, Lo, here am I, saith he; and if of judgement, Who aie. 3 Or, he. i Or, Though I be perfect, I will not regard aie. 3 See ch. i. 1. 3 Or, calamity. 7 Or, runner. 8 Heb. ships of reed. ° Heb. brighten up. 70 Another reading is, with snow. 71 Heb. cleanse 'my hands with lye. 72 Or, umpire. 73 Heb. labour. JOB. 575 And knit me together with bones and sinews. 12 Thou hast granted me life and fa vour, And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. 13 Yet these things thou didst hide in thine heart ; I know that this is with thee : 14 If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. 15 If I be wicked, woe unto me ; And if I be righteous; yet shall I not lift up my head ; 2 Being filled with ignominy And looking upon mine affliction. 16 And if my head exalt itself, thou hunt- est me as a lion : And again thou shewest thyself mar vellous upon me. 17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me ; 3 Changes and warfare are with me. 18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb ? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me. 19 I should have been as though I had not been ; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. 20 Are not my days few? 4 cease then, And let me alone, that I may 6take comfort a little, 21 Before I go whence I shall not re turn, Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death ; 22 A land of thick darkness, as darkness itself; A land of the shadow of death, with out any order, And where the light is as darkness. 11 Then answered Zophar the Naama- thite, and said, 2 Should not the multitude of words be answered ? And should a man full of talk be jus tified? 3 Should thy boastings make men hold their peace ? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed ? 4 For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes. 5 But Oh that God would speak, And open his lips against thee ; 6 And that he would shew thee the se crets of wisdom, 6 That it is manifold in effectual work ing ! Know therefore that God 7 exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserv- eth. 7 8 Canst thou by searching find out God ? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection ? 8 9 It is high as heaven ; what canst thou do? Deeper than 10 Sheol ; what canst thou know? 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea. 10 If he pass through, and shut up, And "call unto judgement, then who can hinder him ? 11 For he knoweth vain men : He seeth iniquity also, '2 even though he consider it not. 12 13But vain man is void of understand ing, . , Pr» co-re. Or, lam filled with ignominy, but look thou . . . for it increaseth : thou aie. » Or, Host after nosi is against me. 4 Another reading is, let him cease, and leave me alone. 3 Heb. brighten up. 3 Or, For souna wisdom is manifold. 7 Or, remitteth (Heb. causeth to be forgotten) unto thee of thine iniquity. 3 Or, nslii-flni "n1 the deep mn9i of God f » Heb. The heights of heaven. 73 Or, the grave. 77 Heb. call an „;;?. V; ¦ * 0r' and him that considereth not. 73 Or, But an empty man will get understanding, when a wild ass's colt is born a man. 576 JOB. Yea, man is born as a wild ass's colt. 13 If thou set thine heart aright, And stretch out thine hands toward him ; 14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, And let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents ; 15 Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot ; Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear : 16 For thou shalt forget thy misery ; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away : 1 7 And thy life shall ' be clearer than the noonday ; Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning. 18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope ; Yea, thou shalt search about thee, and shalt take thy rest in safety. 19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid ; Yea, many shall make suit unto thee. 20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And 2 they shall have no way to flee, And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost. 12 Then 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 that is a laughing-stock to his neighbour, A man that called upon God, and he answered him : The just, the perfect man is a laugh ing-stock. 5 In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune ; It is ready for them whose foot slip- peth. 6 The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure ; 3 Into whose hand God bringeth abun dantly. 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 knoweth not 4 in all these, That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this ? 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the 6 breath of all mankind. 11 Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its meat? 12 6With aged men is wisdom, And in length of days understanding. 13 With him is wisdom and might ; He hath counsel and understanding. 14 Behold, he breaketk down, and it can not be built again ; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. 15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up ; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. 16 With him is strength and 7 effectual working ; The deceived and the deceiver are his. 17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, And judges maketh he fools. 18 He looseth the bond of kings, And bindeth their loins with a girdle. 19 He leadeth priests away spoiled, And overthroweth the mighty. 1 Or, arise above. 2 Heb. refuge is perished from them. 3 Or, That bring their god in their hand. l Or, by. 5 Or, spirit. ° Or, With aged men, ye say, is wisdom. 7 Or, sound wisdom. JOB. 577 20 He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders. 21 He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong. 22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death. 23 He increaseth the nations, and de- stroyeth them : He spreadeth the nations abroad, and 'bringeth them in. 24 He taketh away the heart of the chiefs of the people of the 2 earth, And causeth them to wander in a wil derness where there is no way. 25 They grope in the dark without light, And he maketh them to 3 stagger like a drunken man. 13 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, Mine ear hath heard and understood it. 2 What ye know, the same do I know also : I am not inferior unto you. 3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God. 4 But ye are forgers of lies, Ye are all physicians of no value. 5 Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace ! And it should be your wisdom. 6 Hear now my reasoning, And hearken to the pleadings of my lips. 7 Will ye speak unrighteously for God, And talk deceitfully for him ? 8 Will ye 4 respect his person? Will ye contend for God ? 9 Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one 5deceiveth a man, will ye 'deceive him? 10 He will surely reprove you, If ye do secretly 7 respect persons. 11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid, And his dread fall upon you? 12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defences are defences of clay. 13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, And let come on me what will. 14 8 Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in mine hand ? 15 9 Though he slay me, yet will I wait for him : Nevertheless I will '"maintain my ways before him. 16 "This also shall be my salvation ; 12 For a godless man shall not come before him. 17 Hear diligently my speech, And let my declaration be in your ears. 18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause ; I know that 1 13 am righteous. 19 Who is he that will contend with me ? For now '4 shall I hold my peace and give up the ghost. 20 Only do not two things unto me, Then will I not hide myself from thy face : 21 Withdraw thine hand far from me ; And let not thy terror make me afraid. 22 Then call thou, and I will answer ; Or let me speak, and answer thou me. 23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin. 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy ? 25 Wilt thou harass a driven leaf ? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble ? 26 For thou writest bitter things against 7 Or, leadeth them away. 2 Or, land. 3 Heb. wander. 4 Or, shew him favour. 6 Or, mocketh. 3 Or, mock. r Or, shew favour. 3 Or, At all adventures I will take &c. ' Or, Behold, he will slay me ; I wait for him ; or, according to another reading, I will not wait; or, / have no hope. 70 Heb. argue. 17 Or, He. 72 Or, That. 73 Or, shall be justified. 74 Or, if I hold my peace, I shall give up aie. 578 JOB. And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth : 27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and markest all my paths ; Thou drawest thee a line about the soles of my feet : 28 ' Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth, Like a garment that is moth-eaten. 14 Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and 2 is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and con- tinueth not. 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, And bringest me into judgement with thee? 4 3Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. 5 Seeing his clays are determined, the number of his months is with thee, And thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass ; 6 Look away from him, that he may 4 rest, Till he shall "accomplish, as an hire ling, his day. 7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut clown, 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 ; '¦> Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and 6 wasteth away : Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? 1 1 7 An the waters 8 fail from the sea, And the river decayeth and drieth up ; 12 So man lieth down and riseth not : Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep. 13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me in 9 Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath 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 warfare 10 would I wait, Till my " release should come. 15 12Thou shouldest call, and I would answer thee : Thou wouldest have a desire to the work of thine hands. 1 6 But now thou numberest my steps : Dost thou not watch over my sin ? 17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity. 18 And surely the mountain falling "com eth to nought, And the rock is removed out of its place ; 19 The waters wear the stones ; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth : And thou destroyest the hope of man. 20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth ; Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. 21 His sons come to honour, and he know eth it not ; And they are brought low, but he per- ceiveth it not of them. 22 '4 But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth. 15 Then answered Eliphaz the Teman- ite, and said, 1 Heb. And he is like. 2 Or, withereth. 3 Or, Oh that a clean thing could come out of an unclean I not one can. 4 Heb. cease. 3 Or, have pleasure in. ° Or, lieth low. 7 See Is. xix. 5. 3 Heb. are gone. fl Or, the grave. 70 Or, will . . . shall come. 71 Or, change. 72 Or, Thou shalt call, and I will aie. 73 Heb. faih'th away. 14 Or, Only for himself his flesh hath pain, and for himself his soul mourneth. JOB. 579 2 Should a wise man make answer with Yea, the heavens are not clean in his 1 vain knowledge, sight. And fill his belly with the east wind ? 16 How much less 7 one that is abominable 3 Should he reason with unprofitable and corrupt, talk, A man that drinketh iniquity like Or with speeches wherewith he can do water ! no good ? 17 I will shew thee, hear thou me ; 4 Yea, thou doest away with fear, And that which I have seen I will de And 2 restrainest 3 devotion before God. clare : 5 For 4 thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, 18 (Which wise men have told And thou choosest the tongue of the From their fathers, and have not hid crafty. it; 6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, 19 Unto whom alone the land was given, and not I ; And no stranger passed among them :) Yea, thine own lips testify against 20 The wicked man travaileth with . pain thee. all his days, 7 Art thou the first man that was born ? 8 Even the number of years that are Or wast thou brought forth before the laid up for the oppressor. hills? 21 A sound of terrors is in his ears ; 8 5 Hast thou heard the secret counsel of In prosperity the spoiler shall come God? upon him : | And dost thou restrain wisdom to thy 22 He believeth not that he shall return self? out of darkness, 9 What knowest thou, that we know not? And he is waited for of the sword : What understandest thou, which is not 23 He wandereth abroad for bread, say in us? ing, Where is it ? 10 With us are both the grayheaded and He knoweth that the day of darkness the very aged men, is ready at his hand : Much elder than thy father. 24 Distress and anguish make him afraid ; 11 Are the consolations of God too small They prevail against him, as a king for thee, ready to the battle : 6 And the word that dealeth gently with 25 Because he hath stretched out his hand thee? against God, 12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? And 9 behaveth himself proudly against And why do thine eyes wink ? the Almighty ; 13 That thou turnest thy spirit against 26 He runneth upon him with a stiff neck, God, 10 With the thick bosses of his buck And lettest such words go out of thy lers : mouth. 27 Because he hath covered his face with 14 What is man, that he should be clean? his fatness, And he which is born of a woman, that And made collops of fat on his flanks ; he should be righteous ? 28 And he hath dwelt in " desolate cities, 15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy In houses which no man '2 inhabited, ones ; Which were ready to become heaps. 1 Heb. knowledge of wind. 2 Heb. diminishest. s Or, meditation. * Or, Thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity. 6 Or, Dost thou hearken in the council. ° Or, Or is there any secret thing with thee? 7 Or, that which is. 8 Or, Apid years that are numbered are laid up &c. 8 Or, biddeth defiance to. 10 Or, Upon. n Heb. cut off 12 Or, would inhabit. 580 • JOB. 29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his 7 But now he hath made me weary : substance continue, Thou hast made desolate all my com Neither shall 'their produce bend to pany. the earth. 8 And thou hast 6 laid fast hold on me, 30 He shall not depart out of darkness ; which is a witness against me: The flame shall dry up his branches, And my leanness riseth up against me, And by the breath of his mouth shall it testifieth to my face. he go away. 9 He hath torn me in his wrath, and 31 Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving 7 persecuted me ; himself : He hath gnashed upon me with his For vanity shall be his recompence. teeth : 32 It shall be 2 accomplished before his Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes time, upon me. And his branch shall not be green. 10 They- have gaped upon me with their 33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as mouth ; the vine, They have smitten me upon the cheek And shall cast off his flower as the reproachfully : olive. They gather themselves together 34 For the company of the godless shall against me. be barren, 11 God delivereth me to the ungodly, And fire shall consume the tents of And casteth me into the hands of the bribery. wicked. 35 They conceive mischief, and bring 12 I was at ease, and he brake me asun forth iniquity, der ; And their belly prepareth deceit. Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces : 16 Then Job answered and said, He hath also set me up for his mark. 2 I have heard many such things : 13 His 8 archers compass me round about, 3 Miserable comforters are ye all. He cleaveth my reins asunder, and 3 Shall 4 vain words have an end ? doth not spare ; Or what provoketh thee that thou an- He poureth out my gall upon the swerest ? ground. 4 I also could speak as ye do ; 14 He breaketh me with breach upon If your soul were in my soul's stead, breach ; I could join words together against He runneth upon me like a 9 giant. you, 15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And shake mine head at you. And have 10 laid my horn in the dust. 5 But I would strengthen you with my 16 My face is " foul with weeping, mouth, And on my eyelids is the shadow of And the solace of my lips should death ; assuage your grief. 17 Although there is no violence in mine 6 Though I speak, my grief is not as hands, suaged : And my prayer is pure. And though I forbear, 6what am I 18 0 earth, cover not thou my blood, eased ? And let my cry '2 have no resting place. 1 Or, their possessions be extended on the earth. 2 Or, % wind. 5 Heb- what departeth from me? ° Or, shrivelled ones. a Or, mighty man. 10 Or, defied. u Or, red. 12 Or, have no more place. d in full. 3 Or, Wearisome. 4 Heb. words of me up. 7 Or, hated. e Or, arrows. Or, mighty JOB. .581 19 Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And he that v voucheth for me is on high. 20 My friends scorn me : But mine eye poureth out tears unto God ; 21 ' That he would maintain the right of ¦ a man with God, And of a son of man with his neigh bour ! 22 For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return. 17 My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct. The grave is ready for me. 2 Surely there are 2 mockers with me, And mine eye abideth in their provo cation. 3 Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself ; Who is there that will strike hands with me ? 4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding : Therefore shalt thou not exalt them. 5 He that denounceth his friends for a "prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail. 6 He hath made me also a byword of the people ; And I am become 4 an open abhorring. 7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow. 8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, And the innocent shall stir up himself against the godless. 9 Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger. 10 But return ye, all of you, and come now: 6 And I shall not find a wise man among you. 11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, Even the 6 thoughts of my heart. 12 They change the night into day : The light, say they, is near 7 unto the darkness. 13 8 If I look for 9 Sheol as mine house ; If I have spread my couch in the dark ness ; 14 If I have said to "corruption, Thou art my father ; To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister ; 15 Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it? 16 It shall go down to the bars of 9 Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust. 18 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How long will ye lay snares for words ? Consider, and afterwards we will speak. 3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, And are become unclean in your sight ? 4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee ? Or shall the rock be removed out of its 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 Ids tent, And his lamp '2 above him shall be put out. 7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, , „ ."'' r*a^ one might plead for a man with God, as a son of man pleadeth for his neighbour. e n 7%,}" *¦ * 0r> one in whose face they spit. 3 Or, For I find not. 3 Heb. possessions. ur, if I hope, Sheol is mine house ; I have spread . . . I have said . grave. to Or, the pit. u Or.flame. 72 Or, beside. 2 Heb. mockery. 7 Or, because of. and where now is my hope t 3 Or, the 582 JOB. And his own counsel shall cast him 21 Surely such are the dwellings of the down. unrighteous, 8 For he is cast into a net by his own And this is the place of him that feet, knoweth not God. And he walketh upon the toils. 9 A gin shall take him by the heel, 19 Then Job answered and said, And a snare shall lay hold on him. 2 How long will ye vex my soul, 10 A noose is hid for him in the ground, And break me In pieces with words ? And a trap for him in the way. 3 These ten times have ye reproached 11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every me : side, Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly And shall chase him at his heels. with me. 12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten, 4 And be it indeed that I have erred, And calamity shall be ready 'for his Mine error remaineth with myself. halting. 5 8 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves 13 It shall devour the 2 members of his against me, body, And plead against me my reproach : Yea, the firstborn of death shall de 6 Know now that God hath 9 subverted vour his members. me in my cause, 14 He shall be rooted out of his tent And hath compassed me with his net. wherein he trusteth ; 7 Behold, 1 10 cry out of wrong, but I am And 3 he shall be brought to the king not heard : of terrors. I cry for help, but there is no judge 15 1 There shall dwell in his tent that ment. which is none of his : 8 He hath fenced up my way that I can Brimstone shall be scattered upon his not pass, habitation. And hath set darkness in my paths. 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, 9 He hath stripped me of my glory, And above shall his branch Bbe cut And taken the crown from my head. - off. 10 He hath broken me down on every 17 His remembrance shall perish from side, and I am gone : the earth, And mine hope hath he plucked up And he shall have no name in the like a tree. street. 11 He hath also kindled his wrath against 18 He shall be driven from light into dark me, ness, And he counteth me unto him as one And chased out of the world. of his adversaries. 19 He shall have neither son nor son's 12 His troops come on together, and cast son among his people, up their way against me, Nor any remaining where he sojourned. And encamp round about my tent. 20 6 They that come after shall be astonied 13 He hath put my brethren far from me, at his day, And mine acquaintance are wholly As they that went before ' were af estranged from me. frighted. 14 My kinsfolk have failed, i Or, at his side. 2 Heb. bars of his skin. a Heb. it shall (or, thou shalt) bring him. * Or, It shall dwell in his tent, that it be no more his, or, because it is none of his. 5 Or, loither. G Or, They that dwell in the loent are . . . as they that dwell in the east are &c. 7 Heb. laid hold on horror. B Or, Will ye indeed . • ¦ reproach ? 8 Or, overthrown me, 10 Or, cry out, Violence! JOB. 583 And my familiar friends have forgotten 29 Be ye afraid of the sword : me. For "wrath bringeth the punishments 15 They that 'dwell in mine house, and of the sword, my maids, count me for a stranger : That ye may know there is a judgement. I am an alien in their sight. 16 I call unto my servant, and he giveth 20 Then answered Zophar the Naama- me no answer, thite, and said, Though I intreat him with my mouth. 2 Therefore do my thoughts give answer 17 My breath is strange to my wife, to me, And 2 my supplication to the children 15 Even by reason of my haste that is 8 of my mother's womb. in me. 18 Even young children despise me ; 3 I have heard the reproof which putteth If I arise, they speak against me. me to shame, 19 All 4 my inward friends abhor me : 16 And the spirit of my understanding And they whom I loved are turned answereth me. against me. 4 Knowest thou not this of old time, 20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to Since man was placed upon earth, my flesh, 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is And I am escaped with the skin of short, my teeth. And the joy of the godless but for a 21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon moment ? me, 0 ye my friends ; 6 Though his excellency mount up to the For the hand -of God hath touched heavens, me. And his head reach unto the clouds ; 22 Why do ye persecute me as God, 7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own And are not satisfied with my flesh ? dung : 23 Oh that my words were now written 1 They which have seen him shall say, Oh that they were inscribed in a book ! Where is he? 24 That with an iron pen and lead 8 He shall fly away as a dream, and They were graven in the rock for ever ! shall not be found : 25 6 But I know that my 6 redeemer liveth, Yea, he shall be chased away as a vis And that he shall stand up at the last ion of the night. upon the ' earth : 9 The eye which saw him shall see him 26 8And after my skin hath been thus no more ; destroyed, Neither shall his place any more be Yet 9 from my flesh shall I see God : hold him. 27 Whom I shall see '° for myself, 10 17 His children shall seek the favour of And mine eyes shall behold, and not the poor, " another. And his hands shall give back his My reins are consumed within me. wealth. 28 If ye say, How we will persecute him ! 11 His bones are full of his youth, 12 Seeing that the root of the matter is But it shall lie clown with him in the found in 13 me ; dust. 1 Or, sojourn. 2 Or, Imake supplication. Or, I am loathsome. 8 Or, of my body. 4 Heb. the men of my council. 6 Or, For. B Or, vindicator. Heb. goel. 7 Heb. dust. 8 Or, And after my skin hath been destroyed, this shall be, even from &c. Or, And though after my skin this body be destroyed, yet from dtc. 9 Or, without. 20 Or, on my side. n Or, as a stranger. 1Z Or, And that. n Many ancient authorities read, him. " Or, wrathful are. 15 Or, And by reason of this my haste is within me. lc Or, But out of my understanding my spirit answereth me. " Or, as otherwise read, The poor shall oppress his children. 584 JOB. 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his 25 He draweth it forth, and it cometh out mouth, of his body : Though he hide it under his tongue ; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of 13 Though he spare it, and will not let it his gall ; g°> Terrors are upon him. But keep it still within his mouth ; 26 All darkness is laid up for his treas 14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, ures : It is the gall of asps within him. A fire not blown by man shall devour 15 He hath swallowed down riches, and him ; he shall vomit them up again : 6 It shall consume that which is left in God shall cast them out of his belly. his tent. 16 He shall suck the poison of asps : 27 The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, The viper's tongue shall slay him. And the earth shall rise up against 17 He shall not look upon the rivers, him. The flowing streams of honey and 28 The increase of his house shall depart, butter. His goods shall flow away in the day of 18 That which he laboured for shall he his wrath. restore, and shall not swallow it 29 This is the portion of a wicked man down ; from God, According to the substance ' that he And the heritage appointed unto him hath gotten, he shall not rejoice. by God. 19 For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor ; 21 Then Job answered and said, He hath violently taken away an house, 2 Hear diligently my speech ; 2 and he shall not build it up. And let this be your consolations. 20 Because he knew no quietness 3 within 3 Suffer me, and I also will speak ; him, And after that I have spoken, 7mock He shall not save aught of that wherein on. he delighteth. 4 As for me, is my complaint 8to man? 21 There was nothing left that he devoured And why should I not be impatient? not ; 5 9Mark me, and be astonished, Therefore his prosperity shall not en And lay your hand upon your mouth. dure. 6 Even when I remember I am troubled, 22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he And horror taketh hold on my flesh. shall be in straits : 7 Wherefore do the wicked live, The hand of every one that is in mis Become old, yea, wax mighty in ery shall come upon him. power ? 23 4 When he is about to fill his belly, 8 Their seed is established with them in God shall cast the fierceness of his their sight, wrath upon him, And their offspring before their eyes. And shall rain it upon him 5 while he 9 Their houses are '"safe from fear, is eating. Neither is the rod of God upon them. 24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, 10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not ; And the bow of brass shall strike him Their cow calveth, and casteth not her through. calf. 1 Heb. of his exchange. 2 Or, which he builded not. for the filling of hia belly that G-od shall cast <£c. B Or, ' Or, thou shalt mock. 8 Or, of. ° Heb. Look unto me. 3 Or, in his greed. Heb. in his belly. * Or, let it be as his food. 6 Or, It shall go ill with him that is left. 10 Or, in peacet without fear. JOB. 585 11 They send forth their little one? like a Being wholly at ease and quiet : flock, 24 His 6 breasts are full of milk, And their children dance. And the marrow of his bones is mois 12 They 'sing to the timbrel and harp, tened. And rejoice at the sound of the pipe. 25 And another dieth in bitterness of 13 They spend their days in prosperity, . soul, And in a moment they go down to And never tasteth of good. 2 Sheol. 26 They lie down alike in the dust, 14 Yet they said unto God, Depart from And the worm covereth them. us ; 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, For we desire not the knowledge of And the devices which ye wrongfully thy ways. imagine against me. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should 28 For ye say, Where is the house of the serve him ? prince ? And what profit should we have, if we And where is the tent wherein the pray unto him ? wicked dwelt? 16 8Lo, their prosperity is not in their 29 Have ye not asked them that go by hand: the way ? The counsel of the wicked is far from And do ye not know their tokens ? me. 30 That the evil man is 7 reserved to the 17 4How oft is it that the lamp of the day of calamity ? wicked is put out ? That they are 8led forth to the day of That their calamity cometh upon them ? wrath ? That Qod distributeth sorrows in his 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? anger ? And who shall repay him what he hath 18 That they are as stubble before the done? wind, 32 9 Yet shall he be borne to the grave, And as chaff that the storm carrieth And 10 shall keep watch over the tomb. away? 33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet 19 6 Ye say, God layeth up his iniquity unto him. for his children. And all men shall draw after him, Let him recompense it unto himself, As there were innumerable before him. that he may know it. 34 How then comfort ye me " in vain, 20 Let his own eyes see his destruction, Seeing in your answers there remaineth And let him drink of the wrath of the only '2 falsehood ? Almighty. 21 For what pleasure hath he in his house 22 Then answered Eliphaz the Teman- after him, ite, and said, When the number of his months is cut 2 Can a man be profitable unto God ? off in the midst ? Surely he that is wise is profitable 22 Shall any teach God knowledge ? unto himself. Seeing he judgeth those that are high. 3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, 23 One dieth in his full strength, that thou art righteous? 7 Heb. lift up the voice. 2 Or, the grave. 3 Or, Te say, Lo aie, * Or, How oft is the lamp of the wicked put out, and how oft cometh their calamity upon them 1 God distributeth sorrows in his anger. They are as stubble • • • away. 3 Or, God layeth up his iniquity for his children : he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink aie. ' Or, milk pails. 7 Or, spared in aie. > Or, led away in aie. Or, Moreover he is borne to the grave, and keepeth watch over his tomb. The clods of the valley are sweet unto him ; and all men draw ale. 7» Or, they shall keep. 77 Or, with vanity. 13 Or, faithlessness. 586 JOB. Or is it gain to him, that thou makest Whose foundation was poured out as thy ways perfect? a stream : 4 Is it ' for thy fear of him that he reprov- 17 Who said unto God, Depart from us ; eth thee, And, What can the Almighty do 9 for That he entereth with thee into judge 10us? ment? 18 Yet he filled their houses with good 5 Is not thy wickedness great ? things : Neither is there any end to thine in But the counsel of the wicked is far iquities. from me. 6 For thou hast taken pledges of thy 19 The righteous see it, and are glad ; brother for nought, And the innocent laugh them to scorn : And stripped the naked of their cloth 20 Saying, Surely they that did rise up ing. against us are cut off, 7 Thou hast not given water to the And " the remnant of them the fire hath weary to drink, consumed. And thou hast withholden bread from 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and the hungry. be at peace : 8 But as for 2 the mighty man, he had the 12 Thereby good shall come unto thee. 3 earth ; 22 Receive, I pray thee, 13the law from And 4 the honourable man, he dwelt in his mouth, it. And lay up his words in thine heart. 9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, 23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou And the arms of the fatherless have shalt be built up ; been broken. 14 If thou put away unrighteousness far 10 Therefore snares are round about thee, from thy tents. And sudden fear troubleth thee, 24 And lay thou thy '6 treasure '6 in the 11 5 Or darkness, that thou canst not see, dust, And abundance of waters cover thee. And the gold of Ophir among the 12 Is not God in the height of heaven? stones of the brooks ; And behold the 6 height of the stars, 25 And the Almighty shall be thy 15 treas how high they are ? ure, 13 And thou sayest, What doth God And '7 precious silver unto thee. know? 26 For then shalt thou delight thyself in Can he judge through the thick dark the Almighty, ness? And shalt lift up thy face unto God. 14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, that he seeth not ; and he shall hear thee ; And he walketh 7m the circuit of And thou shalt pay thy vows. heaven. 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it 15 9 Wilt thou keep the old way shall be established unto thee ; Which wicked men have trodden? And light shall shine upon thy ways. 10 Who were snatched away before their 29 When they '8 cast thee down, thou shalt time, say, Tliere is lifting up ; 1 Or, for fear of thee. 2 Heb. the man of arm. 3 Or, land. * Heb. he whose person is accepted. s Or, Or dost thou not see the darkness, and the flood of waters that covereth thee t ° Heb. head. 7 Or, on the mult. 8 Or, Dost thou mark? " Or, to. 10 Heb. them. u Or, that which remained to them. Or, their abundance. 12 Or, as otherwise read, Thereby shall thine increase be good. 13 Or, instruction. u Or, Thou shalt put away . . . and shalt lay up. 1G Heb. ore. la Or, on the earth. 17 Or, precious silver shall be thine. 18 Or, are made low. JOB. 587 And ' the humble person he shall save. 30 He shall deliver 2 even him that is not innocent : Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thine hands. 23 Then Job answered and said, 2 Even to-day is my complaint 8 rebel lious : 4 My stroke is heavier than my groan ing. 3 Oh thjat I knew where I might find him, That I might come even to his seat ! 4 I would order my cause before him, And fill my mouth with arguments. 5 I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me. 6 Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? Nay ; 6 but he would give heed unto me. 7 There the upright might reason 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, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him : He 6 hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him. 10 7But he knoweth "the way that I take ; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. 11 My foot hath held fast to his steps ; His way have I kept, and turned not aside. 12 I have not gone back from the com mandment of his lips ; I have treasured up the words of his mouth 9 more than my '° necessary food. 13 But " he is in one mind, and who can turn him ? And what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. 14 For he performeth that which is ap pointed for me : And many such things are with him. 15 Therefore am I troubled at his pres ence ; When I consider, I am afraid of him. 16 For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath troubled me : 17 '2 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face. 24 '8 Why are times not laid up by the Almighty ? And why do not they which know him see his days? 2 There are that remove the landmarks ; They violently take away flocks, and feed them. 3 They drive away the ass of the father less, They take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way : The '4 poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for '5 meat ; The wilderness yieldeth them food for their children. 6 They cut '6 their provender in the field ; And they glean the vintage of the wicked. 7 Heb. him that is lowly of eyes. z Many ancient versions read, him that is innocent. 3 Or, bitter. Or, accounted rebellion. * Or, My hand is heavy upon (or because of) . The Sept. and Syr. read, His hand. 3 Or, he would only give heed. 3 Or, turneth himself to . . . him, but. ' Or, For. 8 Heb. the way that is with me. 9 Or, more than my own law. The Sept. and Vulgate have, in my bosom. 70 Or, portion. See Prov. xxx. 8. 71 Or, he is one. 72 Or, For lam not dismayed because of the darkness, nor because thick darkness covereth my face. 73 Or, Whyis it, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, that they which know him see not his days f 74 Or, meek. 73 Heh. prey. 73 Or, his. 588 JOB. 7 They lie all night naked without cloth ing, And 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 There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And ' take a pledge of the poor : 10 So that they go about naked without clothing, And being an-hungred they carry the sheaves ; 11 They make oil within the walls of these men ; They tread ihew winepresses, and suf fer thirst. 12 From out of the 2 populous city men groan. And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God imputeth it not for folly. 13 These are of them that rebel against the light ; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof. 14 The murderer riseth with the light, he killeth the poor and needy ; And in the night he is as a thief. 15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me : And he sdisguiseth his face. 16 In the dark they dig through houses : 4 They shut themselves up in the day time ; They know not the light. 17 For the morning is to all of them as the shadow of death ; For they know the terrors of the shadow of death. 18 6He is swift upon the face of the waters ; Their portion is cursed in the earth : He turneth not by the way of the vine yards. 19 Drought and heat 6 consume the snow waters : So doth 7 Sheol those which have sinned. 20 The womb shall forget him ; the worm shall feed sweetly on him ; He shall be no more remembered : And unrighteousness shall be broken 8 as a tree. 21 He devoureth the barren that beareth not; And doeth not good to the widow. 22 9 He draweth away the mighty also by his power : He riseth up, and no man is sure of life. 23 God giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon ; 10 And his eyes are upon their ways. 24 They are exalted ; yet a little while, and they are gone ; " Yea, they are brought low, they are 12 taken out of the way as all other, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. 25 And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth ? 25 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 just 18 with God? Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman ? 5 Behold, even the moon hath no bright ness, 1 Or, take in pledge that which is on the poor. 2 Heb. city of men. 8 Or, putteth a covering on his face. i Or, Which they had marked for themselves. 3 Or, Ye say, He is aie. 3 Heb. violently take away. 7 Or, the grave. 8 Or, as a tree ; even he that devoureth aie. 8 Or, Yet God by his power maketh the mighty to continue : they rise up, when they believed not that they should live. 70 Or, But. 71 Or, And when they are die. I2 Or, gathered in. ls Or, before. JOB. 589 And 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! 26 Then Job answered and said, 2 How hast thou helped him that is without power ! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength ! 3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowl edge! 4 To whom hast thou uttered words ? And whose ' spirit came forth from thee? 5 2 They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof. 6 8 Sheol is naked before him, And 4 Abaddon hath no covering. 7 He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth ° upon nothing. 8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds ; And the cloud is not rent under them. 9 He closeth in the face of his throne, And spreadeth his cloud upon it. 10 He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and dark ness. 11 The pillars of heaven tremble And are astonished at his rebuke. 12 He 6 stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through 7 Rahab. 13 By his spirit the heavens are 8 gar nished ; His hand hath pierced the 9 swift ser pent. 14 Lo, these are but the outskirts of his ways: And 10how small a whisper "do we hear of him ! But the thunder of his 12 power who can understand ? 27 And Job again took up his parable, and said, 2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my right; And the Almighty, who hath '3 vexed my soul ; 3 '4 (For my life is yet whole in me, And the spirit of God is in my nos trils ;) 4 Surely my lips '6 shall not speak un righteousness, Neither le shall my tongue utter deceit. 5 God forbid that I should justify you : Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me. 6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go : My heart 17 shall not reproach me so long as I live. 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, And let him that riseth up against me be as the unrighteous. 8 For what is the hope of the godless, 18 though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul ? 9 Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him ? 10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times ? Ill will teach you concerning 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 become altogether vain? Heb. breath. 2 Or, The shades. Heb. The Bephaim. 3 Or, the grave. 4 Or, Destruction. » Or, over. 3 Or, stilleth. » See ch. ix. 13. 3 Heb. beauty. » Or, fleeing. Or, gliding. 7» Or, how little a portion. 77 Or, is heard. 72 Or, mighty deeds. 73 Heb. made my soul bitter. u Or, All the while my breath is in me .. .nostrils ; surely. 73 Or, do. 73 Or, doth. " Or, doth not reproach me for any of my days. Or, when God cutteth him off, when he taketh aie. 590 JOB. 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty. 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword ; And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death, And his widows shall make no lamen tation. 16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, And prepare raiment as the clay ; 17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, And the innocent shall divide the sil ver. 18 He buildeth his house as the ' moth, And as a booth which the keeper mak eth. 19 He lieth clown rich, but he 2 shall not be gathered ; He openeth his eyes, and he is not. 20 Terrors overtake him like waters ; A tempest stealeth him away in the night. 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth ; And it sweepeth him out of his place. 22 For God shall hurl at him, and not spare : He would fain flee out of his hand. 23 Men shall clap their hands at him, And shall hiss him out of his place. 28 3 Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they re fine. 2 Iron is taken out of the * earth, And brass is molten out of the stone. 3 Man setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out to the furthest bound The stones of thick darkness and of the shadow of death. 4 6 He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn ; They are forgotten of the foot that passeth by; They hang afar from men, they "swing to and fro. 5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread : And underneath it is turned up as it were by fire. 6 The stones thereof are the place of sapphires, 7 And it hath dust of gold. 7 That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it : 8 The 8 proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby. 9 He putteth forth his hand upon the flinty rock ; He overturneth the mountains by the roots. 10 He cutteth out 9 channels among the rocks ; And his eye seeth every precious thing. 11 He bindeth the streams '"that they trickle not ; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. 12 But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understand ing? 13 Man knoweth not the price thereof ; Neither is it found in the land of the living. 14 The deep 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 cf Ophir, 7 Some ancient versions have, spider. 2 Some ancient versions have, shall do so no more. 3 Or, For. * Or, dust. 3 Or, The flood breaketh out from where men sojourn ; even the waters forgotten of the foot : they are minished, they are gone away from man. fl Or, flit. "7 Or, And he winneth lumps of gold. 3 Heb. sons of pride. 9 Or, passages. 70 Heb. from weeping. 71 Or, treasure. JOB. 591 With the precious 'onyx, or the sap As in the days when God watched over phire. me; 17 Gold and glass cannot equal it: 3 When his lamp shined 7 upon my head, Neither shall the exchange thereof be And by his light I walked through 2 jewels of fine gold. darkness ; 18 No mention shall be made of coral or 4 As I was in 8 the ripeness of my days, of crystal : When the a secret of God was upon my Yea, the price of wisdom is above tent; 8 rubies. 5 When the Almighty was yet with me, 19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal And my children were about me ; it, 6 When my steps were washed with Neither shall it be valued with pure butter, • v gold. And the rock poured me out rivers of 20 Whence then cometh wisdom ? oil! And where is the place of understand 7 When I went forth to the gate unto ing? the city, 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all When I prepared my seat in the living, '"street, And kept close from the fowls of the 8 The young men saw me and hid them air. selves, 22 4 Destruction and Death say, And the aged rose up and stood ; We have heard a rumour thereof with 9 The princes refrained talking, our ears. And laid their hand on their mouth ; 23 God understandeth the way thereof, 10 The voice of the nobles was " hushed, And he knoweth the place thereof. And their tongue cleaved to the roof 24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, of their mouth. And seeth under the whole heaven ; 11 For when the ear heard me, then it 25 5 To make a weight for the wind ; blessed me ; Yea, he meteth out the waters by And when the eye saw me, it gave wit measure. ness unto me : 26 When he made a decree for the rain, 12 Because I delivered the poor that And a way for the lightning of the cried j thunder : The fatherless also, 12that had none to 27 Then did he see it, and 6 declare it ; help him. He established it, yea, and searched it 13 The blessing of him that was ready to out. perish came upon me : 28 And unto man he said, And I caused the widow's heart to Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is sing for joy. wisdom ; 14 I put on righteousness, and it ls clothed And to depart from evil is understand me : ing. My justice was as a robe and a '4 dia dem. 29 And Job again took up his parable, 15 I was eyes to the blind, and said, And feet was I to the lame. 2 Oh that I were as in the months of old, 16 1 was a father to the needy : °r> beryl. 2 Or, vessels. 3 Or, red coral. Or, pearls. * Heb. Abaddon. 3 Or, When he maketh. ..^•recount. 7 Or,above. 3 Heb. my days of autumn. ' Or, counsel. Or, friendship. 70 Or, broad place. " Heb. hid. « Or, and him that had aie. 7a Or, clothed itself with me. 71 Or, turban. 592 JOB. And ' the cause of him that I knew not I searched out. 17 And I brake the 2 jaws of the unright eous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth. 18 Then I said, I shall die 8in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as 4the sand : 19 My root is 6 spread out 6to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch : 20 My glory is fresh in me, And my bow is renewed in my hand. 21 -Unto me men gave ear, and waited, And kept silence for my counsel. 22 After my words they spake not again ; And my speech dropped upon them. 23 And they waited for me as for the rain ; And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. 24 7 If I laughed on them, they 8 believed it not ; And the light of my countenance they cast not down. 25 I chose out their way, and sat as chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners. 30 But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock. 2 Yea, the strength of their hands, whereto should it profit me ? Men in whom " ripe age is perished. 3 They are gaunt with want and famine ; 10 They gnaw the dry ground, " in the gloom of wasteness and desolation. 4 They pluck salt-wort by the bushes ; And the roots of the broom are '2 their meat. 5 They are driven forth from the midst of men ; They cry after them as after a thief. 6 '8 In the clefts of the valleys must they dwell, In holes of the earth and of the rocks. 7 Among the bushes they bray ; Under the 14 nettles they '6 are gathered together. 8 They are children of fools, yea, chil dren of '6 base men ; They '7 were scourged out of the land. 9 And now I am become their song, Yea, I am a byword unto them. 10 They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit '8 in my face. 11 For he hath loosed '9 his cord, and af flicted me, And they have cast off the bridle be fore me. 12 Upon my right hand rise the 20 rabble ; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction. 13 They 21 mar my path, They set forward my calamity, Even men that have no helper. 14 22 As through a wide breach they come : In the midst of the ruin they roll them selves upon me. 15 Terrors are turned upon me, 28 They chase 24mine honour as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud. 16 And now my soul is poured out ^with in me ; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me. 17 In the night season my bones are 26 pierced 27in me, 7 Or, the cause which I knew not. 2 Heb. great teeth. 3 Or, beside. Heb. with. * Or, the phomix. 3 Heb. opened. « Or, by. 7 Or, I smiled on them when they had no confidence. 3 Or, were not confident. 0 Or, vigour. 70 Or, They flee into the wilderness, into &c. 77 Or, which yesternight was. Or, on the eve of. 12 Or, to warm them. 13 Or, In the most gloomy valleys. 74 Or, wild vetches. 73 Or, stretch themselves. 7C Heb. men of no name. 77 Or, are outcasts from the land. 73 Or, at the sight of me. 7S According to another reading, my cord (or bow-string). » Or, brood. 21 Or, break up. 22 Or, As a wide breaking in of watere. 23 Or, Thou chasest. M Or, my nobility. 23 Heb. upon. 2« Or, corroded and drop away from me. 27 Heb. from off. JOB. 593 And ' the pains that gnaw, me take no rest. 18 2 By the great force of my disease is my garment disfigured : It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. 19 He hath cast me into the mire, And I am become like dust and ashes. 20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not an swer me : I stand up, and thou lookest at me. 21 Thou art turned to be cruel to me : With the might of thy hand thou per- secutest me. 22 Thou liftest me up to the wind, thou causest me to ride upon it; And thou dissolvest me in the storm. 23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, And to 8the house appointed for all living. 24 4 Surely against a ruinous heap he will not put forth his hand ; Though it be in his destruction, one may utter a cry because of these things. \ 25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble ? Was not my soul grieved for the needy ? 26 When I looked for good, then evil came ; And when I waited for light, there came darkness. 27 My bowels boil, and rest not ; Days of affliction are come upon me. 28 I go 6 mourning without the sun : I stand up m the assembly, and cry for help. 29 I am a brother to jackals, And a companion to ostriches. 30 My skin is black, and falleth from me, And my bones are burned with heat. 31 Therefore is my harp turned to mourn ing7 And my pipe into the voice of them that weep. 31 I made a covenant with mine eyes ; How then should I look upon a maid ? 2 6 For what is the portion of God from above, And the heritage of the Almighty from on high? 3 Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of in iquity ? 4 Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps ? 5 If I have walked with vanity, And my foot hath hasted to deceit ; 6 (Let me be weighed in an even bal ance, That God may know mine integrity ;) 7 If my step hath turned out of the way, And mine heart walked after mine eyes, And if any spot hath cleaved to mine hands : 8 Then let me sow, and let another eat ; Yea, let 'the produce of my field be rooted out. 9 If mine heart have been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbour's door : 10 Then let my wife grind unto another, And let others bow down upon her. 1 1 For that were an heinous crime ; Yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges : 12 For it is a fire that consumeth unto 8 Destruction, And would root out all mine increase. 13 If I did despise the cause of my man servant or of my maidservant, When they contended with me : h u ,7 Ii my.smew* take <&c 2 Or, By his great force is aie. 3 Or, the house of meeting for die. « Or, How- °™,™J not one stretch out the hand in his fall ? or in his calamity therefore cry for help T 3 Or, blackened, but nm oy the sun. ° Or, For what portion should I have of God . . . and what heritage ifc. ? Is there not calamity Or, my offspring. Heb. my produce. 3 Heb. Abaddon. See ch. xxvi. 6. diet 594 JOB. 14 What then shall I do when God riseth 27 And my heart hath been secretly en- up? ticed, ' And when he visiteth, what shall I an And 8 my mouth hath kissed my hand : swer him ? 28 This also were an iniquity to be pun 15 Did not he that made me in the womb ished by the judges : make him? For I should have 4lied to God that And did not one fashion us in the is above. womb? 29 If I rejoiced at the destruction of him 16 If I have withheld ' the poor from their that hated me, desire, Or lifted up myself when evil found Or have caused the eyes of the widow. him ; to fail ; 30 (Yea, I suffered not my 6 mouth to 17 Or have eaten my morsel alone, sin And the fatherless hath not eaten By asking his life with a curse ;) thereof ; 31 If the men of my tent said not, 18 (Nay, from my youth he grew up with 6 Who can find one that hath not been me as with a father, satisfied with his flesh ? And I have been her guide from my 32 The stranger did not lodge in the mother's womb ;) street ; 19 If I have seen any perish for want of But I opened my doors to 'the trav clothing, eller ; Or that the needy had no covering ; 33 If 8like Adam I covered my trans 20 If his loins have not blessed me, gressions, And if he were not warmed with the By hiding mine iniquity in my bosom ; fleece of my sheep ; 34 Because I feared the great multitude, 21 If I have lifted up my hand against And the contempt of families terrified the fatherless, me, Because I saw my help in the gate : So that I kept silence, and went not 22 Then let my shoulder fall from the out of the door — shoulder blade, 35 Oh that I had one to hear me ! And mine arm be broken from the (Lo, here is my 9 signature, let the bone. Almighty answer me ;) 23 For calamity from God was a terror to And that I had the '° indictment which me, mine adversary hath written ! And by reason of his excellency I 36 Surely I would carry it upon my shoul could do nothing. der ; 24 If I have made gold my hope, I would bind it unto me as a crown. And have said to tbe fine gold, Thou 37 I would declare unto him the number art my confidence ; of my steps ; 25 If I rejoiced because my wealth was As a prince would I " go near unto him. great, 38 If my land cry out against me, And because 'mine hand had gotten And the furrows thereof weep to much ; gether ; 26 If I beheld 2 the sun when it shined, 39 If I have eaten the 12 fruits thereof Or the moon walking in brightness ; without money, 1 Or, aught that the poor desired. - Heb. the light. 3 Heb. my hand hath kissed my mouth. * Or, denied God. 6 Heb. palate. ° Or, Oh that we had. of his flesh I we cannot be satisfied. 7 Heb. the way. 8 Or, after the manner of men. ° Heb. mark. 10 Heb. book. n Or, present it to him. 12 Heb. strength. JOB. 595 Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life : 40 Let ' thistles grow instead of wheat, And 2 cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. 32 So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. (2) Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Bam : 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 Elihu had 3 waited to speak unto Job, be cause they were elder than he. (5) And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled. 6 And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old ; Wherefore I held back, and durst not shew you mine opinion. 7 I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom. 8 But there is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty giv eth them understanding. 9 It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand judge ment. 10 Therefore 1 4 said, Hearken to me ; I also will shew mine opinion. 11 Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your reasons, Whilst ye searched out what to say. 12 Yea, I attended unto you, And, behold, there was none that con vinced Job, Or that answered his words, among you. 13 6 Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom ; God may vanquish him, not man : 14 For he hath not directed his words against me ; Neither will I answer him with your speeches. 15 They are amazed, they answer no more : They have not a word to say. 16 And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more? 17 1 also will answer my part, I also will shew mine opinion. 18 For I am full of words ; The spirit 6 within me constraineth me. 19 Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent ; Like new 7 bottles 8 it is ready to burst. 20 I will speak, that I may 9 be refreshed ; I will open my lips and answer. 21 Let me not, I pray you, respect any man's person ; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man. 22 For I know not to give flattering titles ; Else would my Maker soon take me away. 33 Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words. 2 Behold now, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in my '"mouth. 3 My words ¦ shall utter the uprightness of my heart : And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely. 4 The spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Almighty giv eth me life. 5 If thou canst, answer thou me ; 7 Or, thorns. 2 Or, noisome weeds. 3 Heb. waited for Job with words. i Or, say. 3 Or, Lest ye should say. We have found out wisdom ; God thrusteth him down, not man : now he die. " Heb. of my belly. ' Or, wine-skins. 3 Or, which are ready. " Or, find relief. 70 Heb. palate. 596 JOB. Set thy words in order before me, 10 And with continual strife in his stand forth. bones : 6 Behold, 'I am toward God even as 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, thou art : And his soul dainty meat. I also am formed out of the clay. 21 His flesh is .consumed away, that it 7 Behold, my terror shall not make thee cannot be seen ; afraid, And his bones that were not seen stick Neither shall my pressure be heavy out. upon thee. 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, 8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine hear And his life to the destroyers. ing, 23 If there be with him "an angel, And I have heard the voice of thy An interpreter, one '2 among a thou words, saying, sand, 9 I am clean, without transgression ; To shew unto man 18what is right for I am innocent, neither is there iniquity him ; in me : 24 14 Then he is .gracious unto him, and 10 Behold, he findeth * occasions against saith, me, Deliver him from going down to the pit, He counteth me for his enemy ; I have found a ransom. 11 He putteth my feet in the stocks, 25 His flesh shall be fresher than a He marketh all my paths. child's ; 12 3 Behold, I will answer thee, in this He returneth to the days of his youth : thou art not just ; 26 He prayeth unto God, and he is favour For God is greater than man. able unto him ; 13 4 Why dost thou strive against him ? So that he seeth his face with joy : For he giveth not account of any of And he restoreth unto man his right his matters. eousness. 14 For God speaketh 6 once, 27 16 He singeth before men, and saith, Yea twice, though man regardeth it I have sinned, and perverted that not. which was right, 15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, And '6 it profited me not : When deep sleep falleth upon men, 28 He hath redeemed my soul from going In slumberings upon the bed ; into the pit, 16 Then he 6 openeth the ears of men, And my life shall behold the light. And sealeth their instruction, 29 Lo, all these things doth God work, 17 7 That he may withdraw man from his Twice, yea thrice, with a man, purpose, 30 To bring back his soul from the pit, And hide pride from man ; That he may be enlightened with the 18 8 He keepeth back his soul from the pit, light of '7 the living. And his life from perishing by the 31 Mark well, 0 Job, hearken unto me : 9 sword. Hold thy peace, and I will speak. 19 He is chastened also with pain upon 32 If thou hast any thing to say, answer his bed, me : x Or, / am according to thy wish in God's stead. 2 Or, causes of alienation. 3 Or, Behold, in this t/iouart not just; I will answer thee : for <&c. * Or, Why dost thou strive against him, for that he . . . matters? 6 Or, in one way, yea, in two. 6 Heb. uncovereth. 7 Or, That man may put away bis purpose, and that he may hide. .8 Or, That he may keep back. ° Or, weapons. ao Another reading is, While all his bones are firm. ll Or, a messenger. 12 Or, of the thousand. 13 Or, his uprightness. u Or, And he be gracious . . . and say . . ¦ ransom : his flesh dbc. 1B Or, He looketh upon men. 18 Or, it was not requited unto me. Or, it was not meet for me. 17 Or life. JOB. 597 Speak, for I desire to justify thee. 33 If not, hearken thou unto me : Hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom. 34 Moreover Elihu answered and said, 2 Hear my words, ye wise men ; And give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. 3 For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth meat. 4 Let us choose for us that which is right : Let us know among ourselves what is good. 5 For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right : 6 'Notwithstanding my right I am ac counted a liar ; 2 My wound is incurable, though I am without 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 profiteth a man nothing That he should 3 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 commit iniquity. 11 For the work of a man shall he render unto him, And cause every man to find accord ing to his ways. 12 Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert judgement. 13 Who gave him a charge over the earth ? Or who hath 'disposed the whole world ? 14 6If he set his heart 6 upon 7 man, If he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath ; 15 All flesh shall perish together, And man shall turn again unto dust. 16 8If now thou hast understanding, hear this : Hearken to the voice of my words. 17 Shall even one that^ hateth right gov ern? And wilt thou condemn him that is just and mighty ? 18 9Is it fit to say to a' king, Thou art vile? Or to nobles, Ye are wicked? 19 How much less to him that respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of his hands. 20 In a moment they die, 10 even at mid night ; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away with out hand. 21 For his eyes are upon the ways of a 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 needeth not further to consider a man, That he should go before God in judge ment. 24 He breaketh in pieces mighty men " in ways past finding out, And setteth others in their stead. 25 Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works ; 7 Or, Should I lie against my right t 2 Heb. Mine arrow. 3 Or, consent with. See Ps. 1. 18. « Or, laid upon him. 3 According to another reading, If he cause his heart to return unto himself. 3 Or, upon himself. 1 TIeb. him. 3 Or, Only understand. ° Orj as read by some ancient versions, Who saith to . . . vile, aud to . . . wicked ; that respecteth